Deaths E Eldon Dixon Oskaloosa
E Eldon Dixon 83 of Oskaloosa died Thursday Oct 31 2002 at Jefferson County Geriatrics Center Winchester after a long illness He was born Feb 28 1919 in Parnell Missouri and was a Lab Con Co shipping clerk retiring in 1983 He is survived by a brother Hershal and sister Elnora Funeral and burial details are set in Perry and Oskaloosa with a parish rosary today and memorials suggested to Jefferson County Hospice or the church
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Perry
E. “Eldon” Dixon
Oskaloosa
St. Theresa Catholic Church
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Dixon
Jefferson County Geriatrics Center
Winchester
Parnell
Emory James
Clara Gertrude (Echterling) Dixon
Kansas City
Lab Con Co
Hershal
Elnora Dixon
Barnett Funeral Home
Jefferson County
P.O
Cecil Junior Tillery dies. DeSoto funeral set
Cecil Junior Tillery 65 of DeSoto died October 30 2002 at Royal Terrace Nursing Center. Services at 2 p.m. Saturday Cedar Crest Memorial Chapel De Soto with burial in DeSoto Cemetery. Survived by wife Barbara Jean Salmon two children Rick and Kathleen Mummaw five grandchildren two great grandchildren and siblings. Friends visit 6 to 8 p.m. today at the chapel.
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DeSoto
Cecil Junior Tillery
Cedar Crest Memorial Chapel
DeSoto Cemetery
Mr. Tillery
Royal Terrace Nursing Center
Jethro
Ark
Cecil
Nancy Tillery
Tillery
DeSoto City
Full Gospel Tabernacle
Barbara Jean Salmon
Rick
Kathleen Mummaw
Gardner
Frankie Bowles
Ozark
Martha Stephens
Lowell
Bernice Campbell
Bonner Springs
Shirley Murphy
Mulberry
Claud W Longstreth 84 Pittsburg native graveside held
Claud W. Longstreth 84 of Pittsburg Kan died Oct 30 2002. Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Newton Burial Park Nevada with survivors including wife Georgia Dodson son Jerry W Longstreth Ronda Hensley four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. He served in the South Pacific from 1942 to 1945 and owned Longstreth Excavating in Lawrence before building Parkview Mobile Home Community in Pittsburg. Memorials to S E K Humane Society.
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Nevada
Claud W. Longstreth
Pittsburg
Kan
Newton Burial Park
Longstreth
Vernon County
Fred Ray
Laura (Graves) Longstreth
Oak Grove
Lawrence
South Pacific
U.S. Navy
Friskel Funeral Home
E. McKay
Frontenac
Halloween festivities fill chilly Lawrence evening
Halloween night in Lawrence drew families to Silver Works and area streets. Nilo Pena eight and Nyla Chaudry four wore costumes while collecting candy from shops and homes. About 60 children visited the Northern haunted house on Riverside Road by 8 pm as residents shared treats and staged spooky scenes.
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Nilo Pena
Nyla Chaudry
Nilo
Nila
Nyla
Ronald McDonald
Silver Works
Mass
Jim
Cara Connelly
Dana Wilkerson
Sheldon
Son
Joe
Katie Northern
Riverside Road
Joe Northern
Prosoco Wins 55 Percent Tax Abatement for $2.5M Expansion
Lawrence Public Incentives Review Committee approves a 55 percent, 10 year tax abatement for Prosoco Inc to expand at East Hills Business Park adding eight jobs and a 55,000 square foot warehouse. The vote was nearly unanimous amid debate over city role in tax breaks with final city commission review set for next Tuesday.
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Prosoco Inc
Public Incentives Review Committee
East Hills Business Park
Lawrence City Commission
Prosoco
Douglas County Commission
Jere McElhaney
Kirk McClure
McElhaney
McClure
Lawrence
Greenway Circle
Wet
Kansas University
Bruce Boyer
City Commission
City Hall
Sixth
Massachusetts Streets
Commission eyes area plan before further rezoning at Sixth and SLT
Developer pursues an area plan for the remaining three corners of the Sixth and SLT intersection within six months after commissioners opposed the southeast corner rezoning saying planning should come first. Haase urged comprehensive planning for Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive, while Jennings wanted the plan prior to rezoning. Ablah said the application is in and ready to move forward. planning commission set to hear the request on December 18.
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John Haase
Sixth Street
Wakarusa Drive
Haase
Commission
Tom Jennings
Jennings
Ablah
Planning Commission
Dole Institute heads third presidential lecture series
Smith notes star speakers Morris Beschloss and McCullough will headline the lecture series. Morris discusses Theodore Roosevelt in 1903 Kansas travel. Beschloss covers presidential leadership. McCullough presents on presidents in times of crises. Smith calls the trio among the best and hopes diverse topics follow.
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Smith
Morris
Pullman
Kansas
Teddy Roosevelt
Lawrence
Theodore Rex
Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
Beschloss
ABC News
Newshour
Jim Lehrer
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Truman
Hitler
Germany
McCullough
George Washington
John Adams
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
PBS
Ken Burns
Libertarian aims to shake Hawaii governor race in 2002
Libertarian candidate Hawver, long a Democrat before switching, describes a plan to drastically cut state government, slash taxes, and reform education and public services. He proposes parent vouchers, privatization moves, and firing about half of state employees to curb government growth amid a potential economic downturn.
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Honolulu
South Pacific
Bill Clinton
Hawver
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Jeff Boschee
Mark Horvath
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Kidsnteachers.com
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Ljworld.com
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