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September 17, 2000
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September 17, 2000
Fall harvest drains farmers’ hopes
By Mark Fagan
September 17, 2000
By Mark Fagan The dark sky opened above Kermit Kalb’s 700 acres of soybeans last week, dropping more than 2 inches of much-belated rain. “It’s a little late,” Kalb thought, “but I’ll take it. Then he heard the hail golf-ball sized chunks of jagged ice cutting through his soybean stalks faster than a Tiger Woods wedge in the deep rough.
Stolen golf clubs found on Internet
Iowa, Overland Park detectives unravel four-state theft ring
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
An Iowa rancher whose golf clubs were stolen had a hunch where someone might try to fence them not in a dark back alley, but online. And in his first foray on the Internet, he turned out to be right.
Rapist enters plea to another sex crime
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
A convicted rapist is going back to prison for another rape in which a woman abducted from an Olathe mall was left for dead while her young son spent hours unattended in her car.
Convicted arsonist to be freed
Two firefighters died fighting fitness center blaze
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
A Wichita man who has served nine years in prison after being convicted of setting a fire that killed two Iowa firefighters has been ordered released, culminating a nine-year, multimillion dollar legal effort launched by his father.
Lawrence Briefs
September 17, 2000
States urged to take baby steps
March of Dimes pushes for more testing of newborns
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
States could drastically reduce the rate of metabolic and genetic disorders by screening all newborns, the president of the March of Dimes says, but only a handful of states require all necessary tests.
On the record
September 17, 2000
Surveying Swiss cheese
USDA rethinking minimum hole size
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Anyway you slice it, the Swiss on your ham and cheese isn’t going to be the same. It seems the holes in traditional Swiss are so large that the cheese gets torn up in the new high-speed slicing machines used by the food service industry.
Colombian violence targets professors
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Escalating campus violence, including the assassinations of several professors, is turning Colombia’s universities into battlegrounds. The latest victim was Hugo Iguaran, an outspoken professor killed Sept. 10 during a meeting at the home of the rector of the University of Cordoba, located in this northern city.
Dutch, Hungarians win fuel concessions
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
The Netherlands and Hungary handed concessions to truckers Saturday to avoid more of the fuel-price protests that have clogged Europe’s highways, but Germany warned its truckers of a crackdown if blockades there intensified.
Former CIA, defense official investigated for lax security
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Former CIA director John Deutch is under investigation by the Department of Defense for the same type security violations he has admitted to while heading the CIA, according to Pentagon documents.
Pittsburgh punts Penn State
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Penn State, 1-3. Believe it. The Nittany Lions lost for the third time in four games on Saturday, dropping a 12-0 decision to state rival Pittsburgh at Three Rivers Stadium.
Space station ready to go
Shuttle crew installs equipment for first inhabitants
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Space shuttle Atlantis’ astronauts wrapped up work inside the international space station on Saturday, leaving the place “pretty homey” for the first permanent crew. “It’s going to be sad to say goodbye,” Daniel Burbank said from the orbiting complex.
TOP 25 Roundup
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
UCLA coach Bob Toledo said he wasn’t about to yank Ryan McCann.
George Washington’s diaries hit the ‘Net
The Washington Post
September 17, 2000
He was first in war and first in peace, but long before George Washington earned his way into his countrymen’s hearts, he was a greenhorn frontiersman, a newlywed hoodwinked by a Mount Vernon neighbor and a companion to a dying half-brother in Barbados.
Michigan State survives scare from MU
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
T.J. Duckett ran for 131 yards and a touchdown as No. 22 Michigan State overcame a 10-point deficit to beat Missouri 13-10 on Saturday night.
Debate formats established
The Washington Post
September 17, 2000
Cubans offer doctors for poor areas of U.S.
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Cuban lawmakers outlined an offer to send doctors to poor parts of the United States and to provide free medical training in Cuba annually to 500 Americans, mostly minorities.
Coach admits his decision cost Blazers
By Levi Chronister
September 17, 2000
By Levi Chronister One judgment call Saturday night at Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium cost Alabama-Birmingham a chance to start the season undefeated for the first time since 1994, according to UAB coach Watson Brown.
Philippines raid rebel camps
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Clinton backs nursing home funds
Money would train aids, caregivers
The Los Angeles Times
September 17, 2000
Calling for “a new level of quality” in the nation’s nursing homes, President Clinton on Saturday urged Congress to approve $1 billion in grants to states to ease the severe shortage of nursing aides, who provide most of the hands-on care for more than 1.6 million elderly and frail Americans.
