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Webster Groves won the team SBSkMuISB Bridge's Barb' Blanchar won SEHBSRPnl medalist honors Tuesday at the BSraftL'f 0h girls state golf tournament at SBUSB& H A. L. Gustin Golf Course. Blan- - SSSBK tlH char set a record with her 154 IfcaSSSS'Pa P-- 5 total, which was one shot bet-- - -- ZSxs Ssxz. ter than Springfield Glendale's " d-- Anne Cain. See Page 13A. grain that has come a long way BHHBhHHHB since the tale of Goldilocks and jWIWiiWBipB the Three Bears. Although the lig-- H crop is not well suited to Mis-- HffiMTlflirfiffiilf souri's climate, the high pro- - KHlMWc tein food is becoming a nutri- - Kv rfe , r tional alternative that's not " -- . d- - i just for breakfast anymore. lr jgr - See Page IB. . F- 3r-- trr srvr:: :.:.?:-- m society IjITT &. LOtiRY v, T. -- ray CULUM3IA, Q. e52U . Shake ' n' bake BR. BB During English classes, Um-- HBIllp H versity professor William MpW ,. JLW ' Mack' Jones serves up Sha-- HPVPBSH kesperian classics like King fW ; fHH Lear and Hamlet. But at night, " KilllfMI Jones dishes out Romanoff and Mm WKBk Juliennes and serves up classic EJBH gourmet dinners. For a peek at -- mSffffftlmHW I the recipe files of this scholarly jjflfllfliraifflHB I oBBHtnnBnBMaHiitKBnntaHnMKaJ , mi i n i n I, i 76th Year No. 31 Good Morning! It's Wednesday, October 19, 1983 8 Sections 56 Pages 25 Cents Judge opens arson suspects' records By J. Harry Jonas Mlssourtan sUH writer MEXICO, Mo The confessions of two Audrain County arson sus-pects were released Tuesday, and both documents reflect that the sus-pects knew what they we're signing. Associate Circuit Judge James E Heim released the confessions short-ly before Columbia residents Hazel Musgrove, 50, and her son Robert Dole, 22, were arraigned on second- degr- ee arson charges stemming from an Audrain County fire that de-stroyed a mobile home on Aug. 24 Mrs. Musgrove owned the trailer, which had been vacant for about a month. Both suspects have contended they did not know the content of their con-fessions, neither of which contains any mention of arson in Columbia. Aadrain County Sheriff James Barber has said the two also are un-der investigation in connection with an October 1982 fire that damaged one wing of the Hobday House apart- - Mother, son implicated in Audrain blaze ments in Columbia Three people were injured in the blaze, which did $ 1 million m damage Mrs Musgrove and Dole said man Oct 5 interview with the Columbia Missounan that they cannot read and signed the confessions without knowing their content The confes-sions indicate, however, that the two agreed the written statements had been read and were accurate. Their signatures are scrawled at the bot-tom of the statements Though the confessions differ on the way the fare was started, they agree that bom participated uj start-ing the blaze. Mrs Musgrove said earlier that she owed $ 8,000 on the trailer and that it would make no sense to burn the home smce itwat insured. " I set the trailerpn fire because my husband was mad at me for hav-ing to make the payments when it was not rented out," Mrs Mus- grov- e's statement said Dole, in his statement said," Some- bm- e about two or three months ago my mother, Hazel Musgrove, started talking about burning our trader in Mexico, Mo My step- fathe- r, James Musgrove, bad been cussing about having to make the payments on the trailer" Later in his statement Dole de-scribed the incident " My mom and I went into the trader and looked around We took some items out of the trailer and put them in my car. My mom told me to bring a gasoline can that I had in the car into the trailer. " I took the gasoline can into the trailer and gave it to my mom. My mom pour ( sic) the gasoline on the floor of the kitchen and the living room. My mom then lit the gasoline with a match and we left " Mrs Musgrove's statement gener-ally agreed with her son's though it indicated the fire was started from trash in the room Her statement im-plicates only herself " I went inside ( the trailer) and I could smell a funny odor The trailer was a mess and I was worry ( sic) I could not rent it," according to her statement " There was a sack of trash sitting by the kitchen cabinet The trash had matches laying arouna it I took one of the matches and lit the trash and walked out of the trailer" Dole's statement was taken Sept 20 at the Columbia Police Depart-ment and