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- Briefly
- September 19, 2004
- ¢ Smithsonian to open new Indian museum ¢ Amusement parks, rides win ‘golden ticket’
- Lawrence commuter report
- September 19, 2004
- The following construction projects and events may affect commuter traffic in the region this week
- Poll finds Bush leading in 6 battleground states
- Analysts say re-election assured if numbers hold true
- September 19, 2004
- President Bush has pulled ahead of John Kerry in six closely contested swing states that he carried in 2000, shifting the electoral landscape rightward and making it more difficult for challenger Kerry to win the White House, according to a new Knight Ridder-MSNBC poll.
- Iraq insurgents intensify bombings, kidnappings
- September 19, 2004
- An al-Qaida linked group threatened in a videotape Saturday to behead two Americans and a Briton within two days, and insurgents carried out a new string of car bombings, killing at least 20 Iraqis and two American soldiers.
- Soft-spoken artist speaks loudly with sculpture
- First-time contributor among 104 exhibitors in fourth annual Lawrence Own-Your-Own art show
- September 19, 2004
- Kathy Campbell might be understating her creative philosophy when she says, “I like humor in my artwork, sometimes.”
- ‘Fallout’: Personal relationships break under weight of post-Sept. 11 world in Lawrence playwright’s new drama
- September 19, 2004
- Much has been made about how the events of Sept. 11, though tragic, brought people closer together. Less often told are stories of relationships rended in its aftermath. Those are harder to swallow.
- Faces and places
- September 19, 2004
- Lawrence celebrates its sesquicentennial
- Rain ends in time for thousands to enjoy parade
- September 19, 2004
- Lawrence took its 150th birthday celebration to new heights Saturday with a Sesquicentennial Parade that dodged thunderstorms and delighted thousands who gathered along Massachusetts Street.
- Storied past, bright future
- Just as important as celebrating Lawrence’s 150-year history is setting the stage for a bright future.
- September 19, 2004
- A 150th birthday is a significant milestone, and thanks to the Lawrence Sesquicentennial Commission, our city’s 150th birthday is being celebrated in many ways.
- Arts notes
- September 19, 2004
- ¢ Arts center tunes up for new jazz series ¢ ‘Kansas Nutcracker’ auditions set for today ¢ Charity group to sell rare audio-visual products ¢ 17 area artists displaying works today at farm show ¢ KU art, design students recognized in biennial show ¢ Piano concert features KU alumna ¢ KU grad’s composition selected by symphony ¢ Art guild founder to speak at meeting ¢ Baldwin arts center slates BBW fund-raiser ¢ Local painter selected for El Dorado exhibit ¢ Symphony hires musical director, ends long search ¢ Baker releases lineup for artist and lecture series
- Briefly
- September 19, 2004
- ¢ Resolution demands Iran halt nuclear program ¢ Pakistani prisoners return from Guantanamo ¢ Dan Rather critic says he was fired
- Art junkies shelling out big bucks for turtle paintings
- September 19, 2004
- When Koopa paints, he gets down and dirty. His feet are covered in all shades of blue and yellow, and his slow-moving belly helps form the abstract swirls that make up his art.
- People
- September 19, 2004
- ¢ Travolta turns author ¢ MGM stars take a bow ¢ He wasn’t always the Fonz
- Lieber gives Yankees big lift against Red Sox
- September 19, 2004
- Jon Lieber stopped the charging Boston Red Sox in what could turn out to be a key game in the AL East race.
- Briefly
- September 19, 2004
- ¢ Tropical Storm Jeanne blamed for nine deaths ¢ Professor to be tested in staged hate crime ¢ Motorist must drive car with less horsepower ¢ Pork recalled because of embedded microchip
- Commentary: Shooting mourning doves doesn’t appeal to everyone
- September 19, 2004
- I won’t be hunting mourning doves this fall.
- Turf-type fescue is best choice for lawns
- September 19, 2004
- Fall is traditionally the time to renovate cool-season lawns, such as fescue, bluegrass and ryegrass.
- Candidates’ health care plans offer little relief
- September 19, 2004
- The Bush administration looked on the bright side of a dismal report on health care costs, pointing out that the rate of increase has slowed for the first time in seven years.
- Political memorabilia found on several items
- September 19, 2004
- Presidential campaigns have always produced some kind of political memorabilia that was saved and eventually wanted by collectors: cloth bandanas, signs, buttons, books, fans, dishes, jewelry, golf tees, combs and even packs of cigarettes.
