Veterans burial benefits and sidewalk duties explained
Veterans may receive a $300 burial allowance and $150 toward plot costs, plus up to $1,500 if a service-connected disability caused death. the VA provides a free headstone, though cemeteries may charge for setting it. Sidewalk upkeep on Wakarusa Drive rests with adjacent property owners, per city policy, while city staff clear near the Clinton Water Treatment Plant. Folks Road will be upgraded to city standards with asphalt, curbs, and gutters by next summer before Free State High School opens. Band Day 1996 is set for October 12 with Kansas and Texas Tech.
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Veterans Administration
Randy Scott
Public Service Executive
Kansas Commission On Veterans Affairs
Scott
Terese Gorman
Clinton
Wakarusa
Folks Road
West Sixth Street
Trail Road
Free State High School
Call Sound Off Instructions From Journal-World
The Journal World directs readers to call the Access line at 865 5000 and enter category 7478 to leave a question for Sound Off. The message explains the process and that a recording will prompt for the question.
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Journal-World Access
Journal-World News
KU English professor to be featured on The Learning Channel
Lawrence reports that Elizabeth Schultz of the University of Kansas will be among experts in a Festival of The Great Books Moby Dick episode. The interview, filmed in Washington, airs on Channel 23 at 1 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday.
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Kansas University
Elizabeth Schultz
Moby Dick
Learning ‘Channel
Lynn Bretz
Schultz
The
Learning Channel
Brett
Sunflower Cablevision
Beth
Bretz
Ardhten
R. Steve Dick
Lippincott Hall
Lawrence
KU Medical Center
On the Record Local incidents and births list
A Friday schedule records multiple EMS events including medical emergencies and auto accidents at locations such as East 770 Road Seventh and Kentucky and 22nd Street and Quail Creek. Birth notices include Fueneequa Jarrell and Jason Jackson Lawrence a boy and Johnny and Sara Adcox McLouth a boy.
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East 770 Road
Chipperfield
Kentucky
Louisiana
West 23Rd
Robinson Gym
22Nd Street
Quail Creek
Fueneequa Jarrell
Jason Jackson
Lawrence
Community Calendar Seeks Walks, Workshops and Meetings
Today features the Healthy Choice American Heart Walk at First Presbyterian Church and a Make an Ugly Quilt workshop by Social Service League. Cancellations include the Douglas County Commission. Library book mobile visits and a Wal-Mart outreach are planned along with a Community Christmas Dinner planning session. Health screenings for seniors will be held at Pinecrest apartments with a fee.
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First Presbyterian Church
Clinton Pkwy
American Heart Assn
Social Service League
R.I
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence Public Library
Adult Learning Center
Del
Holcom Park
Wal-Mart
Iowa
First United Methodist Church
10Th
Vermont
Harvest Festival and Community Activities in Lawrence
The Lawrence Community Garden Project hosts its second Harvest Festival today from noon to 6 p.m. at 921 Miss, with live music, crafts, food, and a hot pepper contest and merchant prizes. Lawrence Habitat for Humanity offers a volunteer orientation at 7 p.m. at the Lawrence Public Library, plus other programs including a music therapy talk at KU, an Introduction to the Internet session, Navajo weaving program, and multiple food-distribution events across Douglas County. The events showcase local organizations and educational programs, with proceeds aiding gardening costs.
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Lawrence Community Garden Project
Garden Project
Newspaper staff contacts and departments list
Deputy Editor Bill Snead and Managing Editor Roger Verdon are listed with phone extensions 832 7196 and 832 7154 respectively. News Editor John Taylor 832 7142 Editorial Page Editor Ann Gardner 832 7153 Sports Editor Chuck Woodling 832 7147 Features Editor Jan Biles 832 7146 Business News Megan Neher 832 7194 Advertising Manager Tom Fisher 832 7104 Circulation manager Julie Bechtel 832 7137 Billing Info 832 7135 New Subscriptions 832 7136 Classifieds 832 2222 Our E mail news ljworld.com.
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Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Chuck Woodling
Jan Biles
Megan Neher
Tom Fisher
Julie Bechtel
Ljworld.com
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Douglas County Extension Center
Alicia Ann Clair
Clair
Douglas County Family and Community Education Council
Douglas Eeegretion Service
Karen Davis
Watkins Community Museum of History
Mass
Ann Schlager
Kansas University’s Museum of Anthropology
Schlager
Watkins Museum
ECKAN
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Douglas Count
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American Legion Hall
Eudora City Hall
Edgewood
Haskell Ave
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Kansas Union
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Division of Research
NEH
George Washington University
By Erica Gingerich
Amy Kelly
Jullie Wasson
St. Joseph, Mo
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