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Whitney Rothwell (51) gets a base hit to drive in a run during the Lawrence Lions game against Free State at LHS Wednesday night. .The Firebirds defeated the Lions 7-4.
Miranda Fowler, Parsons, looks at a box her daughter Heather, 10, center, decorated during a break at the Spencer Museum of Arts Art Cart, Saturday, May 4, 2013. Heather and her sister Madison 12, were applying stickers and drawings to the boxes to be used later for a container for small objects or a collection. The museum's Art Cart rotates each month to a different area of the museum and considers a specific exhibit or are of work. This months activities are centered around the Cabinet of Curiosity.
Madison Shanks, 4, decorates a box she can use to keep a collection of objects in as part of the Spencer Museum of Art’s Art Cart program May 4 at the museum. The free program is designed for children and families to drop in and create art projects tied to exhibits and artwork at the museum. May’s Art Cart ties into the museum’s Cabinet of Curiosity exhibit.
Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo.Artist Lynette Hayes, Tonganoxie, paints with pastels at her booth at Art in the Park, Sunday, May 5, 2013. Despite an overcast sky and cool temperatures the park was active with artists and shoppers. Hayes did her best to brighten up the event by choosing to paint "something with the sun it it," she said.
A crowd watches a performance by Jeeva, Kansas University's eight-member South Asian Fusion Dance Team during the Spencer Museum of Art's annual Spring Arts and Culture Fest on Saturday at the museum. The event moved indoors because of the weather.
Jeeva, Kansas University's eight-member South Asian Fusion Dance Team, performs during the Spencer Museum of Art's annual Spring Arts and Culture Festival on Saturday.
Kansas University infielder Justin Protacio (20) greets Jordan Dreiling at home plate after Dreiling scored on a hit by Ka’iana Eldredge during the Jayhawks’ 6-5, walk-off victory against Baylor on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at Hoglund Ballpark.
An employee with Haz-Mat Response, Olathe, places a hose to suck up diesel fuel in a ditch Saturday near 106 E. Pearl St. in McLouth. A diesel tanker was resupplying a BP gas station's diesel tank Friday night at 101 E. Lake St., also known as Kansas Highway 16, when over a thousand gallons of diesel spilled onto the ground and into a nearby neighborhood. Residents of two homes on E. Pearl Street voluntarily evacuated their home because of the smell.
Lawrence Swap Meet chairman Joe Arneson, left, and George Lauppe, right, one of the founders of the swap meet, confer at the event Friday on the Douglas County Fairgrounds. The event is hosted by the Lawrence Region Antique Automobile Club of America.
David Tenpenny, of Oskaloosa, left, and Jerry Rivers, of Independence, Mo., visit by Tenpenny’s 1947 Chevy Sedan Delivery during the first day of the Lawrence Region Antique Auto Club of America’s Swap Meet at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. The event continues until noon Sunday.
Ted Freeman will have his crafted birdhouses available at Sunday's Art in the Park. Both his large and miniature houses are made from recycled and polished tin and wood.
Kansas University’s Ka’iana Eldredge lays down a bunt to drive in a run in the Jayhawks’ three-run fifth inning against Baylor, Friday, May 3, 2013, at Hoglund Ballpark. KU won, 3-2.
Kansas University infielder Justin Protacio (20) puts the tag on Baylor runner Lawton Langford (8), foiling a steal attempt during in the Jayhawks’ first game of a three-game weekend series against the Bears, Friday, May 3, 2013, at Hoglund Ballpark. KU won, 3-2.
Kansas University first baseman Alex DeLeon watches from the dugout during the Jayhawks' 8-0 victory against Baker University Wednesday at KU.
Lawrence High's Shane Willoughby, right, slides into second base safely on a steal in a game against Shawnee Mission North on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at LHS.
Emergency personnel respond to a fixed-wing ultralight aircraft crash Wednesday in the 1600 block of N. 1300 Road. The pilot was flown by LifeStar helicopter ambulance to the Kansas University Hospital in serious condition.
Foundation work is under way at Rock Chalk Park, a sports village that will include a proposed $25 million city-owned recreation center and track and field, softball and soccer facilities for Kansas University. According to developers, the initial construction will be on the track and field facility. This view is looking to the southeast from along side K-10 near N. 1500 Road. Visible at far right St. Margaret's Episcopal Church located on Sixth Street between George Williams Way and Stonegate Drive.
Pinckney Elementary students exit the south side of the school's Sixth Street tunnel on their way home from school Tuesday. New mural panels at the entrance and along both walls now decorate the inside of the underpass, thanks to artists from Van Go Inc. and help from the Pinckney PTO, the city of Lawrence, Lawrence Schools Foundation, and Old West Lawrence and Pinckney Neighborhood associations. A mural unveiling ceremony is Friday at 5 p.m.
Pinckney Elementary students walk through the tunnel beneath 6th Street on their way home from school Tuesday, April 30, 2013. New murals line both walls the length of the tunnel thanks to artists from Van Go, Inc. and help from the Pinckney PTO, the city of Lawrence, Lawrence Schools Foundation, OWL Assoc. and the Pinckney Neighborhood Assoc. A mural unveiling ceremony is Friday, May 3, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Pinckney Elementary students Edith Patterson, 7, and Annabelle Hurst, 9, walk with Patterson's dog Rosie, through the tunnel beneath Sixth Street on their way home from school Tuesday. New mural panels line both walls the length of the tunnel thanks to artists from Van Go Inc. with help from the Pinckney PTO, the city of Lawrence, Lawrence Schools Foundation, and the Old West Lawrence and Pinckney Neighborhood associations. The panel at right includes references to, from left, The Little Red School House, Hugh Cameron aka "the Kansas Hermit" and John Brown. A mural unveiling ceremony is scheduled for Friday at 5 p.m.
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