https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news daily 0.75 2025-11-06 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/the-application-deadline-for-the-2026-lawrence-hiratsuka-trip-has-been-extended-to-december-1st-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/ad345a15-8de4-4305-abde-f6475d1d9df6/Copy+of+Hiratsuka+Application+2026+%281%29.png News and Events - The application deadline for the 2026 Lawrence - Hiratsuka trip has been extended to December 1st 2025! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/friends-of-hiratsuka-news-flash monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/ba90b5fc-a710-452e-8bd0-8b8a01f878da/new-flash-festival_picture1.jpg News and Events - Friends of Hiratsuka News Flash - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/sister-cities-international-stands-in-solidarity-with-the-communities-affected-by-the-devastating-fires-in-los-angeles-county monthly 0.5 2025-01-20 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/lawrence-students-prep-for-trip monthly 0.5 2025-01-12 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/lawrence-mayor-signs-fourth-sister-city-agreement monthly 0.5 2024-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/967e7f94-73bf-468a-9a36-24fe28dea375/tocopilla-signing-ceremony-4cr.jpg News and Events - Lawrence Mayor signs fourth Sister City agreement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/net-zero-world-delegation-visits-lawrence-kansas-to-learn-about-environmental-justice-and-sustainable-development monthly 0.5 2024-07-15 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/april-21-reception-for-members monthly 0.5 2024-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/4fa07cc1-2e5b-468c-8181-5df2b59768fc/April21invite.png News and Events - April 21 reception for members - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/city-council-votes-to-form-a-groundbreaking-sister-city-relationship-with-tocopilla-chile monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/0c755a09-bc9a-4b7d-a95b-092cd0f247cb/Letras-de-bienvenida-Tocopilla.jpg News and Events - City council votes to form a groundbreaking sister city relationship with Tocopilla, Chile - Make it stand out Welcome a new Sister City, Tocopilla, Chile!! https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/watkins-museum-partners-with-sister-cities-lawrence-and-ku-students-on-new-exhibit monthly 0.5 2023-12-29 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/annual-membership-meeting-today monthly 0.5 2023-12-13 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/eutiners-contact-iss-commander monthly 0.5 2023-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/f3f8aa4d-8dc1-4780-94dc-b454e4c23c85/2023-ltucker-stellam-image2.jpeg News and Events - Eutiners contact International Space Station - Make it stand out Stella, center, is pictured with ‘sister’ and ‘host mother’, Lindsey Tucker, last fall during the Eutin exchange in Lawrence. Read below about another once-in-a-lifetime experience Stella had in December. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/2024 monthly 0.5 2023-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/6fa62c75-2886-4f72-8ddd-d7835c953700/Tanabata.jpg News and Events - 2024 Hiratsuka trip - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/exhibit-amp monthly 0.5 2023-07-31 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/eutin-exchange-up-and-running monthly 0.5 2023-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/f9d7abb5-db65-4789-8737-e86a05a4393b/2023-6_arbeau_brandenburger_selfie.jpg News and Events - Eutin exchange up and running - Make it stand out Memories to last a lifetime: six Lawrence students pose in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, for a selfie shot by their chaparone, Stephen Arbeau, while enjoying life in Lawrence’s sister city of Eutin, Germany. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/seeking-hosts-for-visitors-from-hiratsuka monthly 0.5 2023-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/9317f5d3-9694-4207-87e9-5deccadec83d/2019-07_nTsuchiya_burgerstand_th.jpg News and Events - Seeking hosts for visitors from Hiratsuka - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/lawrence-students-prepare-to-visit-japan monthly 0.5 2023-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/55d6dc87-77f4-415e-9d54-017f97fd1043/2023studentorientationpic1.jpg News and Events - Lawrence students prepare to visit Japan - Make it stand out A youth delegation prepares to visit Hiratsuka this summer. Shown here are Yoshie Hisatomi, Japanese Outreach Coordinator (top right), Rachel Bennett, chaperone (top center), six of the eight students, and Shelby Ross, a Friend of Hiratsuka member (far left). https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/to-further-cultural-understanding monthly 0.5 2023-05-09 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/friends-of-eutin-celebrate-mens-national-basketball-championship monthly 0.5 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/8b877215-0659-46aa-ae6e-c83979fdcf61/OHA_10-13-22.png News and Events - Friends of Eutin Celebrate Men’s National Basketball Championship - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/upcoming-important-meetings monthly 0.5 2022-11-21 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/30th-anniversary-of-hiratsuka-lawrence-sister-cities-celebrated-via-zoom monthly 0.5 2022-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1bb615f3-be95-431b-b52f-191e68192114/2022sept21_30_annivers_zoom__1.png News and Events - 30th Anniversary of Hiratsuka-Lawrence Sister Cities celebrated via Zoom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/annual-friends-of-hiratsuka-meeting monthly 0.5 2022-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/bb6d5f9c-baa3-4b05-82ae-c247b58d5821/100px-Flag_of_Hiratsuka_Kanagawa_svg.png News and Events - Annual Friends-of-Hiratsuka meeting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/lawrence-and-hiratsuka-japan-to-celebrate-35-years-of-sister-relationship monthly 0.5 2022-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1600713340691-4QE7L9V2625UN3II5IUE/Hiratsuka1990.jpg News and Events - Lawrence and Hiratsuka, Japan to celebrate 30 years of ‘sister’ relationship - Make it stand out The Sister City Agreement was signed by Mayor Shirley Martin-Smith of Lawrence and Mayor Kyoichi Ishikawa of Hiratsuka in 1990. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/lawrence-welcomes-a-dozen-eutin-students monthly 0.5 2022-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/6c60cc2b-2ebf-4587-9a7c-4f2fb4ae57aa/9-2022_tmiller-muriel-welcome.jpg News and Events - Lawrence welcomes a dozen Eutin students - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/new-sport-enthusiast monthly 0.5 2024-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/49129d93-bac1-4999-a557-8787ac3cd814/OHA_5-15-22.png News and Events - New sport enthusiast - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/0ethjnk8cjlz3s4lqex2svf743bux7 monthly 0.5 2022-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/6a013130-e50d-4c54-8c2b-32662262da17/2022Apr24_zoom_Hiratsuka_citystaff.jpg News and Events - Staying in touch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/in-remembrance monthly 0.5 2022-03-24 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/patience-pays-off monthly 0.5 2022-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/8e87eddd-2367-4fc1-b904-64912d6426c4/20211224_135555sm.jpg News and Events - Patience pays off! - Make it stand out A Christmas Eve welcome party was hosted by Diana Carlin, Joe Pierron, and the Friends-of-Iniades committee of Sister Cities Lawrence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/316d7f00-6f90-4cc7-9ca6-1bfecdf20082/20211225_115327sm.jpg News and Events - Patience pays off! - Make it stand out Exchange participants included sisters Glykeria and Panagiota Karavia. Here they join Joe Pierron and Diana Carlin (not pictured) for Christmas dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/e14575d8-f06e-45a8-8cb8-7a56b37dbc0b/20220101_170839sm.jpg News and Events - Patience pays off! - Make it stand out The New Year’s Day party hosted by Kathleen and Tom Hodge included Greek dancing and a traditional Greek cake. Dimitra Pitsikou and Maria Lachana, guests of Bob and Sandra Schumm, baked a 1 Euro coin into the cake for good luck https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/accepting-eutin-high-school-exchange-applications monthly 0.5 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/e784b46e-4e41-4137-b688-01787ee5a2c1/ascholz_Lubeck_2019.jpg News and Events - Accepting Eutin high school exchange applications - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/long-awaited-iniades-greece-exchange monthly 0.5 2022-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/50352174-105d-41ab-b912-f7270610608e/20190715_xchange_a_meyers.jpg News and Events - Long awaited Iniades, Greece Exchange - Make it stand out Lawrence students visited Greece in 2019. (photo by A. Meyers) https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/sister-cities-lawrence-annual-meeting-dec-8 monthly 0.5 2022-02-02 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/sister-cities-international-2021-annual-award monthly 0.5 2021-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/55fd2230-a998-40d9-aa07-95ce7d832a62/2021_SWP_6036+v2a.jpg News and Events - Sister Cities International 2021 Annual Award - Make it stand out Ken Albrecht, President of Friends of Eutin and Bill Keel, Chair of Sister Cities Lawrence Governing Board accept the award. - photo by Susan Wolfe Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/7828cfdd-46aa-43a7-97ff-c25733fd8b36/2021_SWP_2292+v2+%281%29a.jpg News and Events - Sister Cities International 2021 Annual Award - Make it stand out photo by Susan Wolfe Photo https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/lawrence-clarinetist-solos-in-eutin-festival monthly 0.5 2021-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1630421597914-BAE2G8JWE6IKNH5E2IRB/Seeb%C3%BChne.png News and Events - Lawrence clarinetist solos in Eutin festival - Make it stand out Audiences enjoy the lakeside amphitheater setting for the Eutin summer music festival in its 70th year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1630421870901-DLFDTSENS8OJZOA4EBBV/IMG_20210824_194705922%5B1%5D.jpg News and Events - Lawrence clarinetist solos in Eutin festival - Make it stand out The Freunde-von-Lawrence organization hosted Bob Walzel for dinner at the “Zum Frohsinn” (to happiness) restaurant in Bosau. From left: Bob Walzel, Thorben Mothes, Hans-Jürgen Grein, Stephan Klein (president), Annegret Klein, Martin Vollertsen, Sabine Grein, Sonja Meseck, and Marion Vollertsen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1630421951723-8QDPUQOCQ2F3MFJNWZU9/2021-8-27klassik-jazz%282cr%29.jpg News and Events - Lawrence clarinetist solos in Eutin festival - Make it stand out On his way to perform at the “Swinging Classics” concert Bob Walzel acknowledged the significant role the sister cities partnership played in connecting him with Eutin festival organizers. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/the-sacred-stone-i-zhje-waxbe monthly 0.5 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1629911369928-5KN5FU2Q2P3JMA1H66VL/OHA_8-21.png News and Events - The Sacred Stone, Iⁿ ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/exceptional-teachers-at-the-center-of-pandemic-education monthly 0.5 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1629313761190-O7SBYK58J9R5AS04VLQE/OHA_5-5-21.png News and Events - 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The phoenix rises again - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/japanese-friendship-garden-attracts-tours monthly 0.5 2021-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1623104224444-3NJ0BGJAJB5SG6LNKGAC/2021_chamilton_friendshpgardentour2cr.jpg News and Events - Japanese Friendship Garden attracts tours - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/virus-jolts-elections-in-lawrence-kansas monthly 0.5 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1629314819615-5ZFY4C6R0D3LW7LBB3V7/2020coronavotethumb.png News and Events - Virus Jolts Elections in Lawrence Kansas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/sister-cities-in-lawrence-kansas-during-the-coronavirus-september-2020 monthly 0.5 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1629314962233-6X05V9SRN4JFPA7JI6PS/OHA10-10-20.png News and Events - 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Kelly (Herndon) and Arne Scholz, 2014 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/fran-and-mat-2009 monthly 0.5 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1592958151112-XO4S5TTQVN0VUTYTF1PH/Fran_7_2018_2476.jpg News and Events - Fran and Mat, 2009 June 2018 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/kris-and-inga-vollertsen-humbarger-2004 monthly 0.5 2020-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1592255067979-J6PFNM0OGW3FGEQK09P8/wedVollertsenHumb.jpg News and Events - Kris and Inga (Vollertsen) Humbarger, 2004 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/news/don-and-stefi-berger-anderson-1994 monthly 0.5 2020-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591755817403-UXFVYIUTPQ2O0AGA0KL0/Don%26Stefi-inline-1.jpg News and Events - Don and Stefi (Berger) Anderson, 1994 Don and Stefi pose on their 25th wedding anniversary in 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591755944692-ETXA0NXZGXB2UE0GFMLN/Don%26Stefi-inline-2.jpg News and Events - 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Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1589233212582-RCCGKG942J5N6AWPLN22/pfarrar_2005_lcctour_weberschule1.jpg Eutin, Germany - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1589233230125-6701M3A1PB626F4GKGSW/pfarrar_Eutinsundial-vetpark.JPG Eutin, Germany - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1588121956019-E50IPMI6EQ2BV98IX8S0/image-asset.jpeg Eutin, Germany - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Our Sister City Agreement The dynamic relationship between Lawrence and Eutin evolves constantly and has involved hundreds of University of Kansas students, hundreds of high school students, choirs, artists, librarians, doctors, bankers, and city officials. Such visits often create lifelong ties, prompting additional unofficial trips in both directions. Indeed, the Sister City relationship has fostered at least 4 marriages! View the timeline from 1989 to the present: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1586312908345-CP9SD0H4G345BRT23RT5/Albrechtsigns.JPG Eutin, Germany - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Friends-of-Eutin This committee was formed to create the Sister Cities Agreement with Eutin, Germany and to plan, coordinate, and support activities. Contact the chair of the Friends-of-Eutin committee, Ken Albrecht, (kenalbrecht@lpco.net), for information about meetings. You may also volunteer for this committee when paying the Sister Cities Lawrence membership fee. Volunteers may help host visitors and/or suggest some area of interest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/e481c9fd-60f3-471a-bbb8-65fce033bb1d/20240806-eutin-hs-exchange152355.png Eutin, Germany - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Student Exchanges Each year 6-10 students visit Eutin in June, living with host families while attending one of the two Gymnasien (high schools). Group excursions typically include cities in the area such as Hamburg, Lübeck, Kiel, Berlin, Potsdam, etc. Their host brothers/sisters reciprocate by visiting Lawrence in the fall and attending one of our high schools for three weeks. A teacher chaperones each group. For more on the 2025 exchange…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/b1ac2707-10ed-4e24-b3a2-95d17a5b5b91/2024july_delegation-tripIMG_3187.jpg Eutin, Germany - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Delegations Every five years Lawrence celebrates the Sister City anniversary by sending a delegation to visit Eutin, usually in June. These visits traditionally include a reception at city hall , a sightseeing cruise on the lake, and an American Friendship banquet. Typically, Fall brings a delegation from Eutin to visit Lawrence, most of whom stay with host families arranged by the Friends-of-Eutin committee. Lawrence participants travel at their own expense. Activities are posted on the timeline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/396068e3-c06e-48fd-972f-702a2be81a53/2019-10-09_Torben-campusview_cr.jpg Eutin, Germany - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Internships Opportunities have been created in a variety of professions, including spots in banks, newspapers, public relations, radio broadcast, language instruction, breweries, and the Eutiner Festspiel orchestra and chorus. Individual interests are the basis for developing internships. Leaders in the Freunde-von-Lawrence group in Eutin and the Friends-of-Eutin Committee of SCL facilitate appropriate matches and finding host families. These on-location learning opportunities benefit the visiting intern, the institutions, and both communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587955496602-J0YJUPDCK73YJZ7Z4RWN/Stadtbucht.jpg Eutin, Germany - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Our ‘History’ - finding a ‘sister city’ In the mid-1960s a German professor at the University of Kansas, Helmut Huelsbergen, sought a location for a summer language institute to offer KU students and ‘found’ Eutin. Arrangements for hosting students in private homes, the idyllic community setting, and hiring of Helmut Scheewe, a Voss-Gymnasium teacher, helped the institute succeed. After several decades of this one-sided relationship it was time to explore more reciprocal arrangements…. View the Eutin/Lawrence timeline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1600097020895-VGVAC8U9NVSNPAXU06XN/Vorstand_2019_05_02.jpg Eutin, Germany - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Friends-of-Lawrence in Eutin Current board members of the Freunde-von-Lawrence, our partner organization, are shown here in the Kansas section of the friendship garden in Eutin. Left to right:Hans-Juergen Grein, Patricia Wolf (vice-chair), Torben Mothes (treasurer), Annegret Klein, Stephan Klein (chair). Visit their website. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/home daily 1.0 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1585511865050-8OS8OIWWJN03TYLV4FMJ/MarktuMichaelis_500.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1595258251723-KKMXL32ZUBYC1SFO9TKV/hiratsuka-midpage.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1595258263363-PQ189UV7XSS2G66YY7YD/iniades-midpage.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/2b46eef5-682b-4ccc-b4dd-695702b7b69a/sm-bienvenida-tocopilla-copy.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/hiratsuka-japan daily 0.75 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362128214-2Q5PD1U1T2LPTHF3JZ0X/Copy+of+Brochure+1.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362116449-NLBSE8FFQ9FR3NYFI827/Copy+of+Brochure+2.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362129404-UNU3JOJ6WBEFKQQ2WPNV/Copy+of+Brochure+3.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362128053-L0GRDZXQCDK0U0BCI02B/Copy+of+FEA9677Egroup2018.JPG Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362104284-IN3OX8BUM4AD27BRTE6H/Copy+of+HiratsukaAgreement.