Hays Daily News, The (Newspaper) - August 19, 1999, Hays, Kansas Local forecast partly cloudy with a slight chance for thunder storms Low partly cloudy with a slight chance for High page Inside today Hays Daily News THURSDAY August 1 16 pages 507 Kansas 785 6281081 On the Internet at Earthquake death toll surpasses Turkey AP With time running out to save thousands of people still missing under mountains of rescue workers worked frantically to pull out survivors today even as the death toll from western Turkeys worst recorded earthquake surpassed Israeli and Austrian res cue teams joined Turkish crews and civilians searching for loved ones in a massive effort to save the thousands of people trapped beneath the wreck Amid the bleak there were some heartening words An inferno at the major oil refinery in set off by the was brought under And an 8yearold boy was rescued in Izmit this morning by the Fairfax Urban Search and Rescue said Lorenzo a spokesman for the Thrower said the team was also work ing to free a 27yearold woman buried under 15 feet of In the town of one of the hardest hit a 60member French military rescue team tried to free 16 yearold Elmas from the rub ble of a but her ankle was trapped in the We may have to amputate her said JeanMarc head of the the French team amputat ed a mans hand to extract him from the In near the a married couple was rescued nearly 40 hours after the quake shook a couple out of their bed and brought it to rest just above They spent nearly two days in a space just large enough for them to slither a few praying and trying to forget about their gnaw ing thirst until they saw a rescuers We expected to be crushed any Kemal Yildirim said We thought we were breathing our last But such rescue stories expected to dwindle as more time swelling the death About 99 percent of people rescued are rescued within the first 48 and thereafter it is difficult to find people who have said Helge a spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in The semiofficial Anatolia news agency said that in the Izmit and Golcuk people were an increase of from the earlier The agency later reported that the death toll in the town of Yalova rose from 350 to The increases raise the official death toll to some The death toll was still expected to By some people were reported In an Austrian team moved from building to searching for survivors with sniffer They found no one and said they feared that most of those trapped in the wreckage may have perished due to a lack of Elmas grimaces in pain as a French rescue worker takes her blood pressure at a collapsed apartment building in western Turkey was pulled alive from the rubble nearly 58 hours after the ASSOCIATED PRESS Rescue workers and volunteers work in a street in devastated by the City management plans needed to prevent future flooding By JUNO OGLE HAYS DAILY NEWS Without city ordinances and public support concerning in 20 years Hays could find itself deep in That was the message delivered Wednesday night at the library of Washington School library in the first of four public hearings on the citys master plan now under develop The next meeting is scheduled for Unless we can encourage the development and adoption of some city wide ordinances that control future flood plain development and future runoff were going to be back in the same boat 20 years from now that were in now with increased flooding every year from increased development that said Matt project manager of the man agement The purpose of the attended most ly by members of the advisory committee and city was to present infor mation on the plan to the public and to begin planning improvements to the citys existing management Koch and his team are with the firm Burns and Kansas which was awarded the management contract in October The contract was approved by the city at a cost of for the first development of a master and an optional for the second phase implementation of the a storm water The city has the option of continuing with the second phase if it is deemed in the best interest of the Overall costs of implementing improvements to the city system could range between and million through the next 15 to 20 Koch Preliminary work has been under way since the beginning of the year and included a survey sent to city water customers earlier this The 233 questionnaires returned were less than hoped but the responses were just about on target with what the project team Koch A hot was established in It has not had much use by the but the city will continue to offer it for One surprise with the survey was that 109 respondents reported they had no problems with flooding on their Most people who take the time to fill out surveys are usually those hav ing Koch The survey shows that in most flooding problems are categorized as nuisance flooding flooding and erosion in storm sewers over flowing or a small amount of water in basements rather than flooding that causes significant damage to The surveys were sorted by and data will be one method used to identify problem areas in the Koch The advisory committee and city staff also identified problem all of which were displayed on a map at the The information will be used to generate com puter models of Hays current storm water sys tem in various such as 2to 100year floods now and with anticipated development through the next 20 Koch said he might be able to show some of those models at the next public The