IN LOCAL NEWS...
THE MARIANNA KISTLER BEACH MUSEUM OF ARTS IS EXPECTING YET MORE BUDGET CUTS THE COLLEGIAN WRITES...DUE TO GOVERNOR BROWNBACK'S EXECUTIVE ORDER IN EARLY FEBRUARY TO ABOLISH THE KANSAS ARTS COMMISSION, LEAVING THE MUSEUM TO WONDER WHERE AND HOW IT WILL REPLACE ITS BIGGEST SOURCE OF FUNDING...THIS RESULTS IN BUDGET CUTS FOR THE MUSEUM WHICH IN TURN MEANS THE MUSEUM IS OPEN FEWERE HOURS AND POSITIONS FOR STUDENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE REDUCED.
AN OLD PIZZA PLACE GETS A NEW TWIST THE COLLEGIAN WRITES…”DOUGHBOYS PIZZA AND PUB,” WHICH REPLACED THE UBER POPULAR “GUMBY’S” PIZZA IN AGGIEVILLE, HAS A SIMILAR ATMOSPHERE AND DELICIOUS FOOD, INCLUDING AN ARRAY OF BRAND NEW SPECIALTY PIZZAS AND FOOD…THE PUB OPENED FEBRUARY 24TH…
IN STATE NEWS…
AN ATCHISON KANSAS MAN IS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL ONLINE REPORTS…ROGER HOLLISTER, ACCUSED OF MURDERING 58 YEAR OLD PATRICIA KIMMI, WAS FOUND GUILTY TUESDAY OF CAPITAL MURDER…DESPITE THE VERDICT, ATCHISON COUNTY ATTORNEY JERRY KUCKLEMEN SAYS THAT “THIS CASE DOESN’T END TODAY-WE WILL KEEP THE INVESTIGATION OPEN.” THE ATTORNEY REFERS TO KIMMI’S HUSBAND, EUGENE, WHO’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE CASE IS UNDER “SPECULATION.” PATRICIA KIMMI’S REMAINS WERE NOT FOUND UNTIL SIX MONTHS AFTER HER DEATH ON PROPERTY OWNED BY HOLLISTER’S BROTHER WHICH IS ADJACENT TO ROGER HOLLISTER’S FARM…IN ADDITION TO THE CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE, HOLLISTER IS TO REAPPEAR IN COURT IN APRIL IN BROWN COUNTY FOR THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HIS WIFE, REBECCA…HOLLISTER WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE…
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
THE UNREST IN WISCONSIN CONTINUES AS REPORTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES….GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER’S PROPOSED 1.5 MILLION DOLLAR CUTS TO SCHOOLS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS ADDED MORE FUEL TO AN ALREADY TOWERING INFERNO…THE GOVERNOR’S CUTS COME AFTER AN ALREADY CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSITION TO LIMIT THE COLLEVTIVE BARGAINING OF UNIONS AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT FOR HEALTH AND PENSION BENEFITS THAT UNION WORKERS MUST PAY FOR OUT OF POCKET…WALKER IS PROPOSING THESE CUTS IN LIEU OF RAISING TAXES, HE SAYS, “THE PREFERABLE CHOICE, HE SAID, FOR SOLVING A DEFICIT EXPECTED TO ARISE IN THE TWO-YEAR BUDGET PERIOD THAT BEGINS IN JULY…
AND IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
TODAY MARKS THE 107TH BIRTHDAY OF THE LATE “THEODOR ‘SEUSS’ GEISEL,” OR AS HE IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN, “DR. SEUSS”…THE DOCTOR, WHO IS RENOWNED THE WORLD OVER FOR HIS CLEVER RHYMES AND COLORFUL CHARACTERS, HAS CAPTIVATED CHILDREN FOR YEARS WITH BOOKS LIKE “HOP ON POP,” “ONE FISH TWO FISH RED FISH BLUE FISH,” “CAT IN THE HAT,” AND THE EVER-PRESENT, “GREEN EGGS AND HAM.” IN HIS LIFETIME SEUSS WROTE FORTY EIGHT BOOKS THAT CAUSED BOTH CHILDREN AND PARENTS ALIKE TO REFLECT ON LIFE LESSONS LIKE LEARNING TO GET ALONG OR TRYING SOMETHING NEW…HE HAD SUCH AN IMPACT THAT FOURTEEN YEARS AGO HIS BIRTHDAY WAS DECLARED “READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY.” FIRST LADY MICHELE OBAMA WILL BE READING SOME OF HIS BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TODAY.
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