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Will Haynes, glass blower, Emporia “There are many places.�

Lawrence City construction projects are now mapped at Rick’s Video Delawks.us/constructionsign, at 905 Elmap. dridge St., converts VHS tapes to DVD, with

The Iowa Street recosts based on the length construction project has of footage. To set up an moved into its second appointment, call 785phase. The eastbound and 764-5909. Retailers like westbound lanes of 15th Walgreens, CVS and WalStreet/Bob Billings ParkMart also offer conversion way will be closed around services. At these stores, the clock at the intersecthe VHS tapes are sent tions of U.S. Highway out, and the order arrives 59/Iowa Street. Drivers in about three weeks. should expect major delays and will need to find alterSOUND OFF native routes during the If you have a question, call closure.

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Charles Arbuckle, student, Lawrence “Pioneer Cemetery.�

Elizabeth Tillhof, student, Lawrence “The Eldridge.�

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Gene and Kayla Greer, Pomona, a boy, Saturday.

Elizabeth Kanost editor, Lawrence “Oak Hill Cemetery.�

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There were no incidents to report Saturday.

The Overbrook co-op in Osage County also got in a few thousand bushels last week. Branch manager Mark Easton said wheat in that area is taking a little longer to mature. So far, the wheat there has averaged 13 percent moisture, 63.2 pounds per bushel, and yields of 60-65 bushels per acre. Wheat prices vary by location and type but currently are averaging about $6.60 a bushel. Eudora grower Danny Abel began cutting early last week, getting about a quarter of his wheat crop out of the ground by Friday afternoon. “If it gets some sunshine with no rain, I hope to finish July 4 or probably after,� he said. “The wheat is dry, but the straw is still too tough.� So far, his 2013 yield appears promising: some acres are producing as much as 67 bushels, though most are in the 50to 60-bushel range. Meanwhile, his weights are coming it at more than 60 pounds per bushel, which is better than average. “I think it’ll be a pretty good yield this year, the way it looks,� he said, attributing that to his crop getting the right amount of moisture. “On the whole, I think all the wheat around this area is going to be pretty darned good.�

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producing highly trained social workers for an area that needs them. “We’re hoping to do a good thing for Kansas,� said Mary Ellen Kondrat, dean of the KU social welfare school. Over time, graduates of the program could bring help to elderly residents, children who’ve been maltreated or need assistance in school, people fighting drug addiction and veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress, among others. “There won’t be a glut of social workers anytime soon,� Carswell said, “but we will eventually start meeting the needs of the agencies.� KU hired Carswell, a faculty member at Fort Hays State University, to be coordinator for the program. He grew up near Hays and has worked for years as a therapist, counselor and supervisor around western Kansas. He already knew most of the 18 students in the

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university since the summer of 2011. Other university presidents in Kansas and Missouri who’ve retired over the last five years with lucrative packages include Kansas State University President Jon Wefald. Before Wefald retired in 2009, he was paid $315,962 a year, which included a — Reporter Giles Bruce can be reached base salary of $255,298 in at 832-7233. Follow him at Twitter.com/ state funds and $60,664 GilesBruce. from private sources.

Reconstruction on Wakarusa Drive began May 20 at Bob Billings Parkway. The first phase of the project includes Wakarusa Drive from north of Research Park Way to south of Bob Billings Parkway. It is expected to take six to eight weeks before phase two begins.

The intersection of Ninth and Pennsylvania streets will be closed and reconstructed with concrete. Expected completion date: July 20.

Kentucky Street, from Seventh to Eighth streets, is down to one lane. There will be intermittent closures of Kentucky Street when crews need to unload materials for the Lawrence Public Library or parking garage construction.

The city will replace a water main on East 21st Street from Miller Drive to Maple Lane. There will

be no parking, and the road will be closed to through traffic from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday until July 19.

Crack sealing is scheduled north of Sixth Street in the neighborhoods east and west of Monterey Way. There may be temporary lane closures during working hours.

