Looking back at 2019: The year started
LAUREL — This year’s two-week Year in Review section begins with many accomplishments and achievements from Laurel area residents.
Jan. 2, 2019
OMAHA — At graduation, Betsy (Adkins) Becker received a PhD in Preventative and Societal Medicine from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC).
Dr. Becker has been selected as the new Director of the Division of Physical Therapy Education in the College of Allied Health Professions at UNMC where she has served as a faculty member since 2013.
Dr. Becker received her Master of Physical Therapy from UNMC and a doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of South Dakota. She also holds a Medical Education Research Certificate from the American Academy of Medical Colleges and is a certified lymphedema therapist through the Lymphology Association of North America.
Jan. 2, 2019
LAUREL — Joan Thies, RN/BSN, Director of Nursing at Hillcrest Care Center and Assisted Living, has recently completed the Wound Care Associate Training Associate class. This is a 21-hour class that is completed on line and at Providence Medical Center, Wayne.
Jan. 9, 2019
HARTINGTON — A Cedar County man serving time in prison for the murder of a Coleridge woman could be eligible for parole this year. James Forsberg, 84, was sentenced in January 1995, to 50 years in prison for Second Degree Murder in the death of Ellen Gray. The Good Time law makes him eligible for parole as of Jan. 23, 2019. He is currently serving his sentence in the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution. Forsberg was convicted of intentionally running down Ellen Gray with his pickup truck Jan. 20, 1994, in downtown Coleridge. The rural Coleridge farmer was no stranger to the Cedar County Courthouse. He was accused of killing his daughter in 1987 and endured a three-month trial. Dept. of Parole spokesman Rhonda Medley said a Parole Review for Forsberg has been scheduled for Jan. 18.
Jan. 9, 2019
RANDOLPH — Warren and Debbie Brunssen didn’t know if they’d ever have children — let alone grandchildren. In the last six months, their family tree sprouted all sorts of branches with the addition of five new grandchildren. Warren and Debbie were married June 13, 1981, at St. Frances Catholic Church, Randolph. As the Brunssens settled into their wedded bliss with dreams of raising a family, the couple’s dream slowly fell apart. From what became month after month of disappointments, gradually became year after year of infertility. The Brunssens desire to have a baby slowly turned into just a faint thought of one day becoming parents. The couple tried everything — many doctors’ visits, dozens of tests, multiple medications, and even major surgery. They even considered adoption. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 12.1 percent of women have fertility problems. “Prayers and a strong faith gave us hope that someday we would have a baby,” Debbie said. On April 11, 1985, their prayers were finally answered with the birth of their daughter, Tanya. The prayers continued to be answered with the birth of another daughter, Clarissa, in 1987. Lucas came along in 1989, and Andrea followed in 1992. Then came Tyler in 1995 and Grant in 1997. “We were blessed with six children,” Debbie said.
Jan. 9, 2019
LAUREL- Noah Schutte joined coach Todd Erwin after Friday’s game with Winnebago. Schutte drilled the 1,000th point of his high school career. He joins an exclusive club of Laurel athletes that have been able to hit 1,000 points in their careers.
Jan. 9, 2019
LAUREL-Laurel Community Foundation member Keith Knudsen accepts a $20,000 donation from Laurel Q125 committee co-chairmen Melissa Graham and Katie Christensen. Fifty percent of the donation will be matched by the Sherwood Foundation Challenge Grant, resulting in an additional $10,000 to the Community Foundation.
Jan. 9, 2019
CREIGHTON — Laurel-Concord-Coleridge FFA students competed at District Leadership Development Events Dec. 5. Several LCC FFA students took partin districtLDE’swhich were held at the Creighton School.
Jan. 9, 2019
WAYNE — After rolling up triple digits for the second time this season, the LCC boys basketball team needed a solid second-half effort to finish off a run to the Great Northeast Nebraska Shootout title last week. The annual three-day tournament at Wayne State College was reduced to a two-day, two-bracket affair after a post- Christmas winter storm postponed play on Thursday and Friday. That didn’t seem to faze the Bears when play finally resumed on Saturday, as they caught fire from the outside and rolled up 69 first-half points on their way to a 102- 64 win over Pender.
