Wednesday, August 18.1976
University Daily Kansan
7
By PAUL D. ADDISON
Watson oversees the city
Staff Writer
Buford Watson's office on the fourth floor of the First National Bank building is situated at the center of downtown Lawrence, a fitting place, since Watson, a city manager, has been the city manager, obviously thrives in being the hub of affairs which concern the city.
Watson, 46, is a congenial and confident city administrator. He gives the impression of being an efficient, unruffled and kind man. He is obviously very proud of his work.
On the wall opposite a large neat desk in its office hang the certificates for his B.S. and M.S. in Public Administration from the Universities of Missouri and Kansas; notification of numerous other awards and a management Code of Ethics certificate.
He has been assistant city manager of San Angelo, Texas and has been city manager of Henryetta, Okla.; Muskogee, Okla., Sioux City, Iowa, and now Lawrence.
Since taking over in Lawrence in 1970, Watson has seen many changes in the city and especially in the attitude of students toward it.
"1970 was a horrible year with a lot of confrontation," he said. Since then, there has been a great improvement in relations between the police and the public, especially with police officers," he said.
Watson attributed this improvement to a change in student attitudes and the result of a human relations counseling program in 1971. In 1973, the Walter Menninger Foundation in Topkappa, in 1971.
Watson stresses the importance of a healthy relationship between the city and the University in aiding community development.
"You probably get more criticism because you have more experts around," he said. "However, the divergence of opinion help make the city grow and people are encouraged to live here because they can express themselves."
Watson welcomed the use made by
Buford Watson
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Donna Heller. . .
Her first job was as an attorney for the Kansas Highway Commission. She worked there until October 1973, when she began her term as an assistant attorney general.
Donald Hoffman, chief assistant attorney general, said, "She had a reputation for being extremely well respected. She filled some delicate cases in the Highway Courts and was well respected, very professional."
"One weekend I kept gripping about some of the homework. On Monday morning Professor Heller got up in front of the class and said, 'I believe Mrs. Heller is ready to tell us about it.' I looked up and said, 'No.' Francis looked stunned. The class was more at ease with me after that. I don't know if he knew what happened so slouthern or because I said no to a professor. You just don't do that too many times in law school," she said.
Her experience in the League of Women Voters was also helpful, he said.
"I was less than a year out of law school," she said. "Many lawyers practice for years and never get to take a case to a federal court."
Heller said she had quit after her duties shifted to consumer protection, which she considered less of a challenge. Most of the big decisions in consumer protection had been made, and it was a lot of automatic letter-writing, she said.
Heller said her most exciting case came when she was the attorney for the Kansas Highway Commission. She argued an enforcement action on a 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
Since she quit her post in Topeka, Heller has gone into private law practice and is now working as a lawyer in school. She said she enjoyed it but would need more practice before teaching law full time.
students of the city's facilities, such as the library and recreational areas. He also encouraged student participation in local community projects and organizations. He developed engineering and park and recreation programs as possible areas of involvement.
She wants to work as an attorney, but there are problems in finding a position. She said that she would take a position just to get a job that would be to very challenging.
She has considered running for an elective office, and has seen asked by friends to run. If she were to be a candidate, she'd run for a "toughie"—state senator, she said.
"A student who is making good grades doesn't have a lot of time to get involved," he said with a smile. "I would encourage students to offer their special interest and develop JJ."
"I'm pleased with the way we've got more involved with mental health and with some of the agencies providing social services," he said. "We've also tried to work more closely with neighborhood associations, for the Equal Access Center and Pinckney Improvement Associations."
Watson's involvement with the whole Lawrence community has made him eager to pursue projects which directly involve the people of the city.
Watson's work hasn't all been plain sailing as he ruffly acknowledged. His dealings with some 400 city employees in recent months have tested his ability to act rationally and fairly while protecting what he believes are the best interests of the city. Watson spoke philosophically about the role of city workers, firefighters and police officers which at times looked likely to bring the city to a standstill.
"I learned a great deal about their housing projects and their transportation programs," he said. "Of course, Europe is more socialistic than America but I got a lot of feedback from the US and I met personally from a mid-career standpoint and will hopefully be to Lawrence."
Earlier this year Watson made a three-week urban government study of several cities in England, Germany and Holland. He returned excited with what he had seen and with the possible ramifications for Lawrence.
"I've been meeting with these employee organizations ever since I came here and it's simply a situation which I have to deal with," he said. "This community is not a strong labor community. I have to carry out the policies of the city commission and if we are going to do that for collective bargaining then all I can take care of is the grievances."
"Through lobbying, I found the Senate the most interesting group to work with. There's less turnover. The Senate holds the majority. Many major pieces of legislation," she said.
The bicycle path program and a scheme to redevelop the 600 block of Massachusetts street will incorporate some of the ideas he picked in Eurene. Watson said.
