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‘IF YOU’RE HOMELESS, THIS IS Cheap gas THE CITY YOU WANT TO COME TO’ could be
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Topeka — For most consumers, the plunging price of oil in recent months has been an economic We may not boon as gasoline prices have fallen have anticipated below $2 a gallon for the first time in years. the full extent But for the state of the drop in and some local gov- crude oil prices ernments that receive and possible taxes from the production of both oil production and natural gas, which cutbacks.” has also fallen in price, the market drop could — Jeannine Koranda, have a significant im- Revenue Department pact that could result in higher property spokeswoman
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RIK FAWCETT, 36, OF PHILADELPHIA, packs his belongings and gets set to leave the Lawrence Community Shelter last week after spending several months there. Like Fawcett, many members of Douglas County’s homeless population originate from out of town.
Lawrence shelter home to many more than city’s own homeless
More than half the people taken into the Lawrence Community Shelter during the past three fiscal years selfreported coming from outside Douglas County. Some stay just a few days, some stay long-term, and some leave and return multiple times, though the shelter does not currently have data for those categories:
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l County residents: 156 (41 percent) l Out-of-county: 138 (37 percent) l Out-of-state: 81 (22 percent) l Total: 375 (59 percent outsiders)
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inner-city shelter there, he got Twitter: @saramarieshep back on the bus and rode a little farther, to Lawrence. ik Fawcett wanted to Fawcett is one of Lawrence’s clean up his life. That, homeless residents who came and he got kicked out here from outside the county or of the Chicago homestate. In fact, he’s one of many. less shelter where he’d been For the past three years, more staying between stints in jail. than half the people taken in by “I had to find someplace to the Lawrence Community Shelrelocate,” he said. “I basically ter self-reported that they had covered my eyes, stuck my finarrived from outside Douglas ger on a map.” County, according to the shelter. With a few hundred dolPeople who stay on the streets lars he got for selling his truck, instead of the shelter also count Fawcett said he bought enough on Lawrence’s charities and heroin to avoid getting sick community services for meals, from withdrawal and a Greyclothes and other needs. hound bus pass to Kansas City, Please see HOMELESS, page 8A Mo. After checking out the
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Eastern Kansas universities are using new methods to more quickly identify atrisk students and get them the help they need, as part of a larger effort to improve retention and graduation rates. Ann Cudd, vice provost and dean of undergraduate studies at Kansas University, said the retention and progress of students is a key concern.
l County residents: 181 (49 percent) l Out-of-county: 116 (31 percent) l Out-of-state: 73 (20 percent) l Total: 370 (52 percent outsiders)
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l County residents: 99 (43 percent) l Out-of-county: 79 (34 percent) l Out-of-state: 54 (23 percent) l Total: 232 (58 percent outsiders)
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Source: Lawrence Community Shelter
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Police have arrested a Lawrence man, 26, on suspicion of burglarizing at least 10 homes in the Oread neighborhood. Page 3A
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