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Aberdeen American News

September 17, 2003 Wednesday South Dakota: D; BRIEF; Pg. 4

NSIC Volleyball

Volleyball girl rocks

Northern State University's Tara Sauter sets sights, spikes high

By Eric Burgess

American News Sports Writer

"It's one of our goals to not lose a home match this season because to have a chance at winning the conference, it's been proven in the past that you have to be tough at home."

Tara Sauter Northern State senior volleyball player, who along with her teammates will open their home season at 4 p.m. Saturday at Wachs Arena against Moorhead in the NSIC opener.

Wolves set up for great season

Even though some of her friends are gone, Northern State senior volleyball star Tara Sauter loves the fact she's still playing.

Sauter, a senior setter from Belle Plaine, Minn., was a member of a very talented 1999 NSU recruiting class. The class also included such players as heavy hitters Christi Lucas, Molly Veenhof and Stephanie Tschetter and back row players Stacy Rotert and Elisa LaFrance.

Deciding to use a redshirt year in 2000 meant that Sauter would not have the opportunity to finish her career and graduate with her fellow recruits. But she doesn't regret her decision.

"I'm very happy to still be playing," Sauter said. "It's a little different with those other girls gone, but it has helped that Elisa and Christi have stayed on as graduate assistants. If I had to do it all over again, I would make the same decision. I really enjoy playing with this team."

Sauter and the Wolves will begin Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play on Saturday with a 4 p.m. home match against Minnesota State-Moorhead at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen. The Wolves will also host Southwest Minnesota State on Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. and Wayne State, Neb., on Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. before hitting the road against Bemidji State, Minn., on Oct. 3.

For the Wolves to be successful in NSIC play, Sauter said they have to be ready to play every night.

"Everyone seems to be on the same level of play across the conference," she added. "It's pretty evenly matched and on any given night, one team is capable of beating the other. It's one of our goals to not lose a home match this season because to have a chance at winning the conference, it's been proven in the past that you have to be tough at home. So we not only have to be able to step up on the road, but at home as well."

With the graduation of Lucas, Veenhof, Tschetter and Kim Heny, the Wolves have turned into more of a defensive team this season. But Sauter said she hasn't had to adjust much at the setter position.

"It's pretty much the same as it has been," Sauter added. "My job is still to set up our hitters, whether we're on offense or defense."

Nevertheless, Sauter has confidence in her teammates. That includes senior outside hitter Jessica Bates of Byron, Wyo., who is the Wolves' top attacker this season. But there are other Wolves who have really stood out, Sauter said.

"Chelsey Deibert (Aberdeen) has really stepped in and done a good job at outside hitter to this point in the season," said Sauter. "Laura Nelson (Lyle, Minn.) has come a long way from last year as well. She changed from middle hitter to outside hitter and she has really done a good job of making the transition."

Sauter has high hopes for her final season with the Wolves. They are hungry for a NSIC championship. Naturally, every player in the league is striving for the same taste in her mouth.

But to be successful, Sauter said that it is important for her and her teammates to play to their potential. Despite lacking the experience from last season, Sauter feels her teammates have a lot of potential.

"I believe in each and every one of my teammates," Sauter said. "We might be a little inexperienced at certain positions, but we have a lot of talented players. The newer players are learning more and more about the way we run things here every day. They all understand that once we step on the court, we have to be able to stay focused and execute as a team."

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It takes all sizes to play volleyball in the NSIC. The league's tallest player is Bemidji senior Nicole McDougall, a 6-foot-3 hitter from Hitterdal, Minn. The shortest player is Liza Winkler, a 5-foot-2 junior from Fosston, Minn. She is a defensive specialist for Minnesota-Crookston. Both players are starters for their teams.

2So you want to be a volleyball player in the NSIC? Well, if you are from Minnesota, it seems like your chances are better. First of all, you have to remember that seven of the nine league schools are located in Minnesota. But still, there seems to be an abundance of volleyball talent in Minnesota, as 76 of the 125 NSIC volleyball players are from Minnesota. Twelve states are represented on the league rosters plus one player from Canada. The rest of the breakdown: 10 (South Dakota and Nebraska), nine (Wisconsin), seven (North Dakota), three (Iowa and Illinois), two (Wyoming) and one (Indiana, Maine, Colorado, Arizona).

3One of the best young players in the league is Sigourney "Sig" Schaffer of Redfield. The 6-foot-1 hitter is a freshman starter with 130 kills and 18 blocks for the Minnesota State-Moorhead Dragons. She was recently named by the school as its women's athlete of the week. Schaffer is a transfer from the University of Minnesota where last season she was freshman (only played in six games so she has four years of eligibility) and a member of the nationally-ranked Gopher team that won the Big Ten Conference title. She was named South Dakota Class A Miss Volleyball in 2000 as a senior at Redfield. She was a two-time all-stater and a three-time All-Northeast Conference selection in high school.

4Next year, Minnesota-Duluth will leave the NSIC to join the North Central Conference. That is disappointing to a number of NSIC athletic directors and coaches. However, it does leave the door open for other teams to win conference titles because the Bulldogs have been dominant in a number of sports. Take volleyball for example. In 24 years of NSIC volleyball titles, Duluth has won 20 of them. Duluth went a perfect 18-0 in league play last year and made its sixth trip to the NCAA Division II national tournament. This year, the Bulldogs are 11-1 and have just one senior on their team. It looks like the coaches were right when they picked Duluth to win the league title with Concordia-St. Paul (10-1) second.

5The NSIC pre-season player of the year was Duluth junior Callie Zwettler. The 5-foot-7 junior from Madison, Wis., is a two-time All-NSIC first-team selection who led the conference in aces last season and was fifth in kills. This season, she already has 185 kills, 132 digs, 22 blocks and 19 aces in leading the Bulldogs to a 11-1 record, including a 5-1 mark against NCC teams.

6North Central Conference teams are 31-16 against NCC teams this season. Two of the biggest wins for NSIC teams were victories over North Dakota State by Concordia-St. Paul (30-26, 28-30, 30-12, 30-22) and Southwest State (30-25, 23-30, 30-27, 25-30, 15-11). Concordia-St. Paul is 5-0 vs. NCC teams while Duluth is 5-1, losing to NDSU. The NCC is a combined 16-0against Bemidji, Crookston and Wayne State.

7The dean of the NSIC volleyball coaches is Sharon Vanis of Wayne State. This is her 11th season at Wayne, and she has more career wins than any of her fellow conference coaches. Here is a profile of the NSIC coaches, minus their ages thanks to a couple of gun-shy coaches when it came to the age question:

Wayne: Sharon Vanis; Ulysses, Neb., native; 11th year at Wayne State (190-181); Vanis has more wins at Wayne than any volleyball coach in school history.

Moorhead: Tammy Blake-Kath; Sargeant Bluff, Iowa, native; ninth year at Moorhead (140-130); the University of South Dakota graduate led the Dragons to a 28-4 season in 2000 that included a school record 17-match win streak, a NSIC title and a regional coach of the year award for Blake-Kath.

Northern: Lisa Schriver; Lovell, Wyo., native; ninth year at Northern State and eighth as head coach (127-107); her winning percentage of .543 is the highest of any coach in NSU volleyball history and she is a former cross country coach at Hot Springs High School and a basketball/volleyball coach at Aberdeen Central.

Crookston: Dave Simon; Crookston, Minn., native; fourth year at Crookston (13-88); a former top assistant at the University of Wyoming.

Winona: Connie Mettille; Winona, Minn., native; second year at Winona (14-30); the former South Dakota Tech volleyball coach was a cross country and track star in the 1980s at Winona State.

Duluth: Jim Boos; Delafield, Wis., native; second year at Duluth (40-4); was NSIC coach of the year last year.

Concordia: Brady Starkey; Minneapolis native; came to Concordia in 2000, first year as head coach (10-1); recruited three straight NSIC freshmen of the year (2000-02) after serving his first three seasons with the Golden Bears as an assistant coach.

Bemidji: Kim Falkenhagen; Saginaw, Mich., native; first year at Bemidji (6-6); led Northern Michigan to the 1994 Division II national volleyball championship.

Southwest: Ryan Dehnel; Apple Valley, Minn., native; first year at Southwest (7-3); prior to this season Dehnel spent three seasons at Augsburg College in a variety of roles as assistant, co-head coach and head coach where he was 23-34 in his two seasons as head coach. Now this year, he is interim head coach at Southwest.

8Some volleyball teams come up with unique promotions to draw more fans to matches, such as "break the school record for attendance" night. Last year, NSU averaged 400 fans per match at home. The NCAA Division II attendance record was set in Kearney, Neb., on Oct. 15, 1996, when 3,520 fans watched Kearney play rival Nebraska-Omaha. Here are the top attendance numbers for each NSIC team this season:

803, Winona in a 3-2 loss to SDSU on Aug. 28.

713, Duluth in a 3-0 win over Michigan Tech on Sept. 9.

398, Wayne in a 3-0 loss to USD on Sept. 9.

397, Bemidji in a 3-0 win over Mayville on Sept. 2.

368, Crookston in a 3-0 loss to UND on Sept. 9.

228, Concordia-St. Paul in a 3-2 win over USD on Sept. 12.

204, Southwest in a 3-2 win over St. Cloud on Sept. 5.

NSU and Moorhead have yet to host a home match this season.

9If you want to see some former outstanding Aberdeen area high school players who are continuing their volleyball careers in college, come to a Northern State match. Two ex-Northwestern stars (Jackie Mitchell and Renae Sparling) are playing for the Wolves as are two Golden Eagles from Aberdeen Central (Chelsey Deibert and Kellie Heier). An area North Dakotan, Tara Engquist of Oakes, plays for the Wolves as well.

10The NSIC opens play this weekend. Friday's 7 p.m. matches are: Bemidji State at Winona State; Minnesota-Crookston at Concordia-St. Paul; and Minnesota-Duluth at Wayne State. One of Saturday's 4 p.m. matches includes Moorhead vs NSU at Wachs Arena.

11Jessica Bates (No. 11 on the court as well) is another Northern State player to watch. You can bet that every team in the league will keep an eye on the 6-foot senior hitter from Byron, Wyo. Bates is one of the top returning players in the league. She is off to a good start this season, improving her kills per game average from 2.51 per game to 3.66 this season. On the volleyball court, she can make the players on the other side of the net feel as uncomfortable as a stay in the Bates Motel from the movie "Psycho."

2003 NSIC Standings

Northern Sun Conference

Team (Overall) W L

Minnesota-Duluth (11-1) ... 0 0

Concordia-St. Paul (10-1) ... 0 0

Southwest (7-3) ... 0 0

Moorhead (7-4) ... 0 0

Bemidji State (7-6) ... 0 0

Wayne State (5-8) ... 0 0

Northern State (4-7) ... 0 0

Minnesota-Crookston (3-8) ... 0 0

Winona State (3-11) ... 0 0

2003 Team Leaders

Note:Conference leaders' names are in bold.

