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Thursday, September 27, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
Patio bars are a popular option
By Holly M. Neuman
Kansan staff writer
Kathy Ryan and her friends wanted to go out, but they didn't want to be trapped inside at a party party or bar. Their solution: a patio bar.
KANSAS
OUTDOORS
Customers enjoy the weather and relaxed atmosphere in the beer garden at the Free State Brewery.
managers of restaurants and bars that have outdoor eating and drinking areas said they were entering one of the busiest outdoor seasons. They said customers enjoyed the cooler temperatures that accompany fall.
"We have the advantage of a different atmosphere that isn't offered much in Lawrence," she said. "I love Hommes. 815 New Hammers St.
'You don't always get the chance to sit outside. If you have the chance, why not do it?'
Beth Rowlands, Lawrence junior,
said she liked the different atmosphere of the outdoor patio at the Free Press and Pub, 683 Massachusetts St.
Ryan, Topeka senior, said she tried to sit outside when it was nice.
in seems like people are always more open when you're outside. You talk more." Rowlands said, "Inside, there seem to be more rules. I'm more likely to talk to someone I don't know when I'm outside."
-- Beth Rowlands Lawrence junior
"We're always inside," she said.
"When I get the chance to sit outside, especially when it's this nice, I do it."
Petty said ideal temperatures for a patio area were in the mid 80s. The area at Dos Hombres is arranged to
keep tables shaded, so if the temperature does climb, the customers stay cool.
The patio at Dos Hombres has 17 tables that seat four or five people each, and several benches.
Steve Newman, manager at Becerros, 2515 West Sixth St., said his customers seemed to enjoy the fresh
air and sunshine of fall and spring, and didn't want to close themselves inside a building.
The patio at Becerros seats about 30 people, Newman said.
Newman and Petty said the outdoor areas were open as long as customers wanted them to be open
"We've had people out on the patio
in January before." Petty said.
Newman said, "The outdoor area is always open if the customer wants it. If a customer requests to sit outside in February, they could do
Petty said the patio areas were most popular on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. On those nights Dos Hombres has live entertainment.
"But that doesn't mean the patio isn't busy in the beginning of the week." Petty said.
Rowlands said, "You don't always get the chance to sit outside. If you have the chance, why not do it?"
Groups help elderly find housing options
Kansan staff writer
By Tracey Chalpin
Two Lawrence groups are working together to make life easier for senior citizens who would rather stay home than move to nursing homes.
The Housing Options Made Easier program will provide senior citizens with information about local housing and related services, care and accessibility modifications.
Douglas County Senior Services and the Kaw Valley Chapter of the Older Women's League held a reception Tuesday at the Lawrence Senior Center, where students began of a program introducing bousing options to senior citizens.
Sandy Stirland, community services director at the senior center, said she and a group of volunteers created a plan to educate senior citizens about housing options.
The group also is organizing a shared-houseing program, which will create group living arrangements or inter-generational living for senior citizens, Strand said. The program is scheduled to start after Jan. 1.
She said that in about a month, the shared-housing program would begin accepting applications of older and younger people were looking for living companions.
"The program allows them to have someone who helps them in exchange for a young person having a cheap or even free place to live," she said.
Strand said that results of a 1987 survey conducted by the Douglas County Advocacy Council on Aging showed that out of 6,900 Lawrence
residents over age 60,13.4 percent were interested in home-sharing.
"One lady who I spoke with said, 'I live right next to campus, so I'd be perfect for it,' " Strand said.
Strand said several senior citizens already had expressed interest in the home-sharing program.
Sara Shull, Lawrence senior, said she became interested in the home-shraming program when she was performing community service for the Kansas City Chapter of the Older Women's League.
Shull said she and another student proposed to the Kansas City chapter that a home-sharing program should start in Lawrence.
She said the application process would be valuable to the success of the program.
"This provides a great way to give more power to the owners of the homes, so they do not get paired up with each other and take advantage of them," Shull said.
Hilda Enloe, president of the Kaw Valley Chapter of Older Women's League, said many of the people she dealt with through the organization had expressed that they wanted to live in their homes for many years.
"All over the country, creative housing alternatives are becoming an important alternative," she said.
Enoch said the league would try to work with KU organizations that have compiled lists of students who are in need of housing at a lower cost.
Shull said shared housing between senior citizens and college students was popular with college students in the Kansas City area.
Hayden battles image and negative ratings
The Associated Press
TOPEKA -- Supporters of Republican Gov. Mike Hayden "I like Mike" lalack supporters at fund-raisers and rallies.
Ironically, in 1990 Hayden must concern himself more with voters who don't like him than those who do. That is why he was elected in the Nov. 4, general election.
Finney expounds on opposition to abortion
It is a play on the "I Like Ike" 1962 presidential campaign theme of the late President Dwight Eisenhower.
Polls taken during the primary campaign last summer showed Hayden with negative ratings hovering in the 40 percent range, which is extraordinarily high. In one early general election campaign poll, 46 percent of those who supported his Democratic opponent, Joan Finney, said they did so because they disliked Hayden. Why?
Political friends and opponents say it stems from a perception on the part of many voters that Hayden is combative and stubborn — some even say abrasive — and this inhibits his ability to work with the Legislature to get things done. His friends say the perception is unfair; foes say it is justified.
Supporters and detractors agree better communication and management skills would help him. His friends say he's got better with executive experience, communication and background, improving his managerial skills at this stage of his career is expecting too much.
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Abortion is not the only way to prevent pregnancy after a rape, Democratic governor nominee Joan Finney told reporters yesterday when asked about her position on abortion in cases of rape and
Reporters pressed Finney during a news conference about her personal views on abortion. She said she had been openly opposed to abortion, she would not see a ban
on abortions at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., because physicians needed to perform it "when absolutely
necessary." including when a woman's life was in danger.
Finney then was asked whether she supported abortion in cases of rape and incest.
"I think we'd have to look at each individual case, but I'd say let's look beyond that and stop merely just reacting," she said. "I believe there are other means of preventing pregnancy. Let's not lose track of that."
A reporter said, "I don't want to be argumentative, but I don't know
what other means there are to stop pregnancy caused by rape."
Finney said, "Treatment. Immediate treatment. Immediate hospital treatment."
She also said, "I think that to solve the problem of rape and incest, we have to look far deeper than a reactionary act like abortion. My greatest measure of that abortion is being used for a means of birth control by man women.
Poll shows Finney maintaining lead on Hayden
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — A media poll released yesterday showed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joan Finney was maintaining her double-digit lead over Republican incumbent Mike Hayden.
Washington.
burg Sun newspaper and three television stations, showed 45 percent of the respondents favored Finney Twenty-two percent were undecided.
The survey, sponsored by the Pitts-
Independent candidate Christina Campbell-Cline received less than 1 percent.
A poll made public Sept. 9 that was done for the Topека Capital-Journal had Finnea ahead 48-35 and a poll by the Times ahead 46-30 in Sept. 16, showed her ahead 49-31.
The latest poll was done by Political-Media Research Inc., a division of Mason Dixon Research of
Political Media Research said 814 registered Kansas voters, all of whom said they were likely to vote in the Nov. 6 general election, were 79 percent and were from Sept. 12. The poll had a margin of error plus or minus 3.5 percent.
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