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LOCAL The Manhattan Mercury A2 Thursday, September 26, 1996 Commission adopts water rate scale for Konza Notices Staff Reports Sunday on the second floor of the Manhattan Public Library, Poyntz and Juliette. Marney will discuss campaign and lobby finance reform, balancing the budget, saving the family farm and renegotiating trade agreements. For more information on the Reform party and candidates running for office, call 539-5767. 177 corridor. The rates are broken down into two parts: debt payment cost and production cost.

The debt payment pertains to the expenses incurred moving waterlines in connection with the state's K-177 four-laning project. Customers will pay a minimum charge of $20.94 each month. A customer using 10,000 gallons a month would pay $69.80 for debt repayment and $40 for production for a total of $109.80. Here's the entire rate scale The Riley County Commission has adopted a water rate scale for the Konza Valley Water District. Under state statute, the County Commission serves as board of directors for the district.

The water rates were submitted by the Konza Valley Water District advisory board, which represents members of the district. The water district is located on the south side of the Kansas River Bridge mainly along the K- BirtHs Winfield man convicted in restaurant killing (debt payment, production cost, total): zero gallons, 1,000 gallons, $20.94 and $4 for 2,000 gallons, $20.94 and $8 for 3,000 gallons, $20.94 and $12 and $16 for 5,000 and $20 for 6,000 gallons, $41.88 and $24 for 7,000 gallons, $48.86 and $28 for 8,000 gallons, $55.84 and $32 for 9,000 gallons, $62.82 and $36 for and 10,000 gallons, $69.80 and $40 for $109.80. Open Mic Night to be held in White City "Prairie Nites Open Mic" will be held from 8 to 10:30 p.m. Sat urday at the White City Bali Park. I People are encouraged to sign up for a time slot.

Artists should" sign in between 7 and 7:45 p.m. Saturday's headliner will be Rebecca Dawn Newbury, a White City musician and vocalist who performs professionally with a band of her own throughout northeast Kansas. She will perform solo Saturday. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held at the community building downtown. Associated Press Scheduled workshop times are from 9 a.m.

until noon. There are also evening sessions from 6 to 9 p.m. The program provides training, resource material and general information to those who have been widowed 18 months or longer. The WPS is aprogram designed to assist the newly widowed through the difficult process of putting their lives back together after the loss of a spouse. Registration is required.

Call Susan Peterson at 537-4040 for more information and registration. Pat Roberts to Speak at Banquet Kansans For a Strong Fort Riley, Inc. (KFSFR) will hold its annual banquet and business meeting at 7 p.m. Friday at the Junction City Country Club. The guest speaker will be Rep.

Pat Roberts. He will discuss Fort Riley's place in the national defense structure of the United States. All current members of KFSFR and invited guests are encouraged to attend. For more information, call Dr. Lu Wright at 762-5250.

Reform Candidate Meets the Public Reform party U.S. Senate candidate Mark Marney will meet the public from 3 to 4 p.m. Correction: Police Blotter Due to incorrect information given to the Mercury, the victim of a criminal damage to property incident was incorrectly listed in abrief published Wednesday on page A2. The owner of the pickup truck damaged on Yuma was Gary Sutton, not Jerry Sutton, as was reported. Also, only three windows of the truck were shot out, not all of them.

Films to Be Shown The UPC Kaleidoscope Films Committee will show "Imagine the Sound," an unrated film, at7 and 9:30 p.m. tonight and at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Forum Hall in the K-State Union. "Mission Impossible," rated PG-13, will be shown at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m.

Saturday and 8 p.m., Sunday at Forum Hall. "Apocalypse Now," rated will be shown at midnight Friday and Saturday at Forum HalL Admission is $1.75. Call 532-6571 for more information. Grief Recovery Workshop The American Association of Retired Persons and other local community agencies will sponsor a Grief Recovery and Training Workshop on Oct. 7, 8 and 9 at the Riley County Seniors' Service Center, 412 Leavenworth.

The workshop is the first event for the new Widowed Person Service Program (WPS). ecuting attorney Blair Watson said that when Chanthadara was told the U.S. government was seeking the death penalty against him, Chanthadara said, "I'm gonna go out like a a gangster." Prosecutors said the robbery was 1 4i i ...1 Ctinicuuui vy gang incin uci a nO wanted drug money. Public defender Gary Peterson suggested another man who was notarrested orcharged in the case was to blame for Sun's killing. And he suggested that investigators falsified Chanthadara's palm print found at the crime scene.

