Maple Leaf Festival Set to Open in Baldwin This Weekend
Baldwin hosts its 19th Maple Leaf Festival Friday through Sunday with city crews cleaning streets, Chief Redman blocking Eighth Street, Supt. Randel wiring campgrounds and schools, and volunteers from the Jaycees Masons and Garden Club preparing activities. The event honors local maples with a Ballad of Black Jack replacement, a Maple Leaf Tennis Tournament finals on Sunday, and community charity proceeds supporting future festivals.
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KU professor to discuss China’s educational revolution
KU associate professor Carl Leban will give an 8 p.m. lecture on October 21 in the Kansas Union Forum Room on China’s 10 year educational changes. He recently observed Chinese education as an adviser to a National Academy of Sciences delegation.
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Man Arrested After Melee for Destruction
Pad Greg D Sanders 23 of 2002 Redbud jailed on felonious destruction after ransacking a former girlfriend’s home. About 15 people fought in the yard at Jan Cunningham’s residence. Sanders uninvitedly entered her apartment and damaged furniture. Damage estimated at 100 dollars. Larry W Zornes cited for interfering with police during dispersal. Sanders posted 2000 dollar bond and was released.
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Voter Registration Ends Ahead of November Election
Citizens may register to vote at the county courthouse until 9 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday. The registration books close at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Registration location is the county courthouse at 11th and Massachusetts.
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Confidential Carter Campaign Manual Revealed Details Tricks
A Knight Newspapers column reports on a confidential 111 page Carter campaign handbook advising workers to create crowds and manage supporters. It recommends fictitious poll names and staged cheering while stressing controlled information and a suitable private prep space for Carter.
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UF drive kicks off with higher goal and pledges
Ceremony launches a fundraising drive raising the goal from 199 900 to 237 480. Agencies pledge support and plan outreach including door to door solicitations Oct 25 26 and a 7 30 pm Channel Six presentation detailing services to Lawrence and Douglas County.
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Dole set for Lawrence visit this weekend
Sen. Bob Dole plans a Lawrence stop Saturday to attend a reception honoring Rep. Larry Winn after the Kansas University Oklahoma game. A Ford spokesman said the visit is fairly firm with multiple Kansas stops to back four Republican congressmen. Friday night features Dole’s televised debate with Walter Mondale.
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City Faces Planning Debates At Tuesday Commission Session
City commissioners prepare for a lengthy 7 p.m. meeting after the Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission backed key items. Decisions include revising the Four Seasons PUD with duplexes along Brush Creek Drive and near 24th Street, rezoning two parcels for doctors offices, and a .76 acre site near Arkansas and Sixth for a commercial use possibly a McDonald’s. The Pinckney Neighborhood Association plans to oppose hospital related residential conversions.
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Deerfield Village
City agenda items for October Homecoming service awards and zoning requests
The week’s agenda includes designating October 10 to 16 as Homecoming Employee Service Awards week. It lists bids for water department mains, final plats and development plans, multiple rezonings, a Four Seasons PUD revision, a Haunted House permit for the Jaycees, a disorderly conduct code amendment, bid openings for pipes and a vehicle, sanitation bids, an easement with the school board, and a Human Relations Commission appointment.
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Sixth Street
Parkmar Estates
Jaycees
R.I
Water Department
Human Relations Commission
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