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- Three injured, one possibly killed, in four-car collision
- April 27, 2003
- (Web Posted Sunday at 5:10 p.m.) Emergency crews Sunday afternoon were at the scene of a four-car collision west of Lawrence that injured at least three people and caused one possible fatality.
- Mayer: News events now spectacle
- April 27, 2003
- Some reflections on the evolution of the athletic “news conference” at Kansas University — and the drastic changes in remuneration packages over the years.
- Sunshine welcomes outdoor events
- April 27, 2003
- Earth Day finally got its due Saturday in Lawrence, and this time Mother Nature couldn’t have been more cooperative.
- Heston makes final appearance as National Rifle Assn. president
- April 27, 2003
- Charlton Heston made his last appearance as president of the National Rifle Assn. on Saturday, shuffling onto the stage before a crowd of 4,000 NRA members but too feeble to give a farewell speech.
- Other developments
- April 27, 2003
- Kevin Eugene Nelson
- April 27, 2003
- ‘Magic Flute’ a virtual success
- April 27, 2003
- University Theatre on Saturday opened its final show of the season at Kansas University, a virtual reality staging of Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute.”
- Image as strong leader bolsters Bush
- April 27, 2003
- At a midweek news briefing, Sen. Ted Kennedy was doing what he does so well — laying out the Democratic case on domestic policy, preparing the ground for the debates that will resume now that Congress is back from its Easter recess.
- Jackson wins for Free State
- April 27, 2003
- Free State High sophomore Ashley Jackson was the city’s lone individual champion Saturday at the Trinity Academy Invitational.
- Bush doctrine targets regimes, not nations
- April 27, 2003
- President Bush resembles both the Little Red Hen and Aladdin as the war in Iraq subsides. He has baked a loaf of liberation and hope for that broken Arab country — with precious little help from presumed friends. To accomplish that, he rubbed the magic lamp of U.S. military technology and summoned a genie with powers to remake the world.
- LHS girls, boys finish second
- April 27, 2003
- The Lawrence High girls’ track and field team had two individual champions and the LHS boys had one as both
- Lions, Texans among teams meeting needs
- April 27, 2003
- The true measure of the NFL draft doesn’t come for several years. How teams addressed their needs is more discernible.
- Triplets celebrate 70th birthday
- April 27, 2003
- The three sisters — Margery Blythe, Mary Gleason and Margaret Phillips — sit at a dining room table in the family farmhouse near Maple Hill and reminisce about their childhood years.
- Briefly
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Health: Event to encourage organ donation ¢ Arts: Children, families invited to paint prairie mural ¢ Community: Firefighters to raise funds for charity
- Arts notes
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ James Nedresky to give Fields Gallery talk ¢ KU student snags first in piano competition
- Arts notes
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Country crooner sponsors Busch race ¢ Pittsburgh Symphony to perform at new venue
- Arts notes
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ McDougal of Whitewater fame to appear in K.C. ¢ Book awards make call for submissions
- Spatterware, spongeware recognizable by designs
- April 27, 2003
- Is it spatterware or spongeware? It is easy to tell. Spatterware dishes are decorated with what looks like paint spattered from a brush. Spongeware looks as if the paint was dabbed on with a sponge. But through the years, authors and collectors have jumbled the names until almost all of these types of decoration are lumped under the name spatterware, even if the dishes appear to be spongeware.
- Take a walk into the sea
- New ‘Wild Reef’ exhibit opens at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium
- April 27, 2003
- You start your trip on the shore of Lake Michigan, inside a white marble hall decorated with whimsical figures of sea creatures.
- It takes a lot to re-create a Philippine reef
- April 27, 2003
- Here are some facts about the new “Wild Reef” exhibit at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
- Colorado nature author to teach writing workshop
- April 27, 2003
- Colorado author, biologist and naturalist Mary Young will teach a nature writing workshop, “Prairie Reflections,” from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. May 11 at Kansas University’s Natural History Museum.
- Prisoners see art as an escape
- April 27, 2003
- Philip Sugden remembers shuffling through the cellblock after teaching a prison art class when someone grabbed his arm. It was one of his students.
- New museum ‘dissolves into the sky’
- $22 million art showplace latest step in blue-collar Tacoma’s renaissance
- April 27, 2003
- Architect Antoine Predock had a complaint about the weather during a recent visit to this Pacific Northwest city’s new art museum: It wasn’t raining — again.
