NPR chief helps KU radio station in Kansas visit
NPR chief Delano Lewis, longtime head of NPR since 1994, rallied listeners at KANU to support public radio, noting federal funding remains at risk though avoided this year. He highlighted listener and private donations, praised member stations, and recalled his Kansas ties after speaking at KU’s Black Faculty and Staff Council Scholarship Banquet.
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National Public Radio
Delano Lewis
Capitol Hill
NPR
Congress
Bosnia
Lewis
Easy Street
Sible
KANU
Kansas
Kansas University
Washa University
Delano E. Lewis
Kansas Union
Seem-To-Be Just-So-Stones Bring Kipling To Life At Arts Center
The Seem-To-Be Players stage three Kipling tales How the Camel Got His Hump The Cat Who Walked by Himself and The Elephant's Child with songs and sketches by Ric Averill An ensemble cast led by Preston Girard Jerry Mitchell Jennifer Glenn and Kyndra Jones delivers quick changes and varied roles The show tours school auditoriums and libraries and plays today at 1 30 p m and 3 30 p m at the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence Kansas.
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Rudyard Kipling
Ric Averill
Averill
Kipling
Preston Girard
Jerry Mitchell
Jennifer Glenn
Kyndra Jones
Allahabad
Lawrence Arts Center
Ninth
Services for William Rutherford Jr. and Stella Rose
Obituaries note services for William Forrest Rutherford Jr., 70, Lawrence, with Warren-McElwain handling arrangements following his death April 5, 1997. DeSoto cremation and funeral services are planned for Stella M. Rose, 86, with burial in DeSoto Cemetery, and survivors include a son Marvin, daughters Karen Russell and Marjorie Ireland, nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Additional notices list Florence Crist, 94, Lawrence, with services Monday at Old German Baptist Church near Westphalia and burial at Bethel Cemetery, and memorials suggested to DeSoto United Methodist Church or Eudora Nursing Center.
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William Forrest Rutherford Jr
Lawrence
Rutherford
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
DeSoto
Stella M. Rose
DeSoto United Methodist Church
DeSoto Cemetery
Bruce Funeral Home
Gardner
Eudora Nursing Center
S. Center
Gardner KS
Westphalia
Florence Crist
Old German Baptist Church
Bethel Cemetery
Crist
Sterling Heights Nursing Home
Kansas
Anderson County
Roy Crist
Centropolis
Pearl Flory
Ohio
Raymond Edgecomb
California
George Edgecomb
John Edgecomb
Harris
Paul Edgecomb
Indiana
Farris- Feuerborn Memorial Chapel
Garnett
Veterans honor Vietnamese dead through reconciliation program
Donlon, a retired colonel, reflects on training his troops and rebuilding ties with former enemies. He visits a battlefield cemetery, fosters cross cultural healing, and founded the Westmoreland Scholar Foundation to fund scholarships for Vietnamese American students born after the war.
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Donlon
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thu
Westmoreland Scholar Foundation
William Westmoreland
Augustine set to become mayor in Lawrence race
Augustine, a former college basketball player and University National Bank executive, runs on goals to boost city cooperation with Douglas County and the Lawrence school district, tackle recreation, infrastructure, public safety, downtown design, and youth issues while restoring public trust. She emphasizes a participatory style and plans to engage volunteers and youth councils.
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Augustine
University National Bank
Douglas County
Lawrence
Centennial Park
Bob Moody
City Hall
Moody
Dave
Danielle
Taylor
Folly Theater
Kansas City
Lawrence Town Meeting Addresses Environmental Project
A public town meeting on environmental plans for Lawrence will be at 6:30 p.m. April 22 at Wal-Mart, 3300 Town. Participants include community members state associates and school representatives. Previous efforts near Camp Bromersick and Naismith Creek were highlighted as models.
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Lawrence
Wal-Mart
Camp Bromersick
Naismith Creek
Randy Heavener
KU Law Students Win Native American Moot Court Title
Kansas University law students from Lawrence, Jennifer Hudson and John Monforte, took top honors as KU earned first overall in the national Native American law moot court contest held at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Twenty six teams from nineteen law schools competed.
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Kansas University Law
Jennifer Hudson
John Monforte
Lawrence
U.S
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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