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When confronted with the saying, "Go fly a kite," Melissa Davis, Stilwell brought the springlike weather sometimes made it difficult to keep the kite freshman, takes the opportunity to do so. The sharp gusts of wind that steady, but she didn't let it spoil her fun.
Family digs into gardening hobby
By MICHELLE WORRALL Staff Reporter
The Nitcher family 'is suffering from a contagious disease - green thumb.
Carolyn Nitcher caught it from her mother, and now her 6-year-old son, Sean, is showing some of the symptoms.
The telltale signs include leaving dog-eared gardening magazines on the coffee table, trading seed packets with neighbors as casually as coupons and eating fresh vegetables for every meal.
"When the snow is blowing outside,
I curl up with my seed catalog in front of the wood stove and wish
my family Carolyn Nichter, 1918
Aidson Sisler.
There is no cure
Darlene Frieden, Nitcher's mother, said her daughter was bitten by the gardening bug on their farm in Pomona when she was about 6 years old.
"She had her own little garden." she said. "She nurtured and enjoyed
And how her garden has grown.
and vegetable gardens hug the perimeter of her yard. Her 25- by 30-foot garden plot is tinged with green as cabbage, lettuce, broccoli and cauliflower push their tiny heads through the freshly tilled earth.
In addition, Nitcher has rented four 20-by-20-foot plots for $5 each from the Lawrence parks and recreation department. She said she planned to plant watermelons, pumpkins, potatoes and corn on these plots.
The department rents out 40 plots in southeast Lawrence at East Glenn and Harper streets on a first come, first served basis, said Margie Young, secretary for parks and recreation.
BY THE LAST week of February,
seeds for leafy vegetables, candy
lilies, dahlias and impatiens were
sown in a miniature plastic
container on the plants are
large enough, they will be
transplanted outside.
Even when the ground was frozen and covered with snow, Nitcher had ordered her seeds and planted her garden in her mind.
NITCHER'S BACK YARD is a gardener's paradise. Flower beds
Gardening is a peaceful retreat, Nitcher said.
As Carolyn Nitcher discussed her hobby, her son stroked the leaf of his red and green house plant.
"If I'm really upright I can walk outside and pull those weeds," she said. "I also like to see things grow."
"I'm gonna to plant this outside," Sean said. "But I hope bugs don't mess with it."
"Then we're not going to plant it," he said.
Carolyn Nitcher told her son that grasshoppers probably would eat the delicate plant.
Nitcher said bugs were a problem at times because she practiced handwashing and enduring that discourages the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
She said she had trouble growing squash because of pests.
"I have to pick the suckers off and squash them," she said. "If that doesn't work, I pull up the plant and start all over."
But Nitcher said she was successful with corn and beans.
"I love beans," she said, as she opened seed packets and scattered the different varieties of beans on her couch. "Aren't they pretty?"
Nitcher's next door neighbor, also is suffering from green thumb.
"I spend a portion of each day in the garden, even be'ore I have my coffee in the morning," she said. "I like to walk in the yard as if someone is going to take it from me or make it disappear."
Mertie Ezell, 1912 Atchison Ave.,
"Carolyn is a fine, peppy person," she said. "She just digs into it. She's very sweet."
But Nitcher will never admit it. Only her basement shelves, which are stacked with freshly canned fruits and vegetables, and March's word issue of Organic Gardening give her away
It's been a long and hard winter, and with the coming of spring many people are looking forward to spending time outdoors and sunny days in the city's parks.
By MIKE GREEN Staff Reporter
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But first these parks must be cleaned up and whipped into shape. And at this time of year, that process consumes many hours for workers at the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department.
Picking up trash and clearing away debris left behind by winter are the first steps in the cleanup work, Fred DeVictor, director of the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department, said recently.
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Besides preparing the parks, the parks department also is responsible for the trees and flowers downtown and around city buildings such as the public library. DeVictor said flowers usually were planted in May.
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"Over the winter months we don't get around to all of the parks to pick up trash and remove dead branches." DeVictor said.
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He said the physical fitness classes usually had waiting lists.
People also can take classes in stress management and self-assertion. The classes operate on a first-come, first-served basis, so anyone wishing to take part must call the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department as soon as possible. DeVictor said.
HE SAID IT took a crew one week just to turn on all of the water to the parks' rest rooms and water fountains. Our work usually goes on in late March.
DeVictor said the fields had to be regraded and more dirt brought in, and that new turf usually was put on the ball diamonds in the fall.
In addition to cleanup and routine maintenance work, DeVictor said, city crews must make sure such things as picnic tables and tennis nets are in place. They also spend a lot of time buying the city's baseball diamonds.
Another popular sporting event sponsored by the city is the Clinton Parkway Dam Run on March 30. People can compete in the 5-kilometer, 10-kilometer or 20-kilometer divisions. Advance registrations will be accepted through Friday.
The coming of spring means the arrival of the city's slow-pitch softball leagues. An organizational meeting for people wishing to play in summer leagues will be at 7 tonight at the Community Building, 115 W. 11th St.
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Although people are free to enjoy, the parks in an unstructured atmosphere, the parks department also provides many organized activities. The most important is physical fitness, swimming and sculpture are sponsored by the city.
In addition, the Lawrence Track Club is sponsoring the Kaw Valley Levee Run on March 31. Interested people should talk to members of the track club.
"Our two busiest months are in May and September when the students are here," he said.
"A lot of time goes into this," he
DEVICTOR SAID Lawrence's urban parks, where people can have piñes and play baseball, received the most usage. KU student groups are among the leading users of the city's parks.
Late-night network shows appealing to fewer viewers
NEW YORK — Americans especially rich ones — are beginning to yawn at late-night network television offerings.
That's the news from the N.W. Ayer research department, in the ad agency's report on you is watching what from 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The figures show that in the late-night time period, the number of
said. "Things such as flowers make a nice visual impact."
The network slice of the pie, however, has dropped from 72 percent in the 1979-80 season to 55 percent in the 1983-84 season.
homes using television has increased from 23.4 percent in 1979-80 to 27.5 percent in 1983-84.
The Ayer report notes that since 1980-81, when the A.C. Nielsen Co. began measuring income groups, late-night viewing by those in the $30,000-plus group has dropped 2 percent for the time period.
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