Asphalt Returns To 23rd Street Trail Project
Sound Off notes city repairs on Clinton Parkway Trail after contractor damage to asphalt during summer work. AMERICAN Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds through Kansas DOT funded concrete trail segments, while damaged asphalt is being replaced at no cost to the city. Megan Gilliland explains surface differences and project scope.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Clinton Parkway
On the Street Do you buy from local farms Massachusetts Street
Residents of Massachusetts Street discuss whether local farms supply products to shoppers and businesses. The street inquiry highlights interest in farm goods and regional sourcing.
Market shoppers share local farm buys in Olympia and beyond
Barb Hinton of the state auditor’s office in Olympia recalls moving recently but notes purchases from Pendleton’s Farm and the Farmer’s Market. Jake Greenwille of Carbondale says he buys a few items and favors jams from Little John’s Farm. Rex Russell, a hydraulics engineer in Lawrence, visits the Farmers Market every Saturday to buy vegetables herbs and wine.
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State Auditor's Office
Olympia
Wash
Pendleton
Jake Greenwille
Carbondale
Little John
Rex Russell
Lawrence
Kansans to be honored with Iraq Afghanistan memorials
Topeka group led by Harvey Nicholson plans a memorial for Kansans who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. They cite 47 from Iraq and 15 from Afghanistan, with proposed sites at Gage Park in Topeka or a Junction City park. A meeting is set for Oct 14 at the Topeka Shawnee library. contact Nicholson at 785 550 4215.
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Vietnam
Harvey Nicholson
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Ottawa
Kansas
Jacob L. Butler
Wellsville
Topeka- Shawnee County
Marvin Auditorium
Harveynicholson
Yahoo.com
Parents Fight to Keep Baldwin Schools Open in Rural District
Parents oppose consolidating Baldwin schools citing smaller class sizes in current rural campuses. They stress potential community loss, with elementary classes at 15-20 students now and 20-25 if merged. A large turnout is expected at the Oct 11 board meeting.
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Smith
Vinland
Baldwin
Train Collides With Car Near Hackney injures one
One person was injured when a train hit a car at a crossing on the southern edge of Hackney in Cowley County Kansas around noon Saturday. The injured person was taken to a Wichita hospital. identity and condition were not released. The Arkansas City Traveler reports the collision and accident site.
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Kansas
Arkansas City Traveler
Wichita
Cowley County
Escaped inmate back in custody in Kansas City
Wyandotte County jail administrator Jeffrey Fewell says 20 year old Jeremy Comstock escaped from the Wyandotte County Courthouse while being taken into custody on counts of aggravated battery. He surrendered about four hours later. He was the second inmate to flee the courthouse recently.
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Wyandotte County
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Jeremy Comstock
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Stock
Comstock
Poll asks if KU will be bowl eligible in 2010
Online poll on itld com asks readers to vote yes or no on Kansas University's chances to win enough football games in 2010 for bowl eligibility with a link to LJWorld com for more responses and voting.
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Ljworld.com
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