Lawrence Datebook Activities and City Events
Lawrence daily events include health screenings for seniors at Lecompton United Methodist Church and mass immunizations by the Health Department, Storytimes at Lawrence Public Library, a Farmers Market, and an array of youth programs at the library. Also listed are a City Commission meeting, a Big Brothers Big Sisters informational session, a lecture at the Dole Institute, and contact details for submitting items.
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Lawrence
Douglas County Health Department
Lecompton United Methodist Church
Elmore St
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Maine
Lawrence Public Bonor
Friends of the Public Library
Big Brothers
Big Sisters of
Douglas County
Sixth St
Glas County Health Department
Lawrence- Douglas County
Babcock Place
Mass
Weekend Lawrence police report shows multiple incidents and fire calls
Lawrence Police logged 268 calls and 28 reports Sunday with five thefts and two injury accidents, 318 calls and 42 reports Saturday including three burglaries and ten noninjury accidents, and 316 calls and 52 reports Friday with 14 thefts and five injury accidents. Fire and Medical reported several incidents including a Sunday prescribed fire and outside equipment fire. details withheld per policy.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Douglas County
Journal-World corrects bond report in Douglas County case
The Journal-World notes a Saturday article misstated bond details in the Douglas County Dist. Att v. Christine Kenney matter. Prosecutor opposed reducing fraud suspect Allen Salah’s bond from 50,000 dollars and the correction clarifies the original bond amount.
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Douglas County Dist. Att v
Christine Kenney
Allen Salah
Journal-World
Lawrence Births and City Smoke Ban Note Corrections
Birth announcements show multiple Lawrence families greeting a boy and girl this week with parents Richard and Hayley Daugherty Lori Verdin Kennicot Jamie Franco Reiko Kawahigashi Kirk Stewart Khalaf Umsaqir Um Ra ad Alshammir. A citywide smoking ban in Lawrence businesses remains in effect since July 1 and a prior Monday Journal-World misdated it. University Theatre production Amber Waves set and lighting were misattributed in Sunday Arts and Living review.
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Richard and
Hayley Daugherty
Lawrence
Lori and
Dave Verdin- Kennicot
Jamie Franco
Reiko Kawahigashi
Kirk
Michelle Stewart
Khalaf M. Umsaqir
Um Ra'ad Alshammir
Journal-World
Mark Reaney
Nicholas Mosher
University Theatre
Sunday
Arts & Living
Journal-World Contact and Staff Directory Notes
A directory style item lists contact numbers for subscriptions and delivery as well as department heads and editors at the Journal-World. It provides phone lines for Local News Sports Living and Arts plus email contacts for editors and departments and notes partner stations and online editors.
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Call City
Mike Shields
Ljworld.com
Should Kansas raise drinking age to 18
Public poll quotes Massachusetts Marion Lynn Perry internet trader Carrie Kruger Lawrence and others debating lowering or raising the drinking age. Responses vary from 14 to 18 and beyond with opinions on responsibility, drafting and learning moderation.
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Kansas
Marion Lynn
Perry
Carrie Kruger
Metalsmith
Lawrence
Mary Kuhn
Three Lawrence Lawyers Seek New Kansas Court of Appeals Seat
Twenty six applicants including Martha Coffman Rick Kittel and Jeffrey Southard seek the states 12th appellate seat created by the Legislature effective January 1 The Office of Judicial Administration says applicants will be interviewed by a nominating commission which will shortlist three names for Governor Kathleen Sebelius to appoint.
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Topexa
Lawrence
Kansas Court of Appeals
Martha Coffman
Rick Kittel
Jeffrey Southard
Office of Judicial Administration
Kathleen Sebelius
Appeals Court
Eden Alternative founder to speak at KU Dole Institute
Bill Thomas founder of the Eden Alternative, a national movement for elderly care, will discuss What Are Old People For A Radical Reinterpretation of Aging and the Elderly in American Society at 7 p.m. at the Dole Institute of Politics. The talk, organized by KU Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, highlights companion animals and other measures to improve life for seniors in nursing homes.
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Sig Brothers
Big Sisters of
Douglas County
Sixth St
Older Women's League
Lawrence Public Library
Douglas County Commission
Bill Thomas
Eden Alternative
Dole Institute of Politics
Catesday
Kansas Universits
American Society
Schiefelbusch Institute For
Names read at KU vigil honor fallen Iraq troops
Delta Force student group at Kansas University plans a Wednesday vigil reading the names of more than 1,000 U.S. troops killed in Iraq. About 200 readers will take turns from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Strang Hall lawn to personalize the war’s toll and prompt reflection.
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Iraq
U.S
Kansas University
Delta Force
Strang Hall
KU students plan events for breast cancer awareness drive
Kansas University public relations students organize a campus observance this week. Information booths run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Stauffer Flin t Hall lawn Wednesday through Thursday with evening events at Ekdahl Dining Commons. A retired KU professor, 99, donated 500000 to establish the Cora Lee Beers Price Teaching Professorship in International Cultural Understanding, matched by the Hall Family Foundation to fund an endowed chair in Liberal Arts.
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Kansas University
Public Relations Student Society of America
Jayhawk Communications
Stauffer-Flint Hall
Ekdahl Dining
G. Baley Price
Cora Lee Beers Price
Hall Family
Fort Worth
Texas
Baley Price
Cora Lee Price
Final Kemper Teaching Fellowship Awarded at Med Center
A KU Medical Center professor in Kansas City Kansas received the final Kemper Teaching Fellowship for 2004. Kimberly Templeton associate professor in orthopedic surgery won the $5,000 prize as the 20th recipient, funded by the William T Kemper Foundation and chosen by a seven member committee in its ninth year.
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Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Kemper
Kimberly Templeton
Templeton
William T. Kemper Foundation
New AIDS test program to roll out in Douglas County
The Douglas County AIDS Project at 2518 Ridge Court will launch an OraQuick HIV testing program on Oct 28 29. High risk individuals will get a free test with results in about an hour, OraSure testing also offered at no cost. Call 843 0040 to schedule an appointment. Anonymous and confidential testing services are available during National HIV Awareness Month.
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Douglas County
Ridge Court
Sound Off Why Schwegler Students Join New York After School
Schwegler School students will join New York School for after school activities this year after a pilot at Schwegler. Janet Murphy of the Boys & Girls Club says the program was financially challenging at Schwegler and that mixing students at New York could improve outcomes. Parents agreed to changes, including a before school program at Schwegler and bus transportation to New York for the after school program.
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Schwegler
New York School
Janet Murphy
Boys & Girls Club
New York
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