Visionary Washington Post photographer Bill Snead remembered
Fellow photographers recall Bill Snead as a world class photographer and writer whose career spanned The Washington Post National Geographic and United Press International. He covered Kurdish refugees in the Balkans and the Vietnam era and earned awards including newspaper photographer of the year in 1992 and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Snead battled hairy cell leukemia since the early 1980s and wrote of his fight in 1990. Funeral services are pending with a full obituary planned in the Journal-World.
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Gary Settle
Snead
Balkans
Washington Post
Ben Bradlee
Albania
Yugoslavia
Romania
Iraq
Turkey
Settle
the Post
Bill Snead
White House
Lawrence High School
Clarkson
Simons
Journal-World
U.S
Lawrence
The
Arlington, Va
Journal- World
Clinton campaign surrogate heads to Kansas town event
Chelsea Clinton will campaign for her mother in Overland Park, appearing from 1:20 to 2:20 p.m. Wednesday at the Hillary for Kansas office on Grant Avenue with doors opening at 12:50 p.m. The Kansas GOP convention part of a larger campaign presence includes U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem and U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse as featured guests at the Overland Park Marriott events.
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Kansas
New Hampshire
Chelsea Clinton
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Overland Park
Hillary For Kansas
Grant Ave
Washington, D.C
Stanford University
Columbia University
State Party
Overland Park Marriott Hotel
Interstate 435
Metcalf Avenue
Clay Barker
South Carolina
U.S
Kristi Noem
South Dakota
Ben Sasse
Nebraska
Garden Incubator transforms city lot into community hub
North Lawrence residents turn an old dump site into a butterfly friendly garden complex with raised beds and improved drainage. The Garden Incubator in John Taylor Park hosts children from Ballard Center, plots for individuals and a micro farm for commercial growing. Seven Common Ground gardens east of Iowa Street share rules set by organizers and donate food to Just Food and pantries. Applications for four sites including Edgewood Park and Holcom Park close today.
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Morley
Aimee Polson
John Taylor Park
Seventh and
Walnut Streets
North Lawrence
Polson
Woodlawn
Kansas University Endowment
Ballard Center
Lawrence Municipal Airport
Perma Commons
Pennsylvania St
Pennsylvania Street
Eileen Horn
Lawrence
Douglas County
Horn
Iowa Street
23Rd Street
Edgewood Park
15Th St
Peterson Park
Kingston Drive
Holcom Park
25Th St
Oak St
Lawrences
Common Ground Gardens and Community Spaces Listed
A set of neighborhood gardens and garden incubators appears with locations across Lawrence. Sites include John Taylor Park at Seventh and Walnut, Perma Commons on Pennsylvania Street, Pearl Clark on Pennsylvania Street, the Lawrence Community Orchard on Garfield, and the Incubator Farm near the Municipal Airport on U.S. Highway 24 40. Additional gardens include Willow Domestic Violence Center on Moodie Road.
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Garden
John Taylor
Seventh
Walnut Streets
Perma Commons
Pennsylvania St
Penn Street
Pearl Clark
Illinois St
Lawrence
Garfield St
U.S. Highway 24
Lawrence Municipal Airport
Willow
Moodie Road
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McGrew
Dana Snead
Mark Snead
Liz
Sam
Emma
Sally Snead
Chad Lawhorn
Clawhorn
Ljworld.com
Isikveren
Kansas University
Wilt Chamberlain
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Beatles
Philadelphia
Oxford University
Marc Mezvinsky
Vermont
Bernie Sanders
Iowa
Clinton
Peter Hancock
Statehouse
Elwyn Jones
Pearson
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