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Easy-to-remember anniversary Lawrence pair get hitched on 11/11/11 By Karrey Britt kbritt@ljworld.com
There’s no doubt that one Lawrence couple is lucky in love. Felicia Hernandez and Joel Carbaugh were officially married and sealed it with a passionate kiss at 11:10 a.m. on 11/11/11. They walked out of the courtroom at 11:11 on the dot. “Just like I planned it,” the bride said jokingly with a big smile. She showed up just in the nick of time at 11 a.m., as the groom nervously paced back and forth. They tied the knot in the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center at 111 E. 11th St. and the Honorable Judge Sally Pokorny officiated the ceremony. She just happens to be the judge in Division 2 — or II. Even though the court system was closed because of Veterans Day, Pokorny came in just to officiate for the couple’s big day. “Getting married is important, and as a judge there aren’t a lot of fun things that we do and this is a fun thing to be able to do,” she said, just before the ceremony. She thought 11/11/11 was a “great idea.” Oh, but the lucky 11s don’t stop there. There were 11 people in attendance if you count the judge, and the groom’s sister Chasity Princivalli just happens to be ... 11. She turns 12 on Wednesday. “It’s been fun,” she said of the special occasion. Joel and Felicia said they’ve been friends for a couple of years, but began dating in March. When Felicia learned that Joel was going to pop the question a couple of weeks ago, she asked, “Why wait?” He planned to ask the big question on her birthday, which was Friday, but they got married then instead. “If I forget her birthday and our anniversary, I’m in double trouble,” he said laughing. The couple also incorporated Veterans Day and the groom’s love for all things KU into the wedding. The colors red, white and blue were present throughout the ceremony. Felicia said it was a nice way to pay tribute to her father, the late Jose-Maria Hernandez, who was a veteran. The wedding went without a hitch, and the couple said they don’t really need luck. “We know that we love each other and that’s all that really matters,” Joel said. And Felicia added, “We make our own luck.”
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A new report has found that there’s a real disconnect between patients and doctors that’s resulting in poor health. Health care providers say that 95 percent of patients fail to follow treatment plans exactly as prescribed. In fact, they give only one in 20 patients an “A” grade for following treatment plans. Meanwhile, patients feel that their physician support stops when the treatment begins. Forty-two percent of
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FELICIA HERNANDEZ AND JOEL CARBAUGH go on their merry way Friday after their 11/11/11 wedding at the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center at 111 E. 11th St. Before leaving, they posed for family snapshots, below.
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City to spray brine to keep major streets clear this winter By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
tors’ orders and how technology might play a role in better outcomes. “We found out that most Americans aren’t doing a great job of taking care of themselves, which is no surprise to many of us. We lead very busy lives and health can very easily get squeezed out when we think about common things like exercise and diet,” he said. “But we also found out that patients are not getting the support
they need from health care professionals.” Among the findings:
50 — percent of healthcare professionals believe their job begins and ends during regular office visits.
25 — percent believe it’s their job to keep patients on track between office visits.
55 — percent say they don’t communicate with patients between visits.
38 — percent would like to begin providing care between visits. The report looked at a variety of demographics, inPlease see REPORT, page 2A
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Now arriving at the station: A new plan for the city to take ownership of the Santa Fe Depot in east Lawrence. Mayor Aron Cromwell hopes to get feedback from fellow commissioners at their Tuesday evening meeting about using the depot at Seventh and New Jersey streets as a transfer station for the city’s transit system. The building already is used as a depot for the two Amtrak trains that run through the city daily. “This is a building whose primary function is waiting,” Cromwell said. “This would allow us to use it that way at least twice.” The city has been seeking a location for a transit hub for several years. Currently the main transfer point in the city is near Ninth and New Hampshire. The city provides small glass booths that allow people to avoid some of the weather. “We definitely need something more than what we have right now,” said Bob Nugent, the city’s public transit administrator. “It would be nice to have some more amenities.” But whether the 1950s-era Santa Fe Depot building will be the right solution will
take more study — and discussion — Cromwell said. “We’re going to want to hear what the neighborCromwell hood will say about this,” Cromwell said. “There will be an impact there. Some of it may be positive. Some of it may be negative.” Nugent said his office has done a cursory review of the location, and he said he hasn’t found any glaring reasons why the location won’t work. But he said a moredetailed space analysis will need to be done, especially concerning how the site could accommodate up to seven buses at once. He said there are several times each day that the downtown transfer point must accommodate that many buses. Nugent said it seems unlikely that the depot parking lot could handle all the buses at once, meaning an on-street solution might have to be explored. “Those are the type of issues that we’ll have to examine,” Nugent said. There also would be some rerouting of buses required,
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patients feel they could better follow their prescribed plans if they received encouragement between visits. The 47-page report “A Fragile Nation in Poor Health” was released this month by TeleVox, which provides communication services for those in the health care industry. It surveyed 1,015 Americans, ages 18 and older, and about 2,200 health care providers. Scott Zimmerman, TeleVox president, said the company did the report to learn more about why patients aren’t following doc-
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City officials are hoping that a little salt water will help with snow and ice this winter — and no, they’re not talking about a trip to a warm seaside beach. A select group of major city streets will get sprayed by city crews with a saltwater solution prior to each forecasted winter storm. The brine is designed to make it more difficult for snow and ice to accumulate on the roads. “The other places that use it say it has a huge impact on keeping the streets clear,” said Mark Thiel, the city’s assistant director of public works. “They say it has a pretty immediate impact.” The brine won’t be spread on residential streets, but it will be used on most every major arterial in the city — including Iowa, Wakarusa, Kasold, Massachusetts, North Second, Sixth, 23rd and 31st streets. As the city
The new program is expected to be a more effective way of pretreating streets compared with spreading dry salt and sand on the road. gets more comfortable with the program, plans call for it to be expanded citywide in future years. Thiel said the new program is expected to be a more effective way of pretreating streets compared with spreading dry salt and sand on the road. He said about 40 percent of the dry material gets blown away or pushed to the side of the roads by traffic. City crews will continue to spread traditional salt and sand on the roads during storms. But even that practice will have a new twist to it. About 25 percent of the city’s Please see BRINE, page 2A
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