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State entities ordered not to aid in relocation By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling
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2016’S READ ACROSS LAWRENCE SELECTIONS FROM THE LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY ARE, FROM LEFT: “These Broken Stars,” by Amie Kaufman; “The Martian,” by Andy Weir; and “The True Meaning of Smekday,” by Adam Rex.
Read Across Lawrence picks are ‘out of this world’ By Mackenzie Clark Twitter: @mclark_ljw
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he Lawrence Public Library has announced the selected books for Read Across Lawrence 2016, and Heather Kearns says they’re pretty stellar. Kearns, marketing coordinator for the library, said this year’s selections are very popular within their age groups and with critics. A team of librarians from the Lawrence Public Library and Kansas University chose “The
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I would love to spill the beans right now, but I’ve got to wait, but we’ve got some sort of jaw-dropping stuff happening — that’s the best I can put it.” — Heather Kearns, marketing coordinator for the Lawrence Public Library Martian,” by Andy Weir, as the adult selection. It was published in 2011 but its popularity has skyrocketed since the movie adaptation by the same name hit theaters in October. “The Martian” inspired the
choices for teens and children, Kearns said: “These Broken Stars,” by Amie Kaufman, and “The True Meaning of Smekday,” by Adam Rex, respectively. Please see READS, page 2A
Planners advise against gun range near school By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission has recommended denial of a proposal to rezone a property near a school and future Boys & Girls Club location to allow for a shooting range and gun shop to locate there. The vote went against the planning staff’s recommendation, but commission mem-
bers made clear they believed the staff’s recommendation was correct in terms of zoning ordinances and municipal, state and federal law. However, the commission is there to consider factors beyond just legality, commissioners said. ”To me, the real hard question is just the safety issue,” said Clay Britton, chairman of the commission. “That’s one of the golden factors, is compatibility with nearby uses,
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head to the City Commission for consideration. In the explanation of their votes, the four commissioners who recommended denying the request all cited either one or both of two “golden factors” the commission uses to guide its decisions: the pubic health, safety and welfare, and compatibility with the character of the neighborhood.
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and I think the school district’s and Boys & Girls Club’s use are right in the mix.” The Planning Commission voted 4-2 to recommend denial of the request of Lawrence businessman Rick Sells to rezone an approximately 1-acre property at 1021 E. 31st St. — currently a vacant industrial building — to allow for the indoor shooting range and a gun sales and repair shop. The proposal will now
Gov. Sam Brownback joined at least 20 other Republican governors Monday in opposing efforts to relocate Syrian refugees to their states. Brownback signed an executive order Monday afternoon prohibiting any state entity or other organization We that receives state must take funding from assisting Syrian refu- immediate gees to resettle in action to Kansas. ensure The order — and similar statements terrorists do and executive or- not enter the ders from other nation or our governors — came state under after it was reported that a passport the guise of a Syrian refugee of refugee was found near the resettlement.” body of a suicide bomber in Paris. The attacker’s fingerprints match those of someone who passed through Greece last month, the Paris prosecutors’ office has said. The co- — Gov. Sam Brownback ordinated attacks Friday in Paris, attributed to Islamic State militants, killed more than 130 people across the city. Brownback’s order, titled “Protecting Kansas From Terrorism,” states that admitting Syrian refugees to Kansas “presents an unacceptable risk.” “We must take immediate action to ensure terrorists do not enter the nation or our state under the guise of refugee resettlement,” Brownback said in a
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