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City OKs funds for ‘people, not puppies’
Jazzing things up
But while the shelter for homeless people was able to get emergency funding from both the city and county this week, the same could not be said for the local shelter for homeless animals.
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YOUNG MUSICIAN KENTON HUFF, OF LENEXA, PLUCKS AWAY AT HIS BASS as he performs Tuesday during a Jazz Workshop put on by the Kansas University School of Music as part of the Midwestern Music Camp. Area high school students will be learning the many facets of jazz, including how to improvise and collaborate in small jam sessions, during the weeklong camp that lasts through Friday.
Guests and staff at the Lawrence Community Shelter are resting a little easier this week after the city and Douglas County came through with emergency funds to keep the local homeless shelter afloat through the end of this year.
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on budget that won’t raise taxes. Page 3A
Raises coming for city employees
Judges mull case of KU student I expelled over derogatory tweets By Caitlin Doornbos Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos
Topeka — A case involving a Kansas University student who has been expelled over a series of demeaning social media posts directed at his ex-girlfriend has left the Kansas Court of Appeals trying to answer
the question of just how far KU’s disciplinary powers can reach. KANSAS “ W h a t UNIVERSITY worries me most is the worldwide jurisdiction the university has to punish behavior,” said Terry Leibold, the attorney for Navid Yea-
sin, who was expelled and banned from the KU campus in November 2013 when he violated an order to not contact an ex-girlfriend by tweeting a series of derogatory comments about her.“Could they punish behavior between two students in Europe over spring break?” Yeasin, who would
have graduated from KU in May, filed a lawsuit against KU in early 2014 challenging his expulsion. In defense of the expulsion, KU had cited its Student Conduct Code, which states that students can be punished for policy violations that occur “while on university Please see TWEETS, page 2A
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’m sure city employees always fix a big batch of popcorn, grab their notebooks and sit down in front of the TV on Tuesday nights to watch and admire the weekly Lawrence City Commission meetings. But there may have been a few more viewers last night. Tuesday’s meeting was one where commissioners made some significant decisions about city paychecks. Commissioners approved new employment agreements for the employee groups that
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represent large numbers of police officers and firefighters. Getting city employees increases in Please see RAISES, page 8A
Tribute concert to honor local music legend By Joanna Hlavacek Twitter: @hlavacekjoanna
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Clyde Bysom pictured in 2012
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lyde Bysom was just a kid when he played his first concert with the Lawrence Boys Band at the South Park gazebo back in 1929. Bysom would return to that same gazebo —
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with his trusty clarinet or saxophone in hand — on several hundred occasions over the next eight decades, for Wednesday night concerts with the Lawrence City Band starting in 1949 as well as gigs with the dozens of local groups he belonged to throughout his lifetime.
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family members and fellow musicians will come together from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday to host a musical tribute to Bysom that, like his summertime performances with the Lawrence City Band, will be free and open to the public.
Many happy returns
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So when the Lawrence resident and musician died last month at age 97, it seemed a “nobrainer” to celebrate Bysom’s life — and his music — at the place where it all began, said Paul Gray, a longtime friend and bandmate of Bysom’s. It’s where friends,
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Members of the Kansas/ TeamUSA basketball team are expected to address KU fans during a special event tonight at Hoglund Ballpark. Sports, 1C
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