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Delivery drivers brave weather
By Steve Vockrodt svockrodt@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The uncertainty in recent Lawrence weather led to some uncertainty among local food delivery businesses.
Managers and drivers at delivery locations were forced to consider both sides of the delivery business spectrum during last week's winter weather.
On one hand, bad weather could tempt more people to call for a delivery instead of going out to get food. On the other hand, sending drivers out in the snow and ice could be dangerous.
1814 W. 25rd Sf., left the decision in the driver's hands.
Management at Yello Sub,
"In they say they are capable of getting around town, we'll let them," Andres Mizzotti, Yello Sub manager, said.
Mizzotti said delivery times slow down considerably in inclement weather, pushing delivery times from the normal 45 minutes to an hour or more.
The Yello Sub near campus, at 624 W.12th St., called off deliveries and closed early once last week when snow accumulations on the roads got heavy. Mizzott said the steep hills around the location made driving tricky and treacherous.
The 23rd St. location remained
open for business all last week.
"We normally try to tough it out here," Mizzotti said.
Jimmy John's, 1447 W.23rd St., stayed last week as well, but was not so lucky.
Ben Manley, assistant general manager, said one of the delivery drivers got in a small wreck with one of the manager's cars.
Manley said the sandwich shop has stopped delivery only once in his two years on the job. Instead, management responds to poor weather by overstaffing its delivery drivers in preparation for the possibility of increased business and slower driving.
The amount of customer calls in bad weather varies. Manley said.
"Sometimes everyone decides its crappy outside and they say 'We'll call John John's,' " he said.
Pizza Shuttle, 1601 W.23rd St., also overstaffs its delivery drivers during bad weather. Delivery continues as long as drivers are comfortable with going out.
There is an upside to working in bad weather, said Pizza Hut delivery driver Paige Higgins.
Pizza Shuttle's employee handbook asks that drivers have tire chains ready if need be.
"They'll offer to let you in since it is cold," said Higgins, a Littleton, Colo., senior. "And they'll tip you better."
-Edited by Joe Hartigan
STATE
Beta Theta Pi leadership says incident not hazing
MANHATTAN — The national leadership of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity has determined an incident that landed a member of the Kansas State University chapter in a car's trunk until he called police was an accident, not a hazing ritual.
"It was not hazing related," said Judson Horras, director of chapter development with the Beta Theta Pi General Fraternity in Oxford, Ohio. "It wasn't an intentional act."
No charges are expected to be filed in the case, which Riley County Police Department Lt. Kurt Moldrup described as a fraternity prank.
Horras said Michael Farrell climbed into the trunk of another fraternity member's car without the driver's knowledge after a costume party Thursday night. Farrell, who was wearing a dress, fell asleep before arriving back at the fraternity house, Horras said.
A locksmith freed Farrell from the car about 6 a.m. Friday, after Farrell called 911.
Horras said he could not comment on how Farrell got into the trunk without the driver's help because the general fraternity's investigation is ongoing.
Horras said the general fraternity will review the chapter's escort policy to make sure a similar incident does not happen again.
The Associated Press
NATION
R&B diva Diana Ross gets two days in jail
TUCSON, Ariz. — Diana Ross was convicted Monday of driving under the influence and ordered to spend two days in jail.
The R&B diva, who telephoned into the city court hearing from New York, pleaded no contest to DUI.
Tucson Magistrate T. Jay Cranshaw found her guilty of DUI and sentenced her to serve 48 hours in jail and to complete at least 36 hours of alcohol-abuse treatment. She also was sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation and fines of about $850.
The Associated Press
Explanation changed on Halliburton award
WASHINGTON — Faced with price-gouging allegations involving Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, the Army Corps of Engineers now acknowledges it alone awarded Halliburton new business in Iraq after initially suggesting experts from other U.S. agencies played an important role.
