University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, November 9.1988
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Divers Tom Koenig, left, and Cliff Woodsmall, of Midwest Marine Contracting Inc., test their equipment at Clinton Reservoir. The Army Corps of Engineers hired the divers to inspect the dam. No flaws were found in the dam yesterday.
Dam divers
Campus police group trying to form union
Elections to decide whether a group of KU police officers will form a union may be held before the end of the year, an attorney who represents the Kansas University Police Officers Association said yesterday.
By Jay A. Cohen Kansan staff writer
Steve Bukaty, the attorney for the group, said that next week he would submit signatures, addresses and Social Security numbers of more than 30 percent of about 35 eligible employees to the state Public Employee Relations Board in Topeka. This would meet the "showing of interest" requirement needed to hold an election to decide whether a union would represent the employees.
tration for the state department of human resources, said yesterday that the employee group requested a hearing last spring to determine which employee positions would be included in a union. The hearing was March 8 and 9 and April 8.
ees.
Ray Siehndel, director of adminis
Siehdel said the hearing was conducted before Paul Dickhoff, a representative of the board, whose recommendation was accepted Sept. 21.
Mary Prewitt, assistant University general counsel, represented the University of Kansas in the hearing. She said the board ruled that the positions of police officer, detective and security officer I would be included in the bargaining unit. The positions of sergeant, lieutenant, security officer II and communication operator
(dispatcher) would not.
She said the University opposed the inclusion of sergeants in the unit because they were supervisors. She said the University had also opposed the inclusion of detectives.
Bukaty said that an appeal to include sergeants in the unit had been filed the third week in October in Shawnee County District Court.
Prewitt said that she had received notification of the appeal and that the University had not responded yet. The University has until about Nov. 23 to respond.
The University can neither oppose nor encourage the forming of a union, but can present its views concerning the make-up of the bargaining unit. Prewitt said.
KU alum to be honored at Kansas Film Festival Competition, movie showings begin tonight
By David Stewart
Kansan staff writer
The lights are off, and the cameras are in storage, but the action begins tonight.
Action begins tonight.
The sixth annual Kansas Film and Video Festival begins at 8 tonight. Downs Auditorium at Dyche Hall which was premiere of the feature film "Reunion," which was shot primarily in Lenexa. The film is about a 15-year high school reunion at a small-town bar in Kansas.
Vicki Vodrey, a producer and actor in "Reunion," said that the film won fourth place out of 70 films at the Houston International Film Festival this year.
Houston International Film Festival this year. The festival at KU features five days of film showings and competition in Dyche. It will end on Sunday, when the Kansas Film Institute will present its 1988 Grand OZZI award to Stephen Johnson, a 1978 KU graduate and director of Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" video and former director of the CBS show "Pee-Wee's Playhouse."
house." The Institute will present its 1988 Life Achievement OZZI award to Herk Havey and John Clifford, both Lawrence residents. They produced the 1962 feature horror film "Carnival of Souls," which was shot partially in Lawrence.
Roger Holden, president of Magic Visions studios, 745 New Hampshire St., will present the OZIs.
New Hampshire ST., will present the OCL "I encourage KU students past and present to come and pay homage to Stephen, Past and John," Holden said.
Some KU student films also will be featured during the festival. Mark Syerson, executive secretary of the Kansas Film Institute, said, "We have student entries in virtually every category" of film and video competition.
The categories include long non-fiction, short non-
fiction, long promotional, short promotional and public
service announcements and commercials. Those
categories will be shown from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
"Long narrative and short narrative films will be screened for competition at 8 p.m. Saturday.
screened for competition and practice
Long experimental, short experimental and music
video films will be screened for competition at noon
Sunday.
Syverson said 70 films were entered for this year's competition.
competition.
Holden said that since the event began in 1983, the interest in competition has grown.
"We had just below 30 entries in 1983, and it just gradually increased," he said.
Other events at the festival include the Kansas premiere of "Hoxsey — Quacks Who Cure Cancer?" at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
Holden said that the film was used as testimony to Congress to show that a cheap herbal cure for cancer had been suppressed by the American Medical Association
Also, a panel of people with professional film experience will speak and answer questions from 4 to 5 p.m. Friday.
