Voter Reject Phillips, Hatesohl - Elect Sherow, Pepperd, Morris

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VOLUME 17, N UMBER 45
T HURSDAY, A PRIL 9, 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
C OMMUNICATORS E DITORIAL AWARD
Voter Reject Phillips, Hatesohl - Elect
Sherow, Pepperd, Morris-Hardeman
By Jon A. Brake
Manhattan voters rejected the reelection bids of Mayor Hatesohl
and Commissioner Tom Phillips.
Commissioner Jim Sherow won
re-election with the largest numbere of votes - 2,756 or 18.07%.
New to the Commission will be
Loren Pepperd a long time
Manhattan Real Estate agent.
Coming back to the Commission
will be Jayme Morris-Hardeman.
Hardeman was on the Commission
but tied with Sherow in the last
election and lost on a flip of the
coin.
Here are the results for all of
Riley County:
Riley County 2009
City/School General Elect
VOTES PERCENT
PRECINCTS COUNTED 58
REGISTERED VOTERS TOTAL
. . . . . 33,546
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL
. . . . . . . 6,496
BALLOTS
CAST
LEONARDVILLE CITY. . . 52
BALLOTS CAST - MANHATTAN CITY
. . . . 5,640
BALLOTS CAST - OGDEN
CITY
. . . . .
199
BALLOTS CAST - RANDOLPH CITY
. . . .
26
BALLOTS CAST - RILEY
CITY
. . . . .
95
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL .
. . . . .
19.36%
Manhattan City Commissioners
David D. Cook . . . 281 1.84%
Mark J. Hatesohl 2,003 13.13
Jayme Morris-Hardeman
2,316 15.19
Debbie Nuss
2,194 14.39
Loren J. Pepperd 2,398 15.72
Tom Phillips
2,294 15.04
James E. Sherow 2,756 18.07
Vincent Tracey
972 6.37
WRITE-IN
36 .24
Leonardville City Mayor
Mike Johnson
34 70.83%
WRITE-IN
14 29.17
Leonardville City Council
Vote for 3
Alicia Scofield
42 39.62%
Larry H. Wendland. 33 31.13
WRITE-IN
31 29.25
Ogden City Mayor
Jimmy Bond
102 52.04%
Kevin P. Cheney
1 .51
Roger D. Graham 52 26.53
Wayne W. Henson 41 20.92
WRITE-IN
0
Jim Sherow
Loren Pepperd
Ogden City Council
Vote for 5
Kenneth W. Carroll 125 17.81%
Sharon S. Conger
113 16.10
Aaron Crummel
94 13.39
Robert R. Pence
126 17.95
Kevin Valvo
80 11.40
WRITE-IN
164 23.36
USD 383 School Board Member
Vote for 3
Doug S. Messer 4,021 32.44%
Pete Paukstelis
3,967 32.00
Walter Pesaresi 4,286 34.58
WRITE-IN
122 .98
Randolph City Mayor
Vote for 1
Carl Friedrich.
24 96.00%
WRITE-IN
1 4.00
Jayme Morris-Hardeman
USD 384 DISTRICT 1 POSITION 4
Vote for 1
Sara Groves-Mathis
Angie Pfizenmaier.
WRITE-IN
0
24 96.00
1 4.00
Randolph City Council
Vote for 5
Donna G. Baer
18 19.57%
Bruce L. Zimmer
20 21.74
WRITE-IN
54 58.70
Riley City Council
Vote for 3
Dale Flohr
30 13.33%
Garett C. M. Gabriel
54 24.00
Natalie Hirons
34 15.11
Marion J. Schrol
52 23.11
David Shover
51 22.67
WRITE-IN
4 1.78
USD 378 Position 4
Vote for 1
Mike Pachta
WRITE-IN
235 97.51%
6 2.49
USD 378 Position 5
Vote for 1
Steve Reed
WRITE-IN
238 95.97%
10 4.03
USD 378 Position 6
Vote for 1
Daniel L. Strom
WRITE-IN
250 98.43%
4 1.57
Vote for 1
Bruce Kaump
WRITE-IN
42 93.33%
3 6.67
Tom Phillips
Vote for 1
A. G. McLean IV
WRITE-IN
33 100.00%
0
QUESTION NUMBER ONE
MANHATTAN CITY (City Pool)
Vote for 1
Yes
4,467 79.61%
No
1,144 20.39
that they will never realize and can never
be reversed.’‘
The unraveling of the case overshadowed the facts of a trial in which Stevens
was shown to have accepted thousands
of dollars in undisclosed gifts.
Sullivan appointed Washington attorney Henry Schuelke to investigate contempt and obstruction by the Justice
Department team. Schuelke is a former
prosecutor and veteran defense attorney
who oversaw a Senate Ethics Committee
investigation into influence-peddling
allegations against former New York
Sen. Alfonse D’Amato in 1989.
Sullivan said the misconduct was too
serious to be left to an internal investigation by the Justice Department, which he
said dragged its feet before investigating.
He criticized former Attorney General
Mark Hatesohl
Michael Mukasey for not responding to
complaints: ``Shocking, but not surprising,’‘ Sullivan said.
He worried aloud about how often
prosecutors withhold evidence, from
Guantanamo Bay terrorism cases to public corruption trials. He called on Holder
to retrain all prosecutors in the department.
Biographical Sketches Of Lawyers
By The Associated Press
Biographical sketches of six federal
prosecutors under investigation for mishandling the trial of former Sen. Ted
Stevens.
BRENDA MORRIS: A longtime prosecutor with the Justice Department’s
Public Integrity Section, Morris now
serves as its principal deputy. She helped
supervise the investigation into disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and has
prosecuted corruption cases around the
country. She teaches corruption investigations within the Justice Department
and is a professor at Georgetown Law
School. A graduate of Howard
University law school, she served as the
lead attorney in the Stevens trial, giving
the government’s opening statement and
cross-examining Stevens.
NICHOLAS MARSH: One of two
Public Integrity trial attorneys on the
case, Marsh handled much of the courtroom work during the trials of Alaska
lawmakers caught up in the scandal. He
has been part of numerous other public
corruption investigations, including a
scheme in Mississippi to defraud a $400
million fen-phen settlement fund. An
FBI whistleblower accused Marsh of
intentionally withholding evidence from
Stevens and sending a witness back to
Alaska during trial to prevent potentially
damaging testimony. The prosecution
team denies those accusations.
JOSEPH BOTTINI: An assistant U.S.
attorney in Alaska, Bottini was a key figure in the Stevens case. He questioned
the government’s star witness, Bill Allen,
and delivered the second half of the government’s closing argument. Much of
Allen’s testimony had been discredited.
The contempt investigation will look
into whether prosecutors knew there was
evidence of inconsistencies in Allen’s
statements but concealed it. Bottini graduated from California Western School of
Law.
WILLIAM WELCH: The chief of the
Public Integrity section, Welch supervised the Stevens case but did not participate in the trial. He has supervised every
major public corruption case brought by
the department in the last several years.
By Katie Mayes
KSU News Service
Kansas State University is inviting
everyone to campus to experience
university life firsthand, just as it has
for the last three decades.
K-State’s All-University Open
House, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
April 18, will allow visitors to experience what life is like on the K-State
campuses in Manhattan and Salina.
Exhibits, entertainment and tours
will show what each of the university’s colleges and programs has to
offer future students, as well as what
current students are learning. Open
house is free and everyone is invited.
Each college will offer an array of
demonstrations and activities, many
of them interactive and kid-friendly.
An abundance of food and entertainment also will be available.
For incoming or prospective students, college representatives will be
on hand to answer questions and provide information about the more than
250 majors and options at K-State.
Walking tours of the campus will
also leave every half hour from the
admissions booth in the K-State
Student Union. The 1 p.m. tour will
be conducted in both English and
Spanish. The residence halls, Jardine
Apartments and K-State’s fraternity
and sorority houses also will provide
information and conduct tours.
Kids can bring their “ailing”
stuffed animals to be diagnosed at
the stuffed animal clinic in Mosier
Hall or watch soda pop geyser
demonstrations outside Call Hall
every half hour from 9 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. On the ground floor of the
Union, the women’s studies program
is providing kids with gingerbread
The Fifth Annual Poetry
Recitation Festival, in honor of Enid
Stover, will be held Saturday, April
25, from 2:00 – 4:00 in the Rose
Garden of the Manhattan City Park.
Everyone is invited to share their
favorite poems from memory and
listen to others recite theirs. The
event is free and people of all ages
are invited.
Stevens Case: Lawyers Face Criminal Probe
WASHINGTON (AP) _ A seething
federal judge dismissed the corruption
conviction of former Alaska Sen. Ted
Stevens on Tuesday and took the rare
and serious step of ordering a criminal
investigation into prosecutors who poisoned the case.
`Ìn nearly 25 years on the bench, I’ve
never seen anything approaching the
mishandling and misconduct that I’ve
seen in this case,’‘ U.S. District Judge
Emmet Sullivan said.
Sullivan appointed a special prosecutor to investigate Justice Department
lawyers who repeatedly withheld evidence from defense attorneys and the
judge during the monthlong trial.
Stevens was convicted in October of
lying on Senate forms about home renovations and gifts he received from
wealthy friends.
The case cost Stevens, 85, a Senate
seat he had held for 40 years. Once the
Senate’s longest-serving Republican, he
narrowly lost to Democrat Mark Begich
soon after the verdict.
Now, the case could prove career-ending for prosecutors in the Justice
Department’s public corruption unit.
After Sullivan dismissed the case,
Stevens turned to his friends and held up
a fist in victory as his wife and daughters
broke into loud sobs.
`Ùntil recently, my faith in the criminal system, particularly the judicial system, was unwavering,’‘ Stevens told the
court Tuesday, his first public comments
since Attorney General Eric Holder
announced he would drop the case. ``But
what some members of the prosecution
team did nearly destroyed my faith.
Their conduct had consequences for me
K-State Open House
Will Be April 18th
women to decorate, and the geology
department will have a full-size cast
of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skull on display. At 10 a.m. and noon the chemistry department will put on a glassblowing demonstration in 114
Willard Hall. The department of military science will have a rock-climbing wall at the Bosco Student Plaza
all day long.
Entertainment will include the
Kansas City Marching Cobras, who
will perform at 12:15 p.m. on the
Bosco Student Plaza. Other live
entertainment will be available
throughout the day on the plaza,
including the K-State Singers, a cappella group Cadence and bands
McCoy and Kiss and Tell.
Open house also means plenty of
food as various groups will feed the
public’s hunger for both information
and good eats, like pigging out on a
pork burger at Swine Practitioners
Club booth or trying the insect cuisine to be offered at K-State’s Insect
Zoo.
For those who can’t make it to
campus, students in K-State’s A.Q.
Miller School Journalism and Mass
Communications will be producing
live reports about open house activities. The reports, which will be available twice an hour from 10 a.m. to
1:30 p.m., will be broadcast on Cox
Cable channel 8 in the ManhattanJunction City area and also will
stream live on the Internet at
http://ome.ksu.edu/webcast/live.ram
A complete list of events and
activities at K-State’s All-University
Open House is available at:
http://consider.k-state.edu/openhouse
Fifth Annual Poetry Festival
QUESTION NUMBER TWO
MANHATTAN CITY (Northview
Pool)
Vote for 1
Yes
4,000 71.76%
No
1,574 28.24
QUESTION NUMBER THREE
MANHATTAN
CITY
(Zoo
Building)
Vote for 1
Yes
3,412 61.04%
No.
2,178 38.96
W INNER OF THE K ANSAS P RESS
A SSOCIATION A DVERTISING AWARD
A former prosecutor in Springfield,
Mass., Welch prosecuted former veterans
hospital nurse Kristen Gilbert for killing
four patients by injecting them with a
heart stimulant. A graduate of
Northwestern University Law School,
Welch has been mentioned as a possible
candidate for the U.S. attorney job in
Massachusetts.
