Panel scrutinizes schooling of foster children statewide
Education officials criticized how foster care children move through schools, urging faster transfer of records and clearer parental consent. Rodney Bieker cited a Parsons High transfer refusal over a $49 algebra textbook debt, illustrating bureaucratic hurdles in re enrolling foster children in Kansas City schools.
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Torrks
Department of Education
Rodney Bieker
SRS
Bicker
Parsons High School
Kansas City
Parsons High
Bieker
Rod Bieker
Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
Kansas lawmakers scrutinize Kaw Valley foster care records
Kansas lawmakers review Kaw Valley Center operations amid state inspection findings. Officials say foster children from Douglas and eastern Kansas attend Kansas City public schools, costing about $2.5 million annually due to misdirected state aid. Debate over academic records transfer and need for a statewide system continues.
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Kansas City
Kaw
Douglas County
Jean Shepherd
Kaw Valley Center
Kaw Valley
Douglas
Kansas
Laura Balthazar
KCK
Balthazar
State of
Jerry Henry
D-Cummings
SRS
Rochelle Chronister
Wyandotte County
Henry
Carlos Mayans
Richita
Officials doubt claim of Vicious act at Haskell windshield smash
Douglas County records show 22 year old Haskell student William Dennis Parker admitted throwing at a 1996 Ford Bronco windshield at 12 25 a m Thursday. Security officers testified they saw the act and Parker named Sid Vicious as the suspect before police arrested him. The windshield valued at 600 dollars, Parker was booked for criminal damage but released after prosecutors did not file charges.
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Lawrence
Haskell Indian Nations University
University
William Dennis Parker
Haskell
Parker
Sid Vicious
Vicious
Sex Pistols
Douglas County
Burglary at Don's Auto Center in East Lawrence
East Lawrence police report six vehicles broken into at Don's Auto Center on 920 E. 11th. Burglars cut the chain link fence between Sunday 6 p.m. and Monday 7 a.m. stealing stereo equipment car phone and a TV while three cars had broken windows and even removed a pickup's side mirrors. Total loss and damage listed at 2735 dollars.
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East Lawrence
Don’s Auto Center
George Wheeler
Obituary notices for Rice Smith, Gifford, Corcoran, Edwards, Harris
Services announced for Bernice Rice Smith 84 of Tulsa born May 18 1944 in Kansas City. Kenneth P. Gifford 84 of Clearview City to be cremated with service in Olathe. Corcoran 72 of Atchison to be buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Frank George Babe Edwards 92 of Holton funeral at Holton Cemetery. Veryl Jane Harris 80 of Lenexa to be buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. Memorials directed to listed churches and cancer groups.
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Bernice Rice Smith
Tulsa
Okla
Warren McElwain Mortuary
Smith
Kansas City
Kan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Carue
Kenneth P. Gifford
Clearview City
Great Plains Rehab and Nursing Center
Olathe
Mr. Gifford
George and
Mina Parsley Gifford
Olathe High School
Atchison
Corcoran
Becker-Dyer- Stanton
Sunset Memory Gardens
Atchison County
Watowa Construction
Kahl’s Repair
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Edward Corcoran
Gary Corcoran
Lawrence
Lola Mae Besinger
Lorene Haverkamp
Lancaster
Kansas Ave
Houton
Frank George
Babe” Edwards
Holton
Edwards
Granvillas
Oskaloosa
Harry Henry
Amanda Elliott Edwards
Jefferson County Highway Department
Heller Construction
Valley Falls
Gertrude Maude Alice Mulanax
Topeka
Robert L
Alice
Arlene” Miller
Parker Price Mortuary
Merriam
Veryl
Jane Harris
Lenexa
Merriam Christian Church
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery
Obituary notice directs readers to page 3B
Brief obituary notice states that additional obituaries can be found on page 3B, guiding readers to continue coverage.
City opens three seats on recycling advisory board
The city seeks applicants for three openings on the Recycling and Resource Conservation Advisory Board effective immediately after recent resignations. The 11 members serve three year terms and advise officials on recycling and conservation. Meetings are the second Tuesday monthly from 4:30 to 3:30 at the Solid Waste Annex North Building 320 Industrial La.
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Becauseree
Mollie Mangerich
Marty Kennedy
Lawrence seeks applicants for Recycling Board seats
The city offers three openings on the Recycling and Resource Conservation Advisory Board. Mayor Marty Kennedy will appoint new members. Interested applicants should mail letters detailing their experience background and reasons for wanting to participate to City of Lawrence Waste Reduction Recycling Division Atm Mollie Mangerich P O Box 708 Lawrence 66044 0708.
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Recycling and Resource Conservation Advisory Board
Marty Kennedy
City of Lawrence
Mollie Mangerich
P.O
Lawrence
Lawrence City Commissioners to Announce Appointments
The consent of his fellow Lawrence city commissioners will guide upcoming appointments during a commission meeting. For details contact Mangerich at her office, 832-3030. Mark Fagan’s phone message number is 832-7188 and his email is miagan@ljworld.com.
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Mike Shields
Mshields
Jworld.com
Lawrence
Mangerich
Mark Fagan
Miagan
Ljworld.com
Pulitzer winner Buzz Bissinger to speak at KU
Pulitzer Prize author Buzz Bissinger will give a talk at 7 30 p m on October 20 in the Kansas Union Ballroom at the University of Kansas He is best known for Friday Night Lights and is a celebrated journalist and writer.
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Buzz Bissinger
Kansas Union
Kansas University
Bissinger
Bissinger to speak at campus event on law system
The author of a Pulitzer winning six part Philadelphia law system series will give a speech at the campus. Admission is free. Sponsored by Student Union Activities. For details call the SUA box office at 864-3477.
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New York Times
Bissinger
Philadelphia Law System
SUA
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Martha J. Harris
Charles Maxwell-Harris
Ernie Fell
Hays
Robert Fell
Amos Family Chapel
Shawnee
Merriam Christian Church Memorial Fund
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By David Furs
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