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Marcel Harmon

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The from that things. ct with cation cent essedu they have a lot s. “Now Sept up for three tod take e-fie He doesn’t have it -uses Theboth election buildings the “Weldhave signed miss step er-yea for both erting digitthe Adairstan afte and,aamo dpoint as othefor semb the City more space, intwo at-large seats for and crea al divid Citye Com that an- on rrterm said school ofte ion isbeen rega ng beothe always well Comwill n her rd.” a r wor mis only the larg Commission; wor plan .” lot boa on mem r ks the sion time mor ame ries about the scho rd the with ber est e to nitie But on City and ol the flexibility.” continue cause “we have two resi schools, field boa s, give evAdair the inno the school four candidat gned cand ineattype vativ b does ifrd seve he idat. es. The weon least get had Mar ery plannSix mon Har don’ had some He also wan Law a 3. cand a mar es will con- decade, acco ch scho back rdin boar mon on ths t who renc idat g usin grou ol later d , Edu The to go y e. wou 46, ever in es blac g will nd reco , Whe agai cati the his her busi com ld be bene is ficia ybody narr pri-ness forfour k eyes dist nst the Douglas Cou rdsgrain on term a napeti it.back valu from rictHall acceow ng for is - alre tivethe es -yea ss. the wan what he can ts to do there were any n a City ,” the of Che ady nty r term l asaa face Citynd If“I grou ted said siont field we don’ liftthe(somat cler my Com Ada city ney, Adasirexpi with ring will kids ir,k’s offic mis do wha com to protect inac dow on who e they grew acti - com not tow and to mismorehave missaione the n to the see ise.one of to prim up, in be he’sary, t it of prim six extedon part take deci school Tuls cand r.n She nsivee thanway s that 14 candidates wases. ded of tions over the a, abou 2,00the sionI.idat give ever Oklabut to praitses aryybod 0 peop Ada ., ininst lved The will narrow otheects ewill eadseho irinvo some proj back a com rece lersity in hou rs) .”is ing a districts from tak- year 30 one scho ntlyonto for dive mile ols,” founthe rnet ldall the movsthe gen that eggle the Lawrence running for access, we won y Inte he said d- mor s that he took and ewesscho of reas ed field financial hit t of ol one he strueral run the of Wic . elec “Th canwas agai Law hita tion d fina draw nst City renc . info . elec He ’t The from ncia boar thre be rmationn was e Cention was Com- what lly. gen d. Adato e opp the Legislatu monEntr with, he only raisethe eral ter will gHar mission. ’s invo for d by ir the beone and nts “My Apr too boar is best for our doin two re. He ilher muchd.one Con mot replied eprelvem 7.for teacfem ent lone two othe stru neurship start h- ale r two struthe ers. He way tion said com ggled,” in e2009 ,” c- ed in Adair Adathat for of -yea munity.” his members said compliments for So, in 2005, spac ir som r term candsaid withIow at 925 e of idatthei ad ahoc said profrace avaihad es inr the . “She the the hip in ward-th es- are l- sion advocacy city’thos e the projects Streable s unsu in this is “par et. GED began building the couple a seek science stan The grou Figuring cspri ps and inking” distr cessfulwill of wha center, ng’s . My ingt to cont fath efforts t me whicvolde- the dards - fine er elec beco left whe h Adation wellsales toinue a ew com advi to er me and ternet service a new In- bring higher out how unte into 2016 “I’m pretty happ i ir . I was very n sfirst plan boar my s sory to inco . Nov pass revi mittee introwom dsate tax in for as “Wh young. She gotHar ansibli rpor y ”City Acr on ngs. emb the duce the d- distr ict. at those days it provider. In band service speed broathe mon er a oss d I’m By non for edu on him Com 2011 purs -profit, prov the polic real cation and welfare. the to calling leg, heides ly train coun was joint wor-ed reer in missionuedsinc a cae proj She one a state ried be ect. try, Harmon islat e abou opp “It as Lawrence was known has been a to Lawrenc wide Sue to ors arch was ortu offic t in Hac coun itec nitie and too said a e gene secr spac k tura cil, com s submitting rece etary. She ral did e, joint Free the putengi.- generally much, scho the is the inl2009 ols tion the cuts neering. served informa written testimon on sas it now operates net, but the Lawrenchot topic Kan ing Nex ived from our we’rcoul best she Gen cominghave servtices e goin too little just from y , erat to ortAfterAdair said the schospac classion d tog supp Scie haveus. es and the city.voca toBut - nce brand Wicked under the mission. Ada e City Com cy for schools. in ad- trict,” he said, deal ol e On otheStan for othe earn dard ” boar r cert with ing serv d Rev I ain also look ices a iew from ir Broa refe activ dochas vowCom ed at that and has reinforced r issu need the dband. to not r i- ir “I thin torate ties said ed mitt to his kids. by state Yes, the coup Ada or lack peopee. said ,” said is thefrom le wanting to ed who enter thence a GED the furnes, importa Har : “There Uniof mon veriture endure k we’re going to anything not , tly sity ing start a enou exac t kind listethat speagh of New make money le hoped to sions as a those discus-Tha n- allow busi kstoin some s for ness inofLaw l Imp Mex to all résu beyond a aquie a ng com ico,pect rangthe raise mé rovi pers renc heives e ofabilgot famitly.” worked e. voice. “For them the next yearcuts over cuts that are r him appointe cessful in all and be suc- because her missione . He . ity She as Adairmy deci d to forsaid saidanshe the engi peop s can kids, she In-pe neer company a “Busines d is- and le bon bethe rson own has to walk doneI’m and ded years; however or two we’re worriedcoming founsue dard ways, butthose stan- could bene in wor will in mail d bike wanried t 10voti way that herself reve ad- for abou ted year aabou t ge vanc fit therse muc about.” , I think them s,forand colle com ng h votin of mun scho educ that g bega ther issu ity plied a title to they ap- Commission from City to the busi is so beneficial tion. eShe ols aand will e es n Feb. 11. that wer will be makehis expe shee ofte a cliLaw ness owner and rtise Adva left renc decisions.

Tuls cane ate mor appl when thought nevernprev ticularly whe a shift, parioushelp that went beyothemselves Until rece icatiaons thetive. ly trac she wasnce — Reporter Elliot distShe rict said n accepted mus ntly, Wicked the community,” Ada she wou navigate nd ‘entre- had Hughes ca t be subm anre she supties start seei communiittedto preneurs.’ art ir the reached at ehugh said. “Busines schocoun befo been seek “The boundar ld have. ports the idea ol, whe ng the cuts,” es@ljworld.co re she ty clerk guarantee froming a loan change the wors really can out canstud “We are Inte to be mailied issue was an y change a pedestrian of creating a fash ionlast 785-766-6 ballo ld.” the city desiday task force or ts; the example pede gner ists because rnet activ- to help star .

Ada of “I that the had ir, stria thou . offic t a we It a lot n gh, giga is advi are the lot of fun said she lear e can mail out pi- Ellio and type of peop t Hug thin Kristie Adair, pag a ballo project in Law bit By to vote to havevery hard mittee to ensu sory comks hes ned Law t a le is lot, renc Feb. who but e 27, rence. Twitt @elli re the City I did can or e 2B so the soon k The com do the getacco ernot cross a state children Commission stay an unta to takeothu Mike Anderson, of the Internet as a thin nts educ pany recently moreer: the ghes adva atiofigu clerk 12 eing n,” rntag high s abreast Ada ity,” of my pag start-up com said.taxe’s e 2BAdair said. “Eveutil- pulled that request s, offic mige has your ir said Adair, who is a way,” of the need for mor appl panies. in scho on, rt Bole and isAfter“We ry- pageaski the ht be strong ing and body should Stua e bikAddress olicati a four righ er you supp -yeator do t wou 2Bng for Dav orter: 747 she need nowsoon canBut have access. y,now ,” she hia-a lot rece of Nped 1500 tus,Craw ive said. abou It t.took frien ller yourld. estrRoad Mar scho id “I thin set of city ince a sma Age:dly ian structure pedestrian infra ballo mor - ols,” she said 66 projects ey com k year ford t 10 it’s elan ,Lov pagmun d is In-pe improvements.me ntives. ready to e 3B s,imp ity . “To Lovelan rson butor. builtant Ada adva dthey ir Occ nce ing,” retu it made it rece ’re upa votin ived d were amo pret Adarn tion: Homema g for the ir to herty well saidthe prim Lawrence scho dipl . educate ng ary ker oma offer the kind possible to dozen-plus elect Edu , d. grad ion Issu cati Tha is uati ol board. “We on: es t’s scheduledng whata it’s — City reporter Chad Bachelor’s degr applicants t of edu all abou at with degr A 20-year vete the Lawhotion ee KansAda ee, Coun t. as rn programs our ca- fill a vacated boar ty Univ ersit ir ran can Cour be reached at 832-6 said y who d seat in served from se, 1100 Massach pa- August.

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By Chad Lawhorn ever frustrati officially join mon d 5 p.m. on is from to Loveland to run after herchose not Merriam ed in behind them they had September. the right ques Twitter: @cla She graduate last term from l .Feb. tion. Plus whorn_ljw d with her chur beca , use of the when Lovelan in 2007, a.m. to he said he Kansas 28: Her experien Uni9vers ch. p.m. und d won four ce would ity 1 She first health of her declining in 1970 more well all the angl erstands The choice cam If elected to be an a degree in ran for the late hus- Eng lwith March es of poe after With years on the board. she asset on the board, band, ChuAdd 2: scho ress the rence City Comthe Law- litical rhetoric 8 lish. a.m. ol : fam 811 boar feat Afte ck, to a ily was led to New said soon ures a Lawrenc d in r settling in Jersenoon 1983 And y St. . And erso e Law be- superinte -to-be retired she can , adding that n sing he iatri Age after ing Mike Anderso mission, said will be , which ped lieve renc - 1 topi winaning e perm theyc he . : 33 ndent lead slighfour alreisady provide a “fair helpful whenShe cian n promises tly risq year hearlived uéssong ing from ing upation: Tele in 1976, Lovelan anently later,whi that City in the the district saidOcc vote prop rs eris atte vision talk dancesse Commission it comes to spotting disat the time, amount” of knowledge on put four eral shele witn Election d ing in d sevune ndan hostthere’s no parase ceabou ticular issu the Law Day meetings won zone Lov voting: the district’s Matthew Herbert throshow big enew - how , Lovelan t eland said renc e that bounced kids Mar Pub s lic the dCity Lawrenc ’t become a ingenuous arguments her even hist chugh said, Com Libr 3 — Polls tsary.

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Justin Priest, pag monologue for his cabl n on, unfo agai hter is 7 thou a.m. lded of hand ce n Arts this gh, Scie fillin to expe . think the ing and 7 p.m. said he’s year, other than nces, St. John’s g in board ri- tax e out telev enced Sheconf that top posi e 3Bision talkStan “I know how s spen was ince two idenpart is improved t most of her UnivShe’ ntivacts the t tion es. ersit show to vote ever of of evill ask y, that , rs Colle Ras the vanthe e, diffipres whe will got there is Minn.; doctorattime as a homgmussen, “Not So Late dali ent concern cult ques her a seat agai be sm “I that at und pagtions to sepa Lawerst emaker, but boardable overrate e e in communicaa representativn Show.” that kids has 4B , and we renc n. saw tion and e High his the Greg need stud rece how com crea ies, Scho ive to ask more Robinson, e Perhaps a stayed busy Anderson im-Now, afte e- port tion Free KU. ol rela thepagedu antting acte theytocan Stat catio e Sing r another from all generations,” in the Scho dic ofchar 4B rse High Lov n from they be com elating questionmore titil- tions at City difficult ques - need.Family: to land his four mun atshe ol ’s genu le trac ity all in ine posi said. “A who years away, theinte ting tion 1990 new as abusi rest s. sAnd boar le lot of Lov in ness Loveland has the while. in 1997 d bein whether And though, is son said. “We Hall,” Ander-“In 10 years, the emem land es,” g peop a ber.

And , city is contesting whe le erson said. “But com n miss Freeione Statr.e who’s repairing person an organize worked as opened,And with kids in that don’t have sertation topi erson’s dis- more people need to hold you three other Lov have elandtohas sheerso r for youth was nat— the school dist c your car spor hold candidates alsobusi thewho cen-grew supthat’sduce nessfor its way onto would find I can promise accountable. ter ofup rict ported ts carr es are leag a acco a rs. cont ying aske in ues two clos But Min unta rove city agendas. d and -yea my ing to pay taxes neso you that notherfam ble and rsytawhe served her r elemask e was - ona boar butncam ily, or en-diffi Anderson has body tary to prob the e cult time the fami - board. She’ term on support scho to ds vent schoques lem Law ly renc pers for the : His ols in purc on cam ure.Kan tion his doc- me is going to convince e hase thatcord as a d the ols. And I s compet- thin Hesasprev s abou ’s Mem grad pastt. why treating a uate toral degree er ousl seco Thatthey i- nd wasthe ed against oria with emo stud hom got need soillne yl Uni k it’s ente — taug oldsshe her this in said ht Clos Lawrenc and of one and amo com e ofon couldn’t KU he com mun othe vote als my e mem Alumtion unt. nication stud in commu- or convince tional appeof icar ”before. Martwo of them a range ofvaluable to have for their r regis figufam es bers ni sfor fromdaug re ily traAsso On othe class out howbers a fam tion boorted es hter life experienccel Harmon, ily to on, issues, theciati KUElec to , burn whe live from inwhil Genat re serAnderaddition dissertation ies, and his them money me to give the video mem inesovice eral the boar an applied a doct es.” she coul sondsaid tion oral to d com bein in 200 is was on the to stud Marto : 3. atten g ent, anth ch activ mun 17. d ropo but the e Regi ity value of com Anlonew esoteric reasoninbecause of he found an a DVD. So, subm is“Thelissu gist; Kelly Spu derson said entestrations scho imp ol. nt. His The e iscurr old g.” itted on, befo thatent rtainorment was orta I was mother sexual fantasiemunicating cond willing in his apartme VHS tape post anal and mar i- yst for the rgeon, an tion to polit — Reporter Elliot a colo of cons icsbyare re s. state’s edities ked Hughes can be olidate for the true Force and nel in the Air police facil Marhis Finding hum Don’t worry. had used to nt that he eligi ch 17 reached at ehugh ions . He or tape an epi- passble department ucation department; and his father was thin Dr. Anes@ljworld.com for ks ghumare proc derson does essin sode of WW or Anderson canion is “embarr for or be help in- a captain in the Nav n’t E wrestling. clus into ful polit 785-766-6277. thein ics. dispensing that plan on how much didn’t know He turned y be- derson assing.” But Anpolli Terry Riordan, ng fore “He plac re he e one pollb the is star said he thin tape — five television min ooks. Regiwha sort of com ted his own page 4B t ions I love com strat ks abou mercial was utes mor t Rob Sands, pag advice from the City pany e com of By tran rese Conr Mik that edy: sact arch ad Swanson e Ander- peop ed after MarIt gets e 5B Commission change his life. going to son cialty aircraft made spe- be done on whe needs to ch 17 and a partially le be to will pod chal Twitt Wat not ium A leng er: heat chin room @Conrad_Swa ther inter- pieties,” processe ei- mate saw ers g her their other - rupted ther. But he deuntil nson chil thre WW devices. And and gle, central police a sina afte grow And the Gen erso , with n etion. eral said.Now his academic does think that was seekcommercial match — intoE wrestlin g dren rmed wor upElec ked one in at-erson ity is better than facily ing Law “Co for child Norine Spears the produccan tending In-person a adand very having is going to be background show host for ing a talk Spea son the mail remem- she renc impe, rs be throJohn Coucom orta said ughout ntypany sma nt g tool bers ers and vanc ed.

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More and more women behind bars Jail copes with high female inmate population “

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As Douglas County commissioners consider expanding the county jail, the growing number of female inmates is causing problems in the current jail.

In 2013, the average daily tally of female inmates was about 20 women per day, according to the annual jail report. The following year, that number climbed to 31 women in jail per day — a jump of more than 50 percent — according to an early draft of the 2014 year-end jail report. There are 28 beds in the female housing unit, and a count of women in custody Friday showed 29 women on the inmate roster.

County commissioners began considering expanding the jail last year in response to the overall increase in inmates, especially

There’s a noticeable difference with the unusual number of homicides committed by women.”

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male inmates is at its highest ever.

Until last year, the record number of female inmates on an average u day was 22 in 2005. The highest Kelly Spurgeon male population was in 2006 at 157 inmates.

Vote for LES LIE Snumber The recently increasing ODEN of incarcerated women has been on March 3rd! seen across the country, as arrest rates have risen faster for women than for men since the mid- to late 1990s, Kansas University professor of social welfare Margaret Severson said. Douglas County has followed the nationwide trend. In 1995, there were just four women incarcerated on an average day in the county jail, Sheriff’s Department spokesman Lt. Steve Lewis said.

Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson said Lawrence’s recent stir of violent crimes contributes to the numbers. Women

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noticeable in the women’s population. While women are not the only population rising — the men’s daily average went from 118 in 2013 to 140 in 2014 — the number of fe-

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Foreign language enrollment shrinking

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After a period of growth, enrollment in foreign languages at the college level has gone down in recent years. That’s also been the case at Kansas University, which prides itself on being a national leader in the study of foreign languages

— offering courses in 40 of them, more than any other school in the Big 12 or the KANSAS entire plains UNIVERSITY area.

Is declining enrollment threatening KU’s program?

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Most popular foreign languages at KU

Spanish: 4,588 French: 2,259 German: 1,302 Italian: 890 Japanese: 577

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Topeka — Kansas lawmakers are expected to spend much of the week working through a backlog of bills that have been bottled up on the floors of both chambers, including several measures that would impose historic changes on the Kansas judiciary.

Those include three proposed constitutional amendments that would change the way Supreme Court justices are chosen and a bill that would force many sitting judges off the LEGISLATURE bench in the next few years by lowering their mandatory retirement age.

“All of them, all they do is serve to politicize the judicial branch of government,” said Rep. Boog Highberger, D-Lawrence, who serves on the House Judiciary Committee.

Friday, Feb. 27, marks what is called “turnaround day” in the Legislature, the deadline for most bills to pass out of their chamber of origin. Both chambers have an unusually large backlog of bills this year, due in large part to an extended dispute between the two chambers over their joint rules for the session, a dispute that was only resolved last week.

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Elaine Mitchell, 71, of Welda, died Feb. 20, 2015, funeral 10am Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 at Feuerborn Funeral Staff Reports Chapel, Garnett, KS. www.feuerbornfuneral.com Slick roads from freezing rain and ice led to numerous crashes throughout Douglas County early Saturday, according to area law enforcement.

Clinton Parkway and Kasold Drive Three people were treated for injuries following a two-car crash at the intersection of Clinton Parkway and Kasold Drive at 2:14 a.m. Saturday.

Arriving officers reported two vehicles were involved and one person was trapped inside a vehicle.

Firefighters worked for about 10 minutes to extricate a passenger of one vehicle.

A woman in her 20s was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with serious injuries. A 32-yearold man was also transported to LMH with minor injuries.

Police were investigating whether alcohol may have contributed to the crash.

No further information was available Saturday night.

DaviD B. Harley David B. Harley, 65, of Lawrence, died peacefully on Monday, February 9, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He attended Topeka High school and Washburn University.

He was a retired court reporter for District Court of Wyandotte County.

David had a passion for collecting autographs from notable classic film stars. He had an extraordinary personal fund of facts and memorabilia related to baseball, football and music, and David enjoyed sharing his interests and knowledge with others.

He was an avid student of military history and he had a prodigious knowledge of the facts, dates and details of historical events.

David was preceded in death by his father Lt. Col. James O. Harley

(ret.) and his brother Philip A. Harley. He is survived by his mother, Betty W. Harley who lives at Brewster Place in Topeka and his older brother, Dr. J. Preston Harley in Chicago.

The family sincerely appreciates the compassion and kindness of his caregivers, friends and neighbors.

David’s wish was to be cremated and no services are scheduled at this time. A private family burial will take place at a later date at Highland Cemetery in Junction City, Kansas.

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Haskell University Five people suffered minor injuries when the vehicle they were in struck a street light pole on the Perimeter Road around 2:24 a.m.

Fire medical crews reported the vehicle suffered heavy side impact damage in the crash. The pole remained standing after the crash.

All five people refused transport to the hospital.

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committed almost half of the nine homicides in Lawrence since July 2013.

“There’s a noticeable difference with the unusual number of homicides committed by women,” Branson said.

“It’s a pretty shocking number, but if you look at those cases individually, there’s no underlying themes between them.”

Brittny Adams shot Gary Eden in July 2013, Marci Cully stabbed her boyfriend during a fight Christmas 2013, Sarah Gonzalez McLinn is charged in the death of Harold Sasko in January 2014 and Angelica Kulp is charged in the death of Christine Kaplan in July 2014.

The majority of women’s crimes are not violent, Severson and Branson said. Severson said women are more likely to be incarcerated for property crimes such as theft or burglary, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics. In Douglas County, the vast majority of the women in custody are being held for failing to make their court appearances or for violating probation, Branson said.

To cope with the larger female population, sheriff’s deputies at the jail have set up six temporary beds in a room designed for visits.

But the problems with

overcrowding extend beyond physical space, Lewis said.

Inmates are classified based on the severity of their crimes, incarceration history and behavior, Lewis said.

The five classifications — maximum, medium and minimum security, special management and work release — each earn inmates different privileges. Inmates in each classification must be separated from those in others.

“We’ve made efforts to increase the capacity of the jail,” Lewis said, “but the complexity of handling the classifications in one housing unit is difficult.”

While the male population has five “pods,” or housing units, one for each type of classification, there is only one pod for women. That means each of the five classifications, which come with varying freedoms and amounts of out-of-cell time, are housed in one area.

“It’s like a one-room school house and everyone needs to be treated fairly,” Lewis said.

This creates what Lewis calls a “strategic problem” in how to fairly and safely schedule each classification group’s days. Where men housed in the jail’s minimumsecurity unit get to spend up to seven hours out of their cells per day, female minimum-security inmates are limited to about four hours per day because jailers have to make time for each group.

“It’s really complex.

One group comes out while another stays in their cells,” Lewis said.

“We try to keep to set schedules,” County officials have said rising inmate populations and an increased obligation to provide mental health services will require a jail expansion within three years. In November, County Administrator Craig Weinaug gave an early estimate that an expansion could cost between $20 million and $30 million.

– Reporter Caitlin Doornbos can be reached at 813-7146 or cvdoornbos@ ljworld.com.

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Police: Woman stabbed near Lawrence Public Library; Topeka man arrested A woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a Saturday stabbing in downtown Lawrence.

About 6:30 p.m., officers were called to a parking lot in the 700 block of Vermont Street, across from the Lawrence Public Library, on reports of a woman with stab wounds, said Sgt. Ted Bordman. Based on a description given by the victim, Bordman said, officers located and arrested David J. Spates, 31, of Topeka, on suspicion of aggravated battery. He had a prior warrant out for his arrest, Bordman noted.

Spates was being held without bond Saturday night at the Douglas County Jail, according to jail booking logs.

— McKenna Harford

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A bill pending in the Kansas Legislature renouncing President Barack Obama’s recent executive orders easing deportation policies against select groups of undocumented immigrants would affect hundreds of local families, Lawrence immigration attorney Blanca Marin de Stevanov said Friday.

Obama’s executive orders, halted last week by a federal judge in Texas in a lawsuit challenging their constitutionality, would allow undocumented children who moved to the United States when they were younger than 16 and before Jan. 1, 2010, to apply for deferred action, which would delay deportation by three years. Parents of children who are lawfully living in the U.S. and pass a crimi-

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Obama’s executive amnesty is in violation of federal law. Therefore it has no effect in the state of Kansas.”

— Secretary of State Kris Kobach nal background check would also be eligible to apply.

Kansas Senate Bill 166, referred to as the “Rule of Law Restoration Act” and introduced earlier this month at the request

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of Secretary of State Kris Kobach, says the executive orders were illegal because they violated the separation of powers described in Articles I and II of the U.S. Constitution.

The bill says they also violate federal law requiring immigration officers to detain and deport undocumented immigrants.

Because of these unlawful actions, the bill states, Kansas does not have to follow the orders.

“Obama’s executive amnesty is in violation of federal law,” Kobach said. “Therefore it has no effect in the state of Kansas.”

Marin de Stevanov said

there are hundreds of students in Lawrence who would benefit from the executive order, known as the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,” many of whom have already benefitted from an earlier version enacted in 2012. The original DACA was identical to the latest version in legal limbo, except that the children had to have been in the U.S. Please see BILL, page 4A

Ukrainian professor: Crisis hard to predict pointed fingers for violating a cease-fire agreement that began a week When Vitaly Cher- ago. netsky speaks Chernetsky, a with his family professor of Slavic and friends in his languages and litUkrainian homeerature at Kansas town of Odessa, University, said he tries to express time spent buildempathy and ofing up to the most KANSAS fer his support to recent cease-fire UNIVERSITY those living in a may have simply country that has allowed rebels to been ravaged by gain more ground. violence between “There was a its government delay from the and Russiandate of the agreebacked separatment and the start ists for the past of the cease-fire, year and a half. and it was seen “I obviously as an opportunity express my love Chernetsky for separatists and and concern and Russian supporttell them I’m ready to ers to use that time to help with anything I can, increase their land grab,” and I ask them to keep me he said. informed,” Chernetsky What will happen next said. in Ukraine is difficult to On Friday, both sides

By Conrad Swanson

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Storm chasing tours booming despite lack of tornadoes Denver (ap) — When best-selling author Jenna Blum published her second book, “The Storm Chasers,” readers on the East Coast were lavish with praise.

What a brilliant piece of imagination, they told her, to have people pile into vans and go looking for tornadoes.

But storm-chasing tours are quite real — and business is booming, The Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photos Wichita Eagle reports.

“It just gets more and TOP: LAWRENCE AQUAHAWKS MEMBER AUBREY FISHER gets more popular every year,” instructions from coach Andrew Schmidt before she competes said Charles Edwards, in Saturday’s swim meet at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic owner and operator of Center. More than 400 swimmers ages 8 to 18 competed at Cloud 9 Tours, which is the meet, which continues today from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and based in Shawnee, Okla. from 4:30 to 6 p.m. LEFT: Julia Ruddy makes a turn in the So many storm chas50-yard breaststroke competition. ABOVE: Benjamin Stallbaumer ing tour businesses have gets a high-five from a competitor after qualifying for the sprung up over the past evening competition in the 100-yard freestyle.

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This is the best year for bookings in our 17-year history.

We’ve even sold a couple of our 2016 spots already.”

— Roger Hill, owner of Silver Lining Tours in Watkins, Colo. several years that there’s now a website — Storm Chasing USA — that offers reviews and ratings for more than a dozen of them. The site compares prices and amenities offered by various tours.

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prior to June 15, 2007, and the deferred action was for two years instead of three.

“A lot of kids showed up (in 2012) and said they came to the U.S. in 2008, but it didn’t apply to them,” Marin de Stevanov said. “The extended DACA doesn’t really change much besides the year by which they must have been in the country.”

The pending Kansas legislation says undocumented immigrants place a fiscal burden on Kansas taxpayers, which Kobach

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said is unfair to those lawfully residing in Kansas.

Marin de Stevanov said that the executive orders would not cause financial burdens because those who receive the deferred action will be required to file their own taxes.

The bill also states that illegal immigration causes economic hardships for unemployed, lawful residents because the orders give employment authorization to undocumented workers.

Kobach said Friday that the bill would prevent those financial strains.

“There are thousands of Kansans who are unemployed, under-employed or have given up trying to find a job,”

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he underwent a criminal background check, gave his fingerprints, showed proof of his school enrollment and paid the $465 application fee, the attorney said. After the four-month process, the boy was granted deferred action.

“There’s nothing free about it,” Martin de Stevanov said. “You have to work for it.”

Now, the boy is legally eligible to work and has a driver’s license. He works part time, goes to high school and wants to attend college in a few years, Martin de Stevanov said.

Stevanov said. “He’s on cloud nine to be able to do something that might not seem so significant to someone else.”

But Kobach said it doesn’t matter the circumstance or how long an undocumented person has lived in the U.S. in the law’s eyes.

“If they are unlawfully in the country, they’re not supposed to be in the United States,” Kobach said. “If people think differently, they should take their case before Congress, which has struck down the DREAM Act time and again.”

The extended DACA doesn’t really change without a driver’s license, for him — even if just for much besides the year by which (immiit wasn’t possible.” part time — you can see After the order in 2012, the difference,” Martin de grants) must have been in the country.”

— Blanca Marin de Stevanov, Lawrence immigration attorney Kobach said. “This law protects Kansas workers from having to compete against that unlawful competition.”

Marin de Stevanov said she sees a different side of the story. She recalled one story of a Lawrence 17-year-old whom she helped gain DACA authorization.

The boy, now a junior at a local high school, came to her office after the first DACA order was issued. He’d been

in America since he was little, Marin de Stevanov said, with his undocumented younger brother and mother, a single mom and a victim of abuse.

Neither he nor his mother could find legitimate employment without visas or Social Security numbers, so they worked odd jobs whenever possible to make ends meet, Marin de Stevanov said.

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predict, Chernetsky said.

Erik Scott, a Russian and Soviet history professor at Kansas University, said the separatists’ next move may be to consolidate their control in Donetsk and Luhansk, the two easternmost regions in Ukraine.

Scott said further establishing control in those two regions and possibly moving south to Russiancontrolled Crimea might make strategic sense to the separatists for several reasons.

First, expanding regional dominance would resonate positively with Russian domestic audiences who bemoan the country’s recent lack of international prestige, Scott said. Second, he said, increased regional control inhibits Ukraine’s ability to act as an independent nation.

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in the wake of the movie “Twister” has grown into an industry.

“This is the best year for bookings in our 17year history,” said Roger Hill, who owns and operates Silver Lining Tours in Watkins, Colo., one of the oldest tours in the business. “We’ve even sold a quarter of our 2016 spots already.”

The boom comes despite three consecutive years of relatively quiet tornado seasons, with the number of tornadoes about 30 percent below normal.

Tornado “tourists” pay thousands of dollars to pursue tornadoes on tours that typically last about a week. While at least one tour guarantees participants will chase a storm that prompts a tornado warning or they’ll

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The Russian government is waging a media war or propaganda campaign that makes what the Nazis did in the ’30s look like child’s play.”

— Vitaly Chernetsky, KU professor of Slavic languages and literature ern portion of Ukraine has several strategic assets that are important, like several old military complexes and natural resources like coal,” Scott said.

One of the few things the Ukrainian government can do to combat the separatists is to attempt to economically develop the portions of the country they do control and to rid those areas of longstanding corruption in an attempt to appease the local residents.

“If they can address those issues and develop economically and draw closer to European living standards, they might be able to show they have more to offer the local populations than Russia does,” he said. “I think their best strategy would

be persuading them they would have a better life with Ukraine.”

In order to do that, however, the Ukrainian government will have to combat widespread Russian propaganda meant to spread fear and dissent, Chernetsky said.

“The Russian government is waging a media war or propaganda campaign that makes what the Nazis did in the ’30s look like child’s play,” he said.

“Most people get their news from television, and with the older generation there is an inertia of trust in broadcasting coming from Moscow.”

For the time being, it is not immediately clear what will happen in Ukraine, Chernetsky said, although he is pleasantly surprised that many

get their money back, it’s common language among tour businesses that they can’t guarantee a tornado.

It’s also standard business practice to require tornado tourists to sign waivers absolving the tour companies of blame should they not see a tornado at all — or should they be injured by a tornado or other severe weather while on the tour.

With the tornado tourism industry becoming increasingly crowded, operators are looking for ways to stand out. Those can include big-screen

televisions in the back of the vans, plush seating, free on-board Wi-Fi and nicer hotels when they’ve ended the day chasing.

A few tour operators have steered clear of using vans, opting instead to cater to smaller groups.

“You’ve got to have something different than the next guy,” said Lanny Dean, who only books four or five people at a time for his Extreme Chase Tours based in Mannford, Okla.

“Small and tactical is more practical.

“We give them that one-on-one experience.”

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of his family members and acquaintances are becoming increasingly politically and socially active rather than remaining spectators.

“Innocent bystanders can also get injured, so one has to be careful,” he said. “And not let fear and panic seize you.”

Chernetsky added that a year ago Friday, sniper fire from unknown assailants killed many dozens of people in the Ukrainian city of Kiev. The bloody incident was particularly significant and unfortunate for the country, which had rejoiced in having avoided bloodshed in the 20-plus years since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

“In any case, we need to remember the tragedy and the trauma it created for a society that took such pride in its transition after the collapse of the Soviet Union,” he said.

“And that Ukraine was dragged into violence not by its own free will, but it was something that was imposed on Ukraine from the outside.”

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W Ann Hamill, art educator, Kansas City “I’m trying to learn Spanish because it’s practical, but if [learning a language] was super easy, I’d learn Chinese.”

Danielle Brooks, architect, Lawrence “I’ve been considering French because, looking for overseas opportunities, a lot of them are in French-speaking countries.”

Rajat Shanbhag, student, Lawrence “I’d like to learn Chinese because I like the way it sounds.”

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hen you are going on vacation, what should you do with your pets while you are away? There are a variety of options out there for pet owners, but it is important to consider the needs of your pet before you decide.

People often look for vacation care through friends first. This is a great option because your pet is probably already familiar with your friend, and it allows your pet to stay at home, which can reduce stress.

It is very important that you trust the person you ask. Is your friend reliable?

Will your friend remember to come over at the appropriate times? Will your friend remember to give any medications that need to be given?

Professional pet sitters are another option that can be of great benefit because,

Boarding kennels can be a great option for animals that don’t have any special medical requirements.

Before choosing a boarding facility, you should tour the building and ask some important questions: Is the kennel licensed? Does it have adequate kennel space? Does the place look clean? Does it have adequate safety features such as fire alarms?

It is also important to think about what amenities you are looking for. Are you comfortable with a kennel with smaller runs and only two or three short walks per day?

Shutterstock Illustration Some fancier kennels offer amenities such as extra-large SOME SPECIALTY BOARDING KENNELS offer cushy stays runs, doggy play groups and for pets, and they are worth considering if you can’t find scheduled play time. someone to watch your pets while you travel.

Regardless of what kennel you choose, you should once again, your pet can This is important if your always be sure that your stay at home. If you decide pet has ongoing medical animal is fully vaccinated to use a professional sitter, issues. Animals that need to and on a regular de-wormit is recommended that you be medicated daily would ing schedule. Even with full check several references be great candidates for this vaccination, it is possible to be sure you are hiring type of boarding. Exotic that your pet could contract someone trustworthy. It is pets that need specialized an illness while boarding also essential that your pet care such as large birds because there are some has met the sitter before and reptiles would also do diseases for which there is you leave. well in a veterinary setting. no vaccine.

Boarding accommodaWhile your veterinarian can Whatever you decide, if tions can often be found provide medical monitoryou take the time to do the with your own veterinarian. ing, some of the more cushy research, both you and your This option allows your pet amenities offered by profes- pet can have a pleasurable to be monitored for probsional boarding facilities experience while you are on lems while you are away. may be unavailable. your much needed vacation.

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Lawrence: l Starting Feb. 23, portions of the roadway in the westbound lane of Ninth Street at New Hampshire Street will be closed for the construction of a new water line. Westbound Ninth Street will be detoured at

Connecticut Street to either Eighth Street or 10th Street. The eastbound traffic lane will remain open.

The water line work will continue for two weeks. l Demolition and construction activities have started on a new apartment complex south of 11th Street between Mississippi and Indiana

streets. Existing public on-street parking on the south side of 11th Street, the east side of Mississippi Street and the west side of Indiana Street will not be available. The project is expected to last through July 2016. l A project is underway to construct a new diamond interchange at

Kansas Highway 10 and Bob Billings Parkway/15th Street. Work will take place during daylight hours, Monday through Friday. At this time, there are minimal motorist impacts, but the work has caused a need to detour the South Lawrence Trafficway trail between Sixth Street and Bob Billings Parkway.

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awaiting floor action. The Senate calendar listed 59.

Supreme Court Among the measures on the House calendar are two proposed constitutional amendments dealing with Supreme Court justices: one calling for judges to run in partisan elections and another, known as the “federal model,” that would empower the governor to appoint justices directly, subject to Senate confirmation.

Currently, people apply for openings on the court through a nonpartisan nominating commission that screens applicants, interviews candidates and sends three nominations for the governor to choose from. Those justices then stand for retention in the next general election, and again every six years afterward.

Conservatives have criticized that system for years, arguing that the Kansas Bar Association is guaranteed a majority on that panel and it tends to nominate justices whom they consider liberal.

Those criticisms have grown louder in recent years after the court’s rulings in controversial school finance lawsuits. And they came to a fever pitch last year after the court vacated the death sentences of convicted killers Jonathan and Reginald Carr, a decision that became a campaign issue in the 2014 elections.

In his State of the State address in January, Gov. Sam Brownback called for a constitutional amendment to change the process, either to direct elections or the federal model.

“This is an issue that’s very important and the state,” said House Majority Leader Rep. Jene Vickrey, R-Louisburg. “The voters

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in the state should have an ability to vote and decide what is right.”

Rep. Jim Ward, a Wichita Democrat who also serves on the Judiciary Committee, called it a power grab by the governor.

“The governor wants to control the third branch of government,” Ward said.

“As (former Sen.) Tim Owens said recently, so he can get judges who will vote his way.”

Owens, a moderate Republican from Overland Park and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was quoted in a recent Topeka Capital-Journal story as saying Brownback tried to pressure him into supporting such a change in 2012, “so we can get judges who will vote the way we want them to.”

No one else who was reported to be present at that meeting, including Brownback’s former chief of staff Caleb Stegall, who is now a Supreme Court justice, has confirmed that Brownback made such a comment.

A constitutional amendment must be approved by at least a two-thirds majority in both chambers, and then by a majority of voters in a general election.

A poll conducted last year for the group Justice at Stake found 61 percent of registered voters who were surveyed opposed changing the constitution, and Ward said he thinks the public is still against it.

“I think the people of Kansas are satisfied with their judiciary,” he said.

“They think they get quality judges who write good opinions, and they see no reason to change it for political purposes.”

But Vickrey said he still thinks it’s an issue the public should weigh in on.

“It’s about the citizens’ right to vote to weigh in on the issue of what is a fair way for the public to be represented, choosing who is on the Supreme Court,” he said.

Mandatory retirements Meanwhile, another bill is pending in the Senate that would automatically remove a number of sitting judges from the bench, and it doesn’t require a constitutional amendment.

House Bill 2073 would lower the mandatory retirement age for judges by five years, making it age 70 for district court judges and age 65 for the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.

Judges who reach that age would still be allowed to finish out the term for which they were most recently elected or retained.

The result would be that Supreme Court Justice Lee Johnson, who is 67 and was just retained in 2014, could not run for retention again. And four Court of Appeals judges would be disqualified from running again: Joseph Pierron, who is 67; Henry Green, who is 66; Patrick D. McAnany, who is 71; and Michael B. Buser, who will be 66 when his seat comes up for retention in 2018.

Another judge who would automatically be affected by that change is Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis, 73, who presided over the trial of the most recent school finance case. Theis is the longest-serving judge in the Kansas judiciary, and under the current rules he is eligible to seek one more term when his seat comes up for retention in 2016.

He turns 75 on Jan. 30, 2017, a few weeks after his next term would start.

That bill has not yet had a hearing.

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KU language leaders say no. Rather, it underlines the need for rethinking it, a process KU has already started.

“It’s something to worry about, but I don’t think it’s something to worry about for the reasons that people might think,” said Marc Greenberg, director of KU’s newly created School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures (who, incidentally, speaks eight languages himself). “The real worry is that students aren’t understanding what the benefits are to them for taking foreign languages.”

In October, KU announced the creation of the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Starting this fall, all the university’s language departments will operate under the umbrella of the new school, which is part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Greenberg noted that declining foreign language enrollment isn’t in a vacuum — KU’s total enrollment has declined in recent years, though fall of 2014 did see a tiny increase. He said looking for efficiencies and applying attrition has enabled KU’s language programs to continue with no drastic cuts.

The challenge for the future, he said, is basically selling foreign languages to students in an increasingly trade-skill-driven environment.

If you go to engineering school, you become an engineer, and if you go to law school, you become a lawyer, Greenberg said. “If you take a language, you don’t become the language.”

However, the global economy is creating a tremendous demand for all — Peter Hancock can be reached at kinds of workers who speak 354-4222. Email him at phancock@ foreign languages and payljworld.com. ing them well, he said.

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Nationwide trend Nationally, total college language enrollments decreased by 6.7 percent between 2009 and 2013, according to a report released earlier this month by the Modern Language Association. The association’s previous nationwide reports showed that enrollments rose 6.2 percent from 2006 to 2009 and rose 12.9 percent from 2002 to 2006.

Though enrollment in Spanish slipped from 2009 to 2013, too, the language remains the most-studied, according to the Modern Language Association study.

The study noted a bright spot: Even though the study revealed national declines overall, many individual colleges’ French, Arabic and Spanish programs reported growth.

“At a time when so many language programs are facing financial constraints, it’s inspiring to see how some programs are thriving,” Modern Language Association executive director Rosemary Feal said.

Among the goals of KU’s new School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures is to increase foreign language study by combatting myths like these: Everyone speaks English.

I have no talent for languages. I’ll never become fluent.

Who needs literature? It’s just fairy tales.

Greenberg said the school is seeking ways — from course offerings to better advising — to increase interest in languages, show how it translates into careers and ensure KU’s of-

ferings stay up to date with today’s world.

Popular languages At KU, Spanish is by far the most popular language, with 4,588 credit hours taken in fall 2014, according to numbers provided by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. French is second with 2,259 credit hours, and German is third with 1,302 credit hours.

Those numbers are lower than they used to be.

In 2009, Spanish enrollment was 5,564 credit hours, French was 3,058 and German was 1,634.

KU has a few categories where enrollment is higher than in 2009, including Russian, Korean and Turkish.

Also, enrollment in Hindi and Farsi has gone up since KU began offering them in 2010 and 2012, respectively.

Over time, Greenberg said, the popularity of certain languages has hinged on current events.

For example, during the Cold War many colleges added Russian, Arabic and Mandarin to their curriculums because they were seen as strategic for the U.S., he said.

KU offers courses in a number of rare languages, too.

Languages such as Old Norse or Old Church Slavic (Greenberg teaches that one) are typically taken as enrichment for people majoring in Germanic or Slavic languages. KU’s other so-called “less commonly taught languages” include Quichua — an indigenous Latin American language — and Uyghur — a Turkic language spoken today in a currently volatile section of China.

Learning a rare language like that puts KU students in a position to be one of a relative few experts in the world, Greenberg said.

“They give students a chance to really set themselves out from the crowd,” he said. “They’re actually really little gems at KU.”

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Informed votes Selecting city commission and school board members is a big responsibility for local voters.

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oday’s Journal-World includes a special voting guide that shares information about the Lawrence City Commission and school board races that will be on the March 3 primary ballot.

We hope you take time to review this information and additional information available at LJWorld.com to learn more about the candidates and the qualifications and ideas they would bring to the offices they seek. The local Voter Education Coalition also is sponsoring a candidate event Monday at the Lawrence Public Library. That event will include a “meet and greet” session for all city commission and school board candidates from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., followed by a 90-minute candidate forum for city commission candidates.

With 14 candidates on the primary ballot, the city commission race offers voters lots of choices, but also may require them to take a little more time to study the field. Two incumbent commissioners are seeking re-election along with 12 other candidates who have a variety of reasons for entering the race. The field will be narrowed to six candidates who will advance to the April 7 general election. The top two voter-getters will serve four-year terms on the commission and the third-place finisher will get a two-year term.

This is an important city commission election, perhaps one of the most important in a number of years. The large number of candidates on the ballot probably is an indication of some concern about the current operations at City Hall. The handling of Rock Chalk Park has been a campaign issue, along with the failed effort to fund a new police headquarters. Some candidates have expressed concerns about economic development and the city’s use of tax incentives.

These are all important issues, and the commissioners elected on April 7 will be a key factor in determining the city’s future. Voters need to consider not only the stands of individual candidates on specific issues but also the integrity and experience they would bring to many other issues that aren’t yet on the city’s agenda.

The resignations of two school board members in the last year has created a situation that’s a little different and a little confusing for local voters. Seven candidates have filed for the four fouryear terms on the board. No primary will be needed for those seats. However, the primary ballot will include four candidates seeking to fill the final two years of the term left open when Adina Morse resigned to take over as head of the Lawrence Schools Foundation. Two of those candidates will advance to the general election specifically for the two-year term, which will be elected separately from the four-year terms.

Voting is a big responsibility, and the low turnout for local elections is a perennial concern. The commissioners and school board members chosen in those elections have a huge impact on our daily lives, and voter participation is key. Advance voting already is underway at the Douglas County Clerk’s office, or you can take some time to evaluate your choices and go to the polls on March 3. We hope you’ll take advantage of the Journal-World’s voting guide and other resources to make the best possible choices for Lawrence’s future.

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Fighting terrorism in cyberspace “We’re here today because we all understand that in dealing with violent extremism, that we need answers that go beyond a military answer. We need answers that go beyond force.”

— Vice President Joe Biden at the Countering Violent Extremism Summit, Feb. 17 Washington — The Obama administration’s semantic somersaults to avoid attaching the adjective “Islamic” to the noun “extremism” are as indicative as they are entertaining.

Progressives who believe that dialogues, conversations, engagements, conferences and summits are keys to pacifying the world have a peculiar solemnity about using certain words that are potentially insensitive. This mentality is perhaps especially acute in digitally drenched people who believe that Twitter and other social media have the power to tame turbulent reality.

The New York Times reports that the Obama administration is preparing to go toe-to-toe with the Islamic State using, among other munitions, “more than 350 State Department Twitter accounts.” According to Richard Stengel, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, “We’re getting beaten on volume, so the only way to compete is by aggregating, curating and amplifying existing content.”

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The New York Times reports that the Obama administration is preparing to go toeto-toe with the Islamic State using, among other munitions, ‘more than 350 State Department Twitter accounts.’” viduals to elevate their digital footprints.” As managing editor of Time, Stengel’s messaging included the 2006 Person of the Year cover featuring a mirror-like panel, with the word “YOU” written on it, the message being that everyone was Person of the Year.

