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Flamingos returned to Douglas County home
March 28, 2005
(Updated Monday at 2:04 p.m.) A Douglas County woman’s flock of plastic flamingos have returned.
Lawrence treated with temperatures in the 70s
By Dave Toplikar
March 28, 2005
(Updated Monday at 4:19 p.m.) Sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s were treating Lawrence residents to a much-needed spring day. “It doesn’t get much better — a great day to start out the work week,” says Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist.
Chinese leaders can’t ignore lingering effect of Tiananmen
By Jim Hoagland
March 28, 2005
Nearly 16 amazing years have passed since Chinese soldiers slaughtered thousands of their fellow citizens protesting corruption and misrule. The Soviet empire, wars in the Balkans and in Iraq and a flood of dot.com billionaires and paupers have come and/or gone in that busy time.
Candidate sees need for more synergy with city
By Joel Mathis
March 28, 2005
This Lawrence school board election isn’t like the one in 2003, filled with anger and battles about the proposed closing of neighborhood schools.
Perry Lake Park seeking volunteers for maintenance
J-W Staff Reports
March 28, 2005
The Perry Lake Park is always looking for individuals, groups or families who are interested in volunteering to maintain the Perry Trail, a 30-mile hiking trail. Volunteer duties can be anything from litter pick-up, painting blue trail blazes on trees, pruning with lopping shears, picking up downed branches, mowing, placing signs, bridge building, trail-crossing construction, and chain-sawing of larger downed trees.
Restaurant liquor license reconsidered
Lawrence City Commission agenda highlights ¢ 6:35 p.m. Tuesday ¢ City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets ¢ Sunflower Broadband Channel 25 ¢ Meeting documents online at www.lawrenceks.org
March 28, 2005
City commissioners will consider granting a zoning variance to allow for a drinking establishment license to the Pepperjax Grill, 947 N.H.
One more Final Four
Williams reflects on KU after May, North Carolina hold off scrappy Wisconsin
J-W Wire Services
March 28, 2005
Roy Williams is headed to his fifth Final Four, this time as coach of his alma mater, North Carolina.
McDonald’s game just part of Chalmers’ week
By Ryan Greene
March 28, 2005
In a way, Kansas University men’s basketball recruit Mario Chalmers will attempt something that New Jersey Nets superstar Vince Carter could not accomplish in 2000.
People
March 28, 2005
¢ Michael Jackson declares innocence in interview with Jesse Jackson ¢ O as in Oprah … ¢ Solar-powered performance ¢ Life-affirming talk
Research challenges idea of happy home on the range
By Terry Rombeck
March 28, 2005
The notion of easy-going small-town life, with its picket fences and friendly neighbors, might only be true in the movies.
Judith Jacobs, Lawrence
March 28, 2005
Field set after wild weekend
By Tom Timmermann - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 28, 2005
At the end of regulation in the Austin Regional final between Michigan State and Kentucky on Sunday, the officiating crew kept staring at a television monitor, trying to determine whether the Kentucky shot at the buzzer was a game-tying three-pointer or a game-ending two-pointer.
Capitol Briefing
News from the Kansas Statehouse
By Scott Rothschild
March 28, 2005
¢ In case she forgot ¢ Breast-feeding progress ¢ Car talk ¢ Today’s schedule ¢ Quote of the week
ABC promises extreme makeover for ‘The Bachelor’
Kevin McDonough
March 28, 2005
Few things accentuate the “Groundhog Day” aspects of watching and reviewing television like the constant onslaught of “new” seasons of “The Bachelor” (8 p.m., ABC).
Knights of Columbus gives $100,000 to support amendment
By Scott Rothschild
March 28, 2005
When Bruce Ney of Lawrence was told that the Knights of Columbus dropped $100,000 into the Kansas campaign to pass a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage, he said the largest lay organization in the Catholic Church now has one less member. “I’m a a member, and I’m Catholic. It’s disappointing,” said Ney, who is chairman of Kansans for Fairness, a group that is fighting against the amendment on the April 5 ballot.
Eugenia Felton, Lawrence
March 28, 2005
Schiavo given sacraments for Easter
Five protesters arrested Sunday as tensions remain high
By Mike Schneider - Associated Press Writer
March 28, 2005
Their hopes fading and legal options exhausted, Terri Schiavo’s parents appeared quietly resigned Sunday to watching her die but could claim one Easter victory: The severely brain-damaged woman received a drop of communion wine on her tongue — her only sustenance in nine days — after her husband allowed her to receive the sacrament.
