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WEST NOTES

November 14, 1995

Art students at West Junior High School will have several shows this month, including an exhibit that opens Thursday at the Lawrence Public Library. This exhibit, which ends Nov. 30, includes a sampling of all secondary students in the Lawrence school district. West students’ work will also be displayed until the end of this month at the State Board of Education headquarters in Topeka.

VINLAND COMPANY SEEKS APPROVAL FOR EXPANSION

Ric Anderson, Journal-World Writer

November 14, 1995

A high-flying business here has taxied into position for an expansion. McFarlane Aviation Inc., which builds replacement parts for small aircraft, has made plans to build a 7,000-square-foot addition onto its manufacturing plant at the Vinland Airport. The addition would more than double the plant’s size.

TONGANOXIE EVALUATES SCORES

By Dave Toplikar

November 14, 1995

Tonganoxie’s test scores on recently released state math, reading and social studies assessments may appear a few points lower in several categories than the state average. For example, the 11th-grade social studies score was 44.2 percent, compared to the state average of 50.1 percent.

TONGANOXIE OKS ANNEXATION

November 14, 1995

The Tonganoxie City Council gave initial approval Monday night to annex eight tracts of land into the city. Land owners will receive letters explaining the annexation. The city has the right to annex any property that is not used solely for agricultural purposes.

STUDENTS GET CLOSE-UP VIEW OF UNIVERSE

Caroline Trowbridge, Journal-World Writer

November 14, 1995

The stars and planets visited students Monday at Sunflower School.

OTTAWA DENIES RENOVATION PLAN

Ric Anderson, Journal-World Writer

November 14, 1995

Ottawa school board members took a big step Monday toward building a new middle school. Board members voted, 5-2, to junk plans to renovate the three-story middle school built in two phases, one in 1917 and the other in 1927.

COOL THEIR HEELS

By Michael Dekker

November 14, 1995

The effect of the government shutdown will increase the longer it goes on.

BEERS FOUND GUILTY IN ESCAPE

Ric Anderson, Journal-World Writer

November 14, 1995

Chad Beers was found guilty Monday of escaping from an Arkansas jail in 1994. The 26-year-old Lawrence resident’s one-day trial ended about 4:50 p.m. when a jury in U.S. District Court in Fort Smith, Ark., returned a guilty verdict on a count of escape from custody.

OTTAWA SHOOTER GETS 8 MONTHS

November 14, 1995

A rural Ottawa man was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison for his conviction on a charge stemming from the shooting of a Lawrence youth last summer. Aarron D. Moore, 18, was taken into custody immediately after the sentencing, said John Wilcox, assistant Franklin County attorney. Before imposing the sentence, District Judge Thomas Sachse denied a defense motion that Moore be granted probation.

BOARD REJECTS TUITION PLAN

Caroline Trowbridge, Journal-World Writer

November 14, 1995

A proposal to charge tuition for students from outside the Lawrence school district was rejected by school board members Monday night, after they were told it actually would cost the district money. If the district charged tuition — as was originally proposed by school district staff — the state would subtract that amount from the monies that are provided each year to the local district. The estimated tuition charge was $1,400 annually.

ALICE FUEL

November 14, 1995

Alice M. Fuel Services for Alice M. Fuel, 80, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery.

BLOTTER

November 14, 1995

Police reports * Police are investigating a report of a person missing since Nov. 6. Marion “Michael” Meadows, 27, 230 Mount Hope Court, was last seen when he left work at SuperTarget, 3201 Iowa, about 2:40 a.m. Nov. 6. He didn’t return to his apartment, a police spokesman said. Meadows was reported missing by his girlfriend, the spokesman said. As of Monday, Police had not found Meadows’ roommates to ask them about the report. Meadows’ parents, who live in California, have not seen him, the spokesman said.

OSKALOOSA SCHOOL COMMITTEE SUGGESTS PURCHASE OF LAND

Lou Ann Thomas

November 14, 1995

A committee created to study options for Oskaloosa school district’s rapidly increasing enrollment recommended buying a lot adjacent to the existing school. In its first recommendation to the school board, the facilities committee suggested that the board pursue purchasing a lot just south of the campus.

DORIS HENTON

November 14, 1995

Henton services Memorial services for Doris D. Henton, 77, Lawrence, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at First Christian Church with the Rev. Ron Goodman officiating.

SOUND OFF

November 14, 1995

Why is the pupil to teacher ratio 18-to-1 at the high school and 22-to-1 at elementary schools? The ratios differ because they are calculated differently, said Supt. Al Azinger. At the elementary level, only regular classroom teachers are figured into the ratio. But at the high school the ratio includes other instructors, such as counselors, librarians and art teachers.

SOUND OFF

November 14, 1995

Is there a map of Douglas County showing the numbered roads? Where could I obtain one? Maps showing Douglas County’s rural address grid system are available during business hours from the Douglas County Department of Public Works, 1242 Mass. Prices range from $1 to $5, depending on size, says County Engineer Frank Hempen.

