Yankton College Discussion Forum

Fine Arts : 1976 Photos of Conservatory available on eBay

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:21:59 +0000

Author: clucas
Subject: 1976 Photos of Conservatory available on eBay
Posted: 06Sep2010 at 7:21pm

FYI, there are 2 different photos of the YC Conservatory currently available on eBay for $5.25 each including postage:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Yankton-College-Conservatory-Yankton-SD-1976-Photo-/300464007369?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item45f50ce8c9

http://cgi.ebay.com/Yankton-College-Conservatory-Yankton-SD-1976-Photo-/290471975544?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item43a17a9a78

General Discussion : Reunion 2012

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:05:50 +0000

Author: ycorphan
Subject: Reunion 2012
Posted: 06Sep2010 at 4:05pm

Would you send them to someone who could not make it but wanted to be there?

Classes of 1970 to 1979 : Passing of Gregg Houtz '77

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:32:46 +0000

Author: DrChicago1
Subject: Passing of Gregg Houtz '77
Posted: 05Sep2010 at 8:32am

Have a great Labor Day holiday everyone!

General Discussion : Reunion 2012

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:23:04 +0000

Author: toolman
Subject: Reunion 2012
Posted: 27Aug2010 at 3:23pm

Trues.... I still have 3 extras, will send them for free if you know anyone who needs one. I have 1 XL and 2 Large. Personally none of my friends are that small!

Letterwinners : Ernie Cronk ('53) and the Amboy Dukes

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:35:15 +0000

Author: clucas
Subject: Ernie Cronk ('53) and the Amboy Dukes
Posted: 17Aug2010 at 10:35pm

Amboy Dukes shot up the town in '49

By J. Olson

About the time that John Wayne was on his way to top billing at the theater, Rhinelander had five Dukes of their own who were outshooting everyone and dominating local sports headlines.

In 1949 that five young guys met at the memorial building in Rhinelander and decided to form a basketball team. None of them had experience on an organized basketball team.

"Back then, in high school, the coach had to ask you to join the team," said Delore Deau, who would play forward.

Lack of experience doesn't stop the young so they traveled ahead and tried to secure a sponsorship.

"If I remember right, it cost $15 for each team member to join the league," said Vern Stein, who would play center.

Nobody would sponsor them.

Memories fade as to where the money came from exactly, other than jobs at the A&P or setting pins at area bowling alleys. They had uniforms, but no one remembers where they came from.

"We played with some old uniforms picked up from somewhere," said Deau.

The team name came from a book Stein was reading called The Amboy Dukes. He showed the book to the other members and they agreed to the name.

"It was about a gang of boys in New York," said Keith Tober, a guard on the team. "We thought, �Boy, that sounds pretty keen.'"

Keith Tober, Delore Deau, LaVern Stein, Jimmy Nelson and Ernie Cronk, became the Amboy Dukes team on the municipal league.

It was five years before the 20-second shot clock would start in league games, but the Dukes played like it was already running.

"Basketball then was this slow, deliberate game," Stein said. "We practiced how to get rid of the ball quick. Right from the start we played fast basketball. We didn't dribble around much. The first thing we did when we got the ball was throw it down the court. We played our own system."

Soon the team that no one would back was making headlines with unheard of triple-digit scores.

"In high school, you had to play a certain type of basketball to please the coach," Stein said. "He had a one-handed push shot that you had to do exactly the way he showed you. Our team was shooting above the head, doing hook shots, push shots, jump shots, whatever it took to get it in the basket."

"We didn't try to imitate anybody," recalls Tober. "We just played our own brand of ball."

It was enough. They were called the "Cinderella" team that came from no where to set the league on fire.

There was an occasional sub who played, but for most of the season, the Amboy Dukes had five players, Stein said.

"When that bench emptied, there was nobody left. We couldn't guard as close as we'd wanted to because if one of us fouled out, we'd have to play with four guys�but once we had a big lead, it didn't matter," he said smiling.

The team scored an all-time league record with 122 points in one game. "Back then, if a team went over 40 or 50 points in a game, that was amazing," Deau said. Deau also broke the record for points scored. "It was pretty�nice to score 43 points," he said. "We were playing racehorse-type basketball, running all the time."

They ended the season winning 19 out of 20 games in the league.

"We lost to the Loggers," Stein said. "They were the old guys � you know, 35 years old � they really slowed us down. They had this behind the head shot at half court, we couldn't stop them."

