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Local vendors host Lawrence Farmer's Market twice a week
LEMMA LEGAULT
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Tucked away from the traffic of Massachusetts Street is a friendly reminder that Lawrence is a small Midwestern town with a sense of community.
On Saturday mornings from 7 to 11 a.m. and Tuesdays from 4 to 6 p.m., the Lawrence Farmer's Market claims the 800 block of New Hampshire Street as its home.
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It's been slow lately, said John Edmonds, a 2011 University graduate who stands behind his sea of green vegetables for sale at the Tuesday market. He expects it to pick up when his tomatoes are ready to be sold. For now, sweet corn is most popular.
The Tuesday market is more intimate than the Saturday one, with fewer vendors and a narrow selection.
"It's more of a festival atmosphere, especially on Saturday," said Madeline Reed of The Blissful Bite.
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lan Mckay and Nicholas Tolbert, seniors from Leawood, shop for produce on Tuesday at the farmer's market downtown.
Reed and her friend England Porter, a 2009 University graduate, met in high school. Both moved back to Lawrence and became part of a six-farm collective that supplies local, organic produce for the market as well as their food truck.
They use eggs from other vendors's farms to whip up their specialty breakfast burritos for the Saturday market. Sometimes Porter can be found playing her ukulele for the crowd.
"Sometimes you walk down Mass and no one is talking to each other," Reed said.
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That's not the case at the Market. Vendors greet customers with smiles and nods, and customers find themselves bonding over the smell of their favorite pie or a unique looking plant. No one is a stranger here.
Last Tuesday, Ian McKay and Nicholas Tolbert, seniors from Leawood, were out shopping for salad ingredients.
Tolbert enjoys cooking and would rather have local, organic produce in his recipes. The greens, he said, are noticeably fresher.
"They look more loved," he said. When his friend Tolbert shows up at his house to make a meal, McKay said he has no objection.
"They look more loved," he said.
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Madeline Reed and England Porter, both University graduates, sell items from The Blissful Bite on Tuesday. The Blissful Bite is one of the many vendors that sell local products downtown every Tuesday and Saturday over the summer months.
LOVE FROM PAGE 3
Rodriguez moved out to live with a friend at the end of the summer; Yoho knew this was her plan. And then the couple broke up for three months after the summer, "because we wanted to see if we could do it," Rodriguez said. Living under the same roof had taught them that they valued space in their relationship.
Rodriguez said.
"We both wanted to do our own thing for a little while," Rodriguez said. "I've been with him since I was 16. He was all I knew for a relationship."
Since getting back together, they are planning on moving back in together next year. This time will be better, said Rodriguez, as long as they give each other breathing room.
LONG-DISTANCE LOVE
When your boyfriend's life is at risk and safety isn't guaranteed, taking things one day at a time is essential.
It's a mantra for Madeline Dickerson, a sophomore from Eudora. Her boyfriend Zane Pittman is an Army medic currently serving in Afghanistan.
Two weeks before he left for basic training, he asked for her number so they could hang out.
"I totally fell in love with him within that two weeks," Dickerson said.
Out of the two years they have been dating, she has seen him for about two and a half months total. Dickerson and Pittman have learned that communication can make or break a long distance relationship.
Pittman calls when he can, usually early in the morning or late at night. During the school year, Dickerson said she would lose sleep to talk to him.
In the summer, it's better. Three in
the afternoon — when she would have had class — is now a free time slot that can be spent talking to her boyfriend.
Growing up as the man of the house, Pittman is more inclined to deal with other's problems rather than talk about his own. Dickerson is the opposite, a verbal journalist armed with a million and one questions.
The difference in communication comfort has created rough patches for the couple, especially with his deployment.
"It's scary for him," Dickerson said. "He doesn't want to talk about it, but I do."
"You know the 80-year-old couples you see? They're not having sex, but they are so in love with each other," she said.
And, being 7,000 miles away, Pittman and Dickerson don't often get the chance to have a physical relationship. However, it isn't what Dickerson misses most. In fact, she thinks it makes their relationship more mature.
When he returns home, she's looking forward to the small things: going on double dates, grocery shopping, grabbing McDonalds.
"Each little thing that other couples take for granted are going to be the most exciting things for us," she said. "When we get to travel and get to go to get coffee together, it's so much sweeter than if you were with somebody all the time."
At the start of her freshman year, Pittman told Dickerson that if she found someone better, to go with him. But she doesn't foresee anyone coming between them.
"I know that sounds really naive," Dickerson said. "But I think we both take pride in knowing that we are here two years later and that we have accomplished this together."
— Edited by Megan Hinman