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Friday, February 12. 1993
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Tribal gaming hidden among casino issues
By Ben Grove
Kansan staff writer
As the Kansas Senate yesterday voted down a resolution that would have paved the way for a colossal $300 million casino and entertainment complex in Kansas City, Kan., American Indians continued to wonder when legislators would get to them.
American-Indian casino gambling advocates in Kansas are in their second year of a legislative struggle to make casino gaming compacts legal between the state and the four tribes in Kansas.
Those advocates say their interests have been slighted by legislators who have focused this session instead on other gambling legislation.
an gaming," said Lance Burr, a Lawrence attorney who represents the Kickapoo nation.
Burr and American Indians have said that a casino and entertainment complex such as the one proposed for Kansas City, Kan., would have hurt reservation casino businesses if both were permitted by law.
"It's really popular for legislators to say, 'We're not against Indians, we are just against the issue.' " Burr said. "Well, why would they be willing to support other projects when there aren't Indians involved?"
Despite the resolution's defeat, the
Senate yesterday reconsidered its motion and restored the resolution to its debate calendar to be considered again later.
Lori Learned, co-president of the Native American Student Association, said American-Indian reservations in Kansas needed the revenues from the casinos, which would generate funds for health care and education improvements.
"It would start a little boom, hopefully," she said.
Last week, members of the the House hurriedly passed a bill on to the Senate in an effort to show the Kansas
Supreme Court that it was serious about addressing reservation casinos.
Recently, American Indians called upon the court to decide whether the Legislature was dealing with the tribes in bad faith.
The court could decide as soon as today to take steps to remove all regulatory control from the state's hands
— control it possesses despite the fact that the four tribes in Kansas are sovereign nations.
The bill moved through the House so fast it did not define an age limit for gamblers and the word 'casino' was
removed, something House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer, D-Wichita, said defeated the purpose of the bill.
Donald Stull, professor of anthropology, who sometimes teaches a Native American Affairs class, said he no longer thought the Legislature's foot-dragging was a political power struggle.
"The fact that the state was able to hold off the compact for as long as they did was very detrimental," he said. "People are scurrying around the Legislature to enact something. I think that the issue of discrimination cannot be dismissed."
Administrator opposes bill on Legal Services
By Brett Riggs
Kansan staff writer
Student Senate saw it as a symbolic move to strengthen student advocacy. The administration looked at it as a severing of communication.
Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that pushed for the removal of the administration's representative from the Legal Services for Students advisory board.
Legal Services, financed by Senate,
employs three full-time professional
attorneys who provide free legal
counseling for KU students.
Under the proposal, the board would be made up of four undergraduate students, one law student, one graduate student and one member of the Spoate university affairs commit-
tion, which the administration currently does not allow.
Kaiser said the administration based its stance on the fact that the service's attorneys were employees of the state, like members of the faculty and administration.
"I think students need advocates, but I think it would be a conflict of interest," Kaiser said.
John.Altevogt, graduate senator,
said Senate also wanted to remove
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Flower shops ready for Valentine's rush
Special to the Kansan
"I was like a zombie for three weeks after last years Valentine's day" said Jan Braman as she tied ribbons to baskets for this years "Valentine's Day rush."
Braman, owner of the Flower Basket, 601 Kasold Drive, said that she and her staff started ordering flowers in early January and began creating arrangements, baskets and balloons three weeks ago.
Valentine's Day is the single busiest day of the year for area florists, and Lawrence flower shops are gearing up for this years flood of Valentine's shoppers.
Braman said most people like to send flowers because they make a statement about how someone feels.
Tish Holib, a worker at University Floral, 2103 W. 28th, said the days usually come before Valentine's Day. The Lawrence graduate student, said that orders usually start coming into the shop one to two weeks ahead of the holiday.
That statement will cost about $40 to $50 for an average arrangement of a dozen long stem roses at Lawrence area stores, according to the interviews. Most popular are flowers, especially roses, but some people decide to give balloons or a combination of flowers and balloons.
The cost of flowers is not of much concern to people flocking to flower stores in anticipation of Valentine's Day, according to area floral shops.
Holub said that the economy hasn't really
affected the amount of business she has seen in her five years at University Floral.
"I think being in a university community helps insulate us from some of the economic hardships" said Holub. "The range in what people spend really varies."
Holub said that many people spend as little as $10 for flowers. She said, however, that she had once seen a man spend more than $300 for an order of flowers.
Dave Boggs, Lawrence graduate student,
said that price usually isn't his primary concern when it comes to buying flowers on Valentine's Day. He said that he usually spends about $40 to $50 for the holiday.
"I don't think about the price too much," said Boggs, "I usually budget for things like this."
Bill Nye, owner of The Flower Market, 825 Iowa, has been in the floral industry for 37 years. He said that a sluggish economy might make some orders a little smaller, but that it wasn't a huge concern.
"The people we see are usually willing to pay the price for quality." Nve said.
Nye said that people did not realize what can affect the quality and price of flowers. He said that events like the Rose Bowl parade or the hurricane in Florida could reduce his supply, increasing prices.
"If Valentines day were in the middle of summer instead of winter there wouldn't be any problem," said Nye.
And why do people buy flowers?
Boggs, echoing the feelings of many flower buyers, said. "It's like a birthday or anything. Flowers just show how you feel."
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