The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 99

mid Thursday March 8 1990 The Kansas City Star 3 Sprees inflate crime statistics Continued from Pg 1 Gillis Home boys feel loss of toy bears By The Star staff DRIVING PRACTICE Maynard Wright of Kansas City uses some time in the recent warm weather to practice his stroke in an open area in Swope Park Wright said he is "trying to get over this winter delay trying to get BEV POTTERThe Star my swing back in shape" He said many people use the area for practice Tiny drug victims have had an advocate in judge Teddy bears were among the casualties that figure into the $25 000 fire damage estimate last month at the Gillis Center But they were priceless items to their owners emotionally disturbed boys ages 5 to 1 4 who are treated at the center 8150 Wor-nall Road Came Gillis director of development said each youth was greeted with a hug and a teddy bear when he entered the center stuffed teddy is a big issue because a security blanket for them" said David Janssens associate director of operations something had since the day they walked in and for some that can be a long The Feb 1 7 fire which started in a bedroom in the West Cottage dormitory still is under investigation according to fire officials Flames charred walls and left empty spaces in the housing unit that once was home to 20 boys Gillis officials said the fire cause any structural damage but the blaze destroyed clothing and books None of the 42 boys living at Gillis was hurt Gillis officials said youths should be able to move back into the dormitory within two weeks Janssens said the trauma associated with the fire had caused some youths to share more of their feelings in therapy sessions fire has brought out many hidden feelings in the boys and excellent" he said Latin magnet principal named By Th Star atari An administrator at Attucks Elementary School has been named principal of a new Latin grammar magnet school that will open in September The Kansas City Board of Education last week appointed Phi-lomma Harshaw as principal of Elementary School I which will be in the Manchester Elementary School building 6839 Truman Road Manchester will close in June The new school does not have a permanent name yet Harshaw said Before her appointment as principal Harshaw spent ihbfe than four years as the ps-sistant at Attucks She held the same post earlier at CA Franklin Elementary School and has taught at several district elementary schools As principal she will be paid $39253 a year The Latin grammar theme stresses discipline and academics the Metro Patrol Division which serves that area and the area roughly bounded by State Line Road Blue Ridge Boulevard and 39th and 85th streets have remained remarkably consistent each year ranging between 175 and 184 Through Feb 26 reported robberies increased 26 percent to 226 Robberies from Feb 1 to Feb 26 were up 44 percent from the same period last year More alarming is the 125 percent increase in murders including many that are the result of armed robberies The area has had nine murders this year compared with three or four each of the last three years But Hockemeier said the figures are only abnormal because of the multiple crime sprees person or a small group of criminals can have a large impact on the rise in crime in a small Hockemeier said Police said last week a string of armed residence robberies in Kansas City in January were stopped with the arrests of five men and boys shortly after the robberies Cornelius Williams 21 Roderick Kemp 18 and Derrick Davis 1 9 each have been charged with robbery or attempted robbery and armed criminal action in at least one of three armed residence robberies that occurred Jan 2 Williams also was charged in a robbery the same night in which three men with a shotgun pulled a woman from her car and stole her purse Ronnell Brown 18 and a 14-year-old juvenile were arrested less than two hours after a similar string of robberies were committed by four men with guns Jan 1 7 The boy was turned over to juvenile authorities and Brown was charged with an auto theft that occurred during one of the robberies Ronald Hampton 18 and a 16-year-old boy were arrested Feb 1 3 in connection with several murders and robberies in the area Hampton was charged Feb 27 with several robberies thefts and murders in the area including two murders and an armed robbery that occurred Feb 11 in a 40-minute span Police also are questioning the two in connection with the Jan 1 7 series of robberies and at least one other recent murder they believe are linked The suspects may have been working as a team police said have reason to believe (the men) know each other and were working Van Buskirk said Hockemeier warned about the dangers of resisting robbers He cited the case of a 33-year-old man who was shot in the abdomen Feb 1 Two robbers stole his car as he was washing it in a carwash near 60th Street and Troost Avenue The robbers did not shoot the man until he tried to open the car doors as they were driving away Hockemeier said Van Buskirk said that robbers hesitate to shoot if they see any sign of resistance of them shoot he said value of human life seems to be going down and Continued trom Pg 1 protect I said They have someone The former chairman of the state Democratic Party admitted he has been more politically active than most judges but county and state officials said his political savvy has also helped him accomplish more a mover and said Judy Powell a state Division of Family services worker who