Tuesday 9-8-09 News

NEWS- SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

HAPPY KANSAS PREPAREDNESS MONTH! GOVERNOR MARK PARKINSON HAS DECLARED IT JUST THAT. PARKINSON WILL BE HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY WITH STATE HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICIALS. THEY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE’S PREPERATION FOR HANDLING ISSUES LIKE FLOODS, TORNADOES, SNOW STORMS, AND THE SWINE FLU.

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MORE JOBS MAY BE ON THE WAY TO HUTCHINSON. THE STATE HAS GIVEN A PROPOSED WIND TURBINE PLANT A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR BOOST. THE PLANT’S COMPANY IS A GERMAN BASED SIEMENS ENERGY. THEY WILL BE MAKING THE ELECTRICITY-GENERATED PARTS OF WIND TURBINES.

BEFORE HUTCHINSON CAN WORRY ABOUT BUILDING THIS PLANT…THEY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENING FIRST. IT’S STATE FAIR TIME. THE FAIR OPENS FRIDAY AT THE KANSAS STATE FAIRGROUNDS AND RUNS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 20^TH.

A D-U-I SUSPECT IN JOPLIN IS DEAD THIS MORNING AFTER BEING SHOT BY POLICE. 34 YEAR OLD DAVID BOGARD FLED WHILE AN OFFICER WAS TRYING TO PULL HIM OVER FOR SUSPICION OF DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. WHILE THE OFFICER WAS TRYING TO DETAIN HIM…BOGARD USED MACE ON THE OFFICER. THE POLICE OFFICER IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE UNTIL THIS IS INVESTIGATED.

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SOME KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS ARE HEADING TO VIRGINIA WITH THEIR EYES ON A PRIZE. THE SOLDIERS WILL BE COMPETING IN THE HONOR GUARD NATIONAL COMPETITION AT FORT MYER FROM SEPTEMBER 13^TH THROUGH 17^TH. KANSAS’S COMPETITION IS ARKANSAS…LOUISIANA…MISSOURI…NEBRASKA…NEW MEXICO…AND TEXAS. THE TEAM IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE STATE.

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BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WILL BE RETURNING HOME AFTER AN ACTUAL TRIP TO SPACE. SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY WILL BE PULLING AWAY FROM THE SPACE STATION AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN A WEEK THERE ON A RESUPPLY MISSION. DISCOVERY WILL BE BRINGING HOME SEVEN ASTRONAUTS AND A BUZZ LIGHTYEAR DOLL. THE HATCHES WERE CLOSED LATE LAST NIGHT AND THEY ARE SET TO START COMING HOME LATER TODAY.

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE SPEAKING TODAY…GEARING HIS SPEECH TOWARDS SCHOOL CHILDREN. OBAMA SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT TO SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT IMPROVING THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. FORMER FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH SUPPORTS HIS SPEECH. SHE SAYS, “THERE IS A PLACE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO STAY IN SCHOOL.” HOWEVER…CONSERVATIVES SAY THIS IS AN IMPROPER USE OF SCHOOL TIME.

TILA TEQUILA…SHAKEN..NOT STIRRED… BY CURRENT N-F-L LINEMAN SHAWNE MERRIMAN. TEQUILA WHOSES REAL NAME…TILA NGUYEN (WIN) IS A REALITY STAR FAMOUS FOR HER SHOWS A SHOT AT LOVE WITH TILA TEQUILA ONE AND TWO. TEQUILA ACCUSED MERRIMAN OF CHOKING HER EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. HE SAYS HE DIDN’T DO IT AND POSTED HIS BAIL AFTER SPENDING TWO AND A HALF HOURS IN JAIL.