Drinking Water Week Observed by Lawrence Officials
In Lawrence city plans, Drinking Water Week will start Sunday as officials celebrate delivering 3.74 billion gallons of safe water annually. Mayor Erv Hodges will proclaim the observance during the City Commission meeting at 6:45 p.m. in the Riverfront Plaza Factory Outlets room at Sixth and New Hampshire.
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Lawrence City Commission
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Lawrence Riverfront Plaza
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New Hampshire
Lawrence hosts Drinking Water Week events with Mayor Hodges
Lawrence marks Drinking Water Week starting Sunday with Mayor Erv Hodges volunteering as a plant operator at Raw Water Plant Monday and Clinton Water Plant Tuesday. He earned utilities director experience in 1975 76 and will join shifts by contacting Keith Whealy. Posters by Hillcrest fourth graders will be shown at Riverfront Plaza. City emphasizes safe drinking water, testing, and compliance with federal and state standards.
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Lawrence
Erv Hodges
Clinton
Wakarusa
Hodges
Shari Stamer
Stamer
Students walk through Lawrence history on field trip
Quail Run School third graders toured Old West Lawrence and Pinckney neighborhoods learning how the city began in 1854 with Amos Lawrence and Charles Robinson. They saw 1866 Katie Armitage house with original features and heard about Quantrill's raid and the city’s rebirth.
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Lawrence
Quail Run School
Katie Armitage
William Quantrill
Armitage
Thomas Vail
Quantrill
Tyler Heinen
Pinckney
Ric Averill
Phog Allen
Oak Hill Cemetery
Amos Lawrence
iWe
Charles Robinson
Anthony Twarpg
Zach Schmidt
Old West
Quail Run
Wayne Kruse
Ohio
KU alum Nathan Croner shines as Brigadoon crooner
A sold-out Lied Center audience enjoyed a Long [and Wise] production of Brigadoon. Kansas University alumnus Nathan Croner stars as Charlie, delivering an impressive tenor with lingering notes. Highlights include Heather of the Hill and Almost Like Being in Love. Bill Biondolino impresses with a sword dance and the funeral march features bagpipes and sorrowful dance.
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Lied Center
Touri 5
Lerner
Tourng
Jeff
Jeremy Silver
Scottish Highlands
Brigatoon
Jean
Tiffany Fletcher
Charlie
Kansas University
Nathan Cronpt
Tommy
Fiona
Johanna Wiseman
Meg
Heather Olt
Harry
Bill Biondolino
Brigadoon
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Wiseman
Lerner- Loewe
Croner
Biondolino
French VIP urges release of Peltier rally in Paris
French first lady Françoise Mitterrand spoke for Leonard Peltier, an Ameri can Indian Movement member serving two life terms for the Pine Ridge shootout deaths of two FBI agents, urging action and highlighting international support. The event drew human rights groups, notes the 1991 film Incident at Oglala, and reports up to 300 French city councils backing Peltier.
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FBI
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Robert Redford
Oglala
Leonard Peltier
Obituaries Share Passages for Corrine Koshiway and Others
Notices list services for Corrine Koshiway Mzhick teno 78 of Lawrence and William Wilson Karnes 85 of Overbrook with pending arrangements. Also details Edward Theodore Little Jr. 73 Abilene death April 30 1999 and service at First United Methodist Church Abilene, plus extensive biographical notes and survivor lists.
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Corrine Koshiway Mzhickteno
Lawrence
Trout Funeral Home
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Topeka Healthcare Center
OverBrook
William Wilson Karnes
Greenwood- Roberts-Heise Funeral Home
Karnes
Abilene
Edward Theodore Little Jr
First United Methodist Church
Roselawn Memorial Park
Veterans Garden
Salina
Little
Abilene Beverly Health Center
Cherokee
Edward T. Little Sr
Lillie Lavada Evans Little
U.S. Navy
Rounds & Porter
NCR
Cessna
Small Business Administration
SCORE
Kansas
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Optimist Club
Margaret M. Schnell Little
Chris
Alpine
Tex
Corliss
Corky
Kearney
Janice
Nyra
Maxine Thomas
Kingfisher
Londeen Funeral Chapel
Chapman
Londeen
Ottawa
Howard L. Smith
Ottawa Lodge No
Mr. Smith
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Kansas City
Trego County
Ernest L. Smith
Inez Crone Smith
Brownell Rural High School
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Royal Arch Masons
Ottawa Council
Royal and Select Masons
Tancred Commandry
Gladys Lydia Pippert
Overland Park
Central United Methodist Church
Worden Cemetery
Worden
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Overlane Park
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