First animal fair draws dozens for fund-raiser

A vendor’s fair featuring floppy Frisbees, holiday-themed chew toys and designer food bowls drew dozens Sunday and helped raise funds for the Lawrence Humane Society.

Midge Grinstead, society director, said she hoped the event would raise at least $1,500. Vendors donated a portion of their profits to the society.

It was the first year for the fair, which ran from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds.

The fund-raiser joined three others the society organizes annually, including Santa Paws, which is set for Dec. 1.

School holds chess tourney

More than 100 children from 23 different schools in Kansas and Missouri participated in Wakarusa Valley School’s first-ever scholastic chess tournament Saturday.

Olathe’s Santa Fe Trail Junior High won the first-place trophy with Lawrence’s South West Junior High finishing a close second and Calvary Lutheran, Kansas City, Mo., third.

In fourth and fifth respectively were Quail Run Elementary and Wakarusa Valley. Players from five other Lawrence schools competed as well.

Lawrence-area players receiving individual medals: Jesse Madrigal, Southwest JH, 3rd; Sean Stenseng, Southwest, 7th; Roy Wedge, Wakarusa Valley, 8th; Austin Meyers, South JH, 10th; Bryce Baringer, West JH, 11th; Ricky Bellinger, Broken Arrow, 13th; Stephen Klamet, Southwest, 18th; Keil Eggers, Quail Run, 20th; Keely Stenseng, Quail Run, 21st; Kellen Cross, Quail Run, 22nd; Thomas Clark, Quail Run, 26th; Harrison Helmick, Quail Run, 28th; Andrew Grover, South JH, 29th; Peter Lesslie, Quail Run, 30t