Also from July 5
Births
Blog entries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Will Sherron Collins make the Charlotte Bobcats' NBA roster?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 64% | |
| No | 28% | |
| Undecided | 6% | |
| Total | 1196 | |
Videos
- The Kidcast weather segment for July 5, 2010.
- The man was transported by helicopter to an area hospital …
- The recent rain is making water levels rise on the …
- Four people in the incident have been apprehended, and one …
- Jury selection will start in the civil case that stemmed …
- The rain will stay with us tonight, with temperatures staying …
- Patchwork on the road will last for four weeks.
- 10-year-old Shellie Snyder is working to raise money and has …
- Administrators say the shortened classes could help give students more …
- Carrie Cash Wootten won not one but two of the …
- The top six plays from the week’s area sports.
- The group will lease the building for $1 and move …
- Officers were called to the 3300 block of Watson Avenue …
- Expect more showers tonight as low temperatures fall to the …
- Mostly cloudy and wet for your Monday, with periods of …
- Grab your umbrella and watch out for wet roads this …
- Emily Wray and her mother, Karen Wray spend plenty of …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Lawrence youths tackle Tour’s kids races- July 4, 2010 in print edition on 3A
- Some came dressed up to the Tour of Lawrence kids bike races, such as Ben Slimmer, 10, who donned sunglasses and sideburns as part of his Elvis look.
- Photo gallery: 2010 Tour of Lawrence
6:00 a.m.
Colorful bursts fill the skies after mostly gray, and briefly stormy, day- July 5, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- What began as a cloudy day in Watson Park eventually turned into a rain-soaked Fourth of July, dampening but not drowning the spirits of hundreds of people gathered in downtown Lawrence for the Lawrence Originals Food Festival and Fireworks.
10:00 a.m.
Fantastic finish: St. Louis sprinter wins spirited race- July 5, 2010 in print edition on 1B
- After two days of racing and two distinctly different races, Sunday’s women’s pro event at the second annual Tour of Lawrence came down to a sprint between the Friday and Saturday winners.
- Video: Tour of Lawrence ends with rainy race
- Video: Woman wins second race in Tour of Lawrence
- Photo gallery: 2010 Tour of Lawrence
2:00 p.m.
Red Cross disaster teams offer guidance, comfort- July 5, 2010 in print edition on 3A
- When a fire last week at an apartment complex in the 1000 block of 24th Street left about a dozen people temporarily homeless, the Douglas County chapter of the American Red Cross was there making sure everyone had a place to stay, food to eat, and clothing.
All stories
- Eudora man seriously injured in fall
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A Eudora man was rushed to the hospital Monday afternoon, after falling from a ladder.
- Sherron Collins scores 7 in first NBA summer league game
- Russell Robinson does not play in Indiana’s win
- 02:08 p.m., July 5, 2010 Updated 04:31 p.m. in print edition on A1
- Former Kansas guard Sherron Collins scored seven points on 3-of-4 shooting in the Charlotte Bobcats summer league team’s 85-83 victory over the Utah Jazz on Monday in Orlando, Fla.
- Four arrested, police still looking for two more in early morning robbery
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence police still seeking two suspects in early morning robbery and burglary at home on Tennessee Street.
- Kansas River expected to reach near-flood levels by Tuesday evening
- 10:56 a.m., July 5, 2010 Updated 05:43 p.m. in print edition on A3
- Kansas River expected to rise to near-flood levels by Tuesday evening, according to the National Weather Service.
- Eudora man arrested on charge of aggravated battery
- July 5, 2010
- A 25-year-old Eudora man was arrested on charges of aggravated battery late Sunday night.
- Weight of history is heavy burden for Jefferson legacy
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Two cranes sit on a temporary levee at the Tidal Basin. A crew is removing timber piles, replacing them with 41 four-inch concrete caissons and 53 18-inch pipes that are to be sunk 10 feet into the muck. The Jefferson Memorial is a construction site.
- Interchange intervention
- Efforts to clear the path for a new Berry Plastics warehouse need to be ramped up.
