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THURSDAY • JANUARY 23 • 2014
Embracing silence, prayer
STATE OF THE JUDICIARY
Chief justice: Minus funds, courts will have to close By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
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FROM LEFT, GINA ADAME OF TOPEKA, STEPMOTHER OF SARAH BROOKE GONZALES MCLINN, gets a hug from longtime family friend Erin Esser of Topeka as nearly 40 friends and family members gathered at St David’s Episcopal Church at 3916 SW 17th Ave. in Topeka for a prayer service for McLinn. The last time she was seen or heard from was Jan. 14.
Missing woman’s friends, family gather in Topeka Wednesday night for a two-hour service. Among those who came forward was Ashley McLinn, 22, of Lawrence, Sarah’s oldest sister. Reading a prayer written by a stepsister, Ashley McLinn said her family needed hope for her sister’s safe return.
By Stephen Montemayor smontemayor@ljworld.com
Absent answers, there were prayers and silence. Friends and family of Sarah Brooke Gonzales McLinn — a 19-year-old Lawrence woman last seen on Jan. 14 —gathered at St. David’s Episcopal Church
“The agony of not knowing where Sarah is is a daily torture,” Ashley McLinn read. Lawrence police say the last time anyone reported seeing or hearing from Sarah McLinn was on Jan. 14. That night, Ashley McLinn said, she spoke with her sister and made plans to
spend time in their hometown of Topeka the next evening. According to police, Tuesday was also the last night Harold Sasko, 52, owner of three CiCi’s Pizza restaurants, was alive. He and Sarah McLinn both lived in a home in the 2900 Please see MISSING, page 2A
ABORTION
Senate committee features ultrasounds of pregnant women By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, RShawnee, and chairwoman of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee. “I thought it would be a great idea to see the science of what is actually happening in the womb,” Pilcher-Cook
Topeka — One of the Kansas Legislature’s top abortion opponents used her committee on Wednesday to conduct live ultrasounds of pregnant women. Please see SENATE, page 2A “This committee is always interested in the life and health of the unborn child l The costs of defending and the mother,” said state abortion law. Page 2A
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BETHANY KNIGHT, OF TOPEKA, right, watches the image of her fetus on a large monitor as Cindy Paderson, with Wyandotte Pregnancy Clinic, center, performs an ultrasound, Wednesday, during a Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee meeting at the Statehouse.
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Topeka — Facing a budget crisis and unfriendly Republican leadership, Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lawton Nuss said Wednesday that without additional funding, courts will be forced to close. “The only question is how long,” Nuss said. And without referring to any pending cases or a recent verbal swipe from Gov. Sam Brownback, Nuss said the judicial system won’t decide cases based on threats or other pressures. Nuss made his remarks during his State of the Judiciary address. Usually a low-key event, Nuss’ speech drew a packed crowd of legislators and court officials in the state Supreme Court hearing room and was also streamed live on the Internet. The stakes between the Kansas Supreme Court and the Legislature are high during the current legislative session. The court is considering an appeal of a lower court panel that ruled the state has unconstitutionally cut school funding. A Supreme Court ruling in favor of the plaintiff school districts could result in the Legislature and Brownback having to increase school funding by $500 million. Last week, Brownback said during his State of the State speech that courts shouldn’t be telling elected representatives how much to fund schools. “Too many decisions
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We do not take money from either side. Nor do we decide cases based on money’s distant cousins, threats and other pressures.” — Chief Justice Lawton Nuss
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Too many decisions are made by unaccountable, opaque institutions.” — Gov. Sam Brownback
Please see NUSS, page 2A
Track your ride
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City and KU buses will be outfitted with GPS systems that text riders to let them know when the next bus will arrive. Page 3A
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