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January 28, 1991






Services for Arthur Lloyd Rockhold, 82, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Flanner officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Baldwin.

Mr. Rockhold died today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.






KAREN CLARK-STEFFERUD





January 28, 1991






Memorial services for Karen Clark-Stefferud, 52, Longmeadow, Mass., will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the First Congregational Church in Springfield, Mass.

Mrs. Clark-Stefferud died at her home on Saturday. She had cancer.






FOR THE RECORD LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT





January 28, 1991






Burglaries and thefts reported

A car containing numerous musical instruments and other musical equipment was reported stolen about 2:20 a.m. Sunday from a parking lot at 1601 W. 23rd. The car and its contents were valued together at $8,725.






OFFENSIVE TAKEN





January 28, 1991






To the Editor:

I found the homophobic comments couched within your Jan. 22 editorial concerning San Francisco deeply offensive. Many of us in Lawrence believe that San Francisco will be able to muddle along without turning to the Journal-World for advice, but I suppose Bay City residents can take some solace in knowing that you are quite eager to provide them with guidance. The editorial’s true chilling consequence is the realization that your editorials do carry some weight in this community.






GARNETT MEDICAL STUDENT STUDIES WITH PHYSICIAN





January 28, 1991






A medical student from the Kansas University School of Medicine in Wichita will be studying with a local physician for the next four weeks.

John Graham, Garnett, will participate in a rural family practice experience with Dr. Mary Vernon. The preceptorship began today.






LOCAL JOBLESS RATE INCREASES SLIGHTLY





January 28, 1991






Douglas County’s unemployment rate increased by 0.1 of a percentage point to 3.5 percent in December, the Kansas Department of Human Resources reported today.

Although there was a slight increase, Douglas County “looks pretty good,” compared with the statewide unemployment rate, which inched up 0.3 of a percentage point in December, to 4.6 percent, said Kathy Ketchum, a representative of the department.






HABITAT TAKING APPLICATIONS





January 28, 1991






The Lawrence chapter of Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications for ownership of the organization’s fifth home. The Habitat group constructs homes with a volunteer labor force and sells the houses at no profit or interest to home buyers meeting the necessary qualifications.

An applicant for ownership of a Habitat home must be in need of housing and must show a desire to own a home. Generally, an applicant should not qualify for a home mortgage through conventional means. The applicant must, however, display a good employment history and credit rating.






CLUB RAISES ABOUT $800 TO HELP LOCAL FAMILY





January 28, 1991






Friday’s snowfall didn’t stop 200 people from eating chili and helping raise more than $800 for the Gregory Frost family. The Frosts’ 127-year-old home burned to the ground last Monday with almost all of their posessions.

Debbie Nunemaker, president of the Grant Community Club, co-sponsor of the fund-raiser with the Jayhawk 4-H Club, said she was pleased with the community’s efforts.






COUNTY DECIDES TO STICK WITH INSURER






January 28, 1991






The Douglas County Commission, citing a collective unwillingness to change insurers, voted unanimously today against a staff recommendation to join a new pool of counties for insurace needs.

The commission’s action means that Charlton-Manley Inc., Lawrence, will retain the county’s insurance business for another year. Pam Madl, county director of personnel, said the county’s annual premium would be about $170,000. That equals what the county would have paid had it joined the Kansas County Association Multiline Pool, she said.






KU CLASSES REFLECT AN INTEREST IN GULF





January 28, 1991






Kansas University professors who teach courses about the Middle East have been inundated with questions about the war in the Persian Gulf, but they can’t determine if the war has affected enrollment in their classes.

Rose Greaves, professor of history and Soviet and East European Studies, teaches two classes on the Middle East, one on the 19th and 20th centuries and one on oil’s impact on the Persian Gulf region.






COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAYS MANY ISSUES NEED ADDRESSING





January 28, 1991






Jacob Gordon, the first black president of the University Council at Kansas University, is a man with an agenda for higher education.

He wants to see minority enrollment increase. He thinks faculty and administrators should be working together to provide a quality education to all KU students. He wants to see professors rewarded for excellence in teaching and he wants them to be role models for students.






NEW BOOK FEATURES LECOMPTON HISTORY





January 28, 1991






Lecompton’s role in U.S. history comes alive in a recently-released book called “America in 1857: A Nation on the Brink.”

Author Kenneth M. Stampp traces the efforts of a pro-slavery minority to submit a pro-slavery constitution despite rampant anti-slavery sentiment throughout the territory. The group elected delegates to the Kansas constitutional convention, which was held in the Kansas Territory capital of Lecompton.






BLANCHE S. LAMB





January 28, 1991






Services for Blanche S. Lamb, 97, Ottawa, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home with Dr. Edward A. Baxter and the Rev. Henry A. Roberts Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.

Mrs. Lamb died today at Ransom Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 8, 1893, in Elk City. Her family moved to Princeton in 1895. She grew up in Princeton and graduated from Princeton High School.






BULLDOGS PLAY TO 5-5 TIE





January 28, 1991







The Lawrence Bulldogs, an under-12 select soccer team, played Kansas 80 to a 5-5 tie here Saturday. The Bulldogs, 3-0-1, were led by Scott Tallman with two goals. Michael Mondi, Paul McClain and Dustin Meyer scored one goal apiece for Lawrence.







LOCAL COUPLE KEEPS EYE ON PATRIOTS





January 28, 1991






Martha Murphy is relieved that the Patriot missiles used to shoot down Iraqi Scud missiles have been so successful. Her interest is particularly focused on the missiles because her son is with a U.S. Army air defense artillery group that’s stationed in Saudi Arabia.

Spec. 4 Brian Murphy spent nine months learning to launch and repair the Patriots and operate radar to search for and identify incoming enemy aircraft or missiles, Mrs. Murphy said during a recent interview at Allen Press, where she is a human resources assistant.






JAYHAWKS MUST DISCOVER MEDIAN





January 28, 1991






Roy Williams didn’t need to place a quick call to the Brookings Institute when a media-type carrying a microphone asked the Kansas basketball coach how his players responded to the atmosphere in Allen Fieldhouse.

“I think,” Williams replied, “they enjoy playing here.”






KU RIDES STREAK INTO MANHATTAN





January 28, 1991






Kansas won its final five games in crusty old Ahearn Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks have won their first two in shiny new Bramlage Coliseum.

The buildings, players and coaches have changed, but the result has been the same the past seven years: Kansas has beaten rival Kansas State in Manhattan.






DEATH





January 28, 1991






Prosecutors today were preparing to file formal charges against a 33-year-old rural Eudora man who allegedly shot and killed his brother Saturday with a shotgun.

Alvin Dewayne James Jr., rural Eudora, was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder stemming from the death Saturday of Michael Lee James, 32, Rt. 7, Lawrence.






LHS GIRLS HOST TOPEKA TONIGHT





January 28, 1991






Before Lawrence High’s girls basketball team went to last week’s Glacier’s Edge Tournament in Emporia, LHS coach Gary Hammer pointed out that the seniors had never lost there.

On Saturday night, though, it was the underclassmen who made sure the streak stayed alive.






POWERFUL TROY NEXT FOR LIONS






January 28, 1991






Ron Weber took an informal poll of his Lawrence High boys basketball players over the weekend.

“I asked each one what they thought we needed to improve on, and they all had something to say,” said Weber, whose Lions, 8-4, lost to Shawnee Mission West, 66-65, at home Friday.






DIRECTOR SAYS RACISM MUST BE UNLEARNED





January 28, 1991






The new director of the Office of Minority Affairs at Kansas University doesn’t believe racism comes naturally.

“We’re not born racist,” said Sherwood Thompson, who arrived in Lawrence last week from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. “Racism is a learned phenomenon. I maintain we can unlearn it if it’s learned. It’s going to be slow and painful, but we’ve got to do it.”






HOSPITAL REPORT





January 28, 1991






ADMISSIONS

Joseph Miller, Topeka.






KANSAS CORRALS TOP PROSPECT






January 28, 1991






Max Heinrichs sounded like the most relieved high school football coach in America this morning.

“I’m glad it’s over with…it’s a lot of weight off the back,” Heinrichs said after his most celebrated pupil made a commitment to Kansas.







LOCAL SALES TAX REVENUE SLIPS





January 28, 1991







Because the Kansas Department of Revenue’s books closed early last month, state officials say, it appears Douglas County’s collection of the state’s 4.25 percent sales tax was 42 percent lower in December than December 1989.

The department issued a statement saying that its December report shows a decrease in tax revenue for almost all cities and counties in December 1990, compared with December 1989.






LESLIE C. KIMBALL





January 28, 1991






Services are pending at Warren-McElwain Mortuary for Leslie C. Kimball, who died Saturday in Denver. Burial is to be in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Kimball was a former resident of Lawrence and had been married to Minnie Lee Clayborne. She died in November 1981.







GET





January 28, 1991






State Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Holmes wasn’t sure whether his visit to the Statehouse was an omen.

