News 10-20-09

THE SEARCH FOR A NEW PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT K-STATE IS BEGINNING TO NARROW. THE FOUR CANIDATES WERE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY. THEY ARE DOCTOR APRIL MASON FROM COLORADO STATE…DOCTOR RALPH RICHARDSON FROM KANSAS STATE…DR. MAUREEN GRASSO FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA…AND DOCTOR MARVIN KAISER FROM PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY. THEY WILL ALL BE SPEAKING IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS IN THE K-S-U ALUMNI CENTER. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EACH CANIDTATE AND WHEN THEY SPEAK YOU CAN GO TO
WWW.K-STATE.EDU/PROVOST/SEARCHES


RILEY COUNTY POLICE HAVE ANOTHER ARREST IN THE DRUG CRACK-DOWN IN THE AREA. SETH ANDERSON WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT FOR POSSESION OF MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO DISTRUBUTE 1,000 FEET FROM A SCHOOL AND FOR NOT HAVING A KANSAS DRUG TAX STAMP. ANDERSON IS BEING HELD ON A 7,500 DOLLAR BOND.

GOOD THING SWIMMING SEASON IS OVER. A PUBLIC BEACH AT THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS IS BEING CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGH LEVELS OF
E-COLI. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES… TESTS FRIDAY SHOW HIGH LEVELS OF BACTERIA IN THE LAKE’S MAIN CHANNEL. THEY ARE BLAMING THE CONTAMINATION ON RUNOFF FROM RAIN LAST WEEK. THIS STUDY WAS DONE AFTER WORD OF A PREVIOUS STUDY’S RESULTS WERE WITH HELD.


THOSE T-MOBILE SIDE KICK USERS WHO LOST THEIR DATA WHEN MICROSOFT SERVERS WENT DOWN HAVE A LITTLE RELEIF. MICROSOFT CORPORATION SAYS THEY CAN GET THEIR NUMBERS BACK BY USING A RECOVERY TOOL ON T-MOBILE’S WEBSITE. RIGHT NOW THEY CAN ONLY GET CONTACTS BUT MICROSOFT IS WORKING ON RETRIEVING PICTURES, NOTES. TO-DO LISTS, AND OTHER DATA. THE SIDE KICK MELT DOWN HAPPENED ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.


A NEBRASKA ZOO HAS TWO NEW MEMBERS TO ADD TO THE FAMILY. IN EXCHANGE FOR A RED PANDA…RIVERSIDE ZOO IN SCOTTSBLUFF GOT TWO EURASIAN LYNX FROM BLACK PARK ZOO IN DES MOINES IOWA. THE LYNX ARE NINE YEAR OLD BROTHER AND SISTER SABRINA AND TOMAS. ACCORDING TO ZOO SUPERVISOR KELLY JENSEN..THE TWO LYNX SHOULD LIVE AT LEAST ANOTHER SIX YEARS. EURASION LYNX ARE THE BIGGEST LYNX SPECIES.


HURRICANE RICK IS ROLLING HIS WAY TOWARD THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND MEXICO. THE STORM HAS SLOWED DOWN A BIT BECAUSE OF COOLER WATERS AND HAS TONED DOWN FROM A CATEGORY FIVE STORM. HURRICANE RICK’S HIGH WAVES ARE BEING BLAMED FOR THE DEATH OF A FISHERMAN AND A SWIMMER BEFORE IT EVEN HIT LAND. SHELTERS HAVE BEEN SET UP IN LOS CABOS AND HOTELS HAVE CLEARED THE OUTDOOR FURNITURE. THEY HAVEN’T YET BEGUN TO BOARD WINDOWS OR SEND THEIR GUESTS TO SHELTERS.


ROUNDING OUT YOUR NEWS TODAY LETS TAKE A LOOK A CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS. TOM PETTY IS TURNING 59…. HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH DRUMMER JIM “SONI” SONEFELD IS TURNING 45….RAPPER SNOOP DOGG IS TURNING 38….AND ACTOR JOHN KRASINSKI…MAYBE BETTER KNOWN AS JIM FROM THE OFFICE.. IS TURNING 30.