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Fun for all ages during Family Weekend, Sept. 22-24 Sports, carnival games and a 5K run are in store for visiting family members

STEPHANIE VOGEL Staff Writer This coming weekend is Family Weekend, which will be taking place from Friday, Sept. 22 to Sunday, Sept. 24.

Family Weekend is an opportunity for students of Minnesota State University, Mankato and their families to explore campus and the surrounding community. It is an event where students can spend time with their families doing fun activities.

According to the Family Weekend website, mnsu. edu/familyweekend, “Family Weekend is intended to have Maverick students, parents, and family members come together and celebrate.

Come and enjoy the weekend with your Maverick. Whether you attend one event, all the

Image courtesy of Residential Life events you can fit in, or just come and spend time with your Maverick, we invite you to join us! There are many activities for all members of the family.”

During the weekend, there will be sporting events to attend including soccer, volleyball, and football

games. The Minnesota Vikings game on Sunday will be shown on TV’s in the Maverick Bullpen lounge.

Free cosmic bowling will take place in the Maverick Bullpen on Friday starting at 5 p.m. and Saturday starting at 9 a.m. The website states, “You can sign up for one

hour blocks of game time starting 15 minutes before each hour. For example, at 4:45 p.m. you can sign up to play from 5-6 p.m. To allow for everyone a chance to enjoy the games, you cannot sign up for consecutive game times.”

Stomper’s Cinema will be

playing Despicable Me 3 in the Ostrander Auditorium throughout the weekend.

On Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 1 and 7 pm., and Sunday at 1 p.m., the Mahkato Wacipi will be holding their annual pow wow off campus at the Land of Memories Park. Their website, mahkatowacipi. org, states, “The Mahkato Mdewakanton Association is a gathering of nations to celebrate and honor our traditions and ancestors; to reconcile and build bridges between all nations through education, storytelling, and sharing Dakota Indian culture.”

The Family 5K Fun Run/ Walk will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday on the fitness trail near the softball fields.

This event is free and noncompetitive. The first 200

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Floods, fires, other disasters add stress to state budgets ATLANTA (AP) — A summer of natural catastrophes, from epic hurricanes to scorching wildfires, has exposed another peril in disasterprone states: How to pay for the rescues, repairs and rebuilding.

The combined tab from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is expected to hit $200 billion or more. While the federal government is expected to pay most of that, the affected state and local governments have to start paying for recovery now and eventually could be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars or more.

States vary on how prepared they are to weather such costs. Florida and South Carolina, both hit by

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Hurricane Irma, are among the dozen or so states that do not have dedicated disaster funds and opt to cover the expenses after the fact, potentially by dipping into reserves or shifting money from other state agencies.

Experts say such pay-asyou-go disaster funding can be risky. Add an economic downturn when reserves are low and budgets are tight, and state and local officials could easily find themselves struggling to pay for recovery and rebuilding.

Even putting money into a dedicated disaster fund may not be enough.

In Montana, where wildfires raged across the state this summer, threatening

hundreds of homes and destroying a historic lodge in Glacier National Park, the firefighting costs so far have exceeded the amount set

rainy day accounts, but in most cases “rainy day” is a misnomer: The money is typically used to get through economic downturns rather

“The combined tab from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is expected to hit $200 billion or more.” aside in a special disaster fund by $20 million.

“It took us all by surprise,” state Rep. Nancy Ballance said.

All but a handful of states maintain so-called

than responding to natural disasters. States tapped, and in many cases depleted, their rainy day funds to avoid massive cuts and maintain critical services after tax revenue plummeted during

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the recession.

Several states have struggled to rebuild their savings since then because tax revenue hasn’t rebounded enough to provide a cushion.

In all, 33 states reported tax revenue coming in below forecast last year.

New Jersey’s rainy day fund has been empty since 2009. Pennsylvania’s is so small it would barely fund government operations for two hours, according to a recent study by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

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Continued from page 1 “Online registration for the event has closed, but you can still register on campus at the beginning each day.” participants will get a free t-shirt. You must register for this event separately starting at 9:15 a.m. at the 5K Fun Run/Walk site.

A complete list of events can be found on mnsu.edu/familyweekend/ events or on page six of this issue.

