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Protesters maintain presence in park By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com,
The Occupy Lawrence camp remains in South Park, technically outside the law but working toward a satisfactory resolution for both the city and the protesters. Toni Wheeler, the city’s
director of the Legal Department, said two representatives from Occupy Lawrence came to her office in City Hall at 8:30 a.m. Thursday to notify her that a “contingent” of Occupy Lawrence members would continue to camp in the park despite a warning from the city that they would
be violating a law that prohibits use of the park during overnight hours. “They weren’t specific about how large the contingent would be,” Wheeler said. Wheeler said she was in discussions with various city officials to determine what the
city’s enforcement strategy will be. Wheeler said she did not anticipate the city taking any enforcement action prior to 11:30 p.m. Thursday, which is closing time for the park. By city ordinance, Lawrence parks close from 11:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. But late Thursday night, no city personnel
arrived to enforce the ordinance, leaving the protesters alone for another night. Wheeler previously has said the city would have the legal right to remove the campers from the park, but she has stopped short of saying whether that will be the approach the city takes to en-
force the law. Even some observers who are not involved in the protest — an offshoot of a movement that started on Wall Street to protest corporate greed, among other issues — are in solidarity with the local activists. Please see OCCUPY, page 2A
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Longtime leader Bruce Flanders had been on medical leave since August By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
Longtime Lawrence Public Library Director Bruce Flanders announced his sudden retirement Thursday, vacating the position he’s held for 16 years after recently taking a medical leave of absence. “Bruce is a great guy, and he has brought us to this point,” said Deborah Thompson, chairwoman of the library’s Board of Trustees. “We just have to move forward as a board and as a staff
to bring that next phase of the library to fruition.” Former Lawrence City Manager Mike Wildgen was named the interim director of the library. Thompson said the board will begin a search process for a new director after the first of the year. Thompson confirmed that Flanders has been on medical leave since August. His retirement is effective immediately. Flanders was not at Thursday’s meeting of the library board, Please see FLANDERS, page 2A
Fossil believed to be Ankylosaur DAVID BURNHAM, a vertebrate paleontologist with the Biodiversity Institute, uses a vacuum to remove debris and broken bits of a plaster casing that surrounds what he and other paleontologists believe is a dinosaur skull on Thursday in a laboratory at the Kansas University Natural History Museum. Bob Detrich, a fossil hunter from Wichita, found the skull with his brother Alan Detrich, Lawrence, and believes it to be that of an Ankylosaur. The Natural History Museum is hosting an event, “What On Earth: Fossils, Rocks and Meteorites,” from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday where members of the public can bring in their finds to be identified by experts. The skull fossil is a bit too big for display in the museum’s panorama, but guides will conduct tours to the lab for guests wishing to see it. AT RIGHT, the fossil, as seen from above, was discovered in Jordan, Mont., and was estimated as weighing about 600 pounds upon delivery in the plaster encasing.
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THE PARKING GARAGE TO BE BUILT south of the renovated Lawrence Public Library is shown in this architect’s rendering. The garage will hold 250 cars. Its design incorporates a space to hang banners.
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Regents approve hefty pay raises for some By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
TOPEKA — Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little on Thursday got a 1.8 percent salary increase, while her counterpart at Kansas State got a 14.3 percent hike. Why? Because Kansas State President Kirk Schulz was one of three chief executives of regents universities to receive a hefty “market adjustment” from the Kansas Board of Regents. “We all believe we have great university leaders at our regents institutions,”
said Regent Fred Logan Jr. of Leawood as he laid out the plan. All of the school Schulz leaders received the 1.8 percent cost-of-living increase. But the regents also provided “market adjustments,” ranging from 12.2 percent to 14.7 percent, for the heads of Kansas State, Fort Hays State and Pittsburg State. Under the pay
with the recession. The increases will take effect Jan. 1 and will be paid through a combination of public and private endowment funds. But how much will be state dollars and how much private hasn’t been worked out yet, said Regents Chairman Ed McKechnie of Arcadia. Essentially, what the regents did was increase the salary cap for the chief executive officers. The method of payment was criticized by Regent Tim Emert of Independence, who was the lone Please see REGENTS, page 2A
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By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
The design for an expanded Lawrence Public Library — including at least a 3.5-story parking garage that uses a unique mesh-like exterior to promote an open feel— is one step closer to becoming final. But now a new issue has emerged for the $19 million project: Should the library move from Seventh and Vermont streets while construction crews add onto the building? First, the design issues. The library board approved the conceptual design plans of the library, including a terra-cotta facade set off by long, horizontal windows, and a grassy public
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plan, K-State’s Schulz will see a $50,500 annual increase, while Gray-Little’s dollar increase was $7,650. Gray-Little’s salary cap, however, is still more than Schulz’s. In addition, Steve Scott, president of Pittsburg State University, will receive a 14.7 percent market increase and Ed Hammond, president of Fort Hays State, will get a 12.2 percent increase. Prior to the action, the board had not granted salary increases to the heads of regents schools since 2009 as the state has struggled
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plaza between the library and the parking garage. But the library board did not unanimously approve the plans. Board member Chris Burger said he simply didn’t like the look of the design. “It is just a question of personal preference,” Burger said. “I think it is a highly skilled design. It is just not to my aesthetic preference.” Burger also questioned whether the terra-cotta facade was adding unnecessary cost to the building, but the architects and other board members said they believed it was appropriate given the durability and life expectancy of the product. Thursday’s board meeting, Please see DESIGN, page 2A
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