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WHERE TO WRITE   (updated November 2004)

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FEDERAL

President George W. Bush
White House, Washington, D.C. 20500 
Phone: (202) 456-1111
PRESIDENT@WHITEHOUSE.GOV

U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback (R)
303 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510 
Phone: (202) 224-6521
sam_brownback@brownback.senate.gov

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R)
302 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510 
Phone: (202) 224-4774 
pat_roberts@roberts.senate.gov
 

U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran (R-1st District)
1519 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2715 
Jerry.Moran@mail.house.gov

U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun (R-2nd District) 
330 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6601 
www.house.gov/ryun

U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore (D-3rd District) 
1727 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2865 
www.house.gov/moore

647 Mass., Suite 212, Lawrence, KS 66044
Phone: 842-9313

U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-4th District)
401 Cannon House Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6216 
www.house.gov/tiahrt

STATE 

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) 
Sate Capitol, Topeka 66612-1590 
Phone: (785) 296-3232 or 1-800-748-4408
governor@state.ks.us

Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh (R)
120 SW 10th Ave., Topeka 66612
Phone: (785) 296-4564 
kssos@kssos.org

Atty. Gen. Phil Kline (R) 
120 SW 10th Ave., Topeka 66612
Phone: (785) 296-221 5
general@ksag.org

Treasurer Lynn Jenkins (R)
900 S.W. Jackson, Topeka 66612
Phone: (785) 296-3171
lynn@treasurer.state.ks.us

Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger (R) 
420 SW Ninth, Topeka 66612
Phone: (785) 296-3071
spraeger@ksinsurance.org

Rep. Barbara Ballard (D-44th District) 
Room 272-W, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 
Phone: Lawrence: (785) 841-0063. Topeka: (785) 296-7650
ballard@house.state.ks.us

Rep. Tom Sloan (R-45th District)
Room 446-N, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 
Phone: Lawrence: (785) 841-1526. Topeka: (785) 296-7677
sloan@house.state.ks.us

Rep. Paul Davis (D-46th District)
Room 284-W, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 
Phone: Lawrence: (785) 749-1942. Topeka: (785) 296-7665.
davis@house.state.ks.us

Rep. Joe Humerickhouse (R-49th District)
Room 175-W, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 
Phone: Ozawkie: (785) 528-3289. Topeka: (785) 296-7641. 
humerickhouse@house.state.ks.us

Rep. Tom Holland (D-10th District)
Room 284-W, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 
Phone: Lawrence:(785) 865-2786. Topeka: (785) 296-7665.
holland@house.state.ks.us

Rep. Roger Toelkes (D-53rd District)
Room 281-W, State Capitol, Topeka 66612
Topeka home: 267-7105  Topeka: (785) 296-7687 
toelkes@house.state.ks.us 

Sen. Mark Buhler (R-2nd District)
Room 136-N, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 
Phone: Lawrence: (785) 841-0481. Topeka: (785) 296-7364. 
buhler@senate.state.ks.us

Sen. Anthony Hensley (D-19th District) 
Room 347-N, State Capitol, Topeka 66612. 
Phone: Topeka home: (785) 232-1944. Topeka: (785) 296-3245. 
hensley@senate.state.ks.us

Sen. Bob Lyon (R-3rd District) 
Room 143-N, State Capitol, Topeka 66612. 
Phone: Winchester: (913) 774-2427. Topeka: (785) 296-7372. 
lyon@senate.state.ks.us

Legislative hotline to leave messages for legislators 
during the session 1-800-432-3924

CITY STAFF  (AREA CODE 785)

Most city staff members can be reached at: 
City Hall, Box 708
6th & Massachusetts, 66044 
cityhall@ci.lawrence.ks.us
(785) 832-3000.

Administration

Mike Wildgen, city manager
4th Floor, City Hall, 832-3400
Home Phone: 843-5441
mwildgen@ci.lawrence.ks.us

David Corliss, asst. city manager;
4th Floor, City Hall, 832-3403 
dcorliss@ci.lawrence.ks.us

Debbie Van Saun, asst. city manager;
4th Floor, City Hall, 832-3402 
dvansaun@city.lawrence.ks.us

Frank Reeb, city clerk/administrative services;
3rd Floor, City Hall, 832-3201 
freeb@ci.lawrence.ks.us

Ed Mullins, finance;
2nd Floor, City Hall, 832-3214 
emullins@ci.lawrence.ks.us

Charles Soules, public works,
Ground Floor, City Hall, 832-3124
csoules@ci.lawrence.ks.us
 

Victor Torres, neighborhood resources, 
Riverfront Plaza, Suite 110,  832-3122
vtorres@ci.lawrence.ks.us