Jurors must recommend whether Chanthadara should receive the death penalty. WICHITA A Winfield man could face the death penalty after his conviction for killing a woman during a robbery at her Wichita restaurant. Bountaem Chanthadara, 22, was charged in the first federal death penalty case in Kansas. Jurors in U.S. District Court took less than one hour Wednesday to convict him of killing Barbara Sun.

Prosecutors accused him of dragging Sun up a flight of stairs by her hair, then shooting her during a November 1994 robbery of the Mandarin Chinese restaurant; In his closing arguments, pros Local Tiffany A. and Robert L. Echols 4921 W. 59th a son, Robert L. Echols born Sept.

5. Local grandparents are Willard and Brenda Wells, Manhattan. Local great-grandparents are Dale and Carolyn White and Josephine White, all of Manhattan, and Geneva Wells, Riley. Out of Town Bev and Jon Flowers, Chapman, a son, Anthony Sean, born Sept. 18.

Local great-grandparents are Floyd and Helen Clark, Manhattan. Susart and Tom Barth, Pleasant Hill, a son, Aaron Douglas Barth, born Sept. 20. Local maternal grandparents are Doug and Janette Vogelsang, Junction City. Local great-grandparents are Mr.

and Mrs. Ted Vogelsang, Manhattan. Smith urges abolition of state property tax Kansas House, 1967-75, the last four as chairman of the House Associated Press Police sively on income taxes for revenue. A third speaker on Wednesday, Cedric Moege of Topeka, representing Kansans for Equal Property and Pension Taxes, said property taxes should be capped at a percentage of appraised value. Until the state gets rid of the 4-year-old school property tax, now at 35 mills, it will cause trouble, Smith said.

He said the 1992 law dilutes local control of schools, contributes to an acute property appraisal problem and Smith served eight years in the Assessment and Taxation Committee. He was lieutenant governor four years, 1975-79, under Robert Bennett, and served as Department of Administration secretary in 1989-91 when Mike Hayden was governor. "I've observed the taxation process in Kansas over many years," Smith said, "and I'm now convinced that more than ever local control is central to the property tax issues facing our state." TOPEKA Shelby Smith, former legislative and executive branch leader, has urged the Legislature to abolish the statewide property tax that pays nearly one-third of the cost of public education in Kansas. Another witness before the Legislature's interim Committee on Property Taxation, Byron Pat-ton of Topeka, went farther. He said Kansas should not only abolish property taxes but also eliminate the sales tax, relying exclu ment of a bump to the head.

Emil Gutierez, a passenger in a vehicle driven by Robert L. Hulen, Grandview Plaza, was transported to Mercy Health Center on Sunset for neck injuries following a two-vehicle accident at the Highway 24 entrance to K-Mart. Hulen and the driver of the other vehicle, Randy D. Straub, St. George, refused treatment for neck pain.

Obituaries years. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a donation be made to Hospice of Yuma. Courts Hall, for minor in possession of a cereal malt beverage in a drinking establishment. Vehicle Thefts Reported Becky Walton, 2734 Kimball reported a 1981 Ford pickup stolen. It was recovered in a ditch on Seth Child Road near Amherst.

Garry Patterson, 701 Osage, reported the theft of a 1988 maroon Ford Tempo 4D, with Kansas plates IGG942. The vehicle was parked on Humboldt at the time of the theft. Loss was $5,500. Battery Reported George Eson, 1201 N. 12th reported a battery at the Helping Hands Home, of the same address.

Linda Perkins, 1100 Kearney, Apt. 3, reported a battery at her residence. Injury Accidents Alissa A. Hidalgo, 926 Mission, was struck by a vehicle driven by Gerald L. Zuercher, 917 Ratone, as she was walking on Claflin.

She was taken to Arrests Sarah A. McGinn, 20, 1530 McCain Lane, Apt. 4, for DUI. She was released on $500 bond. Joshua A.

Hulse, 21, Kanopo-lis, for DUI. He was released on $500 bond. Farrah D. Brooks, 19, 2810 Nelsons Landing, for DUI. She was released on $500 bond.

Francis E. Shepherd, 51, Belvue, for DUI. He was released on $1,000 bond. Margaret K. Johnson, 41, New York, N.Y., for obtaining a prescription drug by fraudulent means.

She was released on $1,500 bond. Jeremy L. Warner, 19, 1737 Winne, on a Pottawatomie County warrant for probation violation. He was released on $500 bond. Juvenile Detention Report Brian K.

Lane, 17, 521 Vattier, for shoplifting. He was released to his sister. The reported victim was Total, 809 N. Third. A 12-pack and a quart of beer was taken and recovered.

