LouAnn Adams, Lawrence, celebrates her birthday during a party at the Knights of Columbus in Lawrence. The Oct. 23 party was attended by friends and family, including her sons Tom Adams and Mike Adams and her daughters Amy Finney and Suzanne Sharp.

From left, Matt Krische, of Wiklund, Peterson and Krische, DDS, and April Hite and Ken Hite, of Mize, Houser and Co., attend a Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Young Professional Network gathering. The event was Oct. 7 at the Lawrence Community Theatre.

From left are Boog Highberger, Katie Armitage, Pattie Johnston and Judy Sweets. They attended the preview showing of the Lawrence/Douglas County African-American Oral History Project panels. The event was Sept. 17 at the First Regular Missionary Baptist Church, 1646 Vt.

From left are Enid Terlizzi, Sharon Hughes, Denise Donly and Lew Nolan. They attended Lawrence Memorial Hospital's 12th annual Stepping Out Against Breast Cancer benefit dance. The fund-raiser was Oct. 23 at the Lawrence Holidome.

From left are Michael Bowman, Oliver Electric Construction/Scuba Shack; Kellie Brittingham, Legends Drive Dental Center; Allison Vance Moore, Grubb & Ellis/The Winbury Group; Jim Moore, Stephens Insurance; and Shannon Jones, Peak Performance. They attended a Young Professional Network gathering Oct. 7 at Lawrence Community Theatre.

Paul Phelps, left, and his wife, Christine, dress up as a bride and groom for Lawrence Memorial Hospital's 12th annual Stepping Out Against Breast Cancer benefit dance at the Lawrence Holidome. The Oct. 23 event helped raise money for LMH's new Breast Center and to provide mammogram screenings for indigent women.

LaMerle McCoy and Alice Fowler attend the preview showing of the Lawrence/Douglas County African-American Oral History Project panels. The event was Sept. 17 at First Regular Missionary Baptist Church.

Dressed as The Village People are, back row from left, Carolyn Johnson, Rhonda Blankingship, Michelle Kissinger and Jennifer Kissinger; front row from left, Julie Daniels and Deb West. They attended Lawrence Memorial Hospital's 12th annual Stepping Out Against Breast Cancer benefit dance Oct. 23 at the Lawrence Holidome.

Leonard and Jacquelyn Monroe attend the preview showing of the Lawrence/Douglas County African-American Oral History Project panels, which were sponsored by the Lawrence Sesquicentennial Committee and Capitol Federal Savings. The event was Sept. 17 at the First Regular Missionary Baptist Church in Lawrence.