The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 46

WEATHER SPORTS 10 THE HANNAH CITY 8TAR I cl a March 20 2002 wwwkanNaNcltyeonitiportN Sunny skies will dominate the West and Desert Southwest today while persistent snow showers grip the norther tier of the nation Strong low pressure pushing through the eastern Great Lakes will cause showers and snow across New England and the Appalachians Some storms are possible in the Lower Mississippi Valley Continental ULS extremes: Laredo Texas 95 Crested Butte Cok -16 something new every day Forecast lor noon today Temperature are today's high and the upcoming overnight low tiladelphia 4540 San Franj 6441 Kansas City 6024 Phoenix 8454 ik Grcnt Clips for hair: i naranteed Satisfaction Guaranteed Styler AREA FORECASTS Kansas City: Mostly sunny and warmer today Winds downtown at noon will be from the west at 5 to 10 mph The high will be 60 Turning windy and colder tonight The low will be 24 Mostly cloudy windy and much colder on Thursday The high will only be 30 degrees Kansas: Mostly sunny and warmer today with highs in the 60s Partly to mostly cloudy windy and colder tonight Lows teens north to 30s southeast Mostly cloudy windy and much colder on Thursday Highs upper 20s to upper 30s Missouri: Mostly sur and warmer today except southeast where storms are possible Highs 50s with low 60s far west Partly to mostly cloudy windy and colder tonight Lows low 20s north to low 40s southeast Mostly cloudy windy and much colder on Thursday Highs 20s to middle 40s lake of the Ozarfcs: Mostly sunny and warmer today Highs 56 to 59 Increasing clouds tonight Lows from 30 to 35 Cloudy windy and much colder Thursday Highs from 34 to 38 I Spring has sprang Do you remember about 6 weeks ago? You know that thing about the groundhog and the shadow and 6 weeks of winter blah blah blah? Well It is here! Any way you cut it there will always be 6 weeks of winter from Groundhog Day to the first day of spring with or without the shadow Man talk about an easy prediction Temperature 0-9 jJOLj 208 40 Cold Warm Static 112 oz Great Ops Shampoo (ASUInlN) I Receive free 12 oz bottle of shampoo with any regular price haircut 38 Area Locations 1-800-qREATCLIPS or GREATCLIPSCOM Present coupon when purchasing One coupon pet customer during duratton of offer Void where prohibited Not valid with any other offer COUPON EXPIRES 33102 I 509 60s 70s 80s 90s Rain Columbia 5532 WeatherData mm weotirrtdatacom Snow NEWS Goodland 6721 Dodge City 6030 St Louis 5534 Satina 6222 Hutchinson 6526 Wichita 6428 'A T-storms mm Chanute 6136 tf High For the latest breaking news of the day watch KMBC9 News at 5 6 and 10 WORLD CITIES Five-day metro forecast For 24 hours starting at midnight THU FRI SAT SUN Knur Windy (oUet Modly (kwdy Warmer IMIyUoudy Bur PT5 IFT146- FSsr pnsr 34 ir 40 DAILY LOG: TUESDAY MARCH 19 2002 Temperatures (H 0 are daytime highovemight lows Yesterday Precipitation (inches) KCI 24 hours through 7 pm None SH: Showers SL: Sleet SN: Snow Trace TH: Thndrstm Windy Clear CL: Cloudy DR: Drizzle Fair FG: Foggy FR: Frzg rain Haze Missing PS: Ptly sunny PC: Ptly cldy Rain Sunny Kansas CKy temperatures (degrees Fahrenheit) Temperatures (H L) are daytime highovernight lows Precipitation (P) is for 24 hours ending 7 pm (First day's high is from report yesterday) (W) indicates weather forecast 071 139 310 385 897 None None None Trace 148 29 Total this month Normal this month Total this year Normal this year Last year to date A year ago Tue A year ago today Downtown Johnson Co Exec Record rain (1962) Record snow (1924) Downtown Airport 55 45 Johnson Co Exec 55 46 A year ago Tue (KCI) 54 31 A year ago today (KCI) 59 32 Normal range (KCI) 56 34 Records 82(1982) 3(1923) Through 7 pm Relative humidity at KCI: 6 am 79 Noon 77 6 pm 86 Dew point Noon 47 degrees Rivers Lakes Missouri River stage 6 pm Tuesday: 81 feet down 07 from 24 hours earlier Lake levels Lake of the Ozarks 65515 feet Pomme de Terre 84134 Smithville 86263 Stockton 86903 Table Rock 91516 Truman 70747 Wind today: West 5 to 10 mph mph for Tuesday as of 3:00 pm Moon phases Air Quality Index: 27 Main pollutant: Ozone 0-50: Good 51-100: Moderate 101-150: Unhealthy for sensitive groups 151: Unhealthy Source: Mid-America Regional Council Indoor air quafity lip: Chlorine bleach can irritate and burn skin and eyes: fumes can irritate eyes and nose Sobstitute your own cleaning solution by mixing baking soda in water kansascHycom Local national and International weather online: First Otr Full LastQtr New March 21 March 28 April4 April 12 Sunrise: 6:22 Morning planets None Sunset: 6:31 Evening planets: Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn MORE INFORMATION National Weather Service 24-hour recorded report (816) 540-6021 National Weather Service radio freqoencies: Kansas City Wichita Joplin Camdenton 162550 mhz St Joseph Columbia Springfield 162400 mhz Topeka 162475 mhz For three-day Accu-Weather forecasts for most locations ILS or worldwide call (900) 835-5157 Cost 95c a minute Touch tone phone only Soutve: American lung Association StarTouch: For the Kansas City area Air Quality Index and SkyCast updated daily call (816) 889-STAR and enter 2472 Pollen count information: 2471 MflTTREJJ iff) WAREHOUJE MflTTREJJ lifii WAREHOUJE Speedway