- Baseball Briefs
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Dye to have surgery, will miss 3-to-5 weeks ¢ Rivera set to rejoin Yankees Tuesday ¢ Robinson to be honored with congressional medal ¢ Hamstring injury forces Erstad to DL
- Bert Nash poster takes look back
- 20th-year design includes past artists
- April 27, 2003
- Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center will celebrate 20 years of art and mental health at a reception and poster sale Friday.
- Empire Maker favored to win Kentucky Derby
- Frankel-trained bay colt to go off as 6-5 morning-line choice
- April 27, 2003
- On a sunny Sunday morning at Gulfstream Park, a day after Empire Maker blew away the competition in the Florida Derby, Bobby Frankel recalled the first time he realized the strapping bay colt he’d been training was something special.
- Outdoors Briefs
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ KBA to plant trees at Glen Elder Reservoir ¢ Free state park days ¢ Missouri turkey record
- Book tells of life, wild times of Oscar-winning producer
- April 27, 2003
- They all laughed at Sam Spiegel, a Hollywood producer from Poland, when he made a series of movies in the 1940s with the credit line “Produced by S.P. Eagle.”
- Calvino emerges as ‘hermit’ in writings
- April 27, 2003
- Italo Calvino, who died in 1985, is best known to American readers for “Italian Folktales,” an anthology of his country’s most significant stories passed by word of mouth from generation to generation. A major figure in 20th-century letters, he wrote novels, short fiction and literary criticism.
- Colon crawl dramatizes cancer threat
- April 27, 2003
- So there I was, on hands and knees, crawling through a 40-foot long, four-foot-high, human colon. It wasn’t a real colon, of course. No human has a colon that size, except maybe Marlon Brando, and I’m sure he has security people to prevent media access.
- KU women 4th
- April 27, 2003
- Kansas University’s women’s bowling club placed fourth and the men finished eighth Saturday at the Intercollegiate Bowling Championships.
- Attack on SARS mobilizes global village
- April 27, 2003
- Is this the costume for natives of the global village now, a face mask?
- Arts notes
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Journal-World seeks history of closing schools ¢ CornerBank to unveil permanent sculpture ¢ Wanted: miracle moms
- Bears bash sloppy Jayhawks
- April 27, 2003
- The Kansas University baseball team gave No. 21 Baylor extra opportunities on five occasions Saturday. Not a good idea.
- Iraqis blame U.S. for deadly blast
- Weapons cache explosion kills at least six
- April 27, 2003
- A U.S.-held weapons cache laden with 80 Iraqi missiles exploded Saturday on the teeming edge of Baghdad, killing at least six people and pummeling homes for miles around with a cascade of warheads, rockets and mortars.
- Clinton Lake gets influx of walleye
- April 27, 2003
- Wildlife and Parks officials stocked 7.3 million walleye fry last week into Clinton Lake.
- Arts notes
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ JGladman staff wins photography awards ¢ Vinland library opens for season ¢ Plymouth Church presents music festival ¢ Children with, without special needs on display
- Business briefs
- April 27, 2003
- Barrels may yield nerve agents
- April 27, 2003
- U.S. soldiers on Saturday found 14 barrels of chemicals in a vast weapons storage area in north-central Iraq, and three initial tests indicated that they contained a deadly mixture of cyclosarin nerve agent and mustard gas.
- Slaying suspect to alter defense
- Testimony complicates case in death of KU student Shannon Martin
- April 27, 2003
- The defense attorney for the primary suspect in the 2001 slaying of Kansas University student Shannon Martin has admitted various “inconsistencies” and inaccuracies in the sworn testimony of his client.
- Douglas County teen volunteers recognized in national magazine
- USA Weekend honors youth council for work in annual Make A Difference Day
- April 27, 2003
- Surviving a cold winter was a bit easier this year for Lawrence’s homeless and other needy families, thanks to the work of a teenage volunteer group.
- Not a liar
- April 27, 2003
- Trout dumber than rocks, but carp can learn
- April 27, 2003
- John Gierach is a writer I usually enjoy, but when I was sent a review copy of his new book the other day, one small line touched a real sore point.
- Urine tests indicate overall health
- April 27, 2003
- We often inform you about tests your pet is likely to have performed as routine screenings, as preoperative tests or to diagnose illness.