U.S. “countermessaging” against the Islamic State will use up to 140 characters to persuade persons who are tempted to join in its barbarism — beheadings, crucifixions, burning people alive, etc. — that these behaviors are not nice. Stengel is upbeat about beating the Islamic State: “These guys aren’t BuzzFeed; they’re not invincible in social media.”

Beyond a coming fusillade of tweets, the administration’s arsenal against the Islamic State includes the Atrocities Prevention Board

(APB). Its pedigree is better than its accomplishments.

After genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia, and a 2008 government task force on the prevention of atrocities, in 2009 President Obama brought into his administration Samantha Power, author of a book on the policy challenge of genocide, “A Problem from Hell.” She now is U.S. ambassador to the U.N., where she speaks with a notable absence of the administration’s usual mushiness. She propelled Obama’s 2012 announcement, at Washington’s Holocaust Memorial Museum, of the APB. Obama’s words were harbingers of what was to come: “Remembrance without resolve is a hollow gesture.

Awareness without action changes nothing. In this sense, ‘never again’ is a challenge to us all — to pause and to look within.”

To what? Launched by this summons to introspection, the APB was therefore from inception in danger of being a hollow gesture, an exercise in right-minded awareness.

In addition to the incurable mismatch between the APB’s negligible means and its ambitious goals, the board has been wounded by two U.S. atrocity-related decisions.

One resulted in what can be called a calamitous success, the other is an ongoing refutation of the APB’s relevance.

Having declared the prevention of mass atrocities “a core national security interest,” in 2011 Obama acted on the “R2P” principle — responsibility to protect. He would protect Libyans, particularly the people of Benghazi, from

the government of Moammar Gaddafi. This quickly became a protracted attempt to achieve regime change by assassinating him with NATO fighter bombers. Today Libya is a failed state that imports and exports Islamic extremism, and no one accepts responsibility for protecting the nation’s remnants.

Never mind. In 2012, a White House press release proclaimed that the administration “has amassed an unprecedented record of actions taken to protect civilians and hold perpetrators of atrocities accountable,” specifically citing “leadership of a successful international military effort to protect civilians in Libya.”

When the APB was created, the Syrian civil war had resulted in approximately 9,000 deaths, one-twentythird of the total that chemical weapons, barrel bombs and conventional weapons have caused, so far. Decent people differ about what the administration could or should do about this. But surely it should bring its language into conformity with its capabilities and intentions. Specifically, it should stop saying things it does not mean, such as the prevention of atrocities being “a core national security interest.” And it should stop the gaseous rhetoric about countering terrorism by elevating digital footprints, and about going “beyond force” by matching the messaging prowess of BuzzFeed. The APB does not even have a Twitter account.

Perhaps this the problem.

— George Will is a columnist for Washington Post Writers Group.

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— Compiled by Sarah St. John

Jon Stewart provides a link to sanity I am not insane. For this, I have Jon Stewart to thank.

Thirteen years ago, it felt like I was in a front row seat on the express train to Crazy Town. That, you will recall, is when the wheels began to come off the Bush administration’s argument for invading Iraq, i.e., to find the weapons of mass destruction. But of course, there were no such weapons, an inconvenient truth to which Team Bush responded with a new, after-the-fact rationale. Now, the argument for war was and always had been the need to free the poor, suffering Iraqi people.

By itself, this steaming load of cattle waste and the smarmy self-righteousness with which it was dumped was enough to make me wander the streets muttering to myself. But what really made my brain simmer in its own juices, what really made the steam build inside my skull, was the way the American people responded to the tacit assumption that we were a bunch of compliant dopes too stupid to care that we had been baited and switched into the biggest foreign policy debacle of the last 40 years.

Namely, by proving ourselves a bunch of compliant dopes too stupid to care that we had been baited and

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switched into the biggest foreign policy debacle of the last 40 years. America shrugged, better than half of us telling pollsters the war was justified whether WMDs were found or not.

It made me want to holler, made me want to stop random people and shake them by the shoulders.

Then my friend Bruce tells me about this news parody program called “The Daily Show,” hosted by this guy named Jon Stewart and says I really ought to watch.

So I do. And I feel encroaching insanity rolling back, borne off on the simple, soul-saving realization that

somebody else Gets It. Jon Stewart is why I’m not crazy. With his recent announcement that he will be leaving the show this year, I figure now is the time for a thank you long overdue.

No, Stewart did not invent fake news. “Saturday Night Live” got there decades before him with its Weekend Update segment.

But where “SNL” and others approached the news with ironic detachment, Stewart alone climbed into the pit and wrestled with it.

His innovation was simply his willingness to be outraged, to be an informed, intelligent and decent man unable — or, perhaps, unwilling — to close his eyes and anesthetize his soul to the hypocrisies, distortions, inanities and steaming loads of cattle waste the news too often brings.

Though his worldview was unabashedly liberal, Stewart’s only true loyalty was to his own everyman sense of right and wrong. So he went after Team Obama for its drone diplomacy, domestic spying and failure to provide timely healthcare to veterans with a ferocity that rendered foolish all those folks who predicted he’d run out of material once Bush left office. His show was a rare television platform

for authors selling weighty tomes on difficult topics. He rendered the financial meltdown comprehensible. He skewered Fox with its own words and CNN with its own holograms.

And he did it all with a potty mouth and a razor wit.

We tend to underestimate humor, but it has this way of clarifying that which is difficult and opaque. You can often make a more trenchant point with a joke than with a 10,000-word treatise, something Stewart proved night in and night out. For my money, he is the news media’s moral center, a Cronkite for the new millennium.

Yes, that’s a lofty role to ascribe a nightclub comic, but I stand by it. I don’t think I’d have gotten through the madness of the last 13 years — death panels and tea parties and Ferguson, oh my! — without him.

People are asking who his replacement will be. They needn’t bother. Yes, someone else will eventually sit in the chair and spin jokes off the news, but Stewart won’t be replaced. Can’t be.

And I can feel myself getting a little crazier already.

— Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is a columnist for the Miami Herald.

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BRIEFLY Afghan-Taliban peace talks could begin soon Kabul, Afghanistan — After more than a decade of warfare, negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban are set to begin, officials, diplomats and experts said as President Ashraf Ghani declared that peace is closer now than at any time since the war began following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

On Saturday, Ghani said that “the grounds for peace have never been better in the last 36 years” of continuous Afghan wars, including 13 years of conflict with the Taliban.

Since taking office in September, Ghani has rolled out a complex strategy aimed at forcing the Taliban leadership to accept that their cause — replacing his government with an Islamist emirate — is hopeless. He has enlisted the support of regional countries believed to protect, fund and arm the Taliban, including Pakistan which is pressuring the insurgents to open a channel for peace negotiations, officials and diplomats said.

A senior Afghan official, who spoke on condition he not be identified as he was not authorized to discuss the issue, said hopes are high that a dialogue, as a precursor to full-scale peace negotiations, will begin soon.

Other sources said contact between the two sides could begin as early as March. There is currently no dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to officially brief the media.

States seek alternatives for highway, bridge funding Jefferson City, Mo. — Touted as one of the first interstate highways, a 200-mile span of Interstate 70 between suburban St. Louis and Kansas City stands as a prime example of the challenges facing the nation’s roads.

Built in the 1950s and ’60s with a 20-year-life expectancy, the fourlane highway is crumbling beneath its surface and clogged with traffic as it carries more than 30,000 vehicles a day on many of its rural stretches, requiring more frequent repaving. The cost to rebuild and widen it is estimated at $2 billion to $4 billion — as much as five times the projected yearly construction and maintenance budget of Mis-

souri’s transportation department.

And there is no easy way to pay for it. The state fuel tax hasn’t risen in about 20 years, and voters defeated a three-quarters of a cent sales tax for transportation. Gov. Jay Nixon has since floated the idea of hiking the gasoline tax and reviving a previously failed plan to turn I-70’s reconstruction over to a private entity that could charge tolls estimated at up to $30 per car.

As legislatures convene across the country, lawmakers and governors are confronting similar realities in their own states: how to address an aging network of roads, highways and bridges during an era in which federal money for such projects has remained stagnant or declined.

Figures compiled by The Associated Press show the total amount of money available to states from the Federal Highway Trust Fund has declined 3.5 percent during the five-year period ending in 2013, the latest year for which numbers were available. During that span, the amount of inflation-adjusted federal highway money dropped in all states but Alaska and New York.

Ukraine war prisoner exchange completed Zholobok, Ukraine — Ukrainian military and separatist representatives exchanged dozens of prisoners under cover of darkness at a remote frontline location Saturday evening, kicking off a process intended to usher in peace to the conflict-ridden east.

One hundred and thirty nine Ukrainian troops and 52 rebels were exchanged, according to a separatist official overseeing the prisoner swap at a no man’s land location near the village of Zholobok, some 12 miles west of the rebel-held city Luhansk.

A busload of Ukrainian soldiers in military fatigues was transported earlier in the day from the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk to a rural spot some 90 miles to the northeast, before joining up with other groups of fellow captives.

After arriving at the location near Zholobok, the troops were made to line up and listen to a speech by a rebel representative, who ordered the men to leave the territory claimed by the separatist movements in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

The soldiers — some of them us-

ing crutches, while one was carried on a stretcher — then walked for around 2 miles to a rendezvous point.

Few veterans make private medical care appointments Washington — Far fewer veterans than expected are taking advantage of a new law aimed at making it easier for them to get private health care and avoid the long waits that have plagued Department of Veterans Affairs facilities nationwide.

Only 27,000 veterans have made appointments for private medical care since the VA started mailing out “Choice Cards” in November, the VA said in a report to Congress this month. The number is so small, compared to the 8.6 million cards that have been mailed out, that VA Secretary Robert McDonald wants authority to redirect some of the $10 billion Congress allocated for the program to boost care for veterans at the VA’s 970 hospitals and clinics.

Republicans and Democrats insist the problem is the department and that it needs to do a better job promoting the choice program. They also want to change a quirk in the law that makes it hard for some veterans in rural areas to prove they live at least 40 miles from a VA health site. The government measures the distance as the crow flies, rather than by driving miles, leaving thousands of veterans ineligible.

Malcolm X assassination anniversary observed New York — Activists, actors and politicians gathered Saturday in New York City to honor civil rights leader Malcolm X with a ceremony at the Harlem site where he was assassinated 50 years ago.

About 300 people converged to hear remarks from one of Malcolm X’s six daughters, Ilyasah Shabazz, as well as elected officials. The ceremony was held at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, formerly known as the Audubon Ballroom.

“He was just a young man who gave all that he possibly could,” Shabazz said after a moment of silence marking the time of his death.

Malcolm X, whose full name was ElHajj Malik El-Shabazz, was 39 when he was shot in the theater on Feb. 21, 1965, as he was preparing to address a crowd of several hundred people.

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Washington — Several Republican governors are urging GOP congressional leaders to stand firm next week in opposing legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security if it doesn’t also overturn President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration.

Governors in both parties meeting in Washington this weekend warned of economic and security concerns should Congress fail to resolve its latest budget standoff. The agency’s $40 billion budget runs out Feb. 27, giving federal lawmakers only a few days to reach an agreement once they return from recess next week.

Homeland Security funding “is very important to not only our nation, but to our individual states because of our military installations — especially at a time that there are so many threats around the world with ISIS and other terrorist groups,” said Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, a Republican. “We hope that Congress will be able to find a resolution to get DHS funding passed, but we also know there are concerns and questions about immigration and the president’s powers.”

While some call for compromise, a handful of high-profile Republicans charged that stopping what they see as Obama’s unconstitutional power grab may be as important as resolving the funding dispute.

The Obama administration last week put on hold plans to shield more than 4 million immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation after a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked the effort the day

the program was scheduled to begin. Twenty-six states, led by Texas, filed suit in December arguing that the president does not have the authority to allow the groups of immigrants to legally stay and work in the United States. The White House is appealing the ruling.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who is weighing a GOP presidential bid, said the court ruling “vindicates the efforts of the Congress to use the power of the purse to prevent the administration from doing what the constitution does not permit them to do.”

Pence said he’s “strongly urging” the Senate to support a House-passed bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security but also undoes Obama’s immigration actions.

Another Republican White House prospect, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, suggested that while compromise might be possible, Republicans “need to be aggressive in pushing back on” the president’s immigration plans.

“I think there’s a tremendous opportunity, particularly in light of the win that we had in court the other day, to make a further stand here about the president’s actions being an overstep on immigration,” he said, noting that Wisconsin is among the 26 states involve in the lawsuit. He said he hoped Congress would come up with a solution that “funds Homeland Security, but acknowledges the overstep of this president.”

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, another Republican, said Republicans in Congress “have to get their leverage where they can.”

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Vitamin D Benefits Pregnant Women and Their Fetuses An analysis of 31 studies has found that low levels of vitamin D lead to several serious complications of pregnancy. Conversely, women with healthy blood levels of the vitamin have a relatively low risk of those complications.

Doreen M. Rabi, MD, and her colleagues at the University of Calgary, Canada, determined that women with low levels of the vitamin were about 50 percent more likely to develop gestational diabetes and about 80 percent more likely to develop preeclampsia.

A mother’s low vitamin D levels during pregnancy were also associated with an 85 percent greater risk of infants who were small for their gestational age. In addition, mothersto-be had greater odds of developing bacterial vaginosis and delivering low birth weight infants.

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Supplements Benefit Hospitalized Patients While Also Reducing Costs

Only 1.6 percent of hospitalized patients took oral nutritional supplements, either on their own or provided by the medical centers. The supplements included either macronutrients (e.g., protein, carbs, or fats) or micronutrients (e.g., vitamins and minerals), but the study provided no further details.

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Patients taking supplements were also 6.7 percent less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days. “By increasing oral nutrition supplement use, hospitals can improve hospitalization outcomes and decrease healthcare spending,” wrote the researchers.

“Malnutrition is a serious and underappreciated problem among hospitalized patients.

Malnourished patients face heightened risk of poor outcomes, including increased length of stay, healthcare costs, complication rates, readmission rates, and mortality,” wrote Philipson and his colleagues.

Reference: Philipson TJ, Thornton Snider J, Lakdawalla DN, et al. Impact of oral nutritional supplementation on hospital outcomes. American Journal of Managed Care, 2013;19: 121128.

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Adato e opp the Legislatu monEntr with, he only raisethe eral ter will gHar mission. ’s invo for d by ir the beone and nts “My Apr too boar is best for our doin two re. He ilher muchd.one Con mot replied eprelvem 7.for teacfem ent lone two othe stru neurship start h- ale r two struthe ers. He way tion said com ggled,” in e2009 ,” c- ed in Adair Adathat for of -yea munity.” his members said compliments for So, in 2005, spac ir som r term candsaid withIow at 925 e of idatthei ad ahoc said profrace avaihad es inr the . “She the the hip in ward-th es- are l- sion advocacy city’thos e the projects Streable s unsu in this is “par et. GED began building the couple a seek science stan The grou Figuring cspri ps and inking” distr cessfulwill of wha center, ng’s . My ingt to cont fath efforts t me whicvolde- the dards - fine er elec beco left whe h Adation wellsales toinue a ew com advi to er me and ternet service a new In- bring higher out how unte into 2016 “I’m pretty happ i ir . I was very n sfirst plan boar my s sory to inco . Nov pass revi mittee introwom dsate tax in for as “Wh young. She gotHar ansibli rpor y ”City Acr on ngs. emb the duce the d- distr ict. at those days it provider. In band service speed broathe mon er a oss d I’m By non for edu on him Com 2011 purs -profit, prov the polic real cation and welfare. the to calling leg, heides ly train coun was joint wor-ed reer in missionuedsinc a cae proj She one a state ried be ect. try, Harmon islat e abou opp “It as Lawrence was known has been a to Lawrenc wide Sue to ors arch was ortu offic t in Hac coun itec nitie and too said a e gene secr spac k tura cil, com s submitting rece etary. She ral did e, joint Free the putengi.- generally much, scho the is the inl2009 ols tion the cuts neering. served informa written testimon on sas it now operates net, but the Lawrenchot topic Kan ing Nex ived from our we’rcoul best she Gen cominghave servtices e goin too little just from y , erat to ortAfterAdair said the schospac classion d tog supp Scie haveus. es and the city.voca toBut - nce brand Wicked under the mission. Ada e City Com cy for schools. in ad- trict,” he said, deal ol e On otheStan for othe earn dard ” boar r cert with ing serv d Rev I ain also look ices a iew from ir Broa refe activ dochas vowCom ed at that and has reinforced r issu need the dband. to not r i- ir “I thin torate ties said ed mitt to his kids. by state Yes, the coup Ada or lack peopee. said ,” said is thefrom le wanting to ed who enter thence a GED the furnes, importa Har : “There Uniof mon veriture endure k we’re going to anything not , tly sity ing start a enou exac t kind listethat speagh of New make money le hoped to sions as a those discus-Tha n- allow busi kstoin some s for ness inofLaw l Imp Mex to all résu beyond a aquie a ng com ico,pect rangthe raise mé rovi pers renc heives e ofabilgot famitly.” worked e. voice. “For them the next yearcuts over cuts that are r him appointe cessful in all and be suc- because her missione . He . ity She as Adairmy deci d to forsaid saidanshe the engi peop s can kids, she In-pe neer company a “Busines d is- and le bon bethe rson own has to walk doneI’m and ded years; however or two we’re worriedcoming founsue dard ways, butthose stan- could bene in wor will in mail d bike wanried t 10voti way that herself reve ad- for abou ted year aabou t ge vanc fit therse muc about.” , I think them s,forand colle com ng h votin of mun scho educ that g bega ther issu ity plied a title to they ap- Commission from City to the busi is so beneficial tion. eShe ols aand will e es n Feb. 11. that wer will be makehis expe shee ofte a cliLaw ness owner and rtise Adva left renc decisions.

Tuls cane ate mor appl when thought nevernprev ticularly whe a shift, parioushelp that went beyothemselves Until rece icatiaons thetive. ly trac she wasnce — Reporter Elliot distShe rict said n accepted mus ntly, Wicked the community,” Ada she wou navigate nd ‘entre- had Hughes ca t be subm anre she supties start seei communiittedto preneurs.’ art ir the reached at ehugh said. “Busines schocoun befo been seek “The boundar ld have. ports the idea ol, whe ng the cuts,” es@ljworld.co re she ty clerk guarantee froming a loan change the wors really can out canstud “We are Inte to be mailied issue was an y change a pedestrian of creating a fash ionlast 785-766-6 ballo ld.” the city desiday task force or ts; the example pede gner ists because rnet activ- to help star .

Ada of “I that the had ir, stria thou . offic t a we It a lot n gh, giga is advi are the lot of fun said she lear e can mail out pi- Ellio and type of peop t Hug thin Kristie Adair, pag a ballo project in Law bit By to vote to havevery hard mittee to ensu sory comks hes ned Law t a le is lot, renc Feb. who but e 27, rence. Twitt @elli re the City I did can or e 2B so the soon k The com do the getacco ernot cross a state children Commission stay an unta to takeothu Mike Anderson, of the Internet as a thin nts educ pany recently moreer: the ghes adva atiofigu clerk 12 eing n,” rntag high s abreast Ada ity,” of my pag start-up com said.taxe’s e 2BAdair said. “Eveutil- pulled that request s, offic mige has your ir said Adair, who is a way,” of the need for mor appl panies. in scho on, rt Bole and isAfter“We ry- pageaski the ht be strong ing and body should Stua e bikAddress olicati a four righ er you supp -yeator do t wou 2Bng for Dav orter: 747 she need nowsoon canBut have access. y,now ,” she hia-a lot rece of Nped 1500 tus,Craw ive said. abou It t.took frien ller yourld. estrRoad Mar scho id “I thin set of city ince a sma Age:dly ian structure pedestrian infra ballo mor - ols,” she said 66 projects ey com k year ford t 10 it’s elan ,Lov pagmun d is In-pe improvements.me ntives. ready to e 3B s,imp ity . “To Lovelan rson butor. builtant Ada adva dthey ir Occ nce ing,” retu it made it rece ’re upa votin ived d were amo pret Adarn tion: Homema g for the ir to herty well saidthe prim Lawrence scho dipl . educate ng ary ker oma offer the kind possible to dozen-plus elect Edu , d. grad ion Issu cati Tha is uati ol board. “We on: es t’s scheduledng whata it’s — City reporter Chad Bachelor’s degr applicants t of edu all abou at with degr A 20-year vete the Lawhotion ee KansAda ee, Coun t. as rn programs our ca- fill a vacated boar ty Univ ersit ir ran can Cour be reached at 832-6 said y who d seat in served from se, 1100 Massach pa- August.

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here’s a full field of candidates tend for a two-year term on the school for the upcoming Lawrence City board, and seven others will compete Commission and school board for four four-year terms on the board. races.

The 14 candidate-field for the City ComFourteen candidates have signed mission is the largest field in at least a up for three at-large seats on the City decade, according to records from the Commission; four candidates will con- Douglas County clerk’s office.

The large number of filings means there will be a primary election for both the City Commission and the school board on March 3. The primary will narrow the City Commission field down to six candidates. The primary will narrow the field of can-

didates for the two-year term on the school board to two candidates. The seven candidates competing for the four-year terms will not be part of the primary, but instead will all move on to the general election. The general election will be April 7.

14 candidates for City Commission

Kristie Adair, page 2B

Mike Anderson, page 2B

Stuart Boley, page 2B

David Crawford, page 3B

Primary Election Schedule In-person and mail advance voting began Feb. 11.

Advance applications must be submitted before the county clerk can mail out ballots; the last day the office can mail out a ballot is Feb. 27, so the sooner the clerk’s office has your application, the sooner you can receive your ballot.

In-person advance voting for the primary election is scheduled at the County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. Remaining dates are: l Feb. 23-27: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. l Feb. 28: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. l March 2: 8 a.m. to noon Election Day voting: March 3 — Polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Matthew Herbert, page 3B

Justin Priest, page 3B

Stan Rasmussen, page 4B

4 candidates for 2-year term on school board Terry Riordan, page 4B

Rob Sands, page 5B

Bob Schumm, page 5B

Leslie Soden, page 5B

Marcel Harmon, page 12B

General Election Schedule

Greg Robinson, page 4B

Mary Loveland, page 12B

Close of voter registration for the general election is March 17. Registrations submitted on, before or postmarked by March 17 are eligible for processing for inclusion into the polling place pollbooks. Registrations transacted after March 17 will not be processed until after the general election.

In-person and mail advance voting begins March 18.

Advance applications must be submitted before ballots can be mailed out; the last day the office can mail out a ballot is April 3, so the sooner the clerk’s office has your application, the sooner you can receive your ballot.

In-person advance voting for the general election is scheduled at the County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St., except as noted: l March 18-20: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. l March 23-27: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. l March 30-April 3: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. l April 4: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

(Locations in Lecompton, Baldwin City and Eudora to be announced) l April 6: 8 a.m. to noon Election Day voting: April 7 — Polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Cori Viola, page 6B

Gary Williams, page 6B

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Norine Spears, page 12B

Kelly Spurgeon, page 12B

— Source: Douglas County Clerk’s Office

LESLIE SODEN on March 3rd!

• Strengthen Public Safety partnerships with law enforcement and social service agencies.

• Return Budget Priorities back to core city issues; stop giving tax breaks to developers & then raising taxes for everyone else.

• Redefine Economic Development to focus on permanent full-time jobs with benefits.

• Please visit www.LeslieSoden.com to learn more.

“Paid for by Leslie Soden for city Commission, Treasurer Lori Button, CPA”

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Kristie Adair need to do much more work with the university.

We have a great deal of knowledge that comes through town every four years. We have not shown that we are passionate about supporting our local entrepreneurs.

But we’re starting to take steps in that regard.”

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

There are lots of ways to be an activist, but starting your own business doesn’t always rise to the top of many people’s lists.

But Kristie Adair and her husband, Joshua Montgomery, don’t confine themselves to the conventional way of doing things.

“We have both always been the innovative type who go against the grain,” said Adair, who is one of 14 candidates running for the Lawrence City Commission.

So, in 2005, the couple began building a new Internet service provider. In those days it was known as Lawrence Freenet, but it now operates under the brand Wicked Broadband.

Yes, the couple hoped to make money and be successful in all those standard ways, but they applied a title to themselves that went beyond “entrepreneurs.”

“We are Internet activists because we are the type of people who think of the Internet as a utility,” Adair said. “Everybody should have access.

Address: 4924 Stoneback Place Age: 41 Occupation: Entrepreneur Education: Bachelor’s degree in history from Washburn University, Topeka Family: Husband, Joshua Montgom- Adair ery; two daughters, 7 and 5 years old The digital divide only will continue if we don’t get everybody access. If we don’t do what it takes to give everybody Internet access, we won’t be doing what is best for our community.”

Figuring out how to bring higher speed broadband service to Lawrence has been a hot topic on the Lawrence City Commission. Adair has vowed to not enter those discussions as a commissioner because her company could benefit from City Commission decisions.

Until recently, Wicked had been seeking a loan guarantee from the city to help start a gigabit pilot project in Lawrence.

The company recently pulled that request and is now asking for a smaller set of city incentives.

But Adair does plan on using her business background on the commission. Adair recently founded the Lawrence Center for Entrepreneurship in space at 925 Iowa St. The center, which Adair plans to incorporate as a nonprofit, provides joint office space, joint computing services, classes and other services needed by people wanting to start a business in Lawrence.

“Business can be done in a way that is so beneficial to the business owner and the community,” Adair said. “Business really can change the world.”

Adair, though, said she thinks Lawrence can do more to take advantage of start-up companies.

“We need to do a lot more community building,” Adair said. “We

in history from Washburn University after she and Montgomery moved to the area. Today, Adair is a member of the Lawrence school board. She has said she’ll resign that post if she wins a seat on the commission.

Adair said her time on the school board would be beneficial as a city commissioner. She praises the diversity of the school board. Adair and the other two female candidates in the race are seeking to become the first woman on the City Commission since Sue Hack served in 2009.

Adair said the school board also has reinforced the importance of listening to all perspectives.

She said she has found herself voting for issues that she never previously thought she would have.

“The boundary change issue was an example of that. It is very hard to vote to have children cross a state highway,” said Adair, who is a strong supporter of pedestrian friendly projects.

Education values Adair grew up in Tulsa, Okla., in a household that struggled financially.

“My mother struggled,” Adair said. “She had a GED. My father left when I was very young. She got on welfare. She trained to be a secretary. She did the best she could to support us. But I looked at that and said a GED is not exactly enough to raise a family.”

Adair decided she wanted a college education. She left Tulsa when she was accepted to an art school, where she studied to be a fashion designer.

“I had a lot of fun and learned a lot, but I did not get an education,” Adair said.

But she would. It took about 10 years, but Adair received her diploma, Issues Adair said she thinks graduating with a degree

the community understands that there is a need to improve the facilities for the Lawrence Police Department. But she said the City Commission needs to be thoughtful about the process it uses for creating a plan because “we have had some black eyes at City Hall with the way they have done some projects.”

“The information was too much one way,” Adair said of the city’s unsuccessful efforts to pass a sales tax in November for the police project. “It was too much information coming just from the city.”

On other issues, Adair said: l Improving the ability for people to walk and bike in the community will make Lawrence more attractive. She said she supports the idea of creating a pedestrian task force or pedestrian advisory committee to ensure the City Commission stays abreast of the need for more biking and pedestrian infrastructure improvements.

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362, or at clawhorn@ljworld.com

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Mike Anderson

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

If elected to the Lawrence City Commission, Mike Anderson promises that City Commission meetings won’t become a monologue for his cable television talk show, the “Not So Late Show.”

Perhaps a more titillating question though, is whether Anderson’s dissertation topic would find its way onto city agendas.

Anderson has his doctoral degree in communication studies, and his dissertation was on the value of communicating sexual fantasies.

Don’t worry. Dr. Anderson doesn’t plan on dispensing that sort of advice from the City Commission podium, either. But he does think his academic background is going to be helpful. He said his academic career — both as a student and as an instructor at Kansas University — has taught him to be a professional researcher and someone who knows how to ask

the right question. Plus, he said he understands well all the angles of political rhetoric, which he said will be helpful when it comes to spotting disingenuous arguments at City Hall.

“I know how to ask difficult questions, and we need to ask more difficult questions at City Hall,” Anderson said. “We need to hold more people accountable.

I can promise you that nobody is going to convince me with emotional appeals or convince me to give them money because of esoteric reasoning.”

Finding humor Anderson didn’t know how much one television commercial was going to change his life. A roommate saw a commercial that was seeking a talk show host for a new program on Channel 6, the local station on the WOW cable system.

With the help of his roommate and an old camcorder, he taped a five-minute segment to send to Channel 6 pro-

Address: 811 New Jersey St. Age: 33 Occupation: Television talk show host Education: Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minn.; doctorate in communica- Anderson tion studies, KU. Family: Single ducers. But there was a problem: His camcorder was so old he couldn’t figure out how to burn the video to a DVD. So, he found an old VHS tape in his apartment that he had used to tape an episode of WWE wrestling.

He turned the tape — five minutes of Mike Anderson and a partially interrupted WWE wrestling match — in to the producers and hoped.

“I was hoping they were wrestling fans,” he said.

They were fans. Anderson now has done 130 episodes of the “Not So Late Show.” The job, which also includes writing and producing the show, has become Anderson’s full-

features Anderson singing a slightly risqué song while dancing in the Lawrence Public Library. Anderson, though, said he’s confident voters will be able to separate his comedic characters from his genuine interests in being a city commissioner.

Anderson — who grew up in Minnesota but came to Lawrence as a graduate student — said he comes from a family where service to community is important. His mother was a colonel in the Air Force and his father was a captain in the Navy before he started his own company that made specialty aircraft heaters and other devices. Anderson worked for the company throughout high school, including in a sales position where his job was to sell the heaters at a major air show — in August.

“Selling heaters in August,” Anderson said. “I think that is how I got interested in persuasion.”

time venture. He previously taught communications classes at KU while a doctoral student, but Anderson said entertainment and politics are his true passions. He thinks humor can be helpful in politics.

“Here is what I love about comedy: It gets people to challenge their pieties,” Anderson said.

“Comedy can be a very important tool in our world.”

It also leads to some interesting situations for a man making his living from it. Anderson may be the only City Commission candidate who has a video on YouTube titled the “Sexy Librarian,” a Issues Anderson said the No. comedic music video that

1 topic he is hearing from voters is unease about how the City Commission is handing out tax incentives.

“I understand how important they can be to attracting new businesses,” Anderson said. “But you have to hold businesses accountable and ask difficult questions about why they need this amount.”

On other issues, Anderson said: l The current condition of facilities for the police department is “embarrassing.” But Anderson said he thinks more research needs to be done on whether a single, central police facility is better than having smaller locations around the community. l Recreation centers are a “fine idea,” but he said he “did not like at all” the process that was used by the city to build a new recreation center at Rock Chalk Park.

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362, or at clawhorn@ljworld.com

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Stuart Boley

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

Here was Stuart Boley in 1977 — freshly armed with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and modern European studies — with two job offers in Houston. One was with the Houston library, and the other was as a tax auditor with the Internal Revenue Service.

Logic made it clear which one he had to take: the IRS job.

“I went to Houston to work,” said Boley, who got his degree from Kansas University, but noted the job market in the area was suffering at the time. “I figured if I got on with the IRS there would be a lot better chance I could transfer to bigger and better jobs. If I went to the library, I figured I would be at the library for a very long time.”

Boley, one of 14 candidates vying for a spot on the Lawrence City Commission, had the chance to use logic often in a 32year career with the IRS. But a job with the IRS isn’t all about the analytical stuff. You learn about

Age: 60 Occupation: retired IRS agent; part-time administrative officer for the Douglas County Community Foundation Education: Bachelor of Arts in English and modern European studies from Kansas University Boley Family: wife, Lisa, and three grown children more than just numbers at the IRS. You also get a lot of opportunities to learn about people.

“We were dealing with people who did not solicit our contact,” said Boley, who retired from the IRS in 2009. “We were there to audit them, and a lot of people were intimidated by that, and some were irritated by it.

You learn how important it is to treat people with respect. People generally respond well when they are treated with respect.”

But, you do also learn a lot about numbers working for the IRS. By the end of his career, Boley was a revenue agent who was assigned to cases that involved tax returns of $200 million or more.

The job gave Boley a

chance to see the inner workings of large businesses and important organizations. The job drove home a point, one that Boley thinks would be useful as a city commissioner.

“It is important to have standards, and sometimes I wonder if the city’s standards are rigorous enough,” Boley said.

Asking questions Boley was concerned about what he was hearing about Rock Chalk Park and how the City Commission had approved the project. He wasn’t alone in Lawrence, but how he reacted was a bit different than the ordinary citizen: He requested the audited financial statements of

the city and its approved budgets and studied them for about a month. Soon thereafter, he filed for the City Commission.

He said he was disturbed that the city was using a countywide sales tax approved by voters in 1994 as the funding source for Rock Chalk Park.

“I don’t think we voted on Rock Chalk Park in 1994,” said Boley, who has lived in Lawrence since 1983. “You have to pay respect to the citizens, and letting them vote pays respect.”

Boley said studying the city’s process for approving tax incentives also has created a lot of questions.

He questions whether some of the more recent incentives are creating high-quality jobs for the city, and he has raised concerns about whether the city is doing sophisticated enough analysis when considering whether to grant financial incentives.

“I have heard that our process isn’t there to review these requests, but rather is there to approve them,” Boley said. “Right now, the public gets the

feeling that they’re being taken. They just don’t know how.

“The ability to ask the right questions is a skill you have to develop. And with the background of a financial analyst, I think I can sometimes even understand the answers.”

Boley thinks his ability to understand complicated financial matters would be useful on the commission. He said he also would bring a significant understanding about how business operate and function. As an auditor of large firms, Boley said he often was embedded inside a company for months at a time. Near the end of his career, a single audit could take up to two years, much of which was spent getting to know the company.

“You had to learn the business in order to understand the financials,” Boley said. “The learning was what made the job so interesting.”

proved police facilities, but the commission has significant work to do in answering the questions of “where, what and how much.”

“But it is a definite priority,” Boley said. “We need to find those answers soon.”

On other issues, Boley: l Believes “the jury is still out on the effectiveness of the city’s new rental registration and licensing program.” He said standards for rental properties are important but wants to withhold judgement on whether the current plan is the correct way to create those standards. He said there is a concern unnecessary burdens could be placed on responsible landlords. l Thinks the city needs a better understanding of what retirees need in terms of taxes, transportation and other issues if the city is serious about becoming more of a destination for retirees.

Issues Boley said he believes there is a need for im-

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362, or at clawhorn@ljworld.com

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David Crawford

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

It was 1969 and David Crawford came to Kansas University to make beautiful things as an artist. The summer job he took as a welder in North Kansas City was just supposed to help pay for college.

“But I ended up making too much money to go back to school,” said Crawford, who is one of 14 candidates for the Lawrence City Commission.

He never did return to KU for the art degree, but he learned there was beauty in what he was doing too. A weld that builds an airplane can be beautiful. So too can a weld that keeps a power plant safe. But some of the best beauty came when Crawford tweaked his career from a welder to a teacher of welding.

Eventually, he became an instructor for the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and taught people from across the country the sometimes dangerous but often lucrative profession of boilermaking.

“I would get to see young people from pretty desolate parts of a community come and get training,

Crawford as one of the leaders of a grassroots organization trying to lure a grocery company to locate in downtown Lawrence. Crawford, who is now retired, moved back to Lawrence full-time about four years ago. In retirement he had become keenly interested in community building and community organizing, even taking classes in national programs in Chicago and San Francisco.

In Lawrence, it became obvious there was a topic to tackle. The area around downtown is a food desert. Residents there don’t have easy access to healthy and affordable food. Crawford and other saw the vacant former Borders bookstore building at Seventh and New Hampshire streets as an opportunity to change that. The group contacted the building’s out-of-state owners and began lobbying grocery store companies.

The Lawrence-based grocery store Checkers last year announced it was working on a deal to locate in the space, but that deal proved elusive.

Checkers now is workNeighborhood grocery ing on a deal to locate in Lawrence voters may a proposed multistory be most familiar with building at 11th and Masand then have an opportunity for a very good-paying job that could support a large family,” Crawford said. “A boilermaker makes a six-figure income.

For so many of the people I taught, it was a dream come true.”

But all those opportunities happened because there was a job available for the people he trained.

Crawford is concerned about whether there are enough opportunities in Lawrence. Back in 1969, Crawford didn’t want to go to Kansas City to get a job, but Lawrence didn’t offer many good opportunities. He’s not sure the environment has changed much today.

“For people to stay in Lawrence, a lot of times they have to make sacrifices, and many times those sacrifices cut real deep,” Crawford said. “I think Lawrence can be a better town than that. I think Lawrence owes it to the people who grow up here and want a goodpaying job here that we’re able to provide them one.

I think it is a little disgraceful that often times we can’t.”

Address: 715 Illinois St. Age: 64 Occupation: Retired instructor for the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Education: Business degree from Park University Family: Wife, Pamela; two grown daughters sachusetts streets at the Allen Press property.

Crawford and his group haven’t yet endorsed that project and are still working on efforts to redevelop the Borders site.

Crawford said the issue has reinforced the idea that the age-old concept of neighborhood businesses is one that needs to make a comeback.

“I’ve learned that there needs to be an authentic connection between neighborhoods and small businesses,” Crawford said. “Small businesses can’t live without the neighborhoods and neighborhoods can’t live without the small businesses. A lot of times we forget that. A lot of times there is a disconnect, and the neighborhoods have suffered from it.”

Crawford said he thinks there’s a real chance for the idea of neighborhood businesses to take hold in

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Lawrence again. He said he hears from many people who “want to walk or get on their bicycle, instead of hunting for a parking spot.”

“I think City Commission meetings have become too much about parking spaces,” Crawford said. “We can’t let the car become more valuable than the human being. When you start thinking in terms of people, you realize we need a grocery store in downtown. We need a pharmacy in downtown.

Wouldn’t it be a healthier community if you didn’t have to get in a car to go to all of those places?”

Issues Crawford said he wants to explore using city-owned land near the Douglas County Jail as a site for a new police headquarters. But he said there will be a lot of

work to do in building a community consensus on how the project should be paid for and how it should proceed. He said he was disappointed in how city commissioners previously planned for the project.

“I look at the wastewater plant that we’re constructing, and the amount of time that went into planning that and the saving that happened to pay for that project,” Crawford said.

“I wonder why that didn’t happen for the police department. We’ve always had a police department. Why wasn’t there a plan for expansion? I think it was just handled totally wrong.”

On other issues, Crawford said: l He can see value in using tax incentives for projects that benefit the core part of the city or neighborhoods in true need of revitalization. But he said too many of the recent projects have been “welfare for the rich.”

“I think that is one of the things the city really has done to hurt itself,” Crawford said.

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362, or at clawhorn@ljworld.com

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Matthew Herbert

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

For Matthew Herbert, the world of government doesn’t just happen at Lawrence City Hall or even just the Capitol or the Oval Office. It also happens in a Lawrence High classroom, where he teaches government and civics.

Herbert, one of 14 candidates for the City Commission, said government can look a lot different when high school students are engaged in it.

For one, they remind you that the world never stands still.

“It is hard to believe, but high school freshmen weren’t alive when 9/11 happened,” Herbert said.

“I tell them wonderful fables of a time when you could board an airplane without a strip search. I think being a teacher will give me more of a whole city awareness. I think it really will keep me focused on long-term planning.”

He thinks it also will help remind him of something most of us learned

at one point about the value of working together.

“Too often, we think of things so philosophically, but students just keep asking ‘aren’t we both trying for the same goal?’” Herbert said.

“They can look at the health care debate and say, ‘Isn’t the end result that people have health care, and we’re just arguing about how to do it?’ I think they have more focus on remembering our common goals.”

Matter of perspective For five years, Herbert taught at Highland Park High School in Topeka because he liked the idea of having a job that also had a social justice element to it. Highland Park is one of the more impoverished schools in the region and has a student population that is almost equally split among white, black and Hispanic students.

“Your concept of poverty is very Lawrence related,” said Herbert, who grew up in Lawrence and has lived here the past 21

Address: 523 Kasold Drive Age: 31 Occupation: Teacher at Lawrence High School Education: Bachelor degrees in education and history from Kansas University; Master’s degree in curricu- Herbert lum and instruction from KU Family: Wife, Rachael Sudlow; 3-year old daughter years. “Then you go there and get a whole other perception about what the world is like.”

Herbert said the experience at Highland Park reinforced the idea that you have to look at issues from multiple angles.

“There is a definite realization that people’s priorities are dependent upon their situation,” Herbert said. “I value education, but many of my students saw college as a four-year delay until they could get a real paycheck.

It makes you think about how you are going to get a kid to value a liberal college arts degree.”

Herbert also has a career in property management. He and his wife own Renaissance Prop-

erty Management, which owns 12 homes and manages another 15. Herbert said they started the business with the idea of flipping homes, much like you see on the HGTV shows. They started the business in mid-2008, just prior to the financial downturn.

“If you are going to write a textbook on how not to start a propertyflipping business, chapter one would be about starting in June 2008,” Herbert said.

Herbert said he does not believe the city’s new rental registration and licensing program would create any conflict for him as a commissioner.

The program has been approved by the City

Commission but won’t be fully implemented until July. Herbert said all the properties they own and manage are single-family zoned properties that long have been subject to the city’s rental inspection and registration process.

He said he supports the idea of health and safety standards for rental properties but does think the city needs to be careful about “how much privilege we give a city inspector to enter someone’s home.”

Issues Herbert said he’s hearing from voters a desire for the City Commission to “slow down.”

“I think they are looking for somebody who is fiscally accountable,” Herbert said. “You have to say ‘no’ every once in a while. I think a lot of people feel like it has been a long time since they’ve heard a city commissioner say no.”

Herbert said tax incentives for apartment projects have been particularly disturbing to

him. He said in a town where more than half the population is renters, that should be incentive enough for the apartment industry.

“I bring a very freemarket approach about economic development,” Herbert said. “I am a big believer that Lawrence incentivizes itself. We need to be very careful about selling the farm just to buy some cattle.”

On other topics, Herbert said: l He thinks city commissioners have been “a bit disingenuous” about how they have presented the funding plan for a new police headquarters project. He said a project of such importance should be built into the city’s general budget.

“We offered a sales tax not to pay for a police station, but we offered a sales tax to pay for the stuff that we wouldn’t cut to get a police station into our budget,” Herbert said.

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362, or at clawhorn@ljworld.com

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Justin Priest

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

Justin Priest gets to see something that most of us don’t: He sees the true numbers of how much average Lawrence families earn in wages, and he said the figures don’t make for happy reading.

Priest, one of 14 candidates for the Lawrence City Commission, is a tax preparer. He said it is clear that low wages is one of he larger problems facing the community.

“The inequality in wages is one thing that has gotten completely out of hand in Lawrence,” said Priest. “A lot of businesses in this town want to hire part time, and college students eat that up.

But for the normal townies who want a job, that makes it really, really tough.”

Priest said he prepared the taxes for one woman recently who works as a janitor for a large employer in town. She’s been at the same job since 1981, and she makes $22,000 a year.

Address: 2912 Atchison Circle Age: 41 Occupation: tax preparer for Hume Tax Service, transit driver Education: High school graduate Family: Unmarried; two sons, 15 and 2 years old “When I see stuff like that, it bothers me,” Priest said.

But Priest thinks it is important for the city to have commissioners who do see those types of figures. Priest said his annual earnings also are modest, and are pretty much in line with the average worker in Lawrence. He thinks he’ll bring a common man perspective to the commission, which has been dominated by business owners and professionals in recent years.

Priest said he definitely can relate to the financial challenges that face many area residents.

The Journal-World does a limited background check on city commission candidates, and the one on Priest showed that in 2013 and 2012,

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the Kansas Department of Revenue filed a pair of tax warrants seeking unpaid taxes of about $3,400 from Priest. Priest voluntarily disclosed that he also owes about $16,000 in back taxes to the IRS. He said he’s involved in payment plans for the back taxes, which stem from his time from being self-employed.

“My tax debt is huge, and I know I have to get it paid down, and I will,” Priest said. “I think it probably makes me more of a normal person, though. Everybody has debt.”

A negotiator Priest also works as a bus driver for MV Transit, the private company that operates the city and Kansas University transit systems. For

the last year and a half, Priest also has been the president of the local transit union. During that time, he negotiated a new union contract with MV Transit. He thinks more negotiating skills would be useful on the City Commission.

“For some reason, this commission is really bad at just accepting something instead of countering with another offer,” said Priest, who pointed to the recent debate surrounding tax incentives for the Eldridge Hotel.

Priest — who spent his junior high years in Lawrence, moved to Virginia and has been back in Lawrence full-time since 2002 — said the commission’s lack of negotiating savvy seems to be one of several things frustrating Lawrence citizens. He said the City Commission, and government in general, has a lot of work to do to get citizens engaged again.

“I talk to a lot of normal people who just get up and go to work everyday,” Priest said. “It is like they don’t care anymore.

They feel like it doesn’t

matter what city commissioners do, what the governor does, what anybody in political power does, because they don’t feel like anything they do counts anymore.”

Issues Priest, who previously owned a Lawrencebased mortgage company called J&J Financial, said financial issues are the biggest thing on the minds of voters. In particular, he said he hears a lot about the city’s use of tax incentives for businesses.

Priest said he is supportive of some tax incentives, but wants to ensure that there is a focus on quality jobs and supporting the right type of businesses.

“I don’t mind giving businesses tax incentives, but if you are going to get an incentive, you are going to pay your people more money,” Priest said.

“I have a classic take on economics: The more money common people have to spend, the better the economy will be. It is not people staying in $300 a room hotels that

will make the economy better.”

On other issues, Priest said: l He wants to make City Hall a more userfriendly place for the average citizen.

“I want to make it so all the rigmarole is taken out,” Priest said. “I want people to understand what is going on.

Most people don’t care whether this plot of land or that that plot of land is being rezoned. My goal is to not make it so boring that people don’t pay attention. Most people just want to understand where their money is going. I want to try to help people care more.”

