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Sunday, November 8While you wouldn't know it by the wonderful weather this weekend...Fall is in full swing and I am ready to settle in and make the most of it. I'm planning my gift lists for friends and family and looking through the deals this week I've got a little head start, there are some deals around town that will help to scratch that prepare for the Holidays itch I've been having...here is a small sample:
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Video: ROTC members honor the fallen
Members of the ROTC program at Kansas University took turns watching over the various war memorials that highlight Memorial Drive. The 24-hour vigil ends at 7 p.m. Saturday. Watch »
Video: Lawrence company aids African animals
A Lawrence company based at Lawrence Municipal Airport is taking apart a plane and shipping it to Kenya to help in animal preservation processes. The plane will travel about 12,000 miles en route to its destination. Watch »
Video: Repo man talks business
Listen as Lawrence "repo man" Bryan Sorenson talks about his business relative to the current economic downturn. Watch »
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- Basketball fundraiser to honor Frederick
- KU students knew former athletic director as teacher
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- Kansas University ROTC cadets fill shifts at memorials
- ‘Pretty forgiving’ weather helps facilitate 24-hour vigil that remembered fallen veterans
- City commission agenda for November 10, 2009
- Annexation of land near Kasold Curve on agenda
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- Toys 4 Tots collected at KU
- November 8, 2009
- Kansas University will conduct a Toys 4 Tots toy drive from Monday through Dec. 11.
- City police welcome 6 graduates after 23-week ‘grueling academy’
- November 7, 2009
- Six new law enforcement officers were officially welcomed Friday night into the Lawrence Police Department during a swearing-in ceremony.
- CritiTech leader has stake in lab building
- November 7, 2009
- New details emerged Friday about a multimillion-dollar city-county proposal designed, in part, to keep a promising pharmaceutical company from leaving Lawrence.
- Honors bestowed on veteran officers
- November 7, 2009
- Three veteran police officers were honored for their service during an award ceremony Friday night in Downtown Lawrence.
- New traffic plan for sand facility proposed
- November 7, 2009
- A Manhattan-based company seeking to build a sand-dredging operation on part of 310 acres north of Lawrence has changed plans for how trucks would access the site.
- Chili feed, craft fair planned on Saturday
- November 6, 2009
- Sunny Valley Education Extension Homemakers Unit will have a chili feed and craft fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today Saturday at Sunny Side School, 1121 Republic Road.
- Public invited to forum on proposal for new homeless shelter on East 23rd Street
- November 6, 2009
- Leaders of the Lawrence Community Shelter will hold a public forum next week to discuss a proposal to build a new shelter in eastern Lawrence.
- Fire Medical leader receives credentials
- November 6, 2009
- The Commission on Professional Credentialing has begun recognizing EMS leaders. Division Chief Bill Stark of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical has successfully completed the process that awards him the professional designation of chief fire officer, or CFO.
- Friends of the Kaw fundraiser next week
- November 6, 2009
- The nonprofit Friends of the Kaw organization will have its annual fundraiser next week in Lenexa.
- City, county asked to consider $2.9 million investment in former Oread Labs building
- City and county mull deal to retain CritiTech
- 12:23 p.m., November 5, 2009 Updated 07:08 p.m.
- City and county commissioners will consider issuing $2.9 million worth of debt as part of an economic development deal designed to keep a promising bioscience company in Lawrence, and to provide the community more space to attract other biotech firms.
- Korto Couture: “Project Runway” designer Korto Momolu brings her everyday chic to Lawrence
- November 5, 2009
- Korto Momolu’s personal background is as vibrant as one of the colorful outfits which nearly won her “Project Runway.”
- Senior Services plan chili, bingo fundraiser
- November 5, 2009
- Douglas County Senior Services, 745 Vt., will be host to its annual Fall Chili Feed and Prize Bingo fundraiser from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
- Accused rapist in Colorado not connected to rapes in Lawrence, Manhattan
- November 4, 2009
- A Colorado man suspected of sexually assaulting more than a dozen women in New Mexico and Texas has been ruled out as a suspect in a series of rapes in Lawrence and Manhattan, Kan., the Kansas attorney general’s office said.