HOSPITAL REPORT

November 14, 1995

Births Michael and Joanne Houston, Wellsville, a boy, Monday.

COWBOYS SET SIGHTS ON KANSAS

By Andrew Hartsock

November 14, 1995

An ambush could be lying in wait for Kansas University’s football team when it travels to Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday for its regular-season finale with Oklahoma State. The Cowboys (3-7 overall and 2-4 in the Big Eight) struggled through the early season. Then they threw a scare into Kansas State and Colorado and, on Saturday, hung a 12-0 loss on in-state rival Oklahoma — in Norman, no less, for OSU’s first victory in the Bedlam Series since 1976.

BLOTTER

November 14, 1995

Law enforcement report Burglaries and thefts reported

KUMC DEAN OPTS TO STEP DOWN

By Tim Carpenter

November 14, 1995

Dr. Daniel Hollander, the state’s highest paid employee, resigned as executive dean of KU’s School of Medicine.

ISRAELI OFFICIAL HOPES TO CONTINUE PEACE WORK

By Tim Carpenter

November 14, 1995

Yitzhak Rabin’s murder needn’t shatter hopes of achieving peace in the Middle East, an Israeli official says.

GRAMPA BILL FREEMAN KEEPS BUSY IN RETIREMENT

November 14, 1995

Former Lawrence High head football coach Bill Freeman was as surprised as anyone last month when he learned he needed quadruple bypass heart surgery. “A lot of people thought, ‘He wasn’t a prospect for heart disease,’ ” the 64-year-old Freeman said last week, reflecting on the surgery at Shawnee Medical Center. “It just happened. I was fortunate I didn’t have a heart attack.”

AUTOPSY

Sherry Pigg, Journal-World Writer

November 14, 1995

Authorities are still investigating the activities of a suspected bank robber who eluded capture before killing himself.

KENNETH HODSON SR.

November 14, 1995

Kenneth J. Hodson Sr. Washington, D.C. — Services for Maj. Gen. Kenneth J. Hodson, 82, Washington, D.C., will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Fort Myer Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.

SERVICE BRIEF

November 14, 1995

Army Reserve Pvt. Gary D. Bledsoe II has completed basic training at Fort Leonard E. Wood, Waynesville, Mo. Bledsoe is the son of Gary D. Bledsoe and Elizabeth C. Hamilton, both of Oskaloosa.

SOUND OFF

November 14, 1995

Is it true that all of the jail designs the county is considering exceed the cost estimated by the sales tax? “Yes, all of them exceed the best estimates we had prior to the sales-tax election, but the revenue available also exceeds our estimates,” said Douglas County Administrator Craig Weinaug.

SOUND OFF

November 14, 1995

How many academics are in the College of Liberal Arts and Science at Kansas University? How many are headed by a minority? There are 52 academic units in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said Sally Frost-Mason, acting dean.

FANS FIND FAVORITE IN PUGH

By Gary Bedore

November 14, 1995

The fans were chanting “Pugh,” not “boo,” during Kansas’ 102-69 exhibition basketball victory over the Converse All-Stars last Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse. It looks as if a love affair is developing between the fieldhouse faithful and T.J. Pugh, Kansas’ 6-foot-8, 215-pound freshman forward from Omaha, Neb.

FMC NEIGHBORS VOICE CONCERNS

By Mark Fagan

November 14, 1995

RICHARD LYNCH

November 14, 1995

Services for Richard “Dick” Lynch, 70, Lawrence, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Warren-McElwain Chapel with the Rev. Charles Gilmore officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, with military graveside services conducted by Dorsey Liberty Post No. 14 of the American Legion. Mr. Lynch died Monday, Nov. 13, 1995, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

SOUND OFF

November 14, 1995

When will the KU women’s basketball schedule be in the paper? The KU women’s schedule has appeared a couple of times already and will appear again in the preseason basketball preview edition scheduled to be published on Thursday, said Chuck Woodling, Journal-World sports editor.

MAN SENTENCED IN FATAL ACCIDENT

Sherry Pigg, Journal-World Writer

November 14, 1995

A Lawrence man whose girlfriend died in a car-train accident in March was sentenced Monday to up to 18 months in the Douglas County Jail on misdemeanor charges stemming from her death. Vernon C. Smith Sr., 52, 1925 R.I., displayed no emotion as District Judge Paula Martin sentenced him to six months in jail for driving under the influence of alcohol and one year in jail for vehicular homicide. The sentences are to run consecutively.

SLEEVELESS LINEMEN SHOULDER LOAD FOR LHS

By Steve Rottinghaus

November 14, 1995

As if the frigid temperatures and snow last Friday weren’t enough for Olathe North’s football team, the sleeveless Lions must have sent a chill the Eagles’ way in the Class 6A state playoffs. Despite the wintry conditions, several Lawrence High players didn’t wear long sleeves under their jerseys during their 32-7 victory over top-ranked and previously unbeaten O-North.

PLANNING BOARD MULLS NW PLAN

By Dave Toplikar

November 14, 1995

A public hearing on the Northwest Development Plan will be held Wednesday night by the local planning commission.