EDWARD SULLIVAN: The other
Public Integrity trial attorney in the case,
Sullivan has been part of the trial team
that won convictions of several Alaska
lawmakers caught up in the corruption
scandal. But he played a mostly behindthe-scenes role in the Stevens trial and
his role in preparing the mishandling of
evidence is unclear.
JAMES GOEKE: An assistant U.S.
attorney in Alaska, Goeke also had a
largely behind-the-scenes role in the
Stevens trial. He has been a key figure in
the prosecution of other politicians
wrapped up in the Alaska corruption
scandal.
Light refreshments will be served
and there will be certificates for all
participants. There will also be a gift
drawing. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. In case of rain, the event will
held in the auditorium of the
Manhattan Public Library. For further information, contact Martha
Seaton at 537-0936.
Shootout At Waterville
Join the The Bart Plasterson Gang,
professional re-enactors, on the
Central Branch Rails for a rootin’,
tootin’ ride to the cowboys’ town of
“Somewhere” west of Waterville.
Witness a cowboy shootout and fun
on the rails on Victorian Day in
Waterville on Saturday, April 25th
from 10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. Sunday,
April 26th, join the gang for a church
service out at “Somewhere”. Meet at
the Waterville caboose at 9:45 a.m.
or if inclement weather, the service
will be in the Waterville Opera
House. Rides to “Somewhere”
resume after the service.
Tickets for the ride will be sold at
the Waterville caboose: adults $5.00
and children $3.00. Call for informa-
Parkinson Here April 13
Kansas Lieutenant Governor
Mark Parkinson will be the guest
speaker at the April 13 meeting of
the Riley County Democratic Party.
The announcement was made
today by party chairperson Kathryn
Focke.
Parkinson was elected Lieutenant
Governor in 2006 as the running
mate of Governor Kathleen
Sebelius. Parkinson’s name has
recently been more prominent in
state political discussions since he is
slated to become Governor if
Sebelius is confirmed as Health and
Human Services Secretary by the
U.S. Senate, which failed to reach
consensus on Sebelius’ confirmation
last week before beginning a twoweek Congressional Easter recess.
“This may very well be one
of Mr. Parkinson’s last appearances
as Lieutenant Governor before he
becomes the state’s 45th governor,”
said Focke. “We are honored to
have him speak here in Manhattan.”
Parkinson, who is the former Kansas Republican Party chairman, left the GOP in 2006 to serve as
Sebelius’ running mate when thenLieutenant Governor John Moore
announced his retirement.
Parkinson entered politics in
1990, when he was elected to the
Kansas House of Representatives.
He was then elected to the Kansas
Senate in 1992, where he served one
term before becoming state GOP
chairman in 1999.
“Lieutenant Governor Parkinson
has an incredible record of working
with Democrats and Republicans on
important issues that Kansans most
care about,” said Focke. “He is a
businessman who has worked hard
for economic development, and he
has been an advocate for Kansas
schools, health care and other topics
that are important to the Kansas
economy.”
The Democrats will meet this
month at the Blue Hills Room, located in the Blue Hills Shopping Center
at the corner of Kimball and Tuttle
Creek Boulevard. Focke said a buffet will be served for $15 per person.
The Blue Hills Room will open at
6:00, and the meal will begin at 6:30.
Parkinson’s address will be at 7:00
p.m.
Advanced
reservations
are
required and must be made by 5:00
Friday afternoon with party treasurer
Katha Hurt at 776-1075.
NEWS
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MANHATTAN FREE PRESS - THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009
Obituaries
William Allen
William E. Allen (Lt. Col.
Retired), born in Ogden, Kansas, on
November 23, 1929, passed away in
his home in Wamego, Kansas, on
March 31, 2009.
William was the first child born
to William B. and Goldie A. Allen,
both were longtime residents of
Ogden, KS. He attended his first 8
years of school in a four room grade
school, then attended Manhattan
High School, via Mr. Abbott’s bus,
graduating with the class of 1947.
William then attended Kansas
State University completing a B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering while also
Dennis George
Dennis J. George, Sr., 81,
Manhattan, passed away Thursday,
April 2, 2009 in his home.
He was born December 13, 1927 at
Crosby, MN, the son of Nathan John
George and Daisy Sarah Trana
George. He grew up in Crosby,
where he attended the local schools,
and was a 1946 graduate of the
Crosby High School.
He joined the U.S. Army, shortly
after high school, and spent over 20
years in the service, being discharged
as a Staff Sergeant in August 1967.
He served during the Korean
Conflict and also had tours in Japan
and three to Germany. He was
awarded the Combat Infantry Badge,
Melody Nicholson
Melody G. Nicholson, 66, of
Manhattan, Kansas died Thursday,
April 2, 2009 at home surrounded by
family. She is survived by her husband Howard B. Nicholson, daughter
& son-in-law Dee & Gary Wileman,
son Alan Nicholson and son Stephen
Nicholson all of Manhattan, KS.
Melody was born October, 4 1942
in Houston, TX, daughter of Orville
B. Gilbert and Catherine M. (Harrell)
Gilbert. Melody attended grade
school at St. Christopher Catholic
School in Houston, TX. After surviving Rheumatic Fever, she gradu-
Ada Ella Townsend
Ada Ella Townsend, age 85, of
Manhattan, Kansas, died Wednesday,
April 1, 2009, at the Mercy Regional
Health Center in Manhattan.
She was born on June 16, 1923, in
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, the
daughter of Victor T. and Thelma
(Grant) Morgan.
During World War II she served
with the WAC in the Pacific Theater.
Ada lived most of her adult life in
Overland Park, Kansas and had been
a Manhattan resident for the past
four years, residing at Stoneybrook
Michael Weisbender I
Michael L. Weisbender I, age 71,
of Manhattan, died April 4, 2009, at
Mercy Regional Health Center in
Manhattan.
He was born August 4, 1937, in
Manhattan, Kansas, the son of A.J.
and Violet Elizabeth (Kramer)
Weisbender. He graduated from
Msgr. Luckey High School in
Manhattan.
Mike joined the United States
Navy at the age of 17 and served for
four years. He then was a journeyman lineman for Capitol Electric and
was a member of IBEW #304. For
the past 28 years he was the owner
and operator of Ole’ Mike’s Shooters
Supply and Tackle in Manhattan.
He was a lifetime member of
Seven Dolors Catholic Church, a life
member of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, National Rifle Association and
the Riley County Fish and Game
Association. He was a member of
the American Legion and a 29 year
member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
He was married to Linda L.
Wenrich on June 6, 1959. They later
divorced. He married Shirley J.
Hosler on September 6, 1987, in
Manhattan. She survives of the
home. Additional survivors include
his mother Violet E. Weisbender of
Manhattan; seven children: Kaylinda
Smith and her husband Thomas of
Las Vegas, Nevada, Debra Dubois
and her husband Ron of Deltona, FL,
Michael L. Weisbender II and his
wife Kimber of Wamego, Debra
Johnson and her fiancé Brad Butler
of Lee’s Summit, MO, Mark Muto
and his wife Resia of Junction City,
KS, Andrea Schneider and her husband Dave of Topeka, KS, and Dawn
Goscha and her husband Paul of
Manhattan; seven brothers and one
sister: Carl Weisbender of Flush,
Teresa Gunther of Manhattan, John
receiving 2nd Lt. Commission
through the Air Force ROTC, all in
May 1951. His first assignment was
to the Engine Buildup Section at Hill
A.F.B., Utah, in May 1951. Soon
after, he was assigned to UCLA in
Meteorology. Before school started,
he married Donna R. Diegleman on
August 31, 1951, in Yuma, AZ. After
two semesters and two summer
schools, he was assigned to Smoky
Hill A.F.B., Salina, KS, as a weather
forecaster. Their daughter, Danette,
was born there during this time.
Early in 1953, William was stationed
in London, England, for reassignment to Wethersfield, A.F.B. as a
weather forecaster.
While in
London, he was able to attend the
Queen’s Coronation. His wife,
Donna, eventually joined him at
Wethersfield and toured Europe by
car. The couple purchased a four
room prefab at a place called
Mushroom Farm, and bought a
Morris Minor car. Learning to drive
on the left hand side of the road was
fun.
After three fun years, they left
England in May 1956, for pilot training at Hondo A.F.B., Texas, training
in T-34’s and T-28’s. During this
time, their first son, William, was
born, and after six months, they were
stationed to Enid, A.F.B., Oklahoma,
to complete pilot training in B-25’s,
finishing fourth in his class. Once
again, reassignment took the family
to Travis A.F.B., California, where
William successfully completed his
C97 training spending three months
at West Palm Beach A.F.B. He spent
three years flying missions over the
Pacific before being reassigned to
Forbes A.F.B., Topeka, as a Staff
Weather Forecaster and also flew the
T-33. It was there that their second
son, David, was born. After two
years, he was reassigned to Moody
A.F.B, Georgia, as a Weather
Instructor and an inspector pilot. He
flew the T-37 and T-38, and became
Chief of Academic Training. After
four years, the family was reassigned
the Purple Heart and the Silver
Combat Star with five bronze clusters.
He was united in marriage to
Victoria “Vicki” M. Sumbs on
August 25, 1951 at Crosby. She survives of the home.
Mr. George had lived in Killeen,
TX from 1958 until moving to
Manhattan in 1974. Since living in
Manhattan, he had worked as a loan
manager for the Liberty Loan
Company from 1974-1982 and spent
13 years in the building maintenance
department for the City of
Manhattan. He retired in 1989.
He was a member of the Seven
Dolors Catholic Church, Knights of
Columbus Council No. 1832,
Pearce-Keller American Legion Post
No. 17 and the Lee Pierson V.F.W.
Post No. 1786, all of Manhattan.
In addition to his wife, Mr. George
is survived by two sons, Dale R.
George, and his wife, Brenda,
Lathrop, MO and Douglas E.
George, and his wife, Tina, San
Antonio, TX; two daughters,
Deborah A. Price and Doreen M.
Ray, and her husband, Charles, all of
Manhattan; 17 grandchildren; 17
great grandchildren; and one great
great grandchild.
He was preceded in death by a son,
Dennis J. George, Jr. on July 31,
2005; a daughter, Donna M. George
on November 2, 2008; his parents;
three brothers, Nathan, Jack and
Edwin George; and a sister, Violet
Dupre.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at
10:00 a.m., Monday, April 6, 2009 in
the Seven Dolors Catholic Church,
Manhattan with Father Joseph
Popelka as celebrant. Burial, with
full military honors, will follow in
the St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery,
east of Manhattan.
A Rosary was recited at 7:30 p.m.,
Sunday, April 5, 2009 in the IrvinParkview Funeral Home, Manhattan.
The family receiveed friends following the rosary. Memorial contributions can be made to the Knights
of Columbus and left in care of the
funeral home. Online condolences
can
be
sent
to
www.irvinparkview.com.
ated in 1962 from Jesse H. Jones
High School in Houston, TX and
then attended St. Mary’s Nursing
School in Galveston, TX. Melody
and her husband met at a pool party
in 1965 and were married on April
20, 1967. They lived in Houston &
Dallas, TX, South Charleston, WV,
Atlanta, GA, Carlsbad, NM and
Leawood, KS before settling in
Manhattan, KS in 1999. She was a
homemaker most of her life and
enjoyed spending time with her family. Melody will also be deeply
missed by her grandchildren, Jakobi,
Alorrah and Ewan.
Melody’s
favorite holiday was Christmas.
Because Melody was family oriented
she was also the center of the home
and coordinator of all family events.
