University Daily Kansan / Monday, August 29, 1988
Campus/Area
3
Lisa Dukakis visits Hilltop center
By M. Meredith Relph
Kenyon staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Stressing the importance of affordable, available day care throughout the country, Lisa Dukakis visited the Hilton Day Care Center on campus for her father-in-law, Michael Dukakis.
Lisa Dukakis has been touring the country for 18 months to campaign for the Democratic presidential hopeful. She and her husband, John Dukakis, raised $525,000 in charity and Kitty Dukakis' first grandchild, in January.
During her visit to Hillop, Lisa Dukakis played with the children at the center and talked about her father-in-law's concern about establishing federally-funded child and adult care centers.
She said the centers she had visited had been excellent facilities, but more centers should be availi-
"Day care is not simply a women's issue or a 'welfare issue,' she said. "It's an economic and financial issue."
Linda Stone-Ferrier, associate professor of art history, was a parent at the center who met Lisa Dukakis. Stone-Ferrier's son, Evan Ferrier, attends Hilltop.
To allow, a family needs two incomes, and to "allow that, we need to have available, reliable day care."
"I'm glad some attention is finally being given to day care concerns." Stone-Ferrer is said. "It's been a tough week for us."
"Someone called from Topeka and said Mrs. Dukaiks would like to come here." Reiber said.
Joan Reiber, director of Hilltop, said she enjoyed showing Dukakis the center and that she had been surprised when Hilltop was selected for the campaign visit.
Reiber said that Hilltop was funded through fees though the University provided the building.
Michael Dukakis, during his tenure as governor of Massachusetts, implemented a state child care program in 1984 which was the model for pending federal legislation. He has also helped with the establishment of six day care centers for workers in state buildings.
"My father-in-law started the Governor's partnership for day care in Massachusetts," Lisa Dukakis said. "He helped increase the number of children in our program and the salaries of day care workers by 40 percent."
Under the Reagan-Bush administration, Lisa
Dukesaid said no federal money was allocated for
the program.
Kansas has not supported a Democratic presidential candidate since 1984, but Buakka said she is ready to run.
"Many people I've talked with supported Reagan, but they say they can't take it any more," she said. "Michael Dukakis is optimistic; he wants the Americans. He won't turn his back on the heartland."
Michael Dukakis has supported day care, because, his daughter-in-law said, children were the future of the country. She pointed out that he had visited teachers and voters who would shape the country later.
"We need to invest in the best possible care for children, she said. "My husband and I want the best."
Lisa Dukakis, daughter-in-law of Democratic presidential candidate Mikiukos Dukakis, plays with Sana Heckman on a slide during her visit to the state capitol. (AP)
This architect's rendering shows the parking facility to be built north of Allen Field House. This view, looking southeast, shows an entrance off Irving Hill Road just north of the structure. The field house can be seen to the right of the parking lot.
Garage will cost $5.4 million
By Debbie McMahon
More parking on campus will be available next fall, but how much parking students and faculty will gain has yet to be determined.
The multi-level garage will be built north of Allen Field House on a site that now provides 145 yellow-zone stalls.
Don Kearns, director of parking services, said the amount of parking in a 2017-75 stall garage had not yet been calculated.
Kearns said he would make a recommendation in October to the parking board. If approved, it then would go to the University Senate Executive Committee for approval. Next, the proposal would go to the University Senate, then to the Chancellor's office, and finally to the Board of Regents for final approval.
Construction is scheduled to begin in early October, and the garage should be in use by fall of 1889. The four-story structure of precast concrete will be partly underground. It will include an underground water catch basin to help prevent flooding in the area around Naismith Hall.
Also, new offices for parking services will be attached to the structure.
Bids for the estimated $5.4 million project were taken July 21, Lee and Bueltel Construction Co. of Topeka originally won the contract with a $3.63 billion bid but withdrew. A spokesman for Lee and Bueltel said that problem between the company and the State Department of Purchasing contributed to the decision to withdraw.
But a controlling officer at the Department of Purchasing, Galen Greenwood, said the withdrawal was a result of an order issued by the Department.
"Basically it is failure to bring a figure forward." Greenwood said, "causing an error in their bid."
The project and estimate manager for Dahstrom & Ferrell, Kent Francis, said he thought his company had lost the contract until a Topeka newspaper article stated that Lee and Buellet had withdrawn.
So now the contract is in the hands of Dahistrom & Ferrell Construction Co. Inc., also of topeka. Its $3.9 million bid was the second lowest. Dahistrom & Ferrell is the construction company in charge of the $12 million project, and the construction Center. Constraction on this project began in July and is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 1990.
"We are very pleased about it." Francis said. "We had a really good bid, and we were comfortable with our price."
Dahlstrom and Ferrell's bid was $3,695,000.
The company also had won four alternate bids for an armed gate that would restrict the entrance to a lot, street repairs, turning lanes and security screens. The total amount of the bids was $3,967 750.
The budget for the project is $5.4 million. The sale of revenue bonds will provide $5 million and Parking facilities will provide $1 million.
Parking Services is not funded by the state, Kearns said.
The authority finished its issuance of tax-exempt bonds to pay for the garage when a St. Louis, Mo., firm, Edward D. Jones and Company, agreed to buy them at a competitive sale.
The Kansas Development Authority announced Thursday that the financing for the garage had been completed.
