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You're A Curious Bunch!
First of all, thanks so much to everyone for sharing in our baby-bomb excitement and wishing us well on our little "project." You guys are the best! This new-ish development (actually it began in August, which feels like eons ago) certainly means that we'll be working away harder than ever on our house and we promise to share every dirty home improvement detail with you. And speaking of details, we're interrupting our regularly scheduled programming to field a bunch of the questions you guys asked on Wednesday in this as-promised Petersik Baby Q&A.
Q: How far along are you? When are you due? Baby Petersik (or "the bean" as he or she is affectionately known around here) is almost 15 weeks old (second trimester- wahooo!- now if only my morning sickness would recognize that fact…) so I'm embarking on my fourth month of being "with child." Our little one is officially due on May 19th (but we just know he or she will be late- it's a family thing).
Q: When did you find out? I took a test in early September at which point I was already five weeks along (dizziness and nausea had me pretty certain, and that double line popped up before I could even say "how do you read this thing?"). Ironically, the afternoon that we shot this blogiversary Q&A video was actually the day that we found out, so when we answer the "When will you have kids for crying out loud?" question (skip to 3:48 in the video below) you can see us squirm and search for ambiguous statements that weren't outright lies. Forgive us, but we weren't quite ready to announce it to the universe just hours after finding out ourselves.
It's so funny to watch this again knowing it was filmed on such a big day. And when we hinted about expanding our family for year three of blogging in this blogiversary post I was actually already pregnant- so that's why we seemed fairly confident that it might be in the cards for us this coming year (since the cards has already been dealt so to speak).
Q: How did you tell John? It was 5am on a Saturday when I got my positive result so I giddily snuck into the kitchen and made a card for John from Burger (homemade cards from Burger are kind of our thing, they're always misspelled and we exchange them for big events like Father's Day, Mother's Day, b-days and anniversaries). The front of the card said: Harfy Fafers Day (translation: Happy Father's Day)…
… and the inside said "I wanted to get you bons but mommy has something else…" (Burger can never spell bones correctly).
Armed with my little DIY card and positive test I padded back to bed and attempted to let John sleep for a few more hours. About ten seconds later I realized this was an impossibility so I intentionally woke Burger up so he would rouse John. His happy little wiggling and tail-wagging did the trick, so I quickly shoved the card in Burger's collar (that's how he delivers them) and John groggily read the front and then flipped to the inside as I pulled out my positive test and beamed. "Seriously?!" was his response and we were pretty much saying non-words and hugging and squealing or a while after that. The funniest thing is that about two minutes later John was jumping to his feet and hurriedly getting dressed saying we had to go to the farmer's market to get lots of organic fruits and veggies so he could cook healthy things for me and the baby. Yeah, I pretty much melted. He's destined to be the world's best dad.
Q: How long did you keep the secret from your family? It was grueling but we waited until I was over 3 months along (14 weeks) to tell our parents and the rest of the family. One because it was fun to have "our little secret" and two because we wanted to tell all of our parents in person (and we weren't due for a trip to NY to see my mom and dad until last weekend).
Q: And how did you tell them? Sunday was John's birthday so all of our parents were going to be in NY at my mom's house to "surprise" him with a b-day breakfast. He wasn't supposed to know that his mom, dad, sister, brother-in-law, and baby nephew were going to show up (but he had a vague idea since I had to convince him that it would be the perfect morning for the reveal). That morning they all showed up as planned along with my brother, Almost-Dr-Dan, and his fiance (a surprise to even me). John acted mock-shocked, we ate a big Italian breakfast (including chocolate birthday cake) and then turned to opening presents. The last gift was one from me that we had both planted in the bunch. When he got to it he looked around the room chock full of unsuspecting family members and said: "It was so great for you guys to surprise me… but Sherry and I actually have a little surprise for you in return" and pulled out a little onesie labeled "freshly baked":
And there it was. Immediate recognition. Screaming. Disbelief. Jumping. Clapping. Belly rubbing (once I removed the giant jacket I had been wearing to hide my obvious baby bump). After months of waiting (and dressing like a blob to hide my "secret") it was finally out. Euphoric doesn't even begin to describe it.
Q: We know Katie Bower told you she was expecting before she even told her husband, so how and when did you tell her? Were you pregnant in Nashville together? Nope, I had yet to be prego-fied when we giddily met up in Nashville but it was so exciting to hang out with Katie when she was so early on. I called her and spilled the beans a few days after telling John which was really nice because keeping the secret from our friends and family for an entire trimester was hard work (so it was awesome to have a confidante)! And yes, Katie squealed just as loudly for my big reveal as I did for hers. Love that girl.
Q: Will you find out the sex (and tell us)? Are you longing for a boy or a girl in particular? We've decided after much consideration that we're just too excited not to find out, but we'll probably have the doctor write it down for us and go on a little dinner date and ceremoniously open the envelope then. And of course we'll share the news on the blog pretty quickly thereafter. As for a boy/girl preference, we're just hoping for a healthy little guy or gal (although we have said that it would be funny of it turned out to be a chihuahua).
Q: Did finding out make you cry? Did John? Ooh that's a good one. We both got misty-eyed a few times (when I told John, sharing the news with our parents, etc) but the only time tears actually left our eyeballs and dribbled down our cheeks was at the first ultrasound. As soon as we saw our little bean and heard the heartbeat we were both in awe. And furiously swatting at our cheeks. Big moment. So much to be thankful for.
Q: Will you poll blog readers when it comes to name ideas? How do you feel about names in general- unconventional? conventional? We tend to like names with personal meaning – whether they honor a family member or reference something special to us. So sorry folks, but our bean's moniker won't be up for public debate here. In fact, while we plan to have some top picks by May, we'd like to meet the little lad or lady before making a final choice just to be sure we pick a name that "fits." Of course, we'll obviously share our wee one's full name after we bring him or her into the world (along with the obligatory Burger-sniffs-baby photo).
Q: Are you showing? Will you show us baby bump photos and ultrasounds? I actually "popped" about two weeks ago so I'm showing like you wouldn't believe (yes strangers congratulate me at the grocery store- and I eat it up!). It's early, I know, but I've always been a small girl (5'2″ around 115lbs) so it's pretty hard for me to hide a grapefruit sized uterus- and my 4'11" mom said it runs in the family since she showed pretty much immediately too (she also had a two hour labor with me and a one hour labor with my brother so I'm hoping that runs in the family too). And my early bump onset might explain the avoidance of full body photos for the last few weeks (belly-obscuring shots like this one became the norm for a while there):
And while I'm sure my belly-full-of-baby will make it into some video tutorials and home-related posts along the way, we're going to spare you from any gratuitous shots of my midsection. We're bound to have so many projects going on around here in the coming months that we're happy to keep the focus where its always been: decorating and home improvement. Plus we gotta keep a few things off the internet, right? Why not start with images of my uterus?
Q: Does this mean you guys will be moving? If not, which room will be the nursery? Definitely not moving. We've love our house too much to give up on it now. And since we're certain there's only one on the way, the third bedroom will definitely become the nursery. In fact, we already have no-VOC paint swatches up on the walls and have begun brainstorming ideas for the big makeover (but we still have to finish the basement and a full bathroom reno… yeah, we're gonna be busy!).
Oh and for the extremely observant folks who noticed that we moved the white table that used to be our stationery and gift wrapping table from the third bedroom…
… down to the basement, now you know why! Since we knew we wouldn't have room for it in the soon-to-be nursery we wanted to work it into our in-progress basement makeover. Gotta work with what ya have!
Q: What will you do about childcare? Hire a nanny? Will John be a stay at home dad? We still have six months to iron things out but John plans to take a generous paternity leave when our newborn arrives. We're also extremely lucky to have friends & family already offering a hand (and more than a few casseroles). Oh and we plan to write a ton of posts beforehand, so we'll have stockpiled content at the ready, which should buy us a bit of adjustment time without robbing you guys of the frequent projects and eye-candy that you're used to. It'll take a village but we'll figure it out. We like to learn as we go (and who needs sleep anyway?)…
Q: But seriously, when you're a new parent, projects that used to take an hour take a week. We know it'll be a challenge. We do. We've welcomed three newborns into the family already this year. We've snuck away for week-long vacations while no reader is the wiser thanks to stockpiling posts and approving comments on the go, but we know that bringing home a baby will be a whole new ballgame. Let's just say we're cautiously optimistic, not to mention pros at working round the clock, squeezing things in and getting 'er done.
In short: we'll work as a team and switch off with each other (I'll nurse while John hammers, he'll read bedtime stories while I frame something) and of course we'll make sure there's plenty of family time in there too. And we'll rely heavily on friends, relatives, passion, caffeine, each other and anything else that keeps us going. Plus it helps to see other full time bloggers with babies who make it work (like Heather at Dooce and Abby at Style Me Pretty). And the amazing undertakings of this mom of four (!) inspire me to no end. We've put two years, countless hours, weekends, and vacations into raising this blog baby of ours, so we're dedicated to nurturing right along with baby P.
