Big, bad Wolf
It's now or never for top KU tennis player Mike Wolf. He will make his third and final attempt at becoming an All-American this weekend at the Volvo All-American Tennis Championships at UCLA.
Whistle stop
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Hayden stopped in Lawrence today to speak on campus and to attend a rally at the local Republican Headquarters.
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Breezy street
Today will be partly cloudy, windy and mild with a high temperature in the 60s. Tonight will be cloudy and cool.
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Vol. 97, No. 49 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Thursday
October 30,1986
Skyline of KU to lose stack in the spring
By KIRK KAHLER
Staff writer
KU'S 257-foot smokestack will be demolished and replaced with two 15-foot smokestacks in the spring, the university director of facilities planning said yesterday.
Allen Wiechert, the director, said the smokestack, which is behind Staffer-Fint Hall, could be torn down (1)
"It all depends on the heating need," he said.
The smokestack has been operating at the University since 1921 and is used to discharge residue from the burning oil or natural gas fuel used to create steam in the power plant's boilers.
At the end of the winter heating season, two boilers at the University power plant will be modified for the placement of the new stacks. When the new stacks are functioning properly, the newest stacks will be
KUEA reports drop in contributions, increase in donors
By NANCY BARRE Staff writer
Staff writer
Contributions to the Kansas University Endowment Association decreased by about 4 percent in the 1963-86 fiscal year, but the number of donors, money allocated for scholarships and investment income increased significantly.
According to the Endowment Association's annual report, released yesterday, 32,326 donors contributed $13.4 million to the Endowment Association to support the University. This figure is down from $13.9 million contributed by 30,000 donors in 1984-85.
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However, Seymour said he was concerned that the tax reform law that President Reagan signed recently, in addition to the state of the Kansas economy, would discourage possible donors.
"From a future standpoint, these modest donations are a key factor." Seymour said. "It gets people into the habit of giving, and these people will probably give more later, when they are able."
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Bond issue to appear on ballot By Beth Copeland
B besides voting for a new governor and liquor by the drink. Lawrence residents will also decide
Plans for the recreational center, which would be located at Holcom Park, 26th Street and Lawrence Avenue, include a full-size gymnasium, raquetball court, weight room and three multi-purpose rooms for meetings.
two lesser known subjects — a bond issue that asks for $1 million to build a public recreational center and the retention of five Kansas judges.
The new tax code, which goes into effect in January, will reduce the number of deductions taxpayers can declare for contributions to
Fred DeVictor, the city's director of parks and recreation, said the project would cost about $1.3 million, even though the bond issue asked for $1 million. The difference has been raised through private donations by a group of Lawrence residents known as the Holcom Recreational Center Foundation..
DeVictor said the general obligation bond would cost an owner of a house valued at $50,000 about $3.50 annually for 10 years.
On a separate ballot, Douglas County residents also will vote on the retention of Jean F. Shepherd, a District Court judge from Lawrence.
Shepherd graduated from the KU Law School and was a Douglas County district attorney. She was appointed District Court judge in 1984.
Two judges for the Court of Appeals will also be considered. Bob Abbott, Junction City, and Mary Beck Briscoe, Topeka are on the ballot for retention.
In Kansas, the governor appoints Supreme Court justices and Appeals Court judges for six-year terms. After that time, they are eligible to file for retention, and the question is placed on the general election ballot.
Briscoe, the first woman to serve on the Court of Appeals, has served since March 1984. Before that, she was an assistant U.S. attorney for the Department of Justice's Kansas district.
Abbott, the City Chief Judge of the Kansas City Court of Appeals since September 1985, is a layer and legal ethics teacher at Washburn University in Topeka.
Hiebert minus campaign concerns
Finally, two Kansas Supreme Court justices are on the ballot. David Prager, Topeka, appointed in 1971, and Harold Herd, Coldwater, a justice since 1979.
Prager, who formerly had a private law practice in Topeka, has been chairman of the Judicial Council since 1979.
Herd served in the Kansas Senate from 1964 to 1972 and was minority leader for four of those six years.
D douglas County Commissioner Nancy Hiebert hasn't had to expend as much energy as some
other political candidates in her re-election campaign this year — she's running unopposed.
By Nancy Barre
Hiebert, a Democrat elected to the 1st District County Commission seat in 1982 and appointed chairman in 1985, said she was glad she didn't have any declared opposition because campaigning took so much time and money.
Hiebert said she had a duty to keep her voters informed of the activities of the county commission.
In the next week, she plans to display campaign signs and to send newsletters to her constituents, which include Lawrence voters.
She said she thought that prospective opponents might have shied away from running when they realized how much money and time a political campaign required.
A commissioner's job is like a full-time job in itself, she said Because she's running unopposed, she can devote more time to her job as commissioner.
Hiebert said some of her goals for next term, included continuing joint efforts with city governments, a streamlining of county services and an increased effort to encourage economic growth in Lawrence.
Hiebert, 44, received a doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Kansas in 1982. She has worked as a school nurse in the Shawnee Mission School District and at the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center at the University.
She is a member of the Kansas Children and Youth Advisory Committee, the National Organization for Women, the League of Women Voters and the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
She said that although the commission met officially for only nine hours a week, a commissioner needed to work many extra hours to be effective.
"It would have been very difficult to have spent a great deal of time campaigning without taking hours away from my job here," Hiebert said.
She plans to spur on economic growth by supporting the proposed Lawrence highway bypass, she said.
The proposed four-lane highway would cost $38 million dollars and be 14.3 miles long. The road would loop south and west of Lawrence, making access to Clinton Lake easier, and diverting traffic from 23rd Street
and other roads close to existing Lawrence business districts.
Some downtown merchants have objected to the road saying that it would divert customers from the downtown area, but Hiebert said she thought the road would encourage commercial enterprises throughout Lawrence.
Long hours of work during her past four years in office have paid off. Hiebert said she thought she had made some important changes in the county.
"I really enjoy working in public policy fields," she said. "I see public policy areas as a great challenge and I feel I've been successful."
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She said she thought that some of her most important accomplishments in office had been the publication of agendas for commission meetings, increased city/county cooperation, an increased effort to encourage economic development in
Nancy Hiebert
Democrat
Unopposed
Douglas County and the establishment of a standardized personnel policy for county employees.
She said she was especially proud of her efforts to increase county cooperation with not only the city of Lawrence, but also with Baldwin City, Eudora and other smaller cities in Douglas County.
Hiebert said she had suggestions for cooperation after attending Lawrence city commission meetings and town meetings in the smaller cities.
"Federal cutbacks have given the responsibility of providing vital public services to the city and county governments," she said. "We have to find a way to provide services with the least money possible, and the best way to do this is to have increased local cooperation."
"Cities and counties need to avoid duplicating their efforts. Duplication of effort has always been costly, but now in a time of escalating needs and dwindling resources, it's not only prohibitive, it's ridiculous."
MARTHA PARKER
says...
"It's NOT a matter of Trust."
Every two years, John Solbach asks for your vote, but has he ever asked for your opinion?
"The issue is Representation."
MARTHA PARKER cares what you think. She'll ask your opinion and she'll vote your views in Topeka.
That's what representative government is all about!
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