- Lawrence Humane Society survives on less funds
- April 27, 2003
- The Lawrence Humane Society made do with less in 2002. Usually operating on about $500,000 a year, the Humane Society has felt the effects of the poor economy.
- Lawn tractors getting bigger than lawns
- April 27, 2003
- With ever-smaller yard sizes, high gas prices and fears of global warming, Americans are ready for earth-friendly push mowers, right?
- Briefly
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Afghanistan: Terrorist threat closes country’s only bar ¢ Argentina: Close vote expected in presidential race ¢ Tokyo: Giant panda goes home without breeding ¢ Chicago: Report: Schools not told of ammonia in food
- Arts notes
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ KU recital features Christopher Moore ¢ Choir concerts combine KU vocal groups ¢ Author to discuss citizen powers ¢ K.C. poet slated for ‘New Letters on the Air’ ¢ Unicorn Theatre to stage ‘BEE-LUTHER-HATCHEE’
- Librarian, spokeswoman says farewell
- Sandra Wiechert connected patrons with programs for 16 1/2 years
- April 27, 2003
- A few years ago, a library consultant who passed through Lawrence concluded the Lawrence Public Library offered the best programming of any public library — other than Denver and San Francisco — west of the Mississippi River.
- Arts notes
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Lynne Cheney creates history book award ¢ NEA takes Shakespeare on nationwide road tour
- Area briefs
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Lawrence artist dies ¢ County meets Monday to mull road projects ¢ Legislator to conduct meeting for public input ¢ Headquarters seeks sponsors for event
- Museum priorities1
- April 27, 2003
- Accepting a grant that would have to be matched by $30,000 in local money probably wasn’t the best strategy for Watkins Community Museum of History.
- People
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Hendrix estate lawsuit fails ¢ It’s tax time at Neverland ¢ Beatle is U.K.’s richest musician ¢ ‘40s actress Andrea King dies
- Loud & proud
- ‘Happy Days’ star sheds inhibitions to exalt vaginas
- April 27, 2003
- Joanie still loves Chachi, but America’s favorite little sister has moved into a more outspoken role than the one she once played on “Happy Days.”
- Briefly
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Afghanistan: Second U.S. soldier dies after gunbattle ¢ Kazakhstan: Russian-American duo launch toward space station ¢ Las Vegas: Military investigating Marine in Iraqi soldier’s death ¢ Indonesia: Reports: Bomb injures 11 at Jakarta airport
- Defense rules Day 1
- First round sees 11 linemen selected
- April 27, 2003
- NFL teams did their best Saturday to stem the league’s increase in offense. They drafted for defense, taking 11 defensive linemen in a first round also marked by an aborted trade between Minnesota and Baltimore that led to three of the quickest first-round picks ever.
- Online grocer puts focus on freshness
- Freshdirect exceeding profit goals, aims to expand despite analysts’ skepticism
- April 27, 2003
- Imagine buying avocados at the ripeness you want and marinated meat in your favorite cut — not by walking or driving to the store, but clicking online. And having it delivered the next day, and paying as much as 25 percent less than you would at the supermarket.
- Artful activities signal unofficial start of spring
- Ringle-Jingle Tri-Scooter Hooter-Tooter will be right at home in Saturday’s wacky Art Tougeau Parade
- April 27, 2003
- Anyplace else and Alex and Evondi Weston’s Ringle-Jingle Tri-Scooter Hooter-Tooter would seem outlandish.
- Milwaukee buckles down in OT - Bucks 119, Nets 114
- April 27, 2003
- The Bucks collapsed in the fourth quarter, but the Nets missed nine free throws while it was happening.
- Arts notes
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Stonecarving workshop open to amateurs, pros ¢ Lawrence Photo Alliance announces contest ¢ Young local pianists vie for musical honor ¢ Free State graduate in L.A. fashion show
- Chiefs draft RB Johnson to back up Holmes
- April 27, 2003
- Even before they drafted Penn State’s Larry Johnson in the first round, the Kansas City Chiefs assured Priest Holmes he was still their starting running back.
- Nearly 100 artists slated for Art in the Park May 4
- April 27, 2003
- A lot of people approach Bob Zerwekh’s booth at Art in the Park expecting to take a closer look at the artist’s photography.
- Bookstore
- April 27, 2003
- Briefly
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Vatican City: Pope seeks leniency with Cuban dissidents
- Briefly
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Post office seeks food donations
- On the wide-open prairie, it’s still a cowboy’s life
- April 27, 2003
- Sunrise had a tough time breaking through the morning rain but when it did the dark, purple skies over Comanche County treated those on foot or on horseback to a perfect rainbow.