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362122130-YTLBQX1Q82RE5U6IV5S7/Copy+of+IMG_2962cards2018.JPG Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362120054-FNCTNGA561T2Y5QQV6VW/Copy+of+IMG_3021shirt2018.JPG Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362137928-ULNV8Y7648NCYHDPW6GO/Copy+of+IMG_3061speech2018.JPG Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362123465-WS6MN3CAHBTAR84370IV/hiratsuka_bowl-1024x732.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362139633-JXQU6FPE91E2DKITIV6V/Hiratsuka1990-05-002b.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362128731-19J88266LZ9XDT3K09K2/mjohnson_2019_8962ctst.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362134471-OLMXDRGVKRNC542SX4I4/mjohnson_2019_8964.JPG Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362134211-GXNC74UADRILI20I2SPY/mjohnsonn_2019_8965.JPG Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587362134438-HW3782OUXW57SAM5FE0N/YTomita_2019_12-01_Fuji-surfers.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1589232828705-VRGTZIFQR5SJHU0QTTNK/pfarrar_2020_Jgarden.JPG Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587959003332-HYNND86UWB0Y6CGIWVSO/hiratsukaabout.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Our Sister City Agreement Since our formal agreement, signed in September of 1990, this has been a dynamic relationshop. Many Lawrencians have benefitted from this program - including city officials, educators, students and their families, and those in a variety of professions. Even during the global COVID pandemic relationships were maintained ‘virtually’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/cf42480b-d8a8-49a0-b580-c60994bc53f3/2024_katie_%26_james_farewell_party_cr1.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Friends-of-Hiratsuka This committee was formed to create the Sister Cities Agreement with Hiratsuka, Japan and to coordinate and support its activities. Current committee chair (left) is James Hilliard (contact jamesiv at juno.com to volunteer for committee work). Katie Trumble (right) is the 2025 lead chaperone for the Hiratsuka trip. Volunteers are encouraged to help develop any of the activities described below, or to realize new possibilities. Read the Hiratsuka/Lawrence timeline or visit Lawrence Sister Cities Hiratsuka on Facebook . Here are notes from the most recent Friends of Hiratsuka meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587354603653-A4FIYIIR9LAFFUNZPYY5/hiratsukapartnership.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Student Exchanges Every year a youth group, grades 7-12, is organized to visit Hiratsuka. Applicants write an essay and submit a letter of recommendation in the fall. Here is the 2026 application packet (pdf). Beginning in January, those selected attend monthly “Saturday sessions” to prepare for the trip. The summer trip to Japan lasts about 10 days and typically includes staying in a dormitory, then staying with a family, visiting schools, museums, and other points of interest. The students are accompanied by one or two chaperones. Soon after returning to Lawrence the students and their families reciprocate by hosting their Hiratsuka partners for about ten days. The itinerary here is developed by the Friends of Hiratsuka committee. Facebook Group “Lawrence Sister Cities Hiratsuka Site” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1602465675976-W4U6ANKJOLZ40QPML0QY/Hiratsuka2015_25th001.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Delegations Every five years Friends of Hiratsuka celebrates the Sister City anniversary by sending a delegation to Japan, and in turn hosting their delegation here. These visits strengthen ties between residents and institutions. The pattern was disrupted by Covid for the 30th anniversary, but meeting online was a satisfactory substitute. Plans are being developed for the 35th anniversary celebration in 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587355891487-F75X8JH53AKGJJEW88ZU/hiratsukainternships.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Internships Several city interns from Hiratsuka have spent up to a year in Lawrence to study at the University of Kansas and intern with Lawrence City staff. Firefighters from Hiratsuka have also trained with Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical staff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587354845050-EMVKDE6KHOAWRHZ5DU3Z/hiratsukaculturalexchanges.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Resources Facebook Group “Lawrence Sister Cities Hiratsuka Site” Facts about Hiratsuka City Hiratsuka 平塚市, Kanagawa Prefecture, (Select “Foreign Languages” to find English translations of text.) Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park Tanabata Festivals Tanabata (Star Festival) background News of Japan in English Hiratsuka (Wikipedia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1615168821382-MUYK42UX8F9WJTPLLOFQ/1990-02-13_1sthjdelegation_cshankel006.jpg Hiratsuka, Japan - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Our History The Lawrence City Commission, headed by Mayor Sandy Praeger, appointed Marnie Argersinger and Carol Shankel to organize a sister cities steering committee in September 1986. The Commission asked them not only to study and recommend an organizational structure that could support sister city relationships but also to find a sister city in Japan. The necessary groundwork for this relationsahip was finalized by Carol Shankel and George Woodyard working with Hiratsuka city and Kanagawa University officials. Lawrence hosted the first delegation from Hiratsuka in Lawrence in February 1990. Read more on the Hiratsuka/Lawrence timeline > https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/board-and-policies daily 0.75 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/5cd35d67-259b-4eb3-bcf4-c24ea6fe33e2/20240313board800.jpg Board and Policies The Governing Board is shown at their March 2024 meeting at Watkins Museum. Left to right: B. Schumm, J. Hilliard, C. Shipley (on-screen), S. Hamilton, S. Lechtenberg-Kasten, and K. Albrecht. Seated, left to right, are J. Miller, K. Scholz, and B. Keel. Not shown are K. 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They observed the first youth exchange; met the K.U. theater students; and met the mayor-elect of Messolonghi, Kostas Liros. An evening gathering included (left to right foreground) Dimitri Pitsikou, Mayor-elect Liros, Dennis Christilles, former Mayor of Messolonghi Antonis Aletras, and (in plaid, 2nd from right) Bob and Sandra Schumm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1615175965643-6X5FPA2ISYRANB3GVS8M/ameyers_20190719_delphi.jpg Messolonghi Timeline - July 2019 First Youth Exchange. After years of planning, the first eight students from Lawrence traveled to Iniades to live with host families, accompanied by chaperone/teacher Amy Meyers, of Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence. They made an excursion to Delphi. One of the students, Mei, reflects on her experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1615176202049-LQZ69CWRZN6PG2ZCKTWF/dchristilles+2019trojanwomenrehearsal.png.jpg Messolonghi Timeline - July 2019 The KU Study Abroad Program production of “Trojan Women” was performed in Greek and English by KU Theater students with the help of local students, under the direction of Prof. Dennis Christilles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/0fd0a255-2d4c-41ec-ae43-69ff1c43f90d/20211224_135555sm.jpg Messolonghi Timeline - December 24, 2021 Patience finally paid off! Although some of the original nine members of the Greek youth exchange were unable to attend, five guests arrived in Lawrence on December 23. A welcome party was hosted on Christmas Eve by Diana Carlin, Joe Pierron, and the Friends-of-Iniades committee. Greek guests were Dimitra Pistikou and Maria Lahana, chaperones, with Panagiota and Glykeria Karavia, and Panagiota Balomenou (not pictured). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/7d7ed003-1a09-4078-a507-4820419ccdee/20211225_115327sm.jpg Messolonghi Timeline - December 25, 2021 In contrast to previous plans, Lawrence hosts shared many holiday traditions, among them Christmas eve mass, and holiday parties. Here Panagiota and Glykeria Karavia join their hosts, Joe Pierron and Diana Carlin (not pictured), for Christmas dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/a4b071b2-75fd-4cb7-adb4-1cef78642cd0/20220101_170839sm.jpg Messolonghi Timeline - January 1, 2022 The farewell party took place on New Years Day at the home of Tom and Kathleen Hodge. The Greek guests shared traditional dancing and cake with their hosts. Dimitra Pistikou and Maria Lahana baked a Euro coin into the cake, ensuring a year of good luck for the Lawrencian who was served the lucky piece! On Jan. 2, our Greek visitors flew to Chicago for a couple day’s visit and covid testing required before boarding their flight home. At the next Sister Cities Lawrence governing board meeting Bob Schumm, Friends-of-Iniades committee chair, acknowledged it had been a challenging time for planning because of the pandemic and the holidays, but the fact that the group arrived and returned home safely was a major accomplishment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/7693fd69-af2d-403e-a1a1-e242a968c2e4/2025_7_03+-+Greece+Sister+City+Signing+Ceremony+00026.jpg Messolonghi Timeline - 2025 July A delegation from the Sacred City of Messolonghi visited Lawrence between July 1st and 5th in order to formally renew our sister cities agreement. On Thursday, July 3rd, Lawrence Mayor Mike Dever and Messolonghi Mayor Spyridon Diamontopoulos signed the agreement and delivered remarks honoring the connection between the two cities. They were joined by City Commissioners Bart Littlejohn and Amber Sellers, along with Vice Mayor Brad Finkeldei. Four officials from Messolonghi accompanied the Greek delegation, three of whom were visiting the United States for the first time. