IN LOCAL NEWS…
MORE THAN TWELVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES. ONE THOUSAND OF THE DEGREES WITH BE BACHELORS DEGREES. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AND HUMAN ECOLOGY WILL KICK OFF COMMENCEMENT ON SATURDAY AT 9 IN THE MORNING. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING WILL SHUT COMMENCEMENT DOWN. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER….GRADUATION WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ONLINE AT WWW.KSTATE.EDU/GRADUATION.
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY…TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT CITY COMMISSIONERS WILL VOTE ON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD MAKE GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION A PROTECTED CLAUSE. RALLIES TOOK PLACE IN THE K-STATE STUDENT UNION LAST WEEK. THE VOTE WILL END MONTHS OF RESEARCH AND SPECULATION. AT THE END OF THE AUG. 24 MEETING WHEN COMMISSIONERS LAST DISCUSSED THE ORDINANCE, 3 OF THE 5 COMMISSIONERS APPEARED TO BE IN FAVOR OF THE NEW ORDINANCE.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL REPORTS…A PREGNANT WOMEN AND ANOTHER MAN WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER THEIR CAR WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE 470. KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL LT. HAROLD TILLMAN SAID THE VICTIMS 1988 GRAND MERCURY MARQUIS BLEW A TIRE. THIS CAUSED THE 28 YEAR OLD DRIVER TO OVERCORRECT. THE OVERCORRECTION CAUSED THE CAR TO SPIN ACROSS THE WESTBOUND LANES. THE DRIVER MIGUEL PANUCO AND HIS WIFE WERE TRANSPORTED TO STORMONT-VAIL REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER. PANUCO WAS LISTED IN HIS SERIOUS CONDITION. HIS WIFE WAS LISTED IN FAIR CONDITION.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL…IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL…THE TOPEKA POLICE DEPARTMENT VISITED 23 LOCAL BUSINESSES INCLUDING LIQUOR STORE, GROCERY STORES AND CONVENIENCE STORES AS UNDERAGE UNDERCOVER OFFICER. FIVE OF THE TWENTY THREE BUSINESSES SOLD TO THE OFFICER.
ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR…THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HAS REOPENED A SCIENCE BUILDING THAT WAS SHUT DOWN TO A STRONG CHEMICAL ODOR. OFFICIALS SEARCHED THE BUILDING BUT WHERE UNABLE TO FIND THE ORIGIN OF THE ODOR. ONE WORKER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER COMPLAINING OF DIZZINESS AND A HEADACHE. THE BUILDING WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
CARRIE UNDERWOOD WAS THE STAR OF THE NIGHT AT THE INAUGURAL AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS. THE FORMER AMERICAN IDOL CONTESTANT TOOK HOME SIX AWARDS INCLUDING ARTIST AND ALBUM OF THE YEAR. UNDERWOOD IS FRESH OFF OF HOSTING THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS. WINNERS WERE CHOSEN BY AN ONLINE VOTE. THE AWARDS SHOW AIRED LAST NIGHT ON FOX.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
11-30-10
In Local News…
According to the Manhattan Mercury…A 23-year old Manhattan women was found dead inside her home. Laura Rickstrew did not show up for work and her employer asked police to make a welfare check. No foul play is suspected and police believe Rickstrew died from medical complications.
The Manhattan Mercury Reports…Riley County Commissioners approved 135,000 dollars that will be used to pay for public works projects and the Riley County Police Department. 35 thousand of the 135 thousand will pay for the paving of the Riley County Law Enforcement Center.
In State News…
According to the Topeka Capital Journal…58 year old Robert Donald Clark who was convicted in 2009 by a jury for lewd fondling of two female relatives under the age of 14 was sentenced to life in prison. The fondling started when the girls were 9 and 11. The sexual assault took place over an 18 month period. District Attorney Chad Taylor says…This sentence all but guarantees that a dangerous sex offender will be permanently removed from our community. Clark will serve his life sentence at the Kansas Department of Corrections.
The Topeka Capital Journal Reports…A female arrived at the Osage County Sheriffs office around 5 p.m. and reported she had been shot and stabbed. Police later spotted a car matching the victim’s description. Deputies attempted to stop the golden mini-van, but there efforts were useless. The driver made his way from Osage County to Shawnee County. Deputies from both counties were involved in the chase that reached speeds in excess of 90 miles per hour. The driver of the golden mini-van eventually hit a pillar. This caused the mini-van to catch fire. Authorities pulled the man from the burning vehicle. The driver of the vehicle is dead. Authorities have not released his name. Nor have they released the name of the female victim. The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating the wreck.
Hallmark Cards will honored Wednesday for its help with childhood immunizations. In 1995…Hallmark began donating cards to state governors who would send the cards to new parents to remind them about childhood immunizations. The fifteen year program began in Missouri and Kansas and has expanded to 33 states. Hallmark will be honored at the Plaza Library among 6 other quote…heroes.
For more on the even you can head to In Local News…
According to the Manhattan Mercury…A 23-year old Manhattan women was found dead inside her home. Laura Rickstrew did not show up for work and her employer asked police to make a welfare check. No foul play is suspected and police believe Rickstrew died from medical complications.
The Manhattan Mercury Reports…Riley County Commissioners approved 135,000 dollars that will be used to pay for public works projects and the Riley County Police Department. 35 thousand of the 135 thousand will pay for the paving of the Riley County Law Enforcement Center.
In State News…
According to the Topeka Capital Journal…58 year old Robert Donald Clark who was convicted in 2009 by a jury for lewd fondling of two female relatives under the age of 14 was sentenced to life in prison. The fondling started when the girls were 9 and 11. The sexual assault took place over an 18 month period. District Attorney Chad Taylor says…This sentence all but guarantees that a dangerous sex offender will be permanently removed from our community. Clark will serve his life sentence at the Kansas Department of Corrections.
The Topeka Capital Journal Reports…A female arrived at the Osage County Sheriffs office around 5 p.m. and reported she had been shot and stabbed. Police later spotted a car matching the victim’s description. Deputies attempted to stop the golden mini-van, but there efforts were useless. The driver made his way from Osage County to Shawnee County. Deputies from both counties were involved in the chase that reached speeds in excess of 90 miles per hour. The driver of the golden mini-van eventually hit a pillar. This caused the mini-van to catch fire. Authorities pulled the man from the burning vehicle. The driver of the vehicle is dead. Authorities have not released his name. Nor have they released the name of the female victim. The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating the wreck.
Hallmark Cards will honored Wednesday for its help with childhood immunizations. In 1995…Hallmark began donating cards to state governors who would send the cards to new parents to remind them about childhood immunizations. The fifteen year program began in Missouri and Kansas and has expanded to 33 states. Hallmark will be honored at the Plaza Library among 6 other quote…heroes.
For more information you can click the following link: http://www.mchc.net/pdfs/MAIC%20Annual%20Immunization%20Awards.pdf
In Entertainment News…
According to the AP…Disney execs were less than thrilled with Johnny Depp’s portrayal of Captain Sparrow. Depp sat down for an interview in January’s Vanity Fair with rocker Patti Smith. In the interview…Depp says one Disney exec asked if the flamboyant Sparrow was gay. To which Depp responded all my characters are gay. Depp adds that this made her very nervous. Depp was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Captain Sparrow.
According to the Manhattan Mercury…A 23-year old Manhattan women was found dead inside her home. Laura Rickstrew did not show up for work and her employer asked police to make a welfare check. No foul play is suspected and police believe Rickstrew died from medical complications.
The Manhattan Mercury Reports…Riley County Commissioners approved 135,000 dollars that will be used to pay for public works projects and the Riley County Police Department. 35 thousand of the 135 thousand will pay for the paving of the Riley County Law Enforcement Center.
In State News…
According to the Topeka Capital Journal…58 year old Robert Donald Clark who was convicted in 2009 by a jury for lewd fondling of two female relatives under the age of 14 was sentenced to life in prison. The fondling started when the girls were 9 and 11. The sexual assault took place over an 18 month period. District Attorney Chad Taylor says…This sentence all but guarantees that a dangerous sex offender will be permanently removed from our community. Clark will serve his life sentence at the Kansas Department of Corrections.
The Topeka Capital Journal Reports…A female arrived at the Osage County Sheriffs office around 5 p.m. and reported she had been shot and stabbed. Police later spotted a car matching the victim’s description. Deputies attempted to stop the golden mini-van, but there efforts were useless. The driver made his way from Osage County to Shawnee County. Deputies from both counties were involved in the chase that reached speeds in excess of 90 miles per hour. The driver of the golden mini-van eventually hit a pillar. This caused the mini-van to catch fire. Authorities pulled the man from the burning vehicle. The driver of the vehicle is dead. Authorities have not released his name. Nor have they released the name of the female victim. The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating the wreck.
Hallmark Cards will honored Wednesday for its help with childhood immunizations. In 1995…Hallmark began donating cards to state governors who would send the cards to new parents to remind them about childhood immunizations. The fifteen year program began in Missouri and Kansas and has expanded to 33 states. Hallmark will be honored at the Plaza Library among 6 other quote…heroes.
For more on the even you can head to In Local News…
According to the Manhattan Mercury…A 23-year old Manhattan women was found dead inside her home. Laura Rickstrew did not show up for work and her employer asked police to make a welfare check. No foul play is suspected and police believe Rickstrew died from medical complications.
The Manhattan Mercury Reports…Riley County Commissioners approved 135,000 dollars that will be used to pay for public works projects and the Riley County Police Department. 35 thousand of the 135 thousand will pay for the paving of the Riley County Law Enforcement Center.
In State News…
According to the Topeka Capital Journal…58 year old Robert Donald Clark who was convicted in 2009 by a jury for lewd fondling of two female relatives under the age of 14 was sentenced to life in prison. The fondling started when the girls were 9 and 11. The sexual assault took place over an 18 month period. District Attorney Chad Taylor says…This sentence all but guarantees that a dangerous sex offender will be permanently removed from our community. Clark will serve his life sentence at the Kansas Department of Corrections.
The Topeka Capital Journal Reports…A female arrived at the Osage County Sheriffs office around 5 p.m. and reported she had been shot and stabbed. Police later spotted a car matching the victim’s description. Deputies attempted to stop the golden mini-van, but there efforts were useless. The driver made his way from Osage County to Shawnee County. Deputies from both counties were involved in the chase that reached speeds in excess of 90 miles per hour. The driver of the golden mini-van eventually hit a pillar. This caused the mini-van to catch fire. Authorities pulled the man from the burning vehicle. The driver of the vehicle is dead. Authorities have not released his name. Nor have they released the name of the female victim. The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating the wreck.
Hallmark Cards will honored Wednesday for its help with childhood immunizations. In 1995…Hallmark began donating cards to state governors who would send the cards to new parents to remind them about childhood immunizations. The fifteen year program began in Missouri and Kansas and has expanded to 33 states. Hallmark will be honored at the Plaza Library among 6 other quote…heroes.
For more information you can click the following link: http://www.mchc.net/pdfs/MAIC%20Annual%20Immunization%20Awards.pdf
In Entertainment News…
According to the AP…Disney execs were less than thrilled with Johnny Depp’s portrayal of Captain Sparrow. Depp sat down for an interview in January’s Vanity Fair with rocker Patti Smith. In the interview…Depp says one Disney exec asked if the flamboyant Sparrow was gay. To which Depp responded all my characters are gay. Depp adds that this made her very nervous. Depp was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Captain Sparrow.
Monday, November 29, 2010
11-29-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
THE MANHATTAN MERCURY RECENTLY LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS AND CITATIONS DUE TO ALCOHOL FROM SEPTEMBER SECOND TO NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIRST. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WERE THE TWO BIGGEST DAYS FOR ARRESTS AND CITATIONS. THOSE ARRESTS AND CITATIONS DOUBLED ON SATURDAY WHETHER THE FOOTBALL GAME WAS AWAY OR HOME. THE MERCURY DID FIND THAT THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS AND CITATIONS GIVEN DURING HOME FOOTBALL GAMES ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE NUMBERS FOR FAKE PATTY’S DAY OR COUNTRY STAMPEDE.
FORMER TWO-TIME GOVERNOR KATHLEEN SEBELIUS IS RETURNING HOME…WELL…AT LEAST TO HER HOME STATE. SEBeLIUS IS CURRENTLY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. SEBELIUS WILL DELIVER THE FIRST LANDON LECTURE TODAY.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS…94 PERCENT OF INCOMING UNIVERSITY KANSAS STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN A REQUIRED ALCOHOL EDUCATION CLASS. THE LAWRENCE-JOURNAL WORLD REPORTS….259 STUDENTS HAVE YET TO TAKE THE CLASS. IF STUDENTS DO NOT TAKE AND COMPLETE THE CLASS…THEIR ENROLLMENT WILL BE PUT ON HOLD. UNIVERSITY DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES CAROL SEAGER SAYS STUDENTS RECEIVE 4 EMAIL REMINDERS ABOUT ENROLLING FOR THE CLASS. THERE IS NO INDICATION ON WHETHER THE SECOND-YEAR CLASS HAS DETERRED UNDERAGE DRINKING. THE UNIVERSITY PLANS TO OFFER THE CLASS FOR AT LEAST TWO MORE YEARS.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL…THREE FRESHMAN GIRLS AT WASHBURN RURAL HIGH WERE HONORED BY GIRL SCOUT. MEGAN MANN, ALYSSA WHITE AND ELIZABETH PENTON EARNED THE SILVER AWARD, THE HIGHEST HONOR A CADETTE GIRL SCOUT CAN EARN. THE THREE GIRLS COMPILED OVER 120 HOURS IN SERVICE. THEY SPENT THEIR SERVICE HOURS BUILDING A RESTAURANT AND GROCERY STORE LEARNING STATION FOR THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
A SUNDAY FIRE AT AN OVERLAND PARK APARTMENT COMPLEX FORCED THE EVACUATION OF SEVERAL RESIDENTS. OVERLAND PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JASON RHODES SAID THE BLAZE WAS CAUSED BY A CIGARETTE. RHODES SAID THE CIGARETTE WAS FLICKED IN TO THE BUSHES WHICH RAN UP THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND IN TO THE ATTIC. THE FIRE TOOK MORE THAN AN HOUR TO BRING UNDER CONTROL. RHODES ENCOURAGED SMOKERS TO USE A DEEP ASHTRAY OF SAND OR WATER WHEN PUTTING THEIR CIGARETTES OUT.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO USA TODAY…ACTOR LESLIE NIELSEN DIED ON SUNDAY IN A FORT LAUDERDALE HOSPITAL. NIELSEN APPEARED IN MORE THAN 200 MOVIES, MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS ROLES IN FILM AIRPLANE AND NAKED GUN. ACCORDING TO THE STATE JOURNAL, THE CANADIAN ACTOR WAS NAMED AN HONORARY WEST VIRGINIAN IN 2002 BY THEN-GOVERNOR BOB WISE. NIELSEN MADE SEVERAL TRIPS BACK TO THE MOUNTAINEER STATE INCLUDING IN 2001 WHEN HE PROMOTED SEVERAL EDUCATIONAL GAMES FOR MICROSOFT. NIELSEN WAS 84.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSfkR8eT9s
-AP Video report on Nielsen's Death
THE MANHATTAN MERCURY RECENTLY LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS AND CITATIONS DUE TO ALCOHOL FROM SEPTEMBER SECOND TO NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIRST. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WERE THE TWO BIGGEST DAYS FOR ARRESTS AND CITATIONS. THOSE ARRESTS AND CITATIONS DOUBLED ON SATURDAY WHETHER THE FOOTBALL GAME WAS AWAY OR HOME. THE MERCURY DID FIND THAT THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS AND CITATIONS GIVEN DURING HOME FOOTBALL GAMES ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE NUMBERS FOR FAKE PATTY’S DAY OR COUNTRY STAMPEDE.
FORMER TWO-TIME GOVERNOR KATHLEEN SEBELIUS IS RETURNING HOME…WELL…AT LEAST TO HER HOME STATE. SEBeLIUS IS CURRENTLY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. SEBELIUS WILL DELIVER THE FIRST LANDON LECTURE TODAY.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS…94 PERCENT OF INCOMING UNIVERSITY KANSAS STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN A REQUIRED ALCOHOL EDUCATION CLASS. THE LAWRENCE-JOURNAL WORLD REPORTS….259 STUDENTS HAVE YET TO TAKE THE CLASS. IF STUDENTS DO NOT TAKE AND COMPLETE THE CLASS…THEIR ENROLLMENT WILL BE PUT ON HOLD. UNIVERSITY DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES CAROL SEAGER SAYS STUDENTS RECEIVE 4 EMAIL REMINDERS ABOUT ENROLLING FOR THE CLASS. THERE IS NO INDICATION ON WHETHER THE SECOND-YEAR CLASS HAS DETERRED UNDERAGE DRINKING. THE UNIVERSITY PLANS TO OFFER THE CLASS FOR AT LEAST TWO MORE YEARS.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL…THREE FRESHMAN GIRLS AT WASHBURN RURAL HIGH WERE HONORED BY GIRL SCOUT. MEGAN MANN, ALYSSA WHITE AND ELIZABETH PENTON EARNED THE SILVER AWARD, THE HIGHEST HONOR A CADETTE GIRL SCOUT CAN EARN. THE THREE GIRLS COMPILED OVER 120 HOURS IN SERVICE. THEY SPENT THEIR SERVICE HOURS BUILDING A RESTAURANT AND GROCERY STORE LEARNING STATION FOR THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
A SUNDAY FIRE AT AN OVERLAND PARK APARTMENT COMPLEX FORCED THE EVACUATION OF SEVERAL RESIDENTS. OVERLAND PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JASON RHODES SAID THE BLAZE WAS CAUSED BY A CIGARETTE. RHODES SAID THE CIGARETTE WAS FLICKED IN TO THE BUSHES WHICH RAN UP THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND IN TO THE ATTIC. THE FIRE TOOK MORE THAN AN HOUR TO BRING UNDER CONTROL. RHODES ENCOURAGED SMOKERS TO USE A DEEP ASHTRAY OF SAND OR WATER WHEN PUTTING THEIR CIGARETTES OUT.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO USA TODAY…ACTOR LESLIE NIELSEN DIED ON SUNDAY IN A FORT LAUDERDALE HOSPITAL. NIELSEN APPEARED IN MORE THAN 200 MOVIES, MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS ROLES IN FILM AIRPLANE AND NAKED GUN. ACCORDING TO THE STATE JOURNAL, THE CANADIAN ACTOR WAS NAMED AN HONORARY WEST VIRGINIAN IN 2002 BY THEN-GOVERNOR BOB WISE. NIELSEN MADE SEVERAL TRIPS BACK TO THE MOUNTAINEER STATE INCLUDING IN 2001 WHEN HE PROMOTED SEVERAL EDUCATIONAL GAMES FOR MICROSOFT. NIELSEN WAS 84.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSfkR8eT9s
-AP Video report on Nielsen's Death
Thursday, November 11, 2010
11-11-10
In Local News…
Senior Kevin Arpin from Randolph won a national engineering award. Arpin won a ten thousand dollar scholarship from the American Council of Engineering Companies. Arpin traveled to Puerto Rico to attend the companies fall conference. Arpin also received his award. Arpin credited K-state with his success. Arpin adds, "My winning this scholarship goes to show, yet again, that a K-State education stands shoulder-to-shoulder with those of nationally renowned universities”
A delegation from China’s Jilin University will be at Kansas State this Friday and will stay through the 21st. Program Coordinator for the Office of International Programs Kathleen Witcher adds that Jilin University is one of the best universities in china. The universities hope to become involved in a strategic partnership. Two Chinese art exhibits located at the International Grain Science and Industry Complex will mark the visit. Both exhibits are free and available to the public.
In State News..
According to the Topeka Capitol Journal…
A chubby man with blonde hair and bad teeth robbed a Sonic carhop last night. Police say the carhop was not injured and no weapon was shown during the robbery. At the time of the crime, the criminal was in a silver sport utility vehicle with tinted windows. If you have any information call the Topeka Crime Stoppers at 785 234 0007
The AP reports…a bank teller in Overland Park had quite the day yesterday. Police received a call from a US Bank teller that said he had been kidnapped in the parking lot of his apartment complex. The teller was then forced by the kidnapper to drive him to the bank. The teller was then forced to open the bank and was rob it. A co-worker found the teller tied to a chair around 7:30 yesterday morning. As of yesterday three people were taken in to custody but no charges were filed and no other details were released. The FBI has taken over the investigation. FBI Spokeswomen Bridget Patton said US Bank was offering a one hundred thousand dollar award if anyone had any information about the robber.
Shawnee Police put out a notice on a man who offered cookies to a 9 year old girl on Tuesday. Police say a man driving a silver car pulled up to ask the girl who was outside playing wanted any cookies and held up a bucket. The girl subsequently ran in to her apartment.
In Entertainment News….
88 year old Betty White has been made an honorary forest ranger. Don’t expect the actress to put out any fires though. White has dreamed of being a forest ranger since she was a little girl but women were not allowed to have the job. White was presented with a ranger’s stenson hat and a badge on Tuesday.
Senior Kevin Arpin from Randolph won a national engineering award. Arpin won a ten thousand dollar scholarship from the American Council of Engineering Companies. Arpin traveled to Puerto Rico to attend the companies fall conference. Arpin also received his award. Arpin credited K-state with his success. Arpin adds, "My winning this scholarship goes to show, yet again, that a K-State education stands shoulder-to-shoulder with those of nationally renowned universities”
A delegation from China’s Jilin University will be at Kansas State this Friday and will stay through the 21st. Program Coordinator for the Office of International Programs Kathleen Witcher adds that Jilin University is one of the best universities in china. The universities hope to become involved in a strategic partnership. Two Chinese art exhibits located at the International Grain Science and Industry Complex will mark the visit. Both exhibits are free and available to the public.
In State News..
According to the Topeka Capitol Journal…
A chubby man with blonde hair and bad teeth robbed a Sonic carhop last night. Police say the carhop was not injured and no weapon was shown during the robbery. At the time of the crime, the criminal was in a silver sport utility vehicle with tinted windows. If you have any information call the Topeka Crime Stoppers at 785 234 0007
The AP reports…a bank teller in Overland Park had quite the day yesterday. Police received a call from a US Bank teller that said he had been kidnapped in the parking lot of his apartment complex. The teller was then forced by the kidnapper to drive him to the bank. The teller was then forced to open the bank and was rob it. A co-worker found the teller tied to a chair around 7:30 yesterday morning. As of yesterday three people were taken in to custody but no charges were filed and no other details were released. The FBI has taken over the investigation. FBI Spokeswomen Bridget Patton said US Bank was offering a one hundred thousand dollar award if anyone had any information about the robber.
Shawnee Police put out a notice on a man who offered cookies to a 9 year old girl on Tuesday. Police say a man driving a silver car pulled up to ask the girl who was outside playing wanted any cookies and held up a bucket. The girl subsequently ran in to her apartment.
In Entertainment News….
88 year old Betty White has been made an honorary forest ranger. Don’t expect the actress to put out any fires though. White has dreamed of being a forest ranger since she was a little girl but women were not allowed to have the job. White was presented with a ranger’s stenson hat and a badge on Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
11-09-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ WILL LEAD A GROUP OF THREE KSTATE ADMINISTRATORS TO BASRA IRAQ. COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION MAJOR GENERAL VINCENT BROOKS WILL HOST THE FOUR ADMINISTRATORS. ONE OF THE GUESTS, DEAN OF HUMAN ECOLOGY VIRGINIA MOXLEY ADDS “WE’RE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW CONDITIONS SOLDIERS LIVE IN AND HOW THEY ACCESS ONLINE CLASSES”. SHE GOES ON TO SAY “BECAUSE OF THE WORK KSTATE AND THE COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY DO WITH SOLDIERS FAMILIES, THIS TRIP WILL HELP US DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT ARE EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL”. SCHULZ, MOXLEY AND THE TWO OTHER PARTICIPANTS WILL BE IRAQ THE REST OF THIS WEEK.
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY…FOUR KSTATE PROFESSORS RECEIVED A PATENT. THE PATENT SHOULD HELP DESTROY A PARASITE THAT CAUSES MILLIONS IN CROP DAMAGES ANNUALLY. THE INVENTION IS CALLED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR KILLING PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES.
IN STATE NEWS…
IT APPEARED THAT SHAWNEE MISSION WAS SET TO CLOSE ANTIOCH AND MISSION VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLS. NOT SO FAST…THE KC STAR REPORTS…SUPERINTENDENT GENE JOHNSON SAID THE CHANGES WERE MADE YESTERDAY. JOHNSON IS GOING TO APPROVE A COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE UPGRADES NEEDED FOR EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT PANEL’S REPORT WILL BE COMPLETED FEBRUARY SECOND. DEPENDING UPON THE PANEL’S FINDINGS…THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS STILL MIGHT CLOSE THEIR DOORS. MOODY ELEMENTARY WILL BE CLOSED FOLLOWING THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR.
105 POUNDS OF COCAINE WERE SEIZED FROM A PRIVATE PLANE. SALINA POLICE SAY THE SEIZURE OCCURRED AFTER THE PLANE LANDED TO REFUEL. THE COCAINE IS WORTH 2 MILLION DOLLARS…STREET VALUE AND HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. THE TWO PASSENGERS ON THE PLANE WERE NOT ARRESTED.
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS UPHELD A RULING TO BUILD A CONTROVERSIAL TRAFFICWAY IN LAWRENCE ACCORDING TO THE KC STAR. SEVEN GROUPS OPPOSED THE TRAFFICWAY BECAUSE THEY SAY IT WOULD DESTROY NEARLY 60 ACRES OF WETLANDS NEAR BAKER UNIVERSITY. THE PROPOSED FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY WOULD EXTEND THE SOUTH LAWRENCE TRAFFICWAY SEVEN MILES AND CONNECT IT TO KANSAS HIGHWAY 10.AS PART OF THE 188 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT…THE LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD SAYS…THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS IT WILL BUILD 300 ACRES OF NEW WETLANDS.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
EONLINE REPORTS…CHRIS ROCK WOKE UP TO FIND A TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR MASERATI IN HIS DRIVEWAY, ROCK THEN CALLED HIS OTHER GROWN UP CO-STARS AND FOUND OUT THAT ADAM SANDLER HAD BOUGHT KEVIN JAMES, ROB SCHNEIDER AND DAVID SPADE A MASERATI TOO. THE DAMAGE FOR SANDLER’S GENEROUS GIFT…AROUND 1 MILLION DOLLARS. ROCK ADDS THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD RECEIVED A GIFT FOR HIS WORK ON A FILM.
PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ WILL LEAD A GROUP OF THREE KSTATE ADMINISTRATORS TO BASRA IRAQ. COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION MAJOR GENERAL VINCENT BROOKS WILL HOST THE FOUR ADMINISTRATORS. ONE OF THE GUESTS, DEAN OF HUMAN ECOLOGY VIRGINIA MOXLEY ADDS “WE’RE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW CONDITIONS SOLDIERS LIVE IN AND HOW THEY ACCESS ONLINE CLASSES”. SHE GOES ON TO SAY “BECAUSE OF THE WORK KSTATE AND THE COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY DO WITH SOLDIERS FAMILIES, THIS TRIP WILL HELP US DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT ARE EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL”. SCHULZ, MOXLEY AND THE TWO OTHER PARTICIPANTS WILL BE IRAQ THE REST OF THIS WEEK.
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY…FOUR KSTATE PROFESSORS RECEIVED A PATENT. THE PATENT SHOULD HELP DESTROY A PARASITE THAT CAUSES MILLIONS IN CROP DAMAGES ANNUALLY. THE INVENTION IS CALLED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR KILLING PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES.
IN STATE NEWS…
IT APPEARED THAT SHAWNEE MISSION WAS SET TO CLOSE ANTIOCH AND MISSION VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLS. NOT SO FAST…THE KC STAR REPORTS…SUPERINTENDENT GENE JOHNSON SAID THE CHANGES WERE MADE YESTERDAY. JOHNSON IS GOING TO APPROVE A COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE UPGRADES NEEDED FOR EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT PANEL’S REPORT WILL BE COMPLETED FEBRUARY SECOND. DEPENDING UPON THE PANEL’S FINDINGS…THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS STILL MIGHT CLOSE THEIR DOORS. MOODY ELEMENTARY WILL BE CLOSED FOLLOWING THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR.
