Salvation Army seeking bell ringers for holidays

The familiar sound of the Salvation Army Christmas bells will be heard again beginning Nov. 15, and workers are needed to ring them.

Applications for bell ringers who also will man the collection kettles around Lawrence are being accepted by the Salvation Army, 946 N.H. People can apply from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. today.

Shifts are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Pay is $6.50 per hour.

Colter Scott, above left, and Louis Hamel watched for potential donors at the Salvation Army’s annual Kettle Kickoff at Ninth and Massachusetts streets in this 1999 file photo .

Bell ringing is just one of many ways residents can help during the holiday season. Families or groups interested in volunteering can call Rochelle Montgomery at 843-4188.

Kansas University

$1.6 million gift slated for recruiting, laboratory

A $1.6 million gift from the SBC Foundation will help recruit minority engineering students and create new telecommunications laboratories, Kansas University officials announced Thursday.

Officials said $600,000 would provide scholarships to minority students and women and assist in minority recruiting efforts, including funding a full-time recruiter. The remaining $1 million will fund three new teaching laboratories for telecommunications, information security and Internet programs.

The foundation is the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications Inc.

The gift counts toward “KU First: Invest in Excellence,” the $500 million fund-raising drive being conducted by the KU Endowment Association.

Military

Event today to celebrate Marine Corps birthday

The U.S. Marine Corps’ 227th birthday will be celebrated today at American Legion Post No. 14, 3408 W. Sixth St.

Marine Maj. Gen. Larry Taylor will speak at the event, to be conducted from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Taylor is deputy commander of the Marine Reserve in New Orleans. Lawrence Mayor Sue Hack also will speak.

A Marine HumVEE will be on display, and a raffle will be conducted for various prizes. Birthday cake will be provided along with bagels and coffee donated by Einstein Bros. Bagels.

Sports

Golf group suspends plan to build course at Haskell

The Native American Junior Golf Assn. announced Thursday that it would “defer” plans to build a nine-hole golf course on the Haskell Indian Nations University.

B.J. Cisneros, the association’s founder, said the group planned to explore other sites in Topeka and Lawrence.

Last month, Cisneros, in a meeting with the university’s Board of Regents, proposed building a $3 million course on about 65 acres south of the powwow grounds.