Tourism bureau targets bus trips in Lawrence
Lawrence tourism officials say visitors spent 104 million dollars in the city last year and predict further gains in 1995. The Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau will present the 1994 95 marketing plan to the Lawrence City Commission at city hall Tuesday evening. The report notes 150 motorcoach tours and about 6750 out of town guests are expected, up from 131 tours last year.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau
Lawrence City Commission
City Hall
Sixth
Massachusetts
Joan Brown
Bureau
Rich Nathan
Quality Inn
Lawrence On Tour Plans Boost for Local Tourism
The Convention and Visitors Bureau outlines assumptions and considerations for marketing, travel arts and destination efforts. The Wonderful World of Oz project near Kansas City is slated to open next year to draw national and international groups to Lawrence, increasing local awareness and support for tourism.
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Convention and Visitors Bureau
Sarabeary
Kansas City
Lawrence
Bird house auction roosts in Lawrence fundraiser
Bert Nash Mental Health Center hosts a June 17 fundraiser in Lawrence titled Where Architects Come Home to Roost. The event features bird house entries, including a Reuter Pipe Organ Co. piece, with 54 entries signed and 3 categories artists, craftspeople, and enthusiasts. Proceeds support homes for Douglas County adults with mental illness through Building Independence. last year raised $24,000 from 58 entries.
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Blue Birds
Robins
Cardinals
Mockingbirds
Purple Martins
Lawrence
Bert Nash
Douglas County
Pat Davis
Reuter Pipe Organ Co
Don Gauthier
Rob Dunlap
Reuter
Rob
Reuter’s
Davis
Liberty Hall
Mass
Camden Yards
Baltimore Orioles
Bob Dole
Senate Rejects 2 Percent Cost of Living Raise
Senate vote 18 to 21 rejects a 2 percent COLA for state employees amid House insistence on boosts for public schools and civil service workers. Lawmakers strive to resolve the $7.2 billion fiscal 1995 budget as DOL workers await decisions and a possible 1996 tax increase.
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Douglas County
Senate
Kansas University
House
Civil Service
Betty Jo Charlton
Clawrence
Forrest Swall
D-Lawrence
Swall
Barbara Ballard
Charlton
1994 Legislature ends with productive session tone
The 1994 Legislature wraps a session labeled productive by many, despite late budget struggles. Gov. Joan Finney previously called a Toreka labeled do nothing stance a month earlier, illustrating differing perspectives on achievements and outcomes.
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Toreka
Joan Finney
Kansas 1994 Legislature Ends Gridlock On Major Reforms
The 1994 session resolved long standing issues, enacting a capital punishment law after 22 years of gridlock, advancing crime measures, funding for retirees, welfare and health care reforms, and corporate farming growth. It extended Southwestern Bell TeleKansas, added a state amphibian, but rejected Washburn University admission to the regents and Indian casino gambling.
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Kansas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Washburn University
State Board of Agriculture
Finney
Whitewater Kansas turns Clinton controversy into tourism boost
In Whitewater Kansas a 750 resident town 20 miles from Wichita the Clinton land deal publicity brings unexpected benefit. Local merchants report brisk sales of Whitewater souvenir shirts and residents imagine tourists visiting to see a peaceful small town amid the national uproar.
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Clinton
Whitewater
Kansas
Mike Lemke
Wichita
Arkansas
Whitewater Merchants Assn
Lemke
Pat Ryan
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Renle Knobber
Journal-World Photo
Jeff McGovern
Ryan Gray
Hillcrest School
Gauthier
Dunlap
Richard Gwin
Journal-Wonly
Puen
Reuter Organ
Ae Wal
Bill Finney
Kan
Ryan
Cafe Whitewater
Nancy Phipps
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