Park meeting slated
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department and the West Lawrence Neighborhood Assn. plan two public meetings to take comments on development of a future park.
The park is planned for the greenbelt area north of 15th Street and east of Langston Hughes School.
The first meeting will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Langston Hughes School, 1101 George Williams Way. C.L. Mauer, of Landplan Engineering, and members of the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department will be on hand to gather input from members of the public about what type of facilities and features they would like to see in the park.
A follow-up meeting will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 13 at Langston Hughes School to receive comment on preliminary schematic drawings for the park.
For more information about the meetings, call the Parks and Recreation Department at 832-3450.
Downtown Lawrence
Crews begin preparing for water line project
Survey crews will be working in downtown Lawrence for the next several weeks as they prepare for a major water line replacement project.
The crews will be working on Sixth, Seventh, Massachusetts, Tennessee and New Hampshire streets. The work will not disrupt traffic, but city officials are asking motorists to be alert for the crews.
Work to replace the water lines is expected to begin in late spring 2005.
KPERS
State asked to end investments in Sudan
Topeka -- A community activist is calling on state officials to get rid of any pension investments in companies doing business in Sudan.
Sonny Scroggins, president of the Kansas chapter of the National Action Network, told trustees of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System there were many incidents of U.S. businesses being complicit in the violence in the African country.
"We must stop the suffering and deep pain caused by our mutual funds and direct investments," Scroggins said last week.
Glenn Deck, executive secretary of KPERS, said it was difficult to determine the extent of pension fund investments with companies that might do business with Sudan. Deck said the trustees took no action on Scroggins' request.
Television
'Real World' cast on KU campus today
Cast members from MTV's "Real World" will be in Lawrence today as part of a nationwide tour.
The cast will meet fans and sign autographs from noon to 1 p.m. in the Traditions Area of the Kansas Union.
The current installment of the reality show, which features strangers picked to live in the same house, is set in Philadelphia.
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