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[advertisement] They're seeking to improve people's lives by supporting the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research, and child abuse prevention. [Wilson] It's 6:06. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 news. Wichita's Catholic schools says a teacher has resigned after being charged with possession of child pornography. Diocese official, Robert Hemberger says twenty-nine year old Jeffrey Klazura resigned as the diocese meant to decide whether he would be fired. Klazura, a fifth grade teacher, allegedly used the internet to order and receive pornographic pictures of children. Klazura was in his second year at Saint Thomas Aquinas School in Wichita. He's named in federal charges and was released Friday after posting a bond of twenty thousand dollars. Hemberger says Klazura won't be eligible to teach in the diocese again. He adds that if other schools ask for a reference, the diocese will be quote "very truthful about Klazura." The cost of cable television is going up for more than three hundred twenty thousand subscribers in Kansas. Next month Cox Communications will increase its services. KMUW's Carla Eckels has

more. [Eckels] Cox Communications spokesperson Christian Peck says the price changes will help to standardize the cost of cable in all of the communities state-wide. Peck says Cox customers will see new amounts on their April bills. [Peck] Our average increase across state was a little less than five percent. Most of the customers in Wichita will be about a dollar twenty increase to their bill. There are some customers that will have a larger increase. The largest increase that we have is about four dollars seventy-five cents. [Eckels] Peck says Cox pays networks including Lifetime, Disney, and ESPN for the right to provide their programming to Kansas customers so when networks raise their rates it directly impacts retail cable pricing. [Peck] This year alone our programming cost in Kansas will rise nearly 18 percent and if you look at the increases that we're passing along to customers, it's actually less than five percent. So we do pass along all of those cost but we do have to pass along some of them.

[Eckels] Cox has more than one hundred and fifteen thousand subscribers in the Wichita area. Carla Eckels, FM89 news. [Wilson] The first day of house debate on the senate, the States budget brought protests and doubts from lawmakers about deep spending cuts. Members held four hours of debate trying to figure out how to bridge a projected seven hundred million dollar budget gap. Work resumes today. A plan from the appropriations committee would cover the gap without increasing taxes, but large cuts in the committee plan were not accepted on the house floor. Members wanted to restore one hundred seventy five million dollars in aid to public schools, keeping spending at the current level of thirty eight hundred seventy dollars a pupil. Some conservative republicans have an alternative that would dip into cash reserves and drawdown extra federal money. Only part of the concervatives' proposal was accepted yesterday. Some state parole board hearings inside prisons could be closed to the public under a bill gaining senate committee support. The department of corrections says open attendance at hearings inside prisons would be unsafe and unworkable. The

parole board says the hearings cover confidential information about inmates. But the Kansas Press Association opposes the bill. The media group says the measure would block access to information the public has a right to know. The measure was sent yesterday to the full senate where debate is possible later this week. A group of parents is starting efforts to recall three members of the Piper School District. It's the latest in a controversy over the board's refusal to support a high school teacher who says she caught twenty eight students cheating. Today, look for mostly sunny skies breezy with high around sixty eight. Tonight, partly cloudy and a low of forty three. Tomorrow, mostly sunny with a high around sixty five and winds up to twenty mph. It's thirty six degrees in Wichita. I'm Adrienne Wilson. FM 89 News. Stay tuned as morning edition continues. It's 6:10. That story is coming up later this hour on KMUW and Morning Edition.

Also coming up this hour on Morning Edition, a report on a federal effort to get doctors to use fewer antibiotics. Today, mostly sunny skies, breezy, with a high around 68. Tonight, partly cloudy with a low forty three. It's thirty six degrees in Wichita at 6:20. This is KMUW FM 89. KMUW's broadcast, the Morning Edition, is supported by Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, with eleven airlines providing non-stop service to ten major cities every day of the week. Sea turtle soup is illegal in Mexico and United States. So are sea turtle tacos. With endangered species it is still a popular dish, especially during lent. "There will be between five and seven thousand sea turtles slaughtered to meet demand in Tijuana, Mexicali, Ensenada, and then we have reports that it's crossing the border to San Diego and Los Angeles." This story today on all things considered from NPR news. Listen for All Things Considered this afternoon beginning at three on FM 89.

