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WEDNESDAY • APRIL 16 • 2014
Praeger, others urge veto of health compact bill
Seder offers reason for hope
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Measure could jeopardize health care, groups argue; proponents say Kansans should have more control By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
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JAKOB RUDNICK, LEFT, WITH THE HELP OF STEVE HURST, OF PERRY, dips a sprig of parsley in a glass of salt water Tuesday during the the Passover Seder at Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation.
In wake of shooting, Lawrence congregation comes together for Passover holiday meal By Caitlin Doornbos cvdoornbos@ljworld.com
About 60 congregation members attended the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation’s Passover Seder Tuesday night, sharing dinner, conversation and history. The Passover holiday
commemorates the Exodus, during which the Israelites escaped slavery in Egypt and followed Moses through the Red Sea. During the first two days of Passover, Jewish families and communities gather for the ritual dinner known as a Seder. Rabbi Moti Rieber said
the message of Passover reminds Jews of their history and to use their ancestors’ stories to guide them now. “The key is that we, ourselves, are liberated,” Rieber said. “It’s a yearly struggle to free ourselves of the things that constrict us.”
Each table is set with Seder plates on which are arranged a hardboiled egg, parsley, a sweet concoction of fruits and nuts known as “charoset” and grated horseradish. The combination might seem confusing to the outside Please see SEDER, page 8A
Library’s grand opening slated for July 26 THE $18 MILLION EXPANSION of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., is nearing completion. The library is set to open on July 26.
By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
You can finally put a bookmark on your calendar: The new and expanded Lawrence Public Library will open July 26. Work has progressed to the point that weather is not much of a factor in delaying the work to renovate the library at
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Seventh and Vermont streets, and library leaders are now confident in setting a date. Now, the planning for the party begins. “We’re planning a lot of events right now,” said Jeni Daley, marketing coordinator for the library. “There will be a grand Please see LIBRARY, page 8A
Topeka — Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger and senior citizen and health care groups on Tuesday urged Gov. Sam Brownback to veto a bill that they said could jeopardize health care for hundreds of thousands of Kansans under Medicare. Praeger “It is shocking to me that the Legislature would pursue such a frivolous pursuit,” said Maren Turner, Kansas director of the AARP. Under House Bill 2553, the state would be allowed to join an interstate compact in which the states would continue to receive federal health care dollars, and each state could administer the programs. Please see HEALTH, page 2A
Esteemed paleontologist joins KU faculty By Ben Unglesbee bunglesbee@ljworld.com
Some of Chris Beard’s earliest memories are of a fascination with animals — domesticated animals, wild animals; it almost didn’t matter. From his father, a “kind of perpetual student” as Beard describes him, Beard started receiving some “re- Beard ally strange bedtime stories” about animals long gone, preserved only as fossils. “That’s when I found out that there were Please see FACULTY, page 2A
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Student elections
Vol.156/No.105 38 pages
The Kansas University student election results are pending until a dispute about the purchase of food for potential voters is resolved. Page 3A
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