MARLATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED TODAY DUE TO BOILER FAILURE. NO STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOL TODAY. PARENTS WILL BE INFORMED WHETHER TOMORROW’S CLASSES WILL BE CANCELLED TOO.
KANSAS STATE PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS PRESENTING WHAT THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO DO ABOUT THE AUDIT THEY RECEIVED IN JUNE. THE AUDIT WAS AN EXIT REVIEW OF FORMER PRESIDENT JOHN WEFALD AFTER HIS RETIREMENT. IT FOUND UNDOCUMENTED PAYMENTS OF $845,000 TO A FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WHO ALSO SERVED AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AND FOOTBALL COACH BILL SNYDER.
THE CITY OF MANHATTAN’S NEW ICE RINK WILL OPEN TODAY. IT WILL BE OPEN THREE TO SEVEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND ONE TO SEVEN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. DAILY ADMISSIONS AND SKATE RENTALS CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE RINK OR A TEN AMISSION PUNCH CARD CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE MANHATTAN PARKS AND RECREATION OFFICE AT 1100 FREEMONT. THE RINK WLL ALSO HOLD SKATING AND HOCKEY LESSONS AND CAN BE RENTED OUT FOR PRIVATE EVENTS.
POLICE IN BELAIRE, KANSAS SAY THEY SUSPECT FOUL PLAY IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AN 82-YEAR OLD MAN. WILLIAM HOWELL WAS LAST SEEN ON MARCH 5TH AT THE BEL AIRE RECREATION CENTER. HOWELL IS FIVE FOOT EIGHT INCHES AND WEIGHS 140 POUNDS. HE HAS BROWN EYES, SHORT GREY HAIR, AND WALKS WITH A LIMP OR CANE. HE IS ALSO DIABETIC AND INSULIN DEPENDENT. HOWELL’S FAMILY AND CRIME STOPPERS ARE BOTH OFFERING REWARDS FOR INFORMATION ON THIS CASE.
AN ARKANSAS POLICE OFFICER IS SUSPENDED AFTER USING A STUN GUN ON A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL. HE ISN’T IN TROUBLE FOR USING THE TASER BUT FOR NOT HAVING THE VIDEO CAMERA ATTACHED WHEN HE USED IT. OZARK MAYOR VERNON MCDANIEL SAYS DUSTIN BRADSHAW IS SUSPENDED FOR SEVEN DAYS WITH PAY. HE ALSO ADDS THAT HE WANTS THE ARKANSAS POLICE OR THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE USE OF THE TASER WAS PROPER. THE GIRL’S MOTHER CALLED THE POLICE AND GAVE PERMISSION TO USE THE STUN GUN WHEN SHE WOULDN’T GET IN THE SHOWER. THE GIRL WASN’T INJURED AND IS NOW AT A YOUTH SHELTER.
FLIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY A
RE CANCELLED AND DELAYED BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE FAA SYSTEM THAT COLLECTS AIRLINES’ FLIGHT PLANS. ACCORDING TO FAA SPOKESMAN CHRISTOPHER WHITE FLIGHT PLANS ARE HAVING TO BE ENTERED MANUALLY. FAA SPOKESWOMAN KATHLEEN GERGEN SAYS SHE DOESN’T KOW HOW MANY FLIGHTS ARE BEING EFFECTED OR WHEN THE PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED.
THE SIMPSON’S WILL HAVE A NEW CHARACTER THIS SEASON AND HE’LL BE QUITE THE LADIES MAN. THE SHOW HELD A CONTEST FOR FANS TO COME UP WITH THE NEW CHARACTER AND ORANGE CONNECTICUT’S PEGGY BLACK WON WITH RICARDO BOMBA. NICKNAMED LA BOMBA, HE WILL BE ON THE JANUARY 31ST EPISODE. THIS IS THE TV SHOWS 20TH YEAR ON THE AIR.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
News 11-18-09
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW PROVOST. APRIL MASON HAS ACCEPTED THE JOB AND WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY 10TH AFTER SHE PASSES A BACKGROUND CHECK. MASON IS THE DEAN OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCES. DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS MASON SAYS SHE WAS “STRUCK BY THE DEPTH OF TALENT REPRESENTED IN THE FACULTY…STAFF… ADMINISTRATION …AND STUDENTS AT K-STATE.” PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ SAYS HE IS “EXCITED FOR HER TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.”
THE FIRST DEMOCRAT HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. FORMER PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY EXECUTIVE TOM WIGGINS APPOINTED HIS CAMPAIGN TREASURER TUESDAY, SOMETHING HE HAS TO DO BY LAW TO RAISE MONEY. THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS EXPECTED TO BE US SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK SEVERE STORMS BETTER. THEY ARE THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO GET UPGRADED RADAR. THE DUAL POLARIZATION RADAR IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. LAST WEEK AT THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY IN WICHITA FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT THE RADAR WILL BE INSTALLED NEXT FALL. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS UPGRADED RADARS WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE REST OF THE WEATHER SERVICE BRANCHES.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FOOTBALL COACH MARK MANGINO IS IN A BIT OF TROUBLE TODAY. MANGINO IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE K-U ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AFTER HE WAS REPORTED FOR POKING SENIOR LINE BACKER ARIST WRIGHT IN THE CHEST DURING A WALK THROUGH PRACTICE BEFORE THE COLORADO GAME. KU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR LEW PERKINS MET WITH THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM ON MONDAY NIGHT AND AFTERWARDS HE COMFIRMED REPORTS OF AN INTERNAL REVIEW ON MANGINO.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS PITCHER ZACK GREINKE IS THIS YEARS WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LEAGURE CY YOUNG AWARD. GREINKE DOMINATED THE BALLOTS BY TAKING 25 of 28 FIRST PLACE VOTES AND HAD 134 TOTAL POINTS IN THE BASEBALL WRITER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA VOTING. GREINKE IS THE THIRD ROYALS PITCHER TO WIN THE CY YOUNG AWARD, BRET SABERHAGEN WON IN 1985 AND 1989; DAVID CONE WON IN 1994. GREINKE FINISHED THE YEAR WITH A 16 & 8 RECORD, A 2 POINT ONE SIX ERA AND TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTY TWO STRIKEOUTS.