was witnessed by two peo-ple Bob Muse, an investigator for the Boone County prosecutor's office and Jim Arnold, a Columbia police detective. The Columbia investigators were called into the case at the request of Audram County officials and at the request of Don Richey, an officer of the state fire marshal's office Ken Hoover, Fire Chief of the Little Dine Fire Protection District and who investigated the blaze, said in an interview that an " accelerant" had been used in starting the trailer fire Mrs Musgrove's statement was taken the next day at the Boone County prosecutor's office and was witnessed by Arnold Both statements were handwritten by Muse and signed by Dole and Mrs Musgrove Muse Tuesday declined comment on the confessions tut said that, whenever more than dne person are involved in a crime, confessions will vary. " I've never found two people in-- i volved in a crime that described it in the same way," Muse said He added that he does not have the " luxury of trying my case in the newspaper like they have I have to do it in court " Though Mrs Musgrove and Dole have said they cannot read or write, the confessions indicate otherwise " I have a tenth grade education," Dole said in his statement Mrs Musgrove's statement reads " I only went to the fourth grade but I have taught myself to read newspa-pers and a few other things " At the end of Dole's confession, he printed m large, irregular charac-ters, " I have read is statement is true No threats or promises made to me" The ext court date for Mrs Mus-grove and Dole has been set for Oct 28 in Audram County A public de-fender to be appointed to the case could enter a plea at that time As for the Hobday House fire connec-tion, Muse said the investigation is continuing Truth can be hard to find but for some all they have to do is look for By Carolyn Hudson Mlssourtan staff writer The script calls for a weary voyag-er to end his quest for truth in a rock quarry. True, this is an unusual , place to find truth, but it is here that the traveler finds " The Great Talk- - ing Rock," the ageless rock of wis-dom. ' So begins a regular feature of " Quarry," a new locally produced new comedy show. The half- ho- ur show is scheduled to air Fridays at 9 pjn. beginning Oct. 28 on cable television channel 15 The Rock, an imaginary character said to be a cross between a New York cab driver and a Boston law-yer, will explore such timely topics as " the meaning of life." Philip Keekr Haglin, 1512 Sylvan Lane, is the show's executive pro-ducer. He says people should think of " Quarry" not as a hole in the ground but as " precious, uncut material that people can polish with their own sense of humor." The format of the show will loosely resemble " Saturday Night Live" and the British show " Benny Hill," Haglin says. Sketches from one to 10 minutes long will be typical. " The National Enquarrier," a spoof on gossip magazines will be a regular feature. Interspersed between sketches will be satirical commer-cials such as " Quarry Ox," the de-tergent that cleans the shroud of Tu-rin. " Vikki Morgan, owner of You Gotta Be Kidding, 1025 E. Walnut St , has been involved since the show was Just an idea. Group W Cable Co , 25 S Fourth St, is providing an-- tune on the pub-lic access channel Group W has pro-vided cameras, tape, studio tune, technical assistance and air tune free of charge, Haglin says " Quarry" members work with Sheila Jaskot, local origination di-rector for Group W. She is im-pressed with the people involved be-cause, she" says, they have the commitment it takes to make a show work. And she added, " Quarry is one of the funniest groups I've seen here." Some sketches will be taped in the studio, but for variety, many will be shot on location around Columbia, Haghn says. He says the writers want the show to appeal to the col-lective pride of Columbians. Haglin and Crosby say they dont want to of-fend anyone with their humor, but " Quarry" will try to poke a little fun at Columbia. " Everything we do has to have a point to it, whether it's funny or in-teresting or offers something to think about," Haghn says Hi Thoma E. McCarvtr " The Great Talking Rock" will air October 28. Sen. Mathewson seeking flat- rat- e tax on income; Bond opposes proposal Governor sticking with his own tax plan By Mary Kaull State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY Despite a rebuff from Gov. Christopher S Bond, a special