Special aide begins for Dana Wray at Cherry Manor
A nurse started work today at Cherry Manor as a state-hired special aide for Dana Wray a 24 year old quadriplegic living there. The admin Brenda Pomeroy said the nurse will work five hours each morning seven days a week and additional aides will be hired for evenings. SRS had agreed to fund special nursing care so Wray could stay at the home after state lawmakers urged action. Rep Lloyd Buzzi may seek to move Wray to a private residence while keeping state care. A special fund at University State Bank has raised 1297 to support Wray, with SRS clarifying fund usage to avoid jeopardizing state support.
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Cherry Manor
Dana Wray
Lawrence Nursing Home
Brenda Pomeroy
Miss Wray
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
SRS
Lawrence
Lloyd Buzzi
Buzzi
University State Bank
Robert Harder
Lawrence names 13 local lobbyists for 1978 legislative session
Lawrence police veteran Richard R. Rock is among 13 Lawrence residents representing 17 organizations as official lobbyists in Topeka for the 1978 session. Rock replaces former officer Thomas Tschappat amid tightened city guidelines, with plans to outline issues and await city commission approval.
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Lawrence Police Department
Topeka
Richard R. Rock
Lawrence
Rock
Thomas Tschappat
City Commission
FOP
Richard Stanwix
Maj
Darrel Stephens
Stephens
Gas firm eyes safety focused ads for Lawrence utility
Kansas Public Service Co. chief William Salome says ads may shift from conservation to safety, offering tips to detect gas odors and explain equipment upgrades. A decision is expected in a month or two, with no planned rate hike for preventive maintenance. Major safety spending would target replacing aging gas lines, likely financed internally.
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William Salome
Kansas Public Service Co
Salome
Olin Petefish
Lawrence
Alvamar tax review eyed by Douglas County panel
Douglas County commissioners plan a Monday session with the county appraiser to review state data on golf course taxation as they consider adjusting Alvamar Hills Golf Course levies. The panel will judge per acre values from a state survey and decide how to proceed toward a fair tax method.
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Douglas County
Alvamar Hills
Peter Whitenight
Kansas
Alvamar
Whitenight
Darwin Rogers
State Division of
Journal- World
Rogers
Commission
Lawrence
Marnie Argersinger
Arbitration sought over Orr Major water damage repairs
State probing water damage has balked on payment as two other contractors, Trace Nichols Inc and Evans Electrical Construction Co, await arbitration awards over 300000 each. First arbitration session set for February 13 with Department of Administration attorney Darrel McNeil. The associate architect was Marshall and Brown Sidorowicz. Repair costs will be drawn from KUMC operating budget as Regents funds are pledged for year end.
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Department of Administration
Darrel McNeil
Thomas
Tracg Nichols Inc
Lenexa
Evans Electrical Construction Co
Kansas City
Kansas
Marshall and Brown-Sidorowicz Professional Assn
Kan
KUMC
Kansas Board of Regents
Regents
$2 Million Drainage Plan Urged for Lawrence
A local group proposes a $2 million comprehensive drainage plan for Lawrence to reduce flood risk, with $1 million for land and $1 million for storm drainage plus $30,000 for planning. The plan was one of two requests at a public hearing on the 1979 84 capital improvements plan.
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Lawrence
City-County Planning Commission
Douglas County Environmental Improvement Council
DCEIC
Pinckney
Trash tragedy claim targets city over missing items
Lawrence resident Mrs. Sara House filed a $2 450 claim after city trash crew hauled away ten bags containing household furnishings and clothing. The driver believed the black bags held ordinary trash and sent them to the landfill, though rugs were retrieved by the driver. City officials said the incident was a misake and referred the claim to the city attorney for opinion.
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Lawrence
Sara House
Rt. 1
House
Williams
Asante to Speak at KU on Systematic Nationalism
Molefi Kete Asante, chair of SUNY Buffalo's communication dept, will lecture at Kansas University on February 9 at 7 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union. The talk, "Systematic Nationalism and Its Implications for the Black World," is free and sponsored by KU's African studies department. Asante has given lectures and TV appearances nationwide.
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Molefi Kete Asante
Department of Communication
State University of New York-Buffalo
Kansas University
Asante
Kansas Union
African Studies Department
Man Sentenced for Sexual Assaults in Overland Park
Allan F. Jaben a former Overland Park jewelry store manager was sentenced to life in prison for sexual assaults on two women. He pleaded guilty to raping one woman and to aggravated battery and attempted rape in a case involving another. Eligible for parole in 13 years one victim was shot and seriously wounded. crimes occurred in 1974 and 1975.
Transmorphia premieres at KU in William Inge Theatre
KU production Transmorphia opens at 8 tonight and runs nightly through Feb. 11. A seven member cast collaborates with Mary-Kay Harris and Kristin Manley to tell a dream journey through theater dance sequences blending classical and contemporary styles.
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Transmorphia
Kansas University
William Inge
Mary-Kay Harris
Kristin Manley
Ms. Harris
Ms. Manley
Jane Arakawa
Prairie Village
Charles Couch
Lake Oswego
Ore
Dennis Fleming
Overland Park
Fran Ginsberg
Dallas
Connie Ventress
Olathe
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Richard Gwin
Perry Lake
David Chartrand
Tschappat
Kansas Fraternal Order of Police
Stanwix
John Brand Jr
First National Bank
Lawrence Apartments Assn
Ments Assn
Marilyn Bradt
Naismith
League of Women Voters of Kansas
Lance Burr
Iowa
Kansas Association of Realtors
Kansas Credit Union Alliance
Petey Cerf
Sunset
Don Fitzgerald
Quail Creek
Kansas Press Assn
Janet Ferree
West Campus
Kansas Motor Carriers Assn
Jack Landreth
Independent Insurance Agents of Kansas
Ellen Richardson
Stratford
Kansas Children’s Service League
Marvin Umholtz
Kansas Credit Union League
Marian Warriner
Tenn
Dick Wintermore
Woodlawn
KU Alumni Association
KU Department of Housing
National Geographic
Hank Booth
Booth
Kansas State University Population Laboratory
Cades
KSU Lab
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Roger Hedrick
KSU
Hedrick
KU Production
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