105 POUNDS OF COCAINE WERE SEIZED FROM A PRIVATE PLANE. SALINA POLICE SAY THE SEIZURE OCCURRED AFTER THE PLANE LANDED TO REFUEL. THE COCAINE IS WORTH 2 MILLION DOLLARS…STREET VALUE AND HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. THE TWO PASSENGERS ON THE PLANE WERE NOT ARRESTED.
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS UPHELD A RULING TO BUILD A CONTROVERSIAL TRAFFICWAY IN LAWRENCE ACCORDING TO THE KC STAR. SEVEN GROUPS OPPOSED THE TRAFFICWAY BECAUSE THEY SAY IT WOULD DESTROY NEARLY 60 ACRES OF WETLANDS NEAR BAKER UNIVERSITY. THE PROPOSED FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY WOULD EXTEND THE SOUTH LAWRENCE TRAFFICWAY SEVEN MILES AND CONNECT IT TO KANSAS HIGHWAY 10.AS PART OF THE 188 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT…THE LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD SAYS…THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS IT WILL BUILD 300 ACRES OF NEW WETLANDS.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
EONLINE REPORTS…CHRIS ROCK WOKE UP TO FIND A TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR MASERATI IN HIS DRIVEWAY, ROCK THEN CALLED HIS OTHER GROWN UP CO-STARS AND FOUND OUT THAT ADAM SANDLER HAD BOUGHT KEVIN JAMES, ROB SCHNEIDER AND DAVID SPADE A MASERATI TOO. THE DAMAGE FOR SANDLER’S GENEROUS GIFT…AROUND 1 MILLION DOLLARS. ROCK ADDS THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD RECEIVED A GIFT FOR HIS WORK ON A FILM.
Monday, November 8, 2010
11-08-10
In Local News…
The Manhattan Mercury Reports…Commissioner Bob Strawn says he will not run for re-election next April. Strawn’s seat is one of three seats up for grabs. The other two are occupied by Mayor Bruce Snead and Jayme Morris Hardeman. Snead and Hardeman have yet to indicate their intentions to run for re-election.
According to the KC Star….Kstate has picked the design to honor the nearly eighty five hundred kstate students who served in World War Two. The design will be unveiled at a ceremony on Wednesday. The sculpture is called Tags of Honor. The memorial will be built in the center of the circular drive in McCain. The due date for Tags of Honor is Memorial Day.
KSNT reports…24 year old Phil-ih-mon Ca-lay-ya is dead. Cal-lay-ya lost control of his vehicle while heading southbound on K-18. The vehicle flipped over multiple times. Cal-lay-ya was not wearing a seatbelt and was subsequently ejected from the vehicle. Passenger Xenon Cal-lay-ya was taken to Mercy Hospital with injuries.
In State News…
Topeka has its 13th homicide of the year and its victim is 36 year old Joanna Ahern. Police recently arrested Ernest Are-ce-no. Police discovered Ahern’s body at the Brookwood apartments last week. Police are still searching for a motive.
Seaman high school is heading to the big apple. 190 students boarded four large buses yesterday. The school’s band will be partaking in the Veteran’s Day Parade on Thursday. Band Director Cary Staley said the students will attend a Broadway show and visit other historical sites. Staley adds that the band makes an annual trip ever year. Last year the band competed in a national festival in Colorado.
In Entertainment News…
The Ap reports…Lindsey Lohan’s mother Dina Lohan said Lindsey’s recent stay in rehab was life-changing. Lindsey stayed at the world-renowned Betty Ford Clinic where she underwent treatment for her substance abuse problems. Dina said the clinic brought Lindsey’s problems to the surface. She adds that her daughter is completely different person.
The Manhattan Mercury Reports…Commissioner Bob Strawn says he will not run for re-election next April. Strawn’s seat is one of three seats up for grabs. The other two are occupied by Mayor Bruce Snead and Jayme Morris Hardeman. Snead and Hardeman have yet to indicate their intentions to run for re-election.
According to the KC Star….Kstate has picked the design to honor the nearly eighty five hundred kstate students who served in World War Two. The design will be unveiled at a ceremony on Wednesday. The sculpture is called Tags of Honor. The memorial will be built in the center of the circular drive in McCain. The due date for Tags of Honor is Memorial Day.
KSNT reports…24 year old Phil-ih-mon Ca-lay-ya is dead. Cal-lay-ya lost control of his vehicle while heading southbound on K-18. The vehicle flipped over multiple times. Cal-lay-ya was not wearing a seatbelt and was subsequently ejected from the vehicle. Passenger Xenon Cal-lay-ya was taken to Mercy Hospital with injuries.
In State News…
Topeka has its 13th homicide of the year and its victim is 36 year old Joanna Ahern. Police recently arrested Ernest Are-ce-no. Police discovered Ahern’s body at the Brookwood apartments last week. Police are still searching for a motive.
Seaman high school is heading to the big apple. 190 students boarded four large buses yesterday. The school’s band will be partaking in the Veteran’s Day Parade on Thursday. Band Director Cary Staley said the students will attend a Broadway show and visit other historical sites. Staley adds that the band makes an annual trip ever year. Last year the band competed in a national festival in Colorado.
In Entertainment News…
The Ap reports…Lindsey Lohan’s mother Dina Lohan said Lindsey’s recent stay in rehab was life-changing. Lindsey stayed at the world-renowned Betty Ford Clinic where she underwent treatment for her substance abuse problems. Dina said the clinic brought Lindsey’s problems to the surface. She adds that her daughter is completely different person.
Friday, November 5, 2010
11-05-10
In Local News...
If the Flint Hills Autism support network and Kansas State University Professor Susanne Siepl-Coates have their way local area children with austim may some day have a center of their own, the k-state collegian reports. Professor Siepl-Coates' students will continue working through may on a design for a so-called 'dream' building through may, when design selection will occur. From there, the process of fundraising and applying for grants will occur.
In State News...
The Topeka Capitol-Journal Reports...though the elections were only held on Tuesday, Governor-Elect Sam Brownback has already begun working the transition in to office. Brownback announced thursdat that he had selected a team of "eclectic" and "talented" individuals to aid in that process. These include two individuals currently employed by our own Kansas State University: Former House Speaker Kent Glasscock and Sue Peterson, Kstate's director of Governmental Relations.
Tragedy struck Brown County Wednesday, the Topeka Capitol-Journal Reports...two year old preston atlas was killed in a two-car accident which took place at 4:55 pm at the intersection of US-36 and coyote road. The Kansas Highway Patrol Reports that the fatality is linked to an improper safety restraint. Also is injured was 23-year-old Emily Wichman, of Hiawatha . 27-year-old Rebecca Woody may have also sustained injuries.
In National News....
The New York Times Reports...This month's unemployment rates sit at 9.6 percent, despite the creation of one hundred and fifty one thousand new jobs. Chief Economist at R.D.Q. Economics John Ryding says that could indicate a pickup in growth could occur as early as this year's fourth quarter. This comes as welcome news to the estimated fifteen million unemployed Americans.
USA Today Reports...Increasingly cash-strapped states may look to advertising to supplement their budgets in the most unlikely of places: license plates. Bills are being introduced in numerous states that would allow companies to advertise on license plates...allowing them to reach out even in the densest gridlock while sates would find a new source of supplementary funding. Opposition to these Bills, however is not uncommon. A bill in Florida failed to pass through the preliminary conference committee and was derided by Florida state senator Mike Fasano as 'ridiculous'.
If the Flint Hills Autism support network and Kansas State University Professor Susanne Siepl-Coates have their way local area children with austim may some day have a center of their own, the k-state collegian reports. Professor Siepl-Coates' students will continue working through may on a design for a so-called 'dream' building through may, when design selection will occur. From there, the process of fundraising and applying for grants will occur.
In State News...
The Topeka Capitol-Journal Reports...though the elections were only held on Tuesday, Governor-Elect Sam Brownback has already begun working the transition in to office. Brownback announced thursdat that he had selected a team of "eclectic" and "talented" individuals to aid in that process. These include two individuals currently employed by our own Kansas State University: Former House Speaker Kent Glasscock and Sue Peterson, Kstate's director of Governmental Relations.
Tragedy struck Brown County Wednesday, the Topeka Capitol-Journal Reports...two year old preston atlas was killed in a two-car accident which took place at 4:55 pm at the intersection of US-36 and coyote road. The Kansas Highway Patrol Reports that the fatality is linked to an improper safety restraint. Also is injured was 23-year-old Emily Wichman, of Hiawatha . 27-year-old Rebecca Woody may have also sustained injuries.
In National News....
The New York Times Reports...This month's unemployment rates sit at 9.6 percent, despite the creation of one hundred and fifty one thousand new jobs. Chief Economist at R.D.Q. Economics John Ryding says that could indicate a pickup in growth could occur as early as this year's fourth quarter. This comes as welcome news to the estimated fifteen million unemployed Americans.
USA Today Reports...Increasingly cash-strapped states may look to advertising to supplement their budgets in the most unlikely of places: license plates. Bills are being introduced in numerous states that would allow companies to advertise on license plates...allowing them to reach out even in the densest gridlock while sates would find a new source of supplementary funding. Opposition to these Bills, however is not uncommon. A bill in Florida failed to pass through the preliminary conference committee and was derided by Florida state senator Mike Fasano as 'ridiculous'.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
11-04-10
Today's News From Kansas State University
Courtesy of Kansas State Media Release...
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED TO PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR TO STUDY IN KYRGYZSTAN
MANHATTAN -- Jon Mahoney, Kansas State University associate professor of philosophy, has received a Fulbright Scholarship, and will head to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in January to begin six months of travel, teaching and research.
"International travel, especially to non-Western countries, is a huge benefit for both teaching and research," Mahoney said. "This is especially true for political philosophers like myself who try to discover objective principles of justice. It is also just plain fun to travel."
Mahoney will be working at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek. His research will focus on democratic equality, with an emphasis on religion and politics.
Kyrgyzstan is in Central Asia and is a former Soviet Republic. Following political and ethnic violence last summer, Kyrgyz voters approved the creation of a parliamentary government. The first elections under the new system took place Oct. 10.
"I am especially excited to spend a semester in Kyrgyzstan in light of current events," he said. "This will be helpful for my research and my well-being. I have never been to Kyrgyzstan, but I have taught abroad in the past. One thing that is unique about teaching abroad is that I learn a lot from students and colleagues whose backgrounds differ from my K-State students and colleagues."
Marcelo Sabates, head of the philosophy department, said Mahoney's achievement enriches the philosophy department's distinguished record in terms of fellowships, which includes, among others, a British Council Scholar, an Agence National de la Recherche Fellow and two Humboldt Scholars.
"Jon's participation in this program will not only have a tremendous impact on his research but will also enhance the experience of his students at K-State, as well as provide new perspectives for his colleagues in the philosophy department," Sabates said.
Mahoney said he is also looking forward to traveling around the region during his time in Central Asia.
"I look forward to hiking the mountains of Central Asia, eating new kinds of food and learning to speak some Russian and Kyrgyz," he said.
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DESIGN FOR UNIVERSITY'S NEW WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL TO BE UNVEILED NOV. 10
MANHATTAN -- After eight years of planning, the design for Kansas State University's World War II Memorial has been chosen.
The design will be unveiled in a ceremony at the eventual site of the memorial, in the center of the circular drive in front of McCain Auditorium, at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10. The ceremony is open to the public.
The memorial design, "Tags of Honor," was created by Tim Chapman, president and CEO of the Fort Hays State University Foundation and a former employee of the KSU Foundation.
"When asked to design a piece that would be symbolic of the branches of the military and represent the men and women who served, images of other wonderful memorials came to mind," Chapman said. "But the committee wanted something unique, something worldly."
Chapman's design encompassed what the K-State World War II Memorial committee was seeking. The memorial will consist of a large pair of dog tags sitting on a pentagonal-shaped base. The design of the tags is historically accurate for World War II.
Surrounding the piece will be three bronze plaques designed by Dan Hunt, sculpture professor at K-State. The plaques will represent the military services by air, by land and by sea.
"Numerous concepts and proposals for the memorial have been considered by the committee since 2002," said Art DeGroat, K-State's director of military affairs. "A significant effort was made to ensure the most acceptable and appropriate memorial was selected to honor the more than 8,500 K-State students who served in World War II. Tim Chapman's design was considered by the committee to be nontraditional, but it made the most compelling impression upon us all.
"I showed this design to current military veteran students and our ROTC cadets for their impression, and they had an overwhelming positive reaction. The 'Tags of Honor' had an enduring appeal to our current generation of military students, while deeply honoring the service and sacrifice of the World War II veterans."
The sculpture will be placed upon sacred soil -- actual soil from the final resting places of K-State World War II veterans.
"We gathered soil from every state veterans' cemetery in Kansas, Arlington National Cemetery and some private family plots," DeGroat said. "With full military honors, performed by our Army and Air Force ROTC cadets, we committed these soils to the ground at the epicenter of the site where the 'Tags of Honor' will rest. A plaque highlighting this feature will be placed upon the memorial.
"The World War II Memorial is an enduring symbol of K-State's commitment, as an institution of higher education, to supporting the men and woman that serve in our nation's military," he said.
The ceremony will conclude with the playing of taps, the traditional bugle call often played at military funerals.
"The World War II Memorial honors the sacrifice and service of many K-State students and faculty," said Fred Cholick, president and CEO of the KSU Foundation. "The sculpture will recognize all branches of the armed forces and create a moving centerpiece for the memorial. We are very grateful to the alumni and friends whose contributions helped build the memorial. It will provide current and future generations of K-Staters with a place for reflection and pride in the sacrifices of those who went before them."
The memorial will be completed in May. A dedication ceremony is planned for Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2011.
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VETERINARY GRADUATE RECEIVES SPECIAL FEDERAL LOAN WAIVER AWARD
MANHATTAN -- Scott Morey, who earned his doctor of veterinary medicine degree from Kansas State University in May 2010, is one of five recent veterinary medicine graduates chosen to have $100,000 in federal loans waived.
Morey was selected from more than 100 graduating veterinary medicine doctoral students across the nation who are now practicing in food animal medicine. The recipients were chosen by the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation through a program to combat the growing shortage of food animal veterinarians.
"It's an awesome feeling to have more than half of my student loans waived," Morey said. "My repayments were going to take about 30 years, and now it'll be about half that, and it will also cut the interest. I'm very excited about this."
According to Larry Kornegay, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the average debt for new veterinary school graduates is more than $130,000.
"This school loan forgiveness program will help support veterinarians who want to pursue a career in food animal medicine," he said.
The program, called the AVMA/AVMF Food Animal Veterinarian Recruitment and Retention Program, is targeted to those new graduates who are able to commit to working in food animal medicine for four years in an area that's experiencing a shortage of veterinary care.
After graduating Morey joined the Tallgrass Veterinary Hospital in Concordia as one of its two veterinarians. The hospital is a mixed animal practice, although its major focus is on large animals like beef cows and calves.
Morey, who also completed a master's degree in dairy nutrition from K-State over the summer, credits Barry Bradford and the rest of the faculty in K-State's department of animal sciences and industry for being essential in the nomination process. Bradford, assistant professor of dairy cattle nutrition, was Morey's major professor and wrote a letter of recommendation to the selection committee.
"I actually picked K-State over a couple of other schools because they have a better vet med program. I wanted to get a good education, especially in working with large animals," Morey said. "K-State gave me the means and opportunity to excel in many areas of food animal medicine."
Courtesy of Kansas State Media Release...
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED TO PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR TO STUDY IN KYRGYZSTAN
MANHATTAN -- Jon Mahoney, Kansas State University associate professor of philosophy, has received a Fulbright Scholarship, and will head to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in January to begin six months of travel, teaching and research.
"International travel, especially to non-Western countries, is a huge benefit for both teaching and research," Mahoney said. "This is especially true for political philosophers like myself who try to discover objective principles of justice. It is also just plain fun to travel."
Mahoney will be working at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek. His research will focus on democratic equality, with an emphasis on religion and politics.
Kyrgyzstan is in Central Asia and is a former Soviet Republic. Following political and ethnic violence last summer, Kyrgyz voters approved the creation of a parliamentary government. The first elections under the new system took place Oct. 10.
"I am especially excited to spend a semester in Kyrgyzstan in light of current events," he said. "This will be helpful for my research and my well-being. I have never been to Kyrgyzstan, but I have taught abroad in the past. One thing that is unique about teaching abroad is that I learn a lot from students and colleagues whose backgrounds differ from my K-State students and colleagues."
Marcelo Sabates, head of the philosophy department, said Mahoney's achievement enriches the philosophy department's distinguished record in terms of fellowships, which includes, among others, a British Council Scholar, an Agence National de la Recherche Fellow and two Humboldt Scholars.
"Jon's participation in this program will not only have a tremendous impact on his research but will also enhance the experience of his students at K-State, as well as provide new perspectives for his colleagues in the philosophy department," Sabates said.
Mahoney said he is also looking forward to traveling around the region during his time in Central Asia.
"I look forward to hiking the mountains of Central Asia, eating new kinds of food and learning to speak some Russian and Kyrgyz," he said.
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DESIGN FOR UNIVERSITY'S NEW WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL TO BE UNVEILED NOV. 10
MANHATTAN -- After eight years of planning, the design for Kansas State University's World War II Memorial has been chosen.
The design will be unveiled in a ceremony at the eventual site of the memorial, in the center of the circular drive in front of McCain Auditorium, at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10. The ceremony is open to the public.
The memorial design, "Tags of Honor," was created by Tim Chapman, president and CEO of the Fort Hays State University Foundation and a former employee of the KSU Foundation.
"When asked to design a piece that would be symbolic of the branches of the military and represent the men and women who served, images of other wonderful memorials came to mind," Chapman said. "But the committee wanted something unique, something worldly."
Chapman's design encompassed what the K-State World War II Memorial committee was seeking. The memorial will consist of a large pair of dog tags sitting on a pentagonal-shaped base. The design of the tags is historically accurate for World War II.
Surrounding the piece will be three bronze plaques designed by Dan Hunt, sculpture professor at K-State. The plaques will represent the military services by air, by land and by sea.
"Numerous concepts and proposals for the memorial have been considered by the committee since 2002," said Art DeGroat, K-State's director of military affairs. "A significant effort was made to ensure the most acceptable and appropriate memorial was selected to honor the more than 8,500 K-State students who served in World War II. Tim Chapman's design was considered by the committee to be nontraditional, but it made the most compelling impression upon us all.
"I showed this design to current military veteran students and our ROTC cadets for their impression, and they had an overwhelming positive reaction. The 'Tags of Honor' had an enduring appeal to our current generation of military students, while deeply honoring the service and sacrifice of the World War II veterans."
The sculpture will be placed upon sacred soil -- actual soil from the final resting places of K-State World War II veterans.
"We gathered soil from every state veterans' cemetery in Kansas, Arlington National Cemetery and some private family plots," DeGroat said. "With full military honors, performed by our Army and Air Force ROTC cadets, we committed these soils to the ground at the epicenter of the site where the 'Tags of Honor' will rest. A plaque highlighting this feature will be placed upon the memorial.
"The World War II Memorial is an enduring symbol of K-State's commitment, as an institution of higher education, to supporting the men and woman that serve in our nation's military," he said.
The ceremony will conclude with the playing of taps, the traditional bugle call often played at military funerals.
"The World War II Memorial honors the sacrifice and service of many K-State students and faculty," said Fred Cholick, president and CEO of the KSU Foundation. "The sculpture will recognize all branches of the armed forces and create a moving centerpiece for the memorial. We are very grateful to the alumni and friends whose contributions helped build the memorial. It will provide current and future generations of K-Staters with a place for reflection and pride in the sacrifices of those who went before them."
The memorial will be completed in May. A dedication ceremony is planned for Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2011.
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VETERINARY GRADUATE RECEIVES SPECIAL FEDERAL LOAN WAIVER AWARD
MANHATTAN -- Scott Morey, who earned his doctor of veterinary medicine degree from Kansas State University in May 2010, is one of five recent veterinary medicine graduates chosen to have $100,000 in federal loans waived.
Morey was selected from more than 100 graduating veterinary medicine doctoral students across the nation who are now practicing in food animal medicine. The recipients were chosen by the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation through a program to combat the growing shortage of food animal veterinarians.
"It's an awesome feeling to have more than half of my student loans waived," Morey said. "My repayments were going to take about 30 years, and now it'll be about half that, and it will also cut the interest. I'm very excited about this."
According to Larry Kornegay, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the average debt for new veterinary school graduates is more than $130,000.
"This school loan forgiveness program will help support veterinarians who want to pursue a career in food animal medicine," he said.
The program, called the AVMA/AVMF Food Animal Veterinarian Recruitment and Retention Program, is targeted to those new graduates who are able to commit to working in food animal medicine for four years in an area that's experiencing a shortage of veterinary care.
After graduating Morey joined the Tallgrass Veterinary Hospital in Concordia as one of its two veterinarians. The hospital is a mixed animal practice, although its major focus is on large animals like beef cows and calves.
Morey, who also completed a master's degree in dairy nutrition from K-State over the summer, credits Barry Bradford and the rest of the faculty in K-State's department of animal sciences and industry for being essential in the nomination process. Bradford, assistant professor of dairy cattle nutrition, was Morey's major professor and wrote a letter of recommendation to the selection committee.
"I actually picked K-State over a couple of other schools because they have a better vet med program. I wanted to get a good education, especially in working with large animals," Morey said. "K-State gave me the means and opportunity to excel in many areas of food animal medicine."
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
11-02-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
THE LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD REPORTS…PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ IS URGING COOPERATION BETWEEN KANSAS STATE AND KANSAS UNIVERSITY. SCHULZ URGED COOPERATION ESPECIALLY AMONG K-STATES NATIONAL BIO AGRO-DEFENSE FACILITY AND KU’S NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. THIS PRESENTATION WAS ALL APART OF SCHULZ’S VISIT TO LAWRENCE ROTARIANS YESTERDAY.
STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPTIOL JOURNAL REPORTS…A 51 YEAR OLD MAN WHO IS WANTED IN 3 OTHER STATES NOW SITS IN A SHAWNEE COUNTY JAIL. CAREY BRESHERS WAS ARRESTED ON SUNDAY AFTER POLICE RESPONDED TO AN ARMED ROBBERY AT A BP STATION. BRESHERS IS WANTED IN OKLAHOMA IN CONNECTION WITH AN OCTOBER 16TH ROBBERY IN OKLAHOMA CITY. 5 DAYS LATER BRESHERS KIDNAPPED A WOMAN AND FORCED HER TO COMMIT ROBBERIES WITH HIM. THE WOMAN CLAIMS BRESHERS ALSO RAPED HER. BRESHERS DID NOT STOP THERE. HE KIDNAPPED TWO WOMEN IN O’FALLON ILLINOIS AND ASKED THEM TO CASH CHECKS FOR HIM.
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS…A SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A JOHNSON COUNTY FIELD. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED IN THE LANDING. HE WAS FLYING IN BETWEEN THE JOHNSON COUNTY AND GARDNER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THEIR INVESTIGATION SOMETIME LATER TODAY.
THE KC STAR REPORTS…THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY SAYS THAT IF AN ATHLETE IS INJURED HE SHOULD BE CHECKED OUT BY NEUROLOGIST OR A PHYSICIAN SPECIALLY TRAINED IN THE AREA OF BRAIN TRAUMA BEFORE RETURNING TO ACTION. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ON THE HEELS OF THE DEATH OF SPRING HILL SENIOR NATHAN STILES. STILES SUFFERED A CONCUSSION NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO BUT WAS CLEARED TO PLAY IN LAST THURSDAY’S GAME. STILES COLLAPSED ON THE SIDELINES AND DIED IN THE HOSPITAL. THE LAST RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ACADEMY IS FOR EVERY PRACTICE OR GAME TO HAVE A CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER ON HAND. THE KANSAS HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION LOOKS TO ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE HEALTH OF ITS ATHLETES.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
18 YEAR OLD DISNEY STAR DEMI LOVATO HAS ENDED HER TOUR AND HAS DECIDED TO ENTER A TREATMENT CENTER. THE SINGER AND SONNY WITH A CHANCE STAR CHECKED HERSELF IN FOR WHAT SHE CALLS EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL ISSUES. A PERSON WITH TIES TO LOVATO SAID SHE HAD BEEN BATTLING WITH AN EATING DISORDER AND CUTTING HERSELF. ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE, THIS IS NOT LOVATO’S FIRST ISSUES WITH THESE PROBLEMS. A STATEMENT RELEASED BY LOVATO’S REPS ASK FOR THE MEDIA TO RESPECT THE PRIVACY OF LOVATO AND HER FAMILY DURING THIS TOUGH TIME.
THE LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD REPORTS…PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ IS URGING COOPERATION BETWEEN KANSAS STATE AND KANSAS UNIVERSITY. SCHULZ URGED COOPERATION ESPECIALLY AMONG K-STATES NATIONAL BIO AGRO-DEFENSE FACILITY AND KU’S NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. THIS PRESENTATION WAS ALL APART OF SCHULZ’S VISIT TO LAWRENCE ROTARIANS YESTERDAY.
STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPTIOL JOURNAL REPORTS…A 51 YEAR OLD MAN WHO IS WANTED IN 3 OTHER STATES NOW SITS IN A SHAWNEE COUNTY JAIL. CAREY BRESHERS WAS ARRESTED ON SUNDAY AFTER POLICE RESPONDED TO AN ARMED ROBBERY AT A BP STATION. BRESHERS IS WANTED IN OKLAHOMA IN CONNECTION WITH AN OCTOBER 16TH ROBBERY IN OKLAHOMA CITY. 5 DAYS LATER BRESHERS KIDNAPPED A WOMAN AND FORCED HER TO COMMIT ROBBERIES WITH HIM. THE WOMAN CLAIMS BRESHERS ALSO RAPED HER. BRESHERS DID NOT STOP THERE. HE KIDNAPPED TWO WOMEN IN O’FALLON ILLINOIS AND ASKED THEM TO CASH CHECKS FOR HIM.
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS…A SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A JOHNSON COUNTY FIELD. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED IN THE LANDING. HE WAS FLYING IN BETWEEN THE JOHNSON COUNTY AND GARDNER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THEIR INVESTIGATION SOMETIME LATER TODAY.
THE KC STAR REPORTS…THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY SAYS THAT IF AN ATHLETE IS INJURED HE SHOULD BE CHECKED OUT BY NEUROLOGIST OR A PHYSICIAN SPECIALLY TRAINED IN THE AREA OF BRAIN TRAUMA BEFORE RETURNING TO ACTION. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ON THE HEELS OF THE DEATH OF SPRING HILL SENIOR NATHAN STILES. STILES SUFFERED A CONCUSSION NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO BUT WAS CLEARED TO PLAY IN LAST THURSDAY’S GAME. STILES COLLAPSED ON THE SIDELINES AND DIED IN THE HOSPITAL. THE LAST RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ACADEMY IS FOR EVERY PRACTICE OR GAME TO HAVE A CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER ON HAND. THE KANSAS HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION LOOKS TO ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE HEALTH OF ITS ATHLETES.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
18 YEAR OLD DISNEY STAR DEMI LOVATO HAS ENDED HER TOUR AND HAS DECIDED TO ENTER A TREATMENT CENTER. THE SINGER AND SONNY WITH A CHANCE STAR CHECKED HERSELF IN FOR WHAT SHE CALLS EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL ISSUES. A PERSON WITH TIES TO LOVATO SAID SHE HAD BEEN BATTLING WITH AN EATING DISORDER AND CUTTING HERSELF. ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE, THIS IS NOT LOVATO’S FIRST ISSUES WITH THESE PROBLEMS. A STATEMENT RELEASED BY LOVATO’S REPS ASK FOR THE MEDIA TO RESPECT THE PRIVACY OF LOVATO AND HER FAMILY DURING THIS TOUGH TIME.
Monday, November 1, 2010
11-01-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
A MANHATTAN WOMEN WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER EFFORTS AS AN EDUCATOR. THE MANHATTAN MERCURY REPORTS…ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT JUNCTION CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ANGELA MESSER WON THE KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.
