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- Ortiz duo takes third
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C11
- Steve Ortiz and Dominic Ortiz of Lawrence finished third in the All Seasons Buddy Bass Championship Oct. 7-8 at Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Lake in Missouri.
- Officials delay Cedar Bluff trout
- Water quality problems boost death rate
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C11
- Poor water quality conditions at the Cedar Bluff Stilling Basin have prompted Wildlife and Parks officials to delay the start of the annual trout season at Cedar Bluff Reservoir.
- Turkey hunt takes off
- Canines allowed to help during autumn season
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C11
- Fall turkey hunting is becoming increasingly popular in Kansas, with a long season and the opportunity to bag as many as four of these large birds. In addition, the fall season offers a turkey hunt using dogs, much like upland game birds are hunted. (se of dogs is not allowed during the spring season. While some hunters walk fields for turkeys in the fall, others use more traditional methods, setting blinds near roosts and using decoys and calls to lure birds within range.
- Gators go down
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C10
- That merciless Southeastern Conference claimed another victim: No. 2 Florida.
- Colorado breaks through at Red Raiders’ expense
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C10
- Bernard Jackson didn’t expect the fans to storm the field or carry him off on their shoulders. “I guess they were excited for the win,” Jackson said.
- Aggies run wild on Mizzou
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C9
- Jorvorskie Lane ran for 127 yards and a touchdown and Texas A&M denied No. 19 Missouri its best start in 46 years by beating the Tigers 25-19 on Saturday. Stephen McGee was 19-for-23 for 183 yards and a touchdown for the Aggies, who beat a ranked opponent at home for the first time in six tries under coach Dennis Franchione.
- Gutsy plays pay off for Nebraska
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C9
- Nebraska gambled and won on a pair of tricky fourth-down calls, beating Kansas State, 21-3, on Saturday night and snapping the 21st-ranked Cornhuskers’ four-game losing streak in Manhattan.
- Brutal defense burns Baker
- Losing skid grows to four games
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C9
- A leaky defense again plagued the Baker University football team Saturday, as the Wildcats allowed 565 yards of total offense in a 43-18 loss to MidAmerica Nazarene University.
- Bad break bites HINU - again
- Late fumble dashes Fightin’ Indians’ comeback hopes
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C9
- No one named Joe Bfstplk is listed on the Haskell Indian Nations University football roster. Yet the Al Capp cartoon character with the bleak rain cloud perpetually over his head seems to be following the Fightin’ Indians around. “It seems like a dark cloud is hovering over us,” HINU quarterback Marlon Dick said after a 21-13 homecoming loss to Avila College at Haskell Stadium.
- NBA quick hits
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C8
- You say you don’t know much about the NBA? Well, here are some fast facts about various players and coaches on the Chicago Bulls and Seattle SuperSonics, who will tip off at 1 p.m. today in Allen Fieldhouse.
- Notebook
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C7
- It appeared Kansas University suffered a few injuries to key players Saturday. Running back Jon Cornish sat out several second-half drives because of a lingering ailment that started before the Texas A&M game.
- Bowman has ‘dream’ game
- OSU receiver snags 13 catches for record 300 yards
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C7
- Adarius Bowman offered congratulations to dozens of teammates after Oklahoma State’s 42-32 come-from-behind football victory over Kansas University on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. “I was like, ‘Great win.’ They were like, ‘No, YOU won,’” Bowman exclaimed after catching 13 passes for a school- and Big 12-record 300 yards and four touchdowns.
- Buffalo auction canceled
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C11
- Wildlife and Parks has canceled its buffalo auction scheduled Nov. 15 at Maxwell Wildlife Refuge near Canton.
- Game balls & gassers
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C6
- ¢ Candidates for Game balls ¢ Candidates for Gassers
- QB Meier ‘fine’ in return
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C6
- Outside of that big, big detail - his team didn’t win - Kansas University quarterback Kerry Meier seemed content with his first Saturday on the football field in a month. And even more important, he felt healthy.
