JUNE 28, 2024 PUZZLES GROUNDCOVER NEWS LET'S CELEBRATE Tracy Bennett and Victor Fleming 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 a voluntary purchase. 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 past monthly issues. • 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 please email contact@groundcovernews. com or fill out the contact form on our website. ACROSS 1. It's a wrap! 6. Pleads 10. Drive-___ window 14. Mother, in Madrid 15. First name that's also a noble rank 16. Defeat and cause to retreat 17. Road-tripper's navigational aid, before GPS 18. Locality 19. ___ Major ("greater bear" constellation) 20. Tiny imperfection 21. Summer observance celebrated with red velvet cake and strawberry soda 23. Japanese theatre style 25. The real ___ (authentic) 26. Word with code or colony 29. Subject 33. Opponent in a battle 36. Overabundance 39. Aloe ___ 40. Summer observance celebrated with sparklers and fireworks 43. Underworld river of Greek myth 44. Focus of many a perfectionist 45. Geniuses have high ones, for short 46. Puccini opera about an opera singer 48. Playful river mammal 50. Gave the once-over 53. Use strongarm tactics on 57. Summer observance celebrated with rainbow flags and parades 62.The ___ minimum 63. Way out 64. Singles in a till 65. Ann Arbor high school that shares its name with a nearby river 66. ___ spumante 67. Stereotypical athletic dude 68. Twists to fit a biased narrative 69 Actor Astin 70. Rubs the wrong way 71. Passionate about math, maybe DOWN 1. Noisy kiss 2. Style of yoga 3. Wing it 4. Conclude, as filming 5. "___ Misérables" 6. Boyfriend 7. Accrue, as interest 8. Covetousness 9. Agenda 10. Bond between soul mates 11. Honker 12. Tin Man's worry 13. One of the Four Corners states 21. Brought bad luck to 22. "Dig in!" 24. "___ your chin up!" 27. Clearasil target 28. Culminated in 30. Start to cure? 31. Baghdad's nation 32. Islets 33. Black Power symbol 34. Not fooled by 35. "Slow Churned" ice cream brand 37. Catbird ___ (enviable spot) 38. One who'll rat you out 41. Migraine relief brand 42. Nile queen, familiarly 47. Nautical "affirmative!" 49. Admonish 51. Party hat face with a noisemaker, for one 52. Benefit attendee 54. More difficult to locate 55. Great body of people 56. Minuscule 57. Smartphone precursors, briefly 58. Stood, as in court 59. 56-Down amount 60. Make out 61. Clucks of disapproval 65. Sister channel of QVC
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