Northern State:Jessica Bates 161 kills; Tara Sauter 409 set assists; Chelsey Deibert 11 aces; Monica Inge 205 digs; Bates, Tara Engquist, Laura Nelson 37 blocks.

Bemidji State:Kristin Peterson 129 kills; Kristin Smith 368 set assists; Peterson 30 aces; Kristine Engman 140 digs; Heather Haugen 31 blocks.

Concordia-St. Paul: Jill Kalwik 153 kills; Cailin Terhaar 520 set assists; Joy Wubben 17 aces; Mandy Horazdovsky 159 digs; Wubben 45 blocks.

Minnesota-Crookston: Katie Carlson 184 kills; Jamie Wolff 444 set assists; Allison Kluck 12 aces; Carlson 106 digs; Erin Flynn 31 blocks.

Minnesota-Duluth: Callie Zwettler 185 kills; Greta Iisakka 530 set assists; Crystal Nucech 23 aces; Allison Boddy 166 digs; Alicia Meger 52 blocks.

Minnesota State-Moorhead: Courtney Syvertsen 135 kills; Susan Kolbow 332 set assists; Kolbow, Sigourney Schaffer, Becca Gilbertson 13 aces; Gilbertson 78 digs; Syvertsen 40 blocks.

Minnesota State-Southwest:Renee Barenz 106 kills; Sarah Rittenhouse 214 set assists; Janell Powers 20 aces; Natalie Runge 131 digs; Powers, Ashley Wells 32 blocks.

Wayne State: Chelse Schultz 127 kills; Julie Jacobsen 305 set assists; Michelle Eckhardt 38 aces; Julie Jacobsen 134 digs; Jacey Kuck 20 blocks.

Winona State: Keri Kreuzer 136 kills; Melissa Lougheed 277 set assists; Kaylan Lati 17 aces; Kreuzer 199 digs; Britta Hofmann 61 blocks.

2003 Coaches Poll

1, Minnesota-Duluth.

2, Concordia-St. Paul.

3, Minnesota State-Southwest.

4, Wayne State.

5, Northern State.

6, Minnesota State-Moorhead.

7, Bemidji State.

8, Winona State.

9, Minnesota-Crookston.

NSIC Past Champions

2002,Duluth; 2001,Wayne and Southwest; 2000,Moorhead;

1999,Duluth; 1998,Duluth; 1997,Duluth; 1996,Duluth; 1995,Duluth; 1994,Duluth; 1993,Duluth; 1992,Moorhead; 1991,Duluth; 1990,Duluth;

1989, Duluth; 1988,Duluth and Bemidji; 1987,Duluth; 1986,Duluth; 1985,Duluth and Southwest; 1984,Duluth; 1983,Duluth; 1982,St. Cloud State; 1981,Duluth; 1980, Duluth; 1979, Duluth.

2002 NSIC Standings

Northern Sun Conference

Team (Overall) W L

Minnesota-Duluth (29-3) ... 18 0

Wayne State (23-14) ... 14 4

Northern State (18-14) ... 14 4

Concordia-St. Paul (24-9) ... 13 5

Southwest (13-20) ... 9 9

Bemidji State (11-17) ... 8 10

Winona State (11-20) ... 6 12

Moorhead (10-20) ... 6 12

Minnesota-Crookston (6-25) ... 2 16

Minnesota-Morris (3-29) ... 0 18

2003 Conference Schedule

Sept. 17

Northern State at South Dakota, 7 p.m.

Moorhead at North Dakota

Sept. 18

Nebraska-Omaha at Southwest

Sept. 19

Bemidji State at Winona State

Minnesota-Crookston at Concordia-St. Paul

Minnesota-Duluth at Wayne State

Sept. 20

Moorhead at Northern State, 4 p.m.

Minnesota-Crookston at Wayne State

Minnesota-Duluth at Southwest

Bemidji State at Concordia-St. Paul

Sept. 23

Winona State at Martin Luther

Bemidji State at St. Scholastica

Minnesota State, Mankato at Southwest

Mayville State at Minnesota-Crookston

Winona State at Viterbo

Sept. 26

Southwest at Northern State, 7 p.m.

Minnesota-Crookston at Bemidji State

Wayne State at Moorhead

Winona State at Minnesota-Duluth

Sept. 27

Wayne State at Northern State, 7p.m.

Concordia-St. Paul at Minnesota-Duluth

Southwest at Moorhead

Sept. 30

Bemidji State at St. Cloud State

Southwest at Augustana

Minnesota-Duluth at Michigan Tech

Wayne State at Nebraska-Kearney

Oct. 3

Northern State at Bemiji State, 7 p.m.

Concordia-St. Paul at Wayne State

Moorhead at Minnesota-Crookston

Winona State at Southwest

Oct. 4

Northern State at Minnesota-Crookston, 5 p.m.

Concordia-St. Paul at Southwest

Winona State at Wayne State

Moorhead at Bemidji State

Oct. 6

Winona State vs. Cardinal Stritch at Viterbo

Winona State at Viterbo

Oct. 7

North Dakota at Bemidji State

Concordia-St. Paul at Minnesota State, Mankato

Oct. 8

Southwest at Wayne State

Oct. 10

Northern State at Concordia-St. Paul, 7 p.m.

Wayne State vs. Eastern New Mexico at Washburn, Kan.

Bemidji State at Minnesota-Duluth

Moorhead at Winona State

Oct. 11

Northern State at Winona State, 4:30 p.m.

Wayne State vs. Emporia State at Washburn, Kan.

Moorhead at Concordia-St. Paul

Minnesota-Crookston at Minnesota-Duluth

Wayne State vs. Rockhurst at Washburn, Kan.

Oct. 14

South Dakota State at Northern State, 7 p.m.

Minnesota-Duluth at St. Cloud State

Minnesota State, Mankato at Winona State

Oct. 16

North Dakota State at Moorhead

Oct. 17

Minnesota-Duluth at Northern State, 7 p.m.

Wayne State at Bemidji State

North Dakota at Concordia-St. Paul

Southwest at Minnesota-Crookston

Oct. 18

Southwest at Bemidji State

Minnesota-Duluth at Moorhead

Wayne State at Minnesota-Crookston

Winona State at Concordia-St. Paul

Oct. 21

Bemidji State at Northern State, 7 p.m.

South Dakota State at Concordia-St. Paul

Minnesota-Crookston at Moorhead

St. Cloud State at Southwest

Augustana at Wayne State

Oct. 24

Northern State at Moorhead, 7 p.m.

Concordia-St. Paul at Bemidji State

Southwest at Minnesota-Duluth

Winona State at Minnesota-Crookston

Oct. 25

Winona State at Bemidji State

Concordia-St. Paul at Minnesota-Crookston

Wayne State at Minnesota-Duluth

Minnesota-Morris at Moorhead

Oct. 28

Southwest at South Dakota State

Minnesota-Crookston at North Dakota

Oct. 29

Winona State at Wisconsin-LaCrosse

Oct. 31

Northern State at Wayne State, 7 p.m.

Bemidji State at Minnesota-Crookston

Minnesota-Duluth at Concordia-St. Paul

Moorhead at Southwest

Nov. 1

Northern State at Southwest, 3 p.m.

Moorhead at Wayne State

Minnesota-Duluth at Winona State

Nov. 4

Minnesota-Crookston at Northern State, 6 p.m.

Bemidji State at Moorhead

Southwest at Concordia-St. Paul

Wayne State at Winona State

Nov. 7

Winona State at Northern State, 7 p.m.

Concordia-St. Paul at Moorhead

Wayne State at Southwest

Minnesota-Duluth at Minnesota-Crookston

Nov. 8

Concordia-St. Paul at Northern State, 4 p.m.

Winona State at Moorhead

Minnesota-Duluth at Bemidji State

Nov. 11

Wayne State at Concordia-St. Paul

Southwest at Winona State

Minnesota-Crookston at North Dakota State

Nov. 14

Minnesota-Crookston at Wayne State

Bemidji State at Southwest

Moorhead at Minnesota-Duluth

North Dakota State at Concordia-St. Paul

Nov. 15

Northern State at Minnesota-Duluth, 3 p.m.

Bemidji State at Wayne State

Concordia-St. Paul at Winona State

Minnesota-Crookston at Southwest

Nov. 20

NCAA Division II North Central Region First Round

Nov. 21

NCAA Division II North Central Region Second Round

Nov. 22

NCAA Division II North Central Region Championship

Dec. 4-6

NCAA Division II Elite 8

A look inside league numbers

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Chicago Tribune

September 16, 2003 Tuesday, CHICAGO FINAL EDITION Tempo; Pg. 1; ZONE: C

College students face lessons in copyright law

By Eric Gwinn

Tribune staff reporter

At the University of Dayton, the coordinator for the 2-year-old Office of Computer Ethics gave a 50-minute presentation to new students on how sharing music opens students' computers to viruses, slows the school's computer network and violates U.S. copyright law.

In a new move at Loyola University Chicago, students logging into the school's network for the first time this fall had to check four boxes on their computer screens to indicate they will abide by the school's computer-use policy.

Colleges are being more watchful because the record industry is going after illegal downloaders big time. The Recording Industry Association of America spent the summer subpoenaing universities and other Internet service providers for names of their network users suspected of offering copyrighted music files to millions. Last week, the RIAA alleged copyright infringement in suing 261 of more than 1,000 people the lobby group subpoenaed over the summer. The RIAA blames music downloading for a three-year-long drop in CD shipments.

Two students at Loyola were subpoenaed in early July, and about a week later, DePaul University received a subpoena for an unidentified computer user. For DePaul students who want to download music files but not share them with others, the school's ResNet Web site links to the University of Chicago's tips for disabling file-sharing while using peer-to-peer programs such as Kazaa.

Barbara Belle, coordinator of Dayton's Office of Computer Ethics, says lecturing students about copyright violations is ineffective. Incoming freshmen "are naive about Internet use," Belle added. "They need a chance to be educated."

"I'm just teaching them to be more considerate," she said, telling students to "think about the consequences of your actions, think not just about copyright but what affects you on the Internet."

She tells students that downloaders can unwittingly copy viruses onto their computers, that some file-sharing programs stealthily install so-called spyware that tracks the downloader's surfing habits and that there's no fail-safe way to avoid a subpoena if they share files.

"It's a habit they're bringing with them from high school. I don't think parents even realize the significance of the violation, so it is an education process," said Bonnie Gorman, director of first-year programs at Michigan Technological University, where a student was sued by the RIAA last spring for up to $97 billion for offering copyrighted songs to downloaders. The suit was settled for $15,000.

Students are getting the message, Gorman said, pointing to skits performed by students at orientation recently that juxtaposed the availability of Internet porn movies and the clampdown on sharing such wholesome fare as Disney movies.

"The students will say, 'This is lame,'" Gorman added.

