COWLEYa l u m n i & f r i e n d s n e w s l e t t e r

October 2006

75 th Anniversary - Queen ArkalalahBecky Rine Warren ‘47 Helen Gochis Templeton ‘52

Rebecca Louis Belt Kongs ‘ 62 Sara Stanley Yost ‘36

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contents2-3 Bob Adams

4 Cowley brand

7-9awards

10-11tiger athletics

12 Cowley love

14 in memory

15-19 giving report

5-6arts at Cowley

Having held various jobs after graduating from Arkansas City Junior College in 1949, Bob Adams eventu-ally realized his calling and entered the ministry in 1972. He has helped change lives ever since.

Adams retired from the pastoral staff of the Kansas City Baptist Temple in 2001, but currently is involved in the church’s Spanish Ministry Fellowship and the church’s discipleship ministry, teaching basic doctrines of the faith to new church members. He founded the Survivors Internet Ministry, Interna-tional in 2001 and has watched it grow tremendously over the past five years.

The Arkansas City native, who has been married to his wife Helen for nearly 58 years, had an interest in pur-suing a life in the ministry from a young age. However, he chose a different path before rekindling his faith.

Adams would have graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1945, but he left to join the Merchant Marines before the hostilities of World War II ended. After sea duty in four oceanic war zones, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and later re-enlisted for a year.

After his time in the service, Adams returned to Arkansas City and received a GED certification in 1947. He then attended ACJC from 1947-1949.

At ACJC, Adams enjoyed the fel-lowship with like-minded students and instructors. He participated in forensics and speech contests and fondly remem-bers forensics and speech instructor Pauline B. Sleeth. Adams also thought highly of former instructors Ann Haw-ley, Virginia Weisberger, Alan Maag, and Paul Johnson.

“They were great,” Adams said. “Be-ing a small school like that they really helped me.”

After ACJC, Adams and his wife Helen moved back to Helen’s home-town of Richmond, VA. There, Adams attended Virginia Commonwealth University from 1949-1952 and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. While at VCU, he studied on a special intern project at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art.

After college, he worked as a graphic artist in the sales promotion depart-ment at Mauer-Neuer. He designed the Rodeo Meats first place float in the Arkalalah parade three years in a row.

In 1968, Adams and his wife Helen attended a Billy Graham Crusade in Kansas City, and Adams’ call was rekindled. He went on to study off cam-pus courses at the Moody Bible Insti-tute in Chicago, Ill., and the Shepherd’s School of the Ministry in Kansas City, Mo.

He went on to serve as an associ-

ate pastor at the Kansas City Baptist Temple from 1972-1979, and then founded a church in Sarasota, FL., where he worked for six years before having to stop due to illness. He has also preached at two churches in Roma-nia, and churches in Puerto Rico, Little Rock, Ark, Horse Heads, N.Y., and East Bolton, Maine.

He was called back to the Kansas City Baptist Temple to serve as pastor of the Berean Bible class of around 100 adults after his son Jeff came to KCBT in 1984 to serve as Senior Pastor.

KCBT has an active membership of over 3,000 individuals and has spawned

eight daughter churches in the metro area. KCBT preachers can be seen on streaming video at www.kcbt.org.

“Ministering the word of God to people and seeing lives changed forever is what I find most rewarding,” Adams said. “Our lives are wrapped up in the life of our church.”

After finding out he had colorectal cancer in 1991 and undergoing op-erations, chemotherapy and radiation treatments, Adams assumed the pseud-onym, Pastor Bulldog, to hold in front of people with life-threatening illnesses, that they can fight their affliction like a bulldog.

“The pseudonym, Pastor Bulldog came to me when I first had the options to give up or fight the cancer,” Adams said. “The qualities of a bulldog came to mind, and I developed the concept to impart to people that those are qualities needed to defeat illness.”

The Survivors Internet Ministry, International, began as a result of Adams’ surviving cancer. Adams’ web site , www.pastorbulldog.com, offers testimonies, inspiration, help, resources, and health tips. He also has a weekly “blessay” of inspirational teaching of wellness principles from the bible called “Off My Chest-From My Heart”, and is distributed to close to 4,000 subscribers in 35 countries.

“The main thing I do is teach the biblical principles of wellness,” Adams said.

His ministry also accepts prayer requests for life-threatening illnesses, and distributes them to over 200 prayer

75th Queen Arkalalah Coronation, Oct. 27, Brown Center, 8:00 pm Out of 75 queens we are only missing photographs of a few of the past Arkalalah Queens: Patricia Tighe Griffith, 1929, Mary Geeslin Lightstone, 1930, Eleanor Ambrose Fox, 1932, Mary Jane Mitchell Mills, 1934, Lillian Clough Shumway, 1935, Bette Brenz, 1937, Helen Jean Calkins Carey 1940, Sue Edwards, 1942, Betty Smith Hill 1946, Treva Harrison Chittam, 1949. I’m hoping someone out there has those pictures. If you have photos of past Arkalalah Queens please contact me as soon as possible. A copy of your photo will be included in the permanent display. Thanks! Terri Morrowmorrow@cowley.edu, 1.800.593.2222, or PO Box 1147, Arkansas City, KS, 67005-1147

A reception for past Queens follows the coronation in the Wright Room.

The Survivors Internet Ministry, International, began as a result of Adams’ surviving cancer. Adams’ web site - www.pastorbulldog.com

partners in five countries. An interna-tional counseling ministry of sorts has developed from the outreach.

“I did not expect this, and it is almost more than I can handle, but it is so worthwhile,” Adams said. “I hope to continue doing it as long as I can.”

Adams and his wife Helen reside in Mission, KS., and have two children, Jeff and David. Jeff still serves as the Senior Pastor at the Kansas City Baptist Temple, while David is the Director of Software Training for Xytec and Sony in Burbank, CA.

Pastor Bulldog’49 graduate helping change lives

Arkansas City High School and Arkansas City Junior College (fondly called Basement University). This building was located at 2nd St. and 5th Ave., where the Robert Brown Center is now situated.

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The A cappella group Rockapella will bring their unique, world-class voices, to the Cowley Col-lege campus for a special performance Nov. 9 in the Robert Brown Theatre.

Tickets will go on sale Sept. 15 at the Cowley College bookstore. Tickets can be purchased in person or by calling (620) 441-5277. The cost is $15 for adults and $7 for students and senior citizens.

Rockapella reached its first milestone as a featured performer on the PBS television special “Do It A Cappella”, hosted by acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee. Created to showcase the supreme capability and virtuosity of the hu-man voice, the program was a perfect platform for Rockapella’s talent and infectious energy to be noticed.

When their appearance on “Do It A Cappella” hit the airwaves, the doo-wop stereotype of vocal group pop music was crushed and crushed so hard that PBS eagerly came calling again.

They quickly requested Rockapella not only write and record the theme music for their soon-to-be-hit show “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” but asked that the group star in the show as the house band. The daily Rockapel-lafest of Carmen brought ten million viewers every week for the next five years, and to this very day, at every con-

cert the group performs, the crowd screams to hear the theme song they re-member from the show.

HB0 caught the buzz and cast Rockapella alongside Hollywood stars Whoopi Goldberg & Denzel Wash-ington in their inventive hit family series, “Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for

Every Child”. Whoopi Goldberg later had the group perform on her HBO special, “Chez Whoopi”.

These HBO and PBS television programs ignited the flame that placed Rockapella in demand by North Amer-ica’s top media outlets. Rockapella has also appeared on -The Tonight Show

Steve Cranford, chief executive officer of Whisper Brand Strategy Consul-tants, spoke with employees of Cowley College about the brand strategy his company designed for the college dur-ing the school’s inservice held Aug. 14 in the Robert Brown Theatre.

Cranford’s company came up with a new visual identity for the college, which is a tiger-eye, and a new tag line called “Find the Noise”.

Cranford spoke about what the brand strategy is intended to do.

“A brand is your promise and how you keep that promise means everything,” Cranford said. “It’s as simple as that and it’s as difficult as that. The process of brand strategy is finding the compelling story that you can share with the mar-ket place that demonstrates your unique difference.”

Cranford found the story of the college being for-merly referred to as Basement University to be unique as the col-lege began in the basement of the old Arkansas City High School, and has grown to a school with more than 4,500 students.

“That is a story that no other institution that we compete against tells, which gives us an advantage in the

marketplace,” Cranford said.

Cranford felt a special bond to the project as he graduated from Cowley College in 1972, and his brother, Scott played football at Cowley. His parents, Leon and Dixie live just south of Arkan-sas City, and his sister, Debbie, still resides in Arkansas City.

“It has been a deep pleasure to be involved in this personally at Cowley

College,” Cranford said. “I am proud to be a small part of this institution.”

