County gives initial nod to rural plan
Douglas County commissioners approved a resolution of intent to tighten zoning and subdivision rules outside Lawrence city limits. The plan would abolish the five acre exemption and expand the primary urban growth area to include Wells Overlook Road vicinity, potentially bringing a local horse farm into the PUGA and prompting more rural water meters.
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Ottawa University Makes Top 100 List in Money Ranking
New College of the University of South Florida tops Money magazine’s top 100 value list, with Ottawa University, a four year liberal arts college in Ottawa, entering for the first time as the only Kansas school. KU declined to appear amid higher tuition and open admissions status.
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Top 100 College Values List Includes area schools
Money magazine ranks area and Big 12 schools in the nation’s top 100 for value. Northeast Missouri State, Texas Austin, Texas A&M, Ottawa, Iowa, Creighton, Missouri Columbia and other institutions appear with distinct positions in the study.
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University of Iowa
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University of Missouri-Columbia
High schools granted admission regardless of academics
Ottawa University ranked 32nd charges seven thousand nine hundred sixty dollars yearly tuition for in state and out of state students Davis stated the figure and context.
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Wetlands research at LHS funded by Walmart gift
Lawrence High School biology students will continue wetlands research this year with a $3,500 gift from the Lawrence Walmart store. The funding supports fieldwork, camera studies of nocturnal wildlife, a student-produced documentary, and a班 home page detailing findings and frog-call analyses as part of an independent study program led by Ken Highfill.
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State foundation honors Lawrence literacy project
The Kansas Foundation for Partnerships in Education named the "Adventures in Imagination" program a standout New Partnership. Mercantile Bank Lied Center Lawrence public schools partnered for a five year plan starting with a two week residency by poet Sandy Lyne.
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Highfill wins state teaching award for biology
Lawrence High School biology teacher Ken Highfill, 52, has been named Kansas Outstanding Biology Teacher for 1995 by the National Association of Biology Teachers and Prentice Hall. He has taught at LHS since 1968 and has led students on field trips to Alaska and Colorado while integrating DNA and local wetlands projects into his courses.
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