The Bears hit nine 3-pointers in the first 16 minutes — five coming from freshman Evan Haisch — and put up 30- plus points in each period to stake themselves to a 69-37 halftime lead. Noah Schutte led the Bears with a gamehigh 27 points, while Haisch added 23, Izac Reifenrath put in 21 and Ty Erwin had 13.
Jan. 9, 2019
WAYNE — It had been a while since the Laurel-Concord- Coleridge Lady Bears started the Great Northeast Neb. Shootout on the right foot. After the Holiday break was extended by two days due to a winter storm, the Lady Bears came out of a week-long break to get the tournament started with a 55-52 win over Wayne.
Unfortunately, the Lady Bears weren’t able to keep that momentum into the Dec. 31 finals, as Norfolk Catholic took the 51-40 win in the White Bracket title game. Kinsey Hall led the Lady Bears with 12 points. On Monday, the LadyBears struggled to gettheiroffensein gear against Norfolk Catholic’s pressure defense. They were able to heat up from outside in the fourth quarter, but the 20-point lead the Lady Knights built was too much to overcome for the 5-5 Lady Bears. Maxon led a balanced attack with 10 points.
Jan. 9, 2019
LAUREL — The LCC boys basketball team found themselvesin theTop FiveoftheOmaha World- Herald’s Class C-2 rankings after a pair of impressive wins. The third-ranked Bears used a big second quarter, turning a five-point deficit into a 12-point halftime advantage that carried them to a 77-67 win at Cedar Catholic.
Noah Schutte had a double-double with a game-high 28 points and 13 rebounds, while Izac Reifenrath added 22 points.
Schutte and Reifenrath both had doubledoubles the following night, with Schutte’s career-high 35 points helping the Bears to a 79-58 home win over Winnebago. Schutte grabbed 17 rebounds to go with his big night offensively, and Reifenrath put in 18 points and had 10 rebounds along with three assists. Haisch finished with 11 points, Puppe had eight, Hall scored four and Hartung had three. Hartung and Puppe both had eight rebounds.
Jan. 9, 2019
WINSIDE — The LCC wrestlers posted a dual win over Winnebago and brought home two medals from a tough Winside Invitational on Saturday. In the dual, the Bears edged Winnebago 36-28, winning two of the three contested matches. Nolan Ohlrich picked up a third-period pin to get LCC started at 145 pounds, and Branden Meyer closed the dual with a 33-second pin at 132 pounds.
On Saturday, the Bears finished 10th in the 12-team tournament at Winside and came away with a pair of medalists. Ethan Williams earned consolation honors at 220 pounds, coming back from a semifinal loss to the eventual champion to earn a pin over Jack Baumert of Guardian Angels Central Catholic. Ohlrich finished fourth at 145 pounds.
Jan. 9, 2019
LINCOLN — Several LCC athletes were honored with All State recognition for their efforts in Fall sports. Noah Schutte was named to the Lincoln Journal Star’s 2018 Journal State Super-State and AllState footballteams. He was named to the elite D-1 Defense team. Izac Reifenrath earned All State Honorable Mention status from the Lincoln Journal Star for Class D1. Lorna Maxon was named Honorable Mention All-State for volleyball.
The Nebraska School Activities Association also honored several LCC students with Academic All State status. Izac Reifenrath earned the award in football, while Noah Stone was honored for his efforts in both football and Play Production. Ryan Bathke picked up Academic All State in cross country.
Jasmine Galvin and Lorna Maxon both earned the award in volleyball, while Maxon was also honored in Play Production. Jadyn Kinkaid earned Academic All State in golf.
Jan. 9, 2019
LAUREL — The LCC Lady Bears returned from the holiday break with a couple of tough matchups, coming up short in games against Hartington Cedar Catholic and Winnebago. On Friday, the Lady Bears got off to a slow start and couldn’t mount a second-half comeback as they dropped a 56-44 decision at Cedar Catholic. The Lady Bears were led by Madisyn Hall’s 10 points, while Lorna Maxon added seven.
The following evening, the Lady Bears hosted the Lady Indians, who limited the hosts to three points in the third quarter to come away with a 62-58 victory. The Lady Bears played well offensively in the first half and led 32-29 at intermission, but the visitors shut the Bears attack down in the third quarter to take the lead for good. Kinsey Hall had a game-high 18 points for the 5-7 Lady Bears while Maxon added 13.
