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City services under scrutiny for budget cuts February 2, 2009
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Hundreds gather for a Lawrence City Band concert. The city is considering eliminating the concerts as part of a series of budget cuts.
Crossing guard Jan Hurst assists Cordley School students and parents across the busy intersection at 19th and Vermont streets in this 2003 file photo. The city is considering eliminating the positions in a series of budget cuts.
Jasmine Keys, a fifth-grader at New York School, participates in CPR training with her classmates in this March 2008 file photo. CPR classes have been recommended to be cut in a proposal to City Commission.
Kansa, a 7-year-old, 14-pound bald eagle, eats raw deer meat from the gloved hand of Marty Birrell, director of the Prairie Park Nature Center, as she describes the bird to an audience at the Kaw Valley Eagles Day in this file photo from January. The closing of the Prairie Park Nature Center has been recommended to the City Commission in a series of budget cuts.
Aoife McGrath, 10, delights in spinning in the heated water with para-educator Tami Easley at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center in December in this file photo. The city is considering reducing the hours of operation for its pools as part of proposed budget cuts.
Andrew Padilla, right, shows a portrait he just painted to his subject, Martha, a resident at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community, 4851 Harvard Road, during a recent visit. Van Go Mobile Arts employees are regularly visiting residents at the center and painting their portraits.
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