Lawrence City Manager David Corliss discusses plans for a proposed new city recreation center at a public meeting Thursday night at Lawrence Free State High School.

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With both Lawrence High and the Jayhawks playing Friday night, expect traffic jams on Iowa Street, Naismith Drive and 19th Street. Police will be directing traffic at 19th and Iowa, and 19th and Naismith.

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Kristen Hase, chief of natural resources for the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Paula Matile, a conservation specialist for the Kansas wing of The Nature Conservancy, walk toward the new visitors center and offices at the park near Strong City.

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Curtis Welton-Lister, 8, cuts away on a puzzle project during a workshop Thursday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Elementary schools were not in session Thursday, and some children took advantage of the opportunity to learn about art.

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Viewed from a scenic overlook on the 10,894 acre Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City, a herd of bison roam the Windmill Pasture at the preserve.

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People can hike many miles of trails on the at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City. But if you chose to walk across the 1,100 acre Windmill Pasture, you are cautioned about the 22 resident bison populating the pasture.

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A calf and her mother graze on the 1,100 acre Windmill Pasture at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City. 22 bison now populate the preserve. In 2009, 13 of them were brought from Wind Cave National Park site in the Black Hills region of South Dakota.

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A bison cow and her calf graze on the 1,100 acre Windmill Pasture at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City.

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Gene Matile is the bison caretaker and manager for the private ranching outfit that runs cattle on portions of the nearly 11,000 acres that make up the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.

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From left, Gene Matile, a bison caretaker at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kristen Hase, chief of natural resources for the Flint Hills park and Matile's wife Paula, a conservation specialist for the Kansas wing of The Nature Conservancy, observe the herd of 22 bison at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City. A project to bring the bison to the Flint Hills is a partnership between The Nature Conservancy and the National Park Service.

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A herd of bison graze on the 1,100 acre Windmill Pasture at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City. Twenty-two bison now populate the preserve. In 2009, 13 of them were brought from Wind Cave National Park site in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. The park hopes the bison herd will eventually grow to 75-100 and draw more visitors to the site to experience the Flint Hills landscape as it looked when crowded with buffalo.

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Rather than zoom out and compose a shot of just the herd of bison running by my position inside a truck, I used a wide-angle lens to incorporate the silhouetted figure of the man at left and then framed the bison as they ran past. This was taken at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City.

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Chase County cowboy Gene Matile watches as a herd of 22 bison run toward his truck for some food at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City. Matile is the bison caretaker and manager for the private ranching outfit that runs cattle on portions of the nearly 11,000 acres that make up the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.

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Bethany Ruder, Lawrence. Clothing details: scarf, Target, last year, $15; sweater, Abercrombie, last year, $30; dress, Old Navy, three years ago, $20; leggings, Target, this summer, $10; boots, DSW, last year, $80.

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DJ Johnson, Olathe. Clothing details: hat, Baldwin Denim, two months ago, $40; hoodie, thrifted, American Apparel, a year ago, $6; shirt, thrifted, a year ago, $5; jeans, Urban Outfitters, six months ago, $50; shoes, Converse Chuck Taylor, a year and a half ago, $40.

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Diana Boyd, center, and Kylee Moore, right, of the Lawrence Pilot Club project division, present Dana Ortiz, executive director of Lawrence Family Promise, with a $1,5000 check, along with diapers and baby wipes, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Sept. 10. Lareeda Hickey, of Lawrence, submitted the photo.