MAKE SURE YOU DON’T LET YOUR HALLOWEEN CANDY GO STALE. KSTATE PROFESSOR KAREN BLAKELEE SAID CANDY’S SHELF LIFE CAN BE AS LITTLE AS TWO WEEKS OR AS LONG AS A YEAR. BLAKESLEE WARNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED SALMONELLA FROM CHOCOLATE. SHE ADDS THAT THE SOFTER THE CANDY THE SHORTER THE SHELF LIFE. IF YOU THINK CANDY IS BAD….JUST THROW IT AWAY.
IN STATE NEWS…
35 YEAR OLD ROSS CLARK OF ALTA VISTA DIED ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS CLARK WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON K-177 WHEN CLARK ENTERED A WEST DITCH. CLARK OVERCORRECTED AND HIT THE EAST DITCH TOSSING HIS CAR UP IN THE AIR. THE PICKUP LANDED ON TOP. CLARK THEN DIED AT THE STORMONT-VAIL HOSPITAL IN TOPEKA.
AN EMPORIA WOMEN WHO LEFT A BABY IN A DUMPSTER…30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR AFTER BEING BORN…IS JAILED IN THE LYON COUNTY JAIL. THE WOMAN CHRSTINA NICOLE DEVINE ACCORDING TO POLICE DOCUMENTS KNEW SHE WAS PREGNANT ONE MONTH BEFORE GIVING BIRTH. DEVINE APPARENTLY FELL ASLEEP AND BLACKED OUT IN HER EMPORIA APARTMENT. WHEN DEVINE AWOKE THE BATHTUB WAS FULL OF BLOOD AND HER STOMACH WAS FLAT. DEVINE’S BOND IS SET AT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
KMBC REPORTS…SENIOR FOOTBALL PLAYER AT SPRING HILL NATHAN STILES DIED AFTER COLLAPSING ON THE SIDELINES. STILES WAS AIRLIFTED BY AN AMBULANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER. THE EFFORT WAS TO NO AVAIL AS STILES DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. STILES SUFFERED A CONCUSSION EARLIER IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. STILES FATHER SAID HIS SON WAS CLEARED TO PLAY AND THERE WERE NOT ANY MALICIOUS HITS DURING THE GAME. HE ADDS THAT HE HAS NO IDEA WHY HIS SON DIED.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS….
FOUR DAYS FROM BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL, LIL WAYNE HAS THE NUMBER ONE ALBUM AND TWO SINGLES ON THE CHARTS. LIL WAYNE’S I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING MAKES HIM THE FIRST ARTIST IN 15 YEARS TO HAVE THE TOP SELLING ALBUM WHILE SERVING A SENTENCE. DURING HIS STAY WAYNE WROTE ON A BLOG WHERE HE UPDATED HIS FANS ON HIS DAY TO DAY DUTIES. WAYNE HAS SPEND THE LAST MONTH OF HIS SENTENCE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AFTER A CHARGER FOR A MUSIC PLAYER AND HEADPHONES WERE DISCOVERED.
A MANHATTAN WOMEN WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER EFFORTS AS AN EDUCATOR. THE MANHATTAN MERCURY REPORTS…ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT JUNCTION CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ANGELA MESSER WON THE KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.
MAKE SURE YOU DON’T LET YOUR HALLOWEEN CANDY GO STALE. KSTATE PROFESSOR KAREN BLAKELEE SAID CANDY’S SHELF LIFE CAN BE AS LITTLE AS TWO WEEKS OR AS LONG AS A YEAR. BLAKESLEE WARNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED SALMONELLA FROM CHOCOLATE. SHE ADDS THAT THE SOFTER THE CANDY THE SHORTER THE SHELF LIFE. IF YOU THINK CANDY IS BAD….JUST THROW IT AWAY.
IN STATE NEWS…
35 YEAR OLD ROSS CLARK OF ALTA VISTA DIED ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS CLARK WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON K-177 WHEN CLARK ENTERED A WEST DITCH. CLARK OVERCORRECTED AND HIT THE EAST DITCH TOSSING HIS CAR UP IN THE AIR. THE PICKUP LANDED ON TOP. CLARK THEN DIED AT THE STORMONT-VAIL HOSPITAL IN TOPEKA.
AN EMPORIA WOMEN WHO LEFT A BABY IN A DUMPSTER…30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR AFTER BEING BORN…IS JAILED IN THE LYON COUNTY JAIL. THE WOMAN CHRSTINA NICOLE DEVINE ACCORDING TO POLICE DOCUMENTS KNEW SHE WAS PREGNANT ONE MONTH BEFORE GIVING BIRTH. DEVINE APPARENTLY FELL ASLEEP AND BLACKED OUT IN HER EMPORIA APARTMENT. WHEN DEVINE AWOKE THE BATHTUB WAS FULL OF BLOOD AND HER STOMACH WAS FLAT. DEVINE’S BOND IS SET AT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
KMBC REPORTS…SENIOR FOOTBALL PLAYER AT SPRING HILL NATHAN STILES DIED AFTER COLLAPSING ON THE SIDELINES. STILES WAS AIRLIFTED BY AN AMBULANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER. THE EFFORT WAS TO NO AVAIL AS STILES DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. STILES SUFFERED A CONCUSSION EARLIER IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. STILES FATHER SAID HIS SON WAS CLEARED TO PLAY AND THERE WERE NOT ANY MALICIOUS HITS DURING THE GAME. HE ADDS THAT HE HAS NO IDEA WHY HIS SON DIED.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS….
FOUR DAYS FROM BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL, LIL WAYNE HAS THE NUMBER ONE ALBUM AND TWO SINGLES ON THE CHARTS. LIL WAYNE’S I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING MAKES HIM THE FIRST ARTIST IN 15 YEARS TO HAVE THE TOP SELLING ALBUM WHILE SERVING A SENTENCE. DURING HIS STAY WAYNE WROTE ON A BLOG WHERE HE UPDATED HIS FANS ON HIS DAY TO DAY DUTIES. WAYNE HAS SPEND THE LAST MONTH OF HIS SENTENCE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AFTER A CHARGER FOR A MUSIC PLAYER AND HEADPHONES WERE DISCOVERED.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
10-30-10
Today's News from K-state
Randi and Patty Berney announced a 5 million dollar commitment to Kansas State University. The donation will name the athletic field adjacent to the Memorial Stadium welcome center the Berney Athletic Field and the pre-function reception lobby in the basketball training facility as the Berney Family Reception Center. The Berneys have contributed to Kansas State for nearly 30 years. The couple will be honored on the field of today's football game.
For more information visit ksu.edu.
Information gathered from Kstate's media release.
Randi and Patty Berney announced a 5 million dollar commitment to Kansas State University. The donation will name the athletic field adjacent to the Memorial Stadium welcome center the Berney Athletic Field and the pre-function reception lobby in the basketball training facility as the Berney Family Reception Center. The Berneys have contributed to Kansas State for nearly 30 years. The couple will be honored on the field of today's football game.
For more information visit ksu.edu.
Information gathered from Kstate's media release.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
10-26-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND EPIDEMOLOGIST (EH-PI-DEE-ME-AH-LO-GIST) H. MORGAN SCOTT RECEIVED A TWO MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. SCOTT WILL USE THE MONEY TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY IN BEEF BY TEAMING UP WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS FROM UNIVERSITIES LIKE TEXAS TECH, TEXAS A&M AND COLORADO STATE. SCOTT SAYS THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT CAN BE USED QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY INDUSTRY WIDE.
PERLA SALAZAR EARNED A THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY. THE SCHOLARSHIP IS AVAILABLE TO SENIOR STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE DUE TO FINANCIAL REASONS. SALAZER, A MEXICAN NATIVE, IS THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE. SALAZAR’S GOALS INCLUDE NOT ONLY GRADUATING FROM KANSAS STATE BUT ALSO PURSUING A GRADUATE DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS.
IN STATE NEWS…
KVOE RADIO OF EMPORIA REPORTS….24 YEAR OLD CHRISTINA NICOLE DEVINE FACES A FIRST APPEARANCE IN LYON COUNTY COURT. DEVINE’S CHILD WAS FOUND IN A DUMPSTER ON FRIDAY WITH THE UMBILICAL CORD STILL ATTACHED. TWO MAINTENANCE WORKERS FOUND THE CHILD IN A BAG. DEVINE SAYS SHE WAS RAPED AND DID NOT KNOW WHO THE FATHER WAS. DEVINE FACES A COUNT OF ATTEMPTED INTENTIONAL FIRST-DEGREE WORKER.
THE CAP J REPORTS…POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE THE MOTIVE OF THE TOPEKA WEST SHOOTINGS THAT TOOK PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY 19 YEAR OLD AUSTIN TABOR (TAY-BER) AND 21 YEAR OLD COTY (CO-DEE) NEWMAN FIRED THE SHOTS THAT KILLED MATTHEW MITCHELL AND INJURED A 17 YEAR OLD STUDENT. MATTHEW MITCHELL’S MOTHER TABETHA (TAB-ITH-UH) BOATRIGHT SAYS MITCHELL WAS FRIENDS WITH TABOR AND BELIEVES THE TWO MEN WENT TO THE SCHOOL TO KILL HER SON. MITCHELL WAS EXPECTING HIS FOURTH CHILD AND WAS ALSO RECENTLY ENGAGED.
KCTV 5 REPORTS…POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING OF A 4 YEAR OLD BOY. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING OCCURRED MONDAY NIGHT AROUND 10 P.M. THE CHILD WAS HIT IN THE LEG AND IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER.
IN REGIONAL NEWS…
THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMEN REPORTS…FACULTY MEMBERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WANT TO BE IN THE LOOP ON BUDGET DECISIONS. THE FACULTY RECENTLY EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT LOW-PAID STAFF MEMBERS, GRADUATE STUDENTS SERVING AS TEACHING ASSISTANTS. THOSE TWO GROUPS HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR MANY OF THE RECENT LAY-OFFS. TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY ANNOUNCED THAT THE UNIVERSITY WOULD FACE A 10 PERCENT CUT IN ITS STATE FUNDING. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESIDENT WILL POWERS SAID THE 10 PERCENT CUT WOULD RESULTS IN THE RELEASE OF 600 FACULTY MEMBERS AND STAFF.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
PAUL THE OCTOPUS PREDICTED THE WORLD CUP, BUT DID HE ALSO PREDICT HIS OWN DEATH? THE OCTOPUS APPEARED TO BE DOING FINE ON MONDAY NIGHT, BUT WAS FOUND DEAD TODAY. THE ANIMAL WAS TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS OLD AND IS THOUGHT TO HAVE DIED FROM NATURAL CAUSES.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND EPIDEMOLOGIST (EH-PI-DEE-ME-AH-LO-GIST) H. MORGAN SCOTT RECEIVED A TWO MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. SCOTT WILL USE THE MONEY TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY IN BEEF BY TEAMING UP WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS FROM UNIVERSITIES LIKE TEXAS TECH, TEXAS A&M AND COLORADO STATE. SCOTT SAYS THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT CAN BE USED QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY INDUSTRY WIDE.
PERLA SALAZAR EARNED A THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY. THE SCHOLARSHIP IS AVAILABLE TO SENIOR STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE DUE TO FINANCIAL REASONS. SALAZER, A MEXICAN NATIVE, IS THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE. SALAZAR’S GOALS INCLUDE NOT ONLY GRADUATING FROM KANSAS STATE BUT ALSO PURSUING A GRADUATE DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS.
IN STATE NEWS…
KVOE RADIO OF EMPORIA REPORTS….24 YEAR OLD CHRISTINA NICOLE DEVINE FACES A FIRST APPEARANCE IN LYON COUNTY COURT. DEVINE’S CHILD WAS FOUND IN A DUMPSTER ON FRIDAY WITH THE UMBILICAL CORD STILL ATTACHED. TWO MAINTENANCE WORKERS FOUND THE CHILD IN A BAG. DEVINE SAYS SHE WAS RAPED AND DID NOT KNOW WHO THE FATHER WAS. DEVINE FACES A COUNT OF ATTEMPTED INTENTIONAL FIRST-DEGREE WORKER.
THE CAP J REPORTS…POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE THE MOTIVE OF THE TOPEKA WEST SHOOTINGS THAT TOOK PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY 19 YEAR OLD AUSTIN TABOR (TAY-BER) AND 21 YEAR OLD COTY (CO-DEE) NEWMAN FIRED THE SHOTS THAT KILLED MATTHEW MITCHELL AND INJURED A 17 YEAR OLD STUDENT. MATTHEW MITCHELL’S MOTHER TABETHA (TAB-ITH-UH) BOATRIGHT SAYS MITCHELL WAS FRIENDS WITH TABOR AND BELIEVES THE TWO MEN WENT TO THE SCHOOL TO KILL HER SON. MITCHELL WAS EXPECTING HIS FOURTH CHILD AND WAS ALSO RECENTLY ENGAGED.
KCTV 5 REPORTS…POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING OF A 4 YEAR OLD BOY. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING OCCURRED MONDAY NIGHT AROUND 10 P.M. THE CHILD WAS HIT IN THE LEG AND IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER.
IN REGIONAL NEWS…
THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMEN REPORTS…FACULTY MEMBERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WANT TO BE IN THE LOOP ON BUDGET DECISIONS. THE FACULTY RECENTLY EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT LOW-PAID STAFF MEMBERS, GRADUATE STUDENTS SERVING AS TEACHING ASSISTANTS. THOSE TWO GROUPS HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR MANY OF THE RECENT LAY-OFFS. TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY ANNOUNCED THAT THE UNIVERSITY WOULD FACE A 10 PERCENT CUT IN ITS STATE FUNDING. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESIDENT WILL POWERS SAID THE 10 PERCENT CUT WOULD RESULTS IN THE RELEASE OF 600 FACULTY MEMBERS AND STAFF.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
PAUL THE OCTOPUS PREDICTED THE WORLD CUP, BUT DID HE ALSO PREDICT HIS OWN DEATH? THE OCTOPUS APPEARED TO BE DOING FINE ON MONDAY NIGHT, BUT WAS FOUND DEAD TODAY. THE ANIMAL WAS TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS OLD AND IS THOUGHT TO HAVE DIED FROM NATURAL CAUSES.
Monday, October 25, 2010
10-25-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
K-STATE’S VET SCHOOL EARNED ACCREDITATION FROM THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS TAKES PLACE EVERY SEVEN YEARS. DEAN FOR THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE RALPH RICHARDSON SAYS THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS IS FOUNDATIONAL TO EVERY ONE OF OUR GRADUATES BECAUSE IF THEY DO NOT GRADUATE FROM AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE, THEY CANNOT GET LICENSED.
SALINA.COM REPORTS…KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-SALINA STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE SEVENTH ANNUAL TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT THIS THURSDAY. STUDENTS WILL DECORATE THEIR CARS AND HAND OUT CANDY TO TRICK OR TREATERS FROM 5-7 PM IN THE SOUTH PARKING LOT.
IN STATE NEWS…
KSNT 27 IN TOPEKA REPORTS..SHOTS WERE FIRED AT TOPEKA WEST HIGH SCHOOL SATURDAY AROUND 10:30 P.M.. OFFICERS WERE CALLED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT DURING THE INCIDENT. ONE MAN MATHEW MITCHELL WAS SHOT AND KILLED. ANOTHER MAN WAS SHOT BUT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED BY THE OFFICERS. COTY NEWMAN AUSTIN TABOR AND SAMANTHA HOCAHARD WERE ARRESTED ON COUNTS OF 1ST DEGREE MURDER AND 1ST DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER.
GARDEN CITY’S FINNEY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER HAS EUTHANIZED 879 ANIMALS THIS YEAR. SPOKESMAN FOR THE DENVER-BASED DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE MICHELLE RAYS SAYS THE POOR ECONOMY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE DROPPING OFF THEIR ANIMALS. OFFICIALS FROM THE FINNEY COUNTY SHELTER SAY THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY BUSY SINCE THEY OPENED UP. THE SHELTER CAN HOLD UP TO 60 DOGS AND 40 CATS.
KC STAR REPORTS…DARLING INTERNATIONAL REPORTED 2.5 TO 3 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGES AFTER A SATURDAY FIRE. THE ANIMAL FEED PROCESSING MANUFACTURER SAYS ALL EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCT INVENTORY WERE DESTROYED. FIREFIGHTERS ADD THAT INITIAL REPORTS SHOW THE FIRE WAS ACCIDENTAL AND WAS CREATED BY A PROCESSING BY-PRODUCT OVERHEATING.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
JOHNNY CASH’S PERSONAL BELONGINGS WILL BE UP FOR SALE ON DECEMBER 5TH. AMONG THE ITEMS INCLUDED ARE HANDWRITTEN LYRICS, A HARMONICA AND VINTAGE GUITARS. THE AUCTION WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY JULIE’S AUCTIONS. PORTIONS OF THE AUCTION WILL GO TO MUSICARES, A CHARITY SET UP BY THE RECORDING ACADEMY FOR MUSICIANS IN NEED.
K-STATE’S VET SCHOOL EARNED ACCREDITATION FROM THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS TAKES PLACE EVERY SEVEN YEARS. DEAN FOR THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE RALPH RICHARDSON SAYS THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS IS FOUNDATIONAL TO EVERY ONE OF OUR GRADUATES BECAUSE IF THEY DO NOT GRADUATE FROM AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE, THEY CANNOT GET LICENSED.
SALINA.COM REPORTS…KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-SALINA STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE SEVENTH ANNUAL TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT THIS THURSDAY. STUDENTS WILL DECORATE THEIR CARS AND HAND OUT CANDY TO TRICK OR TREATERS FROM 5-7 PM IN THE SOUTH PARKING LOT.
IN STATE NEWS…
KSNT 27 IN TOPEKA REPORTS..SHOTS WERE FIRED AT TOPEKA WEST HIGH SCHOOL SATURDAY AROUND 10:30 P.M.. OFFICERS WERE CALLED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT DURING THE INCIDENT. ONE MAN MATHEW MITCHELL WAS SHOT AND KILLED. ANOTHER MAN WAS SHOT BUT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED BY THE OFFICERS. COTY NEWMAN AUSTIN TABOR AND SAMANTHA HOCAHARD WERE ARRESTED ON COUNTS OF 1ST DEGREE MURDER AND 1ST DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER.
GARDEN CITY’S FINNEY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER HAS EUTHANIZED 879 ANIMALS THIS YEAR. SPOKESMAN FOR THE DENVER-BASED DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE MICHELLE RAYS SAYS THE POOR ECONOMY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE DROPPING OFF THEIR ANIMALS. OFFICIALS FROM THE FINNEY COUNTY SHELTER SAY THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY BUSY SINCE THEY OPENED UP. THE SHELTER CAN HOLD UP TO 60 DOGS AND 40 CATS.
KC STAR REPORTS…DARLING INTERNATIONAL REPORTED 2.5 TO 3 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGES AFTER A SATURDAY FIRE. THE ANIMAL FEED PROCESSING MANUFACTURER SAYS ALL EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCT INVENTORY WERE DESTROYED. FIREFIGHTERS ADD THAT INITIAL REPORTS SHOW THE FIRE WAS ACCIDENTAL AND WAS CREATED BY A PROCESSING BY-PRODUCT OVERHEATING.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
JOHNNY CASH’S PERSONAL BELONGINGS WILL BE UP FOR SALE ON DECEMBER 5TH. AMONG THE ITEMS INCLUDED ARE HANDWRITTEN LYRICS, A HARMONICA AND VINTAGE GUITARS. THE AUCTION WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY JULIE’S AUCTIONS. PORTIONS OF THE AUCTION WILL GO TO MUSICARES, A CHARITY SET UP BY THE RECORDING ACADEMY FOR MUSICIANS IN NEED.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
10-21-10
In Local News…
According to KTKA…Kansas State University is a national leader in Ecological Genomics. Although, the university is the only school presently exploring the new science. Now, most of you are probably wondering what ecological genomics means. An associate professor of biology at K-state Mark Herman says ecological genomics is the study of how organisms deal with their environment at the genetic level. Herman with host an annual symposium at Kansas City this November.
The Manhattan Mercury Reports…Brad Paisley will be joined by Lady Antebellum at this year’s Country Stampede. President of Country Stampede Wayne Rouse said approximately thirty thousand people voted for Lady Antebellum and Paisley to headline the event. Paisley was announced in June.
Twenty Six teachers from China will arrive in Manhattan next Friday. During their visit, the teachers will peek in on classes at Amanda Arnold Elementary as well as the Stone House Early Childhood Education Center. A group of teachers from Kansas State visited China in 2009. The chinese teachers will get a feel for american culture by dining at a Pizza Hut and take part in horseback riding at a flint hills ranch.
In State News…
KCTV 5 reports…During parents and teachers conference…shots are usually aimed at students. In olathe last night parent-teacher conferences were shut down after people reported shots being fired nearby. Police have not confirmed shots were fired. Streets in the surrounding area were shut down as police scoured the area looking for evidence.
In National News…
Reported by Fox 8 in Cleveland…3 year old Vince Lamatie (Lamb-uh-tee) had to call 911. Lamatie’s dad fell down the stairs and without hesitation…called 911. Vince’s parents did not teach the boy to call the number instead the child learned from spongebob. Vince’s father suffered a concussion and a sore back and ribs but is fine nonetheless.
In Entertainment News…
It’s been a rough week for parents from classic sitcoms. Barabara Billingsley who played June Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver died on Monday. Now..83 year old Tom Bosley died due to heart failure. His agent confirmed the death adding that Bosley also had lung cancer. Bosley is most famous for his role as Howard Cunningham in Happy Days. TV Guide ranked Cunningham ninth on its list of the 50 greatest TV dads.
According to KTKA…Kansas State University is a national leader in Ecological Genomics. Although, the university is the only school presently exploring the new science. Now, most of you are probably wondering what ecological genomics means. An associate professor of biology at K-state Mark Herman says ecological genomics is the study of how organisms deal with their environment at the genetic level. Herman with host an annual symposium at Kansas City this November.
The Manhattan Mercury Reports…Brad Paisley will be joined by Lady Antebellum at this year’s Country Stampede. President of Country Stampede Wayne Rouse said approximately thirty thousand people voted for Lady Antebellum and Paisley to headline the event. Paisley was announced in June.
Twenty Six teachers from China will arrive in Manhattan next Friday. During their visit, the teachers will peek in on classes at Amanda Arnold Elementary as well as the Stone House Early Childhood Education Center. A group of teachers from Kansas State visited China in 2009. The chinese teachers will get a feel for american culture by dining at a Pizza Hut and take part in horseback riding at a flint hills ranch.
In State News…
KCTV 5 reports…During parents and teachers conference…shots are usually aimed at students. In olathe last night parent-teacher conferences were shut down after people reported shots being fired nearby. Police have not confirmed shots were fired. Streets in the surrounding area were shut down as police scoured the area looking for evidence.
In National News…
Reported by Fox 8 in Cleveland…3 year old Vince Lamatie (Lamb-uh-tee) had to call 911. Lamatie’s dad fell down the stairs and without hesitation…called 911. Vince’s parents did not teach the boy to call the number instead the child learned from spongebob. Vince’s father suffered a concussion and a sore back and ribs but is fine nonetheless.
In Entertainment News…
It’s been a rough week for parents from classic sitcoms. Barabara Billingsley who played June Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver died on Monday. Now..83 year old Tom Bosley died due to heart failure. His agent confirmed the death adding that Bosley also had lung cancer. Bosley is most famous for his role as Howard Cunningham in Happy Days. TV Guide ranked Cunningham ninth on its list of the 50 greatest TV dads.
Monday, October 18, 2010
10-18-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN…19 YEAR OLD DENVER BARR AND 72 YEAR OLD ELIZABETH BERTELS DIED ON FRIDAY JUST OUTSIDE OF NORTONVILLE. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE CRASH OCCURRED AROUND 7 P.M. THE PATROL ADDS THAT BARR WAS HEADING NORTHBOUND ON US ROUTE 59 WHEN BARR’S VEHICLE CROSSED OVER THE CENTER LINE TO THE SOUTH BOUND SHOULDER. BARR OVERCORRECTED AND STRUCK BERTEL’S VEHICLE. BARR WAS DECLARED DEAD AT THE SCENE. BARR WAS A SOPHOMORE IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND PRODUCT DESIGN AND WAS HEADING HOME FOR THE WEEKEND.
THE MANHATTAN MERCURY REPORTS…78 STUDENTS FROM NEARBY RILEY, POTTAWATOMIE AND CLAY COUNTY WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND ENDOWMENT FOR THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS. THE STUDENTS WILL BE NAMED KANSAS HONOR SCHOLARS AT THE MANHATTAN COUNTRY CLUB ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 1ST. THE KANSAS HONORS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE IN THE TOP TEN PERCENT OF THEIR CLASS REGARDLESS OF THEIR GOALS UPON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL REPORTS…YESTERDAY AROUND TWELVE HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS WALKED A THREE MILE ROUTE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF BREAST CANCER. MANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE DECKED OUT IN PINK TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT. THE CANCER SOCIETY’S REGIONAL COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR JILL SITTENAUER SAYS THE WALK SHOULD BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT. SITTENAUER ADDS THAT SUNDAY’S EVENT RAISED AROUND SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, HALF OF ITS INTENDED GOAL. THE GROUP WILL BE TAKING DONATIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
IN REGIONAL NEWS…
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI FACULTY WILL GET THEIR FIRST CHANCE TO REVIEW CHANCELLOR BRADY DEATON’S PERFORMANCE. DEATON TOOK OVER THE JOB IN 2004. THE COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE REPORTS THAT MOST CHANCELLORS PERFORMANCES ARE REVIEWED AFTER EVERY FIVE YEARS BUT DEATON’S WAS POSTPONED. FACULTY WILL ALSO BE REVIEWING PROVOST BRIAN FOSTER AS WELL. ONLINE SURVEYS WILL BE SENT OUT TO FACULTY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RAISE IN TWO YEARS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
CNN REPORTS… AFTER A WEEKEND OF DRINKING, RESIDENTS OF ANY COLLEGE TOWN CAN EXPECT TO FIND FOUR LOKO CANS LITTERED ACROSS SIDEWALKS. RAMAPO COLLEGE IN NEW JERSEY IS TRYING TO CHANGE THAT. THE COLLEGE IS BANNING THE CAN FOR FEARS OF WHAT THEY CALL BLACKOUT IN A CAN. POLICE CHIEF JAMES BATTELI TOLD THE NEWSPAPER, THE RECORDER THAT THREE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE FOUND DRINKING THE POPULAR DRINK. THE BEVERAGE CAN ONLY BE BOUGHT IN LIQUOR STORES IN NEW JERSEY DUE TO ITS 12 PERCENT ALCOHOL CONTENT.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
BARABARA BILLINGSLEY, NINETY FOUR, DIED IN HER SANTA MONICA HOME ON SATURDAY. FANS MAY REMEMBER BILLINGSLEY BETTER FOR HER PORTRAYAL AS JUNE CLEAVER ON TV’S LEAVE IT TO BEAVER. BILLINGSLEY APPEARED IN THE MOVIE AIRPLANE, WHERE SHE WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH A GROUP OF PASSENGERS BY SPEAKING JIVE. TONY DOW WHO PLAYED WALLY SAID AMERICA’S FAVORITE MOTHER IS NOW GONE.
ACCORDING TO THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN…19 YEAR OLD DENVER BARR AND 72 YEAR OLD ELIZABETH BERTELS DIED ON FRIDAY JUST OUTSIDE OF NORTONVILLE. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE CRASH OCCURRED AROUND 7 P.M. THE PATROL ADDS THAT BARR WAS HEADING NORTHBOUND ON US ROUTE 59 WHEN BARR’S VEHICLE CROSSED OVER THE CENTER LINE TO THE SOUTH BOUND SHOULDER. BARR OVERCORRECTED AND STRUCK BERTEL’S VEHICLE. BARR WAS DECLARED DEAD AT THE SCENE. BARR WAS A SOPHOMORE IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND PRODUCT DESIGN AND WAS HEADING HOME FOR THE WEEKEND.
