After-prom party scheduled for Lawrence High students

Lawrence High School’s third annual After Prom Party will keep students busy and safe until about 4 a.m. Sunday.

It’s the only place in the city where high school students won’t need a withdrawal slip to get money. A cash-grab machine will be set up in the gym. Students drawn for the machine will have 30 seconds to grab as much cash as they can.

Festivities get started 1 a.m. Sunday at LHS after the prom.

About 300 students are expected.

Organizers’ goal is a safe, alcohol-free, chaperoned environment where students can have a good time.

For entertainment, students will be able to play blackjack, craps and poker in a “casino.” There will be karaoke, a dance floor and a big screen featuring karaoke singers. Props will be provided and a keepsake music video made for each performance.

Students will be able to watch movies, play pingpong or join carnival games. A donut-eating contest is scheduled. And a game of “Know Your Date,” similar to the “Newlywed Game,” will be played.

Kansas Air National Guard refueling wing to be deployed

The Kansas Air National Guard’s 190th Refueling Wing out of Forbes Field, Topeka, has received notification that it will be deployed to Turkey later this year in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the Adjutant General’s Department announced.

The six-month rotation will occur from September 2002 through February 2003.

The wing’s mission will be to provide en-route aerial refueling support to aircraft assigned to deliver humanitarian aid supplies abroad.

The 190th, the most deployed Kansas Guard unit, is putting together a list of members who may be affected by the deployment and will be notifying them soon, said Col. Rufus L. Forrest Jr., wing commander.

Graves taps 10 Kansans for spots on hospital board

Gov. Bill Graves has appointed three new members and reappointed seven members to the Kansas University Hospital Authority Board of Directors, which governs KU Med.

New members are Betty Keim, Mission Hills; Mark Parkinson, Shawnee; and William Zollars, Leawood. Reappointed were Robert Honse, Lawrence; Edward Nazar, Wichita; Edward Chapman, Leavenworth; George Farha, Wichita; Clay Edmands, Salina; Charles Sunderland, Overland Park; and Eric Jager, Mission Hills.

The Legislature expanded the board from 14 to 19 members.

Zollars’ appointment is for one year. Keim and Edmands will serve two-year terms. Sunderland, Jager and Chapman have three-year appointments, with Nazar, Honse, Parkinson and Farha serving four-year terms.

Lawrence artist’s work used for Mental Health Month

Lawrence artist Wayne Wildcat’s artwork for the Mental Health Month benefit will be unveiled May 17 during a reception at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center.

The name of the painting on display is “Moon Dance.” Posters and cards with the painting will be sold, and the money will go to the Bert Nash Endowment Trust Fund.

The reception will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the second-floor meeting rooms at Bert Nash, 200 Maine.