EudoraFest offers fun and food with lawn mower poker run
Joy Ludwig reports on the fourth annual EudoraFest along Main Street from Seventh to 10th streets featuring a lawn mower poker run with prizes for the top three, a chili cookoff with judged prizes, and varied food vendors. The event runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, with registration at 1 p.m. for sixth graders and older, a 1:30 p.m. race, a $3 entry, live bands from 10:30 a.m., and additional activities including a car show, arts and crafts, and genealogical demos. Proceeds support the next year’s festival and may draw KU and K-State fans visiting town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora
Main Street
Bill Folks
Lawrence
Eudora Area Historical Society
Deaths fill Kansas obituaries span multiple towns
Death notices from Lecompton Topeka Ottawa Overbrook and nearby areas list services for Virgil Bates age 80 and others including Ann E. Honig Viola Sieg and Ernest Arnold. Details cover graveside or church services dates homes birthplaces marriage spouses survivors and funeral home contacts with memorial gift guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lecompton
Virgil Bates
Maple Grove
Bates
Midland Hospice House
Topeka
Texas County
Frank Bailey
Edna Elizabeth (Bates) Bates
U.S
Sunflower Ordnance Works
National
Helen Hodson
Lawrence
Gilbert Wayne
Larry Leroy
Tecumseh
Edna Lee Bates Curran
Bentonville
Ark
Judy Ann Bryant
Rita Marie Fisher
Quinton Bates
Harrisonville
Ora Goodling
Licking
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home
Overbrook
Jacob Franklin
Nettie Evelyn (Crow) Arnold
Reisch Auction School
Austin
Midland Hospice
Ottawa
Christian Camp Inc
Termite Trouble Plagues Renter In 2401 W 25th St
Termite damage spurs a city inspection as renter Martinez documents issues with landlord Peterson Cos at Park 25. Officials plan a thorough check of the building while management promises fixes including door header replacement and extermination. Rent relief or lease-concession options discussed with Housing and Credit Counseling Inc. and tenant advocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenants’ Union
Housing and Credit Counseling Inc
Ridge Court
Seymour
Martinez
Peterson Cos
Merriam
Gene Shaughnessy
W. 25Th St
Jeff Ridenour
Park 25
Cornell Mayfield
Ridenour
Journal-World staffers win national awards in photo and reporting
The Lawrence Journal-World and staff earned national recognition from Inland Press Association for multiple photographic categories and investigative reporting. Mike Yoder captured first in portrait photography, Earl Richardson won first in illustrative photography, and Dave Ranney took second in investigative reporting for travel and aging contract stories. Yoder earned regional honors and a Douglas County Fair photo is under national consideration.
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Lawrence Journal- World
Inland Press Assn
Mike Yoder
Journal- World
Earl Richardson
KU Jayhawk
Dave Ranney
Department of Aging
The
Journal-World
Richard Gwin
Yoder
National Press Photographers
Douglas County Free Fair
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joy Ludwig
Fludwig
Ijworld.com
JournalWorld
Alyssa Daniels
Julie Daniels
Bates Services
Ann Honig
Ann E. Honig
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Honig
Stephen and
Goldie (Eubanks) Hadl
Melvern Rural High School
Luther Hadl
Penwell-Gabel
St.John’s Lutheran Church
Fillmore
10Th Ave
Viola Sieg
TAWA
Viola M. Sieg
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Oakwood
Baldwin
Sieg
WakKeeney
Harland and
Emma (Becker) Sweet
Mount Vernon
Wakeeney
Hill City
Wellsville
Audra’s
Earlston A. Sieg
Hoxie
David L. Sieg
Hutchinson
Harland M. Sieg
Independence
Ernest Arnold
Ernest L. Arnold
Overbrook Church of Christ
Mr. Arnold
Vivian Fawl
Vivian Elizabeth Fawt
Overbrook United Methodist Church
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Richland
Fawi
Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center
Tope
Charles Delbert
Alma (Knudsen) McCollough
Liberty Memorial High School
Kansas University
Fawl
Twin Mound Grange
Disney Extension
Richland Flower Club
Charles Joseph “Chick” Fawl Jr
Charlene Bierly
Irma Buchele
Howard
Greenwood-Roberts-Heise
Center For Basic Cancer Research
Kansas State University
Kansas Heart Assn
P.O. Box
Pee State
Pang
North
1900 Rd
Linda
Love, Phil, Roy
George
Wrence Imane Sociaty
Aahulta Ty Sananas
Licorice
Heinz
Heinz Pet Products
J-W
Ranney
Richardson
Gwin
Lawre
Ate
LO Ty
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