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Vol. 95, No. 127 (USPS 650-640)
Tuesday, April 9, 1985
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Kansan Housing Supplement. April 5. 1985
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By MICHELLE Staff Reporter
A new director to succeed J.J. year after 30 yea Kenneth L. K residence hall Tennessee-Knox replace Wilson, announced yeste
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Some can afford to buy homes
By JOHN RODRIGUEZ Staff Reporter
Owning turns rent to equity
"Years an 80-pound cat Lawrence res banks of the you have to f
A whale of across from t For years stories about linger in the
Barrett said recently that his parents, who live in Belgium, bought the condominium three years ago for him because it was a good investment. Money that would have been used as rent money and never seen again instead puts equity into the condominium, he said.
Students who are weary of looking for a new place to live every fall might want to consider owning their own home.
"You don't put up with the hassle of finding an apartment every year," said Mike Barrett, Lawrence senior, who lives in West Meadows Condominiums. 1342 Westbrook St.
Barrett said the idea to buy a condominium was originally his parents'. They arranged the terms of the mortgage and the monthly payments.
By MICHELI Staff Reporte
"I personally don't have a fortune built up," he said.
HE SAID HIS parents looked at houses, duplexes and other types of residences before deciding to buy the condominium. One reason for their choice, he said, was the absence of maintenance costs for chores such as painting walls and mowing lawns.
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Barrett has lived in the condominium for three years and shares it with a roommate who pays rent to his parents. After he graduates, Barrett says his sister will live in the condominium.
said parents sometimes buy duplexes and rent the other half of the building.
Maryetta McDuffie, a Realtor for Gill Real Estate Co., said Lawrence residents with more than one child who would be attending college sometimes bought another house in town. She
LAVANTA HALL, a Reallor for Stephens Real Estate and Insurance Co., said the idea to buy a home usually came from students, who then asked their parents to help them find one. Because many KU students' parents live in different parts of the country, it was difficult for Lawrence housing costs varied greatly.
'Lawrence costs look horribly high to parents from some areas of the country,' she said.
John Sirridge, Overland Park junior, said his parents bought a house for him; his older sister, Susan, who is a senior; and his younger brother, Scott, a sophomore, because the cost was cheaper than paying for three residence hall contracts.
"It's a profitable thing for them to do," he said.
Chuck Hedges, owner of Hedges Real Estate and Insurance Co., said buying a home for students to live in while they are in college was a good option for parents, if they could afford the initial investment.
Hall said parents probably could later sell the houses at a price above or the same as the original price.
They live in a four-bedroom house on West 14th Street with another student who pays rent to Sirridge's parents. Sirridge has lived in the house for two years, after spending one year in a residence hall.
Using existing tax shelter, parents can deduct the costs of depreciation, real estate taxes and mortgage interest on the homes they buy for their children, he said.
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PARK 25
2401 W. 25th St
842-1455
1 block west of Iowa on 25th.
In warm weather, fisherman the dam across from Boweri
the dam across from Bowery Power Co., Sixth and New York streets, in hopes of catching a 60-pound trophy and perhaps a few minutes of fame.
Snapshots of grinning fishermen proudly posing with their fetty catches are locked on a wall of Higgins Bait Shop. Second floor has an east cast from Lawrence Riverfront Pack
LAWRENCE'S GIANT catfish could mean big bucks for Mrs. Paul. For example, one 15-pound catfish would be worth around 300 crunchy, lightly battered fishbets.
Sounds kind of fishy, doesn't it? But this isn't another tale about the big one that gets away — there's proof.
LAST YEAR, THE biggest fish dragged into the bait shop weighed 61 pounds, said Judy Higgins, the shop's owner.
WITH PIN-POINT accuracy Russell cast with a side arm motion. His line, laden with sinkers and worms, gracefully swirled over the river and plunged into the deaths of the river.
Biggers, however, took a more relaxed approach to fishing. He lounged on a rock
The lure of landing a big one drew Lawrence residents Jim Russell and Liz Kempers from the local landmark.
because it is their business to own and the dam blocks their path.
"Everyone assumed that he went under the dam," Judy Higgins said. "But they were wrong."
But many years ago, fishermen dove into the water with large hooks lashed to their wrists to try to snare the big catfish, also known flatheads, he said.
"I didn't do it," Higgins said. "I didn't want to tangle with no fish in the water. They have rough teeth like a man's workers. They can tear a man's hide off."
"People just don't catch 'em, so they grow." he said
And when these fish bite, they really bite.
"Yeah, you know when you have a big one on your line." Russell said.
According to an old fisherman's tale, a man dove into the water and never came back.
Harvey Hasler, manager of Lunker Basket and Tackle, 661 E. 23rd St., said the catfish were large because they were old and could find plenty of food in the Kaw to eat, such as small fish, frogs, crawdads and snakes.
"Anything that wiggles and moves, they'll eat." he said.
Brice Waddill/KANSAN
Jim Russell. Lawrence resident, boires his hook in hope of catching something to fill the frying pan. He was fishing Easter day on the Kaw River dam across from the Bowersock Mills and Power Co., Sixth and New York streets. Russell never caught the big one. He had to settle for a lot of nibbles and a five-inch channel catfish, which he tossed back.
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Gorbachev said the moratorium would last until November and he urged the United States to stop simultaneous deployment of Peresin 2 and cruise missiles in western Ukraine.
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE quickly dismissed the move as "not enough," citing a 10-1 Soviet superiority in medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe.
The deployment of 572 medium-range U.S. missiles in five European nations began in late 1983 as part of a 1979 NATO plan to counter the SS-20s. The United States said the Soviets had 414 SS-20s operational, two-thirds of them aimed at western Europe.
Tass said yesterday that U.S. officials used "stale arguments" of Soviet missile superiority to reject Gorbachev's proposal and have failed to intervene in other nuclear warheads. Tass also said U.S. officials failed to include British and French forces in their missile count.
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