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A special night for Haskell athletics
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Lawmaker says his amendment contained an error By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
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BRADY TANNER, RIGHT, RECEIVES A HUG from Special Olympics teammate Ryan Banning Thursday night honoring Brady’s induction into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame. His family and friends gathered for a ceremony at the Coffin Complex on the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University. Brady will be formally inducted on Saturday at the Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Mo. BELOW are some of the numerous medals Brady has won over the years.
Weightlifter to take place among elite Indian athletes in national hall of fame By Adam Strunk astrunk@ljworld.com
Hundreds of trophies and medals filled six tables Thursday night in the Coffin Sports Complex on the Haskell Indian Nations University campus. The display was part of a ceremony honoring the achievements of Lawrence weightlifter Brady Tanner. On Saturday, Tanner will become the first Special
Olympian inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Mo., joining the likes of Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills. But for all his achievements — including three gold medals from the 2011 World Special Olympic Games in Greece and numerous national titles — Tanner’s attitude was the attribute most mentioned
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Movement afoot to make local elections partisan, change dates
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City’s argument on census takes peculiar turn Town Talk
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suppose all great disputes get to this point: the discussion of fecal matter. That is what it has come to in the dispute between Lawrence City Hall and the U.S. Census Bureau. The city and the Census Bureau still don’t agree on how many people live in Lawrence, and now it is official. The Census Bureau recently notified the city it
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TOPEKA — The Kansas House and Senate election has rejected the city’s appeal ing that the city has at least committees heard testimony of the bureau’s 2010 Census 30 years worth of data about Thursday on bills that would findings for the city. how much “organic matemove local elections to NoNo matter, city officials rial” comes into the city’s vember in order for them to are convinced their local data sewer plant each year. (Yes, be held in conjunction with LEGISLATURE showing the city has a little “organic material” is code for national general elections. more than 94,000 people is just what you are thinking.) Under SB 211, the local elections, includcorrect. And they have at Over the years, that number, ing the school board, would be partisan and least one unique piece of broken out on a per capita held in even-numbered years. SB 145 calls evidence to back it up: the basis, has remained pretty for the elections to be partisan but held in weight of fecal matter. steady. Officials with the odd-numbered years instead. The House bill City commissioners were Please see TOWN, page 5A Please see ELECTIONS, page 2A told at their Tuesday meet-
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TOPEKA — The House approved bills on Thursday that may allow people to openly carry guns in the Statehouse and tries to prevent federal regulation of firearms made in Kansas. Passage of the measures was expected, but the surprise came when a Law- Wilson rence legislator said his amendment to one of the bills had an error that would allow the open carry of firearms in the Capitol. “This is not an insignificant mistake,” said state Rep. John Wilson, a Democrat. On Wednesday, during debate on House Bill 2055, which expands the concealed carry of firearms, Wilson had an amendment that
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Senate OKs union bill
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The Kansas Senate approves a bill prohibiting public employee unions from deducting money from members’ paychecks to pay for political activities. Page 3A
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