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Food program at risk; campgrounds, university affected By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
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HOWARD DIACON, principal at Sunflower School, greets kindergartner Victoria Ma as she is dropped off at school Friday. Diacon greets every student before school at the drop-off lane.
Principal personally welcomes students to school each day By Caitlin Doornbos cvdoornbos@ljworld.com
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oward Diacon puts the “pal� in principal. Each morning, the tiny, sleepy-eyed faces of Sunflower School students are met with bright smiles and cheery “hellos� from the school’s faculty outside the school. Principal Howard Diacon and his staff greet their students
curbside at 8:20 a.m. sharp. “If I can start them off with a smile and a good morning,� Diacon said, “I just think they’re going to have a better day.� Aside from starting the students out on a good note, the system promotes a “safety first� mentality. Diacon said the greeting system first came about when he started at Sunflower last year and noticed the drop-off situation could be more orderly.
An estimated 1,600 women and children in Douglas County who receive food assistance through the Women, Infants and Children program are being told that program could run out of money by the end of the month if the federal government shutdown continues past that point. That’s just one of the potential effects that local residents could feel if the shutdown, which enters its 10th day today, is not resolved, according to state, federal and local officials. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Wednesday that Please see SHUTDOWN, page 4A
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“If I’m out there, my parents are better behaved as far as driving behavior,� Diacon said. “It helps us make sure that the kids get out close to the curb and cars aren’t moving until the kids are cleared.� Deana Shenouda’s sons, Andrew and Jacob, are in kindergarten and fourth grade at Sunflower. Shenouda appreciates Diacon’s
City studying changes to proposed licensing, inspection program
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Corn harvest going slowly; soybeans underway By Giles Bruce gbruce@ljworld.com
Mike Wintermantel was harvesting what corn he could Wednesday. He’s still waiting on the rest of it to dry out. “It’s going to be an extremely late harvest,� said Wintermantel, who farms west of Baldwin City. “I think it’s the latest harvest I
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NORMAN FARMER works a combine through a soybean field Wednesday east of Lawrence.
can remember. My first harvest was 1987.� While the remaining 80 to 85 percent of his corn stands in the field drying, Wintermantel plans to move on to soybeans today. The corn harvest, already late because of a delayed planting season, is off to a slow start in the Lawrence
An inoperable bathroom vent fan may be a problem, but it shouldn’t be the type that dings a landlord under the city’s proposed rental registration and licensing program. The same goes for a clogged drain, a cracked window, a poorly fitting door or a whole host of other minor violations, Lawrence Mayor Mike Dever said as city commissioners begin rethinking a proposed rental inspection Dever program that would cover 18,000 properties in the city. City commissioners have agreed to hold a study session at 4 p.m. on Oct. 22 to discuss possible changes in the program, including
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The county approved the permit for a new water treatment plant despite concerns that it could encourage suburban sprawl in southern Douglas County. Page 3A
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