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Friday, September 21, 1990/ University Daily Kansan
Days Inn collects messages to send to troops in Gulf
Kansan staff writer
Bv Wes Denton
At Days Imp. 2309 Iowa St., two U.S. flags stand on each side of a table covered with a 20-foot scroll for troops in the Persian Gulf
Guests and staff of the hotel and citizens of Lawrence are asked to write messages on the scroll to soldiers.
In the past three weeks, more than 300 Days Inn hotels across the nation have organized similar programs, said Fran Poole, manager of media relations for Days Inn of America Inc. in Atlanta.
Eva Walker, general manager for the Days Inn in Lawrence, said that the scout was a way for soldiers to support for soldiers in the Gulf.
"We are looking for someone local who has a friend or family member in the Gulf What we would like to do is mail the scrolls directly to that person," Walker said.
Until then, the scrolls will be sent
to soldiers at random in the Gulf, Walker said. Days innm of Lawrence has five 20-foot scrolls of paper, one each from the Lawrence Journal World.
The hotel is now working on its first scroll. When Days has wages of signatures, it will send it to corporate headquarters in Atlanta, which will send the scroll to the Gulf. Walker said.
The number of messages left on the scrolls depends on the occupancy of the hotel. During a home football game weekend, the hotel can get 200 signatures, Walker said.
Jane Rutloath/KANSAN
The Days headquarters will collect the scrolls of paper from the hotels on a weekly basis. Poole said. The scrolls then will be prepared for United Service Organization, which will send the scrolls to the troops.
The headquarters started sending the scrolls to troops this week, Poole said.
Kevin Mehringer, Kansas City, Kan., signs a scroll for U.S. soldiers.
She said the project was inexpensive because most of the paper
used was donated by local newspapers, businesses or grocery stores.
"The program has been a success because it is not a advertisement, but just a grass-roots effort to send a message to these people who are so far away from home." Poole said.
Pole said she hoped that more of Days' 1,071 hotels in the United States would participate in the hotel's involvement is voluntary.
She said there was no deadline for stopping the program, as long as hotels continued to participate.
Bus stop by GSP-Corbin will be moved
Kansan staff report
An agreement was reached Tuesday by KU officials and the Lawrence Bus Co to relocate the Lawrence Courts Pearson-Corbin Hall bus stop
Mary Pewitt, KU assistant general counsel, said the owner of the Lawrence Bus Co., 837 Pennsylvania St. and the University of Kansas had agreed to a stop that will be located at the north end of the horsehose company has offered to pay reasonable expenses for the relocation
Six metered parking spaces will be removed to make room for the new bus stop, said MaryEllen Henderson, KU on Wheels coordinator.
Donna Hultine Parking Department assistant director, said the spaces were mainly used by visitors.
Discussions began after a bus hit a parked bus at the old stop, which is further south in the horseshoe drive.
Chris Ogle, owner of the Lawrence Bus Co., has stopped bus service to that stop during the day to avoid further accidents.
The move should be complete within four weeks. Henderson said.
The buses now stop at the corner of 11th and Louisiana streets.
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