National Briefs
September 17, 2000
Kansas City trips Texas
Dye belts 33rd homer
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Brian Meadows won his fourth straight start and Jermaine Dye hit his 33rd homer as the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 8-5 on Saturday.
Ban raises free speech hackles
Critics say LHS principal went too far in banishing ‘underground’ publication
By Tim Carpenter
September 17, 2000
By Tim Carpenter Experts say Lawrence High School Principal Dick Patterson gave the First Amendment a rough ride before lifting his ban last week on an alternative student newspaper. “The principal far overstepped his bounds. There is not any serious question about that,” said Mark Goodman, executive director of Student Press Law Center in Arlington, Va. “The courts have made clear that students have the right to engage in expressive activity at school without school approval.”
Wang, Epp sweep singles
J-W Staff Reports
September 17, 2000
Free State High’s split squad went undefeated in singles to finish second in the Liberty (Mo.) Tournament and also took fourth place in the Junction City Invitational on Saturday.
HINU rallies, 16-14
J-W Staff Report
September 17, 2000
Brandon Watson connected with Sonny Duncan twice in the fourth quarter, rallying Haskell Indian Nations to a 16-14 Central States Football League victory over Southwestern Assemblies of God University on Saturday at Tulsa East Central High
Firebirds smother Wyandotte
FSHS wins, 6-0
By Christina Woods, Journal-World Sports Writer
September 17, 2000
By Christina Woods A coach was benched, three yellow cards were issued and several players took hard hits as Free State High blanked Kansas City Wyandotte, 6-0, in boys soccer on Saturday morning at the Firebirds’ field.
Baker survives Lindenwood, 38-21
By Chuck Woodling
September 17, 2000
By Chuck Woodling Baker University officials should have hung a wind sock at Liston Stadium on Saturday night. Lindenwood quarterback Mike Hofbauer threw 58 passes and Baker QB Levi Schuck hurled 27 aerials as the Wildcats posted a 38-21 Heart of America Conference football victory.
Ancestors’ bravery not buried in past
Black Civil War soldiers honored at Clinton
By Mike Belt
September 17, 2000
By Mike Belt Dressed in a blue Civil War uniform, Jimmy Johnson saluted the grave of his great-grandfather and then placed a wreath against its tombstone at Clinton Cemetery. “I’m very proud,” Johnson said afterward, referring to his ancestor, an escaped slave named George Washington.
Labonte lassos NASCAR pole
Driver clocked at 127.632 mph in New Hampshire
September 17, 2000
Bobby Labonte was not slowed very much by the speed-robbing safety change NASCAR ordered after the deaths of two drivers this year at New Hampshire International Speedway.
Gore gaining; Bush takes beating
By Wayne Slater and G. Robert Hillman, The Dallas Morning News
September 17, 2000
By Wayne Slater and G. Robert Hillman, The Dallas Morning News They were a continent apart, heading campaigns going in different directions: George W. Bush still swatting away the bad news, Al Gore taking a bow. “This has been a great week for us,” the vice president said Thursday at a fund-raiser at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, his poll numbers rising and money rolling in.
Attorney: Suspect a ‘scapegoat’
By Tom Meagher
September 17, 2000
By Tom Meagher The lawyer for a Topeka man accused of stealing from the Kansas Lottery said Saturday that his client is being made the scapegoat for corruption and fraud within the agency. Richard Lee Knowlton, 55, was arrested Friday with 268 charges of manipulating the lottery’s computer system to claim 126 prizes during an 18-month period.
U.S. softball hurler spins no-hitter; Canada’s Whitfield wins triathlon
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
On a day when the U.S. baseball team made its Sydney debut, the Olympic news was captured in a linescore: No hits, a stirring run, and the end of an era. The no-hitter belonged to U.S. softball pitcher Lori Harrigan, whose near-perfect game today (Saturday night CDT) led the Americans past Canada, 6-0, as her team opened its defense of the 1996 gold medal.
Lottery’s number may be up
Analysts say criminal case could make legislative renewal of program more difficult
By John Hanna, Associated Press Writer
September 17, 2000
The first major scandal in its 13-year history may make keeping the Kansas Lottery in operation more difficult. As popular as state officials believe the lottery is, it historically has enjoyed less support in the Legislature, where opposition to gambling is significant. The result has been a series of laws forcing legislators to renew the lottery periodically.