- Raiders suspend Porter for four games
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C5
- The Oakland Raiders suspended disgruntled wide receiver Jerry Porter for four games without pay Saturday for conduct detrimental to the team. Porter, Oakland’s leading receiver a year ago, was inactive for the first four games of the season after clashing with new coach Art Shell and making public a trade demand at the start of training camp.
- Cardinals take 2-1 edge over Mets
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C4
- During batting practice, scoreboards at Busch Stadium billed Game 3 of the NL championship series as “Gotham vs Gateway.” With Jeff Suppan doing just about everything for St. Louis, “No contest” would have been much more appropriate. Suppan hit a rare home run and pitched a tidy masterpiece Saturday night that gave the St. Louis Cardinals control of the NLCS against the suddenly staggering New York Mets.
- Chiefs have reason to be wary of Steelers
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Great teams, poor teams. Good weather, bad weather. Playoff game, or one that barely counts for anything. Herm Edwards knows it doesn’t make any difference. No matter the circumstances or the personnel involved, the Kansas City Chiefs coach knows how difficult it can be to win in Pittsburgh.
- Polanco series MVP, Detroit sparkplug
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C4
- Placido Polanco’s tumbling catch that separated his left shoulder in August led to the low point of his career. A month later, he said his year was over. Polanco not only made it back, he won the AL championship series MVP award and helped put the Detroit Tigers in the World Series for the first time since 1984. “It’s the best moment of my career,” he said. “I wonder how my parents feel in the Dominican. It’s very special.”
- Tigers’ next stop: World Series
- Detroit sweeps Oakland; Ordonez’s homer in ninth decisive
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C4
- All those people who kept doubting the Detroit Tigers, take a week off and think again. Jim Leyland, Magglio Ordonez and the rest of the Tigers will be spending that time getting ready for the World Series. Written off by the entire baseball world only three years ago, the Tigers made it official Saturday. They’re back and on the prowl.
- Two KU swimmers set pool records
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C3
- The Kansas University swimming and diving team started the 2006-07 season in record-breaking fashion.
- Women 2nd, men 6th for KU cross country
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C3
- The Kansas University men’s cross country team placed sixth in the White Race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals. Juniors Paul Hefferon and Colby Wissel led the charge for the Jayhawks, placing 13th and 14th, respectively, in the 8k event.
- Free State tops LHS, wins volleyball tourney
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C3
- The Free State High volleyball team won the Emporia Invitational, defeating the top two seeds in the playoffs. The Firebirds, seeded third, swept Washburn Rural in the semis, 25-12, 25-20, before squeaking by top-seeded Maize in the championship, 25-21, 18-25, 25-23.
- Seabury volleyball comes up empty
- Seahawks still No. 1 in Tuesday’s regional
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C3
- The Seabury volleyball team couldn’t manage a single game victory and was swept by five teams Saturday in the McLouth Invitational. “It was brutal,” Seabury coach Craig Friedrichsen said. “We saw three really good teams today, and none of them are on our side of the net.”
- KU volleyball sweeps Baylor
- Jayhawks score second straight Big 12 victory
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Kansas University swept its first Big 12 Conference opponent this season, defeating Baylor, 3-0, Saturday night in Horejsi Family Athletic Center. “Our kids executed the game plan very well,” Kansas coach Ray Bechard said. “I was very proud.” The Jayhawks, notoriously slow starters, keyed their victory with a dominating game-one performance.
- Kahne completes sweep at Lowe’s
- Burton bags third-place finish, retains points lead in the Chase for the championship
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Kasey Kahne did everything right, yet it did little to help his championship hopes. Kahne put on a dominating performance Saturday night to complete a season sweep at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, passing track favorite Jimmie Johnson with 26 laps go and pulling away for the victory.
