The BG News June 21, 2006

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State University WEDNESDAY June 21, 2006 AT THE QUARRY: Learn why people flock to this SHOWERS local paradise when lll(iH8S LOW 70 temperatures rise; PAGE 13 www.bgnews.com independent student press VOLUME 100 ISSUE 154 Crystal WELCOME TO BG T-shirt meth tailors usage try out reduced talent By Sam Hananel THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By lane King WASHINGTON — Good news REPORtCR in the fighl against meth abuse With its vintage T-shirts that dis- came on two fronts Monday, play corny pictures and catchy with reports showing a major phrases, Shamplade got its drop in melhamphetamine lab start in Bowling Green, but now seizures nationwide and a simi- annuls customers across the lar decline in the spread of the United States. drug into the workplace. lotdan Flower BG News University alumni and cre- Ixical law enforcement officials NIGHTLIFE: A well lit Main Street promotes a promising night life for current and future students with several clubs, bars, ators, Mike Young and Andy say there is still a strong appe- music stores, and restaurants. lyon, started the online T-shirt tite for the highly addictive drug business while still snidying at and warned that meth makers in ihc University. After graduating, Mexico and other countries are the] packed tiieir bags and head- moving to fill the supply void. ed west to IJV in hopes of seeing The number of meth lab Shamplade flourish. busts plummeted more that 30 And that's just what hap- percent last year as most states pened. put in place laws to restrict Many of the T-shirts are even the sale of over-the-counter sold at Urban Outfitters stores cold medicines used to make Buckeye Boys leave BG across [he United Stales. meth, according to the Drug As college students. Young and Enforcement Administration's El Lyon often discussed even, day I ife Paso Intelligence Center. Mock gov't officers come to light Simulation teaches real lessons while sitting around having a few Meanwhile, the nation's larg- beers, These discussions turned est drug testing company said By Kara Ohngren was elected American Legion By Bridget Ttiarp Maumee was a participant at into the creation of T-shirts that Monday that the number of job MAMAGIHC EDITOR Ohio Buckeye Boys State gov- EOirOR IN CHIEE Buckeye Boys Stale. Since he read: "My vacuum sucks, my fan applicants and workers who Police sirens screamed and the ernor. Lieutenant governor IOr nine days last week, walk- acted as captain in the BBS ver- blows but my fridge is chillin'," tested positive for meth plunged band played as 1,400 young men was Chris Nadler of Madison ing on the cast side of campus sion of the Ohio State Patrol, "Puberty: ITS hard,' and "You ain't 31 percent over the first five piled into Anderson Arena last Comprehensive in Mansfield. meant following a strict set of Kaiser was qualified to explain gettiri nun" with a picture of a months of this year. Tuesday for the inauguration of Swann said it was impossible rules— rule breakers were met the way the lake traffic laws work nun on it. Those figures are based on the die 2006 .American Legion Ohio to describe how he was feel- by one of almost 1.300 young in the program. And that's how ii all started. results of more than 7 million Buckeye Boys State officers. ing when he heard the election men eager to write them up. It only took a day and a feu But of course it wasn't that drug tests in 2005 and about Founded in 1936, the annual results. It wasall part of Buckeye BON'S rolls of masking tape to mm hall- easy 3 million tests from lanuary to summer "learn by doing" pro- "I am just so incredibly hon- State, an elaborate role-playing ways in Kreischer residence hall As undergraduates, both wen- May 2006, conducted by New gram has given high school ored to tie in this position as a activity designed to teach high into a city. Kaiser said. The tape webmasters and bad experience Jersey-based Quest Diagnostics juniors from across the state the representative," he said. school aged guys about gov- attached handmade stop signs, in designing Web sites. The hard Inc. chance to operate non-partisan His term goals included bi-tri ernment Participants com- government buildings, houses, part was learning how to start a White Housedrug policy direc- mock city, county and state gov- lingual curriculum in schools, pete to get into this program, and a Wal-Mart to the walls in the business, according to Young. tor lohn Walters called the data ernments. The program has been improvement of the senior eco- which the volunteers from the residence hall. After researching online and an encouraging sign of progress. held at the University since 1978. nomic status and to cut taxes in American Legion promote ;is "We've got yield, one way. We talking to his boss at Toledo.com. "The practices that have been Thomas Moyer, Ohio chief order to improve the quality of the largest of its kind in the actually have lo do signals with he learned the basics of entrepre- taking place in our states are justice and member of the Boys business on Ohio. nation. The program has been our hands, and stop signs are neurship working, not only on small toxic State hall-of-tame. conducted Police sirens sounded again as held on campus since 1978. here," he said. "It was really a learn-as-you- labs but also what we're trying to the swearing-in ceremony. everyone in the room stood up to Each participant has a job. Don't run on the sidewalk go type of thing. 1 believe that's do with demand," said Walters, "These several days provide honor the governor and lieuten- salary and responsibilities thai — that's considered speeding In one of the best ways to learn head of the Office of National such a rich experience that will ant governor as they entered the mirror a real life government die world of BBS traffic. And for- something — by doing ii, In Drug Control Policy. truly stay with you for the rest of arena. After taking the oath of job in Ohio. get about sharing the sidewalk said. "Simple tilings such as Meth lab seizures fell from your lives," he said. "Mere, young office, Swann briefly addressed Think of it as a serious game walking beside a buddy — "driv- where to obtain a permit and 17,562 in 2004 to 12,185 last year, men are inspired by the truth that his constituency. of make-believe. The bright, ing" in both lanes is considered what type of permit I needed with western and central western is self evident, being all men and "I want to thank the people. young men of Buckeye Boys drag racing. took some time in figuring out states like Oklahoma. Montana women are created equal." Without all of your kindness and State take their fake jobs very The penalty for breaking those Taxes are another issue." and Washington seeing some of Adrian Swann of Lokota East seriously. MEIH,PAGE 6 High School in West Chester ELECTIONS, PAGE 6 Christopher Kaiser of TRAFFIC, PAGE 2 SHAMPLADE, PAGE 6 \w>i:Ki.\(.i'i>i!<.i:i'i:.\:.\ LOOK AT LIFE AND WOKK I\ i;o\\i.i\(.(ii:i.i,.\ Bowling Green sewage facilities perform waste wonders Local water treatment plant he is responsible for the day there will bealayer of grit. To clean to day operations and mainte- them out you're actually in hip worker shows The BG nance of the many machines and waders and you're in there waist News how it all works filters used to clean the water. deep," Tillison said. These are used to separate the Digester tanks are huge open air 8y Matt Entrup sludge, grease, grit and other solids containers where bacteria natural- REPORTER from the water and Tillison said ly break down solids in the water For most people using the com- that he has been inside most of and grit resembles chunky, grainy mode is a daily and forgettable them at one point or another to mud without the innocence. event One push of the lever, a replace broken valves. But even dirty jobs have their whoosh and a gurgle and it's over, "Its usually the guy with the quirks and this is no exception. never to be thought of again least seniority or the smallest guy One thing that can help break 1 lowever, just because the won- who gets those jobs," he said. up the monotony of the daily rou- ders of modem plumbing have However, unless there is a mal- tine is the strange items that some- so graciously removed the waste function, most of what Tillison times filter out of the wastewater.

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