University Daily Kansan, April 27, 1982
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In a letter to David Adkins, KU student body president, Dorren explained that government mismanagement kept Social Security from keeping up with inflation.
Investments have been made in U.S. Treasury Bonds at a rate of 3 percent interest due in 1996, and other such low-return investments. Any individual with the least bit of money would could these bonds in return revest at a more profitable rate in return. Doren wrote.
His new plan for his own social security program would allow veterans to mortgage any stricty residential property valued at up to $50,000 from Social Security with a 5 percent down payment, at an interest rate substantially lower than that charged by banks.
The interest rate proceeds would be used to benefit the recipients of Social Security.
Aging
"Give us a chance to live without additional financial worry, a chance to have a few of the better things in life, a chance to have a chance to work with dignity and without having to be handouts," Doren said.
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"Using abilities makes a big difference in whether they're maintained." Denney said.
She said people would be able to retain some abilities if society would recognize older people.
Harper said that in the future, science would focus more on preventing the biological effects of age, rather than on attempting to cure them after they occurred.
At more people are living longer, they are infusing things to do with their lives after they retire.
RATHER THAN just following programs set up for them by the center, members of OURS
Naomi Mensch, president of Oldsters United for Responsible Service, said many members of the Lawrence group contributed to activities at the Lawrence Senior Center.
"We had some concern about things going on at the center and we decided we had some better ideas than they did," Mensch said. "If we don't know what they say, they should, our open our mouths and say so."
Mench said about 40 people, 60 to 80 years old, the organization since it started seven months ago.
"I know transportation and nutrition and information are important, but I'm convinced the craft program and recreation are essential to life, too," Mensch said.
"It gives them somewhere to go on Sunday. A
家 don’t have family, don’t have family, don't
have somewhere to go."
THE CENTER runs a full-time crafts program, a crafts store to sell people's products, and humanities sessions on topics such as aging Melissa Nolet, the recreational director, said.
She said the center also conducted dance and exercise classes, but that "people were real intimidated by the word yoga because they thought it was a religion."
Nolte said volunteers were eager to help out
The service delivers meals to about 14 people and prepares meals at five stationary meal sites
- lauro Klinket, nutrition director, said the center's hot lunch program also depends upon water.
because older people were good students and were enthusiastic about programs.
She said the program was ideal for students because they could volunteer only a few hours a week and it was a good way to get in practicums for health majors.
WHILE SOME older people cannot live on their own and participate in programs such as the center provides, they are taking action to help elderly retirement living arrangements for themselves.
Raymond Brewster, former KU professor of chemistry from 1919 to 1963, said he and his wife, Fay, were among the first organizers who helped establish Manor, a retirement home at 1421 Kakaside Drive.
"We were among the early promoters to get this manor built," the 90-year-old Brewster said.
"A committee in the local Presbyterian church was whoooping it up for building a manor in Lawrence because the Presbyterian Foundation of Kansas had built mansions in other Kansas
He said the only thing needed was potential residents.
The manor provides meals and maid service, plus has nursing staff available to residents who
BREWSTER, who has traveled as far as the University of Alexandria in Cairo, Egypt, to teach chemistry, said he now spent his time enjoying the activities the manor provided such as concerts by KU fine arts students, speakers, and the usual bingo games and sing-alongs.
In the hallway, a poster featuring a teddy bear poster said, "A bug a day keeps the lambs alive."
Brewster's efforts, and those of the others, are all to improve life, now and in the near future, for our children.
KU spirit squad selected following week-long tryouts
Spirit squad tryouts that originally involved 32 men and women left eight women and eight men still cheering.
They compose next year's spirit squad, chosen Sunday night after a full week of tryouts.
The men performed roundoffs, toe touches off the minitramp and cartwheels.
Sixteen of the 32 women returned for the preliminary tryouts at which they performed tumbling, a double stunt with a male partner and the "I'm a Jayhawk" routine.
In the final tryouts held on Sunday afternoon, the women again performed the "I'm a Jayhawk" with each one made up her own team. The mere performance in the Kansas spell-out cheer for their final tryout.
DURING THE football season, the spirit squad will cheer for all the Big Eight football games and two or more of the basketball games played away.
Cathy Queen, Pittsburgh State University graduate student, will become spirit squirt coach in the spring.
The women on next year's spirit squirt are:
Nicki Hoffman, Overland Park freshman; Kelli Jabara, Wichita sophomore; Nickie Osoba, Wichita freshman; Trisha Salma, Emporia freshman; Lori Schick, Overland Park sophomore; Bob Hardy, Overland Park sophomore; Nicole Hardy, Overland Park sophomore; Michon Lickleig, Wichita freshman who will transfer to KU next fall.
The men on the spirit squad are: Byron Hester, St. Louis freshman; Phil Park, Shawnee freshman; Dudley Hutcherson, Leawood Freshman; James Scott Hoffman, Leawood sophomore; James Sanders, Mission junior; Bob Wolcott, Sioux City, Iowa, freshman; and Pennavaria.
Nurse
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year, the Legislature recently approved a cut of 448 full-time hospital staff positions.
"The problem is, basically, that they're short of qualified, full-time staff," said Martlyn Chamberlin, president of the local nursing district. "The State nurse is a nurse at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and a nurse at Lawrence Memorial Hospital."
"They'll be relying heavily on student nurses to provide this care.
"They have not kept salaries competitive for nurses at the Med Center with other hospitals in the state. That's why they're having this shortage."
DORIS GETGEY, dean of the School of
Medical Used to comment on the Med Center's position
Neither the State Board of Nursing nor the United States Department of Education, a lobbying group, was notified of the legal action.
"It hit the floor of the House very suddenly." she said.
Branson said the first version of the bill had no committee hearing.
Chamberlin said she thought the bill was "more of a budgetary solution and not a long-term solution."
The legislation was initiated in response to an opinion by Attorney General Robert Stephan last year that the employment of student nurses was not authorized by current law.
BUT HE rued that if the dispensing of medicines was done as part of the students' clinical education it was permitted, as long as they were working under the direct supervision
"The AG blew the whistle because they were violating the law," Branson said. "Unlicensed people cannot practice nursing."
If approved, the bill would legalize what the Med Center had already been doing.
Terri Mosley, Mission nursing student, said the students were told that they would be in trouble with the State Board of Nursing if they were caught dispensing medications.
But she said most students would like to be able to get practical nursing experience in
"It's important to give 'meds' because it's something we don't get to do that often," she said. "We're as qualified as a lot of people up there to give meds, and we're at least as well educated."
She said senior nursing students had trained both on a length of time as licensed medical nurses.
"I think students know the responsibility they have and the risks. We're very aware of not making mistakes," she said. "The patients get excellent care."
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