Page 12 University Daily Kansan, November 19, 1982
Corps offers 135 acres for lease.
Corps offers 135 acres for lease City eyes land for future parks
By DOUG CUNNINGHAM Staff Reporter
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department has finished preliminary work on leasing about 135 acres of land near Clinton Lake that could provide land for city park use 10 and even 20 years from now.
Fred DeVictor, director of the department, said yesterday that he had made preliminary contacts with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a local North Clinton Parkway and Dragstrip Road and about one-half mile from the city limits.
DeVictor said that if the Lawrence City Commission authorized leasing the land, it could be leased for only a small amount each year, such as a few dollars, and the city would not have to buy land for city parks in the area.
BUT IN EXCHANGE for being allowed to use the land, the city must maintain it and pay for any improvements, he said.
The commission is scheduled to discuss DeVictor's proposal at a study
session 3 p.m. Monday at City Hall
The city also would have to give the corps a general development plan that outlines any anticipated improvements or changes to the land. DeVictor said
DeVictor said that improvements to the area could include ball diamonds, hiking and jogging trails, tennis courts and picnic areas.
HOWEVER, DeVictor said that those uses were only possible ideas for the land and that the commission would have to appropriate money for any improvements.
City growth to the southwest makes it necessary for officials to think about finding land for parks now, DeVictor said.
During the 1970s the southwestern part of Lawrence was one of the areas that grew the fastest, he said, and the city's comprehensive development plan allows for more growth to the southwest.
"The Clinton Reservoir is a natural attraction," he said. "It's amazing how much that area has grown already."
IF THE CITY leases the land, it would not necessarily have to develop the area as a park now, he said, but the city at least has land available which needs goods.
One option the city has is to sublease
any undeveloped land to individuals for
their own use.
"In turn, that money that the farmers pay would come to the city and could be used to offset the cost of any maintenance required," he said.
If the commission wants to go ahead with leasing the land, it would have to place consideration of that on the agenda of one of its regular meetings.
DEVICTOR SAID he would recommend that to the commission Monday because the city now has a chance to ensure that future needs for parkland in the area can be satisfied.
Another benefit of the land is its low cost to the city, DeVictor said.
"There's an opportunity for us to get some land, at no cost to local tax payers, that we can use for future planning," he said.
Gay law talk rescheduled
Gays and lesbians who were worried about their legal rights and who hoped to find out more about what will have to wait awhile longer.
A speech on "Gays and the Law," which was supposed to have been delivered at 7:30 last night in the building where Mr. Bush rescheduled the Union, was rescheduled for Dec. 2.
The delay occurred when David Greis, a Kansas City lawyer who was to give the speech, received a message yesterday morning from that said he had a scheduling conflict and the meeting was canceled.
KU students, however, were not told of the cancellation, and more than 30 people waited 45 minutes for Greis' arrival.
The person who earlier had arranged the speech said that she had never talked to Greis' secretary any rescheduling or cancellation.
Strip-O-Grams latest
By KIESA ASCUE Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The stripper swayed rhythmically to a disco beat, undulating seductively. She danced toward a shy customer in the dining hall of a fraternity house, wiggling her hips and stroking her thighs.
For $30, Kim Morse, a stripper for Strip-O-Grapes, will peel off her black spandex pants, high-heeled boots and black shawl to music. If the customers prefer, she will come dressed in a pink sweater or any costume their fantasies crave.
She says she strips down to that cape, seenweeny bikini that captures the essence of her style.
STRIP-O-GRAMS started business last week with a striptease at Templin Hall, said O.J. Schwartz, the owner. He had three strippers and two females, he said.
Schwartz said he had received between 35 and 60 phone calls daily from people interested in Strip-O-Gratas. Most calls have been from giggling, nervous people who do not order one, he said.
The strippers receive $12 for their
seven- to 10-minute dances, and
expenses takes the rest for "operating"
exchanges.
Schwartz provides a male escort for
the cooks, servers and sets up the
impregnancies for them.
Morse said she had never had any trouble with aggressive men, although sometimes it was difficult for her to turn down their invitations politely.
"I'm 5 feet 7 inches and weigh 128 pounds, and I have competed as a body builder in Kansas. "Morse said. "As far as handling myself, I'm not the least bit
"THE ONLY thing I have trouble with is when the guys get the wrong impression. People don't think I'm a nice girl. That hurts my feelings."
Morae said the desire to undress in front of a group of men lurked inside her.
"I've often seen girls in bars with their blouses unbuttoned too low, and they wouldn't mind taking it off after they get a few beers in them," she said. "You got in us, too." In everyday's little bit crazy, and besides, it's fun.
Morse said most customers respected her for her work and she enjoyed doing it.
Morse said she had taken dates to her performances so they could see that they had nothing to worry about. Her current boyfriend hates what she does, but he understands that she needs the money for school, she said.
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"We stayed up and talked all night," said his mother, Joyce Acker. "He talked about his experiences, but he can't explain his feelings."
Mrs. Acker said that having her son home felt "absolutely marvelous."
The last time she and her husband, Carl, saw their son, he was a zealous. They would have never let him go.
"He looks so grown up. He looks good." she said.
Acker, upon arriving at the Sacramento Metropolitan Airport late Wednesday night, said he would do it all over again.
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