photo by: Contributed photo/Marlo Angell

Danny Pound and Jeremy Sidener perform Friday, Jan. 21, at kickoff of the Lawrence Arts Center's Nine Forty LIVE series.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Glen Stansberry, left, and Brian McKinney, both of Lawrence, have created the website Gentlemint.com, "a mint of manly things."

photo by: John Young

Free State’s Austin Neidow twists in the air as he performs a dive in the 1 meter diving event at the Boy’s Sunflower League Championships Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 in Olathe.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Emma Steimle, of West Middle School, was named the winner in the Douglas County Spelling Bee at Southwest Middle School on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012..