Nov. 7 2012

COVERING THE BETTER PART OF KANSAS

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Who won

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2012

U.S. House/4th Michael Pompeo, R Robert Tillman, D Thomas Jefferson, Lib

STILL IN CHARGE

Kansas Senate/34th Terry Bruce, R Mark Treaster, D Kansas Senate/38th Garrett Love, R Johnny Dunlap II, D

■ Obama recaptures White House after long, economy-focused bid.

Kansas Senate/35th Jay Emler, R Jesse Bryant, Lib

BY DAVID ESPO

Kansas House/102nd Jan Pauls, D Dakota Bass, R

AP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama won re-election Tuesday night despite a fierce challenge from Republican Mitt Romney, prevailing in the face of a weak economy and high unemployment that encumbered his first term and crimped the middle class dreams of millions.

“This happened because of you. Thank you,” Obama tweeted to supporters as he secured four more years in the White House.

The president sealed his victory in Ohio, Iowa, New Hampshire and Colorado, four of the nine battleground states where the two rivals and their allies spent nearly $1 billion on dueling television commercials.

Ultimately, the result of the brawl of an election campaign appeared likely to be the political status quo. Democrats won two more years of control of

Kansas House/114th Jack Thimesch, R Carol Moore, D Kansas House/112th John Edmonds, R Steve Muehleisen, D Kansas House/72nd Marc Rhoades, R Glenda Reynolds, D Kansas House/73rd Clark Shultz, R Pamela Lawson, D Kansas House/119th Brian Weber, R Lawrence Blake, D Kansas House/116th Kyle Hoffman, R Vincent Wetta, D Kansas House/115th Ronald Ryckman Sr., R Marjorie “Mo” Gilbert, D

See PRESIDENT / A14 Kansas House/117th Dennis McKinney, D John Ewy, R Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder, R Sarah Sweet-McKinnon, D

INSIDE:

Reno County Magistrate Judge Randall McEwen, D Ron Hagen, R

■ Numbers spell win for Bruce in 34th, A4 ■ Hutch sales tax looks likely renewed, A4 ■ 114th set for new face in Legislature, A5 ■ Pauls has big advantage over Bass, A5

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION DECISION

RENO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Winner Schroeder says trial is priority

Ballot questions Kansas Constitution: Lower taxes on watercraft.

YES NO Hutchinson city sales tax extension for streets/ sidewalks and museums.

YES NO

BY KATHY HANKS

Edwards County sales tax for economic development.

YES NO Stafford city sales tax for streets and electrical system.

YES NO

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Jessica Shuff, right, holds her fiancée Melissa Morgan as they attend the “Vote Yes for Fairness” watch party Tuesday evening in Hutchinson, in regards to the LGB anti-discrimination ordinance amendment vote.

Measure looks defeat-bound ■ With 13,893 votes

counted, 58.4% oppose gay-rights item in Hutch.

BY KEN STEPHENS

Allow Lane County liquor-by-the-drink sales without food sale requirement.

YES NO Allow Morton County liquor-by-the-drink sales without food sale requirement.

YES NO

the tea party gathered to watch the election returns.

“I’m a little preoccupied.”

Deep into a first-degree murder trial in the shooting death of 27-year-old Jennifer Heckel, Schroeder said, the most important thing right now was the trial.

Tuesday night, SweetMcKinnon kept her eyes glued to the returns.

While she was disappointed with the numbers, not for a minute did she regret challenging Schroeder.

“We really worked hard,” she said. “I had so much help. I don’t regret it all. It has been interesting, fun and I met so many people

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Hutchinson ordinance including sexual orientation in protected classes.

YES NO Kinsley-Offerle USD 347 $5.9-million bond issue for gym, classrooms and other improvements.

YES NO

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After a year of on-and-off, at times contentious debate, Hutchinson voters appeared to be headed toward turning back a drive to give gays, lesbians and bisexuals protection from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations.

With 13,893 votes counted,

58.4 percent were voting against the proposed ordinance and 41.6 percent in favor.

Proponents had WAGGONER asked that Hutchinsonians “Vote Yes for Fairness,” while opponents wanted them to “Vote No” and “Protect Religious Liberty.”

Robert Noland of the Kansas Family Policy Council, one of two organizations that organized opposition to the ordinance,

was cautious given that the results were incomplete.

However, he said, he was sure that “when voters knew the nature of this ordinance they would not vote to adopt it.”

“Assuming these numbers hold up, we are pleased with the results in Hutchinson and have to hand it to the supporters and volunteers who helped get the word out.”

Jon Powell, chairman of the Hutchinson chapter of the Kansas Equality Coalition, which campaigned for

See MEASURE / A5

With a handful of votes still to be counted, the heated race between two seasoned attorneys showed incumbent Keith Schroeder ahead with 64 percent of the votes and a sure shot of retaining his position of Reno County District Attorney.

Schroeder’s opponent, Sarah Sweet-McKinnon, Reno County chief public defender, had 36 percent of the votes.

“I have closing arguments in the morning,” said Schroeder, who had stopped briefly at The Raz, where Republicans and members of

See DA / A4

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Ben Nolan greets District Attorney Keith Schroeder on Tuesday evening at The Raz restaurant.

INDEX: TV LISTINGS A11 BUSINESS B12 CLASSIFIEDS B10 COMICS B13 LOTTERIES A2 OBITUARIES A13 OPINION A12 CROSSWORD B11 SPORTS B1 WEATHER B8

INTERCEPTED LETTER President Barack Obama, staying in office

Dear sir, Your most grueling campaign lies ahead – another four-year one.