Her most cherished times with her
grandchildren were watching movies
with them all, eating breakfast with
Ewan, having tea parties with
Alorrah and Jakobi getting to spend
the night with her at home or in the
hospital. Her hobbies also included
reading novels, watching old movies
and listening to a wide range of
music genre.
Melody the oldest of six sisters, is
survived by Michelle E. Teter of
Thicket, TX, Danielle Holloway of
Cypress, TX and Stephanie Gilbert-
Murray of Taos, NM. Some of her
most memorable times with her sisters were playing cards, singing and
cooking.
Funeral services was held at
10:30a.m. Monday, April 6, at
Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral
Home in Manhattan. The Rev. Don
Zimmerman officiated. Burial followed at Sunrise Cemetery and continue services at St. Thomas More
Catholic Church.
The family suggests memorial
contributions be made to the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation or St. Thomas
More Catholic Church, and those
may be sent in care of the funeral
home.
North Assisted Living.
She graduated from Johnson
County Community College with an
Associate of Arts degree in
Commercial Art. She was a highly
talented and creative fiber and textile
artist, showing her work at numerous
juried art shows and arts and crafts
festivals throughout the region, with
the Renaissance Festival being one
of her favorites. She shared her passion for spinning, dying with natural
dyes, weaving, knitting, embroidery,
macramé, and more by teaching hundreds of adult education classes and
workshops over the years and writ-
ing a column titled “Of Needles and
Threads” for the Johnson County
Herald. Ada was a long-time member of the Weavers Guild of Greater
Kansas City.
Ada loved books and reading and
volunteered at the Johnson County
Public Library for many years. She
also was active in the League of
Women Voters of Shawnee Mission
and with the Shawnee Mission
Unitarian Universalist Church and
Johnson
County
Unitarian
Fellowship.
She is survived by one daughter,
Joy Mills and her husband Ed of
Santa Clara, California and by two
sons: Clark Townsend of Olathe,
Kansas and Harvard Townsend and
his wife Dana of Manhattan, Kansas.
Also surviving are two brothers:
Victor Morgan of St. Petersburg,
Florida, Richard Morgan of North
Muskegon, Michigan, and five
grandchildren: Sarah, Michael and
Daniel Townsend and Morgan and
Ben Mills.
Memorial services will be held on
Saturday, May 2 at 3:00 p.m. at the
Shawnee
Mission
Unitarian
Universalist Church in Overland
Park, Kansas, with an opportunity
for family and friends to share their
memories of Ada.
On-line condolences may be left
for the family through the funeral
home website located at www.ymlfuneralhome.com
The Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen
Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue,
Manhattan, Kansas is handling the
arrangements.
Weisbender of Knob Noster, MO,
Russel
Weisbender,
David
Weisbender, Timothy Weisbender
and Richard Weisbender all of
Manhattan; 24 grandchildren and 5
great-grandchildren and one more on
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Michael was preceded in death by
his father; three children: Steven,
Mary and Angela Weisbender; and
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By Ron Wilson, director of the
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Rural Development at Kansas
State University.
What do a 65-piece orchestra,
three horses, and a one-room schoolhouse have in common? The answer
is, they represent the intersection of
interests of the remarkable couple we
will meet today. This couple´s project, called Cedar Vista, will combine
equestrian and music education in a
beautiful, rural setting.
David and Laurel Littrell are the
owners of Cedar Vista. David says he
is a city boy, having grown up as a
professor´s son in Manhattan,
Kansas. His career in music and
higher education took him to such
cities as Austin, Evansville, and
Denver, where he played cello in the
symphony.
In 1987, he returned to K-State to
join the music faculty. Today, he is
University Distinguished Professor
of Music and conductor of the KState Orchestra.
His wife Laurel is from rural
Kansas. She grew up north of
Clifton, a town of 542 people. Now,
that´s rural. She was active in 4-H
and always had horses as a child.
She and David were living in
Manhattan but Laurel was thinking
about how nice it would be to have a
place in the country. Laurel was rid-
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town in Pottawatomie County.
One day the horse she was to ride
had thrown a shoe, so with extra time
on her hands, she took a back road
back to town. She passed a "for sale"
sign and sure enough, she and David
ended up buying that place. They
now live there with three horses.
Just a half-mile from their new
home stood an abandoned one-room
schoolhouse near a former riding
arena that had been operated by the
former Manhattan Round-Up Club.
David and Laurel became intrigued
by that property. They saw how it
could be used to enhance their interests in both horses and music.
David says, "I had the audacity to
ask if they would donate the property for this purpose, and eventually
they agreed." The Round-Up Club
reconstituted itself and donated the
property for equestrian and music
education uses.
The site includes the historic
Cedar Creek Schoolhouse, a native
stone building which was built in
1885 and used as a school until 1937.
David says, "Fortunately the RoundUp Club had put on a tin roof and a
neighbor, Jerry Dixon, covered the
windows with wood.
Otherwise, the building probably
wouldn´t have survived." Pack rats
and vandals had seriously damaged
the building, although it remains
structurally sound.
David has spent more than 1,500
hours clearing brush, cleaning the
arena, and repairing and repainting
the schoolhouse. He sees the opportunity to benefit another project
called the Gold Orchestra.
The Gold Orchestra is a youth
string orchestra which originated in
1989. David says, "Some parents
twisted my arm into starting a youth
orchestra. It began with seven kids. I
thought I might do it for five weekends in one year." Instead, it proved
so successful that it continues today,
with some 65 youthful performers.
The Gold Orchestra has become
nationally acclaimed. They have performed as far away as England and
Carnegie Hall.
David´s vision is to use the schoolhouse for his orchestra camp and
music classroom. Members of the
Gold Orchestra helped David clean
the schoolhouse and pasture. In July
2008, about 30 Gold Orchestra members were able to use the newly
cleaned and painted schoolhouse for
orchestra rehearsals. The Littrells
have installed a new pump for the
well and are bringing in electricity.
Laurel is planning equine educational events which will utilize the
arena. David has built a small barn
and tackroom. Their long-term
vision includes a facility for outdoor
concerts. And what does the onetime city boy say about all this?
David says, "As soon as we moved
out here, I loved it. I would never go
back to a big city."
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three horses, and a one room schoolhouse have in common? They have
come together to create an opportunity for kids to learn. We salute
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KSU Theater Presents “The Cherry Orchard”
By: Megan Wilson
KSU News Service
The theater program at Kansas
State University will present “The
Cherry Orchard” by renowned
Russian playwright Anton Chekhov
at 7:30 p.m. April 23-25 and April
29-May 2 in Nichols Theater.
“The Cherry Orchard,” Chekhov’s
last masterpiece, combines farcical
and serious elements to present audiences with a poignant reflection on
the past and a hopeful dream of the
future. The play’s setting in Russia at
the turn of the century resonates with
the current era, with the characters,
like people today, experiencing
changes in society and international
relations.
“The Cherry Orchard” tells the
story of an aristocratic family overcome by debt and forced to auction
off their estate along with its beautiful historic cherry orchard as the
impending Russian revolution looms
on the horizon. The play was first
produced by the Moscow Art Theatre
in 1904 under the direction of
Students In Alternative
Spring Break Projects
By: Nellie Ryan
KSU News Service
Spring break 2009 was a time for
several Kansas State University students to take part in alternative spring
break community service projects
coordinated by K-State’s School of
Leadership Studies.
Three different community service
destinations were offered.
In Chicago, K-State students worked
alongside students from the University
of Kentucky to assist urban youth at
the James R. Jordan Boys and Girls
Club. The students also served at the
Greater Food Depository, packaging
more than 2,000 pounds of pasta to be
redistributed to multiple food banks
and shelters across Chicago and the
Cook County region.
For the seventh consecutive year, KState students helped provide support
to AIDS Services of Dallas, a nonprofit organization that provides medically
supportive housing to low-income people and families impacted by
HIV/AIDS. Students assisted with an
annual fundraising event. They also
helped build a new fence at the housing site.
In Phoenix, students worked with
the Welcome Home Project, a program
of the Save the Family Foundation, an
organization dedicated to help break
the cycle of poverty, abuse and homelessness. Student volunteers prepared
two homes for homeless families to
move into by painting the interiors,
cleaning and completing some exterior
work.
K-State students participating in the
alternative spring break projects, their
major, hometown and spring break
location include:
Ben Knoll, junior in arts and sciences-open option, Baldwin City,
Phoenix; Megan Schmidt, junior in
political science, Burlington, Chicago;
Anna Rogers, sophomore in microbiology and premedicine, Clyde, Dallas;
Haley Compton, sophomore in political science and pre-journalism and
mass communications, Elk City,
Phoenix; Kasi Wyatt, junior in family
studies and human services, Ellis,
Dallas.
From Greater Kansas City: Lecretia
Morrison, graduate student in architecture, Kansas City, Mo., Chicago; Ariel
Anib, sophomore in sociology and prelaw, Chicago, and Derrik Wiggins,
freshman in arts and sciences-open
option, Chicago, both from Olathe; and
Jacob Devolder, senior in biology and
pre-medicine, Dallas, and Kelsey
O’Hara, sophomore in electrical engineering, Chicago, both from Shawnee.
David Bartlett, senior in communication studies, Hutchinson, Chicago.
From Manhattan: Josiah Cox, senior
in biology and premedicine, Dallas;
Jennifer Dawson, sophomore in preprofessional elementary education,
Phoenix; Kristi Mendenhall, sophomore in family studies and human
services, Phoenix; Michael Smith,
graduate student in psychology,
Chicago; and Russell Young, junior in
information systems, Phoenix.
Amanda Bisnett, senior in management, Meriden, Phoenix; Logan Jones,
junior in family studies and human
services, Newton, Phoenix; Kate
Glanville, junior in agronomy,
Oskaloosa, Dallas; Miranda Everhart,
sophomore in microbiology and premedicine, Salina, Dallas; Valerie
Mahoney, senior in political science,
Phoenix, and Natalie Umberger, junior
in family studies and human services,
Phoenix, both from Wichita; and
Caitlin Muret, senior in mass communications, Winfield, Phoenix.
Konstantin Stanislavski, whose new
approach to a realistic style of performance paved the way for all the
variations of method acting that are
the current standard in theater, film
and television.
Charlotte MacFarland, associate
professor of theater, directs the KState production. Scenic design is by
Kathy Voecks, assistant professor of
theater. The costumes are designed
by Jason Bishop, a guest artist who
received his master of fine arts in
costume design from the University
of Washington in Seattle. He is currently based in New York and has
received numerous awards for his
designs for regional and offBroadway theaters. He also has been
a design assistant and member of the
wardrobe crew for the Broadway
shows “Jersey Boys” and “White
Christmas.”
Tickets are $8 for students, $11 for
military and $13 for the general public. They can be purchased at the
McCain box office from 11 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. weekdays or at the K-State
Student Union’s Little Theatre box
office from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday. For group
discounts, call Marci Maullar at 785532-6878. Tickets also can be
ordered by phone at 785-532-6428
during box office hours.
K-State students participating in
the production of “The Cherry
Orchard” include:
From Greater Kansas City:
Meredith Lindsey, junior in theater
and
mass
communications,
Leawood, as Charlotta Ivanovna;
Kate Hambleton, sophomore in theater, as Anya, and Meghan Newman,
senior in theater and modern languages, as Varya, both of Olathe.
Kurt Fenster, senior in theater,
Healy, as Simeonov-Pishchik;
Maurice Dokes, junior in theater,
Junction City, station manager;
Charles Sutterlin, senior in theater, as
Firs, and Ross Hasler, junior in theater, lighting design, both of
Manhattan; Lauren Perez, junior in
theater, Parsons, as Dunyasha; and
Robert Wighs, senior in theater,
Salina, as Pyotr Trofimov.
