Lawrence MS Walk Kicks Off Sixth Year With Community Support
Wendy Walburn, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1992, chairs the annual MS Walk now on its sixth year. She and co-chair Charlotte Lawrenz lead walkers from Lawrence and nearby cities in a 9.2 mile course through downtown and KU campus to raise funds for patient services and research. Last year’s Lawrence event drew 18,000 with nationwide totals exceeding 420,000 from over 4,500 walkers.
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Judy Walburn
Wendy
Charlotte Lawrenz
Walburn
Wendy Wailburn
Topeka
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Jay
Terry Allen
Lawrence
Walking For A Cure Community Walk Event Details
Registration requires a phone number 1 800 745 7148 with Friday as the deadline. Walkers may register at Bucky's Drive on April 12 from 8 to 9 a.m. The walk starts at 9 a.m. rain or shine with four rest stops and a post course free lunch. Pledges are due by May 9. For information call Judy Walburn or Charlotte Lawrenz.
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Bucky’s Drive
Judy Walburn
Charlotte Lawrenz
Douglas County Considers Private Road Moratorium
Douglas County commissioners meet at 9 a.m. Monday in the county courthouse to review a private road request at 81 E. 900 Rd for three new home sites. The panel may use the file to shape a moratorium and criteria for private road applications as staff gathers steps to pause this development method.
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Douglas County
Ron Lawrenz
900 Rd
County Commission
Mark Buhler
County commissioners seek curb on private roads in subdivisions
County officials warn developers exploit private roads to bypass platting and easement rules. Subdivision rules waive limits for three sites on a private road, yet clusters beyond three use hybrid access via private roads and driveways to county and township streets. They may limit private roads to landlocked lots to protect safety and future maintenance.
Lawrence council agenda items include triathlon closure and grants
The Lawrence city council considers closing Lone Star Lake beach and parking on June 28 and morning of June 29 for the Lawrence Memorial Triathlon. It weighs matching funds for a Kansas Criminal Justice Coordinating Council grant. Other items include approving a cereal malt beverage license for Clinton Store, bidding for three public works replacement pickup trucks, a noxious weed treatment contract, emergency mowing tractor engine replacement, and soliciting bids to replace sidewalks.
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Three killed in Hays house fire
In Hays Ap a mother Shayla Coomes 27 and her two children Lindsay Matal 3 Lucas Matal 2 died in a house fire believed aware of the blaze but unable to escape. Fire officials say the fire confined to part of the living room and that a smoke detector on the second floor may not have alerted them due to extensive damage.
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Coomes
Schwartz
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