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Trash can odor transcends garbage
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HOUSE MINORITY LEADER PAUL DAVIS, D-Lawrence, speaks at a news conference in January 2012 as Gov. Sam Brownback and then-Acting Transportation Secretary Barbara Rankin look on.
Davis seen as possible opponent to Brownback By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
Paul Davis is the leader of the Democrats in the Kansas House, but the Lawrence legislator says his proudest moments in the Statehouse have been when he has helped produce bipartisan coalitions. “Throughout my career, I have been able to bring Republicans and Democrats together and resolve issues,” Davis said. Davis would need that talent if he wants to be called Governor Davis. Many have urged him to run against Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, and Davis’ name is always cited in short lists. The 2014 election is 15 months away, and for Democrats to mount a credible challenge, the time to get a candidate’s name before the general public is soon. Davis, however, declines to say whether he will run for governor or fill out a governor-lieutenant governor ticket. “We’re going to see a Democratic candidate emerge in the fairly near future,” he said. Please see DAVIS, page 2A
Residents complain new carts stinking up the city By Meagan Thomas mthomas@ljworld.com
Does your trash stink? Well, of course it does. But, um, does it seem worse than you remember? “When I sit on my patio outside of my back door, the odor comes out of my garage where the trash can is, and I can smell it where I’m sitting,” Lawrence resident Bitsey Patton said. “I remember thinking, ‘This has never happened before.’” The difference between now and before: Could it be the city’s new trash carts? The City Commission approved the purchase of standardized trash carts for the city last August and a 65-gallon cart was provided to all single-family residences last fall. Craig Pruett, the operations supervisor for the City of Lawrence Solid Waste Division, said the city followed the recommendation of the city’s Solid Waste Task Force, which said the standardized carts would improve workers’ safety and allow the city to use automated trash trucks. Perhaps the task force did not address potential odor problems. Patton said she knows that while the heat from the summer makes garbage smell worse, it’s not that. The lingering odor of trash seems to have something to do with the new carts — and the smell coming from the cart continues even after the cart is cleaned out. Nalini Johnson, another Lawrence resident, says her can is retaining odors, too. She received a brand-new extra trash cart about two months ago, and after having it for only one night,
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BITSEY PATTON, OF LAWRENCE, washes out her city trash container, which she says is retaining odors and creating smells in her garage where she stores it. Her old cans never caused that problem, she says. she opened the cart and it smelled awful. She was confused how it could smell that way when it was brand-new, but after leaving it open rather than letting it stay sealed, it doesn’t stink.
“It’s worse when we leave it shut,” Johnson said. Pruett said the new containers do seal very well, and that could be the reason some residents are having an issue with their carts retain-
ing odors. However, he said, the city has yet to receive any complaints on the issue. “If you’re having an issue with your cart, we’d like Please see TRASH, page 2A
Among nonfaculty staff at KU, ‘emeritus’ reserved for select few By Matt Erickson merickson@ljworld.com
As nine deans and interim deans have led Kansas University’s largest academic unit, Jolene Fairchild has been there. Fairchild worked for 37 years in KU’s College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences, starting as an administrative assistant and ultimately becoming the budget officer for a unit that now spends more than $100 million every year. She retired Wednesday, however, and now she has a new title: budget officer
older becomes a “professor emeritus.” But among nonfaculty employees at KU, emeritus has been reserved for a select few. KU keeps no list of these emeritus employees, but in the past year at least three longtime professional staff members
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have retired and earned an emeritus title that will stay with them forever. Each of the three served for decades at KU, and the people who worked with them say they knew as much about the university as just about anyone. And though they were not
professors, in some ways they may be even tougher to replace.
Jolene Fairchild, who retired on Wednesday, came to the CLAS in the
‘It feels good’ to be 106
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Edna Zillner turned 106 on Saturday and had a party Sunday at Pioneer Ridge Health Center. All the attention and seeing her family and friends made her feel young again, she said. Page 3A
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