J. Palmer

CYNTHIANA / HARRISON

Heroin was a topic for discussion at a community meeting hosted by the Harrison County Search and Rescue Team at Cynthiana Christian Church, yesterday evening. Guest speakers from the Heroin Impact Response Team educated citizens, first responders and hospital workers on the drug and how to know when someone’s using. After the meeting, members of the Heroine Impact Response Team handed out overdose emergency response kits that included two doses of NARCAN; NARCAN is a medicine administered to overdose patients to reverse the effect of the heroine. Health experts at Thursday’s meeting said there were 230 deadly heroin overdoses in 2013 statewide and they expect that number to triple for 2014 once the final numbers are reported. The rise in heroin abuse and addiction in the area has also resulted in a corresponding rise in missing person searches where the drug has played an important role, according to Re’Jeana Craft, chief of the Harrison County Search and Rescue Team.

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Seven jury trials are scheduled for February in Harrison Circuit Court; the first two taking place on Feb. 5, when a jury will hear the cases against Christopher Wilson and Joshua Fryman. Wilson is charged with second degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking $500 or more but less than $10,000, theft by unlawful taking under $500 and third degree criminal mischief. Fryman will stand trial for receiving stolen property under $10,000. The slate of jury trials for Feb. 19 are primarily drug- and sex-related charges. Additional trial dates set for the year include trials for:

• Larry C. Browning. Browning’s charges include first degree sexual abuse, victim under 12 years old (three counts), first degree indecent exposure, alcohol intoxication in a public place, second degree disorderly conduct, and second degree indecent exposure.
• Mercedes Clem.  Clem’s charges include second degree possession of a controlled substance (drug unspecified), theft by unlawful taking (firearm),and theft by unlawful taking or disposition of controlled substance under $10,000.
• Osie Jackson. Jackson’s charges of first degree trafficking in a controlled substance (heroin), tampering with physical evidence and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Joshua Griffieth. Griffieth has one trial set for a charge of theft by unlawful taking $500 or more but less than $10,000; a second trial is set for the charges of first degree trafficking in a controlled substance (heroin), tampering with physical evidence, second degree possession of controlled substance, third degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Nicholas Harney. Harney is charged with flagrant non-support.

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The special election set to fill the seat of Wayne Blevins Jr. on Tuesday, March 3, will take place at Cynthiana’s National Guard Armory at 1497 New Lair Road. The election date was announced earlier this year, by Governor Steve Beshear, following Blevins’ resignation as representative of the 27th Senatorial District; Blevins resigned his senatorial position to serve as Rowan County judge-executive. Harrison County Clerk Linda Furnish said all Harrison County precincts will be voting at the armory instead of more familiar polling locations due to sheduling conflicts with the Harrison County school district.

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KENTUCKY

Condolences were a plenty for a Kentucky politician who passed away Thursday morning. Wendell Ford, former Democratic Governor and U.S. Senator, died Thursday morning at his home in Owensboro at the age of 90. At the time of his retirement, Ford was Kentucky’s longest serving senator, a title now belonging to Sen. Mitch McConnell.

“Wendell Ford first came to the Senate in the 1970s, calling himself just a ‘dumb country boy with dirt between his toes,’ but over a distinguished two-decade career this workhorse of the Senate would prove he was anything but,” McConnell said.

http://wuky.org/post/wendell-ford-remembered

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First-term agriculture commissioner, James Comer (Rep.),  has officially filed to run for governor; Comer has been raising funds for a campaign since September–along with running mate state Sen. Chris McDaniel–however, yesterday marked the official start of his 2015 campaign. Comer is the second Republican to file for governor following former state Supreme Court Justice Will T. Scott. Former Louisville Metro Councilman Hal Heiner also plans to run but has not officially filed yet. Attorney General Jack Conway and former congressional candidate Geoff Young are the only Democrats to have filed so far. Candidates have until 4 p.m. Jan. 27 to file for statewide office.

http://wuky.org/post/comer-files-kentucky-governor

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1556 – The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
• 1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.
• 1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London.
• 1789 – Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.)
• 1855 – The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Hennepin Avenue Bridge.
• 1870 – In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• 1897 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction.
• 1909 – RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
• 1941 – Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
• 1957 – American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the “Frisbee”.
• 1964 – The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
• 1968 – North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated its territorial waters while spying.
• 1973 – President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
• 1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
• 1997 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
• 2002 – “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody.
• 2002 – Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered .
• 2003 – Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10.

