Quilt show this weekend

The Kaw Valley Quilters Guild will stage its 25th annual quilt show today and Sunday at the Watkins Community Museum of History. Quilts will be displayed from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Above, Kathe Dougherty, Lawrence, left, and Judy Masur, Baldwin, look at Masur’s handiwork on a king-size block exchange quilt during set-up for the show.

Scholarship: Higuchi research awards winners announced

Kansas University has announced the four recipients of the 2002 Higuchi/Endowment Research Achievement Awards.

Each winner will receive $10,000 for research. The awards were established in 1981 by Takeru Higuchi, KU distinguished professor of chemistry and pharmacy.

This year’s winners:

C.R. Snyder, professor of clinical psychology at KU, will receive the Balfour Jeffrey Award for research achievement in humanities and social science.

Talat Rahman, professor of physics at Kansas State University, will receive the Olin Petefish Award for research achievement in basic sciences.

Kristin Bowman-James, professor of chemistry at KU, will receive the Dolph Simons Award for research achievement in the biomedical sciences.

Donald Stull, professor of anthropology at KU, will receive the Irvin Youngberg Award for research achievement in applied sciences.