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Former Lawrence priest sentenced to prison
By Mike Belt
October 18, 2002
(Updated Friday at 12:10 p.m.) A former Lawrence priest who plead guilty to taking indecent liberties with a child is going to prison for 32 months.
Showers expected for Friday night
By Dave Toplikar
October 18, 2002
(Web Posted Friday at 9:43 a.m.) If your Friday night plans include sitting in a stadium watching high school football, take along an umbrella.
City squads hopeful
October 18, 2002
Lawrence High’s tennis team chooses not to set any goals this weekend. Free State may choose to go big.
Baldwin fired up for Santa Fe Trail
October 18, 2002
For the Baldwin High football team, it’s just another week, just another big game. For undefeated Santa Fe Trail, it’s the first big game of the season.
Actress Katie Holmes graduates from TV dramas to big-screen thrillers
October 18, 2002
“I think there are a lot of stories to be told about college students, because the early twenties are such a hard time in your life,” says “Abandon” star Katie Holmes. “You’re on your own for the first time, and there’s such a mix of emotions: You’re happy, you’re sad, you’re excited, you’re getting your heart broken … One day you feel like you’re in control of your life, and the next day it’s like your whole world is ending. If anybody knows how to balance school and career it’s Holmes. Since her film debut in 1997’s “The Ice Storm,” the 23-year-old actress has comfortably made the transitions from high school student to TV personality to movie star.
Neighborhood Studios lives up to its name
October 18, 2002
Until recently, the recording facility at 920 1/2 Mass. was the home of two similar businesses with very different clientele.
Andrew Norris
October 18, 2002
Services for Andrew Norris, 62, Wichita, will be at 4 p.m. Monday at Lakeview Funeral Home in Wichita. Burial will follow in Lakeview Cemetery, Wichita. Mr. Norris died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2002, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center in Wichita after two years of ill health.
Showers expected for Friday night
October 18, 2002
(Web Posted Friday at 9:43 a.m.) If your Friday night plans include sitting in a stadium watching high school football, take along an umbrella.
advice on budget woes
October 18, 2002
Several Kansas lawmakers said they enjoyed the candid remarks from Gov. Bill Graves and the former governors about the state’s budget problems.
Taff calls Moore too liberal
October 18, 2002
Republican congressional candidate Adam Taff on Thursday said incumbent U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, a Democrat, was too liberal for the 3rd Congressional District. Speaking to about 40 people at the Eldridge Hotel during the Meet the Candidates luncheon sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, Taff also criticized Moore for voting against a $350 billion prescription drug plan for seniors.
Lawrence briefs
October 18, 2002
 Police release surveillance photo of Kwik Shop robber  Police arrest suspect in report of stabbing  City commission won’t review apartment complex plans  Humanities centers partner for conference
M will throttle KU
October 18, 2002
Kansas University football fans are not pleased. Sure, the Jayhawks are struggling on the field, but that’s not why the faithful are peeved. They know this is a transition year under a first-year head coach.
Squad pounces early in home shutout
October 18, 2002
It took three minutes for the rout to start, and it lasted for one half. From there, the Free State High boys soccer team coasted, just like it planned. Junior Joel Angelone’s goal less than three minutes into the Firebirds’ final home game set the tone in their 5-0 win against Shawnee Mission North on Thursday at Free State Field. It spread out the Indians’ defense and allowed the Firebirds to control the ball on offense, something they’ve had trouble with lately.
Beleaguered state adoption contractor to pull plug
October 18, 2002
Unable to pay its bills, Lutheran Social Service on Thursday announced it was going out of business. “We’re closing the agency, we’re liquidating our assets to deal with our debts,” said Marc Bloomingdale, acting chief executive officer of the 123-year-old charity.
Births
October 18, 2002
Patrick Rooney and Amy Moorhead, Lawrence, a girl, Tuesday. Beth and Darrell Harsh, Williamsburg, a girl, Tuesday.
Sound off
October 18, 2002
For some time, Marling Furniture has had a truck parked in the lot of the shopping center at 27th and Iowa for the obvious reason of advertising. Does this violate the ordinance concerning the sizes of allowed signs? City Manager Mike Wildgen said, “The city sign ordinance does not regulate wording on vehicles, and therefore this truck would not violate the city code.”