Colleges are also getting the message and are stepping up warnings to students about file-sharing, while limiting the amount of data traveling into or out of a student's computer plugged into the school's network.

Schools also are considering buying online music providers' services and -- beginning next spring, possibly -- allowing students to listen to as much music as they want and, in some cases, download music. With their hundreds of students (tens of thousands, on some campuses), colleges hope to negotiate discounts from the music providers, who will get a chance to establish loyalty with a highly desirable market of music lovers. Colleges, meanwhile, might charge slightly higher tuition or room-and-board fees, just as they do for cable TV service and other campus amenities.

File-sharing works like this: Joe from Chicago downloads software such as Kazaa (a free program that has been downloaded more than 270 million times, according to the aggregating site )and installs it on his computer, automatically creating a folder labeled "My Shared Folder" or something similar. Using the peer-to-peer software, Joe can type in the name of a song or the name of an artist -- "Without Me," for instance, or "Eminem" -- and find all copies of the song or all the artists' tunes that are on the hard drives of people all over the world who are using the same peer-to-peer program. Joe then downloads a copy of the song, which takes seconds with a fast Internet connection. Meanwhile, the songwriter, the recording artist and the record company don't get a dime and possibly lose out on a CD sale.

Peer-to-peer (or P2P) supporters say that U.S. copyright law allows the owner of a CD to share a few copies of the CD with friends. The record industry argues that sharing copies with millions of strangers violates the spirit and letter of the law. File-sharers counter that CD prices are too high, but earlier this month, the world's largest record company, Universal Music Group, slashed the suggested retail price of its new releases and mainline offerings to $12.98 from $18.98 in a bid to boost sales volume.

Last week, the RIAA promised not to sue most file-sharers who agree to stop downloading music and to delete songs they may have acquired illegally. The Clean Slate amnesty program would not apply to downloaders already targeted by lawsuits. The ostensible olive branch to file-sharers is an attempt to stop downloaders, who are harder to trace than uploaders. But file-sharers might question the wisdom of confessing to criminal activity; while the RIAA might not prosecute them, the government or some other complainant could if they had access to the affidavits.

"File-sharing is unquestionably copyright infringement," says David J. Davis, an intellectual-property lawyer in the Chicago office of the Baker & McKenzie law firm. "The real issue for them is how much they plan on alienating the average music consumer in the process of prosecuting them."

Detroit Free Press

September 15, 2003 Monday 1 EDITION

Wisconsin man wins walleye tourney

BY ERIC SHARP

FREE PRESS OUTDOORS WRITER

HOUGHTON

Sitting in his boat at the darkened end of a hockey arena Sunday, Dan Plautz wore an ear-to-ear grin that shone through the gloom like a miniature sun as he realized that he was about to get a check for $108,000 and the title of America's top walleye angler.

Fifty-one of the nation's best walleye fishermen had spent three days scouring Portage Lake and its associated waterways in the In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Trail national championship, and most found that catching a walleye under the conditions was like pulling teeth.

But Plautz, of Muskego, Wis., figured out that slow-trolling crankbaits 20 feet behind planer boards in Chassell Bay would draw just enough bites to give him a maximum limit of four fish a day and a total weight of 49.86 pounds, more than 15 pounds better than the second-place total of 34.5 posted by Kevin Schweder of Janesville, Wis.

Portage Lake is part of the Keweenaw Waterway that splits the Keweenaw Peninsula into northern and southern halves, and for several years it has been a legendary hot spot for anglers seeking giant walleyes. It gets far less pressure than other big-fish locations like Lake Erie, Saginaw Bay and even Little Bay de Noc, because it is so far from major population centers.

A powerful cold front that swept over Lake Superior a week before the event nearly shut fishing down, and the average daily weight for four fish during the tournament was less than half the 20-pounds-and-up many anglers had expected after testing the waters earlier this summer.

"We were here a month ago (scouting), so we know what this place should be like," said Rick Olson of Mina Lake, S.D., who finished 11th. "We just couldn't catch the big ones."

Most frustrating to anglers was that the electronic fish finders and underwater cameras showed that they were constantly over huge numbers of big walleyes, "but they just didn't want to bite," said Ted Takasaki of East Gull Lake, Minn., president of Lindy-Little Joe Tackle Co.

The biggest fish of the tournament was an 11.2-pounder landed by Andy Kuffer of Fair Haven, who finished 12th (the top Michigan entrant). Plautz's only real competition after the second day was Keith Kavajecz of Kaukauna, Wis., who bombed out when he was skunked on Day 3 and finished fifth with 31.56 pounds.

The weigh-in ceremonies were held each day in the MacInnes Student Ice Arena on the Michigan Tech campus. The building was filled to its 5,500-seat capacity for Sunday's final weigh-in.

Following Plautz and Schweder on the leader board were: Rich Boggs, Nisswa, Minn., 32.79; Daryl Christensen, Montello, Wis., 32.49; and Kavajecz.

Contact ERIC SHARP at 313-222-2511 or esharp@

Duluth News-Tribune

September 15, 2003 Monday NC

Learning Notes

Fund-raiser

The Annual Frank Napoli Spaghetti Dinneris from 5-7:30 p.m. Friday at Marshall School cafeteria. Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for students, children 5 and younger are free. All proceeds benefit the Frank Napoli Scholarship fund. The faculty and trustees established the fund as a memorial to Frank Napoli, teacher, coach and athletic director at Marshall from 1965-91.

Educators

The College of St. Scholastica named four faculty and staff members as winners of the annual Excellence Awards in recognition of contributions to the college and community. The awards and their recipients are: Excellence in Service to the Community: Sister Timothy Kirby, O.S.B., assistant director of alumni relations. Excellence in Service to the Campus: Andy Smentkowski, grant proposal specialist. Excellence in Advising and Mentoring: Jill Emery, director of Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math-Science TRIO programs. Excellence in Research and Scholarly Activity: Dr. David Swenson, associate professor of management.

Duluth Public Schools teachers (pictured) completed 40 hours of leadership training and were named Intel Teach to the Future Master Teachers. These teachers learned how, when and where to integrate technology into instruction. Emphasis was on student use of technology in the classroom for research, communications, productivity strategies and working in teams to solve problems. Students

Jing Wang,a Duluth East student, took part in the Presidential Classroom Scholars Program in Washington, D.C., this summer. Students spent a week discussing key political issues and observing the political process on Capitol Hill.

Katy Jarvisof Finland recently attended the Summer Youth Program at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich. Participants investigate various careers and academic areas through workshops, laboratory activities, field trips and meetings with professionals in their area of interest.

Heidi Feroe,the daughter of Bruce and Kathryn Feroe and a Marshall School 11th-grader, submitted a poem to a contest and it was selected from thousands of entries as one of the top 10 in her grade division. Each top 10 poet gets special recognition in the poetry anthology "A Celebration of Young Poets." Poems are selected for their literary merit, creativity and social significance. Grants

Kathy Bartsias,a service learning coordinator for the Duluth Public Schools, was awarded a Learn and Serve America School-Based Service Learning grant. It is $18,000 a year for three years from the Minnesota Department of Education. The money will support the Duluth Public Schools Service Learning Program.

Ed Marsman,principal at Lincoln Park School, applied for and was awarded a grant for $20,000 from the Northland Foundation for the Lincoln Park Extended School Day Program. Dean's list

These students were named to their college or university's dean's list:

College of St. Scholastica: Dawn Larson of Barnum; David Langfeld of Chisholm; Bradley Browers, Curtis Carie and Christene Sell of Cloquet; Theresa Shelton of Cromwell; Lisa Lundgren of Crosby; Simbre Best, Randine Block, DeAnn Cooper, Marcy Engelson, Rebecca Felton, Jennifer Hagen, Terrance McGovern, Michael Miller, Sarah Miller, Bernadette Nelson, Molly Rathke, Sally Rogers, Alice Schaaf, Terri Schumacher, Sarah Sherlock, Connie Snyder, Lori Sorvik, Julie Speikers, Jennifer Trandem, Chad Trautmanand Stephen Wedel of Duluth; Monique Sandquist of Gilbert; Donald Hoaglund of Grand Portage; Wanda Taray of Iron; Laurie Peck of Knife River; Angela Bergman and Mark Phaneuf of Mountain Iron; Roberta Saban of Pengilly; Joan Koskela of Proctor; Heather Yocus of Soudan; Sonya Nelson and Ryan O'Connell of Virginia; and Kariann Fairfield and Kirk Rolson of Superior. Etc.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior hosts the Duluth-area Minnesota Education FairWednesday and Thursday in Rothwell Student Center. High school and college students can meet representatives from more than 80 universities and colleges from 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, and from 9-11:30 a.m. Thursday. The free sessions will be in the Rothwell Student Center Ballroom and Hiawatha Room. They are open to any students from Minnesota and Wisconsin. Rothwell Student Center is on Catlin Avenue, a block south of Belknap. For details, visit the Campus Welcome Center at Catlin Avenue and Belknap Street.

Nomination forms for the 2004 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Fellowship for Wisconsin teacherscan be obtained from

U.S. Sen. Russ Feingoldis accepting national service academy applications in his Middleton, Wis., office for the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy and Merchant Marine Academy. Students interested in applying should contact Feingold's academy coordinator, Michelle Murray, at (608) 828-1200. Applications are open to all U.S. citizens between the ages of 17 and 21 who will be high school graduates by July 1, 2004. The deadline for accepting applications is Oct. 17.

Learning Notes recognize achievements. Send your education news to Anna Abbott at Duluth News Tribune, 424 W. First St., Duluth, MN 55802, e-mail them to learn@duluth , or fax them to (218) 720-4120. Deadline is noon Friday, 10 days before publication.

The New York Times

September 15, 2003, Monday, Late - Final Section B; Page 2; Column 3; Metropolitan

Metropolitan Diary

By Joe Rogers

DEAR DIARY:

I frequently change the outgoing message on my answering tape, not only for my callers but for my own amusement.

Two messages ago, prompted by the vacuous "Your call may be monitored for quality control," I left this: "Your call may be monitored for diction, idiom and agreement of subject and predicate."

After a slew of messageless calls (there was one, a nervous, "Uh, I'll call back later") I changed it to, "Your call will not be monitored for diction, idiom and agreement of subject and predicate."

So much for cute.

Today, if you call me and get my taped message it's a simple, "Please leave your message in pear-shaped tones after the beep. Thanks."

Sylvia Bernstein

Dear Diary:

Recently I ate at Tom's Restaurant, the Upper West Side diner whose exterior famously appears in practically every episode of "Seinfeld."

While tourists line up outside to take snapshots under the big red neon sign, the no-nonsense wait staff inside goes about the difficult business of serving real-life customers.

Tom's waiters are fanatical about maximizing their customer-to-seat ratio. They deflect small parties from the largest booths with the transparent tactic of putting a reserved sign on each of those tables.

While sitting at the counter, I overheard one customer who obviously resented having been herded into a small booth while the big ones sat empty.

