WRAP seeks new funds for delinquency program
Bert Nash seeks alternative funding as Douglas County rejects a 32 thousand dollar grant for WRAP, a program aiding Lawrence high and middle school students. CEO Sandra Shaw says options are being studied to keep the 370 thousand dollar budget and 950+ served since 1997, with 85 percent of students avoiding suspensions or referrals.
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Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
Douglas County Commission
Sandra Shaw
Bert Nash
WRAP
Lawrence
Shaw
Lawrence Partnership For Children and Youth
Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority
City weighs phased plan for traffic calming along Louisiana
City officials review a 2.2 million traffic calming proposal for south Louisiana Street between 17th and 31st, including six roundabouts and four medians. The plan shifts to nine construction phases, starting with sidewalks, aiming to ease concerns and educate residents about roundabouts despite initial skepticism.
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South
Louisiana
17Th
Harvard
Monterey Way
Aaron Bartlett
Bartlett
Hy-Vee to pay reduced fine over Lawrence store road work
Lawrence city commissioners limited the Hy-Vee fine to seven thousand dollars instead of up to thirty thousand for postponing sixth street widening tied to the new store. The project start was delayed to July 6 with completion aimed for Oct 15, due to a miscommunication about a benefit district.
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Lawrence
Sixth Street
Erv Hodges
Hy-Vee
Hodges
Monterey Way
Jeff Markey
Hy-Vee Inc
KDOT keeps stance on Highway 10 intersection safety
Kansas Department of Transportation maintains its 1998 finding that the Highway 10 and East Hills Business Park entrance intersection should keep a 65 mile per hour limit and that traffic signals would likely raise accidents. City officials say requests for improvements have been denied and the study was sent to the city traffic safety commission for comment. Lawrence plans to rebid its wastewater treatment plant contract after bids exceeded the 35.6 million forecast with Danis Environmental and DiCarlo Construction leading the high bids. City commissioners approve transferring two tax abatements to API Foils, which has expanded and hired more staff at East Hills Business Park, after Astor International sold the property.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
East Hills Business Park
Mike Wildgen
Wildgen
City Traffic Safety Commission
Black & Veatch
Danis Environmental Industries
Dayton
Ohio
DiCarlo Construction
Kansas City
Lawrence
API Foils
Astor International
East Hills
Douglas County Development Inc
Astor
API
Jane Bateman Named Bert Nash Board Chair on Tuesday
Jane Bateman was unanimously elected chairwoman of the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center Governing Board to replace Charlie Becker, who resigns the chair but stays on the board to devote time to a new startup. The center marks its 50th anniversary with a rock mosaic by Stan Herd along the Kansas River levee. Volunteers are invited to help by calling 843-9192 and asking for Patricia Roach Smith or Bobbie Mathias.
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Jane Bateman
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
Charlie Becker
Becker
Kansas River
Bowersock Dam
Stan Herd
Herd
Patricia Roach Smith
Bobbie Mathias
Study links underage binge drinking to early initiation
Kansas University Provost David Shulenburger chairs the City Universities Joint Task Force on Alcohol Abuse Prevention. He urged Lawrence to adopt a key registration ordinance, citing police testimony that teens obtain alcohol at key parties. The study notes rising underage drinking, with nearly 3 percent of high school students reporting daily use, and calls for keg registration and server training.
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Kansas University
David Shulenburger
City Universities
Lawrence
Shulenburger
City Commission
Elsie Shore
Shore
Jim Salt
Salt
Kansas
Service notices for Dougan and Edgerton families in Lawrence area
Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home for John Holland Dougan Sr. 90 of Leavenworth with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include two sons, two daughters, a brother and sister, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Memorials may go to the American Heart Association. Separate notices honor Agnes K. Edgerton 73 of Eudora with graveside services at Prairie Center Cemetery Burlingame and memorials to the Lawrence Humane Society are suggested.
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John Holland Dougan
Leavenworth
Rumsey-Yost
Lawrence
Memorial Park Cemetery
Dougan
Dorothy Kay Arrington
Alma
Ark
John Jr
William
Iota
Dren
Andrew Thomas Dougan
American Heart Assn
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home
Germany
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Lawrence Humane Society
Warren-McElwain
Buruin
Agnes K. Edgerton
Eudora
Prairie Center
Burlingame
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