Cranford worked along with the Cowley College marketing committee, and interviewed individuals inside and outside of the college to define the story of the institution and let the market know what they don’t already know about the college.

Sheree Utash, Cowley College Vice President of Student and Academic Af-fairs, was pleased with the work done by Mr. Cranford and his company.

“One of the fist things that Steve Cranford, owner of Whisper said to us was “a brand is your promise”, and he and his company

held true to this throughout the entire process of our work with them,” Utash said. “This last year as we have worked and developed this project Steve has moved us to think differently about our brand and our marketing strategies. He has challenged us to respect and honor our history while embracing a con-temporary and unconventional visual imagery and branding campaign that I believe will pay big dividends for the college over the years.”

The college recently rolled out a marketing campaign featuring the new visual identity and tag line in televi-sion commercials, theatre advertising, billboards, newspaper advertising, brochures, and postcards.

The branding campaign was done to help the college increase enrollment, endowment growth and academic reputation.

“For the marketing team, Steve and the members of Whisper taught us to “own our conversation” about our college’s branding campaign, and that strategy is not about doing it better or doing it more; rather is about doing it different,” Utash said.

Rockapella to Perform at Cowley on Nov. 9

with Jay Leno, NBC’s Today Show with Katie Couric & Matt Lauer, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC, the CBS Early Show with Bryant Gumbel, CBS’s Orange Bowl Parade - the list goes on.

Responding to popular demand, the group took their original songs, their ar-rangements, and their signature harmo-nies into the studio. The outcome: six albums for North America, ten albums for Japan.

Pulling pure talent together is the key to Rockapella’s incredible and unique sound. Rockapella’s widespread appeal has built legions of fans throughout the USA and across the globe.

This event is partially sponsored by the Kansas Arts Commission and Home National Bank.

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Five Cowley College Phi Beta Lambda Business Organization students took home awards from their trip to the National Leadership Conference held June 23-28 at the Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nash-ville, TN.

Alex Gottlob placed first in Job Interview, while Ely Behrhorst placed second in Job Interview. Berhorst then teamed with Melisa Moon Beauchamp to place second in the team event Emerg-ing Business Issues, while Dirk Talley placed second in Network Concepts, and Caleb Degraaf placed eighth in Computer Applications.

PBL’s mission is to bring business and education to-gether in a positive working relationship through innova-tive leadership and career

development programs. The National PBL Association charters local chapters.

This is the first time Cow-ley has had a first place na-tional winner and this many award winners overall. Other Cowley students attending the conference were Jerrod Ketchersid, Kristine Thomp-son and Zachary Whitener.

“I am proud of the stu-dents who represented the PBL chapter from Cowley College,” Cowley College Department Chair for the Business, Computer and Information Technology Department, and advisor for the Phi Beta Lambda Business Organization, Beverly Grunder said. “The professional leadership and citizenship skills students can obtain through PBL member-ship makes for a very success-

A total of 17 students rep-resented the third graduating class from Cowley College’s Aviation Tech Center in Wichita, at a graduation ceremony held Aug. 12 at the training facility.

The ceremonies were for graduates of the center’s A&P (Airframe and Power Plant) program. Noel Gary, Director of Aviation Pro-grams, gave the opening remarks.

“Everything went well, we filled the place up,” Gary said. “The program has done nothing but go up, it is generating much more inter-est in the community and industry.”

The program opened with 40 students in 2004 and has

Previously reserved for high school and middle school per-formances only, Cowley College recently was granted special rights to perform the musical Les Misérables Oct. 19-22 in the Robert Brown Theatre. A dinner will be served at 6:15 p.m. Oct. 19-21 in the Wright Community Room inside the Brown Center, with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. The performance on Oct. 22 will take place at 2 p.m.

Scott MacLaughlin, Cowley College director of theatre and theatrical services, is looking forward to the show.

“We are really excited about being one of the first colleg-es to be given the rights to do it,” MacLaughlin said. “The power of the music and the story is incredible. This will be the most ambitious thing we have ever undertaken.”

Tickets, which go on sale Sept. 25, may be purchased from the Cowley Box Office for $8 (show only) or $18 (din-ner and show). The cost is $4 for students. The Cowley Box Office will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. The phone number is (620) 441-5570.

The show will be performed by Cowley students and will be conducted by Cowley College director of vocal music

Connie Donatelli.

“The music will be highly integral to the success of the show,” MacLaughlin said. “This will

really showcase the talent of the Cowley singers and our students.”

Jamison Rhoads, technical director of theatre, and his crew will handle the set design, while Jennifer Blatchford and Lana Sleeper are handling the choreog-raphy.

Les Misérables is based on Jean Valjean, who is paroled from prison after serving 19 years on a chain gang for stealing food. A Bishop, whose silver-ware he steals on his departure, takes him in for the night. When he is caught with the silverware, the bishop not only does not press charges, he also gives Valjean his silver candlesticks. Valjean then reforms himself and becomes the mayor

and head businessman

in a small town. But

when former prison guard Javert

is transferred to be-come police captain and recognizes Valjean, his past life comes back to haunt him. Meanwhile, Fantine,

one of Valjean’s employees, has had a baby (Cosette) out of wedlock and is dismissed from her job while Valjean is away; when he finds this out (far too late), he takes

responsibility for them.

Tickets at:

Cowley Box Office

Brown Center

(620)441-5570

Cowley PBL students do well at National Leadership Conference

ful school-to-career transi-tion. It is a pleasure working with these students.”

Approximately 2,000 stu-dents were in attendance at the conference, whose theme was “Unlock Your Potential”. The competition was tough as the students competed against students from four-year colleges and universi-ties as well as community colleges across the United States.

To qualify for Nationals students had to place first or

second at the State Confer-ence held in March. This was the first year that the National Leadership Con-ference allowed students to participate in two competi-tive events.

In Nashville, besides com-peting in the specific tests, students had the opportu-nity to attend leadership workshops and participate in the March of Dimes Walk. The walk was a special celebration of PBL’s 32-year partnership with the March of Dimes.

160 students in the program this fall.

Tim Norton, Sedgwick County Commissioner, Second District, gave the commencement address.

“I’m very proud of these graduates,” Norton said.

“They will have a place in our community whether it is in aviation or somewhere else because this is a power-ful part of the manufacturing institute.”

Students who graduate from the AMT program are guar-

Cowley honors third graduating class from Aviation Tech Centeranteed a job interview from Wichita’s Cessna Aircraft Company.

“They want young people out of this program in their organization,” Norton said.

Pam Doyle, Cowley College Dean of Student Learning, gave the closing remarks.

Here is a list of graduates:

Steven J. Carpenter; Brando Dao; Matthew J. Farenbaugh; Richard S. Hale; Scott E. Jahay; Simon D. Kelderman; James A. Kemp; Kevin S. McGuire; Randall D. Rounsville; Daniel L. Rutherford; Kelsey L. Shack-elford; James R. Schippers; Andre D. Stephens; James L. Walker; Steven A. Wilson; Lowell K. Weirick; Lee York.

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The Cowley women’s soft-ball and outdoor track teams not only excelled athletical-ly, they shined academically as they were named the top 2005-2006 Spring Academic Teams-of-the-Year in their respective sports.

The Lady Tiger softball team, which won its third straight conference title and finished fourth at the NJCAA Division II National Championships, achieved an overall team grade point average of 3.52.

The softball team last finished as the top academic team in 1998 when they capped a run of five straight Spring Academic Team-of-the-Year awards.

“We emphasize to our play-ers on the very first day that we want them to do well in the classroom,” Cowley head softball coach Ed Hargrove said. “It is a real credit to our players that they are disci-plined enough to go to class and do the work.”

The Cowley women’s outdoor track team, which finished as Jayhawk Confer-ence Eastern Division cham-pions and placed ninth at the NJCAA National Outdoor Championships, had a com-bined GPA of 3.36.

“This group of young ladies is one of the most amazing group of young ladies I have ever been around,” Cowley head track coach Mark Phil-lips said. “Their commitment and desire both academically and athletically is an incred-ible testament to what they have done.”

The women’s indoor track team finished second to Phoenix (AZ) College with

Recognized as one of three finalists for the college male and female athletes of the year, Cowley College’s Dan-iel Maina and Ashly Bright were honored at the ninth annual Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission Banquet held June 28 at Wichita’s Hyatt Regency.

The event featured Johnny Bench, former Cincinnati Reds catcher and Hall of Famer, as he presented the Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award to East Caro-lina University catcher, Jake Smith.

Danni Boatwright, win-ner of Survivor: Guatemala, was the featured speaker of the event, which recognizes excellence in sports in south-central Kansas. Over 400 people attended the banquet.

“The Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission would like to congratulate all of the award finalists,” Bob Hanson, President and CEO of the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission said. “They represent their teams and universities in a remarkable manner.”

