University Daily Kansan
Friday, March 21. 1975
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County aligns itself with area planners
By PETER PORTEOUS
Kansan Staff Reporter
Confirmed with a proliferation of regional planning groups, Douglas County has temporarily aligned itself with the Mid America Regional Council (MARC).
This action was taken to insure that the county's interests won't be ignored by the government.
The county commission decided Thursday to align temporarily with MARC, which includes the metropolitan Kansas City area and several Missouri counties, to bring federal funds for the improvement of the county's emergency medical services.
Commission members said their preference, however, was for Douglas County to eventually be part of a regional planning area that included counties to the west and that had been in the past through the Capitol Region Planning Council in the Topena area.
In an attempt to increase the county's input into the drawing of regional lines, strongly worked letters will be sent to the director of the Governor's Office of Emergency Medical Services and to the secretary of the State of Kansas Department of Health and Environment, according to County Commission Chairman Arthur Heck.
The letters will also state the county's plan to remain tied in with the Capitol Region Planning Council in matters of general health services and to return to that council as soon as possible in matters of emergency medical services.
"We want to out our strong feelings about aligning only temporarily to the west and express our concern about the lack of opportunities there that we have been made arbitrarily up to port."
James Johnson, representing MARC's emergency medical services division, told the commission that the county wouldn't be permanently locked in with MARC and that the temporary agreement could make federal planning and implementation funds available to the county sooner than if they were in the western region.
The county authority fund application can be filed in the county council's office or by contacting the county authority.
Engineers give awards to students
Rodney May, Kansas City, Kan., senior,
received a $250 Sun Oil Award Thursday
from the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers.
The award, presented at a ceremony in Fowler Hall, is a grant-in-aid from the Petroleum Division of the society. It is the highest award granted to a University of Kansas student.
May was nominated for the award by the faculty of the mechanical engineering department as the department's outstanding senior.
Charles Guthrie, Jetmore freshman,
received $25 and a name plaque as the best
student in engineering graphics. The award
on donated by the KU Engineering
Alumni.
Also receiving engineering graphits awards as the best students in their class sections were: Kevin Williams, Overland Park freshman; John Ruhl, Shawnee freshman; and Rick Woolsey, Topeka junior.
A $25 cash award and plaque were also awarded to Ronald Blom, Kansas City, Mo., junior, for the outstanding design in the department's introductory design course. Teachers in the schools to help students grasp concepts of efficiency. It is already being used in Teoka schools and may be used in Central Junior High in Lawrence starting next year according to Charles Reese, associate professor of mechanical engineering.
The award winners are chosen each semester by a committee of three faculty members. The faculty base their decisions on the students' project books.
The other 11 counties in MARC can apply for funds only after a one-year extension.
"What we need now, as soon as possible, is a letter of assurance from the county," Johnson said. "And we will need data about the county's needs."
Heck said an inventory of emergency medical services needs will be made at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, the Douglas County and other county-wide health service agencies.
One specific county need is another ambulance county service Dick McKenna county service director driving direct
Ted McFarlane, manager of the county ambulance service, said the county could best upgrade its ambulatory services by cooperating with MARC. Douglas County was placed in MARC primarily because more Douglas County trauma patients go to Kansas City hospitals than to Topeka hospitals.
Kay Kent, director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Department, agreed that emergency service was more available in the western counties. She said that in all other areas of public health Douglas County was much more similar to other rural counties than to the urban areas included in MARC. She also emphasized international planning group to the west, she said.
McClanathan said he was in favor of cooperating with MARC if it would get the county an ambulance sooner. He is concerned about the implications, however, of having different areas of authority, he has learned that he would commit health service needs within the frontier of Capitol Region Planning Council as soon as possible. McClanathan said, so that the temporary set up with MARC won't quickly become permanent.
Information about dangerous or misrepresented drugs believed to be circulating in Douglas County will soon be as close as a telephone.
