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The Royals and Budweiser salute a member of the military at games throughout the 2015 season.
Active duty and retired members of the United States Armed Forces are provided with complimentary tickets in the Budweiser seats on the first base side and recognized with a special in-game tribute.
Yeoman Second Class Petty Officer Bernadine Stanley enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and spent three years serving as part of the Navy Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service group. During her time, she served on the Admiral's Staff at the Naval Reserve Training Command Naval Air Station in Illinois with then-Lieutenant and future President Gerald Ford.
Following her service, she returned home to Kansas City where she and her husband raised ten children.
Master Sergeant Leigh Bellinger has served twenty years in the United States Air Force. Beginning his career with the American Forces Network in South Korea, he has worked as a radio and television broadcaster, traveling all over the world telling stories of men and women in the United States military.
Deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Kosovo, the decorated Master Sergeant is now serving as the superintendent of the McConnell Air Force Base public affairs office.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bennett began his military career at West Point and has since served 24 years in the United States Army. Throughout his service, he has done a variety of tasks all over the world including, three tours in Iraq, planning and executing various military strategies and missile strikes, and served as the Chief of Operations of the Army in Africa.
Recently, Lieutenant Colonel Bennett moved back to Kansas City and is now an instructor at the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.
Sergeant First Class Brad Burkhart joined the United States Army in 1995 as an Indirect Fireman and served two deployments in Kuwait with the 1st Calvary Division. Later, as a combat engineer, he served as a Platoon Sergeant for a Route Clearance and Counter IED platoon in Afghanistan.
The recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, Sergeant First Class Burkhart medically retired after injuries sustained in an I-E-D blast while in Afghanistan.
Captain John Thompson served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a B-17 Navigator during World War 2 and was assigned to the 94th Heavy Bomb Group, 8th Air Force in England. In April, 1944 his B-17 Flying Fortress crew was shot down over Berlin and he was taken as a prisoner of war and held at four camps. Over a year later, General Patton's third Army liberated John and his camp.
Specialist Zachary Jacobs has served in the United States Army Reserve for six years. Deployed twice, he served as a Motor Transport Operator, driving over 30,000 miles throughout Iraq and later a Horizontal Constructions Engineer in charge of the deconstruction of military bases in Afghanistan.
Recently, the Army Commendation Medal recipient re-enlisted for six more years in the Reserve.
Sergeant Chris Stergos served in the United States Marines for five years and specialized as an Intelligence Specialist and Small Arms Range Instructor. Deployed three times, Sergeant Stergos served with the 2nd Intelligence Battalion twice in Iraq, and as a part of a Joint Task Force on a counter-terrorism mission in the Horn of Africa.
The decorated veteran left the military in 2005 and is now very active with local military groups including the VFW Post 7397 and Team Red, White, and Blue.
Major Jason Sigler graduated from West Point in 2001 and was commissioned in the Armor Branch. Deployed three times, he served as a tank platoon leader in Iraq in 2003, a Force Generation Planner in 2004, and while in Afghanistan in 2010, took command of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1-38 Cavalry Regiment.
The recipient of many awards including the Bronze Star with "V" device and Bronze Star with One Oak Leaf Cluster, he now attends the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Davis enlisted in the United States Army as a Construction Equipment Repairer in June 1999 and was commissioned as an officer in 2008. Throughout his service he has been stationed all over the United States and has been deployed three times to Afghanistan and once to Iraq where he was in charge of a convoy security team that would run security for convoys throughout Iraq.
The highly decorated soldier and his family recently moved back home to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Marciano Galarza has served in the United States Army for 20 years. A logistical officer for the 1st Sustainment Brigade out of Fort Riley, Kansas, he has deployed six total times with individual deployments to Kosovo, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and three to Iraq.
Highly decorated, Chief Warrant Officer Galarza has received many awards including the Bronze Star and Meritorious Service Medal.
Sergeant William Barber has served in the Missouri Army National Guard for eight years. Specializing as a Motor Transport Operator and Petroleum Supply Specialist, Sergeant Barber has been deployed twice, once to Kosovo and most recently to Afghanistan.
The decorated veteran is currently serving as an RSP Coordinator for the Missouri Army National Guard Recruit Sustainment Program.
Major Darius Ervin has served in the Army for sixteen years in military intelligence. Deployed twice, he is the recipient of the Bronze Star. His wife, Captain Dana Ervin also served in the Army for six years and deployed once in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
They are here today with their daughter and girl scout, Olivia.
Captain Ben Brock served in the United States Army for five years and specialized in logistics. Deployed twice to Afghanistan, he served as a Transportation Platoon Leader on convoy logistics patrols and led a High Risk Personnel Security Team for their brigade.
For his service, Captain Brock received the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, and Army Commendation Medal.
Sergeant Cale Swarnes served as an Infantryman for the 101st Airborne Division for eight years. Deployed to Iraq multiple times, he served as a Humvee driver, .50 cal gunner, and truck commander on over 750 combat missions. The recipient of two Purple Hearts for wounds received in combat, he is now medically retired and attending school to become an elementary teacher.
Staff Sergeant Oscar Fillpot served twenty-five years in the United States Army and National Guard and specialized in Mechanized Field Artillery. Throughout his service, he deployed once and served three years in military intelligence.
Honorably discharged, Staff Sergeant Fillpot received numerous awards including Meritorious Service Award and Desert Storm Service.
First Sergeant Amber Kash served in the United States Marines Corp for twenty years in a variety of positions all over the world. Deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, First Sergeant Kash served as the Casualty Officer overseeing all Marines who were killed in action and ensured their personal belongings returned safely to their families.
Before retiring in 2012, the decorated veteran served in New York City where she conducted over 650 funerals for active duty Marines who were killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan and honorably discharged veterans.
Sergeant Galen Cook served in the United States Army as a rifleman with the Sunset Infantry Division in the Pacific Theatre. The recipient of the SharpShooter Medal and Bronze Star, he participated in the re-taking of the Philippine Islands, the initial landing in New Guinea, and was a Military Policeman with the United States Army Occupation Force.
Following the war, Sergeant Cook married his wife of sixty-four years and raised their family on their cattle farm.
Master Sergeant Chris Steger entered the United States Air Force in 1990 and served as a Fuels Airman. Deployed many times in support of various operations, he was under constant threat of rocket and mortar attacks while serving at Balad Air Base in Iraq, where he directed the delivery of 15 millin gallons of aviation fule to over 12,000 sorties.
In October of 2014, the highly decorated veteran retired as the Fuels Operations Superintendant at Whiteman Air Force Base.
Colonel Samuel White III has served in the United States Air Force for twenty-three years as a bomber pilot. Commissioned through the United States Air Force in 1992, he participated in the first combat deployment of the B-2 Stealth as a member of the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Previously deployed in support of the Continuous Bomber Presense Mission, the decorated Colonel will go to Guam to serve as their Operations Group Commander.
Major Nanci Higginbotham joined the US Army Corp of Engineers in 1979 and served in construction, combat support, and training assignments in Germany during the end of the Cold War. During the second half of her career, she served as a program and project manager in military construction, civil works, and environmental restoration programs in Philadelphia and Kansas City. Major Higginbotham retired in 1996, but currently works as a civilian project manager in the Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District in the Environmental Restoration program.
Petty Officer Second Class Nathan Buss served in the United States Navy from 2003-2007 as a Gunner's Mate. While on board the USS Shreveport, Petty Officer Buss was responsible for maintaining the ship's crew served weapons, conducted small arms training, and was a member of the "Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure Team" which chased pirates off the coast of Somalia. The decorated veteran and leukemia survivor also took part in the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Effort in which he earned the Humanitarian Service Medal.
Sergeant First Class Dustin Wells served sixteen years in the United States Army and Missouri Army National Guard. Deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was an infantryman and was responsible for combat and presence patrol while also training the Iraqi Army. Later deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Sergeant First Class Wells was a Brigade Lethal Fire support NCO. Currently, the Bronze Star recipient is a recruiting and retention NCO for the Missouri Army National Guard.
