Candidates air their views at local forum
Thirteen candidates spoke at a Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds forum sponsored by the Douglas County Property Owner's Assn. About 100 onlookers attended. GOP challenger David Miller attacked Bill Graves on property tax relief while Graves’ stand-in Nelson Kruger called him a consensus-builder. Democrats Tom Sawyer and Cavault pressed tax limits and campaign finance reform respectively. In congressional races, Dan Dana and Dennis Moore debated mediation and balanced budget positions. Snowbarger ally defended his vote. Jim Ryun and Tom Little pitched tax relief and a national sales tax, while local races featured Kubota and Jones on county services. Secretary of state candidate Rezac urged change. Thornburgh touted spending cuts and e-government.
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Douglas County
4-H Fairgrounds
Graves
Lawrence
Nelson Kruger
Tom Sawyer
Todd Covault
U.S. Senate
Sam Brownback
Cavault
Paul Feleciano
Feleciano
Brownback
Dan Dana
Washington
Dennis Moore
Jim Jesse
GOP
Vince Snowbarger
Snowbarger
Kevin Yowell
Yowell
Tom Little
Jim Ryun
Little
Ryun
Matt Vincent
Douglas County Commission
Brian Kubota
Charles Jones
Don Rezac
Kansas
Secretary of State
Ron Thornburgh
Perry okay'd plan to add elementary and middle school
Perry Lecompton district plans expand Perry elementary by adding classrooms for kindergarten through fifth grade and three sections per grade after expansion. A new middle school may be built as enrollment rose from 932 to 1083 in five years. A consultant and advisory committee urged construction to ease overcrowding. 1 000 acres near Lecompton expected for housing could boost growth.
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Murphy
Perry Elementary
Perry
Perry- Lecompton
Williamstown
Kansas State University
Lecompton
Wreck on US 59 leaves two hospitalized in crash
Two men were hospitalized after a two car crash on US 59 in front of a Zarco gas station. Jason Gray, 20, of Baldwin, turned left into the lot and collided nearly head on with a southbound burgundy Chevrolet van driven by Thomas Bevard, 43, of Lola. Gray remained in critical condition at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Bevard was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Troopers cited Gray for failure to yield. Alcohol not suspected. investigation ongoing. A bag of plant matter was reported found in the white car.
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Jason Gray
Baldwin
Gray
Donald Hosking
Overland Park Regional Medical
Thomas Bevard
Lola
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Bevard
LMH
Obituary notices for Petry Medlock Shirk Krause services
Multiple memorial notices for Florence Irene Petry Mary J Medlock Maxine Shirk Melba Krause outline funeral times locations and burial plans across Atchison Lawrence Oskaloosa Burlington and Perry. Survivors include children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Memorials are welcomed to hospitals visiting nurse associations and churches per each obituary.
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Florence Irene Petry
Lawrence
Becker- Dyer-Stanton
Sunset Memory Gardens
Atchison
Petry
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lcon
Albert Militon
Mary Maybelle ‘McCormick Adamson
Ernest Petry
Veron Petry
Blaine
Minn
Alberta Pinnick
Lincoln
Dorothy Raba
Fort Lupton
Colo
Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home
Atchison Hospital
Kansas Ave
Topeka
Baxter Springs
William
Myrtle Lowe
Tonganoxie
Lawrence Country Club
Sirloin Supper Club
Paul Medlock
Rita Higgins
Orankie
Valetta Medlock
Kay Rose
Eudora
Kimberly Faulk
Barnett Funeral Home
Oskaloosa
Douglas County
Hospice Assn
Liberty
Fred W. Shirk
Fred E. Shirk
Judy Mayes
Granite City
Ill
Patricia Shirk
Libby
Mont
Margaret Bookout
Douglas County Heart Fund
Naida Jimenez
Carol Simmons
LaPlata
Gary Krause
Columbia, Mo
Hit and run victim finds probe steady and slow
Gary Boyd bears stainless pins and a metal brace in his left arm five weeks after a Jeep Cherokee turned in front of his motorcycle. Driver Michael Shumway 43 turned himself in the same day prosecutors filed aggravated battery and leaving scene charges. Witnesses saw the Jeep’s driver glance back then speed away. Shumway admitted drinking beer before the crash. Boyd hopes for closure and medical removal within weeks as police investigations, reports, and charges unfold.
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Gary Boyd
Michael Shumway
Douglas County
Douglas County Sheriff’s Department
Shumway
Boyd
Douglas County District Attorney’s Office
Wheels of Justice
Douglas County Dist
Marlon Williams
Williams
Kansas University Medical Center
PSI
Lawrence
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Journal-Woald Writer
David Miller
Bill Graves
Kansans
Mike Dekker
Mdekker
Jworld.com
Richtarn Gwin
Richard Rodewald
Emporia
Douglas County Property Owners Assn
Perry Malls New School
Mike Shields
Mshields
Ijworld.com
Ricuarn Gwin/Journal-Wonto PHoro
U.S. Highway 59
Wreck
Douglas County Fire and Medical
Douglas County Sheriff’s
Kansas Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Alicia Haynes
Fhaynes
Ijwarid.com
Mary J. Medlock
Hubbell Hill Cemetery
Maxine B. Shirk
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Underwood Cemetery
Shirk
Brandon Woods
Elmer and
Sophronia Duncan Taylor
Casa Grande
Ariz
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
United Methodist Church
Casa Grande, Ariz
Lawrence Heights Christian Church
Melba Opal Krause
Burlington
Waverly
Charles M. Keys
Myrtle Dolloff
Frederick L. Krause
Jones Funeral Home
Wilshire Dr
Westside Townhouse
Chris Koger
Ckoger
Iworld.com
Homer Frank
Wrence Humane Society
Heinz Pet Products
Emy Is
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