Carla Eckels news segment

You to ... Traditionally, they turn out in higher numbers, whether they do this election, I don't know, but I just felt very good about the reception that I've had out there from day one.

What are your thoughts on the ground here in which people have been with you for a long time? Tell you one about how people are voting here and two? I haven't heard how people are voting here, and I haven't checked with them. I just got here. You don't know about numbers? I don't have any idea. You've got to win big here too, don't you? I have to do very well here in Western Kansas, and I have to, you know, I have to do fairly well in the Topeak area in the Kansas City area. I may have missed this, Bob, but how are you feeling personally and right now as you've watched the returns? Well, I haven't watched the returns. I just got here. My personal sense right now is that I thought that the opportunity to run for governor of this state was just a remarkable privilege, and narrowing my wildest dreams growing up here that I ever think this would be possible.

You know, starting out, I was considered a significant underdog, and I think that's a true state, and, you know, so I, it's like so many other things in my life. It felt very natural to be the underdog, but I really interdisraced to win it. But I feel very privileged. One last question, Maro. If from Shambarton wins this thing, anything comes to you. It's a very close phrase, and so Bob, I need your help. I'm going to put you on my team, talk about a cabinet post. Is that something you would be interested in? No, but I'm interested in helping whoever wins. Are you willing to add out as well? It's not going to happen. You know, I've been in Topeka, the cabinet post. I could have had a cabinet post, and I'd been in a race. No, that's not my interest.

You know, although, you know, I think it's an honor for anybody. That's not what I was. It's not my purpose. It's good to see you. You're good, good. Bob, what is it going to take to unite the party after tonight? I think it's going to take people thinking about the next generation, rather than the next election. We have to understand that we're going through literally a paradigm shift in this country and in this state. And the old ways of doing things are passing away, and it's going to require a new approach. You know, and I do think that we have to find a way to find unity out of our diversity. It's absolutely critical. I think every person should feel very comfortable that they can put down

roots and feel at home, regardless of race, regardless of religion, regardless of culture. I think it's very, very important that every single citizen feels a sense of significance. What would you personally do as governor to unify the Republican Party? And I guess you follow up on this question. What challenges have you had in your administration? I would ask, you know, I do think that it's a fact that there are issues that divide us, that are very difficult to reconcile. But I mean we're so much more than unrelated strangers. We're neighbors. We all belong in this state. It requires all of us pulling together. And, you know, I really believe from the bottom of my heart that that's what citizens want.

That's what I want. And, you know, perhaps I haven't verbalized it as well as I should. But I really think it's important that we unify our state. What would I do to unify our state? I would speak to that. I think you have to speak not only to the minds of citizens. I think you have to speak to their hearts. I think most of us long for reconciliation. I think we long to truly believe that there isn't this otherness where there's a group of insiders and we're not part of it. I think to really reach the potential of this state, every person has to feel like it's a part of it. And, you know, it's not a political position with me. It's a belief. And the difference I think is profound. What would you like to vote today?

How are you? I'm sorry. What would you like to vote for you today? To go through this? I have one you would vote. Well, I had my grandson and that was exciting. He is obviously a very bright spot in my life. And it's really kind of what motivates me or the children. You know, I just think we all, regardless of what else we disagree on. Surely we can all come together around the fact that each child is important. Whether it's getting a world-class education, whether it's providing options and opportunities for those that traditionally have been left behind. What I don't want to see is I don't want to see a drift toward a brutalizing society. I think there's a thirst among all of us to come together. And perhaps I'm wrong, but that's my sense. And I will see what happens.