THE FIRST DEMOCRAT HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. FORMER PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY EXECUTIVE TOM WIGGINS APPOINTED HIS CAMPAIGN TREASURER TUESDAY, SOMETHING HE HAS TO DO BY LAW TO RAISE MONEY. THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS EXPECTED TO BE US SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK SEVERE STORMS BETTER. THEY ARE THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO GET UPGRADED RADAR. THE DUAL POLARIZATION RADAR IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. LAST WEEK AT THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY IN WICHITA FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT THE RADAR WILL BE INSTALLED NEXT FALL. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS UPGRADED RADARS WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE REST OF THE WEATHER SERVICE BRANCHES.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FOOTBALL COACH MARK MANGINO IS IN A BIT OF TROUBLE TODAY. MANGINO IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE K-U ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AFTER HE WAS REPORTED FOR POKING SENIOR LINE BACKER ARIST WRIGHT IN THE CHEST DURING A WALK THROUGH PRACTICE BEFORE THE COLORADO GAME. KU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR LEW PERKINS MET WITH THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM ON MONDAY NIGHT AND AFTERWARDS HE COMFIRMED REPORTS OF AN INTERNAL REVIEW ON MANGINO.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS PITCHER ZACK GREINKE IS THIS YEARS WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LEAGURE CY YOUNG AWARD. GREINKE DOMINATED THE BALLOTS BY TAKING 25 of 28 FIRST PLACE VOTES AND HAD 134 TOTAL POINTS IN THE BASEBALL WRITER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA VOTING. GREINKE IS THE THIRD ROYALS PITCHER TO WIN THE CY YOUNG AWARD, BRET SABERHAGEN WON IN 1985 AND 1989; DAVID CONE WON IN 1994. GREINKE FINISHED THE YEAR WITH A 16 & 8 RECORD, A 2 POINT ONE SIX ERA AND TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTY TWO STRIKEOUTS.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
KSU New Provost
Kansas State University has announced April Mason will be the new Provost. Mason will be taking the job in early 2010. Mason is the Dean of Colorado State University's College of Applied Human Sciences.
News 11-17-09
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW PROVOST. APRIL MASON HAS ACCEPTED THE JOB AND WILL BEGIN IN EARLY 2010. MASON IS THE DEAN OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCES. DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS MASON SAYS SHE WAS “STRUCK BY THE DEPTH OF TALENT REPRESENTED IN THE FACULTY…STAFF… ADMINISTRATION …AND STUDENTS AT K-STATE.” PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ SAYS HE IS “EXCITED FOR HER TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.”
FORT RILEY IS GETTING A TEST PROGRAM THAT WILL IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF VETERANS TO BE EVALUATED FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER 2007. THEY ARE ADDING SIX NEW PLACES, INCLUDING FORT RILEY BRINGING THE NUMBER UP TO 27. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS THE DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM INCLUDES ONE MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND ONE RATING PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE DISABILITY AND THE BENEFITS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE UP AND RUNNING AT FORT RILEY BY MARCH.
DURING THE 2009 FISCAL YEAR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE KANSAS FARMERS A RECORD SETTING $148 MILLION IN LOANS. THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S FARM SERVICE AGENCY IN KANSAS SAYS THE MONEY WENT TO ABOUT 1,300 FAMILY FARMERS. THE LOANS HELPED FARMERS PLANT AND HARVEST CROPS, PURCHASE LIVESTOCK AND MACHINERY, OR REORGANIZE THEIR BUSINESS.
A PRATT MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN LAST YEAR’S MURDER OF A PARTIALLY DISABLED WOMAN. THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS 31 YEAR OLD DAN RIENDEAU WAS SENTENCED 22 YEARS ON PRISON YESTERDAY FOR INTENTIONAL SECOND DEGREE MURDER. PROSECUTERS SAY RIENDIAU AND ANOTHER MAN STABBED 48 YEAR OLD ALESIA DORRIS-GRAHAM 90 TO 100 TIMES BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO SELL THEM PERSCRIPTION DRUGS. THE OTHER MAN, 18 YEAR OLD CHARLES DEMNARK-WAGNER WAS SENTENCED IN MARCH TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR 20 YEARS AFTER HE PLEADED GUILTY TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
A FATHER AND SON IN LIBERAL HAD QUITE THE FIND IN THEIR BACK YARD. 10 YEAR OLD CHANDLER HARP WAS PLAYING IN HIS BACKYARD WHEN THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND DIRT AND DEBRIS WENT FLYING ABOUT 15 FEET FROM HIM. HE FOUND A 2 INCH ROCK AT THE BOTTOM OF A FOOT-DEEP HOLE AND BROUGHT IT TO HIS DAD. ONCE HIS DAD, LEE, SAW THE ROCK HE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS SOMETHING FROM AROUND HERE. “I KNEW HE HAD A METEORITE” LEE SAYS ABOUT THE ROCK HIS SON FOUND.