Most of its money comes from the sale of permits. Last year more than $25,000 was accumulated from permit sales.
Other sources of revenue include parking meters, parking charges for special events and fines, he said.
The Associated Press supplied some information for this story.
KU seeks Regents Center site
By Laura Woodward Kansan staff writer
Current Johnson County center outdated and overcrowded
"I don't have a specific time in mind because much of it happens on sites," she says. "But I do anticipate announcing a sometime in early September."
To accommodate increasing enrollment, a new site for the Regents Center in Johnson County is being planned and could be audited in early September, said David Matey, executive vice chancellor.
Although KU officials have not made a final decision on a site for the new center, which is primarily compartmentalized by an upper-level undergraduates, they do plan to build in it Johnson County. The possible sites have been narrowed to Lenca, Olathe and Overland. They could be finished within three years.
Larry Winn III, an Overland Park lawyer representing the group, said that they had not purchased or identified a specific piece of property yet, estimated of the value of such a between $400,000 and $1 million.
A group of KU alumni who wish to remain anonymous have indicated that they are interested in donating their time and in Overland Park for the project.
"We're real excited about the possibility, but it's in the hands of the upper levels at KU." Winn said. "I would think that if KU officials were to choose another site besides this one, they would create bad public relations."
Although Ramaley has said that a donation was necessary to the project, she did not say that KU officials
111,
e we need a new educational center for adults who have lots of constraints on their time.
assistant vice chancellor
Mary Gersh
of the Regents Center
"There are a lot of people in the world who are interested in KU's future," she said. "We have very strong options in all cities and KU people are involved in all of them."
were under pressure to accept the Overland Park offer.
The estimated cost of the project is $5 million and will be financed from a combination of private and public funding
Mary Gersh Assistant vice
president for the organization
that a new Regent College is needed because the current one at 9900 Mission Road in Overland Park is closed.
The Regents center, which is an old elementary school building, provides classes for about 1,500 students during the school year, and about 900 teachers. Some of the staff would not know what the old building would be used for after it was vacated.
Gersh said that the center was working at maximum capacity now,
but with a new facility enrollment could increase by one-third.
the new center will replace the existing one and will be able to accommodate the needs of graduate students by expanding its programs
"You're looking at a whole different population of students." Gersh said "We need a new educational resource to lots of constraints on their time."
In addition to increased space, the building will be able to accommodate advanced telecommunications equipment.
The project will also enable the
branch of the Division of Continuing
Education, which are now several
blocks apart, to be consolidated into
Administrators at Kansas City area community colleges said they are excited about the new Regents Center.
"We have very close and cooperative arrangements with the Regents Center." Dan Radakovich said, vice president for academic affairs at Johnson County Community College. "The enrollments are not competitive, but the opportunities that it affords about the people in the area."
Ramaley said that the new Regents Center was also an effort to reduce the distinction between the traditional and the nontraditional student.
"I increasingly, the difference means less and less," Ramley said. "There are a lot of people in Kansas City who are seeking an education Lawrence for various reasons. This is an effort to reach out to them."
Kansan staff writer
Memorial corporation OKs report
By Deb Gruver
The Memorial Corporation is a non-profit organization that operates enterprises in the Kansas Union, Burge Union and other campus properties. The board of directors is represented by staff, faculty and alumni of KU.
The board of directors of the Uni-
iversity of Kansas Memorial Corpora-
tion approved the annual report at
the university's 19th annual meeting, the academic year 10 a.m. Saturday.
Main business of the meeting was approval of the annual report for the 1987-84 fiscally year. Jim Long, director of the Kansas and Burge Uniones.
introduced the service and facilities report. Warmer Ferguson, associate vice president of student financial report. Jen Cardin, president of Student Union Activity.
"The purpose of this meeting is to look back financially," Long said. "We have a good year in terms of finances."
Ferguson said that the results of the annual audit by their accounts, the Grant Thornton firm, were good. The company has a healthy balance sheet.
Mike Reid, manager of KU Bookstores, said that sales in the bookstores were up 46 percent for the fiscal year, mainly because of the
national championship. Reid said that he was pleased with the Union renovation.
"We got through it, and are very happy with the new space," Reid said.
The cost of the Union's renovation was a concern for the board, but Ferguson said that it did not have a large affect on finances. Student fees were the main renovation, and the board paid for such things as dishes and utensils.
In other business, it was decided that a 7 percent bookstore dividend would be issued six-month period. The board approved the increase in patronage
SCHUMM FOODS
Buffalo Bob's Smokehouse Mass. St.Deli and Arthur Porter's NOW HIRING
FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEES $4.00/hr.starting wage 25 raises every 3 months up to $5.00
BUS BOYS
$3.00/hr. + tips
Apply at: 719 Massachusetts "above Buffalo Bob's Smokehouse" Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. No phone calls, please.
August 30-September 11
Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.
$10 general Admission, $7 students and Seniors
Tibbett School of STA Box Office (Kansas Union). Lawrence Arts Center and at the door.
LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER 9th and Vermont
LACROSSE "the fastest game on two feet!"
KANSAS
Practices every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3:30 p.m. at 23rd & Iowa, starting Aug. 29
Look for our table on Wescoe Beach today and tomorrow!
For more information call:
Cory Powell, President 841-5622
Mike Beaty, Vice-President 841-7059