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VOLUME 16, N UMBER 61
T HURSDAY, J ANUARY 31, 2008
W INNER OF THE K ANSAS G AS S ERVICE
E XCELLENCE I N E DITORIAL W RITING
2006 K ANSAS P ROFESSIONAL
C OMMUNICATORS P HOTO E SSAY AWARD
C OMMUNICATORS E DITORIAL AWARD
W INNER OF THE K ANSAS P RESS
A SSOCIATION A DVERTISING AWARD
Voter Treachery
Editorial
By Jon A. Brake
Geary County Commissioner
Florence Whitebread told the
Riley County Commissioners last
Thursday that Geary County had
completely
remodeled
the
Courthouse without going to a
vote of the people. They also built
a new Administration Building, a
Jail and a building for the Cloud
County Community College.
Steve Opat, Geary County
Councilor told the Commission
that the voters had twice turned
down the Courthouse remodeling
and so the Commission established
a
Public
Building
Commission which allows Geary
County to:
• Remodeled the Geary County
Courthouse and the Pennell
Building used for Court Services
at a cost of $3,775,000.00.
• Built three buildings for the
Cloud
County
Community
College, which is now called the
Geary County Campus costing
$1,470,000.00.
• Expand the Geary County Jail
using $5 million in the process.
• Built the Geary County Office
Building worth $1,200,000.00.
• Provide for the Remodeling of
the Geary County Community
Hospital in the amount of
$4,925,000.00.
More than $16 million dollars of
construction without a vote of the
people.
The Riley County Commission
now have their eyes set on removing the Riley County voters on
such projects.
As it now stands the County
must go to the voters to purchase
or the remodeling of county buildings in excess of $300,000 for
General Obligation Bonds.
If
a
Public
Building
Commission is formed in Riley
County, the County Commission
would go to the PBC for the building and financing, not the voters.
The Commission would then lease
the building from the PBC.
The number of projects and the
costs of the projects would be up
to the County Commission. To pay
for the projects the County
Commission would use property
or sales tax.
The Commissioners were told
that the PBC does not avoid public
input, because there is a 30-day
notice protest period for each project.
That sounds like the voters
would have a way to stop a project. Protest petitions have worked
in Manhattan and Riley County in
the past, for a time. Then City officials learned that all they needed
to do was wait a few months,
change the project a little and it
would pass without a protest petition. Voters will soon learn that
what ever the public officials
want, they get.
The citizens of Manhattan voted
down a $40 million Recreation
It ain't over until the Wildcats sing. (Photo by Ben Brake)
County Commissioners were told last week that it would cost $110,000 to
$118,000 to demolish the First Christian Church if Riley County were purchased the land it sits on.
facility a few months back. With a
Public Building Commission, the
City could build the facility without
going to another vote and put the tab
on the citizen’s property taxes.
Some in the School District have
talked about a second high school.
They have not taken it to the citizens
because they feel the project would
be voted down. With a Public
Building Commission the School
District could get the second high
school without going to the voters.
And again the tab would be paid by
the citizens of the School District
through higher property taxes.
And what about Riley County?
The Riley County Commissioners
have big ideas. They want to buy the
First Christian Church and demolish
it and the HTX (telephone building)
and the Riley County Administration
Building and build a $55 million
office complex. But, with the mood
of the citizens on higher taxes they
are looking for ways to get around
a vote.
The Administration Building
was purchased in 1985 and has had
three major renovations. The first
floor alone cost $900,000 just ten
years ago. The HTX Building was
purchased in the early 1990’s and
has seen some renovations.
But, that is not all County
Commission Chairman Bob
Newsome wants to have a new jail
with
the
$55
million
Administration Building. The
Riley County Jail was completed
in 1999 but Newsome feels it
should be downtown.
If the citizens of Riley County
do not speak up now they will have
a Public Building Commission and
they will never have another say in
the construction of public building
again. Call your Commissioner.
Besides the First Christian Church the Riley County Commissioners are looking at demolishing the old telephone
building (HTX) and the present Riley County Administration Building, above. A new $55,000,000 Administration
Building would be built. The Commissioners are looking at forming a Public Building Commission so they do not
have to get voter approval.
Unbelievable
The Streak Ends:
No. 22 KSU 84, No. 2 KU 75
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Michael
Beasley scored 25 points, Bill Walker
had 19 and No. 22 Kansas State ended a
24-year, home-court losing streak against
Kansas with an 84-75 victory Wednesday
night against the previously unbeaten
Jayhawks.
Always double- and sometimes tripleteamed when he touched the ball inside,
the 6-foot-10 Beasley was held to only
eight points in the first half but scored six
in a row in the first few minutes after
intermission and No. 2 Kansas never
caught up.
Beasley, the nation's leading rebounder and No. 4 scorer, was 4-for-4 from
behind the 3-point arc as the Wildcats
(15-4, 5-0 Big 12) took over first place in
a Big 12 conference they've never even
competed in, let alone won.
Kansas (20-1, 5-1), two victories short
of matching the best start in its storied
basketball history, lost on its state rival's
home court for the first time since 1983.
The 24-game streak in an opponent's
home gym came within one of tying the
NCAA Division I record which UCLA
set against California from 1961-68.
The capacity crowd of 12,528 in
Bramlage Coliseum, where Kansas had
been 19-0, sensed the victory with more
than 5 minutes to go and security guards,
worried about a near-riot, moved near the
court.
It didn't keep the floor from being
flooded by delirious Wildcats fans, who
jumped over the press table and sent
reporters, computers and notebooks flying.
Jacob Pullen had 20 points for Kansas
State, giving the freshman trio of
Beasley-Walker-Pullen a combined 67.
Mario Chalmers had 19 for Kansas.
Brandon Rush had 15 and Darrell Arthur
12.
The Jayhawks had beaten Kansas State
35 of their last 36 overall. With Kansas
going down, No. 1 Memphis is the only
unbeaten team left in Division I.
Arthur, the leading scorer in Kansas'
well-balanced offense, drew his fourth
foul with 13:33 left and went to the
bench, weakening the Jayhawks offensively and defensively. After Sherron
Collins hit a 3-pointer 30 seconds later to
slice Kansas State's lead to 47-45, the
Jayhawks went almost seven minutes
without a field goal, missing six straight
shots.
Beasley, in the meantime, had become
his nearly unstoppable self and Pullen
was darting in and out and having his
best game of the season.
Walker hit a 3-pointer for a 52-45 lead,
his first points since drawing his third
foul and going to the bench in the first
half after throwing a vicious elbow to the
face of Chalmers.
Then Pullen hit a 3-pointer, Beasley
rebounded Chalmers' miss and put in a
thunderous dunk on the other end off a
nifty feed from Pullen that made it 57-45.
Chalmers and Russell Robinson, who
had combined to average almost six
steals this season and rank 1-2 in the Big
12, figured prominently in a game plan
that was supposed to have the Jayhawks'
quicker, deeper back court dominate the
Wildcat guards and create turnovers.
But Kansas State's guards were more
than up to the challenge. Pullen had four
assists to go with 10-for-10 from the foul
line. Clent Stewart, a senior guard, had
11 points and five rebounds. Together
they outscored Chalmers and Robinson
31-25.
Kansas, which averaged only 12
turnovers while winning its first 20
games, had 10 in the first half of the
rough-and-tumble 263rd meeting of the
Sunflower State rivals and wound up
with 16.
Sherron Collins had 12 points for the
Jayhawks, who came into the game leading the nation with a scoring margin of
24.9 points.
Darren Kent (42) helped the Cats with defense and rebounding. (Photo by Ben Brake)
Kansas Profile - Now That’s Rural - Eric Niemann
By Ron Wilson, director, Huck
Boyd National Institute for Rural
Development at Kansas State
University.
Let´s go halfway around the
globe to Malaysia, to the
International Oilseed Producers
Dialogue. Leading producers of
soybeans, palm oil, rapeseed and
other commodities are in attendance, including a soybean farmer
from northeast Kansas. How did
this Kansas farmer get to Malaysia?
He is here in his capacity as chairman of the United Soybean Board in
the U.S. It´s another in our series on
national agricultural leaders from
rural Kansas.
Eric Niemann is the chairman of
the United Soybean Board. Unlike
the other organizations in our series
on national ag leaders, the United
Soybean Board is not an association.
Instead, it is a nationwide board of
people with the responsibility to allocate dollars from the national soybean
checkoff. Eric Niemann is the elected
chair of that board.
Eric comes from a farm near the
rural community of Nortonville,
Kansas, population 613 people. Now,
that´s rural. Eric grew up in Topeka
because his father served in the legislature, but they came back to the farm at
Nortonville in 1968.
Currently, Eric and his wife Lois
farm 1,200 acres. He also cleans and
sells certified wheat. In 1998, Eric was
appointed to the United Soybean
Board by then Secretary of Agriculture
Dan Glickman. He was reappointed by
subsequent secretaries on a bipartisan
basis to serve the maximum time
allowed by law. In December 2006, he
began a one year term as chairman of
the national board.
Eric says, "It´s been very rewarding.
What I´ve taken away most is an
appreciation for the dedication of all
the people involved."
Eric is proud of agriculture, and
especially the soybean industry. He
says, "We have the safest, most affordable, abundant food source in the
world. In the next 20 years, food
demand will double, through increased
population and a better economy.
That´s why we´re working on biotech
improvement of our soybean crops,
both for improved production as well
as for health benefits for the public."
For example, he foresees that the
next five to 10 years will bring biotech
crops with many new traits, such as
beneficial omega III oils, low saturated
fat, eliminated trans fat, and drought
and rust tolerance.
