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Arizona 6 Kansas City 4

Steve Webster — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:01:28 +0000

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Luis Mendoza, center, meets with pitching coach Dave Eiland (58) and teammates on the mound during the sixth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks Friday (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Diamondbacks are finally getting things to fall in their favor.

Chris Young came off the disabled list Friday night and provided a pair of RBIs. Joe Saunders kept Arizona in the game after a shaky start, and Miguel Montero drove in three runs against the Kansas City Royals, including the deciding two in the eighth inning for a 6-4 win.

”Bringing CY back today was certainly uplifting to the team,” Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said. ”It was a big win for us, two in a row.”

Modest for a winning streak, but something that hasn’t happened since April 29-May 1.

The Royals had pulled into a tie in the seventh before Kelvin Herrera (0-1) gave up back-to-back singles to Willie Bloomquist and Justin Upton to start the eighth. Montero’s second double of the game off reliever Tim Collins gave the Diamondbacks the lead.

Relievers Brad Ziegler (3-1) and Craig Breslow got the game to J.J. Putz, who worked around a two-out walk to Billy Butler in the ninth for his eighth save of the season.

Young had been out since hurting his right shoulder running into a wall during a game against Pittsburgh on April 17. Gibson put him at designated hitter Friday night, allowing him to get some at-bats without having to test his shoulder in the outfield.

It was the first time he’d played DH in 776 career games. The option isn’t available unless the Diamondbacks are playing in an American League ballpark.

”It’s a way different lineup with him in it,” said Saunders, who allowed three runs in the first three innings before shutting down Kansas City over the next three. ”It gives us more balance, more power. It gives us more opportunities to do different things.”

Humberto Quintero drove in a pair of runs and Butler went deep for Kansas City, which has lost three straight by a combined five runs after leading in each of them.

The Royals dropped to 4-16 at home this season.

”We’ve got to play better,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. ”We can come up with all the excuses, all the reasons why, but the bottom line is we just need to play better, and put our game together at little better. We need to pitcher better and hit better at home.

”We’ve been really good on the road,” he said. ”We need to find a way to do it at home.”

Arizona struck early on Montero’s run-scoring double in the first, but that’s all they could manage until the sixth. Luis Mendoza retired the next 12 batters he faced for Kansas City.

The Royals jumped on Saunders in the second inning with back-to-back singles by Johnny Giavotella and Mike Moustakas. Mitch Maier grounded back to Saunders, but his throw to second base was high, preventing Arizona from turning a double play and putting runners on the corners.

Quintero followed with a two-run double, his third straight two-RBI game.

Butler pushed the Royals’ lead to 3-1 with his homer to center leading off the third. It was his seventh of the year, a total he didn’t reach last season until July 22.

Arizona finally solved Mendoza in the sixth inning.

Gerardo Parra, Bloomquist and Upton all singled in the span of four pitches, bringing the Diamondbacks within 3-2. Montero struck out to bring up Young, who picked up the hot hitting he was doing before getting hurt by lacing a two-run double into the left-field corner.

Kansas City answered in the bottom half of the inning.

Irving Falu doubled to right and advanced to third on Butler’s groundout. Gibson drew in the infield to protect the plate, but the move backfired when Alex Gordon slapped a tying single past first baseman Paul Goldschmidt – a ground ball that he normally could have fielded.

Montero made that a moot point with his go-ahead double in the eighth.

”He understands what he needs to do,” Gibson said. ”He got ahead in the count and waited for a pitch to hit and came through with a big one.”

Notes: The Royals left nine on base. … The Diamondbacks sent OF A.J. Pollock to Triple-A Reno to make room for Young. … Royals LHP Danny Duffy and RHP Blake Wood had their ailing elbows examined by Dr. Lewis Yocum on Friday in Tempe, Ariz. Both are scheduled for Tommy John surgery in the next two weeks. … LHP Everett Teaford will make a spot start for Kansas City on Saturday night against the Diamondbacks’ Wade Miley.

Big 12 and SEC team up for new bowl game

Steve Webster — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:47:32 +0000

The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year’s Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch to a four-team playoff.

