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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 2015
Page
2
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Mary LouiisE Daniels will be laid to rest with a funeral service at 2 pm on Saturday at McLouth Baptist Church. Visitation is scheduled Friday from 10 am to 4 pm at Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa. Website available at www.barnettfamilysh.com.
Evelyn F Domain is remembered with a service at Corpus Christi Church Mooney Creek on Saturday with visitation Friday 6 to 8 pm and a 6 pm rosary. The Barnett Family Funeral Home site provides details and arrangements.
Jessica Lynn Hayes aged 29 from Lawrence died August 22. A memorial service is set for 7 p.m. Monday August 31, 2015 at Bruce Funeral Home in Gardner. Phone line 913 856 7111 remains available for arrangements.
A federal suit challenges Kobach's proof of citizenship requirement for Kansas voter registration. Theis denied Equality Kansas standing and dismissed the group, while noting potential privacy issues in a dual federal state registration system. The case, filed by the ACLU in 2013 for Aaron Belenky and Scott Jones, proceeds as Kobach defends the policy.
Douglas and Jefferson counties move to fix the public Hamm Landfill access road off Kansas Highway 24 north of Lawrence. The $400,000 project will be funded from the Landfill Road Maintenance Fund, with bids after engineer plans. Construction is expected to start in 2016 after plan development.
Kansas students on average scored higher than the national ACT average for 2015 graduates and a larger share met college readiness benchmarks. About 23,700 Kansas seniors, or 74 percent, took the test, versus 59 percent nationally. the state composite averaged 21.9, with math, reading, English and science near top national ranks.
The Kansas Corporation Commission reports 81 percent of its classified staff chose to exit the civil service system in exchange for a 7.5 percent raise. Of 94 classified employees, 76 opted to leave, with the agency approving raises for all requesting workers. The move follows a spring law shifting new hires and promotions to the unclassified system to increase agency flexibility. Rebecca Proctor of the Kansas Organization of State Employees cites financial need among workers. The KCC has about 200 employees and a 20 million dollar annual budget funded outside the general fund.
A reference section lists staff roles for the Lawrence Journal World including General Manager Scott Stanford Editors Chad Lawhorn Tom Keegan Ann Gardner Kathleen Johnson and contact numbers for news production and classifieds Also notes subscription line and postmaster address for delivery changes
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A brief stock market note notes a minor price shift of four dollars and sixty six cents and references further market details in the USA Today section.
Excerpts from Chad Lawhorn's Town Talk note that city staff may see Stoddard as a strong candidate for Lawrence's next city manager. Her memo outlines transition steps after Jeremy Farmer's resignation amid irregularities and hints insiders may vie, while an outsider possibility grows.
Archaeologists lament ISIS damage to Palmyra first UNESCO site ruin since recent strikes. Stinson notes reliance on propaganda and reports as sources. UNESCO calls the act a war crime. The broader pattern includes Nimrud and Mosul while experts discuss cultural cleansing and future risk.
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