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Tennessee Tech. season. Saturday. Weather Today: Friday partly cloudy September 10. 1999 High 68, Low 47 Volume 87 & Issue 13 GNewsA doily independent student press Health Festival's popularity grows Center By AMYJO L. BROWN hours. The Park District felt we selected for the show beforehand me and tell me the festival is a The BG News ^ should do something else." by judges) and uninjured (art yearly family event for them," He said at that point he was not selected) shows that attract- Kalmar said. offers The first Black Swamp Arts contacted by the Downtown ed people from around the coun- Kalmar also said the festival Festival almost never happened Business Association, which sug- try. was geared toward every age. discounts because of lack of man-power, gested they and the Park Dis- Now, only a juried show is A big attraction this year is but with a little bit of help and a trict team ought to put together offered, which still selects works the music selection. Over 30 little luck, the festival survived a festival. from out of the area. Local bands will be featured during By SARAH DELANEY its first year and will celebrate "The festival was something artists not selected for the juried the three day event. Names such The BG News its seventh anniversary this the business people talked about show can, however, show their as The Big Creak (rock), the Del weekend. for years," said Floyd Craft, works in the Wood County Invi- Roys (ska), Love Dogs (swing) The Health Center on cam- Around 50,000 people are owner of downtown businesses tational, which is also displayed and the Wright-Neal Quartet pus offers competitive prices expected to attend the annual Ben Franklin, Ace Hardware at the festival. (jazz) will be heard on the main for students who find them- downtown event, with opening and For Keeps. "We just never "I think it has raised the qual- stage in downtown BG. selves sick while they're away activities beginning tonight at 5. had the time or the man-power. ity of art shown tremendously," One major change that has from their family doctor. The art show that sparked the We probably would not have Kalmar said. occurred since the first year is The reason the Health Cen- idea for the first Black Swamp pulled it off the first year with- Craft feels art has allowed that the festival's opening night ter can offer such prices is Arts Festival was not quite as out the help of the Wood County the festival to become a family is now on Friday. because the Health Center is huge. And it kept getting small- Park District." event. Originally the festival was not operating for profit, but er each year. Craft said the choice to make "The children's art area is one only on Saturdays and Sundays. instead is a service for stu- Sponsored by the Wood Coun- art the main event at the festival of the nicest of any festivals," he Friday was then included into dents, faculty members and ty Park District, an art show was a result of looking at other said. the schedule as a big celebration their families, said Director of annually featured the works of festivals, such as Ann Arbor's. The number of activities for night. Health Services Dr. Joshua local Wood County residents. "Art seemed to be the corner- kids have grown over the years. "It's a night of big entertain- Kaplan. "The Wood County Fine Arts stone (of the others)," he said. Tie-dye, rain sticks and painting ment, stage music," Kalmar "One nice thing about the show was a small event," said "We wanted to add quality to the are just a few of the interactive said. Health Center is that there is Andrew Kalmar, director of festival, not a big blast." events scheduled this year. Kids Kelly Wicks, chair of the per- no charge for an office visit," Wood County Park. "It got to be Kalmar said the first two or also have their own music enter- formance committee, said every Kaplan said. "Insurance com- so small, the last one was held in three years of the festival, art tainment. panies often have a co-pay poli- the courthouse and lasted for six was shown in both juried (art "I have had people come up to • See FESTIVAL, page five. cy for office visits, so we don't charge." The office visits are not "free," however, because money European experience gives student new outlook from students' general fees is allocated to the Health Center, Kaplan said. One of the most frequently ASaluteto used services at the Health Center is the pharmacy. "We tend to be a discount pharmacy," Kaplan said. "We have a limited supply of brand name pharmaceuticals. We use sum good generic drugs instead to that Maglosky said were not Before the autumn breeze cut down on cost." much different from classes at Sophomore IPC major Maria arrives and the leaves begin to the University. fall, The News is going to Grunkemeyer thought the "The classes were not that pharmacy prices were excel- revisit the summer every Fri- hard," Maglosky said. "We had day in September through sto- lent. tests and everything, but not "I got a prescription filled ries about summer programs, much homework." experiences and internships. there and it was a lot cheaper The weekends, along with than at home," Grunkemeyer two straight weeks, were set said. By STEFANIE SIZEMORE aside for traveling. Sarah Durst, a freshmen The BG News Throughout the six weeks, education major, recently visit- Maglosky and the other stu- ed the Health Center because Summer school is not dents visited Spain, France, her ear was bleeding. usually something stu- Germany, England, Wales, Hol- "They took care of it for me," dents look forward to, land, Belgium, Germany, Aus- Durst said. "I had to get a pre- but one University student tria, Italy and Switzerland. scription filled, and it only cost said his experience gave him a The group spent two to four $1 with my prescription card." new outlook on life. days in each country and visit- Kaplan also said that non- ed all the major tourist attrac- profit health care providers "This trip made me more tions. Maglosky's favorite place open to things, people and life usually get better prices on oral was Switzerland. contraceptives as well as some in general," said Nick "The scenery in Switzerland Photo Provided other prescriptions. Maglosky, a junior marketing was indescribable." he said. Besides office visits and pre- and international' business "The people there were really major, about the six weeks he Nick Maglosky, (left) takes a break with fellow travelers at Balmer's Herberge in Switzerland. scriptions, students can use the nice and the jump was great." Health Center to get X-rays, to spent traveling and studying in The jump Maglosky is talk- get from country to country and France we were served the nose He said that during the trip Europe with the University's get a physical and to have lab ing about is a bungee jump that city to city they used various of an animal, but could not fig- he really did not get homesick, work such as a throat culture College of Business. he made while in Switzerland. modes of transportation. ure out what animal it was." but he did miss the little performed. On June 12, he left the Unit- He jumped1 591 feet which is "We rode on everything Besides from the food, people things. ed States with 55 other stu- "We can sew up cuts and the highest jump one can make. including boats, subways, varied from country to country. "I missed things like driving treat burns, which is more than dents from Bowling Green, Maglosky also enjoyed tour- trains, metros, trams and "Overall people were very and being able to just go up to Ohio State and Ohio Universi- some family doctors do in their ing Holland and seeing the Sis- taxis," Maglosky said. "We were friendly, especially in Switzer- someone and speak English," offices," Kaplan said. "More ty- tine Chapel in Italy with fellow on our own, so basically it was land, Holland and Spain," he said. "I wanted to go on this trip often than not, students err in classmate Rich Garr. up to us to find the train to get Maglosky said. Maglosky returned home on thinking it's something we because I really wanted to see "It was really interesting to us where we wanted to go." Maglosky tried to bring July 24 with a new outlook on can't handle.