A MAN IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WHO WAS ALREADY CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE IS NOW ACCUSED OF FORGING DOCUMENTS IN JAIL. 39 YEAR OLD JOHN GERHOLT SENIOR SAYS HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIS WIFE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2008 WHE SHE WAS LEAVING WORK. BEDFORD COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY GERHOLT KILLED HER ON PURPOSE WITH A RIFLE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE DOCUMENTS HE FORGED WERE TO OBTAIN THE BURIAL PLOT NEXT TO HIS WIFE’S THAT HER FAMILY HAD BOUGHT. THEY LEARNED OF THE SCHEME AND ARE TRYING TO SELL THE PLOT. GERHOLT’S ATTORNEY SAYS HE LOVSE HIS WIFE AND WANTS TO BE NEAR HER.
A MAN IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HAS DEER CARCASSES SCATTERED AROUND HIS YARD. RANDY GOOD HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REMOVE ROAD KILL FROM THE ROADS OF FIVE COUNTIES. WITH WEEKEND LANDFILL CLOSURES AND A BROKEN DOWN TRUCK, GOOD HAS HAD TO DROP THEM IN HIS YARD TO DEAL WITH DEMAND. HE PICKS UP 50 TO 100 A, DAY. THE STINK HAS GOTTEN SO BAD NEIGHBORS A HALF A MILE AWAY HAVE HAD TO LIGHT CANDLES. GOOD SAYS HE HAS A NEW TRASH CONTAINER THAT SHOULD HELP BUT IT’LL TAKE A WEEK OR TWO TO GET RID OF ALL THE CARCASSES.
THREE ADULTS AND A 12 YEAR OLD CHILD ARE DEAD AFTER BEING HIT BY AN AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA STATE LINE LAST NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE JASPER COUNTY CORONER THE FOUR PEOPLE WERE FROM HARDEEVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. THEY HAD TRIED TO GO AROUND THE CROSSING ARM TO BEAT THE TRAIN BUT GOT HIT AND THEIR CAR WAS PUSHED ABOUT A MILE BEFORE THE TRAIN COULD STOP. NO ONE ON THE TRAIN WAS INJURED.
THE NEW OXFORD AMERICAN DICTIONARY HAD NAMED THEIR 2009 WORD OF THE YEAR. THE WORD…WHICH MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH IS UNFRIEND. THE DICTIONARY’S DEFINITION IS TO REMOVE SOMEONE AS A FRIEND ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE LIKE FACEBOOK. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS TRACKS HOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHANGES AND PICKS A WORD THAT REFLECTS THE MOOD OF THE YEAR. FINALISTS WERE NETBOOK…WHICH IS A SMALL COMPUTER AND SEXTING…SENDING EXPLICIT TEXTS AND PICTURES BY CELL PHONE.
FORT RILEY IS GETTING A TEST PROGRAM THAT WILL IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF VETERANS TO BE EVALUATED FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER 2007. THEY ARE ADDING SIX NEW PLACES, INCLUDING FORT RILEY BRINGING THE NUMBER UP TO 27. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS THE DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM INCLUDES ONE MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND ONE RATING PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE DISABILITY AND THE BENEFITS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE UP AND RUNNING AT FORT RILEY BY MARCH.
DURING THE 2009 FISCAL YEAR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE KANSAS FARMERS A RECORD SETTING $148 MILLION IN LOANS. THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S FARM SERVICE AGENCY IN KANSAS SAYS THE MONEY WENT TO ABOUT 1,300 FAMILY FARMERS. THE LOANS HELPED FARMERS PLANT AND HARVEST CROPS, PURCHASE LIVESTOCK AND MACHINERY, OR REORGANIZE THEIR BUSINESS.
A PRATT MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN LAST YEAR’S MURDER OF A PARTIALLY DISABLED WOMAN. THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS 31 YEAR OLD DAN RIENDEAU WAS SENTENCED 22 YEARS ON PRISON YESTERDAY FOR INTENTIONAL SECOND DEGREE MURDER. PROSECUTERS SAY RIENDIAU AND ANOTHER MAN STABBED 48 YEAR OLD ALESIA DORRIS-GRAHAM 90 TO 100 TIMES BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO SELL THEM PERSCRIPTION DRUGS. THE OTHER MAN, 18 YEAR OLD CHARLES DEMNARK-WAGNER WAS SENTENCED IN MARCH TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR 20 YEARS AFTER HE PLEADED GUILTY TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
A FATHER AND SON IN LIBERAL HAD QUITE THE FIND IN THEIR BACK YARD. 10 YEAR OLD CHANDLER HARP WAS PLAYING IN HIS BACKYARD WHEN THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND DIRT AND DEBRIS WENT FLYING ABOUT 15 FEET FROM HIM. HE FOUND A 2 INCH ROCK AT THE BOTTOM OF A FOOT-DEEP HOLE AND BROUGHT IT TO HIS DAD. ONCE HIS DAD, LEE, SAW THE ROCK HE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS SOMETHING FROM AROUND HERE. “I KNEW HE HAD A METEORITE” LEE SAYS ABOUT THE ROCK HIS SON FOUND.