Bright became just the softball program’s second two-time All-American as

she set 13 pitching and seven hitting records during her two years at the school. This was the second year in a row she was up for the College Female Athlete of the Year award.

Wichita State University senior track athlete Desiraye Osburn ended up winning the award.

“Even though she did not win the award it was a great honor for Ashly and our pro-gram,” Cowley head coach

Continuing its excellence in men and women’s athlet-ics, the Cowley College ath-letic programs ranked fourth in the NJCAA Scholarship Division in the 2005-06 Pepsi/NATYCAA Awards Program.

The rank-ings are based on the per-formance of the men and women’s ath-letic programs at NJCAA schools during the 2005-06

academic year. Cowley finished just one spot away from receiving a $1,000 cash award for their general schol-arship fund.

The top-three teams in the NJCAA Scholarship Divi-sion were awarded a trophy at the Annual Pepsi/NATY-CAA Awards Luncheon, held at The National Alli-ance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators Convention in New Orleans, La. June 19-20.

a GPA of 3.40, while the women’s tennis team was recognized for posting a GPA of 3.24.

Cowley’s men’s tennis and women’s basketball teams also made the list of Spring Academic Teams-of-the-Year as they each posted GPA’s of 3.13.

The minimum GPA re-quirement for consideration on the Spring Academic Teams-of-the-Year was 3.00.

The top-three schools also received a cash award for their institutions gen-eral scholarship fund in the amount of $2,500 for first place and $1,000 for second and third place.

Monroe Community Col-lege finished first with 147.5 points, while Erie Commu-nity College (133.5 points) and John-son County Commu-

nity College (123.5 points) finished second and third, respectively. Cowley finished with 113.5 points.

This is the third year of the Pepsi/NATYCAA Awards Program. The National Al-liance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators is the national professional organization of all two-year college athletic administra-tors from throughout the United States.

Cowley athletics finish fourth in Pepsi/NATYCAA Awards Program

Cowley softball, women’s outdoor track named Spring Academic Teams-of-the-Year

Maina, Bright recognized at Greater Wichita Sports Banquet

Ed Hargrove said.

Former Cowley College softball all-American Lindsey Davis was the recipient of the College Female Athlete of the Year award in 2001.

Maina, a freshman, was the indoor track national champion in four events, while also being named the outdoor national champion in the 5,000-meter run and 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Paul Miller, who recently completed his career play-ing basketball for Wichita State, was the winner of the College Male Athlete of the Year award.

Although he did not win, Cowley track and field head coach Mark Phillips was proud to see Maina recog-nized.

“We know how good Daniel is, but it is nice to see other people recognize that as well,” said Phillips, who coached Boatwright’s brother, Drew, at Kansas City Community College. “It was quite an honor for him to be nominated.”

Pam Smith, Natural Sci-ence Department instructor, became the fifth recipient of the Paul Stirnaman Memo-rial Award for Teaching Excellence.

Smith received the award during Cowley College’s All-College Convocation held Aug. 16 in the Robert Brown Theatre.

Smith was a student of Stirnaman’s and enjoyed the high standards and classroom environment he established, which encouraged student’s to succeed.

“I really appreciated Paul and modeled some of my teaching strategies off of some of the things I learned from him,” Smith said. “So, this is a really meaningful award for me and I hope Paul would be proud I received this.”

The award is named for Paul Stirnaman, a long-time Social Science Depart-ment instructor and strong supporter of the College Education Association. He died June 16, 2000, following a lengthy illness.

As an instructor in the natural science department, Smith is responsible for teaching chemistry courses

and maintaining the chemi-cal store room.

She has an associate of arts degree from Cowley College and a bachelor of science degree in biochemistry from Wichita State University. She has completed four years of doctoral studies in the Doctoral Fellowship Chem-istry Department in Protein Chemistry from Wichita State University.

She was named the American Chemical Society Outstanding Undergraduate Chemist in 1991, and was listed in the Who’s Who Among American College Instructors in 1998.

Her dedicated work has led her to receive the NISOD Master Teacher Award in 1999, and Cowley’s Endowed Chair for Teaching Excel-lence and Student Learning Award in 2004.

She is a member of the Two-Year College Chemis-try Consortium, American Chemical Society, Cowley College Education Associa-tion, KNEA, and NEA. She has four children and one grandchild.

Natural Science instructor receives Stirnaman Award

The college made several improvements around its Arkansas City campus over the summer. Cowley students serving on the grounds crew reenact the famous Beatles cover “Abbey Road”

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First ever Cowley baseball alumni reunion to be held

Oct. 21Having built one of the top junior college baseball programs in the nation, the Cowley

College baseball team hopes to give former players a chance to reflect on their play-ing days when they hold the first ever Cowley baseball alumni reunion Oct. 21 at the Arkansas City Country Club.

The reunion will begin with a round of golf at noon, and will be followed by a dinner at 5 p.m. and a social hour at 7 p.m. Former players interested in attending the event and playing in the golf tournament need to contact former Tiger Jason O’Toole at (620) 441-5387 or e-mail him at otoole@cowley.edu.

It has been difficult tracking down all of the former Tiger baseball players, so if you have information regarding former Tigers please send it to otoole@cowley.edu.

she finished third in the conference and 10th in the region.

“We rely a lot on Patricia’s steadiness,” Phillips said.

Irene Kosgei ran track for the Tigers last season, but has two years of eligibility to run cross country. She has been working to recover from an Achilles injury.

“If Irene is healthy she will definitely be an All-Ameri-can for us,” assistant coach RyanTurner said.

The Tiger coaches are expecting big things from Ashley Cronin, a three-time track state champion from Stroud, Okla., that earned all-state honors. They are also high on Bethany Schmidt from Kremlin, Okla., who was a cross coun-try state qualifier her senior year.

Dawn Zimmerman, a track state qualifier at Belle Plaine High School, and Ali Jor-gensen, a talented half miler, worked hard this summer and will be among the Lady Tigers top-seven runners.

Fellow freshmen Kim Bry-ant (Arkansas City), Christy Buller (Goltry, Okla.), Han-nah Burr (Brookville), and Brenna Martinez (Newton) will also be in the hunt for one of the top-seven spots.

”We have an incredibly tal-ented freshman group,” Phil-lips said. “We should compete to win conference with the women’s team. We may not win regionals, but we could still finish in the top-five or six teams at nationals.”

Despite the youth of the squads, Turner is expecting big things from the teams.

“This year’s teams are stronger than last year’s teams all the way down the line,” Turner said.

The 2005 season was a banner year for the Cowley College volleyball team as they captured its first confer-ence title since 1986, and advanced to the national tournament for the first time in 27 years. However, a loss to Johnson County in the national championship game has the squad eager for another shot at claiming the title.

“A lot of us were really up-set after losing that game, so I think they are hungry for it,” Cowley head coach Joanna Pryor said. “I think the best part is having experience at the national tournament now, which should give us an advantage over other teams.”

Cowley returns six players from last year’s team, includ-ing all-American Eliane Domingos, who was named the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division Freshman of the Year.

The Lady Tigers also return setter Marina Tosi, the na-tions leader in assists, to go along with middle hitter/outside hitter Renee Breck-enridge and libero Ashleigh Hurt, who are coming off solid freshman campaigns in which they were named second-team all-conference.

Sophomore Kelsey Talbott will make the transition from outside hitter to right side hitter, while Brooke Brown-lee should see more playing time as a sophomore.

“We have six sophomores with a lot of experience and as long as they maintain lead-ership on and off the court, I think that this team will mix well together,” Pryor said.

Joining the sophomores is a strong freshman class, which

is led by freshman Lilian Rezende, a 6-foot-1 outside hitter from Franca, Brazil. Rezende will hope to help the Lady Tigers make up for the loss of two-time All-American Fernanda Domin-gos, who is now playing for the University of Alabama Birmingham.

Pryor likes the versatility of the freshman she recruited. Courtney Shanklin, a 5-foot-10 freshman, is a good example of that versatility as she could be used as either an outside hitter, middle hitter, or right side hitter.

“Our freshmen know what they have to do to play and they will play any position to do that. We lost some really good players, but I think we have some people that can step into those spots.” Pryor said.

Along with Tosi, Pryor landed another talented set-ter in Andrea Mitchell from Bentonville, Ark. “Andrea is so quick, she seems to get to every ball and knows what to do with it,” Pryor said.

The Lady Tigers are also excited about adding sopho-more transfer Stephanie Walcher into the mix. Wal-cher spent her freshman year playing at East Texas Baptist University, and will be used as an outside hitter/defensive specialist at Cowley.

Nikki Winningham, a 5-foot-10 sophomore transfer that competed in track as a freshmen at Oklahoma State University, and Valerie Cox, a 5-foot-11 freshman from Norwich High School round out the Lady Tigers squad.