Staff Sergeant Loren Bonneau served in the US Air Corps during World War 2, from 1944 to 1946. As a radio operator mechanic on B-29s, Staff Sergeant Bonneau and his crew were stationed on the Tinian and Mariana Islands and flew missions over Japan. Following the war, the decorated veteran became a teacher, principal, and superintendent of area schools.
Lieutenant Colonel Cynthia Patton served over twenty-five years of service on active duty and in the Reserves. Deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom, she served as the Theater Database Manager for Third Army, and also worked as a Defense Contractor in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
The decorated veteran is now the owner and President of Patton Leadership Consulting which provides training and leadership development to members of the Army.
Brigadier General Stan Cherrie served in the United States Army for over 30 years, primarily in armored Combat Arms units as a commander or staff officer. Deployed four times throughout his career, he served in Viet Nam twice as an armed helicopter platoon leader and ground cavalry troop leader, and later served in Bosnia and Southwest Asia in support of Operation Desert Storm.
The recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart, Brigadier General Cherrie retired in Leavenworth in 1998.
Master Sergeant David Velasquez serves as a Loadmaster on a C-130 cargo plane with the Missouri Air National Guard. He has deployed multiple times to Afghanistan where his unit conducted air-drop missions and Aero-Medical Evacuations of wounded service members.
The decorated first responder has also flown missions in support of humanitarian efforts such as the Haiti earthquake, overseas NATO training operations, and has supported special operations and Airborne unit training missions.
Enlisting in the United States Army in 1977, First Sergeant Isaiah Coleman served twenty-two years of active duty service as a rifleman and intelligence analyst. After retiring in 1999, First Sergeant Coleman deployed to Iraq three times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and three times to Afghanistan in support of the International Security Assistance Force as a Senior Intelligence Analyst.
The Lincoln, Nebraska native has received numerous awards including the Legion of Merit award and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal.
Chief Warrant Officer Jeffrey Hamilton has served in the United States Army for 13 years and currently serves as a 150-U Unmanned Aircraft Systems Platoon Leader and Operations Technician. Throughout his military career, Chief Warrant Officer Hamilton has been stationed all over the world and deployed once to Afghanistan and four times to Iraq, most recently returning from his last deployment on March 7 of this year.
Highly decorated, the Junction City native has received the Bronze Star and the Meritorious Service Medal.
Fireman First Class Daryl Ford served in the United States Navy on the USS Sierra during World War 2. While stationed in the Phillipines in the Pacific theater, Daryl and his shipmates would repair other destroyers that were damaged from battle.
Following the war, Fireman First Class Ford was a postmaster in Valley Falls, Kansas for thirty years and heavily involved in his community.
Lance Corporal Justin Love has served over three years in the United States Marines Corp. A landing Support Specialist, he has been deployed to South Korea in support of their defense. Recently, Lance Corporal Love returned from the Middle East where he served in a Major General command and helped aid Jordanian defense.
After finishing his degree in Criminal Justice, he hopes to become a Marine Corps Officer.
Corporal Calvin Harms served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. Stationed in Guam as a part of the 457th Bombardment Squadron and 330th Bombardment Group, he was a munitions worker specializing as an aviation ordinance man, responsible for the maintenance of bombs, guns, and other ammunition on a B-29 bomber outfit.
Following the war, the Lexington, Missouri resident returned home where he was married and raised three children while working as a farmer.
Colonel John Silverstein served in the United States Army for twenty-seven years and has deployed all over the world including trips to Bosnia, Kosovo, Korea, Kuwait, and multiple combat tours in Iraq. For the last four years, he served as the Chief of Operations Group Sierra, Mission Command Training Program at Fort Leavenworth, traveling to military locations worldwide training senior military organizations for combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Recently retired, Colonel Silverstein is the recipient of the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars, and the Purple Heart for combat injuries sustained in Iraq.
Major Avonne Rosario has served in the United States Air Force in Security Forces since 2001. An integral part of the US drawdown from Iraq in 2011, the Kansas City, Kansas native was hand-selected to be the Antiterrorism Advisor to a 2-star general and was responsible for the protection of more than 20,000 service men and women engaged in combat and stability operations.
Also during her time in Iraq, she received high praise from the Department of State and American and Iraqi commanders for her exceptional vision and leadership of Iraqi Kids Day which provided vital outreach to more than 130 local Iraqi children.
Petty Officer Robbie Wildhaber was a builder with the United States Navy Fighting Seabees. During his time with the Seabees, he was a part of Operation Joint Guard in Bosnia and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. The decorated military man has also spent time serving in Guam, Rota Spain, Turkey, and Kuwait.
In October, Petty Officer Wildhaber will be retiring after 20 years of honorable service.
At seventeen, Specialist Christina Keener joined the United States Kansas Army National Guard as a Combat Medic and Healthcare Specialist. Serving with two units during her career, in 2003 Specialist Keener volunteered to deploy to Bosnia with the 1-108th Aviation Battalion Blackhawk unit where she participated in free clinics held in public schools for Bosnians with no health insurance and supplied much needed schools supplies and repairs to schools.
In 2011, the Overland Park native left the Kansas Army National Guard to focus on raising her daughters and go back to school to become a Registered Nurse.
First Lieutenant William Davis joined the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. As a navigator on a B-17, Bill was shot down by enemy fire over Germany in 1943 and was prisoner of war for nearly two years before being liberated by General Patton's forces.
Following the war, First Lieutenant Davis, who recently turned ninety-five years old, returned to the states where he started his career as a telegrapher with the Rock Island Railroad and earned a degree in Communication Studies from UMKC.
Sergeant Dusin Johns served in the Marine Corps for seven years with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Pacific. In 2011, while serving as an E-O-D Technician clearing an area of explosive hazards in Sangin Valley, Afghanistan, he stepped on an IED, which resulted in the traumatic amputation of both legs, two fingers on his right hand, and a traumatic brain injury. After multiple life-saving surgeries, and weeks of intensive therapies, Dustin, with the support of his wife Melissa, gruelingly learned how to walk with prosthetics.
Medically retired in December of 2012, he and his family reside in Grain Valley, while he attends school full-time at the University of Central Missouri with plans to get a degree in Design and Drafting.
Sergeant Robert Holder served in the Army Reserve for six years. A chinook mechanic, he served in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012. While there, the decorated veteran performed scheduled and unscheduled Aircraft maintenance keeping Aircraft fully mission operational, and manned a fighting position and pulled security on local nationals on Forward Operating Base Salerno.
First Sergeant Jason Miller enlisted in the United States Army in May of 1996 as a combat engineer. Stationed all over the country he served with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg for over a decade and became a jumpmaster. Throughout his nineteen years of service, First Sergeant Miller has won many awards and traveled all over the world including three tours in Iraq and two to Afghanistan.
The veteran is currently stationed at Fort Hood where he lives with his wife and five children.
Major Travis Higginbotham served in the US Army Corps of Engineers for twenty years. Throughout his career, he served in multiple leadership positions, and after being promoted to Major, he served as Facilities Engineer with Fort Dix, New Jersey, and did an unaccompanied tour in Korea as a Brigade Engineer plnning combat engineer support for a four thousand man first brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.
Before retiring in 1996, Major Higginbotham's final assignment was with the Kansas City District Corps of Engineers, playing a major role in their response to the 1993, 1994, and 1995 floods that devastated the Missouri River Valley.
Colonel Charles Blaschke III, enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and served on a Destroyer and Nuclear Power Submarine in the Republic of Vietnam. Later commissioned in the United States Army National Guard, he deployed to Iraq twice, first as a Master Planner and Base Engineer in Balad, Iraq in 2005 and as the Deputy Base Garrison Commander of Victory Base Complex in Baghdad in 2008.
The recipient of the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star, Colonel Blaschke retired from the U.S. Army Reserves in 2013 after a combined active and reserve time of forty-one and a half years of service.
Sergeant Paul Warner served in the United States Marine Corps for four years of active duty. As a 1371 combat engineer, he deployed to Iraq in 2003 with Task Force Tarawa and was responsible for route clearance and IED disposal.
The decorated Topeka, Kansas native's awards include the Combat Action Ribbon and the Presidential Unit Citation.
Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Krakar graduated from West Point in 1990 and was commissioned in the Infantry. Deployed five times, once each to Somalia and Iraq and three times to Afghanistan, he served in positions ranging from Company Executive Officer to Counterinsurgency Advisor for the Commanding General.
Currently, the Bronze Star recipient, is in the Army Reserve assigned to United States Special Operations Command.
Staff Sergeant Clifford Kerns served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945. Stationed in Europe, he served as a balltur gunner on a B-17 flying 33 missions across Central Europe, Ardennes, and Rhineland.
Following the war, he was honorably discharged and returned to St. Joseph, Missouri where he was a residential home builder.
Sergeant Mike Peterson served over twenty years in the 2-137th Infantry in the Kansas Army National Guard. Deployed three times to Saudi Arabia, Germany, and Iraq, Sergeant Peterson served as the battalion commander's personal security detail in the infantry battalion.
Retired in 2009, he is now volunteering with the VFW and is the commander of Post 7397 in Lenexa, Kansas.
Damage Controlman First Class Collin Knickerbocker enlisted in the United States Navy in 2009 and was first assigned to the Amphibious Landing Ship USS Whidbey Island. Over five years, he rose through the ranks to First Class Petty Officer and was deployed in support of Operation Unified Protector off the coast of Libya in 2011 and Anti-Piracy Operations off the coast of Somalia.
Joining him tonight are Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class Joseph Baker, Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class Truman Bush, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handler First Class Jason Nelson.
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Michael Walsh has served for over thirty-six years in multiple assignments around the world including Army Aviation. Awarded the Master Aviator badge by the Army, Chief Walsh is qualified in six different rotary wing aircraft and is also a distinguished Instructor Pilot and Instrument Flight Examiner.
The Bronze Star recipient has had multiple deployments and participated in numerous military operations including Grenada, Panama, the Gulf War, Bosnia, Kosovo, Global War on Terror, Afghanistan, Iraq and remains active in the War against the Islamic State.
Airman First Class Payton Growney has served in vehicle operations in the United States Air Force for two years. Recently, Airman First Class Growney returned from a deployment at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar where she helped move over 380,000 pounds of cargo.
She is now stationed at Scott Air Force Base where her duties will include assisting numerous Generals and High ranking diplomats during their stay at the base.
Captain Eddy Batista has served in the United States Army for fourteen years. Deployed three times in support of contingency operations, Captain Batista first served as a member of a mechanized infantry battalion in Southwest Asia, and later deployed with a Joint Sustainment Command to Afghanistan.
In April, the Bronze Star recipient returned from his third deployment where he a member of an Aviation Support Battalion that provided World Class Aviation support to US and NATO forces in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Inherent Resolve.
Jim Maxwell served in the United States Navy and Marines beginning in 1943 as a hospital corpsman. Throughout his service, the Purple Heart recipient served all over the world including Iwo Jima during World War 2, Guantanamo Bay, and Korea during the Korean War.
After twenty years, Jim retired from the military, and then worked for the Weather Bureau for more than twenty years.
Staff Sergeant James Ripley served from 1943 to 1945 as an airplane gunner during the Air Offensive in Europe. As a waist gunner, toggler, bombardier, and tail gunner, Staff Sergeant Ripley flew in over thirty missions on a B-17 called the Flying Fortress with the 388th Bomber Group.
Highly decorated, he was awarded two Bronze Stars and The Distinguished Flying Cross, and his unit was given a Presidential Citation.
Technical Sergeant Anthony Hall has served in the in the United States Air Force for eleven years. An avionics technician on a C-130 aircraft, he has deployed four times in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Jump Start, Operation Joint Forge, and Operation Coronet Oak.
The decorated veteran returned from his last deployment in July and is a local police officer.
Sergeant Theodore Knox served in the United States Marine Corp for over eleven years. Serving with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, Delta Company, the Bronze Star medalist and Purple Heart recipient served ten months in Vietnam and was involved in several major operations.
Retired in 1978 due to war wounds sustained in Vietnam, he is now a Deacon at a Baptist Church.
Yeoman 3rd Class Gene McGraw served in the United States Navy during World War II and specialized in transportation and supplies. Following the war, he returned to Kansas to help his family on the farm and and worked for the Kansas City Power and Light Company for thirty-six years.
Yeoman 3rd Class McGraw's father and brothers also served in the military, including one brother who was killed in Korea in 1951. Gene now is heavily involved in the Bonner Springs VFW post, coordinating events in honor of his brother, ensuring his sacrifice is remembered.
Corporal William Schultz served in the United States Marine Corp for five years. Serving with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines out of Camp Pendleton, the Topeka High School graduate specialized as an infantryman and machine gunner and deployed twice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
Specialist Don Wratchford joined the United States Army in 1959 and sent to Fort Leonard Wood for basic training. Later stationed at Fort Hood and Fort Dix, he eventually was sent to Germany for several years, where he was a driver for his Commanding officer, serving during the time of the Berlin Crisis.
A Specialist 4 in the Army Infantry, Don earned a Sharpshooter Badge and proudly served his country until 1962.
Staff Sergeant Julie Vineyard joined the United States Army right after high school. Stationed first at Fort Rucker, Alabama, where she was the 1986 Soldier of the Year, she later transferred to Fort Benning, Georgia and went to airborne school and leader development school.
Honorably discharged from the Army in 1990, Staff Sergeant Vineyard joined the Kansas National Guard in 2000 in which she served for a year.
Chief Master Sergeant Dwayne Ward has served in the United States Air Force for twenty-six years. Deployed three times, he served twice in Iraq at the Ali Air Base as a First Sergeant, and once in Afghanistan as the Senior Enlisted Advisor for NATO Force Command AWACS Headquarters.
Currently, Chief Master Sergeat Ward is the Superintendant for the 349 Recruiting Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base.
Staff Sergeant Bryan Walters has served in the United States Army for sixteen years. Deployed four times to Bosnia, Herzegovina, Iraq, and Afghanistan, Staff Sergeant Walters was part of the initial Iraq invasion force where he helped maintain fuel routes for the tens of thousands of soldiers who utilized it.
The decorated veteran also helped establish rugged mountain pass roads and built perimeter walls for new combat out-posts in the most dangerous south-eastern parts of Afghanistan.
Sergeant First Class Dustin Wells has served a combined sixteen years in the Army and Missouri Army National Guard. Deployed sixteen months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the infantryman was responsible for combat and presence patrols. Later deployed to Kuwait for a year, he served as a Brigade Lethal fire support non-commissioned officer.
Currently, the Bronze Star and two-time Meritorious Service Medal recipient is a recruiting and retention NCO for the Missouri Army National Guard.
Vice Admiral William Hilarides has served in the United States Navy for thirty-four years. Throughout his service, he has held numerous positions including the Commanding Officer of the USS Key West and Program Executive Officer - Submarines where he was responsible for all new construction submarine programs and the acquisition and sustainment of all of the individual systems aboard the Navy's submarines.
Now the 43rd commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command, Vice Admiral Hilarides overseas a global workforce of more than 60,000 military and civilians who are dedicated to designing, building, and maintaining the Navy's ships and combat systems.
Master Sergeant Harold "Buddy" Alkire served in the United States Air Force for twenty-four years. Specializing as a Weapons Maintenance Mechanic and a Superintendant in the Wing Safety Office, Master Sergeant Alkire served in Vietnam as a Helicopter Door Gunner, in Thailand as a Load Team Crew Chief, and in Afghanistan as a Theater Safety Officer.
Highly decorated, the longtime service member also worked thirty-two years with the Federal Government as a Regional Safety Manager before retiring in 2013.
Specialist Tom Stallbaumer enlisted in the United States Army in 1969 and served until 1971. A Specialist 4 in the 4th Division, the Seneca, Kansas native served in Vietnam as a Light Weapons Infantryman and received the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Vietnam Serve Medal with two Bronze Stars, and the National Defense Service Medal.
Following the war, Tom returned home where he served as a member of the volunteer fire department for twenty years, was elected Chief for two terms, and played an integral role in the planning and construction of a new station.