Q: Is Burger excited to be a big brother? He is! He even blogged about it this morning. The prospect of jam-covered fingers and extra crumbs on the floor has his little tail wagging. We think he'll be a great little helper (as long as he doesn't try to give his little brother or sister a tongue bath) since he loves all of his pint sized nieces and nephews.
Q: Where did you get that cute shirt for Burger? We snagged it from the T-Shirt Deli. It's just about the coolest concept ever. You can personalize and pick the font, color, and style of tee and then it arrives wrapped up in paper like a sub sandwich with "made fresh" stickers on it and a real bag of potato chips in the box. And we think it hugs Burger in all the right places.
Q: Sherry, do you have any weird cravings? Baked potatoes. All the time. It's crazy but I guess my body needs vitamin C or B6 or potassium. Or I just like the taste of warm melty carbs. At least it's nothing too weird. Yet…
Q: How have you been feeling? Did your first trimester have you down for the count? Other than morning sickness that only lasts from 8-10am I've felt like a million bucks! I was waiting for extra tiredness or splitting headaches to kick in, but I'm into my second trimester so it seems I've dodged those bullets. At least for now. And that's a good thing because we've been crazy busy with the basement project (don't worry John did all the Dryloking and floor painting so I didn't have to get near those gross fumes- and even he wore his mask). As for the whole morning sickness thing, after 90 days or so of tossing my cookies each AM and going on to have a completely normal day afterwards, it's almost become a hobby of mine. I affectionately call it being lovesick instead of morning sick since it reminds me that my little bean is doing his or her thing in there which always makes me smile- even over the bowl. And the good news is that my doctor thinks it'll end any day now (something about week 16 being magical?). Nice.
Q: Will you green your baby and use cloth diapers? We're definitely going to do the eco thing where we can (use no-VOC paints, organic materials, and repurposed items, etc). We also do plan to use cloth diapers since they've come a long way from big squares of fabric with safety pins in the corners. We've heard a lot of great things about BumGenius (they even come in one-size-fits-all snap varieties) so our fingers are crossed that we can hack it. We've seen firsthand from family members how quickly disposable diapers can pile up (while emptying wallets) and we actually read that people save an average of $2000+ by choosing reusable diapers- which means more money for home improvements and nursery upgrades!
Q: Is this blog going to turn into baby central with symptom rundowns and constant baby chatter? Nope. Decorating and home improvement have always been our passion, and although there's a bun in the oven that doesn't change our insatiable hunger for amazing before and afters, steals and deals, cheap DIY projects, step by step tutorials and all the other things we've happily whipped up for the past 2+ years. Heck you can even call them a craving. Our house and our lives are inherently changed by this little "development," but although there will be some posts devoted to a nursery makeover and other house-related changes (like restructuring a closet to make room for new items, babyproofing Casa Petersik, and cutting down on clutter) the focus will still be on decorating, DIYing up a storm, and making spaces work hard on the cheap. We actually like to think that we'll learn more home-related tips and tricks as our family expands, since we'll encounter different design challenges and need to sort and store even more in our tiny house.
Q: I hope this means you'll be putting up all of those white ceramic animals of yours! Ok, so that's not technically a question, but it's a good reminder that our house definitely isn't babyproofed yet. We know there's definitely going to be a learning curve when it comes to making our house safe for little hands (ceramic animals on a high shelf, perhaps? or in a non-kid room like the guest bedroom?) but we're eager to take on the challenge of maintaining a stylish yet kid-friendly home… while blogging about it along the way of course.
Q: Besides the nursery, what other home improvement projects are you rushing to complete by May? Good question. We still have a slew of basement projects to take on (obscuring the windows, building a screen, hanging art, etc) and then we have a full bathroom gut job on the agenda that we plan to start in a few short weeks. Yikes! It's gonna get a little crazy around here, but we'll be sure to keep you posted every step of the way. Oh and did we mention that we already found some amazing mocha colored marble tile for the bathroom floor on clearance for $2.50 a square foot? Stay tuned for more details…
So there you have it. Consider yourself up-to-speed on the Petersik pregnancy. And if you are eager for little updates and periodic baby news, be sure to follow us on Twitter or fan us on Facebook. We're known to veer off into the random and personal tidbits much more over there. And one more BIG THANK YOU for all the well wishes and encouragement. Feels so good to have you sharing in our excitement.
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Congrats! I love hearing all the baby details! I am due June 18th and have to confess I crave baked potatoes all the time! So funny
Too cute — congrats again!
Wonderful post and thank you for sharing your over-the-moon joy with all of us.
I'm so glad that you are not considering a move, and that when the day comes, you will bring your precious bundle home to your shining well-loved and well-feathered first nest.
I love the picture of you and your parents and John's parents!!!!!! :) Your belly is def. showing, i love it! Congrats to you two!
AH! Making the world a more creative place one baby at a time! Such good news! Congrats! ;)
Yippee!! Congrats to all you, John, Burger and Bean! :)
Bringing a baby into your family is such a blessing – our pups are so patient with our son, Jack.
And don't worry – home improvements can be done – it does take a bit longer and we've had to take turns (as opposed to both working at the same time), but it can work. We just added built-in bookcases and other projects this year and our son turned one yesterday. :)
Best of luck and hope your morning sickness is curbed soon!
Congratulations!! I'm due with baby #2 on May 10th and trust me there is a magical 16th week when you wake up one day and feel a million times better! I'm so excited to see you decorate a nursery so I can lovingly borrow ideas for our second one :-).
Congratulations!! :)
Big congratulations to you both (and little Burger)!! I live in London and read your blog everyday! It's incredible how excited I get over your news, just like if your were close friends of mine!
Thank you for sharing your life and dyi skils with all of us! It brings joy to know that other people, just like me love interior design and enjoy the simple things in life too!
That is so funny that you guys write cards from Burger – we do that with our dogs (misspellings and all) and they are always my favorite part of any holiday! Congrats on the baby! I feel kind of weird being so excited for someone I've barely met – if that makes me a nerd, then whatever! Can't wait to see what you guys do for the nursery!
BTW! This is a little off subject but thinking about how cute your baby is going to be reminded me of a dancing with the stars ricola commercial I saw recently that stars John I swear! I'm usually not reminded of people I've never met but the resemblance is so close especially the look in the end. Have you seen it? (Random I know):)
I've had two kids and with my first, I had terrible morning sickness until I took these vitamins http://www.greatestherbsonearth.com/nsp/natures_prenatal.htm
For some reason the vitamins the doctor prescribed made my morning sickness worse! Literally the DAY after taking these(I was about 8 weeks along),I was SO much better…no more losing my breakfast!
I hope this helps you or someone suffering from morning sickness!
You guys might not have cried the big tears yet but I'm pretty certain you have quite a few readers (or maybe just this one) crying (for real) reading through this and sensing you guys' excitement. The way you described your parents' reaction was priceless. So thrilled for you guys!!!
I have a 9 month old baby boy so I'm excited to see your tips and tricks for maintaining a great looking home when baby things abound!
Also, we use cloth diapers– LOVE THEM! Things have gotten a little more complicated since the baby starting solids, but all-in-all, a total money saver, and good for the planet! We use Thirsties, Fuzzi Bunz, and most recently SmartiPants (totally economical and the insert comes out in the wash, meaning you don't have to touch it!!)If you have any questions, I love helping people out with their cloth! :)
Congrats again!
Congrats again! I know the blogging about "normal" things vs. blogging about babies balance dance well!
I'm so glad you guys shared all of this with us! I loved reading this post, seeing the cute card and onesie, hearing how you told John and then your families…so awesome! And even though I don't have kids yet, I can't wait to see the nursery makeovers and learn all about eco-friendly baby items so that one day, when I do have kids, I'll be much more educated on the subject.
I have only read the beginning of this post but had to tell you what helped with my morning sickness, and believe me I. tried. everything! Talk to your doctor of course, but I took a 50 mg b6 vitamin and a unisom every night before bed. And totally stopped losing all my meals (and it had been 8-12 times a day before that, and not Zofran or Phenegran had helped).
I just had to share, cuz, it helped me through the end of my pregnancy, (I would have been sick the whole time, if not for it, every time i stopped the nausea reared its ugly head!)
Good luck, Babies are SO MUCH FUN! (and work, but SO worth it)
I am 9 weeks pregnant and the secret is killing us too! We told my parents on my mom's 61st birthday, but no one else knows. Can't wait to come out about the news!
Cravings…I have been massively craving mashed potatoes with gravy! Something about those potatoes!
Can't wait to see your project-nursery come in effect!
I recently just heard on some NPR program that morning sickness indicates a higher IQ for the child. They can't explain why, but that makes it even better, right?
You guys are just too cute! Sherry, I love the way you told John. I actually got a little misty-eyed. And how you shared the news with your family is so creative and fun. Congrats again and the best of luck to you both!
Sherry, could you recommend any no VOC paint colors that are similar to Glidden's sand white or Behr's wheat bread? We've got a lot of painting to do before our bundle arrives on May 20th! Thanks!
Hi John and Sherry,
Congratulations! That's great news and you will be great parents!
