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Tuesday, April 28, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Fred Sadowski/KANSAN
Tim Farha and Chris Farha, Wichita seniors, paint The Wagon Wheel Cafe, 507 W. 14th St. The Farhas and their friend, Trey Kouri, Wichita senior, wanted to pay back the owner of The Wheel, John Wooden, for the four years of service he has given them.
Regulars paint cafe
Three KU students say they have patronized the Wagon Wheel Cafe, 507 W. 14th St., so often that they are donating their time to paint it.
By a Kansan reporter
"We spent more time here than anywhere else." Chris Farba said.
Tim Farah, Chris Farha and Trey Kouri, all Wichita seniors, share paint at the north wall of their red building. They plan to paint more tomorrow.
And Kouri said he had eaten lunch at the Wheel every day this semester.
Chris Farha said the restaurant had not been painted in eight years.
"We thought it was an eyesore," Chris Farha said.
"If this is a Top 20 sports bar, it's got to look like it," Kouri said.
John Wooden, cafe owner, was golfing yesterday and unavailable for comment.
"He told us 'just put a coat of paint on it,' " Chris Farha said.
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Lawrence junior high school students discuss recognition of suicide signs
By TODD COHEN
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"If you keep a secret, you may lose a friend."
That's a message many Lawrence junior high school students now hear in their health classes. The message is that kids need to fight, but to prevent youth suicide.
Lawrence junior high schools now are making a two-day workshop on suicide part of their required health classes. The workshop teaches students how to recognize suicide's warning signs and get help.
The workshop idea was supported by local service groups that expressed concern about suicide among young people, a problem that was in headlines earlier this year after a string of teen-age suicides in Chicago.
Marcia Epstein, director of Headquarters Inc., a crisis-counseling center; Martha Skeet, director of school nurses for Unified School District 497; and Bob Franz, a social worker for USD 497, designed the workshop in 1986.
Epstein said yesterday that the workshop was needed because students usually were afraid to talk with adults or contact social service agencies or the school counselor if they had problems or were concerned about a friend.
"We don't talk about whether suicide is right or wrong, and we don't try to train eight graders to be peer counselors," Epstein said. "The goal is to get kids to talk to people who can help them."
"Susicide is a major issue. The rate of suicide among people under 24 has increased disproportionately. It has tripled."
Between 1980 and 1985, Douglas County has averaged one suicide a year among 15 to 24-year-olds, Epstein said. And there have been suicide attempts in Lawrence junior high schools, she said.
"Nationally, by the age of 19, one in
many cases made a suicide
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Also, Headquarters received a record number of suicide calls, 263, in 1986, and that number is expected to increase this year, she said.
The goal is to get kids to talk to people who can help them.'
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— Marcia Epstein director of Headquarters Inc.
Barbara Maxwell, a Lawrence junior high school counselor, said the workshop was excellent. Students, and the general public, need to better understand suicide, she said.
The workshop comprises a student questionnaire, a group discussion, a film about recognizing symptoms of suicidal thoughts in friends and a music video of pop singer Billy Joel's song, "You're Only Human."
"We show how pressures can really build up," Epstein said.
about suicide and ways to kill themselves, giving away personal items and saying goodbye to friends.
"Some things put an adolescent in a position where they can feel vulnerable," Franz said. "When you get to feeling that way, things can snowball.
The students discuss a list of warning signs, such as people talking
"It's something that has to always be taken seriously."
Mary Ann Scott, health instructor at South Junior High School, 2734 Louisiana St., said, "I think it's invaluable. With the stresses young people face today, it's important to be able to recognize warning signs."
Scott said the workshop should be used in elementary school classes as well.
"There are lot of grade school kids who have older brothers and sisters who may be going through hard times," she said.
Epstein said she would like to expand the program to include the University of Kansas. However, she has received little encouragement, she said.
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