Maybe this is a reason to consider the smoking bans, IMHO only. A sure sad thing. Th eone reader comment speaks for me also. But I will try to keep up on this one story as much mor eis needed to understand what really happened besides th eman becoming dead....

Man slain outside KC treatment center: CJOnline - Man slain outside KC treatment center

The Associated Press
Published Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 10:01 a.m. CDT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police are looking for suspects in the shooting death of a man taking smoke break outside the addiction treatment center where he worked.

Police said the man — an employee of Renaissance West — was gunned down early today when he went outside to smoke a cigarette. There he was confronted by three men wearing hooded jackets, and was shot after a short verbal exchange.

The trio fled on foot, and the victim was found down on the sidewalk.

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+ 1 Rating Posted by: heidis at May 08, 2008 at 02:31:14 PM
Addiction counselors are not paid enough for this! My prayers are with the counselor's family.

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coal power plant increase. Reader comments included which shows more by more the Republicans are going to suffer in KS. I hope so!

Governor hints at veto of latest coal bill: CJOnline - Governor hints at veto of latest coal bill

The Associated Press
Published Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 11:44 a.m. CDT
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says she won’t let the latest bill on coal-fired power plants become law without her signature.

House Speaker Melvin Neufeld has speculated that she would.

Neufeld noted that the latest bill allowing two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas contains proposals for encouraging economic development projects elsewhere.

He also noted Sebelius hasn’t promised to veto the bill.

But Sebelius noted today that she has vetoed two previous bills containing the same provisions on the plants.

She said she continues to believe it violates the Kansas Constitution’s rule against having two subjects in a single bill.

She said allowing it to become law without her signature is “off the table.”

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+ 1 Rating Posted by: TopekaIsBoring at May 08, 2008 at 01:10:14 PM
I guess that Melvin is hoping that the third time is a charm...but it's just gonna be the same result for him.

+ 2 Rating Posted by: T-TownTracker at May 08, 2008 at 04:38:23 PM
How does Topeka feel about having their economic development held hostage by corporate puppets? The coal plant will not help Kansas. It will take farmers water and pollute their air. With the Livestock and Gas business, SW Kansas doesn't need the any income that might come in. They want it there to service Colorado and Texas. If Topeka doesn't get the wind turbine factory, you can blame it on the greedy power brokers that have brought you 300% rise in energy prices and probably a recession.

+ 3 Rating Posted by: T-TownTracker at May 08, 2008 at 04:40:06 PM
but mostly I blame the puppets in the Statehouse. Remember the American Golden Rule.

Posted by: brian2225 at May 08, 2008 at 07:16:52 PM
What's that? If you can't have it your way then screw it up for everyone else, too? OOPS! That's the Republican way. My bad!

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CJOnline - Help sought on three recent murders

Help sought on three recent murders
The Capital-Journal
Published Friday, May 9, 2008 at 1:17 p.m. CDT
Crime Stoppers asks that anyone with information that might help law enforcement solve Topeka’s three most recent homicides call the tip line at 234-0007.

Michael H. Holley, 24, of Topeka, was shot several times early the morning of Feb. 23 outside Deep Pockets Billiards at 4310 S.W. 21st St. He died of his wounds at a local hospital.

David Wakes, 25, of Topeka, was shot the afternoon of April 27 while in his vehicle in the 2800 block of S.E. Michigan. He died at the scene.

A few days later, Farrell Sanders, 17, of Topeka, was found shot to death early the morning of May 1 in the backyard of a residence in the 2400 block of S.E. Minnesota.

There is no caller ID on the Crime Stoppers line, and callers won’t be asked to give their name. If an arrest is made, tipsters might be eligible for an reward up to $2,000.

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profit for the 1st quarter. And I read some wher ethey want to increase rates to boot. Now about that $300.00 tax break I get. Gee with the natural gas and eletric I could go for near 2 months at peak periods. Anyone else see the point I am trying to make here?
Is this happening in your area?

Westar profit doubles on tax break: CJOnline - Westar profit doubles on tax break

By Michael Hooper
The Capital-Journal
Published Friday, May 9, 2008 at 8:58 a.m. CDT
Westar Energy's profit in the first quarter doubled, partly because of a large federal income tax benefit, the company said this morning.

The company earned $60.9 million, or 63 cents per share, for the first quarter 2008, compared with earnings of $29.9 million, or 34 cents per share, for the first quarter 2007.

