City Moves Toward Federal Flood Insurance Program
The Lawrence City Commission unanimously directed staff to prepare applications to join the federal flood insurance program. Hydrologist Bill Funk outlined subsidies and study timelines, noting eight Kansas communities have joined and detailing costs, zoning requirements, and potential restrictions for flood plain development while residents await insurance availability.
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Lawrence City Commission
Bill Funk
Water Resources Division
State Agriculture Department
Commission
Jack Rose
Washington D. C
Funk
East Yankee Tank
Kansas
Topeka
KU Gallery Tour at Spooner Hall Sunday
The Kansas University Museum of Art offers a gallery tour Sunday at 2 p.m. weather permitting. Guide Dole Brooking, curator of museum education, will show photographs comparing Henry van Brunt's Spooner Hall exterior to 12th century Romanesque motifs. Admission is free.
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Henry van Brunt
Spooner Hall
Kansas University Museum of Art
Dole Brooking
van Brunt
School Board Meeting Set in Lawrence and Workshop
Region I of the Kansas Association of School Boards meets 3 30 p m to 8 p m Thursday at South Junior High School Lawrence District 497 Board president W F Bradley will preside A workshop on board member roles precedes the district meeting from 9 a m to 3 p m at the Holiday Inn.
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Kansas Association of School Boards
South Junior High
W. F. Bradley
Lawrence
Board of Education
Holiday Inn
Basement Repairs Address Water Damage and Seepage
Wet walls and seepage corrected with cracked walls and floors repaired reinforced and replaced. Water damage controlled. Estimate analysis. Contact 842-7021.
Washington Letter Sells for 27500 at New York Auction
An anonymous Long Island bidder paid a record 27500 for George Washington’s 1783 letter to New Jersey Governor William Livingston. Sotheby Parke Bennet said it was the highest price ever for a Washington letter, describing Washington’s thoughts on public justice national defense and cooperation.
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New York
Long Island
George Washington
Parke Bennet
Washington
New Jersey
William Livingston
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