He almost got stuck in an elevator Wednesday before delivering the annual State of the Judiciary address.










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NO RESPECT FOR FLAG






March 2, 1991






To the Editor:

On Monday, Feb. 25, someone removed our American flag. We have been putting it out daily for quite some time now. It has been a constant reminder to us of the brave men and women who are serving our country.






KC CANDIDATES EARNED DEFEAT





March 2, 1991






At least two candidates in the Kansas City, Mo., mayoral primary didn’t get what they paid for.

But they may have gotten what they deserved.






EX-KU STUDENT WOUNDED IN GULF





March 2, 1991






A former Kansas University student was among the wounded U.S. servicemen in the Persian Gulf war.

Army Spec. 4 Khiem Ta is recovering at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center in Denver from a shrapnel wound above the left knee and a sprained right ankle he suffered in a counter-reconnaissance mission on Feb. 17 along the Iraqi border.






T EXPLAINED DEATHS





March 2, 1991






It’s been a year to the day since authorities began investigating theories about the death of Christopher Bread, a 19-year-old Native American youth from Lawrence.

And despite conducting what is one of most costly and time-consuming investigations in Douglas County history, theories are still all they have.






STORM WHIPS UP DAMAGE IN EUDORA





March 2, 1991






Tornadoes and heavy winds struck in northeast Kansas on Friday, causing minor damage to a Eudora trailer park and seven homes in the Topeka area.

Douglas County Sheriff Loren Anderson said no storm related-injuries were reported in Douglas County.






KU RELAY TEAM QUALIFIES





March 2, 1991







Kansas’ men’s 3,200-meter relay team qualified for the NCAA Indoor here Friday.

Donnie Anderson, Jason Teal, Dan Waters and Stacey Smiedala finished fourth at the Iowa State NCAA Qualifying meet with a time of 7:23.34 and slipped under the qualifying standard of 7:23.50.






TOPEKA HAYDEN TRIPS TONGANOXIE





March 2, 1991






Tonganoxie entered its girls’ sub-state basketball contest on Friday night with an 11-10 record, one game better than Topeka Hayden. But Chieftains coach Mark Mall knew Hayden’s 10-11 record was deceptive.

“Sure our records were similar, but they got their record playing 6A teams. They lost to Seaman by two points and Manhattan by three, and both of those teams are among the best in the state,” Mall said.






BIGCHAMPIONSHIPS





March 2, 1991






Friday at Robinson Pool

Team standings - Nebraska 440, Kansas 431, Iowa State 245, Missouri 128.






LAWRENCE GIRL, 10, TAKES PRIZE FOR PHOTO PORTRAYAL





March 2, 1991






A 10-year-old Lawrence girl has received national recognition for her photograph portraying a character from the popular children’s story, “Sarah, Plain and Tall.”

Sarah Toman, daughter of Paul and Barbara Toman, recently was awarded first place in a national photography contest sponsored by God’s World, a national weekly newspaper for children. Contestants in grades four through eight were asked to create a photograph portraying a book of their choice.






LIQUOR STORE ROBBED





March 2, 1991






Lawrence police are investigating an armed robbery at a Lawrence liquor store Friday night that may be linked to a motel robbery that occurred Thursday.

Officers were called at 7:30 p.m. Friday to Hird’s Retail Liquor Store, 601 Kasold. Two employees at the store said a man entered the store and demanded that the cash from a register be placed in a sack. The clerk on duty said the man carried a “long object” under a blanket.






A.J. JEFFERIS





March 2, 1991






Services for A.J. Jefferis, 78, Ottawa, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church here, with the Rev. Jerrald Harnden officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Ottawa.

Mr. Jefferis died Thursday night at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.






CLEO W. ANDERSON





March 2, 1991






Services for Cleo W. “Andy” Anderson, 89, Baldwin, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Anderson died Friday at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.






LOUIS C. HAYWARD





March 2, 1991






Services for Louis C. Hayward, 62, Tonganoxie, are pending with Quisenberry Funeral Home in Tonganoxie. Mr. Hayward died today at his home after a lengthy illness.

He was born Aug. 9, 1928, in Onaga. He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War and retired as a sergeant first class in 1966. He retired in 1989 as a millwright. He had lived in Tonganoxie for 10 years, moving there from Bonner Springs.






INITIATIVE SUPPORT





March 2, 1991






To the Editor:

Gov. Joan Finney has proposed initiative and referendum, a process whereby the citizens of Kansas can bring to the ballot issues of importance to our state. The people of this state are capable of making decisions for the future of all Kansans.






COURT RULES COUNTY JUDGE ERRED IN DISMISSING CASE





March 2, 1991






The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that a local judge abused her discretion by dismissing a case when an assistant district attorney was unable to find the prosecution’s case file.

The court said that Douglas County District Judge Jean Shepherd overstepped her bounds by dismissing the case with prejudice, meaning that she barred prosecutors from refiling it. The court reversed Shepherd’s dismissal.







KU PROFS SEE UNCERTAINTIES IN SOVIET FUTURE





March 2, 1991






Although a tornado warning cut short a forum on the future of the Soviet Union, Kansas University professors agreed Friday the Soviet Union has serious economic and political problems.

However, participants were uncertain about the country’s future.






SITE OF FIRE BEING CLEARED





March 2, 1991






Only graded dirt remains on two downtown lots where a Christmas Eve fire left burned-out shells of three buildings, but businesses that were located in the buildings are rising from the ashes in new locations.

The rubble of The Chapman, 819 Vt., and the Miller Print Shop, 821 Vt., was cleared away Thursday, said owner Frances Miller. The building had been left to allow workers to sift through the ruins of the old print shop but she said nothing was salvaged.






BALDWIN WOMAN DIES IN ACCIDENT





March 2, 1991







A 47-year-old Baldwin woman was killed early this morning in a one-car accident in Baldwin.

Authorities identified the woman as Venita Smith. She died from injuries suffered at 2:05 a.m. when her car struck a guardrail and landed upright in a ditch at the intersection of U.S. Highway 56 and 10th Street.






EUDORA HIGH GIRLS ADVANCE TO FINALS





March 2, 1991






Eudora’s girls will meet Osage City here tonight for a berth in the Class 3A state high school basketball tournament.

Gretchen Freeland scored 21 points and Jenny Alvarez 14 to lead the Cardinals to a 61-47 victory over Jayhawk-Linn in a sub-state semifinal here Friday night. Osage City won the other semi, 26-17, over Silver Lake.






LHS STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR DECA NATIONALS





March 2, 1991






Lawrence High School juniors and seniors earned several awards last weekend when they competed in the state career development conference in Wichita.

Thirty-six LHS students attended the conference, which was an activity of the Distributive Education Clubs of America, or DECA. The students brought back 65 awards, and eight students qualified for national competition, which will be held April 18-25 in Denver.






LAWRENCE HIGH GIRLS GROUND EAGLES





March 2, 1991






At this point in the girls high school basketball season, Erin McElwain’s not about to become finicky.

She won’t, for example, refuse to accept Lawrence High’s 34-31 victory over Olathe North in a Class 6A semifinal game Friday night at Olathe South’s gym.






S SATIRE WAS INAPPROPRIATE





March 2, 1991







The father of a Native American man who died a year ago is demanding an apology from the Lawrence Police Department’s media spokesman for remarks the spokesman wrote in a statewide police magazine.

In a story published in the most recent issue of Kansas Fraternal Order of Police magazine, police spokesman Chris Mulvenon takes a satirical look at the media in which he criticizes a Wall Street Journal article that raised the question of whether a serial killer was responsible for the deaths of several Indian men in Lawrence last year.






MCGUIRE LOSING EDGE AS ANALYST





March 2, 1991






A fellow who didn’t have tickets to the Kansas-Oklahoma basketball game asked me Sunday: “Why don’t you media guys find a coaching job, anything else, for Al McGuire. He’s getting on my nerves as an analyst and color man.”

Seems the guy watched KU’s game on television, where McGuire was working for NBC. The critic wasn’t alone in his assessment. Others chimed in with “amens,” appropriate, since we were at a church gathering.






THANKS, BUT NO THANKS!





March 2, 1991







One has to be remain skeptical about the utterances and activities of Japan, Germany and the Soviet Union in regard to the Persian Gulf War, which hinges firmly on United States leadership.

For example, after a day of intraparty wrangling and apparently waiting for a U.S. lead, Japan reaffirmed its support for the U.S.-led ground war in Kuwait, saying the war should be pursued until Iraq implements the 12 U.N. resolutions. “Unless Iraq declares that it will abide by the U.N. resolutions, the issue cannot be resolved,” Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu told the Diet. “It is necessary for Iraq to express a reconsideration of its peace-destroying actions.”






SATURDAY COLUMN





March 2, 1991






Few, if any, times in our nation’s history has a president enjoyed such popularity as George Bush does these days, following the highly successful Persian Gulf confrontation with Iraq.

