Also from July 23
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Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
What do you think of all-day kindergarten in Lawrence?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| It needs to be in more than eight schools | 66% | |
| It’s too expensive | 20% | |
| It’s being implemented correctly | 8% | |
| Undecided | 4% | |
| Total | 245 | |
Videos
- The city inches closer to approving Lawrence’s second Wal-Mart store.
- A Lawrence woman walking in a crosswalk is struck by …
- A 24-year-old Lawrence man was flown by air ambulance to …
- What goes up, must come down, and that will be …
- In other Lawrence school news today, district officials and leaders …
- The attorney for a former Lawrence teacher who pled guilty …
- Another local developer will ask the city to participate in …
- Tonganoxie proposes raising property taxes next to take care of …
- Mother nature unleashes her fury this morning, and leaves her …
- Tonight the city of Lawrence unites for a special cause …
- San Antonio, Texas, home of the 2007 Big 12 football …
- The Royals aren’t the only club in K.C. starting to …
- Thomas Gottstein gives the highs and lows for July 23.
- KU grad student Danny Najera researches honeybees’ intelligence and navigation.
- Donna Temple-Burgess, of Eagle Lake, Minn., talks about her toy …
Lead stories
11:00 a.m.
Online chat
- Chat about the county's 2008 budget with Commissioner Bob Johnson
- July 23, 2007
- A budget that reduces the mill levy was approved Wednesday night by the Douglas County Commission. The decrease is slight - .013 of a mill - but it more than met the commissioners' goal of fighting off an increase. A mill is $1 for every $1,000 of assessed valuation. The county's reduction comes at a time when the Lawrence public schools and the city of Lawrence are increasing their levies. County commissioners said they felt a special need to hold down their budget because of those increases. Commissioner Bob Johnson will be on hand to take questions.
1:30 p.m.
Local retiree living his dream- July 23, 2007 in print edition on 1A
- Last year Roger Haack sold his Lawrence software company, retired and made plans to fulfill a longtime dream.
- Video: Easy Riders
10:00 p.m.
All stories
- Commissioners approve preliminary Wal-Mart plan
- July 23, 2007
- Planning commissioners tonight unanimously approved a preliminary development plan for a controversial Wal-Mart at the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive.
- 6Sports video: ‘Hawks ready after productive offseason
- July 23, 2007
- San Antonio, Texas, home of the 2007 Big 12 football title game in December and home to the Big 12 football media days that fired up today. Those taking the podium on day one: Oklahoma, Baylor, Nebraska, and your Kansas Jayhawks.
- 6News video: Morning storms leave mark on Lawrence home
- July 23, 2007
- Mother nature unleashes her fury this morning, and leaves her mark outside a northwest Lawrence home.
- 6News video: Pedestrian hit by car on crosswalk
- July 23, 2007
- A Lawrence woman walking in a crosswalk is struck by a car on a busy west Lawrence street.
- 6News video: Under-budget plans allow school board to reallocate funds
- July 23, 2007
- What goes up, must come down, and that will be the case for the Lawrence school district’s proposed budget.
- 6Sports video: T-Bones looking for second-half title with turn-around
- July 23, 2007
- The Royals aren’t the only club in K.C. starting to turn the corner. This past weekend, the T-Bones took three straight from Schaumberg - in the proces the steaks snuck their way into second place in the northern league’s south division and are in early contention for a second half title.
- 6News video: Lawyer of accused teacher granted access to victim’s records
- July 23, 2007
- The attorney for a former Lawrence teacher who pled guilty earlier this month to having sex with a Lawrence High student is granted access to the victim’s psychological records during a brief court hearing this morning.
- 6News video: Hundreds gather for local cancer fundraiser
- July 23, 2007
- Tonight the city of Lawrence unites for a special cause as one family changes the face of lung cancer.
- 6News video: Lawrence man recovering after accidental shooting
- July 23, 2007
- A 24-year-old Lawrence man was flown by air ambulance to a Kansas City area hospital after he was accidentally shot Sunday night.
- 6News video: Local developers set sites on Vermont Street plans
- July 23, 2007
- Another local developer will ask the city to participate in their plans to build in Vermont Street.
- 6News video: Teachers’ salaries again up for debate
- July 23, 2007
- In other Lawrence school news today, district officials and leaders with the teachers union remain at odds over a salary package for the upcoming academic year.
