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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 2005
Page
3
A Kansas Senate vote approved a measure to require disclosure within 48 hours of any campaign contribution of 300 or more made in the final 11 days before an election. The bill targets gaps in current reporting that delay updates until months later.
A Lawrence man reported 11 guns stolen in a weekend burglary at his Harper Street home near Brook Creek. Police say a sliding glass door was left unlocked between Friday night and Monday morning, with seven shotguns, two rifles and two handguns taken along with $638 in cash and $7,000 in jewelry. Total losses exceed $23,000.
A Douglas County Community Foundation grant helps families cover adoption costs. Deadline March 1. Funded by the Jim Carr Memorial Fund for Adoption honoring a Lawrence firefighter. Residents only, home study by licensed social worker required. Domestic or international adoptions eligible. One award up to $1000 annually. More info at www.dccfoundation.org or 843-8727.
The Journal-World reports gasoline at $1.83 per gallon at Citgo on Ninth and Iowa streets and Presto Phillips 66 at 602 W Ninth St. Readers are invited to call 832-7154 if they find a lower price.
Langston Hughes School presents a Friday program exploring Black History Month with anti slavery and slave songs blues and poems by Langston Hughes and George Moss Horton set to music highlighting history through verse and song.
Kansas receives a B grade in the Government Performance Project ranking for 2003 to 2004, with a B plus in managing money and Bs in people, infrastructure, and information. The report notes Kansas’ diversified tax base and 9.1 percent turnover among classified state workers, higher than the national 7.8 percent. It highlights potential wage gaps at KU and other state agencies as a factor in retention.
A widening sinkhole near Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail lines in southeast Hutchinson prompted officials to delay a long term ground study. Crews pump a concrete slurry to stabilize the area while surveys assess cavern risk beneath the tracks. Trains run at reduced speeds as tests from the Kansas Geological Survey continue.
Jennifer Cooper and Shelley Bartlett described a December balcony confrontation that escalated to gunfire at the Boardwalk Apartments. Randy J. Johnson, 19, is charged with four counts of attempted second degree murder and wore a belt with a marijuana leaf buckle matching evidence.
The Kansas Geological Survey reports last year’s rainfall slowed irrigation-related groundwater decline across central and western Kansas. Measurements from 1,300 wells show regional declines ranged from slight increases in west-central areas to steady levels in central Kansas, though long-term prospects remain dire and shortages loom in parts of the state within 25 years.
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