Jan. 16, 2019
LAUREL — The new calendar year brings four new members and one returning member to be sworn in as members of the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge School Board. Dan Kuhlman, Scott Taylor, Grant Settje, and Angela Johnson began their term, Once sworn in, the board got down to business by electing new officers to serve through the 2019 calendar year. Jay Hall was elected as President, Carol Erwin elected as Vice President, Dustin Thompson elected as Secretary, and Sheri Krei to serve as Treasurer. A new position was also appointed — recording secretary, Megan Greiner will be serving in this position.
Jan. 16, 2019
LAUREL — The Laurel Volunteer Fire Department is hosting a pancake breakfast to help off-set some of the expenses that come up throughout the year. The breakfast will be held at the Laurel City Auditorium, Sunday, Jan. 20. This year, the fire department and Laurel Rescue Squad are joining forces. Both groups utilize the current fire hall for meetings and training.
Jan. 16, 2019
CONCORD — Each year the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum holds a ceremony celebrating Nebraskans dedicated to the planting, landscaping, and overall education of natural resources across the state. With nearly 100 affiliated sites in the NSA, it was with great honor the Northeast Arboretum at the Haskell Agriculture Lab, outside of Concord, learned they would be receiving the Affiliated Excellence Award for 2018. Steve Rasmussen, Nebraska Forest Service District Forester, current curator for the Haskell Agriculture Lab’s arboretum, along with a few members of the Northeast Arboretum were present to receive the award Dec. 7 in Lincoln. “This is a great way for the arboretum to be recognized for the arboretum programming that has been at the Haskell Agriculture Lab throughout the years,” said Rasmussen. In addition to all the members who have helped make the Northeast Arboretum a success, Rasmussen credits Del Hemsath, formerly of Laurel, helping build up the arboretum while curator from 2004-2010. Haskell Agriculture Lab became an official member of the NSA in 1990.
Jan. 16, 2019
NORFOLK — Steve Anderson, Concord, is the new chairperson of the Northeast Community College Board of Governors. He began serving his term at Thursday’s meeting of the board. Anderson, District III member, succeeds Dirk Petersen, District V representative.
Jan. 16, 2019
WISNER — The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Speech team started their season at Wisner-Pilger’s “Practice Makes Perfekt” meet. A total of 14 Bear Speechers performed in seven events. LCC was led by a runner-up finish in Extemporaneous speaking from BrianPotts. Other speechers receiving medals, or in this case, blocks of wood, included Cody Martin in poetry with a third-place finish. Also placing were Jadyn Kinkaid, Katie Schutte, Brianna Campbell, Jasmine Galvin, and Kaylee Swanson. LCC finished in fifth place.
Jan. 16, 2019
LAUREL — The LCC boys improved to 13-1 on the season with a pair of victories. TheBears faced Waynein a rematch oftheir Great Northeast Nebraska Shootout battle of two weeks earlier, and the Bears earned their second win over the Blue Devils with a 75-54 triumph.
Noah Schutte lit up the Blue Devils for a game-high 33 points and also had 10 rebounds for a double-double to lead LCC. Izac Reifenrath added 14 points and led the team in assists with nine.
On Friday, the Bears had no problems with host Creighton, earning an 87-47 win to improve to 13-1 on the season. Four Bears finished in double figures, led by Reifenrath’s 27 points. Schutte had another double-double with 25 points and 16 rebounds, Hartung added 11 points and Erwin had 10.
Jan. 16, 2019
LAUREL — After losing a heartbreaker at home Tuesday, the LCC Lady Bears bounced back with a nail-biter win over Creighton Friday to improve to 6-8. The Lady Bears made a comeback against Wayne that came up two points short on LCC’s home floor, as the visitors escaped with a 60-58 win.
Lorna Maxon scored a team-high 14 points and Erica Wolfgram added 12 in the losing effort.
The Lady Bears rebounded on the road Friday, coming from behind in the fourth quarter to earn a 50-47 win at Creighton.
