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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 2011
Page
4
The Social Service League Thrift Store at 905 A.I. accepts donated prom dresses. It has a free prom dress room for girls. Hours are 9 am to 4 pm Wednesday to Friday and 9 am to 2 pm Saturday.
Note invites readers to call a specific local number 832 7297 for questions to Sound Off. The item functions as a brief public service directive with no additional news context. No persons organizations or events are named beyond the call-in number.
A street question at Dillons, 1015 West 23rd Street asks shoppers which room in a home most needs spring cleaning. The prompt seeks reader opinions about cleaning priorities and household chores.
House Budget Committee weighs HB 2390 to end Kan-Ed funding which provides broadband and distance learning to 400 plus public schools hospitals libraries and higher ed. Advocates warn of a digital divide while opponents call it an overextended government program.
Douglas County commissioners will review Treanor Architects options for consolidating Public Works. Current sites at 1242 Mass and 711 E. 23rd St may be joined or moved to a new site with an $8 million preliminary cost. Browning favors full consolidation to improve communication and efficiency.
A 27 year old Lawrence man lost control of a car and crashed into the Lawrence Family Vision Clinic on West Sixth Street at 5 p.m. Two customers in a fitting room were knocked across the room but not injured after examination at the scene. The driver faced charges of operating under the influence and reckless driving and was booked into Douglas County Jail.
A 21-year-old Lawrence man reported a burglary at his West 24th Place apartment with $1,500 laptop loss and $400 in other items. A 2000 Chevrolet Impala owned by a 45-year-old Lawrence woman sustained about $1,000 damage near Birch Lane. Five investigators were requested to assess a fire at 2161 Quail Creek Drive, site of Pachamama's former location, with no major damage expected according to Division Chief Joe Hoelscher. Gas prices were observed as low as $3.42 at several stations. Names listed include Hugo Contreras Cruz, Claudia Sanchez, Amber Jackson, Tyler Jackson, and David Hodges with associated towns.
Treanor Architects presented three paths to update Douglas County public works facilities. Option 1 would raze the Mass Street office at 1242 Mass and rebuild there, keeping the 711 E. 23rd St. operations site for about 2.49 million. Option 2 would move all offices to 23rd Street and modernize for about 5.37 million, potentially lower if Mass Street is sold. Option 3 proposes new unified operations at a new site with fully built facilities at about 8 million, possibly less if Mass Street is sold.
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