Also from April 9
Births
Couples
- Engagement: Breeden and McDonald
- Engagement: Grieb and Weege
- Engagement: Barker and Isbell
- Wedding: Schenewerk and Heaton
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On the street
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Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Downtown Lawrence Farmers’ Market opens Saturday- April 7, 2011 in print edition on 2A
- At 7 a.m. Saturday, the Downtown Lawrence Farmers’ Market, in the 800 block of New Hampshire, will officially begin its 35th year. A record number of vendors asked to sell at the market this year, so expect to see some new faces.
6:00 a.m.
City Commissioner Aron Cromwell discusses how business background will help his expected tenure as mayor- April 8, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Lawrence City Commissioner Aron Cromwell thinks he’s a little bit like what Lawrence needs to be in the future — part businessman, part idealist.
10:00 a.m.
Statehouse Live: Kansas Bioscience Authority authorizes audit in light of Gov. Sam Brownback’s request- 3:17 p.m., April 8, 2011 Updated 5:33 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- A high-powered struggle between Gov. Sam Brownback and the Kansas Bioscience Authority exploded into public view on Friday.
2:00 p.m.
KU alumna receives degree more than 70 years after having never applied for graduation- April 8, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Margaret Shirk knew she was in for a nice lunch at Teller’s on Friday with family, but she didn’t know the reason.
6:00 p.m.
New York School students board the ‘walking school bus’- April 8, 2011 in print edition on 3A
- “You can walk with a group, and you can walk with your friends,” said Kellie Old Elk, shuffling along, arm-in-arm, with Aryanna Meraz on a brick sidewalk south of the school. “You don’t have to walk by yourself.”
All stories
- Downtown Lawrence Farmers’ Market celebrates 35th anniversary
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Grab the kids and the dog — it’s time for the Lawrence Farmers’ Market.
- Service dog needs some help of its own
- Seeing-eye guide requires surgery to remove tumor, save life
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Even with a malignant tumor, Chikako Mochizuki’s seeing-eye dog, Comet, keeps working, guiding her around as she has for nine years. “She’s a real trouper,” said Mochizuki, a Kansas University doctoral student in history who’s from Japan.
- Rebels in Libya face military surge on key territory
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A9
- Government soldiers and rebel gunmen battled in the streets of a key front-line city Saturday after the Libyan military used shelling and guerrilla-style tactics to open its most serious push into opposition territory since international airstrikes began. At least eight people were killed, a hospital official said.
- Budget pact shows gains for both Obama, Boehner
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A9
- Rivals in a divided government, President Barack Obama and the most powerful Republican in Congress split their differences to stave off a federal shutdown that neither combatant was willing to risk.
- Lawrence school district to plan school mergers
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Lane Eisenhart is a realist when it comes to the future of her neighborhood’s beloved elementary, New York School.
- Spanish interpreter makes living by helping people understand
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A1
- James Calderón sits patiently in a chair in the front row of the gallery of a Douglas County courtroom waiting for the parties and District Judge Kay Huff to start the hearing.
- Baldwin City man injured in motorcycle accident
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A 29-year-old Baldwin City man was taken to Overland Park Regional Medical Center Saturday afternoon after suffering injuries in a motorcycle accident.
- Prairie Moon Waldorf School earns state award for being green
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Prairie Moon Waldorf School was named a “Kansas Green School of the Year” by the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education. It received its award April 1.
- Mortgages
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A5
- The Douglas County register of deeds recorded 63 mortgages in the weekly period ended Thursday.
- Around and about in local business
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A6
- Local business news for the week ending April 9, 2011.
- Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
- April 9, 2011
- Road work planned for the week of April 10, 2011.
- Weekend weather outlook
- April 9, 2011
- Warm weather and possibly thunderstorms are expected Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
- Kansas Union Jayhawk knocked from perch Saturday morning
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A5
- The Classic Jayhawk sculpture that sits in front of the Kansas Union on the Kansas University campus was the victim of some shenanigans early Saturday.
- Lawrence man arrested following armed disturbance in 2900 block of Missouri Street
- 01:55 a.m., April 9, 2011 Updated 06:20 p.m. in print edition on A5
- Lawrence police arrested a 26-year-old Lawrence man following a reported armed disturbance that took place early Saturday morning in the 2900 block of Missouri Street.
- Man charged with soliciting 12-year-old girl
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Douglas County prosecutors Friday charged a 38-year-old Lawrence man with soliciting a 12-year-old girl to commit an unlawful sex act.
- House votes to repeal rules on Internet access
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A6
- House Republicans adamant that the government keep its hands off the Internet passed a bill Friday to repeal federal rules barring Internet service providers from blocking or setting different prices for some uses of their networks.
