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BLOTTER FOR OCT. 2, 1999
October 2, 1999
Law enforcement report Burglaries and thefts reported
CINDY MARIE YOUNG OBITUARY
October 2, 1999
CINDY MARIE YOUNG Services for Cindy Marie Young, 40, Lawrence, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
TIME OF ESSENCE
October 2, 1999
To the editor: Due to an unfortunate mix of words, some have misinterpreted the 9-29 J-W article regarding Parents for Objective Science’s speech to the local school board. POSH does not dispute that dinosaurs walked the earth. They are a fact of history. POSH would like it left at that though when dinosaurs are talked about at the kindergarten level.
THREE SISTER FESTIVAL CANCELED
October 2, 1999
Festival set for today at Haskell canceled
LESSONS OF THE HEART
October 2, 1999
The students at Prairie Park School deserve a pat on the back for raising money to help a friend What a great lesson for a group of third-graders.
PARENTS ARE SEARCHING FOR BALDWIN GIRL
By Felicia Haynes
October 2, 1999
Jennifer Mooney’s parents are looking all over Lawrence for her. Her mother, Penny Higgins, returned to her home in Baldwin Monday afternoon to find her daughter gone.
NIGERIA ELECTIONS BUOY CELEBRATION
By Kendrick Blackwood
October 2, 1999
The Nigerian Association of Lawrence has more to celebrate during this year’s Nigerian Independence Day.
SOUNDOFF ON FOOTBALL PARENTS
October 2, 1999
In the seventh-grade football program, why do the coaches have to coach in such a competitive way? They only allow some of the kids to play, and the kids and the parents are upset about this. Kids don’t want to play anymore and say they aren’t having fun. To whom can we talk about this? Seventh-grade football was instigated in Lawrence a few years ago; Jean Shepherd, a Douglas County District Court judge who works on juvenile cases, was the leading proponent. All the seventh-grade teams are coached by Lawrence policemen. Seventh-grade football is part of Lawrence Youth Football Inc. Bret Toelkes is in charge of LYF Inc. His phone number is 749-7308.
MILITARY NEWS
October 2, 1999
MARINE CPL. ERIC A. PEARSON, a 1990 graduate of Lawrence High School, recently was promoted to his present rank and re-enlisted for four years while serving with 5th Battalion, 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C. He joined the Marines in 1991. AT THE SEPTEMBER meeting of the Jayhawk chapter of the Retired Officer Assn., Lt. Col. Billy Blackwell, Command and General Staff instructor at Fort Leavenworth, was the speaker. Blackwell spoke about the civilian program for anti-terrorism defense as complemented and supplemented by Department of Defense assets.
CHRISTIANS SHARE TALES OF MODERN PERSECUTION
By Felicia Haynes
October 2, 1999
Christians from countries where religious persecution persists shared their experiences Friday night in Lawrence.
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, SMILING LITTLE GIRL
October 2, 1999
Say cheese. Kiara Bratton, 2, puts on her biggest smile for the camera. Kiara is the daughter of Jerry and Michelle Bratton, Lawrence, who submitted the picture. Got a shot for Friends & Neighbors? Send it, along with your name, phone number and caption information, to Friends & Neighbors, P.O. Box 888, Lawrence 66044.
TALBOTS JOINS LIST OF RETAILERS HEADING INTO DOWNTOWN
By Mark Fagan
October 2, 1999
Talbots, an international retailer of classic women’s clothing and accessories, is sizing up Lawrence for a new store. Betsy Thompson, manager of public relations for Hingham, Mass.-based Talbots Inc., said Friday there was “nothing confirmed” but acknowledged the company was checking out the city.
POLICE CALL ATTACK A BIAS CRIME
By Chris Koger
October 2, 1999
Two men who allegedly said they “hate faggots” while beating up another man downtown face battery charges in what police are calling a bias crime because of the discriminatory statements made during the attack. The incident occurred at 1:06 a.m. Thursday in the 800 block of Massachusetts, according to a police report released Friday.
OLD HOME TOWN 100 YEARS AGO
October 2, 1999
IN 1899 On Oct. 2, 1899, the Lawrence Journal, commenting on the pending question of brick paving for the city’s streets, noted: “At the meeting of the city council tonight there should be no hesitation or delay. The questions to be decided have been so thoroughly canvassed that there can be no doubt in the mind of any member as to the feeling of the taxpayers in reference to paving. What is done should be done in a clear, decisive way and in a manner that will leave no doubt as to what is intended… The street question is one that the tax payers are tired of having played with. It will not do to put it off any longer.”
LAWRENCE POLICE OFFICER BOOKED ON CHARGES
By Chris Koger
October 2, 1999
A Lawrence police officer accused of driving his Jeep in August onto a downtown sidewalk and hitting a bicyclist was booked into jail Friday on charges of battery and driving while intoxicated. Micah Stegall, 24, answered a probable cause warrant about 4:15 p.m. Friday and was booked into the Douglas County Jail. He was released on his own recognizance later Friday afternoon, a jail employee said.
HOSPITALS FOR OCT. 2
October 2, 1999
Births Penny and Donald Miller, Pomona, a girl, Friday.
LAWRENCE DATEBOOK FOR SATURDAY
October 2, 1999
TODAY 7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Farmers’ Market, city parking lot in the 1000 block of Vermont.
ENGAGEMENTS
October 2, 1999
Lipman-Reiber Rachel Carmel Lipman, Olathe, and Mitch Reiber, Lawrence, announce their engagement.
LECOMPTON LOOKING TO GROW
By Michael Dekker
October 2, 1999
Lecompton is moving ahead with new grants, whether or not a developer reaches an agreement with the city to build new homes and businesses.
