Tuesday, December 8, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 7
Ohio Street residents may be left out in cold
Permit request from commission could be denied
By Chris Fickett
Kansan staff writer
Four tenants of an Ohio Street house could be kicked out of their apartments if the Lawrence City Commission rejects their landlords' request for a city permit tonight.
Kenneth Riedemann is the owner of a house at 805 Ohio St. Dan Riedemann, Kenneth's son, and his wife Sherri filed for a special permit from the city in 1994 that would allow them to rent rooms on the second floor of the house while renovating the first floor.
The city commission approved the Riedemann's request for the permit, which is called a use permitted upon review, in July 1994, and a building permit for renovations on the first floor was issued in September 1994.
The city says that the Riedemanns have not complied with many of the conditions of their use permitted upon review permit and that the permit has not been issued. The building permit for 805 Ohio St. also has been nullified because the Riedemanns
have not requested a building inspection in the past six months.
Without a use permitted upon review permit, the Riedemanns cannot rent rooms in the house, and without a building permit, they cannot make any renovations to the house.
In a letter to commissioners, Price Banks, the Riedemanns' attorney, said the Riedemanns should be permitted to continue to restore the structure.
Banks requested that the use permitted should be modified to allow ether the owner, or members of the owner's immediate family, to occupy the house.
The current permit specifies that the building be owner-occupied during the ten-year length of the use permitted upon review.
Banks also is requesting that multiple-family usage of 805 Ohio St. should be restricted to no more than five dwelling units. The current permit only allows four dwelling units.
On Oct. 22, city staff walked through 805 Ohio St. and inspectors found violations of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire and zoning codes.
Lee Smith, zoning enforcement officer, said the Riedemanns were in violation of zoning code because more than four unrelated individuals occupied the house.
LAWRENCE CITY COMMISSION
Tonight, the commission will consider other agenda items, including:
Approving a bid from B.A. Green for $56,370 for city commission room improvements.
Adopting resolutions that would degrade 804 New Jersey St. and 832 Connecticut St. environmentally blighted
Approving rezoning for 1423 and 1445 Maple Lane in the Brookpark Neighborhood
Authorizing the mayor to execute a request to the Kansas Department of Transportation for street and storm sewer improvements on Riverdale Road from North Iowa to North Michigan streets
- Receiving a recommendation from the Downtown Parking Advisory Board concerning a proposed improvement and benefit district for the city parking lot at the 800 block of New Hampshire and Rhode Island streets
Authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement with Duncan and Associates for zoning and subdivision code consulting services.
When students drive home for the holiday break, they should be aware of more than their fellow drivers.
Deer death numbers rising on Douglas County roads
Kansan staff writer
By Keith Burner
At least 150 deer have been hit by motorists in Douglas County this year, Sheriff Loren Anderson said.
Ed Hanlin, an administrative assistant for the Kansas Highway Patrol, said the problem was not new.
Anderson said the department has had several nights this year with more than four report deer-car collisions.
"Deer are very prolific in Kansas this time of year," he said. "There's several years of history of deer causing problems for drivers clear across the state."
Six deer were hit Nov. 26, and four were hit Sunday night.
In the former night, one of the cars that struck a deer was a Sheriff patrol car being driven by Dep. Dean Ohman.
"It was just a flash in my headlights," he said.
Sheriff's Capt. Bill Shepard said he could not remember another night with six deer-car accidents.
"It was crazy." he said.
A representative of the Kansas Department of Transportation said that deer-car collisions were common this time of year, but that Kansas drivers should be on the look-out all year.
"When you live in Kansas, it's just an expected hazard," she said.
Hanlin said that October, November and December made up one of two mating seasons, or ruts, for the whitetail deer each year. Chemical reactions in the deer's body cause males to be less cautious of dangers in their attempts to catch females.
"The second rut is in the spring after'the females give birth." Hanlin said.
But more than just deer's sexual urges are causing all the accidents.
"Deer are usually hit in the night because they are nocturnal and are usually moving more during the night, which is when they're harder to see," Sheriff Anderson said.
Hanlin said scarce food, coupled with the energy burned in
AVOIDING DEER
Be especially alert when driving through wooded regions or
areas near rivers and creeks.
Avoid drivina durina the early
Avoid driving during the early evening hours, because that is when deer have just awakened and are most hungry and least alert.
mating, forced deer to spend even more time foraging.
Hanlin said human disregard for the deer's natural range caused the two species to come in frequent contact.
He said roads built through tree rows, a crucial part of a deer's habitat, were the biggest factors in forcing deer into contact with humans.
That's bad for deer.
"A deer's two biggest predators are probably Smith and Wesson and Buick," Hanlin said.
Authorities warn students driving home to be especially alert while driving through wooded regions or areas near rivers and creeks.
They said to avoid driving during early evening hours because that is when deer have just awakened and is when deer are most hungry and least alert.
Lawrence business college gets makeover, new location
By Liz Wristen
Kansan staff writer
A new name and location are changing the future of a Lawrence business college.
Lawrence Career College, formerly known as the Center for Training in Business and Industry College, began classes Nov. 3. The school also held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 19 sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
Koberlein said the college chose to move because it needed a larger location for classrooms.
