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- Bank robbery trial postponed
- August 6, 2001
- (Updated Monday at 3:47 p.m.) The trial of Paul David Lee, accused of trying to rob a downtown Lawrence bank, has been postponed until Sept. 4 as attorneys try to negotiate a plea bargain. Lee’s trial in connection with the Nov. 30 attempted robbery at Firstar Bank, Ninth and Massachusetts streets, was scheduled to start Monday.
- Participants needed for prostate cancer prevention study
- August 6, 2001
- Participants sought for prostate study
- Mon. Construction Projects
- August 6, 2001
- The following is a list of construction projects that will affect traffic this week in the Lawrence area. 1. 23rd Street, Iowa to Kentucky Court, milling, overlay and pavement markings.
- Blotter
- August 6, 2001
- Law enforcement report Burglaries and thefts reported
- Tips to paying for college
- August 6, 2001
- St. Petersburg Times A college education isn’t cheap. According to the College Board, it costs about $11,000 for a full year at a public university and $25,000 at a private one. Consider these tips when deciding how to pay for a college education.
- Lawrence Hime obit
- August 6, 2001
- Lawrence Hime Services for Lawrence Dee Hime, 65, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Christ Community Church. Cremation is planned.
- Soundoff — Turnpike
- August 6, 2001
- Since the prices went up on the Kansas Turnpike, the toll tickets are smaller. Why is that? And the tickets are printed by a Louisiana company. Isn’t there a Kansas company that could do that? The tickets are smaller because that is the kind produced by the turnpike’s new equipment, said Lisa Callahan, director of public relations for the Kansas Turnpike Authority. “There is no question that the type is harder to read,” Callahan said, adding that the KTA has received a few complaints about the tickets. But, she said, the situation was unavoidable. The KTA purchased new equipment because replacement parts for the old equipment were getting more scarce.
- s Amateur Golf
- August 6, 2001
- It’s a good thing Lawrence’s Matt Bellemere has a good mental approach to his golf game. He definitely needed it Sunday. Bellemere, who played at Missouri in 1989-90, was tied heading into the final round of the Men’s City Amateur Championship with Kansas University golfer Nic Rebne. Playing in different groups, the two golfers needed only to prepare for the challenges of Eagle Bend instead of each other.
- Construction Update
- August 6, 2001
- TRAFFIC Road construction starts
- City Commission agenda
- August 6, 2001
- Consent agenda * Review and approve minutes of the following boards and commissions: city commission meetings of July 24 and July 31; Practitioner’s Panel meeting of July 26; Neighborhood Resources Advisory Committee meeting of July 26; Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority meeting of June 25; Public Transit Advisory Committee meeting of July 17 and the Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board meeting of May 22.
- 8/6 How do you think the traffic in Lawrence compares to
- August 6, 2001
- How do you think the traffic in Lawrence compares to surrounding cities? Regan French,
- Consumers should use statements to shop for long-distance service
- August 6, 2001
- People hate being nickled and dimed to death, even when they can afford to pay. That’s probably what ticks them off when they read their long-distance telephone bills. Pretty soon, you’ll be able to put your “phone rage” to good use.
- s new
- August 6, 2001
- Digital Link allows handhelds to be used as PCS phone www.sprintpcs.com
- Tafanelli appointed to interim committee
- August 6, 2001
- State Rep. Lee Tafanelli, R-Ozawkie, was appointed to serve as a member of the Special Committee on Assessment and Taxation for the 2001 legislative interim. The committee will consider a variety of taxation issues, including legislation that would require local governments to tax residential and commercial natural gas based on volume consumed, rather than through local sales taxes. The committee will study the Kansas version of the Uniform Sales and Use Tax administration act and will review the Kansas Supreme Court decision in Kansas Enterprise Inc. v. Frantz concerning classification of certain personal property for taxation purposes.
