Church property joins recenter mix
Lawrence officials weigh buying Corpus Christi Church at 1100 Hasold for 1.5 million to convert into a future neighborhood recreation center. The church is relocating to a new 25 acre West 15th Street campus opening in 2000 with an 1000 seat sanctuary and space for education and events. If purchased, the current site could house meeting rooms fitness areas and up to three basketball courts with an elevated jogging track as part of western recreation center plans. The decision follows a city study session and would go to public hearing next month.
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Lawrence
Corpus Christi Catholic Church
Hasold
West 15Th Street
Wakarusa Drive
South Lawrence
Bonnie Augustine
City Hall
Augustine
Franken at Lied Center lampoons politics with blunt wit
Satirist Al Franken drew a mixed crowd outside the Lied Center before a lecture, trading barbs at national figures like Clinton and Lewinsky and local topics such as Wilt Chamberlain’s jersey retirement. He mocked media excess, the Oprah case, Mad Cow claims, the Texas Cattlemen’s Assn., and TV violence, delivering a wide reach of targets in an hour and a half.
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Lied Center
al Franken
NBC
Christian Coalition
Franken
Monica Lewinsky
Clinton
Wilt Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Texas Cattlemen’s Assn
Linda Tripp
Mary Albert
Douglas County Jail project on schedule for spring 1999 opening
The Douglas County Jail frame rises toward three stories as work proceeds on schedule amid mild winter weather. Senior project manager Craig Killmer of Universal Construction and Commissioner Dean Nieder report about 45 percent of concrete skeleton complete and 10 to 20 percent of above ground work done. Masonry and steel will start outside work next month, with utilities and earthmoving largely finished. The project, on a 22.4 acre site south of Highway 10, targets a spring 1999 opening, with final completion likely before the date.
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Journal- Wold
Douglas County
East 25Th Street
Lawrence
Craig Killmer
Universal Construction
Killmer
Dean Nieder
Weapons measure returns to House in election year
Kansas House considers a concealed weapons licensing bill with a safety training course and bans on use in police stations courts and schools. Rep. Garry Boston says election-year politics may stall action while Gov. Graves notes current law already allows many carry rights and stresses local control. The measure would override local rules and apply statewide.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Garry Boston
Newton
Bill Graves
Boston
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Graves
Mike Matson
Lincoln hailed as among greatest presidents by KU scholars
KU historians Abraham Lincoln is praised as a top U.S. president while noting ambivalence in his civil rights record. The Emancipation Proclamation is cited as pivotal though tied to war needs. Lincoln’s childhood hardships, political losses, and rise to the presidency are recounted with emphasis on his enduring legacy. Lincoln visited Kansas in 1859 for Republican campaigning.
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Abraham Lincoln
U.S
Kansas University
Brian Dirck
Lincoln
Chico Herbison
Herbison
Dirck
Springfield
Illinois
Stephen Douglas
Congress
Kansas
Leavenworth
Elmwood
Lawrence
William Tuttle
Union
Tuttle
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