Wednesday, November 4, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
A snow plow driven by Margie Skulskie, Lawrence resident, runs through a dry route yesterday. Depending on how bad the weather is, it generally takes three hours to run through priority roads. It can take more than 12 hours to run all the routes. Photo by Christina Neff/KANSAN
Test run plows path for snowflakes to fall
Maintenance crews winterize trucks for 3-inch snows
By Chris Fickett Kansan staff writer
Students may have mistaken a cold drizzle cascading down yesterday afternoon for little white flakes when they saw snow trucks cruising down city streets.
Yesterday's cold temperatures and dark, cloudy skies provided an appropriate atmosphere for the City of Lawrence's annual snow removal practice, but there was no snow for the city crews to plow.
Tom Orsulak, city street maintenance manager, said each year the public works department street maintenance crews practiced snow removal operations.
Street maintenance crews installed snow removal equipment on their trucks and drove their routes during the practice.
The city snow removal plan divides Lawrence into five areas and 13 specific snow routes. Each route follows a priority order from the most to the least traveled.
in the event of snow, arterial streets, such as Iowa and 23rd
streets, are plowed first, followed by collector streets, such as Tennessee and Kentucky streets, then areas around schools, residential streets and cul-de-sacs.
Orsulak said that snow plowing was not effective for snow less than three inches deep. Public works crews spread salt and sand along the same routes for less than three inches of snow.
Snow removal at the University of Kansas is handled by Facilities Operations.
Larry Rollins, assistant director of construction, said that crews had been looking at blades and spreaders to see if they were in good condition.
Rollins also said that Facilities Operations had filled its sand barn.
Although Facilities Operations did not have a dry run, Rollins said that Facilities Operations had assigned crews to certain routes and had targeted areas that were not plowed effectively last year.
He said that Facilities Operations would be prepared for a sudden snowfall because snow plows and sand spreaders could be attached to trucks in a couple of minutes.
The KU weather service forecast does not expect snow to fall in Lawrence through Saturday night.
Environs protest Snowbarger plans
By Liz Wristen
Kansas staff writer
Kansas River pollution big problem, group says
Members of KU Environs and other KU students protested the condition of the Kaw River yesterday and Monday morning.
The students waved signs and banners at Sixth and Massachusetts streets in opposition to the re-election of Rep. Vince Snowbarger.
Snowbarger, the Republican incumbent in the 3rd District, was defeated by Democrat Dennis Moore.
Snowharger recently received a 0 percent rating on the 1988 League of Conservation Voters Environmental Scorecard.
Matt Dunbar, president of KU Environs, said the
organization chose to take a stand because it wanted to urge voters to keep the environment in mind when voting. He said KU Environs did not think Snowbarker was concerned with the environment or the water quality in Lawrence.
"Snowbarger has done no good for the environment," Dunbar said. "He had his chance, and he blew it. It is obvious that he is not interested in environmental concerns."
Dunbar said seven members of KU Environs, along with a few other students, spent Monday morning attracting the attention of motorists. Five students associated with KU Environs protested yesterday morning, too.
Bridgett Chapin, Lawrence doctoral student, said she hoped the demonstration helped people decide to vote.
"This kind of thing helps people remember that it's election day," Chapin said. "We really wanted people to consider the environment when voting. This is our water supply we are talking about. The
Kaw River is already heavily polluted, and I don't want to see it trashed anymore."
Andrea Repinsky, olaten senior and member of KU Environs for four years, said the last time the organization got involved with elections was in 1966 when Bever Warster ran for county commissioner.
She said KU Environs supported Worster because she was concerned with environmental issues.
"Bew was very committed to not being controlled by developers." Repinksy said. "Snowbarger, on the other hand, has never been concerned with anything regarding the environment."
Ringo Witkowski, Wayne, Neb., sophomore, said he thought it was important that people were aware of the issues in the elections.
"I think it was important that people got out there and voted for the right people," Witkowski said. "For me, the key is that we focus on things that people already know about, like environmental concerns. We wanted them to keep these concerns in mind when voting."
StudEx to discuss conduct of Kaiser
By Seth Jones
Kansan staff writer
The performance of Scott Kaiser, student body vice president, will be the topic of discussion at tonight's student executive committee meeting.
Last week Kaiser was given a letter at a Student Senate committee meeting that detailed problems six members of StudEx had with his job performance. StudEx is a 13-member standing committee that approves the agenda of each Senate meeting.
The letter said Kaiser was not serving his office hours, had disregarded what StudEx said and raised general leadership questions.
Seth Hoffman, Nunemaker senator and one who signed the letter of complaint, said he hoped the problems would be worked out at the StudEx meeting.
Kaiser said he thought there were more important things for StudEx to address with its meeting time.
He said tonight's meeting would give him a chance to show some of the allegations are a misperception.
Kaiser said he figured out on
paper the amount of hours he spends on Senate activities each week.
"I put in at least 25 to 30 hours a week, which is more than I'm supposed to," he said. "I get paid for 20 hours a week, but every paid senate member ends up working more hours than they get paid for."
Partha Mazundar, graduate senator and one who signed the letter of complaint, said another problem was he and others thought Kaiser had been biased while running Senate meetings.
"His main job is to run Senate meetings," he said. "It says in 'Robert's Rules of Order,' the chair is supposed to be above everything."
Kevin Yoder, student body president, said students were the ones really losing.
"This slows us all down with people playing politics," he said. "We were elected to serve the students, not to argue about petty issues."
Kaiser gets paid $5,592 a year for his job as vice president. He also is allowed to purchase a blue parking permit.
"The pay comes out to 20 hours a week at minimum wage." Yoder said. "But a lot of times, we put in much more than 20 hours a week."
Former chancellor's wife dies, remembered kindly
By Jason Pearce
Kansas staff writer
University faculty members remember the wife of a former chancellor as a warm and energetic person dedicated to the arts.
Barbara Benton Wescoe, who was the wife of Chancellor Clarke Wescoe, died Monday in New London, Minn. She was 75.
Marilyn Stokstad, professor of art history, who worked with Wescoe in the 1960s at the Spencer Museum of Art and had remained good friends with her, said she was a delightful woman full of energy and good will.
"She always worked for the good of the University," Stokstad said. "She took her role as the wife of the chancellor as a full-time job."
Stokstad said Wescoe played an important role in the museum's development.
"She was good at doing things that she spotted as need help, and the museum was one of those," she said.
Wescoe was responsible for moving Spencer Museum from a volunteer-based institution to one with a professional staff, she said.
Stokstad was Wescoe also founded the gallery guild for the museum, which raised contributions for purchasing new works of
art. This later became the Friends of Art Museum, and it has about 800 members.
One of the fund-raisers that Wesco began, a formal ballroom dance, also helped to develop the museum.
Wescoe also was involved in the University Women's Club, and she received the Fred Ellsworth medallion for University service in 1986.
Services will be held Nov. 14 at Green Lake Bible Camp Chapel in Spicer, Minn., where the Wescos made their retirement home.
Raymond Nichols, a former chancellor who succeeded Clarke Wescoe, said he remembered Barbara Wescoe as an artistic person who gave the University many gifts.
"The Wesces were very warm and very friendly people," Nichols said. "They were quite different people and were always involved in entertainment."
Andrea Norris, director of the Spencer Museum, said the Wescens' work continued to be a large presence at the museum.
She said that the museum was home to several sculptures and paintings that were contributed by the Wescoes, especially in the Asian gallery.
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