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THURSDAY • JULY 14 • 2016

Downtown grocery plans growing

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rust me, I’m familiar with the idea of supersizing at the grocery store. There’s a reason my house has cereal boxes that can double as walk-in closets. But soon, downtown Lawrence and its neighbors in East Lawrence may have to figure out what they think of supersizing the grocery store. The idea of a downtown clawhorn@ljworld.com grocery store at Seventh and New Hampshire streets posed developers tell me. at the site of the former But the idea is growing. The Borders bookstore is still Please see GROCERY, page 2A very much alive, the pro-

The former Borders building at Seventh and New Hampshire streets, pictured here in 2012, could be torn down in Lawrence’s grocery wars.

Chad Lawhorn

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Citizens’ parks, rec wish list revealed

Lawrence skates by teacher drought Local schools ‘fortunate’ amid statewide shortage By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde

Kansas may face a teacher shortage in coming years. Fewer Kansas college students are majoring in education, shrinking the supply of certified teachers to replace those who are retiring and resigning, according to a report issued this week by a Kansas State Board of Education task force. “That gives us the most concern,” Ken Weaver, dean of The Teachers College at Emporia SCHOOLS State University and co-chair of the task force, said in a news release. For now, though, unfilled teacher vacancies are confined to specific districts, and the Lawrence school district continues to fare well in the teacher hiring market. In the Lawrence district, 118 certified teachers left their positions last school year, about one-third of whom retired. That number is consistent with years past, and Please see TEACHER, page 2A

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ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD AVION NELSON comes in for a dunk against former Kansas forward Jamari Traylor during the Kansas AllStar Basketball Camp on Wednesday at Sports Pavilion Lawrence, one of the city’s recreation centers. CAMP STORY IN SPORTS, 1C

10-year plan runs up against budget constraints GreenPlay LLC, a cityhired consulting firm, presented results of two An improved Kansurveys Tuesday to the sas River corridor, an Parks and Rec Advisory outdoor amphitheater Board and a 16-memand botanical gardens ber steering commitwere listed as some of the tee tasked with putting most-desired future parks together a new, 10-year and recreation facilities master plan for the parks in surveys of nearly 2,000 and recreation departLawrence residents. ment. The master plan By Nikki Wentling

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will replace one created in 2000 and include a “vision” for the department and ideas to fund new facilities and programs, said Pat O’Toole, a principal with GreenPlay. “The toughest part of this master plan is the news you read from the (Lawrence City Commission), that there’s no

money,” O’Toole told a group of about 30 people Tuesday. “And we’re here talking about spending money.” O’Toole referred to the ongoing process to create Lawrence’s 2017 budget, which includes cuts to some city personnel Please see PARKS, page 5A

Topeka miffed by Herbert’s arts metaphor Statehouse Live

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uffice it to say there were people in Topeka who were fairly unamused Wednesday after reading the comments that one Lawrence city commissioner made the night before regarding the Topeka arts scene. Expressing his displeasure with City Manager Tom Markus’ budget recommendations, including cuts to the Lawrence Arts Center and the lack of funding for the proposed East Ninth

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Street project, Comwant my legacy to be missioner Matthew that I helped to make Herbert made some Lawrence Topeka.” comparisons be“Grrr,” was the tween the Lawrence Facebook comand Topeka arts ment from one of communities that my neighbors down were not intended to the street here, a flatter Topeka. neighbor whose wife Herbert The Journalworks at the TopekaWorld’s Nikki WenShawnee County tling quoted Herbert as sayPublic Library. ing: “Congratulations, we just People here consider that became Topeka, Kansas. I library, and the Sabatini live in Lawrence because it’s Please see METAPHOR, page 2A not Topeka, Kansas. I don’t

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Federal appeals court agrees to quickly hear Kansas voting rights case Associated Press

Wichita — A federal appeals court has agreed to quickly hear an appeal that could affect the voting rights of thousands of voters in Kansas, Georgia and Alabama. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia set on Wednesday an expedited schedule in the case of a U.S. election official who without public notice required documentary Newby proof-of-citizenship on a federal registration form for residents of the three states. People in other states need only swear they are citizens. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., sided against a coalition of voting rights advocates who seek a temporary order overturning the move by Brian Newby, the executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. The appeals court set deadlines for July and early August for the parties to submit written arguments.

Wheels in motion More than 750 cyclists are expected to roll into town when the eighth annual Tour of Lawrence kicks off Friday. Page 3A

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