Census report measures earnings potential of college education
By Genaro C. Armas - Associated Press Writer
March 28, 2005
Black and Asian women with bachelor’s degrees earn slightly more than similarly educated white women, and white men with four-year degrees make more than anyone else.
Wizards deny Sonics
Seattle’s five game streak comes to end
The Associated Press
March 28, 2005
Larry Hughes gave Seattle fits on both ends of the court.
Briefly
March 28, 2005
¢ President, family worship with soldiers ¢ Organ donation mix-up brings lawsuit ¢ Bill takes aim at polygamist group
Briefly
March 28, 2005
¢ Rancher surrenders in U.S. nun’s slaying ¢ Archbishop urges pre-election uprising ¢ Opium cultivation falling, U.N. finds ¢ Royal apology for adultery sought
The invisible revealed
March 28, 2005
The Surrealist movement of 20th-century art and literature used fantastic imagery with no intention of being logically comprehensible. The movement began with Andre Breton in 1924 and drew from the psychoanalytic work of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.
High gasoline prices put ethanol in spotlight
Sales of cheaper corn-based fuel expected to take off in Kansas
By Roxana Hegeman - Associated Press Writer
March 28, 2005
Soaring gasoline prices at the pump are fueling consumer interest in cheaper fuels such as ethanol, boosting the fledgling domestic industry even as production sets records across the nation.
The week ahead
March 28, 2005
Secrets
Identity-theft dangers dictate a new level of caution when handling identifying documents.
J-W Editorials
March 28, 2005
With all the other perils of life these days, we now have to pay more attention to what we throw in the trash. The best advice, experts say, is to gain access to a shredder and never, repeat never, allow data that can compromise your identity and security to be pitched into any refuse receptacle.
Nuclear waste will never be welcomed
By George Will
March 28, 2005
Things have a grand scale out here. The Nuclear Test Site adjacent to this mountain is bigger than Rhode Island but smaller than Nellis Air Force Base, which also is adjacent. But the biggest thing is the dispute, now roiling a second decade, about carving a nuclear waste repository in this mountain’s innards, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
Planning process
March 28, 2005
Planning balance
March 28, 2005
Public voice
March 28, 2005
Faith frictions
March 28, 2005
Led by love
March 28, 2005
Basic services
March 28, 2005
Equal rights
March 28, 2005
Misdirected gift
March 28, 2005
Patient continues miraculous recovery
Hutchinson woman began talking last month 20 years after injury
The Associated Press
March 28, 2005
It has happened slowly, with small bites and short sentences, but progress has been constant for a woman’s miraculous recovery from the brain injury she sustained in an accident 20 years ago.
Attorney: Rader may change plea
The Associated Press
March 28, 2005
The suburban Wichita man accused of being the BTK serial killer might never stand trial for the deaths of 10 people over 17 years, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Report: Kansas ranks high in education
State exceeds national, Midwest averages for high school, college graduates
By Joel Mathis
March 28, 2005
Kansans are more educated than workers across the Midwest and the nation, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today.
City briefs
March 28, 2005
¢ Online chat to discuss school bond issues ¢ Lawmaker visits with Kiwanis Club
Pope’s voice fails him on Easter
By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press Writer
March 28, 2005
Millions waited to hear him but waited in vain. And some cried as they stood shoulder-to-shoulder in St. Peter’s Square.
Resurrection celebrated in Holy Land
By Kristen Stevens - Associated Press Writer
March 28, 2005
Thousands of Christians from around the world gathered at Jerusalem holy sites to celebrate Easter Sunday, marking the day with prayer and hymns.
Iraqi lawmakers summoned to second parliamentary session
Role of clergy debated as delegates try to form a government
By Mariam Fam - Associated Press Writer
March 28, 2005
Al-Qaida in Iraq released a video Sunday claiming to show the murder of an Interior Ministry official, while debate raged about religion’s place in Iraq’s much-anticipated new government as lawmakers were summoned to their second session.
Gay marriage ban poses unintended consequences
Partner benefits, domestic abuse cases affected in other states
By Scott Rothschild
March 28, 2005
In Ohio, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage was used as a defense to reduce a charge in a domestic violence case involving an unmarried heterosexual couple. Dozens more men are using the amendment to try to have their abuse charges reduced or dismissed.