A MAN IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WHO WAS ALREADY CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE IS NOW ACCUSED OF FORGING DOCUMENTS IN JAIL. 39 YEAR OLD JOHN GERHOLT SENIOR SAYS HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIS WIFE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2008 WHE SHE WAS LEAVING WORK. BEDFORD COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY GERHOLT KILLED HER ON PURPOSE WITH A RIFLE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE DOCUMENTS HE FORGED WERE TO OBTAIN THE BURIAL PLOT NEXT TO HIS WIFE’S THAT HER FAMILY HAD BOUGHT. THEY LEARNED OF THE SCHEME AND ARE TRYING TO SELL THE PLOT. GERHOLT’S ATTORNEY SAYS HE LOVSE HIS WIFE AND WANTS TO BE NEAR HER.
A MAN IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HAS DEER CARCASSES SCATTERED AROUND HIS YARD. RANDY GOOD HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REMOVE ROAD KILL FROM THE ROADS OF FIVE COUNTIES. WITH WEEKEND LANDFILL CLOSURES AND A BROKEN DOWN TRUCK, GOOD HAS HAD TO DROP THEM IN HIS YARD TO DEAL WITH DEMAND. HE PICKS UP 50 TO 100 A, DAY. THE STINK HAS GOTTEN SO BAD NEIGHBORS A HALF A MILE AWAY HAVE HAD TO LIGHT CANDLES. GOOD SAYS HE HAS A NEW TRASH CONTAINER THAT SHOULD HELP BUT IT’LL TAKE A WEEK OR TWO TO GET RID OF ALL THE CARCASSES.
THREE ADULTS AND A 12 YEAR OLD CHILD ARE DEAD AFTER BEING HIT BY AN AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA STATE LINE LAST NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE JASPER COUNTY CORONER THE FOUR PEOPLE WERE FROM HARDEEVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. THEY HAD TRIED TO GO AROUND THE CROSSING ARM TO BEAT THE TRAIN BUT GOT HIT AND THEIR CAR WAS PUSHED ABOUT A MILE BEFORE THE TRAIN COULD STOP. NO ONE ON THE TRAIN WAS INJURED.
THE NEW OXFORD AMERICAN DICTIONARY HAD NAMED THEIR 2009 WORD OF THE YEAR. THE WORD…WHICH MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH IS UNFRIEND. THE DICTIONARY’S DEFINITION IS TO REMOVE SOMEONE AS A FRIEND ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE LIKE FACEBOOK. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS TRACKS HOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHANGES AND PICKS A WORD THAT REFLECTS THE MOOD OF THE YEAR. FINALISTS WERE NETBOOK…WHICH IS A SMALL COMPUTER AND SEXTING…SENDING EXPLICIT TEXTS AND PICTURES BY CELL PHONE.
Monday, November 16, 2009
News 11-16-09
THAT SNOW COMING DOWN OUTSIDE ISN’T YOUR IMAGINATION. MANHATTAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS ARE IN A WINTER STORM WARNING. IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM TOMORROW MORNING. ACCORDING TO WEATHER.COM, A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURING. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
A MANHATTAN WOMAN HAS POSTED 150-THOUSAND DOLLAR BAIL AFTER SHE WAS JAILED FRIDAY NIGHT IN SUSPICION OF SHOOTING HER EX-HUSBAND. 63 YEAR OLD MARTHA POTTER WAS RELEASED AROUND 4 AM SATURDAY. POLICE SAY THEY ARRIVED TO THE HOUSE ON PLYMOUTH ROAD WHEN THEY HEARD REPORTS THAT SOMEONE HAD BEEN SHOT. 70 YEAR OLD ROBERT POTTER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. MORE DETAILS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED TODAY.
AND YOU THOUGHT SEXTING WAS SOMETHING ONLY TEENAGERS DID. A GODDARD KANSAS POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF SENDING NUDE PICTURES OF HIMSELF TO A WOMAN HE ARRESTED WILL BE SENTENCED TODAY. CALVIN SCHAFFER ADMITTED TO USING A POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPUTER TO SEND THE E-MAILS TO THE WOMAN. PROSECUTERS SAY SCHAFFER ARRESTED THE WOMAN ON FEBRUARY 27TH FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING AND OFFERED TO DISMISS THE CHARGES IN EXCHANGE FOR A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP. THE POLICE OFFICER PLEADED GUILTY IN SEPTEMBER TO FEDERAL WIRE FRAUD.
THE GARDEN CITY TEACHER WHO AUTHORITIES SAY FABRICATED AN ASSAULT STORY IS NO LONGER TEACHING IN THE DISTRICT. GARDEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT RICK ATHA SAYS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS EXPECTING MICHAEL BLANKS’S RESIGNATION AT A MEETING LATER TODAY. BLANKS WAS FINED $300 EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR FALSELY REPORTING A CRIME WHEN HE TOLD POLICE TWO MEN FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE SCHOOL AND BEAT HIM AND STABBED HIM IN THE LEG. POLICE BELIEVE BLANKS ACTUALLY FELL OFF A DESK WHILE STAPLING THINGS TO THE WALL.