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PAGE TWO DAILY PLANNER

NEWS IN A HURRY WORLD

THINGS TO DO TODAY EVENTS 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Hike at the Dillon Nature Center, 3002 E. 30th Ave., featuring a nature display gallery, a wildlife observation deck and a children’s playscape.

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Visit the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, 1100 N. Plum St., featuring Dr. Goddard’s lab, a planetarium and the Carey Digital Dome Theater.

Go 650 feet under Hutchinson to the Kansas Underground Salt Museum, Avenue G and Airport Road.

Check out local talent at the Hutchinson Art Center, 405 N. Washington St. 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Explore the Hutchinson Zoo at Carey Park, featuring the “Prairie Thunder” zoo train and Friends of the Zoo gift shop.

WANT MORE? For more information, see the online calendar at calendar.hutchnews.com or scan this code to view it on your mobile device.

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A woman looks through piles of clothing in front of Long Beach city hall donated for victims of Superstorm Sandy on Tuesday in Long Beach, N.Y.

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As new storm threatens NY, many stick close to home NEW YORK – Richard Chan prowled around his cold, dark Staten Island home with knives and a sword to protect it from thieves, standing his ground as another East Coast storm threatened and police went through neighborhoods with loudspeakers warning people to get out.

“I still have some valuables. I just can’t leave it,” he said Tuesday. “I just don’t want to lose my stuff to some dirtbag.”

While city officials strongly encouraged storm-ravaged communities to seek higher ground before Wednesday’s nor’easter, Chan was among a group who adamantly refused to leave, choosing to stick close to the belongings they have left.

Since the superstorm made landfall more than a week ago, killing 40 people in the city, more than 100 in 10 states and leaving millions without power, police said overall crime has actually gone down, not up.

There are few reports of looting storm-damaged homes.

But Alex Ocasio wasn’t convinced. The nursing home worker planned to ride out the latest storm in his first-floor Rockaway apartment — even after seeing cars float by his front door during Sandy.

Voters affected by Sandy still find ways to cast ballots STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Superstorm Sandy’s floodwaters drove Bob Mackie from his home on Long Beach Island, N.J., but nothing was going to stop him from voting Tuesday. The 72-year-old widower drove an hour each way to cast his ballot at a makeshift polling site for island residents, refusing to be disenfranchised by the devastation.

“A lot of people died for it, so we better exercise it,” Mackie said of the right to vote.

A week after Sandy’s ruinous march up the East Coast, thousands of displaced residents boarded shuttle buses and searched online for alternative polling places to cast their ballots. For millions who were still without power, cleaning mud out of their homes or living in shelters, voting represented both a return to normalcy and an act of defiance.

West Virginia resident Barbara Bolyard has been without power since the storm, relying on a coal-fired stove for heat and eating meals served by the Red Cross at local fire hall. But she and her three adult children still made it to their polling place in Newburg. “It’s your right, do it,” Bolyard said she told her kids.

National Guard units in West Virginia set up tents at three polling places and provided generators to help provide power to five other areas that had been buried under 2 feet of snow from Sandy.

Police say Calif. shooting suspect was ‘methodical’ FRESNO, Calif. – A parolee who killed two people and wounded two others on Tuesday at a California chicken processing plant where he worked moved methodically between his first three victims, putting a handgun against their head or neck before pulling the trigger, police said.

Lawrence Jones shot 32-year-old Fatima Lopez in the back as she tried to flee then put the gun to the head of Estevan Catano and pulled the trigger but was out of bullets, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said.

Jones, 42, then went outside the Valley Protein plant, where he reloaded his gun, shot himself and died later at a hospital, the chief said.

The victims inside the plant did not hear the shooter because it was loud and at least some of them wore noise protectors, Dyer said.

“He had opportunity to shoot other co-workers that were in the business at this time, but he chose not to,” Dyer said. “He walked around them in order to get very close to the intended targets, place the gun very close and fire a round.”

Syria UN envoy warns country could turn into Somalia BEIRUT – The U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria warned Tuesday that the country could become another Somalia – where al-Qaida-linked militants and warlords battled for decades after the ouster of a dictator – if the civil war is not ended soon.

Battles between regime forces and Syrian rebels left more than 140 people dead across Syria on Tuesday, while the brother of Syria’s parliament speaker was gunned down in Damascus – the latest victim of a wave of assassinations targeting high-ranking supporters of President Bashar Assad’s regime.

Among the dead were at least 13 people who died in a series of explosions in the capital Damascus, targeting impoverished districts of the capital. Dozens others were wounded, activists said.

The violence aroused new concern about the faltering diplomatic efforts to try to end the conflict, with the U.N. political chief warning that the Syria crisis risks “exploding outward” into Lebanon, Turkey and Israel. Britain’s prime minister offered the latest long shot – that Assad could be allowed safe passage out of the country if that would guarantee an end to the fighting.

LOTTERIES Tuesday’s numbers Daily Pick 3: 5-2-4 2by2: Red: 9-20 White: 14-20 Mega Millions: 3-5-13-32-35 Megaball: 6 Megaplay: 3

CORRECTION POLICY The News takes care with its reporting and editing, but sometimes errors occur. Corrections will be published here promptly. If you spot an error, please notify Mary Rintoul, managing editor, at (620) 6945746 or email mrintoul@hutchnews.com.

THINGS TO DO TOMORROW EVENTS 5 p.m.

51st Annual Mexican Dinner at Avenue A School, 111 S. Madison St. It runs until 7:30 p.m. For carry-out orders, call (620) 615-4950 or fax (620) 615-4952.

Fish Fry at Galva Senior Center, 218 S. Main St., Galva.

