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Ken Lassman
Kaw Valley Almanac for May 30 – June 5, 2022
It’s been a good year for blooming spiderworts, and you might still see a few of these, joined this week by echinacea, penstemons, daisy fleabane, and delphiniums, along with already blooming yarrows, oxeye daisy, and yellow sweet clover.
Guide to Lawrence Loop aims to help people with mobility limitations navigate city’s nature trails
A group of local people and organizations have collaborated to create a guide to the most accessible routes along the Lawrence Loop.
Engage Douglas County celebrates 3 winners of awards for promoting mental health
Engage Douglas County, a coalition that aims to promote mental health and reduce substance abuse, is celebrating three winners of awards that recognize contributions to that mission.
Raven Book Store selected as Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year
The Raven Book Store has been selected for the biggest award a bookstore in America can receive.
Tricia Masenthin / The Lawrence Times
Free State’s Sam Rabiola wins $10,000 excellence in teaching prize from Lawrence Schools Foundation
Sam Rabiola, English teacher at Free State High School, has won the 2022 Special Award for Excellence in Teaching, also known as the Bobs award.
Sunflower first-graders proudly present their donation to feathered friend from Operation Wildlife
A unique guest visited Sunflower Elementary on a mission. The kestrel falcon’s task: Pick up a donation from Jessica Brown and her first grade class.
5K Home Run returns from 3-year hiatus to raise money for Family Promise
The 5K Home Run benefitting Family Promise of Lawrence will bring athletes to South Park over the long weekend for the organization’s first in-person race in three years.
Ken Lassman
Kaw Valley Almanac for May 23-29, 2022
Oxeye daisy is a “naturalized” prairie wildflower that some consider invasive, but it is an important food source for many pollinators, such as this beetle.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
A view of Lawrence: Heart sculpture celebrates Jayhawks’ championship
The Kansas City Parade of Hearts has unveiled a special heart sculpture to honor the 2022 National Championship-winning Jayhawks, and it’s now on display outside Allen Fieldhouse.
Teachers from Free State, Pinckney, Lawrence High earn district awards for engaging and supporting students
Three teachers, a paraeducator and a building and grounds team lead have recently earned awards and cash prizes for their service to students and staff of Lawrence Public Schools.
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Reimagining La Yarda: Digital art installation to re-create a room from the Lawrence neighborhood
An immersive art experience called “Finding La Yarda” will re-create a room from the housing unit built for Mexican American railroad workers in Lawrence from 1920-51.
Iris Branden
Lawrence High, Free State students hold walkouts to protest the ‘present political state’ of Kansas
Hundreds of students at Lawrence and Free State high schools walked out of their buildings at 11 a.m. Tuesday in protest of Kansas’ current state of affairs.
The Raven Book Store’s bestsellers for May 17, 2022 (Sponsored post)
“The Raven has always had a big mystery section, since day one. … In the past year or so, the amazing booksellers of the Raven have worked to highlight a broader range of genre fiction as well.”
Union members across trades rally with Lawrence school district’s hourly workers
Supporters of higher wages and better working conditions for the Lawrence school district’s classified staff members demonstrated in solidarity Monday afternoon.
Ken Lassman
Kaw Valley Almanac for May 16-22, 2022
This wild hyacinth was one of many blooming at the Prairie Park Nature Center prairie. Expect more wildflowers to be blooming this week.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Photos: La Estrella celebrates opening new Lawrence location
The owners of La Estrella, the restaurant and tienda mexicana, held a grand opening Friday to celebrate opening their new, larger Lawrence location.
Liberty Hall stage reconstruction project earns award from Lawrence Preservation Alliance
Liberty Hall holds so many years’ worth of stories and experiences that it’s almost as if the structure itself is alive. That’s why General Manager Dean Edington II refers to the building’s aura as “the spirit of the hall.”
Traffic light at 31st and Iowa inspires creativity among Lawrence locals
We were stuck in traffic at 31st and Iowa this weekend and had plenty of time to collect some of the growing number of snarky Facebook posts about how construction has made the intersection LFK’s own gridlock nightmare.
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