K-STATE WILL BE TESTING THEIR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS TODAY AROUND 10 A-M. K-STATE’S WEBSITE SAYS THEY WILL BE TESTING CHANNELS INCLUDING THE TEXT MESSAGING…AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS…EMAILS…ALERT BEACONS IN SOME BUILDINGS AND OTHERS. IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP AND DO NOT GET YOUR ALERT YOU CAN EMAIL THE I-T HELP DESK AT HELP DESK AT K-STATE.EDU OR CALL THEM AT 785-532-7722.
KANSAS’S ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE SIX IS WORKING TO HELP KANSANS PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT. THEY WILL BE HOLDING SHRED-A-THONS FOR PEOPLE TO BRING DOCUMENTS LIKE BANK STATEMENTS AND TAX FORMS TO BE SHREDDED. THE FIRST ONE TOOK PLACE FRIDAY IN DODGE CITY. OTHERS ARE SCHEDULED FOR LEAVENWORTH, VILLAGE WEST IN KANSAS CITY, TOPEKA, OVERLAND PARK, ROELAND PARK, AND WICHITA.
WITH INTEREST IN FOOD…COOKING…AND HOSPITATLITY ON THE RISE…JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS CONSIDERING BUILDING A NEW CENTER FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY WANT TO RAISE THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP PAY FOR A NEW CENTER. THE KANSAS CITY STAR SAYS JCCC DOESN’T CURRENTLY HAVE SPACE FOR SUCH PROGRAMS. THE COLLEGES BOARD OF TRUSTEES SAYS IF THEY CAN RAISE THE MONEY WITHING 18-MONTHS THEY WILL APPROVE THE 10-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.
TAXES ON LIQUOR MAY BE GOING UP IN KANSAS. THE MONEY MADE WITH THE TAX HIKE WOULD SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND THE MENTALLY ILL WHO HAVE RECENTLY SEEN CUTS IN THEIR FUNDING. THE KANSAS CITY STAR SAYS THE EXISTING TAX ON WHOLESALE ALCOHOL WOULD DOUBLE…COSTING KANSAS A FEW MORE CENTS FOR EVERY BEER OR GLASS OF WINE. BAR AND LIQUOR STORE OWNERS SAY THIS WILL HURT SALES AND KANSAS BY THE MISSOURI BORDER WILL CROSS THE STATE LINE TO BUY THEIR ALCOHOL. THIS IS ONE OF MANY TAX INCREASES THAT LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING TO HELPC LOSE A 400 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
THE US AMBASSADOR TO CHILI SAYS HE KNOWS OF NO AMERICAN DEATHS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. HE IS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE REGION OF CONCEPTION. AMBASSADOR PAUL SIMON TOLD THE CBS EARLY SHOW “WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CONFIRMED REPORTS OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE DIED.” THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT A FEW OF THE ONE-THOUSAND AMERICANS THERE BUT “INFORMATION IS STILL VERY, VERY SCARCE.” A MAGNITUDE EIGHT-POINT-EIGHT EARTHQUAKE HIT CHILI SATURDAY AND POWER IS STILL OUT THERE AND WATER IS IN SHORT SUPPLY.
AS THE BACHELOR WRAPS UP ANOTHER SEASON A PREVIOUS BACHELOR JASON MESNICK AND MOLLY MALANEY ARE MARRIED. ON THE FINALE OF MESNICK’S SEASON HE DUMPED MELISSA RYCROFT AND TOOK RUNNER UP MALANEY BACK. THEY EXCHANGED THEIR VOWS AT THE TERRANEA RESORT IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES CALIFORNIA IN FRONT OF 300 PEOPLE. THE NUPTIALS WILL AIR ON ABC MARCH 8TH.
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