Also from September 7

Births

• Travis and Cassi Mick, McLouth, a boy.

Obituaries

• Larry D. Douglas, Oskaloosa
• Juanita Elizabeth Lavery, Lawrence

On the street

• Do you get a flu shot every year?

Photos

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Photo galleries

Podcasts

• Press Conferences & Post-Game Interviews: KU coach Turner Gill

Polls

How would you grade Lew Perkins' tenure at KU Athletics?

Poll results

Response	Percent
B		31%
A		26%
C		15%
F		14%
D		12%
Total	5434

Videos

• The night will be chilly with temperatures in the 50s. …
• Students at Free State High School brought to the administrators’ …
• The Lawrence Aquatic Center was open for dogs on its …
• Former KU athletics director Lew Perkins announced his retirement Tuesday, …
• Lew Perkins did a lot of good during his time …
• Three Lawrence men have been arrested in connection with a …
• After hosting a street party that closed roads near the …
• City sanitation workers are asking city leaders to move forward …
• A KU dance professor died in New York City Saturday. …
• Lew Perkins announced his retirement from KU athletics Tuesday, months …
• With an injury possibly sidelining the Jayhawks’ number two running …
• Health professionals advise anyone 6 months or older to get …
• Audrey Hughes, senior at Free State, talks about Owen and …
• Jason Springer, advisor for student council, discusses what he knows …
• Ed West, in his third year as principal at Free …
• Kansas head basketball coach Bill Self and interim athletics director …
• Kansas head basketball coach Bill Self and interim athletics director …
• Rain chances will be increasing for the area as we …
• A cold front that moved through the area on Labor …
• Cool temperatures and partly cloudy skies will welcome you back …

All stories

Lew Perkins’ tenure as Kansas athletic director comes to a sudden conclusion — months ahead of schedule

KU’s athletic director abruptly retires

By Andy Hyland & Chad Lawhorn

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A1

The buzzer has sounded on Lew Perkins’ tenure as Kansas Athletics director. Perkins on Tuesday abruptly retired his post — effective immediately — accelerating his previously announced retirement by a full year.

Lew Perkins timeline

September 7, 2010

Kansas University athletic director Lew Perkins, who resigned Tuesday, nearly a year earlier than expected, arrived at KU in 2003 after a highly successful stint at the University of Connecticut.

Chancellor will use national search to find new athletic director

By Andy Hyland

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A1

Hiring an athletics director will involve a nationwide search.

Free State High School removes barrier to students with disability being part of homecoming court

By Mark Fagan

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A1

Free State High School is expanding its homecoming royalty this year, after a handful of seniors with disabilities had been excluded from the initial round of balloting — a practice that’s been going on for at least a decade.

Lawrence man hoping to find answers to prosthetic limb quest via Craigslist

By Theo Hayes

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A3

Browse through the ads on Craigslist and you’ll find folks trying to sell everything from furniture to their wives. But one Lawrence man is interested in finding information about building a new leg.

Ex-priest tells judge he thought Texas officials had dropped charges alleging sex crimes against children

By George Diepenbrock

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A7

A former Catholic priest arrested in Lawrence last week on a Texas warrant accusing him of committing sex crimes against children said Tuesday he thought the case had been dropped and didn’t intend to run from authorities.

Bake sale staples

If you’ve got a bake sale coming up, we’ve got a treat for you: All those popular bake sale recipes in one place.

By Sarah Henning

September 7, 2010

September marks the start of a lot of things — fall, football teams’ title quests and, for those with kiddos lugging backpacks to school, bake sale season.

Association to study how Kansas schools are funded

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B10

School board leaders in Kansas are studying how the state doles out education money amid growing talk of changing the existing finance formula.

Lester ‘shocked’ by Perkins’ resignation

Staff reports

01:41 p.m., September 7, 2010 Updated 04:29 p.m.

In a statement on the Kansas University website, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Athletic Director Lew Perkins announced that Perkins will retire, effective immediately.

Get a preview of smart meters at this year’s Lawrence Energy Conservation Fair

By Christine Metz

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B8

One booth at this year’s Lawrence Energy Conservation Fair will have tools that almost every resident in Lawrence will be able to plug into soon to help save on the electric bill. And the best part: It’s free.