Online registration for the event has closed, but you can still register on campus at the beginning each day. The Family Weekend website has pictures of last year’s events to help give you an idea of what this year’s

events will be like. The website also has a link to a map of campus, which you can use for reference throughout the weekend.

For the convenience of the visiting family members, free parking will be offered during the weekend. The website states, “Free parking is available during Family Weekend in any lot (gold, purple, or green) on campus beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday. Overnight parking is only available in green lots. No camping is allowed on campus.”

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BILL HAMM Staff Writer Not everyone asks why.

Not everyone says, “no this must not happen.” Not everyone agrees that this is un-American in a land so shaped by immigrants. Many feel this is another insult against justice that we must endure as the war against the poor and defenseless continues. What we do know is that Minnesota State University, Mankato will be affected; we just do not yet know the degree.

Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) - This is 2010 executive action taken by former President Barack Obama that was administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service. It provides temporary relief— referred to as differed action—from deportation of parents of underage children who were born as U.S. citizens. It also allows them to work and support their citizen child. It was designed to keep families together while giving U.S. citizens the right to take part in the American education system that they have a legal right to.

(CC BY-ND 2.0) by Bread for the World Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) – This is another executive action from former President Obama, taken in 2014 and administered by the same agency as DAPA. These are the “dreamers.” They are immigrants who arrived illegally, but applied for and got differed action on deportation for education purposes. It also allows them to work and support themselves.

Both of these programs have been currently reversed by President Donald Trump and I am concerned that some effort may be underway to separate these two issues in attempts to divide supporters of both.

It is both programs that are being rescinded and both actions producing reactions within our institution. It is both programs that will affect our fellow students

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and friends.

While many DACA students intend to return home to put their skills to work, many DAPA students are American citizens who have lived here all their lives. They must now choose between their family and country. They all need us to stand strong with them together against the throwback anti-immigrant ignorance that has risen again.

If your heart bleeds for these groups, as they have come under the axe of injustice, ask yourself, “What have I done?” Reflect on that answer. Have you called your senators or your congressional district representative? It takes effort beyond all those online surveys. Petitions done by state guidelines are far more effective and the Secretary of State office has the suggested format.

Letters signed by individual or multiple people are even more effective. By working together and signing others’ letters you can boost your numbers and the effect you have. Anything that indicates a greater than average concern, a pressure, and a presence, (not just today, but tomorrow and the next day, too). I encourage you all to increase and maximize your efforts; the more varied and genuine the voice, the stronger the pressure. Let’s join with our neighboring institutions in standing for our own.

Comforting and helping those affected in every way possible will ease the burden heaped upon them.

Remember, it is far too soon to give up hope, the resistance has just started to build and many still have a voice to be heard.

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Continued from page 1 Texas, hit hard by Hurricane Harvey last month, has the largest rainy day fund of any state — $10 billion — but state officials are keeping that as a last resort. Gov. Greg Abbott has said he wants to consider what other funding might be available first. That could include tapping into money already allocated to state agencies.

Others in Texas, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, have advocated for tapping into reserves now.

“If this isn’t a rainy day, I don’t know what is,” Patrick said last week.

Georgia is one of the states better prepared financially to handle the unexpected costs of a disaster. It has a dedicated emergency fund with roughly $20 million available annually and a rainy day fund with approximately $2.4 billion, England said.

“Thankfully, our economy is in pretty good shape right now,” said state Rep. Terry England, chairman of the House budget committee

in Georgia, where all 159 counties reported damage from Hurricane Irma. “If this had hit in 2010 or 2011, it might have been a little bit different.”

In addition to budget reserves, 28 states have established special funds to help residents and businesses after a disaster.

The downside: Several are not currently funded, according to the National Emergency Management Association.

California is among the states with a dedicated disaster fund — for fighting wildfires — but already has burned through more than half the $427 million it set aside this year, with Southern California’s fearsome Santa Ana wind season looming.

Even if that fund runs dry, however, the state will tap other sources, said H.D. Palmer, spokesman for the state Department of Finance.

“There has never been a situation when the state’s finances would be an impediment to deploying

crews and materials to knock down a fire as soon as possible to save lives and property,” he said.

Montana’s wildfire season has left lawmakers there facing difficult decisions.

