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Priceless Take One T HURSDAY VOLUME 17, N UMBER 38 T HURSDAY, F EBRUARY 19, 2009 W INNER OF THE K ANSAS G AS S ERVICE E XCELLENCE I N E DITORIAL W RITING 2006 K ANSAS P ROFESSIONAL C OMMUNICATORS P HOTO E SSAY AWARD 2006 K ANSAS P ROFESSIONAL C OMMUNICATORS E DITORIAL AWARD City Commission Approves More Debt Editorial By Jon A. Brake Four present and former City Commissioners are running for reelection. Can we afford four more years of Mark Hatesohl, Tom Phillips, James Sherow and Jayme MorrisHardeman? 1. The City Budget has increased $20 million in two years. That does not include a huge debt coming form the Downtown Redevelopment Project in the next few years. 2. Last fall the City Staff and City Commission skirted the state law on going out for bids and imposed a Design-Build process were the City Staff “interviews” companies for projects and the City Commission rubber stamps their recommendation. Cost of City projects will be higher and it does not mean the project will be better. It also lends to contractors and city employees being in a position were money could change hands under the table. The Commission has put employees in a bad situation. 3. Tuesday night the Commission approved a “Design-Build” City Park swimming pool. Again it will not go out for bids. According to Kansas law a City can build on to or replace an existing structure without going to the voters. But what has the City Staff and City Commission done to the project? The City pool has been closed and needs to be replaced. Look at the drawing above. Is this replacing an existing facility? The new facility takes up a city block, replacing one that is 50 meters long. What started out to be a new swimming pool for $7.5 million that This is not replacing an existing facility. includes the expansion, but then they add on replacement of the Northview Pool for $ 3,800,000. Replacement of the CICO Pool for another $ 2,000,000 and then they add in a Zoo Education Building for another $ 3,900,000 What started out as a replacement pool ends up with a Total Price of $ 17,200,000. These Commissioner and City Staff have lost all since of responsibility. The City is having problems with the Bond and Interest Fund and wants to raise property tax. They have started a Downtown Redevelopment Project that is not what citizens were told it would be. And the developer can not fill 70% of the lease space so the project can continue. The City of Manhattan has big financial problems now and the City Staff and the City Commission continue knowing that if things don’t work out that all they have to do is raise the property tax. The Budget, Design-Build and the Swimming Pool are not all of the problems. They are just the latest in a long list of decisions that have been wrong and bad for the City. It all comes down to poor management. ners earn the right to compete in one of 14 districts nationwide. Winners at that level are forwarded to the national ADDY awards competition. “The unique packaging design of our beers sets them apart from others on the retail shelf,” Jeff Gill, president of Tallgrass Brewing Company, said. “By catching the eye of craft beer drinkers and reinforcing our brand image, New Boston Creative’s design work is helping us grow our sales across Kansas and into other states.” The winning design. Federation conducts the ADDY The Topeka competition is at the competition annually on three tiers. local tier. Gold and Silver local win- New Boston Creative Group is a full-service marketing and communications agency located in downtown Manhattan. A full listing of its services is available at www.newbostoncreative.com. Officials: Kansas Budget Impasse Ends By JOHN HANNA TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials say a budget impasse that held up state income tax refunds and threatened to delay state employees' paychecks has come to an end. Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius met a key demand from Republican legislative leaders by signing a bill Tuesday to balance the state's current budget. Republican leaders say they will now approve a plan from Sebelius to borrow money internally to shore up the state's main bank account. The move eases a cash crunch that had threatened to prevent the state from meeting its payroll on Friday and had halted tax refunds. Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday questioned whether the Republicans who control the Legislature are trying to shut down Kansas' government with a budget impasse that has forced the state to suspend income tax refunds and could delay state employees' next paychecks. Republicans point the finger at the governor, however, saying all she needs to do is sign budget-cutting legislation sitting on her desk. Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, an Independence Republican, accused her of "manufacturing a crisis." The state doesn't have enough money in its main bank account to pay its bills on time. GOP leaders have blocked the governor's attempt to borrow $225 million from other funds throughout state government, saying they want her to cut the current budget first. Last week, legislators approved a bill making $326 million in budget adjust- Ibbetson Writes A New Conservative Book online at Amazon.com and at Hastings Books in Manhattan Kansas. Feeding Lions is a new book that comes clean on just why conservatives and liberals can’t get in the same room without a fight breaking out. Using a healthy dose of heartland humor, the author takes readers on a journey of discovery that will anger liberals and awaken the dormant conservative who sleeps in the majority of the nation. This book avoids reams and reams of boring statistics and gets down to business right away by laying out the fundamentals of conservatism and why they fall in diametric opposition to liberalism. The goal for this book is quality, not quantity, and each page is full of serious intellectual analysis on the battle being waged for the hearts and minds in this country, and why conservative views Another quality book. MUST win the day. People interested in purchasing this book can find it Paul A. Ibbetson is a former Chief of Police of Cherryvale, Kansas, and member of the Montgomery County Drug Task Force. Paul received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Criminal Justice at Wichita State University, and is currently completing his PhD. in sociology at Kansas State University. Paul is the author of the book Living Under The Patriot Act: Educating A Society. Paul is also the radio host of the Kansas Broadcasting Association’s 2008 Entertainment Program of the Year, Conscience of Kansas airing on 91.9 f.m. www.ibbetsonusa.com. For interviews or questions, please contact ibbetson91.9@gmail.com KSU Fellows Program Recognizes 10 Alumni Ten distinguished Kansas State University alumni will return to campus Feb. 25 to Feb. 27, to meet with students and faculty. These Alumni Fellows will return to present guest lectures, discuss current trends and meet informally with students and faculty, said Jodi Weiberg, vice president of alumni programs for the K-State Alumni Association. The Fellows were chosen based on their high levels of professional accomplishment and distinguished service in their respective careers. The Alumni Fellows Program is sponsored by the Deans’ Council, the Office of the President and the K-State Alumni Association. Each of the alumni will receive an award at the Alumni Fellows banquet Thursday, Feb. 26. Since 1983, the Alumni Fellows Program has brought 211 successful alumni back to campus. The 2009 Alumni Fellows are: • Charles S. Cassias Jr., FAIA, a 1974 graduate of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design, who is a principal of the architectural firm BNIM in Kansas City, Mo. • Patty Clark, a 1974 graduate of the College of Agriculture, who is director of operations for the Kansas Leadership Center in Wichita, Kan. • Julie L. Davis, a 1978 graduate of the College of Business Administration, who is founding principal of Davis & Hosfield Consulting in Chicago. • William C. Deeds, Ph.D., a 1977 and 1979 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, who is vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college at Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa. • Carl R. Ice, a 1979 graduate of the College of Engineering, who is executive vice president and COO of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad in Fort Worth, Texas. • Carolyn W. Jackson, a 1975 and 1981 graduate of the College of Human Ecology, who is executive director of the American Association of Family and Consumer Services in Washington, D.C. • Robert J. Kuhn, a 1972 graduate of the College of Technology and Aviation, who is retired and a part time consultant for Ark Wrecking Co. in Tulsa, Okla. • Lynn Ying-Shiang Lin, Ph.D., a 1963 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, who is president of Lynn Y.S. Lin Consulting Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio. • Dr. Joe L. Mauderly D.V.M., a 1965 and 1967 graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine, who is vice president and senior scientist of the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute in Albuquerque, N.M. • Dan C. Yunk, Ph.D., a 1971, 1975 and 1987 graduate of the College of Education, who is executive director and CEO of Kansas Farm Bureau in Manhattan, Kan. Book Sale At The Library Design Awards Given To Local Group New Boston Creative Group, LLC, has been twice honored for the packaging designed for Tallgrass Brewing Company’s Ale, Wheat and IPA beers. New Boston designed product labels, bottlecaps and 6-pack boxes for the Manhattan-based brewing company, which debuted its bottled beers in liquor stores in 2008. The product packaging was selected as a Certificate of Excellence winner in the 2008-09 American Packaging Design Awards. The packaging will be featured in the March 2009 Awards Annual edition of Graphic Design USA, as well as on the gdusa.com website. The packaging also won a GOLD ADDY® from the American Advertising Federation of Topeka Feb. 7. The American Advertising W INNER OF THE K ANSAS P RESS A SSOCIATION A DVERTISING AWARD ments; nearly half the adjustments are spending cuts. The bill reached Sebelius' desk Tuesday but she hasn't said what she'll do with it. Because of the budget problems, the state suspended income tax refunds last week and officials say Kansas might not have enough money to meet its payroll Friday. The state also might have to delay payments due this week to doctors and clinics providing services under the Medicaid program and put off aid payments to public schools due at the end of the month. Sebelius called it a "slight meltdown" and "ludicrous." "It was, unfortunately, more about theater than about reality," she said during a health care meeting. Later, she told reporters: "I can't imagine that the Republican majority intends to shut down state government in a fit of pique, but you know, you can't tell. I have no idea." Republican leaders, who control majorities in both legislative chambers, argue that the internal borrowing is illegal under Kansas law so long as the state still has a projected deficit in the budget for the fiscal year that ends June 30. "The governor is crying crocodile tears because she's looking for someone to blame for her own refusal to do her job," Schmidt said. "It is a tragedy that the governor has escalated this." The borrowing Sebelius seeks requires a special certificate, issued by the State Finance Council. It consists of the governor and eight top legislative leaders — six of whom are Republicans. The Manhattan Public Library will be conducting their yearly book sale early this year. The dates for the sale are Friday, March 6, Saturday, March 7, and Sunday, March 8th in the second floor Library Auditorium. The Manhattan Library Association represents the Friends of the Library, a membership that supports and encourages the Manhattan Public Library through funds provided by memberships, donations, and generous sponsorships. On Friday evening the sale will begin at 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. and this is a Members’ only event, however memberships are available at the door that evening for only $10.00. On Saturday the sale begins at 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 8th, the sale begins at 1:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. and books will be sold by the bag or box. The Manhattan Public Library has a dedicated space on the first floor that is called “Rosie’s Corner”, sonamed for Rosie Pettle a long-time supporter of the public library. This little corner has become one of the largest sources of funding for the Manhattan Library Association by selling gently used books, magazines, CD’s, tapes, etc. that have been donated throughout the year. Gary Jeffrey and Wilma Schmeller work all year keeping the corner supplied with books and featuring special books for various holidays. Former Astronaut Speaks Out On Global Warming SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) _ Former astronaut Harrison Schmitt, who walked on the moon and once served New Mexico in the U.S. Senate, doesn't believe that humans are causing global warming. ``I don't think the human effect is significant compared to the natural effect,'' said Schmitt, who is among 70 skeptics scheduled to speak next month at the International Conference on Climate Change in New York. Schmitt contends that scientists ``are being intimidated'' if they disagree with the idea that burning fossil fuels has increased carbon dioxide levels, temperatures and sea levels. ``They've seen too many of their colleagues lose grant funding when they haven't gone along with the socalled political consensus that we're in a human-caused global warming,'' Schmitt said. Dan Williams, publisher with the Chicago-based Heartland Institute, which is hosting the climate change conference, said he invited Schmitt after reading about his resignation from The Planetary Society, a nonprofit dedicated to space exploration. Schmitt resigned after the group blamed global warming on human activity. In his resignation letter, the 74-year-old geologist argued that the ``global warming scare is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision making.'' Williams said Heartland is skeptical about the crisis that people are proclaiming in global warming. ``Not that the planet hasn't warmed. We know it has or we'd all still be in the Ice Age,'' he said. ``But it has not reached a crisis proportion and, even among us skeptics, there's disagreement about how much man has been responsible for that warming.'' Schmitt said historical documents indicate average temperatures have risen by 1 degree per century since around 1400 A.D., and the rise in carbon dioxide is because of the temperature rise. Schmitt also said geological evidence indicates changes in sea level have been going on for thousands of years. He said smaller changes are related to changes in the elevation of land masses _ for example, the Great Lakes are rising because the earth's crust is rebounding from being depressed by glaciers. Schmitt, who grew up in Silver City and now lives in Albuquerque, has a science degree from the California Institute of Technology. He also studied geology at the University of Oslo in Norway and took a doctorate in geology from Harvard University in 1964. In 1972, he was one of the last men to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 17 mission. Schmitt said he's heartened that the upcoming conference is made up of scientists who haven't been manipulated by politics. Of the global warming debate, he said: ``It's one of the few times you've seen a sizable portion of scientists who ought to be objective take a political position and it's coloring their objectivity.'' NEWS 2A MANHATTAN FREE PRESS - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009 Obituaries Mary Lowman Mary (Butcher) Lowman, age 97, of Manhattan, died February 8, 2009, at Meadowlark Hills –Bramlage House. She was born June 21, 1911, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and had been a Manhattan resident since 1947. Mrs. Lowman graduated from the University of Kansas with her degree in fine arts in 1933. She and her husband were in the restaurant business for 20 years prior to Mary starting to work at the Riley County Treasurer’s Office in 1960. From 1965, to when Frank Massey Frank N. Massey, 93, Manhattan, KS passed away Thursday, February 12, 2009 in the Mercy Regional Health Center, Manhattan. He was born June 26, 1915 at Alta Vista, KS, the son of Benjamin Franklin Massey and Florence J. Nelson Massey. In 1925, he came to Manhattan with his family and had been a lifelong Manhattan resident. He attended the local schools and was a 1933 graduate of the Manhattan High School. He was united in marriage to she retired in 1985 at the age of 75, she was the Riley County Treasurer. