Local residents debate homeless shelter site in Lawrence
Editorial notes local insight matters more than outside experts. Lawrence’s Community Commission on Homelessness rejects a national directive to place a shelter downtown, citing downtown retail, service access, and locality familiarity as key factors guiding where a shelter should be located.
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Cantus praises Lawrence school choirs during three day residency
Cantus vocal group members compliment Lawrence junior high and city choirs after a three day residency engaging about 500 choral students. They perform at the Lied Center, highlighting the city’s strong musical programs and ongoing recognition for local choirs under Levee district influence.
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Lawrence
Lied
Levee
Baghdad’s path to reconciliation under Baker Gates plan
Trudy Rubin outlines the Iraq Study Group led by James Baker and Robert Gates as they frame options for President Bush. The panel may push for an international conference with Iran and Syria, discourage full troop withdrawal, and favor a gradual drawdown while promoting a reconciliation pact among Iraqi Shiite and Sunni leaders.
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Public forum letters highlight military duty and KU thanks
A Lawrence reader complains about a parking ticket for a sergeant stationed at Fort Riley while praising the town for supporting troops. Another letter expresses gratitude to KU staff for student field trips and learning, noting resources at Lindley Hall and Campanile. A third writer condemns city trash enforcement leniency and cites a stalled ordinance, urging stronger consequences for neglected cleanup.
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California
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Julie Hale
Reply to Woodling on Haskell Stadium and Local History
Theresa Milk defends Haskell Stadium against Chuck Woodling s critical column arguing for understanding of the stadium opened in 1926 and the institution since 1884. She defends grass parking and plant life while challenging derogatory terms and urges broader knowledge of local history and community.
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Haskell Stadium
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Woodling
Chuck
Theresa Milk
Lawrence
Honest strangers return purse at KU Lawrence restaurant
Kathy Peterson writes a grateful public letter from Prairie Village thanking a young couple and their four children who found and returned her purse left on a chair at the Taco Bell on Sixth Street in Lawrence after a KU basketball game. She praises their honesty and wishes them well.
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Taco Bell
Sixth Street
Allen Fieldhouse
Kathy Peterson
Prairie Village
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