The state typically keeps between $50 million and $100 million on hand for wildfire costs. This year, after a relatively wet winter and facing an estimate of lower than expected tax revenue, lawmakers authorized the

Senator Profile: Cynthia Callais 1. What’s your major?

My major is political science with a minor in international relations.

2. What year in school are you?

I am in my last year at MSU. 3. Why did you join MSSA? I originally joined MSSA due to my passion for government and being the voice in something bigger.

This will be my third year serving as a senator and I have remained passionate about MSSA because all of the amazing senators and staff members working to make a lasting difference on the MSU campus. This is a truly amazing group of students!

4. What projects are you working on for MSSA (or plan to work on for this semester)?

I plan on working on many of the projects that were presented during elections, including the bee-friendly campus, better advising for the College of Social and Behavior sciences and involving students in a hands-on way with all of the amazing things MSSA does!

5. What do you hope to accomplish with MSSA? I think that the better question to ask senators, even all students, is what we hope to accomplish for

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6. What do you like to do in your spare time?

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75 percent.

Then disaster struck in The federal share also the form of several large might be changing. wildfires, and the state has President Donald Trump’s now spent more than $50 budget proposal calls for million on fire suppression cutting billions of dollars from since the beginning of July. agencies involved in disaster “We thought we would be management. At the Federal OK with fires,” said Ballance, Emergency Management chairwoman of the House Agency, Trump has proposed budget committee, “so we cutting the disaster relief took the money to use in budget by $667 million, other ways.” targeting grants that help With tax revenue down, state and local governments the state has depleted its prepare for natural disasters. reserves and emergency In addition, FEMA is funds. The governor has considering a change to how it asked state agencies to reimburses states for disaster prepare for 10 percent cuts costs. It would require them to fill a projected $227 million to pay a predetermined budget shortfall. amount before the federal While the federal government would provide government spends tens of money to repair or replace billions to help communities damaged infrastructure. recover, the assistance is not

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Football: Mavericks defeat Bulldogs 38-23, stay undefeated Sophomore Shane Zylstra shined, winning NSIC Offensive Player of the Week

RYAN SJOBERG Staff Writer In the thick of a dense fog, the 8th-ranked Minnesota State University football team shined against the 20thranked University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs on Saturday night, defeating the Bulldogs on the road 38-23.

The Mavericks are now 3-0 to begin the season and remain ranked as the 8th-best team in the latest NCAA Division-II polls.

The game started off rather lackluster for MNSU, as they failed to find the end zone the first couple of possessions. Minnesota Duluth even took the lead early, as the Bulldogs scored on a 15yard run by Anthony Wood to top off a nine-play drive spanning over 65 yards. The Bulldogs surprisingly went for a two-point conversion and was successful, making the score 8-0 halfway through the first quarter.

The Mavericks finally got their legs under them during the second quarter as sophomore quarterback Ryan Schlichte found sophomore tight end Tyler Schmidt for the touchdown with just over ten minutes to go in the first

Photos courtesy of Brett Groehler, UMD Athletics Sophomore wide receiver Shane Zylstra (84) had himself a day on Saturday, hauling in three touchdowns and 204 yards receiving. half. The next possession gave way for redshirt freshman quarterback J.D. Ekowa, as he led the Mavs down the

Sophomore quarterback Ryan Schlichte had one of his better perfomances as a Maverick, throwing for 156 yards and three touchdowns.

field for six, hooking up with sophomore Shane Zylstra on a 14-yard strike to take their first lead of the game, 14-8.

The Mavericks then added a 42-yard field goal with under a minute to go in the first half to extend the lead to 17-8 heading into the locker rooms.

Receiving the ball to begin the third quarter, the Mavericks were determined to extend their lead early in the second half. They did just that as it only took five plays and 72 yards to put the ball across the pylon. This time it was a 24-yard pass from Schlichte to Zylstra again to give both of them two touchdowns for the game and the Mavericks the lead, 24-8.

Pressed to answer the score and make it close again, the Bulldogs answered on the very next possession to bring the score back to a single-digit deficit with over

ten minutes remaining in the third.

Zylstra picked the perfect

icks lead to 31-15.

The Bulldogs scored in the fourth to cut it to a one-score game, but Maverick running back Nate Gunn delivered the dagger when he scampered 47 yards for a touchdown to put MNSU up 38-23 with just minutes remaining.