"Who are those tables reserved for?" she asked the cashier, an older man with a mustache who was in no mood for where this woman was going.

"Jerry," he grunted, ending the matter.

Michael Miscione

Dear Diary:

This summer we spent 10 days in Houghton, Mich., home of Michigan Technological University, near Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula. Needing to mail a letter, I asked the checkout clerk at a local grocery store where the nearest mailbox was.

She replied, "Your best bet is to go to the Post Office, downtown right across from the subway."

"I didn't realize Houghton had a subway," I replied, my metro New York mindset silently reasoning that the cold, snowy winters warranted an underground transportation system.

"Yes," she replied. "In fact, there are two."

At this point I knew something was fishy, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Two subway lines in Houghton? The city is home to engineering talent, but doesn't strike me as having the resources for two subway lines. I later saw exactly what she meant, as we passed the Post Office, across the street from Subway. Sharon Baartmans Dear Diary:

Before my boss went on vacation, he asked me to buy a weekly Long Island Rail Road ticket while he was away so I could to mail it to his house in time for his return. Not being familiar with Pennsylvania Station, I was warned that the lines could be long, especially during lunchtime, which is when I had originally planned my task.

Armed with that information, I descended to the dungeons of the terminal during "off-peak" hours and headed straight to the first long line I saw. Not a moment had passed when two women hesitantly stood behind me, and then asked if I really needed to be there.

After a quick observation, I realized I was the only male in a long line of women, girls and grandmothers waiting to get into the ladies' room.

Angelo Buencamino

Scene: Fifth Avenue bus, northbound.

Dramatis personae: Small boy (about 5 or 6) and teenage girl, both with British accent.

Dialogue:

Boy (with tearful voice): "But you said if I asked you nicely, I might have a balloon. And then, when I asked you nicely, you said no!"

Girl: "But I said no nicely, didn't I?"

Marion Maidens

Dear Diary:

A few weeks ago I sat in the bumper-to-bumper Hamptons traffic on the Long Island Expressway. As I inched slowly along, in the fast lane, I was rear-ended by the car full of kids behind me. A little shaken and concerned for my Labrador in the back, I threw the car into park and jumped out to see what had happened. As I approached, the kids made a quick exit through three lanes and off onto the service road. Gone.

Back into the car I went to inch along. A moment later I saw a piece of paper waving out of one car window in front of me. Then another and another until no fewer than 10 people were waving papers. At the next complete standstill in traffic, one person opened his door and ran over to give me his paper.

I took it, amazed to learn that his paper (like all the others, I later saw) bore the license number of the "got away" car. Justice in a jam. Carol Symchik Dear Diary:

While I was handling the reception desk at a women's magazine, the children of several employees sat in the adjoining conference room watching an action video. Trucks screeched, horns honked, people shouted, cars collided.

Just then, a bike messenger arrived to drop off a package. He paused, listened to the cacophony emanating from the conference room, and said, "Ah, the soundtrack to my life." Christine Roberts Dear Diary:

I got into a cab one morning over Labor Day weekend, carrying with me a very heavy suitcase on wheels. The driver warned me that he didn't have change, showing me a handful of $20 bills. I laughed and told him not to worry. I was taking care of a problem that had been growing for several years. I was on my way to a coin redemption machine in a supermarket on the Upper West Side. Final tally: 478 quarters, 841 nickels, 1,289 dimes and 9,476 pennies. Yes, I had change.

Gilbert Gjersvik

Dear Diary:

I live in Paris, after having lived in Brooklyn most of my life. A number of years ago, after living here for a while, I was telephoning my mother in Nassau County. I dialed the number.

Ma: "Hello?"

Me: "Ma?"

Ma: "Where are you?"

Me: "I'm in Paris."

Ma: "Paris?!? What are you doing in Paris??"

Me: (After a pause) "I think I have the wrong ma."

I then realized that I had dialed my mother's number, but used the Brooklyn area code instead of the one for Nassau County. I apologized and hung up. Then I wondered if I had a ma in every borough and county in the New York City area.

Rick Tulka

GRAPHIC: Drawings (Drawings by Phil Marden)

The Detroit News

September 14, 2003 Sunday Two dot Edition SPORTS; Pg. 11C

Findlay drubs Wayne State

Scott Harrison

DETROIT -- Wayne State failed to score a touchdown Saturday and lost 19-3 to Findlay in its Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener.

Findlay scored first, when on fourth down, running back Robert Campbell scored on a 5-yard run. Findlay extended its lead to 12-0 in the second quarter when quarterback Kevin Crooks scored a 1-yard touchdown on a keeper. The Oilers went for a two-point conversion because of an earlier missed extra point, but failed.

Findlay put the game out of reach in front of 2,325 fans with a long drive. The Oilers converted on fourth-and-11, and Crooks scored on a 1-yard keeper.

Crooks was 10-for-15 passing for 131 yards. He ran for 46 yards with the two touchdowns. Campbell had 127 yards on 27 carries. Wayne State had only 232 yards of total offense to Findlay's 403.

"We moved the ball, we just didn't play well enough on offense," Wayne State Coach Steve Kazor said. "I thought we played well on defense, special teams played well, I just think offensively we didn't get the job done."

Neither team could score in the third quarter. Wayne State missed a field-goal attempt. Findlay drove inside the Warriors' 1-yard line, but turned the ball over on downs.

"They're (Findlay) are a big physical team, but we still have to overcome that," Kazor said.

With three minutes left in the first half, Wayne State junior kicker Greg Gundersen made a 38-yard field goal for the Warriors' only points.

Senior Craig Duppong led Wayne State running with 91 yards on 23 carries.

More GLIAC

Saginaw Valley State 34, (at) Michigan Tech 32: Mark Radlinski passed for two touchdowns and ran for two others for Saginaw Valley (2-0, 1-0), ranked No. 5 in NCAA Division II.

Radlinski was 18-for-33 for 325 yards, including second-quarter TD passes of 63 yards to Stan Spencer and 44 yards to Ruvell Martin.

Chris Lomasney ran for 217 yards on 46 carries, a Sherman Field record, for Tech (1-1, 1-1).

(At) Grand Valley State 40, Ferris State 10: Michael Tennessee ran for a score and caught a 69-yard pass from Cullen Finnerty for another. Finnerty had two TD passes for Grand Valley (2-0, 1-0). Ferris is 1-1, 0-1.

(At) Indianapolis 31, Hillsdale 10: Matt Kohn passed for 347 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for 100 yards and one TD for Indianapolis (2-0, 1-0).

Hillsdale (0-2, 0-1) scored on a 23-yard pass from Bill Skelton to Keith Record.

(At) Mercyhurst 41, Northern Michigan 29: Jeff Nowling threw for two touchdowns and ran 34 yards for another for Mercyhurst (2-0, 1-0).

Northern quarterback Kyle Swenor ran 1 yard for a score and had 370 yards passing on a 24-for-46 day, but threw two interceptions. Northern is 0-2, 0-1.

Ashland 24, (at) Northwood 21: Ashland (1-2, 1-1) scored twice on fumble recoveries. Reggie Graham threw two touchdown passes for Northwood (0-2, 0-1).

MIAA

Olivet 21, (at) Ohio Wesleyan 0: Mick Faasen rushed for 164 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown with 4:47 left, for Olivet (2-0). Ohio Wesleyan is 0-1.

Adrian 24, (at) Defiance 21: Adam Tubaro completed 14-of-26 passes for 241 yards and two touchdowns to lead Adrian (2-0). Defiance is 0-2.

(At) Wheaton 35, Alma 24: Chad Bradley threw for a score and ran for another for Wheaton (1-0). Josh Brehm threw for two scores and ran for 125 yards for Alma (0-1).

(At) Hope 26, DePauw 14: Dan Bloemers ran for 167 yards and two touchdowns for Hope (1-1). DePauw is 1-1.

(At) Kalamazoo 28, Wabash 21: Dwight White ran for 119 yards and three touchdowns for Kalamazoo (1-0), including the winner with 2:32 left. Wabash is 0-1.

Duluth News-Tribune

September 14, 2003 Sunday SPTS

Local Names and News

CYCLING

Swanson cruises to Fat Tire win

Doug Swanson of Minnetonka, Minn., set a course record to win the Chequamegon Fat Tire 40-mile bicycle race Saturday in Cable, Wis.

Swanson, 25, who finished in 2 hours, 7 minutes and 11 seconds, beat the previous mark by more than three minutes to secure the largest margin of victory in the race's 21 years.

Steve Tilford of Topeka, Kan., winner of the previous three Chequamegon 40 races, was second in 2:14:58.

In the women's Chequamegon 40, Mary Grigson of Golden, Colo., won in 2:32:40. Duluth's Sara Kylander-Johnson, the top woman biker in the Midwest, finished second in 2:40:18.

VOLLEYBALL

Bulldogs extend winning streak

Minnesota Duluth extended its winning streak to 10 matches and improved to 11-1 with two wins Saturday at the North Central Regional Challenge in Omaha, Neb.

The Bulldogs defeated Northwest Missouri State 30-21, 30-17, 30-19 as Crystal Nucech had 16 kills and five blocks.

The ninth-ranked Bulldogs knocked off 12th-ranked Minnesota State-Mankato 30-23, 30-25 and 30-21 as Greta Iisakka had 44 set assists. Nucech had 12 kills, as did teammate Katie Timm, who added a match-high six blocks.

Valley City (N.D.) State defeated Wisconsin-Superior 21-30, 30-27, 30-23, 28-30, 16-14 but the Yellowjackets returned to stop Crown College 30-23, 30-14, 30-19 Saturday in the Peak Bagel Tournament at St. Scholastica.

Wisconsin-Eau Claire won the tournament, with wins over Crown College and St. Scholastica. The Saints finished second.

UWS's Molly Ray had 27 kills and 21 digs against Valley City and Abby Glawe added 52 set assists. Amanda Avikainen had 14 digs.

Ray added 13 kills, 12 digs and four ace serves against Crown College and Glawe had 17 set assists.

CROSS COUNTRY

UMD men win Lester Park Invite

Sophomore Robb Winterfeld led Minnesota Duluth to the men's team title Saturday at the Lester Park Invitational college meet at Lester Park Golf Course.

Winterfeld won the men's 8-kilometer race in 26 minutes, 27 seconds, followed by teammates Ben Kimmes, Nate Beerling and Bill Revering. The Bulldogs finished with 17 points. Michigan Tech was second with 69.

Northern Michigan took the women's title with 19 points led by individual winner Tami Kochen. The junior was first in 19:00 for 5 kilometers. UMD freshman Sara Frederickson was second in 19:06 as the Bulldogs placed third with 67 points.

SOCCER

UMD settles for scoreless tie

Elise Bray made 14 saves and Minnesota Duluth's Mira Muikku had nine as South Dakota State (3-1-1) and Minnesota Duluth battled to a 0-0 tie in a women's soccer match before a crowd of 253 at Griggs Field at UMD.

