Friday, September 25, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 7
Condemned house on Kentucky Street repaired, for rent
By Sarah Hale Kansan staff writer
It has not been 30 days since the house at 1247 Kentucky St. was condemned by Lawrence city inspectors. Now all the repairs have been made, and the house is available for rent.
For more than a week, a "for rent" sign by Jayhawk Property Management, 1912 W. 25th St., has been standing in the front lawn.
The old, six-bedroom house was declared dangerous to the tenants' health Aug. 28 after inspectors found an open pipe that was draining sewage into the basement.
The owner of the property, Jim Edwards, said all the repairs had been made by Sept. 1.
Edwards said he that tried to repair the pipe before the house was condemned but that his tenants would not allow service people into the house.
"It's not like I sat back and did nothing," Edwards said. "They refused to let my service people in on two occasions before the city inspectors even went to the house."
The former six residents of the house now are living
together in another home on Illinois Street.
On the advice of their lawyer, they moved out after a landlord contacted them about a house for rent.
"I haven't heard anything from Jim," said Emily Ritter, Reno, Nev., sophomore, and former resident. "We could sue him from what people told me, but I just want to forget the whole thing and get on with why I'm here."
Ritter said that their new home was nicer and that the rent was lower. She also said that none of the tenants had become sick from the sewage from their first house.
"It's working out great, and we're all happy," she said.
Because of problems that are not connected with the house on Kentucky Street, Edwards has turned over all the management duties of his 15 houses in Lawrence to Jayhawk Property Management.
He still will manage five other houses in the Kansas City area, where he lives.
"It's frustrating to handle problems and duties from Kansas City. It's just not cost effective," he said.
Legend has been told before
Say what you will about the slasher flick *Urban*
*Legend*, but at least it doesn't play favorites.
by Jeremy M. Doherty
Kansan movie critic
in thirts, the
Scream' series,
the parka-wearing
killer goes
after more than
just acne-free,
large-breasted
young women.
Movie review
Yep, even the
Kansan rating: **1/2 out of *★★★*
Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Rated R for profanity, slasher-film cleavage and Pop Rocks.
cute, fuzzy dog here catches the A-train to the Happy Hunting Grounds.
Other than that, there's little else that's surprising in this splatter-fest. First-time director Jamie Blanks seems as though he's seen way too many Wes Craven and John Carpenter movies. For all the innovation shown here, you would think he was upset about not getting to direct Halloween: H2O or something.
Populated with actors straight from the pages of Teen Beat (clearly), Jonathan Taylor Thomas was unavailable), Urban Legend tries to instill some modern folklore into its proceedings.
It seems that some misguided soul has decided to act out the so-called urban legends.
A typical legend suggests that eating Pop Rocks while drinking Pepsi causes the stomach to implode. Back in the day, Mikey, the "eats-everything" kid from the Life cereal commercials, was rumored to have snuffed it that way.
Other stories include the one about the guy whose one-night stand subjects him to an impromptu kidney removal. The film also gets some decent mileage out of the old killer-in-the-trunk routine. The only one they missed was the story about the cranky movie critic who bashed his own brains out.
Once the killer pops up on a plush prep college in New England, the rumors begin circulating; Who is it? Is it the comely redhead (Alicia Witt) who looks great in sweaters? The curly-haired lass (Rebecca Gayheart) who reminds everyone of the girl in the Noxzema commercials? The scavenging Geraldo-intraining journalist (Jared Leto)?
Natalie (Alicia Witt) and Paul (Jared Leto) grow closer as they uncover the truth behind the bizarre deaths in the movie Urban Legend. Contributed photo
Anyway, more bloodletting follows, and Blanks follows the route taken by most directors and shamelessly borrows elements from Halloween, Cape Fear and other standards in the genre. It's nothing new, but the execution admittedly is solid.
One final request: if all these hot, young directors insist on ripping off the '80s slasher flicks, could they do us a favor and create villains that measure up? Call me old-fashioned, but I just can't get worked up about a bad guy who runs around looking like he poaches walrusuries for a living.
Sale to finance new Habitat home
By Sarah Hale
Kansan staff writer
Clothes, housewares and other garage sale items will be lined up in front of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority tomorrow for the final day of Greek Week.
The garage sale is the first fundraising project to raise the $40,000 needed to build a Habitat for Humanity house. The project is sponsored by the Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council.
that it was a great idea."
Sarah Heimovics, Fairway, junior, first thought of the idea during finals last December and presented it to community service representatives in the greek community.
"I thought why couldn't we do this here," she said. "We have the resources and an unlimited amount of energy. We all agreed
Heimovics said the plan was to continue raising money this year and finish the house next fall, and she said she hoped it would become an annual part of Greek Week.
Laurie Johns, executive director for Habitat for Humanity, said it cost an average of $45,000 to build a house depending on the size of the family. She said that if the greek community raised $40,000, they would be called the official sponsor.
Habitat for Humanity is in its 10th year in Lawrence and is working to build its 30th house. Johns said the organization did not give the house to a needy family; they sold it to them.
"The family buys it from us and becomes the official owner," she said. "They have a 20-year mortgage with no interest."
GREEK WEEK
Today: The Greek Olympics will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. on the front lawn of Allen Field House. Events include a water-balloon toss, tug-of-war and an obstacle course.
Tomorrow: A garage sale to kick-off a $40,000 fund-raising campaign to build a Habitat for Humanity house will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kappa Kappa Gamma House, One Gower Place.
had to donate time building houses. In addition to the garage sale tomorrow, other Greek Week activities today include the Greek Olympics from 3 to 6 p.m. on the Allen Field House front lawn.
She said that the families also had to donate time building houses.
The annual Harvest of Arts festival will begin Sunday and will run through the week. The festival incorporates music, poetry, dancing and film. All events are free.
The festival is sponsored by local businesses and volunteers.
Annual Harvest of Arts starts Sunday
At a poetry reading Monday, each of the poets will bring food to share with the audience and help pay for rented chairs.
Joy Harris, opening ceremony organizer, said the people involved in a ceremonial call to the four directions. After recognizing the harvest goddess in the ceremony, blue corn will be distributed to the crowd.
"Blue corn is used by Native Americans to give thanks. It is very sacred to them," Harris said. "The artists and musicians involved are very talented. Their words will be rather spontaneous. They would come from the heart."
Darryl Lea, a self-described folk rock musician who plays acoustic guitar and sings, said he was reuniting with his old partner, a violinist, for the event. The pair will perform Tuesday night.
Lea said they would play songs he had written during the last three or four years.
"Harvest of Arts has all the strife and heartache and everything else that goes into making it happen," he said. "I'm one of those lifelong musicians, so I still find it rewarding."
Harris said she paid for much of the cost of producing the ceremony.
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