The stat sheet was stuffed, starting with wide receiver Shane Zylstra, who caught eight passes for 204 yards and three touchdowns. Zylstra went on to win Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Player of the Week honors for his performance. Leading the way on the ground was sophomore running back Nate Gunn, who rushed for 229 yards and a touchdown. Both quarterbacks had a good game as well, led by Ryan Schlichte who completed eight passes for 156 yards and three touchdowns, followed by J.D. Ekowa, who completed four passes for 97 yards and a touchdown.

The Mavericks will come home for their next game, hosting Northern State University (1-2 overall, 1-2 in NSIC play) at Blakeslee Stadium. The game is scheduled for September 23 at 4:00 p.m. The Wolves are coming off a home loss against Upper Iowa 31-14, and have lost their last two games. The last time these two teams met up was in 2015, when the Mavericks traveled to Aberdeen, South Dakota and defeated Northern State 27-10. In their

“The Bulldogs scored in the fourth to cut it to a one-score game, but Maverick running back Nate Gunn delivered the dagger when he scampered 47 yards for a touchdown to put MNSU up 3823 with just minutes remaining.”

time to have the best game of his young career. The true sophomore caught his third touchdown pass of the game in the middle of the third quarter to extend the Maver-

last four meetings, the Mavericks have gone 4-0 while outscoring the Wolves 12248.

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Maverick volleyball struggles, drops two straight matchups The girls could not find that finishing touch against both WSU and UIU

SEAN MORAWCZYNSKI Staff Writer Mavericks volleyball struggled to find success in the first two conference matches of the season, losing the home opener against 11th-ranked Winona State (14-25, 22-25, 26-24) and again in Fayette, Iowa while facing the Upper Iowa University Peacocks (23-25, 25-16, 12-25, 23-25).

Minnesota State enters this week with an overall record of 6-4 and a winless NSIC record through two conference matches.

476 fans ventured to MNSU’s Taylor Center for the Mavs’ home debut, according to the team’s website. De-

spite being unable to secure a set in the match, Minnesota State played increasingly competitive throughout.

The Winona State Warriors jumped out to an early lead in the first set as the Mavs suffered at the hands of the Warriors offense. Sophomore Morgan Olson tallied four kills for the Mavericks in the opening set.

The Mavericks adjusted well from the loss in the first set, making the second set a more competitive battle.

MNSU improved its hitting percentage from .026 in the first match, bringing it up to .114 in the second. Back-andforth spurts of scoring was the theme in the second of three sets against Winona. After a 10-10 tie score, the two teams traded blows three points at a time. When one team would score, the other would immediately answer right back. One late scoring effort by the Mavs would bring them close to victory but in

the end it wasn’t enough as WSU ended the set with a kill, putting the Warriors up 2-0 in the match. Freshman Alivia Garbe and Junior Sydney Powell made up eight of the Mavericks’ 12 kills in the set.

Powell continues to produce on the offensive front for MNSU, as she led both teams in scoring for the match with 14.5 points.

The largest lead for either team in the final set was a differential of three points. Nine different times the lead was changed in this set, Winona being the team who would hold onto the final lead. WSU clinched the match with a block on the last play, spoiling the Mavericks’ home debut.

Junior Autumn Risch and Freshman Micayla Porter both finished the match with 14 assists apiece.

The Mavericks’ second conference match of the season took place just south of the Minnesota border. Min-

nesota State’s opponent in the Upper Iowa Peacocks began the match with a 9-1 record, losing only to #2 Concordia-St. Paul in their previous match.

Despite an improved performance from the matchup prior to facing the Peacocks, the Mavs were still unable to capture a conference match win. It was anybody’s guess as to which team would win the fourth and final set. After a two-point win in the first for UIU, Minnesota State overpowered the Peacocks in the second to tie the series at 1-1.

Upper Iowa would flip the script yet again on the Mavericks in the third set, putting up three blocks on its way to winning for a second time in this match.

Both teams returned to form in the final set, although it took some adjustments from the Mavs to make up for mistakes which gave Upper Iowa an early head start on the score sheet. MNSU

recorded a match-high 17 kills during the final set but it wasn’t enough to take it.

