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LAWRENCE CHEF RICK MARTIN CHECKS IN ON, from left, Elle Martin, 7, of Lawrence, Kailani Espinales, 9, of Baldwin City, and Skylynn Espinales, 11, of Baldwin City, as they prepare vegetables during a three-hour cooking clinic held Wednesday at the Just Food warehouse, 1000 E. 11th St. The clinic taught those in attendance how to make red beans and rice with sausage topped with pico de gallo.
Director thinks classes can have ‘ripple effects’ By Karrey Britt
Food warehouse, 1000 E. 11th St. Find the red beans and Among the participants rice recipe, along with were Anne LaPlante, of some cooking tips, at Lawrence, and her 7-yearWellCommons.com. old daughter, Elle Martin. LaPlante said she learned new cutting and cooking the water. techniques and found the Just Food, Douglas weight and measurement County’s food program, retables helpful. Her daughceived a $25,000 grant from ter enjoyed helping Mom. “It’s fun,” said Elle, as she Please see JUST FOOD, page 2A dumped a cup of rice into
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Lawrence chef Rick Martin helped about a dozen low-income residents cook a healthy dish of red beans and rice with sausage that was topped with fresh pico de gallo. The cost: $1.44 per serving. On Wednesday evening, Martin lead a three-hour
cooking class where he showed residents how to chop and measure ingredients and then provided assistance as they created their dishes. He also talked about how to properly store food and sanitize cooking areas. Martin’s classroom was in the lobby of the Just
TOPEKA — After the defeat of numerous moderate Republican candidates in the Kansas GOP primary, state Democratic leaders on Wednesday urged moderates and independents to join with them to fight what they described as Gov. Sam Brownback’s radical agenda. “The welcome mat is front and center at the Democratic Party of Kansas,” said House Minority Leader Paul Davis, D-Lawrence. Davis said the Brownback Davis agenda is anti-public school, anti-middle class taxpayer and anti-woman. Brownback, a conservative Republican, issued a statement, saying he is pro-jobs. “The people of Kansas have a clear choice: Do we want to grow the government or grow the economy? Most Kansans want to grow the economy and increase the number of private sector jobs in our state. We will continue working every day to help Kansans fulfill their aspirations.” On Tuesday, control of the Kansas Senate appeared to be in the hands of so-called conservatives after Brownback and several wealthy contributors, including the billionaire Koch brothers, targeted for defeat a Please see DEMS, page 2A
Couple donate $1 million to KU School of Law By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com
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LYDIA BEEBE AND CHUCK DOYLE have contributed $1 million to support scholarships and renovations at the KU School of Law. They are shown receiving the law school’s James Woods Green medallion in 2008.
A KU alumni couple from San Francisco have donated $1 million to support scholarships and classroom renovations at the Kansas University School of Law. Lydia Beebe and Chuck Doyle each earned two degrees from KU. Beebe earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1974 and her law degree in 1977. Doyle earned a bachelor’s degree in ac-
ing on the law school’s advisory board for KU’s comprehensive fundraising campaign, Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas. “That’s really what inspired us to do this now, at this point in our lives,” Beebe said. “As government resources get harder and harder to come by, it’s more important for schools to build their endowments and really stay competitive.” Stephen Mazza, dean of KU’s law school, said
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counting from KU in 1975 and a law degree in 1978. “My husband and I felt like our education enabled us to have the lives that we have,” said Beebe, who works as corporate secretary and chief governance officer of Chevron Corp. Doyle held management positions with United Airlines, where he worked from 1985 until his retirement in 2007. Beebe’s parents, brother and brother-in-law graduated from the KU law school. Beebe is serv-
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he appreciated the gift, which fits in with the school’s fundraising priorities. “What it allows us to do is attract and retain the types of law students that we want to come to KU,” he said. “Other law schools are being very generous with their scholarship dollars, and we’ve got to step up and provide comparable scholarship support.” All of the couple’s gift will be spent on scholarships except for $45,000
that will be devoted to renovating classrooms. Mazza said the law school was anticipating the announcement of several more major gifts in the coming months. He said private support allowed KU to move much more quickly toward its goals. “We just want to accelerate the progression of KU,” he said. — Higher education reporter Andy Hyland can be reached at 832-6388. Follow him at Twitter.com/LJW_KU.
Dinner train coming?
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Baldwin City officials are entering negotiations with a Nebraska dinner train to move the business to Midland Railway. Page 3A
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