CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, April 2, 1984
Page 6
Cynthia Pistilli/KANSAN
Carl Knox, superintendent of Lawrence School District 497, receives the "Good Apple Award." The Award was presented to him Friday night at the Chamber of Commerce Ball by former president Joel Jacobs.
By ROBIN PALMER
City's plans backed by new Chamber head
Staff Reporter
The new president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce formally began his term of office Friday with a promise that the chamber would continue to support the downtown redevelopment plan.
Pete Whitenight, the president,
began his term during the chamber's 61st annual meeting
Friday at the Lawrence Holiday Hall.
He led both businessman, state legislators and city officials attended.
The annual meeting, led by outgoing president Joel Jacobs and chairman Jean Baker Milstead, took place to recognize chamber members and local business leaders who community leaders during last year.
IN HIS SPEECH at the dinner,
Whitenheit, co-owner of The Town
Shop, 839 Massachusetts St., said that the strength of the chamber was that it offered leadership in city projects, provided ideas on what improvements needed to be initiated and brought the necessary elements together to accomplish city projects.
Whitenheit also said that improvements for North Second Street and the Lawrence Municipal Airport would continue to be priorities for the chamber.
As Whitentight assumed his new position with the chamber, he presented an award to Jacobs thanking him for his efforts in improving Lawrence and the chamber.
In an effort to continue progress, Whitenight said that he would schedule regular board retreats for
the officers.
Before stepping down as president, Jacobs presented three outstanding chamber service awards and recognized all of the committee chairman for the chamber during the 1983-1984 year.
ARTHUR B. WEAVER, past chamber president and owner and manager of Weaver's Inc. Department Store, 901 Massachusetts St., was the recipient of the "Citizen of the Year" award for his 60 years of service to the city and the chamber.
Weaver is the first Lawrence citizen to receive the new award.
Weaver, who is celebrating his 90th birthday on a South American cruise, was not able to accept the award in person. Tom Murray, Weaver's great-nephew, accepted the award for Weaver saying that, "He could not have possibly been more deeply touched by anything."
Carl Knox, superintendent of Lawrence school district 497, received the "Good Apple Award" for his 22 years of service with the school district.
Knox will retire in July.
The "Ambassador of the Year Award" was presented to chamber member Cliff Wallace. Wallace was recognized for obtaining more new chamber memberships than any other ambassador.
AFTER PRESENTING THE AWARDS, Jacobs formally relinquished his office to Whitenight, saying, "Much has been accomplished in the way of economic industry in Lawrence."
Jacobs said that he hoped the partnership between the chamber and the new economic development marketing program would continue.
ON CAMPUS
TODAY
THE LIFE-ISSUE Seminar "Nuclear Holocaust and Christian Hope" will discuss "Disarming the Powers" at 4:30 p.m. at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center, 1204 Oread Avenue.
THE VISUAL COMMUNICATION Illustration Undergraduate Student Show will be on display through Friday in the gallery of the Art and Design Building.
"CATS, CHILDREN, AND Pregnant Women: Toxoplasmosis in Central American and Panama," a lecture by Jacob Frenkel, professor of pathology at KU Medical Center, will be presented at 3:30 p.m. in the Council Room of the Kansas Union.
THE VISTING ARTISTS Series presents Kansas City Early Music Consort at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Legislature to act on drinking-age issue
By ROB KARWATH Staff Reporter
TOPEKA - With time running out in the session, the Kansas Legislature probably will act this week on several issues, including a bill that would raise the drinking age to 19 for 3.2 percent beer.
Lawmakers will be pressed for time as they work to take final action on the issues before adjourning as early as Thursday or Friday.
If they adjourn when scheduled, the legislators will take two weeks off before returning during the week of April 23 for several days of final work and reconsideration of any bills vetoed by Gov. John Carlin.
The full Senate probably will vote today on a bill that would raise the minimum wage.
THE CHANGE WOULD go into effect
July 1. People who turned 18 before
June 30 would be allowed to drink weak
beer, but people born after June 30
The bill would allow people younger than 19 to work in grocery stores and gas stations selling closed containers of 3.2 beer. Restaurants that sold 3.2 beer would receive a tax credit their total revenue from beer sales could continue to hire people under 19.
The drinking-age issue has been complicated by the fact that one member of the conference committee, State Sen. Richard Gannon, D-Doogland, has charged that the committee met in secret to negotiate the final version of the bill. Such a meeting would violate the Kansas Open Meetings Act and the rules of the Legislature.
If the Senate approves the bill, it will go to the House, where approval is almost certain. The bill would go then and wait. It was said he would sign the bill into law.
LAST FRIDAY CARLIN called for an amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would allow the Legislature to
Last week 3,892 prisoners were in state corrections institutions, 134 more inmates are in correctional facilities.
would have to wait until their 19th birthdays to drink 3.2 beer.
increase the state property tax to build and expand prisons to relieve overcrowding.
Carlin proposed that the Legislature vote to raise property taxes one mill, which would raise taxes $1 for each $1,000 of assessed value. The property tax increase would raise about $13 million a year.
