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Support for National Public Radio comes from the Cresky Foundation, building capacity with Challenge Grants since 1924, I'm the web at K-R-E-S-G-E dot org. It's 606, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Abortion and anti-abortion forces are gathering here in Wichita to mark the 10th anniversary of the summer of Mercy. Both sides will congregate daily at Dr. George Tillers Clinic. Last night, the Wichita Choice Alliance sponsored a clinic defense training, Sam Hendren reports. Clock your hands, raise your voice, raise your tongue, and pro-choice. Our capacity crowd, listen to Nancy Kosen-Kentai of the Feminist Majority Foundation, ask as many people as possible to come to next week's protests. By having people come out in large numbers to show their support for reproductive rights, we are telling our elected officials were very pro-choice.

We are not going to tolerate the harassment. We are not going to allow these bullies to come to towns, shut down legal businesses. Kosen-Kentai taught volunteers how to shout back at the anti-abortion side, then she showed how a human barrier can be used to clear a path for patients. Basically, by forming a V, we are allowing as the escort and the patient arrive. The person on the end knows the escort. She breaks away from the person next to her. They break away. They close up right behind us. We open the door, and the patient is in. The Wichita Choice Alliance will begin its assembling at 5.30 a.m. next Monday at Women's Healthcare Services. Sam Hendren, FM 89, news. House Speaker Kent Glasscock is ready to save Hillrun for Governor. Glasscock, a Manhattan Republican, will hold a news conference today to announce his plans regarding next year's race. He says he thinks it's appropriate for those interested in running to make their intentions

clear. Governor Graves won't say who would get his support in the race. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has informed the Wichita Police Department of a scam that could be making its way to the state. Janet Johnson is the assistant for the Wichita Police Chief. A salesperson, typically a young adult or a teenager, will knock on the door and claim to be the son or daughter of an oncologist who works at a local children's hospital. They then encourage the person to buy magazine subscriptions, which they say will be sent to the hospital for the children. This is a scam. Many salespeople have recently made their way through Utah, Colorado, and Nebraska. They're known to do business under three different names, elite sales, excels sales, and Pacific sales. Johnson says they often stay in one town for about two weeks and have reportedly made up to $80,000 per day.

So far, they have targeted high-income neighborhoods. People are asked to contact the police if they are approached by anyone who seems to be operating under this scam. A University of Kansas professor says laws to stop drivers from using cell phones don't go far enough. Assistant psychology professor Paul Ashley says all car phones even hands-free ones distract drivers. Ashley has made several studies on driver's visual attention. He says it's not having the driver's hands-bizzy that creates the problem. The danger is the driver's mind not being focused on the road. 35 states are considering legislation banning handheld phone use by drivers. Today look for partly cloudy skies with a high just around 80 degrees, tonight partly cloudy a low of 66. Tomorrow mostly sunny with a high of 85 and in the evening partly cloudy a low in the mid-60s. It's 67 degrees in Wichita. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Stay tuned as morning edition continues.

It's 610. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Abortion and anti-abortion forces will gather in Wichita to mark the 10th anniversary of the summer of mercy. Attorney General John Ashcroft says he will make US marshals available for backup protection for abortion clinics at next week's demonstrations. The announcement comes after complaints that Ashcroft, who opposes abortion, wasn't doing enough to ensure that abortion clinics are protected. The federal plan calls for a number of deputing marshals from outside Kansas to be available to protect clinics if necessary. Both pro-life and pro-choice supporters will congregate daily at Dr. George Tillers clinic. Last night, the Wichita Choice Alliance sponsored a clinic defense training. Sam Hendren reports. Clap your hands, raise your voice, Wichita is pro-choice.

The capacity crowd listened to Nancy Kosen-Kentai of the Feminist Majority Foundation ask as many people as possible to come to next week's protests. By having people come out in large numbers to show their support for reproductive rights, we are telling our elected officials were very pro-choice. We are not going to tolerate the harassment. We are not going to allow these bullies to come to towns, shut down legal businesses. Kosen-Kentai taught volunteers how to shout back at the anti-abortion side, then she showed how a human barrier can be used to clear a path for patients. Basically, by forming a V, we're allowing, as the escort and the patient arrive, the person on the end knows the escort. She breaks away from the person next to her. They break away. They close up right behind us. We open the door and the patient is in. The Wichita Choice Alliance will begin its assembling at 5.30 a.m. next Monday at Women's

Healthcare Services, Sam Hendren, FM 89, News. House Speaker Kent Glasscock is ready to say whether or not he'll run for governor. Glasscock, a Manhattan Republican, will hold a news conference today to announce his plans regarding next year's race. He says he thinks it's appropriate for those interested in running to make their intentions clear. Governor Graves won't say who would get his support in the race. Confirmed cases of hepatitis A in Reno County have reached epidemic proportions according to KDHE spokesperson Mike Heideman. Three additional cases of hepatitis A have been confirmed in Reno County, which brings the total to 47 confirmed since November. He says the high number of cases have put the county far above average for this year. He says there was only one case in 1998 and 1999. Hepatitis A is a viral infection most often spread by not washing hands thoroughly after

using the bathroom. A female mariachi band that lost four members when skywalks collapsed in Kansas City's Hyatt Hotel will be honored with a statue in Topeka. The city council voted this week to place a 10-foot bronze statue of a female mariachi in front of Topeka's performing arts center. Private money will be raised for the project. An effort has been underway for several years to design a memorial to the mariachi Estrella band. Four of its seven members were killed in the July 1981 collapse. Today look for partly cloudy skies with a high around 80 degrees tonight partly cloudy a low of 66, for Saturday mostly sunny with a high of 85 and in the evening partly cloudy with a low in the mid 60s and for Sunday partly cloudy with a high around 93. It's 66 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrien Wilson, FM 89 news. Stay tuned as morning edition continues at 710.

6. I'm Adrien Wilson, FM 89 news. A preliminary hearing in Wichita for two accused killers has been postponed. Subpoenaed witnesses failed to show up for yesterday's hearing for 20-year-old Michael Walker and 21-year-old Jermaine Lowe. Prosecutors say at least one witness has received threats. The two men are charged in the June 10th drive-by shooting that killed 16-month-old Lexus Mavis. Investigators believe at least three men fired guns into the house where the toddler and her family were sleeping. Police say the men were seeking retaliation for another gang-related crime. The preliminary hearing has been rescheduled for July 24th. Attorney General John Ashcroft is making U.S. marshals available for backup protection for abortion clinics in Kansas. The order applies to next week's anti-abortion demonstrations in Wichita. The announcement comes after complaints that Ashcroft, who opposes abortion, wasn't

doing enough to ensure that abortion clinics are protected. Abortion opponents have scheduled a week of protests starting Saturday. The Wichita gathering will mark the 10th anniversary of Summer of Mercy protests, which resulted in 2700 arrests. The federal plan calls for a number of deputy marshals from outside Kansas to be available to protect clinics if necessary. But Wichita police chief Norman Williams says he's not looking for any civil disobedience. Kansas House Speaker Kent Glasscock will officially enter the race for governor today. Glasscock is filing papers with the Secretary of State's office that will enable him to start raising money for the campaign. The 2002 Kansas governor's race now has two candidates. Senator Junction City Mayor Lloyd Parker already has declared for the Republican nomination. A special Kansas legislative committee has heard more comment on how new congressional district boundaries should be figured.

The key point of discussion so far is whether Lawrence should remain in the third district. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has informed the Wichita police department of a scheme that could be making its way to the state. Janet Johnson is the assistant for the Wichita police chief. A salesperson, typically a young adult or a teenager, will knock on the door and claim to be the son or daughter of an oncologist who works at a local children's hospital. They then encourage the person to buy magazine subscriptions which they say will be sent to the hospital for the children. This is a scam. The salespeople have recently made their way through Utah, Colorado, and Nebraska. They're known to do business under three different names, elite sales, excels sales, and Pacific sales. Johnson says they often stay in one town for about two weeks and have reportedly made up to $80,000 per day.

So far they have targeted high-income neighborhoods. People are asked to contact the police if they are approached by anyone who seems to be operating under this scam. First Senator Bob Dull is at home to recover from an infection that developed after surgery to treat an aneurysm. His spokesman says the 77-year-old canton is doing well. He says Dull is working from home in suburban Washington, D.C. and is trying to rest for about 10 days. Dull was admitted Tuesday and discharged Wednesday from Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Today look for partly cloudy skies with a high just around 80, tonight partly cloudy and a low of 66 degrees. Tomorrow mostly sunny, a high of 85 and in the evening partly cloudy, a low in the mid-60s. For Sunday, partly cloudy skies a high around 93. It's 67 degrees in Wichita. I'm Adriene Wilson, FM 89 News. Stay tuned as Morning Edition continues. It's 810.

This is Morning Edition. I'm Adriene Wilson. The first of the much-anticipated tax refund checks will start arriving into the hands of taxpayers on Monday. Three funds are part of a tax cut plan aimed up bolstering the nation's sagging economy. 877,000 Kansas taxpayers are expected to collectively receive about $385 million in tax refund checks. Many, but not all, Kansas, plan to put their money back into the economy. I am in playing a trip to Hawaii in September and I plan to use my $300 or whatever to spend in Hawaii. I think it'd be great for folks who can to give it away, charity. I would spend it for pleasure myself. I'm going to apply that to my daughter's daycare fees which are exorbitant. Marion Adams is a taxpayer advocate with the IRS. She says only those who pay taxes in 2000 will receive a tax refund.