In fact, SEC commissioner Mike Slive all but said that scenario is coming in Friday’s announcement of the agreement between two of the most successful BCS conferences.

“A new January bowl tradition is born,” Slive said in a statement. “This new game will provide a great matchup between the two most successful conferences in the BCS era and will complement the exciting postseason atmosphere created by the new four-team model.

“Most importantly, it will provide our student-athletes, coaches and fans with an outstanding bowl experience.”

If one or both of the league champions are selected to play in the playoff, another team would be selected for the Big 12-SEC bowl showdown on Jan. 1.

The move will establish the equivalent of the Pac-12-versus-Big Ten Rose Bowl, minus nearly a century of tradition. Those two conferences have pushed for a new format preserving that matchup for the Rose Bowl, which Slive has indicated he doesn’t favor.

But the spawning of conference-king matchups could grow even further, as a source told ESPN’s Joe Schad the Big East would be open to a champion challenge bowl with the ACC.

Specific details for the Big 12-SEC matchup, including host sites, will be announced later.

“Our goal is to provide the fans across the country with a New Year’s Day prime-time tradition,” acting Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas said. “This is a landmark agreement between two of the most successful football conferences during the BCS era to stage a postseason event. The creation of this game featuring the champions of the Big 12 and SEC will have tremendous resonance in college football.”

BCS executive director Bill Hancock has said 11 conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director will present a “small number” of options — two to seven configurations — for a four-team playoff to their leagues at conference meetings this summer.

SEC teams have won the past six BCS national titles, including Alabama’s victory over LSU in January. The Big 12 and SEC each has had a top-four team in the final standings in 11 of the 14 seasons since the BCS was created, the most of any league.

The two league champions have met twice in BCS bowl games since 1998, both in BCS Championship Games. In 2010, Alabama defeated Texas 37-21 in Pasadena, Calif., and in 2009, Florida defeated Oklahoma 24-14 in Miami.

The move is especially noteworthy for the Big 12, which was scrambling to hold itself together just two years ago after losing four teams.

Nebraska left for the Big Ten, Colorado went to the Pac-12 and, as of July 1, Missouri and Texas A&M will be in the SEC. The Big 12 is adding TCU and West Virginia this year to remain at 10 member schools.

“This agreement reinforces that the Big 12 is exactly what we’ve been saying for some time — a strong, stable, vibrant conference that is at the forefront of intercollegiate athletics,” said Dr. Sheahon Zenger, Kansas’ athletic director.

Jayhawks coach Charlie Weis agreed.

“What a great day for the Big 12,” he said, “To be matched with the champion of the SEC places the two most successful conferences in the BCS era head-to-head. All Big 12 fans should be happy today.”

Sources told ESPN’s Schad that no conference or bowl partner was blindsided by the announcement, that they were advised in advance it was happening.

Rick Baker, president and CEO of the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, called the agreement “exciting and intriguing news.”

“We look forward to learning more about this championship matchup,” Baker said in a news release. “The AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, through its 15-year partnership with both the Big 12 and SEC, has seen firsthand the great tradition and history of these two conferences. This relationship has been very good to us and is without a doubt going to be a spectacular bowl game.”

The concept has been discussed for at least three years, the sources told Schad. The conclusion that a final four of football was in the works allowed for the announcement because the conferences knew what the BCS structure would look like.

“This is another example of the strength and stability of the Big 12 Conference,” Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds said in a statement. “In the last month alone we have introduced this game and a new commissioner that is absolutely right for this league. In addition, we are in the process of formulating one of the top TV deals in college sports. The Big 12 is strong, stable and united.”

Saturday Weather

Steve Webster — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:34:32 +0000

Thunderstorm chances will increase late this afternoon along a cold front situated across central Kansas and spread southeast across the remainder of Kansas Saturday night and Sunday. A few severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds will be possible.

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Breezy, with a south southwest wind between 17 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Breezy, with a north northwest wind between 15 and 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. North northeast wind between 9 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. East wind between 6 and 11 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Southeast wind between 8 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high near 85.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy and breezy, with a low around 65.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high near 90.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy and breezy, with a low around 64.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 65.

