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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 2012
Page
2
The Journal-World obituary policy instructs calling 832-7151 for running obituaries and notes they run as submitted by funeral homes or the families of the deceased.
Lloyd Harry Jameson, 88, Lawrence, born July 26, 1924 in Billings Montana to Roy and Myrtle Stevenson Jameson, farmed in Vinland Valley until health ended work. Funeral is 10 am Tuesday at Vinland Cemetery. Friends may call Monday noon to 8 pm with 6 to 7 pm family reception at Rumsey Yost. Memorials to Vinland Community Association care of the funeral home. Visit rumsey yost or LJWorld obituaries for guestbook.
Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships, now a single Lawrence event, attracts players from Nebraska Oklahoma and Missouri. Sixty five musicians entered including Tim Daniels of Leavenworth who has played fiddle for 54 years and aims to enjoy performing for an appreciative crowd rather than win.
Sixty five contestants from Missouri Oklahoma Nebraska and Kansas competed in eight categories plus a youth award at the 32nd Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championship. Top honors included Joe Picket Eudora in Miscellaneous Acoustic Instrument and Maggie Vogt Abbey Vogt Erie in Ensemble Folk Singing, with multiple finalists across youth and open fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and guitar events led by Michael Thompson Okla Ken Plummer Augusta Jonah Chilton Leawood and Josh Keegan Lenexa among others.
City planners move to hearings on proposed rules for the Dread area split into five districts with low to high density housing and two historic districts. Commission vote on final regulations expected next year as owners push to avoid downzoning while multistory projects rise.
The Stefflebacks and Bordello owner linked to the October 1897 death of Frank Galbraith, variously described as a miner and peddler. Trials allege theft of belongings and body dumped in a mine shaft. Suspected in earlier deaths and disappearances of two teenage girls recruited to the bordello. Mines pumped, searches made, gold coins rumor未 found. Town aroused. vigilantes reported. Sons Ed and George Steffleback later convicted of first degree murder.
Galena Mayor Dale Oglesby seeks to save the Stefflebach Bordello after life sentences for Nancy Wilson and her son in a notorious murder case. Ghost hunters and residents rally to save or restore the building as city officials consider stabilization and possible condemnation.
Kansas libraries expand cake pan lending as a low cost way to aid celebrations. Great Bend Public Library moved about 100 pans onto shelves, with donations increasing the collection. Sabetha and Coffey County libraries also maintain sizable pans, while patrons can request interlibrary loans if local collections are limited.
The Lawrence Journal-World lists newsroom addresses at 609 and 645 North Hamilton off Ninth Street in Lawrence Kansas and provides phone numbers 843-1000 and 800-578-8748 for story ideas or news contact. It publishes daily from Sixth and New Hampshire, with mail to P O Box 888.
A reader poll shows 78 percent would not change views on Lance Armstrong after title stripping, 17 percent would, and 4 percent are unsure. Another question asks if readers plan to attend KU football opener versus South Dakota State this Saturday. Visit LJWorld.com to vote and see more responses.
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