News Releases
News from the City of Lawrence for Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008
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Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008 News from the City of Lawrence
1) Additional coordinated transit planning open house this week; additional opportunities for feedback online
2) Special Populations class to hold musical performance
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1) Additional coordinated transit planning open house this week; additional opportunities for feedback online
Contacts:
Casey Toomay, interim public transit administrator, (785) 832-3409
Derek Meier, transportation coordinator, kuonwheels@ku.edu, (785) 864-4644
(Lawrence, Ks) – In addition to one more open house scheduled this week, the community now has an opportunity to weigh in on the planning of a coordinated transit system by filling out surveys online.
The same surveys were distributed at yesterday’s open house and will be at Thursday’s open house can be completed by visiting www.getonthebuslawrence.org. Public input will be gathered on issues ranging from route planning and scheduling to vehicle options and strengths and weaknesses of current transit systems.
Questions include:
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What should be the top three priorities of a public transit system?
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How important is vehicle fuel type? Many options are available, such as gasoline, diesel, bio-diesel, compressed natural gas, and electric hybrid.
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Please rank the twenty locations that are most important to be served by transit in Lawrence.
The deadline for completing the surveys will be January 9, 2009.
For those interested in attending the remaining open house, the meeting time and location is:
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3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11 at Douglas County Senior Services, 745 Vermont.
The meet is an open house format. Participants are invited to come and go anytime during the meeting. Attendees will be asked to complete worksheets to provide input and be able to talk with team members about the issues.
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PREPARED BY: Chris Bristow, 785-832-3458
(Lawrence, Ks) – Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department’s Special Populations Division will hold a performance of its Musical Review 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, at South Junior High School, 2734 Louisiana St. The performance is free and open to the public.
Participants from its Acting 101 class will entertain through a variety of musical numbers from past performances. Featured music include songs from the groups performances of Footloose, Beauty and the Beast, Grease, High School Musical, The Lion King and others.
The Musical Review cast members are:
From Lawrence: Lisa Barcus, Kenny Beard, Yvette Bell, Cole Browne, Jon Estill, Melissa Franklin, Patty Hadl, Renae Johnson, Jennifer McCue, Lucas McCue, Hilary Metzger, Owen Phariss, A.J. Poston, Diana Rhoades, Tom Rowe, Hal Schultz, Allison Seeman, Alan Tarpy, Jessie Warkins and Michelle Youngquist.
Others include: Ashely Kilgore, McLouth and Ashley Harkrader, Tonganoxie.
Many of the performers have appeared in other Acting 101 productions.
The Acting 101 class was created to assist individuals with disabilities to become better self-advocates, practice public speaking and become comfortable appearing in front of crowds.
The Acting 101 program received the Outstanding New or Innovative Recreation Program Award from the Kansas Recreation and Parks Association’s Recreation Branch in 2007.
For additional information, please contact Annette Deghand, special populations supervisor, at 832-7920.
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