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Fire destroys apartment
No injuries, but $5,000 in damages left from blaze
Lawrence firefighters wait outside Hampton Court Apartments, 1704 W.24th St., as their comrades attend to damages caused by a fire.Acting Battalion Chief Jim Sloan said the second floor fire occurred about 9 a.m.yesterday and was caused by a child playing with matches.No one was injured.
John Nowak/Kansan
By Rachel Keesee and Michelle Burhenn
rkeesee@kansan.com and
mburhenn@kansan.com
Kansan senior staff writer and Kansan
staff writer
Residents of Hampton Court Apartments, 1704 W. 24th St., were evacuated about 9 a.m. yesterday after a second-floor apartment caught fire.
The apartments are one block south of Perkins Restaurant, 1711 W. 23rd St.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical firefighters knocked on doors to alert residents of the 35 apartments in the building.
"They just said, 'Get out,
something's on fire,'" said Andre Oatis, 24, a resident.
Pottayil watched firemen contain the fire, which was in apartment 201.
"I don't know what's going on here," he said. "I just was sleeping and was called out of my dreams."
"You can see the windows they've broken through and the bed's on fire." he said. "The ceiling's gone, too."
Bianca Salazar lives in the apartment with her husband, Serafin, and their two sons.
She said Serafin Salazar and their 5-year-old son Maury were in the room when the fire started, but neither were
injured.
Acting Battalion Chief Jim Sloan said the fire was caused by a child playing with matches. Damage was preliminarily estimated at $5,000.
Salazar family would be living elsewhere for about two weeks while the bedroom where the fire started was repaired.
Jill Lewis, manager of the apartment complex, said only the apartment where the fire originated would need major repairs, and the apartment below had received minor water damage. She said the
- Edited by Sarah Hill
Zach Straus/Kansan
Brandon Tripp, St. Louis, junior, stands on his balcony overlooking The Crossing at the corner of 12th Street and Dread Ave. Tripp said he enjoyed the bar's proximity and that after the bar closed, his apartment often became the site of parties.
Too close for comfort?
By Matt Stumpff
mstumpff@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
People who live next to a bar find the relationship either intoxicating or infuriating.
How students react to living next to a bar depends on love of booze and tolerance of noise.
"It eats into my homework time," he said. "You go for one beer and it turns into a few more."
Brandon Tripp, St. Louis junior, said he enjoyed the proximity of his apartment to The Crossing, 618 W. 12th St.
But living next to a bar can take time away from other things he should be doing, Tripp said.
Tripp said one of the only negatives was needing to turn his television on to drown out the bar's jukebox, which
"I'm there like three nights a week," he said.
repeated the same songs every night.
Brett Gilmore, Overland Park senior and bartender at The Crossing, said he had never heard anyone complain about the bar's patrons in the two years he has worked there. But, the surrounding apartments were comprised mostly of students who were more tolerant of the atmosphere.
But some students can't put up with the sound night after night just for the convenience of a short walk to the bar.
Katie O'Bryan, Overland Park senior said the negatives of living close to the The Wheel Cafe, 507 W.14th St., and The Hawk, 1340 Ohio St., outweighed the positives.
Late-night urination wasn't the only thing that made O'Bryan change apartments this fall. She said she frequently awoke to the sounds of closing time.
"People would be peeing against the side of mv window." O'Bryan said.
"Girls with that I'm so drunk' mating
Rob Farha, owner of the The Wheel, said he also owned the apartments, Oread Villas, across the street from his bar. Farha said he warned people who wanted to live in the apartments about the bars before they moved in.
"Nine times out of ten, they say 'That's why I want to live here,'" he said. "They know what they're getting themselves into."
Farha said he included a provision in his leases saying that the tenants acknowledged the bar environment
Students who don't frequent their neighborhood bar sometimes have to learn to adapt to the situation.
Bryan Alley, Lawrence freshman, said he didn't notice bar traffic as much as he did when he first moved in this fall.
