THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 7, 2011
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Hot dogs popular on Wescoe
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Paul Baker, also known as "Chez Paul" by his personalized chef's hat, greets students with a smile and kind eyes on a beautiful Tuesday as he works the hot dog cart on Wesco Beach.
"What'll you have?" Baker asks each customer. "You can't have just one."
Baker began working for KU Dining Services after making a connection through his Lied Center volunteer work, Ron Wroczynski, manager of Grab & Go and Hawk Food Stops, created both the hot dog cart and the omelet stations around campus and was looking for part-time help because of rising popularity. Baker, a retired CPA, jumped at the chance when he learned of the opportunity.
"Well, I just think it's a lot of fun." Baker said. "I went to school for 10 years, so I just love it. If I could have my lifestyle and live the way I do now, I go back to school in a heartbeat."
It's clear that Baker loves campus life and the feeling is mutual. Students line up during the rush hour from noon to 1 p.m., but Baker is quick and moves customers through just as fast. The cart's popularity is ever increasing and Baker thinks it's because of a few basic elements.
"I think it's the price and the good product," Baker said. "It's a good nutrition value for the price."
The hot dog cart offers each item it sells; drinks, chips and hot dogs; for $1 each. Bundling three items can also be a deal for only $2.75, but customers aren't the only ones eating up the bargain lunches on Wesco Beach. Baker said he eats a hot dog on days he works for both his breakfast and lunch. And how does he like it?
"Just mustard," Baker said. "All I have is mustard."
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(Top) Paul Baker cooks hot dogs for a customer while working the Wescoe Beach hot dog stand. Baker spends every Tuesday and Wednesday from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. working the cart and conversing with students.
(Middle left) One of the hot dog stand's many customers adds relish to his hot dog. The stand sells hot dogs for $1 each, or three for $2.75, which makes it a popular place for students to grab lunch.
(Middle right) Nicole Denney, a junior from Shawnee Mission, purchases a hot dog on Wescoe Beach. Many students frequent the hot dog stand on a regular weekly basis.
(Bottom) Mathew Keller, a senior from Olatha, purchases a hot dog from the hot dog cart on Wescoe Beach. Keller is one of many students who stop by the cart during the week for lunch.
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No charges have been filed, but several victims suffered minor injuries, Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said. The investigation has been hampered by the traditional reluctance of Amish to
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A group of religious castoffs has been attacking fellow Amish, cutting off their hair and beards in an apparent feud over spiritual differences, a sheriff said Thursday, and one victim blamed relatives involved in a cult.
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Men and sometimes women from a group of Jefferson County families disavowed by mainstream Amish have terrorized a half-dozen or more fellow Amish, cutting the beards off men and the hair off men and women, the sheriff said. The attacks occurred over the past three weeks in Carroll, Holmes, Jefferson and Trumbull counties, which form the heart of Ohio's Amish population, one of the nation's largest.
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Abdalla said the motive may be related to unspecified religious differences involving 18 Amish families, 17 of them related, that have drawn previous attention from law enforcement, including a threat against the sheriff and a relative convicted of sexual contact with a minor.
The families under investigation live in Bergholz, a small community located in hilly farm country 10 miles west of the Ohio River, and run a leather shop and do carpentry work, the sheriff said.
In the case in Trumbull County, 75 miles northwest of Steubenville, a 57-year-old woman blamed her sons and a son-in-law for an attack on her husband and said they were involved in a cult. The sons and son-in-law "did that to him," the woman told deputies, pointing at her husband's ragged, short beard.
Cutting the hair and beards apparently was meant to be degrading and insulting, he said.
Then she took off a bandana and showed bare scalp patches and said, "They did this to me," according to a report on the Sept. 6 incident in Mesopotamia.
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