They had to have had taxable income last year in order to qualify for this tax refund. Taxpayers who could not be declared as a dependent will receive a check for 5 percent of their taxable income. The maximum payment amount for single-filers is $300, $500 for the head of a household and $600 for married couples filing a joint return. Adams says there are certain cases where taxpayers won't receive a check even if they do qualify. It's subject to the same offsets that a regular refund would be. So if you owe previous tax liabilities, it would offset to that and the government also offsets to other federal debts. So if you owe any other federal agencies or child support obligations, that refund will also offset to those liabilities. Carl Peter John, executive director of the Kansas Taxpayers Network, says he can see why some people thought they were going to get a refund check but won't. I think the confusion was over the fact that a lot of people file income tax forms but

don't actually have a federal income tax liability. Peter John says his organization is glad to see some tax relief but he does note that the people who aren't getting a refund check could be those who need it most. Folks who are receiving the federal EITC and get a tax credit because they're very, very well income and I think there would be mainly folks who are part time, people who are minimal wage, some of those folks who do not have income tax liabilities will not be getting the checks. And we're talking in the millions in terms of the number of people who could be, who could fall in that category. But everyone who's paying federal income taxes will receive a check but that's an important distinction that I think folks ought to know about. According to Senator Sam Brownback, those who will be receiving tax refunds will help to strengthen the Kansas economy. We've got to keep this economy from sliding into recession and one of the key ways of doing that is cutting taxes and getting resources back out to people. I've continued for a long time that if you give people back their money and this is their

money in the first place, tax dollars that we collected from individuals, they will spend it far wiser on their family than the federal government will. Peter John agrees with Brownback on the issue of the lagging Kansas economy. By hearing Kansas, we've got the farm sector has been struggling and a lot of the technology companies have been struggling and there have been cutbacks and reductions and layoffs and problems that are appearing on the horizon and that's very tough especially for the folks who are directly affected. Checks will be distributed according to the last two digits in the taxpayer social security number beginning with zero zero. People whose social security numbers ended 90 through 99 should receive their checks around the end of September. Adrienne Wilson FM 89 news. Diseases and helping protect children from neglect and abuse. It's 806.

I'm Adrienne Wilson FM 89 news. A group of Wichita area firefighters has returned from a good will trip to New York on their own time and money. They visited and offered support to New York firefighters and other emergency workers involved at the World Trade Center destruction. The Kansas were part of the memorial service at Yankee Stadium. They also visited some individual fire houses for one-on-one conversations. The 309 missing New York area firefighters are almost as many as the entire Wichita fire department. Wichita Burnham says she's concerned about the safety of her son and daughter-in-law in the wake of a military response to terrorism. But the Rosehill resident is not worried that the hostage status of Martin and Graysha Burnham will be forgotten by the government. We're very sure that the State Department it is on top priority to get the release of our son and daughter-in-law and that this hasn't changed and in fact it's probably put it more on the top to get them released and we feel like the Philippine government is

behind the U.S. and they will turn over anything that involves an interest that they know of. The Wichita missionaries were taken hostage from a Philippine island resort by a Muslim rebel group in May. The president of the Kansas Agricultural Aviation Association, Dan Barker of Goodland, says he used to leave the key in the ignition of his crop-dusting plane. But since the FAA has ordered crop-dusters grounded, Barker keeps the key with him at all times. He's among agricultural pilots across Kansas who are keeping a watchful eye on their planes. Federal authorities say one of the suspected hijackers in the attack on the World Trade Center had shown interest in crop-dusters. Government officials say it's unlikely, but they say even a singular plane sprained deadly bacteria over a large city could result in as many deaths as a hydrogen bomb. Veterans officials in the Midwest are getting more calls for help since the terrorist attacks

on the East Coast. Counselors at the Wichita Vet Center are encouraging veterans to go to support groups and talk to one another. Team leader Leon Haverkamp says veterans shouldn't be sitting around dealing with their emotions by themselves. At the VA Hospital in Kansas City, a psychiatrist says the attacks rekindled warm memories, some veterans are having a hard time dealing with. Olathe has been fined $54,000 for violations of the Clean Air Act. The case involves mishandling of old refrigerators at a city landfill between December of 1997 and August of last year. The Environmental Protection Agency found that Olathe City workers did not remove refrigerants such as frion before crushing and disposing of appliances. A formal announcement is pending, but State Treasurer Tim Schellenberger has decided to enter the Kansas Governor's race. He filed papers yesterday to change his campaign committee from Treasurer to Governor, the

first step towards seeking the Republican nomination. I probably won't be the candidate to raise the most money, and I probably don't start out with the most name I'd be, but I think we have a capacity to put together one of the best campaigns in anybody in the state that we're seeing and win. The Baxter Springs Republican is in his first term as Treasurer. He was previously Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives. Other announced candidates include Shawnee County Treasurer Rita Klein and current House Speaker Kent Glasscock. Today look for sunny skies with a high around 70 degrees, tonight clear with an overnight low in the upper 40s, for tomorrow sunny and breezy with a high in the mid 70s. It's 46 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. It's 806, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Another aircraft manufacturer in Wichita has announced layoffs.

The Bombardier Business Jet plant said yesterday that it is cutting 250 jobs. Company spokesman Dave Francis says the workers will get notices between now and the end of the week for immediate layoffs. Francis says the move has nothing to do with the terrorist attacks and that the market for business jets was already soft. Aviation analysts have said that the business jet manufacturers could benefit in the near future. Their view is that companies will rethink purchases of business jets because of long delays at airports and security concerns in the wake of the attacks. But Francis says it's too early to jump on that bandwagon. Canadian-based Bombardier employs 4,000 people in Wichita. Kansas Congressman Todd T. Hart remains hopeful that Boeing layoffs won't be as bad as predicted. The company announced plans last week to lay off up to 30,000 workers nationwide by the end of 2002. T. Hart says the key is to get the economy moving again. We knew that there was a slowdown in the economy and some layoffs were inevitable.

But September 11th, the events changed sort of the landscape of America. We'll probably never be the same. Certainly those 7,000 families were directly involved with loss of life or not going to be the same. But if we can regain the strength of our economy, I think we can avoid some of the planned layoffs. For those who do get laid off, T. Hart proposes allowing them tax-free access to their retirement funds. The FBI asked Kansas State's Selina campus about its flight program after the terrorist attacks. Director Dennis Coleman says the schools had few international students and background checks are rigid. Coleman says similar requests likely were made to flight schools across the nation. In terms of security, Coleman says the Selina program is ahead of the average flight school. He says the school's procedures are well within even the new FAA airport security measures. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius was in Washington, D.C. yesterday testifying

at a congressional hearing. Speaking as the president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Sebelius indicated the insurance industry is sound. Sebelius says Congress is concerned about how the insurance industry will handle future acts of terrorism and whether the government should provide a safety net of some sort. Retired public employees in Kansas probably won't get a cost of living increase next year. The Kansas Public Employee Retirement System lost $1 billion in the past year through the stock market. State Treasurer Tim Schellenberger says the losses are roughly 10% of Capers investment assets. He blames the situation on downturns in the stock market. Robert Woodard is Capers chief investment officer.

He says the total portfolio was down about 7.5% as of last Friday. He says Capers probably took about one-third of that back as markets rallied this week. Capers covers 230,000 current and former state, municipal, and school employees. Today, look for sunny skies with a high near 80 degrees. Tonight, clear and a low around 53. For tomorrow, sunny with a high of 76 in the evening, clear and a low in the lower 50s. And for the weekend, highs in the mid to upper 70s. It's 58 degrees in Wichita at 810. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Stay tuned as morning edition continues. I'm Adrienne Wilson. Tomorrow, on morning edition, you'll take your trash out just like you always do. The haulers will pick it up and they'll take it to a transfer station instead of Brooks

Landfill. Wichita's Landfill is closing next week, and though the city's trash is now going out of state, the debate is far from over. That story tomorrow on morning edition on FM 89. Brooks Landfill will close next Tuesday after serving as the primary landfill for Wichita in Sedgwick County for the past four decades. When Brooks opened in the 1960s, few of today's stringent environmental regulations were in existence. Joe Pager is the city's natural resources director. In early 1990s, the federal government passed a new set of regulations for all landfills to meet, and as a result of those new regulations, existing landfills, such as we have at Brooks, are required to close under a state plan that was developed, and that closure date is

October 9th of this year. After Brooks closes, responsibility for waste management will be transferred from the city to the county. In the mid-90s, the Sedgwick County Commission appointed a waste committee to explore options for the community's trash disposal. Margaret Miller is the committee's vice chair, she says one option pursued was to build another landfill in Sedgwick County. That idea has met a number of obstacles. The water table is too high, a lot of places. The soil is wrong, a lot of places. There are people everywhere, it's a highly populated county compared to most counties, and there are several airports. When the committee did find sites that were geologically acceptable, residents of the community stood in strong opposition. Before handing control of waste management over to the county, Miller says the city had looked into building a landfill adjacent to Brooks in the Kingsbury area, but residents of the Epscale neighborhood sued to block it. Others believe the county's land would be better used for economic development, and a

schlep as a community development project manager for Sedgwick County. On a four urbanized counties in the state of Kansas, out of 105, and at any time you put a landfill that stops economic growth in that area, and so is there a trade-off that can be made that says, hey, with Sedgwick County is probably better to save the land for business and growth in that area and have a spur of economic development with this in the county, and then maybe go to some other counties that don't have that ability to bring in business in the revenue that way and increase their tax base, that if they wanted to have a regional landfill, then they could bring in significant revenue to their county. According to Margaret Miller, Sedgwick County's Waste Committee does not have the jurisdiction to recommend that a landfill be built in another county. While she says private companies have proposed building landfills in various locations, the committee studied and then later recommended the use of a transfer station. The transfer station was built near Brooks Landfill, so that the traffic of garbage trucks did not have to be diverted.

Inside the transfer station, trash will be dumped onto a concrete floor, then loaded into specially designed semi-trailer trucks. Within three days, trash will be trucked to a privately owned landfill near Inid, Oklahoma. County Commission Chair Carolyn McGinn says using transfer stations will cost residents about $2 more per month. You'll take your trash out just like you always do. The haulers will pick it up and they'll take it to a transfer station instead of Brooks Landfill. Many see the transfer station as a temporary solution to the county's trash problem. Mayor McGinn says building another landfill in Sedgwick County is still an option. If that's what the community wants to do, I have put forth a plan that says within two years, no later than two years, we will make this decision. And the important thing is to engage the community and make sure we have the most environmentally suited site. McGinn says the county is also looking at options such as incineration and pyrolysis, a process that decomposes trash at high temperatures.

