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Candle on the range?
Associated Press
HALSTEAD — What's 1,132 feet tall and three football fields in diameter, contains 200 million pounds of wax and would cost nearly a billion dollars? A giant candle, of course.
Steve Cloyd wants to build the monument to American history, titled "America's Light of Freedom," on 500 acres near this central Kansas town.
Kansas, he said, is the perfect place. It's in the middle of the country and has flat, solid land without any of the clutter skyscrapers give his hometown of New York City.
He heaps the candle, with an 80-foot wick and an eternal
flame 60 feet high, will be built with donations from citizens and corporations. Cloyd said companies already have given him about $250,000, which has gone toward travel and planning expenses.
Cloyd said he found Halstead on the Internet and contacted Chamber of Commerce member LaDawna Friesen. She invited Cloyd, his wife Debbie, and their twin 16-year-old sons Kevin and Kyle, to this town of 2,000 people about three months ago.
"I have no concern about money," he said. "I think people will come forward and help build this."
"Right now it's a big dream,
but it's very exciting," Friesen said. "It would do Kansas great."
County officials, among others are not so sure the glassencased candle fits into the region's long-term plans.
"Obviously this would require a zoning change," said Rod Compton, Harvey County Planning and Zoning director. "You're talking about an area where there's essentially nothing but farmland. This big proposal could totally alter the area forever."
"I will never say anything is impossible," Compton said. "I would have to say probably that it would be a struggle to obtain, at the very least."
Mayor joins race for governor
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Wichita Mayor Bob Knight confirmed Saturday he is running for governor, transforming a Republican race billed as a contest between the party's feuding moderate and conservative wings.
Knight, mayor of Wichita for more than 10 years, joined Attorney General Carla Stovall and State Treasurer Tim Shallenburger in seeking the GOP nomination.
statements suggesting he was to enter the race. It left Republicans speculating how his decision affected the race. There was no consensus.
Resources Inc. to lower Wichita's electric rates so they be closer to rates in Northeast Kansas. Some northeast Kansas officials said the only way to do that would be to raise rates in their part of the state.
Republican Gov. Bill Graves, re-elected in 1998, cannot seek a third consecutive term under the Kansas Constitution. The presumed Democratic nominee for governor is Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius.
Knight's announcement came after a month of public
The biggest issue Knight faces are his recent efforts to convince state and federal regulators to force Western
Knight said he was not concerned about electric rates becoming an issue in a statewide race.
Knight said he expected to make a formal announcement of his candidacy within a few weeks. He also said his campaign expects to raise $750,000.
MONDAY, JAN. 28, 2002
Churches vote to allow gay clergy
The Associated Press
Presbyterians in Missouri and Kansas have approved a change to the denomination's constitution that could allow gays and lesbians to be ordained as ministers, elders or deacons.
Pastors and lay members from the Heartland Presbytery's 112 Missouri and Kansas congregations voted 150-39 Saturday to approve the measure, which would allow the denomination's local districts to decide whom they will ordain.
The measure also removes wording from the constitution requiring that people in church office either marry a member of
the opposite sex or abstain from sex altogether.
Heartland Presbytery is one of 173 such districts of the Presbyterian Church considering the amendment. Before it would take effect, a majority of the districts, called presbyteries, would have to give their approval this year. The denomination's General Assembly voted in June 317-208 in favor of the change.
However, as of Friday, most of the presbyteries across the country that have considered the amendment have defeated it. The official church tally is eight presbyteries in favor of the measure and 33 against.
ment say it's the best way for members with conflicting views to live peacefully within the denomination.
Supporters of the amend-
"The time has come for us to realize that we must come to some kind of compromise if there is to be any kind of peace and mission productivity in our church," said the Rev. Robert Meneilly, pastor emeritus of Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village. "The proposed amendment has the potential of enabling us to live together."
Opponents say the amendment gives in to political correctness at the expense of the Bible, which, they say, does not condone homosexuality.
Student deaths high at K-State
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN—What some are calling freak accidents combined with the more typical car crashes to create an unusually lethal last year at Kansas State University.
Fifteen students died in 2001. Although no official statistics are kept on student deaths, that's about twice the typical number, said Scott Jones, assistant dean of student life.
"Thank goodness this year is so exceptional," Jon Wefold, university president, said. "Hopefully it will never happen again."
With a student population of about 20,000, some loss is expected, Jones said.
Student body president Kyle Barker said it "all comes down to a bunch of freak accidents."
One student's body was found last month, and two more are missing and presumed dead after a boating accident at Tuttle Creek Lake. By all accounts the young men were experienced sailors.
The president of the university's skydiving club died June 16 in a parachutting accident in Sedgwick County. He had parachuted more than 250 times.
Even some of the motor vehicle accidents, which Jones said cause most student deaths, were a little unusual last year.
In July, Danette Gaitros, 22, died when she fell from the back of a moving utility vehicle while working on a maintenance crew at Kansas State.
And there was the apparent suicide—one of two last year—when a student jumped from the eighth floor of Havmaker Hall April 8.
The sheer number has taken its toll on students, Barker said.
"It hurts every time, whether you know the person or not," Barker said. "I've seen the faces of students as we've gone through this year, and it's just one thing after another."
Seth Waxman
Former Solicitor General of the United States under President Bill Clinton
will present his lecture as part of the Stephenson Lectures in Law & Government series on
"Federalism, Law Enforcement, and the Supremacy Clause - the Strange Case of Ruby Ridge."
Room 107 Green Hall January 28, 2002 University of Kansas School of Law 3:30 pm
馬年行大運
Happy Horse Year
KU Taiwanese Student Association(TSA) is proud to present the Chinese New Year celebration banquet. Come and celebrate the Horse year with us! With delicious authentic Chinese food and great entertainment, the event will bring you a great Chinese New Year experience here at KU without all the traveling!
When? February 9, 2002 Saturday
Where? ECM Church (1204 Oread Ave)
Price? $7 for members and Friends of TSA
$10 for non-member
$5 for children aged 3-10
Tickets are available only from 1/23 to 2/
For more details, please visit http://www.ku.edu/~tsa/upcoming.htm
Tickets may also be purchased via email: tsa@raven.cc.ukans.edu