NFL briefs
October 18, 2002
Falcons’ cornerback back from suspension Searcy out of action Niners’ Owens fined $5,000 by league Vick listed as ‘probable’
Baseball briefs
October 18, 2002
Boston denies interest in Piniella One Bonds-ball fight starts, another ends Indians sign pair Cards’ Drew has surgery
Huge crowd sees Bearcats rout Gorillas
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Mitch Herring ran for 109 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries, helping Northwest Missouri State beat Pittsburg State 29-7 Thursday night in front of the largest crowd to see an Division II game since the NCAA reorganized its lower divisions in 1973.
Bonds giddy to be in first Series
By Steve Wilstein - Associated Press Sports Writer
October 18, 2002
Barry Bonds has arrived where he began, the game of baseball as new to him as it is old.
Baker reveals rotation
Order: Schmidt, Ortiz, Hernandez, Rueter
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
After flying down the coast Thursday, San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker announced his big decision: Jason Schmidt will be followed by Russ Ortiz, Livan Hernandez and Kirk Rueter in his World Series pitching rotation.
Area athletes of the week
October 18, 2002
Firebirds blank hapless Indians - Free State 5, Shawnee Mission North 0
Squad pounces early in home shutout
By Mike Miller
October 18, 2002
It took three minutes for the rout to start, and it lasted for one half. From there, the Free State High boys soccer team coasted, just like it planned. Junior Joel Angelone’s goal less than three minutes into the Firebirds’ final home game set the tone in their 5-0 win against Shawnee Mission North on Thursday at Free State Field. It spread out the Indians’ defense and allowed the Firebirds to control the ball on offense, something they’ve had trouble with lately.
Ex-QB Dyer adjusting to new role
Junior likes change to hitter at safety
By David Mitchell
October 18, 2002
Zach Dyer took his share of hits in parts of three seasons as a college quarterback. Now the Kansas University junior is hitting back.
‘70s counterculture guru convicted of killing girlfriend
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Ira Einhorn, the ‘70s hippie guru who fled to Europe and lived like a country squire after being charged with murder, was convicted Thursday of killing his girlfriend and stuffing her corpse in his closet a quarter-century ago.
Trella A. Fyler
October 18, 2002
Report to regents finds KU toughest on admissions policy
By Mindie Paget
October 18, 2002
Kansas University is much stricter than other regents institutions when it comes to enforcing the state’s qualified admissions policy, according to a report presented Thursday to the Kansas Board of Regents. The policy, which went into effect in fall 2001, allows each of the state’s six public universities to admit up to 10 percent of students who don’t meet the new standards.
Vatican rejects parts of U.S. bishops’ sex abuse policy
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Elements of the toughened sex abuse policy approved by U.S. Roman Catholic bishops have been rejected at the Vatican, which has warned American prelates about going ahead with some reforms, church sources familiar with the Holy See’s response said Thursday. The Vatican is particularly concerned some parts of the policy would violate the individual rights of accused clerics now protected under church law, the sources said.
All-ages crowd soaks up ‘SpongeBob’
Nickelodeon cartoon goes from bottom of the sea to top of ratings
By Frazier Moore - Associated Press Television Writer
October 18, 2002
Nickelodeon boss Herb Scannell remembers his reaction to a rough cut of the very first “SpongeBob SquarePants” cartoon.
Westar polling concerns consumer advocates
Shallenburger gubernatorial campaign purchased poll results that showed Sebelius’ lead narrowing
By John Hanna - Associated Press Writer
October 18, 2002
Two consumer advocates expressed concern Thursday about Westar Energy Inc. polling on the governor’s race.
Rape victim reveals STD in Carr trial
By Roxana Hegeman - Associated Press Writer
October 18, 2002
A woman who survived a rape and shooting surprised prosecutors Thursday by telling them she had contracted the same sexually transmitted disease a detective just testified one of the suspects had.
Parking crunch lingers for county
Lease of spaces near courthouse set to expire next month
By Mark Fagan
October 18, 2002
Douglas County is giving up its claim to nearly three dozen parking spaces at 11th and Massachusetts streets, even though the government’s long-term parking crunch hasn’t been relieved.
