UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Wednesday, July 2, 1997 3A Area code calls for change New digits to affect University printing Ashleigh Roberts / KANSAN Ashleigh Roberts / KANSAN Dennis Smith and Bob Roudybush, of University Printing Services, 2425 W. 15th St., discuss printing plans for new University letterhead. Printing Services must reprint all University of Kansas stationery to reflect the new 785 Kansas area code. The change takes effect July 20. By Una Hart Kansan staff writer The University of Kansas will not be caught with its phone off the hook when the new Kansas area code, 785, goes into effect July 20. "We helped them incorporate the new area code in their planning, and encouraged them to keep it top-of-mind when they were dealing with any external communication." Cronin said. William Crowe, vice chancellor for the Office of Information Services, said he and others had been analyzing the effects of the change for more than a year. He is reminding other KU offices of the coming code change. John Francis, program assistant for public relations in the School of Engineering, said that all of the school's recruiting publications now have stickers that state the 785 area code change. All correspondence containing the University's telephone number, whether paper or electronic, will be affected by the change. "That means everything from Web sites to letterhead on recruitment correspondence and donor acknowledgments will need to be corrected," Crowe said. There is no way to estimate the costs the area code change would create, he said. But there shouldn't be any need to throw away materials. Callers have a grace period of more than a year in which they can use either the old or new area code when calling the University. Crowe said that was plenty of time to use stationery that had the old area code and to make any necessary changes to Web sites. Tom Hutton, director of University Relations, said that even though almost everyone in the administration would be reprinting, he didn't expect any problems with the change. In March, the Office of the Provost established a policy on graphic and printing standards for all Lawrence campus stationery. The University's new stationery standards offer three versions of KU letterhead and two versions of KU business cards. They can be imprinted with either the University seal or the Jayhawk. "We can now follow a couple of different styles instead of 250 or 300," Hutton said. "It helps our image and cuts costs." The policy should not only save printing time but also about $150,000 throughout the next five years. The Lawrence campus Printing Services annually produces more than 1 million pieces of letterhead, 3 million envelopes, and 280,000 business cards. Lynn Bretz, associate director of University Relations, said the new standardization would streamline the University's printing services. "We are handling what could be chaotic as effectively as possible." Bretz said. Crowe said the increase in telephone, cell phone and fax numbers, had caused a nationwide need for new area codes. But something usually gets missed in the changeover, Crowe said. "We are going to do our darnedest to make sure that doesn't happen," he said. Majority of Kansas will be 785 Increase in phone numbers makes new shift necessary Goodbye 913. Hello 785. By Una Hart Kansan staff writer The southern half of Kansas will remain in the 316 area code. At 12:01 a.m. on July 20, dialing Kansas' new 785 area code will reach anyone in the northern part of the state from Lawrence to the Colorado state line, said Rosemary Foreman, director of Public Affairs for the Kansas Corporation Commission. The new area code applies to most of the state where 913 had been used. Anyone living east of Eudora will still use 913. That includes the metropolitan Kansas City, Kan. area. According to the commission, the new area code was created because prefixes in the 913 area were going to be exhausted by 1998. The new area code is expected to meet the demand for new telephone numbers through the year 2005. Even though the new area code goes into effect in July,either 913 or 785 will work until Oct. 1, 1998. Foreman said the Oct. 1 date may be changed if prefixes were used more quickly than expected. But Foreman said the commission had built in plenty of time and did not expect an earlier end date. The new area code was assigned by the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANP), a part of the Federal Communications Commission. The NANP is responsible for assigning and monitoring telecommunication number requirements throughout North America. Foreman said that an independent study group created an implementation plan when Southwestern Bell notified NANP of the need for an additional area code in Kansas. The study group consisted of representatives from local phone companies, long-distance providers, wireless servers, the State Chamber of Commerce and Kansas Corporation Commission staff. Ken Branson, manager of Media Relations for Bellcore, a communications consulting firm, said the plan was approved because it was consistent with industry-established guidelines that were primarily concerned with making sure new area codes would be sufficient for as long as possible. "We don't want to repeat the process in a couple of years," Branson said. New area code The new 785 area code includes Lawrence, Topeka, and Salina. Telephone customers can begin using the area code July 20, but the 913 area code will still include the area until Oct. 1, 1998. Andy Rohrback/KANSAN Foreman said the commission established the 14-month grace period to allow businesses time to change databases and automated telephone systems and to use stationery and business cards. "We wanted this changeover to be done in a clean manner," she said. "The commission is customer oriented, and the public has accepted the area code change readily. We haven't had any complaints or any backlash to the change." Nun's love of fireworks raises money for church The Associated Press ANDOVER — Anyone needing sparklers or Roman candles this weekend might turn to Sister Mary Collar, who uses her knowledge of fireworks to help her church. Dressed in a faded blue T-shirt, white jogging shorts, athletic shoes and a neon pink cap on a recent day at the fireworks stand, Sister Collar, 33, doesn't fit many people's ideas about nuns. "I'm just an average person doing "The first time I came here, I thought she'd be dressed up as a nun and talking about God," said John Decicco, a church member working at one of the tents. "But she's really into the fireworks stuff." She grew up with three brothers who each started companies that manufacture and sell fireworks. Conversation about fireworks is common during family reunions. Sister Collar is the business and spiritual leader of St. Anne's two tents, which, for the second year, will raise money for the church. She runs the tents with her brothers' wholesale company. things for God," said Sister Collar, who supervises St. Anne's Church's charity fireworks tents in Andover. Since then, she has made the drive from her home in Salina to McPheron. Then she travels to St. Anne's Church to do volunteer work with the youth group and continue her studies to become a nun. When she's not at the stand, Sister Collar works as a dental hygienist in McPherson. She has been at that job for 11 years, but four years ago she decided she wanted something more. So she began her studies to become a nun and hopes to work full-time with troubled youth. For Sister Collar, working at the fireworks stand is a perfect blend of her favorite childhood memories and her adult ambitions. 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