4-H Fashion Revue Show Highlights Local Talent and Script
About 200 attendees watched Douglas County 4-H members perform in the Song of the South themed fashion revue at the Lawrence Helidome. Narrators and models, including Amy Lilyhorn, showcased outfits across three categories Clothes Strategies, Clothing Carousel and Clothing Construction. Winners across junior, intermediate and senior divisions were named, with senior champions advancing to the State Fair Fashion Revue in September.
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Douglas County
4-H’ers
Amy Lilyhorn
Meadowlark 4-H Club
Lawrence Helidome
Stephen Kalb
Vinland Valley
Janell
Heidi Hobbs
McKenzie McElhaney
Kaylee Wempe
Megan Brown
Janell Hoffman
Sally Jennings
Tyler Trowbridge
Brandon Elston
Loren Baldwin
Shawn Barnes
Kenny Kalb
Anne Marie Bireta
Libby Towner
Jill Trowbridge
Brandie Rice
Sharla Shaake
Rice
Marcia McFarlane
Wichita heart transplant boy dies at 11
Jeremiah James, Wichita's youngest heart transplant patient, died Friday after a severe heart rejection. He had lived about 18 months with a new heart received in February 1992 at St Francis Regional Medical Center. He played football and trumpet, made honor roll at Brooks Middle School, and was active in church. His mother Ava lone James mourns the sudden loss.
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Wichita
Jeremiah James
Jeremiah
Brooks Middle School
Avalone James
St. Francis Regional Medical Center
Gays urged to speak out against state resolution
In Emporia activists lead workshops urging gays to oppose a Kansas House backed resolution that would deny protected class status to homosexuals. Organizers say defeat is essential to prevent rights rollbacks. A separate Wichita shooting left 14 year old Albert J. Thomas dead.
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Wichita
Emporia State University
National Organization For Women
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Kansas House
Kansas
Congress
House
Curry
Jack Leon
Albert J. Thomas
Leon
Manhattan facing flood aftermath in Dix Addition
Man hattan residents cope with Blue River flood damage after July 23 overflow. Lon Ostrom and Gary Patterson salvage belongings by boat as about 400 evacuated homes remain unoccupied and Red Cross shelters prepare for potential housing needs. Volunteers continue cleanup and ferry residents to recover valuables from waterlogged homes.
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Manhattan
Lon Ostrom
Casement Avenue
Gary Patterson
Ostrom
Blue River
Dix Addition
Patterson
American Red Cross
Kansas State
Ty Student Union
Manhattan Public Schools
Hunter’s Island
Bruce Montajue
Valley
Neb
Pye
Montajue
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Brad Addington
Mississippi
Trudy Rice
Douglas County Extension Service
Stephen
Equality Kansas
Colorado
Clinton Parkway
Quail Run
Journal-World
Kinko’s
Bond
Kinko
9Th
Vermont
23Rd
Louisiana
23Rd St
Johnson
Smirnoff
Campbell's
Campbell
Massachusetts
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