Lawrence area events and services listings Datebook
A dense list of Lawrence Douglas County health, library, and civic events for Wednesday through Friday. Includes immunization clinics at 200 Maine, senior nutrition, homelessness discussions with Michael Stoops, Tom Dole Institute events, various library programs for children and teens, Veterans Day ceremonies, farmers market, diabetes management sessions, and public meetings of county commission and city boards.
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Lawrence-Douglas County
Maine
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Michael Stoops
First Christian Church
Lawrence Farmers Market
Douglas County
Bob Dole
Senate
Kim Walls
Dole
Dole Institute of Politics
West
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence Oe
Naacp Lawrence
Public Library
G. Bill
Edward Humes
Douglas County Health Department
Deal Six
Fairgrounds
Harper St
U.S. Marine Corps
Kansas University
Dorothy Kendrick
Budig Hall
U.S
USAID
J. Brian Atwood
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Sixth St
Sixth
Massachusetts
Civil Air Patrol
Kansas National Guard
Iowa
Wakarusa
W. 31St St
Kanwaka
Kanwakamene Hall
U.S. Highway
Lawrence-Douglas
Gas leak prompts brief evacuation on Rhode Island Street
Lawrence police reported no incidents Wednesday while residents on the 900 block of Rhode Island Street evacuated briefly after heavy machinery struck a gas line near 4 p.m. Firefighters advised a nearby home to stay off the block end as a precaution. residents returned minutes later.
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Rhode Island
John Mathis
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical
Births Scott Murphy Joy Murphy Jessica Otrimble Perry
Ottawa parents welcome a boy named Scott Murphy and a girl named Joy Murphy on Wednesday. Jessica Otrimble, Nicole Ledam and Peter Nickel are listed with other newborns in the same notice.
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Scott
Joy Murphy
Jessica O'trimble
Perry
Alri
Nicole Ledam
Peter Nickel
Ottawa
Journal-World Corrects Errors Policy Statement
The Journal-World states it corrects significant errors brought to editors. Readers are urged to report errors by calling 785 832 7154 or emailing news world.com to address inaccuracies promptly.
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Journal-World
World.com
Memorial service for Judith M. Arentson in Lawrence
Judith M. Arentson 74 of Lawrence died November 8 2006 at St. Luke’s Hospital Kansas City. A 10 a.m. Saturday memorial gathering at Warren-McElwain Mortuary will follow a 9 30 to 11 a m family greeting. She advocated for mentally ill through NAMI Kansas and Douglas County Families for Mental Health. Survivors include son Carl N Eskridge and daughters Ingrid Pearson Oak Park Christine Lawrence and Karen Cromack Gurnee. Memorials to Kansas Chapter NAMI care of the mortuary. Online condolences at Warren-McElwain.com subject Arentson.
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Judith M. Arentson
Lawrence
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Ms. Arentson
St. Luke's Hospital
Kansas City
Pontiac
Mich
Gerhard and
Hilma Korhoinen Lampinen
Detroit
Carl N
Eskridge
Ingrid Pearson
Thomas
Oak Park
Ill
Christine Arentson
Karen Arentson
Keith Cromack
Gurnee
Gary Lampinen
Roscommon
Floyd Lampinen
Las Vegas
Lily Lampinen
Sarasota
Fla
Margaret Robinson
West Branch
Kansas
National Alliance For the Mentally Ill
Warrenmcelwain.com
Arentson
Bridgie Reilly Hill
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
Lawrence Funeral Chapel
Mu Calvary Cemetery
Bridgie
Emmett
W.E. Reilly
Catherine Noonan- Reilly
Emmett High School
Briddgie
James G. Hill
Hercules's Powder
Sunflower
Isabella
Lawrence Hospital
James
Stephen Richard Hill
Mary Glynn
Catherine Dougherty
Nikie Glynn
Eileen Holligan
Willie Reilly
Frank Reilly
Richard Hill
Oklahoma City
Tyler
Trey
Katy Craig
Andrew
Devin
David Craig
Baldwin
Molly
Daniel
Jacob Green
Lori Deihl
Sioux Falls
Jackie
Maddy Deihl
P.O. Box
Pipe fitting caused Tyson plant worker's death
Investigators say a ruptured pipe fitting split as two maintenance workers attempted to drain anhydrous ammonia from refrigeration equipment at the Tyson Foods plant in South Hutchinson on Oct 31. One worker died, another injured, prompting safety reviews and recommendations.
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WicHitta
Tyson Foods
South Hutchinson
John Vorderbrueggen
U.S. Chemical Safety Board
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Mike Wiebe
Vorderbrueggen
Bill Mumford
Chemical Safety Board
South Hutchinson Tyson
Topeka educators push charter plan for Sumner School
Two Topeka educators, former Sumner School activists Sandra Lassiter and Betty Horton, seek to open two charters in the historic Sumner building. They propose a kindergarten to fifth grade Sumner-Lassiter Academy and an Achieve Middle School Charter, aiming to serve struggling students with public funding and innovative approaches. Linda Brown's sister backs the idea, while district officials say past actions won’t affect charter reviews.
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Topeka
Brown v. Board of Education
Sandra Lassiter
Betty Horton
Kansas
Horton and
Lassiter
Department of Education
Bob Corkins
Kansas City
Kan
Olathe
Horton
Sumner School
Oliver Brown
Linda
Ents
U.S. Supreme Court
Sumner
Sumner-Lassiter Academy
Achieve
Linda Brown
Cheryl Brown Henderson
The
Brown Foundation
Quinton Heights
Carolyn, Campbell
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