Teacher honored for sharing music at banquet
Barbara Kelly, a retired music teacher active in volunteering, received the Service to Mankind award from the Lawrence Sertoma Club for decades of community service. She visits Brandon Woods Retirement Community weekly to perform for Alzheimer's patients, aiming to break down barriers to nursing homes, while continuing to teach one orchestra class and direct church choirs.
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Barbara Kelly
Lawrence Sertoma Club
Kelly
Brandon Woods
Jeff Messick
Service To Mankind
Centennial School
Lawrence
Melissa Lacey
Journal-Wor
Jayhawk
KU faculty help build Internet 2 linking 120 universities
KU officials and colleagues help create Internet 2 with a national consortium to weave 120 research universities into a fiber optic network. The project, led by Qwest Communications, aims to move vast data quickly and may eventually reach households and businesses. KU plans August linkage to the Great Plains Network in Kansas City, then connect to the Abilene Network.
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Illinois
Qwest Communications International Inc
Denver
Colo
Jerry Niebaum
Information Services
Niebaum
Great Plains
Kansas City
Dakotas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Internet 2
Abilene
Kansas Cowtown
Kansans Help Build Internet 2 Across US Network
The article details Kansans central to Internet 2 development with UCAID as umbrella for 120+ universities. Qwest Communications and chairman Philip Anschutz lead infrastructure efforts. KU experts and Kansas City hub form the Great Plains Network linking Kansas to regional networks for advanced research and tele-immersion capabilities.
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UCAID
Qwest Communications
Denver
Philip Anschutz
Russell
Kansas University Business
Jordan Haines
Fourth Financial Corp
Bank IV Wichita
Qwest
Anschutz
Anschutz Corp
Abilene
Kansas
Internet 2
Great Plains
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Arkansas
Kansas City
City weighs financing plan for downtown parking garage
Lawrence leaders study rooftop parking proposal backed by Downtown Parking Task Force and urged for city participation. The plan could use tax increment financing, but officials differ on funding source while awaiting a formal proposal and potential development bids.
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Schmalberg
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Nalbandian
Mike Wildgen
Marty Kennedy
Robert L Hendrick Hendrix dies. long Topeka life and service
Robert Lee Hendrix 77 of Topeka died Monday May 11, 1998 in a local hospital. Funeral services 1:30 p.m. Friday at Penwell Gabel Highland Chapel. Burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Born Sept 6, 1920 in Rogers Arkansas to Joseph Marshall and Mona Eslinger Fidndrix. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. Employed by Kansas Power & Light from 1942 at Tecumseh Generating Station then transferred to Lawrence Energy Center in 1956. foreman of mechanical maintenance in 1973. Retired 1985 after 44 years with the company. He was a longtime Scoutmaster for Troop 13.
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Topeka
Robert Lee Hendrix
Penwell- Gabel Highland Chapel
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mr. Hendrix
Rogers
Ark
Joseph Marshall
Mona Eslinger Fiendrix
Hendrix
Army Air Corps
Kansas Power & Light
Tecumseh
Lawrence Energy Center
Obituary Notice for Highland Park United Methodist Church Member
A longtime Highland Park United Methodist Church member and charter NRA supporter, he married Mary Hammond in 1941 and is survived by a son in Wisconsin, a brother in Missouri, and a grandson. Memorials are requested to Highland Park United Methodist Church in Topeka.
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Ijworld.com
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Jworld.com
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