THE MANHATTAN MERCURY REPORTS…78 STUDENTS FROM NEARBY RILEY, POTTAWATOMIE AND CLAY COUNTY WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND ENDOWMENT FOR THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS. THE STUDENTS WILL BE NAMED KANSAS HONOR SCHOLARS AT THE MANHATTAN COUNTRY CLUB ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 1ST. THE KANSAS HONORS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE IN THE TOP TEN PERCENT OF THEIR CLASS REGARDLESS OF THEIR GOALS UPON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL REPORTS…YESTERDAY AROUND TWELVE HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS WALKED A THREE MILE ROUTE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF BREAST CANCER. MANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE DECKED OUT IN PINK TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT. THE CANCER SOCIETY’S REGIONAL COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR JILL SITTENAUER SAYS THE WALK SHOULD BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT. SITTENAUER ADDS THAT SUNDAY’S EVENT RAISED AROUND SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, HALF OF ITS INTENDED GOAL. THE GROUP WILL BE TAKING DONATIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
IN REGIONAL NEWS…
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI FACULTY WILL GET THEIR FIRST CHANCE TO REVIEW CHANCELLOR BRADY DEATON’S PERFORMANCE. DEATON TOOK OVER THE JOB IN 2004. THE COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE REPORTS THAT MOST CHANCELLORS PERFORMANCES ARE REVIEWED AFTER EVERY FIVE YEARS BUT DEATON’S WAS POSTPONED. FACULTY WILL ALSO BE REVIEWING PROVOST BRIAN FOSTER AS WELL. ONLINE SURVEYS WILL BE SENT OUT TO FACULTY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RAISE IN TWO YEARS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
CNN REPORTS… AFTER A WEEKEND OF DRINKING, RESIDENTS OF ANY COLLEGE TOWN CAN EXPECT TO FIND FOUR LOKO CANS LITTERED ACROSS SIDEWALKS. RAMAPO COLLEGE IN NEW JERSEY IS TRYING TO CHANGE THAT. THE COLLEGE IS BANNING THE CAN FOR FEARS OF WHAT THEY CALL BLACKOUT IN A CAN. POLICE CHIEF JAMES BATTELI TOLD THE NEWSPAPER, THE RECORDER THAT THREE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE FOUND DRINKING THE POPULAR DRINK. THE BEVERAGE CAN ONLY BE BOUGHT IN LIQUOR STORES IN NEW JERSEY DUE TO ITS 12 PERCENT ALCOHOL CONTENT.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
BARABARA BILLINGSLEY, NINETY FOUR, DIED IN HER SANTA MONICA HOME ON SATURDAY. FANS MAY REMEMBER BILLINGSLEY BETTER FOR HER PORTRAYAL AS JUNE CLEAVER ON TV’S LEAVE IT TO BEAVER. BILLINGSLEY APPEARED IN THE MOVIE AIRPLANE, WHERE SHE WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH A GROUP OF PASSENGERS BY SPEAKING JIVE. TONY DOW WHO PLAYED WALLY SAID AMERICA’S FAVORITE MOTHER IS NOW GONE.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
10-14-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
RILEY COUNTY POLICE ARE ASKING FOR ANYONE WHO HAS ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEATH OF BRADLEY MURRAY TO COME FORWARD. LAST FRIDAY MURRAY WAS FOUND CONSCIOUS BUT INTOXICATED. ACCORDING TO POLICE, MURRAY HAD A WOUND ABOVE HIS EYE AND A SEVERE HEAD INJURY. POLICE ALSO SAW TWO MEN HELPING MURRAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED BUT WERE NOT ATTAINED BY POLICE. RILEY COUNTY POLICE KURT MOLDRUP SAID MURRAY WAS TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT ON TUESDAY.
US DEPARTMENT SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES KATHLEEN SEBELIUS IS HAVING A HOMECOMING OF SORTS. ON NOVEMBER 29TH THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF KANSAS WILL DELIVER THE FIRST LANDON LECTURE. SEBELIUS HAS BEEN A KEY FIGURE WHILE UNDER OBAMA. SHE HAS HELPED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND COORDINATED THE GOVERNMENTS RESPONSE TO THE H1N1 VIRUS IN 2009. SEBELIUS WAS GOVERNOR IN THE STATE OF KANSAS FROM 2003-2009.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR…TEACHERS IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA SHOULD START TO SEE AN EXTRA BULGE IN THEIR POCKETBOOKS. THE KANSAS CITY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A ONE PERCENT INCREASE IN TEACHERS SALARIES DUE TO A 15 MINUTE INCREASE IN THE LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL DAY. THE EXTRA 850 THOUSAND DOLLAR COST WILL COME FROM THE DISTRICTS RESERVE FUND. THE INCREASED DAY IS PART OF SUPERINTENDENT JOHN COVINGTON’S TRANSFORMATION PLAN.
KSNT CHANNEL 27 REPORTS...27 YEAR OLD JASON CROUCHER OF OSAGE CITY PLEAD GUILTY TO COUNTS TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES. US ATTORNEY BARRY GRISSOM SAYS CROUCHER WAS GUILTY OF 2 COUNTS OF RECEIVING OR DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS THE ACTS TOOK PLACE DURING A ONE-MONTH PERIOD IN 2009. CROUCHER FACES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 50 YEARS.
IN REGIONAL NEWS….
SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL. ACCORDING TO KCTV 5 AN EARTHQUAKE SHOOK THROUGH PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND EVEN BOOGIED ITS WAY UP TO PARTS OF KANSAS CITY. TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE QUAKE AND TAKEN TO A NORMAN HOSPITAL. GEOPHYSICIST DON BLAKEMAN ADDS THE QUAKE REGISTERED A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF FOUR POINT FIVE.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
USA TODAY REPORTS….TRAVELERS MAY SOON BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR BOTTLES OF WATER, SHAMPOOS AND EVEN BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE ABOARD AIRCRAFTS. A NEW BODY SCANNER IS BEING TESTED AT THE LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY. THE SCANNER WAS PUT TO THE TEST AT THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON WEDNESDAY. THE SCANNER USES A MAGNETIC RESONANCE TO TEST THE LIQUID. IF IT IS DANGEROUS THAN THE MACHINE FLASHES A RED LIGHT. IF IT IS OKAY TO PASS THROUGH THAN A GREEN LIGHT. THE TECHNOLOGY IS STILL A FEW YEARS AWAY FROM BEING USED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
PAULA ABDUL, RECENTLY FAMOUS FOR HER ROLE AS A JUDGE ON AMERICAN IDOL WILL CONTINUE IN THE SAME ROLE ON HER CBS SHOW LIVE TO DANCE. CBS ANNOUNCED THAT ABDUL WILL BE JOINED BY FOMER AUSTRALIAN IDOL CO-HOST ANDREW GUNSBERG, CHOREOGRAPHER TRAVIS PAYNE AND FORMER PUSSYCAT DOLL MEMBER KIMBERLY WYATT.
RILEY COUNTY POLICE ARE ASKING FOR ANYONE WHO HAS ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEATH OF BRADLEY MURRAY TO COME FORWARD. LAST FRIDAY MURRAY WAS FOUND CONSCIOUS BUT INTOXICATED. ACCORDING TO POLICE, MURRAY HAD A WOUND ABOVE HIS EYE AND A SEVERE HEAD INJURY. POLICE ALSO SAW TWO MEN HELPING MURRAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED BUT WERE NOT ATTAINED BY POLICE. RILEY COUNTY POLICE KURT MOLDRUP SAID MURRAY WAS TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT ON TUESDAY.
US DEPARTMENT SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES KATHLEEN SEBELIUS IS HAVING A HOMECOMING OF SORTS. ON NOVEMBER 29TH THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF KANSAS WILL DELIVER THE FIRST LANDON LECTURE. SEBELIUS HAS BEEN A KEY FIGURE WHILE UNDER OBAMA. SHE HAS HELPED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND COORDINATED THE GOVERNMENTS RESPONSE TO THE H1N1 VIRUS IN 2009. SEBELIUS WAS GOVERNOR IN THE STATE OF KANSAS FROM 2003-2009.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR…TEACHERS IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA SHOULD START TO SEE AN EXTRA BULGE IN THEIR POCKETBOOKS. THE KANSAS CITY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A ONE PERCENT INCREASE IN TEACHERS SALARIES DUE TO A 15 MINUTE INCREASE IN THE LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL DAY. THE EXTRA 850 THOUSAND DOLLAR COST WILL COME FROM THE DISTRICTS RESERVE FUND. THE INCREASED DAY IS PART OF SUPERINTENDENT JOHN COVINGTON’S TRANSFORMATION PLAN.
KSNT CHANNEL 27 REPORTS...27 YEAR OLD JASON CROUCHER OF OSAGE CITY PLEAD GUILTY TO COUNTS TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES. US ATTORNEY BARRY GRISSOM SAYS CROUCHER WAS GUILTY OF 2 COUNTS OF RECEIVING OR DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS THE ACTS TOOK PLACE DURING A ONE-MONTH PERIOD IN 2009. CROUCHER FACES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 50 YEARS.
IN REGIONAL NEWS….
SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL. ACCORDING TO KCTV 5 AN EARTHQUAKE SHOOK THROUGH PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND EVEN BOOGIED ITS WAY UP TO PARTS OF KANSAS CITY. TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE QUAKE AND TAKEN TO A NORMAN HOSPITAL. GEOPHYSICIST DON BLAKEMAN ADDS THE QUAKE REGISTERED A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF FOUR POINT FIVE.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
USA TODAY REPORTS….TRAVELERS MAY SOON BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR BOTTLES OF WATER, SHAMPOOS AND EVEN BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE ABOARD AIRCRAFTS. A NEW BODY SCANNER IS BEING TESTED AT THE LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY. THE SCANNER WAS PUT TO THE TEST AT THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON WEDNESDAY. THE SCANNER USES A MAGNETIC RESONANCE TO TEST THE LIQUID. IF IT IS DANGEROUS THAN THE MACHINE FLASHES A RED LIGHT. IF IT IS OKAY TO PASS THROUGH THAN A GREEN LIGHT. THE TECHNOLOGY IS STILL A FEW YEARS AWAY FROM BEING USED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
PAULA ABDUL, RECENTLY FAMOUS FOR HER ROLE AS A JUDGE ON AMERICAN IDOL WILL CONTINUE IN THE SAME ROLE ON HER CBS SHOW LIVE TO DANCE. CBS ANNOUNCED THAT ABDUL WILL BE JOINED BY FOMER AUSTRALIAN IDOL CO-HOST ANDREW GUNSBERG, CHOREOGRAPHER TRAVIS PAYNE AND FORMER PUSSYCAT DOLL MEMBER KIMBERLY WYATT.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
10-12-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR ANYONE WHO HAS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BRADLEY MURRAY TO COME FORWARD. MURRAY WAS FOUND IN A DITCH INTOXICATED BUT CONSCIOUS IN A DITCH WITH SEVER HEAD TRAUMA. CURRENTLY MURRAY REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT MURRAY PLEASE CALL THE RILEY COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS AT 785 539 7777
IN STATE NEWS…
A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE APPEARED IN THE PARKING LOT OF NORTH TOPEKA WAL-MART. THE TOPEKA BOMB SQUAD WAS CALLED BUT RENDERED THE PACKAGE SAFE.
3 PEOPLE DIED AFTER A HEAD-ON CRASH IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY. POLICE SAY THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER…BASEHOR RESIDENT MATTHEW NUZIK, 30, TRIED TO PASS ANOTHER CAR, BUT COLLIDED WITH 21-YEAR OLD DANIEL HENRY AND 22 YEAR OLD STEPHAIE CONN.
THE KC STAR REPORTS….AUTHORITIES DISCOVERED A LARGE MARIJUANA FARM IN HAVEN, KS. RENO COUNTY SHERIFF RANDY HENDERSON SAYS THERE WERE 3,000 TOWERING MARIJUANA PLANTS. HENDERSON ESTIMATES THEIR VALUE AT 1 THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH OR 3 MILLION DOLLARS TOTAL. TWO PEOPLE FOUND THE FARM AFTER CLEARING AREA FOR DEER-HUNTING STANDS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
POLICE IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE PUBLIC IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL. CNN.COM REPORTS THAT POLICE ARE HAVING THEIR DOUBTS ABOUT THE GIRL’S STEPMOTHER’S STORY. THE GIRL ZAHRA CLARE BAKER WAS LAST SEEN AT 2:30 AM IN HER BEDROOM ON SATURDAY AND WAS REPORTED MISSING LATER 2 PM BY HER FATHER. A RANSOM NOTE WAS FOUN BUT POLICE ARE QUESTIONING THE VALIDITY OF THE NOTE. BAKER’S STEPMOTHER IS IN JAIL AFTER BEING ARRESTED ON AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR WRITING A BAD CHECK. THE FBI IS ASSISTING THE HICKORY POLICE WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
COURTNEY COX AND DAVID ARQUETTE MAY STILL BE FRIENDS BUT THEY ARE LONGER HUSBAND AND WIFE. ACCESS HOLLYWOOD IS REPORTING…THE COUPLE HAS DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS AFTER 11 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. ARQUETTE AND COX MET WHILE ON THE SET OF WES CRAVEN’S SCREAM. THE COUPLE HAS ONE CHILD TOGETHER. THEY WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE SET OF SCREAM 4 WHERE THE TWO ARE REPRISING THEIR ROLES.
THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR ANYONE WHO HAS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BRADLEY MURRAY TO COME FORWARD. MURRAY WAS FOUND IN A DITCH INTOXICATED BUT CONSCIOUS IN A DITCH WITH SEVER HEAD TRAUMA. CURRENTLY MURRAY REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT MURRAY PLEASE CALL THE RILEY COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS AT 785 539 7777
IN STATE NEWS…
A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE APPEARED IN THE PARKING LOT OF NORTH TOPEKA WAL-MART. THE TOPEKA BOMB SQUAD WAS CALLED BUT RENDERED THE PACKAGE SAFE.
3 PEOPLE DIED AFTER A HEAD-ON CRASH IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY. POLICE SAY THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER…BASEHOR RESIDENT MATTHEW NUZIK, 30, TRIED TO PASS ANOTHER CAR, BUT COLLIDED WITH 21-YEAR OLD DANIEL HENRY AND 22 YEAR OLD STEPHAIE CONN.
THE KC STAR REPORTS….AUTHORITIES DISCOVERED A LARGE MARIJUANA FARM IN HAVEN, KS. RENO COUNTY SHERIFF RANDY HENDERSON SAYS THERE WERE 3,000 TOWERING MARIJUANA PLANTS. HENDERSON ESTIMATES THEIR VALUE AT 1 THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH OR 3 MILLION DOLLARS TOTAL. TWO PEOPLE FOUND THE FARM AFTER CLEARING AREA FOR DEER-HUNTING STANDS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
POLICE IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE PUBLIC IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL. CNN.COM REPORTS THAT POLICE ARE HAVING THEIR DOUBTS ABOUT THE GIRL’S STEPMOTHER’S STORY. THE GIRL ZAHRA CLARE BAKER WAS LAST SEEN AT 2:30 AM IN HER BEDROOM ON SATURDAY AND WAS REPORTED MISSING LATER 2 PM BY HER FATHER. A RANSOM NOTE WAS FOUN BUT POLICE ARE QUESTIONING THE VALIDITY OF THE NOTE. BAKER’S STEPMOTHER IS IN JAIL AFTER BEING ARRESTED ON AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR WRITING A BAD CHECK. THE FBI IS ASSISTING THE HICKORY POLICE WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
COURTNEY COX AND DAVID ARQUETTE MAY STILL BE FRIENDS BUT THEY ARE LONGER HUSBAND AND WIFE. ACCESS HOLLYWOOD IS REPORTING…THE COUPLE HAS DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS AFTER 11 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. ARQUETTE AND COX MET WHILE ON THE SET OF WES CRAVEN’S SCREAM. THE COUPLE HAS ONE CHILD TOGETHER. THEY WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE SET OF SCREAM 4 WHERE THE TWO ARE REPRISING THEIR ROLES.
Monday, October 11, 2010
10-11-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
RECENT K-STATE GRAD KELLY MCMURPHY LAMBRECHT WON THE 2010 WALL STREET JOURNAL STUDENT ACHIEVMENT AWARD. LAMBRECHT WAS NOMINATED BY K-STATE PROFESSOR SCOTT HENDRIX. HENDRIX SAYS LAMBRECHT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE STUDENT FINANCE’S ASSOCIATION VISIT WITH BUSINESSMAN AND PHILANTHROPIST WARREN BUFFETT IN 2009. FOR HER EFFORTS…LAMBRECHT WILL RECEIVE A FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PRINT AND ONLINE VERSIONS OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND HER NAME WILL ADDED TO A PLAQUE IN CALVIN HALL WHICH LISTS PREVIOUS WINNERS.
KANSAS STATE HAS 340 THOUSAND REASONS TO LIKE THE KANSAS WHEAT ALLIANCE. THE ALLIANCE HAS CONTRIBUTED 340 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE UNIVERSITY OVER THE PAST YEAR. OFFICIALS SAY THE DONATION WILL HELP WITH FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT NEEDS LIKE REPLACING GREENHOUSES AT KSTATE HAYS RESEARCH CENTER.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE NUMBERS ARE IN FROM THE KANSAS STATE STATE FAIR AND BOY ARE THEY GOOD. ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL…THE STATE FAIR DREW AN AVERAGE OF 350 THOUSAND VISITORS PER DAY. SALES CAME IN AT 2 MILLION DOLLARS…WHICH IS 2 PERCENT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. THE HUTCHISON NEWS SAYS THAT GOOD WEATHER WAS THE LEADING FACTOR IN THE INCREASES FROM LAST YEAR.
100 YEARS OF BOY SCOUTS WAS CELEBRATED IN SALINA THIS WEEKEND. ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR…MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED BOY…CUB AND SCOUT LEADERS GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE EVENT. EAGLE SCOUTS SALINA MAYOR AARON PECK AND KSTATE PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ ARRIVED ON SATURDAY FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES VIA BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER. 100 ACTIVITIES WERE SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND CELEBRATION.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
ACCORDING TO POLICE…AN 8 YEAR OLD NEW YORK BOY WHO WAS STABBED FIVE TIMES IS RECOVERING FROM A PUNCTURED LUNG AND OTHER WOUNDS. POLICE ADD THAT THE BOY WAS WITH HIS FAMILY AT A DAVE AND BUSTERS WHEN A 23 YEAR OLD MAN APPROACHED FROM BEHIND AND BEGAN STABBING THE CHILD. THE SUSPECT EVAN SACHS WAS CAPTURED BY THE BOYS FATHER AND A WITNESS. POLICE SAY THE ATTACK WAS RANDOM. SACHS NOW FACES SECOND-DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES, FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT AND POSSESSION OF A DEADLY WEAPON.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
SOUL SINGER SOLOMON BURKE DIED AT AN AMSTERDAM AIRPORT ON SUNDAY. ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY BURKE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. KSTATE GRADUATE AND FORMER ATLANTIC RECORDS PRODUCER JERRY WEXLER CALLED BURKE THE GREATEST SOUL SINGER OF ALL TIME. BURKE WAS INDUCTED IN TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2001. HE LEAVES BEHIND 21 CHILDREN, 90 GRANDCHILDREN AND 19 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
RECENT K-STATE GRAD KELLY MCMURPHY LAMBRECHT WON THE 2010 WALL STREET JOURNAL STUDENT ACHIEVMENT AWARD. LAMBRECHT WAS NOMINATED BY K-STATE PROFESSOR SCOTT HENDRIX. HENDRIX SAYS LAMBRECHT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE STUDENT FINANCE’S ASSOCIATION VISIT WITH BUSINESSMAN AND PHILANTHROPIST WARREN BUFFETT IN 2009. FOR HER EFFORTS…LAMBRECHT WILL RECEIVE A FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PRINT AND ONLINE VERSIONS OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND HER NAME WILL ADDED TO A PLAQUE IN CALVIN HALL WHICH LISTS PREVIOUS WINNERS.
KANSAS STATE HAS 340 THOUSAND REASONS TO LIKE THE KANSAS WHEAT ALLIANCE. THE ALLIANCE HAS CONTRIBUTED 340 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE UNIVERSITY OVER THE PAST YEAR. OFFICIALS SAY THE DONATION WILL HELP WITH FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT NEEDS LIKE REPLACING GREENHOUSES AT KSTATE HAYS RESEARCH CENTER.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE NUMBERS ARE IN FROM THE KANSAS STATE STATE FAIR AND BOY ARE THEY GOOD. ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL…THE STATE FAIR DREW AN AVERAGE OF 350 THOUSAND VISITORS PER DAY. SALES CAME IN AT 2 MILLION DOLLARS…WHICH IS 2 PERCENT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. THE HUTCHISON NEWS SAYS THAT GOOD WEATHER WAS THE LEADING FACTOR IN THE INCREASES FROM LAST YEAR.
100 YEARS OF BOY SCOUTS WAS CELEBRATED IN SALINA THIS WEEKEND. ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR…MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED BOY…CUB AND SCOUT LEADERS GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE EVENT. EAGLE SCOUTS SALINA MAYOR AARON PECK AND KSTATE PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ ARRIVED ON SATURDAY FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES VIA BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER. 100 ACTIVITIES WERE SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND CELEBRATION.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
ACCORDING TO POLICE…AN 8 YEAR OLD NEW YORK BOY WHO WAS STABBED FIVE TIMES IS RECOVERING FROM A PUNCTURED LUNG AND OTHER WOUNDS. POLICE ADD THAT THE BOY WAS WITH HIS FAMILY AT A DAVE AND BUSTERS WHEN A 23 YEAR OLD MAN APPROACHED FROM BEHIND AND BEGAN STABBING THE CHILD. THE SUSPECT EVAN SACHS WAS CAPTURED BY THE BOYS FATHER AND A WITNESS. POLICE SAY THE ATTACK WAS RANDOM. SACHS NOW FACES SECOND-DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES, FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT AND POSSESSION OF A DEADLY WEAPON.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
SOUL SINGER SOLOMON BURKE DIED AT AN AMSTERDAM AIRPORT ON SUNDAY. ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY BURKE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. KSTATE GRADUATE AND FORMER ATLANTIC RECORDS PRODUCER JERRY WEXLER CALLED BURKE THE GREATEST SOUL SINGER OF ALL TIME. BURKE WAS INDUCTED IN TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2001. HE LEAVES BEHIND 21 CHILDREN, 90 GRANDCHILDREN AND 19 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
10-11-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
RECENT K-STATE GRAD KELLY MCMURPHY LAMBRECHT WON THE 2010 WALL STREET JOURNAL STUDENT ACHIEVMENT AWARD. LAMBRECHT WAS NOMINATED BY K-STATE PROFESSOR SCOTT HENDRIX. HENDRIX SAYS LAMBRECHT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE STUDENT FINANCE’S ASSOCIATION VISIT WITH BUSINESSMAN AND PHILANTHROPIST WARREN BUFFETT IN 2009. FOR HER EFFORTS…LAMBRECHT WILL RECEIVE A FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PRINT AND ONLINE VERSIONS OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND HER NAME WILL ADDED TO A PLAQUE IN CALVIN HALL WHICH LISTS PREVIOUS WINNERS.
KANSAS STATE HAS 340 THOUSAND REASONS TO LIKE THE KANSAS WHEAT ALLIANCE. THE ALLIANCE HAS CONTRIBUTED 340 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE UNIVERSITY OVER THE PAST YEAR. OFFICIALS SAY THE DONATION WILL HELP WITH FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT NEEDS LIKE REPLACING GREENHOUSES AT KSTATE HAYS RESEARCH CENTER.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE NUMBERS ARE IN FROM THE KANSAS STATE STATE FAIR AND BOY ARE THEY GOOD. ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL…THE STATE FAIR DREW AN AVERAGE OF 350 THOUSAND VISITORS PER DAY. SALES CAME IN AT 2 MILLION DOLLARS…WHICH IS 2 PERCENT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. THE HUTCHISON NEWS SAYS THAT GOOD WEATHER WAS THE LEADING FACTOR IN THE INCREASES FROM LAST YEAR.
100 YEARS OF BOY SCOUTS WAS CELEBRATED IN SALINA THIS WEEKEND. ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR…MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED BOY…CUB AND SCOUT LEADERS GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE EVENT. EAGLE SCOUTS SALINA MAYOR AARON PECK AND KSTATE PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ ARRIVED ON SATURDAY FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES VIA BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER. 100 ACTIVITIES WERE SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND CELEBRATION.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
ACCORDING TO POLICE…AN 8 YEAR OLD NEW YORK BOY WHO WAS STABBED FIVE TIMES IS RECOVERING FROM A PUNCTURED LUNG AND OTHER WOUNDS. POLICE ADD THAT THE BOY WAS WITH HIS FAMILY AT A DAVE AND BUSTERS WHEN A 23 YEAR OLD MAN APPROACHED FROM BEHIND AND BEGAN STABBING THE CHILD. THE SUSPECT EVAN SACHS WAS CAPTURED BY THE BOYS FATHER AND A WITNESS. POLICE SAY THE ATTACK WAS RANDOM. SACHS NOW FACES SECOND-DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES, FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT AND POSSESSION OF A DEADLY WEAPON.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
SOUL SINGER SOLOMON BURKE DIED AT AN AMSTERDAM AIRPORT ON SUNDAY. ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY BURKE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. KSTATE GRADUATE AND FORMER ATLANTIC RECORDS PRODUCER JERRY WEXLER CALLED BURKE THE GREATEST SOUL SINGER OF ALL TIME. BURKE WAS INDUCTED IN TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2001. HE LEAVES BEHIND 21 CHILDREN, 90 GRANDCHILDREN AND 19 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
RECENT K-STATE GRAD KELLY MCMURPHY LAMBRECHT WON THE 2010 WALL STREET JOURNAL STUDENT ACHIEVMENT AWARD. LAMBRECHT WAS NOMINATED BY K-STATE PROFESSOR SCOTT HENDRIX. HENDRIX SAYS LAMBRECHT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE STUDENT FINANCE’S ASSOCIATION VISIT WITH BUSINESSMAN AND PHILANTHROPIST WARREN BUFFETT IN 2009. FOR HER EFFORTS…LAMBRECHT WILL RECEIVE A FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PRINT AND ONLINE VERSIONS OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND HER NAME WILL ADDED TO A PLAQUE IN CALVIN HALL WHICH LISTS PREVIOUS WINNERS.
KANSAS STATE HAS 340 THOUSAND REASONS TO LIKE THE KANSAS WHEAT ALLIANCE. THE ALLIANCE HAS CONTRIBUTED 340 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE UNIVERSITY OVER THE PAST YEAR. OFFICIALS SAY THE DONATION WILL HELP WITH FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT NEEDS LIKE REPLACING GREENHOUSES AT KSTATE HAYS RESEARCH CENTER.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE NUMBERS ARE IN FROM THE KANSAS STATE STATE FAIR AND BOY ARE THEY GOOD. ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL…THE STATE FAIR DREW AN AVERAGE OF 350 THOUSAND VISITORS PER DAY. SALES CAME IN AT 2 MILLION DOLLARS…WHICH IS 2 PERCENT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. THE HUTCHISON NEWS SAYS THAT GOOD WEATHER WAS THE LEADING FACTOR IN THE INCREASES FROM LAST YEAR.
100 YEARS OF BOY SCOUTS WAS CELEBRATED IN SALINA THIS WEEKEND. ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR…MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED BOY…CUB AND SCOUT LEADERS GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE EVENT. EAGLE SCOUTS SALINA MAYOR AARON PECK AND KSTATE PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ ARRIVED ON SATURDAY FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES VIA BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER. 100 ACTIVITIES WERE SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND CELEBRATION.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
ACCORDING TO POLICE…AN 8 YEAR OLD NEW YORK BOY WHO WAS STABBED FIVE TIMES IS RECOVERING FROM A PUNCTURED LUNG AND OTHER WOUNDS. POLICE ADD THAT THE BOY WAS WITH HIS FAMILY AT A DAVE AND BUSTERS WHEN A 23 YEAR OLD MAN APPROACHED FROM BEHIND AND BEGAN STABBING THE CHILD. THE SUSPECT EVAN SACHS WAS CAPTURED BY THE BOYS FATHER AND A WITNESS. POLICE SAY THE ATTACK WAS RANDOM. SACHS NOW FACES SECOND-DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES, FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT AND POSSESSION OF A DEADLY WEAPON.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
SOUL SINGER SOLOMON BURKE DIED AT AN AMSTERDAM AIRPORT ON SUNDAY. ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY BURKE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. KSTATE GRADUATE AND FORMER ATLANTIC RECORDS PRODUCER JERRY WEXLER CALLED BURKE THE GREATEST SOUL SINGER OF ALL TIME. BURKE WAS INDUCTED IN TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2001. HE LEAVES BEHIND 21 CHILDREN, 90 GRANDCHILDREN AND 19 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
Friday, October 8, 2010
10-8-10
IN LOCAL NEWS...
