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MARCH 22 1996 Obituaries Lauris Krenik, 63; farmer from Madison Lake was chairman of 'U' regents By Pat Pheifer didates." Star Tribune Staff Writer Krenik served as a convention delegate, Le Sueur County ReLauris D. Krenik, 63, a farmer publican chairman and Second from Madison Lake, who District vice chairman. served on the University of Min- "Minnesota lost one of its finnesota Board of Regents for 12 est citizens when Lauris died," years and was its chairman from Whitney said. "I'm really terribly 1983 to 1985, died Thursday after grieved over his loss. He was a a long illness at St.

Peter (Minn.) very dear friend of mine." Community Hospital. Krenik was born on his really recognized what ents' farm in Washington Townthe university can do for an ship in Le Sueur County. He individual and how that trans- graduated from high school in lates to how that individual can Cleveland, and earned a make a contribution to his or her degree in animal science from community and the state," said the University of Minnesota in Dr. Chuck Casey, a former 1954. He served in the Air Force regent.

from 1954 to 1957. Krenik was elected to the He married Nancy Hanson in board in 1973 in what was then 1954. They farmed and raised the Second Congressional Dis- hogs in Washington Township trict. When the districts were re- until his death. configured, he represented the He was past president of the First District.

Although his back- Le Sueur County Farm Service ground was in agriculture and he Cooperative Board, the County had a strong interest in Pork Producers Association and maintaining those ties, he knew the County Farm Board. He was that the university had to be a board member of Minnesota's strong in all areas. Agricultural Interpretive Center "In the simplest sense, you and a director of First Bank Mancan't have a strong College of kato and Imma -St. Joseph's Agriculture if other programs are Hospital in Mankato. He weak," Casey said.

received many awards for his Krenik became chairman of civic work. the regents in 1983. He did not University of Minnesota seek reelection when his second President Nils Hasselmo said, six-year term expired in 1985. "As a regent, as a former regent Vern Long, a former regent who stayed actively involved in and a close friend, said Krenik supporting the university and as was "an extremely fair type of a a friend and source of excellent chairperson got along with advice, he was always there, everybody. I can't say I ever heard always thoughtful, always good anybody say any angry word to in every sense.

Whether as a priLauris or vice versa. He was vate citizen or public servant, the kind of person we all liked. they just don't come any better." "His concern was to make Besides his wife, Krenik is suravailable to as many of our vived by daughters Kristine Adyoung people as possible, the ams, of Columbus, Ohio, and best possible education obtain- Karla Mayer, of Le Sueur; a son, able," Long said. Michael, of St. Peter; sisters KarIn 1982, Wheelock Whitney een Daby, of Campbell, asked Krenik to be his running and Norma Lindhart, of Mason mate in his quest for the Republi- City, Iowa; a brother, Kenneth, of can endorsement for governor.

Madison Lake, and two was the only person I children. asked to run with me, and he Services will be held at 11 a.m. agreed to do it," Whitney said. "I Saturday at St. Peter's Evangeliwas really honored that he did.

I cal Lutheran Church in St. Peter. think it was hard for him to agree Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 to run because I was running p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the against the endorsed can- Klein Funeral Home, St.

Peter. William Drouches, 77; owned Bryant-Lake lanes William W. Drouches, 77, owner of the Bryant-Lake Bowling Lanes in Minneapolis for 34 years, died Monday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Golden Valley. The Minneapolis native was an amateur boxer before serving in the Army during World War II. He then owned and operated Bill's Cafe in Minneapolis for a few years.

Drouches helped build and run the Biltmore Bowl and Lyndale Lanes in Bloomington before buying Bryant-Lake Bowling Lanes in 1959. He sold it and retired in 1993. He carried a bowling average of about 200 for 40 years and was involved with the American Bowling Congress Tournament for 45 years. Despite his failing health because of cancer, he continued bowling until November or December. He bowled 12,300 games in his life.

