CSW BREAKING: Aircraft Emergency Declared at Kansas City International Airport

At 4:55 p.m.- five companies of the KC-MO Fire department were sent to join airport fire and rescue companies as well as EMS to standby for a passenger jet experiencing mechanical issues in-flight.


It's reported to be "an Airbus-320 with 150" people on-board- and the captain reports "hydraulic issues" with the aircraft.

The airline the Airbus belongs to was not reported.


The Airbus- reportedly a US Airways flight from Phoenix to Chicago O' Hare landed safety around 5:15 p.m. at K.C.I...

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MORE "Public Attention" For The Football and Cheerleading Club of Johnson County

According to a story in The KANSAS CITY (MO) STAR- there are members of The Football and Cheerleading Club of Johnson County who do not like "public attention."


The story that's drawing the attention is that the board of directors of the FCCJC assigned what is best descibed as an adult bodyguard to a man- Merrill Staton- who is a team coach- statistician- and forced to use a motorized wheelchair on the sidelines during games.


"Several people have warned Staton against appealing the decision. When Staton called to set up the appeal, he was told that many board members wanted him gone altogether and didn’t like the public attention (italics & bold-type mine-CSW)."
"Staton said another board member warned him against appealing because the original conversation had grown so heated that someone on the board claimed that Staton could walk."


UPDATE - FRIDAY- OCTOBER 8- The KANSAS CITY STAR reports that the FCCJC "has dropped the rule" that required Mr. Staton to have an adult 'bodyguard' with him on the sidelines during FCCJC football games.




Good move FCCJC- and rock on....

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Central States News: Nebraska Republicrats Return Illegal Political "Contributions"

The LINCOLN (NE) JOURNAL-STAR reports that "Gov. Dave Heineman and Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning have each returned campaign contributions given to them by a Canadian company that wants to build an oil pipeline crossing the state."


Apparently these two- one even is the CHIEF ATTORNEY for the State of Nebraska- had no clue that the "contributions (bribes)" of "$2500" each were from the Canadian company- as they were sent from that company's Omaha office.

That discrepancy was caught by the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission- otherwise it seems that the ILLEGAL contributions (by a foreign company) would have gone unnoticed by either candidate.

Right.

Fellow Americans- continue to elect these corrupt Republicrats and Demublicans for a kinder- moral and brighter American future.

RIGHT?! 

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Tennessee Firefighters Let Home Burn Because Fee Wasn't Paid

I'm sure many of you have already seen- read or heard about the story of a volunteer fire department in northwestern Tennessee who refuse to fight a mobile home fire because the homes' owner hadn't paid the $75 annual fire services fee (many thanks to STATter9-1-1).

This is the United (Corporate) States of America in 2010- regardless of ANY arguments- this sort of thing is TOTALLY unacceptable.

I recall similar stories over the years- and quite frankly- have NEVER understood why some mutual agreement couldn't be made on-the-spot or even after the event to prevent a needless loss.

If I see a structure on fire- I don't ASK the occupants if they paid their taxes or fire fees first before I attempt to take some action to mitigate the situation.

Service to your Fellow Human Being should never- EVER have an arbitrary dollar sign attached to it.

A RESPONSIBLE public safety agency should make allowances in these instances- and I would go as far to support a fire services lien against a property owner who was provided that service- but refused to pay afterwards.

But NO agent of a public service should stand around and watch another person's property burn down just because of money.


Has Human Decency been reduced to first kneeling at the altar of The Almighty Dollar???

No WONDER America's in the shape it's in!!!

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Central States News: Omaha's Imported TV Newscasts

Further evidence that America's news media is failing it's citizens comes from Omaha Nebraska- where Omaha's FOX News affiliate KPTM doesn't even produce their own newscasts- they are imported from Davenport Iowa!


Omaha is not the only market where this local news deception is occurring- according to the Independent News Network's Web site. 

Probably not too many Omaha viewers could tell the difference where the nightly anchor giggle-fest and fluff news was originating.


Regardless- it seems KPTM's FCC license could be challenged by local residents making a good case that the FAUX affiliate is not serving the Omaha market by importing local newscasts from another city hundreds of miles away.

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Central States News: One Dead- One Critically-Injured in Weekend Lake of The Ozarks Shooting

According to the story in the Camdenton (MO) LAKE NEWS ONLINE- two people were shot late Saturday night in a Sunrise Beach-area home.


