Talks begin on arts center expansion plan
A Lawrence arts center seeks up to 700000 for adjoining property to expand for performances classes offices and displays. Owners counter that appraisals undervalue their properties and fear loss of residential neighborhood fabric while proposing different sites.
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Lawrence Arts Center
Ninth
Mike Hickman
Vermont Street Station
Hickman
James Dunn
Timothy J. Keller
Dunn
Kentucky Streets
Buford M. Watson Jr
Preservationists map 19th century graves at Pioneer Cemetery
Lawrence preservationist Karl Gridley catalogs 70 surviving 19th century gravestones at Pioneer Cemetery on KU West Campus, with biographical notes. Historian Katie Armitage highlights the project, which guides restoration of markers and the toppled monument to abolitionist Thomas Barber as part of the Historical Mount Oread Fund efforts.
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Lawrence
Pioneer Cemetery
Karl Gridley
Kansas University
West
Katie Armitage
Gridley
Youngberg Hall
Mount Oread
KU Endowment Association
Oak Hill Cemetery
William Quantrill
Oak Hill
Quantrill
Pioneer
Thomas Barber
Kansas
Ohio
Barber
Stull
Taoramainn
Lac Uuie
Barber School
Douglas County Preservation Alliance
Barber County
Territorial
W.C. Simons
Journal-World
Simons
Armitage
Thomas W. Barber
Wellsville considers chlorine remedy for water woes
About two dozen Wellsville residents attended a Wednesday council meeting to discuss a water problem marked by low chlorine and a lingering boiling advisory since December. KDHE district official Jeff Lamfers assured no health hazards but noted the chlorination issue, with a solution expected as early as Monday.
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Wellsville
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Jeff Lamfers
KDHE
Compromise leaves holes in budget talks delay key decisions
A joint conference committee of three senators and three House members forged a compromise on three state appropriations bills but postponed decisions on computer modernization and Corrections expansion. The plan would fund tax relief, school spending, and a 3.5 percent state employee pay raise, while deferring juvenile justice, prison capacity, and Cedar Crest renovations. Senate action possible today.
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Topeka
House
Senate
House Chamber
Cedar Crest
Department of Corrections
Juvenile Justice Authority
Department of Administration
Kansas figures honored at tallgrass prairie fund raiser
Four Kansas political figures received the William Penn Mott Jr Conservationist of the Year award at a $175,000 dinner for work creating the nations first tallgrass prairie preserve. Honorees include Nancy Kassebaum Baker Pat Roberts Dan Glickman and Jan Meyers with Governor Bill Graves praising them.
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Washington
Kansas
National Parks and Conservation Assn
William Penn Mott Jr
Nancy Kassebaum Baker
Pat Roberts
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Jan Meyers
Bill Graves
PBS News
Jim Lehrer
Lawrence Journal-World
Dolph Simons Jr
Pamela
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Mike Voort
Prairie Park
Terry Stevens
Jeolional World Graphic
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Chase County
Kan
National Park Service
National Park Trust
The
Park Service
Kansas City
Ole
Rene
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