Around Town
ALL-CONFERENCE BASKETBALL: Iola-Scandinavia High School basketball players who have been named All-Conference include: Alex Robbins, unanimous, First Team; Korz Loken, Second Team; and McKenzie Bonikowske, Second Team. Congratulations!
Of Special Interest
US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: The DOE has a budget of 280 billion dollars annually. Less than 25 percent goes to educating our children. The other $220 billion goes to consultants. – US Rep. Harriett Hageman
BIRD FLU: According to Dr. Peter McCullough, the new bird flu “has actually come from serial passage research done at the USDA Poultry Research Laboratory in Athens, Georgia.” He has published this in a peer-review paper and uses USDA research.
EGG ANTITRUST ACTION: The Department of Justice has opened an antitrust inquiry to see whether major producers have banded together to boost prices or restrict supply.
SKI JUMPING CONTROVERSY: Two Norwegian competitors and two staffers have been suspended over an alleged cheating scandal involving modified ski suits that took place at the Nordic world ski jumping championships. Read the story here.