Upper Iowa went on to win the last set, resulting in a second-consecutive match loss for Minnesota State.

Freshman Mara Quam was credited with 21 digs for the match, Porter and Garbe also had 17 and 11 digs, respectively.

The Mavericks will head to Minnesota’s capitol city next for a match against 2ndranked Concordia – St. Paul Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. The Golden Bears enter with a 9-1 record and have wins against both teams that Minnesota State squared off against this past week.

MNSU soccer picks up two shutouts on the road The Mavericks (4-1) scored the goals when it mattered and dominated on defense the assist coming from Taylor Kenealy. Cottew’s sixth shot, her third on goal, was the 25th goal of her career and

MNSU goaltender Rydeen on a perfect season, giving UMD goaltender Sisley her first loss on the year (3-1).

the Huskies, letting up only seven shots, two of which got to the goaltender. MNSU’s goaltender Taylor Livermore

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sixth game winning goal in an offensive heavy day. Plenty of other Mavericks had great offensive showings, Lexi Pszanka recorded eight shots, two of which were on goal, while Jenny Hoerter had six shots.

The Mavericks also showed their depth, with 10 players recording at least one shot and seven posting shots on goal. They proved that they can go to more than one or two players to get offensive production. The victory also marked the second win for

In the second game of the weekend, the Mavericks were in control of the game much like they were against the Bulldogs. They beat the SCSU Huskies 1-0, this time around scoring at the 8:44 mark. The goal was scored unassisted by Alesha Duccini, off of a blocked cross.

She was there to clean up the play with a goal, which was the ninth of the sophomore’s career.

After the goal, the Maverick defense set in, outlasting

had an easy go of it, but the MNSU offense was not as aggressive as they were against UMD. The Mavericks put up

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer The No. 15 Minnesota State Mavericks moved to a record of 4-1 on the season after going 2-0 on their road trip last weekend. The headed up to play the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs on the 16th, then went down to play the St. Cloud Huskies on the 17th.

The Duluth game was a tight match, with both goaltenders playing outstanding defense. MSU’s Ryann Rydeen had four saves while UMD’s goaltender Ng Sisley racked up 10 saves. The UMD defense was pelted by shots, with MNSU putting up 12 in the first half and 18 in the second for 32 shots in regulation but could not slip any past Sisley. In contrast, the Minnesota Duluth offense did not help out their goaltender much at all, posting six shots in the first half and only four in the second.

The game required overtime, which is when MNSU’s Morgen Cottew scored at the 94:06 mark to win 1-0, with

18 shots, five of which got to the goaltender. The Mavericks were led in shots by Duccini with four, who also led the team in shots-on-goal with three. The team showed depth again, with nine players recording at least one shot, and six shots coming from the team’s substitutes.

MNSU goaltender Livermore moved to a record of 2-0, while SCSU’s goaltender Kelsey Christian dropped to 1-3 on the season.

Up next, the Mavericks continue their conference play with Sioux Falls on September 22 and Southwest Minnesota State on September 24. Of the two opponents, Sioux Falls will be the taller task but is a home game against the 3-2-1 squad. The Mavericks then head out to Marshall, Minnesota, where they face off against the winless SMSU squad for a what should be an easy road game.

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Sam Bradford’s knee ‘better’ but unclear when he’ll return The Vikings remain mum on who will start next week under center

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer believes that Sam Bradford’s injured left knee is getting better. Zimmer is not sure when it will improve enough to allow the team’s starting quarterback to return to the field.

Zimmer tried to be a little more forthcoming Monday about Bradford’s health, a day after some ornery and curt answers only seemed to add more confusion to the situation. He said that he did not believe Bradford’s injury would be long term, but said there was no timeline for his return.

“I anticipate that when he is ready to practice and he is ready to play, that he will play,” Zimmer said. “Honestly, I don’t have a crystal ball.

I know you guys want to ask me about all these things,

but I don’t have a crystal ball. Wish I did. I’d call some games better.”

One point that Zimmer could deliver definitively: The Vikings will not be looking to bring in another quarterback to bolster the depth while Bradford works his way back.

Backup Case Keenum struggled in the 26-9 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, going 20 for 37 for 167 yards.

