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DEATHS Kimber Ray Coffelt LECOMPTON — Private memorial services for Kimber Ray Coffelt, 56, Lecompton, will be held at a later date. He died Friday, March 4, 2011, at his home from an aortic embolism. He was born September 11, 1954 in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Charlie and Jewel (Fergus) Coffelt. He worked for 20 years for the University of Kansas as a Storekeeper II at Mrs. E’s Dining. He is survived by his mother, Jewel Ireland, Lecompton; a sister, Cynthia Coffelt, Mesa, AZ; his best friend, Roger A. Bartels, Lecompton; uncles and aunts, Lyle & Millie Fergus, Lecompton, Jeanette & Bill Massey, Ozawkie, and Richard & Dorothy Fergus of Lombard, IL; and numerous
Coffelt cousins. He was preceded in death by his father. The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to Bert Nash Mental Health Center and may be sent in care of the WarrenMcElwain Mortuary. Online condolences may be sent to www.warrenmcelwain.com.
H ELEN M. CRAWFORD CENTROPOLIS — Funeral services for Helen M. Crawford, 88, Overbrook, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Centropolis Christian Church. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Centropolis. Mrs. Crawford died Monday, March 7, 2011, at her home. She was born on Oct. 8, 1922, in Gove County, the daughter of George C. and Hazel Ann Huston Rhine. She Crawford graduated from Baldwin High School with the class of 1940. She lived in Overbrook the last 45 years, moving from the Baldwin City area in 1966, where she had lived for 36 years. Mrs. Crawford was a homemaker. She also worked in the maintenance and janitorial departments for Baker University for 10 years and Baldwin High School for 15 years, retiring in the mid-1990s. She was a member of Centropolis Christian Church and Centropolis E.H.U. She married Roy D. Crawford on Aug. 15, 1942, in Ottawa. They celebrated 66 years together. He preceded
her in death on Nov. 21, 2008. She was also preceded in death by her parents; a son, Clyde Crawford; a son-inlaw, Leonard Shuck; three sisters, Phillis Rebarchek, Kathryn Snodgrass and Lillian Chemings; two brothers, George Rhine and Rolland Rhine; and two grandsons, Luke Terrell and Clifford Sudja. Survivors include four daughters, Dee Ann Shuck, Ottawa, Claudia Terrell, Lawrence, and Nancy Sanders and husband Tom, and Lois Ardahl and husband Jay, all of Overbrook; a brother, Clyde Rhine, Wellsville; a sister, Alma Warnock, Overland Park; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Dengel & Son Mortuary in Ottawa. The family will meet with friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Centropolis Christian Church. The family suggests memorials to Centropolis Christian Church, sent in care of the mortuary, 235 S. Hickory, Ottawa, KS 66067. Online condolences may be sent to the family through dengelmortuary@sbcglobal.net.
Ms. Lewis had lived in Lawrence since 2000, after moving from Manhattan. She was a longtime seamstress. She was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Iola. Survivors include a son, Dr. Herschel D. Lewis and wife Donna, Lawrence; a sister, Helen Perkins, Moran; and two grandsons, Patrick Lewis and Jarod Lewis. Warren-McElwain Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be sent at warrenmcelwain.com.
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Senate leaders to speak at ‘Eggs and Issues’ The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce is hosting a second “Eggs and Issues” breakLEGISLATURE fast from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Pachamama’s, 800 N.H. Kansas Senate President
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In 2009, Mark Parkinson overturned that decision when he became governor and offered a deal to allow for one coal plant to be built in exchange for new laws on renewable energy. In November, Bremby was removed after refusing to resign as head of the KDHE to coordinate the cabinet transition from Parkinson’s administration to that of incoming Gov. Sam Brownback. Bremby said he was willing to help with the transition, but didn’t want to leave office to do so. After Bremby’s departure, replacement John Mitchell approved a permit for a proposed 895-megawatt coalburning power plant, just before new federal regulations on greenhouse gases went into effect in January. On Tuesday, Bremby said he didn’t think the coal plant
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struggled for years with drug use,” Melton told jurors. Edwards from the stand said he stopped the car on a rural driveway and all three men bailed out. He said as Jones and Vital both ran around the car, they met in front of the car, then Jones shot him three times. Jones then threatened Edwards not to tell anyone or he would shoot him, too. Then the two men returned to a party in Lawrence. Edwards told jurors he felt remorseful and was wrong to lead Jones to Vital. “I didn’t know he was going to kill him, but I knew it could get ugly because he had a gun collecting money,” Edwards said.
Defense focuses on Edwards Days after Vital’s body was found near Lawrence, Edwards was arrested in Mississippi, and Melton also told
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MARGARET CAROLINE LEWIS LONE ELM — Private graveside services for Margaret Caroline Lewis, 93, Lawrence, will be at Lone Elm Cemetery in Lone Elm. Ms. Lewis died Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. She was Lewis born July 12, 1917, in Vail, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Emma Turner Patrick.
