Lawrence Journal-World 08-08-12

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ELECTION 2012

Schlingensiepen wins primary, to face Jenkins for House seat

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City leaders get clearer picture of rec center By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

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FROM LEFT, NICK ROSENTHAL, OAKLAND, CALIF., SENIOR ADVISER for the Robert Eye campaign, and Virginia Phillips, communications coordinator, follow election results on their phones as candidate Robert Eye, an attorney from Lawrence, watches at right during a an election night watch party Tuesday at Johnny’s Tavern, 401 N. Second St. Eye, who was running as a Democratic candidate to represent Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District, lost to Topeka minister Tobias Schlingensiepen in the Democratic Party primary.

Topeka pastor defeats Lawrence attorney in Democratic race By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com

Pastor-turned-politician Tobias Schlingensiepen won Tuesday’s Democratic Party primary in the 2nd Congressional District over Lawrence attorney Robert Eye and Scott Barnhart, a

farmer from Ottawa. Regional voting was key in the close race that went back and forth all night between Eye and Schlingensiepen, of Topeka. In Douglas County, Eye topped Schlingensiepen 64 percent to 30 percent, while in the larger Shawnee

County, Schlingensiepen enjoyed a 64 percent to 26 percent advantage. Across the district, which stretches through most of eastern Kansas, Schlingensiepen ended with 40 percent of the vote, while Eye Please see PRIMARY, page 2A

City leaders continued to express enthusiasm for a proposed recreation center in northwest Lawrence on Tuesday as the City Commission received a number of new reports on the project. “This is a citizens’ facility,” Mayor Bob Schumm said. “The extra bonus to it is we can roll it out and use it as an economic development CITY tool as well.” Commissioners took no COMMISSION formal action on the project Tuesday, and the end of the meeting they said they would mull over the new information and direct city staff as needed in future meetings. The proposed city-owned youth fieldhouse combined with a Kansas University track and field and soccer complex at the northwest corner of Sixth Street and the South Lawrence Trafficway would generate $6.3 million in annual economic spending in the city, according to a report from Convention Sports and Leisure International. John Wilkins, architect at the Lawrencebased architecture and design firm Gould Please see CITY, page 2A

MORE PRIMARY NEWS INSIDE

Conservatives candidates trump moderates in GOP primaries across state. Page 5A

County clerk says voter turnout not lower than usual with new ID law in effect. Page 6A

Results and wrap-ups of all the area primary races. Page 6A

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THE LAWRENCE CITY COMMISSION got a look at new renderings on Tuesday of a proposed recreation center in northwest Lawrence, including this one that illustrates the basketball courts inside a 181,000-square-foot fieldhouse. Plans for the facility have been developed by Lawrence-based Paul Werner Architects and Gould Evans Architects.

Installation of cable median barrier to begin next week on K-10 By George Diepenbrock gdiepenbrock@ljworld.com

Construction is scheduled to begin Monday on two sections of a new cable median barrier on Kansas Highway 10 east of Lawrence, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. KDOT in July selected

Gray Beal Construction Co. of Topeka for the $1.15 million project that was prompted by a fatal collision in April 2011. Five-yearold Cainan Shutt was killed when an impaired driver near Eudora crossed the median and struck the minivan driven by Cainan’s grandfather. The project involves in-

day, the shoulders on both sides of K-10 medians will be closed through the work zone, and there will also be occasional daily lane closures on K-10. “There will be no lanewidth restrictions, and a 60 mph speed limit will be posted through the work zone throughout the project duration,” KDOT said.

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stalling cable on a 2.3-mile stretch just west of the Church Street exit and a two-mile section on both sides of the Kansas Highway 7 interchange in Johnson County. Crews will work on the project during daylight hours Monday through Friday with occasional work on Saturdays. Beginning Mon-

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Message boards will alert drivers to any lane closures in the project, and drivers should expect minor delays during peak commuting hours. The project is scheduled to be complete in mid-December, weather permitting. Cainan Shutt, 5, was killed in an — Reporter George Diepenbrock can be April 2011 accident reached at 832-7144. on K-10.

More burglaries reported

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Lawrence police said two aggravated burglaries in which suspects forced their way into two Lawrence homes were reported early Tuesday morning. Page 3A

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