The increase in quarterly earnings was primarily the result of a $39.4 million, or 40 cents per share, net earnings benefit from the completion of a federal income tax audit covering multiple years.

Setting aside the net earnings benefit of the completed tax audit, first quarter 2008 earnings were $21.5 million, or 23 cents per share. Earnings per share also reflect an additional 10.3 million shares issued since the first quarter 2007 to fund the company's growth plan.

"Earnings in the first quarter 2008 were consistent with our expectations," said Bill Moore, Westar Energy president and chief executive officer. "We expected earnings in the quarter apart from the tax benefit to be down compared to last year, largely because of capital investments we have made to serve customers that are not yet reflected in our prices. Earnings per share were also affected by the additional equity we have issued to fund our growth plan. As planned, we intend to file a rate case later this month and request an increase in our prices to recognize these capital investments and equity additions."

The company reported first quarter 2008 revenues of $406.8 million, $36.5 million higher than first quarter 2007 revenues of $370.3 million. Retail sales increased $15.2 million, or 6 percent, due primarily to increased recovery in rates of fuel and purchased power costs and higher customer demand due to normal growth in the retail customer base and colder weather. Wholesale sales increased $18.4 million, or 22 percent, due principally to sales made pursuant to a long-term wholesale sale agreement entered into in April 2007.

Total operating expenses increased $52.7 million, due principally to higher fuel and purchased power expense and higher operating and maintenance expense. Fuel and purchased power expense increased $43 million, or 42 percent, due principally to planned maintenance outages at two of the company's lower cost base load generating units. As a result, a larger portion of the power required to serve customers was generated at the company's higher cost natural gas-fired facilities and purchased from others.

Stock in Westar Energy (NYSE: WR) was down 47 cents to $22.95 per share in early trading. In the past year, the stock has traded between $21.75 and $28.35 per share.

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+ 4 Rating Posted by: heidis at May 09, 2008 at 10:52:52 AM
They got tax breaks (mind you I have not had one!) and made record profits, and now they want to up our rates.
Is this guy Wettig's brother?!
I'd rather give welfare to a crackhead than support corporate welfare!

Posted by: truthfinder at May 09, 2008 at 11:16:46 AM
I want my stimulus refund doubled and for Westar to pay for it!

+ 3 Rating Posted by: shesalady at May 09, 2008 at 11:27:13 AM
OK, let me get this straight: so now I can expect smaller electric bills?

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CoreFirst among banks stopping student loans: CJOnline / The Topeka Capital-Journal - CoreFirst among banks stopping student loans


By Michael Hooper
The Capital-Journal
Published Saturday, May 10, 2008
CoreFirst Bank & Trust has decided to get out of the student loan business, joining other lenders nationwide that no longer offer such loans.

CoreFirst has participated in the Federal Family Education Loan Program, offering Stafford and PLUS loans, for more than 30 years. But CoreFirst, the No. 1 lender at Washburn University, said its portfolio of student loans lost its profitability after Congress voted last fall to cut about $20 billion from subsidies the government pays to lenders. CoreFirst is among many.


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"There is no monetary benefit to stay in it," said John Fager, spokesman for CoreFirst. "They are paying at a rate they are funded. It's a wash."

CoreFirst sent notices to students this week saying "effective immediately CoreFirst Bank & Trust will no longer accept applications for new Stafford or Plus loans."

Students are advised to contact their school's financial aid office to choose another lender and sign a new master promissory note, the bank said.

Fager said CoreFirst's student loan portfolio ranged between $15 million and $25 million over the years.

The portfolio is in the process of being sold to Sallie Mae Servicing. The sale should be completed by the end of June.

Fager said CoreFirst targeted students at Washburn, Emporia State University, Kaw Area Technical School and other trade schools in the area.

Jerry Farley, Washburn president, said CoreFirst had handled the majority of loans for students at Washburn.

After finding out the bank is getting out of the business, Washburn applied to be part of the U.S. Department of Education's direct loan programs.

Farley said there is ample opportunity for Washburn students to find other lenders before the next semester begins in August.

Farley, a member of the board of directors at CoreFirst Bank, said other lenders, including Capitol Federal Savings, have gotten out of the student loan business as well.

