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LOCAL CHINESE RESTAURANT OPENS AFTER BRIEF CLOSURE
Teppanyaki Grill & Buffet reopened Monday after the Delaware County Health Department reinspected the establishment. The restaurant closed Friday evening after the Health Department found 17 critical violations. “It was a combination of issues with one of their refrigeration units, some plumbing, non-functioning hand-washing sinks and some confusion over safe food handling practices that all was collectively going into an ‘imminent health hazard’ situation,” said Joshua Williams, administrator of the Delaware County Health Department. When it was re-inspected at 10:30 a.m. Monday, all of the critical violations were corrected and the restaurant was given the OK to open, Williams said. Rich Lang, manager of Teppanyaki, said the restaurant is open and will continue with regular hours. “We got everything resolved. We don’t want to talk about it,” Lang said. “We are doing good.” Williams said follow-up inspections will take place in one week, as well as in another 30 days to ensure a few non-critical violations are addressed. Teppanyaki will also face some fees associated with the closing and reopening of the business and inservice training. “Any time we get to a point of requesting closure and working with them through that, it’s rare.” Williams said, “I would say it is a non-typical situation.” The Health Department sees about one or two closures each year, but they are not always “a result of their direct negligence,” Williams said. The health department has not yet provided the Daily News a copy of the inspection report.
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all State coach Billy Taylor hesitated in Monday’s press conference before trying to answer which of his junior forwards is the bigger threat on the glass. Majok Majok, the Mid-American Conference’s leading rebounder at 10.1 rpg, or Matt Kamieniecki, the Cardinals’ high-energy big who averages a whopping 12.8 boards per 40 minutes.
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“They are very different in their rebounding styles,” Taylor said. “Majok uses more power and Kammy is more speed to get around you and pursue the ball.” Taylor wouldn’t say who was better, but luckily for him, Ball State’s opponents are the ones who must decide which interior player to block out. In Saturday’s 82-62 win at Miami, Majok and Kamieniecki combined for 15 of Ball State’s 37 rebounds in a game the Cardinals dominated on
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the glass. They finished with a +20 rebounding margin. “There were definitely times during the Miami game when there were rebounds that Majok usually gets where Kammy came in and took them,” Taylor said. “Majok’s rebounding numbers have actually been down since Kammy has been back [healthy]. It’s just nice to have guys that can really fly in there and come up with the ball.”
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PLAYER COMPARISON
M. Majok 12.6 53.1 58.4 10.1 11
M. Kamieniecki PPG 2.7 FG% 39.5 FT% 52.4 RPG 5.6 Blocks 5
TEAM COMPARISON
Ball State 8-10 (2-4) 62.2 42.0 31.9 64.0
Toledo 7-10 (3-3) 67.9 42.5 31.8 78.6
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SGA hosts election forum STATE LAWMAKERS PUSH LESSEN ALCOHOL LAWS to educate slates, students TO Proposed bill could Group leaders hope potential candidates, voters stay informed CHRIS STEPHENS CHIEF REPORTER | castephens@bsu.edu
For the first time in Student Government Association history, potential candidates were allowed an open forum for their campaigning questions. “[SGA] wants to use this as an opportunity to teach students the rules of campaigning for office, mostly because we have seen increased interest in SGA this year,” said Kevin Thurman, elections board chair. Although the event had less than 20 people show up, Thurman said he was not judging the success of the event on attendance, but rather plans to use the forum as
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Ball State students listen to the Student Government Association elections board discuss the election process during an informational meeting Thursday. The elections board took questions from students throughout the meeting.
another way to get the word out about the impact SGA has. He said the most often asked question about SGA is, “What exactly does SGA do?” “SGA actually has a large impact on campus,” Thurman said. “We
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set up the Blue Loop, let students get on MITS buses for free and introduced the need for the new [Student] Recreation [and Wellness] Center.”
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INDIANAPOLIS — The last state in the nation to bar retail alcohol sales on Sundays is making a push to lift the restriction, but strong opposition from liquor stores could leave Indiana’s effort as flat as an open bottle of champagne. Two bills introduced early in this legislative session aim to broaden a state law that currently restricts Sunday alcohol sales to restaurants, bars, breweries and wineries. Indiana’s ban on retail alcohol sales dates back to Prohibition. The sponsor of
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one bill said allowing Sunday carryout alcohol sales would bring in more tax revenue for the state, but liquor store owners contend their overhead costs would increase in order to staff their stores an extra day. Liquor store owners also argue that allowing Sunday sales would essentially spread out six days’ worth of sales over seven days and worry that more people would buy alcohol while shopping at grocery stores instead of making a trip to a liquor store. “This state not allowing Sunday sales has kept us in business,” said Jon Sinder, co-owner of Crown Liquors, a chain of Indianapolis-area stores. “In other states, you can’t buy spirits at big-box retailers.” But Republican Sen. Phil
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The sale of alcohol on Sunday’s has been prohibited in Indiana since the age of Prohibition. Two bills that were introduced in the current legislative session hope to broaden the state law and allow liquor stores to sell alcohol on Sundays. SO WHAT?
Some liquor store owners have argued that changing the law could take away a large amount of their business, and that more consumers might buy alcohol from grocery stores out of convenience sake. Boots of Crawfordsville, who authored the Senate bill, said it’s time for Indiana to adopt a free-enterprise mind-set.
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