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KU guards against student-athlete fraud Support staff work daily to prevent UNC-like scandal
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aul Buskirk reveals his fastidious nature periodically when he carefully removes his eyeglasses, fogs each lens, reaches into his right pocket for a handkerchief, wipes the lenses clean and uses both hands to
place the glasses back on the bridge of his nose just so. It’s a constructive habit for a man in his position. He is associate athletics director for student-athlete support services at Kansas University.
Now more than ever, it’s imperative that Buskirk clearly sees everything within his purview.
The volcanic academic scandal at North Carolina involving fake Please see FRAUD, page 5A
The University of North Carolina cheating scandal ultimately involved more than 1,500 athletes. Page 5A
Ageless dentist Paul Kincaid set to call it a career Liquor with groceries? New push to get it done By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
There’s a new plan and a new face working to persuade Kansas lawmakers to allow grocery stores across the state to sell “strong beer,” wine and liquor. Native Kansan David Dillon, the retired CEO and chairman of grocery giant The Kroger Co., has become the leader of the Uncork Kansas coalition, which is seeking legislation to end the longtime Kansas The value of a law that limits ligrocery store in a quor sales only to lismall community censed liquor stores. “Consumers are is really, really going to win on important. If you convenience, variety and price be- can add wine and cause there is more regular beer to competition,” Dil- those stores’ mix, lon said. Previous at- it increases their tempts to change viability.” the law in Kansas have failed. Dillon — David Dillon, Uncork said Uncork Kansas Kansas coalition leader is proposing a new plan this year. Unlike past efforts, convenience stores would not be allowed to sell liquor and wine under the proposal. But convenience stores would be able to sell “strong beer.” Currently, only liquor stores are allowed to sell strong beer, while convenience stores and grocery stores are limited to beer that has an alcohol content of 3.2 percent or less. Grocery stores would be allowed to sell the trio of strong beer, wine and liquor. But grocery stores would be required to purchase a liquor retail license from an existing liquor store. The coalition also is proposing that the number of liquor store licenses forever be capped at its current
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AFTER 70 YEARS OF PRACTICE, DR. PAUL KINCAID, 93, will finally hang up his dentist’s tools Jan. 30, when he turns 94.
70 years and the same old drill
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t was the 20-year plan, and Paul Kincaid came up with it right after he had stumbled over one of life’s hurdles. Don’t roll your eyes at me. I’m not getting ready to launch into some metaphor. I mean Kincaid had just tripped over a hurdle. It was at a high school track meet, and Kincaid was under the impression he could run the hurdles, although he had never
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done so before. After the first hurdle, his knees, elbows and face became more closely acquainted with the cinder surface of the track. So, he retired to the stands, and began chatting with a friend about the future, since a spot on the Olympic track team no longer seemed assured. “He told me he was going to become a dentist,” Kincaid remembers. “It was the hot thing. He
would work for 20 years and retire.” That sounded pretty good. Kincaid actually had given the profession a little bit of thought before. He grew up next to a dentist and had made a keen observation. “I noticed he went in to work at 9 o’clock, and my dad went in a lot earlier,” Kincaid says.
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‘Right to try’ A Kansas lawmaker hopes to introduce a bill to allow terminally ill patients to use some unapproved treatments. Page 3A
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