- Madonna makes pilgrimage to sage’s grave
- September 19, 2004
- Pop diva Madonna made a pilgrimage to a Jerusalem cemetery early today, holding a mystical candlelit ceremony at the grave of a Jewish sage.
- City’s sesquicentennial makes big impression on stamp collectors
- September 19, 2004
- Former Mayor Ernest Angino grabbed people walking in front of the Watkins Community Museum and showed them the big yellow sign hanging from a small table.
- Americans dig Ryder Cup hole
- Europeans surge to 11-5 lead entering final day
- September 19, 2004
- The Americans’ comeback was short-lived. The next one will have to be the biggest ever for them to win the Ryder Cup.
- Gordon eyes fifth crown
- Four-time champion considered favorite in 10-race playoff
- September 19, 2004
- If experience counted for everything, Jeff Gordon would be a lock to win NASCAR’s first 10-man, 10-race championship playoff.
- No. 5 LSU stunned by No. 14 Auburn
- Second chance to kick extra point with 1:14 to play decisive in 10-9 win
- September 19, 2004
- The ball finally got to Courtney Taylor, the flag rescued John Vaughn, and No. 14 Auburn proved itself an SEC contender.
- Photo: Celebrating 120 years
- September 19, 2004
- Notebook
- September 19, 2004
- Books offer girl readers out-of-way material
- September 19, 2004
- With all their differences, these three novels for girls at slightly different age levels are all equally irresistible.
- KU department chairman has designs on business
- September 19, 2004
- As a designer specializing in creating advertising brands, Gregory Thomas has built a career on getting people to notice whatever he’s working on.
- Firm offers service to freeze women’s eggs
- Former technology executive launches company that creates controversy
- September 19, 2004
- Christy Jones says her idea for a business to freeze women’s eggs came when her own biological clock alarm rang at age 32.
- Family stories help shape Adriana Trigiana’s novels
- September 19, 2004
- Adriana Trigiani nestles in a large, red sofa in her Greenwich Village home. Her cat curls up in a patch of sunlight nearby, the smell of coffee and muffins drifting from the kitchen.
- The inscription on the monument
- September 19, 2004
- Home or away?
- Money again may be close to luring a Kansas University football game to Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium.
- September 19, 2004
- Once again, Kansas University athletic officials are visiting with Kansas City Chiefs officials about the possibility of playing a KU football game in Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium.
- Victims of sign vandals decry political ‘nastiness’
- September 19, 2004
- Whether they’re partisan vigilantes or just plain vandals, some people can’t keep their hands off political yard signs.
- U.N. to investigate genocide question in Sudan
- September 19, 2004
- The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution Saturday establishing an international inquiry to determine whether systematic attacks on black African villagers in Sudan constitute genocide.
- Red Raiders roll
- Texas Tech trounces TCU, 70-35
- September 19, 2004
- It took awhile for Texas Tech to get started Saturday, but it was worth the wait.
- LHS, Baldwin girls stand out at Rim Rock
- September 19, 2004
- While a strong thunderstorm rolled through northeastern Kansas on Saturday morning, runners at the Rim Rock Farm High School Classic stayed on the buses and waited. And waited. And waited.
- Kicked off
- Jayhawks struggle ‘all around’ in setback
- September 19, 2004
- Johnny Beck wasn’t solely to blame for Kansas University’s most recent road football loss. Beck, who missed two field-goal attempts — including one in the final minutes — of KU’s 20-17 loss to Northwestern Saturday at Ryan Field, had plenty of accomplices.
- Sesquicentennial celebration events
- September 19, 2004
- Community theater opens season with musical comedy
- September 19, 2004
- Jennifer Wesco isn’t tip-toeing back into acting after an eight-year break. Instead of preparing for one role in an upcoming Lawrence Community Theatre production, she’s working on 16.
- Six creative and performing artists win Kennedy Center honors
- September 19, 2004
- Actors Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, along with singer Elton John, soprano Joan Sutherland and conductor John Williams were named last week as members of the latest class of performing artists honored by the Kennedy Center.
- The Motley Fool
- September 19, 2004
- ¢ Name that company ¢ No index fund ¢ Dividends and commissions ¢ Hiring a contractor ¢ Chico’s retailing steamroller
- Spooked horse gives Japanese mayor taste of old-time Lawrence
- September 19, 2004
- When the mayor of Hiratsuka, Japan, came to Lawrence last week, the last thing she expected was to experience a chapter out of the Old West first-hand.
