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FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, LITTLE COUSINS IN A BIG CHAIR

June 27, 1999

Big chair, little babies. Ella Sullivan, 3 months, left, and her cousin, Bennett Wilson, 7 months, relax for a while. Ella is the daughter of Patrick and Nancy Sullivan, Lawrence, and Bennett is the son of Steve and Susie Wilson, Lawrence. The photo was submitted by Nancy Sullivan. Got a shot for Friends & Neighbors? Send it, along with your name and phone number, to Friends & Neighbors, P.O. Box 888, Lawrence 66044.

BILL MAYER COLUMN

June 27, 1999

It’s hard not to admire Tim Duncan, the poker-faced, super-efficient star of basketball’s San Antonio Spurs. Even when he gets away with aberrations the modern game allows. The television camera was on the San Antonio superstar in a recent battle with the New York Knicks. He was on the post, moving to his right and dribbling with his left hand — well, they call it dribbling now. Time was when Duncan would have been whistled three times for palming the ball, the way virtually everyone does now, high school, college, pro.

LOOK OUT FOR KITES

June 27, 1999

Pratt — Seldom are Kansans attacked by a wild animal, but June is a month when it may happen. Surprisingly, these attacks are most common in city parks and involve bikers, walkers, and joggers. They come from the air, happen in an instant, and may leave the victim slightly dazed.

T BE MOURNED

June 27, 1999

No longer can it be said that nothing good came out of Whitewater, Monica and impeachment. On June 30, the independent counsel statute — under which Kenneth Starr and his predecessor gumshoes were appointed — will die an unmourned death, and we can go back to constitutional government. I say “back to constitutional government” advisedly, because the fundamental problem with this law was not that Starr abused it or, as conservatives would have it, that Iran-contra independent counsel Lawrence Walsh went off on a vendetta. No, the fundamental problem is that it offends the constitutional principle of separation of powers and damages the political accountability that underlies our whole system of government.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TO BLAME FOR SECURITY LEAKS

Jack Anderson and Jan Moller

June 27, 1999

For the second time in as many months, a blue-ribbon report on espionage and lax security at America’s weapons labs failed to finger a likely culprit: the University of California. Three months ago, responding to press reports of leaked nuclear secrets at Los Alamos National Laboratory, President Clinton asked former Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H. — head of the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board — to look into the matter.

REVISED AL ICE CLASSIC SCHEDULE (NO KILL)

June 27, 1999

Al Ice Wood Bat Classic TODAY’S GAMES

CAGERZ ELIMINATED

June 27, 1999

The home court advantage didn’t help the Kansas Cagerz in the USBL Postseason Festival at Bicentennial Center. Long Island stopped the Cagerz, 103-96, Saturday, in a quarterfinal played before about 3,000 fans.

CITY BAND TO HOLD CONCERT JUNE 30

June 27, 1999

City band to play patriotic selections

6-27 IS SLEEPWALKING A VIABLE MURDER DEFENSE?

June 27, 1999

Do you think sleepwalking is a viable murder defense? Leigh Anne Opitz,

WHAT ARE THE POLICE DOING TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS OF LAWRENCE

June 27, 1999

What are the police doing to protect the residents of Lawrence from the serial killer who rides the train? There haven’t been any wanted posters distributed. I live two blocks from the tracks and have seen nothing done. The FBI recently added Rafael Resendez-Ramirez, a 38-year-old Hispanic male with black hair, brown eyes and weighing 145 pounds, to its “10 Most Wanted” list. Federal wanted posters may be examined in any post office.

SUNDAY DATEBOOK

June 27, 1999

TODAY 2:30 p.m.: “Around the World,” a harp concert by Misty Dawn Warren, Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt.

BUSINESS BRIEFS FOR SUNDAY

June 27, 1999

Faces and places American Real Estate & Investments Inc. announced the addition of two new representatives to the firm. Scott Hedges, associate broker formerly of Realty Executives, and Murl Westheffer, formerly of Century 21/Miller & Midyett, have joined the company. Hedges will direct the newly created property management division. He also will be involved with commercial sales and leasing of office, retail and land development. Westheffer will focus on sales and leasing of office, retail, industrial, agricultural and land development.

CURRENT PRICES

June 27, 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.

BLOTTER FOR JUNE 27, 1999

June 27, 1999

Law enforcement report Burglaries and thefts reported

CATS GET ROYAL TREATMENT AT SHOW

By Felicia Haynes

June 27, 1999

The cat show continues today at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds.

CONFETTI, MEXICAN CUISINE HIGHLIGHT CHURCH FESTIVAL

By Chris Koger

June 27, 1999

Between 7,000 and 10,000 people attended the 18th annual Fiesta Mexicana Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.

