Exceptional Teachers at the Center of Pandemic Education
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Exceptional Teachers at the Center of Pandemic Education

This is one in a series of articles written by a Lawrencian originally published in the ‘Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger’ in Eutin on May 5, 2021.

How are we educating America’s youth during the 2020 global pandemic? …

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A pandemic retirement
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A pandemic retirement

This is one in a series of articles written by Lawrencians and published in Eutin’s Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger on March 4, 2021.

After 30 years as a judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals, Joe was scheduled for his last hearings on March 17 followed by a reception . . .

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No rescue for Santa Claus
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No rescue for Santa Claus

This is one in a series of articles written by a Lawrencian originally published in the Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger in Eutin on December 24, 2020.

Public celebrations of Christmas will be a bit different in Lawrence, Kansas, this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some events will be…

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The phoenix rises again
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The phoenix rises again

(reprint: 12/9/2020) This is one in a series of reprinted articles written by Lawrencians for the Osthosteinisher Anzeiger, an Eutin newspaper.

The Lawrence City seal portrays a Phoenix bird rising from ashes to immortality. Our current conditions are just that.

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Virus Jolts Elections in Lawrence Kansas
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Virus Jolts Elections in Lawrence Kansas

(reprint 10/24/2020) This is one in a series of reprinted articles written by a Lawrencian for the Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger, an Eutin newspaper.

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Exchange by Videoconference
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Exchange by Videoconference

This is one in a series of reprinted articles from the Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger, the Eutin newspaper.

Lawrence students, who were to go to Hiratsuka and Eutin in the summer, as well as their partners in Eutin and Hiratsuka, who were planning to come to Lawrence later, all had to learn that this year, for the first time in 30 years, there will be no student exchanges with our sister cities.

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Invitation to Trivia Game 2021
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Invitation to Trivia Game 2021

On Sunday, March 7, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m., the Governing Board of Sister Cities Lawrence invites members and friends to join in a trivia game. Time to create your team!

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SCL Governing Board’s Covid Policy
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SCL Governing Board’s Covid Policy

Given what is understood about Covid-19 at this time, the Sister Cities Lawrence Governing Board has adopted the policy to suspend travel of students from Lawrence to any sister city until the population of Kansas can return to “normal” as defined by the CDC.

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SCL Annual Membership Meeting held December 9
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SCL Annual Membership Meeting held December 9

Twenty people attended the Sister Cities Lawrence annual membership meeting held virtually on December 9, 2020. After a welcome by Chairman Bill Keel and the acceptance of the previous minutes and financial report, all committees gave summaries of the year’s events, or lack thereof because of the pandemic.

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Student exchanges paused
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Student exchanges paused

The Sister Cities Lawrence (SCL) Board has decided to "pause" any future student exchanges with our three sister cities for the next year. The one exception is the planned visit of a group of youth from Iniades, Greece, at the end of April 2021.

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