Daily conveniences warrant Nobel
By Mark Patinkin - The Providence Journal
October 18, 2002
I’ve long admired the Nobel Prizes, but whenever they’re awarded for such breakthroughs as conducive polymers, I find myself wishing there were categories for things that more directly improve daily life.
America not alone in terrorism war
Jim Hoagland
October 18, 2002
Terror attacks on European, Australian and other tourists in Bali and on a French chartered oil tanker off Yemen reveal the true nature of the threat posed by al-Qaida and its friends and sponsors: The world is afflicted with a deadly, undiscriminating disease that must be halted by painful and at times dangerous treatment. The terrorists do not wage a political campaign by other means. They fight the very times in which they and we live. Only a fool would now say that Sept. 11, 2001, changed nothing however much we want that to be true.
Neighborhood Studios lives up to its name
By Jon Niccum
October 18, 2002
Until recently, the recording facility at 920 1/2 Mass. was the home of two similar businesses with very different clientele.
‘Abandon’ leaves audience in dark
By Jon Niccum
October 18, 2002
There’s a scene in “Abandon” where a group of Ivy League college students enter a party and participate in a game of speed chess in which the contestants must take shots of vodka between moves. In most other campus settings, students would be playing quarters with pitchers of Bud Light. Whatever the intellectual pretensions of this gang may be, they’re still just seeking another lame excuse to get drunk.
Bulldogs have double shot at title
October 18, 2002
The tennis ball whizzed by Holly Oakleaf’s ear before smashing into a chain-link fence Thursday at the Baldwin High tennis courts.
Forward Collison hopes to play way into lottery
October 18, 2002
Nick Collison and the NBA draft are mutually inclusive. Collison will be a first-round selection next June. The only question is how long the Kansas University senior will have to wait before Commissioner David Stern calls his name. “I think I could be a lottery pick,” Collison said. “The only thing I can do is have a real good year.”
shopping areas, panel members say
October 18, 2002
Don’t expect the throng of big-box stores on South Iowa Street to be re-created soon anywhere else in town  not even at Sixth Street and the South Lawrence Trafficway. Members of a committee revamping the city’s long-range commercial plans say Lawrence simply isn’t big enough to support another so-called “regional” shopping area. Sixth Street and the SLT has often been mentioned as the future site of such a center.
Hawks
October 18, 2002
Lawrence’s favorite mascot is about to try on a coat of many colors. The Jayhawk is an imaginary bird, and artists soon will be asked to stretch their imaginations even further to come up with some unconventional Jayhawks.
Report to regents finds KU toughest on admissions policy
October 18, 2002
Kansas University is much stricter than other regents institutions when it comes to enforcing the state’s qualified admissions policy, according to a report presented Thursday to the Kansas Board of Regents. The policy, which went into effect in fall 2001, allows each of the state’s six public universities to admit up to 10 percent of students who don’t meet the new standards.
92 state title game
October 18, 2002
The last time Lawrence High and Washburn Rural met on the football field, it was the 1992 state championship game.
Lawrence briefs
October 18, 2002
Police release surveillance photo of Kwik Shop robber Police arrest suspect in report of stabbing City commission won’t review apartment complex plans Humanities centers partner for conference
World Series pairing civil war for some
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
To outsiders, the World Series is a California contest between Anaheim and San Francisco. To Californians, it’s a north-south grudge match, a showdown between darkness and light.
Band or no band, A&M will throttle KU
By Chuck Woodling
October 18, 2002
Kansas University football fans are not pleased. Sure, the Jayhawks are struggling on the field, but that’s not why the faithful are peeved. They know this is a transition year under a first-year head coach.
One last go-around
Guard Hinrich passed on NBA to get stronger
By David Mitchell
October 18, 2002
Aaron Miles dreams of playing in the NBA someday. Kansas University’s sophomore point guard didn’t have to look far to find a role model.
Briefcase
October 18, 2002
Delta to cut jobs Airline seeks to increase flights from Kansas City Scandals cost Americans $200 billion, report says Earnings of interest
Daily ticker
October 18, 2002
Student acquitted in deaths of three passengers
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
A judge acquitted a Southwest Baptist University student of manslaughter charges in a wreck that killed three fellow students, but convicted him Thursday of a misdemeanor drunken driving charge.