From Topeka: Dillon Artzer, sophomore in theater, as Yepikhodov;
Caroline Dittamo, sophomore in theater, assistant stage manager; Kyle
Myers, sophomore in theater, as
Gayev and Leonid Andreyevich; and
Michael Wieser, senior in theater, as
Lopakhin.
Alex Dryden, senior in theater,
Wichita, as Yasha.
From out of state: Zachery Roland,
senior in communication studies,
Longmont, Colo., as servant and
vagrant; and Mackenzie Goodwin,
junior in theater and modern languages, Omaha, Neb., as Madame
Ranevskaya.
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Thoughts From The Prairie
Easter Story for My Grandchildren
“Opa, it’s been three months since the
Christmas story and you said there was
another story for another day,” quipped
Luke. “Yes, Opa, and this is another
day,” reasoned Tate. ‘Tis another day for
sure. Drag up a beanbag and we’ll give it
a go.
When we left off with the Christmas
story, Prince had just arrived as a baby in
the manger. But remember, that old villain Coo had been the Kings chief operating officer way back in eons past, but
his beauty and power got the best of him
and he and a host of other traitors
rebelled against the King. That got him
and his traitors booted out of heaven
down to Earth where he tricked Man and
Woman into eating the poison fruit and
got them booted out of the Garden.
Man’s disobedience brought chaos on all
the earth and Man and Woman were banished from the Kingdom, never to see the
King again, right?
“Opa, you told us the King and Prince
worked out a plan and that the Prince was
in the manger getting ready to go on a
dangerous rescue mission!” That’s right!
You remembered! Well, the Prince grew
up a strapping young lad in a carpenter’s
shop and I’m sure he was a terrific woodcutter just like Levi, the Chopper. At 12
years, about Logan’s age, he stumped all
the religious leaders with His questions.
When He was about 30 years old he
began to make things happen that
appeared like magic, the kind of stuff
Anson likes to fool us with, except what
Prince did was real. He began by making
the best wine out of water when a wedding party ran out of wine.
But that was mild compared to other
adventures Prince had. You see, the
chaos from the poison fruit deal in the
Garden was still around and lots of people were sick and crippled and some had
Coo’s traitors bugging them all the time.
He opened the eyes of blind people,
straightened crooked legs, and even
touched lepers and they got well. One
day Prince came upon a crazy man who
ran around the cemetery in his birthday
suit. Prince asked Crazy, “What’s wrong
with you, man?” Crazy said, “I’ve got a
bunch of Coo’s traitors torturing me and
I can’t get them off my back!” Prince
looked around and saw a herd of pigs
nearby and said to the traitors, “Git!”
And they swooped down on the pigs and
the herd ran and jumped in the lake!
Then one night in the middle of a
storm Prince scared the living daylights
out of a boatload of fishermen by striding
up to the boat on foot! On another occasion he was asleep on a boat with the
same “brave” fishermen when they
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thought they were going to be drowned
by the storm. When they woke Him up,
He said to the wind and waves, “Be still.”
To their amazement, it immediately
became calm.
Well, do you suppose all the people
thought He was wonderful? No way! The
villain Coo was still on the loose and just
like in the garden when he teamed up
with a snake, he found some new teammates. They were the religious leaders
who didn’t like the King’s plan and
became jealous of Prince’s popularity,
especially when He rode into town on a
donkey like a king. Now Coo knew
exactly about that jealousy for he felt the
same way and kept jabbing them in their
jealousy pouch every chance he got. This
went on for about three years until the
“religious teammates” could not stand it
any longer so they drummed up false
charges and took Prince before Pilate, the
Roman ruler, for trial.
The trial lasted all night. The mob
finally got their way, and Pilate sentenced Prince to be hung on a cross. But
first Prince was beaten so bad He was not
even recognizable. Although it was
Roman soldiers that beat Prince, most
likely they were egged on by the hatred
from Coo. So, they hung Prince on a
cross and even jabbed a spear into His
side, just for good measure. And you
know what Prince did? With just about
His last breath, he looked out over the
mob and loved them! He said to the
King, “Father, please forgive them
because they don’t know what they are
doing.”
The King knew it was in the plan for
Prince to suffer and die so that anyone
who agreed with their plan could live,
but it still hurt Him so much that He
turned out the lights from noon to three
PM and jolted the countryside with a
powerful earthquake! Prince died soon
after that and a brave man took his body
and buried it in a tomb and rolled a huge
stone over the entrance. I can imagine
Coo and his traitors had a three-day celebration because they had finally gotten
even with the King and His Prince. But
just image Coo’s reaction Sunday morning when that huge stone began to move!
“No! No! This can’t be. Oh, no! The
Prince’s body is changing! It’s… it’s…
radiating so bright I can’t stand to look at
it! I can’t believe it! We had Him, but
there He goes!”
Sure enough, when some women came
to the tomb to anoint Prince’s body they
got the surprise of their life! The stone
was rolled back and all that was in the
tomb was the burial clothes! Now, just
stop and think about that for a minute.
We know when a body dies the spirit that
is the real person departs and goes somewhere. In this case, Prince himself obviously left His body, then with power
from the King transformed His own body
into a magnificent one that was not limited by time or space! And the next Sunday
He scared His brave followers, who had
locked themselves in an upstairs room,
by coming right through the wall! Then
He did it again the next Sunday!
Awesome!
For the next 40 days Prince appeared
here and there, showed the crew how to
fish then fixed breakfast and ate with
them just to prove He had a real body
like the one we’ll get one day. There is a
catch though; we have to ask the Prince
for it. A few days later, Prince took the
crew up on a hill and said to them,
“Okay, you are now in charge down here.
I’m headed back to see the King and get
a place ready for you. When we have it
completed, we’ll clear out all the contaminated solar system and bring the new
city down here so the King and I can live
with you and all the others who choose to
do so. But be alert and hang in there
because it will get rough before it’s all
over. There will be lots of folks who
don’t like the only plan the King and I
have put in place and will get mad at you
just they did at Me. But not to worry; I’ll
send you a Helper.”
Then Prince waved to the crew and
vanished in the clouds! They were so
dumbfounded they just stood there.
Suddenly two “men” in bright clothes
startled them. “Why are you just standing
there gawking at the clouds? He’ll be
back just like He said!” So, children,
that’s the Easter story. He’ll be back any
time now, but this time He’ll be riding a
white horse not a donkey! And His name
will be changed to King of Kings!
The North Korea Gauntlet
By Bruce Klingner
The Heritage Foundation,
North Korea's launch of a long-range
Taepo Dong-2 missile is a direct challenge not just to the United States but to
the international community's resolve to
confront threats to regional stability.
U.N. Resolutions 1695 and 1718 unambiguously prohibited Pyongyang from
launching a missile or "satellite." Indeed,
even the continued existence of North
Korea's missile programs is itself a violation that international timidity has
allowed to proceed unaddressed.
North Korea's defiance represents the
first foreign policy test of whether the
Obama Administration's actions will
match its strong rhetoric. President
Barack Obama and Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton have described the beginnings of a firm and principled approach
to North Korea, including the need to
impose
additional
sanctions
if
Pyongyang does not fully comply with
its commitments. The U.S. response to
North Korea's missile provocation must
send a strong signal that Pyongyang cannot continue to benefit from brinksmanship and military threats.
If the United Nations Security Council
wants to salvage any credibility for its
resolutions and to uphold the tenet of
nonproliferation, it has no choice but to
fully enforce the existing resolutions. It
must also pass a follow-on agreement
that contains stronger punitive measures
and allow the use of all tools--including
sanctions and military force--to target
North Korean and other nations' companies and government organizations that
have violated the U.N. resolutions.
Pyongyang's launch is a tangible manifestation of the continuing threat that
ballistic missiles pose to the United
States and its allies. North Korea's overflight of Japan with a Taepo Dong-1 missile in 1998 galvanized Japanese support
for missile defenses--support affirmed by
Pyongyang's attempted 2006 launch of a
Taepo Dong-2. Today's missile flight
should similarly serve as a catalyst for
the Obama Administration to maintain
efforts to deploy U.S. missile defense
systems.
Pyongyang Claims 'Satellite' Is Not
Violation
The launch is a clear violation of the
two resolutions passed by the U.N.
Security Council, which "demands that
the DPRK not ... launch a ballistic missile [and] decides that the DPRK shall
suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program [and] abandon [its]
ballistic missile program in a complete,
verifiable, and irreversible manner."
Although North Korea claimed its 1998
Taepo Dong-1 missile launch was a civilian satellite, U.N. Resolution 1695
instead assessed the event as having
"launched an object propelled by a missile.”
By characterizing the launch as a civilian satellite, North Korea is attempting to
minimize negative repercussions from
this provocative act. Indeed, China and
Russia may use this obfuscation to justify resistance to a strong U.N. Security
Council response. But mastering the difficult multi-stage capabilities of a satellite launch and ballistic missile are technologically identical: The same missile
that can be used to launch a satellite can
also deliver a nuclear warhead.
How the U.S. Should Respond
The Obama Administration and
Congress should enact a threefold
response to North Korea's blatant violation of U.N. resolutions:
1. Implement punitive sanctions.
* Demand that all U.N. member
nations fully implement existing U.N.
resolution requirements to prevent North
Korea's procurement and export of missile- and WMD-related items and technology and freeze the financial assets of
any involved North Korean or foreign
person, company, or government entity.
Any nation that does not implement the
resolution would also be subject to its
sanctions.
* Coordinate a multilateral effort of
financial, military, law enforcement, and
intelligence organizations to sanction
North Korean and other foreign companies and government entities that are
involved in North Korean missile and
WMD development and proliferation.
* Submit a new U.N. Security Council
resolution invoking Chapter VII, Article
42 of the U.N. charter, which allows for
enforcement by military means. In 2006,
China insisted that U.N. Resolutions
1695 and 1718 adopt the weaker Article
41 provisions.[2] Other measures that
should be considered are those initially
proposed by the U.S. and Japan in 2006,
including a ban on transit of North
Korean ships and planes, an embargo on
North Korean exports, and a 30-day
deadline for North Korean compliance.
* Enforce U.S. law, including Section
311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, against
North Korean illicit activities such as
currency counterfeiting, money laundering, production and distribution of illegal
drugs, and counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
It was a grave mistake of the Bush
Administration to allow Pyongyang to
dictate an abrogation of enforcing U.S.
and international laws in return for North
Korea's return to the six-party talks.
2. Continue U.S. and allied missile
defense development and deployment.
* Give U.S. Standard Missile-3 seabased missile defense interceptors the
ability to intercept long-range missiles in
the ascent phase of flight before it releases decoys that may confuse or overwhelm the defense.
* Recognize that, because long-range
missiles spend a majority of their flight
times in space, space-based interceptors
constitute the most effective and reliable
way to counter future generation missiles
that North Korea or other nations may
develop. Congress should call on the
Obama Administration to prepare spacebased missile defense interceptors by
constructing a space test bed for missile
defense.
* Call on South Korea to deploy a
multi-layered missile defense system that
is interoperable with a U.S. regional missile network. In the past, South Korea's
progressive administrations have been
hesitant to do so for fear of aggravating
Pyongyang and endangering Seoul's
engagement policy.
3. Augment non-proliferation efforts.
* Urge South Korea and China to join
the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
to better defend against North Korean
proliferation of missile- and WMD-related technology and components.
Pyongyang's assistance to Syrian construction of an undeclared nuclear reactor
showed the potential danger of nuclear
proliferation. Similarly, the U.S. invoking PSI in late 2008 to request that India
prevent a North Korean flight from
Burma to Iran shows Washington
believes Pyongyang remains an active
proliferator.