Farley said he has a list of about 24 other lenders that are willing to provide student loans, but they aren't locally owned. The list includes Bank of America, US Bank and Citibank.

The average student loan debt of Washburn graduates is about $13,000.

More than 60 percent of Washburn students have student loans, Farley said.

Farley said that because so many lenders have gotten way from providing student loans, Congress introduced a bill to entice lenders to stay in the business.

President Bush recently signed into law a bill passed by the House and Senate in response to shifts in the student loan markets. While there are no reports of any eligible students or parents being denied a federal loan, Congress and the White House believed it prudent to be prepared for any sudden or drastic shifts in the markets that could affect access to federal student loans, according to a report from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Michael Hooper can be reached at (785)295-1293 or michael.hooper@cjonline.com.

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-4 Rating Posted by: kansas51 at May 10, 2008 at 10:46:12 AM
CoreFirst, formally Commerce Bank & Trust, has been ripping students off for a decade. On numerous occasions and with several students had the same loan as Sallie May and no matter how many agencies you had involved would not "get it". Also, I know at least three people that the bank had "debit charges" being made on their accounts that did not belong to them, on two, the customer was out of town, but they said "since you shop at the GAP on a regular basis these charges belong to you" the charges were dates that were not possible. There were numerous other charges which caused the account to be in overdraft status, it is thought to be an inside job by an employee as the problem would not end. Of course, the bank is "always"right so it was horrible experience for a young person just starting out. This scenerio played out over and over. Thankfully the students will be saved from their involvement with this establishment - finally. Also, if the feds keep dropping the interest rate, who is getting the breaks, certainly not the consumer.. interest rates for home loans have not dropped for the homebuyer. The only thing that has happened is fewer and fewer people that have good credit 680 and higher are being denied houses because the banks gouged the consumer previously and now everyone has to pay for it.

-4 Rating Posted by: butthead at May 10, 2008 at 12:13:32 PM
Farley will hump any leg with a buck.

Posted by: Dude at May 10, 2008 at 07:42:49 PM
Is there something wrong here? CoreFirst has a majority of the loans at Washburn. Now that it is not AS profitable it is dumping the students. Farley is President of Washburn and wait he is also on the Board of CoreFirst. Something doesn't smell right.

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Plenty to hear from the comments. I say yes if Obama wins.

Poll: Sebelius as Obama's VP? CJOnline / The Topeka Capital-Journal - Poll: Sebelius as Obama's VP?

From Staff and Wire Reports
Published Saturday, May 10, 2008
If Sen. Barack Obama gets the Democrat presidential nomination, should he select Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his running mate?

Why should Obama select Sebelius? Or why shouldn't he? Let us know what you think by calling (785) 295-5616 or e-mailing page2@cjonline.com.


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Blog: Sebelius atop VP list

Speculation about Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' chances of being selected as Sen. Barack Obama's running mate got warmer Friday thanks to a Washington Post blog.

Post political blogger Chris Cillizza listed Sebelius as the most likely candidate to join Obama on the Democrat presidential ticket.

"The second-term Kansas governor earns the top spot because of her ability to further bolster Obama's strengths while not exacerbating his weaknesses," Cillizza wrote. "Picking Sebelius would affirm Obama's core message of change and would give Obama's run even more historic weight. Sebelius' electoral success in ruby red Kansas would also echo Obama's pledge to broaden the playing field in the fall and ensure that the party is competitive in every state. The one knock on Sebelius is the dearth of foreign policy credentials on her resume. But she has six years of strong executive experience and could be the kind of political partner Obama needs in the fall."

Through a spokeswoman, Sebelius said:

"I'm humbled by the suggestion, but what it does more than anything is remind me of how proud I am of the progress we've made in Kansas over my six years as governor. I'll continue working to help Sen. Obama, as I believe he is the right leader for our country, but my focus remains on serving the people of Kansas."

Last year, Democrat strategist James Carville said he hoped Sebelius would be selected.

At that time, the Sebelius camp downplayed the suggestion.

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-2 Rating Posted by: hedge at May 10, 2008 at 07:25:58 AM
Yes she should be obama's vp then the democrats would have 2 idiots and we could get her to hell out of Kansas

-1 Rating Posted by: KSU_guy at May 10, 2008 at 08:22:18 AM
I second that notion. The sooner we can get her out of our state, the better off we'll be.

