Valerie Taylor -- a Washburn University junior and a bartender at Replay Lounge -- serves drinks at the downtown establishment. The city-issued drinking establishment license for Replay Lounge lapsed last spring and was never renewed -- in part because city officials got out of the habit of sending renewal notices to bars. Now the Lawrence City Commission must treat the 10-year-old bar as if it were a brand-new applicant. Taylor, who was tending the bar Friday, was hopeful the bar would keep its license. "I can't be out of a job right now," she said.

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