Tailgating boom fuels new wave of fan gear and events
The tailgating trend at football games grows from Kansas and Kansas State to Kansas City with massive crowds and expanding gear. Sports fans invest in elaborate equipment from refrigerators to built vans, while vendors stress the enduring social appeal even in poor team performance.
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Nike
Reebok
New Balance
Peter Jensen
Baltimore Sun
Kansas
Kansas State
Kansas City
Chiefs
Missouri
Kansas State Stadium
Jensen
Patrick O’neil
Journal-World credits and affiliations mention
The notice lists the newspaper's mailing details Journal-World based in Lawrence Kansas along with USPS periodical status and memberships in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and The Associated Press, indicating standard industry affiliations and circulation verification.
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Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Race, hype and the McNabb bias in sports commentary
Leonard Pitts Jr reviews how Rush Limbaugh alleged media bias inflated Donovan McNabb due to race while contrasting with Keith Van Horn. The piece argues the double standard in evaluating Black quarterbacks and calls for overrated Black players to be treated without racial assumptions.
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Sam
Donovan McNabb
Rush Limbaugh
ESPN
Keith van Horn
New York Knicks
NBA
Larry Bird
van Horn
McNabb
Rush
Limbaugh
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Readers debate school salaries and city street work
Dave Adams of Lawrence protests a Journal-World front page on district administrator pay, urging fairer comparisons to like districts and other professions. He questions who decides street resurfacing in Lawrence, cites delays on 23rd and 31st streets, and complains of perceived bias toward wealthier areas while all taxpayers are shortchanged. Gail Carpenter of Perry adds concerns over street repairs and prioritization.
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Journal- World
Kansas
Lawrence
Baldwin
DeSoto
Eudora
Journal-World
Dave Adams
31St
Iowa Streets
Haskell Avenue
North Third Street
East
Massachusetts Street
Clinton Parkway
West Sixth Street
Gail Carpenter
Perry
Salary a Bargain for Randy Weseman in Lawrence Schools
The Journal-World is urged to average Randy Weseman’s nearly 27-year career with the Lawrence school district to show how valuable a bargain his service has been to the community, despite years as a poorly paid teacher.
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The
Journal-World
Randy Weseman
Lawrence
Joanna Trame
Dye
District majority backs health over profit in school soda ban
Lawrence residents applaud four forward thinking school board members for limiting soda in schools and curbing corporate advertising. Letter writers Marisa Clogston and Thomas Hegeman praise decisions that place youth health above dollars, noting funding and privatization concerns.
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Uncle Sam
America
Lawrence School
Marisa Clogston
Thomas Hegeman
Lawrence
Douglas County approves low bid for Clinton Parkway phase
The Douglas County Commission chose Tobin Construction of Kansas City Kansas as low bidder for grading and bridges on the Clinton Parkway project at 3 125 455 under estimates of 3 5 to 4 million. Ralph M King Jr named district judge with 39 500 salary to replace retired Frank Gray October 17. Fire warnings rise from drought and Lawrence building permits surge to 4 3 million in nine months. 1903 excerpt lists river improvement delegates and rails against irreverence in sacred matters.
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Clinton Parkway
Tobin Construction
Kansas City
Kan
Tobin
Ralph M. King Jr
Lawrence
Douglas County
Robert Bennett
King
Frank R. Gray
Lawrence Daily World
Selig
River Improvement Congress
J.D. Bowersock
Gordon Grovenor
Junius Underwood
R.C. Johnston
C.E. Learnard
W.J. Gilmore
C.S. Finch
Peter &. Emery
A.J. Griffin
J.W. O'Neil
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