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So lovely to get a little insight into your childhood. It will be so special to take the Popple to see your childhood home and share your memories with her (and record them on here too hopefully!) I hope you both have a wonderful time 🙂
My baby needs a home
In a few weeks, the Popple will take her first trip to America. Not only will she get to meet lots of family, including her great-grandparents and new cousins – but she's going to get to see where I'm from. Not only the town, but the actual house where I grew up.
My parents still live in the house where I spent the first 18 years of my life. I can't wait to show the Popple around.
"This was my room when I was a baby," I'll say. "Now it's primarily the place where the cats poop. See, that wooden box is actually a litter box that's been cleverly designed to look like a piece of furniture. No no no, we don't touch that. Get your hand out, please. No touching. Why is your hand in the litter box? Oh, there's a cat in there. Yes, we can wave at the cat. Hello, cat. Pet her softly, like this – see? Oh dear, you have her tail in your fist."
I'll tell her about how that room became my brother's room when he was born, and I moved into the bigger room next door. I'll show her that room too – the ceiling that still has glow-in-the dark stars that I could never really see without my glasses, the door I leaned against while I sulked after losing a game of Mall Madness* and the wall I pounded on when I thought I heard my brother turning the pages of his book after bedtime, yelling, "Mom, I can hear Todd reading!".
I'll show her the dining room where we ate family meals on picnic benches, the living room where I danced to "Good Lovin'" by The Young Rascals as a toddler and the kitchen where I once filled my mouth with grapes, making my brother laugh so hard that he squirted milk out his nose.
I'll take her out to the backyard where I spent so many hours as a child. I'll show her the shed that I helped my dad 'paint' with water. I'll point out the place where I once stepped on two rusty nails in one day. I'll tell her about the tree that fell down during a hurricane, and how awesome it was to climb all over it.
"We spent a lot of time out here in the summer," I'll say. "Summers were hot, you see. There was a lot of sun. We didn't need to wear waterproofs in June, and everything didn't go to s**t by August. I swear I'm not making this up."
I hope that someday I can give the Popple a house that gives her as many memories as mine did. She's only lived in semi-grotty rented flats so far, but thankfully she's too young to notice. She deserves to live somewhere where the carpet isn't stained with God knows what from God knows who, and but it's more than that.
She deserves a home.
*This was a really f***ed up board game where the goal is to spend all of your money at the mall. It had shops like the Fork It Over Kitchen Store, Yuppy Puppies Pets and Short Circuit Electronics, a nod to the 1986 film about a military robot that is struck by lightning and becomes a lovable robot scamp.
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I know what you mean – we live in rented flats too and I would love one house to call home in their childhood. But at the same time it's the memories we create that are important and we can do that anywhere x #fartglitter
This brought a lump to my throat. How lovely to be able to share all those childhood memories with your daughter, I can't wait to do the same with mine. Rented accommodation or not she will have lots of meaningful memories of her own. Also Mall Madness sounds great! I wish I had that growing up. #bigpinklink
Oh Popple will love to see your home where you grew up. I was so sad as we used to live in an old cottage but it was knocked down and some big modern house built where it used to sit – I was so so sad to see my childhood home gone before I had a chance to show my children. Enjoy the memories lovely #BigPinkLink
Aw I bet you can't wait! It's so lovely that you can still visit your childhood home and take a trip with your little one down memory lane. Love the cat dialogue and yes I can totally imagine it playing out like that! Lovely to find out more about you – and thanks for the Short Circuit flashback! I loved Johnny 5 as a kid!
Thanks for sharing with #FartGlitter x
Have a safe journey and a wonderful time whilst you're there making more wonderful memories 🙂
Oh my goodness, I just had a trip down memory lane! I had a popple and I absolutely loved it!! And short circuit-what a classic!! That aside though, I'm so glad for you that you can take your own little popple to the house you grew up in… All those great memories that you can make so real to her, by showing her the actual places they happened!! I lived in the same house all my life, until I moved out to live with my boyfriend (now my husband!) and even though the house and the area were nothing special, I still would've loved to take my children there to show them all of my memories, but my parents moved out of there shortly after I did… I still dream about that house a lot! It's always 'home' in my dreams, like my dream brain can't get used to the fact I don't live there anymore, after all that time! I'm sorry that you aren't happy with where you are bringing your daughter up… I hope that you will find a home you are happy with one day.
thanks for sharing with #bigpinklink
Exciting that you are taking popple back to your childhood home and so fab that you will be able to show her where you grew up! Have fun making lots of wonderful memories – exciting! 🙂 #chucklemums
SHUT THE FRONT DOOR. I thought you were a Weegie. Now it emerges you're from America? Mind blown.
My parents live about 60 miles away in the house I grew up in. We visit regularly but it still brings a lump to my throat watching the fish with the toddler like I used to do as a kid.
I'm praying for the cat.
Ah yes, my toddler doesn't quite understand cat etiquette! Sounds so lovely…I'm exited for you. And I hope you get the home in the house that you want one day. Are those really called popples? Are they the ones that turn inside out!? Anyway it's all ahhhh, I love this post #chucklemums
Ah what a lovely post, full of evocative memories of your childhood which your baby will cherish. Have a fab trip to America and I hope you find that home yof all deserve soon. X #chucklemums
Johnny 5 Alive! What a lovely mix of funny and nostaligia – thank you so much for linking up with #chucklemums <3
Just popping back for a second visit through #passthesauce. Thanks for linking up hun x
awww sounds amazing, shes going to love it! enjoy and thanks for sharing, such a lovely personal post. #Chucklemums
Home is where the heart is sweetie. Popple won't remember the rubbish rented flats, just the fun with Mummy as she grows up! Have fun on your trip. Looking forward to hearing all about it ?
I feel exactly like this! We live in a rented house at the moment and while it's nice I'd really like to be settled in our home where we can make our family memories without the fear we'll be moving anytime soon xx #bigpinklink


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Sharing the Road with Truckers
Sharing the road with truckers is a reality that we all have to deal with whenever we are out on the roadways. Truckers are out there trying to make a living, and probably delivering cargo that at least some of us would find precious. As drivers sharing the road, we need to have some level of understanding to be able to deal with trucks and truckers driving them. Many drivers tend to complain about truck drivers and their behaviors on the road, almost as much as they complain about switching auto insurance providers not realizing that they are at fault at least half the time for the problems that come up between these two groups.
There are some pretty basic things that might feel like a review of driver's education to some drivers, but that are important to highlight anyway when it comes to our interactions with truck drivers. When you get a handle on these basics, it makes it much easier to share the roads, and also reduces the risk of accidents and other problems that you might encounter behind the wheel of a car. Take these things to heart and find out what you can do to improve your experience out on the highway.
Avoid Big Rigs' Blind Spots
If there was just one thing we could start paying more attention to and we forgot everything else, this might be the most important thing and the best one to remember. Trucks have large blind spots on their right side and behind them. It is not smart to drive along to the right of a truck and sit in their blind spot going the same speed as them. And it is not good to stay behind them for too long either, especially if there is room in the middle lane where we should anyway. Trucks make very wide right turns and cars actually get pinched in there when this happens and they are cruising along to the right of them at the same speed.
Don't Cut off Truckers
It is hard for some to get out of the mentality that life on the freeway is just one big race. For many people, our online automobile insurance quotes reflect that fact. But at least as it pertains to truckers, some care and consideration must be given. Never cut off truckers, especially not if you are immediately going to hit the brakes and exit the freeway or change lanes to the right. Big trucks take three times longer or more to stop than smaller vehicles, so even if you are not the one involved in a crash, it is likely you might cause one by jumping in front of a truck and making the driver slam on the brakes.
Be Courteous to Big Trucks
When trucks have to back up to get into a tight spot, they may have to make a few adjustments in order to make it. Give them room, stay back, and have some patience. If the shoe was on the other foot you would want the same. That job already has to stressful enough as it is, trying to drop a load and get out of traffic in the middle of a big stretch of road while already on a tight schedule. The same applies to sharing the roads with truckers on the freeway. If they are slowing down up a hill, don't take it personally. And if they are speeding up on a downhill, don't act like the moral police about it. Try to be as courteous as possible and remember how hard of a job these men and women really have to do each day.

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Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame inductees include athletes, coaches, and supporters of Wildcat Athletics.
2018 Inductees
Nicole Brungardt (Athlete) '12
Nicole Brungardt was a volleyball and track and field standout at Wayne State College from 2008-2012.
She was a four-year letter winner and defensive specialist on the Wildcat volleyball team, averaging 2.48 digs per set as a senior (2011) and 2.23 digs per set as a junior (2010), while playing on four teams that made the NCAA National Tournament.
Brungardt also competed in women's track and field for two seasons (2011 and 2012). In her first season of track, she was named NSIC Indoor Newcomer of the Year after earning All-NSIC honors in four events (champion in the 4x400 relay, second in the 60-meter dash and long jump, and third in the 200-meter dash). Brungardt was a three-time NCAA Indoor All-American in the 2011 season, placing fifth in the long jump, fifth in the 60-meter dash, and eighth in the 4x400 relay, helping Wayne State to its best ever NCAA finish as a team, 13th place at nationals.
In the 2011 outdoor season, Brungardt was conference champion in the 100-meter dash and long jump, and named NSIC Outdoor Newcomer of the Year.
At the 2012 NSIC Indoor Championships, Brungardt was All-NSIC with second place finishes in the 60-meter dash, 200-meter dash, and long jump.
To close her track career, Brungardt was NSIC outdoor champion in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, and earned All-American honors placing eighth in the 100-meter dash. She was also an Academic All-American during her senior season.
