The Baldwin City Council voted Tuesday to cancel a scheduled Aug. 1 referendum on a half-cent sales tax that if approved would have provided $202,000 annually for 25 years to finance part of a $3.95 million community center. The action came three weeks after the Baldwin City school board voted 6-0 to deny the Baldwin City Recreation Commission’s request for an additional 1 mill of taxing authority, which would have provided $75,000 a year for the center’s debt retirement.

Council members agreed, however, that the referendum, which now has been twice scheduled and twice canceled, could come back if BCRC director Steve Friend was successful in securing enough donations from private sources to offset the mill levy revenue. If that does happen, the referendum could be rescheduled for the Nov. 7 general election for city/school board elections.

Friend said he would know this month if the private money was available.

Those visiting downtown Eudora in the last month may have noticed a “for rent” sign in the 704 Main St. storefront that was home to Mary Kirkendoll’s Eudora Yoga Center. Kirkendoll said the sign does not announce the demise of the center but is part of her planned consolidation of the yoga center with the Eudora Chamber of Commerce offices that have been in the adjacent storefront she owns at 706 Main St.

Kirkendoll, who just returned from a yoga retreat to Italy, said the chamber office will be closed while the storefront is renovated for its combined yoga center and chamber functions. She hopes to have the center reopened Sept. 1, but that will depend on how the renovations go, she said.

In another chamber change, internet searchers may have found the Eudora chamber’s growedudora.com is no longer an active domain name. Leslie Herring, assistant to the Eudora city manager, said the chamber’s domain name was changed to eudorakschamber.com because the older site name did not make clear it was the chamber’s home page.

Those visiting the page will learn the chamber’s June meeting will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at City Hall. Marvel Williamson, executive director of the Senior Resource Center for Douglas County, will be the guest speaker. Torched Goodness will cater lunch.

The Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce’s monthly meeting will be from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Lumberyard Arts Center, 718 High St. Lawrence Journal-World editor Chad Lawhorn will speak on Douglas County issues and take questions from those present. The cost of the catered lunch from the Baldwin City Dance Cafe is $7.

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The Douglas County Commission is seeking applications for the open position of Palmyra Township trustee to serve out the unexpired term of Sandy Eliott. There will be a special election for the position in November 2018.

Those wishing to apply for the position should mail their interest with a statement of qualifications to: Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew, 1100 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, KS, 66044; or email the same to jshew@douglas-county.com.

Applications must be received by 5 p.m. June 23. The Douglas County Commission will appoint the new trustee June 28.