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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 2008
Page
7
Blue Springs Missouri native David Cook won this year. Previous winners include Kelly Clarkson 2002, Ruben Studdard 2003, Fantasia Barrino 2004, Carrie Underwood 2005, Taylor Hicks 2006, and Jordin Sparks 2007.
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Erin Castaneda asks about Memorial Day plans in downtown Lawrence. A reader replies they are preparing to go to Italy on Tuesday to study abroad.
Traffic disruptions noted on U S 59 during the widening project between Lawrence and Ottawa. Bridge work near Clinton Lake at County Roads 458 and 1023 could slow west side traffic with no detour posted. Additional work includes Mass Street, Ohio Street, 11th and 12th street corridors, and a Dread Inn project impacting several cross streets. Parking restrictions on Oklahoma Street and closures on Harper Street south of 23rd Street are also listed. Local access remains, with May completion targeted for some repaving.
A slow moving storm packed with tornadoes and hail battered rural Oklahoma and Kansas. In Kingfisher County a twister hit a hog farm destroying three barns and killing no one there. two storm victims were found in Pratt Kansas. Colorado towns faced heavy damage with Windsor residents returning to their wrecked homes as officials warned of hazards.
Gloria Lundy, a 62 year old nurse, rediscovered a long neglected Kansas City potter's field near Municipal Correctional Institution believed to hold thousands buried as paupers patients and murder victims. She aims to honor descendants with a May 31 memorial and catalog graves with help from Audreay McKinnie and Corinne Patterson.
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