The Army Corps of Engineers told The Associated Press that the Corps — not an evaluation team cited on its Internet site — chose Halliburton for a contract worth up to $1.2 billion. The Corps is refusing to release records showing on what merits it made the decision.
The Associated Press
Recruiting lacking says al-Qaida letter
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A letter seized from an al-Qaida courier shows Osama bin Laden has made little headway in recruiting Iraqis for a holy war against America, raising questions about the Bush administration's contention that Iraq is the central front in the war on terror.
The 17-page letter, cited as a key piece of intelligence that offered a rare window into foreign terrorist operations in Iraq, appealed to al-Qaida leaders to help spark a civil war between Iraq's two main Muslim sects in an effort to "tear the country apart." U.S. officials said yesterday.
One senior U.S. officer, Brig Gen. Mark Kimmitt, warned the plea could mean more "spectacular" attacks because the rebels were despairing that their devastating car bombs and the steady killing of U.S. troops were failing to shove the Americans from Iraq or spark massive discord.
The letter was believed written by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian suspected of al-Qaida links. Al-Zarqawi is the chief suspect in several recent bombings, and the Bush administration cited his presence in Iraq as evidence of Iraq's terrorist connections even before the war.
The Associated Press
Wind power big in Western states
The Associated Press
EAST WENATCHEE, Wash Mike Sachs lacks the rusted tir pans of a mineral prospector in the Old West.
But the third generation cattleman in north-central Washington is a prospector in his own way one of a growing number of ranchers hoping to strike gold with the hottest new resource in the Northwest: wind.
"You're trying to find ways to diversify," Sachs said. "Monetarily, you're usually asset rich and cash poor, but we all benefit if we can generate electricity and keep rates down."
Wind energy accounts for less than 1 percent of the power generated in the United States annually. Turbines in 30 states produced 6,370 megawatts in 2003 enough power to serve more than 1 million homes, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
California leads the nation with more than 2,000 megawatts of wind-generated power, followed by Texas, Minnesota and Iowa.
States in the Northwest trail far behind, but that also means many areas are unapped. Utilities, consultants and ranchers are taking note, scattering anemometers, which measure wind force and speed, across the landscape to prospect for wind.
Dozens of new wind projects are proposed in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
"We've got a lot of open space in the Northwest," said Rachel Shimshak, director of the Renewable Northwest Project, which promotes solar, wind and geothermal energy resources in the Northwest.
"Wind power has been a great benefit to rural communities and the rural economy. Never mind that it's helping to provide energy production and clean air," Shimshak said.
Renewable energy also shouldn't be foreign to a region that relies on hydropower - water
for most of its energy, she said.
Some call wind energy the perfect complement to dams because utilities could scale back on one side when the winds pick up, and rely on hydropower when the winds die.
Wind farms come with their share of problems though. They, too, require a transmission line, which is often unavailable in rural areas. Critics argue wind farms disrupt wildlife habitats.
Even those in the industry sometimes say the cost isn't worth the return. Wind farms require strong and sustained winds — but not too heavy — over time to be productive.
Still, some of the most outspoken supporters are ranchers across the West who have been struggling to maintain their rural life — and stand to gain from a wind farm on their property.
"In today's society, you've got to be really creative to make a 2,000-acre dryland wheat operation work," said Ron Lewis, a fifth-generation rancher in rural Douglas County. "I'm going into the past — I'm farming like my great-great-grandpa. I'm going to harness the wind like him, because I'm going to be really productive."
Lewis first introduced the idea of pursuing wind energy with the Douglas County Public Utility District. He got them excited enough that after researching the idea, utility officials approached 150 landowners about signing three-year land leases to prospect for wind.
Lewis didn't sign. Instead, the self-described maverick went out on his own, recruiting private investors and consultants to prospect for wind on his property, which is the highest point in Douglas County.
"It's tremendously competitive," he said. "Who knows if we're going to be able to do anything up here? But hopefully, we're going to be able to bring some prosperity to the local rural community."
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