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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 2003
Page
6
Al Bohl, former Kansas University athletic director, held a garage sale that drew a rapid swarm of customers. He and wife Sherry are moving to St Augustine, Florida. Bohl expressed gratitude for support from Kansas residents as the sale emptied quickly and reporters arrived for interviews.
A judge issued a warrant for Joshua James Lee Werner 22 Whiteboro Texas after he failed to appear on charges of selling driveway asphalt door to door without a transient merchant license. Werner was free on 250 dollar bond and was arrested May 14 after reports of an asphalt scam in Douglas County. A 7-year-old girl named Cynthia Farley drove his truck and crashed it, leading Werner to file an accident report with his phone number. He was outside Cynthia’s home selling to her father Rick at the time of the wreck.
A Saturday benefit concert at the Watkins Community Museum of History raised about 1500 dollars, drawing over 100 attendees. Performers included Mark Bureman on piano and his daughter Jennifer Lyles-Maqsood singing, with a postconcert reception in the museum basement. An Oct. 4 fundraiser at the National Guard Armory will feature a 1950s sack hop, with tickets at 15 dollars on sale August 15.
Kansas officials weigh options for the Landon and Docking office buildings east and west of the Capitol. The aging facilities house nearly 3,000 state employees across many agencies and face costly repairs or possible demolition. A study on whether to fix or replace is due in about three months.
Warren Buffett, the world’s second richest, will headline a KU Med breast cancer fundraiser in Kansas City Kansas at Nebraska Furniture Mart. The Aug 14 gala at 7 p.m. features entertainment, hors d oeuvres, store tours, live auctions and a $50 ticket price with a $500 option for a pre gala reception limited to 200. Proceeds support KU Med breast cancer services and a Rose Blumkin Award will honor Carol Fabian.
Wal Mart faces a court showdown over building permits for a 132,000 square foot store at Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive. The city argues the site fits a department store ban under current zoning while GWak Land Investments contends the designation blocks the project. Judge Michael Malone will rule after a year of legal wrangling and competing filings from GWak attorney Roger Walter and city attorney Gerald Cooley.
Former Kansas lawmaker Kerry Patrick blasted a plan to borrow 500 million dollars to shore up KPERS, warning it could backfire like Enron style bets. The state eyes taxable bonds to fill the unfunded liability as committees review the proposal ahead of a KPERS board meeting.
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