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Singers at home at University
By Brian James Kansan staff writer
Japan resident Tamae Sekimoto considers Lawrence her second hometown.
"It is exciting to be back finally," she said.
Sekimoto is visiting the University of Kansas this week with 65 members of a women's choir from the Miyagi Gaukin Women's College in Sendai, Japan. Sekimoto, who is from Sendai, is one of the group's chaperones and a piano accompanist during performances.
She and Yoko Fuda, also a former KU student and a chaperone for the group, said they were enjoying their visit to Lawrence.
Sekimoto is also a KU graduate.
"I love the campus here," she said. "It gives me many memories."
Sekimoto, who received a master's degree in piano from the University in 1987, said she had not been back to Lawrence for five years.
Fuda, who studied voice at the University from 1973 to 1975, said the school was special to her.
"It is nice coming back to a place that you always enjoyed." she said.
Sekimoto said the choir schedule, which includes a trip to Kansas City today, has been busy.
"We've been going everywhere, and I haven't had any private time." Sekimoto said. "But it has been fun."
The trip, she said, served as a reunion for her and Richard Reber, a professor with whom she studied piano at the University.
Both Sekimoto and Fuda are music professors at the women's college in Japan. Sekimoto teaches piano. Fuda teaches voice and opera.
Sekimoto said she felt more comfortable expressing her views on KU's campus than she did in Japan. She said the women in the group seemed to feel the same.
Reber said Sekimoto was a very dedicated piano student. "Conscientious and hard-working both describe her well." Reber said.
"I came back three years ago and gave a recital," Fuda said. "After that, I wanted to come visit again as soon as possible."
"At KL it is easier to let your feelings be heard or be seen."
Tamae Sekimoto, KU alumni and resident of Sendai,
Japan, accompanies a soloist during a concert at Plymouth Congregational Church.
she said. "In Japan, that does not happen very much." The group is staying in McCollum Hall, the same hall Sekimoto and Fuda lived in while they attended the University.
"I've enjoyed staying in the dorms with students," Fuda said. "They're very fun."
Sekimoto said the halls had not changed much in five years.
"There are still many different types of students there so people can learn about other cultures," Sekimoto said.
Building permit fees to increase
By Tracl Carl
Kansan staff writer
KU students are not paying their fair share of budget increases, said Ron Durflinger, president of Lawrence Home Builders Association.
But they are contributing to the use and abuse of city services and public roads, he said.
"Students are getting a good deal on infrastructure maintenance costs because many of them are exempt," said Durfinger, who also owns Ron Durfinger Construction.
Last night at their weekly meeting, the City Commission approved several fee increases, including a 25 percent increase in building permit fees. The increases will raise an estimated
$478,000 for Lawrence's $48 million budget for 1904, which was passed in August. The increases will pay for storm draining and sewer improvements, road repairs, a new summer youth employment program and a part-time city planner.
Those other resources should come
from KU students, he said.
Durfinger said he thought raising building permit fees from 50 percent to 75 percent of the recommended rates in the Uniform Building Code was too much to ask of local builders. "What they are doing is putting $150,000 burden on the 450 home buyers and the handful of business who construct in the coming calendar year," Durfinger said. "I can't see the fairness in that in light of the other resources available."
Many KU students do not own homes or register their cars in Douglas County, so they do not pay property taxes, he said.
The building permit increase would generate an estimated $162,000.
Commissioner Bob Schulte, who is also vice president of Gene Fritzel Construction, said he understood Durfinger's concerns, but he still supported the increase.
"Much of what the city does is focused on planning and zoning," he said.
Commissioner Bob Moody said increased construction meant more work for the city.
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