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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, July 11, 1990
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Hayden asks federal aid for county health clinics
The Associated Press
TOPEKA - As many as 60 Kansas counties could be recognized by the federal government as health manpower shortage areas as a result of a request by Gov. Mike Hayden.
Hayden became the first governor in the country to make such a request under congressional authority granted to governors in 1908. The request was sent to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"If this request to the federal
government is successful, we will be breaking new ground for our rural citizens." Hayden said.
Designating health manpower shortage areas could result in federal money be funnled to rural health and health Clinic Services Act of 1977.
The 60 counties are: Aitchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan, Edwards, Elk, Ellsworth.
Franklin, Geary, Graham, Gray, Greenwood, Hamilton, Haskell, Holdeman and Jackson.
Also Jefferson, Jewell, Kearny,
Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Gabion, Maran,
Meadue, Morton, Nemaha, Norton,
Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips,
Potowatiamite, Rawlings, Republic,
Rice, Rooks, Rush, Scott, Sheridan,
Sherman, Smith, Stanton, Stevens,
Sumner, Thomas, Bawaunee, Wallace,
Washington, Wichita and Woodson.
New Board of Regents head will focus on faculty salaries
Robert Creighton was elected chairman of the Board of Regents on June 28.
By Melissa Bulgren
Kansan staff writer
Creighton was elected unanimously and will start as chairman at the Sept. 20 Regents meeting.
Norman Jeter, former chairman of the Regents, said Creighton was well-qualified.
"He is a careful, concise lawyer," he said. "He is open-minded and reasonable. There are a number of Regents who are qualified, but he is willing to make a commitment to it."
"When I told Norman Jeter that I would make the time commitment needed to do the job, he said whatever time you think it will take, double it," Creighton said.
Creighton said that during the next year he would focus on improving faculty salaries so Regents institutions could attract and retain the best faculty.
Creighton, who was appointed to the Regents in January 1988, is an attorney and mayor of Atwood.
He received a bachelor's degree in 1956 and a law degree in 1960, both from the University of Kansas.
KU's Wildcare to the rescue
Vicki Shearon. Overland Park junior, feeds a cranberry to a woodchuck at Wildcare, in Malott Hall.
Keith ThorneKANSAN
Center cares for the injured and orphaned babies of the wild
By Deron Graul
Kansan staff writer
Six baby raccoons, a one-legged hawk, a one-winged owl nicknamed "Amp" for ampuette, two opossums, a snapping turtle and two baby bats share a room in Malahat Island. It's not a real animal division of the KU Animal Care Unit.
Nancy Schwarting, director of Wildcare, said Wildcare was an organization dedicated to the care of inured and orphaned wild animals.
Wildcare cared for 21 animals in 1979, its first year, Schwarting said. Last year about 700 animals passed through Wildcare.
"That's a 3,300 percent increase," she said.
Schwarting said increased public awareness of Wildcare and people's growing concern about the environment would enable for the larger number of animals.
Wildcare employees six staff members and 50 volunteers but, Schwarting said, "It's still hard to make sure nothing is overlooked."
The large number of animals the organization receives strains its resources, she said. Wildcare is supported by KU and donations.
"We try to encourage donations and volunteerism," she said.
New animals arrive daily during the summer. Schwarting said.
"We get 50 percent of our animals between May and July," she said. "That's because lots of people are out here and there are lots of baby animals around."
But many of the animals that come into Wildcare do not need to be there at all. Schwarting said one of the biggest problems was people picking up baby animals they assumed were orphans. The animals might just be exploring or waiting for their parents.
Schwarting said she encouraged people to observe wild animals for a while to be sure the parents were not
coming back. Whenever possible, people should talk to someone at Wildcare before touching or picking up a wild animal.
Wild animals that seem tame and are easily caught are usually suffering from shock, dehydration, infection, or stress. An examination of these conditions, she said.
Wildcare has two veterinarians who treat such problems.
Schwarting said it was critical that injured wild animals received treatment as soon as possible.
People often find sick animals and attempt to care for them, without knowing what the animal needs, she said. But any delay before WildCare treats the animal often can mean the difference between a house cat and a wild cat, back into the wild, and one that will have to spend its life in captivity or be killed.
"Its more humane to let an animal die in two or three days of dehydration than to have to raise them to be mamed," she said. "To have to put down an animal that someone self-accepts for to long makes us feel bad."
