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Thursday, October 1, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
County to study fourth plan to expand judicial buildings
By VALOREE ARMSTRONG Staff writer
From the KU Weather Service
Amid local opposition, Douglas County Commissioners are considering a fourth plan this morning to expand the county's buildings near 11th and Rhode Island streets.
Chris McKenzie, county administrator, said yesterday that the commission would consider the expansion of the meeting but would not vote today.
The plan includes a third floor for office space atop the existing Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, a parking garage to replace most of the lot, an 80- to 100-cell jail on top of the parking garage and an annex connecting the judicial building and the courthouse. McKenzie said.
McKenzie said that in the last 10 years the county had become convinced that it would have to expand the existing jail or build a new one.
Among those planning to attend this morning's meeting are members
of the Rhode Island Street Neighbors Committee. And they should be pleased to know that this plan includes only land already being used by the county.
The group submitted a letter signed by 28 residents to the county this week stating the group's opposition to an earlier plan. Committee members said that plan would sacrifice 15 homes, several businesses and an historic stone church built before 1870.
The plan that the group objects to, from the county's consultant firm of Peters, Kubota and Glenn, shows expansion onto the 1000 block of Rhode Island and New Hampshire streets.
McKenzie said the county would take the group's concerns into consideration.
Jim Power, committee member, said, "We don't have any opposition to the county themselves. We like them as neighbors. We're just asking that they not consider the proposal that would move them into our neighborhood."
Mike Rundle, a city commissioner who signed the letter, said, "My main concern is that they not sacrifice the well-being of the neighborhood, particularly in that area where the homes are in such good shape."
Rundle said alternatives such as adding a story to the existing judicial building, constructing in other nearby areas and moving some county services elsewhere, would be better than expanding into the Rhode Island neighborhood.
The close-knit neighborhood has seen much adversity and is accustomed to defending its territory, Power said.
"The whole street of Rhode Island on other occasions has had proposals that would encroach on it," he said, citing several mail proposals that have come the neighborhood's wav
"Each time it comes up, we deal with it as an issue," he said.
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Lawrence Forecast
A Latin American studies brown bag lunch is scheduled at 11:30 a.m. today at 208 Strong Hall. Donna Luckey will show slides from her recent tern to Golito, Costa Rica.
■ "Grey Gardens" and "In the Street," documentary films, are scheduled at 3 p.m. today at Spencer Museum of Art auditorium
On Campus
University Council will meet at 3:30 p.m. today at 108 Blake Hall to discuss open admissions. Ron Francisco, associate professor of political science, will speak in favor of open admissions. Don Marquis, associate professor of philosophy, will speak in favor of selective admissions.
- "Understanding Eusocial Behavior - Alice through a Small Door," a lecture by David Fletcher of Buckley University at 4 p.m. today at 1059 Haworth Hall.
- Psi Chi, psychology honor society,
4:30 p.m. today at 12:45 Frasher Hall
- Tryouts and practice for the KU Men's Soccer Club are scheduled at 5 p.m. today at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets.
A Latin American Solidarity Rice and Beans Dinner is scheduled at 6 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Leadership Center in Nelson, executive director of the
A workshop on holiday and travel alternatives for foreign students is scheduled at 7 p.m. today at the McCollium Hall lobby.
Fellowship awards offered
Christic Institute in Washington D.C. will speak at 6:30 p.m.
A "KU Dole for President Campaign" meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. today at 3139 Wescoe Hall.
Japan Caravan, a three-member panel from Japan discussing trade and economies, is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. today in the Kansas Room in the
Amsterdam Guitar Trio is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. today at Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
■ Scenes from German literature by German actor Rolf Gunther will be presented at 8 p.m. today at Swarthowen Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
A Jayhawks for UNICEF meeting is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. today at Parlor A in the Kansas Union.
A KU Fencing Club meeting is scheduled at 8:30 p.m. today at Robinson Gymnasium.
By a Kansan reporter
Students who receive awards in the 1988-89 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship competition received a $300 for a 12-month fellowship tenure.
open to U.S. citizens who are members of one of the following minority groups: American Indian, Black, Asian, Alaskan or Native Pacific Islander.
Award winners also will receive a $6,000 cost-of-education allowance that will go to the institution chosen by the fellow for graduate study.
Graduate fellowships are intended for students at or near the beginning of graduate study in science or engineering. The deadline for entering the competitions is Nov 13, 1987 Awards will be announced in March 1988. More information and application materials can be obtained from the Fellowship Office, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, D.C., 20418.
Winners of the foundation's Minority Graduate Fellowship competition will receive the same stipend and cost-of-education allowance. The minority graduate competition is
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