- Agency lists three forms of hepatitis
- August 6, 2001
- J-W Staff Reports The federal Centers for Disease Control note there are three types of hepatitis:
- Local briefs
- August 6, 2001
- Emporia captures title Newton — Emporia toppled Salina, 8-4, to capture the Class AAA American Legion state tournament at Klein-Scott Field. Emporia went 4-0 in the tournament, including a 2-1 win over Lawrence on Friday. Salina, which eliminated Lawrence late Saturday night, reached the final with a 12-8 victory over Arkansas City.
- Births
- August 6, 2001
- * Adrienne Boyd Akers and Pete Akers, Lawrence, a girl, Saturday. * Brian and Kathy Occhipinto, Lawrence, a girl, Sunday.
- Craig Martin returns
- August 6, 2001
- mmhess@ljworld.com Two findings from Craig Martin’s trip last week to Costa Rica will make a lasting impression on him.
- United States wins again with box
- August 6, 2001
- J-W Staff Report Saitama, Japan — Duke teammates Carlos Boozer and Chris Duhon led the United States to an 84-71 victory over Argentina on Sunday at the World Basketball Championship for Young Men Tournament.
- Tech Check - wrist technology
- August 6, 2001
- “Hurry up, Dad, I don’t want to be late. ” What time is it?” Bonnie was behind me in the back seat, and her softball game was to start in a few minutes.
- School finance formula under attack in court
- August 6, 2001
- srothschild@ljworld.com Topeka — Education leaders were upset when the Legislature approved only a minimal increase in public school funding last session.
- Moses makes impression at KC camp
- August 6, 2001
- If only charisma counted, little J.J. Moses would be the undisputed No. 1 wide receiver for the team he’s struggling so hard to make.
- Ottawa wins tourney
- August 6, 2001
- Ottawa blanked Larned, 5-0, on Sunday in the Class AA American Legion state baseball state tournament.
- Vera M. Smith
- August 6, 2001
- That’s the ticket
- Technology eases access to seats and customer data
- August 6, 2001
- Raymond Haas and Lisa Salyer didn’t have to stand in line, wait for the mail or leave home to get tickets for a recent women’s basketball game. The friends went online and used Salyer’s computer to print tickets for themselves, along with Haas’ wife and their two children. After arriving at America West Arena, they went straight to their seats and watched the Phoenix Mercury beat the Sacramento Monarchs.
- Greene best in 100
- Kansas City native claims crown in 9.82 seconds
- August 6, 2001
- Maurice Greene has been the world’s fastest human for the past four years and he left no doubt about it Sunday night.
- Census report shows Kansans like their cars
- August 6, 2001
- Of all the possible ways Kansans can go to work, the favorite remains their own vehicles.
- A second chance
- August 6, 2001
- J-W Editorials Kansas should try again to put together a package that will produce a profitable pairing between the Menninger Clinic and Kansas University. Kansas officials have been given a second chance to hold onto the famed Menninger psychiatric clinic.
- Topeka lab keeps wary eye for Kernel bunt fungus
- August 6, 2001
- www.ink.org/public/kda www.usda.gov
- Retirement center considered by KU alumni
- August 6, 2001
- trombeck@ljworld.com Bob Piller fell in love in Lawrence, then he fell in love with the town itself.
- Newcomers report to KU
- August 6, 2001
- rsinclair@ljworld.com While many newcomers to Kansas University’s football team were wandering around wide-eyed and overwhelmed Sunday during their first official day with the program, two players seemed perfectly at ease in their surroundings.
- Agate cutline
- August 6, 2001
- CHICAGO WHITE SOX’S JOSE CANSECO, RIGHT, takes Alex, a dog owned by fan Joe Krizka, center with camera, for a walk in the outfield of Comiskey Park in Chicago, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2001. Fans brought their dogs for the annual White Sox Dog Day and paraded around the field before the White Sox took on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
- Monday Best Bets
- August 6, 2001
- TODAY Open mike, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
- Martin Luther King III fights to retain his leadership role
- August 6, 2001
- Martin Luther King III admitted Sunday night that he is not his father.
