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SLT retail developer not planning to seek city incentives ———

Public hearing set for July 21

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TWO GIRLS WATCH A TELEVISED WORLD CUP SOCCER MATCH June 18 across a sea of children wrapped in aluminum blankets in a holding area where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Ariz. More than 47,000 unaccompanied children have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1, 2013. Dan Purdom, medical director at Lawrence’s Heartland Community Health Center, pictured below, spent the past few weeks at the Arizona center caring for hundreds of the children.

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

‘Treating children the way we would want our children to be treated’

Mark your calendars for another debate on whether Lawrence’s retail shopping scene is ready for a major expansion. But the developer of a proposed shopping center that would add more than a half-million square feet of new com- The developer mercial space near is projecting it the southeast corner will bring in at of Iowa Street and the South Lawrence least seven new Trafficway said he’s national retailers not anticipating a that currently debate on whether the project should don’t have a receive tax rebates presence in and other financial Lawrence. incentives from the city. Chris Challis, the project manager for the proposed Southpoint shopping area, said the project is being designed so it will not need any special taxing districts, tax rebates or other similar financial incentives from the city. Challis said interest from potential tenants for

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Lawrence doctor helps care for kids at border By Giles Bruce Twitter: @GilesBruce

Ariz., recently to provide medical care to some of the tens of thousands of unaccompanied Central American minors who have been crossing the border into the U.S. illegally the past few months to flee violence and poverty back

It was a harrowing scene: hundreds of children lying on mats on holding-cell floors, using aluminum blankets to keep warm. But Dan Purdom had a job to do. Please see DOCTOR, page 9A Purdom, the medical director at Lawrence’s Heartland Community Health Center, was at the l President: ‘This is not theater, Border Patrol facility in Nogales, this is a problem.’ Page 9A

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County to help pay for proof of citizenship for would-be voters By Scott Rothschild Twitter: @ljwrothschild

Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew on Wednesday announced an effort to cure what he says is an inequity in the state law that requires people who are registering to vote to provide a birth certificate to prove U.S. citizenship. Under the law, a citizen born in

Kansas is eligible for a free copy of his or her birth certificate for voter registration, but those born out of the state must pay anywhere from $10 to $60 to get the document. Shew said that is not fair. “There is an inequity in what is provided for citizens born in state and those born

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I think it’s important because every single voter should have the same access to the process as other voters in the county.” — Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew

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out of state. A large percentage of our citizens have made Douglas County their home though they were born in another state,” Shew said. So, Shew said his office will help pay for the necessary documentation for people who say they cannot afford to pay for it. “By providing additional resources,

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Body found near K-10

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The body of a 37-year-old guest of the Lawrence Community Shelter was found along K-10 Wednesday. Autopsy results are pending. Page 3A

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