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(she has also redecorated their kitchen to look like a 1950s diner, complete with her own “I Love Lucy”-era apron). Tanya, 51, also has a family history with gas stations, as her grandfather used to own one in North Lawrence. After marrying, the Greens combined their interests and started attending automotive swap meets together. Since then, they’ve been to hundreds of flea markets and garage and going-out-of-business sales all over the country. One day, while working
A heavy foot on the accelerator is going to produce a lighter pocket book for Lawrence motorists if city commissioners approve a new set of fines for speeding violations. City Hall staff members are proposing a $30 increase in speeding fines, giving Lawrence one of the higher total ticket prices in the region, according to information compiled by the city. The city hasn’t changed its fine for speeding tickets since 2009, said Maria Kaminska, assistant city attorney. “We periodically look at our fines and fees,” said Kaminska. “We don’t want We don’t want to be the most expensive, but we also to be the most don’t want to be at expensive, but we the bottom when it comes to these also don’t want to be at the bottom fines.” The latest fine when it comes to proposal, which these fines.” commissioners will discuss at their Tuesday evening — Maria Kaminska, assistant meeting, would en- city attorney sure that the city is not near the bottom. The ordinance proposes to increase the minimum fine for a speeding ticket to $80, up from $50. The $80 fine will give the city the fourth highest speeding fine among the 10 communities that the city surveyed. But when you add in the court costs each city charges, Lawrence will have the second highest total ticket price. Lawrence’s total ticket price for a standard speeding ticket would be $140, trailing only nearby Baldwin City, which checks in at $160. According to the results of the city’s survey, here’s what other communities charge for speeding tickets:
Baldwin City: $85 fine; $75 court costs;
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ROWAN AND TANYA GREEN have built a 1930s-style service station inside of the barn of their country house in Perry, with the addition of a Mustang from 1964.
Couple assemble homage to auto Americana in their barn By Giles Bruce gbruce@ljworld.com
PERRY — To walk into Rowan and Tanya Green’s barn northwest of Lawrence is to step back in time. A time, specifically, when gas stations looked like cottages with garages you could drive right into; when attendants with bow ties and hard-brimmed caps would pump the fuel for you (for 12 cents a gallon, at that); when you could buy all the Adams Gum your heart desired. The Greens have spent the past 20 years amassing
auto-related antiques from around the nation and the past five building a 1930sstyle Phillips 66 service station in the barn of their country house in Perry. While they’re not done with either task yet, their mini museum is a sight to see: a slice of nostalgic Americana, a trip to the distant past. “We wanted to house our collection in a way we could enjoy it and not have it subject to the weather,” said Rowan, 56, a plainspoken guy who speaks in a slight twang and, like his wife, works for the city of Lawrence.
Parked on either side of the gas station’s general store, in the garages, are the couple’s antique automobiles: Rowan’s pushbutton automatic 1967 Pontiac Fury and Tanya’s 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang convertible. If they ever need service, the Greens have most of the tools and fluids they need, right in their very own service station.
Decades of collecting Rowan grew up a selfprofessed “car nut,” while Tanya’s collections include old egg beaters and roughly 3,000 cookbooks
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Officials unsure how higher ed reform would affect KU By Ben Unglesbee bunglesbee@ljworld.com
Last week President Barack Obama toured the country to promote an ambitious proposal to reform higher education by, among other possibilities, turning the federal student aid program into a system of carrots and sticks for colleges. Kansas University officials say they are making progress in some of the key areas that could be tied to aid under the plan, but they hope any new system takes
quality of education and other factors into account. At the center of the plan would be a new “College Scorecard” released by the U.S. Department of Education that would rate institutions based on their access and affordability to students as well as student outcomes. If Congress goes along with the president’s plan, the federal government would start distributing student aid based on the rankings. Currently the federal government gives out $150 bil-
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start competing over graduation rates, maybe even “giving grades away.” “We’re working hard to increase accessibility and affordability (at KU), but we must protect quality as well,” he said. The president would need Congress on board to distribute student aid based on the ranking system, but not to create the ranking system itself. The administration said that the education department will release the Please see PROPOSALS, page 5A
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