Eric says, "It´s a great time to be
involved." The soybean board has
upgraded its technology and done a
great deal of strategic planning.
Eric is pleased with the progress of
the soybean industry.
"We launched an animal agriculture
initiative to help poultry, swine, and
dairy producers with their environmental issues," he says. "Those species
consume almost all the soybean meal
and their environmental issues are very
important."
The soybean board has also invested
in biofuels research. Eric says, "We´ve
worked on soy biodiesel fuel which
helps lubricity and burns cleaner in the
engine." Of course, unlike crude oil,
soy comes from a renewable source.
Then there are other uses for soy
products, such as soy ink and backing
for carpet. Soy oil can replace petroleum-based products in polyurethane.
For example, the 2008 Ford Mustang
features a seat cover made of soy
polyurethane, and Eric would like to
see more of that.
He noted that a neighbor´s electric
pole and transformer were toppled by
the ice storm of December 2007, and
when the transformer fell, it broke
open and all the oil spilled out. The
soybean board is currently working
with Cargill to develop a soy oil to go
in such transformers.
This oil would be fire resistant and
without environmental problems.
"The soybean industry is working
well, partly as a result of the checkoff,"
Eric says. "Producers need to continue
to invest in research, market development, and promotion."
Eric has seen the benefit of such
market promotion world wide, as he
has worked with soybean customers
from Spain to China.
It´s time to leave this meeting of the
International Oilseed Producers
Dialogue in Malaysia, where a Kansas
farmer represents U.S. soybean producers. We commend Eric Niemann
for making a difference through his
role as chairman of the United
Soybean Board. He´s helping soybeans to succeed.
And there´s more. We´ll learn about
another national ag leader from rural
Kansas in our next column.
LOCAL NEWS
Obituaries
Leo Carroll
Leo Patrick Carroll, 81, of Manhattan,
KS, passed away Thursday, January 24,
2008 at Meadowlark Hills from complications related to multiple myeloma. He
was a long time resident of Illinois and
had been living in Kansas since retiring
in 1998.
He was born March 16, 1926 in Axtell,
KS to Joseph and Margaret Crevan
Carroll. He attended Pleasant Valley, a
one room school house located 7 miles
outside of Axtell, KS and graduated from
Seneca Kansas Public High School in
1944. Leo joined the Army in 1945 and
was stationed in Fairbanks, AK. He
attended Kansas State University on the
GI bill and graduated with a BS in Grain
Science in 1952. He took an internship
with Midwest Biscuit Company in
Burlington, IA and it was here that he
met his wife Margie Marie Gates. They
were married November 12, 1955 in
Kahoka, MO and made their first home
in Manhattan, KS while Leo completed
his Masters in Cereal Chemistry from
KSU. After graduation, he accepted a
position with the Quaker Oats Company
in Barrington, IL in August 1956. While
with Quaker in his research position, he
traveled extensively throughout the
United States, South America and even
Europe. He developed three patents cur-
Ester Spomer
Esther E. Spomer, 93, of Lawrence,
Kansas, formerly of Wamego, Kansas,
died Saturday, January 26, 2008 at the
Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Esther was born March 13, 1914 in
Ludell, Kansas, the daughter of Matt
Goltl and Sophia Toth Goltl. She attended local schools and then graduated from
Fort Hays State University with both her
undergraduate and master’s degrees.
After receiving a Masters degree in
Educational Psychology, Esther worked
as a school psychologist for the public
school system in Hays. After her retirement she moved to Wamego to be closer
to family.
In Hays she was a member of Messiah
Lutheran Church and an active member
of the community. She volunteered for
several different organizations including
the Arts Council. After moving to
Wamego, she continued to volunteer at
the Columbian Theatre and for various
other community activities. She was an
active member of Mt Calvary Lutheran
Church in Wamego. Esther loved to sew,
quilt, and making pottery.
She married E.J. Spomer on April 3,
1937 in Topeka, Kansas. He preceded
her in death in April of 1965. In the late
1950’s E.J. and Esther were elected
Master Farmer and Master Homemaker
of Kansas. Much of their late married life
was spent in Hays, KS, where E.J. served
as a faculty member of the Ft. Hays
Kansas State University.
Stacy Swank
Stacy Renee Swank, 45, of
Newton, Kansas, formerly of
Wamego, died January 25, 2008 in
Newton.
Stacy was born December 10,
1962 in Wamego, Kansas, the daughter of Ed and Betty Turner Swank.
She attended local schools and also
attended Smith Center High School.
She is survived by three sons,
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rently used in the food industry today and
retired from Quaker January 30, 1989.
His most recognized patent and probably
the most enjoyed is the recipe for the
McDonald’s biscuit. Leo was a member
of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in
Cary, IL. He was elected to the school
board, was a member of the Knights of
Columbus and also participated in the
Public Aid to Deliver Shelter (PADS)
program. Leo and Margie raised their 6
children in the Chicago area. Leo was a
coach and cheerleader for the various
sports activities his children participated
in whether it be baseball, basketball or
track. He was also an avid golfer and
enjoyed playing with his friends, sons
and grandsons. Following his retirement
from the Quaker Oats Company, Leo
sold real estate for Starck Reality in
Barrington, IL for several years before
retiring with his wife Margie to Lillis, KS
in 1998 and became member of St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church. Leo and
Margie loved the people at Lillis and
made many friends there. On September
9, 2005 Margie passed away after 49 year
s of marriage and Leo’s sadness was
inconsolable and his loneliness was overwhelming.
But as fate would have it, Leo encountered a former chemistry classmate from
KSU by the name of Rosemary Visser,
who brightened his life with love and
companionship. On September 1, 2007,
Esther is survived by a daughter,
Connie Fowler and her husband, Curtis,
Shorewood, Wisconsin; a son, Craig
John Spomer and his wife, Erika,
Overbrook, Kansas; three sisters, Evelyn
Botti, El Sobrante, California, Elaine
Johnson, McDonald, Kansas, Jane Casa,
San Miguel deAllende, Mexico; two sisters-in-law, Bethel Goltl, McDonald,
Kansas, Esther Spomer, Hermiston,
Oregon; a brother-in-law, Ralph Spomer
and his wife, Virginia, Council Bluffs,
Iowa; nine grandchildren, Erin Fowler,
Ward Fowler, Lincoln Fowler, Abigail
Busby, Geneva Fowler, Theryn SpomerMunoz, Ian Spomer, Dylan Spomer, and
Hannah Spomer; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a
daughter, Patricia Spomer in 1977; two
brothers, Lavern Goltl, and Elmer Goltl;
and three sisters, Helen Sherrod, Irene
Kehlbeck and Edith Norwood.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00
p.m., Thursday, January 31, 2008 at Mt.
Calvary Lutheran Church in Wamego.
Reverend Jim Mayes will be officiating.
Burial will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. at
Larned Cemetery in Larned, Kansas.
The family will greet friends at the
church starting at 1:30 p.m., Thursday,
until service time. They suggest memorial contributions to Mt. Calvary
Lutheran Church, Messiah Lutheran
Church or Heifer International and those
may be sent in care of Campanella-Evans
Mortuary in Wamego. Online condolences may be made at www.campanellafuneral.com .
Stay Off The Wet Grass
Leo and Rosemary were married at the
Danforth Chapel at KSU. During their
short time together, Rosemary and Leo
enjoyed traveling to various states visiting children and grandchildren. Both
widowers after 49 years of marriage,
they enjoyed each other’s company and
sharing their one tea bag for two cups of
tea. The newlyweds were the toast of
Manhattan when they proved that a
staunch Methodist and a strict Irish
Catholic could come together and have a
beautiful
Christian
relationship.
Rosemary faithfully remained with him
throughout his illness and was at his bedside when he passed away at
Meadowlark Hills. Leo had battled multiple myeloma since June of 2004. His
cancer went into remission in December
2004 but became active again in
September of 2007. He is preceded in
death by his first wife, Margie Marie, his
parents Joseph and Margaret, brothers,
Charles and John, and sisters, Rose and
Evelyn. He is survived by his wife
Rosemary Visser Carroll, his sisters
Mary Carroll of Onaga, KS and Sister
Sheila of Atchison, KS; his brothers
James Carroll of Burlingame, KS and
Gerald Carroll of Prairie Village, KS; and
six children; Patricia Zumski of Fox
River Grove, IL, Pamela and Wendell
Hopkins of Lake Dallas, TX, Cathleen
and Joseph Resman of Fox River Grove,
IL, Michael and Pamela Carroll of Fox
River Grove, IL, Joseph and Lisa Carroll
of Metairie, LA, and Timothy and
Christina Carroll of Idaho Falls, ID.
Surviving step children are; Yvonne and
Ted Cummins of Houston, TX, Karl and
Susan Visser of Ft. Worth, TX, and Jerry
and Michele Visser of Brookings, South
Dakota.
Surviving
Grandchildren
include; Tamara Hopkins Young,
Zebulon Resman, Bates Hopkins, Amber
Runions, Zachary Carroll, Tanya
Zumski, Eliza Carroll, Kyle Zumski,
Connor Carroll, Patrick Carroll, Daniel
Carroll, Sar ah Visser, Kenton Visser,
Heath Cummins, Blake Cummins, Loren
Visser, Rebecca Visser, Kendra Visser,
and two great grandchildren Anthony
and Arianna Turnage.
By Gregg Eyestone
Staying off the grass or out of the
landscape when the soil is wet is
good advice. When temperatures in
winter allow for some visitation to
the landscape, it is a real temptation.
