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Page 12 University Daily Kansan, March 5, 1981
Randall enjoys two coaching positions
By CYNTHIA HRENCHIR
Sports Writer
Ross Randall is a hard man to find. He's seldom in his office and rarely is at home.
As the grass grows greener and greener, the more often Randall can be found on the golf course, Randall, for the first time, is coaching both the men's and women's KIJ golf teams.
IT'S A CHALLENGE that Randall, a California native, enthusiastically accepts. He took the position of director of golf at the university where he started coaching the men's team when he began coaching the men's team.
Randall's other duties include administrative work, running the junior golf programs and gliving private lessons. Randall replaced Erik Gunawan as Bahan. Bahan is an assistant women's basketball coach.
Both teams have been practicing since the beginning of this semester, preparing for spring tournaments. When the cold weather prohibited their outdoor practice, Randall arranged for a
practice area inside one of the buildings at Haskell Indian Junior College. In return, he advised Haskell golfers. But with last week's training, he was able to be able to practice on the Avarnar course.
"Every day we get like this is a bonus," he said last week.
The two teams get along well and sometimes practice together.
"THERE IS NO competition." Randall said.
The first men's tournament, the Gulf Coast International, will be March 16-20 on Padre Island, Texas. The women's first outing will be March 23, 24 in Houston and the Invitational at Huntville, Texas, March 30-31.
The men are scheduled to golf in five tournaments this spring, the women in four. Both teams will finish their regular season with the Big Eight Championships at Alvamar. The number of tournaments can present time conflicts for Randall.
That's where Tommy Fischer, a graduate student from Overland Park, comes in. Fischer is a math teacher at West Covina High School.
Randall has no plans to expand the number of tours the two teams take next year.
tending meets. Fischer is also an apprentice in the Pro Golf Association program.
"TRIPS ARE worthwhile, but there are two things that stop us from expanding. First, the amount of school the team members can miss, and second, the opportunities are not on weekends. Second our budget."
The optimistic Randall is already looking ahead to recruiting for next year.
"The outlook for teams next year will depend on the recruiting season." he said.
"They are doing all they can do to help us," he said.
Randall said he thought that he and the KU athletic department were working together as a team.
THEAT SHOULDN'T be a problem, according to Sarah Burgess, a member of the women's team.
"Our coach is a lot of help, a definite addition," she said. "He is enough to make any high school player."
Birdsong leads Kings past San Antonio, 111-97
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—After nine consecutive losses, the Kansas City Kings have finally beaten the San Antonio Spurs on the Sour's home court.
Otis Bitshong scored a game-high 39 points last night, 20 in the second quarter, as the Kings tied it.
IT WAS the first victory for the Kings in 10 games at the Herselfair. Coupled with Boston's 108-101 victory over Houston, it boosted the Kings to a 75-62 victory. It was in the Midwest Division with a record of 34-36.
Kings are still batting for a playoff berth, along with Cincinnati. State, 33-24 before last night's game against Ohio.
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Besides breaking a winnless streak in San Francisco, he broke the Screws 37-seat winning streak at home.
THE KINGS outscored the Spurs 27-14 in the second quarter and took a 56-40 lead at the half. Kansas City built a 28-point advantage early in the fourth quarter before the Spurs pulled to within eight points, 102-94, with 3:39 remaining in the game.
The Spurs lead the division with a record of 45-20 and have already clinched a spot in the NFC East. They are 16-7, 3-0.
Spurs back into contention. San Antonio out-
sended Kansas City 39-20 in the final quarter.
Besides Moore's 16 points, Brewer and Wiley each scored eight. Other San Antonio scorers in double figures were Rich Johnson with 12 points and Paul Silas with 11.
Swimmers want to swipe Big 8 title from Huskers
BIRDSDON, THE fifth leading scoring in the NBA, has scored in double figures in every game except one this season and has scored more than 20 points in 46 games.
The Kings, who lost to the Los Angeles Lakers
49-38 Tuesday night made more than 60 percent
By JIM SMALL
Sports Writer
Heading into last year's Big Eight men's swimming championship, the Kansas men's swim team had beaten Nebraska twice by a wide margin. The winner was who ended up taking the conference crown.
KANSAS WILL BE out for revenge against Nebraska. The Huskies snapped KU's two-year championship winning streak last year.
