JOE:
COMING UP THIS MORNING ON
DAYBREAK....A MAN IS ARRESTED
AFTER DRIVING DOWN AN
EMBANKMENT IN NORTH SPRINGFIELD
LAUREN:
AND...A TEENAGER RIDING A
BICYCLE IS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL
AFTER BEING HIT BY A TRUCK..
JOE:
ALSO....POLICE ARE WARNING THE
PUBLIC TO LOOK OUT FOR
COUNTERFEIT MONEY INTHE
OZARKS..WE'LL EXPLAIN HOW YOU
CAN DO THAT AND MORE ..
THESE STORIES AND MORE--THIS
MORNING ON DAYBREAK.
LAUREN:
GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
TODAY IS... THURSDAY. OCTOBER 3
I'M LAUREN BARNAS.
JOE:
AND I'M JOE MURANO.
METEOROLOGIST ELISA RAFFA JOINS
US NOW IN
THE WEATHER LAB WITH YOUR
FORECAST FIRST.
ELISA:
A COLD FRONT IS COMING THROUGH
THIS MORNING,
WE'VE GOT A FEW SHOWERS TO THE
NORTHWEST AND TEMPERATURES
COOLING.
I EXPECT THE RAIN TO FIZZLE OUT
BY MIDDAY, IF
YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY RAIN YET,
YOU WON'T GET ANY TODAY! MOST
LOCATIONS STAY DRY WITH
THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE.
THE TEMPERATURE TUMBLE WILL BE A
MUCH MORE
WIDESPREAD IMPACT! MUCH COOLER,
DRIER CANADIAN AIR IS RUSHING IN
BEHIND THIS FRONT.
TEMPERATURES COULD STAY IN THE
UPPER 60'S TO THE NORTH WHERE
MORE CLOUDS HANG AROUND AND
THE COLD AIR ARRIVES FIRST. TO
THE SOUTH, EXPECT MORE SUNSHINE
AND A LAG IN THE ARRIVAL
OF COLDER AIR, HIGHS COULD STILL
MAKE IT INTO THE LOWER 80'S.
IN SPRINGFIELD, I EXPECT
TEMPERATURES TO COOL
INTO THE 60'S THIS MORNING AND
THEN REBOUND TO A HIGH AROUND 70
DEGREES
UNDER A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 20
DEGREES COOLER THAN THEY WERE
YESTERDAY!
THE COOLER, DRIER AIR SETTLES IN
PLACE FOR
EVERYONE TONIGHT. EXPECT CLEAR
SKIES AND COOL TEMPERATURES IN
THE MIDDLE 50'S.
TOMORROW WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL
OCTOBER DAY!
HIGH PRESSURE TAKES CONTROL
KEEPING US MOSTLY SUNNY AND
SEASONAL. HIGHS WILL BE
IN THE MIDDLE 70'S.
BY SATURDAY THAT HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES TO THE
EAST, ALLOWING SOUTHERLY WINDS
TO KICK ACROSS THE OZARKS AGAIN.
THAT WILL PUSH
HIGHS BACK INTO THE LOWER 80'S,
ON INCREASING MOISTURE AHEAD OF
OUR NEXT FRONT.
SHOWERS/ STORMS ARRIVE LATE
AFTERNOON/ EVENING
AND LINGER OVERNIGHT. WE COULD
HAVE A FEW SHOWERS/ STORMS ON
SUNDAY AS THE FRONT
STALLS.
WHEN THE FRONT CLEARS BY MONDAY,
ANOTHER
CANADIAN HIGH TAKES CONTROL --
THIS TIME, THE AIR MASS IS EVEN
COOLER! EXPECT HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 70'S AND LOWS IN THE UPPER
40'S THROUGH WEDNESDAY! THOSE
WOULD BE OUR COOLEST
OVERNIGHT LOWS IN MONTHS!