Cowley will once again play a tough non-confer-ence schedule against several

Bringing in a pair of stellar recruiting classes, the Cowley College men and women’s cross country teams are anticipating big things for the upcoming season.

The Tiger men return the defending Jayhawk Confer-ence Eastern Division cham-pion in Dustin Garcia, who continued the Tigers’ tradi-tion of winning conference as Cowley has had the men’s conference champion in all five years of the program.

Cowley will add outdoor track all-Americans Daniel Maina and Stanley Mugo into the mix. Maina was the national champion in four events during the indoor track season, and the nation-al champion in two events in the outdoor season.

“Daniel and Stanley will be significant additions to the team,” Cowley head coach Mark Phillips said. “Daniel will be one of the favorites to win a national title and Stanley will have a chance to be an All-American.”

Sophomores Johnny Thom-as and Ferrien Harris join Garcia as the only returners from last year’s squad. Justin DeClerck also ran track for the Tigers in the spring, but will be considered a freshman

in cross country.

Mauricio Morales from Emporia High School will be expected to make an imme-diate impact as he finished sixth at the AAU Junior Olympic Steeplechase this summer, and was a member of the Kansas 5A state cham-pion 4x800-meter relay team.

Freshman Gilbert Man-zanares was one of the best runners in the Ft. Meyers,

Fla., area, and Brett Koehn of Enid, Okla. placed fifth at the state cross country meet as a senior. Both Manzanares and Koehn will be among the Tigers’ top-seven runners.

Dakota Price and Alex Werner will also be in the mix as they are both All-State cross country runners from Elk City, Okla.

“This men’s team has the possibility to be so much bet-ter than the team we had my first year here, and that team lost regionals by one point and finished third at nation-als,” Phillips said. “We have got to stay healthy and take care of business.”

The women’s team also has a chance for a special season as they have doubled its number of runners from a year ago.

“My first two years here we battled to have five women on the team where as this year we are starting with 10,” Phillips said. “We signed some girls that are really going to make a difference for us.”

Patricia Dailey, the lone sophomore on the women’s cross country team, will look to follow up on a strong freshman campaign in which

Young, but talented athletes to lead Tiger cross country teams

Cowley volleyball hungry for another shot at national championship

NJCAA Division I programs, and will face stiff chal-lenges in the conference and district. Pryor believes the difficult schedule will prepare the squad for the national tournament. “I think we can do as well or even better than we did last year barring any injuries,” Pryor said.

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2000’s

Jennifer (Mayfield) Cop-pola, Class of 2003, and her husband Greg live in Wich-ita, KS., where she works for the Sedgwick County Residential and Service Center. Jennifer says her best memories are of instructors Kay Kautz and Misty May-nard, who gave her support and encouragement. The couple has two sons, Gregory 9 and Jackson 7.

Angela (Marshall) Gbepka, Class of 2003, is a preschool teacher/nanny in Overland Park, KS. Her husband, Josiah, works for the United Postal Service.

1990’s Jennifer Steele Saunders,

Class of 1994, and her hus-band Balder live in DeFuniak Springs, Fla., where she is the managing director for Seaside Rep Theatre. Balder is a professional musician. They have two sons, Cale 11, and Rowan, who was born Aug. 3.

Mike Loewe, Class of 1992, and his wife Karen (Wun-derlich) Loewe (Class of 1993) live in Owasso, OK. The couple met at Cowley and married in 1994. Mike is taking business classes at Rogers State University to support his job with Cad-bury Schweppes. Karen is an eighth grade language arts teacher at Catoosa Middle School. The couple has two daughters, Courtney 9 and Emily 4.

1970’sLorenzo Roan, Class of

1979, works for Monarch Delivery Service in Sunrise, FL. He was a member of the 1978 football team that went 7-3. He has three children, Shanika 29, Rashad 22, and Renard 16.

1950’sFrances Fox, Class of 1950,

and her husband Paul Law-rence live in Ponca City, OK. After ACJC she attended Kansas State University for one year and then got mar-ried to Paul. The couple has been married for 54 years. They have five children and six grandchildren.

Donald Lewis, Class of 1950, and his wife Jean live in Douglass, KS. After Cowley, he served for two years in the U.S. Army, and then received a bachelor’s degree and masters degree from Pittsburg State Univer-sity. He retired in 1995 after 41 years teaching in public schools. He has three chil-dren and two grandchildren.

Earl Grinnell, Class of 1950, and his wife JoAnn, who attended Cowley in 1949, live in Shawnee, OK. After Cowley, he entered the U.S. Air Force and served in Korea as a radar operator during the war. After gradu-ating from Southwestern College in 1957, he began working for USPH Indian Health Service, retiring in 1983. He then worked as a housing director for the Seminole Nation for three

alumninewsyears. He and JoAnn have been married for 56 years and have three sons, two daugh-ters, 16 grandsons, six grand-daughters, and three great grandchildren. His grandsons Patrick Loving and Cole Grinnell have played base-ball at Cowley.

Roy Smith, Class of 1950, and his wife Mary Lou live in Excelsior Springs, MO. He began teaching in 1955 and taught in the classroom for 15 years. He then spent 20 years as a director of an area vocational-technical school, before owning his own cabinet shop business for six years. He is currently retired.

Donald Cox, Class of 1950, and his wife Mary live in Grove, Okla. After Cowley, he graduated from the United States Air Force multi-engine pilot training in 1952, and completed his military obligation in 1955. From 1955-1992 he served as a commercial pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor, and airframe and Powerplant mechanic.

William Bartholomew, Class of 1950, and his wife Mary Jane live in Griffin, Ga. After Cowley, he gradu-ated from Oklahoma State University. He also served in the Army during the Korean War. He went on to work for 43 years in the wood preserv-ing industry before retiring. The couple has three chil-dren, all Auburn University graduates, and eight grand-children.

Lloyd Isom, Class of 1950, and his wife Rita live in Las Vegas, Nevada. After Cow-ley, he graduated from Drake

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Several current Cowley employees found the love of their lives while taking classes at the school. Here is the story of four couples that met at Cowley and went on to get married.

Scott and Rhoda MacLaughlin: (Scott is the direc-tor of theatre and theatrical ser-vices; Rhoda is the director of library services)

The couple met in the spring semester of 1993, which was Scott’s first semester at Cowley and Rhoda’s last. Although they did not have any classes together, Rhoda always seemed to be the last one out of her Interpersonal Communications class, and Scott always managed to be the first one in to his Speech class held in the same class-room. The couple shared smiles and hellos, but did not closely know each other.

After the semester, Rhoda went on to Southwestern College for her undergrad and then Emporia State University for her MLS. Scott finished up at Cowley in 1994 and then headed off to Kansas State University.

The couple were reunited four years later when Scott began working as the Tech-nical Director of Theater at Cowley and Rhoda’s friend, who was taking Scott’s stage-craft class, invited Rhoda to

come help with the set of “Grease”.

The two began to date in January 1997, and were mar-ried June 27, 1998. Rhoda became employed at the

college in 1999.

The couple has two sons, Britton, 5, and Spencer, 2.

Jason and Shannon O’Toole: (Jason is the PEAKS director; Shannon is the director of the bookstore)

Jason, a former baseball player at Cowley, and Shan-

non, a cheerleader and former Queen Alalah, met in 1993. The two started out as friends and had become relatively close by the end of

Did you and your spouse meet at Cowley?

We would like to hear your story.

their sophomore years.

They both decided to go to Kansas State Uni-versity and developed their relationship. The O’Tooles eventually got married on Oct. 11, 1996 and have three children, two boys and a girl. Hunter is 7, Haden is 3, and Hadley will be 1 on Sept. 20.

Ben and Rachel Schears: (Ben serves as the director of admissions)

The two met at Cowley in 1999 and are now happily married. They both volun-teered to work the doors at the spring play and that is when Rachel caught Ben’s eye.

As sophomores they were selected to be student ambas-sadors. During those years admissions rep-resentatives used to take student ambas-sadors to the Kansas State Fair to help work the information booth. It was there that the couple first

“hooked arms” and the rest is history.

After Cowley, Ben and Rachel transferred to Emporia State Univer-sity and on October 12, 2002 the couple were wed. Since then they have moved back to Arkansas City, and have four children. The Schears’ oldest child,

Natalie, is 2 ½ years old. They have twin boys, Noah and Nathaniel that are 1 ½, and Sydney that is seven months old.

J.R. and Cari (Skinner) DiMercurio: (J.R. is an as-sistant baseball coach)

The couple met in the Cowley College training room as J.R. was icing his elbow and Cari was icing her foot. J.R. played baseball at Cowley, while Cari played basketball. The couple went

on their first date along with former Tiger baseball player John Urick and former Lady Tiger basketball player Mag-gie Campbell.