Playing in the league that year led to a scholarship for Ernie Cronk to Yankton College in South Dakota, Deau said. "He lived with his widowed mother. That scholarship gave him his education," Deau said. "He later became a college professor. After Ernie's scholarship, other Rhinelander kids were offered scholarships to Yankton."

The Amboy Dukes went on to play on different teams after 1949, but it wasn't the same.

"That team was like magic," said Stein. "When we were on the basketball court, we were a unit. I've never had any other kind of teamwork like that. I don't remember being mad at anyone. I think that was the secret. To be happy."

The Dukes are now all in their 80s. Tober, Deau and Stein live in Rhinelander. Pavement from the Claridge Motor Inn parking lot covers the spot where the memorial building once stood. But yellow newspaper clippings and sixty-year-old memories still testify to a team that nobody wanted, who followed their own rules and rode the headlines to victory.

http://www.rhinelanderdailynews.com/articles/2010/08/17/news/doc4c6a89d9b0f63239663775.txt

Fine Arts : Fanslow Posthumously Selected for YC Hall of Honor

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:54:41 +0000

Author: clucas
Subject: Fanslow Posthumously Selected for YC Hall of Honor
Posted: 16Aug2010 at 8:54pm

Mr. Fanslow Honored - Posthumously Selected for Yankton College Hall of Honor

By Vince Staten

Vince Staten is the author of fourteen books, including his recent update of his classic barbecue travel guide, "Real Barbecue." He is themetro columnist for the Kingsport Times-News.

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Here's a column I wrote about Mr. Fanslow in November 2003.

The Teapot Dome Scandal had just broken and President Harding�s Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall was feeling the heat when Bob Fanslow ended his American History class last week.

When class resumes at the Kingsport Institute for Continued Learning in March, he�ll pick back up for his roomful of avid students, a few of whom were born during the Harding administration.

Bob Fanslow started teaching American History to senior citizens a decade ago. Eight years ago he asked the class, �What would you think if we started at the bottom and worked our way up?�

The class agreed and so he backtracked to the voyage of Columbus. A hundred or so classes later he is up to the Harding administration and the jazz age. With any luck, World War II may arrive this spring. If not spring, then maybe next fall.
When it comes to the teaching of American History, Bob Fanslow is a Kingsport institution. He began teaching American History here in September 1950. Except for a two-year time out for the Korean War, he�s been teaching it ever since. He retired from Dobyns-Bennett in 1991 after 39 years, then a couple of years later he picked back up at the Kingsport Institute for Continued Learning.

After his wife and his children, history is his love.

But I probably didn�t have to tell you that. Not after a half century of teaching in this town, some 6,000 students in all. You probably learned history from Bob, er, Mr. Fanslow.

He admits that his current class may �take as long to teach as the period itself. We flow from one period to another; we�ll work eventually to the present day if we�re all around. And I don�t wear out.�

There�s no chance of that, Bob Fanslow wearing out on history. �I do enjoy doing this sort of thing. If you don�t use it you lose it, as they say. I may be a stimulant to the class but the class is a stimulant to me.�

He�s been a learning stimulant in Kingsport for half a century and his former students still give him credit.

�Mr. Fanslow was my Mr. Chips and John Keating of Dead Poet's Society,� says Paula Bennett-Paddick, a D-B grad and retired teacher in Birmingham, Alabama. �He always caused me to study and learn more than I ever thought possible. And, the miracle of it all was that he made me want to do my best.�

Bruce Haney remembers, �I took Mr. Fanslow's class because my cousin Jack Windle told me what a good teacher he was. He was the first �college lecture� quality teacher I can remember; one who was interesting enough you wanted to show up in class and actually listen instead of goofing off.�

Kingsport native Betty Hyder Stone, who now lives in Montgomery, Alabama, says, �I owe him a huge debt of gratitude for awakening in me some sense of the world! I began taking Time magazine during his class and still am a subscriber.�

He did more than stimulate, he also inspired. Dominick Jackson, a Kingsport native who now lives in Greeneville, says, �My Masters Degree in history is in many ways derived from the inspiration and support I received from Mr. Fanslow.�

Bennett-Paddick believes, �His model of teaching was evident in my career as a teacher. I worked hard at not just handing out challenging assignments, but dancing, cajoling, and nurturing my students to have a desire to learn. I found there was a massive difference in requiring an assignment and having students become excited and involved in their learning.�

The curriculum is a bit different in the senior classes. It�s mostly lecture. The unique aspects of teaching these classes are not lost on Mr. Fanslow. �No tests, no written work. People who want to be here. All the advantages of teaching and none of the disadvantages.�

