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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 2018
Page
2
City Hall at Sixth and Massachusetts streets hosts agenda highlights at 5:45 p.m. Midco Channel 25 will broadcast. Meeting documents are available online at lawrenceks.org.
Consent items include minutes, licenses, and mayoral appointments. Bid No. B1816 covers improvements to an overhead canopy and storm sewer repair in the alley between Vermont and Massachusetts streets, awarded to BA Green Construction for 348,975 dollars. Ordinances 9459 and 9460 rezone properties at 929 Arkansas St and 2111 Kasold Dr respectively. Resolution 7244 addresses Transient Guest Tax advisory board terms. Easement dedication and ROW vacation for Sinclair's Addition No. 2, and annexation request A-18-00182 for 16.8 acres west of E 902 Road north of Rock Chalk Drive are referred to planning commission. Public comments, CIP session, 700 New Hampshire Grocery project update, police staffing study, and infill development discussion on tap.
This item states obituary guidelines from the Journal-World, directing readers to call 832-7151 for running obituaries and noting that obituaries run as submitted by funeral homes or families.
The funeral arrangements for Mischelene Erika Tackett Mathe, 39, of Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. She died Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A city memo outlines a one level underground garage for a grocery scheme and a proposed off site lot on the west side of New Hampshire Street. Developers estimate 5.4 million for the garage with about 2 million in revenue from the project over 20 years and about 300 public spaces would be added. The City Commission meets at City Hall at 5 45 p m with reporter Rochelle Valverde available for contact.
Ballots for Proposition 1 were mailed April 24 and must be returned by noon May 15. Clerk Shew expects turnout around 35 percent, possibly exceeding 45 percent, based on recent mail-in referendums for Lawrence Public Schools. Early returns show a rising daily total with 5,000 ballots already vs 3,600 in the prior year. Ballots can be dropped at the county courthouse, treasurer’s satellite office, or a Dillons store. Results expected late May 15.
The ACLU pressed for sanctions after Kobach failed to update the states election guide and to have county officials mail voting postcards from driver license offices without citizenship proofs. A contempt hearing followed seven days of testimony as Kobach appeals to the 10th Circuit while Robinson has yet to rule in the broader voter identification suit.
Norman Rob Hamm, 63, of Lawrence, died Sunday May 6 2018. A memorial mass is pending at Corpus Christi Church for Rod Hamm. A full obituary appears on the Barnett Family Funeral Home site dated May 9 2018.
Ruby Emaline Crank 87 of Tonganoxie died May 5 2018. Funeral at 11 am May 10 2018 at Quisenberry Funeral Home with visitation 9 am until service. Burial at Mt Hope Cemetery Kansas City Kansas. Quisenberrysh com
Rachel Bertha Epp Senner of Henderson Kansas and later Lawrence Kansas died peacefully in sleep on April 28 2018 at Monterey Village Assisted Living aged 96 A lifelong educator she earned a teaching certificate a Master of Librarianship and served as high school librarian in Hesston Kansas She chaired the Library Committee at Brandon Woods and volunteered with Friends of the Lawrence Public Library She was predeceased by her husband Robert William Senner and several family members leaving five children eight grandchildren and nine nieces and nephews survivors include John Senner Rachel Van Wingen Roberta Hofer Stan Senner and sister in law May Juhnke Memorials to Bethel College Peace Mennonite Church or charity of choice. Memorial service May 12 at Rumsey Yost in Lawrence.
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