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A7
- The future of about 1,000 Lawrence jobs should be heavy on the minds of community leaders these days.
- Holiday photos sought for online competition
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A4
- When you’re celebrating this holiday weekend, don’t forget to take some pictures. LJWorld.com is holding a Fourth of July photo contest, and the winner gets four passes to Hollywood Theaters.
- 25 years ago: Fireworks light up sky above Memorial Stadium
- July 5, 2010
- $7,500 worth of fireworks, courtesy of the Lawrence Jaycees, entertained a crowd of 8,000 people in KU’s Memorial Stadium on the night of the Fourth. An additional 4,000 people gathered to watch on the hill south of the stadium. A tornado watch at 4:30 p.m. had cooled temperatures and provided early fireworks in the form of a 30-minute lightning display, but the clouds dispersed in time for the evening show.
- LHS, Free State consider shorter classes
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Adding ninth-graders may not be the only change for Lawrence’s two high schools in the 2011-2012 school year.
- Colorful bursts fill the skies after mostly gray, and briefly stormy, day
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A1
- What began as a cloudy day in Watson Park eventually turned into a rain-soaked Fourth of July, dampening but not drowning the spirits of hundreds of people gathered in downtown Lawrence for the Lawrence Originals Food Festival and Fireworks.
- Nadal celebrates with somersault
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Rafael Nadal looked like a guy who absolutely couldn’t wait to get out there, clutching his racket and hopping in place near the entrance to Centre Court before the Wimbledon final.
- Cactus edged by Emporia in tournament finals
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Lawrence’s Cactus lost to Emporia in the Glen Winget Memorial Tournament final, 7-6, on Sunday night after a one-hour rain delay.
- Marriages
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Marriage licenses issued.
- Golf tournament will benefit Headquarters
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A4
- The 2010 Lawrence Amateur Golf Association City Tournament will be played Saturday at Eagle Bend and Sunday at Alvamar.
- Quake rattles northern Japan
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A quake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted northern Japan early today, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
- U.S. geologist sentenced to 8 years
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A2
- An American geologist detained and tortured by China’s state security agents over an oil industry database was jailed for eight years today in a troubling example of China’s rough justice system and the way the U.S. government handles cases against its citizens.
- Toyota recalls 91,000 cars in Japan
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Toyota started recalling more than 90,000 luxury Lexus and Crown vehicles Monday in Japan over defective engines — the latest setback for the automaker beset with quality problems.
- Senators condemn war remarks
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham spoke from the war zone Sunday to condemn GOP Chairman Michael Steele’s comment that Afghanistan was a “war of Obama’s choosing.”
- Weather curtails oil spill cleanup
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Cleanup crews across the Gulf of Mexico surveyed damage done by last week’s hurricane while contending Sunday with choppy seas that idled many of the boats dedicated to keeping oil from hitting vulnerable beaches and marshes.
- Ex-champ crashes hot dog contest
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A Japanese eating champion who sat out this year’s Coney Island Fourth of July hot dog contest apparently couldn’t resist the temptation to hotdog afterward — and got arrested.
- Horses bolt in holiday parade; one person killed
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Among those injured were children who had stooped in the street to pick up candy that had been tossed to them
- Drug-smuggling submarine is seized in Ecuador
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A6
- The camouflage-painted vessel seized by Ecuadorean police Friday appears to be capable of long-range underwater operation.
- Fantastic finish: St. Louis sprinter wins spirited race
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on B1
- After two days of racing and two distinctly different races, Sunday’s women’s pro event at the second annual Tour of Lawrence came down to a sprint between the Friday and Saturday winners.
- Tiling is delicate but a doable job
- July 5, 2010
- Installing ceramic tile is a relatively simple job, as long as you are not geometrically challenged.
- 40 years ago: Lawrence enjoying drop off in temperature
- July 5, 2010
- The Lawrence area was enjoying a recent 45-degree drop in temperature. The high on the previous Thursday had reached 100 degrees, dropping to a morning low of 55 three days later. Dry conditions had persisted for 16 days.
