Lawrence Datebook fall events and fundraisers listed
City wide schedule includes fall compost sale at 1420 E 11th 8 am to 3 pm while supplies last Bald Eagle Rendezvous at Bald Eagle River View Park Lecompton Re enactors demonstrate 150 years of trade skills West Junior High farmers market at 2700 Harvard Road Lawrence Farmers Market 4931 W Sixth St Can Cope Money Matters 525 pm 730 pm at LMH 325 Maine Take Back The Night 6 pm 10 pm South Park aims to prevent sexual assault abuse dating violence and domestic violence Big Tent Stories and Poems Three Acts at The Raven Book Store 6 E Seventh Mad for Dance scholarship fundraiser 630 pm at Lawrence Arts Center 940 N H Library storytime 7 pm Lawrence Public Library 707 VT LMH Fall Festival 7 am 4 pm 30 vendors supports holiday meals LMH 325 Maine Citys Fall Compost sale 1420 E 11th 8 am 3 pm Perry Lecompton Farmers Market 4 pm 6 30 pm U S Highway 24 Perry Final Fridays 5 pm 8 pm Downtown Lawrence Gallery Courage to Hope While Dancing Rita Blitt at Lawrence Arts Center 940 N H Cordley School PTA carnival silent auction 5 30 pm 8 pm 1837 Vt Broken Arrow School Carnival 5 30 pm 8 pm 2704 La SHOUT The Mod Musical 730 pm Lawrence Community Theatre 1501 N H Collage Concert 730 pm Lied Center 1600 Stewart Dr
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Bald Eagle River View Park
Lecompton
West Junior High School
Harvard Road
Lawrence Farmers’ Market
Sixth St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Maine
LMH
American Cancer Society
South Park
12Th
Massachusetts
Priscilla Howe
Chloe Cooper Jones
Gary Leckhliter
Raven Book Store
Lawrence Arts Center
N.H
Lawrence Public Library
Perry-Lecompton
U.S. Highway 24
Ferguson Road
Perry
Lawrence
Rita Blitt
N.H. Cordley School
Broken Arrow
Downtown Lawrence Farmers Market Event Times Listed
A listing notes the Saturday market hours from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the 800 block of New Hampshire Street and a separate event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1420 E. 11th. A full listing of upcoming events is available online at LJWorld.com slash events.
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Ljworld.com
Two Jefferson County residents arrested on warrants in Lawrence
Lawrence police arrested a 33 year old Oskaloosa man and a 28 year old Ozawkie woman after they were seen tampering with parking meters on Massachusetts Street. Officers in their vehicle recovered stolen property including a television and keys possibly fitting meters downtown as they investigated the scene.
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Lawrence
Jefferson County
Matt Sarna
Massachusetts Street
Sarna
Pascuals and Clinefelters Accept Family Announcements
Porfirio and Liza Pascual of Lawrence announce a girl born on Wednesday. Angie and Corey Clinefelter of Lawrence announce a boy born on Wednesday. David and Christine Lafond of unknown city also participate in the notices.
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Porfirio
Liza Pascual
Lawrence
Angie
Corey Clinefelter
David and
Christine Lafond
Lawrence Bicycle Advisory Committee Debates Sidewalk Rules
The Wednesday BAC meeting discussed a city ordinance banning bicycle riding on sidewalks in business districts and within 100 feet of stores. Megan Gilliland, Lawrence’s communications manager, says the BAC favors continuing the Downtown prohibition, while committee members want sidewalk riding allowed in other city areas.
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Bicycle Advisory Committee
Megan Gilliland
Lawrence Communications
BAC
Lawrence
Debate highlights in 3rd District race Overland Park forum
2010 congressional race debate among Stephene Moore Jasmin Talbert and Kevin Yoder covered education health reform and climate change. Each candidate outlined tax cuts stance on cap and trade and energy plans while clashing over budgets spending and policy.