The manner in which Bush met the Iraqi challenge, his hard work and skills in putting together a strong united coalition of countries which enforced United Nations sanctions, his hard-fought win in the U.S. Senate to gain the authority to use force if necessary to get Iraq out of Kuwait, the superb performance of U.S. and allied troops in air and ground actions, the almost unbelieveably low number of allied casualties and the manner in which Bush fielded and handled the last-minute effort by Soviet leader Gorbachev to serve as a broker in the Persian Gulf war all reflected great credit on Bush.






LHS BOYS, PIONEERS IN FINALS





March 2, 1991






Lawrence High will qualify for the Class 6A state tournament if it completes a three-game sweep of Leavenworth tonight at Olathe South.

The Lions, 15-5, own two wins over the 7-14 Pioneers - 78-67 back on Dec. 11 and 90-80 two weeks ago. But it’s been since the 1982-83 season, when Lawrence won the state championship, that it has won three against the Pioneers.






KANSAS SLICES GAP AT BIG EIGHT SWIM MEET





March 2, 1991






It’s time to get serious at the Big Eight women’s swim meet.

“It’s going to come down to heart and soul,” Kansas coach Gary Kempf said about tonight’s final session. “I want it to come down to the last relay.”






T TRIGGER WILD KU CELEBRATION





March 2, 1991






Kansas’ basketball players will not snip the nets if they win the Big Eight regular-season championship Sunday in Lincoln.

“I’m not one for cutting down nets on another person’s court, I’ll tell you that,” KU coach Roy Williams said. “You can’t flaunt a celebration in somebody else’s face. I don’t think (NU coach) Danny Nee would do that here. I don’t think anybody would do that.”









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GOVERNMENT UNDER ATTACK





March 9, 1991






To the Editor:

Our representative system of government is under attack in Topeka by the proponents of initiative and referendum. This concept is being pushed on the basis that it provides for a direct citizen involvement in the legislative process when, in fact, citizens are already involved in every electon by electing the people to represent them at every level of the government.






TAKING RESPONSIBILITY





March 9, 1991






To the Editor:

In response to the Indian situation in Lawrence, I have been a resident of the Lawrence area for only seven years, but I’m also part Indian. I am angered when I see all the mishaps the Indians of this fair city can get away with because they are Indian!






HUSKERS LEAD BIGSWIMS





March 9, 1991






Kansas’ men’s swim team began its second day of finals at the Big Eight Swimming and Diving Championships with a first-place finish, NCAA qualifying time and Big Eight, school and Devaney Center records in the 200 medley relay.

Jeff Stout, Zhawn Stevens, Ed Riddle and Robert Townsend combined for KU’s all-time best 1:30.54 performance.






CITY PLANS TRAINING SESSION FOR NEW OFFICIALS





March 9, 1991






Reducing the seat-of-the-pants navigation required of new city commissioners is the goal of a training session planned for the Friday after the April 2 general election.

“Those new commissioners will come to the April 9 meeting, be sworn in and then be expected to sit down and start making decisions,” said Mayor Shirley Martin-Smith, who with Commissioner Bob Walters conceived the first-time session.






CITY OFFICIAL WANTS QUICK IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEMS





March 9, 1991






In the city government that Rod Bremby envisions, city officials would identify trouble spots before the issues became big enough to cause residents to suffer.

“Unfortunately, right now government structures are reactionary,” said Bremby, assistant city manager. “But, as we move towards more participatory forms of government, we’ll be more pro-active. Then we won’t have to wait until something happens in order to fix it.”






WATER FINALLY FLOWS AT MOBILE HOME PARK





March 9, 1991






Something different happened at the Green Acres Mobile Home Park on Friday. When residents turned on their water taps, water came out.

“Oh, it makes me feel great, feel happy, I’m glad,” said Billy Carter, a resident of the park. “I can come in and take a bath when I get home. For the first time in a month and a half, I don’t have to haul water.”






KU RELAY TEAM MAKES FINALS





March 9, 1991







Kansas University’s 3,200-meter relay team of Donnie Anderson, Jason Teal, Dan Waters and Stacey Smiedala has qualified for the finals at the NCAA Indoor track and field championships.

Kansas placed fourth in its preliminary heat Friday in 7:33.38. The top three finishers in each heat along with the next two fastest times qualified for the finals. Georgetown was top qualifier in 7:26.02.






RICHEY





March 9, 1991






For years, Patrick Richey dreamed of competing in the Big Eight Tournament.

“I grew up in Kansas City watching the Big Eight Tournament waiting to get my chance. I finally get here and I can’t play. It’s very frustrating, but I’ve got three more years,” said KU’s 6-8 freshman forward from Lee’s Summit, Mo.






TWO SENTENCED IN KKK VANDALISM





March 9, 1991







Two men connected to vandalism in which the letters “KKK” were spray painted on East Lawrence buildings in October have been sentenced in Douglas County District Court.

Chad Edwards, 19, 822 R.I., was sentenced to a year in jail on each of two counts of criminal damage to property. Edwards was convicted of spray painting “KKK” on two East Lawrence residences.






KU RIPS NORTHERN IOWA





March 9, 1991






If there’s a secret behind Jeff Berblinger’s recent hitting streak, he’s not about to divulge it.

Berblinger, a Kansas University sophomore from Goddard, went two for three with two RBI as KU pounded Northern Iowa 18-8 Friday at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.






HASKELL FOOTBALL TEAM SET FOR INDUCTION IN HALL





March 9, 1991






Haskell Indian Junior College’s undefeated 1926 football team will be among the latest inductees to the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame, executive secretary Turner Cochran announced Friday.

Also to be inducted in an April 13 ceremony are Andrew Hartley Payne, John Gene Allen and Edwin Stanton Moore.






CONDOM SALES AT KU LIKELY TO CONTINUE





March 9, 1991






Condom purchases from vending machines in Kansas University residence halls apparently are sufficient to merit continuation of the sales experiment.

A total of 434 packages of condoms was purchased from residence hall vending machines in February, and Bob Derby, manager of KU concessions, said Friday that it looked like KU would continue to stock condoms in vending machines. Condoms were added to residence hall machines at the beginning of the spring semester.






BUS DRIVER AWARDED DAMAGES OF $157,000





March 9, 1991






A Douglas County jury has awarded a Lawrence school bus driver $157,000 in damages stemming from a September 1987 accident.

Theresa Howe of Lawrence, the driver, actually was awarded $250,000 in damages, but the damages were reduced because jurors found she was 37 percent at fault for the accident.






SATURDAY COLUMN





March 9, 1991






Where is the leadership in Kansas these days?

If there were an account or ledger called “leadership” in the Sunflower state, it probably would show an overdraft or a notification of bankruptcy.







RICHARD WALKER SR.





March 9, 1991






Private graveside services for Richard W. “Jack” Walker Sr., 86, Overland Park, will be Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence.

Mr. Walker died Thursday at a Kansas City, Mo., hospital.






RANDALL NIGHTINGALE





March 9, 1991






Services are pending for Randall C. Nightingale, 36, Longview. Mr. Nightingale, a former Lawrence resident, died Friday night at a Longview hospital. The cause of death has not been determined.

He was born July 19, 1954, and attended Lawrence public schools. He graduated from Lawrence High School in 1972 and was a member of the football and wrestling teams.






MABEL L. SHEREMAN





March 9, 1991






Graveside services for Mabel L. Shereman, 100, Perry, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Meriden Cemetery, Meriden. The Rev. Larry Fry will officiate.

Mrs. Shereman died Thursday at an Oskaloosa nursing home.






BAKER SPLITS WITH WASHBURN





March 9, 1991







Baker University’s baseball team split a doubleheader with Washburn Friday, winning the second game 10-3 after dropping the opener 7-6.

Brian Davis homered in both games, while Mark Cisneros and Don Diffinbaugh socked homers in the nightcap.






DOLE FEARS STATE FEUD ON WELK ISSUE





March 9, 1991






Federal projects in Kansas may be attacked by members of Congress retaliating for loss of funding for former bandleader Lawrence Welk’s boyhood home, Sen. Bob Dole said Friday.

Dole, R-Kan., blamed Rep. Jim Slattery, D-Kan., for the trouble and said North Dakota lawmakers promised to examine spending plans for Kansas projects.






VIDEOCAMS AND POLICE





March 9, 1991






Another significant and valuable use has been found for home video cameras which originally were designed for sentimental or humorous family functions rather than police surveillance, for which they have created a number of headlines of late.

Could it be that the knowledge that “somebody out there may be watching” will cause American law enforcement people to be considerably more temperate and humane in their treatment of suspects? The evidence currently is weighted in that direction, and that’s good.






KANSAS CHILLS COLORADO IN FIRST ROUND, 82-76





March 9, 1991






Mike Maddox couldn’t wait to get back to the Allis Plaza hotel Friday night.

