Also from October 3
Births
Couples
- Engagement: Wiltse and Lindquist
- Engagement: Gill and Backlund
- Engagement: Chandlee and Welch
- Wedding: Bahnmaier
- Wedding: Jones
- Wedding: Wamsley
- Wedding: Andrade
- Anniversary: McDow
- Anniversary: Chase
- Anniversary: Rictor
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
German delegation visits to celebrate sister-city milestone- October 2, 2009 in print edition on 4A
- Twenty years have passed since Eutin, Germany, became Lawrence’s sister city, and now a delegation of Eutin residents is here to celebrate the partnership.
6:00 a.m.
In honor of St. Francis, multitude of creatures blessed- October 3, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- The lawn of St. John’s Catholic Church and School was filled Friday afternoon with dogs, cats, rabbits — and even a turkey.
10:00 a.m.
Students soak up water lesson- October 3, 2009 in print edition on 3B
- When fourth-graders think about water, images of water parks, swimming pools and Super Soakers may be what they think of first.
2:00 p.m.
Cougar clobbering- October 3, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- Hey, this one was supposed to be close. Nobody had an inkling Free State High would steamroll Shawnee Mission Northwest in a battle of once-beaten Sunflower League football teams Friday night.
- Video: Free State rolls to fourth consecutive victory
- Photo gallery: Free State Homecoming 2009
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Giants pledge to avoid Chiefs trap
- October 3, 2009
- This is what gamblers call a “trap game,” a mismatch so hopelessly one-sided there seems no way for the underdog to even stay close.
- Watson builds four-stroke lead
- October 3, 2009
- Tom Watson is feeling good and likes his golf game these days. The 60-year-old Watson celebrated his one-year anniversary from successful left hip surgery by shooting a 6-under 64 and building a four-stroke lead Saturday at the Senior Players Championship.
- 27-year-old man arrested on suspicion of rape
- October 3, 2009
- A sexual assault was reported at 5 a.m. Saturday in Pocahontas Hall on the Haskell Indian Nations University campus.
- Law enforcement searching for suspect after accident
- 02:10 p.m., October 3, 2009 Updated 04:51 p.m. in print edition on B1
- Douglas County sheriff’s deputies were being assisted by other law enforcement agencies and a helicopter in a search for a man who fled the scene of a single car crash near Lecompton.
- Demofest Live: Parksinson urging Gates to run for governor
- 11:14 a.m., October 3, 2009 Updated 02:40 p.m.
- Kansas Democratic Party holds its annual fall meeting.
- KU’s Morningstar suspended
- Jayhawk guard out for first semester after being arrested
- 10:31 a.m., October 3, 2009 Updated 12:59 a.m. in print edition on C1
- Kansas University junior basketball guard Brady Morningstar has been suspended for the first semester by coach Bill Self.
- Bible verses banned from Georgia school football field
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A7
- The Warriors of Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High took the field on Friday night without any Bible verses written on the cheerleaders’ banner.
- Futures of state hospitals debated
- Commission may recommend closing facilities for developmental disabilities
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A1
- A commission that will make recommendations about the fate of two state hospitals has brought into focus the role of government, the pressures on the budget and changes in how society responds to people with developmental disabilities.
- NBA star a racing junkie
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Brad Daugherty has heard it countless times: What’s a former basketball star doing analyzing NASCAR? Oh well, at least it beats, “How’s the weather up there?”
- Texas begins $3 billion quest to cure cancer
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Texas gave birth to the modern oil industry, invented the handheld calculator and sent man to the moon. But can the Lone Star State cure cancer?
- Pump patrol
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.16 at Presto, 602 W. Ninth.
- KU can’t let hospital issue derail fundraising efforts
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Kansas University Endowment Association trustees will hold their annual meeting this coming Friday. The main topics of conversation at these annual meetings are money, fundraising, the proper use of endowment funds, how to maximize the return on contributions and the performance of the association during the past year.