Colonel Charles Cornelius has served in the United States Air Force for twenty-two years. Currently, Colonel Cornelius serves as a Mobilization Augmentee to the Director of Cyberspace Operations and Warfighting Integration at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, where he advised the Secretary of the Air Force's Chief Information Officer on cybersecurity and warfighting system integration matters.
Deployed to multiple countries, the highly decorated veteran has performed multiple operations including the evacuation of an American Embassy, supporting A-10 Close Air Support Missions, and curtailing piracy off the Horn of Africa.
Sergeant Justin Murray served in the United States Marines Corp for seven years. As an Amphibious Reconnaissance Marine, he was deployed in support of Desert Storm in 1990, and to Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 and 1994.
Now retired, Justin is the President of the local Kansas City based organization, Support Special Operations Forces where they provide direct support to Special Operations personnel and their families.
Chief Warrant Officer Dennis Grayless served in the United States Marine Corps for 25 years. During his service the decorated officer served in a variety of positions including as a drill instructor from 1986-1989, and deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
In 2005, Chief Warrant Officer Grayless retired from active duty and began his second career as the Senior Naval Science Instructor, Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, at Shawnee Mission North High School.
Sergeant First Class Slade Deister has served in the United States Army for twelve years. A veteran of two deployments to Iraq and two deployments to Afghanistan, the medic and platoon sergeant was responsible for the first line treatment and evacuation of injured soldiers in his unit while conducting combat and presence patrols in Ramadi, Fallujah, and the Korengal Valley.
The decorated veteran and Bronze Star recipient is currently stationed at Fort Leavenworth where he serves as the non-commissioned officer in charge of primary care at Munson Army Health Center.
Corporal George Berlin served in the United States Army for three years during World War 2. Serving in the 75th Infantry Division, he fought in three battles including the Battle of the Bulge, Colmar Pocket, and The Ruhr Valley Battle. For his service, he received three battle stars, the Bronze Star, Combat Infantry Badge, and The Legion of Honor Badge which was given to him by the French.
Following the war, George worked for the government at the Detroit Tank Arsenal working on experimental tanks.
Surgical Technician 3rd Grade George Taylor Hess served in the United States Army during World War 2. As a member of the 84th Field Artillery Battalion, Tech Hess served as a medic, traveling through Belgium to the Rhine River fighting against German panzer tanks and was in Czechoslovakia when the war ended.
Following the war, Taylor finished his undergraduate degree at Harvard and received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Eventually he and his family moved to Kansas City where he worked as an attorney for United Telecom.
Chief Petty Officer Loyal George served in the United States Navy from 1940 to 1946. As a third class petty officer, he was assigned to the USS Tennessee at Pearl Harbor and on the morning of December 7, he was awakened by the General Quarters alarm and was thrown into war. After his ship took damage, he was stationed in Washington for two years before being transferred to Samar in the Philippines.
Following the war, the decorated veteran became an electrician in Lawrence, Kansas.
Following the start of the Korean War, Sergeant Ralph Yoder enlisted in the United States Army as an infantryman in 1950. After completing basic training and infantry training, Sergeant Yoder was sent to Japan with the 40th Infantry Division, and later sent to Korea where he served a tour of duty as a combat infantryman in the Korean War.
After leaving the military, Ralph graduated from college and served the Midwest as an animal scientist, working with local organizations.
Master Sergeant Rex Walsh enlisted in the military on his 18th birthday during World War 2. Trained as a radio operator, Master Sergeant reported to Fort Bennington and was later sent to the Philippines and Japan.
Honorably discharged in 1946, he returned home where he and his family owned and operated one of the largest independently owned grain elevators for over 30 years. In 2013, Rex participated in an Honor Flight and believes it was one of the single most important events of his life.
Master Sergeant Charles Beebe enlisted in the Missouri Army National Guard in 1982 and has trained as a combat engineer, light wheel vehicle mechanic, and attended Unit Supply Specialist training. Throughout his thirty-three years of service, he has trained and served all over the world including Panama, Honduras, Italy, and served with the Bravo Battery, 129th Field Artillery in Afghanistan on a force protection mission.
Master Sergeant Beebe, who is currently a Senior Operations NCO, has also worked on multiple humanitarian efforts including in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
Sergeant Carol McCoy served in the United States Army for six years. As military police, she served four years overseas in Mannheim and Bad Tolz Germany.
Currently Sergeant McCoy is passionately involved with veteran disaster response organization Team Rubicon and veteran reintegration organizations Spencer C. Duncan Make it Count Foundation and Team Red, White, and Blue.
Staff Sergeant Ted Lagoski enlisted in the United States Marine Corp the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked. Serving with the 3rd Amphibious Corp from 1941 to 1945, he served in Guadalcanal, Okinawa, the Marshall Islands, Guam, and China.
Following World War 2, the ninety-three year-old returned to Kansas where he married his wartime pen pal Betty, raised 8 children, and became the vice-president of the C.F. Bender Company.
First Lieutenant Skip MacLaughlin served in the US Army Infantry during the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1971. A commander of an infantry platoon and participant in numerous battles, he and his men received the Bronze Star for rescuing a helicopter pilot and gunners after being shot down.
Also the recipient of the Army Commendation Medal for Valor, First Lieutenant MacLaughlin led a special recover mission of Army troops from the Americal Division in the Quang Tri Province.
Joining the Army Air Corps in 1940, Lieutenant Colonel Dick Cole flew B-25 with the 17th Bombardment Group. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he volunteered for a secret mission known as Doolittle's Raid in which they flew B-25s from the deck of the USS Hornet to bomb Japan. Lieutenant Colonel Cole served as Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle's co-pilot during what is considered one of the most courageous deeds in military history and a pivotal point in the war.
The 100-year old military man served twenty-six years in the US Army Air Forces and US Air Force, participating in many more battles, invasions, and special operations, receiving numerous awards including the Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters and the Bronze Medal.
Chief Warrant Officer J.R. Lawlor served his country for over twenty-seven years. After joining the Missouri Air National Guard, he was assigned to the C-23 Sherpa and was deployed to Iraq twice with the detachment, flying over 200 missions with 2,250 combat hours.
The Bronze Star recipient retired in 2012 and is now an accident investigator and pilot for Fedex.
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeff Hagerman has served with the United States Navy for 17 years. A utilitiesman, he has been deployed to Iraq where he was the yard boss of the Material Liason Officer Yard, and Afghanistan where he managed the maintenance department help desk in Camp Krutke Seabee base.
Currently a Seabee Reservist with the Naval Mobil Construction Battalion NMCB22, he is employed by McRoberts Security Company.
Sergeant Andy Jasso has served six years as a United States Army paratrooper. While deployed to Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division where he was his platoon's lead fires NCO, they were ambushed by Taliban fighters. Wounded by sniperfire during the fight, Sergeant Jasso was awarded the Purple Heart and returned to duty just a couple of weeks later.
The decorated veteran also deployed to Iraq where he served as a platoon sergeant and completed countless escort and counterinsurgency missions.
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Lieutenant Colonel Scott Fehnel served in the United States Army as a professional engineer for more than twenty years. Though he traveled to more than thirty countries, his career culminated with the Command of the 1000 soldier 864th Engineer Battalion in Iraq in 2003. Initially opening and maintaining eight border crossing lanes from Kuwait into Iraq, they completed over 300 combat missions in the Decisive Combat and Stability Support phases, suffering zero casualties. For his service in Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star medal, and was decorated for Valor in combat.
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After retiring from the Army in 1977, he returned home to Basehor, Kansas where he served on the City Council, was Commander of the Basehor VFW for 8 years, and the District One Commander for one year.
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Enlisting into the United States Army in 1942, Sergeant Charles Venneman served in the 19th Armored Infantry Battalion in the 14th Armored Division. Known as the Liberators, Sergeant Venneman and his men liberated thousands of forced and slaved laborers, camp prisoners, and Allied prisoners during the war. Wounded in the Battle of Hattan-Rittershoffen in 1945, he received the Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars.
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There weren't any "tables" THACO was
, so if you had a thaco of 10 then you would hit an ac of 1 on a 9, an ac of -1 on an 11... simple. Simpler on the GM as well since your players could tell you the ac they hit, IMO anyway. The DM/GM had all the 'tables'.
I told you it'd been a long time....20 years is quite awhile to remember these details.