Notices to Appear Ashley L. Black, 18, 727 Ford Will' Marriage Licenses John Tyson Scroggins, Fort Riley, and Stacey Michele Skalenda, Manhattan. Jerome Thomas Flynn and Lisa Del Bonebrake, both of Manhattan. Roderick Todd King, Fort Riley, and Kathy Walker, Manhattan. Edwin Lee Eisele and Casee Michele Hewlett, both of Manhattan.

Douglas Lee Davidson and Michelle Lynne Clark, both of 'Manhattan. Health Care Center, Manhattan. Funeral services are pending and will be announced by the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home, 1317 Poyntz Ave. Mabel Eleanor Arnott Johnston Mabel Eleanor Arnott Johnston, 82, died Wednesday, Sept. 18.

She was born July 7, 1914, at Blue Rapids. She graduated from Blue Rapids High School in 1932. She graduated from St. Luke's School of Nursing, Kansas City, in 1936, having already passed state boards and received her registered nurse degree. She did private duty and hospital nursing from 1936 to 1944.

She married Wallace M. Johnston in 1944, and adopted his son Bruce in 1965. Mrs. Johnston was active in the Order of the Eastern Star of Blue Rapids and, later, St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Blue Rapids.

She was also a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Manhattan. She worked in the offices of three doctors in Manhattan for 23 Bryan L. Burns Bryan L. Burns, 27, Kit Carson, Sunday, Sept.

22, in Kit Carson. He committed suicide. He was born Nov. 13, 1968, at St. John.

Survivors include his wife, Brenda Burns of Kit Carson, a daughter, Bryana Dayleen Burns, Kit Carson, his mother, Dalene Phillips (Ron Rumsey), Kit Carson, his father, David (Janie) Burns, Macksville; a sister, Dawn (Jeff) Jockman, Manhattan; a half-sister, Dianna Burns, Macksville; four half-brothers, Kevin, Paul, Matthew and Jason Burns, all of Macksville; and his maternal grandparents, Dale and Goldie Warner, Manhattan. Funeral services were held today at the Church of Redeemed, Kit Carson, with Pastor Lawson Perdue officiating. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Farm-ington Cemetery, Macksville, with Scott Moyer officiating. Memorials may be made to the Bryan Burns Memorial Fund, in care of the Peacock-Wood Funeral Home, 209 S.

Fourth Lamar, Colo. 81052. Harold A. (Swede) Carlson Harold A. (Swede) Carlson, 75, 2050 Jay Court, died Wednesday, Sept.

25, at the Stoneybrook Mercy Health Center for treat Weather Friday, Sept. 27 AccuWeather forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures NEB. Stress Free Saturday Colby 60 Kansas City 57 COLO 5.UU-10 Minute Neck Shoulder Massages Serenity Cove Health Nutrition Center 1214 Moro Aggieville Salina 60 59 Topeka to MONUMENTS and Bronze Aluminum Plaque kmhjotjuv co. JOSEPH J. BEAUDET 2301Stagg Hill Road Office 539-0441 Res.

537-7594 63 Liberal Wichita 62 Pittsburg "62 to OK LA. PAINT YOUR LANDSCAPE PURPLE Showars T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Sunny PI Chudy Cloudy Vie Associated Press GrephicsNel 1 996 AccuWuthar. Inc. LOCAL Tonight, a 40 percent chance for rain. Cool and cloudy.

Low in the middle 40s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Friday, a 40 percent chance for rain. Continued cool and mostly cloudy. High in the middle 50s.

Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph. KANSAS Tonight, cool. A chance for rain south and east. Rain may mix with snow late over parts of the west. Mostly cloudy northwest comer.

Lows 35 to 40 west to the upper 40s southeast corner. Friday, cool with a chance for rain south and east. Decreasing clouds northwest corner. Highs mainly in the 50s. KANSAS EXTENDED Saturday, a chance for morning rain in the east.

Dry elsewhere. Lows from the 30s west to the 40s east. Highs in the 60s with some 50s in the east. Sunday, warmer and dry. Lows in the 40s.

Highs around 70 in the east to near 80 in the west. Monday, continued dry. Lows 45 to 55. Highs in the 70s. FOR THE RECORD: Maximum temperature 65 Minimum temperature 43 Precipitation 1.17 September to date 2.91 Deficit for September 0.65 Year to date 26.52 Deficit for 1996 0.67 TUTTLE CREEK DATA: Elevation 1077.90 Outflow 100 Water temperature 67 SUNDOWN-SUNUP: Tonight 7:17 Friday 7:18 Friday evening 7:15 KANSAS TEMPS: Belleville 64 43 Beloit 66 45 Chanute 65 59 Coffeyville 66 61 Concordia 66 43 The AccuWeather forecast for noon, Friday, Sept.

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