University Daily Kansan, July 24, 1985
Page 10
City growth convinces grad to buy local travel business
By Gina Kellogg Staff Reporter
Kansas City rapidly is growing toward Lawrence, as is Lawrence toward Kansas City. Pat Kelly sees that growth as perhaps fusing the two cities together in a least causing Lawrence to become a "bedroom city" of Kansas City.
That's one of the reasons Kelly recently bought the Travel Center, 23rd and Ousudah streets.
"I was looking for a business in the Kansas City metropolitan area and happened to hear it was available for sale." Kelly, a 1972 KU graduate, said recently. "I talked to the owner, Brian Raydo, and me the criteria I was looking for in a business."
The criteria included a business
with a strong potential for growth and an already well-trained staff. Kelly said the Travel Center met both of those.
Kelly, a Lawrence native who now lives in Kansas City, Mo., has other interests besides his new business in Lawrence. He also is co-owner of Florida Parishes Beverage Co., which owns and operates beer distributorships in Louisiana — a Stroh's distributorship in New Orleans and a Coors distributorship in Hammond.
Kelly graduated from the University of Kansas with bachelor's degrees in psychology and personnel administration and was a vice president with Wendy's restaurant chain in Kansas City.
He said he was commuting every day to Lawrence from his home.
"I commited in the old days," Kelly said. So he doesn't find the drive a hardship. He said he and his new wife, Chris, might move to Lawrence, but because she had a good job in Kansas City, the move probably would have to wait for a white.
Kelly said his other businesses did not interfere with his new one because he had strong staff members on whom he could rely heavily.
"You just have to do some jugling," he said. "It's a good way to learn time management."
His primary objective now is to make the travel company grow, he said.
By Gina Kellogg
Staff Reporter
AEPi rapidly outgrew old house
Michael Novicoff describes the Alpha Epsilon Pi national fraternity as one that is growing quickly and spreading across the country.
Last spring, the KU chapter grew so much it had to abandon its house at 1218 Mississippi St.
"We're growing at a big pace and this was a great opportunity to get a house." Noviceoff, president of the chapter and an Overland Park sophomore, said recently. "Not many fraternity and sorority houses are available. So when this one was, we jumped at the chance.
On Aug 1, the men of AEPI officially will move into a new, larger house at 1116 Indiana St., formerly the Campus Christian House.
"We hope to get fairly big and we hope getting the house will really
help boost morales. It should help a lot in members' attitudes."
The KU AEPI chapter was organized in July 1983 by four members, who later were initiated in November. They became recognized as a chapter by the management team. They received the charter at a celebration at the Westin-Crown Center hotel in Kansas City, Mo.
Thirty members will live in the house this fall. Once it is filled to its capacity of 50, senior members probably will live out of the house, said Marty Berman, past president and chairchapter's fourth founding members.
"It's more important for the freshman to live in," said Berman, Highland Park, Ill. . . junior.
He said representatives of the chapter's national headquarters
came to KU last spring to scout for a new house. When they finally decided on the old Campus Christian House, they outbid two other campus organizations, the Zeta Beta Society and the Sigma Delta Tau sorority.
Novifcoff said the fraternity bought most of the furniture that was already in the house. Some new things also have been purchased.
"But we don't have much money since we're still a smaller fraternity and we don't have the financing that the bigger houses have," Noviceff said.
Members will be laying carpet and painting the inside of the house before they officially move in.
"Our main goal is to get the out side looking good."
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