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CEC3TLTAL COACH MAMEP1C TWO CIlAnCUD: Northview father, son facing stolen property countsID to Sliced turkey makes light supper Slice of life with African cooking A Gannett Newspaper SPRINGFIELD. MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1990 '350 II It ie NewsLeader Conflicts cause delays, raise hackles at Humane Society society members say would help reduce the number of animals who have to be killed because of a lack of space. Members also disagree whether the current society board leadership was properly elected. "It's crazy," Board President Bryan Eb-bert said. But society member Joan Frazier said Ebbert was elected president after an April meeting had been adjourned.

"I don't think Mr. Ebbert is the duly elected president," she said. Frazier and Springfield attorney Craig Lowther say Ebbert and other members of the current Board of Directors elected offi cers after an April 26 meeting of the society. The meeting had been attended by members of the society and the board, the society's 15-member governing body. Lowther said a meeting planned for Thursday will determine who is the rightful head of the society.

But Ebbert, citing the Humane Society's by-laws, argues only the Board of Directors has the authority to select officers. As a consequence, he said, it wasn't necessary for anyone but the members of the board to be present when officers were elected. "As president, should I do what the words (in the by-laws) say or what Mr. Craig Lowther says?" Ebbert said. "I don't think there's any question what I should do." But the disagreement over the by-laws is only part of the society's apparent problems.

Others include: A plan to build a $100,000 dog shelter for the society that Ebbert said was scuttled because Frazier and society member Gwen Hopkins refused to let the board help develop the idea. The number of animals at the shelter, 3161 W. Norton Road, fluctuates greatly. However, one day last week the shelter housed about 80 dogs and 50 cats. Frazier maintains that the plans for the new dog shelter are alive and well and waiting for hostilities to subside.

Efforts to reach Hopkins for comment were unsuccessful. Rumors that the current board plans to fire the 18 Humane Society employees. Ebbert said the rumors are a deliberate attempt to undermine the trust the employees have in the current board. The inability of past boards to see the Humane Society's animal shelter is properly maintained, particularly the cat areas, Ebbert said. The inability of past boards to develop an employee handbook, Ebbert said.

Please see HUMANEPage 14A Members disagree on board elections, dog shelter plans By J. Lee Howard The News-Leader Growing turmoil at the Southwest Missouri Humane Society in Springfield leaves some board members wondering who took the "humane" out of the society. The conflicts within the society have led to a delay in a new dog shelter, which PET TURTLES HOT SELLERS 111 J- The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Bush discussed potential tax increases with Republican lawmakers Tuesday as Budget Director Richard Darman suggested deficit-fighting actions totaling as much as $100 billion may be needed this year. A range of suggestions for raising revenues including a national lottery, a 1-cent federal sales tax and higher taxes on alcohol and tobacco are "part of the mix," said Assistant Senate Republican Leader Alan K. Simpson, R-Wyo.

Darman's figures he gave a range of $60 mm si it billion to $100 billion were two to three times the size of the savings that Bush said would be needed when he proposed his fiscal 1991 budget in January. The $100 billion figure is an outside possibility but "I was citing an extreme case," Darman said later. Jim MaytieldThe News-Leader State Republicans battle tax boost Bush must discuss increase to get budget plan, Bond says By Keith White Our GNS Capital Bureau WASHINGTON President Bush has no option but to consider a tax increase if he wants to negotiate a deficit-reducing budget agreement with Congress, say Missouri Republicans, but that doesn't mean he'll support one. "First, I think it should be made clear that he does not want to go the tax increase route," said Republican Sen. Christopher Bond.

"The problem comes from the fact that in both houses of Congress, the Democratic majority has leaders who very much want to raise taxes. He will not get an agreement unless there is some kind of additional revenue." Rep. Mel Hancock, R-Springfield, said he hopes Bush's decision not to set any conditions on budget negotiations with leaders of Congress will not result in a tax increase proposal. "My position is firm. I will not vote for excessive spending in the budget and appropriations bills, and I will not vote for any tax increase," Hancock said.

"Frankly, I hope the president will negotiate extremely hard." At $1.2 trillion, the federal budget is large enough, he said. "I just believe we should be able to operate within that amount of money." Hancock said the federal government already enjoys increased tax revenue every year due to an expanding economy and inflationary increases in salaries and other income. Although Republican Sen. John Danforth didn't offer any immediate reaction, he publicly urged Bush in March to abandon his prohibition against discussing new taxes. Brian Cline, a SMS sophomore and employee of Pet turtle sales indicate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-crazed Warehouse, takes a close look at a red ear turtle.

