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All Husker fans who watched the Nebraska women's basketball team reach its second NCAA Sweet 16 in four years Monday night on national TV should have tuned into Matt Coatney's play-by-play and Jeff Griesch's analysis. Why? You missed the heart and soul of Big Red women's basketball. You missed the inside scoop, the genuine enthusiasm and the unparalleled insight you just can't get on TV. The good news is you can still sing in today's sunshine, thanks to the best sound bites from the Husker Sports Network, plus the highlights from an incredibly substantive postgame interview with Sunny Smallwood, Connie Yori's associate head coach. Sunny went straight from a jubilant locker room to a courtside seat next to Coatney while Griesch climbed on his postgame Tilt-A-Whirl to accommodate the media.
Make no mistake. Smallwood enjoys the obscurity of being a lead recruiter without a head coaching title. She's also the Huskers' defensive coordinator, the position coach for the future WNBA first-round point guard she personally recruited and the fill-in for the 2010 National Coach of the Year and the 2013 Big Ten Coach of the Year. Smallwood, who's also responsible for all aspects of Nebraska's individual player development workouts and plays a major role in scouting opponents, was an interim head coach at both Cal in the Pac-12 and Nebraska when Yori endured medical problems last season.
If you watch Nebraska women's basketball during timeouts, you'll see Smallwood as the first point of contact on the floor. She's always planning, always coaching, always motivating. Filling in on a postgame radio interview so her boss, friend and eight-year colleague can meet the press NCAA style is a seamless experience for Sunny Smallwood. A Boise native, a firm believer in Yori's ideals and a proven, dedicated and loyal assistant, Nebraska does not miss a beat with Smallwood holding the reins. It's like having two head coaches on the same bench.
Tourney Time: When True Character Shows Up
"Sunny has a vast array of experience and is helping our program in all areas," Yori said, and Monday night, Smallwood's multi-faceted responsibilities never looked more crystal clear. "The one thing we've been talking about as a staff is how hungry, healthy and happy this team is," Smallwood told Coatney on the postgame radio show. "It's just fun to watch them come together. This is when your true character shows up … the kind of people that Connie Yori surrounds herself with, whether it's players or staff. This is the time of year you love to see it just shine through everything."
Lindsey Moore, the point guard Nebraska recruited from Washington, did it all. "I can't say enough how the team followed her," Smallwood said. "Lindsey is the kind of kid who's always going to compete. If we have a dance contest, she wants to win. If there's a contest to get to the mailbox first, she's going to win. That's just the type of competitor she is, and she's always going to bring her team with her."
Give equal amounts of credit to Jordan Hooper and Emily Cady for the way they fronted A&M's post and read her like defensive backs read wide receivers. They saw where the ball was going and adjusted their angles accordingly. In this particular game, they mastered the ability to front a formidable force, watch where the ball was going and then waited for help coming from everyone wearing a Nebraska jersey. "I give our players credit for playing every single possession," Smallwood said, adding that the Huskers watched where A&M wanted to explode next, not the scoreboard. "We played with poise. We were relaxed, confident and just hung in there."
Even though Nebraska led No. 9-ranked Texas A&M from start to finish, Smallwood made a quick point that the Huskers had just beaten "a great, great basketball club" on its home floor, where the Aggies had won 110 of its previous 124 games. A&M won the national championship two years ago and had just swept three talented teams in the SEC Tournament and its first-round NCAA opponent. How did the Huskers stick it to a team on a roll? "I give so much credit to our team for being so focused," Smallwood said. "They believed what the coaching staff took to them and committed to it as a group, which is everything."
Huskers Tied Up Shoelaces, Used Mouth Guards
Smallwood says Yori is a masterful game-planner and the Huskers buy what she sells, no matter how grueling it might be. The X-factor for this game was a physical post player that was the SEC Tournament's MVP. "We knew they were physical," Smallwood said. "We talked all weekend about the fact that they were going to beat us up, and we were going to have to tie up our shoelaces, put in our mouth guards and be ready to get elbowed in the face while getting taken out with running screens. We went into the game knowing it was going to be a battle."
Lost in the battle was sophomore forward Hailie Sample, who posted her first double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds. All four of her virtually uncontested layups came on feeds from Moore, including three in the game's final five minutes. "I think Hailie figured out that when you have a great point guard, you can cut to the basket and we're going to get you the ball," Smallwood said.
Those close-in shots came a lot easier than getting into the Huskers' locker room after one of the greatest upsets in Nebraska women's basketball history. "Oh my gosh, there was a celebration all the way to the locker room," Smallwood said. "But there was a code on the door and we couldn't get it to open." Once they got inside, "everybody was just going crazy. It was nuts. Everybody had something to say and after they said it, everyone would just cheer. It was so much fun and so gratifying to see a group that worked so hard all year long to experience something like that."
Coatney Calls Win Over A&M His All-Time Favorite
Yes, it was one huge celebration – one that Coatney described as "maybe the biggest win in school history." If nothing else, the voice of Nebraska women's basketball said it ranked No. 1 on his all-time, 28-year list of Husker memories.
Since we've taken the time to tell the "Sunny side" of Nebraska's second Sweet 16 appearance in history, perhaps the time is also right to acknowledge Barack Obama, our second-term president, who not only predicted Nebraska would be a Sweet 16 qualifier, but also make the NCAA Elite Eight. Yes, on his NCAA Tournament Bracket, announced well ahead of all opening tipoffs, Obama sees Nebraska beating Duke Sunday in Norfolk, Va., and then losing to Notre Dame in the Elite Eight. He sees the Irish beating Connecticut again and then losing to Baylor in the national championship game.
Smallwood is not into the bracket prediction business, but she did have a footnote for Coatney's last call on his postgame show. "I'll tell you what," Smallwood said. "We're going to the Sweet 16, but one of the things we said in the locker room was 'Don't settle … don't settle for the Sweet 16.'" Nebraska "must continue," said Smallwood, who will do whatever it takes to help the Huskers rewrite the script carved in a 32-2 season that ended at this same juncture three memorable seasons ago with a freshman point guard carrying history on her shoulders.
Can One Shining Moment Replace Another One?
The Nebraska players' excitement on the bench in Monday night's waning moments will be etched in the memories of Husker players, coaches and fans for a long time. We can only imagine what kind of spirit would emerge from an upset win over No. 2 seed Duke and a sentimental journey to the Elite Eight.