In two years of track, Brungardt was a four-time All-American, eight-time All-Region selection and five-time NSIC champion. Brungardt holds four indoor school records still today – 60 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and 4x400 relay, and holds three outdoor school records in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the 4x200 meter relay.
The Norfolk Catholic graduate pursued a dream in the summer of 2017. She qualified as a member of the United States Bobsled Team and just missed qualifying for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
Brungardt resides in Omaha, Neb., and after working as an engineer at CenturyLink for nearly 4½ years, Brungardt is now full-time with Team USA Bobsled in hopes of qualifying for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Silas Fluellen (Athlete) '11
Silas Fluellen led Wayne State to back-to-back post-season appearances and the school's first and only NCAA Division II playoff berth during his time as quarterback at Wayne State from 2006-2009. After the Bellevue West graduate finished his senior season, he left WSC as the NSIC's all-time leader in career passing yards and total offense yards while rewriting the Wayne State College record book.
Fluellen took WSC from 4-7 the year before he arrived to records of 9-3 as a junior and 8-3 as a senior. He became the starting quarterback in the fourth game of his freshman season. As a sophomore, Fluellen led the Cats to the Mineral Water Bowl, the school's first post-season appearance in 37 years, by completing 216 of 381 passes for 2,828 yards and 21 touchdowns and was named NSIC All-Conference honorable mention.
Fluellen was First Team All-NSIC as a junior and senior while leading the NSIC in total offense both seasons and passing yards as a senior (second in passing as a junior). As a junior (2008), Fluellen completed 222 of 375 passes (59.2%) for 2,902 yards, leading WSC to a 9-3 record and the school's first ever trip to the NCAA Division II playoffs, a 23-17 loss at Chadron State. He also rushed for 518 yards on 133 carries with five scores and led WSC to its only NSIC South Division title in school history.
During his senior season in 2009, Fluellen completed 64.9 percent of his passes (253-390) for 3,253 yards and 26 touchdowns, leading WSC to an 8-3 record and 7-3 finish in the NSIC. He was Wayne State Male Athlete of the Year and received the NSIC Glen Galligan Award given to a student-athlete for academic and athletic success along with community service.
Career totals include 11,996 yards of total offense, 10,578 yards passing, and 89 touchdowns in four years – all WSC school records.
Fluellen currently resides in South Sioux City, Neb., where he is the head football coach and physical education teacher at South Sioux City High School. He and his wife Michele have two children – Eastin, 4, and Scarlett, 2.
Kaiti Williams (Athlete) '15 Posthumously
Kaiti Williams was a standout softball player at Wayne State College from 2012-2015. The first baseman and outfielder from Papillion-LaVista South High School is one of just three players in school history to earn All-NSIC honors all four years as a Wildcat, joining Sarah Herrick Wagenfuhr (1999-2002) and Katie Goetzinger Voth (2008-2011).
Williams was a Second Team All-NSIC selection as a freshman and sophomore at first base, then moved to the outfield and was First Team All-NSIC as a junior with a .440 batting average followed by Second Team All-NSIC honors in her senior season following a .399 average at the plate.
Williams ended her playing career ranked first in career runs batted in (146), first in total bases (380), and first in doubles with 52. She was second in career hits at 252, trailing all-time leader Amy Sandstrom by just six hits, and is third in career walks with 74. Williams posted a career batting average of .391 in her four years at Wayne State.
Just three months after Williams graduated from Wayne State College in the spring of 2015, she passed away unexpectedly at the age of 22 from an irregular heartbeat. Her No. 14 jersey was retired in the fall of 2015 and a banner with Williams' jersey number can be seen today on the right field wall at the Pete Chapman Softball Complex in her memory.
Keith Goetz (Staff/Administrator)
Keith Goetz served as Wayne State's head athletic trainer for 12 years from 1988-2000. He was the lone full-time athletic trainer for all 15 Wildcat sports and was known for teaching student athletic trainers in his time at Wayne State.
While working at Wayne State, Goetz was very active in other athletic training areas that included serving as the chief athletic trainer for the boxing venue at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also served as athletic trainer for the Ghana track and field team at the 1997 World Track and Field Championships in Athens, Greece.
Other athletic training highlights for Goetz included trainer for the U.S. Boxing Team at the 1990 Goodwill Games, athletic trainer for the 1992 US Boxing Olympic Training Camp, and serving as boxing and cycling trainer at the 1993 US Olympic Festival.
During his time at WSC, Goetz also served as an assistant professor in the Human Performance and Leisure Studies Department also with being head athletic trainer.
Goetz currently resides in Littleton, Colo., and is semi-retired.
2011-12 Women's Basketball (Team)
The 2011-12 Wildcat women's basketball team had the most successful season in school history, going 32-3 overall and 20-2 in the NSIC to win a second straight NSIC regular season conference title. WSC was a perfect 19-0 at home in Rice Auditorium that season to cap a third straight season going unbeaten at home.
The 2011-12 team made school history by winning the NSIC post-season tournament title and was awarded the No. 1 seed and hosted the NCAA Central Regional. The Cats beat Minnesota State, Augustana, and Metro State to advance to the Elite Eight in San Antonio. The dream season came to an end in the NCAA National quarterfinals with a heartbreaking 72-67 loss to Bentley (Massachusetts).
Ashley Arlen was named NSIC Player of the Year for a second straight season. She was also selected Daktronics Central Region Player of the Year and was Division II Bulletin Player of the Year while being named WBCA/State Farm All-American for a second straight season. Clare Duwelius was also First Team All-NSIC.
Head coach Chris Kielsmeier was selected NSIC Coach of the Year and was named WBCA/Russell Athletic Region 7 Coach of the Year. The 32-3 Wildcats earned a No. 1 national ranking that season and finished the year ranked fourth in the final USA Today/ESPN Division II WBCA Top 25 Coaches Poll for the highest ever ranking to end a season.
2017 Inductees
Ashley Arlen (Athlete) '12
Ashley Arlen played three seasons at Wayne State (2009-12) and turned the Wildcat women's basketball program into a Central Region and national contender. In her three years at WSC, she had an 84-12 record, 59-7 in the NSIC, and never lost a home game in Rice Auditorium (46-0) while leading WSC to three NCAA Tournament appearances, a Central Region title, two NSIC regular season championships, and two NSIC tournament championships.
As a senior, Arlen was named the Women's Division II Bulletin National Player of the Year after leading the NSIC in scoring at 18.1 points per game and 9.4 rebounds per contest (second in the NSIC). She shot 48 percent from the field (sixth in the NSIC) and 79.8 percent (10th in the NSIC) at the free throw line, leading WSC to its first-ever No. 1 national ranking, a 32-3 record, and first-ever trip to the NCAA Elite Eight.
As a junior in 2010-11, she became Wayne State's first-ever All-American after leading WSC in scoring (16.4 points per game) and rebounding (8.6 per game). Named NSIC Player of the Year, WBCA First Team All-American, and Daktronics Second Team All-American, she led WSC to a 26-4 record and 21-1 NSIC mark, the best record ever by a women's basketball team in league play.
As a sophomore, Arlen averaged 19.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, leading WSC to NSIC Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament appearances.
In her three-year career, Arlen scored 1,724 points (third all-time) and grabbed 821 rebounds (sixth all-time). She was a three-time All-NSIC selection, two-time NSIC Player of the Year, three-time All-Central Region, two-time Region Player of the Year, and a two-time All-American that included National Player of the Year as a senior.
Arlen just completed her fifth season playing professional basketball in Europe. She has played the past two years with the Nottingham Wildcats of the Women's British Basketball League. This season, she was named WBBL Most Valuable Player after leading the league in scoring (25.3 points per game) to go with 11.3 rebounds per contest, shooting 63 percent from the field, while helping her team win the regular season title (14-4) and advancing to the league tournament championship game.
She has also played overseas in Romania, Spain, and Germany.
Tim Hurley (Athlete) '79
Tim Hurley never played football until he came to Wayne State. A 6-2, 210-pound defensive end walk-on from Omaha Rummel High School, Hurley turned into one of Wayne State's all-time sacks leaders while earning All-District and All-Conference honors and finished his career as an NAIA Honorable Mention All-American.
Hurley was a three-year letter winner at Wayne State (1977-79) and finished his WSC career tied for second in career sacks with 30. In 1977, Hurley ranked third on the team in tackles (87) and had nine sacks and five fumble recoveries. He was NAIA All-District 11, Second Team All-CSIC, and Second Team All-Nebraska by Omaha World-Herald in 1978 after recording team-high 11 sacks and 73 tackles (third on the team) with three recoveries.
As a senior in 1979, he had 10 sacks in just nine games and ranked fifth on the team with 78 tackles. He was named NAIA All-District 11, Second Team All-CSIC, and NAIA Honorable Mention All-American.
Hurley and his wife, Laura, reside in Grand Island where he works as an account executive with FDC Publishing of the Midwest.
Troy Pribnow (Athlete) '09
Troy Pribnow played football for five seasons at Wayne State from 2004 to 2008. As a senior in 2008, the Scribner-Snyder graduate became Wayne State's first All-American since Brad Ottis (1993) and was named to five All-American teams after leading the NSIC in sacks (14), tackles for loss (22), forced fumbles (5) and fumble recoveries (4). As a senior, Pribnow ranked third in NCAA Division II in sacks and eighth in tackles for loss, helping WSC to a 9-3 record and the only NCAA Division II playoff berth in school history and tie for the NSIC South Division title.
Pribnow's 2008 All-American honors included First Team AFCA, Second Team Daktronics, Associated Press Little All-American Team, D2Football.com, and Lineman of the Year from Don Hansen's Football Gazette.
