Fire destroys barn near Lawrence sparks community effort
A barn 3.5 miles west of Lawrence burned after a 1:29 p.m. fire started on Douglas County Road 1750N. Fire departments from Kanwaka Lecompton and Wakarusa, aided by residents, battled the hay fueled blaze. Cause under investigation with no arson suspected. damage estimates pending.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Ron Wilson
Loren Anderson
Anderson
Bob
Betty Brink
Steve Guinn
Kanwaka Township
Guinn
Kanwaka
Lecompton
Wakarusa
Leroy Boucher
Dwight Byers
Vicki Mallonee
Iona Spencer
Mike You
Danny Rake
Stull
Betty Brinks
Trafficway design tweak keeps options open for eastern leg
Douglas County commissioners approved a contract modification for the U S 59 interchange bridge to feed either the 31st Street alignment or routes along 35th or 38th streets. The change scales back east side construction until the environmental study clarifies the final route, with bridge work set to begin within 60 days and a 15 mile parallel trail project also funded.
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Douglas County
South Lawrence
Inter
John Pasley
Payless Cashways
Howard Needles Tammen
Bergendorf
Pasley
Clinton Parkway
Douglas County Road
35Th Street
U.S. Highway 59
N. 1750
Hamm Construction
Perry
Sherwood Construction
Wichita
Sherwood
Douglas County Road 13
Graves faults feds over state welfare reform effort
Gov. Bill Graves says federal agencies block Kansas welfare reform despite support for the 1994 law. He blasts waivers, budget cuts, and perceived federal foot-dragging as hindrances to state efforts to reform the system. Representative Mike Matson notes growing frustration.
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Torexa
Bill Graves
Graves
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Kansas
Feds
Mike Matson
Reform Wreckers: Graves cites federal roadblocks to Kansas welfare rules
Gov. Graves highlights three federal obstacles to Kansas welfare reform. Kansas law aimed to withhold AFDC food stamps and Medicaid from delinquent child support nonpayers, but federal rules restrict withholdings to AFDC only. The state also tried RanWork to limit benefits to those trainable, yet federal law requires 55 percent of welfare dollars be spent on hard to serve target groups.
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Gov. Graves
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Feds
Kansas
Navy heart program reformer to lead KU Medical Center
Retired Vice Admiral Donald Hagen, who boosted the Naval Medical Center’s ailing heart surgery program, moves to Kansas University Medical Center as executive vice chancellor. His arrival follows a probe into KU’s heart transplant program and related public scrutiny. Hagen starts September 1, 1991, amid efforts to restore confidence and revive transplant services.
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U.S. Navy
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Donald Hagen
Hagen
Navy
Kansas University Medical Center
Carla Stovall
U.S
Robert Hemenway
Naval Hospital
Fairfax Hospital
Fairfax
Ann Sedlacek
KU Cuts In State Tuition Perks for Some Students
KU administrators end in-state tuition rates for out-of-state students who are monthly university employees starting fall 1997. The change may affect about 200 students and save the university about 1 million dollars annually. Graduate teaching and research assistants are not impacted.
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Kansas University
Lindy Eakin
Tary
Senate
Chicago
Force
Eakin
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Kansas University Student Body
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Renee Speicher
Graduate Student Council
Eileen Force
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