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WEDNESDAY • APRIL 13 • 2016
Parks and Rec begins ash borer fight
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Plan to remove trees expected to take 8 years By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling
Lawrence Parks and Recreation has started removing and replacing ash trees in an effort to ensure thousands of trees in the public right-of-way aren’t left dead in coming years. The City Commission approved in March an expenditure of $238,540 this year on treating, removing and replacing ash trees infected with emerald ash borers. The insects are expected to kill all of the city’s ash trees in the next eight years.
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FROM LEFT, HEATHER KEARNS, MARKETING DIRECTOR AT THE LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY, HOLDS MORRIS THE MONKEY while storytime librarian Michael Bradley plays the guitar as they lead some 75 Friends of the Library on Tuesday in a parade to City Hall to thank the city for its support.
Parade a ‘show of support’ for Lawrence Public Library “
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Allen said the library would discuss “later down the line” an increase in the library’s mill levy. The increased funding last year was taken from the library’s fund balance to be used for operations in the larger fa— Lawrence Public Library Director Brad Allen cility. At the time, library leaders said Lawrence was noted the increase would board of trustees next week spending less per-capita on not be sustainable past 2016. for a vote, and that recom- its library operations than Library Director Brad Allen mendation will be sent to the others in the state. said a budget request would City Commission during the Please see LIBRARY, page 7A be taken to the library’s budget process.
Today is just a grand celebration for the comTwitter: @nikkiwentling mission to see the library has broad support and Dozens of people paraded to impress upon the commission that this is a to City Hall on Tuesday in a service people are willing to pay for. Hopefully that show of support for the Law- will mean something to them.” By Nikki Wentling
rence Public Library, a demonstration the library’s director hopes city commissioners will remember when drafting a budget later this spring. Last year, the city decided to increase funding for the library by $200,000, or 5.6 percent. At the time, it was
Doctor accused of sex abuse at VA hospital By Roxanna Hegeman Associated Press
Board OKs designating park as historic place By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde
The weathered stone retaining wall built into the hill at Clinton Park is one clue that the park isn’t new to the Lawrence landscape. However, a more official recognition of the park’s place in the city’s history is in the works. On Monday, the
Lawrence school is brought to the board approved City Commission the park’s nomifor final approval. nation for the In addition Lawrence Regto preserving ister of Historthe park itself, ic Places. The SCHOOLS the designation school district would mean that owns the park in con- demolition or conjunction with the city. struction within a 250The city’s Historic Re- foot radius of the park sources Commission would need to be rewill review the nomina- viewed by the HRC. tion next week before it The board unanimous-
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views were already conducted because the school falls within the radius of a nearby historic home, and the board was reassured that the district would not need to repeat the review process should the City Commission approve the park’s historic designation.
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ly approved the nomination after ensuring that its timing would not delay upcoming construction at Pinckney Elementary School, which is adjacent to the park. Construction at Pinckney is scheduled to begin by June and includes a two-story addition to the school’s northwest side. Re-
Wichita — A former physician assistant is accused of using his position to commit sexual battery and other crimes against at least seven patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Kansas, and a lawyer says yet more victims will emerge. At least three lawsuits filed in recent weeks in U.S. District Court in Kansas accuse Mark Wisner of conducting unnecessary and improper genital examinations at the Leavenworth VA Medical Center. He also faces criminal charges of aggravated criminal sodomy, solicitation and sexual battery in Leavenworth County, just outside Kansas City, Kan.
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