These disposal methods are not yet available for practical use. So that's kind of where we're at is going to work through this two-year process to find out. During one-a-weight-tail pyrolysis, is it, or do we want to look at the fact that it's going to be a ways out there and so perhaps for today's time, we may need to look at a local landfill. The county commission hopes that less trash will need to be disposed of due to a new emphasis on recycling. According to Commissioner McGinn, only 18% of Sedgwick County currently recycles. After the transfer station opens, we hope to hit 50% of all households in Sedgwick County by December 1, 2002. What the plan states right now is that if we do not hit the 50% level, we will go to looking at the volume-based recycling method and that means, you know, if you choose not to recycle, you'll pay through the volume that you throw away.

If you choose to recycle, you'll pay less for the amount that you throw away. She says about 90% of the areas trash haulers do offer recycling, but many residents of Sedgwick County aren't aware of the service. Well, we're finding out as people did not know what was available, and so that's part of our education program to let them know who offers it out there, and if you'd like herb-side recycling, you can request it. Hollers will begin taking trash to the new transfer station next Wednesday. Depending on future decisions about waste disposal, residents of Wichita and Sedgwick County can expect to hear about the issue of garbage for a very long time. Adrian Wilson, FM89 News. I'm Adrian Wilson, host of Morning Edition at KMUW. How many times have you heard these familiar voices from Morning Edition?

Well, I'm NPR News of Washington, I'm Carl Tassel, retailed sale in February. I'm Susan Stampick, NPR News, Washington. Dozens, hundreds? If you've been listening to KMUW long enough, maybe even thousands of times. That makes you a regular listener. KMUW depends on regular listeners and regular contributors for the largest portion of its funding. When our pledge drive gets underway, we hope you'll do more than listen. We hope you make a pledge and become a member of KMUW. Thank you, thanks. I'm Adrian Wilson, FM89 News.

National airfare discounts appear to have bypassed Wichita midcontinent airport. The Wichita Eco-examined fares for 25 of the airport's most popular routes. It found 80% of them are more expensive since the terrorist attacks. The analysis uses data compiled by lowairfare.com, a national service that provides travel data for 40 U.S. newspapers. It also uses sunflower travel, a Wichita travel agency. Comparisons use the lowest fares available September 10th and 11th, and on October 30th, seven weeks after the attacks. Mayor Bob Knight says he's disappointed but not surprised with the results. But several airlines dispute that Wichita has been left out of the reductions, most say they have cut prices. Wichita-based high planes corporation, one of the nation's largest producers of ethanol, is being sold to a Spanish firm and its subsidiary, KMUW's Carla Ackles reports.

Avangoa and its subsidiary ASA Environment and Energy Holding Company are the buyers of high planes corporation. Spokesperson Gary Smith says the Spanish company bought high planes for its management and U.S. plans. Smith says employees have been assured business will continue as usual. High planes produces 85 million gallons of ethanol a year. It employs 14 people at its Wichita headquarters and another 46 people at its call Wich-Ethanall plant. 55 work at a plant in Nebraska and 41 people at one in New Mexico. The cash tender offer is expected to be about $5.64 a share. The anticipated net proceeds to high planes' common stockholders is about $92.5 million. Carla Ackles, F-89 News. Asbestos removal could end up costing the Wichita school district more than it planned. The Wichita City Council is scheduled to decide tomorrow whether to ban asbestos from

a city landfill. If it does, the school district would have to haul the debris to Topeka. The proposed acquisition of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas by Anthem Insurance of Indiana will be under scrutiny at five public meetings across the state next month. Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sibelius. My interest all along is to make sure we hear from the broadest number of Kansans who are affected by the potential plans of Blue Cross Blue Shield and make sure that their voices are part of what goes into the consideration of what the best decision is. Many hearings are scheduled in Wichita, Topeka, Hayes, Garden City, and Pittsburgh with the final formal session in January. Four groups representing health care providers will also be allowed to provide input during the process. Sibelius must approve the acquisition before it can take place. Teachers wanting to learn more about the planet Mars and the Mars Odyssey spacecraft are invited to a special two-day workshop at the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson.

First-person Karen Siebert says teachers will spend time planning their own mission to the red planet. I learned what it takes to plan a mission like that from choosing a landing site to figuring out what to pack on their mission. They're going to be in the spacecraft for two years and you can't take everything you want. You're going to have to be really careful about the number of items that you take. Teachers will also receive materials to take back to their classrooms. The workshop will be November 19th and 20th and there's no cost to Kansas teachers. It's sponsored by the NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium. Graduate credit is also available. Today, mostly sunny skies with a high in the mid-70s, tomorrow mostly sunny and breezy with a high in the upper 70s. It's 50 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Stay tuned as morning edition continues at 710. It's 806, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News.

As airlines of Cut Fair's nationwide after September 11th, a newspaper analysis finds that prices at Wichita Midcontinent Airport have increased by 80% on the 25 most popular routes. The analysis by the Wichita Eagle uses data compiled by LowAirFair.com, a national service that provides travel data for 40 U.S. newspapers and sunflower travel, a Wichita travel agency. Comparisons use the lowest fares available September 10th and 11th and on October 30th, seven weeks after the attacks. Mayor Bob Knight says he's disappointed but not surprised with the results. Several airlines dispute that Wichita has been left out of the nationwide reductions, most say they have cut prices. Kansas budget officials say the state's economy is now in a recession, and that could force deep cutbacks in the government programs. State budget officials said Friday that revenues flowing into the state could fall $113 million short of what's needed to fund this year's budget.

Another Hancock has this report. The new revenue numbers are based mainly on a slowdown in retail sales and declining personal and corporate income tax. All told, officials say the state will have $113.4 million less in the current fiscal year than lawmakers thought they would have when they adopted the state budget last session. That means Governor Bill Graves will have to propose deep spending cuts through the end of this year and even deeper cuts for the next fiscal year unless lawmakers are willing to raise taxes. Even before the new revenue estimates came out, state welfare officials had proposed cutting back on some health care services for the poor and elderly. State employees also are expecting a second one and a half percent pay raise after the first of the year that now could be in jeopardy. This is Peter Hancock at the State House. A possible ban of asbestos at a Wichita landfill could end up costing the Wichita school district hundreds of thousands of dollars. Asbestos was to be removed from 30 schools next summer as part of a $284.5 million bond

issue approved by voters to renovate Wichita schools. If the Wichita City Council bans asbestos from the landfill, the district might have to spend much more than it had planned to truck the mineral to a landfill in Topeka. The issue arose after the city's only landfill closed on October 9th, most of the area's trash is now trucked to Oklahoma. The city opened a new landfill to take construction related trash, but now says it can't afford to create a special area for asbestos. The council is scheduled to vote on the issue tomorrow. With the Mars Odyssey spacecraft now in orbit around the red planet, the Kansas Cosmosphere and Hutchinson is offering a workshop for teachers called Mission to Mars. Spokesperson Karen Severt calls it a great opportunity. A lot of people don't realize it, but it's probably kids that are in elementary school right now who are going to be the first humans to walk on Mars. And it could be kids right here in a Kansas classroom. We've had Kansas astronauts before, so there's no reason to think that they couldn't be

the ones. The workshop will be November 19th and 20th, and there's no cause to Kansas teachers. It's sponsored by the NASA Kansas Space Grand Consortium. Graduate credit is also available. We do have a dense fog advisory and effect in the area through 9 a.m. this morning. Today sunny skies with a high in the mid-70s and winds up to 15 miles per hour, tonight mostly clear with a low in the lower 50s. For tomorrow mostly sunny and breezy with a high in the upper 70s and an overnight low near 50. It's 52 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrian Wilson, FM 89 News. Stay tuned as Boney and Edition continues. I'm Adrian Wilson, FM 89 News. Help for laid off aircraft workers in Wichita is coming from Mayor Bob Knight's Economic Response Initiative.

It brings together business, government and social service agency leaders to keep workers in the community and rebuild the local economy. The group already has plans for a one-stop social service center that will be open one day in December and other days if needed. Participants will be able to get help with their finances and set up payment plans with their utilities. The Kansas Food Bank will send a box of food home with those visiting the center. Stay is the deadline for South Central Kansas Recycling Center to pay a hefty fine levied by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. My item is the Kitty H.E. spokesperson. Kitty H.E. Recently issued an order directing Derby Recycling in Derby to remove unauthorized waists from the company's construction and demolition landfill by November 13th and pay a $15,000 civil penalty for illegally exposing a waste. The item says Derby Recycling was first notified about the illegal disposal in early April. After ignoring Kitty H.E.'s notices, the State Health Department imposed the $15,000

levied. If the company does not pay the fine and comply with the orders, it can be assessed an additional $5,000 per violation per day. An eight-year-old Wichita boy injured in a house fire last weekend has died. Ronnie Phillips' mother, Vicki Nellum's, says her son never regained consciousness after he was pulled Saturday from their burning home. He died yesterday at a Wichita hospital. Nellum says her three children, ranging in age from five to ten, were in the home when the fire began. Witnesses at the scene said Ronnie appeared to have left the burning house with his siblings before going back inside. But Nellum said that after talking to her other children, she doesn't think that Ronnie ever got outside the house. Others say the fire was apparently caused by careless use of matches. Attorney General Carlos Stovall is officially running for governor, and there's speculation that one of her rivals for the Republican nomination will drop out and run with her. Stovall continues her campaign to her tomorrow and today, with rallies in nine cities, starting

with Wichita, where she'll announce her choice for lieutenant governor. Many Republicans think it will be House Speaker Kent Glasscock, who entered the race in July. Stovall announced her campaign last night in Marion, a community of about 2100 residents northeast of Wichita, where she grew up. About 100 family members and longtime friends and supporters showed up for her speech at the Marion Senior Center. Stovall made a point to tell the crowd that she's more conservative than she has been portrayed. She's considered a moderate, but Stovall told reporters that she's been labeled that way because of her support for abortion rights. Today we'll have mostly cloudy skies this morning with areas of fog and drizzle, a 20% chance of showers this morning, becoming partly cloudy this afternoon with a high around 65. Breezy with winds up to 25 miles per hour. Tonight, mostly cloudy, a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms late, with a low in the mid-50s, south winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. For tomorrow, mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, a high in the

mid-60s, and in the evening mostly cloudy with a low in the lower 50s. It's 58 degrees in Wichita. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Stay tuned as morning edition continues. It's 810. Um, I'm the web at ADMWorld.com. It's 606. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. The Wichita chapter of the NAACP is upset with proposed redistricting plans for the city. KMUW's Carla Eccles has more. At a redistricting committee meeting Tuesday night, Wichita NAACP members voiced concerns over how new house districts would represent minority voters. Wichita NAACP president Reverend Wanda McDaniels criticized the proposal. She says the plan, drawn by Republicans, would break up and spread minority voters among several districts.

