Downtown Lawrence debates epic library plans near Ninth and New Hampshire
City commissioners review four bold downtown library proposals including a suspended structure above New Hampshire Street and a riverfront riverfront site. Projects range from a 126000 to 140000 square foot library with extensive retail, parking, condos, and a potential 150000 square foot expansion. Estimated costs exceed 100 million with bond plans likely and public hearings set through the year.
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Ninth
Seventh
Vermont Streets
Bruce Flanders
City Hall
David Corliss
Vermont Street
Thomas Fritzel
Gene Fritzel
Fritzel
Plaza
Kansas City
Kansas Speedway
Lawrence
Vermont
Kentucky
Sixth Street
Massachusetts
Eldridge Hotel
Eighth
Talbots
U.S. Post Office
Seventh and
Ninth Streets
Eldridge
Riverfront Mall
Simons
Spring Hill Suites
Marriott
New Hampshire Street
Reuter Organ
Reuter
New Hampshire Streets
Sunflower Broadband
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Jim Brothers
Jeff Shmaiberg
9 10 LC
Lawrence Arts Center
Schmalberg
Library and Lodging
Doug Compton
Dan Sabatini
Aquila Natural Gas
Pachamama's
Stan Herd
District cuts all-day kindergarten after low fee turnout
The district shelved all-day kindergarten plans due to only 264 families willing to pay the $240 monthly fee. Free or reduced lunch eligible children would not be charged. Previously Cordley, Kennedy, New York, Riverside, and East Heights offered all-day programs, but budget pressures trimmed them to half-day in 2002 03. Rich Minder urged against a full retreat, urging a phased restart.
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Cordley
Kennedy
New York
Riverside
East Heights
All-day kindergarten debate surfaces in Kansas district
The Weseman plan weighs day programs across one to three schools with at risk kindergartners as the focus. Options include one or two all-day classes and a standalone facility at the old Centennial School with parent transport duties. Weseman warns state law may require bus costs. Nancy DeGarmo lauds the board while noting legislative inaction.
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Weseman
Craig Grant
The
Kansas National Education Assn
Topeka
Cloning dispute delays state budget in budget bill
Senate chair Dwayne Umbarger questions why cloning policy is in a budget bill. Kansans for Life criticizes embryonic stem cell research as unethical. The $100 million provision sits in a near 12 billion fiscal plan tied to school aid and tax changes.
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Ways and Means Committee
Dwayne Umbarger
Thayer
Jeanne Gawdun
Kansans For Life
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
House
House Appropriations Committee
Melvin Neufeld
R-Ingalls
Chamber
Parole hearing reopens Blair murder case conflicts
Parole hearing for David Winebrenner on May 26 in Topeka revives a 1987 blaze that killed Blair, a Lawrence firefighter. Prosecutors allege he set his parents’ house on fire. Blair died battling the flames. Firefighters and Blair’s family push against release while memories of his death linger at Fire Station No. 4. Green, Davies, and others recall the case as the parole process resumes.
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Kansas
Kansas Department of Corrections
Topeka
Winebrenner
Kansas Parole Board
Green
Jim Davies
Davies
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Mark Bradford
Meriden
David Winebrenner
Fire Department
Lawrence
Mark Blair
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Wakarusa Valley
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Umbarger
Parkinson Foundation of the Heartland
Gandun
Ron Knox
Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
Jayni Carey
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Channel 6
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Ally Oliver
Rachel van Horn
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