Lawrence Journal-World 10-15-11

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Low: 53

High: 75

Today’s forecast, page 8A

OCTOBER MADNESS!

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Special tax signs seem likely By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

K.C. Dalmatian Club spotted in Lawrence Dozens of Dalmatians and other dogs are in town this weekend for a show. Page 3A KANSAS CITY

Bishop charged for failure to report porn Authorities say Kansas City’s Catholic Bishop Robert Finn failed to tell police about child pornography on a priest’s computer, making him the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic official indicted on a charge of failing to protect children. Page 3A

Late Night unleashes KU hoops

ABOVE: Kansas University men’s basketball coach Bill Self rides out onto James Naismith court on a custom-made motorcycle with imagery from the 2008 National Championship during Late Night in the Phog on Friday at Allen Fieldhouse. See a video about the special motorcycle at LJWorld.com. BELOW: KU freshman Paul Quigley, Overland Park, and sophomore Alex Brown, Omaha, Neb., get caught up in the excitement of Late Night in the Phog on Friday at the fieldhouse. LEFT: Kansas women’s basketball guard Monica Engelman cuts loose during a Late Night in the Phog dancing skit. Watch a video and see photo gallery from Late Night in the Phog at KUSports.com. For more on Late Night in the Journal-World, see pages 1B and 3B.

SPORTS

Lawrence High defeats Olathe North The Lions football team took care of the Olathe North Eagles Friday night, 28-19. Page 1B

QUOTABLE

What this illustrates is that with your best intentions, your decisions with alcohol can change your life forever in a matter of hours.” — Jason Billam, defense attorney for Zachary Harrison, 23. Harrison, an Air Force veteran, was sentenced Friday to serve more than six years in prison for the November 2010 fatal drunken-driving crash north of Lawrence that killed Cameron Freeman, 21, of Lincoln, Neb. Page 3A

COMING SUNDAY We’re heading Baldwin City’s signature celebration: the annual Maple Leaf Festival.

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INDEX Business Classified Comics Deaths Events listings Faith Forum Horoscope Movies Opinion Puzzles Sports Television Vol.153/No.288

8A 1C-6C 8C 2A 8A, 2B 7B 7C 5A 7A 7C 1B-4B 5A, 2B, 7C 24 pages

Photos by Nick Krug

Please see TAX, page 2A

Routine mammogram ‘saved my life,’ resident says MINDY AGUILAR, left, and Sheryl Saathoff, decorate bras Thursday for the “Bras Across the Kaw” event. Saathoff was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 at age 47, after a routine mammogram. Aguilar and other friends formed the “Pink Ladies” club as a support group. Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo

By Karrey Britt kbritt@ljworld.com

ONLINE: See the video at wellcommons.com

Four years ago, Lawrence resident Sheryl Saathoff considered herself a healthy 47-yearold. Breast cancer was completely off her radar. She had no lumps, no symptoms and it didn’t run in her family. She was going to put off her annual mammogram, but her daughter convinced her not to. She’s glad she took her daughter’s advice because doc-

tors found an invasive cancer. She had the mammogram on Oct. 1 and on Oct. 31, she had a double mastectomy. “I feel that I’m the luckiest person in the world because it was caught so early,” she said. “I just can’t stress enough how important it is for women to get their mammogram. It saved my life.” According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment:

! 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. ! 1,916 Kansas women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. ! 372 Kansans —369 women and 3 men — died of breast cancer in 2009. Dr. Robert Moser, state health officer, said the best screening tool for breast cancer is a mammogram. “A woman’s chance of survival is best if cancer is detected early, before it spreads to

Please see CANCER, page 2A

Some expert suggestions for greening up your tailgate celebrations By Christine Metz cmetz@ljworld.com

Energy smart: The Journal-World makes the most of renewable resources. www.b-e-f.org

It is appearing more likely that if developments want to charge a special sales tax in Lawrence, they’ll have to post signs notifying shoppers of the higher rate. Whether such signs will signal a change in Lawrence city commissioners’ attitude about the controversial special sales taxes is far less certain. Commissioners at their Tuesday evening meeting will consider approving a new policy that requires the signs and makes several other changes related to special taxing districts. But one city commissioner said he still doesn’t see the special taxing districts being very popular in the city. “The first CITY thing we COMMISSION need to decide is whether we are really ever going to be willing to use this incentive in Lawrence,” said City Commissioner Mike Amyx. “From the people I talk to who really don’t like this, I’m not sure when it is ever going to be appropriate.” Commissioners will consider several changes to the policies for both Community Improvement Districts and Transportation Development Districts. The two districts allow businesses to charge a special sales tax that is used to help pay for costs associated with the development. Among changes up for discussion are: ! Requiring any establishment that charges a special sales tax to “prominently” display a sign at each public entrance that reads “Community Improvement District sales tax of X percent collect-

What’s crimson and blue and green all over? With these tips, we hope it will be this weekend’s tailgate. An 8:15 p.m. start time for today’s Kansas University football game against the University of Oklahoma will give Jayhawk fans plenty of time to tailgate. Here are some ways to make it

one that will be a win for the carbon footprint the environment. for cooking with charcoal was Propane vs. charcoal almost three In the battle over which times higher cooking technique is green- than cooker, propane would be the ing with proRose Bowl champs and pane. Even charcoal is the losing team though proin the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl. pane is a fosA scientific study done sil fuel, it burns cleaner in 2009 in the United King- and leaves behind less dom by the Elsevier’s Envi- waste. ronmental Impact AssessOf course, for some a ment Review showed that burger just doesn’t taste

right without that charcoal flavor. If that’s the case, consider natural briquettes, which are made from environmentally friendly wood sources such as coconut husks. Those are among the green tailgating tips provided by Kansas Green Teams, a environmentally minded resource through the Kansas Department of

Health and Environment. And instead of using charcoal starter, which contains harmful volatile organic compounds, light the fire with an electric starter.

Leave the actual tailgate at home We know that tailgating implies there will be some sort of vehicle involved in the process. But that Please see TAILGATING, page 2A


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