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SOUNDOFF ON 7-ON-7 TOURNEY

June 13, 1999

We attended the 7-on-7 tournament for high school football players at KU last Saturday. Why was it that Olathe South had two teams and their coaches were allowed to coach while Lawrence and Free State coaches had to sit up in the bleachers and were not allowed to coach, and Lawrence and Free State were only allowed one team? According to school officials, cost was a factor in Lawrence High and Free State fielding just one team each in that 7-on-7 tourney. The cost was $125 per team. Lawrence and Free State coaches sat in the stands and watched because it is illegal under Kansas State High School Activities Association rules for coaches in football, baseball and volleyball to coach players from their own schools out of season. Olathe South apparently wasn’t the only Kansas high school in violation of this KSHSAA rule. Reportedly, coaches from Olathe North and Blue Valley North also tutored players from their own schools. KSHSAA executive director Gary Musselman is aware of the potential violations.

YOUTH TRACK RESULTS

June 13, 1999

Youth Results AAU AREA ONE MEET

CITY VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS

June 13, 1999

City Standings Coed Power Sand: DTBS 8-1, LMH Broncos 6-3, Floor Burns 3-3, All Coast Swing Set 2-7, Wallyballers 2-7.

RATIONAL APPROACH

June 13, 1999

To the editor: As Leonard Krishtalka wrote on June 8, the Kansas Board of Education will soon vote on science standards. Krishtalka believes if Kansas chooses the standards developed by the creationists a number of things will happen: 1) Kansas will make yokel history, 2) Kansas will toss its economic future into the dumpster, 3) Kansas will no longer invest in basic scientific research, 4) Sprint, Monsanto, Boeing, NASA, EPA, NSF, DOD, DOE and NIH will stop investing in basic research done in Kansas, 5) Tourists will stop going to Kansas natural history museums, and 6) Kansas school children will not be prepared for university science classes.

PRAIRIE DOGS

June 13, 1999

Last July, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received a petition from the Biodiversity Legal Foundation to list the black-tailed prairie dog as a threatened species. On March 25, USFWS published a 90-day notice on this petition, finding “it presented substantial information indicating that listing this species may be warranted.”

COLORADO WILDLIFE WOES

June 13, 1999

Denver — A significant decline in big game license sales is forcing the Colorado Division of Wildlife to consider $40 million in reductions, including hunting and fishing programs, over the next four years. The Division, which receives no state tax money, has long relied on the sale of hunting and fishing licenses to pay for wildlife management.

BLOTTER FOR JUNE 13, 1999

June 13, 1999

Law enforcement report Burglaries and thefts reported

SPOTLIGHTS

June 13, 1999

I’d like to know what can be done: I’ve asked this neighbor several, several times not to have spotlights shining in our bedroom at night. It’s just aimed straight there and it’s just very uncomfortable. Even with the shades it’s still there. The city’s environmental and nuisance laws do not address the issue

HOSPITAL BLOTTER FOR JUNE 13, 1999

June 13, 1999

Births Brent and Jennifer Terstriet, Lawrence, a girl, Friday,

SOUTH AFRICA TAKES MEANINGFUL, HEALING STEPS

June 13, 1999

South Africa inaugurates Thabo Mbeki as its second democratically elected president on June 16 in a ceremony meaningful because it lacks originality. Once an anniversary of rage and suffering, June 16 this year becomes a celebration of the resiliency of the human spirit and the value of the routine. Kosovo has provided more than ample evidence of the dark and murderous heights the human soul can reach, on any continent, at any time. The racially peaceful South Africa that Mbeki inherits from Nelson Mandela demonstrates that nations also surprise themselves by discovering reservoirs of tolerance, cooperation and mutual respect if their citizens look long and hard enough.

