Public Transit Senior Services Expands Rural Reach
Douglas County Senior Services will start this fall expanding transportation to Baldwin Eudora and Lecompton residents. Director Jessie Lusher says Lecompton riders will reach Perry and Baldwin riders Wellsville while the Eudora-Lawrence bus hours increase. The agency plans greater city system use while continuing some trips.
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Lecompton
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Wellsville
Lawrence
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Public Transit Advisory plans changes to six routes
The Public Transit Advisory Committee proposes altering six of eight fixed routes. Public meetings are set for April 17 at city hall, April 21 at Union Pacific Depot, and April 26 at Halcam Park Recreation Center. Information is available at the Lawrence Public Library, the city manager’s office, and online.
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Lawrence Public Library
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Lawrenceks.org
Graffiti Threat Prompts Police at Central Junior High
Lawrence police were stationed at Central Junior High after a graffiti message threatened violence against students. Principal and assistant principal urged consequences for those involved. A Tuesday wall message claimed 10 students would die today and a letter was sent home with about a quarter of students on Wednesday.
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Central
Brian McCaffrey
Mass
Southwest Junior High School
Free State High School
Southwest
Housing Seminar Covers Fair Housing Topics
City hosts a fair housing seminar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Community Building. Sessions address fair housing laws tenant rights landlord responsibilities and moving from renting to ownership with a homebuyers panel. Free breakfast and lunch. contact the Human Relations Department at 832-3310 for details and enrollment.
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W. 1Th St
Human Relations/ Human Resources Department
Gift to keep good professors at KU in the green
The William T. Kemper Foundation provided a $690,000 gift to the Kansas University Endowment Association. It includes $250,000 to extend the Kemper Teaching Excellence Fellowships for five years for 20 professors receiving $5,000 yearly. Other funds buy equipment for the Landon Center on Aging at KU Medical Center, support the Business Scholars Program and Hall Center, and aid an art exhibit at the Spencer Museum of Art.
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Kansas University Endowment Association
William T. Kemper
Diana Carlin
Theo and
Alfred M. Landon
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
KU School of Business
Hall Center
Helen Foresman Spencer
Petition drives for smaller Deerfield second grade classes
Parents at Deerfield School collected signatures Wednesday to oppose plans to place as many as 27 students in each second grade class this fall. Organizer Kate Zylstra and others urge adding another teacher to avoid the district’s largest second grade classes. Principal Suzie Soyster cites the benefits of smaller groups for hands on learning and classroom management.
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Deerfield
Kate Zylstra
Jan
Deerfield School
Zylstra
Ian
Suzie Soyster
Maria Craft
BioOne online database links 40 journals for science fields
BioOne.org, a nonprofit tied to Allen Press and Kansas University, launched Monday to host content from 40 scientific journals in botany and zoology. Institutions pay subscriptions while individuals may join later. 46 libraries are in, 100 trial members, with a goal of 150 by year end.
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Lawrence
BioOne.org
Allen Press
Kansas University
American Institute of Biological Sciences
College Libraries
Ted Freeman
10Th St
Freeman
BioOne
McLouth voters approve city library plan
McLouth residents voting 81 to 61 backed establishing a city library. A library board will be appointed soon, enabling tax funding and state matching grants to improve the former front room collection. Funds will pay a part time librarian and a catalog system as volunteers tout the project.
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Jefferson County
McLouth
Brewer
State Library Association
Northeast
Kansas
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