Janet Reno to speak at Lied Center lecture
Free vouchers for Janet Reno's September 23 lecture at the Lied Center become available today in the Kansas Union Student Union Activities office or Lied Center box office. Phone orders for will call are 864-4550. Reno, former U S attorney general, speaks at 7:30 p.m. and to law students that day.
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U.S
Law School
Stephenson
Community Building closed for weekend quilt show
The Community Building at 115 Worth Street will close Friday through Sunday for the Lawrence Quilters Guild annual quilt show. The gym, weight room, locker rooms and racquetball courts close. other city recreation facilities run on regular schedules. For info call Craig Houfek at 832-7920.
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Lawrence Quilters’ Guild
Craig Houfek
Gas Prices: Pump Patrol Seeks Lower Deals
The Journal World reports a Lawrence area gas price as low as 1.59 at Citgo 2005 W Ninth St Zarco 66 No 3 900 Iowa and Hill Crest Amoco 914 Iowa Call Pump Patrol at 832 7154 if you find a lower price.
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Journal-World
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Lowa
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Kansas recalls among nation's toughest in time and effort
Kansas imposes the nation's highest recall threshold with 40 percent of prior voters needed to trigger a recall, higher than California and most states. Local officials like county commissioners and school board members face easier recall paths, while statewide recalls have never succeeded. The process requires significant petitions and involves misconduct, felony convictions or failure to perform duties as valid grounds.
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California
Gray Davis
Sunflower
Patty Jaimes
Douglas County
Jesse Borton
Secretary of State
National Conference of State Legislatures
Louisiana
Don Haider-Markel
Kansas University
Haider-Markel
Harper County
Robert Sharp
County official pushes for Marion Township fire station
Douglas County Commissioner Jere McElhaney aims to spur action on a long delayed volunteer fire station in Marion Township. He seeks to de annex residents from Osage County Fire District No. 4 or create a new district, citing insurance losses and lack of nearby protection as key motivators. Residents pay about $30,000 annually to the district without local equipment or personnel.
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Jere McElhaney
Douglas County
Kansas
Osage County
Overbrook
Lone Star Lake
McElhaney
Marxton Township
Lawrence district moves to speed repairs with 2 million plan
The Lawrence School District is assembling 2 million to address urgent facility problems at more than 20 schools. The plan prioritizes 32 million in projects for 2003 to 2008, with 24 million in the final year, funded by 1.6 million from the capital outlay fund and 400,000 from leftover energy funds.
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Lawrence
West Junior High
Lawrence High School
Central Junior High
Tom Bracciano
Hesston Record tests online edition to cut costs
Hesston publisher Bob Latta shifts the 70 year old weekly to a paid online edition with print every other week. The move aims to save money as subscribers and advertisers dwindle. Latta says the community must support the newspaper, while readers and local businesses react with uncertainty.
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Bob Latta
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Latta
Kansas
Deanna Yutzy
Hesston
Journal-World
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