City to widen bid rules for minority contractor access
Lawrence commissioners will study and implement task force recommendations to reform how city contracts are awarded. The group found no deliberate racial discrimination but identified process flaws that may disadvantage minority and women owned firms. A report detailing changes like unbundling large contracts and separate goals for minority participation will be prepared, with no deadline set.
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Lawrence
Jo Andersen
Harold Shephard
C&s Construction
Baldwin
wyMausy
Rod Bremby
Shephard
Ottawa board reviews middle school design
The Ottawa school board examined plans for a new middle school slated for completion by late 1998 or early 1999. Architect Tim Cummins noted staff input improved the design, which uses single and two story pods for grades six to eight, with bids in May and groundbreaking in June.
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Ottawa
Ottawa School Board
Harvey Ludwick
Tim Cummins
Hollis & Miller Group Inc
Prairie Village
Ludwick
Janice Buick
Juanita Snider
Bill Ratliff
Garfield
DeeAnna Kimes
Ottawa High School
Edward Spigle
Baldwin council race tests pool plan amid split votes
Incumbent Jen nie Washburn led city council results with 532 votes as neither side claimed victory early. The vote was on creating a public building commission to finance build and manage a pool, not the pool itself. Residents approved a half cent sales tax in November to fund the project.
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Jennie Washburn
Washburn
Krysztof
Baldwin
Public Building Commission
Irick
Oskaloosa Board OKs Eighty Five Thousand Tech Funds
Oskaloosa schools move into year three of a technology plan after the board approved about 85 000 for computer hardware and software. Forty computers will connect high and middle schools to the Internet as part of the district program. Superintendent James White noted possible extension of the plan and discussed evaluations, with no action taken.
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Oskaloosa
James White
White
Lottery defeat and tax lid pass in Kansas House
The Senate rejected a proposal to permit Kansas race tracks to offer lottery games like keno and online bingo, though the bill remains on the calendar for another vote. The House approved extending the property tax lid for another year, keeping local tax increases in check since 1989. Governor Graves signed distinctive Medal of Honor license plates for Donlon and Hagemister of Leavenworth.
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Topeka
Senate
Kansas
House
Woodlands
Kansas City
Kan
Missouri
Sherman Jones
Statehouse
Bill Graves
Graves
Roger H.C. Donlon
Charles C. Hagemeister
Leavenworth
Vietnam
Snowbarger Delays Ribbon Cutting For Minor Surgery In Lawrence
U S Representative Vince Snowbarger missed a Lawrence ribbon cutting due to minor elective surgery. An aide said the 47 year old would recover and attend a Douglas County town meeting Saturday at the Baldwin City Library. The event drew 25 to 30 attendees including local officials and was hosted by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
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Shephard
Lawrence
John Nalbandian
Nalbandian
Mr. Shephard
U.S
Vince Snowbarger
Kan
Sandra London
Snowbarger
Mass
Suite 207
Presbyterian
Bob Moody
Douglas County
Jim Mullens
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
London
Olympian Mills to Speak at KU on Pursuit of Excellence
Former Olympic distance runner Billy Mills will give a free public lecture April 10 at Kansas University on the Pursuit of Excellence. A KU graduate who won the 1964 Tokyo 10,000 meters, Mills is a three time NCAA All-America and a Haskell alum. He was chosen as one of five outstanding Toastmasters speakers for 1996. The talk begins at 7 p.m. in the Big 12 Room of KU's Kansas Union.
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Billy Mills
Kansas University
Mills
Tokyo
Toastmasters International
Kansas Union
Death notices and memorials from McLouth and Lawrence
Obituaries list Arnold L. Gensler age 76 of McLouth with services pending at Barnett Funeral Home and burial in McLouth Cemetery. Edward Lang 71 of Lawrence dies April 1 and private inurnment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Memorials to Hospice Care in Douglas County or donor charity. Paul E. Warner 76 of Lawrence dies March 30. services April 9 at Presbyterian Manor with Greenwood Cemetery burial April 10. He held KU degrees, worked at Phillips Petroleum, and held multiple community roles. memorials to Good Samaritan Fund at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. Memorial services to be conducted by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.
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McLouth
Arnold L. Gensler
Barnett Funeral Home
Oskaloosa
McLouth Cemetery
Mr. Gensler
St. Francis Hospital
Topeka
Edward Lang
Lawrence
Oak Hill
Lang
Jetmore
John Edwin
Lena Pearl Rice Lang
Kansas University
Lawrence Paper Co
Marian V. Gentry
Linda Lang
Seattle
Harry
Douglas County
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home
Paul E. Warner
Presbyterian Manor
Greenwood Cemetery
Newton
Warner
Chanute
George C
Cora Porter Warner
Chanute High School
Neosho County Community College
Tulsa
Blue Lodge
AF & AM
Bartlesville
Oklo
KU Alumni Association
Jayhawk Kiwanis
Pacific Theater
Panama Canal Zone
Mary Lou McMurray
Greg
Wichita
Douglas Murray Warner
Good Samaritan Fund
Lawrence Presbyterian Manor
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Haskell Indian Nations University
Over the Rainbow Doll Club
Douglas County Fairgrounds
Harper
Lillian Redford
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Insurance
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