Dear Evanston,
As you know, Mayra Jackson, Latwian Jackson, and their young children Jordan, 9, and Nicholas, 4, lost their apartment on Judson and Dempster and all their belongings in a fire that gutted their home last Wednesday morning.
The family is overwhelmed by and so grateful for the outpouring of support from Evanston residents who have provided clothing, toys, food, and funds.
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Mayra, who is an artist in stained glass, lost all her artwork and supplies in the fire.
Evanston resident Jill Miller, who was on her way to work that morning and pulled over to help the family when she saw flames bursting out of the Jackson s apartment, told me how she d often driven past the apartment and noticed the beautiful artwork in the windows.
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Fire consuming the apartment at Judson Avenue and Dempster Street Wednesday morning. (EFD photo)
“My youngest son lost his favorite blankie.” That’s just one of many items Mayra Jackson, her husband Latwian, and their two sons lost in an apartment fire at Dempster and Judson Wednesday morning.
In fact, while they escaped unhurt from the garden level unit, the Jackson family lost basically all of their possessions. “It happened so quickly,” Mayra Jackson says. The Jacksons, including sons Jordan, age 9, and Nicholas, age 4, are now staying with Mayra’s sister while trying to figure out what to do next.
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GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Kuckelman, Perry elected to KLA leadership positions Pictured are Kansas Livestock Association President-Elect Phil Perry (left) from Oskaloosa and KLA President Jerry Kuckelman of Manhattan. - photo by COURTESY PHOTO
TOPEKA – Members of the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) elected Jerry Kuckelman, a cattle feeder from Manhattan, as president during the group’s annual business meeting Dec. 17. The membership chose Oskaloosa rancher Phil Perry as KLA president-elect. Kuckelman and Perry will lead the 5,700-member organization during the next year.
Kuckelman is the president and chief executive officer of Innovative Livestock Services (ILS), which consists of eight feedyards in central Kansas and south central Nebraska and an extensive farming operation. He began his career as a cattle buyer for IBP, then transitioned into feedyard management where he spent 27 years, with most of that ti