Archive for Friday, January 8, 2010

Also from January 8

Lead stories

3:37 p.m.
High-flying sledding fun
By Jimmy Gillispie
January 7, 2010
Whether most people like it or not, it’s been a cold, snowy start to winter. Some people are just choosing to enjoy it, while others dread the weather. For most people, the inches and inches of snowfall during the past two weeks have created problems, especially with travel. Slick road conditions combined with blustery winds and falling snow nearly every other day have residents dreaming of summer.

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Baker University freshman meets life-saving blood donors
‘Meeting her makes all of those years of donations worthwhile’
By Karrey Britt
January 8, 2010
Kansas City, Mo. — Eighty-three-year-old John Reber braved the bitter cold Thursday morning and drove on snow-packed roads from his longtime residence in Topeka to the Community Blood Center in Kansas City.
Commuter Forecast for January 8, 2010
January 8, 2010
Friday’s commute will be extremely cold, but the roads will be more passable than they were one day ago.