10
University Daily Kansan / Monday, April 20, 1992
Compact Discs
$5.95 each
For more, $4.95 each
Lawrence Pawn
718 New Hampshire
Lawrence 843-4344
Mon-Sat 9-5:30
AMERICAN BISTRO
In the Eldridge Hotel
841-8349
Brunch 10-2every Sunday
only $9.95
Breakfast & Suncheon
Entrees
Salad Bar • Fresh Fruits
Desert Bar • Coffee & Juice
Tom Jones Costumes
For guys & gals
Medieval Costumes
Peasant Skirts & Blouses
Wenches & Lords
Kings & Monks
Barb's Vintage Rose
2192 Mass.
Mon-Sat 10-5,30 841-2451
Why do you need a mountain bike?
Because getting there is half the fun.
HARDROCK SPORT $389.⁹⁰
SUNFLOWER 804 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 843-5000
18 speeds of Get Around Town Fun
GIANT Attraction $229.95 fully assembled
RICK'S BIKE SHOP
916 Mass., Lawrence, KS (913)841-6642
Where's the beef? Out having a Bud
The Associated Press
GREENWICH, Conn. — Cattle rancher Fred Grant believes he's found the secret to creating perfect beef. First, feed the steers a steady diet of turnips, dandelions and garlic. Then, let them wash it down with Budweiser.
But what would you expect from a guy whose home on the range is nestled in one of the country's most exclusive suburbs, where the closest people get to farming is mowing lawns for their polo ponies?
The former international banker left New York City's fast-lane life 17 years ago for the quiet pastures of Windabrae Farm, where he set out to develop the perfect beef, one leaner and healthier than the rest.
The result is Brae Beef, an organic, additive-free meat that is among the most expensive meats for $95 a pound. It will cost $8.95 per lb. and a staggering $48 for tenderloin.
"There's no question in my mind it's the best beef in the world," Grant said during a recent tour of his 36-acre farm.
He said laboratory tests had shown his beef contained 2 percent to 3.5 percent fat, compared with about 10 percent for the leanest grades sold in supermarkets. Independent tests performed for the health magazine Prevention found 3.3 percent fat.
Grant, a burly man who has suffered from a slow metabolism since childhood, has long been fascinated by the need to rest to restore health through nutrition.
In 1970, he read an article on ancient
Five years later, he and his late wife, Anne, bought Windabrae Farm, on Greenwich's border with New York's suburban Westchester County.
Chinese medicine that tailed the properties of high-quality beef.
He bought a herd of 36 Herefords and for the next seven years learned the cattle business while feeding his cows various foods.
He finally settled on plants and vegetable s—and Budweiser. He says the beer makes the meat tender.
Grant won't say 'how much his cattle drink, although he says he doesn't get the milk.'
Grant is so protective of his steers that he keeps them in a rear pasture behind his house and rarely allows visitors to see them.
"The business is just ferociously competitive," he said.
Nor has it been easy to run a cattle ranch in an upscale suburb.
"Three or four years ago we had terrible rains, and all the manure piles started to move like glaciers," he said. "We went through a hole of people in Greenwich didn't like it."
Another time, 18 cattle jumped off a truck and trumpeted through two miles of dirt.
When Grant was finally ready to market his beef in 1982, the health food stores weren't ready for him. They doubted customers would believe meat was good for them.
So he opened his own Brae Beef outlet in Stamford the following year. Today, Brae Beef is sold mainly through mail orders and at a handful of gourmet shops in Connecticut and New York.
SEE THE CLASSIFIEDS
story idea? 864-4810
Putt-Putt Golf & Games! CHECK US OUT!
ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING
Boy with hurt arms on road to recovery
- TWO-18HOLEPUTT-PUTTGOLFCOURSES
•BATTING CAGES
2SLOWPITCHSOFTBALL
1FAST-PITCHSOFTBALL
3SPEEDS OF BASEBALL
*FULL LINE OF EASTON BATS &
BATTING GLOVES & TEE SHIRTS
A single tear streams down his face. A nurse wipes it away.
HARVEY, N.D. — At first, he jokes with his physical therapist as they stretch and move his reattached arms. But it's not long before John Thompson shows the wear and frustration of constant therapy and prolonged uncertainty.
The Associated Press
20 FREE BATTING TOKENS WITH EACH BAT PURCHASE
GROUP RATES AVAILABLE FOR YOUR SPECIAL GROUP!