The district now is 58% people of color. McDaniels towed the House redistricting committee. The minority portion would fall to about 43% under the plan. Wichita Republican Tony Powell was in charge of drawing the new boundaries. Powell says he worked hard to ensure minority voting rights and he's disappointed with the opposition. Carla Eccles, FM 89 News. A Wichita investment broker working in the Boeing Credit Union is accused of stealing almost $2 million from member accounts. State investigators say the theft was the result of a teller not requiring signatures on withdrawal slips. Savings and check-in accounts were affected. They belonged to members who either sought investment services from the broker or talked to them about such services. The Credit Union has replaced the money with interest from its own reserves. About 400 soldiers from the Kansas National Guard are at Fort Riley. They are first stopped on an active duty assignment that will take them to Europe. Members of the 137th Infantry Company is based in Wichita, Lawrence and Kansas City,

Kansas, left for Fort Riley yesterday. Early next month they move on to Fort Stewart, Georgia, then to Europe for six months or more. This is the first time since World War II that a full unit of the Kansas National Guard has been called up for overseas duty. The City of Wichita is now providing hourly updates on the area's air quality. The air quality index, which can be found on the City's website, will measure the levels of several pollutants such as ozone, carbon monoxide and particulate matter, including dust, soot and smoke. Although the information is primarily aimed at those with respiratory illnesses, John Stark with the Wichita Department of Environmental Health says it can also be useful for the general public. If you're going to take on some activity like Boeing or Lawn that creates some air pollution, possibly put that off until evening or until another day when the ozone levels aren't as high. And the same goes for filling your gas tank. If you wait till evening, then it doesn't contribute to the ozone problem in the middle

of the day, the heat of the day is when the ozone problem really becomes the worst. The air quality index uses a color coded scale ranging from green, meaning good to maroon, meaning hazardous, to indicate whether air quality has reached an unhealthy level. A link to the air quality website can be found at www.wichita.gov. Some state lawmakers are learning toward higher tobacco and alcohol taxes as the way to address the state's budget shortfall. A Senate committee decided yesterday to sponsor the new plan that tax hikes would raise about $87 million during the fiscal year starting in July. The bill is designed to prevent spending cuts, especially in education. It would increase the cigarette tax by $0.35 a pack to $0.59, and double the tax on the wholesale distribution of all other tobacco products to 20 percent. All taxes on alcohol would also be raised. In a look at the forecast for today, mostly sunny skies in the high around 45 degrees, tonight clear with a low of 24, for tomorrow's sunny again with a high in the upper 50s.

It's 26 degrees in Wichita, high majoring Wilson FM 89 news. Stay tuned as morning edition continues. It's 610. Nation, supporting educational, cultural, and environmental initiatives to make our world more livable on the web at grdodge.org. It's 706. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 news. The Wichita chapter of the NAACP is upset with proposed redistricting plans for the city. Pam UW's Carla Egles has more. Had a redistricting committee meeting Tuesday night, Wichita NAACP members voiced concerns over how new house districts would represent minority voters. Wichita NAACP president Reverend Wanda McDaniels criticized the proposal. She says the plan, drawn by Republicans, would break up and spread minority voters among several districts.

The district now is 58 percent people of color. Daniels towed the House redistricting committee. The minority portion would fall to about 43 percent under the plan. Wichita Republican Tony Powell was in charge of drawing the new boundaries. Powell says he worked hard to ensure minority voting rights and he's disappointed with the opposition. Carla Egles, FM 89 news. Authorities say an investment broker at Boeing Wichita Credit Union was able to steal almost $2 million from member accounts. Members say the theft took place because a teller didn't require signatures on withdrawal slips. Gerald Wright is administrator of the Kansas Department of Credit Unions, which is investigating the case. He says the breakdown at Kansas's largest credit union was a violation of its own policies. Savings and checking accounts were affected. They belonged to members who either sought in bensment services from the broker or talked to him about such services. Gary Bregoli is president and chief executive of the Credit Union. He says the case involved 30 accounts, but only 10 were missing funds.

The Credit Union has replaced the money with interest from its own reserves. New concerns are being raised today about plans to build a biosecurity research center at Kansas State University. Case data is asking the legislature to issue bonds to build a facility that would support research and testing of biological hazards that could be brought into the state by terrorists. But Kansas Secretary of Agriculture, Jamie Clover Adams, thinks that might not be a good idea. Noting that many of the terrorists who took part in the September 11th attacks were foreigners in the United States on student visas. Adams thinks it might not be a good idea to put that kind of facility on a college campus. I just have security issues. You have lots of different kinds of people on college campuses and people that administer academic programs or not security experts, you know, as opposed to the lab up at Ames Iowa, the deals with animal disease, those people, that's their jobs, and they're not on a college campus.

Just as an individual, I have just concerns about security. Case data officials dismiss that concern. Jerry Jacks, a vice provost at Case State, and one of the main advocates of the project, says security safeguards would be built into the project. Well, I think that if you have a facility that would have novel agents in it that would pose a particular threat to either agricultural individuals, could it potentially pose a threat? Yeah, I think that it could be a threat, but that you would build management tools and security devices into these that would mitigate that threat. Case State is requesting the money as part of a $100 million bond package that would also finance new research facilities at the University of Kansas and Wichita State University. Unseasonably warm temperatures are a concern for Kansas farmers because they could bring the weak crop out of dormancy too early. That would make the grain especially susceptible to the current drought situation, and later to windry conditions. In a look at the forecast for today, mostly sunny skies into high around 45 degrees, tonight clear with a low of 24, for tomorrow's sunny and a high in the upper 50s.

It's 25 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM89 News. Stay tuned as morning edition continues, it's 7-10. A lactose-free organic soy milk available in the refritors through research and programs online at wtgrantfoundation.org. It's 806. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM89 News. Wichita Mayor Bob Knight appears to be one step closer to running for governor, that Wichita Eagle reports that Knight has resigned from his post at the Greater Wichita Convention and Visitors Bureau. Knight, a Republican, has said he'll announce next month whether or not he'll run for governor. Today is the last scheduled day of work for about 3,000 Boeing workers nationwide, including hundreds in the Wichita area. The employees got their pink slips two months ago, and the layoff total at Boeing Wichita is eventually expected to hit 5,000.

This governor Bill Graves is getting a big boost this week and is pushed to raise cigarette taxes by 65 cents a pack. About 40 public health and social service organizations came together yesterday to announce they're forming a coalition to support the governor's plan. Sally Finney, head of the Kansas Public Health Association, says the group doesn't plan to limit its efforts at lobbying state legislators. We will be taking our campaign to the communities of Kansas, and we are pledged to do whatever it takes to make the governor's recommendation a reality. The governor says his plan would help reduce smoking in Kansas. It would generate about $111 million a year in revenue, which is part of his plan to fund education and social services next year. Some Republican leaders in the Senate have offered an alternative to the governor's plan that would raise cigarette taxes by only $0.35 a pack, but Graves says he's holding firm on his plan for $0.65, and he thinks most other legislators will support him.

I actually think more than $0.65 could probably pass if you really put your shoulder to wheel, but $0.65 is a place I believe sends a clear signal about how we feel about cigarette smoking relative to health issues, and it's also an amount that helps us with critically education and social service programs that all of these folks care about. Graves is also proposing higher sales and motor fuels taxes next year to fund his budget proposal. The Senate tax committee is expected to vote on those bills, as well as the Senate alternative plan sometime early next week. Illinois is the only state that mandates physical education kindergarten through high school. In Kansas schools, PE classes are not a yearly requirement of a physical education specialist at Wichita State University is coordinating a program to get more students physically active. KMUW's Carla Eccles has more. Bobby Harris is the project director for physical dimensions and focus at WSU. She and her staff develop physical education curriculum for secondary PE programs in the

state. Harris says the point of the curriculum is to give students the skills and knowledge to be physically active the rest of their lives. She says they've created what's called the new PE. I think the old physical education which worked really well for people who enjoy sports. It's a sports oriented program. The new physical education addresses the kids that don't like sports or activity so that they will not grow up and be adults that are inactive as we have 60% of our American adults today that are inactive. So we're hoping to change that by making physical activity something that they value they may not like it, but they will value it and put it in their lives. Harris says 80% of 10-year-olds are physically active on a regular basis, but by age 12, that number drops to 40%. She says it's puzzling why physical education isn't valued more in schools when it's proven that students will do better academically if they have physical activity in their lives. Carla Eccles, FM 89 News.

