Ljw 101413 02

Page 1

LEARNING FROM LOSS BELIEVE IT! CHIEFS 6-0 KU football sees ray of hope in the clouds Sports 1B

Unbeaten Kansas City takes Oakland, 24-7 Sports 1B

L A W R E NC E

JOURNAL-WORLD ÂŽ

75 CENTS

LJWorld.com

-/.$!9 s /#4/"%2 s

Push persists for small-dog park Meanwhile, fundraising underway to get lights for night use at Mutt Run

Journal-World File Photo

LAWRENCE POLICE OFFICER DAVID HOGUE has responded to a dramatic increase in mental health crisis calls over the past several years. Suicide attempts alone accounted for 414 calls to police in 2012.

By Giles Bruce gbruce@ljworld.com

A year after it was proposed, a plan to have a fenced-in dog park built in Lawrence hasn’t gone anywhere, but another local park looks to be getting an upgrade. A fundraising campaign is underway to get lights built at the Mutt Run dog park near Clinton Lake, which would allow canines and their owners to safely use the space after nightfall. However, more than a year after a local dog owner proposed a fenced-in dog park at Peterson Road and North Iowa Street, Lawrence looks to be no closer to getting one. Maureen Bernhagen submitted the proposal to the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Board in July 2012. She also said she collected the signatures of 750 people who also wanted to see a dog park in town. Bernhagen hoped to have a fenced-in dog park constructed at Peterson Park because she said the one at Clinton Park is intimidating for small dogs like hers and is located inconveniently for many people. Lawrence also has an off-leash dog area at Riverfront Park north of the city limits.

Police dealing with surge in mental health crisis calls ———

Number has doubled in the past decade By Stephen Montemayor smontemayor@ljworld.com

David Hogue had just changed into his civilian clothes and prepared to go home after a day’s work at the Lawrence Police Department when he got the call from his sergeant. Hogue, at the time a crisis negotiator, heard that patrol officers hadn’t been able to draw out a man holed up in his apartment all day with a gun and plans to end his life. Hogue hurried to the apartment and began pulling together details. The man’s girlfriend said that financial problems and a recent arrest caused the man to believe he could no longer pursue his dream of becoming a law enforcement officer. So Hogue approached the apartment and assured the man it was still possible. Unable to make face-to-face contact and unsure of the man’s condition, Hogue continued to talk through the wall for half an hour. To no anBy Caitlin Doornbos swer.

Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo

MARY LAKE AND HER DOG, “PHOG ALLEN,� take an early-morning walk Wednesday along Peterson Road, near the site of a proposed small-dog park. Dogs smaller than Lake’s currently have no designated park, although a push is on to make it happen someday.

“

There are little guys who need to get out and socialize too and don’t need to be trampled on by the other ones. You get a small dog in the middle of a pack and it can get dangerous.� — Amber Nickel, owner of Pawsh Wash in Lawrence

Ernie Shaw, director of the Parks and Recreation Department, said that even if the funding came through and a fenced-in dog park became a priority, the city would have to involve people in the

neighborhood to make sure it’s something they would want. “I think, somewhere down the line, it would be nice to have a dog park Please see DOGS, page 4A

Money for lights To donate, visit the “Help light up the dog park!� fundraising page at indiegogo. com or call John Buttimer at 863-6512924. Buttimer said any extra money raised beyond the goal of $700 and the small percentage the website charges will be donated to local animal-related charities.

KU alumnus determined to make difference in health of Peruvians cvdoornbos@ljworld.com

The call, a little less than five years ago, was one of many in an ongoing swell of mental health crisis calls. Police say such calls have doubled in the last decade. In response, law enforcement and mental health care officials have increased training for first-line responders and are working on cultural changes within law enforcement to make it easier and more acceptable for the responders themselves to ask for help. In 2010, Lawrence police responded to 1,651 “check welfare� calls, the category that includes mental health-related calls. Last year, that number grew to 1,769. Suicide attempts accounted for 369 calls in 2010 and

Before his junior year at Kansas University, Chase Hamilton took a leisurely vacation to Peru with his family. His father had never been to the Amazon and Hamilton was excited to try out his Spanish with the native speakers. But upon canoeing down a river tributary of the Amazon, Hamilton and his family were stopped by a group of indigenous people and told they could not cross unless

Please see POLICE, page 2A

HOUSES IN BELÉN, PERU, are built on long stilts to withstand the

Please see PERU, page 2A annual 15- to 25-foot flooding that occurs in the area.

INSIDE

Storm chance Business Classified Comics Deaths

High: 70

Special to the Journal-World

COALITION FOR GLOBAL COMMUNITY HEALTH member Michael

Low: 52

5A 6B-10B 9A 2A

Events listings Horoscope Movies Opinion

10A, 2B Puzzles 9B Sports 4A Television 8A

9B 1B-5B 10A, 2B, 9B

Join us at Facebook.com/LJWorld and Twitter.com/LJWorld

Today’s forecast, page 10A

CÄ’š HĤŸÄ‰ ZĹ&#x;ĉŽ|źń

ZŸŒ Ä’Ă? Äź|áŸĹ„

Ĺ?Ćƒ H%%

¡

Tetwiler and founder Chase Hamilton stand with Jearim, a boy from the Santo Tomas community in Peru. CGCHealth is a nonprofit organization that works to provide access to clean water and medical attention to impoverished areas in the Amazon.

