Ant Invasion Drives City Home Pests Surge
Ants flood homes in Lawrence amid wet weather with 25 to 30 weekly calls to Haley Pest Control. Experts link moisture to ant activity and promote natural remedies from local stores like the Merc, including peppermint oil sprays, diatomaceous earth, and vinegar-based deterrents. Public sources urge sealing entry points and using simple homemade traps. Implementing caulk at windowsills and baseboards helps curb invasions as City of Lawrence Waste Reduction notes guide.
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Survivors Celebrate Gift of Years at Douglas County Dinner
About 85 Douglas County residents and guests marked life after cancer at Free State High School. The third annual Cancer Survivors Dinner honored survivors age 7 to 88 with stories of treatment and resilience. They will lead Relay For Life of Douglas County with the first lap at 7 p.m. Friday to raise cancer awareness.
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Relay For Life of Douglas County kicks off at Free State
Cancer survivors will lead the Relay For Life at Free State High School track 4700 Overland Drive starting 7 p.m. Friday. A luminaria ceremony around 9 p.m. honors survivors and remembers those lost to cancer. The overnight event raises funds for the American Cancer Society and supports research and programs.
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Hair musical mirrors Lawrence's changing era
The Lawrence Arts Center's Summer Youth Theatre presents Hair reflecting 1968 to 1972 turmoil in Lawrence with a grant from the Kansas Humanities Council. Augmenting performances, the center will host Myth and Magic events July 6, 13 and 20 featuring discussions with activists, veterans, radicals, and a history professor, plus exhibits of John Gary Brown and Bill Snead photography and student art. The program recalls the 1970s era sparked by race, war, drugs, and the draft, as a violent shooting near the center underscores local tensions.
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