Memorial service for Florence Dru in Lawrence
Florence Dani els Dru known as Danny, 93, died peacefully Sunday. Memorial service December 13 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence. Survived by three children Jon Jane Ann, eight grandchildren, and extended family. Gifts to Ridges Sanctuary or Presbyterian Manor Employee Scholarship Fund. Online condolences at Warren-McElwain.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
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Door County
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Presbyterian Manor
Warrenmcelwain.com
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Kansas responds to tobacco use with grants and warnings
State health officials debate allocations from tobacco settlement funds with advocates urging long term investments in prevention while noting Kansas spends 927 million yearly on tobacco related health care including 196 million for Medicaid. They cite a 5 to 1 return on prevention in ten years and call for higher cigarette taxes and expanded cessation programs.
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Campaign For Tobacco Free Kids
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Kansas
Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Americans For Nonsmokers’ Rights
Cursive and handwriting standards debated as schools weigh time
Steve Bonsignore argues for at least 120 minutes in language arts while balancing handwriting, cursive, and keyboarding. Kansas weighs emphasis on penmanship amid optional cursive in some states. The Kansas State Board meets to decide handwriting standards and new benchmarks for theater and non native English proficiency, with testing plans for 2015 under Common Core. The discussion includes testing options from Smarter Balanced, ACT and SAT, and other ED approved tests.
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Tosa
Lawrence
Department of Education
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Daytona Beach
Fla
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Kansas
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Topeka
U.S. Department of Education
Kansas group to train beekeepers on local pollinator habitat
Kansas Rural Center with a Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund grant will run workshops to train new beekeepers, expand pollinator habitat, and boost access to locally produced honey. Douglas County hosts the effort aiming to counter Colony Collapse Disorder and the Kansas monoculture farming pattern.
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Chip Taylor
Kansas University
Taylor
Julie Mettenburg
Kansas Rural Center
Elizabeth Schultz
Douglas County
Douglas County Research and Extension
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Mettenburg
KRC
Journal World Staff Contact List
The Lawrence Journal World provides contact details for editors Julie Wright Tom Keegan and Ann Gardner at their News Center The numbers 832-6361 832-7147 and 832-7153 are listed with email aliases for jwright tkeegan and agardner providing newsroom access in Kansas City area publication operations
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Julie Wright
Jwright
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Tkeegan
Kansas Univ
Lawrence
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Lawrence Journal-World contact and delivery lines
Contact details for Lawrence Journal World offices and services. Includes circulation director Mike Countryman and advertising contacts Susan Cantrell and Classifieds. Phone numbers for delivery questions and general inquiries, office hours, publisher address, and social media handles.
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Mike Countryman
McOuntryman
Ljworld
Ljworld.com
Susan Cantrell
Scantrell
Jworld.com
List of Local Couple Pairs with Ages and Residences
Multiple pairs listed with names ages and residences in Kansas and nearby states. Entries cover Lawrence Lecompton Eudora Navarre Overland Park Baldwin City and surrounding areas. Includes street addresses and paired names with ages, some from Fort Thompson Conehatta Tifton Ga Blue Springs Mo and Orlando Fla.
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Fort Thompson
Tashia Tenette Williamson
Conehatta
Clayton Douglas Kimmit
Lawrence
Alison Lindsay Rosenblatt
Jayant Arora
Fau Yamini
Seth Alan Morgan
Navarre
Kellie Christine Hollingsworth
Mark Burns
Sandford
Jessica Beth Schwartz
Kansas City
James Warren White
Deborah McCarthy White
Stevi Quinones
Edgar Quinones
Overland Park
Michelle Jo Hack
Robert Wilson Hack
Ava Louise Davis
Douglas Edward Davis
Pomona
Kimberlee Rae Thompson
Justin Wesley Thompson
Blue Springs
Local family funeral home holds its line against corporate winds
The piece contrasts traditional locally owned funeral homes with large out of town corporations. It Maintains that the subject, a locally owned and operated funeral home, continues to serve friends and neighbors with valued service despite industry shifts driven by corporate ownership.
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Lecompton
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Andrew James Foster
Jennifer Michelle Abercrombie
Joseph Lee Edgar
Eudora
Kristen Gaylor
Christopher James McCollister
Carol Marie Rudolph
Paul Robert Crown
Megan Neal Smith
Julian M. Wellberg
Brooklyn
Kayla Ruth Frost
Edwin Clay Wright, Jr
Terry Lynn Cobb
Matthew Kenneth Obrakta
Meighan Kay Davisson
Kevin Michael Krumm
Lisa Kaye Morgan
Elton Wayne
Two Hawks
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Robert Lynn Rankin
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Cass Mikellson Johnson
Tifton
Theresa Marie Mills
Ronald Drake Mills Sr
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Amanda Lynn Grosdidier
Orando
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Jessica Renae Perkins
Kenwood Drive
Denice Machelle
6Th St
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Stephen Donald Batten
Sharon Lynn Batten
Creekwood Drive
Dustin Lee Commons
Mustang Drive
Baldwin City
Jerry Lynn McDavis
Colorado No. 1
Lawrence Karen Sue Redinger
Jasara Circle
Cassidy Quintin Pettie
Crestline Pl
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