Also from August 17
Audio clips
Births
Blog entries
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Polls
Should the city of Lawrence allow military re-enactors to fire blank ammunition?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 84% | |
| No | 15% | |
| Total | 913 | |
Should KU receiver Dezmon Briscoe be the team's starting kick returner this season?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No, the coaches shouldn’t risk injury by putting him there | 49% | |
| Yes, he is KU’s best option at the position | 45% | |
| Undecided | 5% | |
| Total | 271 | |
Videos
- The forecast for Tuesday, August 18 calls for a high …
- The top six sports plays of the past week from …
- All incoming KU students under the age of 22 will …
- Students were treated Monday night to presentations from KU men’s …
- Despite just making the move from offense to defense, newly-minted …
- Those who were hoping to see a battle royal at …
- More than half of Lawrence car accidents are caused by …
- Landscape lighting can add a lot to your house if …
- Attorneys will deliver opening statements Tuesday morning in the case …
- The results are in: The number of Lawrence public school …
- The school board gave Lawrence schools the go ahead to …
- There’s still more than a month of summer remaining, but …
- The potential for more rain is there but more likely …
- There are minor flooding issues to deal with in southern …
- The chance for scattered showers and storms could remain in …
- Scattered showers could continue throughout the day, but road work …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Relative history: Descendant of abolitionist hopes to spread word about family’s past - August 16, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- Marty Speer grew up hearing the stories, but he didn’t pay much attention to them.
6:00 a.m.
New beginnings abound on KU campus- August 17, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- The population of central Lawrence jumped by at least 3,000 on Sunday as Kansas University students moved into five residence halls on Daisy Hill and Oliver Hall at KU.
- Videos: Move-in day at KU
10:00 a.m.
Crunching the numbers on accidents in town- August 17, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- It happens like clockwork every August, and Lawrence locals are familiar with the signs.
- Photo gallery: Lawrence auto accident data
- Poll: How many traffic accidents have you been involved in as a driver or passenger?
- Source document: Compilation of accident reports in Lawrence
2:00 p.m.
Still working, still happy- August 17, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- This is just one of those places. In one corner there are canoes. In another there are chafing dishes. In the parking lot there’s everything from semi-trailers to lawn mowers.
6:00 p.m.
Waiting for the right moment: Local couples find their own timing for marriage- August 17, 2009
- Lawrence couple Gary and Kellee Pratt sometimes wonder what their lives would have been like had they found each other sooner. But it’s not a thought that holds them for too long. Each married for the first time in their 20s, and it wasn’t until their 40s, after their previous marriages had ended in divorce, that they took a second go at marriage.
All stories
- Opening statements scheduled in case of Pratt man accused of raping KU student in dorm
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Attorneys will deliver opening statements Tuesday morning in the case of a Pratt man accused of raping a 19-year-old Kansas University student inside a women’s residence hall on the KU campus in spring 2008.
- Reesing earns Manning Award watch list nod
- August 17, 2009
- Kansas University quarterback Todd Reesing, already a member of three national quarterback award watch lists, was named to another Monday when the Manning Award made him one of the 38 college signal-callers vying for the honor.
- KU Hospital retains highest rating possible for trauma program
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Kansas University Hospital announced Monday that its trauma program has retained its Level 1 status, the highest level a trauma program can achieve.
- Group holding ‘honk and wave’ event to raise awareness about health care reform
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Lawrence MoveOn.org Council is having a Honk and Wave event to raise awareness about health care reform.
- Civil War re-enactors actually declined Lawence visit because of ban on firing blanks
- Re-enactors say ban on blanks was real reason for missing Civil War celebration
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A1
- A group of Civil War re-enactors were faced with that prospect last Saturday after City Hall leaders unexpectedly told them that they could not fire their weapons with blank ammunition as part of a re-enactment event for the community’s Civil War on the Western Frontier.
- Lawrence public schools enrollment at 10,805 students
- 02:51 p.m., August 17, 2009 Updated 05:03 p.m. in print edition on A5
- Lawrence public schools are down 15 students for the 2009-2010 school year. The preliminary enrollment numbers, released Monday afternoon, list the total district enrollment at 10,805 students, including the Lawrence Virtual School.
- Several Kansas congressmen slam cap-and-trade legislation
- 02:40 p.m., August 17, 2009 Updated 12:55 a.m. in print edition on A4
- Members of the Kansas congressional delegation are criticizing a proposal to cap greenhouse gas emissions, saying it would be devastating to rural Midwestern states.
- 6 of Westar’s biggest customers want no rate consolidation
- 02:38 p.m., August 17, 2009 Updated 12:56 a.m. in print edition on A4
- A half-dozen of Westar Energy’s biggest customers don’t want Kansas regulators to ever consolidate the company’s rates.