List for HOPE narrowed to 10
By a Kansan reporter
Seniors have chosen 10 professors as semifinalists for the Honor for Progressive Educator (HOPE) award. The HOPE award has been presented annually to a KU faculty member by KU's senior class since 1959.
of health, physical education,
Seniors may vote on the finalists Nov. 16 and 17
at 106 Strong Hall or in the dean's office in each
professional school.
Lawrence to issue bonds
KU's seminare
The professors are Mathias Mertes, professor of chemistry and medicinal chemistry; Valentino Stella, professor of pharmacy; Lonn Beaudry, associate professor of design; Norman Forer, associate professor of social welfare; Herman Leon, professor of social welfare; Steve McCabe, assistant of civil engineering; Chip Howat, associate professor of chemistry and petroleum engineering; Tim Bengtson, assistant professor of journalism; Dena Linville, instructor in journalism; James LaPoint, associate professor of health physical education and recreation.
Senior may vote on the finalists Nov. 16 and 17. Strong Hall or in the dean's office in each
professional school. The winner of the HOPE award will be announced at the Nov.19 football game.
Bv Derek Schmidt
By Derek Schmid Special to the Kansan
The Lawrence City Commission last night approved a letter of intent to issue up to $10.5 million in industrial revenue bonds to be used for tax relief by the developers of the Lawrence riverfront project.
The commission approved the letter of intent by a 41 vote.
a 4-1 vote.
John Lungstrum, an attorney for the Chelsea Group, asked for the revenue bonds because the developers underestimated the amount of property taxes they would have to pay. He said the bonds were needed for the project to proceed.
were The Chelsea Group, an East Coast-based company, is the developer for the project. No bonds will be issued without another request from the group.
The request to authorize the bonds came during last week's meeting, but the commission said then that it needed more time to decide. Mayor Bob Schumm said that it looked as if the project cost more than $21 million. The city has already allocated $3.5 million in general funds to the Chelsea Group.
Chelsea Group:
Commissioner Dennis Constance opposed the move.
"I don't think we should be giving away taxes." Constance said. "Before we abate something, I think we ought to satisfy that the community in other ways was recovering full value."
Schumm said that information from previous meetings showed that the project would pay for itself.
Barry Shalinsky, a Lawrence resident, said the commission had repeatedly rushed consideration of the riverfront project.
of the lives in this city had a bad night to consider this item." Shalinsky said. "It is an election night. Most of the people have other things to do besides consider industrial revenue bonds."
Schumm said he was going to keep the election night meeting as short as possible because everyone wanted to watch the election race and because Commissioner Mike Amyx was a candidate in the county commission race.
"Just look at those hands," Constance said of Amely, "Steady as a rock."
Amyx. "Steady as a rock."
In other business, the commission:
In other business," the firm authorized the installation of a priority traffic ignition to allow fire trucks to change the code of traffic lights by remote control. The system would keep fire response times under the city's five-minute goal, said Jim McSwain, Lawrence fire chief.
If Senate submits a bill, it must first pass through the Finance Committee meeting on Nov. 16. Menees said that the committee could have called an emergency meeting but decided against it.
presidential candidate
Brook Menees, student body president, said yesterday that a bill to finance the $10,000 visit to KU would not be heard during tonight's Senate meeting. Hart, a former Democratic presidential candidate, is tentatively scheduled to appear Jan. 31 in Hoch Auditorium.
meeting but decide to follow the I think we need to follow the
basket pills are the following: a $1,200 bill to maintain the Student Senate typing room in Watson Library for eight months: a $1,092 bill to cover an increase in monthly telephone charges for 11 student organizations; an $885 bill to buy new equipment for the KU Sailing Club; and a $197 bill to duplicating and advertising for the Campus Vegetarian Society.
Senate will consider bill for Hart speech
In other business, Senate will debate five bills during tonight's meeting, including a $2,040 bill to help finance the University Dance Club. The club asked Senate for money to make costumes and posters and to mail fliers for a ballet performance.
Nov. 30 would be the earliest day that Student Senate could consider a bill to finance a visit by former presidential candidate Gary Hart.
By a Kansan reporter
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