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Historic basketball rules could be housed in an addition to Allen Fieldhouse By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com
Kansas Athletics Inc. is working with an architectural firm on a concept to house James Naismith’s original rules of basketball, said David Booth, the Kansas University alumnus who purchased the rules at an
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Fieldhouse near the existing Booth Family Hall of Athletics. Jim Marchiony, a Kansas Athletics spokesman, said on Friday that a committee continued to work on the best way to display the rules. He didn’t offer a timeline for completion or other details
auction intending for them to be displayed at KU. “I talked to them this week. They’re working on it,” Booth said. “I think it’s largely their call. I don’t try to get too involved with it.” Booth said the future home of the rules could take the form of an addition to Allen
about the process. Booth said keeping costs as low as possible was a factor in the considerations. He said that although he has his own opinions on what ought to be done, he was sure that Kansas Athletics would come up with a good way to display the rules
for the public at a reasonable cost. “I look forward to having something built, and having people see them anytime they want,” Booth said. — Higher education reporter Andy Hyland can be reached at 832-6388. Follow him at Twitter.com/LJW_KU.
Brownback willing to consider SRS options
Young violinists fill park with music
By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
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TOP: Five-year-old June Baggett plays through a solo performance of “Lightly Row” on Friday in South Park. Students ages 3-18 who practice with Lawrence violin teacher Julie Holmberg performed before friends, family and fellow violinists during the Talent Education Studio’s annual summer concert. LEFT: Mikhaila Brown, 12, Olathe, keeps her eyes on Holmberg as the students perform together. RIGHT: Holmberg checks the tuning on a violin for one of her students. Video at LJWorld.com.
TOPEKA — In the face of increasing opposition, Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday said he would be willing to consider options to his administration’s decision last week to close nine state welfare agency offices, including the one in Lawrence. Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services Secretary Robert Siedlecki Jr. announced last week that he intended to shut down the offices as a cost-cutting move. The Lawrence office, with 87 employees, was by far the largest one. Brownback has defended the move as necessary to comply with a budget he signed into law that cut SRS by $42 million, including $1 million in administrative expenses. He has said SRS clients — lowincome families, people with dis- Brownback abilities and children — could travel for assistance to nearby cities, such as Topeka, Overland Park and Ottawa. Opponents of the closure say that isn’t reasonable. But when asked Friday if the closure decisions could be appealed, he said, “We'll work with the SRS office and Secretary Siedlecki on that. But if people are willing to come up with alternate options so that we can save money that we need to save that was put forward in the budget and set by the Legislature, I'm sure willing to look at options Please see SRS, page 2A
Gov. appoints 3 to Board of Regents, City leaders taking heat from expects to see higher ed improvements public for proposed tax raises
By Scott Rothschild
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TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday made three appointments to the Kansas Board of Regents and said he wants to see improvements in the higher education system. “I think in the United States, if you’re going to walk out on the field, you better aspire to be the top at it, or it’s questionable whether you ought to walk out on that field,” Brownback said. He said that means higher education institutions in Kansas will need to jettison programs that aren’t attracting students so that the schools can concentrate their resources in priority areas.
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“We’ve got to make the best use of resources,” Brownback said, adding that he knows schools are continually analyzing programs. In his first appointments to the regents, Brownback picked Fred Logan Jr., an attorney from Leawood and former Kansas Republican Party chairman;
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By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
Yes, the email system for Lawrence city commissioners is working these days. City commissioners said Friday afternoon that they’ve gotten “lots” of negative feedback from city residents about a proposed 2012 city budget that would include a 2.8 mill property tax hike, the largest to come out of City Hall in more than a decade. “We’re going to have to decide what we have the stomach for here,” Mayor Aron Cromwell said at Friday’s budget study session. City Manager David Corliss’ recommended budget — released last week
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Robba Addison Moran, who has worked as a law associate and is the wife of U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan.; and Wilk Kenny Wilk, a former highranking House member from Lansing who was chairman of Brownback’s transition team. Brownback said his choices for the board are among the most important he will make because the regents will play a key role in helping improve the
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— calls for an increase of 2.8 mills in the property tax levy. The increases would maintain all existing city positions and services, plus fund: ● An $18 million Cromwell expansion of the Lawrence P ublic Library, previously approved by voters. ● $535,000 for wage and compensation increases for city employees. The details of any increases haven’t been determined yet because the city is still in negotiations with police and fire Please see BUDGET, page 2A
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