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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, April 7, 1993
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City election brings new faces
Commission to seat three new members
While waiting for the final election results, city commission candidate Jolene Andersen gets a hug from her son Zach. 13.
By Todd Selfert
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence voters elected new faces to all three available seats for the Lawrence City Commission in the city's general election yesterday.
Jolene Andersen, an office manager for Ron Turner's American Family Insurance Co., finished first with 4,716 votes and Bob Moody, president of North Lawrence Improvement Co., finished second with 4,525.
Doug Compton, owner of Compton Rentals, rose from fourth in the March 2 primary election to claim the third seat with 3,829 votes. He defeated eight-year incumbent Bob Schumm by 51 votes.
The first- and second-place winners each receive a four-year term. The third-place winner receives a two-year term.
Two current commissioners, Bob Walters and Shirley Martin-Smith, did not run for re-election.
"No one worked harder than our volunteers and my steering committee," Compton said. "We really felt we did all we could do, and we thought we'd be there in the end."
Compton said he and his volunteers spent the weekend walking door-to-door talking to voters and mailing postcards. They also contacted about 1,300 people by telephone.
Schumm said he knew the race would be close going in.
"I really had no idea where we were going to end up," he said. "The primary was pretty close.
"I think that all three of the people who got elected are well qualified."
primary election, said she was nervous yesterday and that her high finish surprised her.
"I didn't expect to come in first," she said. "It's where I wanted to be, of course, but I didn't expect it at all."
Andersen, who finished third in the
The votes are in . . .
Moody said the tension of the close race did not bother him
Here are the results from yesterday's Douglas county general elections. The top two in each category will hold for four years, while the third will an office for two years.
Lawrence city commissioner
Candidate Votes
Jolene Anderson 4716
Bob Moody 4525
Doug Compom 3829
Milton Compon 3292
Milton Scott 2121
Sam Shemply 2121
U.S.D. 497 School Board
Candidate Votes
John A. Tacha 4645
George Crawford 4333
Renee Karr 4272
Gene Ramp 3222
Michael Heffner 2799
William Skepnek 1923
Source: Douglas county election office
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He said he was excited about the meeting.
The new commissioners will be sworn in at the commission's next meeting Tuesday night as the first order of business on its regular agenda.
Gays' role models vary in background
By Jess DeHaven
Kansan staff writer
Jennifer Papanek, Lawrence senior and GLSOK member, said many people had provided positive models for her to follow
Students involved in Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas say they draw their inspiration from people in their community, their friends and those from older generations as well as from public figures.
“There are two sets of friends that I have who are older, she said. “One is a gay couple, and the other is a lesbian couple. Both couples have been together for several years and have been through all the traumas of a long-term relationship and they still love each other.
"For me that's especially significant because my parents recently divorced after 23 years. It means a lot when any couple, homosexual or heterosexual, is able to maintain a lasting relationship."
"It doesn't matter what they do, where they're from or what walk of life they come from," he said. "As long as they have the courage to live their life how they want, that is a
Troy Alldaffer, Colby senior and GLSOK member, said he viewed any openly gay, lesbian or bisexual person as a role model.
role model to me."
Alldaffer said he also had heterosexual role models.
"I tremenant an interview in which Richard Gere was asked if he was a homosexual," he said. "He said he didn't care if people thought he was because there was nothing wrong with being gay.
"That took a lot of courage. He didn't deny it, he just said there was nothing wrong with it."
Janet Pryor, Lawrence senior and GLSOK member, said she was influenced by public figures such as Lymn Lawer, a lesbian comedienne who performed in the Kansas Union Ballroom Monday evening.
"Lynn and Ardis are great examples of the types of people who I'd like to model myself after," Pryor said of Lavuer and Lavner's lover of 17 years. "They're older women who have dealt with all the issues and problems in the lesbian community for years and have been able to handle them successfully."
Pryor said her peers were also important models for her.
"People in my own community inspire me because they have all had such different experiences and have had the courage to come out," she said. "I only hope I can do the same for others."
