University Daily Kansan, July 27, 1984 Page 5 Gandhi continued from p. 1 would be effective "This will be a real personal thing for people who meet them and see their faces." TOM MURPHY, WICHTIA graduate student, said however, that he thought the peace walk on the whole would not be very effective. "I'm skeptical, but I'd rather do something than nothing." he said. Murphy also participated in the peace praver. Of the seven walkers who started with Gandhi in Los Angeles, five are still with the group. Manu Behn, a native of London who is one of the original seven, said that when she first heard that Gandhi was planning the peace walk, she knew she had to be a part of it, no matter how long or hard it was. continued from p. 1 "I just knew I had to continue, just like I know I have to continue around the world," she said. The walk is an extension of the work Gandhi does through the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation, which he started in Los Angeles. AFTER THEY HAVE crossed the United States, the walkers plan to travel through Central and South America, Russia, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Europe during a two and a half year period. east the intellect, south the spirit, and west the emotion. She said she faced the direction that applied to her problem. THEERE ARE MANY Sabbaths during the year, and each is celebrated with a ritual, Smith said. A ritual usually begins with a group of wits from Lawrence and Kansas City getting together and doing some relaxation exercises, she said. Then they form a circle, and one person explains what the Sabbath is about. Smith said the latest Sabbath was for the summer solstice, or the longest day of the year. Smith said one of the witches then "casts the circle," or establishes the space in which the group will work. After the circle is cast, the group invokes the gods. "We just invite the gods to join us," she said. "It's pretty informal." "It's a living religion and I like that," she said. "No two Sabbaths are alike." said so WOlM Sibmhill are alike said THE GROUPS ARE usually small, she said "I've never had a circle with more than 10 people," she said. Smith said she had become calmer since she got into witchcraft. She said she had more patience and had become more aware of other people and to her surroundings. "We don't just stop to smell the roses," she said. "We carry them with us." Smith wears a five-pointed star, called a pentacle, identifying her as a witch. She said she had gotten some strong reactions to the symbol. "People in hard-core religious groups are taught to identify pentacles, and they come up and start 'witnessing' to me." Witnessing, she said, is the practice of other religious people trying to save her soul. SHE SAID SHE usually could avoid a scene by telling those people that she appreciated their concern for her soul, but felt comfortable with what she was doing. The bill was not initiated in response to any previous denial of access to religious groups, said Timanus. "It's more an offspring of the church prayer issues," he said, "an attempt to open the school to prayer." determine which were the threatening groups." Schools continued from p. 1 Glickman voted against the first proposal, but supported this week's legislation. Rep. Larry Winn, a Republican, said that he voted against the first proposal because it was brought up under a suspension of regular parliamentary procedure in the House. "THERE WAS NO debate, there was no discussion." he said. But Winn supported the revised legislation saying that it gave all student groups an equal chance to meet in public school buildings. The American Civil Liberties Union was also opposed to the first version of the proposal, but takes an officially neutral stand on this week's decision, said Lynn Knox of the Kansas City branch of the ACLU. "WE FELT THAT the original whole concept of equal access was oriented toward giving special preference to religious groups," said Knox. "The re-vamped version guarantees rights in areas that students didn't have before, in social, philosophical and religious areas." The ACLU held back from total endorsement of the bill because the intent of those supporting the legislation was still religious, Knox said. "We didn't feel that there was a strong legislative commitment in the language used for other kinds of rights besides religious," she said. Spears fiddles with local group; band plays 'good dancin' music' By KAREN MASSMAN Staff Reporter When Billy Earl Spears gets up in the morning, the first thing he reaches for is his fiddle. "Kind of like a pacifier for me — playing the fiddle," the soft-spoken Spears, 54, said. "Music is the only thing I could do continuously without getting bored." Music had become so much of the short, bearded man's life 10 years ago that he quit his job of 17 years as food manager at the Kansas Union to start his own band — the Billy Spears' Band. The band will play tomorrow and tomorrow night at the Country Playhouse, 806 W. 24th "If you want to do something, you can't sit around and think about it all your life. You have to do it." Spears said. SPEARS' BAND consists of a fiddler, drummer, guitar player, piano player and bass player. Although the band plays mainly in the area — Johnny's Tavern and the Country Playhouse are regular spots — they have also played in western Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma. The only time in Spears' life when he has not played the fiddle was for a year after he was paralyzed in a diving accident six years ago. "It never really feels like a job to me" he said of fiddling. "I guess that what's I really doing." Spears said that he was fortunate to recover as soon as he had, but still feels 'a bit of shame'. He said that not being able to play the fiddle was a terrible feeling — worse than losing any job. SPEARS HAS ALWAYS been surrounded by music. As the second of six children growing up in Oklahoma, Spears joined his father, brothers, grandfather, uncles and cousins, who all played the fiddle. His mother played the guitar and sang along with his sisters. "You never saw so many fiddles," he said. But it was Spears' Uucle Earl that got him interested in the fiddle. Uncle Earl was the best of the fiddlers in the family. Spears said The music tradition continues in the Spears' household today. Lisa, the youngest of Spears' three daughters, plays the steel guitar for Porter Wagner in Nashville, Tenn. Carol, the oldest daughter, often can be found singing and playing the guitar with her father at the Un and Under, 403 N. Second St. Doris, Spear's wife, does the bookings for the band. Even his 3-year-old granddaughter Ashley, displays her talent on a toy fiddle. SPEARS SAID THAT his band was flexible about the type of music that they play, but he tends to like country music the best. He said the music he played depended on the crowd. "If you think they're more rock you play more rock," he said, "Got to get commercial, you know, to eat." Although his band usually plays three or four times a week, Spears said that he usually played the fiddle more often at home. "It's not really practice. I just like to play." Rick Renfo, owner of Johnny's Tavern, and N Second St., said that Seems seemed to be a failure. "He's kind of reminds me of the Willie Nelson of Lawrence," Renfro said. "He's good dancin' music." 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