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, a charter member of the Pilot Club and was active with the Republican Women’s Club. Mrs. Lowman enjoyed playing bridge, was a good golfer, watching birds, collecting ceramic birds, gardening, and was an avid sports fan, especially watching all of her children’s sporting events. She loved to paint, sketch and draw. On February 6, 1937, in Wichita, Kansas, she was married to William “Bill” Lowman. He preceded her in death in 1972. She was also preced- ed in death by four children: Peggy, Frank, Tom and Ed Lowman. Survivors include one son, William M. Lowman and his wife Kathy of Jupiter, FL; eight grandchildren: Bill Lowman of Manhattan, Steve and Tom Lowman of Topeka, Chad Lowman of Phoenix, AZ, Tracy Lowman of Portland, OR, and Christy Lowman of Phoenix, AZ, and Travis Pohlmeier and Kirsten Ziener of Chicago, IL; and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Chapel with Reverend R. Cam McConnell officiating. Interment will follow in Sunrise Cemetery in Manhattan. Online condolences may be left for the family through the funeral home website at www.ymlfuneralhome.com. Memorial contributions may be made to the Meadowlark Hills Good Samaritan Fund. Contributions may be left in care of the YorgensenMeloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502. Christina Evelyn Pauly on August 12, 1940 at Manhattan. She preceded him in death on March 6, 2005. Mr. Massey was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp, serving in the South Pacific during World War II. Before the war, Mr. Massey was the manager of the Firestone Tire Store in Concordia. After the war, he came back to Manhattan to work at the Wassberg Home and Auto Supply Store and later owned and operated the Aggieville Conoco Service Station for over 20 years. In 1983, he retired after working as a salesman for Key Pontiac in downtown Manhattan. He was a member of the Pearce Keller American Legion Post No. 17, the Lee Pierson V.F.W. Post No. 1786 and was life member of the Elks Lodge No. 1185, all of Manhattan. In addition to his wife, Mr. Massey was preceded in death by a daughter, Pamela Massey in 1971; his parents; and a brother, Leslie Lee Massey. Survivors include a son, Thomas A. Massey, and his wife, Carol, Dallas, TX; and two brothers, Lawrence “Red” L. Massey, Humboldt, NE and Walter Raymond Massey, and his wife, Hazel, Lawrence, KS. Cremation is planned. Memorial services were held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 16, 2009 in the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home, Manhattan with the Rev. Loren Werth officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date in the Sunrise Cemetery, Manhattan. Memorial contributions can be made to the Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research and left in care of the funeral home. Online condolences can be sent to www.irvinparkview.com. 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He was a lifelong resident of the area. Daryl was born June 21, 1936, on a farm north of Onaga, Kansas, the son of Walter and Daisy Noland Graf. He attended Onaga schools. Daryl served in the United States Army from 1952 to 1954. Daryl was a heavy equipment operator and laid natural gas pipeline. In his later years he also loved bowling, softball, Keno, music, storytelling and making people laugh. She was a true sports lover, especially K-State athletics. On August 29, 1977, in Manhattan, she was married to Larry R. Moss. Larry survives of the home. Additional survivors include five children: Donna Rice of Spencer, Indiana, Rick Moss of Hillsboro, KS, Bonnie Johnson of Spencer, Indiana, John Moss of Toronto, KS, and Rusty Moss of Hillsboro, Kansas; four sisters: Donna Specht and Glenna Downing of Manhattan, and Carol Woodard and Nancy Umscheid of Wamego; 21 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and by two grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday at the YorgensenMeloan-Londeen Funeral Chapel with Reverend Ben Duerfeldt officiating. Interment will follow in Valley View Memorial Gardens Cemetery east of Manhattan. Online condolences may be left for the family through the funeral home website at www.ymlfuneralhome.com. Memorial contributions may be made to the VFW Veterans Funeral Fund. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-MeloanLondeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502. was a farmer and stockman. He was a member of the Teamster’s Union and also the Operator Engineers Union #101. Daryl loved to sell vehicles. He was a 32 year member of Alcoholic’s Anonymous working with many others to achieve sobriety. Daryl was a member of New Hope Lutheran Church in Onaga. Daryl married his only true love, Sherry Force, on December 4, 1982 in Onaga, Kansas. She survives at their home. He is also survived by two daughters, Jan Hundley and her husband, Jerry, Branson, Missouri and Tammy Workman and her husband, Jeff, Topeka; two sons, Jim Graf and his wife, Marilyn, Sabetha, and Ted Graf and his wife, Jolleen, Atchison; a sister, Dixie Moore and her husband, Melvin, Topeka; six grandchildren, Lisa Buchanan, Cody Buchanan, Melissa Graf, Jeremy Paulsen, Ashley Paulsen and Lillian Graf; three great-grandchildren, Zayley, Isabella and A.J.; special friends, Scott and Betty Merriman, Cody Merriman and Christine Bryan, Justin and Brandon Merriman; and nieces and nephews, Jerry, Lynn, Darrell, Dawna, Ivan, Ardie, Heather, Matt, Brian, Miranda, Nathan, Mandi and Ashley. Daryl touched many lives and will be greatly missed by his sweetheart, Sherry, and all who knew him. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, February 16, 2009 at New Hope Lutheran Church in Onaga. Reverend Charlene Barnes will be officiating. Burial and military honors followed at Wheaton Congregational Cemetery. Family suggest memorial contributions to the Daryl Graf Memorial Fund and those may be sent in care of Kufahl Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.campanellafuneral.com. Push Is On To Tailor Cancer Care To Tumor’s Genes WASHINGTON (AP) _ The days of one-size-fits-all cancer treatment are numbered: A rush of new research is pointing the way to tailor chemotherapy and other care to what's written in a tumor's genes. Everyone with advanced colon cancer now is supposed to get a genetic test before taking two of the leading treatments. It's a major change adopted by oncologists last month after studies found that those pricey drugs, Erbitux and Vectibix, won't work in 40 percent of patients. Scientists are furiously testing similar genetically tailored care in breast and lung cancer. It's a flurry of work that reflects a huge problem: Most medications today benefit at best about half of patients but it usually takes trial-and-error to tell. That means a lot of people suffer side effects for nothing, and it's incredibly costly. When the American Society of Clinical Oncology recommended giving colon cancer patients that $300 test for a gene called KRAS, it estimated the move could save a stunning $600 million a year _ by keeping drugs that cost up to $10,000 a month away from patients who won't benefit. Here's the critical consumer issue: As tantalizing as this personalized medicine is, gene testing is like the Wild West. Laboratories often introduce new tests at the first clues they might work, not waiting for final proof. Few tests so far have won the backing of major medical groups like ASCO, the cancer specialists, making research studies a best bet for many patients. ``A bad test is as dangerous to a patient as a bad drug,'' notes Dr. Richard Schilsky, ASCO president and a University of Chicago oncologist. ``The tricky part is to figure out