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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
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KU students pose with Randy Barry and Syrus Yarhawk. Both have appeared on MTV's "Real World" 'Barry and Yarhawk were in Lawrence over the weekend as part of a promotional tour of Place Properties. The four stopped at Legends Place, 4101 W. 24th Place, in Lawrence.
half of the promotional excursion, which included stops at Indiana University and the University of Missouri.
"When it comes to college campuses, it hits the demographic right on target," McCoy said.
Nikki Welsch, St. Francis, Mint., sophomore, was at the Eldridge Saturday night. She said that she had heard of Barry and Yarbrough before, but hadn't seen them on the MTV series.
"I personally don't think of them with a celebrity status," she said. "They're just regular people."
Jenna Tippin, marketing special
ist for Place Properties, said that attracting students to lease specials was the main reason for the celebrity event.
"Whether or not they watched the show, they're heard of it," she said. "It's a great draw for us."
Tippin said that Special Interest Entertainment celebrities would be paid an appearance fee for the promotional tour.
Kansan staff writer Brian Lewis-Jones can be contacted at bl-jones@kansan.com.
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Church wreckage becomes tornado survivor rally point
LADY LAKE, Fla. — Gospel signing and shouts of "Hallelujah!" competed with the sounds of hammers, chain saws and dump trucks Sunday as parishioners of a church obliterated by a tornado gathered around the rubble to remember the dead and pray for the strength to rebuild.
The Lady Lake Church of God's splintered wreckage has become a rall
lying point in this rural area of central Florida hit hard by three tornadoes that killed 20 people and destroyed hundreds of homes early Friday.
"We grieve with you and there will be days that life will wear you down", the Rev. Larry Lynn told more than 100 people from a makeshift wooden platform where a broken cross was propped up. "But life does go on and we're here to help you pull it together. Don't let bitterness set in."
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sold by 1 p.m., one hour before the event ended. Unsold bowls would be stored and resold at next year's Souper Bowl.
Michael Tarwater, a volunteer at the event, said he helped at the Souper Bowl since doors opened that morning.
"It's generally been a mixed crowd today." Tarwater said. "We've seen a wide range of the community in here."
Ahlvers said that the success of the event grew each year.
"Every year we've increased the amount we start out with by 200 bowls. Hopefully it continues." Ahhls said, "It looks like it will."
Kansan staff writer Bethany Bunch can be contacted at bbunch@kansan.com.
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Lydia and Eva Bradley, of Lawrence, eat soup at the Lawrence Art Center's annual Souper Bowl Saturday fundraiser Handmade ceramic bowls were sold at the event and soup was available for people who bought a ceramic bowl or donated $10.
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>> SEVERE WEATHER
Tornadoes kill 20 in central Florida
BY JIM ELLIS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LADY LAKE, Fla. - President Bush designated four central Florida counties as disaster areas, releasing millions of dollars in aid as residents began recovering from tornadoes that ripped through the region, leaving at least 20 people dead.
National Guard troops, neighbors and residents cleaned up in the rain Saturday, pulling blue tarps over houses that still had walls.
The victims from the seconddeadliest series of tornadoes in state
history ranged from a 92 year old man to 17-year-old Brittany May, killed by a falling tree that crushed her bedroom.
"It makes you sick to your stomach for what we saw." David Paulison, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said after touring the area with Gov. Charlie Crist.
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Forecasters said Saturday that at least three tornadoes, with winds possibly as high as 165 mph, hit between 3 and 4 a.m. Friday, when few people were awake to hear tornado warnings on radio and TV.
A rocking chair and lamp are still in place in a destroyed mobile home near Paisley, fl., on Sunday after many of the homes in the neighborhood were destroyed by a tornado.
The cleanup task was dawning Saturday as showers soaked roofless homes and piles of twisted aluminum siding, bricks, belongings, tree limbs and lumber.
Neighbors helped Sherry Reeves, 48, sort through her belongings and patch a big hole in her roof. Reeves was amazed that her home wasn't levelled like hundreds of others in this area about 50 miles north of Orlando.
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At least eight trailers with emergency supplies had arrived in the Orlando area Saturday afternoon, and more were to follow, said agency spokeswoman Alexandra Kirin late Saturday.
Tate Tapscott, 38, who lives in an area called Cooter Lake, went looking for neighbors after the storm and found a father and son dead, buried under debris.
National Guard members distributed blankets, food and water.
"The Good Lord slipped and missed, or luck of the draw," she said.
"This is not just government. This is people helping people and doing what's right." Crist said at a news conference with Paulison, U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez and other officials.
"He was still holding on to his son," Tapscott said.
Lake County Sheriff Gary Borders said Saturday he did not expect to find any more victims.
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Paulison said his agency, criticized for inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina and other disasters, had housing trailers, water trucks and other aid already on the way. Bush's disaster declaration for Lake, Sumter, Semnole and Volusia counties also free up loans and other assistance to individuals.
Crist praised the residents and charitable groups who pitched in to help clean up. Neighboring Marion County sent a group of low-risk inmates, dressed in green-and-white striped jail clothes. Some religious groups served food to rescue workers and victims, while about 40
The governor, handling the first natural disaster since he took office, said some stricken areas looked like "the surface of the moon."
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