Police auction nets $8,000 from surplus bikes
Dozens of bicycles dominated the semi annual found property sale at the old city garage at Fifth and Mississippi. About 220 people browsed or bid as more than 150 bikes sold, raising roughly $8,000 for the city general fund. Other items included a wheelchair a stuffed alligator head and a rowing machine.
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Old City
Fifth
Mississippi
Damon Thomas
Lawrence
Mike Yoner
Journal- Word
Ashley Bitler
Scott
Eudora Road traffic study backs lower speed limits after fatal crash
Hempen's follow up to a traffic study requests by Eudora Township Board reviews an accident that killed 16 year old Nicole Pecla on North 1500 Road. The report recommends 13 new signs and advisory speeds 15 20 and 25 mph with a 40 mph limit proposed between Noria Road and Douglas County Road 1061. Safety cited as the bottom line with traffic up 35 percent since January.
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Eudora Township
Dean Nieder
Nieder
Douglas County
1500
Lawrence
Noria Road
Frank Hempen
Wakarusa River
East 200
Eudora
1500 Road
County approves licenses and zoning changes in Lawrence area
County board approves a cereal malt beverage license at Clinton Marina and a $184 908 out of district junior college tuition bill with Johnson County Community College receiving most. They rezone Maple Grove North and Kanwaka areas, consider vacating a channel easement, fund a $4671 expansion for the South Lawrence Trail, review a $1.5 million 1999 capital plan through 2007, and plan a 1999 budget work session with executive session for litigation access.
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Clinton Marina
Clinton Lake
Johnson County Community College
Maple Grove
Kanwaka Meadows
Eagle Ridge
Diagonal Rd
Lone Star
Frank Hempen
Craig Weinaug
Lawrence school board outlines long range facilities plan
Lawrence board will review long term budgets and facilities for elementary students at a 5:30 p.m. study session and a 7 p.m. regular meeting Monday at the service center 3705 Clinton Pkwy. The plan contemplates merging East Heights and New York into a new 6 million dollar school, a second 6 million dollar elementary on west 15th Street, Prairie Park Elementary additions, remodels, and possible consolidation of services.
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Lawrence
Clinton Pkwy
Julie Boyle
East Heights
New York
West Lawrence
West 15Th Street
Prairie Park Elementary
Boyle
Free State High School
Deerfield School
Bedroom Farce pageant staged at University Theatre
British playwright Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce is staged by University Theatre as the final main show of the year. The comedy examines four couples in three bedrooms with humor from dialogue, sight gags, and physical bits. Dustin Shaffer as Nick and Jeanette Selig as Suzannah deliver strong performances in a production directed by Ron Willis. The three-bedroom set was crafted by Delores Ringer and the show runs at Crafton Preyer Theatre with show times today and later in the week.
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University Theatre
Trevor
Suzannah
Nick
Jan
Jeanette Selig
Selig
Kansas University
Delores Ringer
Ron Willis
Crafton- Preyer Theatre
Murphy Hall
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