Thursday, Sept. 5, 1985
Thursday Features
University Daily Kansan
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Indian summer perfect for picnicking
Rv Jill White
Of the Kansan staff
An Indian summer — with a sun bright enough to warm but air cool enough for hot coffee — creates a perfect background for an age-old tradition — the picnic.
The University of Kansas' own tradition depicts hundreds of students scattered on the hill above Memorial Stadium, downing beer and food and watching football games. Down in the parking lots, the cousin of the picnic is drawing fans like ants to a chocolate cake. Tailgate picnics are a sure sign that the football season has arrived.
An article on tailgate picnics in the Oct. 1984 issue of Gourmet magazine suggested that picnic fare need not be a culinary wonder, but merely should "provide ample nourishment one's home team to victory."
Gourmet listed artichoke soup, green chili and coriander chutney, and glazed currant turnovers as picnic delicacies, but more often KU students can be found munching in fried rice, warm soda and hard-boiled eggs.
But dining alfresco doesn't have to mean greasy food and tepid beverages. And the setting for a gastronomic feast can vary from
stadium parking lots to parks, lakes and backyards.
One favorite place for Lawrence pinckers is the large hill on the east side of Clinton Lake, located three miles southwest of Lawrence.
Kristen Hays, Norman, Okla,
junior and Hashinger Hall social
activities director, said 30 new hall
breaks this week and last week for a hamburger cookout.
Russ Ward, Stanley junior, also recommended Clinton Lake as a prime place to feast on chilled shrimp and cheesecake while watching a spectacular Kansas sunset.
Hays said her favorite place to picnic was Lone Star Lake.
"It's smaller and more scenic," she said. "It's also a good place to create a romantic atmosphere with wine and cheese."
For sports enthusiasts who prefer to catch their picnic supper, the main course awaits at one of several fishing holes around Lawrence. The fish are biting at Clinton Lake, Douglas County State Lake, Perry Lake, Lone Star Lake, and Leavenworth County State Lake.
Because picnicking at a lake requires some mode of transportation, which many students do
not have, a local park provides an alternative.
Ward said many of his friends liked to explore sand bars in the Riverfront Park along the Kaw River for their picnicking pleasure. With 994 acres, the park, located in north Lawrence, the largest of Lawrence's 27 public parks.
Centennial Park, Ninth and Iowa streets, or Water Tower Park,
Harvard Road and Iowa, both are good picnicing areas within walking distance from most of the residential halls.
Parks near the east side of campus are Central Park, Seventh and Vermont streets, Watkins Park, 10th and Vermont streets, South Park 11th and Massachusetts street, and Veterans Park, 19th and Vermont streets.
Nostalgia found at new club
Bv a Kansan renorter
The 1950s and 1960s are returning to Lawrence with the creation of Boomers, 1601 W. 23rd St. Boomers is a new private club that is built into Gammons, an existing Lawrence night spot.
"We decided to split Gammons for a couple of reasons," Mike Kirsch, Gammons owner, said recently. "We did it to provide an alternative style of music for our clientele, and we see a tremendous need in Lawrence for a place where people over 25 can go. There isn't any place for business, professional and townspeople over 25 years old except dinner clubs."
Boomers offers a lighter atmosphere. Nostalgia of the 1950s and
1960s era is created through the use of graphics and old movie posters
"The older crowd will relate better to the posters and murals, whereas the younger people will think it is cute," Kirsch said.
"Response has been really good. Initially, students would just come in to look, but we saw a crowd slowly growing," he said.
Sara Dickey, Leawood senior, said, "It's nice to go over to Boomers and sit and listen to some good music or to get a large group of friends together and go dancing. I like Boomers, but I don't know why you would mess with something as successful as Gammons."
Jo Black/KANSAN
BONNER SPRINGS — Rock performer Sing sings "Shadows in the Rain" during his concert last Saturday night. Sing's performance drew a crowd of about 6,000 people and was the last concert for the season at Sandstone Amphitheatre in Bonner Springs.
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