I just wanted to share that my fifteen-month-old baby has used Bum Genius reusables since day one, and (this is something I never thought I'd write) I LOVE THEM. We have 20 dipes we wash ourselves, and it's super great. BG is a great brand, no accidents, NO DIAPER RASH EVER, and saved us a TON of moolah over time. If you have any questions about cloth diapering, I'd love to help so please drop me a line!
BTW Abri, we use thin disposable paper liners (can't remember the brand–found at the supermarket) in our cloth diapers (yeah, solid-food diapers are a bit gross), so the mess and the liner goes right down the loo (no touching!) and the cloth diapers go into the wash. No muss, no fuss.
Oh!! What a great news!! Congratulations to you bouth and to burger also!!! Hope we will be next!
Love this post! I was eagerly waiting to hear the stories behind the reveal and the first trimester! I'm only two weeks behind you, so I can't wait for more Baby P posts :)
haha, I hope the comments section doesn't turn into a cloth diapering forum! we got the liners- they are awesome! somehow though, we are having trouble with washing still… can't seem to remove some of the smells!! if you have any advice my email is firstname.lastname@example.com .
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Impervious seed coats. Shake in dry sharp sand, nick with file, rub on a bit of sandpaper (or between two sheets), anything to weaken the seed coat and allow moisture to begin to penetrate.
Warm, cold, cool germinator - 3 steps. Sow 70ºF for 2-4 weeks, move to 40ºF for 4-6 weeks, move to 50-ishºF for germination
While I haven't sown the Dutch, I find most iris to be erratic, meaning not all seedlings will appear at the same time. Or even close, I've had pots of iris seed where germination continued over an entire year after the first seedlings popped up :) Hopefully yours won't require as much patience


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Last spring many nurseries here in Maine and elsewhere, including many mailorder sources, were featuring rhododendron Blue Baron. The plants I saw in local nurseries were nearly irresistible with their dense growth and unusual flower color and sold very well judging from the speed with which they left several nurseries. Trouble was, the labels I saw indicated Z4 hardiness - at least a zone and a half too optimistic. Other sellers indicated Z5 - a bit better, but still optimistic.
Blue Baron is a hybrid between Starry Night (Gletschernacht) and Waltham which originated at Weston Nurseries in MA. Weston lists the plant as hardy to Z6 and (quite accurately) says it must have protection from winter sun and wind.
So, curiosity prompts me to ask how many people purchased Blue Baron last year and found it did not survive the winter or suffered severe damage. I'm also curious about how the nurseries which sold them as Z4 plants are dealing with what must be a considerable number of requests for refunds and replacements.
Everybody loses when a rhododendron is given wildly inaccurate hardiness rating. Hard to see how it could have happened.
This is an old practice. A local Reading, PA, nursery center got its plants from a well known nursery in Oregon and just took what they were sent. They were sent beautiful plants in full bloom, but many of them were not hardy. I questioned them about this practice, and they said that it led to more repeat business, because people were willing to try new things and would rather have tried them and failed than never tried them at all.
I agree with you, that this practice is not ethical, especially when they fudge the hardiness ratings.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden calls Blue Baron a signature plant and gives it a USDA Z5-8 rating.
The Massachussetts Chapter of the ARS describes it as a Z5 plant.
Hank Schannen and Harold Greer don't list this plant as in their nurseries.
Peter Cox with his usual candor describes Blue Baron as "Not very heat or sun tolerant and needs good drainage, so may be of limited value." So apparently hardiness is not its Achilles heel.
Blue Baron is like Purple Splendor and Capistrano when they came out, everyone want to have a chance to kill one. Fortunately, in colder hardiness zones, there are micro climates where these plants thrive. Also, some people have the good fortune of coaxing a tender plant to get a zone or two hardier than other people. Most rhododendrons take a number of years to attain their hardiness. If the natural chain of events in a garden lead to progressively colder, tougher winters, a person may end up with a hardier plant.
I'm really annoyed with my Blue Baron's... I went to a reliable/trustworthy nursery with a 1 yr gaurantee on shrubs. I have 2 blue baron that has been through 2 winters now and I've seen 1 bloom on one of those. I have another one that went through it's 1st winter and it's alive but doesn't look very good. Lesson learned about checking the hardiness zone on the tags. :( I didn't realize it was only hardy to zone 4 when I purchased them. I thought I was doing good to know I needed shrubs that were good for part shade.
I find it really unethical for nurseries to sell shrubs that are not hardy for the area. It's just not right. It's not like I went to Home Depot. I don't want to deal with digging them up & trying to return them. I have 1 that may be just under/over the 1 yr mark. I think I just need to wrap them next winter with some burlap or something to protect them some. Not ready to give up on them just yet even tho maybe I should try something else. :(
I've also found Blue Baron to be a very poor bloomer. Finding the right balance between enough sun to promote bud set and enough shade to protect the plant in winter is a challenge. Burlap may help, but I don't think this variety is really worth the space it takes up, especially in Z5. Far better is Blue Ridge. This variety was very hard to find for a time, but seems to have been rediscovered by a number of nurseries. Iffy in Z5, but solidly reliable down to -10.


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If you filed and received a discharge in a prior chapter 7 case, you have to wait 8 years after the filing of the prior chapter 7 before you can file another chapter 7 case.
You are eligible to file a chapter 13 case at any time. There is no waiting period. However, if you file the chapter 13 case within 4 years of the date you filed the prior chapter 7, you will not receive a discharge in the chapter 13. Thus, you could use the chapter 13 to catch up on mortgage arrears and save your house, but the chapter 13 won't ultimately discharge any debt obligation, including credit cards.
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Bohnenkamp column — Ferentz 'needed to talk,' but he just wants his space
Posted in January 14th, 2015
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz (left) said on Wednesday that he wants to spend more time within the program in the coming months after the 7-6 season in 2014. (Will Dickey/Florida Times-Union)
[/caption] IOWA CITY — Kirk Ferentz's rare mid-January press conference was called because, well, he thought "we needed to talk." I was waiting for him to say he "needed space" or wanted to break up. If you were looking for something earth-shattering from the Iowa football coach on Wednesday, stop looking, because you won't find it. Coaching and staff changes? Nope, although maybe some responsibilities change. Personnel changes? No. A couple of players are leaving, but no major lineup shifts now that we've gotten past the C.J.-Beathard-is-the-starting-quarterback-now moment. And no, Ferentz is not going to retire. "This is what I do," Ferentz said. Ferentz spoke for more than 30 minutes, but there were no stop-the-presses moments. We did get a couple of "ebb-and-flow" references from Ferentz and athletics director Gary Barta, which helped take us back to the disastrous press conference after the Hawkeyes' loss to Nebraska to end the regular season. We didn't get a "That's football," but we did get a "That's coaching." So I suppose that's something. There was a little bit there to give you a cold shiver, that maybe nothing major is going to happen. Ferentz said he wanted change, and you wanted to believe him, yet you know that this is Ferentz and this is his program and change is measured in small increments. But, no, we heard little that would crash message boards or Twitter with high traffic. This was another episode about nothing-at-the-moment, and really, we should have expected that. What we did get is this — Ferentz at least realizes something has got to change. Now, what exactly that is, well, we're not sure about that. Ferentz wasn't about to open the grand playbook to version 3.0 of his era and tell us what the future holds, because he's probably not too sure about that himself yet. He wants to study other teams, see what they do. That means more time in his new, grand building where we had the press conference, and less time out in the public. He wants to have more face-to-face meetings with his players, suggesting that maybe he realizes he has lost the pulse within the program. Tweaks are coming, not major reconstruction projects. But at least Ferentz knows he has to tweak. No, you're not going to get a spread offense or some other up-tempo, fancy car. Ferentz realizes that Iowa is Iowa, and to get the personnel to do that would take a couple of years, if at all, and really, who has time for that? There is a better way to run things at Iowa, though, and Ferentz is right, maybe he has gotten away from that. Sixteen years in one place is rare, Ferentz pointed out, and maybe he, too, realizes that things are a little too stale. Ferentz knows the heat around the Hawkeyes — especially the one in his once-comfortable seat — is quite high. "I'm not totally tone-deaf," he tried to reassure us, except it seems way too many of his actions lately suggest otherwise. Showing up on a cold January day instead of waiting to talk to us on signing day in February suggest, though, that Ferentz, and Barta, are hearing the cacophony of change that roars outside the campus. Barta said that waiting until February was too much of a "chasm," that something needed to said now, not later. Barta knows that wallets could be closing, and you can't have that, even in a bloated budget like the one he manages. Ferentz has turned Iowa around before — the disaster that he inherited when he arrived in 1999, and the recovery from the non-bowl years in 2007 and 2012. "But if you stay at something long enough and do something that's competitive, that's going to be part of the territory, and you learn to deal with that and most importantly you focus on what's in front of you and focus on what you can do to improve things," he said. Ferentz said that maybe it's a good thing that a seven-win season like the Hawkeyes went through is a "low point," and I suppose he has a point. But he also knows change is necessary. The losses to Wisconsin and Nebraska to end the season, the disaster that was the TaxSlayer Bowl against Tennessee, prove that. "Yeah, I decided we've been down this road before," Ferentz said. "So it's not the same road, no roads are the same just like no teams are the same, and our staff is not the same. But the bottom line is in good years, too, you have to go through it. But obviously right now we've got some things that maybe it was our last two ballgames. It has to be addressed, and we're committed to doing that. Every bit as committed as we've ever been since I've been here." Committed is one thing. Actually accomplishing it, though, is the next thing. It's going to be a while before we know if this new version — even if we don't know anything about the new version — is going to work. "We've proven before that this can come back," Barta said. We may need to talk again at some point. And there won't be any break-ups. For now, though, Ferentz wants his space.