The Bulldogs (1-1-1) host North Dakota State today at Ordean Field at 1 p.m.

North Central (2-3) scored a goal at the 72nd minute by Ira Baldwin to tie the match and Brian Smith followed with a penalty kick three minutes later to beat Northland College 2-1 in a men's match in Ashland.

Edward Sanyang gave Northland (1-5) a 1-0 lead in the 67th minute following a scoreless first half.

Doug Kreiner made 10 saves for the Lumberjacks and Nathan Kemper made eight for North Central.

The Lumberjills (2-4) routed visiting North Central 8-0 behind four goals and two assists by senior forward Jane Culbertson.

Allison Hansen added two goals.

North Central falls to 0-5.

GOLF

Jeannette, Heger lead at Ridgeview

Joe Jeannette of Northland Country Club and Enger Park pro Scott Heger shot 65 to take the first-round lead at the Ridgeview Country Club 4-Ball Tournament. One shot back are five twosomes: Jim Jensen-Dean Patrick, Wes Salo-Jud Crist, Lynden Medlin-Mike Marshall, Kyle Ness-Rich Hill and Kevin and Jim Oswald.

Jeannette and Heger tee off at 1:52 as the event concludes today. WALKING Walking by Water event set

A walking event in Two Harbors to promote family fitness will debut at 9 a.m. on Oct. 11 on the Gitchi-Gami State Trail.

The 3-mile and 11-mile Walking by Water events will be timed, however no age-group awards will be made. The walk is to encourage exercise and physical fitness, said organizer Ellen Moore Anderson.

The events will start and finish at the picnic shelter area of the Split Rock State Park Trail Center. The entry fee is $10. For information contact

NEWS TRIBUNE

Omaha World Herald

September 14, 2003, Sunday SUNRISE EDITION LIVING; Pg. 5e

Osbornes among inductees for Ak-Sar-Ben Court of Honor

The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation, in conjunction with the Ak-Sar-Ben Women's Ball Committee, has announced the 2003 inductees to the Ak-Sar-Ben Court of Honor. The ceremony will be at the Ak-Sar-Ben Coronation Ball Oct. 18 at the Omaha Convention Center.

The Ak-Sar-Ben Court of Honor, established in 1988, recognizes individuals who have excelled in agriculture, arts, business and industry, community service, education, philanthropy, professions, public service, sports or youth.

This year's inductees are: Georgianne Dutton Colladay and the late Martin G. Colladay for community service; Paul A. Johnsgard of Lincoln for education; U.S. Rep. Tom Osborne and Nancy Osborne of Washington, D.C., for youth; and Anthony F. Raimondo of Columbus for business and industry.

Marty and Georgianne Colladay adopted Omaha as their home after many military tours around the world.

Marty Colladay was born in Hutchinson, Kan., and attended West Point. After his graduation in 1946, he had a distinguished Air Force career, serving as chief of staff of the Strategic Air Command, vice director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and deputy chairman of the NATO Military Committee. After more than 6,000 hours of flight time, he retired in 1977 as a three-star lieutenant general.

He then joined ConAgra Foods, ascending to vice president of public affairs.

Colladay served as an Ak-Sar-Ben Councillor from 1984 to 1990. He served as a board member or president for the Edmonson YMCA Youth Outreach, Joslyn Art Museum, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Prison Fellowship, Nebraska State Chamber of Commerce, West Point Association, Air Force Association, Boy Scouts, Methodist Hospital, American Cancer Society, Fontenelle Nature Association, Open Door Mission, Girl Scouts, College of St. Mary and the Avery Presbyterian Church.

The former Georgianne Dutton, known as Danny, was a native of Dodge City, Kan., and married Colladay in 1957. The couple raised four daughters.

Georgianne Colladay helped establish Quality Living Inc., whose program center is named for the Colladays. Other involvements include the Noncommissioned Officers Wives Club, Lutheran Medical Center, Omaha Ballet, Uta Halee Girls Village, YWCA Board, Fontenelle Nature Association, Salvation Army advisory board, Strategic Air and Space Museum advisory board, Grace University board and the Avery Presbyterian Church.

She has been honored with the YMCA Woman of Distinction award, the Ak-Sar-Ben Ike Friedman community leadership award, the Grace University Hearts of Grace and the Family Service leadership family award.

Paul A. Johnsgard, professor emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has written 45 books on ornithology and other aspects of the natural world.

Harvey Perlman, UNL chancellor, said Johnsgard is almost certainly the most widely published ornithologist in the world. While Johnsgard's books have received international recognition, Perlman said, "his greatest gifts to Nebraskans have been his volumes on the Platte Valley, the Sand Hills and the natural history of the state of Nebraska."

A fellow of the American Ornithologists Union since 1961, he spent 40 years teaching ornithology, ecology and basic zoology to more than 5,000 students.

He was the first UNL faculty member to win all three major faculty awards: the distinguished teaching award, the outstanding research and creative activity award and a Regents Foundation distinguished professorship.

A native of Fargo, N.D., Johnsgard earned a bachelor's degree from North Dakota State, a master's from Washington State and a doctorate from Cornell.

Among the national science writing awards he has received are a 1969 Library Journal award, a 1973 Wildlife Society award and selection of one of his books by the English-speaking People's Union for inclusion in libraries around the world. Other awards include the National Audubon Society Fred Thomas Nebraska Steward Award, the Clarkson Hospital Loren Eiseley Award and the Nebraska Wildlife Federation lifetime achievement award.

Johnsgard and his wife, Lois, have four children.

U.S. Rep. Tom Osborne and Nancy Osborne co-founded the TeamMates mentoring program. TeamMates is a school-based, one-to-one mentoring program that matches adult volunteers with students in need of a caring adult in their lives.

The statewide initiative was launched in 1998. Communities that seek to be a TeamMates Community must identify the need for mentoring, gain support for the program and develop a plan for implementation. There are 65 chapters across the state with about 2,200 mentor-student matches.

Osborne, a fourth-generation graduate of Hastings College, completed a bachelor's degree in history there and went on to earn master's and doctoral degrees in educational psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was head football coach at UNL from 1972-97. Elected to U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, Osborne represents Nebraska's Third District and sits on the agriculture, education and resources committees.

Nancy Tederman Osborne, a Holdrege, Neb., native, graduated with a bachelor's degree in elementary education from UNL. She taught fifth grade in Lincoln and eventually married Osborne. Together they raised three children.

Nancy Osborne has been a volunteer leader in supporting youth, family and church issues. She was key in founding and building the Samaritan Counseling Center in Lincoln. She served on its board of directors and the Foundation of the Center and received its Tip of the Hat Award in 1996. Osborne was named Arthritis Woman of the Year in 1998. She has also been on the Lincoln Public Schools Foundation board, Lighthouse board, and the St. Paul School of Theology board in Kansas City.

The couple were named The World-Herald's Midlanders of the Year in 1998, received the Boys Town Father Flanagan Award for service to youth in 1995, were named Lifetime Tom Landry Associates of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in 1998, and received the David Hutcheson Award for distinguished service to education in Nebraska in 2001.

Anthony F. Raimondo, chairman and chief executive officer of Behlen Manufacturing Co., joined the company as general manager for Wickes Corp. in 1982. He led efforts to complete a successful management buyout in 1984 as Behlen experienced major losses because of market changes and Wickes emerged from Chapter 11.

Raimondo began his career by joining General Motors after completing his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University and his master's in business administration from the University of Rochester. He later joined Moog Inc., an aerospace company, progressing from a manufacturing engineer to quality assurance manager to manufacturing manager.

He and his family relocated from western New York to Omaha in 1976, where he spent several years with Sperry Corp. as general manager of Vickers, a $ 90 million hydraulic products manufacturing operation.

Over the years, he has served as director of the National Association of Manufacturers, the Metal Building Manufacturers Association, the Federal Reserve Board and the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce & Industry, a commissioner for the Department of Economic Development, and the Nebraska Diplomats. He is also a policy board member for the Peter Kiewit Institute.

Raimondo has been appointed four times by Nebraska's governor to leadership roles in state government and has received the national turnaround entrepreneur of the year award from National Winner Inc. magazine.

In 1999 he was appointed to the Nebraska Business Hall of Fame. In 2001 he received the Nebraska Workforce Development distinguished leadership award. In 2002 he helped Behlen rank 74th in the Top 100 training awards by Training Magazine. Raimondo and his wife, Jeanne, have four children.

GRAPHIC: B&W Photos/2 Marty and Georgianne Colladay Nancy and Tom Osborne Mugs/2 Raimondo Johnsgard

Reno Gazette-Journal

September 14, 2003 Sunday MAIN NEWS; Pg. 1A

UNR among first to monitor students' computer use

By Lenita Powers

RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL

When the music industry filed lawsuits last week against 261 people for trading songs online, University of Nevada, Reno students living on campus were unlikely targets because their computers have been monitored for the past five years.

Reno's university is among the first in the nation to measure all the Internet traffic on campus in an effort to halt the illegal distribution of copyrighted material, including music and movies.

Although some students are apprehensive about the monitoring, university officials and a civil libertarian said the measure was carefully crafted to ensure privacy is protected.

Steven Zink,UNR's vice president of information technology, said the purpose of the policy is to help keep the students and the university out of court for using music-sharing networks like the former Napster.

"When Napster was in its heyday, I talked to the Student Senate and to students in the residence halls about how this actually does cost people their rightful income," Zink said.

"And there's always been this sense that they're not going to go after students or kids. Wrong!" he said of the recording and film industries. "They want to make a point. They've paid for these intellectual properties and they want to get reimbursed for them."

UNR has disciplined two student employees within the past three years for using their work computers to download music without paying for it, officials said.

Some UNR students are uneasy about having the Internet equivalent of Big Brother peering over their shoulders.

"I feel a little disturbed by it, but not too much," said Howard Knudsen as he used one of the computers in UNR's library. "Considering I'm using the university's broadband, they would have the legal right to monitor my use."

Knudsen, a 19-year-old accounting major from Sparks, said he understands the recording industry's need to protect its intellectual property rights like any other property right. But he thinks it has been heavy-handed levying tens of thousands of dollars in student fines.

"It seems pretty subjective, the way they're going about it. And the ones they're prosecuting are not just the major violators, but random users."

Among first in nation

Sheldon Steinbach, staff member for a task force of educators, recording and film representatives and congressmen, said he believes UNR was one of the first colleges in the nation to address the problem of campus networks being used to pirate music and films. "To the best of my knowledge, there are very few other institutions that gave the matter much attention until we formed the task force last December," Steinbach said of the Joint Committee of the Higher Education and Entertainment Communities.

The committee formed three task forces, including a Technology Task Force, to find technological solutions that colleges and universities could use, if they choose, to prevent the distribution of copyrighted content and bandwidth usage by peer-to-peer systems.

