FAA grant sought for Lawrence airport upgrades
City officials pursue a 10 percent local share to match a 90 percent FAA grant for a 10 million project including 700000 for extra aircraft parking and 5500000 to extend a runway. Officials also seek proposals to expand sewage capacity and create a stormwater management plan for the airport site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Aviation Administration
Lawrence
Debbie An Saun
FAA
Var Saun
van Laun
Rick Bryant
Aviation Advisory Board
City Commission
Bryant
Sewer plant expansion will get engineers
Lawrence city commissioners agreed to hire Black & Veatch Corp to oversee the $3.39 million expansion of the wastewater treatment plant funded over three years. The project, a $39.5 million upgrade to handle growth and meet environmental rules, will raise sewer bills by about 6 percent annually for four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Black & Veatch Corp
Black & Veatch
Lawrence City Eyes Downtown 2000 Redevelopment Plans
City commissioners reviewed historic preservation steps and approved building materials for a four story city owned parking garage in the 900 block of New Hampshire known as Downtown 2000 and set a public hearing on bonds for the $6.63 million Lawrence Arts Center project with the city funding $3.65 million and the arts center repaying with interest while negotiating redevelopment with 9-10 LC for retail offices and apartments.
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Lawrence
New Hampshire
New
Hampshire
Lawrence Arts Center
Arts Center
9-10 LC
Graveside rites for Owen Steele in Pittsburg area
Graveside services for 78 year old Owen Steele of Pittsburg will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. He died June 18, 2000 at Mt. Carmel Medical Center in Pittsburg after being born August 27, 1921 in Turkey Ford Oklahoma. Survivors include his sister Norma Jean Harris of Lawrence.
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Owen Steele
Pittsburg
Memorial Park Cemetery
Lawrence
Steele
Mt. Carmel Medical Center
Turkey
Ford, Okla
Frank and
Gertie E. (Mathia) Steele
Farmland
Grove
California
Coffeyville
Norma Jean Harris
Brenner Chapel
E. Fourth St
Arnold George Torneden
Baldwin
Torneden
Baldwin Care Center
Linwood
Fredrick George and
Caroline
Kampschroeder) Toreden
Reno
Tonganoxie
Villa Eden
Federal Housing Authority
Leavenworth
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Ser
Williamstown
Marvin L. Pearson
Assembly of God Church
Underwood Cemetery
Pearson
John E. Sr
Bessie (Hunter) Pearson
Perry Rural High School
Senate bill seeks aquifer protections in the Southwest
Senator Jeff Bingaman introduces a 70 million dollar, 20 year plan to preserve the Ogallala Aquifer by promoting improved farming techniques. The measure targets southern portions of the aquifer across Colorado Kansas Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico with eastern New Mexico counties named. Co sponsor Senator Pete Domenici backs the effort while noting the northern aquifer remains outside the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Bingaman
D-N.m
Ogallala
Bingaman
Mid
Colorado
mid-Kansas
Texas
New Mexico
Nebraska
Wyoming
South Dakota
Kansas
Oklahoma
Curry
Roosevelt
Lea
Quay
Union
Harding
Jim Bonham
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Lied Center director to head to New York
Jackie Davis, longtime Lied Center director at KU, has accepted a new post in New York. A national search will be conducted for her replacement, with an August committee forming to select an interim director if needed. Davis' departure draws mixed feelings from Lawrence arts leaders who credit her with elevating local arts access and dialogue.
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Toni-Marie Montgomery
Ku’s
School of Fine Arts
Lied Center
Davis
Montgomery
Lawrence
Jackie
Ann Evans
Lawrence Arts Center
Judy Billings
Visi
Tors Bureau
Chamber (of Commerce
Billings
CVB
KU Women's Hall of Fame
Lawrence Public School
Association of Performing Arts
Chamber Music America
Dance USA
American Arts Alliance
Arts International
Roughs! Endowment
Rts
Pelathe Center hosts sale and fair in Lawrence
Pelathe Community Resource Center hosts a rummiage sale book sale and Indian taco sale plus a silent auction and information fair from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 23 and 24 at 1423 Haskell Ave with items ranging clothes computers bicycles furniture toys dishes jewelry and produce. Vendor spaces are $20 in the center lot to raise funds for Pelathe programs. A Sunday a.m. event at Abe and Jake's Landing 8 E Sixth features cake lemonade and popcorn with a cash bar and sandwiches. Bands include Jeffrey Lee and the Pale Moon Kings Sugadaddies Good Advice Rick Frydman and the Usual Suspects and the Jesse Jackson 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelathe Community Resource Center
Haskell Ave
Abe and
Jake's Landing
Jeffrey Lee
The
Pale Moon Kings
Sugadaddies
Good Advice
Rick Frydman
Usual Suspects
Jesse Jackson 5
Bert Nash Center marks 50th anniversary celebration
The Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center hosts a concert and dance from 4 p.m. Saturday to 12 30 a.m. in celebration of its fiftieth anniversary. The event showcases community support and honors the center’s history and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
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Ijworld.com
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Historic Resources Commission
Historic Resources Com
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Mission
Arnold Torneden
Senior Citizens Meals On Wheels
Southern Leavenworth Council On ‘Aging
Riford
Madge French
Bonner Springs
Arnold Duane
Titusville
Fla
Rettalou Massey
Marvin Pearson
Morrell’s Meat Packing Co
Topeka
Hamm's
Alvamar Country Club
Operators Union
Lila Marie
Assembly of God Church Building Fund
P.O
Oskaloosa
Dorothy Huntsman
HutcHinson
Dorothy Ann (Melland) Huntsman
Elliott Mortuary Chapel
Huntsman
Casper
Wyo
Con
Madeline
Martegane) Melland
Hutchinson High School
Wichita State University
San Angelo
Tex
Standard-Times
Hutchinson News
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Democratic Women’s Club
Hutchinson Library
Hutchinson Art Assn
Dillon Nature Center
Audubon Society
Nature Conservancy
Reno County Historical Society
Interfaith Housing
Hutchinson Public Library
Kpts Channel 8
Frank A. Huntsman
Jefferson Melland Brown
Pinedale
Regan Marie Brown
Austin
Rebecca Pyle
Salina
Cordelia Brown
Eudora
Robert Con Melland
Denver
Mary Alice Melland
Green Valley
Ariz
Elliott Mortuary
N. Main
Associated Press
Wowan
herapyWorks
Werth St. ¢ Lawrence Medical Plaza
New York
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Jbiles
Jworld.com
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Pelathe Center
Lawrence Briefs
Bert Nash Center
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