photo by: Richard Gwin

Jeff and Valery Frye, Lawrence, work together in their catering and barbecue sauce business, Mr. Bacon, at Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St., on a recent Friday night.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Alexei and Carrie Nikitin work together from their home in southeast Lawrence.

Miss Piggie, left, a Newfoundland, and Herman, a Saint Bernard, are friends of Tom Breyley, Lawrence, who submitted the photo.

Eudora United Methodist Church took its eighth annual January mission trip to Guatemala. The team members are pictured here at Salud y Paz clinic and school in Camanchaj, Guatemala. Connie Meyers, of Eudora, submitted the photo.

Ten teachers at New York School each received a $100 gift certificate from Walmart, 550 Congressional Drive. The gift was part of a national Walmart program to reward teachers for their dedication. Pictured, from left, are back row, Nancy Ornburn, second-grade teacher, Kim Gamble, kindergarten teacher, Amber Cook, third-grade teacher, and John Bode, fourth-grade teacher; and front row, Amy Lekey, first-grade teacher, Samantha Saltz, first-grade teacher, Kathy Robinson, kindergarten teacher, Maria Pope, fifth-grade teacher, Melissa Turpin, fifth-grade teacher, and Laurie Ziegler, second-grade teacher.

Janet Payne, left, and Diana Boyd, far right, of the Lawrence Pilot Club, present a $1,000 check to Dana Ortiz, executive director of Lawrence Family Promise, at Conroy’s Pub on Dec. 12. Lareeda Hickey submitted the photo.