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THE SALINA JOURNAL NEWS SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1996 All DEATHS FUNERALS STAND FOR CHILDREN RALLY Matthew "Mike" Bezdek MARION Matthew "Mike" Bezdek, 85, Marion, died Friday, May 31, 1996, at St. Luke Living Center, Marion. Mr. Bezdek was born Sept. 21, 1910, at Lincolnville and was a life- time'area resident.

He worked for the city of Marion as a trash collector and was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church of Mari- He was preceded in death by his wife, Georgia in 1991, and a son, Joseph. Survivors include a son, Don of Hillsboro; three sisters, Tillie Prochaska and Blanche Pugh, both of Enid, and Mildred Lucas of Marion; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Zeiner Funeral Home, Marion, the Rev. Steven Gronert officiating.

Burial will be in Marion Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Luke Living Center. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Monday at the funeral Home, 205 Elm, Marion 66861, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Grace R. Devinish Grace R. Devinish, 84, Salina, died Saturday, June 1, 1996, at Salina Regional Health Center. Ryan Mortuary, Salina, is handling arrangements.

Today's SAUNA Advocates make stand for children Grace R. Devinish Donald A- Soukup Glen H. Stull KANSAS BROOKVILLE: Margarette Alice Parker HAYS: Jacob "Jake" Leiker MARION: Matthew Bezdek OSBORNE: Arnold Hagaman Arnold Hageman OSBORNE Arnold Hageman, 71, Osborne, died Friday, May 31, 1996, at his home. Mr. Hageman was born Feb.

24, 1925, at Osborne County and was a lifetime area resident. He worked for Quenzer Appliance and Midway Co-op, both of Osborne, and Webster Irrigation District. He was a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Osborne, and Knights of Columbus. Survivors include his wife, Doris of the home; six sons, Harold of Marysville, Alan of Topeka, Rich of Wellington, and Gary, Larry and Roger, all of Osborne; two daughters, Mary Ann Watson of Kearney, and Rita Hageman of Portis; a brother, Jerome of Lakewood, two sisters, Lucille Troxell of Englewood, and Edith Widner of Rapid City, S.D.; and 10 grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Osborne, the Rev. Roger Hough officiating. Burial will be in St.

Aloysius Cemetery. A vigil service will be at 7:30 p.m. today at Clark-Gashaw Funeral Chapel, Osborne. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Heartland. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m.

today at the funeral chapel, 238 N. First, Osborne 67473. Jacob "Jake" Leiker HAYS Jacob "Jake" Leiker, 87, Hays, died Saturday, June 1, 1996, at his home. Mr. Leiker was born Sept.

22, 1908, at Munjor. He worked for the Ellis County Highway Department, retiring in 1973. He was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council 1325, Bishop Cunningham Fourth-Degree Knights of Columbus, Eagles's Lodge and Farmers Credit Union Board. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Darlene Leiker. Survivors include his wife, Ann of Hays; two sons, Herbert of Vista, and Ernest of Aurora, a daughter, Marietta Kohlrus of Hays; a sister, Rosa Leiker of Hays; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, the Rev. Don Zimmerman officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Hays.

The Fourth-Degree Knights of Columbus will stand honor guard at 7 p.m. Monday at Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home. A Daughters of Isabella rosary will be said at 7 p.m., a parish vigil service at 7:30 p.m., followed by a Knights of Columbus rosary, all at the funeral home Monday. Memorials may be made to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Trust Fund. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m.

today, 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, and 9 to 9:45 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, 20th and Pine, Hays 67601. Margarette Alice Parker BROOKVILLE Margarette Alice Parker, 75, Brookville, died Friday, May 24, 1996, at her home.

Miss Parker was born Feb. 21, 1921, and lived in Brookville for 15 years, moving from Tescott. She was a retired Army lieutenant colonel and a member of Christ Cathedral Church and Retired Army Officers. Survivors include nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m.

Thursday at Christ Cathedral, 138 S. Eighth, Salina, the Rev. Keith Whitmore officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the horse program at the Salina Unit of St. Francis Academy.

The body was cremated. There will be no visitation. Geisendorf Rush-Smith Funeral Home, 401 W. Iron Salina 67401, is handling arrangements. MISS PARKER 'Policitians were children once, reads one of signs rally-goers carried By DEB RIECHMANN Tlie Associated Press WASHINGTON America's children got a symbolic hug Saturday from 200,000 people who rallied here to reaffirm their belief that in a nation with "the biggest wallet in the industrialized world," no child should be left behind.