- Friends pay respects to O’Neil
- Baseball legend remembered at memorial service
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Buck O’Neil, the former player-manager who became a beloved spokesman for the Negro Leagues, was remembered Saturday for his capacity “to love even in the face of hatred.” “Buck O’Neil always had a smile for you,” said the Rev. Spencer Francis Barrett, pastor of the Bethel A.M.E. church that O’Neil faithfully attended since 1947. “It didn’t matter what you said about him. It didn’t matter how you treated him.”
- Ex-Jayhawk Hinrich bullish on Chicago
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Kirk Hinrich, whose contract expires after the 2006-07 season, can’t imagine playing anywhere but Chicago - for the Bulls. “It is special because of history, No. 1,” fourth-year Bulls guard Hinrich said of the franchise that won six NBA titles during the Michael Jordan era. “I’ve been fortunate. I played at Kansas, where basketball was the thing - the great tradition.
- Day after: KU looks lost in fog
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Kansas University’s basketball players appeared to be in a fog Saturday morning, just 12 hours after Late Night in the Phog in Allen Fieldhouse. The first official practice of the season, which tipped off at 9:36 a.m., was something of a sleepy affair.
- Keegan: Kansas simply lacking
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C1
- It’s no mystery why Kansas University has developed a tendency toward blowing big leads, as was the case again Saturday at Memorial Stadium in a 42-32 loss to an Oklahoma State team that did all its scoring in the second half.
- Cowpunched!
- Another game, another blown lead for KU
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Master enough meltdowns, and it turns into a marvelous sight - art of how to lose a game and do it in immensely entertaining fashion. Kansas University’s football team has become a veteran at blowing leads, but Saturday’s 42-32 loss to Oklahoma State might have taken the cake.
- On the Record
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Family, mental health group look for answers
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Sean Reeder’s family saw the signs and did all the right things to prevent him from committing suicide. But ultimately, their efforts were not enough. John and Lisa Reeder, Sean’s father and stepmother, remember Feb. 26 starting out as a fairly normal day. By day’s end, their lives were changed forever.
- Lawsuit: School kept mum about child rapes
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A4
- On March 16, 2004, a first-grader at Allentown’s Central Elementary School was preparing for early dismissal and, before leaving, walked alone into a bathroom.
- Third suspect in stabbing arrested Friday
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B4
- A third Lawrence man has been arrested in connection with an early Friday morning brawl where at least two people were stabbed outside Liquid, 804 W. 24th St.
- Parents, 3 daughters found fatally shot
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A4
- Three high school girls and their parents were found dead Saturday morning at their home in eastern Iowa, and the couple’s son was arrested in Illinois and considered a suspect, officials said.
- Illegal immigrant, son released from prison
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A3
- An 8-year-old boy and his Chinese illegal immigrant mother, whose imprisonment sparked calls for a review of tough immigration policies, have been released, their attorney said Saturday.
- Gallaudet classes slated to resume Monday
- October 15, 2006
- Classes were scheduled to resume Monday at the nation’s only liberal arts university for the deaf and hearing-impaired after more than 100 demonstrators were arrested in a protest over its incoming president.
- Nation signs peace deal with eastern rebels
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A3
- The Sudanese government signed a peace deal Saturday with a group of rebels from eastern Sudan, ending a deadly strife that has been overshadowed by the conflict in the country’s western Darfur region.
- 325,000 still without power
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A flood watch was posted Saturday as the region’s record snowfall melted, and about 325,000 homes and businesses still had no electricity.
- Family found slain had recently moved
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Yessica Guerrero Escobedo and Jose Luis Escobedo were high school sweethearts, a relative said, who fell in love and married. Recently, they packed up their two children and left their Texas home, headed for Florida in search of a new life.
- 2 NATO soldiers killed; bomb targets governor
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Two NATO soldiers were killed Saturday in southern Afghanistan after militants ambushed them with rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire, the alliance said.
- Air Force memorial 15 years in the making
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A3
- President Bush on Saturday helped the Air Force make a dream come true with the dedication of a hilltop monument anchored by soaring silver stalks that evoke the famed Thunderbirds’ “bomb-burst” maneuver.
