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Does the city of Lawrence need a mayor directly elected by voters?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes. A strong mayor would help the city accomplish more. | 50% | |
| No. Our current system meets the city’s needs. | 44% | |
| Undecided | 5% | |
| Total | 54 | |
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- Male severely injured, possible fall out of Lawrence apartment window
- April 16, 2006
- At 3:55 a.m. Sunday, police were called to Carson Place Apartments, 1121 Louisiana, in response to a possible fall from an apartment window. According to Lawrence/Douglas County Fire and Medical Captain, Joe Hoelscher, a young male, was flown to KU Medical Center by helicopter with multiple injuries. His condition is unknown at this time.
- Capote’s letters, photographs to go on display
- April 16, 2006
- Some rare family photos and a collection of Truman Capote’s letters to his favorite aunt in Alabama — on topics ranging from Harper Lee to Tallulah Bankhead to his longing for down-home butter beans — are going on permanent display in the state’s literary capital, where the writer spent some of his boyhood.
- efanatics
- Lawrence harbors heavy users of online auction site eBay
- April 16, 2006
- Just call him the electronic auctioneer. When Pat Kindle’s 30 years of working with a farm supply firm ended, he started a new life as an eBay power seller. What began as a few sells here and there for himself and friends turned into a small business for Kindle, who now sells items for a steady clientele.
- LHS grad’s singing dream comes true
- April 16, 2006
- The odds were slim. Nearly a decade ago, Gabe Lewis-O’Connor sat in the Lied Center with his family, enthralled by the sounds of a men’s choral group called Chanticleer. There was an instant in the middle of the final song of the evening when Lewis-0’Connor, then a baritone-bass in the Lawrence High School sophomore choir, glimpsed his future.
- Free State Student surprised by prize after test
- Junior among elite to earn scholarship for outstanding scores
- April 16, 2006
- When Benjamin Greenberg saw the envelope he received from the College Board, he thought it was junk mail.
- Downtown AIDS walk gathers funds, followers
- April 16, 2006
- Nearly 300 people sauntered, strolled and ambled their way through downtown Saturday morning, raising money for the Douglas County AIDS Project.
- Mother pushes for vaccine ban
- A bill considered by a legislative committee has Kansas joining a global debate about the link between mercury and autism
- April 16, 2006
- Legislation that a Lawrence mother says will protect children and parents from the kind of mercury poisoning that happened to her son is sitting idle in a Senate committee.
- Should mayor’s powers change?
- Some say it’s time to give position some strength
- April 16, 2006
- Try to picture Lawrence having a governor. Instead of the current system where the city is led by a mayor elected by fellow city commissioners each year, Lawrence would have a mayor elected directly by voters every two or four years. And the “strong” mayor would have many of the same powers as a governor or the president — such as the ability to veto laws, draft the city’s budget and hire and fire the city manager.
- Easter egg hunters ransack South Park
- Plastic trophies traded for candy at annual event
- April 16, 2006
- About an hour after hundreds of children raced around South Park on Saturday and snatched up most of the 10,000 hidden eggs, 6-year-old Esley Pulliam was still on a mission.
- D-Rays rally sinks Royals
- K.C. starting pitchers still winless in 2006
- April 16, 2006
- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have made a habit this season of coming up with late rallies.
- Furyk, Baddeley tied atop Heritage
- Mayfair trails by three, Els by four entering final round
- April 16, 2006
- Aaron Baddeley hopes to cap a big weekend with his first PGA Tour victory.
- Autopsy shows boys drowned in pond; no foul play suspected
- April 16, 2006
- After weeks of investigation, intensive searches and a tremendous outpouring of community support, the search for two missing boys came to a tragic end early Saturday.
- Historic election divides New Orleans
- April 16, 2006
- High heels echoing, Ruby Ducre-Gethers crosses the floor of her airy but unlivable home — ear on her cell phone, eyes on the workers replacing her flooded-out walls, and mind on payback at the ballot box.
- Immigration marchers invoke memory of dead teen
- April 16, 2006
- Several thousand people — many of them students — marched Saturday through downtown Los Angeles to protest federal legislation that would crack down on illegal immigration.
