FRIDAY. OCT. 26. 2001
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Deer searching for mates can be hazardous to drivers
by Nicole Roché and Adam
Special to the Kansan
As Kristen Baranek drove home late one night on a busy street in Olathe, she spotted a deer wandering in the middle of the road.
"When I got within about 50 feet of it, it saw my headlights," the Overland Park sophomore said. "I slowed down, but it ran toward my car anyway."
Baranek hit the deer, causing $500 worth of damage to her car. In fact, she said, the deer was luckier than she was.
"It got up and ran away," she said. "The deer was fine."
Mark Conboy, operations commander of the Kansas Turnpike, said most accidents involving deer occurred during October and November — the prime months for deer-mating season.
"It has to do with their sexual habits," Conboy said. "Deer usually hunker down and protect themselves at night, but these sexual habits cause them to do things they normally wouldn't do, like wandering at night."
Figures provided by Conboy showed that out of the 199 reported accidents involving deer on Interstate 70 last year,61 occurred during October and November.
Although hitting a deer is dangerous, Conboy said that going to extreme measures to avoid hitting a deer could result in flipping
the car, increasing the likelihood of a fatality.
Lloyd Fox, big game program coordinator for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, said deer could only breed once a year, and female deer called does - could only conceive during a 24-hour period. If the deer does not conceive, she will have another cycle about 28 days later. Because male deer called bucks - must find and mate with a doe at the right time in the cycle, they are constantly on the move to find a female. Fox said deer were most active in the half hour before sunrise and after sunset.
After several months, however, deer activity decreases.
Fox said the does' cycles usually take no longer than three months to end.
"When the does are in heat, the bucks are seeking them dramatically," he said. "They are running all over the countryside to find one of these does during that 24-hour period. That's the time period when we have an increase in prevalence of deer-related accidents."
Fox said more could be done to prevent deer-related accidents. He said information about safe driving during deer-mating season should be in the handbooks the state provides to people applying for a driver's license.
Lawrence Police Sgt. Mike
Patrick说 deer-related accidents within city limits weren't a major problem. But, he said both West 15th Street and Clinton Parkway were roads where deer-related accidents had occurred in the past.
"Deer usually hunker down and protect themselves at night, but these sexual habits cause them to do things they normally wouldn't do, like wandering at night." Mark Conboy operations commander of the
Mark Conboy operations commander of the Kansas Turpike
Unfortunately for students, Patrick said there was no way to prevent deer from crossing roads and interfering with drivers. He said the best way for students — and deer — to stay safe, was for students to drive carefully, and watch for deer in and near the road.
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Stalking: Kit available for victims
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threat to you, may not be threatening or scary to me," she said.
Another difficulty in pressing charges in stalking cases is lack of documentation of interaction between the victim and the suspect. Moseley said a big part of stalking is documenting when and where everything happened.
That is why the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center includes notepads and pens in every stalking kit it provides, said Kathy Rose-Mockry, director of the center.
The Emily Taylor Center does not provide classes specifically on stalking, Rose-Mockry said.
ing in other workshops," she said.
stalking, Krope "To protect the safety of women stalked and to reach out to all people, we included stalk-
The kits also contain information on stalking, a disposable camera to take pictures of the stalker and a whistle to use if confronted. The kits are free, and they can be picked up at a number of locations.
Stalking is a level 10 felony, Moseley said, making it the lowest type of felony.
If the stalker is a former spouse, former dating partner, or parent of the victim's child, the victim can request a Protection From Abuse order, which prohibits contact between the two parties, Rose-Mockry said.
If a stalker continues to follow or harass the victim after the Protection From Abuse order has been granted by a judge, the crime becomes a more serious level 9 felony.
level of security.
Moseley said in many cases where a woman thought she was being stalked, felony-stalking charges could not be filed, but a misdemeanor charge, such as telephone harassment or trespassing, could.
"The suspect may end up serving more jail time with the misdemeanor charge," she said.
The district attorney's office sees only one or two stalking cases a year, Moseley said, but
Locations to pick up free stalking kit:
Emily Taylor Women's
Resource Center
University
University
Ombudsman's office
Ombudsman's office KU Public Safety Office
KU Public Safety Office District attorney's office
District attorney's office
Department of Student Housing
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Headquarters Registrar's Office
- Registrar's Office
- Watkins Memorial Health Center
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Women's Transitional
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those who think they were being stalked shouldn't hesitate to file a police report.
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Watkins recommends vaccine to battle flu
By Matt Norton Kansan staff writer
Officials at Watkins Memorial Health Center are advising students who have chronic illnesses that make them high-risk for the influenza virus to call for an appointment to get immunized.
doses due to injury.
She said symptoms of influenza, which was not to be confused with the "stomach flu," were the sudden onset of aches, fever, chills, extreme fatigue and upper respiratory congestion.
Myra L. Strother, chief-of-staff at Watkins, said students who had diabetes, conditions that suppressed their immune systems, asthma or were chronically on steroids like prednisone, would have priority to receive the first shipment of 250 vaccine doses due to arrive next week.
"Many years we've had two
waves of it," she said. "Last year we had a fairly mild flu season, but it seems to go every other year, so we're anticipating we may have a fairly heavy one this year."
Strother said that once the rest of the shipments arrive, clinics will be set up at Mrs. E's, the Kansas and Burge Unions, and Strong Hall for students to get the shots. Walk-in clinics will be set up two afternoons a week at Watkins as well, Strother said.
Influenza shots will cost $12. They will protect students from the most common strains of the virus seen this season, she said. Even if students got the vaccine last year, they should get it again because the virus changes from year to year.
The remaining 2,500 doses will be sent in two shipments, in mid-November and early December, Strother said.
Chris Weiss, Olathe senior, got the flu his freshman year. He said he got the vaccine the next two years and would get it this year.
She said that she would like students going home for Thanksgiving to consider getting vaccinated before they leave.
"Usually the influenza outbreaks start on the coasts," she said. "Since a lot of our students may be going home there, we'd like them to be protected."
He said getting the virus was a big inconvenience because he had to miss class.
"It was a mild case, but it was more of a hassle to put up with it," he said.
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