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- Lawrence theater announces auditions
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on D5
- Lawrence Community Theatre will have auditions for “CHAPS!” at 7 p.m. Aug. 7-Aug. 8 at the theater, 1501 N.H.
- Spencer gallery to be closed
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Kansas University’s Spencer Museum of Art will close its 20th/21st Century Gallery, located on the fourth floor, for renovation next week.
- Study finds women, doctors downplay female heart pain
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on D5
- Women with heart-attack symptoms wait longer than men to go to the hospital and, once there, often don’t get the same level of care as men, a Michigan study covering metro Michigan cities has found.
- Pair of ace-makers
- Keegan: Luck finds local duo at Perry tourney
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Meet Chris Hutchens, an insurance salesman from Lawrence, and Craig Wright, who is in advertising in Topeka. They thought they were playing in a routine member-guest tournament at Lake Perry Country Club a couple of weekends ago. And then Wright reached into his closet for a visor he never had worn and brought the golfers to a new dimension.
- De La Rosa wins debut with Royals
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C6
- Jorge De La Rosa was a bit nervous, a little excited and wanted to show the Kansas City Royals that he could be a long-term part of their starting rotation.
- ‘I’m sweating, too’
- Edwards suffers along with Chiefs
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C6
- It’s close to 100 degrees in normally balmy western Wisconsin, and Herman Edwards is wearing a sweat shirt.
- Bush, Saints agree on six-year contract
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Reggie Bush agreed to a six-year deal with the New Orleans Saints on Saturday night, and the Heisman Trophy winner will report to training camp today, The Associated Press has learned.
- War-battered Congo set for historic vote aiming for peace
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A7
- Millions of war-weary Congolese choose the nation’s first democratically elected leader today amid hopes the historic ballot can end decades of war and despotic rule that have echoed across Africa.
- Texas town upset about Sheehan’s land purchase
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Like many folks in President Bush’s adopted hometown, 83-year-old Robert Westerfield isn’t exactly rolling out the welcome mat for the town’s newest resident: war protester Cindy Sheehan.
- U.S. confirms plan to deploy more troops
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A9
- The U.S. command announced Saturday that it was sending 3,700 troops to Baghdad to try to quell the sectarian violence sweeping the capital, and a U.S. official said more American soldiers would follow as the military gears up to take the streets from gunmen.
- Old home town - 40 years ago today
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B7
- There was a chance for badly needed rain to break the severe drought here. However, it appeared it would be too late to really benefit the corn crop. Eben Farley, agricultural officials, predicted the crop this year would be only 50 to 75 percent of normal for the region.
- School support strong in college towns
- July 30, 2006
- Last year, when Rick Ginsberg was pondering whether to move his family to Lawrence from Colorado, public school quality was key to his decision.
- Town and gown issues
- July 30, 2006
- Midwestern university cities report different ways of keeping open the lines of communication.
- City budgeting focuses on big picture
- Lawrence falls in middle of pack on governmental accounting practices
- July 30, 2006
- Don Moler, executive director of the League of Kansas Municipalities, tells about an old-time businessman who knew just how to size up a city government.
- Branching out
- Families make outdoor time creative with elaborate treehouses
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Sarah Faith takes it just a little personally if you ask whether she had a treehouse when she was growing up.
- Treehouse dweller part of city’s lore
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on D2
- Hugh Cameron may have been eccentric - even wacky - but he remains Lawrence’s best-known resident of a treehouse.
- Poet’s showcase
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on D3
- ‘Whitecaps,’ by Larry Rochelle
- Red hot gadget
- Toplikar: Laser-sighted gun tells temperature of surfaces
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C10
- Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium seemed like an oven as I struggled through what seemed like a never-ending final lap. The last I had heard it was 106 degrees - the hottest day of the year so far.
- Best sellers
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Terror Illustrated
- Comic book adapts 9-11 commission report
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on D3
- If the mood on the plane that crashed into the side of the Pentagon, American Airlines Flight 77, could have been a color, it would have been a soft, translucent tan, according to a comic book about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
- Art Nouveau lamps popular, unique, highly collectible
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on D4
- The invention of the light bulb in 1879 changed our lives. For the first time, it was possible to have lamps with a light that pointed down. Designers made lamps in many shapes, including some that resembled old candlesticks or other familiar forms. The tradition continued with Art Nouveau designers of the late 1890s. They made bronze lamps that looked like bats or dancing women twirling scarves and cameo glass lamps that appeared to be groups of mushrooms.