- Mazeroski overcome with emotion
- Former Pirate infielder joins Winfield, Puckett in Cooperstown shrine
- August 6, 2001
- Yes, there really is crying in baseball Bill Mazeroski broke down during his Hall of Fame induction, and some of baseball’s greats cried along with him. Mazeroski, the former Pittsburgh Pirates fielding whiz who waited 29 years for Hall of Fame selectors to recognize that defense is as integral to the game as hitting and pitching, was overcome by emotion and began crying a few minutes into his speech Sunday and couldn’t continue.
- Trading faces on the Internet
- What price beauty? Makeup traders realize risks but enjoy getting a deal
- August 6, 2001
- Joanna Bonicker is a self-described fragrance fanatic who’s constantly researching new products on the Internet and sniffing testers at department-store counters. So, when she grew curious about French perfume company Comptoir Sud Pacifique a few months ago, she thought she had two choices: Shell out $79 for a new eau de toilette or log onto makeupalley.com’s makeup-swapping site.
- Sunday business briefcase
- August 6, 2001
- An 18-hour training course for new substitue teachers will be offered Aug. 27, 28 and 30 by the Northeast Kansas Education Service Center in Lecompton. The “Substitute Training Course” will provide prospective substitutes with the knowledge and skills necessary to be a substitute teacher. For more information and to register, call Linda Kilgore at (785) 887-6711.
- s new superintendent considers challenges ahead ––— Steve Johnston says first year will be about listening, not change
- August 6, 2001
- jludwig@ljworld.com Perry — Though he doesn’t have a permanent home yet, Supt. Steve Johnston is settling into his new school district.
- Giants’ hot streak continues
- Aurilia bashes four hits, knocks in five runs in 8-4 victory over Philadelphia
- August 6, 2001
- Rich Aurilia is swinging a powerful bat these days, yet even the Giants’ All-Star shortstop is impressed by Livan Hernandez’s prowess at the plate.
- Angels rally past Yanks
- Anaheim takes exception to beanball incident
- August 6, 2001
- Derek Jeter couldn’t tell if Anaheim pitcher Ramon Ortiz was throwing at him Sunday when he was hit on the left hand in the fifth inning. No way, said Ortiz, not on an 0-2 pitch, not with one pitch away from striking out the side.
- Emporia captures title
- August 6, 2001
- Emporia toppled Salina, 8-4, to capture the Class AAA American Legion state tournament at Klein-Scott Field.
- Retiring alumni spark study
- Alumni association ponders potential of KU retirement community
- August 6, 2001
- By Terry Rombeck Bob Piller fell in love in Lawrence, then he fell in love with the town itself. Piller, a Great Bend native, met his wife-to-be when the two were attending Kansas University during the late 1940s. When Piller retired in 1994 from his mechanical wholesale business in Wichita, he and wife, Eileen, knew where they wanted to live.
- Consumers should use statements to shop for long-distance service
- August 6, 2001
- People hate being nickled and dimed to death, even when they can afford to pay. That’s probably what ticks them off when they read their long-distance telephone bills. Pretty soon, you’ll be able to put your “phone rage” to good use.
- Analysts offer investing insight
- Market strategists remain bullish, offer their stock picks
- August 6, 2001
- Investors could have done worse, far worse, than Trudy Aman’s investment club. The X-Dividends club, composed mostly of retired Hollywood, Fla., city employees in the 50-and-upward bracket, produced a 31 percent gain in their portfolio last year. The women have been putting in $40 a month for more than five years. They’ve seen the tech bubble grow and burst, and they’re still doing well. In fact, 37 percent of what they have remains in tech stocks. In their most recent reckoning, the club had an admirable gain of 5 percent since the start of 2001.
- City Bottom line
- August 6, 2001
- Earlier this summer, City Manager Mike Wildgen presented Lawrence city commissioners with his proposed city budget for 2002. In study sessions since that time, commissioners have made cuts to Wildgen’s proposal to rein in increases in property taxes. After a public hearing Tuesday night, the Lawrence City Commission is expected to approve the city’s 2002 budget. It calls for $101 million in total expenditures and a levy of 24.773 mills, an .87 mill increase above the current levy. A mill is a $1 in property tax for each $1,000 of assessed valuation.