Today look for sunny skies breezy and mild with a high around 63. It's 26 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Stay tuned as Morning Edition continues. It's 8-10. Consulting application development and integration and application outsourcing. Keen, we get IT done. It's 606, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Cessna is the lone aircraft manufacturer in Wichita that got through last year without any layoffs, but the company says job cuts may be necessary if sales don't pick up in a year or so. Wichita's three light aircraft manufacturers, Cessna, Raytheon aircraft and Bombardier Aerospace delivered 10% fewer Wichita built planes in 2001 than they did one year earlier. The drop was the smallest at Cessna which delivered a record number of citation jets. Wichita State University Center for Economic Development and Business Research and a local

TV station are partnering to provide a simplified more precise economic forecast for the area. KMUW's Carla Eccles explains. Every month, CAKE TV and WSU will release the results of two economic indicators. The first reflects the present state of the economy. The second will forecast where the economy is headed. WSU economist Janet Hara says these new tools will help better determine economic development. The thing that's interesting about it is I think it gives us lots of new information about how our economy works and how it is not only the same as the U.S., but more importantly how we differ from the U.S. and how our business cycle differs from that of the U.S. as a whole. Hara says that even though the local economy outperformed the national economy in 2001, the adverse effects of September 11th will have a longer lasting effect on Wichita. We've seen a market decline in our economy over the past six months. We expect that the U.S. economy is going to come out of the recession probably the second

half of 2002. I don't think we'll see much local recovery in probably until the first part of 2003. The current conditions index and the leading economic indicators index will be published online each month. Carla Eccles, F-89 News. More than 700 Fort Riley soldiers are affected by the Army's latest stop loss order. A stop loss order allows the Army to retain soldiers for an indefinite period beyond the end of their enlistments or their retirement dates. It doesn't affect mandatory retirements or involuntary discharges. A similar order in November affected about 34 Riley warrant officers who fly Black Hawk or Chinook helicopters as well as two enlisted helicopter repairs. Kansas Democrats are feeling slightly better today about a bill to reapportion their districts. After three hours of heated and emotional debate yesterday, Republicans agreed to back away from part of their plan that would have eliminated four Democratic districts. Democrat Bruce Larkin of Baileyville summed up how Democrats felt about this year's process.

This is the worst, most partisan process I've ever seen. And we've got people on our side that are intending to vote for this map because they've been threatened, they've been blackmailed, that if you don't help us vote for this map and get it passed, we're going to come back with a map that's worse. Democratic Republicans actually conceded that they'd gone too far in some cases in trying to eliminate a number of Democrats through redistricting. A state Senate committee has endorsed a cat of $158 per pupil in state aid to public schools. Most of the panel's Republican members, led by Senate President Dave Kerr, said it would be unwise to submit an education budget that assumes new revenue will be forthcoming. The state faces a projected revenue shortfall. Under Graves included the $158 reduction in the balanced budget he submitted to the legislature last month. Graves also proposed tax increases to avoid the cat, but neither the House nor the Senate has voted on any tax plan.

Today, partly sunny and windy with a high around 55, its 36 degrees in Wichita, I'm majoring Wilson FM89 news. Stay tuned as morning edition continues, it's 6-10. Good Washington. Support for NPR comes from the George Gund Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund, providing support for NPR cultural programming through a Charles E. Colpeper endowment grant. At 706, I'm majoring Wilson FM89 news. Cessna is the only aircraft manufacturer in Wichita that got through last year without making any job cuts. But the company says layoffs may be necessary if sales don't pick up in a year or so. Wichita's three light aircraft manufacturers, Cessna, Raytheon aircraft and Bombardier aerospace, delivered 10% fewer Wichita bill planes in 2001 than they did one year earlier. The drop was the smallest at Cessna, which delivered a record number of citation jets.

Wichita State University's Center for Economic Development and Business Research and the local TV station are partnering to provide a simplified, more precise economic forecast for the area. KMUW's Carla Egls explains. Every month, K-T-V and WSU will release the results of two economic indicators. The first reflects the present state of the economy, the second will forecast where the economy is headed. WSU economist Janet Hara says these new tools will help better determine economic development. The thing that's interesting about it is I think it gives us lots of new information about how our economy works and how it is not only the same as the U.S., but more importantly how we differ from the U.S. and how our business cycle differs from that of the U.S. as a whole. Hara says that even though the local economy outperforms the national economy in 2001, the adverse effects of September 11th will have a longer lasting effect on Wichita. We've seen a market decline in our economy over the past six months.

We expect that the U.S. economy is going to come out of the recession probably the second half of 2002. I don't think we'll see much local recovery in probably until the first part of 2003. The current conditions index and the leading economic indicators index will be published online each month. Carla Eccles, F-89 News. The Kansas House and Senate have scheduled final votes today on their plans to draw new district boundaries under 2000 census results. Each chamber gave tentative support yesterday. Four amendments were added during yesterday's debate, three redraw lines and sparsely populated areas and correct errors in the original bill. A bipartisan coalition led to tentative okay of the state's Senate redistricting plan, all 10 Democrats were joined by 11 GOP Senators. Republicans Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback voted against a Democrat-written Farm Bill that cleared the U.S. Senate yesterday. The Kansan say the measure would encourage overproduction of subsidized crops. The bill limits subsidies to farmers, adds new payments for crops including milk, honey,

wool, and lentils, and doubles conservation spending. This was an architect of market-oriented farm reforms in 1996. He criticized provisions of the new measure related to supplemental payments for grain, cotton, and soybean growers. Brownback said his biggest concern is that the Senate policies would encourage overproduction. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sibelius says she doesn't know how her denial of blue crosses proposed sale to an Indiana company will play out at the polls. This is considered the front-redder for the Democratic Governor nomination. She says the deal would have cost Kansans millions of dollars in higher healthcare premiums, and it's apparent that her decision is causing a stir. Sibelius might be the first insurance commissioner in the nation to deny the conversion of a blue cross-plan into a stock company from a mutual insurance company. Anthem, whose purchase offer was rejected, is a publicly held corporation. It operates former blue cross-plans in eight states.

This blue cross-blue shield is owned by its policy holders, and holds 45% of the state's health insurance market. Today partly sunny and windy with a high-round 55, its 37 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Stay tuned as morning edition continues, it's 710. Support for NPR comes from Archer Daniels Midland Company, maker of natural vitamin E, ADM, the nature of what's to come, on the web at ADMworld.com. It's 806, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Several Wichita area aircraft manufacturers laid off workers last year, with CESNA being the only one to avoid job cuts, but the company says layoffs may be necessary if sales don't pick up in a year or so. Digitized three light aircraft manufacturers, CESNA, Raytheon aircraft, and Bombardier Aerospace, delivered 10% fewer Wichita built planes in 2001 than they did one year earlier.

The drop was the smallest at CESNA, which delivered a record number of citation jets. Kansas Democrats are feeling slightly better today about a bill to reapportion their districts. After three hours of heated and emotional debate yesterday, Republicans agreed to back away from part of their plan that would have eliminated four Democratic districts. Democrat Bruce Larkin and Bayleyville summed up how Democrats felt about this year's process. This is the worst, most partisan process I've ever seen. And we've got people on our side that are intending to vote for this map, because they've been threatened, they've been blackmailed, that if you don't help us vote for this map and get it passed, we're going to come back with a map that's worse. Republicans actually conceded that they'd gone too far in some cases in trying to eliminate a number of Democrats through redistricting. More than 700 Fort Riley soldiers are affected by the Army's latest stop loss order. A stop loss order allows the Army to retain soldiers for an indefinite period beyond the

end of their enlistments or their retirement dates. It doesn't affect mandatory retirements or involuntary discharges. A state Senate committee has endorsed a cut of $158 per pupil in state aid to public schools. Most of the panel's Republican members, led by Senate President Dave Kerr, said it would be unwise to submit an education budget that assumes new revenue will be forthcoming. The state is facing a projected revenue shortfall. Governor Graves included the $158 reduction in the balanced budget he submitted to the legislature last month. Graves also proposed tax increases to avoid the cut, but neither the House nor the Senate has voted on any tax plan. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sibelius says she doesn't know how her denial of Blue Cross's proposed sale to an Indiana company will play out of the polls. Sibelius is considered the frontrunner for the Democratic Governor nomination. She says the deal would have cost Kansas millions of dollars in higher healthcare premiums,

and it's apparent that her decision is causing a stir. Sibelius might be the first insurance commissioner in the nation to deny the conversion of a Blue Cross plan into a stock company from a mutual insurance company. Anthem, whose purchase offer was rejected, is a publicly held corporation. It operates former Blue Cross plans in eight states. Kansas Blue Cross Blue Shield is owned by its policy holders and holds 45% of the state's health insurance market. Republicans Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback voted against a Democrat-written farm bill that cleared the U.S. Senate yesterday. The Kansas say the measure would encourage over production of subsidized crops. The bill limits subsidies to farmers, adds new payments for crops, including milk, honey, wool, and lentils, and doubles conservation spending. Roberts was an architect of market-oriented farm reforms in 1996. He criticized provisions of the new measure related to supplemental payments for grain, cotton, and soybean growers.

Brownback said his biggest concern is that the Senate policies would encourage over-production. In a look at the weather for today, partly sunny skies windy with a high around 55 degrees, tonight mostly cloudy with a chance of snowful areas or light rain and a low of 32. For tomorrow mostly sunny skies with a high in the mid-40s. It's 36 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM89 News. It's 810. The finishing touches are being put on the new Airbus Design Studio in Old Town, Wichita. Renovation of the warehouse is expected to be finished early next month, and 80 Airbus employees will start working there in mid-April. Bill Greer, Vice President and General Manager of Airbus Engineering, North America says the company chose the building for its atmosphere. We wanted to renovate it, keeping the old town out there, so the wood floors, the tall

ceiling, and schools, beams, and schools, heating and ventilation systems, and we will scatter the light up through the ceilings so we get a indirect lighting for my computer terminals. So it's modern and adverse back, and yet when you walk into it, it feels like an old turn of the century building. When it opens, the office will serve as a wing design studio for the Airbus A380, a double-decker jumbo jet. Greer says Airbus has an option to acquire the two buildings adjacent to the new office, that could mean up to 240 Airbus employees working in Old Town in the future. Attractor trailer carrying 25 tons of garbage overturned yesterday on a trip from Wichita to a landfill in Oklahoma, the Wichita Eagle reports that some residents along K-49 in Sumner County, where the crash occurred, cite this incident as one reason they oppose waste connections trucking trash from Sedgwick County out of state. But the regional vice president of Wichita Connections says the accident does not mean Sedgwick County needs its own landfill. The county's main landfill closed last September.