- Ecuador’s presidential front-runner echoes Chavez
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A South American politician has made an unflattering comparison between President Bush and the devil, threatened to nationalize oil production and said he is committed to popular revolution. And it’s not Hugo Chavez.
- George Clooney receives award in star-studded roast
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A2
- For George Clooney, the awards just keep on comin’. In a year where he’s already received an Oscar and a Golden Globe, the actor-director-producer has just collected another trophy: the 2006 American Cinematheque Award.
- Singer Freddy Fender dies at 69 after cancer battle
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A2
- Freddy Fender, the “Bebop Kid” of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad “Before the Next Teardrop Falls,” died Saturday. He was 69. Fender, who was diagnosed with lung cancer early this year, died at noon at his Corpus Christi home with his family at his bedside, said Ron Rogers, a family spokesman.
- People in the News
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A2
- ¢ Journalist Brokaw honored for cancer contributions ¢ Kidman begins visit to Kosovo as U.N. goodwill ambassador
- What the candidates say about the aquifer
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A10
- What do you think of the drawdown of the High Plains (sometimes called the Ogallala) aquifer? Is it a problem and how important? What have you done in the past to meet this challenge and what will you do in the future?
- U.S. consuming at record pace as population nears 300M
- Sprawl has become ‘predominant form of land use’
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A1
- America’s population is on track to hit 300 million on Tuesday morning, and it’s causing a stir among environmentalists. People in the United States are consuming more than ever: more food, more energy, more natural resources. Open spaces are shrinking and traffic in many areas is dreadful.
- Water crisis demands attention
- October 15, 2006
- Beneath the soil of landlocked Kansas lies a vast, life-sustaining source of water called the High Plains aquifer. Formed millions of years ago, the aquifer - also referred to as the Ogallala - underlies an area of 174,000 square miles in parts of eight states, including most of western Kansas. Since the 1940s, farmers have ferociously pumped the aquifer to produce food for a hungry nation and world.
- U.N. imposes N. Korea sanctions
- Nation rejects measure demanding termination of nuclear program
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A1
- The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea including ship searches for banned weapons, calling Pyongyang’s claimed nuclear test “a clear threat to international peace and security.”
- Resolution may put foodie Kim on a diet
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A12
- He’s known for swigging cognac and owning thousands of bottles of vintage French wine. His private train is reportedly stocked with live lobsters served with silver chopsticks. He allegedly flew in an Italian chef to make him pizzas.
- 200 millionth American ready
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A9
- When the 300 millionth American is born or immigrates this week, Bobby Woo will welcome a new milestone that surpasses an unofficial distinction he has held for nearly 39 years. When Woo was born in 1967, Life magazine heralded him as the 200 millionth American. Growing up, he didn’t understand the special distinction until his parents told him it was because he represented “the average American.”
- Paralegal, lawyer told to stop speaking about alleged Guantanamo abuse
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A11
- A paralegal and a military lawyer who brought forward allegations about prisoner abuse at the Guantanamo Bay detention center have been ordered not to speak with the press, lawyers and a military spokeswoman said Saturday.
- International boycott of Hamas’ government yields no results
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A11
- The international boycott of the Hamas-led Palestinian government has yielded no results, and as poverty soars and civil war looms, time and options are running out for Israel, the Palestinians and the international community.
- Doctor’s other office
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Doctor Marilee McGinness usually does surgeries in Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s operating rooms twice a week. She does less complicated versions in her office. About 80 percent of her work involves women’s breasts. Two weeks ago, she worked three different days in the operating rooms and removed six breasts from four patients.
- Meth law outpaces prison capacity
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B3
- Nebraska would have to nearly double the size of its prison system to accommodate a dramatic increase in inmates caused by the state’s new methamphetamine law if nothing is done to find alternatives to prison for many offenders, according to a new study.
