SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 PUZZLES GROUNDCOVER NEWS REGRETS 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 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 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 Performed without a sound 6. Administrative aide: Abbr. 10. Open a little 14. Amtrak express train 15. Cash for Phoenix, for example 16. Adidas rival 17. Zipped past 18. XXX film 20. First part of a quip 22. Cease 23. Shipping lanes 24. That guy 26. Former AT&T rival 27. Places to store some winter gear 32. Frighten 35. "To Kill a Mockingbird" recluse 36. Choice for Hamlet 37. Quip, part 2 38. "The Magic Mountain" author Thomas 39. Yosemite landmark 41. "The Divine Comedy" poet 42. Segments of books 43. Cribbage board marker 44. Air-quality org. 45. Seafood fish 49. Questionnaire datum 52. End of the quip 55. As it were 57. City in Italy (and Michigan) 58. Henry VIII's wife Boleyn 59. Not prerecorded 60. Hole-___ (golf feat) 61. Still life subject, maybe 62. Pizazz 63. Heads of France? DOWN 1.Ballplayer who was the subject of the film "61*” 2. Start of Caesar's boast 3. Brainy bunch 4. Vigorous effort 5. Motel fee 6. "We Have The Meats" fast food chain 7. Concerto highlights 8. Urban blight 9. Concert souvenir 10. A year in the Yucatan 11. Nonsense 12. Similar (to) 13. Saxophonist's accessory 19. ___ Kelly of "Fire Walk With Me" 21. Deli choice 25. "Spy vs. Spy" publication 27. They can make a case for drinking? 28. Zen riddle 29. Extended family 30. Grand Rapids' county 31. Word in a New Year's Eve song 32. Put one's foot down? 33. Bubbly drink 34. Basic skills 35. Diminish 37. New York City nickname, with "the" 40. Half a 1960s quartet 41. Set the boundaries of 43. Chinese zodiac beast 45. Monopoly piece 46. Television series tryout 47. Vapid 48. Saint often depicted with a lamb 49. Right away, initially 50. Departed 51. Volcano in Sicily 53. Trompe l'___ (optical illusion) 54. Output from 51-Down 56. "Jingle Bells" contraction
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