Twenty-three states, including Kansas, have resolved complaints about how long-distance companies marketed phone service, KMUW's Carla Echoes reports. The states claim AT&T, MCI World Common Sprint, did not disclose hidden charges when advertising long-distance telephone rates as low as two cents a minute. The telephone companies were also accused of not disclosing that some discount rates were available only at night and on weekends. The carriers deny wrongdoing, but agreed to pay one and a half million dollars. The money will be spread among the 23 states and the District of Columbia. The phone companies also say they'll disclose the entire cost of service and any limits imposed on calling plans. Carla Echoes, F-89 News. Kansas Senate President Dave Kers says the battle over redrawing Senate District lines this year is far from over. The plan, which passed the Senate last week on a vote of 21 to 19, has been approved by the House Redistricting Committee and sent on to the full house for consideration.

The KERS says he and other senators are still working on alternatives and they haven't given up the fight. Are my working towards trying to find ways that we can do a better Senate map, yes I am, that there are a thousand different maps, some are ugly and some of them are certainly more attractive than this one. KERS says he thinks Governor Bill Graves will veto the plan, although a spokesman for Graves says he won't make that decision until the plan reaches his desk. If that happens, KERS says alternative Senate maps could be added as amendments onto the House or congressional redistricting plans or the issue could get entangled with other legislative issues, including the budget. This is just by its nature, the most difficult issue to resolve with a majority of the people feeling good about it and consequently it's a tar baby, almost anything that it touches it can be stuck to.

The biggest issue is in the Senate map, concerned where to place a new district in Johnson County and how to collapse one of the Senate districts in Western Kansas. Today, I look for mostly sunny skies breezy with a high around 55 degrees, it's 35 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. 18th is morning of the show continues, it's 810. It's 606, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News, there's more work ahead for proponents of a new $150 million arena for downtown Wichita, the Wichita Eagle reports that a survey of representatives from 25 neighborhood and homeowner associations shows that more than half oppose the plan.

Kansas lawmakers are taking some time off this week as they get ready to focus on taxes and budgets during the second half of the session. With the state facing roughly a half billion dollar shortfall in revenues, the big question is how much if any lawmakers are willing to raise taxes if they want to prevent deep cuts in programs like education and health care. The debate over taxes will start in the House one week from today, after state budget officials released the official revenue estimates for the next fiscal year, Republican House Speaker Kent Glasscox says the plan is to bring several minor tax bills to the floor for debate and open the floor up for amendments to see which ideas pass and which don't. We are going to bring above the line bills that effectively open up every category of new

taxes, new revenue that anyone on either side of the aisle has mentioned. Glasscox says his plan is to build a budget around the official revenue estimates plus whatever new taxes the House agrees to add next week. But House Democratic leader Jim Garner says that's not much of a plan at all and he's criticizing Republicans for what he calls a lack of leadership. I'm seeing we're halfway through the session and there still is no clear direction, no plan of how this budget mess is dealt with. If nothing else, it will start a conversation, maybe the people in the legislature will get a better understanding of the gravity, the seriousness of the crisis that's facing this state. Governor Bill Graves has said without additional revenue next year, there will have to be deep cuts in spending on public schools, colleges and universities and social welfare programs. Winter weather poses special risks to House pets, a Wichita veterinarian has tips on how to keep animals safe and cold temperatures, KMUW's Carla Eccles has more.

Dr. William Scare is a veterinarian who's been in practice for 30 years. He says it's important to use common sense and determining if it's too cold for pets to be outside, especially if the chill factor is below zero. You know, if they're old and have kidney disease or heart disease, if they're not accustomed to being out in the weather, and if they don't have proper shelter, that's much too cold for them to stay outside. Scare says cat owners need to be careful if their pets have access to cars. Whether the car is outdoors or in the garage, owners need to check under the hood before starting it up. It seems like several times a year, we get a cat that gets under there where it's warm, they're attracted to the warmth, you know, under the engine, and then the people get in and start the car, and the fan blades will cut them and tear them up, so people need to check and make sure there isn't a cat sleeping under the hood of the car or something. Another important consideration, according to Scare, is to keep fresh water available

for your pets. He says owners may have to refill a water container more frequently because the water will freeze in extreme cold. Carla Egl's F-89 News In a look at the weather for today, partly cloudy skies and breezy with a high around 42. It's 15 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Wilson, F-89 News. Stay tuned as Morning Edition Continues, it's 6'10". Tools, software engineering practices, and services on the web at rational.com. This is NPR, National Public Radio. Morning Edition on KMUW is supported by Dr. J. Mark Melhorn and his staff at the Hand Center, 625 North Carriage Parkway, Suite 125. This is KMUW, which is at F-89, the center-supported radio. Thanks to our day sponsors for today Wednesday May 1st, the Laurel Office of Calvin L. Webey, PA, 727 North Waco in honor of La Day, and thanks also to Power Lift Foundation

Repair of Kansas, 1-800-753-LIFT. May look for partly cloudy skies around midday, with a high around 78 degrees. Tonight, a chance of light rain early in the evening, then turning windy toward midnight with a low around 43. Tomorrow, partly cloudy and cooler with diminishing winds, a high near 60. It's 6'10". In Wichita at 6 o'clock, stay with KMUW for Morning Morning Edition, reaching news comes up at 606. This is F-89. Support for NPR comes from Sadexo, providing innovative approaches to food and facilities management services throughout North America, on the web at SadexoUSA.com. It's 606. I'm Adrienne Wilson, F-89 News. Muslim rebels in the Philippines say they're finished talking with the government about their American hostages.

A leader of the Abu Sayyaf group says the door is now closed for negotiations, the group is threatening to kill the hostages. The al-Qaeda-linked rebels have been holding Kansas missionaries Martin and Gratian Burnham since last May, that are also holding a Filipino nurse. The rebels beheaded another American last summer. The Philippine government has ruled out ransom and says it will only negotiate the unconditional surrender of Abu Sayyaf in the release of its hostages. As lawmakers are back at the state house today, for the start of it could be a long and contentious wrap-up session, Peter Hancock reports. The central question facing lawmakers now is how big of a tax increase are they willing to pass? A budget plan on the table calls for just over $220 million in new taxes, or about $83 for every man, woman, and child in the state, and that's without any increase in education spending and little if any increase in most social programs. It also includes no money for the state highway program, a separate bill calling for yet another $70 million in taxes for highways could run as early as today in the house.

And if that weren't enough, lawmakers also have the thorny issue of congressional reapportionment to tackle. Lawmakers hope to resolve all those issues within about two weeks. For KMUW, this is Peter Hancock at the state house. Despite the negative impact that schools might feel from the budget, the chairman of the House Taxation Committee says there's little chance of raising more money for education next year. Republican John Edmunds of Great Ben says the conference committee budget calling for $222 million in new taxes is probably the most that lawmakers will approve. And if any more taxes are to be raised, Edmund says it's unlikely they'll be earmarked for schools. I would be real questionable about that. I think that the likelihood is that we are looking at $220 million to balance the budget. The next question after that is, is there any money to try to salvage the highway plan? And I am dubious about that. Edmunds has proposed a bill calling for about $140 million in new cigarette and sales taxes.

He says he personally opposes any tax increases. But he says there aren't enough votes in the house to pass the spending cuts necessary to avoid new taxes. State officials and attorneys for the children's rights incorporated announced plans yesterday due to dismiss a 13-year-old lawsuit over the quality of the state's foster care system. Susan Lombiazi, an attorney for children's rights, says Kansas has made dramatic improvements in the times since the suit was filed. The system was a mess in 1989. And the system is in such better shape now that we at Children's Rights feel that they've reached an acceptable level of functioning and it's time to turn back control of the child welfare system to the state. That lawsuit was filed in 1989. In 1993, the state entered a settlement that called for meeting a number of specific goals for improvement in the foster care system. Under the court-ordered plan, independent auditors have been keeping track of how well the state has been meeting those standards. Children's rights incorporated now says the state has fully met all of the goals and

they plan to file for dismissal of the lawsuit effect of July 1st. Today, look for partly cloudy skies around midday and a high around 78 degrees, tonight the chance of light rain in the evening then turning windy toward midnight with a low around 43. Tomorrow, partly cloudy and cooler with diminishing winds a high near 60. It's 61 degrees in Wichita, by majoring Wilson F.I.89 news. Stay tuned as morning edition continues. It's 610. James Irvine Foundation, supporting NPR's West Coast expansion, www.urvine.org, partners in building a better California. It's 706, I'm Adrienne Wilson, F.I.89 news. Muslim rebels in the Philippines say they're finished talking with the government about the American hostages.

A leader of the Abu Zayev group says the door is now closed for negotiations. The group is threatening to kill the hostages. The al-Qaeda linked rebels have been holding Kansas missionaries Martin and Grisha Burnham since last May. They're also holding a Filipino nurse. The rebels beheading another American last summer. The Philippine government has ruled out Ransom and says it'll only negotiate the unconditional surrender of Abu Zayev and the release of its hostages. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, reconstructing I-35 in North Wichita is right on schedule. But businesses near the 21st Street interchange are feeling the effects of fewer customers through their doors. KMUW's Carla Eccles has more. 21st Street at I-135 has been closed since April 1st, and will remain closed while the bridges are reconstructed. John Marks is president of American Can Company, which recycles aluminum cans, car batteries, metal, copper, and brass. He says his business, just west of the 21st Street interchange, has been down since

the reconstruction began. From the 1st of April, we ran a little survey on our own, and what we brought when we're buying today. March 11th through 1st of April, we're buying about 12,000 pounds of cans a week. And then from April 1st till today, we're down to about 6,000, at least 50% of our businesses dropped off. And we get a lot of calls from people saying, are you still open? Mark says access to his recycle business is still available west of the interstate. American Can Company is located just west of I-135 on 21st Street in Wichita. It's open weekdays from 9 to 5 at 9 to 3 on Saturday. Carla Eccles, F-89 news. Former sheriff Lua Leslie and his fellow defendants lost a bit to have their bribery trial moved out of Reno County. But they won on another friend when a judge agreed to consolidate their cases. Leslie Hutchinson attorney Gerald Hurtock and Hurtock's private firm MGI each faced 21 counts of bribery.