- Commission wants to locate schools for blind and deaf on same campus to save money
- State considers cost savings of ‘co-locating’ the two operations
- 01:40 p.m., August 17, 2009 Updated 03:54 p.m. in print edition on A3
- A state commission looking for ways to save money has rejected the idea of closing either the school for the blind or the school for the deaf, but wants to put the separate schools on the same campus.
- Tonight’s Passion Pit concert moved to Lied Center because of weather concerns
- August 17, 2009
- An outdoor concert at Kansas University featuring the band Passion Pit has been moved indoors to the Lied Center because of weather concerns.
- Person claiming to be water department employee attempts to scam Tonganoxie woman over phone
- August 17, 2009
- Someone posing as a city employee attempted to scam a Tonganoxie woman over the phone Monday.
- Douglas County commissioners award bids to repair two bridges
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Douglas County commissioners have awarded bids to repair two bridges over southwestern Clinton Lake and for other work on roads south of Lawrence.
- Rain delays repaving work at Tee Pee Junction
- August 17, 2009
- Repaving work at an intersection at the northern edge of town won’t start until Wednesday morning.
- New KU students under 22 will be required to take alcohol-education class
- Freshmen, transfer students must complete online program
- 09:22 a.m., August 17, 2009 Updated 04:19 p.m. in print edition on A3
- New Kansas University students will need to pass one extra course this semester on top of their regular load of classes.
- Man seeks buyer for prehistoric fish fossil found in Kansas
- 08:45 a.m., August 17, 2009 Updated 02:39 p.m.
- A noted fossil hunter is looking for someone to buy and display the remains of a 17-foot-long prehistoric fish he unearthed in western Kansas.
- Flood warning in effect for Leavenworth County
- Concerns primarily over Stranger Creek
- 06:04 a.m., August 17, 2009 Updated 01:45 p.m.
- At 8:54 a.m., the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Leavenworth County as heavy rainfall fell across an area already saturated by rain.
- Rookies impress Briscoe
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Dezmon Briscoe likes what he has seen from Kansas University’s new wide receiver candidates.
- Ghost hunters present findings to fraternity
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Jeremy Ibarra experienced first-hand some paranormal activity at the Sigma Nu fraternity house on the KU campus during the summer.
- Office space: Coffee shops serve as place to get work done
- August 17, 2009
- For David File, taking his laptop to a coffee shop is part-work, part-entertainment. “I prefer to work at coffee shops because they are social places, but they are not distracting,” he says. “I enjoy observing the people sitting around, and it provides some amusement when I’m tired of working.”
- Y.E.S! Yang stuns Tiger
- Woods’ PGA loss unprecedented
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Y.E. Yang edged Tiger Woods to claim the PGA Championship.
- Go West, Mr. President, to America’s wilderness
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A9
- President Barack Obama is hardly the consummate Western outdoorsman.
- Horoscopes
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A9
- For Monday, Aug. 17: This year, your projects move forward because of a willingness to assume a low profile. Take frequent timeouts, whether you just walk or do yoga. If you are attached, you wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to your significant other. If you are single, check out potential suitors, as they could be emotionally unavailable.
- Library top 10
- August 17, 2009
- Here are the top-10 most-requested books at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., for the week of Aug. 3 through Aug. 9.
- No sweat? Locals debate the fashion sense of sweatpants
- August 17, 2009
- Courtney Glass, employee at Plato’s Closet in Lawrence, is no stranger to the trend of sweatpants. She says she owns about 10 pairs.
- Stepper: Southwest student realizing dance dreams
- August 17, 2009
- When Jake Landgrebe returned to school last week, the seventh-grader at Southwest Junior High School came back after taking part in a true midsummer’s night dream.
- Horoscopes
- August 17, 2009
- Fit as a Fiddle: Bluegrass popularity solid among youths
- August 17, 2009
- Ethan Rhodes started playing the violin at age 5 Now, he plays the violin and the fiddle. Granted, it’s the same instrument. But it’s far from the same style.
- Survivor: LHS graduate beats inoperable cancer twice
- August 17, 2009
- John Harrod’s love of life has been seriously tested. The 57-year-old, who is head custodian at Quail Run School, has survived two bouts with inoperable cancer.
- Meetup site fodder for Lawrence social group
- August 17, 2009
- When Melinda Gaddy moved to Lawrence several years ago to attend graduate school, she was soon acquainted with her Kansas University classmates.
- Waiting for the right moment: Local couples find their own timing for marriage
- August 17, 2009
- Lawrence couple Gary and Kellee Pratt sometimes wonder what their lives would have been like had they found each other sooner. But it’s not a thought that holds them for too long. Each married for the first time in their 20s, and it wasn’t until their 40s, after their previous marriages had ended in divorce, that they took a second go at marriage.