I see. I do. I just see. I do. I do. I do. I do. I do. I do. I do. I do. I do. I do. I do. I do. I do. It's really great. I do. I do. I do. I can't I can't discuss the specifics of any any particular case and I don't I don't even I'm not even able to confirm whether the individual you're referring to is an E coli case or not OK OK because they did tell you's in the hospital but they weren't able to give me much more information they told me to talk to you OK OK I'm just I'm saying that are you know we one of our considerations always is to safeguard the the privacy of the individual and I'm sure that if you know if it was if it was you know someone you were close to or or you know anyone else or you or I you know we wouldn't necessarily want people all over the state talking about our realness sure what about con agra we call the obviously we were talking about it earlier the contaminated meat and that they're going to be paying medical cost do you know any more about that that we're not the recall is being overseen by the United States Department of Agriculture and they would be the best contact regarding that or you may want to you may wish contact con agra sure and you say and we've in terms of the recall to we've we KDHE has notified

food safety inspectors who are either on staff with KDHE or who are on contract in various counties to if they see products that are that were mentioned in the recall notification to of course not allow those products to be distributed and we I've not had any reports that we come across anything of that sort. So they are on alert and know the pool the product absolutely absolutely and the stores in the retail chains know that also they've been notified by the USDA and by the processor the these the these plants. That that that the recall is in effect okay now so what's next in the investigation what are you all doing well we're continuing to watch for cases of E. coli.

KDHE is working in partnership with county health departments to actively investigate all reported cases of of E. coli and as always we're continuing to watch for E. coli incandes some free food with this for anybody that comes and it'll be between the last two candidates Sharon Fury and Richard Lopez as well as the candidates for the school board Lynn Rogers and James McDonald. Oh really because they're in your district is that okay yeah the representatives from the district okay and so what will they be talking what's going to happen again say it again first of all for the tape give me your name in title my name is Carlos Contreras I'm the current president of the Bible neighborhood association. Current president of the Bible neighborhood association and what what are the boundaries for the association I can hear myself. Yeah, the boundaries are from 21st to 29th Street from Broadway to the little river.

Um the reason why I don't know if I kind of preface it I might have told you earlier Carlos but what we're doing is we're doing a series of stories on city council and school board and interviewing all the candidates and that's what Frank's doing my job is to talk to people in the community and my question to you as well as others is what you think are the most important issues. And at this point I'm talking to you about I'll probably get two answers from you might as well sit here but let me ask you first about because you said Sharon Fury and Richard Lopez are the ones that are running your district yes okay what do you think are the most important and can we say it issues and the district six raise for the association it seems to be the development of the area you know what that's perfect but I'm going to have you say it again because I'll get here the paper turning say that part again for the association for the for El Pueblo it seems to be that the main issues are what you say for that El Pueblo neighborhood association go ahead for El Pueblo neighborhood association the main issues seem to be the development of the area sit again and it was perfect yeah yeah that's okay okay for El Pueblo neighborhood association the main issues seem to be the development of the area tell which me such as the parks for an instant instance we we have a lot of parks space but they seem to be very underutilized and they could use more either benches trees brush things that would attract people even if it's a soccer field baseball field something that will bring the people in to the park and have it used

was that something that was brought up in the forum that they need now and let me understand this because I know people are saying are you saying you just basically need equipment in the park well we need equipment but the idea behind this is that we need things for our youth to do we have a lot of gang activity we have a lot of graffiti in the area we have a lot of kids that roam the streets and then talking to our community police officers that the issue is that we do not have activities for them we spoke to the Evergreen Rec Center and they do not have sufficient space or funding to really do stuff for them so we're trying to find other things for them to do in the neighborhood we created a program to where we are going to gather the kids together and give them a project this project is going to evolve

for some of these your peas are popping but you're fine I think that's the way I talk I think that's the way I talk no no okay I'm on the mic I just have to angle it off a little bit but you said something about you create a program or something yeah we we decided to focus on the arts since so many kids like doing graffiti we figured we'd actually give them more paint and give them a wall to do something nice to do some graffiti artwork but give it a theme give it a whatever theme you want to decide on but make it nice and attractive as opposed to some writing on the wall you so you say one of the main issues is activities for neighborhood or neighborhood kids have anybody spoke about jobs in every guard to or what yeah we have we have explored different grants and funding such as a youth build grant which will allow us to take high school dropouts teach them a trade a license or unlicensed trade earn their GED while they're learning this trade and then once they're finished they'll be receiving a certificate that'll make it more marketable in the job market great what other