Watson's role at the center of city affairs and his perspectives of other urban communities have increased his perception of how he has been accomplished in Lawrence in the 1970s.
"I guess I have a strong ego," he said,
"I'm really proud of what we have done."
Although she has always been interested in politics, Heller hasn't been an active
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party worker because she had to remain non-partisan as a member of League boards. But she does think women should be active in party politics.
Her interest extends just so far, however; she watched the All-Star game instead of that.
An accident in a Kansas City restaurant six years ago was the twist of fate that is giving Karyl Russell her college education and some growing pains.
By SHERRY FRANKLIN
Physical limitations needn't be handicaps, KU student learns
Kathy speaks about her past freely as she recounts the events that brought her to the University of Kansas. It has been uphill all the way, punctuated by a few high points.
A visit that was scheduled to lead
months has stretched indefinitely into the
past.
DURING A visit with her sister, in 1970, Kathy slipped on a patch of grease in a Kansas City restaurant. With her kneecap splintered beyond repair, the hospital patched the leg by fusing the bones together.
For reasons that are still unknown to her doctors, this begin a series of blood clots that spread throughout the wounds for two to three months at a time. (Her shortest stay lasted one and one-half
For someone who used to lead an active life, including skating in the Roller Derby, they are a valuable asset.
Unable to go back to her regular job of driving a barkery truck in Ohio, Kathy decided to finish her high school education at La Salle High School in Kansas City, Mo.
The semester began and there were no problems, that is, until the third week of school. She developed severe blood clots in her left leg, and was confined to Watkins Hospital for a period of time labelled "indefinite" by her doctors.
THE EXPERIENCE at De La Salle gave her a considerable amount of confidence in herself, so she decided to apply to KU for admission in August, 1975. She was acaused that her hopes were raised as she pointed herself towards an Occupational Therapy degree.
She thought her experience with her leg condition would help her to empathize with others who shared the same or related problems.
THERE WERE those who stated naively that she would funk out of college. Others said she wasn't college material and that she was wasting her time. Still others approached her with the disheartened verdict that she was a 'slow learner.'
As her stay at Watkins hospital stretched on and on Kathy began to wonder if she would have to spend her life working in a factory after all.
Still determined to prove herself, Kathy hired tutors to assist her with her school and agreed with the critics. They gave Kathy a support and technical assistance to enable her to gain a 3.0 grade point average in the semester and a 4.0 G.P.A. this semester.
BUT THIS wasn't the first crisis of Kathy's life. Born in New Castle, Pa, she was orphaned when she was six months old. She lived in 19 different homes between first and fourth grade, her dropped out of school to support herself by picking strawberries.
If all the world's a stage then Kathy Russell has run the gamut in choosing parts to play. While skating on the roller derby team, she works energetically at Long Beach Naval Air Station.
When she returned to Ohio after skating a
season, she drove a bakery truck, became the supervisor, and was the only female driver for the company. She brought the team to work as she routes from the bottom rank to the top.
"The bonus checks still arrive every Christmas." she says with suppressed pride.
As December of 1975 approached the blood clots in Kathy's left leg showed no signs of subsiding. They were beginning to be a severe threat to her life.
In December the doctors at Watkins Hospital approached Kathy to discuss the possibility of amputation. She consented after only a short period of thought. Her doctor asked her to feel feeling dependent and helpless. She thought, "anything has to be an improvement."
SHE HAD been taking massive doses of heparin to eliminate the clots. Other anti-coagulants were used also. There was no effect. Kathy was told that her case was only two in the world and there was no knot closer to her problem, short of amputation.
Two days before Christmas, she underwent surgery at Lawrence Memorial Hospital to have her entire left leg removed. Because she would be fitted with an artificial leg,
On Christmas Day, she was hobbling around on crutches, selling her deceunage
projects to the nurses and the other patients.
Her amputation was the beginning of a holk new series of challenges. The nerve and muscle were fixed.
IN THE meantime, she was plagued by "phantom pains" that often brought tears to her eyes with their intensity. She said it often felt as if the leg were still there.
Until the pain subsided, Kathy needed to be exposed to large amounts of pain killer.
"That's not going to happen to me," she said.
With physical problems aside, Kathy was introduced to a new world and still another new identity for herself when she was placed in the hospital. She was a disabled person.
She purposefully limited extensive use of pain killing drugs because she had seen too much addiction take place when she had spent time in other hospitals.
"OTHER people aren't sure how to react to you," she said. "People treat you as if you've lost sight, hearing and speech—they treat you like a moron."
To cope with the image others have of the disabled person, Kathy insists upon doing things with other people. This includes playing tennis or her basketball team—wheelchair and all.
She tries to reeducate those around her. It See HANDICAP page 10
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