A giant sunflower and the points of a new compass rose were taking shape on Saturday afternoon at Lawrence Regional Airport north of town. Volunteers drew the geometry of the compass rose on Friday, and painting began on Saturday.
Craig Owens has spent his whole career looking for challenges – from blue-collar factory communities to suburbs to a densely packed city in Missouri with nearly 50 high-rises. The place he finally found the “capstone” challenge for his career was Lawrence. “I have joked, 'I came here for challenge, and I got it," Owens told the Journal-World this past week, his final week at work as city manager. ...
Out on the tarmac of Lawrence Regional Airport, a beautiful sunflower is about to bloom – beautiful, and also useful. It’s a compass rose, to help pilots calibrate or “swing” their compasses. On Friday, a few volunteers were out drawing the geometry for the design, and on Saturday they’ll be painting it in bright blue and gold. “This is just a really wonderful focus point for the airport,” said ...
The formula that Lawrence and Douglas County use to split their fire and EMS expenses could get a major update soon – one that the department says will make the split more stable as staffing grows and changes. But, in the near term, don't expect it to yield a much different split than this year. Last year, the City of Lawrence and Douglas County agreed to split the costs of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire ...
Many so-called “book festivals” aren’t really that festive at all, says Maureen Carroll of the Kansas Authors Club. Often, they’re focused on publishers and are more like industry conventions. But the club’s Free State Book Festival this weekend, she said, will really be a festival – with live performances, food, beer and the chance to meet dozens of authors from northeast Kansas. “You can bring ...
“A dragnet of cameras,” “a new level of surveillance,” “Big Brother.” These are all things members of the community said on Wednesday night at a listening session about Lawrence police’s camera registry and aggregation program, and Chief Rich Lockhart is adamant that none of them is true. He spent more than an hour at the Lawrence Public Library, trying to allay people’s concerns about the ...