Richard Siegel, president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, said the ACLU helped negotiate a computer-use policy with the university about five or eight years ago.

That policy included requiring anyone using the university's unr.edu computer network to agree to conform to local, state and federal law, said Siegel, who's also a UNR political science professor.

"So we do have that obligation, and implicit in that would be a certain amount of monitoring," he said.

But the university also has to balance its obligation to protect users' privacy while not allowing its network to be used for illegal purposes, Siegel said, be it downloading copyrighted music or child pornography.

"The university, as the Internet service provider, has a legal responsibility and a liability, but at the same time, it's also committed to the users' privacy rights through our computer-use agreement," he said.

Steinbach said students need to be told that universities cannot protect them from lawsuits for copyright infringements.

Liability and privacy

The recording industry filed lawsuits against four college students earlier this year, sending a ripple of fear across campuses nationwide.

Recording industry officials recently widened its legal net to a broader swatch of computer users - from a 12-year-old girl to a 71-year-old grandfather - and this week said it could file thousands of other suits. Officials estimate more than half of file-sharers are teenagers.

Tom Ray, the University and Community College System of Nevada's lawyer, said no Nevada institutions have received subpoenas seeking the names of students suspected of operating music file-sharing programs.

Sally Morgan, director of UNR's student judicial services, said the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act prohibits her from discussing how the two students were disciplined.

In general, she said, such violations can result in student employees losing their jobs. Students also can face punishments ranging from as much as a year's probation to being expelled, the maximum penalty reserved for those who commit more serious offenses such as downloading material for personal gain, Morgan said.

No student has been expelled to date for that offense, she said.

Zink said that to better target computer abuse on campus, the university implemented a device called "packet shaping" several years ago to determine if an usually high amount of data was being downloaded or uploaded.

"Through packet shaping, if it's going to one site, we can assume it's a sound or a movie," Zink said. "And if we see too many hits coming into that site, those are the things we monitor. We don't monitor what Web sites they visit."

Ashley Smith, a 20-year-old UNR student from Las Vegas, doesn't consider that an invasion of students' privacy.

"As long they're not getting into our own computers, then it's not really that bad," said Smith, who admits she downloaded music as a freshman when she lived in one of the university residence halls. "If they checked on what sites we visited, that would be going too far."

Sophisticated technology

Potential Internet abusers can be tracked through their user names, said Jeff Springer, manager of UNR's computer network and security.

The campus has close to 10,000 computers, printers and newer copiers on its system, and each has an Internet protocol address, he said.

Each day, Springer checks the system's bandwidth and looks at the list of "top talkers" - the network's biggest users for the day.

"We can tell by the numbers if someone talked to 4,000 computers that day, and I would have to look at the logging information to tell who was logged onto that machine at that time through the user name," he said. "Then we could get their actual name."

Two things alert Springer to potential abuse of the system: how much information is downloaded or uploaded and how many computers a user talks to.

"On an average day, someone might talk to about 200 computers, but if you talk to 3,000 or 5,000, that's not something a person can do just by sitting and clicking on a Web browser," he said. "That's usually peer-to-peer applications, a game or a virus."

Since those three things look alike when Springer checks the network numbers on his computer screen, he takes an additional step to pinpoint someone who is abusing the system.

"If we see something other than a server sending out a lot of data, that piques our interest. Then we look at the net flow profile - which machines were talking and what ports were they talking on. Then we can tell whether it's someone playing a game, if it's a virus or a peer-to-peer application."

One more way to determine it's a peer-to-peer application is to use an intrusion detection system, which looks for signatures such as Kazaa, an online application that allows file sharing, Springer said.

"And the majority of people sharing files through Kazaa are sharing copyrighted materials," he said.

Protecting UNR

Zink said efforts to prevent students, staff and faculty from downloading music or films without paying for them stems from ethics as well as a desire to protect students and the university from lawsuits.

The Recording Industry Association of America filed lawsuits earlier this year against four students who operated Napster-style music file-sharing programs through campus networks at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Princeton University and Michigan Technological University.

In May, the students agreed to pay the RIAA settlements of $12,000 to $17,000 over the next three years.

Shortly after those lawsuits were filed, two dozen similar student networks at other universities came down, said Jonathan Lamy, the RIAA's spokesman.

Lamy said the association now is targeting students who offer music downloads on a somewhat smaller scale.

"What we've recently announced is that we'll be collecting evidence for the purpose of filing lawsuits against those who are offering substantial amounts of downloads on peer-to-peer networks," he said.

Lamy said he could not quantify what would be considered a substantial amount, saying, "We're not providing a fast-and-hard number."

"We're targeting uploaders who offer files to others to come and copy, and sending them out in mass," he said.

GRAPHIC: DOWNLOAD DEMON: The rise in popularity of portable digital music players such as Apple's iPod, left, or Rio's Nitrus led to an increase in downloading music files from the Internet and swapping them. The recording industry is trying to halt these practices by suing individual computer users.AP fileLiz Margerum, Reno Gazette-JournalSTUDENT: Howard Knudsen,19, an accounting major at the University of Nevada, Reno, said he understands the recording industry's need to protect its intellectual property rights. But he also thinks the industry's tactic of suing individuals has been heavy-handed. Not archived: 2003 KRT graphic, "Music downloads."

Star Tribune

September 14, 2003, Sunday, Metro Edition Minnespolis: NEWS; Pg. 8B

Obituaries

Bur

Thomas R. Bur, 77, of Burnsville, passed away 8/24/03. Tom never went to high school, but graduated from Mich. Technological Univ. He also received a professional engineering degree from the Univ. of Missouri in Rolla. He worked at the U.S. Bureau of Mines for 27 years as a geophysicist. Tom served in the U.S. Armed Forces for 2 years during WWII. He was a member of the VFW and the K of C. He is survived by wife, Irene; 5 children, Mary Jo (Ray) Sell, Patti, Diane, & Randy of MN and Nancy (Bill) Swiderek of Cheboygan, MI; and 7 grandchildren. Funeral services & burial were held in Cheboygan, MI.

The Associated Press State & Local Wire

September 13, 2003, Saturday, BC cycle

Saginaw Valley St. 34, Michigan Tech 32

HOUGHTON, Mich.

Mark Radlinski passed for two touchdowns and ran for two others as Saginaw Valley State fought off Michigan Tech 34-32 in the teams' Great Lakes Conference opener Saturday.

Radlinski was 18-for-33 for 325 yards, including second-quarter TD passes of 63 yards to Stan Spencer and 44 yards to Ruvell Martin.

Radlinski's 22-yard TD run opened the scoring 3:31 into the game, and his 9-yard run 1:06 into the fourth quarter gave the Cardinals (2-0 and ranked No.5 in NCAA Division II) a 34-19 lead.

The Huskies fell to 1-1 overall and in the GLIAC despite four TD passes from Dan Mettlach. His 17-yard TD pass to Jacob Smith pulled Tech to within 34-32, but Mettlach failed to make the 2-point conversion attempt.

Saginaw Valley sealed the win by recovering Grant Botz' onside kick.

Chris Lomasney ran for 217 yards on 46 carries, a Sherman Field record.

Fort Collins Coloradoan

September 13, 2003 Saturday SPORTS; Pg. 5D

Eagles bring in backup goalie from Mich Tech

Darrell Blair

Coloradoan staff

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The Colorado Eagles added some insurance Friday to their lineup.

Rookie Brian Rogers was signed by the Eagles as a potential backup goalie. He is the 14th player signed by the first-year Central Hockey League franchise.

"I decided to move to Fort Collins before I knew there was a team here," Rogers said. "I've kind of been drifting a little bit, so it was good to have a shot to make this team."

Rogers, 5-foot-9, 180 pounds, played three seasons at Michigan Tech, an NCAA Division I hockey school. Rogers also played last year for the Macon (Ga.) Trax, formerly of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League, and the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Wings of the United Hockey League.

Rogers, a Flint, Mich. native, appeared in 50 games in college and eight games as a pro, split evenly between the Trax and Wings.

"He comes from a good level of hockey," Eagles coach Chris Stewart. "It's a good opportunity for us to give him a look."

Rogers will be one of three or four goalies in the Eagles camp, which opens Oct. 6.

CHL rules allow teams to dress 18 players, 16 skaters and two goalies.

The Eagles will play exhibition games against Northwest Division rival Oklahoma City at 7:05 p.m. Oct. 10-11 at the Budweiser Events Center. The Eagles open the regular season at 7:05 p.m. Oct. 17 against the Tulsa Oilers at the events center.

Tickets still are available for the exhibition games. Cost is $12.50.

For more information on tickets, call the Eagles office at 686-7468.

Next up: Oilers at Eagles (exhibition), 7 p.m. Oct. 17, Budweiser Events Center at Larimer County fairgrounds.

Calgary Herald

September 12, 2003 Friday Final Edition Sports; Pg. F4

Wolves escape wildfire's wrath

Murray Rauw

The most important thing was knowing people were safe and no one was injured fighting the wild fires.

In the assessment after the blaze that devastated their area, the Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves were comforted, knowing they didn't sustain any direct of indirect property damage. Their arena was untouched as were the homes of all directors and billets for the Alberta Junior Hockey League team.

In a normal time, the Timberwolves would have been thinking about putting the administrative touches on the start of another season, but hockey was the last thing on their minds when the fires burned in July and August.

"Our rink was never in danger but we had billets and board members who were evacuated and out of their homes for two-to-three weeks," said Crowsnest Pass general manager-coach Kevin Higo. "They were trying times in the community and hockey was never on the minds of people. They only wanted to get the fires out and get life back to normal."

The flames from the fire crept to within five kilometres of the Coleman Sports Complex, making them visible from the parking lot. Training camp was able to go on as scheduled.

"There isn't smoke in the air any more -- if there is it's coming from the fire in Kelowna," said Higo. "It reminds people of what we went through."

The fire was a setback for the team's preparations. Knocking on doors, trying to sell season tickets and program advertising was out of the question last month when it would normally by in full swing. It was understandable that revenues slowed to a trickle.

"A lot of our sponsors also sponsor minor soccer and baseball," said Higo, while taking a break from his day-to-day responsibilities with the AJHL club which has lost its first two regular-season games. "The money wasn't just wasn't there for anybody because they had to deal with other things.

"A lot of people lost a lot of hours in wages because businesses were shut down or they may have had the expense of having to move into a hotel. Money was definitely tight and there some adverse times. I think it will be a long time until people can forget about the fire."

The Timberwolves are on the way to getting back to normal. They have been granted an extension of their $3,000 September assessment due to the league.

"You have put things in perspective and we had to try to help them out," said AJHL president Kim Marsh." They asked to have their September assessment moved to March and we had no problem with that. They just wanted their first instalment paid at the end. We just want to get everything healthy in the Crowsnest. As a league, we were all concerned."

Coaching carousel

There was the normal activity in the AJHL coaching ranks again over the off-season.

