The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 12

METROPOLITAN DIGEST Monday April 24 2000 THE KANSAS CITY STAR The hog roast will be from 5 to 7 pen in the cafeteria Tickets are $5 per person if bought in advance at the Belton Hy-Vee store Bank of Belton and Winterset State Bank in Belton They cost $6 at the door The game follows at 7 pm in the gymnasium Children 6 and under get in free INDEPENDENCE Monument to explorers will be unveiled KANSAS CITY Fire chief search The search for the next Kansas City fire chief is starting to get revved up City Manager Robert Collins has received applications and inquiries from about eight potential internal candidates Collins said candidates from outside the fire department also will be considered The new chief could be hired in the next few months Collins said JACKSON COUNTY Free concert As part of Memorial Day weekend and the KC150 celebration the US Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants will perform a free concert at 7 pm May 28 at the RLDS Auditorium in Independence The 65-member band plays classical popular and instrumental selections TWenty-four members comprise the Singing Sergeants Tickets are required A maximum of four may be obtained at no charge by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Ticket Request co Air Force Association 5034 NW 66th Terr Kansas City MO 64151 GLADSTONE Lenexa because there was no longer a launch site available that was a safe distance from surrounding neighborhoods Shawnee has not had a fireworks display in recent years Bookmark contest Entries are due Sunday for the annual Johnson County Library bookmark contest Library users are encouraged to design their own bookmarks Entry forms can be found and turned in at all 12 library locations The contest includes seven categories that range from preschool-aged children through adults Winning entries will be printed and distributed in the library system this summer LOTTERIES lottery numbers: Missouri Pick 3: 8-2-6 Straight -play winners won $500 box-play winners won $80 A 50-cent bet paid half Missouri Pick 4: 1-9-0-5 Missouri Show Me 5: 10-12-19-22-28 One winner of $25000 jackpot Four numbers paid $100 Cash 4 Life: 8-55-64-94 Kansas Pick 3: 5-0-2 Straight-play winners won $500 box-play winners won $80 A 50-cent bet paid half winning numbers: Missouri Pick 3: 9-9-1 Straight -play winners won $500 box-play winners won $160 A 50-cent bet paid half Missouri Pick 4: 8-9-4-1 Missouri Show Me 5: 2-9-13-15-27 No winner of $25000 jackpot Four numbers paid $100 Cash 4 Life 2-32-55-76 Missouri Lotto: 1-3-7-14-25-31 No winner of estimated $127 million jackpot Five numbers paid $557 four paid $26 Kansas Pick 3: 8-0-0 Straight-play winners won $500 box-play winners won $160 A 50-cent bet paid half Kansas Cash: 2-3-5-24-31-33 No winner of an estimated $120000 jackpot Powerball: 3-5-9-42-48 Powerball 35 No winner of an estimated $10 million jackpot Please check with the lottery office in your state for confirmation Man identified Authorities on Sunday identified a man discovered dead Saturday morning in an Atherton house Jerry Collins 38 died of smoke inhalation according to the Jack-son County Sheriffs Department deputies went to the house in the 4700 block of Main Street about 9:30 am Saturday in response to a call about a possible break-in Upon arriving they discovered that a fire had occurred The cause of the fire is under investigation Community Mothers The Jackson County office and COMBAT are accepting nominations for (Community Mothers women who have given their time to enrich the lives of other Jackson County residents and who have demonstrated their commitment to a drug-free and crime free community Nomination forms may be obtained at the Blue Ridge Mall information desk Jackson County prosecutor's office in Kansas City and Independence or by calling (816) 881 -3299 Nominations must be received by May 1 Candidate to speak Missouri Treasurer Bob Holden a candidate for governor will speak from 5:30 to 6:30 pm Monday at a town hall meeting at the Gladstone Community Center 800 NE 69th Street message will be on keeping Missouri moving forward in the 21st century JOHNSON COUNTY Fireworks show Tire county Parks and Recreation District on Wednesday approved a plan for Lenexa and Shawnee to hold a Fourth of July fireworks display in Shawnee Mission Park The two cities plan to split the cost of the $30000 25-minute fireworks display which will be launched from the Theatre in the Park area I-enexa has been considering possible sites for its July 4 fireworks display since last year In 1999 the event was moved from Old Town ANNF MAH 11 MUNTFltSiprrtal loThr Nca Up and about By CALVIN WILSON The KanMi City Star Lewis and (Jack become famous by staying in one spot but the explorers might appreciate a monument in their memory on the bluffs where they once stood The "Corps of monument in Case Park will be officially unveiled Wednesday in a ceremony including a dedication address by historian Stephen Ambrose author of Undaunted Courage a biography of Meriwether Lewis Also scheduled to participate are Mayor Kay Barnes Gov Mel Carnahan and Jonathan Kemper chairman of Commerce Bank and cotrustee of the William Kemper Foundation Monsignor Ernest Fiedler