No-Hitters Clarify Baseball While Cricketers Remain Enigmatic
Joel Gold, emeritus English professor, muses on baseball no-hitters and cricket's mystifying jargon. He recalls Times explanations, contrasts American clarity with cricket's cryptic phrases, and jokes about readers joining a club to decipher sports prose. He cites LBW, short-leg, and cameos as examples of cryptic language.
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Muralist McCoy Draws on Kansas Roots for Big Wall Art
Regionalist painter Missy McCoy, a 44 year old Lawrence resident, creates large murals that fill public spaces such as Footprints store in Mass Street. Her wall scenes evoke farm life, wind swept wheat fields, a gypsy wagon and rural birds, reflecting a quiet country setting near Lawrence. She admires John Steuart Curry and says mural work feels natural and meaningful.
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Wheat Fields Bakery
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Ranney
John Steuart Curry
John Brown
Kansas Statehouse
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Curry
Earl Richardson
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Coalition pushes for gun safety and national initiative
SAFE KIDS and the Coalition urge a national gun safety program to curb child access to firearms. Unintentional shootings kill or injure numerous children yearly, with many incidents at home. CAP laws in 17 states reduce child deaths by about 23 percent, and SAFE KIDS proposes a multi facet plan.
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AFE Kids, Coalition
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Safe Kids Campaign
Safe Kids
Get Moving Rally Marks Six Months in Douglas County
A 6:30 p.m. rally at the Community Health Center in Maine honors six months of the Get Moving health program. Free weigh-ins and blood pressure tests will be offered, with cholesterol testing available. Attendees receive gifts, refreshments, and door-prize chances. monthly participants win prizes, and sponsors include Premier Blue and various local firms.
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