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Vol. 2 Number 34 Thursday, February 24, 2011 

Valley Heights Gives Out Awards 

To Sixty Students For State Assessments 

Valley Heights School 

District held an awards ceremony 

at the Blue Rapids 

Grade School last Friday for 

students who scored high on 

the State Assessments. 

Here are the Winners: 

Jose Baez Exceeds 

Standard Math 

Harrison Blaske Exceeds 

Standard Reading Exceeds 

Standard Math 

Rosa Blaske Exceeds 


Standard Math 

Gabriala Boren Exceeds 


Standard Science 

Brayden Boucek Exceeds 



Tanner Chartier 

Exemplary Reading 

Exemplary Math Exceeds 

Standard Scien 

Hunter Chase Exceeds 

Standard Reading 

Brandi Dobrovolny 

Exceeds Standard Reading 

Exceeds Standard Math 

Megan Gray Exceeds 


Exemplary Math 

Adrianna Haines Exceeds 


Standard Math 

Madisen Hanson Exceeds 


Standard Math 

Alexander Hardin 


Exemplary Math Exemplary 

Science 

Layton Hartloff 

Exemplary Reading Exceeds 

Standard Math 

Aaron Hazlett Exceeds 

Standard Math 

Nicole Hendrickson 



Andrea Hudson Exceeds 



Alli Jones Exceeds 


Exemplary Math Exemplary 

Science 

Garrett Link Exceeds 

Tickets On Sale Now 

Looking for a good time? 

Join us at the Waterville Opera 

House on March 13 at 3:00 pm 

for a live performance from the 

PINE MOUNTAIN THEATER 

in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. 

Enjoy an afternoon of Country, 

Bluegrass, Gospel, Rock ‘n’ 

Roll, and Patriotic music . Add 

plenty of comedy for wholesome 

family entertainment. 

Mike and Dale Bishop and the 

Pine Mountain Band are known 

as Arkansas’ most attended 

music show. They perform 

more than 240 shows per season 

in their theater in the Ozarks. 

Harrison Blaske received State Assessment Awards from 

Valley Heights Superintendent John Bergkamp for 

Exceeding Standards in Reading and Math. 

Standard Reading Exemplary 

Math 

Shea Manley Exemplary 

Reading Exemplary Math 

Exceeds Standard Scien 

Sara Mann Exceeds Standard 

Reading Exceeds Standard 

Math 

Eli Marquette Exemplary 


Cami Meierhans Exceeds 


Math 

Caleb Meyer Exceeds 


Standard Math 

Samantha Meyer Exemplary 


Math 

Kaylynn Moctezuma 



Tabyne Molthan Exceeds 


Standard Math 

Chevelle Murk Exemplary 

After the show head over to the 

Community Center for 

Waterville’s “ FIVE STAR 

LASAGNA DINNER”. This 

event is sponsored by the Opera 

House Renovation Committee 

as a benefit for the renovation of 

the Historic Waterville Opera 

House, built in 1903. Plans are 

to add an elevator and new restrooms 

to the facility to make 

this grand old building more 

accessable. Tickets are on sale 

now at the Citizens State Bank 

and at Fancy T’s and More in 

the Weaver Hotel. 

Math 

Hannah Musil Exemplary 


Connor Nolte Exemplary 


Brandi O’Mara Exceeds 


Ashton O’toole Exemplary 


Brittany Paxton Exceeds 


Elena Perez Exceeds 


Standard Math 

Adrian Pishny Exemplary 


Carter Popejoy Exemplary 


Alyson Potter Exemplary 


Jeremy Reed Exemplary 


Ilexus Rose Exceeds 


Standard Math 

Skyler Sanders Exemplary 


Math Exemplary S 

Linda Saylor Exceeds 

Standard Math 

Jacob Schuh Exemplary 


Math Exemplary S 

Kayla Smith Exemplary 


Exemplary S 

Cheyenne Spunaugle 


Emily Steenson 


Hunter Stevenson 



Konner Treff Exceeds 


Standard Math 

Brady Trimble Exceeds 


Math 

Allen Tryon Exceeds 

Standard Math 

Emma Tryon Exemplary 


Shelby Vermetten Exceeds 


Standard Math 

Dylan Wagner Exemplary 


Maddie Walsh Exemplary 


Brenna Wanamaker 


Nicole Weyer Exemplary 


Math Exceeds Sta 

Nicholas Wilson Exceeds 


DeAndra Woodyard 

Exceeds Standard Science 

Landon Woodyard Exemplary 

Reading Exemplary 

Science 

Logan Woodyard Exceeds 


Math 

Bryan Yungeberg Exemplary 

Reading Exempl-ary 

Math Exceeds Sta 

Jordan Yungeberg Exceeds 


Will Yungeberg Exemplary 

Reading Exceeds 

Standard Math 

Matt Alber Coming To Marshall County 

Often described as a mix 

between Rufus Wainwright and 

Ben Folds, Matt Alber, musician, 

will be in Marshall 

County for a two-day residency. 

A versatile solo performer 

or ensemble performer, Alber 

was here last March performing 

with the a cappella group, 

m-pact. When Alber comes 

back to Marshall County this 

March, he’ll be alone to perform 

his solo act. 

Alber will be in Marysville 

for two days. While here, he 

will work with sixth, seventh, 

and eighth-graders during an 

all-day vocal clinic on March 2. 

Additionally, he will give a 

free public concert on 

Thursday, March 3, at the Lee 

Dam Center for Fine Art. The 

concert starts at 7:00 p.m. 

A native of Wichita, Alber is 

looking forward to returning to 

his home state to share his passion 

for music. 

Music has always been an 

important part of Alber’s life. 

“I grew up singing in choirs,” 

Alber said. “Big ones, little 

ones, classical ones, ones that 

traveled the globe, and ones 

that did jazz hands. Choir is 

where I learned to feel okay. At 

practice I got to make something 

beautiful as part of a 

team.” 

According to Alber, singing 

in choirs has been the only constant 

in his life. “It’s the place I 

learn the most about myself 

and how to be with others,” he 

said. 

He did not take a voice lesson 

until his first day of college 

at Truman State University in 

Kirksville, Missouri. As a 

music major, he spent about fifteen 

hours a week in choir 

rehearsals. Alber cites Dr. Paul 

Crabb as an influential music 

professor. “He routinely led us 

away from the mundane into 

the sacred place where music 

happens. He taught us to 

regard each other as instruments.” 

After college, Alber joined 

the elite professional classical 

men’s ensemble, Chanticleer. 

The group is limited to twelve 

men. After three auditions, 

Alber secured a seat in the 

group. “I’ve never been more 

challenged physically or mentally 

than singing with this 

ensemble, but it came with 

great rewards,” he said. “We 

toured the world 150 days a 

year performing the most difficult 

repertoires ever composed 

for voices. We sold out stadiums 

and concert halls and 

became brothers.” 

While Alber was with 

Chanticleer, the group recorded 

seven albums, two of which 

won Grammy® Awards. 

According to Wayne Kruse, 

the arts cooperative’s executive 

director, the group is eagerly 

anticipating Alber’s visit. “We 

are elated that we’re able to 

bring Matt back to our area,” he 

said. “When Matt was here last 

March with m-pact, they led 

several Master Classes for area 

choirs. In each case, Matt took 

the lead and coached the 

singers. His insights and techniques 

literally transformed 

each group’s sound in a short 

amount of time. Not only is he 

a talented musician, he’s also 

an outstanding teacher.” 

Alber’s visit is sponsored by 

the Marshall County Arts 

Cooperative. 

Blue Rapids 

Basics For Making Wine 

Class At The Museum 

Last year, the Blue Rapids 

Museum had a great idea to 

clear up the winter blahs! 

“Let’s teach everyone how to 

make their own wine.” About 

a dozen enthusiastic participants 

had a great time and 

made great wine. 

Once again, Tim Davis, 

locally-known and state-honored 

winemaker, has agreed to 

teach a three part class on this 

craft. The first class will be 

March 10 at 7:00 and Tim will 

cover the basic concepts of 

wine making and list ingredients 

and show equipment needed 

and explain its use. There 

will be a question and answer 

period and wine samples will 

be available to help you decide 

which recipe you want to use. 

The second meeting will be 

You may soon receive this 

note: “Congratulations! You 

have received the Relay For 

Life “potty” from a friend who 

thought that you might enjoy 

this lovely yard art! “ 

You will not know you have 

the potty until you walk out 

side and see it in your yard. 

This is a fund raiser for the 

Relay for Life. 

For a $10 donation you can 

“Pass the Potty” on to a friend’s 

yard. For an additional $5 you 

Local News 

Yearbooks Needed 

The Blue Rapids Historical 

Society and the Blue Rapids 

Public Library are seeking 

donations of Blue Rapids High 

School and Valley Heights 

High School yearbooks. 

People can contact Pat 

Osborne of the historical society, 

785-363-7949, or librarian 

Lynne Turner, 785-363-7709. 

Scouts To Help 

Re-Stock Food Pantry 

Cub Scout Pack 137 needs 

your help to re-stock the food 

pantry at the United Methodist 

Church in Blue Rapids. This 

pantry serves both Waterville 

and Blue Rapids. The Scouts 

put empty bags on doors this 

past weekend in both towns 

with a note asking for donations 

of non-perishable food 

items. These items are to be 

placed on porches and door 

steps this Saturday , February 

26th by 9AM. The Scouts will 

come by and pick up the donations 

and deliver them to the 

food pantry. Donations can 

New Game: Find The Winner 

Thursday March 31 at 7:00 and 

will be when you return with 

your equipment and supplies 

and are guided through the 

process. The date of the last 

meeting when the wine will be 

bottled is undecided at this time 

because it depends on the 

progress of the wines. It should 

be about 8 weeks after March 

31st or whenever the majority 

of wines have met the criteria 

for bottling. 

If you look like you are 

under 21 or we want to flatter 

you, expect to show your driver’s 

license. The class is $25 

for 1-2 members of the same 

household. All classes will be 

at the Blue Rapids Museum, 

#36 Public Square, Blue 

Rapids, KS. Questions call Pat 

or Phil Osborne at 363 7949. 

“Pass The Potty” Fun 

can purchase “no return potty 

insurance”, so the potty will not 

return to your yard. 

All proceeds to go to the 

American Cancer Society 

Relay For Life. 

Thank you for being a part of 

the fun for a good cause! 

Together we will find a cure! 

Please call Joe O’Toole 785- 

562-7829 

Joe at home 785-363-7216 

Ken Wanamaker 785-268- 

1109 

also be made at the front of the 

Hometown Foods. 

PancakeSupper 

St. Mark’s Episcopal 

Church, Blue Rapids, will have 

its annual Shrove Tuesday 

Pancake Supper from 5 to 8 

p.m. March 8. 

The fundraiser will be at the 

church, Sixth and Lincoln. 

The menu will be pancakes, 

sausage, orange juice and coffee. 

A free-will donation will be 

taken, and a portion of the proceeds 

will go toward community 

food programs. 

Shrove Tuesday is the day 

before Ash Wednesday. Shrove 

comes from the Middle English 

word for confession. In early 

days, people celebrated Shrove 

Tuesday with food and drink 

because Ash Wednesday 

marked the beginning of 40 

days of fasting and penance 

during the season of Lent. 

Lent ends with the celebration 

of Easter. 

Helen DeWyke has just won the card game or she has seen a friend come in the door. Helen has a lot of friends. 

This is a photo of one table at last Wednesday’s Coffee and Cards put on by the Community Education program. 

Others left to right are Dorothy and Ray Lindquist and Norma Hirt all of Waterville.

NEWS EWS Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, February 24, 2011 

Hoops For Heart 

Valley Heights Students 

Shoot Hoops For Their Hearts 

and Help Save Lives 

Students at Valley Heights 

Elementary are jumping at the 

chance to fight heart disease 

and stroke, our nation’s No. 1 

and No. 3 killers. On March 8, 

2011 during Physical 

Education Class grades 3-6 students 

will host its annual 

Hoops For Heart event to raise 

money for the American Heart 

Association, which funds lifesaving 

heart and stroke 

Obituaries 

Don Nider 

Don G. Nider, age 89, of 

Waterville, passed away at the 

Blue Valley Nursing Home on 

Thursday, February 17, 2011. 

Don was born in Waterville 

on June 23, 1921 to Arthur and 

Nellie Nider. They moved to a 

farm North of Waterville when 

Don was baby and he grew up 

there. He went to Star School 

for eight years. He left home 

when he was fifteen to work on 

his own. He started driving 

trucks when he was nineteen 

and drove for several different 

companies. 

He tried farming at different 

times, he also operated a dozer, 

push cat, scraper blade and 

drove truck on the new levy 

around Blue Rapids in 1962. 

After that he bought his own 

Adolph 

Frank Hula 

Adolph Frank Hula, 93, of 

Charles City, VA passed away, 

February 19, 2011. Adolph 

was born in Clarkton, Missouri 

and later moved to Charles City 

county Virginia where he 

worked, raised a family and 

retired as a farmer. Adolph was 

Lois Holm 

Lois L. Holm, age 84, of 

Marysville, formerly of Blue 

Rapids, passed away on 

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 

Community Memorial Health 

Care in Marysville. 

Richard L. 

Sutton 

Richard L. Sutton, 62, 

passed away February 17, 2011 

at his home in Topeka, KS. He 

was born August 27, 1948 in 

Concordia, KS. He is survived 

by his sister, Nancy Steel of 

research and community and 

educational programs for our 

youth. 

Hoops For Heart teaches students 

how physical fitness benefits 

the heart and shows them 

that volunteering can be a fun 

and positive experience for the 

whole community. The need to 

educate children about the 

importance of physical activity 

couldn’t be timelier. According 

to recent studies, about onethird 

of children ages 2 to 19 

are overweight and obese. 

truck and began cross country 

trucking. In 1972 he went to 

work for McBride 

Construction. He moved all 

their equipment from job to 

job, he also did dirt work and 

operated a crane. 

Don retired in 1984 and 

became the Waterville Town 

Marshal. He had been town 

marshal two times before. 

After about a year he purchased 

trucks and equipment to begin 

his own construction company 

and gravel pit. He operated 

these businesses until 1996. He 

also operated the Waterville 

Township blade for twenty 

years and had served on the 

Waterville City Council. 

He was married to Beulah 

Jewell in 1951, she passed 

away in 1976. He married 

Esther Jackson in 1977, she 

preceded in death by his parents, 

John and Mary Dvorak 

Hula; one brother, Stanley J. 