- Just pass health care reform
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Every so often, sitting down to your Cheerios, you open the New York Times to the crossword puzzle and find clues such as “__ Van Winkle” and “__ of 1812” and “Buried in Grant’s Tomb” and you finish the thing in five minutes flat feeling brilliant and unappreciated, some sort of national treasure, and then you spend an hour searching for your glasses and car keys and that brings you down smartly to earth.
- Club news
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Happy Time Squares will offer a free introduction to square dancing class at 7 p.m. Monday at Centenary United Methodist Church, 245 N. Fourth St., Lawrence. Additional lessons will be offered at a nominal charge. For more information, contact Lynn or Sherry at (785) 312-7105, Dave or Barbara at (785) 550-8381.
- Losing battle
- No one is a winner in the ongoing trademark battle against a local T-shirt business.
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B6
- The other shoe has dropped in a Kansas University trademark infringement lawsuit, but there are no clear-cut winners in the case.
- Missouri poet to read at KU
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on D1
- Award-winning poet Kevin Prufer will give a reading at Kansas University on Tuesday. Prufer will read from his recent poetry collection, “National Anthem,” at 7 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. The reading is sponsored by the KU English department.
- 40 years ago: Douglas 2nd-fastest growing county in state
- October 3, 2009
- The Kansas Government Journal ranked Douglas County as the second fastest-growing county in Kansas on the basis of population and economics. Johnson County, predictably, topped the list.
- Children suffer minor injuries in two-car accident
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Two children were treated for minor injuries Thursday evening after a two-vehicle accident Thursday in east Lawrence.
- Greinke can quip, too
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on C2
- The Kansas City Royals visited Yankee Stadium this week, and that can mean only one thing: New York reporters were all over sensational right-hander Zack Greinke.
- At long last, KU’s Reed dethroned at Boot Camp
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on C1
- One of the biggest upsets in Boot Camp history took place early Friday morning in Kansas University’s new basketball practice facility.
- Lawrence football drops heartbreaker
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Lawrence High’s football team found a new way to lose a game Friday night.
- Baldwin City woman injured in Friday afternoon accident
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B2
- A 31-year-old Baldwin City woman was transported Friday afternoon to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with possible injuries after a two-vehicle accident south of Lawrence.
- Criminal damage to vehicles reported
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B2
- A 21-year-old Lawrence woman on Thursday reported criminal damage to a vehicle.
- ‘Medical home’ concept topic of health talk
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Kansas University Medical Center will host a presentation on health care reform and how it relates to primary and pediatric care.
- Kansas soccer upended by Texas A&M
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Despite goals from Estelle Johnson, Caitlin Noble and Shelby Williamson, the No. 19 Kansas University soccer team fell at No. 15 Texas A&M, 4-3, on Friday night.
- Baker football takes on Culver-Stockton
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Downtrodden Culver-Stockton will be the competition for Baker University’s homecoming football game today.
- U.S., British troops killed in Afghanistan attacks
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A7
- A suicide bomber struck a U.S. convoy in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing two American soldiers, and military officials announced the deaths of two other international troopers — one American and one Briton — the day before.
- Miami looking to bounce back against Oklahoma
- October 3, 2009
- Losing by 38 points to Oklahoma two seasons ago still pains Miami. Losing last season’s national championship game on the Hurricanes’ home field still stings the Sooners.
- Haskell football looking for first home victory of season
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Who says it’s tough to win on the road? After five football games, Haskell Indian Nations University has one of the most unusual records in college football.
- Martin earns pole in K.C.
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Already changed into jeans and a golf shirt, Mark Martin propped his feet up on the chair in front and listened as one of NASCAR’s most popular drivers gushed about his improbable season.
- Canadian circus tycoon clowns around aboard space station
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A7
- A Canadian circus billionaire boarded the International Space Station on Friday after a smooth ride up from Earth, and promptly played the entertainer by donning a red clown nose for a camera.