- 100 years ago: Fire draws late-night crowd to Journal office
- July 5, 2010
- The night operator on the linotype at the Journal office noticed the presence of smoke about 2 o’clock this morning and going outside the building found smoke belching forth from the basement windows in the rear of the building. The fire had started in the basement used by the bill poster back of the Journal press room and directly underneath the entrance to the opera house.
- Local offices closed for holiday
- July 5, 2010
- Most government offices and public services in Lawrence and area towns will be closed today in observance of Independence Day, which was Sunday.
- Good impression
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A7
- I want to pass along an experience I had last year with one of the Kansas candidates for U.S. Senate. I was visiting Washington, D.C., in April 2009 for a pharmacy legislative conference and happened to stop in unannounced to Rep. Jerry Moran’s office. He had sponsored a bill that was beneficial to protecting community pharmacies and I wanted to personally thank him. He was at the Capitol at the time and his chief of staff took my name and number.
- Fashionistas embrace canine couture
- July 5, 2010
- My family is a soccer family. As my family watched the U.S.-Argentina game, Match 38 of the 2010 World Cup, my brother’s dog pranced around in a USA neck-scarf for good luck and good looks. My mom was amazed — he knows how to walk properly, not dragging the end on the ground or stepping on the fringe, just like a true dog supermodel. If you have any interest in fashion for your pooch, check out the latest trends in the canine world.
- Fight a poor body image
- July 5, 2010
- In this country, our capacity for disliking our body is greater than ever and getting worse. The results of body dissatisfaction are poor emotional and physical health. We compensate for our dissatisfaction with extreme diets and exercise regimens, or we use alcohol or drugs to bury our unhappiness.
- Salad season: Break out the grill for some flavorful summer dishes
- July 5, 2010
- It’s summer! Take advantage of fresh summer produce, avoid heating up your kitchen and serve light salad meals. Jayni Carey prepares a variety of grilled salad meals on a new “Jayni’s Kitchen.”
- For better health, men can count on their friends
- July 5, 2010
- Men often measure their health in terms of numbers: how many minutes of exercise they have logged and how many calories and nutrients they have eaten. Dallas native Ron Nevelow believes too many men overlook an additional factor: emotional health, the kind that comes from bonding with friends and doing activities you love.
- Personal trainer or torturer?
- July 5, 2010
- I hate my personal trainer. Not because she is one of the nicest people I have ever met, though she is. Not because she is so stinking cute I would like to clone her and marry her off to one or both of my brothers, though I would. And not because, in spite of the fact that she is older than I am and has had multiple C-sections, she still has abs that rival any concrete slab for strength and flatness, though that certainly does not help her case. She is a freak of Mother Nature.
- Understanding what inflation is
- July 5, 2010
- Of all the financial topics that can be studied, inflation is one of the most commonly misunderstood. It seems like everyone can complain about it, but few truly comprehend what it means
- Second chance at family home a labor of love
- July 5, 2010
- Ken and Phyllis Wertzberger grew up in a different Lawrence. The brother and sister recall childhood memories of sledding down Ninth Street and parking cars in the family front yard during KU football games in a town that essentially ended at Emery Road and didn’t offer much of the student housing in abundance today. The pair’s kid-sized handprints are immortalized in cement with the inscription June 20, 1949, along the side of the brick Italianate-designed house they grew up in on Arkansas Street.
- Mauer top vote-getter for All-Star game; Soria receives invite
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on B1
- In the year of the pitcher, no-hit aces Ubaldo Jimenez and Roy Halladay lead a formidable National League All-Star staff. Rookie sensation Stephen Strasburg will have to wait at least another season before he gets the nod.
- Hunter drives in seven; Angels thrash Royals
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Torii Hunter may disagree with those who consider him to be face of the franchise for the Los Angeles Angels.
- ‘Total mayhem’ takes place at Tour de France
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Lance Armstrong saw it coming: tight turns, narrow roads, big crowds and nervous riders would make crashes likely in Sunday’s first stage at the Tour de France. He sure was right.
