Lawrence Journal-World 12-12-2016

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Conservative think tank launches own news service By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Topeka — In a move that some experts see as a growing trend in the news media, a conservative think tank in Kansas with close ties to billionaire brothers Charles

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and David Koch has announced it is launching its own news service to combat what it sees as bias in traditional news outlets. Dave Trabert, president of Kansas Policy Institute, announced the new organization called the Sentinel in

a video posted on the institute’s website, starting with a barrage of attacks against traditional media outlets, alleging they withhold information about state government and the economy in order to sway public opinion. “Well, we’ve had enough

and we’re going to do something about it,” Trabert says in the video. “It’s called the Sentinel and its primary purpose is to hold media and government accountable.” To counter that alleged bias, the Sentinel has hired two of the most distinctly

conservative writers in the region. One is Jack Cashill, a blogger and author whose recent book is titled “Scarlet Letters: The Ever Increasing Intolerance of the Cult of

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Donations, grants save suicide prevention center

SEEKING SANCTUARY STATUS

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The project’s summary describes it as a “sports and entertainment facility focusing on the outdoor lifestyle.” The company behind the proposal, Plei, is proposing to build the approximately $70 million project

After a successful fundraising campaign that warded off the agency’s possible closing, the Headquarters Counseling Center Board of Directors will meet Wednesday to plan the organization’s 2017 budget. Headquarters Executive Director Andy Brown said the board will also discuss at the Wednesday meeting and a January retreat measures to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Lawrence-based agency, which fields 20,000 calls a year on its 24-hour, statewide suicide prevention hotline, 1-800Brown 273-TALK. Facing a financial shortfall with the end of a federal grant, the Headquarters board announced last month an emergency campaign to raise $90,000 by Dec. 5 to avoid shutting down some of the agency’s programming, restricting the hotline’s hours or even closing down operations. Brown said the campaign raised $60,000 by that deadline. With news of the campaign and its response, the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services provided a $25,000 matching grant earlier this month, he said. With that grant, the Headquarters fundraising campaign is continuing through Dec. 31 to raise the $25,000 match, Brown said. To date, it has raised $10,000 of that amount. To donate, visit prevent-suicide. givecorps.com. Brown said Headquarters was

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LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR VIVECA PRICE, TOWARD LEFT WITH ARM RAISED, stands with the students who signed a petition for Lawrence to become a sanctuary city. Price and others organized a walkout from school on Dec. 1, in which the students brought the signed petition to City Hall. The petition was formally presented to the City Commission on Tuesday.

Students petition Lawrence government to become sanctuary city BY ROCHELLE VALVERDE l l l

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group of students wants the City of Lawrence to join a growing list of “sanctuary cities” across the country that limit their reporting to federal

immigration agencies. The students said they were prompted in part by the election of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has taken a hard stance on illegal immigration, deportation and refugees. “I’m hoping that they’ll feel like their city has their

back on some level,” said Viveca Price, a junior at Lawrence High School involved with the petition. Throughout his campaign, Trump talked about mass deportations and monitoring refugees from countries known for terrorism. Some also worry about the future of the executive

I think it’s a conversation we’re going to have to have.”

— City Commissioner Matthew Herbert

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Company proposes creating outdoor rec center at Clinton Lake By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

At its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will hear a proposal for a project that could bring a whitewater rafting center, rock climbing and other outdoor

entertainment to the currently undeveloped landscape of Clinton Lake. The proposed Kansas Outdoor Lifestyle Center would be a 1,500-acre facility hosting outdoor activities such as whitewater rafting and kayaking, zip lines, biking, running, hiking,

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