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14- THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ENTERTAINMENT
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3,2002
Lawrence Oktoberfest to celebrate German beer, food
By Todd Rapp
trapp@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
St. John the Evangelist will hold its sixth annual Oktoberfest from 4:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday at the church, 1234 Kentucky St.
Oktoberfest, one of the largest festivals in the world, was first held on Oct. 12, 1810, in Munich, Germany. King Ludwig I created the festival to celebrate his marriage to a Bavarian princess. The celebration became an annual event.
The local festival began in 1997, and has
been a chance for the community to experience traditional German folklore and beer in a relaxed, festive environment.
"We've always approached this as an opportunity for people to come out and enjoy the fall weather and the food," Tim Keller, Oktoberfest committee chair, said.
The food is the main attraction,because it is homemade,Keller said.
"The staff started two weeks ago. If you want food, come early, because we generally sell out," Keller said.
Other attractions include an ethnic German Mass, beginning at 4:30 p.m. A German Liederkrantz group will perform a
folk concert with traditional German folk songs. An accordionist and a polka orchestra will also perform during the festival. Two guests with the best German outfits and most festive attitude will be crowned polka "king" and "queen" at the end of the evening.
The crowd will also be able to take part in a sing-along session in German. Sheets will be provided with German lyrics to enable the crowd to participate.
Bill Keel, professor and chair of Germanic languages, will be present to lead the crowd in a German-American traditional song, the "Schnitzelbanch."
The song usually is sung while making references to funny pictures on a Schnitzelbanch poster put out by German breweries, Keel said.
Money raised during the festival will benefit the St. John Elementary School and the church.
Keller said there would be events for children as well as adults, and that he encouraged everyone to come out and enjoy themselves.
"It is a family affair, and we consider KU students part of the family," Keller said.
Escaped tiger killed by Indiana police near truck stop
— Edited by Matt Norton
By Wende Adams
The Daily Vidette via U-Wire Illinois State University
NORMAL,Ill.-Saturday at 5 a.m.at tiger got loose at a Bloomington, Ind., truck stop near Interstates 55 and 74, forcing
local residents to remain indoors.
A veterinarian came to the scene and brought a tranquilizer gun in hopes of calming the tiger down.
Police shot the gun four times but had little success. Nine hours after the tiger chase started, the tiger became a little more
aggressive and attempted to get past a nearby pick-up truck.
"The tiger received two shots from the conservation police officers and a shot from a Bloomington Police officer, which ended up killing the tiger," Duane Moss, media relations specialist for the Bloomington Police Department, said.
The owners were in town settling a case of child endangerment involving the tiger biting a young child in May. The judge told the owners to get the tiger out of the state immediately and they were on their way back to Texas when the tiger escaped.
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