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ALL-FRONTIER LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL

November 7, 1999

High School All-Stars ALL-FRONTIER LEAGUE

SOUNDOFF ON FS-BVNW ON TV

November 7, 1999

Will the Free State High School vs. Blue Valley Northwest playoff game be televised on Channel 6 this week? Yes. Delayed telecasts will be shown at 10:30 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday.

KU EXHIBITION- TYLER WIRKEN

November 7, 1999

Tyler Wirken/Journal-World Photo Ku’s Nick Bradford,right, wrestles with Willie Farley, left, of the California All-Stars for a loose ball during Saturday night’s exhibition game in Allen Fieldhouse.

KU VOLLEYBALL

November 7, 1999

Kansas University swept Texas Tech in Big 12 volleyball Saturday to reach the most conference wins in school history. The Jayhawks (16-9 overall, 7-7 Big 12) ripped the Red Raiders, 15-13, 15-10, 15-7.

ALL-KVL SOCCER TEAM

November 7, 1999

High School All-Stars ALL-KAW VALLEY LEAGUE

ALL-KVL VOLLEYBALL

November 7, 1999

High School All-Stars ALL-KAW VALLEY LEAGUE

HASKELL RALLIES TO WIN FINALE

November 7, 1999

Elsah, Ill. — Haskell Indian Nations University saved its best for last. Down 20-10 heading into the fourth quarter on Saturday, HINU outscored Principia College 17-0 in the final period to close its football season with a 27-20 victory.

HAAC CROSS COUNTRY

November 7, 1999

College Results HAAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

BREAKOUT

November 7, 1999

‘A WEDDING STORY’ Denton and Marilyn Nichols, a Lawrence couple, will be featured in an upcoming half-hour episode of the nationally televised program “A Wedding Story” on The Learning Channel.

HICKEY AND LHS PLACE AT STATE GYMNASTICS

November 7, 1999

Newton — Free State High senior Erin Hickey, bolstered by her performances in the balance beam and uneven parallel bars, finished fourth in the all-around at the girls state gymnastics meet Saturday at Newton High. In the team standings, Lawrence High’s Molly Hoss, Amanda Rose, Allison Wright, Sarah Fisher and Shandi Reeves combined for a season-best 103.10 points and a fifth-place finish.

LOCAL BRIEFS

November 7, 1999

FSHS all-league selections Free State High senior forward Colin Baumchen was named to the All-Sunflower League second team. Senior midfielder Todd Wilkins and senior defender Mike McQueeney both received honorable mention.

ALL-LEAGUE (ADDITIONAL)

November 7, 1999

* All-Sunflower League team: The Firebirds’ success this season didn’t go unnoticed by the league’s coaches.

ALL - KVL FOOTBALL

November 7, 1999

High School All-Stars ALL-KAW VALLEY LEAGUE

OBITUARY FOR VERNELL SPEARMAN

November 7, 1999

VERNELL SPEARMAN Services for Vernell Spearman, 66, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke AME Church, Lawrence. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.

DOROTHY V. ROACH OBITUARY

November 7, 1999

DOROTHY ROACH Kansas City, Kan. — Services for Dorothy Virginia Roach, 80, Baldwin, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the All Saints Lutheran Church, Kansas City, Kan. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, Kan.

REPRESENTATIVE NAMED TO WATER QUALITY FORUM

November 7, 1999

Representative named to water quality forum

11-7 SHOULD PEOPLE BE ABLE TO VOTE ONLINE?

November 7, 1999

Should people be able to vote online? Drea Morrow,

SOUNDOFF ON EIGHT-MAN

November 7, 1999

In Kansas high school football there are two classifications of eight-man. What determines each classification? Eight-man I consists of schools with enrollments from 63 to 1,000. Eight-man II consists of schools with enrollments from 23 to 62. In other words, classification is based on enrollment.

SOUNDOFF ON FREE STATE VOLLEYBALL

November 7, 1999

I read in Sunday’s Journal-World that the Free State volleyball team was the first team since last year’s boy’s golf team to place as high as second place at state. I thought that Free State’s girl’s tennis team also finished second sometime in October of this year. Is that true? Yes.

FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, FFA CONVENTION WINNER

November 7, 1999

FFA award. Scott Whitaker, regional director of the National Future Farmers Association Foundation, shakes hands with the 1999 National FFA Beef Production-Entrepreneurship Winner, Brandon New, Tonganoxie. Brandon was one of four national finalists for the award and plans to attend Kansas State University and major in animal science. He is the son of Bill and Lois New, Tonganoxie. Got a shot for Friends & Neighbors? Send it, along with your name, phone number and caption information, to Friends & Neighbors, P.O. Box 888, Lawrence 66044.

VOTERS WANT TO SEE ACTION IN WASHINGTON

November 7, 1999

This small town east of Charlotte is the home of Sen. Jesse Helms, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and scourge of presidents. Last month, Helms burnished his reputation as “Senator No” by leading his fellow Republicans in rejecting the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, perhaps the greatest repudiation President Clinton has suffered to his leadership since his massive health care reform measure was shelved back in 1994. Wingate is also home to Barbara Moser, a pleasant grandmother and accounting firm employee who was practically the first person I encountered when I began a weekend of voter interviewing in this area recently. What Mrs. Moser had to say constitutes a clear warning to the leaders of both parties in Washington as they reach the final stage of their endless struggle for control of the budget and the direction of national policy.

KU HOOP SLATE FOR TAB

November 7, 1999

Kansas Men’s Schedule NOVEMBER

OUTDOORS BRIEFS

November 7, 1999

Perry duo wins Ray Brooks and Paul Cloud, both of Perry, teamed to win the Crappie Busters tournament on Oct. 24 at Perry Lake. They also caught the big fish of the tournament. J.C. Higgins of Topeka and Denny Tryon of Ozawkie were second. Chatt Martin of Lawrence and Brian Schmidtlein of Topeka were third.

KU EXHIBITION #4- TYLER WIRKEN

November 7, 1999

Tyler Wirken/Journal-World Photo Kansas freshmen center Nick Collison (4) makes his way to the basket around a California All-Star defender Saturday night in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks won their exhibition opener, 124-101. See stories, 1C and 3C.

NEEDED SERVICE

November 7, 1999

To the editor: I just read in the Journal-World (Nov. 4) about Health Care Access Inc. of Lawrence, apparently a most wonderful organization that provides primary health care for people without insurance. These needy people, it should be pointed out, are not the elderly (they have Medicare that covers at least some of their health costs) nor the indigent (they are usually covered by Medicaid). The uninsured are mostly the working poor, those not poor or disabled enough to qualify for Medicaid but without enough resources to take care of their own medical needs or even to pay the high insurance rates. Nationally, by the way, these uninsured are not 10.6 million as stated in the article: the number now stands at over 43 million, 14 million of them children.

TRUSTEE SEEKS OK TO PURSUE SRS DEAL

By Kendrick Blackwood

November 7, 1999

Douglas County commissioners will consider allowing the Douglas County District Court trustee’s office to negotiate to provide child-support enforcement for the state during their meeting at 9 a.m. Monday at the county courthouse, 11th and Massachusetts. Susan Kang, Douglas County District Court trustee, said she had submitted a bid to provide enforcement and wants the ability to negotiate further with the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

OBITUARY FOR LILLIAN BOYD

November 7, 1999

LILLIAN BOYD Sioux City, Iowa — Services for Lillian E. Boyd, 80, Sioux City, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Cathedral of the Epiphany, Sioux City. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Sioux City.

BOUNDARIES, PROPERTY SALE TO TOP SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA

By Tim Carpenter

November 7, 1999

The school board will sit down Monday night with the Lawrence Schools Foundation before considering an agenda that includes new elementary boundaries.

KU SWIMMING BRIEF

November 7, 1999

The Kansas University swimming and diving teams competed in the first day of the Dual Meet Extravaganza Friday at the University of Illinois. The KU women’s team defeated North Texas 119-59, while the Jayhawk men lost a pair of close duals to Missouri and Southern Illinois-Carbondale.

CITY SOCCER SCORES

November 7, 1999

City Results LAWRENCE ADULT SOCCER LEAGUE

COLORADO BLACK BEAR HARVEST

November 7, 1999

Colorado Division of Wildlife field officers reported an increase in the bear harvest during the second rifle season, which ended Oct. 27. Many Division biologists believe the warm weather and ample forage is contributing to the successful harvest because many bears are preparing to go into hibernation.

SMITH COUNTY DEER STANCE

November 7, 1999

Smith County Attorney James Fetters issued a public notice last week stating that persons found taking deer illegally in Smith County would be diverted from prosecution. Fetters cited the rise in deer-vehicle accidents as justification for this action. In spite of any confusion this notice may cause, Wildlife and Parks will continue to enforce wildlife violations in Smith County, and statewide.

