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FRIDAY • JANUARY 24 • 2014
Woman still missing; agencies assisting
AbeforeLIST dying AFTER HIS WIFE, PAT, died last fall, Les Hannon wrote a “treatise� about preparing for death and now hopes to help others in the process.
By Stephen Montemayor smontemayor@ljworld.com
Lawrence police continue to seek information about the whereabouts of missing 19-year-old Sarah McLinn and more information about the circumstances surrounding the death of 52-year-old Sasko Harold Sasko. Meanwhile, a Kansas City-area funeral director confirmed handling services for Sasko’s family. Frontier Forensics completed an autopsy on Sasko, but an employee said on Thursday that the case was suppressed, meaning it first
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Planning for the inevitable is both wise and comforting, resident finds By Giles Bruce gbruce@ljworld.com
Les Hannon keeps a picture of his wife, Pat, on a shelf in his living room, right where he can see it. It’s a reminder that this is the way she wanted it. Any time he starts to grieve, he looks at that photo for reassurance. Seeing his wife of 62 years smiling back at
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him makes it just a little easier to hold things together. Pat died in September, at the age of 83, but not before ensuring that her passing would go smoothly for the loved ones she left behind. She had plans for what to do with her body and belongings and at her memorial service. Les, a former industrial Please see PLANNING, page 7A
City Hall security increases after threatening email
Patricia Ann “Pat� Hannon
By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
Kobach opposes federal protection for bird Senate Natural Resources Committee. Kobach said Senate Bill T opeka — Kansas 276 would likely lead to a Secretary of State Kris legal battle and pit state Kobach on Thursday rights against federal law. urged legislators to ap“There is nothing in the prove a bill that would Constitution that mentions exclude the Lesser Prairie the federal regulation of Chicken from federal species,� Kobach said. He protection. said his testimony was as a “This is a fight worth former constitutional law fighting,� Kobach told the professor and attorney who By Scott Rothschild
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has litigated The Lesser Prairie Chicken cases on constitutional questions, and not as secretary of state. The bill would assert state sovereignty over nonmigratory wildlife, declare null and void
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A threatening email to city commissioners has led to at least a temporary increase in security at Lawrence City Hall. Commissioner Bob Schumm confirmed that multiple commissioners received an email from a community member angry about the proposed rental licensing and inspection program. “We get called names certainly from time to time, but when they start talking about Schumm coming to my property, and when they couple that with the idea that there is a gun somewhere, that is where it crosses the line,� Schumm said. Shortly after the email was received —
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Ex-KU players in court
Vol.156/No.24 28 pages
A former KU football player pleads guilty to amended charges of felony theft in exchange for testimony against another former player. Page 3A
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