Last Friday Carlin also asked the Legislature to appropriate money to expand several existing prisons and to study converting an existing state institution, possibly a hospital, into a prison.
ANOTHER ISSUE THAT the Legislature must work to resolve before adjourning will include setting fiscal budgets for the state's six universities.
Both the House and the Senate have approved different versions of the budget bill and must agree on a compromise to send to Carlin.
The Senate's version of the bill was $4.7 million more than Carlin's proposal and $1.7 million more than the House proposal. The $617 million Senate plan would set aside $153.4 million for the University of Kansas and $159.4 million for the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
Part of the money that would go to KU would finance a 7 percent raise for faculty and would restore 10 graduate teaching positions cut by Carlin during a financial crunch in the summer of 1982.
THE LEGISLATURE ALSO must work on a proposal that would prevent significant tax increases for homeowners, as well as to state the state reapraised all property soon.
The House and Senate have passed different versions of a bill that would give state agencies and county governments permission to reapprise all property in the state. The last time the state reappraised property was in the 1960s.
Kansas Union says goodbye to a good friend
By PHIL ENGLISH Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
William Rowlands didn't have to show up for his last day of work Friday at the Kansas Union, but he did.
Appearing through the front doors of the lobby in a brown three-piece suit, the soft spoken 65-year-old man grinned at his reception.
He was greeted by most of the Union personnel — many of whom he gave their first jobs to — and was honored with an afternoon banquet.
Bill Towns, operations manager for the Union, was one of the people who
"THE THING THAT makes Bill so special is the loyalty and devotion his friends have towards him," he said. "He was so sensitive to me as a student struggling through college. He was always there to lend a helping hand."
received his first job from Rowlands.
"I went up to him and asked if our new situation would make things difficult between us as friends. Bill just smiled at me and said, 'Of course not, I've been pulling for you ever since the beginning.' " he said.
Towns remember the uncomfortable situation when he became
Rowlands said he wanted most to be remembered for his work and for the wisdom that he brought.
"What I'll really miss the most are the students." Rowlands said. "But if it
get to the point where it begins to bother me, I can always go back and visit them."
Rowlands has spent his whole life in Lawrence, except for the two years he served in the Army during World War II.
AFTER GRADUATING from KU in 1951, he began working at his parents store, a blueprint shop in Mission for 10 years.
In 1967, he became the manager of the information/candy counter and the night manager, a position he would hold for the next 17 years.
Rowlands said that it would be hard leaving his friends, but that he was growing tired of being at a certain place at a certain time every day of his life.
"I want the opportunity to spend more time with my wife," he said. "I'm glad that now we'll now have the time and visit our kids any time we would like."
"Next month, I'm going hunting for mushrooms in the woods." he said. "There is only one month in the whole year to get an early type of mushroom, and they are so good."
ALTHOUGH ROWLANDS SAID that retirement would be a nice break from the daily hassle of working at the Union, he has some plans to keep him busy.
2nd Anniversary Sale!
PRESS BATTER WITH 12 FORMERS
4th & Ronald
Watertridge Shopping Center
842-0600
Limited Deliveries Area
"Other than that, I'd kind of like to just sit back and relax with my wife. I never really had time to do that before."
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“NEVER ACCEPT A DRINK FROM A UROLOGIST.” —Erma Bombeck's father
Not valid with any other offer
Specials expire 4/4/84
You may not find any urologists in the house, but you'll find our drinks tonight very easy to accept. $1.25 drinks and 50c draws all night long.
COUNTRY KITCHEN
BREAKFAST SPECIAL
See you there.
6 a.m.-11 a.m.
Old Fashioned Pancakes $.99
Country Eggs $1.29
French Toast & Berries $1.19
Omelets $1.69
Cakes & Eggs $1.19
Side Orders of Bacon, Sausage Links, Sausage Patties and Canadian Bacon for .99
Offer expires April 30, 1984
Cakes & Berries $1.19
French Toast $.99
MEN'S SPRING FORMAL RUSH
Lawrence Country Kitchen only.
WHEN: April 6, 7, and 8
HOW TO REGISTER: Return the form below either by mail or in person to the Interfraternity Council office [120 B Kansas Union]
A $10 registration fee must accompany your registration form. Registration forms will also be available in the IFC office.
LAST DAY TO REGISTER: Thursday,
Name:
Address:
April 5
Interfraternity Council
Spring Formal Rush — 1984
Registration Form
Phone
tail or delivery this registration form, with the $10,000 registration fee. "The Interefee of the Interior Council, 120B Kansas Union. University of Missouri."
Spring Formal Rush. 1984 will begin on Friday, April 6, 1984 at 5:30 p.m. in Audrey Anderson. For additional information please contact the interfraternity office at audrey@audrey.edu.
NOTICE: There will be an informal, informational meeting on Tuesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. in the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. It is not mandatory to attend this meeting to go through rush, but it will answer any questions that you may have about Formal Rush. Also, you may register at this meeting.
- Sponsored by the Interfraternity Council and its member fraternities.
FREE ADMISSION
FREE ADMISSION
Thurs. April 5 8:30 p.m.
Burge (Satellite) Union Party Room
beer and other refreshments will be sold