KU architecture students’ work on display at KU

Work by student architects will be on display Nov. 17 through Dec. 3 at Kansas University.

The work includes projects by all levels of students and includes freehand drawing, building technology, computers, structures, site planning and environmental systems.

The exhibit will be in the Art and Design Gallery, in the Art and Design Building. Gallery hours are 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Community leaders plan to present workshop at KU

A panel of community leaders will discuss risk-taking during a workshop Saturday at the Lied Center.

The workshop, “Harmonious Innovation: Risk-Taking for a Better Community,” is from 9 a.m. to noon. Cost is $18.

Presenters are Mayor Sue Hack; Kelvin Heck, chairman of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce; Kelly Kindscher, associate scientist with the Kansas Biological Survey; John Nalbandian, Kansas University professor of public administration and government; Deanell Tacha, judge with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Craig Weinaug, Douglas County administrator; and Lawrence schools Supt. Randy Weseman.

The workshop also will feature the Turtle Island String Quartet and the Ying Quartet, which will play music showing the parallels between decision-making in the public and arts.

The workshop is part of KU Continuing Education’s KU for Lawrence program. To register, call 864-5823.

Graves to dedicate new I-70 McDonald’s

Gov. Bill Graves will participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 15 for the new McDonald’s restaurant at the Lawrence service area on the Kansas Turnpike.

The ceremony will be at 9 a.m. at the service area east of Lawrence at milepost 209.

Leavenworth choir teacher wins $1,000 folk music grant

An elementary teacher at Fort Leavenworth won a grant to support a children’s choir dedicated to singing ethnic folk music.

Joanna Staudinger, a teacher at MacArthur Elementary School, received a $1,000 grant from the Teaching Tolerance education program.

“This is just the kind of program we hope to see implemented in classrooms across the country,” said Jim Carnes, director of Teaching Tolerance.

Teaching Tolerance is a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala.

The law center is a nonprofit organization that combats hate, intolerance and discrimination through education and litigation.

The classroom grant program provides up to $2,000 to innovative projects that have the potential to serve as models for educators throughout the nation.

McLouth High School to honor Veteran’s Day

Col. Royal Brown will be the featured speaker Tuesday at McLouth High School’s annual Veterans Day assembly.

Brown, a Leavenworth resident and veteran of three foreign wars, will speak at 8:30 a.m. at the high school’s Gold gym.

Others scheduled to perform at the assembly include the McLouth High School band and chorus. Ken and Sue Hollingsworth will have an extensive military display in the commons area.