University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, August28, 1991
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Parks department raises activity fees
Kansan staff report
KU students face another financial burden in addition to increases in tuition, books and living expenses.
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department, Sixth and Massachusetts streets, will increase fees for most of the activities it offers to the public, assistant director Tom Wilkerson said.
Wilkerson said a budget cut forced the fee increase.
"The 1992 budget is going to be less than we were anticipating." he said.
Wilkerson said the budget deficit would create a 5 percent increase in fees for sports activities such as basketball and softball leagues and fitness programs. The increase will also be provided to Parks and Recreation Department.
Wilkerson said he did not think the
higher fees would deter people from participating in the programs because the increase was small.
"I think the community is going to understand," he said.
Ed Mullins, Lawrence finance director, said the city was looking at ways to make the activities self-supporting.
Mullins said the fee increase was a result of salary raises for city employees, increases in utility costs and other expenses.
"But I think the cause is more inflationary," he said.
Mullins said the increase could be part of a national trend because other cities around the United States also were raising fees for recreational
Fee increases would be different for each program, he said.
KU students spend summer painting houses in Lawrence
By William Ramsey Kansan staff writer
Trading their books for brushes, a group of men and women painted Lawrence houses this summer for a program operated solely by college students.
Chris Robino, Lawrence university, ran a local branch of All-Pro Student Painters Inc., which is based in St. Louis.
Robina convinced the company to let him open a branch in Lawrence this summer, said Larry Schwartz, the company's president.
"It's really neat to see guys like Chris go out there and the bull by the horns and be successful," Schwartz said.
Although only a few had prior experience, all of the painters were KU students who needed summer jobs. Rubin said that was reason enough to hire them.
About 15 students painted the exterior of 40 houses and the interiors of 58 buildings.
"This entire season and every house that we worked on this season, I depended 100 percent on the people I had working for me," Robino said.
The students were divided into crews which worked on different tasks.
The operation earned $2,000 for All-Pro Student Painters Inc., Robino
said.
"It was the hardest job I've ever worked, but it was well worth it," he said.
Robino said he was in charge of soliciting clients, marketing the Lawrence branch, supervising paint- and plumbing the accounts and budget for each job.
Schwartz, who started the company in 1968, said the students were trained at the start of the summer but a lot of learning came from doing the job.
"You go to school for three or four years and get a lot of theoretical knowledge and not an opportunity to get real-world experience," he said.
Robino said he enjoyed providing steady work for KU students who needed to get a job in Lawrence during the summer.
"Nobody I have working for me is going to be a painter for the rest of their lives," he said.
He said the painters learned a lot and did a good job for the customers because they did not have a set schedule, but the summer, unlike bigger companies.
Kari Scott, Shawnee junior, was a painter this summer on one of Robino's screws.
"It was nice to work with someone who was also a student," she said. "He was more lenient."
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