Roger Walter.

• Cromwell Environmental and Cromwell Solar will celebrate their new location in downtown Lawrence with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. Sept 26 at 615 Vermont St. A reception, tour and open house will follow.

• The Lawrence chamber of commerce celebrated the latest class to complete its Leadership Lawrence program. The graduates are: Brian Austin, Bartlett & West; Aaron Blanchard, KU School of Engineering; Andy Brown, Headquarters Counseling Center; Jeff Burkhead, Bert Nash Mental Health Center; Nickie Daneke, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas; Jamie Davison, Intrust Bank; Kylene Etzel, Hy-Vee, Inc.; Mia Gonzalez, Lawrence Community Shelter; Brandon Graham, Jefferson’s Restaurant; Cindy Gustofson, Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living; Sheri Hamilton, Kansas Public Radio; Elizabeth Keever, Just Food; Steven Koprince, Petefish, Immel, Heeb and Hird; Duane LaFrenz, City of Lawrence; Whitney Lang, Gould Evans Architects; Stephen Maceli, Maceli’s Banquet Hall; Seth Martin, First Management, Inc.; Lori McSorley, Douglas County VNA; David Melton, Douglas County District Attorney’s Office; Crystal Miles, City of Lawrence; Amy Miller, City of Lawrence; Lance Mullen, Wide Open West; Kaitlyn Peine, Douglas County/ K-State Research and Extension Kate Pickert, Pegasus Capital Management; Laurie Powell, Lawrence Police Department; Joshua Powers, Kansas Department of Transportation; Angie Rexroad, Rexroad Foods; Thomas Shmalberg, Scotch Fabric Care; Stacie Schroeder, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Lawrence; Patrick Talkington, Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical; Jennifer Tucker, KU Innovation & Collaboration; Julie Tuley, LMH Oncology Center; Gina Vervynck, Hinman & Associates, L.L.C.; Julie Wright, The World Company; Marty Yost, CEK Insurance; Julie Zule, U.S. Bank

• The Lawrence chamber of commerce welcomed five businesses as members: the DCCCA Center, Kaw Valley Hearing LLC, The Raven Book Store, Roy’s Wine & Spirits and Sensora Spa.

• Roger Walter, of Lawrence, was recently selected by by his peers to be included in the “Best Lawyers in America 2015” list by BestLawyers.com in the field of securities and capital markets law. He works for the Law Offices of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chtd. in Topeka.

• Kansas University’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences presented Donn Parson, a professor emeritus in communication studies, with the 2014 Career Achievement Teaching Award. The award includes a $1,000 prize.

• Sheila Meggison, a certified massage therapist in Lawrence, recently participated in the CranioSacral Therapy 1 workshop offered by the Upledger Institute International. CranioSacral Therapy is used to correct imbalances in the craniosacral system.

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