4-2-10

LOCAL NEWS….
A FEDERAL OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGED THE ONGOING PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE FACULTY AND STUDENTS AT HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNVERISTY. ASSISTANT INTERIOR SECRETARY LARRY ECHOHAWK VISTED THE CAMPUS ON THURSDAY AND SAYS THE FIRST STEP TO RESOLVING THE ISSUES WILL BE THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION. A NEW DIRECTOR WILL BE NAMED NEXT WEEK. THE DIRECTOR WILL THEN SELECT THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT.



TOPEKA IS NOT DONE YET. FOUR CORE MEMBERS OF THINK BIG TOPEKA , JARED STARKEY, ALISSA AND BRANDON SHELEY AND BRANDON JENSEN SAY THEIR PHONES HAVE BEEN RINGING OFF THE HOOK SINCE THE APRIL FOOLS GAG. THE SEARCH
ENGINE GOOGLE REPLACED ITS NAME WITH
THE CAPTIAL CITY. TOPEKA CHANGED ITS NAME TO GOOGLE EARLIER IN THE MONTH. THE HOPE IS TO GET A SERIES OF FIBER OPTIC CABLES PLACED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WHILE THE FOUR MEMBERS HAVE RELISED THE MOMENT, THEY ARE FIGURING OUT A WAY TO TOP IT.




IN REGIONAL NEWS…
A 5 YEAR OLD GIRL FELL FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW AND HER WORST INJURY APPEARS TO BE A BITTEN TONGUE. THE GIRLS AUNT, ANGELA HAMER WAS WATCHING TELEVISION DURING THE INCIDENT AND TURNED AWAY TO TAKE A PHONE CALL DURING THE FALL. A WINDOW SCREEN GAVE WAY AND THE GIRL TUMBLED ON TO THE GRASS BELOW. SHE WAS TAKEN TO OMAHA HOSPITAL.






IN NATIONAL NEWS….
WHY DID THE SALAMANDER CROSS THE ROAD? WHY TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF COURSE. IN MONKTON, VERMONT, SALAMANDERS, SMALL MAMMALS, OTHER AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES WILL HAVE SOME HELP THE NEXT TIME THEY NEED TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY. THE MONKTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION WON A ONE-HUNDERED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR STATE GRANT. THE GRANT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO INSTALL ONE OR TWO CULVERTS UNDER THE ROAD. FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS, A MONKTON GROUP HAS MONITORED THE CROSSING AND EVEN ASSISTED THE CROSSING IN SOME CASES.

IN LIGHTER NEWS…
DOG HOUSES ARE SO LAST YEAR IN LOS ANGELES. TAMMY KASSIS’ THREE LITTLE DOGS HAVE AN 11-FOOT DOG MANSION TO PLAY IN NOW. THE MANSION MATCHES THE OWNERS HOME AND COMES EQUIPPED WITH A TELEVISION AND AIR CONDITIONING. THE RESIDENCE COST TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. KASSIS DOES NOT REGRET THE DECISION AND EVEN HANGS OUT WITH HER DOGS IN THE DOG MANSION TOO.