Quadriplegic Ben Roberts Leaves Hospital For Home
Chicago AP Ben Roberts an 18 year old quadriplegic dependent on a ventilator is moving from Children's Memorial Hospital to a specially adapted North Side apartment with his mother and brother. His discharge, celebrated by about 200 people, marks a transition to home care funded by the state aid program after years of hospital living.
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Ben Roberts
Roberts
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Spaulding School
Zahara Noah
Children’s Memorial
Ben
Laura Frost
Preston
Ms. Frost
Judy Braginsky
State Department of Public Aid
Mardi Gras Comes Alive On Coast With Parades And Pride
Biloxi and nearby Gulf Coast towns turn Fat Tuesday into a major celebration with about 150 floats and multiple parades. Local residents tout coast celebrations as family friendly with less crime than New Orleans, while historians note the shared origins of Mardi Gras along the Mississippi coast dating to 1699.
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Miss
New Orleans
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Margaret Ball
Gayle White
Mrs. White
Tommy Sliman
Louisiana
Mississippi
America
Mobile
Ala
Pierre le Moyne d’ Iberville
Mississippi River
d’Iberville
Ocean Springs
Long Beach
Bay St. Louis
Pascagoula
Gulfport
Pass Christian
Mardi Gras Parades Build Toward Fat Tuesday Night
New Orleans gears up for Fat Tuesday as eleven krewes rolled Sunday led by Bacchus parade with 7000 revelers. Celebrities William Shatner and Kirk Cameron highlighted weekend events while Rex and a Mississippi River flotilla were set to welcome crowds. Fireworks, music, and Proteus parade followed as Lun di Gras signals the final prelude to Lent.
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New Orleans
Bacchus
William Shatner
Kirk Cameron
Endington
Rex
Canal Street
Sidney Barthelemy
Metairie
Ann Nixes Nudity Before Children
Dear Ann advises that exposing preteen boys to their mother's nudity is inappropriate. It cautions that mothers should dress modestly around children and suggests counseling if the wife resists.
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Ann
Ann Landers
Dix
Vienna Choir Boys Visit Baker Sunday
Baldwin City Kansas reports the Vienna Choir Boys will perform at Baker University Rice Auditorium at 4 p.m. Sunday. The group, founded in 1998, has toured the United States 39 times and across Asia Australia South America and South Africa. Tickets cost 10 7.50 or 5 with 20 percent discounts for seniors and students.
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Vienna Choir Boys
Kansas
Baker University
Rice Auditorium
United States
Asia
Australia
South America
South Africa
Department of Music
Empire Brass Quintet to Perform at KU Concert
Lawrence KU hosts the Empire Brass Quintet in Murphy Hall Crafton Preyer Theatre as part of the 1987 University Arts Festival. They will perform Bach through Morton with works by Scarlatti Froberger Kreisler Rossini Debussy and Bernstein. Tickets 10/8. call 864 3982 for reservations.
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Empire Brass Quintet
Bach
Jelly Roll Morton
Crafton-Preyer
Murphy Hall
University of Kansas
Scarlatti
Froberger
Kreisler
Rossini
Debussy
Bernstein
Call
Greater Tuna comedy dinner theater opens at Liberty Hall
The Ric Averill Players stage Greater Tuna by Jaston Williams at Liberty Hall Lawrence. Two actors portray twenty town residents over a two hour show with 50 plus costume changes. Dinner at 6 30 p m curtain 8 p m except Sunday 7 p m. Preview Wednesday. Tickets 17 50 19 50 and 5 for preview.
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Texas
Eldridge Hotel
Liberty Hall
Ric Averill
Don Mumford to headline Musical Conversations No 2
renowned jazz drummer Don Mumford will headline Musical Conversations No 2 at the Lawrence Arts Center at 7 30 p m on Wednesday March 11 The program in A History of Afro American Music combines music and information tracing jazz origins with blues and today’s scene Mumford and the Don Mumford Trio will perform with demonstrations He formerly lived in Lawrence and now plays with the Kansas City Drifters This is the second of three winter spring events with the next titled Slithy Songs for Grown Ups and Others on April 15
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Lawrence
Don Mumford
Lawrence Arts Center
9Th
Vermont
Mumford
Kansas City
Dream Pill System Claim Promises Fast Weight Loss
Salt Lake City readers are urged to order the Dream Pill System featuring L-arginine and L-ornithine. Testimonials claim rapid losses up to 34 pounds, with one-month results and a full refund policy. The ad markets a 30 day supply for 34 dollars plus shipping.
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Pineville
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Durk
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Topeka
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