Amnesty official talks on ‘River City’

William Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA and author of “In Our Own Best Interests: How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All,” discusses the organization’s work in human rights with special attention to its role in postwar Iraq on “River City Weekly.”

Then, in an encore, Jose Ramos-Horta, co-winner of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, talks about his work with the struggle for independence of East Timor from Indonesia and the role of the United States and the United Nations in the process. Ramos-Horta won his laureate alongside Bishop Carlos F.X. Belo of East Timor.

In “Better Health,” Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s breastfeeding support group is highlighted.

“River City Weekly” premieres on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays with encore presentations at 8:30 weekday mornings, 7:30 weeknights, and 9 a.m. Saturdays.

High school sweeps speech contest

Tonganoxie — Tonganoxie High School won the 2003 4A State Speech and Drama Championship Saturday in Topeka. Nine performers reached finals, and the team finished 23 points ahead of second-place El Dorado High School.

This is the third state championship for the speech department this year. In January, the squad won the four-speaker and two-speaker debate championships, finishing undefeated in both. The squad has finished in the top three in state team competitions 21 times in the past seven years, including eight state championships.

Events honor police killed while on duty

Topeka — The 21st annual Kansas Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial is scheduled for noon Friday on the south steps of the Statehouse, where a candlelight vigil will be at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Both events are sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary, Topeka Lodge No. 3.

The Kansas Highway Patrol also encourages the public to join Concerns of Police Survivors, a national organization for families of officers who died while on duty, in participating in National Police Week by tying blue ribbons to car antennas Sunday through May 17. The ribbons represent officers who have died in the line of duty. Concerns of Police Survivors reports that 147 law enforcement officers died in duty in 2002 in the United States.