Lawrence Journal-World 08-03-14

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Officials decry denial of recess as punishment By Scott Rothschild Twitter: @ljwrothschild

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er, Kim, a 37-year-old college foundation director from Concordia. Breckyn did make it. She’s now 6 and looks like any other kid her age. But her outward appearance belies

As students and parents prepare Teachers need for the new school something to get year, Lawrence school board mem- kids under control, bers may be taking but I would hope aim at teachers de- they could find nying recess as a way to discipline something else.� children. At a recent goal- — Rick Ingram, setting meeting, school board member several school board members voiced concerns. School board member Rick Ingram, for example, said children need time to run around and recharge after spending hours in class. “Teachers need something to get kids under control, but I would hope they could find something else,� Ingram said. School board member Randy Masten said sometimes teachers reward students by giving them candy. Then when the children get amped up on sugar, they misbehave and have recess taken away, Masten

Please see HEART, page 7A

Please see RECESS, page 2A

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COLLEEN WALKER, A NURSE AT LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, screens baby Milo Mitchell for congenital heart defects Monday. At right is Milo’s father, Phil Mitchell. While Kansas, unlike many states, doesn’t require that all newborns be screened for critical congenital heart defects, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has recently been trying to train hospitals across the state how to do the testing. LMH already screens all newborns for the defects.

Lack of baby heart screening in Kansas can lead to tragedy By Giles Bruce Twitter: @GilesBruce

Not long after she was born, Breckyn Reynolds’ feet started turning blue. She kept shedding weight. She slept constantly. Doctors suggested her mother and father give her supplements. One day, when her skin turned gray and her breathing became

State among 10 in U.S. not to require potentially life-saving health measure desperate, her parents took her to the emergency room. She was subsequently life-flighted to a Kansas City children’s hospital, flat lining on the way there. “They didn’t think she would make it at all,� said Breckyn’s moth-

Lawhorn’s Workshop helping Lawrence become creative capital Lawrence

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Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

his is the world that we live in now: You wake up one morning and realize that Weed Whacker string is going to change the world. You know, Weed Whacker string. That stuff you use to trim around the trees. That 500-yard roll of thin, plastic string that uncoils like a loaded spring and wraps around your neck and waist and ankles as you so skillfully wind

Arts&Entertainment 1C-6C Events listings Books 4C Horoscope Classified 1D-10D Movies Deaths 2A Opinion

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Today’s forecast, page 6B

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AMONG THE interesting items that Lawrence Creates Makerspace has to offer members is a 3-D printer.

it onto your Weed Whacker. In a tucked away workshop in East Lawrence, there’s a special roll of Weed Whacker string. It is connected to a 3-D printer, which has become quite the buzz in the technology world, and is starting to create a buzz locally as the Lawrence Creates Makerspace workshop has begun offering the technology for public use.

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Dark-horse draw One Republican candidate for governor is challenging Brownback and getting attention statewide. Page 3A

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