Stone says wistfully, �Since technically I'm a �senior� now, I'd love to take his class again. I'm so impressed that he continues to impart knowledge and to inspire. Wow.�

Mr. Fanslow's General American History Test and key (don't peek!)

http://vincestaten.blogspot.com/2010/08/mr-fanslow-honored-posthumously.html

Classes of 1960 to 1969 : George L. Robertson x69 named Exec Dir of KEDCo

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:45:31 +0000

Author: clucas
Subject: George L. Robertson x69 named Exec Dir of KEDCo
Posted: 16Aug2010 at 5:45pm

The Kosciusko Economic Development Corporation (KEDCo, formerly KDI) announced today they have named George L. Robertson to the position of Executive Director. Robertson becomes KEDCo�s first full-time Executive Director following an increase in funding for KEDCo from Kosciusko County and the City of Warsaw.

Robertson most recently served as Director of Economic Development and Tourism in Charles County, Maryland, a suburban area between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia. For 20 years, Robertson served as President of the Schenectady Economic Development Corporation in Schenectady, New York. He is a nationally known speaker and instructor on Economic Development issues.

�We are extremely fortunate that George�s desire for his family to live in a smaller city in his native Midwest and our need for top leadership in Economic Development coincided,� said Max A. Courtney, KEDCo board chairman. �George is a recognized thought leader in Economic Development and has a demonstrated history of bringing creative approaches to growing the communities he has served. We are very much looking forward to welcoming George and his wife to the community and to the contributions we expect him to make to economic diversity and vitality.�

Robertson is a native of South Dakota, where he served as the state�s Director of Economic Development. While serving in South Dakota state government, he was instrumental in Citicorp�s move of 2,500 jobs to South Dakota. He is a graduate of Yankton College (Yankton, SD). For 15 years, he has served on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute. There he developed working relationships with individuals from IUPUI and Ivy Tech, which he hopes to use in growing KEDCO�s mission. He has served as a speaker and instructor for many state economic development associations.

Robertson will begin his new position on September 1, 2010. As part of the creation of a stand-alone Economic Development function, Robertson and Kim Nance, KEDCo Economic Development Project Manager, will move to office space in the County Justice Building.

About KEDCo

Kosciusko Economic Development Corporation (KEDCo) (www.kosciuskoedc.com) is the economic development corporation serving the Kosciusko County and all the municipalities therein. Its mission is to promote economic development in Kosciusko County through the retention and expansion of existing business and industry, while attracting new business investments that complement the improvement of the quality of life.

Source: Kosciusko Economic Development Corporation

http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=43181

Edited by clucas - 16Aug2010 at 5:49pm

Classes of 1970 to 1979 : Passing of Gregg Houtz '77

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:17:03 +0000

Author: HATTER 54
Subject: Passing of Gregg Houtz '77
Posted: 12Aug2010 at 5:17pm

GREAT GUY!

Fine Arts : 'Hall of Honor' inductees for 2009 and 2010

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:46:00 +0000

Author: clucas
Subject: 'Hall of Honor' inductees for 2009 and 2010
Posted: 05Aug2010 at 1:46pm

Here's a photo of 3 of the 4 'Hall of Honor' inductees for 2009 and 2010: Henrietta 'Hank' Stith Andrews '64, Myrna Andersen '63, and David Hardy '74. The 4th inductee was Robert Fanslow '48. His family accepted for him.

Congratulations to the inductees and thanks to Kathy Huckings Schock '78 for her vision for the 'Hall of Honor.'

Classes of 1970 to 1979 : Passing of Gregg Houtz '77

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:40:19 +0000

Author: clucas
Subject: Passing of Gregg Houtz '77
Posted: 05Aug2010 at 1:40pm

Gregg Allen Houtz

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Houtz, Gregg Allen
Caring husband, brother, son and father passed away at age 55 on July 29, 2010 in Mesa AZ. Gregg lived with wife Jackie in Chandler AZ. He moved with his three children, Kristin, Eric and Erin to Arizona from Washington DC in 1989. Gregg Houtz was with the Arizona Department of Water Resources since 1994. As Deputy Counsel with the Department's Legal Division, Gregg's work included Colorado River, Arizona Water Banking Authority, tribal water issues and settlements, underground storage and recovery projects, rural planning, and environmental issues. Gregg received his Juris Doctorate from the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. Service included legislative counsel to the Secretary of the Interior; minority counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; District Director for Arizona U.S. Congressman Jay Rhodes; and as private consultant. Memorial services will be held at 1:00PM Tuesday August 3, 2010 at Hansen Mortuary at 8314 N. Seventh St., Phoenix AZ.