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Future of train depot uncertain City leaders being asked to scuttle plans to use building as hub for bus system
now urging Lawrence city commissioners to scrap clawhorn@ljworld.com plans that would convert the Burlington Northern Santa Wanted: A new use for an Fe Depot in east Lawrence old train depot. into a hub for the city’s bus Local transit officials are system.
By Chad Lawhorn
Transit leaders are contending the site at Seventh and New Jersey streets is too small to accommodate the large buses that are part of the city’s T bus system. But if commissioners abandon
Bid to build barriers on K-10 approved
plans to use the depot as a transit hub, it could throw into doubt whether the city would be in a position to buy the 1950s-era building, which historic preservationists contend is at risk of decay if
it remains owned by the railroad. “We have to maximize our tax dollars by coming up with some other use for
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Project urged after fatal wreck last year By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
TOPEKA — In response to a fatal crossover traffic accident, the state transportation department Friday announced approval of a bid to install cable median barriers along Kansas Highway 10 in Douglas and Johnson counties. “It is being put out there for safety,” said Kim Qualls, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Transportation. The project entails installing 2.3 miles of cable barrier in the median on K-10 near EudoCainan Shutt ra, and two miles of cable barrier near the K-10 and Kansas Highway 7 junction in Johnson County. Gray Beal Construction Co. of Topeka has been awarded the $1.15 million project. Construction is expected to start in mid-August and be completed in late November. In May 2011, Gov. Sam Brownback ordered the formation of a committee of residents, elected officials and KDOT officials to look at how to improve safety along the K-10 corridor. That was prompted by the April 2011 death of 5-year-old Cainan Shutt when an impaired driver crossed the median and struck the minivan driven by Cainan’s grandfather. Earlier this year, Cainan’s mother, Ali Shutt, was honored by KDOT for her work in getting the agency to approve the cable barriers. Qualls urged motorists to be careful while workers are installing the barriers. She said there may be times during construction when a lane is shut down briefly but that most of the work will be confined to the median and shoulders. — Statehouse reporter Scott Rothschild can be reached at 785-423-0668.
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DECATHLETE JOEL KATZER, OF BALDWIN CITY, TAKES OFF DOWN THE RUNWAY during an attempt in the Intermediate Boys Pole Vault event of the Decathlon. Katzer and his twin brother, Jake Katzer, competed in the USATF Region 9 Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships on Friday at Free State High School. An estimated total of 600 participants from Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma are expected to compete in the event, which goes through Sunday.
PENTATHLETE ARIEL OKORIE, OF FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO., PUTS ON a pair of bright green track cleats over her multi-colored knee-highs in preparation for a race. AT LEFT, Anne-Marie Woodcock, of Wichita, takes shelter under an umbrella as her son, Isaac, 9, prepares for an attempt in the Boys Shot Put event Friday at Free State High School.
Grand pianist: 12-year-old plays through blindness Boy participating in prestigious KU academy By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com
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Luther Fuller said once he gets to the piano, everything’s fine. The 12-year-old musician and Liberty Memorial Central Middle School student has been blind ever since his earliest memories, but he said that doesn’t hamper how he plays the piano.
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“I don’t feel that blindness impairs my musical ability at all,” he said. He’s progressed far enough to participate in Kansas University’s International Institute for Young Musicians, a summer academy that draws top young talent from around the world. It can be the getting around that’s a bit of a challenge. He and his mother, Brendy Latare, spent some time walking Please see PIANIST, page 2A
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LUTHER FULLER, 12, A PIANIST WHO IS BLIND, navigates his way around a grand piano he would practice on Monday during a tour of Murphy Hall. Luther is preparing for the International Institute for Young Musicians.
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