Leaf falls out of Charger lineup
Moreno will get starting assignment at quarterback against Chiefs today at Arrowhead
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Kansas City fans were looking forward to Ryan Leaf’s return. Instead, they’re going to get Moses Moreno. Leaf was expected to start for San Diego at Arrowhead Stadium today, almost two years to the day after the heralded rookie quarterback had one of the most nightmarish days in the history of his high-profile profession.
Mystery on Mass.
Room sealed since ‘54 murder to be reopened
By Kendrick Blackwood
September 17, 2000
By Kendrick Blackwood “Good morning, ma’am,” Phillip Johnson said as he laid his gun on the counter at the Lawrence Police Department. “I just shot Leroy Harris in his office, and I’m not sure if he’s dead.”
Cole Porter musical sails into Lied
Show packed with favorite tunes, plot twists
J-W Staff Reports
September 17, 2000
“Anything Goes,” with music and lyrics by jazz composer Cole Porter, will be performed at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Lied Center. “Anything Goes” takes place aboard a luxury liner en route to Europe from the United States.
Ying Quartet returns
Musicians conduct education residency activities
J-W Staff Reports
September 17, 2000
The Ying Quartet will perform at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Lied Center. For the concert, the Yings will play works by Asian and Asian-American composers, including Chou Wen-Chung’s “Leggierezza & Largo Nostalgico” from “Clouds,” Zhou Long’s “Lin Zongyuan” from “Poems of Tang,” and “Shuo,” from University of Missouri-Kansas City composer Chen Yi, among others.
Roots
September 17, 2000
Dry conditions have us waiting
By Jill Hummels
September 17, 2000
By Jill Hummels Wait and see. That’s all most homeowners can do to see if their drought-stressed tree will live on to thrive another year. The yellowing and loss of leaves is not uncommon for trees showing signs of stress. “Signs of drought stress include thinning of the tree canopy with the leaves drying up, and it’s kind of tree dependent,” said Bruce Chladny, horticulture agent with K-State Research and Extension-Douglas County.
Audio Books
September 17, 2000
‘How to Read’ preaches to small choir
By Caroline Heldman, For AP Special Features
September 17, 2000
By Caroline Heldman, For AP Special Features “How to Read and Why” (Scribner, $25) is intended for only the most advanced readers and they probably have a good idea of how and why to read. In his book, Harold Bloom, a highly decorated Yale University professor, covers plenty of literary territory.
Hitchhiking sage goes from thumbs down to thumbs up
By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press Writer
September 17, 2000
By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press Writer In 1973, Tim Brookes, fresh out of college, arrived in the United States from England with $90 in his pocket. He spent three months hitchhiking across the continent three months that changed his life.
Project of the week
Get away from it all
By Don and Dave Runyan
September 17, 2000
By Don and Dave Runyan Special to the Journal-World Nearly everyone dreams of having a weekend retreat far from the hustle and bustle of the city. Now that dream can become a reality. All it takes is some land, some time and a plan.
A liberal dose of politics
Magazine’s spin could make Republicans queasy
By Calder Pickett
September 17, 2000
By Calder Pickett I have problems reading The Nation. Today’s Nation takes me back to some magazines of 30 years ago, but a recent issue offered many things to think about as the presidential campaign goes along its merry way.
Television holds little fascination for 6-month-old
By Dave Berry
September 17, 2000
By Dave Barry Humor Columnist for the Miami Herald It’s very early, still dark out, and I’m on the living-room floor, trying to simultaneously sleep and play with my 7-month-old daughter, Sophie. She goes to bed at 7:30 p.m., so by 5:30 a.m., she’s wide awake and raring to go.
Waste is the problem with U.S. military
By Geneva Overholser
September 17, 2000
By Geneva Overholser Columnist for Washington Post Writers Group If we’re ever going to achieve reason on defense spending, we’re going to need a good villain image. A bloated defense-contractor king, maybe.
Harry Potter panic isn’t justified
By Leonard Pitts
September 17, 2000
By Leonard Pitts Jr. Columnist for the Miami Herald Here’s something to make your day miserable. The National Center for Education Statistics, a branch of the U.S. Department of Education, ranks reading ability at three levels, advanced, proficient and the lowest level, basic.
