CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, June 22; 1984
A host of new eateries opens to burger-weary
By MICKI SAMPSON Staff Reporter
Page 6
Several new Lawrence restaurants are opening their doors to welcome those who want a break from the burger routine.
Not only do more restaurants provide more variety but they also employ a large number of students.
The influx of new restaurants into Lawrence shows that it is a vital and growing community. Peter Whitehite, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, said.
But, he said, there can be too much of a good thing.
“MOST OF THE new restaurants that have come in lately have been well designed, and that adds a nice air to the community,” he said.
"We may be a little over franchised in fast food," he said.
“There’s a lot of movement in the restaurant business.” Whitengh said. “They’re volatile businesses or subject to a fickle buying public.”
A large number of restaurants leads to a lot of competition, he said, which results in high turn over.
A few of the new restaurants that have opened in the last few months are: This Can't Be Yogurt! and Goodies Gourmet, in the Malls Shopping Center; Taco John's, 1006 Massachusetts St.; Paradise & Lunch, 728 Massachusetts St.; and, Mrs. Winner's, 1819 W. 23rd St.
THIS CAN'T BE YOGURT',
a franchise from Little Rock, Ark,
was established about three years ago.
The Lawrence chain opened May 30,
said Connie Sandstrom, the manager.
The age of the general population in Lawrence was a determining factor for the chain's movement here, she said.
"The age is young here, and young
This Can't be Yogurt! serves frozen yogurt in cups or cones, banana splits, parfaits and shakes.
people are more interested in their health" she said.
Goodies Gourmet opened June 12, and features deli meats and cheeses and homemade baked goods, Carl Arnett, owner, said.
"WE COOK REAL food, we don't serve chemicals." Arnett said.
Everything but some of the deli meats and cheeses are made by Arnett and his wife, Melissa, who are the chief chef, cooks and bottle and sauce.
Taco John's opened its third store in Lawrence yesterday, Laurie Marienau, part-owner of the new store, said.
The new Taco John's is complete with a walk up window and seating for 60 people.
By moving to Massachusetts Street, Marienau said that she hoped to get the crowds coming from the movie theaters.
By serving Mexican food similar to the two other restaurants, Mariano said that the new Tacoe John's was a more right stuff" to make business on.
Serving only breakfast and lunch is Paradise & Lunch part-owner Lucia Rhodehame's idea of the perfect cafe.
"We have the atmosphere of a good, downhome cafe," Rhodehame said.
WITH A VARIETY of breakfast foods and luncheon sandwiches, Paradise & Lunch also features a selection of fresh fruits and fresh foods Rbdephane said.
For chicken lovers, Mrs. Winner's Chicken and Biscuits restaurant will open today.
Craig Gilbert, Lawrence resident, practices his roping abilities on a school desk in front of his house at 414 W. 14th St. Gilbert said that he
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was just learning how to rope and that still objects were a lot easier to rope than moving targets.
SUA shows golden oldies in summer
By MICHELE HINGER Staff Reporter
Said Katherine Giele, SUA adviser,
"We just try to break even in the
summer."
Movie-goers will see some old favorites included in the films scheduled by the Student Union Activities Film Committee for this
Smaller summer audiences lead the film committee to run older and less expensive films than those that appear in the fall and spring semesters, said committee member Denita Assa, Lawrence junior.
THE COMMITTEE FEATURED such classics as "An American in Paris" and "Picnic" in June, and has more popular movies scheduled for the rest of the summer session, including tonight's movie, "The Graduate," starring Dustin Hoffman.
During the fall and spring semesters, an SUA film draws an audience of about 200 to 300 people, giving the film enough funds to show more recent films.
The June 15. showing of "An American in Paris" brought in 163 people, the largest crowd yet this summer, said Gilee.
Movies are selected from movie company brochures, Ascue said, by herself and Kurt Bowerman, also a committee member. They present to Julie Bilstrom, SUA Film Board Member, for final approval.
Highlights of this summer's movies include "Butterflies are Free," a 1972 film showing June 29, which stars Goldie Hawn in a story about a young blind man and the woman who falls in love with him.
"We go through the films offered in the past," Ascue said, "and try not to duplicate any that have been shown since 1979."
SUA Summer Film Schedule
June 22: "The Graduate"
June 23: "His Girl Friday"
June 27: "A Raisin in the Sun"
June 29: "Butterflies Are Free
July 9: "Bilthe Spirit"
July 11: "College"
July 13: "Small Change"
July 16: "Duck Soup"
July 18: "Bye. Bye. Bird"
July 20: "The Goodbye Girl"
July 23: "A Doll's House"
July 25: "Little Murders"
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WHO SAYS CRIME DOESN'T PAY?
While addressing the 37th annual City Managers Convention here last April, Kansas City, Mo., City Manager A J Wilson mentioned "the new basics" for which a city manager increasingly is held responsible. Mr. Wilson noted that because, in the words of Journal-World reporter Debra Graber, "the new basics...range from tourism to communications issues to investments in sports facilities...an increasing number of communities have invested...since the late 1960s...in large sports complexes to attract a major league franchise."
Sometime in June, the Jackson County Sports Authority will receive the results of a $30,000 feasibility study designed to determine whether the capping of Arrowhead Stadium with a $15 million to $30 million dome would attract to the site a sufficient number of events to render the venture profitable. (On June 27, 1967 Jackson County voters approved a $43 million general-obligation bond issue which included the cost of a movable roof which could be used on both Arrowhead and Royals Stadium but subsequent events brought this process to a halt.)
New Orleans and Louisiana taxpayers, already shouldering the Superdome's yearly operating deficit of about $5 million, also can look forward to footing its $163 million construction bill. Whether it be Seattle's Kingdome, which has a surplus of more than $5 million to show for its first eight years of operation, or Pontiac, Michigan's Silverdome, which has cost Michigan taxpayers $11 million to run since its opening, isn't reasonable to ask why such an effort is a governmental obligation?
When, in 1972, Maryland Governor Mandel sent to the state legislature a bill which would permit the state to build a multisport complex in Baltimore (cost estimates ran from $95 million to $194 million), he and Baltimore Mayor W.D. Schaefer admitted that this proposal was inspired by the desire to keep the Baltimore Colts in Baltimore.
In 1971, New Jersey Governor Cahill signed into law a bill creating a new state agency, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, which would be responsible for the financing and operation of the proposed Meadowlands sports complex, a 750-acre $200 million entity expected to house a football stadium, possible baseball stadium, hockey and basketball arena, thoroughbred and harness race track, hotel, park, zoo, and aquarium.
Because construction on the Meadowlands Arena was delayed by design changes prompted by the roof collapse of indoor sports arenas in Hartford and Kansas City, it was decreed that the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority should pay $2 million to the New Jersey Nets basketball team for its failure to have the facility ready for the Nets under the terms of the 30-year lease agreement ($50,000 for each NBA game the Nets couldn't play there after December 15, 1980).
In each of the foregoing situations, public funds were used to help a comfortably situated few. Any city manager who categorizes such an expression of governmental favoritism as one of, in Kansas City, Mo. City Manager A.J. Wilson's words, "the new basics" is either woefully ignorant or willfully irresponsible.
While communism features an omnipresent bureaucracy which stifles the individual, capitalism permits the enterprising person or group to freely speak, choose, and invest. When public funds are used to help such entrepreneurs attempt to secure for a certain locale a major league franchise, each politico who oversees this exchange illustrates that, at least occasionally, crime does pav.. handsomely.
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