The outcome will depend on the detailed preparation leading up to Nebraska's second-ever appearance in the Sweet 16. With Smallwood's fingerprints guaranteed to be all over that strategic plan, Husker fans can be assured of one thing – she will try to find every available angle that can create an edge and take Nebraska basketball where it has never been before.
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SOWETO, South Africa — The power had been out for three days so there was no music and most of the apple cider and beer was warm, but the party was in full swing by early Saturday afternoon at Dodo's Tavern, an unlicensed shebeen that is the centre of community life in a wretchedly poor area of the biggest black township in South Africa.
Nearly 20 years after Nelson Mandela ended apartheid, the iconic statesman is cherished and venerated in this informal settlement of squatter shacks and small houses known as Nomzamo Park. Some blacks have prospered since the end of apartheid and more people than ever before are getting an education, but millions of blacks in the townships and rural areas remain trapped in poverty with few prospects, just as they were before they got the vote which they used to elect Mandela as their president.
Most of Dodo's patrons, seated on shabby plastic chairs swigging Redd's Cider and Quebec-sized bottles of Carling Black Label and Castle Draft, said that they were worse off than ever. But there was unanimity that their lives could get even worse after 94-year-old Mandela, who has been seriously ill in hospital since June 8, is no longer around to inspire them.
The fear, openly expressed by everyone in the crowded shebeen, was that nobody except Mandela had the authority to keep South Africa's many black and white tribes at peace. It was one of many reasons, they claimed, why they frequently sought refuge and solace in drinking.
"Older people buy alcohol and stay home but we prefer come here," said regular Phumla Singeni, a 30-year-old unemployed single mother of one who quickly worked her way through two large bottles of Hansa Pilsener, before spelling out the grim budget numbers she worked with.
"I spend about 250 rand a week (about $25) on drink," she said. "That is about one-third of the money the government gives me. I do this because I'm depressed. About half of the people in Nomzamo Park don't have a job and almost nobody with a job has a well paying one.
"If I was employed I wouldn't be here, but what else is there for me to do but come here on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. We feel shut out of everything."
After sitting stonefaced and silent for several hours beside Singeni, her close friend, Minky Maniawuli, 34, who was also a solo mum, joined the conversation with her similarly bleak outlook.
"I'm not working. I am always sitting," she said. "I was a cleaner once but that contract ended years ago. I apply and apply for work but I get nothing. I only have a few years of schooling. They always want more than that and there is no way for me to get qualifications now."
Eighteen-year-old Lubabalo Babinewadi said he had a carpenter's certificate but had never been paid for any work since dropping out of school when he was 13.
"I followed my mother here from the Eastern Cape three years ago because she had work, but every gate I go to says they have no jobs," Babinewadi said.
Although older folk told him that he was being unrealistic he said, "I see myself as having a beautiful wife and home in a few years. That's what I want."
William Maso was "one of the lucky ones." He earns about $350 a month as a security driver in Johannesburg. Transport to and from his place of employment — a two-hour daily commute — cost him $60. About twice a month he dropped by the shebeen, where he spent about $50, leaving him with about $240 to support his wife and two children.
"For me the big issue is what happens after Mandela," he said. "The biggest tribes, the Xhosas and Zulus are united at the moment, but everything will change. To avoid trouble this must be discussed openly," Maso said.
Two weeks earlier there had been a murder in a drunken brawl in a nearby shebeen. But Dodo's, whose customers include Xhosas, Zulus, Shangaans, Sothos, Pedis, Tswanas and Vendas, was considered safe, particularly for women, because of its kindly owner, Zingisice Golimpi.
"Running such a business isn't easy in Soweto because the local government won't give me a licence because this is a government-built home in a residential area," Golimpi said as he hauled in several crates of beer. "The police come and take my money and alcohol and arrest me all the time until I pay the ($15) fine. I keep the shebeen going because it a great place for people to meet and to have peace of mind. They need it."
Dressed against the southern winter's cold in a white parka and a thick black sweater, Phumla Singeni, around whom much of the social clamour in Dodo's seemed to revolve, agreed.
"This is my favourite shebeen. It's where I am comfortable. My friends are here," she said of a room perhaps seven metres by seven metres with dirty white walls, two metal tables with heavily chipped paint and sacks of cement piled high in one corner.

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Erstad: Alex Gordon Facility Best in Country
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The Alex Gordon Training Complex was formally dedicated Friday, and the ceremonial ribbon-cutting event gave the indoor practice facility's two primary tenants a chance to rave about the impact it has on Nebraska's baseball and softball programs. Husker Softball Coach Rhonda Revelle recalled getting a phone call on a Saturday night and being a bit reluctant to answer a number from one of her players. "Coach," the student-athlete said. "Everything's good. I just need to know if we can turn the lights off in the new facility." Revelle turned around and looked at Darin Erstad, Nebraska's head baseball coach, while telling the story. "At that moment," she told Erstad, "I knew how significant this facility would be for both programs."
Erstad picked up on Revelle's anecdote and multiplied the enthusiasm. "The whole thing here is recruiting and development," he said, "so we encourage recruits to go out and compare what others might have across the country against what we have. We have the best baseball/softball facility in the country. I'll put it up against anybody. It gives me goose bumps just talking about it. I wish you could see when other teams show up here. They walk through the doors and you should see the looks on their faces. 'What is this? … This is ridiculous!' You can see their eyes light up, and you really appreciate what you have and how fortunate you are to help with the development of our student-athletes."
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Nebraska Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst kicked off the dedication ceremony, acknowledging how the $4.75 million indoor practice facility "reflects our commitment to baseball and softball" and how the Huskers are blessed to "have two of the best coaches in the country", both of whom benefit from the vision of his predecessor, Tom Osborne. Eichorst congratulated Gordon on earning a third Gold Glove Award earlier this week to match his summer MLB All-Star status and commended him and wife Jamie for being donors not looking for recognition. "That's what makes Nebraska so special," Eichorst said.
Revelle recalled Osborne visiting her office and asking what she needed to be more successful as a head coach. Her answer was as simple as it was quick. "We need an indoor facility where our student-athletes can go 24/7 year-round," she said, envisioning such a facility as an essential equalizer for Northern schools in terms of recruiting and athletic development. Erstad said the Alex Gordon Training Complex not only helps develop Husker student-athletes, but also helps little kids throughout the community. "You should see how many come through our doors almost every day," he said.