JOE
A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER
DRIVING RECKLESSLY AND CAUSING A
CRASH IN NORTH
SPRINGFIELD.
JOE
IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT .. AT
HIGHWAY-13 AND FARM-ROAD 102.
WITNESSES TOLD 9-1-1 THE DRIVER
HIT MULTIPLE CONES, AND WAS
FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY
TO OTHER CARS.
DEPUTIES TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER
..... THAT'S WHEN HE DROVE INTO
THE MEDIAN AND DOWN AN
EMBANKMENT.
THEY FIRED A BEAN-BAG AT THE
SUSPECT....... AND ARRESTED HIM.
THE MAN APPEARED TO BE
INTOXICATED ON SOMETHING OTHER
THAN ALCOHOL.
LAUREN
THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS A
BICYCLIST WAS HIT BY A TRUCK IN
FORSYTH LAST NIGHT
THE CRASH HAPPENED WHEN TWO
DRIVERS WERE TRAVELING WESTBOUND
ON MO-76.
THE BICYCLIST ATTEMPTED TO MAKE
A LEFT TURN ONTO A PRIVATE
DRIVEWAY WHEN A VEHICLE
HIT THEM WHILE TRYING TO PASS.
THE VICTIM WAS SENT TO THE
HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.
JOE
NEW THIS MORNING
JOE
STONE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES
ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN
SUSPECTED OF STEALING A
TRUCK OUT OF THE SPRINGFIELD
AREA SUNDAY NIGHT.
THE DRIVER IS IDENTIFIED AS
DANNY REFFITT...HE ABANDONED THE
TRUCK AND RAN INTO THE WOODS.
POLICE WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE
HIM.
AUTHORITIES SAY HE HAS THREE
FELONY WARRANTS OUT FOR HIS
ARREST WITH A 25-THOUSAND DOLLAR
BOND.
CALL THE STONE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE IF YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT THIS, THAT NUMBER IS 357-
6116
LAUREN
A NIXA TEEN WHO HAS BEEN MISSING
SINCE SATURDAY MORNING IS SAFE.
14-YEAR-OLD BEN DIXON TURNED
HIMSELF IN LAST NIGHT AFTER
AUTHORITIES ASKED FOR THE
PUBLICS
HELP IN FINDING HIM.
JOE
KEEPING CRIME IN FOCUS
JOE
THE CLEVER POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
WARNING PEOPLE TO BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR FAKE
CASH....COMING FROM AN INCIDENT
AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ONE OF THE STUDENTS GOT THE
MONEY FROM AN OLDER SIBLING WHO
IS A CLEVER HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT...THAT STUDENT PURCHASED
THEM ON WISH-DOT-COM TO BE USED
IN A MUSIC VIDEO.
OFFICER KAINAN BOULDIN SAYS THE
BILLS FEEL LIKE WAX PAPER, HAVE
AN INCONSISTENT
WATERMARK, IRREGULAR BORDERS, AS
WELL AS CHINESE SYMBOLS ON THE
BACK.
AND STILL, THERE COULD BE MORE
OUT THERE.
"We just wanted people to be
aware that there are those bills
circulating around Clever, to
make sure that they are checking
each individual bill that they
get. It's not very common
that we see counterfeit bills in
$100 increments. They are
usually lower denominations
because $100 bills usually get
checked. We don't think there
was any malintent in this
interaction, we just want to
make sure that all the
businesses know to check every
single one of them that comes
through."
JOE
ALSO IN WASHBURN MISSOURI..
POLICE ARE NOTCING A NEW METHOD
OF COUNTERFEITING.
LT. RANDY KALBAUGH SAYS THE
NEWEST INCIDENT INVOLVED A NEW
METHOD WHERE ONE
DOLLAR BILLS ARE BEING WASHED
AND RE-PRINTED AS 20 DOLLAR
BILLS.
THIS HAPPENED AT PEOPLES
COMMUNITY BANK IN SELIGMAN.
