The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 1

jLlkW tii a ARE MULTIVITAMIIIS UHEUTnunKn IN SPORTS 3C Wl vrsr- 'Ua 'I i -rt- it JiSflp ZTSiZ': lvVVr j''" CSO H'ix'trr -tf- 1-' k- IKr A i ''i' vlBlJra SAM BROWNBACK SWORN IN AS GOVERNOR Mm GraanTha Wichita Eagla Gov Sam Brownback takes the oath of office In his Inaugural address he promised a government focused on cutting costs boosting the economy and providing basic service Brownback: know our state will KANSASCOM HutmacharTha Wichita Eatfa Snowplows and pedestrians make their way through downtown Wichita's first snowfall on Monday The snow stopped hilling late Monday evening but bitter cold temperatures are expected to stick around a few day IY JEANNNE KOMNIM ANOHONUEABI Eagle Topeka bureau TOPEKA Promising hope freedom and opportunity and decrying crossness of modernity" Sam Brownback To view a gaiety from Mxiday's inauguration go to Kansaacom i 5 -V -t 1-'-i Is District cites bitter temps slick roads took the oath of office Monday to core Kansas virtues I know our become 46th governor state will rise" In his inaugural address Brownbadt takes office as Brownback invoked the struggles Kansas faces a $550 million of earlier eras and bailed the shortfall In his inaugural Tiumility foresight thrift address he promised a govem- courage self-sacrifice charity ment focused on cutting costs and that allowed the boosting the economy and prostate to overcome them viding basic services He will give "These are the cornerstones in his State of the State address the Kansas foundation along Wednesday and release his bud-with faith that tomorrow I will get proposal Thursday be a better person from the trial I face today he said these Please see BROWNBACK Page 2A IY STAN RNGBI The Wichita Eagle The first snow of winter snarled die morning and evening commutes in the Wichita area Monday rad canceled classes today at area schools The Wichita Andover Augusta Maize and Circle districts said late Monday that no classes would be held today Wichita Catholic schools said it was canceling classes as wefl A news release from the Wichita district said that Tuesday evening activities would be rescheduled and cited low wind chill projections as well as the condition of Wichita roadways that may prompt dangerous delays for children outside waiting at their bus stop or walking to school" snow caused scores of accidents but few serious injuries makes fin: pretty out the window but not so pretty when a Sedgwick County dispatch supervisor said late Monday afternoon Nearly 100 accidents were reported during the evening commute Sedgwick County dispatchers said Tmte HtyfcigTha Wichita Eagla Zach Bailor a student at Friends University Jogs on Monday near the university campu Snow accumulation was expected to reach 5 inches from Monday's storm KANSASCOM Go to Kansaacom for a photo galteiy and video of scenes from Monday's storm RON ESTES OUTLINES PLAN Treasurer wants more data so office can return property Please see WEATHER Page BA ACCUSATIONS FLY AFTER ATTACK ON CONGRESSWOMAN Blame in Ariz shooting turns political do get to give folks money IBs two most recent predecessors in die state office Democrat Dennis McKinney and Republican Lynn Jenkins both worked to publicize the unclaimed property and get people to claim it But so far state law has limited those efforts to raising awareness through efforts such as public-information campaigns and booths at the State Fair Estes said Estes IYDMNIBUR Eagle Topeka bureau A couple of hours after being sworn in Monday state Treasurer Ron Estes said he plans to ask die Legislature to allow his office to get tax and vital-statistic information to find the owners of unclaimed property Estes said die office has in its vault and accounts an estimated $220 million worth of property belonging to current and former Kansas citizens and he wants to get rid of it one of die great tilings about being state said Estes a Republican and former Sedgwick County treasurer "You Cleaver of Kansas City makes tragedy even more Concerns about the heated political environment were raised within hours of the shootings when Pima Cknrnty Sheriff ClaraiceDupnik suggested that might have played a role in triggering the violence try to inflame the public on a daily basis 24 hours a day seven days a week has impact on people especially (those) who are unbalanced personalities to begin Dupnik said Please see SHOOTING Page IYDAKHBUM Kansas City Star The farther you traveled from US Rep GabrieDe hospital room Monday tire louder it got across America In Tucson doctors continued to keep a dose eye on tiie critically wounded congresswoman while her husband asked fin: the prayers Colleagues in Congress and at the White House paused for a moment of silence then began talking mote loudly about changing laws and their own security INSIDE 4A Jared Loughner could faoe the death penalty in Sunday's shooting tampaga ri -s lg MA 1 SH And at the greatest distance from the tragedy bloggers talk show hosts and columnists on the left and die right waged a furious debate over who else might bear responsibility for shootings by an apparently unstable assassin as loud now as it was pre-Tucson said US Rep Emanuel Please see ESTESb Page 2A CLARE VANQERF00L WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR HER FIRST BOOK Newbery award a for Wichitan Clare Vanderpod won the award for her first book "Moon over Manifest The story set in southeast Kansa is about a young girl named Abilene who has never stayed in the same place for too long and is She did not know those questions would result in ha being honored with the most prestigious and well-known award in literature On Monday Vanderpod won die John Newbery Medal for children's literature Presented by the American Library Association it is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children Vanderpool said she cried when she heard the news "There are a lot of good books out there so for mine to be selected in this way is a great said Vandeipool who lives in College HiU with her husband and four (Mdren "This is like the Academy Awards for said Julie Tomlianovich youth services consultant for the South Please see NEWBERY Page 2A ERIN MOWN The Wichita Eagle When Clare Vanderpod began to piece together her first book she came across a striking quote from Homan "Moby is not down on any map True places never The words sparked an idea in Vandeipool and she began to ask herself is a true Courtesy photo irP- It -r w'gCfl 201 1 Uw WicMt Eagk and Beacon FjbiaNng Co 825 Dougba WicMaKS 67202 BrtnwiTalH 1C Banin IB-7B HnWirtMl ID IsnUDMi Opinion 7 ChniM TC CrnsswaN 71 Legriah 4BC Obitnriw Spall 1.