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Temperature at 7 a.m.
33
High yesterday
78
Low last night
28
Barometer
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The DAILY REPORT
P o l i ce &
Sher i ff
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A n i mal s
Pet Patrol
To report a lost or found pet,
Incidents Reported
call the Humane Society at
Police
342-4477.
Tuesday
Emporia Veterinary
Lost property, 2300 block
Hospital
Graphic Arts Rd., 10:51 a.m.
Pets may be available for
Agency assist, 700 block Elm
adoption at the Emporia
St., 2:14 p.m.
Veterinary Hospital, 710
Agency assist, 3600 block 18th
Anderson St., 342-6515.
Ave., 2:56 p.m.
Animal Control
Non-injury accident, 1200
Arrangements to claim or
block Merchant St., 3:31 p.m.
adopt pets at the city aniTraffic stop, 300 block 4th
mal shelter at 12th Avenue
Ave., 6:17 p.m.
and Hatcher Street can be
made by calling 340-6345,
Sheriff
Monday through WednesMonday
day.
Injury accident, 1200 block
12th Ave., 11:22 p.m.
L o ttery
Thefts & Vandalism
Police
Tuesday
Saturday’s Winning
Forgery, 900 block Merchant
Numbers:
St., 3:50 p.m.
Powerball 05-08-15-22-49
Sheriff
PB 25 - $101,000,000
Tuesday
Super Cash 03-21-24-27-29
Cashball 14 - Jackpot $655,000
Theft, 1900 Road J, 5:52 a.m.
By Jessie Wagoner
[email protected]
One woman sustained injuries in an accidental shooting on Wednesday morning.
Lyon County deputies
and first responders were
dispatched to the 1400 block
of north Highway 99 at approximately 8:20 a.m.
Initial scanner traffic indicated that a woman had accidentally shot herself in the
hand. It was not clear if she
was cleaning the gun or handling it for another reason.
The individual was alert and
breathing when emergency
responders arrived.
The patient was transported to Newman Regional
Health for treatment. Newman does not release patient information. Scanner
traffic did indicate that the
woman’s injuries were not
life threatening.
Jurors: Ottawa
man guilty in 2013
quadruple homicide
The Associated Press
OTTAWA— Jurors have convicted an eastern Kansas
man accused of killing three
adults and a toddler.
The Kansas City Star
reports that jurors be gan their deliberations
Wednesday after hearing
closing arguments in the
case of Kyle Flack. A verdict was returned Wednesday afternoon.
The 30-year-old Ottawa
man is charged with capi-
tal murder in the deaths
of 21-year-old Kaylie Bailey and her 18-month-old
daughter, Lana, in spring
2013. He also is charged
with two counts of first-degree murder in the shotgun
deaths of 30-year-old Andrew Stout and 31-year-old
Steven White.
Prosecutors presented
two weeks of testimony
from dozens of witnesses
and hundreds of exhibits
during the trial. The defense rested without calling
any witnesses.
Students hold ‘Ask a Muslim’ presentation
By Cathryne Scharton
[email protected]
Wednesday afternoon
Emporia State University students held an “Ask a Muslim”
presentation to share information about their religion with
the community.
During the presentation
a panel of Muslim students
presented a slideshow featuring different topics pertaining
to Islam. Some of the topics
included why Muslims don’t
consume pork or alcohol,
which foods are a part of their
culture, ISIS and terrorism
and differences between Sunni and Shiite, Christianity and
Islam, and Sharia.
The students communicated that there are many misunderstandings of the Islamic
religion and Muslim culture.
“Islam is a perfect religion
and Muslims are not perfect,”
said Rihab Mousa, a master’s
student in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program.
Muslims follow the teach-
ings of the Quran and strive to
keep the Five Pillars.
Mousa said students organized the program “because
we are facing a lot of challenges right now with religion
and politics. So we think that
Muslims need to meet other
people to understand Islam,
we want people to understand
and know what Islam is.”
“My message is, I hope, if
everyone works hard to get
the correct information, the
right knowledge and not to
listen to misguiding media,
or misguiding online sources,
… for all people is to get more
education in religion, in the Islamic religion, so they can understand the real Islamic religion, the real Islam, not what’s
been said in the media.”
Mousa said she has never
felt discriminated against, but
has friends that have faced
adversity from people misinformed about Muslims.
A diverse demographic of
students and faculty attended
the meeting.
“I am curious about differ-
ent cultures so I wanted to
find out about it.” said Ed Emmer, philosophy professor. “I
also invited students of mine
to come to the event, so I was
kinda curious on that angle I
would like to see who came
so, if they talked about it, I
would know what they were
talking about. And I know a
number of the people that are
here that are presenting so I
was also curious to see them
speak. So, I had lots of reasons
to come.”
Emmer also said, “The
main thing that impressed me
was the fact that, even though
they only just barely started
talking about each topic, and
then the hour was filled and
it was over. They only just
got started on each particular
thing, so clearly they were just
scratching the bare surface
and, so, that was the main
thing I saw, there was just so
much they could have talked
about.”
Mousa noted that she was
amazed by all of the wrong
information she came across
on the internet while putting
together resources for the presentation.
While Mousa is originally
from Egypt, the student panel
was made up of students from
many different countries.
Some of the females wore hijabs and some did not. Mousa
said the style of hijabs can
vary, but they really just symbolize modesty and are equivalent to a nun’s veil.
People often wonder why
Muslims do not eat pork. The
student panel discussed how
Muslims view pigs as unclean.
Since pigs are omnivores, they
eat everything, including their
own filth and dead animals.
Another concern regarding
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