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362, or at clawhorn@ljworld.com

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Stan Rasmussen

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

Stan Rasmussen definitely knows how to look back in time.

Rasmussen, one of 14 candidates seeking a seat on the Lawrence City Commission, is an amateur paleontologist. His most impressive find was the skull of a saber tooth tiger in Wyoming, a find that he later donated to Kansas University.

But looking back in time is just a hobby. What he does for a living — as a land use and environmental attorney for the U.S. Army — is look to the future. That’s what he also wants to do as a city commissioner.

“If you look at Horizon 2020 (the city and county’s long range plan) there is no vision or mission statement included in it,” Rasmussen said. “We really need one of those for our community.”

Rasmussen has been a civilian employee for the U.S. Army for that past 13 years, and it is hard to walk down the hall in that organization without bumping into a mission statement. He said if Lawrence had an agreedupon common goal it would help the city in a

variety of planning areas and might help avoid some controversies.

“I think that is why there was some frustration over the timing of the police department, library and Rock Chalk Park projects,” Rasmussen said. “Where was the police project in our list of priorities? Did we even have a good list of priorities?”

Taking notice Some of Rasmussen’s first memories of Lawrence are running through the halls of the Natural History Museum at KU. Rasmussen’s father was a professional paleontologist and brought his family to Lawrence as he pursued a doctorate degree.

Rasmussen lived in Lawrence during his elementary school years and then moved to Colorado during his junior high and high school years. But he came back to Lawrence to attend KU to get a degree in political science.

“Lawrence always felt like home,” he said. “It was the first place where I really got out on my bike and rode around town.”

But Rasmussen credits his time in New Orleans, the city he lived in just prior to moving to Law-

Address: 4701 Turnberry Drive Age: 52 Occupation: Attorney for U.S. Army Education: undergraduate degree in political science, Kansas University; law degree, University of Denver Rasmussen Family: wife, Teresa; two collegeaged daughters rence, as a big reason that he developed an interest in politics and public service at an early age. He remembers as a 6-yearold watching his mother cry about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He watched the CBS Evening News with his parents that night, and watching the news with his parents soon became a daily routine.

He also remembers one of his first days in New Orleans. His parents had stopped at a gas station and were taken aback by the separate bathrooms for whites and blacks.

“My parents took me out of the car and made me look at those signs that showed colored and whites for the bathroom,” Rasmussen said. “They told me to never forget it.

The racism down in New Orleans really made my parents uncomfortable.

They talked to me a lot about what was going on in the world.”

Today, Rasmussen makes a living keeping an eye on the law. Specifically, from his office at Ft. Leavenworth, he oversees a nine-state territory. His responsibilities include watching for state and local regulation that may impact the ability of Army and Department of Defense installations from carrying out their missions. Primarily, he monitors new legislation in the area of land use and environmental regulations.

Before his time with the Army, he served as an environmental attorney with the giant engineering firm Black & Veatch. While there, he was responsible for guiding power plant projects through the regulatory approval process.

“I have been in meetings

where hundreds of people are interested in the project I’m presenting,” Rasmussen said. “I have seen how you develop good community relations.”

Rasmussen said he’s also seen it while serving stints on a variety city-appointed boards, including the LawrenceDouglas County Planning Commission, the historic resources commission and the board of zoning appeals. He said his time on those boards has taught him the importance of being a “thoughtful listener.”

“I strive to consider everybody’s comments equally,” Rasmussen said.

“Everybody who gets up to speak thinks their comments are important. That is why they are speaking.”

Issues Rasmussen said he plans to talk about some issues during the campaign that he thinks may be overlooked by others. For example, he said the city really needs to get busy on developing a plan for the type of development it wants to see along the eastern leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway, which is now under construction. He said the city also needs to

start thinking now about how it wants to fund its public transit system for the long term. The sales tax that currently funds the system is set to expire in less than five years.

“That is something you can’t wait to have a discussion on until it is about to expire,” Rasmussen said.

“You have to reinvigorate the community discussion and start getting ideas from the public.”

On other issues, Rasmussen said: l He “wants to work on building community support” for a new police facility. “We also have to get them the equipment and the staff they need to adequately serve our community.” l He wants to work on ways to see a conference center built downtown.

(Full disclosure: Members of The World Company, which owns the JournalWorld and LJWorld.com, have proposed building a project that includes a conference center on property owned by the company.)

“I think that is something that would really benefit downtown,” Rasmussen said.

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362, or at clawhorn@ljworld.com

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Greg Robinson

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

Even before Greg Robinson became an attorney, he had a natural inclination to ask the big question.

Like, why is this 42-ton bronze head of Vladimir Lenin still here?

Robinson, one of 14 candidates vying for a seat on the Lawrence City Commission, was in the U.S. Army at the time. He was part of group that was escorting nuclear weapons inspectors into the former Soviet Union. By this time, the Soviet empire already had collapsed, which caused Robinson to ask one of his Russian counterparts why the 25-foot-tall bronze head of Lenin was still in the town square of the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude. “He told me that was easy,” Robinson said. “He said they didn’t have a crane big enough to move it.”

Robinson wishes all questions at Lawrence City Hall were so easy to answer. Instead, Robinson said he’s not sure residents are getting straight answers about a host of city

issues. Last year he served as one of the leaders of the opposition group to a new sales tax to fund a police headquarters, which ultimately was rejected by voters in November.

Robinson said the city process for developing the headquarters plan left voters with lots of questions about what the true need was, what efficiencies would result from a new building and why the city was selecting the site that it did.

“I’ve gotten labeled with an anti-police tag, but I’m not,” Robinson said. “I’m anti-sales tax, and I’m anti that particular proposal.

I think the voters said they weren’t anti-police, but they also told the city ‘you’re not going to play us for fools.’”

Then there is the Rock Chalk Park sports complex, a project that Robinson frequently refers to as Rock Chalk Tax Park. Robinson said the questions about why the city allowed for about $12 million worth of infrastructure to be built at the park without going through the city’s standard bidding pro-

cess are numerous.

“I think we’re still having a referendum on Rock Chalk Tax Park,” Robinson said. “The citizens are very mad about that. I think it is appropriate that it is still an issue because citizens need to make it clear they are not going to put up with that nonsense.”

Service time Robinson said he thinks he would bring a unique perspective to the Lawrence City Commission.

Robinson spent just under two years serving as a patrol officer in the Lawrence Police Department in the mid-1990s before leaving to get a law degree.

Since 1999, he also has served as the city attorney for Lansing, the community that he grew up in.

“Municipal law is complicated,” Robinson said.

“It takes awhile to get your sea legs, but I’ve got them. That’s a huge positive because I’ll be able to talk to city staff in their own language.”

Robinson said he’s been around enough city government to know that all the acronyms and technical jargon can dissuade the

conducted “electronic warfare voice intercept.”

He said that’s a fancy way of saying he spent his days listening to Russian conversations.

Robinson later was assigned to a unit that provided an escort to nuclear inspectors who travelled into former Soviet territory as part of various weapons treaties. That assignment gave him a rare view of America’s Russian “enemies.”

“When you meet them personally, you understand that people are just people,” he said. “Regardless of their governments, we all have the same family concerns and personal concerns.”

Commission in 2005 and the Douglas County Commission in 2014, said he thinks the police headquarters issue essentially needs to start over with a new evaluation of needs. He said he believes the need for evidence storage could be reduced if the department was more aggressive in discarding evidence that prosecutors say is no longer needed. He thinks there were several other issues in the original evaluation that created more questions than answers.

“I think a lot of questions go unanswered because it creates the perception that the needs are so bad that we have to do something,” Robinson said.

On other issues, Robinson said: l He thinks the process the city is using to analyze tax breaks and other incentives for development projects is flawed.

“If I was a developer, I would take advantage of the system, too, because that is what our leaders are encouraging,” he said.

Issues Robinson, who unsuccessfully ran for the City

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ing that City Hall become part of a network known as opentownhall.com. The privately run network allows communities to basically have public listening sessions on line. The network uses a combination of human monitors and software to ensure the postings are free from profanity, and that they remain civil and on topic.

Riordan thinks the network would allow commissioners to get large volumes of meaningful comment from residents.

“It would show that we really are interested in what the community thinks,” Riordan said.

many in the community were not comfortable with the provision that allowed about $12 million worth of city-funded infrastructure to be built without going through the city’s bid process.

Riordan also said there “was not the public engagement that I would have liked to have had,” but he also said the process was guided by “city officials who I respect very much, and who were doing what they thought was best for the city.”

“The product is great, but the process stunk,” Riordan said.

On other issues, Riordan said: l The city needs to gather more data and have more conversations about a police headquarters. Riordan sees the need for new facilities, and said he now wants to start exploring ways that a facility could be built without a tax increase.

“I think we have done a lot for recreation, and now we need to focus on safety,” Riordan said.

Address: 3116 Trail Road Age: 50 Occupation: Business owner/attorney Education: Bachelor of Arts in Soviet studies, University of Maryland; law degree, Kansas University Family: Divorced, two grown children

public from weighing in on issues. He said he would work to make sure city issues are understandable to the general public. He also said he would have a message for city staff members: Tell commissioners what they need to hear, not what they think commissioners want to hear.

“I remember a general telling us that bad information in means bad decisions out,” Robinson said. “He said he has to have a staff that has the fortitude to tell him what he doesn’t want to hear.”

Robinson served about eight years in the U.S. Army, leaving the service with a rank of sergeant.

While in the service, he became a Russian linguist and was assigned to a European-based unit that

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Terry Riordan

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

As a Lawrence pediatrician since 1983, Terry Riordan has had many serious conversations with Lawrence adults, mainly about medicine and their children.

As he finishes his first two-year term on the Lawrence City Commission, he would like to have another type of conversation with Lawrence residents. He wishes they would understand their government better.

“I’ve learned they care about Lawrence, but they are not quite as informed about things as I would like them to be,” Riordan said.

Riordan, an owner of Lawrence-based Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, said the issue of tax incentives is a good example.

He certainly heard the uproar that recent tax deals have created among some members of the public, but he thinks those residents are largely confused about what is happening.

The city, in most cases, is not taking money out of its checkbook to provide incentives to developers, but

Address: 1613 Tennessee St. Age: 63 Occupation: Pediatrician/physician Education: Bachelor of science in biology from Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Mo.; medical degree, Kansas University Medical Center; medical Riordan residency, Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco Family: Wife, Elaine; six grown children rather is reducing taxes that the developers pay.

“People don’t like incentives mainly because they don’t understand them,” Riordan said. “They think we’re sometimes paying people to build. They don’t understand the checks and balances we have in place.”

For a while, it looked like Riordan wasn’t going to be around to explain the issues. He acknowledged that he threw away all his campaign signs after the tough campaign of 2013, when he won the third and final seat on the commission by just 95 votes.

But he realized that he had learned a lot about how city government functioned over the last two years, and it would be a “shame to waste that education” by not running for another term. He also

said he thinks his campaign is helping Lawrence residents better understand their government.

“It seems like when I walk around and talk to voters, they feel so much better about the city after I have talked to them,” Riordan said.

New system Riordan said he thinks Lawrence residents ought to consider a couple of changes in how city business is conducted — one technological and one a major shake-up of the City Commission structure — to improve how commissioners and residents connect.

Riordan said he wants a debate on whether the commission should expand to seven members and have a directly elected mayor.

Riordan said he’s not yet ready to endorse the idea, but said it deserves serious consideration.

A system to consider, he said, is one where a mayor would be elected to a fourterm. Currently, the mayor is elected by fellow commissioners to a one-year term. Riordan said the commission would also expand to seven members — counting the mayor — which would be up from the five member commission currently in place.

Riordan would propose that the city be divided into four precincts, and there would be one commissioner elected from each precinct. There also would be two commission seats that would be elected by the community at large.

The mayor position also would be an at-large seat.

“A four-year mayor could allow us to have some vision and consistency that we don’t have with the one-year term,” Riordan said. “We don’t have enough voices from North Lawrence or East Lawrence or central Lawrence a lot of times, and this could help that.”

On the technology front, Riordan is propos-

Issues Riordan was one of the four commissioners who approved the agreement that created the publicprivate partnership to build Rock Chalk Park.

But Riordan notes that the previous commission was the one that really negotiated the deal. The timing in the election calendar, though, meant the final approval fell to the new commission that took office in 2013.

Riordan, though, said he does understand that

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362, or at clawhorn@ljworld.com

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Rob Sands

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

At 20 years old, Rob Sands had a few things on his mind that may have been a bit different than his typical peer.

Sands had just become a first lieutenant in the Kansas National Guard, and he was in charge of a tank platoon — four tanks valued at millions of dollars and, more importantly, all of the soldiers who go with them. All of this was 13 years ago, right in the aftermath of 9/11 and America’s entry into a new type of war.

But Sands did face one issue that other 20-yearolds had to deal with: He wasn’t yet old enough to have a drink of alcohol.

“Trust me, tank crews were not ashamed to give me a hard time about that,” said Sands. “I’m just now getting to the point that I’m not the youngest guy in the room.”

Sands, one of 14 candidates for the Lawrence City Commission, is now 33 years old and a full-time officer in the Kansas National Guard. He’s risen to the rank of major and is

Address: 809 Fox Chase Court Age: 33 Occupation: full-time officer in the Kansas Army National Guard Education: associate degree from Marion Military Institute, Marion, Ala.; bachelor’s degree in general studies Sands from Kansas University; currently enrolled in Master’s of Public Administration program at KU Family: wife, Leigh; 2-year old son leadership and management. Sands — who grew up in Kansas City, Kan., but has lived in Lawrence since 2001 — received a degree from the military junior college of Marion Military Institute in Alabama. He has since received a general studies degree from Kansas University and now is halfway done with a master’s degree in public administration from KU. Sands’ degree from the military institute allowed him to join the National Guard as an officer. The decision to be a full-time guard member, he said, was easy. His father had served as a Marine, and both his A new style grandfathers served in the Sands has received military. He said his only training in both art forms, other career thought was to second in command of a unit that has 900 soldiers with facilities in seven cities across the state.

During his tenure with the National Guard, he has picked up a nickname: the young old man.

Sands is hopeful that the old part refers to leadership skills that go beyond his age. Sands said a career that places a high emphasis on being a leader should serve him well as a city commissioner.

“I’ve learned a lot about leadership,” Sands said.

“One thing I have learned is there is a difference between being a manager and a leader.”

become a police officer.

“I was just raised with the idea of a tradition of service,” Sands said.

“People thank me for my service all the time, and I tell them that I’m thankful I can serve. I’m personally grateful that I get to do this.”

Sands has been deployed overseas three times since joining the guard, to Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. He continues to be trained as a specialist in tank warfare, but much of his dayto-day duties as an officer involve planning and administrative functions to keep the unit running smoothly. He said that work now occurs in what the military calls a “constrained budget environment.” Funding for the armed forces is on the decline, which means officers like Sands are tasked with finding ways to do the same job with fewer resources. He said that is a skill that will come in handy at City Hall.

Leadership, he said, will be an important part of the process. Sands said the military has taught him that often when people

“We need to have a tax schedule that pays for the necessary things that make a city run, but it also has to respect the citizens’ proprietary right to their own money,” Sands said.

On other issues, Sands said: l The need for improved police facilities has been present for the better part of 30 years.

He said he supports creating a plan to improve facilities, but said the city needs to do a better job of determining how new facilities will improve police department engagement with the community and what it will mean to citizens.

“It should be about increasing the police department’s capabilities, not just having a new building.” l He thinks the condition of major thoroughfares in Lawrence is improving as the result of increased maintenance work by the city. But he said he would Issues vote to start addressing Sands said the issues residential streets that need he hears most about from resurfacing. small businesses and vot— City reporter Chad Lawhorn ers is the city’s tax struccan be reached at 832-6362, or ture and its use of develat clawhorn@ljworld.com opment incentives. think they are examining a problem they actually are just examining a symptom. It also has taught him the value of “collaborative leadership” and that good leaders often are “intuitive and compassionate.” He knows the idea of a compassionate military officer may surprise some, but he said the military teaches a different style of leadership than it once did.

“In the last 10 years of my career, I have realized that you don’t get things done in the Army by barking orders and yelling at people,” Sands said. “It is more about explaining ‘the why’ these days. The generation today has a sense of service, and they want to contribute responsibly. If you can get them to understand the intent, they will problemsolve for themselves, and they may be able to do the job better, faster and cheaper than how I can tell them to do it.”

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Bob Schumm

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

Lawrence City Commissioner Bob Schumm has become the political face of Rock Chalk Park.

He was mayor during much of its planning stages and was involved in many of the negotiations that formed the complex public-private partnership that eventually came under scrutiny when the city ended up paying for about $12 million worth of infrastructure that was built without going through the city’s bid process.

The project, while attracting large numbers of users, also has sparked a city audit that is examining whether proper accounting and cost controls were used. Given that, some may think Schumm’s political face would be a bit pained these days.

Not at all. Schumm said the Rock Chalk Park project is just one example of many that has made his latest four-year term on the City Commission one of the better ones on record.

“I think we have had a record number of accomplishments over the last four years,” Schumm said.

The commission has

presided over a bit of a building boom in the city, fueled by a mix of public and private projects.

Schumm points to the expanded library, a new downtown hotel, a new downtown apartment building, a new community theater on the west side of town, a new homeless shelter on the east side of town, redevelopment of the former Farmland Industries site into a business park, an expansion of the Bioscience and Technology Business Center on KU’s campus and several other projects.

In addition, the commission has started two major new programs: a rental licensing and inspection program, and a residential curbside recycling program. Schumm thinks it all will add up to a time period that Lawrence residents eventually will look upon fondly.

“I think it is going to be a time period that we are very proud of,” Schumm said. “We’re going to see the dividends with more visitors to Lawrence, with more sales tax dollars to Lawrence, but I think the biggest thing is we’re just going to have a real sense of pride about what we did. We’ll be

Address: 1720 St. Andrews Drive Age: 68 Occupation: Self-employed and retired downtown restaurant owner Education: Degree in journalism from Kansas University Family: Wife, Sandra, four grown children and six grandchildren

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town, fought against the mall project. The project eventually was defeated but not before a lot of heated debates.

“I would be out in public at the grocery store or wherever, and it pretty much was a guarantee that somebody was going to stop you, and it usually wouldn’t end up being a pleasant conversation,” Schumm said.

Being a city commissioner during this time has been “wonderful” compared with those days, he said.

Schumm said he thinks he’s probably a “kinder, gentler, slower to react and less of a hip shooter” today than he was in previous terms on the commission. But he said the time period still provides good lessons for today. Keeping downtown Lawrence healthy is still a top priority, and he continues to remember a lesson from the days when the mall issue had the town so divided.

“You have a conflict and you work through it, but you have to remember you are not going to please everybody,” Schumm said.

able to say we’re leaders, for a private developer isn’t accurate. not followers.”

“I assure you that everyRock Chalk lesson one worked in the best inThat is not to say that terest of the city,” Schumm Schumm believes the said. “It is difficult to sit Rock Chalk Park process and listen to people say has been perfect. He said it you acted improperly in is now clear that many res- terms of ethics. I was just idents are uncomfortable trying to get the best projwith the no-bid element ect we could in the best loof the public-private part- cation, and get it done at a nership that constructed price we could afford.” the northwest Lawrence Navigating through sports complex. Schumm choppy waters at City now says he won’t support Hall is nothing new to any other no-bid projects Schumm. He served on during his time on the the commission from 1979 commission. to 1981 and from 1987 to “I still believe that we 1993. His most recent term had proper controls, but began in 2011. His term it was not an easy process in the late ’80s and early for the public to under- ’90s was during one of the stand,” Schumm said. community’s more conSchumm acknowledged tentious periods. The city that the project has created was deeply divided over some mistrust toward the whether a shopping mall commission. But Schumm should be built in southsaid the perception that ern Lawrence. Schumm, Issues Schumm said the Nothe commission was trying a longtime business and to create a sweetheart deal property owner in down- vember defeat of a sales

tax election to fund a police headquarters is one of the reasons he decided to seek another term on the commission. He said he wants to see a solution found for police facilities. Discussing how the project could be funded without a tax increase probably should be the next step, he said. That could involve building the project in phases, and delaying some other projects on the capital improvement plan. He said creating a citizen advisory board to fully study the needs of the police department also is likely needed.

“Lawrence wants to be involved in a project from the ground up,” Schumm said. “We missed that step.”

On other issues, Schumm said: l He strongly supports the idea of rebuilding portions of Ninth Street to become an arts corridor. He said he envisions the street improvements helping create a linear park atmosphere, “not a destination for condominiums, office buildings and that sort of thing.”

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362, or at clawhorn@ljworld.com

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Leslie Soden

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

During the 2013 Lawrence City Commission elections, Leslie Soden waited and waited.

She waited until the very last day to file for a seat on the commission and then trailed her competitors badly in fundraising and organization. She squeaked through the primary by winning the sixth and final spot. Then, she almost did something no other candidate in recent memory has done: charge from the final spot in the primary to win a seat on the commission. As the returns came in on election night 2013, Soden held the third and final spot all night long, until the final ballot box was counted.

Terry Riordan beat her by 95 votes and outspent her campaign by several thousand dollars.

This year, it didn’t take Soden nearly as long to decide to run again. Soden said in the past two years she has seen the commission “double down on a form of trickle down economics.” She said tax incentives haven’t been well thought out, and a project

she cautioned against two years ago — Rock Chalk Park — has created large amounts of distrust with the commission.

She thinks city commissioners failed badly on the process for the new sports complex. She said if the idea was just put to a vote as a standard city project, much like the library expansion was, she thinks it would have won at the polls. But that vote never came, and the process ended up being a public-private partnership that involved nearly $12 million worth of infrastructure work that didn’t go through the city’s bid process.

“The library was an example of a project that had a good process,” Soden said. “Contrast that with this deal where the details are so murky they are trying to figure it out after it already has been built.”

Seeing the system Soden has owned a local pet-sitting business, Pet Minders, since 2006. She started it after she took a European vacation to clear her head after realizing she wasn’t happy with her career in the information

technology industry. She had a hard time finding anyone to care for her dog while she was away, and a new business was born.

She doesn’t expect to take care of any cats or dogs during City Commission meetings, but she does think the experience she has gained from the business will help her.

For one, she sees multiple parts of the community by driving all over town, all day long caring for the pets of clients in different neighborhoods. She also said the business fostered a spirit that will be useful.

“It takes a combination of initiative and courage to run a business,” Soden said. “But you have to balance it with pragmatism. I can think of many pie-inthe-sky ideas, but you have to bring them back to the real world at some point.”

Soden said her background as a computer systems analyst also has been helpful. She said that’s helped her view Lawrence City Hall as a system, and she thinks she has found the system’s glitch.

“The City Commission is one of the weakest links,” said Soden, who once attended nearly a

Address: 715 Connecticut St. Age: 43 Occupation: owner of Pet Minders pet care business Education: Bachelor of Science in anthropology from Kansas State University, and Bachelor of Science in Soden computer information systems from Friends University.

Family: Unmarried full year’s worth of commission meetings when she was president of the East Lawrence Neighborhood Association while the neighborhood was fighting a proposal for a multistory hotel that bordered the neighborhood.

Soden said she’s observed that the City Commission often will create plans or public policy, and then routinely start granting exceptions or variances to the policies on a caseby-case basis. She said often the variances flow to larger, well-connected businesses, while more ordinary mom-and-pop businesses follow the rules as they are written.

“I think this City Commission is business unfriendly because it doesn’t play by a single play book,” Soden said.

Issues Soden is a member of the city-county appointed Joint Economic Development Council. She said the city needs to redefine its economic development policies to ensure that economic development money is spent for the creation of permanent, full-time jobs with benefits. She said too much of the city’s economic development incentives recently have been spent on “hotels and luxury apartments” that aren’t likely to produce the type of jobs the community seeks.

“The type of incentives we have offered to Amarr Garage doors and Grandstand Glasswear are good examples of how economic development incentives can work well,” said Soden,

referring to a pair of manufacturers in the East Hills Business Park that have added workers with the help of tax abatements.

In other issues, Soden said: l “Deferred maintenance” of police facilities needs to be addressed.

She said she was uncertain why some of the police facilities were allowed to deteriorate. But Soden said before the city makes a multimillion-dollar investment in a new police headquarters, the community needs to review its entire “emergency service system,” including police, fire, the county jail and the hospital.

Soden said particular emphasis needs to be on evaluating mental health needs because it currently is a “glaring hole in the system.”

“A lot of what drives our emergency services is mental health demand,” Soden said. “If we can do things to reduce our demand for police services, that’s going to put our community way ahead.”

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362, or at clawhorn@ljworld.com

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Cori Viola

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

Let there be no doubt that a 23-year old candidate certainly can have an impact on the Lawrence City Commission race.

Cori Viola, a secondyear law student at Kansas University and one of 14 candidates seeking a seat on the commission, is poised to score a victory early on in the race. Viola spent several months at Lawrence Municipal Court as an intern for a nonprofit organization.

While there, she noticed that defendants who were sent to the county jail were being charged a nearly $75 per day fee by the city to reimburse the city for the cost of jailing them. The idea made little sense to Viola because often the defendants didn’t have the money to pay, and the new debt created by the jail fee only would make it more difficult for inmates to turn their lives around.

“Sometimes I feel as a society we do a lot of complaining and not a

lot of problem solving,” Viola said. “What I saw at Municipal Court, I knew could be fixed by the City Commission. I didn’t want to be the person who just complained, so I decided to run.”

That issue, however, may be solved before the election ever ends. City commissioners haven’t yet committed to changing the jail fee recoupment policy, but they’re leaning in that direction.

They recently directed staff members to craft an ordinance that would eliminate the policy.

Viola said she is pleased that the city is paying attention to the issue. But she thinks defendants at Municipal Court aren’t the only group of citizens who aren’t being heard by the City Commission. She said helping those groups have a stronger voice would be a focus of her time on the commission.

“I’ve always been guided by my moral compass,” Viola said. “I think I was Catholic in a previous life because guilt really drives

me. I feel guilty that people are underrepresented.

I feel guilty that people aren’t being listened to.”

Next generation Viola is the youngest candidate in this year’s field. Born and raised in Topeka, she has been in Lawrence since 2009, when she came to KU for her undergraduate work.

Viola said she has been working to get younger voters engaged in the race, but she admits that has been challenging.

“One of the main problems I’m facing is I don’t think my peers understand how city government affects them,” Viola said.

Viola said that’s not an issue confined just to young people. She said she thinks entire neighborhoods have started to ignore the commission because they feel like the commission ignores them. Viola has been a frequent viewer of City Commission elections since becoming a candidate, and she often is concerned by how members of the public are treated.

Address: 5110 Veronica Drive Age: 23 Occupation: Law student at Kansas University Education: Undergraduate degrees in Spanish and political science from KU Family: Single “It seems like the commission is just sitting there trying to defeat the public’s arguments by coming up with new arguments,” she said.

Viola thinks what has occurred since the defeat of a sales tax to fund a new police headquarters is a prime example. City commissioners largely have talked about how they can ultimately convince voters to support a police headquarters plan.

“I think the commission has totally missed the mark on this,” Viola said. “I have heard that voters said no because they were mad about Rock Chalk Park. But what has made them angrier is that the City Commission turned around one month after

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the police issue was voted down and they continue to force this issue.

“It would be a different story if they had taken some time after the vote and presented an entirely new plan to the public.

What they are saying now is just insulting. It shows they are not connected with the community.”

Issues Viola said voters are talking a lot about tax incentives and how the city has been issuing them. She said she has picked up on a theme with city commissioners who frequently have been saying that the public simply doesn’t understand the city’s tax incentive policies. Viola isn’t buying it.

“We don’t want to be patronized by having tax abatements explained to us,” Viola said. “The problem a lot of people have with them is the rate at which they are being given out, and who they are being given to. They should give the public a little more credit and just hear what they are saying.”

On other issues, Viola said: l She thinks other reforms at Municipal Court are needed. She said the amount of revenue that is being generated by the court is too far above its actual expenses. She said the court should not be a significant revenue source for the city. l She wants Lawrence to be mindful of its unique character as it grows in the future.

“I want us to maintain that ‘keep Lawrence weird vibe,’” Viola said.

“I don’t want to see Lawrence turn into some suburban metropolis.

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362, or at clawhorn@ljworld.com

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Gary Williams

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

Gary Williams understands the importance of making a connection.

Williams, one of 14 candidates for the Lawrence City Commission, is an owner of Lawrencebased Flo’s Laundry & Janitorial Service, but for years he basically was in the connection business.

He and his wife, Teresa, were foster parents who cared for more than 50 children during about an eight-year period.

“For one thing, you have to remember that we were all kids at one time, and we’ve all messed up at times,” Williams said of the skills needed to be a successful foster parent.

“But the big thing is you have to make a connection with them. You have to show them that you really care.”

Williams said he thinks forming a good connection with Lawrence resi-

Address: 2505 Bluestem Drive Age: 52 Occupation: self-employed at Flo’s Laundry & Janitorial Services Education: High school diploma and junior college certificates in Child Psychology and Behavioral Sciences. Williams Family: wife, Teresa Williams; three daughters and a son ages 13 through 21. dents is a vital part of being a good city commissioner as well. He said he’s running for a seat on the commission, in part, because he thinks that connection is largely lacking.

“When it comes to hearing the people’s voice, I just have not seen a connection like there should be there,” Williams said.

A clean start Williams and his family came to Lawrence from Texas in 2006 when he and Teresa took a job with Community Living

Opportunities to serve as managers and caregivers in a group home run by the not-for-profit agency.

The home housed four disabled residents who needed 24-hour care.

“We really enjoyed it, but it was a stressful job,” Williams said. “It was starting to take some time away from our kids, though.”

By 2009, the couple had left the CLO job and started Flo’s Laundry & Janitorial Service, which provides services for apartments, motels, Kansas University and other clients. Williams grew up

working in a similar business owned by his parents in the Dallas area.

Williams said the business has been a success on several fronts, including that it has allowed him to continue a ministry of helping people in need. While in Texas, Williams served four years as a youth minister. He said as part of his business — which employs anywhere from three to 10 people given the season — he often goes to homeless shelters to find workers.

“It is a business and we all need to make a living, but we like to try to do some outreach with our company, too,” he said.

The business has given him plenty of opportunities to hear the concerns of lower-income Lawrence residents.

“They basically tell me that city officials don’t give a crap about them,” Williams said. “There is no communication. They

feel like they are forgot- sure we’re always going ten. They tell me they to the right places to look don’t vote because no- for ideas.”

On other issues, Wilbody listens to them.” liams said: Issues l He would like to Figuring out a way to see more services for make it easier for resi- the homeless. He said he dents to communicate would like to organize with city officials is one an effort to use underutiof the issues Williams lized apartments to help hopes to tackle as a com- house the homeless. l He understands the missioner. Williams, a frequent commenter on police department has the message boards of facility needs, but he is LJWorld.com, said he concerned about movthinks an online chat ing forward with a police proposal room could be benefi- headquarters cial. He envisions an area until the city has retired called the People’s Voice a good portion of its debt that would allow resi- from the library and Rock dents to chat about cur- Chalk Park projects. l He would advocate rent city topics, propose ideas and even vote on for an end to new city “Roundissues so elected leaders roundabouts. can get a better sense of abouts are a disaster,” he said. “I would rather have public sentiment.

“It would get people the stop signs and save thinking and allow us to the money.” listen to their ideas,” Wil— City reporter Chad Lawhorn liams said. “Lawrence can be reached at 832-6362, or has such an open-minded at clawhorn@ljworld.com population and people with great ideas. I’m not

Q&A with City Commission candidates Do you believe a new police headquarters facility is needed and, if so, are you open to considering a property tax or sales tax increase to fund it?

Kristie Adair I do believe there is a need.

Supporting small-business growth and entrepreneurship will allow us to grow our tax base and more easily afford larger ticket items like a new police facility. In the interim we may need to refocus some of our CIP funds to improve the working conditions of our law enforcement officers.

However, any proposed solution should be the result of thorough and thoughtful study, based on community needs and proven principles – free of special-interest influence. Lawrence does not need a military-base-style police headquarters. Police facilities should promote nationally proven methods of community policing and should discourage Ferguson-style police militarizaMike Anderson tion. Ever-increasing sales taxes I do believe something needs assessed on essential goods, to be done. I think anyone who including food, place an unfair has toured the ITC and the LEC burden on low- and moderatedowntown feels the same. I toured income residents. As such, these both, and I believe these facilities taxes impact local businesses are not adequate, and certainly and encourage shopping outside do not help with recruitment. of Lawrence. Property taxes are However, I do not believe the a more equitable way to fund Hallmark location is the answer. essential services.

I think paying $47,000 an acre is Matthew Herbert too much, and I think it wouldn’t I have toured the facilities and help with response time. We need to continue to research other loca- have seen where the inadequacies tions, and other possible solutions exist. I believe that public safety is a primary role of the commission to this problem. and therefore want to address Stuart Boley these inadequacies, but I also beYes, I’m convinced we can lieve we have a fiscally responsible achieve many efficiencies with role to make sure we don’t just aca single police facility. Although cept the first proposal presented I believe we can accomplish the before us. I believe presenting the goal without increasing taxes, issue as a sales tax vote was disinI would consider an increase in genuous. If we TRULY believe that sales tax, IF the monies are dedi- this is a priority for the city, why cated and the tax sunsets after can’t we find room in a budget the debt for the facility is retired. that is more than $170 million? I I believe we can pay for the new would look to the existing funding facility with the proceeds of the first. sale of unused city-owned propJustin Priest erty and reserve funds.

Yes I am in agreement of a David Crawford new police headquarters, but I Yes, I believe that Lawrence am in no way open to any tax needs improved police facilities. increase.

Stan Rasmussen Our police officers should have the facilities, equipment and personnel necessary to protect and serve our community, and to be safe in the performance of their jobs. I’ve listened to the public discussion, met with law enforcement, and toured the existing police facilities. I am convinced that new facilities are needed. Before exploring a tax increase, we should work to find a way to finance needed improvements out of our existing infrastructure and capital improvement funds. We should also be open to other creative funding options as an alternative to increasing taxes.

Greg Robinson Yes. I believe that a new Lawrence Police Facility is necessary for the community as the city continues to grow. I do not support a regressive sales tax to pay for the facility as the police department is a core city service and should not be subject to the ebb and flow of a sales tax. The recent proposal for the facility to be located near Hallmark Cards was unsound for many reasons and the voters stated such in a loud and clear voice at the ballot box.

Terry Riordan As a city commissioner I have studied this issue in great detail and visited our facilities, talked with police officers in my office and listened to Chief Khatib discussing their needs. I am fully supportive of a Police Station. I believe its possible without raising taxes. If we take the money

that is set aside for the Police by the city, use city owned land, delay some noncritical capital improvement projects and use the one cent sales tax when the public health building and our golf course bonds are retired this should allow us a new facility without raising taxes.

Rob Sands The police facility is needed to improve key capabilities —patrol, investigations and support.

A good, purpose built facility lays the groundwork to a police force that can expand to meet Lawrence’s needs for the next 30-plus years. There is never a 100 percent people-pleasing answer when it comes to taxes.

A pure sales tax is considered regressive. A pure property tax will affect higher income neighborhoods, but that increase is also generally passed down to rental tenants. I support adding the police facility to the Capital Improvement Plan and have it funded through GO. That will mean that other debt will have to be retired.

Bob Schumm Yes, a new facility is necessary. The city can fund this need through changing around priorities on the Capital Improvement Plan and then using existing sales tax revenue that becomes available in a few years to completely fund the project, thereby eliminating the need to increase sales or property tax.

Leslie Soden We are a long way away

from deciding funding sources for a new police headquarters facility. First we need to explore our entire “emergency services” system, and fill any gaps that exist now for our police, fire, hospital and county jail services, especially with regards to mental health issues. When we have determined these gaps, we can then look at collaboration and joint funding. We absolutely do need to address the deferred maintenance issues of our police facilities now, and perhaps explore expanding our current facilities at 15th & Wakarusa.

Cori Viola Based on community feedback and opinions of local attorneys, I do not believe the police facility as proposed is necessary. However, this does preclude providing the police department with funding to ensure the safety of officers, as well as maintaining the structural integrity of existing police facilities. I do not support sales tax increases, as it disproportionately burdens poorer sectors of the community, and the city of Lawrence already has the highest sales tax in the region. A property tax increase is a worthy consideration for current police facility renovations, subject to the approval of Lawrence voters.

Gary Williams No, not at this time, we have a growing debt that needs to be paid down before we can even consider spending funds for a police facility.

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What’s your vision for the type of community Lawrence will become in the next decade?

Kristie Adair I see Lawrence as a community with growing small businesses, universal economic opportunity and pedestrian friendly infrastructure.

Mike Anderson Lawrence will continue to be a vibrant community. In the next decade Lawrence’s economy will grow. We’ll see jobs created, and the per capita median income go up. This will allow us to focus more on infrastructure and urban sustainability, which will greatly help with the marketing of Lawrence, urban vitality, social development and quality of life.

We will have a wonderful downtown where people can gather, walk, bike and find parking. We’ll clean up the river and create a beautiful walk on the north side.

We will find ourselves sitting at the top of every list where the word “best” is used.

Stuart Boley We must concentrate on meeting the many needs of our citizens, not the least of which is jobs. We must find new jobs to provide income and benefits for our families. We cannot afford another decade with virtually zero job growth. Technology and needs can change rapidly, and I do not have the crystal ball to determine what those needs will be, but we must be poised to address those as a community.

David Crawford My motto is “Keep Lawrence, Lawrence!” We have a unique

community with a vibrant downtown, healthy and diverse residential neighborhoods, and numerous historic sites and structures. My goal is to retain and enhance these unique qualities by encouraging creation of well-paid and environmentally friendly jobs, stable and affordable neighborhoods and commercial areas, and attractive pedestrian-friendly public spaces. That is the proven equation for a community that attracts innovative and creative people and businesses.

I want for Lawrence right now.

I want Lawrence to continue to be a thriving, diverse, inclusive, positive, safe, and creative community where you can pursue an education, own a successful business, build a successful career, raise and support your family, connect with your neighbors, enjoy stimulating arts and culture, and live a healthy and productive life. I’m proud of Lawrence and optimistic about our future. I think we can continue to be the greatest place to live in Kansas.

Matthew Herbert Under my leadership, I envision Lawrence re-establishing priorities. We will shift the focus from short-term impulsive decisions that create large amounts of immediate debt to an approach of more long-term, fiscally responsible planning. I imagine a Lawrence where our economic playing field is leveled by our decision to allow the free market to work instead of allowing our commissioners to pick and choose winners and losers as they do now through the granting of public incentives to private companies and developers. I imagine a place where the focus is less on building a city and more on building a community.

Greg Robinson A proactive city which continues to care for those less fortunate while striving to provide an educational and economic opportunity for all its citizens.

Justin Priest A community of interest.

Stan Rasmussen My vision for Lawrence in ten years is not different than what

Terry Riordan I am very excited about the possibilities for Lawrence to rise from the ashes of the great recent recession and boldly move forward as a city. We have a great foundation of city projects that promote health and safety for our citizens and we need to build upon them. To me the most important emphasis would be placed on engaging our citizens and regaining their trust.

Trust is built by actions not by words. You don’t shrink a city to greatness so let’s rebuild trust by commission actions, involve citizens in a proactive way and move forward as a city.

Rob Sands Humans are terrible at predic-

tion. The law of unintended consequences tells us that we cannot reliably predict all the effects of decisions we make. It’s the old “Murphy’s Law”. With that in mind, I can tell you I want Lawrence to retain its character, adopt smart policies that prepare it for growth, grow the whole city economically, and improve quality of life for all our neighborhoods.

youthful energy and creative ideas with the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University, so we can become innovators with 21st century solutions. So let’s stop being the caboose, and start being the engine for positive change!

Cori Viola Lawrence is one of the best places to live, and that’s because Bob Schumm of our culture, our uniqueness, I see a strong downtown that and our grassroots community. continues to be the pride of the I want to see us avoid becomcommunity. ing an overextended suburban I see the Sports Pavilion as metropolis, and revert back to being recognized as the premier our roots. Foster trust among amateur sports facility in the the community and city governregion. It brings in lots of visitors ment, create affordable housing who spend lots of money. options, increase incentives for I see the Ninth Street corridor local entrepreneurs to build their project as our community making companies here, and truly give a very positive statement that pro- the people of Lawrence a voice in motes the arts and brings regional all government decisions. I want notoriety to our city.

Lawrence to remain the progresKU will continue to be the sive haven that fosters individustate flagship university in alism and creativity.

Kansas and will continue to perform prestigious research and Gary Williams 1. More family friendly, more enhance student development. to offer for the entire family Venture Park will be fully 2. Self sufficient, Community developed, offering good-paying owned internet services jobs to our citizens.

3. A town where folks want to Leslie Soden raise their children My vision for Lawrence starts 4. More advanced education with new leadership that will 5. Very strong economy prioritize the people and busi6. Very low on population with nesses that are already here in the homeless community Lawrence. The future of our city 7. Strong communication and must address the needs of the connection between the City 21st century in terms of infraGovernment (Fire, Police and structure, jobs, health, safety, commission and the citizens and education. Our community 8. Strong economic developis constantly being infused by ment

As part of the Rock Chalk Park sports complex, the city entered into a public-private partnership with Kansas University Endowment and a private development group. As part of that agreement, the city is paying for about $12 million worth of infrastructure that was exempted from the city’s standard bidding process. Do you support public-private partnerships that involve the city paying for work that was not bid?

Kristie Adair All City of Lawrence expenditures should go through a competitive process including economic development expenditures. Every dollar spent whether through an expenditure or a tax incentive should go through a competitive process.

of influence by special interests, and will fight every day against the sort of backroom deals that have tainted city government in recent years.

Matthew Herbert I believe transparency is an absolute necessity for representative government to function Mike Anderson properly. As a commissioner, No. Certainly not when it one of my first actions would involves this amount of money. be to look to enact legislation In this situation I would not have mandating that the city openly partnered with KU Endowment if it bid any public expenditure on meant we couldn’t have a bidding any publicly-funded project. The process. I think all of Lawrence fact that our commission can can agree that the process and spend taxpayer money without implementation that went into any paper trail demonstrating this sports complex was flawed. that we are getting what we paid Proper research was not done, and for is unacceptable. We should the lack of transparency surround- not have had to go back AFTER ing the project was troublesome. the fact to perform the audit of RCP. This should have been done Stuart Boley openly on the front-end.

No. I cannot conceive any situJustin Priest ation where the city’s present I do not support public-private standard bidding process should partnerships, and I do not supbe waived. port “no bid” contracts.

David Crawford No. I oppose special-interest Stan Rasmussen No, I do not support the city no-bid contracts. These are clearly not in the best interest of entering into no-bid contracts.

The lesson learned from Rock local taxpayers, and sweetheart deals like this undermine compe- Chalk Park is that no-bid contracts are not open and transpartition. As a city commissioner, I will be an independent voice, free ent and do not instill confidence

in the public that we are getting value for our money spent. We need to make sure we do not put our City and our tax dollars in this type of situation again.

Greg Robinson No. This will not happen under any scenario.

Terry Riordan I was not on the City Commission when this this publicprivate partnership with the KU was fashioned. This partnership had several flaws which were unintended by well-meaning previous city commissioners. It is obvious to me and all Lawrence citizens that every project has to be bid. I did not then nor can I now support a no-bid process for city projects. As a pediatrician supporting public health I am extremely supportive of the final project. 80,000 visitors to rock chalk Park in January 2015 can’t be wrong. I don’t support the process. I do support healthy citizens.

Rob Sands I do support the city government leading public-private partnerships or public-public partnerships. That is the type of collaborative leadership I hope to bring more of to the City

Commission. However, for the city’s part, it is a requirement of Kansas Law and ordinances that the city adopted in the mid 80’s that a bidding process is used to ensure that tax payers receive the best project for the money, and that the infrastructure meets quality guidelines and is able to support development beyond the immediate project.

projects paid for by the tax payer. Perhaps we need to look at updating our policies to ensure that any future public-private partnerships require competitive bidding processes. We have a great opportunity now to learn from what went wrong with Rock Chalk Park, and prevent those mistakes from happening again with future projects.

Bob Schumm This project was unique in that KU wished to host the 2014 Relays at Rock Chalk Park.

This meant infrastructure and stadiums needed to be built at the same time. As a financial control, we compared invoices submitted for work completed to two recently bid city projects.

Like quantities (such as 100 feet of sidewalk) were compared and were approved for payment if they corresponded favorably.

Because of this comparison, the city reduced the payment for some invoices. In the future, however, I would only authorize a public bid on all public projects, because the other process lacked clarity.

Cori Viola No, I do not support no-bid contracts. Public-private partnerships can be beneficial, and are often essential. However, when a city gives developers a contract without considering other developers, there exists an implication of impropriety. Our government needs to do everything it can to maximize transparency and fairness in all city projects. This does not mean that the government should unequivocally give work to a developer that bids the lowest price, but instead the developer who demonstrates that their company can provide the most efficient and structurally sound construction with a competitive price.

Leslie Soden No, I do not support partnerships that involve non-competitive bids for construction

Gary Williams No. All city presented work should be bidded on. No publicprivate partnership period.

Based on current city capital improvement plans, the city is scheduled to spend about $3 million in 2015 and 2016 to rebuild a portion of Ninth Street as part of a project to create an “arts corridor.” As currently proposed, do you support the project?

Kristie Adair I support the project especially because of the integration of Complete Streets. My main concern is that we make sure we are making the best use of our Capital Improvement Funds with all of our projects.

verting funds already budgeted to other infrastructure projects in our capital improvement Matthew Herbert plan. Does the city need to I do support the Ninth street spend $3 million to rebuild East Rob Sands corridor project though I want Ninth Street in order to realI support this project. Susan to make sure that the concerns ize the “art corridor” project?

