CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, March 7, 1984
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Senate defeats tax bill designed to help farms
By United Press International
TOPEKA - Urban lawmakers formed a coalition yesterday with a majority of Senate Democrats to defeat a bill that supporters said would protect farmers from large tax shifts expected to occur under reappraisal.
The bill narrowly won first-round approval Monday, but yesterday was killed after a handful of lawmakers — mostly Republicans from urban areas — changed their votes when it appeared the measure was headed for defeat.
The bill would have required agricultural land to be appraised on the basis of its income productivity rather than its market value.
SEN. MIKE JOHNSTON, D-Parsons, said he opposed the bill because it would have required, rather than allowed, agricultural land to be appraised under the "use value" method. Johnston said use-value appraisal gave special treatment to agricultural property "and that special treatment will be at the expense of all other classes of property in this state."
Sean, Dan rushed, R-Independence, who supports the measure, voted against the one so he could, under rules of the rules to reconsider its action at a later date.
Under the use value method, the value of agricultural land would be based on how much income it provides, not how much it is worth on the open ground (called grasses), all property in Kansas is appraised on the basis of its fair market value.
SENATE DEMOCRATS lined up to oppose the bill Monday, which Senate Minority Leader Jack Steinerman, D-Richmond, said is the most dangerous" bills of the session.
Steineger and other Democrats said the bill unfairly protected one segment of property taxpayers without providing any similar protection for other taxpayers who might be hit hard by it, particularly residential property owners.
Theissen said that to determine how much income the land provided, commodity prices would be averaged from the previous eight years.
Both the House and Senate have approved a reappraisal measure, under which information on property across the state would be collected over the next $3\frac{1}{2}$ years before reappraisal began.
THE REAPPAISAL BILL has been sent to a conference committee to hammer out differences between the House and Senate.
Democrats support a classification amendment to the state constitution that would allow the state to assess different classes of property at different levels. Under the reappraisal bill passed by the House next week, the tax rolls until a statewide vote was taken on a classification amendment.
Steiniger said if rural lawmakers were satisfied they had a use value measure in place to protect agricultural interests, the amendment would not be as pressing.
In other action Monday, the Senate narrowly defeated a Democrat-backed bill that would have required banks to simplify how interest rates are adver-
Under the bill, banks would have been forced to say in their advertising how much interest per $100 their rates would yield, instead of just advertising the rates and saying if they were compounded or simple.
The physical fitness craze has gone beyond aerobic classes and reached the Douglas County Ambulance Service.
By ROBIN PALMER Staff Reporter
In an effort to improve the quality of patient care, the staff of the ambulance service, 225 Maine St, now has a statutory exercise and fitness program.
Program helps lessen paramedics' stress
After pumping iron for a month, paramedics said they saw a noticeable change in their attitude and management of stress.
"I've noticed a change in everyone's attitude, and I attribute that to the exercise," said Dale Creed, senior
THE PROGRAM, designed by the exercise and physiology department at the University of Kansas, consists of a series of warm-up and warm-down exercises.
All 20 staff members who are involved in patient care, including Ted McFarlane, ambulance service worker, and three coordinators of exercise each day that they work.
Staff Reporter
At the onset of the program, each technician received a body fat content analysis, and tread mill and strength evaluations on their progress in a year.
McFarlane said the program had been made mandatory to establish fitness as a priority. Advantages are expected for both the patients and the
ONE OF THE GOALS is to prevent the suffering of patient care at the end of the 24-hour shifts caused by stress and activity effects.
paramedics.
The program is also a beneficial stress management tool. In the majority of cases stress from the technicians is referred to the technicians, McFarlane said.
Stress also occurs because the paramedics must be prepared at all times. Without good stress management, you will consume the staff and hinder efficiency.
The improved handling of stress in the 24-hour shifts also makes the program beneficial to the future of the employee.
"We feel that this job is one that,
because it is physically demanding,
and the normal career span.
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The great amount of physical activity prevents a technician from making paramedics his lifetime career, he said.
McFarlane said he hoped that in some cases the program would enable the individual to continue working while others cannot work after he is 50 years old.
CONFLICTS WITH exercising and handling emergency calls have not occurred, Creed said. Before this month, the program was voluntary. But in the past year, members edge that a call might come while members of the staff were exercising.
paramedic.
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