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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 2013
Page
2
Information line states obituary submissions run as provided by funeral homes or families and provides a contact number 832 7151 for running obituaries.
Charlene Braley of De Soto Kansas died August 17 at age 77. Funeral services are set for August 21 at 2:00 PM at De Soto United Methodist Church with a 1:00 PM visitation, followed by burial in De Soto Cemetery.
Memorial visitation for Jerry Dean Better will be Thursday from 2 to 4 PM at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home with reflections at 3 PM. Inurnment will follow at Clinton Cemetery. Full obituary available at rumsey-yost.com.
Ida Newman Johnson 98 of Gladstone Missouri died August 17 2013 born February 28 1915 in Clinton County Missouri. She taught in a one room schoolhouse before marrying Charles Johnson March 15 1940 and raised four children. She was active in the Northland Quilters Guild and the Order of the Eastern Star with deep family ties and a love of gardening and cooking. Services include an Order of the Eastern Star service at 630pm August 21 at Hixson Klein Funeral Home Smithville with private graveside on August 22 at Ridgely Cemetery Ridgeley. In lieu of flowers donate to Spay and Neuter Kansas City.
Gordon Lynn Reynolds died August 13 2013 at age. A service September 7 at 3 pm at Clearfield United Methodist Church with visitation followed. Irene Steele 95 of Lawrence died August 17 2013. Memorial service August 31 at Stull United Methodist Church. Memorials to local charities.
Tiffany Jirik, a 16 year old Topeka participant, helps craft an eight by twelve foot quilt. It features Quantrill’s face in dyed fabrics, Bloody Bill Anderson, John Nolan, and a Lawrence memorial to the 14th Kansas Cavalry. The piece highlights enslaved and free Black people linked to the raid, including a scene of Black workers harvesting and a burned baby at the Eldridge hotel. Jackson and historian Carol Bohl frame the work as essential to telling both Black and white border war narratives.
A schedule of events marking Quantrill's Raid includes book signings by Jonathan Earle at the Carnegie Building, a rereenactment on Twitter by the OR1863 project, demonstrations at the Eldridge Hotel and Watkins Museum, talks by Katie Armitage, Judge Louis Carpenter tribute, and related exhibits. Activities span Wednesday through September with venues at KU Spencer Library, Black Jack Battlefield, and Plymouth Church.
The city proposes a rental licensing program requiring owners or resident managers within 40 miles, with a tri yearly inspections sampling 10 percent up to 15 units per property. Major violations trigger additional inspections, fees apply per unit, and licenses can be revoked for severe violations.
Community contact note invites story ideas and delivery questions. It provides several phone lines for readers to call with suggestions or delivery issues, listing multiple numbers for different areas or editions and a general paper contact. The message also mentions emailing and specific lines for reporting delivery problems.
Lottery numbers from Saturday show 18 21 46 54 56 with Powerball 23. Friday’s results are incomplete in the fragment.
The Dow dropped 70.73 points to 15010.74 while the Nasdaq slipped 13.69 to 3589.09 and the S&P 500 rose 9.77 to 1646.06. Treasuries edged up 0.04 to 3.90 percent as corn, soybeans, wheat, oil, gold, silver, platinum shifted in after-hours trading.
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