The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 33

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 5 2008 lEI WWWKANSASCITYCOM STAR BUSINESS WEEKLY WYANDOTTE COUNTY I Three proposals are target The proposed Speedway Hotel watchdog group Officials have file PHOTO Casino Is one of the projects questioned by a government asked the Kansas attorney general to Issue an opinion This week Business Executives for Nationri Security presents Wednesday in Kansas City Kan a seminar on pan-' demic preparedness See Business Calendar D35 Leaders Gilles Guillemette is a new vice president of business planning and -strategy for Bayer Animal Health In the new position Guillemette will identify and negotiate growth opportunities that-could include strategic partnerships in-licensing or acquisitions the company said Previously Guillemette was with an animal health unit of Johnson A John-son and a series of other animal health companies Jack Henry stock Jack Henry A Associates on Monday increased the size of the stock repurchasing program by a third The Monett Ma-based company which develops software and computer systems for the financial industry authorized a buyback of 15 million shares "This increased author rization exhibits the high 'f level of confidence the Aboard of directors has in the company's long-term pro-' spects" Kevin Williams Jack Henry's chief financial officer said in a statement The company will pay for the program with cash and short-term borrowing I The Star QUESTIONS LEGALITY OF CASINOS to Shawnee Minion Medical Canter envisions facility In south Overland Park By JULIUS A KARASH The Kansas City Star Shawnee Mission Medical Canter said Monday that it intends to buy 42 acres in south Overland Park for a hospital of -up to 400 beds The project which is at least two years from construction includes 240000 square feet of medical office space Financial The land bounded by 159th Street 167th Street Antioch Road and US 6 is part of the 300-acre Village of Overland Park community' being devel-oped by the Price Brothers real estate firm The development will include a retail center of' flees a hotel and residences £As our community grows SEE HOSPITAL D4 '-1 99 Zf SP-g iri '135th St 1 1 iRTfhct Medical 167th St Ctntw 1 gj LON ERC CRAVEN I TMj KANSAS CITY STAR -I closely affiliated with and would benefit from cprior tax increment financing or state-approved STAR bond projects see what the attorney general has to say and take it from said Alan Cobb state director of three-year-old Kansas chapter decided how far we want to Casino backers were quick to respond our opinion this is a Speedway president Jeff Boerger do understand their concerns but we believe we are in a posi- tion to legally move forward" The casino law states: revenue bonds tax increment financing or similar financing shall be used to finance any part of any lottery gaming enterprise or any racetrack gaming facility" SEE CASINOS D5 But supporters of projects say they are a position to legally move forward" ByRJCKALM The Kansas City Star government watchdog group chums ftlk three casino projects vying hfbperate in Wyandotte County should be elimi-nated because each would benefit frompublfo hinds In violation of state law State officials are taking the issue seriously Kansas tottery director Ed VanPetten said Mon-day his office will ask the Kansas attorney general to issue a formal opinion Topeka-based Americans for Prosperity-Kansas said Monday that three of the six pending casino proposals in Kansas City Kan from Pinnacle Entertainment Legends Sun and a partnership of Kansas Speedway and the Conttsh Oil are too.