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10 • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
WEDNESDAY,JUNE18,2003
NATION
Nevada fire eludes control forces home evacuations
CARSON CITY, Nev.—A 300-acre wildfire closed the highway to Lake Tahoe yesterday before firefighters regained control, while a prescribed burn in Arizona escaped control lines and forced the evacuation of about 15 homes.
There were no reports of injuries or property damage in the fire near Carson City. The Nevada Division of Forestry reported yesterday evening the fire was 85 percent contained and expected to be fully contained by this morning.
The fire in central Arizona was within a half-mile of homes in an 4,500-acre area about three miles north of Cherry, officials said.
In the eastern part of the state, a 10,618-acre fire about 15 miles from Alpine controlled on yesterday.
In Alaska, a 10,000-acre fire burned through the Goodpaster Valley southeast of Fairbanks, threatening a handful of recreational cabins.
The Associated Press
Warmemorial receives funding
KOREAN WAR
University accepts donation for memorial, looks back at war heroes with ties to campus
By Ehren Meditz
emeditz@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Chancellor Robert Hemenway will accept a $30,000 donation today to help fund the creation of a Korean War memorial.
The gift from Yong L. Kim, a native of South Korea and Kansas City, Mo., businessman, is the first major donation to the fund since the idea's inception several years ago. The University has memorials for both World Wars and the Vietnam War, but not the Korean War.
"It is the missing link," said Jeff Weinberg, special assistant to the chancellor.
Weinberg said 60 people affiliated with the University died in the war. He said the University wanted a Korean memorial for several years, but a variety of efforts used to raise money were unsuccessful
Weinberg said the University raised about $5,000 for the memorial before
"As a Korean, I would like to help and appreciate those who served, not necessarily just KU students."
Yong L. Kim Kansas City, Mo., businessman
Kim's gift. Portions of last year's KU football ticket sales,totaling $1,700,went to the fund.The cost of the memorial is estimated to be between $100,000 and $300,000.
"We're still a long way from $300,000, but we could build one for $100,000," he said. "We're just hoping we can have it completed within the next year or two."
Kim said he wanted to help when he first heard about the project.
"I read in a newspaper that they couldn't raise the money," Kim said.
"Then I talked with my son, Jay, to find out what was going on."
Although Yong is not an alumnus of the University, his son, Jay, is a KU graduate. He said his gratitude extended beyond the names on the proposed memorial.
"As a Korean, I would like to help and appreciate those who served, not necessarily just KU students." Yong said.
Provost David Shulenburger will meet with the KU Korean Association in Seoul tomorrow, as part of a week-long trip in Eastern Asia. John Scarffe of Kansas University Endowment Association said he hoped a donation would be made there as well.
The University plans to erect the memorial along Memorial Drive by Potter Lake along with a tablet that provides information on the Korean War. The last memorial built on campus, the Vietnam Memorial, was a student initiative, Weinberg said.
- Edited by Annie Bernethy
For more information on donating to the memorial fund, call Jerome Davies vice president for development at the Endowment Association, at 832-7460.