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Thursday, February 10, 1977
University Dally Kansan
Freeze makes flowers, fruit costly
By MARY RINTOUL
Staff Reporter
Valentine's Day will be a little less rosa this year because of increased prices in greenhouse-grown flowers caused by cold temperatures and gas shortages.
Leslie Talmon, part owner of University Floral, 2103. W. 28th Terr. said yesterday that she was having trouble getting several flowers, particularly roses.
"We're having trouble shipping roses from Oregon and carnations from Denver," she said. "Last year roses were $18 a dozen and this year they're $22.50."
Talmon said the cold weather and a current drought in California were causing
DON RANDEL, owner of Owen's Flower Shop, 846 Indiana St., said he had experienced an increase in all greenhouse-grown flowers.
"Because the sellers need the heat to beat the greenhouses, the prices have increased," he said. "Roses have increased about 25 cents a bloom."
Randel said there had been a normal increase in the price of potted plants since last year but that the price of field-grown flowers had increased by 10 to 15 per cent in that time. A Florida freeze in mid-February increased the increased flower prices, be said.
The Florida freeze has already affected the price of fruit in some local grocery stores.
Wayne Pine, assistant manager of Rusty's 909 Iowa St., said some of the fruit
prices were increased within a week after the Florida freeze.
"WEVE EXPERIENCED A fairly good price change in fruit prices but we don't know."
Pine said prices could increase next year because the California drought, which will begin in October, is drying.
Dennis Snowbagger, assistant supervisor for the Northeast Kansas Dillon's Stores, said Dillon's hadn't yet experienced a price rise in fruit.
"We're anticipating a price raise in the next 6 to 8 weeks," he said. "We do most of our buying from the west coast but when that runs out we have to buy from Florida."
Snowbarger said Florida dealers were buying fruit from the Bahamas, a fact that the company was not aware of.
"We don't anticipate price rises in anything else, but next year the canned fruits will be higher because of the freeze in Florida this year," he said.
THE SEVERE cold weather is causing problems all across the nation.
Harold Krogh, professor of business, said the weather could slow the economic recovery that the United States had experienced in the last 18 months.
"There probably won't be an immediate change in the stock market but during the summer there could be a slight down shift and a cool weather and employment," he said.
Krogh said recent reports about employees in the East returning to work were good news. However, he said, many businesses won't become fully operational until this
summer, a delay that would adversely affect the economy.
TWO WORDS heard often later because of the fuel shortage are recession and the economic crisis.
Dick Ruppert, associate professor of economics, said there could be a tendency toward a recession this year because of cold weather's effects on gas and food production.
"My understanding is that not just the fruit crop in Florida has been damaged, but also the trees and plants," Huppert said. "The damage we see until the damped growth can be replaced."
Ruppert said it was easier to correct a recession than a depression.
"There are setbacks during a recession
at it they're easier to correct by applying
more pressure."
ONE WAY TO offset the recession tenden-
he said, to is alleviate the gas
pressure.
"Warmer weather would help alleviate the gas shortage but wouldn't put an end to it," he said. "Another way to alleviate the shortage would be to deregulate gas
The definition of deregulation encompasses many things but briefly deregulation is the removal of regular prices on the sale of interstate gas.
Rupert said he thought gas prices gradually would be deregulated.
"The Kansas Natural Gas Producers might find interstate marketes more attractive and there would be a tendency to sell to other states," he said. "This would
Drop-in athletes'avocation limited
By DAVID JOHNSON
Staff Reporter
As he rounds the bend of the brick-track, Ray Davies slows down to walk. Beads of sweat trickle down his cheeks. He bends at the waist, hands on his hips, straining for
An assistant professor of political science, Davis is one of the pack of joggers running around the track inside Allen Field House. He was a part of an organized class or team.
"It's not a class and I'm not sure it's recreation," he said, still painting and carrying the camera.
Drop-in joggers, as they are called by physical education officials, are part of a large group of recreational enthusiasts who participate in college education class nor involved in varsity athletics.
BUT THEIR avocation is being curtied by the lack of recreational facilities and the hours the facilities can be used at the University of Kansas.
Robinson is closed Monday through Thursday for all recreation except intramurals, scheduled classes and varsity athletics.
The drop-in athlete has his choice of two recreational buildings at KU. He can go to either Robinson Gymnasium or Allen Field House.
Drop-ins can use the gym Friday from 5 to 8 a.m.
and Sunday from 10 to 3:00 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 3:00 p.m.
Robinson's swimming pool is open 12:20 to 1:20 p.m. weekdays to faculty and from 1:20 p.m. weekdays to staff. Open swimming are from 2 to 4 p.m., and 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday. Families can swim from 4 to 6 p.m.
OPEN RECREATION hours for the weight room are from 3 to 10:15 p.m. weekdays. Drop-in on weekends can use the gym during the gym's open recreation hours.
The handball and racketeck courts are available by reservation on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and during regular gym hours on weekends.
The alternative to using Robinson is Allen Field House. Recreational times are from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday, from 1 to 10 p.m. on Saturday and 3 to 10 p.m. on Sunday.
During open recreation time, eight basketball goals, one volleyball net and the track are available to students, faculty and staff. A KUUID is required for admittance.
JOGGERS MAY run from 6:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Monday through Friday and at the regular recreation times. Soiled during this time, but a jogger can use two outside lanes of the track if the class instructors permit, the coordinator of Robinson and the field house.
Wilkerson said the inside lanes were closed off because they were used the most often.
According to Floyd Temple, who coordinates activities at the field house, a drop-in athlete is one free recreation hours except when varsity athletic events have been scheduled. Drop-in athletes can call 864-3456 to hear a record of scheduled varsity games.
Temple said that even though he supported physical fitness, the large number of people who used the basketball court presented a maintenance problem for his
A THREE-MAN crew cleans the court
three times a week and waxes it once every
If you only had the men's and women's basketball team, you wouldn't have as much maintenance," Temple said. "But we don't — it's 'set up' for the students to use it."
Ruppert said that if the Kansas gas supply decreased, many industrial companies probably would switch to alternate fuel supplies.
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two weeks, he said. Cleaning costs more than $36 a cleaning in labor alone and waxing costs $21 for one man to lay two cuts of wax, which takes four to five hours,
cause a reduction in the quantity of available gas in Kansas. On the other hand, deregulating gas prices would encourage the production of gas would increase the total supply.
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Despite the problems of keeping the floor in shape, Temple said, he didn't foresee shortening the recreational hours. The temple is also known for better maintenance equipment, he said.
"If we have this situation to live with, which I presume you will, the only thing we can do is get the proper equipment. When I say proper equipment, I'm talking about a $4,000 to $5,000 machine. When you get this kind of use, it's necessary," he said.
He said that reduced fuel gas supplies might cause higher prices and that residential homes probably would switch to alternate fuel supplies also.
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