Senior Employment Expo Brings Jobs And Workshops
The second annual Senior Employment Expo Where Ability is Ageless comes to Lawrence Senior Center. It runs Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a 9–11 a.m. job fair and 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. workshops on resumes interviews and career transitions. Representatives from area schools will be present 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. A lawn lunch 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. features hot dogs and a performance by the New Horizons Band.
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Lawrence Senior Center
New Horizons
Lawrence store owners plead not guilty on obstruction charges
Guy and Carrie Neighbors owners of the Yellow House Store in Lawrence waived formal reading of one count each in federal court. A motion hearing is set for Nov. 10. They face related charges in separate cases over allegedly selling stolen goods on the Internet and drug offenses. They are free on bond as they deny wrongdoing amid ongoing investigations. The Friends of the Lawrence Public Library book sale runs Thursday through Oct. 5 with Members Night, then open hours and bag nights to raise funds for library programs and Internet access.
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Carrie
Yellow House
Mass
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Gas prices drop to 3.34 at multiple stations statewide
The Journal-World reports gas prices as low as 3.34 at several stations. Readers are urged to call L Pump Patrol at 832-7154 if they find a lower price, aiding statewide price monitoring.
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Buffalo ranch on Kaw Valley Farm Tour spot in Douglas County
Don and Terri Gibbs raise and sell buffalo on a 50 acre ranch seven miles west of Baldwin Junction along Highway 56. They’ll host samples during Kaw Valley Farm Tour October fourth and fifth, one of 15 stops on the fourth annual tour, with prices for tenderloin filet and jerky on offer.
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Terri Gibbs
Terri
Baldwin Junction
Highway 56
Gibbs
Buffalo
Bill Wood
Douglas County
K-State Research and Extension
Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
Don Gibbs
Overbrook
Lawrence board to hire search firm for superintendent
The Lawrence Board of Education will hire a search firm to conduct a national search for a new superintendent. A subcommittee of Craig Grant Rich Minder and Linda Robinson will screen firms with plans to narrow to four to six finalists by November and have an in district leader by mid spring.
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Randy Weseman
Lawrence Board of Education
Otv
Craig Grant
Grant
Rich Minder
Linda Robinson
Scott Morgan
Lawrence
Marlene Merrill
Kathleen Williams
Chicago
Merrill
Williams
Weseman
Kansans urged to donate wisely to disaster funds
Kansas Attorney General Steve Six warns donors to beware charity scams after Hurricane Ike. Use FEMA USA Freedom Corps sites and BBB IRS to verify. avoid cash gifts and personal data. Red Cross guidance stresses online donations only at redcross.org and to request receipts for accountability.
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Kansas
Steve Six
Six
Better Business Bureau
IRS
Jane Blocher
Red Cross’ County
Red Cross
Redcross.org
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