Praeger urges focus on Kansas waterway health in Senate panel
Kansas Senator Sandy Praeger calls for a summer focus on river health as a public health issue. She aims to unite agricultural and environmental groups to ensure water safety for drinking and swimming. Lawmakers will study KDHE reports, assess costs to local water districts, and set an agenda for next year’s legislature.
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Sandy Praeger
Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Kansas
Praeger
Lawrence
Tom Sloan
Environment Committee
Public Health
Farm Bureau
Larry Salmans
R-Hanston
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Lawrence planners approve Deerfield Woods 6 townhomes plan
Lawrence planning commission unanimously approved a recommendation for Deerfield Woods No. 6, a 38 unit townhome project in northwest Lawrence. The plan awaits City Commission approval and requires covenants agreed with neighbors, canceling a homeowners association objection. Nearby residents warned of potential flooding and loss of neighborhood control without an HOA, while critics invoked local history and an archeological angle.
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Lawrence
Deerfield Woods No. 6
Lawrence- Douglas County
Carol Smith
Smith
Scottie Lingelbach
Deer Run
Richard Sheridan
Underground Railroad Association
Douglas County
John Doy
Doy
Territorial Kansas
Emigrant Aid Society
Underground Railroad
Ron Durflinger
Bees lay claim to porch in Lawrence home
Lawrence resident Jean Ogden noticed bees on her porch and found honeybees entering the porch ceiling. She contacted beekeeper Rheuben Johnson of A-Bee's Honeybee Removal in Gardner who agreed to remove the hive. Johnson notes his business handles bees in various states and cites past large hive moves.
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Melissa Lacey
Journal-World
Potos
Sam Pierce
Gardner
Don and
Jean Ogden
Massachusetts
Pierce
Lawrence
Ogden
Rheuben Johnson
A-Bee
Don
K-State Research & Extension
Douglas County
Johnson
Topeka
Warrensburg
Texas
Iowa
Lawrence educator to be honored with KU award
Lawrence educator Doug Eicher, executive director of instruction and curriculum, will receive the Gordon Alley Partnership Award from the Center for Research on Learning at KU for his work with at risk learners. Eicher joined the district in 1995 and previously taught special education in Nebraska. John Emerson of Case Foundation will share the honor July 7 at the Lawrence Heliodome.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Doug Eicher
Gordon Alley Partnership
Center For Research On Learning
Eicher
Alley
EU Center
Lawrence Helidome
McDonald
John Emerson
Case Foundation
Seattle
Randy Weseman
Weseman
Don Deshler
University Center
Deshler
Specialist lends health department a hand in prevention program
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department was chosen among 24 nationwide for a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program. A prevention specialist Lydia Yu from California will join for two years starting September, focusing on Get Moving and community health, tracking demographics and health status, and connecting with other departments while Kent highlights the value of prevention.
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Lawrence-Douglas County
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Health Department
Kay Kent
Kent
Lydia Yu
California
CDCP
Atlanta
University of California At Berkeley
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Hygiene
Baltimore
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