Also from September 10
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Polls
Who is the best football coach in the Big 12?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas State coach Bill Snyder | 59% | |
| Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops | 14% | |
| Kansas coach Charlie Weis | 11% | |
| TCU coach Gary Patterson | 3% | |
| Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy | 3% | |
| West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen | 2% | |
| Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads | 1% | |
| Texas coach Mack Brown | 1% | |
| Baylor coach Art Briles | 0% | |
| Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville | 0% | |
| Total | 1994 | |
Are you planning on commemorating the 9/11 attacks in your own personal way?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 61% | |
| Yes | 34% | |
| Unsure | 4% | |
| Total | 308 | |
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Artful works on display at Haskell Indian Art Market- September 8, 2012
- With rows of vendors and hundreds of visitors, it can be hard to stand out at a large craft fair like Haskell’s. But Lita Atencio has been a vendor here for eight years, and she said there’s a trick to get passersby to notice her wares: be friendly.
6:00 a.m.
One year not nearly enough for international students at Lawrence’s Bishop Seabury Academy - September 5, 2012
- Rather than a relatively short-term engagement with local host families, Bishop Seabury’s international students often stay with extended biological family in the U.S. in lieu of attending secondary school in their home countries. Many — if not most — also hope to go to university in the U.S. Gregarious, inquisitive and confident, Chan wants to go to Kansas University and study education.
10:00 a.m.
Retired builder transforms tools into insect art- September 9, 2012
- Leroy Mize,a retired builder, began making grasshopper figures out of a pipe wrench and nails after seeing one at a gasoline station during a vacation in Wichita.
2:00 p.m.
And the winner is … Diamond Dixon, Thomas Robinson take top honors- September 9, 2012
- Thomas Robinson, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, and Diamond Dixon, U.S. Olympic gold-medal winner in the 4x400 relay last month in London, claimed Kansas University men’s and women’s 2011-12 athletes of the year during Sunday’s Rock Chalk Choice Awards at Lied Center.
All stories
- Board approves report on bond issue
- September 10, 2012
- The Lawrence school board on Monday approved a plan for pre-election planning relating to its proposed bond issue.
- Proposal restricts industrial development north of town
- September 10, 2012
- Lawrence city commissioners at their meeting today are being asked to approve a new long-range plan that calls for very little new industrial development to happen near the Lawrence Municipal Airport or along the Interstate 70 corridor north of North Lawrence.
- Brownback defends tax cuts as necessary to grow the economy
- September 10, 2012
- Gov. Sam Brownback on Monday told approximately 1,200 people at the Lied Center that population and job growth were his primary goals in signing into law massive tax cuts. “I want to win our league,” Brownback said at the Kansas University School of Business Anderson Chandler Lecture Series.
- Lecompton couple’s hydroponic lettuce growing in popularity
- September 10, 2012
- “With hydroponics, if you screw up, you find out real fast. You don’t have any buffer.”
- Head-on crash on Maine Street still under investigation; one driver still in hospital
- September 10, 2012
- Police are still investigating a head-on crash that took place Friday in the 900 block of Maine Street.
- GOP nominee for NE Kansas statehouse seat withdraws
- September 10, 2012
- The Republican nominee for a northeast Kansas seat in the state House has withdrawn after facing questions about whether he still lived in Idaho.
- KU-Northern Illinois kickoff set for 2:30 p.m. Sept. 22
- Game to be shown on ESPN3
- September 10, 2012
- Kickoff for the Kansas University football program’s Week 4 game at Northern Illinois on Saturday, Sept. 22, has been scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
- 100 years later, Temperance Union fights on
- September 10, 2012
- Much has changed in the 100 years since The Women’s Christian Temperance Union first set up a booth at the Kansas State Fair, but the organization continues to preach its message that people should never use alcohol, tobacco or drugs.
- Ottawa man jailed in Missouri uses eyeglasses to cut his throat
- September 10, 2012
- Authorities say a northeast Kansas man is dead after using his eyeglasses to cut his throat while jailed in western Missouri.
- Town Talk: Multiyear fight over industrial land near North Lawrence nearing an end; city to use ‘reclaimed water’ from sewage plant to water trees; another high-tech trash truck on the way
- September 10, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County:
- Statehouse Live: Brownback will speak at Lied Center tonight on taxes, economy
- September 10, 2012
- Gov. Sam Brownback will tout his tax cuts as key to economic growth this evening at the Lied Center, and his economic team will hit the road to do the same. Brownback is speaking at 7 p.m. as the Kansas University School of Business 2012 Anderson Chandler Lecture. The event is free and open to the public.
- Offbeat Occupations: Ancient art of blacksmithing still in demand
- September 10, 2012
- Hammers clang and sparks fly. Heat and smoke billow from the furnaces, making the summer weather outside of Walt Hull Ironwork, 802 East 1250 Road, Lawrence, feel almost refreshing. Not everyone would want to spending eight hours a day in such a place. Not everyone is a blacksmith like Walt Hull.
