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The University of Kansas
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Lawrence. Kansas
Vol.89,No.11
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Monday, September 11, 1978
Kaw canoe
*canesthes in the annual KU—K-State canoe race more did running than paddling because of lower water levels. The K-State Strokers, above, make a dash with their
craft across a sandbar, K-State's Haymakers-Tree won the race, because the Rogues, an independent RU team that finished first, won't a residence-hall team. See story and image.
Lake changing, swelling Clinton
By HENRY LOCKARD
Staff Reporter
The town of Clinton is growing
Aided by the creation of the 23,000-acre Clinton reservoir being built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the little town is surrounded by residents quickly and attracting more visitors.
that means to Douglas County
Sheriff Rex Johnson is more work.
Personally, Johnson says, he loves the new reservoir. Professionally, he says, it is not his priority.
Johnson said last week, as he toured the project, that he thought the new reservoir would be bigger than the previous year. That is six months more annual use than Lone Star Lake or Baldwin State Lake
Johnson, a lifelong figure around Clinton, surveyed the project and he thought it would be an outlet for University of Kansas students.
"THE STUDENTS' PARTYING at the trouble," Johnson said, "just a little mess."
Beer cans decorating, or littering, the roads around the lake make students
Johnson does not like to find the evidence along the roads.
But, disregarding litter, the project is progressing quickly. Johnson said.
When the $60-million project is completed,
students will be within two miles of the north
end the dam and 17 miles from a several hundred thousand dollar marina in Clinton
What scares Johnson about Clinton is the possibility of drownings.
"I suspect drowning will be our major problem," he said, "then traffic accidents, then attempts to locate, and I think we'll have a lot of glaries way down at the bottom of the list."
In addition to a request for six additional deputy sheriffs, whose starting salaries would be $811 a month, Johnson has asked the county to purchase one large boat for recovery work, a pontoon boat and lines for recoveries.
WHEN A DROWNING occurs, the state Fish and Game Commission and the Corps of Engineers supply boats to aid in recovery. With those two boats and the boats he has requested, the department would be well equipped. Johnson said.
He said only once had the department had to call in scuba divers to aid in the recovery of a drowning victim. But if such a problem arises, Shawnee anemone counties have the power to take action.
He said the department already had cars for six more officers, but the addition of six personnel would mean one extra man per shift and not an extra car per shift.
As Johnson drove the county's Ford LTD around the lake at speed registers on the car speedometer at more than 58 mph, he was saying what a gift the lake was to students.
students?" he asked. "Well, see, that'll be 23,000 people we'll have out here to watch who'll want to picnic and use the recreational facilities and what not."
Johnson said the reservoir would do conder for the town of Clinton, Johnson, who had been built in the last five months, already been built in the last five houses had been built in the last
Before the reservoir was built, Clinton had a church, a store and 14 houses.
"WHAT IS THERE, some 23,000
But the town has taken precautions to prepare for future floods of visitors. Erected just outside the city limits is a sign that it's safe to walk around it like it as it is, den. "I make it look like hell."
NO ONE KNOWS what hell looks like, but Clinton will look good when phase two of the campaign begins.
Don Linger and Son, a construction firm from Wichita, is responsible for completing plant buildings.
Victor Counts, project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said last week that phase two construction involved completing main access roads, feeder roads, comfort stations, such as showers and toilets, and recreational sites.
Phase one construction consisted of building the dam and a circumference road. Construction was carried out.
dig areas, including Lawrence. By comparison, the Lawrence plant produces 14.5 m³ of compost.
Bine Hine, dirt foreman for May-Ransom Sheetz Contractors Inc., Topeka, estimated that the company would build one mile of 12 roads and 10 to 18 miles of two-lane road.
In the town of Clinton, a new water tower will be built. Clinton reservoir's water plant has been scheduled to produce 10 million gallons of water a day for use by surroun-
"I think it'll be a real showpiece," Johnson said. "I think they've taken a lot of time to do that."
And he recalled hunting squirrels, rabbits and doves where the water is now.
Counts said the Corps impounded some water two years ago to fight the threat of flooding. With that water, he said, forage had been cut and beekeeding had progressed according to plan.
Next year an additional nine feet of water will be impounded, followed by eight feet in the next year.
But by then, Johnson will be ready, he hopes.
Meanwhile, he keeps checking the progress two or three times a week and reassures it will be one of the prettiest lakes in the country when it is completed.
Fire safety violations could force eviction of rooming house tenants
A program of increased safety inspections of apartment buildings could force evacuation of a roaming house at 1145 N. 20th Street to Harold Mallones, a city fire inspector.
Malloneon said yesterday that the State Fire Marshal ordered building inspectors in Kansas to begin inspections of all buildings with three or more apartments last Jan. 1.
He said the majority of the 30 to 53 buildings that had been inspected in the Lawrence area had been found to have violations. Most of the violations, however, were less serious than those at the 1145 Louisiana St. rooming house.
The rooming house, which is next to the Catfish Bar and Grill, has about 20 residents, most of whom are University of Kansas students.
that she should make improvements, or have plans for improvement, within 30 days or face possible eviction of the tenants by the Douglas County sheriff's department.
IN AUGUST, Joann Qandil, the landlady of the rooming house, was given a notice
Staff Writer
Mallone said that he and a state building, inspector cited the rooming house for deficiencies in plumbing, wiring, lighting, fire exits, fire alarm systems and fire escapes.
By TOM RAMSTACK
He said he and two other Lawrence inspectors had inspected 30 to 35 buildings since Jan. 1, and that the 1145 Lausanne St. building had to have the worst safety violations so far.
Qandi said, "The state fire marshal said have plans in to tomorrow, which I have
"I could walk into a new building and find some violations," he said.
She refused further comment.
Genre Shaughnessy, city buildings inspectors, said the fire marshal's order to make improvements to the 1145 Louisiana department building and the second such order Qandi had received.
Low CETA fund threatens wages
"If we can, we will finish out those two gifts for him," Blumbaugh said. "But I'm not."
1145 Louisiana
MARILYN BLUBAUGH, speech and drama department secretary, said she was
"It was all understood that the contract would end on Sept. 30, anyway, so I've just resigned myself to it," Wrigley said. "I am actively seeking employment."
Judy Sardo, CETA public service employee coordinator, said yesterday that the state program had faced unexpected high costs the last few months.
Frederick Wrigley, a CETA employee in the KU department of speech and drama whose contract expires Oct. 1, said he was unable to state that state funds had been deleted.
CETA is a federally funded employment program for economically disadvantaged people. CETA funds their employment by nonprofit organizations.
"There were cost-of-living and some other expenses that made us run out of
our money."
Wrigley said he thought CETA employees were caught by surprise when they were approached.
By CAROLINE TROWBRIDGE
THERE WERE EARLY ESTIMates that 100 to 500 Kansas CFTA employees would be required in the next five years.
He said the city building inspector's office had issued a similar order to make improvements by July 17, but the improvements were never made.
Staff Reporter
However, Sardo said, about 200 people had been placed in permanent jobs or other CJB positions.
Eighteen University of Kansas and Lawrence city employees were told last fall that they would be required to Employment and Training Administration had run out of federal funds to pay their salaries.
Staff photo
Shaughnessy said the building inspector's office was notified of the rooming house's deficiencies after a routine inspection by city fire inspectors.
The city's employees are in the departments of public works, parks and recreation
"We received a letter dated Sept. 5 telling us of the cutoff of funds, "Burt said. "I think a number of individuals will be able to or permanent employment by Friday."
Rosanna Hurwitz, director of Audio Reader, said the operations manager and a secretary had been notified by the state that her fund was terminated because of the lack of funds.
However, the two employees will not lose their jobs. Hurwitz said.
"WE HAVE contingency funds for one month beyond Sept. 15," Hurwitz said. "We are hopeful that we'll have federal funds by then."
The official, Judy Kroeger, director of the association, said three community office workers employed under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act would be laid off sept. 15 because of a lack of federal funds to pay their salaries.
However, she said she thought funding for the program would not be cut off at the budget cut.
Wheat said the renewal bill had not reached the Senate and she did not expect it to be law before the beginning of the new fiscal year, Oct. 1.
THE LACK of funds for the two-week
period also has affected city employees in
Driven Burt, Lawrence city personnel
 Kevin Burt, lawrence city hired 15 em-
ployees said his office hired 15 em-
ployees
Burt said that about five employees would be placed in permanent positions and that he had encouraged others to look into openings in other city departments.
A joint department of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare bill funds the federal CETA program, Mary Wheat, legislative aide to Sen. Robert Dole, R-Russell, said.
By PHILIP GARCIA Staff Reporter
A reduction in personnel at the community office of the Lawrence Consumer Affairs Association could lead to a merger between the association's city and campus offices, an association official said yesterday.
The contracts of the two employees at Audio Reader expire Dec. 31.
He said some of the employees had been hired as recently as two months ago and others had been employed with the city for 19 months.
"There would be only one worker left in the community office, which could mean
Consumer offices ponder merger
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Staff Photo by ALAN ZLOTKY
David C. Dwyer, 30, a civil engineer from Wichita, was subdued by campus police during Saturday's football game after he leaped from the steps and allegedly attacked an official. Dwyer was charged with assault and ordered to appear in court tomorrow. "He ought to get an award," a jail official said. "That was a bait call in ref code." For game officials, it was a violation of the law.
that the two offices would merge," Kroeger said.
Disputed call
Kroeger said officials from the two offices did not to discuss the problem but had not denied it.
"WE QUESTION whether we can keep the community office open," she said, "because we cannot operate that office with one worker."
The state-wide layoff of CETA employees was announced last week by Fred Ramirez, state director of the CETA program. Funds were placed in effect to pay higher costs, resulting in less heed, he said.
Most of the CETA workers in the state were hired to work until Sept. 30. Congress has not appropriated CETA funds for the next fiscal year.
"What we need is financial support open," the community office is to remain open, Kroger said. "If we can't raise money to help students, don't know what is going to happen for sure."
The Student Senate allocated $7,588 to the campus office for fiscal 1979. Kroger said she had discussed the possibility of a merger of the two offices with Mike Harper, student body president, but she said he did not like the idea.
"The most logical place for a combined office is in the community, but the Student Senate may not like that," she said. "But it could be what we might have to do."
Ruling near on dismissal in tuition case
By DAN WINTER
Staff Reporter
TOPEKA—Shawnee County District Judge William Carpenter will announce Sept. 22 whether he will dismiss a lawsuit against the Kansas Board of Regents brought by 234 University of Kansas Medical Center students.
Mike Davis, University general counsel, and Gerald Jaseich, the students' lawyer, argued for about two hours Friday on KU's motion to dismiss the case for lack of cause of action and the reason for the favor of the Rescents and the Med Center.
Carpenter ordered Jersicher to file an amendment to his original petition by Wednesday. Davis will have a week to respond.
JESERIGH SAID the amendment was ordered because his first petition "was a little out of line."
The amendment, he said, will itemize points in the students' case.
"I don't expect there will be any objection by KU because the amendment
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