Not because Kansas’ 6-7 senior forward wanted to catch some late-night TV. Not because he wanted to sit back, relax and savor the Jayhawks’ 82-76 first-round Big Eight Tournament win over Colorado at Kemper Arena.






MABEL L. SHEREMAN





March 9, 1991






Graveside services for Mabel L. Shereman, 100, Perry, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Meriden Cemetery, Meriden. The Rev. Larry Fry will officiate.

Mrs. Shereman died Thursday at an Oskaloosa nursing home.






FUNDING MAY BE CUT





March 9, 1991






State funding for juvenile detention centers in Douglas County and three other counties may be in jeopardy, Sen. Nancy Parrish, D-Topeka, said Friday.

Douglas County was selected last year as the site of a proposed $1.5 million juvenile detention facility.






ANALYSTS





March 9, 1991






The local economy should not feel much of a shock in the aftermath of the lightning-quick Persian Gulf war, a Kansas University economic analyst said Friday.

That’s because the Douglas County economy is not in recession, said Helga Upmeier, research associate at the Institute for Public Policy and Business Research.






NEBRASKA WINS IN OT





March 9, 1991






What Nebraska cleared Friday night can’t be found on the back of a camel.

“We got over a mountain tonight, not a hump,” Husker forward Beau Reid said.









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COACH WITH CLASS





April 1, 1991






Kansas Jayhawk Coach Roy Williams could have worse examples to follow than his former boss, Coach Dean Smith of North Carolina.

Near the end of Saturday night’s NCAA semi-final game, with only seconds left and a North Carolina loss appearing almost certain, Smith was nailed with a technical foul that most commentators, coaches and players agreed should never have been called. It was Smith’s second technical, and he was ejected from the game.






T CURB VOTE





April 1, 1991






Douglas County Clerk Patty Jaimes doesn’t think tonight’s Kansas University-Duke game for the national collegiate basketball championship should affect voter turnout in Tuesday’s general election.

“I don’t really think that it will have that much effect on voting,” Mrs. Jaimes said this morning. “The people who tend to vote and are interested in city and school elections will turn out and vote tomorrow.”






VALUATION NOTICES TO BE MAILED SOON






April 1, 1991






Douglas County residents should know soon what the county considers to be the value of their property.

The county is in the process of printing the 22,000 to 25,000 valuation notices and should mail them by the end of the week, said August Dettbarn, deputy county appraiser.






S DEPARTMENT JOINS TV NETWORK





April 1, 1991






The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department announced this week it has joined the Law Enforcement Television Network.

LETN is a national satellite television network bringing up-to-the-minute training, news and information 24 hours a day, five days a week on such issues as the war on drugs, officer survival, community relations, leadership and crime prevention. The programs are broadcast to more than 2,050 law enforcement agencies across the country.






OBOE RECITAL, FINAL FOUR GO ONE-ON-ONE





April 1, 1991






Julie Brye, an assistant professor of music and dance at Kansas University, entertained thoughts of canceling her oboe recital at KU tonight, but she’s going ahead with her plans.

It’s tough going against Jayhawk basketball mania.






GEORGIE L. DWYER





April 1, 1991






Services for Georgie L. Dwyer, 58, rural Edgerton, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Assumption Catholic Church in Edgerton with the Rev. Charles McGuinn officiating. Burial will be in St. Columbine Cemetery in Edgerton.

Mrs. Dwyer died Sunday at the Olathe Hospice. She had cancer.






O.E. LONDENE





April 1, 1991






Services for O.E. “Babe” Londene, 96, Lawrence, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Enterprise United Methodist Church in Enterprise with the Revs. William Vigneau and Todd Britt officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery south of Enterprise with Masonic services at the gravesite.

Mr. Londene died Saturday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.







MILDRED STEWART





April 1, 1991






Funeral arrangements for Mildred Estelle Spencer Stewart, 88, St. Petersburg, Fla., are pending at Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home of Baldwin.

Mrs. Stewart, a former Baldwin resident, died Sunday at a St. Petersburg hospital.








FRANCES M. CAWLEY





April 1, 1991






Services for Frances M. Cawley, 82, rural Lawrence, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church with the Rev. Michael Scully and the Rev. Thomas Cawley, Mrs. Cawley’s son, officiating. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Mrs. Cawley died Sunday at her daughter’s home in Leavenworth County following a long illness.






JACOB RANDEL





April 1, 1991






Graveside services for Jacob M. Randel, 4-day-old infant son of Randy R. and Elaine J. Randel, Lenexa, were to be at 1 p.m. today at Resurrection Cemetery in Lenexa with the Rev. Raymond Burger officiating.

Jacob died Friday at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born March 25.






FANS IN INDY HUNGRY FOR NEWS OF JAYHAWKS





April 1, 1991






Copies of the Sunday Indianapolis Star sold out quickly near hotels today. A clerk at a convenience store near Kansas University’s team headquarters said he sold the store’s lot of 100 papers in about two hours to fans seeking a souvenir from the tournament. “Some people were buying two or three copies,” he said. “I probably sold more than one copy to five or six people.”

––- The Jayhawk cheerleaders performed Sunday night at the NCAA slam dunk and three-point shooting competition at Market Square Arena. No KU basketball player competed. KU guard Terry Brown, the team’s leading three-point shooter, was scheduled to complete in the competition, but withdrew when the Jayhawks beat Arkansas and qualified for the Final Four.






ABOLISH PROPERTY TAX!






April 1, 1991






To the Editor:

How much longer are the taxpayers of this state going to hear about property taxes?






TO THE EDITOR ISSUE DEAD





April 1, 1991






To the Editor:

We regret that there was a misconception concerning a letter written to members of our congregation. We understand how the inclusion of the name of the church could lead to that misconception. We agree that the church did not and should not endorse candidates for any political office and that Mr. Banning was simply exercising his right to free speech and was expressing his personal opinion. We deeply regret that this issue has diverted the attention from the real issues of the campaign. We encourage you to vote on those issues. We urge you to vote for the candidates of your choice. We consider the issue dead. If there are any questions about this matter please feel free to contact either one of us.






HAILSTORM, WINDS BREAK STRING OF ABOVE-AVERAGE MARCH WEATHER





April 1, 1991






Except for two days last week, March was an above-average month for weather in the Lawrence area.

But what exceptions those two days were. Lawrence was hammered by a one-two punch last week, enduring a 10-minute strafing of golf ball-sized hail on Tuesday and then strong winds from 40 to 50 mph, with one gust of 80 mph, on Wednesday.






JEAN M. NELSON





April 1, 1991






Services for Jean Mary Nelson, 87, Tonganoxie, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Tonganoxie. The Rev. Edward E. Hobby will officiate. Burial will be in Hubbel Hill Cemetery, Tonganoxie.

Mrs. Nelson died Saturday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.






KU CANDIDATES SEE SIMILAR ISSUES, DIFFERING SOLUTIONS





April 1, 1991






Bulletin boards at Kansas University are covered with campaign posters for the FACTS and Impact coalitions, the two groups vying for leadership of next year’s student body.

Mike Schreiner, a WaKeeney senior, will step down as student body president at the end of the spring semester. Students will cast their votes for a new student body president and vice president April 10 and 11.






CAR-TAX BILL STILL UNFAIR, PANEL TOLD





April 1, 1991






A bill that is intended to correct the so-called alphabet inequity of the state’s motor vehicle tax system creates a different type of inequity, a House committee was told today.

Chris McKenzie, Douglas County administrator, told the House Taxation Committee that the proposal would shift the inequity from the back end of the alphabet to the front.






HOSPITAL REPORT





April 1, 1991






DISMISSALS

Louisa Kamatuka, Lawrence; Heather Wellman and baby girl, Perry; Linda Gilroy and baby boy, Lawrence.






AMOCO ADDS TO KU GIFT





April 1, 1991






The Amoco Foundation plans to contribute $35,000 this year on top of the $47,198 donated last year to Kansas University, KU officials announced today.

The foundation’s gift will benefit the School of Engineering and computer science department. The funds will provide:






DUKE FANS LOOK AT THE FINAL GAME





April 1, 1991






Some Duke fans aren’t taking Kansas lightly, even though their Blue Devils stunned the No. 1-ranked UNLV Runnin’ Rebels Saturday night.

“I think KU’s chances are pretty good,” said Dick Pickett, a Duke fan from Durham, N.C., who on Sunday crashed a victory celebration for Jayhawk fans at the Indianapolis Zoo. “The thing is, we’ve had our ups and downs this year. I hope Monday we’re up.”






BUDIG SAYS TEAM A CREDIT TO KUSTATE





April 1, 1991






Kansas University Chancellor Gene Budig is bursting with pride over his Jayhawk team’s performance both on and off the court in the NCAA basketball tournament here.

“The players have represented us well,” he said Sunday. “They are a credit to the University of Kansas and the state.”






CANDIDATE HANNAH LEADS PACK IN FUND RAISING FOR SCHOOL RACE





April 1, 1991






Jerry Hannah, the top vote-getter in February’s primary election for the Lawrence school board, stands as the top money-raiser among the eight candidates in the race.

