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‘THE VOICE’ RIDES AGAIN

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A month after being declared cancer free, Larry Reece is getting back on the mic.

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A few days before Oklahoma State’s home opener against Cen-tral Arkansas, Larry Reece sits in his office in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Framed posters of Cowboy greats line the walls: Barry Sanders, Henry Iba, Bryant “Big Country” Reeves. He even has an Eddie Sutton bobble head gracing his collection. Reece is at the center of the room, donning a gray suit, with his black hair slicked back. His attire wouldn’t be complete without his favorite color, orange, and it’s present in his tie and the frames of his glasses. Talking in his mellow, baritone voice, you wouldn’t know that Reece was declared cancer free only a month ago.

‘The Voice’ of the CowboysReece is the senior associate

athletic director of development at OSU. But that’s only his daytime job. His other job is what he’s most known for: the public ad-dress announcer for the Cowboy football team, and Cowgirl and Cowboy basketball teams.

Reece was an OSU student when he started announcing for the Cowgirls in 1989 and the Cowboys a year later. Reece said he went into announcing because he loved being around athletics, but wasn’t talented enough to be an athlete forever.

“My dad had always an-nounced our games in little league over the public address,” Reece said. “I thought that was the coolest thing. Actu-ally, when I was about 11 or 12, he let me do a couple of innings, and I thought that was the coolest, so I kind of got that bug. But then it hit me that maybe I could use my voice to stay around athletics”

Reece describes his voice as being almost Darth Vader-like. His wife, Jimi, who he’s known since the third grade, said it’s a talent he’s had for some time.

“He has so much charisma and personality, especially behind the mic,” Jimi said. “He’s

had that voice since the seventh grade. He’s had it for a long time, along with a mustache.”

Reece spent two years at Northeastern Oklahoma State in his hometown of Miami before he transferred to OSU as a jour-

nalism and broadcasting student. While a student in professor Ed Paulin’s sports practicum class, he started broadcasting football games, recording himself on a cas-sette tape for class. Reece didn’t know the class would lead to a future career.

Paulin got a call from sports information director Steve Buz-zard, who was looking for a P.A. announcer for Cowgirl basketball games. Paulin recommended

Reece.“I went over and met with

Steve Buzzard and he just hired me on the spot and didn’t even try me out,” Reece said. “He said ‘Hey, you got a pretty good voice. Let’s plug you in here.’”

Experience from calling high school games helped Reece adjust to calling

Cowgirl games early on. He did so well in his first year Buzzard advocated that Reece announce for the football and men’s basketball teams. Reece’s first night covering Cowboy basket-ball presented quite the challenge.

“I remember being very

nervous that first night,” Reece said. “We were playing the Lithu-anian national team, the men’s basketball team was, and the names were just brutal. I knew the most important thing was to get the names right. I kept going over the translator and going through the names — Lukminas and Eini-kis and all these weird names.”

Reece said he had a pounding headache after that game from all the pronunciation, but he eventu-ally found a trick.

“The thing I learned over the years is as long as you don’t stut-ter, people think you’re speaking Russian, so it doesn’t really mat-ter,” Reece said.

The first thing for a P.A. an-nouncer to do is get pronuncia-tions right, Reece said. Secondly, it’s to fire up the crowd, something Reece knows a little about.

They call him ‘Big Country’It started out as an idea that

Reece had in 1991 involving a freshman center on coach Eddie Sutton’s Cowboys. He heard a rumor that Bryant Reeves was nicknamed “Big Country” by his teammates. Afraid to ask Buzzard if he could use Reeves’ nickname, Reece decided to try it anyway.

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“As a student, I took a chance and said ‘a 7-foot freshman from Gans, Oklahoma, they call him ‘Big Country,’” Reece said. “Luck-ily, the crowd went crazy.”

Another tradition Reece has is announcing “Here comes Bullet” every time the Cowboys score during football games, as the OSU spirit rider races out astride a black quarter horse named Bullet. Reece has developed many catchphrases over the years, something that is uncommon for a P.A. announcer.

Dave Hunziker, OSU’s radio play-by-play man and an aficionado of catchphrases himself, said he thought it was unique for someone on the P.A. to be that involved with the game.

