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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.24
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1992
(USPS 650-640)
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Proposed trafficway route
The proposed route for the South Lawrence Traffway is 14.1 miles long. Interchanges will be built at major intersections.
Source: Douglas Co. Dept. of Public Works
Dan Subas / KANDAN
Residents argue merits of trafficway
Douglas County residents gathered last night to grill county commissioners and Kansas Department of Transportation officials about the proposed alignment of the 14.1-mile South Lawrence Trafficway.
Kansan staff writer
Mark Buhler, chair of the County Commission, also made assurances that officials were sensitive to residents' needs.
"We do understand we are dealing with people's homes, people's lives, people's careers and people's businesses," he said. "The attitude and the goal was to build a trafficway, fund it properly and build a road system we can all be proud of in Lawrence."
The trafficway would eventually be part or a Lawrence circumferential road system linking K-10, Clinton Parkway, U.S. 40 and L70.
The public hearing, which was held at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, featured a detailed slide presentation of the proposed construction by John Pasley, project manager for Douglas County Public Works.
Pasley prefaced his presentation by assuring members of the crowd that officials were there to address residents' concerns.
Many of the concerns expressed by residents during the question and answer session focused on the property, which the state will have to acquire in order to build the trafficway. That acquisition is called right-of-way. The Department of Transportation purchases right-of-way through an arbitration process with land owners.
Exactly how much land must be acquired from individual property owners is still uncertain. Pasley said the state engineers would complete right-of-ways plans after they get the results of the state's geological survey sometime this week. Based on the survey results, they will be able to calculate how much land they'll need to build the trafficway expected to cost $61.5 million.
Pasley said the right-of-way plans would be complete by mid-December, and the actual purchasing of the property would begin in January 1993. Construction is scheduled to begin late that year.
Mark Bernstein, who lives near the proposed interchange between the trafficway and 1-70, spoke against the placement of that interchange. He said the location would only benefit Lawrence residents, while ignoring the needs of county residents.
By Kristv Dorsev
Others at the meeting asked questions about safety, commercial zoning along the trafficway, construction impact on water supplies in areas served solely by wells and the closing of the O'Connell Youth Ranch Road.
"Are you serving just Lawrence, or are you serving Douglas County, which includes areas like Lecompan in the northwest?" he asked the commission.
Pasley said the Public Works Department would receive written comments from concerned residents for the next 12 days. The department will use those comments to make any possible adjustments to the existing proposal.
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Holly McQueen / KANSAN
Football frenzy hits the Hill
Above: Musco Lighting technicians Greg Soy (front) and Brian Polpeter direct a crane as it lifts three rackes of 6,000 watt lights onto the press box roof of Memorial Stadium. Musco technicians spent Tuesday setting up the lights, which will be used for the Kansas football game against California tonight.
Right: (photo by Kip Chin) Jim Porter, labor supervisor for the Kansas University Athletic Corporation, cleans an edge of the Astroturf in Memorial Stadium. KUAC cleaned the stadium yesterday.
Pre-game activities cool temperatures await Jayhawk fans
By Tiffany Lasha Hurt
Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Students can bring their KUID, coats and blankets, their enthusiastic spirit and their good luck charms with them to Memorial Stadium today as the Kansas Jayhawks play their first night game in Lawrence since 1931.
KU students can get into tonight's Kansas-California football game free with a valid KUID after e p.m. through gate 35. Weather forecasts call for clear skies and lows in the 50s.
The game will be broadcast nationwide on ESPN at 7 tonight.
KJHK pregame activities, beginning at noon on Campanile Hill, will include a prize giveaway by KJHK, "The John Boss Show," from 4 to 5 p.m., the rhythm and blues Smooth-Mahut from 5 to 30 p.m. and KJHK "Sports Talk" from 6:30 p.m. until kickoff.
"It's going to be a lot of fun," said Jill Koch, KJHK student station manager. "I hope the students come out. We're doing it mainly to get the students out."
Another highlight of the pregame will include the appearance of a Jayhawk hot air balloon, Flyer Hawk, sponsored by Sunflower Cablevision. The balloon will tether 40 to 50 feet above ground near the stadium.
Yvette Gonzales, Denver sophomore, was excited about the pregame ceremonies.
"I can't wait to go see everything people are doing for the game," she said. "Fans are coming from all around for what should turn out to be the best game of the season."
Bernie Kish, director of ticket operations and sales, said the excitement about the Jayhawks success had boosted ticket sales. The team is ranked No. 24 this week in the Associated Press poll.
"Previously if we sold $1,000 to $2,000 a night, that would be a lot," he said. "We've sold $5,000 or $6,000 a night at the window alone this week. We would say we have doubled almost two and a half times in sales. The response of the students has been wonderful."
KU and Lawrence police, the Douglas County Sheriffs department and the Kansas Highway Patrol will control traffic around the campus, as well as at Kansas Turnpike exits, major intersections and highways.
Sgt. Mark Warren, of the Lawrence police, said officers would be wearing reflective vests and using traffic flares as safety precautions.
"People need to be aware that it is harder to get in and out of some places and be more cautious in the dark," he said. "People need to understand that the officers are there to make sure that everybody gets out of there safely, not to get them out of there fast.
"Our first concern is safety. Courtesy for the other drivers is important. If people don't want to sit in traffic, they can leave early, or wait in the stands until the traffic dies down."
"Our main focus is going to be on traffic control because people aren't use to that amount of traffic at night," he said. "Just an advisory to everyone that is going to be there. It is after dark, so be careful."
Jim Denney, KU police director, said he anticipated an unusual amount of traffic tonight.
Band to debut golden sousaphones
By Jay Koester
Special to the Kansan
When the KU Marching dajawks step onto the field this weekend, new 24-karat gold plating will shine from the sousaphones.
The band is the only Big Eight school to have the gold inner ball, said Thomas Stidham, assistant director of bands. He said the replating was desperately needed.
Chancellor Gene Budig made a special allocation of $14,595 from the University of Kansas budget to pay for replating all 22 sousaphone bells.
"We have had the sousaphones for about 20 years, so they had some dings and dents and were beginning to look rather dingy," he said. "This will give them their shine back."
Sousaphones, similar to tubas, provide bass for the marching bands. They are the largest brass instruments in the band.
Stidham said that the gold replating.
The band had to send the sousaphones to Anderson Silver Plating Company in Elkhart, Ind., because it is the only place that still provides this service, Stidham said.
though expensive, was worthwhile.
"These are the Rolls-Royce of sousaphones, so we should spend a little money on them to keep them in good shape, just like you would with your car," he said. "It will probably be another 20 years before we have to do this again."
Terry Vantine, foreman at the plating company, said the process was a complicated one.
"First, we strip off all the old plating down to the brass," he said. "Then we send them to a shop that takes out all of the dents and scratches."
After the dents and scratches are removed, workers cover the bells with silver plating before finishing with the 24-karat gold.
Michael Anderson, owner of Anderson Silver Plating Company, took a
special interest in the project and new the 22 sousaphones back to Lawrence in his private plane, Vantine said.
Stidham said he could barely wait to see how the sousaphones would look when Kansas plays California on ESPN tonight.
"The new plating seems to give the sousaphones a special luster under the lights," he said. "They just sparkle. I encourage everybody to come to that game and take a look."
"It really helps the look of the section, as well as the entire band," he said. "It makes our performances special."
Jeff Smith, Lawrence,junior and section leader of the sousaphores, said the gold-plated sousaphores would improve the band's performance and appearance.
Jeff Smith, Lawrence junior, polishes his sahonebell bell.