I admit to giving in but I tried to walk
lightly. Walking or driving on wet
soil causes it to compact. Mud
brought in the house is another
predicament but not the issue at
hand.
Soil compaction is a result of compressing the soil particles together
which reduces pore spaces. Reduced
pore space means less room for
water and oxygen vital for healthy
roots.
Compaction can be caused by
heavy rain, flooding or my curiosity.
The weight of people and equipment
are preventable causes if you have
the will power to stay off the wet
soil.
Plant problems caused by compaction are slow to reveal themselves. Stunted growth and even
death are results of compaction. An
extreme example of compaction is
death to plants in a walking path. The
grass or groundcover dies from lack
of oxygen due to the compacted soil.
Desirable trees around construction sites often decline years after the
equipment has left.
Prevention is the best strategy.
When the area is wet, stay off of it.
Work the soil only when a soil ball is
crumbly. If the soil stays in a ball,
then you will be causing compaction
as you stay in the garden. Keep
heavy equipment off of plant root
zones.
Plants grow much better with adequate oxygen in the soil. This
is why we turn the soil in the vegetable and annual flower gardens
each year. Oxygen filters in the open
We love and miss you Dad. You
will forever be in our hearts. You were
indeed a gentleman and a scholar and a
man who never quit.
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A memorial mass will be held at
11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 2, 2008 at
Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Lillis.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30
a.m., Sunday, February 3, 2208 at
College Ave United Methodist Church in
Manhattan. On February 5, 2008 a
memorial mass will be held at 1:00 p.m.
at Ss Peter and Paul Catholic Church in
Cary, Illinois. Inurnment and military
honors will follow at Saint John
Nepomucene Cemetery in Fox River
Grove, Illinois. The family suggests
memorial contributions to the American
Cancer Society and those may be sent in
care of Kufahl Funeral Home, 307
Center Street, Wheaton, KS 66521.
Online condolences may be made at
www.campanellafuneral.com
Billy, Dustin, and Jesse; her parents,
Betty and Don Bretz, Wamego and
Ed and Sherida Swank, Kensington.
Memorial services will be held at a
later date and complete obituary
information will be announced at
that time.
Campanella-Evans Mortuary in
Wamego is handling the arrangements and online condolences may
be made at www.campanellafuneral.com.
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spaces in the tilled soil.
The use of raised beds is a strategy
to prevent compaction and reduce
soil disturbance. Compaction takes
place around the bed instead of in it.
Raised beds also increases surface
area to get more oxygen to the roots.
Fortunately, the compaction I
made by walking around will most
likely be fixed by nature’s freezethaw cycle this time. It will be less of
a sure fix in April.
If you have any questions on any
horticulture topic, please contact
Gregg Eyestone at the Riley
County office of K-State Research
and Extension. Gregg may be contacted by calling 537- 6350 or stopping by 110 Courthouse Plaza in
Manhattan
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HISTORY
Scrapbook.
Wednesday, May 16, 1877
Another rainy day. Wrote E.V.
Wilson, Galveston, Tex. Dr. W.W.
King Lectured on Temperance in the
evening; Kansas a graveyard of
promising Young men from
whiskey!
Thursday, May 17, 1877
Wrote H.W. Cheney. Telegraph to
J.M. Browne.
Wrote Celia P.
Greene.
Eve. Lecture by Dr. W.W. King on
the Cost in temperance. Bold &
Striking! 1 hour! Good audience.
The Goodnow Diary gives a glimpse into the life of Isaac Goodnow, a
leader in the free-state movement and one of the founders of the town of
Manhattan. He later established the college which became Kansas State
University. A prominent farmer and successful businessman, Goodnow
and his wife, Ellen, built a unique stone farmhouse in the 1860s. Isaac's
and Ellen's interest in education and nature is reflected in the hundreds
of objects they collected.
Visiting Goodnow House Location: 2309 Claflin Road in
Manhattan, Kansas Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday - Friday
2 - 5 p.m. Saturday - Sunday. Subject to staff availability.
1877
Monday, May 7, 1877
Wrote L.H. Whitney.
Henry
Baylies, Thomas Sanders. Painted
the two front gates. Wrote V.P.
Wilson on G.W. Staatz &c. Fine day.
Tuesday, May 8, 1877
Beautiful day.
Cleared out
Carriage House & Stopped rat
Notes! Made garden paths. Fixed
Carriage door & underpinned barn.
Wrote Ella M. Prentice. Hattie wrote
Lizzie.
Cloudy & a Sprinkle! Fixed over
flower beds with manure, &c. Set
half breed hen, 13.E. No.2! Wrote
Hiram L. Denison. Have felt a little
dull.
Left with Philo & wife & Ellen in
Private Conveyance to visit
Gen[‘]l[.] Clapp. Heavy Showers on
the way. Called at Wm. Cooper’s &
took dinner. Mr. C.-accompanied us
to Yates Centre Went on to Gen[‘]l[.]
Clapps, arriving at 5-30 P.M. Mrs.
Scarlet & boy. Mrs. Clapp, Charlie
Clapp. Beautiful Location.
Friday, May 11, 1877
Designed to return
home—
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Stopped by Showers! Visit [quaralty?] sheep ranch! Spent the day
quite pleasantly. Visiting &c. Heavy
rain in the night!
Saturday, May 12, 1877
8 ½ A.M. Left for home. Rained
most of the way, 24 miles.
Dangerous Crossing at Hamilton’s &
Shannons & Deep nearest home.
Home safely but all hands damp &
quite tired. To bed at 9 P.M. after
reading letters.
Sunday, May 13, 1877
Home all day. Read & rested.
Cloudy all day without raining.
Eunice Allyn enjoying herself.—
Set Old Whity! 13 eggs.
Monday, May 14, 1877
Wrote L.B. Dennis, J. Denison,
R.W. Randall, R.S. Harford,
Hemminghouse, A.M. Sommers,
D.M. Adams, P.C. Clark, Dodge &
Co., K.M. Browne. Sent P.O. order
$35. to D.E. Clapp. Rainy in the
morning. P.C O.E. Potter R.E
Ag[‘]t[.], Hicksville, Co. Caught big
rat in trap.
Still damp & sprinkly! Wrote W.
B. Meeker & Co. Read papers &c.
Called at Philo’s & got Tweed!
Looked over engraving for
Fixed flower beds & Commenced
Shelves for minerals. Visit from Br.
Mayhew & wife. Eve—Lecture
again on License Law & the Cure of
Intemperance. $6.90 temperance
Cause.
Sent J.S. Kuhl, pr Express, 3
Coupons No.s 286, 585, 1325. Cash
$14.32. Planted potatoes- a part of
them Pearless, also Some 6 weeks
beans. A heavy rain in the night.
A beautiful day, A.M. Sermon on
Baptism by J. McAnulty. Eve—on
the Bible; Bible Anniversary! $2.00.
Read paper & in life of E.T. Taylor.
A good bath, to bed at 10 ½ P.M.
Wrote J.M. Merrick & sent pamphlets & papers, 3 packages. A.M.
Sommers on Pass L.B. Dennis &
sent Pass for 3 persons. Frank &
Lizzie Passes on train – She & Sadie
for Pittsburg.
Wrote A.B. Garner, H.B. Cullom,
S. Whitney. I. S. Lindsly, C.W.
Staatz, & Sent pr Express to Clark[,]
Successor to 1st Nat[‘]l[.] B.,
Junction City for C.W. Staatz 3
Coupons $90, $81.00 on deposit[e].
Water in Neosho Bank high!
Wrote to B. Meek, sent $168. also
M.R.
Bateman
&
W.
Hemminghouse. Long talk with
Capt. H.—. No 1. Half Breed Hen
has 9 chickens from 13 eggs! Fixed
paint round Chimney to Stop leakage
. lengthened ladder to do this. Mr.
H’s calf dead! Poison!
Beautiful day. Read. Home all
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day! Wrote A.H. Sears[.]
ers!
Sent Daguerrotype type to A. H.
Harris & Newspaper. Wrote Mrs.
R.H. Wood, R.W. Randall. Frank
G— & Prof. Mudge at dinner. Mrs.
Innis, Goodrich & [
] Called.
Hoed weeds & potatoes in garden.
Beautiful day. Goss left Cheyenne &
the Mountains! Birds!
Sent Clark, Dodge & Co. Draft
from Em. Nat[‘]l[.] Bank No. 32270
on Cen. Natl. Bank for $171 for 10
coupons.
Hoed potatoes & beans. Expected
L.B. Dennis & was disappointed,
Comes tomorrow. Very Windy!
Hoed hedge some & around Maple
trees.
Long talk with Capt.
Houghanant.
Saturday, June 2, 1877
Took a ride with Capt.
Houghanant, Dennis, wife, old Lady
Houghanant, Lolly, & Ellen. Looked
at Park, town, H.s— farm & Called
at Br. Norton’s, &c. home at dinner.
Wrote Callum, S. French,
Wherrell, & sent Capt. $80.50 on B.
House. W.B. Clark to Em Nat[‘]l[.]
Bank, No. 1218 on Deposit[e]. P.C.
G. Colton.
Went out with
Houghanant & L.B. Dennis & wife
to examine lands. Called on Jim
Baldwin &c. Fine farm, Fine House
& family. Home at Dusk. 2 show-
Friday, June 1, 1877
Rainy. Home all day visiting with
Br. Dennis &c.
Sunday, June 3, 1877
A.M. Sermon by Rev. S.B. Dennis,
also in the evening. Class Meeting.
Read Some.
Monday, June 4, 1877
L.B. Dennis & wife left for home
after Meeting & paying for 2 ¼ sections of land, with the intention of
moving out in the fall. Made a hen
Coop.—a success!
