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Wednesday, August 24, 1988 / University Daily Kansar
The sun sets over Clinton Lake.
There's plenty of recreation around area if you're bored or out of shape
By Linda Gaumnitz
Kansan staff writer
To avoid gaining extra weight during the semester or spending a Friday night in a stuffy dorm room, students can take part in Lawrence's myriad of off-campus recreational opportunities.
For instance, Clinton State Park and Lone Star Lake offer sandy beaches and boat rentals for those watersports or hot summer days.
Loire Star Lake, 13 miles southwest of Lawrence, has 200 acres of water surface area, and its deepest point is 58 feet. The lake's sand beach is to the south of the swimming area, across the lake from the east side of the dam.
the beach is well developed and the lake's shores are easily accessible, said Stuart Doore, Lone Star's caretaker. He said the park has been cleaned up since the flood at the end of June, which swept debris across the barring the closing of Lone Star Park. The park now is open for public use.
The marina, 100 yards north of the beach, rent rowboats, paddle boats and canoes for $5 an hour. A sailboat is available for $7 an hour, and a fishing boat costs $2 a half-day. Motors boat rent at $12 an hour.
Doores said that he offered group rates on boat rentals and that organizations often rented the fleet of motor boats for parties.
"Any organization can rent our boats." Doesen said. "We've catered hot roasts, and fraternity and sorority parties. We got a better restaurant than others, and other like others around. I serve the best cheeseburgers in the county."
The park allows water skiing Tuesday through Thursday and certain designated weekend days.
The park is open to campers and fishers year-round. Doores said, Tent camps pay $18 a month, and campers can rent their own boats. Lone Star doesn't have designated hiking or biking trails. Doores said it might be a mile hike around the lake.
Clinton State Park, five miles west of Lawrence, rents its fishing boats
for $10 an hour, cannes for $6 an hour,
motor boats for $7 an hour* sailboats for $15 an hour. A pontoon boat also is available for rent.
Entrance into the state park costs $a day or $20 for a yearly pass; campers pay $2 a night, campers on wheels pay $3.
'We've catered hog roasts, and fraternity and sorority parties. We've got a better restaurant than any of the other lakes around here. I serve the best cheeseburgers in the county.'
Stuart Doores Lone Star caretaker
Stuart Doores
The park has about 9,000 acres of public hunting ground and 7,000 acres of water surface area, as well as an 8-acre lake. One beach is in the federally-owned portion of Clinton State Park on the southwest side of the lake, and one is
If running around on beaches isn't challenging enough, students can play golf at the Alvamar Golf and Country Club. 180 Crass Drive, or the Orchards Executive Golf Course, 3000 W. 15th St.
"Alvamar has a really good course," said Dan Taylor, pro shop assistant for Alvamar. "There are a lot of them. You get to the ones they get it for their money."
Alvarmac costs $9 for nine noses
$13.75 for 18 holes on weekdays
Weekend rates are $10.50 for nine
holes and $1.50 for 18 holes
Students may rent golf clubs and golf carts, but the swimming pool is off-limits to non-members unless accompanied by a member of the club.
The Orchards is a nine-hole course.
Joe Saggs, course manager, said that it was more of a family-oriented course.
"We get a lot of young professional men and a lot of college players out here," Suggs said. "The course lends itself to the beginner."
He said that golfers working on their short game often came to the Orchards because of the course's length
A round at the Orchards costs $8.25
every day, and two rounds costs
$14.25.
When fall and winter weather prevents sunbathing, boating or golfing, students may turn to Laverne's movement for entertainment and fitness.
Kathy Fode, program manager for the department, said the city offered art, self-defense, exercise and dance classes throughout the semester. Classes in stress management, color therapy and trap shooting also are offered
Fode said many students and faculty took the classes because they were cheaper through the parks and recreation department than through the University of Kansas and many courses were offered at night.
Students can enroll in such classes as aerobes, aqua limnastics, tennis, weaving, self-esteem, country swing and square dancing.
Fode said the fitness classes were the most popular.
"We attract people from Topeka and Tonganake as well as the rest of China. We have a good mix of males and females enrolled in classes. The classes are a
The Parks and Recreation department will accept mail-in enrollment applications until Aug. 31. Mialin Skinner, the principal of South Park Center, City Hall, Holcim Sports Complex, the Community Building, the Lawrence Arts Center or the East Lawn Center works in enrollment begin Sept. 15.
Fode said that the cost, meeting times and size of the classes varied depending on the classes themselves.
Students interested in more competitive activities can organize teams for softball, soccer, volleyball and basketball.
Bruce Andrews, sports supervisor for the department, said that the deadline for softball team registration was Aug. 10.
Dave Drewry, Lawrence resident, takes advantage of clear skies and high winds at Clinton Lake.
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