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Thursday, September 11, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Fest welcomes new educators
By BILL RAYNOLDS
Staff writer
A festive mood prevailed last night at the intersection of 15th Street and Crestline Drive, where the 1986 "Taste of Lawrence" food celebration welcomed new educators to the community.
Underneath the tents, 19 Lawrence restaurants and stores served a smorgasbord of food, ranging from fried chicken and blackened reeffish to popcorn.
Large, brightly colored tents dotted the grassy field where the 20th annual celebration, sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, took place.
The Jayhawk and Baby Jay mascots frolicked and danced to a spunky version of the Pointer Sisters' "Neutron Dance," played by the Lawrence High pep band. The KU pep band also was scheduled to play.
"Education is a major industry in Lawrence," said Debi Moore, administrative assistant of the Chamber of Commerce.
She said the celebration was a way to introduce new staff and faculty members from the University of Kansas, Baker University, Haskell Junior College, Lawrence Unified School District 497, St. John's Catholic School and Douglas County Christian School to the community.
"It also gives the business people and the restaurants a chance to be introduced to new members of the Lawrence community," she said.
Norita Jones, a member of the chamber of commerce, estimated that 600 to 700 people attended the event.
"This celebration brings together the community and the schools," said Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs. "It's a nice way to welcome new staff and faculty members to the community."
Brinkman said KU had hired 52 new faculty members,the highest number since 1981.
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"The quality of the University drew me here," said Man Kong, a new assistant professor of computer science.
Kong formerly taught computer science at the University of Nebraska.
Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, speaks with Joel Jacobs, plant manager at the FMC Corp., 9th and Maple streets, at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce's 20th annual celebration. Faculty and staff from area colleges and universities gathered at the corner of 15th and Crestline streets yesterday.
Former tenants want their deposits back
By PAM MILLER
Staff writer
Since the owners of Jayhawk West apartments filed for bankruptcy June 3, the director of the Consumer Affairs Association has been receiving calls from tenants and former tenants who are wondering whether their security deposits will be refunded.
Jayhawks Partners Ltd., based in Los Angeles, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles.
But complaints about the complex not refunding deposits on time have been coming in since 1979 or 1980, Chapman said.
The director, Clyde Chapman, said he had received calls from about 40 former tenants asking how to get their security deposits refunded.
Every summer we get a lot of calls from former tenants whose leases just passed, saying they haven't received their deposit," he said.
Because the company now has filed bankruptcy, Chapman said he had advised former and present tenants of the apartment complex at 524 Frontier Rd. to file claims for their refunds in bankruptcy court.
Jayhawk Partners Limited owes about $10,000 in security deposits to tenants and $30,000 to other creditors such as KPL Gas Service, Southwestern Bell and Oklahoma Gas and Electric.
Tenants have been listed as priority creditors, which means that in the event of a settlement, tenants would receive refunds first.
"All tenants who had a lease prior to June 3 received a proof of claim notice," he said. "Many tenants aren't aware that they should file that proof of claim with the bankruptcy court even if their lease hasn't been terminated, just so the court is aware of them."
Chapman said the situation dealt with two kinds of tenants: those who had terminated their contracts and those who hadn't.
Because the owners filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company will present a plan to the bankruptcy court to reorganize the business. Chapman said. If the court accepts the plan, the business will function under that plan until it is solvent.
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He said his association hoped the establishment would shape up and operate better under a reorganization plan.
"Jayhawk West has been operated sloppily in the past," he said.
The manager of Jayhawk West, Pat Prouse would not comment on the situation when she was called yesterday.
Mindie Denton, Tulsa senior, lived at Jayhawk West two years ago, but did not get her deposit refunded because she kept a pet in her apartment. However, she said, management would sometimes be disagreeable with the tenants.
"The they had this cleaning checklist," she said. "A whole page of nit-picky things that had to be cleaned before you could get your deposit back. And they were things that hadn't been done when we moved in."
One of the things that attracted Denton and her roommates to Jayhawk West, she said, was that the apartment complex had its own bus to take tenants to the KU campus. But when the bus broke down, the tenants ended up buying bus passes anyway because the management said it cost too much to repair.
Denton said things might be different now because management had changed several times during and since the time she lived there.
Jayhawk Color Guard to wear new uniforms
By BETH COPELAND
Clouds loomed over the band's practice field behind Oliver Hall yesterday.
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Meteorologists had predicted rain.
"But it's not going to rain; that's all there is to it," insisted Robert Foster. KU director of bands.
"Rain is so hard on the uniforms," said Tim Greenwell, Olathe senior and the KU Marching Band uniform manager.
The new crimson, silver and blue flags adorn the new color guard uniforms designed by a KU student for the 26 members of this year's squad.
Uniforms are a special concern to Foster and Greenwell, because when half-time hits at the season's first football game Saturday, some band members will be sporting a new look.
Color guard is the part of the band responsible for flag and rifle twirling.
Wendy Hicks, color guard coordinator, Scott Stutler, Lawrence sophomore and flag section leader, and Karla McGaugh, Lawrence junior, began a uniform project in May.
The Frruhauf shipment arrived last week. It contained 36 tunic-style uniforms at about $150 each — blue on the right shoulder, a red diagonal stripe and white on the left shoulder.
Suggestions and revisions were made and in July, McGaugh, a third-year color guard member, designed the pattern to be stitched by Fruhauf Uniforms Inc., a Wichita business.
These replaced the color guard's
old uniforms, which the marching band still wears.
"We're so excited," Stutler said. "This is the first time the color guard has had its own uniforms, and they turned out great."
Foster also is pleased with the results.
"The flag uniforms are tailored better and work better with people who have their arms up in the air all the time," he said.
He said the shoulder drapes on the marching band's uniforms were cumbersome to the flag corps. When the flag was rotated from side to side, the weight of the drapes would cause the uniform to shift.
Drapes were struck from the new design, and a 'drop' that extends along the thigh from a cummerbund was added to the uniform.
the marching band's uniforms, which have been around since 1982, were cleaned and repaired this summer.
before practice, Greenwell scrambled around a storeroom in Murphy Hall, issuing uniforms to students for Saturday's game against the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Greenwell oversees the fitting, cleaning and repairing of the uniforms in addition to issuing them to members.
"When we march on that field and I can see everybody in uniform, that's when the work is satisfying," he said. "My ulcers can go down, and I can study again."
Foster also acknowledged the hard work involved in outfitting the band and color guard.
Jackson urges students to stay free from drugs
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Jackson spoke to more than 1,200 students at Van Horn High School and asked for those who had used drugs to step forward.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo — More than 100 students at a suburban Kansas City, Mo., high school answered a challenge from the Rev. Jesse Jackson yesterday. They pledged to stay free from drugs.
More than 100 did so, then repeated after Jackson: 'I made a mistake. I slipped and fell but I'm able to get up. I need help from my friends, my family, my religious institution and from my teachers.
"I want my school to be a drug-free school, my community to be a drug-free community and my nation to be a drug-free nation."
Jackson told the students that drug addiction "takes your mind, then it takes your morals, then it takes your life."
One student asked whether teachers shouldn't also be included. Jackson invited teachers to step forward and take the pledge with the students, but none did so.
"There is a law — you reap what you sow," he said. "The fact is you are just a twisted knee away of that being all over."
The students aplauled Jackson's reprimands about sex.
"You are not a man because you make a baby but because you raise a baby and care for a baby." he said.
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