Wal-Mart recycling center closes as city promotes options
The Wal-Mart Community Recycling Center shuts, with a new center east of the former site to be larger. City officials urge continued recycling, highlighting the Bargain Center at 12th and Haskell and Lonnie’s Recycling, while noting 34 percent of city solid waste is diverted from landfills through public and private efforts.
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Becker
Mollie Mangerich
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Haskell
Lonnie’s
Lonnie
North Lawrence
Kansas
Chip Halderman
Bargain Center
Halderman
Best Buy
31St St
Jeff's
Curbside Recycling
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Mangerich
Kansas University
Cell phone use linked to higher crash risk study finds
An Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study of 500 Perth drivers shows talking on a cell phone within ten minutes of a crash quadruples the chance of injury. Handheld bans may not reduce risk since drivers may switch to hands free devices, the report notes.
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Perth
Australia
Canada
Harvard University
Center For Risk Analysis
University of Utah
Park City
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, D.C
John Walls
Cellular Communications & Internet Association
Washington
Douglas C. Pizac
Salt Lake City
NASA readies shuttle comeback at Kennedy after Columbia loss
NASA gears up for a test shuttle flight at Kennedy Space Center, the first since the 2003 Columbia disaster. Former officials caution about regaining flight edge after 2.5 years, while pilots and managers emphasize training, simulations, and renewed readiness to fly Discovery, the fleet's oldest shuttle at 21 years.
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Columbia
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NASA
Discovery
Paul Hill
Hill
Kathryn Thornton
District weighs tax increase as local option budget looms
Superintendent Randy Weseman says the district may raise local taxes for 2005 06 but will not commit. Board member Rich Minder backs using an extra million from the local option budget which now yields about 12 million annually and accounts for roughly one fifth of the 61.6 million general budget. If taxes rise, a decision is due by early September. the district has relied on the local option budget as state funds declined. The district totals 94 million including capital spending.
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Randy Weseman
Rich Minder
Leonard Ortiz
Weseman
Students push to overturn Lawrence fireworks ban
In late 2002 city commissioners upheld the fireworks ban amid concerns of injuries and fires. Fire officials cited a 2001 apartment fire as evidence while students led by Paradies argued to permit limited displays. Topeka's recent regulatory shift and local youth activism frame the debate.
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Lawrence
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Schauner
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Highberger
Topeka
Gary Bartz
Bartz Bros. Fireworks
Vicki Zielinski
Paradies
City Hall
Centennial Park
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