LNO reports that 59-year-old Sharon L. Dickson was killed- and 67-year-old William B. Vannote was "critially-injured."


Lake-area law looked for the suspect- who they do not identify- but that unknown suspect is NOT in custody as of this Monday.

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Taking Out A 2nd Mortgage For Concert Tix?

If you've had to miss your favorite performer or band in the past few years because you simply couldn't AFFORD IT- I totally understand.

Look at the ticket prices for an upcoming Lady Gaga gig in Tulsa on April 4 2011:
"Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Oct. 9, at $177, $87.00, $51.50, plus fees."



Just the 'cheap-seat' tickets for this concert would cost 2 people $103.00 less those dastard ticket handling "fees."

Add in parking- eating and other incidentals and you're talking probably $200 for a night out with Lady Gaga in the nose-bleed section.
 

What 'Recession?'

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Central States News: Red-Light Cameras Bring Windfall To Iowa City

One constant though this "Recession (Depression)" has been the bottomless maw of Government raising taxes and fees to make up the deficit that many of us can barely- if at all- afford to pay.

Many municipalities have found a constant revenue stream in new technologies designed to keep The People in line: cameras at intersections catching people (barely) running red lights.


According to The CEDAR RAPIDS (IA) GAZETTE- that eastern Iowa city rakes in an average of $3000 per day on red-light cameras.

The good news- those cameras have reportedly reduced accidents by around 8% there.


The other bad news is that I doubt that expensive car insurance rates have dropped by so much as one cent in Cedar Rapids....

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What Becomes of American Towns- Workers- When Jobs Go To China

For more than 30 years- 'patriotic' American firms- many of them bought-up by international consortiums- have been moving jobs- no- entire industries to other countries.


Americans shouldn't be shocked to know that manufacture of many consumer items no longer takes place in America- not even North America.

Take this statement to any bank: If America were ever again involved in a non-nuclear war- this country wouldn't be able to manufacture many of the war materials we would need.


But- I editorially digress.


The story here- by Chris Dunker of The BEATRICE (NE) SUN- is of a small Nebraska town that lost it's once-local manufacturing plant and how the town and the people survive without it and the well-paying jobs the plant once provided.

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Shooting in KC-KS Saturday Morning Seriously-Injures Victim

Once again- the Guns of The New-Old West were blazing overnight.


Besides the KC-MO homicide-another young man suffered serious to critical injuries when he was shot just before 2 a.m. in the area of Kansas Avenue and 10th Street.

KC-KS Fire department EMS said the "18-year-old" victim had been shot twice-once in the upper leg- shattering a thigh bone- then shot again in his upper abdomen.


Police didn't have any suspect info initially and were investigating the incident.

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A Chance of Frost In The Forecast

It's early October and the growing season is coming to an end- especially so as your National Weather Service (NWS) has issued frost advisories for parts of Kansas- Missouri- Nebraska and all of Iowa tomorrow morning.


With lessening winds- clear skies and dry air- temperatures could fall to the lower to middle 30's Sunday and Monday mornings over the blue-colored advisory areas- which includes Metro and MetroRegion Kansas City.


The very fine early autumn weather pattern shows signs of returning to a wetter regime next weekend- so enjoy the warm days and cool nights today and tomorrow.

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Shooting Homicide Near KC-MO Crossroads-Power and Light Districts

It was 2:35 a.m. Saturday morning when KC-MO Center Patrol officers were sent to investigate the sounds of shots fired- possibly a shooting- in the 1800 block of Grand Boulevard near downtown.


Officers arrived moments later to find a yet-unidentified man in his later teens or early 20's dead inside a car outside of the nightclub Balanca's.


A witness reports the shooter(s) left in "a silver (colored Ford) Taurus-" but police didn't have or weren't releasing any suspect information later Saturday

Police did release the identity of the victim and that was 20-year-old Jeremy Mott of KC-MO..

CSW offers our solemn condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Mott.

Please watch KSHB41 NBC Action News at 6 am- 5 and 10 pm for details ...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAPTAIN SPAULDING, 2010

Just had to tell your readers and you, here, that I hope you have a most wonderful and special Happy Birthday. Your genuine concern for those who are less fortunate is a most honorable trait. Your consistant dedication to your blog, although labor intensive, is your gift to all who may, whether they know it or not, need to know truths unwritten in other places. I respect and admire the man you are, always have and always will. I walk beside you, loving you always. bjb