The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 26

-r (r B-2 The Kansas City Star Sunday January 11 1 998 Young area musicians get lesson in the blues MIRIAM PEPPER representative You ought to visit us sometime can come in a lot of different forms And for everybody and jazz are truly American Quick said both started here So part of our one reason the Kansas City Blues Society sponsors the clinics every year and gives away instruments to needy children They want young people to keep the blues and jazz tradition going working so far for Justin Betts a junior at Schlagle High School who participated in his third workshop Saturday For Betts a lover of the bass guitar the blues is about history and heritage the blues) folks can learn more about their background where they came said Betts 16 here they can learn where the blues can take being backstage at a 1940s blues nightclub minus the smoke In one room: Boo-ba-dee boo-ba-dee-doo In another: Bum-bum-bum-bum CRASH! Bum-bum-bum-bum all come together in the high recital hall Tuesday at 7 pm to show what learned The young girls and boys representing different races will drop their hip-hop and rock roll tendencies in favor of a less familiar funky down-home sound The seasoned musicians call it a a big misconception that blues is sad Quick said sad slow my-woman-done-me-wrong music sung by old black men sitting on their front That idea is wrong Quick said The blues that deep-down feeling along with some rudimentary skills and theories that members of the Kansas City Blues Society hoped kids would take away from their third annual Youth Blues Clinic conducted Saturday at the Paseo Academy these days are not exposed to things like jazz and said instructor Andy Quick who sings and plays harmonica in a local band called Back Alley want the kids to get familiar with what the blues sounds like and feels Groups of interested students arrived at Paseo around 1 1 am Saturday and broke off into groups Saxophonists and trumpet players over here Drummers and congo players over there Guitars down the hall Pianists and vocalists around the corner Walking through the hallways was like By TANIKA WHITE Staff Writer As Etta James' voice wailed through a portable CD player a classroom of young people watched their instructor Mary Moore slowly sway as if intoxicated by the words and woes of the soulful songstress know people are talking And I know you cheat James moaned But right or wrong when you're with me Sweeeeeeel On the last note Moore the vocal instructor and a local jazz singer shut her eyes tight tossed back her long hair extensions and let out an emphatic And with that small but powerful sound the students in the class witnessed firsthand what it feels like to sing the blues METRO DIGEST Cool moves Skateboard robbery: Two men accused of stealing a skateboard at gunpoint before crashing their car into another at a busy intersection were charged Saturday George McFadden and Llewellyn Rivers both 23 and of Kansas City were charged with robbery for allegedly taking a skateboard from a 19-year-old man Friday afternoon McFadden was being held on a $20000 bond and Rivers on a $1 5000 bond Fatal accident: A 51 -year- old woman died Saturday morning in a hospital of injuries suffered in an accident Friday night near Searcy Creek Parkway on Missouri 210 The woman whose name was not released was driving east on Missouri 210 in the right-hand lane when she apparently missed a left turn officials said She tried to turn left across a median but turned in front of an eastbound car Residential robbeiy: Police took two persons into custody Saturday after two men kicked down the front door of a home and demanded money from a resident police said The incident occurred about 4:30 am at a home in the 2800 block of Olive Avenue said police Sgt Sharon Laningham of the robbery unit Officers responding to a disturbance call at that address found a 1 7-year-old Kansas City girl sitting in a car in front of the house The trunk of the car contained stereo equipment and compact discs Laningham said (police) secure (the girl) in the car and go in and the two robbers run she said The officers chased the men arresting a 20-year-old Kansas City man near 28th Street and Prospect Avenue The other man remained at large Saturday evening Bus accident: The passengers on a Metropolitan Transportation Services Inc bus avoided injury Saturday morning when a cab hit the bus police said The northbound bus was stopped at 18th Street and Grand Boulevard shortly before 1 1 am when a southbound cab crossed the intersection and struck the front of the bus The cabdriver told police he did not know why his taxi crossed into oncoming traffic said he know what said Police Sgt Rex Tarwater said he woke up and there was the The cab-driver was not injured Group to meet: Opponents of the Power Light District will hold a public meeting to discuss why they're against the downtown redevelopment proposal A group calling itself the It