Hae kyung Chung of Seoul, South Korea, has begun her first year at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. She is a graduate of Bishop Seabury Academy. Her host mother is Mininder Kaur, Lawrence.

Chung is the daughter of Man jin Chung and Min hee Cho, Seoul, South Korea.

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Quail Run School claimed the first place trophy in K-6 and the third place trophy in K-3 at the Wakarusa Valley School Chess Tournament on Nov. 11 in Lawrence. Cordley School’s McCarthy Fitch also won the first place individual trophy in K-3.

Lawrence medal winners in K-3 were Roscoe Bradt, Cordley, second; Jonathan Lesslie, Quail Run, third; Ilya Schaeffer, Sunflower, 10th; Josh Kallenbach, Quail Run, 14th; Colin Bradt, Cordley, 19th; Eileen Huang, Quail Run, 25th; and Wyatt Bugh, Sunflower, 26th.

In K-6, winners were Luke Lesslie, Quail Run, second; Eddie Wilson, Cordley, third; Lucas Suchy, Wakarusa Valley, fourth; Andrei Elliott, Quail Run, seventh; Aaron Simon, Quail Run, ninth; Apramay Mishra, Sunflower, 10th; Katie Conard, Quail Run, 11th; Robert Newman, Wakarusa Valley, 16th; Kaustubh Nimkar, Sunflower, 18th; Siyin Li, Hillcrest School, 19th; Venkata Malladi, Quail Run, 22nd; Ian Gent, Cordley, 24th; Samarth Chakrasali, Sunflower, 26th; Makayla Wagner, Wakarusa Valley, 27th; Vinnie Barker, Sunflower, 30th; Zack Curran, Cordley, 34th; and Byron McClelland, Cordley, 35th.

In K-8, medal winners were Jake Mather, Southwest Junior High, ninth; Jason Chang, SWJH, 12th; Jacob Wilson, Central Junior High, 15th; and Nicolas Shump, SWJH, 19th.

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Dennis and Angie Miller, Eudora, announce the birth of a son, Carson Lawrence Miller, on Oct. 18, 2006, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Carson weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long. He has a sister, Haley, 2.

Grandparents are Larry and Connie Woydziak and Mike and Kelly Chase, all of Lawrence. Great-grandparents are Betty Woydziak, Rose Hill; Marilyn and Larry Sage, Peculiar, Mo.; and Ray and Eileen Miller, Lexington, Mo.

Carson’s great-great-grandmother is Laverne Sage, Independence, Mo.

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Students in the Lawrence Accredited Music Teachers Assn. will present a recital at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

Students include Jessica Chen, Raka Banerjee, Rohini Banerjee, Ben Katz, Ellie Young, Jeffrey Chen, Sam Allen, Greg Allen, Wyatt Bugh, Hsin-roe Pan, Duncan Murray, Calvin Yost-Wolff, Di Xie, Marlee Yost-Wolff, Mason Kelso, Yihan Liu, Calvet Young, Nora Elbayoumy, Katie Stites, Sarah Long, Tammy Liu, Mei Butler and Adrienne Willems. Participating teachers are Carol Cook, Sylvia Frank and Nathaniel May.