in other words
"The virus is here in Kansas, and it's going to stay. It's not going to go away."
Dr. Gianfranco Pezzino, state epidemiologist addressing Kansas' first West Nile virus death
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NEWS in brief
Correction:
Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error.
In page 2A's "Camera on KU," the photo caption stated that the presentation of Indian culture was to celebrate Indian New Year. It commemorated Indian Independence Day, which was Aug. 16. The woman印发了 Sima Bhakta, Lawrence senior.
Campus Wal-Mart battle continues; board to decide in October
The Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals will decide in October on an appeal filed by Wal-Mart and 6Wak Land Investments LLC.
The City of Lawrence denied building permits for a Wal-Mart store and an unidentified restaurant in Northwest Lawrence.
Early in August, a Douglas County District Judge ruled the city did not give an adequate reason for withholding the permits back in May. He accused the city of not following its own rules.
According to city officials, Wal-Mart is a department store and zoning laws ban it from the site.
It has been a little more than a year since plans for a new Wal-Mart in Lawrence first surfaced. Wal-Mart proposed a supercenter store in mid-August of 2002 that would have occupied 200,000 square feet at the northwest corner of 6th Street and Wakarusa Drive.
The proposed supercenter calls for a 52-acre development and includes a fullservice grocery store, bank, vision center, auto service center and photo studio. The city rejected that plan last October.
In December of 2002, Wal-Mart returned with revised plans, reducing the size of the proposed store by more than 40,000 square feet and removing the auto service center.
Many Lawrence residents openly opposed the retail chain, petitioning City Hall. They raised concerns about increased traffic and competition with downtown businesses.They also said placement near Free State High School would cause traffic conflicts.
The two said the area mostly contained restaurants and that people would benefit from a retail store.
Amanda Kim Stairrett
Nation
Witnesses to blackout reveal evidence of incident's origin
CARMEL, Ind.—Two federal regulators were in the control room of a Midwest power grid manager as the nation's biggest blackout spread, giving U.S. officials an eyewitness account of the cascading outage that could prove crucial to the investigation, authorities revealed yesterdav.
gation, authorities revoked the Even before the blackout, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had been keeping an especially close eye on the Midwest Independent Transmission Operator, which is now a focus of an investigation into the failure to isolate the Aug. 14 crash.
The blackout darkened homes and businesses in eight states and in Ontario, Canada. A U.S.-Canada task force took over the overall investigation this week, seeking to determine the cause and to figure out ways to prevent another blackout.
The Associated Press
Where can I pick up my sports combo?
Question of the day
OK sports fan. The combo is a package of tickets made up of all the home games for basketball and football. You can pick up or buy it from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays from Aug. 18 to Aug. 29 at Memorial Stadium. Go to the west-side box office. After Aug. 29, you can go to the ticket window at Allen Fieldhouse.
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Nakeesha Jones, Shawnee nenel, and Jeff Dugas, Chicago sophomore,try to keep cool yesterday afternoon on the cement planters in front of Waceo Hall. Jones tries to keep cool by drinking plenty of water, and Dugas stays cool from the shade of his hat.
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The Lawrence Police Department is investigating a missing persons report filed Wednesday by a 37-year-old Lawrence woman. The person reported missing is a 27-year-old Lawrence man. No
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A 22-year-old KU student reported the theft of the registration decal Wednesday from her car's license plate at 2511 W.31st St.
A 24-year-old Lawrence woman reported a sexual battery to the Lawrence Police Department. The alleged battery took place at 1 p.m. Monday in the north-central part of Lawrence.
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The Lied Center is holding an Arts Festival which features cakes, balloons, face painting, clowns and prize giveaways tonight at 6 p.m. Admission is free.
Alison Brown Quartet will perform from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight on the Lied Center northeast lawn.
have extended hours for self-guided tours today from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
SUA is showing "Anger Management" for the Movie on the Hill tonight at 10 p.m. at the Campanile
A Hawk Week community service project will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 23 at the fourth floor lobby in the Kansas Union.
at 10 p.m. at the Campfire
The Dole Institute of Politics will
A Hawk Week welcome back concert will be at 7 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Lied Center lawn.
The department of music and dance is sponsoring a Carillon concert with Elizabeth Berghout at 5 p.m.
Aug. 24 at the Campanile
There will be a Blackboard Tools ACS workshop Aug. 25 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Budig Hall PC Lab.
There will be a physics and astronomy colloquium titled "X-Ray Emission in the Solar System," with Tom Cravens Aug. 25 at 4 p.m. at room 2047 in Mallott Hall. Refreshments will provided at 3:30 p.m. at room in 1089 Mallott Hall.
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