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Teacher’s selfless act an inspiration to others By Giles Bruce Twitter: @GilesBruce
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Kidney donation to colleague improved more than one life ou wouldn’t guess from looking at the two men that they underwent organ transplant surgery earlier this year. But that’s just what Lawrence middle school teachers Scott Forkenbrock and Mike Wormsley did, when Forkenbrock donated a kidney to his colleague in January. Nine months later, they’re both back teaching at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School. Wormsley no longer needs dialysis, and Forkenbrock has returned to his physically active lifestyle. Forkenbrock’s generous act is even inspiring others. After a friend heard about what he did, she decided to run the New York City Marathon in November by raising money for the PKD Foundation, which spreads awareness about the kidney disorder that had Wormsley on the transplant waiting list before his co-worker came to the rescue. “It was nothing I’d ever heard of anyone doing before,” said Amanda Wittman, 30, an Olathe sign-language interpreter who has pledged to raise $3,500 for the PKD Foundation in order to run the marathon, which her husband and Forkenbrock and his wife will be participating in as well. “You read about it with family members and loved ones, but to donate a kidney to
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By Roxana Hegeman and John Hanna Associated Press
Topeka — Republican Sen. Pat Roberts has shaken up his struggling re-election team in Kansas, replacing a longtime confidante as campaign manager and getting help from national operatives in a race that’s suddenly a battleground in the fight for Senate control. The campaign overhaul comes after Roberts’ bruising primary fight and the stunning attempt by his Democratic challenger this week to cancel his candidacy in the face of a strong bid by an independent candidate. Roberts confirmed Friday that Leroy Towns — who the three-term senator once described as his “alter ego” — has stepped down as executive campaign manager, though he will remain as a consultant. The National Republican Senatorial Committee sent in a seasoned consultant, Chris LaCivita, and he will work with Corry Bliss, who’s managed GOP campaigns in Connecticut, Georgia and Vermont. The campaign also has a new director for its grassroots operations, Alan Cobb, previously a senior campaign adviser to Republican Rep.
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Lawrence school board to fill vacancy
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LIBERTY MEMORIAL CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS Mike Wormsley, left, and Scott Forkenbrock are both back teaching and feeling like themselves again nine months after Forkenbrock donated a kidney to Wormsley, who has polycystic kidney disease. An Olathe woman who heard about the story plans to run the New York City Marathon in November to raise money for the PKD Foundation.
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Delivery of curbside recycling containers to begin Monday
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he most visible signs yet of Lawrence’s pending curbside recycling program will start showing up on Monday. Crews will begin delivering the 95-gallon blue plastic recycling carts that households will use for the service. The carts have wheels. The city estimates that delivery of the 24,000 carts will last through mid-October. The recycling service is scheduled to begin collections on the week of Oct. 21.
What’s allowed in the cart? Glass, magazines, chipboard cartons, newsprint, paperback books, corrugated cardboard, tin, steel and aluminum food containers and plastic containers with recycling symbols 1-7. For a complete list of what’s acceptable, see the city’s website at www.lawrenceks.org/swm/ recycling_collection. Recycling collection will be every other week on the same day as your trash day.
Staff Report
The Lawrence school board on Monday will name a replacement for former school board member Adina Morse who resigned last month to take the position of executive director of the Lawrence Schools Foundation. Here are the names of the people who have applied to replace Morse and a brief statement from their application forms submitted to the school district on their reasons for wanting to SCHOOLS serve on the board. l Paul Buskirk, a 30-year resident of Lawrence who has been director of the Kansas University Athletic Department’s academic support program for the past 25 years. Please see BOARD, page 2A
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