Conference to focus on female British writers
The ninth annual 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers Conference will be at Kansas University and the Holiday Inn Holidome, 200 McDonald Drive, from Thursday through Saturday.
According to KU officials, this year's conference, "Revising Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Approaches to British Women Writers," will feature public events and keynote addresses by scholars and conference presentations by faculty members.
Some events free to the public will include gallery talks for the "Women Artists and the Spaces of Femininity, c. 1700-1900" exhibit at Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art on Thursday, and a roundtable discussion about British women writers on Saturday.
AARP backs legislative rally
Kansas senior citizens and senior organizations will have a rally from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the state capitol building in Topeka for senior-friendly legislation.
Issues that will be the focus include the dedication of 30 percent of total tobacco funds for health care for the state's tobacco use victims; increased funding for in-home health care and services; and the improvement and protection of quality of care in long-term care facilities.
The rally is sponsored by the Kansas AARP and Kansas Area Agencies on Aging.
Lewd incidents reported
Lawrence Police made one arrest in one of two lewd and lascivious incidents in Lawrence, police said Tuesday.
The first incident occurred at about 9:45 p.m. Monday near an apartment at 1301 W. 24th St., where a 24-year-old Kansas University student noticed a man exposing himself and masturbating, police said.
The woman called security officers at the apartment complex, who restrained the 28-year-old man until police arrived. Officers interviewed the man, who apparently was intoxicated, police said. The suspect was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and later arrested.
The second incident on Monday occurred shortly before midnight at Delta Delta Delta sorority, 1630 Oxford Road. Two witnesses reported seeing a man on the north side of the building masturbating, police said.
The suspect fled when he was noticed. Witnesses gave a description to police, but the suspect hadn't been apprehended Tuesday, police said.
Professor to lecture on Zen images, ideas
"Rebirth of Zen Images and Ideas in Medieval Japan," a lecture by Helmut Brinker, an art history professor at the University of Zurich, will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in room 211 at the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art on the Kansas University campus.
Brinker specializes in Buddhist art, especially the art of Zen. His publications include "Zen and the Art of Painting" and "Zen, Masters of Meditation in Images and Writings."
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Deadline reached for property assessment forms
Douglas County taxpayers must turn in their 2001 personal property assessment forms Thursday, county officials said.
According to the office of the appraiser, assessment forms were mailed in January to personal property owners. They must be signed and returned Thursday to the appraiser's office in the Douglas County Courthouse, 11th and Massachusetts.
Taxpayers who did not receive an assessment form may obtain one at the appraiser's office or by calling 832-5289. Late filers will be charged a penalty, the spokesman said.
Lecompton Township to have public meeting
The Lecompton Township will have a public meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at Lecompton Grade School to discuss a gift of land from the Big Springs community.
The Big Springs community has offered 5 acres of land as a gift, but current state law limits the amount of land a township may acquire by gift to just 2 acres.
The meeting will give Lecompton Township electors the opportunity to learn more about a proposal to put a resolution on the April 3 ballot to grant the township authority to accept the gift.
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