activities or concerns are there would you say with the neighborhood association that they would hope that the new city council person if it's a new person or the incumbent would address safety safety is one of the bigger issues right now we have a lot of stray dogs that roam the streets and it's become such a problem that these stray dogs they run in packs now I mean if you ever we ever run into a stray dog that's one thing but if you run into three or four of them that's another thing and it's become an issue to where kids are run into the bus stop or running running home after school because there's just dogs out on the street now police have done a good job of either picking them up or actually disposing of them but we still have that as a main issue okay neighborhood kids dogs stray dogs and safety any other issues as it relates to safety as far as safety goes the business is in the area over there on 21st Street we have one of the oldest

business districts and it's a historically Latin district and we've had instances where in broad daylight they've been robbed and stores have been robbed two or three times and has caused them to shut down because they cannot afford that loss two or three times a year the things have been just breaking in breaking windows that cost the store owners not only that but it gives a bad perception of the area to where people do not want to come down and shop I mean we have a lot of good stuff a good quality culturally specific stuff that the people love to sell and they love to sell to people from all backgrounds but yet if certain people are afraid to come into the area because they might get robbed or because their car vehicle might get broken into then that doesn't do anybody any good what about is and I don't want to put any words in my Carlos but is there a concern about the 21st Street redevelopment is anybody been talking about that that is the biggest issue of all

the 21st Street redevelopment or actually the 21st Street revitalization plan is the biggest issue of all what because it is the plan that after 50 years has been approved and now it has to be implemented and the lot has to do is who's going to implement it and how say a lot of it has to do with a lot of it has to do with who is going to implement it and how and where is the funding going to come from so is that something you want the City Council to address that's something that the City Council will need to address especially in this election whoever's running for this position that will be probably the biggest issue on the agenda okay you might say because you know so between the can't something about the candidates running for the selection between Sharon Fury and Richard Lopez the 21st Street revitalization plan will be the biggest issue in the area so what is it that you actually are looking for

or I don't know you can speak for the whole neighborhood association but what are their concerns the concerns are mainly that some progress be done because the feeling is that for many years nothing has been done and and really you know nobody is really to blame or I don't know who would be to blame for that but the people in the area really feel that it's been neglected ignored or even avoided as far as the needs of the neighborhood or the businesses so they're looking for funding or funding is going to cause the progress to move forward yeah money talks basically is what we found out there's a lot of plans there's a lot of ideas there's a lot of issues but the bottom line is the money where is it going to come from and when is it going to get there so we've talked about 21st Street the neighborhood issues any other issues you want

to bring out because you have right here there oh you probably some of them in front I know there's yeah there we have I'm sorry what oh the railroad the railroad crossing has been a big issue because that also prohibits people from coming into the neighborhood it's a big noise pollution it's a big actually air pollution when it sits there for so long and it releases all the smoke and it's a big you know it's it's just a big problem in general that hasn't gone away and it's it's actually grown the railroads trains get longer and longer they make shorter stops but they get longer so not not only are you blocked over at 29th Street but you're blocked at 23rd 25th and 21st all at once and sometimes for hours at a time so that's an issue that both the business and the neighborhood is concerned about okay and if um Carlos you can speak say one thing to Richard and she's in what would it be I mean one thing if they could maybe address it the person in that position

could address and charge the name association what do you think would be the main they want what would be the main issue they'd like for the candidate to focus on yeah one of one of the main things that the people are concerned about is is having a center of where to gather where to go to as well whether it be a business or or community but um we have evergreen rec center which is full and you know funded uh they just open a Hispanic learning center over at Plaza Mexico which is already overcapacited and it already and it barely opened a month ago uh we have things going on at the churches we have the people over at La Familia who have already outgrown their space uh we have businesses long 21st Street but it

it seems that the the people don't have one place to really gather uh there is a different lack of facilities in our area whether it be to serve the young or the old but there is no one place where anybody can go to and there is no resource center I guess where anybody can go to to get help that's a very good point so that's one of the things they want to resource in okay so most of the time what did they do what did they go they go La Familia or you call the people from the sunflower community action or you call Plaza Mexico or they call Trinity Christian Center or they call I mean there's a whole list that we have in the newsletter of people that are helping and serving the community but if you notice they're all spread out over the neighborhood if we had one central location to put all our resources in that would better facilitate the people

