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Members of the Lawrence act Fourth of July from left are Steve Swyers, Patrick Hangauer, Brendan Hangauer, Brian Costello and Kelly Hangauer. The group will celebrate its namesake holiday with two shows today. Oddly enough, this is the only time in six years together that the band has played on July 4.
Kansas University graduate student Jason Palikij, Lawrence, tags several bees Tuesday with a green, water-based paint while they cluster around a jar of sugar water. The paint is used to keep track of the insects for an experiment at KU’s West Campus. Palikij and other students are investigating the navigational abilities of bees.
A group of Jayhawks, from left, Darrell Arthur, Mario Chalmers, Sasha Kaun, Brandon Rush and Russell Robinson, stand together in this file photo from Austin, Texas. The five, plus Darnell Jackson, will learn their fate in the NBA Draft tonight in New York.
Kansas forward Darrell Arthur rejects a shot by North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough in the first half of the Jayhawks’ Final Four victory over the Tar Heels in April at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Kansas women’s basketball senior Katie Smith, right, sits with campers as they watch the finals of a game of knockout. The action was part of Bonnie Henrickson’s basketball camp Monday at Horejsi Center.
Jimmy Neil Tucker, 61, a Lawrence figure more commonly known as White Owl, and his fiancée, Kansas University junior Julia Lee, 22, plan to marry July 27 in Kansas City, Mo. Despite their 39-year age difference, the two say they share a deep spiritual connection.
Plano West’s Jackson Jeffcoat, right, looks to trap Deer Creek junior guard Hayden Wagner at Bill Self’s team camp. Jeffcoat and Plano West defeated Deer Creek, 44-17, on Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.
Chautauqua participants study the intricacies of the iron railings and the floor of the Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., on Saturday, during a walking tour of Massachusetts Street. The theme of this year’s Chautauqua is “Bright Dreams, Hard Times: America in the Thirties.”
Marylee Ramsay, Wichita, draws a drink of lemonade from the stem of a lotus leaf held by Water’s Edge co-owner Deb Spencer during the Tour Des Fleurs Saturday at Water’s Edge, 847 Ind. Tourists were entertained and educated by plant experts at several Lawrence locations participating in the tour, which continues today.
High school campers shoot around with their team members shortly before games during Bill Self's team basketball camp Friday, June 20, 2008 at Allen Fieldhouse.
Newcomer Mario Little raises his hand as he is introduced to the campers during Bill Self's team basketball camp Friday, June 20, 2008 at Allen Fieldhouse.
KU men's basketball coach Bill Self addresses the teams shortly before games Friday, June 20, 2008 at Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas guard Sherron Collins, left, jokes with his teammates prior to the Jayhawks being introduced to the campers during Bill Self's team basketball camp Friday, June 20, 2008 at Allen Fieldhouse. Collins is facing a civil lawsuit from a 35-year-old woman, Jessica J. Brown, who claims that in May of 2007, Collins exposed himself in an elevator and rubbed against her. Brown is seeking damages in excess of $75,000.
Deer Creek High guard Korey Welch laces up his shoes as Bill Self talks with the team’s head coach, David Crynes, shortly before a game Friday at Allen Fieldhouse. The team hails from Edmond, Okla., the hometown of Self.
Famed Kansas University running back Gale Sayers, center, flashes a smile as he is greeted by longtime broadcaster Max Falkenstien Thursday in a lounge at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Sayers served as the keynote speaker for Thursday night’s Kansas City Sports Commission convention in addition to being presented with the Lamar Hunt Lifetime Achievement Award.
Kansas University senior Robert Knapp, of Houston, from left, Katlyn Sullivan, Lawrence, and Shannon Sullivan, a KU senior from Ottawa, sit Thursday along the Kansas River as water rushes over the Bowersock Dam.
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Audience members turn their attention to Lawrence resident Elizabeth Hatchett as she offers her opposition to a requested annexation of rural property along the Farmers Turnpike for industrial development. Hatchett spoke at Tuesday’s City Commission meeting at City Hall.
Bill Self watches a show of hands after asking his campers if they thought KU had a good team this last season. Self answered questions from the campers and talked about what he looks for when he prepares to recruit a player Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at the Horejsi Center.
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