Lawrence High football coach Dirk Wedd brings his team into a huddle for some encouraging words after a scrimmage as part of the Fall Sports Jamboree, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Lawrence High.

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Lawrence High quarterback Brad Strauss takes off on a run in the second half of a scrimmage as part of the Fall Sports Jamboree, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Lawrence High.

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Lawrence High quarterback Brad Strauss throws in the second half of a scrimmage as part of the Fall Sports Jamboree, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Lawrence High.

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Senior running back Tyrone Jenkins carries the ball through a pile of red-team defenders in the second half of a scrimmage as part of the Fall Sports Jamboree, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Lawrence High.

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Members of the Lawrence High School girls cross country team sport tutus as they run around the track with the boys team Wednesday during the Fall Sports Jamboree at LHS.

Photo by Nick Krug

Members at the Sigma Chi fraternity, 1439 Tenn., watch smoke billow from the roof area of their house on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 .

Photo by Richard Gwin

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Senior Conner Murphy pushes the ball past freshman Piper Hubbell during a scrimmage between the varsity and junior varsity soccer teams, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Lawrence High. Several LHS team sports scrimmaged in preparation for the rapidly approaching fall sports seasons.

Photo by Nick Krug

Quinton Westphal, 11, puts away his new lawn mower at his east Lawrence home. Quinton had saved up to buy a mower, but it was stolen a day after he purchased it. Lawrence cardiologist Roger Dreiling bought Quinton a replacement mower after learning of the theft.

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Firefighters respond to a reported fire at the Sigma Chi fraternity house, 1439 Tenn.

Photo by Richard Gwin

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Franklin County Jail mugshot of Ralph E. Corey.

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Sophie-Ntombikayise, by Mary Sibande

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Sophie-Ntombikayise, by Mary Sibande

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A group visiting from Meadowlark Estates Retirement community in Lawrence visiting the Booth Family Hall of Athletics Wednesday passes by a display on Kansas University’s men’s basketball team. KU has plans to build a two-story student center at the northeast corner of Allen Fieldhouse, an area visible through the windows in this photograph and in the photograph BELOW. The center will house Dr. James Naismith’s original rules of basketball. From left are Marge Randall, Rosie Kelly, her son Don Kelly and Betty Lukens.

Photo by Mike Yoder Lawrence Journal-World

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A group from Meadowlark Estates Retirement Community in Lawrence visiting the Booth Family Hall of Athletics Wednesday passes by a display on Kansas University’s men’s basketball team. KU has plans to build a two-story student center at the northeast corner of Allen Fieldhouse, an area visible through the windows in this photograph and in the photograph BELOW. The center will house Dr. James Naismith’s original rules of basketball. From left are Marge Randall, Rosie Kelly, her son Don Kelly and Betty Lukens.

Photo by Mike Yoder Lawrence Journal-World

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Landscape designer Laurel Sears arranges a container for a client. Sears often changes the plants throughout the year so the color will change with the seasons.

Photo by Richard Gwin

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Pansies along with plants that creep can add color and fill a container on a patio or alongside a home.

Photo by Richard Gwin

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The Hooligans derby team of Paul Miller and Emily Gloshen, both of Eudora, are pictured after winning the Osage City Compact Freestyle Demolition Derby on July 7. Miller submitted the photo.