UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, April 7, 1993
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Drunken driving law goes to Finney
Legal intoxication set at 0.08 percent
The Associated Press
TOPEKA—The Legislature yesterday passed a compromise measure that would reduce the blood alcohol content at which a driver is considered legally drunk in Kansas to 0.08 percent.
The current legal intoxication level for drunk driving is 0.10 percent.
A conference committee agreement that would reduce the blood alcohol content was approved by the Senate, 30-10, and the House, 116-6.
The action sent the bill to Gov. Joan Finney for her consideration.
House passage came after rejection, 64-54, of an attempt by Rep. Jonice Pauls, D-Hutchinson, to send the bill back to conference for more work.
Sen. Bill Brady, D-Parsons, a strong supporter of reducing the blood alcohol content level, said that testimony in the Senate Judiciary Committee from the Kansas Highway Patrol and medical specialists showed that people who drive at 0.08 are seriously impaired.
He told senators, however, that it was unlikely the state would lose federal highway funds if the measure is not passed, as some officials had suggested.
the bill were passed. He said the measure would result in a 12 percent increase in prosecution statewide, an increase in costs that counties must pay.
Emert also said local police departments and sheriff's offices did not testify in support of the bill because of the additional expenses they would
Sen. Mike Harris, R-Wichita, said the measure could act as a deterrent to drunk driving. He also said police did not randomly stop drivers to give them
"Drivers are generally stopped when they're driving erratically," Harris said.
The Senate also approved another conference committee report that
would permit people with landowner and tenant deer hunting permits to transfer them to anyone in the state, a measure that one lawmaker said would create a "black market" for deer-hunting licenses.
The bill went to Finney.
The bill, as it came out of conference committee, also would allow landowners to transfer those hunting permits to relatives who live outside the county.
Under state law, people who own or rent 40 acres of land or more can obtain a hunting license.
Originally, the bill only would have permitted out-of-state residents to hunt deer in Kansas, which is the only state that does not allow non-residents to hunt.
Wind surfers build launch
By James J. Reece
With a truckload of gravel, the Lawrence Windsurfing Association may have made it a bit harder for KU students and faculty to make it to classes on warm, windy days.
Actually, the gravel will make the wind surfing at Clinton State Park a little easier by moving southeast of Clinton Maple.
Kansan staff writer
Group members had differen- opinion about the new launchpad.
"I'm torn," said Richard Dishinger. KU associate professor of art and member of the association. "I don't mind roughing it."
Dishinger, a self-described "hard-core sailor," said he supported the project but not the potential interest it could bring to his sport at the lake.
"It's kind of like having your own fishing spot and not telling anyone about it," he said.
The group's president, Warren Frick, a Lawrence physician, said large boulders once covered the site and were submerged in the water just off the shore, making launches precarious in high winds — ideal weather for the sport.
Group members contributed $250, labor and equipment for the project, which includes clearing boulders and spreading gravel, said Jerry Schecher,
park manager. The park is sup-
plying the project with vehicles and has matched the group's donations.
"We've moved literally tons of large boulders from the beach." Schecher said.
He said the 700 to 800-foot beach now had only a single pile of gravel on it and that construction would resume when the lake's water level went down.
Jim Bennett, vice president of the group, said that 100 tons of gravel were needed to cover the beach.
The group has about 40 members, including about 10 KU students and four faculty members.
Proposed median may cause problems
Rv Frank McCleary
The Lawrence City Commission yesterday directed staff to review a recommendation to install a raised median on 23rd Street from Louisiana to Ohio streets.
The planning commission said the median would allow a 35-foot entry, or curb cut, along the north side of 23rd Street for a new Walgreens store by eliminating cross-turning into the entry. The proposed median also would prevent west-bound traffic on 23rd Street from making a left turn in the Checkers parking lot.
Jim Lewis, owner of Checkers, 2300 Louisiana St. said that the median could hinder customers and delivery tricks trying to get in and out of the
store's parking lot.
He said the median would force people to use an access further east on 23rd Street designed to be a delivery-truck exit.
The commission directed staff to review the eastern-most access to make it safe for delivery trucks and cars. Walgreens would be required to pay for any needed improvements.
The commission also unanimously approved an ordinance that would require automatic fire sprinklers in existing congregate residences, including fraternities and sororities, within five years.
Hospice looking for volunteers
Kansan staff writer
Douglas Dace Inbody, volunteer coordinator for Hospice Care of Douglas County, said the group was looking for individuals who could run errands, cook, help with house chores and plan special activities for patients.
CAMPUS/AREA BRIEFS
The ordinance was part of the consent agenda and was adopted on the second and final reading. The ordinance originally was presented by Jim McSwin, Lawrence fire chief.
"It's sometimes difficult for people because they get attached to someone who many die soon," she said. "We need people who are caring, compassionate and willing to work with the terminally ill."
Caring for dying patients is the focus of a volunteer training workshop to be held by Hospice Care of Douglas County April 23-25.
Those who are interested in volunteering should call the office at 749-5006 to make an appointment to fill out an application. Applicants then will go through an interview process before they are select- ed. The closing class is:
"We want to make sure we have people who are right for the job," Inbody said. "We also need to make sure people know what they're getting into."
Debaters place 7th in tournament
Two KU debaters made it to the "Sweet 16" in the National Debate Tournament at the University of Northern Iowa March 31.
Tim Howard, Derby senior, and Josh Zive, Reno, Nev., junior, advanced to the tournament's final round, in which the 10 team attacks each other. The team of Zive and Howard ended up with the seventh best tournament record of the 74 teams competing.
"They had a tremendous performance," said Scott Harris, professor of communications and KU debate coach. "They had the best team performance of any team that I have coached since I've been the head coach here."
The team of Zive and Howard was the first team to advance to the tournament's "Sweet 16" since 1989, Harris said.
Compiled by Jess DeHaven and Terrilyn McCormick.
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