The Eudora City Commission agreed Monday to allow the Eudora Convention and Tourism Bureau to have a beer garden in CPA Park for the gathering following the completion of this year’s Great Kaw Adventure Race. Amid talk the event could become the community’s Maple Leaf Festival, the Eudora Parks and Recreation is offering the team competition of just more than 30 miles that includes a 5K run, canoe race on the Kansas River from Eudora to De Soto and bicycle race back to Eudora. The race will be Sept. 24.

Leslie Herring, assistant to the Eudora city manager, said the after-race gathering would be from 3 to 9 p.m. and include area food trucks, live music and bounce houses for children.

The Eudora school board has rescheduled its monthly board meeting to 7 p.m. Aug. 8 at the district office, 1301 Winchester Road. The meeting was moved up from Aug. 11 so that the school could consider the proposed 2016-2017 budget for publication. A public hearing on the budget will be scheduled for a meeting Aug. 22 for 23, at which the budget will be considered for approval.

The Baldwin school board, Baldwin City Council and Baldwin City Recreation Commission will meet jointly at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Performing Arts Center at Junior High School to discuss issues concerning the proposed community center. To be discussed will be the BCRC’s request that the school board approve 2 mills for construction of the community center and that the City Council ask voters to approve a half-cent sales tax for the same purpose.

An exhibit of paintings by Robbie Lamoreux titled “Kansas Naturally” is now on display at the gallery of Lumberyard Arts Center, 718 High St. The show will continue through Sept. 2. There will be a reception for the artist from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 19 at the arts center.

The Douglas County Clerk’s Office will have advance voting polling sites available for the primary election from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Baldwin City Fire Station, 610 High St.; Eudora City Hall, 4 E. Seventh St.; and Lecompton City Hall, 327 Elmore St.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for Tuesday’s primary. Eudora voters of Precinct 50 vote at the Eudora Church of Christ, 1540 Winchester Road; Precinct 52 voters vote at City Hall; Precinct 53 voters at Eudora Township Fire Station, 1310 E. 20th St.; and Precinct 54 at the Eudora Recreation Center.

Precinct 57 voters of Lecompton vote at City Hall. Baldwin City voters of Precinct 60 vote at Lumberyard Arts Center, 718 High St., Precinct 61 at Lighthouse Baptist Church, 702 Chapel St., and Precinct 63 at Vinland United Methodist Church, 1724 North 692 Road.

The Lumberyard Arts Center will have its summer fundraiser from 7 to 10 p.m. Aug. 6 at the arts center, 718 High St. As in past years, the fundraiser has a movie theme with this year’s film being “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” Attendees are encouraged to get in the spirit of the evening with clothing inspired by the movie. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at the Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce office at the arts center.