KU police seek help in false fire alarm cases

Kansas University police are offering a cash reward for tips leading to an arrest in a series of false fire alarms at McCollum Hall.

The residence hall has had an increased number of false alarms this semester, said Capt. Schuyler Bailey, a KU Public Safety Office spokesman. One person has been identified and arrested so far, he said.

Anyone with information about the alarms is asked to call the department at 864-5900. Callers who want to remain anonymous can call KU CrimeStoppers at 864-8888.

CrimeStoppers offers a reward up to $1,000.

Bailey reminded students that making a false alarm is punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine.

False alarms drain police and firefighters’ resources and make people less likely to respond to a real alarm, Bailey said.

Bishop Seabury plans open house Saturday

Bishop Seabury Academy plans a fall open house from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday for prospective students and their parents or anyone who wants to learn more about Seabury.

Visitors can meet teachers, tour the campus and talk with parents of Seabury students. The school’s parent organization also will sell purses as a fund-raiser from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the campus, 4120 Clinton Parkway.

About 125 students attend the seventh- to 12th-grade Episcopal school.

Education supporters to stage march, rally

Supporters of greater funding for public education will rally and march Saturday from Buford M. Watson Jr. Park to the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Mass.

Organizers of the Get Out The Vote/Support School Funding March and Rally say public schools need smaller classes and are not getting enough money. They are urging voters to choose candidates who will give more money to education.

The march, sponsored by Kansas Families United for Public Education, is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m.

Mystery dinner theater on weekend menu

The Lawrence Community Theatre will bring a 1940s detective story to life when it stages “Murder at Cafe Noir,” a dinner theater mystery, at 7 p.m. Friday.

Tickets are $35 and can be purchased by calling 843-7469. Reservations are required. Dinner will be served buffet style and will include roasted pork tenderloin with tropical fruit sauce, poached salmon with lemon-caper sauce, Old Prospect salad, dinner rolls, green beans amandine, rice pilaf and dessert buffet.

The show will be performed at Maceli’s, 1031 N.H., and will feature Rick Archer, a detective out to find a curvaceous runaway on the forgotten island of Mustique.

Other characters include a French madame and club manager, a voodoo priestess, a shady British attorney, a black marketeer and a femme fatale.