University Daily Kansan / Friday, August 29, 1986
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County will provide emergency services
By KIRK KAHLER
Emergency medical services at certain KU athletic events will be provided by Douglas County because of an agreement reached yesterday between the county and the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation
The Douglas County Commission unanimously voted to sign the contract that calls for the county to supply ambulances, physicians, nurses and emergency technicians to be stationed at the events.
The events served will be football, men's basketball and the KU Relays. The county also will provide service for the Kansas Shrine Bowl and any state high school playoff game. The Shrine Bowl is an all-star game for high school players.
The county will begin providing the service at KU's first home football game Sept. 13.
Ted McFarlane, director of the county Department of Emergency Services and Emergency Preparedness, said the contract would benefit both the county and the University.
McFarlane said the county would benefit because KU partially would finance the purchase of new emergency equipment, which the county could use in areas other
than KU sporting events, such as disaster readiness.
The University will pay about $18,000 a year for equipment and personnel costs for three years.
McFarlane said the new program would allow the emergency staff to perform their duties better because they would be working with familiar personnel.
In the past, he said, the staff worked with doctors who were attending the events. Many times these people were not familiar with emergency situations, he said.
McFarlane said the new staff would specialize in diagnosing and treating internal injuries using emergency room nurses who were used to working with one another.
Student Health Service at Watkins Memorial Hospital, which formerly provided the service, decided not to because of insurance and personnel shortages, said Gary Hunter, assistant athletic director.
Hunter said he agreed that the University would benefit from the service because the county was in a position to provide comprehensive care for fans.
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Buses change to fulfill new needs
By BETH COPELAND Staff writer
Staff writer Although students might not notice significant changes in the green and white buses rumbling through campus, the Lawrence Bus Company's office and garages stirred with their usual activity this summer.
A second change may be noticed on the buses themselves. Of the 21 operating buses, most have been painted and have had minor repairs done to them.
Diane Ogle, president and general manager of the company, 841 Pennsylvania St., said about eight new drivers would be shuttling students and Lawrence residents this fall.
He said the employee turnover rate was routine. "We lose from five to eight employees every year," Ogle said. "With the short work year, drivers need steadier work, and they leave."
The buses do not run during the summer.
With a $160,000 price tag for a new bus, Ogle said, it pays to keep the existing buses in top condition. He estimated that total maintenance costs averaged $80,000 a year.
Finally, although no new routes have been added, an existing route was extended so that students and faculty of Haskell Indian Junior College could have access to bus service.
Ogle said that the cost of adding new routes would make bus service unaffordable to most student passengers.
faculty, and they can't afford to spend $60 for a bus pass," he said.
"our ridership is about 93 percent students and
Last year, about 6,000 students bought bus passes during the fall semester. The cost is deferred by the Student Senate, which allotted $277,980 this year for the service, according to Charles Brvan, KU on Wheels coordinator.
The University has contracted bus service from the company since the early 1970s. Before that the company served Lawrence and the campus independently.
It was a financial crunch in the late '60s, prompted by student unrest and refusal to ride buses, that threatened the company with bankruptcy. Ogle has been the owner since the company began in 1954.
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