Lawrence woman earns Army award

A Lawrence staff member with the KU Army ROTC program recently received a national award for her daily efforts.

Cindy R. Brinkley of Lawrence was named U.S. Army Cadet Command’s “Supply Technician of the Year” for 2005, a statement from the parent organization of the officers reserved training corps said.

Brinkley, a native of Mayville, N.D., has worked with the “Jayhawk Battalion,” KU Army ROTC Program, for three years while her husband, Bob, operates the family’s real estate business.

“This award says to me that I must be doing my job right,” she said. “But my true reward is seeing our cadets grow and mature to become the best commissioned officers in the U.S. Army. I am proud of what I am doing because I feel like I am contributing to my country.”

Highway

Motorist injured in one-car accident

One person was hurt early Saturday in a one-car wreck on Douglas County Road 1055 just south of Baldwin, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

The victim, a male, was flown by helicopter ambulance to a Kansas City area hospital. His name and condition were unavailable Saturday. He was injured when his vehicle overturned, a sheriff’s spokesman said.

The accident was reported to county dispatchers at about 12:40 a.m. Baldwin Police assisted sheriff’s officers at the scene.

Workshop to help with living wills

The Coalition to Honor End-of-Life Choices and members of Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s Palliative Care team will host a free workshop to provide information on living wills.

The workshop will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital auditorium. It will include a presentation by doctors and other health care professionals, a question-and-answer session, notary services and help with completing forms.

“We have seen a growing community interest in advanced-care planning,” said Dorothy Kurtz, a nurse consultant with LMH. “People come to us and ask how to complete a living will. That’s why we want to give them more information.”

Drowning

Colby man’s body found in lake

Colby – Colby police recovered the body of a 37-year-old man Friday from a lake in Colby.

Investigators said friends of William Mauslein, of Colby, reported him missing Thursday morning, saying they had last seen him at Villa High Park, a two-acre lake. The body was found at 1 p.m.

Foul play is not suspected.

Police

Alabama couple arrested in ’97 death

El Dorado – An Alabama couple has been arrested in connection with the 1997 disappearance of a Butler County man.

Butler County Sheriff Craig Murphy said Friday that Jerry Trussell, 44, and Tamara Trussell, 38, of Trinity, were arrested Thursday and face first-degree murder charges in the death of 27-year-old Franklin Harrod Jr.

An extradition hearing for the couple, who were living in Trinity, Ala., is scheduled for Monday.

Harrod was last seen on July 27, 1997, when he told his pregnant wife he was stepping out briefly, leaving behind his car and wallet. The couple had two children.

Investigators found no evidence of foul play and searched the nearby Walnut River for his body but found nothing.

Murphy wouldn’t say what led investigators to the Trussells, how Harrod was killed or what the motive was.