THE KANSAS STATE COLLEGIAN REPORTS... LOCAL MANHATTAN BUSINESSES ARE COMING TOGETHER TOMORROW FOR ITS ANNUAL FREE RECYCLE AND SHRED DAY. THE EVENT, AT WHICH LOCAL RESIDENTS CAN DISPOSE OF OLD PERSONAL DOCUMENTS SUCH AS BANK STATEMENTS, WILL ALSO BE PREPARED TO DISPOSE OF UNWANTED OR UNNEEDED CELL PHONES AND SOME ELECTRONIC DEVICES SUCH AS LAPTOPS. THE MONEY RAISED BY RECYCLING THESE DEVICES WILL BE DONATED TO MANHATTAN'S SUNSET ZOO.
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL REPORTS... FANS OF BOTH NEBRASKA AND KANSAS STATE REFLECT TODAY ON THE ENDING OF A CENTURY-LONG RIVALRY... THE SERIES WAS UNEVEN UNTIL COACH BILL SNYDER TOOK OVER FOR THE WILDCATS IN THE 90S, HAS DEVELOPED ITS OWN
TRADITIONS AND HAS SECURED A PLACE IN BOTH KANSAS STATE AND NEBRASKAHISTORY. NEBRASKA, WHICH IS MOVING TO THE BIG TEN
CONFERENCE, PLAYED ITS LAST EXPECTED GAME AGAINST THE WILDCATS LAST NIGHT HERE IN MANHATTAN.
IN STATE NEWS...
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS... PROTESTS OF A PLANT IN KANSAS CITY,
WHICH WOULD BUILD KEY NON-NUCLEAR PARTS FOR NUCLEAR
WEAPONS, REACHED FEVER PITCH ON THURSDAY, RESULTING IN FOURTEEN PROTESTERS BEING CHARGED WITH TRESPASSING. FOUR PLED GUILTY AND THE REMAINING TEN PLED INNOCENT. THE PLANT IS EXPECTED TO RETAIN TWO THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED JOBS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS...
PRESIDENT BAROCK OBAMA IS EXPECTED TO VETO A BILL WHICH WOULD EXPEDITE FORECLOSURES. THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS THAT THE
BILL, WHICH WOULD HAVE MANDATED NOTARIZED DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THOSE SIGNED ELECTRONICALLY, CARRY THE SAME WEIGHT IN OTHER STATES. THE BILL HAS BEEN POCKET-VETOED BEFORE.
USA TODAY REPORTS... A REPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED TODAnY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH WILL SHOW CONTINUAL, ALBEIT
ONLY MODERATE, JOB GROWTH IN THE COUNTRY. THIS, HOWEVER, IS COLD COMFORT TO THE THIRTY PERCENT OF JOBLESS WHO HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR OVER A YEAR OR MORE. THIS FIGURE IS UP FROM TWENTY THREE PERCENT IN DECEMBER. LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT STILL REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED.
THE KANSAS STATE COLLEGIAN REPORTS... LOCAL MANHATTAN BUSINESSES ARE COMING TOGETHER TOMORROW FOR ITS ANNUAL FREE RECYCLE AND SHRED DAY. THE EVENT, AT WHICH LOCAL RESIDENTS CAN DISPOSE OF OLD PERSONAL DOCUMENTS SUCH AS BANK STATEMENTS, WILL ALSO BE PREPARED TO DISPOSE OF UNWANTED OR UNNEEDED CELL PHONES AND SOME ELECTRONIC DEVICES SUCH AS LAPTOPS. THE MONEY RAISED BY RECYCLING THESE DEVICES WILL BE DONATED TO MANHATTAN'S SUNSET ZOO.
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL REPORTS... FANS OF BOTH NEBRASKA AND KANSAS STATE REFLECT TODAY ON THE ENDING OF A CENTURY-LONG RIVALRY... THE SERIES WAS UNEVEN UNTIL COACH BILL SNYDER TOOK OVER FOR THE WILDCATS IN THE 90S, HAS DEVELOPED ITS OWN
TRADITIONS AND HAS SECURED A PLACE IN BOTH KANSAS STATE AND NEBRASKAHISTORY. NEBRASKA, WHICH IS MOVING TO THE BIG TEN
CONFERENCE, PLAYED ITS LAST EXPECTED GAME AGAINST THE WILDCATS LAST NIGHT HERE IN MANHATTAN.
IN STATE NEWS...
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS... PROTESTS OF A PLANT IN KANSAS CITY,
WHICH WOULD BUILD KEY NON-NUCLEAR PARTS FOR NUCLEAR
WEAPONS, REACHED FEVER PITCH ON THURSDAY, RESULTING IN FOURTEEN PROTESTERS BEING CHARGED WITH TRESPASSING. FOUR PLED GUILTY AND THE REMAINING TEN PLED INNOCENT. THE PLANT IS EXPECTED TO RETAIN TWO THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED JOBS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS...
PRESIDENT BAROCK OBAMA IS EXPECTED TO VETO A BILL WHICH WOULD EXPEDITE FORECLOSURES. THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS THAT THE
BILL, WHICH WOULD HAVE MANDATED NOTARIZED DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THOSE SIGNED ELECTRONICALLY, CARRY THE SAME WEIGHT IN OTHER STATES. THE BILL HAS BEEN POCKET-VETOED BEFORE.
USA TODAY REPORTS... A REPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED TODAnY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH WILL SHOW CONTINUAL, ALBEIT
ONLY MODERATE, JOB GROWTH IN THE COUNTRY. THIS, HOWEVER, IS COLD COMFORT TO THE THIRTY PERCENT OF JOBLESS WHO HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR OVER A YEAR OR MORE. THIS FIGURE IS UP FROM TWENTY THREE PERCENT IN DECEMBER. LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT STILL REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
10-7-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
NICODEMUS IS SEEKING A PEPSI REFRESH GRANT. THE BUILD A DORM FOR AGRICULTURE CAMP PROJECT WOULD BUILD A 20-BED DORMITORY IN NICODEMUS. IF THE PROJECT IS ONE OF THE TOP TWO VOTE-GETTERS…IT WILL RECEIVE A TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT. CAMPERS WILL SPEND TWO DAYS AT NICODEMUS AND TWO DAYS AT KANSAS STATE. DURING THE VISIT TO NICODEMUS, CAMPERS WILL GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO FORMER KSTATE GREAT VERYL SWITZER (SWHITE-SIR)
FOR THOSE LEAVING WORK DURING THE GAME DAY FESTIVITIES TODAY, CAMPUS POLICE HAVE SUGGESTED ALTERNATE ROUTES TO AVOID DELAYS AND CONGESTION. CAPTAIN DON STUBBINGS SAYS DRIVERS SHOULD AVOID THE INTERSECTION OF DENISON AND KIMBALL AND COLLEGE AND KIMBALL.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL….JUSTIN DAN ELNICKI, A THIRTY ONE YEAR OLD TOPEKAN…WAS BEING TRIED FOR RAPE FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE THIRD TIME WAS THE CHARM FOR ELNICKI. JURORS FOUND ELNICKI GUILTY OF RAPING A 19 YEAR OLD WOMAN. THE FIRST TWO TIMES, ELNICKI’S CHARGES WERE OVERTURNED BY THE STATE APPELLATE COURT.
ACCORDING TO THE KC STAR…SUPREME COURT JUSTICES LISTENED TO ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR AN HOUR IN THE SNYDER VS. WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH. JUSTICE RUTH BADER-GINGSBURG WONDERED WHETHER OR NOT THE FIRST AMENDMENT SHOULD TOLERATE WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AS EXPLOITING A PRIVATE PERSON’S GRIEF. THE CASE CENTERS ON A 2006 FUNERAL IN WHICH PROTESTERS STOOD OUTSIDE SNYDER’S SON’S MILITARY FUNERAL. DURING THE ARGUMENTS, NEITHER SIDE SEEMED TO WIN FAVOR WITH THE JUDGES.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH INSTITUTE, A NEW POLL SHOWS AMERICANS CONTINUE TO OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE. THE LATEST POLL SHOWS THAT FEWER THAN HALF OF AMERICANS OPPOSE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. ALTHOUGH THOSE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE SEEM TO BE DWINDLING, IN 2009…37 PERCENT OF THOSE POLLED WERE IN FAVOR OF GAY MARRIAGE. AFTER TWO POLLS THIS YEAR, THAT NUMBER HAS JUMPED 5 PERCENT AND IS NOW 42 PERCENT IN FAVOR OF GAY MARRIAGE.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO CNN.COM…KIM KARDASHIAN REACHED 5 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER. THE ACTRESS OF THE REALITY SHOW KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS TWEETS ON A MYRIAD OF SUBJECTS. KARDASHIAN SAYS SHE LOVES TWITTER BECAUSE IT ALLOWS HER TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HER FANS.
NICODEMUS IS SEEKING A PEPSI REFRESH GRANT. THE BUILD A DORM FOR AGRICULTURE CAMP PROJECT WOULD BUILD A 20-BED DORMITORY IN NICODEMUS. IF THE PROJECT IS ONE OF THE TOP TWO VOTE-GETTERS…IT WILL RECEIVE A TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT. CAMPERS WILL SPEND TWO DAYS AT NICODEMUS AND TWO DAYS AT KANSAS STATE. DURING THE VISIT TO NICODEMUS, CAMPERS WILL GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO FORMER KSTATE GREAT VERYL SWITZER (SWHITE-SIR)
FOR THOSE LEAVING WORK DURING THE GAME DAY FESTIVITIES TODAY, CAMPUS POLICE HAVE SUGGESTED ALTERNATE ROUTES TO AVOID DELAYS AND CONGESTION. CAPTAIN DON STUBBINGS SAYS DRIVERS SHOULD AVOID THE INTERSECTION OF DENISON AND KIMBALL AND COLLEGE AND KIMBALL.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL….JUSTIN DAN ELNICKI, A THIRTY ONE YEAR OLD TOPEKAN…WAS BEING TRIED FOR RAPE FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE THIRD TIME WAS THE CHARM FOR ELNICKI. JURORS FOUND ELNICKI GUILTY OF RAPING A 19 YEAR OLD WOMAN. THE FIRST TWO TIMES, ELNICKI’S CHARGES WERE OVERTURNED BY THE STATE APPELLATE COURT.
ACCORDING TO THE KC STAR…SUPREME COURT JUSTICES LISTENED TO ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR AN HOUR IN THE SNYDER VS. WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH. JUSTICE RUTH BADER-GINGSBURG WONDERED WHETHER OR NOT THE FIRST AMENDMENT SHOULD TOLERATE WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AS EXPLOITING A PRIVATE PERSON’S GRIEF. THE CASE CENTERS ON A 2006 FUNERAL IN WHICH PROTESTERS STOOD OUTSIDE SNYDER’S SON’S MILITARY FUNERAL. DURING THE ARGUMENTS, NEITHER SIDE SEEMED TO WIN FAVOR WITH THE JUDGES.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH INSTITUTE, A NEW POLL SHOWS AMERICANS CONTINUE TO OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE. THE LATEST POLL SHOWS THAT FEWER THAN HALF OF AMERICANS OPPOSE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. ALTHOUGH THOSE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE SEEM TO BE DWINDLING, IN 2009…37 PERCENT OF THOSE POLLED WERE IN FAVOR OF GAY MARRIAGE. AFTER TWO POLLS THIS YEAR, THAT NUMBER HAS JUMPED 5 PERCENT AND IS NOW 42 PERCENT IN FAVOR OF GAY MARRIAGE.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO CNN.COM…KIM KARDASHIAN REACHED 5 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER. THE ACTRESS OF THE REALITY SHOW KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS TWEETS ON A MYRIAD OF SUBJECTS. KARDASHIAN SAYS SHE LOVES TWITTER BECAUSE IT ALLOWS HER TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HER FANS.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
10-05-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY…K-STATE IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EXCLUSIVE STUDENT RECRUITMENT FAIR IN CHINA. THE FAIR WILL TAKE PLACE ON OCTOBER 15TH AND WILL END ON OCTOBER 23RD. AT THE FAIR, K-STATE WILL HAVE ITS SELECTION OF CHINA’S BEST GRADUATE STUDENTS.
THE CAPITOL JOURNAL REPORTS…ON FRIDAY…THE JOHNSON CENTER FOR BASIC CANCER RESEARCH WILL CELEBRATE ITS THIRTIETH YEAR. TO CELEBRATE IT’S LONGEVITY, THE CENTER WILL HOLD A PINK AND PURPLE POLYESTER PARTY. THE EVENT WILL SERVE AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CENTER. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND. TICKETS COST 25 DOLLARS EACH AND CAN BE RECEIVED BY CALLING THE CENTER AT 785-532-6705.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS…
22 YEAR OLD RASHEDA PERKINS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT. THE WOMEN ALLEGEDLY LEFT HER THREE YEAR OLD SON IN AN ABANDONED APARTMENT. THE LANDLORD FOUND THE CHILD WHILE MAKING REPAIRS TO THE APARTMENT. THE THREE YEAR OLD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE ECZEMA AND A FAILURE TO THRIVE. PERKINS SAID SHE GAVE THE CHILD TO HIS FATHER THURSDAY NIGHT.
KCTV REPORTS…
OCTOBER IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE SPRINT CENTER TO ATTRACT A MAJOR TENANT. SOME KANSAS CITY OFFICIALS SAY THE ARENA MAY BETTER OFF WITHOUT A PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY OR BASKETBALL TEAM. CITY COUNCILMAN ED FORD SAID A SPORTS TEAM WOULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF CONCERT DATES. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE 3 YEAR OLD ARENA HAS OUTPERFORMED EXPECTATIONS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
USA TODAY REPORTS…1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IS GOING GREEN. SOLAR PANELS ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLED ON THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN SPRING 2011. SOLAR INDUSTRIES ENERGY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT RONE RESH SAYS THE SOLAR PANELS ON THE WHITE HOUSE WILL FORCE EVERY AMERICAN TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE GENERATE ELECTRICITY. PRESIDENT CARTER AND PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH BOTH HAD SOLAR POWER UNITS INSTALLED DURING THEIR PRESIDENCY.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
YOUNG MONEY’S NICKI MINAJ SNATCHED UP THREE BET AWARDS. THE FEMALE EMCEE WON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, PEOPLE’S CHAMP AND MADE YOU LOOK. MINAJ THANKED ALL THE GIRLS OF HIP HOP IN AN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. MINAJ’S SOLO ALBUM PINK FRIDAY IS SET TO BE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 23RD. THE BET AWARDS WILL BE TELEVISED OCTOBER 12TH AT 8 PM.
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY…K-STATE IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EXCLUSIVE STUDENT RECRUITMENT FAIR IN CHINA. THE FAIR WILL TAKE PLACE ON OCTOBER 15TH AND WILL END ON OCTOBER 23RD. AT THE FAIR, K-STATE WILL HAVE ITS SELECTION OF CHINA’S BEST GRADUATE STUDENTS.
THE CAPITOL JOURNAL REPORTS…ON FRIDAY…THE JOHNSON CENTER FOR BASIC CANCER RESEARCH WILL CELEBRATE ITS THIRTIETH YEAR. TO CELEBRATE IT’S LONGEVITY, THE CENTER WILL HOLD A PINK AND PURPLE POLYESTER PARTY. THE EVENT WILL SERVE AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CENTER. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND. TICKETS COST 25 DOLLARS EACH AND CAN BE RECEIVED BY CALLING THE CENTER AT 785-532-6705.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS…
22 YEAR OLD RASHEDA PERKINS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT. THE WOMEN ALLEGEDLY LEFT HER THREE YEAR OLD SON IN AN ABANDONED APARTMENT. THE LANDLORD FOUND THE CHILD WHILE MAKING REPAIRS TO THE APARTMENT. THE THREE YEAR OLD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE ECZEMA AND A FAILURE TO THRIVE. PERKINS SAID SHE GAVE THE CHILD TO HIS FATHER THURSDAY NIGHT.
KCTV REPORTS…
OCTOBER IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE SPRINT CENTER TO ATTRACT A MAJOR TENANT. SOME KANSAS CITY OFFICIALS SAY THE ARENA MAY BETTER OFF WITHOUT A PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY OR BASKETBALL TEAM. CITY COUNCILMAN ED FORD SAID A SPORTS TEAM WOULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF CONCERT DATES. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE 3 YEAR OLD ARENA HAS OUTPERFORMED EXPECTATIONS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
USA TODAY REPORTS…1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IS GOING GREEN. SOLAR PANELS ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLED ON THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN SPRING 2011. SOLAR INDUSTRIES ENERGY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT RONE RESH SAYS THE SOLAR PANELS ON THE WHITE HOUSE WILL FORCE EVERY AMERICAN TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE GENERATE ELECTRICITY. PRESIDENT CARTER AND PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH BOTH HAD SOLAR POWER UNITS INSTALLED DURING THEIR PRESIDENCY.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
YOUNG MONEY’S NICKI MINAJ SNATCHED UP THREE BET AWARDS. THE FEMALE EMCEE WON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, PEOPLE’S CHAMP AND MADE YOU LOOK. MINAJ THANKED ALL THE GIRLS OF HIP HOP IN AN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. MINAJ’S SOLO ALBUM PINK FRIDAY IS SET TO BE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 23RD. THE BET AWARDS WILL BE TELEVISED OCTOBER 12TH AT 8 PM.
Monday, October 4, 2010
10-04-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE AP…SOLDIERS FROM THE FIRST INFANTRY OF FORT RILEY’S FIRST BRIGADE HAVE DEPLOYED TO IRAQ. THIS UNIT IS ONE OF THE FIRST UNITS TO DEPLOY SINCE PRESIDENT OBAMA DECLARED AN END TO MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS. SOLDIERS WILL HELP THE IRAQI SOLDIERS AND GOVERNMENT BECOME MORE PREPARED TO TAKE OVER FULL-COMBAT OPERATIONS.
ACCORDING TO ABC NEWS…KSTATE PROFESSOR MARK HAUB…LOST 15 POUNDS DURING HIS SNACK DIET. NOT ONLY DID HAUB LOSE 15 POUNDS BUT HE ALSO STOPPED SNORING, HIS OVERALL CHOLESTEROL DROPPED…SO DID HIS BMI OR BODY MASS INDEX. HAUB WILL CONTINUE TO DIET IN A MODIFIED FORM UNTIL HE LOSES ANOTHER 8 POUNDS.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE WICHITA EAGLE…HAWKER-BEECHCRAFT COULD BE ON ITS WAY TO LOUISIANA TAKING SIX THOUSAND JOBS WITH IT. HAWKER-BEECHCRAFT AND MACHINIST OFFICIALS WILL MEET TOMORROW WITH GOVERNOR MARK PARKINSON. THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IN TOPEKA. WICHITA MAYOR CARL BREWER RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN DO KEEP HAWKER BEECHCRAFT IN KANSAS.
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS…THE SONIC ADS WHICH FEATURE TWO PEOPLE SITTING IN A CAR MAY SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST. BARKELY, THE KANSAS CITY-BASED AD COMPANY’S ACCOUNT IS BEING REVIEWED. BARKLEY CEO JEFF KING SAYS THE COMPANY WILL NOT COMPETE TO RETAIN THE ACCOUNT. INSTEAD KING SAYS THE COMPANY WILL GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE TO OTHER CLIENTS. THE REVIEW OF THE ACCOUNT WILL END IN THE FIRST QUARTER NEXT YEAR.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
USA TODAY REPORTS....THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN CONGRESS IS EXPECTED TO DECLINE. DUE TO HARD ECONOMIC TIMES….DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE. MORE WOMEN ARE DEMOCRATIC. REPORTS HAVE SHOWN THAT IN PREVIOUS RECESSIONS OR OTHER TIMES OF ECONOMIC DOUBT…VOTERS HAVE BEEN LESS WILLING TO VOTE FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES. THIS COULD BE THE FIRST DECLINE IN THREE DECADES. THERE ARE CURRENLTY SEVENTY-THREE WOMEN IN THE HOUSE AND SEVENTEEN WOMEN IN THE SENATE.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
THE AP REPORTS…3-D HAS BECOME THE TREND IN TELEVISION AND MOVIES. NOT TO BE LEFT BEHIND…MUSIC IS JUMPING ON THE BANDWAGON TOO. JUSTIN BIEBER AND THE BLACK EYED PEAS ARE PLANNING TO RELEASE 3-D MOVIE CONCERTS. EVEN LESSER-KNOWN ACTS LIKE BROKEN BELLS ARE RELEASING 3-D CLIPS TOO. ACCORDING TO STAFFERS FROM SONY AND OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON, MUSIC’S MOVE TO 3-D IS EXPECTED TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE AND THE CONNECTION WITH THE ARTIST.
ACCORDING TO THE AP…SOLDIERS FROM THE FIRST INFANTRY OF FORT RILEY’S FIRST BRIGADE HAVE DEPLOYED TO IRAQ. THIS UNIT IS ONE OF THE FIRST UNITS TO DEPLOY SINCE PRESIDENT OBAMA DECLARED AN END TO MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS. SOLDIERS WILL HELP THE IRAQI SOLDIERS AND GOVERNMENT BECOME MORE PREPARED TO TAKE OVER FULL-COMBAT OPERATIONS.
ACCORDING TO ABC NEWS…KSTATE PROFESSOR MARK HAUB…LOST 15 POUNDS DURING HIS SNACK DIET. NOT ONLY DID HAUB LOSE 15 POUNDS BUT HE ALSO STOPPED SNORING, HIS OVERALL CHOLESTEROL DROPPED…SO DID HIS BMI OR BODY MASS INDEX. HAUB WILL CONTINUE TO DIET IN A MODIFIED FORM UNTIL HE LOSES ANOTHER 8 POUNDS.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE WICHITA EAGLE…HAWKER-BEECHCRAFT COULD BE ON ITS WAY TO LOUISIANA TAKING SIX THOUSAND JOBS WITH IT. HAWKER-BEECHCRAFT AND MACHINIST OFFICIALS WILL MEET TOMORROW WITH GOVERNOR MARK PARKINSON. THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IN TOPEKA. WICHITA MAYOR CARL BREWER RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN DO KEEP HAWKER BEECHCRAFT IN KANSAS.
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS…THE SONIC ADS WHICH FEATURE TWO PEOPLE SITTING IN A CAR MAY SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST. BARKELY, THE KANSAS CITY-BASED AD COMPANY’S ACCOUNT IS BEING REVIEWED. BARKLEY CEO JEFF KING SAYS THE COMPANY WILL NOT COMPETE TO RETAIN THE ACCOUNT. INSTEAD KING SAYS THE COMPANY WILL GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE TO OTHER CLIENTS. THE REVIEW OF THE ACCOUNT WILL END IN THE FIRST QUARTER NEXT YEAR.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
USA TODAY REPORTS....THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN CONGRESS IS EXPECTED TO DECLINE. DUE TO HARD ECONOMIC TIMES….DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE. MORE WOMEN ARE DEMOCRATIC. REPORTS HAVE SHOWN THAT IN PREVIOUS RECESSIONS OR OTHER TIMES OF ECONOMIC DOUBT…VOTERS HAVE BEEN LESS WILLING TO VOTE FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES. THIS COULD BE THE FIRST DECLINE IN THREE DECADES. THERE ARE CURRENLTY SEVENTY-THREE WOMEN IN THE HOUSE AND SEVENTEEN WOMEN IN THE SENATE.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
THE AP REPORTS…3-D HAS BECOME THE TREND IN TELEVISION AND MOVIES. NOT TO BE LEFT BEHIND…MUSIC IS JUMPING ON THE BANDWAGON TOO. JUSTIN BIEBER AND THE BLACK EYED PEAS ARE PLANNING TO RELEASE 3-D MOVIE CONCERTS. EVEN LESSER-KNOWN ACTS LIKE BROKEN BELLS ARE RELEASING 3-D CLIPS TOO. ACCORDING TO STAFFERS FROM SONY AND OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON, MUSIC’S MOVE TO 3-D IS EXPECTED TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE AND THE CONNECTION WITH THE ARTIST.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Collegian Editor-in-Chief wins Prestigous Award
Collegian Editor-in-Chief Jason Miller won Rolling Stone's 35th Annual College Journalism Award. Miller wrote a 5-part piece about conversion therapy. The piece discussed the upbringing a gay man who is the son of missionary parents.
If you would like the read the piece here are the links:
http://www.kstatecollegian.com/news/student-recounts-painful-conversion-therapy-abuse-1.2114740
http://www.kstatecollegian.com/news/student-finds-sympathy-understanding-at-k-state-through-untherapy-1.2116095
If you would like the read the piece here are the links:
http://www.kstatecollegian.com/news/student-recounts-painful-conversion-therapy-abuse-1.2114740
http://www.kstatecollegian.com/news/student-finds-sympathy-understanding-at-k-state-through-untherapy-1.2116095
9-21-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
LAST YEAR CONCERNS ABOUT THE H1N1 FLU SPARKED INCREASED TURNOUTS FOR FLU SHOTS. THE MANHATTAN MERCURY REPORTS…YESTERDAY RILEY COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS BEGAN ADMINISTERING FLU SHOTS. FLU SHOTS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE AGES SIX MONTHS AND ABOVE. THIS YEAR’S FLU SHOT WILL HAVE A STRAIN OF THE H1N1 IN THIS YEAR’S VACCINE.
KANSAS STATE ENGLISH PROFESSOR PHILLIP NEL SAYS IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE TO SEE ADULTS READING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE. WITH THE SUCCESS OF CORALINE AND HARRY POTTER, CHILDREN’S LITERATURE SEEMS TO BE MORE COMMONPLACE, BUT NEL DISAGREES. ADULTS HAVE BEEN READING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW POINTING TO MARK TWAIN’S HUCK FINN AND TOM SAWYER NOVELS. NEL SAYS CHILDREN’S LITERATURE DOES NOT DUMB DOWN AMERICA AND SHOULD NOT BE LOOKED AT IT.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL REPORTS…LAWRENCE RESIDENT, RAYMOND COTTON, 43 WAS CONVICTED OF RAPING A YOUNG GIRL OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD. THE TRIAL LASTED FIVE DAYS AND JURORS FOUND COTTON GUILTY OF THREE COUNTS OF RAPE OF A CHILD YOUNGER THAN 14. COTTON ALLEGEDLY RAPED THE GIRL BETWEEN THE AGES OF 11 AND 14. DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES BRANSON SAYS COTTON FACES A SENTENCE UP TO LIFE IN PRISON.
WAMGEO’S WEST ELEMENTARY WAS ONE OF SIX SCHOOLS HONORED IN THIS YEAR’S INTEL SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION CONTEST. THE AWARD IS GIVEN TO SCHOOLS THAT IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE MATH AND SCIENCE PROGRAMS. WEST ELEMENTARY WON IN THE ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS DIVISION AND WAS HONORED IN WASHINGTON DC A WEEK AGO. EACH SCHOOL RECEIVED 10,000 DOLLARS IN GRANT MONEY AND AN AWARD PACKAGE WORTH MORE THAN 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO CNN.COM A SMALL PLANE LANDED ON INTERSTATE 85 JUST NORTH OF ATLANTA. CONES WERE PLACED AROUND THE PLANE AND CARS MANEUVERED AROUND THE PLANE. SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION SAID THAT THEY ARE UNSURE IF THE PLANE HAD TROUBLE DURING EITHER TAKE OFF OR LANDING. DISPATCH SUPERVISOR FOR DEKALB COUNTY TAMEKA MINTER SAID NO FIRE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
THE NFL’S DENVER BRONCOS HAVE BEEN AN UNLUCKY FRANCHISE OFF THE FIELD RECENTLY. WITH THE DEATHS OF DARRENT WILLIAMS AND DAMIEN NASH SINCE 2007, THE BRONCOS RECEIVED AWFUL BUT FAMILIAR NEWS LAST NIGHT. 23-YEAR-OLD WIDE RECEIVER KENNY MCKINLEY DIED OF AN APPARENT SELF-INFLICTED GUN SHOT WOUND. MCKINLEY PLAYED COLLEGIATELY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND WAS DRAFTED IN THE 5TH ROUND OF THE 2009 NFL DRAFT. BRONCOS PRESIDENT AND CEO PAT BOWLEN RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT HIS CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE MCKINLEY FAMILY.
