Business owners hear water-line project plans

Ten Lawrence business owners and managers showed up Monday at City Hall for an informational meeting to learn more about a downtown water-line replacement project that is slated to begin next Monday.

The business people met with representatives from BG Consultants, the contracting company, and city hall staff.

“I felt a positive response about what we’re doing to make this happen smoothly,” said Maria Martin, director of Downtown Lawrence Inc., which represents downtown merchants.

The project is to replace some of the city’s oldest water lines along Massachusetts in three phases over the next three summers.

Contractors will be obliged to keep one lane of traffic open at all times during the work. They also will be penalized if they fall behind schedule, officials said.

School sets open house

Veritas Christian School will have a kindergarten round-up Wednesday.

Parents are invited to bring their children who will be kindergarten age this fall to one of two sessions at the school, 256 N. Mich.

Sessions will take place from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Parents will be able to ask questions, learn about Veritas and allow children to sample part of a kindergarten day.

The sessions are free. For more information or to register, call 749-0083.

Veritas Christian School is an interdenominational Christian school for children in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Praeger to speak to College Republicans

State Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger will address the Kansas University College Republicans today .

The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. in the Walnut Room on the sixth floor of the Kansas Union. The event is free and open to the public.

Praeger, a Lawrence Republican, was elected to her position in 2002 after serving in the Kansas Senate.