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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 2012
Page
1
Marguerite Perret of Lawrence created The Waiting Room Project, a mixed media installation at the Alice C Sabatini Gallery in Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. It probes six women’s health issues including depression anorexia bulimia dementia domestic violence and breast cancer.
Kilts and cannonballs marked a Sunday fundraiser for local charities as the St Patrick's Day Parade Committee of Lawrence hosted an Irish road bowling event at Clinton Lake State Park. Organizer Charlie Upton noted it as the first such event west of the Mississippi with a $30 entry including beer food and shuttle by 23rd Street Brewery. The sport, dating to 1600s Ireland, involves rolling a 13⁄4 pound metal bowl along a closed road using an underhand motion.
By the time a meth addict reaches Stacey Hauck, there’s little left. Hauck, clinical director of addiction services at the Community Mental Health Center of Crawford County, describes “hitting bottom” and the need to lose everything to begin recovery. She oversees a 24‑bed inpatient unit in Girard, the region’s only such facility, which is always full with a four‑week waiting list, reflecting a decades‑long rise in meth production from large labs to easy “one‑pot” manufacture now common in the area.
At 98, Wichita man Robert Ford begins a pen pal project with four Summerville and Atlanta first-grade classes. Laura Gamble, a Summerville teacher, organized the exchange after Lynn Ford requested Christmas cards. The kids send 110 cards, then Ford shares memories of growing up, party lines, the Maple Theatre in Wichita, harvest time, and snipe hunts. The stories fill three-ring binders for reading, while Ford’s wall of his College Hill home grows with Valentine cards.
The EU men's basketball program turns its attention to the Big 12 Tournament as the team refocuses after upcoming schedule changes and aims for a strong postseason showing.
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