- Protesting journalists beaten as anti-king demonstrations continue
- April 16, 2006
- Baton-wielding police beat protesting Nepali journalists Saturday as thousands of people marched peacefully in the capital to demand the restoration of democracy.
- Pope leads candlelit Easter vigil Mass
- April 16, 2006
- Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Easter services late Saturday with a dramatic, candlelit vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica, saying Christ’s resurrection was “the most crucial leap” in the history of mankind.
- Price of competition
- Grocers prepare for opening at Wal-Mart
- April 16, 2006
- Jeff Seymour shops at Hy-Vee and Dillons for his groceries, and doesn’t mind one bit that the world’s biggest company is about to jump into the market right here in Lawrence.
- Shiites try to end political standoff
- Car bomb kills at least 7, injures 24
- April 16, 2006
- A car bomb killed at least seven people on a busy avenue Saturday as Shiite politicians floated a proposal to end the standoff over a new government by having Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari step down — but only if his replacement comes from his own party.
- Concerns surface regarding harassment case
- City office handling complaint delays, gives confusing responses
- April 16, 2006
- When Wendy Herron went to the city’s equal rights office in April 2005 with a complaint about workplace sexual harassment, she expected a quick, professional response.
- Pastors say Easter message transcends current challenges
- April 16, 2006
- It’s been a challenging couple of weeks for traditional Christianity. First, there was the study hypothesizing that Jesus may have walked on ice — not water as written in the Gospels. Then there was news of a “Gospel of Judas” that made a hero of its subject, who’s traditionally a villain in the Christian story.
- Always late? These tips will help
- April 16, 2006
- Being chronically late is often attributed to one of three reasons:
- Univision anchor’s life now an open book
- April 16, 2006
- Univision nightly news anchor Maria Elena Salinas made a career investigating the lives of others, covering leaders from Pope John Paul II to former Chilean President Agusto Pinochet.
- What are you reading?
- April 16, 2006
- Interest perks up in spring for baseball collectibles
- April 16, 2006
- It’s baseball season, and collectors are looking for memorabilia like baseball cards, programs, uniforms, nodders, pennants and anything else that displays a player or a team name. There are a few greats, like Babe Ruth, who are known by every generation, but young collectors today ignore old players with unfamiliar names and vintage uniforms.
- Brewers stop Mets’ streak at 7
- April 16, 2006
- Tomo Ohka came up to the plate with the score tied in the fourth inning and two on, just after Chad Moeller’s bloop near the right-field line popped out of Xavier Nady’s glove for a single.
- Konerko clubs two, powers Sox
- April 16, 2006
- Paul Konerko homered twice off A.J. Burnett to spoil the right-hander’s Toronto debut Saturday, giving the Chicago White Sox a 4-2 win over the Blue Jays.
- MLB fantasy judgment could anger fans
- April 16, 2006
- Rick McElhattan totaled the cost of attending the doubleheader the other day between the Phillies and Dodgers at Citizens Bank Park. There with his wife and two boys, ages six and eight, McElhattan had not even found his seats yet, but was considerably lighter in the wallet.
- Race a sudden focus
- In racially balanced city, stripper’s rape charges incite black-white issues
- April 16, 2006
- Mayor Bill Bell is black. So are police chief Steven W. Chalmers, city manager Patrick Baker and a majority of the city council. Durham’s population is almost as black as it is white.
- LHS tennis fifth
- April 16, 2006
- Ryan Robinson won two matches at No. 1 singles and a pair of doubles teams earned two points each as the Lawrence High boys tennis team finished fifth Saturday at the six-team Highland Park Invitational. Thomas Nieto and David Nieto won twice at No. 1 doubles for the Lions, while John McGrew and Anthony Frei also came away victorious twice at No. 2 doubles.
- Valencia, boys relay victorious
- April 16, 2006
- The Free State High track teams picked up a pair of victories and two solid team finishes Friday at the KT Woodman Relays.
- Rowers win twice
- April 16, 2006
- The Kansas University women’s rowing team placed first in both the petite finals of the JV eight and the varsity four Saturday at the 2006 Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship.