Happy Birthday, Taron !!!

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CYNTHIANA / HARRISON

Harrison County High School is gearing up for the creation and publication of the 2014-15 yearbook, and there are many opportunities for students and parents to be involved. HCHS has announced that the yearbook committee is accepting personal ads, photos, and special messages for submission. Additionally, opportunities for parents to be included in learning the compilation, editing and publication process will be available in the form of a training session on February 2. Yearbooks are currently available for order online, through May 20, or via paper order-form through February 20.

The student Yearbook committee/editors meet each Monday from 3:15-4:00 in the Youth Services Center office, located on the second floor of the high school next to the elevator.

For more information on how to be involved in the yearbook process, contact Paula Barnett at HCHS.

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HARRISON COUNTY SPORTS

InDoor Track:

• Saturday, 1-31-15 Harrison @ Wildcat H.S. Track Classic @ UK

Archery:

• Saturday, 1-31-15 Harrison Co. Inv. at HCMS

Breds Basketball:

• Wednesday, 1-28-15 HC vs Henry Clay at Henry Clay F/ JV/Varsity 5:15/6/7:30
• Friday, 1-30-15 Harrison vs Pendleton Co at Pendleton B/G Double Header 6/7:45
• Saturday, 1-31-15 Harrison vs Fleming at Fleming JV/Var. 6/7:30

Wrestling:

• Wednesday, 1-28-15 Harrison at Dunbar Duals- Lexington
• Saturday, 1-31-15 Harrison at Wolverine Invitation- Frankfort, Ky.

Fillies Basketball:

• Monday, 1-26-15 Harrison vs Campbell Co at Home JV/Var 6/7:30
• Wednesday, 1-28-15 Harrison vs Pendleton at Home JV Only
• Friday, 1-30-15 Harrison Vs Pendleton Co at Pendleton B/G DB

Bowling:

• Harrison at Regional Tournament at Souhtland Lanes Lexington

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KENTUCKY

A Kroger “unlike any other Kroger store in the nation” opens this morning at 8 a.m. at 704 Euclid Avenue in Lexington, with University of Kentucky head basketball coach John Calipari on call for the ribbon cutting. The new three level, 86,000-square-foot facility boasts an expanded variety of produce, meat, seafood and deli, as well as a walk-in beer cave, sushi bar, soup and salad bar, drive-through pharmacy, Starbucks Coffee Shop, and Murray’s Cheese Shop. In addition to parking spaces in a lot in front of the store, 125 parking spaces will be available on the roof. Multiple elevators and escalators will transport customers between the shopping level and the parking deck. The store will be open 24/7; pharmacy hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Read more here: https://web.archive.org/web/20150125033335/http://www.kentucky.com:80/2015/01/21/3653408_kroger-unlike-any-other-opens.html?rh=1

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1889 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
• 1890 – The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
• 1901 – Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
• 1905 – Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
• 1917 – World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for “peace without victory” in Europe.
• 1941 – World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
• 1944 – World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio, Italy.
• 1946 – Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• 1947 – KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
• 1957 – Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• 1957 – The New York City “Mad Bomber”, George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than
  30 bombs.
• 1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
• 1970 – The Boeing 747, the world’s first “jumbo jet”, enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
• 1971 – The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
• 1973 – The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
• 1973 – The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission.
• 1984 – The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous “1984” television commercial.
• 1987 – Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a televised press conference, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
• 1990 – Robert Tappan Morris is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm.
• 1991 – Gulf War: Three Scuds and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.
• 1992 – Space Shuttle program: Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
• 2002 – Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

