THE FIRST LANDON LECTURE OF THE SPRING SEMESTER IS TODAY. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR DENNIS BLAIR WILL BE SPEAKING IN MCCAIN AT 1:30. K-S-U OFFICIALS SAY BLAIR IS EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT THE CHANGING ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE, THE PROGRESS AND BENEFITS OF THE INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 2004, AND END WITH A REVIEW OF THE CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE GLOBALIZATION AND INFORMATION REVOLUTION. THE NEXT LECTURE WILL BE CHAIR OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL MICHAEL MULLEN ON MARCH THIRD.
IT’S THAT WEEK AGAIN AND K-STATE PROUD T-SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR A DONATION. PROUD SHIRTS CAN BE PICKED UP IN THE K-STATE UNION ALL WEEK ALONG WITH ANY G-T-M LOCATION OR WWW.K-STATEPROUD.ORG. IN THE PAST THREE YEARS MORE THAN $250-THOUSAND HAS BEEN RAISED. THIS YEAR’S GOAL IS $115-THOUSAND. THE MONEY RAISED FOR K-STATE PROUD CREATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY AWARDS LIKE K-STATE PROUD AWARDS AND K-STATE HERO AWARDS.
HARD TIMES HAVE HIT THE TOPEKA POLICE FORCE. WITH MONEY TAKEN FROM THE BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT’S HELICOPTER, THEY ARE SELLING IT. THEY ARE SELLING THE 1994 SCHWEIZER 300-C COPTER IN A PUBLIC ONLINE AUCTION STARTING THIS MONTH GOING THROUGH MID-MARCH. THE AUCTION COMPANY SIMNITT BROTHERS INC SAYS THE PARTS AND TOOLS WILL BE SOLD SEPARATELY.
WINTER WEATHER AND SLICK ROADS LED TO FATAL DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS KANSAS. ACCORDING TO MARION COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TWO DIED SATURDAY NIGHT ON US 56 WHEN THEY SKIDDED SIDEWAYS ON AN ICE COVERED BRIDGE AND WAS HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. YESTERDAY MORNING ONE DIED AND FIVE WERE INJURED WHEN AN SUV WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND ROLLED ON AN ICY CURVE. ANOTHER SEMI DRIVER WAS KILLED ON I-70 IN SHAWNEE COUNTY WHEN THE VEHICLE ROLLED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER HAS PASSED THE ROADS MAY STILL BE SLICK SO YOU MAY WANT TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION.
TWO MEN HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY ARSON FOR BURNING DOWN A TEXAS CHURCH. DNA LINKED 19 YEAR OLD JASON BOURQUE AND 21 YEAR OLD DANIEL MCALLISTER TO ONE OF 11 TEXAS CHURCHES BURNED. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXLPOSIVES WON’T SAY WICH SUSPECT’S DNA MATCHED WHAT WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE. IF THEY ARE CONVICTED THEY COULD FACE LIFE IN PRISON. THEY ARE BOTH BEING HELD ON 10-MILLION DOLLAR BOND.
DENTAL RECORDS COULD CONFIRM WHO THE THREE TEEN GIRLS ARE WHO WERE KILLED BY A FLORIDA TRAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. THE TEENAGERS DECIDED TO CROSS THE TRESTLE IGNORING BOTH A NO TRESPASSING SIGN AND FISHERMAN BRUCE DUMAS WARNING THEM. WHEN A TRAIN CAME TOWARDS THEM ONLY A TEEN BOY WITH THEM WAS ABLE TO GET TO SAFETY. OFFICIALS SAY ON-LOOKERS TRIED TO TELL THEM TO JUMP INTO THE RIVER BELOW. DUMAS THINKS “THE TEENS FROZE AND JUST DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO”.
THIRTY YEARS AGO WAS THE MIRACLE ON ICE WHEN THE AMERICANS UPSET THE RUSSIANS IN OLYMPIC HOCKEY. LAST NIGHT WASN’T QUITE AS HUGE BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS THE US BEAT CANADA IN THE SPORT. THEY BEAT THEM 5-3 WITH TWO GOALS FROM BRIAN RAFALSKI AND GREAT GOALTENDING BY RYAN MILLER. THE US WILL BE MOVING ON TO THE QUARTERFINALS.
WHILE THE US HOCKEY TEAM HAS THEIR EYES ON A MEDAL, HILLARY DUFF’S HOCKEY PLAYER BOYFRIEND HAS HIS SNAGGED ANOTHER PRIZE. DUFF AND MIKE COMRIE WERE VACATIONING IN HAWAII OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN HE POPPED THE QUESTION. COMRIE PLAYS FOR THE EDMONTON OILERS BUT HAD PLAYED FOR THE OTTAWA SENATORS, THE SAME TEAM CARRIE UNDERWOOD’S NEW FIANCE MIKE FISHER PLAYS FOR.
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