- Poet’s showcase
- September 19, 2004
- From the Ashes
- A special section celebrating Lawrence’s sesquicentennial
- September 19, 2004
- The city of Lawrence was founded on a political idea. Eli Thayer, a member of the Massachusetts Legislature, proposed that the Kansas Territory be filled with free men “who hated slavery and who would drive the hideous thing from the broad and beautiful plains where they were going to raise free homes.” He drew up a charter for what was called the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company.
- Founding based in abolishing slavery
- September 19, 2004
- Lawrence was founded as the western outpost for the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company, in an effort to populate the debatable territory of Kansas with free-state advocates. Other communities of free-state advocates were founded, but the Lawrence group seems to have been the most militant, and it was about Lawrence that much of the border strife centered in the six or seven years before the Civil War.
- Lawrence burned, looted in border hostilities
- Abolitionist news presses, Free State Hotel destroyed
- September 19, 2004
- Behind the Jones Raid on Lawrence on May 21, 1856, was the growing clash between Free State and pro-slavery advocates. Samuel J. Jones, postmaster of Westport, Mo., (now part of Kansas City) was appointed sheriff of Douglas County, but he continued to hold his postmastership. He was objectionable to the people of Douglas County (or at least of Lawrence) because he had been one of the leaders of the 1,000 Missourians who participated in the Lawrence election of March 20, 1855.
- Sesquicentennial briefs
- September 19, 2004
- ¢ First charter in 1858 establishes city limits ¢ Help from the enemy ¢ Land disputes significant to early settlements ¢ Women aid defense ¢ How the settlers lived the first year in Lawrence ¢ Smoking out the foe ¢ ‘Sound of the Goose’ ¢ Beecher’s Bibles
- Quantrill’s raid left Lawrence in ruins, killed 143 men
- September 19, 2004
- An outgrowth of the partisanship of the pre-Civil War days was the Quantrill raid of Aug. 21, 1863. William Quantrill and a band of 200 or 300 men had been meeting in the hills southeast of Kansas City and making forays into Kansas. Quantrill attacked Olathe one night and stole considerable property. One person was killed. Most of the raids were for plunder, but the raid on Lawrence, according to the Rev. Richard Cordley, was deliberately for slaughter. Lawrence in the ‘50s was the center of free-state activity, and in the ‘60s it typified opposition to the slavery idea.
- What election issues really matter?
- September 19, 2004
- Hurricanes are hitting the United States in bunches. Bloody car bombings rock Baghdad. Putin shows signs of acting like Stalin. US Airways goes back into bankruptcy. Dan Rather pleads his case. Medicare premiums soar. Martha Stewart goes to jail. Bush attacks Kerry. Kerry attacks Bush.
- A message to 2054 bicentennial planners
- September 19, 2004
- The Lawrence Sesquicentennial Commission has enjoyed strong support from the City Commission and the people of Lawrence for the four years that we have worked together. Throughout, we have attempted always to look forward, conscious of the importance of building on the commitment to this community made by the several generations that came before us.
- Kerry struggling to regain momentum
- September 19, 2004
- October is in our sights, and the two important teams from Massachusetts are confounding the experts. It’s the Red Sox baseball club, not the Kerry presidential campaign, that’s supposed to be in its pre-autumn swoon.
- U.S. strategy underplays nuclear threat
- September 19, 2004
- Three years after Sept. 11, there is no consensus on whether we are safer. But presidents and would-be presidents, along with a raft of experts, agree on one thing.
- Trout laughing too hard to catch a fly
- September 19, 2004
- There comes a time when a man must go into the wilderness and face one of mankind’s oldest, and most feared, enemies: trout.
- Bird forecast very good
- September 19, 2004
- Buoyed by a cool, wet summer and bountiful breeding habitat, the Kansas upland bird forecast looks very good throughout much of the state, perhaps better than in several years.
- Missouri lengthens urban deer season
- September 19, 2004
- The urban portion of Missouri’s firearms deer season will be twice as long this year and will include 11 counties in four areas of the state.
- Bookstore
- September 19, 2004
- Former FHSU student found innocent of murder, convicted on other charges
- September 19, 2004
- A former Fort Hays State University student was found innocent Friday of second-degree murder, but was convicted of three other charges in last year’s beating death of another student.
- Laid-Off Workers center to close
- September 19, 2004
- A center for laid-off workers in Wichita will close because of a drop in the number of people seeking its help.
