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THE UNIVERSITY OF DARBY KANSAU
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2006
quote of the day
"Other than being castrated, things have gone quite well for Funny Cide."
— Sportscaster Kenny Mayne, talking about the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2003
fact of the day
The early ancestor of the horse, the dawn horse, was the size of a dog and had three toes on its hind feet, four on its front. It lived about 50 million years ago.
Source: Canadian Museum of Nature most e-mailed
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4. Law students collect food items
5. Phillips: KU dominates K-State on field, off field
Customers eat fried chicken as they watch three naked protesters from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) demonstrating outside a KFC restaurant in Hong Kong Monday. They were protesting what they said was KFC's cruel treatment of chickens.
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Tightwad bank to close, drew millions in deposits
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A small-town bank that drew $2.2 million in deposits from around the country because of its unusual name will close Jan. 31.
The Tightwad Bank opened on a shoestring 22 years ago in the small community along Missouri 7 halfway between Clinton and Warsaw.
Now, UMB Bank Warsaw, which operates the bank, is cutting costs and has urged customers to do their banking at its branches in Clinton and Warsaw.
Officials at UMB, a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corp, would not elaborate on the decision.
"I don't like it at all," said Tight-wad resident Linda Houk. "I'm not sure I'll leave my accounts at UMB."
Two months after the Tightwad Bank opened in May 1984, an article on it appeared in The Kansas City Times. Word began to spread.
"We were discovered," said Gene Henry, a Clinton banker who helped open the Tightwad Bank. "People would just nail us a check, Tightwad Bank, Tightwad, Missouri, sometimes with no ZIP code, and the post office, to its credit, found us."
Up to a dozen checks would arrive daily, each with a note asking for an account and a batch of Tightwad Bank checks, Henry said.
In two years, customers from near and far gave the bank $2.2 million in deposits.
The bank started as a branch of a Windsor bank whose chairman foresaw growth fueled by development around the then-new Truman Lake. Henry said some even envisioned Tightwad as becoming the next Branson.
But growth never came. Tightwad, population 63, has eight more residents now than when the bank opened.
Smelly towels offend city restroom patrons in Jackson
JACKSON, Wyo. — "Wet dog" and "stinky feet."
Those are some of the words being used to describe the odor of some paper towels that were stocked in restrooms across town
An investigation by the Jackson Hole News & Guide found the malodorous product at six businesses and in most of the 20 Teton County government buildings.
Melissa Shinkle, who works in the county clerk's office, said county employees didn't talk about the odor at first — but then it became a topic of conversation.
The source: High Country Linen, a business owned by Mayor Mark Barron, which distributed the smelly towels around town in
"It was like, 'Have you noticed?' When you wash your hands, they should smell nice, but they smell worse." Shinkle said. "It's gross."
September.
"When we got the reports, we dealt with them directly and immediately," Barron said. "We may have had five or six calls."
The company's manager, Eric Vic, said the towels were manufactured by SCA Tissue North America in Neenah, Wis. The company's vice president of manufacturing, Ron Thirty, said in a statement that "odors in our products are a highly unusual occurrence."
101-foot cigar to celebrate cigar shop's anniversary
TAMPA, Fla. — Cigar makers hope a 101-foot, 53-pound stole completed over the weekend is headed for the record books.
Wallace and Margarita Reyes, co-owners of Gonzalez Habano Cigar Co., put the finishing touches on the $5,100 cigar at the Cigar Heritage Festival on Saturday. Cigar makers worked for about 75 hours over several weeks to build it.
The Reyeses said the giant stogie marks the 85th anniversary of their cigar factory. They also hoped to beat a record 66-foot cigar made in Havana last year.
"I wanted to do something special," Wallace Reyes said. "I wanted to do something big."
Local officials documented the completed cigar so it can be submitted to Guinness World Records.
Free, clean restrooms open at Times Square for holidays
NEW YORK — Clean public restrooms are scarce in New York. Clean public anything is especially scarce in Times Square.
But this holiday season, the makers of Charmin toilet paper have built pristine public restrooms, which are set to open Monday in the middle of one the busiest intersections in the world. And they're free.
Even amid the flashing lights and dizzying colors of Times Square, the bathrooms are hard to miss. There's a huge glowing blue sign with the word "Restrooms" and an arrow. Take the escalators upstairs to the lavish waiting room with flat-screen TVs, a fireplace, a mini-dance floor for children, oversize teddy bears to play with and plush white couches.
About 30 workers will take turns cleaning the stalls after each use, officials said.
"It's going to be so clean, as clean as your home," said Adam Lisook, assistant brand manager for Charmin at Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co. "It's Charmin's holiday gift to families who are visiting, and who are from New York."
The restrooms will be open from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. seven days a week. They will be closed on Christmas Day and must shut, according to city rules, by Dec. 31.
Associated Press
Top 10 Favorite Thanksgiving Dishes:
TUESDAY top10
1) Turkey
2) Stuffing
3) Ham
4) Mashed Potatoes
5) Pumpkin Pie
6) Sweet potatoes/Yams
7) Dessert (non-specific)
8) Cranberries/Cranberry sauce
9) Casseroles (other)
10) Vegetables (other)
Source: 2004 Gallup Poll
on the record
A 19-year-old KU student reported being battered in the 1400 block of West 19th Terrace.The incident occurred Nov. 18 and the victim did not know the person.
An 18-year-old KU student reported an auto burglary and theft of at least 60 CDs from a vehicle parked near the 1800 block of West 25th Street. The total value of the theft was $945.
A 38-year-old KU student reported a home burglary and the theft of a DVD player, 15 DVDs and more than 30 CDs from the 2400 block of Red Bud Lane. The incident occurred Nov. 17 and the total value of the theft was $893.
A 25-year-old KU student reported being battered in the 500 block of West 12th Street. The incident occurred Nov. 18. The victim suffered minor injuries and did not know the person.
correction
An article in Friday's The University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article "Professor makes politics his life" incorrectly listed the hometown of senior Janae Hartmann. Her hometown is Denver, Colo.
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