Gordon and Wife Jamie Felt Time Was Right to Give
Gordon said he and Jamie feel "very fortunate" to be UNL graduates and thought the time was right to give back to a school that helped them succeed academically and athletically. "We're very grateful that our names will be associated with the University of Nebraska for years to come," Gordon said, recalling how he used an old warehouse to practice indoors when it was snowing outside during his Husker playing days. "I wanted to give a direct gift to the baseball program and Mike Dobbs put all of this together. I didn't expect anything like this."
The indoor practice facility was specifically designed for baseball and softball and has 18,000 square feet of climate-controlled practice space that allows student-athletes to work on all phases of their game. The space can be configured to use as many as six spacious batting cages. The cages can be retracted to open up all of the 120-foot by 150-foot space for live game simulation. The entire facility is netted, allowing Husker players to take live batting practice. The field turf surface looks and feels like real grass, and the field includes anchors to lock down bases for use during practices.
Gordons Marvel at Lincoln's Explosive Growth
Like Erstad and Revelle, Alex and Jamie Gordon marvel at Nebraska's commitment to world-class facilities. As much as the Gordons love Kansas City, they decided to build a house in Lincoln. They see their hometown experiencing a downtown renaissance with the new Pinnacle Bank Arena for basketball and concerts, an expanded East Memorial Stadium that pushes capacity past 91,000 and a one-of-a-kind research area that bridges academic-related studies with athletic-related innovation.
Gordon will tailgate with lifelong friends before Saturday's Nebraska-Northwestern game and go inside the stadium to watch the action. The Gordons were asked about the opportunity to be recognized sometime before or during the the nationally televised game. They declined, not because they didn't appreciate the gesture. Like Eichorst indicated in his opening remarks, they're Nebraskans. And like Darin and Jessica Erstad, they didn't donate to be recognized. They contributed to help their alma mater compete at the highest level.
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Lung Association wants $1 hike in NH tobacco taxBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 15. 2013 8:34PM
MANCHESTER - New Hampshire should consider raising its cigarette tax by $1 and devoting state tax dollars to anti-smoking programs, the American Lung Association said in a state-by-state tobacco report card released Tuesday.
The Lung Association gave the Granite State some of the lowest rankings in the Northeast in categories dealing with the cigarette tax, spending on tobacco prevention, smoke-free air and cessation programs.
It also noted that New Hampshire has the highest youth smoking rate in the region - 19.8 percent compared to 12.5 percent nationally - and that no state tax dollars are spent on programs to discourage smoking.
"We should be embarrassed," said Jeff Seyler, president and chief executive of the American Lung Association of the Northeast, in a telephone press conference Tuesday. "Our goal is to decrease these rates, and we should act quickly."
He said a $1 increase in the cigarette tax would discourage smoking, especially among youth, who are sensitive to higher prices.
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While advocating for a $1 increase, the Lung Association acknowledged it does not have the legislative support to do so. Marc Goldberg, spokesman for Gov. Maggie Hassan, said Tuesday the state should reverse the 10-cent cut in the cigarette tax "in order to help improve the health of our communities."
The organization gave New Hampshire a C grade on its cigarette tax. Other grades were:
- Spending on tobacco prevention programs: F. Only $1.3 million is spent in New Hampshire on such efforts, all of it federal money. Most states devote some money to discourage smoking. The Centers for Disease Control said $19.2 million should be spent in the state.
-- Smoke free air: D. Smoking is prohibited outright in public schools, restaurants, most bars and child-care facilities. However, it is allowed with restrictions in private and government work sites, gambling sites, retail stores and recreational facilities.
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In honor of the Fourth of July, take a look at how our country has grown to love the greatest game throughout history.
Two outs remain in the bottom of the ninth. Because of blistering sunshine, sweat pours from a player's brow, but he simply shrugs and wipes it away with his forearm. The stakes for each subsequent pitch are high as his team is losing by two runs, but he represents the game-tying score as his teammate occupies first base. His heart racing, a bearded man readjusts his helmet, points his bat toward the pitcher and digs his cleat into the batter's box.
This is a classic situation, one imagined by countless ballplayers throughout our great nation, and one reason why baseball has become America's Pastime since its inception.
It's the classic sport in the U.S., the national pastime.
Baseball is America's game.
Every year, millions of fans fill stadiums around the country to enjoy a game with friends and family.
Baseball is one of the oldest American traditions, and it's gone through numerous changes since it was invented almost 200 years ago.
But why do we love the game so much?
Maybe it's because it's the game we all grew up on. Anyone could play it; it didn't require much to play, just a stick, a ball and a glove. That was the beauty of it. And unlike so many of the other sports, anyone can play it. Your height and weight doesn't have to hold you back for this game. In fact, some of our greatest baseball heroes were just your typical "Average Joes".
Perhaps that's why Americans are so attracted to the game. The American dream is that anyone can find their wealth and happiness, that every man is equal. And what better way to show equality than in a sport with equal playing ground?
In honor of the Fourth of July, take a look at how our country has grown to love the greatest game throughout history.
The History of the Game
Baseball came from very humble origins. The game originated before the Civil War as rounders, played on sandlots. As the years went on, the game evolved, and the game was fine-tuned, with scoring and record-keeping brought in. The introduction of record-keeping gave baseball its basis. Just imagine baseball without stats and records. It's inconceivable.
In 1871, the first professional baseball league was created, and by the beginning of the 20th century, most large cities in the easter United States had a pro team. These teams were divided into two leagues, the American and the National, which still exists to this day.
Back then, however, the teams would only face off against teams in their own league. After winning the pennant in their league, the two league champs would face off in the World Series, which was decided by whoever won at least four games of a possible seven. This also still exists to this day, although we use a playoff series to decide the winners of each division.
Baseball truly seemed to find its footing in the 1920's, when the now American legend Babe Ruth led the New York Yankees to several World Series titles, thanks to the prowess of his hitting.
Because of Ruth, baseball became a household name. Families gathered around the radio to listen to games, or took a trip out to the nearest ballpark to gaze at their favorite players.
The game grew along with the country, and so many of us have grown up playing and watching the game, collecting baseball cards and idolizing the heroes of the diamond. And there were so many heroes to look up to, too. Not just the Great Bambino, but Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in the major leagues. There's Lou Gehrig, who was arguably one of the best first basemen of all time, before he was stricken with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Or how about Jim Abbott, the pitcher who didn't let a disability stop his dream to play in the major leagues? Don't forget Jim Morris, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron or Stan Musial.
Joe DiMaggio still holds the record for consecutive games with a hit (56). Nobody will surpass Cy Young's career 511 wins. The great Hank Aaron held the career home run record for 31 years until Barry Bonds surpassed him in 2007. In 24 seasons, Pete Rose racked up 4,256 hits before being banned for gambling. Behind him? Ty Cobb, Aaron and Cardinals great Stan Musial.
