6 Thursday, July 13, 1978 University Daily Kansan Solar energy views to be taken The pros and cons of solar energy will be the subject of a statewide meeting for the public at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Downtown Ramada Inn in Topeka. Jim Mendahlh, chairman of the meeting, said yesterday that the purpose of the meeting was to gather public opinion on energy and to address it to the Department of Energy in Washington. "The report will be used by the department, along with 49 others from the other states, as a guide to the solar energy program over the next years," he said. He said the report was funded through a grant from the Department of Energy. HE SAID the public was encouraged to attend the meeting. "You might say, 'Why should the public attend?' he said. "Well, they should attend. It could save them some money by allowing them more chance to put some into the decision." Mendenhail is a member of the Lawrence Sun Day committee. Several public officials will be at the meeting to answer questions and state their views. Those attending are State Rep. Mike Glover, D-Lawrence, Wes Jackson of the Mice Salina Land Institute, R.C. Louis, Kansas Corporation commissioner, and Bill Roy, Democratic candidate for U.S. senator. Defective. Mendenhall said the report would contain common opinion that would indicate both the barriers and potentials for the solar projects. **program** "The Department of Energy wants to how their programs and incentives are costing industry business support in order for them to reflect the consumer input," he said. *MOST of the barriers are considered to be financial, such as who gets a grant "We're hoping people will be more aware of the potential sources Kanaas has to offer." Mendelson said Kansas had a history of conservation, energy awareness and education. "There are houses in Lawrence that have “bad solar energy for 20 years,” he said. Mendembaill said one reason for supporting solar energy was the dangers of flare-ups. The shortage of U.S. energy sources is another reason to support solar energy, he during the time that we will need energy," he said. "We're shooting for American energy independence," he said. "We're trying to decrease our dependence on foreign oil and to increase our alternative energy sources." "The threats presented by coal and nuclear energy to our health are resolved." Besides solar energy, alternative sources include wind and small-scale hydroelectric power. "What we need to do is use our everyday lifestyle so we can use what we have learned." A bequest of 1,000 acres of farmland to the Kansas University Endowment Association will soon benefit medical and dental schools in nine counties, it was announced Tuesday. The bequest was part of the estate of Marshall B. B. Flowers of Anthony, a general practitioner who died in 1976. Will bequests land for medical students The annual crop income of the farmland will support a loan, scholarship and fellowship fund at the University of Health and Sciences and Hospital. "We'll have to wait until the end of the year to see how we do," Mary Margaret Simpson, director of public relations for the Endowment Association, said. THE ENDOWMENT Association will rely on local farm managers to supervise the farming operations. According to Larry Heeb, vice president of the Endowment Association, the land consists of 484.5 acres in Harper County and 276 acres in Summer County. County and 172 acres in Summer County. Heeb said the fund was the second fund for students of the College of Health and Sciences and Hospital established by Flowers The first gift in 1961 created a loan fund from the assets of 160 acres in Harper County. Harp, Poetry. The Flowers moved to Harper in 1922 and to Anthony in 1938, where they lived until their deaths. The fund will be known as the Flowers Memorial Trust to honor Flowers and his wife, Wabel. who died in 1969. The bequest stipulated a preference for students from Harper and Kingman Counties, where Flowers once practiced. Revenue sharing funds approved Staff Writer The Douglas County Commission tentatively approved revenue sharing funds totalling $14.5 million. The commission made substantial cuts in the requests of some applicants. Debtors were charged $22,000 but only $6,000 was tentatively approved. *saldinl City requested that $62,000 be donated to Ernest Coleman, federal funds account. said Baldwin, in effect, submitted a shop- order that one or more of the items would be funded. pinging in THIS CASE, the funding that received approval was for accessory fire equipment," Coleman said. taxable/approved. The amount approved this year, however, is a 25 percent increase from last year, Current. Coleman said. 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