Kansas coach B Spain said he hoped KU's 84-85 victory over Nebraska two weeks ago was not a bad omen as the Jayhawks compete at this year's Big Eight Championship in Norman, Okla. The meet starts today and runs through Saturday.
"We had beaten them twice in duals last year," Spahn said. "I think that our team entered the conference meet a little over-confident. The team failed to realize that we are team in a dual meet and beating them in a conference meet are two different things."
But the Jayhawks have learned from their mistakes, Spahn said.
THE PROPER ATTITUDE and two big Eight Championships might help the Jayhawks upset Nebraska, which is favored the most.
"We know better now," he said. "Our attitude heading into conference is much superior to what it was last year."
400 individual medleys and 100 is the defending champion in the 100 and 200
"Steve and Gardner know what it takes to win in the Big Eight. Spahn said, "Their team has a lot of success."
Graves and Wright won't be alone in their efforts to return the conference championship to KU.
Kansas also will seek support from freshman Ken Grey in the 400 individual medley, sophomore Chuck Neumann in the 300 and junior Jim Rowland in the 200 butterfly.
SOPHOMORE BOB Vince, who recorded the top conference time in the 500 freestyle, broke the school record in the 1,000 freestyle earlier this year.
Spahn said the key to the meet would be the diving events.
"Nebraska is, by far, the strongest diving team in the conference," he said. "If we can stay with them in the diving while out-swimming them, we can beat them."
ALTHOUGH MOST Big Eight coaches have picked Nebraska to repeat as conference champion, Kansas holds several of the best regular-season times in the conference.
Jayhawk swimmers now hold top conference marks in the 200 individual medley, the 200 breaststroke and the 500 freestyle events.
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Page 10 University Daily Kansan, March 5, 1981
Family builds housing empire together
By KATHY MAAG Staff Reporter
The landlord rose gruffy and answered the telephone call with a tired sigh. Another phone rang.
This time it wasn't a wild and crazy dog, but a tenant breaking her wrist.
Well, he thought, maybe it's the full moon.
He rushed to the apartment, hesitating at the door. The tenant, "Crazy Kate," was renowned as the local weirdo, a woman not to be trusted.
He opened the door and found her naked, standing in the middle of the apartment, a bucket of red paint dripping down her body.
Now the landlord has an unlabeled home number tapes to live in the house and makes a bid for his
"I gave her a break the first time she weired out on me," Glen Lemessy, the doctor, said. "I hate kicking people out. But I had w to do it whether I liked it or not."
Glen is one of four Lemesey children who manages the family's numerous rental property. It is an empire television station called "Dallas," but one made of real estate, not oil.
"Someone suggested we call our ourselves 'Lawrence,'" Sheryl, the oldest child, said. "Actually I don't like the notoriety. I try to keep a low profile.
"I can't go anywhere in this town without someone saying," Oh, I know your father, brother, etc. "Lemesany is not a hard name to remember."
William Lemesay, the father and monarch of the empire, convinced all but himself to help rule the domain. Lemesay, 55, said his dog, Buffalo, was his financial advisor.
But managing apartments meant with perspiration problems, as the children were.
But the Lemenas's worries have proven profitable. The family currently owns the University Terrace Apartments, Old Mill Apartments, Parkway Terrace, Park Plaza South, Emery Apartments, Brady Apartments, West Hills Apartments, Strathride Plaza, Oread Apartments and several houses.
"Why do I buy apartments?" the elder
lawsman said. "Because they're there. Me,
they're here."
"I'm not particularly interested in buying apartments, but I hear of them.
"My younger sister was smart," Glen
years ago lives in Wyoming and doesn't
have to leave.
People usually want to sell to someone experienced in the business."
Some of the family fear he is stretching out too far.
"I think he definitely has enough property now," Leland, the youngest Lemesany, said. "He's running out of kids."
A former roofer and lawyer, Leland's father entered the rental business in 1964.
"I got tired of making a living, so I decided to make some money," Lemesay said.
There is a fortune to be made from college-town housing. But the king insists he
"I never had any money and I still don't," Lemenasy said. "I'll be in debt the rest of my life. But let's not talk about causing my wife will go into hysterics."
Ninety-eight percent of his tenants are students, he said.
Taking care of apartments is the most important aspect of renting, he said.
"I like renting to students very much," Lemesany said. "They're the best tenants in the world. They're young, intelligent and have money."
A good landlord fixes stuff when it 's
time. He works on the gets the
real mad when the job doesn't exist.
children vouch for this statement.