- Ozark mountain letdown: ‘Kicks’ keep getting harder to find
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on D1
- I am riding shotgun on a road trip to Branson, Mo. The night before, my husband and I attended the wedding of the daughter of two friends from college. They are the first close friends our age to marry off one of their kids, and it feels strange because I can remember, in vivid detail, their own wedding in 1979. (Okay, maybe “vivid” is a stretch. Let’s just say I remember as much as I CAN remember since weddings in those days were free-for-alls for cash-poor 20-somethings unable to resist complimentary food and booze. Come to think of it, they still are.)
- Fireworks celebrate housing subdivision
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B2
- The fireworks that boomed in west Lawrence Saturday night were part of a grand-opening celebration for Lake View Villas at Alvamar - a new housing subdivision.
- Photos on exhibit at Dole Institute
- July 30, 2006
- An exhibit titled “P.F. Bentley: Behind the Lens of the Dole 1996 Presidential Campaign” is on display at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive.
- On the record
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence datebook
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence commuter report
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B3
- Judge rejects hospital chain lawsuit
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B3
- A federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit against HCA Inc., the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain, saying the cases need to be examined individually.
- Heat makes moving day miserable
- Renters use weekend to begin relocations
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Shelby Hentges was really taking this whole moving thing well. Because it was seriously hot outside.
- Furniture store owner keeps business in city
- Former athlete continues his father’s trade
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B1
- With the expansion of large-scale furniture stores in the Kansas City area, Brian Martin still believes shoppers can get what they want in Lawrence.
- 4-H horse show reins in contestants
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The horse’s face moved down, closer to the young girl with the sling around her arm.
- Kansas House candidates prepare for primary
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Candidates for the Kansas House headed into the final weekend of the primary campaign making a push to get their names before voters and touch on issues that resonate.
- A shining all-star
- Lisher stands out in East’s 10-9 Shrine loss
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Brett Lisher wasn’t asking for a revote after the game.
- Piper tapped to replace Falkenstien
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Chris Piper, a four-year letter-winner who played forward on Kansas University’s 1988 national-championship basketball team, will replace Max Falkenstien as analyst on Jayhawk radio broadcasts next season.
- Gatlin failed test after Kansas Relays
- Decorated sprinter denies steroid use
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Another American champion was hit with a shocking positive drug test Saturday - Olympic and world 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin.
- Raiders advance at state
- Lawrence cruises past Blue Valley, 10-0; Emporia up next
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Five games into the American Legion baseball postseason, it seems the Lawrence Raiders still haven’t been told they are supposed to play nine-inning games.
- Woodling: KU QBs, Mangino cursed?
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C1
- As far as I know, Mark Mangino never has done anything to infuriate the God of Quarterbacks, if such a deity exists.
- Ortiz comes through in 11th
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C4
- David Ortiz capped a 4-for-5 day with a single the other way through a shifted infield with two outs in the 11th inning Saturday, giving the Boston Red Sox a 7-6 comeback victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
- Orchards offering heat discount
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Is it too hot to play golf? Not at the Orchards Golf Course.
- Fishing report
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A7
- Women’s hunt clinic looms
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C7
- Women interested in hunting should circle Aug. 5 on their calendars.
- Special-hunts drawings done by early August
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C7
- Drawing for special hunts will be complete by early August, Wildlife and Parks reports. The application deadline was July 15.
- Surveys find duck numbers up
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C7
- Duck hunters should be smiling this fall.
- Sutter set for day in Cooperstown
- Ex-Cubs, Cards reliever to be inducted into baseball hall
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Thirty-three years after his career appeared to be over before it barely had begun, Bruce Sutter will receive the ultimate tribute - induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Good Samaritan’s widow sues hospital
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B8
- The widow of a man who was critically injured and later died after trying to stop a purse snatching has sued the hospital where he was treated and two of his doctors.
- School reported possible abuse twice before arrests
- Two girls were found starving in basement
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B8
- Wichita school Supt. Winston Brooks said school employees told the state they suspected two girls were being abused or neglected 10 months before the children’s parents were charged with abusing the children, a newspaper reported Saturday.
- Analysis: Critics: Bush’s Mideast strategy could backfire
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A4
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and President Bush say they’re not pressing for a quick cease-fire in Lebanon because they want a lasting peace instead.
- Families struggle to stay together while fleeing violence
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A4
- When Israeli airstrikes tore through the lemon orchards and potato patches of Mansouri, a village near Lebanon’s border with Israel, the Mdayhli family disappeared.
- Rice back in Mideast
- U.N. draft resolution seeks end to hostilities
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Israeli troops pulled back from a Lebanese border town Saturday after a week of heavy fighting with Hezbollah guerrillas who hailed the retreat as a victory. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returned to the Middle East to push a refined U.S. peace plan.