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Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, and Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, are scheduled to talk about the 2011 legislative session. Register online at lawrencechamber.com or contact Adam Handshy at ahandshy@lawrencechamber.com. Cost is $15 for chamber members and $20 for nonmembers.
● Develop a community process to define important “viewsheds” that may be worthy of protection from future development. ● Create new tools to help protect high-quality agricultural ground. ● Develop transportation design standards that encourage alternative forms of transportation. City and county commissioners at their Tuesday afternoon study session did not take any action on the proposal. Instead, staff members were directed to examine ways to modify the language of the proposal to make it less intimidating to companies that may be looking to develop in Lawrence and the county. City Commissioner Mike Dever said he wanted the document to include more references to incentives that would be offered to developers and landowners who make their projects more environmentally-friendly. “Before any of this goes into place, you have to have incentives that go into effect with the regulations,” Dever said. “Otherwise, I don’t think this will fly.” In other business at the joint study session, city and county commissioners discussed a proposed land use plan for the Grant Township area north of the Kansas River. The Northeast Sector Plan, as it is called, spells out how
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The departure of Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Rod Bremby to Connecticut will leave another hole in Lawrence. His wife, Janet Bremby, has been the executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence for 12 years. Janet Bremby said Tuesday she will stay in Lawrence for the next few months as the Boys and Girls
Club board searches for a replacement. When a new executive director is found, Janet Bremby plans to complete the move to Connecticut to be with her husband. The Boys and Girls Club, a nonprofit organization, serves about 1,200 children every day. “I’m very supportive of Rod and really excited about this new opportunity,” Janet Bremby said.
controversy hurt his chances of landing the job in Connecticut. “I think the fact it was done using the law with reason was something that worked in my favor. But I don’t know to what extent that had much to do with the appointment,” Bremby said. He also noted that the focus on the coal plant overshadowed many of the accomplishments that occurred at the KDHE during his tenure. Some of the work he did as KDHE secretary — such as upgrading technology, developing web-based applica-
tions and finding ways to better integrate employees and services — will translate to his new role. The Connecticut Department of Social Services oversees 90 legislated-mandated programs and has about 2,000 employees. At KDHE, Bremby had a staff of 1,000. “It’s a much larger organization in terms of people, programs and resources. But the programmatic work of serving people is still the same,” Bremby said.
jurors that prosecutors had agreed to argue to cut four years off of his voluntary manslaughter sentence in exchange for his testimony against Jones. Prosecutors said they would present evidence to try to tie Jones to the murder weapon, a 9-mm handgun, that another man said Jones had stolen from him at a Lawrence party before Vital was shot. But Kerns painted a different picture of the night, saying Edwards was involved in a party that featured an array of drugs and that witnesses would say Edwards had been driving people around in a borrowed car — called the “community crack car” — all day that he was able to use it because he gave the owner crack cocaine. Melton said Edwards left Lawrence because he feared Jones would kill him, but Kerns contended Edwards bragged for years while he was in custody that he killed Vital and even wrote rap lyrics about it. And he said Edwards didn’t tell investigators a detailed story to implicate Jones until after he entered a plea in the case.
“The evidence you’ll hear as presented through this week, you’ll see that Major has everything to gain and nothing to lose in his situation,” Kerns told jurors in his opening statement. Kerns asked Edwards about past statements fellow inmates had made saying Edwards had confessed to them he shot Vital. He said he has never told anyone that and that fellow inmates were trying to get lesser sentences in their own unrelated cases. “I knew it was a whole bunch of people lying,” Edwards said. When Kerns asked Edwards about his lawyer haggling with prosecutors after his plea in the case, Edwards acknowledged that “freedom was important” to him, but he also contended he told his lawyer he would still testify even if it wouldn’t shorten his own sentence. Kerns is scheduled to continue questioning Edwards at 9 a.m. today.
development should occur near the Lawrence Municipal Airport and in other areas outside of North Lawrence. Commissioners indicated that they’ll want to look closely at the portion of the plan that calls for area north of Interstate 70 but south of U.S. Highway 24-40 to become industrial property. Several neighbors have argued that the property is prime farmland that should be protected. Developers and several area farmers, though, have argued the land is prime industrial ground because of its access to I-70 and the nearby airport. Both the Environmental Chapter and the Northeast Area Plan will have formal hearings at the city and county commissions before they are finalized. Dates for those hearings haven’t been set, but they likely will be after the April city commission elections.
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Lawrence city commissioners are willing to spend $25,000 as they wait to see whether plans to purchase the Santa Depot in East Lawrence materialize. Commissioners at their Tuesday evening meeting unanimously agreed to accept an $87,563 federal grant to fund architectural work related to restoring the 1950s-era depot at Seventh and New Jersey streets. The grant, though, requires a $25,000 match from the city. The city, however, doesn’t own the building and has said it won’t take over ownership of the depot unless it can find grant money to do about $600,000 worth of needed repairs and code improvements to the building. But commissioners on Tuesday said they didn’t want to turn down the federal grant because it would pay for all the architectural work left to be done on the project.
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