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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, December 3. 1987
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Healing artist gets little attention
Larry Redding, a certified roller for nine years, says rolling works at putting the body in alignment and structuring a physical balance.
By BRIAN BARESCH
Staff writer
Lawrence roller Larry Redding has been practicing his healing art here for nine years, but few people in town know about him.
Redding says the phone company isn't sure how to classify roiling, and the white pages don't let him advertise there under his home listing. Consequently, he sends bills sent by his rals from colleagues and from people who have been collapsed in the past.
Rolling, he said, is structural integration of the body through rigorous external massage that works on the myofascial system, tissues surrounding muscles and bones and supporting the skeleton.
"Most people get shorter as they get older," he said. "This is the settling-in of the myofascial network."
Also, the tissues, or fascia, can dry up and lose their elasticity. Rolling stirs up the fascia, loosens them and allows water to circulate in the tissue. The overall goal of roiling is to restructure the body, Redding said.
"Anyone who uses their body regularly, whether running, walking or snow skiing, notices more flexibility, stamina and a sense of connectedness as they do their particular activity," he said.
Redding got his training at the Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colo., which was founded by biochemist Ida Roff in the early 1970s.
According to the institute, Rolf's research indicated that when part of the body was out of alignment, the pull of gravity would subsequently put more pieces out of place. Rolf also discovered that, thanks to fascia, the body can be reshaped as if it were plastic.
Redding said many of his clients were people who had some severe physical pain and had found no relief from traditional medicine, massage or chiropractors. Because he is the only roller in Kansas, he said, some of his
clients come from as far away as Omaha, Neb., and Wichita.
Although being rolled is sometimes painful, former roffers say it's worth it. Elaine Brewer, Lawrence resident, said her rolfing experience three years ago was remarkable enough to inspire her to become a roller herself.
Brewer now is a massage ther apist and is waiting for an oppor
Leland Lemsany, Lawrence graduate student, said Redding rolled him because of pain in his hips. "When you're doing it, it's like torture, because he sticks his fingers really deep inside you," Lemsany said. But Lemosany said the treatment was worth it because he could hardly walk before that, his hip was so painful.
unity to go to the Rolf Institute
Mall developers, opponents face off at last public hearing
By VALOREE ARMSTRONG Staff writer
Suburban shopping mail developers joined forces last night to argue that the Downtown Improvement Committee should stop delivering mail.
Neil Shortlidge, attorney for the Jacobs, Visconsi and Jacobs' suburban proposal, said, "It may be sometime before we find out whether it do-able or not."
He said that the downtown plan, which would add 900,000 square feet of retail shopping at a cost of $14.3 million, was not feasible because neither developers nor department stores had said they would be interested in the plan.
John Immel, attorney for the suburban proposal of Warmack, Inc., said the improvement committee's plan was contrary to its own intent of preserving downtown.
"The city, in fact, might have to declare parts of it outright, referring to a process of reorganization using businesses that
Ed Collister, attorney representing the third request for suburban reawning, was not at last night's meeting, [Ed Collister] said.
Shortlied and Immel quizzed Burdett Loomis, chairman of the improvement committee, on questions such as a lack of commitments from developers and department stores.
But Loomis said the committee had not vet sought
commitments and was concentrating on putting together a workable plan and financial options.
Loomis said that ZHA, the committee's consultant for the plan, was confident the plan would attract developers and investors.
Despite the suburban mall supporter's arguments, public sentiment ran high for keeping retail industry dollars.
Richard Kershenbaum, who lives in an East Lawrence neighborhood adjacent to downtown, said that although neighborhoods had opposed an enclosed mail downstown, the community preferred a version for scattered development over three blocks.
The downtown plan includes three department stores, specialty stores and parking garages — all connected with the city's main thoroughfares.
"They've come up with a plan that we felt years ago was impossible," Kershenbaum, 1112 New Jersey St., said.
Sidney Shapiro, 1647 Indiana St., said the downtown and the University of Kansas depended on each other.
KU is having trouble attracting and keeping faculty because salaries are low, said Shapiro, a KU law professor.
"The answer is Lawrence," Shapiro said. "It's the University's biggest advantage."
Speaker takes Bakkers in stride
Most religions are sexually preoccupied, lecturer says
By AMBER STENGER
Staff writer
success that many evangelists have.
People shouldn't be surprised that sex was involved in the Jim and Tammy Bakker scandal, because most religions are preoccupied with sex, a KU lecturer in religious studies said yesterday.
"Tammy Fay Bakker even play-
ed on sexuality, if you can believe that"
"these women do."
Most religions are preoccupied with discouraging members from sex outside marriage, he said.
Miller spoke on the topic of television evangelism at the University Forum at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. He said that the lack of accountability within television evangelist organizations and their Hollywood show business aspect contributed to the financial
Miller said the television evangelism industry made $2 billion each year. Jim and Tammy Bakker, who made $1.6 million plus $800,000 in bonuses in 1986, had some of the largest salaries and benefits, he said.
For television evangelists, preaching is secondary to the glamour of televangelism.
Miller made several comments about television evangelism before focusing on the Bakker scandal, especially an interview with Jessica Hahn in the November issue of Playboy magazine that detailed her encounter with a sexual encounter with Bakker and how she was exploited afterward.
tour but canceled the tour because of poor ticket sales. Only 52 tickets were sold for their appearance at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo., Miller said.
Miller said the Bakkers now were awaiting a call to return to their ministry. They attempted to go on
Miller ended his hour-long lecture by joking that he'd heard that the Bakkers were going to publish a book More than Lay Persons."
Jack Bremer, coordinator of the University Forum and director of Ecumenical Christian Ministries, people attended Miller's speech.
The next forum, Dec. 9., will be by Timothy Mitchell, associate professor of Art History and is titled "Mortal Angels and Burning Imagery." The Content of Modernism in Art."
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