- Concrete results: New house’s efficiency is a stunning surprise for builder, who predicts 75 percent decrease in utility expenses
- The right idea at the right time?
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A1
- John Craft was mad when he walked into the new East Lawrence home he was building. He’d been gone about a week, and when he walked in from the 100 degree heat, he was greeted by a cool 78 degrees. He was upset his workers had left the air conditioner on.
- Schools shrink as Kansans pull up stakes
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A1
- This month, as most schools prepared for students to return to classes, three Kansas school districts consolidated and a fourth was dissolved. For rural school districts, the numbers don’t look good.
- Government approves bill allowing reparations
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A7
- The government Friday approved a divisive bill allowing reparations for victims of the Spanish civil war and the ensuing dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco, some of the darkest chapters of Spain’s modern history.
- Nation to compensate relatives of farmers killed
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A7
- The government will pay $1.4 million to relatives of 19 farmers killed by paramilitaries in two massacres in the mid-1990s, honoring a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, authorities said Friday.
- Blast at oil refinery injures nearly 150
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A7
- An explosion at an oil refinery in Indonesia early Saturday injured nearly 150 people and caused about 7,000 residents to flee their homes, police said.
- Farmer leaves hospital after face transplant
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A7
- A Chinese farmer who received a partial face transplant after being mauled by a black bear has been discharged from the hospital and will go back to his rural mountain village, state media said Saturday.
- Islamic Jihad: Head of military wing killed
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A7
- Israeli troops killed two Islamic Jihad militants on Saturday, including the man the group described as the leader of its militant wing in the West Bank city of Nablus.
- Premier: Nations supporting militants
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A7
- Somalia’s prime minister charged Saturday that Egypt, Libya and Iran are arming the Islamic militants who challenge his rule, lengthening the list of countries accused of fueling this country’s political chaos.
- State radio: Iran will reject resolution
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A7
- Iran’s government will reject a proposed U.N. resolution that would give it until Aug. 31 to suspend uranium enrichment or face the threat of international sanctions, state-run radio said on Saturday.
- Killer case investigators get more than 100 calls
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Robert Charles Browne’s claims that he killed 49 people have generated a flood of more than 100 anguished calls from families and friends of people missing around the nation, some for years.
- 10 injured as car drives onto Starbucks patio
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- An elderly man drove a car onto a patio at a Starbucks on Friday night, injuring 10 people, two of them critically, authorities said.
- Six wildfires destroy at least three homes
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- At least three homes were destroyed and at least three others were damaged by one of the six wildfires burning in the Nebraska Panhandle.
- Youngest son of senator joins Marine Corps
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- The youngest son of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has joined the Marine Corps and could be deployed to a war zone in a matter of months, according to a magazine report.
- Residents hunt for serial killers
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- With two serial killers on the loose in Phoenix, Marnie Reiher knows she should stay off her front porch. She shouldn’t answer the door. And if the cats sneak out at night, she should leave them on their own till morning.
- Six people killed in latest New Orleans shootings
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Three brothers and a friend were killed in a neighborhood not far from the French Quarter, and two other people were gunned down in separate incidents hours later, authorities said Saturday.
- Bail for alleged gunman at Jewish center set at $50M
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- The man suspected in a fatal shooting rampage hid behind a potted plant in a Jewish charity’s foyer and forced his way through a security door by holding a gun to a 13-year-old girl’s head, the police chief said Saturday.
- People in the news
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A2
- ¢ Pamela Anderson, Kid Rock wed in St. Tropez, France ¢ Mel Gibson apologizes for DUI arrest, ‘despicable’ remarks ¢ Paul McCartney reportedly files for divorce, blames wife ¢ Studio executive scolds Lohan for behavior, doubts claim ¢ Actor Will Ferrell, wife pregnant with second child
- Royals still captivating 25 years after wedding
- Anniversary passes without fanfare
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A2
- Oh, un-happy day. Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of the wedding ceremony uniting Lady Diana Spencer and Charles, Prince of Wales - an event that captured a global audience of 750 million.
- Six dead, two injured in skydiver plane crash
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A10
- A small plane carrying skydivers crashed shortly after takeoff Saturday, killing six people on board and injuring two others, authorities and witnesses said.
- Authorities debate drug that stops overdose
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A10
- In the wake of more than 400 deaths nationwide from heroin laced with the painkiller fentanyl, some needle exchange programs are giving addicts prescriptions for a drug to keep on hand to halt an overdose.
- Sheriff charged with stealing $120,000
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A10
- An Iowa sheriff was charged Friday with stealing $120,000 from bundles of cash seized when deputies stopped a suspicious vehicle in March.
- Hemingway home asks judge to solve cat fight
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A10
- The caretakers of Ernest Hemingway’s Key West home want a federal judge to intervene in their dispute with the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the six-toed cats that roam the property.