SUPER BOWL SAVINGS
Wrote E. D. Jones. P.C. A.
Winder, A.S. Johnson, W.C.
Higinbotham. Went to Emporia,
stopping at Frank’s. Lizzie much
better. Call from Mrs. Frederic, Mrs.
Ward & daughter.
Called at Bank & on Drs. Young &
Wright. Went to Normal & spent 1 ¾
hours. Prof. Pomeroy’s wife &c.
O.K. To bed at 10 ½ P.M. Mrs.
Frederic Called. First learned of the
death of Prof. C.B. Chapman.
Returned to Neosho Falls.
Cottonwood River Very high!
Planted peas! Read letters &c.
Rained in the evening, &c. Wrote A.
S. Johnson for Pass, Mr. G. & 2
Nieces, & C.W. Staatz. Leach at dinner. P.C. to L.T. Heritage
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Thoughts
From The
Prairie
Tribute to Those Who Serve
How bout that? Response to the
State of the Union address from the
Kansas Governor’s mansion! It was a
nice, civil response, and we can be
proud our governor was chosen. She
was very stately and distinguished, but
if you noticed, her eyes were looking
east (like DC) not west (like
Holcomb). Notice how many times she
invited the President to join her and the
“new majority”? Why would he want
to do that? They haven’t done anything
worth yapping about unless you count
20 attempts to surrender in Iraq.
Spent three days in Topeka last
week, first to participate in a sanctity
of life rally. Stopped off at
Representative Hawk’s office and
invited him to go with me. He courteously declined. More significant than
the numbers who attended were the
hundreds of teenagers who were there.
The most delightful part of the program was the national award winning
speech by a young woman who documented the success of adult stem cell
research and application and the failure
and morally deficient embryonic
research.
Then Kansas Days! Delightful two
days visiting with our legislators and
representing our Second Congressional
District as one of the delegates along
with Tim Bagby, Dixie Roberts and
Barbara Van Slyke. Visited with
Melvin Neufeld, Speaker of the House,
on such subjects as enforcing Kansas
Dick Miller
Law and making sure all laws are
based on the rule of reciprocity.
Presently teachers are immune from
certain pornography laws that you and
I are subject to. Some have wondered
about Speaker Neufeld’s stand on
sanctity of life, so I asked him. “I have
voted on the side of life in every case,”
he said.
Jim Ryun and Lynn Jenkins will face
off in the Republican primary to represent our Second Congressional
District. Senator Pat Roberts has a
Democratic challenger, so we need to
get behind his campaign. Ron
Thornburg, Secretary of State, is running for Governor. Me thinks our
Governor hopes to follow her eyes
eastward in the near future.
Friday’s highlight was the 10th
Annual Gala Banquet. The theme this
year was Honoring Our Troops and
Ann
Coulter
‘STRAIGHT TALK’
EXPRESS
John McCain is Bob Dole minus
the charm, conservatism and youth.
Like McCain, pollsters assured us that
Dole was the most "electable"
Republican. Unlike McCain, Dole
didn't lie all the time while claiming
to engage in Straight Talk.
Of course, I might lie constantly
too, if I were seeking the Republican
presidential nomination after enthusiastically promoting amnesty for illegal aliens, Social Security credit for
illegal aliens, criminal trials for terrorists, stem-cell research on human
embryos, crackpot global warming
legislation and free speech-crushing
campaign-finance laws.
I might lie too, if I had opposed the
Bush tax cuts, a marriage amendment
to the Constitution, waterboarding
terrorists and drilling in Alaska.
And I might lie if I had called the
ads of the Swift Boat Veterans for
Truth "dishonest and dishonorable."
McCain angrily denounces the suggestion that his "comprehensive
immigration reform" constituted
"amnesty" -- on the ludicrous grounds
that it included a small fine. Even the
guy who graduated fifth from the bottom of his class at the U.S. Naval
Academy didn't fall for this a few
years ago.
In 2003, McCain told The Tucson
Citizen that "amnesty has to be an
important part" of any immigration
reform. He also rolled out the old
chestnut about America's need for
illegals, who do "jobs that American
workers simply won't do."
McCain's amnesty bill would have
immediately granted millions of
newly legalized immigrants Social
Security benefits. He even supported
allowing work performed as an illegal
to count toward Social Security benefits as recently as a vote in 2006 -now adamantly denied by Mr. Straight
Manhattan Free Press
Reporting
The
Truth
as we see it.
4
Ann Coulter
Talk.
McCain keeps boasting that he was
"the only one" of the Republican presidential candidates who supported the
surge in Iraq.
What is he talking about? All
Republicans supported the surge -including Mitt Romney and Rudy
Giuliani. The only ones who didn't
support it were McCain pals like Sen.
Chuck Hagel. Indeed, the surge is the
first part of the war on terrorism that
caused McCain to break from Hagel
in order to support the president.
True, McCain voted for the war. So
did Hillary Clinton. Like her, he then
immediately started attacking every
other aspect of the war on terrorism.
(The only difference was, he threw in
frequent references to his experience
as a POW, which currently outnumber
John Kerry's references to being a
Vietnam vet.)
Thus, McCain joined with the
Democrats in demanding O.J. trials
for terrorists at Guantanamo, including his demand that the terrorists have
full access to the intelligence files
being used to prosecute them.
These days, McCain gives swashbuckling speeches about the terrorists
who "will follow us home." But he
still opposes dripping water down
their noses. He was a POW, you
know. Also a member of the Keating
5 scandal, which you probably don't
know, and won't -- until he becomes
the Republican nominee.
Though McCain was far from the
only Republican to support the surge,
he does have the distinction of being
the only Republican who voted
against the Bush tax cuts. (Also the
little lamented Sen. Lincoln Chafee,
who later left the Republican Party.)
Now McCain claims he opposed the
tax cuts because they didn't include
enough spending cuts. But that wasn't
what he said at the time.
To the contrary, in 2001, McCain
said he was voting against Bush's tax
cuts based on the idiotic talking point
of the Democrats. "I cannot in good
conscience," McCain said, "support a
tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us
at the expense of middle-class
Americans who need tax relief."
McCain started and fanned the
vicious anti-Bush myth that, before
the 2000 South Carolina primary, the
Bush campaign made phone calls to
that we did that very sincerely and
emphatically. Rep Lee Tafanelli, COL,
Kansas National Guard and Iraq veteran, delivered a stirring tribute to all
military personnel, active and veterans.
The guest speaker for the banquet
was former Iraqi General Georges
Sada, Air Vice Marshall and one of
Saddam’s most trusted advisors. That
was strange indeed because Gen. Sada
is, and was then, a devout Christian,
born and raised in the ancient city of
Nineveh, now Mosul. In one instance
he opposed a chemical and nerve gas
attack on Israel that was approved by
all Saddam’s general staff. Saddam
cancelled the attack. Gen. Sada
declared repeatedly that liberating Iraq
“was the right decision, at the right
time, by the right commander-inchief!” He is now security advisor to
the Iraqi government and declares the
surge is working and to pull out now
would be disastrous.
Gen. Sada confirmed that Iraq had
WMDs and personally knew of 56 sorties of commercial 727s and 747s that
were converted to cargo planes to carry
WMDs from Bagdad to Damascus. He
also gave the dates of two large convoys of commercial trucks carrying
WMDs that went to Syria. This WMD
transfer is detailed in Gen. Sada’s
book, Saddam’s Secrets, on pages 250261.
Gen. Sada has briefed numerous
agencies in Washington, so lots of
folks know about the WMDs. My take
is that President Bush has not attempted to counter the hype from liberals
because Syria is a sovereign nation and
the location of these WMDs either cannot be verified or there is cogent reasons not to reveal the location. Hail to
the Chief!
voters calling McCain a "liar, cheat
and a fraud" and accusing him of having an illegitimate black child.
On the thin reed of a hearsay
account, McCain immediately blamed
the calls on Bush. "I'm calling on my
good friend George Bush," McCain
said, "to stop this now. He comes
from a better family. He knows better
than this."
Bush denied that his campaign had
anything to do with the alleged calls
and, in a stunningly magnanimous
act, ordered his campaign to release
the script of the calls being made in
South Carolina.
Bush asked McCain to do the same
for his calls implying that Bush was
an anti-Catholic bigot, but McCain
refused. Instead, McCain responded
with a campaign commercial calling
Bush a liar on the order of Bill
Clinton:
MCCAIN: His ad twists the truth
like Clinton. We're all pretty tired of
that.
ANNOUNCER: Do we really want
another politician in the White House
America can't trust?
After massive investigations by the
Los Angeles Times and investigative
reporter Byron York, among others, it
turned out that neither of the alleged
calls had been made by the Bush campaign -- nor, it appeared, by anyone
else. There was no evidence that any
such calls had ever been made, which
is unheard of when hundreds of thousands of "robo-calls" are being left on
answering machines across the state.
And yet, to this day, the media
weep with McCain over Bush's underhanded tactics in the 2000 South
Carolina primary.
In fact, the most vicious attack in
the 2000 South Carolina primary
came from McCain -- and not against
his opponent.
Seeking even more favorable press
from The New York Times, McCain
launched an unprovoked attack
against the Rev. Jerry Falwell and Pat
Robertson, calling them "agents of
intolerance." Unlike the phantom
"black love child" calls, there's documentary evidence of this smear campaign.
To ensure he would get full media
coverage for that little gem, McCain
alerted the networks in advance that
he planned to attack their favorite
whipping boys. Newspaper editors
across the country stood in awe of
McCain's raw bravery. The New York
Times praised him in an editorial that
said the Republican Party "has for too
long been tied to the cramped ideology of the Falwells and the
Robertsons."