Rhetoric or Resolve?
During the presidential campaign,
then-Senator Joseph Biden prophetically
warned, "Mark my words: It will not be
six months before the world tests Barack
Obama like they did John Kennedy. ...
We're gonna have an international crisis,
a generated crisis, to test the mettle of
this guy."[3] North Korean leader Kim
Jong-il took up the challenge by launching a Taepo Dong missile.
In 2008, presidential candidate Obama
stated that "sanctions are a critical part of
our leverage to pressure North Korea to
act. They should only be lifted based on
performance. If the North Koreans do not
meet their obligations, we should move
quickly to re-impose sanctions that have
been waived, and consider new restrictions going forward.[4]
The U.S. and indeed the world now
wait to see whether President Obama's
strong rhetoric will be backed up by firm
resolve to confront North Korea's defiance of the international community. The
ramifications of Obama's response go far
beyond the Korean Peninsula. After all, it
was President Kennedy's disastrously
weak performance during a 1961 meeting with Nikita Khrushchev that inspired
the Soviet leader to engage in the Berlin
Crisis and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Bruce Klingner is Senior Research
Fellow for Northeast Asia in the Asian
Studies Center at The Heritage
Foundation. The author would like to
thank Baker Spring, F.M. Kirby Research
Fellow in National Security Policy at The
Heritage Foundation, for his advice and
suggestions.
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Zoo: Dino Day And bunny Brunch
An EGGcellent adventure awaits you
and your little dino egg hunters at Sunset
Zoo Saturday, April 11, during the Dino
Day EGGstravaganza! Roar with the
dinosaurs and hunt for the “hidden egg
stations” where you can learn a bit about
the egg-y beasts and “find” candy-filled
eggs.
Be sure to bring your camera so that
you can take photos of your friends and
family with Sunset Zoo’s own Hoppin’
Bunny! Your Dino Day EGGstravaganza
starts at noon and ends at 5 pm, when the
Zoo closes for the evening.
Bunny Brunch: The First current 250
Friends of Sunset Zoo members will be
treated to a Bunny Brunch of bagels &
donuts beginning at 11:00 am. Be sure to
show your current FOSZ card at the ticket booth and get your hand stamped-your
ticket to the Bunny Brunch. The Bunny
Brunch is a FOSZ members-only event.
Come outside & play.
Earth Day ‘09: reduce. reuse. recycle.
rock your world. Sunday, April 26
It’s a party for the planet and you are
invited to come outside & play! Join
Sunset Zoo Sunday, April 26, for the 2nd
annual Earth Day Music Festival,
“reduce. reuse. recycle. & rock your
world.”
Be one of the first 50 people to bike-in
to Earth Day at the Zoo with Bike
Manhattan and get a free 14 oz water bottle.
Register to join Gaia SalonSpa (call
539.2622) for their “Walk & Rock at the
Zoo” 4 mile walk to benefit Sunset Zoo’s
conservation programs (first 100 entries
will receive a free t-shirt and reusable
tote!) Or bring your GPS along and find
the Brownie Mystery Geocache at the
Zoo!
Every Day is a Good EARTH Day at
Sunset Zoo!
The Wamego Dutch Mill Chorus won first place in the Region 7 Sweet Adeline Chorus Competition on
Saturday, April 4th ! The ladies have placed first in the small and mid-size categories many times over more
than 25 years, but have never won first place over all16 choruses, regardless of size. The choruses in Sweet
Adeline's Region 7 include Omaha, Lincoln, Topeka, Newton, Emporia, Pratt, St. Joseph, DeMoines, North
Kansas City, Chillicothe, Sedalia and 2 choruses from Wichita. The Wamego Chorus performed a clown package of 2 songs, complete with props, somersaults, pie in the face....the whole works.
Winning first in the region gives the top chorus the opportunity to compete Internationally the following year.
The Wamego Dutch Mill Chorus will be going to Seattle in the fall of 2010. For the next year and 1/2 they'll
be busily working on a package for the International competition.
The Wamego Chorus will be performing their competition package, as well as joining the men's barbershop
chorus for several musical numbers, at McCain Auditorium next Saturday, April 11th. Tickets are $15 in
advance (785-539-4465), or $18 at the door, for a 2:00 p.m. matinee or a 7:30 evening service.
Letter:
Centennial celebration
U.S. credit unions are celebrating
their centennial year in the midst of
gloomy economic times. Many
Americans are hurting, and folks are
apprehensive about their economic
prospects.
Credit unions wish this weren’t the
case, and they are stepping in to help
whenever possible. But the current
situation is an important reminder
that credit unions themselves were
founded from adversity such as this,
and of their proud history of putting
people before profits in order to provide access to affordable financial
services to all their members.
The first U.S. credit union was created in Manchester, New Hampshire
in 1908 by immigrant textile workers. They worked 10-hour days,
seven days a week without benefits
or job security. They did not even
have access to credit, as many
believed workers of modest means to
be untrustworthy. For them, economic tension was a way of life.
St. Mary’s Bank Credit Union
changed that and made it possible for
these immigrants to finally have
access to affordable financial services. Workers and families in the community pooled their own resources to
provide low-cost loans to one another to purchase and build homes,
establish neighborhood businesses,
and meet the personal financial
needs of the community.
The cooperative business concept,
along with an emphasis on public
service through a commitment to
conservative style of banking has
allowed credit unions to be a haven
in time of national emergencies for
the last 100 years. And even in the
midst of the current market crisis,
credit unions have been repeatedly
heralded as an important source of
stability in the financial sector.
Like all credit unions, K-State
Credit Union remains committed to
helping our citizens retrieve the economic power lost during the current
crisis, and recover
homes lost
because of the mortgage market
upheaval. This is not only the reason
that credit unions exist – it is also
what they do best. And it is this
proud, 100-year tradition of being
part of the solution rather than the
problem that credit unions are celebrating today.
Angie Reed
K-State Credit Union
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Mike Lyon To Discuss His Work
By: Caitlin Muret
KSU New Service
Mike Lyon, the 2009 gift print
artist at Kansas State University’s
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum,
will have an exhibition and present at
talk at the museum.
“Figuring it Out: Mike Lyon, 2009
Friends of the Beach Museum of Art
Gift Print Artist” will be on display
at the museum from April 14 to July
19. The exhibition will feature work
by Lyon and part of his collection of
Ukiyo-e prints. He also will give a
talk about his work and the artistic
process at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April
16, at the museum. The talk is free
and the public is invited.
K-State’s gift print tradition was
started in 1934 and was an incentive
to membership in the Friends of Art.
Today, Friends of the Beach Museum
of Art members may purchase the
current print at a discounted price. At
the end of the year, the remaining
prints may be purchased by anyone
at current market price.
Lyon, from Kansas City, Mo., is an
avid collector of Ukiyo-e art, which
has inspired the print he is creating
for the Beach Museum. He described
it as a rendering of a paper doll that
one may dress up with paper clothes.
During the artistic process, Lyon
uses a computer and industrial equipment with more traditional painting,
drawing and printmaking methods.
For the Beach Museum’s gift print,
Lyon said he will print flat areas of
color, then use a ballpoint pen to
crosshatch a coarse sort of
chiaroscuro drawing.
“There’s precedent for this sort of
image in Japanese printmaking and
the printing is to be Japanese technique woodcut, so image and part of
the process echo to old Japan,” Lyon
said. “Then the drawing is to be done
by machine, following instructions
I’ve written and generated to produce the layers of hatches.”
Gift print artists, who must have a
connection to Kansas or the region,
are chosen annually by Bill North,
senior curator at the Beach.
Lyon’s exhibition is sponsored by
the Friends of the Beach Museum of
Art business partners.
For more information, contact
Martha Scott at the Beach Museum
of Art at 785-532-7718 or drop by
the museum on the southeast corner
of the K-State campus at 14th Street
and Anderson Avenue. Free visitor
parking is available next to the building. Normal museum hours are 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays;
10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and
noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. The museum is closed Mondays.
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Economy Lowers Death Toll
WASHINGTON (AP) _ U.S. highway
deaths in 2008 fell to their lowest level in
nearly 50 years, the latest government
figures show, as the recession and $4 per
gallon gas meant people drove less to
save more.
Safety experts said record-high seatbelt use, tighter enforcement of drunken
driving laws and the work of advocacy
groups that encourage safer driving
habits contributed to the reduction in
deaths.
Preliminary figures released by the
government Monday show that 37,313
people died in motor vehicle traffic
crashes last year. That’s 9.1 percent
lower than the year before, when 41,059
died, and the fewest since 1961, when
there were 36,285 deaths.
A different measure, also offering
good news, was the fatality rate, the
number of deaths per 100 million vehicle
miles traveled. It was 1.28 in 2008, the
lowest on record. A year earlier it was
1.36.
``The silver lining in a bad economy is
that people drive less, and so the number
of deaths go down,’‘ said Adrian Lund,
president of the Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety. ``Not only do they drive
less but the kinds of driving they do tend
to be less risky _ there’s less discretionary driving.’‘
Fatalities fell by more than 14 percent
in New England, and by 10 percent or
more in many states along the Atlantic
seaboard, parts of the Upper Midwest
and the West Coast, according to the
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
`Àmericans should really be pleased
that everyone has stepped up here in
order to make driving safer and that people are paying attention to that,’‘
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood
said.
In the past, tough economic times have
brought similar declines in roadway
deaths. Fatalities fell more than 16 percent from 1973 to 1974 as the nation
dealt with the oil crisis and inflation.
Highway deaths dropped nearly 11 percent from 1981 to 1982 as President
Ronald Reagan battled a recession.
The government said vehicle miles
traveled in 2008 fell by about 3.6 percent, to 2.92 trillion miles, indicating
many people adjusted their driving habits
as gas prices fluctuated and the economy
tumbled. The number of miles driven by
motorists had risen steadily over the past
three decades.
The figures are preliminary; final
numbers and state-by-state totals are
expected later in the year.
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In Alzheimer’s Tests Show When To Stop Driving
WASHINGTON (AP) _ US scientists are creating tests to show when
it is time for people with early
Alzheimer’s disease to stop driving.
It is one of a family’s most
wrenching decisions, and as
Alzheimer’s increasingly is diagnosed in its earliest stages, it can be
hard to tell when a loved one is
poised to become a danger.
Factor in that much of the country
lacks public transportation, and quitting too soon restricts independence
for someone who otherwise may
function well for several years.
``That’s a real cost to the individual and family and society,’‘ says
Jeffrey Dawson of the University of
Iowa. ``You have to have some sort
of trade-off between the individual’s
independence along with the safety
of the driver and with other people
on the road.’‘
Typically, specialists say, patients
gradually scale back their driving,
avoiding busy freeways or night trips
or
left-turn
intersections.
Alzheimer’s Association adviser Sue
Pinder, 58, recently gave up big-city
driving even though it meant fewer
visits to a daughter in Dallas.
Shortly after Pinder’s diagnosis in
2004, she signed a form designating
her husband to decide when she’ll
quit driving altogether. He gave her a
GPS system for her last birthday. It
helped Pinder navigate unfamiliar
streets when, to be near another
daughter, the couple recently moved.
``That’s helped a lot where I don’t
have to worry, I can concentrate on
my driving and not the directions,’‘
Pinder says.
Working on ways to help similar
patients, Dawson’s team in Iowa
developed an intricate behind-thewheel exam: A 35-mile (56-kilometer) drive through rural, residential
and urban streets in a tricked-out
Ford Taurus able to record just about
every action the driver takes, much
like an airplane ``black box’‘ does.
Lipstick-size video cameras were
positioned to show oncoming traffic,
too.
Researchers recruited 40 people
with early-stage Alzheimer’s who
still had their driver’s licenses to take
the road test, and compared how 115
older drivers without dementia handled the same trip.