By PETER PORTEOUS Kansan Staff Reporter
The telephone service is the latest move by the county to deal more effectively with drug abuse. Final approval for the service came March 5 when the Douglas County Drug Control Unit #1750 contract with J. Bing Hart, a drug epidemiologist, to set up a dral alert system.
Hart said recently that the line would be set up as soon as he received the initial $1,000 installation from the county. The county administrator, administered by the Douglas County Drug Abuse Council, the council, which is directed by I, J. Stoneback, county commissioner, hasn't attained the status of a drug contract is between Hart and the county.
County to start drug alert service
Hart is charged in the contract with providing information about drug abuse patterns and establishing a program that will follow after his participation ends June 30, 1975.
Hart's primary data-collecting tool will be the telephone service. As well as supplying drug users and the general public with pre-recorded information, the line will also give people the opportunity to give information anonymously or to ask for help in dealing with specific drug-related problems.
Hart also hopes to compile data on drug use by interviewing users, dealers, law enforcement officials and help agencies, he said.
To inform the county about his findings, Hart will meet regularly with an ad hoc committee of the drug abuse council, accolades department, Hartman, the council's planning coordinator.
The success of the program partially depends on the amount of protection he will receive.
Chemistry prof wins fifth teaching award
Clark Bricker, director and coordinator of freshman chemistry, this month won his fifth teaching award since he came to the University of Kansas 12 years ago.
Bricker, a former winner of two HOPE awards, received the Visiting Scientist Award of the Western Connecticut section of the American Chemical Society.
"I try to get to know the students. I take their picture, study them and get to know their face," he said. "I think this has a tremendous impact."
Bricker said Thursday that even though he had set high standards for the freshman course, he thought students didn't object to working hard if they thought they were treated fairly and were told what materials they were responsible for.
Bricker said he tried to keep in touch with his students in three ways.
give the impression that nothing is more important to him than what he is talking about.
"I try to show how chemistry is connected to their everyday life and why, to me it is a fascinating subject."
Being able to communicate an infectious enthusiasm for a subject isn't something that people want to do.
"I think you're really born with this philosophy," Bricker said.
He said he couldn't have received the award without the close cooperation of his colleagues and all the employees in his department.
"There are many, many devoted teachers at this university, and I know very well that others are deserving; it embarrasses me to be singled out." Brucker said.
He said the only effect this award would have on the person personally would be to make him work hard.
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have if subpoenaed, Hart said. He won't ask for nor supply names and will give law enforcement officials only as much information as he gives the public, he said.
Hart said he didn't envision any real problems involving privileged information because most law enforcement officials in the state should be trusted if his need to be trusted by all informants.
SUNDAY BUFFET ... BARON OF BEEF
Cheetar cooking, choice of vegetable,
choice of salad, rolls and butter
$12.35
MONDAY
Breadbaking, loafed cheese, tazed fried chicken
humbubs and honey
$19.95
TUESDAY ... CHICKEN FRIED STEAK
Breadbubs, loafed cheese, tazed fried chicken
rolls and butter
$19.95
WEDNESDAY ... SPAGHETTI
With meat sauce, tazed salad
humbubs and honey
$19.95
THURSDAY ... PORK TENDERLOAN
Country gravy, whipped potatoes,
rolls and butter
$19.95
FRIED
PAN FRIED CATfish
Platter size, choice of potato,
tazed salad, hot rolls and butter
$22.95
SATURDAY ... ROAST PRIME RIB
Oil beef, choice of potatoes, tossed
potatoes and honey
$48.95
ALSO FULL SERVICE MENU
Monday through Saturday ... $2.25
County Attorney Davine Berkowitz said he had asked Atten. Gen. Curt Schneider for his opinion on the legality of the system but hadn't yet received a reply. It appears a clause in the federal Uniform Controlled Substances Act will offer Hart immunity from disclosing sources if subpoenaed, Berkowitz said.
Hart said his program would mostly confront unexpected high doses and mislabelings of drugs. The net result will probably be some decrease in drug use, but the emphasis is on emphasizing be said. The emphasis is on eliminating the adverse use of drugs.
