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Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 Vol. 75 No. 2 Serving Kilgore College since 1936
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Classes are picking up and it’s slowly cooling off outside. Fall is here. Homecoming is still two weeks away and elections for Homecoming Court are set 9 a.m.5 p.m. Monday, ELECTIONS Sept. 19, and Q Court elections Tuesday, Sept. are Monday and 20. Elections for Tuesday in Devall the King and Student Center Queen will be See Court held Monday, Nominees Sept. 26, and Page 3A Tuesday Sept. 27. The Homecoming pep rally is planned for 11:30 a.m. Sept. 29 in Masters Gym, where the court will be introduced. The Homecoming Court Banquet will follow at 6:30 p.m. in the Ballroom in the Devall Student Center. The Homecoming football game kicks off at 5 p.m. on Oct. 1 against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. The King and Queen will be crowned at the game. Five king and five queen nominees for the court will be selected from the 21 candidates. Students can vote in the Devall Student Center. All Homecoming nominees must be a second year student and must have at least a 2.0 GPA.
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Small issues ignite trouble KASI DICKERSON Executive Editor Since Labor Day weekend wildfires, have left East Texas in ashes as firefighters battle hundreds of fires covering thousands of acres, according to the Texas Forest Service website. “These fires have affected a lot of our campus community, some more than others. We need to be very cautious with these conditions that we’re in,� said KC Police Department Chief Martin Pessink. “These fires have been started by many different sources.� As of Wednesday the Texas Forest Service website estimated
that more that 1,900 Texas homes have been destroyed. Pessink explains how fires can start from a barbecue pit, a dropped cigarette butt or vehicles driving on the dry grass. While on campus, Pessink advises smokers to use the designated smoking areas, smoking stations and ash trays. Do not throw the butts on the ground. “Our campus is irrigated so we have a higher degree of safety here, but you don’t know,� Pessink said. “I always err on the side of caution.� To prevent further fires, a burn See TROUBLE on Page 3A
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Due to legislation submitted to the Texas House of Representatives back in May herbal incense or anything designated as synthetic cannabinoids was outlawed as of Sept. 1. The bill added several synthetic cannabinoids to the list of controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act, which set consequences and criminal penalties for anyone possessing any quantity that is a cannabinoid receptor agonist and copies the pharmacological effect of naturally occurring cannabinoids like the ones found in marijuana. Some of the incense found around the area that are now illegal include K2 (previous formula), Voodoo, FIYA and Spice. The bill also outlaws certain chemicals found in bath salts which people use as a substitute for cocaine. Some isomers and salts of isomers depending on their chemical designation can create hallucinogenic effects. These salts contain alpha-ethyltryptamine, dimethyltryptamine and dronabinol. There are several hundred chemicals that trigger cannabinoid receptors in the brain and some are even found naturally in the body. The manufactured chemicals in the See K2 on Page 3A
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