which of those (genetic differences) are clinically important and which are just variations that exist.'' This is not about testing if people carry so-called cancer genes that make them prone to illness. Instead it's about finding a tumor's genetic signature _ a pattern of gene and protein activity that signals if the cancer will grow fast or slowly, be more or less likely to recur, and whether it would be susceptible to treatment. ``We're getting into science fiction sort of, if now medicine is being able to analyze things at the genome level,'' breast cancer patient Claire Weinberg of Oxford, North Carolina, says in wonder. A community hospital initially dismissed Weinberg's breast lump but she fortunately sought a second opinion at Duke University Medical Center _ where, cancer confirmed, she enrolled in a study of gene-directed chemotherapy. ``I felt it could only benefit me for them to know even more about me,'' she says. The ultimate goal: ``What's the right recipe for those patients?'' explains Dr. Matthew Ellis of Washington University in St. Louis, co-inventor of a different breast cancer genetic approach. Little Apple Detailing Under study: _A less precise test already can tell certain breast cancer patients if they're at high or low risk of relapsing, helping the chemo-or-not decision. But which chemo? Duke's Dr. Kelly Marcom is genetically profiling breast biopsy tissue from nearly 300 newly diagnosed patients headed for pre-surgery chemo. Some are randomly assigned to one of two standard chemotherapy cockails; the rest get the cocktail that matches their tumor profile. It's too early to tell if the genedirected approach helps more tumors shrink. But, ``I can have no regrets,'' says Weinberg, who learned after surgery that she'd been in the gene-tailored group and her tumor shrank enough to save her breast. She's also getting post- surgery chemo in case any rogue cells remain. _Instead of custom profiling, an experimental test unveiled last week examines 50 breast cancer genes to determine which of four disease subtypes the woman has. If it pans out _ and much larger studies are planned _ the Breast Bioclassifier could change breast cancer's very names. When studied on stored samples of old tumors, researchers found some women safely skipped chemo _ their subtype responded better to post-surgery tamoxifen, or hormone therapy. A more aggressive type was sensitive to most chemo choices but not hormone treatment, the team reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. 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On the front page is the remarkable story of a racehorse who had been a Kentucky Derby contender but was headed to slaughter in his old age - and was rescued at the last minute by a woman in rural Kansas. She´s founded a nationally recognized rescue and retirement program for horses. Meet Kristin Chambers, executive director of Winding Road Equine Rescue and Retirement near Waverly, Kansas. Kristin says, "I´m an extreme animal lover." In 2005, Kristin was looking for goats and visited some people who also had a small, underweight mare. Kristin took pity on the old mare and bought her. Then, Kristin says, "Word got around that I had a soft spot for old horses." Other people started bringing her unused or unwanted horses. Kristin went to a horse sale to buy a horse for her son, but when she saw the high quality horses that were being auctioned for slaughter, she bought 10 of them. At the time she was trying to work on a teaching degree plus helping these horses. A professor told her that she should choose one or the other. Kristin says, "I was so mad at him for telling me what to do - but I was mad because he was right." She chose horses, because her long-term goal is to incorporate youth involvement into the rescue. Ron Wilson Kristin organized an effort called Winding Road Equine Rescue and Retirement, which is now a 501c3 charitable organization. The purpose of Winding Road Equine Rescue and Retirement is the rescue, rehabilitation and what is called re-homing of abused, neglected and unwanted horses. It also provides a safe sanctuary for horses that are too old, infirm or injured to be rehomed. Today, Winding Road cares for more than 50 horses, plus more have been adopted or placed in carefully screened foster or adoptive homes. The horses range from little miniature horses 34 inches tall to a giant Belgian 17 hands high. In December 2008, Kristin was called to look at a horse in a broker's lot in Emporia where some horses are at risk of being sent to slaughter. The broker asked if she could do anything for another horse, an aged thoroughbred stallion with a bad eye and depressed look. Kristin found that the horse was named Clever Allemont. As a young racehorse, he won his first six consecutive starts and earned more than a quarter million dollars. He had been trained by D. Wayne Lukas, raced at Churchill Downs, and ridden by jockeys such as Pat Day and Angel Cordero. As a stud, he sired 72 winners out of 125 starters. But by the time he was 26, no one wanted him. Kristin was determined to save this horse. She posted information about the horse on-line, and within 30 minutes someone donated the funds to save him. Then within 24 hours, an exclusive thoroughbred retirement home in Kentucky agreed to take him in. Kristin says, "It was just such a chain of miracles." His story made the front page of the Lexington newspaper on Christmas Day and the USA Today website. Winding Road is situated on 40 acres near the rural community of Waverly, population 581 people. Now, that´s rural. The facility includes a barn and stables and an arena under construction. Winding Road is supported by charitable donations and lots of volunteers. Kristin says, "We have wonderful volunteers who help with construction, cleaning stalls and brushing horses. These people range from eclectic artists to girl scouts to oldtime cowboys. We are always in need of more donations and volunteer help." She says, "I don´t run on faith alone, but I have a lot of faith. God didn´t get me this far to turn his back on us." Manhattan Area Garden Show Starts Feb 28 During unstable times, people are drawn to gardening. It may be to grow some of their own food. Others garden for the connection to the natural world in which we all live in. Gardening can relieve thoughts of financial, physical and emotional stresses. A good way to get connected is to participate in the Manhattan Area Garden Show. The show is Saturday, February 28 and Sunday, March 1. It is in Pottorf Hall at CiCo Park in Manhattan. Twenty-six vendors will have a display booth. There will be several free gardening seminars to meet your gardening needs. Topics will include growing food for yourself and family. Other topics will include plants to try and elements that will improve our environment and enjoyment. The first seminar is at 10 A.M. on Saturday, February 28. Come and learn about “Small Water Features.” Water adds excitement to every environment no matter how big or small. “New Annuals and Perennials for 2009” seminar starts at 11 A.M. followed by “Free Lawn Fertilizer” at noon. Using the right plant in theright place add pleasure to the garden and reduces inputs such as pesticides and water. Along with this gardening green idea is the session Captivating Radio Dramas for the Whole Family! Suspenseful, values-packed discoveries await you in the town of Odyssey-where something new and exciting is always going on. Whit, Connie and the gang manage to get into all kinds of interesting predicaments, and learn unforgettable biblically based lessons along the way. Your family will be on the edge of their seats as they tune in to each fascinating adventure. It’s fun, character building entertainment for all ages! 9:30 Saturday Mornings on growing lawns with minimal extra requirements. At 1 P.M. you can learn about “Paver Installation.” These porous surfaces let rainwater filter into the soil and reduce storm water runoff. “Early Season Vegetable Production” will give you a start on growing food for the family beginning at 2 P.M. All gardening begins with a “Healthy Soil.” At 3 P.M. learn if yours has what it takes or how to improve it. Shrubs are the foundation of the