The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 3

The Kansas City Star Sunday December xi iyH9 Page 3B From shirt sleeves to subzero AMITSUBISHI BIG SCREENS December weather was marked by extremes 3 noH PAYMENTS! FOR 6 MONTHS With Approved Credit By Jim Sullinger staff writer We enjoyed a shirt-sleeve high of 65 on Dec 4 Eighteen days later we were thawing out water pipes at 23 below zero And Saturday scores of persons were injured in falls as we began sliding toward the new year on freezing drizzle Weather this month will be remembered by many as a roller coaster were lots of extremes and few near-normal said Ken Smith a meteorologist with WeatherData Inc of Wichita The freezing drizzle Saturday led to many minor wrecks but police reported no major accidents or injuries Clarice Yetter nursing supervisor at Research Medical Center said 20 persons were treated at the hospital for injuries suffered from falling on ice The injuries included fractured legs and hips Emergency rooms at other hospitals around the city reported treating more than 30 patients for injuries from falling The ups and downs Saturday were mirrored in the temperatures all month A record low for the area was Offer Expires 12-31-89 CK-3530 Tube recorded Dec 22 when the thermometer dipped to 23 below zero The intensity of the arctic air was more normal for mid-January than December The average high of 306 for the month was almost 10 degrees below normal Smith said But high is expected to be 34 almost normal for this time of the month Weather for the next five days will be about the same as last said Smith with a high Monday in the 30s gradually moving into the 40s for the rest of the week He said skies were expected to be clear for most of the five days The only bleak spot is Tuesday which will be cloudy with a chance of light rain Lowest Prices Largest Selection Instant Financing 90 Days Same As Cash Factory Authorized Service Beat Any Price to TVs and Big Screens Hi-Fi VCRS Immediate Delivery Drought remains despite rainy We Be Undersold kill Darmofal said the official 90-day outlook issued Friday did not offer much hope for a lot of moisture Temperatures are expected to be cooler than normal and precipitation below normal January through March he said that is just a wild he said Boston boy 9 accused of offering to sell crack Boston A 9-year-old boy accused of offering crack cocaine to an undercover police officer was released to his grandmother and police searched for the teen-ager who allegedly supplied drugs to the youngster The 3-feet-ll boy weighing 95 pounds had $68 in his pockets at the time of his arrest police said They said his mother is in prison short period of time and wasn't that Darmofal said a drought was measured over several years and could not be pronounced at an end after a couple of months of above normal precipitation He said northern Kansas still was considered a drought area still need a good long stretch of average he said Paul Fleener director of public affairs for the Kansas Farm Bureau said farmers already have come to that conclusion Farmers are praying for some timely rain and wet snow this winter to raise the sub-soil moisture for spring planting he said "Then we need some good spring rain before we can even consider being out of the drought of and Fleener said He said recent below-zero temperatures did a little damage to winter wheat but a light covering of snow which insulated the young plants prevented a major By Jim Sullinger staff writer The year ending today was a wet one in the Kansas City area with 3764 inches of annual precipitation reported through Friday 256 inches more than normal and 13 42 inches more than last year Rainfall in 1988 measured a paltry 2422 inches far below the normal annual precipitation of 3508 inches said Kevin Darmo-fal a meteorologist for Weather-Data Inc of Wichita But this rain does not mean that Kansas and Missouri have shaken a drought that has plagued both states for two years because almost half of 1989's total fell during June and July he said until April and May the drought was pretty well with he said a lot of rain especially in June hit the two states and lasted into July It was deceiving because it fell over a Continental Video Center Sat 10-6 Sun 1-5 10440 Metcalf Ave Overland Park Ks 66212 913-341-2121 Car may have broken down before KCK woman was killed about 6:30 a Friday at 78th Street under the Interstate 70 overpass said Don Ash public information officer for the Kansas City Kan Police Department Police believe someone may have stopped for DeLeon sometime between 1 and 2 a Friday after her car broke down her car broke down there and she was trying to