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Wednesday, August 27. 1986 / University Daily Kansan
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Representative urges students' registration
By BILL RAYNOLDS
Staff writer
The woman who hopes to become Kansas's next secretary of state said last night that she wanted to get more students registered to vote.
"A lot of university students don't change their voter registration when they come to school, and many don't vote by absentee ballots," said State Rep. Judy Rumnels, the Democratic nominee for the office.
Runnels, whose district includes part of the Topeka area, spoke to about 70 people at a meeting of the KU Democrats in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
Runnels is running against Republican Bill Graves, now the assistant secretary of state. They are seeking to replace Jack Brier, who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Runnels said she wanted to mount a strong voter registration campaign at the University in cooperation with the KU Democrats to get as many students as possible registered to vote.
However, Runnels said the lack of registered voters in Kansas was not limited to college students.
"We don't do enough in the inner city areas . . . to register voters," she said.
Runnel's main campaign goal is to set up permanent voter registration sites throughout the state, particularly in each state high school.
"There's no reason kids shouldn't be able to register to vote in their own high schools when they turn 18." Runnels said.
The secretary of state is chiefly a record-keeping office, Runnels said. The duties of the office include keeping track of corporate registration of state and national businesses in Kansas, administering the Uniform Commercial Code on banks and mortgages, and managing elections.
"My broad experience in government puts me in a good position to run." Runnels said.
She was elected to the Kansas Legislature in 1982, and now is serving her second term. From 1979 to
On the Record
*Stereo equipment, valued at $850, was taken between Friday and Sunday from a house in the 1800 block of West 24th Street.
A video cassette recorder and stereo equipment, valued together at $840, were taken July 23 from a house in the 800 block of Avalon Road.
A car stereo system, a radar detector and a car alarm, valued together at more than $1,200, were taken from a car parked at a business in the 1100 block of West 22nd Street Terrace between midnight Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday.
A car stereo and speakers and a wallet, valued together at $475, were taken from a car parked in the 400 block of North Second Street between midnight Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday.
A 10-speed bicycle, valued at $150 was taken at 3:45 a.m. yesterday from the garage of a residence in the 2500 block of Ousdahl Road.
**Tools, sunglasses, and cologne,**
valued together at $240, were taken
from a car parked in the 1700 block of
West 23rd Street between a 4 a.m.
and 6:15 a.m. yesterday.
A bicycle, valued at $200, was taken between 10 p.m. and midnight Monday from the bicycle rack in front of Watson Library.
On Campus
The KU Soccer Club will have team trouts and a practice at 5:30 p.m. today at the University soccer fields at 23rd and Iowa streets.
The KU Dungeons and Dragons Club will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union.
A free movie, "Brazil," will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
1981. Runnels served as legislative laison to Gov. John Carlin. Her duties included monitoring legislation for the governor and enhancing communication between the legislative and executive branches.
Before that, she was a lobbyist for the Kansas State Nurses Association. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1958 with a bachelor's degree in nursing.
unels plans to run a door-to-door campaign with the help of her family. "The whole Runnels family is going to do an imitation of the Kennedy family," she said. "I can't physically knock on all the doors in Kansas."
City residents will decide in November whether a $1.3 million recreation center should be built in Holcom Park in the southwest part of Lawrence.
By PAM MILLER
City OKs ballot on recreation center
Staff writer
Lawrence City Commissioners unanimously approved a new proposition for the November general election ballot at the regular commission meeting last night. The proposition allows residents to vote on whether $1 million in general obligation bonds should be used to finance the construction of the center
The recreation center was proposed three years ago to serve citizens of the Lawrence area, including handicapped individuals. The original plan was to issue $500,000 in bonds and to have the members of the recreation foundation raise the other half.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student afairs, fries on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Holcom Recreation Center Foundation. He told the committee that, despite efforts, the board had been unable to raise $50,000 in private contributions for the center.
In a nine-month period, 250 campaign workers had collected about $250,000 from 680 donors, he said.
After expressing continued support to the proposed center, the commission approved the placement of the proposition on the ballot.
In other action, George Schmitendorf, 1211 Kentucky St., spoke to the commission about the decision to remove about 15 parking spaces on Kentucky and 11th streets. The traffic safety commission recommended the removal of those spaces.
Schmitendorf was concerned there would be no other parking alternatives and the intersection would be more dangerous if the safety commission's recommendations were carried out.
"How would removing parking make the intersection at 11th and Kentucky safer?" Schmitendorf asked. "Lower speeds would make it safer. Removing the parking opens up the street for higher speeds."
Commissioner Ernest Angino told Schmitendorf that the situation was one that no one was 100 percent happy with.
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Mayor Sandra Praeger said, "It's a compromise in the favor of safety over parking." The commission unanimously accepted the recommendation.
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