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FRIDAY • MARCH 21 • 2014

COMFORT CATERING

Lawrence woman finds success and satisfaction in later-life career that she runs out of a converted garage

Panel votes to repeal renewable energy standards By Scott Rothschild Twitter: @ljwrothschild

Topeka — Despite pleas from a growing wind energy industry in Kansas, a Senate committee Thursday voted to repeal the state renewable energy standards. State Sen. Rob Olson, R-Olathe, blamed the standards for increased electric costs and said it was an illLet’s let advised government mandate that gave wind energy business do an advantage. its thing.” It would have been like mandating “20 percent of the people to keep a Black- — Sen. Forrest Knox, R-Altoona berry,” he said. State Sen. Forrest Knox, R-Altoona, also voted for repeal, saying, “Let’s let business do its thing.” Renewable energy advocates said repeal of the standards would hurt Kansas’ ability to recruit industries that say an RPS helps provide a reliable and equitably priced energy source.

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DIANNA KELLER, OWNER OF DIANNA’S KITCHEN, prepares a batch of blueberry muffins. Keller, who believes in simple food made with love, has encountered some unusual assignments in her catering career.

Forget ‘fussy’ food; she cooks the basics garage into a kitchen and Twitter: @GilesBruce started her own catering company. Sometimes late-in-life “I feel like I’m getcareer changes work. Just ting into my comfort ask Dianna Keller. zone,” said Keller, baking The Lawrence woman blueberry muffins for her didn’t know what to grandkids on a recent day expect a few years back, (it’s not all business at when she transformed her Dianna’s Kitchen). Her By Giles Bruce

“garage” looks more like a sunroom at this point: a naturally lit, mossy-greencolored kitchen attached to the side of the house, a pair of picture windows where the garage door used to be. While Keller, 65, isn’t the only at-home caterer

in Lawrence, she is one of the more original: a selftaught cook who makes no-frills comfort food, all by herself. Keller was operating a day care in 2007 when her daughter, who worked at Please see CATERING, page 2A

KU’s dance begins! Kansas University tips off against Eastern Kentucky at 3:10 p.m. today in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Watch the game on CBS and Turner networks, and follow the action on KUSports.com. For more on today’s matchup, see page 1B.

KANSAS UNIVERSITY GUARD Andrew Wiggins leaves the court with his teammates as fans look for autographs during a day of news conferences and practices Thursday at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

Please see ENERGY, page 2A

Anti-gay minister Fred Phelps dies By John Hanna Associated Press

Topeka — Fred Phelps did not care what you thought of his Westboro Baptist Church, nor did he care if you heard its message that society’s tolerance for gay people is the root of all earthly evil. By the time you saw one of his outrageous and hatefilled signs — “You’re Going to Hell” was among the more benign — you were already doomed. Tall, thin and increasingly spectral as he aged, the Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. and the Phelps Westboro Baptist Church, a small congregation made up almost entirely of his extended family, tested the boundaries of the free speech guarantees by violating accepted societal Please see PHELPS, page 2A

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INSIDE

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High: 65

Low: 34

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The KU Natural History Museum presents:

Behind the Glass

A conversation about the Panorama’s history, condition, conservation and history with conservator Ronald Harvey and author Bill Sharp

March 26 – 7:30 pm The Commons | 1340 Jayhawk Blvd

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More pay for lawmakers? A state legislator has proposed a bill to more than double the pay that Kansas lawmakers receive during the session. Page 3A

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