Grocery budget challenge on Massachusetts Street
A reader asks if four dollars a day can cover groceries, citing Massachusetts Street in Lawrence. Matt Larsen of customer service argues yes from personal experience, noting the difficulty of the task.
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Matt Larsen
Lawrence
Lawrence parents announce births of four children
Chad and Jessica Vande Velde of Lawrence report the birth of a girl on Monday. Wando Liu and Luxi Chai of Lawrence announce a girl born Monday. Ashley Hays of Ottawa reports a girl born Monday. Nakia Kelly of Lawrence welcomes a boy born Monday.
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Chad
Jessica Vande Velde
Lawrence
Wando Liu
Luxi Chai
Ashley Hays
Ottawa
Nakia Kelly
KU student helps design sculpture for Federal Reserve Bank
A corrections note in the Nov 10 A E section fixes the name of a Kansas University student involved in a sculpture project for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Pete Wolken, from Ottawa, a metalsmithing major, is among five students in the class.
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Kansas University
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Pete Wolken
Ottawa
Just Food benefits SNAP budget drawdown awareness event
Mike Gaughan and Jeremy Farmer host a three day food shopping challenge to highlight SNAP aid cuts and rising costs for Kansans. Participants Adair twice and Gaughan discuss choosing basic items and limited meals while education official Dennis Highberger urging understanding of barriers to healthy eating under reduced benefits.
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Congress
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Farmer
Just Food
Adair
Gaughan
Dennis “Boog” Highberger
Lawrence
Food stamp challenge spurs Kansas budget week
Journal World reporter Chad Lawhorn and his family take on the national Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week by living on the average Kansas food stamp budget for a week. Updates posted at the Ifworld site and a final wrap up in Sundays Lawrence Journal-World.
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Kansas
Journal-World
Chad Lawhorn
Ifworld.com
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Lawrence
County plans reviewed in executive session under open meetings act
Douglas County officials discuss a security heavy plan developed with Sheriff Office staff and university interns. The plan may stay private due to sensitive details. A 4 p.m. Wednesday meeting will hear comments on selling the former ambulance building to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for 325000 and a permit for Westar Energy to build storage buildings along the Eastern leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway. The consent agenda includes a forklift purchase for 16500, a Home Rule resolution, beverage licenses for Flamingo Enterprises Clinton Store Paradise Saloon and Little Reno Inc, a Food Policy Council joint status, a historic resources survey contract for Wakarusa Township, and a used Walker Tank Trailer purchase for Public Works.
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Douglas County Sheriffs Office
Kansas University
Weinang
Cials
Theie
Commission
Maine St
Lawrence Memorial
Westar Energy
South Lawrence
Douglas County
Grant Township
Flamingo Enterprises
Clinton Township Board
Clinton
Little Reno Inc
Paradise Saloon
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