Lane News

Rehearsing for the Topeka Symphony Youth Ensembles concert Sunday in White Concert Hall, Michael Navarro, 9, plucks the strings of his violin in a pizzicato portion of a song he and other members of the Debut Orchestra will perform.

The decor in the dining room at the Westboro home of Shanna Dunn-Vigare and Sam Vigare is based around red amaryllis.

" With a giant crane and construction materials blocking off car traffic and parking spots right in front of their businesses as the holiday season gets under way, some may think the area businesses would be very upset.

Hats off to the Rev. W.L. Templeton, who last weekend was honored for 50 years in the pulpit at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, 610 S.E. Lime.

Frederick O. Thomas, 78, Lane, died Tueday, Oct. 27, 2009, at his home. He was cremated.

Topeka City Manager Norton Bonaparte's proposed 2010-2014 capital improvement program the city council will consider Tuesday is available at http://cjonline.com/multimedia/documents/2009/102009/CIP_recommendations... . The first two years of that prorgram make up Bonaparte's proposed 2010-2011 capital improvement budget.

John Haupt Chapter DAR, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Ritchie House Tour, 1116 S.E. Madison. Program: Robin Shrimplin.

Duplicating services isn't an effective way to better the community; instead, financially supporting local programs that already are working to help families and kids in Finney County is the goal of one local agency.

The vehicle of Denise Vesey balances in April on the roadside as flood waters from Pottawatomie Creek sweep over Virginia Road north of Lane.

With tears in his eyes and a smile on his face, Eddie Williams waved his cowboy hat to acknowledge the standing ovation in Wagstaff Theater when he received the title of chairman emeritus of the American Royal livestock auction.

Cowskin Creek floodwaters surround a home on Karren Lane in west Wichita Wednesday morning.

While many companies have been cutting back on the perks normally offered to employees, Jewels by Park Lane is doing just the opposite.

Looking out of the windows of Debra Clayton's office, it's easy to daydream. Debra and her husband, Randy, operate Clayton Financial Services Inc.

The Pottawatomie Indians were moved from the lands around the Great Lakes to the Lane area in 1837 and established their settlement about a mile north of the Pottawatomie Creek bridge on the east side of the road.

Deborah Barker, right, director of the Franklin County Historical Society, discusses historical points of interest on a Franklin County map as Robyn Bowman, left, Ottawa, and Eileen Bowling, center, of Ottawa, look on two years ago at Ottawa's Old Depot Museum, 135 W. Tecumseh St., during the museum's unveiling party for its new exhibit ...

Looking for safe, inexpensive fun? The Lane Agricultural Fair comes with recommendations.

A drawing from an old Central Heights yearbook depicts the school district's facility from the air not long after construction.

Although the town of Richmond was not laid out until 1870, its early history is connected with the settlement of Berea, a community established as early as 1857.

Though the city of Topeka won't begin receiving revenue from a recently approved half-cent sales tax until December, the city council on Tuesday will consider using short-term financing to pay to start some road work this year.

Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott and Wichita counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in Garden City.