Free State mural preview highlights Lawrence historyPanels depict Settlement Underground Railroad Quantrill raid
Open house at the Lawrence Riverfront outlets showcased a three panel mural in progress, led by Tolly Wildcat and students. About 30 attendees including parents and school board members viewed life sized drawings and over 100 historical figures. Panels measure 12 feet high and 15 to 22 feet wide and will hang at Free State High School with first display hoped for December or January. The project is funded by the Kansas Arts Commission, the school board and private donations.
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Lawrence
Lawrence School Board
Tolly Wildcat
Wayne Wildcat
Sixth
New Hampshire
Oth
Ers
Quantrill
Free State High School
Overland Dr
Laura Blosser
Free State
Lawrence High School
Toly Wildcat
Kansas Arts Commission
Kerry Altenbernd
James Hilliard
Wayne
Mike Yoder
Journaleworto
Wayne Wikicat
Jeff Morrow
Kansas
Mara Anderson
Kristen Blosser
Lawrence Riverfront
Roberts weighs NATO expansion impact on US interests
U S Senator Pat Roberts questions the wisdom of expanding NATO to include the Czech Republic and Hungary amid Clinton support. He cites cost, alliance dynamics, and Russia relations, plans a Prague speech and Bosnia trips, and says he doubts the 1998 troop withdrawal timeline. He will brief in Budapest on NATO expansion.
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U.S
Pat Roberts
Europe
Kansas Republican
United States
Czech Republic
Hungary
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Roberts
Washington, D.C
Clinton
NATO
Senate
Armed Services and Intelligence
Poland
Prague
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Tuzla
Uglijevik
Fort Riley
Bosnia
Budapest
Memorial, graveside rites for several Kansas figures
Funeral notices for Frances Mildred Billings 85 of Lawrence with graveside service at Crown Hill Coldwater and memorial at First United Methodist Hays. Also Moran and McLouth memorials for Shirley M. Kelly 60 and James M. Newman 36 with burial details, plus Lerner and McLaughlin obituaries and Topeka and Emporia service plans for Verna Lewis Irene Ruskin Elizabeth Berry McLaughlin and others. Continuous list notes survivors and memorial gifts details.
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Frances Mildred Billings
Lawrence
Crown Hill Cemetery
Coldwater
First United Methodist Church
Hays
Presbyterian Manor
Billings
Lawrence Presbyterian Manor
New Eden
Henry Allen
Mary Theodora Cummings
Fort Hays State University
WaKeeney
Ness City
Comanche County
PEO
Delta Kappa Gamma
Fort Hays State University Alumni Assn
Ellis County
Moran
Shirley M. Kelly
Kunkel Funeral Chapel
Plum Grove
Jefferson County
Kelly
Olathe Medical Center
Kansas City
Isaac
Edna Pear
Ussery
Oskaloosa
Kan
John Kelly
Kaw
Shane
Rich
McLouth
James M. Newman
San Antonio
Tex
First Baptist Church of
Leavenworth National Cemetery
Leavenworth
Newman
Frank M
Jean Combs Newman
Super 8 Motel Corp
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
First Baptist Church
Frank
Jean Newman
Garry
Colbert
Wash
Roger
Berryton
William
Fairfield
Calif
Michael
Dennis
Ozankie
Vivian Caldwell
Florence
Ark
Carol Oglesby
Ottawa
Jeanette Osher
Perry
Janice Shade
Brenda Lawson
Fredricktown
Debra Seely
Oklahoma City
Teresa Schimmel
Barnett Funeral Home
P.O
Emporia
Verna Lee Lewis
First Congregational Church
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Olathe
Emporia Srs
Carl Calvert
Winfield
Leslie Ann Lewis
Jones Crabl
Lebo
Elizabeth Berry McLaughlin
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
Forest Hill Cemetery
McLaughlin
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jamestown
N.Y
Kansas University
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Westport Garden Club
Junior League of
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Homer Frank
Garcia
Go Garcia
Wrence Humane Society
Jarrett Small Animal Clinic
Frances Billings
Shirley Kelly
Verna Lewis
Elizabeth McLaughlin
BFK
Rene Ruskin
Topeka
Irene Ruskin
Southminster Presbyterian Church
Oxon Hill
Veda Hill Cemetery
Suitland
Miss Ruskin
Aldersgate Village
Huron
Edward V
Leona O. Ruskin
Osawatomie High School
Ottawa University
District of Columbia
Presbyterian Church
Infarestior
Scott
Bullene
Legionaires BE
Mass
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