Riverside youth food fight to raise hunger awareness
Hundreds of Lawrence youths aged 12 to 19 staged a playful field battle to spotlight hunger. The event involved flour, ketchup, mustard, mashed potatoes and gravy dumped over participants ending with 3,000 water balloons to clean up. Gretchen Boxberger, 14, wore ketchup and gravy as a medal of effort.
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Seventh-grader moonlights as stilt walker at Renaissance Festival
Claire Gurley, 12, a Clark Middle School student, performs as a semi professional stilt walker with Theatre Tech Productions. She started at age seven and now showcases her height on stilts at weekend appearances at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival Bonner Springs grounds, joining a family active in festival arts.
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Enrollment growth prompts more elementary classrooms planned
Preliminary figures show Lawrence district elementary enrollment up about 1.8 percent, adding 95 students. Bond projects may rise from 11 to 23 new classrooms to prevent mobile trailers, per Superintendent Rick Doll. School board considers the proposal at 7 p.m. at the administration center.
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Kansans weigh two methods for Court of Appeals judges
Kansans will be able to compare two processes for appointing Court of Appeals judges in real life after the nomination of Caleb Stegall. The discussion highlights differing pathways under consideration and how Stegall’s nomination fits into the evolving framework.
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