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Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. and the City of Howard is offering a $5000.00 reward for information leading directly to the arrest and conviction of person/persons involved in the vandalism of property belonging to Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline. Specifically, the Howard TB setting, on the night of January 1st, 2006. Any information about the vandalism should be passed on to the Howard police department. Callers may contact Sheriff Doug Hanks or Howard Chief of Police Jason Portenier at 620-374-2108.
WOW!! $5,000.00 !
Snoop Teresa on duty.. SIR!
**looking around for my eyeglass and rolling pin.**
Now where are those darn cats of mine.. Tiger & Sheeba
( the most famous undercover detective cats around)
Ok.. I'm set!
Let me at 'em~~
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I read about this in the Wichita paper! Has anyone been held responsible for this prank yet? :police:
Nope.
Yeah, it was on the news here and everything. Wasn't that kind of a dangerous stunt to pull? :o
I think who ever did it knew what they were doing.
I had wondered about that myself......like maybe whoever did it had experience with that sort of thing. Doesn't seem like your average high school kid prank.
Yep. That's pretty much what I thought, too. Maybe it was a disgruntled employee with either the gas company or with the city of Howard. Who knows?
OK, you've piqued my curiosity. I've searched all the Wichita TV web sites and the Eagle web site, and don't find any information about the vandalism. What happened, and when?
Last New Year's Day, the gas to the city was off. It seems that a main relay had been damaged and the gas was turned off to prevent any more damage. Whether it was an accident or intentional, I never heard for sure. Anyway, we were without gas most of the day while the damage was repaired. All of the gas meters in town were turned off to prevent problems when the gas was turned back on, so everybody had to wait until someone could come turn the meter back on, light pilots and make sure things were all right. It was the middle of the afternoon before I was lit again. Thankfully, it was a mild day, so no great discomfort was suffered. I was able to stay comfortable without lighting the fireplace.
Quote from: Janet Harrington on December 17, 2006, 09:58:37 PM
Yep. That's pretty much what I thought, too. Maybe it was a disgruntled employee with either the gas company or with the city of Howard. Who knows?
Had any city employees been recently fired or replaced? :-\
Quotedisgruntled employee
Tsk, tsk - I wasn't aware there were any. ;)
It was an intentional act as the person had to break into a locked building to shut the gas off.
Really, Mom70X7, do you mean you weren't aware there were any disgruntled employees or city employees in general?
Quote from: Janet Harrington on December 18, 2006, 10:08:57 AM
It was an intentional act as the person had to break into a locked building to shut the gas off.
Who in the world........???? :-\
I don't know what's worse: people who don't understand the consequences of their actions, or those who do who go ahead anyway. Probably the second, because a person can learn to be conscientious and responsible, but you can't learn to be kind. If there was any good to come of this, at least no one was injured, just inconvenienced.
There were not any disgruntled employees that I am aware of. Maybe who ever owns the gas had a disgruntled employee.
Why would a disgruntled gas employee pick on Howard?
A disgruntled gas employee could pick on Howard because the gas company can't make money if the gas is not being sold and is just lost into the amostphere.
atmosphere
Does anyone remember when Severy's gas would be shut off regularly? It seems that the main valve was along a country road and anyone could operate it. I don't remember much about it except being inconvenienced by it. This had to have been in the 1960's. Too long ago for you to remember, Janet.
I know. I was just a baby. :angel: