8A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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LOCAL
MONDAY, AUGUST 15.2005
MILITARY
Battalion prepares to join Kansas unit serving in Iraq
No laurels to rest on
TOPEKA - About 500 Kansas Army National Guard soldiers have received deployment orders for duty in Iraq, the adjutant general's office said Thursday.
Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the 137th Infantry (Mechanized) will head to Fort Sill, Okla., before deploying to Baghdad.
The battalion traces its history back to the Civil War and has nicknamed itself "1st Kansas," because it previously was designated as the 1st Infantry Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Militia. The unit saw action in both world wars, including the invasion of Normandy in 1944.
The soldiers will be operating the Joint Visitors Bureau in Baghdad and be responsible for area security, Trafton said.
"After several warning orders for mobilization this past year, the soldiers of 1st Kansas are ready to do our mission in Iraq," said Lt. Col. James Trafton, commander of the unit.
The battalion is headquartered in Kansas City, Kan., with units in Lawrence and Wichita. Roughly 350 soldiers from the battalion were sent to Germany in 2002 for duty under Operation Enduring Freedom, generally referred to as the nation's war against terrorism.
About 700 soldiers from the 891st Engineer Battalion based in Iola are serving a yearlong tour in Iraq.
Three Kansas National Guard soldiers have died in Iraq since the war began in 2003.
The Associated Press
Quinton Keen, 13, of Baldwin, Kan. rests next to his Jersey calf Lucky Clover Thursday, Aug.4, 2005, at the Douglas County Fair in Lawrence, Kan. Keen entered the calf in competition Thursday but she wasn't so lucky, placing second.
—The Associated Press
Misprint attracts bargain scavengers
LOCAL
The Lawrence Journal- World said it settled a complaint over a misprinted legal advertisement that was blamed for thefts from a woman's apartment.
The paper published a paid notice last month advising readers that items left at 1319 Tennessee St., Apt. 3, would be thrown out if unclaimed. Police said the occupant of that address, Kris Bryan, returned home July 26 to find several people loading her belongings into their vehicle.
One problem:The address was supposed to be 1339 Tennessee, not 1319.
"Just that ad in the newspaper doesn't give someone permission to go in and take items," Bryan said. The police spokesman said it was
"I was freaking out," 22-year old Bryan told Kansas City, Mo., television station KMBC. "I told them, 'That's my apartment — there's been some mistake.'"
Sgt. Dan Ward, a spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department, said Bryan confronted the people at her home, who showed her the Journal-World ad. They returned the items they had taken, but others had already made off with an estimated $3,300 worth of possessions — everything from a TV and a DVD player to video games and Bryan's 7-week-old kitten.
The police spokesman said it was unclear how people got into Bryan's home. There
Police are still trying to find those items, and despite the ad's confusion, those who took them could still face charges.
were no signs of forced entry and Bryan told authorities she believed her door was locked.
The Journal-World's chief operating officer, Ralph Gage, said the matter has been settled, though he would not elaborate on the terms.
The Associated Press
"We made a mistake in a legal ad," he said. "It's totally settled to the satisfaction of all parties."
STATE Prairie park opens views to visititors
Visitors to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve soon will have reason to linger longer.
Three new trails will open Aug.15 at the site near Cottonwood Falls in the middle of the Flint Hills, ranging from four miles to six miles in length. The new trails will wind up and down the hills with views of the last vestiges of the historic prairie.
The new trails, he said will give people the experience of seeing the land "through the eyes of the early pioneer. It will be dramatically different than now," said Allan Pollorn, director of the Kansas chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
Park supporters say the trails represent progress for the preserve.
The preserve was established in 1996 through a unique arrangement in which the National Park Trust purchased nearly 11,000 acres around a '32-acre park owned by the National Park Service.
Ninety-five percent of the world's surviving tallgrass prairie is in Kansas.
—The Associated Press
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