MARY ALICE KREHBIEL OBITUARY

June 27, 1999

MARY ALICE KREHBIEL Funeral services for Mary Alice Krehbiel, 79, Lawrence, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Park Cemetery, Hutchinson.

SUN ART NOTES

June 27, 1999

Science-fiction award finalists named

GLENN MILLER SONGS BRING BACK MEMORIES OF THE GREAT BAND ERA

June 27, 1999

I’m going to tell a dumb joke to start off this column, a joke I first told more than 25 years ago. Roy Rogers bought some beautiful new boots, and he polished them up and left them hanging outside the ranch house. The next morning he went out, and the boots were all clawed up. Roy, mighty mad, got on Trigger and rode out, and a few minutes later Dale Evans heard a rifle shot. And here came Roy on Trigger, a dead cougar hanging over the animal. And Dale sang out, “Pardon me, Roy. Is that the cat that chewed your new shoes?” Joke over. Fortunately. I told the joke to friends, and there was discussion as to whether students today would get the point. We concluded no, the children knowing neither Roy Rogers nor the fellow whose band played the song. I remembered when no one in a class had ever heard of “Stardust,” and those people probably had never heard of Glenn Miller, not to mention “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”

MOTLEY FOOL

June 27, 1999

Foolish Trivia I was started in 1958 when military aircraft maker Grumman decided to build jets for business travelers. I later became independent, and General Dynamics recently announced it would acquire me for $5.3 billion in stock. I’m now the planet’s leading maker of large-cabin corporate jets, with 60 percent of the market. My planes, which often cost about $35 million apiece, come equipped with BMW Rolls-Royce engines and luxury furnishings, such as showers, large trademark windows, and office equipment hook-ups. About 1,000 of my planes have served CEOs, political bigwigs and stars such as Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Who am I?

GREGG POPOVICH

June 27, 1999

Gregg Popovich, of course, was a volunteer assistant for Larry Brown’s KU coaching staff during the 1986-87 season. Early that season, Popovich was on the KU sidelines when the Jayhawks beat Southern University, 87-69, in Allen Fieldhouse. Avery Johnson played for Southern. He scored seven points, dished out nine assists and

FISHING REPORT

June 27, 1999

RESERVOIRS CLINTON — Water 72 degrees and clear. Crappie fair using jigs and minnows near cover at 10-15 feet. Walleye fair using jig and nightcrawler on flats. Channel cat good on crawdads and shad on flats and off shallow points.

100 YEARS AGO

June 27, 1999

IN 1899 On June 27, 1899, the Lawrence Journal, noting a series of resolutions passed the day before by the local Ministers’ Alliance, commented that although the local Turner society was not mentioned by name in these resolutions “it is understood that meaning is meant. The ministers no doubt deemed it their duty to take this action, but it is not at all probable that future meetings of the Turner society will be in any way affected by it. The American idea of Sunday may be called the Puritan idea, and for this conception of the day the Germans have no sympahty. For centuries they and their ancestors have drank beer and held picnics on Sunday. They will probably continue this custom for centuries to come. In the German home it is not considered any more improper to have beer and wine than it is to have coffee and milk. The German does not understand our idea of prohibition.”

NED KEHDE COLUMN

June 27, 1999

A videotape entitled “1997-1998 John ‘Catfish King’ Thompson” is circulating among a small cadre of anglers in these parts. Many viewers are captivated by Thompson’s prowess at catching an incredible number of large flathead catfish on log lines in eastern Kansas reservoirs.

SUNDAY WOODLING COLUMN

June 27, 1999

Lee Ice seemed to have his game face on the other night at Hoglund Ballpark, so I thought I’d try to break the ice. “Did you tell these guys,” I asked him, “how you hit .351 using a wood bat?”

DOROTHY R. HAUSMAN NOTICE

June 27, 1999

DOROTHY R. HAUSMAN Services for Dorothy R. Hausman, 90, Eudora, are pending and will be announced by Warren-McElwain Mortuary, Lawrence.

BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF TOURNAMENT

June 27, 1999

Boys and Girls Club to hold golf tournament

S EXECUTIONS

By Erwin Seba

June 27, 1999

The former banker faces the unusual task of certifying that the state’s execution protocol is “swift and humane” because of a new law that becomes effective Thursday.

T BE PICKED IN DRAFT

By Gary Bedore

June 27, 1999

Ryan Robertson’s name likely will not be called in Wednesday’s 1999 NBA Draft in Washington, D.C. “My personal opinion is he will not be drafted,” Kansas coach Roy Williams said of Robertson, the Jayhawks’ 6-foot-5 shooting guard from St. Charles, Mo.

LAW REACHES OUT

June 27, 1999

Even if she’s a good person today, Sara Jane Olson should have to answer for her past actions. A few days ago, Sara Jane Olson was arrested in St. Paul, Minn. Law enforcement officials say Sara actually is Kathleen Ann Soliah, a one-time member of the 1970s left-wing political terrorist group called the Symbionese Liberation Army.

