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NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2007
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How poor we truly are when we measure wealth in monetary terms; overlooking the true value of ourselves and those we love."
— Kelly Comeau
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A 27-year-old heir to a sausage empire was handed a ticket for 116,000 pounds for driving at 80 km/hr in a 40 km/hr zone. This is because the speeding tickets in Finland are based on how much money a person makes.
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ODD NEWS Town hops on bunny battle about breeding habits
POWELL Wyo. — A proposed city ordinance limiting the number of rabbits per household has some City Council members in this northern Wyoming community hopping.
Drum roll, please
The council gave initial approval last week to an ordinance that limits rabbits to three breeding pairs a household.
"I know that rabbits are very big in Powell, and it's about time we got something like this on the books," Mayor Scott Mangold said.
Councilman Tim Sapp doesn't agree.
"I've talked with a number of my constituents, and a lot of them aren't 100 percent sure they're for letting rabbits in Powell." Sapp said.
The bunny battle started with a complaint by a resident aptly named David Haire. He is convinced that rabbits raised by his neighbor's 10-year-old daughter made him sick.
"I got the little girl crowd against me," Haire said after raising the issue with the City Council.
Even the proposed limit wasn't arrived at easily during initial debate by the council.
Councilman Jim Hillberry questioned whether allowing six rabbits would open the gate for another pet problem. An existing ordinance limits cats and dogs to just two adult animals per household.
"Are we going to allow six adult dogs at a residence?" Hillberry asked City Attorney Sandee Kitchen, who wrote the ordinance.
"That is up to you,"Kitchen replied.
At one point, Police Chief Tim Feathers hopped to his feet, warning that rabbits are among the reproductive wonders of the world
"If you have six," he said, "you're going to have a period of time where it won't be long and you'll have 60 rabbits."
The ordinance still needs final approval from the council.
Raging bull charges neighbor's house, car
Wayne Johnson said he found the bull in his yard Friday morning. It had wandered in from a nearby farm.
KILLINGLY, Conn. — An escaped and raging bull attacked a neighbor's home, tearing off siding, ripping down part of a fence and damaging a car.
While he watched, the bull repeatedly charged his house, tore off clapboards, flipped a picnic table, rammed his car and tore down part of the fence around his swimming pool. he said.
"He was crazy," Johnson said. "The thing was ripping my house apart."
Johnson called police, who called the state Department of Agriculture. They suggested finding the farmer who owns the animal.
Eventually, a neighbor was able to lure the bull away with a bag of grain, and led the animal back to its pasture.
Johnson said he's planning to talk to the bull's owner
about getting his house repaired. He said he has no idea what caused the bull to become so aggressive.
"My house isn't red," he joked. "It's grayish blue."
Tornado victim finds cat, plans for new trailor
GREEN BAY, Wis. — More than three months after disappearing during a tornado, Smoky the cat has been reunited with his owner
Smoky was last seen June 7, before a tornado destroyed Wanda Ploeger's mobile home in rural Riverview, scattering her belongings.
Ploeger, who has been staying with her ex-husband, said she knew Smoky was out there somewhere. She'd go out late at night to look for Smoky because that's when he liked to go out, she said
Ploeger was at work that evening and couldn't find her kitty when she returned.
a feeling. ... i always thought hed come back."
"I kept telling my sister I never got a feeling about him," she said. "With other animals I'd always get
And he did.
While driving about $2\frac{1}{2}$ miles from where her trailer used to be on Sept. 15, Ploeer saw a white streak and asked the driver to stop the truck along the highway.
The cat had gone over the hill so she crouched on the hill and called until it came to her.
Smoky dropped about three pounds and is now seven pounds. He also is taking antibiotics for an abscess, which he might have suffered while fighting. Ploeger said.
Ploeger said she plans to buy another mobile home and put it in the same place.
IRWIN, Pa. — Melissa Hensler got a "Most Unusual Pet" prize from her township two years ago for her pet rooster — but now the same township says the bird is a farm animal in a residential area and it's
"It wouldn't be the same without him here," she said.
Town bans prize-winning rooster from city limits
The parents of the 13-year-old girl say they may file a lawsuit against the zoning decision by North Huntingdon Township officials.
Melissa has raised the rooster, named Sundae, and eight other chickens for six years. But in July, say parents Barb and Don Hensler, a neighbor complained that they were raising chickens, and the township's attitude changed
The prize that Sundae won two years ago "is no substitute for township law," code enforcement officer David Stitt said.
"Chickens are farm animals. You can call them pets if you like, but they are still fowl." Stitt said.
A township board rejected the Henslers' request for a zoning exception, leading to their consideration of court action.
Hensler said chickens typically live eight to 10 years.
"If I had to get rid of them, it would be like losing part of me." Melissa said. "I would be losing my children."
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Lisa King will present the seminar "Whoever Controls Your Definition Controls Your Sense of Self: The Construction of 'Indian' and 'Rhetorical Sovereignty'" at 3:30 p.m. in Seminar Room at Hall Center.
Ms. Barbara Masin, author of "Gauntlet" will present the CREES and History Department lecture at 4 p.m. in Kansas Room at the Kansas Union.
The social event Faculty Food for Thought will start at 5 p.m. at Mrs.E's.
Shawn Eichman, Honolulu Academy of Arts, will present the lecture "The Dragon's Gift: Contextualizing Buddhist Art in Bhutan" at 5 p.m. in 208 Spencer Art Museum.
Patricia Junker, Seattle Art Museum, will present the lecture "Wartime Eleges: Childe Hassam and Marsden Hartley in 1916" at 5:30 p.m. In Room 211 in the Spencer Art Museum.
Chris Budd will present the KU Department of Design Hallmark Design Symposium Series lecture at 6:00 p.m. in 3139 Wescoe Hall.
Alexander McCall Smith will present the Humanities Lecture Series event "The Very Small Things of Life" at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center.
Business Mock Interviews will be held all day in 125 Summerfield.
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According to KU Police, some one set a banner on fire on the fifth floor of Oliver Hall.
A Jayhawker Towers resident reported a disturbance from her roommate. KU Police recommended to the complex director that at least one student be moved.
A 21-year-old KU student reported the theft of miscellaneous items at Potter's Lake, including a backpack, cell phone and bike. The items were valued at $610.
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