Lawrence Journal-World 09-29-12

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Bill Self, KU agree on deal through 2021-22 By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

KU men’s basketball coach Bill Self’s new contract runs through the 2021-22 season.

Bill Self, who is beginning his 10th season as Kansas University men’s basketball coach, has a new contract that, if fulfilled, will keep him in Lawrence for 10 campaigns to come. Self, 49, has agreed to a deal that runs through the 2021-22 season, the university announced Friday. KU Athletic Director Sheahon Zenger added four years and more dollars to Self’s current contract, which was to expire in June 2018.

“Bill Self not only wins, but he wins the right way,” KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said after details were released of a contract that guarantees Self more than $53 million over the next 10 years. “He emphasizes the importance of players being both students and athletes, and is himself an active contributor to the university and community. Bill is an outstanding coach and ambassador for KU, and I’m very happy he’ll continue to lead the team for many years to come.” Self’s current contract pays

him $3.376 million a year, including base salary and annual service payments, as well as retention payments that are payable in 2013 and 2018. In total, he can receive up to $22.4 million in bonuses if he stays through the length of the contract. The new contract pays Self $3.856 million annually, an increase of some $480,000 per year. In addition, Self, who nets a retention bonus of $3.27 million at the end of the upcoming season, will earn a retention bonus of $876,000 per year, payable in 2015 and 2018. That second retention

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bonus is replaced in 2019 by an agreement to pay Self a one-time sum of $6 million if he remains KU’s coach through March 2022. In order for Self to earn the maximum amount of the contract, including retention bonuses, he must remain as head coach at KU through the 2021-22 season. “(My wife) and I are thrilled that we will live in Lawrence for years to come. We love Lawrence and the University of Kansas,” Self said.

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Police interview allowed in child abuse case By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

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DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS WAIT IN LINE EARLY FRIDAY to be one of over 70 people to receive free dental care at the fifth annual Free Dental Day at the Douglas County Dental Clinic, 316 Maine. Rita Moses, of Lawrence, was the first one in line at 5:30 p.m. Thursday evening.

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I think there’s a lack of education about how important it is to take care of your teeth. Dental Lawrence resident Rita issues can lead to other serious problems.” kbritt@ljworld.com

Moses spent more than 14 hours in the parking lot of the Douglas County Dental Clinic to receive free care Friday. Moses said she works parttime in a child care center and as a restaurant hostess in a retirement community, but neither job offers health benefits. The 60-something grandmother said she’s barely making enough to pay the bills, let alone purchase insurance or pay for dental work.

nine people in line; by midnight, there were more than a dozen. Eighteen-year-old Shaquel Gainous, of Lawrence, showed up at 10:30 p.m. because he hadn’t seen a dentist in about six years. He took his skateboard with him and used that to bide time in a nearby parking lot. Gainous, Moses and others were in line for the clinic’s fifth annual Free Dental Day.

— Julie Branstrom, executive director of the Douglas County Dental Clinic Moses said she tries to get her teeth cleaned once every other year at the clinic, but it’s hard for her to pay even its lowest fee levels of $45 for an exam and cleaning. She tries to save up but often ends up rescheduling appointments. “I thought I would save

some money,” she said at 8 p.m. Thursday while waiting in line for the Friday clinic. “I figured the sooner I get here, the better. I’ve never been to one of these, but I thought it’s just once a year, so I will just have an adventure tonight,” she said. Within an hour, there were

Douglas County District Judge Paula Martin on Friday denied a motion to suppress a police interview with an Illinois man accused of binding two of his children by their hands and feet June 13 in the parking lot of a Lawrence Walmart. Aldolfo Gomez, 52, and his wife, Deborah Gomez, 43, of Northlake, Ill., face two counts each of child abuse stemming from the incident in which police found two of their children, ages 5 and 7, bound near the A. Gomez family’s vehicle. The interview in question took place about an hour after police used a Taser to subdue Aldolfo Gomez in the parking lot at Walmart, 550 Congressional Drive. Gomez’s D. Gomez court-appointed attorney, Elbridge Griffy, argued Friday that the interview should be tossed out because of Gomez’s mental state at the time. Gomez testified at the hearing, saying he hadn’t slept in nine days, and thought he was in a dream when first approached by police. “I wasn’t sure if he (the police officer) was real or not,” Aldolfo said. Police interviewed Aldolfo for about 30 minutes the day of his arrest, and Aldolfo testified he remembered

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KU microbiologist wins award known as precursor to Nobel Prize By Matt Erickson merickson@ljworld.com

When he first saw the Columbia University envelope, Joe Lutkenhaus thought it might contain a request for a donation because his daughter is a law student there. But the Kansas University Medical Center microbiologist soon saw

it was something entirely different. A letter inside told him he was one of three winners of Columbia’s 2012 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize — an award that has preceded a Nobel Prize for nearly half of its previous winners. Lutkenhaus, a distinguished professor of microbiology, molecular genetics and immunology, won the

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honor along with Richard M. Losick of Harvard University and Lucy Shapiro of the Stanford University School of Medicine, Columbia announced Monday. “I’m kind of overwhelmed when I look at the past winners,” Lutkenhaus said Friday. Of the 87 people to win the honor for research in biology and bio-

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chemistry, 42 have gone on to win a Nobel Prize. The award came as a complete surprise, Lutkenhaus said. He still doesn’t know who nominated him. “I’m still in a bit of shock,” he said. Lutkenhaus and the other two scientists were honored for research Please see PRIZE, page 2A Lutkenhaus

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According to a report released by Kansas University, property and violent crimes on KU’s campus continued a steady decline in 2011. Liquor and drug violations, however, have mostly increased since 2009. Page 3A

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