Drouches was a member of the Minneapolis Bowling Hall of Fame. He was to be inducted into the Minnesota Bowling Hall of Fame on Sunday, but he was given the award early because of his illness. "He was a really special person," said his daughter, Jennie Schlumpberger, of St. Louis Park. "I think all my good qualities come from him." Besides his daughter, Drouches is survived by his wife of 34 years, Mardi; sisters Florence Kirkey and Mary Drouchas, both of Minneapolis, and a brother Jim Drouchas, of Minneapolis.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the WashburnMcReavy Edina Chapel, W. 50th St. and Hwy. 100.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday. Memorials are suggested to the University of Minnesota Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic, 460 Vet Teaching Hospital, 1365 Gortner St. Paul, MN 55108. Also Noted Joseph Lee Pope, 63, a singer for the rhythm and blues group the Tams, who fashioned Carolinas beach music of the 1960s, died Saturday in Georgia.

The Tams broke into the Top 10 with "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)" in 1964. Other hits included "Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me" and "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Walter Sullivan, 78, a New York Times science writer whose grasp of exotic topics impressed even the scientists whose work he chronicled, died at his home in Riverside, Conn. Before turning to science writing, Sullivan was a foreign correspondent for the Times in China, Korea and Berlin. More than once, physicists said they did not appreciate the depth of their work until they read Sulli- STAR TRIBUNE PAGE B7 TEACHERS from B1 Legislators back away from changing teacher licensing In addition, the bill would pay for all-day kindergarten and afterschool enrichment programs in the state's poorest schools. "We want our bill signed," said Rep.

Alice Johnson, DFL-Spring Lake Park, chairwoman of the House K-12 Education Finance Subcommittee. "We're doing everything but dance the polka." Even while DFLers were backing away from the alternatetesting plan, Republican leaders were promising a fight on the House floor when the bill comes up for a final vote today. They want to deal with the issue before the bill hits Carlson's desk. "The Democrats don't have the guts to address this issue head on," said Rep. Charlie Weaver, R- Anoka.

"Instead, they want to put it on the governor's lap." Under the newly amended bill, Carlson would have to approve the procedures for an "alternative process" before it could take effect July 1. The bill calls for Bruce Johnson, commissioner of the state Department of Children, Families and Learning, to make a war with itself," said Rep. Matt Entenza, DFL-St. Paul, one of the recommendation to Carlson, who ultimately would decide the issue. "The governor's gotten everything he wanted," said Sen.

David Knutson, R-Burnsville, one of 10 conferees who signed the bill Thursday morning. He called the latest plan "a good compromise," adding: "This lets the department decide whether or not we can develop an alternative test that maintains the same high standards." DFLers say they were misled DFLers accused the Carlson administration of sending mixed signals. To make their point, they released a transcript of Commissioner Johnson's testimony to the committee. On Monday night, just a day before Carlson threatened to veto the testing provision, Johnson told legislators that the idea had the support of his department. He said it would eliminate the threat of a lawsuit for failing to accommodate people with cultural and racial differences, or with disabilities.

"This is an administration at House conferees. In an interview Thursday, the commissioner said he addressed the committee after receiving a one-minute briefing from his staff and without having discussed the issue with his boss. "If it was an error in judgment for me not to have contacted the governor and if that's a story, why don't you go with it?" he said. With the issue now in the governor's hands, Entenza said, Carlson can answer to those who have raised complaints about the test, including critics who say it is racially biased. In 1995, the Legislature ordered the Board of Teaching to create a task force after hearing complaints that too many minority teaching candidates were failing the test.

Rep. LeRoy Koppendrayer, R- Princeton, said that DFLers are trying to make Carlson "the bad guy" by turning the issue over to him. He said the plan for an alternate test is a "dumbing down" of standards and an attempt to make sure that teachers feel good about themselves. The public outcry DFLers said the change would have forced teaching candidates who failed the test three times to pass an equivalent assessment, but they said the issue got confused in a political firestorm. It prompted hundreds of phone calls to the Capitol this week.

"I got all these calls from people, saying, 'You mean, no one will have to be able to read to be a Entenza said. Cyndy Brucato, the governor's, spokeswoman, said that DFLers, appear to be in "full retreat." She said Carlson has no plans to take advantage of the latest proposal, expect perhaps to accommodate disabled teaching candidates who struggle with the test. "Obviously, it gives him a great deal of leeway, but the governor would not do anything to lower those standards," Brucato said. Commissioner Johnson saidthe change appears to be acknowledgment that the original bill was flawed, but he declined to say if he supports it now. He planned to consult with Carlson's office Meanwhile, some expressed hope that the testing waiver might still survive.

