University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 24, 1987
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Headquarters Inc. to praise workers
City Commission declares 'Volunteer Recognition Day' for counseling center
By TODD COHEN
Staff writer
For 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, the volunteers at Headquarters Inc. are available for people who need help.
On Sunday, however, the 60 volunteers who staff the local crisis intervention/counseling center will take an afternoon for a potluck picnic in South Park to celebrate and recognize each other's work.
The day was declared by the Lawrence City Commission as "Headquarters Inc. Volunteer Recognition Day," in honor of the volunteers.
Lawrence Mayor Mike Amyx; David Hopper, Douglas County Commission chairman; and Barbara Smith, executive director of the United Way, will present certificates of appreciation to the volunteers and to nine training session graduates at 3:30 p.m.
The picnic will start about 1 p.m in the west portion of the park at 11th and Massachusetts streets. The public is invited.
But Headquarters won't close for the event. Several volunteers will have to stay behind to man the phones.
assistant director, one of three paid staff members, said yesterday that Headquarters could not survive without volunteers.
Larry Carter, Headquarters, Inc.
"It would be absolutely impossible," he said.
Headquarters Inc., formed in 1970, provides free counseling either over the phone or at its office at 1419 Massachusetts St. The volunteers, half of whom are KU students, work an eight-hour shift each week, Carter said.
First though, volunteers must complete 85 hours of training, he said. A new training session will start in June. Interested people should call
Headquarters for more information.
Mike Rollet, administrative assistant at the KU Affirmative Action office, who will be recognized for her six years as a volunteer, said yesterday that Headquarters' volunteers did valuable work.
"You really have to be committed. It isn't twitching at all," she said.
"Sometimes it can be the difference between life and death," she said.
The volunteers must have good training skills and be committed to help them.
"We are a really unique, caring group of people."
KU team preparing for national quiz bowl
By KIERSTI MOFN
Staff writer
Mickey Mouse and Goofy will have competition on the Disney Channel in June when the station broadcasts five KU students playing mind games in the 1987 National College Quiz Bowl.
The KU team, known as Onan's Angels, was selected last month as the 16th team to participate in the national college bowl tournament June 13-17 in Los Angeles. The College Bowl Inc. sponsors the trip and the tournament
"It will be good exposure for KU," I said to one eaam member, Erik Mather. "It's the best."
In the tournament, four-member
teams compete to answer trivia questions both accurately and quickly.
"We'll need to work on speed," Matheis said.
Richard Turk, Overland Park junior, also stressed the importance of speed. "You can't wait for the question to be finished." he said.
The other team members are John Chappel, Overland Park senior; James Mamalis, Prairie Village sophomore; and Sakunthala Gunasegaram, Sri Lanka junior. One member serves as an alternate.
The team finished second in this year's regional competition in Oklahoma, but because only 15 regions participate in the game, the 16th team is selected by drawing. This
time. Onan's Angels lucked out.
Gene Wee, adviser for Student Union Activities, which co-sponsors KU college bowl tournaments, said he thought the team would do well in the national tournament.
"We have a very good team this year," he said. "I think we can get our hopes up. They're not the 16th team there."
Turk said the team participated basically for fun, but that members took the game seriously. Their experience helps them look for events that
later might show up as game questions, he said.
Matheis said team members had not worked out a preparation strategy yet but thought it would be a challenge if the friends quiz them on trivia questions.
The five team members cover sight majors between them and are prepared for most question category maybe for biblical ones. Durk said,
Matheis said that even after five earlier tournaments, he was not getting tired of playing.
"The game itself is really a lot of fun," he said.
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