There’s an issue with the Medicare doctor reimbursement rates where at the end of the year every doctor that folks in this country use that provide Medicare services is going to get a 30 percent salary cut.

It kind of takes the gas out of your legs. You just kind of get down.

It was good to come from behind. We've got a bunch of seniors, so you kind of expect them to step up at some time. That first game with St. Henry we weren't very happy, because we gave up nine unearned runs and that's something we don't normally do.

This is huge for bragging rights because everybody says that we don't play teams and 1A isn't anything big. It just kind of puts us on the map a little bit more.

Coleman was a great addition to the IMCA family of sponsors last season and will continue in that role this year. They were very active in attending IMCA events last year and I hope our members create an opportunity to talk with them throughout the 2006 season.

D.J. is just looking for ways to win and will do anything it takes to win. If it takes a pass or a block or a rebound, he's going to get it. He's versatile.

We had the top of the order coming up and that's what I wanted to make sure we could get to. Those guys are all three and four year letter men for us. We get our lead off guy up and then our two-hole guy up and I felt pretty good about our chances with the middle of the order coming up.

This was one of those games you don't want to lose at all. You'll give everything to win this game.

To go from chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in the Kansas Legislature to one of 50 on the Appropriations Committee and one of 435 in the whole House, it is more difficult to directly impact policy here.

In the current law we're seeing Social Security dwindle. And so what we're saying is if we're going to reduce taxes we just want to make sure that there are things within the law that pay for it.