The couple hit it off and was recently married on Aug. 15. Urick and Campbell also got married after meeting each other at Cowley.

If you met your spouse at Cowley we would like to hear your story. Please con-tact Rama Peroo at peroo@cowley.edu.

Love connectionsmade at CowleyCowley College recognized by Community

College Week

Cowley College was

featured in the latest

issue of Community

College Week as the

school made the list

of the top-100 associ-

ate’s degree produc-

ers during the 2004-05

academic year.

Cowley ranked 17th

in the nation among

community colleges

that offer Science

Technologies/Tech-

nicians associate’s

degrees. The college

also ranked 25th in

Precision Production

associate’s degrees.

The rankings were

based on associ-

ate degrees and

one-and-two-year

certificates conferred

during the 2004-05

academic year as

collected through the

National Center for

Education Statistics

Integrated Postsec-

ondary Education

Data Set completions

survey.

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Endowment Association Board of Directors Mr. Joe AveryMr. Dick BonfyMr. Kenny BussMr. Bill DockingMr. Steve EnglishMr. Curt FreelandMrs. Cynthia HockerMr. Bill HouseMs. LaDonna LanningMrs. Joyce McArtorMrs. Patty NeisesDr. Nick RogersMr. Dave SchallerMr. Bruce SchwyhartMrs. Helen StorbeckMr. John SturdDr. Pat McAteeMrs. Terri MorrowMrs. Diane KellyMrs. Shannon Massey

Endowed Scholarships Allied Health ScholarshipWarren Andreas ScholarshipArk City Clinic ScholarshipLinda Barnes Memorial ScholarshipBarkley Family ScholarshipDorothy M. Bishop Memorial Music ScholarshipMax Cannon Memorial MICT ScholarshipMildred Carpenter/Marie Vickers Trust ScholarshipGene and Donella Cole ScholarshipCommercial Federal Bank ScholarshipConco, Inc. Drafting ScholarshipCornerBank ScholarshipHenrietta Courtright Memorial ScholarshipKirke Dale Trust ScholarshipEdith and Harry Darby Memorial ScholarshipWalter and Iris David ScholarshipEdith Joyce Davis Memorial ScholarshipJohn M. DeVore Memorial ScholarshipLyle and Terry Eaton ScholarshipStephen A. and Janet R. English ScholarshipE.A. Funk Memorial ScholarshipGordon-Piatt Energy Group Scholarship

Jerre L. Gottlob Memorial ScholarshipSlade Griffiths MICT ScholarshipBrian Groves Memorial ScholarshipDelbert W. Harader Memorial ScholarshipHerrin Family ScholarshipMary and Guy Hutchinson Trust ScholarshipMary Hobart Hutchinson Memorial ScholarshipHocker Baseball ScholarshipConrad and Janet Jimison ScholarshipPaul and Dorothy Johnson Memorial ScholarshipKansas Grain and Feed Dealers ScholarshipJohn and Olive Kappler Memorial ScholarshipGreg and Diana Kelley ScholarshipJim Kelly Memorial ScholarshipDr. Charles D. Kerr Memorial ScholarshipC.F. Knedler Memorial ScholarshipWarren Koeller Business ScholarshipHarold and Mary Lake ScholarshipRobert Lawson Memorial ScholarshipClay and Betty Lemert Memorial ScholarshipJean C. Lough Memorial Arts ScholarshipJ.M. Marnix, Jr. ScholarshipRoma Marrs Memorial ScholarshipPatrick J. McAtee ScholarshipMarvin V. and Anita Belew McCorgary ScholarshipMenefee Family ScholarshipLucille and Art C. Metcalf Memorial ScholarshipFostine Moncrief Memorial ScholarshipClaude and Helen Morrow Memorial ScholarshipCraig Newman Memorial ScholarshipEarl Newman Memorial Business ScholarshipGertrude Newman Memorial ScholarshipJean Newman Memorial ScholarshipJo Ann Scott Newman ScholarshipElizabeth Northcutt Memorial ScholarshipOffice Education Scholarship

Luther H. Parman Business Scholarship Paton Wholesale & Vending ScholarshipDonald and Wilda Patterson Trust ScholarshipThomas L. and Sheila C. Prichard ScholarshipSid and Sharon Regnier ScholarshipReturning Student Organization ScholarshipJohn Robertson Memorial ScholarshipRodeo Key Club ScholarshipRotary Club of Arkansas City/ Newton and Mary Ellen Smith ScholarshipWilliam S. Scott Memorial Track ScholarshipBedi N. Sehsuvaroglu Memorial ScholarshipE.W. “Bud” and Lauretta Shelton ScholarshipDale F. and Isobel S. Smith Science ScholarshipDeborah B. Smith Memorial ScholarshipNewton and Mary Ellen Smith ScholarshipAudra and Daniel Stark Memorial ScholarshipD. Robert and Helen I. Storbeck ScholarshipLawrence and Martha Lallman Stover ScholarshipGeorge Sybrant Memorial ScholarshipBetty Todd Memorial ScholarshipPat Lawson Tyler Memorial ScholarshipWayne and Nila Tyler Memorial ScholarshipUnion State Bank ScholarshipUnited Agency ScholarshipDavid and Sheree Utash ScholarshipCaroline Newman Warren Ladies Tennis ScholarshipBarbara Weston Memorial Nursing ScholarshipRobert M. and Patricia S. White Business ScholarshipBea Wright Memorial ScholarshipZeller Motors Company Scholarship

The following individuals and organizations have made annual gifts to the college over a long period of time. We deeply appreciate their support.

Long Term Scholarships Funded Annually American Legion Auxiliary Post 18Arkansas City Area Arts CouncilArk City TumbleweedsBeta Sigma Phi – Mary Brannon NursingBoeing ScholarshipBoyer Educational Trust ScholarshipCurt Cranford ScholarshipCowley Hall of Fame ScholarshipRotary Club of Ark City ScholarshipJack Selan Memorial ScholarshipCaptola Yust Scholarship

Memorials and Memorial Scholarships Clarence Russell Bishop Victor Llewellyn Bryant Max Cannon Catherine Goehring Daniel Lind M.J. Marnix Menefee Family Don and Wilda Patterson EstateJim Salomon Eldon Smith Karl and Lorraine Smykil Audra Stark Lawrence Swaim

Foundation Gifts July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006

Founders Circle ($100,000 - $300,000) Don and Wilda Patterson Estate

Matching Gift ($50,000 - $99,999)Title III Matching Program

President’s Society ($10,000 - $49,999) Mildred Carpenter/Marie Vickers TrustConco, Inc.Kirke Dale Memorial TrustHome National BankKansas Arts CommissionStephen L. Marnix (In memory of M.J. Marnix, Jr.)Union State Bank

We are extremely grateful for the generosity of the individuals, corporations, businesses and foundations listed in this report. The following gifts were made between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006. Total income to the Endowment Association for the fiscal year was $960,554, including unrealized gains. In addition, another $95,469 was raised by the Tiger Booster Club. During the fiscal year, $61,136 was paid to the college toward the improvements to W.S. Scott and construction of the Webb-Brown Academic Center.

Benefits to students and the community include academic scholarships, textbooks and supplies from the Sid Regnier Bookstore, books and resource materials for the Renn Memorial Library, art supplies for the budding artist, opportunities to attend world-class cultural events, en-hancements to programs, and many activities for students to become involved in. Your efforts help to make Cowley College one of the top community colleges in the nation! Your support of Cowley students and the Cowley College family is greatly appreciated.

PRESIDENT’S ENDOWMENT GIVING REPORT

Gevan Johnston ‘�5Gevan Johnston, Class of

1995, died Aug. 15, 2006, in Arkansas City. He was 47. He was born Jan. 23, 1959, in Ark City, the son of Hubert and Mildred Johnston. He is survived by his parents, Hubert and Mildred Johnston; two daughters, Shirley Leftwich and Mecia Lee; two sisters, Nan and husband Daniel Schaper, and Kay and hus-band Mark Thomas.

Gordon Childers‘64Gordon Childers, Class

of 1964, died Aug. 9, 2006, in Homestead, Fla. He was 61. He was born Oct. 27, 1944, in Lubbock, Texas, the son of Robert and Marilyn Childers. He is survived by his wife, Shirley; mother, Marilyn; brother, Robert and wife Marcia; sister, Jean Parrish and husband Alan; two stepchildren, and four step grandchildren.

Brian Griffith ‘�4 Brian Griffith, Class of

1994, died July 20, 2006, in Winfield. He was 30. He was born on Jan. 15, 1976, in Winfield, the son of Elmer and Sylvia Griffith. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie Gaskill; mother, Sylvia Griffith; sons, Johnathan Griffith, Nathaniel Griffith, and Leland Gaskill; daughter, Alycia Griffith; brother,

in memoryPaul Griffith; stepbroth-ers, Roger, David, and Thomas.