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/become-a-member daily 0.75 2024-12-12 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/eutin-timeline daily 0.75 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1602463758821-GU2NH09LX7NCGBSVB02I/lawrenceeutinlogo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/17ce73fb-84f0-47ae-ab7d-9306bbc40410/7-3-89lovelandprofile001.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1614568965678-YX1OSADI77RQNGZ7RROM/1989-10-25_eutindelegates_ljworld.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1614569498113-P219QJ4BCUOUTCQTO1HQ/1989-10-27_EutinAgreement-edit.jpg https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/eutin-timeline-1990-1999 daily 0.75 2025-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1602463758821-GU2NH09LX7NCGBSVB02I/lawrenceeutinlogo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1614569766470-BERTPTTVC2MKOQENB1W4/1990Eutinprojects.jpg Eutin Timeline 1990-1999 - June 1990 The first city delegation to Eutin included Mayor Shirley Martin-Smith, Bunker and Marilyn Clark, Ann Evans, Winnie and Al Gallup, Charles and Mary Loveland, Mike Rundle, Bob and Sandra Schumm, Brad Tate, Gary Toebben, Faye Watson, and Frank Baron. A document outlining mutual projects or “Areas of Agreement,” was signed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1616530003350-4I6IWK26NAY4L2CK1ED1/1991-10-13_photoxhibit001.jpg Eutin Timeline 1990-1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1614570928586-91FT09OO00MD6EO3SATZ/pfarrar_Eutinsundial-vetpark.jpg Eutin Timeline 1990-1999 - October 1992 Veterans Park, on the northeast corner of 19th and Louisiana streets, included sundial sculpture created by Jim Patti and Bob Rose. The sculpture has the logo of the sister cities and a rose representing Eutin. Rose plantings surround the sculpture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1614576732416-C5GFS1SWO6AO8G0NOSEE/1993-07-jrhitrip_pfarrar-001.jpg Eutin Timeline 1990-1999 - June 1993 Nine Lawrence junior high German students making a 20-day tour led by Phyllis deVries enjoyed homestays for a weekend in Eutin. This ‘taste’ of Germany is intended to lure students to stick with the study of German and to participate in future Lawrence-Eutin high school exchanges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1617225947089-U3M1RUNZ3LZL0HO1TOCT/1996-06_hsxchange_pfarrar001.jpg Eutin Timeline 1990-1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1617225983587-JWZVCAPY9Y2TTXNLFA4A/1996-6civic-choir-eutin-concernt001.jpg Eutin Timeline 1990-1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1614577219456-UCYLGNOS2B9OMAM30G06/1996_highschool_exchange002_pfarrar.jpg Eutin Timeline 1990-1999 - September- October 1996 Six Eutin Gymnasium students joined their exchange partners in Lawrence. The six Eutin students ‘shadowing’ their Lawrence counterparts at Lawrence High School were Hildegard Anna Klessig, Lina Bickel, Georg von Polier, Beute Lücht, Christian Brandt, and Benjamin Reichardt. Teacher/chaperone (left) was Sönke Peters, Weber Schule. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1617225511941-YGC1IFDBPZ4O32ZJO2A3/1997_aidank_hsxchange-1.jpg Eutin Timeline 1990-1999 - June-July 1997 HS Exchange Participants were Violet Blosser, Emily Lawrence-Floyd, Margaret (Mara) Anderson, Martha Clifford, Frederic Ruiz, Ryen Anderson, Thomas Champion, Lindsay Alberding, Emily Robinson, and Aidan Loveland. They were accompanied by Dianne Humphrey, LHS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1617226428809-O4GWCLKH2S5AJDRSIKF8/1997-9_sch%C3%B6fers-sail_pfarrar003.jpg Eutin Timeline 1990-1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/c2aeef1c-455a-439d-837e-1f9275eab95a/1998-hsexchangeL001.jpg Eutin Timeline 1990-1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1621972888752-VK7H180GMT0ZTIKP2DDW/1998-06-29_jrhigermtour_ljw_pfarrar001.jpg Eutin Timeline 1990-1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/3ed6c0ad-a46e-43df-8a0b-87d0aa107314/1999anniv-deleg-L004.jpg Eutin Timeline 1990-1999 https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/eutin-timeline-2000-2009x daily 0.75 2024-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1602463758821-GU2NH09LX7NCGBSVB02I/lawrenceeutinlogo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/894434fd-1bdd-4887-a178-870e07ecf175/2000_m-keel_10anniv_album.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - 2000 Mitzi Keel created a scrapbook to honor the first 10 years of the Eutin Sister City relationship (1989-1999) for her Girl Scout (Troop 459) Gold Award project. It includes photos, news articles, and programs describing events that have been integral to the partnership. She presented it to the Sister Cities Advisory Board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1617303716128-HBZPGPF5YCCDDKX233LI/2000_jrhigheutintrip_pfarrar001.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - June 2000 Six Lawrence junior high German students took a 19-day tour of Germany which included a weekend of homestays in Eutin. The group was led by Phyllis Farrar (formerly deVries), West Junior High German teacher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1617307001748-53FNBS0NLXDJYQ2OQIRF/2002_mkeel263564-0073.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - June-July 2001 HS Exchange participants from Lawrence were Adam Bittlingmayer, Ashley Crowder, Ashley Johnson, Mitzi Keel, Dennis Mersmann, Elizabeth Pendleton, Seth Readinger, Elizabeth Snyder, and Isaac Wilson. They were accompanied by Winnie Eisert, LHS German teacher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1617305953930-8T7QSZECD8VQFE2WFQAY/2002-06+jrtrip_farewellgroup_pfarrar.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - June 2002 Four Lawrence junior high German students took a 16-day tour of Germany which concluded with a weekend of home stays in Eutin. The group included two parents, Dale Johnson and Michael Windheuser, and group leader, Phyllis Farrar, West Junior High German teacher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1617308669996-TUB1RCDQLO6ITEMGIURY/2003_eutin_hsexchange_welcome_pfarrar.JPG Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - June-July 2003 High Schools Exchange participants received a family welcome at the Eutin tennis center. Students from Lawrence were Jennifer Falk, Shannon Fisher, Tim Haynes, Justin Kelley, Andy Lowder, Michelle Miller, Jennifer Raney, Kit Swain, and Katie Young. They were accompanied by teachers Phyllis Farrar and Uschi Kuhn-Laird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/9867ae30-bec9-4a36-955e-73c19ecd4984/2004_nlbjorge_papierkunst_eutin_web.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - June 2004 The Fifteenth Anniversary delegation from Lawrence visited Eutin to celebrate our sister-city relationship. Delegates were Nancy and Gary Bjorge, Pat Eddishaw, Jon Josserand, Kathleen, Taylor, and Tom Hodge, Graham Kreicker, Rebecca Phipps, Mike Rundle, Scott Seeger, Bob and Sandra Schumm, Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm, and Frank and Betty Baron. Nancy Bjorge presented an exhibition of her art work in the Eutin library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1617312318947-X0XH79LMHVGAJWGPGMCQ/2004-9_eutinerfriends_pfarrar.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - September 2004 An Eutin delegation headed by Mayor Klaus-Dieter Schulz continued the fifteenth anniversary celebration in Lawrence. He was welcomed by Boog Highberger and Mike Rundle and other Friends of Eutin members who gathered at the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Department station #5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1617312376027-2CHWIFONZHS5R7H69XYK/2004-8_eutinfiredelegation_station5_pfarrar.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - September 2004 In addition to Mayor Schulz the Eutin delegation included Ernst-Joachim Meseck, President of the Eutin City Parliament, Dieter Holst, Assistant of the Eutin City Administration, Helmut and Hella Scheewe, Wilhelm Kressin, Martin and Marion Vollertsen, and Bernd and Anke Ditscher and family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1617312457123-1F7A80UX9I1IZF4FWNNJ/2004-8_eutinbanquet_pfarrar.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - September 2004 The Eutin delegation were guests at a banquet hosted by Friends of Eutin and the Lawrence Sister Cities Advisory Board. Eutin presented an 1825 colored lithograph from the Eutin Castle collection to the City of Lawrence. Robert Berkeley Green presented a drawing of the “Apostle” (1934) to delegates for permanent exhibition in the Eutin museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1620700379412-RI7SUV1D3IP2IVMBWRCW/29LCCinMichaeliskirche.JPG Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - May 28-June 7, 2005 Lawrence Children’s Choir Tour. Friends-of-Eutin and Freunde-von-Lawrence played significant roles in the development of a 10-day concert tour to Germany. The tour choir included 66 of its 75 singers, ages 11-15. They were accompanied by 23 adults, including musical director Janeal Krehbiel and her staff, parent chaperones, and tour organizers. The evening concert in the Michaeliskirche was the highlight for the tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1620700992294-GAJ9M3XPX9J998JH8B1C/11Grillen.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 Lawrence Children’s Choir Tour. The choir performed a total of seven concerts facilitated by Friends of Lawrence. In Eutin the schedule included three venues - a school (Weberschule), a banquet Deutsch-Amerikaner-Abend, and the church shown above (Michaeliskirche). Additional concerts took place in Lübeck, Bad Schwartau, Berlin/Hellersdorf, and Fürstenwald. The choir often showed its gratitude for the great hospitality shown them by “bursting into song” such as here at the Eutin Volunteer Fire Department’s “Grillfest”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1621889174818-ZOINUZK2KFKUHNV1QGLR/2006-09_PF9190171.JPG Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - September-October 2006 Eutin Gymnasium students were hosted in Lawrence by the High School exchange families. On the Tuesday following their arrival they are traditionally introduced and welcomed at a Lawrence City Commission meeting. Sigurd Penthin was the teacher/chaperone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1622930510122-2LCP0DDF6JTAPR8TEJHB/2007_gaumnitz_artist_eutin-th.