B-2 bomber to fly over Lawrence Saturday

A B-2 Spirit bomber will help commemorate Veterans Day at Saturday’s Kansas-Nebraska football game, Kansas University officials have announced.

The bomber, which will fly over Memorial Stadium after the KU band performs the national anthem, will be guided on the ground by Maj. Jeffrey L. Long of the 393rd Bomb Squadron, based at Whiteman Air Force Base in Johnson County, Mo. Long, a radio communications technician, was a wide receiver at KU in 1984.

Kickoff against Nebraska is at 2:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. Veterans Day is Tuesday.

Candidate’s supporters to meet in Lawrence

Supporters of Howard Dean, Democratic candidate for president, will gather at 7 p.m. today throughout the nation, including Lawrence.

The meetings are part of MeetUps, informational and organizational meetings that happen in 600 cities on the first Wednesday of each month. Volunteers at the grass-roots meetings will discuss outreach efforts and ways to influence Iowa in the January presidential caucuses. The groups will write letters to undecided Iowa residents and are planning a trip to Iowa to canvass voting neighborhoods there.

The Lawrence MeetUp will be at the East Lawrence Recreation Center, 1245 E. 15th St. Other locations in Kansas include Antioch Library, 8700 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Merriam; W.J. McBride’s Irish Pub, 12030 Blue Valley Parkway, Overland Park; and PT’s Cafe Expresso, 4025 SW 10th St., Topeka.

For more information, visit dean2004.meetup.com.

Hughes center proposal tops Carnegie use ideas

Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday designated the proposed Langston Hughes Center for Community Enrichment as the “lead partner” for the future use of the former Carnegie Library building.

A group of community leaders suggested the center as a clearinghouse for cultural and literacy activities in the city.

However, commissioners asked the center’s backers to meet with groups wanting to turn the building into an arts commons or a children’s museum.

“I want to see if there are things that can be brought into the umbrella of the Langston Hughes Center,” Mayor David Dunfield said.

The center is one of nine proposals for the building at Ninth and Vermont streets. Projects not receiving favorable ratings included a homeless shelter and a wrestling gym.

Commissioners hope to have a final proposal back from the center’s backers by mid-January.