- ISU hopes to keep it going against K-State
- October 3, 2009
- Iowa State emerged from last week’s victory over Army with as much momentum as it has had in years.
- Warsaw Ghetto uprising leader Edelman dies
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the ill-fated 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt against the Nazis, died Friday at the age of 90.
- Oregon might reinstate Blount
- October 3, 2009
- Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount’s seasonlong suspension for punching an opponent could be lifted if he meets certain conditions, coach Chip Kelly said.
- Clinton tours historic palace in tourism bid
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Bill Clinton, slathered in sunscreen, urged Americans to explore the riches of Haitian tourism on Friday as he took a VIP trip to a mountain palace and a nearby beach where a cruise ship pier is being built.
- Woman fined for letting 12-year-old drive
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A Montana woman accused of letting her 12-year-old daughter drive three siblings to day care has been fined nearly $1,000.
- UF officials remove zombie plan from site
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The University of Florida’s response plans for a zombie apocalypse are no longer available for public consumption.
- Raid targets drug gang
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Some 500 law officers swarmed into a public housing project and other sites Friday to dismantle a trafficking ring allegedly run by the island’s top drug suspect, a man described as an aspiring Robin Hood and a patron to reggaeton stars.
- Watson leads at Players
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on C2
- If Tom Watson was looking for a sign that luck was on his side at the Senior Players Championship, he got it on the 13th hole at the Baltimore Country Club.
- Cougar clobbering
- Torneden, Resseguie run Free State over SM Northwest
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Hey, this one was supposed to be close. Nobody had an inkling Free State High would steamroll Shawnee Mission Northwest in a battle of once-beaten Sunflower League football teams Friday night.
- River restoration begins amid debate
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A3
- When Darrell Imperatrice was a boy, California’s San Joaquin River teemed with so many king salmon his father could catch 40-pound fish using only a pitchfork.
- Missing U.S. diplomat’s DNA found on bloody clothes
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The weeklong search for an American diplomat has taken a grim turn as investigators on the Dutch island of Curacao said DNA from bloody clothing strewn along a popular beach matched that of the missing man.
- Video of soldier swapped for prisoners
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A3
- In the first video images since he was captured by Palestinian militants in 2006, Israeli Sgt. Gilad Schalit — looking thin but healthy, his hair freshly trimmed — sent love to his family, appealed for his freedom and held up a newspaper to prove the footage was recent.
- Typhoon weakens slightly; Filipinos brace
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Filipinos braced today for their second typhoon in eight days, though the storm weakened just hours before it was due to hit and the threat of another disaster in the flood-soaked capital eased.
- World unemployment rising; responses vary
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Unemployment is rising around the world as the recession leaves few corners untouched — but sharp differences remain between companies directly hit by financial or housing-market collapses and those that have deliberately protected jobs with expensive measures — including subsidizing shorter working weeks.
- Republicans defy U.S. coup policy
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Honduras’ coup-installed president told a U.S. congressional delegation Friday that full civil liberties would be restored within days, a spokesman for one of the lawmakers said following a meeting that challenged Washington’s attempts to isolate the interim government.
- Musharraf: Force needed to quash Taliban
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says al-Qaida needs to be eliminated from the country by force, but dealing with the Taliban requires a military, political and socio-economic approach.
- ACORN loses funding from big foundations
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The liberal political organizing group ACORN, battered by the release of embarrassing videos and allegations of financial mismanagement and fraud, has also been losing support from several major foundations.
- Kidnapped newborn found safe in Alabama
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Police say a kidnapped infant has been found safe in Alabama, and a woman suspected of abducting the baby has been arrested.
- More earthquakes shake California
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Earthquakes up to magnitude 5.2 struck Friday evening in a remote area of eastern California that was been shaken by a sequence of temblors a day earlier.
- Survivors of Indonesian quake found; 3,000 missing
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Ratna Kurniasari Virgo lay surrounded by death for 40 hours — trapped with a broken leg between the collapsed walls of her college and the bodies of her dead friends.