Prosecutors alleged that Hurtock paid the former sheriff almost $285,000 over three years in exchange for Leslie's recommendation that MGI run the county's Jay Lanx. And denying a change of venue yesterday, senior judge Michael Barbra criticized a telephone survey that was the centerpiece of the defense request. In his decision to consolidate the trials, Barbra said it will make the proceedings more efficient and give jurors a better feel for the case. Kansas lawmakers are back at the state house today for the start of what could be a long and contentious wrap-up session, Peter Hancock reports. The central question facing lawmakers now is how big of a tax increase are they willing to pass? A budget plan on the table calls for just over $220 million in new taxes or about $83 for every man, woman, and child in the state, and that's without any increase in education spending and little if any increase in most social programs. It also includes no money for the state highway program, a separate bill calling for yet another $70 million in taxes for highways could run as early as today in the house.

And if that weren't enough, lawmakers also have the thorny issue of congressional reapportionment to tackle. Lawmakers hope to resolve all those issues within about two weeks. For KMUW, this is Peter Hancock at the state house. We look for partly cloudy skies around noon today, with a high of 78, to end a chance of light rain in the evening and then turning windy toward midnight with a low around 43. At 61 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FI-89 News. Stay tuned as morning edition continues, it's 710. Don't cultural and environmental initiatives to make our world more livable on the web at grdodge.org and the NNBurg Foundation. This is NPR, National Public Radio. Start for morning edition on KMUW comes from Dr. J. Mark Millhorn and his staff at the hand center, 625 North Carriage Parkway, suite 125.

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live as homesteaders in 1883 Montana, tonight on PBS stations local times may vary. It's 8 o'6. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM-89 News, an apparent drive by shooting in Northeast Wichita led to a police chase yesterday that ended with six people injured two of them critically. Deputy police chief Tom Stoltz says the suspects car apparently ran a stop sign during the brief chase and struck a westbound car on 13th Street. The Muslim rebel group holding Kansas, Martin, and Gracia Burnham in the Philippines said it is no longer interested in negotiations. The Abu Sayef is now threatening to kill the missionary couple. The Philippine government has ruled out ransom and says that it will only negotiate the unconditional surrender of Abu Sayef and the release of its hostages. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, reconstructing I-35 in North Wichita is right on schedule, but businesses near the 21st Street interchange are feeling the effects of fewer customers through their doors.

KMUW's Carla Eccles has more. 21st Street at I-135 has been closed since April 1st and will remain closed while the bridges are reconstructed. John Marks is president of American Can Company which recycles aluminum cans, car batteries, metal, copper, and brass. He says his business, just west of the 21st Street interchange, has been down since the reconstruction began. From the 1st of April, we ran a little survey on our own and what we brought when we're buying today. March 11th through 1st of April, we're buying about 12,000 pounds of cans a week. And then from April 1st till today, we're down to about 6,000, at least 50% of our businesses dropped off. And we get a lot of calls from people saying, are you still open? Mark says access to his recycle business is still available west of the interstate. American Can Company is located just west of I-135 on 21st Street in Wichita. It's open weekdays from 9 to 5 and 9 to 3 on Saturday.

Carla Eccles, F-89 News. State lawmakers begin their wrap-up session today, despite the negative impact that schools might feel in the tight budget year, the chairman of the House Taxation Committee says there's little chance of raising more money for education next year. Republican John Edmunds of Great Ben says the conference committee budget calling for $222 million in new taxes is probably the most that lawmakers will approve. And if any more taxes are to be raised, Edmunds says it's unlikely they'll be earmarked for schools. I would be real questionable about that. I think that the likelihood is that we are looking at $220 million to balance the budget. The next question after that is, is there any money to try to salvage the highway plan and I am dubious about that? Edmunds has proposed a bill calling for about $140 million in new cigarette and sales taxes, but he says he personally opposes any tax increase. He says there aren't enough votes in the House to pass the spending cuts necessary to avoid new taxes.

State officials and attorneys for the group Children's Rights Incorporated announced plans yesterday to dismiss the 13-year-old lawsuit over the quality of the state's foster care system. Susan Lombiazi, an attorney for Children's Rights, says Kansas has made dramatic improvements in the time since the suit was filed. The system was a mess in 1989 and the system is in such better shape now that we at Children's Rights feel that they have reached an acceptable level of functioning and it's time to turn back control of the child welfare system to the state. In 1993, the state entered a settlement that called for a meeting and number of specific goals for improvement in the foster care system. Children's rights incorporated, now, since the state has fully met all of the goals and they have planned to file for dismissal of the lawsuit effective July 1st. Look for partly cloudy skies around noon today with a high of 78. It's 60 degrees in Wichita, by majoring Wilson F.M. 89 news. State TAN is morning edition continues. It's A10.

This is morning edition… Washington. Support for NPR comes from Keen, helping clients manage business performance through business consulting, application development, and integration and application outsourcing. Keen, we get IT done. It's A106, I'm Adrienne Wilson, F.M. 89 news. Yesterday the workforce alliance of South Central Kansas unveiled a website aimed at linking job seekers with employers. It also released a study that provides a snapshot of the area's economy and job outlook for the coming months. The alliance says the free service will allow people to post their resumes for employers to see. The employers can post job openings and job descriptions. Janet Harris, with Wichita State University's Center for Economic Development and Business Research, says the website can also be used by educational institutions that train job seekers.

We have very limited resources to spend on training. Training is very expensive. You want to make sure you're training people for jobs that are going to be there. You don't want to train them from jobs that were abandoned yesterday where they're not going to be in demand tomorrow. The workforce alliance says it finds that employers see opportunities in the local job market despite recent layoffs. A federal express cargo jet made an unscheduled but safe landing overnight in Wichita. Patricia Harper, a spokesperson for the city, says the plane landed after instruments indicated a flight control program, problem with the flap of the right wing. None of the four crew members aboard was injured. The plane was unroot from grand junction to Memphis when it made the landing at about 2 a.m. it was carrying some hazardous materials such as explosives and flammable liquids. Philippine officials say rebel leader Abu Sabaya may have died in the same fighting but killed Kansas missionary Martin Burnham. Burnham's wife Gratia was rescued and is back in Heros Hill home. The military says a body found after the fighting appears to be that of Sabaya.

A community health fair will be held tomorrow at Cessna Aircraft's 21st Street campus. The organizations will provide information on health and safety. KM UW-U's Carla Eccles reports, hospitals, social services, the police and fire departments will be at this year's health fair in Northeast Wichita. Spokesperson Nicole Lane says she's received dozens of responses from a variety of organizations that believe in educating the community about health and safety issues. We'll have approximately 36 posts out at the fair and the community can come out and get free blood pressure checks. There will be information on prevention of several types of cancer, also information on aging services and there will also be information on how to receive a free prescription card. We'll have motivational entertainment by Rob Simon. We'll solve the Boys and Girls Club, we'll be out selling food and the proceeds from the concession stand will go to help the Boys and Girls Club.

The health fair will be held tomorrow from 10 until 2 at Cessna's 21st Street campus in Wichita. Carla Eccles, F-89 News. With the anniversary of Title IX to be marked this weekend, there's a challenge to Kansas State University's gender equality rules. K-State has been warned that its athletic program doesn't meet Title IX guidelines because female athletes don't get a large enough share of scholarship money. The National Women's Law Center in Washington, D.C. sent letters to 30 schools pointing out possible Title IX violations. The center notes that 52% of K-State athletes are women, but only 35% of total scholarship dollars are going to females. K-State athletic director Tim Weiser says the school knew last fall of some challenges to Title IX compliance, Weiser says a plan is in place to address the discrepancy. We'll have mostly sunny skies today, breezy with a high around 93 degrees, tonight partly cloudy in the morning or 70. It's 75 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Wilson, F-89 News.

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It's 606. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM89 News. Rose Hill Missionary Gracia Burnham met privately with President Bush yesterday in the White House. Burnham, her children and her late husband's mother visited Washington, D.C. to thank officials who worked for Burnham's release from Rebels in the Philippines. Martin Burnham was killed in a gunfight between Rebels and Filipino soldiers that led to Gracia's freedom. Aitsaibushik's press sorrow about Martin Burnham's death. Kansas Senator Pat Roberts has co-sponsored a bill to address the critical nursing shortage across the country. Both the Senate and House have passed the bill, which now goes to President Bush. Health officials at Wichita State University say the legislation will help support nursing education. KMUW's Carla Eccles has more. The legislation, as the latest in also provides an extended payback period for student loans. Carla Eccles, FM89 News.