Rehelio Samuel, human relations; 
947 N.H., Suite 200B, 832-3313 
rsamuel@ci.lawrence.ks.us

Ron Hall, information systems;
3rd Floor, City Hall, 832-3320 
rhall@ci.lawrence.ks.us

Fred DeVictor, parks and rec,
947 N.H., Suite 200A, 832-3451 
fdevictor@ci.lawrence.ks.us

Linda Finger, planning director,
1st Floor, City Hall, 832-3154 
lfinger@ci.lawrence.ks.us

Roger Coffey, utilities,
720 W. Third, 832-7812 
rcoffey@ci.lawrence.ks.us

Ron Olin, police chief
police department, 841-7510
111 E. 11th St., 66044

Jim McSwain, fire/med chief,
746 Ky; 832-7600 
jmcswain@ci.lawrence.ks.us

CITY COMMISSION  

Mayor Boog Highberger
1301 Vermont, 66044; 843-0995 (H)
boog@lawrence.ixks.com 

Vice Mayor Mike Amyx
515 Lindley Dr.    66049
843-3089 (H); 842-9425 (W)
mikeamyx515@hotmail.com

Mike Rundle
615 1/2 Indiana, 66044
841-7817 (H); 843-8544 (W)
mike@mikerundle.org 

Sue Hack
1968 Carmel Drive, 66047
Phone: 842-6608 (H)
suehack@sunflower.com

David Schauner
5002 Jeffries Court, 66047; 842-7459 (H)
dschauner@sunflower.com

david.schauner@knea.org

COUNTY  (AREA CODE 785)

County Commission Office
1100 Mass., 66044

Commissioner Bob Johnson
(785) 594-6920 (H)
515E 1550 Road, Baldwin 66006 
rcjphj@aol.com

Commissioner Charles Jones
501 Ohio, 66044; 841-4598 (H) 
cjones@sunflower.com

Commissioner Jere McElhaney
1353 N 1100 Road, 66046; 842-4757 (H) 842-3011 (W)
jmcelhaney@douglas-county.com

Craig Weinaug, county administrator
832-5268 (W) 
weinaug@douglas-county.com

Jamie Shew, county clerk
Phone: 832-5281 (W)
jshew@douglas-county.com

Kay Pesnell, register of deeds 
1104 E 2000 Rd., Eudora, 66025
832-5282 (W); 542-3316 (H) 
kpesnell@douglas-county.com

Pat Wells, treasurer
3301 W. 22nd, 66047
Phone: 832-5275 (W); 843-7864 (H) 
pwells@douglas-county.com

Ken McGovern, sheriff
841-0007 (W)
kmcgovern@dgso.org

Charles Branson, district attorney 
841-0211 (W)
cbranson@douglas-county.com

SCHOOLS   (AREA CODE 785)

District offices
110 McDonald Dr.; 66044-1063
832-5000

Randy Weseman, superintendent 
4800 Normandy Park, 66049 
841-6898 (H)
rweseman@usd497.org

SCHOOL BOARD

Leni Salkind, president
734 Ind., 66044
841-0947 (H)
leni@sunflower.com

Leonard Ortiz, vice president
3032 Yellowstone Drive
832-0728 (H)
lortiz@usd497.org

Rich Minder
1511 R.I., 66044
760-3791(H)
rminder@usd497.org
 

Sue Morgan
5701 Villa Dr., 66047
749-3220 (H)
smorgan@usd497.org

Linda Robinson
1317 Pinehurst Circle, 66049
865-3738 
lrobinso@usd497.org

Austin Turney
1501 Pa., 66044
749-2243 (H) 
aturney@usd497.org
 

Cindy Yulch
4203 W. 12th St.
843-9201 
cyulch@usd497.org
 

HOSPITAL   (AREA CODE 785)

Lawrence Memorial Hospital 
325 Maine, 66044

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Donna Osness, chair
1654 University Dr., 66047
842-4177 (H)

Joe Flannery, vice chair
1316 Raintree Place, 66044
841-2936

Scott Bailey
2239 Mass.  66046
841-0942

Lindy Eakin
1116 Andover, 66044
864-4904

Sheryl Jacobs
2232 Vermont., 66046
841-0762
skjacobs2@aol.com

Judy Keller
1701 Tenn., 66044
841-9939

Dr. Mark Praeger
1112 W. Sixth, 66044
843-2010 (W), 841-3554 (H)

Bob Schulte
3737 Peterson Road, 66049
841-5521

Rev. Verdell Taylor
3105 W. 26th St., 66047
865-1589 
verdell@cpskansas.org 
 

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