landscape. Learn which ones are best for your situation at 4 P.M. Sunday’s first seminar is at 1 P.M. Learn which plants will grow in the shade because grass won’t. Fruit plants often need pests management so get acquainted to the “Fruit Spray Schedule” at 2 P.M. The last seminar at 3 P.M. is “Fruits for Kansas.” I hope to see you at the 9th Annual Free Manhattan Area GardenShow. If you would like additional information on a horticulture topic, please contact Gregg Eyestone at the Riley County office of K-State Research and Extension. Gregg may be contacted by calling 537-6350 or stopping by 110 Courthouse Plaza in Manhattan or geyeston@ksu.edu and at www.riley.ksu.edu e-mail: & ASSOCIATES, INC 720 POYNTZ AVENUE MANHATTAN, KS 66502 (785)539-7576 Serving your insurance needs BEST Independent Insurance Agent For more information, go to www.windingroadequinerescue.org. It´s time to close this newspaper from Kentucky, which featured the amazing story of a racehorse rescued from slaughter by a woman in rural Kansas. Kristin Chambers has made a difference by saving horses in need, and helping many of them to beat the odds. Free Weight Loss Consultation Call Connie at 785-537-4447 EDITORIAL 4A MANHATTAN FREE PRESS - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009 Thoughts From The Prairie Letter to my Favorite Granddaughter Tate, I can hear your protest, “But Opa, I am your only granddaughter!” I know that but you are still my favorite because you bring me so much joy. Like when you slip into the library before dawn to share the first hour of the day with me when I am at your house; you draw a picture as I read and write. You are the joy of the Dawn. Those were special times that are stored in my memory file of beautiful experiences. Sunrises in the Flint Hills of Kansas are spectacular and remind me of you! Tate, you will be eight in March. You have captivated my heart as with all who know you. You are so nimble on the parallel bars that you have the makings of a gymnastics champion. You are also a princess in your dressup frills. You enjoy being a girl and I see in you the embodiment of all the mystery and beauty endowed by your Creator upon womanhood, the crowning glory of His creation. The classical education you are receiving is preparing you for a vital role in the Bigger Story of life and the life of America. This is the same education many of our Founders received, also in home schools, so you will understand the reason and intent of our founding documents and be able to help restore America to her original course. The folks in the generation now in charge do not know the essence of American. Many of them believe we are a secular democracy, a far cry from our true beginning as a covenant republic. And they are oblivious to the consequences of breaking that covenant. The evidence of the socialistic drift was climaxed this week with the passage of the massive debt masquerading as a stimulus package. This bill is opposed by 63 percent of Americans. An economy that was thriving two years ago has been derailed along with the savings of millions of families. This has Dick Miller occurred at the hands of a tyrannical regime that believes free enterprise and the freedom to build personal wealth is tantamount to an evil system that must be replaced with a distributive entitlement system. But as you already know from your studies, the Constitution grants only the right to an opportunity; it does not grant prosperity. And charity is never a government function. Tate, your parents are a good example of the way it was intended to be. They had no special privileges, just a commitment to look out for their own welfare. They worked their way through college, learned a profession, found a job, lived in a small rental, drove a used car and began to save for their own house. It took several years and hard work, so now you have a nice place to live. There in nothing in the stimulus package for your family, but your welfare is at risk because of the greed and desire of elected officials for power obtained by transferring what was not theirs, from those who had earned it, to those who did not deserve it! Your generation must bear the burden of this debt. Ezra Pound equates debt to slavery. “Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt.” But it is not only at the national level that unwise decisions resulted in debt. Our Kansas budget is broke and we face a massive debt of a billion dollars by next year. The solution offered by our governor this week was to go further in debt, which is not permitted by our constitution. Thomas Jefferson offered a different solution: “The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt, are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife.” Kansas government is a prime candidate for severe pruning. But this is not the first time our constitution has been disregarded. A significant contributor to our debt was the unconstitutional action by the Kansas Supreme Court to transfer a billion dollars to the public school system. Did it help? No one knows. Then we have one unqualified, unauthorized bureaucrat at KDHE that has blocked billions of dollars of private investments that would have produced revenue. Tate, where there is life, there is hope. Eventually the fallacy of charity by the government will be exposed and the originalists who understand what has made America great will rise up and prevail over the socialists whose history is always mediocrity, failure or tyranny. I recall my flight instructor hammered into us that we were never to take off with any system marginal. “On every flight, something will go marginal and two marginals will kill you!” America’s economy is like a two engine plane with one engine sputtering. We should heed the sign on a flight hangar “When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.” From Topeka To The DC Beltway By Gregory Schneider Flint Hills Center for Public Policy There is some evidence that Governor Kathleen Sebelius would take the position as the new head of the Department of Health and Human Services if President Barack Obama names her to the post, according to a source in the February 10 Wall Street Journal. This comes after former Senator Thomas Daschle had to remove himself from the nomination owing to failure to pay taxes on $140,000 in compensation received from the use of a car and driver. Daschle’s withdrawal led to the vetting of Sebelius. Action is expected soon. If the Governor takes the HHS position in Washington—if indeed it is offered—it will come only one month after she swore to stay in Kansas to fix our budget problems, something she helped create in her stewardship of Kansas government. If she departs for HHS, the budget problems will be solved by the legislature (which is doing the needed work anyway) and successor Mark Parkinson. Some in the legislature have publicly welcomed her departure. What would Sebelius bring to the table at HHS? What does she have to show for her efforts regarding health care in Kansas? For one thing, she is an able bureaucrat, presiding over the creation of the massive, yet ineffective, health reform agency, the Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA) which came into existence in 2006. KHPA has been an advocate of expanded government health care and more Medicaid, both of which it may get anyway by the recent stimulus package which awaits congressional reconciliation. With a friend like her at HHS, one may suspect the forces of government health care will expand their reach. Washington will dictate more to the states, which have been laboratories for reform (at least those states headed by governors amenable to reforms which aren’t defined as bailouts from Congress). But after four years of the KHPA what has changed in Kansas health care? Not much. Medicaid is still a mess. The fiscal health of the government-funded health system in the state is helping to drag down the budget and it will only get worse with the massive infusion of cash—some $112 million additional coming from the House stimulus. There has been no substantial effort made by the KHPA, and by extension, the governor, to address the fundamental problems in Kansas health care—cost of care and continued inadequacies in the