Hannah reported Thursday collecting $1,850 during the campaign so far. Incumbent Mary Loveland is the second-highest money-raiser, checking in with $1,785.






FOR THE RECORD





April 1, 1991






Burglaries and thefts reported

Two 1990 Kawasaki jet skis valued at $3,200 each were reported stolen Sunday at Meadowbrook Apartments. The jet skis were reportedly stolen from a car trailer between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. Sunday.






RURAL BALDWIN COUPLE FILE APPEAL ON DEMOLITION





April 1, 1991






A rural Baldwin couple has filed an appeal with the State Court of Appeals in Topeka, hoping to halt demolition of a house they own.

The Baldwin City Council in August ordered that the house, located at 319 11th and owned by Eugene Brown Sr. and Elizabeth Brown, be razed at the owners’ expense. The Browns filed a lawsuit in September, requesting a restraining order against the demolition.






PATRIOT POWER





April 1, 1991






Although the Patriot missile defense system that starred in the Persian Gulf War had been tested extensively, there was some initial apprehension about the system’s effectiveness because it had never seen action in war.

That was one reason for the loud cheering that went on in mid-January in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, when a Patriot brought down an Iraqi Scud missile heading for Dhahran, said Brian Murphy, a 1987 Lawrence High School graduate.






FOR THE RECORD





April 1, 1991






Injury accidents

Guy Janousek, a 30-year-old Lawrence resident, was listed in fair condition today at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. According to a Lawrence police spokesman, Janousek got out of the vehicle he was riding in at about 9 p.m. Saturday before it came to a complete stop near 11th and Connecticut streets. Janousek, who was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital by Douglas County Ambulance Service, was taken to the medical center by Life Flight helicopter about 9:35 p.m. Saturday. Janousek suffered a closed head injury.







WINIFRED SMITH





April 1, 1991






Inurnment services for Winifred Pardee Smith, 97, Long Beach, Calif., will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, at the Oakwood Cemetery in Baldwin with the Rev. Kirby C. Hayes officiating. Eastern Star Services will be conducted by the Evangeline Chapter No. 162 OES of Baldwin.

Mrs. Smith died Jan. 28 in Hemet, Calif.






PARADE, RALLY SET FOR KU TEAM





April 1, 1991






Kansas University basketball fans are invited to a welcome-home celebration at Kansas Memorial Stadium, which will open at noon Tuesday regardless of the outcome of tonight’s game matching KU against Duke. The men’s basketball team is expected to appear at 1:30 p.m.

The school’s administration has not yet determined if classes will be canceled if KU defeats Duke tonight. Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, said late last week that officials would make their decision when “whatever happens happens.”






KANSAS HAS SCORE TO SETTLE





April 1, 1991






Duke did more than defeat Kansas’ basketball team three seasons ago in Durham, N.C. The Blue Devils demolished the Jayhawks, 102-77, in a game memorable for a lot of reasons.

“They retired Danny Ferry’s number that day. They were fired up about that. They kicked us around,” said KU forward Mike Maddox.







KU, DUKE AFTER TITLE TONIGHT






April 1, 1991






Mark Randall became good friends with a pair of Duke basketball players last summer.

“I was fortunate enough to play with Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley on the U.S National Team that went to the Goodwill Games in Seattle and World Championships in Argentina,” said Randall, Kansas’ senior center.






KU PERFECT BEHIND SCHMIDT, WRAPS UP SWEEP OF HUSKERS





April 1, 1991






Curtis Schmidt knows there are two factors that will affect the success of his side-arm pitching delivery.

He has influence over the first, his ability to keep his pitches low and in the strike zone. Over the second, the strength of the infield behind him, he has absolutely no control.






WILLIAMS POPULAR TV GUEST






April 1, 1991






Everybody, it seems, wants a piece of Kansas’ third-year basketball coach Roy Williams these days.

Williams, who appeared live on CBS at halftime of Saturday’s UNLV-Duke semifinal, only to scurry to the ESPN studios for a late-night, live one-on-one interview, is slated to appear on all three networks’ morning shows Tuesday.






KU SET FOR POSTGAME MADNESS





April 1, 1991






Kansas University police and facilities operations officials are gearing up for a rowdy evening tonight if the Jayhawks win their second national basketball championship in four years.

Lt. John Mullens of the KU Police Department estimated the crowd on campus after Saturday’s defeat over the North Carolina Tar Heels at 25,000. If KU beats Duke tonight, police expect an even bigger turnout.






FOR THE RECORD





April 1, 1991






Police reports

An 18-year-old Kansas University student was arrested by KU police at about 3:35 a.m. Sunday on charges of burglary, attempted theft and criminal damage to property after he allegedly attempted to enter a vehicle parked in a campus lot.






FOR THE RECORD





April 1, 1991






Law enforcement report

Injury accidents






MILTON PIPPERT





April 1, 1991






Services for Milton Pippert, 65, Lawrence, are pending with Rumsey Funeral Home. Mr. Pippert died today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.







REYNOLDS SERVICES





April 1, 1991






Graveside services for Lulu M. Reynolds, 95, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Mrs. Reynolds died Friday at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor.






KU FINDS WAITING DIFFICULT






April 1, 1991






Alonzo Jamison tossed and turned Saturday night.

“I did wake up during the night and sort of thought about all of this for an hour,” said Jamison, Kansas’ junior basketball forward.






CELEBRATIONS CARRY KU FANS TO FINAL





April 1, 1991






A national basketball title is on the line tonight, and the marathon Jayhawk party that erupted here Saturday has been going strong ever since.

Fans of Kansas University have been packing hotel lobbies and local bars since their Jayhawks earned a shot at the NCAA basketball crown Saturday with a 79-73 win over North Carolina. The Jayhawks take on Duke tonight in the championship game. Game time is 8:10 p.m. Lawrence time.






T SUFFER POST-UNLV SLUMP





April 1, 1991






Duke has appeared in the NCAA Final Four more often it seems than CBS four years in a row and five times in the last six years.

But the Blue Devils haven’t cut down the nets yet.






LOVELLETTE TREASURES FINALMEMORIES






April 1, 1991






Like the Kansas University seniors who tonight will compete for the NCAA basketball crown, Clyde Lovellette knows what it’s like to have four years of hard work culminate in one night.

Lovellette finished his college career 39 years and six days ago, when he led the Jayhawks to victory in the 1952 NCAA Tournament.






RIGHTS





April 1, 1991






Lance Burr is challenging the United States Supreme Court.

Burr, attorney general for the Kickapoo American Indian tribe, said the court recently handed down a ruling directing reservations to charge non-Indians a state sales tax on cigarettes, siphoning potential revenue from the reservation.






PROBATION





April 1, 1991






Roy Williams doesn’t carry a picture of Adonis Jordan in his wallet. Not now, anyway. Maybe someday.

“If I stay in coaching another 30 or 40 years, I’ll never forget the feeling I had on the phone when he said he was coming,” the Kansas coach remarked Sunday. “Adonis stuck with us when it wasn’t exactly the popular thing to do.”






CORRECTION





April 1, 1991






Because of an editor’s error, incorrect information about the Meadowlark Garden Club appeared in Saturday’s Social Calendar. The club will meet for refreshments at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, with Dollie Bittenbender, 1103 W. 19th Ter., as hostess. Co-hostess will be Donna Lewis. Dues are $8 and are payable, and there will be a plant exchange.







SUNDAY NIGHT FIRE DAMAGESSHOPS






April 1, 1991






A fire Sunday night at a southwest Lawrence tanning salon caused extensive damage to the business and resulted in smoke and water damage to six neighboring shops. It was one of three structure fires reported in Lawrence over the weekend.

Lawrence firefighters were called at 9:39 p.m. Sunday to the European Suntanning Hot Tub and Health Club at Holiday Plaza, 2449 Iowa. Lawrence Fire Chief Jim McSwain said heavy smoke was coming from the business when firefighters arrived.










All stories







DIRECT FROM HOBOKEN, HERE COMES YO LA TENGO





April 4, 1991






A lot of things came out of Hoboken coffee, gum and Frank Sinatra.

Now the industrial-turned-yuppie New Jersey city across the Hudson River from Manhattan is sending us Yo La Tengo, a rock group performing on a triple bill Tuesday at the Bottleneck, 737 N.H.






MURRAY CLAIMS TOP NUMBER OF PRECINCTS





April 4, 1991






Although Tom Murray received the fewest votes among the four people elected Tuesday to the Lawrence school board, strong support from rural voters helped make Murray the winner of the most precincts.

Among Lawrence city precincts, incumbent candidate Harriet Shaffer won the greatest number with 10, compared to Murray’s eight. However, if one counts the six of 10 rural precincts that Murray won, Murray beat out all other candidates by winning a total of 14 precincts.






