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Remembering our past, remembering our most vulnerable
Hilda Enoch, longtime Lawrence advocate, discusses current social issues
Hilda Enoch discusses housing and social issues in Lawrence. Enoch has been a longtime advocate for improved services to the homeless and a public transit service.
Only in Lawrence: History honorees
Meet the 2011 honorees in the Only in Lawrence "History" category.
John Jepson was project engineer when Clinton Lake and Dam were built back in the 1970s.
What used to be there
Journal-World photographers revisit historic photographs of Lawrence to illustrate the differences — and similarities — between then and now.
Left: The view looking southwest down Massachusetts Street around 1908. Lawrence had five banks, eight newspapers and a population of about 11,135. The 800 block of Massachusetts Street, foreground, was home to Obers Clothing Company, L.F. Conklin's Gunsmithing, Stevenson Book Company, Gustafson's Jewelry, H.C. Wheeler's dental practice and Woodward & Co. Right: The view looking southwest down Massachusetts Street, taken from the roof of Sunflower Outdoor & Bike March 7, 2011.
Longtime advocate Hilda Enoch not afraid to challenge community to show compassion
You don’t serve as the director of the Lawrence Community Shelter and not know Hilda Enoch.
35 years after its construction, Clinton Lake a reservoir of memories for engineer John Jepson
Retired engineer John Jepson stands at the spillway on the northeast end of Clinton Lake and peers out at the river flowing through the dam. Not a bad day’s work, or rather four years worth of work.
Peg Livingood charged with protecting history, sustainability on Kansas University campus
Peg Livingood’s official title at Kansas University’s office of design and construction management is project manager. But she does a lot of stuff, really.
- Archivist Matt Veatch preserving Kansas' past for the future April 29, 2011
- Test your Lawrence knowledge with these pieces of trivia April 29, 2011
- Conflicts commonplace in Kansas long before beginning of Civil War April 29, 2011
- Submit your nominations for 2012 Only in Lawrence honorees April 29, 2011
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