- World briefs
- August 6, 2001
- North Korean leader heads to St. Petersburg Freed U.S. scholar reunited with father Husband blamed drugs for Sylvia Plath’s death Airport may reopen if volcano remains quiet
- Horoscopes
- August 6, 2001
- FBI expands global reach
- August 6, 2001
- The G-men are going global.
- Local briefs
- August 6, 2001
- Threshing Bee attendance tempered by hot weather The 44th annual McLouth Threshing Bee steamed through a hot weekend of tractor pulls, a parade, children’s events, live music and a tractor rodeo. The bee was Friday through Sunday in the eastern Jefferson County town. Attendance was down slightly because of the heat, said Gary Royer, president of the Heart of America Antique Steam Engine & Model Assn., though he didn’t want to estimate attendance. “Overall, we had a lot of new tractors come in and new exhibitors,” Royer said. “I think it went pretty well.” Among those participating in the show were blacksmiths Will Bevan and his father, Jim. This year’s threshing bee featured a new event, the tractor rodeo. Drivers competed in different events, such as backing a tractor up to pin a dollar bill against an egg, backing a four-wheel hay wagon through barrels and a blindfolded drive through barrels. “It was pretty neat event,” Royer said. “The tractor rodeo is something I’d like to see get bigger.” __________ Traffic: Road construction starts today on south Iowa Street Starting today, traffic will be limited to one lane each direction on Iowa in southern Lawrence for much of the month. Milling, overlay and pavement-marking work will begin on Iowa from 31st Street south to 33rd Street. Similar work, along with patching and installation new traffic signal equipment, will be done later this month on 23rd Street from Iowa to Kentucky Court. Some entrances along the streets may be blocked temporarily. Overlay of the Iowa section will take place from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 17. The section of 23rd Street will be paved at night starting at 5 p.m. Aug. 19 and continuing each night until about 6 a.m. the next day. The 23rd Street section will be completed by Aug. 24. LRM Industries Inc., Lawrence, is the contractor. The project will be split between the state of Kansas and the city. The state will pick up $200,000 of the project’s $485,135 cost, and the city will pick up the balance. __________ Literature: Missouri press to publish works of Langston Hughes The University of Missouri Press is gaining national attention for its plans to publish the complete works of poet Langston Hughes, who spent much of his childhood in Lawrence. The New York Times featured a story on the 18-volume project Tuesday on the front of its arts section. Most of the Hughes’ 35 books are now out of print. The University of Missouri recently unveiled the collection’s fourth volume, which includes “Not Without Laughter,” Hughes’ 1930 novel about a young black man coming of age in a small Kansas town, presumably Lawrence. Plans call for the final volumes being available by Feb. 1, 2002, which would have been Hughes’ 100th birthday. He died in 1967. The Missouri project coincides with a Jan. 31- Feb. 7, 2002, symposium on Hughes’ work at Kansas University, featuring appearances by author Alice Walker and actor Danny Glover. __________ Gasoline costs: Pump patrol track down lowest prices in town The Lawrence Journal-World has found a gasoline price as low as $1.249 at numerous locations in Lawrence. If you find a lower price, please call us at 832-7154. Be prepared to leave the name and address of the business and the price. Or go to www.ljworld.com/section/gasoline to join our Pump Patrol message board.
- Former smoker hopes column rerun will help others
- August 6, 2001
- People
- August 6, 2001
- Clinton belongings soaked Teen idols: a retrospective Hail and farewell Hopkins takes up residence
- Mary A. Haulmark
- August 6, 2001
- Late Royals owner’s scholarship legacy ends
- August 6, 2001
- In business circles, Ewing Kauffman is remembered as an entrepreneur who built pharmaceutical giant Marion Laboratories from the ground up. Sports fans knew “Mr. K” as the founding owner of the Kansas City Royals. To hundreds of students, the billionaire philanthropist was the man who paid for their futures.
- Ansel Adams centenary celebrated
- August 6, 2001
- The first comprehensive exhibition of Ansel Adams’ work since his death in 1984 reinforces his status as America’s foremost nature photographer and secures a place for his work on museum walls.