“I just don’t remember any that can impact the game the way he does,” Hunziker said. “Just his delivery and the way he empha-sizes certain things. It’s not just a generic public address. He’s just not a generic guy. It’s different and it’s great. It just adds to the atmosphere”

As much as a part of game day at OSU as Bullet or Pistol Pete, it’s easy to see why the OSU commu-nity was rocked when, in Decem-ber, Reece announced he was diagnosed with throat cancer.

Prayer PosseJust as a singer does with his

or her voice, Reece always feared the worst that could happen to

him would be throat cancer. Four months prior to receiving a diag-nosis of squamous cell carcinoma, Reece noticed he had an enlarged lymph node in his neck.

“I was a typical guy and just ignored it,” Reece said. “Part of it was that I didn’t want to know and the other part is that you think ‘Ah, I’m bulletproof. It’s nothing.’”

Reece disregarded the lymph node to the point he neglected to tell Jimi.

“I did not know anything about it,” Jimi said. “In fact, I didn’t even see it. He said later he had started worrying about it, but he never let on.”

In December, he went to the hos-pital for a physical and talked to his doctor, Gerrick Shreck, about it.

“He felt the lymph node on the left side of my neck and was like ‘How long have you had this?’” Reece said. “I fibbed at the time and said a couple of months, and I think he immediately thought lymphoma, so he was thinking bad news.”

The doctor sent Reece to another doctor, Randal Baker, who wanted to remove the lymph node. On Dec. 18, Reece underwent surgery to have it removed, and Baker sent it in for tests. A week later, Baker got the results back and told Reece the bad news: It was cancer.

“I remember for a moment putting my head down, and my wife grabbed me and hugged me,” Reece said.

After that moment, however, Re-

ece started remembering all of the cancer survivors, including young children, he had introduced at halftime over the years. He decided he was going to fight it and not feel sorry for himself. When the news broke to the athletic department, people were stunned.

“Obviously, the big concern was that we were shocked,” Hunziker said. “I mean, you’re talking about a guy who’s not very old. They say cancer affects one in three, and you just don’t think of it that way.”

There was some good news for Reece, though. After worry-ing about his chances the week of Christmas, he was given the news that he had a good prognosis to be cured. He eventually decided that he needed to go to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Reece called Athletic Director Mike Holder and asked him to see if a mutual friend of theirs, Boone Pickens, could get him into the hospital.

“Larry, I would have been mad if you didn’t ask me,” Pickens told him.

“Boone, I only get one shot to take down cancer,” Reece said. “I want to be able to walk my daugh-ter down the aisle, be here to grow old with my wife. I want to help my parents as they grow older, and frankly, I want to be here another 25 years to call games for our alma mater.”

Pickens got Reece into MD An-derson, a hospital he had donated $40 million to, by the end of that

day. Before he and Jimi moved to Houston to start his six-week treat-ment, Reece decided to call in a few favors to cover for him. He had friends from all across the business come and call games, including Hunziker, Robert Allen, Kelly Ogle and the late Bob Barry Jr.

Meanwhile, Reece was going through radiation treatment that burned the skin on his neck, except for one small rectangle on his vo-cal cords. Reece attributed that to the care at MD Anderson where his doctor knew what kind of job Reece had and told him he could protect his vocal cords. Side effects of the radiology included being tired most of the time and trouble swallowing, which is still bother-some at times.

On July 31, Reece was declared cancer free and was elated. He was thankful for his family and his OSU family, which he called his “Prayer Posse.”

“I tell people, my wife, MD Anderson and House of Pies is probably the reason I’m still kick-ing, along with my ‘Prayer Posse,’” Reece said.

After his journey, Reece said he had one message for people who may encounter the problem he did.

“If your body is telling you something, listen to it,” Reece said. “It’ll be a little bit of a hassle set-ting up that doctor’s appointment, but you’re going to be so mad at yourself if you don’t and things get worse.”

“The Voice” rides againSaturday will mark the first home

game for the Cowboys and Reece’s first game on the mic since his treat-ment. Looking out of his box and hearing his voice echo throughout the concrete basin of Boone Pickens Stadium, Reece said it will be hard not to get emotional.

“I’ll probably get really emotional when I say, ‘This is our home. This is our family. This is our team. Are you ready for Cowboy football?’” Reece said.

Fans might notice that Reece sounds a little different after his treatment.

“In terms of the results of his treat-ment, his voice is probably deeper now,” Hunziker said. “He makes us look like total clowns because he has that deep, rich voice.”

