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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, February 14, 1989
Survey shows child care concerns
Committee considers developing clearinghouse for KU employees
by Candy Niemann Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
KU employees are having difficulties finding adequate child care, according to the preliminary results of a survey conducted by Classified Sensors.
Riling said official figures would not be available until Thursday.
Cindy Riling, chairman of the child-care committee that conducted the survey, said an overwhelming majority of respondents cited difficulties in locating child care in Lawrence.
She said that about half of the respondents listed infant care in particular as a problem area and that the other half cited difficulties in finding care before and after school hours.
The survey was sent out to 3,776 KU employees,with 368 responding.
Clearinghouse considered
As a result of the survey, Riling said, the committee is considering pursuing the development of a clearinghouse on campus that would maintain lists of day care providers in UCU faculty, staff and students to use.
She said that the committee hoped
to obtain financing to have a center ready for use by July 1 but that the committee had not yet met to formulate plans.
The office of financial aid posts day-care requests on its student job board outside 26 Strong Hall, but Christopher Donald, graduate assistant with the Kansas career center, office received about 20 requests for child care during the business parts of the semester.
Yesterday, no day-care jobs were listed on the board.
Donald said that probably did not indicate a lack of demand for child care.
Child care forum
"Actually, I'm not sure that this is the best place to do it," he said. "After all, the job board is only effective to a certain extent."
Final results of the survey will be released Thursday night at a child care forum sponsored by the womens studies program.
The forum will commemorate KU's February Sisters, a women's group that took over the campus on Feb. 3, 1972, to bring women's issues to the attention of the
KU community, including the issue of free child care.
the February Sisters' goal of free child care is still unrealized, but their efforts helped to establish Hilltop Child Development Center, 1814 Jayaheward, a day-care facility that lives under KU staff and students.
Hilltop, however, has not been enough day-care providers said.
Joan Reiber, director of Hilltop,
said it now served 148 children and
had a waiting list of 114. Hilltop does
their work younger than 15 months of age.
"We have had a waiting list for quite a few years," Reiber said. "We have known for a long time that there is enough day care for the community."
Shelly Platz, director of Stepping Stones, Inc., 1410 Kassid Drive, a non-profit center started by KU employees, said the center always had at least a six-month waiting period for infants.
Infant care expensive
"People need to start looking for child care even before the baby is born," she said. "Infant care is even hard to find because there needs to
be one staff member for every three infants, which is expensive. We lose money in the infant room."
Platz said full-time infant care at Stepping Stones cost $379 a month, which was less than costs at other hospitals. The non-profit nature of the business.
Riling said the survey done by Classified Senate indicated a majority of respondents had turned down at some point because of costs.
"If I thought I could go out and get a free day-care center for use by the University, I would do it." Rilming said this point, that is just not realistic.
KU will start an infant-toddler center in fall 1898, but its director, Marion O'Brien, said the center has received support from the child care needs of the campus.
"It will be primarily for training and research," O'Brien said. "We will work with one small group of students to develop developmental problems or are at risk."
Trish Horkan, Omaha, Neb., senior and one of the forum's organizers, said she hoped Thursday's forum be a reflection of the spirit of the February Sisters.
New owner reopens Heritage USA park
The Associated Press
FORT MILL, S.C. — A Canadian real estate investor began operating Heritage USA yesterday, but did not reveal his long-range plans that PTL founder Jim Bakkar abandoned nearly two years ago.
Stephen Mernick, who bought PTL's assets in December for $65 million, will operate Heritage USA jointly with bankruptry trustee Red 'Benton' until the closing on the sale — at least 30 days away.
He also said that operations at the theme park, including the PTL television show, went on as usual. Mermick's first day of operation
Alex Coffin, a spokesman for Mernick in Charlotte, N.C., said yesterday that no large changes had been made to Mernick closed on the property.
Mernick would need Benton's approval for actions he would take at the theme park, "but that won't be a problem," Benton said, indicating Mernick would pay for any changes he wanted to make.