- Public to get say on proposed 2002 city budget before its adoption
- August 6, 2001
- Earlier this summer, City Manager Mike Wildgen presented Lawrence city commissioners with his proposed city budget for 2002. In study sessions since that time, commissioners have made cuts to Wildgen’s proposal to rein in increases in property taxes. After a public hearing Tuesday night, the Lawrence City Commission is expected to approve the city’s 2002 budget. It calls for $101 million in total expenditures and a levy of 24.773 mills, an .87 mill increase above the current levy. A mill is a $1 in property tax for each $1,000 of assessed valuation.
- Gordon wins Brickyard 400
- Driver solidifies lead in Winston Cup race standings
- August 6, 2001
- As Jeff Gordon lined up to start the Brickyard 400, the last thing he expected was a victory.
- U.S. teachers deserve better
- August 6, 2001
- By Mark Shields Creators Syndicate One of my happiest adult memories is a lunch with my then 90-something mother in the leading Italian restaurant in our hometown of Weymouth, Mass. The face of our world-weary waitress, herself a grandmother, brightened like a child’s when she saw my mother. “Miss Fallon,” she exclaimed, “You were the best teacher I ever had. … Remember me from the Jefferson School, Marie?” It turned out that my mother did remember and would later recall Marie’s misadventures with the sevens table in multiplication.
- Rose visits town, but not Hall of Fame
- August 6, 2001
- Pete Rose is in Cooperstown!
- Nation briefs
- August 6, 2001
- Code Red variant reported Fair accident toll rises Off-duty officer arrested after family is run over Powerball hits $75 million
- “Barrel O’Fun” at I-70 Speedway
- August 6, 2001
- It was a hot night of racing action at I-70 Speedway on August 4, 2001. Fans had a “Barrel ‘O Fun” and the racers competed in tightly contested races with the Late Models completing the night in the Miller Lite 100.
- Lawrence man a guinea pig for new hepatitis C medication
- August 6, 2001
- mpaget@ljworld.com In March 1999, Dennis Kennedy got a bad-news phone call that changed his life forever.
- Italy warns doctor not to attempt cloning
- August 6, 2001
- Italian medical authorities warned Monday that an Italian doctor risked losing his right to practice in Italy because of his plans to clone human beings.
- Audi’s win streak over
- August 6, 2001
- David Brabham and Jan Magnussen won the American Le Mans Series’ Grand Prix of Portland, ending Audi’s 11-race winning streak.
- Hepatitis virus comes in three different forms of varying severity
- August 6, 2001
- The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention note there are three types of hepatitis.
- Tensions build in Iran over inauguration delay
- August 6, 2001
- Fears of a national crisis grew Sunday after hard-liners delayed the swearing-in of Iran’s reformist president, Mohammad Khatami. At the heart of the dispute is a fight for control of the powerful Guardian Council, seen as one of conservatives’ last strongholds.
- Taliban raid U.S. charity, arrest 24
- August 6, 2001
- Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers closed the office of a U.S.-based relief organization and arrested 24 of its workers, accusing them of propagating Christianity, a Taliban-run news agency reported Sunday. Shelter Now International is a Christian relief agency based in Oshkosh, Wis., that has been providing food, tents and blankets to impoverished Afghans for several years.
- A-bomb anniversary marked
- August 6, 2001
- The mournful tolling of a bell marked the moment 56 years ago today when the city of Hiroshima was reduced to ashes by the world’s first atomic bomb attack. Tens of thousands of people at an annual ceremony observed 60 seconds of silent prayer at 8:15 a.m. the moment that the United States dropped the bomb on Aug. 6, 1945. City officials and police estimated the crowd between 30,000 and 50,000.
- NFL briefs
- Ravens’ lineman tears triceps tendon in left arm during intrasquad scrimmage
- August 6, 2001
- Leon Searcy, who signed a $31.5 million, six-year contract with Baltimore in the offseason, will miss up to three months with a torn triceps tendon in his left arm.
