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Fridav. Januarv 29.1988 / University Daily Kansan
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On Campus
Dennis Prater of the Legal Aio Society will present an informative program on wills at 1 p.m. today in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union. He will speak about what should be included in a will, give information on probating and allow time for questions.
A philosophy lecture by Andrus Pork, a professor from the Soviet
Union, is scheduled at 3:30 p.m. today in the International Room of the Kansas Union.
Ray Arvin of Air Midwest is scheduled to speak about air safety at 3:30 p.m. today in 3139 Wescos Hall.
The movie “Dim Sum” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
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Sculptor sees art in ice
Most art students Jon Richards knows exhibit their work in museums. He jokes that his work has been left out in the cold.
By Stacy Foster
Kansan staff writer
Richards, a snow sculptor, insists that colder is better. Working three days in a minus 10-degree chill, he takes off the foot chunk of snow into a work of art.
Richards, an arts and sculpting student at Haskell Indian Junior College, has been sculpting snow for a year.
"I wanted to keep myself updated on my sculpting," he said.
Richards became interested in snow sculpting last January when his uncle asked him to join him in a snow sculpting contest in Rockford, Ill. They won first place with "Buffalo Dreamer," a sculpture that depicted an Indian wearing a buffalo-horned headdress.
Richards said that his uncle, Larry Wetherholt, was one of the top professional wildlife artists in the country.
"My uncle Larry designs the sculpture and makes a clay model." Richard.
He said that it was important to design a clay model before working on the prototype.
Jon Richards snow sculptor
You have to be really careful and know what to cut. You have to be sure not to cut off too much.'
"You have to be really careful and know what to cut." Richards said. "You have to be sure not to cut off too much."
Shovels, scrapers and tomahawks are used to mold the snow into art, he
Richards just finished competing in the U.S. snow sculpting contest in Milwaukee.
He, his uncle and a cousin spent almost four days in sub-zero weather chipping and carving a block of snow to create the "Buffalo Conjure." He succeeded and qualified for the international competition in Quebec, Canada.
WinterFun, a non-profit organization in Milwaukee, sponsored the U.S. competition. Gordon Taylor, vice president of WinterFun, said his organization put together winter carnivals and activities such as the snow
sculpting contests to promote winter activities in Milwaukee.
"The Wetherholt team has done very well," Taylor said. "They haven't been competing very long, but qualifying for the competition in Quebec shows just how good they can be.
"The competition in Quebec is the largest running snow sculpting competition. It's been held for about 18 years."
Richards he liked helked sculpting
bricheas because he was fun and because
he likeked apportionment.
"You get all psyched up to win.
Giving first place, 'that's all I think about.'
Richards doesn't mind the cold weather. During the U.S. competition recently, he wore thermal snow suits and rarely got cold, except for his jacket.
"If your hands get cold, we stick them in a bucket of cold water because when it's very cold out, the her feels like body tempature." he said.
Sculptures are judged on creativity, size, quality and teamwork. Richards said. Creativity is the most important part.
The blocks of snow are formed from snow gathered from highways and airport runways.
Shankel fair after suffering heart attack
Del Shankel, KU professor of microbiology and biochemistry, was listed in fair condition yesterday evening in the intensive care unit of the University of Kansas Medical Center after suffering a heart attack Wednesday morning.
By a Kansan reporter
Shankel, who served as acting executive vice chancellor in the spring of 1987, experienced a heart attack caused by a blood clot in his coronary arteries, a spokesman for the Med Center said.
A new clot-dissolving drug, TPA, was administered to Shankel at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and on the way to the Med Center, the spokesman said. Tests at the Med Center reveal that the drug has dissolved the clot sufficiently to unblock the artery and to allow blood to flow again, the spokesman said.
Bramila helped finance a new public library in Junction City, the Geary County historical museum and the new Kansas State University basketball arena. Angell is a member of the Federal Reserve Board and was a state representative from 1961 to 1967.
Daughters dinner tonight at Topeka's downtown Ramada Inn.
Local Briefs
Further tests are being administered to determine whether the blockage was taken care of soon enough to allow the heart muscle to recover on its own.
KANSAS DAY CELEBRATION: A speech by Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole will highlight a three-day celebration of Kansas's 127th birthday, which is today. Dole will address a banquet Saturday in the Topeka Expocentre.
Shankel served as acting chancellor at KU for 14 months before Gene A. Budig was selected to fill the position in August 1981.
Gov. Mike Hayden will present the Kansan of-the-year awards to Fred Bramlage of Junction City and Wayne Angell of Ottawa at the annual Native Sons and
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