Lawrence Green Energy Push Across Hamm Landfill
Editorial notes a $16 million methane gas plant and six mile pipeline at Hamm Landfill five miles north of Lawrence. The project boosts local renewables alongside Bowersock Hydropower Cromwell Solar Evergreen Energy and Good Energy Solutions and will employ eight gas wells and four full-time plus four part-time staff.
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Hamm
Lawrence
Bowersock Hydropower
Cromwell Solar
Evergreen Energy
Good Energy Solutions
Kansas
Charlie Sedlock
EPA
Renewable Power Producers
North Carolina
Sedlock
Hillary Clinton
Old Home Town in 1866 from the Kansas Daily Tri
A Topeka civil war veteran Captain Shub Thompson visits a Kansas fair using a crutch after a broken leg. He is noted as having endured numerous injuries yet remains capable. A coal oil accident at A J Reid’s house causes a servant girl to suffer severe burns. the fire is contained with quick action and only minor house damage.
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Kansas Daily Tri- 15
Shub. Thompson
Topeka
Thompson
Kansas
A. J. Reid
The presidency is not a reality show
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues that voters should demand competence from presidential candidates. He cites misstatements by Johnson and other figures as evidence that politics has become unserious. The piece defends fact based knowledge and warns against electing uninformed leaders.
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Gary Johnson
America
Jeb Bush
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Today in History Events Mark Key World Dates
On Oct 2 1941 German forces pressed on Moscow but Soviet troops defended the city. In 1919 Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke leaving him paralyzed. 1959 Twilight Zone debuted on CBS. 1967 Thurgood Marshall sworn as Supreme Court justice as term opened. 1975 Ford welcomed Emperor Hirohito to the White House on the South Lawn.
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Woodrow Wilson
White House
Rod Serling
Cbs-Tv
Thurgood Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Gerald R. Ford
Japan
Hirohito
United States
Local Sun Cedar reentry program sues Car Freshner Corp
Lawrence resident K T Walsh writes that Car Freshner Corp with 100 million yearly sales sued Sun Cedar, a Ballard Center program paying living wages, claiming Shine Adams copied their cedar pine tree shape. The piece accuses a large company of bullying a small town program and urges boycotts and store reversals.
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Car Freshner Corp
Sun Cedar
Shine Adams
Ballard Center
Penn House
Shine
K T Walsh
Lawrence
Better Language To the editor
An elderly writer reflects on nearing 84 years and the enduring capacity for astonishment in American life, wondering what more can amaze as age advances. He considers the breadth of American experience and suggests continued curiosity despite time.
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Alaska
Sarah Palin
Katie Couric
Libya
Obama
Gaddafi
Herman Cain
Vladimir Putin
Public Forum criticizes local cafe owner over crude term
A reader complains about a Chad Lawhorn article on the Cosmic Cafe noting the owner used the word snot to describe a menu item. The letter questions editorial judgment and urges cleaner reporting while praising Lawrence and expressing ongoing city pride.
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Donald Trump
Chad Lawhorn
Cosmic Cafe
Lawrence
Lawhorn
Lynn Bliss
Rethinking fathers in family health discourse
Juliana Carlson critiques a WellCommons piece on a Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department father involvement program. She argues the framing omits risks some fathers pose, challenges heteronormative family ideals, and urges policies that foster caring, gender equitable fatherhood and anti-violence attitudes to improve children’s well being.
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WellCommons
Lawrence-Douglas County
Juliana Carlson
Lawrence
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