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Tuesday, January 16. 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
County narrows jail site list
Possibilities worry nearby residents
By Scott MacWilliams Kansan staff writer
Douglas County has narrowed the list of potential sites for its planned 196-bed Douglas County Jail. And some local residents are upset with the recommendations.
"I don't think they should put it over there behind Wal-Mart," said Jackie Mickel, clerk at the Com-
Plaza Plena Gas & Mini Mart, 3034 S.
Iowa St. "I live nearby, and I think
they should locate it somewhere it
won't lower property values."
Douglas County officials first recommended that the new jail be located in the parking lot south of the Douglas County Law Enforcement Center. However, residents and downtown merchants opposed the plan.
Officials next came up with a list of alternative jail locations, which they have narrowed to eight sites.
Noah Musser/KANSAN
The architecture firm, Michael Treanor Architects, is analyzing the sites using a 28-item checklist to determine the best location. The results will be presented to the Douglas County Commissioners at a Jan. 22 meeting in the Douglas County Courthouse.
The potential sites are:
A 30-acre site east of Brook Creek Park and northwest of the Oak Hill Cemetery.
An 8-acre site northwest of Clinton Parkway and Wakarusa Drive;
A 66-acre site east of Wal-Mart at 33rd and Ousdahl:
A 70-acre site south of LRM
Industries plant, east of Lawrence on the south side of Kansas Highway 10:
30 acres on K-10, between Farmland Industries and the East Hills Business Park:
The Allen Press property located at 11th and New Hampshire streets.
40 acres on the east side of McDonald Drive, across from the Hallmark Cards plant;
A 40-acre site in Anna Hope Industrial Park, east of the intersection of Lakeview Road and North Iowa Street, near the Quaker Oats Company plant.
Becky Leslie, manager of the Miller Mart, 1802 W. 2nd St., said she didn't
like the site near Hallmark Cards because it was only a few blocks north of her store.
"Our store on 6th was robbed last night, and if we were that close to the jail, it would be easy for an escapee to get here," Leslie said. "When I come in here at 4 a.m., it is scary enough."
Ann Peuser, manager of Clinton Parkway Nursery and Garden Store, 4900 Clinton Parkway and a few blocks south of the Wakara Drive site, was more pragmatic.
"it's got to go somewhere," Peuser said. "It doesn't matter where you put it, someone won't be happy with the decision."
By Jason Strait
Kansan staff writer
KANSAS DEBATE
Debaters work toward nationals
Drew France (left), Sioux City, Iowa, junior, and Hajir Ardebill, Overland Park sophomore, sit between their trophy from the Superbowl Debate in Louisville, Ky. Their next debate is Jan. 27-30 at Baylor University.
If Haji Ardebili and Drew France have any say in it, they'll be national champions come April.
More impressive than the No. 2 ranking is what the two have done since rankings were determined in November.
Ardebili, Overland Park sophomore, and France, Sioux City, Iowa, junior, the du that leads the KU debate team that is ranked second nationally, have their sights and arguments set on the national championship at Wake Forest University March 28 through April 1.
Ardebili and France have already faced — and defeated many of the opponents they are
The duo has won three consecutive tournaments since then, defeating debate powers such as Northwestern, Michigan, Harvard, Emory and top-ranked University of Southern California, and have been the first and second place individual speakers at all three tournaments.
"Their goal is to win the national championship."
Their debate coach, Scott Harris, is optimistic about his debaters' chances in April.
"This team has as much talent as the Kansas team that reached the Final Four two years ago," Harris said. "They're the most balanced team I have ever been privileged to work with.
likely to meet in the national tournament.
"I think we can beat any team out there, assuming we do enough work," France said.
Ardebili and France said they put in 40-plus hours of research a week in the library to keep up with the ever-changing Middle East, this year's debate topic.
For Ardebili and France to achieve their goal and give KU its fifth national championship, they must maintain a rigorous workload.
"People don't have an appreciation for the amount of work they put in," Harris said. "They spend as much time as, if not more than, the football or basketball team
preparing."
Although the team has a chance to achieve the success of the men's football and basketball teams, their support and recognition has fallen short of their athletic Jayhawk competitors, Ardebili said.
"We have a lot of great programs such as football and basketball at KU," he said. "And as much as we enjoy it, it sometimes seems a shame we don't get as much recognition. But we're proud to be Jayhawks and represent KU at these tournaments.
"It would be nice to know we have the rest of the college behind us as well."
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