majority of flooding problem areas iden are west of Vine including Lincoln the downtown the golf near ield Inn and along the levee at the south end of When future development most of it com development expected north of Interstate 70 is taken into consideration with the current flooding problems are also likely to occur around the southern edges of the city and along Vine project engineer Leon Staab Possible solutions discussed at the meeting included building retention ponds or dams north of the interstate to stop the flow of water into the and installing pumps or channeling water around the Koch said a strong emphasis is being placed in many cities on flood management systems Hays already has natural areas such as Lincoln Draw and He did note that Lincoln Draw is not adequate for the the current capacity or anticipated capacities of Thats the kind of system in an ideal world youd like to more of an open open system thats he Governor appoints agriculture secretary Jamie Graves legislative named to lead farm agency By SARAH KESSINGER HARRIS NEWS SERVICE TOPEKA Its a tough time for Kansas and the states new agriculture Jamie Clover says shes ready to push for public discussion on the future of agri Adams plans to step up efforts to educate policymakers about the farm I want to try to do some things to help people understand what tures all she I would like to encourage advocacy groups to come to us with their Graves named his legislative liaison on farm and envi to the states top farm post Her salary will be The appointment drew praise from some although some called for more aggressive leadership for One senator criticized the revolving door between lobbying for the farm industry and the states farm regulatory Graves said the 35yearold staffer will strike a balance between the job of regulating the farm industry and educating lawmakers and the public about farm Her experience at both the state and federal levels make her fluent in the vast array of agriculture issues facing Graves said in a Prior to serving as Adams was a lobbyist for the Kansas Grain and Feed Association and the Kansas Fertilizer and Chemical She also worked in as director of environmental and labor affairs for the American Feed Industry Association and as a research analyst for the Chamber of She replaces secretary Allie who resigned this summer to spend more time with her The appointment must meet Senate Senate Agriculture Chair man Steve said Adams should serve the state I think she should do a good Shes worked with the Feed and Grain folks and did a good job he Christine I think the governors stepped up and said lets see what we can do to keep the farm infrastructure And I think Jamies going to be able to help with that discussion in that But Stan said Kansas needs a farmer or rancher in the We need someone who has hands on experience running a not only mentally but he Im looking forward to hearing her vision of how to be instrumental in leading us out of the problems rural Kansas is Kansas family farmers deserve a more vocal state said Bruce The farm economy is changing rapidly as large corporations merge and crowd small producers from Sharon Springs bull rider shoots for national finals iBy MIKE CORN NEWS A blaze of blue sliced through the cloud of dust ris from the floor of the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds i It came as no surprise that Cauy Hudson of Sharon Springs was not happy falling of a second short of successfully completing his third ride on a bull named Getting bucked off Saturday in the third round of the City was significant the loss of more than the title to a prestigious event and vir tually assuring participation in the Professional Bull Riders Association world champi in Las Vegas in late I wish Id ridden that third Hudson said Tuesday in a telephone call from where he was staying en route to yet another I still got out with and a lot of he Hudson rode his first two scoring 89 points on the first and on his second The collective points from the two bulls made him the leader going into the third round of competi Had he stayed on the third round bull for the required eight Hudson likely would have walked away with the The additional money and boosted Hudson into 35th place in the PER despite sit ting out more than three months because of a groin He is in 44th place in terms of qualifying for the Last Hudson finished in 39th place in but 26th in money earned with Thats not he The 23yearold Hudson is one rider on the PER a bulls only touring A native of Sharon Hudson is on the roads most days taking part in PER as well as rodeos spon sored by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys At PRCA events he rides bulls and bucking Because of the Hudson knows he wont qualify for the National Finals Rodeo this As a hes pushing hard to qualify for PER To ensure a he needs to win about more in the three remaining he would find his way into the event as 45 riders get to Due to typically more than the top 45 riders can take he wants to get there on his own The injury hasnt He was forced to sit out starting April injured at an event in He returned 7 at a rodeo in I really love riding Hudson Ive been doing it since I can His is a stock contractor for operating from his ranch south of Sharon This is the 40th anniversary for the HUDSON SEE PAGE 6 Flower child ASSOCIATED PRESS Kylie of smells a sunflower during her first visit to a sunflower field Tuesday
