Wayne Simien, former KU basketball player and founder of Called to Greatness minitistry, cheers on a player at a youth 3-on-3 championship held in Holcom Sports Complex Tuesday morning.

Published on June 30, 2009

Former KU football player Roger Ross leads an exercise regiment before a youth 3-on-3 championship at Holcom Sports Complex Tuesday afternoon. The games were a part of former basketball player Wayne Simien's Called to Greatness.

Published on June 30, 2009

Former KU basketball player Wayne Simien confers with another coach during the Called To Greatness youth 3-on-3 championship. Simien's ministry organization was founded at Morning Star Church as way to reach children through athletics.

Published on June 30, 2009

Performers Jeane Averill, Tally Beth Friedman, and Cassandra Hollman bow after a rehersal late Sunday afternoon in Murphy Hall. Performances of the Spitfire Grill will continue July 1,2, and 3.

Published on June 30, 2009

Recent KU graduate, 2009, David Stogstell combs his hair backstage minutes before a performance of The Spitfire Grill Sunday evening at Murphy Hall.

Published on June 30, 2009

Performer Marilyn Haines applies makeup backstage before a performance of The Spitfire Grill, Sunday evening at Murphy Hall.

Published on June 30, 2009

Bagpiper Chris Hannemann, Wichita junior perfoms inside the Camanielle Sunday evening.

Published on June 30, 2009

Hannemann's pipes fly with KU's colors, shown by this flag commemorating the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship win.

Published on June 30, 2009

Chris Hannemann, Wichita junior, controlls the tubes of his bagpipe during a perfomance Sunday at the Campanielle.

Published on June 30, 2009

Published on June 30, 2009

Chance Dibben/KANSAN Chris Hannemann, Wichita junior, plays the bagpipes at Campanielle Sunday evening. Hanneman, who picked up bagpiping about two years ago, has performed every Sunday this summer.

Published on June 30, 2009

In full traditional garb, bagpiper Chris Hannemann inhales before belting out a dolorous note from his instrument during a performance at Campanile Sunday evening.

Published on June 30, 2009

Bagpiper Chris Hannemann assembles his instrument before a performance at the Campanielle Sunday evening.

Published on June 30, 2009

Bagpiper Chris Hannemann, Wichita junior, releases some air during a performance at Campanielle Sunday evening.

Published on June 30, 2009

Published on June 22, 2009

Greg Pelligreen of Lawrence jams with fellow Lawrence musicians at the Lawrence Amtrack station Saturday night. Musicians palyed from 11:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m., greeting an arriving train and its passengers. While some local musicians hope to turn the depot, located at New York and 7th streets, into a popular hangout for buskers and performers, a civic group called Depot Redux is hoping to convince Amtrack to turn possession of the depot over to the city and apply for federal funds to restore the station.

Published on June 22, 2009

Lauralyn Bodie of Lawrence jams with fellow Lawrence musicians at the Lawrence Amtrack station Saturday night. Musicians palyed from 11:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m., greeting an arriving train and its passengers. While some local musicians hope to turn the depot, located at New York and 7th streets, into a popular hangout for buskers and performers, a civic group called Depot Redux is hoping to convince Amtrack to turn possession of the depot over to the city and apply for federal funds to restore the station.

Published on June 22, 2009

Amtrack conductor Rich Zaban checks his watch in prepaation for departure Saturday night as Scott McLewing of Kansas City plays a fiddle tune with other local musicians outside the train depot at New York and 7th streets. A civic group called Depot Redux is hoping to convince Amtrack to turn possession of the depot over to the city and apply for federal funds to restore the station.

Published on June 22, 2009

Lawrence Mayor Robert Chestnut, seen here at a meeting of the Lawrence City Commission in June, said that a primary goal for the city is to retain more University graduates to contribute to the city's economic and social growth.

Published on June 22, 2009

A homeless man sleeps outside the Replay Lounge the morning of June 19. Since the Salvation Army ceased providing emergency shelter to the city's homeless in April, the Lawrence Community Shelter has been housing 73 men and women each night, vastly exceeding its normal limit of 31, which itself is technically over capacity for the facility. While city administrators try to find a way to fund a solution, downtown merchants are complaining that the increased number of panhandlers on Mass Street are hurting customer sales.

Published on June 22, 2009

Brian Frederick speaks about his father, former University Athletics Director Bob Frederick, at the memorial service Wednesday at the Lied Center.