The frenzied performance notwithstanding, Zimmer said he felt comfortable going forward with Keenum as his quarterback until Bradford is healthy. That appears to eliminate, for now, any possibility that Colin Kaepernick could be brought in to try to give the Vikings a boost.

“Short week against a pretty exotic defense,” Zimmer said. “They are very

physical and fast. I thought he battled. I’m sure he would say he could do better on some things, but he did some good things as well.”

The Vikings entered the season with a unique depth chart at quarterback. Bradford was the unquestioned starter and turned in a brilliant Week 1 performance in a win over the Saints. They also have Teddy Bridgewater, the one-time franchise quarterback still recovering from a horrific leg injury before last season; he’s on the physically unable to perform list. After missing all of last season, Bridgewater has made promising progress in his comeback and is hopeful to be cleared to play at some point this season.

With that in mind, the Vikings opened with just Bradford and Keenum on

Lynx back in Finals after sweep WASHINGTON (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx are back in the WNBA Finals after completing a semifinal sweep of the Washington Mystics on Sunday.

That doesn’t mean it was easy.

Maya Moore scored 21 points, Sylvia Fowles added 17 points and 14 rebounds, and the Lynx sealed their place in a third straight finals after pulling away to an 81-70 win in Game 3.

Seimone Augustus added 18 points to help make sure Minnesota will have the chance to win a fourth WNBA

The Lynx will play Los Angeles in a rematch of theWNBA Finals. The Sparks won last season’s championship round in five games.

Despite winning all three semifinal games by double digits, the Lynx felt fortunate to escape Washington just as the Mystics seemed to be gaining their footing.

“This is a team that didn’t have most of their group together for a big stretch of the season,” Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said of Washington.

“What concerned me was the longer they played, the better they were getting. And so

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title in seven years.

“They challenged us in many ways that whoever comes out of the other series, Phoenix or LA, will challenge us in the same way,” Augustus said.

we thought it was really important not to give them that life.”

Elena Delle Donne scored 15 points to lead the Mystics, who exit the playoffs after reaching the semifinals for

the first time since 2002.

Tierra Ruffin-Pratt added 14 points and Kristi Toliver had 13 for Washington, which forced the Lynx into a series-high 13 turnovers.

But the Mystics scored only 31 second-half points in their sixth loss in as many games against Minnesota in 2017, including regular season and playoffs.

“When you’re matched up against a team like Minnesota, that’s the kind of team that sets the bar,” Toliver said.

“And we got to play against the bar.”

After falling behind by seven late in the second quarter, the Lynx responded with a 17-0 run that stretched across halftime to build a 10-point lead.

Augustus scored Minnesota’s first seven points of the second half, including a transition 3-pointer off Moore’s kickout. Moore added a technical free throw charged to the Mystics bench to make it 49-39 with 6:41 left in the third quarter.

Washington closed back to within two. That’s when Fowles scored twice in one possession, aided by her own offensive rebound and another from Rebekkah Brunson.

That made it 63-57, and the lead grew again from there.

“We just look at, when is the moment we can break a team,” Fowles said. “We just keep going and we try to find those breaking points where we can get in there and get the job done.”

the active roster and signed Kyle Sloter from the practice squad Saturday as an emergency move when it was determined Bradford would not be able to play.

Until Bradford is ready, it’s just Keenum and Sloter, who was cut by Denver and came to Minnesota just before the season began and is still trying to learn the playbook.

“I’m not a master of it like Case or Sam are,” Sloter said.

“I could get in there and run about 70-80 percent of the playbook successfully. That’s going to come with time.

I’d say in the next couple of weeks, I’ll be pretty good.”

Keenum was under pressure for much of the game against Pittsburgh, but Zimmer indicated some of that could have been created by Keenum dropping back too deep in the pocket and put-

ting his offensive linemen in a difficult position.

Zimmer raised some eyebrows after the game when he said that Bradford could be ready “maybe next week.

Maybe in six weeks.” He said Monday he was being facetious and apologized for snapping at reporters in the heat of the moment after a disappointing performance.

In his four seasons coaching the Vikings, Zimmer has often chafed when asked about injuries. He says that comes from a desire to protect his players and from the push for answers when he simply does not have them.