From nine thirty am to twelve thirty pm Information available at 316-978-3400. It's thirty six degrees in Wichita at 6:30, today mostly sunny skies, breezy with a high of sixty eight. This is FM 89. When you settle for less than the best, you can still experience pleasure in the choice, but KMUW columnist Rob Simon says that may not be enough. [Simon]There is a difference between pleasure and joy. It is KMUW columnist Rob Simon can be heard Wednesday mornings on KMUW at 6:35 and 8:35. This is FM 89. Support for Morning Edition on KMUW comes from Kansas Surgery and Recovery Center. Offering light- speed scanning of the heart to find in an effort to find heart disease before it strikes. Kansas Surgery and Recovery Center on the web at KSRC.org and from Theater League of Wichita,

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KMUW Wichita, FM 89, listener-supported radio. Today we'll have mostly sunny skies, breezy with a high around sixty eight. Tonight partly cloudy and a low of forty three. Tomorrow, mostly sunny with a high around sixty five and west winds up to twenty miles per hour. It's thirty seven degrees in Wichita at 7:00. Stay with KMUW for more Morning Edition, regional news comes up at six minutes past the hour. This is FM 89. KMUW's broadcast of Morning Edition is supported by Dr. Jay Ma[intelligible] … News in Washington. Support for NPR comes from FX, presenting Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie, based on the true story of an historic point- shaving scandal. Sunday at eight pm eastern pacific on FX. It's 7:06, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 news. A fifth-grade teacher at a catholic school in Wichita has resigned after being charged with having child pornography. Jeffrey Klazura allegedly used the internet to order and receive pornographic pictures of

children. The cost of cable television is going up for more than 320,000 subscribers in Kansas. Next month, Cox Communications will increase its services. KMUW's Carla Eckels has more. [Eckels]Cox Communications spokesperson Kristen Peck says the price changes will help to standardize the cost of cable in all of the communities statewide. Peck says Cox customers will see new amounts on their April bills. [Peck]"Our average increase across the state was a little less than five percent. Most of the customers in Wichita will see about $1.24 increase to their bill. There are some customers that will have a larger increase, and the largest increase that we have is about $4.75." [Eckels]Peck says Cox pays networks including Lifetime, Disney, and ESPN for the right to provide their programming to Kansas customers, so when networks raise their rates it directly impacts retail cable pricing. [Peck]"This year alone, our programming costs in Kansas will

rise nearly 18%, and if you look at the increases that we're passing along to customers, it's actually less than five percent. So we do not pass along all of those costs, but we do have to pass along some of them." [Eckels]Cox has more than one hundred and fifteen thousand subscribers in the Wichita area. Carla Eckels, FM 89 news. [Wilson]The Kansas house continues debate today on ways to close a projected seven hundred million dollar budget gap. Yesterday the house rejected two plans to help shore up the state budget. One plan proposed by conservatives would have used twenty million dollars in tobacco funds to help avoid service cuts. But the house voted seventy two to forty six against the proposal. Critics say tobacco fans already are set aside for children's programs. The house also rejected or cuts in aid to local government. A plan proposed by the house appropriations committee would have cut aid to local governments by almost fifteen million dollars to ninety one million dollars. Conservatives wanted to cut another eleven million dollars to free up money for other budget items, but the house voted against the idea. Some

members were concerned the local property taxes would have increased. While lawmakers debated the budget proposals, a group of protesters voiced their opposition to cuts in services for the disabled and elderly. Lawrence resident Mike Oxford said it would be better to raise taxes than make cuts that would jeopardize people's lives and health. [Oxford]"They're talking about making it twice as hard to get home and community services, they're talking about taking money away from people's social security checks to help pay for this budge problem they have. Relatively wealthy people apparently can't even afford a twenty cents a day increase in their property tax on $150,000 house. I mean, its just totally bizarre, and to say it's unfair would be an understatement." [Wilson]House speaker Kent Glasscock told protesters lawmakers don't intend to end this session with someone's future in jeopardy. During the day about one hundred people held a protest inside the capital near the doors to the house chamber. In the evening about two dozen protesters set up three tents on the south side of the grounds.

Oxford says his group will remain in the tents until continued elderly and disabled services are assured. Today we'll have mostly sunny skies, breezy with a high around sixty eight degrees. Tonight partly cloudy with a low of forty three. For tomorrow mostly sunny skies with a high around sixty five, and winds up to twenty mph, and on Friday mostly sunny with a high of sixty three. It's thirty seven degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Willson, FM 89 news. Stay tuned as Morning Edition continues. It's 7:10. "... jobs in women's programs, and women only got one out of ten of those." [Wilson]That story is coming up later on KMUW. and Morning Edition. Today we'll have mostly sunny skies, breezy with a high of sixty eight degrees. Tonight partly cloudy with a low of forty three. Tomorrow mostly sunny with a high around sixty five and winds up to twenty mph. It's thirty seven degrees in Wichita at 7:20. Support for Morning Edition on KMUW comes from Coventry Travel. A full service travel ... ...the next...