Mirriam-Goldberg of Lawrence.

OTHER Dairy Farmers of America Kansas meeting in Lake Talbott East Building on Kansas State Fairgrounds, 2000 N. Poplar St. For details, call (785) 632-4598.

SPORTS 6:30 p.m.

TALK Book Discussion: “The Gardens of Kyoto,” Hutchinson Public Library auditorium, 901 N. Main St. Discussion leader: Caryn

Trinity Catholic junior high boys’ and girls’ basketball vs. Sedgwick at Trinity Catholic Jr./Sr. High School, 1400 E 17th Ave. For times, call (620) 662-5800.

Have an event you’d like to add? Email it to calendar@hutchnews.com, call (620) 694-5700, ext.

331, or log on to hutchnews.com, click the event calendar and click “add your event.” Please submit events at least a week in advance.

Puerto Rico votes on US ties, governor

BY DANICA COTO Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Ricans faced a fundamental question on Election Day: Should they change their ties with the United States?

Citizens in the U.S. island territory cannot vote in the U.S. presidential election, but many were excited to participate in a referendum on whether to push the territory toward statehood, greater autonomy or independence.

Car horns blared and party flags waved after polling stations closed following what election officials said was a high voter turnout.

During the day, many voters carried umbrellas against the blistering tropical sun as temperatures neared 90 degrees Fahrenheit (31 degrees Celsius).

The two-part referendum first asked voters if they wanted to change Puerto Rico’s 114-year relationship with the United States. A second question gave voters three alternatives if they wanted a change: become a U.S. state, gain independence, or have a “sovereign free association,” a designation that would give more autonomy for the territory of 4 million people.

With 243 of 1,643 precincts reporting late Tuesday, 75,188 voters, or 53 percent, said they did not want to continue under the current political status. Forty-seven percent, or 67,304 voters, supported the status quo.

On the second question, 65 percent favored statehood, followed by 31 percent for sovereign free association and 4 percent for independence.

“Puerto Rico has to be a state. There is no other option,” said 25-year-old Jerome Lefebre, who picked up his grandfather before driving to the polls. “We’re doing OK, but we could do better. We would receive more benefits, a lot more financial help.”

But 42-year-old Ramon Lopez de Azua said he favored the current system, which grants U.S. citizenship but prevents Puerto Ricans from voting for president un-

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People ride atop a vehicle waving a Puerto Rican flag during elections in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday. Puerto Ricans are electing a governor, as the U.S. island territory does not get a vote in the U.S. presidential election. But they are also casting ballots in a referendum that asks voters if they want to change the relationship to the United States. A second question gives voters three alternatives: Become the 51st U.S. state, gain independence, or become a sovereign free association, a designation that would give more autonomy. less they live in the United States, and gives those on the island only limited representation in Congress.

“Puerto Rico’s problem is not its political status,” he said. “I think that the United States is the best country in the world, but I am Puerto Rican first.”

Both President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney said they supported the referendum, with Obama pledging to respect the will of the people if there was a clear majority. Any change would require approval by the U.S. Congress.

Puerto Rico held non-binding referendums in 1967, 1993 and 1998, with statehood never garnering a clear majority and independence never obtaining more than 5 percent of the vote.

The island also was electing legislators and a governor, with Gov. Luis Fortuno of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party seeking a second term. Fortuno, a Republican, was challenged by Alejandro Garcia Padilla, whose Popular Democratic Party favors the status quo.

With 817 of 1,643 precincts reporting late Tuesday, Garcia had 427,604 votes, or 48 percent, while Fortuno had 422,506 votes, or 47 percent.

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Charles Christopher Logsdon stands with his attorneys, Michael Brown, left, and Jim Pratt, right, Tuesday at the Reno County Courthouse.

Logsdon trial delayed as lawyers confer to work out ‘legal issues’

BY DARCY GRAY The Hutchinson News dgray@hutchnews.com

Trial for a man charged in the shooting death last year of a Hutchinson woman was delayed Tuesday as attorneys in the case met with a co-defendant’s attorney behind closed doors.

Reno County jurors were allowed to return late Tuesday morning for the 11th day of trial for 33-year-old Charles Christopher Logsdon, who is charged with first-degree murder in the June 14, 2011, shooting death of 27-year-old Jennifer Heckel.

However, the trial did not resume at 11 a.m. as scheduled, since prosecutors, Logsdon’s attorneys, and Carl Maughan, an attorney representing co-defendant Billy Joe Craig Jr., met in District Judge Trish Rose’s chambers.

Shortly before noon, as attorneys started to leave court, Stephen Maxwell, sen-

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ior assistant district attorney, said attorneys had “legal issues” to resolve. Jurors stayed at the courthouse over the lunch hour, ordering food, and were brought into court at 2 p.m., when Judge Rose informed them they would be dismissed for the day.

She instructed jurors to call early today to find out what time they would report to the courthouse. Although she previously indicated the state would rest its case Tuesday, the judge said the state would now likely rest its case today. Attorneys spent Tuesday afternoon reviewing jury instructions.

Judge Rose estimated the trial could wrap up by the end of the week, but she could not confirm whether any additional witnesses would be testifying for the state. Prosecutors previously indicated Craig would testify, although he hasn’t been called yet.

Prosecutors contend Heckel’s killing was a case of mistaken identity, alleging

Logsdon, Craig, and a third, unidentified male were targeting 25-year-old methamphetamine dealer Kayla Salyer Rodriguez but instead killed Heckel when they entered the wrong home.

Heckel’s husband was working out of town at the time. Her 5-year-old son, who was in another room, alerted neighbors his mom was hurt.

