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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1986
Brice Waddill/KANSAN
The party's over
Mark DeCoursey, Overland Park senior, uses a snow shovel to scoop up the trash after a party. DeCoursey was helping to clean the house at 1340 Tennessee St. yesterday afternoon.
Company is sold on plastic
Every time someone pops open a tub of margarine, or heaves a jayhawk cup in a stadium cup brawl, chances are these containers were produced right here in Lawrence.
By Piper Scholfield Staff writer
Packer Plastics Inc., 2330 Packer Road., was founded in Lawrence in 1968 by Jim Schwartzburg, and has grown to become the second-largest non-governmental employer in Lawrence, Eric Walther, the company's director of personnel, said yesterday. Packer Plastics employs about 489 people, second only to Hallmark in Lawrence.
The plant in North Lawrence operates 24 hours a day to manufacture plastic products, including about 75 percent of the cups for all colleges and universities in the country, Walther said.
In 1985, Packer produced the cups for the World Series games, he said.
"The most unusual thing we've ever produced was probably some parts for a lawnmower in England." Walther said.
students trying to put themselves through school, he said.
Many of Packer's part-time employees are KU
Scott Davids, Baldwin sophomore, said that while school was in session he worked about 20 hours a week at Packer.
Davids, who is studying to be an electrical engineer, works in engineering maintenance at Packer. Davids repairs machinery, plumbing and anything else that needs fixing.
"It's hard to describe my job because I do so many things, but it's fun." he said.
Walther said he didn't know for sure how the company had been named but he had heard that Schwartzburg was a Green Bay Packers fan and that the company had been named in honor of the team, after the football team had won a particular game.
Packer Plastics began with eight plastic injection molds. Now, 57 injection molds inject liquid plastic at 600 degrees Fahrenheit into water-cooled molds.
The hardened plastic is then ready for a design to be printed upon it. At Packer, the design may have
up to four colors. A special ink that is dried by ultra-violet light in less than a minute is used.
The plastic itself is a petroleum product that arrives at Packer Plastics in barrels of plastic pellets. Walther said the plastics industry was directly affected by the petroleum industry. A shortage of petroleum would increase the price of plastic, he said.
Because so many food containers and products for medical supply companies are manufactured at the plant, quality control and cleanliness are very important. Walther said.
Hairnets must be worn by all employees any time they are in the production area of the plant. Walther said a special section of the plant was designated for the production of dairy product containers, which required special quality controls.
Not only are plastics manufactured at the plant, but many of the molds used to shape the plastics are designed and produced by Packer engineers. If a customer has a special need, they can bring their need to Packer, and the engineers will work to provide a design and mold, Walther said.
Films inspire talks on King's dream
By Peggy Kramer
There is a need to recognize racism and dig away at the roots. Change begins inside each of us, KU's ombbsman said yesterday.
Robert Shelton, the embbsman and associate professor of communication studies and religious studies, and Marilyn Yarbrough, associate vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and
public service, led a discussion by faculty, staff and students.
The discussion was after the film "I Have a Dream," which was shown to about 50 people in the Jahaykaw Room of the Kansas Union in observance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
everyone must remember his ideas and work individually to finish his work, he said.
Shelton said he thought King left a challenge for everyone to continue to strive for equality. Since there has not been another leader like King,
"The Assasin Years: Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968," a film on the career of King, also was presented. Discussion leaders William Tuttle, professor of history, and Brenda Crawley, assistant professor of social welfare, encouraged the audience to offer solutions to help end segregation.
The films and discussions, coordinated by the office of minority affairs, were part of the celebration commemorating the first national recognition of King's birth.
Since King's work, most laws and restrictions that oppressed blacks have been removed.
Diana Horton, Norfolk, Va., senior,
said. "We need to change our ways of
thinking, that way we can help fulfill
King's dream."
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