- The Healthy Place hosts open house
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B5
- The Healthy Place, 841 N.H., will host an open house from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
- Despite recovery, employers aren’t ready to hire
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Job hunters will face long odds well into next year. As the unemployment rate inches closer to 10 percent, most businesses are nowhere close to hiring again.
- Conservationists sue EPA over prairie dog poison
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Two conservation groups have sued the Environmental Protection Agency for its decision to register pesticides that curtail prairie dogs, the main source of food for the endangered black-footed ferret.
- Kansas State tackles needs of Army families
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Army officials and academics are coming together at a new Kansas center to work on solving problems faced by soldiers and families after years of war.
- Veritas upends St. John’s, 42-6
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on C5
- Veritas beat bigger St. John’s Military, 42-6, on Friday.
- Students soak up water lesson
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B3
- When fourth-graders think about water, images of water parks, swimming pools and Super Soakers may be what they think of first.
- Horoscope for October 3, 2009
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on D7
- For Saturday, Oct. 3: This year, you often juggle many different people or ideas. You see value in opposing ideas. You learn the power of detaching in order to find answers. If you are single, the world is your oyster, and you certainly can apply that slogan to your love life. If you are attached, the two of you might be very different, and you need to learn to respect your differences rather than use them to fight over.
- ‘SuperFetch’ teaches old dogs weird tricks
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on D7
- Can’t get the kids to do their chores? Train the dog. On the new series “SuperFetch” (7 p.m. today, Animal Planet), pet trainer Zach George shows owners how to teach their old dogs very new tricks, and how both people and pets can bond in the process.
- Ottawa puts end to skid
- Cyclones snap 33-game streak with win over BHS
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on C5
- After 33 straight losses, Ottawa High’s football team finally got a win.
- Health care reform could change Medicare in many ways
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Businessman Stewart Grill, 75, believes there’s waste in Medicare. He’s just skeptical Congress can find and eliminate it without touching what he likes about his government health care plan.
- Health overhaul closer than ever — yet still far off
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Eight months in office, Barack Obama has now pushed closer than any other president in generations to creating a basic health care safety net for working Americans.
- Windy City blown away in 2016 Olympic voting
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Chicago can’t blame it all on Rio. More like a backlash against any number of things American — from hassling visitors at the borders to money squabbles to a quickie visit by President Barack Obama.
- Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story — of about 400 million sports-mad people on a giant untapped and vibrant continent yearning, hoping, that the Olympics finally might come to them.
- Lawrence City Commission: Game-day parking request considered
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Commissioners will consider a request to allow vehicles to park in yards north of Ninth Street for Kansas University football games at Memorial Stadium.
- Rickshaw shuttles riders around Manhattan
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B4
- With two arms covered in tattoos, long hair pulled back in a pony tail and a rocker’s goatee, Donald Ince looks every bit the heavy metal bassist. It’s Saturday night, and he wants to take you home tonight. Don’t worry, it’s a good thing.
- Ruling brings historic Dodge City police ledger closer to home
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B4
- A historic Kansas police docket book with references to Wild West lawmen Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson is one legal step closer to being returned to Dodge City following a federal court ruling removing all claimants to it except the city.
- Homecoming 2009 activities span full week
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Murals full of color and Jayhawk pride sit on display at Strong Hall, students dress from head-to-toe in crimson and blue, and the lust for victory is tangible in the air all over Lawrence.
- Piece be with you: Detroit pastors packing heat
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on E6
- The Rev. Lawrence Adams teaches his flock at the Westside Bible Church to turn the other cheek. Just in case, though, the 54-year-old retired police lieutenant also wears a handgun under his robe.
- Tsunamis uproot Samoan cultures
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on E6
- The village of Leone is a picturesque enclave that has been a mainstay of the Samoas for centuries, a place where residents gather under beach meeting houses for rituals that are sacred to the local culture.
