Interim planning chief Linda Finger named acting director
Linda Finger was named interim planning director after Price Banks’ resignation, keeping her workload and desk but gaining a new title and a $101 weekly raise. Finger will stay as senior planner handling historic preservation and floodplain issues and may apply for the permanent post offering up to $66,542 annually with applications due July 1. Banks reorganized the office in 1982 and Finger has 16 years in the planning office, earning $49,358 as acting director and $44,109 otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Finger
Price Banks
Price
Finger
Mike Wildgen
Candidate charged with felonies in torch run incident
Richard W. Rodewald, 58, a Kansas House candidate in the 10th District, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault after allegedly swerving toward two police officers participating in the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. No injuries reported. Rodewald was released on a $2500 recognizance bond after a brief appearance and a preliminary hearing was scheduled.
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Douglas County
Richard W. Rodewald
Kansas House
Rodewald
Kansas Highway Patrol
Terry Maple
U.S
Bob Dole
Bkan
Walker Hendrix
Dottawa
Budget constraints shrink Haskell summer housing and enrollment
Summer 1995 enrollment at Haskell Indian Nations University plunges to 146 students across 19 classes, down from about 250 in 1993 and 1992, after the board restricted admissions and opened only one residence hall. The college, federally funded and tuition free, limited on-campus housing to 130 beds and may require off-campus housing for excess students.
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Haskell
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence College
Stu
Combest
College
Board of Regents
KU seeks bids for Dane and Polly Bales Organ Recital Hall
KU solicits construction bids for the Dane and Polly Bales Organ Recital Hall on West Campus beside the Lied Center. The hall, seating over 200, features a 72 foot ceiling, brick veneer, and a three manual organ built by Wolff and Associates. Bids open June 16. funding includes 1992 gifts of 750000 from the Bales and 250000 from Hansen Foundation. naming approved in 1993.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dane and
Polly Bales
Kansas University
Lied Center
Allen Wiechert
University
School of Fine Arts
Topeka
Horst Terrell & Karst
Robert F. Mahoney
Pomona Lake Presents Night Walks and Wetland Talk Series
U S Army Corps of Engineers at Pomona Lake hosts weekend programs including a 9 p.m. Friday night video night hike on Deer Creek Nature Trail titled Bats and Other Night Stalkers. A 9 p.m. Saturday talk Conserving America and the Wetlands discusses preservation plus a 6:30 a.m. bird count ending at noon with a brown bag lunch. A free fishing clinic on June 11 at 9 a.m. offers age group prizes at 11:30 a.m.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineer
Pomona Lake
Deer Creek
America and the Wetlands
Poweshiek Amphitheater
Kansas Ornithological Society
Corps of Engineers Information Center
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Ric Anderson
Journal-World
Wolff and Associates Ltd
Lavel
Quebec
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
West Eighth Suite
Lawrence
Williams Huber
Rawes
Egy
MAZDA
A/C
Cass
Chevy Cavalier Osuto
Cags
Nissan
Toyota
Kansa Carpet
ENT
Eifnot Delic
Hteff
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