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12:00 a.m.
The Arensberg’s Building, 825 Mass., is in the process of being remodeled into three condos on the top floor and retail space below. Orthodontist’s ‘labor of love’ refashions a city landmark
By Janet Reid
February 27, 2010 in print edition on 1B
It’s been a bakery, a Montgomery Ward and most recently a shoe store. Now a Lawrence resident has grand plans for the historic Arensberg’s building on Massachusetts Street.
6:00 a.m.
the Oklahoma State student section heckles Kansas guard Tyrel Reed after committing a foul during the second half, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater. Loss could help KU down line
By Tom Keegan
February 28, 2010 in print edition on 1C
It wouldn’t be accurate to say the nation’s No. 1-ranked college basketball team went through the motions Saturday in a first-half debacle in Gallagher-Iba Arena. More like it went through the slow-motions.
2:00 p.m.
Supt. Randy Weseman walks along a Centennial School hallway in this photo from March 2003 on a tour of the building. Under the facility master plan, Centennial would be closed and its students moved to another school. Because of Centennial's proximity to Lawrence High School, Weseman envisioned the elementary school being used for special LHS activities. Middle of the road: Lawrence elementary size neither biggest nor smallest
By George Diepenbrock
February 28, 2010 in print edition on 1A
Among 13 of the state’s larger school districts, Lawrence is seventh in the number of elementary students it has per school, according to enrollment numbers for this school year.
6:00 p.m.
Michael Morley and his Lawrence-based company SIPSmart Building Systems are teaming up with LawrenceÕs Tenants to Homeowners to build a new dome-home structure on the northwest corner of 13th and New Jersey streets. An illustration of the house is on a billboard at the lot in East Lawrence. East Lawrence awaits dome-home project
By Chad Lawhorn
February 28, 2010 in print edition on 1B
Michael Morley loves domes. No, not the kind that fair weather sports teams play games in. He loves the kind that you live in.

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KU women fall to 17th-ranked Baylor, 70-47
BU’s Brittney Griner posts 20 points, 10 blocks
J-W Staff Reports
06:01 p.m., February 28, 2010 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on B1
Baylor’s Brittney Griner pulled off a rare double-double with 20 points and 10 blocks, as the 17th-ranked Baylor women easily took down Kansas, 70-47, on Sunday in Waco, Texas.
Crosby’s goal gives Canada hockey gold
Associated Press
05:01 p.m., February 28, 2010 Updated 05:40 p.m. in print edition on B6
Sidney Crosby scored 7:40 into overtime and Canada beat the United States 3-2 on Sunday to earn its second men’s hockey gold medal in the last three Olympics.
Longtime collectors assemble fun habits
By Cathy Hamilton
February 28, 2010
Collectors and their coveted collectibles come in all shapes and sizes. But, as three local hunter/gatherers prove, they all share a common mantra: More is more…
Tsunami warning lifted; Waves reach Japan, Russia
By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press Writer
12:01 a.m., February 28, 2010 Updated 04:51 a.m. in print edition on A7
With a rapt world watching the drama unfold on live television, a tsunami raced across a quarter of the globe on Saturday and set off fears of a repeat of the carnage that caught the world off guard in Asia in 2004.
For teen mom, a lifetime of responsibility comes with new baby
Parenting brings a new perspective
By Christine Metz
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A1
With parenting comes a never ending list of questions. For 18-year-old Katie Schimmel, those questions are mostly answered with the cries, whimpers and grunts of her 2-month-old son Nicolas, leaving her to guess at what comes next. Most of the time she knows.
From teenager to mother
18 and pregnant, Katie Schimmel prepares to be parent
By Christine Metz
February 28, 2010
For four months, the Journal-World and 6News followed Katie as she prepared for and took on the responsibility of teenage motherhood. During that time, her life was roiling with change — from her on-again, off-again relationship with Mike to her health. She had five trips to the emergency room for false labor pains.
Poet lugging bomb to every reading on cross-country tour
By John Rogers - Associated Press Writer
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
Poetry readings have always been a blast for S.A. Griffin, but the tour that the venerable Los Angeles poet plans this spring may be his most explosive.