- Hispanic growth key to suburban Chicago changes
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A6
- When Fernando Molina left central Mexico to move to Illinois, he was searching for affordable housing, job opportunities and established Hispanic neighborhoods with grocery stores, bakeries and clothing shops.
- No government shutdown: Lawmakers strike last-minute deal
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A6
- Congress and the White House late Friday barely beat the clock and averted a partial government shutdown, agreeing to a last-minute deal to cut at least $38.5 billion from federal spending.
- NWS cancels severe thunderstorm watch for Douglas County early
- 12:01 a.m., April 9, 2011 Updated 01:38 a.m.
- The National Weather Service in Topeka has canceled a severe thunderstorm watch for Douglas County early.
- Gary Pinkel gets two-year extension at Missouri
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Missouri coach Gary Pinkel has received a two-year contract extension through the 2017 season that does not increase his salary but adds more money for his assistants.
- Jayhawks in the NBA
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Here is how former Jayhawks fared in NBA action Friday, March 8, 2011.
- Texas-Baylor game moved
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B2
- The Texas-Baylor football game is being moved to the first weekend in December as the Big 12 massages its new 10-team schedule. The game originally set for Oct. 22 in Waco will be played Dec. 3.
- Ramirez abruptly retires from MLB
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Tampa Bay slugger Manny Ramirez tested positive for a banned substance for the second time and informed Major League Baseball on Friday that he is retiring rather than face a 100-game suspension.
- FSHS 11th, LHS 12th at Olathe swim meet
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B5
- Reilly Moore secured the top city finish with a second-place showing in the 100 breaststroke, and Free State High’s girls swimming team took 11th place (49 total points) on Friday at the Olathe Invitational.
- Free State baseball falls to SMNW, 3-0
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B5
- Free State High’s baseball team rapped seven hits but didn’t score in a 3-0 loss to Shawnee Mission Northwest on Friday.
- LHS track teams fifth in Topeka
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B5
- Marty Williams won the boys shot put, and Krista Costa won the girls high jump to highlight Lawrence High’s performance Friday at the Topeka Relays.
- Jayhawk wins discus at Texas Relays
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B5
- Kansas University’s Jessica Maroszek won the “A Section” discus title to pace the Jayhawks during the second day of the Texas Relays on Friday. Maroszek’s first toss of 177 feet, 4 inches, was her best.
- Kansas tennis edges Tigers, 4-3
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B5
- Kansas University freshman Dylan Windom claimed a tough third-set victory to help the Jayhawks beat Missouri, 4-3, in the tennis Border Showdown on Friday at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
- Ex-Jayhawk Harold England dies at 83
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B5
- Former Kansas University basketball player Harold E. England, a longtime educator and coach at Altamont High School, died on Wednesday in Parsons. He was 83.
- Newcomer Martinez sparks Tigers
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Victor Martinez barely had time to settle in at his new home ballpark before walking to the plate with the bases loaded — exactly the kind of situation for which the Detroit Tigers signed him.
- McIlroy leads, but Tiger lurking
- Woods vaults into tie for third at Masters
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Rory McIlroy may be the next big thing in golf, and Jason Day and Rickie Fowler certainly have the look of winners. It was fun watching the precocious ones treat par with such utter contempt at Augusta National. But before we get ahead of ourselves and declare the Eldrick Era over, let’s wait and see how the 75th Masters pans out.
- Friday night fight: Walz helps Jayhawks scrap past NU
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Nine timely singles, three survivable errors and three strong pitching performances. That was the winning formula Friday night for Kansas University’s baseball team, which crept closer to .500 with a 5-4 victory against Nebraska at Hoglund Ballpark.
- U.N. says Ivory Coast negotiation was a ‘trick’
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A10
- This week’s offer by Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo’s top three generals to surrender evidently was a “trick” to buy time, the head of U.N. peacekeeping said Friday.
- Army beats protesters
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A10
- Soldiers beat hundreds of protesters with clubs and fired heavy volleys of gunfire into the air in a pre-dawn attack that broke up a demonstration in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square, a sign of the increasing tensions between Egypt’s ruling military and the country’s protest movement.
- 32 reported killed in Syrian protests
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A10
- Mass protests calling for sweeping changes in Syria’s authoritarian regime turned deadly Friday, with the government and protesters both claiming heavy casualties as the country’s three-week uprising entered a dangerous new phase.
- NATO Libya campaign criticized for missteps
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A10
- NATO holds its fire as Moammar Gadhafi’s forces advance 100 miles into rebel territory. It then blasts a rebel tank, saying it didn’t know the rebels had any — even though footage of rebels with tanks had been on YouTube for weeks.
- Lawrence man reports Honda Accord stolen
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A 24-year-old Lawrence man reported Wednesday the theft of a 1994 Honda Accord from the 1400 block of Kasold Drive.