Fresh Air. Fresh Air is this evening at 6 on KMUW. NPR news Listen for Talk of the Nation weekday afternoons from one to three on FM 89. The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor is coming up next on KMUW. Look for mostly sunny skies today, breezy with a high around sixty eight tonight partly cloudy and a low of forty three. Tomorrow mostly sunny skies with a high around sixty five and west winds up to twenty mph. It's thirty eight degrees in Wichita at seven thirty five. This is KMUW, FM 89. On KM… practices in this area. Coming up in KMUW regional news at 6:06: The Kansas house approves one plan but rejects two other proposals to close the state's budget gap, and parents in the Piper School District want to recall board members following a plagiarism controversy. Those stories and more later in KMUW regional news after NPR news headlines at six. Every time you tune to FM 89... and twenty years. 26

4-0270. This is KMUW Wichita, FM 89 a listener supported radio. Today we'll have mostly sunny skies, breezy with a high around sixty eight. Tonight partly cloudy and a low of forty three. Tomorrow mostly sunny skies with a high around sixty five and winds up to twenty mph. It's forty degrees in Wichita at at eight o'clock. Stay with KMUW for more Morning Edition. Regional news comes up and at 8:06. This is FM 89. [inaudible] innovative approaches to food and facilities management services throughout North America on the web at sedexo USA dot com. It's 8:06 I'm Adrienne Willson FM 89 news. The Kansas house continues debate today on ways to close a projected seven hundred million dollar budget gap. Yesterday the house rejected two plans to help shore up the state budget one plan would've use twenty million dollars in tobacco funds to help avoid service cuts. The house also rejected a plan to make more cuts in aid to local

government but the house passed a key part of conservatives plan to avoid a tax increase and some large service cuts. In part they propose dipping in to cash reserves for one hundred four million dollars. The house approved the cash reserves use sixty five to fifty six. The appropriations committee also has a plan designed close the gap without increasing spending, but it would make big cuts in education and social service spending. While lawmakers debated budget proposals, a group of protesters voiced their opposition to cuts in services for the disabled and elderly. Lawrence resident Mike Oxford says it would be better to raise taxes than make cuts that would jeopardize people's lives and health. [Mike] They're talking about making it twice as hard to get home and community services. They're talking about taking money away from people's Social Security checks to help pay for this budge problem they have. Relatively wealthy people, apparently, can't even afford a twenty cents a day increase in their property tax on a one hundred fifty thousand dollar house. I mean, this

is totally it's bizarre and say it's unfair would be an understatement. [Adrienne] House speaker Ken Glasscock told protestors lawmakers don't intend to in the session that someone's future in jeopardy. During the day about one hundred people held a protest in the capital near the doors to the house chamber. In the evening about two dozen protesters set up three tents on the south side of the grounds. Oxford says his group will remain in the tents until continued elderly and disabled services are assured. Wichita's catholic schools says a teacher has resigned after being charged with possession of child pornography. Diocese official Robert Hemberger says twenty nine year old Jeffrey Clossura resigned as the diocese meet to decide whether he would be fired. Klazura, a fifth grade teacher, allegedly used the internet to order and received pornographic pictures of children. Klazura who was in his second year at St. Thomas Aquinas school in Wichita. He's named in federal charges and was released Friday after posting a bond of twenty thousand dollars. Hemberger says Klazura won't be able to teach in the Diocese again. He adds that if other schools ask for reference

the Diocese will be quote very truthful about Klazura. Some state parole board hearings inside prisons could be closed to the public under a bill gaining senate committee support. The department of corrections says that open attendance and hearings inside prisons would be unsafe and unworkable. The parole board says that hearing's cover confidential information about inmates, but Kansas Press Association opposes the bill. The media group says the measure would block access to information the public has a right to know. The measure was sent yesterday to the full senate, where debate is possible later this week. Some parents in the Piper school district are seeking a petition to recall three board members after they failed to resolve a plagiarism dispute. Wyandotte county prosecutor Nick Tomasic has five days to decide whether the application is valid. If so, the parents group will have ninety days to gather six hundred eighty one signatures needed to schedule a recall election. The district has been in turmoil since December when the board reversed the high school teacher's decision to give twenty eight students failing grades. Christine Pelton said many papers

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Support for NPR comes from Siemens, providing products and technology solutions for energy, healthcare, communications, transportation, and industry. On the web at usa.siemens.com. It's six o six, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. City officials in Wichita are considering an air taxi or charter bus service between Mid Continent Airport and the airports in Garden City and Salina. The move comes as Wichita tries to attract flyers who now drive to airports in Denver, Kansas City, or Amarillo Texas. It's part of the effort to attract low-cost carriers to Mid Continent. Wichita already has succeeded in attracting AirTran Airways, and now is trying to bring Frontier Airlines to south central Kansas. With meth labs on the increase in northwest Kansas, authorities have reactivated the quad county task force. The special unit includes officers from Thomas, Sherman, Logan, Gove, and Wallace counties,

and from the police departments of Oakley, Colby, and Goodland. The taskforce started in 1991, disbanded in 1996 because of a lack of money and returned in 2000. It's using a four year grant that requires a local match from member agencies. Leader Doug Murphy is a 27 year law enforcement veteran. He says the task force is important to northwest Kansas, because drug traffickers have no jurisdictional boundaries. Murphy says small police agencies have limited resources, and by working together can share resources and information. A bill redrawing all 125 house districts has won a tentative ok in the state senate. Also yesterday senators discussed how to respond to Governor Graves' veto of the proposed senate redistricting. A final vote on the new house map is set for today. Graves also is expected to support it. The plan places two incumbent democrats in each of two districts, and a democratic incumbent against a republican in two more districts. It also accounts for shifts of population that give Johnson county and the Wichita area more power at the

