May 10, 2007 by the numbers
Here's a look at 24 statistics from the Lawrence area for the 24 hours of the day on Thursday, May 10.
1,033: Number of loaves of bread baked at Lawrence's Wheatfields Bakery
42: Speeding tickets processed by the city's Municipal Court
9: Bookings in the Douglas County Jail
250 tons: Amount of garbage collected by city crews
9.2 million gallons: Amount of water treated by the city of Lawrence
3: Number of births at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
6,048: School lunches made by Lawrence Public Schools
37: Students who called in sick to Lawrence Public Schools
$295,000: Daily wages and salary to Lawrence Public Schools' 1,610 employees
6,301 tons: Amount of coal delivered to Westar's Lawrence Energy Center
1,337: Ridership on the city's public transit system, the T
$3,994,777.59: Amount of real estate and personal property taxes paid at the Douglas County Treasurer's office
73: Lawrence Memorial Hospital emergency room visits
20 landings, 16 take-offs: Number of planes taking off and landing at Lawrence Municipal Airport
2,794: Books checked out at the Lawrence Public Library
27,300: Vehicles traveling over the Kansas River Bridge at Sixth and Mass
$119,879: Daily wages and salary to the city of Lawrence's 1,063 employees
1,073 people: Attendance at Kansas University's Spencer Museum of Art
18.2 million gallons: Amount of sewage treated by the city of Lawrence
55 people to movies; 350 to a special fashion show: Attendance at Lawrence's Liberty Hall
1: Number of deaths at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
332: Rounds of golf played at Eagle Bend, Alvamar Public, Alvamar Private, Lawrence Country Club and Orchards golf courses
$11,172.15: Tolls collected at Lawrence's two turnpike interchanges
16: Number of adult softball league games played through Lawrence Parks and Recreation
- Blog: What About Bi-Sexuals, Mr. President? Where Is Their Right To Marriage? May 13, 2012 · 222 comments
- Group urges Brownback to veto bill aimed at Sharia law May 15, 2012 · 37 comments
- Kansas may be conservative experiment May 16, 2012 · 48 comments
- City Commission wants Taste Lounge's liquor license revoked May 16, 2012 · 30 comments
- KU proposes tuition hike of nearly 5 percent, effective next fall May 15, 2012 · 52 comments
- Blog: Same Sex "Marriage" Is Biologically Impossible May 16, 2012 · 11 comments
- Town Talk: County's chief building officer placed on administrative leave; city still waiting on financial numbers related to 9th and N.H. appeal; neighbors near proposed rec complex hire attorney May 16, 2012 · 7 comments
- Republicans at war with each other over redistricting May 15, 2012 · 27 comments
- On the street: Did you do odd jobs as a kid? May 16, 2012 · 25 comments
- Poll: Who should be most responsible for making tuition to a state college affordable? May 15, 2012 · 6 comments
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
- Vacation's over: Self refreshed, ready for 10th season at KU May 16, 2012
- Cardiologist — and many others — offer help to 11-year-old entrepreneur who fell victim to theft May 15, 2012
- Heard on the Hill: Regents to look at raising KU admission standards today; Missouri House passes amendment to spike KU plates; provost explains strategy for faculty, staff raises May 17, 2012
- KU proposes tuition hike of nearly 5 percent, effective next fall May 15, 2012
- Baker University triple major is Oxford bound May 15, 2012
- Coroner identifies deceased inmate at Douglas County Jail May 14, 2012
- City Commission wants Taste Lounge's liquor license revoked May 16, 2012
- Kansas may be conservative experiment May 16, 2012
- Group urges Brownback to veto bill aimed at Sharia law May 15, 2012
Comments
LJWorld.com doesn’t necessarily condone the comments here, nor does it review every post. Read our full policy. Also, read about banned accounts and harassing comments.