The Topeka Capital-Journal back issues from August 2009:
Events
Aug 01, 2009 ... Composting demonstration Shawnee County Master Gardeners will have a compostingdemonstration at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 8 at their garden on the south endof the Kansas Expocentre grounds, near the locomotive. The demonstration will include examples of enclosures, proceduresand ...
Perfect place for garden window
Aug 01, 2009 ... Dear Jim: My kitchen has a window in the south wall. I amconsidering having a garden window installed. Will one provide muchspace? Are there efficiency features I should look for? -- Carl M. Dear Carl: The kitchen is the most common room where a gardenwindow is installed. The ...
Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009
Aug 01, 2009 ... LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Be sympathetic to the plight of a friendwho has been kind to you in the past, and come to his or her aid. Ifyou opt for plans of your own instead, your guilt won't allow you tohave fun. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Selfishness can quickly put strainson a ...
Webs are cosmetic problem
Aug 01, 2009 ... Summer is a time of county fairs, carnivals with wild rides andtreats spun, dipped, battered and fried. One of those wonderful treats is cotton candy. It comes insplendid colors of blue and pink. It sticks to your fingers and noseand melts in your mouth much too quickly. All ...
Real reform slipping through Obama's hands
Aug 01, 2009 ... Hear ye, hear ye, America's greatest hustler -- perhaps ever --is selling from an empty wagon, and there are no prospects for thewagon to be filled with anything more useful than corn husks. President Barack Obama is selling health care reform legislationthat has not been written ...
daily record
Aug 01, 2009 ... Births St. Francis Daniel Ramirez and Charity Morris, Topeka, boy, July 30. Edward and Tammy Meis, Topeka, girl, July 31 Stormont-Vail Gerry and Kinna Thomas, Topeka, boy, July 29. Dillon and Kristina Carrier, Burlingame, girl, July 29. Aaron ...
TODAY'S TOP SPORTS BRIEFS
Aug 01, 2009 ... AUTO RACING 1. RAIN WASHES OUT SPRINT CUP QUALIFYING: Rain has washed outSprint Cup qualifying, putting Tony Stewart on the pole at PoconoRaceway. NASCAR set the field on points Friday, allowing last week'swinner Jimmie Johnson to start second. Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch ...
TODAY'S TOP SPORTS BRIEFS
Aug 01, 2009 ... AUTO RACING 1. RAIN WASHES OUT SPRINT CUP QUALIFYING: Rain has washed outSprint Cup qualifying, putting Tony Stewart on the pole at PoconoRaceway. NASCAR set the field on points Friday, allowing last week'swinner Jimmie Johnson to start second. Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch ...
Letters to the editor
Aug 01, 2009 ... Thriving on carbon The U.S. is a country that has thrived on progress using theconstructive contributions of the human mind. We are, by governmentpolices, presently dismantling the essence of our lives toaccommodate the myth of climate change due to activities of mankind. A ...
At Home
Aug 01, 2009 ... Valley Inc. __ 2 Realty Executives __ 3, 5 Land Kansas Real Estate __ 3 R.A. Fulmer Co. __ 3, 7 Jerry Long Real Estate __ 3 Joe Biggs and Associates __ 3 RE/MAX Associates __ 4 Countrywide Realty __ 5 Century 21 __ ...
These walls were made for planting
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Lee Reich THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Let's plant a stone wall. If only that were as simple as dropping a row of pebbles in theground, stepping back, and waiting a few weeks or months for a wallto appear. But, of course, what I mean is to grow plants in a ...
Feather pillows tops in comfort
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Rosemary Sadez Friedmann SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE We all know that to get a good sleep, we need a good mattress.But what about a good pillow? Straw used use to be the filler for pillows. It was cheap, butnot comfortable. Feathers and down are the most expensive ...
It's hip to be square when organizing
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Sara Noel FRUGAL LIVING Organizing your storage containers can be a pain. If you don'thave a system for the lids, mealtime can become one additionalfrustration of the day. You can invest in storage containers withinterlocking lids or simply designate a shoebox or drawer to ...