Medicaid system. Their major proposals last year, such as premium assistance and other reforms contained in SB 11, were blocked by the legislature; their proposals this year—a smoking ban and tobacco taxes to fund expanded health care spending, may not pass either. Instead, Sebelius has discussed how vital it is for Kansas to get the additional monies coming from the federal government. Kansas, she claims, needs the money to expand Medicaid eligibility; whether that is a wise idea given the fiscal straits Kansas and the nation are in at the moment, or whether it is sustainable for future generations, is beside the point. There is never any discussion of reforming Medicaid, or helping move people from government insurance to private insurance. If Sebelius gets the HHS job, she will fit right in with the climate of big spending inside the beltway, something she learned on the job here in Kansas. If it turns out she doesn’t get the job, the Topeka beltway government health gravy train will roll on with the stimulus adding millions to the coffers. Gregory L. Schneider is a Senior Fellow with the Kansas-based Flint Hills Center for Public Policy. A complete bio on Dr. Schneider can be found at http://www.flinthills.org/content/view/24/ 39/, and he can be reached at greg.schneider@flinthills.org. To learn more about the Flint Hills Center, please visit www.flinthills.org. As a non-profit, nonpartisan think tank, the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy is an independent voice for sound public policy solutions that will enhance the well-being of all Kansans. Visit www.flinthills.org for more information. How The Supreme Court Distroyed Property Rights And A Little Pink House By Sarah McIntosh Flint Hills Center for Public Policy Three years ago the United States Supreme Court made a decision that not only threatened the very core of Americans’ property rights, but also destroyed the dreams of a woman who just wanted to live in her beautiful pink house. Perhaps you have already heard the story. If not, I will warn you it is a sad one. Ms. Suzette Kelo moved to New London Connecticut in 1997 after a divorce. She found an old cottage from 1893 that was in dismal shape, but she saw the promise in it. Even the front door was overgrown when she first laid eyes on it. But she purchased the cottage and started fixing it up right away. She had a lot of work to do from the foundation to the roof. She devoted time, energy, and money to transforming the ramshackled cottage into a beautiful home. Ms. Kelo worked as a nurse and held other jobs on the side in order to make ends meet. But she had not been in her home long before she learned that Pfizer Corp. was going to build an R&D center and there would be some redevelopment plans going into effect. She read in the paper that some residents’ properties would be taken through the power of eminent domain, if they refused to sell. That’s when Ms. Kelo began her mantra, “Not for Sale.” Unfortunately, despite her strong will and her efforts to build advocacy groups to fight the plans, Ms. Kelo lost her appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005. In the landmark ruling, the Supreme Court gutted the 5th Amendment which says, in part, “Nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” The key words for this case being “for public use.” What is public use? Well, it’s much easier to understand the purpose for the clause when you consider that there are times when the government might want to undergo a public project on what has been private land, such as building a highway or a park. But how can Ms. Kelo’s land be for public use when it is being taken because a private company wants to come to town? The Supreme Court ruled that Ms. Kelo’s land and her home could be taken for the use of a private developer because the development might result in increased tax revenue and jobs. In this shocking ruling the Court destroyed the essence of property protection in the Constitution. Amidst some public outcry and the Court’s acknowledgment that the states were not barred from restricting this use of eminent domain, many states strengthened their eminent domain laws to protect private property by creating more stringent conditions on what can be considered “public use.” This is something all states should do to protect their citizens and state supreme courts should prohibit this use of this eminent domain power in their states. Both Ohio and Oklahoma have done this but Kansas has not. We should all take heed of Ms. Kelo’s story and her fight. A book about her plight was recently published, “Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage.” It’s up to common citizens to make sure that the government respects property rights; it might be your little (insert color) house next. Sarah McIntosh is the former Vice President of Programs for the Kansasbased Flint Hills Center for Public Policy. For more information or a photo of Ms. McIntosh, please contact the Flint Hills Center at information@flinthills.org or (316) 6340218. To learn more about the Flint Hills Center, please visit www.flinthills.org. PUBLISHED WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY Manhattan Free Press WINNER OF THE KANSAS GAS SERVICE EXCELLENCE IN EDITORIAL WRITING AWARD Free Press Staff Jon A. and Linda L. Brake, Publishers Jon A. Brake, Editor Linda L. 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(AP) - Cole Aldrich had 21 points, Sherron Collins added 19 and No. 16 Kansas used defense to rally from a 16-point firsthalf deficit and beat rival Kansas State 85-74 on Saturday. Coming off a last-second, 62-60 loss at Missouri on Monday, Kansas (20-5, 9-1 Big 12) dug itself out of the big early hole by creating easy shots off its defense. The Jayhawks kept it up in the second half, shooting 56 percent to reach 20 wins for the 20th straight season. Marcus Morris had 15 points and Brady Morningstar added 12 for Kansas, which has won 38 of the past 40 meetings against Kansas State. The Jayhawks are 25-1 in Manhattan since 1984. Kansas State (17-8, 6-5) fed off a rowdy crowd to build the early lead, but couldn't sustain it against Kansas' pressure defense. Denis Clemente had 26 points and Jacob Pullen added 22 for the Wildcats, who were 9-of-28 from the floor in the second half. Led by All-American Michael Beasley, Kansas State ended a 24-game homecourt losing streak to Kansas with an 84-75 victory last year, setting off a wild celebration that had the students rushing the court and the K-State players dancing on the scorer's table. Kansas State's fans were ready for a repeat - particularly after Kansas' rout in Lawrence last month - creating a charged-up atmosphere inside Bramlage Coliseum well before the opening tip. The Wildcats fed off the energy, hitting five of their first eight shots, then whipped the crowd into an ear-splitting frenzy with an 18-2 run to go up 28-13 midway through the first half. Kansas coach Bill Self nearly emptied his bench trying to find someone to provide a spark, using 11 players in the first 11 1/2 minutes. Finally, he found a combination that worked. Sparked by its defense, Kansas got out in transition to score some easy baskets, building confidence with each trip. The Jayhawks used a late 12-2 run to get back in it and ended up shooting 16of-28 from the floor to get within 43-42 by halftime. Kansas kept up its defensive intensity early in the second half, setting up a 102 run that put the Jayhawks up 63-53 at the midpoint. Part of what got Kansas in trouble early was the inability to stop Clemente or Pullen. Pullen started off by hitting two long 3-pointers to get the crowd into it, then hit another to stop a Kansas run. He hit all three of his 3-point attempts and had 13 points by halftime. Clemente tied a Big 12 record with 44 points against Texas on Jan. 31 and was feeling it again, hitting step-back 3pointers and runners in the lane. He was 4-of-6 from 3-point range and had 18 points before the break. Kansas cut down on the duo's chances in the second half, holding them to a combined 4-of-17 shooting, 16.95 2828 Amherst • Manhattan, KS • 800-365-0017 Expires 15Mar09 Expires April 10th, 2007 Kansas State’s Darren Kent gets two of his twelve points. (Photo