Sloan seeks re-election to Kansas House seat

Rep. Tom Sloan is running for a sixth term in the Kansas House of Representatives.

Sloan, R-Lawrence, is the first to file as a candidate for his 45th District seat, which represents much of western Lawrence and northwest Douglas County, including Lecompton.

The farmer and strategic planner had considered making a run for the Kansas Senate. But he decided his seniority, experience and contacts as a representative would be too valuable to sacrifice by making a move to unseat Sen. Mark Buhler, R-Lawrence.

Sloan, 58, is chairman of the House Higher Education Committee, and is a member of the House Utilities Committee. He has organized visits to Lawrence by the chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The general election is Nov. 2.

Annual LMH Health Fair includes free screenings

The annual Health Fair today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital is expected to draw a crowd. Nearly 2,000 people participated last year.

The fair runs from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the hospital, 325 Maine.

The fair will feature free health screenings for hearing, oral and skin cancers, height and weight, heart disease, stroke risk and foot health.

Exhibits will include information on headaches, dietary fats, smoking cessation, hospice care and organ donation. Several area physicians, dentists and other care providers volunteer their time to provide the free screenings.

Volunteers lined up for Day of Caring

About 200 volunteers will spread across Lawrence today for the annual Day of Caring sponsored by the Roger Hill Volunteer Center.

The kickoff rally will be from 8:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Centennial Park. Volunteers then will go to sites including the Lawrence Humane Society, Van Go Mobile Arts, Lawrence Open Shelter and Even Start Early Childhood Education Center for projects.

The event is part of National Volunteer Week.

Army ROTC teams duel in Ranger competition

More than 250 Army ROTC cadets will participate in the 10th annual Ranger Buddy Competition at Kansas University.

The competition will feature 130 two-person teams from 28 universities in 11 states.

It begins at 6 a.m. today with a six-mile run at Clinton Lake.

From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., the teams will compete at the Adams Campus, south of Lawrence, on an obstacle course and rock wall. The final event will be a 3.5-mile combat gear march at 3 p.m. near the Lied Center.

International architect to give lecture at KU

An architect known for using paper tubes in his lightweight designs will speak Monday at Kansas University.

Shigeru Ban, who works primarily in Japan, will speak at 11 a.m. in Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.

Ban’s work includes temporary shelters for Rwandan refugees and victims of the Kobe, Japan, earthquake, exhibition pavilions and chapels. He recently was co-awarded a contract to design the new Euro Pompidou Centre in Metz, France.

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the School of Architecture and Urban Design and KU Student Senate.