Civil War on the Western Frontier events in Lawrence Datebook
Nightly programs include The Ballad of Black Jack and Dark Command at Lawrence Arts Center and Watkins Museum. Other events span jail fundraiser for March of Dimes, NAACP meeting, Lecompton tour, Little Women Tea, Black Jack battlefield tour, Territorial Dance, and lectures on Lincoln era history. Public meetings include Douglas County Commission and Eudora City Council. Contact numbers provided.
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Black Jack
Lawrence Arts Center
N.H
Watkins Community Museum of History
Mass
Montana
Iowa
Lawrence Public Library
Oread Neighborhood Association
Castle
John Brown
Bleeding
Kansas
Free
Abraham
Mary Lincoln
Lecompton
Territorial Capital Museum
E. Woodson
Wellsville
Hstoric Lecompton
Nah
Brother
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence
Second St
Eudora
Eudora City Hall
Seventh St
Memorial Stadium
Downtown Farmers Market and Civil War Events Across Lawrence
Saturday events include a Boys & Girls Club fund race at Johnny's Tavern with registration at 7 a.m. and race at 8 a.m. at 401 N Second St. plus Children’s Games of the 1860s from 10 a.m. to noon at South Park. Midland Railway marks its 20th anniversary with multiple treks starting 11 a.m. at 1515 W High St Baldwin City followed by a 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. schedule and a lecture on The U S Sanitary.
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Boys & Girls Club of
Lawrence
Johnny's Tavern
N. Second St
Bgclawrence
South Park
West Side
Midland Railway
W. High St
Baldwin City
U.S. Sanitary
Immunization Clinic and Library Storytimes Schedule
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department hosts an immunization clinic with daily and weekly time slots. Lawrence Public Library offers Storytime for all ages on Sunday and Thursday evenings in the Children’s Room. An informational meeting for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County is scheduled for Tuesday at 5 15 p.m and Wednesday at noon at 1525 West Sixth Street Suite 4.
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Lawrence-Douglas County
Maine
Lawrence Public Library
Big Brothers
Big Sisters of
Douglas County
Sixt St
Concrete truck blocks intersection and theft report
A Penny's Concrete Inc truck blocked Sixth Avenue at Massachusetts Street around 5 p.m. Wednesday when its mixer broke from the frame but remained attached. The truck was moved by 5:40 p.m. A Lawrence business reported over $4,000 in equipment stolen at 2819 Harper Street between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, including a concrete saw and drill. An emergency call noted a building fire at 1519 Wedgewood Drive. BiRTHS noted Shawn and Tania Lyles of Lawrence welcomed a girl on Wednesday.
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Penny’s Concrete Inc
Sixth
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Harper St
Salb Construction
Lawrence Douglas County Fire & Medical
Wedgewood Drive
City transfers 250000 from reserve to fund transit
City commissioners on Tuesday night approved moving 250000 from the equipment reserve into the 2008 transit operations budget. A prior report stating 600000 was incorrect. the higher amount would have covered transit costs only if the 0.425 mill levy increase were eliminated. The budget kept the levy, reducing the needed reserve transfer.
Graber dies at 72 in Lawrence. services set
Memorial services for Sarah W Sally Graber 72 of Lawrence will be at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lawrence at 10 a.m. Saturday with an interment at the Trinity Episcopal Columbarium. Graber died Aug 7 2007 at her home born April 17 1935 in Emporia daughter of Gerald and Katherine Waddell she lived in Hutchinson Tempe and Lawrence since 1992. She worked as an administrative assistant for the Kansas Department of Insurance and a Kappa Kappa Gamma housemother at KU and for Tempe Chamber of Commerce. She was a 12 time Prairie Dunes champion golfer and member of PEO AZ and Lawrence Civic Choir. Survivors include two daughters Judy Hendrix and Katie Hazelitt a son Joe Graber two sisters Harriet Hawkins and Marty Smith and five grandchildren Memorials to Kappa Kappa Gamma or Trinity Episcopal Church care of Warren Mack Elwain Mortuary.
