In-Home CPR Training Offered by Douglas County Ambulance
Douglas County Ambulance Service launches free in-home CPR classes taught by Pat Mayo, DCAS paramedic. About an hour long sessions target families with at risk members, including heart disease, epilepsy, diabetes or sleep apnea. The $40 per class cost is covered by the Jack Ellena family of Lawrence.
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Douglas County Ambulance Service
Pat Mayo
DCAS
Jack Ellena
Lawrence
Mayo
Maine
Ellena Buick
Ellena
Douglas County
Renee Knoerer
Journal-World Photo
Heather Rhodes
Baldwin
At-Home CPR Class Expands District Training Reach
Participants in the DCAS in-home CPR class receive a clear CPR explanation from a certified instructor and can ask questions before an informal practice on special mannequins. They get a attendance card and can sign up via Pat Mayo. DCAS also offers monthly public CPRs at 225 Maine with fees.
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DCAS
Pat Mayo
Lawrence City Budget Hearing Sets 62.5 Million Plan
Lawrence city commissioners will open a public hearing on a proposed 62.5 million dollar budget for next year. The plan funds expanded transit, waterline work, a planner and public information officer, plus downtown parking and Peterson Road reconstruction. commissioners may adjust items after the hearing but cannot raise spending. adoption is planned for August 22.
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Lawrence
Peterson Road
Lawrence council agenda items include bids and approvals
The agenda covers paying SEFCO Inc. 560,098 for a 1.5 million gallon water tank at Clinton Treatment Plant, bidding deadlines August 22 for shower facility at Salvation Army and August 29 for water sewer lines and parking at Youth Sports Inc. park, housing discrimination inquiry by human relations, Westervelt Subdivision plat, parking prohibition on 15th Street, site plans for a convenience store and a Mustard Seed Christian Fellowship office addition, financing Housing Trust Fund for 400,000 in housing aid, and a stop sign removal denial request.
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Sefco Inc
Clinton
Salvation Army
W. Sixth
Mustard Seed Christian Fellowship
Wakarusa Dr
Lawrence
Planning panel weighs rezoning north of Harvard Road
Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission recommends denying a request to rezone land north of Harvard Road near Kasold Drive from multifamily to single family use. The site lies about a quarter mile east of Wakarusa Drive, adjacent to a recently approved 72 apartment project on West Sixth Street. The items have been deferred twice.
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Lawrence- Douglas County
Cordley School gets central air for first day back
Cordley School restores comfort for students with central air in the newer wing and window units for the older areas. Principal Tom Christie calls the upgrade wonderful as the $36.9 million bond issue funds renovations including lighting, refrigerated drinking fountains and kitchen remodeling. The bond covers thirteen other schools with Free State High School receiving the largest share for construction.
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Cordley School
Tom Christie
Cordley
Free State High School
Sixth
Wakarusa Drive
Phelps Cleared In Topeka Anti Gay Protest Case
Reverend Fred Phelps and co-defendant Charles Hockenbarger were found innocent on misdemeanor charges after an 80 minute jury deliberation in Lyon County District Court. The case stemmed from a December 17 incident at a Topeka shopping center during an anti-homosexual demonstration by the Westboro Baptist Church.
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Lyon County
Shawnee
Phelps
Topeka
Jeff Hoobler
Hoobler
Hockenbarger
KC board tabs three finalists for superintendent role
Kansas City Missouri story notes two current and one former superintendents as finalists to lead the district. David Lusk and Shirl Edward Gilbert II are named, with a third candidate reportedly Dr. Henry P. Williams of Little Rock. Walter L. Marks, fired after medical leave and expense questions, previously earned 140000 a year overseeing desegregation.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
David Lusk
Kan
Shirl Edward Gilbert II
Indianapolis
Henry P. Williams
Little Rock
Ark
Walter L. Marks
Florida
Marks
Deaths Naomi Rowe 61 Topeka
Naomi Irene Tabbert Rowe 61 of Topeka died Aug 3 1995 at Stormont Vail Medical Center. Services 10 a.m. Monday Parker Price Mortuary Topeka with burial at West Lawn Memorial Gardens. Survived by husband George T. Rowe daughter Terri Lynn Large stepchildren Judy Connell Kathryn Chamberlain Stanley Rowe sister Berlene Kerley seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Memorials to American Cancer Society.
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Topeka
Naomi Irene Tabbert Rowe
Parker-Price Mortuary
West Lawn Memorial Gardens
Perry
Carl and
Leona Abel Tabbert
Meyers
American Yearbook
Josten’s
George T. Rowe
Terri Lynn Large
Judy Connell
Kathryn Chamberlain
Holton
Stanley D. Rowe
Burlington
Iowa
Berlene Kerley
American Cancer Society
S.W. Arrowhead Rd
Weston man to be laid to rest for Maurice Pryor Richesson
Weston Mo private family burial planned for Maurice Pryor Richesson 83 of Weston who died Aug 3 1995 at Liberty Terrace Care Center Liberty He was born Feb 15 1928 in Gallatin Survivors include his wife Beatrice two sons David Lawrence Kane and Steven Liberty a daughter Susan Miller Weston and eight others
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Weston
Maurice Pryor Richesson
Liberty Terrace
Liberty
Mr. Richesson
Gallatin
Beatrice
David
Lawrence
Kane
Steven
Susan Miller
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Jack Ellena Honda
Jack
City Hall
Massachusetts
Europe
Commonwealth of Independent States
Youth Sports Inc
department of human relations/human resources
Westervelt
Lyon Street
North Eighth Street
15Th Street
Kentucky
Vermont Streets
Kasold Drive
Eighth Street
Caroline Trowbridge
Journal-World
Christie
KC Board
Chloe
Homer Frank
Awrence Humane Society
Jodee
Lawrence, Ks
Free Methodist
New Sunday Worship Times
Free Methodist Church
Lawrence Ave
Naomi Tabbert Rowe
Warren-Meelwain
West
Kansa
Eldridge Hotel
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