Lawrence Journal-World 10-18-2015

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USA TODAY

It’s officially October: Northeast hit with wintry weather, snow. 1B

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A&E, 1D

WONDER FAIR

Royals out in front of ALCS after more late-game magic.

MAKES SPACE FOR BEAUTY

SPORTS, 1C

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Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

James Gunn for the future

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riving by the tall, pointy spaceship atop Mount Oread naturally gets a fellow thinking about the future. Don’t look so confused. Surely you know what I’m talking about — that big structure that masquerades as The Campanile. If not, I guess you aren’t familiar with the work of famed science fiction writer and Kansas University professor emeritus James Gunn. In one of his works — The Burning — The Campanile actually was found to have doubled as a spacecraft. Gunn — an author of more than 40 books and a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Please see GUNN, page 8A

ARTS CORRIDOR

CURBSIDE RECYCLING

Narrow Ninth St. part of vision

Glass collections fall 40% under new program

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City will offer feedback Tuesday By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling

City charged $240,000 in extra fees to include glass in single-stream service By Karen Dillon

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ntil October 2014, Lawrence didn’t have a citywide curbside recycling program. But it sure had a lot of glass bottles. Prior to the city starting its curbside recycling program, the predominant way for residents to recycle glass was to haul their bottles, jars and other glass items to large bins scattered around town, where Kansas City-based Ripple Glass would take them and then sell the glass to be turned into new bottles or fiberglass insulation. The system worked OK, but wouldn’t it be much better if Lawrence residents could simply throw their glass in a single container with all the rest of Please see GLASS, page 6A

“None of this is a surprise. ... Generally speaking, in excess of 50 percent of glass collected nationally (through single-stream curbside recycling) is landfilled because it can’t be separated.” Nick Krug/Journal-World File Photo

Sci-fi author James Gunn has written more than 40 books.

— Jeff Krum, principal of Ripple Glass

Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo Illustration

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The Lawrence City Commission will provide guidance Tuesday on the street reconstruction plan for a new arts corridor — a document that’s being called the first CITY “broad stroke” COMMISSION in the design Inside: phase for the Most East Ninth readers Project. polled The consupport the cept plan arts corridor raises ideas project, but ranging from more than a narrower 30 percent street to more are still bike lanes to undecided. “edible public 3A landscaping.” Commissioners have been asked to review the 87page concept plan, but they will not take formal action on it. “With the receipt of that, (designers) move into more formal design development,” said Porter Arneill, the city’s director of arts and culture. “They’ll take that information they’ve gleaned from visiting with people and start really getting down to what can they really do.” The East Ninth Project, which was first developed as an idea in 2012, aims to integrate public art into the

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Thanks to overnight chills, the maple leaves were out in full flame just in time for Baldwin City’s annual fall party. Page 3A

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