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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, March 10, 1998
To catch a talking bird
Pet World lost one of its expensive feathered friends Friday afternoon.
Sgt. George Wheeler said that a $1,200 double-yellowhead Amazon parrot was found missing between noon and 2 p.m. from the store, 711 W. 23rd St. He said police were investigating.
Tim Emerson, Pet World manager, said the birds were kept in open cages.
"Anyone can come over and pick them up," he said. "We have a camera on the bird pen, so we're going to go over the tape, and hopefully, we'll see something."
Emerson said he was concerned because the parrot, which was only a few months old, depended on a special formula of baby parrot food.
"I hope they realize that they need to feed it the right formula, or it's going to die." Emerson said.
Although Wheeler said police had no suspects, the baby parrot may not be completely helpless.
"The bird speaks but has a limited vocabulary, and it bites." Wheeler said.
-Ronnie Wachter
Child development center to be redesigned, relocated
By Gerry Doyle gdoyle@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
On-campus child care soon will take its first step toward a better center.
Hilltop Child Development Center, which serves students and faculty at the University of Kansas, will be relocated to a redesigned, larger center near Stouffler Place apartments. The project, which will cost about $3.3 million, will be financed through a $4 student fee, which was implemented last year.
Construction will begin this summer, and the new building should be complete by August 1999.
The project was an attempt to improve the taxed capabilities of the current center, said Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, associate provost. With a waiting list of more than 200 students, many with child care needs often were turned away, she said.
The Hilltop building was inadequate, and its shortcomings were a problem, its Cluskey-Fawcett said.
really designed for kids. The new design is great for students with kids - you can't really go to school here and have your kids any closer."
"There are more kids than spaces," she said. "It's an old house retrofitted for this use. It's not
Pat Pisani, Hilltop director, said that the new center would be a better environment. An increased capacity — more than 250 children, a mixture of part-time and full-time attendees, can be served by the new center — a better learning environment and location all will be welcome additions to the center's capabilities, she said.
The center costs between $8.75 and $22.50 per week for students and faculty, depending on what program a child is enrolled in, Pisani said. The design and its location would add to Hilltop's usefulness, and the fee increase is minimal, she said.
The new design features a Kansas theme, complete with rolling hills and plains in the play area, Pisani said. The center will feature "neighborhoods," so that it will not have an institutional feel, she said.
Pisani said she told the architect that one should be able to walk in and have no sense that hundreds of children were inside.
"It's designed to be kind of like a small cluster of homes. Once more
"There are more kids than spaces."
Kathleen McClusky - Fawcett
people start to hear about this, I'm sure the list of people waiting to get in will mushroom."
Planning for the project began last spring, she said. After getting an administrative go-ahead, the architect, Rafael Architects of Kansas City, Kan, was hired. The center will hold about 100 more children than the present building.
For students with children, a new Hilltop would be a huge help, said Nicolas Shump, a Lawrence graduate student with two children.
The waiting list for the old Hilltop had prevented him from using its services. Shump said.
Although some complaints had been raised about traffic in the Stouffer Place area, those inconveniences would be outweighed by the center's benefits, he said.
"If my kids were younger, they'd definitely go there," Sumpa said. "I think it's a good deal. Students need to have a place to send their kids."
Next year, Hiltop Child Development Center plans to open a new center to accommodate nearly twice as many students as are enrolled now. Hiltop's history at the University of Kansas:
Uphill struggle
April 1972
Student Senate approves
$20,000 to start a child-care cen-
August 21,1972
May 1973
Hilltop Child Development Center opens with 52 children enrolled. Hilltop accumulated $7,890 in debt during its first year, in addition to a $6,000 loan from the KU Endowment Association.
Hiltop is incorporated as a non-profit corporation in Kansas. Student Senate pays the $14,000.00 fee.
Summer 1975
Hilltop closes for the summer because of losses from previous summer programs.
August 1975
Hilltop reopens with Joan Reiber as director.
A sixth classroom is added after enrollment tops 100 children.
The State of Kansas purchases Hilltop's building for $150,000 plus $46,000 for repairs.
1978-1979
1977-1978
1982-1983
138 children are enrolled at Hilltop; another 98 are on the waiting list.
1992-1993
1987-1988
The east side of Hilltop's building is renovated.
1994-1995
Hilltop celebrates its 20th anniversary. Student Senate passes a restricted fee to finance expansion at the center.
Child Care Task Force sends six recommendations to executive vice chancellor Ed Meyen. A committee develops a program that would accommodate 308 children.
The University approves Hilltop's proposal to construct a new center.
April 1997
Fall 1999
The new Hilltop Child Development Center is projected to open. Phase I will accommodate 220 children at one time. If an additional $1.5 million could be raised, the rest of the plan will be constructed allowing the center to accommodate 308 children.
Andrew Rohrback / KANSAN
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