Women’s History Month speakers announced

The women’s studies program at Kansas University has scheduled a slate of speakers for March, which is Women’s History Month.

Scheduled events include:

• “A Park with a View: Jane Austen’s Mansfield,” lecture by Richard Jenkyns of Oxford University, 4 p.m. Monday, Centennial Room of the Kansas Union.
• “Retention of Women and Minorities in the IT Workforce,” lecture by Paula Stephan of Georgia State University, 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union.
• “Gender and High Tech: Grounds for Optimism,” lecture by Shirley Harkess, KU associate professor of sociology, 3:30 p.m. March 27 in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union.
• Lecture by Heidi Martmann, founder and executive director of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research on the Status of Women, March 31, time and place to be announced.

Demonstration: KU School of Medicine to rally for uninsured

Kansas University officials will rally for uninsured Americans during an event Monday.

The rally, at noon on the steps of Murphy Hall, 3901 Rainbow Blvd. in Kansas City, Kan., is part of the national Cover the Uninsured Week planned by businesses, labor groups, health care providers and consumer groups.

Scheduled speakers are Sister Ann McGuire of the Duchesne Clinic in Kansas City, Kan.; Pat Gaunce, chairman of the Kansas City, Kan., Chamber of Commerce; Jim Garner, Kansas secretary of human resources; Bridgette Williams, president of the Kansas City Central Labor Council; and Glen Cox, vice dean of the KU School of Medicine.

Officials also plan a panel discussion on uninsured care at noon Friday in Rieke Auditorium in the Orr Major Building at the Med Center campus.

KU Med provided more than $39 million in uncompensated hospital care last year, up 30 percent from two years ago.

Community: Yart Sale raises money for neighborhood group

Selling everything from bottle-cap magnets to decorative stepping stones, the East Lawrence Neighborhood Assn. raised several hundred dollars Saturday.

The third annual ELNA Yart Sale — a combination of an art and yard sale — was from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at New York School gymnasium, 936 N.Y.

Association president Ed Tato said a couple of hundred people had passed by the numerous booths, and he guessed that proceeds were similar to the $960 raised last year.

The neighborhood association plans to give at least $100 of the proceeds to the school; Tato said the rest would be used later to help residents in need with home and yard repairs.

Above, Mandy Dolezal, left, looks over artwork created by Megan Cook, center, and Marcy Dolezal, Mandy’s sister, during the Yart Sale.

Gasoline: Pump Patrol tracks down lowest prices in Lawrence

The Journal-World has found a Lawrence-area gasoline price as low as $1.57 a gallon at Citgo, Ninth and Iowa streets; Dillons, 3000 W. Sixth St.; and Conoco, West Sixth Street and Crestline Drive.

If you find a lower price, please call us at 832-7154. Be prepared to leave the business, the address and the price. Or go to www.ljworld.com/section/gasoline.