Though McCain generally votes
pro-life -- as his Arizona constituency
requires -- he embraces the loony
lingo of the pro-abortion set, repeatedly assuring his pals in the media
that he opposes the repeal of Roe v.
Wade because it would force women
to undergo "illegal and dangerous
operations."
Come to think of it, Dole is a million times better than McCain. Why
not run him again?
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Kansas State Wins At Nebraska
Lincoln - Yvonne Turner's running
layup from the left side and Kelsey
Griffin's putback from the right side in
the final three seconds both missed the
mark, allowing No. 18 Kansas State to
escape from the Bob Devaney Sports
Center with a 77-75 win over the
Nebraska women's basketball team on
Wednesday night.
With the loss, Nebraska slipped to 156 on the season and 4-3 in the Big 12
while, Kansas State moved to a perfect 70 in the league and 15-5 overall. The loss
also ended Nebraska's 12-game home
winning streak, as the Huskers lost at the
Devaney Center for the first time this
season. It was the fourth time in Big 12
play that Kansas State has handed an
opponent their first home loss of the year,
as the Wildcats handed Texas, Texas
A&M and Oklahoma State their first
home setbacks.
In the closest game at the Devaney
Center this season, Nebraska used a 9-0
run to open the second half to help run to
a seven-point lead at 54-47 with just
under 15 minutes left in the game, but
Kansas State stormed back with a 9-0 run
over its own, reclaiming a 59-56 lead
with 10:35 remaining.
KSU was able to push the lead to four
points on two occasions the rest of the
way, the last time at 72-68 after a layup
by Kimberly Dietz with 2:50 left. Dietz
finished with a season-high 26 points,
hitting 11-of-19 shots from the floor.
Danielle Page led Nebraska with 20
points, nine rebounds and four blocks,
while Griffin enjoyed a double double by
pouring in 19 points and grabbing a
game-high 11 rebounds.
The Huskers trailed 43-39 at halftime
after the Wildcats hit 62.1 percent (18-
29) of their shots in the first half, including 5-of-10 three-pointers. Nebraska outrebounded KSU 16-15 at the half and
committed just six first-half turnovers
compared to eight for the Wildcats. The
Huskers hit 15-of-33 first-half attempts
(45.5 percent), including 1-of-4 threepointers, and outscored KSU at the free
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throw line 8-2.
Dietz carried KSU in the first half by
pumping in 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field. Gipson added 10
points on 5-of-6 first-half shooting, while
Lehning added seven points, four
rebounds and four assists in the opening
stanza.
the first half, as page scored nine points
and grabbed five rebounds, while Griffin
added eight points. Burke also scored
seven straight points in the final four
minutes of the first half to spark a 9-0
NU run to cut into a 12-point KSU lead.
Burke's final two points came at the foul
line, after Wildcat Coach Deb Patterson
was whistled for a technical foul.
Page, Griffin and Kaitlyn Burke kept
the Huskers within striking distance in
Ashley Sweat (4) had 10 points against Nebraska.
Big 12 Honors For Beasley
IRVING, Texas – Freshman forward
Michael Beasley earned Phillips 66 Big
12 Rookie of the Week honors for the
third time this season on Monday after
averaging 31.0 points and 14.0
rebounds in wins over Colorado and
Iowa State last week.
Beasley becomes the first Kansas
State player earn Big 12 Rookie of the
Week three times in a season, surpassing Tony Kitt (1998-99), Larry Reid
(2000-01), Pervis Pasco (2001-02),
Jeremiah Massey (2003-04) and David
Hoskins (2005-06) who have done it
twice. The player of the week award is
also Beasley’s fifth this season after he
earned Rookie of the Week honors on
Nov. 19 and Dec. 26, 2007 and Player of
the Week accolades on Nov. 12, 2007
and Jan. 14, 2008.
Beasley averaged 31.0 points on 55.3
percent shooting (21-of-38), including
50 percent (2-of-4) from 3-point line,
for the week with 14.0 rebounds, 2.0
steals, 1.5 assists and 1.0 blocks in 25.0
minutes per game. He also connected
on 90 percent (18-of-20) from the free
throw line. He began the week with a
29-point effort in a 72-56 road win over
Colorado on Jan. 23 on 9-of-17 field
goals with 13 rebounds, three steals,
two assists and one block in 28 minutes. Saddled with early foul trouble, he
scored 26 points in the second half
against the Buffaloes on 9-of-15 shooting.
Beasley capped the week off with
another stellar performance in an 82-57
win over Iowa State on Saturday, as he
posted 33 points on 12-of-21 field goals
with 15 rebounds in just 22 minutes of
action. It marked his seventh 30-point
game of the season, which tied the
school single-season record held by Bob
Boozer (7, 1958-59) and Norris
Coleman (7, 1985-86). He also collected his 16th double-double of the season,
which is just two shy of tying the school
mark of 18 set by Larry Comley (196061).
The former No. 1 high school recruit
continues to impress this season, as he
is averaging 25.3 points on 56.6 percent
shooting (167-of-295), including 38.1
percent from 3-point range, with 12.7
rebounds, 1.8 blocks, 1.3 steals and 1.2
assists in 29.6 minutes per game this
season. As of Friday, he ranked among
the top-5 in the nation in both scoring
(fourth) and rebounding (first). He has
recorded a double-double in 16 of 18
games and has totaled 13 games of 20 or
more points.
Kansas State (14-4, 4-0 Big 12),
which is off to its best conference start
since the 1987-88 season, concludes its
brief two-game homestand on
Wednesday, Jan. 30 when the Wildcats
play host to No. 2 Kansas (20-0, 5-0 Big
12) at Bramlage Coliseum beginning at
7 p.m. CT.
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KANSAS STATE SCHEDULE
Men's Basketball - 2007-08 Season
Schedule/Results
14 - 4
Date
Opponent
KSU Rank
Sat, Nov 03
Fort Hays State (EX)
25
Fri, Nov 09
Sacramento State
25
Sun, Nov 11
Pittsburg State
25
Old Spice Classic
Thu, Nov 22
George Mason
18
Fri, Nov 23
UCF
18
Sun, Nov 25
Rider
18
Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series
Thu, Nov 29
Oregon 25
Jimmy V Basketball Classic
Tue, Dec 04
Notre Dame
Sun, Dec 09
California
-
Location
Manhattan, Kan.
Manhattan, Kan.
Manhattan, Kan.
Mon, Dec 17
Time (CST)
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
3 p.m.
Results Media
95 - 59 (W)
94 - 63 (W)
76 - 66 (W)
at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
77 - 87 (L)
73 - 71 (W) OT
82 - 69 (W)
Manhattan, Kan.
77 - 80 (L)
at New York City, N.Y.
Manhattan, Kan.
59 - 68 (L)
82 - 75 (W)
Florida A&M
at Kansas City, Mo.
87 - 60 (W)
Sat, Dec 22
Sat, Dec 29
Mon, Dec 31
Mon, Jan 07
Winston-Salem State
Wagner
Xavier (Ohio)
Savannah State
Manhattan, Kan.
Manhattan, Kan.
at Cincinnati, Ohio
Manhattan, Kan.
1 p.m.
6 p.m.
7 p.m.
90 - 48 (W)
101 - 59 (W)
77 - 103 (L)
85 - 25 (W)
Sat, Jan 12
Oklahoma *
at Norman, Okla.
5 p.m.
84 - 82 (W)
Sat, Jan 19
Texas A&M *
Manhattan, Kan.
3 p.m.
75 - 54 (W)
Wed, Jan 23
Colorado *
at Boulder, Colo.
8 p.m.
72 - 54 (W)
Sat, Jan 26
Wed, Jan 30
Iowa State *Kansas *
Manhattan, Kan.
Manhattan, Kan.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
82 - 57 (W)
ESPN Plus
Sat, Feb 02
Missouri *
at Columbia, Mo.
12:30 p.m. ESPN Plus
Wed, Feb 06
Nebraska *
Manhattan, Kan.
7 p.m.
FSN Midwest
Sat, Feb 09
Oklahoma State *
Manhattan, Kan.
5 p.m.
ESPN
Wed, Feb 13
Texas Tech *
at Lubbock, Texas
8 p.m.
ESPN2
Sat, Feb 16
Missouri *
Manhattan, Kan.
5 p.m.
ESPN Plus
Wed, Feb 20
Nebraska *
at Lincoln, Neb.
p.m.
ESPN2
Sat, Feb 23
Baylor *
at Waco, Texas
7 p.m.
FSN Midwest
Mon, Feb 25
Texas *
Manhattan, Kan.
8 p.m.
ESPN
Sat, Mar 01
Kansas *
at Lawrence, Kan.
8 p.m.
ESPN
Tue, Mar 04
Colorado *
Manhattan, Kan.
8 p.m.
ESPN Plus
Sat, Mar 08
Iowa State *
at Ames, Iowa
3 p.m.
ESPN Plus
at Kansas City, Mo.
Big 12
2007-08 BIG 12
MEN'S BASKETBALL CONFERENCE
BASKETBALL STATISTICS
Big 12Games All Games
Kansas
Kansas State
Baylor
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas A&M
Iowa State
Missouri
Texas Tech
Colorado
Okla State
Nebraska
5-0
4-0
4-1
3-1
3-2
2-3
2-3
2-3
2-3
1-4
1-5
0-4
(Through January 27) (Conference games only)
20 - 0
14 - 4
16 - 3
16 - 3
15 - 5
16 - 4
12 - 8
12 - 8
11 - 8
9 - 10
10 - 10
11 - 6
Big 12 Conference Schedule
Date Game
TV
Arena Time
Sat., Feb. 2
Baylor at Texas* ESPN Plus EC 12:30 p.m.