Tate, of the Lawrence Arts Cenof neighbors are addressed and Could we save money by using ter, among many others, sought our venues and businesses that not suppressed. In addition to Mike Anderson grant funding to help in defraying already exist downtown? Is the ‘arts’ element of the project Absolutely I support this the cost of this project, hopewhich builds upon the unique this truly a “need,” or is it just project. The arts are a major part character of the area, the project Greg Robinson fully setting the stage for more a “want”? As the saying goes, No. This rebuild should not be grants to Lawrence arts commu- “the devil is in the details,” but of the identity of Lawrence. And provides long needed infrastrucnity developments. This project I want to continue to support the ture improvements such as prop- considered until the input from the project does have the pothose which will be affected are will cement Lawrence as the arts and projects like this in Law- er roads, sidewalks and lighting tential to benefit Lawrence. known. The current process is, cultural center of Kansas, and rence. I look forward to working to an area that has been widely “We’re going to do this, come tell will develop national attention on Cori Viola with all parties involved to make ignored for decades. What I’d No, I do not support the cursure everyone feels excited and like to focus the city money on is us what you want, we’ll consider our city. This supports attracting rent proposal of this project. proud of the final product. infrastructure such as sidewalks, it and build what we want.” This new citizens and businesses to process was used for Rock Chalk the city, thereby growing our tax Issues including but not limited lighting and streets. Getting Stuart Boley to police department needs, Tax Park and we see how voters base. This type of collaborative the arts community and tourYes, provided the neighbors leadership is what I hope to bring mental health concerns in ism would be simply a benefit to thought of this. are partners in the project.

Lawrence, and affordable housto the City Commission. such investments.

Terry Riordan ing should be addressed first.

David Crawford Justin Priest This project is really a corridor Bob Schumm Topeka recently completed the No. The current project has No. I do support the updating Yes, absolutely. Ninth Street that connects downtown to the NOTO Arts District in which no been driven by development of infrastructure. is “beat up” and is on the rebuild city money was used. Public arts district and will energize interests rather than by the list. This “arts project”—with art grants and private donations both areas. Using complete needs of affected neighborhoods Stan Rasmussen integrated into the design phase completed the project for the streets will encourage walkI support the proposed Ninth and artists. It is yet another of the street engineering— has ing, biking and safe automobile city of Topeka, and I believe Street project because it brings example of the outsized influthe potential to become one of travel. It will incorporate art (while it may make many Lawtogether three things we value ence of special interests in local Lawrence’s greatest assets. We projects that are made by local rencians cringe) that we should in our community: a vibrant government. However, with the are fortunate to have received a and national artist. We have a take a page from their book and significant involvement of these downtown, support for arts and $500,000 grant to produce this follow the same form in imple$500,000 grant to reduce the neighborhood leaders and artists, culture, and respect for our hisproject. price making it even a better menting this project. tory and heritage. With inclusive value. Most importantly this the Ninth Street corridor could Gary Williams community input and sensitivity project showed how the citizens Leslie Soden be a model for the nation. We More input and information No, we need not to use tax to residents who will be directly need an “arts corridor” project of East Lawrence voiced their dollars for such a project as this affected, the Ninth Street project concerns for unintended changes is needed before the city fully that places the needs of the commits to this project by dione. community first and encourages will bring lasting benefits to to their community lifestyle and affordable housing and artist spaces.

Lawrence by helping build a richer, more intimate, and more vibrant connection between East Lawrence and downtown.

The project also has potential to expand the creative economy in Lawrence by melding entrepreneurship and the arts and providing opportunities for new creative businesses.

We listened creating a task force that takes those worries into serious consideration. It’s a big win for the entire city.

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In 2014 the city built a new dual-lane roundabout on Wakarusa Drive, and it is considering building more in the future.

Do you support the use of roundabouts in the city?

Kristie Adair Roundabouts can be effective if they are used properly. I would like to look at an overall policy for our streets that considers the encouragement of multimodal transportation. We may be able to save money by not expanding into roundabouts.

Mike Anderson If door knocking in our community has taught me anything, it’s that almost everyone dislikes roundabouts, especially duallane roundabouts. One woman I talked with said she goes 4 minutes out of her way just to avoid a dual-lane roundabout. If the community doesn’t like them, and they cost the city more to construct, then I am not going to support them. I’m certainly open to hearing arguments for them, but I have yet to hear a slam dunk argument.

Stuart Boley Statistics indicated roundabouts reduce accidents and congestion. But I believe roundabouts should be installed during the construction or reconstruction of a street, not after a street has been resurfaced. Retrofitting roundabouts in existing neighborhoods presents significant obstacles in achieving enough space and less inconvenience to the neighborhood.

David Crawford Lawrence has installed some roundabouts that are too small and confined to be safe and efficient. Roundabouts should be used when they can be shown to improve safety and efficient flow of traffic.

Matthew Herbert While there are certainly some locations where roundabouts have made sense, I believe the city’s fascination with building them has led us to put them anywhere and everywhere we possibly can. As such, I do not support the broad expansion of roundabouts throughout the community. Roundabouts are an incredibly costly alternative to a 4-way stop and can present great difficulties to our fire and medical responders in navigating their narrow passageways. In crafting a budget, roundabouts should be treated as a luxury we pursue only if extra money exists. These are not a high priority.

Justin Priest No. I do not support roundabouts.

Stan Rasmussen I generally support the use of roundabouts in Lawrence in locations where they make sense. Studies have shown that roundabouts are able to move

more cars per hour through an intersection than a four-way stop. In addition, roundabouts are safer because, in the event of an accident, cars are moving at a slower speed and T-bone crashes are eliminated. Roundabouts also help reduce air pollution by reducing idling time of vehicles. Although roundabouts may make sense, cost and disruption of construction must also be weighed against the benefits before expanding our use of roundabouts to new Lawrence locations.

Greg Robinson If designed in the proper way during the initial construction of developments, then such roadway enhancements can be quite beneficial. However, the logic of placing some of these most recent roundabouts defies logic.

Terry Riordan Children hate shots, citizens hate roundabouts but just because we don’t like them doesn’t mean they are bad. Safety first.

There are 16 conflict points at a four-way stop and four conflict points at roundabout. Four-way stops cause high impact T-bone collisions with severe injuries and roundabouts are minor rear end with minor injuries. Roundabouts produce less CO2. I travel Wakarusa daily and see up to 20

cars stopped at Harvard and at most one car at the roundabout.

Although I hate roundabouts they’re safer for our citizens and the environment by scientific studies. Let’s go with safety.

Rob Sands I support any project that keeps traffic clear and citizens safe. Roundabouts are widely recognized in several studies as reducing vehicle-vehicle collisions, pedestrian-vehicle collisions, and vehicle-bicycle collisions when compared to signaled intersections. While they reduce risk of injury and fatal collisions, they do not eliminate all risks. Roundabouts are not appropriate at every single intersection, but their use at certain intersections is appropriate and I support them.

I urge anyone not convinced of roundabout safety to find the US Department of Transportation’s study on roundabout safety.

Bob Schumm Yes. They are safer and more economical than traffic signals and move vehicles in a more efficient manner.

Leslie Soden I have mixed feelings about roundabouts. Some are successful, such as at 19th and Barker, but some were an unnecessary expense, such as the two large

ones on Kasold Street, north of Peterson Road. I was very concerned about a two-lane roundabout on Wakarusa, especially in using eminent domain to purchase land from adjacent property owners. Let’s give ourselves a little time to learn from this newly built one, especially in terms of design layout and pedestrian/bike safety, before plunging into another two-lane roundabout project.

Cori Viola No. As someone who lives right off of Wakarusa and Legends, this roundabout was a huge inconvenience and waste of taxpayer money. In fact, the City Commission conceded that the intersection did not meet the volume requirements for a roundabout, but since they road was being repaved, they decided to put one there anyway. I do not support the use of such flagrant spending, especially in an area that is already well-maintained and structurally sound. This money needed to be used in areas where streets may be cracking, pot holes are forming, or sidewalks are becoming hazardous.

Gary Williams No, very costly and very dangerous. Rather have the four-way stop.

The city has been asked to approve financial incentives designed to spur the installation of additional gigabit, super-fast broadband service in Lawrence. Do you support the idea of providing a financial incentive to private companies interested in providing enhanced broadband services to the community?

Kristie Adair This is an area in which I have a financial interest so I do not think it would be appropriate for me as a city commission candidate to address this issue.

Mike Anderson At the moment, no. This is an issue we cannot rush into. This is a prime example of how we should be in communication with other cities that have gone through successes and failures surrounding this issue. As of late 2014, twenty-four U.S. cities now offer gigabit internet. Let’s talk with them. Let’s look at what Cleveland is doing with their new commercial broadband services, let’s learn from the failures and successes of what Chattanooga tried, let’s talk with Cedar Falls, Iowa about their own high-speed, municipally owned networks.

Let’s research before we act.

Stuart Boley As a general rule, I believe private enterprise is best suited to meeting the needs of the purchasing public. If there is substantial public need and not a general public need, I believe business can best assess the need and the ability to service that need.

David Crawford No. The current process has

yielded no tangible results and has put Lawrence behind other cities in the race to provide true high-speed Internet services to the community. Lawrence should proceed immediately with a project similar to Chattanooga’s extremely successful municipally owned fiber-to-the-premises system. This is something we can and must do now.

Matthew Herbert While the development of gigabit broadband internet service is without question an initiative I support in Lawrence, I do NOT support the city offering loan guarantees to a private business or private individual for the development of such a program, particularly when private investors who are seeking no public incentives exist. While it appears broadband service will ultimately have to be regulated as a utility we must be careful in crafting our city’s fiber policy in such a way that we do not deter private internet companies and investors from being attracted to Lawrence.

Justin Priest No. Private companies will make profit off public funds.

Stan Rasmussen At this time, I believe there are businesses willing to

competitively bid to provide enhanced high-speed internet service in Lawrence. While the City has an inherent oversight role when leasing its fiber network, I currently see no need to consider the use of financial incentives. If the market fails to respond, we can consider other options, but for now, before contributing City tax dollars to the effort, I think we should start the process to solicit bids from providers who are willing to invest in providing highspeed internet to our community that is reliable, predictable, consistent, and secure.

Greg Robinson No, not as currently briefed to the commission.

Terry Riordan Fiber access to all Lawrence Citizens is paramount for me. Access to gigabytes fiber will bring new businesses to Lawrence and also allow expansion of existing businesses requiring this.

We own a ring of fiber around the city with excess capacity and can be rented to companies at low cost, this being a great incentive. Utilizing access to city right-of-way as an incentive is also smart. Building out a system for the city is too costly and best left to private companies with incentivizing their buildout

as above with some incentives as mentioned above. Incentives only if necessary.

Rob Sands This is a terrific opportunity to work with the University as well as the county to develop a phased plan to puts gigabit service in the right areas first, then spreading to residential areas. I support gigabit internet in Lawrence, but I believe the City Commission needs to take a more proactive role in attracting carriers. As a member of the City Commission, I would work with the University and businesses within the city to develop the areas that need gigabit service to attract new businesses and expand our tax base.

oritize fiber-optic Internet services. I feel we need to begin exploring the option of offering it as a public utility by the city. To me that is the safest, fairest and most secure option available. We need to look at what other cities are doing, and then learn from their successes and mistakes. We could make it cost-neutral by charging user fees, and by phasing in implementation, prevent a huge initial price tag. Incentivizing private companies should be more of a last ditch effort, rather than a first effort.

Bob Schumm I support the establishment of gigabit, superfast broadband service. It is apparent to me that in order to reach this position, as demonstrated by our consulting firm, that the city will have to participate financially in some way. I would support an incentive by building out the middle mile of fiber and then opening that asset up to the provider that can deploy the fiber system.

Cori Viola I absolutely support the use of incentives to spur the installation of an ultra-high speed broad band service in Lawrence.

Ultra-high speed internet has the potential to attract businesses to Lawrence, giving Lawrence the potential to become one of the fiercest economic competitors in the region. Businesses that use huge amounts of data need the ultra-high speed internet to function. The easiest example is hospitals. Hospitals store massive amounts of data, and that data is much more easily accessible with this type of internet.

Leslie Soden Our city absolutely needs to take an active role and pri-

Gary Williams No! Not interested at all.

What is the biggest issue facing Lawrence neighborhoods?

Kristie Adair Lack of economic opportunity.

Our community is losing jobs and growing much slower than other communities. We need to address this issue first so that we have funds to improve neighborhood infrastructure.

Mike Anderson For the majority of people I talked with, it’s schools. People are frustrated with the decisions and cuts being made in Topeka, and they worry about the future for their children.

But for the more local level and what the city commission can control – I think the biggest issue is the worry of what is happening with our sales and property taxes. People want to know our economic vision for the future, and they want the security of knowing that the right decisions are made regarding their tax dollars. People want to feel they are being represented on the City Commission.

Stuart Boley I do not know of any one issue facing all of our neighborhoods.

I think each neighborhood is unique, endowed with its own assets and challenges. Perhaps, the most general issue facing our neighborhoods is assuring our tax dollars are efficiently and effectively spent. My 32 years as an IRS agent can bring my analysis skills to the commission.

David Crawford The biggest obstacle to maintaining healthy and vibrant Lawrence neighborhoods is the outsized influence of development interests in local government. I will place the needs of Lawrence neighborhoods above the desires of real estate developers.

Matthew Herbert Many of our neighborhoods face an issue of equity in the area of service availability. As a city commissioner, your role is to ensure that public safety and access to infrastructure are available to all parts of Lawrence, and as such we must look to see if we are providing adequate police and fire protection to all parts of Lawrence. I believe upon closer inspection we will find that fire services to North Lawrence may be inadequate. In addition, access to grocery in the Northeastern portion of Lawrence seems to be a pressing concern for many of our neighbors.

Justin Priest The biggest issue facing Lawrence neighborhoods is aging infrastructure.

Stan Rasmussen I think our biggest challenge, and opportunity, is to maintain and protect the individual character of each of our neighborhoods while moving forward in a way that keeps Lawrence strong for the future. I’ve lived

in different parts of Lawrence over my life, and I’ve learned that our differences don’t have to be divisive if we listen and support each other with a view toward the well-being of the community as a whole. We have a wonderfully diverse community, but it can present challenges when we work to create public policy that serves all of our residents fairly.

will seek their employment elsewhere, slowing our growth and hurting us in the long run.

The only way we will ever see property and sales tax relief is through smart, sustainable economic growth.

Bob Schumm Low wage and salary growth prohibits money being reinvested in our older housing stock.

Greg Robinson Deterioration of infrastructure. Leslie Soden The biggest issue facing LawTerry Riordan rence neighborhoods is having a There are different neighborlimited voice in city government, hoods with different needs. East and not being able to rely on Lawrence needs sidewalks, safe the city to follow existing codes streets and support for their and city planning documents. older homes with low cost city Quality of life concerns are often services. Oread has many needs marginalized when up against with parking and rental blight large investment interests. Too being very important. West many exceptions are given to Lawrence requires thoughtful developers which has created a development of open land and highly politicized atmosphere at repair of high volume streets City Hall. Projects greatly benefit suffering from overuse. I could from strong research, public go on and on but am limited by planning and full transparency.

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Rock Chalk Park would have benefited from a more open Rob Sands and thorough process from step Tax revenue leaving the city. one, which would have avoided I’ve spoken to several of our the ugly questions and need for neighbors that have told me audits today. that they leave the city to do Cori Viola their shopping in Overland Park Based on community feedor Topeka. But it goes beyond back, the biggest issue facing anecdotes involving shopping. many Lawrence neighborhoods Without attracting businesses that hire educated, well trained is feeling as though they have a professionals, our students in the voice in city government. Many university and our high schools citizens feel railroaded by the

City Commission, believing that their opinions don’t count, and the commission will do what it wants regardless of feedback.

This deters participation in local government which is crucial for democracy to function, and is perhaps why voters turnouts in municipal elections are so incredibly low. Community feedback should be used as a way to shape policy and initiatives, and listening sessions should be used not as a political ploy, but as a way to hear what Lawrencians truly want for the city of Lawrence.

Gary Williams Good neighborhoods only happen when residents take pride and are interested in working together to keep the neighborhood a good place to live. Common problems: vehicles (abandoned, improper parking); junk and garbage; neglected yards; noise (parties, events, vehicles, equipment); animals (dead animals, rats and insects, stray pets); snow removal; rental property (maintenance, occupancy); public property maintenance (right of way, drains, street lights, parks); new construction-related issues (uncapped foundation, mud on street, noise); traffic; water/storm water (runoff from yards, plugged storm drain); problem reporting (where to call for common problems).

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The city in 2014 approved a new registration and licensing program for apartments and other rental units in the city.

Inspections are set to begin in July. Do you support the program as approved?

Kristie Adair I would like to see a year of inspections and evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the program at that time. After the first year we can then see if we have a continued need for the program.

properties with pride and their tenants with honesty. I look forward to seeing the reports of the functionality of the program.

David Crawford Yes, I believe the program represents a good start toward Mike Anderson ensuring safe and decent housI’m cautiously optimistic about ing for all Lawrence residents this program. It is in place to make who rent, while maintaining sure everyone has access to a safe affordability in housing. It should and habitable living environment. be thoroughly reviewed and And I certainly support that. We strengthened, based on successneed to make sure landlords are ful programs in other cities and complying with property mainparticularly in other cities with tenance standards. I understand large universities. these inspections might be bothMatthew Herbert ersome, but at any location they I believe public safety should will only happen to 10% of units be a top priority of the commisevery 3 years. And then every 6 sioners, but I do have some resyears if the inspections find no ervations with regulating homes violations. But I’m also worried if the same as restaurants, in that we are able to adequately staff this program, and whether it is too once a lease is signed a rental property is someone’s home, over-reaching. Hopefully we’ve not a public space. As such, I done the research. have some concerns about the Stuart Boley legality, with regards to 4th The jury is still out on whether amendment rights, that the city the present program will achieve has in inspecting people’s homes the desired results of improving without probable cause. I would housing standards. I do believe not vote to kill the registration the Community Health Plan program, but would like to see suggests many ways we can the registration program put improve standards. And while more resources into investigatthere are some landlords who ing tenant complaints, perhaps take advantage of people, most by setting up an anonymous landlords I know treat their complaint hotline.

Justin Priest I agree with the registration, licensing and inspection for rental units, but owner occupied units should be included.

Stan Rasmussen Because rental licensing and inspection is focused on safety of the tenant, I generally support the rental inspection program. The success of this program requires the city to ensure safe and livable rental housing, without imposing arbitrary penalties on property owners. The inspection program should be carefully monitored so that it is applied fairly and stays focused on health and safety issues.

Greg Robinson I can support a registration and licensing program provided that intrusions into a tenant’s home are respected to the utmost extent of the law. Renters should not be placed in a less desirable position than homeowners.

One policy modification could be that inspections are to be carried out when there is a change in tenants during the move in period and then only if problems are readily apparent or if the tenant contacts city inspectors.

Terry Riordan I wholeheartedly support this program. This is about public health and safety. I pushed hard for passage when this regulation was voted on. This public issue was addressed using no tax dollars. We have 172 completed inspections with a 77% failure rate. 129 violations were lacking smoke alarms and 65 GFCI receptacles which are easily corrected with very little cost and more importantly, lifesaving.

Windows that didn’t open, window locks and nonfunctioning plumbing fixtures were common.

There was a 76% reinspection rate with a 76% correction rate.

This program was needed and already successfully facilitating needed safety improvements.

Bob Schumm Yes. Leslie Soden Yes I do support the rental registration and licensing program as approved. I believe that city staff has done an excellent job of addressing concerns on both sides of the issue. Safe rental housing is important for all people in Lawrence, especially for our low-income citizens and university students, and this program helps ensure that.

Cori Viola Absolutely. As a student and six year resident of Lawrence, I have extensive experience as a renter. It is no secret that most renters and students in Lawrence do not have the Rob Sands political or monetary resources I support the concept of ensur- to enforce the legal standard ing that rental properties are in of living required of landlords. good order and safe for tenants. I This lack of power allows some do not agree with the fee sched- landlords to take advantage of ule the city has adopted. The city vulnerable populations. Thwarthas set a fee schedule that will ing this unethical practice was help defray the cost to the city imperative. It is refreshing to of the inspectors as well as a flat see policies aimed towards rate of $50 for each dwelling unit protecting members of our inspected. There will be a myriad community who are often unof other costs associated with derrepresented. successfully passing inspection. I foresee many of these costs be- Gary Williams Yes, this will be of a protection ing passed to the tenants in the for all tenants. form of rent increases.

A proposal has been made by a development group to create a major new retail area just south of the South Lawrence Trafficway and Iowa Street interchange? Are you supportive of rezoning property for major new retail developments in the community?

Kristie Adair I feel that Horizon 2020 set in place a plan for the city so we had an overall picture. I think it would be more beneficial to the city as a whole if we could look at in-fill as opposed to sprawl. If the developer still feels that is the best place then we should let them know we will not pay for building the roads and services out to them.

This has worked well in many other communities such as Boulder.

Mike Anderson I am. The new South Lawrence Trafficway is certainly going to help with our marketing issues. And if our desire is to create jobs, and to create growth, then I think this is a good thing. Rezoning can certainly be a delicate issue, but if done for the right reasons can be very productive for our economy. Any research of this issue offers pros and cons.

However, after looking at all the arguments I think we would be missing out on an important opportunity if we said no.

prepared to assess each project on its own merits.

to rezone. New retail creates jobs.

David Crawford In the past, zoning decisions have often been driven by development interests, not community interests. Any new commercial zoning should be done thoughtfully and consistently with the city’s comprehensive plans. No new commercial zoning should be granted that causes vacancies and the resultant blight in existing commercial areas, including Downtown Lawrence.

Stan Rasmussen Rezoning of undeveloped land is not uncommon and is often expected along the fringes of our city limits. As the K-10/SLT project is completed, we should expect a number of development proposals along this route. We must get this right, because we will live with the consequences of these development decisions for decades to come. For this reason, I am advocating that the City planning staff and Planning Commission prepare a corridor development plan so that we can properly assess the implications of how we should direct the zoning along the K-10/SLT corridor (see www.

StanforLawrence.com for more details).

Matthew Herbert I am in support of the Southpoint development and have grown frustrated by the way this project was allowed to stall out by our commission. The group of investors looking to develop this area were seeking no tax incentives or public subsidies but rather were simply looking for approval to break ground on a project that would create jobs and economic development in the community. This is the exact type of economic deStuart Boley velopment we need, given the Each proposal must be evalugrowing demand that compleated on a case-by-case basis, tion of the South Lawrence considering many factors, includ- Trafficway will create. ing impact on surrounding areas, Justin Priest investment required by the city, Yes, as the city grows we have and several other issues. I am

tax dollars to Lawrence. It was also a complicated plan because it significantly increased commercial/retail space that is far above city recommendations for this area. Despite this difficulty, I truly believe that this node will be developed in a very appropriate way in the near future and I would be supportive of a project similar to the one that has been withdrawn from discussion when that occurs. We cannot say yes/no unless we have a project before us that can be judged on its merits.

Rob Sands Any rezoning must happen in accordance with guidelines set forth by the Horizon plan. I applaud the city in rewriting this plan, and hope that the rewrite and implementation are much quicker than the initial approval timeline. Changes to zonGreg Robinson ing need to be the exception, The expansion of the city rather than the rule. However, I also increases the costs for city don’t see any change in zoning infrastructure. So unless the of that area being a departure proposed development is able from what is already north of to generate new taxing sources the interchange. I generally to pay for the expansion of city support limited rezoning for services, then one has to look economic growth opportunivery closely at the proposal. ties.

Terry Riordan This developer has withdrawn this request. It was excellent proposal to bring new

Bob Schumm Yes, as long as we don’t degrade other established commercial areas.

Leslie Soden I think it’s important to have a project fully on the table before rezoning property. Zoning changes may come into direct opposition to a neighborhood plan or city plan that already exists. New major retail development must also take into consideration the actual retail needs of the city and any potential negative impact on existing businesses and our historic downtown. We have a comprehensive plan already, and there would need to be very compelling and concrete economic outcomes to deviate from that plan.

Cori Viola Yes, I am supportive of rezoning that property for retail development. I believe it will create an economic center that Lawrence needs. In that same vain, though, I want the area to be easily accessible to the entire Lawrence community. As it stands now, it is only accessible if one has a car or lives within walking distance. Bike routes, safe pedestrian walkways, or a bus route should be considered in developing that property.

Gary Williams Yes, Limited areas to build, and if it brings additional jobs to the area.

Given the other needs of the city, what is the likelihood that you would support the idea of city assistance for a new conference center in the community? (Full disclosure: Members of The World Company, which owns the Journal-World and LJWorld.com, have put forward a proposal for a downtown project that includes a conference center.)

Kristie Adair We have other opportunities to promote growth in our community that are more in line with the City’s economic development policy.

Mike Anderson Currently my likelihood is low. I would have to read and hear compelling arguments why city assistance is needed.

It’s not just about providing a sound argument why it would be important for our community to have a new conference center; it’s also about providing a sound argument why you would need city assistance for it, and what kind/how much assistance you need. But I’m certainly open to hearing those arguments. Difficult and smart questions need to be asked.

David Crawford A state-of-the-art conference center – particularly one located in Downtown Lawrence – could be a valuable asset to our community. However, site selection and design must be thoughtful and smart, driven by community needs and community benefit rather than by special interests. The design should enhance the vibrancy of Downtown Lawrence, creating lively pedestrian- and bicyclefriendly spaces, preserving and restoring historic buildings, respecting the integrity of adjacent residential neighborhoods, and incorporating world-class architectural design elements.

Matthew Herbert I am open to the idea of a city supported conference center, but do not believe this Stuart Boley should be a top budget priorA comprehensive Capital ity. There could be economic Improvement Plan needs to benefits to the city participatbe organized and updated ing in the development of a regularly with input from the conference center. However, public. The Conference Center in that some of our past city could be a significant asset for involved projects, such as the our community, but it must be Riverfront Plaza, have turned weighed against all needs and out to be utter failures, I the ability to fund those needs. would want to take a long look Assistance from the City can be at the proposal before I would weighed in many other ways, lend my support to it. Without other than financial. seeing specifics, this is not

a project that I would blindly lend my support to.

Justin Priest I would not support a new conference center. Use vacant existing buildings.

Stan Rasmussen I think the proposed conference center located at the north end of downtown has great potential to enhance both the quality of our downtown experience and the financial viability of downtown. A regular and steady stream of out of town visitors who are spending their money shopping and dining downtown will lure more retail back to downtown and will strengthen the financial potential for all of our existing downtown businesses.

Greg Robinson No, unless all revenues generated above the bond payments are earmarked as a rebate to taxpayers.

Terry Riordan I would be very much in support of a conference center but only if we can afford it.

We have many other needs that have to be met before we consider a convention center.

This might be a good example of trying to think out-of-the-box and encourage private rather than public investment. Public investment could be considered but only after we take care of our police needs and other infrastructure projects that need to be funded. There are ways of public support without great public cost in our city toolbox that can be used here.

Rob Sands I am a member of different organizations that hold yearly conferences, and from that experience I can say that Lawrence loses a lot of conferences due to lack of adequate space. As with all other issues, I support responsible projects that can demonstrate economic gains to the city.

As far as specific assistance, it would have to be a case by case basis, but I support it in a general sense.

Bob Schumm I would support a conference center that did not raise taxes as long as it was established in the downtown.

Leslie Soden The ultimate question is this: How many and what kinds of permanent full-time jobs

with benefits will this convention center create? Economic development policies should be used to create those kinds of jobs as an immediate, primary outcome. Perhaps partnering with KU might be a fruitful partnership for the convention center developers to explore. I have been disappointed to see our current City Commissioners use public incentives to subsidize luxury student housing and hotels. We need to raise the bar higher when using tax payer monies.

Cori Viola I would support a conference center in downtown Lawrence.

However, I do not support the use of city funding to move this project forward, nor do I support tax incentives used for this project. Additionally, because the proposed location at Sixth and Massachusetts is already congested, I hope to see proposals regarding parking so as to minimize congestion within that intersection.

Gary Williams No, City needs to stay away from this project.

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In 2014 there were six homicides in Lawrence, the highest number in at least a decade.

Is there anything the Lawrence City Commission can do to improve public safety in the community?

Kristie Adair I would like to address that issue in several different ways.

Improved mental health support.

Several homicides were committed by persons with mental health needs. We also need to address the issue of economic opportunity.

Fully employed young men tend to be better at avoiding trouble.

Finally we need a program to get officers better involved with the communities they support. KHP has done a great job of this with the Tweeting Troopers project.

Citizens feel better able to connect with law enforcement and could likely feel more comfortable reaching out.

data collection methods.

David Crawford This is a disturbing statistic.

New police facilities along with policies that encourage proven community policing strategies would do much to improve public safety. Lawrence should also do whatever is possible, consistent with state law, to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and others likely to use them improperly.

an atmosphere of civility and respect between each other and the community.

Stan Rasmussen The City Commission can help improve safety in a variety of ways, such as providing the police department with the facilities, equipment and personnel they need to serve our community, requiring proper lighting for new and redeveloped properties, supporting neighborhood watch proMatthew Herbert grams, and encouraging citizens As our community grows, the to work collaboratively with the growth of crime is statistically Police Department to take an acpredictable. As a city commistive role in keeping their neighborsion we cannot control the achoods safe. In addition, we should tions of individuals, but can make have high expectations of our city Mike Anderson sure that our response to such staff and police officers for enforcAbsolutely. It is all about crime is efficient and effective. ing the law consistently and fairly maintaining a solid relationship This can be done by making sure throughout our community. and communication with the we provide our police departGreg Robinson police and sheriff’s departments. ment with adequate resources, No. The easy answer is to say We need to make sure those de- training and staffing. In addition, yes and to say to provide the popartments continue to have the as the state has dumped the resources they need for crime issue into the laps of cities, it will lice department more funds. Police is reactionary and calls for service prevention. My hope and belief is be important for Lawrence to generated by reports from our that 2014 will be an anomaly. properly address mental health citizens. More money is not going issues within our community.

Stuart Boley We can either treat the problem to stop crime, but greater inclusion We need to provide our police or we can continue to pay to of a diverse population and greater department with the tools eseconomic opportunities will help incarcerate those in need. sential to protecting our neighmore than additional police. borhoods. The recent approval of Justin Priest Yes. Character counts.

Terry Riordan police dogs is one efficient use of I am very concerned about the resources. We must also provide The character of Lawrence in homicides in Lawrence. We need many ways is a reflection of its the police with the ability to to first look at the root causes of track and predict crime using ex- leadership. Good commissionthese incidents and try to solve ers should naturally promote isting or, if necessary, improved

them. We also need to support our police as stated above because they need adequate facilities that allows them to protect us. We should encourage every citizen to participate in reporting unsafe activity and inform officials of unsafe and dangerous situations.

Citizen involvement encouraged by the Commission is cheap and effective. Prevention is a must.

Safety First.

Rob Sands Statistics show that most crime is drug related. I support measures already taken by the LPD to improve investigations of drug related crime, and new police facility will assist them. But we cannot forget about demand reduction and counselling programs. The City Commission must take a proactive role by bring key organizations to the table and develop a public-private partnership to fund demand reduction and rehabilitation services in the city.

must become a major City Commission goal and budget priority.

We must work in collaboration with the county and schools.

Let’s talk about solutions: creating a “crisis stabilization center” with the county, fully funding the WRAP program in public schools, and actively investigating supportive housing alternatives with on-site case management. I am very excited to participate in this public safety conversation, as I see many potential healthy outcomes for our community.

Cori Viola Public safety begins with systematic changes. First, increase trust between vulnerable populations of the community and law enforcement officials by eliminating recoupment fees in municipal court. Second, increase transparency on the needs of the police department. I believe that many fear the militarization of our police (especially in light of the $150,000 armored tank and the $58,000 Bob Schumm custom van the Lawrence Police We need to have sufficient Department received), and trust police manpower and provide between officers and the comthe proper facilities for our public munity needs to be rebuilt. Third, safety personnel. in lieu of a jail expansion, fund a mental health center that allows Leslie Soden for those experiencing a crisis to Absolutely city commissioners receive treatment. can do more to improve public Gary Williams safety in our community. I truly Community awareness and believe that mental health issues education programs. are related to public safety and

In 2015, the city is budgeted to provide about $220,000 to the Lawrence Chamber of commerce to lead the community’s economic development efforts. Do you support that arrangement with the Chamber?

Kristie Adair Chambers of Commerce were created as a special interest group to advocate for business.

They do a great job. Public funds for economic development are not typically spent with a special interest group but rather with an unbiased agency.

Mike Anderson Economic growth and development in Lawrence is important. I have gone over the chambers strategic economic development plan with both chamber president Larry McElwain and COO Bonnie Lowe. I have confidence in them and their development priorities. I strongly believe the chamber’s development efforts will provide our community with the strengths and opportunities needed to raise our per capita median income, and provide the growth that we need.

Stuart Boley Yes. Furthermore, the Chamber has been successful in acquiring private funds to supplement the program. They are to be applauded.

David Crawford No. The Chamber plays an

important role in our community, but it is a lobbying organization that selects and supports candidates for local office. No such organization should receive public funds.

cause the Chamber serves an important economic role in our Community. The Chamber is the primary entity providing direct assistance to help Lawrence businesses achieve financial success and expand Matthew Herbert their operations, and in turn, I support the chamber’s ecothose businesses provide jobs nomic development initiatives so and economic opportunities for long as their primary focus is on many Lawrence residents. In supporting existing business. Too addition, the Chamber engages often, in an effort to lure the next in community-wide economic ‘greatest’ thing to Lawrence, we development efforts and works forget that 85% of all new jobs with the state legislature to are created by businesses that give Lawrence another voice already exist. I want to make in Topeka. A healthy relationsure our commission supports ship between the City and the existing business before we Chamber of Commerce conexpend effort luring competitributes to a healthy Lawrence tors. I am proud of the Chamber economy. for their recent re-evaluation Greg Robinson of priorities found within the No. “Community Economic Strategic Plan” which prioritizes assisting existing business over luring new Terry Riordan n the past the chamber has business. I would expect their achad at best mixed results for tions to support their words. recruiting large businesses to Justin Priest Lawrence. However with the apNo. I do not support that arpointment of Larry McElwain and rangement with the chamber. his expert and very active homegrown staff there emphasis has Stan Rasmussen changed dramatically the focus I support a relationship of the Chamber of Commerce. between the City and the This is best evidenced by the Chamber of Commerce, beDwayne Peaslee center which

has been championed by the chamber and provides us with a technical workforce that will bring new jobs to Lawrence. The chamber is now focusing hard on small business entrepreneurship still supporting large business expansion. This new direction causes me to be both supportive and optimistic.

Rob Sands I support public-private collaboration if it will benefit Lawrence citizens, and this partnership is one of those. The Chamber has recently reassessed its strategic plan to incorporate incentives for existing businesses and vocational training to build a professional work force for Lawrence and expand businesses that have been part of our community. I applaud the Chamber’s strategic plan and look forward to their assessment phase of the plan.

Bob Schumm Yes, in the last year, there has been a huge change in the Chamber for the better. The Chamber is the economic sales force for the City and County that is marketing Lawrence to the outside world. I truly believe we are now getting our money’s worth.

Leslie Soden I do support the city contributing to the Chamber’s economic development efforts. As long as the chamber keeps those public monies received from the city & county separate from funds received from their membership and advertising sources, I am comfortable with this arrangement. Since the chamber receives taxpayer monies, I do have concerns with any direct political advocacy by the Chamber.

Cori Viola I have reviewed the chambers plan for economic development and I support the city’s partnership with them. The plan set forth by the Chamber emphasizes local resources allocated to Lawrence based entrepreneurs. As mentioned before, local business development is crucial to the future of the Lawrence economy.

Partnership between the city and the chamber is essential in creating a centralized, sustainable economy.

Gary Williams Yes, economic development is very vital to the city’s growth for the future.

In 2008 voters approved a three-tenths of a percent sales tax to fund city-street maintenance and other infrastructure projects.

How would you rate the condition of city streets today?

Kristie Adair I think our streets are in great shape for automobile traffic. We could do a much better plan integrating Complete Streets ideas into upkeep and maintenance in a way that would encourage more pedestrian and bike usage of our streets.

Mike Anderson Medium. I cannot express enough how important I believe infrastructure is to a city. Infrastructure just isn’t important for public safety and public psyche, but it’s also important when marketing Lawrence. And the condition of the streets is a problem I see everywhere in Lawrence. It seems like every 2 years the condition of the streets is a major debate topic in these elections. We need better solutions.

Stuart Boley Most streets are in good condition, but several still need attention. We must make certain to keep the streets in good condition. If we were to defer maintenance, we would pay multiples of the original amount of maintenance. As the old ad used to say, “You can pay me now, or pay me later.”

David Crawford The condition of Lawrence streets is generally good. Maintaining and improving them will be a priority of mine. In general, maintaining and improving our infrastructure should take priority over special-interest projects promoted by development interests.

Matthew Herbert There is always room for improvement, and city infrastructure should remain a top priority for the city commission, but since 2008 we have completed major road improvement projects on many of Lawrence’s major roads, including 6th, 23rd, 31st and Kasold Drive leaving the overall condition of Lawrence roads better than they have been in quite some time. Given the road work completed, I think it may be time to shift the priority of infrastructure funding to other aspects of infrastructure such as our outdated, in some cases hundred year old sewer systems, and sidewalks.

Justin Priest On a scale of 1 to 10, I rate them a 4.

Stan Rasmussen Overall, I think the quality of Lawrence streets is very high, especially when compared to other Kansas communities.

While it may be frustrating at times to have to dodge potholes or detour around road maintenance projects, I think the city street maintenance staff works hard to keep up with the demands of street repair. I will continue to have high expectations that they will do a good job of prioritizing and distributing street improvement and maintenance projects around the community.

Greg Robinson It’s a dog chasing its tail. The more development means more streets, so the 3/10 of percent will simply not keep pace with growth. Infrastructure is and should always be a priority.

Terry Riordan Look around and see the tremendous improvements of our city streets, are infrastructure for water both waste and for drinking using tax monies. The reconstruction of the intersections at 23rd and Iowa, sixth in Iowa, 15th in Iowa and

Wakarusa are just three of these planned improvements with many more to come. The double inlet system for drinking water from the Kaw, the 36 inch water line pulled under the river to give duplicate water source to North Lawrence and subsequently south Lawrence are just two examples of anticipating public needs and meeting them correctly. This is a slam dunk improvement.

Rob Sands The major thoroughfares are getting better. While the construction is an inconvenience, the city planning department is planning those projects well.

Most residents may not like the streets in their neighborhoods, but repair and resurfacing of those streets come with additional challenges. As a member of the City Commission, I would vote to start addressing residential areas for resurfacing projects.

Bob Schumm Of the projects that have been completed so far, I rate the street improvement as excellent.

More work still needs to be accomplished.

Leslie Soden I think the city has done well with street improvements and maintenance. It seems our recurring street issues have more to do with foundational issues with the soil underneath, such as Kasold Street. I would like to see the city begin to spend more funds on brick street maintenance in the historic core of our city. Perhaps we can also use these funds to improve our sidewalks as well.

Cori Viola In certain areas, the streets are great. In other areas, the streets are almost incapable of sustaining traffic. Neighborhoods east of Massachusetts are neglected and should be the focus of future infrastructure repair projects. Additionally, 19th street is an area of concern. The street is beginning to deteriorate while handling increasing volumes of traffic.

Gary Williams Most of the city streets are in bad condition; there are many roads and alleys that are in need of major repair.

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In 2014 the city approved tax rebates for projects in East Lawrence, downtown and near the KU campus that were either wholly or largely for apartment development. Do you support providing tax incentives for apartment development?

Kristie Adair I do not support incentives for apartments or hotels. Those project, once built, will pull tenants from other apartments and hotels that are operating without a tax incentive. Those empty units would mean less money for property owners to maintain their property or hire others to do so. We need to keep a fair, overall perspective in mind when considering tax incentives.

Every single economic development dollar should go through a competitive process including tax incentives.

city commission has granted tax breaks that are nothing but “welfare for the rich” – a simple transfer of wealth from ordinary taxpayers to developers and other business interests. However, I do support use of public incentives when they represent a clear benefit to under-served citizens of Lawrence.

Stuart Boley No. Incentives should be used to create jobs, not apartments.

Stan Rasmussen Our first priority for tax incentives should be focused on bringing quality businesses and primary jobs to our community to create opportunity and prosper-

Matthew Herbert Put simply, absolutely not. The purpose of a tax abatement is to lure industry that doesn’t presently exist and that will bring about a large number of jobs. Apartments do not meet either of these two Mike Anderson qualifications. Operating in a free I certainly understand how market system, there is already tax incentives can be imporample demand for apartments tant for economic growth, and to be built without the city giving for attracting new businesses. away tax incentives. A classic Currently however, the arguexample of poor leadership in this ments for these incentives for area was the granting of an 85 apartment developments are percent tax abatement for the not strong enough. Too much ‘Here at Kansas’ project led by an money/time is being given away. out-of-state developer that built With incentives, our focus should a large apartment building across be on creating jobs, economic from the football stadium. growth, and raising our meJustin Priest dian per capita income. When it I do not support providing tax comes to tax incentives, we need incentives for apartment develto start asking tougher quesopment. tions, and doing more research.

David Crawford No. I believe that the current

ity for all of our residents. When considering tax abatement, each request should be judged on its own merits. With the abundance of apartments in our town, I expect in the future that very few apartment-only projects will satisfy the city-approved criteria for tax abatement: meeting approved economic development standards, enhancing downtown, promoting infill, incorporating environmentally sustainable elements into the design, and providing other public benefits to the community.

ment. Public money that comes from tax incentives should come with strings attached, and these Rob Sands strings need to benefit the public I support use of tax incentives good in positive ways. If there with conditions. The city must is no public benefit to a project, develop a set of guidelines that other than increased propawards the best incentives to erty tax and a hope for “trickle businesses that can demonstrate down” economics in the form long term, well paid employof increased restaurant and bar ment to Lawrence residents. All sales, then it needs to remain a other projects, including hotels privately funded project. and rental properties, should be allowed to apply for lesser incen- Cori Viola I worry about incentives tives to entice development. encouraging overdevelopment in Greg Robinson Bob Schumm particular areas. In my opinion, No, unless it is for affordable The East Lawrence project and with the addition of the housing projects. For profit, was for affordable housing and apartments above what used to mega complexes should not helped to revitalize a blighted be Pachamamas, construction of receive city financing or support area, and I supported that projluxury apartments is no longer which is not readily available to ect. The Downtown Lawrence necessary. I would like to see afother local citizens. project fulfills a long-term goal fordable apartments constructed of establishing living units in the in underdeveloped sections of Terry Riordan central business district in order Lawrence that include units with I support a well reasoned and to help the downtown sustain below market rate options for judicious use of tax abatements. itself, and I supported that projthose who are caught between The low income projects in East ect. I did not vote in favor of the the high cost of living in LawLawrence produced affordable 11th & Indiana project that would rence and low income. Instead high quality housing. Mixed build luxury apartments for the of allowing developers generous use apartment projects and a upper 2%. I decide tax rebate tax abatements, those incentives new Hotel have invigorated the questions on a case by case situ- should be geared towards small downtown. The Public Incentive ation. business entrepreneurs attemptReview Committee carefully anaing to build a company and lyzed data and stated that there Leslie Soden provide sustainable employment The Poehler building is a great in Lawrence. would be a significant return on project that involved the positive each dollar used as an incentive Gary Williams and bring new tax dollars to Law- elements of repurposing existYes, only if the developer rence citizens. As long as we can ing infrastructure, renewable seeks to build housing for low inenergy and affordable housing. justify incentives, improve our come families and have the rents tax base and return dollars to the I have not seen those elements based on their income. in other residential developcitizens I will seriously consider using incentives but only if it is justified.

The city last year opened Lawrence VenturePark, the new business park that was built on the former Farmland Industries fertilizer plant site in eastern Lawrence. Do you support the idea of providing tax abatements and other financial incentives to attract businesses to that park?

Kristie Adair I would support incentives for primary jobs. We need to keep in mind the areas of focus we have already listed in our Economic Development Plan: Agriculture, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Bioscience, and Information Technology. Those are areas that could bring new money into Lawrence.

Stuart Boley I would address each proposal on the merits of the plan. If the proposal provides good-paying jobs and benefits for our citizens and pays for itself in benefit for the community, I would look at the project approvingly.

David Crawford No. With every city using tax breaks to attract large busiMike Anderson nesses, we are in a national “race Possibly. In our current to the bottom” in which ordinary economic climate we are loscitizens and small businesses ing too much money on tax carry the tax load that should be abatements. I want to corshared by the largest businesses. rectly market Lawrence, grow I believe that tax breaks should the economy, and create jobs. encourage small, local business Therefore, sometimes we have development and should only be to offer financial incentives to used when there is a clear, costthose businesses that have pro- effective benefit to the Lawrence vided a thoroughly researched community – not just for wealthy and compelling argument for special interests. their incentive. However, I’m Matthew Herbert not going to offer a higher The conditions which the incentive just to attract a busicommission should consider ness to VenturePark. I want when considering the use of tax to be clear. If needed, I would incentives are two-fold. First, offer incentives to support does the project bring about new existing business or attract industry that does NOT presently business to Lawrence. I’m not exist in the community? Secondgoing to give a business a free ly, does the project create a very pass just to make sure they large number of living wage, with only go to VenturePark. When benefits jobs for the community? offering financial incentives, If the answer to either question difficult questions must be asked, businesses must be held is “no” tax incentives should not accountable, and the incentive be used. It is important that the industry be one that does not must be reasonable.

currently exist so that the city commission does not provide a competitive advantage for one business over another existing competitor already established in Lawrence.

jobs, then the City should reject such proposals.

Terry Riordan Lawrence is a wonderful city and many outside businesses investigate expansion into our Justin Priest community because of this fact.

I do support tax abatements In my discussion with other for businesses, as long as each cities , I conclude that a great business pays their employees a community and a strong school system with a good workforce livable wage. is essential to getting our foot in Stan Rasmussen the door. The Dwayne Peaslee When used wisely and center for technical education thoughtfully, tax abatements and and the school systems new other financial incentives can be tech center are an absolute part of an overall strategy to atnecessity for us to bring new tract quality businesses and pri- businesses to Lawrence. Howmary jobs to Venture Park. At the ever, today’s market emphasizes same time, we need to be fair profitability and public incentives to our existing businesses and carefully used are necessity to understand that most projects close the deal. So I would supshould be able to succeed on port the use of reasonable and their own merits. I am optimistic thoughtful incentives. that Venture Park will help give Rob Sands Lawrence an advantage when Absolutely, so long as the competing with other communibusiness can demonstrate long ties for new industrial development. A successful Venture Park term, well paid employment to Lawrence residents. will help create jobs, widen the tax base, and improve our local Bob Schumm economy.

