LHS teacher recalls Fulbright Russia trip with enthusiasm
Lawrence High School history teacher Michael Ortmann recounts a summer journey with 15 Kansas educators along the Trans-Siberian Railway. He praises Russian hospitality, notes 80 degree weather and birch forests, and aims to share insights with students to dispel Cold War stereotypes.
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Lawrence High School
Michael Ortmann
Russia
Ortmann
Kansas
McDonald’s
T.G.I
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Moscow
Ulan Ude
Siberia
Lyne Tumlinson
Tumlinson
Kansas University Center For
JL Watson
Retiree Jo Byers Greets Tourists at Lawrence Center
Jo Byers, 72, spends two days weekly volunteering at the Lawrence Visitor Information Center. A former Douglas County Red Cross director for 32 years, she now greets visitors, answers questions, and guides them through brochures maps and area information. She notes the job is about people connecting with others from around the world.
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Douglas County
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Wichita
Byers
Lawrence
Kansas Area
Rhode Island
Virginia
Costa Rica
Israel
Volunteer centers seek help with seniors and software training
The Roger Hill Volunteer Center lists urgent needs including at least three volunteers to assist seniors for 4 to 6 hours weekly, weekends available, and a one time opportunity to install and train staff in Peachtree Accounting software. Calls to Vanessa Vanek 838-8016 or the center at 865-5030 offer details and involvement options.
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Youth United Way
Vanessa Vanek
Peachtree
Roger Hill Volunteer Center
United Way
Douglas County
Inmate charged in 1981 killing of Kansas City motorist
Wyandotte County prosecutors charged James Crume Jr. 39, a state prison inmate, with first degree murder in the 1981 death of James Atkerson on an Interstate 635 entrance ramp. Crume, already serving a life sentence for a separate 1981 murder, faces a case hinging on a witness letter detailing the crime.
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Maxine Hunter
Hunter
Wyandotte
James Crume Jr
James Atkerson
Crume
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Atkerson
General Motors Fairfax
Kenny Allen
Allen
Wyandotte County Dist. Atty
Sherri L. Price
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