IF THIS COLD WEATHER HAS GOT YOU DOWN…YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT THE GROUNDHOG HAS TO SAY. PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL CAME OUT OF HIS PENNSYLVANIA HOLE THIS MORNING ONLY TO BRING WITH HIM SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER. SEEING HIS SHADOW IS NO SURPRISE THOUGH. THE GROUDHOG CLUB SAYS SINCE 1887 PHIL HAS BEEN PREDICTING MORE WINTER ALMOST 100 TIMES.
HEY K-STATERS DON’T FORGET YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR EID PASSWORD FOR THE SEMESTER. THE IT HELP DESK SAYS IF YOU DON’T CHANGE IT BY FEBRUARY 10TH YOU WILL LOSE ACCESS TO YOUR EMAIL, K-STATE ONLINE, UNIVERSITY COMPUTER LABS, PRINTING, AND OTHER IT SERVICES. ALL YOU NEED TO DO TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD IS GO TO EID.KSU.EDU AND UNDER PASSWORD SETTINGS CLICK CHANGE YOUR EID PASSWORD OR PASSWORD RESET OPTIONS.
A NEW RECREATION FACILITY IS OPENING UP AT FORT RILEY. RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE NEW WARRIOR ZONE ON CUSTER HILL WILL BE SUNDAY JUST HOURS BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL KICKS OFF. THE 4,200 SQUARE FOOT CENTER WILL HAVE A HOME MOVIE THEATER, 19 TELEVISIONS, 4 VIDEO GAMES SYSTEMS, WIRELESS INTERNET, AND MORE. HOURS WILL BE FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM. THE ARMY IS ALSO PLANNING TO OPEN A LARGER WARRIOR ZONE DURING THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2012.
AN ELDERLY SALINA WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD. 84-YEAR OLD MARJORIE IRETON’S BODY WAS FOUND IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA IN SOUTH SALINA. SALINA POLICE CHIEF SAYS IRETON’S FAMILY REPORTED HER MISSING SUNDAY NIGHT. SHE HAD LEFT MCCALL MANOR, WHICH IS ABOUT SIX MILES AWAY FROM WHERE HER BODY WAS FOUND. AN AUTOPSY IS BEING CONDUCTED.
STATE OFFICIALS SAY LAWMAKERS ACCIDENTALLY SPENT $17 MILLION THAT WAS INTENDED TO FINANCE LITIGATION AGAINST COLORADO AND NEBRASKA OVER WATER COMPACTS. THIS HAPPENED IN 2007. SENATORS ARE SAYING THEY WANT TO REFORM HOW APPRORIATIONS BILLS ARE WRITTEN AND WANT BETTER TRACKING OF MONEY MEANT FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. THE 17 MILLION CAME FROM KANSAS SUING COLORADO OVER VIOLATIONS OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT WHERE COLORADO PAID KANSAS $34 MILLION . THE 17 MILLION WAS TO BE PUT IN A FUND FOR WATER ISSUES WITH BORDER STATES BUT IT WAS INSTEAD SPENT ON GENERAL STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENSES.
A MISSING GIRL IN OKLAHOMA’S FATHER IS CALLING THE GIRL’S ESTRANGED HUSBAND TO RETURN HIS DAUGHTER SAFELY. FATHER JJ JOHNSON SAYS HIS 7-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AJA JOHNSON IS ON MEDICATION. THE GIRL’S MOTHER TONYA HOBBS WAS FOUND DEAD IN MOTOR HOME SUNDAY. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE GIRL IS WITH HOBBS’S ESTRANGED HUSBAND LESTER HOBBS. AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SAY TO BE ON THE LOOK OUT IN TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON WHERE LESTER HOBBS’S RELATIVES LIVE.
WE’RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AWARDS SEASON AND THIS MORNING THE OSCARS WERE ANNOUNCED. NOMINEES FOR ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE ARE JEFF BRIDGES, GEORGE CLOONEY, COLIN FIRTH, MORGAN FREEMAN, AND JEREMY RENNER. ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE ARE HELEN MIRREN, CAREY MULLIGAN, GABOUREY SIDIBE, MERYL STREEP, AND SANDRA BULLOCK. AND THIS YEAR THERE ARE TEN NOMINEES IN BEST PICTURE AND THEY ARE - AVATAR, THE BLIND SIDE, DISTRICT 9, AN EDUCATION, THE HURT LOCKER, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, PRECIOUS, A SERIOUS MAN, UP, AND UP IN THE AIR. THE OSCARS WLL BE SUNDAY MARCH 7TH AT 7:00 ON A-B-C.
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