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Bullying is factor in school safety
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By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
Kristie Dennham was furious when her eighth-grade son came home last month with injuries from being beaten up at school. It was not the first time. She describes her son “Bobby” (not his real name) as academically gifted, but smaller than most of his Doll peers, making him an easy target for some of the bigger kids. Since third grade, he has been repeatedly assaulted and tormented by a handful of other students — sometimes in school, sometimes at the bus stop, other times in the neighborhood. This time he was attacked in the gymnasium of West Middle School, where students had gathered before first period, in full view of other students. “I think the biggest thing over all these years has been the emotional (impact),” she said. “You kind of start to see the light in your
A golden lesson on beer for a silver anniversary
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knew it. I knew you could use a whirlpool to make beer. And now here I am standing in the brew room of Lawrence’s famed Free State Brewery with downtown head brewer Geoff Deman, and he tells me that we are about to begin the whirlpool stage of the brewing process. Here we go. Vindication. Uh, oh. Maybe I really do owe my wife an apology for the mess I made at the house, because this doesn’t look anything like the whirlpool I used. Deman brings out a paddle, or an oar, and uses it to stir the boiling liquid in this brickinsulated kettle. We’re trying to swirl the liquid so the solids will congre-
Lawhorn’s Lawrence
That’s what I’ve learned from my stay here in the brewing room: There has to be at least a thousand different ways to screw up brewing beer. I’ve also learned this: These guys don’t screw it up. They wouldn’t have lasted this long if they had. Lawrence’s Free State Brewing Co. turns 25 years old today. It is a birthday for what not only has become a Lawrence landmark but also a pioneer in the national brew clawhorn@ljworld.com pub industry. “When Free State was gate in the middle and allow started, there were only about the liquid goodness to flow 100 breweries in the entire away and become beer. In oth- country,” Deman says. “Now er words, we’re trying to create there are about 2,700. It has a whirlpool effect. Emphasis Please see FREE, page 2A on effect. Now he tells me.
Chad Lawhorn
PHOTOS CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: GEOFF DEMAN, head brewer at Free State, pulls out spent malt from the lauter tun, after straining allowed separation of the liquid from the grain. The liquid, called wort, is then put in a kettle where it is boiled with hops and possibly other ingredients depending on a beer’s recipe; KEVIN PRESCOTT, assistant head brewer, loads grain into a mill to crack it, which allows the grain to absorb the water it will be mixed with; DEMAN CHECKS the sugar content on the wort, the liquid extracted during the mashing process.
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City takes step toward decision on rental inspections By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
A proposed rental licensing and inspection program has resumed its march toward decision day at Lawrence City Hall. City officials have set March 13 as the date for a public meeting to discuss yet another version of a rental inspection pro-
gram that would cover every Farmer said he wanted more what will be a very good comrental unit in the city. City Hall time to work on a compromise promise,” Farmer said. leaders also have indiversion of the program. Farmer said his proposal cated that March 25 is The March 13 meeting, will include a new list of poswhen city commissionwhich will be from 6 sible violations that focus more ers likely will vote on p.m. to 8 p.m. at the squarely on life and safety isthe proposal. Lawrence High cafete- sues. For example, trash in a The proposed liria, will give the public yard may not qualify as a viocensing and inspeca chance to review and lation under the city’s rental lition program hit a snag ask questions about the censing program, even though last month when City new proposal. it is a violation of the city’s Commissioner Jeremy Farmer “I think we have code. But Farmer said he
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would propose that inspectors could still cite the yard issue as a violation, and could fine the property owner. The key difference between Farmer’s proposal and previous versions of the inspection program is that the yard violation couldn’t be used to deny a landlord a rental license. Please see LICENSING, page 2A
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