Lawrence Journal-World 05-13-13

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Families, community try to grapple with slayings By Shaun Hittle and Ian Cummings sdhittle@ljworld.com; icummings@ljworld.com

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CHRISTIE WARTMAN SPENDS PART OF MOTHER’S DAY pushing her 2-year-old son, Jaxson, on the swings in South Park. Temperatures Sunday were in the high 60s and are expected to be even warmer this week with highs in the 80s.

School board to review sex ed classes incorporating additional material to align with national standards that the American The Lawrence school Association for Health Eduboard will be asked tonight cation released in 2012. to begin a complete review Health and sexuality teachof the district’s huers in the district met man sexuality curriculast month to review lum in order to align the current course maits courses and mateterials and to identify rial with new national areas that would need standards. to be updated to meet The Lawrence SCHOOLS the national guidelines. schools’ sex-education That group is now reccourses and materials cur- ommending that the board rently are designed to meet start the process of writing the Kansas state Department new curriculum policies for of Education standards, the district that could be adwhich were adopted in 2006. opted this summer. The school board, however, Please see BOARD, page 2A has adopted a policy goal of By Peter Hancock

District, teachers agree to more contract talks

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By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

The Lawrence school district and the local teachers union have agreed to continue meeting through June in hopes of hammering out a new contract as they prepare for major changes in the 2013-14 school year. But they still are wait-

ing for the Kansas Legislature to finalize a state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 so they can get down to discussing salaries. “Once they finish up, I think we’ll have a pretty good picture as to what our financial picture will be next year, and then we Please see CONTRACT, page 2A

OLATHE —Saturday evening, the family of missing 18-month-old Lana-Leigh Bailey was given the bad news they had expected but prayed wouldn’t arrive. Police had discovered what they believed were the remains of the missing toddler, found in rural Osage County. Nonetheless, Sunday morning, LanaLeigh’s family welcomed the media into their Olathe home, discussing the case at length and sharing their pain with the world. “I think we’re just holding up pretty well,� Wilma Pettijohn, the great-grandmother of Lana-Leigh, said. “We have a close family and that really helps.� Their family has endured a trying week of bad news, starting with confirmation that Lana-Leigh’s mother, Kaylie Bailey, 21, was one of three suspected homicide victims,

In court today

Quadruple homicide suspect Kyle Flack is slated to appear in court again at 1:30 p.m. today in Franklin County. At that hearing, Flack could enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. He faces four counts of murder and one count each of rape and criminal possession of a firearm. Prosecutors have not yet specified whether they’ll seek the death penalty in Please see OTTAWA, page 2A the case.

Double the prestige: 2 Lawrence residents now go by ‘Mrs. Kansas’ By Giles Bruce gbruce@ljworld.com

To have one Mrs. Kansas come from Lawrence is rare. But two — in the same year? That’s just freaky. In late March, 27-year-old event planner Rachel Karwas was crowned Mrs. Kansas, just weeks after Elizabeth Stephens, a 32-year-old homeless-shelter employee,

earned the same title. Confused yet? Some of you probably didn’t even know there is such thing as Mrs. United States (Karwas’ pageant) or Mrs. America (Stephens’). The competitions are for older, married woman, distinguishing them from the youth-and-beauty-oriented Miss America or Universe. Please see MRS., page 2A

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Bob Dole celebration

MRS. KANSAS AMERICA, left photo, is Lawrence resident Elizabeth Stephens, while Mrs. Kansas United States, right photo, is Lawrence resident Rachel Karwas.

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Among its summer events, the Dole Institute is planning a celebration of former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole’s 90th birthday. Page 3A

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