Bob and Romaine Taylor were named recipients of the Mary Dalton Murphy Volunteer Award during the Friends of the Lawrence Public Library annual meeting on March 6. The award named for Mary Dalton Murphy, the late head of Reference at the Lawrence Public Library, who was herself a volunteer with the Friends organization, is given annually to Friends volunteers who have given their support throughout the years in many different ways.

The Taylors have been involved with FLPL for nearly 15 years and have priced various categories, assisted with the sales and served on the Friends board. Bob, a former teacher, retired as assistant superintendent for Lawrence Public Schools several years ago. Romaine, also a former teacher, recently retired from Ottawa University.

During the meeting, the Friends recognized a retiring board member, Thelma Helyar. Two new board members were elected this year, Edie Taylor and Alan Sanders.

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Lawrence schools dominated at the Free State High School Chess tournament March 13 at the Kansas Union, with three different teams winning first-place trophies: Southwest Junior High School in K-9, Sunflower in K-6 and Cordley in K-3. Second-place trophies went to Lawrence High School in K-12, Central Junior High School in K-9, Quail Run in K-6 and Wakarusa Valley in K-3. Third-place trophies were garnered by South Junior High School in K-9, Prairie Park in K-6 and Quail Run in K-3. Individual champions from Lawrence were: Alan Shi, SWJH, in K-9; and Kaustubh Nimkar, Sunflower, in K-6. Other Lawrence medalists were:

In K-12: Thomas Clark, FSHS, fourth; Sam Stephens, Quail Run, fifth; Nate McFadden, LHS, eighth; Roy Wedge, LHS, ninth; Aaron Simon, West Junior High School, 11th; Johnny Chanthalangsy, LHS, 12th; Carl Peterson, LHS, 13th; Brandon Marcure, LHS, 15th; and Jason Chang, LHS, 20th.

In K-9: Austin Bailey, CJH, fourth; Sam Beaulieu, CJH, fifth; Eddie Wilson, CJH, sixth; Owen McFadden, SJH, eighth; Andrei Elliott, SWJH, 10th; Vinnie Barker, SWJH, 11th; Eddie Loupe, SWJH, 12th; Andrew Galbraith, SWJH, 14th; Nicholas Shaheed, SWJH, 15th; Eric Wang, SWJH, 16th; Thomas Peterson, SWJH, 17th; Venkata Malladi, SWJH, 18th; Darren Rawlings, SJH, 19th; Jacob Magnuson, SWJH, 20th; Michael Ndoro, SWJH, 23rd; and Megan Deitz, SWJH, 25th.

In K-6: Apramay Mishra, Sunflower, second; Roscoe Bradt, Cordley, third; Tom Brooks, Quail Run, fourth; Joseph Miller, Quail Run, sixth; Robert Newman, Wakarusa Valley, seventh; Josh Kallenbach, Quail Run, eighth; Max Briggs, Prairie Park, ninth; George Wedge, Cordley, 10th; Antonio Covert, Prairie Park, 11th; Paul Loupe, Sunflower, 12th; Christopher Greenfield, Prairie Park, 13th; James Faith, Wakarusa Valley, 14th; Nathan Pederson, Prairie Park, 15th; and Madison McCombs, Prairie Park, 16th.

In K-3: Ting-Ting Shi, Quail Run, second; Tabetha Faith, Wakarusa Valley, sixth; Shrivatsa Malladi, Langston Hughes, seventh; Cole Burenheide, Quail Run, eighth; John Ely, Sunflower, ninth; Jackson Maher, Cordley, 10th; Klara Hinson, Wakarusa Valley, 11th; Cristopher Smith, Cordley, 12th; Omar Roth, Wakarusa Valley, 13th; Lacey Greenfield, Prairie Park, 15th; Colin Bradt, Cordley, 16th; Ben Hoopes, Cordley, 17th; Rachel Parsons, Wakarusa Valley, 18th; and Ardyn Pannell, Wakarusa Valley, 19th.