The game has had its issues, too, with the players' strikes, substance abuse, or even the Black Sox scandal. A beautiful game for more than a century, strikes in the 1972 and 1981 cancelled a combined 799 games. Then, in 1995, a players' strike cancelled the entire MLB postseason. More recently, probes have linked modern-era players to steroids and human growth hormone use tainting records and championships. But that's all a part of the game's history, like it or not. Baseball is tied to our nation's history. In short, baseball and independence go hand-in-hand. So this July 4th weekend, get the family and friends together, fire up the grills and pull out that old baseball bat. Maybe after playing a game or two, you can sit down and watch fireworks with a nice slice of apple pie.
Why Do Americans Love Baseball?
To answer the question, we turned to some of the high school baseball coaches from around the region. Here are some of the answers:
"Augie Garrido, coach of the Texas Longhorns once said, "Baseball doesn't give us what we need, doesn't give us what we want, and doesn't give us what we ask for. It only gives us an opportunity. That's all we can ever expect out of life, and that's all we can ever ask for." What you do with that opportunity is up to you and nobody else. It is simple, yet complex.
Baseball is the changing of the seasons. Every spring provides us with new hopes and dreams with a new season. It carries us into the dog days of summer and ends with the fall classic. And for all its strengths and for all its weaknesses, baseball reflects who we are. It may not be the most exciting game, but it's ours." -Coach David Flaspohler, School of the Osage
"Baseball plays a very important part in our lives as Americans. Sometimes even more than most people realize. The sport allows for everyone to be the 'hero'. From the children playing in the street to the families playing together in the yard, everyone has a chance to be their favorite player and hit that game-winning home run.
The ball field is my 'office' outside of the school. It's where I can have fun and play the best game ever invented. At times the field is the place where I can go and sit to think when I need it. I tell my boys that when we play between those white lines, everything that has happened outside them stays outside them. It's the one place where you can take individuals and turn them into one group, a family, you could say."
-Coach Jason Trusty, Macks Creek High School
"I have loved baseball from the time I was a young boy, when I played it almost every spring and summer day - either with my dad in the yard or my friends at the city park. It is a game that anyone can play. It doesn't matter if you are big or small. If you are willing to work hard, you can still be a very good player and have a lot of fun.
I love baseball because of how it can be a very simple game – as basic as "throw the ball, hit the ball, catch the ball" – and it can also be very complex and technical if a person is inclined to dig deeper into the strategies and mechanics.
Most of all, I love the game of baseball because it is such a wonderful tool from which we can all learn many valuable life lessons. It brings families and friends closer together through their love of the game and for each other. As a former player, current coach, and lifelong fan – and I feel honored to call baseball America's (and my) favorite pastime.
-Matt Moulder, Camdenton High School
"I think it's been ingrained in American society for the past 150 years; more than any other competitive team sport. But more importantly just about every little boy, from the time they were a youngster, played baseball. You can't say that about football or other sports. That's one thing that connects generations of Americans; it's one thing that pulls us together as Americans." -Coach Karl Oldenwald, Rolla High School
"It's always been American's pastime. And when the players went off to war, the women took charge and started their own league, which they made a movie about. It's a sport that is economically great; it doesn't cost a lot to play. And you don't have to be super fast to play. Baseball is 90 percent mental; it's a situational game. And that's why it's great." - Marty Hauck, St. James High baseball head coach


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The best way to fight a late surge of snow is to simply play indoors. That's exactly what 15 surrounding area volleyball teams did on April 20-21 at the Sleepy Eye Junior Olympics volleyball tournament at St. Mary's School.
The best way to fight a late surge of snow is to simply play indoors.
That's exactly what 15 surrounding area volleyball teams did on April 20-21 at the Sleepy Eye Junior Olympics volleyball tournament at St. Mary's School.
The six Sleepy Eye teams consisted of girls from St. Mary's, Sleepy Eye Public, New Ulm Public, MVL and Comfrey. All teams were placed into different age groups to compete.
Teams first competed in pool play matches in their age groups, which were two sets to 21 points each. Then the top two teams from each pool advanced to the gold playoff bracket. The bottom two advanced to the silver bracket. This kept the teams fair and exciting to watch. Playoff matches were best of three sets, and played to 25 points each.
On Saturday, Sleepy Eye's team for ages 12 and under advanced all the way to the championship match in the gold bracket. The final match was versus the St. Clair Cyclones. The first set was a close one, with back-to-back points going toward each team. After a 12-12 tie, the Cyclones stepped up their game and took the lead for the rest of the set, and eventually won 25-17.
Sleepy Eye had a strong start to the second set. They took the lead all the way up until a few errors led them to an exciting tie with the Cyclones at 25-25. In volleyball, it's win by two points and in this case, St. Clair's more dominant serving game won them the points they needed to take the second set. The Cyclones won 28-26. Sleepy Eye was awarded second place in the age group.
"We fought hard. The whole day they played their hearts out," Coach Alisa Heiderscheidt said. "They have nothing to hang their heads about, they definitely fought till the end and I'm proud of them."
On Sunday, the 17 and 18-year-olds played and the Sleepy Eye team also made it to the championship game in the gold bracket along with Fairfax Topspin. Both teams were about equal in the start of the first set, and many points were hard fought rallies. But Topspin eventually pulled ahead and won 25-15 after they scored four unanswered points. Topspin's great ball placement was too much for Sleepy Eye to handle.
The second set started out hopeful for Sleepy Eye, who took the first three points, but Topspin took the lead shortly after and didn't let go of it. Sleepy Eye wasn't able to execute on spiking and Topspin scored seven points in a row in the middle of the set. They won 25-12.
A third and final gold bracket championship match was played in the evening between Sleepy Eye and Topspin for the 15 and 16-year-olds.
The first set was a strange one. Topspin won the first 12 points in a row, followed by Sleepy Eye winning seven in a row of their own. Sleepy Eye tried to hold on to their comeback but too many errors cost them the first set, and they lost 16-25.
The second set was similar to the first. Topspin had a dominant lead throughout and won 25-11.
LeAnn Domeier was in charge of the event and it was her fourth year as Club Director. Domeier also coached the 15 and 16-year-old Sleepy Eye team and was a referee for a few matches as well. She said although the weekend was a chaotic one for her, it was successful nonetheless.
"I think it went pretty well, I don't think we had too many issues," Domeier said. "It went fast."