- Hometown mourns Stringer
- August 6, 2001
- Hundreds of people filed into a sweltering high school fieldhouse Sunday to honor Korey Stringer, the Minnesota tackle who died Wednesday because of heatstroke.
- Northwestern gripped by grief
- Once again, tragedy strikes Chicago school; temptation is to call school cursed
- August 6, 2001
- So much sadness for one campus. Too much sadness. Too much for one school to carry.
- Pak attack at British Open
- South Korean golfer surges past Webb for 2-shot win
- August 6, 2001
- Se Ri Pak charged past Karrie Webb on Sunday in the Women’s British Open for her third major title.
- Stringer’s family to decide if autopsy will be made public
- August 6, 2001
- Korey Stringer’s family will decide if an autopsy performed on the Minnesota lineman will be made public.
- Woosnam fires caddie
- August 6, 2001
- Miles Byrne is looking for work after breaking the most basic caddie rule of all.
- Venus dominates Seles
- August 6, 2001
- Firing 13 aces at speeds up to 113 mph, Venus Williams overpowered Monica Seles 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Acura Classic.
- Bellemere captures title with 69 round
- August 6, 2001
- By Andy Samuelson It’s a good thing Lawrence’s Matt Bellemere has a good mental approach to his golf game. He definitely needed it Sunday. Bellemere, who played at Missouri in 1989-90, was tied heading into the final round of the Men’s City Amateur Championship with Kansas University golfer Nic Rebne. Playing in different groups, the two golfers needed only to prepare for the challenges of Eagle Bend instead of each other.
- Sweeney powers KC in romp
- First baseman clubs two home runs
- August 6, 2001
- Mike Sweeney thought he would be taking the day off. Instead, Sweeney hit two homers and drove in five runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins, 10-5, Sunday.
- Participants sought for prostate study
- August 6, 2001
- Healthy men aged 55 and older are needed for a prostate cancer prevention study by the National Cancer Institute and Stormont-Vail HealthCare.
- Lawrence Hime
- August 6, 2001
- Area briefs
- August 6, 2001
- Ozawkie legislator appointed to interim committee KU alumnus joins Dennis Moore’s staff
- On the record
- August 6, 2001
- Theaters jammed for ‘Rush Hour 2’
- August 6, 2001
- “Rush Hour 2” caused serious traffic jams at movie theaters.
- Professor returns with data to finish slain student’s study
- August 6, 2001
- By Matt Merkel-Hess Two findings from Craig Martin’s trip last week to Costa Rica made a lasting impression on him. One involved the scene where, 12 weeks ago, one of the Kansas University biology professor’s top students was brutally stabbed to death. The other involved research the student was completing when she was killed.
- ‘Guinea pig’ looks to beat hepatitis
- Lawrence resident taking experimental drug as part of KU Med Center study
- August 6, 2001
- By Mindie Paget In March 1999, Dennis Kennedy got a bad-news phone call that changed his life forever. The voice on the line told him he had hepatitis C, a disease caused by a virus that attacks the liver slowly throughout a period of several decades.
- Barry barrels toward Florida
- August 6, 2001
- Residents of the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama braced for drenching rainfall and the possibility of flooding Sunday as Tropical Storm Barry headed for land, slowly gaining strength as it plowed across the Gulf of Mexico. The storm had been expected to grow into a hurricane before making landfall sometime during the night, and a hurricane warning was posted for the Gulf Coast, extending from Pascagoula, Miss., eastward to Florida’s Ochlockonee River, near Tallahassee, the National Hurricane Center said.
- Briefcase
- August 6, 2001
- Workshop offered for homebuyers Training course provided for substitute teachers Employment law course scheduled for Aug. 22
- New Web music services face antitrust probe
- August 6, 2001
- The Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into two online music services, both scheduled to launch this fall, that are backed by the world’s largest record companies.
- On the money
- August 6, 2001
- Does your salary level match your talents and skills? All it takes is a few clicks on the World Wide Web to find out. A number of sites provide comparative data that can help you determine if you’re getting paid what you’re worth or the cost of living a new salary would have to meet in another city. Here are a few of them
- Gardeners can dig up bushels of advice online
- August 6, 2001
- When things grow wrong in the garden, the Web can help set things straight with the right advice and encouragement from gardeners the world around.