Yes. Greg Robinson Tax incentives for Venture Leslie Soden Yes I am very much in favor Park would have to be closely of incentives we can offer at scrutinized. Unless, the proVenturePark, such as free land and posed business is bringing large number of above-average paying property tax abatements, to com-

panies creating permanent fulltime jobs with benefits. Amarr and Grandstand in East Hills Business Park have been great example of incentives that have directly led to the creation of permanent, fulltime jobs with benefits. I would be interested in how we can encourage “worker amenities” to locate at VenturePark and East Hills Business Park, such as daycare services and food trucks. I believe that would help attract large businesses and manufacturers to relocate there.

Cori Viola Yes, I am excited to see development in this area of Lawrence.

The location is easily accessible and development ready and I hope to see businesses begin construction soon. I support financial incentives to attract businesses to that park, with the caveat that certain employment standards are met. My goal is to create employment in Lawrence that will drastically reduce our turnover rate and encourage graduates of KU to begin their careers in Lawrence, instead of relocating to another city.

Gary Williams Yes, tax abatements will be fine with me, but financial incentives as loans for any and all companies I don’t support that whatsoever.

Given the other needs of the city, what is the likelihood that you would support additional funding for trails, bike lanes and other pedestrian-oriented projects in the community?

Kristie Adair I feel that supporting pedestrian projects will make Lawrence a better community. We can have sidewalks and trails that connect the entire community allowing people to walk and bike for transportation and recreation.

Studies have shown that walking as little as 30 minutes three times a week is as effective as an antidepressant.

Mike Anderson I would 100 percent support these projects. We need to have more discussions related to new urbanism in this town.

Issues like walkability, bike lanes, sustainability, and quality of life are very important. Take downtown for example. Parking downtown is a problem, and the congestion is about to get worse. Our downtown is a major piece of our identity.

Projects such as these would help alleviate these parking and congestion problems. As of right now, biking anywhere near downtown can be dangerous. This is certainly a problem.

Stuart Boley We need to give consideration to establishing walking and bicycling as a means of transportation, not just recreation.

The Community Health Plan addresses this and we should

begin implementing the recommendations.

David Crawford The likelihood is 110 percent. Pedestrian-oriented and bicycle-oriented public spaces are proven to promote healthy lifestyles, social interaction, and overall livability in cities.

They are also some of the best incentives for attracting creative people and innovative businesses to Lawrence.

Matthew Herbert Developing a pedestrianfriendly community is a great way to make a good city a great community. However, the costs associated with such projects can often times be prohibitively expensive. I would therefore recommend tying pedestrianoriented improvement projects into existing infrastructure redevelopment work, as was done with the re-paving of 9th street recently. By doing it this way, we are able to improve upon the pedestrian-friendly nature of city without having to pay to tear up and redo perfectly good existing infrastructure.

Justin Priest I do support funding for pedestrian-oriented projects.

Main focus should be on children safely getting to school.

Stan Rasmussen Since 1993, when I was on the Horizon 2020 Environmental Quality and Natural Resources Group, I have advocated for Lawrence to have an interconnected trail system. My family uses the hiking and biking trails around Lawrence on a regular basis.

While I like having hiking and biking trails in our community and feel that they add to our quality of life, we need to properly prioritize our city spending to place needs ahead of wants. That’s why it’s important to pursue creative funding opportunities like matching grants and partnerships so that we maximize our dollars spent for these amenities.

Greg Robinson Yes, provided such items actually promote the intended objective and are convenient to the citizens of Lawrence.

Terry Riordan I am for health and safety of the of the citizens of Lawrence as a pediatrician. It makes great good sense to me to create trails for walking, safe bike lanes for both exercise and as a mode of transportation. We already have in place a route that almost encircles the city now we should finish this and create safe paths to schools and work for children and adults. I support this type of

transportation for many reasons but once again it must be done with careful planning and careful use of tax dollars.

Rob Sands Quality of life measures like multi use paths are a core service and my number one priority.

As a commissioner, I would task the planning department to develop improvement plans for neighborhoods that desire additional paths but do not have them. I would then look to improving existing paths in neighborhoods that did already have them. Bike lanes on roads should be tied directly to road maintenance schedules and be installed if needed. Organizations like the Lawrence Pedestrian Coalition can assist the city in determining which areas are most in need.

Bob Schumm Non-motorized transportation projects need a renewable source of revenue each year. I support a line item in the CIP or general budget in order to improve the infrastructure for pedestrians and bicyclists.

Leslie Soden I absolutely support additional funding for pedestrian and bike oriented projects, but I do want to see clarification that these projects serve the nearby

residents in their day-to-day activities, rather than for primarily recreational purposes. They are all good projects, but serving the everyday needs of all of our citizens should be prioritized.

Sidewalks near schools and bus stops are a good example of projects that will have a direct and every day impact for our residents, and should be a high priority.

Cori Viola I would absolutely support funding for trails, bike lanes, and other pedestrian orientedprojects. This would not only increase the longevity of our roads by reducing the amount of traffic on them, but is essential for encouraging environmentally friendly transportation. Additionally, projects like these promote active living and wellness for Lawrence residents. City government should focus more on the long-term and projects that will be beneficial for the future generations of Lawrence.

Gary Williams Yes, I would support these; we have a large population that walks and rides bikes. Spring and summer activities are very active; many bike riders and folks are walking. When school is in session this is very active as well.

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Lawrence school board candidates for two-year term Marcel Harmon

By Elliot Hughes Twitter: @elliothughes12

Sometime after Marcel Harmon started having children, he figured he should get involved in schools.

With his kids, a boy and a girl, he had the personal connection. And as an applied anthropologist, who evaluates how humans interact with buildings and often works with schools, he had a background for it.

“I wanted my kids to see that I was involved in schools,” he said.

Harmon’s involvement started in 2009 with ad hoc advocacy groups and volunteer advisory boards for the district. By 2011, he was on a statewide council, the Kansas Next Generation Science Standard Review Committee.

That kind of resume got him appointed to the

Address: 753 Lauren St. Age: 46 Occupation: Applied anthropologist Education: Bachelor’s degree, Kansas State University; master’s and doctorate, University of New Mexico Family: Wife, Michelle, and two Harmon children Lawrence school board last September after another member resigned.

Six months later, his term is already expiring, and he’s decided to come back for more and run against three opponents for the lone two-year term available in this spring’s election.

“What I’m really worried about in general is the cuts we’re going to have to deal with from the state,” said Harmon, who speaks in a quiet voice. “For my own kids, I’m worried about them

from that standpoint as well.”

Harmon, 46, is a native of Cheney, a town of about 2,000 people 30 miles west of Wichita. He was raised by two teachers. He said their profession is “part of what defines me and my siblings.”

Harmon pursued a career in architectural engineering.

After earning a doctorate from the University of New Mexico, he worked as an engineer for about 10 years, and schools were often a cli-

ent of his. His family relocated to Lawrence about nine years ago, where a new job at M.E. Group allowed him to act less as an engineer and more as an anthropologist.

He said the district’s $92.5 million bond issue that will build a new education center and, among other amenities, give every school in the district a facelift (some more extensive than others) is one reason he was drawn to the board. Construction for some of those projects will continue well into 2016.

Across the country, Harmon said, schools generally have too little space for certain activities or lack the furniture that allows for a range of them. He said the bond issue will reverse much of that and his expertise can help the district navigate

through the endeavor.

“Before, they kind of made space work for what they needed and a lot of times it didn’t work out very well or they were crammed into small areas,” Harmon said of Lawrence classrooms. “Now they have a lot more space, a lot more flexibility.”

He also wants to do what he can to protect school districts from taking a financial hit from the Legislature. He said that his membership in the science standards review committee introduced him to calling legislators and submitting written testimony in advocacy for schools.

“I think we’re going to endure some cuts over the next year or two years; however, I think there will be a shift, particularly when communities start seeing the cuts,”

Harmon said. “I’m hopeful there will be enough outcry that some of the decisions next session will be different.

“This session, unfortunately doesn’t look too good.”

He doesn’t have many worries about the board in Lawrence. When asked if there were any actions or inactions over the recent years that he took issue with, he only replied with compliments for the “forward-thinking” district.

“I’m pretty happy from the education and the opportunities they’ve received from our district,” he said, referring to his kids. “There isn’t anything beyond the cuts that are coming that we’re worried about.”

schools,” she said. “To me it made it possible to offer the kind of education programs our patrons expect.”

But voters put whatever frustration they had behind them in 2007, when Loveland won four more years on the board.

With a soon-to-be retired superintendent leading the district at the time, Loveland said it was her past experience filling in that top position that got her a seat again.

Now, after another four years away, Loveland is contesting with three other candidates for a two-year term on the board. She’s competed against two of them before. Marcel Harmon, an applied anthropologist; Kelly Spurgeon, an analyst for the state’s education department; and

Loveland were among a dozen-plus applicants to fill a vacated board seat in August. The board unanimously selected Harmon, who officially joined in September.

Her experience would be an asset on the board, she said, adding that she can provide a “fair amount” of knowledge on the district’s history.

“I really do think the board is improved when there is a representative from all generations,” she said. “A whole lot of people that don’t have kids in the school district are asked to pay taxes to support schools. And I think it’s valuable to have a range of life experiences.”

— Reporter Elliot Hughes can be reached at ehughes@ljworld.com or 766-6277.

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Mary Loveland

By Elliot Hughes Twitter: @elliothughes12

After a four-year hiatus, Mary Loveland is ready to return to the Lawrence school board.

A 20-year veteran who served from 1987 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2011, Loveland chose not to run after her last term because of the declining health of her late husband, Chuck, a Lawrence pediatrician.

She said there’s no particular issue that bounced her into action again this year, other than the ever-present concern over kids receiving the education they need.

“In 10 years, the person who’s repairing your car that’s carrying my family, or the person that’s treating the illness of one of my family members,

or the accountants figuring my taxes, might be in school right now,” she said. “I think it’s important they’re pretty well educated. That’s what it’s all about.

“I have no negative reason to run.”

Loveland, 66, is from Merriam. She graduated from Kansas University in 1970 with a degree in English. After settling in Lawrence permanently in 1976, Loveland put four kids through Lawrence public schools.

She’s spent most of her time as a homemaker, but has stayed busy in the community all the while.

Loveland has worked as an organizer for youth sports leagues and served on boards for the Kansas Memorial Union and KU Alumni Association, in addition to being active

Address: 747 N. 1500 Road Age: 66 Occupation: Homemaker Education: Bachelor’s degree, Kansas University Family: Husband, Chuck, who died in 2014, and four children Loveland with her church.

She first ran for the school board in 1983. And after winning four years later, she witnessed several big news events as her tenure unfolded.

She was part of the board that oversaw the creation of Free State High School in the 1990s. And in 1997, when Free State opened, she was at the center of a controversy when her family purchased a second home in Lawrence for their daughter to live in so she could attend the new school.

The choice came after the family was led to believe they already lived in the proper attendance zone, Loveland said, and their daughter experienced two acts of vandalism at Lawrence High School relating to Loveland’s position as a board member.

Loveland has also supported closing elementary schools in the past.

That got her and other members booted from the board in 2003.

“The issue is that I was willing to consolidate

— Reporter Elliot Hughes can be reached at ehughes@ljworld.com or 766-6277.

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Norine Spears

By Conrad Swanson Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

Norine Spears remembers riding in a car with her mother when she was in elementary school, going door to door collecting money to buy land for a new middle school in her hometown.

“I’ve always been an advocate of education,” she said. “And that just really taught me the value of giving back and being involved in the community.”

Now a married mother of three, Spears said serving on Lawrence’s school board is another way she’d like to give back to the town.

After moving away from her native South Dakota, Spears said she and her husband lived in San Diego for a time before settling in Lawrence.

Watching her three children growing up in Lawrence, Spears said she was driven to involve herself in their education.

“I’ve always been active,” she said. “If I see something and I feel I can help, I’ll jump in and do it. I’ve been on PTOs and site councils. I feel like I’m very involved and I definitely have some experience I can use at the district level.”

One thing that’s afforded Spears the flexibility to involve herself in her children’s academic upbringing is her career as a communications consultant for area businesses.

“I was lucky,” she said.

“Consulting out of my home allowed me to volunteer in the classrooms, all three of my children’s classrooms, at least once a week.”

Now, with one child attending Johnson County Community College, another at Lawrence High School and her third at Southwest Middle School, Spears said her children keep her grounded and familiar with the wants and needs of the district.

“Having children at all levels gives you a unique perspective,” she said. “It’s something that needs to be represented on the school board.”

Spears said she double majored at South Dakota State University, earning bachelor’s degrees in both communications and political science.

Both degrees speak to her strong communication skills, she said.

“I’m a good listener,” she said. “I try to ask good questions and kind of approach things from

Address: 1601 Inverness Drive Age: 46 Occupation: Communications consultant Education: Bachelor of Science in communications and political science from South Dakota State University Spears Family: Husband, Rod, and three children different viewpoints to see everyone’s views and bring in different experiences before I evaluate or make decisions.”

One of the district’s challenges Spears said she will have to evaluate is the state’s budget cuts.

In addressing that issue, she said she’s willing to approach state legislators.

“I think we need to understand it’s not this level, it’s not the school board’s fault, it’s not the

district’s fault,” she said. “(The community) needs to understand it’s at the state level and if we can understand that and rally, then maybe we can make a change.”

Another challenge the district faces is the implementation of Common Core standards to Lawrence’s classrooms, Spears said. A big part of that, she said, is educating the public.

“We need to inform the community as to what it

is and get feedback on how it’s working,” she said. “The challenge is making sure the community is informed and on board.”

Spears said she’s up to the challenge and plans to remain grounded “Meeting the children where they are, that’s the real key,” she said. “Meeting each child in high school and giving them what they need to be successful as they move on.”

“I want to visit every site council,” she said. “I think we need to ensure we are seeing everyone in the whole district. I think that’s very important and that’s a role I want to play.”

— Reporter Conrad Swanson can be reached at cswanson@ljworld.com or 832-7144.

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By Conrad Swanson Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

Kelly Spurgeon said he’s more likely recognized in Lawrence as “Sally’s Dad” than as Kelly.

“She’s a theater kid, and a lot of people know her,” he said, chuckling.

Spurgeon said he’s taken an active role in his daughter’s endeavors, specifically her education.

“Like a lot of parents, I decided to follow her through school until it became too embarrassing for her,” he said. “From Rainbow Preschool to Vineland Elementary

Address: 1207 W. 28th Court Age: 57 Occupation: Education program consultant Education: Bachelor’s degree in political science from Northern Illinois University, Master’s in counseling Spurgeon from Southwest Missouri State University, doctorate in foundations of education from Kansas University.

Family: Wife, Ruth Foehringer, and one daughter

to junior high and high school.”

Like his daughter, Spurgeon said he has had a lot of learning experiences, both inside and outside of the classroom.

Now that his daughter is

out of high school and in college, Spurgeon said he can effectively share his experiences with Lawrence’s schools. “(Sally) has been lucky enough to have all these different types of teach-

ers in her life, beyond the K-12 world,” he said.

“And every kid needs something like what my daughter had, every child needs to have some place where who they are and what they’re good at gets to be displayed and caring adults get in there and give them feedback.”

A Lamar, Mo., native, Spurgeon said he was the first person in his immediate family to continue his education after high school. Which is not to say his family placed a low priority on education.

“Both of my parents valued education immensley,” he said. “And

I think the opportunities were there for my brother and sister, but it made less sense for them than it did me.”

From there, Spurgeon, the youngest of three, said he’s constantly been involved in education, both professionally and otherwise.

“I’ve always been in education,” he said. “It’s always been what form, or level, or service.”

Throughout his career, Spurgeon said he has worked at several colleges and universities, teaching, counseling and working with at-risk undergrads.

“I worked at KU in a program set up for stu-

dents who were first-generation college educated, come from a low education background or were identified as being at risk for not completing their first year of college,” he said. “We surrounded those students with advising and counseling and then tutorial services to increase the likelihood they would make it through their first year.”

For the past 15 years he has worked as a program consultant for the Kansas Department of Education, Spurgeon said.

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third-most-hated guy in the state because I create accountability reports for schools.”

Now vying for a position on Lawrence’s school board, Spurgeon said he

would be comfortable being held accountable in that office.

“That’s what a board member does,” he said.

“That’s part of the service and leadership.”

At the heart of any issues facing Lawerence’s schools, Spurgeon said he’s a pragmatist rather than an ideologue. And while he doesn’t presume

to know or understand all the area’s problems, he said he’s prepared to listen to the needs of the people.

One issue Spurgeon said he’s certain is on the horizon is cuts to the state’s education budget.

“Nobody knows what’s going to happen with that because nothing concrete has been said, and

it isn’t like we’re swimming in funding now,” he said. “But what’s next?

What’s the priority after that? It’s about how we can become more frugal, coupled with how do we remain effective educators?”

Spurgeon said he predicts the board will be judged on how well Lawrence’s schools educate

Sunday, February 22, 2015 their students, how well prepared those students are for jobs or secondary education when they graduate high school and how well the board listens to the needs of the people.

“There are expectations of an elected official, and I think there needs to be a real honor to that,” he said. “Ulti-

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mately you’re being a steward of someone’s kid. Every parent in the state sends us their best kid. We get the best kid every parent has and it’s our job to help make them better.”

— Reporter Conrad Swanson can be reached at cswanson@ljworld.com or 832-7144.

Q&A with school board candidates What makes you the right candidate for the school board?

Marcel Harmon Since my appointment last fall, I have worked to meet the high standards established through the board’s goal-setting process.

I seek input from community members, teachers and staff and my fellow board members, review relevant research as needed, consistently evaluate evidence with a critical eye and work to meet the needs of our students and teachers in an equitable and efficient manner. Some of my skills and experience are particularly suited for overseeing the implementation

of the bond, addressing additional facility issues in the future, implementation of our sustainability goal as well as the common core and science standards.

Mary Loveland My most obvious asset is experience. I served five terms (20 years) on the board, which represents a familiarity with a significant portion of the history of USD 497. I attempt to be thorough in studying an issue or problem. I am a member of a generation (Baby Boomers)

who might need to be convinced to recognize that a high quality public education is very important to empty nesters as well as to parents of students enrolled in our schools now.

Norine Spears Lawrence has wonderful schools and I am grateful for the education my children are receiving, but we have some challenges ahead. The state is threatening to make deep cuts to our funding.

This will affect programs that we hold dear and require us to make

difficult choices. Considering the needs of every child in our district and continuing our commitment to open communication will be crucial during this time. My continued involvement in all levels of K-12 education in Lawrence gives me the experience to ensure that the community is informed, engaged, and equally represented during the School Board’s decision-making process.

Kelly Spurgeon For the past 15 years I have worked at the Kansas State

Department of Education serving every school district in the state.

From this experience I have learned some important lessons about education policy, accountability, assessments, politics, school improvement, and the overriding importance of keeping student learning first and foremost in our considerations about schools. I have a Ph.D. in education. I’m pragmatic, not an ideologue. I look to research and data to inform decisions. I approach the role as one of service and leadership.

What issues should the school board focus on in the coming years?

Marcel Harmon I will refer you to the board’s 2014-2015 goals (http://usd497. schoolwires.net/Page/6356).

While I was not on the board when they were formulated, I agree with them and also had advocated for the sustainability goal as a community member. In addition to the goals and issues I previously mentioned, some specific things I will personally be involved with or advocating for over the next few years include addressing the achievement gap, addressing facility needs still unmet, such as Lawrence High

teachers and parents. l Proactively seek new partnerships with community organizations and government entities. l Maintain the District’s eqMary Loveland uity work.

The most urgent issue is Norine Spears l Continue our shared vision The budget will dominate school finance. We have a of educational spaces by assessgovernor who did not accurately much of the board’s time and ing our Middle and High School energy, and continuing to engage buildings. describe the issue during his campaign for re-election last fall. the community throughout the Kelly Spurgeon process should be a key focus.

This same governor promoted Are the initiatives and They should also: tax cuts that have resulted in l Evaluate existing programs programs being undertaken huge state budget problems. And aligned to and with the missince funding public education is and make necessary modifications based on feedback from sion of excellence, equity and a big chunk of the state budget, School, expansion of blended learning, collaboration with other government bodies, safe routes to school and advocacy with our state leaders.

school funding is vulnerable. The school board must also make sure that our curriculum is of a high quality and that teachers are provided with the resources to teach that curriculum.

engagement? With the limited resources we have, how are we ensuring the greatest potential for student learning? I’m interested in the fidelity of individual plans of study. Also, fully operationalizing the College and Career Center and learning how to integrate the scope of college and career readiness across the curriculum will be exciting. Advancing and supporting the great strides that are being made in the blended learning classrooms seems like an obvious area of focus.

How should the board address the budget issues it faces because of state cuts?

Marcel Harmon The board and administration are currently working on a process to a) formulate where the potential cuts could occur, b) how to weigh the options relative to their potential impact on the board’s goals and the district’s mission, vision and overall focus on excellence, equity and engagement and c) the board’s process for making the final decision. We want community and teacher/staff input on this, but have not determined how this will occur. The Facility Advisory Committee will also be involved

in the process, likely to help formulate or review the potential options as well as help assess their potential impacts.

Mary Loveland I presume that the administration has been directed to review the current USD 497 budget to see if there are any expenditures that can be cancelled or delayed. Any contingency funds in the budget need to be studied. As personnel resignations or retirements are announced those employees’ job responsibilities must be analyzed to see

if positions can be left vacant until the budget figures improve and tasks assigned to other employees. Our goal is to provide an educational program of the highest quality and we must be careful that budget cuts do not diminish that quality.

Norine Spears When addressing budget issues, the school board must first consult with the experts.

They have the guidance of (Superintendent Rick) Doll, the Financial Advisory Council and the district’s director of finance.

Then, they must identify our educational priorities by seeking input from all levels of education, including district administration, school administration, teachers and our community. Next, they must weigh the options based on those priorities. Last, they must seek feedback from within the community. Above all, it will be important to ensure that everyone understands that the district would not be making these cuts if we were fully funded.

Kelly Spurgeon The district administration,

faculty, and school board have processes in place wherein the budget and district finances are examined. I would think that the role of, and input from, the district school Finance Advisory Council will be crucial. Ultimately, budgets become documents about competing values. How the community formulates and expresses the education values that are to be prioritized over others is/will be part of what defines the next several years of education in Lawrence.

Are Lawrence students shortchanged in any aspect of their education?

Marcel Harmon Yes, the governor and Kansas Legislature are shortchanging our students by not fully funding the formula that funds public schools. The effectiveness of all of the policies, programs and initiatives we are implementing to improve equity and the success of all of our students will be negatively impacted by these budget cuts and other anti-public school legislation coming out of Topeka. We will do our best as a board and district to minimize the negative impacts, as well as

advocate directly with legislators, but their actions will continue to hamper our efforts to prevent our students from being shortchanged.

about how many times teachers are pulled from the classroom for training sessions — could that be organized or delivered differently?

Mary Loveland I talked to a couple parents of current students. The mother of a high school student is very impressed with the breadth of opportunity available and that her teenager gets supports in academic areas when he needs it. A parent of grade school students expressed some concern

Norine Spears Past funding cuts by the state have required us to increase class sizes, reduce programs, cut bussing, defer maintenance, etc.

Now we are facing even deeper cuts. Past school boards, under the direction of Dr. Doll and our district administration, have provided us with an educational

framework we can be proud of, despite being underfunded. The next cuts will threaten programs we hold dear and change our conversation from what we can do — to what we can do without.

That is not what our community wants for our children.

Kelly Spurgeon Shortchanged… to give less than something due. It begs the question of what then is due, doesn’t it? I can’t help but think that there are instances of underserved students, be

it through accommodations, course offerings, or dispute resolutions. Systemically, the district may need to examine how effective is student learning in math when analyzed in the light of how many students need remedial math courses at the college level. I would add that Lawrence students, all Kansas students, have been underserved by our elected state officials and the less than educationally supportive decisions coming from the state Capitol.

Do you support Common Core standards? Why or why not?

Marcel Harmon Yes, I support the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards (KCCRS), including the science standards. They represent a positive step forward as we move away from No Child Left Behind, providing a more consistent, clearer understanding of what students are expected to learn. They are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills needed for success in college and careers. And as they are already being implemented, Kansas districts (including Lawrence) have already invested

significant resources and time in could end up looking a lot like preparing our teachers and staff what was developed, we could to implement the new standards. analyze the portions of Common Core Standards that are objecMary Loveland tionable and “customize” our Common Core Standards own. I support high standards for were developed in an honest education so that we can evalueffort to produce academic ate if our Lawrence program is goals for education that would successful. produce graduates ready for Norine Spears college, other post-secondary Yes, I support the Common education and/or employment.

Core Standards for many reaConservative state legislators have “villainized” them as federal sons: l They identify and develop encroachment on state rights.

21st Century skills: critical thinkBut rather than engage in the ing, collaboration, communicaonerous task of developing a tion, creativity and innovation.

Kansas set of standards which

l Aligning with 46 other states allows our children to be more competitive for jobs and post-secondary education in those states. l Working in alliance with other states allows us to maximize our resources and saves money. l Future college entrance exams will reflect Common Core language.

However, as we transition we must ensure that we have the ability to make modifications at the State, District, and classroom levels, and offer our teachers the support they require.

See more questions and answers on page 14B.

Kelly Spurgeon We have never given a statewide assessment that is aligned to these standards so we have no real feedback on how well curriculum is aligned, instruction is delivered, and students are performing. I could be a whole lot more supportive of the standards if we would make the educationally sound, if not morally responsible, decision to suspend all assessment derived accountability for the next five to six years. Let’s look at the standards in practice.

Make adjustments where needed.

Also, what standards, and at what cost, should replace these?

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Q&A with school board candidates Should teachers have tenure rights? Is it “too hard” to fire teachers with tenure?

Marcel Harmon Yes, teachers should have due process rights, which is what “tenure” refers to. They provide teachers and relevant staff some protection against capricious dismissal. Eliminating due process increases job insecurity, decreasing overall teacher efficiency and effectiveness, and negatively impacting students’ education experience and eventual success. A lack of due process can also make it harder to attract

high quality teachers. And due process also protects school districts by limiting subsequent litigation and associated costs that ultimately are born by the taxpayers. Nor does the process make it “too hard” to dismiss teachers when actually warranted; it isn’t a job guarantee.

Mary Loveland Yes, teachers should have tenure rights. It should be possible to remove tenured

teachers through good record keeping and evidence of nonfulfillment of the goals of a plan for improvement.

Norine Spears We have dedicated, talented teachers who are the foundation of our educational system, and they deserve to be protected against wrongful termination.

Last spring our district identified a new system for administrative due process and teacher evaluation, rather than fully restor-

ing tenure. This switch has left some of our teachers feeling vulnerable to wrongful termination and weakens the role of the teachers’ union to protect them.

As we implement the district’s new system we must ensure that our teachers continue to be adequately safeguarded with effective due process.

Kelly Spurgeon Tenure? Yes. Too hard to fire teachers with tenure? No. Not if the school administration

has been fair and accurate in the teacher evaluation process along the way. If we are trying to convince ourselves that it should be easy to fire someone, or that we have arrived at this current state of turmoil in our nations’ schools because of tenure, then we are obviously not talking about improving instruction or conducting professional development or creating healthy work environments.

Effective schools need strong experienced teachers.

Do you support moving school board elections to November in even-numbered years and/or making the elections partisan?

Marcel Harmon No. Moving the elections to November will simply make it harder to engage community members as the local elections are lost in a “sea of partisan races.” In addition, school board members assuming office in the middle of the school year a) does not coincide with the district’s fiscal year, b) limits their effec-

tiveness for that school year as they try to get up to speed and c) negates their opportunity to help set the board goals for the year that they take office. Partisanship is also divisive and distracts from the important school issues at hand.

Mary Loveland No and no. Local elections

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deserve the attention they get in spring elections. And party affiliation is not relevant to school board members’ responsibilities and functions.

Norine Spears No, I do not support moving School Board elections to November because it would make them partisan. I believe

our Mayor, Mike Amyx, summed up the issue best in his statement printed in the LJWorld staff editorial on Feb. 12, 2015: “We prefer the voters focus on issues and individuals, not political party labels.”

Kelly Spurgeon Other than codifying a near complete conservative control

To view a complete map of these locations, please visit the Polling Places Map on the Douglas County website: www.douglascountyks.org

of most, if not all, school boards across the state, I can see no reason for wanting to move school board elections to November. Furthermore, the more we politicize the undertaking of educating our children the more we will subject our children and our schools to the whims and folly of our political system. In other words, no.

Note: *** denotes either a new or temporary polling location change.

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Precinct 1 Pinckney Elementary School 810 W. Sixth St.

Precinct 15 Immanuel Lutheran Church 2104 W. 15th St.

Precinct 29 Checkers Foods 2300 Louisiana St.

Precinct 43 Free State High School 4700 Overland Drive

Precinct 2 Douglas County Senior Services 745 Vermont St.

Precinct 16 360° Church 3200 Clinton Parkway

Precinct 30 Schwegler Elementary School 2201 Ousdahl Road,

Precinct 44 Lawrence Heights Christian Church 2321 Peterson Road

Precinct 3 Carnegie Building 200 W. Ninth St.

Precinct 17 Holcom Recreation Center 2700 W. 27th St.

Precinct 31 Southside Church of Christ 1105 W. 25th St.

Precinct 45 Golf Course Superintendents HQ *** 1421 Research Park Drive

Precinct 4 USD 497 Administration Center 110 McDonald Drive

Precinct 18 Mustard Seed Church 700 Wakarusa Drive

Precinct 32 United Way Building 2518 Ridge Court

Precinct 46 Southwest Junior High School 2511 Inverness Drive

Precinct 5 Deerfield Elementary School 101 Lawrence Ave.

Precinct 19 Brandon Woods 4730 Brandon Woods Terrace

Precinct 33 Vintage Church *** 1501 New Hampshire St.

Precinct 47 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 2211 Inverness Drive

Precinct 6 Deerfield Elementary School 101 Lawrence Ave.

Precinct 20 Lawrence Bible Chapel 505 Monterey Way

Precinct 34 Haskell Stidham Union 155 East Indian Ave.

Precinct 48 Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living 4851 Harvard Road

Precinct 7 Carnegie Building 200 W. Ninth St.

Precinct 21 Jewish Community Center *** 917 Highland Drive

Precinct 35 East Lawrence Center 1245 E. 15th St.

Precinct 49 Corpus Christi Catholic Church West 15th Street, Lawrence

Precinct 8 Trinity Lutheran Church 1245 New Hampshire St.

Precinct 22 Free Methodist Church 3001 Lawrence Ave.

Precinct 36 Douglas County Fairgrounds 2145 Harper St.

Precinct 51 Clinton Township Hall 1177 East 604 Road

Precinct 9 Jewish Community Center *** 917 Highland Drive

Precinct 23 Presbyterian Manor 1429 Kasold Drive

Precinct 37 Prairie Park Elementary 2711 Kensington Road

Precinct 56 Kanwaka Township Hall 776 U.S. 40

Precinct 10 Burge Union 1601 Irving Hill Road

Precinct 24 Drury Place 1510 St. Andrews Drive

Precinct 38 Prairie Park Elementary 2711 Kensington Road

Precinct 64 Lawrence Heights Christian Church 2321 Peterson Road

Precinct 25 Central United Methodist Church 1501 Massachusetts St.

Precinct 39 Cider Gallery *** 810 Pennsylvania St.

Precinct 26 Central United Methodist Church *** 1501 Massachusetts St.

Precinct 40 Trinity Lutheran Church 1245 New Hampshire St.

Precinct 11 Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church *** 2312 Harvard Road Precinct 12 First Baptist Church 1330 Kasold Drive Precinct 13 American Legion 3408 W. Sixth St. Precinct 14 First Presbyterian Church 2415 Clinton Parkway

Precinct 27 Centennial Adult Education 2145 Louisiana St. Precinct 28 Centennial Adult Education 2145 Louisiana St.

Precinct 41 Lawrence Union Pacific Depot (Visitor Center) 402 N. Second St. Precinct 42 Church of Christ 201 N. Michigan St.

Precinct 65 First Church of the Nazarene (East Wakarusa) 1470 North 1000 Road Precinct 66 First Church of the Nazarene (West Wakarusa) 1470 North 1000 Road Precinct 70 Free State High School 4700 Overland Drive Precinct 71 Lawrence Bible Chapel 505 Monterey Way

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Can-’do kid KANSAS 81, TCU 72

Graham perfect for KU

Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

Kansas’ Ellis has ‘up’ end to week

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

DevontÊ Graham, who hadn’t hit a shot in the last four games, scoring two points total in that span, exploded for a career-high 20 points in Kansas University’s 81-72 victory over TCU on Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.

The key to the radical turnaround? “Haircut. There’s no question. He was prepared.

He got it trimmed yesterday or whenever,� KU coach Bill Self said after the 6-foot-2 freshman point guard from Raleigh, North Carolina, went 7-for-7 from the field, 2-of-2 from three-point land and 4-of6 from the free-throw MORE line.

PIX “Perry (Ellis, 23 points) n For more was great, but photos, DevontĂŠ won please the game for visit www. us. I wish he kusports. got his hair com/KU cut a long bball22115 time ago. It may have worked out better,â€? Self added, smiling.

Graham, who scored 11 points the first half (he’d totaled eight points combined in the last six games), actually visited the barbershop Saturday morning, just a few hours before tipoff. “That’s what we’ve been joking about. Coach has been telling me to get a haircut for a minute,� said Graham, who had three assists against three turnovers in 27 minutes. “Once Wayne (Selden Jr.) got his hair cut, he started shooting the ball better.

I went this morning and trimmed it down. I came out and was making shots. It’s kind of a coincidence.�

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY GUARD DEVONTÉ GRAHAM (4) GETS TO THE BUCKET against TCU center Karviar Shepherd in the Please see KANSAS, page 4C first half of KU’s 81-72 victory on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

Brannen Greene pulled down the rebound and whipped a baseball pass to Frank Mason to the left side near midcourt. Mason took a couple of dribbles and sent a high lob toward the rim, maybe a little too high.

Perry Ellis soared way over the defender, higher than the perception many have of his leaping ability, far above the criticism sent his way five nights earlier for missing a shot.

And with one hand, Ellis corralled the pass and hammered it through the net. And, upset of all upsets, the junior forward from Wichita who is so stoic he makes the guards at the Buckingham Palace seem like drama queens by comparison, cracked a smile.

The usual Allen Fieldhouse sellout crowd of 16,300 exploded with gratitude for an amazing play, and Ellis allowed himself to enjoy it.

The sequel came quickly after he made his free throw.

Ellis stole the ball near midcourt, and this time it was his speedy dribble that he showcased on his way to a dunk that gave his team a game-high 16-point lead in Saturday’s 81-72 victory vs.

TCU. Ellis beat himself up badly for not hitting the game-winning shot at the Please see KEEGAN, page 5C

Portela, Ziegler spark FSHS to 3rd

By Bobby Nightengale bnightengale@ljworld.com

George Mullinix/Special to the Journal-World

FREE STATE HIGH SOPHOMORE JORDAN PORTELA PUMPS HIS FIST after winning the 200-yard freestyle on Saturday in Topeka.

Topeka — In Hollywood, a sequel never lives up to the success of the original.

That doesn’t apply to Free State High sophomore Jordan Portela, who dominated his competition once again at the Class 6A state swim-

ming and diving championships Saturday.

Portela repeated as state champion in the 200-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly, and he swam the anchor leg in the Firebirds’ second straight state-champion 400 freestyle relay at the Capitol Federal Natatorium.

This year, he improved

his times, and he broke the state-meet record in the butterfly. His performance, along with senior Jack Ziegler’s state title in the 50 freestyle, led the Firebirds to third place in the team standings, their best finish since 2005. Shawnee Mission East edged Blue Valley North for the team title.

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“I was very pleased,� said Portela, who earned Swimmer-of-the-Meet honors for the second straight year. “We knew where we wanted to be, and we did what we needed to.�

The Firebirds closed the meet by shattering the Please see SWIMMING, page 3C

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Cyclones mess with Texas, 85-77 rebounds, and Gonzaga rallied from 17 points down to beat Saint Mary’s.

Przemek Karnowski added 14 points and seven rebounds.

The Bulldogs claimed the West Coast Conference championship outright and rolled up a school-record 21stALstraight EAST victory.

and five assists for the Bears (20-7, 8-6 Big 12), who have Big 12 Men seven of the school’s 10 seasons with 20 wins since Drew No. 14 Iowa State 85, arrived in 2003.

Texas 77 Thomas GipsonSOUTH scored 11 Austin, Texas — Georges points to lead the Wildcats (13Niang and Matt Thomas each 15, 6-9). scored 17 points for Iowa State.

Iowa State (20-6, 10-4 Big 12) KANSAS ST. (13-15) 3-4 0-0 6, T. Harris 0-3 0-0 0, Williams won its second straight Big 12 2-5Thomas 0-0 4, Iwundu 0-2 1-2 1, Gipson 5-8 1-3 11, road game, something the Cy- Foster 3-11 2-4 8, M. Harris 1-2 0-0 2, Schoen 0-0 0, Edwards 3-7 0-0 7, N. Johnson 0-0 0-0 clones had not accomplished 0-0 0, Rohleder 0-1 0-0 0, Meyer 0-0 1-3 1, Hurt 1-4 since the 2005-06 season. They 0-0 2. Totals 18-47 5-12 42.

(20-7) had lost six straight at Texas BAYLOR O’Neale 4-6 0-0 10, Chery 2-4 0-0 5, Gathers since their only victory over 5-10 3-7 13, Medford 3-8 4-6 12, Motley 1-8 0-1 the Longhorns in Austin in 2, Heard 0-0 0-0 0, Prince 6-11 0-3 14, Wainright 0-0 0-0 0, Freeman 5-6 0-0 11, Maston 1-1 0-0 2005.

2, Mills 0-0 0-0 0, Deng 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-55 Kendal Yancy led Texas (17- 7-17 69.

39-25. 3-Point Goals-Kansas 10, 6-8) with a career-best 29 St.Halftime-Baylor 1-16 (Edwards 1-5, Hurt 0-1, Williams 0-1, points, 18 more than his aver- Rohleder 0-1, Iwundu 0-1, T. Harris 0-2, Foster 0-5), Baylor 8-16 (O’Neale 2-3, Prince 2-5, age. Isaiah Taylor added 23.

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IOWA ST. (20-6) McKay 0-4 3-6 3, Morris 4-6 0-0 9, Long 3-6 4-4 12, Hogue 4-8 1-4 11, Niang 5-8 5-6 17, Nader 0-4 0-0 0, Dejean-Jones 5-13 5-8 16, Thomas 5-7 3-5 17. Totals 26-56 21-33 85.

TEXAS (17-10) Yancy 9-17 5-6 29, Taylor 8-18 5-6 23, Holland 4-7 0-0 8, Holmes 1-5 0-0 2, Ridley 1-2 0-0 2, Felix 1-9 0-0 2, Lammert 2-4 0-0 5, Barnett 0-0 0-0 0, Ibeh 0-0 0-0 0, Turner 3-9 0-0 6. Totals 29-71 10-12 77.

Halftime-Iowa St. 35-31. 3-Point GoalsIowa St. 12-21 (Thomas 4-6, Long 2-3, Niang 2-4, Hogue 2-4, Morris 1-1, Dejean-Jones 1-2, Nader 0-1), Texas 9-24 (Yancy 6-9, Taylor 2-3, Lammert 1-3, Turner 0-1, Holland 0-1, Holmes 0-2, Felix 0-5). Fouled Out-Holland. ReboundsIowa St. 32 (McKay 9), Texas 43 (Turner 10).

Assists-Iowa St. 11 (Morris 5), Texas 13 (Taylor 7). Total Fouls-Iowa St. 15, Texas 27. A-13,161.

No. 17 Oklahoma 79, Texas Tech 75, OT Lubbock, Texas — Isaiah Cousins scored 22 points, and Frank Booker added a careerhigh 17 in Oklahoma’s overtime victory over Texas Tech.

Buddy Hield hit back-toback three-pointers, and Cousins made a field goal and two free throws to help the Sooners (19-8, 10-5 Big 12) seal the win.

Toddrick Gotcher scored 18, and Keenan Evans added 17 for Texas Tech (12-16, 2-13).

OKLAHOMA (19-8) Spangler 2-4 0-0 4, Woodard 1-4 5-6 8, Cousins 8-15 3-4 22, Hield 3-12 0-0 8, Thomas 4-7 7-9 15, Booker 4-8 5-5 17, Walker 1-3 0-0 3, Lattin 0-0 0-0 0, Bennett 1-1 0-1 2, Mankin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-54 20-25 79.

TEXAS TECH (12-16) Manderson 5-7 3-6 13, Smith 4-4 0-0 9, Evans 5-8 6-8 17, Gotcher 5-10 4-6 18, Odiase 7-12 2-4 16, Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Adams 0-1 2-2 2, Turner 0-0 0-0 0, Ross 0-1 0-0 0, Foster 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-44 17-26 75.

Halftime-Oklahoma 30-29.

End Of Regulation-Tied 67. 3-Point Goals-Oklahoma 11-30 (Booker 4-8, Cousins 3-7, Hield 2-8, Woodard 1-3, Walker 1-3, Spangler 0-1), Texas Tech 6-14 (Gotcher 4-7, Smith 1-1, Evans 1-2, Manderson 0-1, Adams 0-1, Williams 0-1, Ross 0-1). Fouled Out-Smith. Rebounds-Oklahoma 24 (Thomas 7), Texas Tech 27 (Manderson 8).

Assists-Oklahoma 12 (Woodard 3), Texas Tech 17 (Smith 5). Total Fouls-Oklahoma 25, Texas Tech 23. Technical-Booker. A-6,761.

No. 20 Baylor 69, Kansas State 42 Waco, Texas — Taurean Prince scored 14 points, Rico Gathers had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Baylor secured another 20-win season under coach Scott Drew.

Prince also had five steals

No. 11 Northern Iowa 56, Bradley 39 Cedar Falls, Iowa — Nate Buss and Wes Washpun each scored 11 points off the bench, and Northern Iowa rolled past Bradley to match a school record with its 15th straight win.

Seth Tuttle added nine HASKELL points and eight rebounds for the Panthers.

MONDAY No. 4 Duke 78, Clemson 56 Josh Cunningham and Nate • Softball, doubleheader at Durham, N.C. — Quinn Cook Wells each had six points for Ottawa, 1 p.m.

AL CENTRAL matched a career high with 27 Bradley. points for Duke, and the Jahlil Okafor-less Blue Devils routed No. 12 Louisville 55, SPORTS ON TV Miami 53 Clemson.

TODAY Louisville, Ky. — Montrezl Three freshmen — Justise AL WEST Winslow (20 points), Tyus Harrell had 21 points, 14 re- College Basketball Time Net Cable Jones (11) and Grayson Allen bounds and key free throws in TCU v. KU replay Midnight MS 37, 226 (10) — also reached double fig- the final minute to lift LouisTCU v. KU replay 3 a.m. MS 37, 226 ures to help Duke win its sev- ville past Miami.

Out-None. Rebounds-Kansas St. 29 (Gipson 6), TCU v. KU replay 6 a.m. MS 37, 226 Chris Jones scored 14 of his Baylor 36 (Gathers 10). Assists-Kansas St. 12 enth straight.

9 a.m. MS 37, 226 (T. Harris 4), Baylor 24 (Prince 5). Total FoulsJaron Blossomgame had 10 17 points in the second half for TCU v. KU replay Kansas St. 20, Baylor 14. A-8,046.

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No. 23 West Virginia 73, Sheldon McClellan had 17 W.Ky. v. M. Tenn. St. noon FSN 36, 236 TVU v. KU replay noon MS 37, 226 No. 22 Oklahoma State 63 No. 5 Wisconsin 63, points for Miami.

Stillwater, Okla. — Juwan Minnesota 53 La Salle v. St. Louis 1:30p.m. NBCSP 38, 238 Staten scored 22 points and Madison, Wis. — Frank Ka- No. 15 North Carolina 89, Iowa v. Nebraska 2 p.m. BTN 147,237 had seven assists, Gary Browne minsky scored 21 points, Bron- Georgia Tech 53 Utah v. Oregon 2 p.m. FS1 150,227 Chapel Hill, N.C. — North California v. Stanford 3 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 added a career-high 18 points, son Koenig added a career-high and West Virginia beat Okla- 17, and Wisconsin beat Minne- Carolina opened the game by Evansville v. Wich. St. 3 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 scoring on a “Four Corners” Wm. & Mary v. Hofstra 3:30p.m. NBCSP 38, 238 homa State. sota for its 10th straight win.

Browne, who also had eight Nate Mason and Carlos Mor- play as a tribute to the late Fla. St. v. Virginia 5:30p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 rebounds, scored 16 of his ris had 11 points apiece for the Dean Smith, then rolled to a Mich. St. v. Illinois 6:30p.m. BTN 147,237 victory over Georgia Tech. points in the second half for Gophers.

Wash. v. Wash. St. 7:30p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Marcus Georges-Hunt had 15 West Virginia (21-6, 9-5 Big 12).

TCU v. KU replay 8 p.m. MS 37, 226 for Georgia Tech.

Le’Bryan Nash had 12 points No. 6 Villanova 87, and four assists for Oklahoma Marquette 76 Women’s Basketball Time Net Cable Milwaukee — Darrun Hill- No. 18 Arkansas 65, State (17-10, 7-8).

Mississippi State 61 iard scored 17 points, and Ryan Duke v. N.C. St. 11 a.m. ESPN2 34, 234 WEST VIRGINIA (21-6) Starkville, Miss. — Rashad Temple v. S. Florida 11 a.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Holton 0-1 0-0 0, D. Williams 2-10 5-8 9, Staten Arcidiacono added 16 for Vil6-11 9-10 22, Miles Jr. 2-2 0-0 6, Browne 3-9 9-12 lanova.

