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Wednesday, August 16, 1995
KULEISURE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Students can find several different places to eat in downtown Lawrence, including Papa Keno's Pizzeria, 1035 Massachusetts St. Edna Rodriguez
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The pizza, pastas and wine are all recommended by Ken Baker, Teller's kitchen manager.
"But the mushrooms," Baker said commenting on the appetizer, "speak for themselves."
Those with larger appetites might want to try the laid back atmosphere of Buffalo Bob's, 719 Massachusetts St. A dish appropriately named The Mother Lode comes with barbecued ham, ribs and chicken.
Down the street in the 600 block is Free State Brewing Co. Inc., 636 Massachusetts St.
Known by most as Free State, this upbeat restaurant with huge cylinders of beer enclosed in a glass room is well known for its fish and chips and Brewery Burger.
Free State also is known for its beer.
Many staff members recommend the Wheat State Golden for those who are of age.
Next door to Free State, La Prima Tazza Espresso Cafe, 638 Massachusetts St., offers different flavors or coffee.
Coffee drinkers can sip an Iced Grasshopper, a cold-filtered coffee with mint and chocolate.
Massachusetts Street restaurants cater to all food cravings whether it's bread bowl chili, hand-tossed pizza, or biscuits and gravy.
KU thrill seekers find the joy of skydiving
Three area airports offer real chance to experience first-hand exhilaration
By Phillip Brownlee Special to the Kansan
Nicole Dean and Shirley Sawyer will never forget their first time.
"It wasn't comparable to anything I'd ever felt," Dean said. "I just tried to relax and enjoy it."
Sawyer, a 55-year-old mother of three, said, "Once my heart settled down, I enjoyed a beautiful ride."
No, Dean and Sawyer are not talking about sex. Instead, each is describing the thrill of skydiving for the 1st
skydiving for the first time.
"It was better than sex!" Sawyer said jokingly.
KU students can experience the thrills of skydiving at three area airports for $15 to $35 per jump or for $100 to $125 for beginner's lessons and a first jump.
The two closest jump sites are the Horizon's Skydiving School in Har-
each student's parachute, and, one at a time, the jumpers are instructed to step out on a small platform above the plane's tire and grab a strut on the wing.
At this point, a static line is attached to
ironville, Mo. — south of Kansas City — and the Greater Kansas City Skydiving Club in Independence, Mo. Both are about an hour's drive from Lawrence.
Once a jumper has a hold of the strut, he or she steps off the platform and is then instructed by the jump master, sometimes repeatedly, to let go.
"You don't get the 'stomach in your throat' feeling that you get on a roller coaster," Sawyer said. "It doesn't feel like you're falling except that you see the plane rising above you."
The static line opens the parachute automatically after about three seconds of free fall. A large rectangular canopy, ranging from 288 to 375 feet across, depending on the size of the jumper, blossoms overhead.
For beginners, the reality of the jump often doesn't set in until the door of the small airplane is pushed open, and the jumpers are greeted with a blast of cool air.
Shirley Sawyer skydiver
The third site is at the Wamego Municipal Airport, northeast of Manhattan, and is operated by the Kansas State University Parachuting Club. Although the club caters to Kansas State students, Jayhawk jumpers are welcomed.
Jerry Henderson, jump master at Horizon's
Skydiving School, said that the parachutes were like a big nylon wing. Unlike the small, round chutes seen in World War II movies, these parachutes are easily maneuvered and controlled.
"You can steer whatever directions you want to go," Henderson said. "We guide first-time jumpers into an area half the size of a football field."
Horizons guides its students via a radio hookup between the
jumper and an instructor on the ground. Other schools guide students using big orange paddles, similar to an aircraft carrier.
After the three-second free fall, it takes between four and 10 minutes to reach the ground, depending on the weight of the jumper, the weather and the amount of steering.
Skydiving does have its risks, but the injuries are rare and are typically limited to sprained ankles or knees, Henderson said.
"I've been here five years, and I've seen only about one ankle injury per year," he said.
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