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TUESDAY • AUGUST 12 • 2014
School menus kick it up a notch with global additions By Giles Bruce Twitter: @GilesBruce
Hummus. Rice bowls. Sweet and sour chicken. Super nachos. These are among the new items being offered in Lawrence public school cafeterias this year in an effort to provide students with a wider variety of meal choices. “We try to make sure we have meatless options every day, and hummus is one of those,� said Lindsey Morgan,
the Lawrence school But Lawrence pubdistrict’s supervisor of lic school students food services and dishouldn’t see too etician. many changes in their She added that the options this year, bedistrict is also concause the district was stantly trying to inalready in complicrease the number ance with new federal Sweet and sour chicken of meals made from nutrition regulations. scratch, like the lasagna and cheese As part of the 2010 Healthy Hungerquesadillas, as well as the amount of Free Kids Act, public schools must local ingredients used, including pro- now serve each student a half-cup of duce from school gardens. fruit or vegetables with breakfast and
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offer healthier snacks. Under the law, schools were already required to provide each student a half-cup of fruit or vegetables with lunch. Morgan said Lawrence public schools were already doing those things and that the district has long offered nutritious snacks and balanced meals. “A while back we took out all the Little Debbies and ice cream,� she said. “Lawrence is really unique in that they pushed us to go a little further than some other districts.�
Alleged violations at The Cave still await hearing By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
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LAWRENCE NATIVE AND VOLUNTEER AIR SHOW PILOT BILL SHEPARD gets into the cockpit of a P-51 C Mustang plane called the “Tuskegee Airmen� in front of his assistant, Marvona Welsh, while preparing to take off Monday from Lawrence Municipal Airport. The plane, built in the 1940s, received its name from the famous black airmen who fought in World War II.
Rare plane and pilot roar in, bringing rich piece of U.S. history By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep
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rare World War II aircraft stopped in Lawrence Monday, with an even more rare sight in the cockpit. Lawrence native Bill Shepard is one of only two black men in the country currently piloting P-51 Mustang airplanes, he said. He’s a volunteer pilot for the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron
— an organization aimed at sharing the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the black pilots most famous for their success flying Mustangs in WWII. Shepard performed in an air show in Colorado Springs, Colo., last weekend. On his way home to Canada, where he lives and works as a director for a mining company, he made a “strategic fuel stop� in Lawrence to visit his three brothers and father, former Douglas County
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Director of arts and culture hired for Lawrence By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep
BILL SHEPARD gives a hug to his father, Bill Shepard Sr., just before leaving Lawrence Municipal Airport. undersheriff Bill Shepard Sr. Being a black pilot charged with keeping the Airmen’s legacy alive “touches home,� Shepard said. “It’s really something you can’t put words to.�
A woman currently serving as a public art coordinator for Denver has been hired as Lawrence’s first arts and culture director, the city announced Monday. Christina McClelland is scheduled to begin her new McClelland job here on Sept. 29. “The city is fortunate to have Christina take on this new role,� Lawrence City Manager David Corliss said in a
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In late March, city residents were angered to learn that their tax dollars were going to support a large nightclub that was accused of giving away alcohol and promoting an environment of alcohol abuse. Now, more than four months later, state regulators CITY haven’t yet had a hearing on COMMISSION the allegations involving The Cave, the large nightclub inside The Oread hotel. Lawrence city officials also haven’t
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