“Sometimes after the game I’m upset and I know our fans deserve better than that,” Zimmer said. “They didn’t have any wine for me in the locker room to chill out a little bit.”

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Art Festival celebrates seventh year this weekend Old Town Art Festival will take place locally at the Coffee Hag

RACHAEL JAEGER Staff Writer Old Town Art Festival is celebrating its seventh year with its thriving artists this weekend, Sept. 23 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Coffee Hag has helped provide them an outlet since 1992 to put on music for guests to enjoy at the event.

Because it would rain every year when the festival was put on in June, this year the event has changed to September when guests started to enjoy cooler weather but the warm fires and spirits of each other.

“Another change, is that the music will not end at sun down. There will be bands playing at Midtown Tavern, including the popular Mankato based Good Night Gold Dust,” said event organizer Esther Marcella.

The Singing Cowgirl, a

The Rough and Tumble professional entertainer for more than 30 years, has the privilege of kicking off with her show at 11. She has admired John Denver and had the opportunity to

Photo courtesy of Esther Hoffman meet him. Since then, she has performed all over the country and this year alone will host 400 shows.

Among other musicians, The Rough & Tumble is

a multi-instrumental folk American band consisting of a husband and wife team, Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler. They played for the Coffee Hag this summer and

will return with their passionate voices and their two endearing little dogs who have joined them on the road for the last two years.

They have a couple of new recent releases called “Pieces and Pieces” (2016) and a Christmas CD, “Cardboard and Christmas” (February 2017).

Other musicians playing throughout the event include Ted and Alice Miller, Kaleb Braun-Schulz, Rakstar Fuzion Nate Leboutillier, Jim the Harpooner, Ian Himer, and The Tinderbox.

The Millers, from northeast Nebraska, express their stories from the Midwestern lives they have experienced love harmonies.

Jim the Harpooner is a

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South Dakota Indian students will hear original work

Lakota Music Project aims to build relationships amongst communities MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A composing boot camp is allowing teens and adults from a South Dakota American Indian reservation who may never have written a piece of music before to hear their original compositions performed by professional musicians.

Eight students and adults from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribe and nearby community teamed up with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra as part of the Lakota Music Project, aimed at building relationships between American Indians and white communities.

Two ensembles will perform the works at free concerts Thursday and Friday in Sisseton and on the reservation, which covers northeastern South Dakota and part of southeastern North Dakota.

“It’s good music, very good music,” said composer-in-residence Jerod Tate, 49, a Chickasaw from Oklahoma. “I’m so inspired by the composer in them.”

Gary Lawrence (left) on the keyboard The only requirement, Tate said, is that students must know how to play an instrument. “You can’t write poetry until you know how to write the letters,” he said.

Although the program is focused on young American Indians, Tate said it also in-

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cludes non-Indians. And even within the Indian community, the program helps build bridges as it did for aspiring composers who took part in a recent similar program on the Pine Ridge Reservation, he said.

“They’re all composing

next to each other,” Tate said.

The music composition academies include daily lessons in composing and activities emphasizing cultural understanding. The academies were made possible by the Bush Prize for Community Innovation, given by the St.

Paul, Minnesota-based Bush Foundation, and New Music USA’s “Music Alive” program, which selected the Sioux Falls-based South Dakota Symphony Orchestra to participate in the national threeyear residency program.

“It invests in the students themselves, teaching them new skills and building their self-esteem,” SDSO music director Delta David Gier said in a news release.

Garrett Lawrence, 18, who plays baritone and piano and is in the Sisseton High School band, is among those who will hear their works debut this week.

His father, Derrick Lawrence, a Dakota from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and IT director for the tribal college, and 16-year-old sister, Alannah, also are having original compositions performed.

Garrett said he did not

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South Africa’s Johnny Clegg begins last international tour Musician recently overcame treatment for pancreatic cancer

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African musician Johnny Clegg defied the country’s apartheid-era racial barriers, celebrated its new democracy under Nelson Mandela and took his Zulu-infused music around the world.

Now after treatment for pancreatic cancer, he is launching a last international tour that he calls “The Final Journey.”

Clegg said Thursday he feels “fit and strong” as he begins the tour showcasing his blend of Western and African musical styles.

