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Lawrence gets $20,000 to battle abuse
by Laurie Whitten Kansan staff writer
Money from a statewide $1 million block grant may make the fight against domestic violence in Lawrence a little easier.
Lawrence received $20,000 from the grant, which was created by the judicial Assistance Act of 1984 and appointed by Justice General Bob Stephon on Dec. 30.
Mary Horst, Stephan's spokesman, said the grant was to help state and local governments improve the function of the criminal justice system.
Kathy Greenlee, director of the Kansas Association of Domestic Violence Programs, requested that the city of Lawrence apply for the $20,000 for the association's use.
"It places special emphasis on violent crimes and serious offenders. Horst said. "This in turn will affect the issue of domestic violence."
Greenlee is the sole member of the Lawrence-based, non-profit state association, which was formed in 1979 to coordinate domestic-violence programs.
"When I was first appointed, my duties were mainly clerical ones," Greenlee said. "But now there has become a need for me to provide finance across the land, and that's what the grant money will be used for."
The association provides technical assistance by educating volunteers about criminal-violence laws and by
explaining how power and control play crucial roles in abusive relationships. Greenlee said.
She said that she recently had traveled to Dodge City, where she gave a seven-hour training workshop. As a result, the number of volunteers working for the city was greater than violence program almost doubled.
The grant money also will be used to advocate the need for changes in state criminal laws and domestic violence policies, Greenlee said.
"When you think of a woman trying to leave a violent situation, you realize that there's a lot of people she has to come in contact with attorneys, judges, counseling services; you name it," she said. "I have to
make sure that these are responsive to the victim's needs."
The Women's Transitional Care Services of Lawrence, which provides protection for victims of domestic violence, is one of the state programs that will benefit from the money given to the association, Joyce Grover, WTCS coordinator, said.
"Domestic violence is something we're always battling, because you can never be sure how much it goes on," Grover said. "We know we're not reaching all battered women in Lawrence, and there's certainly no way to document if we're reaching everyone across the state."
A state mental health care task force has recommended that Kansas spend an additional $15 million at the local level in fiscal year 1990.
Group seeks mental health money
About $27 million is now spent on mental health care at the local level. The task force's recommendation is to provide state institutions and to avoid sending patients to hospitals who could be treated at home.
The federal government requires states to develop a plan for treating severely mentally ill patients at the hospital by 1996 or face a reduction in fund funds.
In addition, the task force is looking to bring mental health care under one authority. State programs are now scattered among the divisions of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
Dole receives Sound Dollar Award
Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole has received the 1988 Sound Dollar Award by the "More Common Sense" Organization. The organization presented the award to Dole in December.
"More ... Common Sense" gives the Sound Dollar Award to
members of Congress who are committed to a balanced federal budget, free trade, and cutting government spending and government interference.
Dole was re-elected to his third term as Senate Republican leader in December.
State Legislative Briefs
SOLBACH, BRANSON RANKING DEMOCRATS: State representatives John Solbach and Jessie Branson on Jan. 5 were announced as the ranking Democrats in their House committees.
Solbach, who is serving his sixth term, is the ranking Democrat on the judiciary committee. He also serves on the agriculture and small business committee, and the appropriations committee.
committee Branson, who is serving her fifth term, is the ranking Democrat on the public health and welfare committee.
She also serves on the education and taxation committees.
WINTER HEADS COMMITTEEES:
State Sen. Wint Winter JR., RLawrence, was elected chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and vice chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee on Dec. 15.
Winter also will serve four-year terms on the Senate Economic Development Claims Against the State Committee and the Joint Committee on Economic Development
nionic Development.
Legislative committee assignments were made by the Calendar and Rules committee.
BANKING BOARD: Governor Mike Hayden on Dec. 14 appointed Joe Kelly to the State Banking Board, Kelly is president and chief executive officer of Douglas County Bank
University Daily Kansan/Thursday, January 19, 1989
Kelly, who will fill one of the six seats held by bankers on the nine-seat board, voiced concern about mergers and consolidations of banks
in Kansas. Kelly said he wanted to ensure continued service to rural areas.
The board deals with regulation, operation and control of state bank and trust companies.
Kelly also is a member of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and serves on the board of directors of the Douglas County Development Corporation.
Kelly's appointment, which must be confirmed by the state Senate, is for a three-year term.
Local Briefs
FACILITIES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:
Myron Reed in December returned to the University of Kansas as assistant director for mechanical and electrical engineering. The 1967 KU graduate worked in the state division of architectural services for the past 17 years.
INDIAN FELLOWSHIP AWARDED:
Lance Parker, Lawrence freshman,
has been awarded an Indian Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Education.
Parker, who is majoring in mechanical engineering, said he must maintain a 2.0 grade point average to keep the renewable fellowship.
The fellowship pays for tuition and books and provides a stipend for living expenses.
STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIPS:
Five University of Kansas students have received merit-based scholarships. The scholarships, ranging from
$300 to $650, were drawn from $5,000 provided each year by the Kansas University Endowment Association. They were given to the winners based on grade point average and an essay contest.
Any student that had been accepted into the study abroad program and had a cumulative GPA of 3.30 was eligible to compete in the essay competition. The essays compared the government or the culture of the country of study with that of the United States.
The winners of the scholarships are Sarah R. Kessinger, Maryville graduate student; Brian David Center, Manhattan junior; Jennifer Ann Warner, Valley Center junior; Gary Scott Blackford, Council Bluffs, Iowa, graduate student; and Mary Elizabeth Edmonson, Muskogee, Okla., junior.
received an honorary doctorate Dec. 20 from Martin-Luther University at Halle-Wittenberg, East Germany.
CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR HONORED
CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR HONORED
Richard L. Schoen, Summerfield distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry,
Schoenw is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has been a visiting scientist at universities in Japan, Costa Rica, West Germany and England. He also has assisted in exchange visits of chemistry with Martin-Luther University and KU.
In 1982, Schowen received one of KU's top research prizes, the Dolph Simons Sr. Award for his work with enzymes.
SOCIAL WELFARE SCHOLARITY
Aggie Maderk, Kansas City, Kan.,
graduate student in the School of
Social Welfare has received the first
Mildred Webb Sigler Memorial
Scholarship. The scholarship is
reduced to a graduate student in the
school who is interested in health care.
This is the first scholarship given in the name of Sigler, who died last
January. She had been a faculty member since 1963. Maderak will receive her master's degree this semester.
Meetings were previously held on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. The commission kept its 9 a.m. Monday meetings, changed the date of its Wednesday meetings to 7 p.m. and conceded Tuesday meetings.
MEETING TIMES CHANGE: The new Douglas County Commission changed the times of its regular meetings and chose commissioner Mike Amyx as its chairman during its first session Jan. 9.
On his first day on the job, Amyx,
the former Lawrence mayor,
was nominated to be the commission's
new chairman.
Amryx said that the Monday morning meetings would include administrative items, while the Wednesday evening meetings would cover items likely to involve public comment.
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