and better help fill the people's needs so with those some of the things they need by bringing up issues that are slanted with Richard Lopez or with a say today he just basically dressed the public he he went to go address a group of uh young university students so that they could volunteer for okay that was yeah it wasn't so much talking about the issues it was about getting out the vote okay last time would you think would you still say you said the main issue is it redevelopment yes the redevelop the development of the entire area will it be the revitalization of 21st or the parks or dealing with the kids or dealing with the arts or having a resource center I mean it's just the development of the area that's the main issue that's the main issue anything else um we are having the forum on the 31st if anybody would like to come out to it that really doesn't matter if you live within the association boundaries or even within uh district six what we found

out is that it actually takes four votes from the council to vote on something so even if you do get to know know another council person from another district because well that's a good point so again who's hosting and where uh they'll be able to enable the association is hosting it it'll be at Blasa Mexico on March 31st at 6 p.m. and we'll have food for everybody it is on 25th in our Kansas and again tell me what is the purpose of the forum the forum is for the people to get to know who the candidates are so they can come listen to the issues and then they can decide come March 5th who would be the best representative for the area I'm sorry April 5th did I say March 5th and then they can decide on April 5th okay the forum is so that the people can come and listen to the candidates listen to the issues and then they can decide who will be the best representative come April the 5th at Pueblo in general translation means the town

but it also means the people at the same time in a sense it is basically the community at Pueblo is the community because without the people you don't have the town absolutely what's the percentage of Hispanics in the neighborhood association the the percentage I wouldn't I wouldn't know but I do know that it is the historical location for Hispanics as a matter of fact I found out that when 21st Street was annexed into the city of Wichita there was already a majority of Hispanics living in that area so in a sense what somebody told me we did not come to Wichita Wichita came to us interesting because I was just thinking see I used to when I played tennis I always played edge more wood lawn and then we went over to

Macam so I go with a number of Hispanics that I mean we just played tennis together I mean it was just part of what we did and you know that as you said I didn't think about to just what you said how it was just natural I mean it was like you say normal I mean a number of Hispanics look I'm just back in like the chase yeah yeah we do have some history going all the way back to I believe about a hundred years of Hispanics living in that area we are not the only people that are living in area that's that's true but historically when someone comes from Latin American country they first come to the north end which is you know what we call it there and from there then they they grow up or they move out to the west side that's the migration pattern that we have we move out to the west side now in the last 10 years we've seen a change in that to where inside of coming to the north end people have started coming into the south end where a plane view is that because they also have a very low low rent for people over there low rent housing over there and this is just a trend

that started about 10 years ago but you also have a lot of Asians and a lot of other immigrants over there that reside in the area and that area has also blown up as far as Hispanic representation but first and foremost we were in the north end and we're still there and if we are going to have a let's say like let's say Latino arts if we are going to have any type of let's say a Hispanic museum or a Latino art theater or even a let's say like a like a historic Latin business district it's going to happen on 21st Street in the north end first before it happens anywhere else and then he said yeah he's funny he's saying wouldn't that be fabulous that would be awesome Steve at beginning this coming Friday she's military operations now we we call it military it's actually the Wichita Development Modification Center those employees are not affected by this divestiture sure and I knew that

I was wondering in terms of various levels in the company everybody on the commercial side will receive the notices well as mr. Turner's note says in all pair of raised Jeff gets one first gets one first and he was he was right up front with that he said he said the he said let's say this will begin with the issuance of wars beginning with me it will include Boeing commercial airplanes Wichita Tulsa and McAllister of course Tulsa McAllister being in our Oklahoma locations and ssg can you remind who who is that who is the second system is that like the credit union people are what who is no no these are just employees of the commercial airplanes division here in Wichita and Tulsa and McAllister in a portion of our shared services group employees these are just these are card carrying identifiable Boeing employees that are working those in those business units would you describe warrants again then for me please what are warrants well the

