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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 2003
Page
4
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department will issue updated confirmed case numbers at a 3 p.m. news conference at the Community Health Facility on Maine Street. Twenty-two cases had been confirmed as of Saturday, with cryptosporidium causing diarrhea cramps and fever.
Baker University is awarded a 120000 grant from the Hall Family Foundation of Kansas City to support its Critical Thinking and Writing program. The funds will fund free regional workshops, online and graduate courses, and national conference presentations while the program teaches freshmen critical thinking and enables students to research and defend position papers on science or technology issues.
Kansas University and Haskell Indian Nations University will collaborate for two years on the history of race relations between blacks and American Indians. A $300,000 Ford Foundation grant funds the project led by KU's Hall Center for the Humanities and Haskell. The work includes oral histories, curriculum development for K-12 and university courses, a Web site with discussion groups, and a digital oral history archive.
The Journal-World reports Lawrence area gas under $1.70 with prices as low as $1.63 at Citgo 2005 W Ninth St Zarco 66 No 3 900 Iowa and Hillcrest Amaco 914 Howa Call Pump Patrol at 832 7154 if you spot a lower price
Kansas University plans bigger outreach at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson with three booth spaces and a week long presence from Friday through Sept 14. Admissions staff will travel western Kansas to meet high school students as part of a push to recruit more from the region. About 300 volunteers will hand out 50 000 Jayhawk tattoos 9 000 Frisbees and 12 000 I'm a Jayhawk Fan fans along with pencils magnets and recruitment info as organizers aim to reach roughly 350 000 fairgoers. The KU effort features a larger pep rally with a 160 member marching band and emphasizes higher education awareness statewide.
KU Roadshow U administrators along with admissions staff and the Baby Jay mascot will visit Salina Holiday Inn Sunday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Great Bend High School Monday 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dodge City High School next Tuesday 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Garden City High School September 10 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Hays High School September 11 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
David Smith of the Kaw Valley Living Wage Alliance and others spoke at South Park on Labor Day, noting optimism as Lawrence City Commission and Chamber leaders work toward a compromise living wage proposal. They expect action by late September or early October, with officials debating whether it will be a resolution or an ordinance. Picnic emcee Graham Kreicker urged an enforceable ordinance with teeth.
Douglas County commissioners consider a master plan for the 49 acre east Lawrence fairgrounds aiming to guide renovations or new buildings with a $30 000 study. They seek input from the fair board to shape a 20 to 30 year outlook as the site hosts the 4-H Free Fair, demolition derby, tractor pull and other events while expanding year round use.
Lawrence resident Chris Gallaway, a KU graduate, was elected president of the Young Democrats of America at its Buffal o NCY convention. He is the first Kansan to lead the 43,000 member group, pledging to boost youth voter registration and turnout. Gallaway has long been active in KU Young Democrats and Kansas party work, and will serve on the Democratic National Committee executive committee and as a delegate to the 2004 convention in Boston.
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