University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, September 26, 1989
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Parkway hits pothole in East Lawrence
By Dave Wakeofleid
Kansan staff writer
The proposed Eastern Parkway, already threatened after being declared ineligible for state financing earlier this month, faces another problem as neighborhood support for the proposal wavers.
In planning the parkway, which would connect Lawrence's downtown with Highway 10, a compromise was carefully worked out between the East Lawrence Improvement Association, trucking and business interests, and the county and city commissions. Mayor Bob Schumm said.
However, the details of the plan never were accepted by the City Commission, and some members of
the East Lawrence neighborhood may withdraw their support unless the city agrees to key parts of the plan, Richard Kirkchenbaum, 1112 New Jersey St., told commissioners last week.
The 18-point plan was intended to protect East Lawrence from the increased development and traffic that a parkway would normally bring. The plan has several controversial points.
Two points are the down-zoning of land along the parkway and the formation of a park east of the River City Plaza. This land now is zoned commercial.
"If truck depots and shipping companies are built in that area, it will have a significant, adverse effect on
the neighborhood," said John Swift, East Lawrence Improvement Association president. "Right now there are woods there and, basically, we want to keep it that way."
He said the neighborhood was already making a major concession by allowing the city to build a parkway through its middle.
Schumm said that working out the details of the plan was part of the project.
"I want to do what I can to protect the neighborhood; they do need a buffer from the traffic," he said.
But the commission may not be able to solve all the problems.
Although efforts will be made to minimize development, roads will bring development to the area,
Price Banks, city planning director, said there might be legal problems with down-zoning the area.
Schumm said.
Because down-zoning usually reduces the value of land, the Kansas Supreme Court has indicated that a community must weigh the rights of the property owners involved, he said.
Also, the area the association wants down-zoned is designated for industrial use on the city's comprehensive plan. Banks said.
Single residential housing and parks may not be appropriate for an area next to a mall, he said. "It just doesn't make sense from a planning standpoint."
Assistant DA to work with juvenile offenders
By Rich Cornell
Kansan staff writer
Although Christine Kenney just joined the Douglas County district attorney's office Sept. 11, she already knows what type of cases she will usually handle.
"It itse to me that it's mostly property crimes," she said. "If I were a 12-year-old kid, I'm not sure I would consider the serious consequences of opening up someone's car door.
"It's a felonv."
Kenney, 28, will concentrate on juvenile offenders and children in need of care.
Kenney, a 1987 graduate of KU's School of Law, worked at the Berkowitz and Chappell law firm in Lawrence before she joined the district attorney's office. Kenney said she applied for the position because she enjoyed working with juvenile cases in private practice.
"I've always enjoyed working with this office." she said.
Kenney said youth offenders in Lawrence took items they liked rather than those that could be sold. He believed for reasons other than need, she said.
Knowing why troubled juveniles
behind bars would enable her
to help them grow.
In addition to several recreation programs for youths, she said Lawrence had many services available through the University of Kansas that most similar-sized cities didn't offer.
Kenney said - juvenile offenders faced a complaint rather than a criminal charge. Therefore, their fees were civil rather than criminal.
Often, a juvenile case can be resolved by ordering the youth to pay for damages and to write a letter of apology, she said. Probation and community service are also common.
Kenney said detention was reserved for the worst offenders.
"It's not appropriate in all cases," she said. "I don't think detention is rehabilitative."
Although it offers education and counseling, detention primarily serves to prevent more problems, Kennev said.
Kenney's superior said he believed her previous work would apply to her present duties.
"She has good experience in the area of juvenile litigation," said Jim Flory, Douglas County District Attorney.
Flory said a new assistant district attorney position should be filled by Jan. 1. The new assistant will work with criminal investigators on mental illness and alcohol concerns.
Flory said he hoped the new assistant also would work with consumer protection. Interviewing for the position has not begun.
Mike Perkins, a worker for Topeka construction company Dahlsrom & Farrell, sands rough concrete edges along a wall inside the new parking garage north of Allen Field House.
E. Joseph Zurga/KANSAN
Dust bowl
Tuition increase supplements aid
By Lara Weber Kansan staff writer
Money pays for student grants
The Educational Opportunity Fund was developed in 1988 in response to Margin of Excellence tuition increases, which will total about $20 million during three years. The Board of Regents agreed to provide tuition increases to help finance the Margin program.
Each Regents school receives 1 percent of the tuition increase imposed on students at the school. In Fall 1988, KU received $256,000 for each student enrolled in any school. Kansas State University received $199,418.50.
KU students who are worried about rising tuition costs can rest assured about one thing: Some of the money is being returned to the University almost immediately to provide scholarships and programs for students.
The Margin is the Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of their peer schools and to bring faculty salaries to 100 percent of their peers.
B. Jake White, chairman of the fund committee at KU, said students at all the Regents schools were interested in seeing their money used for campus programs that would address the needs of the students.
"EOF gives us a quick way to see results," White said, referring to the fund.
He said he wouldn't know for a few weeks how much KU would receive this year but estimated it would be about $280,000. This year, money generated during summer school will be included in the total.
Through the program, all departments, units and organizations of the University are eligible to apply for money from the fund to establish new programs to help students financially and academically.
"Who knows best what our school needs? The people at KU." White is an excellent opportunity to satisfy the not being met by existing programs."
last year, foreign student services received $15,000 from the fund to establish scholarships for foreign students. The average point averages greater than 3.3.
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"Who knows best what
ho knows best what our school needs? The people at KU. EOF is an excellent opportunity to satisfy needs not being met by existing programs.'
B. Jake White student body president
Jeff Weinberg, associate director of financial aid and a fund committee member, said it was "one of the most extraordinary financial aid programs to come to KU."
He said the fund supplemented the financial aid office because it supported programs that otherwise wouldn't have been started.
"It's made it possible to attract some incredible students to the University." Weinberg said. "Cooperation has been University-wide."
Money from the fund must be used for at least one of four purposes:
allowings and fellowships and undergraduate students.
- Need-based grants to students with special expenses such as child care or to groups of students who are under-represented in higher education.
Salaries or grants for students participating in public and community service programs.
▶ Salaries for students employed in campus student services programs, such as tutoring, day care and peer counseling.
Applications for funds must be submitted by Oct. 20 to the Student Senate office in the Kansas Union.
The committee, composed of three KU administrators and five students, will screen the applicants and hold interviews that more about the proposed programs.
The Regents must give final approval for any program to receive money from the fund.
Weinberg said there hadn't been any problems with any of the programs that received money last year.
"There is no end or limit as to what
can be do for the University," he said.
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