Final 1981 valuation figures for Douglas County were higher than preliminary estimates and that was due to produce a drop in the property tax mill levy total. The full valuation for the city of Lawrence was $119 million, or about 62 percent of the county’s total of $193 million.

A “secret survey” had been conducted at Lawrence High to determine how bad – or good – local teenagers were. The results were quite gratifying, according to principal Brad Tate, but he released no “figures” on the “survey.”