Leavenworth Fair Opens 69th Run At County Grounds
Leavenworth County Fair begins its 69th edition at the fairgrounds with youths guiding livestock to vendors. Dora Banks and husband Leo run a long-time fair booth while Blake Kingsolver, a McLouth student, debuts in bucket-fed calf competition. More than 2,000 daily visitors are expected as activities include a ranch rodeo, free concert, livestock judging, and the Northeast Kansas Honey Queen crowning.
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Tonganoxie
Leavenworth County
Dora Banks
Leo
Bankses
Blake
McLouth
Livewires 4-H Club
Kansas
Lawrence school board approves carpet contract for LHS
Lawrence school board approves an 88,874 dollar contract with Anchor Mann Enterprises of Lenexa to install 3,100 yards of industrial carpet at night at Lawrence High School over about a month. The project supports renovations amid a bond funded program. A separate 1,482,000 dollar contract with Premier Concrete of Topeka covers concrete and framing for Free State High School on Sixth Street near Wakarusa Drive.
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LHS
Lawrence
Anchor/Mann Enterprises
Lenexa
Lawrence High School
Grant Ackerman
Lawrence School Board
Premier
Topeka
Free State High School
Sixth Street
Wakarusa Drive
Lawrence Police recruit class begins 11 officers training
11 recruits start the Lawrence Police Department basic recruit academy led by Lt. Dan Affalter, with a 20 week program focused on ethics, community policing, military etiquette, and professional ism. The class includes 10 men and one woman plus an arson investigator and deputies from nearby agencies. The academy ends December 22 with 12 weeks on street assignments.
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Lawrence
Dan Affalter
Affalter
LPD
Lawrence Fire Department
Anderson County
Obituary notices for Ruth Donner Lonnie Creighton Haas
Obituary notices report Ruth E Donner 86 of Oskaloosa died Aug 7 1995 burial at Pleasant View Cemetery funeral at First Southern Baptist Church with burial at Pleasant View. Survivors include a son, two daughters, a brother and many grandchildren. Lonnie Creighton 66 former Lawrence resident died July 27 1995 in Phoenix. Services held at Phoenix Memorial Park. Survivors include a wife, three children, siblings and four grandchildren. Derald E Haas 69 Lawrence died Aug 8 1995 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Oskaloosa
Ruth E. Donner
First Southern Baptist Church
Paul Reed
Pleasant View Cemetery
Donner
Hickory Point
St. John
Charlie and
Luella Boland Donner
Great Bend
Baxter Springs
Joplin
McLouth
Sunflower Ordnance Plant
DeSoto
Barnett Funeral Home
American Heart Assn
P.O
Phoenix
Alexander Francis
Lonnie” Creighton
Lawrence, Kan
Phoenix Memorial Park
Hays
Kan
Alexander Quinn
Frances Allen Creighton
Fort Hays State University
Kansas University
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
Creighton
Page-Creighton Sinclair
Lawrence
Glenn
Kay Smith
Karla Schmidt
Dodge City
Martha Bethka
Syracuse
N.Y
Iva Fross
Brentwood
Tenn
Donald
Columbia
Keith
Los Gatos
Calif
Robert
Stockton
Karen Creighton
American Cancer Society
P.O. Box
Derald E. Haas
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home
Haas
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
William
Sheriff Officers Guard Douglas County Fair Atmosphere
Sheriff's Lt. Don Schwartz leads about 30 deputies and corrections staff across the Douglas County Free Fair through Saturday with help from Lawrence officers during Family Nights and the demolition derby. Deputies patrol gates, carnival grounds, and lots, noting after dark public unrest as main risk. last year saw about six arrests. Deputy Gary Squires and David Dillon voice pride and connection to the event, with youth participation and 4-H FFA activities highlighted.
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Douglas County
Schwartz
Lawrence
Audit on KUMC faces Sept final report at public meeting
A draft audit will be sent Sept 8 to Kansas University Medical Center with responses due before a Sept 26 final report at a legislative committee public meeting. Tangier notes wide cooperation, interviews and document reviews, and heightened interest for a 20 year medical center operation review including the 1984 transplant program.
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KUMC
Legislative Committee
Medical Center
Tangier
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Mike Yoder
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Hutchinson
Olin
Lawrence Police Department
Alexander Creighton
Gary Squires
Squires
David Dillon
Carla Stovall
Accrediting
Jodee
Francis
Assis
Assisi
Rome
LaVerna
Siena
Florence
Felix Petrovsky
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Laird Noller
Mer Frank
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Douglas County Fair Grounds
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