CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesdav September 20.1995
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Hearing date chosen for bakery-turned-bar
By Tara Trenary
Kansan staff writer
A local bakery may be too close to God and to children to serve alcohol to its customers.
Wheatfield's Bakery, 904 Vermont St., is located near Plymouth Congregational Church. 925 Vermont St..
First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St., and the Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St. The bakery's proximity to the churches violates the Lawrence city code that forbids liquor to be sold by a person with a license from the city within 400 feet of any school or church.
At last night's meeting, the Lawrence city commission set a public hearing date for Oct. 18 to discuss waiving the distance requirements and making Wheatfield's a drinking establishment.
Chuck Magerl, owner of Wheatfield's and Free State Brewing Co., 636 Massachusetts St.," said that he planned to establish a cake associated with the bakery that would serve fruit,
cheese, bread, and a modest selection of wine and beer.
"We want to give people the opportunity to have a glass of wine with a sandwich."Magerlsaid.
Wheatfield's difficulty in obtaining the license may lie with church members.
The Plymouth Congregational
Virgil Brady, pastor of First United Methodist Church, said that the church had made no plans, but that it might
Church congregation plans to discuss the matter Tuesday, said Amy Fields, church business administrator.
make a decision closer to the October hearing.
The hearing will call for anyone wanting to express their views or concerns to come and speak out.
In other business, the commission:
Treasured Public Works
and parking lot improvements to LRM Industries for $22, 281.
awarded a bid for eight police sedans to Laird Noller Motors for $145,393.
KU graduate to embark on Peace Corps journey
By Craig Lang Kansan staff writer
Andrew McGlone will embark next month on the toughest job he'll ever love.
McGclone, a KU graduate, will leave the United States Oct. 9 to begin a 27-month assignment for the Peace Corps in Cameroon, a country on the African west coast. The Peace Corps has 26 KU graduates overseas working in 13 subject fields, ranging from forestry to business management.
McGlone said he would work with others to appraise the situation of AIDS awareness in Cameroon and would try to figure out what education strategies would work best.
"The programs we have now are poor," he said. "We will be seeing what could be done instead of just saving. 'Give them condoms.'"
Barbara Hilman, Peace Corps recruiter, said that before McGlone could begin work on his project, he would have three months of rigorous training in Cameroon.
He will take intensive lessons in French, the official language of Cameroon, for part of the training, Hilman said. The rest of the time, McGlone will learn about the technical side of his project and everyday living in the culture.
Chris Fall, Peace Corps area representative, said that McGone would be working on a community development project. His focus will be health education and AIDS education.
"He will be taken to the post office," Hilman said. "He will be taken to the bazaar and learn to bargain for food."
McGleason said he joined the Peace Corps because he was eager to
leave the college environment to get some real world experience. He said he always had the desire to get experience overseas, and he thought the Peace Corps was the best way to do it.
"It's an opportunity to meet new people and make a new life for myself," he said. "At least for the next 27 months."
McGlone said he was pleased to be going to Cameroon. He said he was nervous about leaving home but looked forward to learning about a new culture.
"There are some things I like, living at where I'm at," he said, "But throwing that away for a while seems exciting."
Nancy Chartrand, Peace Corps public affairs specialist, said that the Corps was very selective. Only one in three applicants are accepted.
Barbara Hilpman said that it could take six to nine months from the time the first application is filed to the time the applicant gets on a plane. McGleason said it took him 14 months.
The application was 10 pages and asked for six letters of recommendation, McGlone said. It took him two weeks to complete the application.
The application process is slow, McGlone said. The best advice he could give an applicant is to be persistent. Since applicants are dealing with the federal government, they should expect to go through a lot of red tane.
McGone said the slow process was good experience to prepare applicants for life in a third-world country.
"It gets you used to a government where things don't go so quickly," he said.
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