JOE
WAYS TO HELP YOU IDTENIFY IF A
BILL IS AUTHENTIC IS
LOOK FOR A MAGENTIC STRIP
ONE DOLLAR BILLS DO NOT HAVE A
STRIP.
20 DOLLARS WILL HAVE A MAGENTIC
STRIP
IF YOU SUSPECT YOUR BILLS ARE
FAKE, TAKE THEM TO THE BANK, OR
VISIT THESE LINKS AND TYPE IN
THE SERIAL NUMBER ON THOSE
BILLS... THAT'S NEW MONEY DOT
GOV... OR VISIT SECRET SERVICE
DOT GOV.
LAUREN
IN EDUCATION COVERAGE
LAUREN
IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE DIVERSITY
IS CELEBRATED AND PROTECTED IN
THE CLASSROOM... S-P-S HIRED
A NEW DIVERSITY OFFICER...
HER PARENTS ARE IMMIGRANTS IN
THE UNITED STATES... SO SHE SAYS
THAT GIVES HER A
PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH MANY
STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS.
(Yvania Garcia-Pusateri / Chief
Equity and Diversity Officer,
SPS): "I grew up not really
seeing teachers or
administrators that look like
me. To me, this work is really
personal, because for a lot of
these students, that's kind of
my story."
LAUREN
SHE'S JUST STARTING HER 90-DAY
"LISTENING AND LEARNING TOUR"...
TO GET TO KNOW STUDENTS
BETTER.
SHE WILL BE VISITING ALL THE
SCHOOLS... SPEAKING WITH
STUDENTS AND FACULTY... AND ALSO
MEETING WITH MEMBERS IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT WORK WITH
S-P-S.
ONE OF HER GOALS... IS TO
ENCOURAGE DIVERSE IDENTITIES.
(Garcia-Pusateri): "Our students
understand that they are more
than asymmetrical beings, they
understand that their races
intersecting with their gender,
or their races intersecting with
their
sexual orientation, or even race
intersecting with religious
beliefs and practices."
LAUREN
AND AFTER THESE 90 DAYS OF
MEETING PEOPLE AND GATHERING
INFORMATION... SHE WILL BE
PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST OF
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ADMIN
AND BOARD TO CONSIDER.
JOE
IN MEDICAL COVERAGE
JOE
THERE'S A CRITICAL CALL FOR
BLOOD DONORS IN THE OZARKS.
JOE
COMMUNITY BLOOD-CENTER OF THE
OZARKS SAYS IT HAS AN URGENT
NEED FOR TYPE O BLOOD --
WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON.
LEADERS SAY THERE'S LESS THAN A
ONE DAY SUPPLY ON HAND TO MEET
THE NEEDS AT 40 AREA
HOSPITALS.
C-B-C-O TRIES TO HAVE A
THREE-DAY SUPPLY OF ALL BLOOD
TYPES FOR POTENTIAL EMERGENCIES.
CHRIS PILGRIM/CBCO: it takes
about 200 donations to
meet one days needs for the
patients we serve in 40 area
hospitals. these patients in
these hospitals don't get their
blood anywhere else. so when
we have a shortage here it can
affect those hospitals. it
hasn't yet.
JOE
PILGRIM SAYS ABOUT 38-PERCENT OF
THE POPULATION HAS O POSITIVE
BLOOD -- AND A
SHORTAGE OF THIS TYPE IS
UNUSUAL.
THERE ARE FOUR C-B-C-O DONOR
CENTERS ACROSS THE OZARKS.
LAUREN
FOLLOWING UP ON A STORY..
LAUREN
WE REPORTED OVER A YEAR AGO THAT
FLOATING WETLANDS WERE BEING PUT
INTO SEQUIOTA LAKE
TO HELP WITH THE ALGAE GROWTH
PROBLEM.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES TO
THE PILOT PROGRAM RECENTLY.