31ST & IOWA 843-1511
"Just one of those days,uhh?" therapistKelly Christenston asks as he stretches the farm worker's limb pain.
- VIDEO GAMES & PINBALL
Laconic, shy and edgy, the tall blond teen-ager lost weight from his already slender frame after a Jan. 11 accident at his family's farm in which his arms were torn off at the shoulders. A surgeon reattached them.
Most of the time, his arms stay bandaged and in splints. Bared for therapy, a visitor sees his right arm is still swollen below the elbow and his arms are a patchwork of skin grafts.
"I'm just really tired," the weary 18-year-old from Hurdsfield replies with a nod.
Swift changes of emotion are daily weather for Thompson. Tedious physical therapy to help the arms heal and strengthen takes enormous amounts of time. Three times a week, he drives 20 miles in a specially equipped car to Harvey's St. Alosius Hospital for two-hour
sessions. He undergoes similar daily therapy at home.
Thompson, who favors sweatsuits and a baseball cap with a heavy-metal band insignia, also goes to school, though usually no more than a few hours each day. He also accommodates requests for interviews with news media.
Everything he does reminds him of his injuries.
"People came to look at me, they didn't come to listen to me," he said. "I got nervous. I forgot the words to the song."
He even sang a solo recently at a district chorus competition. But he wasn't happy.
Thompson was working alone on the farm when he became entangled in power machinery that ripped off his arms. He staggered 400 feet to his house, opening doors with his mouth and using a pencil to punch buttons on the telephone to summon help.
His story has touched people around the world.
He still gets calls from well-wisher around the country. One woman stopped by unannounced with a homemade ointment she said would help his arms. A faith healer called several times from California.
He's got a growing collection of videotapes and newspaper clippings from all the news he's made. Gifts cards and banners fill the Thompson basement.
Pro and College Savings April 10-April26
*Rawlings Replica MLB
Jersies ... $29.99
*Selected KU fitted $9.99-$12.99
*All adjustable caps $3-$5 off
*Galt Sand College crews 1/2 off!
*Racks of selected college and
Pro clothing up to 50% off!!
The Navy/green fitted KU hats are now in!!!
Store hours
M-Th 9:30 -8:00
F & Sat. 9:30-6:00
Sunday 12:00-5:00
837 Mass.
842 2992
LOCATION! LOCATION!
LOCATION!
Studio, 1 & 2
bedroom apartments
843-2116
11th & Mississippi
HLUC
EWΘΜΕ
UΘΕΘΥΣ
SPOCLT
ABCDEF
Drs. Pohl & Dobbins
A family practice dedicated to excellence in eye care.
Optometrists
Hours: Weekdays 8:00am-6:00pm
Thursdays ul 8:00pm
Saturdays ul Noon
- Complete computer assisted eye exams for glasses & contacts
- Free contact consultation & trial fitting
- Eye health diagnosis & treatment of disease & infections
- xtended wean. gas permeable.
- Extended wen, gas permeable,
contact lenses & disposable
contact lenses & contact lenses
- 30 day refund guarantee
- 1,000 frames to choose from
MEMBER
MEMBER
Optical Dispensary
- Fast, affordable service
- Designer frames ___
- 1,000 frames to choose from
- Economy frames
--pers welcome Association
Shoppers welcome. American Optometrist
- Same day service on most prescriptions
- HMO, Medicare, BC/BS, & other insurance
Dr. Charles Pohl 841-2866
- On-site lab
Doctors in the office for free consultation.
- Many repairs while you wait
831 Vermont
Dr. Kent Dobbins
843-5665
Seuss-A-Thon
Tuesday April 21, 10:30-1 pm Wescoe Beach "A Celebration of Seuss"
10:30
10:45 Sal Manzi
David Burge H, Gotham Reddy
11:00 Dr. Del Brinkman
11:30 Susan Rumans
Dr. Del Shankel
10. 471 50.007
11:45 Jenny Polson, John Fritchey
12:00 Kelley Hayden
12:15 Rex Walters
12:30 John Boss
12:45-1pm Doug Hesse
Plus other club members.
Plus other club members.
Selections to be read: And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street, Cat in the Hat, Cat in Hat comes back, Oh the Places you'll Go, The Butter Battle Book,
The Lorax, and many more.
Presented by the KUDr. Seuss Club Sponsored by HASTINGS