THE UNIVERSITY OF DALY KANSAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007
NEWS
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pretty hard," Dunback said. "It was late in the day so not many people were still there, but the coaches got all of the athletes together to come and support me."
Dunback cleared 5-7 in the high jump that evening and won the event.
At Kansas, she went on to compete in the heptathlon, although for two of her years at the University, the relays were canceled while a press box was being built at the stadium.
Former meet director Tim Weaver named the event after her.
Many other former athletes also still have ties to the meet. Former middle-distance runner Steve Heffernan competed for
the Jayhawks from 1987 to 1990 and now coaches at Lawrence Free State, which will compete in the high school portion of the relays.
"The shoe came off halfway at first and he tried to run with it, but that wasn't working so he just kicked it off."
Heffernan said his fondest memory from his time competing in the meet was the 4x800 relay his junior year in 1989. He said the team knew it had a chance to win before the race, but doubts arose during the second leg of the race when the Kansas runner lost his shoe with a lap to go.
"The shoe came off halfway at first and he tried to run with it, but that wasn't working so he just kicked it off," Heffernan said. "He always wore tube socks so he had about eight inches of sock flopping around."
meet has grown immensely since he first competed in the relays as a high school senior in 1986.
Despite only having one shoe, the runner finished his leg in fifth place.
Stokstad said the variety of
He handed off to Heffernan for the third leg, who moved the team up to second place for the final leg, where the anchor took the lead for good.
STEVE HEFFERNAN
Former middle-distance runner
Marilyn Stokstad, retired Distinguished Professor of Art History Emeriti, first attended the relays in 1959 at the suggestion of a friend.
She'd been a swimming fan before coming to Kansas and said the meet captured her interest and converted her to a follower of track and field.
Heffernan said he thought the level of competition in collegiate events has dropped in recent years, but he was confident that it was headed back in the right direction. He said the high school side of the
events taking place simultaneously impressed her.
"It was like a circus" she said. "There's no downtime at the relays."
the Museum of Art, which is now Spooner Hall. Even when she had work to do and couldn't be at the relays, she saw the effect that the thousands of spectators had on the campus.
Stokstad also served as the director of
"People came in the door at the museum and tried to act casual," Stokstad said. "Then, their first and only question would be 'Where is the ladies' room,' or 'where is the men's room?' I felt as though I was a grade school toilet monitor rather than a distinguished professor."
Stokstad said she planned to attend the relays again this year as long as the weather stayed nice.
Heffernan will be coaching his Lawrence Free State athletes in the high school competition, which begins Friday, and Dunback said she planned to attend the heptathlon and several other events.
For those three, the history of the relays is more than the story of a track meet; it is a part of the their own history and will continue to be.
Kansan staff writer Kyle Carter can be contacted at kcarter@ kansan.com.
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Scott Morris (left) motives to Mike Selves, Johnson County emergency manager, and Teri Smith Douglas county emergency manager, while discussing preventative measures to take in an emergency.
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to do in an emergency, including whom to contact and where to go.
However, Smith said that last month during county-sponsored severe weather classes only about 30 percent of those surveyed had an emergency kit with food, water, a flashlight and other items for emergency situations.
"It's not just Douglas County," she said. "We're all looking back and looking for improvements and training we can provide."
Smith said emergency management coordinators of neighboring counties often depend on each other for help in a disaster.
"We are family in a lot of ways in emergency management," she said.
The coordinators, who were from Johnson, Douglas, Shawnee, Franklin and Wyandotte counties, also talked about their experiences in emergency situations, which included blizzards, floods and tornadoes.
The discussion was the final meet
ing of a seven-season study group called "The Politics of Disaster." The sessions were led by Scott Morris, 1992 University of Kansas graduate and Dole Institute of Politics Republican fellow this semester. He is currently director of Florida long-term recovery for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.
Morris, who flew from Florida every Wednesday for the study group, said he wanted to show the "big picture" of emergency management to the public.
"All of us will be faced with a crisis in our lives, it's bound to happen," he said. "Understanding emergency response can only help you."
Kansan staff writer Brian Lewis-Jones can be contacted at bljones@kansan.com.
Edited by Will McCullough
>> ABORTION LEGISLATION
Conservatives ban procedure
Majority votes 5-4 in landmark victory
BY MARK SHERMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's new conservative majority gave anti-abortion forces a landmark victory Wednesday in a 5-4 decision that bans a controversial abortion procedure nationwide and sets the stage for further restrictions.