Tenn. race focuses on taxes
David Shribman
October 18, 2002
They are tough, burly men. They sat in a smoky meeting room at the Ramada Inn a few miles from the airport, preoccupied with finding prison space for criminals, shutting down the rural methamphetamine labs where household chemicals are being transformed into highly addictive drugs and, in lighter moments, planning the annual golf outing and pistol shoot.
Governors: Tax boost a must
October 18, 2002
Gov. Bill Graves and three former Kansas governors had a clear message Thursday for state legislators: Raise taxes. Graves and former Govs. Mike Hayden, William Avery and John Anderson Jr. were in Lawrence for a roundtable discussion as part of Kansas University’s Kansas Economic Policy Conference.
Former Lawrence priest sentenced to prison
October 18, 2002
(Updated Friday at 12:10 p.m.) A former Lawrence priest who plead guilty to taking indecent liberties with a child is going to prison for 32 months.
On the street
October 18, 2002
Asked at Centennial Park Should the Kansas Legislature raise taxes to ease its budget burdens?
Area briefs
October 18, 2002
 Seabury’s Pottorff sixth  Firebirds lose three  Baldwin, McLouth tops
Briefly
October 18, 2002
Bomb blasts kill seven Community health centers gain Senate approval Indian-controlled Kashmir placed under federal rule Residents flee as security forces enter battle zone
Briefly
October 18, 2002
Negotiators agree on terrorism insurance White House ordered to turn in documents Committees report campaign cash
Briefly
October 18, 2002
Israeli troops kill six Palestinians Rebels sign cease-fire Canada to regulate meth ingredients Blair: IRA must disband for power-sharing
On the record
October 18, 2002
Eagles to nudge Bucs
Tampa won’t have to combat cold, but will lose
By Dave Goldberg - AP Football Writer
October 18, 2002
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers get at least one break when they visit Philadelphia on Sunday: The forecast calls for temperatures in the 50s. That’s a lot warmer than it was the last two times the Bucs were in Philly, for consecutive playoff losses.
Delany ‘draws line’ on criticism of officials
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said Thursday he’d consider a number of measures, including instant replay, to help football officials do their job. But he won’t let anyone question their integrity.
Bulldogs have double shot at title
By Andy Samuelson
October 18, 2002
The tennis ball whizzed by Holly Oakleaf’s ear before smashing into a chain-link fence Thursday at the Baldwin High tennis courts.
Free State’s Wang all but invincible on tennis court
By Mike Miller
October 18, 2002
The last two weeks tell it all when she’s on, Emily Wang is unbeatable. The Free State High senior didn’t lose a game in four matches at the Sunflower League tennis tournament Oct. 8, then nearly did the same at the Class 6A regionals in Topeka on Monday. She gave up two games in trouncing Overland Park Aquinas’ Shannon Brown, a fifth-place finisher at state last year.
Beleaguered state adoption contractor to pull plug
By Dave Ranney
October 18, 2002
Unable to pay its bills, Lutheran Social Service on Thursday announced it was going out of business. “We’re closing the agency, we’re liquidating our assets to deal with our debts,” said Marc Bloomingdale, acting chief executive officer of the 123-year-old charity.
Credit card companies to face limits soliciting on state’s college campuses
By Mike Belt
October 18, 2002
Credit card companies will have less time on campus to woo university students, the Kansas Board of Regents decided Thursday. Regents voted 6-3 to ban credit card solicitations on campus a minimum of the first two weeks of a semester and the last week of the semester.
Comedian to perform at Midland Theatre
October 18, 2002
Comedian Gallagher will bring his trademark Sledge-O-Matic Saturday to the Midland Theatre, 1228 Main Street. The show is at 8 p.m.
Weltmer
October 18, 2002
Services for W. Keith “General” Weltmer, 89, Salina, will be at 10 a.m. today at Ryan Mortuary in Salina. Burial with military honors will be in Mission Hills Cemetery in Smolan. Mr. Weltmer died Monday, Oct. 14, 2002, in Salina.
s college campuses
October 18, 2002
Credit card companies will have less time on campus to woo university students, the Kansas Board of Regents decided Thursday. Regents voted 6-3 to ban credit card solicitations on campus a minimum of the first two weeks of a semester and the last week of the semester.
