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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 2013
Page
2
The Journal World obituary policy invites funeral homes or families to submit obituaries and provides a running phone number for information. Obituaries appear as submitted without added editorial content.
Ella Mae Seifert died December 19. She is the mother of Annie Laurie Seifert and sister of Carol Salber. Visitation is at Pohlman Warner Peeler Mortuary in Russell Kansas on Monday December 23, 2013.
Jerry B. Hunter, 67, of Lawrence, died December 17, 2013 in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born April 28, 1946 in Hollandale Mississippi and moved to Lawrence in 1968. He worked 32 years for the City of Lawrence Sanitation, enjoyed drag racing, gardening, fishing and hunting, and is survived by his wife Zenella, two daughters, two sons, seven grandchildren, and one great grandchild on the way. Memorials may go to the American Diabetes Association.
A local funeral home asserts its continued locally owned status amid a trend of out of town corporate ownership. The message emphasizes service to friends and neighbors and commitment to value despite industry consolidation.
Local store managers report a thaw in after Thanksgiving shopping with more customers returning downtown. National figures forecast a 3.9 percent rise in holiday sales, higher discounts, and a surge in gift card demand across Downtown Lawrence venues. Gift cards are selling rapidly at the Downtown Lawrence office and Weaver's Department Store, with widespread use as gifts for employees and relatives.
The High Plains Aquifer system furnishes water for cities, industry, and especially agriculture in western and central Kansas. Center-pivot irrigation transformed farming in 1948, but multi-year droughts have deepened pumping, with experts warning the resource may eventually be exhausted if farming and weather do not change. Peter Hancock reports.
KU economist Donna Ginther leads a project funded by the Kansas Board of Regents to match labor data with Regents graduates to gauge direct economic impact. She notes starting salaries may understate long term value and warns the measure omits factors like race class and gender influencing outcomes.
Lawrence Journal-World highlights staff editors Julie Wright Tom Keegan and Ann Gardner with contact lines for newsroom sports and editorial pages at 645 New Hampshire Street News Center Lawrence Kansas 66044 and phone numbers for reach.
Contact details for The World Company Lawrence include Mike Countryman as director of circulation with phone, Classified advertising contact Susan Cantrell, print and online advertising, and how to reach billing and delivery support. The paper is published daily in Lawrence Kansas with postal and renewal information and postmaster address.
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