For the first time since the court established a woman's right to an abortion in 1973, the justices said the Constitution permits a nationwide prohibition on a specific abortion method. The court's liberal justices, in dissent, said the ruling chipped away at abortion rights.
It was a long-awaited and resounding win that abortion opponents had hoped to gain from a court pushed to the right by President Bush's appointees.
The 5-4 decision written by Justice Anthony Kennedy said the
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and Bush signed into law in 2003 does not violate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.
Siding with Kennedy were Bush's two appointees, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, along with Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.
The law is constitutional despite not containing an exception that would allow the procedure if needed to preserve a woman's health, Kennedy said.
In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the ruling "cannot be understood as anything other than an effort to chip away at a right declared again and again by this court."
Doctors who violate the law could face up to two years in federal prison. The law has not taken effect, pending the outcome of the legal fight.
Dr. LeRoy Carhart, the Bellevue, Neb., doctor who challenged the federal ban, said, "I am afraid the Supreme Court has just opened the door to an all-out assault on" the 1973 ruling in Roe Wade.
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"There were a lot of businesses that have talked about how tight things are economically," Doyle said. "Their 25 percent portion is still a sizable investment."
Bob Schumm, owner of Buffalo Bob's Smokehouse, 719 Massachusetts St., said it would cost about $50,000 to install a sprinkler system in his building — more than he could afford to pay without help.
Buffalo Bob's was one of the eight businesses selected for the program.
He said the fryers and smokers his restaurant used put the building at serious risk of a fire. One fire
at Buffalo Bob's in 1980 destroyed much of the building's second floor, and an earlier fire burned up a back room where meat was smoked.
Schumm said he was concerned about fires in both his business and the rest of the downtown area.
"The real problem is if we have a single fire get out of control through wind or through poorly constructed buildings that are way behind on code," he said.
Mark Bradford, Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical chief, said most downtown buildings were very old and lacked interior separation walls
that could stop the flow of a fire.
Also, the closeness of the businesses essentially creates huge buildings, each one a block in length.
"There's a lot of ability for a fire to spread from building to another without much resistance," Bradford said.
Doyle said this year's sprinkler program would contribute to downtown fire safety significantly because three of the buildings selected had large assembly spaces that would be especially dangerous in case of a large fire. Those three buildings are Buffalo Bob's, Teller's, 746 Massachusetts St.;
and the Masonic Temple building, 1001 Massachusetts St., which currently does not have a tenant.
The other businesses selected to receive the incentive were Hobbs, 700 Massachusetts St.; Silverworks, 715 Massachusetts St.; Goldmakers, 723 Massachusetts St.; The Bay Leaf, 725 Massachusetts St.; and The Casbah, 803 Massachusetts St.
Kansan staff writer Matt Erickson can be contacted at merickson@ kansan.com.
Edited by Mark Vierthaler
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
ABWA
American Business Women's Association
KU Chapter CARWASH Saturday, April 21 $^{\text{st}}$ from Noon-4pm Wal-Mart Lawn & Garden Center 31 $^{\text{st}}$ Iowa
Have your car "professionally" washed!
DOLE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS STUDENT, ADVISORY BOARD
PRESENTS:
Governor Holden will host Governor Sebelius and former Governors Wise and Musgrove for an exciting finale to his "You be the Governor" study group from 4:00-5:30 tonight at the Dole Institute of Politics.
Free Cookies and Lemonade!
Governors Musgrove and Wise will also join Gov-
ernor Holden in a round-table discussion at 7:30
tonight at the Dole Institute of Politics.
April 19th, 2007
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SENATE
PAID FOR BY KU
QUEERS & ALLIES
KU Queers & Allies would like to thank everyone who contributed to a successful Pride Week 2007!
Pride sponsors include:
Coca-Cola
Student Senate
The University Daily Kansan
The City of Lawrence
Dr. Christine Robinson
Department of Classics
Department of English
Douglas County AIDS Project
Eubank Productions
February Sisters Association
Hashinger Hall
KJHK
Liquid Bar & Nightclub
Macelli's
NetworQ
School of Allied Health
School of Nursing
School of Social Welfare
Student Union Activities
Student Involvement & Leadership: LBG'
Program
Watkins Wellness Resource Center
Arnold Phommavong
Lindsay Tippett
Jackie Berra