Lawrence Datebook Highlights Local Events And Cancellations
Updates from www.iworld.com list school closings and event cancellations. Notable items include a noon organ recital at Trinity Lutheran Church with Sharee Thompson, an InterFaith Initiative at City Hall, a Homeless Concerns meeting at the Lawrence Public Library, a canceled Dole Study Group on Presidential Politics, and a 6:35 p.m. City Commission meeting at City Hall. Additional items cover Farmers Market meat nights, Civil Air Patrol at the Kansas National Guard Armory, and NAACP Lawrence Branch gathering at the library.
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Sharee Thompson
Trinity Lutheran Church
N.H
InterFaith Initiative
City Hall Community Development Division
Riverfront Plaza
East Side
Coalition On
Lawrence Public Library
Dole
Joe Hallett
Farmers Market
Lawrence
Wakarusa
W. 31St St
The Snow Queen at Lawrence Arts Center Friday Night
Friday at 7 30 p m the Snow Queen debuts at Lawrence Arts Center 940 North Hillside tickets 17 adults 12 seniors students children contact 843 2787 for details
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Lawrence Arts Center
N.H
Corpus Christi Cookie Walk and Snow Queen Event
Saturday events at Corpus Christi Catholic Church include a cookie walk with Santa’s workshop and games from 9 a.m. to noon and a Santa visit from 10 a.m. to 11 30 a.m. at 6001 Bob Billings Parkway plus a performance of The Snow Queen at 2 p.m.
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Corpus Christi Catholic Church
Santa
Bob Billings Parkway
Lawrence Arts Center
N.H
Festival of Nativities and Orchestra Concert Notice
A Wednesday festival showcases more than 300 Nativity sets from 2 to 4 p.m. at Centenary United Methodist Church 245 N Fourth St with donations accepted. Free State Orchestra Symphony follows at 7:30 p.m. in Free State High School auditorium 4700 Overland Drive. Kanwaka Township Board meets at 7:30 p.m. Kanwaka Township Hall off U S Highway 40.
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Centenary United Methodist Church
N. Fourth St
Free State Orchestra
Free State High School
Overland Drive
Kanwaka
Kanwaka Township
U.S. Highway 40
Datebook items for Lawrence area
The notice lists events including a community blood drive on Thursday at First Christian Church, a Douglas County Commission meeting at the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, and a Lecompton City Council meeting. On Tuesday a DuPont retirees luncheon is planned at King's Buffet. Submit Datebook items to the given address or email.
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First Christian Church
Douglas County Commission
Douglas County Judicial & Law Enforcement Center
E. 11Th St
Lecompton
Lecompton City Hall
Elmore St
DuPont
King's Buffet
W. 23Rd St
Datebook
P.O
Lawrence
Ijworld.com
Immunization clinic and library storytimes highlight week
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department offers flu shots this week at 200 Maine with hours listed for Monday through Friday. Also upcoming events include Big Brothers Big Sisters information night at 1525 W Sixth St Suite A and multiple Storytime sessions at Lawrence Public Library locations, with dates and times across Sunday to Friday.
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Lawrence-Douglas County
Maine
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Douglas County
Sixth St
Suite A
Two crashes send two to hospital on U S 40 and Turnpike
Two Saturday crashes near Lawrence sent two drivers to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with non life threatening injuries. Chrystal Hunter and passenger Ted Faucher were treated and released after a white Honda Odyssey slid on ice and struck a culvert near East 400 Road. A second driver Patricia L Moffet is reported to have overturned a Saab convertible on the Kansas Turnpike near milepost 201.9. she was treated and released. Additional details note a separate I-70 exit collision involving Carl A Forrester and James D Smith, with Carolyn Forrester hospitalized with incapacitating injuries. Fire calls and safety notes follow, including detector activations and a cooking fire, while the Journal World notes it does not print all police reports.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
U.S. Highway 40
Chrystal Hunter
Iola
U.S. 40
East 400
Douglas County
Lawrence
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Patricia L. Moffet
Moffet
Oskaloosa
Chevrolet
Carl A. Forrester
Leavenworth
James D. Smith
Carolyn Forrester
Sumner County weighs factors in casino pick
Wellington residents press for a state owned casino here while Mulvane backers push a location near the turnpike. Commissioners review proposals from Harrah’s MGM and Penn National Marvel Gaming with public hearings slated to endorse a site for Kansas Lottery selection.
