Lawrence Datebook highlights and city events today
A schedule of Lawrence events includes storytimes at Lawrence Public Library for 2 year olds and older, a Baker University fall convocation at Rice Auditorium Baldwin, hourly Stories by the Bell at the library, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Light the Night Walk at South Park, a POW MIA ceremony at VFW Post 852, a Lawrence Farmers Market on Vermont Street, a cohousing site tour at Commons Delaware Street, and a business meeting. Submit Datebook items to the given contact.
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Lawrence Public Library
Baker University
Rice Auditorium
Baldwin
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
South Park
Lth
Massachusetts
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Lawrence Farmers Market
Vermont Street
10Th
11Th
Delaware Street
Burglary Report and Local Public Safety Calls
A Lawrence woman reports a 1999 Dodge Intrepid stolen from the 1000 block of North Third Street around 7 40 p m Wednesday. Fire and EMS responses include alarm and smoke detector malfunctions and several medical emergencies and rescues across Lawrence and nearby Eudora.
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Lawrence
North Third Street
Bristol Terrace
Timber Court
Princeton Place
East 25Th Street
West 31St Street
Walnut Street
Eudora
West Sixth Street
Melrose Lane
East 2400
Kensington Road
Kansas Highway 10
Births Announced in Lawrence and Ottawa Areas
Jolene and Ken Peterson of Lawrence welcome a boy on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Makboul of Lawrence announce a birth a girl. Adrian and Ashley Burke of Ottawa announce a boy.
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Jolene
Ken Peterson
Lawrence
Mrs. Makboul
Adrian
Ashley Burke
Ottawa
Seem-To-Be Players Correct Phone Number Listed
The phone number for the Seem-To-Be Players in Thursday's Mag edition is wrong. The correct contact number is 843-2787.
Lawrence boy loses cash in candy fundraiser theft
A 10 year old boy selling candy door to door on Belle Haven Drive at about 5 20 p m Tuesday was knocked down and robbed by two junior high age suspects who made off with 4 and two candy bars Douglas County Fire Medical crews found him uninjured. Police seek suspects.
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Belle Haven Drive
Lawrence
Douglas County Fire & Medical
Douglas County
Sheriff's Office
Tate
Zarco
Iowa
James Hardman
Hardman
Veterans groups plan POW MIA events in Lawrence
Lawrence veterans groups plan POW MIA week activities open to the public at 7 15 p m today at the VFW Alford Clarke Post 852 138 Ala The era includes a DNA LifePrint Child Safety program offering free non invasive cheek swab samples for missing children today and Saturday at Central National Bank Seventh Street and Wakarusa Drive with samples preserved up to 80 years and no data basing.
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FBI
Lawrence
Central National Bank
Seventh Street
Wakarusa Drive
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Alford Clarke
Ala
Contact Information For Lawrence Journal-World Staff
Local and toll free numbers plus street address for the Lawrence Journal World and site feedback options include City Editor Mike Shields and editors with direct lines. Also lists online contact forms and staff emails, hours, delivery and circulation contact, and ads and classifieds contacts.
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Chipmunk sightings spark curiosity in Lawrence
In downtown Lawrence a sighting prompted talk of chipmunks in northeast Kansas. Thor Holmes of Kansas University's Natural History Museum identifies the Eastern chipmunk as the likely species, noting its rare presence near Lawrence. The area may also host various ground squirrels, with the thirteen lined ground squirrel being the most common yet still uncommon in the county.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Thor Holmes
Kansas University
Natural History Museum
Douglas County
Call Sound Off Line for Public Questions
Instructions direct callers to dial 832-7297 for Sound Off. A recording prompts listeners to leave their question.
On the Street on the Street by Michelle Burden
Readers share how an attack alters their TV habits with KU student Cameron Emmett noting reliance on ABC and NBC for breaking news, Jenny Long saying she has no cable, Christian Overton observing a dramatic rise in viewing, and Hugh Conover sticking with CNN and C-SPAN for coverage.
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Cameron Emmett
Lawrence
ABC
NBC
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