There were changes in St. Albert, Fort McMurray and Drayton Valley while Len Desmet is the coach of the expansion Drumheller Dragons.

Mark Howell takes over behind the bench of the Drayton Valley Thunder. Last season, Howell was an assistant to Dean Clark with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League. He has also been the head coach for the Calgary Midget AAA Flames and also worked as an assistant coach with the Canadian men's world championship team in 2000.

He replaced Ian Kallay who accepted an assistant coaching position with Michigan Tech.

In St. Albert, Mark Hollick takes over from Gord Thibodeau, who left the team and took the head coaching job with the Fort McMurray Oil Barons

The Saints lost a seven-game final series to the Camrose Kodiaks. Game seven ended in a 1-0 Kodiaks win in Camrose.

The coaching positions in Calgary remain the same with Don Phelps back with the Calgary Canucks and Doug Hergenhein returning to the Calgary Royals.

On the executive front, Marsh, of Red Deer, returns for a sixth year as AJHL president.

But his life changed on July 19 when he married Barb Lostrand. She is the co-ordinator of Female Development at Hockey Alberta.

"We met at the photocopier two years ago at the Hockey Alberta office," said Marsh.

mrauw@theherald.

Green Bay Press-Gazette

September 12, 2003 Friday LOCAL/STATE; Pg. 2B

Spotlight

College honors

* Local students graduated from Michigan Technological University in spring with bachelor's degrees. They are:

Eric Hockers, De Pere, mechanical engineering degree; Brian Christoff, Green Bay, mechanical engineering; Liza Collins, Green Bay, scientific and technical communication; Christopher Kane, Green Bay, chemical engineering, cum laude; Brett Krause, Green Bay, materials science and engineering, cum laude; Kevin LaPean, Green Bay, civil engineering; Adam Spratlin, Green Bay, engineering technology; Jennifer Post, Greenleaf, civil engineering, cum laude; Bradley Bouchonville, Luxemburg, electrical engineering, cum laude; Tyler Nooyen, New Franken, materials science and engineering; Nicholas Berkebile, Oneida, mechanical engineering, cum laude; Kristin Duchateau, Pulaski, civil engineering, summa cum laude; and Keith Nackers, computer engineering, summa cum laude.

* Katherine Daley of Green Bay was named to the President's List of High Distinction at Western Wisconsin Technical College, La Crosse, for the second semester. She is majoring in graphic design.

* Sarah Hutjens, daughter of Winnie and Dale Hutjens, De Pere, graduated in spring with an associate in science degree from Cottey College, Nevada, Mo.

* The Native American Educational Services College-Menominee campus in Keshena named the following students to the spring semester dean's list: Anthony Delabrue, Neopit; Verna Malone, Bowler; Shawn Pamonicutt, Shawano; Thomas Tousey, Keshena; and Terry Wescott, Keshena.

* John Golnitz of Green Bay was a member of the Augsburg College, Minneapolis, baseball team during the 2003 season. Golnitz, a 2001 graduate of Green Bay Preble High School and son of Darrell and Mary Golnitz, hit .250 with two runs, four hits, no runs batted in during eight games and played as an infield-pitcher this season.

* Students from the area graduated from Northern Michigan University, Marquette, in May.

Those who received bachelor's degrees are Krystiane Brunner, Abrams, art and design degree; Erik Mackey, Antigo, computer information systems; Jaime Livingston, De Pere, arts-elementary education; Jessica Klumpp, Florence, business education; Abigail Gray, Green Bay, criminal justice; Abby Halron, Green Bay, social work; Alicia Ruatti, Green Bay, biology-ecology; Kelly Simcik, Green Bay, communication disorders; Adam Vaniten, Green Bay, marketing; Heidi Ehlers, Manitowoc, political science; Julianne Heyduk, Manitowoc, preschool and family life services; Jody Vanhoof, Peshtigo, psychology-graduate preparation; Mary Bal, Pulaski, communication disorders; Eeeln Buckarma, Pulaski, athletic training; and Marshall Paschke, Sturgeon Bay, management of health and fitness.

Those who received master's degrees are Allison Wehmeyer, Green Bay, English literature; Heather Johnston, Marinette, communication disorders; and Charles Pelky, Sturgeon Bay, public administration.

* Local students graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in May.

Abrams: Christopher Williams; Crivitz: Tamara Baldwin, Tara Hanson; De Pere: Matthew Soderlund, Patrick Kotowski, Ryan Norman, Julie Becker, Karen Van Beek, Laura Watzka, Tracy Kempen; Denmark: Todd Kane, Amanda Suster, Krista Gilson; Gillett: Brooke Ulrich; Green Bay: Brian Altmann, Daniel Sisel, David Obermann, Forrest Brooks, Matthew Larson, Nicholas Laes, Ryan Secor, Steven Allen, Timothy Steinberg, William Martens, Angela Streckenbach, Elizabeth Boudreau, Jacqueline Frank, Jacquelynn Paulsen, Jennifer Anderson, Kristin Lade, Melissa Flanders, Pamela Wolff, Rachel Holm, Rebecca Herzog, Sara Capelle, Shirley Triest-Robertson, Soubinh Borihane, Theresa Clark, Wendy Chambers; Greenleaf: Mark Mommaerts, Mark Mommaerts; Luxemburg: Michael Mueller; Manitowoc: Daniel Coulson, Grant Groves, Jesse Jirik, Amy Thomas, Brittany Siehr, Elizabeth Frozena, Kari Wellner, Kelly Lipski, Laura Lee, Michelle Turcotte, Shannon Thomas; Maribel: Mary Madsen; Marinette: Ryan Rysewyk, Kelly Enders; Oneida: Wendy Morris; Pembine: Sarah Hafeman; Peshtigo: Erin Eklund; Pulaski: Elizabeth Sengkhammee; Reedsville: Anne Christianson, Laura Blazer; Seymour: Darren McKeefry; Shawano: Dru Weasler; Sobieski: Jonathan Friedland; Sturgeon Bay: Andrew Herland, Josephine Guenzel; Edwin Hinshaw, Joshua Fiedler, Chris Hamburg, Jacqueline Nooker, Monique Litersky, Tricia McGinty; Wrightstown: Laura Ollmann

* Kristy Miller, daughter of Tim and Patty Miller, Suamico, graduated from Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, in spring. She received a bachelor's degree with a double major in occupational therapy and Spanish. She is a 1999 graduate of Bay Port High School.

* Three local students were named to the second semester dean's list at Miami University, Ohio: Laura Rebman and Hillary Folz, both of Green Bay, and Melina Lukas, Manitowoc.

* Katie Kuehl of New Franken was named to the dean's list at Carthage College, Kenosha. She is majoring in biology.

* The School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire named Laura Stacie of De Pere as one of the scholarship recipients for the 2003-2004 academic year. She received the Frances Sundet Memorial scholarship and is a junior.

* Lisa Smith, daughter of Marvin and Julie Smith, Green Bay, graduated from Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn., after spring semester with a bachelor's degree in Spanish education for Grades 5-12.

Hartford Courant

September 12, 2003 Friday, STATEWIDE Connecticut: CONNECTICUT; Pg. B9

SUIHKONEN, RONALD E.

Ronald E. Suihkonen, 69, of Windsor and Clearwater, FL, died Friday, (September 5, 2003) at his home in Clearwater, under the care of The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast and his wife. Born in Embarrass, MN, son of the late Eino and Sally (Lehto) Suihkonen, he graduated from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI. He was a retired Marketing and Sales Executive in the Aerospace industry, working many years for Hamilton Standard and Pratt and Whitney Divisions of United Technologies. He also held positions at PTC Aerospace, Bantam, CT, Greenwich Air Services and Aero Systems Aviation Corp. in Miami, FL and AvAero in Safety Harbor, FL. He was a Korean War Veteran. He was a coach in the Windsor Youth Hockey Association for many years. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Barbara Ann (Airey); a son, Robert of Torrington; and two daughters, and their husbands, Laura and Jay Jones of Coconut Creek, FL and Karen and Glenn Cusano of Granby. He also leaves five grandchildren, Matthew, Loring, Tomer, Sarah and Natalie. He leaves his sisters, Linda Conan of Seattle, Janet Lustig and Loretta Nelson of Minnesota; along with many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins in Minnesota. A memorial service will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, 311 Broad Street, Windsor, CT on Friday, September 26, at 10:30 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, 300 East Bay Drive, Largo, FL 33770-3770 or your favorite charity.

Times Herald

September 12, 2003 Friday SPORTS; Pg. 1C

For Shock, title two wins away

Detroit, L.A. face off tonight

Interest remains lukewarm in area

By DAREN TOMHAVE

Times Herald

Mary Czarnecki will spend this weekend in Houghton visiting boyfriend Nick Kammer, a senior at Michigan Technological University. But, she admits a part of her will be somewhere else.

Like most fans of the WNBA's Detroit Shock, Czarnecki has been following the fifth-year franchise's run through the postseason with a keen interest.

The Shock are making their first WNBA Finals appearance today, when they take on the Los Angeles Sparks at Los Angeles' Staples Center. Game 2 will be played at 4 p.m. Sunday at The Palace of Auburn Hills, and Czarnecki wishes she could be there.

"I've considered canceling my trip a couple times," said Czarnecki, a Marysville resident and sophomore at St. Clair County Community College. "I told (Kammer), 'You better know I really love you.'"

But, where's the love for the Shock? In the Blue Water Area, it appears, it's been a little harder to come by.

Even those who follow the team know interest in the Shock pales in comparison to even a regular-season game of their NBA counterpart, the Detroit Pistons.

"On our team," said Erin Cyplik, a senior on the St. Clair girls basketball team, "yeah, there's kind of (an interest), but it's girls basketball and no one really watches girls basketball."

Last season, the Shock ranked last in the league in attendance, averaging less than 6,000 fans per contest.

"I think because of the proximity of The Palace, there isn't the same interest here," said Fred Shaw, a former Shock season-ticketholder and longtime girls basketball coach at St. Clair. "The people who are interested have young daughters who are prospective basketball players."

But, Sunday's Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Connecticut Sun drew an announced crowd of 13,635 - one being Czarnecki, who believes the franchise's rise will lead to higher interest.

This year's run marks the Shock's first playoff appearance since 1999. Last season, the Shock finished a WNBA-worst 9-23.

"It's catching on more," Czarnecki said. "I remember going (in years past) and there were very few people there. Obviously, they weren't playing as well then and, naturally, when you're playing well, people want to come see what all the hype is about."

Czarnecki's interest stems from the sport she plays and coaches - basketball. Czarnecki plays at SC4, and is an assistant coach for Marysville's varsity team.

She accompanied the Vikings to Sunday's Eastern Conference final. Cyplik, too, has been to two games this season with her St. Clair teammates.

"I don't (usually) go to the games," she said. "It's hard when you get busy, but I try to follow them on TV and in the newspaper."