committee a play on the Power Light District's It On" campaign slogan will hold its meeting at 1 :30 pm today at the Plaza Library 4801 Main St An election will be held Feb 3 to determine whether the city should proceed with the project Eventually the city could commit $176 million in public financing to help pay for the $454 million Power Light District Car chase: a Kansas City man was arrested on assorted traffic charges Saturday morning after a motorist fled from a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper who was trying to stop his car About 9:30 am the trooper noticed a car near 21st Street and Troost Avenue that was not properly registered Officers pursued it for about six miles before the driver ran into a building at 1100 Admiral Blvd The driver and a passenger jumped out and ran Kansas City police caught the passenger outside the building and state troopers caught the driver about an hour later Charges against Ernest Gilbert 20 include leaving the scene of an accident fleeing a law enforcement officer failure to yield to a stoplight careless and imprudent driving driving without a valid license driving without insurance failing to register his vehicle and failure to wear a seat belt Talk about a down week The Chiefs lose Gray skies spit snow and freezing rain Murderers bank robbers ski deaths and illness dominated last front pages It makes me want to lift the mood See new faces in the newsroom Invite in some company So consider this my new year's invitation to you good for the entire year to visit us at The Kansas City Star Once a month 1 organize a newsroom visitor program for about a dozen guests The number is limited by the size of our news conference room The guests tour the newspaper from pressroom to advertising offices to newsroom from 3 to 4 pm Then they join the afternoon news meeting where editors gather to discuss what they have to offer for the next day's front page Guests receive the daily budget (a summary of story offerings from each department) and are asked their opinions about front-page choices After the meeting several writers and editors from the news and Opinion staffs answer questions informal and a chance for us to hear your ideas in person If like to attend and you can visit between 3 and 5:30 pm on a weekday please send me a note with your name address home and daytime phone numbers and a brief description of your interest in joining the newsroom visitor program I'll schedule dates later based on interest level Address letters to Miriam Pepper Newsroom Visitor Program The Kansas City Star 1729 Grand Blvd Kansas City Mo 64108 or e-mail pepperfh kcstarcom Hope come Catches and comments A leader says the paper again missed an opportunity to alert Kansas City readers to the voter registration deadline last week People had to have been registered by Wednesday to be eligible to vote on the Feb 3 Centertainment district proposal She wishes the paper would remind readers regularly about election registration deadlines as a public service a worthy idea A Johnson County reader is tired of seeing the same photos atop the left index box column pn the front page each day She wants variety or the space in a more productive Variety definitely is needed Some crossword fans of the Sunday New York Times puzzle (a new addition) were a bit cross over their troubles in finding the puzzle last week An item on the cover of FYI said it was our classified but the puzzle actually was in the Careers section Careers includes classified ads but it say at the top which confused readers Today find the Sunday New York Times puzzle on Page E-3 The addition of The New York Times puzzle on Sunday gives readers two puzzle choices every day Tribune Media crossword puzzle is in as usual An article Friday about a marriage proposal hidden in a New York Times crossword puzzle led several readers to ask whether The Star would run the puzzle Yes it will run probably on Feb 18 For interested fans watch for a puzzle numbered 0107 which refers to the date it originally appeared in The New York Times Several readers suggested that the paper take a less-fevered look at Chiefs football fans As one said: say metro residents focused on the game right Say not Many people care a thing about Clearly she FRANCINE ORRThe Star ingly that they were has-beens that never The two are part of a group of eight that skates two or three times each week at the Crown Center site Skating buddies Barb Kowalski of Prairie Village and Don Taylor of Kansas City moved along smoothly Saturday morning at the Crown Center Ice Terrace Kowalski said jok the car had been abandoned Train wreck: A car left on railroad tracks west of Missouri City early Saturday was hit by a westbound train law enforcement officials said No one was injured in the crash which occurred near Route EE and Missouri 210 about 6:45 am Officials did not know Saturday afternoon why the 2000 block of Parkview Avenue No suspects were in custody Saturday night Anyone with information