OZ FINANCING REMAINS MURKY
By Peter Hancock
October 2, 1999
KDFA is still waiting for information Oz said last month it would produce.
10-2 DO YOU THINK THAT MEN WOULD TAKE A BIRTH CONTROL PILL?
October 2, 1999
Do you think that men would take a birth control pill? Bill Wassung,
-IVE PERFORMANCE
By Jan Biles
October 2, 1999
When it comes to the arts, Russia seems to have something over the rest of the world. The ballet has Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev. In the cosmos of composing, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff battle for the crown, and Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekov are high on the literary ladder.
SOCIAL CALENDAR
October 2, 1999
Sunday Underground Railroad Assn., 2 p.m., Clinton Town Hall, 1180 N. 604 E. Rd., Clinton. Program: The group hopes to further outline its goals and plan programs. The public is invited. For information, call 841-4109 or 748-9836.
KU-SMU OVERVIEW
By Andrew Hartsock
October 2, 1999
For the past week, Terry Allen has sounded more like a psychiatrist than a major-college football coach. His post-practice addresses to the media are peppered with references to the Jayhawks’ “fragile mindsets,” their motivations, fears and need for “mental cleansing.”
WEDDINGS
October 2, 1999
Edmonds-Garren Tiffany Renee Edmonds, Lawrence, and Damon Scott Garren, Oskaloosa, were married Sept. 10, 1999, at the Edmonds Evangelical United Brethren Church, Old Jefferson Town, Oskaloosa, with Judge Dennis Reiling officiating.
LETTER SUGGESTS THAT IF BUTLER DID IT, KOCH WAS BEHIND IT
October 2, 1999
Henry Butler has gotten his fair share of media attention lately. Butler heads up the Law and Organizational Economics Center at Kansas University. He’s the guy everyone from the Wichita Eagle to the Wall Street Journal thinks Koch Industries is using to influence state judges and legislators through seminars in Lawrence and at swanky resorts.
40 YEARS AGO
October 2, 1999
The Lawrence-Topeka High football game was rescheduled to a Saturday date after rain deluges left playing conditions impossible. Lawrence was seeking its 32nd straight victory under coach Al Woolard. It defeated the Trojans despite muddy, sloppy conditions. Robert Haggart of Lawrence was named an area crew leader for the 1959 U.S. Census.
SM East stuns Free State
By Robert Sinclair
October 2, 1999
Free State High’s homecoming turned into a coming out party for Shawnee Mission East. The previously winless Lancers shocked the Firebirds, 35-20, Friday night at Haskell Stadium, snapping Free State’s six-game home winning streak.
ANNIVERSARIES10-2-99
October 2, 1999
Harold and Jeanne Longaker Harold and Jeanne Longaker, Lawrence, will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary on Thursday.
FCE NEWS
October 2, 1999
STULL FCE will hold its monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Catherine Nichols. The lesson topic will be “Easy as Pie.” Melodee Wallace will be hostess. Dues will be collected at the meeting.
MASS. EXODUS CONTINUING
By Mark Fagan
October 2, 1999
Campbell’s Clothing will close later this year, ending another longtime family business in downtown Lawrence.
GEORGE W. HATHAWAY OBITUARY
October 2, 1999
GEORGE W. HATHAWAY Perry — Memorial services for George W. Hathaway, 74, Perry, are pending and will be announced by the Barnett Funeral Home, Oskaloosa.
AROUND AND ABOUT
October 2, 1999
SCOTT AND JENNIFER BODENHAUSEN, Lawrence, announce the birth of a daughter, Carly Nicole Bodenhausen, on Sept. 14, 1999. Grandparents are Kent and Betty McCreight, Shawnee, and Dennis and Judy Bodenhausen, Lancaster. KAREN ANDERSON AND CHAD EDWARDS, both of Lawrence, earned master’s degrees in communication studies this summer from Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
25 YEARS AGO
October 2, 1999
IN 1974 Some local food prices had declined and the average weekly food bill here was due to drop about 4 percent overall as a result of the change. It was good news to many in the face of growing inflation in most other social and economic cost categories.
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, BOY GETTING PIGGY BANK
October 2, 1999
Banking on the future. Max Soto, 4, accepts a Kansas University College Fund piggy bank from Brent Lathrom, branch manager of Mercantile Bank, Sixth and Kasold. Max is the son of Bert and Darcey Soto, Lawrence. He won the bank in an August prized drawing at Mercantile Bank. Drawings are held each month for various prizes. The photo was submitted by Sonya Luna, Lawrence.
CORRECTION FOR SPENCER MUSEUM LECTURE
October 2, 1999
Due to incorrect information given to the Journal-World, the time of a lecture at Kansas University’s Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art was listed incorrectly in Thursday in The Mag. “Aaron Douglas, American Modernist,” a lecture by Richard Powell, will be presented at 5 p.m. Thursday.
KNOW THE FOE SMU
urnal-World Sports Writer
October 2, 1999
Southern Methodist coach Mike Cavan has lost so many players to injury, he’s lost count. Last week against Hawaii the Mustangs lost a fumble on the one-yard line — going in — and had two touchdowns called back by penalties. SMU (0-3) went on to record its third straight loss, 20-0, and its second scoreless game this season.
POSSUM CAUSES A PROBLEM FOR LAWRENCE WOMAN.
By Felicia Haynes
October 2, 1999
A Lawrence woman had a run-in with an opossum in her home this week.
STATE HOPES BEGIN CLEANING UP AREA WATERS
By Peter Hancock
October 2, 1999
The Kansas Water Office and Kansas-Lower Republican Basin Advisory Committee are working on strategies for cleaner water in northeast Kansas.
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