Wednesday, March 29, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Concert to celebrate history of women
By Doug Pacey
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Four bands will play a concert celebrating Women's History Month tonight.
And though the concert is celebrating the female gender, men are more than welcome, said Christine Garton, co-president of the KU Commission on the Status of Women club and Olathe junior.
"It's for guys and girls," she said.
"There are guys in some of the bands that are going to play. I don't just want girls to come. Anyone who has time to attend can come."
The Suga Daddies, Coyote Project. Melineh and Andrea & Brad will perform from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the courtyard area of Jayhawker Towers.
The bands are donating their services to the organization for the concert.
ces to the organization for the concert. "I'm totally looking forward to the concert." said Melineh Kurdian, concert performer and Kansan music critic. "Not only because it's for women, but there are some great bands on the ticket, too."
The concert is free, but donations will be accepted, Garton said.
"People don't have to donate if they don't want to," she said. "But we will be collecting donations for Rape Abuse Incest National Network, and there will be information about the organization at the concert, too."
More than music will be free at the concert, Garton said. Pizza and drinks will be offered. Jayhawker Towers is paying for the refreshments.
"With the music and the food, this should be a fun time," she said. "The best part is that it's outside in the courtyard." Garton said her group had been celebrating Women's History Month all month.
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"This is just our way of sending it out in a good way," she said.
By John Audlehelm
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Land issues cloud commission meeting
The City Commission fielded complaints last night on two land issues whose progress soon could become volatile.
In one, residents of both Lawrence and Douglas County are saying that American Eagle Outfitters Inc., which plans to open a distribution center on a 90-acre site near the eastern edge of the city, is providing them with different information every time they ask.
In another, Lawrence residents of Gaslight Village Mobile Home. 31st and Iowa streets, are complaining that they are being evicted to make room for a Home Depot store.
In the first issue, the City Commission received American Eagle's request for an 80 percent tax abatement and deferred it to the administrative review committee — but not before drawing public comment.
Melinda Henderson, Lawrence resident, said she was concerned that American Eagle's projected salaries and benefits would be substandard.
She also said the company was not clear if it planned to have 300 employees in
three years or only 250
Larry Kipp, Douglas County resident, said American Eagle officials had not given the same figure twice on any issue. "Every time they present, depending on
"Every time they present, depending on which meeting I go to, they change," he said.
said. For example, Kipp said, American Eagle's
For example, Kipp said building plans only showed a 38 acre site, but the company had requested 90.
"There are several 40-acre sites for industrial development around Lawrence," he said. "What are they going
What are they going to do with the rest? Nobody knows."
Debra Housworth, Gaslight resident, spoke before the commission last night to tell city officials her situation — but she said she was not sure what the city could do about it.
She said that she lived on the east side of the trailer park and that its owner was selling 25 acres on the west side to make room for a Chicago developer, First Development Limited. A shopping area is proposed for the site and would include a Home Depot store.
Housworth said the park's owner, Mid-America Mobile Home Communities, was telling tenants to pick new spots on the east side of Gaslight or in Brookwood Mobile Home Park, 1908 E. 19th St., which Mid-American also owns.
Mid-American also owns
On March 2, Housworth said she
received a notice of eviction, effective
May 1 — and without cause.
Because trailer park residents lease their spaces month-to-month, they can be evicted without cause even if they pay their rents.
mayor Erv Hodges said the city had not yet dealt with the issue.
"The biggest problem we have in Kansas is there is no-cause eviction," she said. "Just because we don't own the piece of ground we live on does not mean we shouldn't have the same benefits."
"They haven't even started the process of rezoning," he said.
In other action, the City Commission:
Approved unanimously a request by Michael Henry, community affairs director for Student Senate, to form a student/city affairs advisory committee. The details have yet to be worked out, but the committee would serve as a forum for dealing with issues involving both students and the city, such as landlord/tenant issues and the fire code.
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