U.S. Capitol flags for sale

Flags that have flown over the U.S. Capitol are available for purchase through Rep. Dennis Moore’s office.

The flags are cotton or nylon and come in three sizes. Prices range from $13.30 to $22.05. All come with certificates of authenticity and include information about when the flag was flown and for whom.

Those interested can request a flag from a particular day but should place orders six to eight weeks in advance. Flags can be requested online at www.house.gov/moore/constit-flags.htm, by calling Moore’s office, (202) 225-2865, or by mail addressed to 8417 Santa Fe Drive, Overland Park 66212.

Moore’s office is also offering free copies of a booklet, “Our Flag,” with flag history and etiquette. For copies of the booklet, visit Moore’s Web site at www.house.gov/moore or call his Overland Park office at (913) 383-2013.

Goodland

Three killed, two injured in accident on I-70

Three people were killed and two children, all from Goodland, were injured Friday evening when their vehicle was hit from behind and overturned several times in a ditch on Interstate 70 six miles east of Goodland, the Kansas Highway Patrol said.

Mary A. Wyant, 55, Aline M. Becker, 85, and Christine M. Williams, 36, were pronounced dead at Goodland Regional Medical Center. Garret Williams, 8, and Caylee D. Williams, 5, were taken to Goodland Regional Medical Center. Caylee was later flown to a hospital in Denver.

History

Chautauqua hosts selected for next 2 years

This summer’s Bleeding Kansas Chautauqua is just finishing its second weekend stop before heading this month to Lawrence, but the Kansas Humanities Council already has selected sites for the next two years.

The council has chosen Manhattan and Liberal to host the 2005 Great Plains Chautauqua and Sedan and McPherson for 2006. The theme of both Chautauquas will be “From Sea to Shining Sea: American Expansion and Cultural Change, 1790 to 1850.”

The Chautauqua is a traveling history event that tours through Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa and the Dakotas each summer. Carol Settgast, above, reads to children in the Kid-Tauqua tent in Heritage Park earlier this month in Junction City.

This summer’s Chautauqua, with the theme “Bleeding Kansas: Where the Civil War Began,” is visiting Colby through Tuesday; heads Thursday to Fort Scott through June 22; and will be in Lawrence June 25-29 at South Park with related events and living histories at Clinton Lake, Lecompton, Quindaro and elsewhere.

Police investigate death of neighborhood leader

Authorities were investigating the apparent beating death of a 77-year-old Wichita man who led his block’s neighborhood watch program.

Hamp S. Lewis’ daughter found his body Thursday in his home and called police, said Police Lt. John Speer.

A cause of death was not released, nor was information about potential suspects or motives for the killing.

Neighbors said Lewis was kind and generous, sharing the fruits of his garden. He also was a captain in the Empower Neighborhood Assn.

Neighbor Vivian Eldridge said the Santa Fe Railway retiree was “captain for the neighborhood, period.”

“He was a good guy. We’re really going to miss him.”