"I'm pretty used to it," Alley said. "Drunk people and their antics amuse me, I guess."
Vote to lift liquor law negates state ban
— Edited by Chris Wintering
By Lindsey Hodel
hodel@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Sunday liquor sales are becoming a reality in Wyandotte County after the Nov. 5 election.
The citizens in the county voted to lift a ban on Sunday packaged liquor sales, even though the decision contradicts a state law prohibiting the sales. But questions still surround whether the state will recognize the county's law, and some Wyandotte County liquor stores are still hesitating to open their doors on Sunday.
"We get our license from the state, and we are under their jurisdiction," said Lance Vogel, co-owner of Roger's Wholesale Liquor Store in Kansas City, Kan. "Until the state gives us clearance, I don't feel comfortable putting our license in jeopardy."
If the state does lift the ban on Sunday liquor sales, it would mean a lot more business for Kansas liquor stores, Vogel said.
"There are tons of people who go across the border on Sunday to buy in Missouri," he said. "My customers keep telling me as soon as I open on Sundays, they will come here instead."
This year's voters decided 18,179 to 12,498 to allow Sunday sales in the county, which includes Kansas City, Bonner Springs and Edwardsville.
The state ban on Sunday liquor sales dates back to the a 1949 passage of the Liquor Control Act.
Wyandotte County's Unified Government is defending the voters' decision.
Hal Walker, chief counsel for the Unified Government, said the act did not apply uniformly to all cities in the state.
Because Kansas has a home-rule policy according to which cities can decide to change certain kinds of state laws. Walker said, the decision stands on firm legal ground.
The state of Kansas is the main benefactor from Sunday liquor sales, he said because the state receives taxes on bottled liquor.
Many Sunday customers come from big races at the Kansas Speedway, he said. "Keeping those people who want to buy liquor in Kansas generates additional revenue for the state," he said.
Although Walker is not aware of any organized opposition to the change, he does expect a court challenge from the attorney general.
But no final decision has been made whether to take action against the county's new ruling, said Mark Ohlemeier, public information officer for
SEE WYANDOTTE ON PAGE 7A
Kansas teen queen heads to national pageant
By Lindsay Hanson
Ihanson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Trinity White vacuums in a pair of four-inch heels—it's all about practicing her poise.
Wright, a 19-year-old Shawnee freshman, is headed to Charlotte, N.C. today to represent Kansas in the Miss United States Teen pageant, which runs Friday through Monday.
To prepare for the pageant, Wright stopped wearing make-up to preserve her complexion two weeks ago and began breaking in the shoes for her evening gown competition a month ago, hence the vacuuming in heels.
For Wright, competing in pageants has become a science. Preparation for the national competition began almost immediately after being garnished with the Miss Kansas United States Teen's sash and crown in March. She schemes with her pageant coach, formerly her vocal coach, to choose a pageant wardrobe and practice onstage presentation. Wright studies a book of possible interview questions to be sure the judges won't put her on the spot. She said that she had competed in one or two pageants this year and that she had competed in two to three a year before she got to college.
"The best part is seeing little girls with their mouths open — you're a princess!"
she said.
The prizes began pouring in when Wright snatched the Kansas title. Although she ultimately decided to attend the University of Kansas, a full scholarship to Johnson & Wales University accompanied the crown. Johnson & Wales, a business and technical school, has campuses in Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Colorado and Sweden. The pageant program also awarded Wright $500 in fragrances, a $500 scholarship to any other university, jewelry, Hawaiian Tropic memorabilia and an all-expenses-paid trip to Charlotte for nationals.
SEE PAGEANT ON PAGE 7A
Zach Straus/Kansan
frinty Wright,
Shawnee freshman,
has won many trophies from various beauty pageants.
Wright, who has been competing since she was 4 years old, holds the current Miss Kansas United States Teen title and is traveling to Charlotte, N.C., to compete for the Miss United States Teen Pageant crown.
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