Global Living Rosary Set for Royals Stadium in 08
http://www.theleaven.com/localrosary050407.htm
What is popularly known as Royals Stadium is going to get a whole lot more regal in 2008 when it will host the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. A year from now, Catholics from throughout the region will gather for what might be the largest Catholic event in the history of the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area. An “Evening of Eucharistic Adoration and Global Living Rosary” will take place in May 2008 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. An exact date will be set after the Kansas City Royals complete their own scheduling. The event will be co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
Tornado Weekend Rips through Kansas
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2007/05/05/AR2007050501188_pf.html
City Administrator Steve Hewitt estimated 95 percent of the town of 1,500 was destroyed and predicted rescue efforts could take days as survivors could be trapped in basements and under rubble.
Sebelius uses Greensburg Tornado for Anti-War Remarks
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4780603.html
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Sunday evening that the state's response will likely be hampered because much of the equipment usually positioned around the state to respond to emergencies — including tents, trucks and semi-trailers — is now in Iraq.
"Not having the National Guard equipment, which used to be positioned in various parts of the state, to bring in immediately is really going to handicap this effort to rebuild," said Sebelius.
National Guard Bureau Responds to Kansas Governor’s Remarks
http://www.emilitary.org/article.php?aid=10838
Currently, the Kansas National Guard has 88 percent of its forces available, 60 percent of its Army Guard dual-use equipment on hand, and more than 85 percent of its Air Guard equipment on hand, said Randal Noller, public affairs officer for the National Guard Bureau. Under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, which is a national partnership agreement that allows state-to-state assistance during governor or federally declared emergencies, Kansas has more than 400,000 Guardsmen available to it, he pointed out. However, Governor Sebelius has not yet requested assistance from other states.
Bush promises to help rebuild Kansas town
'Most important thing now is for our citizens to ask for the good Lord to comfort'
President George W. Bush vowed to make available federal aid to rebuild the tornado-ravaged town of Greensburg, Kansas, as US weather forecasters warned Sunday that more deadly twisters were possible across the American heartland.
Police Officer gave life saving others
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070508/D8P0EEI80.html
A police officer who was critically injured in the tornado that tore apart Greensburg was removed from life support early Tuesday, a few hours after his daughter was married at his bedside. He continued to warn residents even as Tornado ripped through the town.
Sheriff to Retire
http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/95238.html
Tom Phillips began his career in the Jackson County sheriff’s office at age 23, a fresh-eyed deputy. Twenty-nine years later, with his hair graying and eyeglasses assisting his vision, he has decided it’s time for a change. Phillips, 53, announced Friday that he would retire when his second term as Jackson County sheriff ends Dec. 31, 2008.
