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New U.S. 59 in Douglas County taking shape By Mark Fagan mfagan@ljworld.com
Extension of the South Lawrence Trafficway may be slated to get $192 million from a new state comprehensive transportation program, but another major highway project in the area is accelerating toward completion. Construction of a new U.S. Highway 59 freeway, from the southern edge of Lawrence south to the Douglas County line, is on track for comple-
tion in late 2012, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation. The four-lane freeway — complete with interchanges, wide shoulders and safe sight distances for drivers — is set to run for 10.53 miles. Already completed and in place are 23 bridges of various forms: ● steel girder, 11. ● concrete girder, 2. ● “haunched slab,” or concrete slabs supported by concrete pillars, 2. ● “bridge-sized boxes,”
which look like concrete drainage pipes but in a rectangular shape instead, 8. “We’re in pretty good shape,” said Kim Qualls, a department spokeswoman. But there’s still work to do. Crews have been busy grading the highway route, which is east of the current U.S. 59. They’ve already cleared 5.4 million of the 5.6 million cubic yards of material necessary to make way for Please see U.S. 59, page 4A
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TRAFFIC IS STOPPED on U.S. Highway 59, left, for culvert work south of North 700 Road on Wednesday as crews continue work on what will be the new U.S. 59, right.
Elite athletes power through Ironman course
KU increases parking fines, permit fees to cover costs, improve lots By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com
Kansas University has approved increased parking fines for the 2011-12 school year. Donna Hultine, director of parking and transit, said the increased fees and fines will pay for improvements to KU parking lots. Parking fines for the upcoming year increased by $5:
Violation Fine Expired parking meter ........................................................ $15 No valid permit ......................................................................$25 Permit not properly displayed ...........................................$25 Wrong zone .............................................................................$25 Not in stall lines .....................................................................$25 Restricted area .......................................................................$25 Parked in area restricted for events ................................$25 Overstayed time limit ..........................................................$25 Facing wrong way ................................................................ $25 Improper use of paid/validated toll from gated facility ........................................................ $25 Nondesignated parking ...................................................... $50 Blocking drive, roadway, trash bin, doors or legally parked vehicle ........................................ $50 Restricting flow of traffic .................................................. $50 Unauthorized storage ......................................................... $50 Booth run ................................................................................ $55 Theft of services .................................................................. $55 Abuse of garage permit ..................................................... $55 Excessive violator ................................................................ $75 Fire lane or hydrant ............................................................. $100 Display of forged, altered, lost or stolen parking permit .................................................... $100 False report of lost or stolen permit ...............................$100 Illegally parked in ADA space, aisle or ramp ................$150 Parking after parking privileges are revoked ............... $150
PAUL MATTHEWS RUNS OUT of the first transition area with his bicycle during the Kansas Ironman Triathlon on Sunday at Clinton State Park. The competition featured a 1.2-mile swim followed by a 56-mile bicycle ride and then ended with a 13.1-mile run. Matthews won the men’s professional division. See coverage of the event in Sports, page 1B, and more photos and a video at LJWorld.com. CHRISSIE WELLINGTON carries Hudson Robinson, 4, who is dressed as a flying monkey from “The Wizard of Oz,” after winning the female professional division of the Kansas Ironman Triathlon. The victory was Wellington’s third in a row.
MATT NOBLE, LEFT, of Belleville, Ill., helps John Oliveros, of Leawood, zip up his wetsuit.
Cycle and mo-ped permits saw the biggest increases, from $15 to $45. Park and Ride permits increased $10 to cover higher fuel costs for buses; garage permits increased $5 to cover equipment being installed in the garages.
Permit Type Price Cycle or Mo-ped .....................................................................$45 Park and Ride ......................................................................... $100 University Housing.................................................................$190 Yellow ........................................................................................$200 Red ............................................................................................. $220 Blue ............................................................................................ $240 Gold ........................................................................................... $285 Garage Red .............................................................................. $285 Garage Blue .............................................................................$305 Garage Gold ............................................................................ $350
Photos by John Young
— Higher education reporter Andy Hyland can be reached at 832-6388. Follow him at Twitter.com/LJW_KU.
A TRIO OF CYCLISTS compete in the 56-mile bicycle portion of the Ironman Triathlon.
Kansas history built on strong faith foundation Editor’s note: This is one in a series of occasional stories written in conjunction with Kansas’ 150th birthday. By Beccy Tanner The Wichita Eagle
“You know that Christ once armed Peter. So also in my case, I think he put a sword into my hand, and there continued it, so long as he saw best, and then kindly took it from me.” — John Brown, in one of his last letters from jail, shortly before being hanged for trying to incite a national slave rebellion
Since its beginnings, Kansas has often been the center for fiery, passionate strongholds of religious faith and freedom. In Kansas’ 150 years as a state, the waves of its religious tides have rippled throughout the nation — from abolitionists and prohibitionists to anti-abortion demonstrators, each making headlines along the way. “Faith has always been integral with Kansas,” said Gary Entz, a Kansas historian specializing in religious social history. “Of all the 50 states, only Utah has been shaped more by
In 1877, African-Americans leaving the post-Civil War South founded the town of Nicodemus in northwestern Kansas. “When you visit a town like Nicodemus that still has a population linked to the original settlers, one of the oldest buildings in town is the church, and it is still functioning today,” said Kevin Myles, president of the Kansas State Conference of the NAACP Branches and president of the Wichita Branch of the NAACP.
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ABOLITIONIST JOHN BROWN has been famously depicted in the “Tragic Prelude” mural done by Kansas artist John Steuart Curry in the State Capitol building in Topeka. The mural, completed in 1940, portrays Brown almost as an Old Testament prophet, a Bible in Please see FAITH, page 2A one hand, a rifle in the other.
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religion than Kansas.” For the past 150 years, religious faith and convictions have been — and still are — the fuel for righting social wrongs such as slavery, alcoholism, racism and sexism. But what makes faith such a powerful force of social change and community-building in Kansas is the state’s legacy of populist freedom — a belief in the rightness of the individual’s choice, a belief that expressing your religious convictions in action can improve and strengthen your state.
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