Theater volunteer Peg Sampson Finds Home in Lawrence
Peg Sampson moved from Houston to Lawrence in 1994 and soon joined the Lawrence Community Theatre. She has acted in five plays, served on the play selection committee and board, and helped with mailings ushering and baking. Her favorite LCT memory is the 25-person Our Town cast and the emotional audience reaction to the final scene. Mary Doveton, LCT managing artistic director, praises Sampson as a special, devoted contributor to the theatre.
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Peg Sampson
Houston
Lawrence
Sampson
Carol
Lawrence Community Theatre
Ohio
Missouri
Illinois
LCT
Mary Doveton
Peg
Doveton
Volunteer Spotlight: Sampson Combines Audio Description and Theatre
Sampson volunteers with Audio-Reader, a Kansas City area service aiding over 6,000 blind and disabled readers. She reads newspapers weekly, performs live audio description at Lied Center and LCT, and once described Beyond the Miracle to nine School for the Blind students. She looks forward to future descriptions for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and a Mother's Day performance Letters from Grandma.
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The
Kansas City Star
Kansas
Lied Center
LCT
Sampson
School of the Blind
Virginia Woolf
Grandma
Lawrence Community Theatre
Audio-Reader
Mail Carrier Kills Ex Wife and Son Then Himself
In Maple Hill Township near Topeka Kansas a woman Janice Whittington 43 and her son Benjamin 4 were found shot in the driveway of their rural home. Ex-husband Ronald Whittington 41 a mail carrier was found nearby dead with a shotgun. Sheriff said it appears another domestic violence tragedy. Autopsies planned.
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Marie Hunt
Kansas
Wabunsee County
Richard Old
Ronald Whittington
Janice Whittington
Benjamin
Old Said
Whittingtons
Whittington
Kingman hosts horse and buggy auction crowd
In Kingman Kansas the Kingman County Activity Center hosted a horse and buggy auction drawing Amish buyers and collectors. Vendors described harnesses wagons and tillage gear while buyers like Aaron Grothe and Larry Bontrager highlighted the enduring appeal and craft of draft horses with Percherons and custom buggies.
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Kingman
Kansas
Dennis Peterson
Manhattan
Kingman County
Wichita
Larry Giefer
Aaron Grothe
Clea Springs
Okla
Grothe
Larry Bontrager
Mont Ioa
Welda
Iola
Clint Sulir
Lindsborg
Suler
Cody
Wilbur Schmoll
Kasson
Minn
Schmoll
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Mike Yorite
Journal-World
Phot Kansas University Architecture
By Davip Gareeld
Worlit
Roger Hill
Clinton Lake
United Way
Douglas County
Maple Hill
Wabaunsee County
Old
Journal-Worlp
Dillons
Sunflower Cablevision
New Hampshire
Ste
Fiollywood Theaters
Iowa
U.S
Ye Ol Nha Feat
Hollywood Plaza
Lele
Wught
RD the Apostle
Jackie Brown
Sphere
Jayhawk Club
Oscar
Lucinda
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