FOOD BBX

November 7, 1999

FOOD FACTS Some findings in a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute.

S.F. MAYOR MIXES LIBERALISM, REALITY

November 7, 1999

From his black snap-brim fedora sporting a red feather in its band, to his mirror-shiny black tassel loafers — the solid purple tie complements the shirt of robin’s-egg blue with white collar and cuffs; there probably was a comma in the price of the double-breasted suit — Willie Brown, a mayor as histrionic as this city’s geography, is his usual resplendent self this Election Day as he emerges from the union headquarters. Resplendent, but not altogether chipper, even after a one-legged man, whose flannel shirttails flap as he swings himself across the street on crutches, assures Brown of 60 percent majorities in the housing projects. Citywide, Brown will not today get the 50 percent plus one vote he needs to avoid a Dec. 14 runoff, but will come close enough (above 40 percent) to make re-election likely. Still, as he heads downtown for a breakfast, Brown, the once and, undoubtedly, future Tribune of the Downtrodden, unburdens himself of hard feelings against those he calls “the heavy left.”

CALIFORNIA PLAYER IN HOT WATER

By Matt Gardner

November 7, 1999

It was a flagrant elbow to the nose of Kansas center Eric Chenowith’s face that got California East All-Star’s Tony Vilcinskas ejected from the game. And it was the smirk that followed the elbow that got Vilcinskas booted from the team.

HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS

November 7, 1999

High School Playoffs All kickoffs 7 p.m. unless noted

KU DEFENSE DISAPPOINTED BY SLOW START

By Andrew Hartsock

November 7, 1999

Maybe here’s the clearest sign yet that Kansas University’s football defense has turned the corner: KU surrendered just 251 total yards to Baylor and threw a second-half shutout but was ” disappointed. “Maybe,” KU coach Terry Allen said after the Jayhawks spanked the Bears, 45-10, on Saturday at Memorial Stadium, “we’re a little bit spoiled.”

T PLUG DEFENSIVE HOLES

By Matt Gardner

November 7, 1999

Baylor football coach Kevin Steele didn’t have enough fingers to plug the holes on Saturday. After last week’s 48-7 loss at Kansas State, Steele said he wanted his defense to step up its effort. Surrendering 45 points and a season-high 378 rushing yards to Kansas wasn’t exactly what he had in mind.

RECENT GAY BEATINGS HEIGHTEN AWARENESS

By Michael Dekker

November 7, 1999

Attacks on people in Lawrence based on their sexual orientation have raised awareness in recent weeks about the issue and hate crimes in general.

RIELD RESEARCH FUELS DISCUSSION ON ATMOSPHERE

By Peter Hancock

November 7, 1999

Kansas soil can absorb greenhouse gases, according to a Kansas State University researcher, but there are limits.

YOUTHFRIENDS SEEKS VOLUNTEER MENTORS FOR SCHOOL KIDS

By Tim Carpenter

November 7, 1999

YouthFriends seeks 300 adults to volunteer one hour each week to mentor Lawrence public school children.

DEMONSTRATORS RALLY FOR TEST BAN

By Felicia Haynes

November 7, 1999

More than 50 demonstrators marched down Massachusetts Street on Saturday, supporting reconsideration and ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

25 YEARS AGO

November 7, 1999

Outgoing Kansas Gov. Robert Docking, who did not seek re-election after an unprecedented four two-year terms in office, met briefly with Republican Robert Bennett, narrow winner over Atty. Gen Vern Miller. Docking, a former Lawrence banker, and Bennett said they saw no major problems in the changeover in the executive mansion. Bennett was to serve a four-year term under the new state format. Democrat Docking planned to return to Arkansas City where he owned a bank. He had grown up in Lawrence, was a Kansas University graduate and later entered banking with his father, former Gov. George Docking.

LAWRENCE ARTIST DESIGNS ANTI-VIOLENCE POSTERS

By Michael Dekker

November 7, 1999

In response to a recent incident in which a gay man was attacked in downtown Lawrence, a Lawrence artist has designed several posters that he hopes will be used in awareness campaigns. “If we allow this type of intolerance to jeopardize one individual’s rights, it erodes our own,” said John Hayden, a Lawrence free-lance artist. “Gay-bashing erodes our community.”