- Jiles runs to victory
- April 16, 2006
- Sophomore Julius Jiles won the 110-meter hurdles Saturday to lead a number of strong performances by the Kansas University track and field team on the final day of the Tom Botts Invitational.
- Football Notebook
- April 16, 2006
- Defensive drop-off? Much of the chatter following Friday’s spring game surrounded the offense and the effectiveness of quarterback Kerry Meier.
- Gutty Firebird pitchers deliver in Festival finale
- April 16, 2006
- Free State’s Robby Price couldn’t help but feel some soreness. And he was the one who hurt the least.
- Cowboys dominate slugfest
- April 16, 2006
- The Kansas University baseball team drilled six home runs Saturday — and didn’t even finish atop that statistical category in the final box score.
- Spring season finished, but Jayhawks won’t rest
- April 16, 2006
- And, just like that, Kansas University’s spring football season is done. It took only a month, began with a microburst postponing a practice, was halted by spring break and finished with a flurry of big plays and impressed fans at Friday night’s spring game.
- Texans worry about crackdown on drunks
- April 16, 2006
- In a state where distances were once measured not in miles but in six-packs, a systematic crackdown on public drunkenness in bars has turned into a Texas-size headache.
- Cruise ships move from Manhattan to Brooklyn
- April 16, 2006
- The world’s largest ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2, docked early Saturday at Brooklyn’s Red Hook section instead of its previous berth on Manhattan’s West Side as the city opened a new cruise ship facility.
- Former Tyco executive’s art heading to auction
- April 16, 2006
- A Renoir and a Monet that hung in the Fifth Avenue home of former Tyco chief executive officer Dennis Kozlowski will be auctioned off next month as the government moves to collect on the millions he looted.
- Traps empty in search for bear that killed girl
- April 16, 2006
- A popular mountaintop campground remained closed Saturday as officials searched for signs of the black bear that killed a 6-year-old girl near a swimming hole.
- 7-year-old boy attacked by mountain lion
- April 16, 2006
- A 7-year-old boy hiking with his family was attacked Saturday by a mountain lion, a wildlife official said. The child was in stable condition at Boulder Community Hospital, but details of his injuries were not immediately available.
- Shock follows arrest in girl’s death
- April 16, 2006
- A slain 10-year-old girl’s body, found in her downstairs neighbor’s apartment, had deep saw marks on the neck, authorities said Saturday, alleging that her killer had planned to dismember her and eat the flesh.
- On the record
- April 16, 2006
- Lawrence Datebook
- April 16, 2006
- Questions linger after jury acquits ex-police officers of beating man
- April 16, 2006
- After a jury acquitted three former Milwaukee police officers of severely beating Frank Jude Jr., thousands of people who had expected convictions wondered, “What went wrong?”
- Couple accused of eating glass
- April 16, 2006
- Federal prosecutors have accused a couple of intentionally eating glass to support fraudulent insurance claims against restaurants, hotels and grocery stores.
- Jailed ex-oil magnate slashed in face, suffers wounds
- April 16, 2006
- One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent adversaries, jailed ex-oil magnate Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, suffered a facial wound when another inmate slashed him with a knife, his attorneys said Saturday.
- Chad threatens to cut off oil pipeline
- April 16, 2006
- Thousands rallied Saturday in Chad’s capital to support the president following a defeated rebel attack, while the oil minister threatened to shut down the country’s oil pipeline unless the government is compensated for frozen oil revenues.
- China offers Taiwan new round of tariff cuts
- April 16, 2006
- China announced tariff cuts on imports of fruit and fish from Taiwan, offering the self-ruled island new trade concessions Saturday in an effort to boost sentiment for uniting with the communist mainland.
- Police storm building to protest overdue salaries
- April 16, 2006
- In the first major sign of discontent with the Hamas-led government, dozens of masked Palestinian policemen blocked a main road Saturday in the Gaza Strip and briefly seized a government building to protest the delay in paying their salaries.
- Arrest made in case of missing American teen
- April 16, 2006
- Authorities have made an arrest in the case of a young Alabama woman who disappeared while vacationing in Aruba, an Aruban official said Saturday.
- Poll: Most Americans say income taxes unfair
- April 16, 2006
- Taxes rise and fall from one administration to the next, but the unpopularity of the income tax system is constant.
