Talking all things Lawrence, KS
It’s good that KU Health System executives and Kansas Athletics Sports Medicine officials have worked out a plan whereby Kansas Athletics Sports employees now will be part of the Kansas Health System. It is a good move for KU athletes and hopefully will serve as an ice breaker in opening meaningful discussions between KU Health System and LMH Health (Lawrence Memorial Hospital) officials. Over the... More »
In a few days a number of Lawrence residents will gather at two public meetings to discuss and make recommendations relative to how they believe “downtown Lawrence” should develop over the next 20 years. They will be engaged in the “Community Outreach efforts for the Downtown Lawrence Master Plan.” One meeting will be a “Community-Wide Workshop” and the other a “Downtown Business and Property Owne... More »
How many Lawrence residents are interested in the growth, development and welfare of their city? Really interested, not just casually interested, offering lip service, advice in the barber’s chair or bitching at the daily coffee club? Truly interested and concerned? Apparently not too many. Only six individuals have entered the upcoming election for city commissioners. Not enough for a primary con... More »
The Kansas University Athletics Department, the University, college sports, the National Collegiate Athletics Association and Lawrence all are losing a top individual and valuable asset with the upcoming departure of Jim Marchiony as Associate Athletics Director. KU Athletics officials announced this past Thursday Marchiony would be retiring in July after 16 years at KU. His leadership positions i... More »
Some time ago Lawrence city officials announced a national search would be made to identify possible candidates for the soon-to-be vacated City Manager position. Last week it was announced the national search had been narrowed to two individuals working and living a relatively few miles from Lawrence. One in Olathe and the other in Clayton, Missouri. Hopefully, these two individuals are indeed two... More »