Senate taxation com-mittee will continue to draft its own tax increase package at a meeting tins morning Bond has indicated he would not support a flat- rat- e income tax pro-posal presented to him Monday by Sen James Mathewson, D- Seda- lia, chairman of the Senate Select Com-mittee on Taxation and Revenue. The plan, which would be subject to voter approval and is designed to generate $ 200 million in new state revenue, would set the same tax rate for all income levels, Mathewson said The proposal is a substantial change from Missouri's current graduated tax system, in which tax rates increase as individual income increases Mathewson said he met with Bond for two hours Monday to discuss sev-eral committee proposals and to " overview the entire fiscal situa-tion " But what surfaced during a post- meeti- ng interview of Bond by an As-sociated Press reporter was the gov-ernor's opposition to the flat- ra- te tax. Bond said he will not include the measure as part of his tax package, scheduled for presentation to the General Assembly's opening session today. Although Bond ran for governor on a no- ta- x increase platform, last month he announced his support for a tax increase to pay for the cost of St Louis school desegregation and to maintain state services Bond said last week he is leaning toward a combination of business tax increases raising the cor-porate tax from 5 percent to 7 per-cent and doubling the franchise tax, which since 1929 has remained at 012 percent of total assets The Bond administration estimates that, to-gether, these measures would gener-ate about $ 71 million, well below the estimated $ 150 million in new taxes that could be imposed under the Hancock amendment revenue lid Bond said Monday he would need to examine a detailed proposal of the Senate committee's tax plan before he could consider it Nancy Vessel, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Tuesday that Bond has not shifted in his opposition to the plan " The Gov-ernor feels as he always did he does not favor an increase m individ-ual income taxes " Mathewson said he's disappointed that Bond has " closed the door" to the plan before the special session begins " The way we left it ( after the meeting) was that his mind was still open about everything," Mathewson said " Now I'm a little confused about what he wants " Mathewson's tax committee, cre-ated m May after the close of the Legislature's regular session, is charged with examining Missouri's revenue needs. Water, light officials enlighten public about vote ByToddCopUevtte Wlttourtin staff writer Bond issue elections tend to be boring next to a heated race among candidates. So Columbia Water and Light Department officials are try-ing a little show biz to interest voters in their upcoming revenue bond vote. On Nov. 8 Columbians will be asked to approve the sale of $ 15.5 million in revenue bonds to helpren- ovat- e the city's power plant While there is no tax increase attached to the wte, department officals are maMng sire voters understand that rates will increase 3 percent to 5 per-cent as me bonds are sold. " We feel like It is not at controver-sial Issue," Water and Light Depart-ment Director Dick Melon said. " We're more worried than anything that people don't know what it is and DGaaymu without some background may be hesitant to vote onit" The department, with the help of a citizen's committee appointed by the Qry Council, is making sure the vot-ers know about it through pamph-lets, slide shows and videotaped pre-sentations. Before the ballots are cast water' and light officials, along with mem-bers of the citizens committee, will have made at least 16 presentations of their qcestioxNuid- arurwe- r slide show or a videotape showing renova-tions needed atmedty power plant Columbians also will receive an in-formational brochure wife their- elect-ric bOL Department officials are also fieWtog questions not only on the bond issue but the utility's op erations in general. " I feel we have the important task and responsibility of telling people what it is we're doing with their money," said Dave " Wollersheun, chairman of the Water and Light Ad-visory Board. Advisory Board mem-bers, along with other kej personnel from the electric litiKtyr have been pressed into service to make the pre-sentations. ' The awareness campaign is under the control of ' the citizens commit-tee, which is responsible for assem-bling the materials