by Ben Brake) then pulled away down the stretch. Postgame Notes • Kansas State now trails Kansas in the all-time series, 90-175... The Wildcats are 35-80 in the series at home... Their last win at home over Kansas was the historical 84-75 victory on January 30, 2008, which ended the 24-year, home court losing streak... Kansas State fell to 14-3 at home this season... Bramlage Coliseum was sold out for the second time Saturday afternoon with the attendance at 12,528. • The Wildcats’ starting line-up included sophomore guard Jacob Pullen, junior guard Denis Clemente, sophomore forward Dominique Sutton, senior forward Darren Kent and junior forward Luis Colón... Kansas State has used this line-up in 22-of-25 games, including the first 10 this season... KState has posted a 16-7 record with this line-up... Pullen has the longest active games played streak, seeing time in all 58 games in his career... He also has the longest active starting streak, along with Colón, at 25 consecutive games. • The loss on Saturday afternoon snapped the Wildcats’ six-game conference winning streak... The six-game conference winning streak tied the 2006-2007 team for the longest in the Big 12 era, while it tied three other Wildcat squads (1980-1981, 1987-88, and 2006-07) for the longest since the 1976-77 team won eight straight in league play. • Kansas State out-rebounded Kansas 29-27 on Saturday afternoon... It marked the 19th time this season that the Wildcats have pulled down more boards than their opponent... The Wildcats did grab 15 offensive rebounds, converting those into 13 second-chance points... Sophomore Dominique Sutton led the squad with six rebounds, making it the sixth time that Sutton has led the Wildcats in rebounding this season. • The Wildcats had three players score in double figures on Saturday afternoon... It marked the 20th time that the Wildcats had at least three players score in double figures, going 15-5 in those games. • Junior Denis Clemente scored in double figures for the team-best 17th time with 26 points against the Jayhawks... It also marked the 10th time he led the Wildcats in scoring this season, including six in Big 12 play... Clemente has posted double figures in 10 of the 11 league games... Sophomore Jacob Pullen also added 22 points, post- ing double figures for his team-tying 17th time... Kansas State is now 11-1 this season when both Clemente and Pullen score in double figures, while the team is 13-3 when two of its three primary guards score in double figures... Senior Darren Kent also added 12 points, scoring in double figures for the 13th time this season, including seven times in Big 12 Play. • Kansas State led for the sixth straight game at the half, 43-42... The team is now 16-2 when leading the half... During the first frame, the Wildcats shot an impressive 70.0-percent from three-point range, with Denis Clemente shooting 4-of-6 (0.667) and Jacob Pullen shooting 3-of-3 (1.000) from behind the arch... Both Clemente and Pullen put up double figures before the intermission... Clemente led all scorers with 18 points in the first half and Pullen followed by dropping 13 points of his own... Junior Luis Colón led all players with five rebounds in the opening half. • With five minutes remaining, Jacob Pullen converted the Wildcats’ first four-point play of the season to bring the game within two points at 67-65. • Senior Darren Kent dished out four assists during the contest, which tied his career-high... 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Senior adviser David Axelrod has a todie-for office next to Barack Obama's personal study, perfect terrain for a presidential pop-in. But Axelrod's domain is akin to the modest space that a branch manager at a bank might get, and his window looks out at a concrete barrier and some utility units. No matter. Location speaks volumes when it comes to White House office politics, and ever was it so. Commentator Patrick Buchanan, who served as Ronald Reagan's communications director, remembers turning down a spacious office on the second floor of the West Wing in favor of what he called a first-floor ``broom closet'' down the corridor from the Oval Office. His aides scrounged up an old window from a construction site and hung it on the wall. ``It was a great office. Dutch would come down the hall and visit me,'' Buchanan recalled last week, using Reagan's nickname. He still has the window in his garage. Location may be particularly pertinent in this administration, since Obama is known to roam the halls to chat up aides rather than summoning them for an audience in the Oval Office, one indication of the more casual atmosphere taking hold in the White House. The seating chart for Obama's West Wing is guided in part by tradition. Chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and national security adviser James L. Jones have the large corner offices on the first floor typically reserved for those positions. Vice President Joe Biden occupies the first-floor suite that also served his predecessor, Dick Cheney. And counsel Gregory Craig gets the corner office one floor above Emanuel that typically goes to the president's top lawyer. Other office assignments may offer clues into the president's governing style. For example, Obama's communications director and her deputy _ Ellen Moran and Dan Pfeiffer _ have been moved from a restricted section of the West Wing's second floor into first-floor office space that is accessible to reporters. White House aides still are settling in _ there are plenty of empty nails on the walls and boxes yet to be unpacked _ and adjusting to the cramped quarters and outdated technology. Speechwriter Jon Favreau, for one, is still angling to get a couch and a better TV in his small basement office. Like Kremlinologists looking for telling signs from the inner sanctum, those outside the White House study the West Wing floor plan to get hints about who carries the most influence. Former Clinton aide Bill Galston, who had a claustrophobic, windowless office on the West Wing's second floor during the Clinton years, said there is a yawning divide between those who get space in the West Wing and the majority of staff members who work across West Executive Drive in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. ``It's sort of like a switch with two positions: Either you're in the White House or you're not,'' Galston said. And within the West Wing, Buchanan said, ``the first floor of the White House is to the second floor as Park Avenue is to the Bowery.'' Karl Rove, an adviser to former President George W. Bush, wrote in The Wall Street Journal that Obama is cramming far more people into the West Wing than Bush ever did, and he predicts that may contribute to a ``more centralized and possibly incoherent policy process.'' He also said Obama's political director, Patrick Gaspard, was the first political director to score a West Wing office, a symbol of the administration's obsession with politics. But that assertion was incorrect. Doug Sosnik, for example, had the political director's job and a West Wing office during the Clinton administration. Sosnik said people make too much of who sits where in the White House, adding that a staff member's relationship with White House decision-makers trumps real estate in the end. ``A person's relationship is more important than office location, and that's completely underappreciated and valued by people trying to figure who's got what kind of juice in an administration,'' Sosnik said. 7A Wordscramble In The Free Press To play this game is simple. Just read each consecutive puzzle and as the words are added, the answer to the Puzzle Question becomes obvious. To understand how the game works it is best to get familiar with the basic parts of the word-puzzle. First and most Important ----The question that creates the puzzle. The Second Part--The four word answer that will come from the puzzle. The Third Part --- The word puzzle and the four answer word hints. Fourth Part --- The scrambled word group to fill in the blanks. Final Part --- Tells how to collect the Bounty Money. 1. Each puzzle is based on a question about a treasure or an adventure. 