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Overland Park
Stephene Moore
Jasmin Talbert
Kevin Yoder
Johnson County Public Policy Council
Yoder
Washington
Talbert
Moore
Kansas
Congress
Barack Obama
Nancy Pelosi
County mulls 31st Street extension plan near Lawrence
Douglas County commissioners reviewed an $18.5 million plan to extend 31st Street three miles east from O'Connell Road to County Road 1057. The project would features a two to four lane layout with roundabouts, curves to slow traffic, and a northern alignment to minimize property disruption while preserving easements for future growth. funding remains uncertain, relying on state and federal dollars.
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31St Street
Douglas County
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence
O’connell
South Lawrence
Ric Johnson
Wilson & Co
Noria Road
Mary’s Lake
Karen Heeb
Heeb
Craig Weinaug
Deaths Gene G. Bickford Graveside Rites
Gene G. Bickford age 87 of Lawrence dies at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Tuesday September 21 2010. Graveside services are at 1 30 p m Friday at Memorial Park Cemetery with burial to follow.
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Gene G. Bickford
Lawrence
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mr. Bickford
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kooser 86 to be laid to rest in Williamstown
Graveside inurnment for Gerald L. Kooser known as Jay, 86, of Perry, will be at 5 p.m. Monday at Underwood Cemetery in Williamstown. He died September 22, 2010, at his home. He served in World War II, worked 30 years for Farmland Industries, and was a USD 343 school board member. He is survived by his wife Florence, three sons, a daughter, a brother, nine grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren. A visitation is set 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Perry Christian Church. Memorials are suggested to Parkinson Foundation Heartland or American Diabetes Association, care of Barnett-Chapel Oaks Funeral Home.
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Williamstown
Gerald L
Jay” Kooser
Perry
Underwood Cemetery
Kooser
Vermillion
Burt L
Blanche Irene Craig Kooser
Valley Falls High School
Farmland Industries Co-Op
Lawrence
Perry Christian Church
USD 343
Florence I
Hull
Fort Leavenworth
Mike
Dale
Orankie
Bob
Karen
Berryton
Ronnie
Cathy
Cleveland
Kim Wiles
Ted
Tonganoxie
Burton
Basehor
Parkinson Foundation
Heartland
American Diabetes Association of Kansas
Barnett
GaDuGi SafeCenter Car Show Aids Abuse Victims Fundraiser
The Douglas County GaDuGi SafeCenter hosts a car show and music festival fundraiser on October 2 at Broken Arrow Park from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Near 31st and Louisiana streets, the event features local cars and bands, with free entry. A prior half marathon was postponed, and a drive-through flu vaccine clinic will operate as a public health emergency training exercise.
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Douglas County
Broken Arrow Park
31St
Louisiana Streets
Christie Dobson
Dobson
Iowa Street
Clinton Parkway
Douglas County Medical Reserve Corps
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Health Department
Ldhhealth.org
Drive-through flu shot clinic planned at KU Park
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department will host a drive-through flu shot clinic for the first time this year. It runs 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Kansas University's Park and grounds, offering convenient service to residents.
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Lawrence-Douglas County
A.G. candidates to square off in Wichita debate
The Kansas attorney general race moves to a Wichita forum hosted by the Wichita Crime Commission. Incumbent Steve Six and Republican challenger Derek Schmidt will debate at 11:30 a.m. at the Scotch and Sirloin Restaurant in Wichita.
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Wichita
Kansas
Wichita Crime Commission
Steve Six
Derek Schmidt
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Stewart Dr
New Hampshire Street
Tuwortp.com
LAW Enforcement
Journal-World
Shawnee Dispatch
Caroline Boyer
Emetz
Christine Metz
Gerald L. Kooser
GaDuGi
A.G
Www
WarrenMcElwain.com
Rumsey-Yost.com
Msey - Ost Funeral Home
Indiana
Lyrne’s Pharmacy
W. 10Th St
Eudora
Debrah Barr
Tricia Ast
Dan Moore
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