Heating price increase

Vol.155/No.287 20 pages

Heating bills across Kansas will likely be significantly higher this winter as temperatures return to their icy norms and natural gas prices climb from historical lows. Page 3A

%ĂšĹ&#x;ĂŞÂŽ %ĂšĹ&#x;Ĺ„äŸĹ„

ÄœĆƒ H%%

¡

CÄ’Ĺ’ ŚĤêğŸĹ„ šêĹ’ä Ä’Ĺ’äŸğ Ä’Ă?Ă?ŸğĹ„ÄŞ HĉŸ ›ĒĹ&#x;ĤĒĉ ĤŸğ ›Ĺ&#x;Ĺ„Ĺ’Ä’ÄƒŸğĪ Ĺ’ Ĥ|ğŒê›êĤ|ŒêĉÖ ÚĒ›|ŒêĒĉń Ĺ&#x;ĤĒĉ ĤğŸĹ„ŸĉŒ|ŒêĒĉ Ä’Ă? Ĺ’äêĹ„ |ÂŽÄŞ ÄŚĹ„ŸŸ Ĺ„Ĺ’Ä’ğŸ Ă?Ä’Äź ŽŸŒ|êÚńħ ŚĤêğŸĹ„ ÄœĆƒĹŽĹ—ÄœĹŽÄœĹ—

CÄ’Ĺ’ ŚĤêğŸĹ„ šêĹ’ä Ä’Ĺ’äŸğ Ä’Ă?Ă?ŸğĹ„ÄŞ HĉŸ ›ĒĹ&#x;ĤĒĉ ĤŸğ ›Ĺ&#x;Ĺ„Ĺ’Ä’ÄƒŸğĪ Ĺ’ Ĥ|ğŒê›êĤ|ŒêĉÖ ÚĒ›|ŒêĒĉń Ĺ&#x;ĤĒĉ ĤğŸĹ„ŸĉŒ|ŒêĒĉ Ä’Ă? Ĺ’äêĹ„ |ÂŽÄŞ ÄŚĹ„ŸŸ Ĺ„Ĺ’Ä’ğŸ Ă?Ä’Äź ŽŸŒ|êÚńħ ŚĤêğŸĹ„ ÄœĆƒĹŽĹ—ÄœĹŽÄœĹ—

<Ĺ&#x;Â?ŸŠ Hêڊ %êÚŒŸğ ‡ `êğŸ VÄ’Ĺ’|ŒêĒĉ

šššĪÂ?ĂŞĂ–Ä’Ĺ’êğŸĹ„ÄŞÂ›Ä’Äƒ

%🟠Â?Äź|áŸ ĂŞÄ‰Ĺ„ĤŸÂ›Ĺ’êĒĉ |ĉŽ Ĺ’êğŸ ğĒŒ|ŒêĒĉĪ

ZT . < %.C C .C& p .< < ‹ ‹ZŸŸ Ĺ„Ĺ’Ä’ğŸ Ă?Ä’Äź ŽŸŒ|êÚń

CÄ’Ĺ’ ŚĤêğŸĹ„ šêĹ’ä Ä’Ĺ’äŸğ Ä’Ă?Ă?ŸğĹ„ÄŞ HĉŸ ›ĒĹ&#x;ĤĒĉ ĤŸğ ›Ĺ&#x;Ĺ„Ĺ’Ä’ÄƒŸğĪ Ĺ’ Ĥ|ğŒê›êĤ|ŒêĉÖ ÚĒ›|ŒêĒĉń Ĺ&#x;ĤĒĉ ĤğŸĹ„ŸĉŒ|ŒêĒĉ Ä’Ă? Ĺ’äêĹ„ |ÂŽÄŞ ÄŚĹ„ŸŸ Ĺ„Ĺ’Ä’ğŸ Ă?Ä’Äź ŽŸŒ|êÚńħ ŚĤêğŸĹ„ ÄœĆƒĹŽĹ—ÄœĹŽÄœĹ—

CÄ’Ĺ’ ŚĤêğŸĹ„ šêĹ’ä Ä’Ĺ’äŸğ Ä’Ă?Ă?ŸğĹ„ÄŞ HĉŸ ›ĒĹ&#x;ĤĒĉ ĤŸğ ›Ĺ&#x;Ĺ„Ĺ’Ä’ÄƒŸğĪ Ĺ’ Ĥ|ğŒê›êĤ|ŒêĉÖ ÚĒ›|ŒêĒĉń Ĺ&#x;ĤĒĉ ĤğŸĹ„ŸĉŒ|ŒêĒĉ Ä’Ă? Ĺ’äêĹ„ |ÂŽÄŞ ÄŚĹ„ŸŸ Ĺ„Ĺ’Ä’ğŸ Ă?Ä’Äź ŽŸŒ|êÚńħ ŚĤêğŸĹ„ ÄœĆƒĹŽĹ—ÄœĹŽÄœĹ—

Ă”Ĺ?Ĺ?Äœ qÄŞ Ĺ?`+ < qV C Š :Z ĹŒĂ„Ă‘ÄŞĂ„Ĺ—ĆƒÄŞÄŽĆƒÄŽĆƒ

Ĺ?ĹŒĹ—Ă‘ Zq q C B : V `HT : Š :Z ĹŒĂ„Ă‘ÄŞĹ?ĹŒÄœÄŞĆƒÄœÄŽĂ”

Ĺ?Ĺ—

¡

ÄŽĂ‘

ĤÚĹ&#x;Ĺ„ ÂŽĂŞĹ„ĤÄ’Ĺ„|Ăš

Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.