Monday, October 19, 2009

News 10-19-09

TWO RILEY COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS ARE INJURED AFTER RESPONDING TO AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING. OFFICER TONY APODACA AND AUXILIARY JOHN DULANEY WERE RESPONDING TO A CAR ROLL OVER ON K-177 WHEN THEIR CAR CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE THEY WERE GOING TO. THEY WERE TAKEN TO MERCY REGIONAL IN MANHATTAN AND THEN FLOWN TO VIA CHRISTIE IN WICHITA. THEY ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION BUT THEIR INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING.


KANSAS STATE’S FRATERNITY PHI DELTA THETA HAS BEEN SUSPENDED AFTER THE HAZING INCIDENT BACK IN SEPTEMBER. AN 18-YEAR OLD FRESHMAN WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT THEIR OUT OF HOUSE AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR ALCOHOL POISONING. PHI DELTA THETA WILL BE ON PROBABTION UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2011. THEY HAVE TO PAY FINES AND CAN’T HOLD ANY EVENTS INVOLVING ALCOHOL UNTIL FEBRUARY 2011. IF THEY VIOLATE THEIR PROBABTION K-STATE WILL WITHDRAW THEIR RECOGNITION AS A HOUSE.


MANY STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE MISSING SCHOOL DUE TO THE FLU. DURING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 5TH THROUGH THE 9TH..NEARLY 20-PERCENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS…25-PERCENT OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND 10-PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOLS WERE MISSING FROM SCHOOL. THIS WAS ON THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT’S WEEKLY INFLUENZA REPORT.


A SUMMIT WILL BE HELD BY THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL BEFORE GRADUATION. THE PROGRAM CALLED KANSAS DROP-INS WILL BE OCTOBER 20TH AT WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY’S RHATIGAN STUDENT CENTER. ONE OF THE SPEAKERS IS KANSAS CITY CHIEFS HALL OF FAME KICKER NICK LOWERY. LOWERY IS THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL FUND FOR EXCELLENCE IN AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION.


CHARGES WILL BE FILED EITHER BY THE END OF TODAY OR TOMORROW AGAINST THE PARENTS OF BALLOON BOY. 6-YEAR OLD FALCON HEENE HEE-NEE) WAS THOUGHT TO BE FLYING ACROSS COLORADO IN A BALLOON BUT WAS LATER FOUND HIDING IN THE ATTIC. AN ATTORNEY SAYD ON THE TODAY SHOW THIS MORNING THAT RICHARD AND MAYUMI HEENE HEE-NEE) ARE WILLING TO VOLUNTARILY TURN THEMSELVES IN ONCE CHARGES ARE FILED. THE WHOLE THING IS ALLEGEDLY A HOAX.


A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUP WANTS A HALLOWEEN COSTUME SOLD AT TARGET AND OTHER PLACES TO BE TAKEN OFF THE SHELVES. THE COSTUME IS AN ALIEN MASK WITH A GREEN CARD AND AN ORANGE JUMP SUIT WITH ILLEGAL ALIEN WRITTEN ON IT. IN EMAILS WRITTEN TO TARGET AND BUY-SEASONS INC…EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS SAYS THE COSTUME IS “DISTASTEFUL…MEAN SPIRITED…AND IGNORANT OF SOCIAL STIGMAS AND CURRENT DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION REFORM.” TARGET IS TAKING THE COSTUME OFF THEIR WEBSITE AND A SPOKESMAN SAYS THEY NEVER INTENDED TO SELL IT AND IT WAS INCLUDED ON THEIR WEBSITE BY MISTAKE.


LOOKING AT THIS WEEKEND’S BOX OFFICE TOP FIVE…WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE DOMINATED WITH 32.5 MILLION DOLLARS…10-MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN LAW ABIDING CITIZEN WHICH CAME IN SECOND. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY WAS ON JAMIE FOXX AND GERARD BUTLER’S HEELS SNEAKING INT THE THIRD SPOT. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IS STILL ONLY BEING PLAYED IN 760 THEATERS. COUPLE’S RETREAT DROPPED TO FOURTH PLACE AND THE REMAKE OF THE 1987 MOVIE THE STEPFATHER DEBUTED IN FIFTH.

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