Announcement comes as university continues to wait for Congress to approve appropriation
October 18, 2002
Haskell Indian Nations University’s already-tight budget just got tighter. University president Karen Swisher on Thursday told an advisory committee that because Congress had not yet passed the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs budget for the coming year, Haskell had to restrict its spending to “essential needs.”
Horoscopes
By Jacqueline Bigar
October 18, 2002
Guard Hinrich passed on NBA to get stronger
October 18, 2002
Aaron Miles dreams of playing in the NBA someday. Kansas University’s sophomore point guard didn’t have to look far to find a role model.
World Online Arts & Entertainment Calendar
October 18, 2002
s safest
October 18, 2002
Lawrence public school children are in good hands when they step on a school bus. The Laidlaw Transit branch serving the Lawrence district has been named the safest in the nation among more than 400 Laidlaw stations that collectively carry 2.4 million children daily.
Wonder girl
Actress Katie Holmes graduates from TV dramas to big-screen thrillers
By Jon Niccum
October 18, 2002
“I think there are a lot of stories to be told about college students, because the early twenties are such a hard time in your life,” says “Abandon” star Katie Holmes. “You’re on your own for the first time, and there’s such a mix of emotions: You’re happy, you’re sad, you’re excited, you’re getting your heart broken … One day you feel like you’re in control of your life, and the next day it’s like your whole world is ending. If anybody knows how to balance school and career it’s Holmes. Since her film debut in 1997’s “The Ice Storm,” the 23-year-old actress has comfortably made the transitions from high school student to TV personality to movie star.
Trella A. Fyler
October 18, 2002
Services for Trella A. Fyler, 85, Wichita, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Wichita. Mrs. Fyler died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita.
Angels, Giants relish long layoff
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
After not clinching playoff berths until the final week of the season, and fighting through two tough rounds of playoffs, the Angels and Giants are thankful for a little time off.
‘Zen Master’ admits good fortune
Phil Jackson has won nine NBA titles with two franchises, but some question his coaching greatness
John Smallwood - Knight Ridder Newspapers
October 18, 2002
The arguments from the other side are weak.
LHS-Rural rematch of ‘92 state title game
By Mike Miller
October 18, 2002
The last time Lawrence High and Washburn Rural met on the football field, it was the 1992 state championship game.
Hapless Topeka High next test for Free State
By Chuck Woodling
October 18, 2002
On paper, woeful Topeka High sits in a beneficial slot in Free State High’s football schedule between state powerhouse Olathe North and intra-city rival Lawrence High.
leaves audience in dark
October 18, 2002
There’s a scene in “Abandon” where a group of Ivy League college students enter a party and participate in a game of speed chess in which the contestants must take shots of vodka between moves. In most other campus settings, students would be playing quarters with pitchers of Bud Light. Whatever the intellectual pretensions of this gang may be, they’re still just seeking another lame excuse to get drunk.
Area briefs
October 18, 2002
Seabury’s Pottorff sixth Firebirds lose three Baldwin, McLouth tops
Junior likes change to hitter at safety
October 18, 2002
Zach Dyer took his share of hits in parts of three seasons as a college quarterback. Now the Kansas University junior is hitting back.
Lease of spaces near courthouse set to expire next month
October 18, 2002
Douglas County is giving up its claim to nearly three dozen parking spaces at 11th and Massachusetts streets, even though the government’s long-term parking crunch hasn’t been relieved.
Forward Collison hopes to play way into lottery
By Gary Bedore
October 18, 2002
Nick Collison and the NBA draft are mutually inclusive. Collison will be a first-round selection next June. The only question is how long the Kansas University senior will have to wait before Commissioner David Stern calls his name. “I think I could be a lottery pick,” Collison said. “The only thing I can do is have a real good year.”
Volunteer effort
October 18, 2002
The renovation of Wells Overlook Park south of Lawrence would have to rank near the top of ambitious volunteer projects. County Commissioner Jere McElhaney plans to bring volunteers together this fall to clear most of the trees from the 17-acre site. After that, perhaps in the spring, volunteers will replant the area with native grasses, build new trails and make other upgrades. It’s a huge undertaking, and McElhaney deserves the community’s thanks for tackling the project.
