Lawrence Journal-World 11-22-2016

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Court docs: Police spoke to man before baby was found By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com

Three hours separate the time when Marquis Young was left alone with his 8-month-old stepdaughter and when the infant was found

Affidavit provides details on man accused of leaving stepdaughter in dumpster in his apartment complex’s trash compactor, police say. What took place within those three hours remains largely

unclear, according to a recently released arrest affidavit. However, about halfway through that time span, Lawrence police officers

spoke with Young. Though he was intoxicated and told a bystander he had nothing to live for, Young was not taken into custody,

the affidavit says. InThe infant would not stead, police could not be discovered underdetermine that a crime neath four trash bags had been committed, for another two hours, and allowed Young to > COURT DOCS, 2A return to his apartment.

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City hopes new events, attractions may fix sharp decline of skating rink visitors By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

Security, Kobach Strategic Plan For First 365 Days.” In Kansas, Kobach has been known as an outspoken opponent of illegal immigration and the lead champion of strict voting laws that require people to show proof of U.S. citizenship in order to vote. During the presidential campaign, he was a vocal supporter of Trump, appearing on network news programs as a surrogate for the candidate to talk about immigration policy. Since the election, he has served on Trump’s

The city’s outdoor skating rink saw a sharp decline in attendance last winter, but Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department officials are hoping new programming will attract The $9,000 in more skaters. The rink’s de- revenue from but season was last winter the winter of means that the 2014/2015, and its rink operated second season of operation only at more than a brought in about $14,000 loss. one-third of the Expenses for visitors — and revenue — as the the rink include first. Parks and about $13,000 Recreation of- for payroll and ficials think the supplies. main culprit for low attendance Additionally, labor and was weather. “If it’s too hot materials to set or too cold, people don’t want to up the rink cost skate,” said Mark about $10,000. Hecker, assistant director of Parks and Recreation. “We had warmer temperatures early last year, and then it got really cold in January.” The rink made about three times as much revenue from skate rentals in its first season, which was the winter of 2014/2015. Specifically, the rink made about $26,000 in its debut season and only about $9,000 the following winter. Hecker also said part of the dropoff in visitors could be that the novelty of the rink boosted the attendance numbers for the first year. “Some of it, obviously, is the first year it was new and exciting and everybody was giving it a try,” Hecker said. “That was part of the novelty of it the first year.” The synthetic ice rink is made out of plastic pieces that fit together and

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GOV. SAM BROWNBACK AND FIRST LADY MARY BROWNBACK gathered with several children and Topeka’s Highland Park High School Choir to light the Statehouse Christmas Tree on Monday.

Photo may offer hints on immigration policy By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

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PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP PAUSES TO POSE for photos as he greets Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, N.J., clubhouse Sunday.

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Topeka — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach may have shown his hand, in the most literal sense, when he posed for a picture Sunday just before his interview with President-elect Donald Trump. The photos, released by The Associated Press, show Kobach holding a binder for a legal pad with some papers on the outside facing the cameras. Zooming in on the document itself, the photo shows a paper titled “Department of Homeland

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