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Tuesday, January 31, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Park rangers take action
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Further down are larger, heavier items that have been heaved from the backs of trucks and trailers. Eight large washers or dryers lie half-exposed in the water.
nin exposed in the water Three large chairs have escaped the dump confines and are working their way downstream.
the way downstairs.
"There are some cans of stuff down there," Rucker said. "We don't even know what's in them."
Kucker and Archer said that they had found some strange things at the dump site.
"There were about 300 eyeglass lenses in there," Rucker said.
Down the road another 100 yards, two couches, two mattresses and an armchair are arranged as an open air sitting room. In the middle is a piece of wood with a human form drawn on it. Used as a target, the board is riddled with holes. Also riddled with holes are a cooler that is frozen in the creek and some plastic bottles.
Dennis Archer park manager
bottles. Archer said he has identified some
We don't want to prosecute these people. We just want them to clean it up.
park manage
of the people who have dumped items.
items.
They are going to contact them by letter," he said. "We don't want to prosecute these people. We just want them to clean it up."
And sometimes they do.
Archer said some people he has contacted have retrieved their trash. But others have not. And still others have become repeat offenders.
navigate residents often identify dumplers to park authorities. Archer said. Others can be identified from their trash.
truth.
"We make a record of the people who have dumped, and we share that information with the county (Jefferson)." Archer said.
Besides contaminating the water, the dumping will affect many people who use the park, Archer said. Park authorities are building gates to block off six access roads leading to the dump sites. This will close off some remote, wooded areas previously open to the public.
"A lot of people are going to be upset, but we just don't have enough rangers to watch all these dumps." Archer said. "We're here as overseers, and we have to protect the natural resources."
The roads are used by hunters, fishermen and farmers who rent the surrounding fields from the federal government. The farmers will have keys to the gates so that they can move equipment to their fields.
"We're not cutting them (the roads) off to foot traffic, but we figure it'll be real hard to carry in a refrigerator on foot." Archer said
He said that all the lakes he had worked at had bad trash problems. Even drink containers posed a problem.
Two Topeka groups have inquired about salvaging metal and paper products. Park rangers will burn other items at the site. They hope to have the sites cleaned up by spring, before rain can wash more of the trash into the lake.
"That can is always heavier when it's empty," Archer said.
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U. S. Army Corps of Engineers park ranger Richard Rucker, left, shows one of hundreds of glass lenses scattered around the dump site. Refuse, such as the glass and chemical containers shown below, are discarded at the sites. They are not biodegradable and could cause permanent damage to the lake.
New bags cost less, decay fast
Saving money while meeting environmental concerns is in the bag for some local grocery stores.
by Alan Morgan Kansan staff writer
In the plastic bag, that is.
During the past few months, some local grocery stores have begun offering their customers plastic, biodegradable groceryacks instead of regular plastic bags or the traditional paper bags.
it's an option that literally pays off
said Greg Wilkes, store manager of Dillons South, 2108 27th St.
"Our stores statewide are using the plastic bags," Wilkes said. "Of course, there is the environmental concern, but another reason why we are using them is because they cost a lot less than paper bags. We can then pass the savings on to our customers."
"We answered their letters and explained to them that the bags were biodegradable and would not have a negative impact on the environment," they said.
Food Barn, 1900 23rd St., and Food Less, 2525 Iowa St., also use the plastic, biodegradable bags.
plastic, bioleggs,
Frank Jerry de Noyelles, director of environmental studies, said that the new plastic bags were a definite improvement from regular plastic bags.
bags.
"With most kinds of plastics, it may take several years for it to degrade," de Noyelles said. "But the new biodegradable bags will degrade much more rapidly."
The plastic bags are not, however, the ideal way to bag groceries, de Noyelles said. He said that paper sacks, which can be recycled along with old newspapers, were the best solution to environmental waste.
Ross McKinney, professor of civil engineering, said that the benefits of the new bags would make a difference in the environment.
"I would venture a guess that the average plastic products, dumped in a landfill, would last over 100 years," McKinney said. "The total impact that undissolved plastic has on our environment, however, is not as bad as some people may think. But it does stick out, and we notice it."
"The new plastic, in that sense, will make a difference by dissolving faster."
Andrew Morrison/KANSAN
Trying out
During last night's open-call auditions for the University Theater, Trudy White, Overland Park senior, sings for a panel of judges at the Crafton-Preyer Theater in Murphy Hall.
Garden plots available for local green thumbs
Renters' hobbies benefit environment
by a Kansan reporter
For those of you who lack space to plant a garden or grow flowers, despair no longer. Now you can rent a garden plot.
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department will be accepting applications Feb. 1 for rental of 20 square foot garden plots.
Fred DeVictor, director of parks and recreation, said this would be a good opportunity for people to raise a garden.
gadget.
"For some who don't have a back yard, we hope they will utilize this," he said.
10 obtain a plot, a person must fill out an application and pay a $5 fee. The 40 plots, at East Glenn Drive and Harper Street, can be rented from Feb. 1 to Nov. 1.
be accepted as long as there were open plots.
he said that use of the land helped keep the soil rich Renters are responsible for maintaining their plots and keeping the weeds down
One drawback is the lack of running water on the property.
eB. 196 Nov. 7.
DeVictor said applications would
Doris Harper, Lawrence resident,
grew peas, beans, corn and watermelons on a plot last year.
She said that the lack of running water was only a problem when the weather was really dry.
DeVictor said there were more people interested when the service first started 10 or 12 years ago. At first, there were 20 plots, which were filled in the first year. Twenty more plots were added the next year. DeVictor said that last year there were 12 people who used the service.
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