expense of some rural areas. All ten senate democrats and eleven conservative republicans joined forces on the senate map, but Graves questioned whether it is legal. The senate reapportionment committee plans to meet soon to consider options for a new map. A bill mandating tougher child passenger safety laws won first round approval yesterday in the Kansas senate. KMUW's Sam Hendren reports. [Hendren]Current law requires children under age 4 to ride in child passenger safety seats, and children from 4 to 14 to wear seatbelts. Under the new bill, children under four would still have to ride in safety seats, but children between 4 and 7 or who weigh between 40 and 80 pounds, would have to ride in booster seats. Other children up to 16 would have to wear seatbelts. Supporters say the measure would save lives; critics say it's more government intrusion. The legislation has the backing of Governor Graves and AAA. Sam

Hendren, FM 89 news. [Wilson]All twelve academic deans at Kansas State University have signed a letter condemning the Piper school board for its handling of a plagiarism controversy. The letter says that if reports of the board's actions are accurate the board unwittingly encouraged and rewarded dishonesty. Biology teacher Christine Pelton had planned to fail 28 sophomores she accused of plagiarizing reports. The board of the district near Kansas City discussed the action in a closed meeting. Pelton was told to reduce the penalty. Instead, she resigned the next day. In a look at the weather for today, cloudy today in the morning then beginning partly cloudy in the afternoon, breezy with a high around 74 degrees. Tonight partly cloudy breezy with a low of 55. tomorrow partly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, warm and breezy with a high in the mid 70s, and cooling down toward the weekend, Saturday partly cloudy, breezy with the high in the lower forties. It's twenty degrees in Wichita. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 news. Stay tuned as Morning Edition continues. it's 6:10.

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on the air FM 89 and online at kmuw.org. We're listener supported radio in south central Kansas. Today look for cloudy skies in the morning then becoming partly cloudy this afternoon with the high around 74 degrees. Tonight partly cloudy and breezy and a low of 55. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms; warm and breezy with a high in the mid 70s. It's 28 degrees in Wichita at 7 o'clock. Stay with KMUW for more Morning Edition. Regional news is coming up at 6 minutes past the hour. This FM 89. [Mark McCain] KMUW's broadcast[inaudible]… [NPR announcer] Ford Foundation, a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. On the web at www.fordfound.org. [Adrienne Wilson] It's 7:06, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. A ceremony in Wichita yesterday marked the groundbreaking for a $25 million dollar entertainment and retail center in Old Town. The Old Town Square will include a 6 screen movie theater, a 2 and a half level parking structure

and 40,000 square foot central plaza for special events. The project is a public- private partnership between the City of Wichita and Cinema Old Town, LLC. Old Town Square is expected to be completed in spring of 2003. Gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Sebelius was in Wichita yesterday for meetings with area business leaders. Sebelius is currently the only Democrat running for Kansas Governor. [Kathleen Sebelius] I think I can win this race or I wouldn't have gotten into it in the first place, but the challenge really is to have people focus on issues like health care and responsible fiscal management and educational excellence. For most Kansans, that's much more important than sort of what party label you have. [Adrienne Wilson] After speaking at a Rotary meeting at the Wichita Country Club, Sebelius touched on local issues that she thinks affect the state as a whole. [Kathleen Sebelius] I'm very pleased to see that the research money bill was passed, because I

think that the aviation industry is such a key component of the Kansas' economy and having an updated aviation center and a state of the art technology that can take advantage of that I think is key, and I would certainly do everything I could to promote that as governor. [Adrienne Wilson] Sebelius is now serving as Kansas Insurance Commissioner, a post she's held for 8 years. Republican leaders in the Kansas House have decided they can no longer wait for the Senate to settle its own redistricting problems so they've taken matters into their own hands. Peter Hancock has the details. [Peter Hancock] Under an agreement made early in the process, the Kansas Senate was supposed to take the lead this year in congressional redistricting, but progress has bogged down there because of the senate's own internal battles over senate redistricting. Now, house speaker Ken Glasscock is worried that more delays could interfere with this year's election cycle, so he's decided to jumpstart the process. [Ken Glasscock] It's got to become clear the Senate is likely to remain distracted for a number of days yet and our House Redistricting Committee, I think

