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Joint effort with county still possibility By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
Not all the big buildings that the city of Lawrence is thinking about building will be full of fun and games. While city commissioners are debating whether to proceed with a $24 million northwest Lawrence recreation center, the prospect of a new police headquarters building that could cost up to $30 million is still on the horizon. Just how far that horizon stretches, however, depends on whom you talk to at City Hall. On one end of the spectrum is City Carter Commissioner Hugh Carter. Carter said he wants city commissioners to have a serious discussion about placing a special sales tax question in front of voters in early 2013. The goal, Carter said, is to try to get a new sales tax that could fund police, and perhaps economic development functions, on the books at the same time the state is reducing its sales tax by six-tenths of a cent. The state is scheduled to reduce the sales tax in July 2013, which means Lawrence voters would need to approve a new local sales tax sometime in the first quarter of 2013, if local leaders want the new tax to kick in just as the state’s sales tax is cut. “As soon as we get done with this recreation center discussion, I want to bring that item up again,” Carter said. “With the changes in the state sales tax, it seems like a natural time to try to get it done.” On the other end of the spectrum is City Commissioner Mike Dever.
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THE MARCHING JAYHAWKS OF KANSAS UNIVERSITY KICK OFF THE 65TH ANNUAL BAND DAY on Saturday in downtown Lawrence. Dozens of high school bands from the area participated in the event. The bands also performed at halftime of the KU-Rice football game at Memorial Stadium. AT TOP: Danielle Dorsey, 14, a student at Parsons High School, warms up with members of her band, the Marching Vikings, before the Band Day parade. See the video at LJWorld.com.
MEMBERS OF BROWNIE TROOP 7729 FROM DEERFIELD, from left, Mackenna Jones, Alexia Green, Alyssa Walters and Jackie Cozadd, all 7, cheer for the Marching Jayhawks as they watch the Band Day parade Saturday in downtown Lawrence. AT LEFT: Lacee Roe, left, and Megan Deitz, right, both seniors at Free State High School, gather with the band before the start of the parade.
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KU teacher’s book: Young adults have changed how they engage in politics By Michael Auchard
In 2008, 48.5 percent of young adults ages 18 to 24 in the United States voted in elections, compared with a high of 52.1 percent in 1972. From this data, many people might construe that young Americans are becoming less involved in their country’s political process. But according to Kansas University communications assistant professor Jay P. Childers,
the figures mainly reflect a changing definition of political involvement rather than apathetic young voters. For the past several years, Childers has researched decades of high school newspapers, more than 16,000 pages from 1965-2010, in an attempt to understand the guiding motivations for voting among young adults ages 18 to 24. In August, a book Childers wrote was published that shares the results of his research, “The Evolving Cit-
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Lawrence got a little rain this week but not enough to catch up with average rainfall for the year. In short, we’re still in a drought, and it’s likely to stay that way. On Friday, .02 inch of rain fell in the area — a welcome sight, perhaps, but hardly a salve to the rain deficit of 11.56 inches so far this year. Scott Blair, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka, said that the rainfall so far this month is about average, but the average for the year is about 29 inches; Lawrence has
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izen: American Youth and the Changing Norms of Democratic Engagement,” through Pennsylvania State University Press. Childers said his interest in the subject began when he was teaching English at the University of West Georgia shortly after receiving his master’s degree. He became interested in his students’ apparent disinterest in politics. “Over time, I got more interested in my students and why
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gotten 17.43 inches. Lower-than-average temperatures are expected in the upcoming week — the average high for early September is 85 degrees — and there’s a slight chance of rain some time between Wednesday and Friday, Blair said. But it may be like last Friday’s showers — small. “Everybody got excited for a quick downpour, but it just wasn’t long enough to do much,” he said. “The drought conditions have persisted.”
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The Haskell Indian Art Market, which features jewelry displays and tribal dance performances, continues today. Page 3A
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