Lawrence Journal-World 01-04-13

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New owners will keep longtime company name By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

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SALVAGE WORKERS LOOKING FOR SCRAPS OF METAL wait on the steps of a demolished mobile home as a bulldozer compacts and moves the remains of several structures Thursday at the site of the Riverview Trailer Park, 827 Walnut St., in North Lawrence. The site, which was condemned by city code inspectors in April, is being purchased by Mark Bowden of Bowden Complete Construction LLC, who plans to convert the site into a cul-de-sac of single-family homes.

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nybody who has ever done a home improvement project with me knows that sometimes you’ve got to make things look a bit worse before they start looking better. (Chad’s unofficial home improvement motto: Heck yeah, we need to tear down that wall.) That seems to be where a once-troubled mobile clawhorn@ljworld.com home park in North Lawrence finds itself. The former Riverview salvage crews have started Trailer Park at 827 Walnut dismantling abandoned St. is in bits and pieces as mobile homes in order

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to prepare the site for a new single-family housing development. Mark Bowden of Bowden Complete Construction LLC confirmed to me that he has finalized a deal to purchase the trailer park, which the city cited with multiple sanitation and environmental code violations in April and shut down in August. But Bowden said he is about to call an end to the salvage part of the operations and bring in heavy equipment to finish the job.

“A day with a big loader out there is going to make the place look a lot better,” Bowden said. He anticipates cleanup will be completed by Monday. After that, work will begin on creating a new set of plans for the property. Those plans will include building a cul-desac through the middle of the property and building 11 single-family homes along the new stretch of road. Please see TOWN, page 2A

Major projects to affect area drivers this year By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

Several area road repair projects will affect local drivers in 2013. A $6.5 million road repair project on Iowa Street could snarl local traffic,

with city comtawa commuters missioners agreecould see the most ing recently to road construction shut down a porin 2013, with nution of Bob Billmerous bridge reings Parkway/15th pairs on U.S. HighStreet from May 20 to Aug. way 56 slated to begin in the 16. new year. But Baldwin City and OtAnd of course, work on

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Investigation of officer’s death may take weeks By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

The investigation into what caused or contributed to a single-vehicle crash that killed an off-duty Lawrence police officer early Wednesday could take several weeks, according to Lt. Josh Kellerman, spokesman for the Kansas Highway Patrol. Officer Matthew Edward Klock, 29, was killed when his personal vehicle hit a traffic signal pole near the intersection of Sixth Street Klock and Wakarusa Drive about 2:15 a.m., according to the KHP, which is investigating the case. According to the KHP report, Klock’s 2012 Nissan Altima was heading east on Sixth Street when his vehicle went through the intersection at Wakarusa Drive, crossed the center line and struck a light pole in the

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the controversial South Lawrence Trafficway, a $192 million bypass project traveling through the Baker Wetlands, is scheduled to begin in October. Here’s a rundown of major

One of the city’s older real estate agencies has new owners but will maintain its familiar name. Lawrence real estate executives Chris Earl and Pat McCandless said Thursday that they had finalized a purchase of Lawrence-based Stephens Real Estate from the Stephens family, who has owned it for the past 34 years. McCandless said the com- Earl pany will retain the Stephens Real Estate name, and there are no plans for the independent agency to affiliate with a larger national real estate brand. “We believe in the model here, and we believe in the people here,” McCandless said. “We have a busiMcCandless ness that runs well. We’re not looking to make wide, sweeping changes.” The sale marks the end of Stephens family involvement in the company. Bob Stephens

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Kansas’ all-Republican congressional delegation starts the 113th session with U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp thumbing his nose at House Speaker John Boehner. Page 3A

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