Conservation district encounters peculiar theft

From: The Topeka Capital-Journal | Date: May 11, 2007| Author: Tim Hrenchir | Copyright information

By Tim Hrenchir

THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Judy Boltman can't imagine what use any thief would have for the educational "soil tunnel" stolen last month from the Shawnee County Conservation District. She hopes whoever took the tunnel's components will give them back.

Boltman, the conservation district's manager, thinks the thief only wanted the two-wheeled, 6-by-12 cargo trailer in which the pieces of the tunnel were stored. That trailer was stolen from the conservation district b...