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A lesson in being a good neighbor, as KU resumes By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com
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A SET OF STAIRS AND SCATTERED DEBRIS are all that’s left of a recently demolished trailer home at the Riverview Mobile Home Park, 827 Walnut St., pictured July 31. Though all of the residents of the trailer park are now gone after numerous city code violations, the property is strewn with trash and other items that must be cleared away, with costs likely to be assessed to the property’s future taxes. BELOW: A ruined trailer at the site.
While residents have fled troubled trailer park, tons of trash remain By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
All that’s left is the mess. City officials confirmed that the final residents of the Riverview Trailer Park in North Lawrence recently have moved out of the trailer park that became the subject of numerous sanitation and environmental code investigations by the city in April. The residents are now gone, but
they certainly aren’t forgotten. There are signs of them everywhere. About 20 abandoned and unsecured trailers remain at the park at 827 Walnut St. Visible through the windows of the trailers are scenes of lives suddenly moved. A jar of peanut butter and a bottle of honey sit on a dining room table. Toys, such as a remote control car and a basketball,
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TOPEKA — The organizer of a training workshop for dozens of evangelical pastors and church leaders said Wednesday that he has moved the event out of the Kansas House because of the expected number participants, but he rejected
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more than the floor of the House chamber can accommodate comfortably. The Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of the Washington-based group Americans for Separation of Church and State, had criticized the event, saying he has never heard of a working legislative chamber in a statehouse being
used to promote Christianity or any religion. “This is almost like turning the seat of government over temporarily to a religious group,” said Lynn, an ordained United Church of Christ minister. “It’s startling to me to even hear about it.” Please see WORKSHOP, page 2A
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FALL RIVER — Higher education officials on Wednesday tried to figure out a strategy to deal with the new political reality: massive tax cuts signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback and a more conservative Legislature elected with help from the governor. During the Kansas Board of Regents’ annual retreat, board member Ed McKechnie of Arcadia said if high- Regents press er education officials try KU Chancelto lobby for their needs as lor Bernadette they have before, “the folks Gray-Little about who have been elected just talk of medical see that as growing govern- school in Pittsment.” burg. Page 5A Regent Chairman Tim Emert of Independence said: “We have a monumental task in an environment where everybody wants cuts.” Please see REGENTS, page 2A
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a national group’s charge that it would improperly mix government with religion. Organizer Dave DePue said the three-day “transforming revival” workshop will be held this week at the Topeka Performing Arts Center, a few blocks from the Statehouse, because 180 people want to participate,
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Christian workshop moved from Kansas Statehouse By John Hanna
This morning, a group of about 50 volunteers from Kansas University fraternities will be carrying a message to their fellow students living in the Oread Neighborhood: Be a good neighbor. They’ll be informing students about noise ordinances, asking them to pick up after themselves and to be considerate of those living around them. It’s the first in a series of new Good Neighbor initiaKANSAS tives designed to curb issues that can arise among UNIVERSITY students and the permanent residents living nearby. City government leaders and KU officials have worked together to launch the program. “We see this as a figurative and literal
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