Two Lawrence residents on Children’s Cabinet

Gov. Bill Graves appointed Patti Hayden and reappointed Reginald Robinson, both of Lawrence, to the Kansas Children’s Cabinet.

The cabinet members make recommendations on how to invest tobacco settlement payments in programs for children.

Hayden is the former first lady of Kansas and works as an elementary school guidance counselor in Lawrence public schools. She has served with the U.S. Department of Education as deputy director for intergovernmental affairs.

Robinson, recently hired as president and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents, is chief of staff for the chancellor at Kansas University. He was a White House Fellow.

Concert slated today at Haskell center

Music group Clan/destine will perform today at Haskell Indian Nations University for the second time this year.

The free concert will begin at noon at the Haskell Cultural Center and Museum.

Clan/destine, a world music group rooted in American Indian culture, has been performing together since 1996 at venues across the United States and Europe.

The group performed for Haskell staff and faculty earlier this summer.