2. Each posed question will have a four word answer. (always remember the answer words will be in the puzzle just used in a different context). 3. This is a prewritten word puzzle that has had many words taken out leaving an underline in place of the removed word. The challenge is to be the first to replace the words and then answer the posed question. 4. The words to fill in the puzzle blanks are located at the bottom of the game. These words come from the prewritten word puzzle that answers the game forming question. The words are then arranged in groups depending on the number of letters in each word. Obama Wants Changes In Pay Rules By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Facing a stricter approach to limiting executive bonuses than it had favored, the Obama administration wants to revise that part of the stimulus package even after it becomes law, White House officials said Sunday. While President Barack Obama plans to sign the $787 billion stimulus bill in Denver on Tuesday, his administration will seek changes in the government's approach to executive compensation, senior Obama adviser David Axelrod said. ``We all have the same goal. We all have the same sentiment. And we want to do something that's workable, and we'll work with them to get to that point,'' Axelrod said on ``Fox News Sunday.'' 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Kelsey Nelson added 13 points from the Wildcats' bench en route to helping K-State win its 13th consecutive game at home (11-0 this season). Andrea Riley led Oklahoma State (14-9, 3-7) with 30 points. Kansas State jumped out to a 1712 lead in the opening period, but a basket from Oklahoma State's Shyvon Spears sparked an 8-2 run that put the Cowgirls ahead 20-19. Oklahoma State extended its lead to four, but Kansas State closed out the half with a 7-2 run. The Wildcats led 36-35 at halftime and extended their lead to 11 points after the break. Riley's five straight points got the Cowgirls within six. But Sweat hit two free throws with 1:07 remaining to stop the comeback. Head Coach Deb Patterson Opening statement... “First of all, I want to thank all of our fans for making such a great showing at the Pink Zone game, honoring and contributing to the cause against breast cancer and all cancers. We really had such a tremendous crowd today. To see all the pink in the house and to understand how many proceeds from the tickets and the t-shirts goes to the fight against cancer. As far as our basketball team goes, I thought again, another hardfought, quality victory against an opponent that is extremely efficient at their game. Obviously, Andrea Riley is one of the best penetrators and one of the most physical players in the league. She certainly brought her very best, especially in the second half. I was really pleased. I thought our team stepped up in the areas that we had really emphasized (in practice).” On the starting line-up today... “I thought it was the most effective answer to losing Shalee (Lehning). Obviously, you saw Jalana (Childs) step up big. She’s performing extremely well over period of time, at practice. I thought she answered the call in a very big way when her teammates needed her the most. She had a great week of practice. She really has had some very very strong showings in practice over the course of the last three weeks or so, but not nearly as dominate as this past week. She had a big time game tonight when the need was tremendous. She really had a top-drawer game today.” On how the offense was more effective today... “I think that we didn’t force the ball inside or crowd the floor quiet as much as we had (been doing). We simplified the playbook a little bit. We tried to get good at some things, tried to answer some of the problems we thought our posts were seeing with lanes being really crowded. I thought our guards did a nice job with that. I think this week in the gym was very valuable to us. We get to a point, like after the Baylor game, where you see how close you were aside from possessions that you wasted. This team has always been one that has always stepped up and put their mind and attention where they need to improve. I think it came at just the right time.” On using a bigger line-up in the future... “Based on this game, I’d be crazy not to. We’ll continue to evaluate. I think it’s really neat when you have an opportunity to work on things for a week and find a way for an individual or a couple individuals to step up. I think we did that. It really all centered on the fact that Jalana Childs stepped up and brought to the floor a really highly competitive basketball game. If we get that consistency of effort and consistency of energy, that could be a really great thing for our basketball team as we continue to compete through February and March.” Postgame Notes • Sunday’s matchup between Kansas State and Oklahoma State was the 53rd in the series... K-State took a 27-26 lead in the all-time series with the win... The win also marked the 13th straight home win for the Wildcats... Sunday’s contest was K-State’s participation in the WBCA “Pink Zone”, a national initiative to bring awareness to the fight against breast cancer... The benefactor of this initiative is the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund... The final point total of 79 points for the Kansas State’s freshman forward Jalana Childs goes high for two of her 14 points. Wildcats on Sunday afternoon was the highest since scoring 81 against Central Arkansas on Jan. 3, 2009... This was the highest output for the Wildcats in Big 12 action this season. • The Wildcats’ starting lineup consisted of: junior guard Kari Kincaid, senior forward Marlies Gipson, senior forward Danielle Zanotti, junior forward Ashley Sweat and freshman Jalana Childs... Marlies Gipson made the 105th start of her career on Sunday... Sweat has started 74 games in her career, including 69 straight... Zanotti has 61 starts and Kincaid has tallied 44 starts in her career... This was the first start of Childs’ career... Lehning missed her first start in 116 games, ending the nation’s second-longest consecutive start streak in the nation. • The attendance at Bramlage Coliseum for the contest was 6,400... This is the second-largest home crowd this season and the largest since Jan. 10, 2009 against Kansas... After 11 home games this season, Kansas State is averaging 4,473 for the season. • With the win, K-State secured its 21st 20-win season in school history and the seventh under Deb Patterson. • K-State yielded 71 points on Sunday, marking the first time since November 13, 2006 (94-79 win over Creighton) that the Wildcats have surrendered 70 or more points in a home game. It also marked the first time overall this season that K-State gave up 70 or more in a game. • Kansas State held a 36-35 halftime lead on Sunday... This is the first halftime advantage for the Wildcats since Jan. 24, 2009 at Kansas, a span of four games... This season K-State is 17-1 when holding the edge at halftime and 174-22 (.888) since the 1999-00 season when leading at the break. • The Wildcats have hit at least one 3-point field goal in 65 straight games... K-State made six threepoint field goals on Sunday This is the 16th time this season K-State has hit five or more 3-point field goals as a team. • Ashley Sweat registered 31 points, tying her career high, and nine rebounds... Sweat now ranks 22nd on the K-State all-time scoring list with 1,134 career points, moving past current assistant coach Andria Jones... This was the 20th time this season she has scored in double figures and the 62nd in her career... Sweat has now scored in 89 consecutive games, which is every game of her K-State career... Sweat also finished the day 13-of-13 from the free throw line to extend her current free throw streak to 26 straight. • Marlies Gipson finished the afternoon with 10 points... She now ranks 20h on the career scoring list at K-State with 1,158... Gipson now ranks 23rd in school history for career assists with 184 after dishing out seven on Sunday... Gipson now has scored double figures in 18 games this season and 69 for her career. Ashley Sweat (4) drives the baseline. Free Press Photos By Jon A. Brake Kelsey Nelson hits from the outside for threeeeee. Marlies Gipson get the jump shot.