People and places

Amy Gottschamer, owner of Googols of Fun in Lawrence, tries to raise bail

From left, Don Edman, Gary Beasley and Rene Santos, members of the Lawrence Noon Lions Club, grill hot dogs and hamburgers at a picnic for Lawrence residents with visual impairments. The picnic was June 19 at Holcom Park.

Participants take part in a water exercise class at Brandon Woods Retirement Community. They posed for a picture during a luncheon on July 27 at Mr. Gatti's in Lawrence. The lunch was in honor of Mary Ann Hicklin, front row third from left, who is undergoing chemotherapy. Class members wore hats instead of shaving their hair as she jokingly requested. Pictured are, front row from left, Jean Mattison, Virginia Grob, Mary Ann Hicklin and Elaine Mulliken; back row from left, Pat Nicholas, class instructor, Vivian Hunter, Vivian Clark, Fran Ogle, Melinda Milleret, Doris Hughes, Aline Kline, Jean O'Toole, Lois Groh and Nancy Kasberger. Not pictured are Lee Percival, Mary Harman and Betty Nichols.

These are the 2004-2005 officers of the Lawrence Noon Lions Club. They were installed during a special meeting June 15 at Hereford House, Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive. Pictured are, back row from left, Ken Rowen, secretary; Gary Beasley, membership director; John Harvat, second vice president; Don Edman, board of directors; and Don Dunn, first vice president; front row from left, Martha Roush, Lion tamer; Robin Jordan, tail twister; Mary Gordon, president; and Margaret Thorp, co-treasurer. Not pictured are Sue Neustifter, co-treasurer, Chris Landry and Richard Woodson, board members.

Kansas University Writing Center employees and friends visited the Ivan Boyd Memorial Prairie Preserve near Baldwin on their historical road trip. The trip was Aug. 1. Pictured, from left, are Kami Day, Mark Volmut, Jackie McClenney, Jen Humphrey, Noel Rasor, Mark Anderson, Sean Ringey, Ashlea Woodard, Caleb Poterbin, Ami Sommariva, Dan Brobst, Moira Ozias and Byron Gerlach.

Eric Walther, co-owner of Strawberry Hill Christmas Tree Farm, tries to raise bail

Anna Werner, an intern with March of Dimes, left, escorts Danny Lucas, Lawrence, to jail. Lucas, of Rock Chalk Car Wash, participated in the Jail and Bail fund-raiser on Aug. 19 at the Hereford House, Lawrence. He raised bail

Area residents attend a viewing of the film Outfoxed, about the systematic bias in Fox news programs. They watched the film July 18 at the home of Joey Sprague, Lawrence. It was one of three watch parties in Lawrence and one of about 3,000 nationwide.