Friday: Sunny and breezy, with a high near 90.

Kansas Senate majority leader remains hospitalized

Matt Unruh — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:47:49 +0000

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler remains hospitalized because of high blood pressure.

Emler’s office confirmed Friday that he would not return to the Statehouse for the day’s business. It said he remains at an area hospital, but declined to identify which one, citing his need for privacy and rest.

The Lindsborg Republican has been absent from the Statehouse since Wednesday afternoon.

Emler, a 62-year-old attorney, was first elected to the Senate in 2000 and is serving his third term. He’s in his second year as majority leader. He previously served as chairman of the budget-writing Senate Ways and Means Committee.

Barton County Memorial Parks Committee looking for Donations for Veterans Memorial

Matt Unruh — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:46:40 +0000

The Barton County Memorial Parks Committee says fundraising is going slow for the Golden Belt Veterans Memorial, which they hope will be funded strictly by donations to avoid using taxpayer dollars. The group hopes to raise 37,000 before giving the green light to the contracted sculptor of the project, Chet Kale. The project would cost 55,000 dollars to fully fund. Larry Bachinsky is a War Veteran and a member of the Memorial Parks Committee, and he explains what this memorial means to him.

BACHINSKY-THE BIGGEST THING by Matt Unruh

Paige Laughlin is also a member of the Barton County Memorial Parks Committee, and she has family that are veterans.

LAUGHLIN-IN WAR SITUATIONS by Matt Unruh

For more information, or to donate, pick up a pamphlet for the Golden Belt Veterans Memorial at many of the banks in Barton County.

Doris May Amerine

Matt Althouse — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:36:08 +0000

Doris May Amerine

Doris M. Amerine, age 88 years, of Great Bend, passed away at Cherry Village Residential Care in Great Bend on Thursday evening, May 17, 2012. Doris was born on November 7, 1923 at Great Bend, Kansas to Emery Blaine and Katie E. (Brocher) Burris. A life-long resident of Barton County, she graduated from Great Bend High School in 1941 and was united in marriage to Maurice D. Amerine on April 11, 1942 at Great Bend. Mr. Amerine preceded her in death on September 23, 1981. Doris was a devoted homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

Survivors include two sons: Martin D. (and his wife, Patti) Amerine and Gary W. (and his wife, Alice) Amerine, all of Great Bend, Kansas; two daughters: Carol D. (and her husband, Pat) Moore of Hutchinson, Kansas and Linda K. (and her husband, Charlie) Harper of Wesley Chapel, Florida; ten grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren; three sisters-in-law: Fae Amerine, Gladys Graham, and Joyce Burris; nieces and nephews. Doris was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one son (Steven R. Amerine), one granddaughter (Emily Harper), and one great-grand-daughter (Misty Willadson).

There will be no viewing or visitation, as cremation has already taken place. Inurnment will be held at the Great Bend City Cemetery at a later date. The family suggests that memorials may be directed to the Great Bend Relay for Life. Online condolences may be left and a complete obituary notice may be viewed athttp://www.charterfunerals.com/obituary/chgb.

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Great Bend, KS 67530

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Thursday’s Residential Fire in Great Bend Ruled ‘Undetermined’ by Fire Marshalls

Matt Unruh — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:16:05 +0000

The Kansas Fire Marshall and Great Bend Fire Marshall investigated Thursday’s residential fire at the corner of 23rd and Monroe in Great Bend. Great Bend Battalion Fire Chief Rick Robison.

ROBISON-A DISCARDED CIGARETTE by Matt Unruh

Robison says there were juveniles in the basement of the residence at the time of the fire.

ROBISON-A DISCARDED CIGARETTE by Matt Unruh

No one was injured during the fire and the home was considered a total loss.

Rick’s “Organic” Music Picks

Rick Nulton — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:00:06 +0000

This bands antics on state actually prompted a new dance called “The Freddie.” Set the Way Back machine Sherman. Here’s Freddie & the Dreamers…

Keller Real Estate – EXCLUSIVELY OURS AND READY TO LOOK AT

Matt Althouse — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:02:38 +0000

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Mattie Begg — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:00:05 +0000

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