Lawrence school board lists two priority projects for district
The Lawrence school board backs building a second high school and adding air conditioning to four elementary schools and a junior high. Administrators outlined 24 construction, renovation, and repair projects affecting 14 schools, with plans to open by 1997-98 and ground breaking in May after land acquisition by January.
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Lawrence
Lawrence School Board
Craig Fiegel
Glenn, Livingood and Penzler Architects
High Powerball Jackpot Draws Market Pulse in Kansas
In Topeka the Kansas Lottery office reports heavy Powerball activity as the 95 million dollar jackpot fuels a surge in ticket sales. Officials note expected large turnout, tax withholdings, and multiple prize tiers while Iowa mirrors the rush with projected sales near two million dollars.
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Deanna Newman
Kansas Lottery
Topeka
Newman
Jane Elliott
Kansas
Bret Voorhees
Iowa Lottery
Iowa
Voorhees
Strutt
Lawrence residents form crime prevention coalition in Kansas
About 40 Lawrence residents gathered Tuesday night at the Kennedy School library to start a citywide crime prevention plan. They listed 18 issues from hate crimes to child abuse and discussed solutions such as teen centers and free counseling for families, aiming for ongoing coalition work through January.
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Stephanie Collins
Collins
Lawrence
Kennedy School
Crime
Kansas University
Rod Bremby
John Fawcett
West Junior High School
Bremby
Program to aid low income HIV patients in three counties
A federally funded early intervention program in Douglas, Jefferson, and Franklin counties will give low income HIV positive residents free baseline screenings and access to routine health services. Doctors can be reimbursed up to 600 dollars yearly per patient and participation does not preclude joining drug trials. About 20 local doctors are expected to enroll.
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Douglas
Jefferson
Franklin Counties
Lawrence-Douglas County
Parsons
Kansas City
Sally Finney-Brazier
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Reim
Finney-Brazier
Kansas
Wichita
Kay Kent
AIDS Quilt Display Planned For World AIDS Day Events
The Douglas County AIDS Project sponsors World AIDS Day activities including a memorial quilt panel display at the Spencer Museum of Art from Thursday through December 11 and an 8 p.m. presentation by a positive couple in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
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Douglas Country
Helen
Foresman Spencer Museum
Kansas-Union
Jurors find Barnes Guilty of Second Degree Murder
A Douglas County jury deliberated 75 minutes and convicted Rodney W. Barnes, 28, of second degree murder in the Feb. stabbing death of Curtis J. Thomas, 28, outside the Riverside Bar & Grill in Pierce City Missouri. Sentencing set for Jan. 20 with a possible 68 to 77 months in prison.
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Douglas County
Rodney W. Barnes
Missouri
Barnes
Ralph M. King Jr
Kansas
Curtis J. Thomas
Pierce City
Riverside Bar & Grill
Third
Thomas
Lincoln
Frank Diehl
Diehl
David Berkowitz
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Supt
Altzinger
Second High School
Mike Yover
Journal-World
Sunflower School
Wal-Mart
Rick Easter
U.S. Attorney’s Office
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