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Texting while driving remains big concern for victims, police
QUANTRILL’S RAID 150TH ANNIVERSARY
A solemn occasion
By Giles Bruce gbruce@ljworld.com
For a while after the crash, Greer SearsReese would panic every time a piece of silverware fell onto the floor. It’s understandable: A few months earlier, the infant was in the back of a car on a twolane highway outside of Lawrence when it was struck by a teenage driver who was texting on his phone. Her dad, Josh Reese, understands as well. He was behind the wheel that day. The 32-year-old from Lawrence hasn’t looked Please see TEXTING, page 2A
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HERSHEL AND JACQUE STROUD, OF TOPEKA, READ THE NAMES of the people who died in Quantrill’s Raid as people filled South Park on Sunday to celebrate the 150th commemoration of the raid.
150th commemoration of Quantrill’s Raid honors Lawrence’s history, strength By Caitlin Doornbos and Nicole Wentling cvdoornbos@ljworld.com, nwentling@ljworld.com
Hundreds of Lawrencians mingled, celebrated their community and listened to the Lawrence City Band play in South Park Sunday night, much like residents did 150 years ago on August 20,
1863, the night before about 200 men were slaughtered in William Quantrill’s bloody raid on the town. While the gathering was joyous, with upbeat music and free ice cream provided by the city, it also was a somber occasion. Community members came
CAROL VON TERSCH, OF LAWRENCE, listens to the reading of the victims’ names.
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JOSH REESE and his then-5-month-old daughter Greer were victims in a texting-while-driving accident on Kansas Highway 32 in 2010.
The science of belonging might help schools boost fundraising By Ben Unglesbee
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A more cordial group from Mo. comes to town By Giles Bruce
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MIKE TODD AND HIS SON, RYAN, 14, BOTH OF BALDWIN CITY, check out the view at 7th and Massachusetts streets across from the Eldridge Hotel. They were part of a group that boarded a bus on Sunday to come to Lawrence for a tour and a history lesson on Quantrill’s Raid.
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The gang from western Missouri arrived in downtown Lawrence in the morning hours. It was, however, a much different scene than the one that took place here 150 years ago this week. “We are welcoming you with more open arms than the last time a large group came from Missouri,” said Steve Nowak, executive director of
Jordan Bass had some Jayhawk in him long before he came to Kansas University this summer as an assistant professor. Bass shared a love of Kansas basketball with his grandfather. On games days when the team was playing exclusively on Jayhawk TV, Bass would call his grandfather for updates. One year his grandpa sent him a newspaper spread with profiles of all of the team members, which Bass still keeps in a desk drawer. People build attachment Bass and a sense of belonging to colleges for all sorts of reasons, sports certainly among them. Bass, an assistant professor of health, sport and exercise sciences, is conducting research to understand those
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