From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Nov. 16, 1985:

• Ronald Innes, who had been appointed trustee of Culture Farms Inc. after the Lawrence firm had filed for bankruptcy in August, was at a loss as to what to do with the storeroom full of cultures, culture-growing kits, and office supplies left behind by the company. Boxes upon boxes of checks which had been written but never sent to growers were also piled up in the storeroom. The cultures, which numbered in the millions, were stuffed into 300 cardboard packing barrels. For three months, Innes had been trying to find a buyer, but he had been “hard-pressed to find any market” for the sour-smelling cultures. Mice and other rodents had also gotten into some of the cultures and had eaten them.
• Gas bills were going to show a slight increase during the coming winter. Kansas Public Service, Lawrence’s privately-owned natural gas utility, had called for a residential rate increase from $3.65 to $3.67 per 1,000 cubic feet of natural gas.