The results, reported in the journal
Neurology, are striking. On average,
the Alzheimer’s drivers committed
42 safety mistakes, compared with
33 for the other drivers.
Lane violations, such as swerving
or hugging the center line as another
car approaches, were the biggest
problem for the Alzheimer’s drivers.
They performed 50 percent worse.
Overall errors rose with increasing
age whether or not the driver had
Alzheimer’s, an extra 21/2 mistakes
for every five years of age.
But some Alzheimer’s patients
drove just as well as their healthier
counterparts, stresses Dawson, a biostatistics professor. Here’s the key:
Researchers also checked whether
any of a battery of neuropsychological tests given beforehand accurately
predicted who would drive worse _
and some did.
Flunking simple memory tests did
not make a difference. Standard neurologic tests of multitasking abilities
did, ones that assess if people’s cognitive, visual and motor skills work
together in a way to make quick
decisions. Examples include showing patients geometric figures for a
few seconds and having them draw
the shape from memory, or drawing
paths between a sequence of numbers and letters.
Alzheimer’s patients who scored
average or better on those types of
written tests were likewise no worse
behind the wheel than other older
drivers _ but those who scored worse
than average tended to commit about
50 percent more errors on the road,
Dawson says.
More research is needed but the
ultimate goal is an easy doctor’soffice exam to help guide when
patients should give up the car keys.
About 600,000 elderly adults stop
driving for some health reason every
year, according to the National
Institute on Aging. But there’s little
clear guidance for the roughly 2 million people estimated to be in
Alzheimer’s early stages, and the
disease is poised to skyrocket in two
decades as the population grays.
States have varying laws on when
aging drivers must pass a road test
for a license renewal, but they seldom address specific diseases;
California requires reporting of
Alzheimer’s diagnoses so driving
can be assessed. The Alzheimer’s
Association tells families warning
signs of unsafe driving.
by the highly-respected forecasting
firm SAIC and commissioned by the
American Council on Capital
Formation projected the economic
impact of last year’s version of capand-trade for Kansas. They found
that by 2020, with the bill in effect
just 8 years, we would have: 11,090
to 16,690 fewer jobs, $947 to $3,069
in lower annual disposable income
per household, an annual hit to
Kansas economy of between $1.31
billion and $1.82 billion, and much
higher energy prices — 21 percent to
67 percent higher for gasoline and 31
percent to 39 percent higher for electricity. The study also found that
lower-income families — people
who are least able to absorb higher
energy costs — will be the hardest
hit.
Those numbers are the impact of
last year’s Lieberman-Warner version. We don’t have number yet on
Obama’s new proposal, but it is more
extreme and would be even more
expensive.
These astonishing economic costs
are not an unfortunate side effect of
the bill — they are its intended purpose. President Obama himself
explained that passing costs on to
consumers is an important part of his
plan when he explained to the San
Francisco Chronicle last year:
“Under my plan of a cap and trade
system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket… whatever the
plants were, whatever the industry
was, they would have to retrofit their
operations. That will cost money.
Deep Cuts, New Chances
For Cos. In DOD Budget
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Defense
Secretary Robert Gates’ proposed budget
would cut back some of the industry’s
largest deals, from a big upgrade of Army
fighting units to contracts for new cargo
planes and stealth destroyers.
Gates said Monday the Pentagon’s
weapons strategy will focus on equipment that can be used against the insurgencies and irregular threats faced in
places like Afghanistan, rather than older
programs designed for conventional
wars. He also expressed skepticism over
some programs with newer, yet unproven
technology, like elements of the plan to
build a shield from missile attacks.
For the defense sector, which in recent
years has posted big profits from a rapid
run-up in military spending, the new
focus was a mixed message. Big programs appear to be in jeopardy, but others may be built up under Gates’ plan.
``This budget represents an opportunity, one of those rare chances to match
virtue to necessity, and ruthlessly separate appetites from real requirements,’‘
Gates said of his $534 billion spending
plan for the 2010 fiscal year.
Many defense stocks jumped Monday
even as the broader market fell. Shares of
Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop
Grumman Corp. each rose nearly 9 percent. Analysts said the big gains, which
occurred as Gates made his early afternoon speech, were likely because the
budget cuts were not as bad as some
investors had anticipated.
``People were fearful there was some
sort of Armageddon headed for the
defense budget,’‘ said Carter Copeland
of Barclay’s Capital.
But some companies would lose big
programs, like Lockheed Martin’s contract to build a new helicopter for the
president, which at $13 billion is way
over budget and behind schedule.
General Dynamics Corp. could lose out
if Gates’ plan to cut armored vehicles
from the Army’s Future Combat Systems
modernization program goes through.
Other contractors would see programs
halted short of their hopes:
_Boeing would not make any more C17 cargo planes and saw its missile
defense plans pared back as Gates seeks
to trim $1.4 billion from the overall missile shield program.
_Lockheed Martin would stop at 187
F-22 fighter jets priced at $140 million
each.
_Northrop Grumman and General
Dynamics would not make more than
three of the new DDG-1000 destroyers
for the Navy.
Programs in development also would
be scrapped, like plans to build a new
search-and-rescue helicopter sought by
Boeing,
Lockheed
and
United
Technologies Corp. Lockheed and
Boeing’s competition for the $26 billion
transformational satellite, known as
TSAT, also will be ended.
While Gates’ plan includes plenty of
cuts, analysts say it also provides new
opportunities for the defense companies.
``The contractors will adapt,’‘ said
James McAleese, a defense industry analyst.
Lockheed’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
program would be accelerated as the F22 production line ends. Gates said he
would want two more satellites made by
Lockheed even though TSAT would be
dropped. The Navy would buy more of
General Dynamics’ and Lockheed’s littoral combat warships that operate close
to shore.
Other potential gains include:
_Boeing and Northrop again having
the chance to bid on the long-delayed
$35 billion Air Force refueling plane
contract, which Gates wants to reopen
this summer.
_Helicopter makers like Sikorsky getting a chance to build the new Marine
One presidential helicopter if Lockheed
loses it.
_The Army still needs the tanks and
armored vehicles General Dynamics
makes for the service’s Future Combat
Systems program.
Rootin’, Tootin Shootout
Join the The Bart Plasterson Gang, professional re-enactors, on
the Central Branch Rails for a rootin’, tootin’ ride to the cowboys’
town of “Somewhere” west of Waterville. Witness a cowboy
shootout and fun on the rails on Victorian Day in Waterville on
Saturday, April 25th from 10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, April
26th, join the gang for a church service out at “Somewhere”. Meet
at the Waterville caboose at 9:45 a.m. or if inclement weather, the
service will be in the Waterville Opera House. Rides to
“Somewhere” resume after the service.
Tickets for the ride will be sold at the Waterville caboose: adults
$5.00 and children $3.00. Call for information at 785-363-2343
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Guest Editorial:
Cap-and-Trade Tax Hike Will
Slam Kansas
By Derrick Sontag
and Phil Kerpen
The surprise revenue source to pay
for much of the Obama budget is
something known deceptively as
“climate revenues,” also known as
“cap-and-trade.” What cap-andtrade really means is tax-and-spend
— at an unprecedented level and
with
sweeping
consequences
throughout the economy, both
nationally and here in Kansas. It’s
the worst kind of tax hike — a hidden tax hike, hidden behind a complex regulatory scheme that only
adds to the cost.
The size of the tax is a mystery —
companies know they have to pay a
tax, but nobody knows what the tax
rate is because companies will be
forced to bid at auction for the government to allow it to use fossil
fuels. The Obama budget initially
slated the cap-and-trade tax to generate approximately $646 billion in
revenue to the federal government
over eight years. More recently
however, the deputy director for the
White House National Economic
Council, Jason Furman, reported that
the tax scheme would actually raise
two-to-three times that much, running upwards of $1.3 to $1.9 trillion.
The truth is nobody knows how
much this will cost, and that’s part of
the problem.
We do know the impact on our
economy here in Kansas would be
staggering. An analysis conducted
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They will pass that money on to consumers.”
What makes these costs even
worse is that they don’t buy us anything of value on the environmental
side. Cap-and-trade is already failing to reduce emissions in Europe.
And even if emissions targets are
met, climate models show that the
reductions would have no discernible
effect on global average temperature. The National Center for
Atmospheric Research found that the
Kyoto Protocol would reduce global
average temperature 0.07 degrees
Celsius in 50 years and 0.15 degrees
Celsius in 100 years.
Feel good symbolism is not worth
trillions of dollars in higher energy
taxes. Climate change can only be
effectively addressed with the luxury
of wealth that a free-market provides. That’s why it would be such a
mistake to impose a cap-and-trade,
tax-and-spend scheme that would
only undermine our prosperity. This
will ultimately be decided in the U.S.
Senate, and we can only hope that
Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat
Roberts remain steadfast opponents
of cap-and-trade, and successfully
make the case against it to their colleagues. The health of our state and
national economies may depend on
it.
Derrick Sontag is Kansas state
director and Phil Kerpen is national
director of policy for Americans for
Prosperity.
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Spring Practice: Snyder Talks Kansas State Football
By Mark Janssen
What are the most dreaded letters
out of the 2009 off-season Kansas
State training camp?
Without hesitation, Wildcat players from offense, to defense, to special teams say, “PI.”
Defined, that’s “Price Of
Irresponsibility.”
Further defined, that’s “... something you don’t want to be involved
with,” laughed senior tackle Nick
Stringer. “It’s missing classes, missing study hall, being late for meetings ... just not taking care of what
you need to be taking care of.”
And if you don’t, there’s a 5 a.m.
wake-up call, followed by a 6 a.m.
workout at the stadium.
That’s a.m. ... as morning ... as in,
before the sun’s up.
Quarterback candidate Joseph
Kassanavoid said he’s “heard” it’s a
terrible workout, but added, “It’s
what coach (Bill) Snyder is all about
in being a perfectionist and wanting
the most out of a person.”
And it’s that, which the Wildcat
players of today say, is the biggest
difference than a year ago under
coach Ron Prince.
“Coach is making us do things that
we could have done last year, but
didn’t,” said returning defensive end
Brandon Harold. “With coach, being
tired is a mind set. He has the ability
Mark Janssen
to extend your limits beyond what
you feel you can do. I wouldn’t say
it’s more professional, but it’s far
more demanding.”
That was especially found to be
true in the initial workout where
Brandon Banks said, “The whole
team nearly passed out.”
The miniature wide receiver then
said, “It’s much more intense.
Everything is at full speed. You get
done with one drill and you sprint to
another. It’s made the entire team
more motivated to succeed.”
Kassanavoid called the workouts
“80 percent” tougher than last year,
and added that it’s made for a higher
level of “family attitude.”
Quarterback Carson Coffman
added, “Like no other coach, coach
Snyder pulls the absolute best out of
you. He demands higher than you
think you can go.”
Beyond the workout field, Lamark
Brown said the biggest Prince to
Snyder change has come with “...
how he expects us to conduct ourselves, which starts with how we
come into the complex (without caps
and without earrings). There’s more
accountability, which has made us a
more cohesive team.”
Oh, is Snyder too old for the
coaching profession?
Not so, says linebacker Josh
Berard: “He’s brought an enthusiasm, high energy, focus and love for
the game.”
And overall, Banks said of
Snyder’s presence, “He’s a legend.
You look up to him.”
SNYDER ON THE ‘CATS:
Snyder called the out of season
program “fairly extensive” with the
sessions designed to improve on the
“intrinsic values” of the team.
Yes, the Wildcat coach has not
changed from his first 17-year stay
as football coach. The intrinsics.
