Kansas lawmaker seeks CPI tied valuation growth plan
State Rep. Ralph Tanner, Baldwin Republican, asks Kansas leaders to back an interim study tying annual valuation increases to a cost of living index, aiming for a constitutional amendment to send to voters in 1998. He cites eight to ten states adopting similar controls and argues current increases exceed living costs, urging truthful local property tax reporting.
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Ralph Tanner
Baldwin Republican
Kansas
Tanner
Oklahoma
Locus Tanner
California
Iowa
Legislative Coordinating Commission
Douglas County
Lawmakers lament '98 budget spending
Kansas lawmakers discuss a sharply reduced highway improvement program and cuts to Social and Rehabilitation Services while public schools gain nearly 12 percent, universities rise over 5 percent, and the general fund faces a $110 million deficit for fiscal 1998. Some legislators, like Rep. Phill Kline, anticipate extra revenue for future tax cuts amid a robust economy.
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Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Department On Aging
Kansas
Rawson
Phill Kline
R-Shawnee
House Taxation Committee
Kline
Journalism dean to join KU law school faculty
Journal ism dean from Nevada Reno will succeed Kautsch as KU journalism dean. He cites the chance to shape interdisciplinary teaching on law and communications noting the surge of influence from new technology on public policy and social debate.
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KU Law School
Nevada-Reno
Kautsch
Sidney Shapiro
John Rounds
Law School
Kansas
The
Kansas Supreme
Kansas Bar Assn. Media Bar Committee
American Bar Assn
University of Iowa
KU School of Journalism
Lawrence Brie recruits volunteers for counseling center training
Lawrence Brie Headquarters Counseling Center in Douglas County seeks volunteers for its next volunteer counselor training program. An information meeting for prospective volunteers runs 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and June 2 at the Lawrence Public Library. Call 841-2345 or, from Baldwin, 594-6490, for details.
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Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library
Baldwin
Would-be auto burglars face rough night in city
In Lawrence two young men from Joplin Missouri were tied to an auto burglary spree with a 16 year old boy. They admitted entering or trying to enter cars in the 1500 to 1700 blocks of East Glenn Powers and Harper. A separate incident saw a woman stop a man rummaging in a neighbor’s 1982 Chevy S10 and arrest him. Charles E Rayton 26, of 1908 East 19th faces 3750 bond on auto burglary charges awaiting first court appearance.
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Joplin
Douglas County
Wilagel
Northeast
Kansas
Johnson
Lawrence
Edgewood Park
Fook
Susan Hadl
Brook
East Glenn
Powers
Harper
East 19Th
Charles E. Rayton
E. 19Th
Stricter sanitary code increases septic lot size in Douglas County
Douglas County approves a revised sanitary code requiring larger lots for septic systems with three acres minimum for lots with treated water and five acres for wells. New wells must be grout-lined above the water line. Commissioner Niedercast opposed larger lot requirements for those without rural water. adoption awaits state review.
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Douglas County
Bert Rowell
Lawrence-Douglas County
Dean Nieder
Tom Taul
Health Board
Kansas Department of Healt and Environment
County Commission
Memorials mark Mary Ellen Roberts services in Lawrence
Mary Ellen Roberts 84 of Lawrence dies May 20 1997 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Services set for 10 a.m. Friday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home with burial at Lawrence Memorial Park Cemetery. She co owned the Lawrence Livestock Sale Barn and married Raymond Roberts in 1932. Surviving are Olive Moon Vernon Yoder Roy Yoder Bud Yoder three grandchildren nine great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Memorials to American Heart Association or American Lung Association. Graveside services for Harold Hal David Evans Jr 79 will be May 30 at Mt Moriah Cemetery Kansas City. He died May 20 1997 in Oskaloosa. He lived in Lawrence ten years from Chula Vista California and was a WWII and Korea era US Army Air Force veteran. Survivors include Peggy Mohr Bill Evans seven grandchildren one great grandson and a daughter. Memorials to Rotary International.
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Mary Ellen Roberts
Lawrence
Rumsey-Yost Funeral
Lawrence Memorial Park
Roberts
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Cass County
Levy
Elizabeth Swick Yoder
American Heart Assn
American Lung Assn
Harold “Hal” David Evans Jr
Mt. Moriah
Kansas City
Evans
Hickory Pointe Care and Rehabilitation Center
Oskaloosa
Harold D. Sr
Helen L. Allen Evans
Chula Vista
Calif
San Diego
Kansas University
U.S. Army Air Force
Korea
Plymouth Congregational Church
Lawrence Rotary Club
Dorsey Liberty Post 14
The
American Legion
Elks Lodge No
Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks
Marjorie Patterson
Peggy Mohr
Bill Evans
Costa Mesa
Rotary International
Warren McElwain
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Mali
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