James Preston Girard obituary notices
Graveside services for James Preston Girard 75 Lawrence will be held at 10 am Friday June 12 2020 at Oak Hill Cemetery. He died June 8 2020 at Brandon Woods in Alvamar born July 6 1944 in Tillamook Oregon son of Preston Leroy and Inez Elizabeth Girard he graduated from Wichita East High School and KU later earned a Johns Hopkins Master's He married Barbara Scott on June 1 1966 in Lawrence survivors include his wife son and daughter and five grandchildren buried and memorial details provided by Warren McElwain Mortuary Lawrence Kansas.
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Barbara Gimla Shortridge dies after long dementia struggle
Barbara Joyce Gimla Shortridge died June 6 2020 at a Leawood Kansas dementia care home after a decade of illness. Born January 6 1943 in Janesville Wisconsin to John and Anna Bertha Gimla she pursued cartography at University of Wisconsin Madison and earned an MA and PhD in geography at Kansas. She married James Robert Shortridge in 1967 and led Lawrence parenting groups before returning to academia with an Atlas of American Women for Macmillan and a lecturer role.
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Barbara Shortridge Pioneer in Geography and Food Studies
Barbara Shortridge a Shortridge and director of the cartographic services laboratory at the University of Kansas became a full time assistant professor under a provost initiative. In the 1990s she shifted research from maps to American foodways publishing The Taste of American Place in 1998 and conducting a nationwide regional foods survey. Her Great Plains work appeared in Geographical Review in 2003 and Appalachian work in Journal of Geography in 2005 earning article of the year honors. She balanced motherhood family and professional life with needlepoint travel and EU basketball. Survived by husband James daughters Amy Margaret and Katherine Ellen grandchildren Quinn Robert and Margaret Suzanne. No services planned memorials to Kansas Public Radio.
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Salem
Virginia
Quinn Robert McCarthy
Margaret Suzanne McCarthy
Cody Reid Worden
Edwards
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Blaise Lindsey Worden
Hartford
Connecticut
Kansas Public Radio
Obituary: Marcia Ackerman 67 of Lawrence Kansas dies
Marcia Sue Ackerman died June 6 2020 in Lawrence Kansas aged 67 born August 23 1952 in the San Francisco Bay Area. She taught gifted education for 32 years in Kansas and raised her children Oliver and Laura with husband Daniel Devlin. Services set for June 13 at Sacred Heart Topeka with COVID measures in place.
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Ron Ackerman
Vian
Oklahoma
Sarah Ackerman
Andrew Hale
Olathe
Mary Kate Hale
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Laverta Ackerman
Mary Ackerman
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Freeman Ave
Topeka
Mount Calvary Cemetery
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Mary Ellen Hane Services Pending in Lawrence
Mary Ellen Hane 74 of Lawrence died Monday June 8 at Village Shalom Overland Park. Services are pending at Warren McElwain Mortuary and Funeral Directors.
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City commission approves funding plan with defund police discussion
A five member city commission approved funding changes while some members urged action on mayor Ananda’s proposals to reallocate police funds to mental health and addiction services. Ananda urged decriminalizing certain behaviors, creating a crisis response team, and broad listening sessions as the panel also reviewed jail expansion plans, CIP, and a downtown layout deferment amid the pandemic.
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City Should Rework Sidewalk Repairs and Fees Plan
City commissioners debated sidewalk maintenance methods and a potential sidewalk insurance program allowing homeowners to pay a yearly fee for repairs adjacent to their property. Most favored revising enforcement priorities and exploring revenue options, while preserving strict tax limits. The city will continue with Zone 2 enforcement while studying new repair placement methods for the next cycle.
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Courtney Shipley
Commission
Lawrence Journal-World contact and delivery info
Contact details for Lawrence Journal-World including sports editor Matt Tait and classifieds, with multiple departments and delivery hours. Provides subscriber support numbers and offices in Lawrence Kansas.
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County reports 74 COVID-19 cases in Douglas County
Douglas County confirms 74 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, unchanged from Monday. Of the 74, 69 have recovered, per Lawrence Douglas County Public Health. No COVID-19 patients were in Lawrence hospital on Tuesday.
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Journal-World invites readers to report errors
The Journal-World notes its policy to correct significant errors brought to editors' attention. Readers are urged to contact the newsroom at 832-7154 or email news@ljworld.com to report mistakes.
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