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The Monday Tipoff: Outside of Olaseni, Hawkeyes not getting much production from the bench
Posted in January 12th, 2015
John Bohnenkamp
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ebraska guard Benny Parker (left) drives past Iowa guard Josh Oglesby in the first half of last Monday's game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. (Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press)
[/caption] Gabe Olaseni's solid play off the bench for the Iowa basketball team, especially to start Big Ten play, has masked another problem for the Hawkeyes. They aren't getting much production from anyone else who isn't a starter. There is an increasing outcry among the fan base that Olaseni be moved into the starting role, but it's all about the minutes. Olaseni is averaging 9.6 points and 5.4 rebounds to go with his average of 19.1 minutes per game. Plus, as Iowa coach Fran McCaffery pointed out after Thursday's loss to Michigan State, Olaseni seems to be more comfortable on the bench, and when moving someone from one role to another, it has to be good for the player, and the player he's replacing. So, for now, Olaseni will be the first one off the bench, and center Adam Woodbury will be the first one out of every game. The concern now is what the Hawkeyes can get out of the other reserves in their nine-man rotation. It's hard to quantify the intangibles, such as defense, that Fran McCaffery will say guards Anthony Clemmons and Josh Oglesby and forward Dom Uhl bring to the team. But it is easy to add up some other numbers, and it's clear that the Hawkeyes aren't getting much from the minutes of Clemmons, Oglesby and Uhl. A look at the production from the three in Big Ten play. •
Oglesby —
72 minutes, 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists •
Clemmons —
53 minutes, 10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists •
Uhl —
21 minutes, 2 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists And right now, it's hard to see anyone else on the bench who can contribute. Guards Trey Dickerson and Brady Ellingson haven't played at all in Big Ten play, and it's unclear what role they will have in the coming weeks. The Hawkeyes were deeper last year, and got plenty of contributions from their bench. And it is too early to know how this will end up. Oglesby has shown over his career that he can break out of shooting slumps. Clemmons played well early in the season, and early in his career. Uhl seems to be getting more comfortable. But they will have to produce better numbers if the Hawkeyes are going to be serious contenders in the conference.
Obi Emegano probably thought he was never going to have to see Western Hall again after he left the Western Illinois University campus after his freshman year. Emegano, an Oklahoma native, said that he wanted to play closer to home, so he transferred after his freshman year to Oral Roberts, a former Summit League foe that was leaving for the Southland Conference. Emegano sat out his first year with the Golden Eagles, then was injured during last season. Then something else happened — Oral Roberts came back to the Summit League. So Emegano was back at Western Hall on Saturday night when the Golden Eagles played the Leathernecks. For Western Illinois, it was an unhappy breakup. Emegano was on the Summit League's all-newcomer team, and then-coach Jim Molinari was counting on Emegano to be a big part of the Leathernecks' future. The Western Illinois staff recruited Emegano hard after seeing him play on in summer AAU tournaments, and the time investment paid off. They did win a share of the Summit League regular-season title the year after Emegano left, but struggled last season. But Emegano's departure always seemed a bit suspicious, and it was something that left a bitter taste within the program and the athletic department. For the most part, he received a lukewarm reception. The only player left with the Leathernecks who played with him is guard Remy Roberts-Burnett, and Roberts-Burnett, still recovering from a concussion suffered in December, didn't play. Emegano finished with 28 points in Oral Roberts' 66-57 win.
Rising: Nebraska.
The Huskers followed Monday's road loss at Iowa with wins over Rutgers, a team that would later go on to upset Wisconsin, and and Illinois.
Falling: Ohio State.
The Buckeyes wasted a double-digit lead before winning in overtime at Minnesota, then lost at Indiana on Saturday, and fell out of the AP Top 25.
Iowa State took a big RPI jump with the road win at West Virginia on Saturday. The Cyclones are now 23rd in the official NCAA RPI. UNI is holding steady at No. 18. Iowa is 66th.
Everything was all set on Sunday night — until Arizona was dumped at Oregon State. So, the top 10 had a little bit of a shakeup, especially with the losses by Duke and Wisconsin. UNI moved back into the poll at No. 23 — I had them at 20th. So, here's this week's ballot, with actual rankings in parentheses. 1. Kentucky (1) 2. Virginia (2) 3. Gonzaga (3) 4. Duke (4) 5. Villanova (5) 6. Wisconsin (7) 7. Utah (8) 8. Louisville (6) 9. Kansas (9) 10. Iowa State (11) 11. Arizona (10) 12. Wichita State (13) 13. Notre Dame (12) 14. North Carolina (15) 15. Maryland (14) 16. VCU (17) 17. West Virginia (16) 18. Oklahoma (18) 19. Texas (20) 20. Northern Iowa (23) 21. Baylor (22) 22. Michigan State (NR) 23. Oklahoma State (24) 24. Seton Hall (21) 25. Arkansas (19)
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Iowa-Michigan State post-game: White struggles with energy
Posted in January 8th, 2015
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa's Aaron White (30) goes to the basket against Michigan State's Branden Dawson in the second half of Thursday's game. (John Gaines/The Hawk Eye)
[/caption] IOWA CITY — The first sign Aaron White knew he wasn't having a good night was when he got more than his usual rest. White had one of his worst games of the season in Thursday's 75-61 loss to Michigan State at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. He finished with just eight points and four rebounds, taking just four shots in 28 minutes. White knew, the first time he came out, that he wasn't having a good night. "There was a point there in the first half when I was on the bench a little longer," White said. "(Iowa coach Fran McCaffery) gives me a breather around the 13-minute mark and then I go in at the (under-12) media timeout. When I didn't go back in, I knew it was just because whatever it was, I wasn't affecting the game in a positive manner. "Man, that was frustrating for me, because I usually get better." "He didn't seem to get going early," McCaffery said. "He didn't seem to have his usual energy level. If you remember, we took him out early. We never take him out that early. We just wanted him to settle down, relax. I think he was hyped. I think he was really tired. "We put him back in, and he was a little better. But he certainly wasn't himself. You're right." White took just one shot in the first half, and only got to the free-throw line twice. He had both of his field goals in the first three minutes of the second half. White, an 85 percent free-throw shooter this season, also missed back-to-back free throws in the second half. "First time I've done that all year," he said. White was at a loss for words to explain his night. "I don't know, I wish I had a different answer for you," he said. "It was just a bad night for me."
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo was assessed a technical foul late in the first half. Izzo was hit with the technical with 25 seconds left after arguing a no-call on the Spartans' offensive end. White hit both free throws, which gave the Hawkeyes their 39-28 halftime lead. "I didn't swear at the guy," Izzo said. "Would have liked to, but didn't."
Hawkeyes shot 22-of-51 for the game, but just 9-of-25 in the second half. … 2-of-12 in 3-pointers, 1-of-7 in the second half. … 15-of-24 in free throws.
Grade: D-
Michigan State was 16-of-24 in the second half, and made its first eight 3-pointers.
Grade: F
Michigan State had a 35-29 edge. … Hawkeyes got 10 rebounds from Jarrod Uthoff, but no one else had more than four.
Grade: D-
Hawkeyes wilted in the second half.
Grade: F.
Gabe Olaseni with another brilliant night. Should have been used more in the second half.
White was ineffective in 28 minutes. He can't be that way if the Hawkeyes want to be serious Big Ten contenders.
