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Local skaters, businesses launch $50K fundraising campaign to honor late skater with memorial ramp | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence skateboarders are working to raise $50,000 to install a vertical ramp in memory of Corey Lawrence a fixture of the Kansas City-area skating scene w ....

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Volunteer shortage endangers Lawrence emergency shelter

A shortage of volunteers is jeopardizing Lawrence's ability to operate a winter emergency shelter that was set up because the city's main homeless shelter had to reduce its occupancy during the pandemic, officials say. ....

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City of Lawrence plans to open outdoor pool this summer, but lifeguard shortage is causing delays | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas

The Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center, pictured Thursday, July 7, 2016.
After not being able to open the public pool last summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is planning a comeback this summer.
A full comeback, though, will require a lot more lifeguards. The city needs to hire about 100 more lifeguards to open all areas of both the indoor and outdoor pools safely. Roger Steinbrock, who oversees the Parks and Rec marketing division, said the department was working to get enough staff to open all areas of the Outdoor Aquatic Center, 727 Kentucky St.
“I just want the community to know that we want the pool open too,” Steinbrock said. “We want to provide fun for the community; that’s what summer is all about and what Parks and Recreation is all about.” ....

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As City of Lawrence celebrates 75 years of parks and recreation, community looks back at how it began | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas

Children play at South Park Wading Pool in this photo from the early 1950s.
Perhaps it is fitting that what led to the creation of a city department whose business includes organizing games, hanging holiday lights and planting flowers was actually the community’s hardship.
In the late 1930s, Lawrence, like the rest of the country, was still in the midst of the Great Depression, and while the adults worked longer hours and dealt with the struggles of the time, the activities that once entertained the children had become scarce.
“All of these organized activities that would have occupied young people, scouting trips, outings and hikes, they weren’t happening as much,” said Watkins Museum of History Curator and Collections manager Brittany Keegan. “So what the city started noticing was groups of kids around without an activity.” ....

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