Lawrence Datebook highlights local cultural and civic events
Poetry readings at The Raven Bookstore with Phil Kimball Tom Mach and Stephanie Ann Barrows, a Lawrence Farmers Market session at 1020 Vt, NAACP branch meeting at the Lawrence Public Library gallery, KU Stop Day tours, Haskell University commencements and powwow, Barbecue Cook-Off at Broken Arrow Park, Mutt and Strutt fundraiser at Sunflower School, and various council and association meetings across Lawrence and nearby towns. Includes monarch watch open house, homebuyer workshop, helmet fair shuttle, and astronomy day activities.
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Phil Kimball
Tom Mach
Stephanie Ann Barrows
The
Raven Bookstore
Seventh St
Lawrence
Naacp Lawrence
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrencetransit.org
Lawrence Sertoma Club
Broken Arrow Park
31St
Louisiana
N.H. Lawrence Humane Society Mutt ‘N' Strutt
Sunflower School
Inverness Drive
North Lawrence Improvement Association
North Lawrence
Monarch Watch
Foley Hall
West
Monarchwatch.org
Homeowners Inc
United Way Center
Ridge Court
Lawrence High School
la. Haskell
Lawrence Public Hears
Lawrence planning commission meets at City Hall Wednesday
Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission meets Wednesday at 7 30 a m in City Hall at Sixth and Massachusetts. To submit items for Datebook call 331 4662 or 832 7254 or write P O Box 888 Lawrence 66044. Datebook email is datebook jworld com.
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Douglas County Commission
Douglas County Judicial & Law Enforcement Center
E. Ith St. Eudora
Eudora City Hall
E. Seventh St. Lawrence
Lawrence-Douglas County
City
Massachusetts
Lawrence Children's Choir
West Junior High School
Harvard Road
Datebook
P.O
Lawrence
Jworld.com
Authorized controlled burn and other fire calls
ORCL Fire and Medical reported several Tuesday and Wednesday calls including a controlled burn at 1800 E 1450 Road with no injuries, a malfunction alarm at 509 Fireside Drive, a gasoline smell at 1908 E Good Intent, and an assist at 1707 W 21st St plus 101 N Mich. The Journal-World notes it does not print all police reports and reports only certain crimes and injuries.
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Lawrence-Douglas
Journal-World
Funeral services held for Donna J. Stewart in Lawrence
Donna J. Stewart, 77, of Lawrence, died May 5 2008. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Monday at First Christian Church with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, two sons, a sister and brother, twelve grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The family will receive friends Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Memorials may go to First Christian Church or the Parkinsons Foundation of the Heartland.
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Donna J. Stewart
Lawrence
First Christian Church
Memorial Park
Lawrence Parkinson's
George E. Stewart
Ottawa
Pamela Larson
Bob
West Des Moines
Iowa
Su. Carlisle
Tim
Kansas City
Kan
Kristen Reber
Steve
Newton
Randy Stewart
Jadene
Hamilton
Mont
Scott Stewart
Chapel Hill
N.C
May Gorton
Baldwin City
Max Cartmill
Taran
Gaby Carlisle
Erin Stewart
Ryan
Tessa
Joel Larson
Katie
Lyttle
Tami
T.K. Shadreck
Joe
Hannah Reber
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Parkinson’s Foundation of the
Heartland
Warrenmcelwain.com
Stewart
Johnathan C. Edison dies. memorial planned in El Dorado
El Dorado memorial services are set for 38 year old Johnathan C. Edison. He died April 29 2008 at his home after living in Wichita and El Dorado where he coached college basketball and mentored youth. Survivors include three sons and four daughters along with his mother and siblings. Memorials may be sent to Carlson Funeral Home in El Dorado.
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el Dorado
Johnathan C. Edison
Carlson Funeral
Mr. Edison
Parsons
Walter Armstead Watkins
Debra Denise Edison
Wichita
North West High School
Kansas Wesleyn University
Salina
Edison
Barkley Edison
Wesley
Christopher Eisley
Lexie Edison
Soledad Eisley
Lawrence
Jamie Edison
Minnesota
Shaun
Derik McCarthy
Andre Jackson
Ashley
North Carolina
Janae
California
Angela Germany
Sonya Reed
Graveside services for Eva L. Harvey planned in Andover
Eva L. Harvey, 88, of Andover, died May 6, 2008, at her daughter's home in Baldwin City after an illness. Graveside services are set for 10 a.m. Friday at Andover Cemetery. She taught in country schools, worked 35 years for Beechcraft Activity Center, and was active in the HDU and Andover United Methodist Church. Survivors include two sons, a daughter, eight grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Memorials to Andover United Methodist Church. Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home, Baldwin City, in charge.