worker it's called the worker adjustment and relocation notification act I believe it is a matter of federal law we and it says that a certain number if a certain number of people are to be impacted in a rolling period of time then we are required by law to notify certain individuals within and outside the company and that's what we're doing now typically that's a relatively large number and please don't quote me I think it's 500 in a rolling time period like 90 days if you are going to impact that many people this however is a little special it's a little bit of a special provision because we are actually ceasing business operations as part of the Boeing company by divesting the commercial airplanes division here in Wichita and are required by law and by by Boeing policy to issue those notices tell me how many people are we talking about and we'll get them well they're probably we'll be in excess of seven thousand which is the

number we have we have a little over let's see I can almost tell you exactly we have a little over 7300 folks in our commercial airplane group and a little over 17 in our shared services group but let me let me hasten to add here that not all of the folks in the shared services group will be affected by this and without further going into detail let me leave it at that hmm now you got me wondering why is that but well because the portion of them are required to uh to continue for operations of the Boeing company I see okay so but primarily over 7000 folks will get these the war notices Friday correct management non-management etc etc okay um okay in terms of how many do you expect to be rehired that color is unknown at this time I would not be able to comment on that anyway that is that is a matter of 40 on acceleration to comment on now the memo says that they don't want people Jeff mentioned that he doesn't want

people to panic you know or assume first of all you know because of course people think well I'm out of a job so to say that you know maybe they shouldn't panic or assume but it all goes on to say at this time that you have or don't have a job um how will school people feel I'm sorry say you know meaning that meaning I'm sorry now maybe I wasn't clear in that the memo says of for not you know there's no reason that you know well let me read it says receiving a war notice is no not a reason to panic or assume that you do or do not have a job correct it is a necessary next step in the process of dick I'm sorry could you start that part again I'm sorry it's a necessary I spoke over you go ahead that's okay it is it is merely a necessary stay it's actually a next step in the investiture process now Boeing has control over those notices we have control over who who gets those notices we do we have no control over over how many of those folks are hired back that is a matter for that is a matter for the new business operations to undertake

once the uh once the negotiate what's the uh process has been finalized sure and uh in terms of people I would what how's morale around there now dick I mean I mean people are probably concerned will I be rehired naturally um this is a this hits home very personally when when an individual gets a notice that says you know your services are no longer required the first the first natural inclination is oh my goodness I may be out of a job but it's a personal thing I think however that our leadership teams in all of our business groups out here Carla have done a fantastic job in trying to tell people everything they can tell them as soon as they can tell them and as you might expect there are still many many holes for answers um that that are surrounding questions there are levels there are more questions than there are answers we are uh trying to fill that vacuum with responsible answers as quickly as they're known however I think it's more important to

give our employees the right information the first time rather than having to go back and say oops we kind of made up with you know let us let us rethink that we want to be sure that we've done that right the first time and I know dick this may be a question I'm just you may not be able to answer but I'm curious in terms of uh pay change has there been any any talk will they be receiving the same kinds of salaries with on X that again is a matter for discussion with the on X representatives um let's see how long will the the change takes place I know Janet Hara of course she's a you know on WSU scampus mentioned something may maybe in terms of the overall change about a couple of years like 24 months but um I know where you were talking the other day about this summer that some of this will take place what are we looking for in I mean what are we looking at rather dick in terms of time I think what you'll find here and again I shouldn't speculate on this but let me just say that it's it's simply a matter of reason that um when you begin a new operation you're going to come up as certain uh you're going to come up a certain learning curve I mean these folks these folks are very

very intelligent they're smart people um we hope to have as many of the questions answered as possible as many of the processes in place um as possible but of course um growth is a gradual process it's evolutionary and in terms of on X um they're right now working with the unions is that what they're doing they are having discussions with all sorts of business groups including our bargaining units so that's sort of the next step after Friday I mean that's what they're doing now and uh this will take place Friday as far as the notices are right Boeing will begin issuance of those uh the notices that were uh that were uh talked about in Jeff's note that beginning is coming Friday and finally once again if you would speak to this idea of uh you know it I know there's a reason why he's saying not to panic you know no reason to panic but um you know your thoughts on that and what Jeff's really trying to relay in this memo here about that well I think Mr. Turner was trying to say is listen folks this you know this is just a next step it is not a final step it