The Stand for Children rally was billed as a national day of community renewal and commitment to the nation's young. Conservative groups criticized the event as little more than a party for liberals who want to increase government spending. "We stand today at the Lincoln Memorial as American families and as an American community to commit ourselves to putting our children first," said rally organizer Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund. "We commit ourselves to building a just America that leaves no child behind and we commit ourselves to insuring all our children have a healthy and a safe passage to adulthood." The rally was not about partisan politics, she said, and no politician spoke. And it was not, she said, about inflating government.

"We do not stand here advocating big government," she told the crowd. "We stand here advocating just government." People of all ages lined both sides the Reflecting Pool in front of the memorial and stretched toward the Washington Monument. Carrying state flags and clapping their hands, thousands of children and adults began the rally by marching shoulder-to-shoulder across the Memorial Bridge, which spans the Potomac River. They carried signs that said "Politicians Were Children Once Too" and "Kids Rule" and "Education Is Not a Privilege, it's a right." U.S. Park Police estimated the crowd at 200,000.

SCHOOL BUS SLAYING The Associated Press Joel Maisonette, 7, and his father, Ralph Maisonette, stand at the Reflecting Pool near the Lincoln Memorial Saturday during the Stand for Children Rally in Washington. "People need to realize children are our future, and if we don't pay attention to them we won't have a future," said Jessica Micinski, 12, of Beulah, a Girl Scout who marched across the bridge. Edelman picked up the theme in her speech: "Some of our children are tracked for Princeton and Yale and some of our children are tracked for prison and jail for about the same cost." Celebrities, including "Stand and Deliver" star Edward James Olmos, "NYPD Blue's" Kim Delaney, actress Rosie O'Donnell and fashion model Iman, also joined the rally. Participants said the rally was not so much about outlining a political agenda as it was about creating a movement that would spark more public debate about who should have first dibs on tax dollars. "If we're not taking the time to say that this is a priority, then the leaders aren't going to recognize the needs," said Jennifer Sullivan, a 24-year-old social worker in Long Island, N.Y.

"The laws are being made by people who have no idea what's going on. I don't think people really believe that there are kids who are hungry." Edelman said the event was a day about unity and community, not controversy. "We have the biggest wallet in the industrialized world," she said. "But we have a far smaller will to share it with our children. Is America so afflicted that we are unable to strike a better balance between the few at the top and the needs of the many in the middle and the bottom." Susan Pugliese, who administers nine Head Start centers in and around Painesville, Ohio, said she came to Washington because the "cause is right." "I have goose bumps," she said.

"We need to get the message out that things aren't improving for our children." Pugliese and her two friends, Diana Chesney, 45, and Rose Romans, 38, sang tunes from the 1960s during their nearly 400-mile car ride to Washington. Edelman said she organized the rally, co-sponsored by 3,700 organizations, after spending another year watching children suffer from neglect, abuse and the breakdown of moral, family and community values. However, conservatives, who were not invited, criticized the event as a confluence of liberal groups hanging on to big government policies at a time when Americans want less government. "While the Stand for Children event is correct in calling attention to the disastrous condition of America's children, it is important to recognize that the children are suffering because the U.S. welfare system has failed," said Robert Rector, senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation.

"Higher welfare payments do not help children; they increase dependence and illegitimacy." Father indicted for allegedly hiring killer Donald A. Soukup Donald A. Soukup, 44, Salina, died Saturday, June 1, 1996, at Salina Regional Health Center. Ryan Mortuary, Salina, is handling arrangements. Glen H.

Stull Glen H. Stull, 80, Salina, died Friday, May 31,1996, at Salina Regional Health Center. Mr. Stull was born Aug. 13,1915, in Lincoln County and was an area resident for 51 years.

He was a retired Mechanic for ADM and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1432. He was a World War II veteran. Survivors include his wife, Violet of the home; a daughter, Loretta Barrentine of Amarillo, Texas; a grandchild; and a great-grandchild. A military service by VFW Post 1432 will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Roselawn Memorial Park, 1920 E.

Crawford, Salina, the Rev. Ed Barrentine officiating. Memorials may be made to VFW Post 1432. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday at Roselawn Heights Memorial Chapel, 1920 E. Crawford, Salina 67401, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Police say he feared pregnant girl's baby would be retarded, so he hired man to kill her By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS A pregnant 15-year-old was shot to death on a school bus by a hired killer because the father of her unborn child feared the baby would be retarded, and he didn't want another baby, police said Saturday. The father, Mark Boyd, was arrested Friday after being indicted on murder charges.

Boyd, 29, paid an unknown sum of money for the killing of Kyunia Taylor, police Capt. David Heath said. Another man was arrested earlier and charged with being the gunman. TULSA RACE RIOT In addition to believing the baby would be retarded, Boyd has two other children and apparently did not want a third, Heath said. Kyu- nia attended some special education classes.

