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12:00 a.m.
Jorge Perez, a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Kansas University, left, laughs with Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and other KU administrators and media members on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 in his classroom at Wescoe Hall after being notified that he is a recipient of a 2011 Kemper Award for teaching excellence. Perez is among several faculty members receiving a Kemper Award, which is accompanied by a $7,500 check. KU chancellor surprises prof Jorge Pérez with $7,500 for excellence in teaching
By Mark Fagan
August 22, 2011 in print edition on 3A
Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little doesn’t normally walk into a classroom and take over a lecture, but Jorge Pérez couldn’t have minded too much.
6:00 a.m.
Free State sophomore Stephen Fulton scans the vastness of the commons area before eventually finding a table of friends during the second lunch period on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 at Free State High School. After adding a class of ninth graders to both high schools, students at both Free State and Lawrence High are facing more crowded lunchrooms and more traffic congestion at the end of the school day. Crowding complaints follow freshmen onto Lawrence high school campuses
By Mark Fagan
August 23, 2011
Nyle Anderson hears plenty of whispers — some louder than others — in the halls of Free State High School.
10:00 a.m.
Lawrence City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets. Lawrence city commissioners seek signage for taxing districts
By Chad Lawhorn
August 24, 2011 in print edition on 1A
Special taxing districts deserve special signs. City commissioners at their meeting on Tuesday directed staff to bring back a policy that will require any business in the city charging a sales tax above the standard community-wide rate to post a sign alerting customers of the higher tax.
2:00 p.m.
The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services announced Friday that it will be closing the Lawrence SRS service center, 1901 Del. Committee quizzes SRS about funding for people with disabilities, faith-based initiatives
By Scott Rothschild
August 23, 2011 in print edition on 1A
The dispute over the waiting list for those with developmental disabilities centered on new funding approved by the Legislature to provide services, such as bathing, dressing and mobility, which are designed to help people remain in their homes and communities instead of nursing homes.
6:00 p.m.
Some of the 13 new Lawrence police recruits visit with city and police department officials after they were sworn in during a ceremony at the Investigations and Training Center on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. From left are Chris Schweer, Lauren Link, Sheri Stites, Meagan Horvath and Dean Kemppainen. Lawrence Police Department swears in 13 new officers
By George Diepenbrock
August 23, 2011 in print edition on 3A
Lawrence police and city leaders Tuesday morning welcomed 13 new officer recruits — six women and seven men — and said the class would allow the department to increase the number of patrol officers in the city, once recruits complete ninth months of training.

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Coroner moving Shawnee County office but will continue to serve Douglas County
By George Diepenbrock
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A5
Coroner Dr. Erik Mitchell said Douglas County should not notice a change in service from his office even though he resigned Wednesday morning as Shawnee County’s coroner, effective at the end of the year.
Sprint says ‘network capacity’ issues from the return of KU students are the cause of delayed text messages, lost hours
By Andy Hyland
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A3
Trish Jess said on Tuesday it was something like a kind of Twilight Zone. While working at the Kansas Union, her Sprint mobile phone was displaying the time one hour behind schedule. She first noticed that last Friday, she said.
City commission considering law requiring all special sales tax districts in Lawrence to post signs notifying shoppers of the higher sales tax rates
Cromwell: ‘We need signage, but so does the state’
By Chad Lawhorn
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A1
Lawrence city commissioners at their Tuesday meeting directed staff members to draft an ordinance that would require all special sales tax districts in Lawrence to post signs notifying shoppers of the higher sales tax rates.
Out of junior high, Lawrence freshmen line up for high school sports
By Mark Fagan
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A1
Athletics rosters are expanding with young talent at Free State and Lawrence high schools, now that freshmen are enrolled for the first time as full-fledged high schoolers.
Statehouse Live: Health exchange committee will continue work despite Brownback’s rejection of grant
By Scott Rothschild
03:18 p.m., August 24, 2011 Updated 04:27 p.m. in print edition on A3
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger said that under federal health reform, Kansas will have to have in place an exchange.
Overbrook 5K, fun run to benefit local park
Alex Garrison
August 24, 2011
Overbrook will be hosting a 5K and fun run as part of its Santa Fe Trail Festival Sept. 17. Proceeds will go toward improvements to Overbrook Park.
