photo by: Shaun Hittle

Possible sizes of carts on display at City Hall Thursday as part of a public comment session about a draft to overhaul the city's trash and recycling services. Two dozen Lawrence residents addressed the city's Solid Waste Task Force Thursday. Another meeting is set for 6 p.m., Jan. 26, location to be announced.

photo by: Shaun Hittle

Lawrence man Ted Boyle addresses the city's Solid Waste Task Force Thursday at a two-hour public comment session at City Hall. Boyle, like many of the two dozen who commented Thursday, said he would like residents to be able to choose whether they want to pay extra for recycle. Under the draft proposal, all residents would be charge a recycling fee even if they don't use the service.

photo by: Elvyn Jones

Ruth Perry, 100, of rural Baldwin City, grew up on an isolated ranch in Wyoming. She eventually came to northeastern Kansas, where she was a longtime teacher. Recently she rebuilt a home that was lost to U.S. Highway 59 construction.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Heidi Debose gets a sound check of Michael Coffee, of Lawrence, as film director and actor Blake Robbins gives instructions Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where the movie “The Sublime and Beautiful” is being shot. The crew is planning a 12-day visit to Lawrence for work on the family drama.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Traffic travels on 31st Street between the Baker University Wetlands on the south and Haskell Indian Nations University on the north between Haskell Ave., and Louisiana St. A federal appeals judge in Denver heard oral arguments Thursday in the case regarding the South Lawrence Trafficway and whether the road should be built through the Baker Wetlands

photo by: Scott Rothschild

Consultant Arthur Laffer enters legislative committee room on Thursday to tout Gov. Sam Brownback's tax plan. Behind Laffer is Kansas Department of Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan. Laffer is being paid $75,000 by the Brownback administration to help with the tax proposal.