An Evening with John Brown at Lawrence Public Library
A Lawrence datebook roundup lists events including a first person portrayal of abolitionist John Brown at 7 to 8 30 p m and a series of market, festival, and cultural activities across the city. Screenings, tours, and Girl Scout recruitment are among the community offerings with locations on Harvard Road Sixth Street New Hampshire Street and Massac husetts Street plus venues such as Watkins Community Museum and the Great Overland Station.
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Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Bleeding Kansas
Watkins Community Museum of History
Mass
Rita Napier
New Hampshire Street
Quantrill
Watkins Community Museum
Katie Armitage
John Jewell
Great Overland Station
Kansas Ave
Greatoverlandstation
Thomas Goodrich
Lawrence Visitor’s Center
Second St. Lawrence
South Park
12Th
Massachusetts
Kansas
Americana Music Academy
W. 11Th
EMU Theatre
Lawrence Arts Center
N.H
Cat Scratch Theatre
Perry-Lecompton Farmers Market and Creole Cowboys Concert Schedule
Friday events include Perry-Lecompton Farmers Market from 4 p.m. to 6 30 p m at U S Highway 24 and Ferguson Road Perry and Jeffery Broussard and The Creole Cowboys performing free at the Lied Center 1600 Stewart Dr at 7 30 p m Downtown chusetts Street hosts a buskerfest from 5 45 p m to 11 p m details at buskerfest com Friday schedule Am tl.
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U.S. Highway 24
Ferguson Road
Perry
Jeffery Broussard
The
Stewart Dr. Lawrence
Lawrence theft and assault reports highlight minor police notes
A 24-year-old Lawrence man reports the theft of a gray 1990 Toyota Camry from the 19th and Dusdahl streets intersection between 3 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Monday, valued at 2350 dollars. A separate incident notes a 22-year-old man assaulted at a house party on Illinois Street near 1:30 a.m. Monday with nonlife threatening injuries. no suspect is named.
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Illinois Street
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Hadi
Corrections On Trench Collapse Details
A Tuesday brief corrects earlier reports on a rural Douglas County trench collapse. It states Joseph Succi, the injured person, is not an ATC Inc employee.
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Douglas County
Joseph Succi
ATC Inc
Hutchinson finance expert warns of education funding gaps
Hutchinson area officials hear Deputy Commissioner Dale Dennis say Kansas faces another funding shortfall as federal stimulus ends and property values fall. He cites a need for about 400 million dollars in fiscal 2012 to meet court-ordered education funding, amid higher tax revenues and stagnant per-pupil funding. The report notes tax hikes and budget pressures impacting schools and social services.
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Hutchinson
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Dennis
Long life remembered of George Albert Isley Jr
George Albert Isley Jr died August 17 2010 at age 100 born February 8 1910 in Dundee Lake New Jersey to George and Sadie Isley. He worked 42 years for General Electric retiring 1968. Survived by daughter Carol Isley Abrahamson Lawrence Kansas and son George III deceased 2006 wife Carol Jean Isley extended family including 8 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren 3 great great grandchildren. Memorials to Warren-McElwain Mortuary Lawrence Free Methodist Church and International Students Incorporated. Remains willed to KU Medical Center. No formal service planned. interment at Sutton Cemetery to be announced. Condolences online at warrenmcelwain.com.
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Dundee Lake
New Jersey
Sadie Isley
Newark Technical School
General Electric
Dorothy Lillian Curtin
Dorothy
Montclair
Cedar Grove
Ballston Center
Bloomington
Sarasota
Estero
Lawrence
Carol Isley
Dan Abrahamson
George III
Carol Jean Isley
Emily Cates
Rik Abrahamson
Heather Williams
Jennifer Towle
Topeka
Skip Isley
Geoff Isley
Pennsylvania
Meri Coler
Ohio
Colin Cravec
New York
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Free Methodist Church of
England
Norway
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Lawrence Free Methodist Church
International Students Incorporated
Colorado Springs
KU Medical Center
Sutton Cemetery
Warrenmcelwain.com
Deaths: Dr Donald D Goering 1931 2010 Moundridge
Dr. Donald D. Goering 79 of Moundridge died August 18 2010 at the Memorial Home in Moundridge He was born February 13 1931 in McPherson He was a family physician serving Tribune Salina and Coldwater He married Lona Mae Rigg in 1955 and Mary Cross in 1994 Surviving are two daughters a stepson sister and three grandchildren Services set at Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery Salina and Eden Mennonite Church rural Moundridge Memorials to Bethel College for the Donald D Goering Scholarship Fund care of Moundridge Funeral Home
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Donald D. Goering
Moundridge
Roselawn Memorial Park
Salina
Eden Mennonite Church
Goering
McPherson
Jonathan J
Katherina Zerger Goering
Tribune
Coldwater
Lona Mae Rigg
Mary Cross
Donna Goering
Chicago
Debbie Turner
Chris
Lawrence
Jonathan Cross
Sarah Sutherland
Saskatchewan
Canada
Harvey
Gainesville
Fla
Emil
Topeka
Marlo
Wichita
Clyde
Felice
Marjorie Stucky
Marvin
Moundridge Funeral Home
Bethel College
P.O. Box
Memorial service for Winston Hollingsworth II set in Tonganoxie
A memorial service for Winston William Hollingsworth II, 71, of Tonganoxie, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Tonganoxie Christian Church. He died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, at the VA Medical Center in Leavenworth.
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Tonganoxie
Winston William Hollingsworth II
Christian Church
Hollingsworth
VA Medical Center
Leavenworth
Services for Vera Whitaker Pending in Lawrence
Vera Jean Whitaker 93 of Lawrence died Wednesday August 18 2010 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. Services are pending and will be announced by Warren McElwain Mortuary.
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Vera
Jean” Whitaker
Lawrence
Warren McEl
Wain Mortuary
Brandon Woods
Alvamar
Journal-World obituary policy notice
The Journal-World publishes obituaries of residents or former longtime residents within the circulation area. Obituaries for others with survivors in the area are included. Information should be supplied by a mortuary. For more details call (785) 832 7154 or visit www2 ljworld com obits policy.
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Ljworld.com
County OKs nearly 3 mill tax increase in budget vote
Douglas County commissioners approve a 69 million 2.993 mill budget despite resident pleas to cut taxes. The vote keeps funding for economic development heritage and open space, with an amendment by Jim Flory to reduce by 862 thousand failing. The final plan adds about 51.63 dollars yearly to a 150 thousand home, while Flory urged funding via a voter approved sales tax.
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Douglas County
Jim Flory
Flory
Danny Johnson
John Brown
Kerry Altenbernd
Commission
Nancy Thellman
Mike Gaughan
Gaughan
Thellman
Dancer with Tiny Legs set for TLC special on Sunday
Area dancer JoAnne Fluke, born with caudal regression syndrome and limited mobility, stars in TLC’s Dancer with Tiny Legs premiering Sunday at 9 p.m. on Sunflower Broadband. The Kansas native, 34, defies expectations, pursuing professional dance while advocating for disability rights and leading GroovAbility, a Kansas City nonprofit.
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JoAnne Fluke
Fluke
TLC
Sunflower
Africa
Kansas City
Baker
Phi Mu Sorority
Ottawa
Inside Sports
Overland Park
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