- Stowers expansion to leave K.C. if stem cell ban passes
- Mayor supports institute, stresses economic importance
- September 19, 2004
- The Stowers Institute of Medical Research will not build its second center in Missouri if the state outlaws stem cell research, Stowers president William Neaves said Friday.
- Wearing athletic shoes can help prevent falls
- September 19, 2004
- I worry a lot about my mother falling. She’s in her 80s, and still insists on wearing dress shoes with a pretty slippery sole. Are there some recommendations about the best footwear for older folks?
- Exercise essential tool for managing osteoarthritis
- September 19, 2004
- Have you been told that you have osteoarthritis? If so, you are not alone. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis affecting nearly 21 million Americans. OA accounts for more than half of the total hip replacements and 85 percent of the total knee replacements done in the United States. It is believed to be responsible for medical costs ranging from $15.5 billion to $28.6 billion annually. It is different from rheumatoid arthritis and will be treated differently, although the symptoms may be similar. So don’t confuse the two; learn the difference.
- Calendar
- September 19, 2004
- Douglas County Senior Services, 745 Vt., offers activities during the week for residents age 55 and older. Call Senior Services at 842-0543 for more information.
- Yard art: Homeowners turn to sculptures to enhance landscape
- September 19, 2004
- Walking through the parking lot of Celestial Iron Works, 619 N. Second St., evokes the feeling of being in some sort of wonderland where giant metal arrows pierce the earth, and mammoth, brightly colored flowers tower over visitors at the eclectic store.
- What are you reading?
- September 19, 2004
- Who really were the Quantrill raiders?
- September 19, 2004
- Contrary to popular belief, the infamous raid of Lawrence on Aug. 21, 1863, was a well-planned attack, not an impulsive assault by gun-slinging outlaws.
- Briefcase
- September 19, 2004
- ¢ Insurance Department offers guides for Kansans ¢ Software firm touts TV Rendering program ¢ Name that company
- Proper grooming is essential for pets
- Hygiene can help prevent diseases
- September 19, 2004
- Proper hygiene and grooming have a number of benefits and are important aspects of your pet’s overall health.
- Cocoa bean shell mulch hazardous for dogs
- September 19, 2004
- Cocoa bean shell mulch is an attractive mulch that people are increasingly using for landscaping around their houses. It looks good, smells great, but can pose a problem for dogs who can’t resist its smell or taste.
- Three-day Johnny Cash auction in New York rakes in nearly $4 million
- September 19, 2004
- A 1986 Grammy award was the most expensive item in a three-day auction of the estate of Johnny Cash and his wife that captured nearly $4 million, more than double its presale estimate.
- Remembering those fallen in battle
- Douglas County residents killed in armed conflicts during the first 50 years of Lawrence’s history:
- September 19, 2004
- Extra-long T-shirts take crack at working guys’ problem
- September 19, 2004
- Plumber’s butt comes from the notorious pants’ sag that exposes way too much of a repairman’s assets. But it may become a thing of the past. Thanks to the ingenuity of Duluth Trading, a Wisconsin company specializing in clothing and equipment for electricians, carpenters, construction workers and other tradesmen, working guys can now bend over and tackle repair jobs with confidence.
- Behind the lens: Right light critical to shooting portraits
- September 19, 2004
- Ask a sculptor about the role light plays in the craft and you’ll most likely get this response: It’s paramount. The same is true in photography.
- Cirque’s show revolves around duality theme
- September 19, 2004
- “KA,” Cirque du Soleil’s upcoming show at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, will open for previews Nov. 26 in the 1,951-seat theater built for it, the Cirque announced last week.
- Family workouts strengthen bodies, relationships
- September 19, 2004
- Five miles into her treadmill workout, Maddy Stamey’s lungs start to ache. With every stride, the burn in her thighs intensifies and her determination ebbs.
- Coffman services
- September 19, 2004
- Judith E. Tate
- September 19, 2004
- Lila J. Pearson
- September 19, 2004
- Bonita L. VerBrugge
- September 19, 2004
- Kansas’ bioscience programs lauded
- National Institutes of Health director, at KU, praises efforts
- September 19, 2004
- Kansas has created a national buzz with its new commitment to building a biosciences industry, a federal official said Saturday.
- Moran singled out for criticism
- House speaker’s book questions lawmaker’s indecisive reputation
- September 19, 2004
- House Speaker Dennis Hastert apparently is so displeased with a Kansas congressman he wrote about the lawmaker in a new book.