Hula Sr. and his sister, Anne 

Hula Jeffery. He is survived by 

his wife of 61 years, Marion 

Mikulas Hula originally of 

Pittsburgh; one daughter, 

Suzanne Hula Ricks and husband, 

Bill; two sons Frank 

Adolph Hula and wife, Margie 

Tench Hula, and Mickey 

Survivors include her daughter, 

Helen L. Holm of 

Lawrence, two brothers; 

Frederick Kupfersmith of 

Home City, Donald 

Kupfersmith of Aurora, 

Nebraska, two sisters; Carol 

Gurtler of Glenrock, Wyoming, 

Riley, KS, his son, Joshua 

Sutton and Daughter-in-law 

Donna Sutton of Topeka, KS, 

and 4 grandchildren. Memorial 

Services will be held March 3, 

2011 at 9:30 am at Westlake 

Shelter House at Gage Park in 

Topeka, KS. 

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Gift certificates available 

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“We have a warm friendly home like environment that 

you feel when you enter the door.” 

“By including physical 

activity into their daily routines, 

kids can significantly 

reduce the onset and burden of 

heart disease,” said Crystal 

Gordon. “By raising money 

through Hoops For Heart, we 

are preventing heart disease 

and obesity for the next generation 

of Americans. Kids are literally 

jumping into a heart 

healthier life while becoming 

passionate about raising money 

for other kids with sick hearts.” 

For over 16 years, Hoops For 

Heart has raised for that $72 

million for the fight against 

heart disease and stroke. 

Millions of students have 

played basketball and learned 

about heart health and how 

nutrition and physical activity 

can help prevent heart disease 

and stroke. Hoops For Heart is 

co-sponsored by the American 

Heart Association and the 

American Alliance for Health, 

Physical Education, Recreation 

and Dance. 

Please help our students help 

Jill L. Gray, D.D.S., P.A. 

Family Dentistry 

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others by making a donation. If 

you would like to help more, 

call 1-800-AHA-USA1 (1-800- 

242-8721). You can also visit 

us online at 

americanheart.org/hoops. 

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survives. 

Survivors include his wife 

Esther of Waterville, four 

daughters; Carla Sue Bax and 

husband Larry of Burchard, 

Nebraska, Sandy Eitel and husband 

Vic of Scott City, Nancy 

Watts of Pine City, Minnesota, 

and Michelle Eaton and husband 

Rod of Washington, four 

sons; Ken Wanamaker of 

Burchard, Nebraska, Steve 

Wanamaker and wife Patty of 

Fort Worth, Texas, Byron 

Jackson of Waterville, and Bart 

Jackson also of Waterville, by 

eighteen grandchildren, manymany 

great-grandchildren and 

one great-great grandchild. 

Don was preceded in death 

by a brother; Lawrence Nider. 

Funeral services were held at 

2:00pm, on Monday, February 

21, 2011 at Terry-Christie 

Mikulas Hula and his wife, 

Jackie Parsley Hula; four 

grandsons, Barry Ricks-Lisa, 

Bart Ricks-Tania, Frank Wells 

Hula and John Collin Hula; two 

granddaughters, Jennifer Mary 

Hula and Cary Lucille Hula; 

and four great-grandchildren, 

Brandon Michael Ricks, 

Lori Marie Ricks, Brenten 

Gage Ricks and Brylea 

Madison Ricks. There will be 

Mary Simpson of Montesano, 

Washington as well as many 

nieces and newphews. 

Memorial services are pending 

with inurnment at 

Greenwood Cemetery, South of 

Blue Rapids. A full obituary 

with service information will 

Funeral Home in Waterville. 

Music was provided by Lois 

Andersen on the organ. Kim 

Oatney sang “One Day at a 

Time” and “On the Wings of a 

Dove”. Viewing was between 

noon and 8pm Sunday, with 

visitation being from 4:00 to 

6:00pm at the funeral home. 

Casket bearers were Pierce 

Holliman, Jerry Hedke, D.O. 

Parker, Todd Parker, David 

Hearn and Ray Lindquist. 

Burial was at Riverside 

Cemetery in Waterville. 

Memorials are suggested to the 

St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital 

and may be sent in care of the 

funeral home. Terry-Christie 

Funeral Home, Waterville, is in 

charge of arrangements. 

Condolences may be left online 

at www.terrychristiefuneralhome.com. 

no public visitation. All services 

will be private. Vincent 

Funeral Home, Providence 

Forge VA is handling the 

arrangements. In lieu of flowers 

memorials can be made to 

Providence Forge Volunteer 

Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 177, 

Providence Forge, Va. 23140. 

Tributes may be posted at 

www.vincentfh.com 

be published at a later date. 

Terry-Christie Funeral Home 

in charge of arrangements. 

Condolences may be left at the 

funeral home’s website, 

www.terrychristiefuneralhome.com. 

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Valley Heights Basketball - Linn - Photo Page 

Brody Dobrovolny (10) takes a shot and scored 34 points for the Mustangs. Cody Trimble (12) jumps up between the Bulldogs to score 10 points for Valley 

Heights. 

Benton Coon (35) goes high for the net. 

Miranda Bargdill (12) took a shot and scored 22 points 

for the Mustangs. 

Kayla McNary (13) looks for an opening to pass. 

Ellie Musil (33) looks for an opening and scored 19 

points for Valley Heights. 

Photos by 

Linda Brake and 

Deb Barrington 

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ball field concession stand. 

Contact city clerk at 785-363-7736. 

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1. Where is this natural spring fed lake located? 

2. What famous American road passed by this site? 

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Brownback Outlines Tax Changes Among Growth Proposals 

By Daniel J. Mitchell 

The Cato Institute 

What happens when an 

unstoppable force meets an 

immovable object? House 

Republicans can pass all sorts 

of legislation to reduce the burden 

of government spending, 

but they don't control the 

Senate and they can't override a 

presidential veto. President 

Barack Obama, meanwhile, 

lacks the power to compel 

Congress to approve 

Democratic goals, including 

higher taxes. 

This is a recipe for gridlock. 

And gridlock means bigger 

government: Democratic proponents 

of the status quo are in 

much stronger position to prevail 

because there are few ways 

for budget cutters to exert their 

will. 

But there is some hope 

because of a "must-pass" piece 

of legislation. The president 

wants Congress to increase the 

statutory debt ceiling of $14.3 

trillion so that government 

operations remain unaffected. 

Republicans oppose this business- 

as-usual approach and are 

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insisting on real fiscal reforms 

in exchange for a higher ceiling. 

We have a fiscal crisis 

caused by too much spending, 

not too little taxes. 

If neither side budges, and 

the debt ceiling remains fixed, 

some people worry this might 

lead to a default by the U.S. 

government. More specifically, 

they're concerned that the 

inability to issue debt would 

compromise the Treasury 

Department's ability to make 

scheduled payments to bondholders. 

They also worry this 

might lead to a Greek-style 

sovereign-debt crisis that 

would destabilize financial 

markets. 

This seems like an 

overblown fear. After all, the 

federal government is expected 

to collect more than $2.1 trillion 

of tax revenue this year, 

while interest payments on the 

publicly held debt will only be 

about $200 billion. So even 

without an increase in the debt 

limit, the Treasury Department 

will have more than enough 

revenue to cover its interest 

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obligations and avoid a default. 

Spooked by Uncertainty 

That being said, financial 

markets are sometimes 

spooked by uncertainty. And 

since Treasury Secretary 

Timothy Geithner began making 

some irresponsible statements 

about the risks of 

default, there is growing interest 

in legislation by Senator Pat 

Toomey, a Republican of 

Pennsylvania, to alleviate the 

market's fears. 

Quite simply, Toomey's bill 

would require the federal government 

to fulfill obligations to 

bondholders before making any 

other disbursements. 

To the extent that investors 

actually are worried, Toomey's 

legislation would remove 

ambiguity and, to borrow from 

the title of the bill, make clear 

that the "full faith and credit" of 

the U.S. government would be 

preserved. 

Toomey's proposal has generated 

a lot of angst among 

Beltway insiders because it 

would change the political 

dynamics of the budget fight. 

Politicians love to pontificate 

Madison Protest: Unions Are Angry -but 

Wisconsin Should Go Even Further 

By Chris Edwards 


Chaos in government. Tens 

of thousands of angry protesters 

in the streets. Schools 

closed. Yes, Wisconsin looks a 

lot like Egypt this week. But 

while Arabs are fighting to end 

extraordinary overreach by 

government, Wisconsin union 

protesters are fighting to preserve 

it. 

At the heart of the dispute is 

a bold plan by Wisconsin Gov. 

Scott Walker (R) to curtail collective 

bargaining by most but 

not all of his state's public-sector 

workers, including teachers. 

That is a long overdue reform 

— but the governor's plan 

doesn't go far enough! A dozen 

or so states, including Virginia, 

where I live, do not allow collective 

bargaining in the public 

sector at all, and these states are 

doing just fine without it. 

The government union issue 

is coming to the forefront 

because states, facing huge 

deficits, are desperate to reform 

their budgets and cut pensions. 

Wisconsin is just one of several 

states where legislatures, 

empowered by Republican victories 

last fall, are finally tackling 

one of the root causes: the 

ability of public-sector unions 

to squeeze taxpayers for exorbitant 

benefits. In states that 

have unionized workforces, 

needed reforms are facing huge 

and aggressive anti-reform lobbying 

campaigns by the unions. 

In 2010, 36 percent of state 

and local workers were members 

of unions, which is five 

times the union share in the US 

private sector. Yet prior to the 

1960s, unions represented less 

than 15 percent of the state and 

local workforce. At the time, 

courts generally held that public-sector 

workers did not have 

the same union privileges that 

private workers had under the 

1935 Wagner Act, such as collective 

bargaining. 

The rise of public-sector 

unions 

That changed during the 

1960s and 1970s, as a flood of 

pro-union laws in dozens of 

states triggered a dramatic rise 

in public-sector unionism. 

Many states passed laws that 

encouraged collective bargaining 

in the public sector, as well 

as laws that imposed compul- 

sory union dues. 

Today, the union shares in 

government workforces vary 

widely by state. About 26 states 

have collective bargaining for 

essentially all state and local 

workers. A further 12 or so 

states have collective bargaining 

for a portion of their state 

and local workers, and the 

remaining 12 states do not have 

public sector collective bargaining. 

At the same time, 22 

states have "right-to-work" 

laws, which free workers from 

being forced to join a union or 

pay union dues. 

These differences in unionization 

between the states affect 

fiscal policy. Statistical studies 

find that unionized public sector 

workers earn a wage premium 

of about 10 percent over 

non-unionized public sector 

workers. This is important 

because employee compensation 

represents half of all state 

and local government spending. 

Aside from inflated wages, 

public sector unions have 

pushed for excessive pension 

benefit levels, which are creating 

a fiscal crisis for many governments. 

That's another reason 

unions are so angry in 

Wisconsin: Governor Walker is 

demanding that state workers 

carry more of the burden for 

their health and pension plans. 

High cost of "generosity" 

Defined benefit pension 

plans are available to about 

four-fifths of state and local 

workers but just one-fifth of 

private workers. And public 

sector plans are typically about 

twice as generous as remaining 

private plans. That generosity 

has led to a $3 trillion funding 

gap in public sector pensions. 

That gap will create a huge burden 

on future taxpayers unless 

benefits are cut, and unions 

often stand in the way of such 

reforms. 

Unions increase government 

costs in other ways. They often 

protect poorly performing 

workers, and they usually push 

for larger staffing levels than 

required. Unions typically discourage 

the use of inexpensive 

volunteers in government 

activities, and they create a 

more bureaucratic and inefficient 

workplace. 

Unionism seems to coincide 

with poor state government 

management. States with higher 

public sector union shares 

tend to have higher levels of 

government debt. And the 

states with higher union shares 

do more poorly on grading by 

the Pew Center regarding the 

quality of public sector management. 

Public sector unions are 

powerful special interest 

groups. The teachers unions, 

the American Federation of 

State, County, and Municipal 

Employees, and the Service 

Employees International Union 

have more than seven million 

members combined. They have 

well-financed political war 

chests and are very active in 

political campaigns. 

Inconsistent with freedom 

Unions certainly have free 

speech rights to voice their 

opinions about public policy. 

But collective bargaining gives 

unions the exclusive right to 

speak for covered workers, 

many of whom may disagree 

with the views of the monopoly 

union. Thus, collective bargaining 

is inconsistent with the 

right to freedom of association. 

In states such as Virginia, 

teachers and other government 

workers may form voluntary 

associations and lobby the government, 

which is fine. But collective 

bargaining — or 

monopoly unionism — gives a 

privileged position in our 

democracy to government 

insiders who focus on expanding 

the public sector to own 

their personal benefit. 

Wisconsin's proposed union 

reforms are on the right track. 

But state governments should 

repeal collective bargaining in 

the public sector altogether, following 

the successful policies 

of Virginia, North Carolina, 

and other states. That would 

give policymakers the flexibility 

they need to make tough 

budget decisions on pensions 

and other fiscal challenges facing 

their states. 

Chris Edwards is the director 

of tax policy studies at the 

Cato Institute. He is the author 

of Downsizing the Federal 

Government, and editor of 

Cato Institute's Downsizing 

Government.org. 

about the dangers of debt, but 

many of them are MIA when it 

comes to putting real limits on 

the growth of government 

spending. 

It's much easier to put the 

budget on auto-pilot and delay 

tough choices, which is usually 

what happens with closed-door 

budget compromises in 

Washington. 

Powerful Weapon 

If the Toomey legislation is 

adopted, fiscal reformers will 

have a powerful weapon at 

their disposal. Secure in the 

knowledge that default no 

longer is a possibility, they can 

be much tougher in their negotiations 

with the politicians 

who favor the status quo. 

This explains the attacks 

against the Toomey plan. Some 

even argue that the law requires 

the government to pay Chinese 

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bondholders (gasp!) before it 

pays Social Security recipients. 

This is demagoguery. The 

federal government will collect 

more than enough revenue to 

finance the majority of budgeted 

outlays. Social Security 

checks will be disbursed, 

unless the Treasury secretary 

decides otherwise. 

Hollow Attack 

In any event, the attack is 

rather hollow since it's almost 

always made by people who 

say that default would be a cataclysmic 

event. What they really 

mean, it seems, is that 

deficits, debt and default are 

bad, and only higher taxes are 

the solution. 

That's what this debate is all 

about. We have a fiscal crisis 


not too little taxes. Restraining 

the size and scope of govern- 

ment is contrary to the interests 

of the iron quadrangle of politicians, 

interest groups, lobbyists 

and bureaucrats who benefit 

from ever- expanding government. 