Coloradans debate Amendment Two
Supporter, protester clash on discrimination based on sexual-orientation
By Frank McCleary Kansan staff writer
Kevin Tebedo and Nancy Osborne dued verbally last night over rights for gays, lesbians and bisexuals.
About 220 people attended the debate, part of Gay and Lesbian Awareness week, at the Kansas Union Ballroom. The amendment passed this fall.
Tebedo, executive director of Colorado for Family Values, and Osborne, representative for Equality in Colorado, debated Colorado's Amendment Two, which prevents local governments from passing laws prohibiting sexual-orientation discrimination in jobs and housing.
Tebedo began his speech by quoting the The Declaration of Independence. He said that all people had freedoms and rights because they were human.
of civil rights. Tebedo said.
"We do not need government to enjoy human freedoms," he said.
But being a homosexual is not a guarantee
"A person does not have an identity because they are homosexual," he said. "You do not attain civil rights by the way you have sex."
Tebedo disputed the idea that homosexuals were an easy target for discrimination.
"It's hard to discriminate against them because they have no readily identifiable characteristics," he said.
Osborne argued that legislation was the first step toward justice for homosexuals.
She also said that education was important because it allowed people to live and work together peacefully and respect the rights of others.
Tebedo concluded his speech by saying that the exchange of thoughts on the topic was a good idea.
"There is a difference of opinion, a difference of thought on homosexuality," he said. "I want this exchange to continue."
Osborne finished by saying that civil rights were not something finite that could be divided.
"Individuals who refuse to liken civil rights of homosexuals to African Americans and other minorities are operating from a viewpoint of scarcity," she said.
Billye Alford, Manhattan freshman said she liked the exchange of ideas between the
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"It was a wonderful idea with good comments from both sides," she said. "But it did not change my mind either way."
Afford said she opposed the amendment.
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Carl Burkhead, professor of civil engineering, said the debate was a good opportunity for people on both sides to share their views. Mr. Burkhead said he was a supporter of the amendment.
Alicia Thomas, Lawrence junior, said both sides presented their ideas well and made good points, but were unlikely to persuade people to change their beliefs.
"I do not believe gays and lesbians should have protected class status," he said. "Homo- sexuality is a sin."
"On this issue, people do not want to change their minds," she said.
Memories of student keep smiles on her friends' faces
By Will Lewis
Kansan staff writer
When Emily Nelson walked into a room,
But when Miss Nelson, 20, was fatally injured in a March 24 car accident, all it took was memories of her to keep the smiles from disappearing.
"She always had her own way of telling a story or explaining things to people," said Therese Everett, Pasadena, Calif., sophomore and a friend of Miss Nelson, an Evergreen.
Emily Nelson
Colo., sophomore. "She was just so funny."
When laughing was not appropriate, Miss Nelson was always there to offer support, Everett said.
"She was not a timid person when it came to her feelings," she said.
Miss Nelson made sure she did her best to help her friends reach their goals.
"She always tried to make me feel better," Everett said. "She'd just do everything she could for a person because she'd honestly want them to succeed, do well and be happy."
Heather Kramer, Overland Park sophomore and another friend of Miss Nelson's, agreed.
"She was an incredible person," she said.
"Somehow she always had the ability to make you laugh. She could always bring you up."
Miss Nelson also was remembered for her compassion.
"She had no real biases toward people," Kramer said. "She was real open-minded about a lot of things."
Everett and Kramer were pledge sisters of Miss Nelson's at the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Miss Nelson suffered a broken rib and other injuries after a car she was riding in hit an ice patch and rolled. She died Monday morning at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colo.
Miss Nelson was one of six passengers in the car. All were KU students.
Miss Nelson was a journalism major and community service chairman of the Pi Beta Phi sorority house. She was a volunteer at the Natural Ties program in Lawrence, a service that integrates people with mental disabilities into university organizations.
Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Mimi and Russell Hughes, her father and stepmother, Gordon and Nancy Nelson; a sister, Diana; three brothers and fourfathers, Walter Wilkinson and Gerthart Nelson.
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