Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., is pictured on May 3, 2016.
Though the total number of COVID-19 cases among City of Lawrence employees since the beginning of the pandemic nearly doubled in the past month, the increase is not due to transmission of the virus in the workplace.
The city’s monthly update regarding cases indicates a cumulative 87 cases among full-time and part-time city staff since the pandemic began, including 10 active cases. There had been 47 cases total in the city’s December update, meaning 40 cases, or about 46% of all cases since the pandemic began, occurred in the past month. However, the increase is not due to spread among city workers, meaning there are no outbreaks associated with any city departments or buildings.
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In the immortal words of Arthur the Aardvark, “Havin’ fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!”
But how much fun can you really have with a library card? Turns out, more than I expected. Libraries across America are adding video games to their collections available for checkout. Gamers with an incessant appetite for new experiences or anyone looking to play video games for free should contact their local library to see if they have a collection.
Over the past few months, I’ve borrowed a number of Xbox One games from my local library, the Lawrence Public Library in Kansas. From the half-pipes of