Lawrence Journal-World 09-08-2016

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KU Hospital expands westward with Hays partnership By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Kansas City, Kan. — Officials at the University of Kansas Hospital and Hays Medical Center announced plans Wednesday to form a partnership that will extend KU’s reach into western Kansas and

The beauty of this is, nothing is requiring us to do this. We’re both very strong organizations and we have great track records.”

point out that the partnership is not a merger or acquisition but a combination of resources through a different kind of business model aimed at im— Bob Page, president and CEO of KU Hospital proving the quality of health care for western Kansas. “The beauty of this is, nothgive patients there greater acKU Hospital president and ing is requiring us to do this. cess to advanced health care. CEO Bob Page was careful to We’re both very strong orga-

nizations and we have great track records,” Page said. “I think as you look forward in the health care world and you see what’s coming our way, two strong organizations had the vision to say we have an opportunity to come together.

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Library to contact ISS, chat with astronaut By Joanna Hlavacek

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f you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to eat and/or use the restroom in zero gravity, you likely won’t find out Friday, when the Lawrence Public Library is scheduled to make contact via ham radio with the International Space Station.

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The library will contact astronaut Takuya Onishi on the International Space Station on Friday.

In this Feb. 21, 2015, file image, the International Space Station is prepared for the arrival of a new docking port. The Lawrence Public Library will make contact with the station Friday via ham radio. AP File Photo

After protest at meeting, commissioners sign letters of solidarity By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

After a group of about 20 people took over a Lawrence City Commission meeting and staged a sit-in Tuesday that delayed the commission’s regular agenda by about 45 minutes, commissioners at a specially called meeting on Wednesday acceded to the group’s demand and issued letters of solidarity with Black Lives Matter and with American Indians protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. The group demanded the letters of solidarity Tuesday evening, with some members of the group saying that delaying action was “white su-

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premacy.” Trintiy Carpenter, an organizer with the Lawrence chapter of Black Lives Matter, told commissioners that issues affecting people of color need more attention. “You’re apathetic as hell, so I’m going to need you to do better,” Carpenter said Tuesday of Lawrence, accusing city commissioners of racism and not checking their “white privilege,” repeatedly

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referring to them incorrectly as county commissioners. “I’m going to need you to do better. I have identified good folks in this community by doing this work, but it’s not enough. It is not enough — not to be considered the liberal epicenter of Kansas. I need more and I need more quickly.”

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CALEB STEPHENS ADDRESSES MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION about the issue of inclusion of disenfranchised groups in the public discourse on Wednesday at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.

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