Lawrence Journal-World 05-16-11

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Warmer

High: 65

Low: 40

Today’s forecast, page 10A

INSIDE Teens’ work on play provides wake-up call About 30 high school and junior high students are in the Wake Up Coalition, working to address the issues of teen suicide, teen pregnancy and sex education. They will present the play “Spring Awakening” this weekend at the Lawrence Arts Center. Page 3A

HOW TO HELP

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DOUG NICKEL, A COORDINATOR of multimedia advertising at Kansas University, cruises down Jayhawk Boulevard on his way home from work on Tuesday. Nickel has been biking to work since 1996, and to KU since 2008 when he began his job there. His commute takes him up and down the steep east side of Mount Oread. This week is Bike to Work Week.

As the school year nears an end and summer activities to keep children occupied are rolled out, several agencies are recruiting volunteers to serve those interests. Page 2A

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This was a surprise for everyone. I have been here my whole life and never saw anything like this.” — Khatib Ibrahim, a 51-year-old resident of Israel. Thousands of Arab protesters marched on Israel’s borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday in an unprecedented wave of demonstrations, sparking clashes that left at least 15 people dead in an annual Palestinian mourning ritual marking the anniversary of Israel’s birth. Page 7A

COMING TUESDAY

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In Lawrence, the commute doesn’t get much tougher than pedaling up Mount Oread. But the steep hill hasn’t kept Doug Nickel from making the trip to work daily on his bike. “On the way to work, it (takes) about 10 minutes, and about four minutes of it is pretty serious bike riding up 14th or 17th streets,” Nickel said. “On the way home, it’s about five minutes. It can be very fast. There is sort of a line between adventurous and crazy. I just try to

BIKE TO WORK WEEK All week, be sure to check out SunflowerHorizons.com for tips on biking to work. And stop by Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop on your bicycle commute Friday morning. Sunflower Horizons and WellCommons will be hosting a Bike to Work Day breakfast from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Friday in front of the store. We’ll help fuel your commute with coffee, juice and a light breakfast. stay somewhat on the safe side.” Nickel is among the small percentage of Lawrence residents who commute on two wheels instead of four.

By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

May 16-20 is celebrated throughout the country as Bike to Work week. Cycling advocates say the habit is one that benefits all of us. “It is definitely good for the pocketbook, it’s good for the waistline, and it’s good for the environment and relieves congestion,” said Todd Girdler, the senior transportation planner for the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization. To encourage businesses to embrace employees who pedal their way to work, the city of Lawrence sent letters this year. Here are the reasons they gave for why employers should champion

Officials at Kansas University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences said they were happy to help 93-year-old Margaret Shirk earn a degree that she never applied for seven decades ago. Shirk walked down the hill and finished all her courses, she just never applied for her degree. Under the existing policy, she was able to use her requirements from the 1930s to obtain her degree in the 21st century. But a new policy would prevent her — and many others who leave school just a few hours shy of a degree — from earning that degree without fulfilling the current degree requirements. The new policy essentially places a 10-year time limit on using the requirements from the student’s date of admission, said Kim McNeley, assistant dean of CLAS, unless they stay continually enrolled in school. “Sometimes, folks think about a liberal arts and sciences degree and think it’s the same thing as it was 100 years ago,” McNeley

Please see BIKE, page 2A

Please see CLAS, page 2A

Bike to Work Week celebrates legion of two-wheeled warriors By Christine Metz

Van Go lines up summer JAMS session

Graduation conditions kicked up a degree College of Liberal Arts and Sciences updates course requirements

Williams bests Self in golf match Former KU coach Roy Williams, along with former Alvamar pro Randy Towner, defeated current coach Bill Self and PGA golfer Notah Begay 4-to-2, with three holes tied in the nine-hole competition, in Sunday’s Celebrity Skins Game at the Firekeeper Golf Course near Mayetta. Page 1B

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Journalist shares highlights of storied career Bob Woodward delivers 2011 Dole Lecture By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

We’ll cover the high school Pulitzer Prize-winning jourregional golf tournament from St. nalist Bob Woodward just couldAndrew’s Golf Course in Overland n’t help himself. He’s a reporter, Park and let you know how players and he asks questions. from Lawrence and Free State And after just a couple of minhigh schools fared. utes of being interviewed by moderator and Dole Institute of Politics Director Bill Lacy in front of a packed Dole Institute Sunday, Woodward was grilling Facebook.com/LJWorld the veteran political strategist. Twitter.com/LJWorld “I noticed how that got turned around pretty quickly,” Lacy said after being peppered with whys and whats by Woodward. Lacy helped get Woodward Classified 4B-8B back on track, and what followed Comics 9A was a political junkie’s dream. For more than an hour, WoodDeaths 2A Events listings 10A, 2B ward, now an associate editor for the Washington Post, enterHoroscope 9B tained the crowd, armed with 40 Movies 5A years worth of anecdotes from Opinion 8A Puzzles 9B Sports 1B-3B, 10B Television 5A, 2B, 9B Vol.153/No.136 36 pages

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WASHINGTON POST ASSOCIATE EDITOR BOB WOODWARD, right, delivered the 2011 Dole Lecture on Sunday at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. At left is Dole Center Director Bill Lacy. AT RIGHT, the main hall at the Dole Institute was packed with spectators who came to see Woodward. his front-row view of American politics. Woodward, of course, talked about his work with fellow Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein uncovering the

Watergate scandal that won the 1973 Pulitzer and was the basis for the movie “All The President’s Men.” But he also hit on Please see WOODWARD, page 2A

Historic fire truck won’t be put out By Brenna Hawley bhawley@ljworld.com

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THE FORMER FIRE STATION at 1839 Mass., now the Douglas County Fire Medical investigation center, is once again home to an American LaFrance pumper truck, right. The truck, No. 68, arrived in Lawrence 56 years ago today and was based at Station No. 2 when it was in service. It is now awaiting restoration.

Shiny and bright red, the state-of-the-art truck rolled out of a rail car into Lawrence. The $27,500 pumper truck came equipped with a 10cylinder engine, two batteries and a 500-gallon water tank, and would serve Lawrence t h ro u g h s o m e o f i t s m o s t tumultuous times until it was taken out of service years later.

But that year — 1955— it was brand new. Fifty-six years ago today, Lawrence purchased the American LaFrance pumper and branded as No. 68. The pumper was taken out of full service in 1968 and was used as a reserve truck until the 1980s, when a local firefighter bought it at auction. In 2009, he donated the truck back to the department. Now, the truck sits in the LawrenceDouglas County Fire Medical’s investigation center, 1839 Mass., awaiting restoration.

Bill Stark, administrative division chief, said the pumper was unloaded off the train near the waterworks on May 16, 1955. There, it underwent a four-hour test until the fire chief accepted it. “This would have been the state-of-the-art truck,” Stark said. For the first time in Lawrence, all four firefighters on a pumper could sit in the cab, although two were squished facing backward. Harold Mallonee, 69, was one Please see TRUCK, page 2A


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