“My message has been centered
around the discipline that needs to be
a part of what we do as a program,”
said Snyder. “Great emphasis was
placed on leadership with a great
emphasis put on hard work and effort
beyond what they may feel they are
capable of doing.”
Snyder said the team has been
“receptive,” but with inconsistencies
going from some good days to some
bad days.
As opposed to lifting mountains
and running faster than a speeding
bullet, Snyder said the emphasis was
placed on movement and developing
the capacity to change direction with
quickness.
Kansas State culminated the offseason program on Thursday with
the “Cat Relays,” which includes a
series of strength and conditioning
drills that are scored in the weight
room and on the field.
Snyder was not specific in what
players are lifting and how fast
they’re running team-wide, but only
said, “They have not been overwhelming. They were rather average.
Was there an improvement made
over a period of time? I would say 72
to 78 percent improvement in those
things you measure with a stopwatch
or by weight.
“So yes, there was some progress,
but was it as rapid as I would like ...
no,” Snyder said. “Was it as complete as I would like ... no, but yes
there was some progress.”
POSITION CHANGES:
For now, only Lamark Brown
going from running back to wide
receiver is the lone position change
entering spring drills.
Snyder, however, did say, “I suggest there will be others.”
As a coaching staff, Snyder said,
“We constantly are asking, ‘Would
this young man be better suited here,
or there?’ “
But in the end, he said, “We’re not
going to force a position change. At
the end of the day it is the decision of
the player.”
QUESTIONS:
Asked about questionable areas on
the team, Snyder quipped, “How
many players do we have on the
team? Eleven on each side of the
ball, plus our special teams?”
And what’s why Snyder likes
spring practice: “We have a chance
to formulate some of those answers.
We may not like the answers, but
nevertheless, we can formulate some
(answers) pretty quickly.”
(Editor’s Note: Mark Janssen’s
writings on Kansas State athletics
can be found on a daily basis at
New WNBA Format Could Affect Lehning, Gipson
By Mark Janssen
The National Football League
Draft is garnering the most attention
this month, but don’t tell that to
Kansas State women’s basketball
standouts Shalee Lehning and
Marlies Gipson.
Where they might be spending the
summer months will be decided on
April 9, when the three-round
Women’s National Association
League Draft takes place in
Secaucus, N.J.
According to draft sites, the 5foot-9 Lehning is projected to be a
second-rounder, while the 6-foot
Gipson is listed as a candidate for the
third round.
For both Wildcats, the timing is
unfortunate.
“This is a very intriguing draft
year because the league has lost a
team (Houston), plus the roster size
of the remaining 13 teams is being
reduced from 13 to 11,” said K-State
coach Deb Patterson. “What that
means is that there are 39 players
floating around who are free agents
and competing for existing roster
spots, plus the players entering via
the draft.”
According to WNBA Draft Net,
Lehning’s scouting report looks like
this:
Strengths: Has quickly become
one of the better playmakers in the
nation; excellent in transition and in
the open floor; great court vision,
finding teammates with ease; strong
rebounder for a player at the guard
position; standout leader who usually makes mature, smart decisions;
good slasher; strong build; scrappy
defensively.
Weaknesses: Sometimes forces
action offensively, at times to her
teams disadvantage; over aggression
on defense can sometimes lead her to
create silly fouls, especially early in
the games; needs to work on outside
shooting a bit, especially from three;
needs to more aggressive and consistent on offense.
“Realistically, Shalee has the
opportunity to be drafted, but is that
a guarantee? No,” Patterson said.
“This is a league where point guards
will always be a need. In my mind,
there’s no question that if she gets an
opportunity to join a veteran camp,
she has the talent to impress.
“She’s not a gifted athlete relative
to the athletes we see in this league,
but she brings great leadership and
offensive abilities as a point guard,”
Patterson said. “The area where she
will have to prove herself in a training camp will be on defense. But
does she have that needed ability to
make teammates better? Definitely.”
Lehning finished her K-State
career No. 1 in all-time assists, No. 4
in rebounding, and No. 5 in steals
and No. 19 in scoring.
The Big 12 co-Player of the Year
and honorable mention all-America
selection is the only player in Big 12
history to record at least 1,000
points, 900 rebounds and 800 assists.
WNBA Draft Net sees Gipson as
this type of player:
Strengths: Very versatile; can
shoot from most spots on the floor,
even three; excellent footwork down
low in the post; strong rebounder;
steady defensive presence with solid
shot blocking skills; strong defender
who excels in blocking shots; good
free throw shooter; a very smart
player.
Weaknesses: Sometimes doesn’t
finish well with contact; may need to
work on her speed just a little bit;
bad in late shot clock positions;
needs to work on decision making as
far as when to shoot; needs to work
on staying aggressive offensively.
“Marleis is an intriguing player
because she has all that athletic ability, but is undersized for her position,” Patterson said. “If a 6-2 fourplayer? No question. Then you’re
talking about a second-round draft
pick. But she’s 5-11 or 6-0.”
Gipson finished her career No. 1
in blocked shots, No. 3 in all-time
rebounding and No. 13 in scoring.
The shortest player to rank among
the top 10 shot blockers in the nation,
Gipson was third in the Big 12 and
20th in the nation.
Patterson said she has fielded
WNBA calls on both players, but
fully understands coaches all over
the country are taking the same type
of calls.
Patterson said that first-round
choices have a “fairly high chance”
of making a roster, second rounders
have a “moderate chance” and “it’s
really tough” for third-round selections.
Still listed on WNBA rosters from
K-State are Nicole Ohlde with the
Phoenix Mercury and Laurie Koehn
with the Washington Mystics.
Patterson also said that 2008 graduate Kimberly Dietz still has an
interest in playing professionally
after rehabbing an injured knee for
the last year.
(Editor’s Note: Mark Janssen’s
writings on Kansas State athletics
can be found on a daily basis at
kstatefans.com.)
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Student-Athletes Honored At Annual Banquet
KSU Sports Information
MANHATTAN,
Kan.
–
Outstanding Kansas State studentathletes representing each of the
school’s 16 varsity sports who balanced athletics and academics during
the 2008-09 academic school year
were honored at the 13th annual
Mark A. Chapman Recognition
Ceremony for Student-Athletes
Tuesday night.
Student-athletes who achieved at
least a 3.0 grade-point average and
those with a fall semester or cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above were recognized along with those who were
named first or second team
Academic All-Big 12 Conference or
CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-America or AllDistrict selections.
More than 220 K-State studentathletes were eligible to attend the
ceremony based on their academic
merit or academic progress.
Alex Umberger (track and field)
and Lekesha Pointer-Allen (track
and field) were this year’s recipients
of the Bob and Lila Snell Award of
Excellence and Effort, recognizing
the outstanding male and female student-athletes who improved their
academic standing through sustained
effort and commitment to learning.
Beverly Ramos of the women’s
cross country team was honored with
the Gina Sylvester Memorial Award.
The award recognizes an Arts &
Science student who has progressed
toward graduation and used the
advising system to overcome challenges.
Chris Merriewether (men’s basketball) was the recipient of the Veryl
and
Fern
Switzer
Campus
Leadership Award. The award recognizes a student-athlete who is
involved in student organizations
and multicultural affairs, demonstrates leadership on a team and on
campus, and is active in community
service.
Alyssa Freeman of the equestrian
team was awarded the Scholastic
Achievement Award, which recognizes a senior letterwinner with the
highest cumulative grade-point average in undergraduate work. Freeman
has recorded a 4.0 GPA in marketing.
Katerina Kudlackova (women’s
tennis), Jennifer Jantsch (volleyball),
Heather Hoffman (rowing) and
Danielle Zanotti (women’s basketball) were honored with the
Counselor Recognition Award. The
award recognizes student-athletes
who showed outstanding academic
achievement throughout their careers
at Kansas State.
The Kansas State Scholar-Athlete
Award, which recognizes the outstanding senior male and female student-athletes for the 2008-09 year,
was given out to three individuals as
Shalee Lehning (women’s basketball), Loren Groves (track and field)
and Scott Sellers (track and field)
each were honored.
have also implemented a vast
amount of our offense and defense,
which has challenged their learning
and retention capabilities. They have
done reasonably well with that, but
greater tests await them.”
The Wildcats have also put a focus
on the kicking game so far in workouts and continued their emphasis on
daily improvement both on and off
the field.
“We have also spent a great deal of
K-State Completes Sweep
With 5-3 Win Over Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. – Kansas State
finished off a historic sweep of
Nebraska on Saturday as the
Wildcats defeated the Huskers, 5-3,
at Hawks Field. With the win, KState improved to 24-8 overall and 54 in Big 12 play, while Nebraska fell
to 16-14-1 and 4-8 in conference
action.
The victory provided the Wildcats’
first three-game sweep over
Nebraska since 1974. It was also the
first time the Huskers had been
swept at home since 1997, including
the first in the eight-year existence of
Hawks Field.
Adam Muenster, Justin Bloxom
and Jason King each went 2-for-4
and combined to drive in four of the
Wildcats’ five runs. Bloxom led the
way with two RBI for his team-best
11th multi-RBI game of the season.
King, who came into the weekend
with no triples in the first 84 games
of his career, hit his second of the
series.
The win was credited to senior
pitcher Todd Vogel, who threw 3.1
innings in a predetermined start. The
right-hander allowed one run on five
hits, did not issue a walk and struck
out three batters. Sophomore lefty
Thomas Rooke allowed two runs in
4.1 innings of relief, but put an end
to a Nebraska threat in the fourth that
set the tone for the rest of the game.
Freshman closer James Allen
recorded his fifth save of the season
and his second of the series as he
allowed one hit and struck out one in
the ninth inning.
Nebraska’s Casey Hauptman (2-2)
took the loss as he surrendered three
earned runs – all of which came in
the first inning – on five hits with a
walk and three strikeouts.
Just as it did to start Friday’s double-header, Kansas State tallied a
multi-run inning in the first frame of
the game. The first three Wildcat batters – Muenster, Carter Jurica and
Griffin Turning Pro
By The Associated Press
Blake Griffin's coach called it a nobrainer for the Oklahoma forward to
leave for the NBA.
Griffin will give up his final two seasons of eligibility after the sophomore
was honored by The Associated Press
and several other groups as college basketball's player of the year.
`Ìt wasn't a decision to really debate
because it's the right one, and it's the best
thing for Blake,'' Sooners coach Jeff
Capel said, sitting alongside Griffin at a
campus news conference.
Arizona junior forward Chase
Budinger is also headed to the NBA. Two
star SEC junior guards _ Kentucky's
Jodie Meeks and South Carolina's Devan
Downey _ have declared for the draft
without hiring an agent, leaving the
option of returning to school.
Nick Martini – loaded the bases on a
single up the middle, a walk and a
bunt single. Bloxom laced a single
into center field to score Muenster
and when center fielder D.J. Belfonte
bobbled the ball, Jurica came around
to score.
King followed by hitting an 0-2
pitch back up the middle to score
Martini and give the Cats a quick 30 lead.
Hauptman settled down and retired
18 of the next 19 Wildcat hitters to
keep Nebraska in the game, and his
offensive mates responded with two
runs over the fourth and fifth innings.
The Huskers produced three straight
one-out singles in the fourth, the latter by Jeff Tezak, to score one run
and knock Vogel out of the game.
Rooke came in and forced a ground
out and struck out Boomer Collins to
minimize the damage and keep the
game 3-1.
Cody Neer led off the Husker fifth
with a double down the left field line,
moved to third on a ground out and
scored on a Kyle Bubak sacrifice fly
to get NU within 3-2.
Hauptman retired his 11th-straight
batter for the first out of the seventh
before Rob Vaughn reached on an
error by Husker third baseman Jake
Mort. Vaughn moved to second on a
sacrifice bunt by Dane Yelovich,
who would be the final batter for
Hauptman. Eric Bird came on in
relief to face Muenster, who gave the
Wildcats some insurance on a single
into center field to score Vaughn and
build the lead to 4-2.