Old Home Town - 25 and 100 years ago today
Courtesy Watkins Community Museum
September 17, 2000
Salary issue
September 17, 2000
Double standard
September 17, 2000
Literary series honors Wolfe
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Thomas Wolfe, an American novelist and short story writer, is honored with a new 33-cent stamp in the U.S. Postal Service’s Literary Arts series. The stamp will be issued Oct. 3, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Wolfe’s birth in Asheville, N.C.
Moynihan intellect will be missed
By George Will
September 17, 2000
By George Will Columnist for Washington Post Writers Group When this Congress ends, so will one of the broadest and deepest public careers in American history.
N.Y. Senate race heating up
By David Broder
September 17, 2000
By David Broder Columnist for Washington Post Writers Group The first televised debate in the New York Senate race proved two things. The “stature gap” between Hillary Rodham Clinton and her challenger, Rep. Rick Lazio, is smaller than many Democrats would wish.
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2000
Judge selection on ballots
Three counties to vote on how to select judiciary
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Voters in three counties will decide whether their district judges should be elected or appointed, continuing a debate on how to keep the judiciary independent but accountable to the people.
Volunteers help tag monarch butterflies
By Amber Stuever
September 17, 2000
By Amber Stuever Jack Robertson, 9, clenched a butterfly net and bulldozed through thick golden marigold bushes that towered over his head. His mission: to find, capture and tag tiny monarch butterflies.
Conference bridges generations
Present, future tribal leaders share knowledge
By Amber Stuever
September 17, 2000
By Amber Stuever Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations universities closed a conference Saturday that embraced leadership of the past, present and future in American Indian culture and politics.
U.N. troops may patrol Israeli-Palestinian border
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
The United Nations is prepared to send peacekeeping troops along a future Israeli-Palestinian border should a peace accord be signed, a top Palestinian official said Saturday.
Forest fire rages outside Boulder, Colo.
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Flames leaped from tree to tree and shot high into the air Saturday as a wildfire raged through 400 acres west of Boulder, forcing 200 families to evacuate their mountain homes.
World Briefs
September 17, 2000
People, Faces & Things
September 17, 2000
TV goes international this fall
American networks cast their nets overseas for new shows
By Seth Sutel, AP Business Writer
September 17, 2000
The British are coming to the fall TV schedule. And so are the Dutch, the Swedes, the Australians and the Japanese. For anyone who hasn’t been keeping up, several network hits of the past year were imported from foreign countries. “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” the show that saved ABC, came from England, and “Survivor” on CBS got its start in Sweden.
Veteran’s remains home at last
By Mike Belt
September 17, 2000
By Mike Belt On Christmas Eve 1944, a 22-year-old American pilot named J.O. Baxter nursed his crippled fighter plane through the skies over Germany. “The last words anyone heard from him was that he was hit and he was coming home,” said Baxter’s nephew, Jim Baxter of Aurora, Colo. “Now, 56 years later, he is home.”
Arts
September 17, 2000
The quiet cape
Cape Ann beach draws tourists
The Hartford Courant
September 17, 2000
A sunburned, ponytailed girl sits on a station wagon tailgate, legs swinging rhythmically, feet skimming the stones in the snack-shack parking lot.
The next step
Journal-World Editorial
September 17, 2000
Journal-World Editorial The South Lawrence Trafficway has reached a dead-end, and local officials need to back up and consider other ways to address local traffic issues.
Horoscopes
By Jacqueline Bigar
September 17, 2000
NL Roundup
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Sammy Sosa reached 50 home runs for the third straight year Saturday, but the day belonged to Fernando Tatis.
Fall’s shriveling harvest
Intense heat, lack of rain combine to cut crops, farm profits
By Mark Fagan
September 17, 2000
By Mark Fagan The dark sky opened above Kermit Kalb’s 700 acres of soybeans last week, dropping more than 2 inches of much-belated rain. “It’s a little late,” Kalb thought, “but I’ll take it.” Then he heard the hail golf-ball sized chunks of jagged ice cutting through his soybean stalks faster than a Tiger Woods wedge in the deep rough.
Briefly
September 17, 2000
Tempted by credit card offers, gambler racks up debt
Knight Ridder Newspapers
September 17, 2000
When my husband and I divorced after only three years, he agreed to pay nearly $25,000 in joint credit card debt, much of which was caused by my addiction to gambling and video poker. Thankfully, we had no children.
Animals & anniversary
Zoo adds 150 creatures to celebrate city’s founding
By Jim Baker
September 17, 2000
By Jim Baker If you walk past the exhibits at the Kansas City Zoological Park these days, you’ll see plenty of new faces peering back at you. In recent months, a different crowd of critters has taken up residence in the sprawling zoo, located off Interstate 435 and 63rd Street in Kansas City, Mo. Stroll through the zoo and you’ll spy a host of exotic creatures, many of whom have never before made their homes there.
