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Sound Off 2005

Sound Off for August 2005

Wednesday, August 31

Can you bring me up to date on David Padgett, the Kansas University basketball player who left the team last year? Where is he? How is he doing?

Monday, August 29

I was wondering which coach was responsible for recruiting Kansas University's big three linebackers: Kevin Kane, Nick Reid and Banks Floodman.

Monday, August 29

With Saturday's loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the Kansas City Chiefs fell to 0-3 in the preseason. Have the Chiefs ever finished a preseason winless?

Sunday, August 28

I was wondering how the The World Company could offer Sunflower Broadband high-speed Internet in the Lecompton area yet they can't offer cable television?

Saturday, August 27

I recently received a telephone solicitation to buy KU football tickets. My question is: Is the KU Athletic Corp. exempt from Kansas and national no-call list legislation?

Friday, August 26

I went to hear folk singer Nanci Griffith at Liberty Hall last Sunday. She mentioned the Vietnam War a couple times, but she didn't look old enough to have many first-hand memories of the war. How old is she?

Thursday, August 25

I was just wondering why the Journal-World doesn't report about activities going on - like the boat race on Saturday - until after the fact? I probably would have gone to the boat race if I had known about it.

Wednesday, August 24

I've heard that without having physical access to my computer, someone could set something up so they could read my e-mail or my Web surfing history. Is that indeed true?

Tuesday, August 23

I saw recently that Lawrence was the sixth largest city in the state of Kansas and I wondered what the top five cities are in order - and, their populations.

Monday, August 22

I keep hearing the people who do weather reports on TV and radio talk about "relative humidity." What does that mean?

Sunday, August 21

How can I find out when a movie or TV show will be available on DVD?

Saturday, August 20

How old was William Quantrill when he and his band of ruffians sacked Lawrence? And where was John Brown?

Friday, August 19

When does Haskell University begin its fall semester?

Thursday, August 18

It would be interesting to know what the percentage salary increase was for faculty and staff, both classified and unclassified, at Kansas University. And how does that compare with the athletic department?

Wednesday, August 17

Did the task force in 1998 specifically recommend that Kansas University stop selling beer in the Kansas Union? Or was that the decision of KU administrators in response to the task force's report?

Tuesday, August 16

Who are the members of the city's Aviation Advisory Board?

Monday, August 15

The mailboxes in my neighborhood have been tagged with florescent yellow markers, and I am presuming it was by the U.S. Postal Service. What purpose do they serve and can we take them off?

Sunday, August 14

When is and what does tornado season in Kansas entail?

Saturday, August 13

Can you tell me how long "Dukes of Hazzard" was on TV? I have a hard time believing it was as popular as people are saying it was.

Friday, August 12

Why is Buford Watson Park looking so ratty lately? There are weeds around the trains and in the flowerbed and everything. I was just wondering why the city's letting it get so messy looking.

Thursday, August 11

I'd like to know what pesticides have been used in the public parks in the past few years and what remaining residual levels are being tested - even as their use has been stopped. And, is there a plan as to what pesticides will be sprayed and where?

Wednesday, August 10

I've heard the University of Kansas will open its 2005 football season next month. When is the team scheduled to get started?

Tuesday, August 9

When do the Kansas City Chiefs play their first home game?

Monday, August 8

I'd like to know by whose authority the Lawrence Community Shelter car wash was shut down on July 30. Does the city storm water quality technician have the authority to give orders to people on private property?

Sunday, August 7

I have seen construction crews pumping water out of low spots into a street that flows into a city storm sewer. I also have seen crews as part of the city water line project draining fire hydrants onto the street and into storm sewers. Are those violations of the city's stormwater ordinance which does not allow merchants to wash their sidewalks off with a hose?

Saturday, August 6

Why did they finally redo the street in front of Murphy Hall and then almost immediately tear it up completely?

Friday, August 5

Who do we contact to protest the Lawrence High and Free State High graduation date? There will be such competition for motel rooms and restaurants as well as putting additional stress on families that have two graduations the same day.

Thursday, August 4

Why is it that I can take my handicap parking permit that is issued by the state of Kansas for a lifetime with my I.D. card and I can go park in Topeka and Lawrence at a parking meter with no problems, but when I go to KU and if I don't park in a handicapped parking space I've got to have a parking permit?

Wednesday, August 3

Who approved the pay raises given to Kansas University athletic director Lew Perkins and his other staff, including son-in-law Brandon Macneill?

Tuesday, August 2

Last Saturday morning, I saw a city worker pulling up garage sale signs and throwing them into the back of a City of Lawrence pickup truck. Is there something illegal about putting up a garage sale sign?

Monday, August 1

Could you find out for us if the new light at Seventh and Kentucky streets is timed the way it is finally going to be? If it is, that's horrible. The way it is now, it is going to really bottle up traffic and encourage people to race to get a green light. It is not in time with the rest of that street a bit.

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