Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 1

LEXINGTON WWWKENTUCKYCOM HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FOR THE BIRDS Imaginative display at Arboretum INSIDE I OUT El Grant County 7 Madison Southern 6 Sheldon Clark 16 Bourbon County 12 Tates Creek 20 Clark County 19 SPORTS Cl C9 AUGUST 21 2003 SATURDAY I METRO FINAL EDITION 2 also missing after home is swept away Terrorists see Iraq as prime location US COMMANDER OUTLINES SECURITY CONCERNS By Kan Dilanian and Draw Brown KNIGHT NDOER NEWS SERVICE BAGHDAD Iraq Postwar Iraq has become what many US intelligence officials feared and some predicted: a magnet for terrorists who are finding shelter among a people growing more disaffected by the American-led occupation of their country On Thursday the American commander of allied forces in Iraq Gen John Abizaid confirmed the obvious after the Baghdad bombing UN headquarters in Investigators turn eyes Baghdad was bqmbed: to UN insiders Terrorism is No 1 PagsAlO security threat in Iraq" Foreign terrorists are streaming over the border to join forces with local guerrillas the general warned they Ye going after Iraqis that are cooperating with Abizaid said at a Pentagon news conference Ye going after soft targets of the international community They Ye still seeking to inflict casualties upon the United Sec IRAQ A10 PHOTOS BY J0S7HKTMJ A badly damaged Anderson County school bus hung on a bridge on Harvieland Road off US 421 in Franklin County yesterday in the wake of flooding 10-FOOT WALL OF WATER HITS HOUSE ALONG CREEK Isaac seeks new taxes to pay for raises By Laura Yiiec HERAUHEADER SWF WRITER The Urban County Council defeated every major tax proposal that came its way in the spring But Mayor Teresa Isaac is trying to gain the support for two new tax plans in order to give city workers pay raises and stop the drainage of public safety officers Yesterday council members said Isaac called them into her office to describe her rough plans for a new property tax and an increase in insurance premium fees While different versions of these measures were already snubbed by the council in the fiscal year that ended June 30 they now would carry a new purpose: Instead iff balancing the budget they would be used to calm a staffing and pay crisis Isaac's plan is separate from a recent council See TAXES A10 wife son and at least one grandchild just had to see said Linda Mattox McQeaseYi sister who lives next door Mattox and another sister Mary Washburn said Jeff Mc-Qease was at work when the house washed into Stony Creek Franklin County Coroner Mike Harrod said the body of a boy 5 or 6 years old was found along the banks of Stony Creek sometime around 6 pm Washburn said Mcdeasei 6-yearold See STORMS A8 HERAUHEADER SWF WIRE REPORTS FRANKFORT A young boy was killed yesterday when sudden heavy rains caused flash flooding that swept a home off its foundation and into a tributary of the Kentucky River TWo other occupants of the home were missing in the flood-waters The home at 1395 Harvieland Road belonged to Jeff Mc-dease family members said Late yesterday afternoon waters estimated at 10 feet high washed his home near Stony Creek off its base taking with it The waters of Benson Creek flooded a part of Benson Hollow Road yesterday in Franklin County after heavy rains in the area CHOOSING A SENIOR MINISTER Southland offers reins to 29-year-old Officials seeking funds for sewer system in Jessamine is an impressive choice to lead Southland where 8000 people worship each week and chemistry and competency Jon has all those Wdls said very grounded in the Word He communicates truth Heh culturally relevsnL Weece who grew up in Columbia Mo is the son of campus ministers A graduate of See SOUTHLAND A10 minister Jon Weece pending approval from the congregation A vote by church members is scheduled for Sept 3 not a done deal until they approve said church executive director Gordon WhQs noting that Weece must receive three-fourths of the votes cast If approved Weece would be the third senior minister in Southland's 47-year history Ybstetday Walls said Weece By Frank Lock wood HERAUHEADER SWF WRITER A 29-yearold associate minister at Southland Christian Church is the top choice to lead central Kentucky largest house of worship If he gets the job be one of the youngest if not the youngest ministers to lead US megachurch Church riders decided this week to offer the position to adult discipleship associate Melser said get the smell in your house and cant get it State and local officials are lining up binding to remove this health hazard from seven mobile home parks along the Ashgrove Pike corridor Melser has been going doorto-door in her motor ized wheelchair encouraging residents in her mobile home See SEWER A10 problems combating the effects of faffing septic tanks Water collects in her driveway when a neighboring septic tank overflows Melser who has been confined to a wheelchair since contracting polio when she was 2 often rolls through the water and tracks it into her mobile home an IYn doing is embedding it in my carpet terri By Gng Kosher CENTRAL KENTUCKY BUREAU Lovada Melser won't let her dog a pug named Bootsy drink the water that pools on the ground in her neighborhood She fears that the puddles are contaminated with raw human sewage And Melser 48 a resident rtf Cord Breeze Mobile Home Park in northeastern Jessamine County has enough ft SUNNY LESS HUMID Business' Section 0 City Region Section Classifieds Section Comtes E6-7 E5 B4 A12 Section INDEX Vol 2L No 232 02003 83 1 59 HIGH LOW HOW TO REACH US Ddvary: (800) 999-8881 Classified: 233-7878 or (800) 933-7355 Crossword E7F9 Movies TV Dear Abby E5 Obituaries Faith Values Section Opinions Horoscope E6 Sports I Chance of precipitation less than 20 Weather CM.