Delta Storytelling Shines in Kansas University Tour
The Negro Ensemble Company presented From the Mississippi Delta at Liberty Hall in Lawrence as part of the Kansas University Concert Series New Directions. Endesha Ida Mae Holland’s play uses monologues and storytelling to recount a Black woman’s life in the 1950s and 60s Delta, with three actresses portraying over 60 roles and guiding the audience through scenes of rape, birth, and civil rights leadership. The touring cast including Gwendolyn Roberts-Frost, Lizan Mitchell, and Brenda Dansbey delivered strong performances, though some humor and intimacy dimmed in the Liberty Hall setting.
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Mississippi Delta
Negro Ensemble Company
Lawrence
Liberty Hall
Kansas University
New Directions
Endesha Ida Mae Holland
Delta
Gwendolyn Roberts-Frost
Lizan Mitchell
Brenda Dansbey
Police seek man in wreck hit-and-run in Lawrence
Lawrence police seek an Indian male in his early 40s, 5 foot 10, 210 pounds, with glasses, driving a two-tone red early 1980s Chevrolet pickup after he struck 15-year-old Jeremy Mitchell at 23rd and Louisiana on January 25. The boy fractured his pelvis, was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released. Witnesses saw the driver with one or two children and fleeing a parking lot after the collision.
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Lawrence
23Rd
Louisiana
23Rd Street
Chris Mulvenon
Louisiana Street
Jeremy Mitchell
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mitchell
Mulvenon
Koop to receive Truman award in Independence
Dr. C Everett Koop former U S surgeon general will receive the Harry S Truman Award for Public Service from Independence Mayor Barbara Potts. The award honors qualities Truman showed in public service and will be presented May 6 at the Truman Library and Museum. Koop is praised for his blunt style and efforts to educate the public on smoking dangers tobacco control and AIDS education.
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Independence
C. Everett Koop
U.S
Harry S. Truman
Barbara Potts
Truman
Truman Library and Museum
KU grant leader plans lessons on Japan
KU earns a United States Japan Foundation grant to fund a three year program across Kansas Nebraska Iowa and Missouri. Pat Weiss will direct the Mid-America Japan in the Schools Program with George Woodyard co directing. First year funding is 152326 dollars as of Jan 1.
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Japan
Kansas University
The
United States-Japan Foundation
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Pat Weiss
Center For Economic Education
School of
George Woodyard
Soviet Union
Weiss
Woodyard
Lawrence
Dan Wildcat
Randy Weseman
West Junior High
Weseman
United States
G. Cameron Hurst
Center For
Realtors raise funds for heart association drive
The Lawrence Board of Realtors, under the theme Home is where the Heart is, topped 1200 dollars for the American Heart Association during a monthlong campaign. Nearly all of Lawrence's 180 Realtors contributed five dollars each, surpassing the 1000 dollar goal. The presentation to the heart association is set for February 12.
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Lawrence Board of Realtors
American Heart Assa
Sandy Hinton-Forbes
The
Heart Association
Eddie Davalos
McGrew Real Estate Inc
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