THE TOPEKA SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A NEW ADDITION TO THEIR BUS FLEET. THEY HAVE THE FIRST PROPANE POWERED SCHOOL BUS IN THE STATE. IT IS YELLW AND LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR BUS, BUT IT’S QUIETER AND DOESN’T SMELL LIKE DIESEL. THE BUS DOES COST EIGHT-THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE THAN A DIESEL BUS BUT DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THE FUEL IS CHEAPER. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING GARY MENKE SAYS THEY WILL SEE HOW THE BUS WORKS BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO BUY MORE.
SIX ASTRONAUTS WILL BE SPENDING THEIR THANKSGIVING IN SPACE. NASA HAS FUELED UP SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS FOR ITS LIFT OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE 11 DAY FLIGHT THEY WILL BE BRINGING SPARE PARTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. NASA WANTS TO STOCKPILE AS MUCH EQUIPMENT BEFORE THE SHUTTLE FLEET RETIRES NEXT YEAR. WITH LOW CLOUDS BEING THE ONLY CONCERN, EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK AND READY FOR TODAY’S 2:28 TAKE OFF.
JEWLERY THIEVES IN OHIO ARE IN FOR A SURPRISE. ROBBERS BROKE INTO HENRY’S JEWLERS IN TOLEDO AND STOLE WHAT LOOKED TO BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GOLD RINGS ON DISPLAY. STORE OWNER HENRY TRIPLETT SAYS THOSE WERE ACTUALLY BRASS RINGS WORTH BARLEY A QUARTER EACH. TRIPLETT HAD THE REAL RINGS LOCKED AWAY. THE REAL EXPENSE WILL BE REPLACING THE WINDOW AND THE GLASS IN THE 13 CASES THAT WERE BROKEN.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN MADE QUITE THE MISTAKE MULTIPLE TIMES DURING HIS SHOW IN MICHIGAN. DURING THE SHOW FRIDAY SPRINGSTEEN SAID “HELLO, OHIO!” AND REFERRED TO OHIO MULTILPLE TIMES. HIS GUITARIST STEVE VAN ZANDT TOLD HIM OF THE MISTAKE AND HE WAS CLEARLY EMBARRASSED. VAN ZANDT TOLD ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE SPRINGSTEEN WAS GUILTY OF “EVERY FRONMAN’S NIGHTMARE.” HE ADDED “SPRINGSTEEN KNEW THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF DETROIT BUT SOMEHOW DETROIT WOUND UP IN OHIO FOR A MINUTE.”
A MANHATTAN WOMAN HAS POSTED 150-THOUSAND DOLLAR BAIL AFTER SHE WAS JAILED FRIDAY NIGHT IN SUSPICION OF SHOOTING HER EX-HUSBAND. 63 YEAR OLD MARTHA POTTER WAS RELEASED AROUND 4 AM SATURDAY. POLICE SAY THEY ARRIVED TO THE HOUSE ON PLYMOUTH ROAD WHEN THEY HEARD REPORTS THAT SOMEONE HAD BEEN SHOT. 70 YEAR OLD ROBERT POTTER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. MORE DETAILS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED TODAY.
AND YOU THOUGHT SEXTING WAS SOMETHING ONLY TEENAGERS DID. A GODDARD KANSAS POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF SENDING NUDE PICTURES OF HIMSELF TO A WOMAN HE ARRESTED WILL BE SENTENCED TODAY. CALVIN SCHAFFER ADMITTED TO USING A POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPUTER TO SEND THE E-MAILS TO THE WOMAN. PROSECUTERS SAY SCHAFFER ARRESTED THE WOMAN ON FEBRUARY 27TH FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING AND OFFERED TO DISMISS THE CHARGES IN EXCHANGE FOR A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP. THE POLICE OFFICER PLEADED GUILTY IN SEPTEMBER TO FEDERAL WIRE FRAUD.
THE GARDEN CITY TEACHER WHO AUTHORITIES SAY FABRICATED AN ASSAULT STORY IS NO LONGER TEACHING IN THE DISTRICT. GARDEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT RICK ATHA SAYS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS EXPECTING MICHAEL BLANKS’S RESIGNATION AT A MEETING LATER TODAY. BLANKS WAS FINED $300 EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR FALSELY REPORTING A CRIME WHEN HE TOLD POLICE TWO MEN FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE SCHOOL AND BEAT HIM AND STABBED HIM IN THE LEG. POLICE BELIEVE BLANKS ACTUALLY FELL OFF A DESK WHILE STAPLING THINGS TO THE WALL.
THE TOPEKA SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A NEW ADDITION TO THEIR BUS FLEET. THEY HAVE THE FIRST PROPANE POWERED SCHOOL BUS IN THE STATE. IT IS YELLW AND LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR BUS, BUT IT’S QUIETER AND DOESN’T SMELL LIKE DIESEL. THE BUS DOES COST EIGHT-THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE THAN A DIESEL BUS BUT DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THE FUEL IS CHEAPER. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING GARY MENKE SAYS THEY WILL SEE HOW THE BUS WORKS BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO BUY MORE.
SIX ASTRONAUTS WILL BE SPENDING THEIR THANKSGIVING IN SPACE. NASA HAS FUELED UP SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS FOR ITS LIFT OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE 11 DAY FLIGHT THEY WILL BE BRINGING SPARE PARTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. NASA WANTS TO STOCKPILE AS MUCH EQUIPMENT BEFORE THE SHUTTLE FLEET RETIRES NEXT YEAR. WITH LOW CLOUDS BEING THE ONLY CONCERN, EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK AND READY FOR TODAY’S 2:28 TAKE OFF.
