Wednesday, March 6.1974
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Mud Creek Flood Project Stymied
By BOB MARCOTTE
Kansas Staff Reporter
University Daily Kansan
A stalemate between city and county officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may result in no flood protection under Mod Mud Creek, officials said recently.
Battle lines wwere drawn between the two groups in December when the Corps announced it was abandoning its original plan to channel a section of Mud Creek extending about 5 miles northwest from the Kansas Turnpike.
The Corps said it favored an alternate plan that would save the federal government about $2.18 million but would leave the stream channel in its present state.
THE CITY AND the Douglas County Kaw Drainage District already had completed purchases of right-of-way along the creek under the provisions of the original plan. The district also requires necessary under the alternate plan, according to Corps officials. Instead, the city and the drainage district would have to purchase new tracts of right-of-way which Corps officials estimated would cost the city $365,000; drainage district an additional $265,000.
The original plan would have involved clearing the Mud Creek channel of debris and timber, straightening out some of the bends in the stream, sloping the banks and constructing a high levee on the south bank of the stream.
Local officials, however, fear that the cost would actually run about doublé that future.
UNDER THE ALTERNATE plan, which the Corps says will not only save money for the federal government but will also have less adverse impact on the environment of Mud Creek, the creek channel would be left in its natural state and the levees would be built to allow it that runs proximately para-military to the stream up to a half mile to the south.
The creek flows southeast across Grant Township north of the city limits and empties into the Kaw River about 5 miles downstream from the Massachusetts Street
Bridge. It passes just to the north of the Lawrence Airport.
Colonel William Needham, chief of the Kansas City, Mo., regional office of the Corps, said that he recently recognized the work of plans had created for local officials.
"We understand the city's, the county's and the drainage district's feelings quite well," he said, "and we recognize the commitment they have made."
HOWEVER, AFTER LOOKING at the costs and the environmental impact of the various plans, he said, there is "no way in a lifetime" to recommend going with the original plan."
Clearing the creek channel of debris and putting up a levee at the stream's edge under the original plan would destroy the wildlife habitat along the stream which is now thriving. The wild amphibians moving from the Kaw river to the hills above the creek, he said.
He acknowledged that the position of the levee in the alternate plan would leave about 480 acres unprotected between the levee and the creek. But he said that most of the development in North Lawrence for which the protection is intended would still be permitted.
CITY MANAGER BUFORD Watson said recently that there was "a very good possibility" that nothing would be done along Mud Creek because of the stalemate that had developed between local officials and the Corps.
Mayor Nancy Hambleton said that she was disturbed that the Mud Creek project hadn't been included in the curriculum. She discussed the matter this week with Kansas legislators in Washington, D.C. She said she hoped the bill would prevent a lack of flood protection along the creek.
In the absence of any flood protection at all along Mud Creek, about 120 acres within the city limits north of the Kansas River would be susceptible to flooding, according to George Williams, the city's director of public works.
Early Immunizations Advised for Travelers
By DON LEVY Kansan Staff Reporter
Dr. Martin Wollman, director of Watkins Hospital recommended yesterday that students get immunizations by the end of March.
Students who are planning to travel abroad this summer should obtain the proper immunizations as soon as possible to avoid disrupting their finals.
A student who waits until the last moment runs a risk of interfering with his exams or missing his trip reservations, Wollman said.
Many immunizations require a series of shots over two or three weeks, Wollman said. Although the time required for a single injection may be only a half hour or an hour, Wollman said a wasted half hour can be crucial during finals.
Wollman said that occasionally an immunization resulted in a slight fever, which is often due to the flu.
Every required immunization except yellow fever is available at Watkins
Hospital or Douglas County Health Center, according to Annette Bee, Watkins immunization nurse. Yellow fever immunizations, which contain a high highly vaccine that requires special handling and is rarely used, cost $1, she said. The other immunizations are required only for entrance to some countries in Latin America and Asia.
Bee said students should receive typhoid shots and update their plaque immunizations before traveling to any country, even one that requires no immunizations.
Carol Hallenbeck, administrative secretary for the Douglas County Health Center, said yesterday that even though many countries, including most European countries, no longer required any immunizations, many travelers are inoculated with the common致病菌. The common immunizations are for Lyphus tivoidib, she said.
International health certificates, required for entrance by most countries, are available free at Watkins and for $1 at the health center.
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THERE ABOUT 35 homes, 6 buildings and about 24 sheds and garages on that land, he said. Another 1,900 acres outside the city limits also will be susceptible to flooding if no protection is provided, he said.
Watson said the city already had put about $132,000 into the purchase of right-of-way along the creek. That money would be wasted under the new plan, he said, and the city would have to spend at least $120,000 for the purchase of additional right-of-way to the south.
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FLOOD EASEMENTS WOULD involve payments to owners of property adjacent to the levee, protecting the city against floods. The levee was trapped behind the south side of the levee.
The boat cost to the city and drainage district could be even higher. Hambleton
Walter Cragan, chairman of the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, described the Mud Creek situation as "an absolute mess" and said the county commission was
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Petty theft of food have plagued the Wesco Hall snack bar.
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