Focusing on health and goals in the last 100 days of the year (original) (raw)
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September 22, 2024
I hate to break the news, but it’s true. Sept. 22 marks the date when only 100 days remain in 2024. Did you do all the things you set out to do at the beginning of the year? Did you learn to speak Spanish? What about training for that marathon? You may find yourself asking the age-old ...
How a small town in Kansas found itself at the center of abortion’s national moment
September 15, 2024
PITTSBURG, Kan.— The Rev. Anthony Navaratnam stood before his congregation and urged them to pray for the women from surrounding states who will flock to the new abortion clinic in town that opened in August. "God is giving us an opportunity to be missionaries in Pittsburg, Kansas," he told ...
LMH Health uses PET scans to benefit cardiac patients
September 15, 2024
Positron emission tomography, or PET, scans have long been used to diagnose cancer and determine how far it has progressed. With the introduction of a PET scanner in July 2024, LMH Health is using this technology to benefit a wider group of patients. “LMH Health is the only hospital in the ...
September 14, 2024
Pat and Ned Kehde had two decades of stability when it came to figuring out their health care. The two Lawrence residents signed up for a Medicare Advantage plan with the health care giant Aetna after retiring, and continued with that plan year after year. Ned said it was cheaper compared to ...
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HOMES: Local architect shares tips on what to think about when considering an old home
March 23, 2024
Stan Hernly knows the possibilities of old homes. After all, he started his Lawrence architecture practice in an old home along Tennessee Street. It was more than 35 years ago that he founded his architecture practice, Hernly Associates, in that 1907 house, and since then the firm has grown ...
Garden Variety: Fall is a great time to plant a tree — here are some tips
October 6, 2023
As the saying goes, the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago; the second-best time is today. This is true even in the fall. In regions with four seasons, many tree species have better success rates when transplanted in the fall or winter rather than spring. Plant trees now, or spend ...
Garden Variety: Tips for growing sweet corn and popcorn
May 6, 2023
Sweet corn and popcorn are popular vegetable garden crops with a rich history of cultivation in North America. They are closely related to each other, to flint corn and flower corn, to the starchy field corn produced in large fields across the country, and to maize produced by Native Americans ...
Garden Variety: Several ways to water your indoor plants
January 7, 2023
What is the best way to water an indoor plant? Like so many things in gardening, the answer depends on a variety of factors. The most common methods are top watering, bottom watering and immersion watering. They all have pros and cons, but each one has a place in indoor plant care. Top ...
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Jefferson’s celebrating Olympic Opening Ceremony, Team USA with free hot dog promotion
July 26, 2024
It’s the dog days of summer at Jefferson’s — hot dogs, that is. Jefferson’s Restaurants are celebrating the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics with a special promotion today, July 26, offering free hot dogs to any guest who brings in an award — whether it’s a ...
Pork chops boast flavors of porchetta with less work
May 14, 2024
Italian porchetta is a special dish of spit-roasted pork flavored with herbs, fennel and garlic. It's delicious, but much too involved for a weeknight dinner. To give pork chops the same flavor profile with less work, we narrowed the ingredients to those best suited for searing on the ...
Cashews give curry creamy texture without dairy
May 6, 2024
Many recipes for Indian curries such as tikka masala and butter chicken call for copious amounts of butter, yogurt and cream to give them a rich, satisfying texture. For a lighter vegetarian interpretation of the takeout classic, meaty cremini mushrooms stand in for chicken and pureed cashews ...
Goat cheese balances mushrooms in vegetarian salad
April 14, 2024
A good salad strikes a perfect balance of textures and flavors, but it's easy to overdo it with rich ingredients, especially when striving to add savory elements. For a vegetarian salad that hits all the right notes, combine tangy cheese with meaty mushrooms and bitter greens. In this recipe ...
Arts and Entertainment | VIEW ALL
September 13, 2024
While the cartoons bring the imagined to the screen, the Queen’s Cartoonists bring the soundtrack to the stage. The six-member jazz band, which will perform at the Lied Center later this month, plays in synchronization with classic and contemporary animated films, throwing in penny whistles ...
Japanese drums, dance groups, traditional food on tap for upcoming East Asian festival at KU
September 12, 2024
An event that celebrates a variety of East Asian traditions is set for next week on the University of Kansas campus. The Mid-Autumn Festival hosted by the KU Center for East Asian Studies will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sept. 17 at the Kansas Union on KU’s Lawrence campus. The event ...
KU professor, furniture artist chosen as interim executive director of Lawrence Arts Center
September 5, 2024
A teacher and former board member of the Lawrence Arts Center will serve as the organization’s interim leader. The Lawrence Arts Center announced Thursday that Thomas Huang will serve as the interim executive director while the nonprofit organization seeks a replacement for its previous ...
August 29, 2024
Friday, Aug. 30 • De Soto Days, Aug. 29-31, downtown De Soto, features family-friendly events throughout the weekend; see desotodays.com for full schedule of entertainment, car cruise, parade, carnival rides and much more. • Lawrence’s Final Friday Art Walk includes: Works by ...
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Local History: The many moves of Douglas County’s ‘No. 6’ school
August 30, 2024
Most of the rural schools in Douglas County are identified by a name as well as a number. An exception to this norm is “No. 6.” Goldie Piper Daniels, in her 1974 history of the educational buildings in our county, notes that the name “Crutchfield” was found attached to No. 6 on an ...
Local History: A Medal of Honor recipient who lived in Lawrence
June 23, 2024
On the east side of Iowa Street, between 19th and 23rd streets, stands the United States Army Reserve Training Center, which bears the name of Samuel J. Churchill. Churchill is one of two Medal of Honor recipients to have been Lawrence residents and to be buried here. Churchill was ...
Local History: After Quantrill’s Raid, a Lawrence church became a morgue
February 18, 2024
On the east side of the 700 block of Vermont Street, you can see a small bronze plaque on a brick building at about eye level. It tells of a First Methodist Church that once stood there, which was built in 1857 and was used as morgue following Quantrill’s Raid on Aug. 21, 1863. More than ...
Local History: How Breezedale boosted the city’s growth spurt
January 21, 2024
The electric streetcars in Lawrence may have fallen out of favor, but at least one new neighborhood they made possible is still here. Breezedale — Lawrence’s first identifiable suburban neighborhood — is at the southern end of Massachusetts Street. It was developed by Charles E. Sutton, ...