As a junior, he had 12 sacks, 20.5 tackles for loss, 69 tackles, and three fumble recoveries to earn First Team All-NSIC honors, helping WSC to a 7-5 record and a trip to the Mineral Water Bowl.
Pribnow finished his career as a First Team All-NSIC selection as a junior and senior and All-American as a senior. His 29 career sacks rank fourth all-time at WSC, while his 14 sacks as a senior tied for the second most in school history. Pribnow's 12 sacks during his junior season are sixth on the all-time list at Wayne State College.
He resides in Lincoln and serves as operations manager of Midwest Farmers Coop in Palmyra.
2006 Women's Cross Country (Team)
The 2006 Wayne State College women's cross country team won the Northern Sun Conference Championship in St. Paul, Minn., beating the University of Mary 36-49 in the seven-team competition. It is the first and so far only cross country conference championship for the Wayne State women.
WSC had five of the top 12 runners in the race (all freshmen). Megan Zavorka (second), Melissa Schmit (third), Sarah Thomsen (eighth), Molly Gibson (11th) and Megan Knudson (12th).
Two weeks later, the team finished 10th in the NCAA North Central Regional Championship hosted by WSC at the Wayne Country Club.
Curt Frye (Contributor)
Curt Frye began his career at Wayne State College in 1985, serving as associate dean of students, dean of students, and in 1993, vice president and dean of students. He served as interim president from 2003 to 2004 and also in 2010. In 2011, Frye was appointed the 12th president of Wayne State College and served until retiring in 2015.
Frye and his wife, Dianne, are avid supporters of Wayne State College and Wayne State athletics, and are trustees of the Wayne State Foundation. In 2004, they established the Curt and Dianne Frye Annual Athletic Scholarship. Curt and Dianne have also been long-time members of Cat Club and have supported several athletic improvement projects, including renovations to the track, stadium, and football field. They have also given to the Wayne State Foundation's Greatest Needs Fund and supported the renovations to the Willow Bowl and Conn Library.
A native of Elk City, Neb., Curt holds a bachelor's degree in education from Midland Lutheran College in Fremont and a master's degree in education from Chadron State College. Prior to coming to WSC, he was a teacher and coach at Cody-Kilgore and a guidance counselor in Neligh and Wayne.
Frye has served the community of Wayne for many years as a member of Kiwanis and president of Wayne Area Economic Development Board, and is a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church.
Curt and Dianne live in Wayne and have two children and two grandchildren.
2016 Inductees
Jennifer Hefner (Athlete) '11
Jennifer Hefner was a standout volleyball player at Wayne State from 2007 to 2010. The Central City, Neb., graduate was a steady performer for the Wildcats who helped WSC qualify for the NCAA Tournament all four years while winning one NSIC Tournament title. Individually, she was the first female athlete in school history to earn All-American honors on the court and in the classroom.
As a senior, Hefner was an ESPN Academic First Team All-American and AVCA Second Team All-American after averaging 3.38 kills and 1.13 blocks per set. She was First Team All-NSIC for a third straight season and ranked third in the NSIC in blocks, fourth in points per set, seventh in kills per set and eighth in hitting percentage (.331). She also helped lead WSC to a pair of No. 1 national rankings during the season. Hefner also joined 2014 Hall of Famer Emily Schroeder as the only player in school history to have 12 blocks in a match (vs. SMSU at Premier Classic in Denver).
During her junior season, Hefner averaged 3.72 kills and 1.22 blocks per set and was AVCA Second Team All-American and ESPN Academic All-American First Team. She was named AVCA National Player of the Week during her junior and senior seasons. As a sophomore, she was First Team All-NSIC, Second Team All-Central Region and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District.
For her career, Hefner ranks first in hitting percentage at WSC at .313, fourth in career kills (1,540), second in block assists (453) and fifth in total blocks (541). She was named WSC Female Scholar Athlete of the Year as a junior and senior, and WSC Female Athlete of the Year during her junior season. Hefner also earned the prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship Award that helped her get into occupational therapy school at Creighton. Hefner currently resides in St. Louis where she is an occupational therapist at a rehabilitation hospital.
Kathy (Dalton) Hinrichs (Athlete) '97
A graduate of Waverly High School in Waverly, Neb., Kathy (Dalton) Hinrichs was a four-year letter winner in cross country as well as track and field at Wayne State. In cross country, Hinrichs placed 24th as a senior at the NCAA North Central Regional in Omaha and was named GTE CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American.
During her four years in track and field, Hinrichs achieved 24 school records for indoor and outdoor track and field, and was voted GTE CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American during her senior season. Hinrichs was named Wayne State's Female Athlete of the Year as a senior in 1996-97 and was a three-time Bob Cunningham Female Scholar Athlete of the Year. Hinrichs was also a three-time GTE Academic All-District VII selection.
Hinrichs currently resides in Elkhorn with her husband, Steven, and their three children. She works as an accountant in Omaha.
Dustin Jones (Athlete) '07
Dustin Jones, a graduate of Bishop Heelan Catholic High School in Sioux City, Iowa, was a standout center fielder for the Wildcats during his career from 2004 to 2007. He helped WSC win four NSIC regular season titles, three NSIC Tournament titles, and played in the NCAA Tournament all four years, which included a regional championship game appearance in 2004.
Jones was a First Team All-NSIC selection as a junior and senior, and honorable mention as a freshman and sophomore. He was named to the NSIC All-Tournament Team three times and was MVP of the 2005 tournament as a sophomore. Jones was Second Team All-Region as a junior and was named All-American by Rawlings/ABCA and Daktronics during his senior season. He also excelled in the classroom, earning Academic All-American honors First Team as a senior and Third Team as a junior. Jones was the WSC Male Athlete of the Year as a junior and senior, and was the Male Scholar Athlete of the Year as a senior.
Jones is currently the all-time leader at Wayne State College in hits (276), runs scored (236), and triples (16), while ranking second in career at bats (741) and third in stolen bases (79-96). His record as a player was 163-63-1. Following his days at Wayne State, Jones played five seasons with the Sioux City Explorers in the American Association. In 2008, he was third in the league in stolen bases, fourth in on-base percentage and fifth in walks.
Jones and his wife, 2014 WSC Hall of Famer Emily Schroeder (volleyball), reside in Omaha with their two kids. Jones works in the marketing/advertising department at the Omaha World-Herald.
2004 and 2005 Wayne State Baseball (Teams)
The 2004 and 2005 Wayne State College baseball teams won more games (89) in a two-year span than any teams in school history. The 2004 team was 44-18, winning the NSIC regular season (19-8 record) and tournament championships, while advancing to the NCAA Central Regional Championship game. The 2004 team hosted the NSIC Tournament for the first time and ended the year ranked 24th in the country. Nathan Miller was named NSIC Pitcher of the Year and was an All-Central Region selection. Senior first baseman Tim Richt hit .478 with 13 home runs and was named NSIC Co-Player of the Year, First Team All-Central Region and Rawlings/ABCA First Team All-American.
The 2005 team finished 45-14 and won the NSIC regular season (19-3 record) and tournament titles for a second straight season. WSC also advanced to the NCAA Central Regional Tournament and finished third with a 1-2 record. Sophomore pitcher Nick Schumacher was named the NSIC Pitcher of the Year after going 8-2 with 80 strikeouts and a 2.88 ERA. Senior outfielder Brian Van Driel led the Wildcat offense with a .429 batting average and was voted NSIC Newcomer of the Year along with NCBWA All-American Second Team honors. Wayne State hosted the NSIC Tournament for a second straight season and defeated Southwest Minnesota State in the title game. Sophomore outfielder Dustin Jones was voted the Most Valuable Player of the NSIC Tournament.
James Lindau (Contributor)
Dr. James "Jim" Lindau, a native of Wahoo, Neb., and graduate of Wahoo High School, is a proud supporter of Wayne State College and Wayne State athletics. Lindau served as a family physician in Wayne for 37 years. He practiced family medicine in Wayne from 1979 until retiring in 2016. Lindau attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine (UNMC) and completed a Lincoln Family Medicine Residency.
Lindau enjoys attending athletic events and participating in athletic functions, such as the Catbacker Golf Tournament and Omaha Golf Classic. He is also a member of the WSC Athletic Department Cat Club. Lindau has supported many campus projects and scholarships, including the Conn Library Renovation, Willow Bowl Fund and Carhart Science Building Renovation.
Lindau has served as a Wayne State Foundation Trustee since 1992 and is a member of the President's Society. He is currently a Wayne State Foundation Executive Board Member, and has been a past chair of the Audit and Finance Committee on the Executive Board and a past Board President.
Lindau and his wife, Joyce Reeg, a 1985 graduate of Wayne State College, reside in Wayne.
2015 Inductees
Lindsey (Koch) Pittman (Athlete) '02
Lindsey Koch Pittman was a four-year volleyball standout from Norfolk that played at Wayne State from 1998-2001. She is Wayne State's all-time leader in career kills with 1,651 and ranks second all-time in career digs with 1,874 and was one of the first players in school history to have 500 kills and 400 digs in the same season. Lindsey was a three-time All-NSIC First Team selection in volleyball and was Second Team Daktronics All-Central Region as a senior.
During junior season, Koch Pittman helped WSC to a 24-9 record and tied for the NSIC regular season title with Southwest Minnesota State as both teams went 16-2 in league play. Lindsey was a three-year team captain and was named the WSC Female Athlete of the Year in both 2001 and 2002 and is one of only six players in school history to have 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs in volleyball.