That's exactly why the 

Toomey bill is a good idea. It 

would give budget cutters the 

leverage they need to change 

the way the government operates. 

It will protect America 

from becoming a slow-growth, 

European-style welfare state. 

Daniel J. Mitchell is a senior 

fellow at the Cato Institute and 

former staff economist for the 

ranking Republican on the 

Senate Finance Committee. 

Daniel J. Mitchell is a senior 

fellow at the Cato Institute and 

former staff economist for the 

ranking Republican on the 

Senate Finance Committee. 


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Marshall County Minutes 

February 14, 2011 

The Board of Marshall 

County Commissioners met in 

regular adjourned session with 

Charles R. Loiseau, Chairman; 

Robert S. Connell and Thomas 

K. Holle members; and Sonya 

L. Stohs, County Clerk present. 

The meeting was called to 

order at 9:00 a.m. 

The Board opened the meeting 

with the flag salute. 

The minutes and agenda 

Home Notes - 

By Susan A. Latta - CEA 

Marshall County Extension 

Agent 

“KANSAS SAVES WEEK’ 

IS FEB. 21-28” 

Coming up short of funds at 

the end of the week is no fun, 

but it does suggest that saving 

more, rather than less, could 

make more money available. 

Building financial security -being 

able to meet future needs 

while keeping current with 

day-to-day obligations – need 

not be only a dream. 

The key to saving is to start 

small, but think big. Kansas 

Saves Week is a time to promote 

the importance of increasing 

saving habits and reducing 

debt as it is often a time when 

many families are receiving 

their tax refund. 

The push for increasing routine 

contributions to personal 

savings and making regular 

contributions to other savings 

plans and opportunities, such as 

a retirement account with a 

matching contribution from an 

employer, is sponsored by the 

Consumer Federation of 

America. 

We’ve all heard stories about 

people who work in low-paying 

jobs who accumulate great 

savings and step forward to 

Jail Report... 

Marshall County Sheriff’s 

Department 

Jail Activity Sheet 

Week of: February 14, 2011 

to February 20, 2011 

Name: Dilley, Heather 

Address: Hanover, Kansas 

Date of Birth: 01-27-1990 

Charge: Theft 

Date of Arrival: 02-14-2011 

Date of Release: 02-14-2011 

Reason: $1,000 Cash Bond 

Name: Schmitz, Michael 

Address: Waterville, Kansas 


Charge: City of Marysville 

were approved as presented 

upon a motion by Robert S. 

Connell moved, seconded by 

Charles R. Loiseau. 

Unanimous. 

Emergency Management 

Director William 

Schwindamann met with the 

Board at their request. 

County Treasurer Linda 

Weber met with the Board. 

Charles R. Loiseau moved, seconded 

by Thomas K. Holle to 

fund a civic improvement or 

other need. Their success at 

saving suggests that there is 

truth to the philosophy that 

how you manage your money, 

rather than how much you have 

to start with, can be a key in 

building financial security and 

freedom from financial stress. 

Saving regularly is vital, 

even if you have to start with a 

small amount. A person who 

starts saving only $10 a week 

for 52 weeks will have $520 

plus interest at the end of the 

year. 

Someone who saves $20 a 

week for 52 weeks will have 

added more than $1000 (plus 

interest) to his or her nest egg. 

Individuals with more income 

should aim to regularly save 

larger amounts. 

Start saving, and then 

increase saving toward shortand 

long-term goals. It is 

important to acknowledge that 

for some, a savings goal may 

also need to focus on reducing 

debt and learning to use credit 

wisely. 

Also, when considering the 

capacity to save, consider the 

amount of money currently 

going to credit card payments. 

Paying off credit card debt and 

then redirecting the equivalent 

Warrant 



Reason: O.R. Bond 

Name: Cooney, Michael 

Address: Blue Rapids, 

Kansas 


Charge: Transporting Open 

Container, Littering 



Reason: $260 Cash Bond 

Name: Hyde IV, Fred 


Kansas 

go into executive session at the 

request of County Treasurer 

Linda Weber to discuss matters 

of non-elected personnel for 

ten minutes at 9:27 a.m. to discuss 

matters of non-elected 

personnel with County 

Treasurer Linda Weber present. 

Unanimous. 

Public Works Administrator 

Mike Craig and Public Works 

Coordinating Supervisor Larry 

Polson met with the Board. 

Thomas K. Holle moved, 

seconded by Robert S. Connell 

to approve the following purchase 

order. Unanimous. 

Purplewave, Manhattan, KS 

for 16 used beams 

$15,400.00-Road & Bridge 

fund-P.O. # 106615 



to approve free County Cleanup 

days the last two Saturdays 

of April and the 1st two 

Saturdays of May. Unanimous. 

Sheriff Daniel A. Hargrave 

met with the Board to recommend 

the hire of David Baier, 

Waterville Corrections Officer 

Probation at 11.65 an hour. 

Charles R. Loiseau moved, seconded 

by Thomas K. Holle to 

approve the hire of David 

Baier, Waterville as a 

Corrections Officer Probation 

at 11.65 an hour. Unanimous. 

Robert S. Connell moved, 

seconded by Thomas K. Holle 

to approve the following purchase 

orders. Unanimous. 

Applied Concepts, Dallas, 

of the payments (needed to 

clear the debt) into a savings 

account can be a good way to 

begin saving. 

Pay yourself first is an interesting 

concept for people to 

learn. One should treat savings 

like another bill by setting up 

automatic monthly transfers 

from a checking to a savings 

account and/or requesting that 

part of each paycheck be directly 

deposited into savings. 

Savers who choose to save 

automatically usually are more 

likely to be successful. 

Here are some basic money 

management tips to consider: 

* Earmark savings for an 

emergency fund to have money 

available for unexpected car 

repairs, medical expenses, etc. 

Getting started with $500 to 

$1,000 is a good beginning 

goal, and saving the equivalent 

of six months salary is recommended 

as an ideal long-term 

goal. 

* For quick card convenience 

at checkout counters, use 

a debit card 

* Reduce credit card use, and 

pay off credit cards as quickly 

as possible to minimize added 

interest costs and free up 

money in a personal budget. 

Making more than the mini- 


Charge: Driving Under 

Influence 3rd, Driving While 

Suspended 2nd, Transporting 

Open Container 


Date of Release: Still 

Incarcerated 

Reason: Still Incarcerated 

Name: Kruse, Joshua 

Address: Frankfort, Kansas 


Charge: Driving Under 

Influence 2nd, Transporting 

TX 

for dual counting unit 

$1,228.00-Co. General 

(Sheriff) fund-P.O. # 3775 

OMB Express Police Supply, 

Kansas City, MO 

for three vests 



Dane’s Automotive, 


for install radios, sirens, supplies 

and labor 

$1,670.25- Co. General 


Dave’s Body Shop, 

Marysville, KS 

for inside rail on two trucks 

and two tires 

$2104.00- Co. General 


Brown County Treasurer, 

Hiawatha, KS 

for Marshall County share of 

4-County budget 

$512.07- Co. General 

(District Court) fund-P.O. # 

3853 

North Central Regional 

Planning Commission, Beliot, 

KS 

for 2011 dues 


(Economic Development) 

fund-P.O. # 3887 

Stericycle, Louisville, KY 

for sharps disposal 

$507.30-Health fund-P.O. # 

3869 

Merck, Carols Stream, IL 

for private vaccine 

$2,452.08-Health fund-P.O. 

# 3795 

mum payment regularly will 

clear a balance more quickly, 

but it is important to pay at 

least the minimum payment on 

all cards with a balance to 

avoid added fees. 

* Plan how to use a tax 

refund to your benefit. 

Designating a tax refund for 

direct deposit into a savings 

account should help a tax payer 

buy time to decide whether to 

use refund dollars to pay off 

debt, jumpstart an emergency 

fund and/or fund short- or longterm 

goals. 

Be aware that, during tax 

season, many individuals and 

families will have larger than 

normal amounts of cash available 

and will be targeted by 

high-pressure sales pitches 

aimed at capturing refund dollars. 

Remember that free income 

tax assistance is available in 

Marshall County for Low and 

Moderate income families. 

Many seniors and those on disability 

don’t think they need to 

file income tax which is true 

but they should so they can take 

advantage of the Kansas Food 

Sales Tax Refund and the 

Homestead Property Tax Relief 

Payment. For more information 

about the free tax assistance in 

Open Container 



Reason: $1300 Cash Bond 

Name: Metzger, Anthony 


Kansas 


Charge: 2 Marshall County 

Warrants 


Date of Release: Still 

Incarcerated 

Reason: Still Incarcerated 

Glaxo Smith Kline, Atlanta, 

GA 

for private vaccine 

$2,271.10-Health fund-P.O. 

# 3794 

Galls, Chicago, IL 

for light bar, strobe system, 

siren light controls 

$3,477.65- Co. General 




to approve the following 2010 

abatements with a value of 797 

with a total tax of $101.85. 

Unanimous. 

The Board went down to the 

basement to discuss moving the 

Appraiser Hearing room to the 

old Veterans office to move the 

Election Equipment room to 

the Appraiser Hearing room to 

free up the Employee Lounge 

that has been used as an 

Election Storage room. 

Public Works Administrator 

Mike Craig met with the Board. 

Thomas K. Holle moved, seconded 

by Robert S. Connell to 

approve the signing of the 2011 

Annual Noxious Weed 

Management Plan and the 2010 

Annual Noxious Weed 

Eradication Progress Report. 

Unanimous. 

Robert Peschel, Marysville 

met with the Board. 


seconded by Charles R. 

Loiseau to approve the 2010 

County Inventory, as presented. 

Unanimous. 

Economic Development 

Marshall County contact the 

Marshall County Extension 

Office or RSVP of NE Kansas. 

* Take advantage of employer’s 

savings plans, taxdeductible 

retirement saving 

opportunities, and matching 

funds, if available. Arranging 

direct deposits into savings and 

retirement accounts can reduce 

the temptation to spend money 

intended for savings. 

If having a little pocket 

money puts a spring in your 

step, think what building up a 

bank account and the financial 

security a healthy balance 

might offer. 

Saving isn’t easy, but it is 

freeing. Here are some tips for 

stretching a paycheck and 

adding to savings: 

* Set aside some discretionary 

money (as an 

allowance) for every member 

of the family, but allow children 

some latitude in how they 

spend it. Children who learn 

from spending mistakes early 

in life can be less likely to 

make similar mistakes (with 

more at stake) later in life. 

* Use coupons for products 

that are normally purchased, 

but compare price less coupon 

value with store brands or similar 

generic products for the 

The Marshall County Development Corp Minutes 

The Marshall County 

D e v e l o p m e n t 

Corporation/Tourism board 

met on Feb 3, 2011 at Axtell’s 

Ace’s Café at 7:00 pm. There 

were 14 members present. 

Website visits are up from 

the same time last year. 

Everyone was encouraged to 

log on to the web site to keep it 

moving up on the search 

engine. It was suggested to put 

the web address on the minutes 

each month, www.marshallcoks.com. 

The tabloid is moving along. 

Georgena Lindquist will be taking 

ads and articles to The 

Telegraph on Monday. Anyone 

with ads needs to get them to 

Georgena Lindquist or to the 

paper as soon as possible. 

The brochure and event 

grant forms were passed out. It 

was suggested to send the 

application letter to the papers 

and to include the Visitor’s 

Center as a contact for forms. 

Sandy Harding Thanked the 

Brochure committee for all 

their hard work in reworking 

the brochure. The rewriting 

REMINDER TO DOG and CAT 

OWNERS IN BLUE RAPIDS 

All dogs and cats in the city limits of Blue Rapids 

must be licensed. Licenses are $5.00 if spayed or 

neutered ($10 if not) when purchased prior to March 31. 

Purchase at the City Office between the hours of 8 and 

4:30 Monday - Friday. A current rabies vaccination 

certificate is required. 

and proofing are done and is 

ready for printing. 

Karen Trail will have a 

report on the subject of blogging 

at the next meeting. 

Museum visitor sheets were 

handed in. Georgena Lindquist 

will attempt to consolidate the 

information for a report next 

meeting. 

The objectives for the year 

were reviewed to see where we 

are at in achieving our goals. It 

seems we are on track for the 

year. 

The Fort Riley Expo will be 

April 2, 2011, 10 to 4. Any 

community brochures that we 

want handed out need to be 

given to Brenda at the Visitor 

Center 

The hand out post cards that 

are used at The Fort Riley Expo 

and The Sampler are to be 

reordered seems to be a good 

form of letting people know 

where Marshall County is.. The 

getaways that we have been 

giving away had a lot of discussion 

as to whether it is worth all 

the work for the amount of people 

that actually use them. 

BUDGET SHOP 

730 Colorado, Manhattan, Ks 

Is now open Great bargains in 

clothing, collectibles and household 

goods. 

Retail hours are Tuesday - Friday, 12N to 3PM. 

Saturday 10 AM to 1PM. Closed Mondays. 

Sandy Harding will report at 

the next meeting about what 

other things we have done in 

the past. One idea from the 

group was to have a scavenger 

hunt at the Sampler Festival 

with the prize a membership to 

the Explorer Club.. 

The new Kansas Travelers 

Guide is available and was 

passed out. 

The next North Central 

Kansas Tourism meeting will 

be Feb 17 in Abilene at the 

Eisenhower Library at 1:00 pm 

The NCKT meeting on June 16 

5A 

Director George McCune and 

Community Development 

Coordinator Juanita McCune 

met with the Board with a 

weekly update. 

County Health Nurse Sue 

Rhodes met with the Board to 

present them with an overview 

of the year 2010 at the Marshall 

County Health Department. 



to go into executive session for 

five minutes at 11:56 a.m. to 

discuss matters of non-elected 

personnel with County Health 

Nurse Sue Rhodes present. 

Unanimous. 



to approve the vouchers, as presented, 

and issue warrants from 

the respective funds. 

Unanimous. 



to go into executive session for 

ten minutes at 12:40 p.m. to 

discuss matters of non-elected 

personnel with County Clerk 

Sonya L. Stohs present. 

Unanimous. 



to adjourn the meeting at 12:50 

p.m. Unanimous. The next 

scheduled meeting will be 

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 

starting at 9:00 a.m. 

best value. 

* Choose local seasonal 

foods that, when plentiful, typically 

cost less. 

* Do homework and comparison 

shopping before making 

major purchases. 

* Reserve more expensive 

restaurant meals for special 

occasions. 

