Lecompton faces unsettled 700 acre development plan
Lecompton residents seek answers as a 700 acre project could bring up to 2000 homes and a community center south of town. Phase one may start fall 2002 adding about 110 jobs to a 750 person town. Issues include annexation, funding via a benefit district, and a new $1 million water plant.
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Lecompton
Stewart
Roy Paslay
Paslay
Lawrence
Chicago
Perry- Lecompton
Lawrence junior highs boost Stanford 9 scores at Central
Central Junior High led a district rise in Stanford 9 scores with a 7.2 point jump from fall 1999 to fall 2000, reaching 59.4. South 57.2, Southwest 62.1, West 62.2, district average 60.2. Also KU engineering receives a $100,000 pledge from Frank J. Becker and Barbara Becker for a new building expansion at 15th Street and Naismith Drive.
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Central
Ted Juneau
Juneau
South
Southwest
West
Kansas University Engineering
KU School of Engineering
Frank J
Barbara Brinkman Becker
Kansas University Endowment Association
School of Engineering
15Th Street
Naismith Drive
Frank
Barbara Becker
Dean Car Locke Jr
Obituary notices for Spencer Stinson Mitscher and Wiley spans multiple states
Obituaries note Rose Mary Spencer of Manhattan died March 10 2001 aged 102 funeral and burial in Manhattan with memorials to Westview Church. Wade Roger Stinson kansas alum and former KU athletics director died March 11 2001 in Diamondhead Mississippi services at Diamondhead Community Church. Ronald Mitscher of Henderson Nevada death reported with arrangements pending. Eva Wiley 95 rural Lawrence died March 11 2001 in Somerton Arizona memorial services planned later. Additional notices reference page 3B.
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Rose Mary Spencer
Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen
Sunset Cemetery
Spencer
Wharton Manor Nursing Home
Wilsey
Christian and
Anna
Weber) Tischhauser
Kansas State University
Westview Community Church
Harold Crane Spencer
Baldwin
Wayne E. Spencer
Topeka
Harold Robert Spencer
Poyntz Ave
Diamondhead
Wade Roger Stinson
Diamondhead Community Church
Mr. Stinson
Kansas Univer
Sity
Kansas University
Stinson
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Chicago
United Missouri Bank of
Bob
Salina
Parkinson Diseases Assn
Hylan Blvd
Staten Island
Riemann Funeral Homes Inc
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Somerton
Ariz
Eva B. Graham Wiley
Lawrence
City approves consolidated composting facility plan
Lawrence city commissioners approve a new consolidated composting site on city land at Tith Street and Haskell Avenue. The $50,000 facility combines brush, wood chip and compost operations from three locations, after diverting 5,206 tons of yard waste and 2,744 cubic yards of wood chips in 2000 and saving $138,000 in landfill and purchasing costs.
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Lawrence
Tith Street
Haskell Avenue
Traffic study delayed in northwest Lawrence dispute
Lawrence city commissioners delayed a $13,855 traffic study for Sixth Street between Wakarusa Drive and Kansas Highway 10 while awaiting further explanations from KDOT. The same meeting advanced annexation and rezoning for Bismarck Gardens No. 2, a 5.61 acre North Lawrence housing project, despite floodplain concerns. a 3-2 vote moved to rezone from agricultural to single family residence.
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Lawrence
Terese Gorman
Kansas Department of Transportation
Sixth Street
Wakarusa Drive
Kansas Highway 10
Jane Eldredge
Sixth
Wakarusa
KDOT
North Lawrence
Bismarck Gardens
North Seventh
North Streets
John Chaney
David Dunfield
Mike Rundle
City Commission Cancelled Meeting During KU Spring Break
Lawrence city commissioners cancel Tuesday session due to Kansas University's spring break. The panel will reconvene at 6:35 p.m. March 27 at Lawrence City Hall located at Sixth and Massachusetts.
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Othal O. Wiley
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Yuma
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