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Photos for April 15, 2014

Lawrence High's Megan Sumonja delivers a pitch against Olathe South in a doubleheader Tuesday at LHS.

Lawrence High tennis player Thomas Irick serves during his No. 1 doubles tennis match against Free State in the City Showdown on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at FSHS.

Free State tennis player Stephen Anderson returns a volley during his No. 2 doubles tennis match against Lawrence High in the City Showdown on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at FSHS.

In this photo provided by the Johnson County, Kan., Sheriff is Frazier Glenn Cross, a 73-year-old Vietnam War veteran from southwest Missouri, founder of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in his native North Carolina and later the White Patriot Party. Authorities said Tuesday, April 15, 2014 that Cross has been charged with one count of capital murder for the deaths of 14-year-old boy and his grandfather outside the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City on Sunday. He also faces one count of first-degree, premeditated murder for the death of a woman who was gunned down while visiting her mother at a nearby retirement complex.

Chris Beard is a Kansas University distinguished Foundation Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and a senior curator at the Biodiversity Institute.

Chris Beard is a Kansas University distinguished Foundation Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and a senior curator at the Biodiversity Institute.

Cinema classic "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" comes to the big screen at Liberty Hall tonight, for one night only.

KU assistant track coach Ryan Hays puts together a resting station at Rock Chalk Park on Tuesday. Workers and volunteers were busy all over the park, getting it ready for the Kansas Relays.
Officials gathered Tuesday at a Statehouse news conference urging Gov. Sam Brownback veto a bill that would allow Kansas to take over federal health care programs in the state. From left to right are AARP's Kansas director Maren Turner, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger and Sean Gatewood, head of the Kansas Health Consumer Coalition.

Justin Hill, president of the Lawrence Paper Co., gives Rep. Lynn Jenkins a tour of the high-tech manufacturing plant Tuesday. Jenkins is running for a fourth term in Congress and is being challenged by Lawrence Democrat Margie Wakefield.

Eagle Scout Nick Pippert, a senior at Free State High School, recently helped construct three wooden benches and platforms at the Kansas University Ecology Reserve along the Rockefeller hiking trail north of Lawrence. Pippert will attend KU this fall and hopes to major in exercise science. Submitted by Terri Pippert.

Josie Naron, left, recently received the Soroptimist International Violet Richardson Award for her community volunteerism through the Douglas County Health Department. Linda Mullens, president of Soroptimist International of Lawrence, helped bestow the honor. Submitted by Linda Mullens.

The University Women's Club on April 3 awarded scholarships to five Kansas University students at its spring meeting. From left to right: Laurney Arney, Natalie Parker, Felicia Mitchell, Andrea Livingston and Emily Sharp. Submitted by Margaret Day.

Immanuel Lutheran Church youth built a pantry ... out of food! Now they're accepting donations of non-perishable items through the end of April at 2104 Bob Billings Parkway. All donations will benefit Douglas County food pantries. McCray Lumber and Checkers helped the church youth team complete the project. Submitted by Mark Crabtree.

Free State's Kate McCurdy comes up for a breath of air in the 200-yard IM in the Free State Invitational on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at FSHS.

Free State's Trenna Soderling swims in the 200-yard freestyle in the Free State Invitational on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at FSHS.

Lawrence's Hannah Lee leaves the blocks in the girls 200-yard medley relay in the Free State Invitational on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at FSHS.

Lawrence High's Bridget Smith competes in the 200-yard medley relay in the Free State Invitational on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at FSHS.

Tuesday's blood moon glows at 2:15 a.m. in the southern sky over Lawrence. The moon was eclipsed by the Earth's shadow early Tuesday, beginning around 1 a.m. EDT for 5 1/2 hours. For some, the moon appeared red-orange because of all the sunsets and sunrises shimmering from Earth, thus the name "blood moon." It's the first of four eclipses this year and the first of four total lunar eclipses this year and next.
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