UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, November 20, 1996
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Organization donates books to local families
By Dave Breitenstein Kansan staff writer
Bookstores don't buy back all books and often pay only pocket change for novels used in English courses. But that doesn't mean books have to go in the trash or collect dust on a bookshelf. Instead, books can help low-income families.
Adventures in Imagination, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children, is sponsoring a 'Book Recy
cing Program this week to collect books for local children. Lawrence public schools, Mercantile Bank and the Lied Center are accepting new or like-new books, which will be donated to 14 local United Wavies agencies.
The organization accepts all books except textbooks.
"This is part of the community outreach component of our partnership," said Terry Boyer, senior vice president of Mercantile Bank of Lawrence and bank liaison for the business education partnership. "This is a public event where the community can participate."
Chris Hamilton/KANSAM
Chris Hamilton/KANSAN Collection boxes for the Adventures in Imagination recycle program are set up in Lawrence's Mercantile Banks.
Boyer said that this would become an annual event coinciding with American - Education
Week and that she expected at least 1,000 books to be donated.
"The main goal is to enhance the reading, writing and critical thinking skills of children," she said.
United Way agencies that will receive books include the Ballard Community Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence, the Penn House and the Salvation Army.
"I hope that everybody takes a stock of what they have and what they actually need. You can set books aside this year for next year's program that you think someone else might enjoy reading." Boyer said.
Beth Welsh, library media coordinator for the Lawrence school district and coordinator of the book recycling program, said the program also would accept books for adults.
"This provides a great opportunity for kids to own their own books," she said. "We're hoping that children or families who don't have books at home will now be able to because of this program. The United Way agencies serve families—not just children."
Check forger still on the loose
Student's checkbook stolen, circulated
By Andrea Albright
Kansan staff writer
Someone is writing hot checks around Lawrence using the name of Doug Klepper — but it's not Klepper.
Klepper, Great Bend sophomore, lost his checks when they were stolen from his car in late October. Since then, bad checks in his name have been circulating around Lawrence.
"As soon as I noticed it was gone I called my bank," Klepper said. "They've written 11, but there are two more checks out there."
So far, the unknown forger has written about $450 worth of worthless checks on Klepper's old account. Klepper
will not have to pay the money.
Klepper said that the forger had cashed at least two checks at each of the three Dillons stores in town.
Sam Frankenfield, Dillons customer service representative, said that Dillons limits personal check cashing to $100 a day.
Six months ago Dillons stores began monitoring how many checks were written at each store by operating its computers from a central system. Frankenfield said.
"It's $100 regardless of whether a person writes one big check or ten small ones," Frankenfield said.
"Forgery was one reason we hooked up," Frankenfield said. "It used to be store by store."
Klepper's old checks have been written to liquor stores, to each of the local Dillons
Janet Wright, chief financial officer at The University National Bank, said the cashier must make sure the person holding the account was the person passing the check.
Klepper's forger is still on the loose, but Klepper said he hoped that police would follow up on new leads.
and to the Hypermart in Topeka, Kleppersaid.
"It is the responsibility of the stores to check identification," Wright said. "If the signature on the check is not from the right person, the store is liable for the amount of the check."
Klepper said the forger had ordered pizza about a week ago and the check had gone back to his former bank with an address handwritten on it.
Campus lighting fee to burn out but may be re-energized for four more years
By Spencer Duncan Kansan staff writer
A $2 campus lighting fee is on its way out, but the University of Kansas Student Senate may ensure it doesn't go away.
A campus lighting advisory board, consisting of students and administrators, recommended last week to Senate that the campus lighting fee be extended for four years.
For the past five years, students have paid a $2 fee each semester, which has gone toward improving campus lighting. At the end of this school year that fee runs out.
Ward Cook, Nunemaker senator, is an advisory board member. He said the extension of the fee was important.
"Through the fee, a lot of projects have been accomplished," Cook said. "But there are still some things that need to be done and some improvements that can be made. By extending this fee, some of those
Ifsomeone is going to break into a car, they are more likely to do it in a dark area.."
KU police Sgt. Chris Keary would like to see the fee extended.
Sgt. Chris Keary
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improvements can be done. The advisory board's recommendation will go to a fee review committee. Then a bill will be written outlining the extension. Senate will vote next semester on such a bill.
improvements can be done."
"If someone is going to break into a car, they are more likely to do it in a dark area," Keary said.
But not everyone is keen on the idea of continuing the fee.
"I know that it is important to have lighting that may make campus safer," said Chris Johnson, Lawrence junior. "But it seems like we keep paying fees for a lot of things. A little relief would be nice."
But Keary said lighting never had been proved to reduce crime.
Grey Montgomery, student body president, said he supported any effort to increase lighting and reduce crime.
Mercantile Bank of Lawrence is the
"You can tell a difference with more lighting." Keary said. "There have never been any studies that directly show that more lighting will reduce crime. ... It's something we know from experience."
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