From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 1, 1989:

• Several Lawrence High School students with intellectual/developmental disabilities were featured in a front-page article this week. The students were employed at local businesses through the Lawrence School District’s supported employment program. The program, which was unusual for the area, was headed by Andy Weygint, a special education teacher at Central Junior High. It had been run on a trial basis the previous year with two job coaches and four students; now, with a third job coach hired, eight students were now working at various Lawrence businesses. “This can help them in the transition from school to community,” Weygint said. “If you can be employed, then you can live as an adult. Work is the glue that keeps our lives together.”
• The Lawrence Curbside Recycling Task Force, after nearly five months of study, was scheduled to take its recommendations to the Lawrence City Commission. The task force had completed a report this week on several recycling alternatives and was planning to present it and a list of 10 recommendations during an upcoming study session with the commission. Among the recommendations were the hiring of a full-time recycling coordinator and the implementation of recycling in city offices.