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- Americana Music Academy House Concert featuring NU BLU Bluegrass Band -- 05/26/13 at Americana Music Academy 1 comment
- "Why I Left the Republican Party" -- 03/16/13 at Lawrence Arts Center 43 comments
- “Finding The Political Will To Reverse Climate Change” -- 04/25/13 at Woodruff Auditorium 6 comments
- Lawrence pastor seeks to reconnect youth to NAACP May 25, 2013
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- Kobler to lead shift toward 'technology-rich' classrooms May 23, 2013
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- Graduation and 'stepping up' an all-school event at Bishop Seabury May 24, 2013
Senate OKs increased fines for Kansas Highway 10; bill now moves to House
If this family was really trying to improve safety on k-10 they would remove all of those crosses and the sign off the side of the highway. They are a huge distraction to drivers. I would bet that most people who drive by the display take a look or double look-leading to being a distracted.
No amount of laws or changes to laws are going to prevent people from driving high. But taking down those crosses could prevent the next sign looking distracted driving from killing another innocent person.
February 23, 2012 at 1:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Town Talk: Children's fun center coming to downtown; changes at Alvamar Country Club; architects release renderings of new design for 9th and N.H hotel
Didn't they just move a few doors down? I think they moved to where they are actually on Mass St.
February 7, 2012 at 3:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Town Talk: Children's fun center coming to downtown; changes at Alvamar Country Club; architects release renderings of new design for 9th and N.H hotel
If it is anything like the rest of children's public play areas, they won't let you just drop the kids off and leave. They will have to have an adult in the building to supervise the kids in case of an injury/emergency. I don't think this is going to opperate as a drop in babysitting service for your kids(unless they are over 18).
February 7, 2012 at 1:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Family of Cainan Shutt urge passage of bill making K-10 safety corridor
It won't.
February 1, 2012 at 2:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
City sides with residents who say 12th and Haskell Recycling Center violates zoning laws
ZLB plasma!!!
December 14, 2011 at 9:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Food stamp fraud may be costing state $22M a year
Let me guess you must be against WIC too. Since it tells you what items can and cannot be purchased. If you can have one gov't entitlement program that tells you what you can buy and what foods qualify and even the amounts and brand you are allowed to buy, you could very well do a food stamps overhaul that follows the same guidelines.
And as far as a child having an allergy to one food on the list-you would use common sense and purchase another food item on the approved list.
December 1, 2011 at 4:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Food stamp fraud may be costing state $22M a year
Nobody needs to follow anyone around the store...it's called a barcode. If you go to pay with a vision card the items on the purchase that don't qualify are automatically detected by the register(like toilet paper). And when a person would use the vision card to pay it would leave a total of items that aren't accepted to be paid for and would leave a balance that the customer would then be responsible for paying for themselves. The stores would be able to program the registers to accept only approved food items that qualify as healthly to be paid for by the vision card. Just like if you get the wrong item and try to buy it with a WIC check the register automatically tells the cashier that this item doesn't qualify and you have to send the customer to get the correct item.
December 1, 2011 at 3:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Food stamp fraud may be costing state $22M a year
Those were example of food that costs about the same as ramen but is better for you.
If you must know no one in my household is overweight. I also make my own spaghetti sauce with olive oil with tomatoes, onions, and zuchinni grown from my own garden...but I am sure if I posted that as the example I would be informed that those on foodstamps don't have a garden. But just so you know the nutrition info on a jar of store bought sauce only contains 2.5 grams of fat, 10 g of carbs, and 2 g of protein per 1/2 cup serving. So I don't really see where 2.5 grams of fat equates to fatty spaghetti sauce calories. And every other example every item with the exception of the jelly could be bought with a WIC voucher.
December 1, 2011 at 3:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Food stamp fraud may be costing state $22M a year
If they are buying food with food stamps they should be told what they can and can't buy. Everyone knows that eating junk food causes other health problems, and there is a good chance that if a person is on food stamps they or thier children are also on the state medical plan.
Buying junk food is not cheeper. Ramen noodles may cost 15 cents a package, but how many people does that feed? The package says 2 servings but I know people that eat 2 packages at a time. I can buy a box of pasta at walmart for 88 cents and it serves 8. I can buy a can of spaghetti sauce also for 88 cents that also serves 8. A loaf of bread for less then $1 and a frozen pack of vegetable for under $1. So for under $4 I can feed an entire family of 8 an entire dinner. So that's less then 50 cents a serving including vegetables. Likewise I could buy a box of knock of brand cheerios, a gallon of milk and 4 lbs of bananas for under $8 and it would be around 16 servings. Again about 50 cents a serving. I could also make 15 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for under $4 total. Or a batch of split pea and carrot soup that feeds 16 for under $3. I could also buy a dozen eggs, package of cheese, tomatoes, and bread and make egg sandwiches for under $7 and feed 12 people lunch. When you have to make sacrafices you FIND a way.
My problem with people buying that "special treat" is that I don't get that special treat because I have to actually feed my family on a budget. I haven't eaten a steak in the last 5 years, I haven't ordered pizza in over 3 years. I totally have a problem with those recieving gov't assistance eating better then me, who actually pays for their own food with money I earn.
December 1, 2011 at 2:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Social service agencies dispute Douglas County census poverty rates
Just looked up how much a family can recieve in food stamps a month , "An individual living alone can get a maximum of $200 a month. A family of two can get $367; three, $526; four, $668; five, $793; six, $952; seven $1,052; eight $1,202." Now also take into consideration that a family that recieves food stamps with children under 5 is probably also enrolled in WIC (which is about $50 a child a month in benefits) and if the kids are school aged they also probably get free or reduced price lunch. So, If they have school aged children they could recieve $668 a month plus have their kids breakfasts and lunches paid for. So $668 just to pay for dinner and snacks for a family of 5. Now I know why all the families that used vision cards while I worked at Walmart during college as a cashier were eating better then me.
Really?!?!?!?!?
I am able to feed my family of 4 without gov't assistance for less then $400 a month. What could they possibly be buying that could justify them needing that much money in food stamps a month? And we wonder why obesity is a growing epidemic in America.
November 30, 2011 at 12:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )