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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday. October 14, 1998
Woman arrested in drug lab bust
Douglas County Sheriff's officers arrested a 37-year-old Eudora woman Monday night after they found a lab used to manufacture crystal methamphetamine in her home.
Home stash found; crystal meth seized
By Keith Burner
Kansan staff writer
The officers also confiscated six or seven grams of crystal meth, worth between $200 and $300, said Douglas County Undersheriff Kenny
Two other people were with the woman, who lives in the 900 block of Fir Street, when she was arrested. They were interviewed but not arrested, Massey said.
Massey, who was one of the two officers who made the bust, said that the other two suspects likely would face charges for involvement with the lab.
Massey.
The sheriff's office received word of the possibility of the meth lab by a phone call two weeks earlier.
When the two officers arrived at the house and knocked on the door, they were given consent to enter and search the home, Massey said.
Massey said when they entered the house, they discovered the woman in the process of making crystal meth in a lab.
"It was a very nice set-up," Massey said. "It was in one room and of no danger to the neighborhood."
The woman's 6-year-old daughter was in the house when officers arrived, but was released into the custody of family members.
This is the second time this year the woman has been arrested on methamphetamine charges. She had been previously arrested in Jackson County, Mo., on similar charges. Masse said.
Since this was her second offense
in such a short period of time, her trial most likely will be in federal court. Massey said.
Following her arrest, the woman was placed in the Douglas County Jail on charges of the manufacturing of methamphetamine, felony possession of drug paraphernalia and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
Sherif Loren Anderson said the woman was released early yesterday afternoon until the drug analysis reports came back.
Officers also confiscated three rifles, a shotgun and a pistol from the home, but they probably will be returned, Massey said.
International council forms
Foreign students get group to represent their interests
By Pallavi Agarwal Kansan staff writer
After a hiatus of five years, a University of Kansas student organization that seeks to be a political voice for the KU international community is back, but with a new name.
The International Leadership Council will represent all registered international student groups on campus and all international students without national groups, said Sandra Rainero, Italy graduate student and club president.
The council also appoints an international senator, marking the first time in four years that the Student Senate position has been filled. The international senator serves as a liaison for the campus international community, the Student Senate and the University.
The group was called the International Council and was a part of the International Student Association, the largest cultural group of international students on campus. The two separated to help the council bring representation to the 1,500 international students on campus. Rainero said.
"The University is only concerned with getting our money," she said.
Rainiero cited several decisions made in recent years by the Board of Regents she said have made it harder for international students to make education viable at the University.
Changes include doing away with linear tuition, withdrawal of spousal benefits for
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
What: International student group, formerly known as the International Council, has been dormant for five years.
Contact: Sandra Rainero, president, 841-6995.
Next meeting: 5 p.m. Oct. 22 at Alcove D in the Kansas Union
graduate assistants and the withdrawal of in-state tuition benefits for all out-of-state students who attended Kansas high schools.
Joe Potts, director of International Student Services, said a distinction had to be made between decisions made by the University and the Board of Regents.
"Some of the policy changes have not been made with international students in mind," he said. "One of the unfortunate results is that it affected international students."
Alessandro Montgomery-Soares, Brazil senior and international senator, has proposed a Student Senate bill to help the international groups centralize their presence.
The bill is to be voted on in the Student Senate meeting Oct. 21 and, if approved, will create a new category of student organizations called international student organizations.
All registered student organizations that belong to this category would need to send representatives to at least 75 percent of the council's meetings every semester, Montgomery-Soares said.
International student organizations then would be represented by the international senator and would have opportunities to interact with other student organizations that belong to the group, he said.
Neighborhood may be hooked up to sewer lines
By Chris Fickett
Kansan staff writer
Residents of the Western Hills neighborhood may have their septic tanks replaced with city sewer lines, alleviating four decades of sanitation problems.
The Lawrence City Commission decided last night to consider a sanitary sewer benefit district for 66 lots in the neighborhood, at a Nov. 10 public hearing.
The estimated cost is $15,000 for each lot, and each property owner would be responsible for half the cost of installation and connection. The city's share of the cost would be financed with 15-year bonds.
Commissioner Bob Moody said fewer lots should be included in the benefit district because about half of the installations were estimated at less than $15,000.
"There aren't any incentives for people who can get it at a lesser rate," he said.
Property owners in the district can drop out of the program if they already have plans to connect to existing sewer lines.
Most residents in the neighborhood have septic tanks. Six tanks in Western Hills, north of 15th Street between Monterey Way and Wagonwheel Road, have failed in the past three years, raising environmental and health concerns.
Carmela Sibley, president of the Western Hills Neighborhood Association, said, "The reason why we are asking the city to pay all costs is that it would be the most economical, most logical and most straight forward way to handle it." she said.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Moody said the city shouldn't pay for the entire bill.
STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES
B. O.C.O.
Board of Class Officers and Student Union Activities would like to recognize the winners of the 1998 Ex.C.E.L. Award, for Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership.
Karen Isley Kevin Yoder
The winners will be honored at the Homecoming Parade and at halftime of the Homecoming football game.
inalists:
M. Kendall Day
Chris Hess
Rene Meyer
Erika Nutt
Finalists:
Erik (E.J.) Reedy Melissa Robinson Michael Schindler Kelly Thompson