Summer of Service mobilizes Douglas County youth for 1600 volunteer hours
In Douglas County, 13 nonprofit partners including Willow Domestic Violence Center, Operation Wildlife, Theatre Lawrence, Lawrence Humane Society, and LINK host students through July for service learning. Volunteers gain empathy for poverty, assist Penn House programs, and stock mobile food pantries, contributing about 1600 hours and supporting families with fresh produce and supplies. Local youths Jonathan Lesslie and Izabella Fletcher share positive experiences and friendships formed.
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Douglas County
Willow Domestic Violence Center
Operation Wildlife
Theatre
Lawrence
Lawrence Humane Society
LINK
Kyle Roggenkamp
Penn House
Jonathan Lesslie
Free State
Lesslie
Izabella Fletcher
Roggenkamp
Lawrence native Maxey earns Emmy for Veterans Day TV
Lawrence-born producer and executive Maxey, longtime Lawrence Community Theatre and Centron collaborator, wins an Emmy for the Veterans Day television special The Wounded Warrior Experience. He credits KU arts influence and local groups for shaping a career in visual storytelling and film.
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Lawrence Community Theatre
Lawrence Arts Center
Maxey
LCT
Lawrence High School
Washington, D.C
Yorktel Media Services Division
Washington West
White House
American Veterans Center
Longtime Tonganoxie Doctor Fulfills Wish to Never Retire
Dr Stevens, a Tonganoxie physician since 1950, earned a bachelor’s from Kansas University in 1950 and an MD in 1954, even serving a year in the Army during college. He delivered many babies, built a family with Betty, and said he planned to stay for life, a wish realized when he never retired.
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Kansas University
Bill Howland
Stevens
The
Betty
Connie Torneden
Tonganoxie
Philip D
Hays
New Mexico
Charles
Norway
Matt
Kansas City
Lisa Scheller
Kansas University Endowment Association
Dan
Loralee
Johnson County Community College
Tonganoxie Mirror
On the Record Names and Addresses At Lawrence
Kathleen Margaret Jaramillo of Lawrence and Ashle Vianna Fleming, both residents, are listed with addresses in Lawrence. Michael Richard Braden of Eudora is named along with Joseph Richard Golub and Marylin Lambert Golub, both residents of Lawrence, in the public notice.
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Kathleen Margaret Jaramillo
Sixth St
Apt
Lawrence
Ashle Vianna Fleming
Bob Billings
Michael Richard Braden
Stratton Drive
Eudora
Joseph Richard Golub
Marylin Lambert Golub
Melholland Road
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Free State High School
Fletcher
Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
Dillon Rowland
E. 19Th St
Emmy
Lawrence Maxey
Kansas University School of Music
Centron
Sports Com
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