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Sophomore Conner Frankamp leaving KU
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ansas University sophomore guard Conner Frankamp has decided to transfer to a yet-to-be-determined school, KU coach Bill Self told the Journal-World Friday morning. Frankamp, a 6-foot, 165-pounder from Wichita North High School, played sparingly last season. He had hoped
for additional playing time this year. Frankamp, who averaged 11.0 points per game and went 7-for14 from three-point range in the NCAA Tournament, has not said where he will transfer. Last year, it was rumored he was considering a move to Creighton. See the story in Sports, page 1C.
Downtown shows its Halloween spirits
October tax haul is short $23 million ———
Revenue secretary claims larger-than-usual refunds contributed to receipts gap By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
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DANCERS WARM UP BACKSTAGE for their performance in the Halloween Monster Ball presented by the Lawrence Ballet Theatre and the School of Dance on Friday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.
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A DOG DRESSED AS YODA from the “Star Wars” series, above, and Marty Olson outside of 715 Restaurant, left, helped add to the holiday fun during the Downtown Lawrence Halloween Trick-or-Treat event on Friday evening.
School scraps Halloween, Valentine’s parties ————————
Hillcrest cites diverse student body in letter, but some parents still perplexed By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
If students at Lawrence’s Hillcrest Elementary School on Friday were a bit pale like Casper the Ghost, it must have been from the homework or something else. A new school policy ensured it wasn’t because of Halloween.
Hillcrest on Friday implemented a new policy that eliminates the traditional Halloween party and costume parade that had been a part of the school’s annual festivities for years. According to a school newsletter, Hillcrest plans to eliminate Valentine’s Day parties as well. “It just seems like kind
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the festivities. Julie Boyle, director of communications for Lawrence Public Schools, said in an email that each elementary school makes its own decisions about whether to host Halloween parties. But it wasn’t clear on Friday what led to the decision Please see SCHOOL, page 2A
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of a radical change,” said Sarah Hill-Nelson, who has a fourth-grader who attends the school. Hill-Nelson is among 11 Hillcrest parents who signed a letter expressing concern about the decision to eliminate the holiday parties. Hill-Nelson said she’s still waiting to hear why the school decided to eliminate
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Topeka — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s fiscal policies were dealt an apparent blow Friday when the Kansas Department of Revenue reported state tax receipts came in $23 million short of projections in October and $46.5 million short for the first four months of the fiscal year. Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan said the shortfall was due to higher-than-expected refunds paid out and lower-than-expected
Federal judge says he’ll rule soon on gay marriage ———
State urges court to wait; ACLU calls every day crucial By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
Kansas City, Kan. —A federal judge said Friday that he would decide soon whether to issue an injunction against state officials who are denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples. But even if the court does issue the injunction, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office said it would ask for a stay pending an apCOURTS peal to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. “I had a pretty good idea going in that I might not be the last judge to hear this case,” U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree Please see MARRIAGE, page 2A
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