Deaths Bond Services Perry Man 58
Ver non Lee Bond 58 of Perry died May 18 2002 after a long illness at St. Francis Hospital Topeka. Funeral services at 2 pm Tuesday at Barnett Funeral Home Oskaloosa. Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery Perry. He was born Sept 5 1943 in Coalgate Oklahoma and lived in Perry since 1984. He was an electrical lineman for 31 years. He married Joyce Ann Jones Harding in 1984. Surviving: four sons James Bobby Christopher and Brian. a brother Danny. sisters Faye and Debbie. four grandchildren. Memorials to Perry Christian Church in care of the funeral home.
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Vernon Lee Bond
Barnett Funeral Home
Oskaloosa
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Bond
St. Francis Hospital
Topeka
Coalgate
Okla
Arthur C
Veda
Warren) Bond
Whiting Rural High School
Jackson County
Kansas
Lecompton
Kansas Power & Light Co
PAR Electric Co
Grantville
Perry Christian Church
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union
Joyce Ann Jones Harding
James
Bobby
Kansas City
Kan
Christopher
Tucson
Ariz
Brian
Germany
Danny
Wichita
Faye McAnulty
Oklahoma City
Debbie Elkins
P.O
Pelathe seeks part time volunteers for center
Pelathe Community Resource Center at 1423 Haskell Ave seeks volunteers to update food distribution files and help with future food drives. Five helpers for drives, two to pass out food, two to maintain the lawn, and pantry shifts weekdays. 18 plus, 10 to 20 hours weekly, flexible schedule. Contact Bruce Martin at 841-7202.
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Pelathe Community Resource Center
Haskell Ave
Bruce Martin
Martin
Path to Ottawa Veterans Honor Haas at Highland Cemetery
Graveside services for Jack C. Haas 80 Ottawa will be at 2 p m Tuesday at Highland Cemetery Ottawa Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Post No 5901 Ottawa will conduct military honors Haas died Saturday May 18 2002 at Life Care Center Osawatomie He was born August 15 1921 in Kansas City Kansas son of Charles W and Flora K Haas He lived in Ottawa since 1963 and served in the US Army in World War II in the Pacific He owned Wein dner Mobil Oil Service Station Ottawa from the mid 1960s to 1986 He previously worked as a car salesman at Crystal Motors Lawrence He was a former member of First Christian Church Lawrence and a member of VFW Post 5901 Ottawa He married Myrtle V Fairbanks January 7 1939 in Lawrence She survives Also surviving are a son Bob Ottawa a daughter Shirley Jones Ottawa three brothers Bill Iola Floyd St Louis and Lloyd Lawrence a sister Thelma Wymore Jackson Tenn two grandchildren and four great grandchildren Friends may call today until noon Tuesday at Dengel and Son Mortuary and may view at www dengelmortuary com. Donations may be made to Alzheimer's Association or Life Care Center Osawatomie.
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Jack C. Haas
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Lawrence High School
Lawrence
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Crystal Motors
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VFW Memorial
Myrtle V. Fairbanks
Bob
Shirley Jones
Bill
Iola
Floyd
St. Louis
Lloyd
Thelma Wymore
Johnson
Tenn
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Alzheimer’s Assn
S. Hickory
Dengelmortuary Com
Graveside rites set for June B. Boyd in Lawrence
June B. Boyd, 78, Ozawkie, will be laid to rest at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence at 2 p.m. Tuesday. She died May 18, 2002, at Hickory Pointe Care Center in Oskaloosa after living in Lawrence and moving to Oskaloosa in 2000. Born January 14, 1924, in Mankato, she was a homemaker who married Richard W. Boyd on October 4, 1945, in Stockton. he died October 6, 2000. Survivors are two sons Gary Lee Boyd of Orankie and Glen Dean Boyd, plus three grandchildren. Visitation is today 3–9 p.m. and Tuesday 9 a.m.–noon at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
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Stockton
Gary Lee Boyd
Orankie
Glen Dean Boyd
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Warrenmceelwain.com
Lawrence considers optional citywide sales tax for development
Lawrence officials and business leaders weighed an optional sales tax aimed at boosting development and expanding the tax base. Critics warn it could create a competitive disadvantage and question the need given success with benefit districts. The tax, capped at 1 percent, would require petitions and an election for a transportation development district.
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Lawrence Career College review under way amid refunds doubt
Lawrence Career College faces a Department of Education review after 75 percent of recalculations suggest refunds may have been excessive. Owner Jeff Freeman defends the school while former students like Jennifer Searight describe loan and job prospects as improved by hope. Authorities have prior investigations linked to private training schools and a board review of complaints, with no immediate action against the college.
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Geo Kim Wilcox
Agenda Highlights For Monday Meeting At McDonald Drive
The notice outlines a 7 p.m. meeting Monday at 110 McDonald Drive. Key items include agenda highlights and items to be discussed by attendees. Local officials invite residents and stakeholders to participate and stay informed about upcoming decisions.
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McDonald Drive
Lawrence boards seeks bids on damaged school property
The Lawrence school board will seek sealed bids for a doublewide portable classroom at Quail Run School described as in need of major repairs and a library media work station at Sunflower School deemed not usable. Bids will also cover unsafe playground equipment at Grant School, which closes this month.
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Lawrence School Board
Quail Run
Sunflower School
Grant School
Lawrence Education Assn
School district to auction excess property items
Tom Bracciano says district policy requires board approval for public sales of surplus school property. None of the items could be installed elsewhere in the district. Examples include Grants metal slide a jungle gym and two merry go rounds not meeting current safety standards.
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Tom Bracciano
Grant
School Board Hears Budget and Staffing Proposals
The Cas district convenes an executive session to discuss Supt Randy Weseman’s job evaluation and reconvenes at 7 pm with remarks by Sue Morgan. It reviews peer mentoring for new teachers, nurse staffing changes for 2002 03, and a nonrenewal action affecting over 60 certified staff due to budget pressures.
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Sue Morgan
Weseman
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Water contamination in Frankfort tests USDA cleanup delays
KDHE officials warn about underground contaminant plumes near Frankfort and other areas, with Kansas Wells showing 6 to 121 parts per billion. USDA officials urge patience while exploring options such as air stripping or carbon filtration to render water safe, and locals push for a timely replacement well to restore three functioning sources.
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Rick Bean
KDHE
Bureau of Environmental Remediation
USDA
Bean
Frankfort
Washington
Steve Gilmore
Kansas
Gilmore
Owen
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