Vicki (Wamberg) Byrkit (Athlete) '85
Vicki Wamberg Byrkit, formerly of Wausa, was a standout high jumper in high school and at Wayne State during her Wildcat career from 1982-85. Vicki held the school record at Wayne State for 22 years and was a two-time All-American, placing fifth in the NAIA Indoor National Championships clearing 5' 4" and fourth at the 1984 NAIA Indoor National Championships (5' 6"). Wamberg Byrkit was also a three-time outdoor national qualifier at WSC and placed second at the CSIC Meet as a sophomore, junior and senior while also winning the NAIA District 11 Meet as a sophomore. In high school, Wamberg Byrkit was a four-year state qualifier in the high jump at Wausa and placed at state twice. Her father, Dale, and five of the six Wamberg children graduated from Wayne State. Vicki resides in David City where she has been employed at David City Public School since 1993 and currently works as a second grade teacher.
Katie Wilson (Athlete) '09
Katie Wilson, formerly of Glenwood, Iowa, was a standout thrower for the Wayne State women's track and field team from 2005-09. She helped WSC to three straight runner up finishes at the NSIC Indoor Championships, winning two NSIC indoor shot put titles (2005, 2006) and five conference titles in the outdoor season - 2005 shot put, 2008 discus and hammer throw and 2009 shot put and discus. Wilson was a four-time All-American at WSC, highlighted by the 2008 outdoor national title in the shot put that made her the first female NCAA national champion in school history. Other All-American honors included 2006 indoor shot put (5th), 2008 indoor shot put (4th) and 2008 outdoor discus (5th). Wilson held school records in five events and was the 2005 NSIC Outdoor Newcomer of the Year and 2006 NSIC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year. She is currently a third grade teacher and assistant softball/track and field coach at Nebraska City High School.
Randy Pedersen (Contributor) '71
Randy Pedersen graduated from Wayne State College with a degree in business administration. He worked as a financial planner until 1972. Pedersen accepted a position with Zales Jewelers and served as a store manager until 1978 when he purchased a local jewelry store that he renamed The Diamond Center. This business is now The Diamond Center - Flowers & Wine. He has served on the Wayne city council and planning commission, served as past President of the Wayne Area Chamber of Commerce, and served as chairman for the Business Improvement District on the reconstruction of Main Street. A member of WAEDI and the Wayne Rotary Club, Pedersen has been involved in the jewelry industry as past President of the Nebraska, South Dakota Jewelers Association and is on the Board of Directors. He is a member of the Jewelers of America, Jewelers Security Alliance and sits on the Merchandise Review Committee for Retail Jewelers Organization, a buying group of more than 900 independent jewelers across the nation. Pedersen also serves on the Providence Medical Center Board of Trustees and the Little Red Hen Board of Trustees. He received the Wayne State College Alumni Achievement Award in 2007. Pedersen has committed his time and support to Wayne State College as a Cat Club member, corporate sponsor, long-time season ticket holder of Wildcat Athletics, a trustee of the Wayne State Foundation, Executive Committee member and past President of the Wayne State Foundation.
2014 Inductees
Dale Clayton (Athlete) '88
Clayton was a standout baseball player at WSC from 1985 to 1988. He holds the career record for stolen bases and was the school's career hits leader for nearly 20 seasons. The Marshalltown, Iowa, native was a First Team All-CSIC selection in 1987 and a First Team All-NAIA District 11 selection in 1988 as a senior. He is the all-time leader in stolen bases with 135, 52 more than any other player in school history. He ranks fourth in career runs scored (189), sixth in career hits (217) and tied for third in career walks with 109. He helped the 1987 team to a 34-14 record, and went on to win the NAIA District 11 title and play at the NAIA Regional. Clayton resides in Omaha where he serves as the account executive with World Bridge Partners.
Cory Reeder (Athlete) '94, MSE '98
Reeder was a two-sport standout at WSC from 1989 to 1994. The Columbus High School graduate started as catcher on the baseball team and was a starter for more than two seasons on the Wildcat football team at linebacker and was named the 1993 WSC Male Athlete of the Year. Reeder is considered the best-ever defensive catcher at WSC, throwing out 63 percent of would-be base stealers as a sophomore in 1992 while hitting .317 with a team-high nine home runs and 33 RBIs with seven game-winning hits. On the football field, he had 98 tackles and 13 tackles for loss during his senior season to rank second on the team in tackles. He recorded 23 tackles in one game during his sophomore season. He resides in Columbus. He and his spouse own two restaurants.
Emily (Schroeder) Jones (Athlete) '08
Jones was a dominant volleyball player during her three seasons at WSC. The Laurel-Concord graduate was a First Team All-NSIC selection and became the Wildcats' first-ever All-American as she was named AVCA and Daktronics Second Team All-American in 2006 and 2007. She ranks first and second in single season kills, setting a school record with 599 kills as a junior and 591 kills during her senior season. Jones played on three NCAA tournament teams and led WSC to the 2007 NSIC Tournament title. She holds school records for 32 kills in one match and 13 blocks in three different matches. Jones excelled in the classroom earning ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team honors as a junior and was a two-time NSIC All-Academic selection. She resides in Omaha where she works as a physical therapist assistant.
Dennis H. Johnson (Contributor) '63
Dennis H. Johnson is a 1963 graduate of Wayne State College and has been a long-time contributor to the Wildcat athletic programs, especially men's basketball. He has made donations to numerous athletic projects at WSC, including the field turf/stadium project in 2013 and the track/stadium project in 2008. Johnson, a native of Wausa, played basketball at Wayne State from 1959 to 1963. Johnson was a coach and teacher for 35 years, spending the last 28 in Westminster, Colo., with the Adams County School District #50 where he still works part-time as stadium manager and athletics manager. He visits Wayne State College on an annual basis and attends numerous Wayne State home sporting events.
2006 Volleyball (Team)
The 2006 WSC team finished with a 30-8 record overall, placing second in the NSIC with a 15-3 league mark. The 30 wins are the third most by a Wildcat volleyball team in school history. WSC advanced to the NCAA Division II National Tournament and fell to Concordia-St. Paul in the North Central Regional semi-finals. Emily Schroeder, Brittany Coleman, Laura Dolezal and Michelle Eckhardt were named to the NSIC All-Conference Team while Dolezal earned her second straight NSIC Libero of the Year award. Schroeder was third in the NSIC averaging 4.63 kills per game while leading the league at 1.50 blocks per contest, resulting in her receiving AVCA and Daktronics Second Team All-American honors. Coleman averaged 13.81 assists per set to earn First Team All-Region and honorable mention All-American honors. 2006 team members: Ann Beiermann, Mattie Burnham, Brittany Coleman, Amanda Hansen, Meredy Dubbs, Michelle Eckhardt, Amanda Johnson, Jordan Schaffer, Emily Schroeder, Laura Dolezal, Brittany Van Beek, Ashley Vogt, Danielle Wessel, Tessa Wietfeld; head coach, Scott Kneifl; assistant coach, Sara Horn; graduate assistant coach, Lindsay Burnham.
2013 Inductees
Tanna (Walford) Albin (Athlete) '07
Albin was a standout high jumper lettering all four years for the Wildcats from 2004 to 2007. The York Public Schools graduate won the NSIC Indoor Championship three times and had one outdoor title. In the 2005 indoor season she was named the NSIC Field Athlete of the Year. She was a three-time NCAA indoor national qualifier and a two-time national outdoor qualifier placing seventh in the high jump at both national meets as a senior. She excelled in the classroom earning USTFCCCA All-Academic honors three times (2005-07) and in 2007 was just one of two WSC athletes in the past 10 years to earn an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship. She received her doctorate of medicine degree from the Nebraska Medical Center in 2012 and serves as a doctor of medicine for Family Practice at St. Vincent Health Systems, Carmel, Inc.
Cindy (Stella '82) and Steve Zelinsky '82 (Athletes)
Cindy lettered four years for the WSC Softball team from 1979 to 1982. She earned All-CSIC and NAIA All-District 11 honors during her senior season as a pitcher and during her junior season helped WSC to a seventh place finish at the NAIA National Tournament. After college, she was a successful coach at the collegiate and international level including stops as pitching coach at Minnesota (1992-94) and to develop a program at Washington University in Missouri (1999-2005). She led the team to four NCAA Division III National Tournaments, including a seventh place finish in 2005. She was co-head coach of an 18U Gold team that competed in the women's division at the Canadian International Open in 2012.
Steve was a four-year letter winner for the Wayne State football team from 1978 to 1981. He was a three-time All-CSIC offensive lineman and was NAIA All-District 11 First Team his senior year. He lives in Chesterfield, Mo., where he has won numerous awards in the restaurant industry, including several Vendor of the Year awards in a chain of 350 stores. He has coached youth football and baseball in Chesterfield for the past seven years.
Ryun Williams (Coach)
Williams spent nine seasons (1998-2008) as head women's basketball coach at WSC and is the school's all-time winningest coach with a record of 182-106. He turned the Wildcats into a Northern Sun Conference and North Central/Central Region contender. While at WSC, he led the 'Cats to the 2005-06 NSIC regular season and tournament titles with a then school record 27 wins (27-4) and the school's first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. In three of his last four seasons, he led the Wildcats to 20 wins or more with two more NCAA Tournament appearances. His 2007-08 team was 22-10 and knocked off national power #6 North Dakota in the first round of the North Central Regional. Ryun moved on to Division I ranks where he spent four seasons at the University of South Dakota, his alma mater. He is now the head coach at Colorado State.
2006 Men's Track and Field (Team)
The 2006 Wayne State College men's track and field team captured NSIC Indoor and Outdoor Championships and, coupled with the 2005 cross country team in the fall, pulled off a rare triple crown that season with conference titles. The indoor team scored 166 points and had three conference champions: Ben Jansen-800 meter run, Matt Schneider-1,000 meter run and the distance medley relay team. The outdoor team racked up 225 points to win the conference title and swept all four post season awards. Jansen was NSIC Track Athlete and Newcomer of the Year, JJ Washington was NSIC Field Athlete of the Year and Marlon Brink was NSIC Coach of the Year. It was the first of back-to-back years that Wayne State swept indoor and outdoor conference titles in track and field.