- Seven days, four men, one coach
- How the week from Williams’ departure to Self’s arrival went down
- April 27, 2003
- They said it couldn’t be done. They said Kansas University could not hire a new men’s basketball coach in less than a week. They were wrong.
- Royals bounce back, batter Blue Jays
- April 27, 2003
- Ken Harvey more than atoned for messing up a bunt attempt. Harvey hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the ninth inning, helping the Kansas City Royals rally for a 9-6 victory Saturday over the Toronto Blue Jays.
- Couples keeps Houston Open lead
- Calcavecchia one stroke back entering final round
- April 27, 2003
- Fred Couples birdied five of the last seven holes Saturday for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke lead over Mark Calcavecchia after three rounds of the Houston Open.
- College coaches have right to leave
- April 27, 2003
- Let’s get this straight, so there’s no confusion. As long as no college coach — ever — changes jobs, everything will be hunky-dory. Everybody simply needs to stay where they are, thereby creating no new openings and we can all exhale slowly and relax.
- Telling the story
- Liberator, survivor recall horrors of Holocaust
- April 27, 2003
- This is a story of two Jews. One Polish. One American. One a liberator, the other among the liberated. They even share a similar name: Frydman and Friedman.
- Actor Jamie Foxx arrested
- Comedy stars charged in separate incidents
- April 27, 2003
- Comedian Jamie Foxx and his sister were arrested early Saturday after allegedly refusing to leave a casino and then fighting with police officers called to escort them out, authorities said.
- News shows announce Sunday guest lineups
- April 27, 2003
- Guest lineup for the today’s TV news shows:
- Author Eggers collaborates with band
- April 27, 2003
- A sort of chemistry-set experiment between music and literature resulted in a rare fusion of the band They Might Be Giants with the work of smart-set scribe Dave Eggers.
- Plans made to contain SARS
- Beijing officials close entertainment venues
- April 27, 2003
- Health officials from across Asia came up with a joint plan Saturday to fight SARS with tighter screening of travelers, while a health minister blamed for China’s slow response to the outbreak there was replaced.
- Michael J. Broadfoot
- April 27, 2003
- Gardner services
- April 27, 2003
- Ronald Ray Brown
- April 27, 2003
- Lawrence Commuter Report
- April 27, 2003
- S. Korea plans aggressive talks
- April 27, 2003
- On the eve of crucial Cabinet-level meetings between the two countries, South Korea said Saturday it would demand that North Korea abolish its nuclear weapons programs, while the communist state vowed to stand up to “U.S. imperialists.”
- Trust to protect land near Clinton
- April 27, 2003
- James Hillesheim can relax. Once anxious about preserving his 61 acres of wooded area and fields of restored prairie grass southwest of Lawrence, Hillesheim has entered into a conservation easement with Kansas Land Trust.
- Friends and family mourn Baker music professor
- April 27, 2003
- William C. Rice liked to see things grow. As a chairman of the music department at Baker University, he worked to develop his students into the best musicians possible.
- On the record
- April 27, 2003
- K.C. resident who lost arm, leg settles suit against utility
- April 27, 2003
- Kansas City Power & Light Co., its parent company and a parts supplier paid $12 million to settle a lawsuit by a woman who was nearly killed by a downed power line.
- Lawrence School Board
- Budget forces board to eye layoffs
- April 27, 2003
- Agenda highlights ¢ 7 p.m. Monday ¢ 110 McDonald Drive
- Gala honors Billings, benefits cardiac unit
- April 27, 2003
- About 1,000 people showed up in their finest Saturday night for the third Hearts of Gold Ball, a biannual event that benefits Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment.
- Dream is here
- April 27, 2003
- Smoking ban
- April 27, 2003
- Vote on closures
- April 27, 2003
- Firebirds win J.C. Invitational
- April 27, 2003
- Free State High’s Alan Martinez went 4-0 to win the No. 2 singles title, sparking the Firebirds to a first-place finish Saturday in the Junction City Invitational.
- BV North upends Lions, 6-5
- Lawrence High loses in bottom of seventh
- April 27, 2003
- Blue Valley North scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, handing Lawrence High a heartbreaking 6-5 baseball loss Saturday at Blue Valley West.
