Salina Journal (Newspaper) - July 23, 1992, Salina, Kansas the Serving Kansas since 1871 Journal INSIDE Pos Meyers caught in latest House Post Office Page Kansas July 5O cents Library plans for expansion Childrens parking are needs By NICOLE RHINE Journal Staff Writer A lack of space for books and the fact that more people are using the Salina Public Library have prompted library officials to begin plans for Library director Joe McKenzie t said the expansion plans are in a I preliminary design and he and other officials are looking for sug gestions on how to make the library Weve already identified several McKenzie But were going to gather more gather other peoples ideas and work with an architect on possible Then well make some drawings and have some cost estimates drawn McKenzie is working with Jack Gillam of Architects and Engineers of Salina on nary According to the cur rent library building will be 25 years old in Over that time the library has seen a growth in its collection of books and greatly in creased use of the It is the childrens library and that are at the top of a list of The primary area that is aching for more space is the childrens de McKenzie Its been a growing concern over the last 10 Our collection of childrens books has increased to over and the staff has more than doubled to meet demand and the See Pago 7 Space Is at a premium in the childrens section of the Salina Public where desk clerks Scott Journal Christine standing and Valerie Paulson sort books for Monument vandals hurt family again By SHARON MONTAGUE Journal Staff Writer When Franklin and Henrietta Millers niece recently visited from she was anxious to see the monument erected to the Millers Kenneth only Speed resident to die in the Vietnam The three drove from the Miller home in Phil to the city park in only to find that the foottall eagle that once had graced the monument was It sure didnt look the Henrietta Miller It made me feel Jean mayor of the town of about 65 said the eagle was reported missing July This I was very Boyd It shows that people dont respect them selves or other individuals or They think they can do as they The monument was dedicated July by the Speed Grade School graduating class of of which Kenneth Miller was a Boyd It was constructed of native rock and and on the face is a plaque donated by Stockton Monument The plaque reads In honor of by the class of Speed Grade From you we have drawn the presence of For heroic US Army ground combat in Born March Died Peace also be with Miller said Kenneth her only child enlisted in the Army because he was afraid of being and he wanted to complete his service and get on with his During his time in the Kenneth Miller earned the purple bronze expert rifleman award and good conduct Images of those along with a soldier carrying a flag and a are carved on the The cast in was affixed to the top of the monument with Boyd said the eagle weighed 20 to 25 The eagle symbolized the American armed Boyd It was just to show the tradition of the American Boyd said Roger who went to grade school with Kenneth designed and built the mon and spearheaded the fundraising effort to get it Henrietta Miller said it took Horn and three other classmates about two years to raise the money and construct the It meant an awful lot to to think they thought so much of Henrietta Miller And it meant so much to others those who helped to put it and those who have just seen to have this happen seemed such a Henrietta Miller said people have asked how she would punish the person who stole the Her reply I wouldnt worry about If we could just get the eagle back where it that would be latest appointee was child molester By JOHN MARSHALL Harris News Service TOPEKA Before his arrest for having sex with the 12yearold daughter of his Herbert Ketterman had helped his wife write a book in 1981 about child rearing called The Complete Book of Baby and Child Care for Christian Par Three years his also a was becoming a national celebrity as an authority on child care and parenting when her hus band was arrested and the details behind the charges began to unfold in Johnson County District Court in 01 The later Ketterman has been appointed by Joan Finney to monitor com with the states new abortion Ketterman was released from the state prison at Lansing in De cember 1989 after serving four years and 10 months for child which he began July 7 with the state health is to ensure that clinics and hospitals where abortions are performed provide accurate and complete statistical information to the The governors office defended the saying Finney was in Tm very proud of the people I have appointed to state govern Joan Finney in helping those who have been incarcerated become produc tive members of Im very proud of the people I have appointed to state govern Finney Finney knew Ketterman through his who formed a sup port group for inmates Outside in Finney served on the groups board from its founding to January When no one applied for the posi Finney sought Kellerman Ann a special assistant to said Ketterman will have no contact with hospital and clinic pa House Majority Leader Tom Saw and Senate Minority Leader Jerry said they probably would not have ap See Page 7 Bush says Quayle to remain on ticket By The New York Times WASHINGTON President Bush denied Wednesday that he was even considering the possibility of ing Vice President Dan Bush appeared to leave open not the slightest possibility of a change in the Asked at a White House photo session whether the vice pres idents status was Bush re He dismissed the talk about re placing Quayle as a lot of crazy David said the vice president would not step down If he seriously thought it would help the he would do Beckwith But he doesnt think that and neither does the The statements of denial did little to quiet the fever of speculation in in the often perverse logic of the they fed the with political profes sensing that something must be One indication of the disarray in the said Richard Lugar of was that most senators had little interest in attend ing the partys convention in Houston Bush Quayle next preferring to keep their An Associated Press poll indicated that 4 in 10 Republicans nationwide thought Quayle should be dropped from the Few Republican senators sugges ted that he on the merits of the to be most said he had done a good But like said Bush needed to send a signal that by its very drama tells people that this is a whole new ball Lugar said he thought that a dramatic statement about growth and jobs would produce the best results but conceded that other stunned by what they have heard at home in their states the last two thought Quayle should remodeling at USD A angers some By The Associated Press WASHINGTON The Agriculture Department just spent sprucing up the offices of some of its employees hang ing installing two kitch and building scalloped corn ices above the Some of the money went to overtime costs for the construction workers called in alter hours to move offices from one end of the tration Building to according to documents ob by The Associated Press un der the Freedom of Information Secretary Edward Madigan had a shower installed in his but his spokesman said Madigan paid the with his own The price tag for the rest of the renova tions in his suite of offices came to The renovations began in several months after Madigan took over as and most were finished by press Roger Runningen whose own suite of offices cost to fix up says the renovation plans had been on the books since the early Runningen said the renovations also were the first of their kind since at least The buildings central which houses the is 60 years while the east and west wings are 90 years We have cracked and deteriorat ing airconditioning units that were in poor condition that allowed humidity to creep hi and deteriorate Runningen There were cracked Tom blasted the spending and The only thing that ought to be remodeled in the Department of Agriculture is their farm Katherine director of the National Family Farm also criticized the spending at a time when other important programs are being postponed or ignored on the basis of the Heavy rains swamp central Kansas Storms dump over 3 inches on Salina By SHARON MONTAGUE Journal Staff Writer The clouds opened up and dumped up to 4 inches of rain on parts of central and northcentral Kansas early sending water over some roads in Ottawa and Cloud Salina officially recorded inches in the early morning thun After an afternoon of clouds built up and another inches of rain fell in Salina about 8 days rainfall inches was more than the inches normally received in all of And heavy rains started again at 10 The highest rainfall amount re ported was about 4 inches that fell about 10 miles southeast of Minne Janice emer gency preparedness coordinator in Ottawa said the rain didnt cause any Ottawa County officials were watching the area north of Minne apolis and around saying extensive flooding of croplands was possible if the Solomon River and creeks rose over flood The river Solomon hasnt crested and the forecast is for it to crest below flood stage at but possibly over flood stage at Davidson Were watching the creeks and the river right In some streets were covered with Assistant Police Chief Glen Kochanowski said the water cov ered the streets for only a short and no damage was In one about 450 telephone customers in Smolan and were without service from about to Wednesday when water got in a telephone re Robert president of Home Telephone said the repeater was mounted on a post at the edge of a field about two See Page 7 The Associated Press Jason pops a while riding down a flooded street Wednesday In Some Kansas including received more than 2 Inches of Partly cloudy 20 percent chance for highs around Southeast winds 5 to 15 Rain lows near