Grieving daughter rebuffs friends
Aug 01, 2009 ... Dear Abby: My father was murdered. I am dealing with it the bestI can. I appreciate that people want to extend their condolences,but I have started letting my phone go directly to voice mailbecause I just can't handle hearing, "You're in my prayers," or,"This is all part of some plan." I ...
Doctor explains husband's injections
Aug 01, 2009 ... Dear Dr. Gott: My husband is 85 years old. He has colon andprostate cancer. He has gone through chemotherapy, seeding of theprostate and radiation. As of now, seven years after being diagnosedwith colon cancer and about four years after a diagnosis of prostatecancer, he is in remarkably ...
MIXING IT UP
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Phillip Anderson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL A year ago, 10 members of Maranatha Baptist Fellowship, 4935 S.W.Burlingame Road, went to Guatemala on a missions trip. In so doing, they traveled thousands of miles to cross a culturaldivide and present the Gospel of Jesus Christ ...
K-State grad still cranking out hits on the radio
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Phillip Anderson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL To say Mark Schultz, the Kansas State University graduate andColby native, has done well for himself in the Christian musicindustry would be an understatement of massive proportions. Not only does Schultz rank right up there with ...
Problem-solving taught to kids at Peace Camp
Aug 01, 2009 ... Every summer since 1987, dozens of Topeka-area youths haveattended a weeklong Peace Camp, where they have learned ways toresolve differences without resorting to yelling or fighting. The goal is for the students to take what they learned at thecamp and apply it in their personal ...
Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009
Aug 02, 2009 ... LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Unless you can find multiple ways tospend your time constructively, you will feel guilty wastingprecious time. Don't victimize yourself with a "coulda, shoulda,woulda" syndrome. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- The quickest way to take the edge offthe business ...
Let their actions inspire
Aug 02, 2009 ... Has anyone ever moved you so much that you became resolved tomake a change in your life? I recently have seen a theme repeat itself through a couple ofindividuals. A version of the ESPY Awards was airing, and I tuned in just intime to watch the recipient of the Jimmy V Award, ...
Bridge results
Aug 02, 2009 ... Recent winners of the ACBL duplicate bridge games were asfollows: July 22: Vern Gregg and Steve Phelps. July 23: Katie Loseke andV'Anne Desch. July 24: Katie Loseke and Robin Harris, north/south;Virginia Hamilton and V'Anne Desch, east/west. July 28: DorothyNetson and Bill ...
Daughters need moms to demonstrate self-esteem
Aug 02, 2009 ... I had been searching for a pair of jeans, the new kind withwhat's called a "comfort" waistband instead of the old elasticwaistband. It's like renaming leftovers "retro delicacies." Once I found a pair of jeans in which I thought I could run, jumpand successfully complete a Tinman ...
Case shows discussion still needed
Aug 02, 2009 ... I have watched the controversy over the arrest of professor HenryLouis "Skip" Gates Jr. with more than passing interest. I don't understand why, after Gates showed the properidentification, the officer didn't simply apologize and leave. Despite the election of Barack Obama, ...
Face-to-face friendships are better
Aug 02, 2009 ... Can you have too many friends? And if so, how many is too many? Well, for Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, that number is10,000. That's how many Facebook friends Gates says he had when heannounced last weekend that he was giving up on the socialnetworking site. Gates said he ...
Pets on Parade
Aug 02, 2009 ... To have your photo featured in Pets or Photos on Parade,mail yourphoto to TCJ Pets/Photos ...
Couple has a full plate
Aug 02, 2009 ... Story and photographs by Travis Perry SPECIAL TO THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL SENECA -- On March 16, John and Dana Lueger crawled into bedaround 1 a.m., looked at each other and asked, "What did we getourselves into?" They had just finished their first day in business ...
