Lawmaker Pushes Oversight of Kaw Valley Foster Center
Senate Democratic Leader Anthony Hensley urges the Social and Rehabilitation Services Transition Oversight Committee to tour Kaw Valley Center in Kansas City to inspect the former St. Joseph Care Center now renamed KVC Children’s Center. He questions moving 150 foster children under one roof and compares the move to previous state hospital closures.
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Douglas County backs Eudora culvert project despite higher costs
Douglas County and Eudora officials support replacing two culverts to ease flooding along Acorn Drive. Costs rose from 120000 and 189000 to 150000 and 250000, with each side covering overruns. County pays 10th Street overrun. Eudora covers Seventh Street overrun.
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Kansas VFW to honor 30 MIAs in county ceremony
Lawrence VFW Post 852 and Douglas County commissioners highlighted POW MIA Recognition Week to keep alive the names of 30 Kansans still missing in action. The proclamation notes unresolved final accounting for missing and believed prisoners of war, with a Sept 18 recognition day ceremony at the VFW post. Deb Graver’s contact provided.
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Ottawa approves 99 budget with small rise and tax cut
Ottawa City Commission approved a 29.8 million dollar budget for next year, about 20 thousand dollars above the current plan, a mill levy cut of 1 229 mills, and a 4 percent raise for 140 city employees. The panel suspended a maintenance agreement with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks over the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail crossing issues from Ottawa to Garnett. The state has 30 days to respond.
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Brownback: Clinton weakened by Lewinsky affair hurt leadership
U S Senator Sam Brownback said Clinton's Lewinsky troubles have weakened his domestic and international leadership. He stopped short of urging resignation, urged to see facts from the special prosecutor, and argued foreign policy suffers as leaders judge the president. Brownback, running for re election against Paul Feleciano, said Congress should pressure the administration to act decisively.
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City county clash over sewer district expansion near Lawrence
Douglas County and Lawrence officials weigh role in enlarging sewer districts north of Sixth Street between Wakarusa Drive and the South Lawrence Trafficway. Developers threaten annexation if denied, while the city says it can handle the sewer demand and expansion with planned relief lines.
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