KANSAS STATE AND CLOUD COUNTY COMMINITY COLLEGE HAVE MADE FOUR NEW DEALS. K-S-U HAS SIGNED FOUR TWO PLUS TWO DEALS WITH CLOUD COUNTY. A TWO PLUS TWO DEAL IS WHERE A STUDENT CAN EARN AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THEN TRANSFER THOSE CREDITS OVER TO THE UNIVERSITY TO EARN THEIR BACHELOR’S DEGREE. CLOUD COUNTY IS THE 15TH IN-STATE SCHOOL TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT LIKE THIS WITH K-STATE.
AS THE FOCUS CHANGES IN THE WAR OVER SEAS….SO DOES THE FOCUS AT FORT RILEY. FORT RILEY HAS BEEN TRAINING GROUPS OF 12 TO 16 SOLDIERS TO GO AND ADVISE IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. INSTEAD…THIS WILL BE MOVED TO FORT POLK IN LOUISIANA WHERE THEY WILL TRAIN GROUPS OF 35-HUNDRED SOLDIERS. THEY WILL DO ABOUT THE SAME JOB…THE U-S JUST THINKS A BIGGER GROUP CAN DO A BETTER JOB.
SOMEONE NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE WILL BE ADVISING THOSE UNITS IN IRAQ. JUNCTION CITY POLICE CHIEF BOB STOREY WILL BE STEPPING DOWN TO WORK FOR A PRIVATE SERCURITY COMPANY IN IRAQ. STOREY TOLD CITY OFFICIALS THEY COULD EITHER GIVE HIM A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OR HIS RETIREMENT. CITY MANAGER ROD BARNES SAYS THEY’RE LEANING TOWARD ACECPTING THE RETIREMENT BUT WILL MEET WITH THE CITY’S ATTORNEY BEFORE ANY DECISIONS ARE MADE. STOREY WILL BE GONE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.
IF YOU’RE ON U-S 24 HIGHWAY YOU MAY BE SPEEDING AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT. THE SPEED LIMIT HAS BEEN LOWERED FROM 60 MILES PER HOUR TO 55 ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 24 TO EXCEL ROAD. THIS HAS BEEN DONE AFTER THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DID A SPEED STUDY.
SEDGWICK COUNTY HAS BANNED EMPLOYEES FROM USING CELL PHONES WHILE ON COUNTY BUSINESS. THIS BAN WAS APPROVED YESTERDAY. HOWEVER… THERE IS AN ACCEPTION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS LIKE SHERIFF’S OFFICERS…E-M-S…AND FIREFIGHTERS. THIS BAN COVERS ALL PHONES INCLUDING HANDS FREE. AFTER A NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL REPORT…SEDGWICK COUNTY RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICER MICK MCBRIDE SAYS THAT’S WHERE THE NEW RULE CAME FROM. THE REPORT SAYS MORE THAN HALF A MILLION WRECKS HAPPEN AND 26-HUNDRED PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR FROM CELL PHONE USAGE WHILE DRIVING.
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN THE KILLING OF THE YALE GRADUATE STUDENT. NEW HAVEN POLICE CHIEF JAMES LEWIS SAYS THEY ARRESSTED RAYMOND CLARK III AND HIS BOND IS SET AT THREE-MILLION DOLLARS. CLARK IS A LAB TECHNICIAN IN THE BUILDING WHERE LE’S (LAY’S) BODY WAS FOUND. LE TOO WORKED AT THIS LAB. HER BODY WAS FOUND SUNDAY IN A WALL AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS SAY SHE WAS SUFFOCATED.
ONE MAN ISN’T CLOWNING AROUND WHEN HE SAYS HE’S GOING TO SPACE. CIRQUE DU DOLEIL FOUNDER GUY LALIBERTE PLANS TO BE THE “FIRST CLOWN IN SPACE” AND HAS A FEW TRICKS UP HIS SLEEVE. LALIBERTE SAYS HE PLANS TO TICKLE THE ASTRONAUTS WHILE THEY SLEEP AND IS BRINGING PLENTY OF RED CLOWN NOSES. HE WILL BE PAYING 35-MILLION DOLLARS TO GO UP TO THE SPACE STATION. THIS TRIP ISN’T ALL FUN AND GAMES THOUGH….LALIBERTE IS USING THIS TRIP TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WORLDWIDE WATER SHORTAGES.
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