This year Wildcare received a record number of animals that people had tried to care for themselves, Schwarting said.
A state permit is required for the care of wild mammals and a federal permit is required for the care of any wild bird.
Schwarting said there is no such thing as a tame wild animal. Although they may be friendly when you approach, they can live wild animals can be dangerous.
And raising a wild animal as a pet does not prepare them for life in the wild. Turning a pet wild animal loose usually means certain death unless the animal can go through a rehabilitation program like Wildcare's.
Wildcare keeps Amp, a great horned owl, to help other owls prepare for life in the wild.
Schwarting said Amp was still wild but that because of his disability he could not be released. Amp serves as a liaison to the great horned owls Wildcare receives.
"He's worth his weight in gold," she said.
Amp has helped raise 10 to 20 great horned owls each year for the last four years.
Because wild animals can become imprinted if humans care for them, Wildcare tries to minimize human contact with the animals.
In addition to the Malot facility, Wildcare operates a farm near DeSoto called Sunflower Farm. Outdoor enclosures serve as flight pens for birds and as housing for larger mammals, such as baboats, foxes and rabbits, such as much they kept on the farm to hunt, they are fed live rats and mice.
The rats and mice are obtained from the animal care unit, which raises them for Wildcare and KU research projects.
Not much is wasted at Wildcare. Some animals that die or are put to sleep are recycled as food. Volunteers bring in carving in roadkills to feed the animals.
Schwarting said it was difficult to find a suitable place to release some of the animals, particularly large ones. We are the most common release sites.
"I don't live on a farm but I do what I can," she said.
Martha Buller has been a Wildcare volunteer for three years. She said she had taken care of about 150 small birds in her backyard aviary.
Christy Kennedy, a Wildcare staff member, said she and her husband, Kevin, had been involved with Wildcare since 1981. Kennedy said that he was interested in teens three years ago, she and her husband had cared for 53 animals, including songbirds, raccoons and squirrels, at one time.
Hayden says he opposes Louisiana's abortion bill
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Describing it as "far too restrictive," Gov. Mike Hayden said yesterday that he would veto the abortion bill now before Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer.
"I would hope the Kansas Legislature would not enact a law as restrictive as the Louisiana bill." Hayden said during a joint appearance with two other contenders for the Republican nomination for governor in Kansas" Aug. 7 primary election.
"I wived to the law that was passed in Louisiana if it came to my desk," Hayden added, saying he thought that Roemer was right to veto the first bill sent to him and
also right to take his time deciding whether to sign a second measure passed by the Louisiana Legislature.
Hayden said women should have the right to decide for themselves whether to obtain abortions, with support from their family, friends and the clergy. He said the only abortion change he would advocate in Kansas would be to require girls under 16 years of age to notify one parent if they planned to seek an abortion.
Two of Hayden's rivals for the GOP governor nomination, Nestor Weigand Jr. and Richard Peckham, both said they strongly endorsed legislation that would require teen-age girls to obtain consent
their parents before they could get abortions.
Both alluded to the "law" requiring girls to obtain parental consent to have their pierced. There is no such state law in Kansas, although many of those who pierce ears for girls require parental consent as a liability protection.
"I'm a pro-life candidate," Weigand said.
He said he believed there was a need for parental consent.
"According to polls, people want the parental consent law." Peckham said.
Hayden, Weigand and Peckham responded to questions during the taping
of a half-hour candidate forum to be televised at 11:30 a.m. Sunday by KTKA- TV, Channel 49 in Topeka.
It was the first head-to-head meeting of Havden and Weizand.
Three other Republican candidates, Louis Klemp, Harold Knight and Jack Beemont, have been invited to appear for a second GOP joint appearance to be taped next Monday and televised July 22. The three democratic contenders, John Carlin, Joan Finney and Fred Phelps, will be shown July 29.
Other television stations in Kansas are arranging similar joint appearances.
Klemp complained today about not
being invited to appear with the first group of GOP contenders, saying those setting up the joint appearances seem to be dividing the Republican field into a winners' bracket and a losers' bracket.
"Are people trying to broaden certain candida
treatments?" Klimap asks, locking out some
In his opening and closing statements and responses to questions, Hayden emphasized his accomplishments as governor — citing elimination of state debt, restoration of accreditation for state hospitals and creation of "the most comprehensive highway program in state history."
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