IN LOCAL NEWS…
THE MANHATTAN MERCURY RECENTLY LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS AND CITATIONS DUE TO ALCOHOL FROM SEPTEMBER SECOND TO NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIRST. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WERE THE TWO BIGGEST DAYS FOR ARRESTS AND CITATIONS. THOSE ARRESTS AND CITATIONS DOUBLED ON SATURDAY WHETHER THE FOOTBALL GAME WAS AWAY OR HOME. THE MERCURY DID FIND THAT THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS AND CITATIONS GIVEN DURING HOME FOOTBALL GAMES ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE NUMBERS FOR FAKE PATTY’S DAY OR COUNTRY STAMPEDE.
FORMER TWO-TIME GOVERNOR KATHLEEN SEBELIUS IS RETURNING HOME…WELL…AT LEAST TO HER HOME STATE. SEBeLIUS IS CURRENTLY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. SEBELIUS WILL DELIVER THE FIRST LANDON LECTURE TODAY.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS…94 PERCENT OF INCOMING UNIVERSITY KANSAS STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN A REQUIRED ALCOHOL EDUCATION CLASS. THE LAWRENCE-JOURNAL WORLD REPORTS….259 STUDENTS HAVE YET TO TAKE THE CLASS. IF STUDENTS DO NOT TAKE AND COMPLETE THE CLASS…THEIR ENROLLMENT WILL BE PUT ON HOLD. UNIVERSITY DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES CAROL SEAGER SAYS STUDENTS RECEIVE 4 EMAIL REMINDERS ABOUT ENROLLING FOR THE CLASS. THERE IS NO INDICATION ON WHETHER THE SECOND-YEAR CLASS HAS DETERRED UNDERAGE DRINKING. THE UNIVERSITY PLANS TO OFFER THE CLASS FOR AT LEAST TWO MORE YEARS.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL…THREE FRESHMAN GIRLS AT WASHBURN RURAL HIGH WERE HONORED BY GIRL SCOUT. MEGAN MANN, ALYSSA WHITE AND ELIZABETH PENTON EARNED THE SILVER AWARD, THE HIGHEST HONOR A CADETTE GIRL SCOUT CAN EARN. THE THREE GIRLS COMPILED OVER 120 HOURS IN SERVICE. THEY SPENT THEIR SERVICE HOURS BUILDING A RESTAURANT AND GROCERY STORE LEARNING STATION FOR THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
A SUNDAY FIRE AT AN OVERLAND PARK APARTMENT COMPLEX FORCED THE EVACUATION OF SEVERAL RESIDENTS. OVERLAND PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JASON RHODES SAID THE BLAZE WAS CAUSED BY A CIGARETTE. RHODES SAID THE CIGARETTE WAS FLICKED IN TO THE BUSHES WHICH RAN UP THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND IN TO THE ATTIC. THE FIRE TOOK MORE THAN AN HOUR TO BRING UNDER CONTROL. RHODES ENCOURAGED SMOKERS TO USE A DEEP ASHTRAY OF SAND OR WATER WHEN PUTTING THEIR CIGARETTES OUT.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO USA TODAY…ACTOR LESLIE NIELSEN DIED ON SUNDAY IN A FORT LAUDERDALE HOSPITAL. NIELSEN APPEARED IN MORE THAN 200 MOVIES, MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS ROLES IN FILM AIRPLANE AND NAKED GUN. ACCORDING TO THE STATE JOURNAL, THE CANADIAN ACTOR WAS NAMED AN HONORARY WEST VIRGINIAN IN 2002 BY THEN-GOVERNOR BOB WISE. NIELSEN MADE SEVERAL TRIPS BACK TO THE MOUNTAINEER STATE INCLUDING IN 2001 WHEN HE PROMOTED SEVERAL EDUCATIONAL GAMES FOR MICROSOFT. NIELSEN WAS 84.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSfkR8eT9s
-AP Video report on Nielsen's Death
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