Please join the family of Gerald “Link” Hughes for the celebration of Link’s 80th birthday. The event will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 22 at the Mustard Seed Church, 700 Wakarusa Drive.

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The Lawrence Accredited Music Teachers will present two recitals Sunday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

Piano students of Carol Cook, Elaine deSan Miguel, Lisa Enns and Jean Drumm performing at 2 p.m. are Spencer Yost-Wolff, Will Johnson, Amelia Murray, Chase Buzhardt, Jay Buzhardt, Delaney Dethloff, Anya Combs, Alexander Carrillo, Onna Phythyon, Angela Young, Ellie Young, Cameron Buzhardt, Jessica Chen, Jeffrey Chen, Sabrea Platz, Ellie Beasley, Sydney Combs, Jessica Willis, Naomi Kurata, Elbeg Erdenne, Erika Taguchi, Margaret Bireta and Morgan Manger.

Piano students of Lisa Enns and Carol Cook performing at 2:45 p.m. are Zachary Mick, Katie Price, Savannah Price, Liza Elwell, Skylar Steichen, Amanda Snodgrass, Lindsey Swisher, Clavet Young, Yihan Li, Rodi Torres-Gavosto and Betty Zhang.

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Lawrence students Serena Forb, Rachel Knight, Naomi Kurata and Luke Rhodes, from the piano studios of Judy Chadwick, Jean Drumm and Carole Ross, placed first at the Kansas Music Teachers District Audition and also played at the state audition on Nov. 8. at Murphy Hall on the campus of Kansas University.

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Kansas University announces area winners of law school scholarships for the 2008-09 academic year. The students were recognized Oct. 23 during a scholarship reception.

Area students:

¢ Baldwin City Dennis Golden, Paul R. Wunsch Law School Scholarship.

¢ Lawrence Kasey Barton, Polsinelli, Shalton, Welte & Suelthaus Diversity Scholarship; Bree Beasley, Evelyn, Richard and Blanche Thompson Scholarship in Law; Ashlyn Buck, Olin K. & Mary Ruth Petefish School of Law Scholarship, Enos Hook Scholarship in Law; Geri Hartley, Law Fee Grant; Lorraine Hilleary, Evelyn, Richard and Blanche Thompson Scholarship in Law; Shane McCall, Harriet & Mancel Mitchell Scholarship in Law; Carrie Skahan, Evelyn, Richard and Blanche Thompson Scholarship in Law; Anne Weltmer, Voss Kansas Law Scholarship, Law Fee Grant; Helen White, Blackwell Sanders Diversity Scholarship; and Robert Williamson, Law Fee Grant.

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Henry Remple will celebrate his 100th birthday on Nov. 25. In his honor, send a birthday greeting or stories about good deeds, time outdoors, or contributions to charities.

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Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern was honored at the 32nd Annual Governor’s Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Sheriff McGovern was recognized by TFI Family Services for his outstanding law enforcement services for Kansas Children and Families. The Governor’s Conference was Oct. 29-30 in Wichita at the Airport Hilton.

Sheriff McGovern and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office have worked for more than 10 years with TFI Family Services’ Douglas County Supervised Visitation and Exchange Center. He has also been actively supportive of the community’s drive to develop a Child Advocacy Center.

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Ruaa Hassaballa, Lawrence Free State High School junior, was named one of three winners, earning cash prizes for their writing skills, at the 23rd annual Black Leadership Symposium Oct. 23 at Kansas University.

More than 400 black students from Topeka, Kansas City, Wichita and other regional high schools and junior high schools participated in the KU-sponsored symposium that offered workshops and dialogues promoting leadership. This year’s theme was “Quest for Your Best and Take the Lead.”

The reading competition required students to read selected books and write reviews on such authors as Frederick Douglass, Langston Hughes, Harriet Jacobs, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, Ernest J. Gaines, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Walker and Richard Wright.

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Kim and Tom Taylor, Baldwin City, announce the birth of their son, Samuel Leroy Taylor, on Oct. 28, 2008, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.

Samuel has two sisters, Allison, 6, and Emily, 4.

His maternal grandparents are Janice and Terry McKenzie, Eudora.

His paternal grandparents are Sharon and Andy Baux, Lawrence.

His great-grandparent is Charlotte Stack, Kansas City, Kan.

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Clyde Vincent Thierry celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 25. at the Village Community Church in Kansas City, Kan. The program included commentary from close friends and family members, a talent show, musical solos, a praise dance, a dramatic reading, a gospel duet and a slide presentation. He also received a greeting from President George W. Bush and a medal from Kansas State Sen. David Haley displaying the Great Seal of Kansas, the fourth ever to be given.

Thierry also celebrated his actual birthday, on Oct. 22, with a reception hosted by The Meals on Wheels organization of Lawrence at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.