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RECREATION
Floor of rec center's rock wall to be replaced after flooding
BY CARLO RAMIREZ
cramirez@kansan.com
The Ambler Student Fitness Recreation Center's rock-climbing wall will undergo remodeling in the next couple of weeks to repair damages caused by recent flooding.
An excess of rain flooded the bottom floor of the recreation center. June 16. The rock wall, which is located on the bottom floor, sustained the most damage. Twenty-one inches of rain flooded into
the rock wall's 1,300 square feet of flooring. Now the floor must be replaced, a project that is estimated to cost between $8,000 and $10,000.
Taylor Construction — a company out of Kansas City, Mo. — was doing construction work that required workers to dig up the dirt behind Watkins Memorial Health Center that day. When the workers left for the day, they left underground steam pipes uncovered and exposed to rain. The rain filtered down the hill, through the steam
pipes and into the recreational center.
Mary Chappel, director of recreation services, said the rock wall would be closed starting Friday to remove the flooring. The replacement has been estimated to take a week. Aug. 1 is the target deadline to ensure the wall is open in time for the fall semester.
The rock wall flooring is a combination of textured layers. A part of it is a type of foam pad material that is placed over a slab of concrete and is approximately two
inches thick. The second material is essentially the recycled rubber used on shoes. The foam pad material acted as a sponge and soaked up any of the water it encountered during the flood.
Kiefer Flooring, which installed the rock wall's original flooring in 2003, has been hired to replace the floor. Chappel and her staff said they had done a lot of research on different types of floors and were confident that their initial floor choice was still the best on the market.
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Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner dies at 80
BY JOHN VALENTI AND KEN DAVIDOFF McClatchy-Tribune
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has died at a hospital in Tampa, Newsday confirmed Tuesday.
Two sources close to the Steinbrenner family told Newsday the longtime Yankees owner, known to many simply as "The Boss," died Tuesday morning
following a massive heart attack at his home late Monday night.
Local television stations in Tampa reported Tampa Fire Rescue was called to the Steinbrenner home and transported to St. Joseph's Hospital in extremely critical condition.
The death of Steinbrenner comes just days after longtime Yankee Stadium announcer Bob Sheppard died at ae9 99 at his home in Baldwin, N.Y.
Steinbrenner had celebrated his 80th birthday on July 4.
"It is with profound sadness that 'the family of George M. Steinbrenner'
III announces his passing," said a statement released Tuesday morning by longtime Steinbrenner spokesman Howard Rubenstein.
"He was an incredible and charitable man. First and foremost, he was devoted to his entire family _ his beloved wife, Joan; his sisters, Susan Norpell and Judy Kamm, his children, Hank, Jennifer Jessica and Hal; and all of his grandchildren.
"He was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. He took a great but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again."
The statement said funeral arrangements will be private. There will be an additional public service with details to be announced later.
"I think the thing I learned from him more than anything is to never quit," Darryl Strawberry, a star outfielder for the Yankees from 1995-99, told ESPN Tuesday morning.
"When I got knocked down, he was there to pick me up," said Strawberry, who has battled drug addiction.
After building his fortune in the shipbuilding industry, Steinbrenner purchased the Yankees from CBS in 1973 and returned them to the glory-
of the Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle-Yogi Berra-Whitey Ford era teams.
It was later revealed Steinbrenner invested less than $200,000 in the $10-million deal _ but turned the Yankees into the most valuable franchise in sports history, with an estimated worth of well more than $1 billion.
von Steingrabber."
"I think the thing I learned from him more than anything is to never quit."
"Owning the Yankees is like owning the 'Mona Lisa,'" Steinbrenner once said.
He was often lampooned in episodes of "Steinfeld" as well.
The success of the franchise includes the launching of the acclaimed YES network.
During Steinbrenner's reign, the Yankees won 11 American League pennants and 7 World Series titles. But Steinbrenner, who also was known for his philanthropic work, also became one of the most vilified owners in sports _ sometimes depicted in sports cartoons wearing a World War I German army helmet and dubbed "Gen-
DARRYL STRAWBERRY Former outfielder for the New York Yankees
in his first 23 seasons as owner, he changed managers 20 times including firing Billy Martin five times. He also changed the general manager of the team 11 times in 30 years. However, he also built winning teams and wasn't afraid
to spend money doing so.
Among his notable free-agent signings were pitcher Jim "Catfish" Hunter and star outfielder Reggie Jackson.
Within the last decade, the team signed a host of high-profile free agents, including Alex Rodriguez, C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Mark Teixeira _ all key figures as the Yankees won the World Series in 2009. Steinbrenner handed over daily operations of the team to his sons, Hank and Hal, by the time of that win.