The Lawrence School District 497 staff projects that there will be fewer students enrolled for the upcoming school year than the prior year. At Lawrence High School, 1,627 students were enrolled for the first day of classes, excluding extension students.

A column is published evaluating the newly-developed state playoff system for Kansas High School football. This will result in the 1981-82 Lawrence High football team playing their six Sunflower League foes first (five Shawnee Mission schools, plus new league member Leavenworth), then compete for a playoff berth against district opponents Topeka, Topeka West, and Highland Park.

Coach Dick Wedel highlights the upcoming LHS girls tennis season and team makeup.

The Lawrence K-Mart discount store, which was damage in a June 19th tornado, is expected to be open again before Thanksgiving.

To make room for the 1982 cars and trucks, Jim Clark Motors, Inc. has an August Sell-Out going on.

It was reported that soaring housing costs and food prices boosted the nation’s annual inflation rate to 15.2 percent in July of 1981.

The new album “Tattoo You,” by the Rolling Stones, is now hitting record stores.

Back In The Day
August 17 – 23, 1981
Aug 31 – Sept 6, 1981