University Daily Kansan / Monday, November 27,1989
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Monday
Nov.27
▶ 5:30 p.m. — The Transcendental Meditation Club will sponsor a group meditation at Alcove D in the Kansas Union.
> 8:30 p.m. — The KU Tae Kwon Do Club will conduct a meeting and workout at 207 Robinson Center.
> 6:30 p.m. -- The KU Hispanic
American Leadership Organization will meet at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
> 7:30 p.m. — The Executive Committee of the Graduate Student Council will meet at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union.
Wednesday
▶ 10 m. e. — 1 p. m. — The KU Pro-
Choice Coaching will conduct a
writing campaign to state representatives
and seminars at the fourth floor of the
> 3:30 p.m. — The office of study abroad will conduct an informational meeting at 3 Lippincott Hall for those interested in studying in a French-spelling country for the 1990-91 academic year.
▶ 4:15 p.m. — The office of study
thread will conduct an informational
6 p.m. — Enviros will meet at Parlor C in the Kansas Union. Committees will meet
▶ 6 p.m. — Anorexia Nervosa and Related Disorders will meet at 20 Wetkin Memorial Health Center.
meeting at 3 Lippincott Hall for those interested in studying in a Spanish-speaking country for the 1990-91 academic year.
Thursday
7:30 p.m. - BACCHUS will meet at the second floor conference room in Watkins Health Center.
▶ 10 a.m. — MADD will sponsor a ribbon-tying event to remind the public not to drink and drive during the holidays. Red ribbons will be tied to special area vehicles including the Lawn~~
Nov.30
Salt creates trouble in western Kansas
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By Travis Butler
Kansan staff writer
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has come in an attempt to judge the nature of the problem and find possible solutions, the Kansas Geological Survey has started a study that will take from three to eight years to complete, said survey director Lee Gerhard.
Salt isn't just a dietary concern these days. Residents of central and western Kansas have to worry about the geologic nature of salt, including sinkholes and salt water, and not just excess sodium in hot dogs and breakfast cereals.
The problems come from a layer of rock salt that underlies much of the land in central and western Kansas, he said. If water comes into contact with an area of this salt layer, it will dissolve the salt. This not only contaminates the water but also leaves a void that can collapse, causing the ground above to fall.
No one has been injured so far in these collapses, Gerhard said. But there is the potential for harm.
"North of Hutchinson, there is a salt void that hasn't collapsed, which underlies a portion of a county road," he said. "Some of our people were studying it when they saw a school bus driving over it. We notified the authorities and got them to close the road."
Louis Delwig, professor of geology, said there were more than 300 sites in Kansas with saline pollution.
Gerhard said, "There are other places where salt beds are cut through by rivers; the Ninnescah river south of Hutchinson, for example."
The survey's study will determine in what geological setting these events are most likely to occur, he said. It will look at what activities cause them, how they can be detected early and how their effects can be mitigated.
Don Steeples, deputy director of the survey, said, "We're basically trying to figure what the extent of the problem will be over the next century."
Once they know exactly what is causing the problems, they can use the information to help design countermeasures, he said.
Researchers have finished the literature review stage of the study. Steeplees said, and are now in a planning stage waiting for financial support.
Dellwig said that the group had mapped the locations of sinkholes that they were aware of, and tied them into the geologic structures in the area.
Gerbard said, "Right now, we have gone through and gotten into all of the literature available in the world on these problems. We have started out with a financing request from the U.S. Geological Survey on the water contamination aspect, and we are talking to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy for the geologic aspect."
The duration of the study will depend on how much money the survey gets, he said. If the survey gets the requested amount, it will take from three to four years; if not, it will take about eight to 10 years.
"Nonetheless, it's a study that has to get done, and it's going to get done." Gerhard said.
Rezoning debates to go before county officials
By Dave Wakefield Kansan staff writer
Debate on rezoning in West Lawrence goes to the County Commission this week after city commissioners last week refused to heed citizen protest about the extent of commercial development at Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive.
Last week's inaction by city commissioners insured continued piece-by-piece consideration of rezoning at the intersection.
In meetings earlier this month, city commissioners voted to rezone the two south corners of the intersection. Rezoning of the northwest corner will be considered by the County Commission Wednesday night because the land has not been annexed by Lawrence.
Because three or four large shopping centers might be built at the intersection, debate on the issue has taken place in an increasingly strained atmosphere. Twenty-seven acres have been rezoned commercial at the intersection, and the owners of the third corner are requesting an additional 20 acres.
County Chairman Mike Amyx said the County Commission would treat rezoning of the northwest corner like any other rezoning request.
The City Commission has split each time it has voted on the intersection. Mayor Bob Schumm and Commissioner Mike Rundle
Last week, city commissioners revealed the names of people with whom they discussed development of the intersection after James Connelly, 1500 Vermont St., asked commissioners to explain an expire contact is any discussion on the issue outside of an official meeting.
During heated discussions of the issue, Schumm and Rundle have expressed concerns that the amount of land being rezoned commercial was too large and would lead to increased vacancies and marginal uses.
But commissioners Dave Penny, Bob Walters and Shirley Martin-Smith have voted to approve moving ahead on the rezoning requests.
favored delaying action until all four corners could be considered together.
City commissioners asked Price Banks, city planning director, to review Kansas law on exparte contacts. Banks said that the law was not clear on such contacts.
Because interested parties have the right to confront witnesses in a legal hearing, if there are contacts outside of the public arena, the names and substance of the discussion probably should be revealed, Banks said.
it is clear that zoning hearings are more quasi-legal, and that changes the degree of due process requirements," he said.
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