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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 2013
Page
4
City commissioners approved an expanded rental registration plan applying to all rental units. A staff memo estimates expansion costs at 386000 dollars while proposed fees of 10 dollars per year and 50 dollars per unit inspected would generate 383700 dollars in revenue.
A brief instruction provides a phone number 832-7297 and an email address soundoff ljworld.com for questions or correspondence. The note directs readers to use these contact channels for inquiries or submissions.
Readers from Lawrence and nearby Kansas City respond on the street about whether to keep or repeat the fireworks ban. Laura Metz favors the ban citing safe locales, while Rachel Carwas supports it yet admits enjoying fireworks from home.
Two workers from the event crew for Valley Falls annual fireworks show were burned when fireworks stored in uncov ered totes detonated after 10 p.m. One worker from Valley Falls sustained severe arm burns and was hospitalized in Topeka. a Ozawkie woman also burned with a PVC fragment embedded in her arm. Officials say the fire remains under investigation.
Jessie Carr and Dana Christie announce a son born Thursday in Lawrence. Chad and Renate Rea report a son born Friday in Lawrence. James and Emily Vigne welcomed a child, with details continuing.
The Kansas Prison Review Board will hear public comments in July on 28 inmates including Abraham Orr Tony Hunter and Suzy Majors who face August parole eligibility. Sessions run July 22 in Topeka July 24 in Wichita and July 26 in Topeka with input via phone or mail.
A catalog of titles and ratings covers diverse summer fare at Regal Southwind Stadium 12 Liberty Hall Cinema and more. Notable entries include Before Midnight Despicable Me 2 3D The East Frances Ha The Heat The Lone Ranger Man of Steel Monsters University This Is the End White House Down World War Z and related showings with locations and MPAA ratings.
The Lawrence City Commission holds a 4 pm study session on the 2014 Recommended Budget and a 6:35 pm meeting to proclaim July as Parks and Recreation Month. Consent items include minutes, claims, licenses, and board minutes. Major actions authorize bids for pool painting at the indoor aquatic center for 48,890 dollars, software licenses for police at 20,024 dollars, a 25,000 dollar one time general fund allocation to Just Food Inc. for a refrigerated box truck, and a bonds resolution for curbside recycling equipment. The agenda covers rezoning near East 25th Street, changes to the city code on signs, a temporary closure and alcohol permit for the Homecoming Pep Rally, and a 2014 Budget Summary approval with July 23 hearing.
Tommy Andrews of Topeka testified in a Douglas County District Court preliminary hearing that he and his brother were caught in a lovers quarrel involving their sister and Steven Michael Gigger and Erick Shakeel Smith. Andrews described the shooting near Club Magic on May 19.
Kansas law now requires all police agencies to take missing person reports and enter them into a nationwide database. The high risk category triggers immediate dissemination to every Kansas agency, aiming to speed recoveries amid concerns raised by Senator Greg Smith whose daughter Kelsey was murdered in 2007.
Agenda highlights set for 6:35 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall located at Sixth and Massachusetts streets. WOW Channel 25 will cover the session, with meeting documents available online at lawrenceks.org.
City commissioners will mull rezoning requests for a proposed residential development near the Rock Chalk Park sports complex. Lawrence developer Tim Stultz plans 21.5 acres RS7 single family housing, 3.3 acres RS5 smaller lots, and 15.8 acres RM12 multifamily units near Queens Road and Overland Drive.
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