+ 1 Rating Posted by: foofoo at May 10, 2008 at 08:33:14 AM
Sour grapes, guys?

Posted by: pkeiser at May 10, 2008 at 09:02:18 AM
Absolutely not! We need her here!

Posted by: hereford at May 10, 2008 at 10:21:05 AM
I would hate to have her run our country if something happened to the President. However would be a tose up which is worst!

-2 Rating Posted by: situveux1 at May 10, 2008 at 11:15:22 AM
"Absolutely not! We need her here!"

Please, what a stupid comment. If you believed that you would have been calling the gov's office to find out why she wasn't "here" when she was trotting off to Georgia for a golf tournament and Turkey for a secret meeting and Kentucky, Ohio, etc to campaign for Obama...all when the legislature was in session and she was supposed to be "leading" the state. That kind of "leadership" I can do without.

+ 3 Rating Posted by: learnedhand at May 10, 2008 at 11:35:48 AM
It's moot. Obama won't win the nomination.

Posted by: brian2225 at May 10, 2008 at 02:11:26 PM
On the contrary. That would be an unbeatable ticket! You go Kathleen!

-1 Rating Posted by: ScottLamorte at May 10, 2008 at 03:19:15 PM
Obama will win the nomination.. where have you been?

Will Sebelius be the Veep? Probably:
CJOnline - Sebelius guest of Bilderberg Group

+ 1 Rating Posted by: spiritwind at May 10, 2008 at 03:59:39 PM
Aww this explains why the archbishop came out in public about her religious practices.

Posted by: picke810 at May 10, 2008 at 05:32:16 PM
It's a pleasant thought: Kansas without Sebelius...maybe she'll take the Allegruccis with her too, finding decent jobs for them as well as Mike Hayden, Klataske, Sabatini and the rest of her syndicate. The bad news is that we'd be left with a pretty worthless turn-coat for a replacement governor

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Posted by: callman at May 10, 2008 at 07:43:47 PM
Well we can sure tell by the responses that we are in the reddest state. And by the way the catholics sure have their never trying to smear the Govenor. All of the cover ups of child molesting priest. They never let the truth be told they just moved their perverted priest to another church to prey on more young innocents.

Posted by: jaredschons at May 10, 2008 at 07:57:09 PM
looks like the rethuglikkkans are out in full form today. is it obama's middle name, or the idea that one voice can make the call for real change that has brought MILLIONS of new voters to the booths that GoPer's fear? mccain stands no chance, not when you have hundreds of thousands of republicans crossing party lines and voting for obama.

all that aside, gov sebelius is an intelligent, powerful WOMAN, another 'no-no' in the conservative playbook.

it shames me to be from kansas, seeing the blatant sexism towards a governor who calls for progress and real change, and the racist undertones against obama who represents EXACTLY the same.

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Fort Riley soldiers returning from war: CJOnline Page Not Found

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Published Monday, May 12, 2008 at 2:26 p.m. CDT
FORT RILEY — Another group of Fort Riley soldiers is coming home from 15 months in Iraq.

The latest to return are approximately 55 soldiers from the 977th Military Police Company, due back today. During their deployment, the unit logged more than 3,700 combat patrols, drove more than 676,000 miles and conducted 28 humanitarian assistance missions.

Eleven soldiers from the unit were injured during the deployment. Two were killed.

There still are some 3,550 Fort Riley soldiers deployed to either Afghanistan or Iraq.

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Posted by: mlurp at May 12, 2008 at 05:41:16 PM
Welcome home to each. And thanks for your service.

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The link will show how bad the town looked after the storm and it rise to become the first
totally GREEN city in America. I think it is anyway.

CJOnline - Greensburg Tornado

Greensburg students' resilience celebrated
GREENSBURG -- President Bush hailed the resilience of this town and its tiny high school graduating class Sunday, one year after a tornado barreled through with astonishing fury.
Never before had Bush delivered a commencement address at a high school, and his presence was meant to reflect how far Greensburg has come. From nearly total devastation May 4, 2007, this town is recovering, and hope has been rekindled.
At the center of attention is the Class of 2008 — 10 boys and eight girls. They finished their senior year at a makeshift campus of trailers.

