Lawrence Journal-World 06-20-2016

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City to review funding requests

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By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling

Forty-five Lawrence social service agencies, economic development groups, city boards and other outside agencies are requesting $9.5 million total in public dollars in 2017, a million more than they received altogether in 2016. CITY Based on current COMMISSION recommendations from Lawrence leaders, many requests will not be granted in full. Of the $9,549,422 requested for 2017, the city is recommending $8,432,501 be funded. The money would come from the general fund, the city’s main fund for city services, as well as the special alcohol, guest tax and special recreation funds. All of the recommendations were made assuming the city would not increase its levy on property taxes. The Lawrence City Commission will review the requests Tuesday during a work session on the 2017

Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo

WORKERS WELD STEEL ROOF SUPPORTS IN PLACE FOR THE NEW 52,000-SQUARE-FOOT OPEN PAVILION Sunday at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. This view is looking to the southwest through the Open Pavilion area with the Indoor Community Building visible in the background. The Open Pavilion is part of Phase II of a three-phase construction project. Phase II should be complete by fall of 2016, and includes the construction of the Open Pavilion, the expansion of green space, and the expansion of car, RV, and trailer parking.

Study: Douglas County 2nd least affordable in state Town Talk

Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

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aybe you have heard that Lawrence is one of the least affordable Kansas communities in which to buy a home. Maybe you have the empty Ramen noodle packages to prove the point. Well, a new study has come out that reaches much the same conclusion, but this one also tells you where you’ll need to move to get the most affordable home in Kansas.

Pack the bags for... Parsons. A new study by the financial website SmartAsset ranked Douglas County as the secondleast-affordable county in Kansas, bettering only Riley County, home to Manhattan. The study looks at home prices, insurance costs, closing costs and other similar factors, and then compares that to the median income in the community.

KU embarks on plan to fight ash borers By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep

With the destructive emerald ash borer presumably on its way to spreading through Douglas County, Kansas University has made tentative plans to try to save some notable ash trees on campus while monitoring more than 200 others. The approximately 20 ash trees deemed the most important — “those that are in significant locations and those of large and

majestic size” — are slated to be injected with insecticide to, hopefully, prevent ash borer infestation, according to a draft of KU’s ash tree management plan, completed and shared with the city of Lawrence this spring. A 2014 count found more than 250 ash trees on the Lawrence campus. “This disease will have a significant impact on the campus landscape in the coming years,” the plan says.

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Low: 71

Today’s forecast, page 8A

Sara Shepherd/Journal-World Photo

Four people were killed in a two-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 24 about a mile west of Perry on Sunday afternoon. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeffrey Herrig said a Ford Ranger and a Ford Windstar collided head-on at about 3:20 p.m. The driver of the Ranger died at the scene. In the Windstar, three members of a family of five were killed — the mother, father and one child. The other two children who were in the Windstar were in critical condition, Herrig said, and he

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3 family members among 4 killed in wreck near Perry

THIS ASH TREE, AND THOSE IN THE BACKGROUND, are among several ash trees providing shade on the lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall on the Kansas University campus.

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The study found that the cheap living in Kansas is to the south. The five most affordable communities all were in the southern part of the state. Parsons topped the list, but just how cheap can you live in Parsons? The website calculated the monthly mortgage payment in Parsons is $217.

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believes one of the children was taken to an area hospital by helicopter and the other was transported by ground ambulance. Emergency responders found one of the vehicles on fire when they arrived at the scene, said Casey Quigley, fire chief of Perry and Kentucky Township in Jefferson County. No further details on the accident were available Sunday evening. Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating the accident, Herrig said.

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