KANSAS CITY EDITION
WWW.KANSASCITY.COM
MUSHROOMS: A FEAST OF FANCY FUNGI I STAR MAGAZINE
KC WRITER TELLS ALGERIA’S STORY OF FREEDOM. | A+E
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2012
ROYALS’ NEW ACE THRIVES ON PRESSURE. | SPORTS DAILY
SUNDAY
TODAY’S WEATHER: LOW 35, HIGH 45.MOSTLY CLOUDY, SOME DRIZZLE. | B12
$2.00
SCHOOL SHOOTING | Police release Newtown victims’ names
A NATION ASKS WHY Killer left no note or manifesto, but police say they are collecting information that will explain his motive. By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN and MATT APUZZO The Associated Press JASON DECROW | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWTOWN, Conn. | Investigators tried to figure out Saturday what led a bright but painfully awkward 20-year-old to
Among the hundreds mourning the Sandy Hook School shooting victims Saturday were members of a local boys hockey team and two of the boys’ mothers.
❚ GUNFIRE ERUPTS ON A QUIET MORNING | A26
slaughter 26 children and adults at an elementary school. Chief Medical Examiner H. Wayne Carver said all of Adam Lanza’s victims at Sandy Hook Elementary were shot with a rifle, at least some of them up close, and all of them were apparently shot more than once. All six adults killed at the school were women. Of the 20 children, eight were boys and 12 were girls. All the children were 6 or 7
❚ AREA WOMAN DESCRIBES THE SCENE | A26
years old. Asked how many bullets were fired, Carver said, “I’m lucky if I can tell you how many I found.” Lanza also took his own life at the school. Before the school massacre, he killed his mother at the home they shared. Police shed no light on what triggered SEE NEWTOWN | A26
❚ WHO WERE THE VICTIMS? | A27
NUTRITION | Harvesters programs help older kids
Kansas could see oil boom Energy companies expect big things from Mississippi Lime formation, which would give U.S., state economy a bump. By STEVE EVERLY The Kansas City Star
Is Kansas about to hit the jackpot? More than 500 people wanted to know just that on a crisp morning in late November as they walked into a Kansas State Fairgrounds building in Hutchinson. Gov. Sam Brownback greeted them and got to the point: Vast amounts of oil and natural gas are trapped in a rock formation in the state known as the Mississippi Lime. And energy companies are beginning to work it. If the formation gushes as much oil and gas as hoped, Brownback said, it will help move the U.S. toward energy independence and boost the Kansas economy with billions in investment and income and thousands of goodpaying jobs. “This is a great day,” Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George told the conference, organized to talk about how small businesses could prosper from the possible boom. Mark Richardson, a retired Kansas farmer at the conference, said “there are very few people I know who SEE OIL | A6
THE MISSISSIPPI LIME FORMATION Stretching across Kansas and northern Oklahoma, this limestone formation of rock is part of a surge of new oil drilling activity. Colby
Hays
Hutchinson
Garden City
KAN. OKLA. Source: Kansas Corporation Commission THE KANSAS CITY STAR
Kansas City
Salina
Medicine Lodge
Wichita
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
TAMMY LJUNGBLAD | THE KANSAS CITY STAR
Volunteer Luis Garcia (center), a student at Wyandotte High School, bagged potatoes during a mobile food pantry while Vianey Guerrero (right), a junior, carried food to a car. Students who volunteer at the pantry are given groceries to take home.
Filling the grocery gaps When teenagers ‘feel the shame,’ they’re less likely to ask for food. A Kansas distribution effort reaches out to them. By LAURA BAUER | The Kansas City Star
O
mayra Patterson walks through a parking lot at Wyandotte High School looking for volunteers. School’s been out for about 30 minutes, and a group of high school students already has formed an assembly line along cardboard boxes, stacks and crates of food. Waiting cars already snake around the block.
11,300 A+E D1
CAREER BUILDER F1
CLASSIFIED F2
DEATHS A28-31
H+H C1
“Can I get some more helpers down here, please?” hollers Patterson, a migrant advocate for the Kansas City, Kan., School District. She’s trying to corral more teens for designated spots along the food line. It’s the last Tuesday of November, and seemingly the coldest day so far this season. A few adults and a dozen or so students, bundled in coats and hats and scarves and complaining about the cold, are here to do what they do every other Tuesday after-
KC CHALLENGE:
CHILDHOOD HUNGER How you can help: For the third year, The Star is working with Harvesters on a virtual food drive. All money raised will go to Harvesters’ BackSnack program for kids. Go to feedingkckids.harvesters.org to make a donation. You can designate your donation in the honor or memory of a family member or friend. The Star will publish the dedications on Christmas Day.
SEE HUNGER | A14
The number of students in Wyandotte County (26.4 percent) who often don’t have enough nutritional food at home.
LOCAL A4
LOTTERIES A11
MOVIES D9
OPINION A32-33
SPORTS DAILY B1
SUNDAY HOMES E1
133RD YEAR | NO. 90 | 10 SECTIONS
THIS WEEK’S BEST DEALS WILL KEEP CASH IN YOUR POCKET. SEE THE DEALSAVER AD ON PAGE A20.
Better TV. Better Internet. Better Phone. TV, Internet, Phone as low as
99
89
$
/ mo.
for the irst year plus equipment & fees
And so much more
FREE
FREE‡*
DVR Service for 1 year when you sign up
for 3 months
*Equipment extra
when you sign up
1-855-286-5041 twc.com
*Call 1-800-TW-CABLE anytime to cancel. Regular rates apply after promotion periods. ‡ Recurring bill pay required. Offer expires 1/6/2013. Subscription to DVR service and premium channels required. Offer available to new or existing single play residential customers. Offer is not valid in Hawaii and not valid for current customers with Premium channel subscription(s). DVR offer includes service for 1 box and is not valid for customers with current DVR service. Lease of a modem or purchase of an approved modem required for Internet service. Approved modems can be found at www.twc.com/approveddevices. Additional charges apply for equipment, installation, taxes and fees. Some services are not available to CableCARD™ customers. To receive all services, Digital TV and lease of a Digital set-top box are required. Not all equipment supports all services. Some restrictions apply. Time Warner Cable and the eye/ ear logo are trademarks of Time Warner Inc. Used under license. All trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.