Mike Tripp, a custodian at Salina's City-County building, wasn't fazed earlier this month when he found a naked man sleeping in a dumpster outside the building.



It did catch Tripp by surprise, though, when the man's head popped up as Tripp was about to throw some trash into the dumpster.



Tripp, a custodian for the past 10 years, told the unwanted guest he was welcome inside the City-County Building during business hours but couldn�t sleep any more in the dumpster.



Jim Schroeder, City-County Building superintendent, reported on the incident at the Tuesday morning meeting of the Saline County-Salina Building Authority.



�He stuck his head up like a gopher,� Schroeder said. �He (Tripp) let him get dressed and had a talk with him. If you consider the quality of our trash, we have a pretty clean dumpster."



� For the rest of this story, see Wednesday's Journal.



� Reporter Tim Horan can be reached at 822-1422 or by email at thoran@salina.com.?