Death notice for Robert Long of Topeka
Funeral services for Robert Bob Long 78 Topeka will be 10 30 a m Saturday at Davidson Funeral Home Burial will be at Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Centropolis He died Monday January 31 2011 at a Topeka hospital Family will receive friends Friday from noon to 8 p m at the funeral home with a 5 to 7 p m gathering
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Topeka
Robert
Bob” Long
Davidson Funeral Home
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Centropolis
Mr. Long
Kathy Cruse
Michael of
Meriden
Funeral services for Dona Mae Wichman in Eudora
Dona Mae Wichman 77 of Eudora died February 1 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are pending and will be announced by Warren McElwain Mortuary.
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Dona Mae Wichman
Eudora
Warren
James Delbert King obituary in Baldwin City KS
James Delbert King 56 of Baldwin City died January 31 2011 after a long cancer battle. Visitation 4 to 6 p m Friday at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home followed by a Celebration of Life at the Lodge in Baldwin City. Burial at Oakwood Cemetery at a later date. He was born October 28 1954 in Lawrence. Survived by Deborah Shumate ex wife, son Joseph JD and wife Mindy, daughter Kylie, four nieces and a nephew. Memorials suggested to Baldwin City High School Athletics.
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Baldwin City
James Delbert King
Lamb Roberts
Ninth St
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. King
Lawrence
Delbert “Dub
Jeanne Fischer King
Baldwin City High School
Baker University
Kappa Sigma
King
Dale Wiley Automotive
Nascar
Deborah Shumate
Joseph
Mindy
Kylie King
Judy Davidson
Keith
Chris
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
P.O. Box
Lamb-Roberts.com
Services Pending for Lawrence Resident Neil Broky
Neil Broky 70 of Lawrence died Tuesday February 1 2011 at his home. Services are pending and will be announced by Warren McElwain Mortuary.
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Neil Broky
Lawrence
Warren McElwain
Mr. Broky
Arrangements for Alex Hayes Barr in Lawrence
Alex Hayes Barr 22 of Lawrence died Sunday January 30 2011 in Pittsburg Funeral arrangements are announced by Rumsey Yost Funeral Home Lawrence Kansas
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Alex Hayes Barr
Lawrence
Rumsey-Yost
Funeral Home
Barr
Pittsburg
Robert Merritt services pending in Lawrence area
Robert Eugene Merritt 66 of Lawrence died Tuesday February 1 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Services are pending and will be announced by Rumsey Yost Funeral Home.
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Robert Eugene Merritt
Lawrence
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home
Merritt
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Public hearing on Douglas County open space plan 350000 split
The Natural and Cultural Heritage Task Force invites public comments at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Douglas County Courthouse on how to allocate 350000 for conserving natural and cultural resources. The draft recommends 55 percent for major projects, 30 percent for smaller targets, 10 percent for a county inventory, and 5 percent for admin costs with comments due by February 16.
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Douglas County
Mass
Douglas County Commission
Heritageconservationdouglascounty.org
Collin Bielser
Lawrence
Winter storm shuts city with tavern openings persist
Winter storm leaves Lawrence largely quiet as streets stay blocked and residents struggle to reach work or school. Rick Renfro plans to keep Johnny's Tavern open for the game, while Chris Miller coordinates sidewalk plowing at Liberty Hall. Crews began plowing Tuesday after Sunday snow events, focusing on major streets amid ongoing cold, with residential routes postponed.
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Rick Renfro
Johnny
Liberty Hall
Mass
Soules
Brownback signs disaster declaration for Kansas counties
Gov. Sam Brownback signed a disaster declaration activating emergency actions and state resources statewide amid a severe winter storm. Fifty three counties including Douglas are named. the State Emergency Operations Center is on watch with 24 hour staffing. No major accidents reported though some drivers were stuck on hills in Lawrence as Lawrence and Topeka area forecasts warned of 10 to 13 inches of snow and bitter cold through Thursday.
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Franklin County
Kansas City, Mo
Steve Lunger
Ottawa
Lunger
Bob Moews
Topeka
Sam Brownback
Douglas County
Kansas
Lawrence
National Weather Service
Michael Couch
NWS
Residents recall storms as jet stream shifts northward
Lawrence residents discuss harsher winters linked to the North Atlantic oscillation. Roy Cropp recalls 1930s and 1940s winters and driving a bus through 4 foot drifts. Burlingame memories show farmers helping dig out. Dillon recalls a Williamsburg blizzard of the 1920s and a 1940s hardship.
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Knapp
Lawrence
Atlantic Seaboard
Midwest
Roy Cropp
Lawrence High School
Cropp
Burlingame
Dillon
Williamsburg
Drury Place
Driving in snow tips from AAA for safe travel
AAA offers safety pointers for winter driving with ice and heavy snow expected. Check road conditions at ksdot.org and reschedule if possible. Prepare an emergency kit, full gas, charged phone, and clean windows. On the road avoid braking on ice, ease accelerator to regain traction, and increase following distance to 8 to 10 seconds.
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AAA
Kansas Department of Transportation
Ksdot.org
Weather forces city transit to stop early
Inclement weather trimmed service on Tuesday with transit stopping at 4 p.m., four hours before normal. Transit administrator Robert Nugent urged riders to use buses and dress for cold, noting 60 percent ride to work. Service is to resume at 8 a.m. with possible further early shutdowns.
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City Transit
Robert Nugent
Nugent
Lawrence
Jenna Wasylenko
Kansas University
Wasylenko
Lawrences
Lawrence Journal-World staff list and contact lines
A compact staff list with editors and department contacts for the Lawrence Journal World includes Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge and Ann Gardner as editors and Chris Bell as circulation manager. Advertising contacts are Edwin Rothrock and general submission inquiries are directed to ljworld.com or news email. Postal details note postmaster address and USPS and ABC affiliations.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Chris Bell
Cbell
Jworld.com
Edwin Rothrock
Erothrock
Tuesday Poll On Leaving Home And Snow Removal Methods
Readers weighed in on whether they left their residence Tuesday and shared snow removal habits. Snow shovel led with 60 percent, followed by I don’t bother 18 percent, snowblower 12 percent, and I pay someone else 8 percent. Cast votes at LJWorld.com.
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