Eudora

Public works employee injured by flying debris

Eudora — A Eudora public works employee was injured Monday after being struck by flying debris. The employee was repairing a broken water main in the 1100 block of Oak Street when he was hit. Officials declined to specify what struck the worker.

Officials said a call was made to the city fire department at 11:13 a.m. Firefighters removed the victim, who complained of severe back pain, from the 8-foot-deep trench were he had been working. The victim was taken to Overland Park Regional Medical Center. The incident is under investigation.

Community

LINK plans to serve free Thanksgiving dinner

Plans are under way for the annual community Thanksgiving dinner.

The meal will be served between 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 27 at the Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen, in the basement of First Christian Church, 1000 Ky. The meal is free and open to the public; meals will be delivered to those unable to attend in person.

For home delivery, contact Douglas County Senior Services at 842-0543 or Independence Inc. at 841-0333.

Volunteers are needed for food preparation, delivery, serving and cleanup. Call Terry Connolly between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. at 865-3985 to volunteer. Financial contributions should be sent to LINK, P.O. Box 442472, Lawrence 66044-8938.

School board awards renovation contract

The Lawrence school board voted Monday to negotiate a contract with an architecture firm to coordinate renovation projects at eight schools.

Gould Evans Associates, Lawrence, was the low bidder for design, bid and construction services necessary for completion of $2.4 million in improvement projects.

The firm’s bid was $151,000, but other details of the contract have yet to be worked out.

A breakdown of projects:

• $800,000 at Lawrence High School, including replacement of windows and air conditioning of east and west gyms.
• $620,000 at Central Junior High School, including replacing windows, repairing masonry and air conditioning the gyms.
• $520,000 divided among West Junior High School and Hillcrest, Sunset Hill and East Heights schools.
• $490,000 for Cordley and Pinckney schools.

Trial rescheduled for stalking suspect

A man known for criticizing the Lawrence Police Department won’t go to trial just yet in a burglary and kidnapping case.

Dale E. McCormick, 32, told a judge on Monday he needs more time to prepare for trial. He plans to defend himself in court on charges he broke into the Lawrence home of a woman who claims he has been stalking her.

“There’s a lot of stuff to do, and this is a very serious case. My life is on the line,” McCormick told Judge Michael Malone during a hearing in Douglas County District Court.

The trial had been scheduled to start Nov. 17, but there have been a series of complications.

Malone reluctantly agreed to reschedule the trial for Jan. 5.

“This is not something I want to do, but I feel like I’m forced to under the circumstances,” Malone said.

Former Clinton adviser to speak at KU

A former adviser to President Clinton will present the keynote address at Wednesday’s Asian American Student Union Student Leadership Conference at Kansas University.

Eric Liu served as Clinton’s global policy speech writer and director for legislative affairs during his first term and deputy domestic policy adviser during the second term. He will speak at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union. A book-signing will follow.

Liu now is an instructor at the University of Washington. He is founder of the grassroots journal “The Next Progressive” and is author of “Next: Young American Writers on the Next Generation.”