OSU defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer said he will be excited to have Reece back around.

“He bleeds orange,” Spencer said. “… It’s a great story. I’m glad to have that voice around. Unmistak-able, really.”

Reece said it may take awhile for him to get used to announcing again and he may be hoarse at halftime. Hunziker said that hopefully it won’t take long for “The Voice of the Cow-boys” to get back in the saddle again.

“I’m sure it will be pretty emo-tional,” Hunziker said. “But once he gets settled in, he will be right back to doing what he does best.”

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When Oklahoma State makes its home debut on Saturday, one Cowboy star will be making his first ap-pearance of the season.

Senior cornerback Kevin Peterson did not play in OSU’s season opener on Thursday at Central Michigan, the result of arthroscopic knee surgery in early August. Peterson was missed as the Cowboys allowed 265 passing yards against the Chippewas.

“He brings a certain swag that we have on the field,” safety Tre Flowers said. “He’s just a smart guy. … We all have our own swag, and he lifts us a little bit more.”

Peterson wasn’t avail-able at Monday’s media luncheon, and despite being

in uniform, the same was true Thursday. Although Peterson’s abilities as a shutout corner were missed, the same was true of his leadership.

“He’s a definite guy that’s been with us through a lot of great wins and tough losses,” defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer said. “He’s been through tough situations, in-the-game adjustments, so there’s not much that’s going to surprise him. You like a guy like that on the field. We’re going to get a different formation, differ-ent motion than we’ve seen on film. Your experienced guys can decipher it faster and figure it out faster, and young kids don’t.”

Peterson has been a consis-tent member of the Cowboys’ secondary for the past three seasons and a starter the past two.

With the veteran out,

redshirt junior Ashton Lampkin, who missed most of the 2014 season with a right ankle sprain, and sophomore Ramon Richards, who moved up the depth chart after Lampkin went down, started at corner. Indiana transfer Michael Hunter also con-tributed, while Darius Curry and Miketavius

Jones filled in at points.That collection is capable,

but the consensus among the Cowboys is that the defense is at its best when Peterson is

on the field.“I think it’s way

better,” defen-sive end

Em-manuel Ogbah said.

“We can’t wait for him to get back on the field with us and help us out. … Ashton Lamp-kin and Michael Hunter and Ramon

Richards, they all do a great job. But we need Kevin Peterson back, too.”

With Peterson expected to start on Saturday, fans will get a chance to look at the Cowboys’ fully loaded defense against Central Ar-kansas. An FCS opponent, the Bears’ offense still poses

a threat. Despite a 45-16 loss to Samford, UCA totaled 462 yards on offense, including 343 through the air.

Good thing Peter-son has a knack for

shutting down opposing offenses’ star receivers. Last season against West Virginia, Peterson held Mountaineers receiver Kevin White to 27 yards on three receptions.

It was the first game of the year that White, who was the seventh overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft, was held to fewer than 100 yards.

Peterson’s late intercep-tion also sealed a Cactus Bowl victory for the Cow-boys a year ago.

“It’s definitely great when you have great cover corners, and that’s some-thing that Kevin brings to the table,” linebacker Seth

Jacobs said. “… He brings a mentality to this defense that we’ve got to go out and play hard, play in a way that makes everybody look good.”

Peterson’s play also helped the Cowboys’ offense throughout the spring and fall. One of the Big 12’s top corners, he doesn’t take it easy on his teammates in practice.

“Having a good corner like that to go against in practice is going to help me improve my game that much more,” said receiver James Washington, who led OSU in touchdown receptions in 2014. “… Going against him every day in practice, it helps me reach my peak game. He’s a great athlete. Just going against him just makes me better.”

With Peterson near full strength, the same can be said of the Cowboys.

“There was a reason he was No. 1 (on the depth chart) before he got injured,” Spencer said. “We’re glad we have him back, so I would think we’re not going to get any worse.”

