From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 13, 1986:

• The Lawrence City Commission was expected to show its first formal support for the southern bypass project. All five commissioners, in earlier interviews, had said that they were planning to vote in favor of a city-county joint resolution in support of the project at their next commission meeting. This would be the first comprehensive, formal city action regarding the proposed roadway. “This says we’re going to build the bypass if we get the money,” said Lawrence mayor Sandy Praeger. The Douglas County commissioners had already approved the resolution by unanimous vote. The 14.3-mile, four-lane road was estimated to cost $37.7 million at the time.
• A 15-year-old Lawrence agency, the Volunteer Clearing House, had quietly faded out of existence at some point in the previous months. The agency, which had recruited volunteers for social service agencies since 1970, had suffered from a lack of volunteers for its own office.