News 10-9-09

THE PHILANTHROPIC WORK OF KANSAS STATE’S CONTRACTORS GROUP IS GETTING NATIONAL RECOGNITION. THE GROUP WAS NAMED SECOND BEST BY THE ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS FOR THE MEMORIAL THEY BUILT TO THE VICTIMS OF THE 2008 CHAPMAN TORNADO. THEY WON 750-DOLLARS THAT THE GROUPS ADVISOR TOM LOGAN SAID WOULD HELP PAY FOR PROJECTS AND JOB SITE TOURS IN THE FUTURE. THE MEMORIAL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAPMAN AND WAS MADE WITH EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITION.

THE FORT RILEY SOLDIER FOUND DEAD ON POST WE TOLD YOU ABOUT YESTERDAY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. HE IS 28-YEAR OLD PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DALE TYLER. HE WAS FOUND AT HIS RESIDENCE IN THE COLYER MANOR NEIGHBORHOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIS CAUSE OF DEATH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THOSE SIRENS YOU HEAR EVERY NIGHT DRIVING THROUGH TOWN WILL HAVE A NEW RING TO THEM. RILEY COUNTY BOUGHT THREE NEW AMBULANCES. EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR RILEY COUNTY DIRECTOR LARRY COUCHMAN SAYS THEY USUALLY BUY ONE A YEAR BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN’T REPLACED ANY SINCE 2005 THEY BOUGHT THREE THIS YEAR. THE NEW AMBULANCES WILL HAVE ADDED SAFETY FEATURES LIKE AIRBAGS IN THE BACK. THEY WILL TRAIN ON THESE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND THEN PUT THEM INTO USE ON EMERGENCY CALLS.

POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN SUSPECTED IN A HOME INVASION IN TOPEKA LAST NIGHT. THE SUSPECTS KICKED OPEN THE BACK DOOR AND THEN THE VICTIM FIRED A GUN AT THEM. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE SUSPECTS WERE HIT. THERE’S NO DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF THE SUSPECTS BUT THE OTHER IS A HEAVY SET BACK MAN WHO’S SIZ FOOT FOUR INCHES AND 180-POUNDS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 234-0007.

NASA’S ROCKET STRIKE AT THE MOON WAS SUCCESSFUL. THEY CRASHED A ROCKET AND SATELLITE INTO THE MOON TO DECIDE WHETHER THERE IS ANY WATER ON THE MOON. THEY GOT ENOUGH DUST TO DETERMINE THIS. ACCORDING TO THE MISSION’S PROJECT MANAGER DAN ANDREWS IT WILL STILL BE AWHILE UNTIL WE KNOW IF THERE IS ACTUALLY WATER ON THE MOON.

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS THE NEWEST WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. THIS MAKES HIM THE FOURTH PRESIDENT TO WIN THE PRIZE…THIRD TO WIN IN OFFICE…AND FIRST TO GET IT DURING HIS FIRST YEAR. OBAMA’S AWARD IS DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF THE WINNERS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE GET IT FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE. OBAMA GOT HIS BECAUSE OF HIS VISIONS AND INSPIRING HOPE AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS PRESIDENCY. OTHER PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE WON ARE THEODORE ROOSEVELT…WOODROW WILSON… AND JIMMY CARTER.

DON’T FORGET 91.9’S ROCKTOBER CONCERT SERIES BEGINS TONIGHT AT THE KATHOUSE LOUNGE IN AGGIEVILLE. IT’S A 21 AND UP SHOW FEATURING STELLA LUCE (LOO-SHAY)… PHOTO ATLAS…THE EPILOGUES…AND THE AFTER PARTY. THERE ARE MORE SHOWS ALL THIS MONTH FEATURING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT BANDS. YOU CAN STOP BY THE KATHOUSE TONIGHT TO GET YOUR FILL OF SOME GREAT MUSIC BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE WILDCAT 91.9.