Douglas County backs sewer districts with no down payment
Douglas County Commission supports creation of two new sewer benefit districts and the expansion of a third without upfront down payments. Petitioners Baldwin Creek No 1 and No 2 and Yankee Tank expansion will be financed by bonds, repaid by landowners with interest, a move intended to maximize participation. Chair Tom Taul and Commissioner Dean Nieder framed the decision as fair ante at the poker table, while Commissioner Mark Buhler abstained due to real estate ties. The board ordered staff to draft the district resolutions for January 11 consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Lawrence
Dean Nieder
Nieder
Baldwin Creek No. 1
U.S. Highway 40
South Lawrence
E. 1000 Road
Commission
Tom Taul
Taul
Mark Buhler
Buhler
Stephens Real Estate
County Route 1061 speed limit lowered to 45 mph
County commissioners agreed to cut the speed limit on County Route 1061 between N 1200 Road and N 1300 Road near Eudora High School from 55 to 45 mph after complaints of speeding. Traffic has risen 22 percent since 1995 and there were five accidents in three years. In unrelated business, Douglas County rejected three payroll and accounting software proposals and called for new bids. Infinitec bid 92737, ADP 10000, Systems Consultants Inc 386923. The committee noted mixed results with Infinitec and that ADP is a service, not software.
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Douglas County
N. 1200
N. 1300 Road
Eudora High School
Public Works
Keith Browning
Ware
Administrative Services
Pam Mad
Infinitec
ADP
Systems Consultants Inc
Madl
City Floods Park to Create Makeshift Ice Rink
City crews began flooding the northern Buford M. Watson Jr. Park area to form a skating rink as cold weather returns. The rink should be ready in a few days once the water freezes into a thick layer, with officials warning skaters to stay off until confirmed safe. The ice could be between one and a half and three inches deep, and several thousand gallons may be used to fill the low-lying park area, located between Tennessee and Kentucky streets south of Sixth.
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Mother Nature
Buford M. Watson Jr
Fred DeVictor
Parks and Recreation
DeVictor
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mike Yoner
Journal-World Photo
Track owner management group reach accord
TOPEKA AP The Woodlands pari mutuel park owner and TRAK East Kansas City non profit group reached an agreement that could allow dog racing to resume. Signed copies must be filed with the state Racing and Gaming Commission which has a Friday meeting to review the deal but executive director Myron Scafe may permit racing sooner. TRAK East would get 50000 in 1999 and 75000 in 2000 with developers profiting from management. The deal is linked to plans for expanding gambling ventures by William Grace and Empress Entertainment subsidiaries across several states.
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Topeka
Woodlands Parimutuel Park
Kansas City, Kan
State Racing and Gaming Commission
Commission
Myron Scafe
Scafe
Kansas Racing
William Grace
St. Joseph, Mo
Empress Entertainment
Obituary notices from Kansas and Oregon funeral services
Multiple memorials announced across Kansas and Oregon. The list includes Junior Wardrip of Eudora with services pending at Warren McElwain Mortuary following his Jan 4 death at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Carol Leach of Linwood with services Jan 7 at Alden Harrington Chapel and burial at Mt Sidney Cemetery, and Phyllis Counts of McMinnville with services Jan 7 at First Baptist Church and a Miday Valley memorial route. Additional notices cover Dee Lennartz of Leawood, Margaret Bennett of Raytown and other survivors with memorial details and donations to various charities.
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Lee Wardrip
Eudora
Warren McElwain
Mr. Wardrip
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Bonner Springs
Carol Lee Leach
Linwood
Alden-Harrington
Mt. Sidney
Leach
Kansas City
Kan
Ken
Mcminnville
Ore
Phyllis M. Counts
First Baptist Church
Carolyn Adamson
Stephen Counts
Pine Bluff
Ark
Victor Counts
Lawrence
Virginia Erickson
Seattle
Dorothea Neprude
Minneapolis
Dee McCormick Lennartz
Leawood
Mt. Moriah
Diane Lennartz Heger
McDonough
Alice DeWeese
Dorothea Kolars
San Antonio
Mt. Moriah Funeral Home
American Cancer Society
Raytown
Margaret Gustafson Bennett
Hinton- Gibson Funeral Home
Bennett
B. G. Gustafson
Nelle Mae Evans Gustafson
Kansas University
Ottawa
Independence
la Causerie Francaise
James Lewton Bennett
Gerald Lewton Bennett
James Lee Bennett
Austin
Tex
Panda Garden fined after deer carcass found on floor
Lawrence restaurant Panda Garden at 1500 W Sixth was fined 500 by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment after a whitetail deer carcass was found being prepared on the kitchen floor around December 16. Owner Lucy White said the deer was cleaned in a closed restaurant and maintained the food would not be affected. The fine followed a routine inspection under the Kansas Food Service and Lodging Act. The order is subject to appeal.
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Lawrence
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Panda Garden
KDHE
Lucy White
Kansas Food Service and Lodging Act
EDHE
Secretary of Health and Environment
White
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