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Kansas Relays OFF and running The 80th running of the Kansas Relays started Wednesday with two events. The relays continue this weekend. 3B
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IMPORTING THE FAITH
Tom Wheat watches the smoke from the roaster as indication for how the beans have cooked. Wheat travels to Venezuela to buy the beans from poor farmers.
Tom Wheat, left, pours a fresh batch of beans, right, into the small roasting machine for step one of the coffee cooking process.
The seller and the seed
Local roaster uses coffee to support growers, get closer to God
STORY BY NATHAN GILL • PHOTOS BY AMANDA SELLERS
TRACK AND FIELD
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
**Runners lunge** for the finish line in one of the early Kansas Relays. The relays have hosted numerous world-class athletics, including Glenn Cunningham, Jummy Run and Wilt Chamberlain.
Kansas Relays rich in history
2007 marks event's 80th anniversary
BY KYLE CARTER
The Kansas Relays opened Wednesday at Memorial Stadium with events from the heptathlon to decathlon, marking the 80th anniversary of the relays.
During the eight decades of competition, the relays has featured some of the finest athletes in the world. Olympian Glenn Cunningham competed for Kansas in the mile run, which is now named after him. In the 1960s, Jim Ryun represented the Jayhawks in the mile, winning four titles in that event. More recently, Kansas' Charlie Gruber won three titles at the relays and later went on
to compete in the 2004 Olympics. Basketball star Wilt Chamberlain even competed at the relays, finishing third in the triple jump in 1956 and second in the high jump the following year.
Candace Dunback, curator of the Booth Family Hall of Athletics, first competed at the relays in 1995 as a high school senior from Nevada. Mo., while being recruited by Kansas. Though she hadn't told the coaches yet, Dunback said she had already decided she wanted to be a lavihawk.
"They were still recruiting me
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SAFETY ISSUES
BY MATT ERICKSON
City grants money for fire sprinklers
Light Massachusetts Street buildings will receive grants from the city this year to pay for fire sprinkler systems.
However, nearly 75 percent of the commercial buildings downtown will still lack sprinklers.
The / $250,000 downtown fire sprinkler incentive program will reimburse the selected businesses for up to 75 percent of the cost of a sprinkler system. Each system
could cost downtown buildings from $30,000 to $50,000. Five more businesses could receive help if any money is left over. The city received applications for 35 buildings.
Kevin Doyle, city infrastructure and development coordinator, said about 170 of the 202 downtown commercial buildings lacked sprinkler systems or needed upgrades. He said he had expected fewer than half of them to apply for the program.
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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Coordinators discuss tactics
BY BRIAN LEWIS-JONES
Emergency management coordinators from five regional counties met Wednesday at the Dole Institute of Politics.
They discussed the importance of communication and preparedness on a variety of levels in case of an
emergency — from individuals and their communities to local and federal governments.
Teri Smith, acting director of Douglas County Emergency Management, said that most Douglas County residents had a plan for what
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jayplay
state legislature
The state budget is providing funds to fix long-needed repairs to buildings at state universities. 5A
campus shooting
Virginia Tech gunman sends video tirades and photos to NBC in between shooting sprees.
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