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Developer says he won’t profit from sports venue ‘We’re doing it because we love the community’
By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel broke his silence Friday about his role in the proposed $50 million Rock Chalk Park sports complex development in northwest Lawrence,
promising that his company won’t profit from the project he’s building with Kansas University. “We’re doing it because we love the community,” Fritzel
said in an interview. “We’re not doing it because we’re getting good publicity. You can cross that off as a reason.” For the first time, the developer discussed in detail the
complex financing and ownership of the project, which is a partnership between Fritzel, the Kansas University Endowment Association and Kansas Athletics, the university’s athletics de-
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partment. Among other things, he said he will be paid $1.3 million per year in lease payments by the university over the Please see DEVELOPER, page 2A
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Recycling proposals on the table By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
was held to honor those historic events and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who made nonviolent civil disobedience the hallmark of the modern
The idea of adding citywide, curbside recycling service in Lawrence may get its biggest boost yet Tuesday night. City commissioners will get their first glimpse at proposed rates to run a curbside recycling service, and the potential increase to monthly city utility bills is coming in below the $5 range that city officials had once projected. Depending on how you structure the service, the city has bids that would increase the monthly trash rate of residents by about $2 per month for every-otherweek service to a little less than $5 per month for weekly service. “We got some really great responses back from the vendors,” City Manager David Corliss said. As previously reported in the JournalWorld, the city received bids from four entities. Here’s a look at some of the proposed pricing for residential customers:
Deffenbaugh Industries: $2.15 to $2.80 per month to run biweekly service; $3.51 to $4.45 to run weekly service. Under this proposal Deffenbaugh would do all collection and processing of recycled materials.
City of Lawrence: $2.19 to $2.64 per month to run biweekly service; $3.50 to $3.94 per month to run weekly service. Under this proposal, city crews would do all collection, but Deffenbaugh Industries would process
Please see MARCH, page 2A
Please see RECYCLING, page 5A
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STUDENTS FROM LIBERTY MEMORIAL CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL participate in a civil rights march Friday to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is Monday. The students created signs and then walked from their school up Massachusetts Street to the Douglas County Courthouse.
Students embrace civil rights lesson By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
Drivers honked their horns and passers-by cheered as sixth-grade students from Liberty Memorial Central Middle School
marched Friday afternoon along Massachusetts Street carrying signs demanding equal rights for all U.S. citizens. The march was entirely peaceful, though, and the cheers along the way were
clear signs of encouragement — in stark contrast to many civil rights marches a half-century ago when participants sometimes were confronted by angry mobs and fire hoses. Instead, Friday’s march
Idea for constitutional amendment on school finance losing steam By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
TOPEKA — House Speaker Ray Merrick on Friday said it was unlikely that the Legislature could place a constitutional amendment on the April ballot that would seek to thwart a court order
to increase school funding. “I don’t think that is doable,” said Merrick, R-Stilwell. When the legislative session started Monday, some GOP leaders said they could quickly adopt a constitutional amendment for voter consideration during
cluding Gov. Sam Brownback, who called on legislators to make it clear in the law that the Legislature is in charge of school funding. Meanwhile, Democrats say the Legislature should work to try to comply with the court order. “On the education front,
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