ARTS NOTES

November 7, 1999

Howard joins Lied Center staff

KOVELS CURRENT PRICES

November 7, 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.

PROJECT OF THE WEEK

Don and Dave Runyan, Special to the Journal-World

November 7, 1999

Pony Rocker Won’t Go Out of Style

WIND MUSICIANS TO OPEN CONCERT WITH FANFARE

November 7, 1999

J-W staff reports “Music for the New Millennium” will be presented by the Kansas University Concert Wind Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Lied Center. Robert E. Foster, KU director of bands, is conductor of the 64-piece ensemble, assisted by graduate student Naoya Takizawa of Tokyo, Japan.

STRIKES A PATRIOTIC CHORD

November 7, 1999

J-W staff reports With the approach of the new century, the Lied Center has decided to take a look back at the birth of our nation.

GARDEN CALENDAR

Dottie Daugherty, Special to the Journal-World

November 7, 1999

Water Landscape Plants Before Winter

OLD HOME TOWN 100 YEARS AGO

November 7, 1999

On Nov. 7, 1899, the Lawrence World editorialized: “How is it there are always dogs of war sneaking around in every European country and none of them ever get killed? There ought to be a public dog killing time over there and then there would be peace. These dogs of war are continually snarling, whining or otherwise making themselves a nuisance. They are petted by the potentates, feared by everybody and when they are turned loose never get killed. Europe will never have assured peace until these dogs are turned loose and chew each other up.”

KU PRESS WORKS IN WIN OVER ALL STARS

By Gary Bedore

November 7, 1999

Kansas’ fullcourt zone press forced 28 turnovers in the Jayhawks’ exhibition victory over the California East All-Stars on Saturday.

BRIGHT IDEAS

By Carol Boncella

November 7, 1999

As much of the landscape descends into gray, a few holdouts offer a stunning display.

RETIRED PROFESSOR LEAVING MARK ON LAWRENCE

November 7, 1999

This is my opportunity to say a few words about one of the best people in Lawrence, one of the hardest-working and most public-spirited people in the community. His name is Walter Crockett, but I’ve never heard him called “Walter.” He’s “Hob,” for his middle name, “Hobson,” and now you know the name of the star of this column. Hob and I have known each other for a long time, but I don’t remember just when and where the connection was established. Probably through something at KU, maybe through the Lawrence Unitarian Fellowship, where he is a stalwart.

KU-BU HOW THEY SCORED

November 7, 1999

First Quarter 8:56 — Moran Norris 4 run. After forcing Baylor punt on game’s first possession, Kansas took over on own 29 and went 71 yards in seven plays — all runs by Norris and David Winbush. Biggest plays of drive were 13-yard runs by each back. Kansas didn’t face third down during drive. On TD, Norris went off left guard and carried three Bears into end zone. Joe Garcia kick. (Kansas 7, Baylor 0).

BUSINESS BRIEFCASE

November 7, 1999

Faces and places AC Buckhorn in Milford, Ohio, has announced the promotion of Mark Gabrick to seed market sales manager. Gabrick will direct sales and marketing efforts for the Center Flow Container to North American seed and chemical companies from his Lawrence office. Gabrick’s efforts will be integral in future sales expansion.

KU-ALLSTAR NOTEBOOK

November 7, 1999

Kansas’ basketball players may have started a new pre-game warmup tradition on Saturday night at Allen Fieldhouse. Led by senior Nick Bradford, the Jayhawks shuffled left and right several times before diving on the floor in a well-orchestrated drill.

WOODLING - BAYLOR NOT SO GREAT IN STATE OF KANSAS

November 7, 1999

Well, at least Baylor’s football team doesn’t have to come back to Kansas again next week. Back-to-back road trips to the Sunflower State were not the cure for what ails the Big 12 Conference’s clearly defined weak sister.

THIRD HARRY POTTER BOOK PROVES BEWITCHING

November 7, 1999

J.K. Rowling has another winner with “Prisoner of Azkaban.” The truth will set you free. And this bit of fiction will, too.

100 MASTERS OF CHAIR DESIGN

By Tim Carpenter

November 7, 1999

A traveling exhibit of “100 Giants of Chair Design” at Kansas University’s Art and Design Building shows the chair as a source of comfort and sculpture.

LAWRENCE MOVING INTO SERVICE ECONOMY

By Mark Fagan

November 7, 1999

Service is the employment focus for the Lawrence area, a sector expected to gain speed into the next millennium.

