With only 12 days left before Douglas County voters would go to the polls in the Aug. 2 primary and decide on the proposed $1.25 million Lecompton Bridge, voters still had not been told specifically how the project would be financed.

The annual Lawrence Sidewalk Bazaar drew thousands, as usual, but several vendors said it was far bigger than any crowd they ever had seen. The weather proved to be ideal with the mercury never pushing beyond the lower 80s.