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Photos for May 4, 2012
Hackberry Emperor butterflies, which will soon grace the KU Fitch Natural History Reservation by the thousands. The photo is from Dave Rintoul, the associate director of the biology division at Kansas Sate University. More than a decade ago, Rintoul saw a "tornado" of butterflies at a Fort Riley bird branding station.
A collection of images taken Friday portray a day of preparation for the 14th annual Lawrence Sertoma Club 48 barbecue cook-off at Broken Arrow Park, 31st and Louisiana streets. Today, 48 teams will compete for cash prizes as well as ribbons. The public can sample meats prepared by the teams during the People’s Choice portion of the competition that lasts from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and then again from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Rogene Anderson, left, and Cathy Crispino, longtime music teachers at Lawrence High School, are retiring at the end of the school year. Crispino has been the choir director for the last 15 years, and Anderson has been the choir's accompanist for the last 23 years.
Rogene Anderson, left, is the accompanist for choirs directed by Cathy Crispino at Lawrence High School. The two women, who organize Showtime, a long-running successful musical event in the Lawrence district, will be retiring at the end of the school year.
Kansas third baseman Jordan Dreiling throws out Air Force's Alex Bast at first during Kansas' game against Air Force Friday, May 4, 2012 at Hoglund Ballpark.
A caterpillar works to eat a leaf from a hackberry tree on Friday in the Fitch Natural History Reservation.
Free State's Lucy Sirimongkhon-Dyck competes in the 200 yard individual medley during the girl's 2012 Sunflower League Championship preliminaries Friday, May 4, 2012 at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center.
Lawrence High's Annie Odrowski competes in the 200 yard individual medley event during the girl's 2012 Sunflower League Championship preliminaries Friday, May 4, 2012 at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center.
Free State's Olivia Loney competes in the 200 yard individual medley event during the girl's 2012 Sunflower League Championship preliminaries Friday, May 4, 2012 at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center.
Lawrence High's Andrea Summey competes in the 200 yard individual medley event during the girl's 2012 Sunflower League Championship preliminaries Friday, May 4, 2012 at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center.
Lawrence High's Sierra Wilkens competes in the 200 yard freestyle event during the girl's 2012 Sunflower League Championship preliminaries Friday, May 4, 2012 at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center.
Free State's Kate McCurdy competes in the 200 yard medley relay during the girl's 2012 Sunflower League Championship preliminaries Friday, May 4, 2012 at Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center.
Free State's Katie Kimbrough competes in the 200 yard medley relay during the girl's 2012 Sunflower League Championship preliminaries Friday, May 4, 2012 at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center.
Pinckney School third-grader Donovan McNeeley contorts his way through a hoop while linked to classmates Aidan Lynch and Jacob Thomasson during the Kansas Kids Fitness and Safety Day at Anschutz Sports Pavilion at Kansas University. About 700 third-graders from the Lawrence area spent a couple of hours Friday working through various stations to promote physical activity and safety awareness.
Kansas University graduating senior Hannah Vick, Lawrence, is pictured May 4 on campus. Vick plans to get her master’s in social work from Columbia University in New York. Her hopes, she explained, are to work for a nonprofit that helps resettle refugees in the United States.
The University Women’s Club scholarship committee presented awards on April 5 to four recipients, front row from left, Laura Dean Abby Campbell, Larissa Beckman and Heather Aldersey. This was the club’s 97th year of awarding scholarships. Committee members pictured, back row from left, are Faith Greenwood, chairwoman, Susan Ralston, Kay Henry, Marie Meyen and Jannie Barron. Janis Hutchinson submitted the photo.
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