Community Children Center to open with night and weekend care
Renovation on 346 Maine St in Lawrence underway for the Community Children's Center. The facility will offer daytime, overnight and weekend care for up to 140 children across seven classrooms, addressing gaps in local early childhood services. Executive Director Kim Polson notes the project fits a three-pronged plan to bolster care.
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Rock salt impacts roads and health across the nation
Rock salt saves lives by helping tires grip icy roads and prevents falls on slick surfaces. It supports Kansas’s role as a top salt producer with payrolls, but corrodes cars and bridges, raises drinking water sodium, and in some areas harms plants, animals, and crops.
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Grant program for Douglas County delayed due to vacant coordinator
The Heritage Conservation Council delays its Natural and Cultural Grant program after a vacant heritage coordinator position. Last year the $200 000 fund supported nine projects from prairie restoration to documenting early Haskell Institute student letters, with guidelines normally released in January and recipients named by April.
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