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - June-July 2007 Eutin and Lawrence renewed their bond as sister cities amidst celebrations of Eutin's 750th anniversary. Lawrence artist Jan Gaumnitz presented a sculpture “Eternal Spring” to the city of Eutin. Since the Eutin Volunteer Fire Department typically puts on a “grillfest’ for Lawrence visitors, this year’s delegation turned the tables by bringing some supplies for a Kansas barbecue (packing #5 cans of beans, sacks of cornmeal in luggage). The picnic was organized by Bob Schumm and prepared with the assistance of other members of the delegation and the fire fighters. Lawrence Journal World, June 7, 2007. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1621956182131-C2VMOW6SXLEW6KSFSTBR/2007-pfarrar-exchangegroup.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - June-July 2007 HS Exchange Participants were Laura Drees, Emily Foerschler, Robert Woods, Anna Kuczera, Jordan Moshiri, Will Pendleton, Alexandra Skarka, Erin Tomkins, Ryan Towns, and Nicholas Vetter. They were accompanied by teachers Phyllis Farrar and Ursula Kuhn-Laird. On the lakefront in Eutin, the boulder in front of the “Haus des Gastes” (Guest Pavillion) held a bronze plaque with the Sister City logo and provided a great photo op. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1621956275476-ADL65TXB6YZBFRMY6MBK/2007_pfarrar_governor%26group.JPG Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - September-October 2007 Eutin Gymnasium students were hosted by High School Exchange participants in Lawrence. Participants were Henrike Bohl, Nils Daumann, Falko Degner, Oliver Kardell, Jana Klausberger, Anna Koch, Antonia Julitz, Nils Meyer, Merten Stender, and Eva Wendt. Their teacher/chaperones were Birgit Steingraber-Klinke and Thomas Dretzler. On an outing to the Kansas capitol in Topeka, the group met Governor Kathleen Sibelius. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1621959492933-1N9CK9VXM71IIVDYNTGW/2009_Lawrence20Jahre+012.JPG Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - June 2009 Eutin officials welcomed Lawrence delegates to celebrate the 20th Anniversary on Saturday, May 30, 2009. Mike Dever, Mayor of Lawrence, spoke on behalf of the 18-member delegation, with Dr. Bill Keel serving as interpreter. Left to right: Bill Keel, Mayor Dever, Eutin Mayor Klaus-Dieter Schulz, Jochen Meseck, and Martin Vollertson, chairperson of Freunde-von- Lawrence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1621974503350-ZD1XA7C4UJ04LA624JJV/2009-06youngIMG_0656.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - June 2009 As part of the 20th anniversary celebration Lawrence photographer Caroline Young was invited to send an exhibit of her photography to be displayed at the Kreisbibliothek (county library) in Eutin. The Lawrence Journal World reported: “Rate of Exchange”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1621974696599-47S17BERSCT7JSMCNJQB/2009_pfarrar_20anniv_intros.JPG Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - October 2009 Sister Cities Advisory Board Chair Bill Keel introduced the 20th Anniversary Eutin delegation at a banquet at Maceli’s. To the left of the podium are (left to right) Helmut and Hella Scheewe, Martin and Marion Vollertsen and ….. Lawrence attendees included exchange participants, hosts, supporters, and city officials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1621976318628-673T78B208KACF89LBVA/2009_pfarrar_20anniv_ditscher%26eiserts.JPG Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - October 2009 Many strong friendships have developed over the years. Among them are Bernd (on left) and Anke Ditscher (not pictured), Eutin, and Winnie (center) and Friedemann Eisert (on right) of Lawrence. Herr Ditscher served as vice-chair on the Friends-of-Lawrence board and often arranged transportation for exchange groups from the Hamburg airport to Eutin and various sightseeing excursions for delegations from Lawrence. The Eiserts, teachers in Lawrence USD 497 schools, organized and accompanied high school exchanges from 1999 to 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1621977333300-XMOCWZG8K6362U4NRJHG/guitarorchestra2009.jpg Eutin Timeline 2000-2009 - October 11, 2009 The Lawrence Guitar Quartet joined the Eutin Carl Maria von Weber Orchestra at the Lawrence Arts Center to present a concert of classical music. Members of the Lawrence Guitar Quartet were Morgen Bahn, Bob Cross, Marc L. Greenberg and Gary Reich. The Eutin orchestra members included Sandra Flessau, Julia Schwill-Engelhardt, Hannah Krüger, Inken Koch, Sophia Redöhl. Janine Siewert, Britta Wittchow, and Jonas Damm. An additional concert was presented at First Congregational Church, Topeka, the next day as announced in the Topeka Capitol Journal. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/eutin-timeline-2022- daily 0.75 2026-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1602463758821-GU2NH09LX7NCGBSVB02I/lawrenceeutinlogo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1626818281700-J8BA6ERSNQ7ID9BH379W/OHA3-27-20.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - March 27, 2020 The Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger (OHA), Eutin’s daily paper, published an article about the Covid Pandemic’s effect on Lawrence. The article was written collaboratively by Achim Krauskopf, an Eutin reporter, and Dr. Andrea Meyertholen, a University of Kansas German professor who has led the KU Summer Language Institute in recent years. Ralph Gage, retired general manager of the Lawrence Journal-World, and active member of Sister Cities Lawrence, was also quoted. The article was titled “Lawrence: Plötzlich brach die Hölle los”, which roughly translates “Lawrence: suddenly all hell broke loose”. Read the article in German. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1626819129623-6M0157D9LRI8ZRAOCMFL/OHA_9-20.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - September 21, 2020 The Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger (OHA), Eutin’s daily paper, published a second article by Dr. Andrea Meyertholen, titled “Kansas-Uni startet Lehrbetrieb”, which roughly translates “The University of Kansas semester begins”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1626819668526-04YOE0SHD78UB9GDRAKO/OHA10-10-20.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - October 10, 2020 The Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger (OHA), Eutin’s daily paper, published an article by Dr. Bill Keel, retired University of Kansas German professor and current chair of Sister Cities Lawrence. The article was titled “Austausch per Videokonferenz”, which translates to “Exchange by video-conference”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1626820183921-5JYXKMUF9ZB9KQFACVMS/OHA_10-24-20.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - October 24, 2020 The Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger (OHA), Eutin’s daily paper, published an article by Bob Moody, former Lawrence mayor and active member of Sister Cities Lawrence and translated to German by Arne Scholz.. The article was titled “Corona and elections in Lawrence”., which translates to “Corona und the Wahlen in Lawrence” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1626820503208-4HKH48YPT3FFIPXQ60QR/OHA_12-9-20.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - December 9, 2020 The Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger (OHA), Eutin’s daily paper, published an article by Bob Schumm, Lawrence businessman, former mayor, and longtime member of Sister Cities Lawrence; the translator was Arne Scholz. The article was titled “The Phoenix rises again”; its German title was “Lawrence: den Phönix im Wappen”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1626820767834-0DSBCOD9F286T2IZV6HN/OHA_12-24-20.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - December 24, 2020 The Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger (OHA), Eutin’s daily paper, published an article by Ralph Gage, Ralph Gage, retired general manager of the Lawrence Journal-World, and active member of Sister Cities Lawrence. Translators were Arne Scholz and Bill Keel. The article in English, “Christmas will be a bit different in Lawrence”; its German title was “Santa Claus wird diesmal nicht gerettet”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1629313890680-IM47T93JBVSOEFWRTPWB/OHA_3-4-21.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - March 2021 The Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger (OHA), Eutin’s daily paper, published an article by Dr. Diana Carlin, retired professor and university administrator, and Judge Joe Pierron, a couple who is actively involved in Sister Cities Lawrence. Translators were Arne Scholz and Bill Keel. The article in English was “A Pandemic Retirement”; the German title was “Die Kekse warten in der Gefriertruhe ”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1629313761190-O7SBYK58J9R5AS04VLQE/OHA_5-5-21.