POLICYMAKERS MISREAD THE PUBLIC

June 13, 1999

The prevailing wisdom here is that Americans, after the Cold War, fell into a sullen isolationism. We supposedly have no interest in engaging with other nations unless there’s something in it for us. What must be done, we prefer to do alone, shunning cooperative actions with others. We resent foreign aid. Washington policy-making elites swear by this picture of public opinion. Policies are set according to it: We withhold our United Nations dues, skimp on foreign assistance, and wage war with a wary eye toward what the people think.

CALDER PICKETT

June 13, 1999

Whenever I interviewed Kansas University faculty retirees who had small-town or farm backgrounds and who lived in Depression times I asked them whether they had had to get out and work when they were growing up. These people, the ones who had had to earn some money, told me about their work. Town boys maybe worked in theaters or grocery stores or sold magazines or delivered newspapers. A good many of them worked on farms. I always thought about the jobs I had. I remember sweeping out movie theaters, carefully looking at the Milk-Nickel sticks to see whether they said “FREE MILK-NICKEL.” I sold magazines, sort of. I was never good at selling things. The magazines were the Ladies’ Home Journal, the Saturday Evening Post, and the Country Gentleman. I went mainly to the homes of people I knew, and I earned very little.

FISHING REPORT

June 13, 1999

RESERVOIRS CLINTON — Water 71 degrees and clear. Crappie fair at 5-10 feet around structures. Walleye fair using jig and nightcrawler while drifting flats. Channel catfish fair on shad and nightcrawlers.

6-13 SHOULD THE U.S. HELP REBUILD KOSOVO?

June 13, 1999

Should the United States help rebuild Kosovo? Melissa Shimkovitz,

RACHEL VALERIE FLORY OBITUARY

June 13, 1999

RACHEL VALERIE FLORY Services for Rachel Valerie Flory, 61, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will be at Clinton Cemetery, Clinton.

LOUIS B. SCHENDEL OBITUARY

June 13, 1999

LOUIS B. SCHENDEL Wellsville — Services for Louis B. Schendel, 88, rural Edgerton, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Wilson and Son Chapel, Wellsville. Burial will follow at the Clearfield Cemetery, Clearfield.

HAROLD L. MUILLER OBITUARY

June 13, 1999

HAROLD L. MUILLER Oskaloosa — Services for Harold L. Muiller, 68, Oskaloosa, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Oskaloosa United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery, Oskaloosa.

OUTLAWS CLAIM FORFEIT WIN

June 13, 1999

Outlaws win by forfeit Lawrence’s Outlaws claimed a forfeit victory over the Olathe Underdogs in Legion baseball on Sunday night.

OUTDOORS BRIEFS

June 13, 1999

State muzzleloaders to vie in Overbrook

TONGANOXIE DAY OFFERS A CHANCE TO PLAY

By Felicia Haynes

June 13, 1999

It was a day to play. At the fairgrounds, cars muscled for position in a demolition derby while cooks barbecued for prizes. At the V.F.W. Park, trucks, sedans and sports cars were parked proudly on the grass. Downtown, the animals ruled.

100 YEARS AGO

June 13, 1999

On June 13, 1899, the Lawrence Journal editorialized concerning a request by the Leavenworth Soldiers’ Home administrator that Kansas Gov. Stanley act to close the illegal liquor “joints” near the facility. The Journal advised “there is no such way for a Kansas governor to get to his grave, politically and physically, than to monkey with the prohibition buzz saw. Lewelling, Morrill, Leedy, all fell upon it and their mangled political remains were so badly scattered that no one has taken the trouble to go after them with a basket and a rake. It is evident that governor Stanley has no intention of sitting down upon that instrument of rapid vivsection ” From now on is Kansas to have local option? It looks so.”

40 YEARS AGO

June 13, 1999

The summer playground program was due to begin the coming week, and a record number of participants was expected, said Wayne Bly, recreation director for the city. The Kansas Fish and Game Commission, meeting here, gave the go-ahead to engineering studies of an area near Baldwin where a state lake might be built in the next few years. It became Baldwin State Lake, a long-popular attraction, later changed to Douglas County State Lake.