* Look for ways to save 

every day – and do it. 

For more information about 

saving, spending, and managing 

money, contact the 

Marshall County K-State 

Research and Extension Office, 

or go online. Go to 

www.ksre.ksu.edu/financialmanagement/ 

and click on 

Financial Resources, then K- 

State Research and Extensions 

Publications. Free resources 

include publications such as 

“Smart Uses for Your Tax 

Refund” and “Basic Money 

Management,” (Publication 

#S134G), which includes tips 

for organizing finances and 

building skills in managing 

money successfully. Savings 

resources are also are available 

at www.KansasSaves.org. 

is in Marshall County. For 

Show and Tell, we were told 

about the “Crazy Little Thing 

Call Love” to be held at the 

Waterville Opera House and 

The Weaver and that the 

Evangelical Church of Christ is 

having a soup supper. 

The next meeting will be at 

Marysville at the Marshall 

County Visitor Center at 7:00 

PM. 

Meeting was adjourned. 

Georgena Lindquist, Sec. 

Lilly Pad Daycare 

Tracy Lindquist $90 per 

Waterville, Ks Week 

Full Time Spots Available 

Drop in spots(call for info) 

Monday - Friday 

7am - 6pm 

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Transportation Provided by Valley Heights 

Community Education for MCAC Event: 

The Marshall County Arts Cooperative 

presents...An Evening with Matt Alber, A 

Musical Conversation. 

When: Thursday, March 3rd @ 7:00pm 

(Suburban will pick up at 6:00pm at the 

Waterville Grade School and 6:15pm at the 

Blue Rapids Grade School). 

Where: Lee Dam Center for Fine Art 

Free Admission, Free Transportation! All 

you have to do is pre-register because space 

is limited. To register for this event, please 

call 363-2211 by Tuesday, March 1st.

Sports Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, February 24, 2011 

Valley Heights Boys Basketball Schedule 

Record 11 Wins - 9 Losses 

December 

* 2 - 7:30PMValley Heights @ Centralia L 43-71 

* 7 - 7:30 PM Bern @ Valley Heights W 79 - 48 

10 - 7:30 PM Valley Heights @ Wabaunsee High W 63 - 31 

14 - 7:30 PM Republic County @ Valley Heights L 51 - 73 

* 17 - 7:30 PM Blue Valley @ Valley Heights W 55 - 41 

21 - 7:30 PM Valley Heights @ Linn W 68 - 49 

January 

* 4 - 7:30 PM Valley Heights @ Clifton-Clyde L 69 - 70 OT 

* 7 - 7:30 PM Axtell @ Valley Heights W 60 - 50 

11 - 7:30 PM Centralia @ Valley Heights (Postponed) 

15 - Valley Heights @ TBA TVL at Onaga 

TVL - Valley Heights vs Frankfort L 39 - 54 

Coon 15 

TVL - Valley Heights vs Clifton-Clyde W 60 -34 

Trimble 15 (3-3's), Coon 14, Dobrovolny 13. 

TVL - Valley Heights vs Axtell W 57 - 36 

25 - 7:30PM Centralia @ Valley Heights W 50 - 44 OT 

Trimble 18, Dobrovolny 12 

* 28 -7:30 PM Valley Heights @ B&B L 37 - 45 

Dobrovolny 13. 

February 

4 - 7:30 PM Valley Heights @ Wamego High School L 42 - 55 

Dobrovolny 24 (3-3's) 

* 8 - 7:30 PM Valley Heights @ Frankfort W 47 - 41 

Dobrovolny 16, Coon 12 

* 11 - 7:30 PM Hanover @ Valley Heights L 32 - 53 

Trimble 15 

* 15 - 7:30 PM Valley Heights @ Onaga L 66 - 69 OT 

Coon 21, Trimble 14 (4-3's), Musil 13. 

* 18 - 7:30 PM Valley Heights @ Washington County L 37 - 54 

* 19 - 3:30PM Wetmore @ Valley Heights W 73 - 43 

Coon 23, Drobrovolny 16, Trimble 15 

* 22 - 7:30 PM Linn @ Valley Heights W 78 - 66 

Dobrovolny 34. Trimble 10 

March 

1 Valley Heights @ TBA TVL at Onaga (Jan. 15th-22nd) 


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* 2 - 6:00 PM Valley Heights @ Centralia L 25-35 

* 76:00 PM Bern @ Valley Heights W 46 - 36 

10 - 6:00 PM Valley Heights @ Wabaunsee High W 45 - 42 

14 - 6:00 PM Republic County @ Valley Heights L 26 - 55 

* 17 - 6:00 PM Blue Valley @ Valley Heights W 45 - 30 

21 - 6:00 PM Valley Heights @ Linn W 46 - 16 

January 

* 4 - 6:00 PM Valley Heights @ Clifton-Clyde W 49 - 40 

VH: Bargdill 20 (8-9 FT), Musil 15, Lockhart 10. 

* 7 - 6:00 PM Axtell @ Valley Heights W 45 - 7 

11 - 6:00 PM Centralia @ Valley Heights (Postponed) 

15 - Valley Heights @ TBA TVL at Onaga 

TVL - Valley Heights - Axtell W 59 - 20 

Bargdill 31, Musil 14 

TVL - Valley Heights - Frankfort W 52 - 42 

Bargdill 28 

21 - 8:00PM Washington County vs. Valley Heights L 52 - 65 

TVL Semifinal: Musil & McNary 14, Bargdill 12. 

22 - 4:00PM B&B vs. Valley Heights L 43 - 53 

TVL 3rd Place: Bargdill 21, Musil 10. 

25 - 6:00PM Centralia @ Valley Heights L 41 - 54 


* 28 - 6:00 PM Valley Heights @ B&B L 26 - 39 

Bargdill 13. 

February 

4 - 6:00 PM Valley Heights @ Wamego High School L 35 - 51 

* 8 - 6:00 PM Valley Heights @ Frankfort L 39 - 48 

Musil 24 

* 11 - 6:00 PM Hanover @ Valley Heights L 28 - 49 

Musil 18 

* 15 - 6:00 PM Valley Heights @ Onaga L 24 - 42 

* 18 - 6:00 PM Valley Heights @ Washington County L 28 - 53 

Musil 15 

* 19 - 2:00PM Wetmore @ Valley Heights L 46 - 47 

Bargdill 19, Froberg 10 

* 22 - 6:00 PM Linn @ Valley Heights W 54 - 23 


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News 

Debt-Limit Remedy Gives Fiscal Hawks Leverage 

by Daniel J. Mitchell 


What happens when an 

unstoppable force meets an 

immovable object? House 

Republicans can pass all sorts 

of legislation to reduce the burden 

of government spending, 

but they don't control the 

Senate and they can't override a 

presidential veto. President 

Barack Obama, meanwhile, 

lacks the power to compel 

Congress to approve 

Democratic goals, including 

higher taxes. 

This is a recipe for gridlock. 

And gridlock means bigger 

government: Democratic proponents 

of the status quo are in 

much stronger position to prevail 

because there are few ways 

for budget cutters to exert their 

will. 

But there is some hope 

because of a "must-pass" piece 

Master Teacher Rick Hildebrand 

Rick Hildebrand 

K – 12 Art Teacher 

USD 223 – Barnes/ 

Hanover/ Linn 

“I embrace teaching as an 

opportunity to inspire and 

empower.” 

Those powerful words form 

the first sentence of Rick 

Hildebrand’s educational philosophy. 

Here are a few more: 

“I encourage students to 

challenge existing boundaries 

by teaching them to make the 

familiar different and question 

how they have come to know 

what they believe to be true 

By Kaitlyn Wilson 

“Nobody can go back and 

start a new beginning, but anyone 

can start today and make a 

new ending.” Through her 

involvement in school activities 

and her caring attitude, this 

quote by Maria Robinson is 

one that Senior Dani Lockhart 

lives by. 

Lockhart has been involved 

in volleyball, basketball, track, 

drill team, VH club, and KAY’s 

all four years of her high school 

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career. She has also been in the 

all school play for two years, a 

library assistant one year, a 

member of the journalism staff 

for one year, and a member of 

about their world. This helps 

students see boundaries, 

whether personal or social, as 

constructed and affords them 

an opportunity to challenge and 

move beyond them.” 

For Hildebrand, who has 

taught kindergarten through 

12th grade art at USD 223’s 

Linn school system for the past 

24 years, the words ring especially 

and poignantly true after 

a 2003 auto accident in which 

he was involved. 

“What makes Mr. 

Hildebrand unique is that he is 

a quadriplegic,” says Michael 

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of legislation. The president 

wants Congress to increase the 

statutory debt ceiling of $14.3 

trillion so that government 

operations remain unaffected. 

Republicans oppose this business- 

as-usual approach and are 

insisting on real fiscal reforms 

in exchange for a higher ceiling. 

We have a fiscal crisis 


not too little taxes. 

If neither side budges, and 

the debt ceiling remains fixed, 

some people worry this might 

lead to a default by the U.S. 

government. More specifically, 

they're concerned that the 

inability to issue debt would 

compromise the Treasury 

Department's ability to make 

scheduled payments to bondholders. 

They also worry this 

might lead to a Greek-style 

sovereign-debt crisis that 

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student council. Lockhart has 

been in 4-H for eleven years. 

She has been 4-H president, 

secretary, and treasurer, the 

KAY’s club secretary, and drill 

team captain. “My involvement 

in school has helped me learn 

how to prepare events, manage 

my time, be productive, and be 

interactive.” 

Lockhart says that after high 

school she wants to attend a 

junior college then go on to 

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would destabilize financial 

markets. 

This seems like an 

overblown fear. After all, the 

federal government is expected 

to collect more than $2.1 trillion 

of tax revenue this year, 

while interest payments on the 

publicly held debt will only be 

about $200 billion. So even 

without an increase in the debt 

limit, the Treasury Department 

will have more than enough 

revenue to cover its interest 

obligations and avoid a default. 

Spooked by Uncertainty 

That being said, financial 

markets are sometimes 

spooked by uncertainty. And 

since Treasury Secretary 

Timothy Geithner began making 

some irresponsible statements 

about the risks of 

default, there is growing interest 

in legislation by Senator Pat 

Toomey, a Republican of 

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Pennsylvania, to alleviate the 

market's fears. 

Quite simply, Toomey's bill 

would require the federal government 

to fulfill obligations to 

bondholders before making any 

other disbursements. 

To the extent that investors 

actually are worried, Toomey's 

legislation would remove 

ambiguity and, to borrow from 

the title of the bill, make clear 

that the "full faith and credit" of 

the U.S. government would be 

preserved. 

Toomey's proposal has generated 

a lot of angst among 

Beltway insiders because it 

would change the political 

dynamics of the budget fight. 

Politicians love to pontificate 

about the dangers of debt, but 

many of them are MIA when it 

comes to putting real limits on 

the growth of government 

spending. 

D. Savage, Linn Public Schools 

principal. “But, as I am fond of 

saying, a person does not teach 

with his arms and legs—a true 

educator teaches with their 

heart!” 

“Yes, Rick loves art, but he 

loves his students even more. 

When I hear what his students 

have to say about Mr. 

Hildebrand, it is obvious they 

love him also,” writes a colleague. 

Hildebrand’s achievements 

earned him a Peter John Loux 

Award in 2009. The award recognizes 

three Kansans who 

Emporia State. She wants to 

major in accounting or business 

and possibly play basketball. 

Later on in life she would like 

to travel to Italy because, “it 

would be awesome to see all 

the scenery.” Lockhart says she 

would like to be remembered 

as a caring person. “I always 

try to support or listen to my 

friends,” she says. “I just listen 

when they need someone.” 


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have demonstrated exceptional 

desire and dedication in overcoming 

disabilities. He is also a 

1997 winner in the Kansas 

Artist Postcard Series, sponsored 

by the Association of 

Community Arts Agencies of 

Kansas. 

“In my view, teaching is not 

about instructing or imparting 

information to students as if 

their minds were waiting to be 

filled with my knowledge,” 

Hildebrand writes. “Rather, 

teaching is igniting learning, 

empowering students to take 

responsibility for their learning, 

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inspiring courage to grow intellectually, 

cultivating curiosity, 

providing opportunities for 

developing relationships, clarifying 

values, uplifting the spirit 

and igniting action.” 

Hildebrand earned two bachelor 

of science degrees, one in 

art and another in psychology, 

from Southwestern Oklahoma 

State University. He also 

earned a master’s degree from 

SWOSU. 


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It's much easier to put the 

budget on auto-pilot and delay 

tough choices, which is usually 

what happens with closed-door 

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If the Toomey legislation is 

adopted, fiscal reformers will 

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their disposal. Secure in the 

knowledge that default no 

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Kansas State star Jacob 

Pullen insisted he didn't really 

have an answer, but his wry 

smile told a different story. 

After torching top-ranked 

Kansas for 38 points Monday 

night, Pullen poured in 27 more 

Saturday to lead Kansas State 

past Oklahoma 77-62. Ten came 

in a late 14-0 run that put the 

game away. 

So Pullen's 65 points and two 

wins made for a pretty good 

week. As for explaining his hot 

streak, Pullen was less effective. 

`Ì don't know, man,'' he said. 

``The ball's just going in for me. 

Just finding a rhythm.'' 

Rodney McGruder had 20 

points, including five 3-pointers, 

for Kansas State (18-9, 6-6 

Big 12), which kept itself in the 

NCAA tournament at-large conversation. 

Oklahoma (12-14, 4-8) lost 

its fifth straight despite 21 

points from Cade Davis and 10 

each from Carl Blair and 

Andrew Fitzgerald. 

Davis, the Sooners' lone senior, 

did his best to get his team 

back into the game after being 

down 15 at halftime. It was 

exactly what Wildcats coach 

Frank Martin had warned his 

team about at halftime. 

`Ì told our guys Davis was 

going to fight, that he does it 

every day,'' Martin said. 

Davis rainbowed in three 3point 

shots in the first 4:08 of 

the second half, cutting Kansas 

State's lead to 43-33. 

Some of his teammates 

chipped in after that, including 

three points by Fitzgerald in a 5- 

0 run. Davis then converted a 

three-point play, pulling 

Oklahoma within 48-41 with 

11:45 remaining. 

Davis was 8 of 9 from the 

floor at that point and had more 

than half of Oklahoma's points. 

`Ìt wasn't me trying to do it 

personally,'' Davis said. `Ì was 

just getting open in the offense, 

and it definitely felt like every 

shot was going to go in.'' 

