Lawrence Datebook Thursday events in Douglas County
A sweeping local schedule lists Lawrence Douglas County Health Department immunization clinics at 200 Maine and public health screenings at Babcock Place for seniors. Library programs include Books & Babies Storytime, Teen Arts Night, Homework Night, and Chix with Stix. Community happenings cover a county commission meeting, Van Go Arts open house, Farmers Market, After School Alliance walk, and a Kansas State Board of Education forum at Lawrence High School.
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Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Maine
Lawrence- Douglas County Health Department
Babcock Place
Mass
Lawrence Public Library
Books
Big Brothers
Big Sisters of
Douglas County
Sixth Street
Suite A
Douglas County Commission
van Go
Farmers Market
Vermont Street
After School Alliance
South Wind
Iowa
Kansas State Board of Education
Lawrence High School
Lecompton Historical Society
Territorial Capital Museum
Lecompton
Free State High School
Overland Drive
NAACP
St. Luke A.M.E
Ninth and
New York Streets
On the Record Emergency Calls in Lawrence Kansas
Fire and district court notices list multiple emergency calls from Monday including a carbon monoxide incident at 4208 Harvard Road a natural gas leak at 3211 W Sixth St and building fires with smoke detector malfunctions. Names and details of marriages and divorces appear in district records.
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Harvard Road
Sixth St
Jayhawk Blvd
Monterey Way
Engel Road
Local births list for Lawrence and surrounding towns
Samuel and Trish Rodriguez welcomed a girl in Lawrence on Tuesday. Destiny and Chris Mikkelson welcomed a boy in Lawrence on Tuesday. Chuck and Diane Folks welcomed a girl in Lecompton on Tuesday. Jeffery and Amber Barham welcomed a girl in Eudora on Tuesday. David and Julia Saville,
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Samuel
Trish Rodriguez
Lawrence
Destiny
Chris Mikkelson
Chuck
Diane Folks
Lecompton
Jeffery
Amber Barham
Eudora
David and
Julia Saville
Journal-World invites readers to report errors
The Journal-World states it corrects significant errors brought to the editors. Readers may call 785 832 7154 or email news ljworld com to report mistakes.
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Datebook
P.O
Lawrence
Jworld.com
Journal-World
Ljworld.com
Lawrence Journal-World Contacts and local staff list
A dense contact sheet lists newsroom editors and department phones for the Lawrence Journal-World along with local and outside partners. It names city editor Mike Shields and staff such as John Taylor, Ann Gardner, Chuck Woodling, Mindie Paget, Jon Niccum, Chad Lawhorn, and others with direct line numbers for news, sports, business, entertainment, and obituaries.
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Call City
Mike Shields
Ljworld.com
John Taylor
Ljworld
Mshields
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Chuck Woodling
Mindie Paget
Mpaget
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Chad Lawhorn
Clawhorn
KU Cosby show breaks even for homecoming event
KU SUA and the Homecoming Committee produced Bill Cosby at Allen Fieldhouse on Oct 5. About 4 708 attended of 5 500 tickets sold, with $110 000 paid to Cosby and total costs near $40 000. Coca Cola and donors covered roughly $56 000, leaving break-even revenue from ticket sales. Officials consider similar events next year.
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Kansas University
Bill Cosby
Trisha Gresnick
Cosby
Allen Fieldhouse
SUA
Gresnick
Coca-Cola
Student Senate
Richard Johnson
Sound Off on Sesquicentennial Property Ownership
The land near Clinton Lake is owned by the federal government. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leases it to the city.
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Clinton
Lake
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lawrence
Call Sound Off Voice Line for Questions
Readers are invited to call the Sound Off line at 832-7297 to leave questions. A recording prompts callers to speak their query after the tone. The notice provides the telephone number and instruction for submitting public questions.
Voting Habits Across Minds On Massachusetts Street
Readers in Lawrence share views on voting: Darin Wade self employed prefers polling day, Marie Lovejoy an Atlanta artist favors polling day, Kori Podszus campus minister likes the election day experience, and Tom Overholser a massage therapist opts for advance voting for convenience and crowd avoidance.
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Kori Podszus
Lawrence
Tom Overholser
City rejects plan for major east west road through parkland
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday night rejected an amendment to the 2020 comprehensive plan that would have opened three possible east west routes through a wilderness area in the northwest. The disputed Peterson Road extension through nearly 100 acres of city parkland drew opposition from neighbors the League of Women Voters and environmentalists. The vote was unanimous. Van Go Mobile Arts hosts a Lights On After School open house Thursday at Van Go Studios 715 N.J. from 4 to 5 30 p.m.
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Lawrence
Horizon 2020
Folks Road
League of Women Voters
Sue Hack
van Go Mobile Arts
van Go
N.J
River City Encore Features Van Go Artist Paul Horvedt
Van Go, a local nonprofit aiding at risk youths 14 to 21, hired about 30 young people this fall to craft glass bowls, photography, and poetry. Paul Horvedt of Lawrence showcases nature study in a River City Weekly encore, followed by Better Health from Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The program airs on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 with a detailed Wednesday to Tuesday schedule.
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van Go
Paul
River City Weekly
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Greg Hurd
Sunflower
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Toni R. Bressler
Eveart Charles Barnes, Jr
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