UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesdav. August 16 1995
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Internet finds new home for collie
Phillip Brownlee
Kansan staff writer
A KU employee used cyber-space this summer to rescue a collie and to arrange the dog's cross-country trip to a new home.
Elizabeth Naime, secretary in the German department, matched a collie from the Lawrence Humane Society with a family in California by advertising the dog, Kavik, on the Internet.
"I stopped by the shelter in May, and they said they were having trouble placing Kavik," Naime said. "I decided to try a mailing list for collies."
Naime, who owns a collie herself, posted a message on the Internet describing the 10-year-old dog's plight. The next day she was contacted by Sharl Hartmann of Anaheim, Calif., Kavik's new owner.
Kavik had been at the shelter for one year after being taken from his original owners because of cruelty and neglect.
"Kavik had a temperature of 106 and was infested with maggots when we took him," said Renee Harris, shelter manager.
He also weighed just 30 pounds, less than half of what's
"Kavik had such a tragic beginning and middle that he deserved a happy ending."
Ronce Harris Humane Society Shelter Manager
normal for a full-size collie.
Although the Humane Society usually keeps animals for only two weeks, the shelter made Kavik its special project, helping him regain his weight and overcome bad habits.
"My wife and I took Kavik for walks seven days a week," said Don Fisher, Humane Society board president. "I'm proud that he turned out so well, especially considering his circumstances."
But even though Kavik had a new owner, the question remained of how to get him to California.
Again, Naime looked to the Internet for help.
Naime sent a message over the Internet to a group called the Canine Underground Railroad, which uses volunteers to arrange transportation for needy dogs.
Within 24 hours, she had four replies.
Naime was able to arrange travel for Kavik from Lawrence to Lincoln, Neb.; from Lincoln to Denver; from Denver to Albuquerque, N.M.; from there to Tempe, Ariz.; and finally to Anaheim. The trip took 4 1/2 days and required six drivers.
Now Kavik is enjoying life in California with a new family.
Although Humane Society employees are thrilled that the Internet helped find a home for Kavik, they don't know if they will advertise other animals on the World Wide Web because they prefer to adopt locally.
"Normally we would never adopt out-of-state," Fisher said. "But in Kavik's case, the people involved had a great background, and we were willing to take a chance."
Harris agreed.
"Kavik had such a tragic beginning and middle that he deserved a happy ending," she said.
Med Center receives scholarship money
Estate gives $1.3 million gift to medical technology program for scholarships
By Novelda Sommers
Kansan staff writer
Students in the medical technology program at the University of Kansas Medical Center received an unprecedented gift this summer.
The estate of June Hull Sherrid bequeathed $1.3 million to the Kansas University Endowment Association. The money will be used for scholarships in the medical technology program at the Med Center.
The gift is the second one to come from Sherrid's estate. The first Sherrid fund was created in 1986 and has provided scholarships to 40 medical technology students. The new fund already has provided 25 scholarships
"The med tech program has never received a bequest of this magnitude before," said John Scarffe, director of communications for the Endowment Association.
this year. At the time of Sherrid's death in 1993, the original fund was worth more than $80,000, Scarffe said.
Sherrid earned her medical technologist certification from the Med Center in 1944. During her 15-year career, Sherrid worked at hospitals in Hays and Dodge City.
The Endowment Association and the scholarship committee for the School of Allied Health will administer the funds.
Students entering the year-long medical technology program who have graduated from Kansas high schools are eligible to receive scholarships from the fund. The program accepts 25 students a year.
Venus Ward, head of the medical technology department, said students would welcome the money. The program is so rigorous that students cannot have part-time jobs, she said.
"Both myself and the faculty were ecstatic because medical technology students don't often have these kinds of resources available to them," Ward said.
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