Families who say a former Kansas priest, sexually abused their loved ones, will urge the State parole board to deny his request for early release from prison. The board meets in Wichita this afternoon to consider the case of Robert Larson, a second hearing is planned in about one month at Lansing Correctional Facility. Larson pleaded guilty last year to indecent liberties with a child and sexual battery. The crimes were committed at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Newton in 1984 and 1985. Wichita resident Rachel Rodriguez is among those who claim sexual abuse by Larson led five victims to kill themselves, two were Rodriguez's son and nephew. Larson was never criminally charged with molesting the five who were all all her boys. A city ban on putting recyclables in the trash is proving costly for some Newton residents, with a population of about 18,000 Newton issued 1,400 recycling violations in the first six months of this year. Drought conditions have forced Russell Kansas to get its first release of water

from the Cedar Bluff Reservoir in 22 years. Public Works Director Arlen Unrein says the Bureau of Reclamation granted a 48-hour release, which began yesterday. The reservoir is being used to recharge Russell's nine wells near Fiverr along the Smoky Hill River. After the initial release ends tomorrow morning, smaller amounts will be released until the wells are flowing. The city owns water rights in the reservoir. Since 1963, Unrein says Russell has made only 10 release requests. We'll have sunny skies today with a high near 100 degrees tonight, mostly clear and below of 72. Tomorrow, mostly sunny with a high near 101. And this weekend, mostly sunny on Saturday with a high near 103, Sunday partly cloudy, a bit cooler with a high of 97 and a slight chance of thunderstorms. It's 73 degrees in Wichita, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FMA-89 News. Stay tuned as morning edition continues. It's 6-10. Dations.

And the Overbroke Foundation, working with the Natural Resources Defense Council to safeguard the Earth and the natural systems on which all life depends. It's 606, I'm Adrienne Wilson, FMA-89 News. A member of one of Wichita's most prominent families has died. Willard Garvey died yesterday at the age of 81. The businessman and philanthropist was involved with a variety of industries and founded private schools with his family. Most recently, the Garvey's provided a grant to Wichita State University to turn the abandoned fraternity house into a center for international studies. Garvey has survived by his wife, Jean, six children, and 14 grandchildren. A parole board met in Wichita yesterday to consider an early release request from former priest Robert Larson. Larson's supporters want the state parole board to show mercy to the 72-year-old who was convicted of molesting four alder boys. Nearly 40 people attended the hearing, which lasted two and a half hours. Larson's victims and their families were a clear majority.

There were emotional pleas to keep Larson in prison and some witnesses blamed the church for protecting him. The parole board will talk with Larson in early August and will issue their opinion about three weeks later. Officials at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment are investigating four cases of equal ailness. One case is in Finney County and linked to beef recalled by the Conagra Company. KMUW's Carla Eccles has more. Last week, Conagra recalled 19 million pounds of contaminated meat. KDHE spokesperson Mike Heideman says lab tests confirmed one cancer contracted Eccoli from beef connected with the recall. Since January, Heideman says there's been a total of 11 confirmed cases of Eccoli. He says four cases are still under investigation. Two of those four that were still investigating have been conclusively ruled out as not being connected to the recall. One of those four has a genetic fingerprint match

for the same organism associated with the beef recall that were investigating to see how the person was exposed, either directly or indirectly to the beef. And then the fourth one of those cases, we're still investigating, but so far it appears that the only one that has any link at all is the one that's got the genetic fingerprint match. Heideman says there are about 12 cases of Eccoli illness a year in Kansas. He says the disease is preventable, washing hands thoroughly and cooking food at proper temperatures helps to combat Eccoli. Carla Eccols, F-89 news. During his campaign for state attorney general, Republican David Adkins has portrayed himself as the author of the telemarketer No Call Law. But two other state senators say what the legislature passed is not even close to the proposal Adkins favored. Adkins dismisses the criticism as politically motivated. The exchange yesterday continues a verbal duel between supporters of the moderate adkins and those of conservative attorney general hopeful Phil Klein.

Meanwhile, Kansas still does not have a No Call list. The Democratic candidate for Governor Kathleen Sibelius is setting up two groups to help her study taxes and the economy. Sibelius, the state insurance commissioner, is unopposed in the August 6th primary. Sibelius will announce the members of each group within a few weeks. She says she wants to find ways to make the state more friendly for businesses and to make the tax system more fair. Sibelius says she believes the review of tax issues will indicate whether the state is doing enough to collect the link with taxes. We'll have mostly sunny skies today hot with a high near 105 degrees. The heat index could reach 110. Tonight, partly cloudy and a low of 75. Just about the same starting off the weekend tomorrow, mostly sunny and continued hot with a high near 105. It's 78 degrees in Wichita. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Stay tuned as Morning Edition continues.

It's 610. Last week on Agra recalled 19 million pounds of contaminated meat. KDHE spokesperson Mike Heideman says lab tests confirmed one cancer contracted E. coli from beef connected with the recall. Since January, Heideman says there's been a total proper temperatures

helps to combat E. coli. Carla Eccles, FM 89 News. A number of one of Wichita's most prominent families has died.

Willard Garvey died yesterday at the age of 81. The businessman and philanthropist was involved with a variety of industries and founded private schools with his family. Most recently, the Garvey's made a donation to Wichita State University to turn a former fraternity house into a center for international studies. Garvey is survived by his wife Jean, six children and 14 grandchildren. Attorneys for Reginald Carr are arguing that the death penalty is unconstitutional. Carr is one of two brothers accused of a 10-day crime spray almost two years ago that ended with the killing of four people in a northeast Wichita soccer field. A parole board met in Wichita yesterday to consider an early release request

from former priest Robert Larson. Larson's supporters want the state parole board to show mercy to the 72-year-old who was convicted of molesting four altar boys. Nearly 40 people attended the hearing. Larson's victims and their families were a clear majority. There were emotional pleas to keep Larson in jail. Some witnesses blamed the church for protecting him as he abused children during his 30 years as a priest in the Wichita diocese. The parole board will talk with Larson in early August and will issue their opinion about three weeks later. Officials that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment are investigating four cases of Eucolite illness. One case in Fini County is linked to be recalled by the Conagro Company. KMUW's Carla Eccles has more. Last week, Conagro recalled 19 hands thoroughly and cooking food at proper temperatures helps to combat Eucolite. Carla Eccles, F-89 News. Talks have stalled between the city of Hutchinson and its police force union.

The two sides are now headed to mediation, which could delay any resolution of the talks for up to six months. The head of the Hutchinson fraternal order of police chapter, Ernie Underwood, says despite the delay, he's still optimistic the talks will progress. But Hutchinson personnel director, Merrill Dye, says the city and the union remain far apart on some key issues. Underwood says both sides have essentially agreed on a package for next year. He says the problem is negotiations over the next two years. Police want a three-year contract, while the city wants only a one-year deal. We'll have mostly sunny skies today hot with a high near 105 degrees, just about the same for tomorrow and rounding off the weekend on Sunday with partly cloudy skies in the high around 102. It's 77 degrees in Wichita. I'm Adrienne Wilson, F-89 News. Stay tuned as Morning Edition continues. It's 810. It's 606, I'm Adrienne Wilson, F-89 News. A member of one of Wichita's most prominent families has died.

Willard Garvey died yesterday at the age of 81. The businessman and philanthropist was involved with a variety of industries and founded private schools with his family. Most recently, the Garvey's provided a grant to Wichita State University to turn an abandoned fraternity house into a center for international studies. Garvey is survived by his wife Jean, six children, and 14 grandchildren. A parole board met in Wichita yesterday to consider an early release request from former priest Robert Larson. Larson supporters want the state parole board to show mercy to the 72-year-old who was convicted of molesting four altar boys. Larson's victims and their families were a clear majority of the 40 people who attended the hearing. There were emotional pleas to keep Larson in prison and some witnesses blamed the church for protecting him. The parole board will talk with Larson in early August and will issue their opinion about three weeks later. Officials at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment are investigating four cases of ecolioleness.

One case in Finney County is linked to beef recalled by the Conagra Company. KMUW's Carla Eccles has more. Last week, Conagra read Carla Eccles, F-89 News. Talks have stalled between the city of Hutchinson and its police force union. The two sides are now headed to mediation, which could delay any resolution of the talks for up to six months. The head of the Hutchinson Ferturnal Order of Police Chapter, Ernie Underwood, says despite the delay, he's still optimistic the talks will progress. But Hutchinson personnel director Merrill Dye says the city and the union remain far apart on some key issues. Underwood says both sides have essentially agreed on a package for next year. He says the problem is negotiations over the next two years. Police want a three-year contract, while the city only wants a one-year deal. The Democratic candidate for Governor Kathleen Sibelius is setting up two groups to help her study taxes and the economy. Sibelius, the state insurance commissioner, is unopposed in the August 6th primary. Sibelius will announce the members of each group within a few weeks.

She says she wants to find ways to make the state more friendly for businesses and to make the tax system more fair. Sibelius says she believes the review of tax issues will indicate whether the state is doing enough to collect delinquent taxes. Look for mostly sunny skies today with a high around 105 degrees tomorrow just about the same and rounding off the weekend on Sunday partly cloudy a high around 102. It's 77 degrees in Wichita. I'm Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News. Stay tuned as morning edition continues. It's 6-10. Sports commission member George Fauna Stocks spoke before the council today and said poor timing is the main reason to delay an election on the downtown arena proposal. Recent tax increases at the state level, the local level have elevated concerns, not if the complex is needed, but if now is the right time to ask voters for the necessary funding.

If Wichita voters had approved construction of the Dynaplex, it would have come with a half-sent increase in the area sales tax. Wichita voter Gary Wright has voiced his opposition to the arena referendum schedule from the start. It's a shame that they're trying to basically cherry pick and choose where they can hold the election. I mean, I wish I'm sure people are running for office, wish they could choose when their election was held and find the best day so they could get the best outcome, but that's not good government. Fauna Stocks says the sports commission will try to bring a plan for a downtown sports and entertainment arena to Wichita voters in the future, but he's not sure when or how the proposal might change. Adrienne Wilson, FM 89 News I'm Adrienne Wilson, local host of Morning Edition at KMUW. Join me during FM 89 News programming on Monday for an interview with

gubernatorial candidate Dan Bloom. He'll talk about important state issues, including the future of education and the current economic climate. If you have a five-year period where you've got at universities and colleges, how long will that five-year shortfall last in some cases at last? Generations. The alternatives look much more costly than an increase in taxes. Listen throughout the week for interviews with each of the candidates for Governor on Morning Edition and again in the afternoon on all things considered on KMUW Wichita.