Posts Tagged ‘john janssen’
Monday, August 25th, 2008
End of March
Marilyn Brown signed a contract on July 7, 2007 with Alfred Soleck, a Oklahoma
contractor from her mother’s church, to build her home. After starting the build
and needing more and more of the money up front, he left them high and dry. Mr.
Soleck was arrested in Oklahoma on federal charges that included 6 criminal counts
of home repair fraud. Volunteers have been helping the Browns in building the
house and when the volunteers have to leave, well, its one day at a time. (more…)
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
February 27, 2008
Primary Election Results are in. Bob Dixson and John Janssen are in a runoff
for the primary. 10 of the 15 city council positions will move on to the
primary. Carmen Renfro and Erica Goodman are in the runoff for City Council.
March 2, 2008
Studio 804 Warehouse in Lawrence, Kansas is paid a visit by the 5.4.7 Arts
Center Board to see the progress they were making on the new building. The
building is being built to LEED certification. It will have a lot of active (more…)
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Episode #7 – “The Primary”
February, 2008
The Big Well and the water tower are a big part of the tradition of Greensburg.
Built in 1887, it’s known as the largest hand dug well, 109 feet deep, 32 feet
in diameter. The Big Well is the town’s tourist attraction and the location of
the water tower prior to the storm which, as with everything else, took it out.
The decision was to put the new water tower back in the same location to keep
their tradition going. The old tower held 55,000 gallons, the new one will
be taller and hold 100,000 gallons. About 80 percent bigger than the old one.
Currently, one well is supplying the city and without a water tower means (more…)
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