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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, May 4, 1989
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Vickie Sutton, Lenexa senior, works on a silver hinged bracelet
Student metalsmith arranges display of work
dy Mario Talkington Kansan staff writer
After spending years learning how to forge metal into art, Matthew Grier wants his metalsmith work to be seen.
"You work for five years and you'd like to have something big to end with, like a parade." Scrier, Grand Rapids, Mich., senior. "The graduating seniors usually have their work shown in a cheap, plastic display case in the Art and Design building."
Grier, a metalmissiting/jewelry major, decided to change all that. He arranged for this year's four other graduating metalmissing/ jewelry majors to have their metalware displayed at a local art gallery, Silver Works, 715 Massachusetts St.
The showing will run from May 15 to May 27, with a reception scheduled May 20.
"This showing is the climactic event . A transition from school to the real world," he said. "We're
moving into an (art) gallery situation, and that's what we'll be faced with in real life."
Some pieces of the students' metalware, most of which is jewelry, will be for sale during the show, Grier said. Silver Works paid most of the costs for the showing in return for a commission on any metalwork sold, he said.
Victoria Sutton, Lenexa senior, whose work will be in the showing, said she had invited several
friends and family members to the reception.
"It's a really nice way to end (our time at KU)," she said. "We've worked here for four years, and we've got something we want that we can be proud of and that our family and friends can see."
Cara Connellly, manager of Silver Works, said the reception and showing would give the situation a positive feedback from potential customers.
"When you're dealing with the public, it's a whole different game than trying to satisfy yourself or just wanting to be honest." "It's kind of like baring your soul."
Grier said he was looking forward to the reception and the chance to hear what customers thought of his work.
"You spend all of this time and put all of this work into it and the first person in the building may teach, what would you do with that?"
Fill up and run off,but you'll have to pay
by Kris M. Bergquist
Kansan staff writer
Gas and run.
It could be the name of a convenience store, but in Lawrence, it's a crime that happens at convenience stores.
When some people get gas at a convenience store, they will drive away and not pay. The crime is reported about three times a week in Lawrence and the nation. Lawrence is a Department spokesman.
"It happens probably more in the spring and summer months." Mulvenon said.
Mulvenon said that when people did gas and run, the convenience store owners immediately called the police if they saw the driver, the car or the license plate number. He said that even if the amount stolen was worth only about $10, it was against the law.
Tom Porter, city prosecutor, said that if the person was caught and the store prosecuted, it was a misdemeanor. For the first offence, the fine was usually $100 and no jail time. For the second offense, Porter said it would probably be two days in jail and a $100 fine.
Porter said that since he began his job in Lerner since in December, no one had been charged.
Mulvenon said that of the cases reported, the police usually caught 4 to 5 percent of the
“It’s hard when often the people at the store
wrote on a computer or a tag number.
"Muvonen said," Muvonen said.
Frederick Haag, assistant manager of Kwik Shop, 1846 Massachusetts St., said it did not happen too often at the store, but when it did, it usually involved students.
"It's actually campus students who could probably pay for the gas anyway." Haag said. "It often happens on a Saturday night when I get home from work, drying my car. It's done flat out on purpose."
Hag said there had been talk of having people pay before they got gas, but it was
Mary Draper, assistant manager of E-Z
Drive. The staff said it usually happened
about threeprecisions.
"I it's a concern, but it's just one of those hazards of the trade," Draper said. "We have them pre-pay at night because we can't see the tag numbers."
Draper said most of the thefts occurred during the holidays.
"When students are leaving around the holidays, everybody is tight for money."
Draper said, "They fill up with gas and don't they won't they won't they won't they're heading home."
To help solve the problem, Draper said the store employees have started posting people online.
"Greeting people has cut down on some," Draper said. "They are aware that we know they're out there, and they're less likely to try something. You can hear what they're saving at the pumps."
Draper said anytime a person was caught and a police report was filed, the store prosecuted.
Bobby Lacy, manager of E-Z Shop, 1414 W. Sixth St., said that the number of gas and runs had decreased since they *zantedai* using the system at the gas pumps four months ago.
Plaza construction is rolling on the Kansas River
Kansan staff writer
bv Carrie Harper
What was once referred to as the Riverfront project now has a name befitting its image, the Lawrence Riverfront Plaza.
The image package for the plaza incorporates the same wren logo that once was used on packages from the Jenny Wren Flower Mill, which used to occupy the riverfront site. In addition, it will include quilt work and Kansas wheat, which are well-known elements in local history.
