JAYPLAY
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August 24, 2000
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in animal rights, especially fighting against puppy mills.
What Barb thinks bartending has taught her: "Bartending requires keeping the fun attitude of being able to throw it back as well as to take it. I can also handle situations better and get away with more. Confrontational situations don't seem to happen as much."
Matt Gillispie
Walb manager at the Trunk store, Wisconsin St.
Signature Drink: Bloody Marys
Experience: 2 years at The Yacht Club
When he's not at the bar: He is teaching kids at Hill Post-School and working as a teacher's/research assistant in the Language, Hearing and Speech department at the University. He also is a doctoral student.
What Matt thinks is the best part of bartending: "The best thing is being able to socialize with customers and being able to work at the same time."
Job: Bar manager at The Yacht Club, 530 Wisconsin St.
Jack Rosser
Job: Night Manager at the Replay Lounge,
946 Massachusetts St.
Signature Drink: Stillett ( a sweet bourbon drink)
Experience 4 years When he's not at the bar: He is working his other job as a full-time dad for his 2-year-old son, Klegan
Experience: 4 years
What Jack thinks the art of bartending is: "It is being able to work fast and under a lot of sometimes stressful conditions, such as people being drunk. It is especially about being able to make a good cocktail even when it is really busy."
Above: Adam Kelne has three and a half years practice of tossing bottles and mixing drinks at Tellers, 746 Massachusetts St. Photo by Aaron Lindberg/KANSAN.
Below: Matt Gillispie, Overland Park doctoral student, prepares a drink during business hours at the Yacht Club, 530 Wisconsin St. Photo by Aaron Lindberg/KANSAN
THE LAWRENCE BAR SCENE IS KNOWN FOR ITS DIVERSITY AND UNIQUENESS. OFTEN, THIS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE BARTENDERS WHO CREATE AN IMAGE THAT CAN EITHER MAKE OR BREAK A BAR. HERE ARE SOME OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO EXCEL IN THE ART OF BARTENDING IN LAWRENCE. THEY KEEP THEIR CUSTOMERS' GLASSES FULL WHILE GIVING THEM A FREE SHOT OF PERSONALITY.
Behind Bars
Gunar Harmon
Job: Manager/Bartender at the Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St.
Signature Drink: Personalized Martini and Bloody Marvs
Experience: Five years devoted to the Pig. When he's not at the bar: He coaches kids soccer and socks away money to go back to school to get a teaching degree. What Gunar thinks defines a good bartender.
"The art of bartending is being able to make cocktails and serve the public at large with an air of service and professionalism that can't be found at other bars."
Adam Kelne
Job: Bartender at Tellers, 746 Massachusetts St.
Signature Drink: Chopin Gimlet Martini Up Experience: Three and a half years at Tellers
When he's not at the bar: He volunteers for Meals On Wheels at the Senior Center and a Tai Chi school.
Shawn Schlegel
What Adam thinks is the best thing about bartending: "There is a bartenders high that comes when there are three people deep at the bar, the service well needs drinks and you have eight drinks in your head."
Signature Drink: Louis Armstrong (signature Brown Bear vodka drink)
Job: Co-owner/Bartender at Brown Bear Brewing Co.
Experience: Six years at bars in Lawrence When he's not at the bar: He is entering his brewery's beer in contests such as the World Beer Cup '38 in Brazil where it came in third. Shawn's favorite thing about bartending: "It's great to be able to interact with so many different people. You wouldn't believe the weird things that people would tell you."
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Barb Quantz
Job: Manager at G. Willikers Dell and Bar,
733 Massachusetts St.
Signature Drink: White Russian
Experience: 14 years working at bars
When she's not at the bar: She's involved
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The Pawz Fest, a concert featuring nine bands, raises money for the humane society.
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Sorial-Killer Saga
Although visually appealing,
a Kansan reviewer says The Cell offers little.
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The Inside Story
A Kansan reviewer says this Blair Witch novel is somewhat compelling.
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