BRISCH, MCCLAIN TOP FINISHERS AT LMH 5K

By Steve Rottinghaus

June 27, 1999

While working on the 13th floor at the Kansas Department of Commerce building in Topeka, Matt Brisch opted for stairs over elevator. That extra effort paid off for the Lawrence resident on Saturday morning during the Lawrence Memorial Hospital 5-kilometer run.

HOSPITAL BLOTTER FOR JUNE 27, 1999

June 27, 1999

Births Carol Watson and Roger A. Heck, Perry, a girl, Saturday.

PICTURE PERFECT

By Carol Boncella

June 27, 1999

Fitting gardens help a home seem more open.

CITY TENNIS RESULTS

June 27, 1999

City Results WORLD TEAM TENNIS LEAGUE

SLT ALTERNATIVES

June 27, 1999

To the editor: Gov. Bill Graves and Congressman Dennis Moore have recently entered into the South Lawrence Trafficway controversy. Douglas County Commissioner Tom Taul attacked Moore for having the nerve to ask why the feds have let the county essentially ignore the south of the Wakarusa River option for completing the SLT. Graves, on the other hand, was praised by Taul for refloating a highly inflated version of the county’s nonsense proposals for “mitigation.” Land or money won’t erased the monstrously negative impacts of running the SLT through Haskell’s wetlands.

GARDEN CALENDAR

Dottie Daugherty, Special to the Journal-World

June 27, 1999

Perhaps you have seen “thousand-legged worms” or millipedes in your yard or home and wondered what strange, worm-like creature you were dealing with. Millipedes are an arthropod relative of insects and can be distinguished from centipedes by the number of legs per body segment. Millipedes have two legs per segment but centipedes have only one.

40 YEARS AGO

June 27, 1999

IN %% 1959 The new Masonic Hall at Tonganoxie was dedicated.

S MORAL CORE

By Erwin Seba

June 27, 1999

Kansas conservatives rally to regain control of the Republican party.

HISTORY REPEATED AT TOWN FESTIVAL

By Felicia Haynes

June 27, 1999

A “Bleeding Kansas” battle raged in Lecompton Saturday during the annual Territorial Capital Festival.

SENSE FOR SENIORS - PREVENTING FALLS

June 27, 1999

I know so many older people who have had a difficult — sometimes impossible — time recovering from a fall. For many a broken hip is like the “beginning of the end.” What precautions would make falling less likely for older folks? Falls are the leading cause of death by injury for people over 65. In fact, one in three emergency room patients are fall victims. The Insurance Information Institute offers these home-safety tips for elders:

S WORKSHOP SLATED IN AUGUST

June 27, 1999

Men’s workshop slated in August

25 YEARS AGO

June 27, 1999

Dense smoke billowing across the Kansas Turnpike east of Lawrence caused one wreck and contributed to another, officials said. Injuries were not serious, however, although property damage ran high for the vehicles involved. Charles N. Blitzer was named vice president and corporate counsel of Lawrence’s INTERx Research Corp.

FANS STAMPEDE TO COUNTRY MUSIC FEST

By Jan Biles

June 27, 1999

Montgomery & Gentry is beginning to build a fan base.

ACTIVISTS PLOT PELTIER STRATEGY

By Felicia Haynes

June 27, 1999

The Leonard Peltier Organizing Conference drew activists concerned with human rights and political-prisoner issues to Lawrence to discuss strategy.

ANCIENT WOMEN

By Felicia Haynes

June 27, 1999

If you’ve always wanted to know about Cleopatra’s family tree or Jezebel’s daughter, Atahaliah, “Uppity Women of Ancient Times” is for you. The book (MJF Books, $14.95) is filled with vignettes of the lives of women, famous and not, who lived in the ancient world that stretched from Babylon to Rome. It is written in a light, irreverent style that brings these long-dead, iron-willed ladies to life.

TOP 5K FEMALE RUNNER

June 27, 1999

Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo Lisa McClain, race director for today’s LMH Triathlon, was the top female finisher in the Lawrence Memorial Hospital 5K event Satruday. She completed the course in 19:55.

5K MALE WINNER

June 27, 1999

Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo Matt Brisch, Lawrence, won the Lawrence Memorial Hospital 5-kilometer event Saturday in 16 minutes, 45 seconds.

SALARY CHALLENGE

June 27, 1999

Hopefully, higher salaries for the chief executives will be the beginning of a trend for state universities in Kansas. It was almost like a challenge.

LIBRARIAN TRACKS DOWN INFORMATION ABOUT KU BUILDINGS

By Jan Biles

June 27, 1999

A Lawrence librarian has written a book about the historic buildings on the Kansas University campus.