Page 8 University Daily Kansan, March 4, 1982
Book lists Kansas mammals
By DEBBIE DOUGLASS Staff Reporter
Mountain lions, shrews, swamp rabbits and armadillos are all part of a recently published layman's guide to Kansas mammals.
"Mammals in Kansas," is the result of exhaustive study by four University of Kansas researchers.
The animals in the book range in variety from the smallest Kansas mammal, the Hayden's shrew, which barely outweighs a penny, to the largest mammal, the bison, which tips the scales at about a ton.
Robert S. Hoffmann, curator of mammals at KU's Museum of Natural History and professor of systematics and ecology, said recently that the task of producing "Mammals in Kansas" was a lot of material bad to be researched.
"We don't give references because the average reader isn't interested in
them, but doing the book meant all of us reading literally thousands of scientific reports on mammals," Hoffmann said.
HOFFMANN collaborated with three other members of the museum staff on the book who were: James W. Bee, retired assistant curator of mammals, who was responsible for much of the research undertaken by R. Patterson, the museum's vertebrate zoologist, who collected the necessary photographs; and Gregory Glass, Mystic, Comm., graduate student, who contributed all the distribution maps to
The State Biological Survey and the Kansas Fish and Game Commission also contributed material for the book.
Hoffmann said the book took five years to research and write.
According to Hoffmann, "Mammals in Kansas" lists the mammals according to the region in which they are found.
that may no longer inhabit Kansas, Hoffmann said.
For example, he said, there have been no recent proven sightings of mountain lions in the state, even though a mountain lion is listed as a Kansas mammal.
The book includes some mammals
He said the best-represented mammal group in Kansas was the rodents, the most common of which is the deermouse.
The rarest mammal in Kansas is the black-footed ferret. Hoffmann, said
Hoffman said that with the diminishing prairie dog colonies, the ferret had become rare.
The swamp rabbit is the most unusual mammal in Kansas, Hoffmann
The most aggressive animal, if size is not counted, is the shrew, Hoffmann said.
"Mammals in Kansas" is the third book on Kansas animals in the Public Education Series produced by the KU Museum of Natural History.
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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court is far from finished with the nationwide controversy over efforts to restrict the operations of head shops that sell drug-related accessories.
But the justices yesterday handed a victory to cities trying to curb the shops.
Ruling 8-0, the court decided local governments can prohibit the sale of accessories to juveniles.
However, the court has not resolved whether the local governments can stop the sale of accessories to adults.
Head shop laws ruled valid
Such a case, sparked by an anti-paraphernalia law based on a model of the development Administration has drafted, is pending before the court.
Omaha, Neb., record store, testing a ruling that found Nebraska's drug accessory law constitutional. The state's law prohibits sales of paraphernula to both adults and juveniles.
The court could decide in the next few weeks whether it will hear the case.
In a related case yesterday, the court ruled that an ordinance in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, the home of Hoffman's paraphernalia, to minors was valid.
Writing for the court, Justice Thurgood Marshall cautioned, "where these laws are wise or effective is not a course, the province of this court."
He said the justices were only declaring "such legislation is not overbroad or vague."
But he stressed the laws must be "reasonably clear" in their application.
On the record
The Lawrence Fire Department answered a call yesterday to the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity, and residents noticed smoke in the kitchen.
The fire department responded to the call about 3:45 p.m. with two engines and a ladder truck.
They attributed the cause of the smoke to the furnace area where dust or cobwebs could have been observed by officials said. There was no damage.
After searching the building for the cause of the smoke, fire officials said they could not find anything that had burned.
BURGLARS STOLE more than $3,300 worth of stereo equipment from six parked cars between 5 p.m. Monday and noon Tuesday. The cars were in lots at Traillarge Apartments, 2500 W. Sixth St., police said.
KU POLY reported the theft of an Art-O-Graph viewer lens worth $300 from Room 200 in the Art and Design building sometime during Christmas break. Police said the art lens was lost last Tuesday. There are no suspects.
LAWRENCE POLICE reported the theft of $400 worth of merchandise sometime Tuesday night from K-Mart, 3106 Iowa St. Thieves knocked down a barricade and stole 75 to 100, 40-pound bags of peat moss and top soil, police said. There are no suspects.
After breaking five car windows and using a door opener on one car, the operator uses the AM/FM stereo, four speakers, an equalizer and 22 cassette tapes.
There are no suspects, police said.
The cash awards of $250, $150, and $100 for the first, second and third place winners will be announced at the event. All honors banquet scheduled for April 17.
KU POLICE reported the theft of a罪犯 sometime between 1:45 and 3:30 p.m. Tuesday from an office at Wescest Hall. The警局走礼斯 were站着 when the victim left her office. There are no suspects.
THEIEVES STOLE a Home Box Office cable setup sometime between Friday and Tuesday from Gammons, 10 W. 23rd St. police station in Chicago sometime during business hours, police said. There are no suspects.
"It's been going on for almost 50 years now and it's the most prestigious poetry contest, I think, in the Midwest," Lichter said.
Vaudeville relived in Spencer exhibit
Entrants must use a pseudonym and submit three copies of each poem. Each entry must be accompanied by a sealed name written by the writer's real name and his pseudonym.
Entries to the contest are to be submitted to the English department office at 3114 Wescoe Hall. The deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, March 8.
She said the 13-picture exhibition would be on display through March 6.
Susan Walker, secretary for the Kansas Collection, said recently that she set up the exhibition to commemorate the life of her photographer, who died Jan. 29 at the age of 97.
Jerome Rothenberg Douglass Parker
POETRY READING
rome Rothenberg Douglass Parke
Janet Lembke and Lucien Stryk
will read from their works.
Portrait photographs of vaudeville performers, taken by Orval Hixon, are being exhibited at the Kansas Collection in Spencer Research Library.
Friday, March 7:30 p.m.
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She said the people in Hixon's portraits were caught in poses that were elaborate, dramatic and romantic, unlike the rigid, formal poses in portraits done by other photographers of that time.
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with the performers, capturing them in the mood of the theatre of the day and the role they were playing," Walker said.
Hixon used black, white or gray backgrounds for his subjects, setting them off by using shadows, Walker created a mosaic pose in their theatrical costumes.
A person may submit up to three poems, and prizes will be awarded to the poets, rather than to particular poems.
Hixon was a nationally known photographer in the early 1900s when vaudeville was most popular. He had a City, Mo. hotel in Baltimore Hotel in Kansas City. Mo.
Some of his well-known subjects were Theda Bara, Buddy Rogers, Eddie
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"His photographs were very popular
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The contest, the William Herbert Carruth Memorial Poetry Contest, will give student writers exposure and experience in developing monuments from the poetry field, Lichter said.
Poetry contest deadline nears
Prizes totaling $500 will be awarded to the winners of a poetry contest open to all kU students, according to Alan Lichter, associate professor of English and chairman of the awards committee for the department of English.
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