8 = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2002
Endeavour landing postponed, second day for weather delays
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — Bad weather at two sites forced flight controllers to cancel all landing attempts Tuesday for space shuttle Endeavour, postponing for yet another day the return to Earth for the three men who spent a record six months aboard the international space station.
This was the second day in a row weather prevented Endeavour from returning to Earth.
Flight controllers canceled the first landing opportunity at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida because of thick clouds and showers.
But they held out hope the shuttle could land during the second and last attempt for Tuesday. However, the weather did not improve.
Monday's two landing times in Florida also were called off because of bad weather.
"We're disappointed," shuttle commander Kenneth Cockrell told Mission Control.
A backup landing site at Edwards Air Force Base in California was called up. But flight controllers decided Tuesday morning not to use it because of concerns about gusty wind around the base and improved forecasts on Wednesday for both the Florida and California landing sites.
The shuttle can stay in orbit until Thursday.
Keg registration to begin this summer
By Jay Pilgreen Kansan staff writer
Beginning July 1, students who buy kegs will have to provide more information to retailers.
The Kansas Senate passed the Beer and Cereal Malt Beverage Keg Registration Act that goes into effect at the start of next month.
The bill requires retailers to attach a keg identification tag, supplied by the state, and hold records until the keg is returned or for six months from the date of sale. According to the bill, if a violation such as underage consumption occurs, any law enforcement officer can inspect these records and the purchaser of the keg and the retailer can be prosecuted
According to Senate Bill No.407, the state will require retailers who sell kegs for private consumption to record a keg number, date of sale, purchaser's name and address and a driver's license number. Those customers who don't have a driver's license must provide an official form of identification with both a picture and a signature for the retailer to record.
Law enforcement officers can also prosecute any person who alters the identification number in any way.
Marty McGarrigle, Detroit senior, said though he did not condone underage drinking, he was worried how far the state might go to keep tabs on beer sales.
The bill requires retailers to attach a keg identification tag supplied by the state, and hold records until the keg is returned or for six months from the date of sale.
"I don't know where the line will be drawn," he said. "Where's it going to stop?"
McGarrigle, a manager at Myers Retail Liquor, 902 W. 23rd St., said he was worried how the new law would affect business. He said the liquor store sold between 20 and 80 kegs per weekend, and he was afraid a decrease in keg sales might affect employees.
"If the store drops to not carrying kegs anymore, or only sells a handful, we will drop people," he said.
McGarrigle said the liquor store already had a policy of requesting information when customers purchased new kegs, but when customers brought empty kegs to trade for full ones, employees only checked their driver's license or identification card. He said this amounted to half of the store's keg sales.
Because the store would have to register new kegs every time they sold one, McGarrigle said that the trade-in option would no longer be available, and that the store would require a deposit for each keg. He said the hassle would probably affect
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
The state's keg registration policy goes in to effect July 1. The policy requires keg merchants to keep a registry of who buys kegs.
sales.
Blake Webster, Wichita senior, said that with the new law, he would not buy as many kegs.
"It would be harder to get that money out of my account, then deposit it when I got it back," Webster said.
Contact Pilgreen at jpilgreen@kansan.com. This story was edited by Mike Gilligan.
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