MAY 31, 2024 PUZZLES GROUNDCOVER NEWS BRIEF REPLIES Peter A. Collins 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. "The Kiss" painter 6. Expresses disdain 10. "Shane" star Alan 14. Pet store purchase 15. Composer Satie erik 16. Small Chevrolet 17. Event promoted by Eunice Kennedy Shriver 20. One-time Edison employee 21. Piano parts 22. Equipment for emergency medical care 26. Mai ___ 27. Neighbor of Wash. 28. Rod's partner 29. Ripped 30. University in Chicago 34. Museum worker, at times 36. Founder of an eponymous coffee and doughnut chain 38. Afternoon shows 41. Rises 45. Greek god of war 46. Drops in a puddle? 48. Slippery swimmer 49. ISP choice 50. Pet store purchase 54. Kind of issues aggravated by gluten 56. Interoffice communications 57. Knee-jerk reaction (and a hint to each group of circled letters?) 62. Muffin pans 63. Without rocks 64. Big name in online financial services 65. Body-bending exercise 66. Succumbs to gravity 67. Schoolyard retort DOWN 1. Canadian hwy. distances 2. Pass on the track 3. Freezer container 4. Knight clubs? 5. Degree-of-difficulty enhancer 6. The Fresh Prince's TV home 7. Guadalajara gold 8. Address a squeak, maybe 9. Army chaplains 10. Friday's employer, for short? 11. Amelia Earhart, for one 12. Make known 13. Spies file 18. Like 19. Intersected 22. Chick-___-A 23. Altar response 24. Bank account addition 25. She played "I" in "The King and I" 29. Carrie Underwood might carry one 31. Elevator maker 32. "Hamilton" creator ___-Manuel Miranda 33. Yanks 35. Milk dispenser? 37. Cops 38. Wisconsin's capital, slangily 39. Hall of fame? 40. Indicative 42. "What do you say we give it a miss" 43. Director Spike or Ang 44. Camera type 47. S.F. Giants' foes, at times 50. Chiang ___-Shek 51. "___ Miserables" 52. Louvre pyramid architect 53. Saws and such 55. "___ Small World" 58. Bucolic expanse 59. Duster 60 ___ Paulo 61. Former Roxy Music member Brian
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