Lawrence school board advances outdistrict student policy
Lawrence school board preliminarily approves a new policy requiring outdistrict students to cover all costs beyond state aid, about 1400 annually, with admission tied to district needs and placement by administration. The measure, linked to final action on Oct 23, also updates immunization and physicals rules and funds a New York School gymnasium project with bids totaling 1,763,092.
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Lawrence
Randy Weseman
Supt
al Azinger
Azinger
Board
Heard
New York School
N.Y
Grant Ackerman
Eudora Board weighs additions to two schools
At a Monday meeting the Eudora school board debated adding classrooms at Nottingham Elementary and Eudora Middle to handle growth. Supt. Dan Bloom cited tight budgets due to the new high school but noted $1.1 million in capital outlay funds could fund expansions. Nottingham needs two more classrooms next year. five new rooms would cost about $400,000. The district may move sixth graders to an annex as planning continues for potential long term growth.
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Nottingham
Eudora
Dan Bloom
Tom
Jerome
Eudora Middle School
Bloom
Kenneth Massey
Eudora council bans gravel driveways for new homes
The Eudora City Council approved a 3-2 ordinance requiring concrete driveways and off street parking for all new homes within city limits, while existing homes remain unchanged. Mayor Hoover advocated water and sewer rate studies, with negotiations awarded to Burns and McDonnell to revisit 1992 costs. Rates could rise 15 percent in year one and 15 percent in year two, pending contract terms.
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Eudoraa
Eudora
John Cooley
Allen Morris
Barry Landon
Landon
James Hoover
Morris
Hoover
Don Novak
Burns and McDonnell Engineers
Kansas City
District plans early hire for Free State principal
Free State High School district aims to hire a principal soon to oversee the school’s opening in 1997. The principal would join for the 1996-97 year to streamline the August 1997 opening of the new campus north of Sixth and Wakarusa. Administrators will also consult other districts on opening a new high school.
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American Roofing Inc
Lansing
Central Junior High School
Mass
Diamond/Everley Roofing
Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Rinner Construction Inc
Topeka
Free State High School
Sixth
Wakarusa
al Azinger
Azinger
George Crawford
Multiple Obituaries and Memorials in Douglas County
Graveside services for Victor D Votaw 70 of Torrance California will be at Hesper Friends Church Cemetery at 2 PM. Lester W Grazier Jr 49 of DeSoto Kansas will have services at DeSoto Baptist Church at 10 30 AM. Richard Henry Sanders 81 of Lawrence to hold memorial at 3 30 PM Oct 7 at Nancy Sanders home. Marjorie E Dugan Hughs 86 of Eudora to have services at St Pauls Church of Christ in Eudora and graveside at Highland Cemetery in Ashland. Survivors and memorial gifts directed to local churches and nurses association.
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Hesper
Victor D. Votaw
Torrance
Calif
Hesper Friends Church
Mr. Votaw
Burbank
Steve
Scott
Becky Nelson
California
Marian Freeman
Lawrence
Alma Knott
Parsons
Georgia Wright
Racine
Wis
DeSoto
Lester W
Butch” Grazier Jr
DeSoto Baptist Church
Mr. Grazier
Olathe Medical Center
Lester W. Sr
Evelyn Josephine Deay Grazier
Grazier
Vickie Koehn
Kansas City
Kan
Leonard Grazier
Bruce Funeral Home
Gardner
Richard Henry “Wooley” Sanders
Nancy Sanders
Stratford Rd
Sanders
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lone Star
Charles and
Nellie Wolf
Eupora
Marjorie E. Dugan Hughs
Eudora
St. Paul's Church of Christ
Highland Cemetery
Ashland
Hughs
Kensico
N.Y
William T
Minnie Elizabeth Gale Dugan
Tonganoxie to revise plan for federal block grant
Tonganoxie may need to revise its master plan to qualify for a federal Community Development and Block Grant. City engineer Cecil Kingsley told the council that the current plan fails to meet grant criteria and improvements could include a new water system. He noted the grant would not be awarded in 1995 but hopes to reapply in 1996 after a cost-flow analysis.
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Tonganoxie
Cecil Kingsley
Kingsley
Council
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Journal-World
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Lester W. Grazier JR
Sanders Services
Marjorie Hughs
Kansas Carraige Co., Inc
Pth & Mississippi
Medical Arts Pharmacy
Medical Arts
Maine
New Frank Photography
Nce Humane Society
Laird Noller
T Flower Shop
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