- Ottawa police say man tried to abduct girls
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B3
- A man attempted to abduct two young girls from their home Saturday, the Ottawa Police Department said.
- Cases of West Nile grow in Nebraska
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B3
- Twenty-five new cases of West Nile virus have been reported since last week, bringing the total this year to 197, according to Nebraska Health and Human Services.
- Lawrence commuter report
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B3
- ¢ The following construction projects may affect commuter traffic in the region this week … ¢ The following ongoing construction projects may affect city traffic this week …
- 21-year-old driver killed after vehicle accident
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B8
- A 21-year-old was found dead in a Franklin County creek early Saturday, after being ejected from a pickup truck during a wreck.
- Perry teenager injured in rollover accident
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B8
- A Perry teenager received disabling injuries in a rollover accident late Friday.
- Survey tracks gay populations in metro areas
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A5
- The Orlando metro area now ranks in the top 10 metro areas in population for gays, lesbians and bisexuals. Nearly 6 percent of the adult population - more than 80,000 - in the Orlando-Kissimmee area are homosexual or bisexual, according to a new study out this week by an organization affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
- Gerry Studds, first openly homosexual in Congress, dies at 69
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A5
- Former Rep. Gerry Studds, who became the first openly gay member of Congress when his homosexuality was exposed during a teenage page sex scandal, died early Saturday. He was 69. Studds died at Boston Medical Center several days after he collapsed while walking his dog, his husband said. Doctors determined his loss of consciousness was due to a blood clot in his lung, Dean Hara said.
- Bankruptcies
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on E1
- 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:
- Attorneys join ‘Best Lawyers’ list
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on E1
- Stevens & Brand, Lawrence, announces that six of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: John W. Brand Jr., Peter K. Curran, Webster L. Golden, Evan H. Ice, Sherri L. Loveland and Molly M. Wood.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Oct. 15, 1906: “Water and light franchise holders from all over Kansas are coming here for a convention and will be addressed by a number of professors from KU.
- Old Home Town - 25 years ago
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Reversing its stand on two key recommendations, the Kansas Board of Education decided against imposing admissions standards and requiring competency tests for teacher certification at Kansas Board of Regents schools.
- New parity makes this baseball’s ‘golden age’
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Sins can be such fun. Of the seven supposedly deadly ones, only envy does not give the sinner at least momentary pleasure. And an eighth, schadenfreude - enjoyment of other persons’ misfortunes - is almost the national pastime.
- Watchful eye
- Does the NCAA sometimes overreact to minor violations? Maybe, but where would college athletics be without the vigorous enforcement of NCAA rules?
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B6
- The consensus seems to be that NCAA sanctions against Kansas University athletic programs could have been worse. In fact, many observers probably wonder why the organization that oversees collegiate athletics even worries about things like whether a KU basketball recruit paid for his ticket to a tournament game or whether a booster gave athletes who had completed their eligibility a few hundred dollars as a graduation gift.
- Women increasing political influence
- October 15, 2006
- Men have been making policy in Washington for as long as most of us can remember. But much of the political future now rests in the hands of women. In the narrowest terms, with Democrats needing 15 seats to capture a majority of the House of Representatives, there are 17 highly competitive districts with female candidates.
- Food hazards
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: While standing in line at a local store recently, I overheard a conversation regarding Lawrence Memorial Hospital. It seems that smoking is now completely banned on the property. Hospital employees and visitors may not smoke anywhere on hospital property, including inside their cars parked on hospital property.
- Musical gift
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: What a good idea for Kansas University to establish a youth choir for children in grades 4 through 8! It will surely enhance the fine job our public schools do in introducing youngsters to the world of song, where poetry is set to music with melodies that can be sung.
- North Korea actions tied to banking dispute
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B7
- North Korea has in its own inimitable fashion paid tribute to a little-noticed U.S. push to get the world’s bankers to isolate regimes that promote nuclear proliferation and terrorism. Who else would claim to have conducted a nuclear weapons test and then threaten more blasts to get their way in a $24 million banking dispute?