Roland Lentz '56 (Contributor)
Lentz grew up in Coleridge, Neb., and is a 1956 graduate of Wayne State College. He was involved with Lambda Delta Lambda and Kappa Mu Epsilon as a WSC student. He received a master of arts degree from the University of South Dakota in 1957. Roland taught at WSC from 1957 to 1959. He served as an instructor and math professor at Mankato State, Minnesota from 1962 to 1999. After his teaching career, he retired and moved back to the Wayne area. Lentz is a strong supporter of Wayne State College and can be found at most home sporting events. He has been a Cat Club member since 2005. Roland was a major contributor to the Athletic Facility's Turf, Track and Soccer project. He supports math scholarships at Wayne State College, where he has been a donor for more than 30 years.
2012 Inductees
Dave Bross (Athlete) '68
Dave Bross, a defensive end from Minneapolis, was a starter from 1964 to 1967 at WSC and earned Nebraska College Conference All-Conference honors three seasons while making the NAIA All-District 11 football team as a senior in 1967. He was captain and MVP on defense in 1967 and was honorable mention All-American as a senior. After his playing days at WSC, Bross went on to coach football and baseball at Anoka High School in Minnesota for 26 years. His teams won Minnesota Class 4AAA state football titles in 1990 and 2000 and were Region 4AAA baseball champs in 1984, 1987 and 1995, winning Region Coach of the Year honors each season. He resides in Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Ronald Coles II (Athlete) '75
Ron Coles was a standout football lineman and wrestler at Wayne State from 1970 to 1973. A graduate of Marshall High School in Indianapolis, Ind., Coles was a three-time letter winner in football and was a two-time NAIA All-American in wrestling. He was a starting offensive lineman as a sophomore then moved to starting defensive tackle as a junior and senior earning NAIA Honorable Mention All-District 11 honors his last two seasons. In wrestling he placed third at heavyweight in 1972 and was sixth in 1974. Coles resides in Columbus.
Karen Hochstein (Athlete) '03
Karen Hochstein started all but three games during her four-year women's basketball career from 1999 to 2003. The Hartington Cedar Catholic graduate ranks fifth all-time in career scoring with 1,530 points and is third in career rebounds with 845. Hochstein averaged 14.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per game during her career. She ranks as one of the top all-time shooters, making 49.4 percent of her shots from the field (537 of 1087) and 70.2 percent (454 of 646) at the free throw line. Hochstein also excelled in the classroom as a WSC Presidential Scholar Athlete, three-time NSIC All-Academic selection and was twice named to the Verizon Academic All-District Team. She resides in Omaha.
Jim Paige (Administrator/Coach) 1975-2004
Jim Paige served as Wayne State's athletic faculty representative for nearly 30 years (1975 until his retirement in 2004). Paige was a WSC professor of mathematics from 1968 until 2004 and is still involved in Wildcat athletics, serving as a track official for numerous home track and field events. Paige served as a member of the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame board of directors. He received the Distinguished Contributor of the Year Award from the National Federation of High School Associations in 2000 and in 2002 was presented with the Nebraska School Activities Association Distinguished Service Award. Paige was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 at the Northeast Nebraska Track and Field Classic in Norfolk. He resides in Wayne.
2011 Inductees
Don and Nancy Endicott (Contributors)
The Endicotts have been owners of Pac N Save in Wayne since 1987 and have been loyal supporters of Wayne State College and Wildcat athletics. You can normally find Don cooking at Wayne State Wildcats football tailgate parties. Pac N Save also caters the Cat Club booster meals at all home basketball games and provides meals for the annual Catbacker Scholarship Golf Tournament every June. Pac N Save employs numerous Wayne State College students and awards annual scholarships to Wayne State College, including two student appreciation scholarships each semester that encourage and enable students to pursue and attain a WSC degree. They also offer an employee scholarship annually to students employed at Pac N Save and attending WSC.
John Manganaro (Coach) '93, MSE '94
John Manganaro served 20 seasons as coach with the Wayne State baseball program from 1990 to 2009. He was the head coach for 17 seasons and compiled an impressive career record of 506-309-1 (.620). Manganaro coached Wayne State to six straight Northern Sun Conference regular season titles from 2004 to 2009 and guided the Wildcats to seven NCAA tournament appearances in his last nine seasons as head coach. He led the Wildcats to a pair of regional championship games in 2004 and 2009 and produced All-Americans in six of his last seven seasons as head coach. Under Manganaro, Wayne State was the 12th winningest team in NCAA Division II during the 2000s, going 368-157-1 (.701). WSC also developed one of the finest baseball facilities in the Midwest under Manganaro, the Pete Chapman Baseball Complex.
Mark Vollmer (Athlete) '88
Mark Vollmer, a Wisner, Neb., graduate, was a two-time All-American triple jumper at Wayne State during his Wildcat career from 1984 to 1988. He holds school records of 48' 4 1/2" indoors and 48' 11" outdoors, with both coming in the 1988 season despite competing with back problems during his career. Vollmer was sixth in the triple jump at the 1985 NAIA Indoor National meet at 47' 9" and was fifth as a senior in the 1988 NAIA Indoor National meet at 47' 7 1/2'". Vollmer was a one-time school record holder in the javelin and is married to former Wayne High and Wayne State standout athlete Missy Stoltenberg, whose father, Del, was a long time football coach at Wayne State and a 2006 Inductee into the WSC Athletic Hall of Fame.
Dennis Kirby (Athlete) '68
Dennis Kirby was a three-year starter at fullback on the Wayne State football team for the 1964-66 seasons with a record of 18-8 playing under Coach John Jermier. Kirby was named Most Valuable Player in the 1965 and 1966 seasons and was a two-time All-Nebraska College Conference selection along with receiving honorable mention All-American honors in 1966 as a senior. He was the leading rusher on the 1966 team with 459 yards on 61 carries and six TD's (7.5 avg.) for 91.8 yards per game. Kirby rushed for 465 yards as a junior and was the placekicker, leading the team in scoring with 40 points. Kirby is a graduate of David City High School where he was a two time All-State football player.
Rayna Nelsen Cain (Athlete) '04, MSE '06
Rayna Nelsen was a standout volleyball player at Wayne State College from 1999 to 2002. The Homer, Neb., native was a four time All-Northern Sun Conference First Team selection and finished her Wildcat volleyball career ranking fourth on the all-time kills list with 1,517. Nelsen helped Wayne State to the 2001 NSIC regular season title, going 16-2 in league play while finishing 24-9 overall. During her senior season in 2002 she recorded 534 kills, which ranks fifth most in a single season. She also finished her career ranked third in block assists with 388. She was the first Wayne State Athlete to be named All-NSIC all four seasons and was an AVCA All-North Region Honorable Mention selection as a senior.
2010 Inductees
Brad Joens (Athlete) '01
Brad Joens, who played for Wayne State from 1997 to 2001, ranks as the all-time leader in three pointer baskets with 310 and ranks fourth in career scoring with 1,556 points. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native was a two-time All Northern Sun Conference selection and helped WSC make back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances (1998-99 and 1999-2000). He averaged 15.5 points per game in his junior season in 1999-2000, helping WSC win the Northern Sun Conference and reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. He made 9 of 9 three-pointers, a single game school record, vs. MSU Moorhead on Jan. 14, 2000.
Bill Schwartz (Athlete) '83
Wayne native Bill Schwartz was a standout baseball player at Wayne State from 1979 to 1982. Schwartz holds the career home run record at Wayne State with 37 and ranks fourth in career runs batted in with 178. He was a three-time All NAIA District 11 selection and First Team All Central States Intercollegiate Conference in 1981 after setting then school records with 18 homers, 67 RBI's and 61 hits during the season. The first baseman was an NAIA honorable mention All-American selection in 1980 after hitting .384 with seven homers and 32 RBI's in his sophomore season.
Greg Walker (Athlete) '72
Greg Walker was Wayne State's leading receiver for three straight seasons during his four-year career (1967-70) with the Wildcats. He was Wayne State's top receiver with 20 catches for 363 yards and was the team's leading scorer with eight touchdowns on the 1970 team that went 7-3 and qualified for the Mineral Water Bowl. The Omaha Westside graduate finished his career averaging 14.8 yards per catch. Walker also competed in swimming at Wayne State and was a conference champion in the 100 yard butterfly in the 1969-70 season.
Marilyn Strate (Coach) '81 BAE, '85 MSE
Marilyn Strate posted winning records coaching volleyball and softball in the mid 1980s at Wayne State. She still ranks as the winningest coach in WSC softball history, going 142-78 in her five years as head coach from 1984 to 1988. Strate never had a losing season in softball and coached the Wildcats to back-to-back 30-win seasons, going 30-20 in 1985 and 32-14 in 1986. In volleyball, Strate posted a 123-103-1 record in five seasons as head coach from 1983 to 1987. She had winning records in four of her five seasons as head coach.
2001 Wayne State Baseball Team (Team)
The 2001 Wayne State baseball team went 35-10 with a 12-2 record in the Northern Sun Conference. The 'Cats were NSIC Tournament Champions and advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in school history. Coach John Manganaro was named NSIC Coach of the Year and Brady Borner was named NSIC Pitcher of the Year after going 9-2 with a 2.74 ERA and 103 strikeouts on the season.