Steve Koberlein, executive director of the Lawrence Career College, said the school's name was changed to a more recognizable name because CTBI was too hard to remember.
Once we acquired the building, we began extensive remodeling." Koberlein said. "Now we have larger classrooms, more office space and new computer labs available for student use."
The college purchased the former Microtech building at 4824 Quail Crest Place last April, which is just north of the 15th Street and Wakarusa Drive. The college moved this fall from its location near Clinton Parkway and Kasold Drive.
Koberlein said the college was fully accredited, and students who attend may be eligible to receive school grants. He said the program was geared toward receiving a certificate in about 10 months.
The college offers associate degrees in executive assistance and accounting, and beginning Jan. 1, the school will offer degrees in medical office assistance.
Koberlein said the program included course work in computer accounting, office technology. English and math. The courses are offered in six-week sessions, and night classes are available.
Cheryl Mullen, assistant to the administration at the Electronics Institute of Technology, said the Electronics Institute offers degrees in electronics and computer programming. She said the school offered classes to both men and women, but the classes are predominantly male.
In contrast, Koberlen said classes at the Lawrence Career College were mostly made up of women.
The new Lawrence Career College is located at 4824 Quail Crest Place. Formerly known as the Center for Training in
Amber Fraley, office manager at the Lawrence Business Ledger, said she had not heard much about the college until reporters at the Ledger heard about the name change.
Koberlein said he hoped that would change. Although the number of students is not large, Koberlein said, he expected that to change within the next year. He said he expects the college to have 150 to 200 students beginning next year.
Business and Industry College, it began classes Nov. 3. Photo
by Matt J. Dauachert/KANSAN
"We are very excited about our future opportunities," Koberlein said. "We support KU because it's a great school, but KU isn't for everybody. Our school will allow people who have been traveling to Kansas City and Topeka to attend a technical college as another option."
Anyone interested in learning more about the college may contact Koberlein at 841-9640.
KU Baha'i stand up for followers denied higher education
By Steph Brewer Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas Baha'i Club is mounting a campaign to help fellow students halfway across the world who are being denied the right to an education.
The Iranian government shut down the Baha'i Institute of Higher Education on Sept. 29 and arrested several of its professors. Two of the professors now are on death row.
The institute was established in 1987 to provide higher education to Baha'is.
This incident is the latest in a government-led campaign against members of the Baba'i faith in Iran.
In 1991, the Iranian Supreme Revolutionary Cultural Council issued a memorandum titled The Baha'i Question. This memorandum, signed by the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the religious leader of Iran, said adherents of the Baha'i faith should be denied university education and employment. It also said the Baha'i community's
development should be blocked and their cultural roots outside of Iran should be destroyed.
The United Nations discovered and published this document in 1983, said Dwight Bashier, assistant to the director for external affairs at the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States in Washington D.C.
Bashier said it was not clear why the university was closed in September but that he thought the Iranian government was implementing the 1991 policy.
Amanda Boatright, president of the KU Baha'i Club, said the club was working with the U.S. Baha'i community to increase awareness of the situation in Iran.
Both the U.S. State Department and the White House have issued statements condemning the actions of the Iranian government. Besides closing the school, the government also executed a Baha'i man this summer for allegedly converting a Muslim woman.
She said students who had the privilege of receiving an education should help those who did not have the same privilege.
"Education is a right and privilege that I take for granted," said Boatright, Topeka junior.
"We deploy this attack on followers of the Baha'i faith and urge President Khatami to ensure the release of all Baha'is who have been arrested for the peaceful observance and expression of their faith," the White House said in an Oct. 2 statement.
He said universities across the nation were passing resolutions condemning the actions and writing letters to the Iranian education minister.
Boatright said the KU Baha'i Club was trying to set up meetings with University administrators to ask them to write similar letters.
"The U.S. government is actually being quite aggressive in confronting Iran," Bashier said.
"I think they have the ability to make a difference in this campaign," she said.
The Bahal'ifa faith was established in 1844 in Iran. It is a world religion and is the second-most widespread religion in the world. Key principles include the equality of men and women, the elimination of prejudices, the importance of university education and the need for a universal language.
There are about 300,000 Baha'is in Iran and 5 million worldwide.
More than 200 Baha'is have been killed since 1979 in post-revolution Iran, Bashier said. He said that although discrimination is not as bad as when the faith originally was established, Iranian Bahai 'is were still in a precarious position. Discrimination has worsened under President Mohammed Khatami, who was elected last year.
Bashier said that although adherents of other minority religions, such as Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians, had suffered discrimination. Baha'is were targeted especially because their faith was conceived after Islam.
"The Baha's is recognized as infidels," he said.
CLOSING OF THE BAHA'I INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
The Iranian government shut down the Baha'i faith's open university. Thirty-six faculty members were arrested. Two have been sentenced to death.
In keeping with a 1991 memorandum signed by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Baha'is are denied higher education in Iran.
The White House and the State Department have issued statements condemning the action.
- The KU Baha'i Club is working to increase awareness of the situation.
- They plan to ask the administration's help through letters to the Iranian education minister.
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