Canoeing legislation gains steam in Kansas House
Kansas lawmakers advance a canoe registration plan endorsed by the Kansas Canoe Association as a funding source for access points. The measure passes committee and heads to the full House for floor debate with expected action next week. The bill would designate 65 miles of the Kansas River for recreation while allowing dredging for economic needs.
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Sloan
Kansas Canoe Assn
House
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Senate
House Environment Committee
Kansas River
Laura McClure
Osborne Democrat
Kansas
T.J. Hittle
Manhattan
Hittle
Funding pinch hits Lawrence PAT program again
The Lawrence Parents as Teachers program faces cuts and seeks extra funds after district budget constraints. Board members say cuts target minimal impact, while state consultants note early years’ importance. Local fundraising and outreach to businesses continue as final pleas to reach a $3,000 shortfall, with district matching possible from others.
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Carol Linhos
Lynne Owen
Owen
Lawrence
Rinth Knorser
Journal-Ward Pony
Elyse Towey
Zachary
Gayle Anderson
Towey
East Lawrence
Anderson
Lawrence firm chosen for arts center expansion plan
A local advisory committee selected Glenn Livingood Penzler Architects to design the Lawrence Arts Center expansion. The $5.8 million project adds a 400-seat hall, two dance studios, two galleries and multiple classrooms, with GLPA handling public input and a $3.625 million city contribution.
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Lawrence Arts Center
Glenn Livingood Penzler
N.H
Lawrence
Marty Kennedy
GLPA
Budig
Kansas University
Carnegie
Ninth
Oread apartment plans sent back to drawing board
Doug Compton, former Lawrence city commissioner, revises 27 apartments in six buildings beside the Ludington Thacher mansion at 1613 Tenn. The Historic Resources Commission postponed a decision until March 19 while awaiting further direction. Riordan of the mansion opposes the project. KU later requested delay on landmark listing for the old post office.
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Oread
Mark Facan
Doug Compton
Drawing Board
Compton
Lawrence City
Southwind L.L.C
Historic Resources Commission
Ludington-Thacher
Tenn
Southwind
Alpha Tau Omega
Terry Riordan
Riordan
HRC
N.H
Lawrence Register of Historic Places
Kansas University
Funeral services for Mabel E. Tucking held in Valley Falls
Mabel E. Tucking 91 of Valley Falls died Feb 19 1998 at a Topeka hospital. Services are 2 p m Sunday at St Pauls Lutheran Valley Falls with burial in Valley Falls Cemetery. She was born July 17 1907 in McLouth and was a homemaker member of St Pauls Mary and Martha Quilting Circle Prairie Hall Club and Farm Bureau Learn A Bit unit. Surv survivors include two daughters Elizabeth Littleton Farr and Coramne Julien six grandchildren.
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Valley Falls
Mabel E. Tucking
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Tucking
Topeka
McLouth
Samuel
Elizabeth Knowlton Petrie
McLouth High School
Emporia State Teachers College
Mary and
Martha
Prairie Hall Club
Farm Bureau Women’s
George Tucking
Oskaloosa
Elizabeth Littleton-Farr
Coramne Julien
Fort Worth
Tex
Family to Host Visitation at Mercer Funeral Home
The family will meet friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls. Memorials may be given to St. Pauls Lutheran Church or the Valley Falls Rescue Squad in Valley Falls 66088.
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Shields
Jworld
Watson
Jworld.com
Arts Center
John Nalbandian
Nalbandian
Sabatini & Associates Architects Inc
Sabatini
Steve Anderson
Department of Music and Dance
Shelley Hickman Clark
Mark Fagan
Fagan
Kevin Pritchard
Richmond Flowers
I-Link
Helidome
Jayhawk
Worlp Cepnen
Tom Jones
Jack Gillespie
Lawrence, KS
Hou
Oreantun
Homer Frank
Finnegan
Humane Society
Heinz
Heinz Pet Products
Louisiana
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