3-5-10

DENNIS MOORE, A KANSAS CONGRESSMAN, INSTITUTED LEGISLATION THIS WEEK TO HONOR HARRY W. COLMERY. UNDER THE BILL COLMERY WOULD BE HONORED WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL POSTHUMOUSLY. COLMERY, A WORLD WAR I VETERAN WROTE THE SERVICE READJUSTMENT ACT OF 1944 OR THE GI BILL.

BENEDICTINE COLLEGE, LOCATED IN ATCHISON, KANSAS, RECEIVED A 3.3 MILLION DOLLAR DONATION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS FROM ATCHISON HOSPITAL.BENEDICTINE PRESIDENT STEPHEN MINNIS SAID THE BUILDINGS WILL BE USED TO HOUSE STUDENTS….EXPAND SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND CREATE A NURSING PROGRAM. THE RENOVATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST, ACCORDING TO BENDICTINE COLLEGE.



A DEADLY BUS CRASH OCCURRED AT 530 THIS MORNING ON INTERSTATE 10, LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF PHOENIX. DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED A SEMI, A BUS AND POSSIBLY OTHER VEHICLES, THE WESTBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 10 HAVE BEEN CLOSED. OFFICER ROBERT BAILEY OF THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DID NOT KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD DIED, BUT ADDED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE INJURIES.

RICHARD HEENE, FATHER OF BALLOON BOY TURNED HIMSELF INTO AUTHORITIES TODAY TO BEGIN A 90-DAY JAIL SENTENCE. HEENE WILL SERVE HIS SENTENCE IN LARIMER COUNTY JAIL IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO. ALTHOUGH HEENE HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE A PUBLIC SERVANT, HE HAS CONTINUED TO PROFESS HIS INNONENCE. LAST WEEK HEENE SAID HE TRULY BELIEVED HIS SON WAS INSIDE THE BALLOON AND ENTERED THE PLEA AS A WAY TO APPEAL TO AUTHORITES AND STOP HIS WIFE FROM BEING DEPORTED TO JAPAN.

FLORIDA’S FRIGID WINTERS HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON THE TOMATO, OR TOEMATO. NO MATTER HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT, FLORIDA GROWERS REPORTEDLY LOST 70 PERCENT OF THEIR CROP. RESTAURANT OWNERS ARE PAYING A WHOLE LOT MORE. THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE FOR A 25 POUND BOX IS NEARLY 24 DOLLARS MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

MAN DOWN. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE DRUMMER , BOB BRYAR LEFT THE BAND FOUR WEEKS AGO. THE GROUP DID NOT SAY WHY BUT WROTE THAT THE DECISION WAS PAINFUL AND THEY WISH BRYAR THE BEST OF LUCK ON THEIR WEBSITE. THERE IS NO WORD ON WHO WILL REPLACE THE DRUMMER, BUT THE BAND HAS BEEN WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM.

STRABUCKS LOVERS MAY JUST FIND A WHOLE LOT MORE TO LOVE. STARBUCKS IS UNVEILING A 31 OUNCE DRINK CALLED TRENTA, ITALIAN FOR 30. THE DRINK IS BEING TESTED IN 170 PHOENIX, TAMPA AND FLORIDA AREA LOCATIONS. THE DRINK WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR ICED COFFEES AND ICED TEAS.