Kansas State at Missouri* ESPN Plus 12:30 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech* ESPN 1:00 p.m.
Kansas at Colorado* ABC CEC 1:30 p.m.
Iowa State at Nebraska* ESPN Plus 3:00 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas A&M* ESPN Plus 3:00 p.m.
SCORING OFFENSE
Team
1.Baylor..............
2.Kansas..............
3.Kansas State........
4.Missouri............
5.Texas A&M...........
6.Texas...............
7.Oklahoma............
8.Iowa State..........
Oklahoma State......
10.Texas Tech..........
11.Colorado............
12.Nebraska............
G
5
5
4
5
5
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
W-L Pts Avg/G
4-1 412 82.4
5-0 407 81.4
4-0 313 78.2
2-3 384 76.8
2-3 362 72.4
3-1 289 72.2
2-2 277 69.2
2-3 328 65.6
1-4 328 65.6
2-3 323 64.6
1-4 309 61.8
0-4 228 57.0
SCORING DEFENSE
Team
1.Kansas..............
3.Oklahoma State......
4.Texas...............
5.Colorado............
6.Texas Tech..........
7.Nebraska............
9.Oklahoma............
10.Texas A&M...........
11.Missouri............
12.Baylor..............
G
5
4
5
4
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
5
Pts Avg/G
291 58.2
249 62.2
329 65.8
272 68.0
344 68.8
347 69.4
290 72.5
372 74.4
301 75.2
384 76.8
386 77.2
395 79.0
007-08 BIG 12
MEN'S BASKETBALL INDIVIDUAL
(Through January 27) (Conference games only)
Mon., Feb. 4
Missouri at Kansas*
Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship
Thu, Mar 13
TBA
ESPN Plus
* Conference Games
6
TBA
ESPN
AF
SCORING
Player-Team
8:00 p.m.
Tue., Feb. 5
Texas A&M at Iowa State* ESPN Plus 7:00 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 6
Texas at Oklahoma* ESPN2 LNC 6:00 p.m.
Colorado at Oklahoma State* FSNRM7:00 p.m.
Nebraska at Kansas State* FSNMW 7:00 p.m.
Texas Tech at Baylor* ESPNU FC
8:00 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 9
Texas A&M at Missouri* ESPN Plus 12:30 p.m.
Oklahoma at Colorado* ESPNU
2:00 p.m.
Texas at Iowa State* ABC HC
2:30 p.m.
Texas Tech at Nebraska* ESPN Plus 3:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Kansas State* ESPN 5:00 p.m.
Baylor at Kansas* JTV
7:00 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 11
Kansas at Texas* ESPN
EC
8:00 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 13
Baylor at Oklahoma State* GIA
7:00 p.m.
Iowa State at Oklahoma* ESPN Plus 7:00 p.m.
Missouri at Nebraska* MSN BD
7:00 p.m.
1.Beasley, Michael-KSU.....
2.Augustin, D.J.-UT........
3.Johnson, Wesley-ISU......
4.Zeno, Martin-TTU.........
5.Walker, Bill-KSU.........
6.Brackins, Craig-ISU......
Longar, Longar-OU........
8.Roby, Richard-CU.........
Hannah, Stefhon-MU.......
10.Dugat, Henry-BU..........
Jerrells, Curtis-BU......
12.Abrams, A.J.-UT..........
13.Rush, Brandon-KU.........
14.Griffin, Blake-OU........
15.Jackson, Darnell-KU......
16.Maric, Aleks-NU..........
17.James, Damion-UT.........
18.Arthur, Darrell-KU.......
19.Bruce, Aaron-BU..........
Rogers, Kevin-BU.........
Cl G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G
FR
SO
SO
SR
FR
FR
SR
SR
SR
JR
JR
JR
JR
FR
SR
SR
SO
SO
SR
JR
4
4
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
4
4
5
5
5
41
28
32
24
24
29
26
29
30
28
26
23
21
18
30
18
21
28
24
22
4
8
10
0
10
12
0
5
11
11
7
10
17
0
0
0
4
0
9
1
29
23
22
40
11
15
16
21
13
14
22
5
17
8
12
18
7
10
8
20
115 28.8
87 21.8
96 19.2
88 17.6
69 17.3
85 17.0
68 17.0
84 16.8
84 16.8
81 16.2
81 16.2
61 15.3
76 15.2
44 14.7
72 14.4
54 13.5
53 13.3
66 13.2
65 13.0
65 13.0
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SPORTS NEWS
7
Beasley Leads Kansas State To Rout Of Iowa State
By NICK DUNN
For The Associated Press
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) _ Now
Kansas State can focus on Kansas.
After an 82-57 dismantling of Iowa
State on Saturday, Kansas State freshman Bill Walker admitted it was a
relief to finally be able to concentrate
on the No. 2 Jayhawks.
Walker insisted all week that he and
the other players were not overlooking
Colorado and Iowa State in anticipation of Kansas’ visit on Wednesday,
and the Wildcats’ convincing performance against the Cyclones was more
than enough to prove him right.
`Ì told you guys all week we had to
beat Iowa State before we can play
Kansas,’‘ Walker said. ``You hear
about (the Kansas game) all offseason,
and now it’s finally here.’‘
Michael Beasley had 33 points and
15 rebounds to lead Kansas State past
the Cyclones.
Beasley _ the super freshman who
ranks fourth nationally in scoring and
first in rebounding _ topped 30 points
for the seventh time this season, tying
him with Bob Boozer and Norris
Coleman for the most 30-point games
in a single season in school history.
Jacob Pullen added 13 points,
Walker had 10 points and nine
rebounds, and Darren Kent came off
the bench to score 11 points for the
Wildcats (14-4, 4-0 Big 12), who won
their fifth straight and moved to 4-0 in
conference play for the first time since
1988.
The Wildcats’ victory sets the stage
for the arrival of the Jayhawks, who
beat Nebraska earlier in the day to
move to 20-0 overall and 5-0 in the Big
Beasley hits from the outside. (Photo by Ben Brake)
12.
``What’s that mean?’‘ Beasley said,
speaking of Kansas’ perfect record
through 20 games. ``We got a good
shot to beat anybody. I think if we
come to play every game we can beat
anybody in the nation _ 20-0, a million
and 0, it doesn’t really matter to me.’‘
It was Beasley who added to the bitter rivalry before the season started,
saying the Wildcats would beat ``KU
at home, we’re gonna beat them at
their house, we’re gonna beat them in
Africa. Wherever we play, we’re gonna
beat them.’‘
Kansas State hasn’t beaten Kansas in
Manhattan since 1983, and the
Wildcats are 0-19 against the Jayhawks
in Bramlage Coliseum.
And after Baylor’s loss to Oklahoma
on Saturday, Kansas State and Kansas
are now the only two remaining
unbeaten teams in Big 12 play.
Even with all that at stake, neither
Kansas State coach Frank Martin nor
any of his players would admit it was
more than just game No. 5 of the Big
12 schedule.
`Ànytime you compete for a championship, the next game on your schedule is the biggest game of the year,’‘
Martin said. `Às long as you approach
it that way, you have a chance. We
were pretty good about approaching it
that way coming into today’s game.’‘
Wesley Johnson had 20 points to
Andrea Riley led the Cowgirls with
34 points and added 9 rebounds, but
that wasn’t enough to keep Kansas
State from ending Oklahoma State’s
12-game
winning
streak
at
Gallagher-Iba Arena.
Oklahoma State entered the game
atop the Big 12 in scoring offense,
averaging 80.3 points per game, but
scored fewer than 70 for the third
straight contest. Kansas State entered
the game third in the Big 12 in scoring defense, allowing an average of
55.7 points per game.
Kansas State didn’t trail during the
final 13 minutes, but the Wildcats
never could pull away from
Oklahoma State. Twice in the final
few minutes, Oklahoma State cut the
Wildcats’ lead to three points. The
first time, Dietz answered with a 3pointer to make it 64-58 with 1:20
left.
Then, after Riley brought the
Cowgirls within 66-63 on a 3-pointer with 11.6 seconds left, Dietz made
1 of 2 free throws with 8.9 seconds
left to seal the win for the Wildcats.
She finished with 20 points, two off
her season high.
Gipson added 1 of 2 free throws
with under a second left. Kansas
State won despite being outrebounded 52-30.
The lead swapped hands 10 times
in the first half, with the Cowgirls
scoring the final five points to take a
32-28 lead - their largest of the game
to that point. The 5-foot-5 Riley had
16 points and five rebounds in the
half.
Oklahoma State missed its first
seven shots of the second half, but
four Kansas State turnovers allowed
the Cowgirls to maintain, then
extend, their lead to 37-30 with
23-11 run that was capped when Fred
Brown stole the ball and raced down
the court for a dunk, lifting the sellout
crowd to its feet and giving the
Wildcats a 74-41 advantage.
At one point Beasley totaled seven
straight points during that stretch, scoring on back-to-back putbacks and then
converting another layup while being
fouled by Alex Thompson.
The Wildcats out-rebounded Iowa
State 52-33 and outscored the
Cyclones in the paint 38-24.
Kansas State looked out of sync
offensively for much of the first half,
but then got it going just before halftime. The Wildcats started hitting shots
from all over the court, and Clent
Stewart even banked in a baseline three
with 1:40 left. Beasley, who had 17
points and six boards before intermission, sank another 3-pointer seconds
before halftime to give the Wildcats a
46-30 lead.