Well, I knew the definition of THAC0 --it's possible that I was thinking of tables for something else then. If I still have my books, they're in some boxes in the basement. I'll have to see if I can find them now. I may actually have the SW RPG.
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There was an RPG made about James Bond... now if you ever want to talk about an RPG with a bunch of tables.
I preferred Car Wars with all the catalogs. I loved all the different colors of paint you could throw on other cars--red, blue, green, yellow, white, black, purple, fluorescent orange, lime green, peacock blue, metallic gold, a mauvey shade of pinky-russet....`
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I never liked using miniatures... description only was always more fun, and with the correct 'atmosphere' in the room it could be epic.
I prefer it that way myself especially since that's what we did in college and I have fond memories of great times with my friends imagining my shape-shifting (raccoon) bushi getting into all sorts of trouble. However, my kids are far more concrete at this point in life, so play is really different. It's a pain to have to blow up the maps and it takes up a lot more space on the table. But if it means our kids can play with us, it works for me. I can picture strategy and tactics in my head, but they can't at age 9 and 6. My daughter, believe it or not, does play more than I expected. At first she just liked rolling the dice and moving the character around on the board. Now she actually makes her character talk. Granted it's in a terribly cheesy fake British accent, but it's the thought that counts.
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They are the same stats as the old D&D?
Monster stat blocks--probably close to the same info, just organized in an easier to read format. I have no idea if the stats are the same for monsters between 2 and 3.5 or not. That's what the books are for--so I don't have to memorize that stuff.
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If you mean the simplistic formulaic attribute bonuses (+1 for every 2 points past 10), that doesn't really work... it simplifies the game yes, but it makes it less by doing so.
Having a fighter with a Str of 20+ used to really
mean something
it was not commonplace (You would need an item, a divine 'gift', or have found and studied the 2 different stat tomes/mauals to do so)... now in D20 every fighter above level 8 easily has that.
That is one thing I'd agree with you on for sure--I remember it being a lot tougher to get to that level, too, and you had to work hard to find magic items. I'm using some published campaigns to get used to the 3.5 system (and because I'm plain rusty in the DM department). I've had to max the hp of the monsters in our campaign because it was just too easy otherwise using the average. I also feel like it's a little too easy to level up, but that could be because a. we're playing very low level characters, and b. I'm rusty.
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The D20 system is an ok system for possibly trying to hook kids on the idea of playing RPG's, it is a simple-er game system to learn (I do know of some far simpler ones though that are good 'learner' games), but D20 will never be D&D for me. If I play (A)D&D it is Second Edition all the way.
There's nothing saying people can't play earlier editions.
It wouldn't be that hard to convert the information in all these new books into something compatible to AD&D. Granted not everything is going to be adjustable, but most would be.
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To me D20 is 'the' game for the
ADD Button-Mashing Console Kiddies
, it is much more a short attention span game.
In defense of the system though, if you're fairly new to the game, 3.5 gets you into gaming a lot faster than 2 did. We still have to look things up in the books, but not as much as i remember when learning AD&D. We're not getting bogged down too often with rules, and the couple times we have I just made a temporary ruling and we went on and I checked it out later. It's freed us up to do more 'pretend' and role-playing--which is what it's supposed to be all about. However, I've never been one (not saying you are, either) to allow the rules to get in the way of the story.
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BOULDER�Time to vote for University of Colorado senior Jenny Barringer for the inaugural The Bowerman award is running out.
The Bowerman, which will be given to the top male and female track and field athlete of the year, has fan voting which will remain open until Friday, November 20, at 10:59 p.m. MST.
This year's group of finalists was selected by The Bowerman Advisory Board. There are three women's finalists. Besides Barringer, the other two are Destinee Hooker (Texas) and Porscha Lucas (Texas A&M). The men's finalists are Ashton Eaton (Oregon), German Fernandez (Oklahoma State) and Galen Rupp (Oregon). Fans can vote at thebowerman.org. Barringer has a small lead with 39 percent of the vote. Lucas is second with 36 percent of the votes.
The native of Oviedo, Fla., was named the Honda Sports Award winner for track and field and was a finalist for the Honda Broderick-Cup in June. Barringer set six NCAA records in 2009 as well as seven CU records. She won her second USA Track & Field steeplechase title in June and then raced to a fifth-place finish at the IAAF World Championships in August; slashing 10 seconds off her American record with a time of 9:12.50 to become the eighth fastest woman ever in the event.
Barringer also won a pair of Big 12 titles in 2009 (indoor mile and steeplechase) and a pair of NCAA Championships in the indoor 3k and the steeplechase. Barringer became the first Buff, male or female, to win three NCAA individual titles in the same even (three in the steeplechase) and the first female to win four NCAA crowns. Her mile time of 4:25.91 was the fastest run in the world during the 2009 season.
The Bowerman Fan Vote will count for one vote of the overall final tally. The rest of the vote is determined by The Bowerman Voters, which is composed of NCAA collegiate administrators, national and regional media personnel, and track & field statisticians.
The 2009 announcement and presentation of the winner of The Bowerman will be held on December 16, in conjunction with the 2009 USTFCCCA Convention at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, Fla.
Barringer's NCAA Records:
Mile: 4:25.91
Indoor 3k: 8:42.03
Indoor 5k: 15:01.70
1500-meters: 3:59.90
Outdoor 5k: 15:07.64
Steeplechase: 9:25.54
Barringer's CU records:
Mile: 4:25.91
Indoor 3k: 8:42.03
Indoor 5k: 15:01.70
Outdoor 800: 2:02.56
Outdoor 1500-meters: 3:59.90
Outdoor 5k: 15:05.25
Steeplechase: 9:12.50
Barringer was also named a finalist for the USATF Jesse Owens Athletes of the Year Award presented by Nike in October. The ace steeplechaser was the only collegiate athlete nominated for the award this year and it's extremely rare for a collegian to be up for this award. The other four female finalists include Allyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter, Brittany Reese and Sanya Richards.
The Bowerman is named in honor of track and field pioneer Bill Bowerman, who served the sport of track and field in numerous ways, including his leadership in the USTFCCCA predecessor organization the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association, and his contributions to NCAA track and field and the running community as a whole.
The inaugural award will recognize the 2009 winners of The Bowerman. The announcement and presentation of the inaugural award will be held in conjunction with the 2009 USTFCCCA Convention. The convention will be held at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida from December 14 - 17.


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2013 was a wonderful year. It will be missed sincerely; especially all of the stylish moments throughout the year. The celebrities were out for blood during 2013 when it came to red carpets and street fashion. Let's take a look at the year and the most stylish celebrities . . . Some are repeats from last year but who does nott love consistency.
Kerry Washington
As a Gladiator, it is very hard to remember that Kerry Washington is not Olivia Pope, the beloved character she portrays on the hit show "Scandal". However, they do have one thing in common: their impeccable sense of style. She never misses whether she is at a movie premiere or simply strutting down the street. 2013 was definitely her year, as she graced multiple magazine covers and was nominated for a plethora of awards. No matter what she does, she does it modishly.
This triple threat tops every list she is placed on. We all love Beyonce the R&B phenomenon but I think in 2013 we fell in love with Beyonce the stylish celebrity. She is very secretive but the moment she got an Instagram account we were able to see through her eyes and enjoy all of her trendy looks. Her style is so effortless and flawless. It is amazing to see a woman who rules the world do it so fashionably.
Robyn Rihanna Fenty should be deemed a fashion chameleon. She is able to wear all types of looks without making it look like it is a costume. In 2013, she launched her show "Styled to Rock" and it was titled perfectly because she rock her style in every way. We never know what we are going to get from this celebrity but it is always a beautiful surprise.


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Plastic Bottles: Putting the Nouveau in Beaujolais
Amateur, broke oenophiles in the U.S. – usually of the university student variety – know the wonderful pours of the box wine quite well. Now their Japanese counterparts can enjoy cheap wine packaged in something other than a glass bottle too.
