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Anti-abortion group sees opportunity in special session By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
Gov. Sam Brownback is calling the Kansas Legislature into special session Sept. 3 to deal with one aspect of the state’s “Hard 50” sentencing law that has been ruled unconstitutional.
Brownback, legislative leaders want to focus on Hard 50 But as long as legislators are coming back into session, the leader of one anti-abortion group wants them to do more. Mark Gietzen, who heads the Wichita-based Kansas Coalition for Life,
said he believes there were enough votes lined up during the regular session to pass a bill that would ban virtually all abortions in the state, and he says lawmakers can revisit the issue during the
special session. “We just ran out of time in the 2013 session, we didn’t run out of votes,” Gietzen said. “We would like to pick up where we left off.” The bill Gietzen is
pushing is called a “fetal heartbeat” bill because it would ban abortions on any “unborn human individual with a detectable fetal heartbeat.” Federal courts have recently blocked similar
laws enacted this year in North Dakota and Arkansas. Similar bills have been introduced in Texas and other states. The Kansas Legislature enacted a sweeping new anti-abortion law this year, although it does not go as far as the fetal heartPlease see SESSION, page 2A
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Riverkeeper an advocate, activist for clean water By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
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NINE-YEAR-OLD CAMPBELL MCNORTON STRUTS HER STUFF before the crowd wearing an ensemble topped with a black beret during the Douglas County 4-H Fashion Revue on Tuesday at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. Seventy-seven participants walked the runway wearing attire that they either purchased or sewed themselves.
4-H Fashion Revue participants learn lessons that never go out of style By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
It’s time for county fair fashion again. Perhaps you know the look out in the pig, cattle and sheep barns: T-shirts and blue jeans and a healthy dose of mud on both. (Let’s not get too close. And we’ll just assume it’s mud.) Or perhaps I don’t know the look, because that’s not what I’m seeing parading around the fairgrounds. Instead there are fitted
suits, dresses with fur collars and outfits that feature designer socks. Well, they’re purple and orange socks with sandals, which I’m sure someone in the fashion industry will label as a designer trend. One thing is for sure: I’m not in the pig barn anymore. This is the Douglas County 4-H Fashion Show, one of the first events of the county fair, which gets into full swing this week. “It has gone pretty smooth,” said 15-year old Tucker Gabriel, who
had just paraded himself and three different outfits — everything from an informal beach outfit to a more formal ensemble that featured a Kansas State polo shirt — in front of the judge. “I didn’t trip.”
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That’s right, the fashion show isn’t just for young ladies. More than 150 youths participated in the Please see FASHION, page 2A
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Group envisions system of trails at Rock Chalk Park By Chad Lawhorn
AT LEFT, CARSON PINE, 10, turns near the end of the runway to show off his ensemble of Western wear on Tuesday. AT RIGHT, 9-year-old fashionistas Taylor Hadl, left, and Sabrina Jankowski, both of Eudora, wait for a cue from Donna Somers, Tonganoxie, center, to head to the runway as they watch other young “models” show off their styles and creations.
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Laura Calwell says she first fell in love with rivers growing up in Wichita, where her high school sat near the banks of the Little Arkansas River. “That’s really where I learned to canoe,” she said. “We would have this water festival, so right after school we’d have canoe races between the different classes. Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo And then in LAURA CALWELL, director of the evening, Friends of the Kaw for more different than 10 years, has spent clubs would countless hours promoting the make floats, preservation and recreational and put them use of the Kansas River. on the canoes with a spotlight on them, and everybody would come and sit on the banks.” Calwell left Wichita after high school to attend college at Kansas State University. But she never lost her passion for the power and mystique that great rivers hold.
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Rock Chalk Park may end up being more than a top destination for youth basketball, volleyball and a host of Kansas University sporting events, if a city commissioner’s plans become reality. The sports complex and the area surrounding it may become the place where the community goes to run, walk, jog and participate in a host of fun runs and other events that traditionally have been held downtown. Lawrence City Commissioner Bob Schumm is lead- Schumm ing a committee that is recommending a 10-kilometer concrete trail be built on the Rock Chalk Park property and the surrounding area in northwest Lawrence. “It really could be quite extraordinary,” Schumm said. Schumm has led a seven-member comPlease see TRAILS, page 2A
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