Just 87 seconds later, though, 

Davis was called for his fourth 

foul, putting him on the bench 

with 10:18 left. He did not 

attempt another shot. 

The Sooners did not fold, 

though. With Kansas State off to 

a 4-for-16 start in the half, 

Oklahoma kept chipping away. 

Blair's 3-pointer cut the deficit 

to 55-50 with 6:16 remaining, 

the closest the Sooners had been 

since midway through the first 

half. 

`Ìt wasn't me trying 

to do it personally,'' 

Davis said. `Ì was just 

getting open in the 

offense, and it definitely 

felt like every shot 

was going to go in.'' 

But then on a dead ball, Blair 

was called for a technical foul. 

The momentum changed as 

Pullen walked to the free throw 

line. He hit the two free throws, 

and Kansas State exploded for 

14 straight points in 92 seconds. 

`Ìt had a huge effect, a huge 

effect,'' Oklahoma coach Jeff 

Capel said of the technical. `Ìt's 

a five-point game, they hadn't 

scored in a while ... huge effect. 

I still can't tell you what happened. 

I wish I knew.'' 

During the run, Pullen made 

two free throws, hit two 3pointers 

and made a steal for a 

layup. 

``He's that type of player,'' 

Wildcats forward Jamar 

Samuels said. ``He can put a 

team on his back anytime. I'm 

proud of him.'' 

McGruder also hit a 3-pointer, 

and Will Spradling's free 

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Pullen, Kansas State Run Away From Oklahoma 77-62 

throw made it 69-50 with 4:20 

remaining. 

`Ì haven't seen a game turn 

that many times,'' Davis said. 

``We're a team that has to stay 

close. When that happened, it 

was too much.'' 

Kansas State finished 10 of 

19 from 3-point range. The 

teams were a combined 32 of 36 

from the free throw line. Other 

than Davis, the Sooners shot 13 

of 48. 

The Sooners did not look like 

losers of four straight early. 

They put together a 9-2 run featuring 

five points by Fitzgerald 

and led 13-11 with 11:25 to play 

in the first half. 

But K-State responded 

behind Spradling, a freshman 

reserve who hit two 3-pointers 

to spark a 13-0 run over the next 

four minutes. McGruder capped 

the run with a 3-pointer for a 

24-13 lead with 8:13 remaining 

before halftime. 

Davis finally snapped the 

drought with a tough turnaround 

jumper from the baseline 

and scored five more points 

in the next four minutes, helping 

the Sooners recover to a 30- 

24 deficit. 

The Wildcats, though, ended 

the half with nine straight 

points, the final five coming 

from McGruder on a 3-pointer 

and a 19-foot jumper that just 

beat the buzzer and gave K- 

State a 39-24 halftime advantage. 

``Rodney really stepped up 

and made shots, especially in 

crucial situations,'' Martin said. 

Pullen became Kansas State's 

career leader in games played 

with 128. He also recorded his 

200th career steal in the first 

half, making him the first player 

in school history with 1,800 

points, 400 assists, 300 

rebounds and 200 steals. 

K-State’s Brittany Chambers (2) goes up to score 10 points against the Buffaloes. 

(Photo by Tonya Ricklefs) 

K-State’s Jacob Pullen (0) moves past the Sooners to score 27 points. (Photo by Ben 

Brake) 

Chambers, Childs 

Lead Cats to 800-Win Club 

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LINCOLN, Neb. – Brittany 

Chambers scored a career-high 

32 points, which included six 

made three-pointers, as Kansas 

State became just the 13th program 

in women’s basketball 

history to record 800 wins following 

a thrilling 69-64 victory 

over Nebraska Saturday night 

at the Devaney Center. 

Jalana Childs added 22 

points for the Wildcats (18-7, 

8-4), including two key free 

throws with six seconds left to 

ice the game and make it a twopossession 

contest. Chambers 

was 13-of-18 from the field 

against the Huskers and 

became the 19th player in 

school history to score 30-plus 

points in a game. 

The Wildcats became just 

the second Big 12 Conference 

women’s basketball program to 

reach the 800-win plateau, joining 

the Texas Longhorns, and 

the second in the nation to do 

so this year after Long Beach 

State picked up its 800th victory 

last week. 

With the game tied at 50 

midway through the second 

half, both teams would trade 

baskets in what proved to be an 

exciting, back-and-forth affair. 

K-State would lean on 

Chambers and Childs down the 

stretch as the duo combined for 

25 of K-State’s final 27 points 

in the game to lead the Cats to 

the win. 

Childs put K-State ahead, 

62-61, with 3:54 left before 

Chambers added a bucket at the 

1:48 mark to up the lead to 

three. Childs then banked in a 

three-pointer as the shot clock 

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expired with 50 seconds left to 

give the Cats a 67-61 advantage. 

Following a Nebraska 

three-pointer, Childs grabbed 

an offensive rebound from a 

Chambers missed free throw 

and was fouled – she then hit 

both of her attempts from the 

line to seal the victory. 

After trailing by a pair at the 

half, Kansas State came out firing 

in the opening four minutes 

of the second half as Chambers 

registered two connections 

from deep followed by a 

Kelsey Hill three-point field 

goal to give K-State a 42-41 

lead with 15:27 to play. 

K-State built a five-point 

lead, 48-43, with 12:52 to play, 

but a Lindsey Moore threepoint 

play brought Nebraska to 

within two, 48-46, with 11:57 

remaining. A fast break layup 

by Chambers boosted the K- 

State advantage to 50-47 with 

10:45 remaining, but Katya 

Leick knocked down her third 

three-point field goal of the 

contest to tie the score at 50 

with 10:15 play before 

Chambers and Childs took 

over. 

Jordan Hooper scored 20 

points to lead the Huskers (12- 

14, 2-10). 

Kansas State faced an early 

seven-point deficit in the opening 

half, as the Wildcats were 

just 3-of-11 from the field in 

the first eight minutes. 

Nebraska was able to improve 

its lead to 10 on a Leick threepoint 

field goal with 10:03 to 

play and force a Wildcat timeout. 

Chambers cut into the 

Husker lead with five points on 

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back-to-back trips and brought 

K-State to within five at 18-13 

with 7:57 remaining. An offbalance 

three-point field goal 

by Leick just before the shot 

clock expired gave Nebraska a 

21-13 lead, but a three from 

Taelor Karr followed by a three 

from Hill brought K-State to 

within two, 21-19, with 4:11 to 

play. 

Following a Hooper three, 

Chambers answered with her 

fourth connection from beyond 

the arc to bring K-State to within 

two again, 24-22, with 3:40 

remaining. Kansas State 

evened the contest at 29 with 

1:26 to play, as Childs rattled 

off five straight points, but a 

pair of free throws by Moore 

with under a minute to play 

gave the Huskers a 31-29 halftime 

lead. 

The Wildcats were led by 

Chambers in the opening stanza 

with 14 points including a 4of-5 

performance from beyond 

the arc, while Childs added 

seven. Chambers has now 

scored in double figures in 20 

games this season and 42 contests 

in her career. She has registered 

four or more made 3point 

field goals in a game in 

12 career games, including 

eight this season. 

Kansas State will conclude 

its two-game road trip on 

Wednesday night, as the 

Wildcats travel to Waco, Texas, 

to face top-ranked Baylor at 7 

p.m. Live audio of the matchup 

can be found on the K-State 

Sports Network and for free at 

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Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result 

11/02/10 vs. Newman TV Bramlage Coliseum 83 - 56 

11/07/10 vs. Washburn TV Bramlage Coliseum 90 - 44 

11/12/10 vs. James Madison TV Bramlage Coliseum 75 - 61 1-0 

11/16/10 vs. Virginia Tech TV Bramlage Coliseum 73 - 57 2-0 

11/18/10 vs. Presbyterian TV Bramlage Coliseum 76 - 67 3-0 

11/22/10 vs. Gonzaga TV Kansas City, Mo. 81 - 64 4-0 

11/23/10 vs. Duke TV Kansas City, Mo. 68 - 82 4-1 

11/26/10 vs. Texas Southern TV Bramlage Coliseum 84 - 60 5-1 

11/29/10 vs. Emporia State TV Bramlage Coliseum 85 - 61 6-1 

12/03/10 at Washington State TV Pullman, Wash. 63 - 58 7-1 

12/06/10 vs. Alcorn State TV Bramlage Coliseum 89 - 55 8-1 

12/11/10 at Loyola TV Chicago, Ill. 68 - 60 9-1 

12/18/10 vs. Florida TV Sunrise, Fla. 44 - 57 9-2 

12/21/10 vs. UNLV TV Kansas City, Mo. 59 - 63 9-3 

12/23/10 vs. UMKC TV Bramlage Coliseum 80 - 64 10-3 

12/31/10 vs. North Florida TV Bramlage Coliseum 100 - 76 11-3 

01/03/11 vs. Savannah State TV Bramlage Coliseum 92 - 61 12-3 

01/08/11 at Oklahoma State TV Stillwater, Okla. 62 - 76 12-4 

01/12/11 vs. Colorado TV Bramlage Coliseum 66 - 74 12-5 

01/15/11 vs. Texas Tech TV Bramlage Coliseum 94 - 60 13-5 

01/17/11 at Missouri TV Columbia, Mo. 59 - 75 13-6 

01/22/11 at Texas A&M TV College Station, Texas 56 - 64 13-7 

01/24/11 vs. Baylor TV Bramlage Coliseum 69 - 61 14-7 

01/29/11 at Kansas TV Lawrence, Kan. 66 - 90 14-8 

02/02/11 vs. Nebraska TV Bramlage Coliseum 69 - 53 15-8 

02/05/11 at Iowa State TV Ames, Iowa 86 - 85 16-8 

02/12/11 at Colorado TV Boulder, Colo. 56 - 58 16-9 

02/14/11 vs. Kansas TV Bramlage Coliseum 84 - 68 17-9 

02/19/11 vs. Oklahoma TV Bramlage Coliseum 77 - 62 18-9 

02/23/11 at Nebraska TV Lincoln, Neb. 8:00 PM CT 

02/26/11 vs. Missouri TV Bramlage Coliseum 11:00 AM CT 

02/28/11 at Texas TV Austin, Texas 8:00 PM CT 

03/05/11 vs. Iowa State TV Bramlage Coliseum 12:30 PM CT 

03/09/11 TBD Kansas City, Mo. TBA 

Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result 

11/04/10 vs. Fort Hays State Bramlage Coliseum 91 - 25 

11/08/10 vs. Washburn Bramlage Coliseum 91 - 47 

11/12/10 vs. Grambling St. Bramlage Coliseum 67 - 44 1-0 

11/13/10 vs. St. John's Bramlage Coliseum 64 - 53 2-0 

11/17/10 vs. Indiana State Bramlage Coliseum 64 - 48 3-0 

11/21/10 vs. Western Illinois Bramlage Coliseum 63 - 53 4-0 

11/27/10 at College of Charleston Charleston, SC 56 - 46 5-0 

11/30/10 vs. South Dakota St. Bramlage Coliseum 56 - 51 6-0 

12/05/10 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 62 - 68 6-1 

12/08/10 vs. North Dakota TV Bramlage Coliseum 76 - 49 7-1 

12/12/10 vs. UC Davis Bramlage Coliseum 61 - 41 8-1 

12/20/10 at UTSA San Antonio, Texas 55 - 72 8-2 

12/21/10 vs. Middle Tennessee State San Antonio, Texas 49 - 63 8-3 

12/29/10 at Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. 69 - 48 9-3 

12/30/10 at Vermont Hanover, N.H. 68 - 39 10-3 

01/09/11 vs. Oklahoma State TV Bramlage Coliseum 63 - 45 11-3 

01/12/11 at Oklahoma TV Norman, Okla. 45 - 52 11-4 

01/15/11 at Texas Tech TV Lubbock, Texas 66 - 68 11-5 

01/19/11 vs. Missouri TV Bramlage Coliseum 66 - 63 12-5 

01/22/11 vs. Nebraska TV Bramlage Coliseum 64 - 37 13-5 

01/26/11 at Colorado TV Boulder, Colo. 72 - 59 14-5 

01/29/11 vs. Kansas TV Bramlage Coliseum 65 - 60 15-5 

02/05/11 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. 60 - 55 16-5 

02/09/11 vs. Texas TV Bramlage Coliseum 59 - 69 16-6 

02/13/11 at Iowa State TV Ames, Iowa 53 - 60 16-7 

02/16/11 vs. Colorado TV Bramlage Coliseum 78 - 51 17-7 

02/19/11 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 69 - 64 18-7 

02/23/11 at Baylor Waco, Texas 7:00 p.m. CT 

02/26/11 vs. Iowa State TV Bramlage Coliseum 7:00 p.m. CT 

03/02/11 vs. Texas A&M TV Bramlage Coliseum 7:00 p.m. CT 

03/05/11 at Kansas TV Lawrence, Kan. 6:30 p.m. CT 

03/08/11 Big 12 Championships TV Kansas City, Mo. TBA 

2010-11 Big 12 Conference Basketball Statistics 

Men’s Conference Women’s Conference 

(Through February 22) (All games) 