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Sarah W
Sally” Graber
Lawrence
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Episcopal Columbarium
Graber
Emporia
Gerald and
Katherine Davis Waddell
Monticello Junior College
Kansas University
Hutchinson
Tempe
Ariz
Kansas Department of Insurance
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Prairie Dunes Country Club
P.E.O
Judy Hendrix
Sewickley
Katie Hazelitt
Joe Graber
Colleyville
Texas
Harriet Hawkins
Thomasville
Marty Smith
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Warrenmcelwain.com
Mary Alice Stubbs Funeral in Tonganoxie
Funeral services for Mary Alice Stubbs 95 will be at Sacred Heart Church in Tonganoxie with burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery. She died August 8 2007 at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas and was a former elementary school teacher of 32 years. She married Fredrick Stubbs who died in 1987. Survivors include two sisters Patricia Powell and Margaret Lenahan. Family visitation 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Quisenberry Funeral Home is in charge.
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Toonganoxie
Mary Alice Stubbs
Tonganoxie
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Stubbs
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Patrick
Mabel McCaffrey Lenahan
Fort Meyers
Fla
Fredrick Stubbs
Patricia Powell
Clinton
Margaret “Peg” Lenahan
Quisenberry Funeral Home
Obituary policy details from The Journal World
The Journal World outlines obituary guidelines for residents and former long term residents with survivors in the circulation area. It directs readers to contact their mortuary for information or call (785) 832-7154 or visit ljworld com obituaries for further details.
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Datebook
P.O
Lawrence
Ljworld.com
The
Journal-World
Saunders services set for Rosetta Saunders in Jefferson City
Grave side rites for Rosetta B. Rose Saunders 83 of Eudora will take place at 11 a.m. Friday at Longview Cemetery in Jefferson City Missouri. Born July 29 1924 in Jefferson City she was the daughter of William Finn and Mary Ellen Bell Finn. She married James Saunders in 1957 who died in 1999. Survived by four sons Robert Loren D Brown James A McDowell Claude LeRoy Saunders. three daughters Mary Robinette Sharon Barton Dorothy Grizzle. 18 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Friends may call 10 a.m. to service time at the cemetery with memorials to a charity of choice.
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Jefferson City
Rosetta B
Rose” Saunders
Eudora
Longview
Robert
Loren D. Brown
New Bloomfield
James A. McDowell
Claude “LeRoy” Saunders
Mary Robinette
Henley
Sharon Barton
Dorothy Grizzle
Lawrence Funeral Chapel
Sumner County Wins Exclusive Casino Franchises After Voter Rejections
Sedgwick County voters rejected a destination casino and track slots, shifting the state’s resort casino opportunity to Sumner County. Economic officials expect four developers to file plans, with proposals due by mid November and possible deadline extensions. Local leaders cite turnpike visibility and open farmland as ideal sites near interchange areas. Provisional ballots may not change the outcome. Wichita Greyhound Park faces closure with 300 jobs at risk. Kansas Lottery plans to relocate 800 slots to Woodlands and 600 to Frontenac, with overall limits on slots and casino operations.
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Sedgwick County
Sumner County
Southcentral
Kansas
Janis Hellard
Sumner County Economic Development Commission
Hellard
Sedgwick
Wichita
Wichita Greyhound Park
Doug Lawrence
Kansas Greyhound Association
Phil Ruffin
Ford County
Wyandotte
Cherokee
Crawford
Sumner
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Lottery
Ed van Petten
Lottery Commission
Woodlands
Frontenac
Commission
the Woodlands
van Petten
Lottery
Kansas Supreme Court
American Gaming Association
Mike Taylor
Wyandotte County
Kansas City, Kan
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LAW Enforcement
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Tania Lyles
Sarah W. Graber
Saunders Services
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Orchard Corners Center
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Ae Club
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