Hart said he would rely on word of mouth as well as the established media to provide feedback.
The telephone service idea has been tried in several larger cities, Hart said, and has proved to be worthwhile. The local program has also created agency agencies with one-shot surveys, he said.
His program will show not only what drugs are in the community but also when they entered the area and how widely they are used. His program will also tell something about their quality.
"One-shot surveys are generally uniscientific and too slow," he said. "If you get a questionnaire back once a year, what good is that? Effective planning demands that we know more than what the tip of the iceberg looks like."
Hartman said Hart's program was designed to continue with a minimum investment of time and cost after the contract runs out. The drug abuse council hopes to continue the program if it proves successful and funds become available, she said.
About 30 people who are involved in education, research, treatment and law enforcement make up the council, Hartman said, although they meet as concerned citizens rather than official representatives of specific agencies. Baldwin, Lecompon and Eudora are represented as well as Lawrence, she said.
The drug abuse council is also funded until June 30, 1975, when it will have to reapply for a similar grant unless there is a community support, Hartman said.
"THIS TRIO WILL PRESENT 2 HOURS OF TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY JAZZ. THEIR MATERIAL RANGES FROM CHARLIE PARKER THROUGH MILES DAVIS TO A JAZZ-ROCK FUELARE HEARD LIVE IN THE AREA. NON-FICTION is A MUST FOR ALL MUSIC ENTHusiasts TO HEAR."
educational models and films about drug abuse, according to Hartman. A high priority of the council presently is the intake referral system, she said.
The council, like Hart's program, is supported by federal funds made available by the Kansas Drug Abuse Commission. The council is funded as a planning body and the program makes existing programs and to help obtain funding for new programs, Hartman said.
Among the directions being taken by the council is the possible creation of a resource center for the region.
The system is an effort to tighten the network of professionals and paraprofessionals who regularly deal with drug abuse problems by making people aware of all the services available and by providing them with information that they are made properly, she said.
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tember 1974 as a demonstration and research project under a one-year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, he said.
One agency in this network is the Headquarters-Douglas County Drug Abuse Deterrent Program, 1602 Massachusetts. The deterrent program provides an alternative to regular prosecution and deterrent measures in the criminal justice system, according to Alan Johnson, program director.
PRESENTS:
Persons arrested and charged with drug abuse offences may be referred to the program by the county attorney's office, the juvenile court, or through the county probation office or by juvenile authorities, Johnson said. Offenders commit themselves by written contract to attend a 10-week program which includes activities and individual contacts, he said.
NON-FICTION
"AN INSPIRED JAZZ ENSEMBLE"
6:30-9:00 PM
SUN. MAR 23RD
The program has operated since Sep-
Johnson said the project sought to reduce drug offence recidivism by providing in-
formal and personal information and a broader screen for drug abuse and alternatives to drug use to offenders.
We're Celebrating St. Patrick's Day SATURDAY
--with green beer, peanuts and popcorn,and Dixieland music straight from New Orleans with the Gaslite Gang
Saturday at 8:00 p.m.
Paul Gray's Jazz Place
(Enter from Alley behind Jenkins Music)
926 Mass.
--honoring University of Kansas women who have made outstanding contributions to the University, to the community, and to other women.
NOMINATIONS should be returned to the Dean of Women's Office, 222 Strong, by March 28th. Nomination forms are available in the Dean of Women's Office.
The K.U. Commission on the Status of Women Presents WOMEN'S RECOGNITION
The following categories are open for nominations:
* Hall of Fame
*Outstanding Woman Staff Member
*Outstanding International Woman Student
Outstanding Women Students in:
* Athletics
*Equal Rights and/or Women's Awareness
*Community Services
*Outstanding Woman Teacher
*Outstanding Woman from the Senior, Junior,
Sophomore and Freshman Class
*Outstanding Nontraditional Woman Student
*Academics
*Student Services
*Minority Services
We invite you to attend the Women's Recognition Program and Reception on Monday, April 21, 1975,
at 7:30 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Union.
(Funded by Student Activity Fees)