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FORMER JAYHAWK KELLY OUBRE JR., left, donned these showstopping shoes for the NBA basketball draft Thursday in New York. He was selected 15th overall by the Atlanta Hawks, then traded to the Washington Wizards.
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Homeless Dressed to the canines population soars by A 25 percent By Joanna Hlavacek
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If you are looking for signs that homelessness is on the decline in Lawrence and Douglas County as the economy improves, the latest numbers will disappoint. A new report released by the city shows there were 296 people who were homeless throughout Of 296 the county on people deemed Jan. 28. That’s homeless up more than 25 in Douglas percent from 223 County: people who were counted as home94 less in a similar Had a severe 2013 survey. mental illness “I think these numbers show 88 that even people Had a who are work- substance ing full-time still abuse problem struggle to keep a roof over their 80 heads,” said KathWere erine Dinsdale, a children board member for the local nonprofit 46 Family Promise. Were victims “We have a steady of domestic stream of families violence entering our program, and we all — Source: notice how hard City of Lawrence they are working.” The latest numbers are part of a federally required “point-in-time” survey of homeless people. Volunteers and others work to count and question people who are in various forms of homelessness. Those include people living on the streets, but also those staying in an emergency
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s a young girl growing up in suburban Detroit, Alysson Bodenbach had a minor obsession with dogs, which she says was partly fueled by her parents’ strict no-pets policy. “When I was 5 years old, I was bringing home books from the book fair and circling the dogs I wanted in the pages,” Bodenbach recalls. “So when I finally had the opportunity to get a dog, I was all over it.” It wasn’t until Bodenbach relocated to Kansas a few years back for graduate school that
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When the federal government first began offering subsidized health insurance on the federal “exchange” marketplace, Gotfred Beardshear and his wife were among the first local residents to get in line. “The first year, I got a total hip replacement,” said Beardshear, 62, who owns Blackbird’s Trading Post in Lawrence with his wife, Cynthia Trask. “Without it, I’d be in a wheelchair waiting to get on Medicare when I turn 65. It’s revolutionized my existence. I’m walking.” Beardshear and his wife are among the 4,941 people in Douglas County who have received subsidized health policies through the federal exchange, according to Heartland Community Health Center, the loHEALTH cal agency that serves as a “navigator” to help people buy insurance through the exchange. And so when the news arrived Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court had upheld the legality of those subsidies, Beardshear said he was greatly relieved. “I think it’s important for people to know, real people have benefited from this. It’s not just spin,” Beardshear said. Beardshear and others in Kansas were at risk of losing their insurance if the Supreme Court had ruled the other way. Under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, most working-age adults and their dependents have been Please see ACA, page 2A
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Spot the Dalmatian, namesake for Lots of Spots Bakery and Boutique, dons a polka dot bowtie to match his coat Wednesday. Bodenbach, Spot’s owner, will be a vendor at the second annual Summer Fest on Sunday at South Park.
We routinely get families that are living in a car at Clinton Lake.”
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Court’s ACA save relieves patients Almost 5,000 county residents will continue to receive subsidies
Allyson Bodenbach poses with her dog Emma, who’s modeling a multicolored flower on her collar from Bodenback’s business, Lots of Spots Bakery and Boutique.
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