Madden scored 16 points, Mi- Rutgers v. Mich. St. 1 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 18, Paige 1-4 0-0 3, Carter 1-3 1-3 4, Adrian 0-1 Dylan Ennis and JayVaughn chael Qualls added 14, and Ar- LSU v. Arkansas 0-0 0, Phillip 0-0 0-0 0, B. Williams 2-4 0-0 6, 1 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Macon 2-2 1-4 5. Totals 19-47 25-37 73.

Pinkston each had 14 to help kansas rallied to beat Missis- Missouri v. Vanderbilt 1 p.m. SEC 157 OKLAHOMA ST. (17-10) Nash 3-9 6-6 12, Cobbins 4-6 3-4 11, Newberry Villanova extend its winning sippi State.

Old Dom. v. La. Tech 2 p.m. FSN+ 172 1-5 0-0 3, Hickey Jr. 3-4 2-2 11, Forte III 1-3 8-9 10, streak to eight games.

Florida v. Texas A&M 3 p.m. SEC 157 Griffin 0-3 3-4 3, Shine 2-3 0-0 5, Sager 0-0 0-0 0, Jujuan Johnson scored 20 Xavier 73, Hammonds 2-3 0-0 6, Solomon 0-0 2-2 2. Totals points, and Luke Fischer added No. 19 Butler 56 16-36 24-27 63.

Time Net Cable Halftime-Tied 25-25. 3-Point Goals-West 17 points for Marquette.

Cincinnati — Myles Davis Golf Virginia 10-20 (Browne 3-7, B. Williams 2-2, scored 18 points, and Xavier Northern Trust Open noon Golf 156,289 Miles Jr. 2-2, Staten 1-2, Carter 1-2, Paige 1-3, Holton 0-1, Adrian 0-1), Oklahoma St. No. 7 Arizona 57, UCLA 47 never trailed during a victory 7-15 (Hickey Jr. 3-4, Hammonds 2-2, Shine Tucson, Ariz. — Gabe York over Butler, the Musketeers’ Auto Racing Time Net Cable 1-2, Newberry 1-3, Forte III 0-1, Griffin 0-3).

Fouled Out-Nash. Rebounds-West Virginia 37 scored 13 points, and Dusan fourth win over a Top 25 team Daytona 500 11 a.m. Fox 4, 204 (D. Williams 12), Oklahoma St. 20 (Cobbins 5).

Assists-West Virginia 14 (Staten 7), Oklahoma Ristic added 12, providing Ari- this season.

St. 9 (Nash 4). Total Fouls-West Virginia 27, zona an unexpected lift in a difPro Hockey Time Net Cable Oklahoma St. 27. A-8,610.

No. 25 VCU 78, ficult victory over UCLA. Dallas v.

Minnesota 7 p.m. NBCSP 38, 238 T.J. McConnell scored six of Massachusetts 72 Richmond, Va. — Treveon his 11 points in the final 1:14 to Top 25 Men Time Net Cable Graham scored 24 points, and Soccer help the Wildcats seal it.

No. 1 Kentucky 110, Arizona stretched its home- VCU rebounded after blowing Everton v. Leicester 8 a.m. NBCSP 38, 238 Auburn 75 a 16-point lead. winning streak to 36 games.

S’hampton v. Liverpool 10:30a.m. NBCSP 38, 238 Lexington, Ky. — Karl-AnJeQuan Lewis added 15, and Bryce Alford had 22 points, thony Towns scored 19 points and Norman Powell 11 for Moe Alie-Cox had 12 for the College Wrestling Time Net Cable to lead six Kentucky players in UCLA. Rams. double figures, and the WildJabarie Hinds scored 16 NWCA National Duals 11:30a.m. BTN 147,237 cats broke the century mark No. 10 Notre Dame 87, points for UMass.

Prep Boys Basketball Time Net Cable in a Southeastern Conference Boston College 70 Boston — Bonzie Colson had game for the first time in five LHS v. O-North replay 3 p.m. MS 37, 226 Big 12 Women 16 points and six rebounds in 15 years.

MONDAY Dakari Johnson added 13 minutes off the bench, leading No. 3 Baylor 91, TCU 75 Waco, Texas — Khadijiah College Basketball Time Net Cable points, Andrew Harrison 12, Notre Dame to a victory over Cave scored a career-high 23 Devin Booker 11 and Tyler Ulis Boston College.

10 a.m. MS 37, 226 Demetrius Jackson added 15 points, and the Baylor women TCU v. KU replay 10 for Kentucky.

TCU v.

KU replay 4 p.m. MS 37, 226 points, and Jerian Grant had finished off their fifth straight No. 3 Gonzaga 70, 10 points and 11 assists for the Big 12 regular-season champi- Louisville v. Ga. Tech 6 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Del. St. v. Norfolk St. 6 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Saint Mary’s 60 onship.

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Moraga, Calif. — Kyle Chelsea Prince scored 16 Xavier v. St. John’s 7 p.m. FS1 150,227 Olivier Hanlan scored 19 Kansas v. Kansas St. 8 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Wiltjer had 16 points and 12 points for BC. points to lead TCU. BALTIMORE ORIOLES

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Thunder 110, Hornets 103 Charlotte, N.C. — Russell Westbrook had 33 points and 10 assists for Oklahoma City.

OKLAHOMA CITY (110) Singler 2-6 0-0 6, Ibaka 8-14 0-0 16, Kanter 4-9 2-6 10, Westbrook 12-27 9-9 33, Roberson 1-2 0-0 2, Morrow 2-4 0-0 5, Collison 2-2 3-3 7, Waiters 4-15 2-2 10, Augustin 3-9 4-5 12, McGary 4-7 1-1 9. Totals 42-95 21-26 110.

CHARLOTTE (103) Kidd-Gilchrist 8-14 4-4 20, Zeller 5-9 3-4 13, Jefferson 9-18 1-1 20, M. Williams 8-17 3-3 24, Henderson 2-10 2-2 6, Ma.Williams 3-8 1-2 8, Stephenson 2-9 1-2 5, Roberts 2-4 0-0 4, Maxiell 1-3 1-2 3, Taylor 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 40-93 16-20 103.

Oklahoma City 28 31 27 24 — 110 Charlotte 30 26 27 20 — 103 3-Point Goals-Oklahoma City 5-18 (Augustin 2-3, Singler 2-4, Morrow 1-1, Roberson 0-1, Ibaka 0-2, Westbrook 0-3, Waiters 0-4), Charlotte 7-24 (M. Williams 5-10, Jefferson 1-1, Ma.Williams 1-5, Taylor 0-1, Henderson 0-2, Roberts 0-2, Stephenson 0-3). ReboundsOklahoma City 67 (Kanter 13), Charlotte 48 (Jefferson 12). Assists-Oklahoma City 21 (Westbrook 10), Charlotte 28 (M. Williams 12). Total Fouls-Oklahoma City 20, Charlotte 18. Technicals-Morrow, Jefferson, Stephenson.

Flagrant Fouls-Ibaka. A-19,303 (19,077).

Pelicans 105, Heat 91 Miami — Eric Gordon scored 24, and New Orleans had no trouble beating Miami.

NEW ORLEANS (105) Pondexter 2-6 1-1 5, Davis 2-8 2-2 6, Asik 6-9 3-5 15, Evans 4-14 5-5 13, Gordon 7-18 4-4 24, Cole 4-9 3-4 12, Anderson 2-3 0-0 4, Cunningham 2-6 3-4 7, Ajinca 3-4 2-2 8, Babbitt 3-5 2-2 9, Withey 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 35-83 27-31 105.

MIAMI (91) Deng 2-7 2-2 6, Haslem 2-4 4-4 8, Whiteside 5-11 1-2 11, G.Dragic 4-11 3-6 12, Wade 8-23 2-3

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TODAY • Men’s golf at Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate • Women’s golf at Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate • Softball vs. Illinois State at Gainesville, Florida, 8 a.m.

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19, Chalmers 9-13 0-0 20, Napier 1-2 2-2 4, Ennis 1-4 5-6 8, Andersen 1-3 1-2 3, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 33-79 20-27 91.

New Orleans 25 27 33 20 — 105 Miami 14 28 23 26 — 91 3-Point Goals-New Orleans 8-21 (Gordon 6-11, Cole 1-3, Babbitt 1-3, Evans 0-1, Anderson 0-1, Pondexter 0-2), Miami 5-17 (Chalmers 2-5, Ennis 1-2, Wade 1-3, G.Dragic 1-4, Deng 0-1, Haslem 0-2). Rebounds-New Orleans 52 (Asik 9), Miami 53 (Whiteside 16). AssistsNew Orleans 22 (Gordon, Evans 6), Miami 14 (Wade, Andersen 4). Total Fouls-New Orleans 25, Miami 23. Technicals-Pondexter, Andersen, Deng, Miami defensive three second. A-19,982 (19,600).

Bulls 112, Suns 107 Chicago — Pau Gasol had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and Chicago beat Phoenix.

PHOENIX (107) Tucker 8-13 0-0 20, Mark.Morris 3-15 0-4 7, Len 4-7 0-0 8, Bledsoe 5-8 2-2 13, Green 4-7 0-0 10, Knight 6-12 0-0 13, Marc.Morris 8-15 0-0 17, Wright 3-3 1-2 7, Goodwin 6-8 0-0 12. Totals 47-88 3-8 107.

CHICAGO (112) Dunleavy 6-11 0-0 15, Gasol 9-13 3-4 22, Noah 1-5 1-2 3, Rose 5-12 5-5 16, Butler 7-16 4-4 19, Gibson 6-9 0-0 12, Brooks 4-11 1-1 12, Snell 2-4 0-0 5, Mirotic 3-8 0-0 8. Totals 43-89 14-16 112.

Phoenix 28 28 27 24 — 107 Chicago 33 19 29 31 — 112 3-Point Goals-Phoenix 10-25 (Tucker 4-7, Green 2-3, Mark.Morris 1-1, Bledsoe 1-3, Marc.

Morris 1-5, Knight 1-5, Goodwin 0-1), Chicago 12-24 (Dunleavy 3-5, Brooks 3-6, Mirotic 2-6, Gasol 1-1, Butler 1-1, Snell 1-2, Rose 1-3).

Rebounds-Phoenix 40 (Len 11), Chicago 54 (Gasol 14). Assists-Phoenix 25 (Bledsoe 8), Chicago 27 (Noah 8). Total Fouls-Phoenix 15, Chicago 14. Technicals-Marc.Morris, Phoenix defensive three second. A-22,292 (20,917).

Rockets 98, Raptors 76 Houston — Corey Brewer had a season-high 26 points,

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James Harden scored 20, and Houston cruised to a win over Toronto.

TORONTO (76) J.Johnson 10-16 6-8 27, A.Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Valanciunas 3-5 5-5 11, Lowry 2-13 7-10 11, DeRozan 4-14 2-3 10, Patterson 2-7 0-0 5, Ross 2-9 2-2 6, Hansbrough 0-1 0-0 0, Vasquez 2-7 0-0 6, Hayes 0-1 0-0 0, Fields 0-1 0-0 0, Nogueira 0-1 0-0 0, Stiemsma 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-77 22-28 76.

HOUSTON (98) Ariza 3-9 2-2 9, Motiejunas 5-12 2-2 12, Dorsey 3-4 0-0 6, Beverley 1-8 0-0 3, Harden 5-12 8-10 20, Brewer 12-19 2-3 26, Smith 3-7 0-2 8, Jones 3-9 5-8 11, Terry 0-1 3-4 3, Papanikolaou 0-1 0-0 0, McDaniels 0-2 0-0 0, Prigioni 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-84 22-31 98.

Toronto 18 18 17 23 — 76 Houston 20 20 28 30 — 98 3-Point Goals-Toronto 4-18 (Vasquez 2-4, J.Johnson 1-2, Patterson 1-4, Ross 0-1, Lowry 0-7), Houston 6-29 (Smith 2-5, Harden 2-6, Ariza 1-4, Beverley 1-6, Papanikolaou 0-1, Terry 0-1, Jones 0-1, McDaniels 0-1, Motiejunas 0-2, Brewer 0-2). Rebounds-Toronto 47 (Valanciunas, A.Johnson 7), Houston 69 (Motiejunas 11). Assists-Toronto 12 (Lowry 4), Houston 22 (Harden 7). Total Fouls-Toronto 24, Houston 23. Technicals-DeRozan, J.Johnson, Lowry, Toronto defensive three second, Dorsey, Jones. A-18,329 (18,023).

Clippers 126, Kings 99 Los Angeles — J.J. Redick scored 24 points, and Los Angeles routed Sacramento.

Austin Rivers had a careerhigh 28 points, and Jamal Crawford scored 23.

SACRAMENTO (99) Gay 4-13 5-7 15, Thompson 0-4 0-0 0, Cousins 6-19 9-13 21, McCallum 4-7 2-2 10, McLemore 4-12 0-0 9, Williams 1-5 5-6 7, Casspi 4-8 2-3 11, Miller 2-5 0-0 4, Landry 2-7 5-6 9, Stauskas 1-4 4-4 6, Stockton 0-2 1-1 1, Hollins 2-2 2-4 6. Totals 30-88 35-46 99.

How former Jayhawks fared Mario Chalmers, Miami Min: 37. Pts: 20. Reb: 2. Ast: 2.

Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Min: 16. Pts: 7. Reb: 6. Ast: 1.

Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Did not play (Illness).

Ben McLemore, Sacramento Min: 29. Pts: 9. Reb: 2. Ast: 2.

Marcus Morris, Phoenix Min: 33. Pts: 17. Reb: 2. Ast: 1.

Markieff Morris, Phoenix Min: 40. Pts: 7. Reb: 5. Ast: 3.

Jeff Withey, New Orleans Min: 6. Pts: 2. Reb: 0. Ast: 0.

L.A. CLIPPERS (126) Barnes 2-5 0-0 6, Hawes 3-5 0-0 7, Jordan 5-11 1-2 11, Paul 5-10 0-0 10, Redick 6-13 8-8 24, Crawford 10-18 2-2 23, Davis 1-2 3-9 5, Rivers 11-19 1-2 28, Turkoglu 1-5 0-0 3, Wilcox 2-4 0-0 4, Jones 0-1 3-3 3, Udoh 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 46-95 20-28 126.

Sacramento 29 18 18 34 — 99 L.A. Clippers 24 42 31 29 — 126 3-Point Goals-Sacramento 4-16 (Gay 2-4, Casspi 1-2, McLemore 1-6, Stockton 0-1, McCallum 0-1, Williams 0-2), L.A. Clippers 14-35 (Rivers 5-9, Redick 4-6, Barnes 2-4, Hawes 1-1, Turkoglu 1-4, Crawford 1-7, Jones 0-1, Paul 0-1, Wilcox 0-2). Rebounds-Sacramento 66 (Casspi 17), L.A. Clippers 60 (Jordan 15). AssistsSacramento 18 (McCallum 5), L.A. Clippers 31 (Paul 9). Total Fouls-Sacramento 17, L.A. Clippers 29. Technicals-Cousins, McLemore, Rivers, L.A. Clippers defensive three second.

A-19,133 (19,060).

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By Bobby Nightengale

bnightengale@ljworld.com

No defense was going to stop Free State High senior guard Weston Hack and junior forward Hunter Gudde on Saturday night. Not with the way they were shooting.

The two Firebirds combined for 46 points and 16 rebounds in a 63-47 victory against William Chrisman (Missouri) at FSHS. Hack scored 16 points in the first half, knocking down his first five shots. He also scored Free State’s last seven points in the second quarter, including a buzzerbeating layup. When the Bears put more attention on Hack after halftime, Gudde scored 10 of his team’s first 13 points to open the second half. “They’ve been really good all year long,� FSHS coach Chuck Law said. “That’s no secret: Those two make us go.�

Gudde’s personal 6-0 run to begin the third quarter pushed Free State’s lead into doubledigits. The Firebirds (108) then scored on three straight possessions in a two-minute stretch midway through the period, with two layups by Gudde and a layup-and-the foul bucket by sophomore guard Jacob Pavlyak.

One day after struggling to make shots against fourth-ranked Olathe East, the Firebirds shot a blistering 62 percent from the field (21-for-34). Gudde shot a perfect 7-for-7 and was 6-for-6 at the free-throw line. “Olathe East and them are two completely different teams,� said Hack, who scored a game-

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FREE STATE HIGH’S HUNTER GUDDE (30) scores against William Chrisman’s Khenan Counce. The Firebirds won, 63-47, on Saturday night at FSHS. high 24 points. “Olathe East has a lot of size in the paint, length on the wing, whereas they really couldn’t match that. It was just a little bit easier to get going tonight.�

The Bears (14-10) led for most of the first quarter after knocking down their first three threepointers over Free State’s 2-3 zone defense. But, the Firebirds responded with a three-pointer of their own from sophomore Sloan Thomsen and an old-fashioned three-point play by sophomore Jay Dineen.

In the second half, Free State slowed down Chrisman’s top three-point threats, senior Chris Horn and junior Eli Henderson,

by face-guarding them with Pavlyak, Dineen, senior Andrew Keating and senior Justin Narcomey.

Pavlyak returned to the court Friday after missing several games because of an injury. “We played fine without Jacob, but Jacob gives us a different element,� Law said. “He’s a really good athlete. He knows how to play, confident kid for a sophomore. It was nice to see him come back in. We didn’t use him much at all last night, but he really gave us some good minutes off of the bench today.�

With plenty of Firebirds focused on stopping the Bears, Gudde

provided the offense. The 6-foot-2 forward, who can also play point guard, scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half. “I didn’t really do anything differently,â€? Gudde said. “I got more looks down low. ‌ I didn’t really have any straight drives. My teammates just passed me the ball down there, and I got open layups.â€?

After the Bears cut the score to 47-38 with 7:37 left in the fourth quarter, Hack and Gudde went on a 7-0 run, mostly from the free-throw line, to help the Firebirds pull away.

Pavlyak and junior forward Chrision Wilburn added buckets later in the period. “I’m sure coach sort of planned this out on purpose,� Hack said. “Obviously last night was a tough one, Senior Night and everything. But we were able to bounce back today and get our confidence back up and hopefully start another win streak.�

The Firebirds will go on the road to face Shawnee Mission West at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

WILLIAM CHRISMAN (47) Ronnie Cravens 5-11 1-3 11, Chris Redmond 0-2 0-0 0, Justin Dickerson 3-6 2-4 9, Gannon Ogle 0-2 0-0 0, Eli Henderson 3-8 4-4 13, Chris Horn 4-11 0-0 11, Randall Horn 1-2 1-2 3, Grady Ogle 0-1 0-0 0, Mason Atagi 0-2 0-0 0, Connor Ruch 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 16-44 8-13 47.

FREE STATE (63) Andrew Keating 0-1 0-0 0, Weston Hack 7-9 10-14 24, Justin Narcomey 0-2 2-2 2, Hunter Gudde 7-7 6-6 20, Jack Raney 0-2 0-0 0, Sloan Thomsen 1-2 0-0 3, Jay Dineen 1-1 1-1 3, Jacob Pavlyak 2-6 1-1 5, Chrision Wilburn 2-3 0-0 4, Darian Lewis 1-2 0-1 2, Caleb Holland 0-0 0-0 0, Shannon Cordes 0-0 0-2 0, Kristian Rawls 0-0 0-0 0, Zion Bowlin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-34 20-29 63.

Chrisman 11 13 12 11 — 47 Free State 17 13 17 16 — 63 Three-point field goals: William Chrisman 7-13 (Henderson 3, Horn 3, Dickerson); Free State 1-6 (Thomsen).

Turnovers: William Chrisman 9, Free State 12.

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Stillwater, Okla. — Oklahoma State extended Kansas University’s losing streak to five, defeating the Jayhawks, 80-76, in Big 12 women’s basketball Saturday night in Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Oklahoma State led most of the game until a three-pointer by Natalie Knight gave KU a 54-53 lead with 8:04 remaining.

KU’s biggest advantage was two points, 5755. But a layup by Kaylee Jensen gave OSU a 61-60 edge, and the Cowgirls never trailed again. They stretched their lead to as much as nine points in the final minutes. “We have to get people off the glass, and we have to get offensive rebounds in this league,�

KU coach Bonnie Henrickson said. “We didn’t have horrific turnover numbers, but they only had six, so we’re minus-eight on turnovers and minus-nine on offensive rebounds. It’s a game of possessions and numbers. If you score 76 points on the road, you have a pretty good chance to win, but we just couldn’t finish. We forced a tough game.�

There were 10 lead changes in the contest, and OSU led by only one point with just under five minutes remaining before scoring five straight points for a 68-62 lead.

The Cowgirls led 37-31 at halftime.

Knight led the Jayhawks with 20 points.

Chelsea Gardner added 18 points and eight rebounds, and Lauren Aldridge scored 16 points.

BOX SCORE KANSAS (76) MIN FG FT REB PF TP

m-a m-a o-t Natalie Knight 40 6-10 5-6 0-5 0 20 Chelsea Gardner 22 6-15 6-9 3-8 4 18 Lauren Aldridge 40 5-7 2-2 0-1 2 16 Jada Brown 11 1-2 2-4 1-2 2 4 Chayla Cheadle 24 0-2 0-0 3-5 4 0 Asia Boyd 10 3-4 1-2 1-5 0 9 Terriell Bradley 31 2-8 3-3 0-2 5 7 C. Manning-Allen 17 1-2 0-0 0-4 4 2 Bunny Williams 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 L. Enabulele 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 team

1-2 Totals 24-50 16-26 9-34 21 76 Three-point goals: 9-17 (Aldridge 4-4, Knight 3-7, Boyd 2-2, Brown 0-1, Cheadle 0-1, Bradley 0-2). Assists: 11 (Knight 4, Aldridge 4, Gardner, Bradley, Williams).

Turnovers: 14 (Cheadle 5, Bradley 3, Aldridge 2, Boyd 2, Gardner, Brown).

Blocked shots: 8 (Manning-Allen 4, Knight 2, Gardner, Cheadle). Steals: 2 (Knight 2).

OKLAHOMA STATE (80) MIN FG FT REB PF TP

m-a m-a o-t Liz Donohoe 29 9-14 2-2 1-3 4 22 Britney Martin 40 7-23 7-8 2-10 0 21 LaShawn Jones 25 8-14 3-3 4-8 5 19 R. Johnson 35 3-10 4-4 0-4 4 10 Roddricka Patton 32 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 Kaylee Jensen 15 2-4 0-4 5-7 2 4 Mandy Coleman 11 1-3 1-2 1-3 0 4 Katelyn Loecker 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 Diana Omozee 5 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 team

17-40 Totals 30-68 17-23 17-40 20 80 Three-point goals: 3-5 (Donohoe 2-3, Coleman 1-2). Assists: 17 (Patton 7, Johnson 5, Martin 3, Jensen 2). Turnovers: 6 (Jones 3, Jensen 2, Martin). Blocked shots: 5 (Martin 3, Jones, Jensen). Steals: 7 (Martin 4, Patton 2, Donohoe).

Kansas 31 45 — 76 Oklahoma State 37 43 — 80 Officials: Scott Yarbrough, Brian Hall, Michol Murray. Attendance: 2,705.

It was the 24th time Gardner scored in double figures this season and the 22nd time Knight was in double figures.

Oklahoma State was led by Liz Donohoe with 22 points, followed by Brittney Martin with 21 points and 10 rebounds and LaShawn Jones with 19 points and eight boards.

The Jayhawks fell to 1315 overall, 4-11 in the Big 12, while OSU improved to 18-8 and 8-7.

The Jayhawks will host Kansas State at 7 p.m.

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FREE STATE SWIMMER JACK ZIEGLER LOOKS AT THE RESULTS BOARD after winning the state championship in the 50-yard freestyle Saturday in Topeka.

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state-meet record in the 400 freestyle relay, a goal they had their eyes on all year. Portela, Ziegler, senior Nolan Stoppel and freshman Evan Eskilson won the race in 3:08.07, topping the record time of 3:09.47, set by Washburn Rural last year. Free State won the race by more than five seconds. “That was a good little cherry on top, honestly,� said Portela, who swam his leg in a swift 45.34 seconds. “All of our guys on the relay did great. It was the last event ever for Jack and Nolan, and they were all hyped and everything. I knew the other teams were coming to catch us, and we just dove in and went for it.�

Ziegler broke his own school record in the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.78 to win his first state championship, but he fell just short of the state-meet record by 0.04 seconds, which is the longest-held record at the meet, set in 1994. “Oh my gosh, was that exciting,� FSHS coach Annette McDonald said about Ziegler in the 50 freestyle. “He really

wanted that record. Fourhundredths of a second — how close was that? It was a beautiful race. His technique was great, his turns were perfect, the finish was great. I mean, what more could you ask for?�

Portela, Ziegler, Eskilson and senior Josh Terrell broke the state-meet record in the 200 medley relay, the first event of the meet, but took second place by 0.28 seconds.

It wasn’t the only tough finish for Terrell, who also placed second in the 100 breaststroke and third in the 200 individual medley. Terrell, second in the 100 breaststroke last year, fought back from offseason shoulder surgery and a seven-month layoff before the season. “That’s the thing with swimming, it’s always so close,â€? Terrell said. “You’re just, like, I could’ve done this, I could’ve done that, but it doesn’t work out. ‌ I was actually very happy with my 200 IM. But to be honest, I’m not very happy about the 100 breast. I worked pretty hard for that.â€?

Portela wanted to break the state meet’s butterfly record last year, but he missed it by less than a second. Once the star sophomore is determined, there’s not much that can stop him.

“He’s such a talented swimmer,� said McDonald, who was selected as the Coach of the Year. “You could see how strong he was in his 200 (freestyle). I could’ve swam him in anything, and I think he would’ve taken it.�

Eskilson took sixth in the 100 backstroke, sophomore Evan Yoder was eighth in the 100 breaststroke, and the Firebirds 200 freestyle relay — Yoder, Stoppel, Brandon Bunting and Cooper Schmiedeler — finished sixth.

Lawrence High was led by freshman Stephen Johnson, who took second in the 500 freestyle in 4:48.72 and sixth in the 200 freestyle. “When I came into the high school season, my goal was not to break 4:50,� Johnson said about his race in the 500 freestyle. “So for me ending up doing that in the high school season is crazy. It makes me feel so good.�

The Lions took 11th place in the team standings with 70 points. Junior diver Izaiah Bowie took 11th in the one-meter dive, and the Lions’ best relay, the 200 freestyle featuring Johnson, Alex Heckman, Ellis Springe and Chase Odgers, finished 10th.

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KANSAS 81, TCU 72

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FRIENDS OF TEAM MANAGER CHRIS HUEY, CENTER, SOME WEARING CHRIS HUEY JERSEYS, SHOOT PICTURES with him following Kansas University’s 81-72 victory over TCU on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

Manager Huey relishes experience

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

Kansas University fifth-year senior basketball manager Chris Huey, who practices regularly with the Jayhawks, trading elbows with the likes of Perry Ellis, Jamari Traylor, Landen Lucas and Cliff Alexander, on Saturday was given the opportunity to suit up and play for the Jayhawks in an actual game.

The 6-foot-7, 185-pound Kansas City (Kansas) Bishop Ward High graduate, who gave up competitive basketball his freshman year of college at Saint Mary in Leavenworth because of a collapsed lung, gladly accepted coach Bill Self’s offer to join the active roster for Saturday’s KUTCU game in Allen Fieldhouse.

Huey, who now returns to his duties as manager for the rest of the season, entered the game with 35

seconds left and missed a driving layup at :14.

“It was really indescribable. I can’t really put into words how it felt.

I’m enjoying every minute of it,” Huey, who is nicknamed “Scarecrow” for his slender build, said after KU’s 81-72 victory.

Self told him after practice Thursday that he would be allowed to dress for the game. KU had gone through all the proper steps to make sure he was eligible, and it was full-steam ahead.

“It took awhile to process,” Huey said. “All of Thursday, after I found out, I was in shock. It didn’t hit me until yesterday when I got fitted for gear. I didn’t sleep much last night, had a lot of nerves today. I enjoyed every minute of it. It’s probably the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

He explained his thought process on the missed layup.

He dribbled full speed to the basket, with the Jayhawks acting as if they were content on running out the clock on the victory.

“I heard their coach saying they weren’t going to foul, so I went to the basket,” Huey said. “I knew the kid (defender) was going to play off and try to block it from behind. I leaned back into him and leaned forward to shoot it, and I shot it too strong.”

The miss didn’t matter.

What did was the opportunity.

“He practices every day in 5-on-5 drills, has to go against Jamari, Perry, ‘Lando’ (Lucas), Cliff. He had to get stitches from being elbowed. He works hard. He deserves to be out there,” guard Devonté Graham said.

“He helps us out so much, the things he does.

It was great to see him out there,” noted forward Ellis.

Kansas

yond words. It was a fabulous day,” Huey’s mom, Joanne, said.

“When he went in the game, I started screaming. I turned to people behind me and said, ‘That’s my son,’” Joanne said, beaming. “I didn’t think it’d happen because the game was so close.”

There was always a chance her son might enter a game in his final season at KU, his third season as manager.

“The difference this year versus the last two is he’s been part of the scout team, practicing with them since almost the beginning of the season,” she said. “He’s on the court working every day with them, getting battered and bruised, requiring stitches. He became part of the team.”

Huey said he might want to get into coaching or scouting as a career.

“I’m trying to enjoy this year and take everything as it comes. It all

goes by so fast,” Huey said. “More importantly (than him playing), we won and hopefully we can win a Big 12 championship. That’s what I care about more than this.” l

This, that: Self confirmed after the game that junior Evan Manning is on scholarship this semester. ... KU athletic director Sheahon Zenger, associate AD Jim Marchiony and former KU athlete Gary Padgett will represent KU today at Dean Smith’s memorial service in North Carolina. ... ESPN’s “GameDay” will be in town for the KU-Texas game, set for a 4 p.m. tipoff on Feb. 28. The “GameDay” show will originate from Wichita State for its normal morning portion, but then conduct an hourlong pregame show at 3 p.m. in Allen Fieldhouse.

Only UT-KU game tickets will be allowed for admission.

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Before Saturday, Graham had scored in double figures in one other Big 12 game — Jan. 17 at Iowa State. Coincidentally, he also was perfect from the field (3-for-3, seven points) against TCU in the first meeting between the squads on Jan. 28.

“I’ve been on him daily to become aggressive,” Self said. “Today he was aggressive. He got in the paint, made a couple key plays as far as dishing off to get us some easy baskets. It’s the best anybody’s probably done in getting in the paint forcing help and getting easy baskets behind it all year long. Hopefully this will be a springboard for him.”

Graham said he has spoken with Self a lot the past several weeks.

“I mean, I haven’t been to his office, but after practice he talks to me every day,” Graham said.

“If I have a good practice, if I have a bad practice, he tells me what I need to be doing. The main thing he’s been telling me is be aggressive, play my game, because I’ve been too passive, not attacking the basket. That’s what I tried to do tonight.”

He admitted it was nice to have a perfect night from the floor after making just two of his last 12

“It was good to have him get rewarded like that. It’s pretty special,” Traylor noted.

Self said: “He does a lot with our team, more than the other managers from a playing standpoint.

He’s the biggest guy, so he guards, beats people (KU bigs) with dummies (pads), all 140 pounds of him. I decided since he was a senior it would be a pretty cool deal. He won’t suit anymore. This is his one shot. I let the players know yesterday what was going on. They were excited for him. I know it meant a lot to him growing up in KC and meant a lot to his family.”

Huey’s family members applauded as he finished a postgame interview on James Naismith court. Chris had yet to answer the 90 messages on his cellphone.

“It’s been surreal. He’s worked hard as a manager, put in a lot of time.

I’m incredibly proud be-

EKANSAS GUARD DEVONTÉ GRAHAM (4) DUCKS UNDER TCU GUARD TREY ZEIGLER on his way to the bucket during the first half. shots since the last TCU game.

“I think some of it might have to do with luck, 7-for7,” Graham said. “I have been working on my shot lately because I haven’t been shooting well.”

Graham and junior forward Ellis combined for 43 points off 16-of-17 shooting. Ellis hit nine of 10 shots and five of 10 free throws.

“It was important to our team for him to have a big game,” Self said of Ellis, who missed what would have been a gamewinning layup at the buzzer Monday at West Virginia.

“The missed shot against West Virginia ... we have not made a big deal out of that at all. He just missed a shot. He was off balance and rushed and everything. I know he cared. I know it hurt him. He probably felt he let us down. He didn’t. He

played very well in that game. (Michael) Jordan, if I’m not mistaken, missed a lot of shots, too,” Self added. “Everybody does.

If you play competitive ball, you do. I hope that wasn’t his motivation to play well. I hope it’s just because it was the next game. It’s a way he needs to play because I thought he played very well.”

Ellis had a vicious onehanded dunk off a lob from Frank Mason III (14 points, five assists) and followed that with another one-hander off a steal in the second half.

“He made a great play, got the dunk, came back and got the steal and dunk. The fieldhouse went crazy. Everybody on the bench went crazy,” said forward Jamari Traylor, who had eight points and three boards in 24 minutes on a night forward Cliff Alexander scored just two points

TCU (72)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Trey Zeigler 35 7-12 6-10 2-5 1 20 Kyan Anderson 35 4-14 4-6 0-0 3 14 Kenrich Williams 33 3-7 0-0 0-3 3 7 Chris Washburn 28 2-3 2-2 2-4 5 6 Karviar Shepherd 22 1-4 4-4 2-6 4 6 Amric Fields 26 4-14 1-1 0-6 3 11 Brandon Parrish 12 3-5 1-1 1-2 3 7 Devonta Abron 5 0-0 1-2 3-3 3 1 Chauncey Collins 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 team 2-4 Totals 24-59 19-26 12-33 26 72 Three-point goals: 5-16 (Fields 2-5, Anderosn 2-6, Williams 1-2, Parrish 0-1, Zeigler 0-2). Assists: 10 (Andeson 7, Zeigler 2, Shepherd). Turnovers: 13 (Williams 4, Parrish 2, Abron 2, Zeigler, Anderson, Washburn Shepherd, Collins).

Blocked shots: 4 (Washburn 2, Williams, Abron). Steals: 6 (Washburn 2, Zeigler, Anderson, Williams, Parrish).

KANSAS (81)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Perry Ellis 35 9-10 5-10 1-7 3 23 Frank Mason III 32 5-8 4-4 0-1 4 14 Wayne Selden Jr. 22 1-4 2-2 0-2 2 5 Cliff Alexander 11 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 2 Kelly Oubre Jr. 19 0-3 0-0 0-4 1 0 Devonté Graham 27 7-7 4-6 1-3 4 20 Jamari Traylor 24 3-4 2-4 1-3 3 8 Brannen Greene 20 2-4 4-4 0-6 1 9 Landen Lucas 9 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 Chris Huey 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 team 1-1 Totals 28-48 21-30 5-29 21 81 Three-point goals: 4-10 (Graham 2-2, Greene 1-2, Selden 1-3, Mason 0-1, Oubre 0-2). Assists: 14 (Mason 5, Graham 3, Ellis 2, Selden 2, Greene, Traylor). Turnovers: 14 (Mason 4, Ellis 3, Graham 3, Traylor 2, Selden, Greene). Blocked shots: 4 (Selden, Alexander, Oubre, Traylor). Steals: 6 (Ellis 2, Oubre 2, Mason, Greene).

TCU 29 43 — 72 Kansas 35 46 — 81 Officials: Tom Eades, Don Daily, Larry Spaulding. Attendance: 16,300.

with two boards in 11 minutes.

“I don’t know where to rank it, but it was definitely up there,” Traylor added of Ellis’ jam off the lob.

Now 22-5 overall and 11-3 in the league, KU will travel to Kansas State on Monday for an 8 p.m. tipoff. TCU fell to 16-11, 3-11.

KANSAS GUARD FRANK MASON III (0) SIGNALS TO THE KANSAS BENCH as he defends TCU guard Kyan Anderson.

KU SCHEDULE Nov. 14 — UC Santa Barbara, W 69-59 (1-0) Nov. 18 — vs. Kentucky in Champions Classic in Indianapolis, L 40-72 (1-1) Nov. 24 ­— Rider in Orlando Classic at Allen Fieldhouse, W 87-60 (2-1) Nov. 27 — vs. Rhode Island in Orlando Classic, Orlando, Fla., W 76-60 (3-1) Nov. 28 — vs. Tennessee in Orlando Classic, Orlando, Fla., W 82-67 (4-1) Nov. 30 — vs. Michigan State in Orlando Classic, W 61-56 (5-1) Dec. 5 — Florida, W 71-65 (6-1) Dec. 10 — at Georgetown, W 75-70 (7-1) Dec. 13 — Utah at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., W 63-60 (8-1) Dec. 20 — Lafayette, W 96-69 (9-1) Dec. 22 — at Temple, L 52-77 (9-2) Dec. 30 — Kent State, W 78-62 (10-2) Jan. 4 — UNLV, W 76-61 (11-2) Jan. 7 — at Baylor, W 56-55 (122, 1-0) Jan. 10 — Texas Tech, W 86-54 (13-2, 2-0)

Jan. 13 — Oklahoma State, W 67-57 (14-2, 3-0) Jan. 17 — at Iowa State, L 81-86 (14-3, 3-1) Jan. 19 — Oklahoma, W 85-78 (153, 4-1) Jan. 24 — at Texas, W 75-62 (163, 5-1) Jan. 28 — at TCU, W 64-61 (17-3, 6-1) Jan. 31 — Kansas State, W 68-57 (18-3, 7-1) Feb. 2 — Iowa State, W 89-76 (193, 8-1) Feb. 7 — at Oklahoma State, L 62-67 (19-4, 8-2) Feb. 10 — at Texas Tech, W 73-51 (20-4, 9-2) Feb. 14 — Baylor, W 74-64 (21-4, 10-2) Feb. 16 — at West Virginia, L 61-61 (21-5, 10-3) Feb. 21 — TCU, W 81-72 (22-5, 11-3) Feb. 23 — at Kansas State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 28 — Texas, 4 p.m.

March 3 — West Virginia, 8 p.m.

March 7 — at Oklahoma, TBA March 11-14 —Big 12 tournament at Kansas City, Mo.

KANSAS 81, TCU 72

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By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

A year ago, TCU men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson left Lawrence mumbling half-hearted comments about ending his own life.

Not Saturday night.

Instead of sitting at the postgame podium down and depressed about the state of his team, Johnson sat upright and proud, byproducts of an 81-72 loss to Kansas University that clearly demonstrated just how much his Horned

Frogs had grown between trips to Allen Fieldhouse.

“The last three years I’ve been here, he’s cleared his bench with about 10 (minutes) to go,” Johnson said of KU coach Bill Self and TCU’s Lawrence losses of 30 and 26 points during the past two seasons. “That’s how I look at it.”

There was no benchclearing formality Saturday, save for Self inserting manager Chris Huey into his first and only game as a Jayhawk with 35 seconds to play.

Instead, there were big buckets, tough rebounds, hard fouls and strong runs. And a few of them even came from Johnson’s troops, who outrebounded Kansas 33-29, won the turnover battle 14-13 and even made more three-pointers (5-4).

“That’s probably about as good as we’ve played on the road,” Johnson said. “For us to be in this position, where we had a chance down the stretch, it speaks volumes.”

TCU’s game plan Saturday was simple: Keep

the pace slow by emphasizing half-court offense and defense and fight like mad when the Jayhawksized tidal waves came.

“We knew we were gonna take some punches,” said TCU senior Trey Zeigler, one of three players to reach 20 points Saturday (KU’s Perry Ellis and Devonté Graham were the others). “And we just tried to keep battling and play through their runs.”

The fact that the Horned Frogs believed their plan would work —

and why wouldn’t they, coming in on the heels of back-to-back home wins over Oklahoma State and Kansas State? — spoke further about their progress. Of course, believing something will work and actually getting it to are different things, and the Frogs (16-11 overall, 3-11 Big 12) found it difficult to sync up the two goals.

“They put it on you to really be good,” said Johnson, tipping his cap to KU’s defense, which held TCU to 41-percent shooting, 17 percentage

points lower than KU’s game total. “They’re just so good mentally, physically, and they’re tough.”

TCU matched KU’s toughness. But when Ellis and Graham helped the Jayhawks (22-5, 11-3) find easy buckets, the pressure to match that while also trying to stop it proved to be too much for the visitors.

“Our program, our team, is not there yet,” Johnson said. “Let’s just be honest about it. But we played ’em tough at home.”

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY FORWARD PERRY ELLIS (34) GETS WAY, WAY UP to throw down a dunk off of a lob pass over TCU guard Trey Zeigler in the second half of KU’s 81-72 victory Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.

Keegan CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C

KANSAS GUARD WAYNE SELDEN JR. (1) PUSHES THE BALL up the court past TCU forward Chris Washburn (33) during the first half.

KANSAS GUARD KELLY OUBRE JR. (12) HANGS FOR A SHOT between TCU forward Kenrich Williams (34) and forward Chris Washburn.

rim Monday night in Morgantown, West Virginia, where KU lost by a point. But nobody should have been surprised to see him bounce back with a terrific game.

He’s a perfectionist, but he doesn’t have a pouty bone in his body.

Ellis responded with 23 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals.

“It was tough, man,” Ellis said of the days following the Morgantown miss. “I had a chance to make it, but I didn’t, unfortunately. But everybody kept me up. Family, coaches, everybody just told me to stay positive, and I did.”

It’s not as if he didn’t allow himself to watch the play in which Jamari Traylor hit him with a perfect pass from out-of-bounds to inside the opposite free-throw line. After West Virginia guard Juwan State cut in front of Ellis, throwing off his footwork and disrupting his rhythm, Ellis

KANSAS FORWARD PERRY ELLIS, CENTER, SMILES as teammate Jamari Traylor, left, celebrates following Ellis’ highflying lob dunk during the second half. rushed and missed a shot at point-blank range.

“Yeah, I watched it, man,” Ellis said. “Just a chance to get better, see what I could have done.”

What did he learn?

“The thing is, the moment was so fast,” he said. “I didn’t know how much time was left. I guess I could have made a quick glance at the time, so I could gather myself a little better.

That’s the only thing.”

Ellis did a terrific job of posting up against the Horned Frogs, and

Devonté Graham did a nice job of finding him early. But then for a long stretch in the first half, teammates didn’t get him the ball.

“I mean, I was just trying to post hard. It was a little frustrating,” Ellis said. “I just kept trying to post hard and get good position.

My teammates, they were looking for me, though, the whole game. They were talking to me saying, ‘Keep posting hard. We see you.’

That kept me motivated.”

At one point, when Ellis was at the free-throw

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line for a shot, a voice from the stands broke the silence: “Keep feeding the post!”

The Jayhawks did, and there was no stopping Ellis. He made nine of 10 shots from the field and had four dunks. After he used his patient, precise footwork to free himself for a bucket, Ellis pointed his finger toward the floor and twirled it.

He revealed later that teammates call him “The Blender” because of how he pivots in all directions, or as Ellis put it, “When I get it in the post, I’m spinning a lot.”

“That was the first time,” Ellis said of making a gesture after a bucket. “It felt good. It got my teammates excited to see me do that.”

Not quite as excited as the one-handed slam did.

“That was one of the better dunks I’ve had,” Ellis said. “It got my teammates amped up, myself as well.”

That’s not easy to do, but a wild week of highs and lows just might have brought Ellis out of his shell a little, which could make a really good college basketball player even better.

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High School Boys

Class 6A State Saturday at Topeka Team scores: SM East 324, Blue Valley North 321, Free State 281, Blue Valley Northwest 223, Olathe East 166, Maize 148, Washburn Rural 134, Blue Valley 126, SM South 121, Wichita East 80, Lawrence 70, Olathe Northwest 58, Derby 58, Olathe South 45, Wichita West 24, Wichita North 23, SM North 22, SM West 21, Wichita South 21, Topeka High 19, Manhattan 18, Olathe North 10, SM Northwest 5, Hutchinson 4, Wichita Northwest 2, Campus 1.

FSHS, LHS results 200 medley relay — 2. Free State (Evan Eskilson, Josh Terrell, Jordan Portela, Jack Ziegler), 1:34.39. 15.

Lawrence (Alex Heckman, Isaac Springe, Chase Odgers, Ellis Springe), 1:48.92.

200 freestyle — 1. Portela, Free State, 1:40.39. 6. Stephen Johnson, Lawrence, 1:46.10.

200 individual medley — 3. Terrell, Free State, 1:56.20. 9. Evan Yoder, Free State, 2:01.96.

50 freestyle — 1. Ziegler, Free State, 20.78. 6. Nolan Stoppel, Free State, 22.10.

Diving — 9. Chad Bourdon, Free State, 404.85. 11. Izaiah Bowie, Lawrence, 402.10. 14. Eli Garcia, Free State, 384.70.

100 butterfly — 1. Portela, Free State, 49.77 (record). 9. Eskilson, Free State, 52.44.

100 freestyle — 3. Ziegler, Free State, 46.95. 15. Stoppel, Free State, 50.48.

500 freestyle — 2. Johnson, Lawrence, 4:48.72. 16. I. Springe, Lawrence, 5:22.44.

200 freestyle relay — 6. Free State (Yoder, Brandon Bunting, Cooper Schmiedeler, Stoppel), 1:32.30. 10.

Lawrence (Heckman, E. Springe, Odgers, Johnson), 1:33.06.

100 backstroke — 6. Eskilson, Free State, 54.91. 12. Heckman, Lawrence, 57.15. 14. Ethan Kallenberger, Free State, 57.79.

100 breaststroke — 2. Terrell, Free State, 58.02. 8. Yoder, Free State, 1:02.65..

400 freestyle relay — 1. Free State (Eskilson, Ziegler, Stoppel, Portela), 3:08.07 (record); 12. Lawrence (Odgers, Springe, Heckman, Johnson), 3:28.17.

All-state first team — Preston Barley, Maize; Jackson Conrad, SM South; John Fritsch, Washburn Rural; Aidan Holbrook, SM East; Ryan McMonigle, BV North; Philip Musser, BV Northwest; Brian North, BV North; Jordan Portela, Free State; Michael Prekopy, Washburn Rural; Benjamin Schmatz, SM East; Ryan Sweat, SM South; Josh Terrell, Free State; Dylan Walters, Olathe East; Jack Ziegler, Free State.