The Cats put up another run in the
eighth when Bloxom blasted a solohome run to right field against a
howling wind. The homer was the
first by either team in the series.
Nebraska closed the gap as it
scored a run in the eighth inning
when Bubak walked with one out
and came around on Adam Bailey's
single up the middle to make the
score 5-3.
The Huskers made it interesting in
the ninth as Collins was hit by a pitch
from Allen with two outs followed
by an infield single from Neer, putting the tying runs on base. But Allen
struck out pitch-hitter Cade
Thompson to preserve the sweep.
Nebraska, just like K-State, also
had a trio of players go 2-for-4,
including Bailey, who drove in one
run.
The Wildcats’ next action is a
home conference series against
Texas A&M, beginning Thursday,
April 9, at Tointon Family Stadium.
Thursday is Quarter Hot Dog Night
at the stadium, while it’s also a Triple
Play Weekend. Fans who purchase
tickets to Thursday’s and Friday’s
game will receive free admission to
Saturday’s series finale. Please check
www.k-statesports.com for more
details.
Bob and Lila Snell Award
Lekesha Pointer-Allen
Scholastic Achievement Award
Alyssa Freeman
Bob and Lila Snell Award
Alex Umberger
ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-American, 2008-09
Shalee Lehning
Jeron Mastrud
Scott Sellers
Veryl & Fern Switzer Campus
Leadership Award
Chris Merriewether
Counselor Recognition Award
Heather Hoffman
Gina Sylvester Memorial Award
Beverly Ramos
Scholar-Athlete Award
Loren Groves
Shalee Lehning
Jennifer Jantsch
Katerina Kudlackova
Danielle Zanotti
2008-09 Kansas State Academic
Banquet Awards
ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-District VII, 2008-09
Kelsey Chipman
Megan Farr
Marlies Gipson
Spring Football Report
The Kansas State football team has
completed the first two of its 15
spring workouts and head coach Bill
Snyder has been pleased with what
he has seen so far from his squad.
“I have been somewhat pleased
with the progress from practice one
to practice number two,” Snyder
said. “The majority of time is being
spent on fundamentals and both
practices have been without pads due
to NCAA rule requirements. We
Scott Sellers
Loren Groves
Tysyn Hartman
Jennifer Jantsch
Beverly Ramos
Abbi Sunner
Ashley Sweat
time with the kicking game,” Snyder
added. “As is true with both offense
and defense, the kicking game is at
best somewhat inconsistent after the
first two days.”
“The players’ attitudes have been
positive as they attempt to enhance
their work habits. As was true during
the out of season program, there is
still great emphasis being placed on
intrinsic values and the capacity for
daily improvement and strict focus
during meetings and practices. The
coaching staff is constantly evaluating players in terms of those intrinsic
values as well as their techniques and
performance levels.”
Kansas State will conclude spring
drills on May 2 with the annual
Purple and White game. Kickoff is
set for 3 p.m. at Bill Snyder Family
Stadium.
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Kansas Legislators Pass New Anti-Abortion Bill
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Anti-abortion legislators in Kansas pushed
through a bill Friday to step up
enforcement of restrictions on lateterm abortions, and some critics saw
it as an attempt to embarrass Gov.
Kathleen Sebelius.
Sebelius is awaiting U.S. Senate
confirmation as federal secretary of
health and human services, and the
strongest opposition to her appointment has come from abortion opponents. She has a long record of supporting abortion rights.
The Kansas Senate approved the
bill 25-11, hours after the House
passed it 82-43. Senators acted without having a hearing or vote in committee, and although many saw the
issues as familiar, some complained
the bill was rushed.
``These are new issues to me,’‘
Sen. Kelly Kultala, a Kansas City
Democrat elected last year, said
when the debate started. ``This is the
first time I’ve seen this bill, and it
landed on my desk five minutes
ago.’‘
The bill’s supporters said they’re
simply trying to ensure that existing
restrictions on late-term abortions
are followed.
``The bill holds doctors accountable,’‘ said Sen. Mary Pilcher Cook,
an
anti-abortion
Shawnee
Republican.
The Legislature has until April 13
to proofread the bill and deliver it to
Sebelius, and she’ll have 10 days,
perhaps until April 23, to decide
whether to sign it. Meanwhile, the
U.S. Senate doesn’t return from its
Easter recess until April 20.
Asked what Sebelius would do,
spokeswoman Beth Martino said,
``The governor will carefully review
this bill, as she does every bill.’‘
Abortion foes have said they suspect a desire for a smoother confirmation led Sebelius to sign another
anti-abortion bill last week. The new
law will require doctors who use
ultrasound and monitor fetal heartbeats to allow patients to see the
images or hear the sound at least 30
minutes before an abortion.
Sebelius said she found no constitutional flaws, unlike past anti-abortion measures.
The latest bill is tougher, imposing
stricter reporting requirements on
doctors who perform late-term abortions. Also, if a woman or girl comes
to believe her late-term abortion was
illegal, she, her husband or parents
could sue the doctor for damages.
Sebelius vetoed a similar bill last
year, but it also included provisions
to allow patients or others to seek a
court injunction to stop late-term
abortions beforehand.
``The anti-abortion, pro-life folks
have not gotten any traction in her
confirmation hearings,’‘ said state
Sen. Pete Brungardt, a Salina
Republican and committee chairman
who has kept a similar bill bottled
up. ``This would give them another
daily story.’‘
Supporters said the timing of the
votes had nothing to do with
Sebelius’ pending confirmation for
the HHS job.
Some noted that legislators broke
Friday for their annual spring break
and won’t return until April 29 to
wrap up business for the year.
Sending the bill to Sebelius now
ensures they have time to respond to
a veto, they said.
Rep. Lance Kinzer, an Olathe
Republican who shepherded the bill
through the House, said anti-abortion
legislators had assumed Sebelius
would be confirmed this week.
``We’re concerned about getting it
done quickly primarily because
we’re running out of legislative
time,’‘ he said.
The measure arises from disputes
involving Dr. George Tiller, whose
Wichita clinic is one of the few in the
U.S. that perform late-term abortions, including when the fetus is
viable. Such abortions are targeted
by Kansas law.
The Kansas Department of Health
and Environment released statistics
Friday showing 192 abortions were
performed at the 22nd week of pregnancy or later last year when the
fetus was viable. That’s 14 percent
more than the 168 performed in
2007.
But overall, abortions in Kansas
declined slightly, from 10,841 in
2007 to 10,642 in 2008. And both
abortions and those on viable fetuses
have dropped significantly since
2002.
Kansas law says abortions on
viable fetuses are allowed when a
woman or girl faces death or ``substantial and irreversible’‘ harm to `à
major bodily function,’‘ which has
been interpreted to include mental
health. Doctors must file reports on
such abortions with KDHE.
The department has said doctors
need only say a patient faced death
or substantial and irreversible harm,
while anti-abortion groups believe
Tiller and other providers should be
spelling out their medical diagnoses.
They believe Tiller does not have
legally sufficient reason for some
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Saturday for the Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Geary, Riley, and
Pottawatomie/ Wabaunsee counties.
The event, which was held at Rock
Springs 4-H Center in Junction City,
was designed to provide children and
adults in the BBBS mentoring program an opportunity to spend the day
together and foster friendships.
Each of the 27 “bigs” and “littles”
participated in several group activities, including teambuilding exercises on the low-ropes adventure
course, archery and learning how to
use non-verbal communications to
accomplish team goals, among others. In addition to the day’s activities,
participants also received a T-shirt,
continental breakfast and sack lunches, compliments of the FHRL
Program.
Graduates of the 2008-2009 Flint
Hills Regional Leadership Program
were Trent Armbrust, Project
Coordinator, KSU College of
Veterinary Medicine; Scot L. Bird,
Supervisor Deployment Specialist,
Fort Riley; Linda Corbett, Financial
Officer, Living Word of Christ
Church; Buck Driggs, Office
Manager, HWS Consulting Group;
Rene Eichem, Executive Director,
Kansas
Rural
Communities
Foundation
and
Wamego
Community Foundation; Jamie Farr,
Operations Manager, Rock Springs
4-H
Center;
Shanna
Gray,
Documentation Coordinator, Farm
Bureau Financial Services; Scott
Kohl, Wamego Campus Director,
Highland Community College; Kim
P. (Hank) Nelson, Captain, Riley
County Police Department; Lauren
Palmer, Assistant City Manager, City
of Manhattan; Pamela S. Perry,
Workforce Development Specialist,
Fort Riley; Dennis J. Proietti, Branch
Manager, Central National Bank;
Jeff Sackrider, Customer Service
Supervisor,
Wamego
Telecommunications Co.; Della
Sass, Office Manager, K-State
Research
and
Extension,
Pottawatomie County; Johnette
Shepek, Budget and Finance Officer,
Riley County; Bonnie Templeton,
Kansas Hardwoods, Inc.
Hardwood mulch $18 cu yd,
Red Cedar mulch, $35 cu yd.
Good clean material. Delivery available.
22855 Highway 24 Belvue, KS 66407
Phone: 785-456-8141 Fax: 785-456-8142 E-Mail:
Floersch@wamego.net
Big Brothers Big Sisters participated in Youth Leadership Day at Rock Springs 4-H Center. The event was
hosted by the Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program class of 2008-2009.
Participants at the archery range.
Enjoying an outdoor exercise.
Coal Fight Stuck
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A contentious
political debate over two proposed coalfired power plants in southwest Kansas
appears to have been stuck in the same
place for more than a year.
Sunflower Electric Power Corp. and
its allies have enough support in the
Legislature to pass a bill to allow the
Hays utility to build the two plants in
Finney County. But they don’t have quite
enough votes to override a veto from
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
But two key personalities are different
this year, and legislators expect Sebelius
to depart soon for a job as U.S. health
and human services secretary. Also, the
political backdrop for the debate has
changed.
The key question for Sunflower and its
allies is whether the changes will allow
them to get the last few votes they need
in the House to override Sebelius’
expected veto of an energy bill headed to
her desk.
``That remains to be seen,’‘ said
Senate President Steve Morris, a
Hugoton Republican, a supporter of
Sunflower’s plan, whose district includes
its proposed site for the plants outside
Holcomb.
Sunflower needs an air-quality permit
from the Kansas Department of Health
and Environment, but in October 2007,
KDHE Secretary Rod Bremby rejected
Logistics Management Specialist,
Fort Riley; Jocelyn C. Umberger,
Marketing Manager, Manhattan
Town Center; and Benjamin R.
VanBecelaere, Management Analyst,
Fort Riley.
an application for the Holcomb project.
Bremby cited the plants’ carbon dioxide
emissions and invoked his emergency
powers to protect the environment and
public health.
Many legislators believe Bremby
overstepped his authority. They also view
Sunflower’s project as important economic development.
Environmentalists argue, like Bremby,
that the state can’t ignore the dangers
posed by global warming, which many
scientists link to man-made greenhouse
gases. And, they add, the state should
pursue wind farms and other forms of
renewable energy.
Four bills _ three approved last year
and one passed last week _ all overturn
Bremby’s decision and limit the secretary’s power to regulate greenhouse
gases and use his emergency powers to
reject permits. Sebelius vetoed the three
bills last year and is expected to veto this
year’s measure.
The strategy both years has been the
same: Tie the provisions clearing the way
for Sunflower’s plants and reining in the
KDHE secretary to ``green’‘ measures
promoting conservation and renewable
energy.
Even some opponents of the bills
believe a measure without green provisions would pass.

Voter Reject Phillips, Hatesohl - Elect Sherow, Pepperd, Morris

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