- Congress needs more than a new majority
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Since you’re wondering - wondering how likely a Democratic takeover of the House is right now - I’ll provide you the answer one of the shrewdest political analysts around might give. “Momentum,” says Jim Leyland, “is as good as your next day’s pitcher.”
- Militiamen surge into Balad for apparent revenge killings
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A7
- Seeking revenge for the killing of 17 Shiite farmworkers, Shiite militiamen surged into a town north of Baghdad on Saturday to launch attacks that by nightfall killed at least 27 Sunni Arabs, many of them brought to a hospital bearing the marks of electric drills and other signs of torture, according to medical workers, residents, police and militia leaders.
- New generation of war widows copes with isolation, public grief
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A7
- Mo’s Pizza is beginning to fill with the after-church lunch crowd and Kelly Frantz couldn’t be more uncomfortable. “I don’t do this very often,” she whispered, ignoring both the cheese slice growing cold in front of her and the people staring in her direction. “Most of the time I’m outside of Tonganoxie because I want to blend in. And I don’t feel like I can do that here.”
- Be careful with credit card rewards programs
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on E1
- Q: I can pay my tuition bills of a few thousand dollars a year on my American Express card and get “Reward Points,” but it costs 2 percent extra to pay the tuition this way.
- Former principal finds rich rewards in building after-school programs
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B1
- To some, he always will be remembered as Danny Manning’s high school basketball coach. Others know him as the former principal at Central Junior High School. And now, Ted Juneau is taking a different career path: Since July, he’s been working with groups across Kansas to build better after-school programs.
- The old barn
- Longtime residents share history
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B1
- David, 90, and Margaret Shirk, 89, married Sept. 14, 1940, and they are the friendly neighbors who live just north of Lawrence. In the last couple of years, they gave up their football season tickets they had since 1940 because it took too much work to get David - a former KU team captain in 1938 under Ad Lindsey - in and out of the stadium due to a leg injury.
- Stances on war in Iraq separate candidates
- How voters view supporting troops may influence choice for congressional seat
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The issue that divides the country - war in Iraq - also divides the candidates for Congress in the 2nd District, which includes west Lawrence. Five-term incumbent Jim Ryun, a Republican from Lawrence, stands by President Bush’s policies, while Democrat Nancy Boyda of Topeka has been critical of the war. Ryun reiterated his position Thursday when Vice President Dick Cheney stopped in Topeka to help Ryun raise $209,000 for his campaign.
- Horoscopes
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on D6
- For Sunday, October 15, 2006:
- Novelty clocks make quirky, popular collectibles
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on D5
- Novelty clocks have entranced buyers for centuries. In the 19th century, short bob pendulums and reliable spring movements made new types of clocks possible. Makers made figural cases of men, women, peddlers, dogs, lions, houses, churches and more. Then they put a clock in an appropriate place, like the church steeple, or a strange spot, like the center of a woman’s stomach.
- At-risk youths benefit by volunteering with the Lawrence Humane Society
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on D5
- Most everyone thinks of the Lawrence Humane Society as an organization that deals only in four-footed animals - or two-footed, feathered ones. And that’s a good thing. That’s who we’re in the business of helping, and we work hard at being a good neighbor for the community in that way.
- Best-Sellers
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Book Club news
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Our book club started in Lawrence in 1999. Seven of the eight charter members are still with us. We currently have 15 members. The book club is named the Persian Pickles from the Sandra Dallas book about a Midwest quilting group. We meet once a month at members’ homes. The first 30 minutes or so are purely social, usually with wine and appetizers. Then we get down to business.
- Lucky ‘Thirteen’
- Setterfield tops best-seller lists with first novel
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on D3
- When Diane Setterfield sent the draft of her first novel to a literary agent, she prepared a file for rejection letters, jokingly marking it “they’ll kick themselves later.” That file remains empty, though, because the agent immediately snapped up “The Thirteenth Tale,” a gothic horror mystery, and within a few days secured Setterfield a two-book deal, reported to be worth $1.4 million, with Britain’s Orion Books.