25 YEARS AGO

June 13, 1999

Larry Morlan, three times named Lawrence High School’s outstanding teacher by a vote of senior classes, said he was resigning his local job to take a post with the State of Kansas personnel department in Topeka. The local jobless rate was down to around 2 percent, and state figures showed that nearly 27,000 were employed in Douglas County.

RIGGINS, BORN AMONG SHRINE INDUCTEES

June 13, 1999

John Riggins always liked to play hard … on and off the field. “I was always the last one on the field and first one off,” said Riggins, a former Kansas University football running back at Saturday’s Kansas Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony. “And I was the first one in the bar and the last one to leave.”

T THERE INFANT SWINGS IN HOLCOM PARK?

June 13, 1999

Are they going to replace the infant swings they took out of Holcom Park when they redid the playground? There are no infant swings and a lot of people would like them back. “The existing playground only has room for two swing seats due to the configuration of the concrete sidewalk around the playground and current fall zone safety guidelines,” said Mark Hecker, maintenance supervisor for the city’s parks and recreation department.

LAWRENCE OPEN RESULTS

June 13, 1999

City Results LAWRENCE OPEN

CUTLINE

June 13, 1999

Cowles Syndicate Inc. Photo Frederick Rhead designed this 8 3/4-inch-high Jap Birdimal vase for Weller. It is decorated with blue roses, white geese and green trees. It sold for $2,750 in March at David Rago Auctions in Lambertville, N.J.

KOVELS CURRENT PRICES

June 13, 1999

CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antique shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.

OLYMPIANS TO ADDRESS SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES

June 13, 1999

Kansas City Wizards to help special athletes

VETERAN TO FIGHT AGAIN FOR PROMISED BENEFITS

By Tim Carpenter

June 13, 1999

Some veterans who thought they’d get medical care after retirement may be dropped by the Veterans Administration if Congress funds the agency at the level recommended by President Clinton.

LOW-COST HOUSING SITES IN SHORT SUPPLY

By Mark Fagan

June 13, 1999

The pool of property for building low-priced homes is drying up, leading to renewed concerns about rising housing costs in Lawrence.

THE NATURAL - VALLEY FALLS GIRL RIDES THE RODEO CIRCUIT

By Bill Snead

June 13, 1999

A Valley Falls teen is finding fulfillment on the high school rodeo circuit.

IS BUSH UP TO THE CHALLENGE?

June 13, 1999

A brief rundown on what Texas Gov. George W. Bush brings to his quest for the Republican presidential nomination — and the most important question he needs to answer: ASSETS:

CAR ENTHUSIASTS SHOW OFF THEIR WORKS AT FAIRGROUNDS

By Chris Koger

June 13, 1999

The Lawrence Street Rod Assn.’s show will continue at 8 a.m. today at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds.

BUSINESS BRIEFS FOR SUNDAY

June 13, 1999

Faces and places Tom Pollock, Ron Reed, Don Bird and Gayland Lilienkamp, Farm Bureau Insurance agents and registered representatives of EquiTrust Marketing Services LLC, recently successfully completed additional training on mutual funds, variable annuities and variable universal life insurance. The course was part of Kansas Farm Bureau’s continuing education program.

E-MAIL ALLOWS PRANKSTERS TO CRY WOLF IN CYBERSPACE

By Michael Dekker

June 13, 1999

Bogus e-mails have become a part of the Information Age. In most cases, they are generated by people trying to have a bit of fun, a psychologist said.

CURRICULUM AUDIT SHOWS NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT

By JL Watson

June 13, 1999

A curriculum audit pointed out weaknesses in Lawrence public schools; now it’s up to district officials to figure out how to go about making improvements.

GARDEN SPOT

By Carol Boncella

June 13, 1999

A farm shed was transformed into a cozy weekend getaway and the yards surrounding it were crafted into a horticultural wonderland.

NED KEHDE COLUMN

June 13, 1999

On the day of the new moon in May, it rained hard across eastern Kansas for most of the morning, and storms raged as far west as Salina. For three hours, massive clouds as black as a bad bruise rolled overhead, great veins of lightning flashed across the horizons and the heavens rumbled with thunder.

