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SUNDAY • NOVEMBER 22 • 2015
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City audits special tax district for Oread
When Kansas University’s McCollum Hall, which opened in 1965, is imploded Wednesday morning, it will go out with one serious bang.
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It’s also probably better known than a Twitter: @saramarieshep typical job — Tripp said even he, in speaking about the upcoming project, is always t 9 a.m. sharp on Wednesday, McCollum running into people who’ve stayed there. Hall’s story will end in dramatic fashion. Opened in 1965 at 1800 Engel Road, McAbout 750 pounds of explosives — diCollum initially housed 910 students. It has vided among some 2,000 small holes been the king — at least in size throughout the building — will detonate. — of KU’s Daisy Hill dorms In 18 seconds, the 10-story, three-wing, ever since. 220,000-square-foot residence hall will Tripp’s company has been become a pile of rubble. preparing the building for “Don’t blink,” said project manager Steve implosion since Oct. 1. Tripp of Midland Wrecking Inc., who explained Pre-demolition has included KANSAS the plan for imploding the large structure. UNIVERSITY removing and hauling off all Tripp’s company, based in Kansas City, soft material such as wood Kan., has demolished a couple smaller and sheetrock, and removing tons of structures in Lawrence, including Burt Hall metals for recycling. on the Kansas University campus and a Please see MCCOLLUM, page 4A wing of Lawrence Memorial Hospital, he said. McCollum isn’t the largest building they’ve done, but it’s definitely “larger than a typical job.”
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When: 9 a.m. Wednesday — a minute prior to detonation, three siren blasts will sound. Where: Northeast corner of 19th and Iowa streets.
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A special taxing district that has generated more than $2 million for a local development group that built The Oread Hotel is the subject of a city-ordered audit. A document outAt lining the arrangethis point, ment between the city and Wichita- it’s being based Allen, Gibbs handled & Houlik L.C. was obtained by the properly J o u r n a l - W o r l d for the city, through the Kansas and that’s Open Records Act. City officials, how- all I can say ever, are refusing to about it.” comment on what sparked the audit or — City Commissioner what concerns they Lisa Larsen may have about the special taxing district. The taxing district allows private developers of The Oread to keep a large amount of the sales taxes generated at The Oread to pay for parking and other infrastructure improvements. The document, an “Understanding
Road closures: From 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. surrounding the site.
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ost LJWorld.com readers who responded to our latest survey said they supported a proposed policy that would ban smoking in city parks. The policy, which was discussed at the Lawrence
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A draft of the policy shown to board members Nov. 10 says tobacco products and “associated delivery devices” would be banned. That includes electronic cigarettes and
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Parks and Recreation Department’s advisory board meeting Nov. 10, would ban tobacco use on all of the department’s land, including all 54 parks, Eagle Bend Golf Course and bleachers at sports facilities.
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Nearly 75 African-American community leaders from across Kansas gathered in Topeka on Saturday to adopt their first-ever statewide legislative agenda. Page 3A
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