Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1986
Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan
7
Club treats more than fitness
By Lynn Maree Ross
Staff writer
Lawrence Memorial Hospital's Wellness Center, thanks to Bob Billings, is nowhere near the hospital.
Jerry Waugh, senior vice president of Alvamar Golf and Country Club, 4120 Clinton Parkway, said yesterday that Billings, president of Alvamar, knew the hospital needed a place for the center and offered them space, rent free, for a trial period.
The center, which opened in November, occupies about 2,000 square feet of space left vacant when the Alvamar racquetball courts were moved into a new building.
Patie Fielding, director for the
"We don't just look at ourselves as an exercise program," she said.
safely. The center's goal is to make health management and exercise programs pleasant enough that people will continue on their own, she said. It also hopes to teach people how to take care of themselves when they exercise.
center, said the location was ideal because it was close to Alvamar, a proposed bypass around the city and the unfinished Holcom Recreation Complex. In addition, Lawrence is growing westward, which will put the center nearer to the community.
Although the center is listed in directories along with other local fitness centers, said Fielding, it is more than just another fitness club.
That goal includes going out into the business community with a back safety program and wellness checks.
The center is more medically oriented than other fitness clubs, she said, because it offers a fitness profile and programs such as cardiac rehabilitation, stress management, nutrition and back
safety.
Gary Spree, personnel manager at the K-mart distribution center, 2400 Kresge Road, said the center was doing a wellness check on distribution center employees. The information will be sent directly to each employee, and the company will pay half the cost of a fitness program for those who choose to participate.
Martha Murphy, personnel assistant at the Aeroquip Corporation Gustin-Bacon Division, 2901 Lakeview Road, said a physical therapist from the center came to teach a back safety course. She said she had learned a lot about the structure of the back and how to lift heavy objects properly.
While the center is designed for people of all ages, Fielding said, it only is used by a few KU students. However, that probably will change once the circuit and aquatic aerobic programs are available. The circuit program starts next week and the aquatic aerobics will start once it is warm enough to use Alvamar's outdoor pool.
WETMORE A fire early yesterday destroyed a hardware store owned by businessman Guy Stedman, whose Help the Farmers Inc. has provided financial assistance to hard-pressed farmers unable to make ends meet.
United Press International
Blaze guts hardware store of man who aided farmers
"It was my only source of income," Stedman said of the Wetmore Hardware and Lumber Co. "I'm totally broke now."
Volunteer Fire Chief Bob Dieckmann said the fire at the two-story brick building probably was caused by faulty heat tape wrapped around pipes to keep them from freezing.
"That's speculation right now."
Dieckmann explained. "That was the
only thing in the area where the fire started that had any electricity to it."
The fire was reported about 5:15 a.m. by Alan Fund, who lives two blocks from the building, said Dieckmann, Fund's brother-in-law.
"He stepped outside, smelled smoke, walked up there, saw what it was and called it in." Dieckmann said. "Right now, all we have are four brick walls standing. No ceiling. It's completely gone."
Destroyed were the hardware store, headquarters for Help the Farmers Inc. and the offices of a dentist and tax accountant, Dieckmann said.
He said there were no injuries.
Sedman said the fire consumed $70,000 worth of inventory at the hardware store.
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