should call the TIPS Hotline at 474-TIPS (474-8477) died Saturday night after being stabbed and found in a street Police found Monique Allen about 7:45 am Saturday after someone called police and reported that a woman was lying in the street in Woman stabbed: a 26- year-old Kansas City woman LoreiES FAMILIES WANTED APRIL is an adorable 3-year-old with an affection for fingernail polish and ponytails She loves Barbie dolls swimming and the movies The Little and Lion Smart smiling and soft-spoken April likes attention and is eager to learn things She currently is with her 6-year-old sister Irene Families interested in April also might want to consider adopting Irene and another sister Jeanette 9 For information contact Kansas Families for Kids at (800) 210-5387 numbers paid $842 four paid $33 Kansas Pick 3: 3-2-4 Straight-play winners won $500 box-play winners won $80 A 50-cent bet paid half Kansas Cash: 2-4-7-10-22-25 for estimated $500000 jackpot Powerball: 7-9-17-20-44 powerball was 25 Jackpot estimated at $10 million Please check with the lottery office in your state for official confirmation of these numbers winning lottery numbers: Missouri Pick 3: 1-8-6 Straight-play winners won $500 box-play winners won $80 A 50-cent bet paid half Missouri Show Me 5: 2-4-12-20-23 There were two winners of $25000 jackpot Missouri Daily Millions: Red 3-1 White 16-5 Blue 4-9 Missouri Lotto: 12-22-23-26-27-43 No winner of $1 3 million jackpot Five Dream of flying becomes reality for governor Continued from B-1 Carnahan soared over the Pacific Ocean while on a visit to San Diego to watch the University of Missouri play in the Holiday Bowl Taking off from Jefferson City Municipal Airport he has flown as far north as Macon and as far west as Warrensburg really can appreciate the diversity of the Carnahan said a relief from the normal duties of the office You be thinking about something else and doing ed Piper Cubs in a field outside Birch Tree boyhood home family would drive by and I ciin remember ogling the airplanes from Highway he said Although he served in the Air Force during the Korean era Carnahan was an intelligence officer not a pilot It was 1967 before the young lawyer took flying lessons in a Cessna 1 50 trainer He got in 25 hours soloed received his student license then realized that there was no time in his schedule for regular flying rather consciously quit and said Til do it again said Carnahan who turns 64 on Feb 11 Someday turned out to be February 1997 when the governor resumed flying lessons under the tutelage of Mike Derendinger a 20-year veteran of teaching aviation His day job is chief pilot for the Missouri Department of Now he tries to pilot a plane at least every couple of weeks and has gotten into the habit of renting planes while vacationing Carnahan pays for plane rentals fuel and lessons from his own pocket spokesman Chris Sifford said Derendinger said he only instructed the governor only during his own time just think and always have that in this modem age many exciting things are available and we really miss something if we take advantage of Carnahan said is like that for me The concept of flying is very clear about the pilot being in command If something were to happen it would be my fault probably more in command than when I'm on the ground in charge of state Last winter the governor flew over the Gulf of Mexico in Flori-dqf During the recent holidays is pretty meticulous as a student and his endurance is quite Derendinger said of Carnahan would do a lot of flying in the evening and it would be 10 pm or 10:30 pm before we finished flying He was just as attentive at 10:30 pm as when we To get his private license Carnahan had to satisfy an array of minimum flying requirements including soloing cross-country and landing at three airports flying solo for three hours at night performing 10 takeoffs and landings at night and flying three hours on instruments only do recognize him when we land but we try to keep that to a Derendinger said flying flying is his foremost Carnahan Said he flew about 60 hours in 1997 before getting his license 20 hours more than the minimum requirement the part of a pilot He carefully thumbed through a leather-bound pilot's logbook which he pulled from a gray nylon briefcase his On this overcast morning Carnahan flew with special goggles obscuring his view to train on a Piper Warrior flying by instruments only 12 hours for he said was very bumpy 17-knot wind just a little bit of cross wind You had to work harder as opposed to glassy smooth air You have to fight it a little governor first took the controls of an airplane 30 years ago But Carnahan has loved the romance daring and freedom of flying since his childhood in rural Snannon County he said doodles in school were drawing airplanes" he recalled After Worl3 War II pilots land The Star's archives are available on the Internet Visit The site at httpVAmnrkcstarcom and click on 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