serves as liason with the Juvenile Court has made a major difference here not sure even he recognizes how County and state officials are cooperating with each other more because of the judge they said not court kids and Division (of Family Services) kids with him all our Powell said Mauer also has obtained more funds for the Juvenile Court including a 12 percent budget increase from the county Some money from the county drug tax also will go to the court and drug treatment But about 70 percent of the tax goes for law enforcement Mauer noted and dozens more youths arrested for drugs could still swamp the system would be overwhelmed now if we did not have the additional he said year will be a major test as to whether the system can handle it even with Michael Cobum the new judge of the Juvenile Court will have his work cut out for him in spite of the fine job done by Mauer said Lawrence Myers Juvenile Court administrator than take us to a destination he has set us on a whole new he said of Mauer political skills have given us a more global picture and he has worked This year Mauer decided against running for county executive in part because he can be effective on the bench at fighting substance abuse see how drugs devastate families until you come out here and see it in this he said ever contemplated be looking at 13-year-olds with a beeper and a gun in one pocket and the other pocket full of money and crack drug problem grows and grows You have to try things There are no concrete steps to save a Tower disrupts lives as falling ice damages homes damage or buy the house In 1984 The Meridith Corp corporate owner of the station bought seven properties near the tower Bemie Erber business manager said he knows falling ice has caused damage Six other residents have filed claims since the last ice storm in January trying to do what we can through the framework of our insurance Erber said The station has been unable to devise an affordable method to keep ice from forming on the tower since it was erected in the mid-1 950s officials said have lived in the house for 13 years The couple who did not know about falling ice before they moved in said they do not want to leave the house because it is home this Tom Davis said conducting a tour of his house used to have wallpaper on it Now look at Back outside Davis stared at the tower and pursed his lips He clasped his hands closed his eyes and sighed Then he pointed to the tower again and shook his head he said thing is smashing my house to the ground and no one Falling ice has hit buildings cars and even people The barrage has been so bad at times that Kansas City police hve blocked off streets in the area Damage to the Davis house is so extensive now that it will take far more than several thousand dollars to fix the couple said The worst damage Tom Davis said is in the upstairs bedroom of his 9-year-old daughter Son-dra The serious structural damage has caused his daughter emotional distress he said The girl once was a top student but now is doing poorly in school Davis said The Davises first noticed the damage in 1983 although they Continued from Pg 1 commission Davis said he has repeatedly filed claims with the insurers and has sought help from station administrators while his house crumbles around him His wife Gail Davis even called consumer advocacy service for Action" She was told the station cannot do stories on itself house was here before the Gail Davis said going on 100 years old It made to withstand 5-inch hunks of ice falling from great heights" Now the couple has given the station an ultimatum fix the SRO VIDEO Pen pals build bridge between two school districts Symington student initiates exchange with Spanish magnet WASHINGTON By BARBARA A Staff Writer SCHOOL MENUS Serving The BROOKSIDE WALDO And South Kansas City Neighborhoods 402 Gregory Blvd Kansas City MO 64131 4442212 WEEKDAY SPECIALI FREE KID MOVIE RENTAL MON THUR With Any Full Price Rental was just as excited to meet his pen pal Symington students usually learn Spanish but Luis and his mother have given a few short lessons to students in Luis' class on things such as colors and numbers and have helped the students compose their Spanish pen pal letters Charles Etta Freeman the second-grade English teacher at Symington said the letter writing helped improve the overall communication and language skills really been good experience because getting the chance to really learn how to write she said other language skills have also begun to improve" was also a way for kids to be teaching other kids the same age how to speak a little On Friday girls from Milton Moore entertained students from both schools Dressed in red dresses red scarves and large sombreros six second-grade girls brought performed traditional Mexican dances complete with maracas a Hispanic instrument that resembles a wooden rattle They sang songs in both Spanish and English Milton Moore students also recited the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish Ecko said she wrote most of her letters in Spanish and asked Kylie her favorite color and told her she would be glad to see her Luis wrote his letters in English but to meet Kylie and Ecko are two of 72 second-grade students who wrote each other mostly in Spanish as pen pals at Milton Moore and Symington The program started when Luis Aguilar a Symington student wanted to know how the second-graders at his old school Milton Moore were doing His mother Miguelina Cuevas was a 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