TRAFFIC PANEL TO CONSIDER SPEED LIMITS ON KASOLD





April 4, 1991






A city staff recommendation for a uniform 35 mph speed limit along a stretch of Kasold will be discussed by the Traffic Safety Commission when it meets Monday at city hall, Sixth and Massachusetts.

The discussion will mark the third time the TSC has studied speed limits on Kasold between Harvard and 15th. It was referred back to the TSC by city commissioners at their Feb. 19 meeting.






FOR THE RECORD





April 4, 1991






Law enforcement report

Burglaries and thefts reported






DODGE TO INK PAIR OF LIONS ON MONDAY





April 4, 1991






Dodge City Community College went shopping for basketball players at Lawrence High and came away with a package deal.

Seniors Reggie Mayo and Jermaine Jackson have made oral commitments and will sign with the Conquistadors next Monday.






IS A DELIGHTFUL DOSE OF DIVERSION





April 4, 1991






“The Pirates of Penzance” is good for what ails you. Chances are, it will let you forget whatever weighs heavily on your soul, at least for two hours.

In the production now at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre, “Penzance” features a fine staging by Paul Hough, a Kansas University alumnus who now works at the American Heartland Theatre in Kansas City.






CARL L. BAKER





April 4, 1991






Services are pending for Carl Lester Baker, 65, Lawrence, at Rumsey Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Leavenworth National Cemetery with military honors.

Mr. Baker died Wednesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a long illness.






LOCAL POLICE ARREST 3 MEN IN CLUB CAPER





April 4, 1991






They’ll talk about this one for years at the Lawrence Police Department.

Three Lawrence men were arrested early this morning for possessing stolen golf clubs by officers who were on a special assignment to look for auto burglars in west Lawrence apartment complex parking lots.






OUTBURST





April 4, 1991






Kansas pounded 17 hits, then withstood a furious ninth-inning rally by Southwest Missouri State to claim a 15-11 baseball victory on Wednesday night at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.

Kansas carried a 15-5 lead into the top of the ninth, but the Bears scored six runs on six hits and an error before reliever Joel Bacon finally doused the fire.






GEORGE A. KING SR.





April 4, 1991






Graveside services for George Allen King Sr., 66, Topeka, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth.

Mr. King died Wednesday at a Topeka hospital.






HOSPITAL REPORT





April 4, 1991






DISMISSALS

Kathy Monahan and baby boy, Tonganoxie.






PAROLE BOARD SETS COMMENT SESSIONS





April 4, 1991






The Kansas Parole Board recently announced its schedule for public comment sessions regarding inmates who are entitled to a parole hearing in May.

Members of the public can attend any one of three sessions scheduled later this month to comment on whether they believe inmates should be granted parole.






LOCAL ENTREPRENUER RECEIVES ANNUAL BAKER BUSINESS AWARD





April 4, 1991






Local entrepreneur Gene Burnett was honored as Lawrence Business Person of the Year this morning at Baker University’s Partners-in-Progress breakfast.

More than 100 Baker University alumni, friends and Burnett family members attended the breakfast at the Eldridge Hotel.






FLORY PLANS TO INTERVIEW CITY OFFICIALS





April 4, 1991






Interviews of city officials present at a recent city commission executive session that may have violated state law will begin next week, Douglas County Dist. Atty. Jim Flory said today.

“What I’m trying to do now is coordinate with the attorney general,” Flory said. “I’m not sure exactly what involvement they wanted to have. As soon as I establish that I’ll set up the interviews.”






EAGLES RETURN TO AREA NESTING SITE






April 4, 1991






For the third year in a row a pair of bald eagles have decided to raise a family at Clinton Lake, one of only two known bald eagle nesting spots in Kansas.

Jackie Wedel, park ranger for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the lake, said today that a pair of eagles have returned to a nesting site on the southwest side of the lake and are tending an unknown number of eggs.






S EFFORTS EARN TUMBLING TITLE





April 4, 1991






When Dina Dillon displays her two bags full of trophies, it’s clear tumbling is more than a passing fancy for the Baldwin sixth-grader.

Her latest and greatest achievement came in March when she won the title of champion at the Mid America Tumbling Society Championship Meet at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo.






FESTIVAL OF CULTURES TO FEATURE ART EXHIBIT





April 4, 1991






Organizers of the third Celebration of Cultures Festival have added an art exhibit to several multicultural events in connection with this month’s festival.

“Lawrence in Kimonos,” a painting exhibit by Roger Shimomura, Kansas University professor of art, will be on display at 7 p.m. April 26 at Navarre Hall at Haskell Indian Junior College.






COMMISSION DELAYS ACTION ON CONTRACT






April 4, 1991






Because of lingering questions about a new contract for the Lone Star Lake concessionaire, the Douglas County Commission on Wednesday extended the old contract so the concession stand could open for business.

The commission granted a 30-day extension to Stuart Doores, longtime concession stand operator at the lake, after being unable to resolve several questions about a proposed five-year contract between the county and Doores. The contract includes an option to automatically renew for another five years when it expires.






VISION CREATES POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE





April 4, 1991






After 73 years on Earth and dozens of accolades, you’d think the Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks would be beyond signing books and journals.

Well, she’s not. She proved that Wednesday afternoon at the Mount Oread Book Shop, where she sat at a small table in a warm room and put her signature and salutations on at least two dozen books.







91





April 4, 1991






The second year for Lawrence’s pilot composting program will begin this weekend, the city recycling coordinator announced.

Earthbound ‘91 will have two drop-off places, called GLOBE sites, available again this year, said Patricia Marvin, city recycling coordinator.






DONATION AIDS PROGRAM FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED






April 4, 1991






Visually impaired students in the Lawrence school district might get some help keeping in shape thanks to the local Ladies Auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

Last week, the auxiliary presented the district with $2,000 to be used in aiding the visually impaired. Mary Gordon, the district’s teacher of the visually impaired, said the money might be used to purchase a treadmill.






HOSPITAL REPORT





April 4, 1991






DISMISSALS

Michelle Gibler and baby boy, Lawrence; Jeanie Hetrick and baby girl, Lawrence.






DAILY BREAD (STAFF PHOTO BY BEN BIGLER) DAILY BREAD





April 4, 1991






Cindy Falk, Kansas Wheat Commission home economist from Manhattan, shows a group of Douglas County 4-H members how to test the rising of bread dough Friday at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds. The demonstration was part of the Yeast Bread Project, a year-long class in the making of bread.







LAWRENCE BUYS INTO FILM PROMOTION PLAN





April 4, 1991






A three-city consortium that includes Lawrence is hiring the director of the Kansas Film Commission to help draw more movie productions to northeast Kansas, officials announced today.

Jerry Jones, a Lawrence resident, will leave the state commission, where he has worked for six years, to take over the new consortium on April 15. The group includes the cities of Lawrence, Topeka and Overland Park.






KU SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT MARKS CENTENNIAL





April 4, 1991






Faculty from the sociology department at Kansas University are gearing up for the department’s centennial celebration, which will feature sociology professors from across the nation.

The conference, “Sociology as a Vocation,” is scheduled in conjunction with a meeting of the Kansas Sociological Society.






KU SIGNEE VOWS EVEN BETTER YEAR






April 4, 1991






College basketball recruiting notes…

Kansas signee Sean Pearson, a 6-4 guard from Nazareth High in LaGrange Park, Ill., watched with interest as Kansas stormed into the NCAA finals.






JAYHAWKS MAKE ENDS MEET THIS TIME





April 4, 1991






To the victor go the spoils at the NCAA Final Four. National champion Duke may find, however, that the price of victory can spoil the occasion.

When Kansas won the NCAA title in 1988, the KU athletic department had to dig deep for such unanticipated items as individualized rings and for a costly trip to Washington, D.C., for an obligatory hand-shaking session with President Ronald Reagan.






EX-LHS COACH FREEMAN NEW MAYOR OF LEROY





April 4, 1991






Bill Freeman, Lawrence High’s football and track coach until he retired last spring, is the new mayor of LeRoy.

Freeman, who owns the city bank as well as a farm near here, received 61 percent of the votes in Tuesday’s election. He defeated Doyle Williams by a 121-77 margin.






AN EDUCATED VOTE?





April 4, 1991






It is hard to believe, but it is true.

Wednesday morning, members of the Kansas House of Representatives voted on a bill that would raise taxes on Kansas corporations along with income taxes for Kansans, primarily those in the upper income brackets.






KU MISSION





April 4, 1991






To the Editor:

When KU wins, I enjoy it greatly. When KU loses, I remember that KU does more important things than win basketball games.






MADDOX REALIZES HIS CAREER IS OVER





April 4, 1991






Reality has set in for Kansas senior Mike Maddox. His basketball career except for city league games and pickup games is over.

“Yeah, I’m going to law school next year, and I’ll be getting married,” the 6-7 forward said.






KU PROFS





April 4, 1991







A sweeping ethics bill under consideration by the Legislature would vastly enhance regulation of campaigns and lobbying but still could be strengthened, two Kansas University faculty said Wednesday.