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An old hymn goes something l ike An old hymn goes something l ike this; “Under his wings I am safely abiding, though the night deepens and tempests are wild. Stil l I can trust him; I know he will keep me. He has redeemed me and I am his child.”The Bible tells us that “there reThe Bible tells us that “there re-mains a rest to the people of God.” (Heb.4:9) John 15 tells us of much fruit can be produced in and through the one who “abides” in Christ. One aspect of abiding is resting. He is seated in heaven because his work of salvation is because his work of salvation is f inished. Here is someone we can fully trust because “he now sits at the right hand of God with all power and authority. (Matt.28:18) He never changes; “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” (He.13:8) He tells us forever.” (He.13:8) He tells us “never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” (Heb.13:5) He loves

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What makes Boone Pickens Stadium different?On Saturday, Oklahoma State will play in Boone Pickens Stadium for the first time since November. The O’Colly asked some membersof the team what it is about the Cowboys’ hallowed home that makes it different from any other college football venue.by D e ko ta G r e g o ry@dekotagregory

“It’s a home environ-ment. You feel like you’re at home, and people are screaming for you and not booing you. It’s a great environment.”

“I think our fans. Our fans really bring out a lot of energy on game day and that really brings us away from other places that we’ve gone to.”

“It’s like a family environment. I’ve been here so long I feel like honestly everybody in that stadium is my family. I’ve been here long enough I know how everything goes. I mean I just love every part of it. Even from when you score a touchdown, people say the waving wheat is kind of funny. I think it’s awesome. You have Bullet running across — everything, everything about it’s great.”

“It’s home. It’s a place where our fans can cheer us on and root for us. We have the Paddle People on the side root-ing us on, being loud. It’s great.”

“Boone Pickens is different because you’re playing at home. You have all your fans cheering for you. You want to do well for them because they paid good money to come watch you play.”

“I would say the Paddle People. They get the stadium loud, get the fans riled up, get us pumped up. When we got all that firing off all cylinders, we come out and play to the best of our ability.”

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With the help of wa-termelon guts and wheel barrel races, an Oklahoma State fraternity raised thousands of pounds of canned food for the Salva-tion Army.

Each year, Lambda Chi Alpha hosts Watermelon Bust, a weeklong event, during the fall semester. This year’s Watermelon Bust took place from Aug. 30 to Sept. 4.

The fraternity asked participants to donate canned goods, which it gives to the local Salva-

tion Army. This year, the fraternity collected 16,000 pounds of canned food, surpassing its 15,000-pound goal.

Each sorority was re-quired to donate 100 cans to participate. Thirteen sororities made the dona-tion and participated in this year’s event.

“This is about some-thing more than us,” said Connor Bearden, Lambda Chi Alpha external vice president. “Those work-ing at The Salvation Army say that our event helps the restock for them entire year.”

The fraternity held events Monday through Thursday. Events included serenading participating sororities, a banner com-petition and a date auc-tion, among others. The largest event, Field Day, occured on Thursday. This year, the event took place on Willard Lawn.

Lambda Chi Alpha members along with

participating sororities ran, slid and bowled one another over as a disc jockey played music in the background.

Three tarps were taped together with watermelon guts and oil covering the mass of them. Students participated in games such as Queen Catwalk, Watermelon Shot Put and a watermelon-eating contest.

“It’s a fun way to kick off the year,” finance se-nior Dylan Gumbert said. “It isn’t just about having fun. It’s about bringing the community and our brotherhood together.”

Each sorority dressed up a Lambda Chi Alpha member as a queen who then participated in a cat-walk and a dance-off. This year, Garrison Keichline, a civil engineering fresh-man, was named queen by the Lambda Chi Alpha house mom.

“It’s a great experience getting to know the sorori-

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“The coolest thing about the whole event is that we are able to help people through

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A bench warrant has been issued for a Still-water man charged with burglarizing vehicles in an Oklahoma State University parking lot.

Baldwin Lee Irving, 26, has been charged by Payne County court with three felonious counts of burglary of an automobile and one count of obstructing an officer after an OSU police officer noticed him walking through a parking lot and stop-ping between vehicles at 3:45 a.m. on Aug. 18, according to the affida-vit.

Irving initially identi-fied himself to OSUPD officer J. Justin Gorton as “Marcus Irving” and was released after

questioning, the affida-vit states.

After talking with Ir-ving, Gorton inspected the area and found a tan Chevrolet Trailblazer with a door open and items “strewn about,” according to the affida-vit.

Officers found two additional cars with open doors, and Ir-ving, who later told officials his true name, was arrested on the charge of burglary of an automobile, the report states. Officers found a large amount of

loose change in Irving’s pocket, which matched the victims’ description of missing items from their vehicles, accord-ing to the affidavit.

Irving was booked in Payne County Jail, and his bond was set at $3,000, which he posted later that day.

