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EATING for $2
Rental rules divide narrows
Free classes show how to make healthy and tasty meals on the cheap
Concessions to landlords clear path ahead of March 13 public meeting
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By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: clawhorn_ljw
A revised proposal to license apartments in Lawrence gives new concessions to landlords, but it may be the compromise needed to win the necessary city commission votes. Mayor Mike Dever, who voted against the previous rental licensing proposal, said he feels much better about a compromise version crafted by Commissioner Jeremy Farmer. “I feel pretty comfortable that many of my concerns have been addressed,” Dever said. The basics of the new plan: l The city would adopt a list of 27 violations that would cause an apartment to lose its rental license, and thus become illegal to rent until the violations are fixed. Unlike previous proposals, the list does not include problems that do not pose threats to the life or safety of residents, such
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have a confession to make: I don’t know how to cook. Or, at least, I didn’t think I knew how. Let’s back up a bit. For the past several months, Just Food has been offering cooking classes to show people how to prepare healthy, fresh meals for $2 or less per serving. The Lawrence food bank hopes to change the perception that cooking on a tight budget means sacrificing one’s health in the process. Just Food CEO To make Mexican Jeremy Farmer chicken stew with often points out quinoa and beans that low-income yourself, find the people don’t have recipe with this to live off macarostory online ni and cheese and at LJWorld. Hamburger Helper. com. When they eat nothing but processed foods high in salt and sugar, they often develop conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure, the cost of which far outweighs any savings on food. For its part, the pantry has been stocking more fresh produce in place of processed food. But giving people healthier stuff to eat doesn’t do them much good if they don’t know what to do with it. So last year the pantry began hosting the free cooking classes, the brainchild of Lawrence chef Rick Martin. Because I’m not a rich man
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SEVEN-YEAR-OLD TRENTON STALLWORTH slices chicken under the watchful eye of his grandmother, Cindy Pippert, both of Lawrence, during a cooking class Tuesday at Just Food, 1000 E. 11th St. The class teaches participants how to make healthy food on a tight budget. and I don’t know how to cook, I figured they would be perfect for me. I arrived at Tuesday’s “Just Cook” class to find out we would be having a “fiesta,” or cooking Mexican food. Jahmal Clemons, a volunteer instructor (and fellow employee of The World Company) whom you might call an amateur chef, noted that planning is
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an important part of eating on a budget, especially because it allows you to buy in bulk (and save money) as well as have food on hand for the entire week. Then it was over to the cooking stations, where we were to prepare Mexican Please see EATING, page 2A
Lawrence City Commissioner Jeremy Farmer will take questions about the latest rental licensing and inspection proposal. Farmer will chat at 11 a.m. Thursday at LJWorld.com.
Gay rights backers seek new Kansas anti-bias rules By John Hanna The Associated Press
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Topeka — Having won a key legislative fight with social conservatives in Kansas, gay rights advocates aren’t content with simply blocking a measure they said would have encouraged
businesses and government workers to refuse to serve gays and lesbians in the name of religious freedom. They’re after something much bigger: new protections for gays and lesbians against bias in hiring, employment, housing and public accommodations. When legislators begin the second
l Child advocates are calling on legislators to approve a bill they
say could prevent deaths and cost the state nothing. Page 3A
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half of their annual session this week, anti-discrimination laws to cover Equality Kansas, the state’s leading sexual orientation and gender identity. gay rights group, and its allies will Please see RIGHTS, page 2A push lawmakers to rewrite Kansas’
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