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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 2008
Page
1
The city's street repair program will be funded this year by a mix of state and local tax dollars. The budget details the total available for road maintenance and projects to improve transit routes and public safety on streets citywide.
Lawrence city commissioners will approve the 2008 Street Maintenance program, a $4.8 million plan prioritizing high volume roads. Projects may start as early as April including repaving on Massachusetts Street and portions of Seventh Street, plus South Iowa Street from 23rd to 31st and new turn lanes on 19th Street.
Lawrence resident reports hundreds of dead gizzard shad along the Clinton Lake Dam after a record-cold winter. Fisheries biologist Richard Sanders says shad die in cold water and the event reflects normal annual patterns magnified by frigid temperatures, with no signs of contamination.
Krista L. Wagner, 42, of Lawrence, died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after flu treatment. LMH records show 169 influenza cases this season and two influenza related deaths. Kansas reports 14 flu deaths, 380 pneumonia deaths, and 717 flu or pneumonia contributing deaths statewide.
City commissioners will hear a briefing on buying the 467 acre Farmland Industries plant east of Lawrence for a business park. Regulators from KDHE have balked at city plans to purchase without assuming liability for contamination, leaving a potential taxpayer burden if unexpected pollutants are found.
A Lawrence couple has spent over three decades making their own maple syrup. Their long hobby, begun more than 30 years ago, reflects a tradition of self-sufficiency and family craft amid community interest in local foods.
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