- Thank goodness Favre’s antics no longer warrant excess coverage
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on B2
- While being really indecisive last weekend about a major-appliance purchase at a big-name store, it occurred to me that I hadn’t thought about Brett Favre in a very long time.
- Survivors recover from tanker blast in Congo
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A10
- Dozens of moaning and badly burned survivors from a massive tanker blast that killed at least 230 people recovered in hospitals and clinics across eastern Congo on Sunday, two days after the wrecked fuel truck exploded on a rural highway.
- Dioceses oust abusers they had pledged to monitor
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A10
- At the peak of the Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis, the discipline plan American bishops adopted prompted dioceses to remove nearly all accused clergy from the priesthood.
- Red Cross disaster teams offer guidance, comfort
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A3
- When a fire last week at an apartment complex in the 1000 block of 24th Street left about a dozen people temporarily homeless, the Douglas County chapter of the American Red Cross was there making sure everyone had a place to stay, food to eat, and clothing.
- Calls growing to retool ultra-quiet hybrids
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A1
- The age of the silent hybrid may be coming to an end.
- Divorces granted
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Tonya Brenn, 49, Lawrence, and Douglas W. Brenn, 48, Lawrence.
- Petraeus takes over Afghan war
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A2
- “We are in this to win,” Gen. David Petraeus said as he took the reins of an Afghan war effort troubled by waning support, an emboldened enemy, government corruption and a looming commitment to withdraw troops — even with no sign of violence easing.
- Fireworks follow sun-scorched Fourth of July festivals nationwide
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Budget cuts forced some communities to pull the plug on the pyrotechnics, but many fireworks shows went on as planned.
- Mexicans vote in elections besieged by drug violence
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A6
- President Felipe Calderon’s party appeared headed to a triumph Sunday in several key races across Mexico.
- Rigorous July lies ahead for Self
- Intense recruiting period begins soon for KU basketball coach
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Bill Self’s Fourth of July backyard cookout included heaping helpings of baby back ribs, chicken, brats and sausage prepared on a Green Egg grill.
- Horoscope for July 5, 2010
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A9
- This year, you often worry about first impressions. Some of you could be overly concerned about a changing work scenario. Accept new ideas and technology, and you will gain. If you are single, be a bit of a cynic about someone who flips over you. If you are attached, give your sweetie space to grow. You will need to transform, or at least honor changes. Aries can push your buttons.
- Bristol Palin appears as herself on ’Secret Life’
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A9
- Life imitates art, or something, when Bristol Palin guest stars on “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” (7 p.m., ABC Family). Playing herself, Palin makes friends with Amy at a music camp for teen mothers.
- Losing LeBron could spell economic trouble for Cleveland
- July 5, 2010 in print edition on A9
- Before LeBron James, there were thousands of empty seats for most Cleveland Cavaliers games and downtown was silent after dark. With him, every game is a sellout and nearby bars and restaurants bustle.
- Pen to paper: Technology changing focus on penmanship
- July 5, 2010
- Emily Hutchinson learned to type before she learned to write.
- A prairie classroom: Lawrence resident opens property for Big Brothers Big Sisters event
- July 5, 2010
- The sunlight peeks through a row of trees near Brad Guess’ house, giving a hint to what is on the other side. Walk over a few rocks, through a small opening in the foliage, and the sky opens to cover a sea of wildflowers and grasses.
- Salute to the senses: Cottonwood fundraiser pairs best of food, wine
- July 5, 2010
- Whether you are a seasoned wine aficionado or novice sipper, the many different delectable flavors of wine, food and ambiance at Lawrence’s 12th annual Salute! are sure to whet your social palate.
- Stable partners: KU student taking horse to worldwide equestrian competition
- July 5, 2010
- What little hope Emily Wagner had for qualifying for the 2010 FEI World Breeding Championships for dressage horses seemed dashed at the end of day one at the selection trials.
- House of sole: Doctor takes unique educational journey
- July 5, 2010
- Over the past 30 years Phyllis Ragley has handled thousands of feet. She says she’s never seen an ugly one. “You need to be nice to your feet and treat them well,” she says.
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