Sunset Hill teacher named Legacy Award winner
A kindergarten teacher at Sunset Hill School on Tuesday received an award honoring Lawrence teachers making a big impact in the lives of students.
Paulette Breithaupt is the eighth person this school year to earn the Legacy Award presented by Educom Credit Union and Lawrence Education Assn., the union representing Lawrence's teachers. Breithaupt, at left in above photo, recently chatted with Sunset Hill kindergartners Hayden Crabb, 6, and Chase Taylor, 6.
Breithaupt joined the Lawrence district in 1982 after five years as a teacher in Berryton.
Other winners of the Legacy Award: Andi Parson, Central Junior High; Linda Browning, Sunflower; Marjorie Cole, Broken Arrow; Mary Grant, Pinckney; Phyllis LaRue, Wakarusa Valley; Mark Rickabaugh, Lawrence High; and Kathy Wagner, West Junior High.
Franklin County
Jury trials ordered for duo accused of murder
Two men charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of an elderly woman will face Franklin County juries.
Joseph Hayden, 17, and Raymond Fuller, 23, had trial dates set Tuesday in Franklin County District Court. Fuller is scheduled to go to trial June 25, and Hayden's trial was set for July 9, according to a Kansas attorney general's office spokeswoman.
Fuller and Hayden, who pleaded innocent at a Tuesday arraignment, each are charged with one count of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated burglary in the death of Vivian Johnson, 86, who died from injuries she sustained when she was beaten with a shovel.
Her husband, Howard Johnson, 84, was severely injured in the Nov. 1 attack but survived.
Hayden and Fuller remain in the Franklin County Jail in lieu of $1 million bond each.
Fund raising
Vinland School leads state in 'Pennies for Patients'
Vinland School raised more money per pupil than about 100 other schools statewide for the "Pennies for Patients" fund-raiser.
The school raised $1,150.50, or about $11.86 per student, which is about $3.50 more than the second highest school, Good Shepherd Lutheran School in Marysville. In all, the schools raised $63,400 to benefit the Kansas chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
"We're just a little old school, but we're tops in the state," Vinland Principal Bill Scott said.
For raising the most money per student, Vinland School will receive a 27-inch color television and a $100 gift certificate at a school supply store. At the school, the second-grade class raised the most money to earn a pizza party.
Every year, hundreds of schools across the nation participate in "Pennies for Patients," and the money is used to find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma and to improve the quality of life of patients.
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