- 6News video: Commissioners move closer to approving second Wal-Mart store
- July 23, 2007
- The city inches closer to approving Lawrence’s second Wal-Mart store.
- 6News video: Kidcast for July 23
- July 23, 2007
- Thomas Gottstein gives the highs and lows for July 23.
- 6News video: Tonganoxie facing challenges to fund city projects
- July 23, 2007
- Tonganoxie proposes raising property taxes next to take care of several major city projects.
- Graduate student studies bee-havior
- Research on intelligence of bees could help honey producers
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A3
- Rudolf Jander, Kansas University biology professor, poses a challenge: In a large forest, find a tree with a hole in it. Then walk away from the tree, about five miles. Now, turn around, go back and find the same tree.
- Superintendent offers hold-the-line budget
- Previous discussions called for 3-mill increase
- July 23, 2007
- Lawrence school board members tonight will consider a slight mill levy decrease, rather than a 3-mill increase the board has discussed the last few weeks, Superintendent Randy Weseman said this afternoon.
- Amber Alert: 5-year-old Burlington girl missing
- July 23, 2007
- Aubree Olson, 5, is believed to be abducted. She was last seen outside of the Burlington Post Office.
- Pedestrian struck by car at Sixth, Schwarz
- Woman flown to Kansas City hospital
- July 23, 2007
- One person was injured this afternoon after being struck by a car on a busy west Lawrence street. The accident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. at Sixth Street
- Man accidentally shot, flown to KC area hospital
- July 23, 2007
- A 24-year-old Lawrence man was flown by air ambulance to a Kansas City area hospital after being accidentally shot Sunday evening.
- KU among prep’s top 10
- Ballyhooed Oklahoman Clarke has Jayhawks among finalists
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B1
- Rotnei Clarke, a 6-foot, 180-pound guard from Verdigris High in Claremore, Okla., pared his list of prospective colleges to 10 before heading to Las Vegas for this week’s Main Event Tournament.
- Woodland Amateur champion
- Ex-Jayhawk holds on for 3-and-2 victory over Stonestreet
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B1
- Gary Woodland will say goodbye to playing in the Kansas Golf Association, going out as the 2007 Kansas Amateur Champion after defeating Wes Stonestreet, 3-and-2, in the 36-hole title match at Topeka Country Club on Sunday.
- Rec calendar
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B6
- People in the news
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A2
- ¢ Country singer charged with battery, resisting arrest¢ Reserve to be named for ‘Crocodile Hunter’¢ ‘Simpsons’ creator reveals inspiration for Marge’s hairdo
- Commission to hear budget ideas
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A4
- Members of the public will have an opportunity to tell city commissioners what they think should be done with the 2008 budget.
- Tax enriches cell phone companies that operate in rural areas
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A10
- A decade-old telephone tax intended to help bring affordable service to rural areas has instead turned into something quite different: a bottomless and politically protected well of cash for cell phone companies that do big business in rural America.
- Local retiree living his dream
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A1
- Last year Roger Haack sold his Lawrence software company, retired and made plans to fulfill a longtime dream.
- Grant denial puts students in limbo
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A5
- Last fall - in the middle of the semester - 13 Kansas University freshmen were left in the lurch.
- Chinese trade trumps Americans’ safety
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A9
- What’s made in China - death? Is the principle of free trade really more important than the health of our citizens? So far, at least, we know the answer. Let’s make four points:
- Television lawyer role showcases Glenn Close’s talents
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on C2
- Patty Hewes keeps the audience guessing, like everyone around her. The nation’s foremost high-stakes litigator, she plays mind games with consummate skill. She can be silky and seductive, cold and ruthless. She can sweet-talk or threaten with equal dispatch.
- Taking the plunge
- Shedding your spouse-free status isn’t risk free
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on C1
- If only real life played out like TV. Recently divorced singles face a slew of dating challenges that their never-been-hitched counterparts seldom endure. From where to find appropriate men and women to how to get their dating game on, there is much for the newly single to relearn.
- Networking group elects president and treasurer
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B9
- Douglas County Connection, a networking organization, announces the election of officers: Denise Van Sickel, of Lawrence Pet Friends, as president; and Bryan Culver, of Peoples Bank, as treasurer.
- On the record
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence crime blotter.