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Aug 02, 2009 ... Branson comes to Kansas -- Doug Gabriel, entertainer fromBranson, Mo., will perform with his family at 7 p.m. Friday in theMarysville High School Auditorium, 1111 Walnut. Gabriel plays theguitar, the piano and the "Mufflar" -- a '69 Thunderbird mufflerfashioned into a guitar. Joining him ...
DID YOU KNOW?
Aug 02, 2009 ... The airport in Topeka is named after Philip Billard, a pioneeraviator. He flew a Topeka-built Longren airplane, which today hangsin the Kansas History Museum. In August 1917, Billard did 13 consecutive loop-the-loops at2,000 feet over Topeka. He was trying to demonstrate his skill ...
This Week in Kansas History
Aug 02, 2009 ... Aug. 5, 1916: The Kansas Natural Gas Co. sets a minimum charge of$1 per month for home customers. The company also changes prices toreflect the distance of consumers from the gas field. This makesprices in Topeka jump to 35 cents from 28 cents per 1,000 cubicfeet. Aug. 5, 1917: ...
GET OUT AND PLAY
Aug 02, 2009 ... The Capital-Journal The Milford Lake Extreme Outdoor Water Festival isn't until Aug.15, but participants may need a couple of weeks to build their boatsand loosen up for the triathlon. The annual festival also offers activities for those who don'twant to get extremely wet, ...
Deep in debt
Aug 01, 2009 ... For most Americans, looking at a 401k statement over the pastyear has been like watching a slasher movie. Sometimes, you just had to turn away. It was too much to bear,seeing all those savings bleed out as the stock market went into thetank. But now comes news that could add ...
CALENDAR
Aug 01, 2009; ... Thrift sale, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Walnut View ChristianChurch basement, 3634 S.E. 37th, east of Lake Shawnee. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church men's auxiliary barbecue dinnerfundraiser, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Vacation Bible school, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday to ...
Adj. Gen. discusses Armenia tripForeign partnership touted
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Jan Biles The Capital-Journal The Kansas adjutant general said Friday a trip he and otherofficials took last week to the Republic of Armenia cemented thethree-year partnership the Kansas National Guard has with the formerSoviet Union country. The focus of the trip ...
Big 12 belongs at Jerry's
Aug 01, 2009; ... Hang time could get real expensive in Cowboys Stadium. The first time the expansive video board that stretches from the20-yard lines is hit by a punt, more than just dust will fly. "Is it really 90 feet off the ground?" asked Kansas Stateassociate athletic director Sean Snyder, ...
'Clunkers' cashed inCar program isn't a clunkerLocal auto dealers have been swamped
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL If you are thinking about cashing in your clunker, you had betterdo it today. The Obama administration said late Thursday that money for theeconomic stimulus program was running out. Congress scrambled Fridayto add funds to the nearly ...
Briefly
Aug 01, 2009; ... CLUBS, MEETINGS The Kansas Area Tigers University of Missouri alumni chapter willhold its annual kickoff picnic at 6 p.m. Sunday at Snyder's Cabin inGage Park. Mizzou softball coach Ehren Earleywine will be thespecial guest. Cost for the barbecue dinner is $5 for Mizzou ...
Texas No. 1? In whining, maybe
Aug 01, 2009; ... Time to test your knowledge of current events. Question No. 1 -- Texas recently lost its No. 1 ranking in theannual America's Top States for Business report by CNBC. Why? A. Its quality of life rating slipped. B. The costs of living and doing business ...
6-time champ won't race at HPTSix-time champ pulls out of races
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Rick Peterson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL The AMA Pro Riders Safety Committee gave its approval for safetymodifications made to Heartland Park Topeka's road course in advanceof this weekend's Tornado Nationals. That apparently wasn't enough to satisfy six-time champion ...
How to get out of a tight spot
Aug 01, 2009; ... Dear Tom and Ray: It might have been the Red Sox sticker on mycar, but I found myself in a no-win situation in New York City a fewweeks ago. I had traveled to New York for the weekend, and I wasable to secure a perfect parking spot on the street. When I arrivedback at my car on Sunday, I ...