On the record
October 18, 2002
Law enforcement report Injury accidents
Local briefs
October 18, 2002
Burglars ransack barbecue restaurant Advance voting begins Parade committee seeks charity for 2003 Energy conservation fair slated for Sunday
Local briefs
October 18, 2002
 Burglars ransack barbecue restaurant  Advance voting begins  Parade committee seeks charity for 2003  Energy conservation fair slated for Sunday
City squads hopeful
By Ryan Wood
October 18, 2002
Lawrence High’s tennis team chooses not to set any goals this weekend. Free State may choose to go big.
Andrew Norris
October 18, 2002
Chiefs’ QB hobbled by injury
Ankle woes keep Green off field
Doug Tucker - Associated Press Sports Writer
October 18, 2002
Kansas City quarterback Trent Green was still hobbled with a sore ankle Thursday and backup Todd Collins took most of the snaps in practice.
Crawford crew chief for Series
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Jerry Crawford will umpire in the World Series for the second time in three seasons and will be the crew chief for the games between the Anaheim Angels and San Francisco Giants.
Las Vegas makes Angels 6-5 favorites
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
The Anaheim Angels, who opened the season a 75-1 pick to win the World Series in some sports books, are a slight favorite against the San Francisco Giants.
Downs helps Terrapins keep ACC hopes alive
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Maryland’s tiniest player had a colossal second half, helping the Terrapins clear an imposing obstacle in their bid to repeat as Atlantic Coast Conference champions.
Collins quits Huskers
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Nebraska running back Thunder Collins has quit the team so he can get a job to replace his lost scholarship money and take care of his younger brother.
Fall Classic gives everyone chance to make a name
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
J.T. Snow just chuckled as the compliments poured in.
Baldwin fired up for Santa Fe Trail
By Mike Miller
October 18, 2002
For the Baldwin High football team, it’s just another week, just another big game. For undefeated Santa Fe Trail, it’s the first big game of the season.
Funk falls at Worlds
Montgomerie moves on at Match Play
October 18, 2002
Colin Montgomerie defeated Fred Funk 3 and 2 in their 36-hole first-round match at the World Match Play Championship on Thursday.
Judge rejects teens’ convictions
Prosecutors presented contradictory theories in father’s murder case
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
A judge Thursday threw out the convictions of two boys, ages 13 and 14, in the slaying of their father, who was bludgeoned with a baseball bat as he slept.
Lawmakers say they hope colleagues heed governors’ advice on budget woes
By Scott Rothschild
October 18, 2002
Several Kansas lawmakers said they enjoyed the candid remarks from Gov. Bill Graves and the former governors about the state’s budget problems.
6Sports video: Firebirds and Lions have tennis stars going to the State tournament
October 18, 2002
Emily Wang is the returning singles champion, and both schools have standout doubles teams.
6Sports video: KU expects Texas A&M’s defense to look different than Colorado’s crew
October 18, 2002
A&M’s defense is known as the ‘Wrecking Crew.’
6News video: Haskell feels budget crunch
October 18, 2002
Because the U.S. Congress has not passed a federal budget, Haskell’s funding is in question.
6News video: Governor’s round table discusses budget deficit
October 18, 2002
Current Governor Bill Graves and past governors talk candidly about shortfalls.
Low mortgage rates boost home construction
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Low mortgage rates drove housing construction in September to the highest level in 16 years, but the nation’s industrial sector showed new signs of stress, confirming that economic recovery remains uneven.
Enron trader pleads guilty to manipulating Calif. market
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
A former Enron trader accused of masterminding a scheme to drive up energy prices during California’s power crisis pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. Timothy Belden, the former head of trading in Enron’s Portland, Ore., office, admitted to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He faces up to five years in prison and must forfeit $2.1 million.
Beyond Boardwalk, Atlantic City rolls craps
Casinos’ promise falls short for much of city
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Nearly 25 years after this city’s revitalization began with the opening of a Resorts International casino, there are still neighborhoods where prosperity is but a rumor. Along the Boardwalk, business booms in many of the city’s 12 casinos, but dozens of Atlantic Avenue shops and restaurants never have hit the jackpot they expected from casino-bound customers. For them, the decay of this seaside resort hasn’t gone away.