Tim Miller, assistant professor of religious studies, and Earl Nehring, professor emeritus of political science, outlined the pros and cons of the state ethics bill at a University Forum lecture.









All stories








SOVIETS IN POLAND





April 12, 1991






The Soviet Union is gradually withdrawing its 50,000 troops from Poland and Moscow is attempting to depict it as an act of good will.

The fact is, the move probably is more economic than humanitarian. And one can’t help wondering if some impoverished Poles will be all that happy to lose such a source of income.






TUITION BENEFITS





April 12, 1991






To the Editor:

First I want to thank you for printing my letter concerning the advantages of increasing fees and tuition at Kansas University as a means of dealing with the financial problems of the university, particularly the under-funding of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in relation to its enrollments. A significant number of people have commented to me personally about my letter all favorable! The only issue raised with me has been the question of the appropriate roles of the Board of Regents and the state legislature in dealing with the problem.






ACCEPTING MEDIOCRITY





April 12, 1991






To the Editor:

I was not a big fan of Mike Hayden, but at least in his budget proposals he was insistent on allocations for highways and bridges, which was, in a rather primitive way, a means of telling the mentally ill and homeless that they would always have a place to stay. In the current budget proposal, there is no such language. There is likewise little sympathy in the Legislature to fund such frivolities as education.






SIREN PROBLEM





April 12, 1991






To the Editor:

This is an addendum to Suzi Duver’s letter of 4/7/91, in which she commented on the erratic use of Lawrence’s emergency warning sirens. I have lived in Lawrence for over five years and have never heard the sirens used for the purpose for which they were intended, although we have been through a number of seriously threatening weather situations (according to the National Weather Service radio station in Topeka).






ELECTION IS OVER





April 12, 1991






To the Editor:

In response to Bonnie Short’s letter, I find it truly amazing that she seems to feel that we still need to choose sides. Many people seem to have lost sight of the fact that the school board is not about personalities, but about education! The election is over, and it is time this community began to work together with our school board to solve the serious problems which exist in our school system. The primary function of the school board should be to make decisions together, based on sound educational and business judgment, that will provide our children with the best possible education, in the best possible facilities, at a reasonable cost to the taxpayers. However, they have been elected by us, and we have an obligation to go farther than just to the polls. There are school board meetings and forums that are open to the public that are the proper place to air our grievances, as well as to share our ideas and hopes, with regard to our school system. Perhaps it is simply time to come down off our respective soap boxes and get our hands dirty!






WILLIAMSWINNER





April 12, 1991






To the Editor:

Dick Vitale has a truly malicious knack for knocking the fun out of a great NCAA tournament run by the Kansas Jayhawks. In April 1988, he said he’d mop the Allen Fieldhouse floor if Larry Brown came back in the fall. That was one of the rare times when Vitale has been right. Now KU beats North Carolina in the semi-final game in Indianapolis and Vitale declares that Kansas won a game and lost a coach. Dick’s convinced that Roy Williams will escape his “exile” at Kansas and return to Chapel Hill when Dean Smith retires in a few years. Is Vitale blowing smoke or does he know something we don’t?






WHERE CREDIT IS DUE





April 12, 1991







In recent weeks, there have been periodic efforts by civil rights and civil liberties personalities to charge exploitation of minority citizens by U.S. military forces. They point to the high percentage of minority people in the service and try to make it appear they are victims.

It is interesting to note, however, how many people, minority spokespeople among them, have come forth to counter such claims. These respondents point out that the military forces are, and have been for a long time, voluntary and that the people now serving, regardless of race, creed or color, join of their own volition. This is not to say there is no longer any racism or discrimination in the services, of course. But at the same time, the current situation is a far cry from past times of conflict, such as World War II, Korea and Vietnam, when the military draft figured greatly in formation of military units.






TRACK REVENUES AID LOCAL AGENCIES





April 12, 1991






Charitable organizations across Kansas, including six in the Lawrence area, will get a share of the betting pool at the Woodlands racing complex in Kansas City, Kan.

A total of 79 charitable organizations will get almost $1.3 million in funds generated by the track’s first year of operation. The grant recipients were announced Thursday.






SYMPOSIUM TO EXAMINE EXCLUSION OF WOMEN FROM MATH AND SCIENCE





April 12, 1991






A Kansas University professor has organized a symposium he hopes will raise people’s consciousness about the way women in the sciences are treated.

Michael Gaines, director of undergraduate biology and professor of systematics and ecology, said earlier this week that women often are given subtle messages that they do not belong in the sciences. For example, a science teacher may not recall a female student’s name or a laboratory instructor may expect more from male students in the lab.






ATTORNEY GENERAL URGES RESIDENTS TO BE CAUTIOUS





April 12, 1991






With more than $20 million of hail damage in the Lawrence area, scam artists are bound to be attracted to the city, Kansas Atty. Gen. Bob Stephan said today.

“That’s a lot of bucks, and I’m sure that’ll attract somebody,” Stephan said in a telephone interview.






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April 12, 1991






President George Bush and his administration currently are providing us with a classic example of being “damned if you do and damned if you don’t.”

When the president was contemplating military action against Iraq in Operation Desert Storm, critics were howling about their perception of saber-rattling, war mentality and bloodthirstiness in place of “peaceful negotiations,” which we now know for sure would not have worked with Saddam Hussein, don’t we?






STUDENTS PROTEST KU EFFORTS





April 12, 1991






A Kansas University official today rejected claims by black student protesters that little has been accomplished in the past year to improve the racial climate on campus.

On the anniversary of a 500-student sit-in at Strong Hall, about 30 students gathered Thursday in front of the administration building to challenge the university’s commitment to reform.






(STAFF PHOTO BY MIKE YODER)






April 12, 1991






During a rally Thursday, Melinda Griggs, a Kansas University freshman from Liberty, Mo., tells other students she’s concerned about the campus climate for African-American and minority students.







MARY M. WERHOLTZ





April 12, 1991






Services for Mary Margaret Werholtz, 74, Emporia, will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Carlson Funeral Home, Emporia, with the Rev. Gordon Bechtel officiating. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Scott.

Mrs. Werholtz died Thursday at Holiday Resort Nursing Home in Emporia.






Father continuing search for son





April 12, 1991





Harold Leach spends his days writing letters, making telephone calls and roaming the countryside, searching for some sign of his son.






JOHN L. WICHMAN





April 12, 1991






Services for John L. Wichman, 84, formerly of Wellsville, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will be in Eudora Cemetery.

Mr. Wichman died Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.






HISTORIC SITE





April 12, 1991






(Staff photo by Mike Yoder)

Keith Middlemas, a local stonemason, centers an 11,000-pound hunk of Flint Hills stone Thursday before lowering it into position in a garden area south of Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall at Kansas University. Middlemas’ work, a preservation effort of the Historic Mount Oread Fund, will showcase the original stone steps from Old North College, KU’s first building, and the Mortar Board fire basket. The steps were donated for the project by the W.R. Green family and will be dedicated at 3 p.m. April 27.








SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENTS ON PENSIONS FOR MILITARY VETERANS





April 12, 1991






An attorney representing 14,000 retired military personnel told the state Supreme Court today that the state cannot legally justify its taxation of those veterans’ pensions.

However, an attorney for the state Department of Revenue said enough differences exist between the military’s retirement system and the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System to justify the taxation of military pensions while state civil service pensions remain exempt.







WOMAN CHARGED WITH KUMC THEFT





April 12, 1991







A woman who locked herself in the trunk of her car for two days and then falsely claimed she had been kidnapped has now been charged with stealing from her employer.

Birdie R. Dean, 41, was charged Thursday with theft and forgery in Wyandotte County District Court.






HOSPITAL REPORT





April 12, 1991







DISMISSALS

Jennifer Brynds, Lawrence.






HAILSTORM BOOSTING LAWRENCE ECONOMY





April 12, 1991






Although the March 26 hailstorm hit Lawrence with damaging results, a rainbow of sorts finally may be appearing.

An economic rainbow, that is.






HABITAT VOLUNTEERS TO BUILD FIFTH HOME





April 12, 1991






Although construction of the fourth Lawrence Habitat for Humanity home at 2709 Harper is only half finished, the agency’s board of directors already is pushing ahead with plans for construction of its fifth.

Meeting Thursday night, the Habitat board approved construction plans for a home on land the group purchased from the city at 17th and Harper, said the Rev. John Gingerich, president of the Lawrence Habitat organization. The board also began a fund-raising drive to help finance the home.






(STAFF PHOTO BY MIKE YODER)





April 12, 1991






Area ministers help this morning on construction of a Habitat for Humanity house at 27th and Harper. From left on the ground are Brother Benignus with St. Conrad Friary; Clyde Mosher, First Christian Church minister of senior visitation; and Jonathan Knight, senior pastor at Plymouth Congregational Church. Working on the roof, from left, are, Nate Rovenstine, pastor at Wesleyan Church; Jimmy Cobb, pastor at First Southern Baptist Church; and Glenn Hildebrand, lead carpenter for the housing project.







