Low-tech edition
Friday, Nov. 18, 2005
As New Orleans residents look to the future of the Big Easy, Kansas University architecture students are trying to figure out how to rebuild the devastated city. Professors from Tulane University spoke at a symposium Friday in Woodruff Auditorium about ways KU students can contribute to the rebuilding efforts. Read story.
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005
More than two months following Hurricane Katrina, Lawrence volunteers return from the Gulf Coast region to report. Read story.
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma hit hundreds of miles from Kansas but the aftermath of the storms is affecting Lawrence. Efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast states are causing construction costs to rise nationwide, which could put a damper on the Lawrence school district’s current construction project. Read story.
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005
Students at Langston Hughes School have raised $4,132 for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Read story.
Monday, Oct. 3, 2005
Local businessman Tom Van Holt returns from the Gulf Coast after taking supplies to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. He traveled to the area to help victims from Hurricane Katrina but as it turned out, he ended up helping Hurricane Rita victims as well. Read story.
Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005
The Kids Committed to Kids Organization raised about $2,500 at their garage sale and silent auction Saturday at the Raintree Montessori parking lot. The money will be donated to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Read story.
Friday, Sept. 30, 2005
Two eight-year-olds, who are the founders of the non-profit organization Kids Committed to Kids, will hold a garage sale this weekend to raise money for kids. At first Imalia Gansop and Kiara Clark were raising money for the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization but after Hurricane Katrina struck, the girls decided to give half their earnings to the Red Cross. Read story.
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005
Two employees with Douglas County’s Emergency Management office are home from the Gulf Coast and they return with a whole new perspective on how to deal with disasters. Read story.
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005
Families are picking up the pieces and trying to move on after Hurricane Katrina, but some are still living in shelters depending on the government and the Red Cross for help. Read story.
Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005
A garage sale benefiting Hurricane Katrina was held in a high school parking lot Saturday in Eudora. The Eudora community donated dozens of items in hopes of assisting those involved in the tragedy. Read story.
Friday, Sept. 23, 2005
Three families from Biloxi, Miss., have come to Lawrence in hopes of finding life after Hurricane Katrina. With their homes torn apart and jobs taken away, these hurricane victims are hoping to start all over again. Read story.
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005
The New Orleans family considering a move to Lawrence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina has decided to stay in the Gulf Coast area. The community raised $16,000 to help relocate Ursula and D.J. Markey. Read story.
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005
As Hurricane Rita threatens southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas, local authorities are preparing for the worst. Douglas County Emergency Management authorities say they are prepared to reconvene in case they need to discuss taking on evacuees from the south. Read story.
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005
Volunteers with a local grassroots organization working to help victims of Hurricane Katrina are ready to head out for the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast. Read story.
Monday, Sept. 19, 2005
A group of Lawrence residents who took supplies to Gonzales, La., for Hurricane Katrina pets returned from their trip last weekend. Midge Grinstead, executive director of the Lawrence Humane Society, says her group unloaded truckloads of supplies and helped clean and organize facilities while they were there. Read story.
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