Darold '46 and Maxine Bartels Bobier '45 (Contributors)
Darold is a 1946 graduate of Wayne State where he lettered in three sports. He served 34 years as a teacher and administrator in the Denver Public School system, retiring in 1987. He also taught and coached at Cleghorn, Iowa, (1946-48) and Hartington, Neb. (1948-53). Maxine is a retired elementary teacher. Darold and Maxine have contributed to academic and athletic department scholarships, Rice athletic facilities, the track stadium project and athletic clubs. They are loyal supporters of WSC, returning annually to attend Homecoming events. They are Wayne State Foundation trustees and Heritage Society members.
2009 Inductees
Amy Broderson (Athlete)
Arguably one of the best ball handling and shooting guards in Wayne State women's basketball history, Amy Broderson was a four-year starter from 1993 to 1997. The O'Neill, Neb., native ranks seventh in career scoring with 1,281 points and is third in career steals (194) and third in career assists with 396. She started 95 out of 105 career games and averaged 12.2 points, 4.46 rebounds and 3.77 assists per game and made 46.6 percent of her shots from the field during her career. Broderson helped the 1993-94 team go 22-5 overall, including a perfect 12-0 at home, the first-ever WSC women's basketball team to go unbeaten at home during the season. As a senior, Broderson averaged a career-high 15.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.79 assists per game.
Byron Chamberlain (Athlete)
Byron Chamberlain was a standout wide receiver at Wayne State from 1993 to 1994, leading to a successful nine-year career in the National Football League. In his two seasons with the Wildcats, Chamberlain had 161 catches for 1,941 yards and 14 touchdowns. Chamberlain had 78 catches for 1,015 yards and seven touchdowns in 1993 to help the 9-1 Wildcats lead NCAA Division II in total offense that season. He added another 83 catches for 926 yards in 1994. The 83 catches are the second most in a single season by a Wildcat receiver. His 16 catches against Bemidji State during the 1994 season ranks second most in a single game by a WSC receiver. Chamberlain then went on to a successful nine-year career in the NFL, starting with the Denver Broncos. In 2001, Chamberlain had 57 catches for 666 yards with the Minnesota Vikings to earn NFL Pro Bowl honors at tight end. He finished his NFL career with 167 receptions for 2,048 yards and six touchdowns, averaging 12.3 yards per catch.
Matt Kneifl (Athlete)
Matt Kneifl was a standout hurdler for the Wildcat track and field teams from 1997 to 2001, winning four Northern Sun Conference individual titles to go with All-American honors in 2001. Kneifl, a graduate of Newcastle High School in Nebraska, finished seventh at the NCAA Division II Indoor Nationals in 2001 in the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 7.55 seconds to earn All-American honors. He also was an Academic All-American in 2001. Kneifl was the NSIC champion in the 110 and 400 meter hurdles in outdoor track in 2000 and in 2001 won the 55 meter hurdles title (indoors) and the 110 meter hurdles title during the outdoor season. Kneifl works for Edward Jones Investments in West Des Moines, Iowa.
1998-99 and 1999-2000 Men's Basketball Teams (Teams)
The 1998-99 and 1999-2000 men's basketball teams made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances under Coach Greg McDermott, going 23-5 in 98-99 and 26-6 in 1999-2000. The 1998-99 team earned the top seed and hosted the NCAA Division II North Central Regional Tournament. The 1999-2000 team won a school-record 26 games and captured the Northern Sun Conference regular season and post-season tournament titles. The 'Cats advanced to the NCAA Division II National Tournament for the second straight season and defeated St. Cloud State and South Dakota before falling to eventual national champion Metro State in the North Central Regional championship game. Greg McDermott was named the 1999-2000 NSIC Coach of the Year while Jon Dolliver, Eric Henderson and Brad Joens were selected to the 1999-2000 NSIC All-Conference Team. The two teams combined went 49-11 during the successful two-year run.
Carlyle Garvin – Posthumously (Contributor)
The Garvin family has been longtime supporters of Wayne State College. Carlyle Garvin was a member of the 1939 Wayne State College football team and later founded Wayne Sporting Goods in Wayne in 1958. For many years, Garvin officiated at the Wayne State College spring football game and Wildcats alumni basketball games. In the 1970s when Wayne State women's sports were still club sports, Garvin would buy the gas while local businessman and friend Roy Coryell would provide the vehicles to transport Wayne State women's teams on road trips. Garvin also provided jobs for WSC student athletes in the summer and paid for coaches' clinics throughout the school year.
2008 Inductees
Al Svenningson (Coach)
Al Svenningson has the most wins of any men's basketball coach in Wayne State College history, compiling a 121-73 record in his eight seasons as head coach of the Wildcats from 1959 to 1967. He never had a losing season as head coach, posting a top record of 19-7 during the 1959-60 season and finishing 18-8 in 1961-62. His eight years as head coach matches Rico Burkett and Charles Obye as the longest tenured coaches in school history. Svenningson coached 18 years at Alaska-Fairbanks and has more than 30 years of coaching experience. He is a native of Winona, Minn., where he starred in football and basketball at Winona High School and then Winona State.
Eric Henderson '00 (Athlete)
Hard work made blue-collar player Eric Henderson one of the school's all-time rebounding leaders under coach Greg McDermott during his playing career from 1996 to 2000. Henderson ranks fourth in career rebounds (876) and second in a single season with 352 rebounds during his senior season when WSC went 26-6 and made the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division II National Tournament. In his senior season, Henderson scored 373 points (11.7 ppg) and grabbed 352 rebounds (11.0 rpg) to nearly double his career numbers in one season. Henderson also ranks second in career steals with 160. Henderson currently is in his third season as an assistant coach at Iowa State University under former WSC head coach Greg McDermott.
Sarah Herrick Wagenfuhr '02 (Athlete)
Sarah Herrick was an outstanding two-sport star at Wayne State College from 1998 to 2002, excelling in soccer and softball. The native of Elkhorn was a four-time All-Northern Sun Conference performer in softball and a three-time All-NSIC selection in soccer. Herrick is the school's all-time leader in soccer goals with 72, including a school-record 23 goals in the 2001 season. She also is the career leader in assists in soccer with 51. Herrick also holds numerous school records in softball and leads in career hits with 201 while ranking second in career at-bats with 606. She had 62 hits in the 2002 season, a school record until this past season.
James McGown '98 (Athlete)
James McGown was Wayne State's first NCAA All-American in cross country and second in track and field during a stellar running career from 1994 to 1998. He was a two-time NCAA national qualifier in cross country (1995 and 1997) and finished third at the 1995 NCAA Regional meet with a new school record time of 31:41 on the 10,000 meter course. In 1997, McGown placed 28th at NCAA National Meet to become Wayne State's first All-American in cross country since AD Benson was NAIA All-American in 1966. In track and field, McGown was an NCAA All-American in the 1998 indoor season with a fourth-place finish in the 5,000 meter run (14:34.19). Since graduating from WSC, McGown has competed in marathons at the Olympic Trials in 2004 and 2008. He recently won the USATF Marathon Trails Championships in Deadwood, S.D. McGown currently serves as head cross country coach and assistant track and field coach at Sidney High School in Sidney, Neb.
Dr. Donald Mash (Contributor)
Dr. Donald Mash served as president at Wayne State College from 1988 to 1998 and promoted the school's transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II athletics. Under Mash's tenure, Wayne State experienced record growth in enrollment, going from 2,875 students in 1988 to 4,000 students in 1991. The school underwent numerous improvements during Mash's tenure, including the modernization of the school's on-campus physical plant, transformation of campus technology and construction of the Gardner Business Building, the first new academic building constructed on the WSC campus in more than 20 years, just to name a few of the many projects. He provided leadership for such programs at WSC as the Rural Health Opportunities Program, started in 1991, and formed partnerships with numerous area institutions to provide more academic opportunities for students in northeast Nebraska. Mash worked for nearly 40 years in higher education.


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Can Big Cuz find his 'happily ever after' playing with Anthony Davis?
Writers in recent years have composed opuses on the question that defines our times:
Was DeMarcus Cousins' volatility a primary reason for the Sacramento Kings' chronic dysfunction? Or did the Kings' persistent organizational chaos bring out some of Big Cuz's less-appealing traits?
At last, we are going to get the answer.
If you are a Kentucky Wildcats fan who relishes a UK connection to basketball's biggest stories, you have loved these past few days. Everyone has been talking about the surprise trade that has paired former UK big men Cousins and Anthony Davis on the New Orleans Pelicans' front line.
In exchange for Cousins — a three-time NBA All-Star — and forward Omri Casspi, Sacramento received guards Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans and Langston Galloway, plus 2017 first- and second-round draft picks from New Orleans.
Back when he was knocking over banks, John Dillinger never pulled off a heist of the magnitude of what New Orleans has executed.
February 20, 2017
With Davis and Cousins, New Orleans now employs, arguably, two of the NBA's three most talented big men. The Pelicans boast the only two NBA players to average more than 20 points and 10 rebounds per game in each of the past four seasons.
And get this: Cousins is 26, and Davis is 23.
The questions that emerge as a result of the trade are tantalizing.
Can Cousins and Davis play together?
It is not unprecedented in NBA history for two of an era's best big men to be paired. David Robinson and Tim Duncan combined to win San Antonio's first two NBA championships in 1999 and 2003. Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon together took the Houston Rockets to the 1986 NBA Finals.
What makes New Orleans adding Cousins to Davis so fascinating is that it runs 180 degrees contrary to the current "small ball" fascination in the NBA.
In a league where the best teams now tend to play four men behind the three-point line, can a franchise employing Davis and Cousins together successfully guard?
It's hard to imagine the 6-foot-11, 270-pound Cousins defending on the perimeter. It is easy to conceive of the 6-11, 253-pound Davis — long and athletic — doing so.
