Lawrence Journal-World 11-26-2014

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WEDNESDAY • NOVEMBER 26 • 2014

SHOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA

Grant could push film fest into national spotlight By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT WEIWEI LI does some early Christmas shopping Tuesday at the Phoenix Gallery, 825 Massachusetts St. The holiday shopping season has begun earlier than Black Friday in recent years, with some bigger retailers being open on Thanksgiving Day.

Retailers gearing up for holiday rush Carolyn Richmond, owner of Fortuity women’s clothing store at 809 Massachusetts St. “We’ve got the Christmas music going already.” In recent years a number of large retailers have started pre-Black Friday “door-buster” type sales in days and weeks preceding Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving known for frenzied Christmas shopping. Some big stores now are even open on Thanksgiving Day.

By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep

For many big national retailers, Black Friday more or less starts today. Most locally owned businesses, however, will wait until, well, Friday. That’s not to say that other festiveness hasn’t already arrived even if the deals have yet to begin. “We like the excitement,” said

Please see ARTS, page 2A

Downtown, however, will really kick off the shopping season Friday and continue with events and promotions throughout December, said Sally Zogry, director of Downtown Lawrence Inc. “There are a lot of really good deals downtown, and sometimes people aren’t aware that there are so many,” Zogry said. Please see SHOPPING, page 2A

Lawrence No. 2 in national list of local gifts

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esearchers at Yelp, the

analyzed them to determine

2. Lawrence

online consumer rating

the U.S. cities with “the largest

3. St. Petersburg, Fla.

website, have deter-

concentration of highly rated,

4. Asheville, N.C.

mined that Lawrence is the

local businesses where holiday

5. Santa Cruz, Calif.

second best city in the country

shoppers can find great gifts.”

6. Detroit

for “finding great local gifts.”

Lawrence was the only city

According to Yelp’s company blog, researchers looked at the

8. Chapel Hill, N.C.

region that made the list. Here’s

9. Wilmington, N.C.

millions of reviews and business a look at the top 10: listings on the site and then

7. Bend, Ore.

in Kansas or the entire Plains

10. Hoboken, N.J.

1. Portland, Maine

Lawrence will compete for a grant to make the popular Free State Festival into a national event, but city commissioners were told that some East Lawrence residents are concerned arts leaders aren’t taking enough time to listen to their concerns. Lawrence city commissioners at their weekly meeting started the application process for a National Endowment of the Arts grant that would provide $200,000 to help expand the Free State CITY Festival in 2016 from an event COMMISSION that has more of a regional draw to one that has a national presence. The festival is a multiday event held each summer that highlights, music, art, film and ideas. Susan Tate, director of the Lawrence Arts Center, said the festival has a good chance to become more prominent nationally.

— By Chad Lawhorn

State postpones issuing bonds on NBAF lab Manhattan, Kan. (ap) — State leaders have postponed issuing bonds for a federal proposed biosecurity laboratory until the state bonding investment is legally capped. The State Finance Council decided Monday to postpone issuing $231 million in bonds for the National Bioand Agro-Defense Facility on the Kansas State University campus. The $1.2 billion laboratory is planned for research on dangerous animal- Wagle borne illnesses. Republican Senate President Susan Wagle, of Wichita, told the council that action on the bonds could occur in December if it receives documents capping the state’s investment at $307 million, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. The state initially agreed to invest $105 million and about Please see NBAF, page 2A

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Today’s forecast, page 6A

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2A Puzzles 4A, 2C Sports 3B Television 5A

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Reacting to Ferguson

Vol.156/No.330 22 pages

More than 80 students, KU faculty and community members gathered to share reactions about Monday’s grand jury decision not to indict. Page 3A

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