Carrie Mayhew, Lawrence, and her son Thomas, 7, watch the Kansas University Relays. They attended the event last Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

State Rep. Barbara Ballard, D-Lawrence, left, visits with Beverly Smith Billings at the Women's Recognition Program. The program, which honored 19 Kansas University students, faculty, staff and alumni, was Tuesday in the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.

From left, Jan Vaughn, Arkie Vaughn and Tom Groene, all of Lawrence, attend the Kansas University Relays. They watched the competition last Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

From left, Rene Brown, Vern Norwood and Christine Kenney attend the Women's Recognition Program at Kansas University. Kenney, a KU graduate and Douglas County district attorney, was named to the Women's Hall of Fame during Tuesday's program.

Jane Hemenway, left, presents a 00 check to the best

Paula Kyriakos and Michelle Jones, both members of Girl Scout Troop 623, hold the trophies that their group won during a Canstruction fund-raising project. The troop and Sabatini & Associates Architects won trophies for structural ingenuity and honorable mention. They designed a Snoopy doghouse from canned goods. The project represented the troop's volunteer work with the Lawrence Humane Society. The event, which raised money for area youth groups and helped fill local food pantries, was Saturday at CornerBank in Lawrence.

Kansas University alumni and football fans, from left, are Pat Herrin, Stella Dyer, Kermit Dyer and Keith Herrin. The Lawrence residents attended the KU spring football game Sunday at Memorial Stadium. A few sprinkles didn't keep these Jayhawk fans from getting an early0 glimpse of the football team.

The Wakarusa Group of Sierra Club poses for a picture during a clean-up project at the Haskell-Baker Wetlands. Pictured are, back row from left, Jerry Sipe, Michael Caron, Erwin Campbell, Mike Campbell, Byron Wiley and Roger Boyd; front row from left, Lisa Grossman, Jim Hasselle, Kelly Barth and Pam Lovett. Boyd, chairman of the department of biology at Baker University, directed the service project, which involved clearing brush and limbs from the boardwalk and the north levee trail. Others who helped with the April 1 project were Susan Iverson, Larry Maxey, Carey Maynard-Moody, Dana Carlton, Jesse Carlton, Daniel Poule and Richard Heckler.