KU dance professor Janet Hamburg falls to her death in New York City

By Andy Hyland

09:55 a.m., September 7, 2010 Updated 11:45 a.m. in print edition on A5

Kansas University officials today are mourning the loss of a dance professor who gained international recognition for her work in movement analysis and its applications in treating Parkinson’s disease.

Man charged with murder in Great Bend teen’s death

Associated Press

09:35 a.m., September 7, 2010 Updated 11:35 a.m. in print edition on B10

A central Kansas man has been charged with capital murder and criminal sodomy in the death of a 14-year-old girl whose burned body was found behind an asphalt plant where he worked.

Kansas government workers union endorses Holland

Associated Press

September 7, 2010

Kansas’ largest union for government workers has endorsed Democratic nominee Tom Holland in the governor’s race.

Fort Leavenworth develops Army’s civil support manual

Associated Press

September 7, 2010

The new Army field manual is hitting the streets, giving guidance for missions where the military has to support civilian agencies.

KU professor leaves psychology department $2.2M

By Andy Hyland

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A3

A Kansas University professor of psychology has bequeathed $2.2 million to his old department to help improve the training of graduate and undergraduate students.

Suicide attack on police kills 17 in Pakistan

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A2

A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically important town in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians in an explosion that shattered the station and neighboring homes.

Police protested after shooting death in L.A.

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on C8

Dozens of people were protesting in a crowded shopping district near downtown Los Angeles where a man who police say had been brandishing a knife was shot and killed by officers.

Indonesian volcano erupts again

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on C8

An Indonesian volcano has shot black ash three miles into the air early — its most powerful eruption since springing back to life after four centuries of dormancy.

U.S. basketball looks solid in 121-66 rout

The Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B2

Before it can win a world championship, the United States needed to start looking like a world champion. Kevin Durant, Chauncey Billups and the rest of the Americans finally had that appearance Monday, powering into the quarterfinals with a 121-66 victory over Angola.

Salina wants home gun sales crackdown

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B8

City officials in Salina are working with federal authorities to determine how 10 residents received federal gun licenses without city approval.

Report: Money can buy you happiness, to a point

By Randolph E. Schmid - Associated Press Writer

September 7, 2010 in print edition on C8

They say money can’t buy happiness. They’re wrong.

People in the news

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B7

People in the news for September 7, 2010.

Caring teachers

By Jill Jevens - Lawrence

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A7

I am a teacher and mother of a son who attended East Heights and had the good fortune of being in Donna Lang’s class. Lawrence’s Early Childhood Program was a life raft for us, especially because we were in the infancy stages of identifying our son’s needs and were reeling from an unfortunate child care experience.

2002 double killing at Great Bend bakery still unsolved

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A5

As people in Great Bend come to grips with the killing of a 14-year-old girl, another brutal crime in the central Kansas town remains unsolved after eight years.

Ex-soldier takes staff hostage at hospital

By Russ Bynum - Associated Press Writer

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A2

A former Army soldier seeking help for mental problems at a Georgia military hospital took three workers hostage at gunpoint Monday before authorities persuaded him to surrender.

Succession plans in N. Korea under wraps

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A2

Huge posters plastered across the North Korean capital hailed the nation’s biggest political convention in 30 years as a historic event as the world watched Monday for signs that the country’s next leader was making his public debut.

At least 45 dead after mudslides in Guatemala

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A2

Searchers on Monday pulled more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them. Yet more mudslides helped raise Guatemala’s official death toll to 45 after days of torrential rains.

Little Rock 9 member dies

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A2

Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in the nation’s first major battle over school segregation, has died. He was 67.

KU men’s golf sixth at Turning Stone

J-W Staff Reports

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B3

Kansas University’s men’s golf team finished in sixth place on Monday at the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate.

25 years ago: Police investigating report of false doctor

By Sarah St. John

September 7, 2010

Police were investigating an incident which took place in the emergency room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. According to a 28-year-old woman’s report, she was at the ER awaiting medical treatment when she was approached by a man dressed in a “hospital uniform” who wheeled her into an examining room and then proceeded to “give her an examination without a license.”

