THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, June 10, 1982 Vol.92, No.146 USPS 650-640
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Workmen continue construction on the new utility tunnel that will connect Allen Field House and Robinson Gym. The tunnel will be about 540 feet long. Operating the Caterpillar is Clarence Wingert of Lawrence.
Utility tunnel construction continues
Staff Reporter
By ANDREW DEVALPINE Staff Reporter
Construction on utilities tunnel to upgrade the University of Kansas utilities system is under way at the corner of Nasmith and Sunnyside drives, Allen Wiechert, University director of facilities planning said Tuesday.
With construction continuing through the summer, the traffic flow on Nassim Drive will be minimal.
A detour has been cut into the law of Allen Field House so that traffic will be able to get up the hill while Naismith is torn up. Wiechert said. Construction on the tunnel, which began May 16, will continue throughout the summer and conclude before enrollment next fall.
The new tunnel will extend from Robinson Gymnasium to Allen Field House.
"If the weather cooperates, and it hasn't so far, we should have no trouble," he said.
The steam now used to supply Allen Field House with heat flows from Haworth Hall to Murphy Hall, and from Murphy through an underground line to Allen Field House, Witcheret
Before, because the line was buried, the only way to repair it was to dig it up. Wieckert said.
"The utilities tunnel makes it possible for utility people to maintain the steam line because you can walk in the tunnel and the line is there hanging on a rack," he said.
The present system is more than 20 years old, Wiechcurt said.
"It has worn out its life expectancy by five years or more," he said.
The new tunnel will connect with an existing tunnel at the northwest corner of Robinson Gymnasium, Dick Perkins, assistant director in charge of utilities management, said.
The steam will then be rerouted, he said. Instead of passing from Haworth to Murphy, it will flow directly from Haworth to Allen Field House.
The Kansas Legislature appropriated $996,000 for the project, Wiechtert said.
Included in the cost in another utility tunnel to replace a second buried line between Haworth and Balmoral.
"But we'll be working on that later," Wiechert said
Israeli troops race to Beirut, seize Palestinian strongholds
By United Press International
Israeli tanks and troops seized the last Palestinian strongholds outside Beirut yesterday and raced to within six miles of Palestinian Liberation Organization headquarters in the panicked
Israel reported its troops destroyed all Syrian missile batteries in eastern Lebanon and shot down three of them.
Israeli warplanes early today attacked the sand dunes south of Beirut International Airport four miles south of Beirut, and nearby Bourl) Al Bajarujin and coastal Ouzal). Palestinian reinforced.
"Iraeli forces attempted a sea and air landing at Beirut Airport," the Palestine News agency Wafa said. "The Israeli attempts were repulsed."
Waves of jets pounded the coast today just south of the airport for the second time in less than 12 hours. Wafa said. The raids continued early today.
An israeli armored column was reported yesterday to have advanced to Khalde, two miles from the airport and six miles from PLO headquarters in the capital.
Syria accused Israel of seriously escalating the fighting by bombing military installations in a suburb of its capital of Damascus, but Israel's army said that people were killed and 48 injured in the attack.
"It's a lie," an Israeli military spokesman said of the official Syrian news agency report. "Our planes never crossed the border, nor got near Damascus."
Israel Defense Minister Ariel Sharon said the destruction of the Soviet-made Sarm-6 anti-aircraft missiles "was a turning point" of Israel's war on Russia to push the guerrillas out of southern Lebanon.
In a move that could widen the fighting in Lebanon, Iraq offered Iran an unconditional cease-fire to end the 20-month-old Gulf War. American officials urged a unified Islamic front against Israel.
Israel said it downed at least 30 of Syria's Soviet-built MIG fighters since the invasion began Sunday, 23 of them on yesterday alone, in a raid launched by Russia against the biggest one-day air duel since World War II.
Syria said 92 Israeli planes were involved in one battle, while a second dogfight brought 96 Israeli jets up against just 62 Syrian aircraft.
Cooler weather hoped for as air conditioning curtailed
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By CAROL MILLS
Staff Reporter
Fortunately, temperatures cooled off yesterday for those University of Kansas employees without air conditioning.
Many University employees are suffering through the hot and humid Kansas days without cool offices. They are without air conditioning because of a $189.37 deficit in the University's
"I'm sitting here watching the thermometer stuck at 90 degrees." Bob Porter, assistant director of Facilities Operations said on Tuesday. "I hope we have a cool summer."
utility appropriation from the Kansas Legislature.
Because of an increase in natural gas prices, the University needed an additional $757,360 to maintain cooling in all buildings and offices. The Legislature appropriated only $683,87 on April 27, forcing the University to cut back natural gas usage to make up the deficit.
Much of the power used by the University is generated by steam, which is generated by natural gas.
Porter said the total daily utility bill for the university was about $10,000, including electricity and water.
