FEBRUARY 7, 2025 PUZZLES Go Fish Peter A. Collins GROUNDCOVER NEWS 9 Groundcover Vendor Code While Groundcover is a non-profit, and paper vendors are self-employed contractors, we still have expectations of how vendors should conduct themselves while selling and representing the paper. The following is our Vendor Code of Conduct, which every vendor reads and signs before receiving a badge and papers. We request that if you discover a vendor violating any tenets of the Code, please contact us and provide as many details as possible. Our paper and our vendors should be positively impacting our County. • Groundcover will be distributed for a voluntary donation. I agree not to ask for more than the cover price or solicit donations by any other means. • When selling Groundcover, I will always have the current biweekly issue of Groundcover available for customer purchase. • I agree not to sell additional goods or products when selling the paper or to panhandle, including panhandling with only one paper or selling an issue more than 4 weeks old. • I will wear and display my badge when selling papers and refrain from wearing it or other Groundcover gear when engaged in other activities. • I will only purchase the paper from Groundcover Staff and will not sell to or buy papers from other Groundcover vendors, especially vendors who have been suspended or terminated. • I agree to treat all customers, staff, and other vendors respectfully. I will not “hard sell,” threaten, harass or pressure customers, staff, or other vendors verbally or physically. • I will not sell Groundcover under the influence of drugs or alcohol. • I understand that I am not a legal employee of Groundcover but a contracted worker responsible for my own well-being and income. • I understand that my badge is property of Groundcover and will not deface it. I will present my badge when purchasing the papers. • I agree to stay off private property when selling Groundcover. • I understand to refrain from selling on public buses, federal property or stores unless there is permission from the owner. • I agree to stay at least one block away from another vendor in downtown areas. I will also abide by the Vendor Corner Policy. • I understand that Groundcover strives to be a paper that covers topics of homelessness and poverty while providing sources of income for the homeless. I will try to help in this effort and spread the word. If you would like to report a violation of the Vendor Code or leave positive review of a Vendor experience please email contact@ groundcovernews.com or fill out the contact form on our website. Thank you! ACROSS 1. Request for permission 5. Batter's posture 11. Keg attachment 14. Big name in heating and cooling 15. Add to the payroll 16. Author Tarbell 17. A loose one might cause an under-the-hood rattle 19. Fireplace fuel 20. Doofus 21. Surgical locations: Abbr. 22. Italian volcano 23. Noted Georgia memorial 26. "Come to My Window" singer Etheridge 28. Atomizer sprays 29. Apple debut of 1998 30. With pluck 33. Autumn mo. 34. Bar request 36. Itsy bitsy 39. Name typed in to log on 40. Mineral (and an anagram of 29-Across) 41. Hawaiian "Tiny Bubbles" singer 43. Nero, for one 46. Best Actress winner for "Still Alice" 49. Pinnacle 50. Family member 51. Moose or mouse 54. Rain-___: bubble gum brand 55. 2003 Disney film (and an activity done by looking inside 17-, 23-, 34-, and 55-Across) 57. "The Fresh Prince of ___-Air" 58. Give the cold shoulder 59. ___ buco (Italian entree) 60. Dismiss abruptly 61. Chewed like a beaver 62. Go to the mall DOWN 1. G.I. fare 2. Family member 3. One from Zagreb, until 1991 4. Asinine 5. Glossy surfaces 6 "Tiny" Dickens boy 7. "___ With a View" 8. Prefix with science or surgery 9. Advertiser's target 10. Tolkien tree creature 11. Attack a la Don Quixote 12. Handsome god 13. Nonbeliever 18. Many charitable groups, briefly 22. Online market for handmade crafts 24. Enthusiastic 25. Egyptian flower? 26. Opposite of max 27. Broody music genre 31. Friend in France 32. Internet connection device 34. Employee safety agcy. 35. Vegas light, maybe 36. Screen component 37. ___ -friendly 38. Hear here! 39. Widely used operating system 40. Some sheep 41. Two-unit home 42. Repetitive World Cup chant 44. Lamented 45. '70s video game 46. "Star Wars" villain 47. Italian granny 48. Create, as a scholarship 52. Recess retort 53. Figure-skating move 55. Newton filler 56. Rage
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