Troops clear last pockets of resistance in Afghan town
By Alfred de Montesquiou and Deb Riechmann - Associated Press Writers
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
Marines and Afghan troops cleared the last major pocket of resistance in the former Taliban-ruled town of Marjah on Saturday — part of an offensive that is the run-up to a larger showdown this year in the most strategic part of Afghanistan’s dangerous south.
Beasley fails to step up for Heat
Israel Gutierrez
February 28, 2010
Can it be considered an eye-opening experience if you realize you’ve actually already seen this picture time and time again?
LHS soph wins state wrestling title, hungers for more
By Dugan Arnett
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C1
Lawrence High sophomore Wright-Conklin put the finishing touches on a near-flawless season by defeating Wichita Heights junior Hunter Jameson, 7-1, in the finals of the 160-pound weight class to become the school’s first individual state wrestling champion since Nolan Kellerman won back-to-back crowns in 2005 and ’06.
Snowmageddon! Snowicane! Weather hype reigns in winter
Meteorologists’ terminology called irresponsible
By Genaro C. Armas - Associated Press Writer
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A9
The snowmenclature smackdown among meteorologists started with “snowmageddon” and “snowpocalypse.”
Supreme Court scrutinizes gun control
By Mark Sherman - Associated Press Writer
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A8
Gun control advocates are hoping they can win by losing when the Supreme Court rules on state and local regulation of firearms.
Emotional orca show marks 1st since trainer killed
By Brian Skiloff and Tamara Lush - Associated Press Writers
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A8
Employees wept and audience members grew silent Saturday at SeaWorld as the theme park’s popular killer whale show resumed with a photo montage memorial for a trainer who was killed by one of the orcas in front of horrified spectators three days ago.
Divide on health care reform still deep
By David Broder
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B7
Two hours before President Obama opened his health care summit, and two blocks away, a couple dozen reporters gathered at the invitation of The Christian Science Monitor for a breakfast at which the reform proposal’s doom was foreshadowed.
Boomer Girl Diary: Husband mysteriously begins channeling Mr. Blackwell
By Cathy Hamilton
February 28, 2010 in print edition on D1
“What’s up with that hairstyle?” “That color looks terrible on her!” “His suit’s OK, but too shiny, even for competition. And those pinstripes! They’re just wrong.”
Loss could help KU down line
By Tom Keegan
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C1
It wouldn’t be accurate to say the nation’s No. 1-ranked college basketball team went through the motions Saturday in a first-half debacle in Gallagher-Iba Arena. More like it went through the slow-motions.
Cowboys end Jayhawks’ run
By Gary Bedore
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C1
Nick Collison, who played on the only basketball team to go undefeated in Big 12 Conference history, sat with his wife, Robbie, behind Kansas University’s bench, hoping to see the 2009-10 Jayhawks continue storming toward that rare achievement Saturday afternoon in Gallagher-Iba Arena.
Older buildings put district in tough spot
By George Diepenbrock
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A6
At last week’s meeting, Lawrence school board president Scott Morgan put up a map of Lawrence with a 1.5-mile circle around Fraser Hall.
Veritas girls win consolation bracket
J-W Staff Reports
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C6
Kayli Farley scored 14 points — all in the first half, before she was forced to leave for good due to a leg injury — and Ellen Phillips added 11 as Veritas Christian’s girls basketball team beat Topeka Heritage, 40-32, to win the consolation bracket of the KCAA state tournament on Saturday.
FSHS, LHS bowlers qualify for state
J-W Staff Reports
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C6
The Free State and Lawrence High boys bowling teams placed 1-2 at their regional Saturday at Zuckey Bowl and qualified for the state meet.
Veritas boys take third place
J-W Staff Reports
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C6
Veritas Christian closed its boys basketball season Saturday with a victory in the third-place game of the KCAA state tournament.
Two freshmen on KU track and field team earn conference titles
J-W Staff Reports
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C3
Kansas University freshmen Mason Finley and Taylor Washington earned conference titles on Saturday at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Lied Recreation Center.
KU baseball wins two in Arizona
J-W Staff Reports
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C6
Sophomore catcher Chris Manship went 4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs, while Brian Heere and Jason Brunansky collected three hits apiece as the 25th-ranked Kansas University baseball team collected a season-high 18 hits in a 10-4 victory over Sacramento State Saturday at the Peoria Showdown.
