Residents of the city of Eudora can now have solar panels on their homes connected to the city’s electrical distribution system.

After 10 months of review and a study that broke down the costs associated with the city delivering power to homes, the Eudora City Commission approved last week measures that put in place standards for the installation of solar panels.

The action also established an electrical rate charged to residences with solar panels of $0.1135 per kilowatt hour. Those customers will also be billed a monthly $26 service charge. It also allows customers with solar panels to be credited for the excess electrical power they deliver to the city distribution system. The credited rate will be 150 percent of the city’s actual cost to purchase power for the month.

There will be ukuleles in the Baldwin Elementary School Primary Center music room, a pottery wheel in the Baldwin High School art studio, and high school and primary center students trekking to local fields to collect flora samples as a result of annual Pawz Patrol grants handed out Friday in the Baldwin City school district.

The Baldwin Education Foundation awarded 30 grants totaling $18,660 this year, said Kathy Gerstner, BEF director. Members of the foundation and Superintendent Paul Dorathy visited classrooms Friday in all four district schools to hand out the awards. The grants are funded through BEF’s fundraising efforts and partnerships with local businesses.

The competitive grants are awarded each September to district teachers, who make applications for innovation projects that offer educational opportunities to classrooms beyond the required curriculum.

Gerstner said the foundation’s board was pleased with the number and quality of applications it received this year. Because a number of teachers submitted collaborative projects, 54 classrooms will directly benefit from the 30 grants, she said.

The Eudora High School 2017 homecoming parade will be at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The parade route will be from Laws Field, 14th and Church streets, to the downtown CPA Park.

The Eudora Area Historical Society will present the program “History of the Haskell Indian Nation” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Eudora Community Center, 1630 Elm St.

The Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce and city of Baldwin City will host a coffee and conversation on the topic of “What’s new on the horizon for the police building?” from 8 to 9 a.m. Friday at the Baldwin Academy of Dance and Voice, 715 High St. Baldwin City Police Chief Greg Neis, City Administrator Glenn Rodden and architect Jay Zimmerschied will talk about issues with the current police station and what would be needed in a possible replacement.