JEWLERY THIEVES IN OHIO ARE IN FOR A SURPRISE. ROBBERS BROKE INTO HENRY’S JEWLERS IN TOLEDO AND STOLE WHAT LOOKED TO BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GOLD RINGS ON DISPLAY. STORE OWNER HENRY TRIPLETT SAYS THOSE WERE ACTUALLY BRASS RINGS WORTH BARLEY A QUARTER EACH. TRIPLETT HAD THE REAL RINGS LOCKED AWAY. THE REAL EXPENSE WILL BE REPLACING THE WINDOW AND THE GLASS IN THE 13 CASES THAT WERE BROKEN.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN MADE QUITE THE MISTAKE MULTIPLE TIMES DURING HIS SHOW IN MICHIGAN. DURING THE SHOW FRIDAY SPRINGSTEEN SAID “HELLO, OHIO!” AND REFERRED TO OHIO MULTILPLE TIMES. HIS GUITARIST STEVE VAN ZANDT TOLD HIM OF THE MISTAKE AND HE WAS CLEARLY EMBARRASSED. VAN ZANDT TOLD ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE SPRINGSTEEN WAS GUILTY OF “EVERY FRONMAN’S NIGHTMARE.” HE ADDED “SPRINGSTEEN KNEW THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF DETROIT BUT SOMEHOW DETROIT WOUND UP IN OHIO FOR A MINUTE.”
Thursday, November 12, 2009
News 11-12-09
THE LAFENE HEALTH CENTER HAS RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF H1N1 INFLUENZA VACCINE. THE H1N1 CLINIC WILL BE TODAY NOVEMBER AT KANSAS STATE’S FORUM HALL FROM ONE PM TO 4:30 PM. THE CLINIC IS OPEN TO K-STATE STUDENTS AGES 16-24 YEARS AND K-STATE STUDENTS 25-64 YEARS WHO HAVE ASTHMA, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, KIDNEY AND LIVER DISORDERS, EPILEPSY, CEREBRAL PALSY, AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSION. YOUR WILDCAT ID IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE CLINIC. THE VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH THE SHOT AND MIST FORMS. THERE WILL BE AN ADMISSION FEE FOR THOSE ATTENDING AND CHECK AND CREDIT CARD WILL BE ACCEPTED.
THE FUNERAL FOR FORMER GOVERNOR WILLIAM AVERY WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY IN WAKEFIELD…WHERE HE GREW UP. THE VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY FROM 6TO 8PM AT THE WAKEFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND THE FUNERAL WILL BE THE FOLLOWING MORNING AT 10:30. AVERY SERVED A TWO YEAR TERM AS GOVERNOR IN 1964. HE WAS 98 YEARS OLD.
A MAN TRYING TO ROB A DISCOUNT CIGARETTE STORE GOT HIMSELF CAUGHT EARLY THIS MORNING, LITERALLY. POLICE SAY HE WAS STUCK IN A VENTILATION PIPE FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS. THE MAN HAD CALLED HIS DAUGHTER WHO THEN CALLED 911. FIREFIGHTERS TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WILL BE CHARGES AS SOON AS HE IS RELEASED. POLICE LEUTENANT CHUCK HAGGARD SAYS THE BURGLAR “WASN’T VERY CAT LIKE.”
LAWYERS FOR THE MAN WHO ADMITTED TO KILLING A WICHITA ABORTION PROVIDER WANT TO MOVE THE TRIAL OUT OF WICHITA. 51-YEAR OLD SCOTT ROEDER IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND AGGREVATED ASSAULT IN THE MAY 31ST SHOOTING DEATH OF DOCTOR GEORGE TILLER. ROEDER TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FROM JAIL THAT HE HAS NO REGRETS AND BELIEVES IT WAS JUSTIFIED TO SAVE UNBORN CHILDREN. THE HEARING TO CHANGE THE LOCATION OF THE TRIAL IS DECEMBER 22ND.
THE PARENTS OF THE BALLOON BOY WILL BE PLEADING GUILTY IN COLORADO COURTS. THEIR LAWYER DAVID LANE SAYS THE BOY’S MOTHER MAYUMI HEENE WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO FALSE REPORTING TO AUTHORITIES…A MISDEMEANOR. THE BOY’S FATHER RICHARD WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE A PUBLIC SERVANT. LANE SAYS PROSECUTORS HAVE AGREED TO ALLOW BOTH OF THEM TO SERVE PROBATION SENTENCES. ACCORDING TO LARIMER COUNTY SHERIFF JIM ALDERDEN THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGES RECOMMENDED WOULD BE A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF SIX YEARS IN PRISON.
A MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF CAPITAL MURDER IN THE DEATH OF A LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS MORNING NEWS ANCHOR. ON WEDNESDAY… CURTIS LAVELLE VANCE WAS CONVICTED OF FOR THE DEATH OF ANNE PRESSLY. PRESSLY WAS FOUND BADLY BEATEN AND UNCONSCIOUS IN HER HOME BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2008 AND DIED FIVE DAYS LATER. VANCE HAD PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES IN PRESSLY'S DEATH… HOWEVER HIS DNA LINKED HIM TO THE MURDER. THE JURY ALSO CONVICTED VANCE OF RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, RAPE, AND THEFT OF PROPERTY. A SENTENCING PHASE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER HE RECEIVES LIFE IN PRISON OR THE DEATH PENALTY.
