Dog bite, retaliation sparks fight, arrests

A dog bite that led to a fight ended with the arrest of three men this past weekend, Lawrence Police said.

About 8:50 p.m. Friday in the 900 block of Ohio Street, police found a man who had been in a fight sitting on the ground with blood on his face.

Police determined a dog belonging to one of the men bit another of the men. The man who was bitten then began choking the dog, which caused the other two men to begin fighting with him, said Sgt. Dan Ward, a Lawrence Police spokesman.

The three, a 23-year-old Laramie, Wyo., man and two transients, ages 31 and 34, were arrested. The dog was impounded.

Mother, 25, arrested for child abandonment

Eudora Police arrested a 25-year-old mother last week on suspicion of leaving her 16-month-old baby home alone.

Officers stopped the woman’s car shortly after 11 p.m. Friday and smelled a strong odor of alcohol, a police report indicated. As she was being placed under arrest for DUI, she pleaded with officers to let her go because her son was home alone.

The woman told police she left him there while she went to get something to eat.

She was booked into jail on charges including child abandonment.

Red Cross schedules blood drive today

A blood drive is scheduled for today at the First Christian Church, 1000 Ky.

The drive by the Douglas County chapter of the American Red Cross will run from noon to 6 p.m. No appointment is necessary. All blood types are needed.

KU to stage Greek play

The Kansas University department of theater and film and University Theatre will present “Eumenides,” the third part of Aeschylus’ “Oresteia,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall.

The production is the result of the KU Summer Theatre in Greece program, during which students spent five weeks living, studying and rehearsing in an elementary school in the Greek village of Katohi. The culmination of the work and study was a presentation of “Eumenides” at the nearby Ancient Theatre of Oiniades.

Aeschylus’ “Eumenides” is a trilogy using the story of Agamemenon’s murder at the hands of his wife and her subsequent murder by her son, Orestes, as its source.

A discussion will be offered after each performance of “Eumenides.” Tickets, which are $5, can be purchased by calling 864-3982.

Atlanta couple’s gift to create professorship

Care and commitment demonstrated by special education teachers influenced a Georgia couple to create a professorship at Kansas University’s School of Education.

Atlanta residents Delbert L. “Del” and Barbara Ossian Williamson have pledged $250,000 to the KU Endowment Association to establish the professorship. Their gift is expected to be matched by Del Williamson’s former employer, General Electric Co., to create a fund of $500,000.

The fund also will receive additional income from the Kansas Partnership for Faculty of Distinction.

“Cerebral palsy claimed the lives of our twin boys born prematurely in 1968, but for six years we experienced the care and commitment of a number of special education teachers,” Barbara Williamson said.

School of Education Dean Angela Lumpkin said the professorship would help draw an outstanding faculty member to the school’s program.

Del Williamson studied engineering at KU in the mid-1950s. Barbara Williamson graduated from KU.

Three more professors receive Kemper Awards

Three more professors received $5,000 Kemper Awards for excellence Tuesday at Kansas University.

A total of 14 Kemper Awards have been distributed and six more are still to be given out. The latest winners are:

¢ Yolanda Jackson, associate professor of applied behavior science. Since coming to KU in 1995, Jackson has taught and advised students in the Clinical Child Psychology program. Her peers and her students laud her challenging but entertaining lectures.

• Stephen D. Smith, professor of pediatrics. His ongoing research in pediatric oncology has earned him 22 research grants and resulted in 90 peer-reviewed articles.
• Barbara Anthony-Twarog, professor of physics and astronomy. She has published many articles in the Astronomical Journal. She was noted for making science both entertaining and informative not only for students but also the community at large.