The quandary is, if you use Davis to guard out on the floor, you are taking the premier shot blocker of this generation away from the basket.
Of course, those "small ball" teams also have to guard Big Cuz and The Brow, too.
Fair or not, most of the post-trade scrutiny will be on Cousins. There are few more polarizing figures in the NBA.
A player currently averaging 27.8 points, 10.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists has self-evident virtues.
Cousins has continued to develop his game as a pro. Over his first five years in the NBA, Cousins made a combined 11 three-pointers. Last year and so far this season, he has made 165 treys.
Yet even as Cousins' individual skills blossomed, Sacramento's bottom line did not. In Cousins' six-and-a-half seasons, the Kings went 188-345 — a 35.3 winning percentage.
According to nbaminer.com, Cousins leads the NBA this season in having his shot blocked (89), offensive fouls (40) and technical fouls (12).
ESPN stats and info reports that, since Cousins entered the NBA in 2010-11, he is first in the league in technicals (105), fouling out of games (46) and ejections (12).
Nearing the point in which Sacramento had choose whether to offer Cousins — whose contract expires after the 2017-18 season — a five-year, $209 million contract extension, the Kings apparently decided they could not change their dysfunctional franchise ethos as long as Cousins was their marquee player.
As winning "cultures" go, New Orleans is hardly San Antonio. Since drafting Davis No. 1 overall in 2012, the Pelicans are 159-226 (41.3 winning percentage).
When #BBN see @AntDavis23 and @boogiecousins are teammates #Pelicans @KentuckyMBB #WinTheNight pic.twitter.com/mnpGhOdtPr— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) February 20, 2017
Still, for Cousins, New Orleans represents a fresh start with one of the elite talents in the game, Davis, at his side.
This is Big Cuz's chance to show the Kings — and his many other doubters — he can be a winning basketball player in the NBA.
Mark Story: 859-231-3230, @markcstory


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While the Federal Reserve (Fed)'s announcement last week of further tapering was widely expected, investors were temporarily taken aback - at least for a day - by the prospect of an earlier-than-expected rate hike.
New Fed Chair Janet Yellen's comment that the Fed could hike short-term rates six-months following the end of quantitative easing (QE) came as a surprise. If the Fed follows through, and continues its current pace of tapering, this could mean rate hikes in the spring of 2015, earlier than the markets had previously forecasted.
The notion that interest rates might rise somewhat earlier than expected was also reinforced by more optimistic economic projections from Fed members.
While the path of future rates is still data dependent, and it's not yet entirely clear whether the market interpreted the Fed correctly, the possibility of higher rates does have three implications for investors, as I write in my new weekly commentary.
A stronger dollar. Higher U.S. rates - particularly at a time when Japan continues to aggressively ease monetary policy and the European Central Bank may be forced to also ease given persistent deflationary pressure - suggest a stronger dollar (which rallied sharply last week).
More volatility in short to intermediate duration bonds. As I've been discussing for most of the year, short and intermediate duration Treasury bonds - those in the three- to seven-year vicinity - are most susceptible to an early rate hike. As such, investors may find that this part of the curve experiences the most volatility in coming months.
The possibility of renewed pressure on gold. For most of 2014 gold has rallied on the back of the unexpected drop in rates. In an environment in which the dollar is stronger and real, or inflation-adjusted, rates are rising, gold is likely to come under renewed pressure, a trend already evident last week when the precious metal pulled back from a six-month high.
As such, I continue to advocate caution toward gold as well as to the short to middle part of the Treasury curve. You can read more about my investment views in my Investment Directions monthly market outlook.
Source: Bloomberg, BlackRock research
Russ Koesterich, CFA, is the Chief Investment Strategist for BlackRock and iShares Chief Global Investment Strategist. He is a regular contributor toThe Blog.
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Why See The Spinners?
Get Dizzy With the Motown Legends The Spinners
Be transported back to the funky 'fros, starched collars and floor-grazing bell-bottoms in the company of legendary Philly RnB group The Spinners. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominated outfit rode high in the 60s and 70s with hits like I'll Always Love You and It's A Shame, and have slowed no signs of slowing down with constant touring over the decades.
Formed in 1954, many original members of the band have sadly passed away, but the spirit of The Spinners lives on in founding member and frontman Henry Fambrough. The new quintet combines tight vocal harmonies and roof-raising falsettos with an old school sense of showmanship, calling to mind the golden era of soul and Motown.
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A controlled vocabulary provides a consistent way to describe data – location, time, place name, subject.
Controlled vocabularies significantly improve data discovery. It makes data more shareable with researchers in the same discipline because everyone is 'talking the same language' when searching for specific data eg plants, animals, medical conditions, places etc
Vocabularies are so important for keeping descriptions consistent. Metadata is actually of little use in terms of structuring and organising information if the language isn't consistent across different records. There's also a really important point on the JISC site – vocabularies seriously improve information retrieval, but only if the terms are obvious and meaningful to your users. Subject terms need to match the kind of terms that users will search for. Or, if users are referring to a subject thesaurus to search, they need to know that the terms they chose are the most relevant.
I had a look at this record in Atlas of Living Australia, after choosing my favourite magpie: http://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/8425ef9b-8aef-4798-8218-d96a04716c24
Pretty comprehensive metadata, and quite obviously sourced from scientific thesauri.


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Yeezy Season 3 Price points will hopefully be better for the consumer
A couple of days ago a video released via TMZ , which showed Kanye West at LAX airport in which a reporter asked him questions about Nike and his clothing lines (Yeezy Season 1 & 2). The reporter asked Kanye to lower the prices so he can afford the clothing. Kanye simply replied that Yeezy Season 3 would be more affordable. Well I won't hold my breathe entirely.
Yeezy Season 1 was much more expensive than I expected, but the partnership with Adidas was Kanye's answer for such high prices. Yeezy Season 2 was done entirely through Kanye West and the price points have just been released via Hypebeast.
I was a little disappointed with the price points because in countless interviews Kanye discussed how there should never be a 5,000 dollar sweater, but I guess a 2,000 sweater is okay. It seems as he spoke too soon. I will admit though I understand the price points when you think of what goes into production. Kanye wants his clothes to be Ralph level quality and wants nothing but the best which of course will cost more money. You have to pay for the materials, the labor, the design team, Adidas, and Kanye himself. So I totally understand the expense of the first two collections. With NYFW approaching (which means a Yeezy Season 3 presentation), and Kanye's highly anticipated album "SWISH" set to release on the first day of fashion week. There is a lot to be excited about in the upcoming month. I will be curious to see the price points and designs of Yeezy Season 3. Each presentation has showed an evolution in design and I am hoping that Kanye really takes that step forward with this next collection. I am just glad that will now we will have a new album to accompany his clothing.


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Monday, 10/09/2018 10:09
HA NOI — Viet Nam has beaten South Korea, Thailand, China and Malaysia to be named Asia's Leading Destination at the prestigious World Travel Awards 2018 (WTA).
The WTA, launched in 1993 to acknowledge excellence in the travel and tourism industry, is known as 'the Oscar of the travel industry'.
The awards are held annually to honour the best service providers in the fields of travel and tourism.
Winners are chosen after votes by the public and travel professionals worldwide.
"The award helps to enhance the image of Viet Nam tourism, especially in the context of increasing competition like today," Ha Van Sieu, vice chairman of the Viet Nam Administration of Tourism, said.
Sieu said this is also a perfect motivation for Viet Nam's tourism sector to develop more and fully tap into potentials while increasing tourism growth and contributing to the development of the country.
"With a diverse natural resource, the hospitability of people and the joint efforts of investors and businesses, Viet Nam deserves this recognition," Sieu said.
"In the future, we are confident we can make Viet Nam the leading destination of not only Asia but also the world," he added.
Viet Nam's hotels, resorts, tour operator and airline also won big at the WTA. Vietnam Airlines was named Asia's Leading Airline - Premium Economy Class; Naman Retreat for Asia's Leading Retreat and Vietravel for Asia's Leading Tour Operator.
The luxury resort InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, won several accolades including Asia's Leading Luxury Resort, Asia's Leading Green Resort, Asia's Leading Luxury Wedding Resort and Viet Nam's Leading Luxury Resort.
"To be honoured again in this year's World Travel Awards is a result of the world-class service and superlative experiences we deliver to our guests as well as the fantastic vision from our Owners who built the most impressive Resort in the region," said Juan Losada, General Manager of InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort said at the ceremony on September 3.
"Noteworthy, the "Asia's Leading Green Resort" accolade has signified our effort in maintaining the sustainable development of the resort and in protecting the ecosystem of the Son Tra Peninsula that we have the privilege to be located in," he added.
Billed as the place "Where Myth Meets Luxury" with the otherworldly charm of unspoilt tropical landscape, an enchanting pristine beach and astounding design, the resort is also praised as "Asia's Leading Luxury Wedding Resort" for its one-of-a-kind wedding venues. — VNS
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Minding Your Mind
Helping Our Communities
We all need to develop our awareness of how we are connected to other people and the world around us, especially
those of us who tend to take our blessings for granted. I recommend incorporating some kind of service work into your weekly or monthly routine. Doing service work puts the needs of others ahead of your own, and that does good both for you and the people you're helping. How do you start?
Make the commitment to yourself and then
make the first phone call. Recognize, however, that you can only
do so much and that sometimes helping just one person does a world
of good. It's easy to become overwhelmed by the amount of suffering
in the world and all the people and causes in need of help. Think
about your interests and pick an activity that you feel is most
deserving of your time and energy. But whatever form your service-work
takes, once you take that first step you'll find it will quickly
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I'm pretty sure that the song "Burning Ring of Fire" was written about the heat and humidity in Nashville in the summer. We had a great time touring downtown Nashville despite the heat and the rain.