100 years ago: Lawrence hosts convention of Quakers

By Sarah St. John

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A7

The center of population in Lawrence, which is generally clustered around university hill, is today shifted to the old stone church in which the Friends are holding their annual convention. Nearly 2,000 members of the Quaker faith are crowded into the two story stone building or holding an overflow meeting in the shady yard.

40 years ago: New bank alters downtown Lawrence’s skyline

By Sarah St. John

September 7, 2010

A front-page photo revealed the new skyline of downtown Lawrence. The new First National Bank building dominated the view from Ninth and Massachusetts. The bank, which had previously occupied space at Eighth and Mass, had begun moving into the new building six days previously. Maupintour Associates was occupying the top floor, and city offices were scheduled to move into their new quarters around November 1 after vacating their offices at the old Watkins Bank building.

Kansas officials looking at common education standards

By Scott Rothschild

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A1

Education officials in almost all states, including those in Kansas, are working on what are called Common Core State Standards, which will make the teaching of English and math in public school classrooms nationwide more uniform.

Mason dedication ceremony scheduled in Lawrence

Staff reports

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A5

Masons of Kansas will perform an ancient dedication ceremony of the Lawrence Masonic Center, 1301 E. 25th St., at 2 p.m. Oct. 3.

Floating cooler saves man after boat tips in Lake Huron

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on C8

The U.S. Coast Guard says a floating cooler help save a man whose boat capsized in Lake Huron in northern Michigan.

Police: Drunk driver kills 15 at Ecuador bus stop

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on C8

Police in Ecuador say 15 people were killed and at least seven injured when a drunken man drove an SUV into a crowded bus stop in the coastal city of Guayaquil.

Scott City education center closed by economy

By Kathy Hanks - The Hutchinson News

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B8

The Bryan Education Center recently closed its door, another casualty of a hurting economy.

Reaching new height(s): Taller, bulkier guard Elijah Johnson eager to prove himself in 2010-2011

By Gary Bedore

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B1

Kansas University sophomore combo guard Elijah Johnson has stretched from 6-foot-2, 183-pounds to 6-foot-4, 195 in just one calendar year.

Help kids who didn’t make the team

McClatchy Newspapers

September 7, 2010 in print edition on C2

Every fall, the hopeful warriors of tryout season stampede gyms and fields across the country. Whether they’re upperclassmen hoping to make the leap to varsity or seventh-graders facing the selection process for the first time, each student faces the possibility of rejection.

Double Take: Peer pressure will persist through adolescence

By Wes Crenshaw and Ben Markley

September 7, 2010 in print edition on C1

I have long pooh-poohed the whole idea of peer pressure. A fair amount of research backs me up, suggesting for the most part that peer influence is not nearly as great as that of the family.

Saving a generation: Lawrence resident’s Peace Corps tour helps combat spread of AIDS in Africa

By Brenna Hawley

September 7, 2010 in print edition on C1

Taylor Maturo and her best friend shared clothes, just like best friends do. Maturo cooked for her friend, Eulalai, when she needed to eat, and cared for her when she was sick. The girls were inseparable.

Report: Magic mushroom ingredient helps cancer patients

By Thomas H. Maugh II - Los Angeles Times

September 7, 2010 in print edition on C8

The psychedelic drug psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” can improve mood and reduce anxiety and depression in terminal cancer patients, Los Angeles researchers reported Monday.

Greeting card giant Hallmark heading into second century

By Maria Sudekum Fisher - Associated Press Writer

September 7, 2010 in print edition on C8

Hallmark Cards Inc., a $4 billion empire built on a demand for printed sentimentality, enters its second century facing a weak economy and what could be an even greater challenge: a generation that has grown up posting its sentiments online.

Cyclists bare all to promote cleaner air

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on C8

Hundreds of naked and partially nude cyclists have pedaled their way through Philadelphia to promote bicycling awareness and cleaner air.

Just what makes terrorists tick?

By Kevin McDonough

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B7

“My Trip to Al-Qaeda” (8 p.m., HBO) offers one journalist’s meditation on fundamentalist Islam, and its history and appeal. Lawrence Wright has won a Pulitzer Prize for his book “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11,” and he has recently put on a one-man Broadway show about his experiences and his moral qualms about researching the book and interviewing men he knew were murderers and terrorists.

