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New city recycling: 5 things to know sure you have your schedule right. There are several things you Load it up and push it out. All probably ought to know about those piles of cardboard, bot- the city’s newest service, and tles and newspapers soon can here’s a look at five of them. be set out at the curb as part of Lawrence’s new citywide, 1. When to set it out. The curbside recycling program. first thing to remember is there After months of discussion should never be a week when and planning, the new service you have to set out your trash is set to start Oct. 21. But be- on one day and your recycling ware: Not every household will on another. If your trash day is have recycling picked up this Tuesday, your recycling day also week. It’s an every-other-week is going to be Tuesday. But your service, so you need to make recycling day won’t be every By Chad Lawhorn
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The $2.81 per month charge is added to your monthly water/sewer/trash bill from the city. In fact, you should start noticing the charge anytime now. Tuesday. Instead, it will be every other Tuesday. City crews will pick up your recycling on an every-other-week basis. That’s why your blue recycling cart is likely bigger than your green trash cart. (The standard recycling cart holds 96 gallons, while the standard trash cart holds 65 gallons.)
So, how do you know whether to set your recycling out this week? In general, if you are east of Kasold Drive, this is your week to set out the recycling. If you are west of Kasold Drive, next week will be your week. To get all the details, you should look at the city’s service map. The city knows that this every-other-
week system has the potential in some households to create some finger-pointing about who forgot to set out the recycling. So, the city is offering to send you text or email reminders. You can have a reminder sent to you the night before or the morning of your recycling day. Go to LawrenceRecyles.org and click on the notification section to sign up for the service. If text or email doesn’t meet your needs, you can go to the website and enter Please see NEW, page 4A
Harassment case a study in KU policy
The changing of the colors
Judge says university’s complaint, resolution guidelines deserve a rewrite By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep
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MAPLE LEAVES TURNING FROM GREEN TO RED are illuminated by an autumn sun as passersby walk through South Park recently.
Wichita-based Mattress Hub to open on 23rd Street Town Talk H opefully The Mattress Hub has all of its display models encased in those plastic slip covers. The Wichita-based chain is indeed the mattress retailer that is locating in the same 23rd Street building that houses Hog Wild Pit BBQ, and I’ve learned the hard way that pulled pork in bed is a bad idea without one of those plastic covers. We’ve been reporting for months that a mattress retailer was going to go into the portion of the former Blockbuster Video building, 1516 W. 23rd St., that Hog
I’m still working to gather more details about The Mattress Hub, such as its projected opening date. But I can tell you the company is a regional chain based out of Wichita. According to its website, the company has about 15 stores in Kansas and Missouri, with stores in both the Kansas City and Topeka areas. According to some coverage the company has reclawhorn@ljworld.com ceived in the Wichita Eagle, Wild didn’t occupy. Now the company was founded we know that retailer is The in 2008 by Wichita businessMattress Hub because the men Ryan Baty and Mark sign for the store recently has Barrientos. In late 2012 combeen installed. pany leaders told the Eagle
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that the company had major plans to expand into the Johnson County area, despite Nebraska Furniture Mart’s major presence in the Kansas City mattress market. “We feel like there’s room to come in and grab some market share,” Baty told the Eagle in 2012. “We just feel like there’s room for a different customer experience in Kansas City.” Among the brands the company carries are Serta, Beautyrest, Tempur-Pedic and Five Star Mattress, according to the store’s website.
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Three and a half years after a student accused him of groping her during a study session, a longtime Kansas University professor is still fighting KU in court. Zamir Bavel, 85, says KU violated his rights by denying him a hearing before finding him guilty of sexual harassment. He sued KU in Douglas County District Court, lost, appealed, and is now waiting on the Kansas Court of Appeals to consider his case. Bavel KU says the rules that applied in Bavel’s case don’t specify that hearings must be formal. The university contends Bavel was given other opportunities to be heard and that a trial-like hearing wasn’t needed to determine his guilt and punish him. Navigating KU’s complaint and resolution guidelines proves no easy task — court Please see POLICY, page 2A
World Series moves commission meeting The World Series has caused Lawrence city commissioners to change the schedule of this week’s City Commission meeting. Commissioners will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Lawrence City Hall, which is about an hour earlier than the commission normally meets. Later Tuesday evening, the Kansas City Royals will host the San Francisco Giants in Game 1 of the World Series. — Chad Lawhorn
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Peak deer-mating season is upon us, and as one expert explains: “They lose that wariness and caution, and don’t notice the vehicles.” Page 3A
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