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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 2003
Page
6
A steady stream of visitors attended Kansas University's Monarch Watch open house on Saturday. Holly Flitcraft of Lawrence poses with a monarch butterfly as workers tag and release a butterfly during the event. See full story on page 2B.
The Community Drop-In Center in Lawrence requests donations to fund bus tickets for the poor and homeless seeking jobs, as well as help with identification papers and sack lunches. This year the center issued 510 bus tickets, 31 identifications, 584 lunches, and 12 gas vouchers.
The U S Housing and Urban Development department awarded Kansas University 150000 to aid targeted students enrolling in the master of public administration program as part of 19 grants totaling 3 million to support low income and minority graduate students in community planning and development over the next two years. The Community Development Work Study Program will cover about 95 students tuition travel and books and place them with partnerships including the Lawrence Douglas County Housing Authority United Way of Wyandotte County and the Housing and Economic Development Financial Corp Kansas City Mo.
The Journal-World reports Pump Patrol notes gas prices as low as $1.59 at two stations in the Lawrence area Citgo at 2005 W Ninth St and Zarco 66 No 3 at 900 Iowa If you spot a lower price call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
Kansas and several states plan to attend a September summit hosted by South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds at Dakota Dunes on river issues. Key participants include Joe Harkins and David Pope representing Kansas, with U S Army Corps of Engineers officials and governors from eight basin states invited. The dispute centers on federal management and water releases from Milford Tuttle Lake Lake Perry to aid barge traffic, with Kansas threatening possible litigation to keep water in state and protect fishing and upstream interests.
Norwich High School Band Day participants join a downtown parade for KU's 56th annual event. Director Cheryl McClaren lets students choose between Kansas University and Kansas State University due to family ties. Some students prefer KU while others want to end the heat of the uniforms. Norwich band travels the farthest among 36 high school groups with local memories of last year’s weather.
At Memorial Stadium pregame tailgating showcased two camps the Russell-Howarter group and the Stover-Hill duo. Lawrence booster John Stover turned his vehicle into a mobile restaurant with a prize winning grill menu of shrimp salmon brisket fried chicken and sides. Jayhawk flags hats and forks highlighted the scene as fans enjoyed food and drink before the KU versus UNLV showdown.
Former KU social welfare associate professor Ben Zimmerman of Lawrence, a prominent activist for justice and equality, died in Venice, California at age 85. He helped found groups such as Simply Equal and the Day Care Coalition, served on NAACP and League of Women Voters boards, led the 1990s effort to add sexual orientation protections to Lawrence’s anti discrimination ordinance, and later supported gender identity protections for district employees.
Staff writer Tim Carpenter notes contact at 832-7355. The obituary for Mr. Zimmerman appears on page 3B, indicating a tribute and biographical details for the deceased.
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