- Health experts warn of makeup-swap risks
- August 6, 2001
- Online swapping of cosmetics has its perks, but public health experts caution women against the practice especially if they are trading with strangers.
- What’s new
- August 6, 2001
- Survey reveals that most Americans like the Internet Digital Link allows handhelds to be used as PCS phone
- Battery downtime leads to search for slick wrist watches
- August 6, 2001
- By Dave Toplikar “Hurry up, Dad, I don’t want to be late. What time is it?” Bonnie was behind me in the back seat, and her softball game was to start in a few minutes.
- Miami tops Mystics
- August 6, 2001
- Sheri Sam and Elena Baranova each scored 15 points as the Miami Sol beat the Washington Mystics 52-44 Sunday. Miami (17-11) moved within one game of the New York Liberty (18-10) in the race for the second place in the Eastern Conference.
- Bernstein bests Grubnic in FRAM-Autolite final
- August 6, 2001
- Kenny Bernstein raced to his 58th career NHRA victory, beating David Grubnic in the Top Fuel final in the FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals.
- State briefs
- August 6, 2001
- Ad inadvertently lists phone sex number County treasurer mulls gubernatorial campaign
- Lawsuit against prep school dismissed
- August 6, 2001
- A lawsuit filed against Thomas More Prep-Marian High School in Hays after a priest there molested a student has been dismissed. The lawsuit sought damages from the school for negligence, deceptive trade practices and breach of contract. It stemmed from the student being molested by Ron S. Gilardi, a Capuchin priest who taught at the school when the student attended TMP-Marian between August 1993 and October 1994.
- Welfare shift leaves teens behind
- August 6, 2001
- By Jane Eisner Knight Ridder Newspapers Sometimes, research confirms the obvious, but still tells us something we ought to know. So it is with the latest news that teen-agers suffer when their parents move from welfare to work.
- No laughing matter
- August 6, 2001
- Wrong priority
- August 6, 2001
- Texas ties
- August 6, 2001
- Sometimes, isolation is best policy
- August 6, 2001
- By George Will Washington Post Writers Group Our intellectual marines Landing in little magazines Capture a trend. W. H. Auden
- State lab on frontline of wheat fungus battle
- August 6, 2001
- Three women sit at small desks in a small room, bent over microscopes, examining slides. It can take five minutes up to a half-hour to read one. Amid the dots, squiggles and small circles, they’re looking for an unusually large, brown fuzzy circle with gold ring around it. Like a sunflower plucked of its petals.
- Inaction bolsters school fight
- Attorney calls Legislature’s failure to properly fund schools a ‘blessing in disguise’
- August 6, 2001
- By Scott Rothschild Education leaders were upset when the Legislature approved only a minimal increase in public school funding last session. But an attorney for schools suing the state over its education finance method said the Legislature’s failure to properly fund schools is a blessing in disguise.
- New superintendent ready to listen
- Perry-Lecompton administrator wants district input before moving on QPA, school consolidation
- August 6, 2001
- By Joy Ludwig Though he doesn’t have a permanent home yet, Supt. Steve Johnston is settling into his new school district. Last month, Perry-Lecompton school district’s new superintendent and his family left Overbrook and the Santa Fe Trail school district after their house sold practically overnight; they plan to reside in Grantville.
- Many parents ignore car safety rules for children
- August 6, 2001
- Nearly a third of drivers with children in their vehicles allow the children to ride in the front seat despite warnings it can put them at risk of air bag injuries, a study found.
- Death penalty for teens raises objections
- August 6, 2001
- Napoleon Beazley spotted a car he liked, followed it and shot the owner as he pulled into his garage. The victim’s wife watched the whole thing.
- Executions by electric chair fall out of current favor
- August 6, 2001
- Despite the affectionate nicknames Old Smokey, Yellow Mama, Old Sparky there has been nothing gentle about America’s most lethal line of furniture.
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