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BIRTHS Is East 1500 Road in Ariday Guerrero and Calvin Grant Township go- McConnell, Lawrence, a boy, ing to get dust control Monday. Dustin and Shelly Moore, this year?
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Baldwin City, a boy, Monday. Mike and Wendy VanDuyne, Lawrence, a boy, Monday. Laura and Doug Brown, Baldwin City, a girl, Monday.
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According to Keith Browning, Douglas County Public Works director, Grant Township typically pays for dust palliative on East 1500 Road, but elected not to this year. Rich Bireta, township trustee, indicated they avoided the CORRECTIONS expense this year to avoid The Journal-World’s policy is needing to increase the mill to correct all significant errors levy for 2011. that are brought to the editors’ attention, usually in this space. If you believe we have made such an error, call (785) 8327154, or email news@ljworld. com.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT • A 19-year-old female Haskell student reported to Lawrence police Thursday morning that someone had stolen $4,300 worth of items in a burglary, including a 55-inch Mitsubishi television, an Xbox video game system and a Sony stereo CD player and two speakers. The burglary occurred between 6:30 p.m. July 30 and 2 a.m. Aug. 18 from a residence in the 6300 block of Candy Lane near Clinton Parkway and Lake Pointe Drive. • A 20-year-old Lawrence woman reported to police Thursday that someone had stolen her blue and white metallic Iron Horse bicycle valued at $1,500 from the 2600 block of Ridge Court. The theft occurred between 12:50 p.m. and 1 p.m. Wednesday. • A 37-year-old Lawrence man reported to police Saturday that someone had stolen 10 rigid floor fans valued at $2,000 total and a power carpet stretcher valued at $400 from his property in the 800 block of Lyon Street. The man alleged the thefts occurred over a period of June 1 to Saturday morning. • A 21-year-old male Kansas University student reported to police Aug. 16 that someone had stolen $1,600 worth of items in a burglary from a residence in the 1300 block of Ohio Street, including a black MacBook laptop computer, Internet router and DVD player. The burglary occurred between 2 a.m. and 7:51 a.m. Aug. 16. • A 19-year-old male KU stu-
dent reported to police Sunday that someone had stolen his 2001 Pontiac Grand Am valued at $4,000 from the 1500 block of Tennessee Street. The auto theft occurred between 5 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
By Nick Nelson
APRIL DIXON TRIES to coax her dog Tippi into the cool waters Monday at the Outdoor Aquatic Center during the annual Pooch Plunge.
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THIS SMALL DOG leans on its owner’s legs to keep its paws Matthew Young, somewhat dry. Dogs of all sizes took part in Monday’s student, Pooch Plunge. Denver, Colo. “Mario Chalmers. Or Brandon Rush. Brandon Rush is fun to watch.”
George Nathaniel, chiropractic, Kansas City, Mo. “I like (Russell) Robinson and the guy that played for the Heat. Chalmers.”
Emily O’Neill, student, Colorado “We want Xavier (Henry).”
TWO DOGS GO UP FOR A BALL during Monday’s Pooch Plunge. The annual event gives dogs and their owners a chance to enjoy the pool before it is drained for the season.
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Douglas County in play. Prior to 2002, Douglas County was wholly in the INJURY ACCIDENT 2nd District. • A Basehor teenager is in House Minority Leader serious condition after he was Paul Davis, D-Lawrence, and injured in a car accident late the ranking member of the Friday west of Bonner Springs. legislative redistricting comAccording to a report from mittee, said it makes more the Leavenworth County sense to make the 3rd more Sheriff’s Office, 17-year-old Preston Farris of Basehor was compact by making it a Kandriving north on 166th Street sas City metro area district, across Kansas Highway 32 in which means Douglas Counhis 1995 Honda Civic about 11:45 ty would be placed in the 2nd p.m. Friday. He failed to stop at District. the stop sign there, according to the report, and the driver’s “It certainly makes a lot side of his car was struck by of sense to keep the Kansas a 2006 Chevy Cobalt traveling City metro area whole,” Daeast on K-32, driven by Mark A. vis said. Liechti, 45, of Linwood. Cromwell said he thought Leavenworth County Emergency Medical Services Lawrence would have a took Farris to Kansas University stronger voice if placed enHospital for treatment of a tirely in the 2nd District, possible broken leg. A hospital where it would join Topeka spokesman there said Monday and Manhattan, rather than morning that Farris was in serihaving its political voice dious condition. The passenger in Liechti’s luted between two districts. car, 51-year-old Brenda K. But Cromwell noted that Liechti of Linwood, was taken some believe there is an adby Leavenworth County EMS to vantage in having two repreLawrence Memorial Hospital sentatives watching out for because of injuries to her arm. A hospital spokeswoman Lawrence’s interests. said Liechti was treated and Congressional incumbents released soon after arriving. usually take a big interest in Alcohol did not appear to the redistricting process. play a role in the accident, But U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, according to the sheriff’s report.
Dogs enjoy their dip in the pool
Janell Farrell, office assistant, Frankfort “The Morris brothers. It makes me sad that they’re gone.”
Redistricting
R-Kan., who represents the 2nd District, said she is staying on the sidelines, trusting state legislators to “do the right thing.” “I love my district as it sits today, but I would welcome all of Douglas County if that’s what the lawmakers in the Statehouse deem appropriate,” she said. In earlier redistricting committee meetings this summer, Democrats have alleged that Republicans have a plan to extend the 1st District, which takes in all of western Kansas, all the way to the Kansas-Missouri border, taking in Wyandotte County. That would have the effect of removing Democratic voters in Wyandotte County from the 3rd, which would make it easier for U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., and putting those Democrats in the overwhelmingly Republican 1st District, represented by U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan. But Republican legislative leaders have said that moving Wyandotte County into the 1st would be difficult to justify. — Statehouse reporter Scott Rothschild can be reached at 785-354-4222.