Lawrence Journal-World 12-07-13

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City to seek 4-year gun law release

By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

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COLOR STUDIO, 2330 YALE ROAD, will host a Cut-A-thon Monday to raise money for a wig fund to help cancer patients. The studio’s stylists, from left, are Emily Hoehn, Michaela Smith, Erin Banman, Penny Strasser-Tuckel, owner LaVonna McAlister and Amy Han.

SHEAR GENEROSITY Stylists’ services benefit fund for cancer patients

By Nadia Imafidon

You feel self-conscious. You don’t want to draw a lot of attention to you when you have to go through Stylists at Lawrence’s Color that. It’s something else you don’t get to feel good Studio may very well spend about.” their weekend sharpening nimafidon@ljworld.com

their scissors. On Monday the salon is having a Cut-A-Thon — a full day devoted to $25 haircuts to raise money for wigs for cancer patients losing their hair. And even after the CutA-Thon is over, the salon staff said it would offer free hair services to women going through chemotherapy, regardless of their financial situation, in partnership with

— Stylist Emily Hoehn, on how hair loss can affect a cancer patient’s morale

the national nonprofit group Friends Are By Your Side. Four stylists and two assistants will cut hair on Monday, each stylist taking four-hour shifts. As of now, all of the appointment slots have been filled, but if all goes well the

salon will do this once or twice a year. All proceeds are going toward the wig fund, according to salon owner and master designer LaVonna McAlister. The effort is one of several in town available to help

women facing chemo-related hair loss. McAlister was introduced to Friends Are By Your Side at a conference where celebrity hair stylist Martino Cartier spoke about providing a wig to an 11-year-old girl battling cancer. Four weeks following the conference, McAlister met a Lawrence woman going through aggressive radiation treatment to fight brain cancer. She wasn’t going to lose all of her hair, but did have spots of raw scalp.

Lawrence city commissioners are set to take a simple vote Tuesday to keep concealed-carry permit holders from taking their weapons into city buildings for the next four years. But after that, a vote to keep permit holders from taking their guns into City Hall, recreation centers and other such buildings stands to get more complicated. “I think our strategy is going to have to be Schumm to work to change the administration of the state of Kansas,” City Commissioner Bob Schumm said. “Hopefully, we can change the Legislature and then change the legislation.” The 2013 Kansas Legislature passed a law that allows concealed-carry permit holders to take their weapons into most public buildings, unless the buildings are equipped with devices such as metal detectors and security guards.

Please see STYLISTS, page 2A

Please see GUNS, page 2A

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

‘Innovative district’ waivers Have a shovel? Lend a hand raising educational concerns By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Eight Kansas school districts have filed applications under a new state law to exempt themselves from many regulations governing K-12 education, and some of those are raising concerns within education circles. But superintendents of those districts say the waivers would allow them to address unique issues in their communities and better prepare students for college or the workforce. The waivers are being made available under a new state law, the Coalition of Innovative Districts Act, which was passed by the 2013 Legislature on a largely party-line vote and signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback. It allows

Kansas Education Commissioner Diane DeBacker noted that under the new law, the Department of Education has no say in deciding whether to grant the waivers. The first two waivers will be decided by Gov. Brownback and the chairs of the House and Senate education committees. Later applications will be reviewed by a coalition board made up of the districts that have already received waivers. up to 29 districts, or 10 percent of the state’s 286 school districts, to be exempt from most laws and regulations if they submit a plan showing how that flexibility will help student achievement. The eight school districts that submitted applications before the Dec. 1 deadline include: Santa

— Chad Lawhorn

Please see DISTRICTS, page 2A

INSIDE

Mostly cloudy Business Classified Comics Deaths

High: 18

Fe Trail in Osage County; Hugoton in southwest Kansas; Seaman in Shawnee County; McPherson in central Kansas; Concordia in north-central Kansas; Blue Valley in Johnson County; Sterling in southcentral Kansas; and Kansas City, Kan.

There’s still time to help seniors with their winter snow shoveling. Lawrence officials say they’re having trouble attracting volunteers for a program that pairs able-bodied snow shovelers with senior citizens who need help. Eighty-seven seniors asked for help through the Safe Winter Walkways Program, but only 26 people volunteered to shovel their sidewalks. Some volunteers agreed to shovel for more than one household, so the city is able to provide help to 35 of the 87 people who requested assistance. Technically, the deadline to sign up has passed. But if you’re starting to feel guilty, you may be able to call Douglas County Senior Services, a partner in the project, to inquire about volunteering. Douglas County Senior Services can be reached at 842-0543.

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Speaking out A Lawrence legislator, an area farmer and a religious leader speak out against legislation that the group says denies climate change. Page 3A

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