During opening statements Oct. 24, Tom Stanton, deputy district attorney, told jurors an investigation implicated Logsdon as the one who shot Heckel in the back of the head. She also suffered a gunshot wound to her back, and another bullet grazed her side.

Both Logsdon and Craig are charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder or aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and criminal possession of a firearm.

Logsdon also is charged with aggravated intimidation of a witness in the case.

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Go to hutchnews.com/ heckel for extensive coverage of the case.

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ELECTION 2012

34TH SENATE DISTRICT

Republicans finish sweep of seats Bruce’s lead paves US HOUSE

BY JOHN MILBURN Associated Press

TOPEKA – Kansas Republicans repeated their sweep on Tuesday of the state’s four congressional districts, keeping the U.S. House seats in the party’s hands for the second straight election cycle.

Rep. Lynn Jenkins, a Topeka Republican, earned a third term in Congress in the 2nd District, while three freshmen easily won re-election to their seats.

The races follow a trend in Kansas politics in recent years that has seen Republicans and the party’s conservative wing gain a tighter grip on elected offices, despite increases in the number of unaffiliated voters.

Democrats have struggled over that time to field candidates in all of the districts, or have had to rely on relative political newcomers to step forward.

That was the case in the 2nd District where Jenkins faced Democrat Tobias Schlingensiepen, a Topeka pastor making his first run at public office. The district covers much of eastern Kansas. Because of new

boundaries drawn in June the district includes all of Lawrence and Douglas County which had previously been in the 3rd District.

HUELSKAMP Jenkins campaigned on jobs and the economy, vowing to continue to fight back government regulations on small businesses, including blunting the effects of the new health care act. Schlingensiepen, in his first political campaign, won a three-way Democratic primary in August. The last Democrat to hold the seat was Nancy Boyda who lost to Jenkins in 2008.

Kelly Hart, a 30-year-old teacher, took the day off from South Middle School in Lawrence to vote. A registered independent, she voted for Mitt Romney for president, but Jenkins for Congress based on personal experience.

She said Jenkins had been helpful with her father’s business, which recycles asphalt for construction uses.

Hart said her father even

went to Washington on the issue and Jenkins followed through on her help.

“That says something about her,” Hart said.

POMPEO “Outside of politics she’s a nice lady.”

In the 4th District in southcentral Kansas, GOP Rep. Mike Pompeo defeated Democrat Robert Tillman. Both are from Wichita. Republicans have held this seat since 1994 when Pompeo’s predecessor Todd Tiahrt took the seat from Democrat Dan Glickman. Pompeo won in 2010 when Tiahrt vacated the seat to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate.

Tillman spent 30 years working on social issues, including 24 years as a court services officer. Tillman supported raising taxes on the top 1 percent of wage earners to help balance the budget.

Third District GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder of Overland Park faced only Libertarian Joel Balam in his bid for a second term in the Kansas

portion of the Kansas City metro area. Yoder was unopposed in the August primary and Democrats didn’t field a candidate for the November general election.

The district covers all of Johnson, Wyandotte and the northern portion of Miami counties. Yoder defeated the wife of former Rep. Dennis Moore, a Lenexa Democrat, to take the seat long sought

by Republicans since Moore’s first victory in 1998.

Yoder gained unwanted notoriety during the summer when reports surfaced that he swam nude in the Sea of Galilee during a congressional junket to Israel in August 2011. The action earned Yoder a rebuke from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

Rep. Tim Huelskamp faced no opposition on Tuesday after being unopposed in the August GOP primary. Huelskamp is a former state senator with conservative credentials on both fiscal and social issues.

The 1st District covers the largest geographic portion of Kansas, predominantly an agriculture-based economy, but because of redistricting does include Manhattan and Fort Riley.

McEwen wins another term on the bench

BY JOHN GREEN The Hutchinson News jgreen@hutchnews.com

Reno County Magistrate Judge Randall McEwen appears to have retained his seat on the bench, based on incomplete results Tuesday night.

As of about 10:30 p.m., results showed McEwen with about 55 percent of the vote, easily defeating challenger Ron Hagen, a former Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent and professional mediator.

“I think by being in office people have gotten to know me a little bit and saw what

MAGISTRATE JUDGE

I’ve done and become aware of some of the things I’m doing,” said McEwen, who’s just completed his first term. “Hopefully they believe I’m doing a good MCEWEN job. I had a lot of support and people helping me. It’s encouraging to me the vote is where it is.”

McEwen said he did some door-to-door campaigning, particularly over

the past few days, but primarily ran his campaign through postal mailings. In visiting door-to-door, he said residents were surprised to learn the job HAGEN didn’t require having a law degree.

He had no clue during the campaign, McEwen said, how things were going or what his opponent, whom he’s never met, would do.

The News was unable to reach Hagen, a KBI agent for 25 years who now runs private mediation service, for comment.

Hagen, a Vietnam veteran, previously told The News he decided to run for judge after being approached by a variety of local residents, including attorneys, who encouraged him.

Results as of 10:30 p.m. showed McEwen with 11,792 votes, to Hagen’s 9,649. It was unclear how many precincts had been counted.

“Tomorrow it’s back to work, and picking up yard signs,” McEwen said.

DA ●From Page A1 and that made it worthwhile.”

Having an opponent wasn’t a bad thing, according to Schroeder, who had only had a candidate in one primary in his four elections for district attorney. He says it’s important to have the input from the public.

“As an elected official, I want to know what I can do,” Schroeder said.

One of Schroeder’s supporters, Ben Nolan, was on hand to congratulate him.

“Keith does a great job for the community,” Nolan said.

“He handles things with pride and dignity.”