and finding fund-ing for the projects The committee is expected raise and spend $ 1,500 on the campaign. The vote actually is the last step down a long road the utility has tak-- en- ta, prepa- re Itself to meet for the city's energy needs for the next 25 years. ' In May. e city received a $ 120,- - ; 000 report outlining whether it would be more efficient to rebuild the exist-ing power plant or build a new one It suggested the former The bond money will be used to implement the suggestions the study made, namely: - Rebuilding two coal fired boil-, ei- s. Rebuilding two generators v Rebuilding, and in the process upgrading, two steam turbines. Replacing one cooling tower. Inspecting and improving the plant's gasou- fire- d steam turbine and generator unit v Overhauling the combustion gas turbine. Expanding the power plant sub-station y Rehabilitating the plant's water well and modifying the piping used to cool the towers with the well wa-ter, reducing the plant's dependence ence on the city's water supply If everything stays on schedule, the improvements would be com-pleted by March 1987, Wollersheun said Although approval of the bonds will result in a one- sh- ot rate in-crease, Wollersheim said the bonds actually will protect consumers from future rate increases if the city were forced to buy power from other utilities at open market prices. " The lights arent going to go out if this doesn't pass," he said " But the power will have to be paid for some-how." As part of its long- ter- m power sup-ply plan, the city has arranged to be able to purchase power from plants in Sikeston, Mo , and Nearman, Kan A renovated local power plant will supply 86 megawatts. Witt power from the two other plants and from a hydroelectric pro-- i ject on the Mississippi planned for the 1990s, the city should be able to meet its energy commitment into the 21st century with a total capacity of more than 171 megawatts, Malon said " We've spent a lot of tune devel-oping this plan," Wollersheim said " It's not a seat- of- th- e pants type thing." DGaDB Business .... 16A Classified 8.9C Contlcs . .. 18A Opinion ...... 4A People .. M 1- 8- B Record 19A Sports 13- 15- A iMMBHHBaBMMMMWMIHMHHiBniHB
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Item.Transcript | Webster Groves won the team SBSkMuISB Bridge's Barb' Blanchar won SEHBSRPnl medalist honors Tuesday at the BSraftL'f 0h girls state golf tournament at SBUSB& H A. L. Gustin Golf Course. Blan- - SSSBK tlH char set a record with her 154 IfcaSSSS'Pa P-- 5 total, which was one shot bet-- - -- ZSxs Ssxz. ter than Springfield Glendale's " d-- Anne Cain. See Page 13A. grain that has come a long way BHHBhHHHB since the tale of Goldilocks and jWIWiiWBipB the Three Bears. Although the lig-- H crop is not well suited to Mis-- HffiMTlflirfiffiilf souri's climate, the high pro- - KHlMWc tein food is becoming a nutri- - Kv rfe , r tional alternative that's not " -- . d- - i just for breakfast anymore. lr jgr - See Page IB. . F- 3r-- trr srvr:: :.:.?:-- m society IjITT &. LOtiRY v, T. -- ray CULUM3IA, Q. e52U . Shake ' n' bake BR. BB During English classes, Um-- HBIllp H versity professor William MpW ,. JLW ' Mack' Jones serves up Sha-- HPVPBSH kesperian classics like King fW ; fHH Lear and Hamlet. But at night, " KilllfMI Jones dishes out Romanoff and Mm WKBk Juliennes and serves up classic EJBH gourmet dinners. For a peek at -- mSffffftlmHW I the recipe files of this scholarly jjflfllfliraifflHB I oBBHtnnBnBMaHiitKBnntaHnMKaJ , mi i n i n I, i 76th Year No. 31 Good Morning! It's Wednesday, October 19, 1983 8 Sections 56 Pages 25 Cents Judge opens arson suspects' records By J. Harry Jonas Mlssourtan sUH writer MEXICO, Mo The confessions of two Audrain County arson sus-pects were released Tuesday, and both documents reflect that the sus-pects knew what they we're signing. Associate Circuit Judge James E Heim released the confessions short-ly before Columbia residents Hazel Musgrove, 50, and her son Robert Dole, 22, were arraigned on second- degr- ee arson charges stemming from an Audrain County fire that de-stroyed a mobile home on Aug. 24 Mrs. Musgrove owned the trailer, which had been vacant for about a month. Both suspects have contended they did not know the content of their con-fessions, neither of which contains any mention of arson in Columbia. Aadrain County Sheriff James Barber has said the two also are un-der investigation