Kansas softball splits
J-W Staff Reports
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C3
Despite coming out strong and scoring three runs in the first inning, the Kansas University softball team could not hold off Lipscomb as the Jayhawks were defeated, 7-3, to wrap up day two of the UTC Frost Classic.
KU women hoping for another upset of Baylor
J-W Staff Reports
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C3
No doubt it was the signature victory for Kansas University’s women’s basketball team last season.
Gary Bedore’s KU hoops notebook
By Gary Bedore
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C5
News, notes and numbers from KU’s 85-77 loss at Oklahoma State.
Anderson well enough: Cowboy standout lights up KU
By Jesse Newell
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C4
Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford said he didn’t sleep well Friday night. The reporters laughed, thinking he was joking.
Toyota’s president to visit China on Monday
Associated Press
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
Toyota President Akio Toyoda will speak in Beijing on Monday about the company’s recent quality woes, Toyota said today, in an effort to reassure consumers in a major growth market.
Obama signs 1-year extension of Patriot Act
Associated Press
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
President Barack Obama has signed a one-year extension of several provisions in the nation’s main counterterrorism law, the Patriot Act.
Obama on health care: ‘Let’s get this done’
Associated Press
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
President Barack Obama said Saturday he is ready to compromise with Republicans on health care if they are serious about it, but that an overhaul must go forward. “Let’s get this done,” he said.
As economy shrinks, market grows for secondhand stores
Salvation Army to open center on 23rd Street
By Chad Lawhorn
12:00 a.m., February 28, 2010 Updated 05:58 p.m. in print edition on B1
On one side of the aisle is an old Bob Marley T-shirt. On the other side of the aisle is a VHS tape of “The Adventures of Timothy the Tooth.”
Tale of 2 quakes: Chile ready, Haiti was not
By Frank Bajak - Associated Press Writer
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A7
The earthquake in Chile was far stronger than the one that struck Haiti last month — yet the death toll in this Caribbean nation is magnitudes higher.
East Lawrence awaits dome-home project
By Chad Lawhorn
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B1
Michael Morley loves domes. No, not the kind that fair weather sports teams play games in. He loves the kind that you live in.
Student access to credit tightened
New law forbids some on-campus solicitations
By Andy Hyland
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B1
After having to sell his car to his parents and working through school, Nathan Shaffer is still working to pay down his credit card debt.
City commission agenda for March 2
Rezoning request reconsidered
Staff Report
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B5
Agenda highlights • 6:35 p.m. Tuesday • City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets • Sunflower Broadband Channel 25 • Meeting documents online at lawrenceks.org
Deadly Wichita crash linked to gang fight
Associated Press
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B5
Police say a fight near a Wichita high school led to a chase in which a 16-year-old student died.
Campaign adviser named social secretary
Associated Press
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
It didn’t take long for the White House to name the next social secretary.
Big 12 roundup: Aggies topple Texas
The Associated Press
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C7
Donald Sloan scored 19 points to lead Texas A&M to a victory over Texas on Saturday in a game that saw UT guard J’Covan Brown injured after a hard fall late in the game.
Vols knock off No. 2 Kentucky
The Associated Press
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C7
J.P. Prince and his Tennessee teammates watched No. 2 Kentucky erase a 19-point lead and knew they might also be watching a shot at a second major upset slip away.
Wheel Genius: Road work set this week
By Mark Fagan
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B4
Road work and construction scheduled in the area for the next week:
No. 6 KSU turns back pesky MU
The Associated Press
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C7
The shots weren’t falling, the bodies were. Their coach’s face was nearly purple, and a few fans threw objects onto the floor.
Students gauge their science skills during regional contest
By Ashlee Kieler
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B4
Can you judge a powder? Students from 20 Kansas middle schools and high schools can. They can also detect diseases, launch eggs across a courtyard and fly model airplanes.
Martinez leads KU tennis team past NMSU
J-W Staff Reports
February 28, 2010 in print edition on C3
Junior Maria Martinez improved her singles record to 5-2 to lead the Kansas University tennis team to a 4-3 victory against New Mexico State on Saturday.
Friends of the Kaw gets excellence award
Staff Report
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B3
Lawrence-based Friends of the Kaw Inc. has been awarded a 2010 Excellence in Conservation and Environmental Education Award.
Outlook express: Robinson helps map the future’s gray areas
By Reed Johnson - Los Angeles Times
February 28, 2010 in print edition on D3
In science fiction, there’s dystopia and there’s utopia.
