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Wednesday, August 20, 1975
University Daily Kansan
A two-story judicial center, housing all county judicial and law enforcement offices, and costing $4.2 million, is being constructed on the site of a former federal prison.
Staff photo
The top picture is an artist's conception of the building, which will be finished in 1776. Below is pictured the center as it is being built.
Because of a predicted decline in University of Kansas enrollment by 1980, Lawrence is actively seeking new industries to attract people and stimulate the local economy.
"All the projections have been that KU's enrollment over the next 10 years or so is going to decline." Mike Wilden, assistant city manager, said. "What the city is doing is trying to protect itself from that possibility by continuing to support a larger industrial base. A good example of this is the TRW company that came to town."
City seeks more industry
ACCORDING TO GLENN West, executive vice president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, his group was involved in the production of Wine, a cable manufacturer, to Lawrence.
"In the long run, it's in the best interests of the community to have a diversified economy and that's one of our principal objectives," West said.
TRW's project manager, Lyle Schultz,
estimates the TRW plant will employ about
50 people and increase to several hundred in
the next two or three years.
went said his group was promoting another warehouse site in the Lawrence south industrial park and he hoped they would find a place for people ard b begin production by next fall.
IF STUDIES THAT project a 30 per cent decline in University enrollment by 1985 prove to be correct, West said, there will be an economic impact on the community.
To prevent this from happening, West said, the University must work to get a larger share of university age students and the community must attract top quality manufacturing interests which will help diversity the economy away from KU.
A statistical study of future statewide college enrollment completed in January by Kenneth E. Anderson, professor of higher education, predicted that from 1979 to 1984 enrollment will decline from 20,000 to 15,000. But Anderson this study, like any
Local parks flower as Lawrence grows
Two parks were included in the original plans for the city in 1854, but for a number of years after that park development was slow. The idea of parks as a playground for children didn't become popular until the early 1900s.
Lawrence now has 21 parks and 240 acres of park land. That will increase by 1,000 acres when the new river-front park is completed within the next four years, according to Fred DeVictor, director of parks and recreation.
Summer activities now include lessons in ballt, tennis, bridge, creative dance, guitar, swimming, gymnastics, a summer dance workshop and concerts at the South Park bandstand.
City parks have always been a part of the city's landscape and as the city has grown so have the park.
Summer sports programs offered are weight training, wrestling, tennis tournaments, slo-pitch softball, baseball, bicycle tours and logging.
Last year, activities such as canoe trips, a pet show, a fishing derby and "Movies in the Park" at the Sun Park Recreation Center were added to the summer agenda.
A brief history and description of the city's marks follows:
Some sports and other programs are continued throughout the winter months at the East Lawrence Community Building and East Lawrence Center. Arts and crafts, dancing, gymnastics, men's and women's fitness and training are a few of the programs offered.
SOUTH PARK -Purchased in 1866, this park is on Massachusetts St. south of the county courthouse. The west side of the park has the first ladder truck of the Lawrence Fire Department, a playground, wading pool, basketball court, picnic areas, the South Park Recreation Center and the Eagle Gardens. The bandstand, rose gardens and an animal drinking fountain dedicated by Teddy Roosevelt in 1910.
CENTRAL PARK—This seven-acre park, purchased in 1866, is home for a Santa Fe steam locomotive, as well as the Lawrence and Tennessee streets, the park also has picic areas, water fountains and a playground. In the winter to make an ice-skating rink.
MUNICIPAL STADIUM and EAST LAWRENCE CENTER—Located at 9th and Delaware streets, the East Lawrence Center and a lighted baseball stadium were donated to the equipment for this two-acre lot was donated by the Lawrence High School class of 1970.
ROBINSON PARK—This park is named in honor of the first governor of Kansas, Charles Robinson. The property was purported to be a private residence and is at Massachusetts and 6th streets.
VETERANS PARK — Purchased in 1947 in honor of World War II veterans, this three-acre park has a volleyball court, two lighted tennis courts, a lighter basketball court, a grassy area, fireplace and water fountain. The park is at 10th and Louisiana streets.
CENTENIAL PARK-This 32-acre park was purchased with profits from the Lawrence centennial pageant in 1954. Located at 9th and 10th streams, the park has a one-mile jogging course, two lighted tennis courts, a picnic shelter, a ball diamond, playground areas, restrooms, unimpaired and lights for winter sledding.
BROKEN ARROW PARK-This 20-acre park was purchased in September 1957. Located between Haskell American Indian Junior College and Louisiana Street, this park is a private public shelter, a lighted softball diamond with bleachers and tennis courts.
LOUIE HOLCOM PARK AND SPORTS COMPLEX--Constructed as a memorial to Louie Holcom, *are* youth worker who died in 1971, this 30-car park and $200,000 complex opened in 1973. The park, west of 25th and low streets, has four light-flooded concession stands, recess water fountains and plenty of open space for other sports.
WELLS OVERLOOK PARK—Completed in 1971, this 18-acre natural overlook of the city has a 25-foot observation tower, nature trails, a picnic shelter, picnic sites and an old stone bridge. The Lawrence on County Road 458, the park overlooks the Wakarusa River Valley.
Other city parks are Clinton Park at 6th and Maine streets; DeerField Park, adjacent to DeerField school at Tomahawk and Lincoln roads; Maple streets; Ladham Park at 9th and Wellington streets; Lyons Park at 8th and Lyons streets; Martin Park on Peterson Road, one mile north of Lawrence; Naismith greenbeet strip park at 4th and Indianapolis park at east; American Indian Junior College; Parnell Park on 19th Street; Walnut Street Park at 7th and Walnut streets; Water Tower Park, east of Iowa Street between Oxford and Stratford roads, and Elgin Woody Park on North elevation of lawrence Memorial Hospital.
In addition to the park facilities, the KU student has easy access to three lakes—Perry, Lone Star and Douglass County State Park. All are all within 30 minutes of Lawrence.
Douglas County State Lake, north of Baldwin, is a fishing lake with white and green waters that catfish. It has 185 surface acres and 177 park acres. No swimming is allowed in the lake and there are few camping facilities, such as cabins, that a tent anywhere around the lake.
Lone Star Lake is southwest of Lawrence on U.S. 59. It has 108 surface acres and a lake that contains 26,000 acres.
Facilities in the recreation areas provide access to the lake and its shoreline for boating and swimming. Sanitary facilities include showers and drinking water. Resorts are located in areas with tables, grills and shelters are also provided in recreation areas.
The largest lake in this area is Perry Lake,
15 miles northwest of Lawrence on U.S. 59.
Completed in 1970, the lake has 12,200
acres and 160 miles of shoreline.
Completed in 1970, the lake has 12,200 surface acres and 160 miles of shoreline.
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"THE NUMBER OF KIDS graduating from high school is going down very very quickly. We are in a position geographically, I don't think it is a sad story for us by any means. If we're going to bring in older people to the University, I think it will be a better pic."
According to chamber of commerce sources, the south industrial park area has nearly filled its acreage with industrial plants, but the Sante Fe industrial area north of Lawrence has available acreage for new industrial development.
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"I'm very optimistic," he said. "I think people want to live in the kind of environment we want to live in that lack of magnetism."
Wilden said community amenities such as Clinton Dam, city improvements and the University served to make Lawrence an attractive place to live and work.
PHIL MARTINEZ, industrial
Of the 27,400 average work force in Lawrence, about 3,000 area residents are employed in manufacturing, 4,300 in construction, 1,500 in agriculture, and 9,700 in government. Farming, construction, public utilities, finance, insurance, employment, employ the workers of the work force.
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