Lawrence Journal-World 10-04-14

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KU greeks form sex assault task force

A smoother road to recovery

School, Lawrence police investigate latest ‘serious, disturbing’ incident By Caitlin Doornbos Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos

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LISA CLARK, OF VALLEY FALLS, CONCENTRATES as she works on balance and strengthening exercises with therapist Suzie Craig at LMH Therapy Services on Thursday. Clark broke her back and injured her spinal cord when she fell while riding a horse one year ago. Clark has benefitted from the Falling Forward Foundation, which helps those suffering from traumatic injuries receive therapy after their insurance runs out. BELOW: Sam Porritt, Falling Forward’s founder.

When coverage runs out, rehab patients fall back on Falling Forward Foundation By Giles Bruce Twitter: @GilesBruce

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n Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s outpatient rehab unit, Ed Corporal did lunges while holding onto parallel bars and being spotted by his physical therapist. A few feet away, Lisa Clark lay on her stomach on a padded

platform, lifting her arm behind her back to try to regain strength in her upper body. Neither of them would have been there had Sam Porritt not fallen off that wall three years ago while photographing the Italian countryside. Corporal and Clark are among the first beneficiaries of Porritt’s Falling Forward Foundation,

which financially supports people recovering from catastrophic medical issues and whose insurance coverage has run out. Porritt, of Lawrence, got the idea for the foundation after discovering that his own policy paid for unlimited therapy visits, a rarity in Please see REHAB, page 5A

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A group of Kansas University fraternity and sorority members have formed a new task force addressing sexual assault within the greek community following recent sexual assault allegations concerning two campus fraternities. Just after midnight Monday, a KU We pledge student reported, a to educate our rape had occurred at a party at Kappa members about Sigma fraternity, what sexual 1045 Emery Road, assault is and while the victim how it impacts was “impaired,” Lawrence Police the victims, Department spokes- their friends, man Sgt. Trent family and the McKinley said. KU Chancellor community Bernadette Gray- at large.” Little approved placing the frater- — Statement from nity on interim sus- task force pension Tuesday night, and the fraternity was notified Wednesday. The Lawrence Police Department and KU are conducting separate investigations into the sexual assault allegations, which Gray-Little described as “serious and disturbing.”

Please see GREEKS, page 2A

Prosecutor: Plea deal illustrates complexity of child injury case By Caitlin Doornbos Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos

When Brooke Radice, 19, saw her soon-to-be ex-husband Michael Radice, 20, finally sentenced last week for harming her infant son and another baby, she was angry and terrified. Two years’ probation didn’t seem like adequate punishment for the

Douglas County district attorney: ‘We couldn’t prove the child abuse’ man who pleaded no contest last month to two charges of aggravated battery that involved serious injuries to babies, Brooke Radice said. “They just let a criminal walk free,” she said. “I’m terrified, not so much for myself but for my son,

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who can’t defend himself.” According to prosecutors, the Eudora man’s case illustrates the types of decisions they face when offering plea deals. “To be really simple about it, we couldn’t prove the child abuse,”

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District Attorney Charles Branson said. “The only information we had was the information (Michael Radice) provided and the nature of the injuries.” Please see PLEA, page 2A

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The new recreation center has been operating quietly for two weeks, but expect more fanfare when it celebrates its official opening Sunday. Page 3A

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A PLACE TO PLAY. A PLACE TO GATHER.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2014 | 2-4 P.M. | 100 ROCK CHALK LANE SPORTS AND FITNESS DEMONSTRATIONS LIVE MUSIC HEALTHY / NUTRITIOUS FOOD FACILITY TOURS FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY


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