Fire damages clock Total Fitness area and adjacent shops
Investigators expect damages to rise in the west corner of the Total Fitness center where most of the fire damage occurred. About half the roof remains intact while 25 percent has collapsed. FiFis Restaurant and Audio Video Services suffered damage. Firefighters will inspect structural soundness before any internal checks.
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Barr
FiFi’s
FiFi's
Total Fitness
Athletic Center
Sunday Hodges
Munchers Bakery
Total Fitness plans quick rebound after fire at Lawrence club
About 3,100 Total Fitness members can use Sixth Street Fitness at 2500 W Sixth St for four to six weeks until a temporary site opens. Staff may add workers to match services, members won’t be charged dues during closure, and out of town sites in Topeka and Overland Park are available. Letters will outline fire details and other centers. an LAC owner recalls a similar redo.
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Otal Fitness Athletic Center
Sixth Street Fitness
Sixth St
Total Fitness
Sixth Street
O'Brien
Brent Anderson
Barb Frakes
Frakes
Scott Dougan
Topeka
Overland Park
Rick Sells
Lawrence Athletic Club
Mesa Way
Sells
Lac
Health Club
Hillcrest
Mind exercising hobbies cut Alzheimer's risk by 2.5 times
A study shows adults in their seventies who engaged in intellectually challenging hobbies such as reading puzzles or chess in earlier adulthood were about 2.5 times less likely to develop Alzheimer's. TV watching offered no protection and may raise risk. Researchers Friedland Khachaturian note education and mental work delay onset.
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Washington
Zaven Khachaturian
The
Alzheimer’s Association
Friedland
Military recovers all 21 remains from Georgia crash site
Military workers finished recovering the remains of all 21 people killed when a National Guard C-23 Sherpa crashed in a muddy field near MNADILLA GA. Three Florida crew members and 18 Virginia Air National Guard personnel were being flown to Dover Air Force Base mortuary.
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Mnadilla
National Guard
Florida
Virginia Air National Guard
Air Force Mortuary
Dover
Del
van Peavy
Deborah Bertrand
Robins Air Force Base
Army Safety Center
Fort Rucker
Ala
Florida Army National Guard
Peavy
Simpson pleads innocent to road rage case
Former football star O J Simpson pleads not guilty to burglary of an occupied conveyance and misdemeanor battery. Kendall resident Pattinson reports Simpson, driving a black Lincoln Navigator, ran a stop sign, yelled, then reached into the car and grabbed his glasses, causing a scratch. Trial scheduled for June 25.
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Miami
Simpson
Kendall
Jeffrey Pattinson
Pattinson
Former lottery worker sentenced to jail and community service
A former lottery employee was sentenced to jail and community service after admitting theft of fifty thousand dollars plus and cooperating with investigators. The judge noted repayment of most of the 62 932 and the defendant apologized for the trouble caused the lottery and his family. Ed Van Petten the lottery executive director condemned the theft stating a thief is a thief and cited job losses and humiliation among victims. The case highlighted claims of ticket fixing and security failures later recanted with the lottery system remaining deemed secure.
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Rork
Knowlton
Lottery
Ed van Petten
Mr. Knowlton
van Petten
Greg Ziemak
Kevin Scott
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Kevin Bates
Clinton Lynn
Journal-World
Lawrence
Total Fitness Athletic Center
Iowa
Robert P. Friedland
National Academy of Sciences
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Unadilla
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Dave Ranney
River City
Journal-Worb
Hedges Real Estate Inc
HedgesRealEstate.com
Sunflower Cablevision
Westvate Peters Hipgote Few
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