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Iowa-Michigan State gamer: It was another laugher for the Spartans
Posted in January 8th, 2015
John Bohnenkamp
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Michigan State's Travis Trice rises for a second-half 3-pointer in Thursday's 75-61 win over Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. (John Gaines/The Hawk Eye)
[/caption] IOWA CITY — Travis Trice just laughed. It was his personal run, every shot a punch line that just tore the heart out of an Iowa team that has become so used to having cardiac surgery done by Michigan State. Twelve consecutive points by Trice. Each snap of the net brought a smile and a chuckle from the senior guard. Carver-Hawkeye Arena was a comedy club to the Spartans on Thursday night, and the Hawkeyes weren't in on the joke. The 75-61 win by the Spartans was their ninth consecutive over the Hawkeyes — 14 out of the last 15, actually. It was hard to believe at first that Iowa had an 11-point lead at halftime, then it became easier to understand once you look at the name on the opposing jerseys. Michigan State is Michigan State, and the Hawkeyes are always the Hawkeyes in this matchup — challengers for a while before the Spartans just Spartan them to their demise. "The disappointing thing is whenever you play a team, you hope you can do a better job on their good players," said Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. Of course, the Hawkeyes (11-5 overall, 2-1 Big Ten) didn't do that. Trice finished with 25 points, Denzel Valentine had 18 and Branden Dawson had 14. "They were the three that we keyed on in our scouting report," said senior forward Aaron White, who took just four shots, finished with seven points, and suffered from an energy outage that carried over to the rest of the Hawkeyes in the second half. Even Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, who has seen his team dominate Iowa so many times, was stunned at how his team turned this one into another epic Hawkeye collapse. "This is a good team," Izzo said of Iowa. "I didn't even know what to say to Franny." Michigan State won this game because of calculated shots. Nothing was ever forced, because the Spartans rarely took contested shots. The Spartans (11-5, 2-1) were 16-of-24 (.667) from the field in the second half. Their first eight 3-pointers went in, the last one did not. It's why Trice laughed, it's why Valentine dropped a 3-pointer late in the game and began barking toward the Iowa bench. One big chuckle festival. It took Trice 3 minutes, 17 seconds to carve the Hawkeyes. There was the second of two free throws — Trice missed the first — and then two 3-pointers, a medium-range jumper, and another three. It was on the last one that Trice was open in the corner, and Carver-Hawkeye turned into one massive groan as he released the shot. "It was weird," said Trice, who admitted some front-row heckling in the first half got him focused. "I caught the ball and I heard the people, like, moaning. Like, 'Ohhhhh.' So I was like, 'OK, thanks.' "That's a fun feeling." When the net snapped, Trice just looked toward the Hawkeye bench and started laughing. "Because it just felt good," Trice said. "It's funny sometimes." Someone asked Izzo if he ever had a player have a stretch like that. "Not many," he responded. "I do think we got a little shell-shocked at one point when they were hitting shots," McCaffery said. "Not only were they hitting them, they were swishing them. "They were on fire." "We hung our heads a little bit after that," Iowa guard Anthony Clemmons said. Meanwhile, every Iowa possession was just a Hawkeye flailing, throwing the ball toward the rim in hopes that something would drop. The Hawkeyes were 9-of-25 from the field, 1-of-7 in 3-pointers. They couldn't even make free throws — they were 3-of-10. "We weren't energized enough," forward Jarrod Uthoff said. "We weren't making anything." "It seemed like they were making shot after shot, and getting stop after stop," Clemmons said. That was Iowa in the first half. The Hawkeyes fought off the early Michigan State start — the Spartans led 18-12 — with an 18-4 run that gave them command for the rest of the half. Izzo, frustrated with his team, refused to call a timeout during the run — "I told them I wasn't going to save them, they were embarrassing themselves," he said — and he later picked up a technical foul. It wasn't a fun halftime for the Spartans. "Yeah, it was rough in here," Trice said. "But we responded." The Spartans, though, had a methodical second half, a surgery that has been performed so many times. "We didn't try to do it all at once," Trice said. Trice was originally talking to the media as he faced his locker. Finally, he moved his chair around. "It felt weird talking to you guys that way," Trice said, and then he laughed. Another wisecrack. It wasn't a fun post-game for the Hawkeyes. "They feel terrible," McCaffery said. "I feel terrible." No one was laughing.
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Iowa-Nebraska post-game: A night for free throws
Posted in January 6th, 2015
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa's Gabe Olaseni goes to the basket against Nebraska's Walter Pitchford in the second half of Monday's game. (Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press)
[/caption] IOWA CITY — Tim Miles didn't mean it as an insult. The Nebraska basketball coach saw Gabe Olaseni's free-throw stroke enough on Monday night, so he was more than qualified to say what he thought about it. "For a peculiar looking free throw, that thing does nothing but hit the bottom of the net," Miles said after Iowa's 70-59 win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Olaseni agreed that it's not a picture-perfect shot. "It's a funky look, a funky release," Olaseni said. "But it's working right now." Olaseni had a career-high 18 points, 12 coming from free throws. He only missed one from the line on a night when the Hawkeyes went 31-of-38. Olaseni, a senior center, was a bull that the Huskers couldn't contain. "The coaches, they kept telling me to be aggressive," Olaseni said. "It just happened to be my night tonight." For a big man, Olaseni can get his points at the line. He is 44-of-52 (.846) this season. Olaseni's free-throw percentages have gotten better every season. "Well, it's great to see him doing that," McCaffery said. McCaffery pointed to last Tuesday's win at Ohio State, when Olaseni made two free throws with 4:45 left that gave Iowa an eight-point lead. "You go back to the Ohio State game, his two free throws in that one stretch, arguably the two biggest points of that game," McCaffery said. "We were struggling a little bit. They made the run. They foul him, boom, boom. Gives us a little bit of a cushion. He just steps up there and drilled 'em. "That's why he's in the gym three times a day every summer the whole time he's been here. You get good at that stuff when you practice like he does."
Aaron White has spent his career getting to the free-throw line. The Iowa senior forward became a record-holder in that category. White was 12-of-15 from the line, giving him 524 for his career. That is the most all-time at Iowa, and there's still a long way to go in this season. White, like Olaseni, is another player whose free-throw percentage has improved each season. "A lot of it has come with confidence in my game," White said. "You've got to take advantage of the opportunities when you get them." Miles said White's quickness at getting to the basket makes him difficult to guard and easier to foul. "I don't think I've ever seen a faster player before," Miles said. "They get him the ball at the top of the key and he's at the baseline already. He gets fouled a lot in transition on the baseline, and that's just because he's so fast. I really think he is just deceptively fast."
Hawkeyes shot 38.6 percent for the game, and had just five 3-pointers. … 11 assists on 17 field goals. … Converted all night at the free-throw line. … Big shots when they needed them.
Grade: B-
Huskers shot 37 percent in the second half after starting 7-of-11. Hawkeyes got stops at the end, but it wasn't a consistent performance.
Grade: B-
Hawkeyes had a 32-29 edge. … White and Jarrod Uthoff were productive, but Hawkeyes needed more out of Adam Woodbury.
Grade: C
Probably a game they would have lost in early December. This team is growing.
Grade: B.
Olaseni continues to be impressive — 18 points in 22 minutes.
Woodbury had just three points and two rebounds in 18 minutes.
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Iowa-Nebraska gamer: Hawkeyes make enough plays to win a weird game
Posted in January 5th, 2015
John Bohnenkamp
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Nebraska forward David Rivers (left) gets rid of the ball as Iowa's Jarrod Uthoff defends in the first half of Monday's game. (Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press)
[/caption] IOWA CITY — The 3-pointers that weren't falling suddenly fell. And Iowa left Carver-Hawkeye Arena on a snowy Monday night with a 2-0 record in the Big Ten. That might not sound like a big thing, but it hasn't happened since the 2002-03 season. So, after the 70-59 win over Nebraska, the Hawkeyes enjoyed the taste, but wanted more. "It's great," forward Jarrod Uthoff said. "But I want to get to 3-0." It was hardly perfect, but as Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said, it's something you expect. "Every win in this league is so hard," McCaffery said. "Especially this year. "You look at every game, there's just not going to be one that's easy. Every game is going to be unique, whether it be a grind‑it game, a more wide‑open game, more free throws, less free throws, more threes, less threes, unsung heroes. It's going to be that kind of season." The Hawkeyes, who moved to 11-4 overall, led almost the entire game. But they still needed a crucial stretch late in the second half to finally regain control against the Huskers (8-6, 0-2), who had just taken a 51-50 lead. Jarrod Uthoff's 3-pointer with 7 minutes, 12 seconds left put Iowa in front — it was the first 3-pointer of the half for the Hawkeyes — and then after Nebraska tied the game Anthony Clemmons hit another three. And then when Aaron White hit a three with 4:38 to play — only his sixth of the season — Iowa was up 61-54 and back in command. "They get 11 points in four possessions," Nebraska coach Tim Miles said. "In a low-scoring battle like that, it's hard to overcome that." "Your energy level and your concentration have to be constant every possession," McCaffery said. "Certainly was down the stretch. So I'm proud of the guys there." What made this game so strange was Iowa got just two points from their starting two guards — Mike Gesell hit two free throws with 40 seconds left to play — and got just three points from starting center Adam Woodbury. But the Hawkeyes won this game with free throws — they were 31-of-38 — and by pounding the ball inside. White led Iowa with 23 points, Gabe Olaseni came off the bench to score 18 points, and Uthoff had 15. "A lot of guys," McCaffery said, "came up big. "What I try to get our guys to know and understand is we're a team where different players on any given night are going to come up big. That's what happened tonight." "A number of guys stepped up and made plays when we needed," White said. "That's what you have to do to win." White became the school record holder with 524 made free throws. He was 12-of-15 from the line. "We did a good job of getting (to the free-throw line)," White said. "And when you get there, you have to make them." Shavon Shields led Nebraska with 25 points. Terran Petteway had 11. The Hawkeyes, who were close to moving into the national rankings this week, get Michigan State at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday. The Spartans have been a constant thorn for Iowa, and to keep rolling, the Hawkeyes have to get over that. "They have a swagger," McCaffery said of the Spartans. "No doubt about it." Suddenly, though, the Hawkeyes have confidence. "We have a swagger, too," Clemmons said.
