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Zebra mussels confirmed in lake
Bicycle officers blaze new trail
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Sharp-shelled invasive species poses risk to Clinton Lake visitors By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo
LAWRENCE POLICE OFFICERS Jeff Holtzman, left, and Dan Ashley stop by the East Lawrence Recreation Center while on bike patrol to watch some youth play football during an Oct. 9 shift.
Mountain bike patrols part of revamped policing effort By Stephen Montemayor
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fter getting reports of occasional fights near an East Lawrence park, two veteran police officers scanned the area one recent afternoon. Standard stuff, save for the machines they rode. Jeff Holtzman, a 16-year law enforcement veteran in his fourth year with the Lawrence Police Department, and Dan Ashley, who just passed his 10-year mark with the LPD, patrolled the area on TREK police mountain bikes as part of a revitalized bike patrol unit.
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As sun spilled over TREK mountain bikes the park, between the designed exclusively East Lawrence Recfor police patrol from Calls bicycle officers reation Center and a Lawrence’s Sunflower responded to from June public housing comOutdoor & Bike Shop, 26 through the first of plex in the 1600 block bringing the departOctober. of Haskell, the officers ment’s total to eight chatted with a group of children play- bikes. Later, four Lawrence police ing a quick game of catch nearby. officers certified through an inter“It makes you more approachable,� national mountain bike association Ashley later said. “You’re more in- instructed 12 officers in specialized tune with what’s going on because riding tactics and techniques, nameyou’re not enclosed in a car.� ly navigating difficult areas such as This year, the department’s bike hills and stairs. patrol unit is experiencing a reviBegun in the mid 1990s, the detalization, both in the equipment partment’s bike patrol deployed used and areas patrolled. In May, Please see BICYCLE, page 5A the department bought four 2013
An infestation of zebra mussels, an invasive species of mollusk known to clog water intake pipes and outboard motors, has been confirmed in Clinton Lake, officials said Tuesday. An adult population of zebra mussels was discovered last week during a routine fish sampling, and a subsequent survey indicated the population was widespread. “These latest discoveries show how important it is for the public to be aware File Photo of the dangers of aquatic nuisance SHARP AND INVASIVE, species and to zebra mussels have take precautions now spread to to prevent their 22 Kansas lakes. spread,� said Jessica Howell, the Aquatic Nuisance Species coordinator for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. Twenty-two lakes in Kansas have zebra mussels. Other reservoirs in northeast Kansas with infestations are Milford, Perry, John Redmond and Melvern. Please see ZEBRA, page 5A
Valor Awards honor first responders “
By Sara Shepherd
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When Lawrence police Officer Sutagee Anglin found himself among first responders to a quickly escalating house fire, he didn’t stop to think, “Wait — I’m not a firefighter.� “You go back there and hear someone screaming and saying there’s someone else inside, it’s a reaction,� he said. “You just do it.� Anglin, Officer Robert Egidy and Sgt. Ted Bordman entered the burning home and rescued an unconscious man who had been overcome by smoke.
The recipients believe they were only doing their job, but that’s a trait of all good public servants.�
— Michael Kirkpatrick, retired FBI agent The men were three of nearly 40 first responders honored Tuesday during the third Valor Public Safety Awards luncheon, organized by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Leadership Lawrence program. Anglin, Egidy and Bordman received the Silver Valor Award for their actions on Dec. 12, 2012.
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When Anglin arrived at the scene, a bystander yelled that there was someone trapped inside, possibly at the back of the house, he said. Looking through a dog door, Anglin saw the man, collapsed on a landing in the back staircase. Afraid kicking in the door would push the victim farther down the stairs, Anglin broke the glass in hopes of leaning in and pulling the Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo man through. With smoke billow- LAWRENCE POLICE OFFICER SUTAGEE ANGLIN, left, and ing out the door, he said he realSergeant Ted Bordman laugh as Addalyne Egidy, 7, covers ized Egidy and Bordman had made their way through the house from her face when she and her mother, Erin Egidy, and brother Aiden, 3, were introduced while receiving a Silver Valor Please see VALOR, page 5A Award on behalf of their father, Officer Robert Egidy.
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At their meeting today, Douglas County commissioners will consider a moratorium on certain agricultural permits, sparked by a controversy over a pumpkin patch. Page 6A
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