- Jackson, Bookman win at Drake Relays
- April 27, 2003
- Kansas University’s Anson Jackson and Leo Bookman claimed titles during Saturday’s final day of competition at the Drake Relays.
- Jazz edge Kings - Utah 107, Sacramento 104
- April 27, 2003
- The Utah Jazz played a game that would have made Jerry Sloan happy if the coach had been around to see the end of it.
- Briefcase
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ High gasoline prices cause spending cutbacks ¢ Labor: Unemployed consider switching occupations ¢ Motley Fool: Name that company
- Dallas, Parcells pick Newman
- April 27, 2003
- The first draft pick of the Bill Parcells-Jerry Jones partnership lacked fireworks — no big trade, hardly even any debate.
- American League Roundup: White Sox topple Twins
- Tempers flare after Garland hits Mientkiewicz
- April 27, 2003
- After just two meetings this season and with 17 left, one thing is already clear: The Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox are not fond of one another.
- National League Roundup: Green’s blast buries Pirates
- Dodgers come from behind to defeat Pittsburgh, 4-3
- April 27, 2003
- If the Los Angeles Dodgers are successful this season, they may look back on a couple of late-inning wins in April as a catalyst.
- Here are some guidelines on keeping tax records
- April 27, 2003
- Every few years, I stop by Staples for a new five-pack of record-keeping boxes. Uniform boxes stack together so much better than odd-size ones from the supermarket, and they make my load of financial records pack away nice and neat.
- Surprising Royals on one huge roll
- This year, low-budget Kansas City is for real at 17-4
- April 27, 2003
- They’re 10-0 at home and 17-4 overall heading into today. The New York Yankees? Nope, the Kansas City Royals.
- Oates remains upbeat despite bad news
- Former Rangers manager dealing with return of brain cancer
- April 27, 2003
- Johnny Oates and his wife, Gloria, spent Thursday afternoon at home in Virginia watching the Rangers on television. He said he was planning to watch the New York Yankees vs. the Anaheim Angels later that night.
- Royals’ start hurts Twins-Sox rivalry
- April 27, 2003
- Dang those Kansas City Royals. Wow. Now there’s a sentence not uttered by anyone other than a Royals’ season-ticket holder or one of David Glass’ players since some point in the late 1980s.
- Davis helps New Orleans sting Philly - Hornets 99, Sixers 85
- April 27, 2003
- The New Orleans Hornets didn’t need Jamal Mashburn to claw back into their first-round playoff series. A hobbled Baron Davis was more than enough.
- Lakers in unique position
- Defending champs trail T’wolves 2-1
- April 27, 2003
- Along the same lines as that 2:30-in-the-morning Kobe-to-Shaq phone call before the Lakers won Game 6 of the Western Conference finals against Sacramento last season, Kobe Bryant decided Saturday it was again time for a private conference with Shaquille O’Neal — just to make sure the Lakers’ All-Stars have united states of mind.
- The Motley Fool
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ Name that company ¢ Showtime at the Apollo
- Suspect found in Wagner’s car
- April 27, 2003
- A man sought in connection with a slaying earlier this month was arrested while getting into a car registered to Cleveland Cavaliers guard Dajuan Wagner.
- Indiana counting on Miller to pace comeback
- Veteran struggling in physical series; Pacers trail Celtics 2-1 in first-round matchup
- April 27, 2003
- If Reggie Miller continues shooting the way he did in his last playoff game, his Indiana Pacers might not play many more.
- Mavs on verge of series sweep
- Ailing Portland faces elimination game
- April 27, 2003
- Suddenly, the Dallas Mavericks’ season-ending struggles seem so long ago. The Mavericks, who held the top seed in the Western Conference for much of the season, went 5-4 in April and entered the playoffs as the third seed.
- Doubling Duncan not slowing Spurs
- Sun may be setting on Phoenix
- April 27, 2003
- Phoenix apparently will stick with its “double Duncan” strategy in Game 4 against San Antonio tonight, even though it failed in Friday’s 99-86 loss.
- Orlando bullying Detroit with physical defense
- April 27, 2003
- Orlando is beating the Detroit Pistons at their own game — aggressive, physical defense.
- Big-game seasons at a glance
- April 27, 2003
- Big-game hunting seasons have been approved the Wildlife and Parks Commission.
- OKKids Day next Saturday
- April 27, 2003
- Kansas Wildscape Foundation, based in Lawrence, has designated next Saturday as Outdoors Kansas for Kids Day.
- What are you reading?
- April 27, 2003
- Performance to benefit women’s agency
- April 27, 2003
- V-Day, the nonprofit organization that sprung from the success of “The Vagina Monologues,” is raising millions of dollars to prevent violence against women and girls.
- Regina Carter becomes first black — and nonclassical artist — to play Paganini’s violin
- April 27, 2003
- When Regina Carter’s pianist suggested the jazz musician play Paganini’s world-famous violin — so valuable that it’s kept under lock and key in Italy — she figured it would be a difficult feat to accomplish.
- KU researchers as tenacious as ancient subjects
- April 27, 2003
- More than three decades ago, humans took a giant step — into the lunar dust. It was further proof that our species excels at overcoming harsh environments. Consider the Aleutian Islands. They make a chain 1,800 miles long that runs between Asia and North America.
- Maternity designer loves bulging bellies
- April 27, 2003
- Many women spend a good chunk of their 40-week pregnancies in too-big T-shirts trying to hide what we’re all eventually going to see — a bulging belly.
- Foster families comfort military pets
- April 27, 2003
- When Marines from a nearby base were called to war, Terri Morgan’s home, along the North Carolina coast, became a sanctuary for three snakes, a frog that makes strange noises, fish, a cockatiel and tarantulas.
- Coin notes
- April 27, 2003
- Whether and when Congress authorizes a change this year in the design of the nickel is being debated in the Senate.
- Travel briefs
- April 27, 2003
- ¢ National parks map, guide available ¢ Painted cars designed to rev race interest ¢ Mississippi regulators OK new Biloxi casino
- Butterfly gardening
- Colorful plants, fragrance attract winged insects
- April 27, 2003
- Few things are as irresistible as sweet, young children and lovely, colorful butterflies. With the right planning, your garden can attract both. Start with the children. Enlist their help in planting a garden that will entice butterflies. It is a good way to get children interested in gardening, nature and a bit of science. Once the garden is planted, the butterflies will come.
- Habitat cleanup, insecticides help counter mites
- April 27, 2003
- Recent rains and warmer days have been a pleasant introduction to spring. Along with the change in weather comes a visitor not so welcome: clover mites.
- Douglas County Senior Services
- April 27, 2003
- Douglas County Senior Services, 745 Vt., offers several classes during the week to residents age 55 and older. Future seniors are welcome to participate if space allows. Call Senior Services at 842-0543 for more information.
- Activists question analysis calculating benefit by age
- April 27, 2003
- Some seniors and environmentalists are accusing the Bush administration of discriminating against older people by telling agencies calculating the value of environmental programs to take the age of those benefiting into account.
- Technology center lacks funding
- Lawrence looks at in-state rival as model of success
- April 27, 2003
- If you were mingling with economic development leaders last week, you may have heard a big gulp. It was the swallowing of their pride as they admitted they could learn a lot from, of all places, Manhattan.
- Love for animals translates to exercise
- April 27, 2003
- Even physical fitness guru Jane Fonda (now a senior citizen herself) might benefit from the ingenuity older Harvey Countians use to combine their love of animals with exercise.
- Vikings experience another draft debacle
- April 27, 2003
- The Minnesota Vikings insisted they got the guy they wanted, even though an embarrassing delay cost them two spots on the draft board when the clock ran out on them.
- Pierce pops Baylor
- Pitcher returns, leads KU to 4-1 win
- April 27, 2003
- That pop Kara Pierce heard in her pitching shoulder hurt just as much above the neck as below. “For awhile, I was worried,” Pierce said. “It got a little scary.”
- Westar sued over retirement accounts
- April 27, 2003
- Several Westar Energy workers have filed lawsuits against their employer, claiming mismanagement caused them to lose money in their retirement accounts.
- Former POW picks game over dinner with Bush
- K-State honors soldiers at event
- April 27, 2003
- Turning down a chance for dinner at the White House, Army Pfc. Patrick Miller, a former prisoner of war in Iraq, received a hero’s welcome Saturday from Kansas State University football fans.
- President turns focus from war to tax plan
- April 27, 2003
- President George W. Bush, focusing increasingly on his domestic agenda, turned up the pressure Saturday on lawmakers of his own party who were resisting his demand for a half-trillion dollars in new tax cuts.
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