====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0232_2 from reel: NP 13609 (2005-04-19 to 2005-09-03) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/63366 Title: Dog Days Creator Down but Not Out Summary: Article about Don "Red Dog" Gardner, who created the Dog Days fitness program 24 years ago with Jim "Punkin" O'Connell. The program started as a summer workout for high school athletes and evolved into a community fitness event held at Memorial Stadium with diverse participation across age groups. Category: campus news Subjects: community fitness programs; local events; student life Named Entities: Gardner, Don "Red Dog" [program creator]; O'Connell, Jim "Punkin" [program co-creator]; Neal, Mike [assistant dean]; Rahmeier, Nate [student participant]; Stuever, Susan [participant]; Glidevell, Randy [participant] Confidence: 0.9 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Jewelry by Julie Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.