Friday, September 5.1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
The house at 1319 Vermont has caused some neighbors grief regarding its messy appearance. Photo by Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
Old pink house making a few neighbors see red
Residents remain a mystery to locals
By Sarah McWilliams
smcwilliams@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The front porch is sagging, the sidewalk leading to the front door is overgrown with weeds and the exterior is painted cotton candy pink.
And according to neighbors, residents of the house at 1319 Vermont are as colorful as the house itself.
"People who live there all have a certain eccentricity," said Phil Cauton, Fort Worth, Tex., senior, who has lived on Vermont Street for two years. "It happens to be a group of people that mainstream society puts below them."
Neighbors say they don't know much about the residents, but they do know that the house could use some sprucing up.
"There were a lot of windows missing. A lot of trash," said Amanda Williams, a Lawrence resident who lived next to the house last year. "It's the most disgusting house in the block and probably close to one of the most disgusting houses in Lawrence.
"If it's a halfway house, social services probably needs to go check it out because something is really wrong," she said.
bance in August. Other than that, police had not been called to the address for complaints from neighbors about public disturbances.
Detective John Lewis of the Lawrence police department said the police had been called to the house about a domestic distur-
Mike Maher, Lawrence senior, lived across the street from the house for two years. He said he had heard people singing and yelling inside the house at 2 a.m. and had seen people coming and going from the house at all hours.
"It definitely added character to the block," he said.
Susan Goch, Omaha, Neb., senior, who lives across the street from the house, said she had heard some noise from its residents who often sit out on their porch.
Goch said the neighbors had never harassed her and usually made neighborly comments once in a while, asking if she had received her mail yet.
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The family of Danny Hamman would like to express their thanks and appreciation to everyone for their thoughtfulness, prayers, and support following his death on June 27 from smoke inhalation at his apartment in Lawrence.
"I want to express my thanks and gratitude to his many friends for the kindness they showed us during this time. I wanted this article to be put in the school paper in order to reach as many of Dan's friends as possible since I didn't have the addresses and I wanted everyone to know that by sharing your grief for Dan with us made me realize how precious each and every day should be lived. Danny was indeed a very lucky guy to have so many friends who cared for him and who shared their lives with him during the time he was with us. He was only with us for a short time but the memories of him will last forever in our hearts."
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