- Chamber to honor provost, president
- April 16, 2006
- Two longtime leaders in higher education will be honored Friday by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
- Republicans put politics over principles
- April 16, 2006
- If, in November, Republicans lose control of the House of Representatives, April 5 should be remembered as the day they demonstrated that they earned defeat. Traducing the Constitution and disgracing conservatism, they used their power for their only remaining purpose — to cling to power. Their vote to restrict freedom of speech came just as the GOP’s conservative base is coming to the conclusion that House Republicans are not worth working for in October or venturing out to vote for in November.
- Road of opportunity
- A new Kansas Turnpike interchange east of Lawrence will spur heavy competition for a road that links the turnpike to Kansas Highway 10.
- April 16, 2006
- Those who understand that major new roads will be important for Lawrence to continue its growth now have another project — in addition to the South Lawrence Trafficway — to keep an eye on.
- Loss of moral power forces Bush to ‘stay the course’
- April 16, 2006
- The 1946 elections were a Democratic disaster. The Republicans came up with an irresistible two-word slogan (“Had enough?”) and the Democrats, facing the voters without Franklin Roosevelt seeking or serving in the White House for the first time in 14 years, lost 11 Senate and 55 House seats.
- Abstinence-plus
- April 16, 2006
- To the editor: I am writing to encourage the Kansas State Board of Education NOT to mandate nine weeks of abstinence-only sex education.
- A great one
- April 16, 2006
- To the editor: It was only destiny that Ray Wilbur be named to the Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame (Journal-World, April 4). For a man who has given his adult life to the betterment of young people, Dr. Wilbur is, indeed, a hero. While I was never fortunate enough to have him as a teacher when I attended Lawrence High School, my older brother had him in class. Michael told me that Dr. Wilbur was a master at getting all the students involved and inspiring them to greatness.
- Tax reform stuck on the back burner
- April 16, 2006
- Millions of Americans will spend part of this weekend trying to cope with federal tax forms that seem more complicated and time-consuming each year. There’s no reason for them to expect relief anytime soon.
- Novelist Muriel Spark, 88, dies
- April 16, 2006
- Muriel Spark, the British author of darkly acerbic novels that portrayed a disquieting world drifting on diabolical undercurrents, died Thursday at a hospital in Florence. The cause of death could not be learned. She was 88.
- Mass whale deaths tied to Navy sonar, report says
- April 16, 2006
- The U.S. Navy’s deployment of active sonar to detect submarine activity is believed to have been responsible for at least six incidents of mass death and unusual behavior among pods of whales in the past 10 years, according to a recent U.S. Congressional Research Service report.
- Fairgrounds fees rise
- April 16, 2006
- If you haven’t already scheduled an event at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds this year, expect to be paying higher rental fees.
- Governor hits mark at annual turkey hunt
- April 16, 2006
- The governor’s office reported Friday there was only one casualty from the governor’s Annual One-Shot Turkey Hunt near El Dorado Lake: a 17.88-pound tom turkey that Gov. Kathleen Sebelius took down with one shotgun blast.
- Former coach accused of having sex with students
- April 16, 2006
- A former high school volleyball coach will stand trial on rape charges involving a student.
- Court rules against LAPD’s arrests of homeless people
- April 16, 2006
- A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Los Angeles Police Department cannot arrest people for sitting, lying or sleeping on public sidewalks on Skid Row, saying such enforcement amounts to cruel and unusual punishment because there are not enough shelter beds for the city’s huge homeless population.
- Gays, lesbians join line for annual White House Easter Egg Roll
- April 16, 2006
- In their sweat shirts and with their heavy-duty camping gear, Frank Finamore and Peter Velasco were as tired as many of the other unshaven dads on the Ellipse on Saturday morning, doting fathers who spent the night in a long line just to score tickets to the White House Easter Egg Roll.
- FBI agent to speak on white-collar crime
- April 16, 2006
- Former Westar Energy CEO David Wittig, a Kansas University alumnus, was recently sentenced to 18 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $19.5 million in fines and restitution for looting the company along with Douglas Lake.
- Middle school students charged for threats against teachers
- April 16, 2006
- Five middle-school students have been charged in connection with threats against teachers.
