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University Daily Kansan, July 3, 1980
Entertainment
Area booms with Fourth of July plans
Firework stands in Lawrence are attracting lots of business as shoppers gear up for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Matt Roberts, 10, Rt. 4 at left and Brett Munsch, 12, 2021 Wellington Court made their purchases at a stand just west of city on Sixth Street and are expected to drive more than 18 billion miles during the summer's busiest holiday.
In addition to backyard barbecues and picnics in the park, Fourth of July activities in the Lawrence area range from a mammoth fireworks display to the christening of a lake and state park.
Five-thousand dollars worth of fireworks, featuring a political donkey and elephant and an American flag will highlight Fourth of July activities at KU's Memorial Stadium.
The Lawrence Jaycees sponsor the display. Gov. John Carlin is the scheduled guest speaker, and the Rainbow Riders and Cliff Downing with Bad News will play country and western music.
LAST YEAR, two stray sparks from the fireworks ignited the grand finale display, spoiling the show.
"That won't happen this year, at least we hope it won't," said Steve Figuieras, a Lawrence Jaycee.
Figuieras said the total power of the fireworks display was equivalent to two sticks of dynamite.
Gates open at 6 p.m. and the concert begins at 7 p.m. Fireworks will start at 8:45 p.m., after carlin's speech. The Jaycees will operate the stadium and free parking will be available around the stadium.
Tickets are $1.75 in advance and $2 at the gate. Children five and under are admitted free. In case of rain, the fireworks display will be July 6. Tickets are available at Maupintour, Bedford and Western Sizzlin Restaurant.
Aerial fireworks and acrobatics will be just a small part of the Fourth of July activities at Clinton Foundation formal dedication this weekend.
Discount Center. There are five age categories, and a $20 gift certificate will be awarded to the winner in each category. The derby ends Sunday.
DEDICATION EVENTS BEGAN Monday with the start of the fishing derby, sponsored by Gibson's
A historical exhibit and play will be presented at the Wakarusa Valley School. The events are sponsored by The Society and will run through Sunday.
The play, titled "Wakarus," is a series of scenes about historical figures from Douglas County's past. It was written by Ric Aavilier for the Clinton Lake community and will be acted out by community residents.
Two sailboat regattas are planned for the CVA. The boat will be sponsored by the KU Sail Club. Saturday's regatta will be sponsored by the Clinton Lake.
Saturday evening will mark the culmination of the dedication festivities.
Prior to the ceremony, skydriver Steve Demerrit will parachute onto the dedication site. He will be followed by a hot air balloon flivb.
A BAND FROM THE KU Midwestern Music and Art Camp will give two concerts during the evening.
Residents of the Clinton area and local and state politicians will speak briefly during the ceremony. Among those speaking will be Carlin, Bob Dole, Rep. Larry Winn Jr., former mentor James B. Pearson.
Shortly after the ceremony begins, a fleet of F-84 Phantom jets will飞 over the dedication site at supersonic speeds.
For Dole and Winn, their appearances might be construed as having political overtones. John Lungsturm, Douglas County Republican Party Chairman, said it was hard to avoid.
"In an election year, it is hard to make the distinction between a political appearance and a non-political one," he said.
The evening will end with a fireworks display over the lake after dark.
GLENN WEST, a spokesman for the Lawrence Chamber of commerce, said that up to 10,000 people were expected at the dedication event, with a possible 25,000 people visiting the lake over the weekend.
He said the new Clinton Parkway might be open for Saturday's dedication.
In addition to the dedication events, many of the lake's camping and picnic areas will be open for use.
An Independence Day celebration planned in Royals Stadium includes a fireworks display and fountain at the Seattle Mariners-Kansas City Royals game. Pans can see the show for the regular ticket price.
A fireworks display at Merritt Lake, Fort Leavenworth, sponsored by Fort Leavenworth and the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce will display $2,200 worth of fireworks 1:30 p.m. Friday. The chamber is free to attend. Leavenworth Community Band. All activities are free to the public.
Worlds of Fun Amusement Park,
Kansas City, Mo., will have a fireworks display July 4. The
fireworks will start at about 9:30
p.m. and can be seen from any place
in the park.
