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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 2013
Page
4
A street commentary by Adam Strunk prompts readers at Dillons 1015 W 23rd St to consider filing taxes and invites responses and thoughts on LJWorld.com. The casual prompt places civic tasks in a local shopping context.
The Public Health and Welfare Committee approved a wide anti abortion measure on Friday to block tax breaks for abortion providers and bar schools from using abortion provider sex education. The bill, which cleared the House 92-31, would deny tax exemptions to groups assisting abortion providers and prohibit deducting abortion costs, while banning abortion providers from supplying sex education materials or instructors to public schools. Planned Parenthood's Peter Brownlie criticized the hearing as time limited, urging care from providers over politicized guidance.
Rural legislators report heavy farmer contact on House Bill 2404. Rep. Tom Sloan warns the bill lacks likely passage as opposition to removing county commissioner approval grows. Agriculture groups back the measure, while critics dislike corporate leasing limits and constitutional questions. Secretary Rodman says repeal may take more than one session and pledges continued dialogue with Kansas agriculture groups.
Southeast Missouri native and KU alum Byers, longtime Lawrence resident and former Kansas Department of Children and Families worker, recalls funding cuts that prompted district staff reductions and debates over closing East and Central elementary schools. The district chose bonds to upgrade schools and expand tech and career programs, while Byers warns of ongoing budget challenges from inadequate state funding and urges continued board involvement.
Lawrence school board member Bob Byers argues that budget cuts often target administrative and nonclassroom programs such as social workers librarians and guidance counselors. He supports collective bargaining for teachers but opposes broader charter expansion and backlogs holding back third graders for reading tests.
A 19 year old Lawrence man received three years of probation after a Douglas County Court finding of guilty on aggravated robbery and a misdemeanor marijuana count tied to a January 17 home invasion in the 1700 block of West 24th Street. Robert Lee Coleman was sentenced Thursday. A separate Franklin County case: Landon Stevenson, 26, from McLouth, was found guilty of methamphetamine possession from a January 11 search warrant at a house on East Lake Street in McLouth and faces sentencing April 4. Depending on criminal history, Stevenson could receive up to 42 months in prison.
A 19 year old former Haskell Indian Nations University student, Carlo Gregory Wilson, was sentenced in Douglas County Court to three years probation after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual battery for an early November dorm room assault on a female student. The judge cited lack of prior record, treatment program, and sex offender registration in granting probation. Wilson must have no contact with the victim and could face prison if probation terms are violated. In a separate case, 66 year old Burton Tribble received three years intensive supervised probation after pleading guilty to one count of child pornography with another charge dropped. investigators traced him to potential possession in 2012.
Hannah and Jerry Campbell welcome a daughter in Lawrence on Friday. Luke and Heather Bierschbach announce a daughter born Friday in Lawrence. Amber Frost and Ramzi Zoughaib celebrate the birth of a son Friday in Lawrence.
The Journal-World states it corrects significant errors brought to editors, inviting readers to report via phone at 785 832 7154 or email at news jworld com for correction requests or to note issues with published material.
Westar Energy communications said trees along the Bob Billings Parkway easement for a new distribution line were cut from Hidden Valley Camp. Crews will finish cleanup after snow and wet ground slowed progress. Contact 832-7297 or soundoff@ijworld.com.
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