- Online tutorials make buying, selling both simple, safe
- April 16, 2006
- Have you gotten the eBay itch but just can’t reach it?
- Collegium Musicum concert announced
- April 16, 2006
- Kansas University’s Collegium Musicum will present a concert titled “Music of the English Renaissance and Baroque” on April 23 at St. John the Evangelist Church.
- KU presents Composers Guild Concert
- April 16, 2006
- The Department of Music & Dance in Kansas University’s School of Fine Arts has scheduled the Composers Guild Concert, an event that features musical works by KU undergraduate and graduate student composers, for Saturday.
- Retro party planned to benefit charities
- April 16, 2006
- JB Stout’s will be host to “Retro Saturday” this week, with bartender and DJ tips benefiting two local charities.
- KU faculty member giving book reading
- April 16, 2006
- Swapan Chakrabarti will read from and sign copies of his novel, “My American Brother,” from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at Oread Books in the Kansas Union.
- Octarium announces spring concerts
- April 16, 2006
- The eight-member vocal ensemble Octarium has planned a nature-themed concert series that will take place this month. The variety-filled program will feature madrigals to motets; Bergsma to Berger to the Beatles.
- Art Guild offering session on creativity
- April 16, 2006
- Encouraging the creative process will be the topic of the next Lawrence Art Guild meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
- KU hurler catches a break
- Humphreys strikes out 10 in four-hit shutout
- April 16, 2006
- Finally, the capricious gods of softball smiled on Kassie Humphreys.
- Mayer: Cruising for KU’s bruising
- April 16, 2006
- You’re in Santiago, Chile, on March 17 and you’re going nuts about how to learn about the Kansas University-Bradley basketball game. Shazam! The Crowne Plaza hotel has a free Internet service. Did Lady Luck blow on your dice or what?
- Tennis squad rallies for win
- April 16, 2006
- The Kansas University women’s tennis team won two doubles matches to pick up the crucial doubles team point and secure a 4-3 victory Saturday against Colorado.
- Bonds, Aaron can’t touch the Babe
- April 16, 2006
- Let’s see a show of hands from the people who believe Emmitt Smith is the greatest NFL running back of all time. Thank you. That’s what I thought.
- Peace talks in doubt after meeting canceled
- April 16, 2006
- Tamil Tiger rebel commanders on Saturday canceled a trip to an internal meeting that they had insisted was crucial for upcoming peace talks in Switzerland, saying they felt threatened by the presence of a naval ship.
- Bundling helps improve chances of unpopular bills
- April 16, 2006
- When legislation runs into a roadblock, lawmakers often get around the obstacle with the time-tested tactic of bundling bills.
- Balls juiced? Probably not
- Players, managers downplay spate of home runs
- April 16, 2006
- Conspiracy theories about the “fly factor” of baseballs are a big hit, so to speak.
- Good things will come, but LCC waits
- Renovations at golf course will take longer than expected
- April 16, 2006
- Not far from the clubhouse, John Tacha looked out over the new and improved Lawrence Country Club golf course and smiled.
- Running their lives
- Marathoning Lawrence mothers find true joy
- April 16, 2006
- The life of a working mom can be as challenging as a marathon. Mix in a marathon-running hobby, and a day hardly has enough hours.
- 41 Taliban, 6 police die in clash in southern Afghanistan
- April 16, 2006
- Security forces backed by U.S.-led coalition helicopters attacked a suspected Taliban hideout in southeastern Afghanistan, sparking an intense battle that killed 41 rebels and six police, a senior official said Saturday.
- Helping Bush justify U.S. action against Iran
- April 16, 2006
- As a public service, I’ve written a speech for President Bush to use when we invade Iran. “My fellow Americans:
- 92-year-old downtown landmark hotel imploded
- April 16, 2006
- With a series of thunderous explosions, a San Diego landmark was brought to the ground Saturday, a victim of advanced age and security concerns in the age of terrorism.
- Best-sellers take on New Testament
- April 16, 2006
- Christians will fill churches today to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, as reported in the New Testament. But outside church walls, sacred Christian texts are under attack from scholars and in the popular culture.
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