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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Marlies Gipson had a career-high 21
points and 16 rebounds and
Kimberly Dietz hit four 3-pointers in
the second half to help No. 22
Kansas State win its ninth straight
game, beating No. 14 Oklahoma
State 68-63 on Sunday.
Kansas State (14-5, 6-0 Big 12)
moved into a tie with Baylor for the
conference lead by winning its third
straight game against a ranked foe. In
Big 12 play, the Wildcats have also
won at Texas A&M and Texas.
Kansas State’s 6-0 start is its best
since the Big 12 came into existence
with the 1996-97 season. The
Wildcats started 8-0 in league play
on three occasions as members of the
Big Eight Conference.
Oklahoma State (16-3, 4-2) lost its
second straight game, having also
fallen to Texas on Wednesday.
lead the Cyclones (12-8, 2-3), who suffered their second straight lopsided
defeat, after losing 83-59 at Kansas on
Wednesday.
Craig Brackins added 10 points for
Iowa State, which struggled throughout the game to handle Kansas State’s
pressure defense and find good shots.
The Cyclones finished just 33 percent from the field, and went scoreless
for nearly four minutes while Kansas
State put the game away in the second
half.
`Ì didn’t like our effort,’‘ Iowa State
coach Greg McDermott said. `Ì
thought at times we were selfish and
for the most part showed little passion.
That can’t be what we are about ... It’s
been a tough week.’‘
After struggling through a sloppy
first half against the Cyclones, Kansas
State exploded in the second half as
Beasley scored 16 points in the first
nine minutes after the break.
Beasley’s baseline jumper started a
15:36 left on a basket by Maria
Cordero.
Then Dietz, who missed her first
four 3-point attempts, hit two in a
row - the second from 25 feet - to
energize the Wildcats and start a 152 run. Dietz hit another 3-pointer and
Shalee Lehning added six points during the run, including a reverse lay-in
following a baseline drive with 11:30
left that put Kansas State up 45-39.
Lehning scored 13 points for the
Wildcats while Ashley Sweat added
12.
! "
Sports Potpourri
By Mac Stevenson
Kansas State’s rookie basketball
coach, Frank Martin, has done a
remarkable job with one of the
youngest teams in the nation.
Most college teams that depend on
freshmen will play one good game
and then perform poorly a few nights
later. K-State has improved to the
point of being consistently effective.
K-State’s success shows how
important the coach is in college basketball. Martin doesn’t get all the
credit here; Bob Huggins is the one
who revived the Wildcats’ program
by recruiting Michael Beasley and
Bill Walker.
This recent success also illustrates
how very inept Kansas State’s
administration was for many, many
years in the management of the basketball program. It was inexcusable
how the men in charge could have
allowed K-State to sink so low for so
long.
Following the Iowa State game,
Beasley had 16 double doubles in 18
games. Records aren’t that complete, but it’s doubtful such a feat has
ever been accomplished by a freshman.
When he takes jump shots from
the baseline, Beasley closely resembles a former K-State great. In the
late 1950s All-American Bob Boozer
was equally deadly on the same shot
from the same range.
Bill Walker is the perfect complement to Beasley in the pivot; the two
work well together and are becoming
a fearsome one-two punch.
Darren Kent (6-10, 215) is developing into a dependable reserve in
the pivot and he might become a
steady scoring threat to go with his
defense and ball handling. Against
Iowa State, Kent hit three out of
three from 3-point range and another
close-in shot. Kent has a soft shooting touch; if he continues to gain
confidence he will be an outside
threat to go with Beasley and Walker
on the inside.
Coach Martin said of Kent,
“Darren is a young man that brings a
skill level to our basketball team. He
gives us another guy in there that can
catch and pass and make it difficult
for people because he can shoot the
basketball.”
Freshman point guard Jacob
Pullen (6-1, 185) is also gaining confidence and consistency and improving with every outing.
Following the KU game, the
Wildcats play at Missouri this
Saturday (Feb. 2) and then have
home games with Nebraska (Feb. 6)
and Oklahoma State (Feb.9). KState will likely beat MU, NU, and
O-State and be in great shape for the
rest of the Big 12 race and a bid to
the NCAA Tournament.
Bill Self is a perfect fit as KU’s
basketball coach. Self has been a
superb leader of the Jayhawks and
his decision to make Danny Manning
the coach of the pivot players is paying big dividends.
Kansas has four talented inside
players: Sasha Kaun (6-11, 250),
Cole Aldrich (6-11, 240), Darrell
Arthur (6-9, 225), and Darnell
Jackson (6-8, 250).
Jackson’s improvement under
Manning has been phenomenal; he’s
among the most-improved players in
the nation. Jackson will be drafted
by an NBA team this spring.
Arthur is much better and more
consistent on offense; he needs to be
tougher and more competitive with
his rebounding. But Arthur is just a
sophomore and he’s come a long
way since his freshman season.
Kaun and Aldrich are shot blockers and rebounders; neither is much
of a scoring threat but they are valuable members of the rock-solid pivot
club.
The Kansas guards are being taken
for granted because the inside players have been scoring so much
against undersized opponents. But
Mario Chalmers, Russell Robinson,
Brandon Rush, and Sherron Collins
are a formidable backcourt. And
their shooting and defense and ball
handling will make the difference in
some of the tough games to come.
Kansas is likely to be placed in the
Midwest regional in Detroit during
the NCAA Tournament. It won’t be
a surprise if the Jayhawks end up
having to play Michigan State in
Detroit, which would be just as
unfair as playing UCLA in California
was last year.
NCAA Tournament teams shouldn’t get to play in their home states;
the NCAA arranges that so they can
sell extra tickets, which means more
to the tournament directors than fairness.
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to begin.
Last season the Royals lacked
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Mark Teahen, Billy Butler, and Jose
Guillen hit for power and average
right from the beginning.
Guillen (6-0, 195) played for
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homers and 99 RBIs.
Gordon, Teahen, and Butler are
natural hitters and all three could
have breakthrough years. Each is
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go with batting averages of .300 or
higher.
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KANSAS STATE SCHEDULE
Opponent
Opp Rank
Location
Time (CST)
Manhattan, Kan.
76 - 39 (W)
Sat, Nov 10
Washington
-
Manhattan, Kan.
88 - 61 (W)
Mon, Nov 12
Southern Utah -
Manhattan, Kan.
87 - 38 (W)
Thu, Nov 15
Wyoming
at Laramie, Wyo.
44 - 56 (L)
at Cancun, Mexico
57 - 60 (L)
at Cancun, Mexico
65 - 68 (L)
Caribbean Challenge
Wed, Nov 21 Tulane Thu, Nov 22
Michigan State
18/19
KSU Commerce Bank Classic
Fri, Nov 30
UTEP vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Fri, Nov 30
Lipscomb
Sat, Dec 01
UTEP - Kansas State
Wed, Dec 05
Wisconsin-Green Bay
Sun, Dec 16
t
Tue, Dec 18
Texas State
Creighton
-
-
at Manhattan, Kan.
Manhattan, Kan.
92 - 50 (W)
at Manhattan, Kan.
66 - 58 (W)
at Green Bay, Wis.
56 - 68 (L)
-
Manhattan, Kan.
90 - 61 (W)
-
at Omaha, Neb.
62 - 69 (L)
at Los Angeles, Calif.
52 - 40 (W)
Sat, Dec 29
Loyola Marymount/Cal State Bakersfield at Los Angeles, Calif.
70 - 47 (W)
Wed, Jan 02
Western Illinois
Manhattan, Kan.
68 - 53 (W)
Wed, Jan 09
Texas A&M *
at College Station, Texas
67 - 54 (W)
-
LMU/Hilton LAX Holiday Tournament
Fri, Dec 28
Arkansas-Little Rock -
Sun, Jan 13
Texas *
FSN
-
at Austin, Texas
Manhattan, Kan.
71 -45 (W)
Sat, Jan 19
Colorado *
-
Manhattan, Kan.
67 - 60 (W)
Wed, Jan 23
Iowa State *
-
Manhattan, Kan.
80 - 49 (W)
Sun, Jan 27
Oklahoma State *
at Stillwater, Okla.
68 - 63 (W)
Wed, Jan 30
Nebraska *
-
at Lincoln, Neb.
7:05 p.m.
Sat, Feb 02
Baylor *
-
Manhattan, Kan.
12 p.m.
Sat, Feb 09
Kansas *
-
Manhattan, Kan.
1 p.m.
Wed, Feb 13
Iowa State *
-
at Ames, Iowa
Sun, Feb 17
Missouri *
-
at Columbia, Mo.
Wed, Feb 20
Oklahoma *
-
Manhattan, Kan.
7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 23
Colorado *
-
at Boulder, Colo.
7 p.m. (MT)
Wed, Feb 27
Nebraska *
-
Manhattan, Kan.
7 p.m. FSN Midwest
Sat, Mar 01
Missouri *
-
Manhattan, Kan.
2 p.m.
Wed, Mar 05
Kansas *
-
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14 - 5
16 - 3
15 - 5
13 - 4
15 - 5
14 - 6
14 - 6
13 - 6
12 -6
12 - 7
8 - 11
Big 12 Conference
Sat., Feb. 2
Baylor at Kansas State* FSN
12:00 p.m.
Iowa State at Kansas*
7:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Colorado* FSNRM 7:00 p.m.
Texas A&M at Texas Tech*
7:00 p.m.