- Defense attorney killed in wreck
- September 19, 2004
- A long-respected state appellate defender who served on the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit was killed in a traffic accident Saturday morning on the southwestern edge of Lawrence.
- Third group of settlers found town ‘barbarous’
- September 19, 2004
- While most of the members of the first two settling parties of the New England Emigrant Aid Company stayed in Lawrence, many of the third party, which arrived in October 1855, did not.
- On the record
- September 19, 2004
- Corrections
- September 19, 2004
- The director of “Leo Beuerman” was incorrectly identified in Friday’s Scene section. The documentary was a shared creation of a handful of Centron filmmakers, including Trudi Travis, Gene Boomer, Arthur Wolf and Russell Mosser.
- Boulder, plaque pay homage to pioneers
- Monument in downtown park dedicated at city’s 75th anniversary
- September 19, 2004
- For most, the Shunganunga boulder is but a peripheral pink blur as they drive through downtown Lawrence.
- K.C. metro area considers public smoking ban proposal
- September 19, 2004
- Every workplace and indoor public place in the metropolitan area could be smoke-free by Memorial Day 2005 — with no exceptions and no ventilated loopholes.
- Ohio River swells in Ivan’s aftermath
- September 19, 2004
- Doug Patterson spent part of Saturday shoveling a wall of sand along the outside of the bank where his wife works, one of a small army of people working to protect businesses from the rising Ohio River, swollen by the remnants of Hurricane Ivan.
- Adultery legislation may delay Turkey’s EU entry
- September 19, 2004
- Turkey’s parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government’s proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings from the European Union that delays could hurt Turkey’s chances of membership.
- Soldiers face trials in death of Iraqi forced off bridge
- September 19, 2004
- Two soldiers face courts-martial over the alleged drowning of an Iraqi civilian forced to jump off a bridge.
- Dole: Lay off military emphasis
- September 19, 2004
- Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole on Saturday said he advised Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry to stop putting so much emphasis on his war record.
- Alabama student new Miss America
- September 19, 2004
- Miss Alabama Deidre Downs, an aspiring doctor who put off medical school to compete for the Miss America crown, won it Saturday night.
- Buck, Gobble lead K.C. past Cleveland
- September 19, 2004
- The Cleveland Indians were eliminated from the AL Central race, and Eric Wedge didn’t take it very well.
- City churches trace roots to pioneer days
- Early congregations led abolition movement
- September 19, 2004
- Lawrence was born from the reaction between pro-slavery forces and abolitionists fighting for control over the future of the Kansas Territory — and the city’s early churches were the catalyst.
- Sesquicentennial Commission seeks to inspire next generation
- September 19, 2004
- Bill Crowe wants to make the Lawrence sesquicentennial more than a big birthday party.
- Cardinals first squad to clinch playoff spot
- September 19, 2004
- The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major-league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, winning the NL Central for the third time in five seasons.
- Chiefs expect challenge in today’s home opener
- September 19, 2004
- Playing left guard in the NFL has taught Brian Waters that most of the brutes on the other side of the line fall into one of two categories.
- How they scored
- September 19, 2004
- Windy weather keeps scores down
- Davis, Emerson tied for lead after first round; Schreiner, Buxton two back heading into today’s final at Alvamar
- September 19, 2004
- Rich Davis, John Emerson and Jack Schreiner each turned in their scorecards after the first round of the LAGA Men’s Senior Golf Championship with the same thought: Somebody’s going to post a better score.
- Wildcats’ bold plan pays off
- ‘Play hard’ strategy propels BU
- September 19, 2004
- Part of the rebuilding effort for Baker University’s football team has involved instilling guts back into the program.
- Lions’ West wins all-around title
- September 19, 2004
- Lawrence High and Free State each placed in the top five in team standings Saturday at the 15-team Shawnee Mission East Invitational.
- Baker soccer shuts out Central Methodist, 4-0
- September 19, 2004
- The Baker University men’s soccer team improved to 3-2-1 on Saturday with a 4-0 victory against Central Methodist.
- Seahawks 1-2 at Hartford
- September 19, 2004
- Seabury Academy’s volleyball team overcame an injury to junior setter Laura Hoffmann to win its third match Saturday at the Hartford Invitational.