- 25 years ago: Airplane rides available to view crop art
- September 10, 2012
- Members of the public would be charged $7 for a 15 to 20 minute ride over “Sunflower Still Life.”
- 40 years ago: Grant Township cleans up after flooding
- September 10, 2012
- Early figures indicated that up to $100,000 in damage might have been caused.
- Marriages
- September 10, 2012
- Marriage licenses issued in Douglas County District Court the week ending September 7, 2012.
- Teacher honor
- Everyone remembers their kindergarten teacher, and so will the students in Lauren Mitchell’s Kennedy School class.
- September 10, 2012
- It sounds like Lauren Mitchell deserves more than a $250 check.
- Cost control
- The county’s move to control towing rates is a real service for local motorists.
- September 10, 2012
- Thanks to the Douglas County Commission for moving forward on a plan to control the prices charged by towing companies who transport vehicles from an accident scene.
- Pool questions
- September 10, 2012
- I would like to question Mr. Vance’s comments (Public Forum, Sept. 5) that the lack of lifeguards after the start of school is the reason for closing the pool prior to Labor Day.
- Bankruptcies
- September 10, 2012
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection recently in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records.
- Delicious/Nutritious: Cabbage concoctions
- September 10, 2012
- Cabbage can take either center plate or a supporting role at dinner with this month’s recipes.
- Seedy side of London exposed
- September 10, 2012
- Encore imports the 2011 U.K. costume drama miniseries “The Crimson Petal and the White” (7p.m., concludes Tuesday). “Downton Abbey,” it is not. Set in Victorian-era London, “Petal” explores the low places frequented by high society.
- Fix-It Chick: Install a vent pipe flashing
- September 10, 2012
- Most homes have several vent pipes protruding from various spots along the roofline. Some of these are bathroom or sewer vents, while others are for hot water heaters, furnaces or other home appliances.
- Be vigilant
- September 10, 2012
- I hope the thief who stole the bowling shoes that belonged to my son with special needs from Royal Crest Lanes enjoys them as much as he did.
- Walk wisely
- September 10, 2012
- In this time of idolatry, perverted sex, premeditated murder, greed, character assassination, killing of the unborn, political hatred, fiscal irresponsibility, etc. (see II Timothy 3:1-5 for an expanded list); Ephesians. 5:15-16 says, “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.” How do we walk wisely? We do it by following God’s righteous standards and trusting Him even in the worst of situations.
- Today is Suicide Prevention Day
- September 10, 2012
- Dear Annie: Today, people throughout the world will observe World Suicide Prevention Day, an annual event co-sponsored by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
- Horoscope for Sept. 10
- September 10, 2012
- This year success seems to follow you. You finally achieve what you have wanted to for a long time. If you are single, you could see a change in the choices you make. If you are attached, the two of you express a love of entertaining.
- Arming Syria rebels is best U.S. option
- September 10, 2012 in print edition on A8
- I’ve been trying to focus on what the political conventions reveal about future U.S. foreign policy. But I can’t keep my mind off Syria.
- How to help: Help needed for shifts at LINK
- September 10, 2012
- The Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation needs two to four volunteers to help in the kitchen on their designated serving day at LINK, Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen.
- 100 years ago: Skeleton unearthed in park believed to be one of Quantrill’s raiders
- September 10, 2012
- “Old timers are of the opinion that these are the bones of the only one of Quantrell’s men who fell on that awful day of slaughter and carnage.”
- Divorces
- September 10, 2012
- Divorces granted in Douglas County District Court the week ending September 7, 2012.
- Protect computer files: Decide how to back up photos, presentations and more before it’s too late
- September 10, 2012
- When Michael Readinger’s daughter’s laptop died, he thought she had lost everything — years worth of pictures, memories, and schoolwork erased. “It’s like losing stuff in a fire or something,” Readinger said. “It’s just gone.”
- No time to work out? Try 4-minute Tabata
- September 10, 2012
- September should be a perfect month to amp up your fitness routine.
- Double Take: Have 10th-grade son retested for ADD
- September 10, 2012
- Dear Dr. Wes and Katie: My relationship with my 10th-grade son has deteriorated. We can’t communicate, and he will not listen or obey. I don’t know if my pushy behavior is turning him off, but I can’t let up on my expectations.
- Lawrence Laundry: New store generating buzz downtown
- Women seeking professional work wear excited for White House/Black Market
- September 10, 2012
- Earlier this summer, all of my lady friends in their 30s and 40s started overwhelming my Facebook news feed about a new clothing store coming to downtown. Posts expressing unbridled joy at the prospect of the store White House/Black Market opening in the space formerly occupied by House Parts, 714 Mass., flooded my news stream.
- Everyday Life: Growing up with Yom Kippur
- September 10, 2012
- Yom Kippur is the Jewish day of atonement, a day marked by fasting and long hours in the synagogue, the most solemn day of the liturgical calendar. Starting when I was about 8, it became my favorite Jewish holiday.
- River City Jules: Runner’s knee
- September 10, 2012
- I have never considered myself a runner. Most likely this is because I do not run.
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