SANTA BRINGS EVERYTHING TO KIDS….MAYBE EVEN THE SWINE FLU. AS HOLIDAY SEASON GETS CLOSER SOME PEOPLE THINK KIDS MIGHT GET THE H1N1 FROM SANTA’S LAP. ACCORDING TO THE HEAD OF PEDIATRICS AT UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN FLORIDA DOCTOR JAMES ORLOWSKI…THE VIRUS CAN LIVE UP TO EIGHT HOURS IN CLOTHING. THIS INCLUDES SAINT NICK’S HAIR, .SUIT, AND EVEN BEARD. THE INTERNATIONAL PLAZA IN TAMPA IS PUTTING DISINFECTANT ALL AROUND THE MALL JUST TO MAKE SURE SANTA DOESN’T GIVE OUT ANY EXTRA GIFTS.
THE FUNERAL FOR FORMER GOVERNOR WILLIAM AVERY WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY IN WAKEFIELD…WHERE HE GREW UP. THE VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY FROM 6TO 8PM AT THE WAKEFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND THE FUNERAL WILL BE THE FOLLOWING MORNING AT 10:30. AVERY SERVED A TWO YEAR TERM AS GOVERNOR IN 1964. HE WAS 98 YEARS OLD.
A MAN TRYING TO ROB A DISCOUNT CIGARETTE STORE GOT HIMSELF CAUGHT EARLY THIS MORNING, LITERALLY. POLICE SAY HE WAS STUCK IN A VENTILATION PIPE FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS. THE MAN HAD CALLED HIS DAUGHTER WHO THEN CALLED 911. FIREFIGHTERS TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WILL BE CHARGES AS SOON AS HE IS RELEASED. POLICE LEUTENANT CHUCK HAGGARD SAYS THE BURGLAR “WASN’T VERY CAT LIKE.”
LAWYERS FOR THE MAN WHO ADMITTED TO KILLING A WICHITA ABORTION PROVIDER WANT TO MOVE THE TRIAL OUT OF WICHITA. 51-YEAR OLD SCOTT ROEDER IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND AGGREVATED ASSAULT IN THE MAY 31ST SHOOTING DEATH OF DOCTOR GEORGE TILLER. ROEDER TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FROM JAIL THAT HE HAS NO REGRETS AND BELIEVES IT WAS JUSTIFIED TO SAVE UNBORN CHILDREN. THE HEARING TO CHANGE THE LOCATION OF THE TRIAL IS DECEMBER 22ND.
THE PARENTS OF THE BALLOON BOY WILL BE PLEADING GUILTY IN COLORADO COURTS. THEIR LAWYER DAVID LANE SAYS THE BOY’S MOTHER MAYUMI HEENE WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO FALSE REPORTING TO AUTHORITIES…A MISDEMEANOR. THE BOY’S FATHER RICHARD WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE A PUBLIC SERVANT. LANE SAYS PROSECUTORS HAVE AGREED TO ALLOW BOTH OF THEM TO SERVE PROBATION SENTENCES. ACCORDING TO LARIMER COUNTY SHERIFF JIM ALDERDEN THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGES RECOMMENDED WOULD BE A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF SIX YEARS IN PRISON.
A MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF CAPITAL MURDER IN THE DEATH OF A LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS MORNING NEWS ANCHOR. ON WEDNESDAY… CURTIS LAVELLE VANCE WAS CONVICTED OF FOR THE DEATH OF ANNE PRESSLY. PRESSLY WAS FOUND BADLY BEATEN AND UNCONSCIOUS IN HER HOME BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2008 AND DIED FIVE DAYS LATER. VANCE HAD PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES IN PRESSLY'S DEATH… HOWEVER HIS DNA LINKED HIM TO THE MURDER. THE JURY ALSO CONVICTED VANCE OF RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, RAPE, AND THEFT OF PROPERTY. A SENTENCING PHASE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER HE RECEIVES LIFE IN PRISON OR THE DEATH PENALTY.
SANTA BRINGS EVERYTHING TO KIDS….MAYBE EVEN THE SWINE FLU. AS HOLIDAY SEASON GETS CLOSER SOME PEOPLE THINK KIDS MIGHT GET THE H1N1 FROM SANTA’S LAP. ACCORDING TO THE HEAD OF PEDIATRICS AT UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN FLORIDA DOCTOR JAMES ORLOWSKI…THE VIRUS CAN LIVE UP TO EIGHT HOURS IN CLOTHING. THIS INCLUDES SAINT NICK’S HAIR, .SUIT, AND EVEN BEARD. THE INTERNATIONAL PLAZA IN TAMPA IS PUTTING DISINFECTANT ALL AROUND THE MALL JUST TO MAKE SURE SANTA DOESN’T GIVE OUT ANY EXTRA GIFTS.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
News 11-11-09
A MANHATTAN WOMAN WHO IS CREDITED WITH HELPING SAVE THE CHEYENNE BOTTOMS WETLANDS HAS DIED. JAN GARTON DIED YESTERDAY AT 59. GARTON WORKED TO SAVE THE WETLANDS IN THE 1980S WHEN THEY WERE DRYING UP. HER LOBBYING GAVE THE CHEYENNE BOTTOMS A PRIORITY WATER RIGHT THAT IS STILL IN USE TODAY.