is a next step and and just because you receive this let me talk about myself just for a minute just because I receive this note I shouldn't uh I shouldn't make a lot of uh you know a lot of unnecessary plans or or speculating unnecessarily whether I do or whether I don't have employment I will be given the method and the process for applying for employment with the new company and you know what the timeline is on that in terms okay no I sure don't go I'm sorry okay that's helpful I'm trying to make sure I covered all the bases you know I'll call you back if I didn't but um okay I guess I said over 7,000 folks will get the notices this Friday all right as always I appreciate you thank you so much for your time you're welcome bye take care bye bye and as long as you are prepared to work your heart out and try to tell the truth uh we're going to support you and you've done that um I'm the seriously the luckiest guy in the world

never ever uh Dave Harder's back there he's the first guy I met in Wichita when we moved back here and we were like eight years old uh never in my wildest dreams Dave growing up that I ever think I would have the privilege of running for governor uh you know I came up uh you know far short but uh I hope you understand I gave it the best that I have and thank you for your help if you would give me your uh name and title please I'm Richard Lemunian the former police chief here in Wichita and why are you here tonight well Bob Knight's always been a friend of mine and I know I've been a supporter of his every since I think he started political career and actually our wives went to school together so we've kind of known each other for a long time I do this so what do you think about the results tonight well I'm disappointed I think Bob would have really been great for the state and uh and they get some great values and everything so

from a personal standpoint I'm disappointed but uh hey that's that's politics and and he gave it his best shot and uh so this state will go on we'll be all right any other comment no I just think uh it's great that we live in such a wonderful country that we have the opportunity to do this and and those people that don't participate in the freedom of choice uh are missing out thank you very much thank you I was trying to say the computer so sorry about that noise are you there yes okay um let me see okay uh for the tape Bob if you would give me your name and title please okay Bob Brewer speed amid west director yeah and you know we have to say the Society of the Dada Dada I wish we could say speed up but not the first time but listen here's what I want you to

do if you don't mind I'm gonna give you a quote dig digler said and I would need you to respond to that first if that's okay because it's in regards to the memo and all okay okay here's the what he said and I'd ask for your response it says it is merely um talking about the uh memo itself or the um layoff notices okay it is merely a necessary step in the divester process process Boeing has control over those notices we have control over who gets those notices we have no control over how many of those folks are hired back that is a matter for the new business operations to undertake once the process has been finalized what's your thought on that uh well our initial thoughts on that are we have a lot of concern based on the fact that everyone's going to get the warrant notices and so what they're telling us is we're going to give you a 60 day notice to terminate your employment with uh the Boeing company however we can't at this time or are not going to at this time be able to tell you whether you have a job with Onyx and we'll continue your

career here within what is now the Boeing facility that was great but I heard that phone if you could say it one I'm so sorry once again I was hoping I didn't have the phone I think somebody self or something that was myself okay do you need me to read it again just to give you a sense uh no okay go ahead please uh we have a we have a we have a lot of initial concern about the fact that the warrant notices are going out the way they are and the reason that is is because although they're given the warrant notices now you're on a 60 day window to where uh you're going to be surplaced from the Boeing company the downside of that is is that they cannot or will not come out and tell people at this point in time whether they're going to have a career at the current Boeing facility come the end of that 60 day period so you can imagine the anxiety and the fear and the actual anger that is coming out of the employees at this particular time Carrie for taking me your name and title please okay my name is Carrie West and I'm the director

of community relations at Fort Scott Community College and you say you went over to um to actually uh take some pictures I actually went over I got a call about 225 saying that the governor was flying into Fort Scott to view the damage so I grabbed my camera and took off down to home and what did you see what did she say give us a sense of what it plays um it was a big crowd of people the public was on hand just to see the governor come in um she just talked a little bit about the devastation and how the state is going to make every effort to help find funds to help rebuild the downtown area of Fort Scott and that it's just very devastating what is your sense of it kind of give us because I understand there were nine buildings that were destroyed and four that were damaged yes um I guess I was actually in Wichita this weekend when it happened so when I came back

