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DEATHS NEIL L. HUPE Graveside services for Neil L. Hupe, 88, Perry, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Perry. Mr. Hupe died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, at his home. He was born Nov. 16, 1922, on a farm near Belvue, the son of George J. And Lillian Craig Hupe. He attended schools in Hupe the Belvue and Silver Lake areas before moving to Perry, where he graduated from Perry Rural High School in 1940. He farmed before and after he served in the Navy Seabees in the South Pacific during World War II. Mr. Hupe and his wife for many years operated their historic Century Farm near Perry. He joined Nachurs Plant Food Co. as a district manager in 1971. He retired in 1986 as Kansas Sales Manager. Mr. Hupe was a 67-year member of the Perry Mason-
ic Lodge 415, where he had served as Master. He was a member of the Perry American Legion Post 142 and the Perry United Methodist Church. He married Ruth I. Wright on Dec. 5, 1947, in the Perry Methodist Church. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, David W., Mission, and Mark and wife Carolyn, Highlands Ranch, Colo; three grandchildren, Melissa Hedger, Todd Hupe and Kristen Hupe; one greatgranddaughter, Kailee Marie Hedger; and a sister, Ethel Quaney, Topeka. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Dale C. Hupe. Friends may call from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. today at Barnett Family Funeral Home, 1220 Walnut St., Oskaloosa. The family suggests memorials to Meals on Wheels of Shawnee and Jefferson Counties, sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 602, Oskaloosa, KS 66066. Online condolences may be made at barnettfamilyfh.com.
KU Hospital receives No. 2 ranking By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com
Kansas University Hospital ranked second in the country in quality and safety among a survey of 101 academic medical centers, according to the University HealthSystem Consortium’s 2011 Quality and Accountability Study. “To come out No. 2 once again is a real testament to this organization,” said Bob Page, CEO of KU Hospital. KU Hospital was ranked No. 2 in the survey in 2009. Page credited the hospital’s focus on patient care, its high-quality staff and its low risk-adjusted mortality rate,
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which takes into account the severity of a patient’s illness or injury, as factors that helped them earn the ranking. The survey also took into account hospitals’ efficiency, safety and effectiveness. The University of Colorado Hospital ranked No. 1 on the survey, which was made public Thursday night. Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and the University of California-San Diego Health System also ranked in the top 10 on the survey. “The efforts of these 10 hospitals in improving pa-
tient care and operational effectiveness distinguish them as leaders,” Irene M. Thompson said in a prepared statement. Thompson, UHC president and chief executive officer, was formerly president and CEO of the Kansas University Hospital Authority Board. “Being named a UHC Quality Leadership Award winner is a testament to everyone at the hospital — from the executives and board members to the physicians to the nurses and support staff.” — Higher education reporter Andy Hyland can be reached at 832-6388. Follow him at Twitter.com/LJW_KU.
Commissioner resigns from arts board By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
TOPEKA — A Lawrence resident has resigned from the Kansas Arts Commission because of Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of its state funding. Grant Glenn said that when the KAC was funded YRON ENNY CHULTZ that it made an important difference in the lives of many Osborn on Jan. 27, 1955, in Funeral services for Kansans. McLouth. She survives of the Byron K. “Kenny” Schultz, “With the lack of state home. 81, Tonganoxie, will be at 10 funding, the commission has Other survivors include a.m. Saturday at West Haven become something else. It Baptist Church, Tonganoxie. one son, Larry Schultz, is starting over with neither Tonganoxie; one daughter, Burial will follow in Hubbel staff nor funds to complete Victoria Emery, Owensboro, Hill Cemetery, Tonganoxie. its once noble mission,” Mr. Schultz died WednesKy.; two brothers, Jack and Glenn said in a resignation day, Sept. 21, 2011, at his home. Gene Schultz, both of Tonletter dated Wednesday. He was born Feb. 28, 1930, ganoxie; one sister, Patricia Brownback vetoed the in Tonganoxie, the son of Kimberlin, Montrose, Colo.; agency’s $689,000 annual apEdward and Thelma Strouse and six grandsons. Schultz. He was preceded in death He served in the U.S. by a granddaughter, Abby Army and was a Korean War Marie Emery. veteran. The family will receive He was a member of West friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Haven Baptist Church in By Roxana Hegeman today at Quisenberry FuTonganoxie, Tonganoxie Associated Press neral Home in Tonganoxie. VFW Post 9271 and Tiblows The family suggests Camping Club. He was also memorials to West Haven WICHITA — The Ameria member of the Scottish can Civil Liberties Union on Baptist Church Building Rite in Lawrence and was Thursday challenged a magFund, sent in care of the past master of Henri Maistrate’s recommendation funeral home, 604 E. Fourth sonic Lodge 190 AF&AM, that the federal court deny St., Tonganoxie, KS 66086. Tonganoxie. Online condolences may be its request to halt a new KanHe married Orvella sas law restricting insurance sent at quisenberryfh.com. coverage for abortions. In a court filing, the ACLU LIZA ACKSON HEPARD asked U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown to grant its motion Private graveside services etery in Lawrence. for a preliminary injunction. She died Monday, Sept. 19, for Eliza Jackson Shepard, The law, which took effect 2011, at her home. 70, Lawrence, took place July 1, prohibits insurance Thursday at Oak Hill Cemcompanies from offering abortion coverage as part of their general health plans, except ILLY EE OPKINS when a woman’s life is at risk. Those who want abortion covA Celebration of Life meB. Day Chapel of Perimeter erage would have to buy supmorial service for Billy Lee Church in Duluth, Ga. plemental policies, known as Hopkins, 75, Johns Creek, Ga., Mr. Hopkins died Monday, riders, covering only abortion. formerly of Lawrence, will be Aug. 29, 2011, at Peachtree “Plaintiff’s members should at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Cecil Christian Hospice of Duluth.