IMPACT COALITION FINISHES ON TOP IN KU STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS





April 12, 1991






Kansas University students Darren Fulcher and Alan Lowden appear to have made an impact.

Their coalition, called Impact, won this week’s Student Senate elections, the results of which were released early this morning.






(STAFF PHOTO BY MIKE YODER)






April 12, 1991






Getting to know you

Valerie Howland, kindergarten teacher at Broken Arrow School, meets with next year’s kindergarteners during the school’s kindergarten roundup. Roundups, which started this week in Lawrence schools, allow children to visit the school they will attend and get to know their teachers. The schools that have yet to hold roundups are: Centennial, Wednesday; Cordley, April 24; Deerfield, April 25; East Heights, Thursday; Hillcrest, Thursday; India, Wednesday; Kennedy, Friday; Pinckney, April 23; Riverside, Tuesday; Sunset Hill, Friday; Wakarusa Valley, May 10; and Woodlawn, April 22 and 23.







WORK ON PHONE CABLE TO ALTER ROAD TRAFFIC





April 12, 1991






Traffic will be limited to two lanes on Iowa Street between Sixth Street and Harvard Road next week.

The lanes will be blocked while telephone cable buried under the intersection of Ninth and Iowa streets is buried deeper, a Southwestern Bell spokesman said today.






LAWRENCE STUDENT WINS 3 NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS





April 12, 1991






Kyle Wetzel, a Kansas University senior majoring in aerospace engineering, has received three national fellowship offers for graduate study: from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Office of Naval Research and Phi Kappa Phi, national honor society.

Wetzel, son of Herb and Manetta Wetzel, Lawrence, hopes to do research in high-speed aerodynamics and supersonic combustion. He is a graduate of Topeka’s Shawnee Heights High School.






SENATOR RAISES POSSIBILITY OF SECOND APPRAISAL AUDIT





April 12, 1991






Kansas Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, has asked the Legislative Post Audit Division if it can authorize an audit of the property valuation process used by the Douglas County appraiser’s office.

Winter said such an audit would be in addition to an audit that the Douglas County Commission requested Wednesday. The commission’s request came after it heard complaints about property valuation changes that went out to local property owners last week.







RESIDENT, CITY CONTINUE FIGHT OVER RIVERFRONT PROPERTY WORK





April 12, 1991






An East Lawrence resident is continuing his call for penalties against the city for clearing land east of the Lawrence Riverfront Plaza, but the city continues to maintain it did nothing wrong.

In a letter sent Wednesday to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Donald G. Strole, attorney for East Lawrence resident Richard Kershenbaum, asked “that the appropriate penalties and mitigation measures be imposed immediately against the city for the violations it has committed.”







SUMMER BREAK





April 12, 1991






As May and the end of classes approach, students prepare for all different types of summer activities, and Kansas University faculty and administrators also await the arrival of the three-month break.

Not, everyone, however, will receive “time off.”






SUNFLOWER STATE NEEDS ITS GAMES





April 12, 1991







Hot off the presses, as we say in this business, are entry booklets for the second annual Sunflower State Games.

That’s a good sign.






ALUMNI URGE KU TO INCORPORATE TELEVISION, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES





April 12, 1991






A satellite network could play a key role in Kansas higher education and college students should be required to take a major course on the environmental impact of humans, two future-gazing Kansas University graduates said Thursday.

The two noted alumni, TV journalist Bill Kurtis, a 1962 KU graduate, and Paul Ehrlich, a population expert who earned two KU degrees in the 1950s, spoke at KU about the future as it related to their fields of expertise and higher education.






ALONE





April 12, 1991






Douglas County is not alone in its quest for answers as to why some property valuations increased drastically from last year, a state official said today.

Ron Swisher, chief of the county appraised bureau in the state Revenue Department’s Property Valuation Division, said Shawnee, Sherman and Jackson counties had requested an audit of their county appraiser offices. The Douglas County Commission called for the same audit on Wednesday.






CITY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER IRBS, ABATEMENT FOR PACKER





April 12, 1991






The new city commission will take its first swing at tax abatement Tuesday when it considers making official a package of industrial revenue bonds and abatements for Packer Plastics Inc.

In March, the commission approved on a 3-1 vote a letter of intent to issue the bonds and abatements. New Mayor Bob Walters was not at the meeting.






T SELL KU FOOTBALL SHORT





April 12, 1991






Glen Mason doesn’t live where the buffalo roam or where the skies are not cloudy all day. However, Mason fervently believes in one phrase contained in the Kansas state song.

Seldom from the lips of the Kansas football coach has a discouraging word been heard this spring.






HRACK HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS





April 12, 1991







Thursday at Bishop Stadium BOYS

Team scores: Lawrence 144, Topeka 99, Manhattan 75, Wichita Southeast 67, Topeka Seaman 67, Junction City, 62.5. Salina Central 41.5, Riley County 10. Individual results






CORRECTION





April 12, 1991







Because of a reporter’s error, names in a story in Thursday’s Journal-World about a local boy who spotted a house fire were incorrect. The correct names are Zac Huston and Mike Wellman.







ELECTION OUTCOME THE SAME IN EUDORA





April 12, 1991






The numbers changed slightly, but winners remained the same after a recount of Eudora’s school board votes from the April 2 general election.

Three Douglas County residents spent seven hours Thursday recounting the votes and three county officials met this morning to certify the results. It took only a matter of minutes for Louie McElhaney and Mike Amyx, county commissioners, and Nancy Hempen, county treasurer, to check that the tallied votes were correctly transferred onto the final sheet.






WEIGHTMEN SPUR LIONS AT MANHATTAN





April 12, 1991






Whether intended or not, Witek Busse, Lawrence High’s top discus thrower, made a pun. He also made an apt observation.

“We’re carrying a lot more weight this year,” Busse said.






FOR THE RECORD





April 12, 1991






Law enforcement report

Burglaries and thefts reported






SIX-HITTER





April 12, 1991







Dave Bingham refers to pitcher Curtis Schmidt as “a nine-inning guy,” and Thursday night Schmidt lived up to his billing.

The junior right-hander went the distance, allowing only six hits, as the Jayhawks downed ninth-ranked Wichita State, 6-2, at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.









All stories








EARTH DAY TAB




David Toplikar, J-W Staff Writer




April 21, 1991







Attitudes about protecting the environment in the Lawrence area have begun to change during the last year, says a local environmental consultant.

“I think we’re seeing some significant changes in people’s perspectives over the last year or so on how people view the Earth,” said Kelly Kindscher, director of the Kansas Land Trust, a non-profit organization formed to protect natural areas.






EARTH DAY TAB









April 21, 1991






Today’s Journal-World may be filled with the latest stories, but the paper it’s printed on is old paper recycled newsprint.

The Journal-World printed today’s 12-page Earth Day special section and the regular Sunday newspaper all on recycled newsprint.






EARTH DAY TAB









April 21, 1991






ELECTROLIFE BATTERY

The company at 903 N. Second sends about 1,000 to 1,200 lead-acid batteries for automobiles, boats and other vehicles to a recycler about twice a month, said Ron Zeller, vice president of the company. “About 95 percent of all batteries are recycled,” Zeller says. “That’s a better percentage than for paper, aluminum or some of these other materials that everyone has been talking about.” Zeller said the company has been recycling batteries for more than 15 years. He said the plastic, lead, acid and other materials found in batteries is easily recycled.






EARTH DAY TAB




Steve Buckner, J-W Staff Writer




April 21, 1991







As such things go, the Jefferson-Douglas County landfill isn’t much to look at. But there’s more there than meets the eye.

The dirt road that runs through the landfill at the N.R. Hamm Quarry in southern Jefferson County off U.S. Highway 24-59, for example, is on top of 40 feet of buried trash.






EARTH DAY TAB





By Deb Gruver






April 21, 1991






Local grocery stores are joining in the environmental movement.

At Dillons stores, customers can bring aluminum cans, plastic bottles, paper and plastic bags and polystyrene containers to the store for collection, said Ken Keefer, director of advertising and public relations.






EARTH DAY TAB




Nancy Smith, J-W Variety Editor




April 21, 1991






Garry Keeler, Douglas County Extension agricultural agent, says if farmers had their druthers, they wouldn’t use pesticides at all.

In practice, most do use some “but not any more than they have to,” Keeler said, noting that in the past five years, application rates have dropped, more pesticides have been put on restricted use and new ones are not being introduced to the market as rapidly as they once were.






EARTH DAY TAB





By Tim Carpenter





April 21, 1991







Steve Hamburg believes Lawrence could be an environmentally better place to live if people more readily accepted change.

“We know how to do it. We’re simply not doing it,” said the Kansas University assistant professor of environmental studies.






EARTH DAY TAB
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