I had gotten several cell phone calls telling me that the downtown area was burning um my sense was wow that is definitely an impact because we take pride in in our historic buildings and it's gonna leave a loss definitely but people are very optimistic here in Fort Scott what do you mean just optimistic in the rebuilding factor and that the downtown will survive and that's the message that we're sending we will survive will rebuild and we'll help make this a tourist area again because that Fort Scott is a huge tourist town and I was thinking about that because some of these buildings are if not all of them were they over a hundred years old and that I'm not sure I know a couple of them the Miller building I think was 1863 a couple of the other buildings I know were in the 1800s and I'm not real sure how old okay but again you're saying the governor toward it she said that she would try to help she said she would try to make every effort possible

to look for funding and I know she said she would make it a top priority well that's good news because I know the funding is going to be needed also um let's see if people from the Bureau and I don't have any front of me but alcohol tobacco farms they're also they're surveying the damage yes um the last thing I had heard today was they were waiting for the smoldering to quit because they couldn't go into the structures and at about four o'clock or just a little earlier they started demolition on two of the buildings that were unsafe structures so priest do you does it sound like they're all going to be flattened uh whatever's left in terms of the forest that were damaged or what's up I'm not really sure because I'm not sure which four they were talking about that were damaged but of the ones that were total loss there were two buildings that were very unstable that they were afraid the whole block would collapse so they went ahead and pushed those today at about 345 I see well carry any of the comment uh because again I know like you said it's such a tourist town they said something about ten million dollars damage

any other comment about the um fire and have they found a cause yet because it was Friday do you know any more about that and they still have not the alcohol and tobacco firearms they haven't really released any information regarding that and I'm not sure they've been able to search at this point because they were still putting water on the fires this morning actually on hot spots okay okay any other comment I would just like to to have you guys contact Richard Nights that with the city of Ford's got to also visit with him and maybe mid the mayor Gary Billionus okay okay um what's so do you know a number please can you hang on just let me get a phone book sure all right hang on and I'm a food I'm kind of removed far away from it from not sure how much that you can really use well especially the uh for I can do use the governor information because you were right there

so that was good um thank you I appreciate it oh not a problem it wasn't much because I was busy shooting pictures rather than yeah let's do um let's see here city good okay I'll have to find a different number for you so Karen you went to take you covered it in terms of um because I say I could say something about you were shooting pictures there but you were covering were you covering it for the university or I mean I was covering it on behalf of our student newspaper the Greyhound Express okay and we're doing a feature we've had um we've had actually a photographer on the scene since Friday evening so we're going to be doing a special on April 14th in our issue so you were covering it on behalf of the community colleges newspaper uh-huh okay let me work what is it called again the paper the Greyhound Express okay okay okay

okay the best number to call is 620 223 05 50 and that'll get you to the city of Fort Scott's offices and then hopefully they can help you out okay thanks for your time all right thank you you have a way workshop twice by the request of the council and at the last workshop we develop the three options which is what they request oh I see okay now um in terms can you give me an update as to what's happening with the Indian Center I know it's closed down for a few weeks was it a few six weeks was it or something we should have an announcement very soon on that I really don't have anything to say um our target is still March 1st uh you know to have something decided by March 1st and we're right now still on target and if this funding comes through without it obviously assist the Indian Center now the funding the Indian Center currently is getting is the same funding they've been getting okay so that's not okay this will have no

fact on their funding it we're in tomorrow's meeting not making any decision as it relates to the Indian Center they're part of the seven organizations but that's what they've been getting okay I see and again if you could the angel because I'm thinking I mean John I'm thinking that people listening you know um some of them obviously read the ego over the weekend in a nutshell if you could kind of tell what people should what's expected tomorrow at the city council what they're expected to do what they're expected to do the council is supposed to take action on the recommendation from the task force which includes the process for organization wishing to request money from the city establishment of the process that the task force has recommended in addition to that recommendation as it relates to the funding option the council would like to use whether it's a dedicated funding whether it's used of the guest tax or whether it's not any funding you know just continue uh make it part of the annual budget process and then the third thing they're

