12 • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2004
Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company
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LIED SERIES 2004-2005
FREE Outdoor Concert
Sesquientennial
Celebration with the Lawrence
City Band
Aug. 20 - 7:00 p.m.
Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company Oct. 1 - 7:30 p.m.
Flamenco Vivo/
Carlota Santana
Oct. 7 - 3:00 p.m.
Cypress String Quartet Oct.10 - 2:00 p.m.
Prague Philharmonia Oct. 19 - 7:30 p.m.
Amazones: The Women Master Drummers of Guinea Oct. 22 - 7:30 p.m.
The Aquila Theatre Company in H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man Oct. 27 - 7:30 p.m.
Fosse Oct. 30 - 7:30 p.m.
John Philip Sousa and his band,
A Star-Spangled Spectacular
Nov. 7 - 3:00 p.m.
Time Arts
Trout Fishing in America family music fun Nov 12 - 7:30 p.m.
Camerata Sweden Nov.14-2:00 p.m.
Alvin Alley American Dance Theater Nov. 16 - 7:30 p.m.
A Scottish Christmas
with Bonnie Rideout
Dec. 10 - 7:30 p.m.
Hal Holbrook in
Mark Twain Tenon!
Nov. 20 - 7:30 p.m.
Scholastic's The Magic School Bus™-Live! Feb. 12 - 2:00 & 5:00 p.m.
Pharaoh's Daughter
world-music band
Feb. 5 - 7 p.m.
The Blind Boys of Alabama gospel & soul music Feb. 2 - 7:30 p.m.
Brentano String Quartet Feb. 13 - 2:00 p.m.
Pick Up Performance Co.
in Dancing Henry Five
Feb. 23 & 24 - 7:30 p.m.
Fiddler on the Roof Feb. 19 = 7:30 p.m.
Tetro Lirico D'Europa in Bizet's Carmen Feb. 26 - 7:30 p.m.
Drum Drum
world music from
Papua New Guinea
April 1 - 7/30 p.m.
Philadango!
contemporary dance
March 4 - 7:30 p.m.
Miss Saigon
April 5 & 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Zuill Bailey, cello with Robert Koenig, piano April 3 - 2:00 p.m.
Jubilant Sykes, baritone April 15-7:30 p.m.
Ping Chong's Native Voices - Secret History Readers' Theatre Event April 28-7:30 p.m.
42nd Street May 11-7:30 p.m.
Wearing seatbelts can save your cash
By Amanda O'Toole
aotoole@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Sara Katich noticed a change in her behavior about the last week of May.
The Lawrence junior said she occasionally wore a seat belt, but lately she had caught herself buckling up more.
That is what the Kansas Department of Transportation was hoping for.
Katich is part of the 36 percent of adults in Kansas who do not use their seat belt regularly.
The Click It or Ticket campaign, which ran nationally May 28 through June 6, targeted young adults like Katich.
The campaign cost KDOT about $300,000 on the mobilization and included more than 4,800 radio and TV spots.
The ads informed motorists that they would be issued two tickets if they were pulled over and not wearing a seat belt.
According to Sgt. Mike Pattrick of the Lawrence Police Department, Lawrence was not participating in the campaign but had always strictly enforced seatbelt use.
People still hear the ads in Lawrence and Vandervort said they need to be reminded that there is still a possibility of getting a ticket either in or around the city.
Ingrid Vandervort, KDOT program consultant, said that surrounding cities like Topeka, Overland Park and Olathe, do participate in the campaign.
She said the threat of getting two tickets could improve Kansas' rank of 46 in the country's seat belt usage. Only Arizona, Mississippi and Massachusetts are rated lower.
"People learn by repetition," she said.
But Vandervort and KDOT will have to wait until after November to see if the repetition sunk in with Kansas motorists.
DCCCA Inc., a Lawrence-based nonprofit agency, is conducting three rounds of research to see how effective the campaign was.
Researchers stand by roadways and count the number of front-seat motorists who are buckled in.
They will be able to tell if more Kansans buckle up after collecting
The company will focus on several locations in 20 counties, including Douglas County.
photo illustration by Courtney Kuhlan
"If we pull someone over for a primary violation and they're not wearing a seatbelt, we will probably issue them a ticket."
Mike Patrick Lawrence Police Department
information from the last study in November.
KDOT wanted to become a model for other states to follow in seat belt awareness. Vandervort said.
Corridor enforcements, or smaller campaigns, are being scheduled for July through November in order to keep the momentum of the Click It or Ticket campaign.
Vandervort said plans for the enforcements, which would cost close to $182,000, should be approved this week and would closely resemble the original campaign.
Kansas is one of few states that will continue seat belt awareness efforts.
Though Katich said she didn't think people liked to be told to wear a seat belt, she said people understood that it was for the public good.
"They're not saying you can't pick your nose in your car — they just want people to be safe," she said.
— Edited by Abby Tillery