Middle of the road: Lawrence elementary size neither biggest nor smallest
By George Diepenbrock
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A1
Among 13 of the state’s larger school districts, Lawrence is seventh in the number of elementary students it has per school, according to enrollment numbers for this school year.
Steineger may have violated campaign finance laws
Associated Press
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B8
Democratic secretary of state candidate Chris Steineger may have violated Kansas campaign finance laws, it was reported Saturday.
Universities push to get students in Census 2010
By Chris Williams - Associated Press Writer
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A9
It was 5 p.m. in the lobby of the library of Metropolitan State University, and Clara Ware was sitting behind a table covered with pens, notepads and buttons with the Census 2010 logo, calling out like a sideshow barker.
Global warming panel seeks outside review
By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press Writer
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A8
The Nobel Prize-winning international scientific panel studying global warming is seeking independent outside review for how it makes major reports.
Change spurs fear in America
By Leonard Pitts Jr.
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B7
A few words on the meaning of tea. They are occasioned by a recent commentary from Keith Olbermann of MSNBC. The commentary — you can find it on YouTube — scores the tea party movement as the outcry of people who haven’t yet made peace with the fact that their president is black. Everything else, said Olbermann, is euphemism. Taxes? Socialism? Budget deficit? No, he argued, when you strip away the pretenses and rationalizations, “it’s still racism,” and they hate the president only because he is black.
Mortgages
February 28, 2010 in print edition on E1
The Douglas County register of deeds recorded 46 mortgages in the weekly period ended Thursday. Breakdown by dollar value:
Online job search pioneer starts over
New system may be cheaper for employers and easier for applicants
By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press Writer
February 28, 2010 in print edition on E1
Bill Warren founded an early online job board in the 1990s, helped kick-start an industry and was president of Monster.com, one of the leading career Web sites. But these days he’s not very happy with the results.
Site asks social networkers to rethink revelations
By Rachel Metz - Associated Press Writer
February 28, 2010 in print edition on E1
As more people reveal their whereabouts on social networks, a new site has sprung up to remind you that letting everyone know where you are — and, by extension, where you’re not — could leave you vulnerable to those with less-than-friendly intentions. The site’s name says it all: Please Rob Me.
Around and about in local business
Staff Report
February 28, 2010 in print edition on E1
Business news and notes from around the area this week:
Bankruptcies
Staff Report
February 28, 2010 in print edition on E1
Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection during the week ended Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records:
Horoscope for February 28, 2010
February 28, 2010 in print edition on D5
For Sunday, Feb. 28: This year, much happens in your immediate environment, loading you up with work and options. Sometimes you feel as if you have too much on your plate. Some of you might consider restructuring your life differently, and you will do it. Others will weigh the pros and cons. If you are single, many people have their eye on you. Ultimately, it will be your choice. If you are attached, the two of you grow in new ways. Make “different” interesting rather than an issue to squabble over. Virgo presents different options.
People in the news
Associated Press
February 28, 2010 in print edition on D5
At least five funny actors will help hand out Oscars this year.
Reason for public’s lack of faith? Just turn on the TV
By Liz Sidoti - Associated Press Writer
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A5
To understand why people don’t trust institutions — and why America is so disgruntled — look no further than these doings in the nation’s capital.
World of hurt? Producer breaks rules, film may be punished
By Glenn Whipp - Associated Press Writer
February 28, 2010 in print edition on D5
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering action against a producer of “The Hurt Locker” who sent multiple e-mails urging academy members to vote for his movie in the Oscar best-picture race and “not a $500 million film” — an obvious reference to close-competitor “Avatar.”
Visitor center opens at African Burial Ground
Associated Press
February 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
About 15,000 African slaves and their descendants were once unceremoniously buried under what is today Manhattan — and forgotten.
Training Afghan army will take time
By Trudy Rubin
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B6
The battle for Marja in southern Afghanistan is the first test of whether the Afghan national army is ready for prime time. Yet reporting from Marja indicates that while Afghan army troops have shown courage, U.S. Marines have done all the heavy lifting. “Fledgling Afghan army units … follow behind the Americans and do what they are told,” said the New York Times
Buying time
It’s OK for local school board members to look at some short-term solutions to the current budget crisis.
