University Daily Kansan, September 13, 1980
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NEWS BRIEFS From Area Staff and Wire Reports
Owner's daughter files suit to reopen Autumn Manor
A local woman filed a lawsuit against the state Thursday, seeking to reopen Autumn Manor Nursing Home, 1800 W. 27th St., as Greenbriar Care Center.
Linda Coker, the daughter of the owner of Autumn Manor and president of Nursing Management Inc., filled the seat in Douglas County Court, also naming the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Barbara Sabol, the department's secretary, in the action.
Coker has a contract to purchase the nursing home, but it is subject to receiving license approval.
Coker was denied a license to reopen the home last month. Autumn Manor was closed in April after the Douglas County Circuit Court upheld a state decision to revoke the license by Coker's father, Harold Channan.
In last month's denal, the state said that because Chapman would remain as mortgage-holder on the home, his name should be listed on the license application and that the state does not want to reissue Chapman a license.
When the home was closed in April, the state cited 78 deficiencies in meeting state requirements and 63 deficiencies for Medicaid certification.
The suit charges that the state was negligent when it denied Coker the license because it went against the recommendation of a state-appointed hearing officer on the case.
Instruments stolen at Murphy Hall
Several musical instruments have been reported stolen from the music department at Murphy Hall.
According to a report filed Friday with the KU police, the department said that six suspended cymbal stands, a pair of high-hat cymbals, an 18-inch cymbal and a drummer's stool had been stolen sometime between June 12 and Aug. 1.
Between those dates, the department was sponsoring the Midwestern Music Camp, and the instruments were being used by the students attending the camp.
George Bolberg, instructor of percussion instruments, said that at the end of the camp the instruments were supposed, to be returned to specific rooms in Murphy Hall. But when an inventory of the instruments was given, several of them were not found. However, Bolberg said the stool was found Sunday.
Bolberg said that keeping track of the instruments during the camp was difficult because the instruments were usually being moved from rehearsal sites to concert sites.
14-year-old boy injured in accident
A 14-year-old bicyclist escaped serious injury yesterday afternoon when he was struck by a car in the parking lot of the Cedarwood Apartments, 2414 Ousdahl Road.
Jeff Shoemaker, 1726 W. 25th St., suffered a bump on the head and a scraped chin in the accident, which occurred about 5 p.m. yesterday. He was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released.
The car, whose driver was unidentified, was heading south in the parking lot when it struck Shoemaker, said Officer Rob Moore of the Lawrence Police Department.
ON THE RECORD
AN AM-FM CAR stereo was stolen sometime between 2 a.m. and 10:15 p.m. Sunday from a car parked at 1021 Missouri St., police said. The stereo, valued at $650, was taken after someone smashed the right side of the front window. The police have no suspects.
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Owner seeks loan to prevent sale of Opera House
By SUSAN WORTMAN Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The Lawrence Opera House will be put up for public sale if the owner cannot arrange for a loan to pay off a delinquent mortgage, the attorney for Lawrence National Bank said yesterday.
Hegardess, the bank is proceeding with mortgage foreclosure against Skip Moon, owner of the Opera House, said Peter Curran, the bank's attorney.
A pre-trial conference to determine whether the foreclosure would be handled in court has been set for Sept. 16, which County District Court, Gurnee, 94801.
"The bank is trying to move things forward in the court," he said. "The pre-trial will determine what issues have to be decided. They'll see if the mortgage is valid and how much is owed on the loan."
Don Johnston, president of University State Bank, 955 Iowa St., said Moon applied for a loan two weeks ago at his bank to cover the mortgage from Lawrence National Bank, 647 Massachusetts St.
HOWEVER, the second loan has not been confirmed, because Moon has not found enough people to guarantee the loan. Johnston said.
Curran said that if Moon did not raise the money to pay off the Lawrence National Bank mortgage, the bank would have to put to the Building up for public sale.
"The bank would get paid out of the proceeds of the sale," Curran said, "or the bank might be interested in buying the building themselves."
Curran was not optimistic about the prospect of someone buying the build-
moon's first attempts to sell the building also fell through. In January, Moon tried to sell the Opera House 642 theaters and several alternative Alternatives, a Topeca firm.
John Pasley, secretary-treasurer of Management Alternatives, said the firm failed to raise enough money to buy the Opera House.
"WE TRIED to sell limited partnerships, but the time limit expired, so we are no longer even trying to sell them. We tried to out in left field about it all," he said.
Pasley said that Me·agement Alternatives was no longer interested in the project.
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Bill Comfort, St. Louis senior, looks at a map of a course on West Campus during a practice for the orienteering team. The flag in the tree behind Comfort was a marker the participants had to register at yesterday to prove that they covered the entire course.
Student likens orienteering to a treasure hunt
By ANA DEL CORRAL Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Compasses and maps in hand, eight members of KU's orienteering team gathered yesterday in the cool evening breeze for a trial run on West Campus.
Orienteering is similar to cross-country running, but participants use a compass and a map to find their way through the course.
For Bill Comfort, St. Louis junior and a member of the team, orienteeing has been a first round winner.
But Dan Yeokum, Mission Hills senior, joined the team for a different job.
The sport came to the United States from Scandinavia in the 1960s, and to the University of Kansas in 1976, said Gene Wee, adviser for Student Union Activities and a team member. The club has approximately 30 members.
LAST YEAR, KU's orientering team beat West Point, a five-time consecutive winner, for the intercollegiate championship. Wee said.
"I am hungry for competition and
running is something I enjoy," he said.
The sport combines map-reading skills and endurance.
Mike Eglinski, Lawrence junior,
said. "Some people think you just go out and hike around in the woods, but it's also a race."
As they run the course, racerers try to spot orange and white nylon bags in the crowd.
markers. For professional contests, the uniform and clothing are special nylon suits and rubber stud shoes.
"You don't have to be a fancy dresser because you are out in the woods and no one will see."
WHEN PRACTICE is not in the woods but in an urban area, some people show their surprise at the sight of a dog running across the street while reading a map.
"You better harry, the post office is closing in 5 minutes." is a sample of the comments team members have heard. Eglinski said.
In orienteering, control points are set up to guide and time the runners. The control points are usually attached to natural landmarks, pointed out on the map.
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