UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, November 23,1993
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FEMA agents heed to the call of disaster, Midwest flooding
By Traci Carl Kansan staff writer
But for George Kremer, a public assistance inspector for the Federal Emergency Management Association, they are a living.
Bombs and floods are disasters for most people.
Today Kremer is leaving his latest job, which was helping the city of Lawrence assess the damage from this summer's flooding.
In that job, he inspected sewer pipes and public parks. The federal government uses his recommendations to measure how much money Lawrence should receive for flood damage.
Those sewer systems will be fixed, Kremer said, but not everything can be repaired.
The biggest problems he found were dirt and sand in the sewer collection system and flooded city parks.
"Unfortunately, we're not in the position to replace a 100-year-old tree," he said.
Before he came to Lawrence, Kremer was in New York doing follow-up
Working on the flooding was hard because people were tired of dealing with it.
But Congress mandated that all flood damage must have taken place from June 26 to Oct. 5, so not all damage will be repaired.
Damage like the large hole in front of Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. Second St., may not qualify for federal funds because it happened at the beginning of June.
"They were worn out before I got here," he said. "The process of helping them find some of these things takes longer because the people are tired of living with this from day to day."
He also had a sense of humor and a funny way of saying certain words.
work on the World Trade Center bombing. He examined how the bombing affected the city's subway system.
Rod Bremby, assistant city manager, said the amount of money Kremer recommended for Lawrence had not been totaled. Original damage estimates by the city were about $5 million.
Bremby said Kremer was always professional and meticulous.
"He had a heavy, northeastern accent," he said.
Kremer's wife, Susan Sohni, who also works for the association, already was in Kansas assessing individual damage from the flood when Kremer arrived in Lawrence. She flew out to Malibu, Calif., about two weeks ago when the fires started.
She said the fires were the worst disaster she had worked with.
"They are so final," she said. "These were beautiful homes, but fire does not discriminate."
Saturday she returned to their home near Walker Valley, N.Y. a small community in the Catskill Mountains with few disasters.
"Since our lives have been disrupted as they have this year, we're hoping to have a little time together," she said.
Kremer will be home tonight. He said he was looking forward to a life that was a little calmer.
"Let's just put it this way," he said. "I have a trout stream that runs through my front yard."
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Extra funds will allow committee to continue lighting improvement
By David Stewart Kansan staff writer
A touch of Irish in downtown Lawrence
Two years ago, Student Senate voted to help students see the light.
With this vote in November 1991 to increase the student campus fee by $2 per semester for five years, the Senate decided to work with the University to help improve lighting on campus.
Students can see the results of that decision every time they walk around the University at night, said David Amber, vice chancellor for student affairs and head of the campus lighting advisory committee.
Under the 1991 Senate plan, the University will match the $2 increase in student campus fees with money from the KU repair and improvement fund, Ambler said. The student fees have raised $225,000.
At last week's committee meeting, which is held once per semester, members received updates on what the newest phases of the campus lighting improvement would be for the current fiscal year. Ambler said.
"A lot of factors go into the decision of which lighting projects to do first," Ambler said. "But we're very cautious not to say we're going to make it safe for students when we put in additional lighting."
The University has spent about $1.6 million since 1986, when the University allocated improvements of lighting
"It was a sensitizing experience for us to get out and walk around," Ambler said. "You don't really notice how dark it is until you're touring about the area."
Ambler said some scheduled improvements came from suggestions from students who had found dark areas while walking home at night. The lighting committee also discovered dark areas by walking on campus together at night.
Ambler said among the new areas selected for lighting improvement for this academic year are:
The sidewall leading south from Anschutz Science Library to Murphy Hall.
The path leading from Mississippi Street to Jayhawk Boulevard between Lippincott and Dyche hills.
Eric Mersmann, Chesterfield, Mo., senior and lighting committee member, said the money students spent on the lighting project was well worth it.
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