- Local man reports theft of vehicle, vacuum parts
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A 22-year-old Lawrence man reported Tuesday the theft of a vehicle and vacuum parts from the 600 block of Michigan Street.
- Lawrence man reports air conditioning unit stolen
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A 48-year-old Lawrence man reported Tuesday the theft of an air conditioning unit from the 2500 block of Ousdahl Road.
- Vehicle reported stolen Wednesday
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A 35-year-old Lawrence man reported to police Wednesday the theft of a GMC Yukon from the 700 block of Elm Street. According to a police report, the incident occurred between 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 4 and 7:27 p.m. Wednesday. The vehicle was estimated to be worth $10,000.
- Lawrence man reports theft of truck
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A 34-year-old Lawrence man reported to police Thursday the theft of a 1979 Dodge Truck. According to a police report, the incident occurred between 6 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. from the 1300 block of West 24th Street. The truck was valued at $1,000.
- Goverment shutdown would affect some local services
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A3
- If severe weather blows into northeast Kansas this weekend as is forecast, the National Weather Service will still alert residents about the storms.
- KU student reports laptop, textbooks stolen
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A 23-year-old Kansas University student reported Monday the theft of personal property from a vehicle in the 1000 block of Mississippi Street.
- City commission agenda for April 12, 2011
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A new Lawrence City Commission will be seated at Tuesday evening’s meeting.
- Budget showdown didn’t have to happen
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A3
- This column is being written on Friday, before any announcement about a possible agreement by U.S. Senate and House members on spending cuts in the long-overdue 2011 federal budget.
- Missing news
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A9
- Hello, Journal-World. Is anybody home?
- Good example
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A9
- Kudos to Free State High School for having a special needs person as the first king of their prom!
- Internet impact
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A9
- After reading your recent article on the closing of the Bay Leaf store in downtown Lawrence I had to write.
- Potter rebirth
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A9
- I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved with the cleanup of Potter Lake over the last year.
- Behind the Lens: Shooting big bird with a big lens
- April 9, 2011
- Wildlife photography is one of those areas that I never really approached. To me, that was something I might consider doing later in my retirement years.
- 4-H and FCE news for April 9, 2011
- April 9, 2011
- Kanwaka FCE will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Reba Bennett, 1649 E. 800 Road, Lawrence.
- Military news for April 9, 2011
- April 9, 2011
- Air Force Airmen April M. Umbenhower, Christopher J. Reece and Ryan M. Pennington have graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.
- Club news for April 9, 2011
- April 9, 2011
- University Bridge Club announces results of its April 2 meeting with hosts Dale and Wanda Kring.
- Scouting news for April 9, 2011
- April 9, 2011
- Troop 53 had its March campout at Graham’s from March 11 to 13.
- JCCC Fall 2010 honor roll
- April 9, 2011
- Johnson County Community College announces area full-time students who made an honor roll during the fall 2010 semester.
- ‘Oddities’ a detour from ‘Antiques Roadshow’
- April 9, 2011
- Tired of all of those Tiffany vases, Chippendale davenports and Gibson guitars appraised on “Antiques Roadshow”? Looking for a show where the antiques are weird?
- 25 years ago: Progress on new Liberty Hall reaches outside facade
- April 9, 2011
- A year’s worth of renovations had been going on inside the old Opera House building (now Liberty Hall), but partners Charles Oldfather and David Millstein were now conducting work on the public facade of the historic structure.
- 100 years ago: Toddler dies from accidental poisoning
- April 9, 2011
- “A white paste-board box filled with pretty red tablets, which to her baby eyes, looked for all the world like candy she had seen, brought a terrible death to 3-year-old Vivian Dugan.”
- Around and About for April 9, 2011
- April 9, 2011
- Nearly 100 Kansas educators gathered Feb. 28 for the 13th annual Kansas Reading Recovery and Early Literacy Conference at Emporia State University.
- GOP budget plan is bold blueprint for future
- April 9, 2011 in print edition on A9
- In 1983, the British Labor Party under the hard-left Michael Foot issued a 700-page manifesto so radical that one colleague called it “the longest suicide note in history.”
- Faith Forum: How do you comfort worshipers who are trying to make sense of a job loss?
- April 9, 2011
- Rev. Peter Luckey of Plymouth Congregational Church and the Rev. Jeff Barclay of Christ Community Church answer.
- 40 years ago: Over 60 pounds of hashish confiscated by local, federal agents
- April 9, 2011
- About 66 pounds of hashish had been confiscated by law officers in Lawrence in the early morning hours.
- Horoscope for April 9
- April 9, 2011
- This year, you begin new life and luck cycles.
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