Bonds and bond funds still don’t offer much profit or security
By Jeff Brown
September 17, 2000
If you felt plump and satisfied after the go-go stock market years of the late ‘90s, the year 2000 may seem like being on a diet. The Standard & Poor’s 500 has eked out a meager 1.7 percent gain, while the Dow Jones industrial average is down 2.4 percent from the start of the year and the Nasdaq composite index is off 2.2 percent.
Centuries-old ‘blue laws’ falling in path of 21st century commerce
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
As a churchgoing city councilman and minister’s son, Robert Stevens is well aware of the political risks that come with challenging the Sunday liquor restrictions of this Bible Belt city.
Crime photos prompt eBay change
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
An attempt to sell an autopsy picture and crime scene photographs of three slain boys has prompted the Internet auction site eBay to change its policy on graphic photos.
Slavery stressed at Civil War sites
Historical information changed to reflect new scholarship
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
For years, Civil War sites run by the National Park Service have devoted exhibits, charts and maps to explaining troop movements, strategies and death tolls. Information about the issue most historians say was the cause of the war slavery was sparse.
‘Grosse Pointe’: Cheesy, cheeky teen melodrama
By Ed Bark, The Dallas Morning News
September 17, 2000
By Ed Bark Ooh, gross. That’s deep-speak for a typical character on The WB’s “Grosse Pointe.” It’s also a cheap way to take an opening shot at the show. But in this case, cease fire. Producer Darren Star’s behind-the-scenes sendup of “TV’s hottest teen drama” isn’t all that good nor all that bad.
McClain takes sixth
LHS runner leads city entries
By Jason Franchuk
September 17, 2000
By Jason Franchuk To understand how difficult Rim Rock Farm course is to run, start at the finish line. An ambulance awaits any potential disasters. Several tents are available for trainers to offer aid to the fatigued. Cups of water are strewn everywhere.
Disaster relief
Heat, lack of water force alternative measures
By Carol Boncella
September 17, 2000
By Carol Boncella Gardeners are not likely to forget any time soon the heat and drought-like conditions that have plagued our gardens over the past several weeks. Day after hot day, temperatures soared into the high 90s, often pushing past 100 degrees. Though humans could escape into air-conditioned homes, plants were at the mercy of the weather conditions and our gardening practices.
Collecting
King Features Syndicate
September 17, 2000
Probably the most popular areas of collecting today are pottery and porcelain. One of the most popular is Roseville pottery. The company opened a plant in Roseville, Ohio, in 1890. It was so successful that they added another plant in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1898. The firm continued making pottery until 1954.
Trends
September 17, 2000
NL Roundup
The Associated Press
September 17, 2000
Orlando Hernandez showed he meant business right from the start. Hernandez buzzed Kenny Lofton with his first pitch, then breezed in throwing a four-hitter that led New York over Cleveland, 6-3, Saturday.
Witty proves progress of drug testing
U.S. cyclist, who also participated in Winter Games, making most of her opportunity to compete
Tom Powers, Saint Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press
September 17, 2000
Before getting on her cycle to compete in the women’s 500-meter time trials, Chris Witty spotted a familiar face in the crowd. She smiled and waved.
Choose the newer cool-season turf varieties for overseeding
By Bruce Chladny
September 17, 2000
By Bruce Chladny Fall is traditionally the ideal time to over-seed and re-plant cool-season lawns with fescue, bluegrass and ryegrass. The mild night temperatures, the timely rains and ideal growing conditions help seeds germinate and establish root systems quickly. So, if your lawn needs major attention, or there are just a few bare spots to fill, consider using a turf-type tall fescue to get the job done.
Conductor creates music to soothe not-so-savage beast
By Jim Quinn, Knight Ridder Newspapers
September 17, 2000
By Jim Quinn, Knight Ridder Newspapers Orchestra leader Joe Procopio sat at the keyboard, experimenting with high-frequency tones on his synthesizer. After he’d played for a while, he noticed that his daughter’s parakeet Dante began acting quiet and calm.
Musical condoms waste resources
Ann Landers Column
September 17, 2000
BIG 12 Roundup
September 17, 2000
Rick Neuheisel returned to Boulder at the center of a firestorm and emerged without a singe.
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