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Weather
Today will be sunny, with a high in the upper 70s and light easterly winds, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
Occupational therapist's 'archangels; patients helped to lead routine lives
Tonight and Friday will be clear to partly cloudy. The low tonight will be in the mid-leses.
There is a chance of showers and thundershowers Saturday and Monday. Lows will be in the 60s and highs in the 80s.
It will be partly cloudy on Sunday
By KATHLEEN J. FEIST
Staff Reporter
The 74-year-old woman had suffered two strokes, but with the help of her occupational therapist, she was able to laugh as if she didn't have a care in the world.
"I've been benefited in every way," Frances Denton said. "They helped me to live."
Denton and others like her are helping to celebrate Occupational Therapy Week, June
"I just can't say enough for them," Denton said, who can function normally in her home with the help of specially fitted gadgets. "They're really nice to work with and haven't get me down on anything."
Although Denton's sentiments are echoed by countless others, these archangels of therapy are often confused with those in their sister profession, physical therapy
"There's a fine line between the two," said Suzanne Richmond, Holdregue, Neb., senior, from the KU occupational therapy department. The physical therapist works on muscle development only, she explained, while the occupational therapist teaches the patient to relearn normal everyday activities such as dressing, feeding or writing.
"ork along with the muscle and get the patient back into everyday life," she said. Richmond said that if a patient was parapazized and had to be treated with an inpatient therapist would go to the home or place of employment and modify the accessories that the patient worked with.
"It it was a desk, then we would fit it up to get the wheelchair under the desk," she said. Jim Stickland, Ottawa, junior and occupies the front seat of the he he's been happy since he switched majors.
Strickland said he first became interested in occupational therapy after developing problems in his back that destroyed some nerves and left only a third of his left leg with
"It's so fascinating," he said.
saying.
"I know what it's like to just lie in a hospital
bed and be pushed around by a physical therapist," he said. "The occupational therapist works with a person as a whole. We take the personal approach."
Striekland said that there was an overlap within the two professions since the occupational therapist does work with muscle development in the upper extremities of the body.
Mildred Copeland, an occupational therapist in the child research department, said that occupational therapy has been very beneficial in helping young children.
Copeland, who works with young children between the ages of four months to seven years old, said she had seen much success in the use of occupational therapy.
The distinguishing factor between nurses and occupational therapists is that the nurse has to be able to assess the client's needs.
"Nurses have a whole floor of people and carry a heavy load," Strickland said.
"The earlier the parents bring in their children the more successful we are in determining the problems with the motor skills," she said. "We can see by testing what kinds of problems they have and therefore close the developmental gap."
Copeland lands with children with physical handicaps, such as cerebral palsy, and those who are mentally retarded or mentally impaired by defects walking ability or color discrimination.
Copeland said that the department had a home program where parents were taught how to use objects in the home as part of their child's therapy.
Rita Lucas, a part-time occupational therapist at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, said that the occupational therapy program there just recently administered a home program.
For instance, a plastic-covered cylinder filled with foam, which the department uses as a means to develop the child's neck and stomach muscles by fastening it to the stomach, can be substituted with a sleeping bag or pillow.
The program involves the occupational therapist going to the patient's home and working with the family.
"We teach them to function indepen
dently. Lucas said. "We adapt them to hands and handle them with bigger dials and handles with bigger fingers."
"it a woman had a stroke, it's very frustrating to go home. We teach them to keep house agents."
Lucas has helped Denton as well as a number of other patients adapt to their homes.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital has three occupational therapists, one dealing with hand splints, one with psychology and another with geriatrics. Lucas is involved with geriatrics.
Lucas has recently formed a Stroke Club which consists of about 40 patients who have learned to manage on their own after suffering a stroke. He said, the club and only three meetings.
An occupational therapist starts with $40,000 to $60,000 a year, she said.
$40,000 to $100,000 or a stock. KU has the largest occupational therapy department in New York.
It is also the only university in the state that offers a specific occupational therapy department that stands on its own; Barton County Community College has an Occupational Therapy Association and Empowered Therapy Association offers a division in its Biological Sciences Department.
Since 1944, 1148 student have graduated from KU with a major in occupational ther-
apy.
A student must have 122 credit hours for a bachelor of science degree, including a three-month affiliation with occupational therapy departments in different hospitals, Wyrick
KU offers a 4-year occupational therapist program and a 3-year occupational therapist program.
In celebration of Occupational Therapy Week, the Third Annual Kansas Occupational Therapist Association Conference and Saturday at the Holiday Inn on Highway 10 in Kansas City, Kan.
A victim of two strokes, Frances Denton, Route 4, puts on a brace provided for her by Rita Lucas, an occupational therapist at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The device helps her stretch the muscles in her hand that were previously paralyzed.