Horoscope for September 7, 2010

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B7

This year, you often waver between a low profile and being 100 percent out there. To some of your close friends and associates, this behavior could be confusing. You have a natural ambivalence about key partnerships with financial ties. If you are attached, the two of you might not be so easy with each other, unless you return to the romantic playfulness of dating. Virgo questions your motives.

Kids have ‘skin’ in college game

By Mitch Anthony - McClatchey-Tribune News Service

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A7

I made a deal with my kids about their college educations. It’s very simple: I’ll pay half and they’ll pay half. How they pay for their share is up to them, but I match every dollar they earn in scholarship, pay for themselves or take out in a loan.

U.S. losing Latin American market share

By Andres Oppenheimer - Miami Herald

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A7

Here’s something that should be sounding alarm bells in Washington: Latin American countries — which have long been big buyers of U.S. goods — are increasingly making a larger chunk of their purchases from other parts of the world.

Court debate hints at tilt to right

By John Hanna - Associated Press Writer

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A4

U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback’s “Road Map for Kansas” doesn’t address hot-button social issues such as abortion or gay rights, but the Republican nominee for governor’s comments about the Kansas Supreme Court hint at his conservative leanings.

Bottlecap business to make arts festival debut

By Aleese Kopf

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A3

In about a week, South Park will transform into a maze of colorful tents filled with everything from jewelry to abstract paintings.

Douglas County looking ahead to preserve historic sites

By Christine Metz

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A3

A barn that housed fugitives along the Underground Railroad, a building that was once a stopping point along the Santa Fe Trail and an Italian country villa built by one of Lawrence’s early businessmen — these are among the sites scattered through Douglas County that are at risk of being buried by time.

Tropical storm ashore in Mexico

Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A2

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hermine has come ashore in extreme northeastern Mexico.

Kaun scores six in Russia’s victory

J-W Staff Reports

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B3

Former Kansas University center Sasha Kaun scored six points and grabbed five rebounds in Russia’s 78-56 victory over New Zealand on Monday at the world basketball championships.

Colleges buying land they don’t know how they’ll use

By Marc Beja - Associated Press Writer

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A2

Colleges and universities are buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they’ll be used.

Obama seeks $50 billion in transportation spending for jobs

By Kathleen Hennessey - McClatchy Newspapers

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A1

President Obama on Monday called for a $50 billion surge in spending on the nation’s roads, runways and railroads, his latest effort to respond to the sluggish economy in a political climate turning against his party.

Home runs from Thome, Kubel doom Royals

The Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B1

Jim Thome’s home run in the fifth inning was one of those shots fans will remember for a while. But it was Jason Kubel’s homer moments earlier that sparked the Minnesota Twins to another victory.

Mother to shave head for cancer awareness

By Brenna Hawley

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A1

Karla Knudson is about to hop on a plane and fly to Los Angeles to get a haircut. It’s not just any haircut, though. She’s shaving her head completely.

KU football focus quickly shifts to Georgia Tech

Jayhawks coach Gill moving on after difficult loss

By Matt Tait

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B1

Often times, after big victories, coaches will give their players a set amount of time to celebrate before requiring them to refocus and move on to the next game.

Wozniacki wonderful in U.S. Open victory

The Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B2

Grit was not going to be enough to get Maria Sharapova through this one.

Boise State survives Hokies test

The Associated Press

September 7, 2010 in print edition on B2

Kellen Moore and Boise State look as if they are going to be in the national championship chase for a while. Moore hit Austin Pettis with a 13-yard touchdown pass with 1:09 left, and No. 3 Boise State passed what might be its toughest test of the season, beating No. 10 Virginia Tech, 33-30, on Monday night.

Teaching professionals

Subsidized housing doesn’t seem like the best way to reward Lawrence teachers.

J-W editorials

September 7, 2010 in print edition on A7

Give Lawrence school board member Rich Minder points for creativity, but his idea of establishing a “teacherage” to provide subsidized housing for local teachers seems unlikely to catch on.