in connection with an October 1982 fire that damaged one wing of the Hobday House apart- - Mother, son implicated in Audrain blaze ments in Columbia Three people were injured in the blaze, which did $ 1 million m damage Mrs Musgrove and Dole said man Oct 5 interview with the Columbia Missounan that they cannot read and signed the confessions without knowing their content The confes-sions indicate, however, that the two agreed the written statements had been read and were accurate. Their signatures are scrawled at the bot-tom of the statements Though the confessions differ on the way the fare was started, they agree that bom participated uj start-ing the blaze. Mrs Musgrove said earlier that she owed $ 8,000 on the trailer and that it would make no sense to burn the home smce itwat insured. " I set the trailerpn fire because my husband was mad at me for hav-ing to make the payments when it was not rented out," Mrs Mus- grov- e's statement said Dole, in his statement said," Some- bm- e about two or three months ago my mother, Hazel Musgrove, started talking about burning our trader in Mexico, Mo My step- fathe- r, James Musgrove, bad been cussing about having to make the payments on the trailer" Later in his statement Dole de-scribed the incident " My mom and I went into the trader and looked around We took some items out of the trailer and put them in my car. My mom told me to bring a gasoline can that I had in the car into the trailer. " I took the gasoline can into the trailer and gave it to my mom. My mom pour ( sic) the gasoline on the floor of the kitchen and the living room. My mom then lit the gasoline with a match and we left " Mrs Musgrove's statement gener-ally agreed with her son's though it indicated the fire was started from trash in the room Her statement im-plicates only herself " I went inside ( the trailer) and I could smell a funny odor The trailer was a mess and I was worry ( sic) I could not rent it," according to her statement " There was a sack of trash sitting by the kitchen cabinet The trash had matches laying arouna it I took one of the matches and lit the trash and walked out of the trailer" Dole's statement was taken Sept 20 at the Columbia Police Depart-ment and was witnessed by two peo-ple Bob Muse, an investigator for the Boone County prosecutor's office and Jim Arnold, a Columbia police detective. The Columbia investigators were called into the case at the request of Audram County officials and at the request of Don Richey, an officer of the state fire marshal's office Ken Hoover, Fire Chief of the Little Dine Fire Protection District and who investigated the blaze, said in an interview that an " accelerant" had been used in starting the trailer fire Mrs Musgrove's statement was taken the next day at the Boone County prosecutor's office and was witnessed by Arnold Both statements were handwritten by Muse and signed by Dole and Mrs Musgrove Muse Tuesday declined comment on the confessions tut said that, whenever more than dne person are involved in a crime, confessions will vary. " I've never found two people in-- i volved in a crime that described it in the same way," Muse said He added that he does not have the " luxury of trying my case in the newspaper like they have I have to do it in court " Though Mrs Musgrove and Dole have said they cannot read or write, the confessions indicate otherwise " I have a tenth grade education," Dole said in his statement Mrs Musgrove's statement reads " I only went to the fourth grade but I have taught myself to read newspa-pers and a few other things " At the end of Dole's confession, he printed m large, irregular charac-ters, " I have read is statement is true No threats or promises made to me" The ext court date for Mrs Mus-grove and Dole has been set for Oct 28 in Audram County A public de-fender to be appointed to the case could enter a plea at that time As for the Hobday House fire connec-tion, Muse said the investigation is continuing Truth can be hard to find but for some all they have to do is look for By Carolyn Hudson Mlssourtan staff writer The script calls for a weary voyag-er to end his quest for truth in a rock quarry. True, this is an unusual , place to find truth, but it is here that the traveler finds " The Great Talk- - ing Rock," the ageless rock of wis-dom. ' So begins a regular feature of " Quarry," a new locally produced new comedy show. The half- ho- ur show is scheduled