David Rivers 2-4 2-3 6, Terran Petteway 4-9 2-4 11, Walter Pitchford 3-5 0-0 7, Benny Parker 1-3 0-2 2, Shavon Shields 9-18 7-10 25, Tai Webster 0-1 0-0 0, Tarin Smith 2-5 0-0 4, Nick Fuller 1-3 2-2 4, Jake Hammond 0-0 0-0 0.
22-48 13-21 59.
Jarrod Uthoff 5-11 2-4 15, Aaron White 5-10 12-15 23, Adam Woodbury 1-3 1-2 3, Peter Jok 0-5 0-0 0, Mike Gesell 0-1 2-2 2, Gabe Olaseni 3-5 12-13 18, Josh Oglesby 0-2 0-0 0, Anthony Clemmons 2-5 2-2 7, Dom Uhl 1-2 0-0 2.
17-44 31-38 70.
Iowa 35, Nebraska 28.
Total fouls:
Nebraska 24, Iowa 18.
Fouled out:
Rivers, Petteway.
3-point goals:
Nebraska 2-14 (Pitchford 1-3, Petteway 1-5, Parker 0-1, Webster 0-1, Smith 0-1, Fuller 0-1, Shields 0-2), Iowa 5-20 (Uthoff 3-8, White 1-3, Clemmons 1-4, Gesell 0-1, Uhl 0-1, Jok 0-3). Rebounds: Nebraska 29 (Petteway, Pitchford, Shields 6), Iowa 32 (White 9).
Nebraska 5 (Rivers, Pitchford, Shields, Webster, Smith 1), Iowa 11 (Gesell 6).
Nebraska 3 (Petteway, Fuller, Hammond 1), Iowa 3 (White 2).
Nebraska 10, Iowa 9.
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The Monday Tipoff: It's always good to get off to a good start in conference play
Posted in January 5th, 2015
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa's Aaron White (left) dunks over Ohio State's Amir Williams in last Tuesday's win in Columbus, Ohio. (Jay LaPrete/Associated Press)
[/caption] College basketball is all about momentum. And psychology. Conference schedules are a grind — 16 or 18 games of a constant crucible. You want to protect your home court, and try to steal as many road wins as possible. It's why you want to get off to a good start. Take Western Illinois. The Leathernecks had a Friday-Sunday home start to the Summit League schedule, and it was a quick turnaround. They played IPFW on a Friday night at Western Hall, and then turned around and played a 1 p.m. game against Nebraska-Omaha two days later. All the Leathernecks did was win both games, and ended the weekend one of only three undefeated teams left in the conference. "I think for our kids (starting league play 2-0) is a confidence boost," Western Illinois coach Billy Wright said. "We need to continue to play to our identity, and play the right way on both ends of the floor. But it definitely gives us a confidence boost moving forward." And then there's Iowa. The Hawkeyes were scuffling after back-to-back big losses to Iowa State and Northern Iowa in December, but opened Big Ten play with a win at Ohio State last Tuesday. "You can take a lot (away from the win)," Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. "We beat a ranked team road and kind of led wire-to-wire. I thought when we had to fight, which you have to do in this league if you are going to be a good team in this league and an NCAA tournament team." There are others who had good weekends. Indiana State, coached by former Iowa assistant Greg Lansing, went 4-8 in nonconference play, then won its first two games in the Missouri Valley Conference, including a road win at Illinois State. Purdue had a rough nonconference run — the Boilermakers lost to North Florida and Gardner-Webb at home. Then the Boilermakers started the Big Ten with wins over Minnesota and Michigan. There are teams at the other end, though — ones looking to dig out of a big hole. Minnesota and Illinois had solid nonconference starts — the Gophers won 11 games, the Illini won 10. But both started Big Ten play 0-2 — Minnesota lost back-to-back road games to Purdue and Maryland and Illinois lost to a struggling Michigan team, and then at Ohio State. The good news for both, though, is they each got two away games out of the way. South Dakota State had a seven-game nonconference winning streak, then went into Summit League play with back-to-back road losses to ranked Utah and Northern Iowa. Then the Jackrabbits started the conference schedule by losing at Denver and North Dakota State, two teams considered to be contenders for the title, and find themselves looking up in the standings The key, though, is to not get too up or too down. One weekend does not make a season. Iowa gets Nebraska at home tonight, and then Michigan State on Thursday. It's all about momentum. "We have to do it again and again," McCaffery said. "We have another really good team coming to our place. When you look at our first seven or eight games, each one is really difficult in its own way." There's a long way to go. But good starts can make the journey a little easier.
It's time to really appreciate what Ashley Luke is doing with the Western Illinois women's basketball team. The junior forward had 16 points and 17 rebounds in Sunday's win over Nebraska-Omaha, her 52nd consecutive game in which she scored in double figures. The 17 rebounds matched a career high. Luke has seven double-doubles this season, all while being the focus of opposing defenses who throw double-teams at her all game. Luke is a main reason why the Leathernecks are 10-5 overall, 2-0 in the Summit League.
BIG TEN STOCK WATCH Rising: Iowa.
If only for the reasons mentioned above, the Hawkeyes have suddenly gained a new outlook with the win over the Buckeyes. BTN analyst Stephen Bardo said on Saturday that Iowa could be that No. 2 team behind a dominant Wisconsin team. That's something nobody would have thought a couple of weeks ago.
Falling: Illinois.
The Illini have to be lamenting the loss at Michigan — it would have been a nice road win against a struggling team. Instead, Illinois fell 73-65, then lost by 16 at Ohio State.
The road win at Ohio State has pushed Iowa's RPI to 67, according to the NCAA's official RPI that was last updated on Sunday. Northern Iowa is 13th, and considering the way the Panthers have played on the road, it shouldn't suffer much during Valley play. Iowa State's ranking of 43rd — the Cyclones dropped five spots after Saturday's neutral-court loss to South Carolina — should get a boost in the coming weeks in the difficult Big 12.
I've got Iowa State, UNI and Iowa on this week's ballot. I didn't kill the Cyclones — that was a good South Carolina team on a neutral court, so I only dropped them to 14th from 11th. The toughest thing was to figure out what to do at the bottom of the ballot. You can make a case for Iowa to be in the poll — the Hawkeyes have road wins against ranked North Carolina and Ohio State, and their only losses were to ranked teams (Syracuse, though, is not in the poll anymore). But if you take head-to-head into account, and you should, especially this time of year, UNI has to be in the poll, too. The Panthers' only losses are on the road to VCU and Evansville, and their body of work — three neutral-court and two road wins — should be considered. So I went UNI at No. 23, Iowa at No. 24 and Ohio State at No. 25. Here's the ballot: 1. Kentucky 2. Duke 3. Virginia 4. Wisconsin 5. Gonzaga 6. Louisville 7. Arizona 8. Utah 9. Villanova 10. Maryland 11. Texas 12. Oklahoma 13. Kansas 14. Iowa State 15. Wichita State 16. Notre Dame 17. North Carolina 18. West Virginia 19. Seton Hall 20. VCU 21. Baylor 22. Butler 23. Northern Iowa 24. Iowa 25. Ohio State
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Saturday blog: As the winter begins, the heat is on Ferentz and the Hawkeyes
Posted in January 3rd, 2015
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[/caption] The final image of the 2014 Iowa football season was the video of quarterback C.J. Beathard walking through the EverBank Field hallway with a security escort. No questions, please. Well, maybe not "please." But still, no questions. The other quarterback, Jake Rudock, wasn't available for interviews, either. Given that he has more starting experience than Beathard, Rudock was probably ushered out a side door into a waiting armored car. The lasting words came from coach Kirk Ferentz, who was asked about the "temperature" — the mood — outside the Hawkeyes. "Single digits in Iowa," Ferentz said. "Do you want to be more specific than that? I'm serious." Ferentz was wrong — actually, it was quite a nice early winter day back in Iowa, with temperatures in the low 30s. A meteorologist, he is not. It probably wasn't the best time for Ferentz to be cracking wise. The Hawkeyes had just lost to Tennessee in Friday's TaxSlayer Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., a 45-28 score that really didn't show just how the Volunteers had dominated. There's a lot of anger out there. You want an idea on temperatures around the Hawkeyes right now? Well, let's see… It was boiling after the loss to Iowa State, one of only two wins for the Cyclones this season. Still simmering after the loss to Maryland. Scorching after the rout at Minnesota. A blast furnace after the back-to-back losses to Wisconsin and Nebraska to end the season when the Hawkeyes had the chance to win the Big Ten West title. Now, after Friday's debacle? Think "volcano." Ferentz will try to cool you down, reminding you that a 7-6 record and a January bowl game is a lot better than the 4-8 mark from a couple of years ago, and, if you really don't want to start breaking things down, he's right. But in a season of up-and-down, when the ups never really felt up and the downs really felt down, the tone-deafness of Ferentz and those around the program just threw a few more logs on the conflagration. Ferentz's comment of "That's football," after the loss to Nebraska has become a social-media punch line — it even has its own t-shirt — and didn't go over well with a fan base that is tired of the stale whiff coming from this program. Athletics director Gary Barta feels the pain — perhaps he knows that the real financial pain may be coming, giving that TaxSlayer Bowl tickets didn't exactly fly out of the Hawkeye ticket office, and the weak home schedule that is looming next season. Barta tried to go on the offensive in the days before Iowa's bowl destination was announced, calling the 7-5 regular-season mark "unacceptable." Then, on the Sunday night within a couple of hours of the announcement of the Iowa-Tennessee pairing, Ferentz said he wasn't sure "unacceptable" was the right word, saying that with his boss sitting right next to him, and thus pulling every molar imaginable out of Barta's remarks. Seems about right. There was so much talk heading into the bowl game about Iowa needing a good performance to build momentum for next season. One quarter in, it was Tennessee 21, Iowa 0, and as the quarter ended, the Volunteers were racing to the other end of the field, ready for more. The Hawkeyes were ready to go home. Ferentz isn't going anywhere any time soon. But he also must be willing to accept change. Ohio State's win over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday night showed that college football's speed revolution has made its way to the Big Ten, and if the Hawkeyes are to survive, they must adapt. Power football on the offensive side can still work, provided you have a defense that can stop the other guy. The Hawkeyes showed on Friday — well, they've shown it all season — that they don't have that. The best hit came from cornerback Desmond King on his coach, when he knocked Ferentz down on a play out of bounds, leaving the coach with a boxer-like cut over his right eye. It's going to get worse before it gets better. Iowa's offensive line was leaky all season, and that was with Outland Trophy winner Brandon Scherff, and he's gone next year. The Hawkeyes will be weaker on the defensive line. That means controlling the line of scrimmage will be a challenge. And there will be the lasting quarterback dilemma of Rudock vs. Beathard. Beathard's performance in the bowl game — but, let's face it, even though he showed plenty of flashes of potential, there are still some questions about him — only allowed that blaze to grow. And if he stays — the transfer hints from his father in a pre-bowl interview cast a little bit of doubt on that — the question will hang over this program until the season opener, and maybe beyond. So, we say goodbye to the 2014 season, seeing Beathard whisked away into a night like a star witness for the prosecution, hearing the Ferentz punch lines, and trying to get some rest from the exhausting ups and downs. A long, cold winter awaits. The temperatures this week are supposed to be in the single digits. Maybe Ferentz was right after all.