LAST YEAR CONCERNS ABOUT THE H1N1 FLU SPARKED INCREASED TURNOUTS FOR FLU SHOTS. THE MANHATTAN MERCURY REPORTS…YESTERDAY RILEY COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS BEGAN ADMINISTERING FLU SHOTS. FLU SHOTS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE AGES SIX MONTHS AND ABOVE. THIS YEAR’S FLU SHOT WILL HAVE A STRAIN OF THE H1N1 IN THIS YEAR’S VACCINE.
KANSAS STATE ENGLISH PROFESSOR PHILLIP NEL SAYS IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE TO SEE ADULTS READING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE. WITH THE SUCCESS OF CORALINE AND HARRY POTTER, CHILDREN’S LITERATURE SEEMS TO BE MORE COMMONPLACE, BUT NEL DISAGREES. ADULTS HAVE BEEN READING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW POINTING TO MARK TWAIN’S HUCK FINN AND TOM SAWYER NOVELS. NEL SAYS CHILDREN’S LITERATURE DOES NOT DUMB DOWN AMERICA AND SHOULD NOT BE LOOKED AT IT.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL REPORTS…LAWRENCE RESIDENT, RAYMOND COTTON, 43 WAS CONVICTED OF RAPING A YOUNG GIRL OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD. THE TRIAL LASTED FIVE DAYS AND JURORS FOUND COTTON GUILTY OF THREE COUNTS OF RAPE OF A CHILD YOUNGER THAN 14. COTTON ALLEGEDLY RAPED THE GIRL BETWEEN THE AGES OF 11 AND 14. DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES BRANSON SAYS COTTON FACES A SENTENCE UP TO LIFE IN PRISON.
WAMGEO’S WEST ELEMENTARY WAS ONE OF SIX SCHOOLS HONORED IN THIS YEAR’S INTEL SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION CONTEST. THE AWARD IS GIVEN TO SCHOOLS THAT IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE MATH AND SCIENCE PROGRAMS. WEST ELEMENTARY WON IN THE ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS DIVISION AND WAS HONORED IN WASHINGTON DC A WEEK AGO. EACH SCHOOL RECEIVED 10,000 DOLLARS IN GRANT MONEY AND AN AWARD PACKAGE WORTH MORE THAN 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO CNN.COM A SMALL PLANE LANDED ON INTERSTATE 85 JUST NORTH OF ATLANTA. CONES WERE PLACED AROUND THE PLANE AND CARS MANEUVERED AROUND THE PLANE. SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION SAID THAT THEY ARE UNSURE IF THE PLANE HAD TROUBLE DURING EITHER TAKE OFF OR LANDING. DISPATCH SUPERVISOR FOR DEKALB COUNTY TAMEKA MINTER SAID NO FIRE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
THE NFL’S DENVER BRONCOS HAVE BEEN AN UNLUCKY FRANCHISE OFF THE FIELD RECENTLY. WITH THE DEATHS OF DARRENT WILLIAMS AND DAMIEN NASH SINCE 2007, THE BRONCOS RECEIVED AWFUL BUT FAMILIAR NEWS LAST NIGHT. 23-YEAR-OLD WIDE RECEIVER KENNY MCKINLEY DIED OF AN APPARENT SELF-INFLICTED GUN SHOT WOUND. MCKINLEY PLAYED COLLEGIATELY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND WAS DRAFTED IN THE 5TH ROUND OF THE 2009 NFL DRAFT. BRONCOS PRESIDENT AND CEO PAT BOWLEN RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT HIS CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE MCKINLEY FAMILY.
Monday, September 20, 2010
IN LOCAL NEWS…
K-STATE EARNED NATIONAL ACCREDITATION FOR ITS CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN. ONLY 8 PERCENT OF PROGRAMS RECEIVE THIS CERTIFICATION. THE CENTER INCLUDES KIDS FROM 6 WEEKS TO 5 YEARS OLD AND CURRENTLY ACCOMMODATES 160 CHILDREN. THE HOEFLIN STONE HOUSE EARLY EDUCATION CENTER, ALSO ON THE K-STATE CAMPUS, HAS EARNED THE SAME ACCREDITATION.
THE MANHATTAN MERCURY REPORTS….JIM SHROYER PROFESSOR OF EXTENSION CROPS SPECIALIST WAS NAMED TO THE THIS YEAR’S CLASS OF CROP SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA FELLOWS. ONLY A HANDFUL OF THE SOCIETY’S MEMBERS ARE ELECTED FELLOW.
KEVIN COFFEY, WHO WAS KILLED DURING A BUS RIDE TOUR IN NEW YORK CITY WAS HONORED AT MANHATTAN HIGH ON FRIDAY NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY FRIENDS SAID COFFEY ENCOURAGED THEM TO ALWAYS PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO KAKE-TV IN WICHITA, KANSAS LEEKERS FAMILY FOODS IN PARK CITY, KS WAS ROBBED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIFTY YEARS. ACCORDING TO OWNER JOHN LEEKER, A MAN ENTERED THE PHARMACY AROUND 9:30 AND THEN CLIMBED IN TO THE CEILING. A COUPLE HOURS LATER THE THIEF DROPPED DOWN FROM HIS HIDING POST AND STOLE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. UPON WALKING OUT THE CRIMINAL TRIGGERED AN ALARM.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL…
THIRTEEN TOPEKA-AREA STUDENTS WERE NAMED NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS. THE STUDENTS, IF NAMED NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO EARN ONE OF EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SCHOLARSHIPS WORTH THIRTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
USA TODAY REPORTS….
STATE FARM INSURANCE DID A RECENT SURVEY THAT FINDS TEENS VIEW TEXTING WHILE DRIVING AS LESS RISKY THAN DRIVING DRUNK. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY RAY LAHOOD SAYS HE IS TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT TEXTING OR TALKING WHILE DRIVING IS NOT WORTH THE RISK. LAHOOD HAS MADE A POINT DURING HIS CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE RISK POSED TO TEEN DRIVERS WHEN THEY TALK OR TEXT. OPRAH WINFREY HAS JOINED THE CAMPAIGN AND CONSTANTLY URGES HER VIEWERS NOT TO DO IT. 30 STATES HAVE ALREADY BANNED TEXTING OR TALKING ON YOUR CELLPHONE WHILE DRIVING.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
LINDSEY LOHAN TOLD HER FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER THAT SHE FAILED HER COURT ORDERED DRUG TEST. LOHAN ADDED ON HER TWITTER PAGE THAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS A DISEASE THAT DOES NOT GO AWAY OVER NIGHT. TMZ.COM FIRST REPORTED THE FAILED DRUG TEST. THIS IS ONE IN A LONG LINE OF SETBACKS FOR THE ACTRESS. IN JULY THE ACTRESS WAS ORDERED TO SERVE THREE MONTHS OF JAIL TIME.
K-STATE EARNED NATIONAL ACCREDITATION FOR ITS CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN. ONLY 8 PERCENT OF PROGRAMS RECEIVE THIS CERTIFICATION. THE CENTER INCLUDES KIDS FROM 6 WEEKS TO 5 YEARS OLD AND CURRENTLY ACCOMMODATES 160 CHILDREN. THE HOEFLIN STONE HOUSE EARLY EDUCATION CENTER, ALSO ON THE K-STATE CAMPUS, HAS EARNED THE SAME ACCREDITATION.
THE MANHATTAN MERCURY REPORTS….JIM SHROYER PROFESSOR OF EXTENSION CROPS SPECIALIST WAS NAMED TO THE THIS YEAR’S CLASS OF CROP SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA FELLOWS. ONLY A HANDFUL OF THE SOCIETY’S MEMBERS ARE ELECTED FELLOW.
KEVIN COFFEY, WHO WAS KILLED DURING A BUS RIDE TOUR IN NEW YORK CITY WAS HONORED AT MANHATTAN HIGH ON FRIDAY NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY FRIENDS SAID COFFEY ENCOURAGED THEM TO ALWAYS PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO KAKE-TV IN WICHITA, KANSAS LEEKERS FAMILY FOODS IN PARK CITY, KS WAS ROBBED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIFTY YEARS. ACCORDING TO OWNER JOHN LEEKER, A MAN ENTERED THE PHARMACY AROUND 9:30 AND THEN CLIMBED IN TO THE CEILING. A COUPLE HOURS LATER THE THIEF DROPPED DOWN FROM HIS HIDING POST AND STOLE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. UPON WALKING OUT THE CRIMINAL TRIGGERED AN ALARM.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL…
THIRTEEN TOPEKA-AREA STUDENTS WERE NAMED NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS. THE STUDENTS, IF NAMED NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO EARN ONE OF EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SCHOLARSHIPS WORTH THIRTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
USA TODAY REPORTS….
STATE FARM INSURANCE DID A RECENT SURVEY THAT FINDS TEENS VIEW TEXTING WHILE DRIVING AS LESS RISKY THAN DRIVING DRUNK. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY RAY LAHOOD SAYS HE IS TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT TEXTING OR TALKING WHILE DRIVING IS NOT WORTH THE RISK. LAHOOD HAS MADE A POINT DURING HIS CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE RISK POSED TO TEEN DRIVERS WHEN THEY TALK OR TEXT. OPRAH WINFREY HAS JOINED THE CAMPAIGN AND CONSTANTLY URGES HER VIEWERS NOT TO DO IT. 30 STATES HAVE ALREADY BANNED TEXTING OR TALKING ON YOUR CELLPHONE WHILE DRIVING.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
LINDSEY LOHAN TOLD HER FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER THAT SHE FAILED HER COURT ORDERED DRUG TEST. LOHAN ADDED ON HER TWITTER PAGE THAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS A DISEASE THAT DOES NOT GO AWAY OVER NIGHT. TMZ.COM FIRST REPORTED THE FAILED DRUG TEST. THIS IS ONE IN A LONG LINE OF SETBACKS FOR THE ACTRESS. IN JULY THE ACTRESS WAS ORDERED TO SERVE THREE MONTHS OF JAIL TIME.
Friday, September 17, 2010
9-17-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
KSTATE VETERNARIAN SUSAN NELSON SAYS NATURAL FOOD IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST FOR PETS. NELSON SAYS THAT NATURAL FOODS ARE NOT BAD FOR PETS. SOME NATURAL FOODS MAY PROVIDE ANTIOXIDANTS, BUT ARE DEFICIENT IN OTHER AREAS. SHE ENCOURAGES OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THEIR PET IS RECEIVING A WELL-BALANCED DIET.
THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION RECEIVED A 5 MILLION DOLLAR DONATION FROM PAUL AND SANDRA EDGERLY OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS. THE DONATION WILL ASSIST WITH CREATING AN ENDOWED DEANSHIP IN THE SCHOOL AND ASSIST WITH EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND TRAVEL COSTS. PAUL EDGERLY GRADUATED FROM K-STATE IN 1978 WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING. EDEGERLY IS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF BAIN CAPITAL IN BOSTON. PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ SAYS THE EDGERLY’S GIFT WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND WILL HELP SHIFT K-STATE TOWARDS ITS GOAL OF BECOMING A TOP 50 PUBLIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE BY 2025.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE KANSAS CAPITAL QUILTERS GUILD TURNS 25 THIS WEEKEND. THE MILESTONE WILL CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF RANDY DOC TEMPLE. THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL REPORTS, TEMPLE IS ONE OF THREE MALES IN THE GUILD AND BECAME INVOLVED AFTER TAKING A BEGINNING CLASS IN QUILTING. TEMPLE’S QUILTS ARE IN HIS WORDS MORE MASCULINE. TEMPLE FELT HONORED TO BE AN HONORARY QUILTER FOR THIS WEEKEND’S EVENT. THE GUILD HAS AROUND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEMBERS.
THE KC STAR REPORTS….A WOMAN IN OVERLAND PARK FAILED TO COMPLETELY PUT OUT A GREASE FIRE. THE FIRE’S DAMAGES ARE REPORTED TO BE AROUND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE FIRE SPREAD FROM THE OVEN VENT TO THE ATTIC AND UPON THAT FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
THE RECESSION SENT A RECORD-NUMBER OF PERSONS IN TO POVERTY. THE CENSUS BUREAU SAID THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING POVERTY WAS AT A FIFTY ONE YEAR HIGH IN 2009. FIFTY POINT SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE WERE ALSO WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE. THE CHIEF OF THE CENSUS BEREAU’S DIVISION ON HOUSING AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS DAVID JOHNSON SAYS THE GOVERNMENT HELPED ANOTHER 3.3 MILLION PEOPLE STAY ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE CAME IN THE FORM EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS. THE SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHOUT HEALTHCARE IS BECAUSE PEOPLE LOST PRIVATE OR JOB-BASED INSURANCE BECAUSE OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS….
SASCHA BARON COHEN FAMOUS FOR HIS ROLE AS BORAT WILL PLAY FREDDIE MERCURY IN AN UPCOMING FILM. THE FILM IS CURRENTLY UNTITLED AND WILL FOCUS ON MERCURY’S TIME AS THE LEAD SINGER OF ROCK BAND QUEEN, ESPECIALLY THE FEW YEARS LEADING UP TO QUEEN’S PERFORMANCE AT LONDON’S WEMBLEY STADIUM. THE FILM IS BEING PRODUCED BY PETER MORGAN AND AS OF NOW… THERE IS NO DIRECTOR.
KSTATE VETERNARIAN SUSAN NELSON SAYS NATURAL FOOD IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST FOR PETS. NELSON SAYS THAT NATURAL FOODS ARE NOT BAD FOR PETS. SOME NATURAL FOODS MAY PROVIDE ANTIOXIDANTS, BUT ARE DEFICIENT IN OTHER AREAS. SHE ENCOURAGES OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THEIR PET IS RECEIVING A WELL-BALANCED DIET.
THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION RECEIVED A 5 MILLION DOLLAR DONATION FROM PAUL AND SANDRA EDGERLY OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS. THE DONATION WILL ASSIST WITH CREATING AN ENDOWED DEANSHIP IN THE SCHOOL AND ASSIST WITH EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND TRAVEL COSTS. PAUL EDGERLY GRADUATED FROM K-STATE IN 1978 WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING. EDEGERLY IS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF BAIN CAPITAL IN BOSTON. PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ SAYS THE EDGERLY’S GIFT WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND WILL HELP SHIFT K-STATE TOWARDS ITS GOAL OF BECOMING A TOP 50 PUBLIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE BY 2025.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE KANSAS CAPITAL QUILTERS GUILD TURNS 25 THIS WEEKEND. THE MILESTONE WILL CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF RANDY DOC TEMPLE. THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL REPORTS, TEMPLE IS ONE OF THREE MALES IN THE GUILD AND BECAME INVOLVED AFTER TAKING A BEGINNING CLASS IN QUILTING. TEMPLE’S QUILTS ARE IN HIS WORDS MORE MASCULINE. TEMPLE FELT HONORED TO BE AN HONORARY QUILTER FOR THIS WEEKEND’S EVENT. THE GUILD HAS AROUND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEMBERS.
THE KC STAR REPORTS….A WOMAN IN OVERLAND PARK FAILED TO COMPLETELY PUT OUT A GREASE FIRE. THE FIRE’S DAMAGES ARE REPORTED TO BE AROUND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE FIRE SPREAD FROM THE OVEN VENT TO THE ATTIC AND UPON THAT FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
THE RECESSION SENT A RECORD-NUMBER OF PERSONS IN TO POVERTY. THE CENSUS BUREAU SAID THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING POVERTY WAS AT A FIFTY ONE YEAR HIGH IN 2009. FIFTY POINT SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE WERE ALSO WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE. THE CHIEF OF THE CENSUS BEREAU’S DIVISION ON HOUSING AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS DAVID JOHNSON SAYS THE GOVERNMENT HELPED ANOTHER 3.3 MILLION PEOPLE STAY ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE CAME IN THE FORM EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS. THE SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHOUT HEALTHCARE IS BECAUSE PEOPLE LOST PRIVATE OR JOB-BASED INSURANCE BECAUSE OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS….
SASCHA BARON COHEN FAMOUS FOR HIS ROLE AS BORAT WILL PLAY FREDDIE MERCURY IN AN UPCOMING FILM. THE FILM IS CURRENTLY UNTITLED AND WILL FOCUS ON MERCURY’S TIME AS THE LEAD SINGER OF ROCK BAND QUEEN, ESPECIALLY THE FEW YEARS LEADING UP TO QUEEN’S PERFORMANCE AT LONDON’S WEMBLEY STADIUM. THE FILM IS BEING PRODUCED BY PETER MORGAN AND AS OF NOW… THERE IS NO DIRECTOR.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
9-16-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
THE MANATTAN MERCURY REPORTS…HUMAN NUTRITION PROFESSOR MARK HAUB HAS LOST 10 POUNDS SO FAR ON HIS SNACK CAKE DIET. HAUB IS THREE WEEKS IN TO HIS EXPERIMENT OF EATING FOODS HIGH IN SATURATED FAT AND SUGAR BUT HE IS EATING LESS THAN TWO THOUSAND CALORIES PER DAY.
IT WAS REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT KANSAS STATE WAS THE 16TH MOST DESIRABLE LARGE SCHOOL. WELL, THAT’S NOT EXACTLY TRUE. ACCORDING TO THE KC STAR, K-STATE MISREPORTED INFORMATION. THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING BY SOMEONE IN THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE WHO SAID ONLY 56 PERCENT OF APPLICANTS ARE ACCEPTED WHEN ALMOST 98 PERCENT ARE. FIFTY SIX PERCENT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY. RESEARCHER COURTNEY KENNEDY COMPILED THE RANKING WITH THE CORRECTED INFORMATION AND K-STATE WAS KNOCKED OUT THE TOP 25.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE KC STAR REPORS…SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD ANTONIO C. CARNELL IS BEING CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE STATUTORY SODOMY. JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY CARNELL MOLESTED AN EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL AT HER HOME A YEAR AGO.
TRADER JOES IS COMING TO KANSAS CITY. FOX 4 IN KANSAS CITY REPORTS THAT THE GROCERY STORE WILL OPEN IN 2011. THE CHAIN WILL OPEN IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY AND LEAWOOD. MOST RECENTLY, THE STORE HAS OPENED LOCATIONS IN DES MOINES AND OMAHA.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…..
CNN IS REPORTING…CALIFORNIA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL EDMUND G BROWN SUED EIGHT FORMER AND CURRENT MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS FROM THE LOS ANGELES SUBURB BELL. BROWN IS LOOKING TO RECOVER MONEY FROM THE EXCESS SALARIES THAT THE OFFICIALS AWARDED THEMSELVES AND REDUCE THEIR PENSION BENEFITS. FORMER CITY MANAGER ROBERT RIZZO EARNED OVER SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. SINCE 1993 RIZZO’S SALARY WAS INCREASED 16 TIMES. THE DEFENDANTS ARE BEING CHARGED WITH FRAUD, CIVIL CONSPIRACY, WASTE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, AND BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
REUTERS REPORTS…A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATION SAID FOX HAS ALREADY SOLD MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF ITS ADS FOR THIS YEAR’S SUPERBOWL. THE RUNNING PRICE FOR A 30 SECOND AD…A COOL 3 MILLION DOLLARS. THE SUPERBOWL REACHES AN AVERAGE OF 100 MILLION VIEWERS. THIS YEAR’S GAME WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NEW COWBOYS STADIUM ON FEBRUARY 6TH.
THE MANATTAN MERCURY REPORTS…HUMAN NUTRITION PROFESSOR MARK HAUB HAS LOST 10 POUNDS SO FAR ON HIS SNACK CAKE DIET. HAUB IS THREE WEEKS IN TO HIS EXPERIMENT OF EATING FOODS HIGH IN SATURATED FAT AND SUGAR BUT HE IS EATING LESS THAN TWO THOUSAND CALORIES PER DAY.
IT WAS REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT KANSAS STATE WAS THE 16TH MOST DESIRABLE LARGE SCHOOL. WELL, THAT’S NOT EXACTLY TRUE. ACCORDING TO THE KC STAR, K-STATE MISREPORTED INFORMATION. THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING BY SOMEONE IN THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE WHO SAID ONLY 56 PERCENT OF APPLICANTS ARE ACCEPTED WHEN ALMOST 98 PERCENT ARE. FIFTY SIX PERCENT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY. RESEARCHER COURTNEY KENNEDY COMPILED THE RANKING WITH THE CORRECTED INFORMATION AND K-STATE WAS KNOCKED OUT THE TOP 25.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE KC STAR REPORS…SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD ANTONIO C. CARNELL IS BEING CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE STATUTORY SODOMY. JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY CARNELL MOLESTED AN EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL AT HER HOME A YEAR AGO.
TRADER JOES IS COMING TO KANSAS CITY. FOX 4 IN KANSAS CITY REPORTS THAT THE GROCERY STORE WILL OPEN IN 2011. THE CHAIN WILL OPEN IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY AND LEAWOOD. MOST RECENTLY, THE STORE HAS OPENED LOCATIONS IN DES MOINES AND OMAHA.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…..
CNN IS REPORTING…CALIFORNIA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL EDMUND G BROWN SUED EIGHT FORMER AND CURRENT MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS FROM THE LOS ANGELES SUBURB BELL. BROWN IS LOOKING TO RECOVER MONEY FROM THE EXCESS SALARIES THAT THE OFFICIALS AWARDED THEMSELVES AND REDUCE THEIR PENSION BENEFITS. FORMER CITY MANAGER ROBERT RIZZO EARNED OVER SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. SINCE 1993 RIZZO’S SALARY WAS INCREASED 16 TIMES. THE DEFENDANTS ARE BEING CHARGED WITH FRAUD, CIVIL CONSPIRACY, WASTE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, AND BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
REUTERS REPORTS…A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATION SAID FOX HAS ALREADY SOLD MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF ITS ADS FOR THIS YEAR’S SUPERBOWL. THE RUNNING PRICE FOR A 30 SECOND AD…A COOL 3 MILLION DOLLARS. THE SUPERBOWL REACHES AN AVERAGE OF 100 MILLION VIEWERS. THIS YEAR’S GAME WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NEW COWBOYS STADIUM ON FEBRUARY 6TH.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
9-15-10
IN LOCAL NEWS….
KAPLAN/NEWSWEEK RECENTLY RELEASED THEIR COLLEGE RANKINGS GUIDEBOOK. K-STATE IS ONE TOP THE TOP 25 MOST DESIRABLE LARGE SCHOOLS IN THE NATION AND ONE OF THE TOP 25 MOST DESIRABLE RURAL SCHOOLS.
LOST? WELL THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT. KSTATE LAUNCHED POWERCAT ENCHANCED YESTERDAY. THE APPLICATION HELPS STUDENTS AND VISITORS FIND PARKING, PLACES TO EAT AND BUILDINGS AROUND CAMPUS. TO USE THE NEW APP, USERS MUST HAVE AN IPHONE 3GS OR THEIR PHONE MUST RUN ON AN ANDROID PLATFORM. TO SEARCH FOR THE APP, GO TO EACH PHONE’S RESPECTIVE STORE AND SEARCH LAYAR, L-A-Y-A-R.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO KCTV 5 IN KANSAS CITY…GANG ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED IN OVERLAND PARK OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND THE SOLUTION… STOP IT BEFORE IT STARTS. THE PROGRAM IS SET TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND WILL FIND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN LIKE SPORTS, TUTORING AND JOB PLACEMENT.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO CNN…IN A TOWN 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEMPHIS, SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED AFTER A “FLASH FIRE”. KILGORE FLARES CO., WHICH MAKES DECOY FLARES FOR THE MILITARY, HAS THREE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT A MEMPHIS HOSPITAL. AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS LOCKED DOWN AND SEVERAL HUNDRED EMPLOYEES WERE SENT HOME.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
IT’S SWEET SIXTEEN BUT IT MIGHT JUST BE FLAWLESS FIFTEEN. CNN REPORTS FIFTEEN YEAR OLD JOLEE POTTS FROM JENKS HIGH SCHOOL TOOK THE ACT AND GOT A PERFECT 36. POTTS, WHO IS A ALSO A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER SAID HER ONE WEAKNESS ON THE TEST WAS SCIENCE. POTTS, STILL HAS YET TO TAKE A PHYSICS OR CHEMISTRY CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL. UPON GRADUATION, POTTS WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE A CAREER IN MEDICINE OR AEROSPACE ENGINEERING.
KAPLAN/NEWSWEEK RECENTLY RELEASED THEIR COLLEGE RANKINGS GUIDEBOOK. K-STATE IS ONE TOP THE TOP 25 MOST DESIRABLE LARGE SCHOOLS IN THE NATION AND ONE OF THE TOP 25 MOST DESIRABLE RURAL SCHOOLS.
LOST? WELL THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT. KSTATE LAUNCHED POWERCAT ENCHANCED YESTERDAY. THE APPLICATION HELPS STUDENTS AND VISITORS FIND PARKING, PLACES TO EAT AND BUILDINGS AROUND CAMPUS. TO USE THE NEW APP, USERS MUST HAVE AN IPHONE 3GS OR THEIR PHONE MUST RUN ON AN ANDROID PLATFORM. TO SEARCH FOR THE APP, GO TO EACH PHONE’S RESPECTIVE STORE AND SEARCH LAYAR, L-A-Y-A-R.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO KCTV 5 IN KANSAS CITY…GANG ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED IN OVERLAND PARK OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND THE SOLUTION… STOP IT BEFORE IT STARTS. THE PROGRAM IS SET TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND WILL FIND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN LIKE SPORTS, TUTORING AND JOB PLACEMENT.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO CNN…IN A TOWN 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEMPHIS, SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED AFTER A “FLASH FIRE”. KILGORE FLARES CO., WHICH MAKES DECOY FLARES FOR THE MILITARY, HAS THREE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT A MEMPHIS HOSPITAL. AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS LOCKED DOWN AND SEVERAL HUNDRED EMPLOYEES WERE SENT HOME.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
IT’S SWEET SIXTEEN BUT IT MIGHT JUST BE FLAWLESS FIFTEEN. CNN REPORTS FIFTEEN YEAR OLD JOLEE POTTS FROM JENKS HIGH SCHOOL TOOK THE ACT AND GOT A PERFECT 36. POTTS, WHO IS A ALSO A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER SAID HER ONE WEAKNESS ON THE TEST WAS SCIENCE. POTTS, STILL HAS YET TO TAKE A PHYSICS OR CHEMISTRY CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL. UPON GRADUATION, POTTS WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE A CAREER IN MEDICINE OR AEROSPACE ENGINEERING.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
9-14-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN…ALCOHOL PERMITS WILL BE A MAIN TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT TONIGHT’S CITY COMMISSION MEETING. COMMISSIONERS WANT ANY SPECIAL EVENT THAT HAS ALCOHOL AVAILABLE MUST APPLY FOR A PERMIT 45 DAYS IN ADVANCE. AS OF NOW, APPLICANTS MUST APPLY 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL REPORTS THAT A JUDGE HAS ISSUED A GAG ORDER IN THE CASE OF ALICIA DEBOLDT. THE ORDER PREVENTS ANY ATTORNEYS, THEIR EMPLOYEES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM MAKING ANY COMMENTS THAT WOULD HAMPER ADAM JOSEPH LONGORIA’S CHANCE OF HAVING A FAIR TRIAL. LONGORIA IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL SODOMY, CAPITAL MURDER, VEHICULAR THEFT AND VEHICULAR BURGLARY.
ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR…THE SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL DISTRICT IS MAKING A FEW CHANGES. THE SCHOOL PLANS TO CLOSE 3 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND 2 MIDDLE SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT 2 YEARS AND WILL REDRAW THE DISTRICT LINES IN A CHANCE TO SAVE SOME MONEY. LAST YEAR SHAWNEE MISSION LOST THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT DOLLARS PER STUDENT.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
USA TODAY REPORTS….CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL IN PUEBLO COLORADO IS PROVIDING EVERY STUDENT WITH A FREE BREAKFAST. WHEN THE SCHOOL PROVIDED IT IN THE CAFETERIA, THE TURNOUT WAS UNDER 100 STUDENTS. NOW, CARTS…MANNED BY THE TWO LUNCH LADIES HAND OUT WHOLE WHEAT DONUTS AND BOXES OF CEREAL TO STUDENTS. THE COST OF A FREE BREAKFAST IS ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS….
TWEETING TWEETING EVERYWHERE AND NOT A THING TO TWEET. MUSICIAN JOHN MAYER HAS PULLED THE PLUG ON HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT. MAYER HAD AN AVID FOLLOWING OF FANS. WHEN HE DECIDED TO CANCEL HIS ACCOUNT, MAYER HAD 3.7 MILLION FOLLOWERS.
ACCORDING TO THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN…ALCOHOL PERMITS WILL BE A MAIN TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT TONIGHT’S CITY COMMISSION MEETING. COMMISSIONERS WANT ANY SPECIAL EVENT THAT HAS ALCOHOL AVAILABLE MUST APPLY FOR A PERMIT 45 DAYS IN ADVANCE. AS OF NOW, APPLICANTS MUST APPLY 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL REPORTS THAT A JUDGE HAS ISSUED A GAG ORDER IN THE CASE OF ALICIA DEBOLDT. THE ORDER PREVENTS ANY ATTORNEYS, THEIR EMPLOYEES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM MAKING ANY COMMENTS THAT WOULD HAMPER ADAM JOSEPH LONGORIA’S CHANCE OF HAVING A FAIR TRIAL. LONGORIA IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL SODOMY, CAPITAL MURDER, VEHICULAR THEFT AND VEHICULAR BURGLARY.
ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR…THE SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL DISTRICT IS MAKING A FEW CHANGES. THE SCHOOL PLANS TO CLOSE 3 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND 2 MIDDLE SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT 2 YEARS AND WILL REDRAW THE DISTRICT LINES IN A CHANCE TO SAVE SOME MONEY. LAST YEAR SHAWNEE MISSION LOST THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT DOLLARS PER STUDENT.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
USA TODAY REPORTS….CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL IN PUEBLO COLORADO IS PROVIDING EVERY STUDENT WITH A FREE BREAKFAST. WHEN THE SCHOOL PROVIDED IT IN THE CAFETERIA, THE TURNOUT WAS UNDER 100 STUDENTS. NOW, CARTS…MANNED BY THE TWO LUNCH LADIES HAND OUT WHOLE WHEAT DONUTS AND BOXES OF CEREAL TO STUDENTS. THE COST OF A FREE BREAKFAST IS ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS….
TWEETING TWEETING EVERYWHERE AND NOT A THING TO TWEET. MUSICIAN JOHN MAYER HAS PULLED THE PLUG ON HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT. MAYER HAD AN AVID FOLLOWING OF FANS. WHEN HE DECIDED TO CANCEL HIS ACCOUNT, MAYER HAD 3.7 MILLION FOLLOWERS.
Monday, September 13, 2010
9-13-10
IN LOCAL NEWS….
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD MANHATTAN NATIVE KEVIN COFFEY PASSED AWAY SATURDAY. COFFEY, A FIRST-YEAR STUDENT AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY WAS ONE OF FOUR PEOPLE KILLED WHEN A TOURIST BUS THEY WERE RIDING SLAMMED IN TO A LOW RAILROAD BRIDGE. OTHER PASSENGERS WERE CRITICALLY INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.
IN STATE NEWS…
HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM MAY BE A THING OF THE PAST IN THE STATE OF KANSAS. ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL, THE STATE WILL ELIMINATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO JOURNALISM PROGRAMS BEGINNING IN 2012-2013. THE STATE FEELS THAT ITS SCARCE VOCATIONAL BUDGET SHOULD GO TO HIGH-DEMAND, HIGH SKILL AND HIGH WAGE JOBS AND JOURNALISM FAILED TO MEET THE NEW REQUIREMENTS.
THE LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD REPORTS…FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, DRIVERS WHO USE K-10 IN JOHNSON COUNTY ARE ASKED TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. A BRIDGE SPANNING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IS BEING REPAIRED. CREWS WILL WORK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD FIRST, THAN THE RIGHT SIDE.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
USA TODAY REPORTS…LOVELAND COLORADO WAS STRUCK WITH A SMALL BLAZE SUNDAY MORNING. BY SUNDAY EVENING AROUND 600 ACRES WERE ABLAZE. DIVISION CHIEF FOR FIRE AND RESCUE IN LOVELAND, MERLIN GREEN SAID THAT THE FIRE DESTROYED ONE HOME, FOUR OUTBUILDINGS AND A RV. THIS FIRE COMES ON THE HEELS OF A FIRE IN BOULDER, COLORADO. WHICH IS BEING CALLED ONE OF THE WORST FIRES IN STATE HISTORY.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS….
COUNTRY SUPERSTAr TAYLOR SWIFT WHO WAS INTERRUPTED BY KANYE WEST AT LAST YEAR’S MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS WROTE A SONG ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND PERFORMED IT LAST NIGHT. THE SONG TITLED INNOCENT IS AVAILABLE ON ITUNES AND WILL BE FEATURED ON HER NEXT ALBUM SPEAK NOW. LADY GAGA LED ALL ARTISTS BY WINNING 8 AWARDS LAST NIGHT.
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD MANHATTAN NATIVE KEVIN COFFEY PASSED AWAY SATURDAY. COFFEY, A FIRST-YEAR STUDENT AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY WAS ONE OF FOUR PEOPLE KILLED WHEN A TOURIST BUS THEY WERE RIDING SLAMMED IN TO A LOW RAILROAD BRIDGE. OTHER PASSENGERS WERE CRITICALLY INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.
IN STATE NEWS…
HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM MAY BE A THING OF THE PAST IN THE STATE OF KANSAS. ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL, THE STATE WILL ELIMINATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO JOURNALISM PROGRAMS BEGINNING IN 2012-2013. THE STATE FEELS THAT ITS SCARCE VOCATIONAL BUDGET SHOULD GO TO HIGH-DEMAND, HIGH SKILL AND HIGH WAGE JOBS AND JOURNALISM FAILED TO MEET THE NEW REQUIREMENTS.
THE LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD REPORTS…FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, DRIVERS WHO USE K-10 IN JOHNSON COUNTY ARE ASKED TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. A BRIDGE SPANNING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IS BEING REPAIRED. CREWS WILL WORK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD FIRST, THAN THE RIGHT SIDE.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
USA TODAY REPORTS…LOVELAND COLORADO WAS STRUCK WITH A SMALL BLAZE SUNDAY MORNING. BY SUNDAY EVENING AROUND 600 ACRES WERE ABLAZE. DIVISION CHIEF FOR FIRE AND RESCUE IN LOVELAND, MERLIN GREEN SAID THAT THE FIRE DESTROYED ONE HOME, FOUR OUTBUILDINGS AND A RV. THIS FIRE COMES ON THE HEELS OF A FIRE IN BOULDER, COLORADO. WHICH IS BEING CALLED ONE OF THE WORST FIRES IN STATE HISTORY.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS….
COUNTRY SUPERSTAr TAYLOR SWIFT WHO WAS INTERRUPTED BY KANYE WEST AT LAST YEAR’S MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS WROTE A SONG ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND PERFORMED IT LAST NIGHT. THE SONG TITLED INNOCENT IS AVAILABLE ON ITUNES AND WILL BE FEATURED ON HER NEXT ALBUM SPEAK NOW. LADY GAGA LED ALL ARTISTS BY WINNING 8 AWARDS LAST NIGHT.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Sam Adams
Sam Adams, shortly after beginning his performance at Lamda Chi Alpha was escorted off stage by the Riley County Police Department. The crowd of approximately 300 onlookers were shocked by the event. Party organizers urged everyone to head home. Some people were upset about the early exit, others were just confused and shouted expletives at authorities. Authorities said the reasoning behind the dispersal was a noise complaint.
9-11-10 6:11 am
I emailed Sam's publicist, Amy. She said, "At this point we still haven't been told if he has officially been booked or what the charges are."
Amy emailed me back today and said Sam was officially charged with inciting a riot. Adams posted bail and was released. According to Amy, police showed up at Lamda Chi Alpha, a private residence which had a noise permit, and revoked the permit. Adams continued to perform. During his song, "Driving Me Crazy", police rushed the stage and took Sam with them. In the process, Adams chipped his tooth on a microphone. A counter suit is being looked in to .
More information will be released as it becomes available
9-11-10 6:11 am
I emailed Sam's publicist, Amy. She said, "At this point we still haven't been told if he has officially been booked or what the charges are."
Amy emailed me back today and said Sam was officially charged with inciting a riot. Adams posted bail and was released. According to Amy, police showed up at Lamda Chi Alpha, a private residence which had a noise permit, and revoked the permit. Adams continued to perform. During his song, "Driving Me Crazy", police rushed the stage and took Sam with them. In the process, Adams chipped his tooth on a microphone. A counter suit is being looked in to .
More information will be released as it becomes available
Thursday, September 9, 2010
9-09-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
IF YOU CAN’T BEAT EM JOIN EM AND IF YOU CAN BEAT EM THAN JOIN THEIR RIVALS. D.C. COSTON IS ONE OF THREE FINALISTS FOR K-STATES AGRICULTURE DEAN AND DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH. COSTON HOLDS A SIMILAR POSITION AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE. THE OTHER FINALISTS INCLUDE WILLIAM MIKEL AT MISSISSIPPI STATE AND KEVIN KEPHARD AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY.
IN STATE NEWS…
AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 2 YEAR OLD ISAIAH MARTINEZ. MARTINEZ WAS LAST SEEN IN GARDEN CITY AT TWELVE THIRTY THIS MORNING. MARTINEZ IS A WHITE MALE, STANDING 2 FEET TALL AND WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A PURPLE SHIRT WITH A MOTORCYCLE LOGO, KHAKI SHORTS AND BROWN SANDALS. AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR A 1999 DARK BLUE DODGE DURANGO WITH 20-INCH CHROME WHEELS. AUTHORITIES RECEIVED A TIP THAT A SIMILAR VEHICLE WAS HEADING EASTBOUND TOWARD GREAT BEND ON K-ONE FIFTY SIX AT THREE. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ISAIAH’S WHEREABOUTS YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL THE GARDEN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 1-620-276-1300 OR THE KANSAS BUREAU OF CRIME AT 1-800-KS-CRIME.
THE KC STAR REPORTS….EIGHT HUNDRED SIGNATURES WERE SCRIBBLED ACROSS PETITIONS AT LAWRENCE’S FREE STATE HIGH SCHOOL. AROUND A DECADE AGO, FREE STATE ENACTED A POLICY THAT EXCLUDED PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FROM BEING ON THE HOMECOMING COURT. THE SCHOOL HAS SINCE ENDED THE POLICY.
IN NATIONAL NEWS
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPOTS THAT YOUR CHANCES OF DYING WHILE ON THE ROAD ARE THE LOWEST THEY HAVE EVER BEEN DESPITE MORE MILES BEING DRIVEN. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION BARBARA HARSHA SAYS THE REASON BEHIND THE IMPROVED CONDITIONS ARE INCREASED SEATBELT USE, STRONGER DRUNKEN DRIVING LAWS, IMPROVED ROADS AND SAFER VEHICLES.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
CNN HAS CONFIRMED THAT RICH CRONIN, THIRTY SIX OF LFO, FAMOUS FOR THE 90S HIT SUMMER GIRLS HAS PASSED AWAY. CRONIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA IN 2005 AND WAS TREATED WITH STEM CELLS. BANDMATE BRAD FISCHETTI SAYS THE STEM CELLS CAUSED CRONIN TO HAVE A STROKE AND LEG PAIN. LFO DID A SUMMER TOUR IN 2009 DESPITE CRONIN’S DISCOMFORTS.
IF YOU CAN’T BEAT EM JOIN EM AND IF YOU CAN BEAT EM THAN JOIN THEIR RIVALS. D.C. COSTON IS ONE OF THREE FINALISTS FOR K-STATES AGRICULTURE DEAN AND DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH. COSTON HOLDS A SIMILAR POSITION AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE. THE OTHER FINALISTS INCLUDE WILLIAM MIKEL AT MISSISSIPPI STATE AND KEVIN KEPHARD AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY.
IN STATE NEWS…
AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 2 YEAR OLD ISAIAH MARTINEZ. MARTINEZ WAS LAST SEEN IN GARDEN CITY AT TWELVE THIRTY THIS MORNING. MARTINEZ IS A WHITE MALE, STANDING 2 FEET TALL AND WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A PURPLE SHIRT WITH A MOTORCYCLE LOGO, KHAKI SHORTS AND BROWN SANDALS. AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR A 1999 DARK BLUE DODGE DURANGO WITH 20-INCH CHROME WHEELS. AUTHORITIES RECEIVED A TIP THAT A SIMILAR VEHICLE WAS HEADING EASTBOUND TOWARD GREAT BEND ON K-ONE FIFTY SIX AT THREE. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ISAIAH’S WHEREABOUTS YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL THE GARDEN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 1-620-276-1300 OR THE KANSAS BUREAU OF CRIME AT 1-800-KS-CRIME.
THE KC STAR REPORTS….EIGHT HUNDRED SIGNATURES WERE SCRIBBLED ACROSS PETITIONS AT LAWRENCE’S FREE STATE HIGH SCHOOL. AROUND A DECADE AGO, FREE STATE ENACTED A POLICY THAT EXCLUDED PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FROM BEING ON THE HOMECOMING COURT. THE SCHOOL HAS SINCE ENDED THE POLICY.
IN NATIONAL NEWS
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPOTS THAT YOUR CHANCES OF DYING WHILE ON THE ROAD ARE THE LOWEST THEY HAVE EVER BEEN DESPITE MORE MILES BEING DRIVEN. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION BARBARA HARSHA SAYS THE REASON BEHIND THE IMPROVED CONDITIONS ARE INCREASED SEATBELT USE, STRONGER DRUNKEN DRIVING LAWS, IMPROVED ROADS AND SAFER VEHICLES.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
CNN HAS CONFIRMED THAT RICH CRONIN, THIRTY SIX OF LFO, FAMOUS FOR THE 90S HIT SUMMER GIRLS HAS PASSED AWAY. CRONIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA IN 2005 AND WAS TREATED WITH STEM CELLS. BANDMATE BRAD FISCHETTI SAYS THE STEM CELLS CAUSED CRONIN TO HAVE A STROKE AND LEG PAIN. LFO DID A SUMMER TOUR IN 2009 DESPITE CRONIN’S DISCOMFORTS.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
9-08-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN REPORTS…FRED PHELPS AND A GROUP FROM HIS TOPEKA-BASED WESTBORO CHURCH PROTESTED OUTSIDE OF MANHATTAN’S CITY HALL. THE CITY BEGAN ITS HEARINGS ON PASSING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO DISCRIMINATE BASED UPON SEXUAL ORIENTATION WHEN HIRING. THE PEOPLE OF MANHATTAN WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THE ORDINANCE SHOULD GO IN TO AFFECT.
IN STATE NEWS….
AND DON’T LET THE BED BUGS BITE. THE TOPEKA-BASED SCHENDEL PEST SERVICES USES A SPECIAL HEAT TREATMENT TO KILL THE LITTLE CRITTERS. BECAUSE OF THIS NEW PROCEDURE NBC’S THE TODAY SHOW WILL DO A FEATURE ON THE COMPANY. SCHENDEL TREATS BED BUGS IN A FIVE-STATE AREA AND THE COST OF THE PROCEDURE…SCHENDEL’S DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND SALES MICHELE VANCE SAYS BETWEEN SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY.
IN REGIONAL NEWS…
CYNTHIA L. WALTERS, SIXTY, IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT AFTER SHOOTING HER ROBERT W. WALTERS. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE IN CASS COUNTY IN MISSOURI. THE SIXTY SIX YEAR OLD ROBERT WALTERS WAS TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AND REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY THEFTS AT PHARMACIES ARE ON THE RISE. THE PROBLEM IS THE RISING COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. IN OKLAHOMA, THEFTS HAVE RISEN STEADILY IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE OKLAHOMA BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS CONTROL SAYS BURGLARIES HAVE INCREASED FROM 31 IN 2007 TO 51 IN 2009. OKLAHOMA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS NOT MUCH THEY CAN DO TO PREVENT THE THEFTS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO USA TODAY SCHOOL SUPPLY LISTS HAVE GOTTEN LONGER AND LONGER. THE RECESSSION HAS EATEN AWAY AT SCHOOL BUDGETS AND SCHOOLS HAVE PUSHED THE COSTS ON THE CONSUMER. SCHOOLS ARE ASKING THAT CHILDREN BE SENT TO SCHOOL WITH TISSUES AND SHAVING CREAM IN SOME CASES. AVERAGE SPENDING ON SCHOOL SUPPLIES IS NEARLY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS THIS YEAR, UP SEVENTEEN PERCENT FROM 2009.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
DAVID LETTERMAN’S BLACKMAILER IS READY TO GET BACK TO WORK ACCORDING TO HIS LAWYER. ROBERT HALDERMAN SPENT THE LAST FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL AND HIS LAWYER GERALD SHARGEL SAID HE MADE THE MOST OF HIS EXPERIENCE. SHARGEL ADDS THAT HALDERMAN LOOKS TO SIMPLY RE-ENTER THE WORLD OF TELEVISION NEWS SINCE THAT’S ALL HE HAS EVER DONE. AS PART OF HIS PLEA AGREEMENT, HALDERMAN IS NOT ALLOWED TO DISCLOSE ANYTHING ABOUT THE LETTERMAN INCIDENT.
THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN REPORTS…FRED PHELPS AND A GROUP FROM HIS TOPEKA-BASED WESTBORO CHURCH PROTESTED OUTSIDE OF MANHATTAN’S CITY HALL. THE CITY BEGAN ITS HEARINGS ON PASSING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO DISCRIMINATE BASED UPON SEXUAL ORIENTATION WHEN HIRING. THE PEOPLE OF MANHATTAN WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THE ORDINANCE SHOULD GO IN TO AFFECT.
IN STATE NEWS….
AND DON’T LET THE BED BUGS BITE. THE TOPEKA-BASED SCHENDEL PEST SERVICES USES A SPECIAL HEAT TREATMENT TO KILL THE LITTLE CRITTERS. BECAUSE OF THIS NEW PROCEDURE NBC’S THE TODAY SHOW WILL DO A FEATURE ON THE COMPANY. SCHENDEL TREATS BED BUGS IN A FIVE-STATE AREA AND THE COST OF THE PROCEDURE…SCHENDEL’S DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND SALES MICHELE VANCE SAYS BETWEEN SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY.
IN REGIONAL NEWS…
CYNTHIA L. WALTERS, SIXTY, IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT AFTER SHOOTING HER ROBERT W. WALTERS. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE IN CASS COUNTY IN MISSOURI. THE SIXTY SIX YEAR OLD ROBERT WALTERS WAS TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AND REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY THEFTS AT PHARMACIES ARE ON THE RISE. THE PROBLEM IS THE RISING COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. IN OKLAHOMA, THEFTS HAVE RISEN STEADILY IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE OKLAHOMA BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS CONTROL SAYS BURGLARIES HAVE INCREASED FROM 31 IN 2007 TO 51 IN 2009. OKLAHOMA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS NOT MUCH THEY CAN DO TO PREVENT THE THEFTS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO USA TODAY SCHOOL SUPPLY LISTS HAVE GOTTEN LONGER AND LONGER. THE RECESSSION HAS EATEN AWAY AT SCHOOL BUDGETS AND SCHOOLS HAVE PUSHED THE COSTS ON THE CONSUMER. SCHOOLS ARE ASKING THAT CHILDREN BE SENT TO SCHOOL WITH TISSUES AND SHAVING CREAM IN SOME CASES. AVERAGE SPENDING ON SCHOOL SUPPLIES IS NEARLY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS THIS YEAR, UP SEVENTEEN PERCENT FROM 2009.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
DAVID LETTERMAN’S BLACKMAILER IS READY TO GET BACK TO WORK ACCORDING TO HIS LAWYER. ROBERT HALDERMAN SPENT THE LAST FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL AND HIS LAWYER GERALD SHARGEL SAID HE MADE THE MOST OF HIS EXPERIENCE. SHARGEL ADDS THAT HALDERMAN LOOKS TO SIMPLY RE-ENTER THE WORLD OF TELEVISION NEWS SINCE THAT’S ALL HE HAS EVER DONE. AS PART OF HIS PLEA AGREEMENT, HALDERMAN IS NOT ALLOWED TO DISCLOSE ANYTHING ABOUT THE LETTERMAN INCIDENT.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
9-07-10
IN LOCAL NEWS….
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL, K-STATE HAS BEEN ISSUED A PATENT FOR A STEM CELLS FROM THE UMBILICAL CORD. THE STEM CELLS FROM THE CORD ARE NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THE STEM CELLS ARE FOUND IN WHARTON’S JELLY, THE PART OF THE UMBILICAL CORD THAT CUSHIONS BLOOD VESSSELS. A MILLION STEM CELLS CAN BE FOUND IN WHARTON’S JELLY. A TEAM OF FOUR K-STATE PROFESSORS ARE RESEARCHING THESE STEM CELLS AND FOUND THEM HAVE GREAT REGENERATIVE POTENTIAL AND THEREFORE USEFUL FOR DIVERSE APPLICATION….INCLUDING REGENERATING JOINT INJURIES AND TREATING DAMAGED NERVOUS CELLS.
IN REGIONAL NEWS…
IN EAST TOPEKA…PAT HOLLOMAN AND BARB SALDIVAR HAVE SET UP A MEMORIAL FOR BABIES BORN PREMATURELY. A GRANITE STONE IS NEARLY FULL OF NAMES CURRENTLY, AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING 20 MORE. HOLLOMAN AND SALDIZAR SAID THEY HOPE TO PLACE A SIGN ON I-70 TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISIT THE SITE.
CRYSTAL SMITH, SEVENTEEN, WHO WAS LAST SEEN THIS MORNING AT 12:42 AM IS BEING SOUGHT BY THE TOPEKA POLICE DEPARTMENT. SMITH, A RUNAWAY, IS A WHITE FEMALE, 5 FEET 4 INCHES TALL, 140 POUNDS WITH BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES. SHE WAS WEARING A BLACK SWEATSHIRT OR HOODIE, YELLOW TANK TOP, DARK SWEAT PANTS AND NO SHOES. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT SMITH, CALL TOPEKA POLICE DETECTIVES AT 368-9400 OR THE KANSAS BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AT (800) KS CRIME.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO USA TODAY…A FORMER ARMY SOLDIER SEEKING HELP FOR HIS MENTAL PROBLEMS TOOK 3 HOSTAGES. AUTHORITIES PERSUADED THE GUNMAN TO SURRENDER PEACEFULLY. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO SHOTS WERE FIRED AT FORT STEWART, LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA. IT IS STILL UNKNOWN WHAT THE MAN WILL BE CHARGED WITH. BECAUSE THE SITUATION INVOLVED HOSTAGES ON A FEDERAL INSTALLATION, THE FBI WAS CALLED IN TO HELP WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO ABC NEWS,,,THE CHILDREN OF MICHAEL JACKSON ARE NOW ATTENDING THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL…A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA. BODYGUARDS FLANK PARIS AND PRINCE THROUGHOUT THEIR DAY AT BUCKLEY. THEIR BROTHER 8-YEAR OLD BLANKET IS STILL BEING HOMESCHOOLED…BUT MAY SOON JOIN HIS SIBLINGS BY ATTENDING SCHOOL OUTSIDE THE JACKSON HOME.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL, K-STATE HAS BEEN ISSUED A PATENT FOR A STEM CELLS FROM THE UMBILICAL CORD. THE STEM CELLS FROM THE CORD ARE NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THE STEM CELLS ARE FOUND IN WHARTON’S JELLY, THE PART OF THE UMBILICAL CORD THAT CUSHIONS BLOOD VESSSELS. A MILLION STEM CELLS CAN BE FOUND IN WHARTON’S JELLY. A TEAM OF FOUR K-STATE PROFESSORS ARE RESEARCHING THESE STEM CELLS AND FOUND THEM HAVE GREAT REGENERATIVE POTENTIAL AND THEREFORE USEFUL FOR DIVERSE APPLICATION….INCLUDING REGENERATING JOINT INJURIES AND TREATING DAMAGED NERVOUS CELLS.
IN REGIONAL NEWS…
IN EAST TOPEKA…PAT HOLLOMAN AND BARB SALDIVAR HAVE SET UP A MEMORIAL FOR BABIES BORN PREMATURELY. A GRANITE STONE IS NEARLY FULL OF NAMES CURRENTLY, AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING 20 MORE. HOLLOMAN AND SALDIZAR SAID THEY HOPE TO PLACE A SIGN ON I-70 TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISIT THE SITE.
CRYSTAL SMITH, SEVENTEEN, WHO WAS LAST SEEN THIS MORNING AT 12:42 AM IS BEING SOUGHT BY THE TOPEKA POLICE DEPARTMENT. SMITH, A RUNAWAY, IS A WHITE FEMALE, 5 FEET 4 INCHES TALL, 140 POUNDS WITH BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES. SHE WAS WEARING A BLACK SWEATSHIRT OR HOODIE, YELLOW TANK TOP, DARK SWEAT PANTS AND NO SHOES. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT SMITH, CALL TOPEKA POLICE DETECTIVES AT 368-9400 OR THE KANSAS BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AT (800) KS CRIME.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO USA TODAY…A FORMER ARMY SOLDIER SEEKING HELP FOR HIS MENTAL PROBLEMS TOOK 3 HOSTAGES. AUTHORITIES PERSUADED THE GUNMAN TO SURRENDER PEACEFULLY. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO SHOTS WERE FIRED AT FORT STEWART, LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA. IT IS STILL UNKNOWN WHAT THE MAN WILL BE CHARGED WITH. BECAUSE THE SITUATION INVOLVED HOSTAGES ON A FEDERAL INSTALLATION, THE FBI WAS CALLED IN TO HELP WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO ABC NEWS,,,THE CHILDREN OF MICHAEL JACKSON ARE NOW ATTENDING THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL…A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA. BODYGUARDS FLANK PARIS AND PRINCE THROUGHOUT THEIR DAY AT BUCKLEY. THEIR BROTHER 8-YEAR OLD BLANKET IS STILL BEING HOMESCHOOLED…BUT MAY SOON JOIN HIS SIBLINGS BY ATTENDING SCHOOL OUTSIDE THE JACKSON HOME.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
9-02-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
A KSTATE PROFESSOR IS TRYING TO DEBUNK ALL HEALTH MYTHS. HUMAN NUTRITION PROFESSOR MARK HAUB IS EATING FOOD LIKE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BARS AND BREAKFAST PIZZA ALL WHILE KEEPING HIS KILOCALORIE TOTAL AT 1,800 PER DAY. HE WILL RECORD HIS RESULTS ON FACEBOOK. WITHIN THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE EXPERIMENT, HAUB HAD LOST SEVEN POUNDS.
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY, THEODORE ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WENT IN TO LOCKDOWN FOR 20 MINUTES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. NO CHILDREN WERE IN DANGER, BUT THE RCPD DID NOT COMMENT ABOUT WHY THE LOCKDOWN WENT IN TO EFFECT.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL, A HOUSE IN CENTRAL TOPEKA HAS BEEN STRUCK BY GUNFIRE TWICE IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS. THE HOUSE WAS STRUCK AGAIN AT 1 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED ACCORDING TO POLICE CAPTAIN BILL COCHRAN. WITNESSES CLAIM THEY SAW A DARK CAR LEAVE THE SCENE, POSSIBLY A LINCOLN CONTINENTAL OR A PONTIAC.
