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“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” creator Kevin Eastman will be visiting the Lawrence Public Library and Boom Comics Saturday.
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‘Ninja Turtles’ creator to visit Lawrence Saturday By Joanna Hlavacek lll
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hen Kevin Eastman and his friend Peter Laird selfpublished their first issue of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” in 1984, they didn’t expect to sell “a single copy” of the admittedly silly comic. More than 30 years — and an ever-expanding empire of films, television, video games and toys — later, Eastman’s still going strong.
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When the Turtles were done, we did it out of passion, out of love, out of our dream to do comic books, but we never thought that would be the one thing that would still be around 32 years later.”
— Kevin Eastman, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” creator
At 10 a.m. Saturday, the veteran writer and illustrator will present a free, kids-only workshop at the Lawrence Public Library, where he’ll share tips on creating comic book characters. Later, he’ll stop by Lawrence’s Boom Comics
for a memorabilia signing event at 2:30 p.m. Tickets for the Boom Comics event cost $30, and can be purchased in person at 2429 Iowa St. or by calling the store at 856-2709. > TURTLES, 5A
Under HERE plan, KU events could take over lot By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde
The plan meant to resolve the HERE apartment complex’s parking shortage includes a parking lot that will have to be vacated by HERE tenants on certain game days and other events at the University of Kansas. Developers with the HERE project are pursuing a plan with the KU Endowment Association to build a 68-space surface parking lot at the corner of Mississippi Street
Tenants would have to move cars for home games, 3 other happenings and Fambrough Drive. HERE would then lease the lot from KU Endowment, which would have exclusive rights to it approximately 10 days per year. Those days would include home football games as well as three additional events designated by KU, according to a lease agreement. City planners anticipate that aspect of the agreement
will be a discussion point as the plan moves forward. “You do what you need to when a major event happens at the stadium, but I do think it’s going to be a discussion topic as it proceeds through the Planning Commission and the City Commission — the idea that there will be 10 times a year when the tenants won’t be able to use the space,” said
Scott McCullough, the city’s director of planning and development services. The HERE project is located near Memorial Stadium at 11th and Mississippi streets. Originally, the development was to have a robotic valet parking garage that would have had the capacity for the entire complex. Then, earlier this year, the company responsible for producing that robotic system went bankrupt. The lease with KU Endowment
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After city razes DIY park, skaters seek new location By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com
A strip of woods along the river in East Lawrence may seem an unlikely destination for skateboarders, but until recently it was the site of a doit-yourself skate park that saw regular visitors. Though now only a concrete slab remains, a group of skaters hopes to bring ramps and rails back to the neighborhood. The DIY Riverside Skate Park was recently
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It was awesome because we skateboarders had a chance to basically have a meeting of our minds and create these obstacles on our own.”
THE DIY RIVERSIDE SKATE PARK IS PICTURED before its demolition. All that remains of the park now is a concrete slab.
— JP Redmon, Lawrence Skaters Association member
dismantled by the city for lacking a permit and being in a federally designated
Court considers Kansas’ citizenship proof rule Denver (ap) — A federal appeals court will decide whether Kansas has the right to ask people who register to vote when they get their driver’s licenses for proof that they’re citizens, a decision which could affect whether thousands have their ballots counted in November’s election. Three judges from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case Tuesday from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and the American Civil Liberties Union but didn’t indicate how soon they could rule. Kansas wants the court to overturn a ruling by a federal judge in May that temporarily blocked the state from disenfranchising people who registered at motor vehicle offices It’s an but didn’t proabsurd vide documents such as birth cer- result. tificates or naturalization papers. Why would That was about Congress 18,000 people at want us to the time. If the (hold voters order is allowed to stand, the state to a higher says up to an es- standard timated 50,000 because people who haven’t proven they didn’t they’re citizens register could have their at a motor votes counted in vehicle the fall. Since 1993, office)?” states have had — Secretary of State to allow people Kris Kobach to register to vote when they apply for or renew their driver’s licenses. The so-called motor-voter law says that people can only be asked for “minimal information” when registering to vote, allowing them to simply affirm they are citizens. The ACLU claims the law intended to increase registration doesn’t allow states to ask applicants for extra documents. It also says that motor vehicle clerks don’t tell people renewing existing licenses that they need to provide the documents, leaving them
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