Clinton Lake drive priorities dominate county road meeting
Douglas County officials and landowners from Clinton and Lecompton clashed over the road priority list. Public Works Director Dean Sanderson explained criteria based on traffic, road class, and lake-related needs, noting Clinton Lake area roads top the list. Lecompton residents urged cheaper blacktop options, arguing current dirt and gravel roads are adequate but costly to replace.
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Douglas County Commission
Clinton
Lecompton
County Public Works
Dean Sanderson
Clinton Lake
Big Springs
Arthur Heck
Lois Gaines
Land Developers to Meet With Lawrence Commission
The Lawrence City Commission plans a 2 p.m. meeting with about six land developers after the regular session. A post meeting discussion on city development subsidy will follow a public hearing set for 7:30 p.m. July 10. The agenda also covers updating the city comprehensive land use plan with planning consultant Ron Jones to revise the 1964 study and a salvage yard zoning code amendment in M-2 and M-3 districts.
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Lawrence
Sion
Ron Jones
Traffic Safety Commission
Sanitation Department
Director of Public Works
22Nd Terrace
Delaware Street
India
Dan Ketter
Public Health Board
OLD Business
City Commission Agenda Briefs and New Business
City panel reviews sidewalk bazaar permit request by Downtown Lawrence Assn and Chamber of Commerce for July 19. It also examines sewer plans for Lot 111 Alvamar and Lot 13 Lawrence Industrial Park and bids for a 40-yard stationary packer unit.
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Lawrence Assn
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Alvamar
Lawrence Industrial Park
Tallgrass Unit Honors Ray Heady For Prairie Park Efforts
Ray Heady outdoor editor of the Kansas City Star received honorary membership in Save the Tallgrass Prairie Inc at a Board of Councilors meeting in Castle Tea Room. Heady, retiring this week, praised the group’s work toward a Flint Hills tallgrass park, noting it could succeed as a cohesive unit. He also received a color photo from Patricia Duncan and spoke about hopes for a prairie park amid related Cherokee Strip park proposals.
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Prairie National Park
Kansas
Ray Heady
The
Kansas City Star
Save the Tallgrass Prairie, Inc
Heady
Flint Hills
Patricia Duncan
Castle Tea Room
E. Raymond Hall
Oklahoma
Save the Tallgrass Prairie Group
City sets $15000 price for NDP Phase Two parcel
Appraisers set $15000 as the condemned price for a triangular lot at Sixth and Vermont owned by Harold L. Maness, $2700 above the city offer. Maness may appeal, while the city may take possession to build an entryway plaza. Other parcel prices were settled out of court at the city offer. The city filed suit on Sixth and Massachusetts property but settled for $25000.
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Sixth and
Vermont
Harold L. Maness
Maness
Massachusetts
Bloodmobile aims to collect 450 pints over three days
The Douglas County chapter of the American Red Cross sets a goal of 450 pints for a three day bloodmobile visit beginning today. Donors may give from 1 to 6 p.m. today and Tuesday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the north wing of Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Douglas County
The
American Red Cross
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Japanese buyers seek Kansas beef offal deal in Osaka pricing talks
Japanese representatives from Osaka Offal Enterprise Cooperative and East-West Associates visited Wichita to discuss purchasing 25 to 30 metric tons of Kansas offal monthly. They praised beef quality, but want Osaka delivered pricing and remain unsure if offered prices are acceptable.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Osaka
Japan
United States
Akira Ishida
Osaka Offal Enterprise Cooperative Association
Tsunehito Urakami
Association
Takashi Ohash
East-West Associates, Limited
Dave Owen
Ishida
Ohashi
Kansas Beef Industries Inc
Kansas Beef Industries
Drivers Ignore Barricades at Lone Star Lake Road
Weekend visitors removed barricades and drove through a three mile closed stretch at Lone Star Lake as chipping and sealing operations began. County engineer Dean Sanderson said no serious damage occurred though risk was present and weekend patrols guarded the site. Operations were to start this afternoon and finish by Tuesday.
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Lone Star Lake
Dean Sanderson
Economy Will Be Chamber Topic
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce plans a noon luncheon at Eldridge House to discuss four dimensional economy aspects. About 100 members are expected with 70 reservations. Speaker A G Matamoros of Armstrong Cork Co will address economic development planning and insights into global markets.
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Econdmy
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge House
Chamber
Bill Salome
Sponsoring Chamber Economic Development Committee
A.G. Matamoros
Armstrong Cork Co
Lancaster
New York University
Matamoros
Salome
American Economic Assn
American Finance Assn
National Association of Business Economists
Philadelphia Reserve Bank
Business Council
Lawrence planning panel to vote on rock quarry and 80 acre rezoning
The Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission will meet Wednesday night to elect officers and review old business including a reduced 143 acre rock quarry proposal near Big Springs and an 80 acre commercial rezoning along South Iowa Street. The session starts at 6 30 p m in city hall with rezoning discussion at 7 30 p m and may hinge on neighbor protests for a unanimous county vote.
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Big Springs
Iowa Street
Lawrence- Douglas County Planning Commission
City Hall
First National Bank
Ninth
Massachusetts
Y. J. Stoneback
County Commission
Richard McClanathan
Richard A. Armstrong
31St and
Iowa
Kmart
City seeks declaratory ruling on firefighters pay parity petition
City attorney Milton P. Allen files a declaratory judgment petition challenging the pay parity referendum presented by Fire Fighters Local Union 1596. The union has 20 days to respond with district court assignment set for Friday and a later hearing. The petition cites 3,400 signatures dated June 12 and seeks equal pay between firemen and policemen with specific categories. The commission unanimously voted June 19 to seek court clarification of the governing statute.
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Milton P. Allen
Fire Fighters Local Union 1596
Allen
Lawrence
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Larry Bocquin
Sanderson
Martha Parker
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Parker
Clinton Parkway
City Commission
Rumsey Funeral Home
NDP
Wichita
S. A. Marcus
Kansas Beef Industries, Inc
Greater Northwest Kansas Inc
Cy Raben
Russell
Greater Northwest
Roy Davis
Northwest Kansas
Owen
Emporia
Iowa Beef Processors
Highway Patrol
County Road and Bridge Department
J H and J Rock Co., Inc
Pearis
GE AM
Steam Iron
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