Children’s museum comes to Lawrence

The Wonderscope Children’s Museum staff of Shawnee will present two four-day workshops titled “Sticky Business” at the Lawrence Arts Center.

Workshops are for children ages 5 to 6 and will be from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. today through Thursday.

Children will explore sticky things like bubbles, clay, tape, glue and magnets. They will also receive a family pass to visit the museum.

Enrollment fee is $48 per session. To enroll, or for more information on this and other summer Arts Center programs, call 843-2787.

KU Med: Bioterrorism lecture kicks off new series

The six bacterial, viral and toxin agents most likely to be used for bioterrorism will be discussed by a pair of bioterrorism experts during lectures Friday at the Kansas University Medical Center.

Registration for the first Col. Wallace N. Weber Lectureship on Military and Disaster Medicine will begin at 4:30 p.m., followed by lectures at 5 p.m. at Rieke Auditorium on the Kansas City, Kan., campus.

Weber, who established a fund to support the lecture series, will deliver the first speech, on the history of the agents and treatment. Director of the Heartland Dermatology Center in Hays, Weber has 31 years of military experience, including time as commander of a 400-bed U.S. Army evacuation hospital.

After Weber’s lecture, Dr. Thomas I. Clements, director of the Bioterrorism Program of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, will speak about government programs to prevent and treat smallpox.

The lectures are free and open to the public. To reserve a seat, call (913) 588-1433.

Education: Chess master Karpov to bring school to Kansas

Lindsborg — Former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov plans to build his first U.S. chess school in Lindsborg.

Karpov has agreed to form the school, and a site has been found, said Wes Fisk, founder of the Lindsborg Chess Club.

The idea arose after Karpov visited Lindsborg in December for a chess tournament, where he demonstrated the game using a giant chess set, gave a speech and signed autographs. Bethany College professor Mikhail Korenman suggested the idea to Karpov and he was receptive, Fisk said.

The chess school would be inside the Lindsborg News-Record building and could open by late summer or early fall, Fisk said. Before then, organizers will determine classes to be offered and find instructors.

The Lindsborg Chess Club offers regular classes, tournaments and special events, such as the Karpov appearance in December.

Environment: State awards will honor anti-pollution efforts

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is seeking applicants for the 2003 Pollution Prevention Awards and Recognition Program. The program recognizes people, businesses and organizations working to reduce or prevent pollution.

Applications should fit into one of five categories: education and communication, which could include outreach programs, media campaigns, innovative Internet use and other educational initiatives; new initiatives, new and comprehensive programs to prevent pollution; new technologies, new methodologies or products that reduce pollution; cooperative efforts, partnerships of communities or businesses focusing on prevention; and special projects for efforts that do not fit the other categories.

Applications are available on the KDHE Web site, www.kdhe.state.ks.us/ sbcs/index.html, and are due June 26. For more information, call (800) 357-6087.