The new owner planned to visit Heritage USA once a week for the
next couple of weeks and have as many as three of his own employees working full-time at Heritage USA, Benton said.
Mernick was expected to be at PTL yesterday, but Coffin was not sure when he would arrive.
Benton said Mernick had given no indication he planned to sell PTL's assets.
The PTL ministry filed for bankruptcy reorganization in June 1987. The non-profit ministry arm that includes Heritage Church is separate from PTL's assets, which are held by the church or unfinished; a water park; a television network; and the Heritage USA property.
The Rev. Sam Johnson, pastor of the Heritage Church, said the church submitted a proposal to Mernick about 10 days ago offering television network, other facilities and some undeveloped property.
Dreams So Real brings a guitar-based '60s sound to Lawrence
Johnson also said that relocating the non-profit ministry arm was "under serious consideration." He moved him on Mernick's plans.
by Christine Winner Kansan staff writer
Johnson would not say how much he offered Mernick.
Athens, Ga., is a small town with a big reputation for progressive music.
But the so-called "Athens sound" made popular by groups such as R.E.M. and Guadalcanal Diary is a folk-rock tag that Dreams So Real, another band from Athens, would rather avoid.
“Our sound is firmly rooted in the late '60s but with a fresh perspective,” said Barry Marler, lead singer-guitarist of the group. He said record reviewers usually described the band as a different voice out of the South, with a different style and message in its lyrics.
The first time Dreams So Real played in Lawrence, a sparse audience greeted the band, which includes singer-bassist Trent Allen and drummer Drew Worsham. The band was on tour to promote his new album, its release on the independent Coyote/TwoTone label. The album was produced by their friend, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck.
The trio was founded in 1984 after Marler moved to Athens and met Allen and Worsham in a record store. Marler said that at that initial meeting he didn't know the other two also were musicians. Allen and Worsham have played together since grade school. About a week later, a friend informed him and the band got together.
This tour, the triumph is promoting "Rough Night in Jericho," its major label debut on Arista Records. They are now playing at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
Brett Mosiman, co-owner of the Bottleneck, said slapping labels on the band wasn't fair to them as artists.
"In comparing them with the mythical Athens sound, it might frame the music as far as a genre, but they stand on their own as a good band with a new release that's doing well," Mosim said.
The 10-track release was produced by Los Angeles-based BID Drescher, who is known for his work with the Bangles and Jules Shear.
Marler said the band picked Drescher to produce the album because they wanted someone with a different perspective, someone who would not reinforce any similarities to the Athens sound.
The signing with Arista in 1987 was a result of the demonstration tapes that the band sent out after touring for "Father's House," Marler said. Some of those songs also are on the new album.
Since the signing, the band's lifestyle has changed.
"We're a lot busier. We do so many more dates. Right now we're doing 18 dates in 20 days. It's a lot more intense." Marler said.
After leaving the Midwest, the band will perform in the South. After a couple weeks at home, they will return to Europe and then leave for Europe in April.
Despite the eclectic mix of cover material, Dreams So Real's guitar-based sound is cohesive because of another sound's contributions. Marler said
Dreams So Real will perform tonight at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. The members are, from left, Drew Worsham, drummer; Barry Marler, lead singer and guitarist; and Trent Allen, bassist and vocalist.
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Counseling Groups for Spring, 1989
The University Counseling Center will be offering the following groups for students throughout the spring semester:
Grieving and Loss: An ongoing group to assist students in dealing with significant losses in their lives.
Time: Thursdays, 4:30 - 6:30
Coping with the Blues: An ongoing group to help students in dealing with feelings of depression by teaching coping strategies and skills.
Career Decision Making: A two-session group format to assist students with their career goals. Time: Thursdays, 4:30 - 6:30
Time: Tuesdays, 4:30 - 6:30
Adult Children of Alcoholics: An ongoing group dealing with problems and concerns resulting from growing-up in an alcoholic family.
Time: Thursdays, 2:30 - 4:00
All groups will be held in the University Counseling Center, 116 Bailey Hall. For more information or to enroll in a group, please call the Center at 864-3931
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