- Dakotas ‘epicenter’ of drought-stricken nation
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A10
- Fields of wheat, durum and barley in the Dakotas this dry summer will never end up as pasta, bread or beer. What is left of the stifled crops has been salvaged to feed livestock struggling on pastures where hot winds blow clouds of dirt from dried-out ponds.
- Midwest heats up as Calif. cools down
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A10
- Forecasters predicted a prolonged period of sweltering heat for parts of the Midwest, issuing excessive heat warnings for the Chicago and St. Louis areas through Tuesday evening.
- Shortage of troops troubling for many
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on A9
- The Bush administration’s decision to move thousands of U.S. soldiers into Baghdad to quell sectarian warfare before it explodes into outright civil war underscores a problem that’s hindered the American effort to rebuild Iraq from the beginning: There aren’t enough troops to do the job.
- Bankruptcies
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C10
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection for the week ended Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records.
- Bert Nash CEO heads association
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C10
- David Johnson, chief executive officer of Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Lawrence, is the new president of the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas Inc.
- Watercooler
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on C10
- Even though Generation X women understand the importance of saving for the future, most are still battling debt, according to one survey.
- Old home town - 100 years ago today
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B7
- From the Lawrence Daily World for July 30, 1906: “The schools in Douglas County are hiring teachers more promptly and paying them a little better wages and most of the schools have all their teachers signed. So far, at least 50 of the 86 districts report their teaching staffs are full and there are sure to be others that have not reported.
- Old home town - 25 years ago today
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Slashes in a federally funded job training program had sent about 40 people in Lawrence looking for work in the private sector. The cuts had come in the U.S. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act program.
- Lieberman race grips Democratic Party
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B7
- The challenge to Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Aug. 8 Connecticut Democratic primary from anti-Iraq War millionaire Ned Lamont is the summertime drama gripping the entire party. From what I saw last week, this fight is a complete mismatch. The party regulars supporting Lieberman have a candidate. The rebels backing Lamont have a cause. And I came away convinced that the people with the cause likely will win - at least this first round.
- Brownback’s presidential hopes grow dim
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B7
- If money talks in politics, Sen. Sam Brownback’s nascent presidential campaign is but a ghostly whisper.
- Spreading taxes
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: I wholeheartedly support Mayor Mike Amyx’s proposal for a 1 percent sales tax.
- Only necessities
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: For the last six years, the city has been so enamored with amenities, artwork, traffic-calming devices and other projects that have brought no new businesses to town, but have steadily drained off the “reserve fund.”
- Camp celebration
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: Your editorial concerning Hidden Valley Camp (July 26) and preserving this 40-acre parcel of land at Kasold and Bob Billings Parkway appeared just as volunteers are putting the finishing touches on a history of the camp and celebration for our 50th anniversary of Hidden Valley Camp.
- U.S., Israel struggle with intelligence failures
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Israel has been forced to improvise furiously on the battlefield after discovering how much it did not know about the fighters and the strategic arsenal that Hezbollah had amassed in southern Lebanon. Americans should watch closely what will happen in Israel once the smoke of this battle clears.
- End in sight?
- The Kansas Supreme Court has accepted the Legislature’s school finance solution - for now.
- July 30, 2006
- Kansas school districts now know how much money they’ll have to work with this year, but it’s likely that the final chapter of the school finance case that has been in the courts since 1999 has not yet been written.
- Horoscopes
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on D6
- For Sunday, July 30, 2006.
- Internet connects blues fans
- July 30, 2006 in print edition on D8
- Late one evening, about a year ago, Jim Lanius was visiting with Valerie Paulsen in her living room. Jim brought up the subject of marriage, something he’d danced around before during their four-year relationship.
- About this section
- July 30, 2006
- The Lawrence Journal-World, 6News and World Online set out to determine where Lawrence stacks up compared with Ames, Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa; Manhattan, Kansas; Columbia, Missourri; Norman, Oklahoma; and Stillwater, Oklahoma. While it is difficult to formulate complete apples-to-apples comparisons because of budgeting differences and varying test standards, trends do take shape.
- Costly housing
- July 30, 2006
- No matter how you slice it, buying a home in Lawrence is more difficult than it is in many other Midwestern university cities.
- Communities favored with park space
- For new developments, cities factoring in green space early in process
- July 30, 2006
- The new standard requiring neighborhood parks to be a quarter mile from new Lawrence homes is not unique, but it is rather strict.
- Cities playing catch-up on street maintenance, road work
- July 30, 2006
- University towns similar to Lawrence are constantly looking for new technologies and considering new methods of taking care of street maintenance.
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