Category: Food
Comida Dominicana
I served a mission for my church in the Dominican Republic and I lived there for two years. It was a great (and hard) two years. I lived in cinderblock, tin roof houses, and I ate as the Dominicans ate. Lunch was the big meal of the day and we would have rice and beans almost every day.
If you didn't have rice and beans for lunch you might have rice with some other vegetable mixed in, or if you were really lucky rice with some chicken. For dinner you might have rice and eggs, fried plantains and eggs, or maybe some bread and hot chocolate.
Now the food wasn't amazing but if I had to eat one thing every day, I would probably go back to rice and beans. It's bland enough that you don't get sick of it, and still has some nutrition and calories. My kids didn't love the food but they enjoyed hanging out with their cousins.
I couldn't find good Dominican food in Utah but as we travel further East I have started to see a few more choices. My friend Nathan (Marisa's cousin) lived in the Dominican Republic as well so he and his wife Mandy took me to a great Dominican Food place in Orlando, Florida, called Tu Casa.
My favorite dish was the Moro de Guandules which is just seasoned rice with pigeon peas mixed in. We also had arroz y habichuela (rice and beans), tostones (fried green plantains), platanos maduros (ripe plantains), chicharrones (fried pork rinds), chicken, and tripe (intestine.) It was all very authentic. I would eat here once a week if it was in my neighborhood.
French Quarter Foodies
Like I said in my previous article, when I told people I was going to visit The French Quarter, the first thing they talked about was the food. "You have to go to Cafe Du Monde." Make sure and have a "Po' Boy." "Make sure to eat at _______." It was hard to follow all of the suggestions as we were there for one day, and our kids got filled up so fast that we didn't even try everything we had planned. We still got to experience some new foods and it was a lot of fun.
The first thing we did because we were told we had to was to get beignets at Cafe Du Monde.
The beignets were really good. I was pretty fascinated by the restaurant. They serve beignets with 12 pounds of powdered sugar on top, coffee, and hot chocolate, and that's it. The floor is sticky and gross, the bathrooms are disgusting, and it is packed. We walked by a few times throughout the day and there were always lines. It shows you the importance of word of mouth, and the value of simplicity. I have a theory that Cafe Du Monde does so well because everywhere else in the French Quarter is such an assault on the senses that it's a relief to go somewhere with fried brown food and the comfort of not having to make a choice.
If you go don't wear black and sit upwind of your neighbor since you will be covered with powdered sugar the rest of the day.
After walking around for a while we went to Central Grocery and got the best cold sandwich I have ever had. We bought one whole and one half Muffaletta which filled us up too much and no one was hungry the rest of the day.
There were candy shops every where making pralines in the windows. We sampled several different places and we thought that Aunt Sally's were the best.
We ate too many beignets and the sandwich really filled us up. The only other thing we ate was a softshell crab po'boy. I don't remember where we got it but it was tasty.
The food we tried was really great, we just wish we cold have had more.
Crawfish Boil
You can call them crawfish, crayfish, mudbugs, yabbies, or even lobster, but regardless of what you call them, they are pretty freaky looking and don't look very appealing. Growing up in Houston, Marisa has been to a lot of crawfish boils but the rest of us have never participated.
Marisa's brother Cameron and his wife Betty were nice enough to provide us with our first crawdad experience. They were pretty good, although a little too much work for what you get. It's always fun to try something new and now we can say we have eaten mudbugs. Is that a good thing?
Butt Trip: Castroville Artichoke
We were having a slow day while in the Moneterey Bay area but we still felt like going out and doing something. It has been a while since we have gone on a butt trip. Click here to learn more about our butt trips.
This butt trip had some potential as we were basically driving 40 minutes to see an artichoke the size of a building. I was excited for lots of eye rolling and wailing and gnashing of teeth from the young'uns.
The artichoke was gigantic. There is a fruit and vegetable stand and a deli attached. The fruit stand was no bueno. The stuff didn't seem very fresh and appealing. There were a lot of people getting sandwiches from the Deli. We noticed they had fried artichokes. I felt that if we didn't eat fried artichokes next to a Behemoth lime green artichoke statue we would regret it for the rest of our lives. However, I also worried that if the fried artichokes were yummy, the kids would enjoy the butt trip which would defeat the purpose. I decided to risk it.
Luckily the artichokes were just OK. I think that almost anything deep fried is going to be palatable. These were good but I wouldn't go back to get them so the kids continued with their downtrodden nature.
As far as Butt Trips go, this one was a little below average. The drive was long but it is very green and beautiful in this area so we didn't have a lot of pain there. The kids didn't have to learn anything. Marisa and I didn't have any long winded lectures or stinky food for the kids to suffer through. The artichoke was awesome and it's just off the freeway so I would recommend stopping for the photo op if you are by Castroville. The overall rating for this but trip was a 33 out of 67.
Basque Food: Martin Hotel
One of the goals we have as we travel is to eat some foods that are original to certain cultures and have our family try some new things that we haven't had in the past. While we were in Winnemucca we found out that the Basque culture is very prominent in parts of Nevada. I didn't know a lot about the Basque culture but here is a little history from Winnemucca's own official site.
"People of Basque heritage originate from four provinces in Northern Spain and three adjacent regions in France. The Basque Country includes the regions around the Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenees Mountains. The origins of the Basque people are not entirely known. They speak a very unique language called Euskera. The Basque people began to immigrate to the western United States around 1850, drawn by the California Gold Rush. Many of these immigrants soon turned to running livestock, and became a prominent presence in the western range sheep industry."
There are a few Basque restaurants in Winnemucca. We went to the Hotel Martin which has been around since. I explained to the waitress that we didn't know what to do and asked her for suggestions. She explained that Basque food is generally served family style. She suggested we order 2 main entrees and then the rest of the food will just come out prior to the entrees being served. The meal ended up being 7 courses and we were stuffed.
Clam Chowder: This was an overall crowd pleaser and probably everyone's favorite dish ( except my own). It was extremely rich and creamy. It was the best clam chowder I have ever had. We wanted more but didn't dare ask since the waitress said there was a ton of food coming out.
Salad and Beans: This was an iceberg lettuce based salad with some sort of vinaigrette. The beans were more savory and salty with flecks of ham. They were good on their own but our waitress said that the warm beans were to be served over the cold salad. We all thought that sounded weird but we tried it and most of us liked it. Marisa and I loved it and and I actually crave beans on my salads now.
Mashed Potatoes: I grew up in Idaho and I like my mashed potatoes thicker and heartier than most. These were definitely thicker and than some would like with bigger pieces mixed in with the mash. nothing really special or different about them but we thought they were really good. They might be too gummy for some.
Green Beans: Nothing special. Normal green beans. They might have been canned.
Beef Toungue: This was my favorite of the night. It was covered with a subtle brown gravy and cooked with peppers and onions. It literally melted in your mouth. Everyone tried it and most liked it even though they didn't like the idea of eating tongue.
Fries: Fresh cut fries. These were really good.
Pork Chops: These were one of the two entrees we ordered and they weren't very good. They were dry and lacked any kind of flavor. This was the one thing we ate that I didn't think was very good.
Lamb Shank: This lamb was perfect. Cooked on the bone and fork tender. It had great spices and everyone loved it.
Bread Pudding: The bread pudding was OK. I make a copyat of Kneaders berry bread pudding that is so good that it would be hard to for any restaurant to live up to it.
Overall, the meal was very good. The experience was even better. we were able to try new foods and get a little taste of Basque Food. If I lived in Winnemucca I probably wouldn't go to the restaurant a lot, but I would definitely take visitors there to experience something unique and different. Our family enjoyed the food and had a great experience.
Yes, Please!
The cooking channel mapped out the best food for each of the 50 states. Did I mention that I enjoy food? We will be referring to this map, maybe more often than we refer to an actual atlas. Check it out here.


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Discussion in 'Tesla, Inc.' started by Nik, Nov 1, 2011.
Camera+ ~ photos by MichaelLindahl
Photo of a Tesla pumpkin.
That's awesome! I wonder if the carver owns a Roadster or has a Model S on reserve...
Neither. I am a 18 year old college student. However I do hope that the next vehicle that I buy be a Tesla. Really want to get the Model S. Pricing comes out this Decemeber to influence my decision. Donations Welcome
Oh, I didn't realize you were a member of the forum. That's a pretty sweet pumpkin you carved. :biggrin: I'm actually in a similar situation (hoping to get a Model S as my next vehicle and waiting for final pricing).
Tesla Pumpkin thread
My daughter today surprised me with this special pumpkin. Happy Halloween everybody. Feel free to add your own Tesla-O-Lantern.
May try my hand with a Dremel
Happy Halloween. Trunk n Treat @ Grace United Methodist Church. 2 sided trunk/frunk access...
Already a pumpkin thread. http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/6752-Tesla-Pumpkin
So there is, and I just merged the two threads. Also the original one was under "Video" for some reason, even though it wasn't video, so I moved it to "Tesla Motors".
My attempt.
My best attempt... I'm no artist.
worked out well. Mouth, mustached nose, eyes and eyebrows.
A triple Tesla pumpkin. Limitless creativity. What does it look like at night with a candle in it?
Since I finished it 20 minutes ago and sunset is in an hour, it hasn't been tested. I'll post back later.
Is this the "Tesla Grin"?
It's also very aerodynamic. It was the only one of the bunch that wasnt blown out by the wind.
Kraken, very well-done! :biggrin:
Ahh, a real Tesla. Pretty cool.
I'll put pictures of one up on Sunday. I typically work outside of the Halloween window as I work full time and my pumpkin carvings can well... take a while.