Prairie Park and East Heights Students Explore Marys Lake
Prairie Park second graders and East Heights fourth graders spent a math and science field trip at Marys Lake near 31st and Haskell. They counted leaves observed wildlife noted wind direction and studied plant and animal life while learning about shapes in nature and personal growth.
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Haskell
Prairie Park School
East Heights
Regan Marie Sisson
Regan Marie
Tonya Waters
Sharon Daniels
Prairie Park
Daniels
Waters
She
Melissa Laczey
Journal-World Photo
Michelle Conley
Lawrence
City reviews finance plan for parking
Lawrence city commissioners consider using tax increment financing to back a roughly 7 million mixed use development southeast of Ninth and Massachusetts. The plan could provide up to 2 million for a 192 space rooftop parking lot, funded by anticipated increases in property and sales taxes.
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Lawrence
Ninth
Massachusetts
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Manhattan
Olathe
Prairie Village
Erv Hodges
Massachusetts Street
Hodges
Berkeley Plaza plans rooftop lot with storefronts and 192 spaces
Berkeley Plaza Inc proposes razing structures along New Hampshire Street between Ninth Street and the Salvation Army to build up to 15 street level storefronts with upstairs apartments and offices. A 192 space rooftop parking lot would be financed and owned by the city at an estimated cost of 2 million, plus an underground lot offering 141 secured spaces for tenants, Mercantile Bank and others.
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Ninth Street
Salvation Army
Berkeley Plaza
Mercantile Bank
Berkeley Plaza plans 2 million invest in mixed use project
Berkeley Plaza Inc proposes a city investment of 2 million for a 158000 square foot development that could start this fall with occupancy by late spring or early summer. VP Jeff Schmalberg says two tenants are lined up to fill about a third of the 60000 square feet for commercial retail office and residential uses, with a signed commitment expected within a week from a tenant in the research marketing and creative field.
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Berkeley Plaza Inc
Jeff Schmalberg
Berkeley Plaza
Ex-legislator named new budget director
Former Kansas representative Duane Goossen, 42, will become Gov. Bill Graves' budget director in August. Goossen, a Goessel native and Harvard Kennedy School student, served 14 years in the Legislature, chaired the House Education Committee, and sat on the Appropriations Committee. He is a moderate Republican. Louis Chabira will serve as acting budget director in June and July. Gloria Timmer leaves to head the National Association of State Budget Officers.
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Harvard University
Bill Graves
Graves
Duane Goossen
Goossen
Kansas
Goessel
Harvard
John F. Kennedy School of Government
House
Appropriations
Statehouse
Gloria Timmer
National Association of State Budget
Washington
Louis Chabira
Timmer
Joan Finney
Goossen Seeks Public Administration Masters at Harvard
Background notes Duane Goossen 42 from Goessel holder of a Bethel College BA in 1978, aims for a JFK School of Government MPA by June. Former president of Goossen Construction, Goessel city council member 1979-82, Kansas House member 1982-96, later budget director under Gov. Graves. He and wife Rachel have two children Ben and Elsa.
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Goessel
Bethel College
North Newton
Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Goossen Construction Inc
Harvard
Bill Graves
Rachel
Ben
Elsa
KU Researchers Seek Faster Links to Illinois Supercomputer
Kansas University cosmology team led by Adrian Melott works in physics to simulate large-scale universe structures. They face slow connections between KU and the Illinois NSF funded supercomputer, hindering data transfer and project progress. Melott notes files of increasing size require lengthy transfers, prompting travel for access.
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Interstate 74
Champaign-Urbana
National Science Foundation
Adrian Melott
Kansas University
Melott
Illinois
State senator and teen push for higher driving age
In Washington, Senator Ben Vidricksen and a Topeka teen pressed for restricting licenses for teens as three 15-year-old Kansas girls died in a crash. They urged testim ony from Blue Valley High School families. Kansas bans wait to drive unrestricted until 16.
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Kansas
Ben Vidrickson
Salina, Kan
Topeka
American Automobile Assn
Dave Greening
Ripon
Wis
Vidricksen
Senate Transportation and Tourism Committee
Blue Valley
Ashley Lavender
Casey Heit
AAA
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