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East Heights called back into service By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

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RONNIE COPP AND PATRICIA COPP, who’ve been married 34 years, share a hug before taking part in the Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen’s annual community Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at First Christian Church, 1000 Kentucky St. The couple attend the dinner every year, and this year Patricia Copp had something to be especially thankful for: beating cancer.

Community feasts on food, fellowship

Lawrence school district officials are getting ready to put the former East Heights School back into service next year, if only on a temporary basis. The school that was closed a decade ago will be used as the temporary school for students at Cordley School, which will have to be closed while it undergoes extensive remodeling and renovations. That move is stirring up fond memories among former East Heights teachers who are still in the district, including Sharon Daniels, who now teaches at Pinckney. “One thing I really liked was that all the Please see EAST, page 2A

By Giles Bruce gbruce@ljworld.com

James Gillard was homeless when he first started attending the Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen’s Thanksgiving dinner five

years ago. Even though he now has his own place, he still showed up at the First Christian Church basement Thursday, not only to reconnect with old friends but also to be living proof that things can get better.

ALEJANDRO LULE, owner of Circle S Tamales, serves up a tamale at a recent Saturday Farmers’ Market.

Black Thursday

Successful restaurant owner’s side business a labor of love By Stephen Montemayor smontemayor@ljworld.com

Alejandro Lule stood in the stinging cold on the morning of this year’s final Saturday Farmers’ Market downtown. Beside him were large metal pots filled with tamales, each enveloping steaming chicken,

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pork or green chiles and cheeses. Lule, who has co-owned three downtown restaurants with Subarna Bhattachan since the late 1990s, has been doing this for years. He wakes at 3 a.m. to prepare tamales for the market, usually after tend-

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ASHLEY QUALLS, left, and Tamia Willhite walk through Kohl’s department store Thursday night in Lawrence with boxes of boots. They were among the first to enter the store as it opened Thanksgiving evening instead of on the usual Black Friday. For more on early holiday shopPlease see TAMALES, page 2A ping, see page 7A.

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A holiday shop for kids

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The Lawrence Youth Network is organizing the Children’s Holiday Shop to give kids the opportunity to surprise loved ones with gifts during the holiday season. Page 3A

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