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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 WWW.KANSAN.COM VOL.117 ISSUE 29
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POLICE SHOOTING
Grin and bare it
Woman dies after Sunday's standoff
Chief of Police says victim 'desired' death
BY FRED DAVIS
Marsha Lynn Mace, a 36-year-old Lawrence resident, died after being shot Sunday during a standoff with Lawrence police that lasted more than four hours. Mace suffered two gunshot wounds, said Ron Olin, Lawrence Chief of Police.
Based on a note that was found at the scene, Olin said he feared this was "the conclusion she desired."
The standoff began Sunday morning after a Lawrence police officer was called to check on the welfare of a distressed woman at 110 Michigan St., lot 107.
The officer was "greeted by a gunshot through the window as he approached the door," Olin said. The officer retreated to his patrol car and called for assistance.
Throughout the standoff, Lawrence police and negotiators stayed in periodic contact with Mace, whom Olin said was "despondent" and speaking in "negative terms."
Olin said that at 1:23 p.m. Mace exited the residence and fired at two Lawrence officers. One officer returned fire and struck Mace. The location of the gunshot wounds will not be revealed until the autopsy, which was scheduled for Monday afternoon, is completed.
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The name of the officer who shot Mace will not be released until the investigation has concluded. Olin said the officer had been placed on paid administrative leave, as is the Lawrence Police Department policy for situations such as this.
The weekend shooting was the first time Lawrence police have shot someone since 1995.
Kansan senior staff writer Fred A. Davis III can be contacted at fdavis@kansan.com.
Edited by Dianne Smith
Cindy Kerns, Community Blood Center staff, prepares Jim Norlir, Lenexa junior, to donate blood on the Blood Vessel parked outside the Kansas Union Monday. The KU Blood Drive has locations across campus this week for volunteers to donate at. The donation process takes about an hour, which includes the actual donation that takes 6 to 12 minutes. Donors receive a T-shirt. Locations today are McCollum Hall, 1 to 7 p.m., and the Kansas Union Ballroom, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday's locations will be GSP-Corbin and McCollum halles, 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday's locations will be Oliver Hall, 2 to 7 p.m., and the Kansas Union Ballroom, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday's locations will be the Kansas Union Ballroom, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 248 Robinson Center, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Blood Vessel will be parked outside the Kansas Union throughout the week. For more information, visit www.kublooddrive.com.
ACCIDENT
Motorcyclist killed in crash
Car strikes two riders; one man dead, one woman in hospital
BY MARK VIERTHALER
One person is dead and another injured after an early morning motorcycle accident Sunday.
Ryan Simeck of Lawrence was headed west on Fourth Street at 1:21 a.m. Sunday when a 1998 Pontiac backed out of a driveway and collided with his motorcycle.
Simecka died at the scene, according to a report released by the Lawrence Police Department.
His passenger, Christina Landis
of Topeka was air lifted to the University of Kansas Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. As of Monday afternoon she was listed in fair condition by the Med Center. The hospital would not release the specifics of her injuries.
Twenty-six-year-old Jessica Bauer, a University of Kansas student, was driving the car. She and her passenger Sarah Bachand, Fairway sophomore, were not injured. No arrests have been made in connection with the accident.
The police department has dispatched the accident reconstruction team to determine the exact circumstances of the incident. Kim Murphree, department spokeswoman, declined to comment about the accident outside of the press materials already released.
Kansan staff writer Mark Vierthaler can be contacted at mvierthaler@kansan.com.
Edited by Nicole Kelley
LAWRENCE
Field narrowed to three in search for next city manager
BY MARK VIERTHALER
Two of the three final candidates for city manager have returned to Lawrence, years after graduating from the University of Kansas.
The candidates are David Corliss, Lawrence's interim city manager; Dennis Taylor, city manager of Eugene, Ore., and Leon Churchill, managing director of Reading, Pa. Corliss and Churchill both received their master's degrees in public administration. Taylor received a bachelor's degree from the University.
The first round of interviews was performed by Bennett Yarger Associates, an independent executive search agency. Commissioners met with the three final applicants Saturday for initial interviews. Follow-up interviews were done on Sunday. Mayor Mike Amyx released an official announcement following the sessions, saying the interviews were completed and the applicants had toured Lawrence to familiarize themselves with areas of industrial and residential growth.
Karon Reed, management analyst for the City of Lawrence personnel
office, said the current position was advertised at $120,000 to $135,000
annually plus benefits. Reed said the salary would be determined based on the person's experience and abilities.
Corliss has been the interim city manager of Lawrence since Mike Wilden resigned in March. He has worked for the city of Lawrence since 1990. Prior to serving as interim city manager, Corliss was the assistant city manager and director of legal services.
He said that he was interested in continuing his service in
Corliss
Taylor
Churchill
Lawrence and that the position was a
way for him to help.
by that city, his current salary is $142,416 after a raise in June. He grew up in Topeka and graduated from the University in 1968. He has been involved with city positions for more than 37 years, he said.
is a Williamsburg, Va., native. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and his master's degree from the
Taylor has been the city manager of Eugene for the last four years. According to a document released
Taylor said he had both an emotional and a professional interest in coming back to Lawrence.
"Lawrence is a city with great quality of life.I spent my undergraduate days in Lawrence and I would be close to my extended family."
DENNIS TAYLOR City manager candidate
"Lawrence is a city with great quality of life," Taylor said. "I spent my undergraduate days in Lawrence and I would be close to my extended family."
University of Kansas.
Churchill said he was drawn to Lawrence because it was both family-oriented and a university town. He said he had worked in similar-sized towns, including Charlottesville, Va., and Windsor, Conn. Churchill
"Lawrence has a great reputation," Churchill said. "Working here would be a rare opportunity." He has also applied for the city manager position in Dayton, Ohio.
Members
of the Public Administration Department at the University declined to comment because the hiring process had not yet been completed.
City commissioners said they expected to make a final decision in October.
Kansan staff writer Mark Vierthaler can be contacted at myerthaler@kansan.com.
》 CRIME
- Edited by Aly Barland
Driver turns himself in after hit-and-run death Motorist's name not yet released
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
Kanost
The victim, Manhattan senior Ryan Kanost, was crossing the intersection of 13th and Kentucky
The driver responsible for the hit-and-run death of a University of Kansas student turned himself in, said Ron Olin, Lawrence Chief of Police.
streets about
1:00 a.m.
Saturday when he was hit by a silver Toyota Camry, according to a Lawrence Police Department media release.
Kanost had been walking to a party with friends.
Kanost, a biology major, worked for the Monarch Watch butterfly project last year. The program is an outreach that works with schools and individuals in the United States and Canada for education, research and conservation of the butterflies.
kanost was a member of the
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Kansan staff writer Jack Weinstein can be contacted at jweinstein@kansan.com. Kansan staff writer Fred A. Davis III contributed to this story.
-- Edited by Diaune Smith
Olin withheld other specifics regarding the accident, including the name of the driver. He said the investigation was ongoing.
"Critter Crew" for the project, which maintained the monarch population on campus, said Jim Lovett, a program assistant.
Lovett said Kanost was in "typical Ryan form" at a going-away party for a program assistant at the Jaybowl this past June.
The program's director, Chip Taylor, said the bowling party was a unique opportunity for he and the program's assistants to get to know the students who worked for them, including Kanost.
"He was well-liked among the students and everyone else he worked with," Lovett said. "He always made everyone laugh."
"We competed and had a good time together," he said.
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