Runners converge as Rim Rock hosts national junior meet
The USA Track and Field National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships bring athletes from all 50 states and Japan to Rim Rock Farm near Lawrence. Organizers anticipate near 2 million dollars in direct spending as 1,086 Lawrence hotel rooms fill and runners arrive Thursday for a weekend of races from 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Staff writers contribute to this report
Staff writers Chad Lawhorn and Mark Fagan contributed to this report with additional details and attribution.
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Pearl Harbor memories recalled by Baldwin City woman
A Baldwin City resident recounts surviving Pearl Harbor as a child. She recalls a police officer warning civilians to seek cover, a bomb landing near her school yard, door to door detentions of Japanese neighbors, and her family including a Marine husband. She visits USS Arizona Memorial yearly and prays for the fallen sailors.
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