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From Target manager to Head of Nuclear Security

SPOKANE, Wash. — A former manager at the Target store in north Spokane took a new job overseeing the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Nuclear Weapons & Materials Monitor, a weekly trade publication, reported that the NNSA has named Steve Asher as its acting head of nuclear security. Asher was picked to develop and implement security programs at nuke sites nationwide.

Asher began working with NNSA in 2012 according to Nuclear Weapons & Materials Monitor. The publications said that Asher was originally hired as a security consultant.

Previously, Asher lived in Spokane County after retiring from the Air Force as a colonel according to a former Target co-worker.

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Possible new state slogan: Kentucky Kicks Ass

_65660751_kentuckyKentucky is known for horse racing, bourbon and college basketball. And if a couple of creative advertising professionals have any say in the matter, the Bluegrass State will be world renowned for something else.

They want the state to replace its current slogan, Unbridled Spirit, with a new one — Kentucky Kicks Ass.

In a five-minute online video, Kentucky natives Griffin VanMeter and Whit Hiler stand on the steps of the state Capitol and make their case.

“Everybody was saying ‘kick ass,’ ” Hiler says. “That was our thing on our Facebook page, and so that seemed logical when we came up with the idea of rebranding the state.”

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