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3 Dems vying for chance to challenge Jenkins By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com Nick Krug/Journal-World Photos
KANSAS UNIVERSITY GRADUATE KURTIS KLECAN PUTS A FINAL LOAD OF TRASH into the Dumpster on Friday behind his residence on the 900 block of Tennessee Street. Klecan said that he had already put a couch, a chair, a futon and a BMX bicycle into and around the Dumpster because it was easier to throw away than to keep. BELOW: City sanitation workers Justin Zimmerman, left, and Sefo Vaeono work to load a couch into the back of their truck to be crushed Friday as they sweep the alleyway between the 900 block of Tennessee and Ohio streets. Crews spent the morning removing piles of furniture and unwanted belongings as students are nearing their move-out dates.
City offers tips to cut back on trash as students move out By Alex Garrison acgarrison@ljworld.com
Moving days are here. With a large student population, Lawrence experiences a great migration about this time every year, with shifts in and out of apartments and homes across the city. Student or not, though, moving’s a pain for anybody, and it produces a lot of waste. Kathy Richardson, waste reduction supervisor with the city, provided some tips for helping reduce, reuse and recycle to decrease stress — for the mover, for the trash collectors and for the planet.
! If your move purges a lot of unwanted stuff from your household collection, consider donating before binning things like clothing, books and even household goods, Richardson said. The Lawrence
Public Library, 707 Vt., takes books, CDs, DVDs, tapes and records from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays (except Fridays, when it closes at 7 p.m.) and noon to 6 p.m. on weekends. For clothing and household goods,
there’s a variety of donation options, including Goodwill, 2200 W. 31 St.; the Social Service League, 905 R.I., which is open Wednesday through Saturday; and The Salvation Army at 1601 W. 23rd St. Building materials and working appliances can go to Habitat for Humanity Restore, 708 Conn. Restore can arrange pickups for large items. Nonperishable food items can go to Just Food, 1000 E. 11th St. ! A simple way to reduce what you throw away in a move, Richardson said, is to use Please see WASTE, page 2A
City workers focus on saving trees 200 trees have been casualties of summer drought so far By Adam Strunk astrunk@ljworld.com
The city of Lawrence hired Paul Kaldahl to care for its flowers and plantings. Instead he waters trees — eight hours a day. The severe drought has withered the area’s plants, and trees have not been spared. The city of Lawrence has lost 200 since the drought began. Crystal Miles, the city’s horticulture and forestry manager, said the city has moved extra people, such as Kaldahl, to tree-watering duty to save the city’s 30,000 trees. Some of the trees could cost hundreds of dollars to replace if they die.
Kaldahl now spends five minutes watering each tree with 30 to 50 gallons of water. “It’s like with people,” Kaldahl said about the trees. “When you start feeling thirsty, you’re already behind.” This effort has kept all but one of the trees alive in Memorial Park Cemetery, where Kaldahl waters. The city is not alone in its tree loss. Pines, maples and elms with brown leaves can be seen dotting Lawrence yards. “If the leaves turn brown and die on the tree, you need to water it immediately and see if it can get it to leaf back out,” Miles said. “When they get stressed,
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PAUL KALDAHL, A HORTICULTURIST with the city landscaping department, drags a long hose Friday through Memorial Park Cemetery to water young trees. Because of the summer drought, some city employees are now working full time watering trees just to keep them alive. they don’t respond very maples and pines, for exwell to drought.” ample — are the first to She said that trees with go. high root structures —
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Too hot for ice cream? Heat driving customers away By Adam Strunk
It’s officially too hot for ice cream. Jack Garvin, ice cream chef at Cold Stone Creamery, 647 Mass., said the hot weather has kept everyone inside, hurting business at the store. Last summer, lines stretched to the door, but that isn’t the case this year. “We haven’t even had a rush today,” he said, gesturing to the nearly empty shop. The heat wave continues for Lawrence,
and as temperatures stay high, sales stay low for many businesses. The heat — Lawrence has had 21 triple-digit degree days so far this summer — has made many Lawrencians hesitant to leave air-conditioned sanctuaries, making it difficult for places like Cielito Lindo to attract customers. The Mexican restaurant, 815 N.H., relies heavily on its outdoor patio for atmosphere and customer seating, but fewer people want to sit outside when the temperature is almost as hot Please see BUSINESS, page 2A
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The three Democrats running for the chance to oust U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, say that to move the country forward on a number of important issues, change is needed in the Republican-led House. Scott Barnhart, Robert Eye and Tobias Schlingensiepen face each other in the Aug. 7 Democratic primary for the state’s 2nd District congressional seat. The district, realigned by judicial order after the Legislature and Gov. Sam Brownback failed to approve a redistricting plan, now includes all of Douglas County. For the past 10 years, Douglas County has been divided between the 2nd and 3rd districts. The 2nd District covers much of eastern Kansas and includes the cities of Lawrence, Topeka and Leavenworth. The new district reduces the 13 percentage point edge in Republican registered voters over Democratic registered voters to a gap of 9.5 percentage points. Previously in District 2, 41.7 percent of voters were registered Republicans; 28.8 percent are Democrats; and 28.7 percent are independents. Now, 39.8 percent are Re-
publicans; 30.3 percent are Democrats; and 29.2 percent are independents. But even with Democratic-leaning Lawrence and Douglas County fully in the 2nd, the district is an uphill climb for Democrats against a Republican incumbent. “It’s time to return a balance to the Unit- Eye ed States House of Representatives, and in order to do that we need to change the majority, and we need Schlingensiepen to elect Democrats in order to do that,” said Eye, a 60-year-old attorney from Lawrence. S c h l i n - Barnhart gensiepen, a 48-year-old minister on leave from the First Congregational Church in Topeka, said, “Without
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