City to form sidewalk benefit districts and repaving plans
City engineer Terese Gorman explains sidewalk funding via neighbor benefit districts with adjacent property owners paying part of the cost. She notes districts can be formed on request and provides contact details. She also outlines next year’s road resurfacing process and school zone guidelines, with exact speed limits and criteria for establishing zones.
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West Second Street
McDonald Drive
Michigan Street
Terese Gorman
Gorman
City Hall
Lawrence
Call Sound Off to Submit Your Question
Readers are invited to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and select category 7478 to leave a question for the Sound Off segment. A recording guides listeners through the process and prompts for the inquiry.
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Journal-World Access
Ljworld
Wildlife agency to show three wild birds today
Wildlife educator Bob Hope of Operation Wildlife will present a live Great Horned Owl Harris hawk and American Kestrel at Petcare 3115 Iowa from noon to 4 p.m. today. The free event seeks donations for the nonprofit agency whose headquarters near Lawrence were damaged by a June microburst.
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Bob Hope
Operation Wildlife
Petcare
Iowa
Lawrence
Lawrence briefs series on American Women Writers at library
The Lawrence library hosts a four part series starting Oct 21 at 7 30 p m in the 707 Vermont Street building. Readings include In Search of Satisfaction by J California Cooper Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and Clover by Dori Sanders. Participants must register at the reference desk and provide their own copies. Sets of all four books are available for purchase at the children's desk. Contact Kim Patton or Sandra Wiechert at 843 3833 for details.
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J. California Cooper
Maya Angelou
God
Zora Neale Hurston
Dori Sanders
Kim Patton
Sandra Wiechert
Lawrence Datebook schedule of local meetings and clinics
Noon to four lists events across Lawrence including a Women’s Leadership Conference at Kansas Union. A series of government meetings, health clinics, library talks, and a housing roundtable are planned at sites such as the county courthouse, Trinity Church, Holcom Recreation Center, and Lawrence Public Library with sponsors including the Health Department and Housing Authority.
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Women's Leadership Conference
Kansas Union
Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center
Kansas University
Coalition For Homeless Concerns
Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall
Holcom Recreation Center
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Lawrence City Commission
City Hall
Sixth
Massachusetts
Patricia Wagner
Lawrence Public Library
Babcock Place
Mass
Lawrence Memorial, Hospital Board
Auditorum
LMH
Maine
Lawrence Senior Center
Haskell
Lawrence Housing Authority
Bert Nash
Douglas
11Th
Burglary and theft reports from local area
Four chrome wheels and four tires worth 1000 were stolen between Monday 6 p m and Wednesday 10 p m from the 2100 block of Quail Creek. A front window at the Eldridge Hotel 701 Mass was broken at 12 46 a m Saturday causing 800 in damage. A 1991 white Audi valued at 17000 was recovered at 4 01 a m Thursday. Two men were arrested for burglary and theft and released on bond. Fire and ambulance calls, medical emergencies, and several patient transfers followed, plus a list of marriage licenses issued in Lawrence and nearby towns.
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Quail Creek
Eldridge
Mass
Matthew Aaron Clements
Lawrence
Douglas County
Richard Allen
Kingsley
West Sixth
Dearborn
West 10Th
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Sterling Heights Nursing Home
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Haskell
Massachusetts
31St Street
Kansas Highway 10
Clinton Parkway
Brandon, Woods’ Nursing Home
East 15Th Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Vermont
North 100
Iowa
East 11Th
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Sheila May Orcutt
Calvin Holladay Jr
Danielle Schiesser
Michael C.P. Tipton
Tamara J. Marconette
Michael D. Carlson
Overbrook
Carol D. Gaiovnik
Sean McKinney
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