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McLemore declares for NBA draft By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com
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KANSAS GUARD BEN MCLEMORE declared his intention Tuesday to enter the 2013 NBA Draft. Read more in Sports, page 1B
Kansas University basketball guard Ben McLemore, who earned second-team All-America honors after setting the Jayhawks’ freshman scoring record this
past season, on Tuesday announced plans to enter the 2013 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-5 St. Louis native, 20, revealed his intentions while seated next to KU coach Bill Self at a news conference in Allen Fieldhouse.
“This is not bittersweet at all,” Self said of McLemore’s departure. “This is sweetsweet.” Still, there were a few tears shed as McLemore wept after the news conference. He indicated he’d “remember this place the rest of my life.”
McLemore is projected to be taken in the top three picks in the draft. “Anybody with a clear conscience at all would have to say, ‘Hey, go for it when the time is right,’ and the time is definitely right,” Self said.
Commission may consider raising pay
Farmers’ Market opening Saturday
By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
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WITH THE DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE FARMERS’ MARKET getting ready to open on Saturday, area growers like Jessica Pierson, of rural Lawrence, are preparing their spring offerings.
Growers optimistic after long winter By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com
Winter stayed late this year — darn near up until the opening week of the Lawrence Farmers’ Market. But not to worry. Thanks
to hoop houses and coldweather crops, farmers say there will be plenty of fresh produce — plus breads, canned goods and crafts — when the downtown market opens for the season on Saturday.
“This year spring feels like it’s running a little late,” said Jen Humphrey of Lawrence’s Red Tractor Farm. “It just means that, as with any farmers’ market, you are eating in season.” As in years past, the Sat-
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Now there is a chance to do a little bit of learning while you play in Lawrence’s South Park. Parks and Recreation leaders last week installed two new signs that give visitors a detailed history of the city’s oldest
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park, which is just south of the Douglas County Courthouse at 11th and Massachusetts. “We thought it would be nice to tell the park’s story a little bit,” said Mark Hecker, assistant director of parks and recreation. “It has a cool history.” The two signs — one is on the west side of Massachusetts
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THIS IS ONE OF TWO RECENTLY INSTALLED SIGNS at South Park that provide a bit of history about Lawrence’s oldest park, including that it served as the staging site for Quantrill’s Raid on August 21, 1863.
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urday market will be open, rain or shine, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. every Saturday through Sept. 28 at 800 New Hampshire St. Hours will be 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
As City Commissioner Aron Cromwell completes the final days of his term, he has a parting thought: Lawrence city commissioner really ought to be paid more. Cromwell at Tuesday night’s meeting urged the next group of city commissioners to seriously discuss a pay raise that perhaps would more than triple the current $9,000 per year salary that commissioners receive. “Right now, I think it would be very difficult for somebody like a schoolteacher or someone with a traditional job to take this position,” Cromwell Cromwell said. “You probably would have to take a leave of absence to do the job effectively.” After the meeting, Cromwell said he thought the next city commission should consider raising the annual salary to somewhere between $25,000 and $35,000 per year. At least two commissioners are open to having the discussion. Mayor Bob Schumm said he thought it is an issue the next commission “should look at fairly quickly.” City Commissioner Mike Dever — who if tradition holds will be elected mayor by his fellow commissioners at next week’s meeting — said he thought the time was right to consider the issue. The city has not raised its pay for commissioners — $9,000 per year for commissioners and $10,000 for the mayor position — since 1999. “We don’t do it for the money,” Dever said, “but I agree that the amount of time it takes to do this job is not commensurate
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Street near North Park Street, while the other is on the east side near South Park Street — tell about how the park was used as a staging site for William Quantrill’s 1863 raid that “left over 150 male inhabitants dead and a large part of Law-
Pleading for a veto
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Abortion rights supporters plead with Gov. Sam Brownback to veto proposed abortion restrictions, saying the bills will endanger women’s health. Page 3A
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