All four children flew into a rage when problems arose.
"My sister Sheryl is a lot like my dad."
Bill Jr. said, "She can bitch real good."
Nicknamed "Wild Bill," father
Lewis has his own way of doing things,
learning.
"I just let him yell and get mad," he
told. I was working under him, I
hated him.
The two men do not hold the same views on apartment owning, the younger Lady.
"You will make more money by scrounging, but I just can't do that," he said. "He's not a slum lord, though. He's old-fashioned."
A tenant wanting to pay her late rent interrupted Glen's thoughts. She would be moving out by the end of the month, she said shyly.
"I'd suggest you try remering." Glen said, eyes down, shuffling the papers on the desk. "My dad hasn't been giving back deposits."
"My dad's fairly hard-core about getting rent in," he said. "He's ready to throw them out if it's not paid on time. But I'm
After the tenant left, Glen confided that he hid the rental sheets when his father came into the office.
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William Lemesany, a Lawrence landlord, with his dog, Buffalo, owns several apartment complexes in Lawrence. His four children help him manage his rental properties "empire."
more lenient. Since I'm younger, I know students have a hard time paying rent."
Leland shared Glen's views about his father.
"He's tyrannical about his apartments." Leland said. "You have to do it his way or he gets mad. We disagree with him in virtually every way, but he's managed apartments this long, he must be doing something right."
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He must indeed. The empire is constantly changing with new purchases and profits, and the family remains together.
Bill Jr. said, "We're a fairly close family."
The children agreed they had learned a lot from their father.
"He instructed me to deal with the damage," he indicted to him for the rest of my life.
Students can slow soaring utility costs
By MARJORIE GRONNIGER Staff Reporter
Students who live off campus face soaring utility prices with every bill. Kansas Public Service Co. has increased residential customer's gas bills five times and has dropped 28 percent—and Bill Salome, company president, expects another raise in April.
To update Ben Franklin, a dollar saved is a dollar earned. One way to save a buck in these days of double-digit desperation is by outwitting high energy costs.
Both Salome and Fred Bryan, division manager of KP&L, emphasized turning the system around.
The Kansas Power and Light Company's rate per kilowatt hour varies with the cost of fuel for power generation, but a rough average is 5.5 cents per KWH.
How to slow those gas and electric meters from a race to a pace?
It doesn't hurt to turn the thermostat all the way down when leaving the house, Salome said, and he also advised setting it lower at night.
Students should ask to examine the gas bills for the previous 12 months before they decide on a rental, Salome said. They should also ask about insulation, check for storm windows and look for "lots of glass on the south," he said.
Bryan also stressed insulation, especially in attics, because the heat goes up and out through the ceiling if it isn't stopped.
Much heat is lost around ill-fitting windows and doors. If windows lack a strap, they can be filled with plastic. The heavier the weight the better. Place the plastic on the outside of the
If an apartment or house is on the ground floor with no basement beneath, carpeting would make it warmer. Floors insulated would be cold unless insulated on the underside
Caulking can be done only when the temperature is above 40 degrees.
window, and tack or nail into place through a thin strip of wood.
Drapes, preferably with insulated linings, provide still another layer of protection between the student and bitter winds. An apartment on the south or east sides of a building will usually be warmer than one on the north or west.
Weather stripping and caulking will diminish air leaks around windows and doors. Weather stripping is inexpensive and oil-base caulking, sold in an applicator kit, reduces cracks, costs less than 75 cents a tube. It provides a quality acrylic latex sells for about $1.75.
Salome warned, "Watch the hot water.
Appliances add up in an electric bill, and a hot water heater is one of the more costly. An electric water heater uses an average of 600 KWH per month, while a gas water heater uses 3,000 cubic feet of gas.
and if you have a dishwasher, don't run it until it is full of dirty dishes."
Water heaters operate more efficiently if the sediment is drained from them once a month.
A standard refrigerator will use 80 KWH per month, but a frostless model will have more each month. A standard refrigerator will use 240 KWH when frost accumulates to one-fourth size.
Frequent opening and closing of a refrigerator door adds to the cost of operation, Bryan said. Each time the door is opened, warm air gets inside.
In using energy no two families are alike, Bryan said. For an example he used a room Place. Two families could live side by side on the same apartments, with exactly the same appliances mix in each, but their electric bills might vary a great deal, he said.
Differences in study habits, entertainment habits and cooking methods can account for the variation, Bryan said.