11-09-10

IN LOCAL NEWS…

PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ WILL LEAD A GROUP OF THREE KSTATE ADMINISTRATORS TO BASRA IRAQ. COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION MAJOR GENERAL VINCENT BROOKS WILL HOST THE FOUR ADMINISTRATORS. ONE OF THE GUESTS, DEAN OF HUMAN ECOLOGY VIRGINIA MOXLEY ADDS “WE’RE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW CONDITIONS SOLDIERS LIVE IN AND HOW THEY ACCESS ONLINE CLASSES”. SHE GOES ON TO SAY “BECAUSE OF THE WORK KSTATE AND THE COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY DO WITH SOLDIERS FAMILIES, THIS TRIP WILL HELP US DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT ARE EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL”. SCHULZ, MOXLEY AND THE TWO OTHER PARTICIPANTS WILL BE IRAQ THE REST OF THIS WEEK.

ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY…FOUR KSTATE PROFESSORS RECEIVED A PATENT. THE PATENT SHOULD HELP DESTROY A PARASITE THAT CAUSES MILLIONS IN CROP DAMAGES ANNUALLY. THE INVENTION IS CALLED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR KILLING PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES.


IN STATE NEWS…

IT APPEARED THAT SHAWNEE MISSION WAS SET TO CLOSE ANTIOCH AND MISSION VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLS. NOT SO FAST…THE KC STAR REPORTS…SUPERINTENDENT GENE JOHNSON SAID THE CHANGES WERE MADE YESTERDAY. JOHNSON IS GOING TO APPROVE A COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE UPGRADES NEEDED FOR EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT PANEL’S REPORT WILL BE COMPLETED FEBRUARY SECOND. DEPENDING UPON THE PANEL’S FINDINGS…THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS STILL MIGHT CLOSE THEIR DOORS. MOODY ELEMENTARY WILL BE CLOSED FOLLOWING THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR.

105 POUNDS OF COCAINE WERE SEIZED FROM A PRIVATE PLANE. SALINA POLICE SAY THE SEIZURE OCCURRED AFTER THE PLANE LANDED TO REFUEL. THE COCAINE IS WORTH 2 MILLION DOLLARS…STREET VALUE AND HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. THE TWO PASSENGERS ON THE PLANE WERE NOT ARRESTED.

A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS UPHELD A RULING TO BUILD A CONTROVERSIAL TRAFFICWAY IN LAWRENCE ACCORDING TO THE KC STAR. SEVEN GROUPS OPPOSED THE TRAFFICWAY BECAUSE THEY SAY IT WOULD DESTROY NEARLY 60 ACRES OF WETLANDS NEAR BAKER UNIVERSITY. THE PROPOSED FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY WOULD EXTEND THE SOUTH LAWRENCE TRAFFICWAY SEVEN MILES AND CONNECT IT TO KANSAS HIGHWAY 10.AS PART OF THE 188 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT…THE LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD SAYS…THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS IT WILL BUILD 300 ACRES OF NEW WETLANDS.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…

EONLINE REPORTS…CHRIS ROCK WOKE UP TO FIND A TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR MASERATI IN HIS DRIVEWAY, ROCK THEN CALLED HIS OTHER GROWN UP CO-STARS AND FOUND OUT THAT ADAM SANDLER HAD BOUGHT KEVIN JAMES, ROB SCHNEIDER AND DAVID SPADE A MASERATI TOO. THE DAMAGE FOR SANDLER’S GENEROUS GIFT…AROUND 1 MILLION DOLLARS. ROCK ADDS THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD RECEIVED A GIFT FOR HIS WORK ON A FILM.