All-state second team — Jamie Cohen, BV North; Sam Disette, BV North; Yousef Eldakak, BV Northwest; Patrick Hornung, SM East; Ian Hulshof, BV North; Stephen Johnson, Lawrence; Hayden Linscott, SM East; Brant Pitcairn, Olathe Northwest; Riley Roach, Wichita North; Max Stoneking, Olathe South; Colin Strickland, Blue Valley; Christian Taylor, Maize; Will Vance, BV North.

Coach of the year — Annette McDonald, Free State Swimmer of the meet — Jordan Portela, Free State.

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Class 6A regional Saturday at SM West Team scores: Free State 1581⁄2, SM Northwest 1471⁄2, Lawrence 122, SM East 1161⁄2, SM North 1111⁄2, SM West 63, SM South 61, KC Wyandotte 17.

Top 4 qualify for state Lawrence High results 113 — Bennett King, 2nd, def. Isaias Olson, SM South, 6-0; lost to Shayn Morris, Free State, 5-3.

120 — Carson Jumping Eagle, 4th, pinned Owen Swanberg, SM South; lost to Cameron Shanks, Free State, 7-0; def. Jeremy Sanchez, SM North, 3-0; lost to Colin Anthony, SM Northwest, by fall.

126 — Ja`Melle Dye, 3rd, lost to Alonso Salgado, SM North, 11-8; pinned DeVonte Smith, SM Northwest.

132 — Cade Burghart lost to Sid Miller, Free State, 7-0; lost to Javier Contreras, KC Wyandotte, 10-2.

138 — Jay Cheatham lost to Trevor Rine, SM Northwest, by fall; lost to Mario Matar-Soto, KC Wyandotte, 10-9.

145 — James Cooper, 3rd, def. Juan Arambula, SM West, 4-3; lost to Mike Bamford, SM East, by fall; pinned Larry Jones, KC Wyandotte; pinned James Wensel, Free State.

152 — Cy Burghart, 3rd, lost to Brian Morelan, SM Northwest, 12-4; pinned Caleb Cossairt, SM South, pinned Wyatt Stevens, Free State.

160 — Tucker Wilson, 1st, pinned Tyreik Gooch, Free State; def. Logan Jenkins, SM South, 13-5; def. Cesar Salgado, SM North, 4-2.

170 — Santino Gee, 2nd, pinned Zach Rome, SM-East; lost to Trenton Smith, SM Northwest, 3-0.

182 — Alan Clothier, 1st, pinned Joe Steve, SM North; pinned Jacob Rosebaugh, SM Northwest; pinned Jamie Larson, SM West.

195 — Hayden Husman lost to Zack Newcomb, SM Northwest, by fall; def.

Justin Schuman, SM East, 13-1; lost to Jose Montoya, SM West, by fall.

220 — Billy Phiavilayvong lost to Jack Carter, SM East, by fall; lost to Blake Britney, SM West, 3-1.

Free State results 106 — Tate Steele, 1st, pinned Jose Nippert, SM North); won by technical fall over Jerad Habben, SM Northwest, 17-0.

113 — Shayn Morris, 1st, pinned Austin Wilson, SM Northwest; def.

Bennett King, Lawrence, 5-3.

120 — Cameron Shanks, 1st, def.

Carson Jumping Eagle, Lawrence, 7-0; def. Sachary Ortiz, SM East, 4-2.

126 — Isaiah Jacobs, 1st, pinned Brian Parker, SM South; pinned Alonso Salgado, SM North.

132 — Sid Miller, 2nd, def Cade Burghart, Lawrence, 7-0; def. Michael Aldrich, SM East, 5-2; lost to Zach McQueen, SM-South, 1-0.

138 — Ben Hill, 3rd, lost to Trevor Rine, SM-Northwest, 5-1; pinned Clarence Miller, SM East; pinned Mario Matar-Soto, KC Wyandotte.

145 — James Wensel, 4th, lost to Adam Vanausdall, SM-Northwest, by fall; def. Juan Arambula, SM West, 8-4; lost to James Cooper, Lawrence by fall.

152 — Wyatt Stevens, 4th, lost to Brian Morelan, SM Northwest, by technical fall, 17-2; def. Richard Brown, SM West, 8-6; lost to Cy Burghart, Lawrence, by fall.

160 — Tyreik Gooch lost to Tucker Wilson, Lawrence, by fall; lost to Drake Yost, SM East, 7-0.

195 — Sky Carey, 4th, lost to Noah McGinnis, SM North, by fall; pinned Alex Pena, KC Wyandotte; def. Kris Ellis, SM-South, 5-3; lost to Jose Montoya, SM West, by fall.

220 — Nick Eddis, 2nd, pinned Jack Carter, SM-East; lost to Jonathan Presler, SM-North, by fall.

285 — Luke Winchester, 2nd, pinned Trey Carter, SM-West; lost to Jacob Guthrie, SM-North, by fall.

Class 4A Regional Team scores: Baldwin 189.02, Holton 160.53, Basehor Linwood 135.54, Bonner Springs 128.05, De Soto 103.06, Santa Fe Trail 95.07, Tonganoxie 93.58, Meriden Jeff West 84.09, KC Ward 57.010, Bishop Miege 46.011, Hoyt Royal Valley 43.012, Atchison 35.013, KC Sumner Academy 31.514, Eudora 27.015, KC Piper 19.016. PerryLecompton 6.0.

106 — 1. Cody Phippen, Basehor Linwood. 2. Levi Green, Baldwin. 3.

Christian Davis, Santa Fe Trail. 4.

Aidan McClellan, Tonganoxie.

113 —1. Tanner Hitchcock, Bonner Springs. 2. Patterson Starcher.

Tonganoxie. 3. Elijah Kennedy. Eudora.

4. TJ Hopper. Baldwin.

120 —1. Corbin Nirschl, Basehor Linwood. 2. Emmanuel Browne, KC Sumner Academy. 3. Bryce Erickson, Santa Fe Trail. 4. Zach King, KC Piper.

126 — 1. DJ Ballard, Bonner Springs.

2. Jon Trowbridge, Basehor Linwood.

3. Gad Huseman, Tonganoxie. 4. Ben Morgenstern, Baldwin.

132 — 1. Justin Pool, Holton. 2. Kolbe Seaton, Bonner Springs. 3. Spencer Vice, Atchison. 4. Lucas Gardner, KC Ward.

138 —1. Thomas Lisher, Baldwin. 2.

Hunter Miller, De Soto. 3. Tyler Price, Holton. 4. Garrett Martin, Tonganoxie.

145 — 1. Justin Rieschick, Holton. 2.

Dalton Tavis, Tonganoxie. 3. Braxton McCluskey, KC Ward. 4. Noah Hart, Hoyt Royal Valley.

152 — 1. Jon Pratt, Baldwin. 2.

Nicholas Reeb, Meriden Jeff West.

3. TJ Williams, Basehor Linwood. 4.

Chance Friesen, Bishop Miege.

160 — 1. Lucas Lovvorn, Holton. 2.

Owen Tuckfield, Baldwin. 3. Bryan Lanning, Bonner Springs. 4. Hunter Friesen, Bishop Miege.

170 — 1. Josh Miller, De Soto. 2.

Mason Baum, Holton. 3. Joel Katzer, Baldwin. 4. Devin Duncan, Tonganoxie.

182 — 1. Alex Bejarano, BasehorLinwood. 2. Joel Halford, Baldwin. 3.

Jacob Box, Hoyt Royal Valley. 4. Luke Ziglinski, Bishop Miege.

195 — 1. Jake Katzer, Baldwin. 2.

Jeremy Slitor, De Soto. 3. Sam Shenk, Meriden Jeff West. 4. Sean Singleton, Bonner Springs.

220 — 1. Ethan Dean, Santa Fe Trail.

2. Chandler Carter, De Soto. 3. Nathan Shields, Holton. 4. Gunther Wehrman, Baldwin.

285 — 1. Andrew Ramirez, Bishop Ward 2. Jake Hastings, Santa Fe Trail 3. Michael Majors, Meriden Jeff West 4. Kegan Meister, Holton.

Northern Trust Open

College Men

Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate Saturday in Palm Desert, California Team scores: Texas Tech 563, TCU 572, Denver 581, Kansas State 581, Oregon 582, Oregon State 583, Iowa State 590, UT Arlington 592, Nevada 592, Cal Poly 593, UC Riverside 594, Southern Utah 594, Southern Utah 596, Houston Baptist 599, Loyola Marymount 599, Kansas 600, San Francisco 607, UC Santa Barbara 607, CS Northridge 609, LouisianaMonroe 610, Arkansas-Little Rock 610, Wyoming 614, Northern Colorado 616, Old Dominion 620.

Leader: Clement Sordet, TTU, 134.

Kansas scores: t27. Brock Drogosch 75-72 — 147; t44. Connor Peck 77-72 — 149; t55. Daniel Hudson 77-73 — 150; t63. Chase Hanna 76-75 — 151; t70. Ben Welle 77-75 — 152; t125. Logan Philley 81-87 — 168.

Big 12 Men

Conf.

Overall

W L W L Kansas 11 3 22 5 Iowa State 10 4 20 6 Oklahoma 10 5 19 8 West Virginia 9 5 21 6 Baylor 8 6 20 7 Oklahoma State 7 8 17 10 Texas 6 8 17 10 Kansas State 6 9 13 15 TCU 3 11 16 11 Texas Tech 2 13 12 16 Saturday’s Games Kansas 81, TCU 72 Oklahoma 79, Texas Tech 75 (OT) Baylor 69, Kansas State 42 Iowa State 85, Texas 77 West Virginia 73, Oklahoma State 63 Monday’s Game Kansas at Kansas State, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Game Texas at West Virginia, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Texas Tech at TCU, 7 p.m.

Baylor at Iowa State, 8 p.m.

Big 12 Women

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Overall

W L W L Baylor 15 0 26 1 Oklahoma 11 4 17 9 Oklahoma State 8 7 18 8 TCU 7 8 15 11 Iowa State 7 8 16 10 Texas 7 8 18 8 Kansas State 5 10 15 11 Texas Tech 5 10 15 12 West Virginia 6 9 16 11 Kansas 4 11 13 15 Saturday’s Games Oklahoma State 80, Kansas 76 West Virginia 54, Iowa State 52 Texas 62, Texas Tech 59 Baylor 91, TCU 75 Oklahoma 73, Kansas State 64 Tuesday’s Games West Virginia at TCU, 7 p.m.

Texas Tech at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

College Men’s Box

Saturday at Baldwin City EVANGEL 61, BAKER 53 Evangel 26 35 — 61 Baker 33 30 — 53 Evangel: Chapman 12, Tillery 23, Veurink 9, Wingert 5, Yocum 5, Blakeslee 1, Miller 2, Thompson 4.

Baker: Carter 11, Easter 18, Fulks 2, Gray 4, Barnes 12, Bolton 2, Mick 2, Wilson 2.

Baker record: 9-17 overall, 3-13 HAAC.

College Women’s Box

Saturday at Baldwin City BAKER 59, EVANGEL 52 Evangel 23 29 — 52 Bake 29 30 — 59 Evangel: Helms 7, Landolt 1, Lessmann 7, Swanson 9, Williams 2, Brown 22, Patterson 4.

Baker: Ehm 9, Hodge 5, Larson 10, E. Simpson 8, Wallisch 7, Cook 2, Modesett 2, R. Simpson 2, Vogts 8, Woods 6.

Baker record: 18-8 overall, 11-5 HAAC.

High School

Junior Varsity Boys FREE STATE 71, WILLIAM CHRISMAN 36 FSHS highlights: Darian Lewis 15 points; Sloan Thomson 11 points; Jake Pavlyak 9 points; Reece WhiteDowning 7 points; Mikey Corbett 7 points.

FSHS record: 14-3. Next for FSHS: Tuesday at SM West.

College Women

Saturday At The Riviera Country Club Los Angeles Yardage: 7,349; Par: 71 Third Round Retief Goosen 66-70-69—205 Graham DeLaet 70-67-70—207 Sang-Moon Bae 71-71-66—208 Carlos Ortiz 67-73-68—208 Sergio Garcia 71-69-68—208 J.B. Holmes 70-69-69—208 Dustin Johnson 70-72-67—209 Jim Furyk 71-70-68—209 James Hahn 66-74-69—209 Vijay Singh 66-74-69—209 Jordan Spieth 69-70-70—209 Angel Cabrera 70-68-71—209 Bubba Watson 70-69-70—209 Ryan Moore 69-68-72—209

Saturday at Denver Denver 6, Kansas 1

W — Lauren Harger (7-0). L — Beth Wilson (2-1).

2B — Haeger, F; HR — Haeger, F. KU highlights — Chaley Brickey 2-for-3, RBI; Chanin Naudin 2-for-2.

The Jayhawks (2-4) will meet Oregon State at noon today at Surprise Stadium.

Kansas 2, Mercer 0

Kansas 200 001 200 — 5 14 1 Wash. St. 120 010 40x — 8 9 1 W — Matt Bower (2-0). L — Ben Krauth (0-2).

2B — Blair Beck, Connoer McKay, KU; Wes Hatten, P.J. Jones, WS. KU highlights — Colby Wright 3-for4; Beck 2-for-2, 2 RBIs; Joe Moroney 3-for-3; Dakota Smith RBI; McKay RBI.

NHL

Saturday’s Games Washington 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, SO Philadelphia 3, Nashville 2, SO Toronto 4, Winnipeg 3, OT Montreal 3, Columbus 1 Ottawa 4, Florida 1 New Jersey 3, Carolina 1 Anaheim 2, Edmonton 1 Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 2 Detroit 7, Dallas 6, OT Tampa Bay 4, Arizona 2 Los Angeles vs. San Jose, (n)

BRIEFLY team title with 1581⁄2 points, followed by Shawnee Mission Northwest with 1471⁄2 and Lawrence Overland Park — Free High with 122.

State High’s Tate Steele, Both schools’ state Shayn Morris, Cameron qualifiers will compete at Shanks and Isaiah Jacobs 10 a.m. Friday at Hartman won their weight classes, Arena in Park City. and the Firebirds finished first at a Class 6A wresVeritas boys tling regional Saturday at Shawnee Mission West. cruise, 66-50 Tucker Wilson (160 Manhattan — Chad pounds) and Alan Clothier Stieben scored 17 points, (182) won for Lawrence High, and the Lions placed and Miles Dressler added 14 as Veritas Christian dethird in the eight-team feated Manhattan CHIEF, meet.

66-50, on Saturday in high Steele won at 106 school boys basketball. pounds, Morris at 113, Kalim Dowdell added Shanks at 120 and Jacobs 12 points, and Michael at 126.

Rask scored nine for the Finishing second were Eagles.

Bennett King (113) and Veritas built a 31-25 halfSantino Gee (170) for LHS, and Sid Miller (132), time lead, then outscored Manhattan 18-6 in the third Nick Eddis (220) and quarter.

Luke Winchester (285) The Eagles won their for FSHS. seventh straight and Free State won the

FSHS wrestlers win regional

finished the regular season 21-4. They will meet Manhattan CHIEF again on Thursday in the KCAA state tournament in Salina.

“We had a great regular season, probably one our best in history,” Veritas coach Carl Huslig said.

Veritas 21 10 18 17 — 66 Manhattan CHIEF 19 6 11 14 — 50 Veritas: Weston Flory 3, Trey Huslig 1, Chad Stieben 17, Miles Dressler 14, Michael Rask 9, Kalim Dowdell 12, Mark Weinhold 5, Drake Napier 5.

Manhattan CHIEF: Anthony Schrader 27, Kirk Stewart 2, Patrick Schrader 3, James Wilson 4, Joel Moldrup 14.

KU golfers 16th; Drogosch fires 72 Palm Desert, Calif. — Kansas University golfer Brock Drogosch shot an even-par 72, and Kansas University’s men’s golf team was in 16th place Saturday after day two of the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate.

Drogosch had a two-day total of 147 and was tied for 27th.

The tournament concludes today.

KU softball 1-1 in Florida Gainesville, Fla. — Kansas University’s softball team suffered its first loss of the season, 7-1 against Florida, then defeated Mercer, 2-0, on Saturday in the Aquafina Invitational.

Alicia Pille pitched a three-hitter against Mercer to raise her record to 7-0.

“I thought Pille showed a huge amount of toughness tonight,” KU coach Megan Smith said.

The Jayhawks (13-1) will face Illinois State at 8 a.m. today.

Florida 7, Kansas 1 Kansas Florida

000 010 0 — 1 6 0 003 400 x — 7 7 0

Mercer 000 000 0 — 0 3 1 Kansas 000 020 x — 2 4 0 W — Alicia Pille (7-0). L — Kirsten Stevens (3-5).

2B — Riley Carter, M. KU highlights — Shannon McGinley 2-for-3, Lily Behrmann RBI.

Baker track Washington St. tops KU baseball takes two titles Surprise, Ariz. — Washington State rallied with four runs in the seventh inning to hand Kansas University’s baseball team an 8-5 defeat Saturday night.

KU collected 14 hits but stranded 12 runners.

“I was pleased with the way we swung the bat,” KU coach Ritch Price said. “When you get 14 hits and score only five runs ... we made a couple bad base-running plays.”

Lamoni, Iowa — Baker University’s men’s and women’s track and field teams both won HAAC championships Saturday for the fourth straight season.

Baker’s Billi Pipes was named women’s MVP. A five-way tie for the men’s MVP award included Baker’s Jamie Steury, Joshua Peck and Vincent Tadokoro. BU’s Tim Byers was tapped HAAC coach of the year.

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CHECK Liner notes from the library’s Sound + Vision recording studio

By Joanna Hlavacek Twitter: @hlavacekjoanna

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hings are starting to get loud at the Lawrence Public Library.

Since the arrival of sound engineer Ed Rose in early January, the Lawrence Public Library’s Sound + Vision recording studio has become a hotbed of creative activity. These days, you’ll probably have to schedule at least a week in advance if you want to book a weekend slot, Rose says.

With all the noise — pun intended — coming out of the library’s lower level, we decided to check out who was using the studio and what kinds of projects it’s being used for. Here’s a sample of what we saw and heard over the course of a week.

Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.

As far as Maurice Flowers is concerned, music — more specifically, hip-hop — has no age limit.

Today is his 45th birthday, and he’s decided to spend the morning at the library, where his four-piece hip-hop outfit, The Local Legends, is recording its latest album, “Grown Folks Hip Hop.” “As I got older, the music got younger… and dumber,” says Flowers, who also goes by the moniker DonnDilla. “That’s what I write — content for people who grew up on real hip-hop.”

With the exception of Justin “Duecey” Lindeman, the group’s youngest member and Flowers’

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FOREGROUND FROM LEFT, SOUND ENGINEER ED ROSE SHOWS Maurice Flowers, a Lawrence hip-hop veteran, how to use sound mixing equipment Tuesday at the library’s Sound + Vision recording studio. Flowers was using the studio along with the rest of his group, The Local Legends, (background from left, Eugene Cowper, Justin Lindeman and Richard Thomas) to record their latest album, “Grown Folks Hip Hop,” on Flowers’ 45th birthday.

See a video of local musicians using the Sound + Vision recording studio at Lawrence.com/LibraryRecordingStudio protégée, the Legends are all in their 40s. Most are married.

Richard Thomas and Eugene Cowper (who perform as Papa Rich and Mac-Man Supreme, respectively) both have children.

The veteran rapper and producer — Common and Twista were among Flowers’ peers in the burgeoning Chicago hiphop scene of the 1980s — says Rose and the library’s recording studio has arrived at the perfect time, “right when the industry is changing so drastically.”

Within the last five years, he says, the number of record com-

panies willing to take on hip-hop artists has dwindled down to three giant monopolizers. “They bought up the rest of them,” Flowers says.

What’s left is a scourge of “negative hip-hop” that the Local Legends say glorifies drugs, violence and the objectification of women.

“I mean, positivity — where’s that?” Cowper says after his turn in the soundproof room. “That’s taken a backseat in the hip-hop world.”

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ometimes when the camera is rolling, your true self comes out. So I’ll just admit it freely: The scene in “Birdman” where the New York Times theater critic (Lindsay Duncan) tells Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) that she’s going to pan his stupid play, no matter how good it is, makes me angry on two levels. Number one, any critic who preemptively offered forth that opinion from a respected entity such as the Times would be sacked in a second. So: not realistic.

By any measure.

Number two, that’s a pretty reactionary position for co-writer/director Alejandro González Iñárritu to take. Does he really have such thin skin about bad reviews that he has to manufacture such a false turning-point moment like this in his movie?

It’s one of a couple things about “Birdman” that made its whole actor-is-God mentality a little hard to swallow.

Still, the film can be admired on all technical levels, and it’s probably the favorite to win best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday night.

I’m holding out hope for “Boyhood” to justifiably win that and best director (for Richard Linklater), but as Kurt Vonnegut said, “I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way.

I am a fool.”

This year’s Academy Awards will be held at 6 p.m. today and will be broadcast on ABC.

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NSA revelations.”

To that inane nonsense, I say this: Movies don’t put themselves together. Every moment, every cut, and every camera angle is an editorial choice. So ‘Citizenfour’ is the structure of the “Citizenfour,” a thrillmovie, which builds its ing, you-are-there vérité mix of fear and danger documentary widely con- sure-footedly, starting sidered to be the oddswith an opening shot of a on winner in its Oscar car going into a tunnel to category come Sunday foreshadow the claustronight, is currently suffer- phobia that will ensue. ing from frontrunner’s The irony of “Citidisease. zenfour,” of course, is After it was released to that while former NSA almost universal acclaim contractor Snowden last October (it’s now exposes a massive global playing at Liberty Hall), surveillance program I’ve seen a recent spate that would make George of opinions that critiOrwell cringe, he and cize it this way (and I’m the film are locked inside paraphrasing this lame a single hotel room in argument): Hong Kong for eight “There’s a difference straight days, able only between a movie that’s to watch the world’s simply culled from amaz- stunned reaction on the room’s single TV set. ing behind-the-scenes The original encrypted footage and one that’s emails that Poitras put together with skill. receives from Snowden Director Laura Poitras happened to be the lucky — who identifies himself only as “Citizenfour” — filmmaker contacted by Edward Snowden to doc- set the paranoid tone ument his Earth-shaking from the start.

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What’s fascinating about Poitras’ storytelling strategy is that she emphasizes the human drama of Snowden’s position, even as the wellspoken whistleblower insists that the focus of the news story be kept on the issues at hand and their scary, long-ranging implications.

Snowden understands that there’s an inherent interest in finding out who he is and why he’s sacrificing his own freedom to reveal classified information, but he pleads time and time again for Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald, who broke the story, to stick to the greater cultural importance of his revelations.

He’s passionate; wellreasoned.

But Poitras knows better. She knows what makes great cinema.

Snowden’s friends and family are in the dark about his whereabouts and the feds are closing in. With each mounting scene, the stakes are raised, and despite the very un-cinematic setting of a hotel room, the tension is palpable.

Poitras gives Snowden the podium to speak his mind, and his outrage is justified. He’s eloquent and strangely calm when he talks — in the middle

of the most stressful time of his life — of how the dangerous precedent of this unlawful U.S. spying program truly is.

Yes, “Citizenfour” largely ignores the larger context of the WikiLeaks movement, among other things, but it will also inspire debate and research beyond the film simply because it presents Snowden’s story from an alternate perspective.

Although Poitras largely stays clear of making herself a big character in “Citizenfour,” it is impossible to deny her role. The immense undertaking of

capturing these moments as they happen (it’s Poitras who shot Snowden’s coming-out party that was shown on international news broadcasts) are explicated by the rigor Poitras had to exercise to keep all contact with Snowden strictly under the radar.

This danger hangs over the film as well, and lingers beyond it.

Because even though we know Snowden was never apprehended, Poitras’ exciting documentary lives in the present of each moment, daring us all to have the courage of Snowden’s convictions, safety be damned.

“Citizenfour” is rated R for language. Nevermind the fact that your government has unlimited access to all your private emails.

— Eric Melin is the editorin-chief of Scene-Stealers. He’s a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and vice president of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle. On the air-guitar circuit, he goes by the name Mean Melin and is a world champion of air guitar.

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Go ahead — ask Kathy Pryor about Oscar.

In addition to her duties as managing director and budget officer of theater at Kansas University, Pryor also serves as a caretaker of sorts for a 53-year-old Academy Award statuette that once belonged to playwright, novelist and KU alumnus William Inge.

Listening to Pryor talk about the 13 1/2-inch-tall, 8 1/2-pound trophy is almost like hearing her reminisce about an old friend. It’s not long into a conversation before she refers to the Oscar — Inge won in the best original screenplay category for 1961’s “Splendor in the Grass” — as “him.”

“I have made him very personal,” she says. “I think because I’ve been here so long, I’ve formed a real attachment to the Oscar and the history.”

Looking after the award has been her responsibility for a long time now. Pryor joined the theater department as a part-time secretary in 1978, five years after Inge’s family gifted the theater department with his Academy Award.

Inge, an Independence native, committed suicide in 1973 following a decades-long struggle with depression. He was 60 years old.

Inge’s Oscar, perhaps the last symbol of his critical success, has remained at KU’s Murphy Hall ever since.

KU theater department staffers keep it locked away somewhere inside the building, though Pryor doesn’t like to reveal the location. Displaying it permanently would pose security issues, she says.

“There’s no way to replace it,” Pryor says of the golden statuette, which enjoyed a refurbishing from the Academy 15 years ago. “It’s priceless.”

Still, “a couple times a year” on very special occasions, the Oscar comes out of hiding.

Most recently, he made an appearance Wednesday night at a reception for KU Theatre’s upcoming “A Raisin in the Sun,” where he posed in pictures with students, faculty and staff, and theater patrons.

Watching students interact with Inge’s Oscar is the most fun, Pryor says.

With a “light in their eyes,” the aspiring thespians hold “him” as if they had just won their own Academy Award, expressing their gratitude to the parents and teachers who made it happen.

“It serves as an inspiration, I think, to see someone from the Midwest who went through KU and did such important work,” Pryor says of Inge’s award. “I think that’s vital to students.”

This year’s Academy Awards ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. today and will be broadcast live on ABC. — Features reporter Joanna Hlavacek can be reached at jhlavacek@ljworld.com and 832-6388.

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“Grown Folks Hip Hop” represents a new style that Flowers is calling “conscious music with an attitude.”

Their songs are about making good choices, Thomas says. “But does the mainstream really want this?”

“It doesn’t matter, though.”

Flowers says. “Because we’re going to give it to them.”

Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS WILLIAM INGE received this Oscar for best original screenplay for “Splendor in the Grass” in 1961. The Oscar is stored in a safe place in Murphy Hall and is brought out several times a year.

“The entertainment called in sick today,” says Beth Meyers, explaining why she won’t be recording a musician friend today as she had originally planned.

Instead, Meyers — a licensed sound engineer with more than 40 years of music-industry experience under her belt — is taking the morning to brush up on the library’s new equipment.

“Audio’s always been my first love,” says Meyers, who first discovered her craft as a teenager in the 1960s. “Music brings back memories. It’s like a time machine.”

Today, Rose thought they’d practice on David Bowie’s “Sound and Vision” as covered

by Lawrence Public Library Director Brad Allen. The song just happens to share the name of the library’s recording studio.

They’re about 20 minutes into the session when another library regular, Oliver Hall, pops into the studio. Hall uses the space to orally record historical documents like the Constitution and Magna Carta, and plans to send the recordings to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. The three chat for a few minutes before Hall heads back

upstairs, leaving Rose and Meyers to resume their lesson.

It’s a bit of a learning curve, admits Meyers, who has worked as a broadcast engineer for television news crews and public radio stations in Wichita and Lawrence.

Most recently, she’s been volunteering at Theatre Lawrence, where she regularly operates the soundboard during performances.

“That’s the cool thing about Beth. She comes from the lab coat era of engineering,” Rose says. “When you’d walk into a studio, the guy sitting in the chair was an actual engineer — not the guy who rolled the best joints and told the funniest jokes.”

Thursday, 9:30 a.m.

“All right, I’m going to make some noise,” says Jesse Gray, rising from behind the control board.

The 35-year-old musician and visual artist steps into the studio’s soundproof room, picks up a pair of drum sticks and starts to play.

While he’d eventually like to bring a buddy of his to the library to help with the engineering process, Gray says today he’s happy just to “mess around” by himself.

“Part of the fun with this is having to run back and forth, checking out what everything sounds like,” says Gray, who started singing before taking up the drums, guitar, piano and harmonica. “And not expecting to get much accomplished.”

Growing up in a rural area outside Austin, a teenage Gray and his friends would sometimes play massive shows inside barns.

They’d have black lights on hand to complement their psychedelic jams, he remembers.

These days, his music still has that funky, 1960s vibe to it, along with classic rock and country.

It’s been a while since he’s performed in a barn, but that’s

OK. Gray’s sons, ages 3 and 7, are starting to follow in their dad’s footsteps.

His older son recently graduated from the ukulele, which he played as a toddler, to the guitar.

The younger Gray, meanwhile, seems to enjoy the piano.

“I think he’s gonna be a drummer,” Gray says. “If he wants to be.”

Thursday, 1:30 p.m.

This could be the start of something good.

It’s Thursday afternoon, and Mickie Wells and Jack Snodgrass are having a jam session — their first in the library recording studio.

Together, the longtime friends are forming a new band, The Kickbacks. Wells describes their sound as “1960s blended with alternative rock and grunge.”

Being the musical maverick she is — Wells recently performed as MickaDiva, singing backup vocals in a local hip-hop band, and is now trying her hand at guitar — the 44-year-old also wants to “incorporate some techno beats” à la Deadmau5.

Aside from their shared love of music, the two friends have a lot in common.

Both served in the Army — Snodgrass, 59, was barely out of high school when he left home for Vietnam in 1972 — before moving to Lawrence and meeting each other 17 years ago.

Snodgrass, a drums devotee since childhood, isn’t able to play much these days. It’s not easy to practice without running into noise complaints at his apartment.

He’s glad have a place like the library.

“Lawrence needs this,” agrees Wells. “We absolutely need this.”

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Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon sheds light on bands, art and marriage in new memoir

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Kim Gordon is a founding member of Sonic Youth, visual artist, feminist icon, mother and fashion trendsetter. Now she can now add “memoirist” to her list of accomplishments. Her new “Girl in a Band” not only offers insight into music, art, the shifting tides of underground culture and the dynamics that made Sonic Youth tick, it’s also more transparent about her personal life than she has ever been.

Gordon and her husband of 29 years, Thurston Moore, finalized their divorce in 2013, effectively ending Sonic Youth, the band they cofounded in New York City in the early ’80s, when the couple separated in 2011. Since the breakup, Gordon has formed a new avant-rock band, Body/Head, and been the subject of numerous exhibitions of her visual art around the country.

In a phone interview from her home in Massachusetts, Gordon said the dissolution of her marriage prompted her to try to “make something constructive out of it.”

“Life steps in front of you, you have to take it on,” she says. “When something traumatic happens in your life, like a breakup, it sets you off thinking about your life. How did I get here? Who am I? I started thinking a lot about my childhood, and it was helpful in making sense of where I am now.”

Here’s an edited transcript our conversation.

Q: You write that you did some highschool dance choreography for Frank Zappa music. So I have to ask, how do you dance to Frank Zappa music?

A: (Laughs) It was me thinking about what is the most off-the-wall thing I can do. It was the only creative class in high school, and the teacher was a gym teacher who left me to my

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ARTIST AND ROCK MUSICIAN KIM GORDON can now add a memoir to her list of accomplishments. The Sonic Youth member’s new book, “Girl in a Band,” reveals as much about her personal life as it does about the inner workings of her artistic endeavors. own devices. I was doing modern dance outside of school, so I kind of knew what I was doing. I hated high school, so here was my chance to rebel. I did a more legit piece of choreography to (the music of) Pentangle. The Zappa piece, there was a toilet mechanism and toilet paper involved.

Q: Did you get a good grade?

A: I can’t remember. It was probably pass/fail.

Q: Your first rock band, Below the Belt, you describe as “pure mayhem and caterwauling.” You were stepping into music for the first time after being in the art world. How did it feel?

A: It was super exciting, because I’d never done anything like that before.

We started a band for a college art class project, so it was within that context. I don’t think it mattered how it sounded.

The art context can be very forgiving (laughs). When I was at Otis (College of Art and Design in Los Angeles), people were doing experimental music, and that piqued my interest. When I moved to New York, I was super influenced

by Warhol, the Factory, and art that had music

attached, like the Velvet Underground. Music was a new thing, but I didn’t really think about pursuing it further. I moved to New York to pursue visual art.

Q: Are the challenges to developing a career in visual arts and music similar?

A: When I look back on Sonic Youth’s journey, I wonder how did that happen? There was no money for a long time, and we were not thinking what will come out of it.

It was always about let’s make a record, get a gig at CB’s (New York punk club CBGB), get a tour.

When you’re not thinking about anything else you just move one day at a time. The art world is the same and yet quite different. The art world now is a lot more commercial than when I started out.

It’s harder. I’m still establishing myself as an artist in that world. I guess I’m a late bloomer.

Q: You wrote an essay in the ‘80s about your desire to get inside of what you called the male dynamic that defines rock bands. Why was that important to you?

A: Maybe it had to do with the (bad) relationship I had with my brother. I was looking for a better relationship with guys. I grew up such a tomboy and I wanted something brotherly. My dad was a sociologist, and that had something to do with it. I only recently figured that out. I have

New Dr. Seuss book coming this summer

By Brittny Mejia Los Angeles Times

Another recently discovered manuscript is coming to summer reading lists, this time in the form of a new Dr. Seuss book.

The manuscript by the late author Theodor Geisel, known to readers as Dr. Seuss, is coming out in July—the same month as the release of a recently-discovered novel by Harper Lee. Random House Children’s Books announced Wednesday that Geisel’s manuscript with illustrations, called “What Pet Should I Get?,” will be published on July 28.

The publisher also plans for at least two more books from materials discovered in the late author’s La Jolla home in 2013.

A box filled with pages of text and sketches was found and set aside shortly after the author’s death in

1991 when his widow, Audrey Geisel, was remodeling their home. It was rediscovered in fall 2013

by Audrey Geisel and the author’s secretary.

“While undeniably special, it is not surprising to me that we found this because Ted always worked on multiple projects and started n e w things all the time — he was constantly writing and drawing and coming up with ideas for new stories,” Audrey Geisel said in a statement.

“What Pet Should I Get?” was likely written somewhere between 1958 and 1962 because it features the same brother and sister who are

in his “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish” book published in 1960, said Random House associate publishing director Cathy Goldsmith.

This year marks 25 years since the publication of Geisel’s previously thought to be final book, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” Geisel wrote and illustrated 45 books during his lifetime and his books have sold more than 650 million copies.

“To be able to share this newly-discovered Dr. Seuss book that was created during a most prolific period in his career marks a special moment in children’s book publishing,” said Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children’s Books.

this memory of looking at my dad’s books and seeing titles like “Men and Their Work” when I was 9 years old and wondering what does that mean?

Q: But you couldn’t just be one of the guys either, right?

A: I felt a little like a dork, sort of an outsider.

I did admire all these girl groups: the Slits, Raincoats, Runaways, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Lydia Lunch, Au Pairs.

It wasn’t like I just had male icons, but I ended up with these guys. (Before Sonic Youth) I was in a band with girls, but it

didn’t work for long. The alchemy of personalities, that’s what’s so fascinating about bands. Why something works with one group of people, and not another group. It’s so reliant on each of our personalities and how they mesh together.

Q: You write that the need to be a woman out front never entered your mind until Sonic Youth signed with Geffen a decade into the band’s career. Why is that?

A: I guess I didn’t feel like my style was together.

Things changed after we made “Daydream” (Sonic Youth’s breakthrough album “Daydream Nation” in 1988). The songwriting became more structured. Even though I was there and contributed, I felt like I had less creative input in songs that were more conventional.

For me, it became about thinking about image and playing around with that.

The record company was not really behind that.

For me, some of the ideas were more playful, inspired by Blondie. I liked the way (Blondie’s Deborah Harry) used clothes ironically. The goofy glam shots (on the inner sleeve of the 1990 “Goo” album), that was my idea.

I was conscious of getting more into fashion, and what I could wear on stage, because I could afford to buy nicer clothes.

BEST-SELLERS Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Feb. 15, compiled from nationwide data.

Hardcover fiction 1. The Girl on the Train.

Paula Hawkins. Riverhead ($26.95) 2. Obsession in Death.

J.D. Robb. Putnam ($27.95) 3. All the Light We Cannot See. Anthony Doerr.

Scribner ($27) 4. Private Vegas. Patterson/Paetro. Little, Brown ($28) 5. A Spool of Blue Thread. Anne Tyler. Knopf ($25.95) 6. The Nightingale.

Kristin Hannah. St. Martin’s ($27.99) 7. Motive. Jonathan Kellerman. Ballantine ($28) 8. Gray Mountain.

John Grisham. Doubleday ($28.95) 9. Saint Odd. Dean Koontz. Bantam ($28) 10. Crash & Burn. Lisa Gardner. Dutton ($27.95) Hardcover nonfiction 1. The Food Babe Way. Vani Hari. Little, Brown ($27) 2. The 20/20 Diet. Phil McGraw. Bird Street ($26) 3. Killing Patton. O’Reilly/ Dugard. Henry Hold ($30) 4. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Marie Kondo. Ten Speed ($16.99) 5. Being Mortal. Atul Gawande. Metropolitan ($26) 6. Believer. David Axelrod. Penguin Press ($35) 7. God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy. Mike Huckabee. St. Martin’s ($26.99) 8. The New Family Cookbook. America’s Test Kitchen Eds. America’s Test Kitchen ($40) 9. Yes Please. Amy Poehler. Morrow/Dey Street ($28.99) 10. Money: Master the Game. Tony Robbins. Simon & Schuster ($28)

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An impressive new home for Halls L draw or do crafts while their parents browse the store for affordable gifts, games and activities.

For a full list of Crown Center shops and events, visit crowncenter.com.

James Beard semifinalists Perched above the Halls building is the iconic American Restaurant, one of the region’s most famous upscale restaurants and the home to pastry chef Nick Wesemann, one of the city’s semifinalists for this year’s James Beard awards.

If you’re looking for somewhere to celebrate a special occasion, the Halls/Contributed Photo modern cuisine at the THE BRIDGE SECTION OF THE NEW HALLS DEPARTMENT STORE IN CROWN CENTER is geared American is one of a kind. toward younger, more budget-conscious shoppers.

Visit theamericankc.com to make reservations. there on school trips to Other area James well-considered, and The H Bar’s Happy see a play at the Coterie Beard semifinalists (fiaffordable deals can be Hour menu, available (thecoterie.org). nalists will be named on found amid the higherfrom 4-6 p.m. Monday Others might be March 24) include Howpriced items, especially through Saturday, puts ard Hanna, the executive on The Bridge, a section that luxury within closer watching the fudge and other chocolate treats chef of the Rieger Hotel geared toward younger, reach, with $5 wines, $6 being made at Chip’s Grill & Exchange (1924 more budget-conscious cocktails and $6 food Chocolate Factory, which Main St., theriegerkc. shoppers. plates. com) and Patrick Ryan, offers $5 tours (chipThe H Bar, an arched, For a comprehensive who founded the modern schocolatefactory.com). wood-paneled counter look at Halls brands, Mexican restaurant Port Through May 3, near the fourth floor departments and promoFonda (4141 PennsylCrown Center also has escalator, offers a variety tions, visit halls.com. vania, portfonda.com) a free Fairy Tale Village of wines, coffee drinks, More Crown Center fun exhibit, in which small after beginning it in an soups, sandwiches and Elsewhere in Crown airstream trailer several children can tour the other refreshments.

Center, you’ll notice a landscapes of stories like years ago. (Port Fonda is It reminds me of the lot of families and small also set to open a locaCinderella, Jack and the upscale shopping centers children. Some of them Beanstalk and Little Red tion in Lawrence later in western Europe — are lined up for Fritz’s this year.)

Riding Hood. places I couldn’t afford Railroad Restaurant Bluestem (900 WestUpstairs, the Crayto frequent but enjoyed port, Bluestemkc.com), ola Store has a coloring visiting once in a while for downstairs (fritzskc. com), and others are operated by Colby and corner where kids can a taste of the good life.

p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Honey Beezz Flea Film: “Footnote,” 2 Market, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., p.m., Lawrence Jewish Columbus Hall, 2206 E. Community Congrega23rd St. tion center, 917 Highland KU Torah Scroll Drive.

Celebration, 11 a.m., Bleeding Kansas Chabad Center for Jewish 2015 Program Series: Life, 1203 W. 19th St. “If It Looks Like a Man: Singer/Songwriter Female Soldiers and Millie Webb, 11 a.m.Lady Bushwhackers in noon, Unity Church of the Civil War in Kansas Lawrence, 900 Madeline and Missouri,” 2-3 p.m., Lane.

Constitution Hall, 319 Lawrence Breakfast Elmore St., Lecompton.

Optimist Chili Feed, 11 Jazzhaus Big Band a.m.-2 p.m., American Lerehearsal, open to pubgion, 3408 W. Sixth St. lic, 2-4 p.m., American LHBA Lawrence Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St. Home Show, 11 a.m.-4 Unitarian Chamber p.m., Crown Toyota PavilSeries: KU Percussionion, 3430 S. Iowa St. ists, 2:30 p.m., Unitarian Art Cart: What’s the Fellowship of Lawrence, Big Idea? Noon-4 p.m., 1263 North 1100 Road.

Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas City Sym1301 Mississippi St. phony Family Series: Lawrence Arts & Peter and the Wolf, Live!

Crafts group, 1-3 p.m., 2:30 p.m., Helzberg Hall, Five Bar and Tables, 947 Kauffman Center for the Massachusetts St. Performing Arts, 1601 Read Across LawBroadway, Kansas City, rence for Kids: Skype Mo. with Brett Helquist Film: “Chosen - The (ages 7-11), 1:30-2:30 True Story of America’s

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Trafficked Teens,” 3 p.m., Conference Room C, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Teen Tutoring, 3-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Stories and Songs, 3:30-4, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. CREES Spring Festival, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St. Taproom Poetry Presents: Amy Ash, Sara Henning, and Elizabeth Schultz, 5-7 p.m., Eighth Street Tap Room, 801 New Hampshire St. Irish Traditional Music Session, 5:30-8 p.m., upstairs Henry’s on Eighth, 11 E. Eighth St. O.U.R.S. (Oldsters United for Responsible Service) dance, doors 5 p.m., potluck 7:15-7:45 p.m., dance 6-9 p.m., Columbus Hall, 2206 E. 23rd St. Smackdown! trivia, 7 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.

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Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 9-10 a.m., Prairie Commons, 5121 Congressional Circle.

Dr. Molly T. Marshall: Presentation on Interfaith Dialogue, 9-11 a.m., Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

Toddler Storytime for 2-year-olds, 9:30-10 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Toddler Storytime for 2-year-olds, 10:30-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 10:3011:30 a.m., Presbyterian Manor, 1429 Kasold Drive.

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City Commission Primary Forum, 6-7:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Concert: New Horizons Band, 6:30 p.m., Free State High School, 4700 Overland Drive.

Ripping Yarns, 7 p.m., Meeting Room B, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Auditions: The Explorers Club, 7 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive.

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Concerts On the music front, country music legend Merle Haggard will perform Monday night at the Uptown Theater.

Tickets cost $40 and up at Ticketmaster.com for the 8 p.m. show.

On Wednesday evening, 21-year-old pop sensation Ariana Grande will perform at the Independence Event Center, with tickets ranging from $57 to a $2,200 meet-andgreet package.

The last time she was in the area, Grande visited a haunted castle in Kansas City and drove through Stull, where she detected the presence of demons (no joke — it’s the November 2013 cover story of Complex Magazine).

Let’s hope her next visit to the area is equally memorable, if perhaps a bit more spiritually uplifting.

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ast week, news broke that Olathe’s Great Mall of the Great Plains was closing. Metcalf South mall announced its closing last fall, and Blue Ridge Mall, Bannister Mall and several others are all part of Kansas City’s distant commercial past.

Crown Center, however, remains a vital shopping center, buoyed by restaurants, theaters, tourist destinations, small stores and the sparkling, expansive new Halls department store along 2450 Grand Blvd.

The new Halls extends from Crown Center’s fourth level, across the pedestrian bridge and into the building that housed the original Crown Center Halls. After Halls on the Country Club Plaza closed last year, the Crown Center location was renovated and expanded into a new 60,000-square-foot space, with women’s shoes, cosmetics and other departments much larger than in the previous locations.

The impression one gets upon walking into Halls is that of luxury and class. Yet even for a thrifty and not especially enthusiastic shopper like myself, it’s not at all off-putting. The staff is friendly, the lighting is bright, the floor layout

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Customer Service Coordinator

University Press of Kansas seeks a FT Customer Service Coordinator/Administrative Associate.

Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree required.

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Mathematics Research Team Leader

The InformationTechnology Department is recruiting for For the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Alternate an Administrative Associate Senior to join their team.

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https://employment.ku.edu/staff/2786BR Initial review of applications begins March 4, 2015.

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BeneďŹ ts Manager

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School of Journalism. Assist with operations, accounting, and project management.

https://employment.ku.edu/staff/2767BR FT position to manage all beneďŹ ts plans for faculty & Review of applications begins on 2/27/15. staff. Bachelors & 4 years exp. 53,546 - 60,000k.

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Financial Manager

https://employment.ku.edu/staff/2760BR Application review begins on 2/25/2015.

http://employment.ku.edu/staff/2785BR Review starts March 9, 2015.

Evaluation (CETE). Full-time position in Lawrence.

KU OfďŹ ce of Research seeks a FT Financial Manager for the Core Services Labs and Research Services.

TO APPLY GO TO: http://employment.ku.edu/staff/2802BR Application review date is March 9.

For complete job descriptions & more information, visit:

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Valeo Behavioral Health Care is in need of PRN Mental Health Technicians to work with adult clients that have mental health issues within our Crisis Diversion Services program- which includes residential and In-Home Support Services. The primary function of the Mental Health Technician involves one-to-one support for mental health clients by assisting them toward maximizing opportunities to become more self-sufďŹ cient over time in meal preparation, laundry and cleaning, transportation, psychosocial skills, and other personal care needs. Flexible work schedule, 16-40 hrs. p/week, as coverage is needed 24/7. Training provided and incentive after 6 months. A valid Kansas Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s License and proof of auto insurance is required, as the position requires providing transportation to clients. Must be at least 18 years of age or older and be able to pass pre-employment background checks and KDADS adult/child abuse registries.