ESPNU
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6
6
6
6
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
W-L Pts Avg/G
3-2 361 72.2
6-0 430 71.7
6-0 422 70.3
4-2 410 68.3
4-2 404 67.3
1-4 325 65.0
2-4 378 63.0
3-3 373 62.2
2-4 358 59.7
2-4 342 57.0
1-5 321 53.5
1-5 298 49.7
SCORING DEFENSE
Team
1.Baylor..............
4.Texas...............
5.Kansas..............
6.Texas A&M...........
7.Nebraska............
Colorado............
9.Texas Tech..........
10.Oklahoma............
11.Missouri............
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economically competitive. Mayors have
committed their cities to going green;
governors have joined together, leading
efforts for energy security and independence; and the majority in Congress is
ready to tackle the challenge of reducing
global warming and creating a new energy future for America.
So we ask you, Mr. President, will you
join us? It’s time to get to work.
Here in the heartland, we honor and
respect military service. We appreciate
the enormous sacrifices made by soldiers
and their families.
As Governor of Kansas, I am the
Commander in Chief of our National
Guard. Over the past five years, I have
seen thousands of soldiers deployed from
Kansas. I’ve visited our troops in Iraq;
attended funerals and comforted families; and seen the impact at home of the
war being waged.
We stand ready in the heartland and
across this country, to join forces with
peace-loving nations across the globe
and to fight the war against terrorists,
wherever they may strike. But our capable and dedicated soldiers can’t solve the
political disputes where they are, and
can’t focus on the real enemies elsewhere.
The new Democratic majority of
Congress and the vast majority of
Americans are ready - ready to chart a
new course. If more Republicans in
Congress stand with us this year, we
won’t have to wait for a new President to
restore America’s role in the world, and
fight a more effective war on terror.
The last five years have cost us dearly
- in lives lost; in thousands of wounded
warriors whose futures may never be the
same; in challenges not met here at home
because our resources were committed
elsewhere. America’s foreign policy has
left us with fewer allies and more enemies.
Join us, Mr. President, and working
together with Congress to make tough,
smart decisions, we will regain our
standing in the world and protect our
people and our interests.
I know government can work to benefit the people we serve, because I see it
every day, not only here in Kansas, but in
states across the country. I know government can work, Mr. President, because
like you, I grew up in a family committed
to public service. My father and my
father in law both served in Congress one a Republican and one a Democrat.
They had far more in common than the
issues that divided them - a love for their
country that led them from military service to public service. A lifetime of working for the common good, making sacrifices so their children and grandchildren
could have a better future.
They are called “the greatest generation”. But I believe, like parents across
America, that our greatest generations
are still to come. That we must chart a
new course, at home and abroad, to give
our future greatest generations all the
opportunities our parents gave us.
These are uncertain times, but with
strength and determination, we can meet
the challenges together. If Washington
can work together, so quickly, on a shortterm fix for families caught in the financial squeeze, then we can work together
to transform America.
In these difficult times - the American
people aren’t afraid to face difficult
choices.
But, we have no more patience for
divisive politics.
Tonight’s address begins the final year
of this presidency, with new leaders on
the horizon and uncertainty throughout
our land. Conditions we face, at home
and abroad, are results of choices made
and challenges unmet.
In spite of the attempts to convince us
that we are divided as a people, a new
American majority has come together.
We are tired of leaders who rather than
asking what we can do for our country,
ask nothing of us at all.
We are Americans sharing a belief in
something greater than ourselves, a
nation coming together to meet challenges and find solutions; to share sacrifices and share prosperity; and focus,
once again, not only on the individual
good but on the common good.
On behalf of the new American majority - the majority of elected officials at
the national, state and local level, and the
majority of Americans, we ask you, Mr.
President, to join us. We are ready to
work together, to be the America we have
been— and can be once again.
Thank you for listening. God bless
and sleep well. And in the morning, let’s
get to work.
Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of the State of Kansas
An American Call to Action
I’m Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of
the State of Kansas.
And I am grateful for the opportunity
to speak with you tonight.
I’m a Democrat, but tonight, it really
doesn’t matter whether you think of
yourself as a Democrat…or a
Republican…or
an
Independent.
Or…none-of-the-above.
Instead, the fact you’re tuning in this
evening tells me each of you is, above
all……an American, first.
You are mothers, and fathers.
Grandparents,
and
grandchildren.
Working people, and business-owners.
Americans, all.
And the American people - folks like
you, and me - are not nearly as divided as
our rancorous politics might suggest.
In fact, right now, tonight, as political
pundits discuss the President’s speech chances are, they’ll obsess over the reactions of Members of Congress.
“How many times was the President
interrupted by applause?
Did
Republicans stand? Did Democrats sit?”
And the rest of us will roll our eyes
and think, “What in the world does any
of that have to do with me?”
And, so, I want to take a slight detour
from tradition on this State of the Union
night.
In this time, normally reserved for the
partisan response, I hope to offer you
something more:
An American Response.
A national call to action on behalf of
the struggling families in the heartland,
and across this great country. A wakeup
call to Washington, on behalf of a new
American majority, that time is running
out on our opportunities to meet our challenges and solve our problems.
Our struggling economy requires
urgent and immediate action, and then
sustained attention. Families can’t pay
their bills. They are losing their jobs, and
now are threatened with losing their
homes.
We heard last week and again tonight
that Congress and the President are acting quickly, on a temporary, targeted
stimulus package. That is encouraging.
But you and I know that a temporary fix
is only the first step toward meeting our
challenges and solving our problems.
There is a chance Mr. President, in the
next 357 Days, to get real results, and
give the American people renewed optimism that their challenges are the top priority. Working together, working hard,
committing to results, we can get the job
done.
In fact, over the last year, the
Democratic majority in Congress has
begun to move us in the right direction—
with bipartisan action to strengthen our
national security, raise the minimum
wage, and reduce the costs of college
loans.
These are encouraging first steps. But
there is still more to be done.
And, so we ask you, Mr. President —
will you join us? Let’s get to work.
We know that we are stronger as a
nation when our people have access to
the highest-quality, most-affordable
health care. When our businesses can
compete in the global marketplace without the burden of rising health care costs
here at home.
We know that caring for our children,
so they have a healthy and better start in
life, is what grownups do. Governors in
both parties, and a large majority of the
Congress are ready, right now, to provide
health care to 10 million American children, as a first step in overhauling our
health care system.
Join us, Mr. President, sign the bill and
let’s get to work.
Sitting with the First Lady tonight was
Steve Hewitt, the city manager of
Greensburg, Kansas. Many of you
remember Greensburg - our town nearly
destroyed by a tornado last year.
Thanks to Steve’s efforts, and hundreds of others in our state, and across
the country, Greensburg will recover.
Folks rolled up their sleeves and got to
work, and local, state and federal governments assisted in the effort.
But more than just recover - the
Kansans who live in Greensburg are
building green - rebuilding a better community for their children and grandchildren; making shared sacrifices, and
investments for the next generation.
Greensburg is not alone. You and I stand ready - ready to protect our environment for future generations, and stay
Kansas Republican Party
Responds To Governor Sebelius
The Kansas Republican Party
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needs of her state.
Kansas Republican Party Chairman
Kris Kobach stated, “Sebelius has shown
over and over again that she is more
interested in pandering to special interests on the east and west coasts than serving the people of Kansas.”
Since getting elected the Governor
has:
* Proposed tax increases totaling over
$600 million. These tax increases included hiking state sales taxes by 8%, income
taxes by 5%, and property taxes by 10%
* Promised to “twist arms” to get a
$0.50 per pack cigarette tax increase
passed.
* Imposed on Kansas the 15the highest
state-local tax burden in the nation. It has
risen 6% since Sebelius took office.
* Increased government spending 28%
since she took office, while at the same
time job growth has been well behind the
national average.
* Failed to produce private sector jobs.
Kansas now ranks 49th in its economic
climate rank which “reflects job, income,
and gross state product growth as well as
unemployment and presence of big companies.” (www.forbes.com)
* Demonstrated that only kind of jobs
she knows how to create are government
jobs. Kansas is third-highest state in the
country in the number of government
employees per capita.
* Rejected the permit for a coal-fired
power plant in western Kansas, solely on
the grounds that coal plants produce carbon emissions. Kansas is now the only
state in the country that takes the radical
view that no new coal plant shall ever be
built. Her decision cost the state 2,400
jobs. It also made it impossible for seven
new wind farms to be built near the plant.
Chairman Kobach added, “Sebelius
has the most radical and nonsensical
environmentalist agenda of all the governors in America. And she evidently doesn’t care how many jobs Kansas loses.”
Additionally, since Sebelius has taken
office, she has vetoed legislation that
would have stopped frivolous litigation
from harming businesses and driving up
the cost of healthcare.
* Since Sebelius took office in 2002,
Kansas has dropped 9 places in the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce Institute for
Legal Reforms state rankings.
* Kansas has received a “D” by the
American College of Emergency
Physicians on medical liability. Governor
Sebelius has stated, “Perhaps my objectivity has been seriously compromised by
my trial lawyers employment, but the
premise that people are too eager to use
the courts seems hollow to me.”
(Sebelius is the former Executive
Director of the Kansas Trial Lawyers
Association.)
Chairman Kobach continued, “This is
the typical MO of the national
Democratic Party. They are attempting to
trot out a perceived moderate Democrat.
In all reality, Kathleen Sebelius is as liberal as Senator Clinton or Barak Obama.
The people of Kansas have realized this,
and eventually the whole nation will recognize that Sebelius is no different then
any other Democrat on the national
stage. She speaks in trite sound bites, and
has repeatedly failed to step-up and lead
on the pressing issues facing Kansans.”
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