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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, March 12, 2001
TRADITION
KANSAS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
KEEPERS
Check it out
As a KU student, you can be a member of an energetic flock of Jayhawks known as the Tradition Keepers. These special members of the Kansas Alumni Association get to participate in great activities throughout the school year including:
in great activities throughout the school year; including:
- Free dinner during finals (fall and spring) at the Adams Alumni Center
- Access to an alumni mentor through the 'Hawk to
  'Hawk mentoring program
- Social events, community service and other special activities
- Tradition Keepers also get great stuff, including:
a. *A tikhil to KUJ* T shig.
- A "Hail to KU" T-shirt
- A classy glass
- Email messages about important dates and events
- Newsletters
- Discounts at local area merchants
Check it off
Becoming a Tradition Keeper is simple. Just check off the box on your Options card when you enroll.The cost is just $20 a year!
Kansas Alumni Association
For more information, contact the Kansas Alumni Association, 864-4760.
By Erin Adamson
writer @ kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Environmentally friendly cars put on city agenda
Public interest in environmentally-friendly cars has put alternative-fuel cars on the agenda of the City of Lawrence and local car dealerships.
The city is adding alternative fuel cars to its fleet in an effort to diversify the fuel sources that city cars depend on and to support transportation that impacts the environment as little as possible, said Mike Wildgen, Lawrence city manager.
The city already owns three cars that run on a fuel mixture of 75 percent ethanol and 25 percent gasoline, and is in the process of buying a car that runs on both electric and fuel power, Wilden said.
The city displayed a 2001 four-door Toyota Prius and a 2000 two-door Honda Insight on loan from a dealership for the public Feb. 13 at City Hall.
Although the city has not decided which electric car it will buy, Wildgen said the city expected to purchase one sometime this spring.
Jay Landreth, Crown Toyota, 3330 Iowa, said interest in the 2001 four-door Toyota Prius was growing.
Landreth said that the Prius had both a gasoline engine and a smaller electric motor that powered the car. A computer decides which engine to use and alternates between them. Both engines are capable of charging the car's battery.
Steve Case's Toyota Prius, an electric-gasoline hybrid car, averages 48 miles per gallon. Case, a KU program assistant, said he became interested in the car a few years ago when he heard they were popular in Japan. Photo by Katie Moore/KANSAN
"We're seeing more people asking about it," he said.
"The biggest advantage is that it's a super-low emissions car," Landreth said. "The only thing with better emissions is an all-electric car."
Landreth said Crown Toyota had sold five of the Prius cars since December and had two cars on order for customers.
Steve Case, program assistant in the School of
Education at the University of Kansas, purchased a Prius from Crown Tovaix six weeks ago.
Case said the car was consistent with his beliefs about environmental preservation. His Prius gets good gas mileage, which is important to Case because he commutes between Lecompton, Lawrence and the Kansas City areas.
Landreth said the Prius used the electric motor more often than the gasoline engine and averaged 52 miles per gallon in town. The gasoline engine is used more frequently during highway driving, he said.
Landreth said Crown Toyota sold the car on an order basis.
A local Honda dealer sells the other car that the city is considering buying.
He said it was a limited edition car that the dealership received from Japan.
John Elena, of Elena Honda, 2957 Four Wheel Dr., said there had been enough interest in the Honda Insight that the dealership had sold all three of the Insights in stock.
"We're going to get two or three again this year," Flena said.
Wildgen said the city was leaning toward purchasing an Insight because it had four doors and would be more convenient for city use.
Edited by Jennifer Valadez
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