News 2-8-10

ANXIETY WAS BUZZING THROUGHOUT SALINA AS THEY PREPARED FOR A BIG NAME TO COME SPEAK. NEWS DIRECTOR LAURA DUVAL WAS THERE TO SEE WHAT THE BUZZ WAS ALL ABOUT.

*ROLL PKG* 3:00

SALINA HELD THEIR ANNUAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE SALINA BICENTENNIAL CENTER.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SPOKE IN FRONT OF A SOLD OUT CROWD OF SIX-THOUSAND PEOPLE.

BUT WHAT BROUGHT THIS HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE?

WITH JOKES ABOUT IT COULD BE A VAN HALEN CONCERT, WHY DID MOST PEOPLE COME?

*TO SEE SARAH PALIN. SARAH PALIN..*

YOU BETCHA - IT WAS VAN PALIN.

THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER OF THE NIGHT WAS FORMER ALASKA GOVERNOR, FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, AND A NEW FOX NEWS CORRESTOPNDENT, SARAH PALIN.

PALIN BROUGHT HER ENTOURAGE, HER DAUGHTER PIPER, WITH HER.

BEFORE PALIN EVEN SPOKE, ANTICIPATION GREW IN THE CENTER AS CHAIRMAN ELECT TODD DAVIDSON SPOKE…

MISS KANSAS PLAYED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON THE TRUMPET…

AND SALINA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT DENNIS LAUVER MADE SURE EVERYONE KNEW “THIS WAS THE LARGEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING EVER.”

AND HE DIDN’T MEAN JUST IN SALINA…HE MEANT EVER.

THEN THERE WAS JUST ONE PERSON STANDING BETWEEN PALIN AND HER SIX-THOUSAND SUPPORTERS… CONGRESSMAN JERRY MORAN.

WHILE INTRODUCING HER, HE WELCOMED HER TO KANSAS. HE LET HER KNOW SHE’D FIT RIGHT IN BECAUSE “WE’RE AVID HUNTERS.”

HE THEN SET HER UP BY SAYING, “SHE’S AS CLOSE TO RONALD REAGAN AS WE ARE TODAY.”

DURING PALIN’S 40-MINUTE SPEECH, SHE TOUCHED ON MANY POLITICAL TOPICS INCLUDING THE FARMING INDUSTRY, THE CHRISTMAS TERRORIST, AND THE WAR IN IRAQ.

MANY OF THESE HIT HOME FOR THE AUDIENCE LIKE SALINA RESIDENT LORETTA REECE….

"MADE A LOT OF SENSE. EMPHASIZE WITH HER ABOUT HER SON COMING BACK FROM DEPLOYMENT..."

WITH HOOTS AND HOLLERS COMING FROM THE ONLOOKERS THROUGHOUT HER WHOLE SPEECH, PALIN RECIEVED A STANDING OVATION WHEN SHE SAID “WE NEED A COMMANDER IN CHIEF, NOT A PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTION LAW.”

THE NIGHT CAME TO AN END WITH MISS KANSAS ONCE AGAIN ON THE TRUMPET PLAYING GOD BLESS AMERICA.

AFTERWARDS SALINA NATIVE ROBERT EATON REFLECTED ON PALIN’S SPEECH

"I THINK SHE HAS A LOT OF GOOD POINTS. THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE COMMON SENSE IN GOV. AND WASHINGTON. THERE’RE OVER THINKING THINGS."

AND DONALD HARMONSON AGREED

"I THOUGHT IT WAS SO REFRESHING TO HAVE SOMEONE SO FRESH LIKE THAT. I WISH THERE WERE A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE LIKE HER TALKING IN WASHINGTON."

AND WHEN HARMONSON WAS ASKED IF HE THOUGHT SHE WAS THE NEXT RONALD REAGAN HIS SISTER CHIMED IN WITH, “SHE’S MUCH PRETTIER”

AT THE SALINA BICENTENNIAL CENTER, LAURA DUVAL, KSDB NEWS.


PALIN WILL BE BACK IN KANSAS AGAIN MAY SECOND TO SPEAK AT A FUNDRAISER FOR BETHEL LIFE SCHOOL. PICTURES WILL BE UP ON OUR BLOG SOON.


DO PLASTIC BAGS IN YOUR YARD AND FENCE DRIVE YOU CRAZY? IT DOES FOR ONE GARDEN CITY MAN SO HE’S DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. FINNEY COUNTY COMMISSIONER LARRY JONES HAS PROPOSED A FUTURE BAN ON USING DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAGS IN HOLCOMB AND GARDEN CITY. AN EDUCATION PROGRAM HAD BEGUN LAST YEAR IN GARDEN CITY ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES INCLUDING REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PLASTIC BAGS USED. THEY HAVE NOW BEEN ASKED TO REVISIT IT MORE SPECIFICALLY.


A BODY WAS FOUND IN A DITCH NEAR EL DORADO SATURDAY. BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS A WOMAN FOUND IT WHILE WALKING. THE BODY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 19-YEAR OLD GERMAN LUIS CLERICI WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING FEBRUARY FIRST. ALTHOUGH THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED IN CLERICI’S DEATH.


CHARLIE SHEEN WILL BE HEADING TO COURT TODAY FOR ARRAIGNMENT FOR HIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARREST INVOLVING HIS WIFE. BOTH HIM AND HIS WIFE BROOK WILL BE APPEARING IN COURT BEFORE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE BOYD. SHEEN IS SCHEDULED TO ENTER A PLEA ON SUSPICION OF FELONY MENACING, SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT, AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. WHILE AN OFFICER HAS QUOTED BROOKE SAYING SHEEN HELD A KNIFE TO HER THROAT, HE DENIES THREATENING OR HITTING HER.


AFTER WEEKS OF DOMINATING THE BOX OFFICE AVATAR HAS FINALLY FALLEN TO NUMBER TWO. DEAR JOHN HAS TAKEN THE TOP MAKING 32-POINT-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS. IT ALSO SET A RECORD FOR HIGHEST GROSSING SUPERBOWL SUNDAY MOVIE IN HISTORY. THE CHANNING TATUM – AMANDA SEYFRIED FLICK IS BASED ON A BOOK WRITTEN BY NICHOLAS SPARKS, THE SAME AUTHOR OF THE NOTEBOOK. BEHIND AVATAR WAS FROM PARIS WITH LOVE AND ROUNDING OUT THE TOP FIVE IS EDGE OF DARKNESS AND TOOTH FAIRY.