Storm damage clips trees and power lines in Lawrence
Storms knocked out electricity to homes, with the Caner family estimating damages at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars while the Bunker family faced removing a 100 year old elm from 419 Lincoln. City crews assess responsibility, outages refocus to Clinton Lake and Perry Lake areas as 4 800 Lawrence residents lost power, with 20 still without power by Tuesday noon.
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Jeri Long
Jack
Frace Bunker
Bunkers
Lincoln
North
Lawrence
Trace Bunker
Bunker
Perry Lake
Clinton Lake
Sherri Henderson
Clinton State Park
Henderson
Mark Schreiber
KPL
Schreiber
Seventh
First lady honors Lawrence resident at White House event
KU English professor Luci Tapahonso joined a White House ceremony unveiling a Sacagawea dollar coin. Hillary Rodham Clinton praised Native women as pathmakers while Tapahonso described the tribute as fitting and noted theSongs and prayers tradition. Tapahonso traveled from Lawrence to Washington for the event and returned as invited.
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Kansas University
Luci Tapahonso
White House
Sacagawea
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Washington, D.C
Lawrence
Youth baseball players urge field protection at county meeting
A Douglas County Amateur Baseball Assn. league, with 560 players, asks the county to spare a fairgrounds field for a new multipurpose building. Parents emphasize no protest but support for a new field if needed. The issue could affect daily games this season as neighbors raise drainage concerns on another proposal.
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Douglas County
County Commission
Douglas County Amateur Baseball Assn
Carol Haworth
Mark
Youth Sports Inc
Lawrence
Haworth
Fairgrounds
Lawrence Landscape
Leadership Lawrence alum named Distinguished Alumna
Sarah Jane Russell executive director of Rape Victim-Survivor Service was honored as Distinguished Alumna by Leadership Lawrence Alumni Association at its annual meeting. Russell, a 1994 Leadership Lawrence graduate, credited the class with strengthening community ties and advancing prevention and education efforts. She has worked with Lawrence Alliance, Lawrence Human Relations Board and 100 Good Women.
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Sarah Jane Russell
Leadership Lawrence Alumni Assa
Russell
Lawrence
Susan Hadl
Association
Hadl
Lawrence Alliance
Lawrence Human Relations Board
Good Women
Lawrence Alumni Assn
Mass of Christian Burial for Frances J. Marra
Funeral services for Frances J. Marra 40 of Lawrence will be held at St. Pauls Church Negaunee Michigan with burial in Ishpeming Cemetery. He died May 2 1999 born June 27 1958 survived by a daughter Amy Lynn Marra mother siblings and other relatives. A prayer service will be Thursday at Koskey Funeral Home and memorials may be sent in care of Warren McElwain Mortuary.
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Frances J. Marra
Lawrence
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Negaunee
Mich
Ishpeming Cemetery
Ishpeming
Marra
Frank and
Mae Poquette Marra
Ishpeming High School
Northern Michigan University
Marquette
Amy Lynn Marra
Manhattan
James
Steve
Green Bay
Wis
Jaclyn Marra
West Palm Beach Garden
Fla
JoAnn Larren
Jeannette Lenske
Cathy Marra
Koskey Funeral Home
Warren McElwain
Oska Stoosa
Lucille K. Casebier
Oskaloosa
Barnett Funeral Home
Pleasant View
Casebier
Topeka
Frederick
Tonganoxie
B. J. Wedel
United Methodist Church
Reno
Wede
AU Galva Wedel obituary and life of a Leavenworth dairy leader
AU Galva Wedel son of Jacob B and Susie Buller Wedel moved to Tonganoxie in 1948 from Newton. He was a dairy farmer and longtime 4 H leader and board member in several Leavenworth County organizations. He married Arlene Harbour on May 6 1948 in Newton. survivors include two sons a daughter and ten grandchildren. Friends may call today at Quisenberry Funeral Home with memorials to United Methodist Church.
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J. and Mildred L. Steincamp Steinmeyer
Topeka
J.C. Stormont School of Nursing
Oskaloosa
Topeka State Hospital
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Nortonville
Milton Doerr Casebier
Bradley Doerr Casebier
Cleveland
Okla
Amy Robbins
Ruth Thurman
Claremore
Marjorie Hale
Jean Pierce
Galva
Jacob B
Susie Buller Wedel
Tonganoxie
Newton
Happy Helpers
Leavenworth County Health Department
Leavenworth County Extension Council
Leavenworth County Kansas Farm Bureau Board
Rural Water District No. 13
Leavenworth County Fair Assn
Leavenworth
Moundridge
Martha Koehn
Halstead
Quisenberry Funeral Home
United Methodist Church
East Fourth St
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Journal-World Photo
Jim Long
Linwood Rd
Long
Felicia Haynes
Thaynes
Jworld.com
Tapahonso
Ideetats
BCVA
Ant & One Inc
Gullene
Kendrick Blackwood
Kblackwood
Lawrence Alum
Journal-World
Lawrence Housing Authority
Edgewood Homes
Section 8
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Pendletons
1850
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