Lawrence High School’s National Honor Society is participating in a fashion show fundraiser for The Ali Kemp Educational Foundation at 2 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Overland Park Convention Center, 6000 College Blvd.

The event also will feature self-defense classes for girls and women. The foundation honors Kemp, a former Kansas State University student from Leawood who was killed at a swimming pool in June 2002. Self-defense classes for women are a cornerstone of the foundation, in an effort to prevent other women from becoming victims.

LHS students planning to model formal gowns and tuxedos are Emily Bracciano, Hilary Ferguson, Kaela Severa, Rachel Keller, Jaymie Hardtarfer, Lauren Ollila, Piper Rystrom, Katherine Steir, Sarah Bodle, Whitney Perkins, Amanda Gage, Walter Summers, David Long, Colby Sostarich and Will Taylor.

Tickets will be sold from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Sunday at Hy-Vee, Clinton Parkway and Kasold Drive, and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Checkers, 23rd and Louisiana streets. Tickets are $5 and include admission to the fashion show and the self-defense class. The class begins at 3:30 p.m.

For more information, send e-mail to lawrencehigh.nhs@ gmail.com.

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Jon Johnson, Lawrence, received a Masters of Arts in educational technology from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. Fall commencement ceremonies were set for Dec. 14-15.

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Virginia Hird, a former longtime resident of Lawrence, celebrated her 80th birthday Friday, and family members are having a surprise card shower.

Cards should be sent to Hird at 530 S. Florida Ave., Apt. 405, Lakeland, FL 33801.

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Two area law enforcement officers graduated recently from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center.

Chad Huggins, deputy sheriff for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department, and Greydon Walker, corporal with the Eudora Police Department, graduated during a Dec. 21 ceremony at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson. The 14-week course fulfills the state requirement for law enforcement training. The center trains the majority of municipal, county and state law enforcement officers in Kansas.

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Justin and Julie Hoffman, Baldwin City, announce the birth of their son, Caden Bayard Hoffman, born Nov. 21, 2007, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

His maternal grandparents are Jeri and Paulette Breithaup. Paternal grandparents are Scot and Donna Hoffman. Great-grandparents are Harold and Aretta Hirst, Ken and Tyke Callicott and Gary and Joyce Hoffman.

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Cynthia Marie Fecchia, Nelly Catherine Wambui Gatotho and Evie Lynne Schlife, all of Lawrence, completed certification last fall through the Center for Service Learning at Kansas University.

The certification shows that students have dedicated significant time to classes and activities that foster civic engagement, community involvement and leadership. The certification process consists of four components: completion of a service learning course, an independent service project, a set of directed civic engagement and leadership readings, and a reflection. All undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for certification.