Navajo artist guides Lawrence dancers in Sun painters tale
Arizona artist Baje Whitethorne visited Lawrence in September to share Navajo culture through a children's book and the Four Directions colors. Fifty young dancers at the Lawrence Arts Center used the book as the basis for a performance titled Sun painters Eclipse of the Navajo Sun featuring set and choreography by Pretzels and Popcorn. Baker highlighted Whitethorne’s engaging, calm presence as he interacted with each group, inspiring both the story and the dance creation.
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Baje Whitethorne
Lawrence
Lawrence Arts Center
Baje
Candi Baker
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Baker
Whitethorne
Baker’s Peanut
Julie Rothschild
Sunpainters Eclipse of the Navajo Sun at Lawrence Arts Center
Dancers from Peanut Pretzels and Popcorn perform Sunpainters Eclipse of the Navajo Sun at 10 30 a.m. and 1 30 p.m. Saturday at the Lawrence Arts Center 200 W Ninth. The piece is based on a Navajo children’s book by Baje Whitethorne who visited Lawrence in September.
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Peanut, Pretzels
Lawrence Arts Center
200. W. Ninth
Baje’ Whitethorne
Lawrence
Disappearance Probe In Baldwin Woman Nikie Vantuyl
Lawrence police continue investigation into the reported disappearance of 31 year old Nikie L Vantuyl. Her husband Mark Vantuyl 34 said he dropped her off Monday at a female friend's mobile home on West 31st Street and has not heard from her since. Authorities appeal for public help and contact information.
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Baldwin
Nikie L. Vantuyl
Mark Vantuyl
West 31St
Vantuyl
Dog Auditions Sought For Kibbles n Bits TV Ad
Talent scouts search 35 cities for a dog to star in a national Kibbles n Bits commercial. Lawrence auditions Sunday noon to 3 p m at the National Guard Armory 200 Iowa. National winner and owners receive Hollywood trip. results announced early 1997.
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Lawrence
National Guard
Iowa
Hollywood
Arthritis Jingle Bel Run Walk at Lawrence Outlets
The Arthritis Foundation hosts a holiday themed run walk on December 7 at Lawrence Riverfront Plaza Factory Outlets. The event starts 7:30 a.m. with preregistration at the outlets office and Hot Spot on the third level. Prizes include a one year Lawrence Athletic Club membership, gift certificates, and dinner and movie passes for two. Call 1 800 362 1108 for details.
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Arthritis Foundation
Trail celebrates 175th birthday through Kansas history talk
Douglas County Historical Society marked the 175th anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail with a Thursday program at Alcazar Country Club. CALDER PICKETT, Kansas University professor emeritus, described the 800 mile route from Missouri through Kansas Oklahoma Colorado to New Mexico, noting its rise in trade before fading after the 1880 railroad expansion. About 120 attendees heard readings, music, and accounts of bloodshed on the trail, and the society installed new 1997 officers: Robert Bowline President Marsha Goff Vice President David Longhurst Secretary Helen Buhler Treasurer.
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Kansas University
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Alcamar Country Club
Crossgate Dr
Douglas County
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Journal-World
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the Historical Society
Robert Bowline
Marsha Goff
David Longhurst
Helen Buhler
Magnets not political new commissioner says
Dean Nieder, elected to the Douglas County Commission, states a Farmers Cooperative Association mailing tied to propane customers was not campaign material. Nieder, FCA south elevator manager, explains the magnet and brochure focused on safety and propane programs, not voter influence, with signatures from FCA Edgerton facility manager and three propane sales consultants.
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Douglas County Commission
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FCA
E. 19Th Street
Moodie Road
Journal-World
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Edgerton
Wichita State dean of graduate school dies at 60
Michael Tilford, dean of Wichita State University's graduate school and associate vice president for academic affairs, died of a heart attack at 60 while on a consulting assignment in New Jersey. He began at WSU in 1967, became dean in 1988, earned a doctorate from Oklahoma State, and is survived by his wife Marilyn and three children.
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Michael Tilford
Wichita State University
Tilford
William Patterson College
New Jersey
Wichita State
Eugene Hughes
Oklahoma State University
Marilyn Jean
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