Ewald only local remainingEwald only local remaining
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Brent Maycock THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL If being the No. 1 seed in the 99th Kansas Amateur is a burden,it sure doesn't seem to be weighing on Matt Ewald. After taking medalist honors in the stroke play portion of theamateur, Ewald hasn't slipped a bit in the match play ....
Reward offered in KCK killing
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Tim Hrenchir THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Gov. Mark Parkinson offered a $5,000 reward Friday forinformation that solves the slaying early April 9 of 25-year-oldJeffrey Rogers, who was shot and stabbed during a home invasion inWyandotte County. "Somebody somewhere knows ...
Burglary probe nets arrest
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Bill Blankenship THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Crime statistics, especially when they go up, are the curse ofpolice, but an analysis of that data helped investigators make anarrest that could solve two dozen Topeka car burglaries. Joey Ronnell Lewis, 31, of Topeka, who in June ...
Education boards to share info
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Mike Hall THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL The state's top agencies overseeing education have agreed toshare information to track student achievement and evaluateeducation programs. The Kansas Board of Regents and and the Kansas State Departmentof Education have announced ...
Pegram, DiSalvo earn polesAlone at the top
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Rick Peterson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Superpole qualifying hasn't been Larry Pegram's strong suit thisseason. The 35-year-old veteran bucked that trend Friday, earning thepole for both of this weekend's American Superbike races in the AMAPro Road Racing Tornado ...
TMTA awarded $2.5 million
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Kevin Elliott THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL The announcement of a $2.5 million federal grant on Friday topurchase seven new buses doesn't change the financial outlook ofTopeka's aging transit system and the desire for a $2 million taxincrease, the agency's chief executive ...
Topekan skydives to celebrate 80th birthday
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Adrielle Harvey THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL OSAGE CITY -- Five years ago, Joe McFarland wasn't sure if hewould make it out of the hospital, let alone take a second leap outof a plane. The Topekan's 75th birthday -- spent hooked to a drip line asdoctors diagnosed him with ...
Adj. Gen. discusses Armenia tripForeign partnership touted
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Jan Biles The Capital-Journal The Kansas adjutant general said Friday a trip he and otherofficials took last week to the Republic of Armenia cemented thethree-year partnership the Kansas National Guard has with the formerSoviet Union country. The focus of the trip ...
'Clunkers' cashed inCar program isn't a clunkerLocal auto dealers have been swamped
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL If you are thinking about cashing in your clunker, you had betterdo it today. The Obama administration said late Thursday that money for theeconomic stimulus program was running out. Congress scrambled Fridayto add funds to the nearly ...
Burglary probe nets arrest
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Bill Blankenship THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Crime statistics, especially when they go up, are the curse ofpolice, but an analysis of that data helped investigators make anarrest that could solve two dozen Topeka car burglaries. Joey Ronnell Lewis, 31, of Topeka, who in June ...
How to get out of a tight spot
Aug 01, 2009; ... Dear Tom and Ray: It might have been the Red Sox sticker on mycar, but I found myself in a no-win situation in New York City a fewweeks ago. I had traveled to New York for the weekend, and I wasable to secure a perfect parking spot on the street. When I arrivedback at my car on Sunday, I ...
Big 12 belongs at Jerry's
Aug 01, 2009; ... Hang time could get real expensive in Cowboys Stadium. The first time the expansive video board that stretches from the20-yard lines is hit by a punt, more than just dust will fly. "Is it really 90 feet off the ground?" asked Kansas Stateassociate athletic director Sean Snyder, ...
Ewald only local remainingEwald only local remaining
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Brent Maycock THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL If being the No. 1 seed in the 99th Kansas Amateur is a burden,it sure doesn't seem to be weighing on Matt Ewald. After taking medalist honors in the stroke play portion of theamateur, Ewald hasn't slipped a bit in the match play ....