is fully amenable to tackling the congressional map with a view to having it, if it is at all possible, on the floor a week from Friday. [Peter Hancock] Glasscock said the committee will begin working with a version that was endorsed by a special interim committee that met last summer and fall. That version would split the City of Lawrence and Douglas County between the second and third congressional districts. For KMUW, this is Peter Hancock at the statehouse. [Adrienne Wilson] The state senate has given first round passage to a tougher child passenger safety law. Supporters say the measure would save lives. Critics say it intrudes on personal rights. Current law requires children under 4 to ride in child passenger safety seats and children from 4-14 to to wear seatbelts. Under the proposed bill, children under 4 would still have to ride in safety seats, but children between the ages of 4 and 7, or who weigh between 40 and 80 pounds, would have you ride in booster seats. Children up to sixteen would have to wear seatbelts. The bill has the backing of Governor Graves and the AAA Auto Club. Today cloudy skies in the morning, then

becoming partly cloudy this afternoon, breezy with a high around seventy four degrees. Tonight partly cloudy and breezy with a low of fifty-five. Tomorrow partly cloudy with a thirty percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, warm and breezy with a high in the mid 70s and cooling down toward the weekend. Partly cloudy skies on Saturday with the high just in the low 40s. It's 30 degrees in Wichita. I'm Adrienne Wilson FM 89 news. Stay tuned as morning edition continues. It's 7:10. [Music] Who's holding that? This distinguished gentleman with a mustache? That's Alexander Graham Bell. Is it? Stay tuned to KMUW for that story with NPR's Susan Stanbourg. Later this hour on morning edition. Support for Morning Edition on KMUW comes from Coventry Travel. A full service travel agency located in Piccadilly Square. Representing luxury hotels, resorts, and cruise lines throughout the world. And from Westly Medical Center where parents can welcome their new addition into the world in the family-centered environment of a free standing birth care center. Look for cloudy skies this morning then becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Breezy today with a high around

74. It's 30 degrees in Wichita at 7:20. This is FM 89. On the next... and we talk with Wash West His art house film The Fluffer is set in the gay porn world. He's also made porn films. I'm Terry Grosse join us for the next Fresh Air. Listen for Fresh Air this evening at 6 here on KMUW FM 89. The story of... registration in the south from 1961 through 1965. Registration information is available at 295-5 871 or www.friends.edu. The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor is next on KMUW. In a look at the forecast for today, cloudy this morning then becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Breezy today with a high around 74 degrees. Tonight partly cloudy breezy and low of 55. For tomorrow partly cloudy with a thirty percent chance of showers and

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supported radio. Today cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy this afternoon breezy with a high around 74. It's 32 degrees in Wichita at 8 o'clock. Stay with KMUW for more Morning Edition. Regional news comes up at 6 minutes past the hour. This is FM 89. ADM the nature of what's to come. At admworld.com. It's 8:06. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. A ceremony in Wichita yesterday marked the groundbreaking for a 25 million dollar entertainment and retail center in Old Town. The Old Town Square will include a 6 screen movie theater a 2 and a half level parking structure and a 40,000 square foot central plaza for special events. Old Town Square is expected to be completed in spring 2003. A new tactic is being used by Philippine authorities aimed at securing release of three hostages, including the Kansas missionary couple. Police have arrested eight alleged supporters of Muslim rebels, including wives of suspected Abu

Sayyaf members. Officials say yesterday's arrest of four men and four women is partly psychological warfare against the guerillas. The Abu Sayyaf has held Martin and Gracia Burnham of Rose Hill and a Filipino nurse for more than nine months. Officials say the goal is to pressure the rebels to surrender or release their hostages. Gubernatorial candidate Kathleen [AUDIO CUTS OUT] [Music] You're listening to Morning Edition on KMUW. Today sunny skies through mid-afternoon then becoming partly cloudy. Windy and warm today with a high around 88. It's 65 degrees in Wichita this is KMUW. [Static]. 89 and thanks. This is KMUW Wichita FM 89 listener supported radio. Today look for sunny skies through

mid afternoon then becoming partly cloudy. Windy and warm with a high around the 88 tonight partly cloudy and breezy with a low of 65. It's 65 degrees in Wichita at 9 o'clock stay with KMUW for more Morning Edition. This is FM 89. Support for Morning Edition on KM- [Static]. 72 degrees with a partly cloudy sky gusty winds up around 26 mph. This is KMUW Wichita FM 89 listener supported radio. It's 11 o'clock Pianist Lilya Zilberstein with a Liszt transcription of Franz Schubert's "Gretchen am Spinnrade." This is the Music Room on KMUW Wichita FM 89 listener supported radio. It's 12:15 76 degrees with partly

cloudy sky. Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov was a student of Rimsky- Coriscoff and was known in his day as being an authority on Russian folk songs. He's remembered now mainly for this work "The Caucasian Sketches." This is the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra led by David Zinman. news. [Carla] At 3:04 I'm Carla Eckels, KMUW News. Attorney General Carla Stovall announced today that she will no longer be in the Republican race for the governor's office. Stovall says she considered quitting the race in early January and later concluded that she had made a mistake jumping into it. Her decision leaves her fellow moderate Republicans without a chosen candidate but several hopefuls are considering the race since speculation grew last week that Stovall would exit the race Stovall made her announcement in the lobby outside her office in the memorial building in