The British-born singer, whose multi-racial bands during white minority rule in South Africa drew a staunch foreign following, has already played some South African shows and plans stops in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia in the coming months. He performed in London last month and has a Sept. 20 show in Dubai.

“These shows are hard for me,” he told journalists at a Johannesburg hotel.

“I’m dealing with another, parallel world that I live in with my diagnosis.”

Clegg, 64, also spoke about the Zulu music and dancing that he learned as a teenager, when he hung out with a Zulu cleaner and street musician called Charlie Mzila.

Clegg recalled playing music in his early days on rooftops and later in packed venues, “the idea of crossover” that inspired diverse

Johnny Clegg (middle) singing music with the bands Juluka and Savuka and the apartheid-era censorship that restricted where he could perform and sometimes led to his arrest.

Toward the end of his hour-long remarks, he spoke starkly about the disease that he was diagnosed with in 2015 and is now in remission. Grueling treatment has included two six-month sessions of chemotherapy and an operation to remove the cancer.

“I don’t have a duodenum and half my stomach.

I don’t have a bile duct, I don’t have a gall bladder and half my pancreas. It’s all been reconfigured,” said Clegg, who has divided his

Photo courtesy of the Associated Press final tour into legs to allow for rest periods between shows.

“I don’t know how long I’ve got. We all know that it’s all going to end badly at one point,” he said. Though he added: “I feel fit and strong and I’m dancing and I’m singing.”

One of Clegg’s bestknown songs is “Asimbonanga,” which means “We’ve never seen him” in Zulu. It refers to South Africans during apartheid, when images of then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela were banned.

The musician wrote the song during a state of emergency in 1986. Mandela was released in 1990 after 27

ART FESTIVAL Continued from page 10 two-man musical dreadnaught which Nate Voots and Travis Friedrichs lead and that strives to bring large-scale sea atmospherics echoing back to the Midwest in the form of shovel and bucket-infused sea chanties and other noise.

The Tinder Box is a down-to-earth band that combines rock and blues with driving rhythms, elevated melodies, complementary trumpet fills, and full harmonies. They’ve marked their fame in Chicago, Kansas City, Denver, and Minneapolis but also are known over the radio in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil.

If anyone is wondering about what they should do about their future, someone will be present to read tarot cards— Melody Taylor, local author, musician, and psychic. Normally she sells her books at the event, but this year she will be offering tarot readings for the first time at the festival. She has offered readings at the Coffee Hag before for those who want to come have their cards read or has done it at other places before.

“I feel like the cards often surprise people,” Taylor said. “Mostly with being more accurate than what they expect.”

Taylor will read from 11

a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Along with the musicians and Taylor, belly and fire dancers will also enthrall any attenders later that evening. Vendors are also among the following: Heather’s Handmade Arts and Henna—henna, rocks, dream catchers; James Mackey with fantastical landscapes, JK Arts with paintings, and Crossstich Collective.

“There is a great sense of an all-inclusive community and a celebratory expression of yourself and others,” said Marcella.

“This is a fair for anyone who loves art and music and other people.”

years in prison and became South Africa’s first black president in all-race elections four years later.

In the interview, Clegg

recalled how he performed “Asimbonanga” during a tour of Germany in 1997 and experienced a “huge shock” when Mandela, beaming and dancing, unexpectedly came out on stage behind him.

“It is music and dancing that makes me at peace with the world. And at peace with myself,” Mandela said to the audience. He called on Clegg to resume the song and urged all in the audience to get up and dance.

At the end of the song Mandela and Clegg, holding hands, walked off stage.

“That was the pinnacle moment for me,” Clegg recalled. “It was just a complete and amazing gift from the universe.”

In his last shows, the man often called “the White Zulu” said he recognizes there are fans who are “genuinely sad and want to make that final connection and celebrate that.”

He said: “I feel quite motivated to do that.”

COMPOSITIONS From page 10 know how to write a single piece of music when he started the program. It took him six days to learn how to write a piece.

Garrett’s two-minute piece, “The Unforgiveable River,” which will be performed by a woodwind quintet, has “a soft flow to it, kind of like a river,” he

said, “and eventually turns into a raging river.” He said he already has started writing another piece and is looking at studying music education at college.

“I learned that there’s more to writing music, writing a piece, than just sound,” he said. “You really have to put in emotion.”

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