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Community Voices October 14, 2024 - 2:55 pm

Tom Harper: Keep City Hall in downtown Lawrence where it belongs (Column)

by Tom Harper

”Our city hall communicates strength and has an aura of permanence … City hall must remain in the heart of our city: downtown,” Tom Harper writes in this column.

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Community Voices October 4, 2024 - 3:49 pm

Tom Harper: Behind the brew – How KANbucha came to be (Column)

by Tom Harper

Elliot Pees, creator of KANbucha, recently gave Tom Harper a tour of his business and allowed him to document the weekly process of making 240 gallons of kombucha.

Community Voices September 17, 2024 - 11:37 am

Shannon Portillo: Save KU’s centers that espouse values, help form leaders (Column)

by Shannon Portillo

”I benefit to this day from the strong networks I was able to build in spaces that students demanded. I hope that KU can continue to have those spaces of learning and connection for the students, staff and faculty there now,” Shannon Portillo writes in this column.

Community Voices September 10, 2024 - 11:15 am

Bert Nash Center: Community Resource Fair to offer food, demos, dozens of agencies (Announcement)

by Jeff Burkhead, Bert Nash

”This will be the third year for the Bert Nash Center’s Community Resource Fair. And this year’s will be the most interactive one yet,” Jeff Burkhead writes in this Org Corner piece from Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center.

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Community Voices September 9, 2024 - 3:39 pm

Tom Harper: Don’t call it ‘flipping’ – Mike Randolph wants to revive old houses, create good homes (Column)

by Tom Harper

”Housing is a fundamental need, and Mike Randolph has been helping address that need in Lawrence for many years,” Tom Harper writes in this column.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Community Voices September 5, 2024 - 8:23 pm

Commissioner Amber Sellers: Participating in general public comment from an alternative location (Column)

by Amber Sellers, Lawrence City Commissioner

”Lawrence is a city built on respect, inclusivity, and a shared commitment to progress. We are better than the behaviors we’ve witnessed in recent months,” City Commissioner Amber Sellers writes in this column.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Community Voices August 22, 2024 - 9:44 am

Max Kautsch: KBI history offers ample reasons for Kansans to scrutinize Marion raid investigation (Column)

by Max Kautsch, Kansas Reflector

”The only reason the public learned what the KBI really knew about … who killed Nick Rice on the streets of Lawrence in 1970 was because those cases’ raw investigative files eventually saw the light of day,” Max Kautsch writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Community Voices August 15, 2024 - 1:26 pm

Tom Harper: A welcome to visitors and new residents of Lawrence, and a PSA for townies (Column)

by Tom Harper

”Finally, information and a warning that turns this reflectional welcome post into a public service announcement … It is a very unsettling experience for both drivers to witness a car driving toward you on a one-way street,” Tom Harper writes in this column/PSA.

Community Voices August 13, 2024 - 1:27 pm

IAFF Local 1596: Lawrence city management’s proposed cuts threaten citizen and firefighter safety (Column)

by Eric Lynch, IAFF Local 1596

”With Lawrence city management now recommending to staff each fire truck in the city with one fewer firefighter every day, the safety of the average citizen and the safety of first responders are now at risk,” Eric Lynch of IAFF Local 1596 writes in this column.

Community Voices August 8, 2024 - 3:14 pm

Shawn Alexander: ‘The Great Debaters’ and the University of Kansas (Column)

by Shawn Alexander

Many people are familiar with the film “The Great Debaters,” starring Denzel Washington as Wiley College’s debate coach. But the film omits KU’s role in Wiley’s rise in the debating world in the 1930s, Shawn Alexander writes in this column.

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