Lawrence Journal-World 07-09-2015

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THURSDAY • JULY 9 • 2015

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KU GRADUATES Olivia Williamson and John Keenan watch Team USA play against Chile on Tuesday at the World University Games in South Korea.

Waving the wheat, even in Korea Kansas University men’s basketball those fans Wednesday in USA’s players have been supported by a 66-65 victory against Serbia. number of fans who do the Rock Mountain graduated from KU in Gwangju, South Korea — More Chalk chant at the end of games or 2008 and now teaches English as a than 6,000 miles away from Law- chant “U-S-A” during the games. Please see KOREA, page 2A rence, across the Pacific Ocean, Drew Mountain, 30, was one of By Bobby Nightengale

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Humane Society seeks $5 million

County budget avoids tax hike But tentative deal doesn’t fully fund community shelter By Conrad Swanson Twitter: @conrad_swanson

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LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY VOLUNTEER JANET D’ERCOLE kneels down to pet a recently spayed dog lying on the floor of the shelter’s medical treatment area Tuesday. Shelter officials are launching a capital campaign to renovate the facility. See the video at LJWorld.com/humanecampaign By Caitlin Doornbos Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos

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ucked in a small room away from the public’s eye at the Lawrence Humane Society, six kittens with balding, inflamed ears lie in a cozy pile Tuesday afternoon. The kittens likely have ringworm, Humane Society Executive Director Kate Meghji

Critical upgrades to shelter would include adding new clinic, expanding boarding said, and are awaiting the results of their medical tests. If they test positive, they’ll be euthanized. The same goes for animals with parvovirus. Though ringworm and

Schedule of festivities The birthday of Django’s bash for Django, founders and the web framework affiliates, including conceived in Frank Wiles, Jacob Lawrence 10 years Kaplan-Moss and ago, will take place Adrian Holovaty. this weekend. Beginning at On Friday night, 6 p.m., Eighth a reception will be Street between Holovaty held at eight local Massachusetts restaurants. For and New Hampshire reservations, visit LJWorld. streets will be blocked com/django-dinners. off for the official birthday Saturday, a conference party and will feature will be held beginning at a mix of live music and 9 a.m. at Liberty Hall, and activities for kids. Live lunch will be catered by music begins at 7:30 p.m. Joe’s Kansas City Barbecue. For more information, Speakers include several go to djangobirthday.com.

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Django celebrates a decade Framework born in Lawrence changed Web and Pinterest. One of the purposes behind the creation of Django, which is a free open source, was to help web developers build database-driven websites, especially those with news content, more easily and rapidly. It also allowed people who weren’t

By Karen Dillon Twitter: @karensdillon

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en years ago, the website framework that revolutionized how websites are built and operated was born here in Lawrence. Known as Django, the framework has spread worldwide and has been used in the construction of tens of thousands of websites, including Instagram

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Polish coder Ola Sitarska is among this weekend’s speakers. Contributed Photo

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parvo are treatable, with the Treatment for the ailments cramped quarters and limited can take months. isolation areas in the shelter “When you know it’s built 20 years ago, Meghji said treatable, but we can’t risk a the Humane Society just can’t Please see HUMANE, page 4A risk exposing healthy animals.

Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday tentatively agreed on a 2016 budget that would hold property tax rates consistent with 2015. That spending plan may not calm the nerves of the Lawrence Community Shelter’s leaders, who are concerned about the homeless shelter’s finances. Wednesday morning commissioners came to a consensus on the budget, which would maintain the county’s mill levy at 41.01 COUNTY COMMISSION mills, the same amount the county is currently levying. The preliminary budget, which won’t be finalized until a formal vote in August, doesn’t fully fund the Lawrence Community Shelter’s request for $100,000 in immediate funding. Rather, commissioners are offering $50,000 in emergency funding. Commissioners also agreed they are not ready to approve a separate request from the

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Gay marriage lawsuits Two same-sex marriage rights lawsuits filed against the state weren’t affected by Kansas’ recent decision to grant limited recognition to such couples. Page 3A

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