FIELD GOAL BOOSTS BAKER

By Chris Green

November 7, 1999

A second chance at a game-winning field goal doesn’t come along too often. Yet that’s exactly what Baker University kicker Brant Brittingham received in his team’s crucial Heart of America Athletic Conference game against No. 10 MidAmerica Nazarene University Saturday afternoon at Liston Stadium.

KANSAS-BAYLOR GAME NOTES

November 7, 1999

* Steve Usechek of Northglenn, Colo. was the referee assigned by the Big 12 Conference. Topekan Phil Laurie was the field judge. ” * Kickoff temperature was an unseasonably warm 69 degrees under an almost cloudless sky. Wind was out of the south at seven miles per hour. “

40 YEARS AGO

November 7, 1999

Douglas County recorded its 10th traffic fatality of the year due to a one-car accident four miles east on K-10 involving a Kansas University student from Tucson, Ariz. Coach Bill Easton’s Kansas University cross-country team won its 13th straight league title with a victory on the Lawrence Country Club course. Leading the Jayhawks were Bill Mills, Clif Cushman and Tom Skutka. Individual champion was Oklahoma State’s Miles Eisenman with Mills taking second.

TASK FORCE ATTEMPTS TO SQUASH Y2K FEARS

By Chris Koger

November 7, 1999

Twenty-five members of a task force have been providing information for more than a year in the hopes of helping Douglas County residents weather any Y2K complications.

KU BAND TO PERFORM MARCHES, FOLK DANCE MUSIC

November 7, 1999

J-W staff reports The Kansas University Band, an 84-piece concert band, will present its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Lied Center.

BLOTTER FOR NOV. 7

November 7, 1999

Law enforcement report Burglaries and thefts reported

BUSH CAMPAIGN ELUDES WINTER CHILL

November 7, 1999

The long and lanky black cat, Cowboy, sits rolled in a ball in the sunshine. The brittle, light green leaves cling to the branches of the pecan tree. The thermometer reads 81 degrees. Here in the formal gardens of the governor’s mansion, the season has not yet changed. But beyond the gates on Lavaca Street, beyond the elegant white columns standing guard before polished white brick walls, beyond earshot of the quiet shirtsleeves conversation in front of the tiny reflecting pool, the season has most definitely changed. George Bush, who is holding forth on the white lawn furniture, senses it. The rhythms beyond the governor’s mansion, built in 1856 and retaining a 19th-century sensibility, have shifted. The structure of the Republican presidential campaign, recently so leisurely in pace and so courtly in character, has altered.

KEHDE COL

November 7, 1999

What a difference a year can make. A year ago it rained incessantly in October. This year it hardly rained. Last year, when Gary Van Pielt of Frontenac, Dennis Hunt of Bonner Springs and a crew of fellow anglers made their October venture on the Kansas River for a long weekend of pursuing humongous flathead catfish, they battled cool rains for a couple days.

RANNEY SOUNDOFF

November 7, 1999

At what times are religious services held at the Medicine Wheel at Haskell Indian Nations University? Services at the Medicine Wheel are sporadic and do not adhere to a regular schedule.

HOLTON-PERRY LINESCORE

November 7, 1999

Holton 28, Perry-Lecompton 14 Perry-Lecompton 0 0 0 14 — 14

WINBUSH CARRIES KU PAST BAYLOR

By Andrew Hartsock

November 7, 1999

David Winbush ran for 111 of KU’s 373 rushing yards in the Jayhawks’ 45-10 drubbing of Baylor.

HOUSING IDEA PROMISES SENSE OF COMMUNITY

By Kendrick Blackwood

November 7, 1999

A housing concept called cohousing promotes neighborliness and sharing. But, “it’s not a commune,” says one Lawrence promoter of the concept.

MOTLEY FOOL

November 7, 1999

ASK THE FOOL Stumped by a Surge

800 QUILT BLOCKS ON DISPLAY

By Jan Biles

November 7, 1999

A book and a museum exhibit document the efforts of a Missouri woman to preserve American quilt patterns.

HOSPITALS

November 7, 1999

Births Ron and Stacey Torres, Lawrence, a girl, Friday.

PAY THE PIPER

November 7, 1999

Tax cuts are great, but as state government in Kansas is learning, you can have too much of a good thing. In case you hadn’t heard, Kansas Senate President Dick Bond isn’t running for re-election next year.