Museum curators to share stories

Children ages 5–7 are invited to discover the world of museums with curator Kerry Lippincott as she reads stories and explores treasures from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. March 24 at Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass.

The museum houses many artifacts from the early territorial days in Douglas County.

The fee is $8 per child for members of Douglas County Historical Society, $10 for nonmembers and $5 for members of the Boys & Girls Club.

To register, call 841-4109.

Needlework exhibition being shown at Watkins

“Busy Hands: A Showcase of Needlework” runs through April 30 at the Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass.

A cross-stitch version of Georges Seurat’s “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte,” which was created by Janice Cook, of Topeka, will be shown at the exhibition.

Vicki Patchin, of Shawnee, will show a reproduction section of a Loara Standish’s sampler, the first known American sampler.

Sandra Wiechert and her mother-in-law, Serena Eastburn, both of Lawrence, are both exhibiting pieces.

Museum artifacts also will be on display at the exhibit. They include 19th-century chairs with needlepoint cushions, an 1838 sampler, as well as pin cushions, instructions and patterns.

Ann Liston will present “Pins and Needles” at 3 p.m. April 3. She will discuss the economic, social, cultural and other influences on women’s plain and fancywork.

Collector Ferrol Lattin will present a free program on fun linen at 2 p.m. April 16.

A workshop, “Preserving Needlework” will be given at 2 p.m. April 30. Curator Kerry Lippincott will show the participants how to preserve needlework. There is a $15 fee per person for the workshop.

Deadline Friday for essay contest

Do potholes have you rattled?

Is there a better way to keep the city free from litter?

Do you have a catchy city slogan to share?

The Journal-World Teen Advisory Board is inviting Lawrence and area students to share their visions of how their community would run under their supervision by entering the Journal-World’s essay contest, “If I were mayor, I would …”

The rules:

Open to all elementary, junior high and high school students.

Each entry must include student’s name, school, grade, age, hometown, address and telephone number.

Essays must be 250 words or less.

The deadline to enter is 5 p.m. Friday.

Entries can be e-mailed to teens@ljworld.com, faxed to 843-4512 or dropped off at the News Center, 645 N.H., 66044

The three winners — elementary, junior high and high school — will have their essays published April 5 in the Journal-World.