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Breathe a sigh of relief—Craig Alexander is optimistic about 2013.
After delivering a stark global outlook for 2012 last year, Alexander took to the stage at this year's TD Ameritrade annual conference in San Diego on Thursday to tell advisors in the audience that he's bullish on the U.S., the recession in Europe is mostly behind us and he's seeing growth in emerging markets.
"I see 2013 as a year of transition," Alexander, senior vice president and chief economist of TD Bank Financial Group, began in his lunchtime keynote. "After very soft performance in 2012, in which global growth dropped below 3%, I see the global economy picking up once again."
Zeroing in on Europe, a region he described at last year's conference as the No. 1 risk facing the globe, Alexander noted it's still a problem, but the odds of some sort of bank shock have greatly diminished and leaders have made progress in separating "the sovereign crisis from the bank crisis."
"The ECB has injected liquidity and the bottom line is that their headed in the right direction and moving towards a fiscal union, which is difficult but doable."
The largest positive development of the recent past, he added, was when the ECB said it would do whatever it takes to save the euro.
"Market fears of a debt default can cause a debt default," Alexander said. "It becomes self-fulfilling because the fear causes interest rates to rise. The ECB said if the individual countries' markets don't buy the debt, then the ECB will. As a result, Europe will muddle through."
Moving on to the developing world, Alexander said that after a slowdown in emerging markets in 2012, a soft landing has taken place, and many economies are already reaccelerating.
"China won't go back to 9% to 10% growth, but the government is comfortable with the expectation of 7% to 8% growth," he said. "Not all emerging-market countries will do well, but it should be good for countries like India, Brazil and Mexico. This will also be very good for commodities."
As for the U.S., he said he's bullish, noting that all eyes were on the fiscal cliff.
"Make no mistake; the cliff would have caused a recession, but I argued all along that they would turn away from it, which they did. Odds of a debt default are now close to zero. America will raise the debt ceiling; the costs of not doing so are too great."
He added that tax policy and fiscal policy will slow growth, since a "fiscal rebalance of the unsustainable debt load" will have to occur, but it won't be enough to stop it completely. If fiscal restraint does not occur this year, GDP growth will be 3%; if fiscal restraint is implemented, it will fall below 2%.
"But the reason I'm bullish is that credit is once again flowing, manufacturing is seeing something of a renaissance and housing construction has doubled in the rate of new units being constructed."
So how should investors react to Alexander's outlook? After a strong performance form equities in 2012, there won't be "as much of a shift in risk assets," but economic growth should support an increase in corporate earnings.
Additionally, a bond portfolio of government and corporate issues should be enough of an "aggregate basket" to outpace inflation, but it won't be enough for solid wealth accumulation.
"People always ask me if stocks or bonds will win," he concludes. "In this environment, I say equities, but do you know how low the bar is?"


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Weekend Confirmed 171 - Xbox One, The Last of Us Spoiler-Cast
With Jeff Cannata absent, host Garnett Lee is left to discuss the beginning of the summer doldrums. He welcomes in "Indie" Jeff Mattas and Nikole...
With Jeff Cannata absent, host Garnett Lee is left to discuss the beginning of the summer doldrums. He welcomes in "Indie" Jeff Mattas and Nikole Zivalich to discuss any final Xbox One thoughts before shifting to Borderlands 2's Assault on Dragon's Keep DLC and discuss the pros and cons of the Season Pass model. Shacknews' Andrew Yoon joins the show for the latter half to help briefly discuss Company of Heroes 2, before ending the normal part of the show a little early with some Finishing Move. That paves the way for a special Spoiler-cast, as the final half-hour of the show is fully dedicated to discussing The Last of Us and its many twists and turns. If you haven't finished the game yet, bookmark it for the future. If you have, enjoy the discussion!
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Huskers Head to Indiana for Big Ten Tourney
The Nebraska women's golf team begins postseason play at the 2013 Big Ten Tournament in French Lick, Ind., April 26-28. The Huskers will take to the Donald Ross Course on the French Lick Resort with action set to begin at 8 a.m. (Central) on Friday and Saturday. The final round tees off Sunday at 7 a.m. (CT) Sunday. Admission to the event is free.
The tournament will be televised on a tape-delayed basis by the Big Ten Network on Wednesday, May 8 at 5 p.m.
The three-day, 54-hole event features all 12 Big Ten teams that will be challenged by a 6,121-yard, par-72 layout at the Ross Course. Defending champion Michigan State, which is ranked No. 25 in this week's GolfWeek rankings, will battle to defend its crown against No. 9 Purdue, No. 24 Northwestern and No. 42 Ohio State, while No. 49 Penn State gives the Big Ten five teams ranked among the nation's top 50. Other contenders in the field include No. 57 Indiana, No. 58 Wisconsin and No. 68 Minnesota, while No. 78 Iowa, No. 90 Michigan, No. 119 Illinois and No. 129 Nebraska round out a deep Big Ten Tournament field.
Freshman Cassie Deeg will lead the Huskers in the six-count-four scoring at the Big Ten Tournament. Deeg, a native of Hugo, Minn., owns a trio of top-20 finishes for the Huskers this season and ranks third on the year with a 77.85 stroke average. Deeg was NU's top finisher at each of the Huskers' final two regular-season tournaments, including the Clover Cup (T38th) and the SMU/Dallas Athletic Club Invitational (T38th).
Junior Katelyn Wright will occupy the No. 2 spot, after leading the Huskers with a 77.04 stroke average on the year. Fellow junior Steffi Neisen has added a 79.07 average on the season. Redshirt freshmen Jackie O'Doherty and Cassidy Stelzmiller, along with true freshman Hannah Luebke round out an extremely young NU lineup.
Live scoring for the tournament will be available at www.GolfStat.com.
Big Ten Tournament
Location: French Lick, Ind.
Course: Donald Ross Course
Par/Yardage: 72/6,121
Start Times (All Times Central)
Friday, April 26 - 8 a.m. (18 holes)
Saturday, April 27 - 8 a.m. (18 holes)
Sunday, April 28 - 7 a.m. (18 holes)
Nebraska Lineup (6 count 4)
1. Cassie Deeg
2. Katelyn Wright
3. Steffi Neisen
4. Jackie O'Doherty
5. Cassidy Stelzmiller
6. Hannah Luebke
Big Ten Tournament Field (12 Teams)
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
Live Scoring: www.golfstat.com
Deeg Leads Huskers at SMU/Dallas Athletic Club Invitational
The Nebraska women's golf team put together its best round of the tournament with a 317 to finish 13th at the SMU/Dallas Athletic Club Invitational April 7.