going to have comments on and to make a decision is the size of the review committee the task force has recommended seven the council has indicated a interest in each having appointments so that means that group could grow as big as 11 okay you mean the city council will pick from the city council would have each have an appointment to the committee I see okay the task force recommendation is that four of the committee are appointed by the arts council and three are appointed by the city but some of the council members have indicated their desire to each have an appointment so if you were to do that then it would raise the number up to 11 that's needed I see I'm wondering too if you all have you did the task force indicate do you know just from your dealing with them a particular tier they were more interested in at all now the task force the task the tier system is simply a system used by other cities it's a way of funding organizations I mean it's all it

is has appeared system the task force was very strong both what the task force members themselves but also what we heard when we did the public meeting was to protect the city's current investment and that's why those seven organizations have been recommended as continuing funding them understanding that they're going to continue receiving funding but they are also they agree that they would also have to perform based on the performance criteria that they establish as part of the process okay there's always a chance that that funding you know they were unable to perform then obviously their funding will be affected by that but that's the process I see any other comment about tomorrow's vote no I mean other than we're happy to get it to them and and you know get them to you know to give decision made so we can move forward yeah absolutely

well listen as always thank you so much you always give sure I appreciate your time you're problem thank you bye bye pre-register that that gets you a free ticket or free pass for an adult into the gate otherwise we just encourage everybody to grab a ticket and come down or not going to turn you away that's wonderful how many what's the percentage of people that are out of the United States that'll be participating in the tournament well I as far as the field of players they haven't actually put down there's a couple that we're still waiting on to become exempt at this point testing testing it doesn't it's not just on a professional level but you know men it was initially a men's sport well they're bringing their daughters out the

daughters are loving to play and and they're you know the little girls are wanting to have a play and the college level is getting you know more talented in their skills it's so it's it's some gradually you know beginning to grow and becoming more accepted on a on a female standpoint as far as men go well sure even here at the the course there's you know men and women alike they will keep their scorecard and they're they're going to take them with them when they come to the championship to compare their shots with these ladies you know you're talking about some some very fine athletes that I think anybody would would really respect in the golf round and they mean they would be ladies are talented and they they look forward to seeing them here and you said the purse is three million for the winner well it's it's a purse of three million the the top winner it's divided amongst the the top winners but the the champion will receive over 500,000

of that that prize money and the rest is distributed among the other leaders I'm glad I got that clarity clear to now is there a website that I can go to for the golf tournament for the US open yeah there's information that you want to check out about the championship you can go to prairiedoons.com and that will give you information on the championship some other links to the US women's open it will also give you a travel accommodations and answering questions about tickets that you may have and it will also give you information on site to the site to see while you're in Hutchinson and surrounding areas now Liz where are you from if you don't mind me asking sure I am actually from Hutchinson oh really oh that's great it makes it extra special to have this in my hometown because you can really appreciate and become more excited about about an event of this magnitude you can really understand hey this is a big deal and it's really neat to be a part of it

that is tremendous now little action and a little added bonus for me so it's exciting well is now for the most part of the women staying in like bed and breakfasts and people's homes and verses like the holiday yet or the remodeling well are you working it out well with a player accommodations a lot of them are staying in hotel some players are renting out homes for their families and for their friends a lot of these ladies are on the road so much that kind of their way of kind of having that home away from home but a lot of the players are opting to to stay in hotel okay well Liz anything else that you think will be of interest that we need to know that no that's fine I just want to let people know that tickets are really easy to get you can still purchase them at your Dylan's location the participating Dylan's all over the state of Kansas so we encourage everybody to come down and have a good time with us thank you so much Liz nice to talk to you this yeah there's a problem call if there's anything else just to give me a call okay thank you all right take care i'll you too bye bye