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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 2011
Page
2
A Celebration of Life for James Everett Seaver 92 of Lawrence will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Crafton Preyer Theatre Murphy Hall at Kansas University. He died Monday March 14 2011. Memorials may be given to Kansas Public Radio or a charity of the donor’s choice.
Robert Steven Steve Smith of Lecompton, 50, died March 21, 2011 at home. He was an engineer and EMT I with the Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical Department. Funeral arrangements are pending with Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.
Funeral service for James Michael Mike Conway 56 of Topeka will be at 12 30 p m Saturday at Brennan Mathena Funeral Home burial in Penwell Gabel Cemetery. He is father of Jeremy Conway of Lawrence and died Saturday March 19 2011 in Topeka. Friends may call after 2 p m Friday at the funeral home with viewing from 6 to 8 p m.
Memorial services will be held for Morris Kindle Jr., 89, Macon, at 11 a.m. Friday at Hutton and McElwain Funeral Home. Burial follows at West Oakwood Cemetery in Bevier. He died Monday, March 21, 2011, at Loch Haven Nursing Home. Friends may call from 9 a.m. Friday until the service.
The Journal World outlines obituary eligibility and policies for residents or former longtime residents within the circulation area. It provides guidance on costs and submission methods via the mortuary, phone, or online at the official policy page.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas spokeswoman says reform changes like dependents to age 26 and preventive services have not driven premiums up in the past year. Law rence Memorial Hospital cites a 3 percent rise due to added preventive coverage and self funded plan, while city and business plans report varied deductible changes and cost controls.
KU official urges reviewing the Lawrence Elementary School Facility Vision Task Force for saving opportunities and a parallel expense review across the district. Community input and transparency are called for, with a bottom up approach to proposed 2.5 percent cuts and contingency fund review.
The county reshapes its fleet fuel strategy and upgrades the law enforcement center to cut peak energy use. Digitalized variable air volume boxes show outer-wall offices lose heat, prompting temperature adjustments and staggered air-handler operation to lower electricity bills. Horn aims to inspire other businesses to save energy.
The committee approved the budget by 12-10 advancing to the full House as critics say it harms public schools state employees and social services. The plan cuts base aid to public schools by 232 per student and imposes a 7.5 percent pay cut on many state workers and officials with sliding scales for others. The state faces a 500 million shortfall for the new fiscal year as the bill heads to the House next week.
Bridge Haven Memory Care Residence has taken over operations of the four bedroom Lawrence home now named Bridge Haven Care Cottage. It is leased from Douglas County Visiting Nurses Rehabilitation Hospice Care with no rate changes for residents and staff kept on. plans to add bedrooms next year aim to double capacity. Robert Wilson, executive director, notes ongoing referrals between VNA and Bridge Haven and that he also owns another Lawrence dementia care home.
The Lawrence Journal-World publishes contact details for its offices in Lawrence Kansas with addresses and phone numbers for the News Center and offices. Key editors include Dennis Anderson community editor Caroline Trowbridge and Tom Keegan sports editor, plus staff roles and department lines for classifieds circulation and advertising.
Readers weigh in on state employee pay cuts for legislative staff with 68 percent opposed. A separate Twitter poll shows 68 percent have no account, 13 percent rarely use it, 11 percent tweet often, 6 percent do not know what Twitter is. More responses at LJWorld.com.
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