Cassie Deeg produced a final-round 79 on the par-72, 6,359-yard layout of the Dallas Athletic Club. The true freshman from Hugo, Minn., tied for 38th in the 81-player field with a 54-hole total of 240. Deeg helped the Huskers to a three-round score of 982 (334-331-317) in the 15-team field in Texas.
Jackie O'Doherty fired NU's best round of the tournament with a final-round 78. The redshirt freshman out of Lincoln East High School closed the three-day tournament at 251 in a tie for 62nd with junior teammate Steffi Neisen (89-82-80-251).
Katelyn Wright rounded out NU's team score by joining Neisen with a final-round 80. Wright, a junior from Incline Village, Nev., tied for 52nd individually at 245.
Freshman Hannah Luebke settled for a final-round 89 to close the tournament in 73rd (262). Redshirt freshman Cassidy Stelzmiller managed an 82 to tie for 74th (264) while playing as an individual outside Nebraska's lineup.
Oklahoma State captured the team title with a three-round total of 896. The Cowgirls finished five shots up on Oklahoma (901).
Ohio State used a final-round 300 to climb into third at 906, while Denver finished fourth at 911 after a 307 on the tournament's final day.
Oklahoma State's Julie Yang cruised to medalist honors with a three-round score of 210 (70-68-72). OU's Chirapat Jao-Javanil finished second at 217 (69-77-71).
Young Huskers Shine in Classroom
The Nebraska women's golf team produced one of NU's highest team grade-point averages of 2012, finishing fourth in the annual Herman Award standings. The Herman Award is presented annually to the Husker team with top combined GPA. The women's golf program produced a 3.456 GPA during the fall 2012 semester as all nine members of the team produced better than a 3.0 GPA.
For their efforts in the classroom, Steffi Neisen, Katelyn Wright, Cassie Deeg, Jackie O'Doherty, Cassidy Stelzmiller, Morgan Smejkal, Hannah Luebke, Abbie Hunke and Yoorim Kang all earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll.
Former Husker Sheils Earns Cactus Tour Win
Madeleine Sheils captured a tournament title in her first event as a professional golfer, winning the season-opening event at Club West on the Cactus Tour on Wednesday, Jan. 30. The native of Boise, Idaho, fired three straight even-par rounds of 72 on the 6,077-yard layout at Club West to finish the 54-hole event at 216.
Sheils entered the final round in third place at 144, two shots back of Caitlin McCleary and one stroke behind Sadena Parks in a 23-player field. Sheils closed the tournament with a one-stroke victory over Parks, who managed a two-over 74 in the final round to take runner-up honors.
Sheils graduated from Nebraska in December of 2012, after competing as one of the top Huskers on the course for four seasons from 2009 through 2012. Prior to graduation she earned a spot in the final stage of qualifying at LPGA Q-School. She bypassed the final stage to graduate, but did secure her Symetra Tour card.
Wright Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week
After producing the best tournament performance of her career, Nebraska's Katelyn Wright captured her first Big Ten Golfer-of-the-Week award on Oct. 11.
The junior from Incline Village, Nev., carded a career-best 217 over three rounds on her way to a career-best tie for third at the Price's "Give 'Em Five" Invitational in Las Cruces, N.M., Oct. 8-10.
Wright opened the tournament by matching her career best with a 71 on the par-72, 6,319-yard layout of the New Mexico State Golf Course on Oct. 8. She added a second-round 74 on Oct. 9, before closing the tournament with an even-par 72 in the final round to finish at one-over-par for 54 holes. Her tie for third in a 76-player field marked her first career top-five finish.
Wright, who is in her third year in the Nebraska lineup, has competed in all 28 rounds this season and owns a team-best 77.04 stroke average.
Neisen, Wright Lead Huskers in 2012-13
The Nebraska women's golf team is one of the youngest in the Big Ten and the nation in 2012-13. Returning starters Steffi Neisen and Katelyn Wright lead a nine-player Husker roster that is without any seniors. The remainder of the roster consists of seven freshmen, including four true freshmen and a trio of redshirts.
"This year looks to be a rebuilding year on paper, with only two returning starters and no other players with collegiate experience," Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. "But the potential is there for us to become a pretty good team. Steffi and Katelyn will need to provide strong leadership on and off the golf course to help our young team grow and develop."
Neisen has plenty of experience to draw upon as she assumes the role of a leader. The junior from New Prague, Minn., has played in 93 consecutive rounds in the NU lineup. She completed her sophomore season with Nebraska's No. 2 stroke average (76.67) in 2011-12. Her year included a school-record round of 66 at the Mountain View Collegiate on March 23. She notched three top-10 tournament finishes on the year, including a tie for second at the Alamo Invitational, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, when she fired a career-best 214 over three rounds. She closed her second year in Nebraska's starting lineup by tying for 25th at the 2012 Big Ten Championships.
A standout in the classroom and in the community, Neisen was honored as a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient, while also earning academic All-Big Ten honors. She also captured NGCA Scholastic All-America recognition for the second time.
Wright was also in the starting lineup throughout the 2011-12 campaign. The junior from Incline Village, Nev., competed in all 33 rounds for the Huskers and continued to shave strokes off her game as the season progressed. She started slow and battled some health issues in the fall, but came on strong in the spring.
Redshirt Freshmen Make Lineup Appearances in 2012-13
Second-year Huskers Jackie O'Doherty, Morgan Smejkal and Cassidy Stelzmiller all redshirted in their first seasons in Nebraska's program in 2011-12.
O'Doherty, a two-time Nebraska Class A state champion at Lincoln East High School, was a three-time Class A all-state pick in golf. She was also a member of the 2011 Four State Team and the 2010 Nebraska Junior Golf All-Star Team. She was also a competitive swimmer and posted better than a 4.0 GPA at Lincoln East.
"Jackie is a a great student with a wonderful personality and a good work ethic. She has good length, a solid golf swing and possesses a strong competitive side," Krapfl said. "She is coming off a hand injury that had her sidelined much of the summer, but it may be a blessing in disguise because she was forced to only work on her short game."
Smejkal, a Columbus, Neb., native, was a two-time Class A all-state selection and produced a pair of top-five finishes at the state tournament. She was also a member of the Nebraska Junior Golf All-Star Team in 2009 and 2010, and she was a member of the 2010 and 2011 Nebraska Four State Team. She was also an outstanding basketball player who set Columbus High's three-point record.