THE ALGAE FEEDS ON SEVERAL
DIFFERENT SOURCES INCLUDING
WATER RUNOFF, LAWN
FERTILIZER, AND ANIMAL WASTE.
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TAKES
SAMPLES EVERY TWO WEEKS TO
MEASURE THE NUTRIENT
CONTENT AROUND THE WETLANDS AND
FARTHER AWAY.
HOWEVER, CARRIE LAMB FROM
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN THE
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD SAYS
WEATHER PLAYS A ROLE TOO.
Carrie Lamb, Water Quality
Complience Officer, City of
Springfield
"...In addition to excess
nutrients, the other ingredients
in the recipe for algae is
sunlight and heat and so when
you get that perfect recipe,
you're gonna see a lot of algae
out there... "
LAUREN
THE WETLANDS HAVE BEEN RECENTLY
UPDATED WITH REINFORCED
STRUCTURE ON THE SIDE OF THE
WETLAND TO KEEP WATERFOWL OUT.
LAMB ALSO SAID THEY STARTED
SMALL BUT HOPE TO ADD MORE
WETLANDS IN THE FUTURE.
LAUREN
IF YOU'VE SEEN MORE MONARCH
BUTTERFLIES LATELY, THERES A
REASON FOR IT-- THE INSECTS ARE
MIGRATING SOUTH FOR THE WINTER.
JOE
THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATES
RIGHT THROUGH MISSOURI ON THAT
TRIP-- HANNAH ZETTL JOINS US
THIS MORNING TO DETAIL THOSE
TRAVEL PLANS.
HANNAH
IT'S KNOWN AS ONE OF NATURE'S
MOST FASCINATING NATURAL
EVENTS-- WHEN ALL
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES EAST OF THE
ROCKY MOUNTAINS FLUTTER THEIR
WAY TO MEXICO TO
HIBERNATE FOR THE WINTER.
MONARCHS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR
BEAUTIFUL ORANGE AND BLACK
COLORING, AND THE
IMPORTANT JOB THEY SERVE AS
POLLINATORS,
THEY BEGIN TO PASS THROUGH
MISSOURI IN EARLY OCTOBER,
FLYING IN GROUPS AND WITHIN
HUMAN EYESIGHT.
THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY LIFESPAN
IS ONLY A YEAR LONG, BUT WITHOUT
FAIL, THE SPECIES KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE TO GO WHEN THE
TEMPERATURES START TO DROP.
THERE ARE SEVERAL THEORIES AS TO
HOW THEY FIND THE COMMUNAL
SPOT-- SOME INVOLVING MAGNETIC
FIELDS-- BUT NONE HAVE BEEN
PROVEN
DESPITE THE JOURNEY OF A
LIFETIME, THE MONARCH POPULATION
IS DECLINING, ACCORDING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION.
Francis Skalicky / MDC: "The
monarch population is in
trouble.
And it's due to a lack of
milkweed plants. Herbicide use,
habitat changes, landscape
changes, all of that has knocked
back milkweed. And because of
that, since milkweed is the
primary food source for the
monarch catipillars, this has
knocked back the monarch
populations."
HANNAH
EXPERTS SAY THE MONARCH
POPULATION HAS DECREASED BY
ALMOST 90 PERCENT DUE TO THE
LACK
OF THEIR MAIN FOOD SOURCE THE
MILKWEED.
THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S NOT TOO
LATE, AND YOU CAN HELP REVIVE
THE BUTTERFLIES BY PLANTING
MILKWEED IN FLOWERBEDS, GARDENS
AND FIELDS.
JOE
STILL AHEAD ON KOLR 10
DAYBREAK... MICROSOFT IS OUT
WITH SEVEN NEW PRODUCTS.
LAUREN
AND MORE TARIFFS ARE ON THE WAY.
BUT THESE AREN'T FOR CHINA.
WE'LL EXPLAIN IN YOUR
MONEYWATCH NEXT.