- Group finds fun in grave searches
- Volunteers create map of cemeteries across Leavenworth County
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A3
- Connie Putthoff looks deep into the brush and spots a stone sticking out of the ground. She ventures a few feet into the ankle-high mixture of grass and weeds to take a closer look at what could be a headstone at Davenport Cemetery south of Tonganoxie.
- Turkey’s re-elected ruling party promises to preserve secularism
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Turkey’s Islamic-rooted ruling party won parliamentary elections by a wide margin Sunday, and the prime minister pledged to safeguard the country’s secular traditions and do whatever the government deems necessary to fight separatist Kurdish rebels.
- ‘Potter’ makes sales records disappear
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A2
- It is the richest going-away party in history. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final volume of J.K. Rowling’s all-conquering fantasy series, sold a mountainous 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the United States, according to Scholastic Inc.
- Masters of mayhem
- Pain prevails at Lone Star
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B1
- The physical and mental demands of competing in a triathlon can leave an athlete exhausted.
- Raiders take two from Emporia
- Lawrence heads into zone on roll
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B3
- In Game One of the Lawrence Raiders’ doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Free State High, the Raiders run-ruled Emporia Post Five, 9-0.
- Audiences say ‘I do’ to ‘Chuck & Larry’
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A2
- Two guys named Chuck and Larry edged out a teenager named Harry at the weekend box office.
- Contador takes stage; Rasmussen leads
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B2
- Michael Rasmussen is starting to resemble Lance Armstrong, and it’s not just because the Dane is wearing the yellow jersey as leader of the Tour de France.
- Harrington wins hairy British Open
- Irishman struggles, sweats out playoff with Garcia
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B2
- Anywhere else, Padraig Harrington might have walked off the 18th green knowing his two shots that found the bottom of Barry Burn for double bogey had cost him the British Open.
- Commander in northern Iraq proposes troop reduction
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- In a move that could portend a strategy change, the commander of U.S. forces in northern Iraq said Sunday he has proposed reducing his troop levels and shifting next year to missions focused less on direct combat.
- State Department official accepts passport blame
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A6
- The current passport mess is rare among government foul-ups: A top federal official has publicly taken the blame and expressed regret.
- Horoscopes
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B8
- For Monday, July 23
- Events calendar
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on C2
- Taliban extend deadline for S. Korean hostages
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- A purported Taliban spokesman said Sunday that the hard-line militia had extended by 24 hours the deadline for the Afghan government to trade captured militants for 23 South Korean hostages.
- Bush should focus on Iraq peace effort
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A9
- President Bush’s call for an international peace conference on the Middle East puts him in the right church but the wrong pew. The big-power conference Bush needs to propose should have Iraq as its main subject, not the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- ‘Secret’ gets put to the test
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on C1
- Some weeks after the runaway bestseller “The Secret” became the rage, I was flipping channels and heard Oprah Winfrey glowing about it. I guess James Frey’s million itsy bitsy pieces didn’t teach her a lesson. But whether a breakthrough or a scam, I figured it was time for me to find out what The Secret was. So I borrowed a friend’s video of “The Secret.”
- Lawrence Datebook
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A4
- Events around Lawrence.
- Therapy benefits for cancer patients fall
- Support groups don’t prolong life, new study finds
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Contradicting an old belief, new research released Sunday found that group therapy didn’t prolong the lives of women with advanced cases of breast cancer.
- Monthly payment cap proposed on some student loans
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A1
- Congress is poised to make big changes to the government programs tapped by millions of students to pay for college. The biggest of these for students: a cap on what low-income borrowers have to pay back each month on their federal student loans.
- Site of tank explosion hadn’t been inspected
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A4
- A tank area that exploded and burned last week, forcing widespread evacuations, had not been inspected by either the state fire marshal’s office or the Valley Center Fire Department.
- Google to shorten life of ‘cookie’ data trackers
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B9
- Google Inc. is shortening the life span of its “cookie” data-tracking file - but it’s not clear whether the move would do much to enhance privacy.
- Air travel delays spread to U.S.
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Just days after Brazil’s deadliest plane crash, a radar outage over the Amazon spread the country’s aviation crisis overseas, spawning ripple-effect delays at a half-dozen U.S. airports.
- Charitable needs
- Tight city and county budgets increase the need for those who can to support local social service agencies.
