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National changes could trickle down to Douglas residents’ pocketbooks By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

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RICHARD FRASER, 82, once rode his horse Sky King through the original Johnny’s Tavern.

‘Slick’ with a horse, in barn or bar By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com

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ocal lore has it that a fellow known as Slick once rode a horse right up to the bar inside the original Johnny’s Tavern. Of the 60-year-old watering hole’s many (often somewhat foggy) legends, this one is true. Laying claim to the shenanigan is Richard “Slick� Fraser, now 82 and still living in North Lawrence. “And,� Fraser adds with a laugh, “that wasn’t the only bar I rode through.�

It’s been seven years or so since Sky King — the sorrel quarter horse who visited Johnny’s — had to be put down, after spending the last of his 30 years retired on an Oskaloosa farm. Fraser hasn’t been on a horse in probably 10 years, since he got rid of them and moved to his house on Pleasant Street, where his fancy tooled-leather Billy Cook roping saddle now resides on a stand next to his TV set. These days, Fraser’s horses live only in his photo albums, and his stories. And there are a lot of both. Nary a place in Lawrence or the surrounding area hasn’t seen “Slick� on a

horse or driving a team of them. “I have been around a little bit,� he said. “I’ve had a lot of fun.�

Horse-sense memories Fraser’s picture books overflow with black-and-white and fadedcolor snapshots. His horses. Friends’ horses. His kids on horses. And of course, him on horses. There’s Fraser atop a raring saddlebred named Redwing. He taught that horse to do a trick on command, Ă la “Hi-yo, Silver, away!â€?

Changes taking effect next year in the National Flood Insurance Program could affect the premiums that some Douglas County property owners pay. Douglas County commissioners will hear a presentation Wednesday about the impact of those changes, which are the result of a new federal law known as the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. Traditional property insurance policies provide coverage for a variety of natural disasters, but they do not cover damage caused by floods. The flood insurance program, established in 1968, offers flood insurance in communities that participate in the program and agree to adopt and enforce certain flood plain management policies. The policies are offered through private insurance companies. The program is administered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which establishes premiums based on where the property is located and its relative risk of being flooded. The reform act of 2012 called on FEMA to make a number of changes aimed at making the program more financially stable, including raising

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High schoolers hit debate tournaments, but not without costs By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Debate teams at Lawrence and Free State high schools are gearing up for one of the most important tournaments of the year Dec. 13-14, when they will compete for slots in the national tournament and a chance to bring home a national title.

But qualifying for the national tournament can be an expensive proposition, as Lawrence High School coach Jeff Plinsky found last summer, when he drove four students in a van to the national tournament in Birmingham, Ala. And it might not have been possible without help from grants to each forensics squad from the

Lawrence Schools Foundation. Last year, the foundation awarded each school $3,000. “Without these grants, instead of spending the month of May practicing, we’d be spending it fundraising,� Plinsky said. “But because we have had this support, we’ve been able to work towards getting

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