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Andover
Eva L. Harvey
Beechcraft Activity Center
HDU
Butler County
Andover United
Todd
Thomas Marcus
Andrew
Nathan Harvey
Dane Ulrich
Asher Marcus
Andover Road
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Baldwin City
Lawrence Families Welcome Wednesday Girls Named
Maggie Simmons, Konrad and Cynthia Mast, and Janelly Baltazar, all of Lawrence, welcomed newborn girls on Wednesday. The births add three new residents to local families this week.
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Maggie Simmons
Lawrence
Konrad and
Cynthia Mast
Janelly Baltazar
Police correct number for detective division in rape case
The Lawrence Police Department corrected a telephone number for the detective division in a Sunday morning rape report. The accurate contact for information is 830-7430, associated with the 2500 block of Moundview Drive case.
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Lawrence
Moundvidew Drive
John R Dickinson Tonganomie Funeral Services
Funeral services for John Roland Dickinson 76 of Oskaloosa will be held at 11 am Saturday at Quisenberry Funeral Home in Tonganoxie Burial will follow in Fall Creek Cemetery Jarbalo He died May 7 2008 at Hickory Point Nursing Center Oskaloosa Born December 27 1931 in Kansas City Kansas he earned a BS in education from Kansas University in 1959 and a masters in 1962 He was a Navy Korean War veteran and longtime educator and administrator in Leavenworth and Fort Leavenworth schools He married Rita Ann Slawson August 16 1953 in Tonganoxie She survives with three sons two daughters two brothers three sisters fourteen grandchildren and eleven friends Funeral home visit is listed at www quisenberrysh com.
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Tonganomie
John Roland Dickinson
Oskaloosa
Quisenberry Funeral Home
Tonganoxie
Fall Creek
Jarbalo
Dickinson
Hickory Point
Kansas City
Kan
George
Alma Loggans Dickinson
Kansas University
Leavenworth
U.S. Navy
Fort Leavenworth
Rita Ann Slawson
John
Jeff
Jay
Joyce Simmons
Seymour
Julie Tribble
Fort Worth
Texas
James
el Dorado Springs
Rollie
Bolivar
Ella Mae Loomis
Irving
Ruth “Sis” Butler
Lucille Cramer
Stockton
Tressa Jane Canaday Funeral Services Held Friday
Infant Tressa Jane Canaday daughter of Timothy David and Wendy Jane Musgrave Canaday of Lawrence will be laid to rest at Vinland Cemetery after a 10 a.m. Friday service at Christ Community Church. She was born and died May 5, 2008 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her parents, a brother Tyler David, maternal grandparents Judy Morrison Baldin City and Cleon and Carol Musgrave Overland Park, paternal grandparents Tom and Marsha Canaday Leavenworth, paternal great grandparents Verleen Burn Loyd and Betty Canaday Junction City, an aunt Kenna Cagle Coralville Iowa, and aunt and uncle Tara and Chris Ruff.
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Tressa Jane Canaday
Timothy David
Wendy Jane Musgrave Canaday
Lawrence
Christ Community Church
Vinland Cemetery
Tressa
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Tyler David
Judy Morrison
Baldwin City
Cleon
Carol Musgrave
Overland Park
Tom
Marsha Canaday
Leavenworth
Verleen Burn
Loyd
Betty Canaday
Junction City
Kenna Cagle
Coralville
Towa
Tara
Chris Ruff
Stabbing At Lawrence Shelter Leads To Second Degree Murder Charge
A 19 year old man was stabbed at the Lawrence Community Shelter on West 10th Street. Police say the victim was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, then to Kansas City. A 19 year old Lawrence resident was questioned and later arrested in Douglas County Jail on a second degree murder charge.
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Kansas City Area
Lawrence Community Shelter
10Th St. Lawrence
Lawrence-Douglas County
Fire & Medical
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kansas City
Lawrence
Douglas County
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