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Iowa-Ohio State post-game blog: These questions are better to Oglesby
Posted in December 30th, 2014
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Iowa coach Fran McCaffery shouts to his team in the first half of Tuesday's 71-65 win over Ohio State. (Jay LaPrete/Associated Press)
[/caption] COLUMBUS, Ohio — Josh Oglesby has taken so many questions about the shots he's missed this season, he was glad to talk about the ones he made on Tuesday. "It's a lot better," the Iowa senior guard said after Tuesday's 71-65 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten opener for both teams. Oglesby had just three field goals — two of them were 3-pointers — and finished with eight points. But in a season where he's been in a slump, making big shots felt good, and he certainly made one that turned into a key play of the game. Oglesby pulled up for a jumper with three minutes to play that gave Iowa a 65-60 lead, just 19 seconds after Ohio State guard D'Angelo Russell hit a 3-pointer that made it a one-possession game. "That's what seniors do, man," said senior forward Aaron White. "He's got great feel. All of those plays he made were 'feel' plays." "Huge, huge," junior forward Jarrod Uthoff said. "That's what we need from him. He made some big plays. "If he doesn't make that dribble pull-up, we don't win the game." "He played tremendous tonight," junior guard Mike Gesell said. "Especially that little pull-up jumper down the stretch." Oglesby followed that shot with a rebound off a Russell miss on the Buckeyes' next possession, and after Uthoff hit a 3-pointer, the Hawkeyes were in command. "Obviously, this helped me, and my confidence," Oglesby said. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery has wanted Oglesby to have a shoot-first mentality, but it didn't seem to bother him that Oglesby passed up a couple of shots in the first half. McCaffery was happy with the way the Hawkeyes were passing the ball, and passing up good shots for better shots. "But that's who he is," McCaffery said. "That's part of the ball movement we were talking about." McCaffery has seen Oglesby, one of his captains, struggle all season. To have a game like this, he said, was important. "I'm just so proud of him," McCaffery said. "He keeps battling."
When centers Adam Woodbury and Gabe Olaseni picked up their fourth fouls within seconds of each other at around the 8-minute mark, McCaffery was forced to go with a smaller lineup. The Hawkeyes went with three guards, with Uthoff moved to the '4' and White to the '5'. McCaffery also switched to a zone defense. McCaffery also kept shuttling in different personnel combinations to keep players fresh. "Obviously we had to go zone," McCaffery said. "We couldn't play (man-to-man) with that small of a lineup. "What we wanted to do was contain, contest, and not give them two, three, four or five shots with that small lineup." The moves worked, as the closest the Buckeyes would get would be three points.
Hawkeyes were 23-of-50 from the field. … 17 assists. … 14 turnovers.
Grade: B-
Iowa kept Ohio State at a distance, especially in the second half, by getting stops. … Only forced nine turnovers.
Grade: B.
Hawkeyes had a 37-29 edge. … Iowa had 15 offensive rebounds.
Grade: A+
Hawkeyes erased all of the nonconference narratives with a gritty performance to open Big Ten play.
Grade: A+
Give this one to McCaffery, who seemed to push the right buttons all day. His personnel combinations after Woodbury and Olaseni picked up their fourth fouls in the second half, and the switch to a zone, proved to be a big difference in this game.
Freshman Dom Uhl played just six minutes and didn't seem to get into any sort of a rhythm.
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Iowa-Ohio State gamer: Hawkeyes erase the narratives, and stun the Buckeyes
Posted in December 30th, 2014
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa's Jarrod Uthoff (left) tries to get away from Ohio State's Shannon Scott in the second half of Tuesday's game. (Jay LaPrete/Associated Press)
[/caption] COLUMBUS, Ohio — Remember those nonconference narratives about the Iowa basketball team? The ones about how the Hawkeyes couldn't make shots, how they weren't tough enough? How they couldn't play well in big games? Throw them away. The Big Ten season started on Tuesday, and the Hawkeyes that started conference play were nothing like the ones who showed up at times in November and December. Iowa came in to play Ohio State in an afternoon game at Value City Arena, and just trashed everything that had been said in the first 13 games. The 71-65 victory over the 20th-ranked Buckeyes in the first game of what could be a crushing schedule was one the Hawkeyes could put into their pockets, a chip in the big game that is the Big Ten title pursuit. "What we wanted to be able to do today," Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said, "was play with toughness." And so the Hawkeyes (10-4 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) did. They jumped out to a 17-5 lead in the first four minutes of the game, and fought off every charge the Buckeyes (11-3, 0-1) threw at them. A team that appeared so fragile went into the first Big Ten hothouse of the season and scuffled all day for a victory. "Toughness isn't pushing and shoving," McCaffery said. "Toughness is being able to play through the run, be able to play through the crowd." The Hawkeyes did all that. And even in their most tentative moments, they were still able to make plays. "Pretty much everybody had a big play here or there that impacted the outcome of the game," said senior forward Aaron White, who had 18 points and a game-high nine rebounds. The Buckeyes just couldn't answer. "We were in a hole where we were fighting the entire game," Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. "We let them dictate what they wanted to do," senior forward Sam Thompson said. You want more dead narratives? How about senior guard Josh Oglesby, awful at times as a shooter in the first two months of the year? All Oglesby did was hit a critical jump shot with three minutes left after the Buckeyes got to within 63-60. "That's what seniors do, man," White said. "Somebody has to make a play," McCaffery said. "And Oglesby was phenomenal." Or, how about Jarrod Uthoff, who has disappeared at times in the early weeks of his junior season? Uthoff hit a 3-pointer with 2:20 to go that pushed the lead to 68-60, then hit a fall-away shot less than a minute later that sealed the Hawkeyes' second consecutive victory here. McCaffery noted how his team was challenged, and answered. "That's what great teams do," he said. "You make plays then." "You've got to come in here and have the freedom to just play your game," White said. "It's tough playing on the road, and you playing scared or tentative doesn't help at all. So you just have to go out and play free, and have confidence in your teammates." "We came in with an aggressive mindset," Uthoff said, "and that's why we won." Uthoff can be tentative at times with the media, but he kept stressing one point over and over again in the hallway outside the Iowa locker room. "I keep saying the same thing. We were aggressive, and we came out with an aggressive mindset, said Uthoff, who also had 18 points. "That's offense, that's defense, both ends of the court." "We came in expecting to win, and you could see it out there," junior guard Mike Gesell said. "You could see it in our confidence, the way we jumped on them. And then we held on the rest of the way." "We started the game well, which I thought was critical," McCaffery said. "I thought for the most part, we maintained our composure." There was one point where the Hawkeyes were especially challenged. Centers Adam Woodbury and Gabe Olaseni picked up their fourth fouls in a span of 12 seconds. That forced McCaffery to go to a smaller lineup, and switch to a zone defense. Iowa got tentative on offense for a time, but still, the Hawkeyes even weathered that storm that, just a few weeks ago, would have swept them home with a loss. Instead, they got one win with a long journey to go. "To get one as your first game, to get rolling heading into the Big Ten season, that's great," White said. "It gives us a lot of confidence going into the rest of the 17 we got." "We fought," McCaffery said, "when we had to fight."
