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TOPEKA — Advocates for increased public school funding say they are worried that an effort by Gov. Sam Brownback and Republican legislative leaders to change the way Kansas Supreme Court justices are selected could have an effect on a lawsuit before Most of the that court that asks time, when we the state to increase funding to schools. have had an “It’s very concerning to us,� said increase in school Kathy Cook, ex- funding, it has ecutive director of come at the Kansas Families for direction of the Education. Brownback and court. ... We need conservative Re- that system to publicans in the be untouched by state Legislature have taken steps in politics.� recent months to give the governor — Kathy Cook, executive more control over director of Kansas Families how judges are se- for Education lected. In the last legislative session, Brownback was given the ability to select judges for the Kansas Court of Appeals with Senate confirmation, rather than working through a nominating commission. Republican leaders have indicated they would like to bring a similar system to the selection of the Supreme Court. Conservatives say the nominating commission

Kansas City ran its record to 4-0 after defeating New York behind Alex Smith’s three touchdown passes and Dexter McCluster’s punt return for another score. Page 1B

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LAWRENCE & STATE

LHS inducts alumni into Hall The Lawrence High School Alumni Association held a ceremony on Sunday to honor distinguished alumni, including a Special Olympian, two judges and a senator. Page 3A

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LARRY ADAMS, OF DODGE CITY, PLACES FLOWERS ON JIM BROTHERS’ SCULPTURE “FROM THE ASHES� at the Lawrence Visitors Center, where friends gathered to celebrate Brothers’ life on Sunday. A large washboard, created by Brothers’ bandmate Matt Kirby, hangs from the sculpture. The Lawrence artist was a nationally recognized figurative sculptor and a washboard player with the Alferd Packer Memorial String Band from Lawrence. He died in August at 72.

to Lawrence sculptor’s life By Nikki Wentling

INDEX Business 5A Classified 7B-12B Comics 11A Deaths 2A Events listings 12A, 2B Horoscope 11B Movies 4A Opinion 10A Puzzles 11B Sports 1B-6B Television 12A, 2B, 11B Vol.155/No.273 24 pages

years. Brothers was Copt’s art teacher at Emporia High School in 1966. The two bonded over their artwork and immediately became friends. Three years later, they went on a two-month vacation to Europe, visiting sites in Rome and celebrating in Paris when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. They both eventually ended up in Lawrence, and would spend time together collaborating on projects and sharing ideas and stories. Copt would criticize Brothers’ sculptures, and

Visitor Information Center on Sunday afternoon. “Jim didn’t really want a big funeral service,� Copt said. “He said, ‘If you do anything, just have a party.’ And so that’s what this is. We’re here to have a beer, eat and celebrate Jim.� Brothers, a local sculptor known throughout the world for his contributions to national war memorials and his Please see BROTHERS, page 2A

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— Louis Copt, Lawrence artist and former student of Jim Brothers Brothers would do the same to Copt’s paintings, all in good humor. To honor the life of Brothers his longtime friend, and to allow all of Brothers’ family and friends to do the same, Copt organized a celebration at the Lawrence

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Rosilyn Wells wants everyone in Lawrence to know her name and face. Many of them soon will. For the next several months Wells will serve as the community’s resource for the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, which requires that nearly every American have health insurance and provides tax credits for those who can’t afford it. Wells, the only full-time Affordable Care Act navigator in Lawrence, will work out of Heartland Community Health Center, at 1 Riverfront Plaza, Suite 100, but Wells she’ll help anyone in the area who has questions about the 2010 health care law. With a major piece of it to be unveiled Tuesday — its online health-insurance marketplace — Wells plans to be busy. In addition, Kansas, unlike several other states with Republican-controlled legislatures, has not restricted the activities of its navigators.

Jim didn’t really want a big funeral service. He said, ‘If you do anything, just have a party.’ Louis Copt, a Lawrence And so that’s what this is. We’re here to have a artist, was a friend to Jim Brothers for almost 50 beer, eat and celebrate Jim.� nwentling@ljworld.com

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