get Ash said DeLeon was the city's 40th homicide victim of the year By The Star staff A Kansas City Kan woman who was stabbed to death Friday may have been trying to get home after her car broke down police said Saturday The body of Sarah DeLeon 18 was found about 10 a Friday near Interstate 435 and Wolcott Drive in western Kansas City Kan when a crew on a passing train noticed the body Police had found car ADVERTISEMENT Missouri sues Independence waste plant ONE MOMENT OF YOUR TIME PLEASEI By The Star staff The state of Missouri is suing the owner of a hazardous-waste plant in Independence for violations of state law including failure to maintain liability insurance The suit filed Tuesday in Jack-son County Circuit Court contends that Rocky Fikki owner of Reclamare Enterprises Inc at 6300 Stadium Drive failed to correct citations contained in a 1988 abatement order issued by the Department of Natural Resources are asking the court to hold him personally responsible for the violations of state hazardous waste Attorney General William Webster said in a statement announcing the state action The lawsuit contends Fikki of Blue Springs failed to maintain sufficient liability insurance and failed to provide financial assurances for closure of the facility in case of an The suit seeks penalties of $10000 a day for each violation The abatement order was issued in April 1988 The order was based on violations of state noted during an inspection of the plant in October 1987 by state officials Fikki sold his business and his certification to reclaim wastes in December 1988 While operating the business Fikki had temporary approval from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Natural Resources Webster's office said The company accepted hazardous wastes and reclaimed heavy metals and other materials that could be processed into fuel Skip Sleyster Beginning a new year does not leave the impression that you have forgotten the old year The old year proved to me that my popularity with some people is as low as a snake belly at times but honesty of thoughts will rise for the expressed occasion Now I will look back at 1989 Kansas City is stiH a loser Horses and dogs run for Kansas Taxes and more taxes run for us Taxes tor cigarettes and dope deprive us of the simple necessities Paying $50 million in juice money for questionable Poli-Wafler dreams can be a high spot for fueling a taxpayers rebelkon The lows for KC destroys the city market tear down the American Royal Building hire layers of lawyers and as aver the existing KC theft of all taka away "the widows trash bags The KC school maggots miss the point In 1989 this was a no-w inner year for the kids ts no education is still the award-winning accomplishment of the downtown administration Lies upon lies give the maggots the 89 reputation of a defect the making First 1 000 outside kids attending then 900 800 700 600 and I hear these school counters attend KC no wonder they can't count heads I wiH not leave 1989 without making it known I still observed Sleepy Berkley still sleeping General Wans watching Miss Buxley end the Poii-Waiiers reaching ever-deeper into our pockets The Big Mouth Star is still howling Coder Jones has done no favors Otey Olsen is stiH getting hts paychecks as the widows lose the bags bonding the little car dealer $25000 has the state of Missouri destroying business and losing half of our newspaper is not a profit for us Noticing the senseless kilings of 1989 our country of the free can say many of us live a life of fear because a few of our citizens have become animals of prey We can look at 1990 as a year of new and otd ideas moving us upward KC can have the Union Station Casino America can start the aH-American CanaJ the school system can profit by closing the 12th 8 McGee waste KC can finish the two four-year term petition drive call Nadier 333-1377 and I could use renters for the Ford call 231 -3381 or 231 -7037 Pokmga little fun into KC Ufa for our spinning off of The Times paper might oniv be a rumor but if true the half-way house for unwanted reporters is a knd gesture from our owners Those of us who have lost loved ones tfvs year myself included can solve our living pam by directing our lives toward being kind and considerate to others As I write these comments a caN informed me mat my good friend Louie Cafdaref-lo left us We an know Louie for the unselfish attitude he hd for his fellow man I miss you Loue i own he because Kansas City pros at City He gave it to me this year of 1989 So be it Those of you who have received similar KC pro kick mgs should help us Sign the two four-year petitions Jimmy Dallas has a new year for your music needs.