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NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY OF DARY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009
LAWRENCE
City offers free rides on T for Thursday sidewalk sale
The city will be offering citizens a way to save money and avoid parking hassles for the annual sidewalk sale this Thursday by allowing residents to ride the T for free.
Robert Nugent, Transit Administrator, said this was a great opportunity to support the city by helping people get downtown for the big event. Nugent said the T would be running its "free fare day" for the sidewalk shoppers on all eight fixed routes from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The Downtown Sidewalk Sale, which has been a Lawrence tradition for 38 years, offers shoppers a chance to purchase highly discounted items while allowing business owners to clear stockrooms for the fall and winter
seasons.
Jane Pennington, director of Downtown Lawrence Incorporated, said her organization was expecting 15,000 to 20,000 people to attend this year. She said the sale would begin about 7 a.m. and last until sunset.
Pennington said she recommended first-timers come early and drink plenty of cold water.
For more information on bus routes and schedules, visit www. lawrencetransit.org.
— Derek Zarda
BASKETBALL
Buford arrested, released after paying $500 bond
Chase Buford, a guard on the men's basketball team, was arrested early Saturday morning for operating a motor vehicle under the influence.
Buford, San Antonio, Texas,
junior, was arrested on the 700
block of New Hampshire Street.
He was released after paying a $500 bond, according to the
Douglas County Jail booking log
Buford is 6-foot-3 and played
11 games last season. He is the son of R.C.Buford, who is the San Antonio Spurs' general manager.
Men's basketball coach Bill Self released
Buford
a statement Monday about the issue.
"I am very disappointed that we are dealing with this but we will support Chase throughout. ... All discipline will be handled in house," Self said.
LAWRENCE
Adam Schoof
Commission approves fine fee increases downtown
Downtown fee and fine increases were approved at Tuesday's city commission meeting with the following amendments to the original plan. Meters along Massachusetts Street will remain two-hour meters instead of being reduced to oneand-a-half-hour meters and there will be no installation of 15-minute meters. The changes accepted by the commission include increasing parking fines to $3 and late fees to $12, doubling the cost of the meters along Massachusetts Street and extending meter patrol until 6 p.m. The date of these changes has yet to be determined. Dave Corliss, city manager, suggested the best time to implement the changes would be in August because it would be a good transitional period.
—Mike Bontrager
NATIONAL
Explosives, suspected gunman found dead
BAYTOWN, Texas — At least 100 explosive devices were found in a southeast Texas mobile home where a deputy was shot and killed, a sheriff said Tuesday.
Deputies went to suspected gunman Gilbert Ortez Jr's home Monday after a meter reader sent to shut off the water service reported shots had been fired at her. They arrested Ortez's common-law wife, Pamela Leegett.
Ortez was at the mobile home when Leggett was arrested and shot Detwiler.
Detwiler's death set off a 91/2 hour standoff that ended when police and deputies entered the mobile home and found suspected gunman Ortez dead.
Associated Press
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