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Sarah Van Dalsem (Staff writer)
Recent stories
- Endacott Society boosts social network
- August 11, 2007
- Side dressing. Deadheading. Geotropism. Pinching mums.
- Rec center undergoing $6.3M in renovations
- Students give up fieldhouse seats in exchange for new courts, features
- August 11, 2007
- More space is needed to keep up with the pace of other recreation centers, and Kansas University is making sure to do just that.
- Scholarship hall’s completion slated for fall 2008
- August 11, 2007
- The ground already has been broken, and students are waiting for the newest scholarship hall to be finished on the campus of Kansas University.
- We should be dancin’
- Get your groove on at these swingin’ spots
- August 11, 2007
- Lawrence is full of hot spots to hit the dance floor on the weekend, especially when that weekend starts on Wednesday.
- Traveling light
- ‘100-Mile Diet’ limits pollution, supports locally produced food
- August 1, 2007
- Most of the food that we eat travels at least 1,500 miles before it reaches our dinner plates, according to the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University. That statistic bothered Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon, a Vancouver couple concerned about the environmental impact of their eating habits.
- ‘Crazy’ cyclist ready to ride again for a good cause
- July 17, 2007
- Crazy. That’s one word Lawrence resident Joe Spradlin uses to describe his decision to bike across the United States in 1995. His 36-day and approximately 2,500 mile trek took him from San Diego to St. Augustine, Fla.
- ‘Wild Women’ seeking new members for outfit
- July 16, 2007
- The Wild Women of the Frontier members play card games, defy the rules and shoot guns. That’s usually just when they are acting, though.
- String players put on a show
- July 14, 2007
- An audience that doesn’t move or give feedback can make small children feel more comfortable when they learn to play the violin. That is why Julie Holmberg, a viola and violin teacher for 24 years, has children play in front of stuffed animals from time to time.
- Ferrari owners invited to participate in show
- July 13, 2007
- Ferrari owners have their priorities. “Once they start talking about vehicles, everything else is secondary,” said Maria Martin, a Lawrence resident and member of the Ferrari Club of America, Kansas City chapter.
- Bike and Build tour makes local stop to help with Habitat home
- July 12, 2007
- Jerrod Dolenz says he doesn’t believe he is experienced at building houses.
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