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Wellington
Sumner County Commissioners
Mulvane
Penn National Gaming
Marvel Gaming
Harrah’s Entertainment
MGM Mirage
Kansas Turnpike
Sedgwick
Sumner
Ford County
Wyandotte
Cherokee
Crawford County
Sumner County
Kansas Lottery
Vince Wetta
Dwellington
Wetta
Kansas
Harrah’s
MGM
Innovation Group
Oklahoma
Hollywood
Harrah
Missouri
Marvel. Gaming
Penn National
Sedgwick County
River City Weekly features TLC plan for low mood
KU psychology professor Steven Ilardi outlines Therapeutic Lifestyle Change in a six part program to help those with low mood by increasing exercise sunlight sleep omega-3 and reducing isolation and negative thoughts. Daniel Breslauer discusses Hanukkah meaning. River City Weekly hosts Greg Hurd on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 with a detailed air schedule and on demand option.
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Daniel Breslauer
River City
Greg Hurd
Sunflower
Death notice for Charles W. Johns in Lawrence
Memorial services for Charles W. Johns 69 of Lawrence will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church. Cremation is planned. He died Sunday December 9 2007 at home. Born September 2 1938 in Morris Oklahoma he worked as a teacher and later as a labor relations specialist with the Kansas National Education Association retiring in 2004. He is survived by wife Claudette Downs two children and several grandchildren. Memorials suggested to local charities and the Lawrence Humane Society.
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Charles W. Johns
Lawrence
Trinity Episcopal Church
Mr. Johns
Morris, Oklo
Henry and
Velma Brown Johns
Morris High School
Northeastern State University
Tahlequah
Ohlo
Ter
Americana Music Academy of
Claudette Downs
Todd
Carla Swartz
Toluca Lake
Calif
Heather Johns
Michelle Lamp
Eric
Wichita
Teri Lance
Robert Layton
Orlando
Fla
Henry
Wanda
Morris
Okla
Harrison
Caleb
Claudia
Griffin Lamp
Emma Moege
Olivia Layton
Church Fellowship
Lawrence Humane Society
Lawrence Arts Center
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home
Rumsey-Yost.com
Skyler Hayes Price funeral service in Lawrence Kansas
Skyler Hayes Price 19 of Lawrence will be honored at a 2 p.m. Thursday service at First United Methodist Church West Campus in Lawrence. He died December 8 2007 in his KU dorm. He is survived by his parents Jeff and Becky Hayes Price sister Brittany Price grandparents Rev Kirby and Pinky Hayes and Lt Col Robert E and Jean H Price along with many aunts and cousins. Visitation was held 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at 1129 E 1264 Road. Memorials may be made to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County via Rumsey Yost Funeral Home.
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Skyler Hayes Price
Lawrence
First United Methodist Church West
Mr. Price
Kansas University
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Jeff
Becky Hayes Price
Free State High School
Price
Lawrence Country Club
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Katherine “Kit Kat” Jones
Briana Trammel
Kirby
Brittany Price
Arkadelphia
Ark
Pinky Hayes
Baldwin City
Robert E
Jean H. Price
Springfield
Road
Douglas County
Sixth St
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home
Rumsey-Yost.com
Ruth Metzler 94 dies. services in Lawrence, burial at Memorial Park
Ruth Metzler of Lawrence died Dec 8 2007 at Brandon Woods. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Friday at Plymouth Congregational Church with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. She was born Oct 14 1913 in Womelsdorf PA, taught social studies, homemaker, and belonged to PEO Chapter 72 Temola Club University Women and Plymouth Church. Survived by two sons Charles and Thomas, six grandchildren, six great grandchildren. Memorials to Plymouth Congregational Church via Warren McElwain Mortuary.
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Ruth Metzler
Lawrence
Plymouth Congregational Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Metzler
Brandon Woods
Womelsdorf
Charles
Annie Stein Schaeffer
PEO
Temola Club
Obituary guidelines from The Journal-World policy
The Journal World outlines obituary eligibility for residents and former locals with survivors in the circulation area and requires mortuary supplied information. It notes photos are welcome and provides contact details for submission including a phone number and website for obituaries.
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Journal-World
The
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OSE Held and Lawrence Announces Births
Ben Nelson of Lawrence reports a boy born Monday. Rikki Swearengin and Wayne A Martin Jr. of Lawrence announce a girl born Monday.
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Ben Nelson
Lawrence
Rikki Swearengin
Wayne A. Martin Jr
Journal-World Corrections Policy Notice
The Journal-World states it corrects significant errors brought to editors attention. Readers are invited to report errors by calling (785) 832-7154 or emailing news@jworld.com for prompt correction.
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News
Jworld.com
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