to air Fridays at 9 pjn. beginning Oct. 28 on cable television channel 15 The Rock, an imaginary character said to be a cross between a New York cab driver and a Boston law-yer, will explore such timely topics as " the meaning of life." Philip Keekr Haglin, 1512 Sylvan Lane, is the show's executive pro-ducer. He says people should think of " Quarry" not as a hole in the ground but as " precious, uncut material that people can polish with their own sense of humor." The format of the show will loosely resemble " Saturday Night Live" and the British show " Benny Hill," Haglin says. Sketches from one to 10 minutes long will be typical. " The National Enquarrier," a spoof on gossip magazines will be a regular feature. Interspersed between sketches will be satirical commer-cials such as " Quarry Ox," the de-tergent that cleans the shroud of Tu-rin. " Vikki Morgan, owner of You Gotta Be Kidding, 1025 E. Walnut St , has been involved since the show was Just an idea. Group W Cable Co , 25 S Fourth St, is providing an-- tune on the pub-lic access channel Group W has pro-vided cameras, tape, studio tune, technical assistance and air tune free of charge, Haglin says " Quarry" members work with Sheila Jaskot, local origination di-rector for Group W. She is im-pressed with the people involved be-cause, she" says, they have the commitment it takes to make a show work. And she added, " Quarry is one of the funniest groups I've seen here." Some sketches will be taped in the studio, but for variety, many will be shot on location around Columbia, Haghn says. He says the writers want the show to appeal to the col-lective pride of Columbians. Haglin and Crosby say they dont want to of-fend anyone with their humor, but " Quarry" will try to poke a little fun at Columbia. " Everything we do has to have a point to it, whether it's funny or in-teresting or offers something to think about," Haghn says Hi Thoma E. McCarvtr " The Great Talking Rock" will air October 28. Sen. Mathewson seeking flat- rat- e tax on income; Bond opposes proposal Governor sticking with his own tax plan By Mary Kaull State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY Despite a rebuff from Gov. Christopher S Bond, a special Senate taxation com-mittee will continue to draft its own tax increase package at a meeting tins morning Bond has indicated he would not support a flat- rat- e income tax pro-posal presented to him Monday by Sen James Mathewson, D- Seda- lia, chairman of the Senate Select Com-mittee on Taxation and Revenue. The plan, which would be subject to voter approval and is designed to generate $ 200 million in new state revenue, would set the same tax rate for all income levels, Mathewson said The proposal is a substantial change from Missouri's current graduated tax system, in which tax rates increase as individual income increases Mathewson said he met with Bond for two hours Monday to discuss sev-eral committee proposals and to " overview the entire fiscal situa-tion " But what surfaced during a post- meeti- ng interview of Bond by an As-sociated Press reporter was the gov-ernor's opposition to the flat- ra- te tax. Bond said he will not include the measure as part of his tax package, scheduled for presentation to the General Assembly's opening session today. Although Bond ran for governor on a no- ta- x increase platform, last month he announced his support for a tax increase to pay for the cost of St Louis school desegregation and to maintain state services Bond said last week he is leaning toward a combination of business tax increases raising the cor-porate tax from 5 percent to 7 per-cent and doubling the franchise tax, which since 1929 has remained at 012 percent of total assets The Bond administration estimates that, to-gether, these measures would gener-ate about $ 71 million, well below the estimated $ 150 million in new taxes that could be imposed under the Hancock amendment revenue lid Bond said Monday he would need to examine a detailed proposal of the Senate committee's tax plan before he could consider it Nancy Vessel, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Tuesday that Bond has not shifted in his opposition to the plan " The Gov-ernor feels as he always did he does not favor an increase m individ-ual income taxes " Mathewson said he's disappointed that Bond has " closed the door" to the plan before the special session begins " The way we left it ( after