Lee Sheldon, a three-sport standout at Sandusky, also said his schedule makes it difficult to keep tabs on the Shock - not that he would anyway.

"There's so much going on for me right now," said Sheldon, a quarterback and all-Blue Water Area basketball player. "I'm thinking about a different sport right now. It's girls basketball, and I'm not hardcore. ... I don't really follow it, I guess."

Shaw, for one, wishes more girls would.

The game, he said, stresses team-oriented play and the fundamentals, whereas the men's game can lean toward individual performance.

"I would recommend any girl with aspirations to play basketball pick out a role model," said Shaw, who helps run basketball clinics at the Joe Dumars Fieldhouse in the summer. "I grew up watching Jerry West, and I tried to imitate everything he did. That's how I learned how to play basketball.

"(At camps), we talk to players about Swin Cash, and how wonderfully athletic she is, or for our post players, Ruth Riley. ... The fundamentals are outstanding."

Though he gave up his season tickets after the Shock's first few seasons, when times were lean, Shaw has remained interested in the team's progress.

Like, Czarnecki, Shaw also hopes to catch one of two possible finals games at The Palace.

"I'd go in a nanosecond," he said.

GRAPHIC: 1C Mary Czarnecki; 3C Fred Shaw; Erin Cyplik

The Associated Press State & Local Wire

September 11, 2003, Thursday, BC cycle

Upper Peninsula Briefs

MARQUETTE, Mich.

A woman has been arrested on a charge of embezzling more than $100,000 from an area trucking company.

State police were withholding the suspect's name until arraignment, scheduled for Tuesday in district court in Ishpeming.

The company involved was Martin Schmeltz Trucking Co. of Negaunee Township, The Mining Journal reported Thursday.

The suspect, who was fired from her part-time financial position with the company in May, was charged with five separate criminal counts.

In warrants authorized by the Marquette County prosecutor's office, the suspect is charged with one count of felony embezzlement, a felony carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $15,000 fine; and four counts of failure to file income taxes, felonies carrying maximum sentences of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

State police detective Walley Helmila said investigators discovered that the money was stolen between January 1999 and May. The suspect's job required her to write checks and make bank deposits, he said.

COPPER HARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Political, business and environmental leaders gathered on Brockway Mountain to mark the transfer of 3,266 acres at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula to public ownership.

The property includes more than five miles of Superior shoreline, as well as waterfalls, lakes and a stretch of the Montreal River.

The ceremony Wednesday completed the state's $12.5 million purchase of 6,275 acres from International Paper Co. and its local subsidiary, Lake Superior Land Co.

The land was initially bought and held by the nonprofit Nature Conservancy, which has been reimbursed by the state in stages since 2002.

Helen Taylor, state director of the land-preservation organization, praised efforts to protect the land from development.

"It would have been very easy to let this go, and it wouldn't have been right," Taylor told The Daily Mining Gazette of Houghton.

Most of the land was not productive for the paper company, which operates a large mill in Quinnesec and processes logs cut in Keweenaw County.

State Rep. Rich Brown, D-Bessemer, who co-sponsored a bill urging the state to buy the land, said he was glad the deal was completed.

"It's a beautiful piece of land, and I'm proud to represent it," Brown said.

HOUGHTON, Mich. (AP) - Du Lee, president of the Michigan Tech University's Korean Student Association, wants the community to get a taste of the Korean culture.

That's one reason the 14-member group will serve up Korean cuisine Sept. 20 at the 14th annual Multicultural Festival, which coincides with the Parade of Nations.

"We are proud of where we are from and our heritage, and we want to show others what Korea has to offer," Lee told The Daily Mining Gazette for a story Thursday. "We especially enjoy serving the community. We love to see people enjoying a part of our culture."

More than 80 countries, including Kenya, Brazil, Japan, Saudi Arabia, England, India, Greece and Senegal, will be represented in the parade.

Of those, 40 to 50 will serve food from their native country.

Sandy Henkel of the Educational Opportunity office expects more than 5,000 spectators to attend the festival, held inside Dee Stadium in Houghton.

Profits go to the individual student organizations to support their activities.

Advanced Materials & Processes

August 1, 2003 No. 8, Vol. 161; Pg. 116; ISSN: 0882-7958

ASM award recipients announced

ASM News

The distinguished achievements of leading members of the materials science and engineering community will be honored and celebrated at the annual ASM Awards Dinner, to be held Tuesday, Oct. 14 in Pittsburgh, during ASM Materials Solutions.

Tickets for the Awards Dinner are available for $ 65 each by using the registration form found in the advance brochure or by visiting the registration area at materialssolutions. To purchase a table, please contact Leslie Taylor at 440/338-4634 or e-mail lmtaylor@.

Honorary Membership

Dr. Lyle H. Schwartz, FASM, director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, Va., will be named an ASM Honorary Member. Schwartz is cited for "innovative and effective leadership in planning, prioritizing and administering materials research and development within the federal government and industrial/government partnerships, for outstanding work in X-ray and neutron diffraction, Mossbauer spectroscopy and for service to ASM International."

Medal for the Advancement of Research

Dr. Craig R. Barrett, CEO, Intel Corp., Chandler, Ariz., has been named the recipient of the 2003 Medal for the Advancement of Research. Barrett is cited "for outstanding leadership and support of electronic materials and fabrication process research and development leading to the creation of the Pentium family of processors, the world's most widely used microprocessor."

Hench to receive Holloman Award of Acta Materiala at ASM dinner

Prof. Larry L, Hench, professor of ceramic materials, Department of Materials, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, England, will receive the 2003 J. Herbert Hollomon Award of Acta Materialia, Inc. at the ASM Awards Dinner in Pittsburgh, Oct. 14.

The Hollomon Award recognizes outstanding contributions to understanding the interactions between materials technology and society, as well as contributions to materials technology that have had a major impact on society.

Distinguished life membership

Dr. John Herbert Buckingham, director, Defense Technology Agency, New Zealand Defense Force, Auckland, New Zealand, is cited for "visionary leadership in advancing technology for the national security of New Zealand and for guidance on international measurement standards."

Dr. Helmut G. Hadrys, CEO, Krupp Thyssen Stainless GmbH, Duisburgh, Germany, is cited for "exemplary vision and leadership in the formation of a worldwide leading specialty materials supplier and efforts in promoting international employment and cultural understanding."

John T. Mayberry, chairman of the Board and CEO, Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is cited for "outstanding leadership through focusing on the involvement of people, community support and sound financial performance of one of the most successful primary steel producers in North America."

Gold Medal

Dr. Martin E. Glicksman, FASM, John Todd Horton chair, professor of materials science and engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., has been selected to receive the 2003 Gold Medal. Glicksman is cited for "pioneering contributions to understanding basic solidification processes, especially dendritic growth, scaling laws, and microstructure development in the design of novel and advanced materials, and for a lifetime of mentoring and training students in their pursuit of materials careers."

William Hunt Eisenman Award

Dr. Brij B. Seth, FASM, manager of materials engineering, Siemens Westinghouse Power, Orlando, Fla., will receive the 2003 William Hunt Eisenman Award. Seth is cited for "visionary leadership in applying sound engineering principles to introduce advanced materials, novel processes, unique inspection techniques and pioneering repair procedures that have enhanced power plant efficiency, reliability and economics."

Albert Sauveur Achievement Award

Prof. William D. Nix, FASM, Lee Otterson Professor of Engineering Emeritus, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., will receive the 2003 Albert Sauveur Achievement Award. Nix is cited for "outstanding work on mechanical behavior of solids, pioneering research on the mechanical behavior of thin films, multilayers and silicon small volume structures and for stimulating other researchers in this field."

Allan Ray Putnam Service Award

Robert G. Henning, senior technical staff member(retired), Sandia National Laboratories, Sandia Corp., Los Lunas, N.M., will receive the 2003 award. Henning is cited "for 20 years of dedicated service as treasurer of the Albuquerque Chapter, leadership in significantly revitalizing the financial health and viability of the chapter, and for long and devoted support of the chapter as a 25-year executive committee member and a chapter officer."

Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers

Prof. David E. Bahr, associate professor, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., will receive the 2003 Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers. Bahr is cited for "exemplary work in teaching and motivating students through practical laboratory projects, for superb classroom teaching, for increasing the visibility of materials science education across the geographic and disciplinary spectrum and for always putting students first."

Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award

Prof. Thomas H. Courtney, FASM, (deceased), professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Mich., was named recipient of the 2003 Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award. Courtney is cited for "a sustained, productive academic career in teaching, research and administration throughout which he inspired students to achieve the highest levels of academic and, subsequently, professional career accomplishments." Accepting the award on behalf of his late father will be Edward Courtney.

Engineering Materials Achievement Award

Cool Polymers, Inc. will receive the 2003 Engineering Materials Achievement Award for "development and application of injection-moldable plastics with exceptionally high thermal conductivities that enable new applications and opportunities for commercial use of thermoplastics."

Kevin McCullough, general manager, Dr. James D. Miller, product manager and Mikhail Sagal, engineering manager, will accept the award.

Henry Marion Howe Medal

Prof. P.M. Prasad and Prof. T.R. Mankhand, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India; Dr. P. Suryaprakash Rao, assistant professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Regional Engineering College, Warangal, India; Dr. S.N. Singh, Department of Chemistry, H.D. Jain College, Veer Kunvar Singh University, Bihar, India; and A.J.K. Prasad, National Metallurgical Laboratory in Jamshed-pur, India have been chosen to receive the 2003 Henry Marion Howe Medal. Their paper entitled, "Kinetics of the Direct Synthesis of Molycarbide by Reduction-Carburization of Molybdenite in the Presence of Lime" was published in the June 2002 issue of Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B.

Marcus A. Grossmann Young Author Award

Yan Wang, graduate student, Martin Valdez, graduate student and Prof. Sridhar Seetharaman, assistant professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, have been chosen to receive the 2003 Marcus A. Grossmann Young Author Award. Their paper entitled "Formation of Cas on [Al.sub.2][O.sub.3]-CaO Inclusions during Solidification of Steels" was published in the August 2002 issue of Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B.

ASM International Graduate Student Paper Contest

Hongbo Tian, graduate student, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is the winner of the 2003 ASM International Graduate Student Paper Contest for his paper entitled "Environmental Effects of Fatigue of Type 316 Stainless Steel for the Spallation Neutron Source." This award will be presented at the Committee/Council Awards Luncheon on Monday, Oct. 13, during ASM Materials Solutions.

New higher education financing available

ASM International, in partnership with The Wells Fargo Capital for Knowledge Program, is offering members an affordable financing program to assist with the rising costs of higher education. The new program allows a member to borrow up to $ 20,000 per academic year to pay for tuition, room and board, books, fees and even a personal computer.

The Capital for Knowledge Program also enables ASM members to save money with personalized rates and terms, rate-reduction rewards, and affordable monthly payments. For more information and to apply, call a customer support representative toll free at 888/651-5626 or visit .

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