of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception will give the benedictioa Sculpted by Eugene Daub the statue overlooking the Missouri and Kansas rivers represents not only Lewis and William Clark but also Sacajawea a Shoshone guide and interpreter and York an African-American slave Also depicted is Lewis' dog Seaman gotten many favorable remarks from said Kemper a benefactor of the project that was initiated four years ago gratifying to have positive response" The monument was funded by the City of Fountains and the William Kemper foundations Art historian Donald Reynolds a consultant to the project said the monument was hacked by "a group of people who were knowledgeable and support ive and also involved all the way" Designs were solicited from across die country Daub a ulifor nia sculptor and former advertising executive is of the leading fig urative sculptors said Reynolds author of Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative lYadition From the American Renaissance to the Millennium The monument will be the latest in the Kansas City area to address the theme of Western expansion )oining such established favorites as "The and the Pioneer Mother Memorial both in Penn Valley Park Officially called the urps of Discovery the lewis and (lark expedi tion has been described as a democracy of in which all participants had equal votes hence the presence of Sacajawea and York on the monument The figures are 9 feet tall and the total height of the sculpture from top to bottom is about 18 feet The renovated ase Park which is on (Juaiitv 1 fill and holders Jrflerson Street between lighth and 10th streets is not for from the Broadway Bridge the entral Industrial District and the old stockyards The explorers passed through it on their way west in thready 1 800s opening the way for mpanaotv The unveiling at 3 at Point in Case Park is part of Kansas Qtyk I 30th hrthdavorkiraf sin The festivities will begin with children prrinmung Amentan Indian dances 7b muh ohm Itllmn tall fit Ml 234-4362 or send e-mail to slsonVkrxtarcnm BELTON Donkeys hogs A donkey basketball game and a hog roast are planned for Tuesday at Belton I tigh School to raise mon ey for the 17th Judicial Court Appointed Special Advocate propnm Easter decorations on the Country Club Plaza can provide Just as much entertainment as hunting eggs IWo year old lake Bergner of Kansas City climbed on a swan taster morning Hr was enjoying the day with his parents and two brothers CAMPAIGN: Kansas 3rd District attracting money dollars are expected to pour into the genera) election campaign in eluding a lot of spending by the na tonal parties and independent po fitical groups Political experts say the nation's attention this year will he focused on about races across the Unit -ed States that could be pivotal and Kansas 3rd District is on that list The filing deadline is noon lurre 12 Here's a look at fund raising by those in the race Musil's law firm Shugart Tomson and Kilroy have contributed about $40000 Moore has received about $1 1 0000 from attorneys only natural that two men with long distinguished careers as attorneys in Johnson County would attract support from their said David Schlosset campaign manager Money from area development interests make up about $18000 of the total That again is a traditional sourer of money for OP moder Kansas legislature because of a limitation on receiving campaign dollars while the session is under way Although a lawyer himself Kline has few donations from attor nrys and only a small PAC contribution But Mine at $136000 is for ahead of Snowbarger who raised only $9000 by the end of the first quartet in 1996 when he was running for an open seat Morsch Excluding the $111000 he has lent his campaign Morsch an Olathe physician has gotten most of his $45000 in contributions from out -of state donors Although the Morsch ampaign reported more money than Mine for the first quartet of the year most of that ame from the doctor own pocket Morsch reported no PAC nr Hrit yutionv Continued from B-l cilman had $239551 raised by March 31 and is expected to raise about $50000 for the primary election or almost $200000 more than Overland Park Mayor Ed EH ert who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination in 1996 and was the top fund-raiser in that prima Kline a Shawnee Republican said his goal for the pnmary was to raise more than $350000 So far he has raised 1 36000 Morsch an Olathe physician ap pears ready to spend a lot of his own monev if necessary to remain competitive Of the $1 56000 raised by his campaign about $1 1 1000 came from Morsch's loans to his campaign Tire three Republicans expect to have little money left after a bruts ing primary campaign But the win net will have no difficulty raising more cash to run against Moore because the national (OP sees the seat as wtnnablr and its recapture critical for maintaining control of the House Because the ampaign will be viewed as Hose national ampaign for Moore considered that a critical blunder As an incumbent Moore is expected to draw a lot more PAC money than his Republican opponents Of his $857000 total almost 38 percent caine from PACs He also has almost 1900 individual contributors A lot of those are academics from area colleges They have given Moore more than $12000 