KANSAS STATE PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ WILL BE MEETING WITH THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE AUDIT. HE WILL BE TELLING THEM WHAT THE UNIVERSITY IS DOING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THE AUDITORS FOUND. BACK IN JUNE THEY FOUND $845,000 THAT HAD BEEN PAID TO A FORMER ATHELTIC DIRECTOR…A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAD ALSO BEEN AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR…AND BILL SNYDER. THE AUDIT WAS DONE AS AN EXIT REVIEW FOR FORMER PRESIDENT JON WEFALD AFTER HE RETIRED.
ZEBRA MUSSELS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN LAKE WILSON NEAR SALINA. THE MUSSELS CAN DAMAGE PIPES AND CROWD OUT OTHER LIFE IN THE LAKE. A KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE A PARKS SPECIALIST SAYS THE FINDING IS TROUBLING BECAUSE IT MEANS THE MUSSELS ARE NOW IN THE SALINE RIVER AND THREATEN OTHER LAKES DOWNSTREAM. THEY USUALLY GET SPREAD AROUND BY ATTACHING TO THE BOTTOMS OF BOATS. ZEBRA MUSSELS HAVE NOW BEEN FOUND IN SEVEN LAKES IN KANSAS.
TOPEKA BASED COMPANY PAYLESS SHOE SOURCE ANNOUNCED TODAY THEY ARE STARTING A NEW PROGRAM. THEY WILL BE GIVING OUT COUPONS FOR 1-POINT-2- MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FREE SHOES TO NEEDY CHILDREN IN THE U-S…CANADA…PUERTO RICO…AND 10 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES. THE COUPONS SHOULD ALL BE GIVEN OUT BY CHRISTMAS EVE AND ABLE TO BE USED UNTIL FEBURUARY 28TH.
KANSAS IS NOW UP TO SEVEN H1N1 DEATHS. A 50 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM AND KANSAS CITY AREA DIED FROM THE VIRUS. SHE DIDN’T HAVE ANY OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS UNLIKE THE OTHERS WHO HAVE DIED. THE VACCINE IS BEGINNING TO BE AVAILABLE IN LIMITED QUANTITIES AROUND KANSAS.
COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR GARTH BROOKS HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS COMING OUT OF HIS RETIRMENT. BROOKS MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN A NEWS CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE TODAY AFTER RUMORS HAD BEEN GOING AROUND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR WEEKS. HE WILL BE PLAYING AN EXTENDED ENGAGEMENT IN LAS VEGAS AT THE WYNN RESORT. BROOKS HAD ORIGINALLY GONE INTO RETIREMENT IN 2000 TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS KIDS BUT DID MAKE A FEW APPEARANCES LIKE THE SHOWS AT THE SPRINT CENTER IN KANSAS CITY.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE VISITING NEW ORLEANS TODAY TO CHECK OUT THE PROGRESS MADE AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA. HE WILL BE HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING AND STOPPING BY A SCHOOL IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD…ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. DURING A RADIO ADDRESS OBAMA SAYS HE WILL FULFILL PROMISES MADE ABOUT HELPING THE AREA. THERE ARE STILL MANY PROPERTIES THAT ARE ABANDONED AND THE PROJECT TO STRENGTHEN THE LEVEES IS ONLY A THIRD OF THE WAY FINISHED.
GOOD SIGNS ABOUT THE ECONOMY. THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER HAS DROPPED TO THE LOWEST IT’S BEEN SINCE JANUARY. PEOPLE ALSO MAY BE MORE WILLING TO GO SHOPPING WHEN PRICES STAY LOW A SOME STORES. THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY INFLATION AND THE CONSUMER PRICE HAS RISEN JUST POINT TWO PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER.
SINGER LEONA LEWIS WAS A MAJOR HIT DURING AN AUTOGRAPH SESSION…OR AT LEAST GOT ONE. LEWIS WAS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS IN A LONDON BOOKSTORE WHEN A MAN JUMPED OUT OF LINE AND PUNCHED HER IN THE HEAD. SECURITY TOOK THE 29 YEAR OLD AWAY AND POLICE HAVE PUT HIM IN CUSTODY FOR SUSPICION OF ASSAULT. LEWIS’S SPOKESPERSON SAID SHE WAS SHAKEN BY THE INCIDENT AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR AS A PRECAUTION.
DON’T FORGET TONIGHT IS WEEK TWO OF THE WILDCAT 91.9’S ROCKTOBER CONCERT SERIES AT THE KATHOUSE LOUNGE. TONIGHT IS AN 18 AND UP SHOW FEATURING PILOT FOR KITE…ANTENNAS UP…AND THE RUCKUS. THERE ARE MORE SHOWS ALL THIS MONTH FEATURING MORE BANDS. YOU CAN STOP BY THE KATHOUSE TONIGHT TO GET YOUR FILL OF SOME GREAT MUSIC BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE WILCAT 91.9.
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