Lawrence Journal World 07-13-12

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Roy Jensen, director of the KU Cancer Center

Bill Whitaker, a cancer survivor

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A great day for Kansas Cancer institute designation to ‘transform’ the state By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

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KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Coming together in celebration of the Kansas University Cancer Center’s formal designation from the National Cancer Institute Thursday, political and university leaders hailed the event as transformational for the state and region. Cancer patients will have access to treatments and clinical trials only available at NCI-designated centers, and the federally Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photos funded research will be a boon to the state and FORMER KU CHANCELLOR ROBERT HEMENWAY and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen local economy. Sebelius greet each other before an event celebrating the designation of Kansas University’s Cancer Center “Today is the day by the National Cancer Institute on Thursday at the Robert E. Hemenway Life Sciences Innovation Center Please see NCI, page 2A in Kansas City, Kan. Hemenway in 2005 made the designation the university’s top priority.

Dozens indicted in drug case By George Diepenbrock gdiepenbrock@ljworld.com

A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted 35 people, including several Lawrence residents, alleging that they conspired to distribute five kilograms of a mixture containing cocaine and more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana from 2005 to June of this year. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom’s office in June had already announced charges against 25 people, mostly in Johnson and Douglas counties, related to a long-term investigation. The indictment filed in court this week mentions some new information including that prosecutors are seeking a COURTS $16.9 million judgment, alleging the defendants obtained that amount as a result of the drug distribution. Samuel Villeareal III, a 31-year-old man who prosecutors have alleged supplied marijuana to Kansas University basketball players during the 2010-2011 season, is also charged specifically with attempting to distribute marijuana on May 16, 2011, within 1,000 feet of West Middle School, 2700 Harvard Road. The indictment, which outlines formal charges in a federal case, does not mention the allegations involving KU players. Grissom’s office last month Please see INDICTED, page 2A

Local firefighter helps battle Western wildfires

NICK CESARE, a Haskell Indian Nations University student and Wakarusa Township firefighter, has spent his summer fighting wildfires in Western states, including the fire near Fort Collins, Colo.

By George Diepenbrock gdiepenbrock@ljworld.com

Instead of responding to fires and medical calls outside of Lawrence this summer, Wakarusa Township firefighter Nick Cesare has been dropped from helicopters as part of a crew hoping to contain wildfires in the West. “Sometimes it looks like a

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battleground in there,” said Cesare, 21, a Haskell Indian Nations University student who graduated in 2009 from Free State High School. Cesare, the son of David and Denise Cesare, of Lawrence, began working in May in a seasonal position with the U.S. Forest Service. He finished finals at Haskell early and flew in early May to Logan, Utah,

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for his training. Now he’s fought wildfires outside Salt Lake City, Pegosa Springs, Colo., Fort Collins, Colo., Hyde Park in New Mexico, and another one in Utah. His crew this week traveled to Idaho for a fire northeast of Boise, Idaho. The region has suffered from a dry winter, spring and summer, which makes the blazes difficult to con-

tain. And it has made for major destruction in Colorado Springs and other places. Cesare said he has seen a mixture of homes burned down to their foundations and he relishes being able to go to work to spare others from a large blaze. “When we go in there,

Tale of two governors

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Kansas’ current governor and a former governor are lining up on opposite sides of the Republican Party fence. Page 3A

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