Lansing Current (Newspaper) - April 20, 2006, Lansing, Kansas THE LANSING CURRENT 25 cents THURSDAY APRIL 2006 VOLUME 1 KANSAS TELEPHONE 7271525 FAX 7271772 LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICE TO ROLL OUT NEW CARS Dodge Chargers join Lansing Police 2A Keeping Neighbors SMOKING BAN LIKELY TO FAIL ACTION BY JOHN TAYLOR An effort to convince Lansing City Council to ban smoking in public places with in the city appears to be on its way to being The at its meeting April is scheduled to consider whether to proceed with developing an ordinance to enact the But two of the councils biggest backers of the ban which would extend to all businesses in the including restaurants con cede theres not enough back ing for the plan on the Asked whether the proposed ban was Council member Robert Ulin Ulin said he had been out spoken in his belief that a smoking was a public health issue that needed to be addressed and he had hoped the city would take a leadership position by enacting a At the end of the were a and Ill abide by what the majority he Council member Billy who also has pub supported a smoking surmised he would be the only member to vote for proceeding j SEE PAGE 3A ONLINE Log onto on Friday to read about Thursdays City Council KDOT reviews Main bids million proposal is apparent low bid on project BY JOHN TAYLOR The contractor for the Main Street System Enhancement project is likely to be Leavenworth Excavating and Equipment The Kansas Department of Transportation on April opened sealed bids for the project and submit ted the apparent low bid of Maggie public involvement liaison for the said its likely would be awarded the bid but state transportation officials first must review the opened bid to make sure it meets Theyll double check the amounts and make sure every thing is Thompson They want to do they have things in the bid to get the job done with the spec set out There were just two bids received for the project the other bidder was Fahey Construction of which sub mitted a bid just under Thompson said review of the bid should be completed by April at which time the bid will be officially This Main Street System Enhancement project calls for widening Main Street from SEE MAIN PACE 3A SAM LANSING HIGH SCHOOL INITIATES into the International Thespian Society do what they do best when asked to pose for a picture they Eligible members met April to be Students attending the initiation were Brittney Luke Kristen Brian Aaron Austin Demarin Montgomery and Lauren For more on the initiation and this years Scovy see page LHS junior in class of her own Leadership graduates first high school student BY KATIE KRITIKOS Lansing High School has a leadership but its not exactly what Heather an LHS was Bennett was searching for ways to get in the community and learn how to become a better she wanted something that would look good on her college What she found was Leadership Leavenworth a class sponsored by the Area Chamber of class was formed in the 1980s to help get people more interested in volunteer ing and run ning for elected Bennett had never heard of the class before her mother found information about it she When she went to turn in her applica she said she got a little lost trying to find the chamber Heather Bennett But neither her ty with the program nor her unique circumstances the group had never had a high school student take the class counted against and Bennett was one of 15 people accepted to participate in the leadership The class met one Friday each month starting in September and graduated April in a cere mony at the Riverfront Community Each the group learned about different aspects of the including the history of Lansing and social law enforcement and Fort Bennett said her favorite les son was the history and tour of Lansing and I liked learning about the community that I live she Though the class was intimidating at Bennett she enjoyed meeting peo ple in the class and learned net working She said no one in the class treated her differ ently because she was Shelly vice presi dent of Lansing school participated in the class with SEE PAGE 6A County site touted for National BioDefense Facility BY JOHN TAYLOR Leavenworth County is being touted as a potential site for a National BioDefense Lynn president of the Leavenworth County Development formerly Leavenworth Area said the Kansas City Area Development Council and the Heartland Bio Agri Consortium submitted the site near Fort Leavenworth as the only Kansas City metro site to be entered into the federal review The Leavenworth County site would compete against loca tions across the including another instate site near The National BioDefense Facility is a joint effort of the federal Homeland Agriculture and Health and Human Services It would employ in the neigh of 400 scientists in a This project packs a signifi cant economic development opportunity for our not to mention the McClure said in an email this week to members of the devel In addition to being a government funded This project packs a significant economic development opportunity for not to the Lynn McClure and oriented its bio science relationship brings with it a considerable amount of items labor and transportation The submitted site is at 155th Street and Coffin immediately west of the Disciplinary Barracks at McClure said the consor tium chose the site due to its the current feder al government remote nature of the site as it relates to the metropolitan area as a and to Kansas City International In such a site would also provide the facility connectivity to the technology backbone available via the which is necessary to properly manage such a facili McClure The process of selecting a site and building it will be a long McClure The federal government agencies are pare the list of submitted sites in the next few then begin a new round of site Selecting a McClure could take up 18 months from with the actual con struction and operation of the facility not completed for up to five McClure said among the fac tors that could work in favor of the local submission was Kansas bioscience Thats really something that helps to attract clientele like he Another was the long local history of successful partner ships with the federal govern We in Leavenworth County know how to work with government he Leavenworth County Development has been involved with this project since early he Current Updates keep you informed of breaking news i