"Morgan was recruited as an athlete with potential to develop into a college-level golfer, and she has embraced that goal," Krapfl said. "We have had quite a few hard-working athletes in my tenure, and Morgan's work ethic is right up there with the best. You've got to love a kid who gives it her all in everything she does. Not only that, she has also embraced what being a great teammate is all about. Morgan has good length, is meticulous in her thought process and hates to lose. As soon as she can get away from thinking too much and just play, she could develop into one heck of a player."
Stelzmiller was a highly regarded recruit from Placerville, Calif., who had success as a junior player competing in several major events, including the Women's Trans.
"We headed into last season thinking Cassidy could help us right away, and even though I think she could have, I'm glad she elected to take the year off and develop her game. It is exciting to think of how far she can progress in the next four years," Krapfl said. "She has excellent length and a great touch on the greens. With a year of maturity, we are hoping for big things from Cassidy."
Deeg Leads Four True Freshmen on NU Roster
The final ingredients to Nebraska's 2012-13 team come from four true freshmen, including two international players. The freshmen will all be given an opportunity to compete for positions in the lineup.
Cassie Deeg has made an immediate impact. The Hugo, Minn., native owns three top-20 tournament finishes, including a 10th-place showing at the Missouri State/Payne Stewart Memorial, Oct. 15-16. Deeg captured the 2011 Minnesota state title while helping Stillwater Area High School to runner-up team finishes in both 2011 and 2012. She added a third-place individual Class 3A finish in 2012, and was also the Minnesota Women's Match Play runner-up.
Another true freshman earning a chance to contribute late in the season is Hannah Luebke. One of the top young golfers in Germany, Luebke became the first European player to sign with the Huskers since Catha Fogelberg (Sweden) in 1997-98. A native of Stuttgart, Luebke is the second German to join the Huskers in history, following in the footsteps of Shirin Hornecker (Munich), who played for Nebraska from 1996 to 1998. Luebke finished second in the BWGW International Match Play and third at the German Youth National Championships. At 6-foot-1, Luebke was also an All-German performer as a middle blocker/outside hitter on the volleyball court in both 2009 and 2010. Luebke was limited during the fall by a back injury.
Huskers Continue to Set the Pace in the Classroom
Nebraska leads the nation with 61 NGCA Scholastic All-Americans since 1989, including two in 2012. Madeleine Sheils capped her outstanding career on and off the course as the fourth four-time NGCA Scholastic All-America award winner in Husker history. Sheils joined Jackie Beste, Allison Stewart and JC Stevenson as four-time Husker NGCA Scholastic All-Americans.
Sheils was joined on the 2012 NGCA Scholastic All-America squad for the second straight year by Steffi Neisen. The junior from New Prague, Minn., takes aim at her third straight award in 2013.
Overall, Nebraska owns one of the richest academic traditions in all of collegiate sports with a nation-leading 302 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans across all teams and all sports. NU also led the nation with 16 NCAA Top Eight Award winners.


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AG not helping police: Refusal to inform harms everyone
New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster says, apparently with a straight face, that his people "try to get information out as quickly as they can."
A state police trooper shoots and kills an unlicensed motorist in the middle of a Manchester neighborhood, and Foster's office repeatedly refuses to identify the officer or inform the public as to his work status.
The shooting happened nearly one week ago.
Two Weare police officers shoot and kill a fleeing suspect in a drug sting operation. Foster's office continues to refuse to identify the officers. The shooting occurred on Aug. 14.
New Hampshire law enforcement agencies and personnel, by and large, do highly commendable work in situations in which few members of the general public would like to find themselves.
When its top law agency, rather than being open and forthcoming with the people it claims to serve, declines to promptly answer the basic questions in very serious incidents, it promotes doubt, suspicion and distrust. That does a disservice to law enforcement and to the public.
In the Weare case, Foster's office says it is still investigating to determine whether the use of deadly force was justified. Fine. But if this were a non-police homicide, the identities of the shooters would have long since been made public.
Instead, in both the Weare and Manchester cases, the perception grows that the police are protecting their own.
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Prior to arriving at the University of Kansas, senior guard Monica Engelman had never considered visiting the state, let alone playing college ball as a Jayhawk. Following her first official visit to any college program, the San Antonio, Texas-native was ready to commit to Bonnie Henrickson and the Kansas women's basketball program.
A high school standout in the hoops hotbed of the Lone Star State, Engelman averaged 17.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game in her senior season at James Madison High School on her way to being named to the 5A All-State team. She arrived at Kansas with expectations of contributing right away to a team, with an All-America candidate in Danielle McCray compete in the deep Big 12 Conference.
Engelman did just that, averaging 7.5 points and 21 minutes per game playing alongside McCray and fellow freshman Carolyn Davis in 2009-10. After McCray went down with a knee injury on Feb. 4 of that year, Engelman helped fill the void by leading the Jayhawks in scoring four times, including 16 points in a win over Kansas State at Allen Fieldhouse.
The following season Engelman showed no signs of a sophomore slump as she was one of only two Jayhawks to start all 34 games for Kansas while averaging 12.1 points per game. It seemed as if Engelman was well on her way to a stellar career in Crimson and Blue.
But her junior season saw Engelman's production start to dwindle and so did her time on the court. After logging 1,114 minutes as a sophomore, good for the seventh most minutes in a KU season, Engelman did not even crack 1000 minutes in 2011-12. Instead, she found herself in a funk and unable to contribute as she had her first two seasons.
"On a personal level it just kind of hit me and struck me in a different way my junior year," Engelman said. "I took that as an opportunity to grow."
Engelman notes that many of her on the court struggles during her third Jayhawk campaign can be linked to bad habits off the court and the need to prioritize the things in her life, yet she credits those personal struggles with helping her grow.
"It helped me find myself and find who I am as a person and realize and what I need in my life and what I don't need in my life," Engelman said.
At the height of her struggles last season, the Jayhawks were making a deep and unexpected run in the NCAA tournament. Eleventh-seeded Kansas knocked off former Big 12 foe Nebraska in the opening round before taking down three seed Delaware in a game that Engelman didn't even see the floor. However, she didn't allow that to cloud her feelings about the team's accomplisments.
"I'm extremely proud of my team ," Engelman said. "We believed in ourselves and were hoping for it, but now we really, really believe in ourselves. We think, 'ok, we can compete with these guys.' We kind of set the bar for ourselves. So, when we headed into this season our expectations are even higher than that."
