From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 10, 1988:

• Thanks to a volunteer group of cleaners, the Lone Star Church of the Brethren was ready to re-open today after it had been damaged by an early-morning flood in late June. Workers had cleaned walls and floors, hauled items to a nearby dump, and brought picnic meals every day to share with other volunteers. The town was looking much closer to normal, at least on the surface, after a strenuous ten days of clearing away the mud and debris left by the flooding of Washington Creek after a record-breaking rainfall. Residents of the town were running fans and drying out their living spaces and furniture and were beginning to work on repairs to cabinets, carpets, heaters, water heaters, and windows. Most of those affected did not have flood insurance, and the area had been passed over for federal disaster aid, so residents were now looking at relief agencies and fund-raising events, such as a relief dinner being held later this month at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds. In addition to private property damage, a bridge on Douglas County Road 1 just north of Lone Star Lake had been shut down pending nearby road repairs, and a bridge a few miles southwest of the lake was closed for an indefinite period, according to John Young, deputy director of public works.
• In response to news of the postmaster general’s recent decision to restore full window service (which had been cut in February to save money), Lawrence Postmaster Bill Reynolds said that he had not yet received official notification of the decision and could not make any decisions on local service until he had. “I can’t tell you exactly what’s going to happen now,” Reynolds said. “The first I heard of it was in Friday’s newspaper.” However, he said, he might make changes if the postmaster general’s office allowed them. On the previous Feb. 13, the Lawrence Postal Service had begun closing both of the city’s offices from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, had begun opening an hour later on Saturdays, and had stopped collection services on Sundays and holidays.