Douglas County DA eyes classroom program for youths
Douglas County District Attorney Christine Kenney Tonkovich seeks a new program to introduce Lawrence fifth graders to the legal system. A pilot, modeled on Legal Lives from New York, would involve prosecutors, judges, and teachers and would run in elementary schools with parental involvement and evening sessions.
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Douglas County Dist
Atty Christine Kenney
Tonkovich
Lawrence
Lawrence Schools Area Council of Parent Teacher Assn
Parent Teacher Organization
Quail Run School
New York State
Paulette String
Grant
Woodlawn
Tankovich
Turkey Bowl at Kansas University Hall uses frozen turkeys as bowling balls
Ellsworth Hall hosts its fourth annual Turkey Bowl with about 12 teams of four bowling four frames using pillow wrapped frozen turkeys instead of balls. Prizes include $50 gift certificates, bowling passes, and Hall T shirts while organizers defend the fun atmosphere amid animal rights concerns.
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Kansas University
Ellsworth Hall
Aaron Saltz
Soltz
Lawrence
Saltz
Roberts backs four year status for Haskell
U S Senator Pat Roberts visited Haskell Indian Nations University to push legislation to grant four year university status. He met President Bob Martin, toured Pontiac and Sequoyah halls, and cited land grant access and expanded programs including science, Native American studies, business, and education.
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U.S
Pat Roberts
Haskell Indian Nations University
Haskell
Kansas Republican
Bob Martin
Roberts
U.S. Department of Agriculture Research and Extension
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Kansas Board of Education
Dennis O'Malley
Pontiac
Sequoyah
Memorial services announced for several area residents
Memorial services are planned for Dr. Analee E Betsy Beisecker 54 of Baldwin Velva J Klamm 86 of Topeka Elizabeth Louise Betty Woodruff 60 of Overbrook and Betty Jean Stuart 72 of Lawrence The notices list prayer for Beisecker in Kansas City and Topeka churches burial plans and survivor details plus memorials to church or library funds and local funeral home contact Warren McElwain Mortuary handled several announcements with dates and locations including First Assembly of God Church Overbrook Memorial Park Cemetery and Memorial Park Cemetery and Warren McElwain Mortuary for arrangements
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Analee E. “Betsy” Beisecker
Baldwin
Warren McElwain Mortuary
Beisecker
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Toreka
Velva J. Klamm
Topeka
First Assembly of God Church
Mount Hope Mausoleum
Klamm
Rossville
William A
Jessie E. Gibbs Currey
Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel
First Assembly of God
S.W. 27Th St
Betty Jean Stuart
Lawrence
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Memo
Rial Park
Stuart
Packer Plastics
Norman Stuart
Concordia
Michael Stuart
Lynn Stuart
Germany
Kenneth Sargent
Marshall
Joy Reath
Gwendolyn Piper
Nelson
Wartten-McElwain Mortuary
Lively
Central Junior High custodian long-time worker valued by students
Dannevik, a longtime custodian at Central Junior High, retired from GM dealerships after 38 years and moved to Lawrence. He later joined the Lawrence school district service center and then Central, where he works from 5 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. He enjoys attending musicals, plays, and basketball games to support students. He plans to retire around 2000 alongside his wife.
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Central Junior High
Dannevik
General Motors
Omaha
Lincoln
Neb
Bettie
Lawrence
Bob
Quail Run
School District Service Center
Central
Ted Juneau
Roger
Allied Signal
Yolanda’s Genius book recommendation review
A reflectively written review of Yolanda’s Genius by Carol Fenner highlighting Yolanda a sixth grade trans plant from Chicago and her brother Andrew a musical prodigy. The summary notes themes of friendship education music family and sisterly support that helps Andrew transcend reading and speaking barriers and recounts a pivotal horror event that shapes the story.
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Tenius
Yolanda
Chicago
Andrew
Enius
Carol Fenner
Michigan
William Allen White
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