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A man holds up a homeade sign during this year's Earth Day parade on Massachusetts St. Saturday morning.
"We want to make this as enjoyable as possible," McCoy said. "We have about 250 cereal box covers here. We ran out way too early last year."
kids. The group helped participants make notebooks with covers using recycled cereal boxes.
Next to the notebook assembly, kids got recycling symbols
"Those seem to be the popular ones this year," said Mahlea Satomi, a junior from Lawrence. "It was definitely Spiderman and the whale last year."
and rainbows painted on their faces.
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pink ladybugs to blue frogs.
"The little girl was so excited when I asked her what color she wanted her frog to be," Scherman said. "She lit up when I told her she could pick a different color. She got a blue frog."
Kim Scherman, a sophomore from Eudora, sat next to Satomi, painting everything from hot-
er and see the kids learn about green topics. People are already getting excited for the celebration next year. During the event, Environs had people coming by to ask how to enter the parade for next year.
As coordinators of the event, Ashman and Scherman said it was fun to see it all come together.
Edited by Kate Larrabee
EARTH WEEK EVENTS ON CAMPUS
MONDAY
Live sketching contest
When: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
When: Wescoe Beach
WEDNESDAY
Lecture: Farm to Plate
Time: 7 to 9 p.m.
Where: Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union
TUESDAY
Stand Up-Economist Yoram
Bauman
Film: "Flow: For Love of Water'
Time: 7 to 9 p.m.
Where: Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union
Time: 8 to 9 p.m.
Where: Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union
THURSDAY
Earth day field event
Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union Plaza
Wescoe's Waste
Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Stauffer-Flint Lawn
Black Out: Greeks Going
Green
Time: 4 to 5 p.m.
Where: Chapter houses
Rock Chalk Green Hawk Time: 4:30 to 7:30 Where: All residential dining locations
Trivia Night
Time: 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Traditions Lobby in the Kansas Union
Lecture: 40th Anniversary of Earth Day - the Struggle for a Healthy Environment: the Legacies of Rachel Carson and Earth Day
SNEAKERS (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Time: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union
Go to conserveku.com for more information.
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Jerry Waltz/KIRSA Dutch Newman, a Kansas City, Mo., artist, performs at Sneakology vol. 2 at the Kansas Union Ballroom Sunday afternoon. The event attracted about ten vendors.
Welter pointed at an old pair of Nike jordans with a smile, "I'm definitely getting married in those," he said.
displays in the room. He said a few of the shoes he brought with him he could sell for between $400 and $600. He has worn almost all of them but is saving about three pairs for special occasions.
Welter said that his girlfriend doesn't understand his addiction to sneakers and that he knows he has to reduce his collection a bit. But he said he will never stop loving all the different styles of sneakers.
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Edited by Allyson Shaw
A pair of customized sneaker sits on display at Sneakology vol. 2 in the Kansas Ballroom Sunday afternoon. The pair, titled "Rising Sun Dunk" were designed by vendor Michael Eberra, incorporating parts of the Japanese flag and culture.
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STATE
Improper safety regulations may be cause for boy's death
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WICHITA — Questions about regulation and oversight have arisen after a 5-year-old boy fell off an inflatable ride at a Wichita amusement facility,
struck his head
and died.
The Wichita Eagle reported that the owners of several inflatable ride companies say a 2005 city ordinance requiring amuse-
tions of inflatable amusements.
ment rides to meet certain safety standards is rarely enforced. The owners say ride inspections aren't verified, and that officials routinely ignore reports about people who operate rides without proper licenses or inspections.
"Anytime you have an event of this magnitude, it triggers some kind of response."
"I've been feeling like a lone voice in the wilderness trying to get people to take this seriously, and nobody has," said Jay Jones, owner of Kids Fun USA in Wichita. Since 2004, Jones says, he has pushed for tougher regula-
Several industry experts said the key to preventing serious injuries or deaths is stricter regulation and oversight.
The review comes after the death last month of Matthew Branham, who hit his head on concrete when he fell from an inflatable ride at an amusement facility called Pure Entertainment.
"There were a whole lot of people operating under the radar, and it's like nobody cared until now," he said. "Now, unfortunately, we've got a dead child."
City officials, however, say they have responded to complaints about unlicensed inflatables in past years. They also say the ordinance and enforcement procedures are being reviewed, and the findings will be presented to the city manager.
JEFF LONGWELL Council member
In that case, issues have been raised over how the rides the boy was playing on before his deadly fall had been inspected.
City docu-
ments show
ments that in early 2009, Jesse Zogleman, who manages the facility, had inspected the rides. But Zogleman was required to be certified by one
or two nationally recognized industry safety groups, and it turns out his certification had expired in 2008.
Ten days after Matthew's death, Wichita police revoked
"There were a whole lot of people operating under the radar, and it's like nobody cared until now."
business is appealing and will remain open during that process
Duane Zogleman, Jesse Zogleman's father, owns Moonwalks For Fun Inc., which holds licenses for portable amusement equipment used by Pure Entertainment. He said his rides have since been inspected by an independent, certified inspector and deemed safe.
There is "absolutely no links between the inspection or lack of inspection and the unfortunate death of this child," said Duane Zogleman's attorney, Mark Schoenhofer.
JAY JONES
Owner of Kids Fun USA
Some Wichita City Council members said they may revisit the inflatable issues, but are waiting to hear recommendations from city staff.
the license of Pure Entertainment over the inspection issues. The
"Anytime you have an event of this magnitude, it triggers some kind of response in terms of woulda-coulda-shoulda," said council member left
Longwell, whose district includes Pure Entertainment.
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