Canvass Certifies Douglas County Election Results
Douglas County officials certified April municipal results with Ivan Huntoon winning Baldwin City school board seat via 325 write-ins and Tim McNish elected to Lecompton City Council with 31 write-ins. Provisional ballots added 128 votes but did not alter outcomes. Lawrence races saw Riordan gain third at large seat by seven votes, and Baldwin City mayor narrowed to 14 vote margin. Turnout across Douglas reached 13,090 ballots or 16.58 percent. Precinct 45 Langston Hughes School reported 26 percent turnout.
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Ivan Huntoon
Baldwin City
Tim McNish
Lecompton
Douglas County Board of
Board of
Mike Gaughan
Jim Flory
Paula Gilchrist
Lawrence
Riordan
Soden
Douglas County
Marilyn Pearse
Jason Mock
Pearse
Mock
Shawnee Heights
Shawnee County
Gene Edwards
Kevin McGinnis
Jamie Shew
Edwards
Shew
Langston Hughes School
Missionary Feltman to Lead Remote Nepal Health Mission
Nurse Feltman of Lawrence plans to serve for years in Dadeldhara Nepal at a rural medical center. She will implement community health programs, educate villagers about human trafficking, and act as a patient advocate while aiming to reduce exploitation and improve care.
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Feltman
Africa
Nepal
South Asia
Dadeldhara
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Shaun Trenholm
Trenholm
Lawrence
St. Margaret’s Church
Yvonne Routte
Routte
Morgan Banning
Banning
Kim Banning-Bohmann
Grown ups Night Out fundraiser for Nepal mission
Lawrence nurse Karin Feltman hosts Grown ups’ Night Out at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church with international food tasting wine massage and music by The Color 5 to raise funds for a yearlong mission trip to Nepal. Tickets 20 each or 150 for a table of eight childcare available for a donation with more fundraisers planned later.
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Dadeldhura
St. Margaret’s
Feltman
The
Color 5
BlueJacket Crossing Vineyard & Winery
Eudora
Southwest middle uses music video to boost state tests
Southwest Middle School staff produced a music video titled This Is a New Year to motivate students for mandatory state reading and math assessments. Principal Kristen Ryan and teacher Marci Leuschen led the effort, filming during a grading day as students watched peers perform. The video aims to foster pride and belief in students to meet state and federal standards while tests occur between February 13 and May 3. Results will be released in the fall.
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Southwest Middle School
Southwest
Kristen Ryan
Marci Leuschen
Leuschen
Kansas State Department of Education
Lawrence
Julie Boyle
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Landon Gillman
Honduras
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