- High and dry at KCI and beyond
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on D1
- I am waiting to board a plane at Kansas City International Airport, desperate for moisture in any form. Obeying the latest Transportation Security Administration rules, I left my water bottle in the car and packed all my lotions, potions and gels in a small suitcase that I surrendered to the ticket agent, even though I haven’t checked a bag for a two-night trip since the Fourth of Never.
- Raking leaves stirs heart rate, burns calories
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Raking leaves may seem like a tedious - and never-ending - chore in the fall. But it can be a good opportunity to get outside in the fresh air and get a workout while improving the look of your yard. Experts consider raking leaves moderate physical activity, similar to a brisk walk, helping to build strength in the upper body, back and stomach.
- Poet’s Showcase
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on D3
- ‘The Smallest Light’ By Susan Waldo Simmons
- Short cut to recovery
- October 15, 2006
- Debbie Meyer’s life had become an emotional yo-yo with too much downspin. Two months earlier, on a Saturday morning, Dr. Marilee McGinness had driven from Lawrence to Meyer’s home in Lenexa to personally deliver bad news. Meyer’s breast biopsy, taken the night before in McGinness’ office, was positive. She had cancer.
- How they scored
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C7
- Free State soccer falls to SM West
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C3
- The Free State High boys soccer team lost, 3-0, to Shawnee Mission West on Saturday.
- Anderson’s Lions run in packs
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Lawrence High cross country coach Brian Anderson planned to have his team race together at the front of the pack for the beginning of Saturday’s Sunflower League meet at Rim Rock Farm. Both his girls and boys teams did that, leading to a second-place team finish for the girls and a fourth-place finish for the boys.
- Lawrence Datebook
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Beyond school tragedy, kids still die young
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on A8
- His name was Alex Anthony. He was a jokester; a boy known as one of the best dancers in his family; a loyal companion to his grandmother, with whom he shared the same birthday. Last month, the 13-year-old - shot in the head by a stray bullet a block from his Indianapolis home - quietly slipped away after his family made the agonizing decision to have him taken off life support.
- Shooting in house leaves four people dead
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B8
- Police responding to reports of gunfire early Saturday found three people dead and fourth mortally wounded at a house that neighbors said had been the scene of trouble in the past.
- Avon rep offers Girls’ Night Out
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on E1
- Linda Almon, an independent Avon representative, will be host for a Girls’ Night Out from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 24 at Lawrence Realty Associates.
- Case of confusion
- KU takes T-shirt company to court over ‘marks’
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on E1
- Kleena Heuer can’t understand all the fuss about her apparel. The blue T-shirt she wears around town - with “HAWK FOOTBALL” spanning the chest in white block letters - simply gives the Kansas University student a chance to support her school’s team, enjoy a little comfort and look good in the process.
- Pulitzer Prize winners speak about covering families of slain Marines for story
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on B1
- It was, and is, a story of humanity. Before Jim Sheeler and Todd Heisler wrote and photographed it, it was a story no one had ever heard before. On Saturday, Sheeler and Heisler spoke at Kansas University about the year’s worth of reporting on the families of fallen Marines that won them two Pulitzer Prizes, journalism’s highest honor.
- Image is everything
- Exhibit chronicles storied, 50-year career of Lawrence photographer Bill Snead
- October 15, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Bill Snead is scared of heights. Still, in March 1963, he edged out onto a rickety scaffold 258 feet off the ground to photograph a worker installing copper sheathing on the Kansas Statehouse dome. Shot with a wide-angle lens, the resulting picture shows two men at work: the roofer and Snead, whose jacket and camera fill the bottom of the frame - proof that he had serious guts.
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- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012
- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
- Kansas football scouring country May 29, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
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