- Early Days in Lawrence: A timeline
- September 19, 2004
- McNabb, Culpepper have plenty in common
- Quarterbacks’ squads to clash tonight
- September 19, 2004
- Both quarterbacks have strong arms, quick feet and plenty of wins on their resumes.
- Lions take first at Maize
- September 19, 2004
- The Lawrence High girls volleyball team placed first out of seven teams Saturday at a Maize tournament.
- Lawrence’s early days marked by bloody conflict
- Speeches, parade celebrate semi-centennial
- September 19, 2004
- One hundred years ago, Lawrence celebrated its first 50 years with a week of speeches, parades and a carnival that parked its merry-go-round in the middle of Ninth and Massachusetts streets.
- Targeted for improvement
- City ranks intersections most in need of traffic controls
- September 19, 2004
- Traffic was stacked more than a dozen cars deep Friday afternoon at the four-way stop at Harvard Road and Wakarusa Drive after a Homecoming parade for Free State High School.
- Restful night: How to help baby sleep through
- September 19, 2004
- Despite reams of research papers and dozens of books on the subject, the age-old question of how to get a baby to sleep still draws a huge variety of answers, from letting a baby cry until he falls asleep to never letting him cry.
- Da Shop deals in haircuts but specializes in community
- Barber shop fills need for blacks in Lawrence
- September 19, 2004
- King George still can’t decide what color to use. “Well, I could do green,” he says, rubbing the soft plastic of the downtown barber shop’s aprons. He’s been in the waiting room for an hour, trying to decide how to paint the “Da Shop” logo on the slick material.
- ‘Too posh to push’
- Rise in Caesareans spurs medical ethics debate
- September 19, 2004
- Legend has it that Julius Caesar, or at least one of his ancestors, was delivered by Caesarean section. That’s tough to verify. Back then, given infection risk and primitive anesthesia, you didn’t want to have one.
- City briefs
- September 19, 2004
- ¢ Same-sex marriage focus of debate at KU ¢ Haskell group to attend national museum opening ¢ 10,000 recordings on tap for Audio-Reader benefit ¢ Third group of settlers found town ‘barbarous’ ¢ Lawrence resident tapped for state board ¢ High school engineering contest set at KU
- Ex-Guard official says he contacted Kerry campaign about Bush’s service
- September 19, 2004
- A retired Texas National Guard official mentioned as a possible source for disputed documents about President Bush’s service in the Guard said he passed along information to a former senator working with John Kerry’s campaign.
- Pet post
- September 19, 2004
- Woodling: KU defense to blame for latest road loss
- September 19, 2004
- Sometimes a hump isn’t much higher than an anthill. Other times a hump can be as towering as the Himalayas.
- KU’s running game sputters
- September 19, 2004
- Kansas University’s running game sputtered for the second time in three weeks Saturday, and this time the Jayhawks couldn’t overcome it.
- Wildcats shrugged off deficit
- Jayhawks’ late lead didn’t worry Northwestern
- September 19, 2004
- Going from a 10-point advantage to a four-point deficit in less than six minutes could demoralize a winless team early in the season.
- Free cake tops off downtown parade
- September 19, 2004
- Ed Bishop ate a slice of white cake Saturday in South Park and remembered the first time he saw Lawrence throw a citywide birthday party.
- Lawrence cuts a rug at outdoor dance
- September 19, 2004
- Music and dancing may have drawn people to the Street Dance in the Park, but the event was all about community.
- Competition hairy at beard contest
- September 19, 2004
- Bushy to well-groomed. Short to long. Like snowflakes, no two beards in Lawrence’s Sesquicentennial Beard Contest were quite the same.
- Area briefs
- September 19, 2004
- ¢ Motorcycle accident kills Ottawa resident ¢ U.S. House candidate to join online chat ¢ KU forms relationship with Italian university
- Arctic Refuge photos at center of national oil-drilling debate on view in New York
- September 19, 2004
- Two giant, bowhead whale jawbones form an arc to mark the entrance of a small cemetery with simple, white Christian crosses erected amid a vast, snow-covered landscape.
- Pole vaulter takes aim at national track meet
- 72-year-old holds two records in event
- September 19, 2004
- Pole-vaulting isn’t considered a lifetime sport.
- Visitors fall for Ozark waterways’ beauty
- National park abounds with color during autumn
- September 19, 2004
- Most of the 1.5 million visitors who throng here each year arrive in the summer heat, to canoe in federally protected rivers fed by dozens of springs that are a chilly 50 degrees.
- Horoscopes
- September 19, 2004
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