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NOW HIRING DRIVERS!!

KU on Wheels or Lawrence Transit System!

Flexible schedules, health insurance. $11.50/hr after paid training, must be 21+

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FHLBank Topeka’s wholesale products and services help our member financial institutions expand the availability of mortgage credit, compete more effectively in their markets and foster strong and vibrant communities. We are accepting resumes for the position listed below.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AUDITOR The individual in this position performs individual information technology audit projects, as part of the total internal audit plan. This responsibility includes developing internal audit scope, developing and performing internal audit procedures, and preparing internal audit reports reflecting the results of the work performed. This position performs follow up with auditees on the status of outstanding internal audit issues, provides assistance to the external auditors, and works on special projects as assigned by internal audit management. Audit procedures assigned are of moderate complexity and require the exercise of judgment. This position also maintains departmental computer hardware and software, and assists with financial and performance audits.

QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree in accounting or information technology and three to five years of experience.

Comprehensive knowledge and practical experience of technology-related internal control system processes, auditing standards and risk management methodologies.

Obtainment of CISA designation is required within a reasonable and agreed upon time frame after employment for IT Auditor.

Working knowledge of local area networks, MS Windows Server, MS SQL Server and at least one programming language (Visual Basic or C++ preferred).

MS Office including Word, Access, Excel and Visio.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

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MV Transportation, Inc. 1260 Timberedge Road Lawrence, KS

Must be able to work and travel independently and operate all types of general office equipment.

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FULL-TIME MIDDLE SCHOOL

MATH TEACHER

Bishop Seabury Academy, an independent college-preparatory school, is seeking a full-time Middle School math teacher.

Preferred candidates will have an advanced degree in the respective subject and/or a degree in education and at least four years of teaching experience.

Applicants should send a resume & cover letter to arnieknudson@seaburyacademy.org

BISHOP SEABURY ACADEMY

Call 785-832-1717 or visit www.seaburyacademy.org for more information.

MANUFACTURING MANAGER KANSAS CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES LOCATED AT LANSING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY Directly supervises the managers of all division assigned. This includes complete responsibility of the divisions with regard to the quality of goods manufactured or services rendered. This responsibility begins when an order is received from the development of products, production and continues until the product or service has been delivered. The incumbent will spend time physically in the divisions working with the division managers and their subordinates. Act as liaison between the management of the institution(s) in which the industries are located and individual division managers. Responsible for inmate levels at all division assigned. Responsible for agreements with the management of each institution involved regarding work hours, days of operations, security and compliance to institution rules and standards.

Work hours are 7:30 – 4:30, Monday thru Friday.

Required skills:

Contact: Lori East, LCF Recruiter at

Pay grade 30. Salary range $48,484.80 to $64,937.60.

913-727-3235 ext: 57022, PO Box 2, Lansing KS 66043 EOE/VPE

AgricultureFarming CONSERVATION TECHNICIAN

Licensed Addictions Counselor - LAC Associate Director of Field Education

Corizon, a provider of health services for the Kansas Department of Corrections, has an excellent opportunity for a Licensed Addictions Counselor at Larned Juvenile Correctional Facility in Larned, KS.

School of Social Welfare Duties: Manages field education placements, oversees database management system, and supervises field liaisons. Works closely with agency representatives, students, staff, & faculty. Requires MSW degree with five years social work experience.

Application deadline 3/3/15. $46K-$48K To apply go to:

Requires LAC or LCAC in the state of Kansas with the ability to provide drug abuse treatment, prevention or education programs. Experience counseling in alcohol or drug abuse treatment, prevention or education programs.

Corizon offers competitive compensation and excellent benefits.

Contact:

https://employment.ku. edu/staff/2792BR

Nicole.Tice@CorizonHealth.com 620-285-0300 x153 EOE/AAP/DTR classifieds@ljworld.com

Submit application and required documents including the Tax Clearance, which can be found on-line at www.jobs.ks.gov prior to close date.

Four years of production work experience in the manufacture of consumer goods, including one of supervisory experience. Education may be substituted for experience as determined relevant by the agency.

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Fulltime temporary position up to 3.5 years. Involves working outdoors, traversing uneven terrain, evaluating and designing conservation practices, overseeing construction, and more.

Qualifications: High school diploma or GED. Background in conservation or agriculture, or a two year degree with agriculture classes, valid Kansas driver’s license, and ability to pass a USDA security background investigation.

Salary: $28,553 plus benefits, including KPERS, vacation and holidays.

Contact Douglas County Conservation District, 785-843-4260 x 1129 thru 2/28/2015. EOE

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EngineersTechnical VP Procurement Product, Sprint Corporation, Overland Park, KS. Responsible for designing and implementing a unified procurement and supply chain platform.

Apply at www.sprint.com/ careers, Req. 166529BR. Sprint is a background screening, drug screening, and E-Verify participating employer and considers qualified candidates regardless of previous criminal history. EOE Minorities/ Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled.

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Baldwin City Assisted Living Community Call Sue or Brandy for details:

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Job Fair 10 am - 5 pm Monday, Feb 23 Casey’s in DeSoto Just off K-10 34425 W. 91st St. YWCA Northeast Kansas Seeks

Program Director Oversight for YWCA NE KS Center for Safety and Empowerment View position description on our website at: ywcatopeka.org, then click on “Topeka Job Opportunities”). Send cover letter, resume, and 5 professional references to: michellea@ywca topeka.org Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Healthcare

CMAs & CNAs Genesis Baldwin Healthcare has openings for FT CMA Mon-Fri eve and double weekends.

CNA positions for day and nights. We offer benefits and a great work environment.

Please contact Chelsea or Lori at 785-594-6492

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RNs & CNAs! We are currently hiring for a few highly motivated Registered Nurses and Certified Nurses Assistants that want to provide care in one of the finest facilities in Kansas. Must be dependable and have a passion for excellence in patientcare and customer service.

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Maintenance Technician Prefer 10+ years experience with injection molding or industrial manufacturing equipment.

Skills required are machine controls troubleshooting, PLC programming, Windows PC, 3 phase electrical circuits, hydraulics, pneumatic, mechanical.

General production support equipment PM & repair for, air compressors, chillers, cooling towers & raw material conveying.

This is a day shift position with seasonal 24/7 operation.

Candidate must be willing to be on call during off hours and weekends.

Drug free workplace. All candidates employment is dependent on passing a drug screen.

For more information please call (785) 749-4200 and ask for the Director of Nursing.

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Email resume to:

913-422-6414 Shawnee, KS

SOCIAL SERVICES Brookside Retirement Community is accepting applications for a Licensed Social Worker or Social Service Designee. Candidates must be professional, detail oriented and compassionate. Brookside is a leading edge “culture change” community committed to EXTRAORDINARY quality of life for our residents. We offer a competitive wage, health insurance and 401K. Please come by 700 W. 7th, Overbrook, KS or apply at: www.brooksideks.com

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REAL ESTATE Auction March 10, 2015 - 6:00 PM 370+ Acres prime Native grass pasture located in Douglas County, KS offered in 3 tracts.

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Mobile Homes 1BR mobile home, includes 3 wooded lots at Lake Perry, repo, assume owner financing w/no down payment, $560/mo.

785-554-9663

OWNER WILL FINANCE 2BR, 2BA, stove, fridge, vaulted ceilings, located in park w/clubhouse & swimming pool, CH/CA, storage building, move in ready, Lawrence.

Call 816-830-2152

Building Lots 4 acres bldg site between Topeka and Lawrence at the west end of Lake Clinton.

Black top, trees, deer, and wildlife. Repo. Assume owner financing with no down payment. $257/mo. Please call 785-554-9663 for more information.

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2BR, 2121 Tennessee, full basement, 1 bath, fenced.

Pets OK. Available right away. $850/mo.

785-748-0690

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Houses

SUNRISE VILLAGE & PLACE

Now Leasing 2, 3 & 4 BR Townhomes for August 1st!

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Great locations: 660 Gateway Ct. 837 Michigan

Call now! 785-841-8400 www.sunriseapartments.com $200-$300 off August Rent Specials!!

Houses

Cedarwood Apts

1/2 off security deposit too!

Pay sec. dep., & we will hold your apartment for later move in! Must qualify & be approved by 3/31/15 to get TV. Plus! Washer & Dryer, Dishwasher, Basic cable AND wifi are included with your rent!

Do you want a newly remodeled apartment with a brand new TV? Contact Westgate now at 785-842-9199 or come by 4641 W. 6th St for a tour!

2411 Cedarwood Ave. Beautiful & Spacious 1 & 2 Bedrooms Start at $450/mo. * Near campus, bus stop * Laundries on site * Near stores, restaurants * Water & trash paid

3BR, 2,500 sq.ft., country home well maintained, 5 mi. NW of Lawrence. Lawrence School District. $1,150/mo. + utils. Avail. now. No smoking & No pets. To see, please call, 785-550-5645.

Office Space Downtown Office Space Single offices, elevator & conference room, $500-$675. Call Donna or Lisa, 785-841-6565

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McCownGordon Construction, LLC is soliciting contractor bids and/or proposals for Quail Run Elementary, Lawrence, Kansas. All bids are due not later than 2:00 pm on Thursday, February 26, 2015 to McCownGordon Construction. Bids may be submitted in a sealed envelope or via email to ldeets@mccowngordon.com.

A 5% bid bond or bid surety is required for bids in excess of $25,000. Bids will be reviewed privately.

NOTICE OF HEARING (K.S.A. Chapter 38) TO: Joshua White, father; the parents and adult relatives of the father; and all other persons who are or may be concerned:

A motion to terminate parental rights pertaining to the children identified above has been filed with the Court requesting the Court find the parents of the above named child are each unfit by reason of McCownGordon conduct or condition Construction: which renders them both Luke Deets, Project unable to care properly for Manager the child and the conduct 422 Admiral Blvd, Kansas or condition is unlikely to City, Missouri 64106 change in the foreseeable P: 816.877.0611 future and the parent’s parental rights should be terMitchell Fuemmeler, Project minated. The Court may Manager also order the parents to 422 Admiral Boulevard pay child support.

Kansas City, MO 64106 P: 816.877.0642 On the 18th day of March, ________ 2015, at 9:00 a.m., each parent and any other per(First published in the son claiming legal custody Lawrence Daily Journal- of the minor child is reWorld February 22, 2015) quired to appear for a Hearing on the Motion to IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Terminate Parental DOUGLAS COUNTY, Rights, in Division 6 at the KANSAS Douglas County Law EnDIVISION SIX forcement and Judicial Center, 111 E 11th Street., IN THE INTEREST OF: Lawrence, Kansas. Prior to

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Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company Plaintiff,

Jody Meyer, an attorney in Lawrence, Kansas, has been appointed as guardian ad litem for the child.

Juanita M. Carlson, an attorney in Lawrence, Kansas, has been appointed as counsel for the mother; and Napoleon Crews, an attorney, in Lawrence, Kansas, has been appointed as counsel for the father.

All parties are hereby notified that, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-255, a default judgment will be taken against any parent who fails to appear in person or by counsel at the hearing.

Trust Agreement dated February 24, 1999 Successor Trustee to Raymond G. June, Co-Trustee under Raymond G. June and Vivian I. June Revocable ; Trust Agreement dated February 24, 1999 Successor Trustee to Vivian I. June, Co-Trustee under Raymond G. June and Vivian I. June Revocable ; The United States of America, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; The United States of America, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (local service); Karron Schwarz; Sherrel Crenshaw; Kathleen Decker; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant), Defendants.

/s/ Jared D. Price Jared D. Price, #4470 Legal Intern 111 E. 11th St. Unit 100 Lawrence, KS 66044 (785) 841-0211 FAX (785) 330-2850 jprice@douglas-county.com

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Case No. 15CV50 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

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PUBLIC NOTICES TO PLACE AN AD: You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate the above-named defend- mortgage on the following ants and the unknown described real estate: heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, Lot 31, in Cimarron Hills creditors and assigns of No. 5, an Addition to the any deceased defendants; City of Lawrence, Douglas the unknown spouses of County, Kansas, comany defendants; the un- monly known as 2624 Kenknown officers, succes- sington Road, Lawrence, sors, trustees, creditors KS 66046 (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Propertyâ&#x20AC;?) and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dis- and all those defendants solved or dormant corpo- who have not otherwise rations; the unknown ex- been served are required ecutors, administrators, to plead to the Petition on devisees, trustees, credi- or before the 6th day of tors, successors and as- April, 2015, in the District signs of any defendants Court of Douglas that are or were partners County,Kansas. If you fail or in partnership; the un- to plead, judgment and deknown guardians, conser- cree will be entered in due vators and trustees of any course upon the Petition. defendants that are minors or are under any leNOTICE gal disability; and the un- Pursuant to the Fair Debt known heirs, executors, Collection Practices Act, 15 administrators, devisees, U.S.C. §1692c(b), no infortrustees, creditors and as- mation concerning the colsigns of any person al- lection of this debt may be leged to be deceased, and given without the prior all other persons who are consent of the consumer or may be concerned. given directly to the debt

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785.832.2222 collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction.

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Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS # 10551) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913) 663-7600 (913) 663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (177439) ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld, February 22, 2015) RESOLUTION NO. HR 15-2-1 A HOME RULE RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, VACATING AND RELEASING RIGHT TO USE WATER FROM WATER RESERCONSERVATION

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and having been duly and erty: fully advised in the premWHEREAS, K.S.A. 19-101a, ises, makes the following 1.47 acres in Southeast and amendments thereto, findings: Quarter (SE Âź ) of Section authorizes the Board of 34, Township 13S, Range County Commissioners a. The Petitioners are own- 21E, of the Sixth Principal (hereinafter the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boardâ&#x20AC;?) ers of land legally de- Meridian, Douglas County, to transact all County busi- scribed as: Kansas ness and perform all powers of local legislation The North Half of the North (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Conservation and administration it Half of the Southeast Reservoir Rightâ&#x20AC;?). deems appropriate, includ- Quarter (N ½ N ½ SE Âź ) of ing the enactment of legis- Section Thirty Four (34), d. The Water Conservation lation designed to protect Township Thirteen (13) Reservoir Right runs in fathe health, safety, welfare, South of Range Twenty vor of Douglas County and and quality of life of the One (21) East of the Sixth permits the public to use citizens of Douglas Principal Meridian, in water from the Reservoir County; and Douglas County, Kansas during periods that the (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Landâ&#x20AC;?).

Board declares that an WHEREAS, Robert I. Finley emergency exists because and Sharon M. Finley (the b. The public constructed a of drought that makes it â&#x20AC;&#x153;Petitionersâ&#x20AC;?) have filed a reservoir on the Land in necessary to use the water Petition with the Board, 1934 (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reservoirâ&#x20AC;?). for humanityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sake and praying for the Vacation welfare of the County and and Release of Right to c. In exchange for the pub- Nation.

Use Water From Water lic constructing the ReserConservation Reservoir voir, the then owners of e. The Reservoir has ex(the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Petitionâ&#x20AC;?); and the Land entered into an ceeded its useful life and it agreement with Douglas is no longer practical for WHEREAS, on February 18, County titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right to Use the use stated in the Water 2015, the Board, after hold- Water From Water Conservation Reservoir ing a public hearing on the Conservation Reservoirâ&#x20AC;? Right, as anticipated in Petition and hearing state- recorded on August 30, 1934. ments of the Petitioners, 1934, at Page 468, Deed all others desiring to be Record No. 132, as Receiv- f. The public will suffer no heard, and considering ing No. 426, which encum- loss or inconvenience by other evidence presented, bers the following prop- the vacation and release of

the Water Conservation Reservoir Right and no private rights will be injured or endangered thereby.

Douglas County, Kansas shall enter this Resolution in the records of proceedings of the Board and record a certified copy in the g. The Petition should be Office of the Register of Deeds of Douglas County, granted.

Kansas.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD 4. This Resolution shall beOF COUNTY COMMISSION- come effective upon publiERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, cation one time in the offiKANSAS, SITTING IN REGU- cial County newspaper.

LAR SESSION AND INTENDING TO EXERCISE THE ADOPTED on February 18, POWERS OF HOME RULE 2015.

LEGISLATION PURSUANT TO K.S.A. 19-101a, DOES BOARD OF COUNTY COMHEREBY RESOLVE AS FOL- MISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS LOWS: 1. The Petition is granted.

James E. Flory, Chair

2. The Board hereby vacates and releases Douglas Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rights and benefits under the Water Conservation Reservation Right.

Douglas County shall have no further rights and benefits under the Water Conservation Reservation Right from and after the effective date of this Resolution.

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Take time for an eating disorder self-check Dear Annie: By the time I was a sophomore in high school, I had already been diagnosed with an eating disorder and was recovering with support from my family and several health professionals, including a therapist and a nutritionist. We all thought I was doing very well.

At college, however, I found myself without the accustomed support network. With the added freedom to plan my meals as I wished, I became increasingly anxious and confused, thinking, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What do I want to eat? Am I full?

How can I manage my dining hall anxiety?â&#x20AC;?

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dominated rhetoric of my peers. Combined with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;normalâ&#x20AC;? anxiety of freshman year, these things quickly overwhelmed me.

I was already battling insurmountable anxiety and confusion when the unthinkable happened. I was raped.

Everything I had felt prior to the assault multiplied in intensity.

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Will Harris deliver as Oscar host?

Neil Patrick Harris hosts the Oscars (7:30 p.m. Sunday, ABC), live from Los Angeles.

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The Academy Awards ceremony has always had more than one audience.

Hosts and performers canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lose â&#x20AC;&#x153;the room,â&#x20AC;? the A-list Hollywood crowd seated before them. At the same time, they are performing for an enormous television viewership, compounded by the echo chamber/ hall of mirrors that social media provides.

Two years ago, host Seth MacFarlane seemed to alienate the audience seated before him. Last year, host Ellen DeGeneres made the greatest effort to reach that newest audience, tweeting and sharing a â&#x20AC;&#x153;selfieâ&#x20AC;? seen around the world. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure if that made for great â&#x20AC;&#x153;television,â&#x20AC;? but that may have been the point.

At their best, the Oscars make us think about the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movies and what they say about film and the society the art form reflects.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited that director Richard Linklaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boyhoodâ&#x20AC;? and Wes Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grand Budapest Hotelâ&#x20AC;? are competing for the Best Picture nod because they reflect polar opposite approaches to filmmaking.

Produced over a period of 12 years, as Mason (Ellar Coltrane), its central character, grew from a child to a young man, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boyhoodâ&#x20AC;? literally uses the passage of time as its special effect. In doing so, the filmmakers opened themselves up to risks and uncertainties as varied as life itself.

In contrast, Wes Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hotelâ&#x20AC;? is a jewel box of a movie, a strenuously art-directed production where the human element seems almost incidental to the splendid visual experience. The films could not be more different.

Tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other highlights O â&#x20AC;&#x153;Great Performances at the Metâ&#x20AC;? (11 a.m., PBS, check local listings) presents Bizetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carmen.â&#x20AC;?

O Mary Steenburgen gueststars on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Togethernessâ&#x20AC;? (8:30 p.m., HBO).

BIRTHDAYS Actress Ellen Greene is 64.

Former White House adviser David Axelrod is 60. Actor Kyle MacLachlan is 56. TV host Clinton Kelly is 46. Actress-singer Lea Salonga is 44. Actress Drew Barrymore is 40. Singer James Blunt is 38.

depression and anxiety. My eating habits became erratic, cycling between bingeeating and restricting.

I felt I had absolutely no control. I was shamed by the stigma attached to eating disorders and decided to suffer in silence.

When I went home for the summer, I opened up to my parents and was able to get the help I needed.

I want others to know that recovery is possible. It takes hard work and a strong support network, but suffering in silence will only hurt you more.

February 22-28, 2015, is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and I want everyone to know about a great online resource: mybodyscreening.org. It offers anonymous eating dis-

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order screenings and connects users with quality treatment resources. Taking the first step to get help requires courage, but I implore everyone who may be struggling that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth it. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Elizabeth Dear Elizabeth: Thank you for sharing your story with our readers. Eating disorders are an important mental health issue that affects millions of men and women. We encourage our readers to visit mybodyscreening.org to take a self-assessment and the first step toward healing.

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For Sunday, Feb. 22: This year will be divided into two distinct parts. The first part, through most of summer, you will be busy with work, projects, a new interest and day-to-day matters.

Take good care of yourself during this time. The second part of the year, you will be more people-oriented. If you are single, you could meet Mr. or Ms. Right. Take your time getting to know this person.

If you are attached, the two of you will enjoy a new closeness this fall.

The stars show the kind of day youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) ++++ Get an early start, as the best part of your day will be the morning. Tonight: Make it your treat.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ++++ You might not think you will be up for much activity when you wake up. Tonight: Only as you like it.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) +++ By late afternoon, you might wish to socialize less and relax on your own. Tonight: All smiles.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the time and the desire to bring friends together and throw a spontaneous party.

Tonight: Let the party go on.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ You might consider taking off for a day trip or meeting a friend halfway. Tonight: Drop in on

an older relative for a quick visit.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ++++ Your way of expressing your needs might not mesh well with a partner or loved one.

Tonight: Try a new type of cuisine.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) +++++ You might feel as if you need to spread yourself thin in order to make others happy.

Tonight: Opt for togetherness.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ You have a way of letting others know exactly what you want. Tonight: Let go of a need for control.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ++++ A very good friend who always makes you laugh might come to you with an invitation. Tonight: Make it an early night.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ++++ You might want to spend time at home, so much so that you might not even want to leave your bed. Tonight: Order in.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) +++++ Recognize that you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do more than what it is possible. Tonight: Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel as though you have to go anywhere.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) +++ Be aware of your budget.

In fact, check your balance and see where your funds are. Tonight: Meet friends for dinner.

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Vanessa Sanburn Vice President Term: 2013-2017 765 Ash Street Lawrence, KS 66044 856-1233 vsanburn@usd497.org

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3 Board of Education Goals 4 Blended Learning Expansion 5 Goal Focus: Excellence & Equity 6-7 Points of Pride 8 Bond Construction Update

9 Kindergarten Roundup Schedule

& Early Childhood Program Enrollment 10-11 Award-Winning Teachers

& Save the Date: Follies Lawrence Public Schools 110 McDonald Drive Lawrence, KS 66044-1063 785/832-5000 www.usd497.org Facebook.com/LawrencePublicSchools Rick Doll, Superintendent of Schools This newsletter produced by the USD 497 Communications Office, Julie Boyle, director, in partnership with the Lawrence Journal-World, Janella Williams, senior graphic artist/Creative Imaging.

Lawrence Public Schools USD 497 is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate in its employment practices and policies. Discrimination against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity is prohibited by Lawrence Board of Education policy.

ON the COVER South Middle School seventh grade students William Sheeley, Victoria Gillis, Tanaya Floyd, Sara Makboul, Tessa Norcross and Eliot Terkildsen. Photo by Diane Guthrie.

Board Meeting Calendar February 23 March 9 (& 23, if needed) April 13 & 27 May 11 & 26* June 8 & 22 *Board meets on Tuesday due to Memorial Day Holiday Public meetings begin at 7 p.m., unless otherwise announced, at 110 McDonald Drive. Review board agendas online at usd497.org. Watch board meetings via: • Live broadcasts on LPS-TV 26 (with a Wow! cable box) with replays at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays.

• Live webstream at usd497.org • Video archives at publicmedia.usd497.org

Find it at www.usd497.org: • • • • • •

Job Opportunities Kindergarten Roundup Schedule New Student Online Enrollment Blended Learning Information Bond Issue Progress Updates District Videos

LAWRENCE BOARD OF EDUCATION GOALS In order to achieve educational excellence and equity for students of all races and backgrounds, the Lawrence Board of Education and superintendent will establish a learning climate of high expectations, set annual equity and achievement goals, and charge districtand school-level teams with responsibilities for developing strategies to eliminate achievement disparities, while improving achievement for all students.

MISSION: Lawrence USD 497 is a learning community committed to ensuring educational equity and excellence so that students of all races

and backgrounds achieve at high levels and graduate prepared for success in college, careers and life in a diverse and rapidly changing world.

VISION: The school board, administration, teachers and staff build positive relationships, seek multiple perspectives, set high expectations and hold each other accountable for ensuring that through equitable access to rigorous, culturally relevant and seamlessly aligned curriculum and effective, research-based instruction, all students achieve at high levels, graduate on time and are well prepared for their future.

GOALS EXCELLENCE: Raise the achievement of all students.

EQUITY: Raise achievement for all students, while closing achievement gaps.

ENGAGEMENT: Develop a learning community of school, family and community partnerships committed to ensuring educational equity and excellence so that all students achieve at high levels and graduate prepared for success in college, careers and life.

2014-2015 Goal Areas 1. Develop and align district expectations for curriculum and instruction in order to raise the achievement of all students.

• Areas of Focus: Career and Technical Education, Virtual Education, Adult Education, Blended Learning, Advanced Placement (AP) Capstone, Kansas College and Career Ready Standards (KCCRS), Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), Elementary Foreign Language, K-5 English Language Arts, Dual Credit, and School Instructional Schedules 2. Enhance student wellness by integrating supports and services across the district.

• Areas of Focus: Counseling, Social Work and Mental Health Services; Food Service and Healthy Living Initiatives, and Physical and Nutritional Health Curriculum.

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• Areas of Focus: Certified Evaluation Tool, Professional Development Walk-Through Tool, and Technology Integration 4. Expand communication and community connections through increased engagement.

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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT + PERSONALIZED TEACHER SUPPORT = A BETTER BLEND “This approach has made all the difference for so many of my students. They are no longer quiet and compliant. They’re actively engaged!” said Kelly Hart, South Middle School English language arts teacher.

Hart is one of about 150 teachers in the Lawrence Public Schools receiving district support in using a blended learning instructional strategy that blends teacher-directed instruction with digital learning.

The district invited eight teachers in grades K-12 to field test this method in 2013 in an attempt to answer two questions: Can we increase student engagement?

Can we provide resources and support to maximize teacher time with students? “The answer to both questions is ‘Yes!’” said Angelique Kobler, USD 497’s assistant superintendent of teaching and learning.

Teachers, students and families involved in the field test during year one provided positive feedback and student data. This fall, 97% of teachers surveyed agreed that blended learning has increased student engagement and 76% agreed that student academic

achievement, as measured by assessments, has increased. Of teachers surveyed, 94% agreed that blended provides more time to work with individual students during class.

The district continues to survey teachers, students and families. Their input shapes the district’s expansion of blended learning, including the level of support provided teachers, the focus of teacher collaboration and the type and amount of technology and furniture provided to blended classrooms.

Of students surveyed, 86% agreed that blended allows them to work at their own pace. A majority of parents provided feedback through surveys that blending helps students understand their assignments and experience success in the classroom.

Lawrence High science teacher Andy Bricker says that blending gives him the gift of time to work individually with students. Bricker and other “Blenders” share their experiences by participating in panel discussions, teacher workshops and presentations to the school board. Since 2013, the district has expanded its support of blended learning to more than 150 classrooms.

Teachers who want to maintain a district-supported blended classroom or become Blenders are applying now for the district’s planned expansion of blended learning to an additional 75 classrooms in 2015-16.

“When you visit my classroom now, you’ll see a more engaged learning community,” said Paula Barr, Quail Run Elementary second grade teacher.

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GOAL FOCUS IMPROVES GRADUATION RATES, NARROWS ACHIEVEMENT GAPS The Lawrence Board of Education celebrated a November report showing an increase in Free State and Lawrence High Schools’ graduation rates. In the “All Students” category, graduation rates increased from 76.8% in 2009 to 92% in 2014. In state-defined non-ethnic/non-racial subgroups, graduation rates increased from 54.2% to 84.3% for Students of Low Socio-Economic Status (SES); from 48.6% to 82.6% for Students with Disabilities; and from 75.8% to 94.6% for English Language Learners.

In state-defined racial/ethnic subgroups, the report shows graduation rate gains from 2009 to 2014 from 65% to 90.8% for Hispanic students; from 80.9% to 91.9% for White students; from 59% to 86.7% for African American students; from 60% to 90% for Native American students; from 95.8% to 100% for Asian students; and from 54.2% to 97.8% for MultiRacial students.

The board lauded a narrowing of achievement gaps from a 27.2% gap in the graduation rates of students in non-ethnic/non-racial subgroups in 2009 to a 10.3% gap in 2014, and from a 41.6% gap in the graduation rates of students in racial/ethnic subgroups in 2009 to a 13.3% gap in 2014.

“I’m proud to be a part of the Lawrence Public Schools, and I hope that every staff member in the district knows how appreciative we are of the work that goes into these results,” said Vanessa Sanburn, school board vice president.

As a follow up, the board asked to see the data disaggregated by gender. In January, Terry McEwen, director of assessment, research and instructional

resources, provided data showing gender variances in graduation rates during the five-year period from 2009-10 to 2013-14. McEwen noted that the variances in male and female graduation rates for “All Students” ranged from 6.9%-10% during that five-year period, while gender variances for students in racial/ethnic subgroups ranged from 4.4%-28.8% for Native students, 0-38.7% for Hispanic students, 0-30% for Asian students, 11.8%-22.9% for Black students and 3%-7.4% for White students.

For example, the graduation rate of black males in 2014 was 74.1% as compared to black females who graduated at a rate of 97%. Superintendent Rick Doll said that while it is not uncommon to see gender variances in school data, Lawrence Public Schools make no excuses. “We’re aware of it, and as we’ve seen with our racial achievement gaps, when we focus our attention on it, we’ll start to see improvement,” Doll said. “Closing these gender gaps will become part of our Excellence and Equity goals.”

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Points of Pride

Lawrence Public Schools celebrate numerous success stories throughout the school year. They are revealed in classrooms and co- and extra-curricular activities every day as students, educators and support staff members go about teaching and learning. Here is a small sampling of some of the school district’s “points of pride” so far in 2014-2015.

Peyton Townsend, FSHS, “Freedom,” Second Place, Mixed Media, City of Merriam’s 18th Annual High School Visual Arts Competition.

Alexa Malik, FSHS, First Place, Computer Generated, City of Merriam’s 18th Annual High School Visual Arts Competition; and Best of Show, Association of Texas Photographers Fall Contest.

Liberty Memorial Central Middle School sixth-grader Amanda Earnhart finished runner-up at the Douglas County Spelling Bee, advancing to regionals.

Free State High was honored as a Gold Honor Troupe at the State Thespian Conference. Student Brianna Adams was selected as a State Thespian Officer.

Herff Jones honored the 2013-14 Free State Talon yearbook in its “Ideas that Fly” publication.

Sunflower Elementary’s 79 member fourth- and fifth-grade choir, directed by Peter Gipson, was selected to perform at the annual Kansas Music Educators Association State Conference.

Five Lawrence middle school Future City Teams were honored for outstanding performances in regional competition. A Southwest Middle School eighth grade team won and advances to national competition. Its team members are: Andrew Anderson, Annika Syverson, Christina Lee, Claire Feddema, Dane Reinsch, Emily Guo, Ethan Anderson, Jacob Lehrman, Jared Cote, Justin Lee, Lucy Zuo, Nora Agah and Ted Shi. Five students were selected Presidential Scholar Candidates by the White House Commission on President Scholars and the U.S. Department of Education: Brian Chang, LHS; and Wynn Feddema, Weston Hack, Anna Westbrook and Jack Ziegler, FSHS. Kennedy Elementary and Communities in Schools received the National Communities in Schools’ Unsung Heroes Award.

Cierra Campbell, FSHS, First Place, Fashion, Association of Texas Photographers Fall Contest

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USD 497 presented Elementary, Middle and High School Martin Luther King Character Awards to Vivian Podrebarac, Quail Run; Omar Morales, Southwest; and Sadie Keller, Lawrence High. The district honored Kennedy teachers Patrick Wedel and Cara McNorton with the MLK Champion of Equity Award.

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Lawrence High’s Stefan Petrovic was selected as a delegate to the 53rd annual United States Senate Youth Program. He also was selected as President of Security Council for the 2015 Topeka Model United Nations.

The Lawrence Schools Foundation recognized Heather Lee, a Lawrence High English as a Second Language teacher, with its Dedication to Education Award and $5,000.

Caroline Baloga, LHS, “Solitude,” First Place, Painting, Kansans…

As Talented as You Think! art competition.

Miranda Pratt, LHS, “Reflection,” Third Place, City of Merriam’s 18th Annual High School Visual Arts Competition.

The Lawrence High Debate Team of Kelli Sturm and Hayley Luna, seniors, and Bradlea Padgett and Stefan Petrovic, juniors, advanced to the State Championship Tournament after placing second at Regionals.

The Grand Lodge of AF & AM of Kansas presented scholarships to Free State High students for their participation in the 2014 essay contest, including A.J. Zarnowiec, first place; Linda Liu, second; and Samantha Grinage, third. When Zarnoweic’s essay won at the state level, he earned a $1,000 scholarship.

Alice Kelsey, LHS, “Trapped,” First Place, Mixed Media, Kansans…As Talented as You Think!

Harper Comstock, FSHS, First Place, Timed Exposure, Association of Texas Photographers Fall Contest

Chloe Sotomayor and Caroline Baloga, officers of the National Art Honor Society at Lawrence High, attended the first NAHS Creative Industries Studio in Washington, D.C.

The Lawrence High team of Lucas Mackey, Chris Smith, Sean McClaskey and Paul Morgenroth III won first place Overall Champion in the KU High School Engineering Design Contest.

WOW!6 News, Crown Automotive, Meritrust Credit Union and Minsky’s Pizza honored Martha Wenzel, Southwest Middle School; Michele Duncan, Sunset Hill; Christina Scheer, Pinckney; and Kristi Toews, South Middle School, as monthly winners in its Teacher of the Year Program.

Kennedy fifth grade teacher Cara McNorton received the Kansas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers Ev Kohl’s award for her commitment to providing equal opportunity educational opportunities.

Lawrence High senior Brian Chang and Free State High senior Jack Ziegler each scored a perfect 36 on the ACT exam during the 2014-15 school year.

Kayla Clark, FSHS, Third Place, Architecture, Association of Texas Photographers Fall Contest

The National Scholastic Press Association picked the Free State High Talon yearbook staff for its “Best of Show” Award for 2014 and recognized the Free Press newspaper staff with its Pacemaker Finalist Award for the 2013-14 Free Press.

Lawrence High sophomore Megan Towle was selected to march in the 88th Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in New York City with The Great American Marching Band.

SkillsUSA selected Connor Ballenger’s 50th anniversary T-shirt design to represent Kansas at its state and national leadership conferences. Ballenger is a FSHS student.

Lawrence High Interpersonal Skills Unified Sports Basketball Teams sponsored by Special Olympics placed first and second in a tournament in Atchison.

Kenneth Palmer, FSHS, and Spencer Fuller, LHS, were named National Achievement Program Outstanding Participants.

Brian Chang, Joo-Young Lee, Emily Murphy and Mikhayla Sheeley, Lawrence High, and Wynn Feddema, Sarah Lieberman, Zachary Moore, Sophie Westbrook and Jack Ziegler, Free State High, were named National Merit Finalists, and Michael Quackenbush and John Kihm, FSHS, Semifinalists.

LHS students Bridget Casad, Tristan Delnevo, Savannah Dibben and Kaitlyn Preut created the film “Two Exits,” which won the Best Story Award at the Eudora High School 12-Hour Film Festival.

Christina Craig, FSHS, Second Place, Photography, City of Merriam’s 18th Annual High School Visual Arts Competition.

Kristina Foster, FSHS, First Place, Photography, City of Merriam’s 18th Annual High School Visual Arts Competition.

Lindsey Wethington, FSHS, Third Place, Computer Generated, City of Merriam’s 18th Annual High School Visual Arts Competition.

Emari Rice, LHS, “Skins,” Second Place, Digital Media, Washburn University Art Day

Rachel McNemee, LHS, “Growth Beyond Fault,” Special Jurors Merit Award, Hays Arts Council’s 31st Annual Five State Photography Competition and Exhibition.

Jill Baer, LHS, “Protest Against the Rising Tide of Conformity,” Best in Show, All Media Categories, Washburn University Art Day

Nina Friesen, LHS, “Splattered,” First Place, Freedom Category, and Best in Show, All Media Categories, Kansans...

As Talented as You Think! art competition.

Oreana Figuieras, LHS, “Cravings,” First Place, Photography, Washburn University Art Day

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SCHOOL BOND CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Construction of classroom additions at Kennedy and Hillcrest Elementary Schools continues, as progress is made on the new Lawrence College and Career Center and the two-story addition at Cordley Elementary School.

Thanks to voter approval on April 2, 2013, of a $92.5 million bond issue, Lawrence Public Schools continue to work to improve facilities, enhance technology and expand career and technical educational opportunities for students.

Bond projects at each school are in various stages of design development, construction and completion, as follows: Elementary Schools 1. Broken Arrow (target date for completed construction – August 2016) • Designed and construction documents 90% complete • Board approval of construction bids planned for November 2015 2. Cordley (target date for completed construction – June 2015) • Building addition is enclosed and interior construction is in progress and on schedule.

3. Deerfield (target date for completed construction – January 2016) • Board approval of construction bids in March 2015 • Construction to begin in May 2015 4. Hillcrest (target date for completed

construction – August 2015) • Building additions are enclosed and interior construction is in progress and on schedule.

• Moving into nine new classrooms, administrative offices and the gymnasium in late March 2015 5. Langston Hughes (construction completed November 2014) • In process of finishing interior punch list items and final site work requirements 6. New York (target date for completed construction – August 2015) • Completed construction and currently utilizing main hallway learning pockets • Completed construction and currently utilizing new northeast classrooms and new kitchen/cafeteria • South kindergarten classroom addition is in progress and on schedule.

7. Kennedy (target date for completed construction – January 2016) • Construction of new west addition (classrooms and office area) in progress • Construction of new drive and parking area in progress • Remodel of existing classrooms and

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enclosing interior courtyard in late May 2015 8. Pinckney (target date for completed construction – August 2016) • Designed and construction documents 90% complete • Board approval of construction bids planned for November 2015 • Students moving to East Heights School January 2016 through at least May 2016 9. Prairie Park (target date for completed construction – August 2016) • Designed and construction documents 90% complete • Board approval of construction bids planned for November 2015 10. Quail Run (target date for completed construction – August 2015) • Board approval of construction bids in February 2015 • Construction to begin in April 2015 11. Schwegler (target date for completed construction – August 2016) • Designed and 90% completed with construction documents • Board approval of construction bids planned for November 2015 12. Sunflower (target date for completed construction – August 2016) • Designed and construction documents 90% complete • Board approval of construction bids planned for November 2015 13. Sunset Hill (target date for completed construction - March 2016) • Construction site work planned to begin in March 2015 • Students moving to East Heights School August-December 2015 14. Woodlawn (target date for completed construction – August 2015) • Board approved construction bids in February 2015 • Construction site work to begin by May 2015

Middle Schools 1. Liberty Memorial Central, South, Southwest and West Middle Schools (target date for completed construction – August 2015) • Nearing completion of all electrical, plumbing and minor interior remodeling projects • Larger interior construction remodeling projects will occur next spring/summer High Schools 1. Lawrence College & Career Center (target date for completed construction – August 2015) • Construction in progress and on schedule • Concrete and steel in place • Board approved finishing all 30,000 sq. ft. to accommodate additional educational programs in February 2015 2. Free State High (target date for completed construction – August 2015) • New office addition on northeast side is nearing completion – Planned move in by April 2015 • Remodel of existing office into classrooms beginning in April 2015 • Remodel of existing classrooms beginning in May 2015 3. Lawrence High (target date for completed construction – January 2016) • Board approval of construction bids in March 2015 • Construction to begin in May 2015

2015 Kindergarten Roundup INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION. Lawrence elementary schools will welcome families of new kindergartners to school this spring during Kindergarten Roundup. Children who reach the age of five on or before August 31, 2015, are eligible for kindergarten enrollment (Kansas Statute 72-1107). Upon enrollment, families are asked to provide the school proof of residency, a certified copy of their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birth certificate, the childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immunization record and a health assessment conducted by a physician/health care provider within one calendar year prior to school entry. Please contact your neighborhood school for information about Kindergarten Roundup.

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Early Childhood Enrollment Early childhood enrollment for the 2015-16 school year begins April 1. Contact Kennedy Elementary School, 832-5760, for information about the qualifications for both the Peer Model half-day program and the Pre-K full-day program.

THE PEER MODEL PROGRAM is open to three- and four-year-old children who demonstrate age-appropriate skills in the areas of play, social behavior, speech, language and motor. Peer Model students provide positive peer interactions, demonstrate play skills and model appropriate language and behavior for children with special needs while in a typical classroom setting.

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AN ARTIST, EDUCATOR AND ADVOCATE Children seem to tell it like it is. One of Darin Fischer’s students says that Mr. Fischer makes class so fun, you can’t wait to go back! Fischer, Lawrence Public Schools’ 2014-15 Master Teacher and its nominee for Kansas Master Teacher, instructs 380 students in art at Prairie Park Elementary School.

“Darin was differentiating instruction in his art classes before the term became a buzzword. He took students of all abilities and interests and moved them to higher levels of performance and appreciation of art,” said Kevin Abbott, a former colleague at Larned High School, where Fischer started his now 25-year career.

After five years in the Fort Larned, Kan., school district, Fischer joined Lawrence Public Schools. Since 199596, he has taught students at the former Riverside and East Heights Elementary Schools, as well as New York, Hillcrest, Kennedy and Prairie Park Elementary Schools.

“A memory that I will treasure was the first time my children (both students of Fischer’s) recognized a print in our house, of an impressionist painter. It was with great joy that we were able to discuss Claude Monet, his home,

his works and look at books together.

Darin’s engaging and interactive teaching planted the seeds for that special moment in our family,” said Lawrence parent Julie van Foeken.

Jody Johnson’s two daughters also benefited from Fischer’s tutelage in elementary school. “One is a college freshman majoring in metalsmithing

and jewelry; the other studied photography on scholarship,” said Johnson. She credits Fischer’s teaching for fostering “a strong foundation that built on their natural skills and encouraged them to learn about art as well as to create their own work.”

Colleagues add that students in Fischer’s art classes are challenged,

inspired and encouraged as they work on a wide variety of challenging assignments that connect to the concepts they are learning in English, mathematics, social studies and science.

His students, they say, learn not just to understand and appreciate art, but to see themselves as artists.

A student in one of Fischer’s first art classes at Larned High School has followed in his footsteps. “I fully believe, had I not experienced Mr. Fischer’s teaching, I would not be where I am today. I currently teach art at Bonner Springs High School with the hopes that I reach just one student in the same way Mr. Fischer reached me,” said Jessica Conner.

In addition to inspiring many students-turned-artists/art educators, Fischer strengthens the teaching profession through his equity leadership, education advocacy and service.

“His professional support significantly aids in the instructional success of our new art teachers, who regularly voice high praise for Darin as their mentor,” said Sarah Oatsvall, USD 497’s assistant director of teaching and learning.

IT’S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS About 230 students sitting cross-legged in uneven rows of classmates on the Pinckney Elementary School gymnasium floor erupted in cheers when Superintendent Rick Doll announced Mark Buckman as the recipient of this year’s Lawrence Elementary Horizon Award. While the award recognizes exemplary new teachers, Buckman knows his way around a classroom.

District Human Resources staff enjoy hiring teachers who, like Buckman, began their careers as successful para-educators in Lawrence schools. That’s the path Buckman took to becoming a special education teacher at Pinckney. The district matches all novice teachers with mentors. Buckman’s mentor saw in him an educator with the “It Factor” and someone who educates the

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whole child, providing academic and behavioral support for students, along with outreach to students’ families.

“He has fostered trusting relationships with his students’ parents to involve them meaningfully in the education process,” said Kirsten Wondra, Pinckney principal.

Sharon Daniels teaches second-graders at Pinckney and appreciates Buckman joining the team.

“The children that Mark works with know they are loved when they are in his care. The teachers know they are respected and supported in their work. Mark is most definitely a positive influence in our school,” said Daniels.

SAYING YES! TO GREAT TEACHING A team planning meeting at South Middle School turned into a celebration when Laura Hochman answered the phone to hear congratulatory remarks from the Kansas Interim Education Commissioner. Brad Neuenswander called to announce Hochman’s selection as a Kansas Horizon Award winner, which followed her receipt this fall of the Lawrence Secondary Horizon Award.

Colleagues describe Hochman, a second-year English language arts teacher, who also took on the extra role of volleyball coach, as motivated, eager to learn and grow professionally and, in a word, “dynamite!”

“An open dialogue exists in Laura’s class, a dialogue of respect, reflection and curiosity. Laura’s students are fearless, quick to take a risk, give an answer and volunteer to help because of the safe environment she has created in her classroom.

Laura instills this confidence by listening to her students in a way many adults refuse to, giving them her undivided attention and honoring their voices,” said Jennifer Scotten, South Middle School sixth grade teacher.

Undeterred as a new teacher, Hochman applied for district support of a blended learning classroom.

The blended learning initiative aims to increase student engagement and maximize teacher time with students. The instructional strategy, now in 154 classrooms throughout the district, blends the best of teacher-directed instruction with digital learning resources.

“What has transpired from her work is a very progressive, student-centered style of instruction, where Laura facilitates the learning and students are actively engaged with the content,” said Jennifer Bessolo, principal. “Ms. Hochman is a favorite among students and staff, and her energy, passion and commitment to the profession has just begun.”

Hochman’s advice to first-year teachers? Say, “Yes!” “Every time I said, ‘Yes!’ to a student, I built stronger, life-long connections and laid the foundation for a more positive learning experience.

Over the course of a year, I attended orchestra and band concerts, plays and musicals, athletic events and choir performances. I met family members, best friends, and even the occasional pet! I stayed late, came early and spent countless plan periods and lunches with students who needed and wanted more of my time. The strongest memories I have of my first year (of teaching) are comprised of those moments,” Hochman said. “Say ‘Yes!’ to your students and your students will say ‘Yes!’ to you.”

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