"We're still looking at all the corroborating evidence, but that appears to be the motive," he said. Kyunia was shot Feb. 29 when a man boarded her school bus and began firing. Her baby, named Diamond, was delivered by Caesarean section, three months premature, but she died 23 days later. The bus driver was wounded.

On April 11, a laboratory report showed that a 9 mm pistol confiscated by a police officer after a shooting in suburban Pagedale was the weapon that killed Kyunia. The gun was traced to Malik J. Nettles, 21, Hillsdale, and he was charged May 1 after be- ing identified by two other teen-agers who also were on the bus but were unharmed. Boyd's name surfaced after investigators began-working on a link between Nettles and Kyunia, and learned that Boyd was believed to have been Diamond's father, Heath said. "The nature of how they devised the conspiracy is still being worked out," Heath said.

He would not say if Nettles implicated Boyd. Boyd was indicted Thursday on charges of first-degree murder in the killing of Kyunia and second-degree murder in the killing of Diamond. He also was charged with first-degree assault on the bus driver and armed criminal action. Nettles faces the same charges, plus two counts of armed criminal action. Both remained jailed.

Memorial dedicated 75 years after riot By The Associated Press TULSA, Okla. The race riot Tulsa once tried to forget was finally commemorated Saturday with the dedication of a memorial, and a ceremony in a church that had to be rebuilt after burning to the ground in the violence 75 years ago. "I feel wonderful, rejuvenated," said 92-year-old Robert Fairchild, a survivor of the June 1,1921 riot who attended the anniversary ceremony. He was 17 years old when the thriving 35-block business district known as the "Black Wall Street of America" was torched by white mobs. Hundreds of homes were destroyed that day and estimates of the death toll topped 250.

The riot broke out after white mobs called for the lynching of a black man jailed for allegedly assaulting a white elevator operator. The woman later refused to bring charges against him. For 75 years, no memorial was erected. Articles about the riot were cut out of newspapers kept at the city's library. Mayor Susan Savage, who is white, acknowledged that even though she grew up in Tulsa she did not know about the riot until she was an adult.

About 1,200 people attended Saturday's service at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, which was destroyed in fires that broke out after the riot. The group then marched to the site of a new memorial that bears the names of black businesses burned in the riot. Organizers said an eternal flame on one side of the memorial symbolizes the resilience of the black community which rebuilt after the riot. Water pouring down the other side of the black granite marker symbolizes healing, they said.

ON THE RECORD Hospital report Salina Regional Health Center PENN ADMISSIONS None. SANTA FE ADMISSIONS Billie B. Bell, Salina; Debra L. Monzon, Concordia; Trina M. Lawless, Galva; Lori A.

Menhusen, Mankato; Edith A. Jones, McPherson; Donald Koss, Narka; Martha Dixon, Sterling. DISMISSALS Douglas E. Burch, Rogers Carlson, Wesley W. Garrison, Irene Hatt, Deborah E.

Jackson, Mary Larsen, Regina L. Moore and baby girl, Irene Thomas and Jana S. Winter, all of Salina; Arnold Lamborn, Abilene. Births BOY: Rick and Dawn E. Nagel, Salina, 10 Ibs.

3 born May 29. GIRL: Philip K. and Lori A. Menhusen, Mankato, 6 Ibs. 11 born May 31.

Polico blotter THEFT Three pair of diamond stud earrings were taken from Zales, 2259 S. Ninth, between 5:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday; $2,660 loss. A bed, Sanyo refrigerator and Zenith television were stolen from The Phoenix Restaurant, 100 North Fifth, between 8 a.m.

May 22 and 5 p.m. Wednesday; loss: $550. SflTURDAY'S DRAWINGS DAILY PICK 3 5-0-1 CASH LOTTO 4-9-13-16-20-31 Estimated Jackpot $150,000 POWERBALL 5-12-17-22-36 POWERBALL 4 Estimated Jackpot $5 million LOTTERY SCENE Category 4866 District court CIVIL FILINGS Bonnie Le- toumeau vs. John W. Adams for a sum in excess of $50,000 for plaintiff's claim of personal injuries resulting from dental treatment from February 1992 through October 1994.

Jackie S. Zeferjahn vs. Merle C. Houchin for a sum in excess of $50,000 for damages and injuries sustained in a traffic accident June 28, 1994, at Crawford and Lewis streets. Thomas E.

Drown vs. David K. Holmes, the law firm of Render, Kamas and Hammond, and others, for a sum in excess of $50,000 for negligence and breach of contract stemming from Holmes' representation of the plaintiff in an income tax case. Locke Supply Co. vs.