KENTUCKY

Maysville Community and Technical College’s new president, Dr. Stephen Vacik, spoke of the future for the college in his first public speaking engagement. Vaick officially assumed the position on Jan. 1, following the retirement of Dr. Ed. Story; Vacik was one of three finalists for the position. Vacik announced that his immediate concerns include enrollment management; default rates of student financial aid/loans; and the fund-raising aspect of the college. Vacik also said what he needs from the community also is patience with him as he learns who people are; develops a plan of action; support from the regional communities served by MCTC campuses in Harrison, Bourbon, Montgomery and Rowan counties; an openness to change with how things are done at the college; and transparency to let him know about problems.

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Legislation filed by a Kentucky senator that would require transgender students to use restrooms labeled with their assigned sex at birth has attracted national media coverage. Critics of Senate Bill 76, or the Kentucky Student Privacy Act, argue that it creates a separate-but-equal standard that will further alienate a group already at risk for bullying and intimidation. Under the bill, students who encounter a transgender student in the wrong bathroom could sue the school for $2,500. The legislation grew out of a controversy involving a Louisville high school’s policy permitting a transgendered student who was born male but identifies as a female to utilize the girls’ restrooms.

http://wuky.org/post/ky-transgender-restroom-proposal-draws-national-attention

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High levels of out-of-school suspensions can hamper learning among all of a school’s students, according to University of Kentucky associate professor Edward Morris and Indiana University associate professor Brea Perry. Perry and Morris based their finding on the study of an unnamed large urban Kentucky school district. Two possible reasons listed in their report include that frequent suspensions can increase students’ anxiety, and that “turnover of suspended students in and out of classrooms creates unstable, socially fragmented environments.”

https://web.archive.org/web/20150125070519/http://www.kentucky.com:80/2015/01/20/3651405_new-study-shows-that-out-of-school.html?

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Kentucky has been listed among the leaders in graduation rates, according to the latest numbers released by the U.S. Department of Education. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Kentucky’s 86 percent graduation rate in the 2012-13 school year is fourth highest in the United States; nine states have a higher rate–six are tied with Kentucky. The national graduation rate is 81 percent. Recent data from Kentucky’s 2013-14 school year shows more improvement with a graduation rate of 87.5 percent.  The latest Kentucky public school data can be found online in the Kentucky School Report Card and the Open House public school data and information portal.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150203021820/http://www.kyforward.com:80/kentucky-among-leaders-nationwide-in-graduation-rates-latest-numbers-show/

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NATION

The “shadow of crisis” has passed, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday night during his State of the Union address; the president also urged Congress to build on economic gains through raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans in order to pay for reductions for the middle class.

“Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well?” Obama asked. “Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort?”

The central goal of the president’s economic proposal was an increase to 28% for the capital gains rate on couples making more than $500,000 annually. Much of the estimated $320 billion in new taxes would be used to help the middle class–including a $500 tax credit for qualified two income families, expansion of the child care tax credit and a $60 billion program to make community college free.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150617135013/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/289238571.html

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Dalton Hayes–the eighteen year-old male half of the “Bonnie & Clyde” “sweethearts” from Grayson County, KY that gained national attention for their multi-state crime spree–has claimed that he and his girlfriend, Cheyenne Phillips (13) were attempting to escape her abusive family, and to find a life together in Miami, Florida. Hayes has also stated that when he intially began to have relations with Phillips, he believed her to be eighteen years old; it wasn’t until shortly before the couple left Grayson that Phillips revealed her true age, according to Hayes. Hayes is awaiting transport to be brought back to Kentucky to face charges associated with the crimes–including custodial interference of a minor.

https://web.archive.org/web/20151004052926/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Teen-in-crime-spree-Abusive-family-was-motive-for-running-289164581.html

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1720 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
• 1789 – The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston.
• 1793 – After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
• 1840 – Jules Dumont d’Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.
• 1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile.
• 1908 – New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• 1911 – The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
• 1915 – Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
• 1950 – American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• 1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
• 1958 – The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
• 1960 – Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
• 1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
• 1968 – A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
• 1971 – The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
• 1976 – Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
• 1977 – United States President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
• 1981 – Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
• 1997 – The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
• 1999 – War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.
• 2004 – NASA’s MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.