After several months of late-night Lawrence City Commission meetings, design changes, permit applications and protesters, the construction for the $21 million factory outlet center is well underway.
has set construction deadlines for the summer, the administrative side will run its own course and stores will likely be open in December, said Jennifer Bassett of a Lawrence businessman who developed the Chelsea Group.
Longhurst said the grand opening would not be until Spring 1990.
Although the site superintendent
"We will keep it low-key at first, but when we have the grand opening we want to be all ready," he said.
The initial opening, or soft opening, will allow Chelsea to get the operating procedures under control. Long-hurst said.
Many companies have signed leases for space in the outlet center, but Longhorn said Chelsea would not release those names vet.
had come to Lawrence were impressed with the plans for the plaza, and he, in turn, was pleased with the responses.
Longhurst said obtaining the various state and federal permits for the plaza was the most time-consuming aspect of the project.
He said the manufacturers that
"Once we got the permits, everything moved right as we anticipated," he said.
However, one problem arose involving approximately 20 trees along the Kansas River edge of the site. The trees served as roosting places for bald eagles that fed at the dam. The trees had to be cut down to allow the plaza, which spurred protests from many Lawrence residents.
cized eagles controversy did not delay the project.
"We're pretty much out of the political arena now and are involved with construction aspects," Longhurst said.
Longhurst said the highly publi-
Don Richards, plaza site superintendent and an employee of Barry Bette and Led Duke, Albany, N.Y. general contractors, said he expected the plaza would be come in time for the projected spring 1900 deadline.
He said the eagles and the weather were the only holdups for the project's construction. Richards said he had to reinvest any problems for the summer.
The construction crews will begin working on the promenade deck on Monday and tentative deadlines will
"That's about it for the key trades," Richards said. "The rest is just making it pretty."
continue from there, Richards said. The deck should take two weeks.
Approximately 80 employees are working at the site, but Richards said he expected that number to peak at about 200 in August when all the major trades were working simultaneously.
The plaza will comprise the 150,000-square-foot factory outlet center, to be paid for by Chelsea, and the other 30,000 square- city-owned parking garage.
Delta Chi to rebuild by spring
by Michele Logan Kansan staff writer
Members of the Delta Chi fraternity will have a new home when they return to school next fall.
The fraternity house, 1245 W. Campus Road, will be renovated to update the structure and to comply with Lawrence's uniform fire code.
The 68 members will move into Jahyawk Tower in August, where one and a half floors have been built, and the house will live out of the house for the year.
The project is scheduled to begin in June and should be completed by January or February, said Jim Burger of the Della Chi building corporation.
The renovation, in its second phase, includes expansion of the house's kitchen, dining room, study areas, downstairs chapter room and bathrooms. After the dining room is completed, it will seat 75 people instead of 60, said Brett Stafford, Delta Chi president.
New paint, carpeting and furniture also are included in the plan. A computer library will be added to the system for use of Phase II. It is estimated at $750,000.
Phase I, which included remodeling of the third floor sleeping dormitories, a new roof and installation of new windows and doors, was completed last summer. Phase I cost $200,000.
The house also will have a sprinkler system and a fire alarm system that comply with the 1988 fire code.
"They are moving out of the house because they're remodeling, said Maj. Rich Barr. Lawrence fire mural. "It is not a mandatory move; it is not a department's standpoint, but they will be complying with the fire codes."
The project is being financed by Delta Chi alumni, and about $130.000 in pledges has been collected so far. Stafford said.
Three alumni have challenged other Delta Chi alumni. If the other alumni raise $252,000, the three will match that amount.
Construction for the original house began in 1923 and was completed by 1927 when members of Delta Chi first moved in.
"The house has only been remodeled three or four times since it was first built. The last time was in the '60s." Stafford said.
"Now is as good a time as any to start construction, especially since the city changed its fire codes." Bierkin said.
Bjerkin said the corporation board and fraternity members had been working on the project since 1986.
An amendment to the 1988 uniform code would require all organized living groups to install partial sprinkler systems in sleeping areas and basements within five years of adoption of the amendment.
A second amendment would require installation of complete sprinkler systems within 10 years after the amendment's adoption.
A committee has been appointed to look into the feasibility of requiring all organized living groups to install complete sprinkler systems. The commission will hear the committee's report by May 31 and will vote on whether to add the amendments to the code.
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