There will be aroundthe-clock lane closures beginning at 9 a.m. Monday on northbound and southbound U.S. 40 over the Kansas River bridges. The bridges will be reduced to one lane each direction and traffic will be directed through the work zone via cones and signage. Drivers should expect major delays during peak travel times.

The City of Lawrence will replace a water main on Oxford Road from Iowa Street to Hilltop Drive. There will be no parking,

program’s first class before they enrolled, having taught them or worked with some of the same clients. Over the years, he said, he’s watched many people go to Wichita, Lawrence or Kansas City to earn a Master of Social Work degree, which is generally required to be a social worker at a mental health center, in a school or in some medical facilities. Once they’ve headed east, he says, they often find a job near their school, or maybe get married out there. “And they just don’t return,� Carswell said. He can recall several of his students who followed that path, some of whom could even speak fluent Spanish, an invaluable skill in some of the southwest Kansas towns that Carswell says may be in the most need. But once they had to leave to get that MSW, they didn’t come back. Meanwhile, in western Kansas cities such as Liberal, Carswell has watched social-work jobs sit unfilled for a year or longer. The hope is that people

can get that degree while still working and living at home, they’ll stay. And that’s where the “blended� nature of the KU program comes in. The KU social welfare school has already offered blended MSW programs based in Lawrence and Overland Park since 2009, Associate Dean Steve Kapp said. Students do much of their learning online, meeting in person perhaps every other weekend. “People that are going to school have really busy, full lives, and fulltime jobs, and kids and families,� Kapp said. “And a blended program gives them an opportunity to get an education that they don’t have in a traditional setting.� Instructors for the western Kansas program will be experienced social workers from the area, with Kapp and other KU faculty setting the curriculum and providing training. Students go to class every other weekend at either FHSU or Garden City Community College, KU’s two partners on the project. The two classrooms are connected by a video

feed. The first class of students is a mix of experienced social workers seeking the additional credential of a master’s degree and fresh Bachelor of Social Work graduates. Many want to become therapists, one plans to provide counseling for people leaving prison, and another plans to help a hospital in Goodland open a new dialysis clinic that will save people with failing kidneys from driving to Hays several times a week for treatment. For future classes, KU will also look for people with degrees in other fields looking to switch to social work as a profession. Carswell, based in Hays, is spending much of his time on the road looking for those potential students right now. KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little visited Garden City and Hays on June 22 for celebrations of the program’s kickoff.

When he retired, the Kansas Board of Regents agreed he’d continue to receive his annual base salary of $255,298 for the next two years while he wrote a book about his tenure leading the university. “One thing I did not expect is how time-consuming this would be,� Wefald said about his book writing. “They are not just giving money away. I’m working seven days a week. This is important. A history of K-State.� Since 2011, Kansas State has continued to pay Wefald as part of a five-year

plan but at a lower rate of $157,982 annually. The packages given to Wefald and Hemenway were a way to “recognize them and thank them for service to their respective campuses, for their longevity,� said Christine Downey-Schmidt, a member of the Board of Regents. When University of Missouri Chancellor Brady Deaton retires this fall he’ll direct the Brady and Anne Deaton Institute

for University Leadership in International Development on the university’s Columbia campus. He will be paid $200,000. The payouts don’t always sit well with faculty. “At a time when faculty, for the last eight years, have not been able to keep up with the cost of living ... I find it unconscionable,� said Gary Ebersole, a history professor and the Faculty Senate chairman at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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and the road will be closed to through traffic from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday until mid-August.

U.S. Highway 56

All lanes of eastbound and westbound U.S. Highway 56 from East 1400 Road to Sixth Street in Baldwin City will be closed to through traffic as repairs are made on the road. A 30-mile marked state detour route will be provided. The project is expected to be competed in mid-October prior to the Maple Leaf Festival. Old U.S. Highway 59

Northbound and southbound East 1300 Road from North 1000 to North 650 roads will be closed to through traffic for a bridge replacement project on Old U.S. 59. Completion date: late August.

— Kansas University reporter Matt Erickson can be reached at 832-6388. Follow him at twitter.com/LJW_KU. For more KU news, check out the Heard on the Hill blog at ljworld.com/weblogs/ heard_hill.

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