H. Selby FunkH. Selby Funk, the

recipient of the Outstand-ing Tiger Alumni award at Cowley College in 1996, died July 17, 2006, in San-dy Springs, Ga. He was 89. He is survived by his wife, Jean; sons, Rowland and Douglas Funk; brother, W.J. Funk; two grandsons, two great-grandchildren and two great-grandchil-dren by marriage.

L. Charlene Ibach-Flaws ‘�2

L. Charlene Ibach-Flaws, who attended Cowley in 1982, died June 23, 2006, in Arkansas City. She was 58. She was born June 6, 1948, in Wichita, the daughter of Charles and Lois Schwintz. She is survived by her husband, George; brother, Larry Schwintz and wife Wanda; son, Chris Ibach and wife Lisa; daughter, Farrah Ibach-Bauer and husband Jeff; and grandson, Garrah Bauer.

Nettie Williams ‘61 Nettie Williams, Class

of 1961, died June 12, 2006, in Arkansas City. She was 93. She was born on Dec. 26, 1912, in Shell Knob, Mo., the daugh-ter of Henry and Eunice

Applegate. She is survived by her son, Gary Williams; two grandchildren, Ginger Williams and Brad Wil-liams; and brother, Jake Applegate.

Robert BrownRobert Brown, whom

Cowley College’s Brown Center for Arts, Sciences and Technology is named after, died June 8, 2006, in Arkansas City. He was 93. He was born on March 21, 1913, in Ark City, the son of Ralph and Mabel Brown. He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane; son, Roger Brown and wife Su-zanne; daughter, Charlotte Brown Delaney and hus-band James; six grandchil-dren, Lisa Brown Kessler and husband Christopher, Trenton Brown and wife Gina; Mark Brown and wife Brandy; Jack Delaney, Caroline Delaney and James Delaney; four great-grandchildren.

Robert Tooley ‘72 Robert Tooley, Class of

1972, died June 9, 2006, in Altus, Okla. He was 59. He was born on Aug. 3, 1946, in Hastings, Neb., the son of Robert Sr. and Betty Tooley. He is survived by his wife, Kay; son, Brian Tooley and wife Mandi; daughter, Kelli Moore and husband Layne; brothers, Floyd Tooley and Creighton Tooley and wife Susan; mother, Betty; seven grandchildren.

University in 1952. He began a career in the life and health insurance business and currently serves on the board of directors of Sierra Health & Life Insurance Company in Las Vegas.

Priscilla Bouic, Class of 1950, lives in Bowie, MD. During her time at ACJC she was on the staff of the Tiger Tales and in 1949-50 she served as editor. She retired from the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission and is currently teaching Spanish at the Bow-ie Senior Center, a program of Prince George’s Commu-nity College, where she was an adjunct instructor for 12 years. She enjoys spending time with her daughters and three year-old granddaughter.

Reverend James Cox, Class of 1951, and his wife Julia (Woodard) Cox, Class of 1952, live in Phoenix, Ariz. James is a retired clergy, while Julia is also retired.

Duane Anstine, Class of 1954, and his wife Norma live in Hutchinson, KS. Duane currently serves as the President of the Kansas As-sociation of Retired School Personnel. He also serves as a Trustee for the KPERS fund.

1940’sMary Ellen (McDowell)

Johnson, Class of 1941, lives in Wichita, KS. Mary took classes in the basement of the old Arkansas City High School. She and her hus-band, Raymond (deceased), have a daughter, Caroline Gilstrap.

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Valero Refining Co - CAChris VollweiderLynn VorakDonald WaldLeArta and Randall WatkinsWebber Land CompanyDeuane and Virginia WellsVirginia J. WilkinsPeggy and Gary WilliamsGerald H. WilsonMary R. WineingerWinfield ChiropracticWinfield Consumer ProductsWinfield Livestock AuctionW. Shayne WoodardMorgan WrightZeller Motor Co., Inc.

Friend (Up to $99) Sid AchenbachWilliam H. AllenRose AnstineNick AnzelmoWilliam and Dana AtwellJanet AustinMr. and Mrs. Jack BairdZachary and Lori BarnesWilliam C. BartholomewAudie R. BaughmanClark and Ruth BedellGayle BergstrandKim and Chris BiddleAlice BlandMarsha L. BlatchfordMyrtle BlyBNSF EmployeesPaul BoergerJessie BonesteelRalph E. BonnellMr. and Mrs. John BossiJames BossiJulie D. BossiTom BossiMarshall G. BrentlingerGeorge and Leo BronsonPattie BrownPhillip BrownKenneth BucheleSharon BuellMr. and Mrs. A.F. BuffoMr. and Mrs. Fred D. BuntingEdward E. CallihanJoanne I. CaryJohn CaryCentral Christian ChurchAlan C. ChaplinCharles C. CoatsE. Beatrice CobbJudith A. ColvinCommerce BankConocoPhillipsHarold R. CrawfordCumbernaud VillageDavid H. DaultonVerna DavisJudith C. DayJames P. Dewell FamilySarah DoughramajiWarren H. Dowell

John B. DziedzicStaci B. EagleAnn ErhartD.D. EvansG. Elizabeth EwingHarriett FastWarner L. FergusonFirst United Methodist ChurchMr. and Mrs. Robert M. FosterKenneth FranklinJoy L. GarrettThomas C. and Ruth GillockDean GilstrapCatharine GoehringBill and Rita GoffDoug and Celi GoffJoycelyn A. and Alan GoffWilliam GoffCarol GottlobCliff GottlobRichard L. GravesMr. and Mrs. Leonard GroeneBill S. HackathornEvelyn HamiltonHoward L. HamiltonAnn M. HeadrickCarol and Steve HearneCharles A. HechtHelms Retail Liquor StoreMr. and Mrs. Dennis J. HerlockerMr. and Mrs. Thomas D. HerlockerMelissa and Richard HollisterHome National Bank Heritage ClubEdna M. HoustonVern D. HullLuella HumeDonald W. HuntTerri and Ronnie HutchinsonVirginia HutchinsonCarol L. HutchisonHelen G. JayBetty JohnsonKelly and Richard JohnsonLinda M. JonesRobert L. JonesRoy JonesJanice E. KeefeDavid KennedyOscar KimmellMr. and Mrs. Charles O. KinzieJames B. KirkbrideLinda KnightMr. and Mrs. Erwin KnockeSue KruegerJames R. LeachLemenar and Virginia LinnellRosalee A. LockeW.M. LoweryMary LoydBetty J. LunkwiczEdwin R. MaierEllen ManingerLyle F. ManingerHelen MarottaRichard L. MarrsScott E. MartinMarlin MasonMr. and Mrs. Walter L. MathiasmeierJoyce and Steve McArtor

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McCorgaryMartin E. and Ava McCorgarySteve and Phyllis McCorgaryAndy McFaydenO.W. McGowanWilliam B. McMillanJ.R. McPhersonCarrie O. MeyerMr. and Mrs. Les MillerStanley MohlerAmy M. MonaghanNorman MoodyKen MooreMary MorrisTom MorseLou N. MortonGeraldine MussonJeff and Peggy MussonMelinda K. NealCraig Newman EstateElizabeth Northcutt EstateDelbert OestmannJohn C. OgrenPatrick M. O’HaraStu and Stephanie OsterthunPEO SisterhoodMr. and Mrs. Neal PaisleyLindsey N. PattonDelma J. PearsonRama and Marcy PerooRobert PuddenDorothy RahnJim and Karon RamirezStanley D. RandazzoJames and Sylvia ReedJohn R. ReedRuth ReedDick and Judy ReedyBeth S. RichardsonRobert W. RickordsFred and Donna RindtSteve and Melinda RossFred D. RouchBill RoweGary W. RoweRichard and Val RushJeff and Darci SampsonRey M. SantosConnie SchaeferMichelle and Scott SchoonMaurine J. SchroederPhil ScottMarilyn F. SessionsPatricia S. ShafferClyde ShawSheldon’s Pawn ShopA.M. SmeltzerJerry N. SmithKevin SmithMaybelle SmithSuzanne K. SmithVernon SmithMr. and Mrs. Robert M. SnellerGene SnyderKaren K. SparksST Enterprises, LTDSonny SteinkeKim M. StephenEugenia F. Swaim

Ronald L. and Patsy SweelyColleen TaylorJames F. TaylorTaylor, Krusor & PassigliTed TemplarJohn Thelemann-WilliamsJames D. ThomasClaude R. Thompson, USCG RetKyle TilsonDonnie ToddMr. and Mrs. James L. TopperRyan TurnerTwo Rivers Co-OpDonald VannoyVernon Woods Retirement CommunityWayne H. VossLoretta WaldroupeJohnny WalkerPaul WalkerRichard M. WalkerCharles WatkinsCharles E. WatsonRuth M. WestonRoberta WhiteMary Lou WhittB.L. WixonJennifer WollardColin D. WoodPauline YockeyEd and Karen Zeller

Tiger Booster Club

Super Boosters ($2,500 or more)Great Western Dining Union State Bank Home National BankAmerican Concrete Orthopedic & Sports Medicine at Cypress LLC Paton Wholesale & Vending

Orange & Black Club ($1,000 - $2,499)Ark City GlassClient Business Services, Inc.CornerBankJeff Hoge Concrete, L.L.United AgencyZeller Motor Co., Inc.