Votes were still coming in, but the trend was showing the win for Schroeder.

Meanwhile, Sweet-McKinnon was keeping her eyes on the wall at the home of Marsha Potter, a campaign worker, as the Reno County election results trickled in.

“I’m very disappointed with the early numbers,” said Steve Becker, McKinnon’s husband, who won an uncontested seat in the Kansas House of Represen-

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Democrat holds off challenger in key school race

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Sarah Sweet-McKinnon, right, and Karen Lyons watch as the election results are posted to the Reno County website Tuesday night during a watch party for Sweet-McKinnon in the Reno County District Attorney race. tatives in the 104th District.

Becker said he was very proud of his wife.

“She worked so hard and got way out of her comfort zone,” Becker said.

The candidates differed on a host of points. SweetMcKinnon thinks the office

BY JOHN MILBURN Associated Press

TOPEKA – An incumbent Democratic State Board of Education member on Tuesday defeated a Republican challenger with ties to an

can be run more efficiently and criticized his office’s “win” record in the courtroom.

Schroeder says SweetMcKinnon had no experience in a district attorney’s office and her role of public defender would cause a con-

anti-gay Topeka church notorious for picketing military members’ funerals.

According to unofficial results, Carolyn Campbell of Topeka defeated Jack Wu, a Topeka computer programmer who made opposition to

flict of interest once she moved to the prosecutor’s table.

McKinnon said she wasn’t sure if she’d run again in 2016. But she knows herself well enough, that every time she says never again, she finds herself doing it again.

teaching evolution the cornerstone of his campaign in the 4th District in northeast Kansas.

Wu described evolution as “Satanic lies” and said on a website that public schools were preparing stu-

way to another term

BY MARY CLARKIN

cuts, forecast to cause a hole in the state budget.

Treaster employed the slogan, “Statesmanship, Not State Sen. Terry Bruce, R- Partisanship.”

Nickerson, led with 13,786 Bruce, aligned with convotes to 9,384 votes for forservative Republicans in the mer state legislator Senate and hoping to Mark Treaster, a Pretbecome Senate maty Prairie Democrat, jority leader in the as of 10 p.m. Tuesday. next session, assertThat amounted to a ed that Treaster 60 percent to 40 perlargely voted the parcent split. ty line when he was Even though rein the House. sults were not final in Bruce also sought TREASTER to link Treaster to Reno or Kingman counties, Treaster “Obamacare.” saw the numbers as Treaster observed spelling a win for Tuesday night that Bruce. the president’s reBruce said he was election and a Demo“very pleased” with cratic Senate in the results.

Washington will keep “That directly reObama’s health care flected how hard my act alive.

BRUCE volunteers and sup“Brownback and porters worked to push a Bruce are stuck with Obapro-job growth agenda,” macare, so why did they run Bruce said. against it? It was only to get The 34th Senate District votes,” Treaster said. consists of Reno County and “Absolutely, it’s worth it,” the northern half of KingTreaster said of his failed man County. The city of bid, “because our system reKingman is an addition to lies on having a choice.” the 34th, courtesy of redisTreaster is a business tricting. owner, and Bruce is an attorTreaster jumped back into ney. This win will send the political ring after he ob- Bruce back to Topeka for his served a 2012 legislative sesthird four-year term. sion marred by political Bruce said he was “very fighting and what he consid- humbled and honored” by ered disastrous income tax re-election.

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Hutchinson sales tax to continue by wide margin

BY KEN STEPHENS

Hutchinson voters appeared headed toward approval of a five-year renewal of the city’s quarter-percent city sales tax on Tuesday night.

With 13,795 votes counted, 70.9 percent favored extending the sales tax and 29.1 percent wanted to let it expire on March 31, 2014.

The tax, which is currently used for street improvements, property tax relief and subsidies to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center and the Underground Salt Museum, was first authorized by voters in April 1993 and has been renewed by voters twice since then, most recently in 2008, when 72 percent of the voters approved.

City Manager John Deardoff called it an important vote “not only for the city and our ability to maintain our streets to a quality level but also for the Cosmosphere and the Salt Museum,” which he called assets to the community.

“I’m really pleased,” he said. “Our goal the past couple of months has been to provide the public with information about how we’ve used the money in the past and how we would use it in the future. The outcome is an indication that the voters are pleased with how we’ve spent the money in the past and plan to spend it in the future.”

Linda Schmitt, executive director of the Salt Museum, said she was feeling good about how the vote appeared to be going.

“I really didn’t know what to expect this year because the climate was a little different,” Schmitt said. “I hoped and thought it had a good chance to pass. But you never know. I’m really excited and relieved and hopeful about the exciting things we’re going to do now that it appears that it will pass.”

The ballot question asks whether the City Council will be authorized to extend the tax through March 31, 2019.

The City Council has pledged to maintain the same distribution formula if Hutchinson residents vote to reauthorize the tax – 47 percent for street and sidewalk improvements, 15 percent to property tax reduction, 33 percent to supporting the Cosmosphere and 5 percent to the Salt Museum.

In 2011, the quarter-percent sales tax generated almost $2 million. Of that amount, $939,323 went for street improvements, nearly a third of all the city spent on streets. An additional $299,784 went to reduce property taxes by more than 1 mill.

The Cosmosphere received $659,525, about 18 percent of the museum’s total revenue. In return, Reno County residents receive free admission to the Cosmosphere’s Hall of Space, a $12 per person value.

The Salt Museum received $99,928, which is about 10 percent of its operating budget. The money has been used to help pay for capital improvements at the museum and to provide discounted admission for Reno County residents.

dents to be “liars, crooks, thieves, murderers, and perverts.”