KANSAS CITY DRIVERS DON’T HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE. ACCORDING TO A STUDY DONE BY THE HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY, DRIVERS IN KANSAS CITY DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE MORE THAN 30 TO 45 MINUTES TO WORK ONE WAY. THE STUDY WAS RECORDED IN SEVEN OTHER METRO AREAS INCLUDING ST. LOUIS. THE STUDY SURVEYED 300 PEOPLE IN EACH CITY
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
ACCORDING TO A PEW HISPANIC CENTER REPORT, THE AMOUNT OF HISPANICS COMING TO THE US ILLEGALLY SINCE 2007 HAS DROPPED. THE NUMBER PEAKED AT 12 MILLION IN 2007, BUT CURRENTLY SITS AT 11.1 MILLION. A DROP IN 900 THOUSAND ILLEGALS. ALTHOUGH THE DROP MAY SEEM SMALL, SENIOR DEMOGRAPHER AT THE PEW HISPANIC CENTER SAYS OTHERWISE. ADDING THAT THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DWINDLING OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
JAMES LEE HAD BEEN PROTESTING THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL’S PROGRAMMING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. ON WEDNESDAY , THE 43 YEAR OLD MAN TOOK MATTERS IN TO HIS OWN HAND AND LIFE. LEE ENTERED THE BUILDING AT 1 P.M, YESTERDAY. POLICE SAY LEE WAS WAVING A HAND GUN. LEE THEN TOOK THREE HOSTAGES. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS ON THE PHONE, POLICE SHOT AND KILLED LEE. THE HOSTAGES WERE UNHARMED. MONTOGMERY COUNTY POLICE CHIEF TOM MANGER DIVULGED THAT THEIR LIVES WERE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO YAHOO.COM ,ABC’S DANCING WITH THE STARS IS A POPULAR SHOW, BUT APPARENTLY NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO CUT A RUG WHILE BEING JUDGED. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOLD THE SHOW NO ARE FACEBOOK CREATOR MARK ZUCKERBURG, SYLVESTER STALLONE AND KSTATE’S VERY OWN ERIN BROCKOVICH AND KIRSTIE ALLEY. I GUESS IT IS EMAW AND NOT EMAD, EVERY MAN A DANCER. EACH STAR MAKES 125,000 DOLLARS UPON SIGNING UP FOR THE SHOW. THE SHOW PREMIERES ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.
A KSTATE PROFESSOR IS TRYING TO DEBUNK ALL HEALTH MYTHS. HUMAN NUTRITION PROFESSOR MARK HAUB IS EATING FOOD LIKE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BARS AND BREAKFAST PIZZA ALL WHILE KEEPING HIS KILOCALORIE TOTAL AT 1,800 PER DAY. HE WILL RECORD HIS RESULTS ON FACEBOOK. WITHIN THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE EXPERIMENT, HAUB HAD LOST SEVEN POUNDS.
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY, THEODORE ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WENT IN TO LOCKDOWN FOR 20 MINUTES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. NO CHILDREN WERE IN DANGER, BUT THE RCPD DID NOT COMMENT ABOUT WHY THE LOCKDOWN WENT IN TO EFFECT.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL, A HOUSE IN CENTRAL TOPEKA HAS BEEN STRUCK BY GUNFIRE TWICE IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS. THE HOUSE WAS STRUCK AGAIN AT 1 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED ACCORDING TO POLICE CAPTAIN BILL COCHRAN. WITNESSES CLAIM THEY SAW A DARK CAR LEAVE THE SCENE, POSSIBLY A LINCOLN CONTINENTAL OR A PONTIAC.
KANSAS CITY DRIVERS DON’T HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE. ACCORDING TO A STUDY DONE BY THE HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY, DRIVERS IN KANSAS CITY DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE MORE THAN 30 TO 45 MINUTES TO WORK ONE WAY. THE STUDY WAS RECORDED IN SEVEN OTHER METRO AREAS INCLUDING ST. LOUIS. THE STUDY SURVEYED 300 PEOPLE IN EACH CITY
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
ACCORDING TO A PEW HISPANIC CENTER REPORT, THE AMOUNT OF HISPANICS COMING TO THE US ILLEGALLY SINCE 2007 HAS DROPPED. THE NUMBER PEAKED AT 12 MILLION IN 2007, BUT CURRENTLY SITS AT 11.1 MILLION. A DROP IN 900 THOUSAND ILLEGALS. ALTHOUGH THE DROP MAY SEEM SMALL, SENIOR DEMOGRAPHER AT THE PEW HISPANIC CENTER SAYS OTHERWISE. ADDING THAT THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DWINDLING OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
JAMES LEE HAD BEEN PROTESTING THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL’S PROGRAMMING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. ON WEDNESDAY , THE 43 YEAR OLD MAN TOOK MATTERS IN TO HIS OWN HAND AND LIFE. LEE ENTERED THE BUILDING AT 1 P.M, YESTERDAY. POLICE SAY LEE WAS WAVING A HAND GUN. LEE THEN TOOK THREE HOSTAGES. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS ON THE PHONE, POLICE SHOT AND KILLED LEE. THE HOSTAGES WERE UNHARMED. MONTOGMERY COUNTY POLICE CHIEF TOM MANGER DIVULGED THAT THEIR LIVES WERE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO YAHOO.COM ,ABC’S DANCING WITH THE STARS IS A POPULAR SHOW, BUT APPARENTLY NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO CUT A RUG WHILE BEING JUDGED. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOLD THE SHOW NO ARE FACEBOOK CREATOR MARK ZUCKERBURG, SYLVESTER STALLONE AND KSTATE’S VERY OWN ERIN BROCKOVICH AND KIRSTIE ALLEY. I GUESS IT IS EMAW AND NOT EMAD, EVERY MAN A DANCER. EACH STAR MAKES 125,000 DOLLARS UPON SIGNING UP FOR THE SHOW. THE SHOW PREMIERES ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
9-01-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…..
ACCORDING TO THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN, DUSTIN RINGLE, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF MEGHAN WILL HAS BEEN ARRESTED. DETECTIVE MATT FISCHER OF SALINE COUNTY SAYS RINGLE IS BEING CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER WHILE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, FELONY DUI, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED, DRIVING LEFT OF CENTER, UNSAFE SPEED AND NO SEATBELT. RINGLE IS BEING HELD IN THE SALINE COUNTY JAIL.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL, A 45 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HER 88 YEAR OLD MOTHER. JUNE J. SMITH DUE TO SEVERE LACERATIONS WAS TAKEN TO MERCY REGIONAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE DAUGHTER, DIANE RENE WASHAM (WASH-EM) WAS TAKEN IN TO CUSTODY BY THE OFFICERS. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
IN STATE NEWS……
ACCORDING TO THE KC STAR, A TODDLER WAS FOUND OUTSIDE A KANSAS CITY-AREA DAYCARE ALONE. THE TODDLER HAD ON A T-SHIRT AND A DIAPER, BUT NO SHOES. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DWINDLING EVEN THOUGH ENROLLMENT IS UP. SUPERINTENDENT GENE JOHNSON WILL NAME WHICH SCHOOLS HE SUGGESTS SHOULD CLOSE ON SEPTEMBER 13TH. THE LAST CLOSING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS IN 2007.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
OBAMA TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE MET OUR RESPONSIBILITY. YESTERDAY MARKED THE END OF THE SEVEN YEAR IN IRAQ. SINCE BECOMING PRESIDENT OBAMA WITHDREW 100,000 TROOPS. 50,000 TROOPS ARE STILL IN IRAQ AND WILL SUPPORT THE COUNTRY’S SECURITY FORCES UNTIL THE END OF 2011, WHEN THEY WILL COME HOME. 4,400 TROOPS HAVE DIED IN COMBAT SINCE 2003 AND 1 TRILLION HAS BEEN SPENT.
HURRICANE EARL HAS WEAKENED FROM A CATEGORY 4 TO A CATEGORY 3, BUT ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IN MIAMI THESE TYPES OF FLUCTUATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THE STORMS UNPREDICTABILITY HAS CAUSED THE EVACUATION OF NORTH CAROLINA ISLANDS. FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE WARNED OF MORE POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS. A HURRICANE WATCH WAS EXTENDED FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO VIRGINIA THIS MORNING.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS,
J.K. ROWLING, FAMOUS FOR PENNING THE HARRY POTTER NOVELS HAS DONATED 15.4 MILLION DOLLARS TO SET UP A MS RESEARCH CENTER. MS OR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS KILLED ROWLING’S MOTHER IN 1990. THE CENTER WILL BE BASED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH IN SCOTLAND. THE CENTER WILL ALSO STUDY OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES LIKE ALZHEIMERS. THE 15.4 MILLION DOLLAR DONATION IS THE LARGEST SINGLE DONATION THE UNIVERSITY HAS EVER RECEIVED.
ACCORDING TO THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN, DUSTIN RINGLE, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF MEGHAN WILL HAS BEEN ARRESTED. DETECTIVE MATT FISCHER OF SALINE COUNTY SAYS RINGLE IS BEING CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER WHILE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, FELONY DUI, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED, DRIVING LEFT OF CENTER, UNSAFE SPEED AND NO SEATBELT. RINGLE IS BEING HELD IN THE SALINE COUNTY JAIL.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL, A 45 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HER 88 YEAR OLD MOTHER. JUNE J. SMITH DUE TO SEVERE LACERATIONS WAS TAKEN TO MERCY REGIONAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE DAUGHTER, DIANE RENE WASHAM (WASH-EM) WAS TAKEN IN TO CUSTODY BY THE OFFICERS. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
IN STATE NEWS……
ACCORDING TO THE KC STAR, A TODDLER WAS FOUND OUTSIDE A KANSAS CITY-AREA DAYCARE ALONE. THE TODDLER HAD ON A T-SHIRT AND A DIAPER, BUT NO SHOES. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DWINDLING EVEN THOUGH ENROLLMENT IS UP. SUPERINTENDENT GENE JOHNSON WILL NAME WHICH SCHOOLS HE SUGGESTS SHOULD CLOSE ON SEPTEMBER 13TH. THE LAST CLOSING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS IN 2007.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
OBAMA TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE MET OUR RESPONSIBILITY. YESTERDAY MARKED THE END OF THE SEVEN YEAR IN IRAQ. SINCE BECOMING PRESIDENT OBAMA WITHDREW 100,000 TROOPS. 50,000 TROOPS ARE STILL IN IRAQ AND WILL SUPPORT THE COUNTRY’S SECURITY FORCES UNTIL THE END OF 2011, WHEN THEY WILL COME HOME. 4,400 TROOPS HAVE DIED IN COMBAT SINCE 2003 AND 1 TRILLION HAS BEEN SPENT.
HURRICANE EARL HAS WEAKENED FROM A CATEGORY 4 TO A CATEGORY 3, BUT ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IN MIAMI THESE TYPES OF FLUCTUATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THE STORMS UNPREDICTABILITY HAS CAUSED THE EVACUATION OF NORTH CAROLINA ISLANDS. FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE WARNED OF MORE POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS. A HURRICANE WATCH WAS EXTENDED FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO VIRGINIA THIS MORNING.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS,
J.K. ROWLING, FAMOUS FOR PENNING THE HARRY POTTER NOVELS HAS DONATED 15.4 MILLION DOLLARS TO SET UP A MS RESEARCH CENTER. MS OR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS KILLED ROWLING’S MOTHER IN 1990. THE CENTER WILL BE BASED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH IN SCOTLAND. THE CENTER WILL ALSO STUDY OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES LIKE ALZHEIMERS. THE 15.4 MILLION DOLLAR DONATION IS THE LARGEST SINGLE DONATION THE UNIVERSITY HAS EVER RECEIVED.
Monday, August 30, 2010
8-30-10
GOOD AFTERNOON THIS IS _______________ WITH WILDCAT 91.9 NEWS
TAKING A REAL QUICK LOOK AT WEATHER IT IS CURRENTLY ________. LATER ON TODAY EXPECT____________________________.
NOW HERES THE NEWS….
WE OPEN UP TODAY’S NEWSCAST WITH SOME SAD NEWS FOR THE KSTATE FAMILY.
KSTATE SOPHOMORE MEGHAN WILL DIED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT. DEPUTY BERNIE HOESLI OF SALINE COUNTY SAYS WILL WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. HOESLI CLAIMS THE CAR SWERVED IN TO A DITCH, HIT A CULVERT AND BECAME AIRBORNE.
THE DRIVER, DUSTIN RINGLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL SALINA HOSPITAL FOR A MILD BRAIN TRAUMA.
THIS STORY WAS FIRST REPORTED BY THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN.
IN OTHER LOCAL NEWS, FORMER KSTATE STUDENT ERIC STONESTREET WON AN EMMY LAST NIGHT. STONESTREET, WHO PLAYS A GAY MAN ON ABCS MODERN FAMILY, WON BEST SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTOR FOR HIS ROLE.
IN STATE NEWS….
LAWRENCE POLICE CHIEF RON OLIN IS RETIRING THIS MONTH, BUT HIS RETIREMENT WON’T LAST VERY LONG. OLIN WILL STEP IN AS THE HEAD OF SECURITY FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT. KANSAS ASSOCIATE AD JIM MARCHIONY SAYS PERKINS AND OLIN HAVE DISCUSSED THE NEWLY CREATED POSITION FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A MISSING BODY AT ABANDONED JOHNSON COUNTY INDUSTRIAL SITE. INVESTIGATORS DRAINED TWO LARGE CONCRETE PONDS YESTERDAY. INVESTIGATORS WILL SEARCH THE EMPTY PONDS TODAY.
IN REGIONAL NEWS….
AN OMAHA MAN, GEORGE VOGEL WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF SPRAYING TEAR GAS IN TO A CROWD OF FUNERAL GATHERERS ON SATURDAY. AMONG THE FUNERAL GATHERERS WERE PROTESTORS FROM THE TOPEKA-BASED WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH. OMAHA POLICE SPOKESMAN MICHAEL PECHA SAYS AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE WERE SPRAYED. PECHA SAYS IT APPEARS VOGEL WAS TARGETING THE PROTESTORS. VOGEL CURRENTLY FACES 16 MISDEMEANOR CHARGES AND TWO FELONIES.
TRUMAN STATE HAS ITS LARGEST ENROLLMENT IN FIVE YEARS. THE KIRKSVILLE, MO LOCATED UNIVERSITY WELCOMED 1,400 FRESHMAN ON TO ITS CAMPUS LAST WEEK, A 6 PERCENT JUMP FROM LAST YEAR. TOTAL ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR IS 5,900.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS IN NEW ORLEANS THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR THE FIVE-YEAR REMEMBRANCE OF HURRICANE KATRINA.. OBAMA CALLED THE CLEAN-UP OF KATRINA FIVE YEARS AGO, A SHAMEFUL BREAKDOWN IN GOVERNMENT. HE ALSO VOWED TO THE INVITATION-ONLY CROWD THAT NEW ORLEANS WILL BE REBUILT. OBAMA DIVULGED THAT THE CITY WILL BE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, THANKS TO IMPROVED HEALTHCARE AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE HURRICANE HIT.
30 NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS WILL ARRIVE ON THE MEXICO-ARIZONA BORDER TODAY. GUARDSMEN WILL BE SENT EVERY MONDAY UNTIL 532 HAVE ARRIVED ON THE BORDER. NATIONAL GUARDSPOKESMAN LT, VALENTINE CASTILLO SAID THE PATROL SHOULD BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY OCTOBER. CALIFORNIA GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER EXPECTS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS IN HIS STATE ON WEDNESDAY.
WELL THAT WAS QUICK. AFTER A SERIES OF TWEETS SPARKED RUMORS THAT DRAKE AND NICKI MINAJ WERE MARRIED, A TWEET BY NICKI MINAJ SAYS THE PAIR HAS DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS. DRAKE FUELED THE RUMORS OF A BREWING RELATIONSHIP IN THE SONG MISS ME ON HIS RECENTLY RELEASED ALBUM THANK ME LATER.
LASLTY, HELP KSDB CELEBRATE THE A.Q. MILLER SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS' 100TH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEKEND. THE WILDCAT 91.9 AND THE JMC CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION...PRESERVING THE PAST, PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. FOR THE WILDCAT 91.9. I’M PAUL HARRIS REPORTING
NEWS COMES YOUR WAY EVERYDAY AT NINE- NOON- AND THREE AND ONLINE AT WILDCAT919-DOT-COM . YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AT TWITTER DOT COM SLASH K-S-D-B-NEWS
LASLTY, HELP KSDB CELEBRATE THE A.Q. MILLER SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS' 100TH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEKEND. THE WILDCAT 91.9 AND THE JMC CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION...PRESERVING THE PAST, PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. FOR THE WILDCAT 91.9. I’M PAUL HARRIS REPORTING
TAKING A REAL QUICK LOOK AT WEATHER IT IS CURRENTLY ________. LATER ON TODAY EXPECT____________________________.
NOW HERES THE NEWS….
WE OPEN UP TODAY’S NEWSCAST WITH SOME SAD NEWS FOR THE KSTATE FAMILY.
KSTATE SOPHOMORE MEGHAN WILL DIED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT. DEPUTY BERNIE HOESLI OF SALINE COUNTY SAYS WILL WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. HOESLI CLAIMS THE CAR SWERVED IN TO A DITCH, HIT A CULVERT AND BECAME AIRBORNE.
THE DRIVER, DUSTIN RINGLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL SALINA HOSPITAL FOR A MILD BRAIN TRAUMA.
THIS STORY WAS FIRST REPORTED BY THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN.
IN OTHER LOCAL NEWS, FORMER KSTATE STUDENT ERIC STONESTREET WON AN EMMY LAST NIGHT. STONESTREET, WHO PLAYS A GAY MAN ON ABCS MODERN FAMILY, WON BEST SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTOR FOR HIS ROLE.
IN STATE NEWS….
LAWRENCE POLICE CHIEF RON OLIN IS RETIRING THIS MONTH, BUT HIS RETIREMENT WON’T LAST VERY LONG. OLIN WILL STEP IN AS THE HEAD OF SECURITY FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT. KANSAS ASSOCIATE AD JIM MARCHIONY SAYS PERKINS AND OLIN HAVE DISCUSSED THE NEWLY CREATED POSITION FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A MISSING BODY AT ABANDONED JOHNSON COUNTY INDUSTRIAL SITE. INVESTIGATORS DRAINED TWO LARGE CONCRETE PONDS YESTERDAY. INVESTIGATORS WILL SEARCH THE EMPTY PONDS TODAY.
IN REGIONAL NEWS….
AN OMAHA MAN, GEORGE VOGEL WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF SPRAYING TEAR GAS IN TO A CROWD OF FUNERAL GATHERERS ON SATURDAY. AMONG THE FUNERAL GATHERERS WERE PROTESTORS FROM THE TOPEKA-BASED WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH. OMAHA POLICE SPOKESMAN MICHAEL PECHA SAYS AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE WERE SPRAYED. PECHA SAYS IT APPEARS VOGEL WAS TARGETING THE PROTESTORS. VOGEL CURRENTLY FACES 16 MISDEMEANOR CHARGES AND TWO FELONIES.
TRUMAN STATE HAS ITS LARGEST ENROLLMENT IN FIVE YEARS. THE KIRKSVILLE, MO LOCATED UNIVERSITY WELCOMED 1,400 FRESHMAN ON TO ITS CAMPUS LAST WEEK, A 6 PERCENT JUMP FROM LAST YEAR. TOTAL ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR IS 5,900.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS IN NEW ORLEANS THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR THE FIVE-YEAR REMEMBRANCE OF HURRICANE KATRINA.. OBAMA CALLED THE CLEAN-UP OF KATRINA FIVE YEARS AGO, A SHAMEFUL BREAKDOWN IN GOVERNMENT. HE ALSO VOWED TO THE INVITATION-ONLY CROWD THAT NEW ORLEANS WILL BE REBUILT. OBAMA DIVULGED THAT THE CITY WILL BE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, THANKS TO IMPROVED HEALTHCARE AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE HURRICANE HIT.
30 NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS WILL ARRIVE ON THE MEXICO-ARIZONA BORDER TODAY. GUARDSMEN WILL BE SENT EVERY MONDAY UNTIL 532 HAVE ARRIVED ON THE BORDER. NATIONAL GUARDSPOKESMAN LT, VALENTINE CASTILLO SAID THE PATROL SHOULD BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY OCTOBER. CALIFORNIA GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER EXPECTS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS IN HIS STATE ON WEDNESDAY.
WELL THAT WAS QUICK. AFTER A SERIES OF TWEETS SPARKED RUMORS THAT DRAKE AND NICKI MINAJ WERE MARRIED, A TWEET BY NICKI MINAJ SAYS THE PAIR HAS DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS. DRAKE FUELED THE RUMORS OF A BREWING RELATIONSHIP IN THE SONG MISS ME ON HIS RECENTLY RELEASED ALBUM THANK ME LATER.
LASLTY, HELP KSDB CELEBRATE THE A.Q. MILLER SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS' 100TH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEKEND. THE WILDCAT 91.9 AND THE JMC CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION...PRESERVING THE PAST, PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. FOR THE WILDCAT 91.9. I’M PAUL HARRIS REPORTING
NEWS COMES YOUR WAY EVERYDAY AT NINE- NOON- AND THREE AND ONLINE AT WILDCAT919-DOT-COM . YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AT TWITTER DOT COM SLASH K-S-D-B-NEWS
LASLTY, HELP KSDB CELEBRATE THE A.Q. MILLER SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS' 100TH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEKEND. THE WILDCAT 91.9 AND THE JMC CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION...PRESERVING THE PAST, PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. FOR THE WILDCAT 91.9. I’M PAUL HARRIS REPORTING
Thursday, April 29, 2010
News 4-29-10
MANHATTAN IS UNDER A WIND ADVISERY UNTIL 7:00 THIS EVENING. OTHER AREA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISERY BESIDES RILEY ARE POTTAWATOMIE AND GEARY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OUT OF TOPEKA SAYS TO EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS TO OCCUR IN THE SUNRISE TO MID MORNING HOURS AND AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THEY SAY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR AND GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES PER HOUR WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON EAST TO WEST ROADS DIFFICULT.
THE TOPEKA ZOO HAS HIRED A NEW STAFF MEMBER IN HOPES OF IMPROVEMENTS. THE ZOO HIRED FORMER CURATOR OF THE KANSAS CITY ZOO BRENDAN WILEY TO BE THEIR NEW DIRECTOR. WILEY SAYS HE PLANS ON MOVING THE ZOO AWAY FROM RECENT TROUBLES TO BECOME A TOP RANKED ZOO. WILEY HAS WORKED AT THE KANSAS CITY ZOO FOR 11 YEARS AND HAS BEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A MERRIAM ANIMAL SHELTER SINCE 2005. WILEY WILL BEGIN WORKING AS DIRECTOR MAY 24TH.
A WOMAN IN WICHITA HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR BEING THE SUSPECT IN NINE SCHOOL BOMB THREATS. THE 27-YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER THE LAST THREAT AT PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE FEMALE CALLER SAID THERE WAS A BOMB SET TO GO OFF IN THE SCHOOL BUT NO EVACUATION WAS MADE AND NO BOMB WAS FOUND. WHILE THE MOTIVE IS UNCLEAR, POLICE SAY THEY’RE NOT SURE IF THE WOMAN HAS A CHILD AT THE SCHOOL
A SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SETTING A POST OFFICE ON FIRE. JON BETH…WHO’S FROM STARK HAS ADMITTED TO BURNING THE BUILDING BEING USED BY THE POST OFFICE TO COVER UP THE CRIME AFTER BURGLARIZING IT. BETH HAS ALSO BEEN ORDERED TO PAY $17,000 IN RESTITUTION.
TIME IS TURNING INTO AN ISSUE FOR CREWS WHO’RE TRYING TO CLEAN UP AN OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE COAST GUARD SAYS THE OIL IS LEAKING ABOUT FIVE-THOUSAND GALLONS A DAY WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY LEAKING ONE-THOUSAND GALLONS. LOUISIANA WILDLIFE OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THERE’S A “HIGH PROBABILITY” THAT OIL COULD REACH SENSITIVE HABITATS AND FISHERIES ALONG THE COAST BY TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE UNITED STATES WILL BE GETTING A BRONZE MEDAL TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION FROM THE SYDNEY OLYMPICS. THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS ORDERED CHINA TO RETURN THEIR TEAM MEDAL FOR GYMNASTICS BECAUSE OF EVIDENCE OF DONG FANGZIOS ONLY BEING 14 AT THE TIME. HOWEVER THE CHINESE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION IS SAYING THERE IS NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE TO PROVE HER AGE WAS A PROBLEM AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FILE A CHALLENGE. GYMNASTS MUST TURN 16 DURING THE OLYMPIC YEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE.
THINGS ARE STARTING TO LOOK UP FOR BRET MICHAELS. A STATEMENT ON HIS WEBSITE IS SAYING HIS TOUR COULD RESUME IN MAY. MICHAELS WAS HOSPITALIZED LAST WEEK WITH A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. DOCTORS SAY THAT THE POISON FRONTMAN IS LUCKY BECAUSE HIS CONDITION COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. RIGHT NOW MICHAELS IS SUFFERING SLURRED SPEECH AND BLURRED VISION AND HIS FULL RECOVERY COULD BE MONTSH AWAY.
THE TOPEKA ZOO HAS HIRED A NEW STAFF MEMBER IN HOPES OF IMPROVEMENTS. THE ZOO HIRED FORMER CURATOR OF THE KANSAS CITY ZOO BRENDAN WILEY TO BE THEIR NEW DIRECTOR. WILEY SAYS HE PLANS ON MOVING THE ZOO AWAY FROM RECENT TROUBLES TO BECOME A TOP RANKED ZOO. WILEY HAS WORKED AT THE KANSAS CITY ZOO FOR 11 YEARS AND HAS BEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A MERRIAM ANIMAL SHELTER SINCE 2005. WILEY WILL BEGIN WORKING AS DIRECTOR MAY 24TH.
A WOMAN IN WICHITA HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR BEING THE SUSPECT IN NINE SCHOOL BOMB THREATS. THE 27-YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER THE LAST THREAT AT PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE FEMALE CALLER SAID THERE WAS A BOMB SET TO GO OFF IN THE SCHOOL BUT NO EVACUATION WAS MADE AND NO BOMB WAS FOUND. WHILE THE MOTIVE IS UNCLEAR, POLICE SAY THEY’RE NOT SURE IF THE WOMAN HAS A CHILD AT THE SCHOOL
A SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SETTING A POST OFFICE ON FIRE. JON BETH…WHO’S FROM STARK HAS ADMITTED TO BURNING THE BUILDING BEING USED BY THE POST OFFICE TO COVER UP THE CRIME AFTER BURGLARIZING IT. BETH HAS ALSO BEEN ORDERED TO PAY $17,000 IN RESTITUTION.
TIME IS TURNING INTO AN ISSUE FOR CREWS WHO’RE TRYING TO CLEAN UP AN OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE COAST GUARD SAYS THE OIL IS LEAKING ABOUT FIVE-THOUSAND GALLONS A DAY WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY LEAKING ONE-THOUSAND GALLONS. LOUISIANA WILDLIFE OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THERE’S A “HIGH PROBABILITY” THAT OIL COULD REACH SENSITIVE HABITATS AND FISHERIES ALONG THE COAST BY TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE UNITED STATES WILL BE GETTING A BRONZE MEDAL TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION FROM THE SYDNEY OLYMPICS. THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS ORDERED CHINA TO RETURN THEIR TEAM MEDAL FOR GYMNASTICS BECAUSE OF EVIDENCE OF DONG FANGZIOS ONLY BEING 14 AT THE TIME. HOWEVER THE CHINESE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION IS SAYING THERE IS NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE TO PROVE HER AGE WAS A PROBLEM AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FILE A CHALLENGE. GYMNASTS MUST TURN 16 DURING THE OLYMPIC YEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE.
THINGS ARE STARTING TO LOOK UP FOR BRET MICHAELS. A STATEMENT ON HIS WEBSITE IS SAYING HIS TOUR COULD RESUME IN MAY. MICHAELS WAS HOSPITALIZED LAST WEEK WITH A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. DOCTORS SAY THAT THE POISON FRONTMAN IS LUCKY BECAUSE HIS CONDITION COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. RIGHT NOW MICHAELS IS SUFFERING SLURRED SPEECH AND BLURRED VISION AND HIS FULL RECOVERY COULD BE MONTSH AWAY.
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