LAWRENCE MAN PIONEER LEAGUE UMPIRE

By Chuck Woodling

June 13, 1999

Not unlike the players he shares the field with, Lawrence umpire Jimmy Forbis is hoping his tour of duty in baseball’s minor leagues will someday lead to a shot in the big show.

COWGIRL LEAH TENPENNY BREAKOUT

June 13, 1999

REMEMBERING WHEN” “When I was 8 or 9 and first runnin’ barrels I’d be headed for that last turn I didn’t have the arm strength to rein-in the horse and we’d fly right by that barrel.”

HOUSING DEPARTMENT FALLS SHORT OF FUNDING EMERGENCY SHELTER

By Josh Funk

June 13, 1999

Lawrence’s Housing and Neighborhood Development department is trying to meet the city’s housing needs but lacks emergency shelter.

LAWRENCE OPEN

By Robert Sinclair

June 13, 1999

There was plenty of double duty taking place at the Lawrence Open tennis tournament and not just participants playing with partners. Several players were competing in more than one division during Saturday’s action at the Lawrence Tennis Center, which can make for a long day.

KDOT TO HELP CURB UNDERAGE DRINKING

By Chris Koger

June 13, 1999

The Kansas Department of Transportation wants to bust up keg parties this summer.

S FOUNTAINS

By Felicia Haynes

June 13, 1999

Volkswalkers got a chance to stroll through the city and check out some of its fountains on Saturday.

NATO CLAIMS MORAL SUPERIORITY

June 13, 1999

History, which lurches along its zigzag path by fits and starts, has had a particularly twitchy period since the bombing in the former Yugoslavia began March 24. The world is different now, but not as different as some summations suggest. NATO, formally defined as a defensive alliance for the protection of the territorial integrity of its members, has waged a war for, effectively, the dismemberment of a nonmember state that had not attacked or threatened a NATO member. NATO has waged war to affirm certain values, and the war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, acting in the name of those values, has indicted, for attacking citizens in his nation, a serving, elected president of a non-NATO nation.

BOWHUNTER COURSES

June 13, 1999

Wildlife and Parks will conduct a bowhunter education student course on June 26 at Chaparral High School north of Anthony. Registration will begin at 8 a.m., and the class will run until 5 p.m.

INFANT/TODDLER SCREENING SCHEDULED

June 13, 1999

Infant-toddler screening scheduled this month

MOTLEY FOOL

June 13, 1999

ASK THE FOOL Getting Online

MAYER COLUMN

June 13, 1999

When Kansas University fundraisers hit a slow day, they might consider testing the generosity of a brief-time Jayhawk who probably misplaces more money in his desk drawers than you and I assemble in a year. That would be Jerry Colangelo, the supersalesman zillionaire behind basketball’s Phoenix Suns and baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. The kid hasn’t done too badly after coming to KU as a freshman basketeer in the fall of 1957 and later transferring to Illinois. Colangelo came from the “Hungry Hill” neighborhood of Chicago Heights. Another Illinoisan, Bill Newton, came west with Colangelo and they played frosh ball under KU assistant Jerry Waugh in 1957-58. Waugh is one of only a few of us who recall the other Jerry was ever here.

SUNDAY DATEBOOK

June 13, 1999

TODAY 2 p.m.: Kansas Land Trust Wildflower Walk on native Akin Prairie. Directions: From Kansas Highway 10 east of Lawrence, turn south on Douglas County Road 1057. Go two miles, then turn west onto Douglas County Road 1150 and go about 0.4-mile. No admission fee. For information, call 749-3297.

MARKO FIELDS MAKES UNUSUAL CLAY VESSELS

By Jan Biles

June 13, 1999

A Lawrence artist is realizing his life-long dream — to make art and to teach art.

A look at the life and career of Gordon Parks

By Jan Biles

June 13, 1999

The world-renown photographer has taken a new direction with his photography — color abstractions.