Jan. 16, 2019
BATTLE CREEK — The LCC wrestlers had one medalist among its six wrestlers who competed at the Battle Creek Invitational. Ethan Williams reached the semifinals of the 220-pound weight class after winning his three-man pool. He lost to Carter Throener of Elkhorn Valley in the semifinals and came up short in a wild consolation match with Jared Janssen of Crofton/ Bloomfield to finish fourth.
Jan. 23, 2019
LAUREL — Chris Rasmussen has been hired as the new Laurel Economic Development Coordinator. Laurel city leaders interviewed two candidates Thursday for the position. Chris Rasmussen and Shasta Hans, both from Laurel, were interviewed for the position by Council members. Each candidate was asked why they applied for the position, and then asked about their strengths and qualifications. Council members went into executive session to discuss the candidates. Laurel has been without an Economic Development Coordinator for about 18 months since Luke Virgil resigned to become Executive Director at Wayne Area Economic Development.
Jan. 23, 2019
HARTINGTON — It doesn’t matter if the town is covered in snow, or if a blizzard has made it nearly impossible to see. When the emergency pager goes off, many area residents risk their lives during powerful winter storms to go out and help others. When an emergency happens and 911 is dialed, people expect emergency response teams to respond. And that’s exactly what the emergency responders throughout Cedar County do even if they are struggling to get out of their own homes and get to an ambulance. Jeff Jones, Cedar County Conservation Officer and President of the Hartington Ambulance squad knows all about that. Last year they had to recruit snowmobile drivers to pick up EMTs so they could get to the ambulance.
Jan. 23, 2019
HARTINGTON — Cedar County residents will no longer need to go to the polls to cast their ballots on election day. As one of his final acts before retiring from office, Secretary of State John Gale granted Cedar County Clerk Dave Dowling’s request to make Cedar County an all-mail voting county. After last year’s General Election, Dowling applied for the designation to transform all of Cedar County’s 13 precincts into all-mail voting precincts. Dowling said all-mail voting just makes sense. “I’ve had a lot of people come to the counter asking why they can’t have a ballot mailed out to them without having to apply for it,” he said. “I got to thinking this is what the future is going to be, so why not just do this now.”
Jan. 23, 2019
LAUREL — Not all door-to-door salesmen in Laurel are getting the proper licenses or following the proper rules before they work in Laurel, Police Chief Ron Lundahl told Council members. Lundahl presented his monthly report at the January City Council meeting. He brought it to the council’s attention that when door to door salesmen are in the City of Laurel, the number of police calls increase significantly. Many are citizens calling to make sure Lundahl is aware of the person soliciting within city limits. Lundahl reviewed the current city requirements to the board to be allowed to solicit within the city. The business must present a business card with contact information, they must fill out the appropriate paper work, and pay a $25 per day fee.
Jan. 23, 2019
LAUREL — City, county and state workers have already logged quite a few hours moving snow since the first snow flake flew on the winter season back in October. When the weather becomes nasty and driving becomes difficult, snowplow drivers are out clearing roads, assisting in emergencies and trying to keep the roads open and safe throughout the 740 square miles known as Cedar County. Cedar County Commission Chairman Dave McGregor said the county road crews work hard to keep equipment up and ready when needed. Cedar County is divided into three districts with County Commissioners for each district. All three commissioners work closely with the schools to stay informed about the road conditions. McGregor said the commissioners often get out and drive the roads themselves to check conditions.
Jan. 23, 2019
COLERIDGE — Recently the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge seventh graders had an in-depth writing unit on the steps of the writing process from start to finish. While researching ideas for her seventhgrade class, Jennifer Van Meter the Middle School Language Arts teacher, came across the idea of students writing non-fiction picture books with a specific audience in mind — LCC third graders.
Jan. 23, 2019
LAUREL — The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge boys kept things rolling with two more wins last week to improve to 15-1 on the season. On Tuesday, the Bears used a 52-point second half to come from behind and pull away with an 81-57 win over Hartington- Newcastle in a Lewis & Clark Conference matchup at LCC High School. Izac Reifenrath, who joined teammate Noah Schutte in the 1,000-point club for his career, ignited a second-half rally with four 3-pointers in one stretch. He finished with eight for the game and scored a gamehigh 32 points, while Schutte added 28 and 17 rebounds to the winning effort. Ty Erwin added nine points, Cael Hartung had seven and Evan Haisch had five in the contest. Reifenrath led the team with six assists and five steals while grabbing five rebounds. Haisch and Erwin both had four rebounds, Schutte had five assists and Haisch added four, while Erwin had three assists and three steals.