Sprint beats analysts’ forecast
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Sprint Corp. on Thursday reported earnings of $519 million for the third quarter, beating analysts expectations. Sprint FON, which includes the Overland Park-based company’s long-distance division, recorded earnings of $526 million, or 59 cents per share for the quarter that ended Sept. 30. That compares with earnings of $154 million, or 18 cents per share, for the same quarter a year ago.
Compensation questions abound in diluted drug cases
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
In the quest for Robert R. Courtney’s millions, even his father’s house isn’t safe. Federal prosecutors have moved to seize the house, owned by Courtney and valued at $285,000. Private attorneys are after some of the $71 million in insurance that Courtney and his pharmacy carried during the 1990s.
W. Keith ‘General’ Weltmer
October 18, 2002
Ag Department: Recalled meat entered school lunch program
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Some of the 27 million pounds of meat linked to a listeria outbreak ended up in the federal lunch program, the Agriculture Department said Thursday.
N. Korea weapons program prompts diplomatic flurry
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
North Korea’s declared determination to become the world’s eighth nuclear power has prompted a flurry of U.S. diplomatic activity as the Bush administration, its policy of engagement with Pyongyang discredited, ponders its next steps.
Officials: Sniper witness provided fake story
Account of Monday night attack didn’t match others
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
A witness who says he saw the Washington-area sniper fire with an assault rifle and flee in a cream-colored van gave a phony story, investigators said Thursday in a setback that cast doubt on much of what the public thought it knew about the roving killer.
Saddam takes oath
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
President Saddam Hussein swore himself in for another seven years in power Thursday with a speech warning the United States and ordinary Iraqis that bloodshed could be at hand.
U.S. reshapes U.N. resolution on Iraq
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Seeking to win a new U.N. resolution on Iraq, the United States has removed language explicitly threatening military action, while making clear Baghdad will face consequences if it fails to cooperate with weapons inspectors, diplomats and U.S. officials said Thursday. The latest compromise appears tailored to win support from powerful Security Council members including France and Russia, which want to give Iraq a chance to cooperate before authorizing force.
Laidlaw branch in Lawrence honored as company’s safest
By Tim Carpenter
October 18, 2002
Lawrence public school children are in good hands when they step on a school bus. The Laidlaw Transit branch serving the Lawrence district has been named the safest in the nation among more than 400 Laidlaw stations that collectively carry 2.4 million children daily.
CIA: More attacks likely
Director predicts ‘imminent’ al-Qaida attacks on U.S. soil
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
New al-Qaida strikes may be imminent on U.S. soil or overseas, CIA Director George Tenet warned Thursday as he defended his agency’s counterterrorism efforts to lawmakers. “You must make the assumption that al-Qaida is in an execution phase and intends to strike us both here and overseas,” Tenet said, noting recent attacks in Kuwait, Indonesia and off Yemen. “That’s unambiguous as far as I’m concerned.”
Governors: Tax boost a must
By Chad Lawhorn
October 18, 2002
Gov. Bill Graves and three former Kansas governors had a clear message Thursday for state legislators: Raise taxes. Graves and former Govs. Mike Hayden, William Avery and John Anderson Jr. were in Lawrence for a roundtable discussion as part of Kansas University’s Kansas Economic Policy Conference.
Planners envision small-mall movement
City won’t have population to support additional ‘regional’ shopping areas, panel members say
By Joel Mathis
October 18, 2002
Don’t expect the throng of big-box stores on South Iowa Street to be re-created soon anywhere else in town not even at Sixth Street and the South Lawrence Trafficway. Members of a committee revamping the city’s long-range commercial plans say Lawrence simply isn’t big enough to support another so-called “regional” shopping area. Sixth Street and the SLT has often been mentioned as the future site of such a center.
Haskell pulls in reins on spending
Announcement comes as university continues to wait for Congress to approve appropriation
By Dave Ranney
October 18, 2002
Haskell Indian Nations University’s already-tight budget just got tighter. University president Karen Swisher on Thursday told an advisory committee that because Congress had not yet passed the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs budget for the coming year, Haskell had to restrict its spending to “essential needs.”