KU student accused of stalking woman
By George Diepenbrock
12:33 p.m., August 24, 2011 Updated 05:12 p.m. in print edition on A5
A Kansas University Public Safety officer arrested a 25-year-old Lawrence man Wednesday accused of stalking a 19-year-old female KU student, Capt. Schuyler Bailey said.
After slow start, some sunflowers are blooming at Grinter’s in rural Lawrence
By Shawn Linenberger
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A3
Ted Grinter’s sunflower crop had a slight Goldilocks complex this summer — but he hopes his bounty of the state flower now has found that everything is just right.
When it comes to getting parking tickets in Downtown Lawrence, sometimes you can be saved by the weather
By Shaun Hittle
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A1
Like to keep your spare change and roll the dice against the odds of getting a $3 parking ticket in downtown Lawrence? A Journal-World review of daily parking tickets handed out by the city between January and July 25 of this year looked at the best days to make that bet.
Thieves try to steal copper from Lawrence church’s air conditioning unit
By George Diepenbrock
11:45 a.m., August 24, 2011 Updated 04:25 p.m. in print edition on A5
An attempted copper theft has damaged an air-conditioning unit at First Presbyterian Church of Lawrence and has left the church and preschool without cool air at least for now as the area is under a heat advisory until 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Town Talk: A real debate over artificial turf; plans for old Varsity House up for approval; new pottery-making business opens on Iowa Street
By Chad Lawhorn
August 24, 2011
News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County;
Planned Parenthood drops its lawsuit against state’s new abortion law
Separate suit by abortion providers that were denied a license continues
Associated Press
August 24, 2011
Planned Parenthood has dropped a lawsuit that it filed over new Kansas regulations for abortion providers shortly before it received a state license to continue performing abortions.
End draws near for trial of Osage County man accused of killing his family
Associated Press
08:16 a.m., August 24, 2011 Updated 12:16 a.m.
Testimony is drawing to a close in the capital murder trial of a man charged in Kansas with shooting his estranged wife, their two teenage daughters and the wife’s grandmother.
First Bell: Still seeking questions for David Booth, owner of “Basket Ball” rules; vote for Firebird as an American Eagle; high schools draw closer
By Mark Fagan
August 24, 2011
It’s time for First Bell, a look at issues and items involving education in and around Lawrence.
Heard on the Hill: Accounting program does well in B-School rankings, school overall ranks lower; photographer donates work to Spencer Library; KU researcher shows more men flocking to housework
By Andy Hyland
01:55 a.m., August 24, 2011 Updated 07:50 a.m.
Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
KU student featured in Time magazine cover story
By George Diepenbrock
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A1
When Howard “Ford” Sypher, left the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment after five combined deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq, he knew he was in for an adjustment.
Enrollment up at JCCC, expected to be down at KU
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A5
Kansas University has not yet released figures for its fall or summer enrollments, though KU Provost Jeff Vitter has said that the university’s overall enrollment is likely to be down when KU releases its official fall enrollment figures in September.
Lawrence city commissioners seek signage for taxing districts
By Chad Lawhorn
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A1
Special taxing districts deserve special signs. City commissioners at their meeting on Tuesday directed staff to bring back a policy that will require any business in the city charging a sales tax above the standard community-wide rate to post a sign alerting customers of the higher tax.
Lawrence school district reports boost in unofficial enrollment numbers
By Mark Fagan
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A3
Lawrence school district is opening the academic year with a wave of new students. Whether the tide of fresh faces recedes remains to be seen. “It’s still early,” said Rick Doll, district superintendent. “These (numbers) are so fluid at this point. We’re still cleaning up the (enrollment) system to make sure all the old kids are out of the system and all the new kids are in. So we’re still working on that. “But it does appear that it’s up slightly, which is good news.”
Strongest earthquake since 1944 jars East Coast
Bob Lewis, Associated Press
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A6
Tens of millions of people from Georgia to Canada were jolted Tuesday by the strongest earthquake to strike the East Coast since World War II. Three weeks before the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, office workers poured out of New York skyscrapers and the Pentagon, relieved it was nothing more sinister than an act of nature.
