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DECISION 2004 Get the scoop on presidential, state and local candidates, and politically-active students. ELECTION
SPORTS
Olympian Charlie Gruber didn't just tap dance his way to Athens. He had to overcome nearly walking away from the sport.PAGE 10A
KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2004
VOL.115 ISSUE 47
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Hall mourns loss of friend
Ellsworth freshman beat the odds, outlived doctors' expectations
BY AMANDA O'TOLE
aotoleo@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Jim Justin didn't tell a lot of people about his heart condition.
He just wanted to be a normal kid living a normal life. He did this well despite his diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, his mother, Louise
Grissinger, said. His disease enlarged his heart and caused vessels in his heart and lungs to become small, Grissinger said.
Justin, 18, died early Sunday morning because of complications of his disease less than a month before his birthday.
He was diagnosed at 13 and lived every day since then to the fullest,
Grissinger said. He had already lived more than two years longer than doctors initially predicted.
He was watching a movie Sunday morning with friends when he developed an attack that Grissinger said was similar to a
said was similar to a heart attack. He was
transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he later died.
She said he got to do things that were
JUSTIN
important to him, such as go to college He loved being a student and enjoyed being at the University of Kansas, where he studied aerospace engineering.
She said her son was at peace now. "He died a happy man," Grissinger said.
He was a resident of Ellsworth Hall and lived on the third floor in room 301. Friends said he was fun to have around. Nathan Jones, Wichita freshman, was one of the few people who knew about Justin's condition.
"He lived with what he was dealt,"
Jones said. "I admired the fact that he didn't want anyone to pity him."
Jones said a lot of people on the floor knew Justin because he was always playing Madden Football in the third floor lobby.
Justin usually chose the Chicago Bears, and always beat Jones.
Diana Robertson, associate director of student housing, said that Sunday night at a floor meeting grief counseling was available to students.
Grissinger said it was obvious to her
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Face-lift
Brian Rials prepares for Halloween at Spirit Halloween Superstore near 23rd Street and Ousdahl Road. Rials did not know what he wanted to be, but said that the store offered a wide variety of masks and costumes, and he should be able to find the perfect costume.
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Avoid election lines with advance voting
With 10,000 new voters Douglas County officials anticipate longer lines
BY ANDY HYLAND
ahyland@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
With Douglas County registered voters up 10,000 people from the beginning of the year to a total of 64,598 voters, the county election office has a few recommendations to avoid standing in long lines on Election Day.
Students registered in Douglas County may want to take advantage of advance voting options, said Marni Penrod, deputy clerk for elections of Douglas County.
Advance voting in person is available on the second floor of the Douglas
County Courthouse,
Massachusetts St
1100
The office will be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. throughout the week, with extended hours until 8 p.m. tomorrow and Thursday. Advance voting in person will end at noon next Monday.
Penrod said that while advance voting by mail was still an option, it was probably too late to request an advance ballot by mail.
"I wouldn't recommend that to anybody at this point, because the likelihood that we can get your application, send you a ballot and have you get it back to us by Election Day is pretty small," she said.
Penrod said that voters could also go to their polling place and vote on Election Day. She said the polling place
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ADVANCE VOTING INFORMATION FOR SELECTED KANSAS COUNTIES
Johnson County Election Office
2101 E. Kansas City Road, Olathe
8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday
Johnson County Election Office
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday
will end at noon Monday, Nov. 1.
Source: ioelection.org
Johnson County Northeast Offices
6000 Lamar, Mission
11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday Johnson County advance voting
Johnson County Wastewater Administration Offiice
7311 West 130 Street, Overland Park
11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday
SHAWNEE COUNTY
Shawnee County Election Office
911 SW 37th St. Topeka
8 a.m. until 9 p.m., Monday to Friday
Advance voting will end at noon Monday, Nov. 1. Source: www.cyphureus.us/fs
SEDGWICK COUNTY
SEEDWICK COUNTY
Sedgwick County Election Office
510 N. Main, #101 Wichita
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday
City debates Red Lyon
Advance voting will end at noon Monday, Nov. 1.
Source: www.sedgwickcounty.org/elections
Downtown regulations prohibit expansion
BY STEPHANIE FARLEY
sfarley@kansan.com
KANSWAN STAFF WRITER
The owner of the Red Lyon Tavern wants a patio for his bar so drinkers can smoke and smokers can drink, but his bar just happens to be right in the heart of Lawrence's Downtown Historic District.
The Lawrence City Commission will discuss alternatives for a proposed storefront remodeling of the Red Lyon, 944 Massachusetts St., at tonight's commission meeting.
In the proposal, the glass windows at the front of the bar would be removed and replaced with metal bars. The two doors would be replaced by ornamental gates and the entryway would lead to an enclosed patio for customers to use as a smoking area.
The Historic Resources Commission denied the original proposal from Jerry
Neverve, owner of the Red Lyon, on Sept. 16. The proposal was denied because it did not meet the Secretary of Interior's Standards and downtown design guidelines.
A second wall would be constructed between the patio area and the inside bar. This wall would consist of a six-foot-wide doorway. The wall would have a wood panel at the bottom and
then the rest of the wall would be glass.
"I don't know if it will increase business. I don't know if it'll bring it back to where it was before," Neverve said. "I don't know if it will make any difference whatsoever, but we're in the hospitality industry. We're trying to make this as comfortable as possible for our customers."
The patio would allow people to sit down, enjoy their beverage and smoke a cigarette at the same time, Neverve said.
The Red Lyon was already remodeled once in January 2004 to make the front look better and to expand floor space for more people, Neverve said.
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The Red Lyon Tavern, 944 Massachusetts St. is thinking about a new look but must first meet approval from the Historic Resources Commission of Lawrence. The Commission denied the original proposal from Jerry Neverve, bar owner, on Sept. 16.
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Union Footprints closing
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The downtown Footprints will remain open, but the Union store is closing after months of bad sales. The store is offering discounts until it depletes its stock. PAGE 3A
Division in flux
It's been a tough year for the Big 12 North division. With Missouri and Nebraska tied atop the North with 2-2 records, the Jayhawks can still finish first. PAGE 10A
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