THE THRID ANNUAL HIRING HEROES CAREER FAIR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED AT FORT RILEY. IT WILL BE APRIL 20TH. THIS FAIR WILL BE FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS…SPOUSES…CAREGIVRS…AND VETERANS. FORT RILEY OFFICIALS SAY THEIR GOALS IS TO EASE THE TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE FOR THOSE LEAVING THE ARMY BECAUSE OF COMBAT INJURIES. ABOUT 60 VENDORS ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE.
KANSAS CONGRESS WOMEN LYNN JENKINS HAS A NEW PROPOSAL TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO HIRE MILITARY AND NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS. THE “HIRE A HERO ACT” WOULD GIVE TAX INCENTIVES TO SMALL BUSINESSES TO HIRE THEM. JENKINS WILL OUTLINE HER PROPOSAL TODAY AT A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE MUSEUM OF THE KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD AT FORBES FIELD.
TWO WICHITA WOMEN ARE TAKING A STANCE AGAINST CHILD ABUSE. BEVERLY VAN ES AND HER FRIEND LILY HILL BOUGHT ONE-HUNDRED YARD SIGNS THAT SAY “BE AWARE. CHILD ABUSE CAN BE ANYWHERE. CALL 911.” THE WOMEN HAVE DONE THIS IN RESPONSE OF FOUR WICHITA AREA TODDLERS AND INFANT WHO HAVE DIED OF CHILD ABUSE IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS.
WHEN THE WEATHER GETS WARM EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE CLASS OUTSIDE. SOME KANSAS AND MISSOURI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL GET THEIR WISH. THE STUDENTS AND A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WILL BE TESTING WATER QULAITY IN PONDS AND STREAMS ALONG WITH TEACHING THEM ABOUT AQUATIC LIFE AND WATER CHEMISTRY. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE IN HOLT MISSOURI NEXT MONDAY AND THEN IN OVERLAND PARK NEXT FRIDAY.
SEARCHERS ARE BACK IN THE WEST VIRGINIA COAL MINE TO RECOVER THE LAST NINE BODIES THAT REMAIN AFTER THE EXPLOSION. LAST WEEK 29 MEN WERE KILLED IN WHAT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYS IS THE “WORST US MINING DISASTER SINCE 1970.” THE SEARCHERS WERE FORCED OUT OF THE MINE YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF HIGH METHANE LEVELS. CREWS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TODAY TO START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSION.
THREE MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN KENYA FOR HAVING POSSESSION OF IVORY AND SKINS OF PROTECTED ANIMALS. THE MEN WERE TRYING TO SELL IVORY, SKINS OF THREE PYTHONS, A LEOPARD, AND THREE CIVET CATS, ALL OF WHICH ARE PROTECTED UNDER KENYAN LAW. THERE HAS RECENTLY BEEN A PUSH IN PARICAN COUNTRIES TO STEP UP THEIR ENFORECEMENT AGAINST ANIMAL POACHING.
THE VATICAN HAS FINALLY GOTTEN OVER JOHN LENNON’S STATEMENT ABOUT THE BEATLES BEING MORE POPULAR THAN JESUS. THEIR NEWSPAPER GAVE THE BAND A TRIBUTE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH ARTICLES AND A CARTOON ON THE FRONT PAGE. TODAY IS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEATLES BREAK UP.
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