THURSDAY,APRIL3,2003
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 11A
Jailed sex offender out on probation
The Associated Press
COLBY — A man jailed for six months after he was accused of videotaping girls in the shower room at Brewster High School during a volleyball tournament must spend two years on probation and complete a sex offender rehabilitation program.
Adam F. Juenemann, 24, of Brewster, reached a plea agreement in the case and was sentenced last Friday in Thomas County District Court. He pleaded guilty to eavesdropping, criminal trespassing and criminal damage to property, all misdemeanors.
The six months Juenemann has spent in jail will count toward the probation time. Judge Richard Ress, who also fined Juenemann $1,000, said the rehab program
will have to be completed even if it extended beyond the probationaryperiod.
At the request of Thomas County Attorney Allan Taylor, Ress also ordered Juenemann to pay restitution to the Brewster schools and for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred, such as counseling costs, incurred by the victims.
The videotaping took place during a junior varsity tournament in September. Participants included girls from the Colby, Jennings, Brewster, St. Francis and Chevlin school districts.
Coaches who identified girls on the video said more than 50 of them were taped in the shower room. Parents, coaches, school officials and students filled the courtroom for Friday's hearing.
Undersheriff drops challenge to caucus
The Associated Press
OLATHE — A Johnson County Undersheriff has dropped his challenge to a caucus vote in which he lost his bid for sheriff by eight votes.
Frank Denning said Tuesday he would not challenge the vote, despite concerns that the election did not follow established rules. He received 151 votes in last week's Republican caucus to nominate a replacement for Sheriff John Foster, who recently died.
But Currie Myers, a senior agent at the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, collected 159 votes
one vote more than he needed to win the March 25 caucus election. Retired state trooper Smokie Siecgrist received four votes.
Of 625 Johnson County precinct leaders,317 registered to vote at the caucus and 314 ballots were counted.
Denning complained that 314 ballots were cast, even though the credentials committee reported only 312 registered delegates. County Republican Chairman Andy Wollen said the committee missed five voters in its quick count to determine if a quorum was present.
Gambling bill would allow track slots
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — A bill allowing more gambling in Kansas advanced out of a Senate committee Wednesday but faced an uncertain future because of a partisan dispute.
Without endorsing it, the Federal and State Affairs Committee sent the bill to the full Senate for a vote on allowing slot machines and other electronic gambling devices at Kansas' five dog and horse tracks. Voters in the tracks' home counties and neighboring counties would have to approve.
The state would receive 30 percent of the profits from the expanded gambling, although the bill had specified 20percent before a subcommittee rewrote it.
Republican leaders want the Senate to debate and vote on the bill Friday and bar any further consideration of gambling.
But Senate Democrats want more than one chance to get the measure passed, because lobbyists for gambling operators believe the bill will fail if it is put to a vote Friday.
Expansion of gambling is a key
element of a $405 million revenue package proposed last week by Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who is seeking to balance the budget through June 2004 without raising taxes.
Sebelius has said developers have agreed to pay $30 million upfront, as a credit against future taxes, for the right to operate slot machines at the five tracks and at a casino in Dodge City. The Dodge City element was not included in the bill forwarded by the committee.
Republicans, who control the Senate, generally dislike the idea
of staking the state's financial health partly on gambling.
— coaxed the proposal out of committee to honor a GOP pledge to put Sebelius' package before the full chamber.
But the Senate's top two Republicans — President Dave Kerr of Hutchinson and Majority Leader Lana Oleen of Manhattan
The Senate's top Democrat, Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, accused Kerr of effectively "Xing out" an important part of Sebelius' plan by forcing an almost certain defeat of the gambling measure.
Wichita State to get Welcome Center
The Associated Press
WICHITA — Wichita State University plans to break ground this fall on a $4.75 million center that will welcome students to its campus.
The Marcus Welcome Center will house the university's admissions and scholarship offices, a 100-seat auditorium, meeting rooms and interactive displays of the university's history. It will also
include a garden patio, which will overlook the school's Braeburn Golf Course. The 34,500-squarefoot center is expected to open by fall 2004.
About $2.2 million in private funds has already been raised and the remaining half should be raised before the center opens, said vice president for university advancement Elizabeth King. The project will not require state funding.
"This welcome center will really be the new front door to the university, welcoming prospective students to the campus, welcoming parents and welcoming friends," vice president for student affairs Ron Kopita said.
The center is named for Howard and Rose Marcus, who donated $1.1 million toward its construction.
Howard Marcus, a local phi
lanthropist and chairman of Marcus Food Company, said he was proud to continue his family's tradition of supporting Wichita State. In the early 1970s, Marcus' parents, Sam and Milly Marcus, helped fund the Marcus Continuing Education Center, which will be razed to make room for the new center.
Man indicted for 'Baywatch' fraud plan
Howard Marcus said the university is "embracing the 21st century with a new vision."
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former Kansas City man was indicted Wednesday on charges he defrauded investors by leading them to believe they were investing in a company associated with the syndicated "Baywatch" television series, U.S. Attorney Todd Graves said.
David William Port, 49, now
of Great Britain, allegedly defrauded investors in England, New York, California, and Utah of nearly $360,000 between October 1998 and October 2000.
In the scheme, investors in the company — PCG Media were told it would produce high returns because it held worldwide syndication rights to "Baywatch," Graves said. Victims were
allegedly told "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff invested in the company and that restaurants themed after the beach drama would be taking over for the Planet Hollywood franchise, Graves said.
The indictment says Port falsely told investors the company was publicly held and traded and had prominent merchandising clients, including
None of the claims were true.
Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Philip Morris and the U.K. Lottery.
Port also allegedly misrepresented the company as financially sound and falsified a merger with the Home Gambling Network in order to convince investors to send more money, promising he would later repay the funds, Graves said.
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