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SATURDAY • JUNE 7 • 2014

Revenue drought worries regents

A SHOWER OF EMPERORS

Higher education officials might rein in spending if collections continue slide By Scott Rothschild Twitter: @ljwrothschild

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LAWRENCE RESIDENTS LORRAINE HILLEARY AND HER 9-YEAR-OLD SON, Eero Alber, are swarmed by Hackberry Emperor butterflies as they tour the Fitch Natural History Reservation, just northeast of the Lawrence Municipal Airport, on Friday. The butterflies are in peak numbers right now, and experts with the Biodiversity Institute at Kansas University believe this weekend will be great for viewing them, provided the sun is shining. So step out today and Sunday for a great show. LJWORLD.COM: Check out our butterfly slideshow, complete with audio.

More butterfly clouds forecast for weekend

Topeka — Higher education officials are getting worried about the state’s revenue plunge in April and May. “If the June numbers come and follow the same trend, my guess is we ought to be very careful on how we spend money and might even want to plan ahead to make reductions,” said Kansas Board of Regents member Ed McKechnie. Regent Shane Bangerter questioned whether the new revenue numbers would have an affect on BOARD OF tuition and other areas as REGENTS schools start preparing budget requests. State revenue in April dropped $93 million under projections, and May was worse — a $217 million fall. Gov. Sam Brownback and his key aides say the two-month drop of $310 million below estimates was due to a temporary problem caused by federal tax issues and that revenues will recover. Please see REVENUE, page 2A

A little rain provides a lot of relief A BUTTERFLY LANDS ON THE FACE OF LAWRENCE RESIDENT LYNNE BEATTY, left, while David Paden hosts a swarm of butterflies on his hat as they tour the nature reservation Friday. Mark Robbins, an ornithologist with the Biodiversity Institute at Kansas University, said the butterflies land on people because they are attracted to the salt on human skin and clothing.

Crops are looking better, but county still drier than normal By Giles Bruce Twitter: @GilesBruce

OTTAWA QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE

poena for the records of four cellphones. During the brief hearing Friday, Flack, in jail garb and handcuffs, sat quietly beside Frieden, sometimes asking him questions. Flack, 28, is accused of killing Kaylie Bailey, 21, of Olathe; her 18-month-old daughter, Lana-Leigh; Andrew Adam Please see DEFENSE, page 2A

Please see RAIN, page 2A

Defense gets extra time to prepare response By Scott Rothschild Twitter: @ljwrothschild

Ottawa — A Franklin County judge on Friday gave the attorney for Kyle Flack, charged in the 2013 shooting deaths of four people, more time to prepare a response to prosecutors’ attempts to admit Flack’s earlier statements to law enforcement officials.

“Defense is coning whether Flack’s ducting its own instatements should vestigation as to the be admitted durfacts and circuming his trial, which stances regarding has been tentatively these issues and said scheduled for Sepinvestigation is intember 2015. complete,” Flack’s atAlso on Friday, torney Tim Frieden prosecutors, who Flack said in his motion. are seeking the District Judge Eric death penalty against Godderz set Aug. 29 to take Flack, informed the court up the motion concern- that they have issued a sub-

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Recent rains have proWe still vided some relief to local farmers, though the need more area still remains about 5 rain. We’ve inches short of its average precipitation for this time got a lot of catching up of year. One week in, June has to do.” already been a wet month. Lawrence has received 2.47 inches of rain in June — Leroy Russell, as of Thursday, an inch- agricultural agent and-half more than normal, according to AccuWeather. For the year, Lawrence has gotten 10.64 inches of rain, when in a normal year it would

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Wishing for clear skies Habitat for Humanity volunteers are hoping things stay relatively dry this weekend as they try to finish building a Lawrence family’s new home in three days. Page 3A

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