Measure would give cities more say on sprinkler backflow
Lawmakers push a bill to let cities choose backflow devices for lawn sprinkler systems, challenging a KDHE rule for above ground units. The measure, sent to Gov. Finney, includes a bonding clause to access federal funds for local water upgrades and may stave off a veto. Local homeowners favor underground valves for cost and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Finney
Don Sallee
R-Troy
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Sallee
Finney
Department of Health and Sephorers
Lawrence
KDHE
Lawrence City
State Department of Health and Environment
KU tailback Henley pleads no contest and is fined
Kansas University football star Charles L. Henley Jr., 18, pleaded no contest to a petit larceny charge for shoplifting a leather jacket and basketball shoes from a Lawrence store on Nov. 14. He was fined $200, plus $15 in costs, and sentenced to 180 days in jail with suspension for one year if he stays out of trouble. A related charge of unlawfully obtaining a stolen parking permit was dismissed with a $25 restitution ordered. Henley set KU and Big Eight freshman records with 1,127 rushing yards last season.
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Kansas University
Charles L
Henley Jr
W. 15Th
Iowa
Henley
Lawrence
Randy McGrath
Halley Kampschroeder
McGrath
Porter
Columbus
Ohio
Art in the Park highlights local artists selling crafts
Brow among more than 70 area artists at Art in the Park offering painting textiles pottery ceramics and woodwork. He values the event as critical for artists not in galleries and hopes to boost guild membership above 100. Brow plans ceramic displays, including kitchenware and chairs, and notes how visitors test the chairs and engage with ideas of originality and courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brow
Guild
Art In the Park
Cartographer earns rare CMS designation for county maps
Dennis Albers of the Douglas County Appraiser's Office is among 13 nationwide to become a Certified Cadastral Mapping Specialist. The International Association of Assessing Officers awarded the CMS title, reflecting pride beyond rarity. Albers, a seven year county employee, maintains maps for about 30,000 parcels, commuting from Olathe to Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Albers
Douglas County
United States
Albers
International Association of Assessing Officers
Fessional Society
Lawrence
Olathe
High court orders three new judges for three counties
The Kansas Supreme Court ordered that an additional district judge division be created in Shawnee Johnson and Douglas counties. The Legislature funded the new judgeships this year to handle rising caseloads. Chief Justice Holmes noted substantial and likely permanent increases since 1984 across the three districts. Governor Finney will appoint from nominees developed by the District Judicial Nominating Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ToreKa
State Supreme Court
Shawnee
Ohnson
Douglas
Richard Holmes
Shawnee County
Douglas County
Johnson County
Holmes
Joan Finney
District Judicial Nominating Commission
Funeral notices for Elbrader Nelson Abella and Wolf in Lawrence
Funeral services for retired Lt Col William C Elbrader 77 Lawrence will be Monday at Warren McElwain Mortuary. He died May 5 1994 in Lawrence. Also listed are services for Ralph E Nelson 64 and Narciso E Abella 95 with details of deaths and survivors. Memorials to local charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C
Bill” Elbrader
Lawrence
Warren-McElwain
Tony Gattis
Ebrader
Topeka
Lemuel Y. and
Martha Massey Elbrader
Army Security Agency
Arlington Hall
Kansas University
Methodist Church
Grantville
Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14
American Legion
Jayhawk
Fort Sill
Oklo
Carol Anne Smith
Kevin Smith
Douglas County
Ralph E. Nelson
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Roger Shanks
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mr. Nelson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
William
Beulah Hubbel Nelson
Liberty Memorial High School
Nelson
Mayflower Contract
Hercules Inc
American Diabetes Assn
Kansas City
Narciso E
Bo” Abella
Kan
Redemptorist Fathers Catholic
Greg Schmitt
Mount Olivet Mausoleum
Raytown
Abella
Brandon Woods
Cebu
Philippines
Laurano
Angelina Enriquez Abella
My. Abella
Federal General Services Administration
Kansas
Knights of Columbus
Corps of Military Engineers
Kansas University Alumni Association
Bataan
Henry
Newnan
Lottie
McGilley Midtown Chapel
Jesuit Society
Maryknolls
McGilley Funeral Home
W. Linwood
Gladys G. Wolf
Belen
N.M
Virgil Brady
Foster parent sentenced for 1992 abuse of foster son
Steven Garrett, 37, was sentenced by District Judge Mike Malone to three to 10 years for aggravated battery connected to the Sept. 6 1992 beating of his foster son, a 15 year old. Garrett had previously been confined for mental treatment and was deemed competent for sentencing.
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Mike Malone
Steven Garrett
Malone
Garrett
Lamned
Douglas County
Mark Knight
Lawrence
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Tom Porter
Clay
Hedges Real Estate
Ice Humane Soci
Copper
Johnny
High Court
William C. “Bill” Elbrader
Ralph. Nelson
Noel E. Townsend
Seattle — Memorial
Noel Townsend
Federal Way
Wash
Townsend
Coffeyville
Fern Townsend
Linwood
U.S. Coast Guard
Washburn University
RCA Inc
Evergreen-Washelli Funeral Home
Seattle
Narciso Abella
Land of Kansas
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Flint Hills Foods, Inc
Rainbo Baking Co
Fairmont-Zarda Dairy
Nese
Rae Mate
Massachusetts
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