THE LAFENE HEALTH CENTER HAS RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF H1N1 INFLUENZA VACCINE. THE H1N1 CLINIC WILL BE ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12TH AT KANSAS STATE’S FORUM HALL FROM 1 ONE PM TO FOUR THIRTY PM. THE CLINIC IS OPEN TO K-STATE STUDENTS AGES 16-24 YEARS AND K-STATE STUDENTS 25-64 YEARS WHO HAVE ASTHMA, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, KIDNEY AND LIVER DISORDERS, EPILEPSY, CEREBRAL PALSY, AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSION. YOUR WILDCAT ID IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE CLINIC. THE VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH THE SHOT AND MIST FORMS. THERE WILL BE A $12 ADMISSION FEE CHARGE FOR THOSE ATTENDING AND CHECK AND CREDIT CARD WILL BE ACCEPTED.
A UNITED AIRLINES PILOT WAS CHARGED WITH HAVING TOO MUCH ALCOHOL IN HIS SYSTEM MONDAY. THE AMERICAN PILOT ERWIN WASHINGTON WAS ARRESTED IN LONDON’S HEATHROW AIRPORT BEFORE HIS FLIGHT WAS DUE TO LEAVE FOR CHICAGO. WASHINGTON IS THE THIRD U.S. PILOT IN 13 MONTHS TO BE OVER THE ALCOHOL LIMIT. BRITISH LAW FORBIDES PILOTS FROM DRINKING MORE THAN 20 MICROGRAMS OF ALCOHOL FOR 100 MILLILITERS OF BLOOD IN THEIR SYSTEM. WASHINGTON HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL AND WILL HAVE A FACE COURT DATE ON NOVEMBER 20TH. IF WASHINGTON IS CONVICTED HE WILL FACE UP TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON, A FINE OR BOTH.
A GERMAN MAN WHO STABBED AN EGYPTIAN WOMAN TO DEATH IN A GERMAN COURTROOM HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDER AND WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS. ALEXANDER WIENS, A 28 YEAR OLD RUSSIAN BORN GERMAN, ADMITTED TO KILLING MARWA AL-SHERBINI AT A JULY 1ST COURT HEARING. THE STABBING OCCURRED AT A HEARING OVER A COMPLAINT THAT AL –SHERBINI FILED AGAINST WIENS ACCUSING HIM OF INSULTING HER WITH ETHNIC SLURS.
ON NOVEMBER 11TH 1919 U.S. PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON PROCLAIMED THE DAY AN ARMISTICE DAY IN HONOR OF THE ENDING OF WORLD WAR ONE. TODAY NOVEMBER 11TH MARKS A DAY IN WHICH WE HONOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE LINE FO FIRE FOR OUR COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL MILITARY WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY IN WAR.
THE LAFENE HEALTH CENTER HAS RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF H1N1 INFLUENZA VACCINE. THE H1N1 CLINIC WILL BE ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12TH AT KANSAS STATE’S FORUM HALL FROM 1 ONE PM TO FOUR THIRTY PM. THE CLINIC IS OPEN TO K-STATE STUDENTS AGES 16-24 YEARS AND K-STATE STUDENTS 25-64 YEARS WHO HAVE ASTHMA, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, KIDNEY AND LIVER DISORDERS, EPILEPSY, CEREBRAL PALSY, AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSION. YOUR WILDCAT ID IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE CLINIC. THE VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH THE SHOT AND MIST FORMS. THERE WILL BE A $12 ADMISSION FEE CHARGE FOR THOSE ATTENDING AND CHECK AND CREDIT CARD WILL BE ACCEPTED.
A UNITED AIRLINES PILOT WAS CHARGED WITH HAVING TOO MUCH ALCOHOL IN HIS SYSTEM MONDAY. THE AMERICAN PILOT ERWIN WASHINGTON WAS ARRESTED IN LONDON’S HEATHROW AIRPORT BEFORE HIS FLIGHT WAS DUE TO LEAVE FOR CHICAGO. WASHINGTON IS THE THIRD U.S. PILOT IN 13 MONTHS TO BE OVER THE ALCOHOL LIMIT. BRITISH LAW FORBIDES PILOTS FROM DRINKING MORE THAN 20 MICROGRAMS OF ALCOHOL FOR 100 MILLILITERS OF BLOOD IN THEIR SYSTEM. WASHINGTON HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL AND WILL HAVE A FACE COURT DATE ON NOVEMBER 20TH. IF WASHINGTON IS CONVICTED HE WILL FACE UP TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON, A FINE OR BOTH.
A GERMAN MAN WHO STABBED AN EGYPTIAN WOMAN TO DEATH IN A GERMAN COURTROOM HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDER AND WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS. ALEXANDER WIENS, A 28 YEAR OLD RUSSIAN BORN GERMAN, ADMITTED TO KILLING MARWA AL-SHERBINI AT A JULY 1ST COURT HEARING. THE STABBING OCCURRED AT A HEARING OVER A COMPLAINT THAT AL –SHERBINI FILED AGAINST WIENS ACCUSING HIM OF INSULTING HER WITH ETHNIC SLURS.
ON NOVEMBER 11TH 1919 U.S. PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON PROCLAIMED THE DAY AN ARMISTICE DAY IN HONOR OF THE ENDING OF WORLD WAR ONE. TODAY NOVEMBER 11TH MARKS A DAY IN WHICH WE HONOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE LINE FO FIRE FOR OUR COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL MILITARY WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY IN WAR.
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