Bengal Club ($500 - $999)Ark City Country MartArk Valley Distributing, Inc.Barton Energy, LLCBrowns, Inc.Coca-Cola Bottling Co.Elite AdvertisingGalaxie Business EquipmentChristopher K. HouserDenise and Rex IrwinJan’s Sport ShackDr. Nicholas L. KinschDr. Pat and Sandy McAteeDennis M. MuncyRindt-Erdman Funeral HomeSheree and David Utash

Hall of Honor ($100 - $499) Abbey Eye CareADM MillingSydney J. AlexanderMia AllenAlterra Sterling HouseHobart D. AmmermanSteve and Pam ArcherArk City Country MartArk Veterinary AssociatesArkansas City Chamber of CommerceArkansas City TravelerJody and Rod ArnettFrankie G. ArnoldJoe and Donna AveryNancy and Max AyersB Four FlyingAlbert and Karen BacastowJack and Diane BacastowMr. and Mrs. Webster S. BallMr. and Mrs. Tom BarnthouseClifford A. BazilBuel D. BeckBeta Sigma Phi – City CouncilRussell E. BishopDick and Dolly BonfyHelen J. BornDavid and Trina BostwickPhyllis J. BucheleKenny and Janet BussButerbaugh & HandlinBrett and Cathy ButlerCADS Liquor, LLCChris CannonMarlys and José CervantesCity of Arkansas CityJoe and Nel ClarkJudy ClarkAlbert and Audine ClementeJohn and Chris ClementeDerrill CodyGene and Donella ColeCornerBankFather Francis CoxTony and Vicki CrouchBruce and Amy CrouseMike and Sue Crow Rae and Jim DaleLillian DamewoodMr. and Mrs. Marvin DanielRobin C. DelpElizabeth A. DennisIris DittmanDiVall Retail LiquorJohn and Connie DonatelliOlen and Marcy DovelPam and Ron DoyleTerry EatonElite AdvertisingSteve and Janet EnglishCasey EubankDejon and Doug EwingMarilyn E. EwingMr. and Mrs. Karl FaidleyBarbara L. FarleyLynn A. FiedorowiczDenny and Karone K. FingerFirst Intermark Corporation

Foster’s Furniture, Inc.Curt and Cindy FreelandFrederick FreemanMarvis and Jim GaddieGalaxy Tool CorporationGambino’s PizzaEd H. and Margaret GillilandGodsey EnterprisesJ.G. and Doris GoffGraves Drug No 11Joe and Ann GrayGregg & Simmons, CPA’sMr. and Mrs. Bill GriffithMr. and Mrs. Slade GriffithsEd and Linda HargroveCecil B. HawkinsDonald L. HeflinMr. and Mrs. Delbert K. HeidebrechtJeri G. HinkleMr. and Mrs. John B. HitchcockMarjory J. HodkinJoyce and Jimmie HollowayAngela HolmesPaul and Donna HolmanVirginia HutchinsonDr. Carl and Debra J. IngramJanice W. IngramJoline IversonJD Liquor StoreAnita and Ronnie JenkinsShirley JesterHubert and Mildred JohnstonDanny and Sandy JonesHerlynda G. JordanGary and Freida KahleKay KautzWarren R. KelleyDiane and Paul KellyEllen KellyMr. and Mrs. John P. KellyMichael and Claudia KellyMr. and Mrs. Jack KingPaul KiserDr. Juri and Susan KoltsMary KorteJulie and Jeff KrattL.G. Pike Construction CompanyRobert and Carolyn LangenwalterLaDonna LanningRuben and Wilma LedekerLegacy, A Regional Community FoundationSarah LewisLM ConsultantsPhillip M. LoganLong and Neises CPAs CharteredThomas E. LongJ.C. and Donna LouderbackDr. Rodger and Melba MaechtlenBeverly and Zack ManuszakShannon and Lane MasseyPat and Kenny MauzeyMr. and Mrs. Sonny MaynardMr. and Mrs. Darin P. McAteeBryan and Lisa McChesneyMr. and Mrs. Ed McGowanCharles McKownGina McKownAmy McWhirt and Terry Quiett

Albert MillerRobert and Olive MilnerJames O. and Wilma MitchellRobert A. MoffattFreda M. MoggRicky L. MorrissDianne H. MorrowJanice K. NeagleMargaret NealNECADr. Richard and Marlys NelsonLance and Tamara NilesDr. Nathan and Amy NilesDavid NorrisRick and Gay NorrisSusan and Tim NortonJason and Shannon O’TooleLibby PalmerParman, Tanner, Soule & JacksonRoy L. and Linda PepperAnita G. PetersonArtheta PollyPotter’s Liquor StoreMr. and Mrs. Lester PriestJim and Jan PringleKendra RedfordReedy FordBill and Arleta RiceRindt-Erdman Funeral HomeLisa RobertsRogers and LanningDr. David K. and Rhonda RossRPPG, Inc.Dorothy Rush RealtyS and Y Industries, Inc.Lois and Dan SampsonDr. and Mrs. David SchmeidlerSchmidt JewelersMr. and Mrs. Tom SchmidtLarry and Wanda SchwintzKristi and Brian ShawWayne and Sandy ShortMindi and Joe ShriverMrs. Dale F. SmithForest and Sandra SmithPam and Randy SmithRoy J. SmithDr. Dan and Vicki SnowdenSonic Drive-InBen SpencerKen SpurgeonMary StantonWayne SteadhamJanice and Tad StoverLarry SwaimBetty SybrantLinda SybrantTaylor DrugWilliam A. TaylorThe North EndThe RidgeBarbara ThompsonF.L. ThurmanMichael and Cheryl TownsleyTurn of the Century EnterprisesEddie and Mary TurnerUnited AgencyUniversal Steel BuildingsValero Benicia Refinery

Benefactor ($5,000 - $9,999) Boyer Educational TrustHelen I. StorbeckGreat Western Dining (Gift in Kind)

Builder ($1,000 - $4,999) Ark City TumbleweedsArkansas City Rotary ClubTrent and Gina BrownRussell and Patty ClarkMr. and Mrs. William R. DockingBeryl L. ElliottGalaxie Business EquipmentGordon & Associates ArchitectsDenise and Rex IrwinDr. Dan A. KahlerDr. Pat and Sandy McAteeMr. and Mrs. Fred Menefee (In memory of Arthur and Vera Menefee)Artie L. Metcalf (In memory of Lucille and Art C. Metcalf)Mid America Arts AllianceTerri and Otis MorrowPatty and Joe NeisesPaton Wholesale and VendingMr. and Mrs. Brian SanderholmSchneider Construction CompanyMary Ellen SmithAudra M. Stark EstateFlorence L. StephensRichard and Nancy TredwaySheree and David UtashWaldorf-Riley (Gift in Kind)Westar Energy Foundation

Investor ($500 - $999) American Association of University WomenAmerican Legion Auxiliary Unit 18Andreas FamilyArkansas City Area Arts CouncilSteven D. BrownKaren CaroeCowley CollegeHerbert CrowBeverly and Alan GrunderLinda K. HeadrickMrs. Jean HillConrad and Janet JimisonKansas Association of Student Financial Aid AdministratorsMary KerrScott and Rhoda MacLaughlinJohn A. MaierDeb and Randy NittlerDr. Nick and Christie RogersTom and Sue SaiaJim and Donna SybrantTrust Company of KansasMr. and Mrs. Tom TylerSarah WesbrooksWinfield PublishingCaptola M. Yust

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Chris M. CannonMarlys CervantesTony A. CrouchBruce CrouseMike W. CrowRae L. DaleWilliam R. DockingConnie S. DonatelliOlin DovelPam DoyleStephen A. EnglishAnne ErhartCasey A. EubankDejon EwingCurtis FreelandMarvis M. GaddieJohn L. GageRon Godsey Joycelyn A. GoffGary D. GrayumLee GreggSlade GriffithsBeverly GrunderEd G. HargroveMelissa K. HollisterJoyce HollowayAngela HolmesTerri HutchinsonDenise IrwinConrad JimisonKelly R. Johnson

