2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
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University Senate Rules and Regulations.
Article I. Section 4. (1.4.3):
"Examinations and tests other than final examinations should not be scheduled in conflict with mandated religious observances. In order to ascertain in a given class if a scheduled examination conflicts with a mandated religious observance, at the beginning of the semester the instructor shall ask students who may be affected to identify themselves privately so that a make-up examination may be scheduled at a mutually acceptable time."
Breeder takes flight in St. Joe
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo.- Jon Carr remembered a time growing up when it seemed everyone in St. Joseph raised pigeons.
pigeons "We used to ride all over town and look at all the pigeons people had," Carr said.
Now Carr has taken up raising pigeons again. Only this time he calls them pure white racing homers.
He and his daughter-in-law Beth Carr have recently started a partnership called Beth's Wedding Doves.
the duo trains and displays white doves for release at weddings, funerals and other special occasions. It is an aesthetic service for those who want a special and memorable touch for their events, said Carr.
The idea for a dove-release business began almost a year ago when Carr was surfing the Internet looking for information on his boyhood hobby of raising pigeons.
he works part-time as a teacher's alde at Skiah School, and he needed something else to fill his days.
something he noticed that the dove release businesses were mostly concentrated on the east and west coasts. He found only a few in his state; he found none in Northwest Missouri.
That prompted Carr to call his daughter-in-law with the idea of starting a business together.
"All I wanted to do was raise birds and I said, 'can we do business if I train the birds and you handle the weddings and all that stuff?' " Carr said.
Beth Carr had lost her job as a flight attendant when Vanguard Airlines ceased operations two years earlier.
She saw it as the perfect opportunity to work and stay home with her two children, 3-year-old Spencer and 7-month-old Sydnee.
"I thought about that and I said maybe I was meant to work with things that fly." she said.
So Carr sent off and got his first birds, nine of them, in March. By June they where ready for their first outing, a fund-raiser walk for the Samaritan Center.
Recently they did a wedding in Oregon, Mo., Carr said.
"Oregon's about 35 miles from here. An hour after they let them go I was sitting here on the deck and they dropped in." Carr said.
The Carrs are also scheduled to do a release with the new St. Joseph Public Library building that opens Sent. 12.
He also said that people could rest assured their birds are well taken care of. They take special precautions for their care by limiting them to a 50 to 75 mile radius around the St. Joseph area.
Currently the business has 22 doves. Carr said they would like to have about 100 and are now breeding their own.
"We never release them after dark, indoors or in a storm. We care about them getting home safely," Carr said.
Whole world in his hands
Joshua Kendall/KANSAN
Ben Perkins, Dallas sophomore, balances the 6-foot inflatable ball on Wesco Beach used in the game Earthball. Sigma Kappa and Tau Kappa Epsilon used the ball to attract for teams to participate in the games to support the Alzheimer's Association Sunday, Sept. 26.
WEST NILE: Virus' immunity grows
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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirmed 14 human cases of West Nile in Kansas in 2004. At least seven people in Kansas have died from the virus since 2003.
Health officials have not recorded any human cases of West Nile in Douglas County but have confirmed its presence in birds.
around Kansas long enough that humans were beginning to build immunity to the disease.
"Most people will get this," she said. "They may not get a single symptom, but we think once they're bitten they are immune for life."
Strother said students who think they may have been infected with the virus should report to Watkins.
Strother said the virus had been
ON THE RECORD
A 19-year-old KU student reported the theft of a Yamaha moped valued at $200 from 1122 Ohio St. between Sunday, Aug. 29 at 1 p.m. and Thursday, Sept. 2 at 1 p.m.
— Edited by Bill Cross
A 22-year-old KU student was arrest ed for driving under the influence at 1008 W. 23rd St. at 4:56 a.m.
Saturday.
A 19-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to a 1995 Toyota on the 500 block of W. 13th St. at 2:45 a.m. Saturday. Damage was estimated to cost $500.
A 19-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to the window and tire of the student's car with estimated cost of $1,050. Damage occurred on the 1000 block of N. Mississippi St. between 1:15 a.m. and 2:06 a.m. Saturday morning.
A 22-year-old KU student was arrested at 140 a.m. Saturday morning on 9th and Ohio St. for failing to stay in a lane and driving under the influence.
A 21-year-old KU student was burglared at the student's residence between 5 p.m. Saturday and 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Miscellaneous clothing items and bottles of cologne were stolen with a total value of $280.
A 19-year-old KU student's car was burglarized on 529 Maple St. between 7:48 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Sunday. An in-dash stereo valued at at $250 was taken.
A 20-year-old KU student was arrested 5:27 a.m. Sunday at Crossgate and 24th Streets for reckless driving, no proof of insurance and driving under the influence.
A 19-year-old reported criminal damage to a car window on 1108 Ohio St. between midnight and 3 p.m. Sunday. Estimated damage is $300.
A 20-year-old KU student's car was burglarized on the 1500 block of University Drive between midnight and 2 p.m. Sunday. A subwoofer, amplifier and CD player were stolen with the total value of $ 1,450.
A 25-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to a 2001 Honda Civic with estimated damage of $700. The incident occurred before 4 a.m. Sunday.
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