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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Thursday, March 27, 1986
Stouffer residents to try out gardens
By Peggy Kramer
Staff writer
Fabricio Balcazar, Bogota, Colombia, graduate student, and his wife, Yolanda, tended their garden Tuesday with help from Rosemarie Truglio, Hoboken, N.J., graduate student.
Fabricio Balcazar never saw a pepper plant before he moved to Stouffer Place.
Balaczar, a Bogota, Colombia,
graduate student, had never done
any gardening either. But thanks to
the Stouffer Neighborhood Association's garden project, he has had the opportunity to become involved in a completely new experience.
"Americans traditionally like gardening, and I have learned a lot about plants," Balcazar said yesterday. He is also the vice chairman of his neighborhood association.
And how does his garden grow? With tomatoes, green peppers, garlic and cabbage. He said he enjoyed watching the plants grow, but not so much the weeds.
Eighty percent of the available garden plots have already been assigned to Stouffer residents, said Ruth Swain, Stouffer Place manager. The rest should be assigned by the beginning of summer school.
Residents who had plots last year have the chance to get the same ones again, she said. Residents may choose from 91 available garden plots, which are 20 feet by 20 feet. Some of the lots are between the Burge Union and Stouffer Place and others are near 19th Street.
Shraddhakar Harsh, Bikaner, India, graduate student and Stouffer resident, said he was planting a garden again this year. He planned on planting eggplant, tomatoes, okra and cucumbers.
In addition to plants that are common in the United States, he also will plant vegetables that are popular in India. One vegetable, he said, is similar to zucchini or cucumbers, but he didn't know the translated English name.
"Once my wife brought seeds back from India, but most of the time we can order them from California," he said.
Harsh said he had to water the plants more here because he couldn't rely on the regular monsoons that are common in India.
"Back home I did some gardening, but was a failure," he said. "Here the
soil is good and gardening doesn't require much effort."
Stouffer residents have had the opportunity to plant gardens for several years, but each year the project is a little different.
This year Balcazar proposed the idea of having some type of farmer's market within the Stouffor Neighborhood Association. Last
"We've never tried a farmer's market before, but I'm counting on people to take an initiative to help organize it," he said.
year some people grew more vegetables than they could use, he said, and the farmer's market would allow residents to exchange extra produce with each other.
By Lynn Maree Rose Staff writer
Malpractice awards debated by senators
Staff writer
An effort to put a cap on medicalpractice awards in the state met its second round of debates in the Kansas Legislature this week.
Supporters of a $1 million cap on medical malpractice awards testified Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Opponents of a malpractice bill being submitted to the committee testified yesterday.
Early in March, the Kansas House passed the bill. Besides placing a $1 million cap on malpractice awards, it would place a $250,000 cap on pain-and-suffering awards.
But the House made some changes before it passed the bill to the Senate. One amendment would give malpractice victims a chance to appeal the $1 million cap. Another amendment would require medical professionals to report malpractice.
Paul Fleener, public affairs lobbyist for the Kansas State Farm Bureau, said Monday that a panel would review each case on appeal. Any additional settlement would be paid over a period of years.
The first change would allow people facing life-long treatment or medical bills exceeding $1 million to appeal for an award that would cover their medical expenses.
Fleener, who testified Tuesday, said he liked both changes.
"I think that it's appropriate for the medical profession to have someone looking over their shoulder," he said.
John Meyers, director of the governor's policy office, testified yesterday in support of the bill.
Meyers said Gov. John Carlin was opposed to a cap on actual damage awards because those damages could be measured. However, Carlin is in favor of the cap on pain-and-suffering awards, because pain and suffering can't be measured in dollars and cents.
Another concern is the effect that rising medical costs will have on some rural areas in the state.
If supporters of the bill are serious about allowing awards for actual damages, Meyers said, the $1 million cap should be removed.
A recent study released by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said that many Kansas counties already had inadequate medical services. The study said 44 of the 105 counties in Kansas were medically underserved.
Fleener said, "The cost of insurance could force doctors out of the rural areas."
The committee is expected to review the issue today and decide whether to pass it to the full Senate for approval.
However, Carlin has said that he would veto the bill if it reached his desk.
David Litwin, lobbyist for the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the change in the house bill put an escape valve on the bill that might help change Carlin's mind.
If Carlin vetoes the bill, the House and Senate would have to vote on the bill again and pass it by a two-thirds majority.
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