Service volunteer Beth Ann Bittlingmeyer hailed as Outstanding Volunteer
United Way of Douglas County cites Beth Ann Bittlingmeyer for spontaneous acts of kindness and formal roles. She serves as Stephen Minister at Plymouth Congregational Church, leader with Al Anon, and volunteer at Ten Thousand Villages. Also a Brandon Woods speech pathologist, she offers listening, encouragement, and practical help daily.
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Bittlingmayer
United Way
Douglas County
Wallace Galluzzi
Stephen
Plymouth Congregational Church
Al-Anon
Brandon Woods
Butlingmayer
Beth Ann
Rich Minder
Success By 6 Coalition
Volunteer spotlight highlights local helpers and healing
Micki Chestnut of United Way of Douglas County earned the Volunteer Award along with 28 other area volunteers in April. Bittlingmayer was named a Strengthening Families Ambassador by the Douglas County Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Task Force for providing steady support to parents. Minder cites the power of human connection in easing grief and loneliness as Bittlingmayer shares how time with neighbors helped her heal after personal losses and illness.
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Micki Chestnut
United Way of
Douglas County
United Wag
Ing
Bittlingmayer
Minder
Beth Ann
Delaware Street Commons
Os renomination honors Baker chapel founder at 150th anniversary
Baker's 150th anniversary dedication of the Osborne Chapel marked by renaming the sanctuary the Daniel M. Lambert Sanctuary. Lambert recalled guiding the project to relocate a disused English Methodist church, with Osborne funding half of the 1 million needed, securing Thatcher ties and transforming the chapel into a center for services, concerts, weddings, and tours.
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Lambert
Baker
Lynne Murray
Daniel M. Lambert
Osbornes
Osborne Chapel
United Methodist Church
Baldwin City
England
Dean Bevan
Harlaxton College
University of Evansville
Harlaxton
Sproxton
Sproxton Methodist
United States
Osborne
Olathe
MidAmerican Nazarene University
Thatcher
Lady Margaret
Maggie
Annie Potts
Annie
Dan
Waterline Projects Quietly Move Across Lawrence Streets
Utility crews install a new water line along West 22nd Street from Nasimth to Ousdahl with temporary closures and a July 17 completion. Eighth Street work between Indiana and Kentucky keeps traffic mostly open, brief closures possible, with August finish. Hilltop Drive from Ninth to Oxford Road also under construction with a May 29 target. A new apartment complex south of 11th Street prompts on street parking removals and a July 2016 end. 10th and New York street work locates the water main for New York Elementary, closing the west leg to Connecticut, with a July 10 finish.
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Hilltop Drive
Ninth Street
Oxford Road
L1th Street
Mississippi and
Indiana Streets
Mississippi Street
Indiana Street
10Th
New York Streets
New York
Connecticut
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London Bridge
Arizona
American Methodist University
Margaret Thatcher
Alf Roberts
Lady Thatcher
Nottingham
Marga
Boaz
Judi Brannie
Alberding
Judirealestate.com
Arbor Court
Alvamar
St Andrews
Dr. Lawrence
Arborcourt-Lawrence
Tom Keegan
Kusports.com
Douglas County Bank Trust Department
Central Bank of
Midwest
Central Trust
Central Bancompany
Central Bank of the Midwest
Trust Department
Central Bank Midwest.net
West
9Th Street
Lawrence
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