City outlines skate park liability and safety measures
City officials explain that Centennial Park skate park designed by B.G. Consultants includes safety features, signage, and design choices to minimize injuries. Liability falls under Kansas Tort Claims Act with no blanket protections, as city depends on facts of each case and inherent risks in skate sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Corliss
Fred DeVictor
Parks and Recreation
Centennial Park
B.G. Consultants
B.G
Kansas
Call Sound Off Voice Line for Journal-World Questions
Readers are invited to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and enter category 7478 to hear a recording that asks them to leave their question for Sound Off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World Access
Lawrence Datebook health screenings and community events
Morning health screening for seniors over 60 at Lecompton Community Building with a fee. Coalition for Homeless Concerns meets at Trinity Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall. Teen Night at Lawrence Aquatic Center hosted by Lawrence High School Club. City Commission meeting at city hall and various school and library events listed across venues. Submit items to Datebook by phone or mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lecompton
Lawrence- Douglas
Sixth
Massachusetts
Quail Run
Inverness Dr
Del
Clinton Place
Clinton Pkwy
Checkers
John Taylor Park
North Seventh and Elm Streets
Lawrence High School Parent Group Kicks Off Year
Lawrence High School’s Parent Support Group starts the year with a 6 p.m. meeting in the high school cafeteria inviting past members, current parents, alumni and friends to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LHS
Lawrence High School
Kansas Educator Wins Two Prestigious Science Awards
Plank, a distinguished Kansas scientist, is honored with the Houtermans Young Scientist Medal from the European Association for Geochemistry and the 1998 Young Scientist Award from the Geological Society of America, which includes the Donath Medal and cash prize. She will receive the Donath Medal at the society's Toronto meeting October 26 to 29, after research work from classrooms to volcanoes in Nicaragua, Mexico and the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houtermans
European Association For Geochemistry
Plank
Geological Society of America
Donath
Kansas
Geological Society
Toronto
Nicaragua
Mexico
Philippines
Menopause conference set in Lawrence by WHAT group
A Lawrence women health group WHAT hosts the second annual conference Menopause: Midlife Alternatives II. Speakers include Ann Louise Gittleman and Susan Weed. Workshops cover nutrition soy foods and natural hormone options with credits for nurses and social workers. Registration $50 by Saturday. at the door $55 if space remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Women’s Health Alternatives Taskforce
W.H.A.T
Ann Louise Gittleman
Susan Weed
Gittleman
Weed
Marcia Roberts
Lawrence Helidome
Second
McDonald
P.O
Nancy O’connor
Carolyn Micek
Burglaries and thefts reported in on the record
The report notes car thefts of golf clubs valued at 2590 dollars from a vehicle on McDonald Drive between 8 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday. It also details a 19 year old Lawrence resident reporting a naked man with a blue cap at a Louisiana Street doorstep at 4 40 a.m. Saturday and other emergency calls, births, dismissals, and World War I era alumnus omissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald Drive
Lawrence
Louisiana
George Wheeler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Queen of Hearts
Princess
Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
South Park
Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana
Babcock Place
Mass
Lawrence-Douglas County
Datebook
Ljworld.com
Medicare
OWL
Older Women’s League
Lawrence Public Library
Karolyn Sharp
The
Kansas Foundation For Medical Care Inc
Wellsville Cafe
KDHE
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
State Food Service
Greg Gilroy
Ottawa
Gilroy
Main
Wellsville
KCHE
Kansas University
Toulouse
France
Terry Ann Plank
Clinton
Northwest Airlines
Pilots’ Union
By Levi
Chronister
Prashanth Pulkar
Jeff Moyer
Jim Williams
Te “No
Jim Connelly
Menopause
By Chris Roger
Chris Koger
Ckoger
Ijworld.com
Dustin Barnes
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence Douglas County
Iowa
West Sixth
West 27Th
Rhode Island
Bluestei Drive
East 1375
Halderman, Lecompton
New Hampshire
Kibbee
Baldwin
Pine Haven Court
U.S. Highway 40
Peterson Road
Orchard Lane
North 300 Road
New Jersey
Leah Moore
Aaron
Kim Lisher
Amy Miller
Kevin Miller
Eudora
Eric
Lori Anderson
Lawrence Chamber Report
Journal-World
Ross Rummell
Everett Demeritt
Jayhawk
Yawatnee Journal- Worlp
Lene
Tom Jones
Ljworld
Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
David Toplikar
Ann Gardner
Chuck Woodling
Richard Brack
Jill Hummels
Jan Biles
Tom Fisher
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!