the meeting) was that his mind was still open about everything," Mathewson said " Now I'm a little confused about what he wants " Mathewson's tax committee, cre-ated m May after the close of the Legislature's regular session, is charged with examining Missouri's revenue needs. Water, light officials enlighten public about vote ByToddCopUevtte Wlttourtin staff writer Bond issue elections tend to be boring next to a heated race among candidates. So Columbia Water and Light Department officials are try-ing a little show biz to interest voters in their upcoming revenue bond vote. On Nov. 8 Columbians will be asked to approve the sale of $ 15.5 million in revenue bonds to helpren- ovat- e the city's power plant While there is no tax increase attached to the wte, department officals are maMng sire voters understand that rates will increase 3 percent to 5 per-cent as me bonds are sold. " We feel like It is not at controver-sial Issue," Water and Light Depart-ment Director Dick Melon said. " We're more worried than anything that people don't know what it is and DGaaymu without some background may be hesitant to vote onit" The department, with the help of a citizen's committee appointed by the Qry Council, is making sure the vot-ers know about it through pamph-lets, slide shows and videotaped pre-sentations. Before the ballots are cast water' and light officials, along with mem-bers of the citizens committee, will have made at least 16 presentations of their qcestioxNuid- arurwe- r slide show or a videotape showing renova-tions needed atmedty power plant Columbians also will receive an in-formational brochure wife their- elect-ric bOL Department officials are also fieWtog questions not only on the bond issue but the utility's op erations in general. " I feel we have the important task and responsibility of telling people what it is we're doing with their money," said Dave " Wollersheun, chairman of the Water and Light Ad-visory Board. Advisory Board mem-bers, along with other kej personnel from the electric litiKtyr have been pressed into service to make the pre-sentations. ' The awareness campaign is under the control of ' the citizens commit-tee, which is responsible for assem-bling the materials and finding fund-ing for the projects The committee is expected raise and spend $ 1,500 on the campaign. The vote actually is the last step down a long road the utility has tak-- en- ta, prepa- re Itself to meet for the city's energy needs for the next 25 years. ' In May. e city received a $ 120,- - ; 000 report outlining whether it would be more efficient to rebuild the exist-ing power plant or build a new one It suggested the former The bond money will be used to implement the suggestions the study made, namely: - Rebuilding two coal fired boil-, ei- s. Rebuilding two generators v Rebuilding, and in the process upgrading, two steam turbines. Replacing one cooling tower. Inspecting and improving the plant's gasou- fire- d steam turbine and generator unit v Overhauling the combustion gas turbine. Expanding the power plant sub-station y Rehabilitating the plant's water well and modifying the piping used to cool the towers with the well wa-ter, reducing the plant's dependence ence on the city's water supply If everything stays on schedule, the improvements would be com-pleted by March 1987, Wollersheun said Although approval of the bonds will result in a one- sh- ot rate in-crease, Wollersheim said the bonds actually will protect consumers from future rate increases if the city were forced to buy power from other utilities at open market prices. " The lights arent going to go out if this doesn't pass," he said " But the power will have to be paid for some-how." As part of its long- ter- m power sup-ply plan, the city has arranged to be able to purchase power from plants in Sikeston, Mo , and Nearman, Kan A renovated local power plant will supply 86 megawatts. Witt power from the two other plants and from a hydroelectric pro-- i ject on the Mississippi planned for the 1990s, the city should be able to meet its energy commitment into the 21st century with a total capacity of more than 171 megawatts, Malon said " We've spent a lot of tune devel-oping this plan," Wollersheim said " It's not a seat- of- th- e pants type thing." DGaDB Business .... 16A Classified 8.9C Contlcs . .. 18A Opinion ...... 4A People .. M 1- 8- B Record 19A Sports 13- 15- A iMMBHHBaBMMMMWMIHMHHiBniHB |