Campbell campaigned aggressively, saying throughout that she took nothing for granted.

Wu also raised eyebrows

by saying that he was lured to Kansas from California in 2008 by Westboro Baptist.

The Topeka church, led by the Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. Wu is not formally a member, but he’s attended services regularly.

on watercraft?

Yes 12,267 No 8,140 Special Questions: Shall the Hutchinson City Council be authorized to amend the existing City/Cosmosphere/Salt Museum .25% retailers’ sales tax levy on April 1, 2014 by changing the expiration date of said tax to March 31, 2019 and by allowing City usage of said tax for street and sidewalk improvements, property tax reduction and for the Kansas

Cosmosphere and Space Center and the Kansas Underground Salt Museum for ongoing operations and capital improvements?

Yes 8,935 No 3,635 Shall a Hutchinson ordinance be amended to add sexual orientation to the classes protected against discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations?

Yes 5,358 No 7,304

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RENO COUNTY RESULTS President/Vice President Obama/Biden (D) 7,388 Romney/Ryan (R) 14,274 Johnson/Gray (Lib) 407 Baldwin/Martin (Reform) 144 U.S. House/1st District Tim Huelskamp (R) 17,538 Kansas Senate/34th District Terry Bruce (R) 13,214 Mark R. Treaster (D) 8,999 Kansas House/101st District Joe Seiwert (R) 2,160 Kansas House/102nd Dis-

trict Dakota Bass (R) 1,733 Jan Pauls (D) 3,356 Kansas House/104th District Steven R. Becker (R) 8,461 Kansas House/114th District Carol Moore (D) 1,794 Jack Thimesch (R)2,752 District Judge, District 27/Div. 2 Timothy J. Chambers (R) 18,773 District Judge, District 27/Div. 4

Patricia Macke Dick (R) 18,399 Magistrate Judge, District 27 Ron Hagen (R) 9,649 Randall H. McEwen (D) 11,792 District Attorney Keith E. Schroeder (R) 14,246 Sarah E. Sweet-McKinnon (D) 7,737 County Commissioner/2nd District James D. Schlickau (R) 5,011

County Commissioner/3rd District Brad Dillon (R) 5,659 County Clerk Donna Patton (R) 18,260 County Treasurer Jan E. Hull (R) 18,206 Register of Deeds Bonnie J. Ruebke (R) 18,201 County Sheriff Henderson (R) 19,387 Kansas Constitution: Shall the Legislature be allowed to change classification/taxation in order to lower taxes

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116TH HOUSE

Hoffman’s winner of battle that got bitter

BY KAYLA REGAN The Hutchinson News Kregan@hutchnews.com

As of press time, Kyle Hoffman, R-Coldwater, was in line to win the House seat for the 116th district.

Hoffman secured an early lead over contender Vince Wetta, DWellington.

At 10 p.m., with 26 of 60 precincts reHOFFMAN porting, Hoffman was leading with 66 percent of the vote.

“I feel pretty good about it,” Hoffman said at a watch party.

WETTA Wetta said the Hoffman’s lead came as a result of negative campaigning against him that had increased exponentially in the last two weeks. Monday night, calls went out across the district from a “Dr. Anderson,” who spoke of Wetta siding with Obama on the Affordable Care Act. Wetta voted against mandated health insurance twice.

Like in the 117th District, fliers depicting him Photoshopped next to Barack Obama circulated.

“It’s just so low,” Wetta said. “They’ve got to be dirty.”

Previously, Wetta and Hoffman worked together on the agriculture committee and had been out to eat and at other functions together.

Hoffman said he didn’t feel his campaign ever went below the belt.

“We made sure people knew he was a Democrat,” he said.

“If he doesn’t want to be associated with the Democrats he should change parties.”

Both Wetta and Hoffman are incumbents. Redistricting moved the 116th district to include part of Wetta’s district.

The 116th District now includes Comanche and Barber counties, as well as most of Harper County and a section of Sumner County. Wetta served as a representative for the 80th district since 2007. Hoffman was seated to the 116th in 2011.

Wetta and Hoffman both claimed to be pro-life, but one area where the two candidates disagree most is Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax bill. A farmer and business owner, Hoffman said he supported Brownback’s tax bill and he’d continue to look for ways to cut taxes.

“I want to continue the course we have set the last two years,” Hoffman said in a survey response to a Hutchinson News questionnaire. “I believe the Legislature needs to slow the growth of government and keep taxes at a minimum in order to create business growth and state prosperity.”

City of Harper Mayor Rory Pugh said he thought the two candidates were on an even playing field. Hoffman had a clear advantage in the Medicine Lodge area, but Wetta had the endorsement of Dennis McKinney, former 116th Representative and candidate for the 117th House spot. Pugh said Wetta was also well-known around Harper and Anthony.

“Most people around here are going to go for someone they can trust,” he said.

That person ended up being Hoffman.

Wetta said he lost confidence that he would win after the negative ads came out right before the election.

He said the redistricting, putting him in a vastly Republican district, didn’t help either. He said win or lose, he was proud of his campaign.

“If it’s just even, we’ve done a hell of a job,” he said. “When these districts came up, everyone just laughed at us.”

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Thimesch wins battle of political novices

BY MARY CLARKIN The Hutchinson News mclarkin@hutchnews.com

Jack Thimesch, a Cunningham Republican, boasted a wide lead in the House race Tuesday night against Carol Moore, a Reno County Democrat.

The 114th District consists of southern Rice County, part of Reno County, and all of Kingman County. Results from Kingman County rolled in Tuesday, but Thimesch was ahead as counting progressed in Reno and Rice counties.