Topeka near the capital. Stovall also urged Republicans to encourage House Speaker King Glasscock, her Latina governor running mate, to get into the Governor's race. Tulips are flooding Botanica in Wichita in shades of yellow, orange, and red for the next couple of weeks. The gardens will feature 85 different varieties of tulips this year alone. KMUW's Adrianne Wilson has more. [Adrianne] Botanica features a rainbow of flowers throughout the spring and summer months. Pat McCurman the garden supervisor at Botanica, says one of his favorite flowers is the Olympic Flame. [Pat McCurman] I like it because in the full sun it, a lot of times will lay completely open like a big high hibiscus. One of it's more unique traits is it has a real citrus smell to it. Although the gardens are filled with colorful blooming flowers, McCurman says the cold weather in early [Adrienne] March killed nearly half the season's Daffodils and caused some Tulips to bloom early. [Pat] We've started out by looking for the three seasons of Tulips. You can get them early, mid, and late blooming, but the hopes that we could have Tulips blooming from late

March, end of May. Unfortunately with the different weather patterns, a lot of our late ones are blooming right now with our mid-season ones, which makes a fantastic show, but unfortunately defeats the purpose of trying to extend the flower color out in the garden [Adrianne] Throughout the year botanica features a Shakespeare birthday party, several outdoor concerts, and a number of workshops. The gardens are also a popular spot for a photographer. Adrianne Wilson, FM 89 News. [Music] Partly cloudy, windy, and warm this afternoon. High around 88. Tonight partly cloudy breezy, low of sixty five. Right now the Wichita area, real nice, 84 degrees. All Things Considered continues here on FM 89. [Music] [music]. It's All Things Considered here on FM 89. Partly couldy, breezy tonight, low of sixty five, currently in Wichita, 84 degrees. It's 3:20.

lost eight. This is NPR News. At 4:04 I'm Carla Eckels KMUW News. Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall is taking her name out of the governor's race and throwing her support behind former running mate Kent Glasscock. Peter Hancock reports. [Hancock] Stovall made the official announcement this afternoon outside her office in Topeka. [Stovall] "I am not going to file papers which would put my name on the ballot for the office of governor of the state of Kansas. [Hancock]The announcement came seven months after she decided to get into the race. At that time, she said the events of September 11th had given a renewed sense of obligation for public service. But today she cited personal reasons for bowing out of the race. [Stovall] I simply do not have the passion to run and to serve. [Hancock] Her former running mate, House Speaker Kent Glasscock, is expected to announce soon that he is restarting his own campaign for governor. Stovall said she would support Glasscock if he decides to run.

For KMUW, this is Peter Hancock in Topeka. The parents of kidnapped missionary Gracia Burnham say they believe she and her husband will return to the mission field if they are released. It's been nearly a year since Gracia and her husband Martin Burnham were kidnapped in the Philippines by Abu Sayyaf guerillas. Gracia Burnham's parents are Pastor Norvin Jones and his wife Betty Jo. Pastor Jones spoke at a church in Independence, Missouri yesterday. After the service he said he doesn't think the Burnhams will ever regret going to the Philippines. He says the mission work is dangerous, but that won't stop people called by the Lord to preach. The Jones family says the outpouring of support has been constant since the Burnhams were kidnapped. After Norvin Jones spoke yesterday, many churchgoers offered to pray for the family. Partly cloudy, windy tonight, in fact a wind advisory will be in, or is in effect until 7. Tomorrow mostly cloudy, a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, warm and windy with the high around eighty five. Tomorrow night, low around 55 and Wednesday mostly sunny with a high temperature near

80. Right now in the Wichita area 84 degrees. [jazz segue] Stay tuned. All Things Considered continues here on FM 89. At 5:30, Marketplace comes your way, and at 6 it's Fresh Air with host Terry Gross. Ellen DeGeneres is her guest today. The time now is 4:07. ...NPRI. Listen for Market Place this afternoon at 5:30 at FM 89. [Music] This is KMUW,

Wichita FM89 listener supported radio. Today look for cloudy skies with possible showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. In the evening warm and windy with a high of 85 and overnight low around 55. Tomorrow mostly sunny and breezy with a high around 86 and on Thursday partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, a high near 80. It's 67 degrees in Wichita at 6 o'clock, rather 7 o'clock. Stay with KMUW for more Morning Edition. Regional news comes up at 7:06. This is FM 89.... do good work and keep touch. Every time you tune to FM... This is KMUW Wichita FM 89 listener supported radio. Thanks to our day sponsors for today Tuesday April 16th, Mary Lou and Carl E Martin in honor of their grandson Zachary Martin's birthday. This is FM 89, regional news comes up at 8:06. Support for Morning Edition on KMUW comes from Doctor Jay Mark...