Scoring Offense 

## Team G W-L Pts Avg/G 

-------------------------------------------- 

1.Kansas.............. 28 26-2 2347 83.8 

2.Missouri............ 27 21-6 2255 83.5 

3.Colorado............ 27 16-11 2140 79.3 

4.Texas............... 28 24-4 2111 75.4 

5.Iowa State.......... 28 14-14 2087 74.5 

6.Texas Tech.......... 27 12-15 1984 73.5 

7.Kansas State........ 27 18-9 1981 73.4 

8.Baylor.............. 26 17-9 1856 71.4 

9.Texas A&M........... 26 21-5 1831 70.4 

10.Oklahoma State...... 27 16-11 1866 69.1 

11.Nebraska............ 26 18-8 1758 67.6 

12.Oklahoma............ 26 12-14 1734 66.7 

Scoring Defense 

## Team G Pts Avg/G 

-------------------------------------- 

1.Nebraska............ 26 1538 59.2 

2.Texas............... 28 1670 59.6 

3.Texas A&M........... 26 1588 61.1 

4.Baylor.............. 26 1641 63.1 

5.Kansas.............. 28 1813 64.8 

6.Kansas State........ 27 1772 65.6 

7.Oklahoma State...... 27 1829 67.7 

8.Oklahoma............ 26 1770 68.1 

9.Iowa State.......... 28 1941 69.3 

10.Missouri............ 27 1909 70.7 

11.Colorado............ 27 1956 72.4 

12.Texas Tech.......... 27 2058 76.2 

Scoring Margin 

## Team G OFF DEF Margin 

---------------------------------------------- 

1.Kansas.............. 28 83.8 64.8 +19.1 

2.Texas............... 28 75.4 59.6 +15.8 

3.Missouri............ 27 83.5 70.7 +12.8 

4.Texas A&M........... 26 70.4 61.1 +9.3 

5.Nebraska............ 26 67.6 59.2 +8.5 

6.Baylor.............. 26 71.4 63.1 +8.3 

7.Kansas State........ 27 73.4 65.6 +7.7 

8.Colorado............ 27 79.3 72.4 +6.8 

9.Iowa State.......... 28 74.5 69.3 +5.2 

10.Oklahoma State...... 27 69.1 67.7 +1.4 

11.Oklahoma............ 26 66.7 68.1 -1.4 

12.Texas Tech.......... 27 73.5 76.2 -2.7 

Free Throw Percentage 

## Team G FTM FTA Pct 

--------------------------------------------- 

1.Colorado............ 27 493 625 .789 

2.Oklahoma............ 26 332 454 .731 

3.Missouri............ 27 419 576 .727 

4.Iowa State.......... 28 330 457 .722 

5.Nebraska............ 26 346 480 .721 

6.Oklahoma State...... 27 490 680 .721 

7.Texas Tech.......... 27 425 592 .718 

8.Texas A&M........... 26 457 647 .706 

9.Baylor.............. 26 425 612 .694 

10.Kansas.............. 28 435 648 .671 

11.Texas............... 28 464 720 .644 

12.Kansas State........ 27 419 663 .632 

Field Goal Percentage 

## Team G FG FGA Pct 

--------------------------------------------- 

1.Kansas.............. 28 850 1630 .521 

2.Baylor.............. 26 645 1353 .477 

3.Missouri............ 27 818 1730 .473 

4.Nebraska............ 26 641 1359 .472 

5.Colorado............ 27 746 1587 .470 

6.Texas............... 28 745 1612 .462 

7.Oklahoma............ 26 618 1356 .456 

8.Texas Tech.......... 27 707 1569 .451 

9.Texas A&M........... 26 616 1376 .448 

10.Kansas State........ 27 683 1569 .435 

11.Iowa State.......... 28 756 1742 .434 


FG Percentage Defense 


--------------------------------------------- 

1.Texas............... 28 611 1666 .367 

2.Nebraska............ 26 525 1383 .380 

3.Kansas.............. 28 641 1624 .395 

4.Texas A&M........... 26 558 1350 .413 

5.Iowa State.......... 28 710 1711 .415 

6.Baylor.............. 26 581 1397 .416 


8.Kansas State........ 27 593 1399 .424 

9.Missouri............ 27 672 1572 .427 

10.Colorado............ 27 687 1539 .446 

11.Oklahoma............ 26 618 1381 .448 

12.Texas Tech.......... 27 732 1587 .461 

3-Point FG Percentage 


--------------------------------------------- 

1.Kansas.............. 28 212 541 .392 

2.Texas............... 28 157 410 .383 

3.Kansas State........ 27 196 521 .376 

4.Missouri............ 27 200 533 .375 

5.Colorado............ 27 155 416 .373 

6.Iowa State.......... 28 245 660 .371 

7.Texas Tech.......... 27 145 401 .362 

8.Baylor.............. 26 141 396 .356 

9.Oklahoma............ 26 166 479 .347 

10.Texas A&M........... 26 142 414 .343 

11.Nebraska............ 26 130 419 .310 


3-Pt FG Pct Defense 


--------------------------------------------- 

1.Texas............... 28 117 416 .281 

2.Kansas.............. 28 159 541 .294 

3.Nebraska............ 26 181 570 .318 

4.Texas A&M........... 26 146 454 .322 

5.Iowa State.......... 28 182 563 .323 

6.Missouri............ 27 158 483 .327 

7.Kansas State........ 27 135 387 .349 

8.Baylor.............. 26 165 471 .350 


10.Oklahoma............ 26 161 445 .362 

11.Colorado............ 27 175 482 .363 

12.Texas Tech.......... 27 160 438 .365 

Rebounding 

## Team G Reb Avg/G 

-------------------------------------- 

1.Texas............... 28 1144 40.9 

2.Kansas State........ 27 1040 38.5 

3.Kansas.............. 28 1078 38.5 

4.Iowa State.......... 28 1035 37.0 

5.Texas A&M........... 26 961 37.0 

6.Missouri............ 27 991 36.7 

7.Baylor.............. 26 927 35.7 

8.Colorado............ 27 962 35.6 

9.Nebraska............ 26 922 35.5 


11.Texas Tech.......... 27 893 33.1 

12.Oklahoma............ 26 807 31.0 

Rebounding Defense 


-------------------------------------- 

1.Texas A&M........... 26 758 29.2 

2.Baylor.............. 26 776 29.8 

3.Kansas State........ 27 833 30.9 

4.Kansas.............. 28 871 31.1 

5.Nebraska............ 26 829 31.9 

6.Oklahoma............ 26 833 32.0 


Colorado............ 27 885 32.8 

9.Texas............... 28 956 34.1 

10.Texas Tech.......... 27 969 35.9 

11.Missouri............ 27 997 36.9 

12.Iowa State.......... 28 1091 39.0 

Through games of Feb 22, 2011 (All games) 

SCORING OFFENSE 

## Team G W-L Pts Avg/G 

-------------------------------------------- 

1.Baylor.............. 26 24-2 2087 80.3 

2.Texas A&M........... 26 23-3 2081 80.0 

3.Texas............... 27 17-10 2108 78.1 

4.Oklahoma............ 26 19-7 2001 77.0 

5.Kansas.............. 26 17-9 1879 72.3 

6.Oklahoma State...... 25 15-10 1710 68.4 

7.Iowa State.......... 27 19-8 1788 66.2 

Texas Tech.......... 27 19-8 1788 66.2 

9.Nebraska............ 27 13-14 1750 64.8 

10.Kansas State........ 25 18-7 1570 62.8 

11.Colorado............ 25 12-13 1518 60.7 

12.Missouri............ 27 12-15 1616 59.9 

SCORING DEFENSE 

## Team G Pts Avg/G 

-------------------------------------- 

1.Baylor.............. 26 1370 52.7 

2.Kansas State........ 25 1359 54.4 

3.Iowa State.......... 27 1487 55.1 

4.Texas Tech.......... 27 1513 56.0 


6.Texas A&M........... 26 1500 57.7 

7.Colorado............ 25 1517 60.7 

8.Nebraska............ 27 1712 63.4 

9.Kansas.............. 26 1662 63.9 

10.Missouri............ 27 1733 64.2 

11.Oklahoma............ 26 1694 65.2 

12.Texas............... 27 1854 68.7 

SCORING MARGIN 

## Team G OFF DEF Margin 

---------------------------------------------- 

1.Baylor.............. 26 80.3 52.7 +27.6 

2.Texas A&M........... 26 80.0 57.7 +22.3 

3.Oklahoma............ 26 77.0 65.2 +11.8 

4.Iowa State.......... 27 66.2 55.1 +11.1 

5.Oklahoma State...... 25 68.4 57.6 +10.8 

6.Texas Tech.......... 27 66.2 56.0 +10.2 

7.Texas............... 27 78.1 68.7 +9.4 

8.Kansas State........ 25 62.8 54.4 +8.4 

9.Kansas.............. 26 72.3 63.9 +8.3 

10.Nebraska............ 27 64.8 63.4 +1.4 

11.Colorado............ 25 60.7 60.7 +0.0 

12.Missouri............ 27 59.9 64.2 -4.3 

FREE THROW PCT 

## Team G FTM FTA Pct 

--------------------------------------------- 

1.Oklahoma............ 26 387 511 .757 

2.Baylor.............. 26 500 671 .745 

3.Texas A&M........... 26 412 559 .737 

4.Nebraska............ 27 295 413 .714 

5.Iowa State.......... 27 380 534 .712 

6.Texas............... 27 450 654 .688 

7.Texas Tech.......... 27 332 490 .678 

8.Kansas.............. 26 392 581 .675 


10.Kansas State........ 25 247 384 .643 

11.Colorado............ 25 243 391 .621 

12.Missouri............ 27 302 488 .619 

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES 


--------------------------------------------- 

1.Kansas.............. 26 694 1477 .470 

2.Baylor.............. 26 727 1552 .468 

3.Texas A&M........... 26 770 1679 .459 

4.Iowa State.......... 27 614 1388 .442 

5.Oklahoma............ 26 707 1654 .427 

6.Texas Tech.......... 27 669 1572 .426 

7.Texas............... 27 734 1740 .422 

8.Kansas State........ 25 584 1423 .410 


10.Colorado............ 25 563 1416 .398 

11.Missouri............ 27 590 1506 .392 

12.Nebraska............ 27 631 1611 .392 

FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE 


--------------------------------------------- 

1.Baylor.............. 26 506 1615 .313 

2.Iowa State.......... 27 534 1522 .351 


4.Kansas State........ 25 484 1332 .363 

5.Texas Tech.......... 27 553 1471 .376 

6.Texas A&M........... 26 501 1312 .382 

7.Kansas.............. 26 629 1631 .386 

8.Oklahoma............ 26 577 1481 .390 

9.Colorado............ 25 537 1377 .390 

10.Missouri............ 27 633 1611 .393 

11.Nebraska............ 27 646 1636 .395 

12.Texas............... 27 707 1777 .398 

3-POINT FG PCT 


--------------------------------------------- 

1.Baylor.............. 26 133 355 .375 

2.Texas............... 27 190 512 .371 

3.Iowa State.......... 27 180 488 .369 

4.Oklahoma............ 26 200 548 .365 

5.Texas Tech.......... 27 118 337 .350 

6.Texas A&M........... 26 129 371 .348 

7.Nebraska............ 27 193 573 .337 

8.Colorado............ 25 149 456 .327 

9.Kansas.............. 26 99 304 .326 

10.Kansas State........ 25 155 476 .326 

11.Missouri............ 27 134 473 .283 


3-POINT FG PCT DEFENSE 


--------------------------------------------- 

1.Baylor.............. 26 127 522 .243 

2.Texas Tech.......... 27 117 394 .297 

3.Iowa State.......... 27 170 566 .300 

4.Kansas.............. 26 115 382 .301 

5.Colorado............ 25 122 403 .303 

6.Texas............... 27 143 469 .305 

7.Kansas State........ 25 105 344 .305 


9.Oklahoma............ 26 127 395 .322 

10.Texas A&M........... 26 112 347 .323 

11.Missouri............ 27 152 463 .328 

12.Nebraska............ 27 170 506 .336 

REBOUNDING OFFENSE 


-------------------------------------- 

1.Baylor.............. 26 1169 45.0 


3.Texas............... 27 1166 43.2 

4.Nebraska............ 27 1067 39.5 

5.Oklahoma............ 26 1025 39.4 

Texas A&M........... 26 1025 39.4 

7.Texas Tech.......... 27 1064 39.4 

8.Kansas.............. 26 1024 39.4 

9.Colorado............ 25 982 39.3 

10.Iowa State.......... 27 1053 39.0 

11.Missouri............ 27 1031 38.2 

12.Kansas State........ 25 934 37.4 

REBOUNDING DEFENSE 


-------------------------------------- 

1.Iowa State.......... 27 846 31.3 

2.Texas A&M........... 26 848 32.6 

3.Texas Tech.......... 27 920 34.1 

4.Colorado............ 25 860 34.4 

5.Kansas State........ 25 888 35.5 

6.Baylor.............. 26 924 35.5 

7.Kansas.............. 26 959 36.9 

8.Oklahoma............ 26 971 37.3 


10.Nebraska............ 27 1033 38.3 

11.Missouri............ 27 1043 38.6 

12.Texas............... 27 1073 39.7 

KSU Sports Information 

MANHATTAN, Kan. – With 

the assistance of a 20-4 run to 

close out the first half and redhot 

three-point shooting, 

Kansas State secured the program’s 

799th victory with a 78- 

51 win over Colorado in 

Bramlage Coliseum on 

Wednesday night. K-State (17- 

7, 7-4) hit 14 3-pointers to 

defeat the Buffaloes (12-12, 3- 

8), the most since Jan. 5, 2003, 

against Iowa when the Wildcats 

drained 15 from long range. 

The win by K-State pushes 

the program’s record in 43 seasons 

to 799-474 (.628). With 

one more victory, the Wildcats 

will become the 13th NCAA 

Division I women’s program to 

reach the 800-win plateau. 

After the team opened the 

game 0-of-5 from the field, junior 

Alina Voronenko recorded 

all nine of her points in a nineminute 

stretch of the first half, 

as she connected on three 3pointers 

and give K-State a 21- 

15 edge with 7:16 remaining. 

Colorado was able to use a 6- 

1 run over the next two minutes 

to hold a 23-22 lead with 5:15 to 

play as Chelsea Dale capped the 

rally on a jump shot. The 

remainder of the half belonged 

to K-State as junior Jalana 

Childs scored 12 of her 18 

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Big 12 Basketball 

Standings 

Men’s Standings 

Big 12 Pct Overall Pct 

Texas 12-1 .923 24-4 .857 

Kansas 11-2 .846 26-2 .929 

Texas A&M 8-4 .667 21-5 .808 

Missouri 7-5 .583 21-6 .778 

Nebraska 6-6 .500 18-8 .692 

Kansas State 6-6 .500 18-9 .667 

Baylor 6-6 .500 17-9 .654 

Colorado 5-7 .417 16-11 .593 

Oklahoma 4-8 .333 12-14 .462 

Texas Tech 4-8 .333 12-15 .444 

Oklahoma State 4-9 .308 16-11 .593 

Iowa State 1-12 .077 14-14 .500 

As of February 22, 09:12 PM CT 

Women’s Standings 

Big 12 Pct Overall Pct 

Baylor 11-1 .917 24-2 .923 

Texas A&M 11-2 .846 23-3 .885 

Oklahoma 9-3 .750 19-7 .731 

Kansas State 8-4 .667 18-7 .720 

Iowa State 7-6 .538 19-8 .704 

Texas Tech 6-7 .462 19-8 .704 

Texas 6-7 .462 17-10 .630 

Kansas 4-8 .333 17-9 .654 

Missouri 4-9 .308 12-15 .444 

Oklahoma State 3-9 .250 15-10 .600 

Colorado 3-9 .250 12-13 .480 

Nebraska 3-10 .231 13-14 .481 

As of February 22, 09:31 PM CT 

K-State Captures 

Win No. 799 

points during the Wildcats’ 

decisive 20-4 run late in the half 

to capture a 42-27 halftime 

advantage. K-State finished the 

first half with an 8-of-14 (.571) 

effort from beyond the arc. 