Published on June 18, 2009

Chris Frederick speaks about his father, former University Athletics Director Bob Frederick, at the memorial service Wednesday at the Lied Center.

Published on June 18, 2009

Brad Frederick speaks about his father, former University Athletics Director Bob Frederick, at the memorial service Wednesday at the Lied Center.

Published on June 18, 2009

Max Urick, former Kansas State University Athletics Director, speaks to the crowd in attendance at a memorial service for Bob Frederick Wednesday in the Lied Center. Urick recalled how Frederick, renowned as an consistently upscale dresser, was a warm personality despite his intimidating dress.

Published on June 18, 2009

Ray Bechard, coach of the women's volleyball team, shares memories of Bob Frederick at Frederick's memorial service Wednesday afternoon. Frederick, an avid cyclist, died June 12 from injuried sustained June 11 in a cycling accident.

Published on June 18, 2009

David Ambler, former Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, speaks at Bob Frederick's memorial service on Wednesday.

Published on June 18, 2009

Reverend Dr. Peter Luckey speaks to several hundred people in attendendance at a memorial service for Bob Frederick, a professor and former athletics director at the University. Frederick, who both played and coached basketball at the University, died June 12 from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident June 11. He was 69 years old.

Published on June 18, 2009

Kansas State Representative Barbara Ballard sings "On Eagle's Wings" at Wednesday's memorial service for Bob Frederick, who died June 12. Frederick was remembered as enthusiastic in all his interests, including cycling, outdoor pursuits, raising his family and his involvement in University athletics.

Published on June 18, 2009

A new Google web application helps track public transit routes and makes them available on iPhones, Blackberries, and other mobile web devices. Lawrence is one of the first cities in the nation to be part of the application's public transit database.

Published on June 17, 2009

Mayor Rob Chestnut.

Published on June 17, 2009

Participants of all ages and fitness levels take part in Dog Days. In previous years, the community summer workout program has started from Memorial Stadium, but because of ongoing renovations, this year's program begins each workout next to the Robinson gymnasium.

Published on June 16, 2009

Don Gardner, also known as Red Dog, cheers on participants at a Dog Days workout in early June. The community exercise program, whcih Gardner initiated 26 years ago, takes participants through a series of calesthenic exercises before a short run at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday each week.

Published on June 16, 2009

Jodi White shakes Bill Self's hand before the Rock Chalk Classic charity basketball game. The fundraiser was held to benefit Jodi and her son after the death of Lawrence resident and longtime KU Basketball fan Brandon White.

Published on June 15, 2009

A new Google web application helps track public transit routes and makes them available on iPhones, Blackberries, and other mobile web devices. Lawrence is one of the first cities in the nation to be part of the application's public transit database.

Published on June 15, 2009

A triathlete waives to a fellow competitor as a group of men prepare to begin the first leg of Sunday's triathlon at Clinton Lake. The 70.3 mile race drew nearly 2,000 athletes.

Published on June 15, 2009

Connie Rhodes of Lawrence cheers on her daughter, Katie, as she transitions between the cycling and running legs of the Ironman triathlon Sunday at Clinton Lake. The event drew nearly 2,000 athletes from around the world.

Published on June 15, 2009

After exiting Clinton Lake and jogging to the bicycle transition area, Doug Zimmerman, Kansas City senior, pauses to place contact lenses in his eyes before stripping out of his wetsuit and mounting his bicycle for the second phase of the 70.3 mile race.

Published on June 15, 2009

Australian triathlete Luke Bell applauds the crowd and event staff as he nears the finish line at Sunday's Ironman triathalon at Clinton Lake. Bell won the event, completing the 70.3 mile race in under three hours and 50 minutes.

Published on June 15, 2009

Matt Klineman stretches before Thursday's charity basketball game at Free State High School.

Published on June 13, 2009

Megan Gonzalez, Junction City senior, listens as others speak at the candle light vigil she helped organize. The vigil was held for Stephen Tyrone Johns, a security officer for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. who was shot and killed Wednesday. organized the vigil.

Published on June 13, 2009

Rebecca Smith, director of communications for KU libraries, stands beside the stacks in Watson where historical books were stolen and damaged. The damages to the books totaled $5,000.

Published on June 11, 2009

Student Body Vice President-Elect May Davis, President-Elect Mason Heilman and Chris Kaufman, Sentennial, Colo. law student listen to Hearing Board Chairman Alex Herman, Hays law student, respond to Kaufman’s motion to dismiss a complaint against United Students April 19 in the Kansas Union.

Published on June 3, 2009