As of 11 p.m., Thimesch had 3,081 votes, or 70 percent. Moore trailed with 1,342 votes, or 30 percent.

Thimesch said he felt “good” about his prospects in Kingman County, his home county.

The 114th District will put a new face in the State Legislature.

Thimesch, owner of a concrete business, and Moore, a nursing educator living in The Highlands subdivision in Reno County, were political novices seeking an open seat.

The late Rep. Bob Bethell, R-Alden, and Rep. Joe Seiw-

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ert, R-Pretty Prairie, are just two legislators who used to represent constituents in the new 114th.

Moore admired Bethell and won the support of some Republicans who had aligned with the moderate

Republican Bethell. Among Republicans backing Moore are Tom Simpson, R-Sterling, who lost to Thimesch in the primary.

Thimesch is a conservative who has the backing of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce’s political action committee.

He wants government to create a more businessfriendly environment.

“Some of the forums we went to, the people were really disgusted,” Thimesch said, by government spending.

If elected, Thimesch said, “I’m going to go with

an open mind and keep my options open.”

Asked Tuesday night if he had made any connections with legislators, Thimsech said the only connections he’s made are with the voters in Rice, Reno and Kingman counties.

“I’ve listened to their voices, and I hope to represent them well,” he said, if the final count makes him a winner.

Moore said she didn’t know if she would run for office again, “but the experience has been rewarding.”

117TH HOUSE

Ewy edges McKinney in close 117th race

BY KAYLA REGAN The Hutchinson News kregan@hutchnews.com

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People wait in line to double-check the number of their precinct or to clear up problems with their photo identification cards Tuesday morning at the Sunflower North Building on the Kansas State Fairgrounds.

Unlike primary, Pauls easily tops Bass

BY MARY CLARKIN The Hutchinson News mclarkin@hutchnews.com

State Rep. Jan Pauls, DHutchinson, held a commanding lead over Hutchinson Republican Dakota Bass Tuesday night, in stark contrast to the primary election.

Pauls barely eked out a win over Erich Bishop in the Democratic primary in August, but as of 11 p.m.

Tuesday, she held 3,603 votes, or 66 percent, to 1,831 votes, or 33.4 percent for Bass, as the count continued in Reno County.

Both Bishop and Bass had been active in the Kansas Equality Coalition’s Hutchinson Area Chapter, which advocated for Hutchinson’s gay-rights ordinance ballot.

Pauls opposed the ordinance, and her stands in the Legislature had drawn the ire of the Kansas Equality Coalition.

On Tuesday night, she interpreted her victory and

the defeat of the city ordinance ballot as support for “old-fashioned and conservative moral values.”

With the retirement of PAULS Speaker of the House Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, Pauls, with 21 years in the Legislature, becomes the senior member of Reno County’s delegation in Topeka.

Until this year, she typically escaped an election challenge. She expects the Kansas Equality Coalition and other gay-rights groups “will be working hard against me the rest of the time,” she said, referring to the coming two-year term.

Pauls came under attack this year by a Democratic LGBT caucus. Pauls was critical of the leadership of Joan Wagnon, chairwoman of the Kansas Democratic Party.

“Labor certainly doesn’t

support the liberalism,” Pauls said, displayed by party leadership.

The 102nd District race took various twists and turns, and BASS where the candidates lived became an issue.

Pauls quickly changed her address from a Baker Street home to a former church building she owned on East 11th Avenue, when redistricting put the Baker home in the 104th District.

Pauls and her husband have not completed the transition, but she said, “We will eventually put the house (on Baker) up for sale.”

Bass listed his grandmother’s address in southern Hutchinson as his address, but also spends time at an apartment outside the 102nd.

The Pauls campaign took a jab at the low-key Bass

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campaign. Bass, a motel clerk, did not raise money for a campaign, respond to questionnaires or attend forums.

When Bass filed to run, there was no record the 19year-old had ever voted in Reno County. He also was newly affiliated as a Republican.

“Jan Pauls, right from the get-go, had $25,000,” Bass said of the incumbent’s campaign war chest.

“I had no money until two weeks ago,” Bass said, when a woman in Kansas City supplied a donation.

Bass said he “absolutely” will remain a Republican.

He said he has been embraced by the moderate Republican community.

He also said running for public office again “is definitely something that I would consider.”

Hutchinson is divided among several Kansas House districts, but it’s the 102nd, covering some of the city’s midsection and south end, that is the chief district in the city.

Number of Kids Voting doubles in Reno County

BY AMY BICKEL The Hutchinson News abickel@hutchnews.com

More than 1,700 Reno County students voted the Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan ticket for president and vice president over Democratic President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, by 57 percent to 39 percent.

In other races, K-12 students in the Hutchinson, Buhler and NickersonSouth Hutchinson school districts, plus Holy Cross Catholic Grade School, also cast votes for: ● Tim Huelskamp for the Big First, uncontested. ● Keith Schroeder for district attorney ● Terry Bruce for the 34th District state Senate race ● Jan Pauls for the 102nd District representative ● Carol Moore for the 114th district representative High school students also voted for special questions, including: ● Sexual orientation ordinance – yes ● City/Cosmosphere/ Salt Museum ¼ percent retailers’ sale tax – yes ● Boat tax – yes Of course, they’ll have to

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Anthony Pabon, 10, makes his selections at the Kids Voting Kansas station on Tuesday at the Kansas State Fairgrounds as his sister, Eliana Pabon, 7, discusses her ballot with their mother, Angi Pabon. wait a few more cycles before their votes will actually count.

