Lawrence Journal-World 05-02-14

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Moody’s downgrades Kansas’ credit rating

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Lawrence residents, you now have some new help to take out the trash: your smartphone. You may need it too, because beginning Tuesday about half of all residents will experience a change in the day they set out their trash for pick-up. The changes are part of the city’s plan for implementing a new curbside recycling program, which will begin in October. To help people remember their new trash days, employees in the city’s information technology department have created a new text or email alert system that will send you a reminder about when you’re supposed to set out your trash. “We’ll send it to you the evening before or the morning of, whichever one you choose,” said Megan Gilliland, the city’s communications manager. “It should make it pretty easy for people to re-

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LAWRENCE BUSINESSMEN Jim Schwartzburg, from left, former owner of Packer Plastics, Dale Willey, of Dale Willey Automotive, and Bill Penny, owner of Penny Concrete, were named for the Lawrence Business Hall of Fame Thursday at the Lawrence Country Club. The late Sidney Garrett, former president and CEO of Brown Cargo Van Inc., also was named. They will be inducted in October. See story, page 3A.

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