Name and vision color tornado town
GREENSBURG -- Atop a grain silo at the edge of this tornado-ravaged town, Dennis McKinney peered out over the pockets of buzzing construction, past the new art gallery and the new convenience store, to the water tower partially repainted -- "EENSBURG," it read.
It is the anchor of a town where McKinney has lived for 24 years, where his children grew up.
"This is what we do, we build back our homes," he said of the post-twister progress. "This is a great community to raise a family, a great community to retire in."

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the last paragraph which give the total number of Tornados this year so far and last year. And the 3 year trend. As well as helpful info on how to save your fanny during one.

Automobiles poor protection from twisters: CJOnline - Automobiles poor protection from twisters

The Associated Press
Published Monday, May 12, 2008 at 2:47 p.m. CDT
SENECA, Mo. — Trapped in his car on the way to a friend’s wedding, Rick Rountree and his family never stood a chance once a tornado packing winds of 170 mph hit southwest Missouri.

“It’s like taking a handful of Matchbox cars and rolling them across the kitchen floor,” said Sgt. Dan Bracker of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, surveying the damage in Newton County near the Oklahoma border, the hardest hit area. “This is devastating.”

Nearly half of the 21 victims of a weekend tornado that devastated parts of Oklahoma and Missouri died in cars — troubling experts who say vehicles are among the worst places to be when a twister bears down.

At least 24 people were dead in Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama after severe storms erupted Saturday over the southern plains and swept east. Fifteen people died in Missouri from the same storm that decimated Picher, Okla., killing six there.

Wind speeds for the twister that struck Newton County varied, but at one point it became an EF4 tornado reaching 170 miles per hour or higher — moving at a pace of 50 mph to 60 mph, said Andy Foster, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Springfield, Mo.

According to data from the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, 49 of the 705 deaths — or about 7 percent — attributed to tornadoes from 1997 to 2007 were people who were in vehicles when the storm struck.

“They can cover more ground than you can in your car, so unless you know you are moving away from the tornado, the best thing you can do is find a strong structure,” Foster said.

Rountree, his wife Kathy, their 13-year-old son Clayton and Ruby Bilke, Kathy Rountree’s 76-year-old mother, were driving to a friend’s wedding Saturday night when the tornado hit the family’s passenger van on a rural highway about eight miles north of Seneca, said Larry Bilke, Ruby’s son.

Ruby Bilke died barely 100 yards from the place where she was born, her son said. The Rountree family left their home in Joplin, 15 miles away, and picked up Bilke at her home in the county in an effort to arrive early for a 7 p.m. wedding, where Rick Rountree was scheduled to sing.

“They were on the road when the warnings came,” said Larry Bilke, whose own home just one mile from the crash site was unscathed.

Authorities continued today to match the bodies recovered from the deadly tornado with the circumstances surrounding the victims’ deaths. But Bracker of the Missouri State Highway Patrol preliminarily identified two other car passengers who died when their vehicle was thrown from the same road, state Highway 43, as the Rountree family.

In Picher, Okla., 32 miles away, a man and a woman died when their car was blown into a lagoon. The body of another man from the car wound up in a nearby tree, said Oklahoma Emergency Management spokeswoman Michelann Ooten. A 13-year-old girl who was riding in the car survived the crash, and was released after her injuries were treated at a hospital.

Fire Chief Jeff Reeves said they weren’t trying to outrun the twister.

“I think they were actually trying to get to a family member’s house on the south side of town to help them and they just didn’t make it over,” Reeves said.

The multiple deaths of Missourians in cars when the tornado hit prompted Gov. Matt Blunt to issue a stern reminder to state residents: stay out of vehicles when a tornado is nearby.

Among the tips: motorists and their passengers should find a sturdy shelter or even lie flat in a ditch or other low spot, covering their heads with arms, coats or blankets if the tornado is moving in their direction.

Overpasses and bridges should also be avoided — the overpass can create a wind tunnel effect, and bridges could collapse.

The National Weather Service said about 100 people have died in U.S. twisters so far this year. If trends hold, this could stack up as one of the deadliest tornado years in recent history. The weather service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said 130 people died in U.S. tornadoes in 1998, the eighth deadliest year since 1950. The highest number of tornado-related deaths came in 1953, when 519 people died.

Through mid-May of this year, 910 tornadoes have been reported, though not all have been confirmed by the National Weather Service. That is compared to 1,093 confirmed twisters for all of last year. In the last three years, there has been an average of 1,159 tornadoes confirmed.

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