Cages in Halcom lineup eyed for Lawrence park project
Lawrence city commissioners authorized staff to negotiate with Wakarusa Associates to add seven batting cages beside Halcom Sports Complex for tax free land in exchange for 5 percent of gross receipts next year rising to 15 percent by 2005. The firm plans three baseball, two slow pitch softball, and one fast pitch softball machines.
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Halcom
Lawrence
Wakarusa Associates
25Th Street
Lawrence Company
Hutt- Putt
31St
Bob Harwood
Six teens appear in Ottawa court over 14 year old shooting
Six Ottawa teens faced juvenile complaints alleging aggravated battery and conspiracy after a shooting killed 14 year old Stephanie Perez. The main suspect remained at large as prosecutors prepare arrest warrants. Court hearings were scheduled for multiple teens while schools increased security and counselors assisted students.
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Ottawa
Stephanie Perez
Franklin County
Jeff Herrman
Stephanie
Paula Ellis
Filis
Don Duncan
Central Heights
Charles Gash
Perot party garners interest in Kansas politics
Local Republicans and Democrats weigh the impact of Ross Perot’s announced United We Stand reform party. They say voters may shift only if the party's direction and candidate slate become clear, noting past independents swayed elections and pondering potential benefits to either major party.
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Ross Perot
CNN
Larry King
United We Stand
Perot
Sandy Praeger
R-Lawrence
Kansas
Troy Findley
D-Lawrence
Findley
Bill Clinton
KU master plan hints at park and ride and shuttle ties
SenEx reviews a draft long range master plan for Kansas University proposing limited campus parking and exploring community based parking complexes. It suggests a park and ride system and shuttle links from malls and Lied Center with a one way Jayhawk Boulevard and expanded West Campus, while opposing a proposed 970 space garage north of the Kansas Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Ed Meyen
Senate
Tom Waechter
Jayhawk Boulevard
SenEx
Jack Davidson
Bob Minor
Kansas Union
Lied Center
Atrazine levels rise. Kansas agencies debate enforceable standards
A study by the Environmental Working Group found atrazine in July tap water from Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City Kansas below federal limits for drinking water but above the aquatic life limit. KDHE notes limited enforcement options beyond warnings, while agriculture officials push ongoing runoff reduction and cross state actions in the Blue River basin toward Turtle Creek Reservoir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Environmental Working Group
Washington, D.C
Topeka
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Sierra Club
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Bill Craven
Kansas Natural Resource Council
The
Greg Crawford
Department of Agriculture
Crawford
Lambley
Agriculture Department
Blue River
Turtle Creek
Manhattan
Nebraska
Emporia area services for Roy Sparks and Lori Farrar
Funeral and memorial services are announced for Roy W Sparks 78 of Emporia and Lori A Farrar 34 of Ottawa. Sparks served in the Navy WWI and worked as a letter carrier then ran Sparks Sales and Service. Farrar died in a Douglas County car crash. Both services set for Thursday with local churches and funeral homes. Both are survived by family members including spouses, children, and numerous grandchildren. Memorials suggested to First Friends Church and the American Cancer Society.
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Emporia
Roy W Sparks
Roberts-Blue- Barnett Funeral Home
Galen L. Hinshaw
Maplewood Cemetery
Sparks
Newman Memorial County Hospital
Hermann
Hazel Walker Sparks
Kansas Soya Products
U.S. Postal Service
Sparks Sales and Service
Navy
Lowry-Funston Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ball-McColm Post
John P
Hazel Coleman
Lawrence
Mary Beth Winters
Conway Springs
Mary Lee Crampton
William and
Robert Drake
Maggie Hinrichs
Hartford
Roberts-Bline- Barnett Funeral Home
First Friends Church
Paola
Lori A. Farrar
Ottawa
Wilson and Son
Marty McPheran
Buriat
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Ms. Farrar
Douglas County
Kansas City
Kan
Richard M. Radford
Nancy Marcella Hairsclaw
Michael Farrar
Robert M. Radford
Miami
Okla
Rocky Radford
American Cancer Society
Wilson and Son Funeral Home
N. Pearl
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Pup Mee
City Oks
Woodlawn
Woodlawn School
Lawrence City Commissioners
Elm
North Fifth Street
C.L. Jaurer
Landplan Engineering
Bob Moody
Scott Hanks
Hanks
Heritage Baptist Church
Sixth Street
Folks Road
Paca
Jo Andersen
Overland Drive
Lawrence Avenue
31St Street
Wakarusa’ Drive
Clinton Parkway
Iowa Streets
Wal-Mart
27Th Street
Wakarusa Drive
Nabi BioMedical Center
Laird Noller Ford
Maunchers Own
Maunchers Bakery
Hillcrest
Royal Crest Lanes
Roy W. Sparks
LORIA
Farrar
Theodore
Wrence Humane Society
Massachusetts
Randy Lewis
Fprevae Rogter
Annee Adevex
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