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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 2015
Page
2
The Journal-World obituary policy states inquiries about running obituaries should be directed to 832-7151. Obituaries are published as submitted by funeral homes or the families of the deceased.
Rupert W. Allen, formerly of Lawrence Kansas and Scottsdale Arizona, died December 26 2014 in Scottsdale at age 64. A celebration of Bob’s life will take place March 7 2015 from 2 30 to 5 30 PM at Lawrence Country Club Lawrence Kansas. Visitors may sign the guestbook at Obituaries LJWorld.com.
Marilyn Rose Jessepe LaCour, 55, of Lawrence, will have services at 7 p.m. Saturday February 7 at Warren McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.
A memorial mass for Randy L. Jones, 57, of Baldwin City will be held at 10 am Monday at Annunciation Catholic Church. Jones died Thursday at LMH hospital. Funeral arrangements are published by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home and Crematory.
City and KU Endowment along with Bliss Sports II disagreed on key payment terms for a project, with the city viewing costs as reimbursable expenses plus a 2 percent fee while partners saw a lump sum. The audit recommends about $1 million final infrastructure payment, and a Monday special meeting will address the interpretations and questions from commissioners.
At a January 13 meeting city commissioners paused a roughly $1 million payment for Rock Chalk Park infrastructure after newly released documents raised questions about project accounting. The audit left several concerns unaddressed, including payments to Bliss Sports via its sister company, and missing formal job ledgers. The dispute centers on development agreement interpretations and who reimburses Bliss Sports II for costs, while EU Endowment and Bliss defend the audit's overall findings.
Friday trading showed major indexes slipping as the Dow fell 81.72 points to 18132.70, the Nasdaq dropped 24.36 to 4963.53, and the S&P 500 edged down 6.24 to 2104.50. Treasury yields rose, crude oil and precious metals moved in narrow ranges with corn, soybeans, and wheat posting small gains amid choppy session.
Meteorologist Kyle Poage warns of 3 to 6 inches of snow in Lawrence from today through Sunday with light accumulations early and heavier amounts in the afternoon and evening. The city’s 40-man snow crew will run two 20-person teams on 12 hour shifts starting at 7:30 this morning, aided by pretreatment to shorten cleanup. Yard waste pickup will be paused this Monday with regular service resuming March 9.
Goal was to raise 1.65 million for education health and self sufficiency programs. Dvorske welcomed Josh Miheson Jennifer Hamer Greg Gardner Jamie Lowe and Sarah Plinsky to the board as donors were honored. Colleen Gregoire said over 5 000 contributed and adjustments were made to budgets due to a shortfall.
Reporter Conrad Swanson can be reached at cswanson ljworld.com or 832-7144.
Lawrence Journal-World publishes daily from Lawrence Kansas with editors Julie Wright Tom Keegan and Ann Gardner. The paper provides delivery and customer service numbers, classifieds contact, and postal information including postmaster address and APM affiliations.
Wednesday Powerball numbers 17 19 21 32 39 with Powerball 8 noted. Friday Mega draw referenced but no numbers provided.
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