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Tuesday, February 7. 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Weather For Today: Tuesday, February 7, 1989
Source: KU Weather Service
Lawrence drivers slip slidin' away
by a Kansan reporter
Ice isn't nice to Lawrence drivers. According to Lawrence police reports, more than 40 accidents occurred during the winter in Lawrence. Lawrence police
Chris Mulvenon, Lawrence police spokesman, said that the number of
accidents was normal.
"It's about average during the snow," he said. "Dispatch and control are being swamped with calls."
or at a crime scene.
The flurry of calls is expected to end when the streets are cleared, and the Lawrence Public Works street
"We're trying to get all the major thoroughfares," said David Jones, street supervisor.
supervisor said that the department was doing all it could.
"But it really wasn't that bad of a snow," he said. "It's a dry snow."
Freeze kills local woman
by Angela Clark Kansan staff writer
A retired Lawrence woman died of excessive hypothermia on Sunday, Lawrence's first casualty of this year's biting cold.
Y Marie Crane, 82, 1908 Tennessee St. ..died Sunday night after being found in her dining room by Lawrence police, said Chris Mulvenon. Lawrence police spokesman. Police had received an anonymous phone call about 10 a.m. expressing concern for the woman, he said.
The police found Crane conscious and breathing, but she appeared disoriented and unresponsive.
The house was poorly insulated and very cold, according to police reports. Crane had two heaters in the room. Police said it could heat to the room, police said.
"The old and the young are susceptible." Mordrell said, "just about anyone who is inappropriately exposed to methadone-treated can suffer from hypothermia."
Sherri Cannon, director of the Ballard Community Center and member of the Warm Hearts Foundation, said she would like others to inspire others to be more cautious.
She was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and lost consciousness during transport. At the hospital, she was admitted for extreme hypothermia but did not recover. She died at 9:24 p.m.
The Warm Hearts Foundation provides finances to help pay heating bills. It is designed for older people on fixed incomes and for people who are too poor to adequately heat their homes.
Hypothermia occurs when the body temperature drops so low that the blood can't circulate properly, said Carla Modrick, Douglas County cur
Police Record
A coat and eight dress shirts, valued together at $600, were taken Friday from a student's car in the 1900s on Montreal Street. Lawrence police reported.
A jacket, cap and stopwatch, valued together at $215, were taken Sunday from a locker in Allen Field
House, KU police reported.
■ A purse and its contents, valued together at $22, were taken Friday from a bus. RI police reported.
A man exposed himself to a woman Saturday in Fraser Hall, KU police reported.
On Campus
Adult Children of Alcoholics meet at 11 a.m. today in the second floor conference room at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
The Pre-Nursing Club will meet at 7 p.m. in the Pioneer Room at the Burge Union, Rosie Thompson, registered nurse at the University of Kansas Medical Center, will discuss nursing in the burn unit.
- Environments will have an information table set up on the fourth floor at the Kansas Union from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for joy.
- Orthodox Christians on Campus will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Governor's Office. Dr. Phil Klatto, from Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Kansas City,
- The second of the seven-season meeting on "Thomas Merton's Spirituality for the 1998" will be at 4:30 p.m. today at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Building, 1204 Oread Ave.
- one Student Assistance Center will sponsor an academic skill enhancement workshop from 7 to 9 p.m. today in 189 Strong Hall. The workshop will cover time management, reading, listening and notetaking.
Hispanic American Leadership Organization will meet at 6:30 p.m. today in the Daisy Hill Room at the Barge Union.
Kan., will speak
■ "Challenging New Perspectives for Women in Careers," an Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center workshop, will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the Pine Room at the Kansas Union. The workshop will cover values, philosophies and lifestyle as they affect a person's career choice
A math learning skills workshop will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today in 315 Strong Hall. The Student Assistance Center workshop will include learning calculus instead of memorizing it and test taking strategies.
Maranatha Campus Ministry will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the Jayhawk Room at the Kansas Union
- The International Club will meet from noon to 2 p.m. tomorrow in Alcee A at the Kansas Union for an informal lunch.
■ A benefit concert for Latin American featuring the Lone Sons hombands, will be at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday at Jazzhouse 425, 12 East Massachusetts St.
STORY IDEA?
Jan Roksum will speak at the University Forum at noon tomorrow at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building, 1294 Oread Ave. Roksum will speak on "The Stealth Bomber: Why and How" Bring a sack lunch or come at 11:40 a.m. for a hot lunch for $4.25.
Call 864-4810