A MANHATTAN WOMAN WHO IS CREDITED WITH HELPING SAVE THE CHEYENNE BOTTOMS WETLANDS HAS DIED. JAN GARTON DIED YESTERDAY AT 59. GARTON WORKED TO SAVE THE WETLANDS IN THE 1980S WHEN THEY WERE DRYING UP. HER LOBBYING GAVE THE CHEYENNE BOTTOMS A PRIORITY WATER RIGHT THAT IS STILL IN USE TODAY.
THE LAFENE HEALTH CENTER HAS RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF H1N1 INFLUENZA VACCINE. THE H1N1 CLINIC WILL BE ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12TH AT KANSAS STATE’S FORUM HALL FROM 1 ONE PM TO FOUR THIRTY PM. THE CLINIC IS OPEN TO K-STATE STUDENTS AGES 16-24 YEARS AND K-STATE STUDENTS 25-64 YEARS WHO HAVE ASTHMA, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, KIDNEY AND LIVER DISORDERS, EPILEPSY, CEREBRAL PALSY, AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSION. YOUR WILDCAT ID IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE CLINIC. THE VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH THE SHOT AND MIST FORMS. THERE WILL BE A $12 ADMISSION FEE CHARGE FOR THOSE ATTENDING AND CHECK AND CREDIT CARD WILL BE ACCEPTED.
A UNITED AIRLINES PILOT WAS CHARGED WITH HAVING TOO MUCH ALCOHOL IN HIS SYSTEM MONDAY. THE AMERICAN PILOT ERWIN WASHINGTON WAS ARRESTED IN LONDON’S HEATHROW AIRPORT BEFORE HIS FLIGHT WAS DUE TO LEAVE FOR CHICAGO. WASHINGTON IS THE THIRD U.S. PILOT IN 13 MONTHS TO BE OVER THE ALCOHOL LIMIT. BRITISH LAW FORBIDES PILOTS FROM DRINKING MORE THAN 20 MICROGRAMS OF ALCOHOL FOR 100 MILLILITERS OF BLOOD IN THEIR SYSTEM. WASHINGTON HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL AND WILL HAVE A FACE COURT DATE ON NOVEMBER 20TH. IF WASHINGTON IS CONVICTED HE WILL FACE UP TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON, A FINE OR BOTH.
A GERMAN MAN WHO STABBED AN EGYPTIAN WOMAN TO DEATH IN A GERMAN COURTROOM HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDER AND WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS. ALEXANDER WIENS, A 28 YEAR OLD RUSSIAN BORN GERMAN, ADMITTED TO KILLING MARWA AL-SHERBINI AT A JULY 1ST COURT HEARING. THE STABBING OCCURRED AT A HEARING OVER A COMPLAINT THAT AL –SHERBINI FILED AGAINST WIENS ACCUSING HIM OF INSULTING HER WITH ETHNIC SLURS.
ON NOVEMBER 11TH 1919 U.S. PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON PROCLAIMED THE DAY AN ARMISTICE DAY IN HONOR OF THE ENDING OF WORLD WAR ONE. TODAY NOVEMBER 11TH MARKS A DAY IN WHICH WE HONOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE LINE FO FIRE FOR OUR COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL MILITARY WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY IN WAR.
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