City golf course drains $200000 from budget next year
Lawrence city commissioners learned the city’s 18 hole municipal golf course under construction near Clinton Lake would need up to $200000 to fund operations next year before opening. The raise would come from a 1 cent county sales tax and cover maintenance personnel and other costs while the course is not yet open.
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Lawrence
Mike Wildgen
Clinton Lake
Wildgen
Centennial Park
Fred DeVictor
Parks and Recreation
Wet cool weather slows spring garden growth in Lawrence
Lawrence residents report continued cool damp conditions since Saturday. The rain totals edge May rainfall below normal, while the year to date remains slightly above average. Gardeners and vendors at the Farmers Market note delayed blooms and a late strawberry start, with some expectant growers predicting a first week of June harvest. Local researchers cite May's wet start and growing-season effects on flowers strawberries and lawns.
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Kathy Hagen
Lawrence
Hagen
Mary Knapp
Kansas State University
Knapp
Lawrence’s
Carol Thrasher
New Hampshire
Thrasher
Keith McMahon
Kansas University
Deborah Peterson
Mike Yoder
Journal-World Photo
Ohio
Lawrence district honors retirees and educators at ceremony
Lawrence School district saluted 30 retiring staff and three board members at South Junior High. Thirty-one educators reached 25 years in education while 31 received long service honors. Wendy Georgie and four Grant teachers won Partners in Education Awards for parent involvement initiatives. Wayne Kruse received the Vicki Larason Landman Memorial Award for promoting gender equality in schools. Dean Pearson earned the $500 Classified Employee Scholarship from the Lawrence Education Assn.
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Lawrence
South Junior High
al Azinger
George Crawford
Renee Karr
John Tacha
Wendy Georgie
East Heights School
Kennedy School
Karen Andregg
Lawrence Schools Area Council
Wayne Kruse
Vicki Larason Landman
Kruse
Opportunity
The
Lawrence Education Assn
Dean Pearson
Quail Run School
Ginger Hamm
Centennial School
Lawrence Public Schools
Eupora Council In Limbo Over City Superintendent Post
The Eupora city council moved to begin taking applications for the superintendent post, placing Gary Malburg in temporary status after a clash with the departing administrator Fred Stewart. Stewart nominated Willie Shepard, the council rejected the move, and Malburg, in six years on the job, cites revenue gains and new subdivision rules. The process hinges on mayoral appointment and council consent, with Malburg still employed pending official replacement.
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Eudora
Pat Dardis
Gary Malburg
Malburg
Council
Fred Stewart
Jim Hoover
Stewart
Willie Shepard
Shepard
John Cooley
Dardis
Known sex offender charged with molesting young girl
Richard Goracke, 54, once tied to an indefinite sexual predator bid, appeared by video as he faced new charges of fondling an 8-year-old girl on three occasions this month. A school counselor reported several children alleging sexual advances by Goracke at his home and at the movies.
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Salina
Richard Goracke
Saline County
Julie McKenna
Gorache
Attorney General’s Office
George Robertson
Goracke
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Renee Knobber
Eupora Council
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