most of that from the 1 Iniversity of Kansas Loomis said it was unusual for academia to get so solidly behind a candidate labor unions a traditional source of Democratic money also are investing in Moore's re-election even though he backs favored nation status for China which unions strongly oppose TWo years ago unions made up a large percentage of Moore's campaign war chest This year he is get ting a lot of donations from corpo rate sources that were not there for his 1998 campaign To reach hm Sullmgn johnson (jaunty political and government reporter nail (816) 234-7701 or send mail to jsuUinger0krxtarcom Kline Kline report reflects support by prominent conservatives Robert I fodgdon and members of his form have given Kline $5500 so far I lodgdon is a gun rights advocate and a former hoard member of the National Rifle Association Other major donors include fohn Barbara and Mark Sutherland who gave a total of $3000 and Nestor Wngand of Wichita former conservative andidatr for Kansas gover nor with a $1 000 contribution Kline has been hampered in rats ing money while serving in the Prominent contributors include I lallmuk arris CEO Donald Halt Johnson County (iOP Chairman David Wysong real estate attorney fohn Prteram Kansas first lady lit da Graves and former US Sen Nancy kastrebaum Baker They are the well beefed (ram it utors who have traditionally lavished campaign dollars on the pai moderate faction Politic al action committees haw staved away from the (TOP amps so fat Must! reported only $1 394 in PM ttntrihufiom Lawyers especially those from Moore Moore's 1998 opponent Snow hatgrt refused to start raising campaign money during has first year in offic In 1998 campaign officials PARSONS: Blessings amid devastation BARNES: A lifetime of experience even sang If win happe and ynu now if That was a stretch" LIMfll SfvY Continued from B-l tended the Hamilton Chapel Unti ed Methndm Church services 'fob weren't preparing fra a funeral to dav No matter what mu al lost during this storm irk reptareaMe In many churches refi fpous leaders translated Bible mm into spin nwl advice for tornado victims "I wife wto through foe vatiry of death and fear ssnMi no rtl" for Bev I ew Smith Mid for Hamiton haprl mngregatnn Kfeffoi now fen the dry of Parsons we are going foroupfoat fen 1945 Iflfll fn 1 KsU for a pnvatr companv hi own cofisultirtg hi fhmr vparv to ipaenfxi tto heating and for -conditioning tretrenc fra such projects as for 1 focot Htifeps downtown the downtown airport rnmpiex the Munsnpai a non al Institute on Otsark Road and foe onginal control teaser at foe Md eminent International Airport which font became Kansas I tv In temaBorad Airport In 1981 hr waned what hr fomgdi would he a three month stint a a tfrwinrarv enpirwr at Mark It Vkwdi The tob lasted foe rerax Then in 1997 arid 1998 he worked for hardest Deaappi trrwjp an cop neering era welting firm Bra that ottf watvwra sold in 1998 and raw again Barnes began kmfeagt fra sr ing while a Presbvtenar church prewides a food hank Ttnar are jure a few enmarirs Across town at Keflev's church foe 56 young foes that were spared were the dominant topic Youth dtiectm lanene Stice re caned foe to mm of the eniv hud foe tit the haforooni prtnraig and stitgfeng "top even sang are happy and you know it That was a iltitli' 9hre admitted fo despvtr for fear and tears for songs and prwvers worked The Lord was with us there's no gitetituu of (hat Stice said tei God 's hand is on al of US ernes rsrvsns -tw uiw a Store fler amt IN Qmreh in Rarurew Kan nnprtalinm Vtlm vud tod gnat cndprrtot Hr quid an to kf" A rvctrw of 1 eaven worth Barnes (no relation to Mayra Kay Barnes attended the University of Kansas em iMftp a harbefor degree in 1932 and a degree atfvvtttip fo 1933 But that was the of the Deyimmnri and tltor was i wrak for archticctit No hr went on arnvr dun wide foe tit foe ivflan xauu rawi (raps in 1934 and 1935 atdaacpui fen charge of moaruttra a tent camp for hnfenk of penpfer in loufo Moa He i lauaii ret caned to Kansas Gfey wrafang appears ene new on Kansas Cfet ffower Ik Udl propem and then at an mpneer IvfoaTg to dwagr heatrog to -carafe tn mg and wntfonort reraeuis 1b 1941 hr bought for bouse where hr aril foes jure twtra nfWbr nai Road Bra las fore hatch of into forte rasuanred hr ureter to mine four in WnrW War He aned as for pm engfeMwr at Dratgr City Air Base tit Kansas gfrewori plant rail tor I for the extv job and i be replaced One riting we haunt Inst is foe tore tifltimsCMti-" The congregation own (hutch had been pounded into a pile of were foe onh irutii iters that a nan gregation had thrived at rite to Jesnup workers vee rtN4e ante onh a raftered depiction of lew a few church pews tmi foe pnfepti iWtmr They w3 be tiered to for net toners bone to Tw been wry fortunate" Branes said Tree had a healthful may haw km our business es we mm fees lost ora braises but we difort lose learn Qtia he tod "He ip there urirg 'Hey Untied Hanuhrai Chapel don't hr ahtod be afraad Vm going to tde rare nfvrac Oraches tiara her now rite focal I be for paint for Kerman and grtiuifong A Catibeda pro wde metis for fomnet thiw an Dpramyto thraefi provides Hofo Fra foresee or nttutit reviews point your brans uj to tChtSurA she To mark Iretin Oty Hat! re-mi6i 234-431 Ter send I to.