Lawrence Journal-World 12-07-12

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United Way has raised only half of its 2012 goal

‘Kansas Nutcracker’ puts local spin on a holiday classic

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Official deadline is today, but donations will still be accepted By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

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THE CAST OF “A KANSAS NUTCRACKER” rehearses Wednesday at the Lawrence Arts Center. The dancers pictured at top are Matt Rodriguez and Shelby Steichen. The mice at center are, from left, Yelena Pease, 7; Levi Bates, 6; Elizabeth Carr, 7; and Christopher Oral, 7. Lawrence resident Ric Averill has updated the setting of Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky’s immortal “Nutcracker” ballet to Civil War Kansas. The show kicks off the sesquicentennial celebration of William Clarke Quantrill’s 1863 raid on Lawrence. “A Kansas Nutcracker” plays today, Saturday and Sunday, and Dec. 14, 15 and 16 at the Lawrence Arts Center. Performance times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights and 2 p.m. Sunday afternoons. An additional 2 p.m. matinee plays Dec. 15. Tickets are available by calling the box office at 785-843-2787 or going online at www.lawrenceartscenter.org.

Campaign operatives discuss recent election By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was battle-tested during the GOP primary, which enabled him to win decisively the first debate with President Barack Obama. But not having a primary challenge gave Obama the

advantage of time to put in place a campaign apparatus that early on defined Romney as someone who was out of touch with the lives of everyday Americans. Those were some of the insights shared Thursday by campaign operatives, analysts and journalists at the 2012 Post-Election Conference held at the Dole Institute of Politics.

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Federal judges redrew map of boundaries earlier this year By John Hanna Associated Press

The theme of Romney’s campaign was “Obama wasn’t working,” said Katie Gage, deputy campaign director for Romney. Gage said the campaign wanted the election to be a referendum on Obama and that Romney “was a guy who turned things around.” But as Romney took hits

TOPEKA — The conservative Republicans taking over the Kansas Senate’s top two leadership positions said Thursday that they’re willing to redraw the state’s political boundaries again next year, even though federal judges set the existing lines Wagle only earlier this year. Incoming Senate President Susan Wagle told The Associated Press

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The overflow crowd of more than 100 heard about what was going on behind the scenes in the campaigns when Obama turned in a dismal debate performance, Clint Eastwood talked to a chair at the Republican National Convention and Romney’s “47 percent” comment exploded. The conference concludes this morning at the Dole Institute.

Social service agencies throughout Douglas County may see a cutback in funding unless donations pick up significantly for the local United Way fundraising campaign. Leaders with the United Way of Douglas County announced they have raised Dick only about half of the campaign’s 2012 goal of $1.8 million, even though the campaign officially ends today. “We’re hoping to get there, but it is really challenging times,” said Becki Dick, the United Way’s 2012 campaign chair.

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Day care appeal The owner of a local day care — shut down by state officials after her home was searched by police in October — has appealed an emergency order closing the facility. Page 3A

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