The Bears continued their winning ways on Thursday with an 81-65 home win over Battle Creek.
Jan. 23, 2019
LAUREL— The LCC Lady Bears dropped a pair of games at home. On Tuesday, the Lady Bears were outlasted by Hartington- Newcastle 53-38.
Makayla Forsberg led the Lady Bears with 12 points in the game.
The LCC offense couldn’t get on track Thursday as Battle Creek came away with a 65-17 win.
Jan. 23, 2019
LAUREL — Scoring 1,000 points in a high school career is a significant milestone. So it is even more special when two teammates reach it in the same season.Thatis the case forLaurel-Concord-Coleridge senior Izac Reifenrath who just joined his teammate junior Noah Schutte in the exclusive club. On Jan. 4, Schutte scored 35 points against Winnebago, reaching the 1,000 point mark on his 33rd point of the night.
Headinginto the Hartington-Newcastle game, Reifenrath needed 23 points to join his teammate. The senior caught fire, scoring 25 points in the second half, and reaching his 1,000th career point on a three-pointer. It was one of eight treys on the night. The eight three-pointers tied a record for most made in a single game.
Jan. 23, 2019
LAUREL — The Laurel Bit and Bridle 4-H club met on Sunday, January 13, 2019, at the Laurel City Auditorium. There were 21 members present. Under old business, the U.S. Cellular grant was discussed. Laurel Bit and Bridle received $1000 for a club project or activity from US Cellular through online activities completed by community members.
Jan. 23, 2019
LAUREL — Even though there was an arctic blast of winter weather Friday, Laurel Chamber members braved the weather to attend the annual Laurel Chamber of Commerce banquet.
Outgoing president Taylor Linn, along with Craig Gutz treasurer, gave the opening address, thanking everyone for their donations and continued support. Linn has served three years and will be leaving the board as a new president will be elected during the next Chamber meeting. Linn described the Q125 as a big and at times a crazy event. The event could not have taken place without everyone’s support.
Jan. 30, 2019
LAUREL — Local talent will soon be on display at Laurel’s Community Learning Center. Laurel Community Learning Center Board member Shellene Funk recently came up with the idea to showcase local talent by having display their work at the local library. Funk began compiling a list of local artists, reached out to several of them, and had a great response. At this time, Funk plans to have each artist’s work featured approximately three months. The first featured artist is Elizabeth Benson.
Jan. 30, 2019
HARTINGTON — A long-planned road improvement project will finally happen this year. Cedar County Commissioners voted Jan. 22 to accept a bid of $593,375 from Elkhorn Paving Construction, Norfolk, to pave the road just south of the Hartingon city limits from Hartington Tree east to the county bridge. The road paving project has been under consideration for over two decades, now. Earlier this month, Hartington-Newcastle Public School Board members voted to accept a bid to pave the road that runs from the schools and connects to the county road. The Holy Trinity Finance Committee also agreed to accept the bid, Father Owen Korte said.
Jan. 30, 2019
LAUREL — The price of a stamp went up this week. In fact, the price of many items at the Post Office went up this week. Because of recent post office and newsprint prices increases, the cost of the local newspaper will also be going up. Area residents can still buy a new subscription or renew a subscription at the old rate until Feb. 8. After that, the cost of a Laurel Advocate subscription will increase by $2 a year. Laurel Advocate Co-Publishers Rob Dump and Peggy Year said they have been avoiding the cost increase, but recent events, including a 2018 tariff on newsprint, have forced them to increase the subscription price of the newspaper. Despite the increase, the cost of a year’s subscription is still less than half of what most people pay per month for cable TV or for a cell phone, Dump said. The price of postage went up Jan. 27. The prices, approved by the Governors of the Postal Service, raise Mailing Services product prices approximately 2.5 percent.
The new prices include a 5-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp, from 50 cents to 55 cents.
Jan. 30, 2019
LAUREL — January is National Mentoring Month, and this year LCC TeamMates had an event to help expand mentoring opportunities to connect more of the community’s young people with caring adults. Students and adults involved in the local TeamMates Chapter were honored at the Jan. 22 basketball game.