appoints president Truckload Special SERTA PERFECT SLEEPER LUXURY FIRM Mattress dously He said the track will continue work on such things as traffic patterns and customer service He said an expansion of seating capacity remains a possibility are looking at Boerger said will be dictated by demand By mid year we will look at our waiting list (for season tickets) and determine demand I think there is good likelihood (for Asked about the possibility of adding mote racing events Boerger said are looking at that too We want to dilute the maiket but if someone wants to come and run at Kansas Speedway we will look at Boerger who joined the staff at the speedway in 1998 said he is thrilled with the move a Kansas he said from Topeka and went to (the University of) Kansas pleased to be able to continue to stay For the most part he said fans will not notice much of a change out at the track The speedway hosted three events in 2001 its inaugural year The two big weekends of racing NASCAR Trucks Indy Racing League and the NASCAR Busch Grand National Winston Cup were both seUouts They have already sold out those events for this year as well Boerger called 2001 By JIM PEDLEY The Kansas City Star International Speedway Corporation announced Tuesday that Jeff Boerger has been chosen president of Kansas Speedway He moves up from the position of vice president and general manager of the Wyandotte County auto-racing facility Boerger replaces Grant Lynch who oversaw construction of the facility Lynch will remain a regional vice president for ISC Boerger will continue to report to Lynch "Jeff Boerger is talented experienced and is familiar with the Kansas City community" Lynch said QUEEN set SPRING AIR BACK SUPPORTER OR SIMMONS BEAUTYREST LUXURY FIRM HURRY IN FOR SPECTACULAR DEALS ON OViR SO MODELS! MB QUEEN set KINGSDOWN STORY OF THE DAY OAK BEDROOM SALE pi $698 Stars-Devils deal highlights trading fury FREE 16 or 1i MONTHS NAME AS CASH MATTRESSES ASLOWAS- $471 WITH SET PURCHASE Of $399 OR MORE WITH SET PURCHASE OF $299 OR MORE Serta Perfect Sleeper The Devils returned to the finals last year but lost in seven games to Colorado This season has been a struggle for them and the Stars who won the Cup in 1999 The Boston Bruins made three trades acquiring defenseman Jeff Norton from Florida for a sixth-round pick in this draft defenseman Sean Brown from Edmonton for defenseman Bobby Allen and center Darryl Laplante from Minnesota for left wing Greg Crazier Philadelphia secured play-making center Adam Oates from Washington hours after centers Jeremy Roenick and captain Keith Primeau were lost to injuries The Associated Press IWo years after Jason Amott took the Stanley Cup out of Dallas the Stars hope help them bring it back Arnott who scored the Cup-clinching goal for New Jersey in game six of the 2000 finals against Dallas was traded to the Stars on Tuesday along with Randy McKay and a first-round pick for forwards Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Lan-genbrunner It was the biggest of 17 deals involving 35 players completed Tuesday before the 2 pm Central time trading deadline Beautvrest $217 TWWoopc FULLoapc $2 8 QUEEN $297 KINGaii 7 TWINeapc FULLapc $127 QUEEN $297 KING $557 Game of the day rO A La LAM St Louis at Dallas 7 pun Fox Sports Net Two of the NHL's most successful franchises are struggling for a berth in the playoffs The Blues are in sixth place in the Western Conference while the Stars are one point out of the playoffs in ninth place Surgery for Johnson Los Angeles Kings left winger Johnson underwent surgery to repair a tom retina in his right eye Tuesday and is expected to be sidelined for 10 to 14 days Johnson who has 13 goals and 13 assists in 67 games this season was Injured Monday night in the first period of the 3-2 victory at San Jose Ryen lose Roenkk Jeremy Roenick the Flyers' leading corer will miss two to four weeks because of a knee injury but will be back for the playoffs team doctors said Team orthopedic surgeon Art Bartolozzi diagnosed Roenick with a tear in his right knee after an MRI exam Roenick went down in the second period of Monday night's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning after a hard hip check by Ben Back Supporter C407 piliow-Top TWWapc FULL a pc $497 QUEEN $1067 KING $1327 Back Supporter $267PmX TWINkjdc FULLapc $347 QUEEN $787 KING $1027 3 Perfect Sleeper FULLopc $477 QUEEN $997 KINGI 11121 mission ip wrarni? 2 OLATHE SHAW NEE-STATION HOURS: At Toronto 3 NY Islanders 2 OT Cory Cross scored at 2:11 of overtime as the Maple Leafs extended their unbeaten streak to six games At St Louis 5 Nashville 1 Ray Ferraro had a goal and an assist in his first game with the Blues who have won three of their last four Washington 3 at Colorado 0 die Kotzig stopped 21 shots as Capitals ended a three-game losing streak At Boston 4 Phoenix 2 Byron Dafoe stopped 27 shots as the Bruins took over the top spot in the Eastern Conference At Buffalo 5 Ottawa 1 Chris Gratton had a goal and two assists for the Sabres Vancouver 3 at NY Rangers 1 Todd Bertuzzi scored all three goals for the 1 nucks Anaheim 2 at Detroit 1 Paul Kariya scored two goals including 104 left DAILY SAT SUN HMtpmc Wray AN MflTTREJJ iifti WAREHOUJE MflTTREJJ ilfii WflREHOUJE the game-winner with Ctymer.