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The 12th annual Coulee Region Humane Society TelethonMonday, 15 November 2010 12:44 | | |
Dogs, cats and other animals at the Coulee Region Humane Society will benefit from an upcoming live TV telethon produced by UW-La Crosse communication studies students. The 12th annual Coulee Region Humane Society Telethon will air from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, on KQEG-TV Channel 23, Charter Cable Channel 5, Digital 989 and UW-L campus channel 6. Rick Wilson, KQEG TV-23, and Katie Cerniglia and Kacey Persson, a UW-L communication studies majors, will host the show. Guests during the three-hour event will include owners of pets adopted from the society, pet therapy specialists, dog trainers and society advocates. The phone number to pledge during the telecast is 608.785.8379. Along with money, donations of towels, sheets, soap, bleach, office and animal supplies or other items that could be used at the humane society are sought. Donations for the society’s general fund may be dropped off at the studio, 205 Wing Technology Center, during the telethon, or arrangements may be made by calling Professor Pat Turner at 608.785.8369. Checks should be made payable to the Coulee Region Humane Society. Monetary donations or goods can also be dropped off at Coulee Region Human Society, 911 Critter Court, Onalaska. Give-aways during the telethon include: a $600 Mississippi River Rentals vacation package, a $299 guitar from Dave’s Guitar Shop, and a $437 studio session from The Studio on Main. The telethon originated in 1999 when UW-L student Kristen Lloyd decided to produce a live TV telethon instead of writing a traditional research paper. The student-produced telethon is sponsored by UW-L’s Communication Studies Department and campus TV station WMCM, in conjunction with Charter Communications and KQEG-TV23. Last year’s telethon raised more than $8,000 in money and supplies. Hit-and-Run Driver Caught In Legal DilemmaFriday, 12 November 2010 13:08 | | |
A convicted hit-and-run driver from La Crosse is stuck in a legal "Catch-22"...
Rhonda Boardman cannot qualify for an earned release from prison until she has served three years for contributing to the 2008 traffic death of pedestrian Billy Harter. Her sentence is exactly four years. The catch, according to La Crosse D-A Tim Gruenke, is that Boardman can't be released if she has only a year or less left to serve in prison. So, her only hope for earned release is for her date of eligibility to be moved ahead. Gruenke says the defense request to have Boardman qualify sooner will be heard in court on November 29th.
Danger In Energy DrinksFriday, 12 November 2010 12:33 | | |
Alcohol and caffeine is a hazardous combination, that's becoming easier for young people to get...
Washington State is banning the sale of the 'energy drinks' that are popular on college campuses. Gundersen Lutheran dietitian Marisa Pruitt in La Crosse says putting caffeine and alcohol together can lead easily to binge drinking, because caffeine suppresses the feeling of getting drunk, and alcohol suppresses the effects of caffeine. Pruitt says she hasn't seen many cases of Gundersen patients becoming ill on energy drinks. But, she has seen studies showing 31 per cent of U.S.teens consume those energy drinks.
Someone's Stealing Cash and ComputersFriday, 12 November 2010 11:21 | | |
Someone's breaking into houses in Monroe County......and the loot? Cash and computers.
Monroe County Detective Ron Raader says they are being tight lipped on tips and leads they have received so far as to who they think is breaking into the houses. The daytime burglaries have occurred in the Townships of Tomah, La Grange, Greenfield, Lincoln and Oakdale |