CAMPUS AND AREA
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University Daily Kansan, November 30, 1984
Kimberly Mann, 10, right, laughs at her family's vacation photos as she shows them to her sister Lindsay, 7, left, and neighbor Morgan Loveland. Kimberly will be bowling in today's Special Olympics. Kimberly and Lindsay are the daughters of Richard and Linda Mann, 3105 Campfire Drive. Morgan is the daughter of Charles and Mary Loveland, 3108 Campfire Court.
Special athletes meet goals
By JACKIE KELLY Staff Reporter
Kimberly Mann is a talkative and giggly 10-year-old with hopes of somebody becoming a bus driver and a school teacher.
John Baughman is a shy
14-year-old, who gleams with
a bright smile when his mother,
Pam, helps him to be like singer
alphabet flash.
The children are victims of Down's Syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes mental retardation. They both eagerly await the next level of Special Olympics competition, which will be the State Indoor Games East.
THE SPECIAL OLYMPIICS, which will draw hundreds of athletes to Lawrence today and tomorrow, will give Kimberly and John and other mentally retarded children and opportunity to meet some of their goals.
Kimberly's mother, Linda, said the contestants were "doing things that no one ever expected to do." Volleyball, bowling and rollerskating are the three activities planned for the weekend.
Their abilities — instead of their disabilities — are given a chance to shine through at the Special Olympics.
"Kimberly is a high-functioning child and able to read at the third-grade level, her mother said. Kimberly has been the educable mentally handicapped at Cordley Elementary School, 1837 Vermont St.
John is in a trainable mentally handicapped class at Cordley. He is also participating in a vocational program and helps clean up tables and take out the trash from the school cafeteria.
THEIR PREPARATION FOR THE Special Olympics began at school, where they practiced in the recreation program directed by Chris Hahn, special populations coordinator. Hahn now is the director of sports and training of the Special Olympics in Tulsa, Okla.
Linda Mann, a member of the host committee for the Special Olympics and president of the Douglas County Association for Retarded Citizens, said that an event recreational golfing became one of the burden from the parents.
She said that parents became involved by being a member of a planning committee or by coming to the events.
John's mother said that it was good, for him to travel to the Olympics with classmates, because the trip would help give him independence. "We probably don't let him take risks that he should take."
BOTH PAM BAUGHMAN, an English and math teacher at DeSoto Junior High, and her husband, John, director of pharmacy at Watkins医院, who enjoyed the spirit of competition and the sense of accomplishment.
Parm Baughman said that the Special Olympics were "the most comfortable place to be with John. His behavior is sometimes embarrassing to his brothers and it is a place where they can be proud of him."
The participants are grouped by age, sex and ability.
"No one ever loses in Special Olympics." Kimberly's mother said.
At home Kimberly and her sister Lindsay, 7, play well together, said their mother, manager of technical teams at the University of Kansas systems at the University of Kansas.
THE PARENTS OF BOTH children hope that someday the two will be able to job and to live in a hard home for the 'mentally retarded'
John tries to make his own breakfast sometimes, but his family said that his creations, such as peanut butter and mayonnaise sand wiches, were not appetizing to the rest of them.
John's mother said that on some days there were 10 or more obstacles to overcome. "It took four years to do it, and how to pull his pants up," she said.
Shoes with Velcro fasteners were cause for celebration, she said. No one has to tie John's shoes for him anymore, she said.
Kimberly likes music and responds well to it, her mother said. Kimberly said "I love it!" when speaking of breakdancing.
Her mother said that Kimberly had more fears than most children, especially about situations that involve heights. Shopping in a mall with two levels can sometimes be a problem, she said.
KU to aid in removal of asbestos
By DAVID COWAN
Siaff Reporter
Several Midwestern school officials recently have asked the Division of Continuing Education for advice about asbestos removal at their schools, the associate dean of the division said recently.
Wallace May, the dean, said he had received requests from school officials in Kansas, Colorado and Nevada to send school personnel to a proposed division training center in metropolitan Kansas City to learn about asbestos removal.
In September, the division was chosen by the regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency in Kansas City, Mo., to construct and administer a national asbestos training center.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE center, which probably will be located in the southwest section of metropolitan Kansas City, has not yet begun because officials are still awaiting a $225,000 grant from the EPA to help cover building costs.
May said the center would send out trained personnel to some large Midwestern cities to conduct programs on the hazards of asbestos and how to contract for its removal. He said the center had the potential to expand its service further far as Dallas and the West Coast.
"Although we visualize our service area as being primarily the Midwest, we're the only center west of the Mississippi River, so in western responsibility for the eastern western part of the United States," he said.
Asbestos is the cause of at least 10,000 deaths a year, said David Witmer, industrial hygienist and laboratory technician for Hall-Kimbrel Environmental Services Inc., 946 Neckwood St.
"PARTICLES OF ASBESTOBS float unseen in the air and enter the body through the lungs, causing a variety of ailments, most of which are cancer related." Witmer said.
May agrees that asbestos is dangerous, but thinks that its hazards have been overestimated and that too much "scare literature" has been put out on the subject.
UNIVERSITY DANCE COMPANY STUDIO SHOWING
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30th 8pm
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1st 2 pm
Works by New Dance Faculty
Works-in-Progress performed by the
University Dance Company
GENERAL ADMISSION 2.00
STU DENTS 1.00
- Sponsored by student activity fees
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110 E. 9th
TODAY
THE BIOLOGY CLUB will meet at 4 p.m. in the Sunflower Room of the Kansas Union.
THE INTERNATIONAL FUNGAL Dance Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Military Building. No partners are needed.
SUNDAY
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
Center, 917 Highland Drive, will hold
an open house from noon to 4 p.m.
Israeli glass items, yarn weavings
and jewelry will be sold.
THE BEGINNING DANCE group of the International Folk Dance Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. in 242 Robinson Gymnasium.
ON THE RECORD
A 19-YEAR-OLD student reported that her wallet and credit cards, valued at $125, were stolen at the Pladium, 901 Mississippi St., between 11:30 p.m. Wednesday and midnight yesterday. Lawrence police said.
A MAN EXPOSED himself to a 22-year-old student in front of her
home in the 900 block of Indiana Street close to midnight Wednesday, police said.
A 10-SPEED BICYCLE, valued at $315, was stolen sometime between Nov. 16 and Monday from the home of a security guard in a 1600 block of 2nd Street, police said.
Fri. 3:30 & 7 p.m. Woodruff $1.50
Sat. 3 & 5 p.m. Alderson
7 p.m. Woodruff
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$2
9:30 p.m. & Midnight
2 p.m.
SUNDAY TOP HAT
$1.50
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