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - May 2021 The Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger (OHA), Eutin’s daily paper, published an article by Dr. Nancy Albrecht, professor of Education at Emporia State Universtiy, longtime member of Sister Cities Lawrence and the first teacher (at Lawrence High School) to escort students to Eutin. Translators were Arne Scholz and Bill Keel. The article in English was “Exceptional Teachers at the Center of Pandemic Education;” the German version was “Menschliche Verbindung nicht zu ersetzen”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/7828cfdd-46aa-43a7-97ff-c25733fd8b36/2021_SWP_2292+v2+%281%29a.jpg Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - July 2021 At the afternoon session of Sister Cities International Annual Conference on July 16, 2021, an Innovation in Arts and Culture Award was presented to Sister Cities Lawrence. This award is presented to cities with population 25,000 - 100,000 annually for projects that “show originality and impact, challenging preconceived ideas about what is possible.” The award recognized newspaper articles written for our sister city’s newspaper. In lieu of canceled exchanges, a series of news articles have been authored by Lawrencians for the Eutin newspaper Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger. Begun in March 2020, six articles were published by the end of the year; three have been added in 2021. See entries above and below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1630877920611-R30NDDWQ22PBXKNS7ZBV/OHA_8-21.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - August 23, 2021 The Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger (OHA), Eutin’s daily paper, published an article by Vice Mayor Courtney Shipley. Translators were Arne Scholz and Bill Keel. The article in English was “The Sacred Stone, Iⁿ ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe” the German version was “Ein Schritt der Vergangenheitsbewältigung".” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1636480529290-TY7GILYB81466CRTDVGC/IMG_20210827_walzel-klein_cr.jpg Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - August 2021 Dr. Robert Walzel, Dean of the Kansas University School of Music, performed in Eutin, Germany as clarinet soloist with the Kammerphilharmonie Lübeck on Friday, 8/27/21. The “Swinging Classics” concert was part of the Eutiner Festspiele, a 2-month summer music festival. Read more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1661797060814-BPSU6OJQROYEQRWFLJUI/OHA_5-15-22.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - May 2022 The Ostholsteinischer Anzeiger (OHA), Eutin’s daily paper, published an article by Sister Cities Lawrence member and website editor, Phyllis Farrar. The article in English was titled “New Sport Enthusiast”. This was the tenth “Covid-era” article written by an SCL member to be shared in Eutin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/884734b0-7c2f-4d5c-8e67-d7fce6fa7e1d/2022_Reception_City_Eutin.jpg Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - June 2022 Once again Eutin’s Burgermeister Behnk invited Lawrence exchange students and their chaperone, Avery Miller (seated) along with hosting students and their families, to a reception at city hall. All the guests from Lawrence signed the “Golden Book”, a cherished tradition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/73665534-e714-493e-81a4-58472325893e/2022_Ploen-Castle_students.jpg Eutin Timeline 2020 - present Friends of Lawrence chairman Stephan Klein, led a day trip for the high school students and leaders beginning with a lake cruise and a hike through Plön. The day concluded with a visit and private tour of the Plön castle which now is used for a major optometry school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/463357af-d42e-432e-98f3-fc595d42edf3/IMG_2772.jpg Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - September 2022 Lawrence Families Welcome a Dozen Eutin Students After two years without student exchanges because of COVID travel limitations, everyone involved - students, their families, Friends of Eutin and Sister Cities Lawrence, and city commissioners - were happy to once again welcome ten students and their chaperone to Lawrence. Read the article. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/021f0446-f833-477f-9f13-f5fa1139110d/2023-6_arbeau_brandenburger_selfie.jpg Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - June 2023 Six high school students from Lawrence traveled to Eutin for a three week stay, accompanied by LHS German teacher Stephen Arbeau. Excursions included Berlin, Hamburg, and Plön. Students included R. Beard, C. Hardie, C. Jorkthongkam, R. Liljestrom, G. McDaneld, and A. Rojas-Bouhouch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/e481c9fd-60f3-471a-bbb8-65fce033bb1d/20240806-eutin-hs-exchange152355.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - June 2024 Six high school exchange students from Lawrence traveled to Eutin for home-stays accompanied by LHS German teacher Stephen Arbeau. Excursions included Berlin, Luneburg, Wismar, and Rostock. Participants were C. Hardie, N. Johnson, E. Mann, C. Rayome, E. Tucker, and F. Tholen (not shown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/6656692a-126e-46e7-85dd-9bc1924e9a2e/2024july_delegation-tripIMG_3187.jpg Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - June 2024 Delegates from Lawrence traveled to Eutin to celebrate the 35th year of this Sister City agreement. The delegation enjoyed a busy week including the music festival opening and events with host families. Back row, l to r: Bob Schumm, Stephen Arbeau, Arne Schulz, Amber Sellers, Ken Albrecht, Nancy Albrecht, Bill Keel. Front row: Sandy Schumm, Kelly Schulz, Courtney Shipley Patty Moody, Bob Moody, Nancy Keel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/aaefb512-a82f-4585-b9a4-cd74970f6e5c/202406_eutin-lawrence-157.jpg Eutin Timeline 2020 - present Each 5-year anniversary serves as a special occasion. This year’s ‘gift’ to Eutin took the form of a recital organized by retired KU Professor Frank Baron, a founding member of Friends of Eutin. Here is an article written for an Eutin newspaper announcing the recital by professional musicians, all of whom have connections to the University of Kansas School of Music. You can listen to the entire recital here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/5acbb02f-d343-4773-a21c-b57ba97ed974/2024-10-8eutinexchange-cityhall-IMG_1720.jpg Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - October 2024 This year’s high school exchange students from Eutin were hosted for three weeks by families across Lawrence and had a full agenda. In addition to attending high school classes, the nine students attended a Chief’s game, KU’s Late Night opener to the basketball season, an official’s welcome at Lawrence City Commission meeting, and a pizza party that followed. Pictured at right, the teacher accompanying the Eutin students addressed the City Commission before each student introduced themself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/603ec360-8b75-40b2-9ae0-43c808424b99/2024Kaw+Boulder+and+Eutin.jpg Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - October 2024 Delegates from Eutin spent a week celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Sister City Agreement with a whirlwind of activities: meeting city commissioners and Mayor Littlejohn at city hall; visiting Kansas City’s National WWI Museum and Memorial and the Jazz Museum; visiting Council Grove and the Kiowa Nation’s Allegawaho Park, new home of “The Sacred Stone, Iⁿ ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe”; and the National Tallgrass Preserve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/cdf0af12-fa50-4fd8-969b-fe9e7c8c5fbb/2025-3-11_krauskopf_01.jpg Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - March 2025 On March 11th, a concert organized by Friends of Eutin co-founder Dr. Frank Baron was held in the “Opernscheune” (opera barn) of the Eutin Festival grounds. Dr. Yi Chang, graduate of the University of Kansas School of Music, performed for a full house of 200 people. The concert featured works by American composers Margaret Bonds and John Corigliano before finishing with “Home on the Range”. This was the second concert held for the 35th anniversary celebration for Friends of Eutin, aimed to “build multiple bridges, between musical eras and between Europe and the USA”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/c2ad94af-695f-4c91-b469-719780dd9be6/2025-3-11_krauskopf_02.jpg Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - March 2025 Dr. Frank Baron a co-founder of “Friends of Eutin” was honored by the “Friends of Lawrence” organization in Eutin with a certificate following the March 11th concert in Eutin. The certificate honors his contributions to the sister city program between Lawrence and Eutin and was signed by Mayor Sven Radestock and Community Representative Elgin Lohse. Dr. Baron is pictured to the right, the award was presented by the head of the cultural committee of the city of Eutin Kristin Schwartau. Dr. Stephen Klein (left), Chair of “Friends of Lawrence”, introduced Dr. Baron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/03f2eb97-22a0-452e-9897-e1187f0a389f/2025_Eutin_2.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - June 2025 On June 3rd, 4 students from Free State, 4 students from Lawrence High, and one student from Seabury Academy had the opportunity to embark for 3 weeks abroad in our Sister City of Eutin with their chosen host families. After their arrival, they spent 5 days in Berlin, seeing several historical sights including a day trip north to pay respects at a former death camp, Sachsenhausen. The exchange students then spent the next two weeks living a typical German life. They attended one of two high schools in Eutin, either the Voss Schule or the Weber Schule. They made plans with friends in town, enjoyed evenings and weekends with their host families, and a few times a week, had a former USD497 German instructor pull them out of class for various day trips to see the surrounding sights and towns, including Hamburg, Lübeck, Kiel, and others. The group returned home on the 25th of June. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1765325804697-MGK5L46H1Y4E9YN2I73Z/unsplash-image-cUF4SSxY_KA.png Eutin Timeline 2020 - present - September - October 2025 On the 22nd of September, Lawrence had the chance to return the hospitality and welcome 12 exchange students from Eutin as well as their chaperone Phillip Loose. They experienced a typical American life in Lawrence until they departed for a week in New York City on the 13th of October. Among an upcoming city welcome reception, there are a number of events and trips quickly coming together to show our friends from Eutin everything Lawrence and Kansas City have to offer! https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/eutin-timeline-2010-2019 daily 0.75 2024-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1602463758821-GU2NH09LX7NCGBSVB02I/lawrenceeutinlogo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1621992409339-GKGRLIBRLXY0HGXEXZOK/Screenshot_2021-05-25+Eutin_Newsletter_Aug_2011+pdf.png Eutin Timeline 2010-2019 - July-August 2011 Over seventy KU student musicians and faculty members traveled to Eutin for about six weeks in July and August, working very hard to make the Eutiner Festspiele (festival) successful. Their summer program included the organization of a summer music institute, preparations a KU production of Humperdink’s “Hansel und Gretel”, the opera orchestra for Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” and several public concerts by vocalists and instrumentalists. After the premiere of “Don Giovanni”, Conductor Rudolf Piehlmayer praised the youthful KU orchestra for its hard work, dedication, and success. Hans Wilhelm Hagen and Klaus Hoth, Eutin’s prime movers behind the Eutiner Festspiele, were more than satisfied. (Read more in the December newsletter below.) “KU School of Music students performing in two operas in Eutin, Germany,” Lawrence Journal World, July 19, 2011, announces the first summer of KU students participating in the Festival performances in Eutin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1622579854590-N4MKIX8MFC2I5ZL966UY/2015_tallgrass+_prairie_preserve2_ascholz.JPG Eutin Timeline 2010-2019 - June, September 2015 June-July High Schools Exchange participants were Diane Camarda, Katie Carttar, Maria “Vanessa” Hernandez, Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre, Sam Goodwin, Marshall Griffin, Jose Paulino, Jack Rische, Charles Sedlock, Haley Van Vleck, and Ireland Ziegler. Students were accompanied by teacher/chaperone, Natalie Wolfe, LHS German teacher. September-October The Eutin Gymnasium participants were Katharina Becker, Jana Scherbarth, Lynn Johannsen, Carolin von Damaros, Svea Willhöft, Johann König, Alexander Schmidt, Philip Kardell, Martin Ard, Jonas Richter, Kacy Radestock and Lennart Seidensticker. The students visited the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve’s one-room schoolhouse north of Strong City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1622583149217-3CU59O7FUXWMH6DUIYOE/Kelly+Scholz+Eutin+Friendship+Garden.jpg Eutin Timeline 2010-2019 - June 2016 Kelly Scholz, Chairman of the Sister Cities Governing Board, dedicated the new Lawrence Friendship Garden in Eutin’s Seepark during the Eutin 2016 Landesgartenschau (state garden show) which was open to the public for five months (April 28 to October 3.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1622580614668-OIPIQKG02HBFH2S9DLJ6/2016+_faux+Thanksgiving+2ascholz.JPG Eutin Timeline 2010-2019 - June, September 2016 school exchanges June-July High Schools Exchange participants were Will Benkelman, Henry DeWitt, Crosby Dold, Carson Drake, Megan Durner, Elizabeth Grinage, Rinny Herndon, Harrison Miller, Olivia Morgan, Pierce Saturday, and Charles Sedlock. The teacher/chaperone was Arne Scholz, former teacher at the Voss Gymnasium in Eutin, now at Lawrence High School. September-October The Eutin Gymnasium participants were Lucie Ahrens, Pauline Bockelmann, Niklas Bornhoeft, Janis Gertulla, Jakob Hecht, Julius Herold, Thekla Hilbert, Leonie Krause, Marie Mock, Johanna Moehl, Anna Sirocko, and Thore Steenken. Lawrence host families prepared a faux Thanksgiving dinner to add to the “all-American” experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1622583311025-PBB22YHR4VJ4QVG2KVKW/Lawrence_Juni_2016_018.JPG Eutin Timeline 2010-2019 A large bison sculpture is surrounded by native Kansas flowers and grasses. Friends of Eutin, local donors, and a $2500 gift from the city of Lawrence helped Freunde-von-Lawrence finish the friendship garden. The city and various groups replanted and enhanced almost the entire city water front area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1620768890005-7MFU453EO1Y05KF0DHQ0/2018_arrival_KC_ascholz.JPG Eutin Timeline 2010-2019 - June 2018 High Schools Exchange participants were Thomas All, Helena All, Hailey Alt, Megan Durner, Reagan Finkeldei, Morgan Goeser, Madison Goeser, Thomas Guier, Ivy Herndon, Lakota Lewandowski, Lauren Malik, Elias Mardis, Jacob Rayome, Zachary Razak, and Olivia Rothrock. Arne Scholz was the teacher/chaperone. September 2018 Eutin Gymnasium students were hosted by Lawrence high school exchange families in the fall. Here they are shown on arrival at Kansas City International Airport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1625667911651-54FPQSVS25YPL0C39QJX/2019_hamilton_2094_crp.png Eutin Timeline 2010-2019 - June 2019 High Schools Exchange participants were Tanthalos Amnotte, Clara Bode, Joseph Burghardt, Alexandra Carttar, Gabriela Decker, Sophia Hamilton, Sadie Heinbach, Anna Beth Johnson, Tayte Markoulatos, Kaileb Ordiway, and Elyzebeth Workman. Arne Scholz was teacher/chaperone. They spent three weeks in Eutin, with outings to nearby cities and Berlin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1620766679564-6BCDXDSSSBQBYYU38ZZW/2019-06-07patriciawolf_garten4.jpg Eutin Timeline 2010-2019 - 30th Anniversary Delegates Visit Eutin Mayor Lisa Larsen and Vice-mayor Jennifer Ananda traveled with a Lawrence delegation to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of our sister city agreement with Eutin. They are pictured here in the Kansas section of the Eutin friendship garden: (left to right) Larsen, Ananda, Stephan Klein, Friends-of -Lawrence chair, Kelly Scholz, Sister Cities Lawrence vice-chair, Bill Keel, Sister Cities Lawrence chair, and Dieter Holst, chair of the Eutin city council. The delegation also included Sister Cities Lawrence Governing Board members and spouses: Ken and Nancy Albrecht , Bob and Patsy Moody, Bob and Sandra Schumm, Diana Carlin and Joe Pierron, and Jan Miller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1614578517696-CJZWM7NPH20WCFT45E1C/2019_Hamilton_hscityhallwelcom.PNG Eutin Timeline 2010-2019 - September 2019 Eutin exchange students and their teacher/chaperone, Thomas Drexler, were introduced at a Lawrence City Commission meeting. They were welcomed to Lawrence by Mayor Lisa Larsen, and Commissioners Leslie Soden, Stuart Boley, and Matthew Herbert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1620669419515-GC3C6EA2CU123ATCB6ED/2019-10_achim_law4.jpg Eutin Timeline 2010-2019 - Governor’s Proclamation Kansas Legislator Mike Amyx gave the delegation a tour of the Capitol building in Topeka prior to the group being presented with a proclamation from Governor Laura Kelly. A ‘security event’ prevented the group from actually meeting with the governor. Judge Pierron welcomed members of the group to his chambers in the Kansas Judicial Center across the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1620668692187-2BUS89XEAGNXWFOFAYBY/2019-10achim_law7.jpg Eutin Timeline 2010-2019 30 Anniversary Delegation from Eutin visits Lawrence The Eutin delegation’s visit to Lawrence for the 30th Anniversary began with a tour of downtown, including a demonstration of candle making at Waxman Candles on Massachusetts Street. The 12-member delegation included Bürgermeister Carsten Behnk; Dieter Holst, chair of the Eutin city council; Stephen and Anagret Klein, chair and vice-chair of Friends-of-Lawrence; Patricia and Anna-Christina Wolf; Torben Mothes; Dr. Frank Baudach, head of Scientific Library of Eutin; Dr. Julie Hümme, head of Ostholstein county museum; Juliane Kahlke and Achim Krauskopf, both of the Ostholsteiner Anzeiger newspaper; and Ulrika Plötz, artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1625666661983-TRRYU53OSD78PSPJ25GC/20191007-Anniversary+Celebration_up_art.jpg Eutin Timeline 2010-2019 - Celebratory Reception A reception celebrating 30 years of friendship was held at the Natural History Museum on the University of Kansas campus. Dieter Holst, chair of the Eutin city council and Bürgermeister Carsten Behnk presented Lawrence mayor Lisa Larsen with a compilation of Eutin landmarks drawn by Eutin’s urban sketcher, Ulrika Plötz. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/tocopilla-chile daily 0.75 2025-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/7064cffe-47af-4fe4-b637-0338288817ec/centro_cultural_toco_sm.jpg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/7404916c-41f3-48be-9059-be713cf78a0c/estadio_de_beisbol_clip.jpg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/37104f22-3052-43ec-87bf-c6fa3d78e221/ferrocarril.jpg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/edfc3793-c2ff-4096-a087-8cc729c59b60/tocopilla-noche.jpg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/c6a57d79-80f8-4167-89d9-5dba3e8238ae/puerto-de-tocopilla.jpg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/5be9d7eb-ddaf-440f-9514-44254a27119c/balneario-el-salitre.jpeg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/f5307552-cfea-40bd-a616-653583910430/playa_covadonga.jpg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/ab78ec25-b74a-45d5-a193-851fed3cc8d8/plaza-de-armas.jpeg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/38aac57c-57f5-4c10-9f31-eba7f6af0f21/puerto-sqm.jpg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/01ac61d0-6d66-43cb-b0d0-6ef9ec091755/sector_industrial.jpg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/d14ba281-af58-4108-8294-3b745ea69c90/tocopilla_airview.JPG Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/bc6ee293-c439-4861-a4bd-03a3b7fc4a60/tocopilla-noche-+2.jpg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/967e7f94-73bf-468a-9a36-24fe28dea375/tocopilla-signing-ceremony-4cr.jpg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Our Sister City agreement After almost a year of preparation, on March 5, 2024, the City Commission of Lawrence approved adoption of a fourth sister city. On July 18, 2024 the agreement was made official during a signing ceremony at Lawrence City Hall. Mayor Bart Littlejohn hosted the 10-member delegation from Tocopilla and their Mayor, Ljubica Kurtovic, who attended virtually. Read more about the event as reported by the Lawrence Journal World on July 19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/ec327313-cd78-418e-9a10-b098d6eecd38/sara-lechtenber-kasten.png Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Friends-of-Tocopilla We want you! Sara Lechtenberg-Kasten, Chair of the Friends-of-Tocopilla committe, is looking for volunteers to help develop connections with our newest partners. Contact Sara (saralechtenbergkasten@gmail.com) to discuss your areas of interest. Be sure to join Sister Cities Lawrence here, if you are not already a member. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/4d32f824-106c-474c-a3f0-b27f8a34e047/tocopilla-delegation-cityhall-outside-3.jpg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Delegations The first delegation from Tocopilla visited Lawrence in March 2024 in order to formalize the new relationship. Friends-of-Tocopilla is in the process of organizing our first delegation to Chile. Contact the Chair (see above) for further details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/bac18b56-90a7-4897-93c3-123b0c70e822/2024-7-16_welcome-dinner-Jan-crp1.jpg Tocopilla, Chile - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Our History The Sister Cities Lawrence Governing Board accepted the proposal for our fourth Sister City at its December 2023 meeting, then made a presentation to the Lawrence City Commission for their approval on March 5, 2024. Here is the presentation. Plans began immediately to host a small delegation from Tocopilla to visit Lawrence in the summer in order to sign a Sister City Agreement. The resulting first week-long visit by a delegation from Tocopilla to Lawrence in July of 2024 forged many new friendships. https://www.sistercitieslawrence.org/messolonghi-greece daily 0.75 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587361964731-LGUITI590SSV4R5FP0LF/AMeyers_20190715_162323.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758173611-9NGS8V0I6SXG9W73VDIH/mtsifo_ancient_theatre_iniades.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587361964902-F932RMZXJ57RYNO2EQDR/AMeyers_20190718_104206cr.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758205928-5HOZUGERB6UYIY671MFX/mtsifo_ancient_theatre_iniades2.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587361966861-P2H0B5PJB41KHC0GLRVV/AMeyers_20190718_183714.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758183346-NWFFH8V5B5ADZH4IZ1PH/mtsifo_church_agios_nikolaos_messalonghi.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587361964118-OMH3KLXTRRKW0XHEE5CM/AMeyers_20190719_203540.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587361967478-QXDK9GIQ255933U5V945/ameyers_20190719_achelous.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587361966011-ASNUE506O88K3PT135II/ameyers_20190719_delphi.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758275667-3EW3GCJLWSGGEZIP7NL7/atsifo_beach%281%29.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587361981500-T74DN720GZT20SGVKY7Q/dchristilles+2019trojanwomenrehearsal.png Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758245902-C4MAOO4UJLN6CF1KXA8F/atsifo_beach%282%29.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587361982941-9CKXHONHI3LKRE221OEL/dschristilles_+ancientshipyardsOiniades.png Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587361970382-CMAW9MHU3NV0BWHGUVSB/IniadesAmyMeyer_210430bright.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758249458-ZBX9JE50VEN3RM8ZZQKR/atsifo_oaxia.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758216505-QEWQSOCV98LWW33U8XTO/mtsifo_achelous_river_iniades.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758232149-ACRW5SKKBBW2J847PAKN/mtsifo_messalonghi4.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758259439-A6JQV08XTE0S3W1HY3HI/mtsifo_messalonghi3.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758250574-0HO4YDHJQ9QDWYO2H0IV/mtsifo_agios_spyridwn_church_messalonghi.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758260947-76IY3CR8XX9ELN8BEM3V/mtsifo_messalonghi_city_hall.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758276636-J8GQIA0842UYWTBNT344/mtsifo_messalonghi_lv.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758334091-59Y4055SOIXVDGL3HUHC/atsifo_dioni_waytobeach.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587959996921-U27RUYYRSYNQCRRUIJV1/iniadespartnership.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Our Sister City agreement The Lawrence - Iniades partnership, established in 2009, is in the process of renewal. Its full potential is yet to be realized by enthusiastic leaders both here and in Messolonghi. The original Sister City agreement was made with Katochi, location of the ancient site, Iniades, where the KU Department of Theater semiannual study abroad program was hosted. Since Katochi has been incorporated into the municipality of Messolonghi, plans are being made to officially reflect that change. Timeline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1615254473107-NGDGTUCY2VOG3OM86XUG/na_greece_trip-1024x768.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Friends-of-Iniades Contact the Chair of the Friends-of-Iniades Committee, Bob Schumm, (schummfoods@gmail.com), for information about meetings. Volunteer for this committee on your annual SCL membership renewal. Suggest your own area of interest for hosting or initiating an internship in Greece. Timeline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587959581517-CZTARB0YHCWBASSW8QDT/exchanges2.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Exchanges The initial youth exchange with Iniades occurred in 2019. Eight teens, grades 8-10 were accepted; they met with a chaperone, Amy Meyers, Latin teacher at Bishop Seabury Academy, for six orientation sessions starting in January. In July they flew to Athens, then traveled by bus to Katochi. They lived 6 days with host families in Iniades, Katochi, and Messolonghi. Excursions included stays on Corfu and in Athens. To reciprocate, 8 students and 2 chaperones expected to visit Lawrence for about 10 day home-stays the following year. Due to the Covid pandemic their visit was delayed until December of 2021. See more details on the Timeline. Further exchanges are on hold until the revised agreement can be finalized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1587959765446-G40R7VEMO5FG3VR1RIPR/dchristilles+2019trojanwomenrehearsal.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Greek Theater Every two years University of Kansas theater students travel to Greece through a KU Study Abroad Program led by Prof. Dennis Christilles, KU Department of Theater and Dance. They live, dormitory style, in an elementary school in Katochi for six weeks of rehearsals. The program’s culminating production is performed in Greek and English with the aid and participation of Dimitra Pitsikou and students form her language school. For more information: https://theatredance.ku.edu/summer-theatre-greece and https://studyabroad.ku.edu/theatre-greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1600099696763-VGDV22PC6SN1F07JYC2H/dimitra7-2019.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - Delegations Citizens should use this opportunity to culturally enrich themselves, meet new people, and make new friends. Delegations that will further the Sister City relationship may be created in either Lawrence or Messolonghi. Interested parties wishing to participate in delegations should join Sister Cities Lawrence, contact the Chair of Friends-of-Iniades or a SCL Governing Board member to declare one’s interest, agree to pay one’s own travel expenses, and participate in orientation meetings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1e1ee54a99df2493be99f2/1591758173611-9NGS8V0I6SXG9W73VDIH/mtsifo_ancient_theatre_iniades.jpg Messolonghi, Greece - Sister City of Lawrence, KS, USA - History of our partnership In 1986 a theatre symposium conducted at the 4th century BC Oeniades Ancient Theatre by Professor Emeritus Andrew Tsubaki of the University of Kansas marked the re-opening of the theatre for performances. Performances have continued biannually through the KU Summer Theatre & Dance in Oiniades program, for more than thirty years. Since the plays are conducted partly in English, partly in Greek, and include locals in the chorus, they provide community and tourist entertainment. During July and August 2008 numerous meetings were held between leadership in Lawrence Sister Cities, Iniades representatives, Lawrence city officials, KU Theater and Film faculty, and students who had participated in KU summer programs. Discussion was centered around a letter of interest from the mayor of Iniades for creating a Sister City connection. Consequently the Friends-of-Iniades group was established in November 2008 in Lawrence. A sister cities agreement was approved and signed October 20, 2009 by Lawrence Mayor Robert Chestnut and Iniades Mayor Adonios Aletras. Timeline