Support for NPR comes from Sodexo. Providing innovative approaches to food and facilities management services throughout North America. On the web at sodexousa.com It's 8:06. I'm Adrianne Wilson, FM 89 news. Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall is bowing out of the race for governor. Stovall made the official announcement yesterday outside her office in Topeka. [Stovall] I am not going to file the papers which would put my name on the ballot for the office of Governor of the State of Kansas and I should no longer be considered a candidate for governor. I simply do not have the passion to run and to serve. [Wilson] Stovall is a moderate Republican who was considered the front runner in this year's primary. Her former running mate Kansas House Speaker Kent Glasscock is expected to relaunch his own campaign later this week. Kansas State Treasurer Tim Shallenberger is claiming he's now the frontrunner in the Republican Primary for Governor. Shallenberg is the

leader of the conservative wing of the GOP and served 2 years as Speaker of the House before he was elected Treasurer in 1998. He says with Stovall out of the race, he's the only Republican with the power to be the presumed Democratic nominee Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius. [Shallenberg] I think it leaves us as the campaign to beat. I have Never in a statewide camping before and I have received more votes than Kathleen Sebelius so I believe we can beat her in the General. [Wilson] The only other announced Republican Candidates so far is Wichita Mayor Bob Knight. But also considering the race after Stovall's departure are currently Lieutenant Governor Jerry Sheer and Kansas Senate President Dave Kerr. One of four American soldiers killed an accidental explosion in Afghanistan yesterday was from the Wichita area. Relatives confirmed late last night that they were told that the victims included 27 year old Jamie Malgums of Derby. Malgums was in charge of ordinance as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Family members in Derby say they started to worry when they heard reports about the four soldiers and Maugums hadn't called. Hs mother says he

was very good at what he did and everyone was very proud of him. Maugums was single with no children. Gracia Burnham's parents say she and her husband Martin will return to the mission field if they're released. It's been nearly a year since the Burnham's were kidnapped in the Philippines by Abu Sayyaf gorillas. Gracia Burnham's parents are Pastor Norvin Jones and his wife Betty Jo. Pastor Jones says he doesn't think the Burnham's will ever regret going to the Philippines. The Jones family says the outpouring of support has been constant since the Wichita area missionary couple was kidnapped. Sprint Corporation says it's making progress towards increasing profitability and improving efficiency. The quarterly earnings report announced yesterday, by the telecommunications company based in Overland Park, exceeded analysts' expectations. Sprints' operations of both its long distance telephone and wireless communications businesses reported first quarter earnings of one hundred forty million dollars. That's compared with the loss of seventy six million in the same period last year. A year ago, a stroke left Marc Hardin unable

to feed himself. Yesterday, he ran in the Boston Marathon, finishing in four hours twenty minutes. The fifty-one year old veterinarian from Olathe had a stroke last April but he walked himself back into shape and even walked his way through a Kansas City run just six weeks after a stroke.By January sixth, he was in Orlando, Florida for the qualifying race for the Boston Marathon. He finished the race in fourteen minutes longer than the qualifying time but marathon organizers gave him a waiver. Hardin says that if a stroke had left him in a wheelchair he would have raced in the wheelchair division. Today look for cloudy skies with possible showers and thunderstorms this afternoon; warm and windy today with a eighty-five and an overnight low around fifty five. Tomorrow mostly sunny and breezy with a high around eighty six. And on Thursday, partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, a high near 80. It's sixty eight degrees in Wichita. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Stay tuned as Morning Edition continues. It's 8:10. ... than two hundred seventy. Trading is active; the

NASDAQ is up forty eight points at 1802. This is NPR news. In NPR's business update, the Labor Department reported this morning that the consumer price index rose slightly last month: three tenths of a percent from the month before. The advance was led by higher prices for gasoline and other energy products. [classical music] [inaudible]

...listen tomorrow morning from 5 to 10 am here on FM89. Clear skies and seventy nine degrees. You're listening KMUW Wichita. We'd like to thank our day sponsor Mary Lou and Carl E Martin in honor their grandson Zachary Martin's birthday. For tonight, a slight chance of rain and a low in the mid fifties; for tomorrow, sunny and warm with a high around eighty five and an evening chance of rain. Oregon's law legalizing physician- assisted suicide has been challenged by Attorney General John Ashcroft. Tonight on Fresh Air, we'll meet an oncologist in Oregon who has prescribed lethal doses of medication, an expert who opposes physician-assisted suicide, and a retired doctor with cancer who has a legal dose of drugs on hand if he decides to. Next on FM89. Fresh Air on KMUW is supported by the Lee Shiney Gallery at 214 Commerce in Wichita and on the web at ArtsWichita.com, and by Hancock Automotive ASE

certified master technicians committed to automotive care solutions for both import and domestic vehicles and sponsoring neighborhood improvement programs in College Hill, Eastborough, and surrounding areas, located at 1st and Hillside in Wichita. [classical music] [classical music] It's 79 degrees at 6 o'clock. From That's tomorrow night at ten here on KMUW Wichita. You're at KMUW Wichita, FM 89, listener supported radio. Once more we'd like to thank our day sponsors for today, Mary Lou and Carl E. Martin, in honor of their grandson, Zachary Martin's birthday. The time is 12 o'clock midnight. Stay with us. Coming up next is the BBC World Service, followed at 5 by Morning Edition.

