Humane Society volunteers urge spay neuter to curb pet overpopulation
Lawrence Humane Society volunteers spotlight cat Lucille and dog Snoopy awaiting homes at a modern shelter. Martha Roush, a 62 year old longtime volunteer, promotes welfare and education on spaying and neutering while aiding residents at a nursing home with visits.
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The
Lawrence Humane Society
Lucille
Snoopy
Martha Roush
Rouse
Kim Roberts
Eudora Nursing Center
Pam Williams
Roush
Williams
Kim
Captain
Beauty
Humane Society
Patience and structure help with picky eating kids
Parents can ease fussy meals by organizing dinnertime, giving a five minute warning, and gatekeeping foods. Offer the jag food with a variety of other edibles, avoid special dinners, and model healthy eating to influence children’s habits.
Community Leisure Activities and Pool Schedules
The Today schedule lists South Park Wading Pool hours 1 30 p m to 6 p m Monday through Saturday for children 6 and under with an accompanying adult. The pool closes for the season Saturday. Movies in the Park feature Angels in the Outfield at 9 p m Wednesday in South Park. Movie Night at Municipal Pool is 8 p m Aug 23 with Pocahontas. entry after 7 30 p m is free. Fall Arts and Crafts festival exhibitor deadline Aug 23 for festival Sept 8. Fall Leisure Activities brochures arrive in the Journal World Aug 25. The South Park Recreation Center at 1141 Mass is open 8 a m to 5 p m Mon-Fri. call 832 7930. Enrollment continues for some Leisure and Learning spring programs at the Lawrence Senior Center 745 VT. Fitness circuit training 9 30 to 10 30 a m Wednesdays and Fridays. open wood shop 9 a m to noon Wednesdays. Open bowling for seniors 12 45 p m Thursdays at Royal Crest Lanes. call 842 0543. River City Sharks masters swimming practices today 5 30 a m to 7 a m Wednesday and Friday. call 864 5071. Lawrence Fencing Club lessons today Friday and Mon-Thu for various ages. Elise or Pierre Clement 832 1978.
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South Park
Walt Disney
Journal-World
South Park Recreation Center
Mass
Lawrence Senior Center
Royal Crest Lanes
Lawrence Fencing Club
Elise
Pierre Clement
Lawrence clubs host weekly activities across chess yoga cycling and table tennis
The notice lists ongoing group events in Lawrence including chess club sessions at Country Kitchen with visit info for Rick Hodges, Hatha Yoga classes led by Gopi and Margaret Carr, Bicycle Club rides at South Park and Broken Arrow Park, Horseshoe practice, and a public table tennis meet at the Kansas National Guard Armory with contact numbers 865-2411 865-5080 832-9757 842-6430 and 865-4130.
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Lawrence Chess Club
Country Kitchen
U.S. Chess Federation
Rick Hodges
Lawrence
Kansas National Guard Armory
Iowa
The
U.S. American Table Tennis Assn
Recreation Calendar at New PT Center Doubles Weekend Hours
Recreation calendar lists sessions at 9 30 a m Friday and 5 30 p m Sunday at the New Physical Therapy Center located at 1305 Wakarusa Drive. Everyone is welcome for more information call Carr at 842 5713.
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New Physical Therapy
Wakarusa Dr
Call Carr
Bike Club Muffin Ride From Perkins in Lawrence
Lawrence bicycle club invites riders to a muffin ride Saturday departing Perkins Restaurant at 1601 West 23rd Street at 7 a.m. Participants should meet for a casual pedal and snack loop through local streets.
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Lawrence Bicycle Club
Perkins
Outlandish computing predictions from a Kansas City seminar
A Lawrence area educator recalls a 15 year old Kansas City seminar on computing in education. The keynote, a dynamic university professor, made bold forecasts about future hardware including memory, disks and the Internet era, noting 1 MB RAM and 10 MB disks as future norms. He painted a vivid classroom tech vision that seemed offbeat at the time.
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Amost
Lawrence
Kansas City
Evolution of personal computing and local Internet service
The article traces historic computer memory and storage growth from early hundred-megabyte costs to today’s gigabyte prices and portable drives. It notes 250 dollar gigabyte disks, widespread eight megabyte memory, and 100 megabyte to gigabyte removables. It closes by noting Netspace Internet Services in Salina and contact details for Doug Heacock at KU.
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Iomega
Lawrence
Salina
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Broken Arrow
Centennial Park
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Muffin Ride
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Kansas Research and Educational Network
Kansas University
Heacock
Ukans.edu
Douc Heacock
America
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OURTV
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