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- Retired builder transforms tools into insect art
- September 9, 2012
- Leroy Mize,a retired builder, began making grasshopper figures out of a pipe wrench and nails after seeing one at a gasoline station during a vacation in Wichita.
- Biological Survey devoted to nature studies in Kansas
- August 19, 2012
- Located near the Lawrence Municipal Airport, Kansas University’s Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden is called the KU student farm but it’s not restricted to just students. For $30, anyone can secure a plot, and, so far, it’s proved a popular pursuit. This year, there were 50 plots.
- Hall Center for the Humanities supports, spreads scholarship
- August 19, 2012
- Kansas University’s Hall Center of Humanities is an interdisciplinary research center designed to boost faculty research productivity, but it also works to enhance student education by sponsoring internships, fellowships and lectures.
- Offbeat Occupations: Chef finds beauty in restaurant’s intimate setting
- August 13, 2012
- Micah Clement and his wife, Tawny, wanted to do something special before their baby was born. So in February, they booked a reservation at Café Beautiful, 730 Mass., expecting a good night. Their expectations were a little low. “Overall it was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had,” said Clement. “You have a window view of Mass. Street, and you can see the sunset as you dine. (The chef) serves only you, (making) it super intimate.”
- Kings for a day: Lawrence’s first Elvis parade, sing-off draws a crowd
- August 12, 2012
- An army of Elvi streamed down Massachusetts Street on Saturday for the Downtown Lawrence Elvis Spectacular. Afterward, the Elvi congregated at South Park for a sing-off. Elvi young and old gyrated hips and curled lips doing their best Elvis impersonations.
- Offbeat Occupations: A lock on the locked-out market
- August 6, 2012
- Jon Georgeson, 22, has been locksmithing since he was 15. His stepfather owns Ace Locksmith in Topeka, and after school, Georgeson would head to his shop to start picking and rekeying locks.
- The hits keep on coming at Demolition Derby
- August 3, 2012
- Drivers were scrambling to get their cars up to snuff minutes before the Demolition Derby was scheduled to start Friday. They were removing bolts, cutting metal and detaching plates — all violations of the of Douglas County Fair’s Demolition Derby rules.
- Offbeat Occupations: Longevity proves everybody loves a clown
- July 30, 2012
- If Richard Renner were to craft a resume, under skill summary would be the following: juggling, pantomime, unicycling, rope-walking, stilt-walking and acrobatics.
- Horse show helps teach 4-H’ers responsibility
- July 29, 2012
- Wearing a western-style shirt, a black cowboy hat and a pair of boots, 10-year-old Sophie Dechant tugged on her horse’s reins and led him into the indoor arena to show him off.
- Woman flown to KU Medical Center after head-on collision
- July 28, 2012
- One person was transported by Life Flight at 1 a.m. Friday night after an accident in Franklin County.
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- Ragtime Dress Rehearsal 2 comments
- “Finding The Political Will To Reverse Climate Change” -- 04/25/13 at Woodruff Auditorium 18 comments
- A LifeStar helicopter leaves the scene of a multiple-injury accident as emergency response personnel June 15, 2013 · 2 comments
- Mass Street Mile -- 06/30/13 at Downtown Lawrence 1 comment
- "Why I Left the Republican Party" -- 03/16/13 at Lawrence Arts Center 46 comments
- Pallbearers carry Kansas’ casket from Plymouth Congregational Church to South Park on Saturday. June 8, 2013 · 5 comments
- Summer music camp 1 comment
- Loads of Hound Dogs w/ Darrell Lea -- 06/15/13 at Jackpot Music Hall 2 comments
- From left, Chaeyoung Park, piano; Emily Shehi, violin; Dana Rath, cello, make up Trio Aër, a Lawrenc June 16, 2013 · 1 comment
- Lawrence High graduation 5 comments
- Professional dancer to flutter through Kansas milkweed to help save butterflies June 19, 2013
- Daytripper: We're in the money May 20, 2013
- Andrew Wiggins scores seven points in Bill Self campers game June 19, 2013
- Day 2: From the Emerald Triangle to the Sunflower State May 27, 2013
- Consultants raise concerns about proposed LMH wellness center at city's new recreation center June 19, 2013
- Students learn the ropes of summer research project June 6, 2013
- Opinion: Bureaucrats at root of government trust June 14, 2013
- Police investigate string of almost 20 auto burglaries in west Lawrence June 18, 2013
- Construction can't stop St. John's Fiesta June 19, 2013
- Opinion: Dick Vitale loves life, wife and Andrew Wiggins June 19, 2013
