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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 2011
Page
1
Lawrence commissioners unanimously endorsed concept plans for a 19 million expansion to the public library. The project envisions a see through parking garage, a terra cotta spired facade, 20,000 additional square feet, doubled children's space, more meeting rooms and 100 extra public computers, with bids expected after seven months.
Lawrence resident Ranita Wilks, a wheelchair user and independent living skills specialist, describes humiliating doctor visits and inaccessible facilities that deter women with disabilities from seeking care. She cites examples from mammograms to Pap smears and urges better provider education and facility adjustments.
Independence Inc and Health Care Access present a two hour session from 2 to 4 pm at Independence Inc 2001 Haskell Ave. Participants receive notes and the book What To Do When Your Child Gets Sick and learn how to engage actively with doctors and locate resources before visits. For pre registration call Alison McCourt at 841-0333 ext 105 or amccourt independenceinc.org.
A Kansas panel studying safety on K-10 east of Lawrence plans to urge the state to install cable-median barriers in two segments near Eudora and De Soto and further east in Johnson County. The push follows a deadly cross-median crash near Eudora in April that killed a 5-year-old boy and others, prompting officials to seek safer barrier locations and higher enforcement through a safety corridor designation.
A Kansas worker recalls 1998 fertilizer plant explosion that killed seven as experts note tighter rules cut incidents since a late 1970s blast spree. Bartlett Grain Co. in Atchison suffered a fatal blast last weekend while grain dust and overheated bearings can still trigger catastrophic fires. More than 10,000 U S grain handling operations store and move combustible dust, with safety measures aimed at cutting risk though accidents remain possible. EXPLOSIONS, page 2A.
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