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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2008
We can see a thousand miracles around us every day. What is more supernatural than an egg yolk turning into a chicken?
S. Parkes Cadman
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There are more chickens on Earth than there are humans.
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LAWRENCE
City stops chicken from crossing road
BY RYAN MCGEENEY
rmcgeeney@kansan.com
The Lawrence City Commission has dealt with a lot of tough issues from infrastructure improvements during a tough economic downturn to a growing homeless population.
Or the hedgehogs.
But nothing could prepare them for the chickens.
During Tuesday's commission meeting, commissioners were asked to address concerns about
the vagueness of Lawrence's laws regarding live fowl and domesticated hedgehogs kept within city limits. Midge Grinstead, executive director of the Lawrence
"My neighbor has a dog and it can poop on my front yard, where my 3-year-old does somersaults."
Anna Kern, a Memphis graduate student who spoke at the commission meeting, said that residents should keep any disruptions a chicken coup might cause in perspective.
Humane Society, initiated the discussion with a list of concerns about the laws.
Grinstead said she was not trying to get the city to outlaw live chickens within the city limits, but rather she wanted the city to clarify its stance.
"People are allowed to have dogs. My neighbor has a dog and it can poop on my front yard, where my 3-year-old does somersaults," Kern said. "But with the chickens, you know where they are, you know where the waste is, you can regulate your exposure to it — as long as
"If there's a chicken at large, what is animal control going to do with it? They can't bring them here," Grinstead said.
chicken.
Grinstead said she was also concerned that a dog or cat owner might lose his or her pet if the animal attacked someone else's
ANNA KERN Graduate student
you don't have roosters, there's really no noise ... It's nothing like having a German Shepherd next to you that barks every time you come out your back door."
of 20 chickens within city limits earlier this year, also said concerns about health issues related to fowl were overinflated.
Kern, who raised two flocks
"I think any sort of negative health impact for people is really, really low," Kern said. "People talk about avian flu, but for that sort of disease to mutate into a strain that people can get, you have to have thousands of chickens in one small area. You don't get that sort of mutation in a backyard flock."
Several Lawrence citizens in attendance addressed the commission during the public comment portion of the discussion. Andrea Rapinsky, a member of the Coalition of Lawrence Urban Chicken Keepers, or CLUCK, asked commission members to remember that many local citizens become involved in chicken raising because of concern for the humane
treatment of animals.
"We knew all along that the city ordnances controlling chickens were unclear," Rapinsky said. "That's why we got together, to address that lack of chicken security. We're happy to work
nificantly more vulnerable."
Additionally, there were some concerns that domesticated hedgehogs, which are not native to Kansas, could become a threat to native rodent species like squirrels if released into the wild.
"We knew all along that the city ordinances controlling chickens were unclear. That's why we got together, to address that lack of chicken security."
"Americans are now shamefully ignorant of the process of food production," Azcona said. "I think if there were any serious disruption to our food system, this ignorance would make our population sig-
with the city address the concerns of its citizens, and also look out for chicken welfare"
Judson King, 11, presented his
"There is a rights issue here," Azcona said. "Within reasonable bounds, I believe every person possesses a right to grow their own food.
ANDREA RAPINKSKY
Member of CLUCK
Brian Azcona, Louisiana graduate student, quoted Thomas Jefferson at the commission meeting, citing use of the Homestead Act and the U.S. government's offer of 160 acres of land on the condition that owners farm it.
presented his case in defense of domesticated hedgehous.
He presented each of the commission members with a bound 10-page booklet of information on the animal, and included photos of himself with his own
pet hedgehogs.
Although it is illegal to sell the animals within city limits, no one threatened to interrogate the 11-year-old about where he purchased the hedgehogs.
After nearly an hour of debate, city commission members voted to direct city staff to redraft and clarify the city ordinances in favor of letting people keep chickens and hedgehogs within the city, while addressing relevant concerns such as noise and animal control.
"I don't see any problems if somebody wants to have a couple of chickens" commissioner Mike Amyx said.
— Edited by Ramsey Cox
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Job seeker with MBA posts resume in taxi back seat
NEW YORK — Are you talkin' to me — about a job?
A recent MBA graduate who can't find work in his chosen field has resorted to posting his resume inside the taxi he's been driving around New York City.
James Williamson earned his master's degree in business administration at Philadelphia's La Salle University. Then he spent four months on interviews while looking for work troubleshooting electronics, doing technical sales or writing advertising copy.
When none of that panned out, he got his taxi license a month ago to help pay his bills.
He said he posted his resume in the back seat of his taxi as a last resort, hoping one of his customers might become his employer.
New York fashion boutique: free soup and designer pants
NEW YORK — You know the economy is ailing when a Manhattan fashion boutique starts offering free soup.
The temporary fashion boutique calling itself "The 1929" is selling chic clothes and giving away soup and coffee.The store is located in one of the trendiest shopping districts in the city.
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