Viewers tune in for cable news networks’ sniper coverage
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
The frightening, ongoing mystery of the Washington-area sniper is proving a compelling story for cable news networks, which have attracted their largest audiences of the year.
Government reports results from credit-card crackdown
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
A six-month White House crackdown has reduced personal shopping sprees with government credit cards. The effort involved canceling thousands of accounts, docking paychecks to collect unpaid bills and banning payments to thousands of businesses.
Indonesia to question cleric
Radical suspected in church bombings
The Los Angeles Times
October 18, 2002
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, accused by neighboring countries of heading a regional terrorist group, was named by Indonesian police Thursday as a suspect in a series of church bombings and ordered to appear for questioning.
DNA presented in barrel bodies trial
By John Milburn - Associated Press Writer
October 18, 2002
Blood samples taken from a Linn County mobile home owned by John E. Robinson Sr. were identified Thursday as belonging to two women whose bodies were found in barrels.
Newest justice joins Supreme Court
By Carl Manning - Associated Press Writer
October 18, 2002
Within days after becoming the newest member of the Kansas Supreme Court, Justice Lawton Nuss expects to don his black robe and join the other six members hearing arguments in cases.
Taff calls Moore too liberal
By Scott Rothschild
October 18, 2002
Republican congressional candidate Adam Taff on Thursday said incumbent U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, a Democrat, was too liberal for the 3rd Congressional District. Speaking to about 40 people at the Eldridge Hotel during the Meet the Candidates luncheon sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, Taff also criticized Moore for voting against a $350 billion prescription drug plan for seniors.
Death, pregnancy mark MTV show
By Donna Petrozzello - Knight-Ridder Services
October 18, 2002
Slayings and pregnancy might mark the end for some reality television shows, but for the producers of MTV’s “Making of the Band II,” such issues are a dramatic lure to pull in viewers.
‘Monk’ wraps up 1st season
Kevin McDonough
October 18, 2002
“Monk” (9 p.m., USA) takes flight for its season finale as the manic and phobic detective (Tony Shalhoub) reluctantly accompanies his assistant, Sharona (Bitty Schram), on a flight to New Jersey. Naturally, Monk’s fear of flying and his aversion to the airliner’s enclosed public space and poor ventilation make him more finicky than ever.
Where is rural Kansas headed?
By Jim Scharplaz - The Prairie Writers Circle
October 18, 2002
The one-room country school that I attended in first grade closed long ago, when the north Ottawa County school districts first unified, and the schools in several of the district’s smaller towns closed soon after. When I was in high school, there was further consolidation. In November, we will vote whether or not to close still another school, leaving schools in only one town in the district.
School issues
October 18, 2002
Creative ‘Hawks
J-W Editorials
October 18, 2002
Lawrence’s favorite mascot is about to try on a coat of many colors. The Jayhawk is an imaginary bird, and artists soon will be asked to stretch their imaginations even further to come up with some unconventional Jayhawks.
Volunteer effort
J-W Editorials
October 18, 2002
The renovation of Wells Overlook Park south of Lawrence would have to rank near the top of ambitious volunteer projects. County Commissioner Jere McElhaney plans to bring volunteers together this fall to clear most of the trees from the 17-acre site. After that, perhaps in the spring, volunteers will replant the area with native grasses, build new trails and make other upgrades. It’s a huge undertaking, and McElhaney deserves the community’s thanks for tackling the project.
Pakistan promises to withdraw troops
U.S. officials welcome ‘peacetime’ move
The Associated Press
October 18, 2002
Pakistan matched rival India in pledging to withdraw hundreds of thousands of troops from their border Thursday, beginning a mutual stand-down after months of heightened tension that brought the South Asian nuclear neighbors to the brink of war.
Haynes gets behind the ‘Mule’
The latest incarnation of Gov’t Mule lets questions about the future wait.
By Michael Newman
October 18, 2002
By Michael Newman If Warren Haynes and his band Gov’t Mule are unfamiliar to you, chances are that some of the guests on the group’s recent release, “The Deep End Vol. 2,” are not.
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