David G. Retzlaff, doing business as Dave's Heating Air Conditioning, for sums in excess of $2,500 and $9,000, for goods and services provided and costs of the action. First Nationwide Mortgage Corporation vs. Robert W. Mathews, Beneficial Kansas and others, for a mortgage foreclosure in excess of $21,700.

Fleet Mortgage Corp. vs. David L. Pope, also known as David Lamont Pope, and others, for a mortgage foreclosure in excess of $57,700. Farmers Insurance Group vs.

Mcln- tire Welding Service, for a sum in excess of $8,600 for a past due account. John W. Heline vs. Wynona Mason for a sum in excess of $400 for an appraisal performed for Mason in December 1995. Delia M.

Burch vs. Lucille M. Dumas for a sum in excess of $50,000 for damages and injuries received in a traffic accident June 1,1994, in Saline County. Wayne E. Duncan vs.

Kris S. Rounds, for court judgment determining claim of Rounds to real estate specified, and clearing title to the property for Duncan. Green Tree Financial Servicing Corporation, also known as Green Tree Financial Corporation, vs. David P. Clark and Michelle D.

Clark, for a sum in excess of $32,300 owed on a mobile home. CIVIL JUDGMENTS Shana Herl, a minor, by and through her mother, Barbara Herl, and Tiffani Herl vs. Derion Herl, for claims arising from a May 11, 1994, automobile accident; cases resolved by undisclosed settlement. Source One Mortgage Services Corporation vs. Manuel G.

Banda, Luz Garcia Banda and others, mortgage foreclosure awarded in excess of $32,400. CIVIL DISMISSAL Jerome C. Duran and Hazel M. Duran vs. Thousand Adventures of Kansas, court dismisses case pursuant to parties' mutal settlement.

Altman Construction and Supply and Durrell Hartman, doing business as A-Team Electrical Contractors, vs. Rick J. Landis, Brenda Landis and Security Savings Bank, plaintiff awarded judgment in the amount of $30,105.13, including $28,904.41 awarded to Altman by the jury for services and materials provided during May 1995 and the $1,200.72 awarded to Altman as lost profits. Jud- ment also awarded Durrell Hartman in amount of $1,186.02 for defendant's breach of contract. Marriage licenses Terry Gene Hamel, 26, and Karen Sue Bouley, 21, both of Salina; Bouaked Nouanlasy, 19, both of Salina; Erik James Smith, 23, and Becky Ranae Florine, 20, both of Salina; Frank Randall Sebesta, 49, Wilson, and Dorothy Jane Hail, 54, Salina; Ron Travis Emmot, 25, Salina, and Marsha Elizabeth VanCedar, 21, Wichita; Kevin Ralph Earnest, legal age, and Delia Elaine Lamer, legal age, both of Salina; Stephen Clark Redden, 25, and Rebecca Joan Long, 30, both of Gypsum; Ragene H.

Wright, legal age, Salina, and Delores A. McCune, legal age, Manhattan; Timmy Eugene Morris, 30, and Audra Lynn Foreman, 26, both of Salina; Bobby Lee Fulton, legal age, Gypsum, and Mary Louise Smith, legal age, Salina; Lenny Eugene Ski- eff, 24, and Jacque Jo Smith, 26, both of Salina; Darin Gene Vance, 22, and Janice Marie Nipper, 18, both of Salina; Sisavath Eric Phachanla, 30, Salina, and Kelli Jung Kang, 25, Lawrence; Milton Oscar Adee, 24, and Tracy Lynn Brent, 25, both of Salina; Michael Dennis Toews, 23, and Karl Lynn Aspegren, 22, both of Stillwater, Bradley Alan Cain, 25, and Ericka Lynn Ebel, 23, both of Salina. Street sweepings The city of Salina will be sweeping the following areas this week from Monday through Friday: The downtown business area. South to Crawford and from Fourth to west city limits. Broadway to Centennial and from Crawford to Bailey.

Property owners should have the curb and gutter clear of large items and parked vehicles. Parked vehicles and other items prevent the sweeper from cleaning the gutter. The area will be rescheduled if inclement weather or mechanical problems exist. Street sealing The city of Salina will begin its slurry seal project this week. Written notices will be distributed to residents one day before construction.

All vehicles must be removed from the street, and the street will be closed temporarily. This week's schedule is: Tuesday Santa Fe from Otis to Pacific; Harsh from 11th to 12th. Wednesday North Street from Ohio to east city limits; Country Club from Marymount to Overhill. Thursday Ninth from interstate 70 to Euclid. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE "He that snith lie is in the light, and luitL'th his brother, is in darkness even until now." 1 John 2:9.