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100 cans and nothing's on
Jacob Dysart, Overland Park junior, watches some "TV" as part of Lambda Chi Alpha and Alpha Chi Omega's CAN'struction yesterday. Many groups participated in the event. All cans are then donated to a Lawrence food pantry.
Windmills unwanted
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COTTONWOOD FALLS — A Florida company that wants to make use of the winds blowing across the Great Plains to generate electricity has taken Chase County off its list of potential locations.
The idea of 400-foot tall wind turbines dotting the scenic Flint Hills raised concerns from many in Kansas, including Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
"You don't put them on the edge of the Grand Canyon and you don't put them in the Flint Hills," said Larry Patton, a Chase County landowner.
In the face of opposition, Florida Power and Light Co. announced last week it has shelved its plans for Chase County.
Company spokesman Steve Stenge said because one of its customer needs the power from a wind farm next year, "we didn't have the time to let the debate or discussion play itself out." He said the company is looking elsewhere in Kansas and surrounding states for a place to locate a wind farm.
Stengel wouldn't offer specifics, but also wouldn't rule out taking another look at Chase County some time in the future, calling it a good location.
Sebellius" spokeswoman, Nicole Corcoran, said the governor "has been pretty clear" about asking companies interested in developing projects in the Flint Hills to show restraint until a consensus can be reached on how to protect the tallgrass prairie.
In June, the Wind and Prairie Task Force appointed by the governor came up with three recommendations for preserving the grassland, identifying protected areas and perhaps reconsidering the permanent tax exemption now available for wind farm development.
Supporters of wind energy view it as a method of generating revenue for developers and user fees for land owners. The Flint Hills area in Kansas is viewed as the best location in the state not only because of consistent winds, but also its proximity to existing transmission lines.
That kind of money "can make you sit up and pay attention," Rick Weiss, superintendent, said.
Not everyone welcomed the news that Florida Power and Light had decided against trying to proceed in Chase County. The company would have made annual payments of about $500,000 in lieu of property taxes for the next 25 years, with almost $200,000 going to the Chase County school system.
"Those were things that we needed and could provide the educational opportunities to our students that we know that would have enabled them to become more successful." Weiss said.
He said the district could have used that money to maintain an after-school program that loses its funding this year, as well as to start a preschool program and buy one or two new buses each year.
Stengel also said his company would have given another $425,000 to buy and preserve tallgrass prairie somewhere in the Flint Hills, Stengel said.
He said that a wind farm would provide "quite an economic boost to the county," but added, "you can't sell our soul."
Recommendations from the governor's task force are to be implemented by the Kansas Energy Council, with guidance to protect the tallgrass prairie while also aggressively promoting wind farm development.
The council must decide how much of the Flint Hills, and which parts of the area, should be protected from development.
"it's definitely too early to make that decision," said Lee Allison, the council chairman.
Man guilty for terror remarks
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OLATHE — An Olathe man who told co-workers that another terrorist attack was going to hit the United States and said all Americans should die was guilty of disorderly conduct, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled.
In a decision mailed to attorneys Monday, the appeals court upheld a Johnson County judge's ruling that the Nadar Matanagh Sokhanvar's words in September 2002 were criminal behavior and not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech.
On Sept. 12, 2002, 31-year-old Sokhanvar told a co-worker at Marley Cooling Technologies in Olathe that something was going to happen to "all the United States" five days later. That worker and another also reported that Sokhanvar previously made statements praising Osama bin Laden and said all Americans should die.
Sokhanvar, who came to the United States from Iran in 2000, was convicted in Johnson County District Court of a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. He was given a suspended 30-day jail sentence.
His attorney, Rebecca Brock, argued before the appeals court that the state did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Sokhanvar's statements constituted "fighting words," which previous courts have defined as inciting people to the point that they are ready to fight. That didn't happen in this case, Brock argued.
ON CAMPUS
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will hold a University Forum tomorrow called "Brown v. Topeka Board of Education: A Pivotal Point in Civil Rights" by Ronald Griffin, Washburn University law professor. The forum will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the ECM.
The Kansas African Studies Center will sponsor the Ujamaa Brown Bag lecture "New Perspectives on the Humanities in Africa: A Summer Workshop in Zambia" by Garth Myers, Byron Caminero-Santangelo and Brian Daldorph, KU professors. The lecture is scheduled for today from 12 to 1 p.m. in Alcove F at the Kansas Union.
ON THE RECORD
A 24-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone broke into his 1994 Eagle Talon and stole his CD player at about 8:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of Ohio. Damages are estimated at about $585.
Lawrence police arrested a 23-year-old KU student at about 2 a.m. Tuesday. Police charged him with operating under the influence, driving while suspended and with no proof of insurance.
Astrologer for Hollywood and Reagan administration dies
LOS ANGELES — Joyce Jillson, author of a nationally syndicated astrology column and divined the stars on behalf of the Reagan administration and a Hollywood movie studio, passed away at 58.
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Jillson died Friday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center of kidney failure, her former husband, Joseph Gallagher, said Tuesday.
The Associated Press
In the 1970s and 1980s, Jillson made numerous appearances on television and radio shows. Along with Hollywood clients, Jillson also made astrological forecasts for Ford Motor Co. and the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of her duties at KABC Radio.
Her daily astrology column appeared in nearly 200 newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and the New York Daily News.
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