- CBS College Sports free TV preview set
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Sunflower Broadband subscribers will receive a free preview of CBS College Sports Network from Monday through Oct. 11, in recognition of Armed Forces Appreciation Week.
- Auction to benefit greek housing charity
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B1
- A silent auction before Kansas University’s homecoming football game next Saturday will benefit charity work done by KU’s greek system.
- Live blog to follow Democrats’ meeting
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The Kansas Democratic Party will continue its annual Demofest today in Wichita.
- In honor of St. Francis, multitude of creatures blessed
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The lawn of St. John’s Catholic Church and School was filled Friday afternoon with dogs, cats, rabbits — and even a turkey.
- Pharmacy network a goal of KU researcher
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on B1
- A Kansas University researcher is attempting to create a statewide pharmacy network to provide access to patients for ongoing pharmacy research projects.
- Around and about
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Samantha Claypool, Amanda Look and Jordan Noller, all of Lawrence, were named to the 2009 dean’s list for the spring term at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., by earning a grade-point average of 3.45 or higher.
- Military news
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Air Force Airman Brittne A. Snyder graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.
- FCE News
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on D5
- Douglas County Family and Community Education, in cooperation with K-State Research and Extension’s Family and Consumer Sciences, is offering the program “Signs of Fall” at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 9 in the Dreher Building at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, 2110 Harper St.
- Scouting news
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on D5
- Webelos Scouts from Pack 3052 attended Webelos Woods at Camp Bromelsick on Sept. 25-27. Cub Scouts attending were Devin Van Schmus, John Eldridge, Reese Stellwagon, Alex Hurt, Parker Matthews, Charlie Evans, Allen Meyer and Connor Barker. Activities included BB guns, first aid, fire building and knot tying.
- Scary Story Contest submissions sought
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on D1
- The Journal-World is encouraging youths to enter its annual “Scary Story Contest.” The deadline is noon, October 19. Finish this story in 700 words or less: “That has to be the ugliest baby I’ve ever seen,” I thought when I arrived at the Kendricks’ home to baby-sit their new infant. Then send it with your name, age, grade and school to teens@ljworld.com. Entries must be submitted by e-mail. Winners in the high school, junior high and elementary school divisions will be announced Oct. 29 in the Pulse section. For more information, call Jon Niccum at 832-7178.
- Faith Forum: What book in the Apocrypha do you find most intriguing?
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on D1
- • Bible best resource for spiritual growth • Sacred texts useful in liturgy
- Church to celebrate 150th anniversary
- October 3, 2009
- Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora will celebrate its 150th anniversary Oct. 10 and 11.
- Immanuel Lutheran to dedicate new bulding extension
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on D1
- It’s been years in the making, but Immanuel Lutheran Church and University Student Center will finally be dedicating its new building extension at 12:15 p.m. Sunday at the church, 2104 Bob Billings Parkway. Sunday’s dedication will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a meal and a special dedication worship service.
- Spiritual explorer: New Hillel rabbi brings unique perspective to service
- October 3, 2009 in print edition on D1
- First Kansas University’s Hillel chapter got a new space. Now it has a new face: Rabbi Neal Schuster.
- 25 years ago: KU can hire attorneys to defend against students’ suit
- October 3, 2009
- In what one Kansas University professor called a “face-saving” decision, Kansas Atty. Gen. Robert Stephan cleared the way for KU to hire attorneys to represent eight KU professors named in a multi-million lawsuit brought by two former students. Stephan earlier had said the university could not back the defense. It was expected the suit would be thrown out of court.
- 100 years ago: Rail service between Lawrence, Leavenworth to double
- October 3, 2009
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Oct. 3, 1909: “The Union Pacific said today it would double its rail service between here and Leavenworth to see if it is practical and can be profitable. … Local churches generally are planning the most ambitious fall and winter schedules that anyone here can remember. The Lawrence Ministerial Alliance is working to aid the churches with their programs to help bring in the best speakers to be found. The Rev. E.E. Stauffer is manager of the ministerial alliance. “
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