J-W Editorials
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B6
Some of the budget-cutting suggestions from the Save Our Neighborhood Schools group deserve more serious consideration than they appear to be getting from the Lawrence school board.
New conservatives should learn from past
Carl Leubsdorf
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B7
Young conservatives swelled the audiences at the American Conservative Union Foundation’s Conservative Political Action Conference this year, and the speakers included many fresh faces. But a distinct deja vu pervaded the policy proposals beyond the speakers’ oft-repeated riffs deriding President Barack Obama’s use of TelePrompTers and pledging to try terrorists before military tribunals.
Hidden agenda?
Sharon Billings, Lawrence
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B6
Weeks ago, the USD 497 administration solicited community assistance to find creative ways to close the budget shortfall. After significant haggling, parents finally gained access to closely guarded spreadsheets depicting where our tax dollars go. Multiple people representing many diverse views developed creative, reasonable options that preserve educational programs, limit class size and prevent school closures.
Collapse coming
Dr. Steven Bruner
February 28, 2010 in print edition on B6
Maybe health care reform is not dead after all, thanks to Wellpoint. Wellpoint is a major nationwide health care insurer which recently announced a 39 percent increase in premiums in California and similar massive increases in many other states, providing us an instructive preview of a future without health care reform.
25 years ago: Amyx, Hill, Praeger garner top spots in primary election
February 28, 2010
Incumbent Mike Amyx, incumbent Howard Hill and Sandra Praeger were the top three vote-getters in the city commission primary election that had 11 contenders. Incumbent Nancy Shontz was fourth with Mona McCoy and Bob Pulliam fifth and sixth. They were to contend for three seats on the commission in the April 2 general election. The other five contenders had been George Schmitendorf, Terry Summers, Steve Cochran, Jim Hertsch and Tim Williams.
40 years ago: Voters to settle library bond issue
February 28, 2010
About 6,000 of the 15,152 registered voters in Lawrence were expected at the polls to settle the $1,575,000 library bond issue. Approval would mean a 2.52-mill levy to provide the money to relocate from the current site at Ninth and Vermont.
100 years ago: More Democratic leaders shift to GOP
February 28, 2010
From the Lawrence Daily World for Feb. 28, 1910: The stampede of Democratic leaders in Topeka into the Republican Party continues. John B. Ennis, the well-known Democrat lawyer of Oakley, is the latest to change politics. He says, like other Democrats who have switched, that he wants to be a member of a party “that does things.” He says Kansas Democrats currently are failing badly and he wants out of that group.
Behind the Lens: Spot news calls for versatile equipment, quick thinking
By Richard Gwin
February 28, 2010
One has to quickly figure out what equipment is needed to cover an event and not be bogged down, but still be safe…
Countdown to college: How to handle being deferred
McClatchy Newspapers
February 28, 2010 in print edition on D4
Being deferred is not the same as being rejected. It may feel that way for students, but this year, with a record number of early applications, there has also been a record number of deferrals.
Poet’s Showcase: ‘Memo to February’
Susan Waldo Simmons
February 28, 2010 in print edition on D3
February, Month-so-dreary, Folks are feeling winter-weary.
Ensler’s ‘Emotional Creature’ an emotional read
Alicia Rancilio/Associated Press Writer
February 28, 2010 in print edition on D3
Anyone familiar with the work of activist-writer Eve Ensler knows she’s all about girl power.
‘Parenthood’ comes to TV
Lynn Elber/AP Television Writer
February 28, 2010 in print edition on D7
Two decades after “Parenthood” was a box-office hit starring Steve Martin, a series based on the lighthearted movie is debuting on NBC.
Farm to plate: Food subscription service supports local agriculture
By Jennifer Smith
February 28, 2010
As the local food movement grows, I keep hearing the acronym CSA and the phrase it represents, Community Supported Agriculture, but I often hear it misused or misunderstood…
Critter Care: Don’t forget about pet rabbit responsibilities after Easter ends
Sue Novak
February 28, 2010 in print edition on D7
Even though I try to be good and bypass the candy aisle in the grocery store, I’ve noticed that the Easter goodies have been available for some time now. That also means a surplus of images of fuzzy baby animals.
Mirror styles have evolved over centuries
Terry Kovel
February 28, 2010 in print edition on D8
Mirrors have been used since ancient times.
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