The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 63

it JO Friday April 19 1991 The Kansas City Star C-3 Leawood sees slow pace of change on shingles No on has sought permit to install composition roof yet But action may come soon By ANN SPIV AK fit iai sa DVJSfT WfPJST picking wood'' Anderson said But Anderson said he had talked to a builder who plans to build a house with a composition roof in the Oxford HiUs subdivision ia southern Leawood Anderson said the builder most likely would come to the city next week to pick up a building permit "It's a verbal agrecmeat" Anderson said Before the city voted for a change Leawood allowed only wood wood shake tile asbestos and slate roofs A group of residents for years had been asking the city to allow composition roofs because they think those roofs are not as expensive to maintaia and are leas of a fire hazard than oUierroofiaf materials Leawood resident Charles Crippin a' member of the Leawood Estates Homes' Association said Thursday that he togotoCIandbuyabuiklingpermit for a com poii two roof even though his homes association forbids composition "I've got quite a fight on my hands" Crippin said "But I've apt to have a roof" By picking up a building permit for a compositioa roof Crippin hopes to force a homes association meeting or to get Cecil Hammonds the president of the assoria lion to meet with him If Crippin defies his deed restrictions and putt up a composition roof he said he is prepared to face the consequences Hammonds has said the homfs association might sue residents who break the rules "I dont think he (Hammonds) has the money to fight me" Crippin said If Crippin installs a composition roof Hammonds' tears will come true He told the City Council last month that he waa concerned that residents would violate their deed restrictions JMMtmaOMITlHakr Mid ha waa northbound on tha Paaao naar 46th 8treat whan he taw a man on a aidawah pointing a gun according to poHoa apokaaman Sgt Qrag Mia Tha officer said tha gunman Had on foot without tiring anyahota Workera prepare to tow patrol car damaged Thursday whan a Kanaas Cay poHoa ofllcar drova offlha rod nd hit a tree Tha offlear who waa eaghtty Injured toU invaattgatora ha waa trying to avoid being ahot The officer A month has passed since Leawood voted to allow composition roofs and still no taken Leawood officials said Thursday that although several residents and builders have inquired about the coat of composition roon none has requested a building permit "I imagine well see some permits but it's going to take some time" Bob McKay director of the city's planning department said Thursday The roofing issue sparked months of controversy at City HalL Some city officials feared that red and green cornpositioo roofs would start popping up all over the city if the rules were rtangrri Others thought the roofs would lower property values in the upscale Johnson County community But the change which was approved March 19 has prompted little fury city officials said mainly because moat residents who want composition roots are bound by deed restrictions within their subdivisions that prohibit that type of root Whik those residents are working within their homes associations to have the deed restrictions changed others not bound by those nun still are choosing wood roots over composition mainly because the price is about the same said Ken Anderson Leawood deputy building official "One man came in considered both wood and composition and ended up Slain surgeon trained at KU Medical Center ftum 8toff snd AP Rsports KU Medical Center from 1979-1981 said Dr John Hiebert a and chairman of the plastic department Cohen's wife Janet facial surgery that Cohen had performed II months ago police in Washington said Chalks had a 5:30 pm appointment Monday with Cohen at his private clinic She left after the meeting but returned after the staff had gone home and shot the surgeon several times police said A plastic surgeon who wu ihol to death ia BeUevue Wash by a patient who was unhappy with a face-lift received hit tendency training at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City Kan Dr Setwyn A Cohen 41 worked at worked aa a scrub mine at the center during her husband's training The couple had fair children The distratght patient Beryl Chillis 60 had been complaining of pain from Witness says woman's threat preceded fatal shooting Investigators need help to find woman By LANE BEAUCHAMP By TONY RIZZO Stttff WfSjr i i then argued about their personal relationship At one point during their argument Woolverton told Fann that Townsend was attracted to him Townsend testified Fann answered Woolverton by saying that "he was pretty infatuated with me" Townsend testified Early Feb 20 Townsend said she awoke and saw Woolverton standing in the room holding a long gun She said she shook Fann and tried to wake him That's when Woolverton "rushed over" and ahot him she said After Thursday's preliminary hearing District Judge Earle Jones scheduled Woolverton's arraignment for April 24 She faces life in prison if convicted Woolverton 31 to stand trial on a first-degree murder charge She also was ordered to stand trial for attempted first-degree murder for allegedly shooting Townsend after Fann was killed After Woolverton shot Fann Townsend said she yelled at Woolverton "Stop it Nelda Dont you realize what you're doing?" Woolverton allegedly stepped back and placed another cartridge in the chamber of the shotgun Townsend said she grabbed the barrel of the weapon and tried to wrestle it from her housemate The gun discharged seriously injuring Townsend "I have no shoulder" Town-send whose right arm remains in a sling said of the injury After she was shot Townsend said she slumped over Fann's body Assistant District Attorney Debra Vermillion asked her why "So she (Woolverton) would think I was dead" Townsend answered "I believe she would have shot me again" When Woolverton walked from the room Townsend said she dialed 91 1 She testified that her perceptions about what happened were not clouded by the beer she drank earlier in the day Fann Woolverton and