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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 2012
Page
4
The Spencer Museum of Art resumes normal hours after a water main break on Aug 1 caused closure. Galleries and collections were not affected. Hours: Tue Fri Sat 10 am to 4 pm, Wed Thu 10 am to 8 pm, Sun noon to 4 pm, closed Mon.
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Concordia AP Kansas Highway Patrol reports a southbound SUV left U.S. 81 in Cloud County around 1 p.m. Monday, crossed a road and rolled over in a ditch. The 72-year-old driver Margaret Hawkins and 73-year-old passenger Frederick Hawkins, both of Belleville, died. Neither was wearing a seat belt.
A Tonganoxie teacher, Ronda Andrews, 53, died after a left turn onto U S 24 40 at 158th Street in Basehor. KDOT planned a stoplight there by 2012 13, with construction starting Aug 27 for a 600 000 project to improve signals and left turn lanes amid years of crashes and calls to lower the speed limit.
Hutchinson and Reno County officials refuse funding to repair Ring Levee C protecting unincorporated Hutchinson. FEMA plans 2013 remap to determine floodplain status, potentially forcing 300 property owners to buy flood insurance. Officials warn outcome unclear with 1950s levee built for a 100 year storm.
School board members discussed engaging the community to explain needs and considered a tax-decrease bond approach. Gould Evans Architects will guide pre-bond planning while a new budget lowers the mill levy by 1.204 mills, reducing the annual owner tax on a 100000 dollar home to 623.69. A teacher contract includes 1.6 million for raises averaging 1780 dollars and 4 percent, pending union approval.
Olin, a longtime Lawrence police figure and former chief, was involved in a Thursday incident described by dispatch as a medical emergency. Officers later confirmed no crime and he received treatment at a hospital before being discharged.
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