"The governor is a reasonable man," said Sen. Sandy Pappas, DFL-St. Paul, adding: "When people calm down and take a calm look at what the language actually says and what it means, I think that reasonable minds will Star Tribune Photos by David Brewster An airplane lands behind two of the nine remaining officers' quarters at the west end of Taylor Av. Construction of a north parallel runway would require the demolition of all nine of the 19th-century buildings. RUNWAY from B1 Cities fear hidden agenda in expanding current airport The concern in Minneapolis, Mendota Heights and Eagan is that the airline could play the same cards in the future if more runway capacity is needed to accommodate air traffic growth.

Knowing the airline's position, they see a northern parallel runway as the hidden agenda behind the current expansion plans. And they say the social and physical costs of adding that fifth runway should have been factored into the decision about whether to build a new airport in Dakota County or expand at the current site. Officials of all three cities are convinced that construction of a new north-south runway would so deepen the investment in the current airport that it would force continued expansion with the noise and property destruction that would bring instead of building a new airport elsewhere. Further evidence supporting this scenario, they say, is the fact that there is no move to preserve the Dakota County site selected for a new airport. "The reality of the situation is that if we continue to invest here and we don't preserve options anywhere else, it's going to make it harder to move," said Jon Hohenstein, assistant to the city administrator of Eagan.

"The more we put our eggs in this basket the greater the possibility that a north parallel is the next thing that would happen." In the runway path Construction of a northern parallel runway would mean the clearing of some homes in south Minneapolis and additional noise over all three communities. "If they put a third northern runway in it would point right at the heart of residential Mendota Heights and areas that have never experienced air noise," Batchelder said. "People will move away. They're going to evacuate. For all intents and purposes, Minneapolis becomes another Detroit, another South Side Chicago and you have destroyed literally a very key part of the Eagan, likewise, fears more traffic over residential areas.

Minneapolis would lose 318 homes and a park. The homes would be cleared in the Wenonah neighborhood to create a safety zone required by the Federal Aviation Administration at the end of the new runway. Although city officials suspect more homes would be taken, state law exempts the creation of state safety zones beyond federal zones in housing areas, according to Nigel Finney, deputy executive director of planning for the MAC. But the southern tip of Bossen Field would fall in the safety zone. The 39-acre park has softball fields, a running track, a children's wading pool, playground equipment and a basketball court.

If the houses and park were taken for airport expansion, Frank Ario, a longtime south Minneapolis anti-noise activist predicts: Historic buildings lost Construction of a north parallel runway also would cut into the state park and historic buildings at Fort Snelling, requiring destruction of nine 19th century officers' quarters and three enlisted men's barracks in the Fort Snelling National Historic Landmark District. A nine-hole golf course at the fort would be in the runway's path. The golf course was built before World War I. Very annoying jet noise levels would extend over portions of the state park where there are hiking trails, a canoe landing, swimming and picnic facilities. So severe are these effects, that the most recent consultant's advice to the airports commission about the possibility of building a third parallel is that while there would be room, its construction would be problematic.

That has not, however, stopped the concern and speculation about the future of the runway. "I think that there is a hidden, agenda there and they will treat the third parallel as almost necessary once there has been a decision made to expand the airport, where it currently is," said Eagan Mayor Tom Egan. To prevent its construction from becoming an automatic step, Egan is trying to persuade state legislators either to prohibit its construction or to require that future consideration be given to building a new airport before a north parallel is built. Responding to the concern about a northern parallel, proposed legislation moving through the Capitol requires the airports commission to get legislative permission before building a northern parallel runway. The same proposed legislation requires the commission to report each year on the number of flights and passengers at the airport and on the length of delays.

The purpose to make clear any mounting, need for an additional runway. van's work in the Times. David M. Gordon, 51, a leading economist and corporate critic who taught at the New School for Social Research, died Saturday in New York. He was concerned with what he described as the waste and inefficiency built into corporate America's management ranks.

His best-known book is "Beyond the Waste Land: A Democratic Alternative to Economic Decline," written in 1983 with two other economists. Homer P. Groening, 76, an ad man and filmmaker whose name is immortalized in the cartoon character Homer Simpson, died Friday in Portland, Ore. Groening was the father of cartoonist Matt Groening, creator of the TV show "The Simpsons." A model of Fort Snelling by the Minnesota Historical Society shows the Taylor Av. area during World War II.

In a 1969 expansion of the airport, three barracks and 12 officers' quarters were destroyed..