Jan. 30, 2019
LINCOLN — Nebraskans will once again reap the benefits of the energy and creativity of Nebraska young people as they serve as interns in their local public libraries. The Nebraska Library Commission recently awarded Nebraska Library Internship Grants totaling $44,800 to forty-six Nebraska public libraries. The Learning Center was one of the libraries to receive the grant. These internship grants will support public library interns, who will contribute to the scope and value of the diverse programs and activities in Nebraska’s public libraries.
Jan. 30, 2019
LAUREL — The LCC boys basketball team saw two of the state’s best in preparation for the conference tournament and saw their 11-game winning streak come to an end. On Tuesday, the Bears pulled away in the second half for an 80-54 win over Class D-2 state-rated Osmond in action at the LCC gym. Osmond hung with the Bears through the first half and only trailed by four at the break, but the Bears came out hot in the third quarter, taking control of the game with a 27-9 third-quarter surge that helped them nail down the win.
Noah Schutte and Izac Reifenrath both had double-doubles to lead the Bears to their 11th straight win. Schutte led the Bears with 24 points and 18 rebounds along with five steals, while Reifenrath chimed in with 20 points and 10 boards. He also led the team with four assists. Ty Erwin added 18 points,
LCC’s winning streak came to an end Thursday in Wakefield, as the Class C-2 state-rated Trojans forced overtime and came away with a 56-53 win over the Bears.
Schutte had 18 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Bears.
Jan. 30, 2019
LAUREL- The LCC Lady Bears picked up a pair of wins heading into conference play, but were unable to get out of the first round of the tournament with a win. The Lady Bears rolled to a 66-25 win over Osmond at home.
Four Lady Bears finished in double figures. Makayla Forsberg, Kinsey Hall and Lorna Maxon each had 12 points in the win, while Madisyn Hall threw in 11 points.
On Thursday,the Lady Bears continued their winning ways with a 59-36 win at Wakefield/Allen.
Kinsey Hall had 15 points and Maxon added 14 to lead the way. On Saturday, the 10th seeded Lady Bears faced No. 7 seed Winnebago in the Lewis & Clark Conference tournament, and the Indians came away with a 60-47 win. Forsberg had 14 points to lead LCC.
Jan. 30, 2019
LAUREL — The LCC wrestlers earned a split in a conference triangular matchup and picked up three medals from the Plainview Invitational. On Thursday, the Bears split two duals at Randolph, beating the host Cardinals 30-24 before losing to Ponca 36-12. In the Randolph matchup, the hosts won all three matches, but LCC scored five forfeits to come away with the win. Against Ponca, the Indians won all four matchups and added three forfeits to get the win.
On Saturday, the Bears earned medals in three weight classes at the Plainview Invitational. Ethan Williams led the way for the Bears, placing third at 220 pounds. Nolan Ohlrich (145) and Fischer Carson
(195) each came away with a medal.
Jan. 30, 2019
LAUREL — Nearly 300,000 people. That is the amount of views Ty Erwin has received on social media for a remarkable play in the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge basketball game against Hartington-Newcastle on Jan. 15.
After a defensive trap by LCC forced a turnover in the third quarter, Erwin started the transition on offense. The ball escaped ahead of his pace though, and he was forced to attempt a save from the ball going out of bounds. With a flick of the wrist, Erwin threw the ball behind his back and it went in the basket. “I didn’t really see it go in I just looked at the bench and they let me know it went in,” said the junior. Unfortunately for the Bears, the ball had previously landed on the out of bounds line and a whistle had blown the play dead.
A video clip of the play was quickly posted to the Laurel Advocate Facebook page as well as to the Northeast Nebraska Sports Twitter page. That is when Erwin got his first look at the play.
“I first saw it when I went home and saw it on Twitter.”
It quickly gained traction.
Jan. 30, 2019
BANCROFT — Laurel- Concord-Coleridge School participated in the Bancroft-Rosalie Speech Meet on Saturday. Results are as follows: 6th place in Persuasive: Jasmine Galvin 5th place in Duet Acting: Cody Martin and Glenda Vance 4th place in Serious Prose: Kaylee Swanson 3rd place in Poetry: Cody Martin 2nd in Extemporaneous: Brian Potts.
