University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, July 11, 1990
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Mourners protest homelessness
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A procession of homeless men and women marched behind a horse-drawn carriage bearing Mitch Snyder's body through the nation's capital yesterday. Later in the day, ball in a spontaneous demonstration.
Dozens of people barred office doorways with their bodies after some 3,000 mourners honored the victims by offering servant for the downdropped.
Snyder, found hanged in an apparent suicide last week, was cremated after the ceremony that recalled his death from prison and his years of political activism.
"He leaves us here to tell the story
that America's dream is incomplete," Jesse Jackson said in a eulogy. "Until the hungry are fed and the homeless are housed." He will not surrender."
Tearful residents of city streets and shelters, congressmen and celebrities gathered in sweltering heat outside the building Snyder wrested from the federal government six years ago and turned into a shelter.
The Rev. Perry Bittig, actors Martin Sheen and Cher, Washington D.C. Mayor Marlon Barry and Snyder's longtime companion, Carol Fennelle, led the fire from outside the building's main entrance.
The cortege followed Snyder's casket on a slow march up Pennsyl-
vanla Avenue to a rally at city hall, where activists protested a city council vote last month to gut the District of Columbia initiative of guaranteed overnight shelter for the homeless.
About 100 demonstrators blocked entrances to the District Building, protesting because they could not meet with the council. The council had adjourned its last legislative session of the summer.
Snyder "was a politician — he lived it, he dressed it," said Femelle. "For those of you here today who are a little uncomfortable with the political aspect . . . that was Mitch."
"For those of you who voted against Initiative 17 (the comprehensive homeless shelter law), we're
going to put you out of office," she told people at the funeral.
Berrigan, who helped turn Snyder to political activism based on religious principles, said Snyder's devotion biblical teachings.
"It seems to me that the question of Mitch's life requires a reference to the word of God," Berrigan said, turning to a passage from the New Testament that describes good shepherd . . . the good sheepher lays down his life for the sheep."
Snyder was found dead in his room at the shelter Thursday, leaving behind a note with suicidal references that reportedly described problems in his relationship with Fennelly.
Red Cross offers bird shirt for blood
By Erin Gothard Special to the Kansan
Volunteer blood donations are usually lower across the nation during the summer months and those in Lawrence are no exception.
So this summer the Lawrence Red Cross Blood Center, Missoula, Missouri hosted its first puppy blood from July to June by a team of volunteers.
The center hopes the "The Summer Blood Donor is a Rare Bird" campaign will draw attention to the need for blood donations and provide enough blood for hospital patients.
Jo Byers, Douglas County Red Cross chapter manager, said the need for blood donations stays
the same but the number of donors decreases during the summer.
"People travel," she said. "And Lawrence is a city that empties out in the summer.
"We're trying to increase our donor base. New people are especially welcome."
The center has a goal of 250 donations during the drive, or 50 donors a day. All donors will receive a T-shirt with the campaign symbol, the Rare Bird. The Rare Bird resembles a KU Jawhawk.
Machele Mize, Red Cross senior blood consultant, said she helped regular nurses would bring a
Campaign hours are noon to 6 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, noon to 8 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. Donors can call for an appointment or walk in.
All blood types are needed, especially O-positive and O-negative. which are in short supply.
Amnest any healthy person can give blood. Donors must be at least 17 years old and weigh at least 110 pounds. They cannot have had hepatitis, have used intravenous drugs or have been a member of a group considered to be at high risk for having AIDS.
According to the Red Cross Blood Services, 77 patients with an eligible bloodable to donate blood but less than five percent receive
Coalition asks boycott of dog breeders
By Elicia Hill
Special to the Kansan
The issue of puppy mills is an emotional one both to the Humane Society and to kennel owners. Both groups say their goal is to clean up
But some breeders say the Humane Society is on a witch hunt to close down all kennels.
"Let's clean up our own house and then help our neighbors clean up theirs," she said at a recent meeting.
Nisha Umbarger, a Chanute kennel owner, organized the Concerned Kennels. One of the group's goals is to promote kennel standards.
"It's a hard, fine line to tell h they are willing to help us," she said. "People have told me not to trust them."
But Umbarger said that, although the society seemed to have the same goals as breeders, she knew 20-year veterans with good kennels who were 'stabbed in the back' by society members.
"They don't want dogs in cages and they're out to shut us down," said Pinky Lewis, a kennel owner in Independence, Kan.
Kathy McKee, vice president of the Kansas Federation of Humane Societies, disagreed.
"The Humane Society does not want to shut down good breeders," she said. "Some of the livestock and agricultural lobbying interests have encouraged or passed on wrong information."
But Sandra Katzman, organizer of the Coalition Against Puppy Mills, is pushing for a boycott of Midwest dog breeders.
"It would be fine with me if anyone who puts dogs into cages would go out of business," she said.
And the Humane Society of the United States has joined the California coalition in support of a program that supplies puppies from Midwest breeders.
John A. Hoyt, society president, said the time had come to put a stop to puppy mills and the shipment of sick puppies.
Mckee said breeders had fought the society when it supported stricter legislation.
"It's unfortunate, but now they're paying the price," she said.
And breeders and society members find they still are opposing each other.
Umbarger offered one reason for the conflict.
"I look at my dogs as pets," she said, "but I also look at them as a
business. Magy people don't look at their animals realistically but put them on the same level as humans."
McKee said the society did not seek to close all kennels and was sympathetic to Kansas kennel owners.
"Those people in California don't see the heartache that occurs from closing down a kennel that someone's livelihood," she said.
Both sides believe the other is misinformed.
M McKeen said many breeders needed to be taught how to raise animals humanely.
"Breeders are doing what they've been told, or follow old-wives' tales," she said.
"Most of these people aren't well-educated and live in horrible conditions themselves," McKee said.
"Why not get KU and K-State to offer courses to people about proper animal husbandry practices, sanitation methods, disease control and proper nutrition?" she said.
But Margaret Kerr, Silver Lake kennel owner, said people in urban areas did not know how to raise animals.
"First of all, it's a lot of hard
work," she said. "If you don't take care of an animal, feed it well, keep up on its vaccinations and keep it groomed, that animal won't be productive to you, and you won't have any punions."
Breeders also say the press has played on the emotions of the public and portrayed kennel owners unfavorably.
"They're trying to make us out like we are nothing but white trash because we raise animals," Kerr said. "They're trying to destroy an industry that has put a lot of money into Kansas."
"The press has really been unfair to us," said Jim Hughes, owner of Do Bo Tri Kennels in Purdy, Mo. "Why do they only show the bad kennels and not go to a good kennel?"
Mckee said she had requested a list of 100 good kennels to give to the media.
She has not yet received it, she said.
Umbärger said her group had not prepared the list yet because it was too large to manage with the governor and Attorney General Bob Stephan.
"But we will give them a list," she said. "And there will be a lot more than 100 good kennels to see."
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