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Resident ticketed for fireworks awaits day in court By Ian Cummings icummings@ljworld.com
Matt McManis, ticketed for shooting fireworks on July Fourth in Lawrence, felt a little singled out. He didn’t dispute the facts: He was guilty. McManis, 39, along with his wife, children, and about 30 neighbors and friends, ignited a significant quantity of fireworks outside his home in southwest Lawrence, just as
they have for the past several years. So McManis accepted a municipal citation from a Lawrence police officer without complaint. He McManis knew, of course, that most fireworks, certainly including the mortars and roman candles he had been firing
over the cul-de-sac of Bluestem Court, have been illegal in Lawrence for more than 10 years. But after reading in the Journal-World that only one citation had been written — to him — among all of the people across the city shooting off fireworks that night, he wondered: Why me? In fact, police now say, officers wrote four citations for fireworks violations in Lawrence over the July Fourth holi-
day. Three more citations were noted in police records in the following days as officers completed paperwork from the busy night, said Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence Police Department spokesman. The police responded to more than 100 complaints about fireworks that night, issuing warnings to many residents, even as they handled drunken drivers and other calls elsewhere in the city.
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Why the police officer chose to issue McManis one of the night’s relatively few citations, rather than giving him a warning, is hard to say. In past years, the police have driven by the party during the day and waved. There have never been any problems, McManis said. The difference might have been in the late hour, or in appearances. The familyPlease see FIREWORKS, page 2A
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Regulation meant to address thousands of Kansas voters who are in ‘suspense’ over proof of citizenship By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
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KURT BREWER, LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE MANAGING PARTNER, left, helps Just Food volunteer Richard Beebe load up fresh food, including potatoes and rib loin from the restaurant. Lawrence’s LongHorn Steakhouse donates food such as fresh fish, meat, soups and vegetables weekly to the food pantry through a program organized by LongHorn’s parent company.
Officials hope more follow ‘win-win’ example By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com
Inevitably, there are going to be days when a steakhouse ends up with more baked potatoes than its customers order. Instead of dumping those surplus spuds in the trash, LongHorn Steakhouse takes a few extra steps to get the potatoes — and oth-
er fresh but unused food — into the hands of people who desperately need it. Since 2008, the Lawrence LongHorn has gathered unserved meat and vegetables weekly for donation. Officials from Just Food, Douglas County’s food bank, said that with the exception of local bakeries that donate bread, LongHorn is the only restaurant here
pounds of food such as vegetables, meat and soups a week, Brewer said, though this week’s donation, on the heels of a slower-thanexpected Fourth of July, was about 90 pounds. Brewer said LongHorn’s corporate “shelf-life” policy is more restrictive than codes require, meaning Please see FOOD, page 2A
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that does so — though they hope more will consider food-rescue efforts. “It’s like taking something that, in essence, is waste and turning it into something productive for the community,” Kurt Brewer, managing partner at the Lawrence LongHorn, said. “It’s a win-win.” LongHorn, 3050 Iowa St., usually donates about 50
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TOPEKA — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is proposing a change to the law he pushed through the Legislature that requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. The Kansas proof-of-citizenship law requires people who register to vote in the state for the first time to provide a birth certificate, passport or other document. But since it went into effect Jan. 1, more than 11,000 people who have attempted to register to vote are in “suspense,” meaning they are not yet qualified to vote because of lack of proof of citizenship. County election officials have said that when people show proof of U.S. citizenship to get a driver’s license at the Division of Motor Ve- Kobach hicles, the citizenship documentation is not making it to election officials for voter registration purposes. Critics of Kobach have said this shows that Kansas wasn’t ready for a proof of citizenship requirement. But Kobach has said the problem can be addressed with his proposed regulation, which will allow people whose registration is in suspense to be able to cast a provisional ballot. But that ballot would not be counted unless the necessary proof-of-citizenship documents are provided to election officials prior to the canvassing of the vote after the election. The State Rules and Regulation Board will consider the rule change at a meeting Tuesday.
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