City mulls drainage plan to curb flood risk in Lawrence
Lawrence city officials, with state water official Kerry Wedel, weigh drainage policies after a study session. They discussed preserving wetlands, flood plains, and downstream impacts while considering land purchases and tighter development rules. Mayor Moody warned against buying land. some fear economic effects and insurance gaps.
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Kerry Wedel
Kansas Water Office
Lawrence
Wedel
City Hall
Douglas County
Jo Andersen
Bob Moody
Morningside Drive
Atchison Avenue
North Second Street
Moody
John Nalbandian
Dean Ownby
Rural plan moves ahead with urban utility extension
The Lawrence City Commission is set to back a rural water plan, sending it to the Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission for a public hearing possibly on Oct 25, before final city and county approval. Buhler supports balancing water meters with development and Chappell sees compromise, while McElhaney opposes higher rural standards without guaranteed annexation within 15 years.
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Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence-Douglas
McElhaney
Puga
Schools feel heat with early dismissals across district
Lawrence Superintendent Al Azinger says Pinckney School will dismiss at 1 p.m. and West Junior High at 12:42 p.m. Students eat lunch first. neither building is air conditioned. Other area schools including St John, Marion Springs Elementary, Baldwin Elementary, Ottawa, and Tonganoxie High announce early dismissals through Friday with lunch served before departure.
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Lawrence
al Azinger
Pinckney School
West Junior High School
Pinckney
St. John School
Pat Newton
Baldwin
Marion Springs
Baldwin Elementary School
Ottawa
Tonganoxie High School
Audit faulted Kansas counties pools overcharge 230000
An audit of the Kansas Association of Counties finds overcharges totaling more than 230000 over 15 months through improper allocation of admin costs to two county insurance pools. Former executive director John Torbert resigned after a personal-use credit card issue emerged. The pools could have saved over 265000 annually if run separately, audit says.
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Toreka
Kansas Association of Counties
John Torbert
Torbert
Lawrence
Nevada
Kansas County
Kansas Workers’ Risk
Bruce Woner
Kansas City
Coopers and Lybrand
KAC
Wener
Feds say wildlife dept misspent 3.15 million in recent years
Topeka, Kansas. Federal auditors allege the Department of Wildlife and Parks misspent 3.15 million in recent years as new audit follows a 1993 finding that forced transfers from the general revenue fund and Wildlife Fee Fund to fisheries programs. Secretary Steve Williams says negotiations with the Interior Department inspector general aim to cut the amount. The state owes 550,000 from the general fund and 1.18 million from the Wildlife Fee Fund. legislators may be asked to fund 1.73 million to satisfy the older audit.
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Topeka
Steve Williams
State Department of Wildlife and Parks
Williams
Ways and Means
Department
Inspector General
U.S. Department of Interior
Feds
Wildlife and Parks
General Revenue Fund
Wildlife Fee Fund
General
Bank urges children to read books in Lawrence event
Mercantile Bank partners with National Children’s Book Week and American Education Week to sponsor Read Aloud Week across Lawrence public schools November 13 through 17. Celebrity readers chosen by students and parents will visit schools, with author Jim Trelease giving a talk October 30 at the Lied Center. Free tickets available after October 2 at bank locations Lied Center box office and the district service center. tickets required for entry.
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Lawrence
Mercantile Bank
Lawrence Public
Lawrence Education Assn
Mercantile
Jim Trelease
Lied Center
Mercantile Bank of Lawrence
Lawrence Public Schools
Clinton Pkwy
Lee services for Elliott Lee Jr. held in Kansas and California
Elliott Lee Jr. 66 of Lawrence Kansas died August 29 1995 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Services were set at Calvary Church of God in Christ Lawrence with Rev William A Dulin and a second service at First Presbyterian Newton. Burial Greenwood Cemetery Newton. Survived by widow Yvonne Sampson two sons five daughters a stepson and a stepdaughter plus grandchildren and a great grandchild. Memorials to Calvary Church of God in Christ care of Rumsey Yost Funeral Home.
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Elliott Lee Jr
Lawrence
Calvary Church of God In Christ
William A. Dulin
First Presbyterian Church
Newton
Greenwood Cemetery
Lee
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ashdown
Ark
Elliott
Katherine Anderson Lee
Coffeyville
Joplin
Los Angeles
Greater Good News Church of God In Christ
Love Chapel Church of God In Christ
Faith Temple Church of God In Christ
Calvary Church
Elen Dean Dobbs
Yvonne Sampson
Beatrice English
Nancy Kay Lee
Pacoima
Calif
Larry Elliott Lee
Hawthorne
Robert Gary Lee
Sacramento
Linda Kay Swan
Cerritos
Elaine Lee
Donna Marie Bell
Rumsey- Yost
Hammert Services Held for Elizabeth Hammert in Anadarko
Elizabeth G. Hammert 85 of Anadarko died August 16, 1995. Services were held August 19 at First Presbyterian Church with burial at Anadarko Memory Lane Cemetery. Born February 12, 1910 in Eudora Kansas, she married Walter S. Hammert in Anadarko in 1928. Survivors include her three sons Walter Jr Fred and Carl, a sister Elfreda Westerhouse, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Memorials to First Presbyterian Church.
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Anadarko
Okla
Elizabeth G. Hammert
First Presbyterian
Buria
She
Eudora
Kan
Frederick and
Lena Meineke Schlegel
St. Paul’s
Elfreda Westerhouse
First Presbyterian Church
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Jarrett Small Animal Clinic
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Lawrence Humane Society
Awrence Humane Society
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LEE Services
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Eldridge
Jim Gasser
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Calvin Eddy
Kappelman
Calvin, Eddy & Kappelman Real Estate, Inc
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