Irving failed to appear for a court proceeding Aug. 21, and Payne County Judge Robert Hert Jr. issued a bench warrant for Irving’s ar-rest and set his bond at $6,000.

As of Tuesday eve-

ning, Irving had not been arrested.

In July 2014, Ir-ving pleaded guilty to making a false pawn declaration on Aug. 30, 2013 after he sold an Apple MacBook and charger to EZ Pawn for $100, claiming he had owned the laptop for a year, according to court documents.

A Stillwater man claimed his laptop and charger were stolen from his car on Aug. 29, 2013. Irving was ordered to serve 120 days in Payne County

Jail and pay a fine of almost $200.

Irving also previously pleaded guilty to petit larceny, false person-ation, trespassing on an institution of higher learning and know-ingly concealing stolen property.

On Sept. 4, a protec-tive order was filed against Irving.

If convicted, Irving could face a maximum of 22 years in prison and/or a $500 fine, or both.

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When an Oklahoma State alum became pregnant with her first child, shopping for mater-nity clothes was a chore.

“I knew I wanted something dressy and comfortable, and I just wasn’t finding it” said Sarah Shibley, an emerging fashion designer.

Shibley graduated from OSU in 2002 with her degree in elementary education, but her career took a different turn when she became pregnant with her first son in 2005.

After hours of searching for cute and comfortable maternity clothes, Shibley took matters into her own hands.

“I went into my closet and took a bunch of old clothes and cut them and pinned them,” Shibley said. “Then took them to my mother, who’s a seam-stress, and that’s how we made the first Eve tunic.”

Her project turned into a six-piece-mix-and-match collection called LA9 clothing, which she launched in 2014.

What started as a woman’s search for comfortable materni-ty clothes turned into a line for women of all ages. Her focus has become less on maternity clothes and more on clothes for

the everyday woman. “I had a professor when I was

at Oklahoma State named Dr. Richard Bay that really inspired me,” Shibley said. “He inspired all of his students to embrace their inner creativity and that we all are amazing artist.”

Her line is now carried at Bella’s house in Tulsa and Sapulpa Mercantile in Sapulpa. You can also order pieces online at LA9.com and prices range from $59-$79.

Now that her line has ex-

panded, Shibley has her cloth-ing made in an apparel factory in the United States.

To maintain consistency within the clothing line, items such as the Empire tunic and the Belle camisole are modifica-tions of the original design and made with the same fabric as other pieces.

Her pieces include the Eve tunic, the Empire tunic, the Vivian wrap, Lou pants and Liza Leggings. Shibley said she wanted her line to consist

of six basic pieces people could wear however they wanted — dressing them up with heels or wearing them to yoga. All of Shibley’s clothes are made out of soft comfortable fabric.

Shibley said one of her up-coming goals is to get retailers across the United States to carry her pieces.

She has also been invited as an emerging designer at Tulsa Fashion Week, Sept. 14 – 19.

Shibley will showcase her

collection on Sept. 16 from 6 - 7 p.m.

More info about Tulsa fashion week can be found at www.tulsafashionweek.com.

M i c a h A l l e n

@ m i c a h a l l e n 1 8

Staff Reporter

UP NEXTWhat: LA9 ShowcaseWhen: Sept. 16 from 6 - 7 p.mWhere: Miss Jacksons, 1974 Utica Square No. 3, Tulsa, OK

Oklahoma State alum has success with clothing line

[email protected]

Courtesy of Sarah Shibley & Box Portrait Gallery

Sarah Shibley, an OSU alum, receieved her degree in education but started making clothes during her first pregnancy.

LA9 started as a woman’s search for comfortable maternity clothes, but now focuses on clothes for the everyday woman.

Courtesy of Sarah Shibley & Box Portrait Gallery

STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 9


photos Courtesy of Sarah Shibley and Cayla Spears

Sarah Shibley’s clothing line is for all ages and will be showcased during Tulsa’s Fashion Week on Sept. 16 from 6-7 p.m. at Miss Jackson’s in Tulsa.

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Humans vs. Zombies: Thunderdome

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Thunderdome, which took place on Sept. 4, is a Humans vs. Zombies event where multiple short games are played to preview HvZ, which begins Sept. 20.

Colin Price, a sports management senior, provides Nerf guns and ammunition during Thunderdome on Sept. 4 on the Engineering South lawn.

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