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propriation, saying that state funding of the arts was not a core function of state government. He had predicted the state would continue to receive $1.2 million in matching funds, but the National Endowment for the Arts determined the state was ineligible for federal funding. Brownback appointed Linda Browning Weis, who works in Manhattan real estate, to run the new private fundraising group and the KAC. Weis has said she is confident that private fundraising will increase funding to the arts. But Glenn said he had problems with the private fundraising organization. “The public perception is that the KAC has become a
puppet for the Kansas Arts Foundation, an organization that has not been transparent with the KAC nor the public about its sources, even though many directors of the foundation are newly appointed commissioners,” Glenn wrote. The foundation has yet to report how much it has raised. Since Brownback’s veto, many local arts organizations statewide have been scrambling for funding and have been cutting back programs. A group called Kansas Citizens for the Arts has called for the Legislature and Brownback to restore funding to the KAC. — Statehouse reporter Scott Rothschild can be reached at 785-423-0668.
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saying that the budget request was part of “an ongoing conversation.” Logan also successfully decreased the requested inflationary increase from $18.9 million to $12.7 million, saying that the lower figure was closer to the Midwestern regional inflation rate. KU had sought a new $5 million annual appropriation to help pay off a bond issue for a proposed $78 million medical education building. The current facility, built in 1976, is obsolete, in need of repair and too small for proposed expansion, KU officials have said. But Regent Chairman Ed McKechnie of Arcadia said there needed to be more work on funding proposals to pay for the building.
The board sent both the KU medical building and a proposed expansion of the veterinary medicine program at Kansas State back to a regents committee for more study. Board members said they were confident that later this year they would forward the medical building project to Brownback’s office for budget consideration. KU officials said the new building is crucial to their efforts to train more doctors for the state. As far as other KU requests, the board approved asking for $3 million in new funding to hire highly-sought-after research professors, and $1.9 million more for a medical scholarship program. The board also recommended a 2.6 percent increase in student financial assistance systemwide. — Statehouse reporter Scott Rothschild can be reached at 785-423-0668.
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why the Census Bureau’s population count for the city showed nearly 4,000 fewer people than what the city had estimated. The 2010 Census showed the last decade was Lawrence’s slowest in terms of population growth since the days of the Great Depression. !" Indeed, there are more empty houses these days. The number of vacant housing units in the city now stands at 7.1 percent. That’s up from 4.2 percent in 2000. Although it seems counterintuitive, the Census Bureau says the homeowner vacancy rate — think of empty houses people are trying to sell — is much higher than the rental vacancy rate in Lawrence. The homeowner vacancy rate is listed at 8.1 percent. The rental vacancy rate is listed at 2.1 percent. That is almost exactly the inverse of how the national average breaks down. In total, the Census Bureau estimates there are about 2,700 vacant houses in Lawrence.
not be subjected to the sustained violation of their constitutional rights during the pendency of this litigation on account of an affidavit’s foundational defect — at least not where, as here, the defect is so easily curable,” the ACLU argued. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kenneth Gale, who presided over a hearing last week on the requested temporary injunction, issued on Monday his findings and recommendation to deny it. Gale said the group did not lay a proper foundation for their request in an affidavit. He also refused at that hearing to allow ACLU to file a more extensive affidavit, saying it would not be fair to the state to do so. In his ruling, Gale said the ACLU had failed to prove any of its members would be harmed by the law. The ACLU also said Brown’s
conclusion is contrary to the well-settled principle that a violation of constitutional rights constitutes irreparable injury as a matter of law. If the court declines to block enforcement of the Kansas abortion insurance law, the ACLU said it is requesting an expedited schedule for discovery and summary judgment so that a ruling on the law’s constitutionality may be realized as quickly as possible. But ACLU affidavit at issue contended the group has members who will lose or have already lost insurance coverage for abortion because of the new Kansas law, and that some members are unable to purchase a rider to their policy to cover abortions because some insurance companies have not made such riders available.
!" Housing is taking a bigger bite out of the pocketbook. The number of homeowners in Lawrence who pay 35 percent or more of their monthly income on housing costs is now at 17.6 percent. That’s up from 11.7 percent in 2000. The Census Bureau now estimates the average monthly housing costs for a Lawrence homeowner — with a mortgage — is $1,413. The median rent in Lawrence is now $810 per month. !" Not all of our neighbors make more than we do. The median household income in Lawrence is $45,471. That figure counts everybody who earns any type of income. That’s far lower than in Johnson County, where the median household income is $60,483. But it is higher than in Topeka, where the median household income is $37,001. If keeping up with Willie the Wildcat matters to you, we’ve fallen behind there. The average household income for the Manhattan area is $46,150. !" Don’t get sick kids. Lawrence’s health insurance situation tracks pretty close to the national averages in most categories, except when it comes to children without
health insurance. The percentage of children younger than 18 without health insurance is 11.5 percent. The national average is 8 percent. In total, the Census estimates there are 14,199 people in Lawrence without health insurance, or about 15.5 percent. That is also the national average. The bureau also estimates that 17.1 percent of people who are employed in Lawrence don’t have health insurance. The national average in that category is 18 percent. The American Community Survey gathers its data from a continual set of surveys that it conducts in Lawrence and other cities and counties across the country. It uses the surveys to produce estimates that it releases once per year. The program took the place of the long-form questionnaire that the Census Bureau used to issue once every 10 years. The American Community Survey data is more timely than past Census data but generally has a higher margin of error because it relies on a smaller sample size.
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