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Wednesday, July 10, 1996
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Lawrence finds home on Web
Businesses have mixed reaction to city's Internet site
By Stephanie Fite
Kansan staff writer
Travelers on the Information Superhighway can now make stops in Lawrence.
Jonathan Brewer, a KU advertising student, has created Virtual Lawrence Internet Services Inc., www.rock-chalk.com, to showcase the Lawrence community and provides a list of hotels, restaurants, leisure activities and other services.
"Where is Lawrence? It's in your home." Brewer said.
Brewer buys Internet access from Internet Direct Communications and creates Web pages or advertising space for 15 Lawrence businesses ranging from KLZR, 3035 Iowa St., www.lazer.com., to Waxman Candles, 609 Massachusetts St., www.com.waxman. Internet Direct Communications, which provides Internet access to individuals, also sponsors Brewer's Web page.
Brewer charges $25 a month for basic storage, a one-page Web site, and $25 to $45 for network consultation.
The price varies with the complexity of the job, he said.
Virtual Lawrence began on a friend's computer with start-up costs of $15,000, and the business requires only $1,000 a year for Brewer to maintain.
Brewer said he made $25,000 in profit each year.The profit is in multiple Web sites.
Brewer got started when one of his technology professors required students to research the World Wide Web.
When he noticed there was an advertising market on the Web for Lawrence businesses, he went after it.
Reactions from Brewer's clients have been mixed.
Loni Hosking, owner of Waxman Candles, said she received 340 orders by advertising on the Brewer's Web site.
Mike Reed, manager of the KU Bookstore, put the store on the Internet last year when he realized the Internet was an inexpensive alternative to print and television. The KU Bookstore advertises on Brewer's Web site.
This fall, the KU Bookstore will offer an interactive Web page for students to pre-order books and buy merchandise on-line.
Because all credit information sent on-line will be encrypted, there will be no risk to sending credit card numbers through the computer.
With student purchases dropping, Reed characterizes Internet advertisement as positive because KU alumni from around the world are able to access information easily and sales on the Internet for the KU Bookstore have risen.
Chuck Magerl, owner of Free State Brewing Company, 636 Massachusetts St. is skeptical.
"Business is all about interaction," he said. "Since we are about food and sociability, I'm not sure
"Since we are about food and sociability, I'm not sure that concept would fit
on a Web page. "
that concept will fit on a Web page."
Owner, FreeState Brewing Company
Brewer's company isn't the only one to provide Internet advertising to area businesses.
Owner, Free State Brewing Company
Propeller Creative and Lawrence CyberVillage, www.idir.net, are Brewer's competitors in Lawrence. Each site provides a link to other Lawrence Web resources and information on local government, libraries, schools and community organizations.
Lawrence CyberVillage is a nonprofit organization created by the City of Lawrence and the Lawrence Public Library. Like Lawrence On-Line, CyberVillage markets downtown Lawrence businesses.
Although the Internet is becoming easier to navigate, technology is a fast growing business, said Brewer, and advertising on the Internet will continue to grow.
As a result of a misunderstanding with the reporter, comments by Christy Prahl on page 1B of last week's Kansan about the availability of jobs for English Ph.D.'s could have been miscon-trued.
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Ballard, now in the House from the 44th District in Lawrence, speaks with admiration for Praeger.
Praeger: a moderate Republican
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"She represented our Lawrence community well in the House and still does in the Senate. She's a moderate; she's knows you can't always do a party-line vote." Ballard says.
Praeger was part of a moderate group of Republicans in a Democrat-controlled House.
Praeger said she was one of seven moderate Republicans that formed the influential group.
"The coalition of moderate Republicans and Democrats we formed was based around funding for children's programs and higher education," Praeger says. "We were certainly disliked by some of the ultra-conservatives."
"Fortunately, by that time I had retreated to what the House calls the 'lower chamber' — the Senate," Praeger says.
Moderates remaining in the House after conservatives took over in 1994 have fallen out of favor, Praezer says.
In the Senate, Praeger became Chairwoman of the Public Health and Welfare Committee and initiated reform.
Forrest Swall, former representative from the 45th District from 1992 to 1994, and current Douglas County Democratic Party Chairman, says he and Praeger differ on
health care policy, citing her close connections to the medical community.
"The leadership in the Senate prevented the Legislature from doing anything on health care, and as the chair of the committee on health and welfare, she of course was part of that," Swall recalls.
Yet, Swall adds he has respect for Praeger as a legislator and a person.
While Democrats have come to praise her, conservatives in her own party often are ready to bury her.
John Watkins, 3rd Congressional District Chair for the Republican Party and local conservative, has been a critic of some of Praeger's stances. But not all Republicans share Watkins' opinion.
Resuming sand dredging had been proposed along the Kansas River in Praeger's district. "We are the only state in the Midwest that does not protect at least one of its rivers for recreational use," she says.
State Rep. Tom Sloan, a Republican from the 45th District in Lawrence, says, "She avoids the extremism of all camps and is much more effective because of that. She single-handedly pushed through the Senate the dredging moratorium."
State Rep. Troy Findley, a Democrat from the 46th District in Lawrence, says he was pleased with Praeger's knowledge of the subject. "None of us knew anything about it, and Sandy came in, and now we're going to have an interim study done.
We all put partisan differences aside but Sandy does especially."
Praeger doesn't see anything partisan in issues like abortion.
“It's beyond even a constitutional issue. It is the right of every woman to make that critical decision for herself,” Praeger says. “I oppose a ban. Women would be driven to find other, more dangerous ways to have abortions if we make it illegal.”
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One vote she regrets in the last legislative session was in favor of a ban on gay marriage.
"The bill really changed nothing, since the sodomy laws were already pretty clear, but if I could have one vote back it would be my vote on that bill," Praeger says. The bill passed in both houses and was signed by Gov. Bill Graves.
"It was bad legislation and a tough call. If people want to make a commitment to each other, then we should find a way for them to do it contractually," Praeger says.
Thus far, no other Republican candidates have filed in the 2nd District. The only Democrat to announce is Chris O'Brien, a KU graduate student. O'Brien is only holding the position as a placeholder candidate.
Praeger says, "I want to be reelected to the Senate. If Lawrence were to shift more to the right, I suppose I could moderate. But on some issues I won't change my stance."
Paychecks: system causes delay
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The system has improved since it was introduced, but delays still occur when time cards are filed late or when new employees are hired in the middle of a pay period, Shinham said.
"Right now we have two or three employees per period who aren't getting paid for one reason or another," Michael said.
The department of human development and family life also has experienced payroll delays. Sherry Michael, account specialist, said the department is still waiting for its budget to be established for the new fiscal year. The wait has caused the filing of some staff time sheets to be delayed.
She said she had at the University for 20 years and had never witnessed so many delays in the payroll process.
Bill Shunk, director of the Kansas University Endowment Association's loan program, said his office was aware of the new system's problems because of the increase in loans given to faculty and staff since January.
The association allows faculty and staff to borrow up to 60 percent of their gross pay if a paycheck is late due to errors or late processing.
"Right now the number of loans to faculty and staff probably runs about 50 to 100 people a month," Shunk said.
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