Datebook highlights a busy Lawrence events lineup
Brave combo concert at Lawrence Public Library and multiple youth programs fill the day. Activities include lunch discussions for teens, crafts, a bridge replacement meeting at Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, planning commission session, Internet safety program, and a blood drive at KU Memorial Stadium.
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Immunization clinics and storytimes in Douglas County and Lawrence
This week offers immunization clinics by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department with multiple daily slots at 200 Maine. Big Brothers Big Sisters hosts information sessions at 1525 W Sixth St. The Lawrence Public Library lists toddler and all-ages storytimes at 707 Vermont, including 9:30 and 10:30 am sessions on Tuesday and Friday, plus evening options and family programs.
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Fire and Medical Calls From Monday Reports
Gas leak reported at 704 Forrest Ave at 12 19 p m Alarm system activation at 4931 W Sixth St at 1 25 p m Motor vehicle crash on Kansas 10 Bypass at 2 22 p m Medical transfer from 4851 Harvard Rd at 3 17 p m Passenger vehicle fire at 746 Kentucky Ave at 6 08 p m The Journal World notes it limits police report details including victim names and arrests and only reports burglaries with losses over 1000 unless unusual circumstances
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Births in Leavenworth Lawrence and Eudora
Adam and Jenni Pierson of Leavenworth welcome a girl born Monday. Lucas and Sara Houk of Lawrence greet a girl born Monday. Barry and Megan Watts of Eudora welcome a boy born Tuesday.
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Leavenworth
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Sara Houk
Lawrence
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Megan Watts
Eudora
Corrections to Ashley Hocking’s In the Halls Name
A correction note restates that Ashley Hocking was misspelled in Tuesday’s In the Halls column and fixes the spelling for the record.
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Fort Riley officer Walton dies in Afghanistan blast
Fort Riley officials announce Lt. Col. James J. Walton 41 of Rockville Maryland died of wounds from a Kandahar blast Saturday. Walton was an aviation officer with the 1st Brigade 1st Infantry Division, joined from May 1989, serving since October 2007. Toll of Fort Riley service members in Iraq and Afghanistan stands at 151. Separately, I-35 ramps at Lamar Avenue Johnson County start Friday night 7:30 pm with closures through Monday 5 am for pavement work and lane reductions between Antioch Road and Southwest Boulevard.
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Two Obituaries for Janice Culbertson and Opal Schmidt
Memorial services are planned for Janice J. Culbertson 68 of Lawrence with services at Warren McElwain Mortuary and graveside rites at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died June 23 2008 and is survived by husband Donald and two children along with siblings and four grandchildren. Extended notice notes Opal Mae Schmidt 81 of Lawrence with graveside services at Memorial Park Cemetery and survivors including son Gregory Schmidt and wife Eva, four grandchildren and a great grandchild. Memorials are asked to the American Diabetes Association or American Heart Association via the mortuary.
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Topeka
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Infant twins Samuel and Jacob Rowland funeral
Samuel Howard Rowland and Jacob Lee Rowland, infant twins of Larry Lee and Dr. Kristine Rowland, will lie in state at 4 p.m. Saturday at Warren McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Interment will follow later. Survivors include their parents, paternal grandparents Howard and Erma Rowland of Hutchinson, and maternal grandmother Norma McCune of Minneola. They were preceded in death by maternal grandfather Howard McCune. Memorials may be sent to the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association for the Neonatal Unit or Lawrence Humane Society, in care of the mortuary.
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Hutchinson
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Minneola
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Bechtel rites set at Ascension Overland Park
Mass of Christian Burial for Ted Bechtel 74 Overland Park will be 10 a.m. Friday at Ascension Catholic Church Overland Park with burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery. He died June 23 2008 after a brief illness born November 2 1933 in Topeka survived by wife Marilyn Stowe and three daughters Lynn Kathy and Christie plus five grandchildren. A rosary is at 5 p.m. Thursday at McGilley State Line Chapel. Memorials to Holy Spirit Catholic Church.
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Ted Bechtel
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Lynn Bechtel
Lawrence
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Clathe
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Rural Lawrence resident among judge candidates
A Lawrence woman is among seven candidates for a newly created Second Judicial District judge post. Mary D. Prewitt, Kansas state director for the Humane Society, and others will be interviewed Friday by a nominating panel. two or three names will go to Gov. Sebelius for final selection.
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Celebration of Life for Anna Pauline Robinson in Linwood
A celebration and potluck for Anna Pauline Robinson 93 of Lawrence will be 1 p.m. July 6 at Linwood Community Center. Burial follows at Fairview Cemetery Mildred. Robinson died June 20 in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. born March 4 1915 in Iola. She was a licensed practical nurse at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and later worked at Topeka State Hospital and Leavenworth VA. She was a member of First Christian Church Iola and VFW Auxiliary in Killeen Texas. Survived by daughter Carolyn Henderson son Arley Smith Linwood a daughter Winifred Hutchison Springfield Mo and many relatives. Memorials to Cancer Society of American Nurses Association in care of WarrenMcElwain"}
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Carl Culbertson
Eunice Banning
Hesston
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Topeka
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Linwood
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Warren-McElwain Mortuary
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