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Thursday, November 30,1978
University Daily Kansan
Breakfasting with famous her job
By JAKE THOMPSON
Staff Reporter
In a small building storekid behind the chancellor's home, Paulettie Carlson has shared many quiet breakfasts with famou...
Municiana, politician, eminent professors and special guests of the University have received to her a side of their characters the following:
Carlson, 30, is caretaker of the chancellor's guest house, where special University guests stay while they are on campus.
She said guests often gave her advice, shared opinions and invited her to visit them. She said most of the guests had inquired about her experience.
"I GUESS I'm an official hostess for the University," she said. "I've met novelists, poets, politicians, and other guests of the University. You get a whole different side of those people when you visit across the breakfast table from them."
"Lake Sen. Sam Ervin, who was here last spring and talked to me for two hours, giving all kinds of anecdotes about Watergate. That's the most interesting thing, being able to sit down and talk over breakfast."
The guest house is down a grassy embankment northwest of the chancellor's house. There is a small foundation near the house, and a small barn nearby.
Carlson cleans the upstairs, stocks the shelves with food and leaves the guests notes telling them to call on her if they need help. She lives downstairs in a modestly decorated part of the house, filled with small plants.
"IT'S VERY nicely decorated and looks like a picture from a
magazine," she said. "It makes guests feel special so when you come home they come into a warm house. I also try to bake something, whether it's homemade bread or whatever so there's something fresh."
Carlsen works closely with Nancy Dykes, wife of the chancellor, to make sure the guests feel comfortable.
"She (Mrs. Dykes) has a special talent for making people feel unique," Carbon said. "She's good at special touches, like
Guests who have stayed at the guest house include Vytak Rabin, former prime minister of Israel; Sen. Erwin; Sen. William Fulbright; Sylvia Porter, journalist; and Bob Marcum, KU's new athletic director.
CARLSON. A third-year doctor candidate in special education, she lives at the guest house for the last two years on a farm in the valley.
"I always try to get involved in what the guest is here for and talk to them the next morning after their performance or speech or whatever," she said. "Usually they are nervous before their performance, but the copier. It amazes me because the officer is so professionally trained."
Mrs. Dykes said she thought Carlson had done "a nearly perfect job."
Mrs. Dykes makes a final choice from among three candidates to determine the annually granted Chancellor's House Fellow.
The fellowship pays one year's tuition, provides the guest house for living quarters and includes a $1,000 stipend. The stipend is based on income.
Staff Reporter
BySTEVE SELL
Big Brothers help lonely children
Each year, a countless number of children suffer from a lack of companionship. They often feel lonely and rejected because they have no one to look up to.
But through a program of Volunteer Clearing House, often referred to as Big Brother-Big Sister, a portion of these children are rewarded with the satisfaction of having someone they can call a true friend.
O'Connor, Coffeehile senior, and Stan Martindell, Hutchison senior, set up the local Big Brother program, and Jodl Lowry, Moore, is in charge of the Big Sister program.
"We have about 25 Big Brothers and 15 Little Brothers," David O'Connor, cochairman of the Lawrence Big Brother program, said recently. "We are having a tough time getting enough Little Brothers of the number of people wanting to be Big Brothers."
"WE HAVE ABOUT 19 Big and Little Sisters in this year's program," Lovry said. "We encourage the Big Sisters to spend at least an hour a week with their Little Sister, doing such things as playing games, taking pictures, moving and just being involved with them."
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"IT IS A GOOD feeling to be able to help youngsters, because I like working with kids and helping them get satisfaction when my Little Brother begs me not to leave, because he wants me to
Brian Wink, Overland Park freshman,
tags along when Drazic visits his Little
Brother, because he has the brother of
Drazic's Little Brother.
Lowry said a few problems did develop in the program.
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Chris Drazic, Herington freshman,
doesn't have any motivation problems.
Drazic, whose Little Brother is seven years old, said he had enjoyed the program.
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"Sometimes the Big Sister will not meet with the Little Sister for a period of time, and some just forget about showing up at her house. Sometimes people sign up, but don't show the interest."
"They are both real good kids," Winn
aid, "that they are very intelligent and into
the world."
Big Brother-Big Sister is just one of many programs under Volunteer Clearing House.
"THE VOLUNTEER Clearing House includes more than this program," he said. They provide an emergency list with information about the need and put on numerous social service projects."
O'Connor said he got involved with Volunteer Clearing House and Big Brother-Big Sister because he wanted to do something that combined both the University of Kansas and the city of Lawrence.
"We did some advertising in the paper and spread the word through social workers," she said, "But a lot of it is from word of mouth."
Lowry, like O'Connor, wanted to get involved with some kind of program in Lawrence. But she worries about some of the problems in getting the word out about it.
O'CONNOR SAID the Lawrence school system had provided many of the participants, but certain problems developed and they had to find other ways.
"We got some of the people to sign up kids during Volunteer Action Day, Sept. 19-20," he said. "Also, when we were parent-teacher conferences, we talked to some of them."
O'Connor outlined what he thought was the goal of the program.
"I think we provide a meaningful relationship for an unfortunate youth who needs some kind of older friend that he can look up to," he said. "Probably two-thirds of the kids are without fathers, and some look up to the Big Brothers in that kind of sense."
Police Beat
Compiled by Henry Lockard
Lawrence police yesterday reported that KU students' care was the target of their attacks.
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Richard Sanders, Overland Park junior, 1485 Tennessee St., reported the theft of an eight-track tape player from his car, which was parked in the 1600 block of Edgefill Drive.
Sanders valued the tape player at $110. Police said the theft occurred between 2 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Michael Hilt, Mission sophomore, 1810 W. 25th St., reported the theft of a 12-volt battery from his car, which was parked at his home.
Hilt valued the battery at $45. Police said
he had occurred between 10 p.m. and Sunday
at the courthouse.
Bradley Wisman, Lawrence junior, 1130 w. 11th St., reported that someone broke the rear window of his car Tuesday night while it was parked at 1014 Missouri St.
POLICE SAID THE DAMAGE occurred
in 30 and midnight. There was no
response.
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Police said the theft occurred Nov.17.
Other reports concerning students included the theft of a composite photograph of the members of the Delta Chi Fraternity, 1245 W. Campus Road.
Robert Davis, Overland Park senior and fraternity treasurer, value the picture at $38.00.
Other reports included the theft of 10 12-volt batteries and one alternator from cars parked at Crystal Motors, 632 New Hammersh St.
The thefts occurred on Sunday or Monday, police said.
Wayne Mayo, director of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., reported that an ink sketch of an old barn was taken from a library wall.
POLICE said the theft occurred between
June and Nov. 25. Maya valued the picture
at $3,400.
KU police reported another slow day Monday.
Police said the theft occurred between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
A student resident of Oliver Hall reported the theft Monday afternoon of $130 in jewels.
OTHER REPORTS included the theft of a door handle in the Computer Services Facility, at the intersection of Sunyside Avenue and Illinois Street. Police said a building supervisor reported that the theft occurred between 9 p.m. Sunday and 10 p.m. Monday.
There was no estimate of the loss
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