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Daily Nebraskan
Tuesday, November 5, 1985
Men volunteers needed
for Y-Pal program
Y-PALS from Page 1
Gaither said attempts will be made
during Y-Pal Week this year to get more
men interested in the program.
"We have more women volunteering
than men. We haven't reached men as
effectively in the past," she said. A
volunteer can choose a boy or a girl for
a pal, but young boys usually wait three
to six months for a match while most
girls find Y-Pals immediately.
A volunteer makes the final decision
on a Y-Pal, depending on how much of a
challenge they're looking for. There are
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various problems a child in the pro
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appears to be a lack of self-esteem,
Gaither said.
"Often in low income and divorced
families a parent doesn't have a lot of
time to give a child, and the children
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kids at school because they don't have
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Two children play in the sand-box at the Ruth Staples Lab on East Campus.
All-season experimental play area
A playground for all cMldren
By Jody Beem
Staff Reporter
The Angeline Anderson Children's
Garden is experimental, accessible to
the handicapped and provides a learn
ing environment. It also happens to be
fun, said the acting director of Ruth
Staples Lab.
" "The children love it and are very
creative with it," Kim Townley said.
The children's garden is the new
playground being developed at the
Ruth Staples Lab on East Campus. The
lab, a day care center for children up to
6 years old, teaches college students
about child development.
Townley said the playground is totally
accessible to the handicapped and is
completely usable in Nebraska's ciimate.
The extreme climate conditions in
. the state can be hard on young child
ren, Townley said. In the summer the
playground has many shady areas and
water for children to play in, she said.
In the fall children can play under an
overhang. Finally, she said, in the win
ter the children can play in the garden's
solarium.
The outside area is almost half done,
Townley said, and when completed, it
will have cost $250,000. The cost of the
solarium, the last project, hasn't been
figured, she said. Townley said all the
funding comes from sources outside
the university.
"When it's done it's going to be real
nice," she said.
Townley said the solarium will pro
vide insulation for the building, and
will heat itself.
The playground also provides play
areas for children in wheelchairs and
blind children, Townley said. The
sandbox is built with high sides so a
child in a wheelchair could sit beside
the box and play in the sand. She said
the playground also has tricycles that
can be powered by hands instead of
legs. .
The wall surrounding the play area
will be textured, Townley said. Some
areas will be smooth, others rough.
Stained glass, artwork and chimes also
will be placed along the wall to help
children expand their hearing and
touching senses, she said.
A nature area also is planned in the
playground, she said. The area could
have a tricycle path, Townley said, but
otherwise it will contain grass and
plants. The area will be fenced so it can
contain a visiting cow or sheep, she
said. The ground may be used as a
vegetable garden, she said, or as an
area for children to dig in the dirt.
"Playing in the dirt is a completely
different experience than digging in
the sand," Townley said. "It's hard to
get mudpies to stick together when
you're digging in the sand."
The Herb Society will help plan an
herb garden for the children, she said.
The children can grow the herbs and
put them :n foods. She said the garden
will have plants with leaves that smell
like chocolate, mint or lemon when
they're crushed
The playground also will contain a
fire pit, to teach children about fire
safety, Townley said. They can roast
marshmallows and hotdogs to show the
good side of fire, she said, but they also
will learn that fire destroys things.
"We tell children no, no, no, but we
don't show them why," Townley said.
"Words are abstract and can't help the
children see why fire is bad."
The fire pit will be built between the
sand and the water area, she said, to
teach children how to put out fires.
The playground will also have a
creek running through it, Townley said,
and a water slide and water pools.
Fountains and a water wheel are planned
for the pools, Townley said, and the
kids can control the water flow to these
objects.
The playground has no traditional
models of equipment, she said. Items
are experimental and designed for
more than one use. Even the materials
used to make the equipment are exper
imental, she said.
The play area is made of pressed
pine that is guaranteed for 40 years,
Townley said. Some areas are made of
shredded tires bonded together, she
said, and the paint is the same kind as
used on submarines.
The soft sculptures that will hang in
the playground also will be of experi
mental materials, she said. It will be a
colorful matting that is resistant to wet
and cold, she said.
Who's News
UNL adviser An n Kopera has received
a national award for outstanding
achievement in providing academic
counsel to students.
Kopera, coordinator of advising in
UNL's College of Arts and Sciences,
received a certificate of merit award
during the National Academic Advising
Association's Conference in Kansas
City.
Thomas Laging, architecture profes
sor at UNL, was asked to suggest devel
opment strategies for an eight-block
area in downtown Boise, Idaho. Laging
is a member of a committee formed by
the American Institute of Architecture
to provide assistance in regional and
urban design.
Dan F. Howard, art professor at UNL,
has been awarded $500 for the best
painting in a show at the Hastings Col
lege Art Gallery. Howard's prize-winning
oil painting is titled "Mystiks" Sweet
Communion."
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