firm of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson, and Kitch, LLC, providing legal services to the Wichita community for more than 110 years. Good morning you're listening to KMUW Wichita, FM 89 listener supported radio. Thanks to our day sponsor for today, Wednesday April 17 Kathleen Shelton, in honor of her husband Fritz's birthday. Today we'll have mostly sunny skies of the slight chance of showers thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Morning breezy today with a high around 88. Tonight a low of 62, windy with gusts up to 40 miles per hour. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with possible thunderstorms. Warm and breezy with a high of 85. And on Friday, partly cloudy again with possible showers and thunderstorms, a high of 65. It's 68 degrees in Wichita at 6 o'clock. this is FM 89. [Inaudible] [Inaudible]

...that is important to plan for the future of family-owned or closely-held businesses. Larry Meeker, of the firm practices in this area. It's 68 degrees in Wichita 7:50 today we'll have mostly sunny skies with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon evening warm and breezy with a high around eighty eight. This is FM 89. ...for NPR comes from the New York Times featuring the business day section Monday to Saturday, covering business trends, aturday covering business trends business travel, and commercial real estate. Expect the world. It's 8:06, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 news. The Superintendent of Wichita Public Schools, Winston Brooks is a finalist for superintendent position in Portland, Oregon. The Portland school board has not yet made a final decision, and is also looking at candidates from North Carolina and Connecticut. Brooks says he won't comment on the Portland job until talking with Wichita school board president.

Wichita city council members decided yesterday to delay a vote on a proposed downtown arena. Sports Commission member George Fahnestock says this will give people more time to gather information on the proposed Dynaplex. Fahnestock says his group realizes that the state's large budget gap could affect the current arena proposal. [Fahnestock] With that comes the possibility of a state sales tax increase. What comes with that, certainly, we don't know yet but we're anticipatory of those kinds of things happening. And now how does impact the local sales tax that we are asking for? Well, let's wait until we find out what it is. [Wilson]Fahnestock also says proposed state legislation would eliminate the possibility for a car tax rebate in the commission's arena plan. The arena referendum is now scheduled to coincide with the August 6th primary election. Lieutenant Governor Gary Sherrer will hold a news conference this morning to announce his plans concerning the Republican Governor's race. Sherrer could be the choice of Republican Moderates after the departure of Attorney General Carla Stovall. Scherrer says he began

considering the race last week, with speculation that Stovall would drop out. The US Agriculture Department will reconsider a decision to stop helping rural communities hire foreign doctors. Congressman Jerry Moran calls it a victory for remote communities that struggle to attract physicians. Small towns in Moran's Kansas district sometimes rely on foreign doctors as their only source of primary care. The USDA had played the lead role in recommending waivers that allow certain foreign positions to stay in the United States, but some of the physicians turned up on government watch lists after September 11th, and the department decided to quit seeking waivers. Yesterday the ag department said it will process pending waiver requests. The White House said a task force will review the program. A state lawmaker from Kansas was among the speakers as a US Senate subcommittee heard about drivers licenses and security. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois urged states yesterday to adopt uniform standards for issuing drivers licenses. Durbin said a united approach would make it harder for terrorists and underage drinkers

to get their hands on false identification. Privacy advocates said they fear such changes would result in a national ID. But a Kansas Republican state senator, Barbara Allen, disputed such concerns. Allen, of Prairie Village, has proposed requiring applicants for licenses to submit their social security number and a biometric identifier, such as a thumbprint. Train traffic is being rerouted in part of western Kansas while Union Pacific rebuilt a railroad bridge destroyed by fire. Six coal cars also were destroyed in the fire Friday. The bridge is about 15 miles east of Sharon Springs. At Union Pacific headquarters in Omaha, Mark Davis says the fire started when the crew of an eastbound train stopped on the wooden bridge to inspect a hot wheel bearing. The bearing sparked the fire on the 290 foot bridge. No one was hurt. The 100 car coal train was headed from Denver to Chicago. Davis says the replacement bridge will be made of concrete and should be completed later today. Look for mostly sunny skies in Wichita today, with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.

Warm and breezy with a high around 88. Tonight a low of 62, windy with gusts up to 40 miles per hour. Tomorrow partly cloudy skies with possible thunderstorms, warm and breezy, with a high around 85. It's 68 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Stay tuned as Morning Edition continues. It's 8:10. [inaudible] but it's a very complex area to work in. I think designing the aircraft was a lot easier because... ...zoomed through the treacherous conditions of the Southern Ocean where 30 foot seas, 50 mile per hour winds, and icebergs are the norm. There were also [AUDIO CUTS OFF]