Tuesday, March 6, 1973
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University Daily Kansan
Kansan Photo by DON PFANNENSTIEI
Jay Stires, Lawrence Graduate Student, Scoops Debris from Barn
. . . Structure will house experimental kilns for design students .
Concern Grows Over K-10 Delay
By ERIC MEYER
Kansan Staff Writer
Construction of the four-lane K-10 freeway from Lawrence to Shawnee remains stalled because of a court injunction.
An injunction halting construction was issued last fall in Johnson County District Court after a property owner charged that the State Highway Commission had erred in its methods of property acquisition for the road's right-of-way.
The case, which was filed in August, has been time consuming because legal procedures dictate that each of the four cases involved in the suit be answered one at a time.
According to a highway commission spokesman, the condemnation procedures had been approved earlier by the federal Department of Transportation.
THE DELAYLAY the highway has caused residents from residents that live along the route.
Commission attorneys have stated on several occasions that the proceedings were about to be settled, only to find the case closed on past their expected settlement dates.
D eso Mayor Harvey Schulz said residents were afraid the State Highway Department could block him.
However, at least one highway commissioner recognized a need for the imple-
State Highway Commissioner Robert P. Hagen, a Lawrence resident since 1924, has termed K-10 a "necessary stimulus and access route for Lawrence."
"Along with the turnipke," he said, "it's one of our major thoroughs. K10 is a
direct line from Lawrence to the Kansas City population and distribution centers in Oklahoma County.
Hagen explained that Interstate 70 (the Kansas Turnip) went to the “heart” of Kansas City but that K-10 was the only route through the rapidly growing Johnson County area.
"K-10 IS AN important, heavily traveled road," he said. "Students and workers
"But it's a bad road and old, and with an extremely high traffic count, K-10 has been the best."
Contracts for grading and bridge construction on the segment from K-west to Dselo were to be let late Oct. 24. However, Dselo was left out as delayed the contract letting indefinitely.
The highway will be completed from K-7 to Shawnee by this fall. Progress is proceeding on the stretch from DeSoto to the earthmoving to keep in late 1974.
"But we really need K-10," he said. "We need it as mickly as we can get it."
Hagen said K-10 should be completed by
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problems and not any other problems, arrogant
HAGEN ESTIMATED the project was already four to five months behind schedule because of the court case. He said the delay would be due to two years or be completely absorbed.
"Don't get me wrong," he said, "I'm not criticizing the judicial system or the person who brought suit. If I were in his position, I might be inclined to fight to save my land,
However, Hagen said he agreed with a petition being circulated by DeSoto to get the city to approve a plan.
"As I understand it," he said, "they're sending a copy of the letter to a paper箱, a copying bag to the case.
of K-10 improvements to proceed as quickly as possible.
"I think its proper for them to do this.
They're concerned about the highway and
the traffic."
"IAGREE WITH them. I think we should proceed as fast as possible and I think it's right for them to let the judge know that they don't like all of this delay."
Hagen said the improved highway could cause dramatic changes in Lawrence.
"With better transportation," he said, "we might find ourselves with a whole different kind of student—one who lives in a different community socially and commutes here and participates in this community." He also told the information the University offers.
"The ramifications of this could be tremendous. Who knows what would result."
Hagen said Lawrence had earned the highway improvements.
"Lawrence has served the University well," he said, "and has served Kansas by serving its young people. The community deserves this road."
Teachers Clean Barn, Make Room for Kilns
If you saw Jay Sires standing out in front of an old stone barn leaning on a shovel, you might think he was a farm hand getting ready to clean the place out.
By ANN GARDNER Kansan Staff Writer
You would be half right.
Actually, Stires isn't a farm hand; he's an assistant instructor of design at the University of Kansas. But he, with the help of another professor, designed the structure of design, has been showing straw and other debris left by the previous four-legged occupants of the barn to clear space for the construction of experimental kills. The materials used to burn, barden or dry materials.
Although the design department already owns a number of kilns, they are used so heavily by ceramics students that there is no opportunity to use them for experimentation, Stires said. The additional kilns gained by the renovation of the barn were sold to companies for kiln construction and use experimental kilns that wouldn't be available otherwise.
Cleaning operations in the barn on W. 15th Street, have just about been completed, according to Stires. Removal of about two thirds of the second floor of the barn will be done. The remaining skins, including salt-galting and raku kilns to be used by the design department.
According to Sires, the barn will be an ideal location for kiln construction. It will provide a sheltered, well-ventilated area that is far enough away from the campus that the heat and odor will not bother other classes.
The building, along with a larger barn, was given to the department of design by the Endowment Association. After the large barn was converted into a glass-blowing studio last year, the design department planned to destroy the shed. When Siures proposed the idea of transforming the building into usable space, Sheldon Carey,
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professor of design, returned to the Endowment Association for approval of the
Lack of funds could cause a temporary delay in the project, Stires said. Although the Endowment Association furnished the building, no money was allotted for equipment. The design department had allotted $500 to $600 for the project, but because of the University's tight budget, the funds are not available now.
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Clinton Group Urges Reservoir Boat Zones
The Citizens Coalition for Clinton has recommend there be no restriction on boat size or horsepower to be allowed on boats. The City of Chicago will divide the reservoir into zones using buoys,
The steering committee of the coalition has collected Lawrence citizens' opinions through a series of public meetings in the past few weeks.
The inner zone would have no limit or wake restrictions. In the outer zone all boats would be restricted to zero wake and 5 m.p.h.
The recommendation is a comprise between two main ideas on water use. One group wanted unrestricted use of motor water, the other wanted like management, no motor boats allowed.
The other recommendations of the steering committee were that strict law enforcement must be applied to violation of the zones, that the lake bed be prepared to provide good fisheries and that roads be built to provide access to highways for the residents of Clinton.
When Clinton Reservoir is completed in three years, it will have a surface area of 7,000 acres and a shoreline of 72 miles and extend eight miles up the Wakarusa River.
Flood control and water conservation are easily agreed upon. But there has been a controversy on how to enjoy the water. In the public meetings, the two factions, favoring restricted and unrestricted water use, seemed evenly divided.
The dam is being built about four miles southwest of Lawrence. The lake will be used for flood control, water conservation and recreation.
everywhere on the lake.
"The water fight is not as important as the land," said Jim Hamrick, Sierra Club representative to the coalition. He plans to concentrate his energies now in obtaining the water and trying to get this land managed effectively in hiking trails and limited camps site.
Those wanting to keep the lake natural and undisturbed are now turning to restricting road traffic in the city. Hammrick said that the zoning plan would work if it was enforced.
The unrestricted group favors no restrictions on the lake surface. None of the lake would be preserved in a primitive state. Speed boats would be permitted
Those advocating restrictions on water use have three objectives. They want limitations on road building, on boat size and facilities at public use areas.
Bid Confirmed For Siren Plan
Kansas University is installing two of the same large sirens on its own. Eudora, Lecompton and Baldwin will get smaller sirens which they will install.
In its regular Monday meeting, the Douglas County Commission received confirmation on the lowest bid for the planned disaster warning arsenal system. The company, which owns Electric Company of Leavenworth, which bid in at $1,893.70 for 10 sirens.
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