Rising youths think buying turtles Is a bodacious idea. 'Ninja Turtles' bring requests for pet House Speaker Thorn- Darman as S. Foley said he and other Democratic leaders would meet this morning with Bush on the budget. He commented af Taxes upset GOP1 3A No policy shifts1 3A ter a meeting in which many House Democrats insisted that Bush be forced to specify the eco in diameter for $9.99 each. Ken Reynolds, owner of Petables at 2703 N.

Kansas Expressway, says he's noticed a jump in requests for turtles since Mutant Ninja Turtles made their debut in Springfield. "I really didn't have any requests until the movie come out," Reynolds says. Most children want small turtles that are found in lakes but are illegal to sell, he says. Turtles must be at least 4 inches in diameter to sell because of the danger of salmonella infection. Karl's Pete has stocked 5-to 6-inch leaf and soft shell turtles that sell for between $20 and $40, says Sales Clerk Vivian Curbow.

wide, it's the same story. Some attribute it to the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" movie, cartoon and paraphernalia. "The little kids want them," says Den-ise Berdux, assistant manager at Pet Warehouse. "They say, 'Ooh. It looks like so-and-so in the mutant turtle But most parents don't give in to their requests, Berdux says.

Nevertheless, the idea of turtles as pets has made a corn-back from the 1960s. "The Ninja Turtle guys have brought them back," Berdux says. Pet Warehouse sells soft shell turtles and red ear turtles that are 4 to 5 inches By Michelle Beth Katzenell The News-Leader Hey dude, want a turtle like Michae-langelo? Or, one that looks like Leonardo? Kids obsessed with "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" now crave live turtles, some Springfield pet stores say. However, the live critters are hard to find in local shops. 7 Of more than a dozen pet shops contacted Tuesday, only two stores Pet Warehouse, 1009 S.

Campbell and Karl's Pete in Battlefield Mall have them in stock. Others, however, can order them upon request Most Springfield pet shops say requests for the live turtles are up. Nation nomic conditions mmmmmm that make major budget cute necessary. "If this summit is going to come up with very strong proposals on deficit reduction, we're going to have to lay some groundwork with the. country why it's necessary," said House Budget Committee Chairman Leon Pa-netta, D-Calif.

Darman said the scope of the action required' depends on the eventual cost of the saving and loan bailout "and that's impossible to estimate reliably at this point." Trustees choose interim leader for technical college said. Davis will keep his home in Sedalia and rent an apartment in Springfield to use while working here. After retiring, Davis ran for state representative in Pettis County in 1984 as a Democrat and lost a close race to Republican Todd Smith. Since then Davis has served as interim president twice at East Central college in Union and Three Rivers college in Poplar Bluff. He said he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and master's degree in education administration from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville.

of a cardboard box," Davis said. It is undetermined where Davis will begin working when he starts in Springfield on May 21. The southwest Missouri college trustees met with Davis in a closed session for l'j hours Tuesday afternoon at Graff Area Vocational-Technical Center in Springfield. Wessel announced Davis' hiring afterward. He said the vote was 5-0 in favor of Davis, with board president Dee Brooks absent Wessel said the trustees had other names suggested to them, but Davis was the only one they interviewed.

He was chosen because he is familiar with what needs to be done, Wessel Chronicle for Higher Education, he said. The community college will seek bids from area banks to borrow money against revenues that will come in later this year, Wessel said. foresee an income flow probably in about 30 or 46 days," he said. The trustees last week approved a property tax levy of 10 cents for each $100 of assessed value to generate about $1.2 million this year. Davis, retired from State Fair in 1984 after 18 years at the helm.

He was that college's first employee and first president, set-- ting up the institution from scratch. "My office consisted of a telephone on top Robert Edwards The News-Leader The former president of State Fair Community College in Sedalia, Fred Davis, was hired Tuesday as interim president of the Springfield area community-technical college currently being organized. Davis will be paid $5,200 a month, said Don Wessel, vice president of the Board of Trustees of the Junior College District of Central Southwest Missouri. Wessel said Davis, the college's first paid employee, probably will be needed for about six months. The trustees began advertising this week for a permanent president in the Fred E.

Davis Familiar with needs of college Inside today Traffic changes South National Avenue will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. today between Primrose Street and Highway for construction work. Traffic signals will be off at the intersection of Kansas and Chestnut expressways from 8:45 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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