Kansas soccer’s Jamie Fletcher honored
J-W Staff Reports
August 24, 2011 in print edition on B4
Kansas University freshman Jamie Fletcher has been named the Big 12 Soccer Rookie of the Week for games played Aug. 19-21, it was announced by the league office Tuesday.
Former Jayhawk Aaron Miles Russia-bound
By Gary Bedore
August 24, 2011 in print edition on B1
Former Kansas University basketball point guard Aaron Miles will be playing in Russia’s top professional league this season.
Rams-Chiefs exhibition game to benefit Joplin recovery
Associated Press
August 24, 2011 in print edition on B4
The Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Rams will use Friday night’s preseason game at Arrowhead Stadium to benefit the tornado recovery efforts in Joplin, Mo.
National briefs: Raiders QB Campbell excited to see Pryor
Associated Press
August 24, 2011 in print edition on B2
Jason Campbell is as eager as anybody to find out more about Terrelle Pryor and how the Oakland Raiders plan to use the former Ohio State quarterback.
Pat Summitt diagnosed with dementia
Associated Press
August 24, 2011 in print edition on B2
Pat Summitt struggled for several months with how to tell the women’s basketball players at Tennessee, recruits and fans that she was having memory loss problems.
Kansas RB Brandon Bourbon impresses John Hadl, Chuck Long
By Tom Keegan
August 24, 2011 in print edition on B1
Since nothing is new on the quarterback front for Kansas University’s football team, let’s concentrate on the position creating all the buzz. Not just in football camp, not just on campus, but in the streets of Lawrence as well. Let’s focus on the running backs, one in particular.
Chen ‘spectacular’ as Royals win
Associated Press
August 24, 2011 in print edition on B3
Bruce Chen must enjoy the heat because he has a knack for winning in August.
Lil Wayne appearance proves Todd Haley hip (hop)
Associated Press
August 24, 2011 in print edition on B1
Todd Haley scored major points with his Kansas City Chiefs players after he was spotted at a Lil Wayne concert at the Sprint Center on Monday night.
In with the old …: Jordan Webb focused as starting QB
By Matt Tait
August 24, 2011 in print edition on B1
After Tuesday’s practice, Kansas University quarterback Jordan Webb spoke to reporters for the first time since being named the Jayhawks’ starting quarterback for the 2011 season.
Charity concerns
It’s time for Kansas lawmakers to take some action with wayward nonprofit organizations.
J-W Editorial
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A7
There are a lot of things felons can’t do in the state of Kansas. They’re prohibited from working a wide variety of jobs, can’t buy a gun legally and can’t vote until they’re finished with parole.
Compromise?
Martin Dickinson, Lawrence
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A7
At the Lynn Jenkins appearance on Friday, many Lawrencians pleaded for compromise. They should have saved their breath.
Local soldiers
J. Sam Moore Jr., El Paso, Texas
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A7
In your excellent coverage of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle of Wilson’s Creek, it should be noted that many residents of Lawrence actually fought in that battle as members of the Second Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry.
KU efficiencies can be more ‘radical’
By Mike Hoeflich
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A7
On Aug. 15 Kansas University unveiled the first report the administration commissioned from an outside consulting group, Huron Consulting Group, on improving efficiency and lowering costs at the university, including the medical school. That report is now available on the KU website and proposes a variety of changes the university might make that would both improve university functions as well as save millions of dollars. Since its release the administration has made numerous presentations to faculty and staff and, presumably, will continue to do so.
A monument to the ‘least of these’
Leonard Pitts Jr.
August 24, 2011 in print edition on A7
This Sunday on the National Mall, the nation dedicates a monument to, arguably, the greatest American of the 20th century.
40 years ago: Grant Township residents overcome by dust
By Sarah St. John
August 24, 2011
Residents of Grant Township were complaining of dust-storm conditions near their roads.
25 years ago: Local man defends growing of prairie-style lawn
By Sarah St. John
August 24, 2011
For the sixth consecutive summer, a local man had raised some controversy with his “unorthodox methods of landscaping.”
… out with the new: Brock Berglund done for fall
August 24, 2011 in print edition on B1
The Brock Berglund Watch officially can be called off.
100 years ago: Speaker at bakers’ convention criticizes homemade bread
By Sarah St. John
August 24, 2011
“The modern housewife who attempts to bake her own bread produces a soggy article and is committing murder in allowing it to be eaten….”
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