Friday, October 8, 1976
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Tide changes for waterbed uses
By DEB MILLER
Staff Writer
Mention waterbeds in a crowd and you'll probably be scared of the packers and a few other wild animals.
However, the waterbed no longer is just a conversation piece or a place to throw a
Kim Kern, owner of Fields, 712 Massachusetts St., said Wednesday that 30 per cent of his watered customers bought the beds for health reasons.
"Some of them have bad backs. one girl bought one because she has asthma, and waterbeds don't collect dust easily," Kern said.
FIELDS SELLS about eight different kinds of frames, but more than 200 sizes and shapes.
Kern owns a waterbed himself, not for health reasons, he said, but because it's more comfortable than a "dead bed," a waterbed dealer's term for a regular bed.
Accessories include heaters, fitted sheets,
matress pads for insulation and complete
bedding.
Kern said that he had a cross section of customers, including students, married couples.
These customers spend from $250 to $1,000 on waterbeds.
MANY STUDENTS are buying the mattress and liner and building their own frames, Kern said, because residence halls can also to allow waterbeds in rooms, students' rooms.
Most waterbeds come with a frame, mattress, safety line, heater and pedestal.
Mike Taraboulos, president of the Association of University Residence Halls, said that waterbeds were allowed in bedrooms as long as they were properly cared for.
Residence hall officials have in the past been reluctant to allow waterbeds in rooms where children were present.
A clause prohibiting waterbeds in apartments written into some leases for children.
"BUT THERE'S no problem with weight
the waterbed is in a proframe." Kern
cannot say more.
Promoting better communication and understanding among family members is the aim of a new five-ease Continuing Workshop, "Family Communication."
The workshop which began Tuesday night at the Adult Life Resource Center north of the Kansas Union, is conducted by Gary Counselling at the University Counseling Center.
KU workshop gives families chance to talk
"We want to teach people how to be good parents today, which means making them better examples for their children," Price said recently. "Too often adults raise kids who don't have trial and - andor method, which is a risky thing to do when dealing with people."
Participants in the Tuesday evening workshops will explore the content and process of their communication—what they say and how they say it.
Sara Scalipa, programs specialist at the Adult Life Resource Center, said the sessions would try to identify personal qualities in family members that occasionally hindered The Free Flow of communication, such as over-aggressiveness or shyness.
"There are some things to look out for in trying to eliminate barriers to equal expression by all family members," she said. "We'll try to touch on areas that some families avoid talk about openly and ask why."
Family members also will participate in role-playing sessions in which family members will assume atypical positions in a family situation.
Audio-visual aids and videotaping the discussions for replay may be used
Other sessions of the workshop will be in the next four Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Adult Life Resource Center, 13th Street and 14th Avenue, for orientation fee is $80 for each family member.
Leakage isn't a problem either because each bed has a safety liner.
"Most leakage problems occur when people let their cat on the bed. The cat starts playing with an air bubble, and ruins the safety jiffy with his claws." Keen said.
But this problem can be easily remedied because each watered ally comes with a patch of dirt.
Algicide, a substance that prevents the growth of algae, must be put in the water when the bed is first filled. Other than this, the required berries need little or no care, Kern said.
Kern said that the waterbeds on sale now were second-generation waterbeds because they were better made than the first ones that appeared on the market 10 years ago.
A NEW KIND of waterhed that Fields is promoting has an air frame instead of a window.
"This waterbed weighs about half as much as a bed with a wooden frame, but it is so soft."
ONE WATERBED owner who is sold on the product is Phil Grosse, Roseville, Ill., II.
The association standardized bed sizes
developed rigid inspection tests, Kern
said.
Carl Ceder, Concordia senior, owned a waterbed a year ago, but found it too much of a problem to drain every time he moved, he said.
The credit partially goes to the National Association of Watered Manufacturers.
Groves' present waterbed is the second one he has owned, and he thinks it much more comfortable than a regular bed, he said.
"I wouldn't switch back to a regular bed because I'm so scared now." Groves said.
"They're great, except when you'inre activated. Then they're being afloat on it."
He said that he would like to own another one someday when he didn't have to move.
PROPEL IN the medical profession also have looked into the pros and cons of wives.
Pat Fielding, chief physical therapist at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, said that two years ago therapeutic use of waterbades discussed at every convention she attended.
Since then, several disadvantages have been discovered, she said.
"We found out that placing a patient on a waterbed makes it difficult to maneuver the bed."
HOWEVER, C. O. Moss, Lawrence chiropractor, said that waterbeds did have an advantage for patients who had to remain stable for long periods of time.
"Regular beds impede circulation, and this causes bedreses. A waterbed did not cause pressure, which eliminates the problem," he said.
Whether used for health or comfort, the waterbed apparently is becoming more sophisticated and better understood than when it first appeared on the market.
On Campus
Events
TODAY: KU ACCOUNTING CLUB members will have an opportunity to apply with representatives from Haskins and Sikkis, a Kansas City, Mo., account firm, at 3:30 p.m. in the Krauterkloom of the Kansas Union. The PEARSON TRUST p.m. in the residence hall or residence halls on funding requests at 3:30 p.m. in the Union's Alcove B Room.
SATURDAY: SUA AND KU SAILING CLUB begin its all-day Sunflower Regata at 10 a.m. at Perry Yacht Club, Lake Perry
SUNDAY: THE KU CRICKET CLUB meets a Kansas City, Mo., cricket team at noon in Shenk Recreation Complex. SUCH CAHES CLUB meets at 2 p.m. in the Union's Pbar and C Rooms. A FREE CHINA CLUB film will be shown at 2 p.m. in the Union's Forum Room. Those interested in the VENEZUELAN SCHOOLSHARPI GRAND MARISCAL PROGRAM should attend an informational meeting at 3 p.m. in the Union's Jayhawk Room. THE STUDENT SENATE TICKET SUBSIDY committee meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Union's Regionalist Room WATER BAKETBALL begins at 7 p.m. in the KU Natatorium.
TORNIGH: KARL ILG, professor from the University of Isembra, Austria will lecture in German on German immigration in the South American countries.
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FROM: Tom Mitchell—Student Senate Business Manager
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