In a deflationary price-cutting fight, supermarket chain operators Aeon Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unit Seiyu GK are slashing prices on Beaujolais Nouveau sold in plastic bottles this year. Seiyu is selling a 750 ml plastic bottle of wine for 690 yen ($8.28), down 60 yen from last year, while Aeon has launched a 375 ml plastic bottle of the French wine for 500 yen ($6), calling it the "one-coin" purchase in reference to the 500 yen coin, according to a company statement. Beverage company Sapporo Breweries Ltd. lowered Beaujolais Nouveau prices by 50-100 yen per bottle from the previous year, according to local news agency Kyodo.
Jostling for customers amid slumping consumer sentiment, the French wine hit store shelves of major discount chains like Don Quijote this year in addition to the usual lot of convenient and supermarket stores. In Japan, one of the light wine's biggest fans ever since the country's bubble years, customers on a budget happily lined up outside the Don Quijote outlet in Roppongi, a Tokyo neighborhood where partying night owls converge, for three hours on Nov. 18. Beaujolais Nouveau traditionally cannot be opened until the clock strikes the third Thursday in November, according to a rule established in 1985 – a decree that works well in a country where the practice of lining up for hours is old hat.
And the budget store played up the wine's debut. Don Quijote live broadcast the countdown from its Roppongi branch via Internet video-service provider Ustream until the embargo was lifted at midnight Thursday. The store invited celebrities and encouraged customers to log online to guess how low prices of Beaujolais Nouveau would go. The final price: 578 yen for the 750 ml bottle and 470 yen for the 375 ml – both cheaper than those being peddled by Aeon and Seiyu.
But revelers should drink up while they can — this may be the last year Japanese consumers can sip, or gulp, back the wine this way. Back in France, the Beaujolais Wine Committee, the association of private wine growers, have sought to ban the use of plastic bottles, a move that if passed could come into effect as early as next year.
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Why Democrats and Republicans Shouldn't Sit Together at the State of the Union
One proposal would have Democrats and Republican sit next to one another. That would be a mistake.
Why do we watch the State of the Union address? Is it to hear our president say patriotic, optimistic clichés about our country, or explain his agenda for the upcoming year? Certainly not. It is to marvel at the amusing spectacle of clapping and standing performed by our elected representatives. Nothing is more fascinating than seeing the Democratic side of the chamber rise and applaud with gusto to something President Obama has said while Republicans either politely clap in their seats or fail to react at all. Or catching the Democrats squirm at the mention of, say, entitlement reform or the war in Afghanistan. But Mark Udall, a Democratic senator from Colorado, wants to put an end to all that:
Colorado Democratic Sen. Mark Udall released a letter Wednesday proposing that members of both political parties sit next to each other at this year's State of the Union address instead of the normal seating which is divided along party lines.
"As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself," Udall wrote. "Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we will begin to rekindle that common spark that brought us here from 50 different states and widely diverging backgrounds to serve the public good."
In the letter Udall plans to send to Congressional leadership, he said the "debate surrounding our politics has grown ever more corrosive," and suggested choreographed standing and clapping is unbecoming of Congress, especially given the recent Arizona shooting.
Unity is great, sure, but apart from the entertainment value, there is an important practical reason to maintain the State of the Union's partisan seating arrangement. A neat separation of the parties allows the American people to see, in real time, their positions on the president's agenda and the issues of the day. It's actually very informative and helpful to be able to easily assess which proposals the Republicans and Democrats support, respectively, through the decision to applaud. It also allows us to identify the few party-bucking independent thinkers who, every so often, stand up to clap while the rest of their colleagues remain seated.
Thrown together in one big bipartisan hodgepodge, congressmen and senators would still carefully regulate their applause, but that brief chamber reaction shot on TV becomes nearly impossible to decipher. The country could certainly benefit from more symbolic demonstrations of solidarity, but the State of the Union address is one instance where a stark partisan divide is actually good for democracy.


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Okay, so my birthday isn't until the 27th. But my birthday came early this year. Last weekend, I went over to Blake's, only to find the most beautiful gift ever, waiting for me in the kitchen (see above). It's a Specialized Safire, full supsension, all carbon, with something called a "brain" that adjusts the shocks automatically depending on the terrain you're on. Bitchin'! Hmmm. My bike has a brain? Kinda scary. Wonder if it can help me with some of my physics lessons for teaching...Anyway, I named him "Montana" since I'm a 49'ers fan, and his colors are gold with some red.
I have been learning to mountain bike recently. The learning curve is pretty steep. I think the transition from road to trail is much harder than the other way around. Sure I have the endurance but I lack the technical skills. I have to accept that I will fall off the bike from time to time. And I lack the anaeorobic power bursts necessary to get up short, steep hills. But I've been bravely tackling my fears and doing it enough times that it was starting to get fun. However, I was riding an old Trek hardtail that I bought used for $200. Boy, did I get my money's worth on trusty ole' Rocky (that was her name).
Not knowing the difference, I thought feeling like you were atop a jackhammer on the downhills was normal. On the uphills, Rocky jerked, twisted, and bucked on every pebble like a frisky horse on a cool autumn day. We skidded all over the sand. Sometimes, we crashed. The back end was always swishing, sliding and slipping out from under me. Needless to say, not knowing if my bike was going to stay upright on some of the bumps was not good for my confidence.
I took Montana for a test ride. We rode a trail I had traversed earlier on Rocky. It included some of my infamous nemeses: rocky creekbeds, deep sand, water crossings, and downhill switchbacks. I had walked much of it last time, frustrated and nearly in tears. I winced as we careened down the switchbacks, sure that I was going to fall to my death. I carefully opened my eyes at the bottom. Not only was I still atop the bike, I hadn't even felt a bump. I was certain we had gone over some rocks.
Montana and I continued on. My eyes must have deceived me. Several largish rocks appeared in our path, yet they seemed to disappear under me as we rode through. I couldn't feel them at all. It was like riding a Cadillac. For the first time, I felt courageous on the trail. I trusted my bike. I started seeing how fast I could go down the trail, trying to see if I could catch up to Blake. I had never been able to do that before, always afraid Rocky would skid uncontrollably out from under me at top speeds. The faster we went, the smoother the ride. We blasted through water and soared through a dry creekbed, riddled with large boulders, piled atop each other like a 3-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Somehow, amazingly, I didn't fall. Not even close. Montana just floated on top of them with something I discovered that had been sorely lacking before: momentum. What a concept.
On the way home, I finally got brave enough to jump a curb for the first time. I had never been able to muster up the courage to do it. I didn't let myself think about it for too long. I just pointed Montana at the curb, and pulled up the front wheel when we were close. And that was it. It was that simple. The rest of the bike followed easily.
This weekend, we're going to a mountain bike race in Baja. I'm just doing the "fun" ride (34 miles) but I'm super excited to get some one-on-one time with my new toy!


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Dec. 22, 2012
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Army was the only team to win its final game before Christmas as six other Patriot League squads fell on Saturday.
The Black Knights coasted past Rosemont, a Division III opponent, by a 90-48 final at home to improve to 6-5 on the season.
Bucknell saw its six-game winning streak come to an end with a 79-67 defeat at Princeton. Holy Cross also suffered a road loss to an Ivy League opponent as it fell at Harvard 72-65, while Colgate dropped a 73-61 final at St. Francis (NY) and Navy lost to Northern Kentucky 55-46.
Two teams played at ranked opponents, with American falling 65-48 at No. 15/21 Georgetown and Lafayette dropping a 75-50 final at No. 13/16 Minnesota.
Army (6-5) rolled past the Division III Ravens with a balanced effort in the 90-48 win. Josh Herbeck led the way with 19 points and three others scored eight as 16 players got into the scorebooks for the Black Knights. Army held a 55-38 advantage on the boards.
Bucknell (11-2) lost for just the second time this year as Princeton pulled away in the second half for the 79-67 win. The Tigers went on a 15-4 run to take a 62-47 lead with 5:57 left, and the Bison only got as close as nine the rest of the way. Mike Muscala had his eighth double-double of the year with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Joe Willman scored 15 points and Cameron Ayers added 14.
