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Photos for October 8, 2012
Petersburg guard Frank Mason (15) attempts a layup in this file photo from March 9 at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Va. Mason orally committed to Kansas University on Monday.
A young girl stares out the window of Midland Railway Train in Baldwin City, KS. .Camera: Nikon D70 / Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR .
Maple leaves don their autumn colors on Tennessee Street as Cameron Birdsall waters some new grass.
Pork Cheek Pie will be on the new dinner menu rolling out later this month at the Rieger Hotel Grill and Exchange, 1924 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Sarah Howard, of Holt, Mo., left, the first patient to undergo a procedure with the new St. Jude Medical MediGuide technology at Kansas University Hospital, speaks during a news conference Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at the hospital. Sitting next to her are Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, a cardiologist, center, and Dr. Loren Berenbom, director of the Richard and Annette Bloch Heart Rhythm Center. The new technology significantly reduces radiation exposure during many heart procedures.
Point guard Frank Mason. (Rivals.com contributed photo)
Daniel Rutz
Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer speaks Monday to members of the Governor's Task Force on School Efficiency during a lunch break. Colyer said getting more dollars into classroom instruction was an important issue.
Both local high school football teams are having banner seasons, and each has a chance to play for the 6A state championship.
Kansas Policy Institute President Dave Trabert testifies on Monday to the Governor's Task Force on School Efficiency, which is charged with making recommendations to increase funds directly related to classroom instruction and reduce administrative expenses.
This undated publicity photo provided by Julien's Auctions shows the original costume worn by Judy Garland in the film "The Wizard of Oz." The dress will be on view at London's Safford Hotel Oct. 9-14, 2012, before being exhibited on Nov. 5 through 9, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The BNSF Railway's Argentine Yard, as seen from an overpass in Argentine, Kansas..I shot this with an inherited Canon AE-1 using Ilford XP2 film. I enlarged it by hand and applied sepia toner in the darkroom at Southwest Junior High while I was a student there. Taken in the spring of 1999.
Of all Lawrence schools, Kennedy School receives the most Title 1 funding, federal grants for schools deemed to have a high population of “at-risk” kids. Assessment scores there are lower, and many challenges are greater.
Dale Ivan Rummer and Patricia Ann Rummer
These baby washcloths have soft flannel on one side and a cute cotton print on the other. They’re a quick and easy project and can be paired with the hooded baby blanket from a previous column for a handmade baby gift set.
Kansas University junior and research assistant Hailey Baker is pictured Wednesday with a tube containing around 500 fruit flies, which she is using for reseach purposes. Baker says she mates and selects fruit flies before dissecting them to get a better understanding about gene mutations.
Nutritious: Sarah Henning’s pumpkin spice chocolate smoothie can be a breakfast, snack or dessert.
Delicious: Megan Stuke’s pumpkin mashed potatoes can be served in the hollowed-out bottom of the pumpkin used to make it.
Eboni, pictured Sept. 25, has been at Lawrence Humane Society since April, longer than any of the other cats currently there.
Lawrence Humane Society visitors, from left, Kailey Willis, Joseph Ramos and Carmen Zhou entertain some of the cats with a laser pointer in a play area Sept. 25.
Bronson John Gilbert, pictured at 9 months, drives his great-grandpa John Sparks’ 1949 John Deere A tractor. Bronson is the son of Dustin Gilbert and April Talley, of Lawrence, and the grandson of Darren and Gaila Gilbert, of Tonganoxie; Rick Talley, of Topeka; and Judy Talley, of Bonner Springs. Angela Morrison, of McLouth, submitted the photo.
Rudy, at right with red and green collar, is a shih tzu who belongs to Bob and Cathy Williams, and he loves to play and nuzzle with the neighbors' dog, Sugar, who is also a shih tzu and belongs to Bill and Barbara Anderson, all of Lawrence. Cathy Williams submitted the photo.
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