University Daily Kansan, September 17, 1982
Page 13
Planned county system strives to protect land for agriculture
By DOUG CUNNINGHAM Staff Reporter
A system is now being developed to help maintain the agricultural character of Douglas County and keep farmland in production, a planner in the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Department said yesterday.
The planner, David Guntert, said the goal of the Douglas County Land Evaluation and Site Assessment system, or LESA, is to preserve as much agricultural land as possible but still allow development in certain areas.
About 40,000 acres of agricultural land in Douglas County were taken out of production from 1864 to 1978. From the U.S. Census of Agriculture
Guenter acknowledged that, 40,000 acres was a large amount of land, but he would never accept the claim.
The Clinton Lake Reservoir and the new Kansas Highway 10 occupy about 20,000 of those acres, he said.
EVEN 80, the Douglas County Guide Plan, adopted in 1880 by the county commission, stresses that agricultural workers should stay in production, Guntert said.
"The primary thrust of that plan is to protect the natural environment and the agricultural character of the county," he said.
Development, where it occurs, should be in the natural growth areas of cities and towns in Douglas County, according to the plan.
The LESA system, which the planning department, the planning commission and the county commission are now working on, will provide guidelines for local officials to use in determining whether certain land
should remain agricultural or be developed, he said.
THE SYSTEM could be used to evaluate proposals for industrial parks.
"it is an developed at the local level to reflect the local situation," Guntert said. "He provides us with a system that helps us know out front what the criteria are."
The land evaluation part of the system will take into account the properties of each soil type, such as its physical and chemical characteristics,
Points will be assigned to each soil type, he said, according to its productivity. The higher-yielding soils will have the most points in the evaluation system, he said.
Site assessment makes up the other part of the LESA system, he said.
FACTORS TO be considered in assessing sites for development include the land uses around the area, the availability of utilities to the site and the proximity of the site to transportation and to an urban center, Guntert
"The closer it is, the more likelihood it would be suitable at some time in the future for urban development," he said.
Those factors also will be given point values, he said. The point values for the evaluation of the land and the assessment of the nearby site will be added together, he said.
Then, based on point totals, the planning department will recommend that certain pieces of land remain agricultural land. The planning and county commissions can also use the system in evaluating land, he said.
DOUGLAS COUNTY is the first county in Kansas to work on putting together such an evaluation system, he said, and development of the system has been in stages.
has been in bags.
We're going to have the land
environment portion of the system pretty
well finalized by the end of October and
the site assessment portion of the
program completed by the end of this
year," he said.
The LESA system might be ready for use by local officials by January or February of next year, he said.
Even though the planning department and the planning and county commissions can use the plan in evaluating land, the county and county commissions still make the final question en questions of zoning. Guntert said.
FOR EXAMPLE, even if a certain piece of land should be recommended for development according to the LESA system, the county commission could still say the land should remain agricultural, he said.
Every semester students are hit by the financial crunch of buying textbooks, many of which are written by their professors. But one KU professor, Richard DeGeorge, refuses to profit from his students.
By BRET WALLACE Staff Reporter
DeGeorge, professor of philosophy and Soviet and East European studies, said recently that he refunded royalties written and required students to purchase.
He said that this semester he refunded $1.40 to each of the 60 students in Philosophy 360, Moral Issues in Business. Those students were required to buy his latest book, "Business Ethics."
"The second day of classes, people started waving their books when he
Lori Taylor, Salina junior, a student in the class, said she thought many of her classmates were surprised by the refund.
TAYLOR SAID DeGeorge announced the refund the first day of class. She said many students did not have their refunds until the second day and the refund unless they showed the book.
came into the room." Taylor said, "and he started throwing manila envelopes with $1.40 in them at people with the books."
Professor pays back philosophy text royalties
No one opened an envelope right away to see whether there was actually money in it, he said. So DeGeorge pointed to one of the students and told him to open the envelope to prove that there was money in it.
"I guess all just trusted him that he was money in "he envelope. Texter
ANOTHER MEMBER of the class, Lori Sunderland, Overland Park senior, said she thought it was "kind of what that DeGeorge was giving the refund."
"The $1.40 was no big deal, but the idea was good." Sunderland said. "It showed that he really believes in moral ethics.
"Most teachers wouldn't do that. They would try to get a buck wherever they could."
George said that although he refunded money to students in all classes he taught that used his books, he made a point of using it in the class. He also said that lack of interest in business. He said it gave the class something concrete to start the
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DeGeorge said that he had written or edited 14 books but that "Business Ethics" was only the third he had used in a class.
Do George said the conflict of interest arose because he could use the book for one of two reasons: either because it was the best book about business ethics or because he would make money from each book sold.
BY GIVING the money back to the students, he loses money because he must still pay taxes on the royalties. so he has removed himself from the conflict and shown that he uses the book as a tool in that it is the best one available, he said.
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He said he did not know of any other professors who gave money back to their students.
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A KU STUDENT in Stouffer Place told KU police that his wife hit him with a lamp Wednesday morning. The light bulb of the lamp shattered, creating a 4 inch cut in the man's upper arm, police said.
THEVES STOLE a framed picture of 80 women worth $1,300 from a sorority house Aug. 30, KU police said. A man was found dead when the owner arrived until yesterday because the owners expected the item to be returned, police said.
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