Holy Cross (7-5) had a big second-half rally to take the lead, but Harvard recovered down the stretch to earn the 72-65 win. The Crusaders were down 52-38 early in the second half before scoring 15 straight points to go ahead. Holy Cross still held a 60-59 lead with 5:43 left, but Harvard came back with an 8-2 run to take the advantage back for good. Dave Dudzinski led the Crusaders with 22 points on 7-of-10 from the field, while Justin Burrell added 13.
Colgate (3-9) led early in the second half before St. Francis (NY) went on a 32-13 stretch to take control and go on to the 73-61 win. Murphy Burnatowski paced the Raiders with 19 points while John Brandenburg scored 12, but it was not enough to overcome a sixth straight loss.
Northern Kentucky used an 11-0 run to take a 48-38 lead over Navy (6-7) with 4:57 left and went on to defeat the Mids 55-46. A pair of double-figure scorers led Navy as Tilman Dunbar finished with 12 points and Brandon Venturini scored 11.
No. 15/21 Georgetown closed the first half on an 11-2 run to take a 40-25 lead at the break over American (4-8) and went on to beat the Eagles 65-48. Daniel Munoz led the Eagles with 15 points while Stephen Lumpkins scored 10.
No. 13/16 Minnesota went up by 15 points at halftime and built the advantage throughout the second half for a 75-50 win over Lafayette (5-9). Dan Trist paced the Leopards with 14 points, while Seth Hinrichs had 11 and Joey Ptasinski added 10.
Patriot League teams are now off for the holidays until Friday, when Bucknell is at Loyola University Maryland, Colgate hosts Binghamton and Navy welcomes Albany.
Recaps and box scores from Saturday's games are included below.
at Army 90, Rosemont 48
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at Princeton 79, Bucknell 67
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at Harvard 72, Holy Cross 65
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at St. Francis (NY) 73, Colgate 61
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Northern Kentucky 55 at Navy 46
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at No. 15/21 Georgetown 65, American 48
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at No. 13/16 Minnesota 75, Lafayette 50
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"You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again."
~ Mary Oliver, from Wild Geese
You don't have to be good.
You don't have to be anything but who you already are.
Love what you love.
You Do Not Have to Be Good.
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College Hockey:Plattsburgh's Lucky Thirteen
The Plattsburgh Cardinals are the Toast of D-III for 13th Consecutive Poll but Cedes Another First Place Vote to No. 2 UW-Superior; Adrian Assumes Highest Position in Months while Gustavus Adolphus and Curry replace St. Olaf and Norwich in the Top 15
MINNEAPOLIS — Soon, it won't matter what the Division III pollsters think. Until the NCAA tournament commences and the eventual champ is crowned, however, the Plattsburgh Cardinals are still enjoying the spotlight.
Remarkably, for the 13th consecutive poll they are the top team in D-III hockey. Despite defeating Brockport en route to the SUNYAC championship game, Plattsburgh did lose another first place vote to second ranked University of Wisconsin-Superior and now hold a 16-4 advantage.
With the additional top tally, the Yellowjackets–now 23-2-3 on the season–also climbed to within 12 points of the Cardinals in the poll.
Remaining at No. 3 after an impressive 3-2 win over then-fourth ranked St. Scholastica in the NCHA semifinals, UW-Stout advances to face Superior in a must-see showdown.
After defeating then-No. 7 Manhattanville in the ECAC West semis, 3-1, Hobart–who have only fallen once in their last 13 games–rose one spot to fourth. The Statesmen will face the unranked Neumann Knights in the conference championship game.
St. Scholastica, after its loss to UW-Stout, fell to fifth while Amherst remained at No. 6 by besting Tufts, 4-1. The Lord Jeffs now advance to the NESCAC semis, where they will face Trinity.
Getting some unusual love from the usually fickle voters, Adrian's second consecutive MIAC championship–earned virtue of an 8-3 defeat of Marian and 7-1 blasting of the Milwaukee School of Engineering–improved their poll position two spots, landing the Bulldogs in seventh, their highest ranking in months.
Middlebury, though more to do with others around them playing poorly than any impressive victory on their part, also jumped up two rungs after defeating unranked Hamilton, 6-1. Manhattanville, meanwhile, fell down two spots to ninth, due to its loss to new-No. 4 Hobart.
Playoff-tested Oswego is also on the move again. Up two positions to No. 10, the Lakers now face their biggest test of the season: Plattsburgh in the SUNYAC final with an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament on the line.
A 2-1 upset at home by Neumann clipped the Soaring Eagles wings, ushering Elmira out of the ECAC West playoffs and landing them firmly on the NCAA tournament bubble.
Similar sentiments are shared by defending national champion St. Norbert, whose 3-0 blanking at the hands of Superior could be the death knell for their plans to repeat.
Now 23-3-0 on the season, Nichols College continues to impress. By virtue of their 8-1 win over Westfield State, the Bison will now face Fitchburg State on Wednesday in the ECAC Northeast semis.
Finally, two new teams–Gustavus Adolphus and Curry–joined the top 15, replacing St. Olaf and Norwich.
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I am not a fan of Coach (NYSE:COH), either as an investment or for its products. Although I continue to be bearish and critical of the company as I've been for some time now, as Fools it's never a bad idea to take a look at the opposite side of our stance in case we are missing something or in case the fundamental picture changes in a way that makes us rethink our position. With that in mind, I'm taking a look at one of the main bullish arguments for the stock: Coach is doing amazingly well in China.
A tale of two regions
Coach sells its products all over the world, but its North American sales seem to get all the negative attention. Last quarter Coach reported a slide in North American sales of 18%, a drop in same-store sales of 18%, and a plunge in net income of 20%. During a recent analyst/investor day, the company warned that you can basically expect more of the same over the next year.
Meanwhile, Coach products in China are selling like hotcakes and sales are growing. CEO Victor Luis stated, "China results remained resilient with total sales growing [more than] 25% and comparable-store sales rising at a double-digit rate." While over 60% of Coach's sales are still in North America, the growth rate in China is moving positively.
More growth expected
While Coach has been closing stores in North America and announced during its analyst/investor day that it will be closing 70 more stores or about 13% of its store base there, in China it is adding stores. It added five net new stores last quarter, bringing the total up to 147; it now has locations within 52 cities there. During the most recent earnings conference call, Luis stated: "We are very pleased by the continued development of this market, which bodes well for our global travel retail business, where the mainland Chinese tourist plays an increasingly important role."
He then went on to say that in China the Coach brand is recognized as "a dual gender and lifestyle brand," which implies there is opportunity to grow sales among men at perhaps a greater acceptance rate than in the United States.
Luis noted that Coach plans to open 30 net new stores in China over the next fiscal year. These stores will be what he describes as "dual gender" stores and will be around 25% bigger in terms of square footage. Coach expects China to contribute more than $540 million in sales over the fiscal year compared to $430 million last year. It's still a minority of sales, but it's a relatively large and growing minority.
Not the first time China was mentioned
Rewind to the January conference call, and Luis was only calling for $530 million in sales for China. The extra $10 million isn't exactly a game changer for Coach, but it's always nice to see guidance raised in any area, even if just a little. He reminded everybody then that Coach remains quite a young brand in China, so the possibilities of growing much larger are there. Who knows, in a few years it could be bigger than the U.S. market ever was.
At a conference back in November, it was pointed out, and reiterated more recently, that in China Coach doesn't have the stigma of being a handbag-only company that it tends to have in the United States. The result is that around one-third of sales there are actually in men's and other lifestyle categories.
Foolish takeaway
While it's obvious investors will want to follow the North American results for hints of a brand revival, it's possible that such a revival won't even be necessary if Coach continues to have its way in China. The growing middle class is also a positive tailwind that makes Coach's products affordable for the first time for millions of people in China. It's worth keeping an eye on the situation over the next few quarters and years. In the meantime, Coach's overall growth is disappointing, but the company is still quite profitable and well capitalized, so if the company starts growing again, it may make for a compelling investment opportunity.
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DES MOINES, Iowa – Saturday night marked the end of an era for five members of the Campbellsville University wrestling program. It also opened my eyes for the first time in my professional career to the experience of knowing what it is like to graduate a group of seniors after four years.
Josh Ashbrook, Jarvis Elam, Allen Scruggs and Conor Young each have now attended their final wrestling tournament as a collegiate student-athlete. So has four-year manager Brittany Lask.
