Settlement details in Fletcher Bell workers' comp case
Kansas officials say soundness of Bell settlement rests on old statute formula modified in 1993. Bell received 94,469 for a back injury. 39,607 was forfeited from benefits, 42 percent of the award. Attorneys say up to 25 percent could go to Bell’s attorney. the state’s share remains unspecified as the case heads to the Kansas Supreme Court on appeal.
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Fletcher Bell
Bell
Kansas Supreme Court
Steve Opat
Steve Hornbaker
Kansas Attorney General's Office
Hornbaker
Opat
Call Sound Off via Journal-World Access Line
Readers are instructed to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and choose category 7478 to hear a recording that prompts them to leave a question for Sound Off.
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Journal-World Access
Burglary and theft reports suffix city police files
Police investigated a 1985 Buick theft from a 900 block Iowa lot, driven along railroad tracks with $400 damage, and recovered near 11th Street and Haskell Avenue. A 1994 jewelry theft at Jayhawk Pawn Shop involved 15 gold chains and earrings by a 26 year old man. A Bonner Springs woman reports a borrowed 1989 Pontiac not returned by a 23 year old man. Police also handle a rape report, several ambulance and fire calls, and multiple marriage licenses and criminal charges including a lawn tractor theft and six drug-related charges against Clayton Warner.
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Iowa
11Th Street
Haskell Avenue
Jayhawk
John Lewis
Bonner Springs
Maple Lane
Admissions and Births in Lawrence Notes
Admissions Patricia Meyer Lawrence. Dismissals Lisa Robinson and baby girl Lawrence Janese Rogers and baby boy Lawrence Dace Inbody and baby boy Lawrence Births Chet and Jill Batterman Lawrence a boy Tuesday Dale Walker and John Colombo Lawrence a boy Tuesday
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Patricia Meyer
Lawrence
Lisa Robinson
Baby Girl
Janese Rogers
Dace Inbody
Baby Boy
Chet
Jill Batterman
Dale Walker
John Colombo
Neighborhood cleanup and bequest support KU libraries and clarinet students
The East Lawrence Improvement Assn sponsors a Friday cleanup collecting limbs up to 10 inches and bulk trash, with removal by Mulford's Tree Service and city sanitation staff. Pearl Franks leaves 50 000 to KU libraries and clarinet students, split between Watson Library book funds and KU Endowment scholarships. A state historic preservation plan draft prompts a public hearing, and the Ryan Gray Memorial Golf Classic tees off at Alvamar with decision due by morning. An Overbrook man remains hospitalized after a scissor lift accident at The Garage Door Group. Kenneth Hartoebben, 22, injured when the lift tipped 19 feet high.
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East Lawrence
Wyn Humphrey
Edward Franks
KU Endowment Association
Watson
Endowment Association
Franks
Overbrook
Kansas University Medical Center
Greenway
Cir
Kenneth Hartoebben
Hartoebben
Rick Nickell
Schmidtlein Electric
Topeka
Reward Offered For 1952 Ring Stolen In Burglary
Police seek information on a 14 karat gold 1952 NCAA championship ring stolen during a residential burglary on Canyon Drive. A reward up to 1000 dollars is offered by Crime Stoppers for information leading to arrest and conviction. The victims, a retired couple, were bound while valuables including jewelry and cash were taken.
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Canyon Drive
David Cobb
Topeka
Kansas City
Lawrence-Douglas County
City and County Meetings and Events Schedule
City commission study session with Hamp ton city manager Robert O Neill at city hall Sixth and Massachusetts. Douglas County Commission at county courthouse 11th and Massachusetts. Lawrence Alliance monthly meeting at city hall Sixth and Massachusetts. Commodity distribution for Douglas County participants at Ballard Center 708 Elm. Ryan Gray Memorial Golf Classic at Alcamar Country Club Crossgate. Enter by Judy Bauer 841 7885. Sib ling adjustment class for newborns at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Maine Street.
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City Commission
Robert O'Neill
Hampton
Sixth
Massachusetts
Douglas County Commission
11Th
Lawrence Alliance Monthly
City Hall
Douglas County
Ballard Center
Ryan Gray
Should Kansas River sand dredging be allowed poll
Readers were invited to vote via the I W Access poll phone system on whether additional sand dredging should be allowed on the Kansas River. Participants were told to call 865 5000 and enter category 3500 to vote yes or 3501 to vote no. The notice cautioned that poll results are not scientifically accurate and reflected voluntary registrations for the Lawrence school board question about a single high school with two campuses rather than a separate issue.
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Kansas River
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Kansas Historic Preservation Draft Preservation Plan
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