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A9
- Probably one of the best things city and county commissioners and school board members can do for low- and moderate-income Lawrence residents is to avoid or at least minimize property tax increases to fund their 2008 budgets.
- Bannister sparks K.C.
- Royals wrap up road trip with 5-2 win
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B3
- Given some offense, Brian Bannister ended his brief losing streak.
- Women’s services group earns foundation grant
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B10
- Women’s Transitional Care Services received a $22,110 one-year recognition grant from the Kansas Health Foundation to fund a medical and health/wellness advocate.
- Flooding project funding at issue
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B10
- The future of a $92 million flood-control project is in doubt after some Kansas City, Kan., officials said that city might pull out of the venture.
- Make overseas degree work to your advantage
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B9
- Q: Dear J.T. & Dale: I am 24 years old and currently working as a stem-cell scientist. I have been thinking about going to India for a master’s degree in biotechnology. I’ve been there before and fell in love with it.
- Architecture professor up for national award
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A5
- Kansas University architecture professor Dan Rockhill has been honored as a finalist for an award from the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
- Pretty in pendants
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on C1
- A bold pendant is the perfect piece of jewelry to liven a plain tank top or a flowery sundress. We picked out a few and asked experts to share some tips on how to wear them.
- Hospice seeks volunteers to aid clients
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A4
- Heart of America Hospice seeks volunteers to visit patients at their homes or nursing homes and provide support to them and their families through acts of kindness such as making a phone call, sending a card, baking cookies, sewing, mowing the grass, sharing a story or simply listening and holding a hand.
- Power outages trap Gateway Arch visitors
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A6
- Less than half an hour after park officials declared the Gateway Arch safe and partly operational Sunday afternoon, the lights inside went out, the tram shut down and people started panicking - again.
- Money tip
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B9
- Given that the average cost of a wedding in America has reached $27,000, it’s no surprise that less than 1 percent of couples make room in the budget for wedding insurance.
- Brewers rock Giants’ Zito; Bonds sits
- Slugger expected to continue home run chase tonight in San Francisco
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B4
- Ryan Braun and Corey Hart hit first-inning home runs off Barry Zito, leading the Brewers over the Giants to avoid a three-game sweep.
- Keegan: Amateur champ has vision
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B1
- Weekend golfers call it being in jail, surrounded by trees and branches, with no clear path to advancing the ball toward the hole. The only option for the weekend golfer is to go sideways, or even backwards to get back into the fairway. That’s known as taking your medicine.
- K-State seeks grant for migrant program
- U.S. Education Department denied KU’s request for similar funding last year
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A3
- Kansas State University has taken the lead on obtaining federal funding for a program geared toward college-bound children of migrant workers.
- Toy fox terrier show gives spirited dogs chance to shine
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A3
- A 3-year-old toy fox terrier nicknamed Chevy spends most of her time in Minnesota.
- KU center to conduct ‘Right Start’ seminar
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B9
- The Kansas University Small Business Development Center will present a mid-day edition of “The Right Start,” part of an ongoing seminar series for startups, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday at the center, 734 Vt., suite 104.
- Yankees shell Devil Rays
- Every New York starter hits and scores in 21-4 win
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B4
- Shelley Duncan homered twice, including a three-run drive that capped a 10-run fourth inning Sunday in the surging Yankees’ rout of the Devil Rays.
- Bus carrying pilgrims plunges down mountain
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- A bus carrying Polish Catholic pilgrims from a holy site in the French Alps plunged off a steep mountain road, crashed into a river bank and burst into flames Sunday, killing 26 people, authorities said.
- Seeing the big picture
- Differences between high-definition TVs have narrowed
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on B9
- They sit in their own section of the electronics store, their size and flickering images luring you over. The giant-screen TVs - plasma, LCD, projection - light up the showroom with pulse-pounding action scenes. It’s enough to make your living room’s 27-incher seem utterly inadequate.
- Eating disorders follow women into middle age
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A7
- Kelli Smith was nervous as she walked into the Philadelphia treatment center, seeking help at last for her anorexia. Looking around at the other patients, she was struck by how young they seemed.
- Security cameras put eye on crime
- Law enforcement officials see benefits of businesses with monitoring systems
- July 23, 2007 in print edition on A3
- Helping police catch an attempted murder suspect was the last thing on an Ottawa convenience store owner’s mind when he installed a new surveillance system.
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