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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 2012
Page
5
Sound Off notes KU basketball star Thomas Robinson is seen as a likely early pick in the June 28 draft. Tyshawn Taylor’s status remains unsettled with mock drafts varying widely, from 28th to 59th overall.
Readers weigh in on population loss in western Kansas and its statewide impact. Washburn student Tyson Paulson cites service limits driving out migration while William Trump notes urban growth elsewhere, and Barbara Hayford links land loss and environmental concerns to changing small towns and rural life.
Hill Nelson leads the Bowersock Mills project as 12 months into building a new hydroelectric plant on the Kaw. When finished, the 50 ton crane and four 40 ton turbines will power about 3,300 homes daily, with 25 year green energy sales to KCBU. The glass-front building will sit on the north bank and rise above the Kansas River levee, altering the city skyline.
Douglas County prosecutors charged 52-year-old Sharon Lynn Roberts with eluding police reckless driving and driving while suspended in connection with Friday and Saturday chases near 31st and Iowa streets. Bond set at 25,000 with a June 4 hearing. Earlier this month she faced aggravated assault and reckless driving over a May 2 road rage incident near Clinton Lake. In a separate incident, 69-year-old William E. Merkel sustained minor injuries when his R D Johnson Excavating truck hit gravel and slid into a ditch at a Highway 59 work site six miles south of Lawrence. he was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A list notes Hailey Toshavik with Greg Nixon of Lawrence welcome a girl on Monday. Other families in Lawrence include Cody and Kylee Babcock with a girl on Tuesday, Nick and Sara Hale with two boys on Tuesday, and Ryan and Mallory Lauber of Eudora with a girl on Tuesday. Albert and Nicole Neil are referenced with no details.
The Journal-World reports gas prices as low as 3.32 dollars at multiple stations with a call-in number 832-7154 for reporting lower prices.
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