I had the pleasure of getting to know all but Jarvis during my first NAIA Tournament trip in 2010.
Since first beginning to work around sports media, I had yet to experience covering a group of individuals for each of their four years in high school or college athletics. I was always off by a year or two either on the front or back end of their career from being with them four years. While I have not been with these individuals daily as a coach or professor, they are still one of the first groups I got to know during 2009-10, my first year and their first year at CU.
That is what makes this final 2013 diary entry so special, as I take a look at each of our five wrestling seniors, where they've been and what they hope to do next.
Three of these five have been nearly inseparable during the past four seasons. The other two are both five-year seniors who have been through their deal of adversity. Both of those will have their name forever etched in CU wrestling history as a Champion of Character (Ashbrook 2010, Elam 2013).
Josh Ashbrook is a fifth-year senior from Cynthiana, Ky. My first memory of Josh is riding to Oklahoma City University during the 2010 National Tournament and hearing him educate someone about a question they'd asked. His heart to be a teacher and coach were evident. Ashbrook first came to CU in 2008-09 and had a good enough season to qualify for the national tournament but was not included in the Tigers' Top 12. I've had a chance to watch him compete each of the last three seasons during the national tournament in Iowa. Each of the three, he came up short and did not achieve the goals he set out to meet. While I know he is disappointed for not reaching All-America status he is an individual that has already made the program better because of his attitude and being an ambassador across the state.
Sitting at lunch on Sunday, Coach Franky James finally admitted to Ashbrook that he had received multiple calls and emails about asking if Ashbrook would be willing and interested in coaching this program or that one. He will be a commodity in the coaching ranks in the years to come. Having graduated in December 2012 with a degree in health and physical education, Ashbrook has already started his work on a master's in special education. He is currently weighing options for the fall, which include a possible role as a CU graduate assistant coach. Before that though, he is engaged to be married this summer to his girlfriend of more than five years, Laura.
Jarvis Elam is the other Champion of Character, and one you have to have come to love over the past four to five years. After redshirting as a freshman, we saw little of Jarvis on the mat during his first few years here. The first time I can recall seeing him compete was in Lebanon, Tenn., at the Mid-South Conference Tournament in 2011. Each year, Jarvis (Jar-Jar to some of his teammates) worked for competition time at a weight loaded with talent on his own team. He came to CU as a small 103 pounder after helping Union County build a dynasty with two state titles in 2007 and 2008. UCHS won the Kentucky title again in 2010. The most I've really taken the time to get to know Jarvis was on this year's trip, beginning with the Champion of Character visit to the Veterans Affairs Central Living Center in Des Moines. Jarvis, though unknowing what he was about to do, took the event in stride and made others feel good about his visit because of his wide smile. I look back on the few days and wish I'd been able to know him more during the four years.
Following his graduation in May with a degree in business, Jarvis hopes to join fellow Tiger wrestling alum Jacob Murton and start their own landscaping company. Both have worked with Rob Roberts on campus the past few years and already have jobs lined up for the coming spring and summer. In addition to this, Jarvis says he will likely get involved in coaching at least as a volunteer assistant.
The three individuals that have been hard to separate are Allen Scruggs, Conor Young and Brittany Lask. These three are the true four-year seniors on this year's team and have been together since nearly day one.
Scruggs and Young, both from Georgia, had a mutual friend on the team when they got here in Chris Rowland. Both asked to room with him, but only one got the chance (Allen). Because of this the Georgia boys became good friends and that was obvious by the time the trip to Oklahoma City rolled around in February 2010. My first memories of these two were riding in the back of the van leaving the gym one day and the two of them cutting up with one another and cracking on others. Scruggs was even complaining about me getting photos of him going 0-2 at nationals and getting pinned (something we still joke about).
This moment was relived on our drive home this past Sunday when I was in the van with freshmen Kyle Terry and Shawn McGhee, who were both in the back of the van cutting up in almost an identical way. I watched Coach James as he watched them and it was clear a passing of the torch has taken place among this year's seniors and freshmen.
Brittany came into their inner circle as a freshman, hanging around the wrestling room and getting roped into the role of manager, team video, babysitter, etc. A Michigan native, she often would hang out as friends with Young and Scruggs, going home on break with the two. I think it's safe to say that the wrestling program would not know what it would have done these last four years without Brittany's help. I know the same goes for me from my office when it comes to covering the program. She will be missed. She will graduate in May and is considering a career as a veterinarian.
Young will return to CU in the fall after graduating in May with a degree in biology. He will take some additional math and science classes as tries to raise his in-major GPA for application to graduate school. With a father and mother who both work in science, Young knows he wants to also. He is currently considering a career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife division, working in food science like his father, pharmacy, veterinarian, nurse practitioner or physician's assistant. There's still plenty of time to decide. He will also hope to begin his coaching career with CU as he completes some extra course work.
It has been a pleasure watching him compete as one of the winningest wrestlers in program history, and possibly the most consistent when it comes to win percentage and winning streaks. He has 42 wins by pin at CU and nearly 100 combined in his last eight years of wrestling. He also had 18 major decisions (wins by 8-14 points) and 12 tech falls (wins by 15 or more points) during his career. His motivation began as the little safety pins his high school coach gave him for each pin, an interesting tidbit he revealed while being interviewed live on national radio Saturday by Takedown Wrestling Radio (Listen to the archived interview).
Scruggs … oh boy … you can say a lot about Allen Scruggs. The joke of his freshman experience at nationals helped fuel my getting to know him. He has served as an intern in my office this year in addition to singing in the gospel choir on campus. A sports management major, he hopes to become an athletic director and coach one day. He plans to work this summer with the his high school wrestling team in Valdosta, Ga., and with the AD at another local school.
While I asked each senior for advice or moments that they learned over four years, I think Scruggs' is the one that sums things up the best. While everyone touched on their thanks to Coach James, former assistant coach James Hicks, their teammates, etc., Scruggs pointed out that what made his experience the best was simply committing to come back for that second season at CU after a freshman year.
CU often will draw student-athletes in from all over the nation. Many will have never experienced a small town or rural setting. Others have never been near a Christian institution. And while despite best efforts by all involved, sometimes students leave after that freshman year because of being home sick, not knowing anyone or simply not realizing that it's hard work to be a student-athlete competing at a national level in any sport. Scruggs' advice – stick it out. No matter the freshman experience, come back ready to work and reach your goals. For Scruggs, that paid off by being a two-time All-American and finishing runner-up last season.
This is a special group. A group that will be missed, but also one that we may hang around in one way or another for at least a year or two. Spending time talking with them about their future and hearing others give thanks to the group made for the perfect ending to a long trip.
In addition to tournament coverage, CU Sports Information Director Chris Megginson, a Tiger travel companion, will keep fans updated from behind the scenes of the NAIA Wrestling National Tournament with his daily diary.
Complete coverage of Campbellsville University Wrestling from the NAIA Wrestling National Tournament, can be found here.


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I came
ya me too
I remember that pikachu from pokemon snap
it's the pikachu that would do the little dance on the surfboard
oh but now i snaped him doing a dance on a female pikachu *wink wink*
well well that pikachu decided to give up humping the surfboard for the real deal
must've been one of those two pikachus that came out and danced on the stumps if you chased scyther out of the grass
oh my gosh someone send this to nintendo
in seventh grade I hung out with this girl who told me that Miyamoto had stepped down from presidency
fucking liar
my new avatar!!!
I thought Nanaki was going to take it
give that to tim if he ever needs something to masturbate to
I thought it was Casey that was into pokemon sex, not Tim
who ISN'T into pokesex these days?
Posting "I Don't" is just a call for a lynch mob to be at your doorstep.
Omg what was that thing called that gave info on pokemon. the pokedex?
nononono, it's more like snorlax on caterpie action.
Skitty on wailord action.
=O. Very impressive Danielle..
It works too. :P
Oh a whale's cock will surely fit into a skitty.. :P
I'm thinking the skitty would die in a number of ways before a baby would be produced. :P
someone get a skitty/wailord splice NOW!!
I promise I'll have one by 4:30 pm est