Jarrod Uthoff 6-11 2-2 18, Aaron White 5-10 8-10 18, Adam Woodbury 1-3 0-1 2, Peter Jok 2-6 2-2 7, Mike Gesell 3-7 0-0 7, Gabe Olaseni 2-3 4-4 8, Josh Oglesby 3-6 0-0 8, Anthony Clemmons 1-4 1-4 3, Brady Ellingson 0-0 0-0 0, Dom Uhl 0-0 0-0 0.
23-50 17-23 71.
Marc Loving 4-10 0-1 10, Sam Thompson 6-11 4-4 17, Amir Williams 4-4 1-2 9, D'Angelo Russell 4-16 4-4 13, Shannon Scott 2-7 2-4 6, Jae'Sean Tate 1-2 0-0 2, Kam Williams 2-5 0-0 6, Anthony Lee 0-1 0-0 0, Trey McDonald 1-1 0-0 2.
24-57 11-15 65.
Iowa 43, Ohio State 31.
Total fouls:
Iowa 19, Ohio State 17.
Fouled out:
3-point goals:
Iowa 8-22 (Uthoff 4-6, Oglesby 2-5, Gesell 1-3, Jok 1-4, White 0-2, Clemmons 0-2), Ohio State 6-24 (K.Williams 2-4, Loving 2-6, Thompson 1-4, Russell 1-8, Scott 0-1, Tate 0-1).
Iowa 37 (White 9), Ohio State 29 (Loving 6).
Iowa 17 (Uthoff 5), Ohio State 16 (Scott 6).
Iowa 4 (Uthoff, White, Woodbury, Gesell 1), Ohio State 4 (A.Williams 2).
Iowa 14, Ohio State 9.
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Summer Pruning
My Cherry, three apples, apricot and Italian plum are going wild with new growth this summer. I have close to three feet of new branch on my plum alone! Mild winter and spring? All of these trees have set fruit. A lot to a minimum. I do not mind 'stunting' the growth of these trees, but I do mind summer pruning if it will delay more blossoms for next spring. Advice would be welcome. I really want more blossoms and less height. OR is Feb. pruning is the month to wait and prune? Would summer pruning hurt the current crops on the trees?
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Prune all three trees to remove branches that point right up or down off of the scaffolds, and remove inward pointing growth.
On the apple keep well placed pencils (horizontals off of the scaffold branches that should be your fruit bearing wood) but do not head them back. Poorly placed and overly spindly pencils should be removed, unless they will be needed to replace mature pencils in the next year or two.
The plum will forgive you almost anything if it's on its own root, so just keep it open and pretty and leave enough new growth to bear next year. I'd head back the excessive growth to keep it manageable.
I'd be more cautious with the apricot; even though I've had beautiful crops of apricots I've managed to kill several, and I'm not sure to what extent vigorous summer pruning contributed.
I've never had a cherry.
Be interested to read corrections. The only thing I'm positive about is that I've never had a cherry and that I'm not sure what I did to my apricots!
:-) Mark
Heres a few minor additions to Mark's good advice. Vigorous plums tend to produce far too many big shoots going straight up; thin out nearly all of those. It can be hard to get plums to grow good angled branches; keep a look-out for long shoots that are not going straight up, keep those long for future branching structure. Long shoots weigh themselves down and make good angles, but if you prune them the weight of the shoot will be less and it will start going straight up again. So, don't just head all shoots - its a combo of some heading, some thinning, and some leaving alone for future branching.
Cherries also produce too many shoots at the top, not as bad as plums but thin out some and head the others. Like Mark states, keep the center clear on all the stone fruits.
I just pruned out most of my Tomcot yesterday, it was getting too tall so I took off the upper half which had most of the leaves. I have done severe apricot pruning many times before and not had any problem.
I need to prune some of my stone fruits that are getting too tall, but I'm caught between two conflicting theories.
One - cut back the overtall branches after the fruit is harvested - which is in many cases now. But then the highest branches that I want to keep will be the target of the Japanese beetles, also here now.
Two - because the Japanese beetles will head straight for the highest brances, wait while they ravage these, then cut them back.
Heading cuts on scaffolds discourage fruiting and are only used when you absolutely need to get more secondary branching off your scaffolds or to stiffen branches. Better to cut back to a small branch when there's one pointing outward as the tip of that branch will send back a hormonal signal that says "all's well", stopping a vegetative panic at point of cut.
J. plums often send out long scaffolds without much secondary branching, so it creates a bit of a dilema as to whether to use heading cuts. I will use uprights to create secondary branches by taping or tying them to a horizontal position or pushing them under other branches. It helps to have extra scaffolds on young trees for this, to be removed as tree develops.
Cherries often require scaffold heading to get those smaller branches where you will get your fruit. For this you head a scaffold than head back all but the straightest shoot that arise at the cut. Let that straight shoot lead the branch and head again when you need more secondary branches. Do this as many times during the season as the growth permits.
Summer pruning of young trees not yet of adequate stature should be done mostly with your fingers (beginning in spring) and almost all pruning is dwarfing, but summer more so. Those uprights do feed your wood (including the roots) and increase the size of the tree as long as they are in place and in leaf, so keep that in mind.
Harvestman! Thanks. I think I will attach some photos of Italian Plum/Prune and Apricot. The plum has set fruit this summer and has fruiting spurs that are increasing. I have three books on pruning and take them out to the orchard with me as I work. I am such a reluctant pruner. You would probably hack half of my orchard away. I will try my best to follow instruction and get it right. Thanks again as always. Mrs. G


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Dr. Jacob Dominik graduated from the Jagiellonian Univ Med Coll, Fac of Med, Krakow, Poland in 2005. He works in Rochester, NY and 2 other locations and specializes in Sleep Medicine and Neurology. Dr. Dominik is affiliated with Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hospital. He speaks English and Spanish.
Gender: Male
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Sleep Medicine, Neurology
Medical School: Jagiellonian Univ Med Coll, Fac of Med, Krakow, Poland; Graduated 2005
*This physician has multiple office locations. See Office Information for details.


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Newark man diagnosed with 'rarest of the rare' disease
NEWARK — When Shane Goings starts feeling better, he's going to do all of the things he's always wanted to. Just when that will be, however, he's not sure. Goings said he has a whole new outlook on life since finding out he has a …
April hearing set for man accused in Newport death
NEWPORT (AP) — A court hearing has been delayed for a Newport man accused in the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old girl. Officials say the next court hearing for 35-year-old Robert Friar is scheduled for April 22. He had been scheduled for a court hearing …
Concert, dinner to benefit Goings
NEWARK — First Baptist Church in Newark will hold a benefit concert and dinner that will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday at the church located at 514 W. Seventh St. Dinner will be $7 and will consist of spaghetti, salad, toast, drink and dessert. The …
Concert to benefit cancer patient
CALICO ROCK — An "America's Got Talent" winner along with other guest stars will come together in a benefit concert to help raise money for a 9-year-old Calico Rock girl who is currently undergoing treatment for astroblastoma, a rare and aggressive type of cancerous tumor. …
UofA students recognized
FAYETTEVILLE — Several local University of Arkansas students have been recognized for their academic achievements during the 2012 fall semester. Area students who graduated from the university at the end of the 2012 summer or 2012 fall semester include: Batesville — William Arnold, juris doctor; …
News of Other Days
Editor's note: This column ran previously in the Guard on Oct. 5, 1993.
FFA auction set for Saturday
STRAWBERRY — The Hillcrest Future Farmers of America consignment auction is set for 10 a.m. Saturday on the high school parking lot that fronts Highway 25. There will be a 10-percent commission (up to $100 maximum fee) or sellers can set a reserve price and …
Church to provide bean lunch
SIDNEY — Grace Country Church will provide a free lunch at the church yard during the annual Sidney St. Patrick's Day festivities Saturday. Beans, corn bread, Dutch oven cobbler and cookies will be available starting at 11 a.m. Rest rooms will be open to the …
Park holds geocaching workshop
NEWPORT — Jacksonport State Park will conduct a geocaching workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday and April 27 at the Jacksonport Courthouse. The basics of using a Global Positioning System unit will be covered, including locating hidden caches and creating caches. Contests will be …
Matlock Road hosts revival
CAVE CITY — Matlock Road Church of God will have a revival at 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with Mitch and Lindsey Huffaker. Pastor of the church is John Abbott.
Banquet to be held at Bethesda
BETHESDA — Bethesda Volunteer Fire Department will have a St. Patrick's Day banquet at 6 p.m. Saturday. The menu will include smoked pork loin, baked beans, coleslaw, corn on the cob, rolls, dessert and drink. The cost is $7 for ages 12 and older, $3.50 …
Education co-op plans meeting
MELBOURNE — The Northcentral Arkansas Education Service Cooperative will hold a board meeting at 10 a.m. Friday in the NAESC math and science room, 99 Haley St., Melbourne. Agenda items include personnel reports, a financial report and discussion of employee contracts. Meetings are open to …