The Topeka fairgrounds will have fireworks sponsored by FM 97, a Topeka based radio station, following a concert by the Pott County Pork and Bean Band. Tickets are $3.
Mary Ellen's hints helpful in the house
By ANDREA WARREN DOERR
special Reviewe It never fails
You've invited a few friends to your apartment for dinner and the spaghetti is stuck together, you forget to put it on the table. You could bake it, you don't have a corkscrew to open the wine, and to top it off you scoured your favorite pizza and filled the bowl with cheese.
HYSTERIA MIGHT BE an appropriate response to these kitchen horrors, but a better reaction is to grab "Mary Ellen's Best of Helpful Hints," a
small, bright green, spiral-bound book which should be on your bookshelf. This little gem sells for $3.95 and can be shipped from K-Mart to the Orb Bookstore.
Mary Ellen Pinkham, the co-author along with her mother, Pearl Higgibotham, is a Minneapolis housewife who loves to teach tips to make just about everything easier-from cooking to cleaning, sewing, caring for carpets, cars and furniture.
And there is something in it for you whether you live in a house, an apartment, a dorm room or whatever. Here are some of the best of Mary Ellen's best about food and the kitchen.
Let's start with the spaghetti. If you add a lump of butter or a few teaspoons of cooking oil to the water as it heats, you won't have any trouble with rice, noodles or spaghetti boiling over or sticking together.
PLACE THE FROZEN bread loaf in a brown paper bag and put it into a 325-degree oven for five minutes and it will thaw completely.
When a corkscrew isn't handy, run hot water on the neck of the wine bottle
and the heat will expand the glass,
causing the cork to pop out.
That pan can be cleaned by sprinkling it liberally with baking soda, adding just enough water to cover it, burnt or not. Then the pan will lift right out.
If your drain gets clogged with grease, pour a cup of salt and a cup of baking soda into it, followed by boiling water. If the grease should dissolve immediately.
Here are some other helpful things to know. To get stubborn catus out of the bottle, insert a drinking straw, nush it
to the bottom, then remove it. The air you admitted will start the catsup flowing.
TO SOFTEN BUTTER for use in cooking, grate it. You can also graze brown sugar that has hardened. Or, put a slice of bread into the package, close it tightly, and in a couple of hours the brown sugar will be soft again.
Before you open that next can of creamed soap, shake it well, then open the bottom end instead of the top, and the soup will slide right out.
Shops ready for big holiday
The American Revolution cost $190 million, according to government records released during the Biocentennial. That could be a mere pittance when compared to what Americans will celebrate their independence this year.
Lawrence businessmen are stocked waiting for weekend party-goers and travelers. Explosions, mastication and attacks throughout Dauglas County.
Travelers should have no problem finding gasoline because all the major Lawrence gasoline stations will have adequate supplies. Jack Schafer, attendant at the Phillips station at 2534 S. Canyon Street, than usual crowds were expected to head for the Clinton Lake dedication and picnic areas.
Steve Julian, assistant manager at Rusty's Food Center, said that chip and beverage vendors had been filling the store with chips until he was in large demand Friday. Julian said.
Ice has been backstocked, he said,
because it could be a big seller this
Fourth of July. Ice is not usually a
popular item, he said.
Beverage distributors have worked all week to get their stores ready. McDonald Beverage Company, the largest food distributor, is expecting a big weekend.
Cliff Mcdonald, owner of McDonald's, said that he had doubled his staff this week to supply all of his contacts. There are 212 hats shops and convenience stores in the Perry Lake area, where all its to be fully stocked by late today.
Mary Jane Housworth, sales representative for Coca-Cola, said the company had prepared for the holiday. She said the recession had little effect on the amount of Coca-Cola that stores wanted in stock.
FERMIN DAVALOS, employee of the Seven Eleventh store, 3025 W. 8th St., said, "A lot of people come in here between 4:30 and 5:30 in the morning on their way to Clinton, but we can't sell them beer until 6 a.m."
Jack Webb, manager of Green's Liquor Store, said he wished he could be open on the holiday, but that sales on Saturday would be good.
Most customers of liquor stores buy their beverages on the way to their destination, he said, and seldom prepare in advance for their joint.
Jerry Pine said that their stand was the largest in the state, with people spending thousands of dollars there every year.
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