Herlynda G. JordanKay D. KautzDiane KellyEllen L. KellyJulie KrattLaDonna LanningRhoda MacLaughlinScott MacLaughlinBeverly A. ManuszakShannon MasseyPatricia L. MauzeyJoyce M. McArtorPatrick J. McAteeBryan McChesneyAndy McFaydenCharles R. McKownGina McKownAmy McWhirtJohn R. MehuronRobert A. MoffattTerri MorrowJanice NeagleMargaret NealMelinda K. NealPatty S. NeisesMarlys NelsonDebbie NittlerRichard N. NorrisSusan NortonStu OsterthunJason O’Toole

Shannon O’TooleLibby PalmerMark PatonRama PerooLisa RobertsDr. Nick RogersSue SaiaTom SaiaLois SampsonConnie SchaeferMichelle SchoonLarry SchwintzWanda SchwintzKristi ShawMindi ShriverForest E. SmithPamela A. SmithKen SpurgeonWayne SteadhamHelen I. StorbeckJanice M. StoverLarry SwaimJohn Thelemann-WilliamsRyan TurnerSheree UtashChris VollweiderLynn VorakLoretta R. Waldroupe

Bill McCracken Service Station, Inc.Billings Plumbing & BathKenneth E. CzaplinskiDaisy Mae’s CafeJeff FlutyJohn GageBelva GardnerGary D. GrayumLisa and David GroseCathy HendricksSharon HepnerTom HollingsworthJoyce and Jimmie HollowayRoxanna L. JamesJim’s Total ServicePatrick McDonaldCharles R. McKownJack A. McVeyDon H. MullMelinda and Mark NealDr. Richard and Marlys NelsonRichard and Gary NorrisOlen Medical SupplyStu and Stephanie OsterthunDavid ParsonsMichael PatrickDon PirosLois SampsonAaron and Lindsay SanderholmMike SanderholmBen and Rachel SchearsPat SchlageckMichelle and Scott SchoonMindi and Joe ShriverLibby SmithMark and Becky SpeckRon L. SteinerLarry SwaimLorenzo A. TapiaJoe E. WalkerJames WatsonCasey W. Webb

Cowley Legacy Club

Cowley Legacy Club members are employees, endowment board members and trustees of Cowley College who donate generously to scholarships, programs and building campaigns. Their dedication and commitment to making Cowley a great place to learn, work and play is greatly appreciated.

Syd AlexanderMia AllenDavid W. AndreasJody ArnettFrankie G. ArnoldDonna J. AveryJoe B. AveryNancy AyersAlbert H. BacastowClifford A. BazilBuel D. BeckKimberly BiddleDick BonfyDavid BostwickKenny BussBrett Butler

Tiger Club ($300 - $499) Ark Veterinary AssociatesTyrone ArtzTodd Q. ClarkGene and Donella ColeConco, Inc.D C Riders, L.L.C.Foster’s Furniture, Inc.Godsey EnterprisesDe Anna and Dean HarpElliott and Martha JacksonVernell JacksonConrad and Janet JimisonK.E. Miller Engineering, P.A.Otis and Terry MorrowLance and Tamara NilesMark A. PhillipsDr. Nick and Christie RogersTom and Sue SaiaSchmidt JewelersSheldon’s Pawn ShopState Bank of WinfieldTop Line Steel BuildingsWaldorf-Riley, Inc.Winfield Consumer ProductsWoods Lumber of Ark CityDr. Bob and Sue Yoachim

Cowley Friend ($175 - $299) ADM MillingPaula J. AldrichAndreas FamilyGary AnstineLarry AnstineRobert AnstineArk Hospitality, Inc.Albert and Karen BacastowDaniel J. BowkerMarshall G. BrentlingerMelburn P. BrownVernon BuffingtonDarren B. BurroughsDavid BurroughsJeff CarterTerry D. CassidayMarlys and José CervantesDon CheslicCity of WinfieldClint and Brenda CombsConco, Inc.Tony and Vicki CrouchBruce and Amy CrouseCWA Local 86004DiVall Retail LiquorVirginia DonaldsonPam and Ron DoyleBuel R. DuncanDavid G. FaustCurt and Cindy FreelandGraves Drug No 11Beverly and Allen GrunderEd and Linda HargroveChad R. HarrisGlen R. HarrisHawks Funeral HomeBen HeadBill HeadrickJohn B. HitchcockMelissa and Richard Hollister

Hubert and Mildred JohnstonMary J. KerrCharles O. KinzieJoseph S. KrisikL.G. Pike Construction CompanyJ.C. and Donna LouderbackCarrie L. MapelJohn R. MehuronMidwest Electric Supply, Inc.Mullen’s Sports EnterprisesMunson Insurance AgencyDr. Nathan and Amy NilesRandy and Deb NittlerRama and Marcy PerooPhilip PhillipsRob Carroll’s SandblastingSamford-Stover AgencyMr. and Mrs. David SchallerLarry and Wanda SchwintzDr. John and Julie SeitzMr. and Mrs. Don ShanksJohn ShowmanJohn and Lee Ann SturdRonald and Patsy SweelyPaul TaborTaylor DrugMark P. TroiloTurn of the Century EnterprisesTwo Rivers Co-OpUniversal Steel BuildingsJoseph VaclavekPeggy and Gary WilliamsWinfield Motor Co., Inc.Robert and Jill Wood

Century Club ($100 - $174) Abbey Eye CareSid AchenbachAllen’s FurnitureSteve and Pam ArcherArk Valley Credit UnionArk Valley Physical TherapyFrankie G. ArnoldJoe and Donna AveryHarold G. BarseLarry BartelsonBJ’s AutoKent D. BooherDavid BostwickStephen B. BuckinghamBudget BlindsBud’s Heat and AirDarrel BurroughsMary L. BurroughsButerbaugh & HandlinConnie CarderCowley County TreasurerAllan DarnallDavid H. DaultonCharles L. DowJohn B. DziedzicTerry J. EatonStephen and Janet EnglishBarbara L. FarleyFirst Intermark CorporationFitzone, Inc.Greendoor LafamiliaElvin HatfieldGary G. Hockenbury

Hutchinson Electric, Inc.Brian C. JacksonKan-Pak LLCKevin E. KellyOscar KimmellKline MotorsKathryn KuhnTammy D. Lanman-HendersonRick LohrStuart and Betsy LuderTommy E. MasonShannon and Lane MasseyMcCluggage, VanSickle & PerryMeiers Tax Accounting ServiceMike Groves Oil, Inc.Patty and Greg MuglerOptimist Club of Arkansas CityJason and Shannon O’TooleMr. and Mrs. Neal PaisleySally and David PalmerParman, Tanner, Soule & JacksonRaymond M. PotterPowers RoofingPremier Body & PaintPuritan BilliardsBill E. RamseyJames H. and Sylvia ReedReedy FordSid and Sharon RegnierArky ReyezBrice and Val RoderickRuppelius Fine JewelersSamford-Stover AgencyRichard K. SchoenfeldSamuel R. ScottKristi and Brian ShawShear Success, Inc.Ellen N. ShowmanPam and Randy SmithDr. Daniel and Vicki SnowdenSouth Kansas Screen PrintSpace Center Mini StorageJoLynne and Lynn StalnakerStarlynn Venus State Farm InsuranceState Farm Insurance – Mike DobsonRoger D. SternbergerJanice and Tad StoverJim and Donna SybrantTax Preparation Services in the Financial MallChris VollweiderAlden WallingSarah WesbrooksWestlake Ace HardwareGinger D. WilliamsWinfield ChiropracticWorld Cleaning, Inc.

Friend (Up to $99) Bart AllenMia AllenArk City Tire & AutoJody and Rod ArnettJack BairdMichael BakerBuel BeckCameron BeldenBest Yet Refuse, Inc.Kim and Chris Biddle

NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATIONCowley County Community College and Area Vocational-Technical School is committed to a policy of non-discrimination involving equal access to education and employment opportunity to all regardless of sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, handicap or veteran status. This administration further extends its commitment to fulfilling and implementing the federal, state and local laws and regulations as specified in Title IX, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you desire special needs or support services, contact the Disability Services Coordinator at (620) 442-0430 ext. 5557 or Kansas Relay Operator, the Title IX Coordinator at (620) 441-5206, or the employment contact (620) 441-5214.

LeArta R. WatkinsSarah L. WesbrooksPeggy I. WilliamsSusan R. Yoachim

This report is generated from the Alumni and Development Office at Cowley College. We have tried to be as accurate as possible, but if you discern mistakes of any kind, please let us know so that they may be corrected.

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