Special counsel named to review Wakarusa township bills
Douglas County selects Mick Allen as special counsel to evaluate charges of misspent funds and potential court action to recover about 6000 dollars. Allen will report to the township board and has pursued reimbursements from former officials connected to 1991 medical bills for Dwight L. Byers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mick Allen
Lawrence
Wakarusa
Douglas County
Craig Weinaug
Allen
Weinaug
Bob Fairchild
Dean Harvey
Mit Fredrickson
Paul Tuley
Dwight L. Byers
Legislators OK youth jobs program in final bill
Rep Barbara Ballard announces about $100,000 in next year’s funding for community pride building teen jobs. The money is part of the Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvement and Job Creation Act, with grants to local governments nonprofits or tribes for summer and after school work programs for high school students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Barbara Ballard
Clawrence
Ballard
Secretary of Human Resources
Landowner seeks public hearing on sand dredging near Eudora bend
Douglas County officials push for a U S Army Corps of Engineers public hearing after landowner Bob Neis urges dredging at Eudora bend. Corps cites 15 mile tonnage limits and upstream implications while weighing a new request northwest of Lawrence near the Kansas Turnpike bridge. Robert Smith notes downstream impact minimal and suggests rock stabilization. The decision on a public hearing rests on county action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora
Kansas River
Douglas County
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Bob Neis
Neis
Corps
Eudora Bend
Weaver
Lawrence
Kansas Turnpike
Ness
Robert Smith
Corps Regulatory Department
Bowersock Dam
Smith
Clinton plan targets local architect employees in Kansas
Treanor notes opposition to a government run plan and supports an employer funded system to provide health care. He says the White House focuses on Rep. Jim Slattery and Kansas to push a plan, while stressing the need for a clear funding balance and preserving care quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Treanor
White House
Jim Slattery
Slattery
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Kansas
Congressman Slattery
Stop Day debate leads to calendar tweaks at KU
Music Professor Larry Maxey, chair of the calendar committee, urged abolition of Stop Day but students opposed. Council kept Stop Day, citing student use for study, while adding an extra workday in 1994 95 and delaying spring start and commencement in 95 96 to relieve staff paperwork and probation suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Maxey
University Council
Maxey
Council
Tripp, Musick, Patton, Valentine Death Notices Across Kansas
Graveside services for Murray P. Tripp 75 Columbia Mo and formerly Lawrence given at Memorial Park Cemetery Lawrence. He died May 3 1994 in Columbia born November 27 1918 in Lawrence. Surviving spouse and stepchildren noted. Memorials to American Heart Assn. also listed. Musick 47 rural Pittsburg death May 3 1994 at St. John’s Joplin. Navy veteran hospitalized nurse, narcotics work, survivors include wife Pamela and children Jonas Maxwell Emily. Vigil at Pittsburg funeral home. Patton 35 Barling Fort Smith illness May 2 1994. Survivors include wife Paula daughters Amanda Margaret Melissa Jacinda son Jamie and extended family. Call before 8:30 p.m. funeral chapel handling. Valentine 91 Centropolis death May 3 1994 Ottawa hospital. Long career in bookkeeping and management. Survived by nieces and nephews. Memorials to American Heart Assn. in Ottawa.
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Columia
Murray P. Tripp
Columbia
Lawrence
Memorial Park Cemetery
Tripp
Harry Truman Veterans Hospital
Ralph and
Nettie Hagenbuch Tripp
Kansas University
White Pine High School
Ely
Nev
American Legion Post
Lutheran Church
Mary Flat
Michael Doolin
Kansas City
Diane Perez
Altadena
Calif
Susan Webber
Phoenix
American Heart Assn
Pittsburg
Robert William Musick
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Patrick York
Mount Olive Cemetery
Mt. Musick
St. John’s Regional Medical Center
Joplin
Leavensworth
George
Elizabeth Snow Musick
Musick
Pinckney School
West Junior
Lawrence High School
Navy
Vietnam
First Marines
St. Luke’s School of Nursing
Disabled American Veterans
Pamela Ann Hamilton
Jonas
Maxwell
Emily
Fort Sir
Ark
John Patton
Barling
Glad Tidings Pentecostal Church of God
Oak Cemetery
Fort Smith
Mr. Patton
Paula
Amanda
Margaret
Melissa
Jacinda
Jamie
Charles E. Patton
Springdale
Tim Patton
Mark Patton
Tampa
Fla
Margaret Lannan
Lower Lake
Lewis Funeral Chapel
OtTtawa
Florence E. Valentine
Centropolis
Union Cemetery
Douglas County
John Duran
Valentine
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Clement J. Stewart
Ida Mae Farris
Ottawa High School
Topeka Business School
Featherston Ford Agency
Council Grove
Industrial Savings and Loan
Topeka
Shortman Dodge
Shortman Motor Co
Centropaolis
First Baptist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
American Business Women’s Assn
Roy Valentine
Dengel and Son Mortuary
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Byers
Mike Yonex
Joanna-Waain Toro
Lisa Benton
Shawnee
Peter Lundquist
Journal
Clintons
15Th & Kasaid
Thurs
Burt
Homer Frank
Bantyaeee
Owrence Humane Society
Massachusetts
Robert W. Musick
Bath-Naylor Funeral Home
Niehoff Htg. & Air, Inc
Lawrance
Ometo UN Personal
Hedges Real Estate
Warren-Meelwain
Niehoff Heating & Air
Jim Freeman
Rumsey Funeral Home
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