Oread Hotel Fire Caused by Oily Rags Combustion
Oily kitchen rags in the laundry room at The Oread caused smoke and a small fire that prompted an 11:30 p.m. response Sunday. Five medical crews attended. damage was about $5,000. Guests evacuated to the lobby but no injuries were reported and guests returned to rooms near 1 a.m. The Dread hotel had just opened the previous day and OU guests were among those staying.
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Oread
Nancy Longhurst
12Th Street
Oread Avenue
Lawrence Dou
Glas County Fire Medical
Longhurst
University of Oklahoma
Mike Houck
Dread
KU to Build 20000-Square-Foot Medical Simulation Center
KU Medical Center plans a new simulation center on the Dykes Library floor at 2100 W 39th Ave in Kansas City Kansas. Donors including Dr Thomas O Farrell and wife Nancy and Dr James Kindscher backed the project, with total initial gifts around 200000 dollars and preparations for high tech mannequins and debriefing facilities.
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Kindscher
Med Center
Dykes Library
Thomas O'Farrell
Nancy
Prairie Village
O'Farrell
KU Hospital
Kansas University Medical Center
39Th Ave
Kansas City
Kan
Nell Lucas
KU Endowment
Nlucas
Kuendowment.org
James Kindscher
Downtown shelter seeks extension amid protest and delay
Local shelter seeks a permit extension as neighbors protest the plan and debate whether to move from the current site. City planners back the extension but require a conditional approval tied to a new site in eastern Lawrence gaining April approval. The current permit expires mid April. The city reporter can be reached at 832 6362.
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Horvath
Compassion
Ber Commission
Lawrence
Chad Lawhorn
Ljworld.com
Memorial service for Charles LaVerne Coleman in Gilbert
Gilbert Arizona funeral service for Charles LaVerne Coleman age 48 will be at 10 a m Saturday at Falconer Funeral Home 251 W Juniper Ave Gilbert followed by a reception at his home Coleman died Tuesday February 16 2010 He was born March 10 1961 in Lawrence Kansas educated at Lawrence High School 1979 and attended Arizona State University He worked as a D and D Specialist at Costco in Phoenix Survivors include son Juston LaVerne Vancouver WA sister Wendi Harden and husband Stanley Lawrence brother Barry Warrenton VA mother Diana Johnson and husband Dale Bajema Vancouver father Charles Coleman and wife Melissa Rio Vista CA and many aunts uncles nephew cousins and friends.
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Gilbert, Ariz
Charles LaVerne Coleman
Gilbert
Falconer Funeral Home
W. Juniper Ave
Coleman
Lawrence
Kan
Lawrence High School
Mr. Coleman
Juston LaVerne
Vancouver
Wash
Wendi Harden
Stanley
Barry
Warrenton
Diana Johnson
Dale Bajema
Charles Coleman
Melissa
Rio Vista
Calif
Funeral set for Thomas W. Peters in Dover
Thomas W. Peters 80 of Seaford will have 10 a.m. Wednesday funeral at Torbert Funeral Chapel Dover with military honors at Sharon Hills Cemetery. He died Feb 18 2010 born Aug 31 1929 in Narberth PA served 21 years in the Air Force then 20 years with Delaware DOT and helped Apollo program at ILC. He owned a baseball card shop with his wife and was active in Church of the Nazarene Seaford. Survivors include wife Helen, daughter Melody, siblings, four stepsons, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Memorials to Delaware Hospice or Seaford Church of the Nazarene. Online condolence at torbertfuneral.com.
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Del
Thomas W
Pete” Peters
Seaford
Torbert
Sharon Hills
Peters
Narberth
Lester Peters
Eleanor Sailor
USS Air Force
Air Force
State of
Delaware
Department of Transportation
ILC
Pete
Helen
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Texas
Church of the Nazarene
Helen M. Peters
Melody C. Peters
Eugene
Joan
Albrightsville
Joan Raymond
Shirley Hough
Don
Berwyn
Patriots Way
Milford
Seaford Church of
Helen Elizabeth Norwood obituary in Lecompton and Lawrence
Helen Elizabeth Norwood 97 of Lawrence died Sunday February 21 2010. Services Friday at Lecompton United Methodist Church with burial at Maple Grove Cemetery Lecompton. She taught in multiple schools and was principal at Schwegler School retiring in 1978. Memorials to Lecompton United Methodist Church Lecompton Historical Society or Douglas County Visiting Nurses.
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Helen Elizabeth Norwood
Lawrence
Lecompton United Methodist Church
Maple Grove
Lecompton
Pioneer Ridge
Wenrich
Robert Moses
Bessie Edith Jackson Norwood
Lecompton High School
Emporia State Teachers College
Kansas University
Jones Rural School
Crowder School
Harper
Pinckney School
Schwegler School
Lane History Museum
Delta Kappa Gamma
Kappa Kappa Iota
National Education Association
Lecompton Methodist Church
Eastern Star
Rebekah Lodge
James Norwood
Cheney
Wash
Mae
Jesse
Ruth
Rachel
George
Bob
John
Roy
Jack
Wesley
Rumsey-Yost
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