FEATURES UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, June 23.1993
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(Phil Huntsinger, professor of health education, tries his luck at Potter Lake. Huntsinger, who teaches the Fish Kansas class, was fishing yesterday afternoon.
Something fishy
By Todd Puntney
Something smells fishy about a health, physical education and recreation course at the University of Kansas.
Kansan staff writer
It's homework.
About 60 students will spend part of the summer on lakes or riverbanks fishing for a grade in Fish Kansas, a one-credit hour course that teaches the fundamentals of angling.
The class met for its only scheduled session Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The remaining course work calls for the students, armed with a rod, a reel and some luck, to fish three times on their own.
Phil Huntingsinger, professor of health education and instructor of the course, said he hoped students would get as hooked on fishing as he had.
"Fishing is good for you." Huntsinger said "You can't fish and worry at the same time. And it's a lifetime sport that doesn't require a ball."
Huntingstser has fished most of his life and used to own a marina at Douglas County State Fishing Lake near Baldwin City. He has taught many students only in the summer, for the last six years.
The course immersed students in history, types of rods and reels, different fish and various fishing techniques. They were given a comprehensive exam at the end of the day.
"With my background I decided that this was the contribution I could make in offering a course on fishing." he said.
Guest speakers — including two world-record anglers, a fishermen biologist from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and a biologist with advice on strategy, technology and equipment.
Two tournament fishermen even used a pool in Robinson Center to demonstrate casting with different lures.
Eldon Bailey, a Lawrence resident who has a weekly fishing show on radio station KLWN, said that because 80 percent of the water in a lake has no fish, people needed to understand fish to find them.
"Fish are creatures of habit," Bailey said. "There's no way they're going to know where McDonald's is."
He also said that expensive equipment was unnecessary, such as rods that cost hundreds of dollars, lures that are blatantly exotic, and
"Fishing is good for you. You can't fish and worry at the same time."
Phil Huntsinger Professor of health education
boats that cost up to $1,000 per foot.
"Over the course of my entire life, I keep on going back to the basics" Bailey said. "You
Different fish require different bait, said Russ Huan, owner of the Dam Bait Shop in Baldwin City. Worms do not work with all fish, such as channel catfish who need a scent — usually a disgusting one — to attract them to a hook.
Stink bait made from things such as ground minnows, worms and cheese is one of the most popular catfish baits. The containers of certain varieties even warn that the bait should be touched only with a stick, not a hand.
"It smells worse than baby feces," Huan said. I won't let people open containers in the store
Blood, another common bait, is equally as nauseaet. Some fishermen fill a bucket with blood from slaughtered livestock, stir it with their arm until it coagulates, and then store it in a refrigerator. It's almost like jelly for fish.
The weather also affects fishing, to what extent is anyone's guess. But fishermen all have their own ideas.
Other bats include chicken inverts, goldfish,
night crawlers and small frogs.
Bailey said fish needed between two and three days of stable weather and water after a storm to return to their feeding patterns. A shifting barometer apparently indicates that fish can be found near obstacles such as stones or trees. And when the wind is out of the east, the saving goes, the鱼hite the least.
Meredith Belifuss, Lawrence junior, said she hoped to fish more after taking the class.
"It was fantastic," Beilfuss said. "I know I learned a lot. Hurtingsinger is definitely a comedian and that helped the day go by."
Huntsinger said that both beginning and more experienced fishermen could learn from the course, and that was what made it unique.
"I like the technical and novice aspects that can help both types of people," he said. "I've fished for a long time, and I still learn something new every year."
Program spotlights youths
By Todd Puntney Kansan staff writer
Lawrence students spend the summer studying the theater
Instead of bussing tables or sacking groceries this summer, many Lawrence junior high and high school students will be on stage.
The Summer Youth Theater, sponsored by the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department, Southwestern Bell and the Lawrence Arts Center, seems more like a college course than a summer-long workshop. Students attend classes every day and practice every night.
entire theatrical experience." Casson said.
More than 80 students attend classes, which are held every day for two weeks from 1 to 4:30 p.m. The classes give instruction in acting, improvisation, writing and dancing. Students also learn how to build sets, design costumes, apply makeup and direct lighting.
Leslie Casson, education program director of the Lawrence Arts Center, Ninth and Vermont streets, said the program was extensive but worthwhile.
"The kids come for one or two months and are submerged in the
The work pays off with two productions during the summer — a musical and a drama.
"In Robin's Wood," a comical variation of "Robin Hood," debuts tomorrow and runs through Sunday. The drama, "Trial of the Catonsville Nine," opens July 29.
Initially a master's project for a KU theater student 17 years ago, the Summer Youth Theater has grown into the only city-wide program involving junior high and high school students
to such an extent, Casson said.
Classes cost $55, while students perform in either production pay $80. Scholarships are available from the Lawrence Arts Center.
"The kids love it," she said. "They come back year after year."
Kitty Stefens, who graduated from Lawrence High School in May and will attend KU next fall, has performed in the theater for the last six years.
"it's kind of a habit with me now," Steffens said. "I like it because it gives you a chance to be on stage and keep growing during the summer when there wouldn't be any chances for you to do theater."
She said the theater provided students with the opportunity to learn and have fun, instead of sitting idle between school years.
Steefens, who plays the evil nun stirson of the Sheriff of Nottingham in "In Robin's Wood," said she was not nervous about the upcoming production and enjoyed the freedom inherent in a musical that has not been performed locally in years.
"You feel like you can do anything you want, and it's still OK," she said.
Summer Youth Theater actors (clockwise from bottom left) Jessica Gibson, Aidan Loveland, Breanna Pine, Caitlin Bolein, Hannah Knowton and Emily Randel rehearse a scene for the play "in Robin's Wood" at the Lawrence Arts Center. The play will run tomorrow through Sunday.
She also said "In Robin's Wood."
which was written and directed by local playwright Ric Averill, would be entertaining for all age groups.
It's kind of like 'Sesame Street,'
Stefens said. "Adults can watch it and
get a kick out of it, and kids can watch it and love it, too."
The show starts at 8 p.m. at the Lawrence Arts Center. Tickets cost $3.50 for students and $5 for adults.
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