With the senior leadership provided by Engelman and fellow classmates and All-America nominees Angel Goodrich and Carolyn Davis, the Jayhawks are aimed to make another run in the NCAA tournament in 2013 and to compete well in the Big 12. Engelman herself has been playing with renewed energy and focus on the court and it's something Kansas head coach Bonnie Henrickson has noticed. Henrickson talked to Engelman last season about persevering through her struggles and remaining positive, especially with herself.
"She committed to it over the spring, summer and fall and was able to get back in the gym and earn confidence because you can't just talk yourself into it," Henrickson said. "You have to earn it. I think that has been evident this year from how hard she plays and how hard she competes.
"I'm really proud of her because that's not easy to do. Sometimes it's a snowball that just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I think she decided to take the snowball to Florida and get rid of the snow and kind of get a fresh start and be who she has been for the majority of her career here."
Engelman's ability to persevere showed in the Jayhawks' contest against Kansas State on Jan. 2 when she became the 25th player in Kansas history to score 1,000 career points.
"It's a privilege (to be on the 25 players to score 1000 points at KU) and I'm very excited that I'm in that great group of women," Engelman said. "There is always room for improvement, but I just think it's an amazing accomplishment. Not a lot of people get to do that. So, I feel blessed and honored."
As the Big 12 season gets underway, Engelman is excited to continue the Jayhawks' success and knows that the time is right for Kansas to reach its full potential. With her time at Kanas coming full circle, Engelman hopes KU can make waves on both the conference level and the national scene."It's kind of bitter sweet because it's my last year," Engelman said. "Of course I want to go out with a bang, but I don't want it to end. This is the year for us to do it and it's awesome to be a part of that."


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24th annual festival held May 4 and 5 in Liberal
Have you heard about Kansas Play Klay made in Ellis or tried the kijafa crepes at the Pancake House in Liberal? Have you seen the Whole Wall Mural, the longest sculpted brick mural in the U.S. located in Concordia? Or climbed over the giant concretions at Rock City near Minneapolis? Find out about these places and hundreds more at the Kansas Sampler Festival!
The twenty-fourth annual celebration of what there is to see and do in Kansas will be held in Liberal's Light Park May 4-5. Almost a fifth of the communities in the state will have travel booths. The Pratt Area Chamber of Commerce will have a booth in the South Central Kansas Tourism booth. Miss Kansas Sloane Lewis will be a guest in the booth for the weekend.
A Kansas Products tent will be filled with Kansas entrepreneurs. Three stages will feature Kansas musicians, children's entertainment and historic performers. The food booths will feature Kansas specialty or ethnic foods.
The event is a project of the Kansas Sampler Foundation whose mission is to preserve and sustain rural culture.
Festival overseer WenDee LaPlant says, "Visiting this event is the perfect way to get a start on your travel plans for the summer and throughout the year. It's like a living brochure of Kansas brought to life and offers the audience one stop shopping in finding places that meet their tastes and budget."
The festival began on the Penner Farm near Inman in 1990 as a book signing party for Mil Penner and daughter Marci Penner's first Kansas Weekend Guide. It remained on the farm for eight years and then started to rotate around the state every two years. The event has also been held in Pratt, Ottawa, Independence, Newton, Garden City, Concordia, and Leavenworth. It will move to Wamego in 2014 and 2015.
Some of the attractions in or near Liberal, home to the International Pancake Day Race, include the Mid-America Air Museum, Dorothy's House and the Land of Oz, Baker Arts Center, Seward County Historical Museum, and the Mighty Samson of the Cimarron bridge.
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Dates: May 4, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; May 5, 10-4
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The "disaster" was a drill to prepare different public safety departments for a situation they don't see every day.
"The (type of) disaster doesn't matter," said Hillsdale County Emergency Management Director Doug Sanford said. "It's the practice that matters."
This disaster was a shooting at the grandstands during a big event. A lot of people were hurt, and the shooter had taken hostages.
The Hillsdale County Sheriff's Department (HCSD) was the first on the scene, investigating before sending in emergency medical technicians.
Most of the disaster victim volunteers were local youth, some from the Hillsdale Workforce Development and Technology Center.
The drill was initially scheduled in August, but scheduling conflicts pushed it to exactly a week before the fair begins.
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What is the future of the United States of America? Is it going to be like it was intended to be by our founding fathers? Our founding fathers based their ideas and beliefs on indididualism, and private entrepreneurship. So capitalism became the way to grow the country's economic future through private sector endeavors. They decided that the private sector had to be vibrant to grow the country.
There are two sectors, private and public. The private sector consists of people who do not derive their income from others. This is the sector that produces the tax dollars that others spend.
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The following is an example of a public sector entity such as Leavenworth School District #453 has total expenditures of $68.6 million for the school year 2012-13. The district has 3,866 students. This is roughly $17,700 per student. The district has one teacher for every eight students. The district has 37 administrators. Average teacher salary and benefits $50,597.
Teacher contract days 186, or one-half year. There are eight teachers and administrators making over $100,000 per year. The Superintendent salary and benefits $177,050.
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Police say mom left 8-year-old with sex offenderBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 04. 2013 12:00AM
When Anthony Baslow was paroled from state prison, his girlfriend signed papers saying she would not allow any child to be left alone with him.
After all, Baslow was a convicted child sex-offender undergoing treatment outside prison walls; his girlfriend, Meghan Wilcox, had an 8-year-old child in her care, according to prosecutors.
In October, Baslow was charged with molesting the boy, and late last month, Wilcox herself was charged.
The 29-year-old Danbury resident faces four Class A misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a child. Each carries a potential penalty of one year in jail.
In indictments, prosecutors allege Wilcox acted on purpose when she left the child alone with Baslow four times between June and September of last year. The crimes allegedly took place at a Wilmot location.
Baslow, who has returned to state prison, faces four counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, three counts of felonious sexual assault and one count of indecent exposure in connection with the assaults.
Susan Larrabee, a Merrimack County assistant attorney, said Baslow and Wilcox were boyfriend and girlfriend. As part of his sex-offender treatment, he signed papers saying he would have no contact with children.
"If kids are nearby, a chaperone goes through a course (about sexual offender treatment) and must also sign a contract," Larrabee said.
Wilcox signed a sex offender chaperone contract, promising she would not allow a child to be left alone with Baslow, according to the indictment.
According to the state Corrections Department website, Baslow was convicted in Grafton and Sullivan County superior courts for crimes that took place in 2000 and 2007, respectively.
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