Brownies trick or treat for used eyeglasses

Some Brownie Girl Scouts of Lawrence will collect used eyeglasses this Halloween.

Members of Brownie troops 585 and 725 will collect used eyeglasses when they trick or treat Friday.

Those wishing to contribute should have the glasses ready for the trick-or-treaters, who will wear Sight Night stickers, showing a pumpkin wearing glasses, on their Halloween costumes. Glasses also can be dropped off at Community Mercantile, 901 Iowa, or Mass Street 66 Auto Service, 1843 Mass.

Contact Lori Miller at 550-6060 for more information.

Baker professor to help state learning project

Baldwin — Tom Conoley, assistant professor of computer science at Baker University, has been selected as a faculty consultant for the Kansas Service-Learning Consortium.

Conoley will assist faculty at the state’s universities to include service-learning and experiential education in their classes. He will receive a $4,500 grant for his work.

Conoley plans to distribute a survey about service learning to Baker faculty to gather information for the project.

Baker alumna donates $50,000 for new track

Baldwin — A Baker University alumna has pledged $50,000 toward a new track at Liston Stadium, Baker officials recently announced.

Ivy Hey, a longtime Baldwin resident, made the lead gift toward the new eight-lane track. It is part of a $6 million project at the stadium that includes installation of artificial turf and other renovations.

Hey and her late husband, Bill, donated money for the current track that was built nine years ago.

Ivy Hey graduated from Baker in 1947. Bill Hey graduated from Baker in 1951 and was co-owner of Hey Machinery in Baldwin.

Baker Family Day set for Saturday

Baldwin — Football, soccer and presentations will highlight Baker University’s Family Day on Saturday.

Registration for the annual event begins at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Harter Union lobby. A reception will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Collins House.

Activities planned for the afternoon include campus tours and presentations on study abroad and student organizations.

A tailgate buffet for participants will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Liston Stadium, followed by a pep rally at 1 p.m. The women’s soccer team plays Benedictine College at noon, and the football team plays Benedictine at 1:30 p.m.

Aging agency to train seniors in advocating

The Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging will sponsor advocacy training from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 19. The training will be at the agency, 1720 S.W. Topeka Blvd. in Topeka.

The focus of the training is to help seniors become better advocates and communicate more effectively with legislators. Guest speakers for the event are lawmakers from Shawnee, Douglas and Jefferson counties.

The Jayhawk Area Agency of Aging provides services such as In-Home Community Based Services, homemaker services, attendant care and prescription assistance for senior citizens living in Douglas, Jefferson and Shawnee counties.

‘Cold weather rule’ for utilities to begin

Topeka — Saturday marks the start of the “cold weather rule,” Kansas Corporation Commission officials said.

The rule ensures gas and electric customers who otherwise might have their service disconnected because of payment problems are able to keep their utilities on during winter months.

Main conditions for the rule are:

• If customers can’t pay the entire bill they must call the utility and set up a payment plan.
• Customers must pay one-twelfth of the amount owed on the current bill and all connect or disconnect fees, plus agree to pay the remainder in equal payments over the next 11 months.
• Disconnections are prohibited when the forecast calls for temperatures below 35 degrees during the next 24 hours.
• There must be a 48-hour forecast of temperatures above 35 degrees the day before a utility may disconnect service.