Parks budget soars 1994 to next year in Lawrence
The Lawrence parks department has doubled its bud get from about 2.7 million in 1994 to 6.5 million next year and grown staff from 47.5 to 76 positions. Residents praise parks while noting need for trails and turf plans. City aims to buy land for growth and hire more staff to maintain expanding facilities.
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Topeka
Clark
Lawrence
Parnell Park
Tom Wilkerson
Parks and Recreation
Wilkerson
Pane Park
Oy Cotes
Debate highlights fault lines between Moore and Kline
In a 90 minute debate, Dennis Moore and Kline sparred over gun policy, education flexibility, prescription drugs, and tax relief. Moore criticized Kline for backing subsidies and large tax cuts while supporting Medicare guidance. Kline defended block grants and state-led education, urging broader tax relief while claiming education funding grew with inflation. Moore aligned with Gore on drug reform and urged negotiated drug prices for seniors.
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Bill Graves
Moore
George W. Bush
Kansas
GOP
Kassebaum Baker Receives KU Med Healing Award
Kassebaum Baker, former U S senator and chair of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health, accepts KU Med Health Healing and Hope Award after dinner. She attended the gala with husband Howard Baker as Larry Moore and officials praised her role in funding geriatric research.
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KU Med
Health, Healing and
Hope
National Advisory Committee On
U.S. Senate
Tennessee
Howard Baker
Kansas City
Larry Moore
Bill Graves
U.S
Dennis Moore
Dick Bond
Roverland Park
Dr. Hagen
Theo and
Alfred M. Landon
Hagen
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Services for Beryl Hobbs in Lawrence
Funeral services for Beryl Lucille Hobbs 89 of Lawrence will be at 1 30 p m Tuesday at Warren McElwain Mortuary with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery She died Wednesday October 11 2000 at Hickory Pointe Care and Rehabilitation Center Oskaloosa Born January 5 1911 in Kansas City Mo she graduated from Kansas University in 1935 taught public school in Tallahassee Fla from 1950 to 1967 and moved back to Lawrence in 1993 Survived by daughters Julia Gray Cheryl Hurt and Donna Hobbs two sons Monty and Patrick Hobbs four grandchildren three step grandchildren two great grandchildren five step great grandchildren and other relatives Friends may call Monday at the mortuary from 9 a m to 9 p m.
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Lawrence
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Oak Hill
Hobbs
Hickory Pointe Care
Oskaloosa
Kansas City
Beriah and
Daisy (Putman) Montgomery
Kansas University
Tallahassee
Fla
Kansas University Alumni Association
National Education Assn
Retired Teachers Assn
Presbyterian Church
Pleasant Hour Club
Oliver P. Hobbs
Julia Gray
Spring Grove
Minn
Cheryl Hurt
Gainesville
Donna Hobbs
Lakeland
Monty
Patrick Hobbs
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