Baker unveils license plates

Fans of Baker University now can show their pride on their license plates.

The university’s alumni association on Thursday unveiled its new official state license tags, which provide scholarship money for students. The tags are similar to those offered by some state universities.

Baker President Dan Lambert officially purchased the first license plate Thursday at the Douglas County Courthouse. Cindy Belot, Baker’s alumni director, said about 500 people had indicated they wanted to purchase the plates, which cost $48.50 initially, with a $40 annual fee required.

For more information or to order a plate, contact Belot at (888) 781-2586 or at cindy.belot@bakeru.edu.

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Fatality: Lawrence teen killed in Wyoming car accident

A Lawrence man who had just moved to Wyoming to go to school was killed Wednesday evening in a traffic accident.

Jason W. Alldredge, 19, was partially ejected from a pickup truck as it overturned 18 miles east of Laramie, Albany County Undersheriff John Fanning said. The accident occurred about 6:30 p.m. on a dirt road in Medicine Bow National Park.

Alldredge was a passenger in the truck driven by a Christopher Anderson, Clayton, Calif., Fanning said. Anderson was treated and released from a hospital.

The accident is still under investigation.

Alldredge’s parents, Stan and Sue Alldredge, Lawrence, were notified about midnight Wednesday by Lawrence Police, Stan Alldredge said.

“He had just moved out there about a month ago to go to Wyoming Tech (Technical Institute),” Stan Alldredge said.

Jason Alldredge, who was a 2001 graduate of Free State High School, had been planning to study hot rod restoration, Stan Alldredge said.

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Accident: Baldwin construction worker dies when knocked off roof

Overland Park A construction worker was killed when a windblown piece of sheet metal knocked him off a roof, officials said.

Bernard Taylor, 52, of Baldwin, died in the accident late Wednesday morning. His son and one other worker were treated at a hospital after being hit by flying debris.

A group of six or seven men were installing a roof deck on a new one-story building in southern Overland Park when strong winds hit the construction site, said Jim Wilson, spokesman for the Overland Park Fire Department.

Taylor died after falling about 20 feet.

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Arts: Epilepsy documentary piece filmed in Lawrence

A film crew from Kansas City, Mo., on Thursday was in Lawrence to film part of a documentary about epilepsy research.

The documentary, “Math, Medicine and the Mind,” is about Dr. Ivan Osorio’s research at Kansas University Medical Center. Osorio has developed a device that can detect the onset of an epileptic seizure and possibly prevent it from happening.

The crew, from Inland Sea Productions, filmed the KU Symphony Orchestra performing a special piece designed to musically demonstrate the onset of a seizure.

The piece, written by Kip Haaheim, assistant professor of music, and Deron McGee, associate professor of music, is based on the beginning of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40. Abnormal brain signals were represented by an oboe that plays a repeated dissonant note. Then other sections gradually begin playing repeated notes until the Mozart piece is no longer recognizable.

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Gasoline prices: Pump Patrol seeks best deal

The Journal-World has found a gasoline price as low as $1.28 at Site Service Station, 23rd Street and Haskell Avenue.

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