Fraud victim losses linked to Ponzi scheme in Kansas
Kansas Securities officials say Carland ran Premier Capital as a Ponzi scheme promising up to 20 percent annual returns. Victims included a 90-year-old mother and two daughters in their 70s. Carland admitted poor management and said he is broke but hopes to repay about $1.2 million.
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Carland
Kansas
David Brant
Journal-World
Premier Capital
Premier Company
Lawrence Riverfront Plaza
the Plaza
Martin
Douglas County
Scott Schultz
Commissioner’s Office
Schultz
Homeless pair face hiring barriers in Lawrence
Rusch and Moore say a shelter address blocked job applications at a Lawrence company. The manager later acknowledged misreading policy and offered a second chance. They plan to seek work elsewhere while awaiting housing. City census of homeless residents is complete and Bert Nash Center will receive two federal grants to aid mentally ill homeless residents, announced at 1:30 p.m. today at 200 Maine.
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Rusch
Salvation Army
Moore
Lawrence
Clark
The
Journal-World
Compa
Cindy Nau
Bert
Nash Community Mental Health Center
Maine
Obituary notices across Lawrence area remembered in December 2001
Private services for Judy M. Baldwin 59 of Lawrence and multiple funeral arrangements were listed for residents including Hattie E. Wells Dorothy L. Abel Marguerite L Peggy Barlow Elsie OConnell and Don E Martin with details on birth death survivors and funeral home services in December 2001 at Warren McElwain and Rumsey Yost Funeral Homes. Memorials were requested to charity funds and churches.
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Judy M. Baldwin
Lawrence
Memorial Park Cemetery
Baldwin
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Leo and
Elvin F. (Garner) Ousdahl
Lawrence National Bank
Mercantile Bank
Firstar Bank
Firstar
Ms. Baldwin
Trinity Lutheran Church
Eagles Cancer Fund
Warrenmcelwain. Com
Hattie E. Wells
Warren- McElwain Mortuary
Oak ‘Hill Cemetery
Mrs. Wells
Pooli
Okla
Walter L. and
Rachel (Owens) Donaho
Wells
Dorothy L. Abel
Warren McElwain Mortuary
Abel
Brandon Woods
Marguerite L
Peggy” Barlow
Barlow
Elsie Marie O'Connell
Dyersville
Oak Hill Cemetery
O’connell
Daniel C. O’connell
Washington, D.C
James O'Connell
Mary O’connell
Earlville
Iowa
Sharon Watkins
Phoenix
Robert Hanson O'Connell
Rumsey- Yost Funeral Home
Mid-America Nazarene University
Olathe
Rumsey-Yost.com
County approves salary increase
County commissioners approved a 3 percent cost of living raise for employees along with up to 4 percent merit pay and a 1 percent per year experience increase. Administration staff cited CPI data and neighboring governments as justification for the upgrade. Lawrence and Olathe are among nearby cities raising salaries by about 3 to 6 percent.
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Pam Mad
Adminis
Trative Services
Mad
U.S. Department of Labor
Commission
Labor Department
Lawrence
Olathea
Franklin County
Douglas County backs Caterpillar backhoe over Komatsu by 496
Douglas County commissioners rejected Road Builders Machinery bid of 56940 for a Pub lic Works backhoe and approved Martin Tractor Company at 496 more for a Caterpillar branded machine citing longer track record. They noted Komatsu has been on the market only two years and staff preferred Caterpillar despite higher price. Also appoint McElhaney to Lawrence Public Incentives Review Committee to oversee tax abatement requests with representation from city county and school district and a financial adviser.
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Douglas County
Road Builders Machinery
Public Works Department
Public Works
Martin Tractor Company
Komatsu
Jere McElhaney
McElhaney
Lawrence
New Public Incentives Review Committee
Bob Johnson
Charles Jones
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Mike Belt
Kansas City
Catholic Social Ministry
Assn
Joel Mathis
W.L. Donaho
Ethel Leary
Doug A. Hunsinger
Fraternal Order of Police Children and Widows Fund
Dorothy L. ‘Abel
Marguerite L. Barlow
Frances E. Hadi Kurtz
Paola
Everett
Mary Ellen (Blanton) Martin
Eagles Club
Ottawa
Don’s Propane
Norma Schwerdt
Goodland
Diane Spurling
Cathy Monahan
Mesa
Ariz
Frances E. Hadl Kurtz
Eudora
Warren McElwain
Donald E. Martin
Garnett
Farris- Feuerborn Memorial Chapel
Garnett Cemetery
Anderson
Cleo
Homer Frank
Hrence Humane Society
Stray
Laird Noller
Tribeca
Massachusetts
Wakarusa
Wille & Ayy
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