On the record
March 28, 2005
Christopher ‘Kit’ Gunn, Lake Charles, La.
March 28, 2005
Adelbert James ‘Jim’ Taylor, Lawrence
March 28, 2005
Husker defense dominant as Jayhawks drop series
By Steve Vockrodt
March 28, 2005
After Sunday’s 9-4 loss to Nebraska, Kansas University baseball coach Ritch Price said if his team could win five of its nine league series, the Jayhawks would advance to the Big 12 Conference tournament and the NCAA Tournament.
Spartans survive double OT
UK forces extra frames, but Michigan State defense finally clamps down
By Jaime Aron - Associated Press Sports Writer
March 28, 2005
Tom Izzo wasn’t going to wait. He figured Kentucky’s rim-dancing three-pointer would be ruled a basket, so he grabbed his clipboard and started getting Michigan State ready for overtime.
D’backs rout Royals
Wood earns loss for Kansas City
The Associated Press
March 28, 2005
Mike Gosling made a push for the final spot in Arizona’s rotation, pitching four solid innings during the Diamondbacks’ 13-5 victory Sunday over the Kansas City Royals.
KU women’s golf ninth in Arizona
J-W Staff Reports
March 28, 2005
The Kansas University women’s golf squad placed ninth after Sunday’s final round at the 15-team Mountain View Collegiate.
KU women’s signee has huge hoops game
J-W Staff Reports
March 28, 2005
Kansas University signee Shaqina Mosley scored 18 points and had 10 assists, leading Central Arizona to an 83-50 rout of College of Southern Idaho in the NJCAA women’s basketball tournament championship game Saturday night at the Bicentennial Center.
Vols roll over Tech; Stanford ends UConn’s run
The Associated Press
March 28, 2005
Shyra Ely scrawled her goal on the back of her sneakers: Homeward Bound. With the way Tennessee is playing, Ely might get her wish.
Sorenstam continues dominance
Golfer runs away with title at Nabisco Championship
The Associated Press
March 28, 2005
Annika Sorenstam had reason to celebrate Sunday, and celebrate she did.
Gonzalez wants only to stay healthy
Back with Indians, slugger to serve as everyday rightfielder; Pettitte throws against ex-teammates
The Associated Press
March 28, 2005
Juan Gonzalez is back in the middle of the Cleveland Indians’ lineup. Andy Pettitte also hooked up with some old friends — the New York Yankees.
Doctors try to avoid ‘doorknob’ questions
Patients urged not to wait until last minute to air concerns
By Lindsey Tanner - Associated Press Writer
March 28, 2005
The four familiar words physicians always dread come when the office visit is ending, doctor’s pen clipped back onto the white coat pocket and hand reaching for the door.
Photos: Congregations gather together to celebrate Easter Sunday
March 28, 2005
Supporters of Lawrence’s school bond issues chat online
Cindy Yulich and Erv Hodges, co-chairs of Vote Yes for Lawrence Kids, discuss tax increases and cuts in administrative salaries
March 28, 2005
Welcome to our online chat with supporters of Lawrence’s school bond issues. The chat took place at 1:30 p.m., Monday, March 28, and is now closed, but you can read the full transcript on this page.
Haskell plans 1st film fest
Television actor offers film to counter stereotypes
By Dave Ranney
March 28, 2005
Former “NYPD Blue” star Rick Schroder will be in Lawrence this week for the Midwest premiere of “Black Cloud,” a movie he wrote, directed, produced and stars in.
Channel trap used to block Fox News
Lawrence resident played part in brainstorming device
J-W Staff and Wire Reports
March 28, 2005
Lawrence resident Joshua Montgomery and his friend Sam Kimery were at a screening of the documentary “Outfoxed” — a polemic against Rupert Murdoch and his conservative Fox News Channel — in Tulsa last August when the idea hit them: What if you could just block Fox News Channel out?
Miss Kansas USA faces flurry of preparations for national pageant
By Joel Mathis
March 28, 2005
The opening days of spring have been a flurry of activity for Rachel Saunders. The Kansas University junior has spent recent weeks trying on dresses, eating “rabbit food” and jogging upwards of five miles a day.
Horoscopes
By Jacqueline Bigar
March 28, 2005
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