- Yang offers hope to golfing world
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on B2
- When Rich Beem won the PGA Championship in 2002 at Hazeltine, he offered hope to every struggling assistant club pro who made more money hustling members than teaching hackers.
- Vickers prevails in fuel duel
- NASCAR driver takes lead after Johnson runs out of gas
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Brian Vickers outlasted Jimmie Johnson in yet another fuel-mileage duel at Michigan International Speedway, taking the lead with two laps to go after Johnson ran out of gas and holding on for his first Sprint Cup victory of the season Sunday.
- Royals top sloppy Tigers
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Kansas City beat the error-prone Tigers, 3-2 in 10 innings.
- For Chiefs, Bowe, Croyle bright spots
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Dwayne Bowe and Brodie Croyle were among the few bright spots in their exhibition loss to Houston.
- Pyongyang to resume projects with South
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A2
- North Korea announced today it would resume reunions of families separated by the border with South Korea and restart stalled tourism ventures in its latest gesture of conciliation after nearly 18 months of rising tensions.
- Gay men targeted in Iraq, report says
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Human Rights Watch will urge in a report to be released today that the Iraqi government should do more to protect gay men, saying militiamen have killed and tortured scores in recent months as part of a social cleansing campaign.
- Evacuation order lifted but fire threat remains
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Hundreds of residents returned home when an evacuation order was lifted in a Santa Cruz mountain town Sunday, even as hot and dry winds fanned nearly a dozen wildfires across the state.
- No casualties are reported after quake
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit between Japan’s southernmost islands and the coast of Taiwan today, briefly prompting a tsunami warning, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.
- Gene predicts hepatitis treatment success
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Scientists say they’ve found a big reason why treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection works better for white patients than for African-Americans. It’s a tiny variation in a gene.
- Milwaukee mayor in hospital after attack
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett remained hospitalized Sunday after a man attacked him with a metal pipe as the mayor tried to assist a grandmother screaming for help near the Wisconsin State Fair.
- Tropical Storm Claudette makes landfall along Fla. Panhandle
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Claudette came ashore early today on the Florida Panhandle near Fort Walton Beach, the first tropical storm to strike the U.S. mainland this year already dumping heavy rain in some areas.
- Headquarters seeking additional counselors
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Headquarters Counseling Center is looking for volunteers.
- Youngest, oldest drivers among most dangerous
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Young people in Lawrence catch a lot of flak for their driving habits, but experts say another group of people can be just as dangerous behind the wheel: the elderly.
- Lawrence man arrested on indecent liberties charges
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A 26-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday on charges of indecent liberties with a child.
- Two-way threat?
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Daymond Patterson might get a shot at receiver again, but first he has to prove he can be a lock-down cornerback.
- Blue tops Crimson in KU soccer exhibition
- August 17, 2009
- Shannon McCabe and Whitney Berry scored goals, and Emily Cressy added an assist in the Kansas University Blue Team’s 2-0 soccer victory over the Crimson squad in an intrasquad game.
- Hit and runs often not reported
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A5
- When she arrived at the gym’s parking lot, Hilary Robinson faced with the daunting task of pulling her large van into a tiny parking stall. It would have been difficult for anyone, but Robinson was a new driver, only 17.
- School district mergers tough pill to swallow
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A3
- When House GOP leaders last week put school district consolidation on their list of things to consider to alleviate budget problems, you could almost hear alarms going off across the state.
- Pump patrol
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.42.
- Fashion show set for senior services
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Douglas County Senior Services will put on its third annual tea and fall fashion show from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 12 at Maceli’s, 1031 N.H.
- Band Day to skip parade this year
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Bands from 25 Kansas high schools will converge on Memorial Stadium Sept. 26 for Kansas University’s football game against Southern Mississippi.
- DIY divorce cases get limited legal aid
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Douglas County District Judge Jean Shepherd has seen people try to represent themselves in divorce cases.
- New beginnings abound on KU campus
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A1
- The population of central Lawrence jumped by at least 3,000 on Sunday as Kansas University students moved into five residence halls on Daisy Hill and Oliver Hall at KU.
- Crunching the numbers on accidents in town
- Student influx changes driving dynamic
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A1
- It happens like clockwork every August, and Lawrence locals are familiar with the signs.
- Still working, still happy
- 91-year-old has overseen family business for six decades
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A3
- This is just one of those places. In one corner there are canoes. In another there are chafing dishes. In the parking lot there’s everything from semi-trailers to lawn mowers.
- ‘Public option’ insurance proposal dead
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Bowing to Republican pressure and an uneasy public, President Barack Obama’s administration signaled Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system.
- Hawaii plans quiet, sobering 50th anniversary
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A10
- Hawaii turns 50 years old as the 50th state Friday, but there will be no grand parades, no dazzling fireworks, no lavish displays of native culture.