K-State continued its strong 

performance into the second 

half, as the Wildcats shot 48.3 

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points. Chambers also added six 

rebounds and four assists to her 

stat line. Also playing an allaround 

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rebounds, five assists and four 

steals. 

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Morris scores 27, No. 3 Kansas beats Okla St 92-65 

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) 

Marcus Morris had 27 points 

and No. 3 Kansas brushed off 

the suspension of point guard 

Tyshawn Taylor, romping past 

Oklahoma State 92-65 on 

Monday night. 

The Jayhawks (26-2, 11-2 

Big 12) hit eight of their first 10 

shots and pulled away from the 

outmanned Cowboys with an 

18-2 spree that led to a 52-28 

halftime bulge. 

Marshall Moses had 27 

points for Oklahoma State (16- 

11, 4-9), 13 above his season 

average. He scored 16 in the 

first half, but the Cowboys 

never got closer than 19 after 

halftime. 

Taylor, a 6-foot-3 junior who 

has struggled at times to replace 

Sherron Collins at the point, 

was suspended indefinitely earlier 

Monday for violating 

unspecified team rules. 

Sophomore Elijah Johnson, 

who started in his place, had 15 

points and was 4 for 4 from 

behind the 3-point arc. He also 

had three assists while alternating 

with other guards bringing 

the ball up the floor as the 

Jayhawks shot 56 percent in a 

sizzling first half and 54 percent 

for the game. 

Markieff Morris, who had a 

career-high 26 points in the previous 

game against Colorado, 

had 15 points and seven 

rebounds for the Jayhawks, 

whose loss to Kansas State last 

Monday dropped them from 

No. 1 to No. 3 in this week's 

Associated Press poll. 

During the decisive stretch in 

the early going, the Cowboys 

went more than 6 minutes with- 

halftime lead to 52-44 on Kim 

English's layup with 11:23 left. 

The Tigers couldn't put the 

Cyclones away, though, as Scott 

Christopherson hit a pair of 3s 

and Diante Garrett cut through 

traffic to tie it up at 58-all. 

Bowers and Ricardo Ratliffe 

kept Iowa State from taking its 

first lead with back-to-back 

inside buckets that put the 

Tigers up 62-58. The Cyclones 

scored just once in nearly four 

minutes after Garrett's layup, 

allowing Missouri to build 

enough cushion to survive. 

Ratliffe had 10 points and 10 

rebounds for the Tigers, who 

won despite 16 turnovers and 

23 percent shooting from 3point 

range. 

``We've played spurts where 

we've played well on the road. 

We just hadn't done it for 40 

out a field goal. Moses' fadeaway 

jumper at the 11:49 mark 

made it 24-19, then Johnson hit 

a jumper and the Jayhawks 

were off and running to their 

15th straight victory over 

Oklahoma State in Allen 

Fieldhouse. 

Marcus Morris hit his second 

straight 3-pointer, then 

Oklahoma State's Keiton Page 

turned the ball over and Marcus 

made a basket. 

Thomas Robinson, who got a 

big hand when he came into the 

game after missing three out- 

Holmes' late FTs lift Aggies past Cowboys 67-66 

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) 

Mired at 4-4 in the Big 12 

standings in early February, 

Texas A&M coach Mark 

Turgeon wasn't sure the Aggies 

would be competitive over the 

long haul in the conference. 

Two weeks and four wins 

later, Turgeon is a bit more confident 

in his team. The Aggies' 

current streak includes three 

straight road wins, including a 

67-66 decision on Saturday at 

Oklahoma State. 

David Loubeau scored 22 

points for Texas A&M (21-5, 8- 

4) and B.J. Holmes hit two key 

free throws with 15.9 seconds 

left to give the Aggies the win 

and allowed them to maintain 

their hold on third place in the 

conference behind No. 1 Kansas 

and No. 3 Texas. 

``This group is starting to 

maximize what we are,'' 

Turgeon said. 

`Ì don't want to say it was 

pretty ... but it was a heck of a 

college basketball game.'' 

The Aggies have won three 

straight against Oklahoma State 

(16-10, 4-8) and four of the last 

five in the series. The loss put a 

damper on Oklahoma State's 

already tenuous NCAA tournament 

hopes, and it won't get 

easier soon for the Cowboys, 

who visit No. 1 Kansas on 

Monday. 

Reger Dowell _ who didn't 

even play in two of Oklahoma 

State's previous three games _ 

scored a career-high 22 points 

and put the Cowboys up 66-65 

with two free throws with 17 

seconds left. 

``We had no answer for him,'' 

Turgeon said. 

But immediately after making 

those free throws, Dowell 

fouled Holmes in the backcourt. 

Dowell said he was trying to 

slow Holmes and force him to 

use more time bringing the ball 

up the court, but ``he kind of 

used his momentum against me 

and got the contact and flopped. 

The ref called it. It was a boneheaded 

mistake on my part.'' 

Holmes, a 78 percent freethrow 

shooter, made both shots 

to put the Aggies ahead 67-66. 

`Ì'll take it,'' Turgeon said. 

``...It was just a physical game 

and B.J. is pretty good at drawing 

fouls.'' 

Without a timeout, Dowell 

looked to penetrate the lane and 

the Cowboys eventually worked 

the ball inside to Matt Pilgrim, 

who appeared ready to shoot 

when Texas A&M's Dash Harris 

knocked the ball out of bounds 

with 2.7 seconds left. On the 

ensuing play, Dowell inbounded 

to Pilgrim, who missed a deep 

shot from the corner as time 

expired. 

``We just kicked ourselves in 

the foot all night long,'' 

Oklahoma State coach Travis 

Ford said. `Ìt's amazing we had 

the lead with however many 

seconds it was to go because we 

made way too many mistakes 

tonight to even be in this basketball 

game.'' 

Ford said Dowell ``did a lot 

of good things'' and that his late 

foul ``definitely wasn't what 

cost us the game. You fight so 

hard just to get to that point but 

there were so many more mistakes 

than just that.'' 

Oklahoma State suffered only 

its fifth home loss in 45 games 

during Ford's three seasons. 

Two of those losses have come 

this season, to the Aggies and to 

Texas. 

`Ìt's a huge disappointment,'' 

Oklahoma State guard Keiton 

Page said. ``We had to win this 

game. We're at home with our 

crowd. We're tough to beat here 

... so it's disappointing to lose 

this type of game in our own 

gym.'' 

No. 20 Missouri beats Iowa State 76-70 

AMES, Iowa (AP) 

Missouri can finally celebrate 

on a trip back to Columbia 

instead of sulking over yet 

another road loss in the Big 12. 

Marcus Denmon scored 25 

points, Laurence Bowers added 

16 and the No. 20 Tigers beat 

Iowa State 76-70 on Saturday, 

winning their first league road 

game and their first away from 

Mizzou Arena since beating 

Illinois in St. Louis in 

December. 

Missouri survived with a stellar 

effort from the line in the 

second half, hitting 16 of 20 

free throws and four straight to 

go ahead 66-60 with 3:27 left. 

Bowers then capped a scrambling 

possession with a putback, 

giving the Tigers a 68-60 lead 

with 1:55 to go. 

Iowa State got to 72-68 with 

minutes,'' Missouri coach Mike 

Anderson said. 

Missouri blew out Iowa State 

by 33 points when the two met 

in Columbia last month. The 

Tigers jumped out to a 22-point 

halftime lead and cruised from 

there, handing the Cyclones 

their biggest loss of the year. 

Early on, things looked disturbingly 

similar for Iowa State. 

The Tigers hit nine of their 

first 12 shots and jumped ahead 

21-9 just seven minutes in. But 

Iowa State pulled back within 

23-18, keeping the game from 

getting out of hand. 

The energized Cyclones then 

controlled the tempo over the 

last 10 minutes of the first half, 

cutting Missouri's lead to 35-33. 

`Òur defense in the last 10 

minutes of the first half was 

great. If you come out and start 

and took a 40-38 lead on Andre 

Almeida's tip-in with 16:29 

remaining. It was the first time 

Texas had trailed in seven 

games. 

The Huskers got back-toback 

layups from Richardson, 

and Almeida's left-handed hook 

made it 50-42 with 11:39 left. 

Nebraska's biggest lead was 11, 

the last time after Jeter's layup. 

The burst came after Sadler 

changed Nebraska's offense and 

4B 

able Saturday, have only one 

win in their last 12 games. 

``We exhausted too much 

energy trying to get back into 

the game,'' Iowa State coach 

Fred Hoiberg said. ``We had 

some pretty tired guys out 

there.'' 

Missouri won its third 

straight game in Ames, the first 

time it has done so since 1995. 

That paled in comparison, 

though, with finally winning a 

Big 12 road game in 2011. 

``We broke the huddle with 

'Road Dogs,''' Bowers said. 

``We won, so we're calling ourselves 

'Road Dogs' until midnight.'' 

Richardson seals Nebraska upset of No. 3 Texas 70-67 

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) 

Count Texas among those 

very impressed by Nebraska's 

upset of the No. 3 Longhorns. 

Brandon Richardson hit a 

pair of free throws with 7.2 seconds 

left to seal the 

Cornhuskers' 70-67 win on 

Saturday. Nebraska hadn't beaten 

a team ranked in the top three 

since knocking off No. 3 

Missouri 98-91 in the 1994 Big 

Eight Conference tournament. 

After Texas' 3-point attempt 

fell short at the buzzer, 

Nebraska students stormed the 

court and hoisted players on 

their shoulders. 

``Man, what a great game,'' 

Nebraska coach Doc Sadler 

said. ``How can you not be 

excited? It's a great day for us.'' 

The Cornhuskers' second win 

over a Top 25 opponent this season 

broke Texas' school record 

Big 12 winning streak at 11 

games. Nebraska downed then- 

No. 13 Texas A&M 57-48 on 

24 seconds left. But Missouri 

iced the game with four free 

throws from Michael Dixon, 

who was 0 of 7 from the field 

but a perfect 6 for 6 from the 

line. 

`Ìt just feels good to get a 

win, especially getting back on 

the plane. There's been so many 

sad plane rides,'' Dixon said. 

``Just quiet, silence, nothing, so 

it'll be good to get back.'' 

Jake Anderson had 17 points 

for Iowa State (14-13, 1-11), 

which lost its ninth straight 

game after an encouraging 14-4 

start. 

Though Missouri never 

trailed in breaking in a fivegame 

league losing skid on the 

road, the undermanned 

Cyclones pushed the Tigers 

until the final minute. 

Missouri pushed a two-point 

Jan. 29. 

Texas coach Rick Barnes said 

this one wasn't a fluke. 

``There's no question 

Nebraska deserves all the credit 

because they were a terrific 

team today,'' he said. ``Doc 

Sadler is one of the great guys 

in this business, and it couldn't 

have happened to a better guy. 

If this helps them to the NCAA 

tournament, then it would be 

great for him. The fans were 

great, and they definitely 

deserved to win the game.'' 

Richardson led Nebraska 

with 15 points, 10 in the second 

half. Toney McCray added 14. 

Jordan Hamilton and Brown 

each had 18 to top Texas. Cory 

Joseph had 13. 

Nebraska (18-8, 6-6 Big 12), 

which trailed by seven points at 

halftime, took a 64-53 lead on 

Lance Jeter's driving layup with 

2:35 left. But the Cornhuskers 

made just six of 11 free throws 

in the last two minutes to help 

ings with a knee injury, got a 

bucket and then Josh Selby fed 

Marcus Morris, who blew right 

past a flat-footed Cowboys 

defender and slammed the ball 

home for a 35-19 lead. 

Moses finally broke 

Oklahoma State's field goal 

drought with a layup at the 5:36 

mark, but Mario Little answered 

with a 3 from the top of the key. 

Two free throws by Little and 

one by Johnson put the 

Jayhawks on top 42-21. Moses, 

a 6-7 senior, was 8 for 11 from 

the floor and made 10 of 13 free 

Texas A&M beat the 

Cowboys by 23 on Jan. 13 but it 

wasn't so easy for the Aggies in 

the rematch. Neither team led 

by more than eight points and 

the game included 13 lead 

changes and 14 ties. The 

Aggies' leading scorer, Khris 

Middleton, didn't score until 

6:35 remained but finished with 

12 points, helping keep 

Oklahoma State at bay in the 

final minutes. 

``Khris was about as bad as 

he's been for 30 minutes, then 

he was about as good as he's 

been,'' Turgeon said. 

Oklahoma State played most 

of the second half without leading 

scorer and rebounder 

Marshall Moses, who Ford said 

has been sick for a couple of 

days. Moses played only seven 

minutes and went scoreless for 

the first time this season. 

The teams combined for 48 

fouls _ 26 on Oklahoma State, 

the game that way, we could be 

up 10 points. That is the disappointing 

thing for me, because 

have shown how capable we 

are,'' Iowa State coach Fred 

Hoiberg said. 

Christopherson and Calvin 

Godfrey each scored 13 points 

and Garrett added 12 points and 

10 assists for Iowa State. The 

Cyclones played their second 

straight game without senior 

forward Jamie Vanderbeken, 

who sprained his left ankle last 

week in a loss at top-ranked 

Kansas. 

The absence of Vanderbeken, 

who is averaging 11.3 points 

and shooting 43.7 percent from 

3-point range, has only made 

life worse for a team whose lack 

of depth has been exposed. 

The Cyclones, who had just 

seven scholarship players avail- 

Texas Tech wins 78-69 at Baylor to end 4-game skid 

WACO, Texas (AP) 

Despite being short-handed 

on the road, Texas Tech just 

kept holding on against Baylor. 

Brad Reese scored 12 of his 

17 points after halftime and the 

Red Raiders snapped a fourgame 

losing streak with a 78-69 

victory Saturday night. Tech led 

the final 26 minutes of the 

game, responding each time 

Baylor got within a basket after 

halftime. 

``The record doesn't show it, 

but the kids have kept playing 

hard and they deserve this,'' 

Tech coach Pat Knight said. 

``They've got to learn that even 

though you deserve it, you've 

got to take it. No one's going to 

give it to you.'' 

The Red Raiders (12-15, 4-8 

Big 12) were coming off consecutive 

close calls against Top 

25 teams, losing by three 

against Texas A&M and by 

eight at Missouri. 

They were already playing 

without Mike Singletary, their 

top rebounder and No. 2 scorer 

who was out with a calf injury. 