- New, legal, drug has law enforcement concerned — and it’s already on a Lawrence store’s shelves
- Legal substance prevalent in county, health official says
- November 4, 2009
- It’s not marijuana, but some local law enforcement officials say K2 is very similar. It’s a legal, smokable herbal mixture moving across the nation and its already available in Lawrence.
- Public invited to tour library’s new computer lab
- November 4, 2009
- Area residents will soon have a chance to tour the Lawrence Public Library’s new computer lab.
- Second of three public forums on parks and recreation needs set for Thursday night
- 01:50 p.m., November 4, 2009 Updated 04:46 p.m.
- The second of three public hearings to gather input on future parks and recreation needs is set for Thursday.
- Salvation Army annual campaign kicks off Friday
- Salvation Army leaders hope to collect $108,000 in fundraiser
- November 4, 2009
- The familiar ring of Salvation Army bells will sound again Friday as the agency kicks off its annual Christmas Campaign.
- City restores full employee bonus
- November 4, 2009
- Lawrence city commissioners felt good enough about the city’s financial condition Tuesday night to add $130,000 to this year’s budget to provide a boost to a year-end employee bonus program.
- City crews prepare for when the snowflakes start to fall
- November 3, 2009
- For nearly nine hours Tuesday, Tom Orzulak’s crews spread out on 16 familiar routes to traverse Lawrence’s network of 805 lane miles to practice what they’re capable of, responsible for and familiar with: keeping the city’s streets clear of ice and snow.
- City commission agenda for Nov. 3, 2009
- Carnegie Library expansion project considered
- November 3, 2009
- Commissioners will consider a proposal to begin work on building an addition to the former Carnegie Library building at Ninth and Vermont streets.
- Trafficway opponents seek KU roadblock
- November 2, 2009
- If the South Lawrence Trafficway is to be built along an approved alignment through the Baker Wetlands, some of the resulting pavement would need to cross a 20-acre patch of property owned by Kansas University. And a coalition of project opponents is pushing the university to put the brakes on the highway plan, or at least steer the project south of the Wakarusa River.
- City of Lawrence employees in line for higher-than-expected year-end bonus
- November 2, 2009
- Lawrence city employees may receive a special monetary thank you as city commissioners prepare to close the books on a rough 2009.
- South Lawrence neighborhood looks for traffic calming help
- November 2, 2009
- Park Hill representatives are hoping the Lawrence Traffic Safety Commission tonight will approve their request for traffic calming devices to slow traffic in the neighborhood southeast of 23rd and Louisiana streets.
- Setting sales: Realtor, 80, still practices in Lawrence
- November 2, 2009
- After a lifetime of hard work and service, Lawrence real estate agent Harold Marcum, 80, might be tempted to sit back and twiddle his thumbs. But he’s not.
- In-house rivalry: Families cope with dueling alma maters, mascots
- November 2, 2009
- Kansas State University graduates know they’re outnumbered in Lawrence. And for two Wildcats who live here in a “house divided” — with a spouse who graduated from Kansas University and children who cheer for the Jayhawks — home is little comfort.
- The science of writing: KU grad in medicinal chemistry shifts gears to write novel
- November 2, 2009
- A young woman walked along a beach in a dream, and Ann Warner was hooked. Who was she? Where was she going? Warner, a Ph.D. graduate from Kansas University and celebrated scholar, left the ivory tower of academia to find out.
- If the shoe fits: Finding the right kids’ shoes doesn’t have to be difficult
- November 2, 2009
- Finding shoes for children is a grueling process for parents. Kids’ feet grow fast, and often the shoes get worn out well before parents are ready to look for a new pair.
- Eudora student steps in to help marching band
- November 2, 2009
- Kyle Snow marches out onto Laws Field in Eudora on a recent Friday night. He’s not wearing a band uniform. He carries no instrument. He doesn’t make a sound. But the Eudora High School senior may very well be one of the most instrumental members of the marching band.
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