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Lawyers in the school finance lawsuit pending before the Kansas Supreme Court used sharp rhetoric to drive home their points in final written arguments to the seven state justices. The case, Gannon vs. Kansas, is scheduled for verbal arguments on Oct. 8. In recent days, attorneys from both sides filed their third and final written briefs to the court, responding to the arguments each side had made in earlier briefs. Please see LAWSUIT, page 2A Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo
NOAH LUKE, 8, PLAYS THE WESTPHALIA WALTZ with his teachers Jill Woodhouse, left, and Tricia Spencer, right, during a lesson at Beautiful Music Violin Shop, at 925 Iowa St., recently. Luke has taken classical violin lessons from Woodhouse for about three years and wants to compete in the youth fiddle contest at Sunday’s Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park.
State Fiddling and Picking Championships display talent of performers young and old By Nikki Wentling
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He is extremely competitive. He’s in it It took only three les- to win it.” nwentling@ljworld.com
sons for violin teacher Jill Woodhouse to discover that Noah Luke was no ordinary 5-year-old kid. He arrived at Beautiful Music Violin Shop, 925 Iowa St., in 2010 carrying a book of 108 violin exercises and began to talk about which ones he was most excited to tackle. When he recited the names and
— Violin teacher Jill Woodhouse on her 8-year-old student Noah Luke numbers of several of the exercises, Woodhouse realized he had memorized the whole book. After dozens more practices, Woodhouse made an-
other discovery: Noah had perfect pitch, meaning that he had the rare ability to identify individual musical pitches by name. “I thought, ‘Oh my, this little one is something else,’” Woodhouse said. “He just does amazing things all the time. He is incredibly gifted.” Fast-forward to three years later: Noah is now an 8-year-old who is busy preparing for his first violin competition. He will par-
ticipate in the Youth Fiddle Contest at the 33rd Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships this Sunday at South Park. The three-day event starts with performances and parties Friday and Saturday. Because the competition coincides with the Lawrence Busker Festival, there will be a stage set up in the 800 block of Massachusetts Street dedicated
Hawk Week creates sense of belonging for new KU students By Nikki Wentling and Caitlin Doornbos nwentling@ljworld.com, cvdoornbos@ljworld.com
Starting at a new school can be a difficult transition. That transition is made even harder when home is more than 1,600 miles away and you transfer in after three years at two community colleges. This is what Jeff Sondag expePlease see HAWK, page 2A
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City to hold hearing on proposed ban on porch couches By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
It’s the type of news that may cause some college students to get off the couch — especially if it is a couch on a porch. Lawrence city commissioners next week are scheduled to consider a citywide ban on all couches and other upholstered furniture on porches, patios and decks. Lawn chairs and other types
of furniture specifically made for the outdoors would continue to be legal. The city’s fire department is requesting the ban because they say the multitude of porch-borne couches in some neighborhoods of the city pose a fire risk. “Couches burn very, very quick,” Fire Chief Mark Bradford said. He said when they are outside they present an additional danger because porch-
often makes it difficult for people inside the home to escape through the main entrance. Several owners of porch couches, however, weren’t buying the city’s rationale for a ban. “They don’t have a good reason,” said Shay Delaney, a Kansas University student who lives in a house in the Oread neighborhood with Please see COUCH, page 2A
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