Then two of Tech's post players 

fouled out _ Jaye Crockett with 

15 minutes left, and D'walyn 

Roberts with 10 minutes. 

Baylor (17-9, 5-7) was within 

64-62 and with the ball after a 

turnover by Reese with 3:51 

left. But the Bears had three 

consecutive turnovers, by three 

different players. Robert 

Lewandowski and Reese then 

scored for the Red Raiders. 

``Dejected, disappointed, 

upset as much as you can be 

after a game,'' Baylor coach 

Scott Drew said. ``But want to 

give Texas Tech the credit. They 

got every big play, every loose 

ball, everything they needed to 

have.'' 

Baylor, whose only other 

home loss this season was to 

No. 1 Kansas, is 5-6 its last 11 

games. 

After reaching an NCAA 

regional final last season, the 

Bears are in danger of missing 

the tournament this season. 

They have four regular-season 

games left, three of them 

against Top 25 teams. 

`Ìt's going to be tough. But 

like coach said, as long as we've 

got a chance, we have a 

chance,'' LaceDarius Dunn said. 

Texas get back in it. 

``We made it much tougher 

than we could have,'' Sadler 

said. ``They made some plays. 

You're not going to just go beat 

teams like that. 

``We just needed to make 

some free throws.'' 

Texas (23-4, 11-1) went on a 

12-1 run, making seven of nine 

free throws and adding a pair of 

baskets. Alexis Wangmere's free 

throws tied it 65-65 with 1:07 

remaining. 

Richardson sank a pair of 

foul shots with 43.5 seconds 

remaining to put Nebraska back 

in front, and Drake Beranek 

made one of two with 24.7 seconds 

left. 

Texas' J'Covan Brown made 

two of three free throws with 

12.6 seconds remaining to cut 

the deficit to one, but his 3point 

attempt at the buzzer fell 

short. 

Hamilton said he was confident 

Texas could come back, 

``So we're going to keep pushing, 

we're going to stay focused 

and not let this determine our 

goal of what we're trying to get 

to.'' 

Dunn, who became Baylor's 

career scoring leader in the previous 

game, had a game-high 21 

points. He was only 1 of 6 on 3pointers, 

the make coming with 

21 seconds left to stretch his 

school-record streak to 40 consecutive 

games with a 3-pointer. 

Anthony Jones has 11 points 

for the Bears, and Perry Jones 

had 10. 

John Roberson added 16 

points Texas Tech, which shot 

51 percent from the field. David 

Tairu had 12 points while 

Lewandowski had 12 points and 

11 rebounds in 25 minutes. 

even though the Longhorns 

were trailing by double figures 

with less than two minutes to 

go. 

``There was never a doubt in 

my mind,'' he said. `Ì think 

(Nebraska) shot a great percentage 

in the second half. They 

played really hard. The crowd 

got into it. They got loud. We 

missed some shots, I missed 

some easy shots, and some wide 

open looks, even in the first 

half. That was the outcome.'' 

The Cornhuskers were every 

bit as confident, even when they 

were down at halftime. 

`Ìt was as positive as we've 

ever been in the locker room,'' 

McCray said. ``Nobody was rattled, 

nobody was discouraged or 

nothing like that. It was almost 

like we was up. I don't want to 

sound stupid, but I didn't even 

know the score. We knew it was 

going to be a 40-minute game.'' 

Nebraska hit seven of its first 

eight shots in the second half 

``Yeah, the offense was good. 

We took a few bad shots, quick, 

but I thought our guys really 

worked the ball. And they've 

been doing that,'' Knight said. 

``We finally got it in their head 

that with the motion offense, 

you don't need to take contested 

shots. Just make that one extra 

pass.'' 

Texas Tech went ahead to 

stay when Paul Cooper's jumper 

with 6 minutes left in the first 

half made it 24-23. 

That was part of a 15-6 run 

by the Red Raiders over the 

final 7:20 of the first half when 

Baylor didn't make a field goal. 

Baylor jumped out to an early 

14-6 lead, but Tech scored eight 

consecutive points and got even 

on a dunk by Reese. 

throws. But Kansas outrebounded 

the Cowboys 38-25 and 

made 20 of 27 foul shots. 

In the second half, Moses' 

two free throws sliced the lead 

to 74-55 before Johnson 

answered with a 3-pointer and 

ignited another Jayhawks push 

that quickly built the lead to 83- 

58 on another 3 by Johnson. 

Reger Dowell had 10 points 

for Oklahoma State. 

22 on Texas A&M. The Aggies 

finished 27 of 35 from the freethrow 

line, while Oklahoma 

State was 23 of 29. 

Ford was slapped with a technical 

less than 5 minutes into 

the game and Holmes made 

both free throws to put the 

Aggies up 11-4. Over the next 7 

minutes, the teams combined 

for one basket and six points. 

Three Cowboys _ Markel 

Brown, Jarred Shaw and Roger 

Franklin _ each had three fouls 

by halftime. Brown received a 

technical foul after a skirmish 

with Texas A&M's Nathan 

Walkup. 

Page added 12 points for the 

Cowboys while Jean-Paul 

Olukemi had 11. Pilgrim finished 

with nine points and 11 

rebounds as Oklahoma State 

outrebounded Texas A&M 30- 

22. Texas A&M entered the 

game eighth in the nation in 

rebounding margin. 

After Anthony Jones saved 

the ball from going out of 

bounds and Quincy Acy scored 

after a give-and-go with Dunn, 

the Bears were within 56-54 

midway through the second 

half. But Acy missed a free 

throw after being fouled, then 

Roberson and Reese scored for 

the Red Raiders. 

A.J. Walton hit two free 

throws early in the second half 

to get Baylor within 38-36, but 

Tairu then hit a 3-pointer and 

Reese a jumper. 

It was a tough day for Baylor 

against Texas Tech. 

Earlier Saturday in Lubbock, 

the No. 1-ranked Lady Bears 

lost 56-45 to Tech, ending their 

21-game winning streak. 

put centers Almeida and Jorge 

Brian Diaz on the blocks to get 

them one-on-one coverage and 

open up driving lanes. 

``They were not ready for me 

and Brian on the post,'' Almeida 

said. `Ì don't know when was 

the last time we've run that 

offense. We tried it one time, 

and it worked. The second time 

it worked. We just kept going 

with it.'' 

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Adams leads Aggies past Cowgirls 76-67 

COLLEGE STATION, Texas 

(AP) 

Texas A&M coach Gary 

Blair used his pregame speech 

to talk to his team about No. 1 

Baylor's loss to unranked Texas 

Tech earlier in the day. 

He wanted to make sure the 

same thing didn't happen to his 

fifth-ranked Aggies. For a 

while, though, it looked like 

they didn't get the message. 

They finally got going late 

with Danielle Adams scoring 

24 points as Texas A&M outlasted 

Oklahoma State 76-67 

on Saturday night. 

The score was tied 54-all 

with about 5 minutes remaining 

before Texas A&M (22-3, 10-2 

Big 12) scored 11 straight 

points. Sydney Colson scored 

the first five points in that run 

and Adams capped it with a 

jump shot with about 2 minutes 

left. 

Texas Tech upsets No. 1 Baylor 56-45 

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) 

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`Ì thinked we upped our 

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night at No. 5 Texas A&M. 

`Ì don't think we ever had a 

doubt from the beginning,'' said 

the sophomore, who was 4 for 

11 from the field, including two 

3 pointers. `Ì think we know 

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The Aggies were up by 16 

points in the first half before 

Oklahoma State (15-10, 3-9) 

took the lead midway through 

the second period. Texas A&M 

had trouble feeding Adams 

down low and was cold from 

outside for most of the second 

half to allow the Cowgirls to 

hang around until the late run. 

``When you are not at your 

best and still be able to win, it's 

a beautiful win,'' Blair said. 

``You better learn to be humble 

and stumble. If we would have 

been on the road we probably 

would have lost today.'' 

Texas A&M's Sydney Carter 

said they learned a lesson on 

Saturday. 

`Ìt's a wake-up call for us to 

see that people can do that,'' she 

said of Oklahoma State's comeback. 

``When we get a big lead 

we need to put our foot on them 

and keep our foot on them.'' 

we can beat Texas A&M. We 

know we can beat Baylor _ we 

know we can beat anybody 

when we play as good as we 

can. Our team is stacked with 

talent, so we never doubt ourselves 

and we always have confidence 

and I think we just 

showed it tonight.'' 

The win evened a loss in 

Lubbock last year when 

Brittney Griner was ejected for 

punching a Texas Tech player. 

Griner finished with 15 

points and six rebounds to lead 

Baylor (24-2, 11-1), which finished 

with season lows in 

shooting (25.9 percent) and 

scoring. The Lady Bears averaged 

81.7 points coming into 

the contest. 

Baylor coach Kim Mulkey 

lauded Tech's defense and saw 

her team lacking spunk. 

``We just kept thinking 

'We're going to shoot better, 

we're going to shoot better,' and 

we just didn't move,'' she said. 

``We were just stuck in mud, 

we didn't move.'' 

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what we were doing was making 

them run their offense with 

20, 21, 22, 23 (seconds) on the 

clock,'' Curry said. ``You could 

tell that that was really affecting 

them.'' 

Texas Tech led most of the 

game, going ahead 52-37 with 

5:23 left when Kierra Mallard 

hit a jumper in the lane. Baylor 

used a 6-0 run that included a 

3-pointer by Melissa Jones and 

a bucket by Odyssey Sims _ her 

first of the game _ to cut the 

deficit to 52-43. 

Christine Hyde got a layup to 

put the Lady Raiders up 54-43 

before Griner hit two free 

throws to pull within nine. But 

the Lady Bears were too far 

behind down the stretch. 

Griner struggled in the first 

half, finishing with seven 

points and three rebounds, and 

Baylor looked frazzled. Griner 

was double teamed often and 

left the game with 3:20 left in 

the half after she and Mallard 

got tangled up under Baylor's 

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Toni Young's 23 points and 17 

rebounds. 

Cowgirls coach Kurt Budke 

was impressed with the Aggies 

despite their struggles against 

his squad 

`Ì told Gary, I think his team 

is no question in my mind a 

Final Four team,'' Budke said. 

`Ìt's by far his best offensive 

team he's ever had. For us to 

come here ... and perform like 

we did tonight, I could not be 

more proud of these kids.'' 

The win was Texas A&M's 

seventh in eight tries against 

Oklahoma State and got the 

Aggies back on track after 

Monday's 67-58 loss at Baylor. 

Adams, who turned 22 on 

Saturday, bounced back from 

Monday's performance against 

Baylor where she scored a season-low 

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Tyra White had 13. 

Colson, who had been on the 

bench for big chunks in the second 

half after getting three 

fouls before halftime, came in 

and scored her five quick 

points to make it 59-54 in the 

run that sealed the game. She 

fouled out with about 3 minutes 

remaining when she got tangled 

up with Carolyn Blair- 

Mobley. 

Aside from those points, 

Colson didn't do much else and 

finished with eight points, one 

assist and two turnovers. 

``Those two shots were 

huge,'' Blair said. ``We're struggling 

there. I don't throw kids 

under the bus (but) she knows 

she needs to be better.'' 

The Cowgirls took their first 

lead since early in the game, 

51-50, on a three-point play by 

Vicky McIntyre with just under 

and Mulkey at midcourt by the 

scorers table. 

Curry was visibly angry and 

the official worked to stay 

wedged between the two 

coaches. Curry was shouting 

and pointing her finger at 

Mulkey before the official sent 

them back to their respective 

benches. 

`Ì just didn't think Kierra 

deserved the foul,'' Curry said. 

The Lady Bears got eight 

points in the paint and were 

outrebounded 20-19 in the first 

half. They shot just 26 percent 

from the field. 

Jordan Barncastle, the recipient 

of Griner's punch last year 

in Lubbock, came into the 

game with 6:44 left in the half 

and guarded Griner on the 

Lady Bears' first possession. 

They failed to score. 

Curry tossed the game ball to 

Barncastle after the win, later 

saying, ``She deserved that. she 

only played three minutes 

today but the bottomline is 

Jordan is an incredible lady.'' 

About a minute later, a wide 

9 minutes remaining. 

Adams had a tough time 

against Oklahoma State's 

defense despite leading the 

Aggies in scoring. The 6-foot-1 

Adams went 8 of 21 while 

struggling to get shots over 6-6 

freshman McIntyre. 

``You have to consider that a 

good night against her,'' Budke 

said of holding Adams to 24 

points. ``She's a great teammate. 

She doesn't care about 

scoring. I love the kid. At the 

end of the night you just hope 

she doesn't go for 40.'' 

Tiffany Bias scored 20 

points and had five assists for 

Oklahoma State, who had 23 

turnovers that led to 27 points 

by the Aggies. Nineteen of 

Young's points came after halftime 

when she asked Budke to 

get her the ball more. 

``Second half I was more 

relaxed and determined to 

open Griner slammed a twohanded 

dunk _ her first in a 

game this year _ to tie the score 

at 19. But for the rest of the half 

Baylor got just two free throws, 

failing to sink a bucket for 

5:31. 

Meanwhile the Lady Raiders 

got nine points to lead 28-21 at 

5B 

halftime. The Lady Bears halftime 

deficit was their second 

largest this season and Baylor's 

lowest points for a first half 

since getting 27 against 

Connecticut in November. 

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Oklahoma State scored the 

first seven points of the second 

half to continue a run that started 

in the first half and tied it at 

36-all with 18 minutes remaining. 

The Aggies led by 1 early in 

the first half before using an 

18-3 run to stretch the lead to 

25-9 midway through the period. 

The Cowgirls responded 

with a 14-4 spurt to close the 

gap to 29-23 about 4 minutes 

before halftime. 

Texas A&M went more than 

5 minutes without scoring a 

basket in that span as they 

struggled to score against 

Oklahoma State's zone defense. 

The Aggies led 36-29 at halftime.



Kansas State - Oklahoma - Photos 

K-State’s Martavious Irving (3) jumps high and 

Oklahoma cowers under him. 

K-State’s Rodney McGruder (22) reaches for the ball 

and scored 20 points. 

(Photos by Ben Brake and Tonya Ricklefs) 

6B 

K-State’s Curtis Kelly (24) takes a shot well above 

Oklahoma. 

Kansas State - Colorado - Photos 

K-State’s Mariah White (22) maneuvers around 

Colorado. 

K-State’s Alina Voronenko (32) goes up for the net and 

scored 9 points. 

K-State’s Jalana Cholds (33) takes a shot and scopred 

18 points against Colorado.

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