Return of adult day care expands families options
Douglas County Senior Services closed its adult day care on Oct 1 2008 due to budget cuts leaving eight families to seek care alternatives. Without the Lawrence program, caregivers faced tough choices like assisted living or nursing homes. Midland Care Connection opened Topeka based care and now North Lawrence will host Midland’s new adult day health program, with Barbara Little named site director.
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Douglas County Senior Services
Lawrence
Barbara Little
Sonja Wood
Tom
Hazel Thomas
Wood
Thomas
Woods
Midland Care Connection Inc
Topeka
Midland Care
Midland
North Lawrence
Heidi Pickerell
Little
Demolition Derby Drivers Rally To Fix Crashing Cars
Lawrence driver Chris Craig towed his silver 1980 Chevy Caprice into a Douglas County Fair Demolition Derby heat then frantically welds and tethers a floor hole to rejoin the action. He built the car in Tangonoxie with teammate Chris Van Anne and Dylan Faulkner riding nearby as spectators watched.
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Chris Craig
Lawrence
Craig
Tonganoxie
Chris van Anne
Dylan Faulkner
Antique tractors run through paces at McLouth Threshing Bee
Antique tractors dating to 1917 descended on the McLouth Threshing Bee grounds for a weekend of threshing, tractor pulls and demonstrations. Events include steam threshing, saw mill reactivation, and new Baker’s fan horsepower test with a tractor teeter totter. Participants say the traditional gathering fosters friendly community involvement and family heritage.
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McLouth
Pam Petree
Mike Moore
Oskaloosa
Moore
World Company sells Sunflower Broadband to Knology
The World Company confirms Sunflower Broadband will be sold to Knology, a Georgia based publicly traded firm with operations across several states. World Company vows Channel 6 news and local reporting will continue and stresses commitment to Lawrence and staff retention amid the sale.
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Knology
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Lawrence
World Company
Channel 6 News
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
South Carolina
Florida
South Dakota
Journal-World
Lawrence Area
Kansas
Colorado
Arizona
6News
the World Co
Google
NASA
the World Company
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Shawn Linenberger
Journal-World Photo
Jim Noll
Nortonville
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