Pegram, DiSalvo earn polesAlone at the top
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Rick Peterson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Superpole qualifying hasn't been Larry Pegram's strong suit thisseason. The 35-year-old veteran bucked that trend Friday, earning thepole for both of this weekend's American Superbike races in the AMAPro Road Racing Tornado ...
6-time champ won't race at HPTSix-time champ pulls out of races
Aug 01, 2009; ... By Rick Peterson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL The AMA Pro Riders Safety Committee gave its approval for safetymodifications made to Heartland Park Topeka's road course in advanceof this weekend's Tornado Nationals. That apparently wasn't enough to satisfy six-time champion ...
Hard at work to foster play
Aug 02, 2009 ... Story and photographs by Carolyn Kaberline SPECIAL TO THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL ST. MARYS -- It may take a village to raise a child, but it alsocan take a village to create a playground for that child. And that'sexactly what St. Marys Friends of the Park has set out to ...
Briefly
Aug 02, 2009 ... Notices of upcoming events should be sent to the newspaperseveral days in advance of the publication date. They may besubmitted by e-mail to news@cjonline.com; by mail to The TopekaCapital-Journal, attention Briefly in Topeka, 616 S.E. Jefferson,Topeka, 66607; or by fax to (785) ...
it's your business
Aug 02, 2009 ... PROMOTIONS Randy Osburn, formerly of Topeka, has been promoted to vicepresident at HDR Engineering in Raleigh, N.C. He is a senior projectmanager for the company's East region, and his responsibilitiesinclude special project assignments that enhance the operations ofHDR offices ...
DAILY RECORD
Aug 02, 2009 ... Births Birth & Women's Center Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Mayo, Williamsburg, girl, July 31. St. Francis Casey and Tamra Simpson, Topeka, girl, July 21. Dan and Theresa Riccomini, Topeka, twin girls, Aug. 1. Calais Thiel, Topeka, girl, Aug. 1. Charlie ...
Letters to the editor
Aug 02, 2009 ... No coincidence About two months ago, I was sitting in the car outside of Wendy'son Wanamaker Road when a man and woman walked up to the car, tappedon the window and told me they were just passing through as theywere moving from Salina to Horton. The man said he had left his ...
Late-night chatter
Aug 02, 2009 ... Conan O'Brien - " ... at the White House, President Obama had a beer withHarvard professor Henry Louis Gates and the policeman who arrestedhim. The meeting got off to a rough start when a neighbor called thepolice to say Gates was breaking into the White House." - "Obama ...
Listen in
Aug 02, 2009 ... The Internet news talk show "Jim Cates @ CJOnline'' can be heardlive from 8 to 10 a.m. Mondays and Fridays from the Roundabout Cafe,S.W. 21st and Urish. To access the show, go to CJOnline.com andclick ...
If no discard, follow suit
Aug 02, 2009; ... By Phillip Alder A computer program is a set of instructions describing thesequence of steps a machine must follow to accomplish a specifictask. Sometimes a defender at the bridge table must follow a sequenceof plays to tell partner how to accomplish the specific task ...
Son won't let parents visit granddaughters
Aug 02, 2009 ... Dear Abby: Our oldest son, "Jim," has a history of turning hisback on people once he has used them, which has left us in financialruin. Our most recent bailout went to our younger son, who went intobusiness with Jim. To make a long story short, Jim was greedy andimpatient and plundered ...
CELEBRATING AUNT PATTI
Aug 02, 2009; ... WAMEGO -- Although as a boy Tim Akers knew his great-aunt PattiPage sang and made records, he didn't appreciate just how famous shewas until one morning when he was watching "Captain Kangaroo.""Youknow Captain Kangaroo had those puppets, and they were dancingaround to 'Doggie in the ...
System doesn't encourage minorities to succeed
Aug 02, 2009 ... "I hate to admit it, but I have reached a stage in my life thatif I am walking down a dark street late at night and I see that theperson behind me is white, I subconsciously feel relieved." -- theRev. Jesse Jackson Slavery and racism have been like a soiled garment that ...