Town-send all lived in the house she said Another man lived in the basement Fann and Woolverton argued Feb 18 and 19 about Fann borrowing Townsend's pickup Pod photo by Daw Kaup OktfhaDaSyNaws charged ahotgun aiayfng Memorial would honor women in the military Cowranuad front C-1 Nelda Wodverton and Michael Fann Injued several hours at their De Sko area house Feb 18 before Wtotverton told Fann she was goisg to blow bis head off a winces testified Thursday Fann told Wooterton she did not have the nervt to do it the witness said bm Woolverton allegedly walked into Fann's bedroom early Feb as he slept aimed a shotgun the inches from his head and pulledthe trigger Joy Townsend 31 said she was lying next to Fann when the 37-year-old man wis lolled After her testimony a Jchnson County District Court jtdge ordered Overland Park issues alert on industrial fire Overland Park authorities alerted neighbors of an industrial plant in southern Johnam County to a possible environmental hazard Thursday after learning of a smoldering fire in storage drums that contained aa unidentified chemical The burning dnuns had been stored at the foaner Kuhhnan Diecasting Co at 16440 Mission Road Workers vsing cutting torches apparent! set off the spark that lit the ires about 4:30 pm The chemical pitduced a bhie-green smoke said Overland Park police Sgt Marty Ingram As a precaution police' advised residents of the nearby Orchard Hill Estates of the ahuaaon The substance wasn't positively identified Thursday night However environmental officials analyzed the smoke and determined firefighters could safely extinguish the fire with a carbon dioxide extinguisher "They had the) cotamge) to step outekie the accepted structure They went into an unknown world not knowing what they would do vnere they would or wtK)rn they would go there with" Wikna Vaught retired brigadier general Investigators searching for a missing Clinton Mo woman on Thursday asked for the public's help in checking out bams cabins and other buildings on private property "We need all the help we can get" said Thomas Van Zandt spokesman for the Missouri Rural Crime Squad that is investigating the April 4 disappearance of Angela Hammond Hammond 20 apparently was abducted shortly before midnight as she talked to her fiance from a telephone booth in a Clinton supermarket parking lot More than 25 officers with the rural crime squad this week joined investigators from Clinton Henry County the Missouri Highway Patrol and the FBI in the search for Hammond and a truck apparently used in the abduction Van Zandt said it has been difficult for officers to search every outbuilding or barn in an area of several hundred square miles and authorities are hoping property owners will help "There is a lot of wooded desolate area a lot of strip mines and a lot of cabins in the boondocks that we're trying to cover" Van Zandt said Van Zandt said investigaton continued to follow up leads on the pickup described as a green late 1960s model Ford with possible damage to the right front bumper Hammond ia described as white feet taU and 140 pounds with light-brown hair and brown eyes She was last seen wearing a white shirt with Mack spots black slacks and tennis shoes Anyone with information is asked to call the Clinton Police Department at (816) 885-5561 going to permit women to fire backr But women made subtle gains during the war in the Persian Gulf where nearly 30000 women were assigned to duty For the first time people referred to the troops as men and women she said "But they still shared something with women who served in other wars" she said "When they left for military duty they still went into the great unknown That's what makes it so wonderful to look back on It was challenging and you did it" women" she said "But they're going fast It will be tragic if we don't find them now" In mid-May the foundation will begin a nationwide registration drive Vaught said she had enlisted the aid of military and congressional leaden and hoped to get support from each governor Persons can write to the foundation at Dept S60 Washington DC 20042-0560 The toll-free telephone number is 1-800-222-2294 "For three days (during the war with Iraq) I did nothing but give interviews about women in combat" she said "With the kinds of weapons we have today there is no area where people are safe in a war The real issue is: Are they With each war women have gained responsibilities and opportunities Vaught said after her speech But the nation and military leaden still struggle with what risks women should be allowed to take she said Kansas' interest in arts applauded I C-1 A Gentlemen's Private Club 4 carat $5000 puMic schools "You cant educate part of the human being and expect them to excel" he sud "Students learn by the ability to make connection! by seeing the relationships between seemingly unrelated Nancy Landon Kassebaum of Kansas played key roles in securing congressional grants to the NEA for the next three years he said "But the battle is never won We need to keep educating those in Washington about how meaningful the arts are to us" Frohnmayer said "Voices critical1 of the NEA write on a regular basis If we dont hear from you we won't know how you feeL" Frohnmayer said Kanaas and Missouri voten had chosen then-elected officials wisely Rep Tom Coleman of Missouri and Sen JllllbWIISUMb1HIHHIU cacwMM ApprovidspMiaiaprntfrrairla puwbwawrenumiawgtotow4 ajanonasd spsoW use psfiMtor RafeHospaa4Auxaaryforapkrt sswaiidMiawofstaslBTiaMBySaiw IrastmsSon grant Atahorind agreement wan Overland Park tor major retabMMon of Lamar ftrDrn 7801 to 7Mh streets Awarded low bid of MosaOwwoW tor IwoSwquartwplclHysTicfcstor 84131 AwctxM low bU of VVMtfsS cantor era est andMSls wan dump Approved agreement to receive funds IromslCanstaPspatlmwartTfM poison tor May 4 I lflht Msttfils dMton tor Somerset Dm 9M Street mDssndsr rssadaneflvtopaytoreVplralsd taUsway on 73rd Terrace Autfwrlztd agreement aaliii mtfaffl ansa saflsBaul MMfaKJn WlV ITM AppnwaduMOftZIJMIncey lorWkMfundatoimttokiOARE yanl and tllJtrltomaatiitoti drug toresvstsghtsataeinarsstandLM Boulevard.