- Mexican cartels go from drugs to full-scale mafias
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on B10
- Shopkeepers in this pine-covered mountain region easily recite the list of “protection” fees they pay to La Familia drug cartel to stay in business: 100 pesos a month for a stall in a street market, 30,000 pesos for an auto dealership or construction-supply firm.
- End-of-life choices
- Americans should consider the value of making and sharing choices about their end-of-life care.
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A7
- It’s unfortunate that the current debate over changes in federal health care policy is casting discussions about end-of-life care in such a negative light.
- Focus on need
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A7
- To the editor: Rep. Tiahrt’s claim that we have the best health care system in the world and expanding the federal role in it would ruin it (Journal-World, Aug. 14) needs examination.
- KU recruiters spread message across state
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A7
- As a new academic year is about to begin, the Office of Admissions and Scholarships is already recruiting the next generation of Jayhawks.
- Pelosi becomes favorite GOP target
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A7
- She’s an outspoken advocate of her party’s policies but often her own worst enemy. So it’s hardly a surprise Nancy Pelosi has become the House Republicans’ top target as they prepare for the 2010 mid-term elections.
- ‘District 9’ lifts off with No. 1 weekend at $37M
- August 17, 2009
- The first-time director and cast of unknowns of the acclaimed sci-fi thriller “District 9” have given Hollywood a late-summer box-office boost.
- Actor’s U.S.‘detention’ prompts outrage in India
- August 17, 2009
- Angry fans burned a U.S. flag in protest Sunday, a Cabinet minister suggested searching visiting Americans and an actress tweeted her outrage after Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan said he was detained for questioning at a U.S. airport.
- ‘Glenn Martin, DDS’ as funny as root canal
- August 17, 2009 in print edition on A9
- A reinvention of the family sitcom, “Glenn Martin, DDS” (7 p.m., Nickelodeon) replaces actors with stop-motion animated characters voiced by known performers, including Kevin Nealon and Catherine O’Hara.
- Pick room decor that works for toddles & teens
- August 17, 2009
- Soon parents everywhere will start gearing up for a new school year, going though drawers and closets to remove items their children no longer use. In some cases, parents may find that it’s not only clothes their children have outgrown, it’s their bedroom, too.
- Stay cool on hot days
- August 17, 2009
- Running the air conditioner all day is all good if you’ve got it. But what if you don’t have an air conditioner at all? You can keep your house cool with a few simple steps.
- This week on ‘Jayni’s Kitchen’
- August 17, 2009
- “Buy Local, Eat Healthy,” with Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger.
- New pant styles add variety to fall lineup
- August 17, 2009
- Wearing summer dresses and skirts is fun, but who’s ready for some pants already? For your August workdays, last summer barbecues and evenings out, slip into some trousers.
- Positive change: Stray coins can help more than you think
- August 17, 2009
- It can be in between couch cushions, stranded all over the car, collecting dust in old chewing gum tins or hiding behind ears — just waiting to be counted and used for some financial assistance. It’s spare change, and it could be part of your budgeting process.
- Swimming goggles without a snag
- August 17, 2009
- Anyone with kids has experienced it: You try to put swim goggles on your child, and he or she yipes as the strap pulls on hair.
- Open the door to new look with a fresh coat of paint
- August 17, 2009
- If your front door is faded and peeling or you are just in the mood for change, a fresh coat of paint is a quick way to improve your home’s curb appeal.
- Frittata simple fare for novice cook
- August 17, 2009
- This recipe from Martha Stewart’s recent cookbook, “Martha Stewart’s Cooking School,” is versatile. Any cooked vegetables can be substituted for the squash filling. The goat cheese also can be left out and more Parmesan added.
- Drat! Cursing really makes you feel better
- August 17, 2009
- Pain and profanity. The two have always gone together. If you doubt it, just stub a toe.
- Lawrence elementary school lunches
- August 17, 2009
- 25 years ago: Women allowed into Jaycees
- August 17, 2009
- Americans’ personal income rose a healthy 0.8 percent in July, but their spending continued to moderate, the Commere Department reported. Meanwhile, separate government reports showed new applications for unemployment rose slightly in early August, housing starts declined a sharp 6.6 percent in July and industry operated at its highest level in more than four years.
- 40 years ago: KU professor to study moon dust
- August 17, 2009
- Edward Zeller, the Kansas University geology professor due to study moon dust from the Apollo 11 landing, was told the nature of the material for his experiments probably had little likelihood to produce much of a new finding. Zeller said he would ask future astronauts to roam farther from their space ship for dust that was not as “disturbed” as that in the 1969 landing area.
- 100 years ago: Druggists no longer allowed to be liquor agents
- August 17, 2009
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Aug. 17, 1909: Finally, some relief is promised from the drought and scorching heat that have been making local life miserable for the past week. Needed showers are due tonight with some cooling tomorrow from near 100. We are due to have better nights for sleeping, according to university forecasters.
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