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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, August 29.1991
Julie Jacobson/KANSAN
City Construction
Workers for J.M. Fahey Construction, of Grandview, Mo., smooth cement being poured for a curb on 31st Street near Iowa Street. The work began in March and is expected to be finished by October.
Couple faces public hearing to keep pet rooster at home
OVERLAND PARK — A resident here complained about the noisy cock-a-doodle-do of a rooster by neighbors Debra and Mike Kirk, who face a public hearing to keep a pet they call Rosy.
The Associated Press
An Overland Park ordinance prohibits residents who live on less than three acres from keeping farm animals unless the residents get a special use permit.
"Someone from the city came out to look at the rooster," Mike Kirk said yesterday. "I just want them to leave my rooster alone."
The Kirkss, who live on less than three acres, must appear before the Planning Commission and City Council, wait two weeks for a protest period and pay to publicize a public hearing for the $50 permit.
Using a decide meter to measure loudness, Mike Kirk yesterday determined that Rosy's cock-a-doodle door was quieter than the noise made by railroad cars. That means she needs to wear bones — evidence he plans to use in Rosy's defense.
intely, a city official said. But if neighbors continue to complain, it may be revoked by the city and the Kirks would have to get rid of Rosy.
The Kirks have asked that their permit last indee
Debra Kirk decided to keep the stray rooster after it wandered into her yard, she said, but next-door neighbor Bill Keller complained about the cat's behavior and be reached for comment by the Kansas City Star.
For additional support, Debra Kirk is rallying other neighbors who like listening to Rosy, especially one family whose toddler enjoys the rooster, she said.
"All of a sudden, our neighbor who's been listening to our rooster for five years decides it's bother-some," Mike Kirk said. "Now we have to have a city hearing for our rooster." It is just ridiculous.
"The rooster crows in the morning and every now and then," she said. "He doesn't really have a set pattern. It's nothing outrageous."
Neighbor Barbara Frering agrees. She said many of the neighbors in the rural area have farm animals as pets and that most enjoy them.
Refunds may go to lip-sync fans
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — A judge yesterday tentatively approved letting Arista Records settle a law suit concerning Mill Vaniil by giving partial refunds to the record label the lip-syncing duo's audio or video recordings.
The tentative agreement calls for the Los Angeles-based record company to refund $3 to people who bought a video or compact disc of the discreeted duo. Those who bought a cassette recording would get a $2 rebate. And those who bought an album or a single of the pair would get a $1 rebate.
The settlement also calls for Arista to donate
to three church committees in research
ADSSJ.
The pop music duo of Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan was stripped of its 1980 Best New Artist Grammy award after they admitted they did not sing any of the songs on their album "Girl You Know
At least 26 lawsuits have been filed alleging that Alexa defrauded fans by implying that Piatus and Mikaela were involved in the scandal.
The Chicago lawsuit is the first to reach a settlement and could apply to anyone who bought one of the album's more than 10 million copies.
Thomas O'Brien, Cook County circuit judge,
approved the agreement two weeks after he rejected
That proposal would have required members of the class-action lawsuit to buy additional Arista records to receive a rebate. That provision was dropped from the new plan.
Mercury fillings pose no danger, panel says
The Associated Press
BETHESA, Md — Dental patients are in little danger of being harmed by mercury escaping from a tooth filling substance that contains the poisonous metal, a federal panel said Tuesday.
The panel formed to examine evidence of any risks or side effects from tooth filling material said that type of filling, called silver amalgam, does release mercury vapor into the mouth over many years. But it said the mercury injury is so small that it poses no known danger.
"Very few patients are at risk of developing "reviews from dental fillings," said Dr. William D. McHugh, chairman of the expert panel set up by the National Institutes of Health. "There is no substantial evidence effects (from the fillings) are significant."
MeHugh, a University of Rochester professor, said that based on the committee's findings, "There's no reason for anyone to have an amalgam fillings if a dentist recommends it."
About 200 million tooth restorations are performed in the U.S. annually, many of them using the silver amalgam.
McHugh said at a news conference that there was no valid scientific evidence to suggest that removing silver amalgam fillings was a good idea.
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