Lawrence Journal-World 07-01-2016

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1942-2016 Page 1B Debate looms on development near SLT Also: Schumm seeks to reverse L A W E N Town C E Talk S denial of downtown condoRproject

Concealed carry for public ournal orld workers KU: Rape lawsuit should be dismissed begins

urely it has to be one of the nicer tractor paths in all of Douglas County. If you haven’t used the new Bob Billings Parkway and South Lawrence Trafficway interchange in west Lawrence, give it a try sometime. Be sure to go on the west side of the trafficway. You’ll find a brand new city-style street — I’m talking two, wide paved lanes, plus room for bike lanes, plus

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sidewalks on both sides of the street — that stretches a half mile west of the trafficway. Currently, corn fields and pastures line it. Soon enough, the stretch of road will be the subject of about a $200 million debate. As we have reported, plans

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have been filed at City Hall that would add about 2,000 new apartments and about 600 new single-family homes on about 160 acres of property southwest of the new interchange.

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University says parents of alleged victim lack standing

“The Kansas Constitution requires a plaintiff to have sustained an injury as Kansas University is Protection Act to an un- motion to dismiss the case daughter said she was of a current student, thePress a result of actionable conAssociated pushing for dismissal conventional subject: cam- of James and Amanda raped on campus by a KU couple are not consumers duct by the defendant, and of a lawsuit that applies pus rape. Tackett v. KU, saying that football player — are nei- and have no standing to sue— State and municipal emWichita Please 2A the Kansas Consumer KU on Friday filed a since the Tacketts — whose ther students nor parents under the law. ployees in Kansas willsee beLAWSUIT, able topage conceal and carry weapons on the job starting today. The measure is one of many newly passed laws that take effect July 1, The Wichita Eagle reports. Other measures reduce the amount of the time someone can receive welfare benefits and a ban on people under 18 using tanning beds. Nick Krug/JournalUnder the concealed weapon law, World Photo public employees won’t need gun safety EIGHT-MONTHtraining to carry on the job. Supporters OLD AVERY say the law will allow public employees, DEBACKER such as city code inspectors, to protect CONCENTRATES themselves on the job. Opponents say it as she works violates the personal property rights of to pull a book homeowners and presents safety from the shelf By Peter Hancock orderrisks. public while perusing Twitter: @LJWpqhancock schools to Please see CARRY, page 2A the selection at shut down. the Friends of Topeka But there Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo — As Kansans the Lawrence wait to learn whether is another A BICYCLIST CRUISES DOWN VERMONT STREET ON THURSDAY. The nonprofit Sustainability Action Network plans to ask the Gov. Lawrence Public Library Sam Brownback will option at City Commission Book Salefor improvements to bicycle infrastructure, including $1 million in funding and the creation of a new “bicycle call a special session, and LEGISLATURE the court’s engineering division with her manager” job. whether the Legislature disposal, grandmother will respond to a Supreme one specifically menMarcia Brewer Court order to fix the tioned in the opinion and and mother school funding system be- one that some lawmakers Gina DeBacker fore July 1, most discussion are also worrying about. on Friday at has centered on the possithe Lawrence Please see SCHOOLS, page 2A bility that the court could Public Library. The sale By Rochelle Valverde from By continues Nikki Wentling Twitter: @RochelleVerde When you’re talking about a 20-pound wheeled vehicle on the 10 a.m to 6 Twitter: @nikkiwentling p.m. today and street, mixing with a 4,000-pound motored vehicle traveling 35 The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence noon to 4past p.m. few years, Lawrence mph, there’s a lot of complexity to it.” or the has been awarded a $225,000 grant to Sunday.Sustainability Acnonprofit expand academic support for students tion Network has asked the city at three of its elementary school sites. — Michael Almon, of nonprofit Sustainability Action Network to devote more attention to bicycle The grant aims to improve academic infrastructure. performance in core subjects, specifiIn 2013, the group talked to the City cally reading and math, by providing Commission about a string of bicycle students with academic support outside The group echoed the same mesthe National Association of City Transplans Lawrence had created since of school. The grant will go toward the sage the following year and in 2015. portation Officials; uniform design and 1976, saying they were the product of club’s programs at Hillcrest, Kennedy On Tuesday, one of the group’s maintenance of bicycle infrastructure; Lawrence Police Sgt. Myrone Grady dances with Kansas “wishful thinking” without any clear and Woodlawn elementary schools, leaders, Michael Almon, will again go and a new city position of “bicycle University’s Big Jay and Baby Jay in this screenshot from funding plan. At that meeting, SAN and can be renewed for more than before the City Commission to ask engineering division manager.” a video released the department part of the asked for a clear plan and for person- for the same things: adherence to the $1by million over theFriday next as five years. Running Man Challenge. Please see BIKE, page 8A nel and funding to put it into place. urban bikeway design guide created by By Sara Shepherd

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Boys & Girls Group to ask city for bike improvements Club receives Requests include $1M in infrastructure funds, hiring engineer $225K grant “

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Investigation into ex-mayor ongoing

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surfaced that the Twitter: @karensdillon former mayor had failed to pay about Federal investigations $50,000 in payroll into alleged wrongdoing taxes while he was at a Lawrence food pan- in charge of the try where ex-Mayor Jere- nonprofit pantry my Farmer was executive Just Food. Farmer NAVAJO DANCER DENNIS ROGERS, of Topeka, director are continuing, resigned from Just Farmer a hoop Thursday in front of anperforms attorney for dance the panFood on Aug. 10, the U.S. Bank building at the intersection of try’s board of directors 2015, and days later also Ninth and Massachusetts streets as part of as the the city’s said this week. resigned city’s Brown Bag Concert Series. It has been almost a mayor. Richard Gwin/Journal-World year since the news first The foodPhotos bank’s board By Karen Dillon

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take awhile.” Will Katz, the new board president of Just Food, said the board would still seek restitution but was waiting for other investigations to play out. “It is a complex process, and we have to wait for other factors,” Katz said. “I can assure you Please see FARMER, page 2A

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later alleged that Farmer had overpaid himself by more than $52,000 over a two-year period and had deceived the board on a number of financial matters. On Thursday, Dan Watkins, the board’s attorney, said investigations by federal agencies including the IRS “can

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awrence Police Sgt. Myrone Grady can cut a rug. The police department released a video Friday morning of Grady, and others, dancing, rolling in a DeLorean and laughing a bit at themselves. Most importantly, however, the department threw down the gauntlet for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Topeka Police Department with the Running Man Challenge. Please see POLICE, page 4A

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