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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
MONDAY. DECEMBER 6. 2004
Mass St. sees holiday boom
BY STEPHANE FARLEY
sfarley@kansan.com
KANSU SVAFF WRITER
Lawrence downtown businesses are gearing up for holiday shoppers.
On Dec. 6, most Massachusetts Street businesses will begin staying open until 8 p.m. during the week and then keep regular business hours on the weekends, said Maria Martin, director for Downtown Lawrence, Inc.
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As stores have begun holiday preparation earlier, others stores follow the trend, Martin said. Her store, Southwest and More, 727 Massachusetts St., is already decorated, and employees are stairing longer.
The Casbah 803 Massachusetts St., is also staying open late. The owner said the store would be open until 8 p.m., as opposed to its normal closing time of 6 p.m.
"But if there are people out, we'll keep our doors open," said Terri Faune, owner.
Like other stores, it also increases its number of employees during the holidays. There are usually two or three employees in the store, Faune said, but during December they double and the week before Christmas she said that number triple that number.
More hours mean more money for Alison Eastwood, Overland Park senior.
"This time of year is just the most important to us." she said.
Eastwood is a sales representative at Bloom Bath and Body, 704 Massachusetts St. She said she works more than 30 hours a week during the holidays.
"There's a little more stress, because there's more people shopping," Eastwood said as she walked off to help more customers in the packed store on Saturday.
Creation Station, 726
Massachusetts St., is open
My Father's Daughter, 844 Massachusetts St., displays a holiday scene in its front window. Stores downtown are preparing for the holiday season.
longer. Normally, the store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and until 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
During the holidays, the store is open until 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Sunday store hours stay the same.
Kelley Sanchez, Topeka junior, is a Creation Station employee, and said the late hours sometimes prevent her from going to Watson Library.
The library usually closes at 8 p.m. on Sundays, but is open later during December for finals.
"I don't really mind, since school's gonna be out pretty soon," Sanchez said.
Sanchez said getting her own holiday shopping was sometimes hard to do, because most of the stores on Massachusetts Street closed before she got off work.
The holidays are important. In retail, toward the last half of the fourth quarter is where the highest dollars are generated for those businesses, Martin said.
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VOLLEYBALL: Last few weeks were team's best
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The Huskies caught fire and responded with seven unanswered points, including two consecutive blocks by Washington middle blocker Darla Myhre that brought the crowd to its feet.
Ken Michelson/The Daily, University of Washington
With the game tied at 28, Myhre blocked freshman opposite hitter Emily Brown on the right side of the net to give her team its first game point.
During the next two games, the Kansas defense had 50 digs, frustrating Washington hitters.
The Jaj Hawks had the next game point, but Lima's serve sailed past the back boundary to tie the game once again. The game ended on the Huskies' third game point when Kansas sophomore outside hitter Jana Correa just missed an unguarded area in front of the Washington bench. She fell to her knees as the attack landed out of bounds.
Lima and Caten, who led the Jayhawks offense in game one, disappeared in game two as the Huskies blocked or dug nearly all of the pair's attempts. Two late penalties on the Jayhawks gave the Huskies a 25-20 lead, and they kept the Jayhawks at arm's length for the rest of the set.
"We couldn't get the ball to the
ground," McLaughlin said. "They were winning the long rallies."
The battle had hardly begun before the third game. The Jayhawks built a 5-point lead as they did in game one, but this time defense and Caten's kills snuffed the Huskies' rally bids. She scored two kills late in the set that ended Washington rallies at two and three points.
In game four, the Jayhawks again rallied behind Caten. She scored the team's last four points. When the game-ending kill landed, sophomore outside hitter Jana Correa sprung from her tense crouch on the sideline
to hug her teammate at the middle of the net.
That emotion lasted through the first half of the deciding game. The Jayhawks led 8-7 as the teams switched sides at the game's midpoint. The Huskies then scored two rapid kills that ricocheted off Kansas block attempts at the middle of the net.
Lima scored a block and a kill later in the game to make the score 12-13. Those would be the last two points of the season for the Jayhawks. After a final kill by Washington all-Pac 10 outside hitter Sanja Tomasovic, Lima's
short attempt hit the net, ending a season that once was unlikely to extend into December.
Bechard said his team peaked at the right time this season.
"We played the last three to four weeks like we thought we were capable all year," he said. "It is a stepping stone for our program."
The defeat to the host team came after the Jayhawks defeated Santa Clara 3-1 Friday night. Strong passing and serving propelled the Jayhawks to the victory.
Lima had six kills in game one, as did Santa Clara outside hitter Toni Muratore.
The team also won a first round contest last season before falling to the host team in the second round.
Despite Saturday's defeat, the team was upbeat as they bussed to their hotel. At a late dinner, the Jayhawks laughed and joked as they enjoyed large desserts for the first time in months.
Senior middle blocker Ashley Michaels said she would never forget the match when they played point-for-point with a team Bechard called "arguably the best in the country."
"I'm just glad we ended the season playing like we are," Michaels said.
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SMOKING: Discussions continue on Dec. 14
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It's still unclear whether the group would have to start a new petition to get the issue on another election ballot, or whether the outdated signatures could just be replaced with new ones, he said.
Signatures on the first petition sheet expired yesterday. Each sheet has about 180 days from the time it was dated to when it needs to be turned in.
sion was the choice the group decided on at the time, he said.
"There's four or five uncertain paths that we could go down," said Rick Renfro, owner of Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. Second St. Working with the commis-
The compromise the group of coalition members and business owners have proposed is an ordinance from St. Louis Park, Minn. The ordinance requires all establishments that are not smoke-free to have random air samples taken by the city. The nicotine concentration in the samples will be tested. The establishments must display a sticker in the window to notify the public that they might be exposed to tobacco smoke in non-smoking sections. The sticker will also include the results of the samples' testing.
The city will supply the businesses with pamphlets for distribution to the public on the effects of environmental tobacco smoke.
"I'm disappointed that there's not going to be an election," said Dennis Highberger, commissioner. "I don't foresee a fundamental change in the existing ordinance."
The election would have given people a chance to have their say on the smoking ban, he said. The proposed ordinance is about as close as it can get to the city not having anything at all, he said. Employees and customers would still be exposed to cigarette smoke, and the collected samples only test
for one ingredient, nicotine, in tobacco smoke. Highberger was one of four city commissioners who voted for the smoking ban.
Highberger said he was interested in looking into allowing alcohol establishments to have outdoor seating, so people could bring their drinks outside while they smoke. Currently, only businesses with 70 percent revenue in food sales can have outdoor seating.
Sue Hack was the only commissioner who voted against the ban. There are compromises available, Hack said.
The commission is scheduled to discuss the proposed ordinance on Dec. 14.
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