University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, February 14, 1990
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First lady praises Salina
Barbara Bush stresses volunteer spirit, resilience, courage
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SALINA — First lady Barbara Bush isn't going to fear for the president's safety during his trip tomorrow to an anti-drug summit in Colombia, she said yesterday.
"He's going to have every possible protection he can have. I have great faith in the Secret Service. He wouldn't go if he were risking his life. They wouldn't let him go, believe you. He would be more successful once after her speech at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting.
She said the trip was necessary
She said the trip was necessary. "We're asking the president of College of Osteopathic Medicine that our president isn't willing to go to a very safe, secure meeting, that sends a very bad message to that courageous man," she said.
Bush said she stayed out of presidential decisions and sat in on White House meetings only when they involved menus or family plans.
"I have absolutely no influence on the decisions my husband makes." she
After being married for 45 years, Bush acknowledged that she has some influence with her husband.
"But I don't fool around with anything that courageous elected public
officials could fool around with," she said. "I really try to keep my focus on private sector volunteer causes."
During the next year of the Bush presidency, the first lady said she would like to see fewer hungry people in the United States, more people getting care and fewer people on the streets.
She touted literacy as a means for reducing drug abuse, teen-age pregnancy and unemployment.
During her nearly 20-minute speech at the chamber luncheon, Bush praised Salina's courage, resilience, inegility and volunteer spirit.
"I feel like I'm in mighty fine company," she said to the more than 1,550 people gathered in the Bicentennial Center.
Bush listed the names of prominent Kansans from Emporia newspaper publisher William Allen White to her husband's press secretary, Marlin Fitzwater, whom she noted was a Salina native.
"Well, I might suggest that you can judge a state and a city by the people it produces," she said. "And if this is true, then Kansas and Salina surely are the top state and city in the country."
She praised the Salina chamber for its role in turning around the area's
economy during the past two decades and reversing a population decline
"Your goals for Salina are a splendid illustration of what a community can do for itself when everyone pitches in — literally everyone from school children to executives," she said.
Gov. Mike Hayden was introduced as Patti Hayden's husband and the nephew of Salina resident Mary Maley.
He said he used to have a paper route delivering the Salina Journal when he was a child.
"Of course you'd never know it now by the way they talk about me," Hawden said.
Bush told the crowd there had been "many magic moments" during her husband's first year in office.
She recalled Solidarity leader Lech Walesa's visit to the White House and her husband becoming the first U.S. president to visit Hungary.
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Bush said her most unpleasant moments in the White House included calling a dinner guest by the wrong name all evening, discovering she was sharing the outdoor swimming pool with a rat and watching a large guest sit on a buffet table that promptly broke in two sending food cascading to the floor.
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Mortar Board taking applications
By Carol B. Shiney
During National Mortar Board Week, Feb. 11-17, the KU chapter of the senior honor society is accepting information sheets from eligible juniors to be considered for membership.
Juniors who have grade point averages above 3.0 and who are considered leaders by the current Mortar Board are eligible.
"Mortar Board is a very active, viable force on campuses around the United States," said Brenda Eisele, president of the KU chapter.
Eisele, Fredonia senior, said students who were eligible for Mortar Board could pick up information
Mortar Board has more than 200 chapters at U.S. colleges, Eisele said. It is a national network of honor societies.
sheets at 129 Strong Hall. The sheets must be returned to 129 Strong by Friday, or to Mortar Board's information table in the Kansas Union from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today through Friday.
This year's Mortar Board, which has 34 members, will select new members in February or March from the people who turned in information sheets, Elsele said. More than 200 people turned in information sheets last year.
wonderful groups to be in", Eisele said. "The people are just fantastic."
Eisele said environmental awareness and the advancement of women were the primary goals of the group this year.
Kay Eland, Mortar Board member, said she thought National Mortar Board Week was worthwhile and increase awareness of the society.
She said members also had worked with the Salvation Army and Head Start this year and on an ongoing scholarship with Haskell Indian Junior College.
"I believe it's important because I don't think a lot of people on campus are aware that they're eligible for Mortar Board," she said.
"Mortar Board is one of the most
It is also important for students to understand that Mortar Board is not just an honor society but a service society, said Eland. Hoxie senior.
in conduction with the national week, the KU chapter is sponsoring a forum on women in Kansas history. Ann Gardner, editorial editor of the Lawrence Journal-World, will speak at 8 p.m. Thursday at the English Room in the Kansas Union.
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