CYNTHIANA / HARRISON

Cynthiana-Harrison County Parks and Recreation are looking for persons interested in participating in an indoor soccer league. Interested parties should contact the Parks & Rec office at (859) 298-5113, parkdirector@roadrunner.com, or via their Facebook page.

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Harrison Memorial Hospital has announced a partnership with Comprehend, Inc. to bring behavioral health services to the hospital each Tuesday, beginning January 20, 2015. Comprehend, Inc. is a comprehensive behavioral health service provider that has been serving the Buffalo Trace Region for more than 47 years. Appointments will be available each Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the HMH Specialty Clinic; patients can be referred by a physician, or may conduct self-referrals by calling 877-852-1523.

Services that will be offered through the clinic include:

• Initial mental status and behavioral health assessment
• Individual and family psychotherapy
• Counseling for adults and children
• Counseling for substance abuse concerns

For more information on services offered at HMH, please visit the website at harrisonmemhosp.com.

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KENTUCKY

Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes has announced that says she plans to run for statewide office this year; however she has not yet decided upon which office to run for. Grimes, who had previously attempted a run for U.S. Senate against Senator Mitch McConnell, said she has been encouraged to run for governor, attorney general and to seek re-election as secretary of state. Grimes has seven days to make a decision and file for office before the Jan. 27 deadline.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150614010746/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Grimes-campaigns-for-statewide-office-but-which-one-289079081.html

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A 2-year-old western Kentucky boy who died yesterday, after being struck and killed by a train while he was wandering around with a dog a couple of blocks from home. Neighbors say Trayton Joiner was with his grandmother, who alledgedly fell asleep and didn’t hear the boy leave home; Trayton apparently toddled off and found his way to the nearby railway. Investigators say the train’s conductor spotted the boy on the tracks and sounded the train’s horn; the conductor, unfortunately, wasn’t able to stop the train in time. Police are investigating why the child was by himself; it’s unclear as to whether the boy may have been following the dog. The female pit-bull mix, was also struck by the locomotive and was taken to Skyline Animal Clinic in Hopkinsville; she is expected to survive, according to clinic staff.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150613202858/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/2-year-old-dies-after-being-hit-by-train-in-western-Kentucky-289068691.html

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NATION

A construction worker was killed and a tractor trailer driver injured when an interstate overpass in Cincinnati collapsed onto southbound interstate 75 near Hopple Street, around 10:30 p.m. Monday. Fire officials say southbound lanes were closed indefinitely. Witnesses in the area reported hearing “a real big boom” at the time of the collapse. Officials are investigating; at last report it still isn’t clear what caused the collapse.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150615103744/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Deadly-bridge-collapse-shuts-down-I-75-in-Cincinnati-289105771.html

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Dalton Hayes (18) and his girlfriend Cheyenne Phillips (13) were arrested early Sunday in Panama City Beach, and are returning home to Kentucky to face charges. Hayes agreed to return to Kentucky during his video-link appearance in Bay County Court. Hayes will be returned directly to Kentucky, instead of going through a formal extradition process. Authorities expect Hayes to be charged with burglary, theft, criminal trespassing and criminal mischief. Phillips will face charges in juvenile court because she is a minor. Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins states that the earliest the two could be home would be later this week.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150614071541/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Wanted-teen-agrees-to-return-to-home-state-of-Kentucky-289033691.html

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1265 – The first English parliament to include not only nobles but also representatives of the major towns meets in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the “Houses of Parliament”.
• 1649 – Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other “high crimes”.
• 1783 – The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence).
• 1887 – The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
• 1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
• 1929 – In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
• 1949 – Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
• 1972 – Pakistan launched its Nuclear weapons program few weeks after its defeat in Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
• 1981 – Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
• 1986 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
• 1999 – The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use, aimed especially at Internet cafés.
• 2007 – A three-man team, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1958 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.