July 24, 1984/ Page 13 Kids' activities chase des air from art fair By DAVID VANKER Between the heat, the crowds, and the boredom, children often have a tough time surviving the Art Fair in good spirits. " But this year, three local organizations will offer relief in the form of activities intended especially for young people. ON THURSDAY from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Washtenaw County Parts and Recreation Commission will give kids of all ages a chance to help paint a banner depicting Olympic sports. The free event will take place on South Main in front of the First of America bank, and recreation depar- tment spokesperson Jackie Perry said she hopes it will make the Art Fair more bearable for parents and children alike. "It's so hot (during the fair), and the kids don't have anything to do," Perry said. "(The banner) should be good for parents who want to take a break. It's a"~~ shaded area; it should be pretty cool." SPONSORS FOR the event - the Ann Arbor News, Ulrich's Bookstore, and Meyer's Thrifty Acres - will provide enough paint, paper, and brushes for about 50 future art fair exhibitors. DOUG McMAHON/Da.ily The Ann Arbor art fair will super. These kids are smart enough to get out of the sun for a while and enjoy the children's activities planned for the Fair. vise arts and crafts activities from 10 to year as the fair's self-appointed baby- something to do." four through ten will launch helium noon and from 2 to 4 in the afternoon sitter, and Kaeren said the puppet- The Y will accommodate children of balloons carrying their names, get in- each day of the fair. Program director making, painting, and wood working all ages, and though donations are ac- side a giant soap bubble; observe soap Mary Kaeren said parents may leave aim to make participants out of bystan- cepted, there is no charge'for the ser- bubble experiments and the museum's their children at the Y's booth in front ders. vice, exhibits. of the Brown Jug on South University "THE ART FAIR is usually things "Bubble-Sitting" is the Ann Arbor Each session is limited to 12 children, for up to half an hour while they walk you look at and not things you do," Hands-On Museum's cure for boredom. and space can be reserved by calling around the fair. Kaeren said. "I think one of the pur- In a two-hour session at the museum, 995-5439. The cost of the program is $3. This will be the Y's third consecutive poses of this is to give the kids located at 219 E. Huron, children aged Peddlers forced By DAVID VANKER You've decided you want to make a million bucks, and you've decided the Ann Arbor art fair is the place to do it. So you buy a couple hundred pairs of cheap sunglasses for about 50 cents each and plan to wander through the fair hawking them for $5 apiece. Nice idea - if only it were legal. Because of a City Council resolution, dated May 14, peddlers' licenses issued by the Ann Arbor City Clerk's office are invalid within three blocks of the fairgrounds during fair hours. Does this mean the Art Fair will be peddler-free? Probably not, according to the head organizer of one of the three separate fairs. "There's not a whole lot we can do about it," said Pat Kemeny-Macias of the State Street fair. Anne Teichert, a spokesperson for the University Artists' and Craftsmen's Guild, said peddlers have not been a major problem in recent years. "There have been people who have wandered to seek buyers in through the fair selling junk," she said. "We just have our fair marshals ask them to leave." Despite Teichert's sedate version of crowd control at the fair, an official from the South University fair committee said the City Council's resolution came in response to a debate over property rights on and near the fairgrounds. "Now the peddlers can work outside the fair area, but many years ago, we had a problem with people setting up on the corners (of the fairgrounds)," he said. "The city ordinance took care of that." As it stands, the law forbids peddling - the sale or offer for sale of any item or service from a mobile outlet-and soliciting-taking orders for goods to be delivered at some later time - within three blocks of the fair during fair hours. Furthermore, only one of the Art Fair associations - the Artists and Craftsmens Guild - allocates booth space to commercial non-artists, and that faraway places space is reserved for food vendors, Teichert said. "(Food vendors) have to contact us by April," she said. "We give first choice to student and non-profit groups, then local private concerns, and then anyone from out of town." Teichert added that the guild also strives for some variety in the types of food its vendors offer. According to a spokesperson for Mayor Louis Belcher, collections for charitable or non-profit organizations share the fate of peddling during the fair. Requests for permission to hold bucket drives have been refused for the four fair dates. The City Council resolution, which represents the first written measure dealing with peddlers at the fair, is an effort "to ensure that we have quality fairs instead of just anyone running around," said Kemeny-Macias. "Sure it's festival time," she remarked, "we just don't want it to get out of hand." to . 5 sqbcrib tP W ca't6 -0 5 2 didigSN oRTS Specializing O~lOSin HOMEMADE CARAMEL CORN Also Featuring: CHEESECORN & other savory flavors frozen drinks " nuts " candy 504 E. Liberty