For the second election, The News has sponsored Kids Voting Kansas, said Leslie Shea, chairwoman of the program. In 2010, more than 800 youths went to the polls with their parents, voting in Sam Brownback as governor.

“The whole goal behind Kids Voting Kansas is for parents to bring their kids to the polls starting at a young age,” Shea said. “As they become adults, they will have instilled in them

the importance of the voting process and then they will take their kids to vote.”

Kids could vote at 20 different polling places across Reno County. Many youths were turning out at the Kansas State Fairgrounds to cast their votes, said Ron Sellers, a City Council member who was working the Kids Voting booth for the Rotary.

“I think it is a good to get kids starting early,” Sellers said, adding that experiencing the process shows the importance of voting

for the state’s future voters.

Across Kansas, more than 100 schools were kids’ voting sites, said Emily Bradbury, executive director of Kids Voting Kansas.

A majority of the schools were in the eastern twothirds of the state.

More than 37,000 students voted, she said – a Kids Voting Kansas record.

“There has been a lot of interest this election year,” she said, adding that means parents are talking about the process with their children.

Angi Pabon said she stresses the importance of voting to her children, Eliana, 7, and Anthony, 10.

“They know their vote counts and they have the opportunity to make a difference,” she said.

Eliana didn’t say how she voted, but Anthony said he voted for Romney.

Six-year-old Shondell Harris voted for Obama.

“He’s really cool,” he said with a grin as he and his mother walked over to the polls to turn in his ballot.

“He said he would make changes,” Shondell added of why he voted for Obama.

“He said he would change it so it doesn’t matter if you are black or white.”

While Democrat Dennis McKinney secured an early lead in the race for the 117th district House seat, contender John Ewy, R-Jetmore seemed to have the spot secured as votes came in through the night. As of press time, Ewy was ahead with 54 MCKINNEY percent of the votes and 80 percent of precincts reporting.

“I’m excited to get to work in Topeka,” Ewy said.

“There are so EWY many issues out here. We’re held hostage in the state of Kansas by what happens in Washington.”

Despite aggressive attack ads against him in the final weeks of campaigning, McKinney remained cautiously optimistic throughout the race.

“It’s a very Republican district and they put in a lot of money against me… Actually, I’m kind of proud of that. I must have worried them,” he said.

Clayton Barker, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, said the organization amped up its efforts in the 117th District to help ensure a win for the party. Barker said for a Democrat, McKinney was as conservative as they came, making the race one of special interest to the party.

“He did a lot of good work after the tornado hit,” he said. “This is one we’re thinking with a priority of effort we can win.”

The week before the election, the Kansas Republican Party gave $1,000 to Ewy, while McKinney received $500 from a retired military chaplain in Texas and $500 from the political action committee of the Teamster Union No. 795. Jason Perkey, Kansas Democratic Party executive director, said the party didn’t contribute to McKinney’s campaign because he was more of an Independent than a Democrat.

“He’s got a D next to his name, but he’s a representative of western Kansas first,” Perkey said. “Dennis McKinney is his own man.

McKinney said the influence of outside groups had grown in the last years to where it didn’t matter as much if you had the endorsement of the Kansas Farm Bureau and Kansas Livestock Association.

“I think voters have a right to know who’s trying to influence their vote,” he said.

Both McKinney and Ewy have plenty of name recognition in the 117th district, which was left without an incumbent after redistricting.

Ewy said he always wanted to run for public office, and the opportunity presented itself with the seat that opened up after redistricting.

He describes himself as an anti-abortion and a proud Republican.

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Measure ●From Page A1 the ordinance, acknowledged that it was going down to defeat but predicted that as the younger generation grows up they will see a different result one day.

“This campaign raised awareness to families, to kids coming out, to parents dealing with kids coming out,” Powell said. “Although we lost the battle, we may have won the war because we have raised awareness that there’s a group out there that supports you.”

Paul Waggoner of Awaken Hutchinson, one of the leading spokesmen for the opposition to the ordinance, said the result was “a very clear statement.”

“I didn’t have a doubt that we would win,” Waggoner said. “My concern was the margin. But it was such a substantial margin and a substantial margin in a general election where everybody gets to vote, that it’s a clear indication of the consensus of the community on this issue.”

He noted that state Rep. Jan Pauls and state Sen. Terry Bruce, two opponents of the ordinance, also were headed for re-election by large margins, while Sarah McKinnon, a supporter of the ordinance, was losing by a large margin in the race for Reno County district attorney.

The Kansas Equality Coalition first raised the issue last November when it asked the Hutchinson City Council to consider amending the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance to add sexual orientation to the list of protected classes, which already included race, color, gender, age, disability and national origin.

After conducting three public forums, the city’s Human Relations Commission voted 9-0 to recommend that the City Council amend the ordinance to provide protec-

ELECTION 2012 proud of our membership and proud of everybody who got behind us. I can’t say enough about the people of Hutchinson who understood the need for a non-discrimination ordinance. This just tells us we need to educate more people. I hope that the next group that takes over (the KEC) continues to do that. As the younger generation grows up, the difference will become smaller and smaller and at some point we’ll be able to look Lindsey Bauman/The Hutchinson News back and say, ‘Wasn’t it Jon Powell reacts to an unfavorable update in results at the "Vote crazy back then?’ ” The city of Salina also Yes for Fairness" watch party Tuesday evening in Hutchinson, in held a vote to repeal the sexregards to the LGB anti-discrimination ordinance amendment vote. ual orientation provision of its anti-discrimination ordition for gays, lesbians, bisex- eliminate two flashpoints of nance, with the “no” vote uals and transgender people opposition at the public foleading 54 percent to 46 perin all matters of employrums. cent for “yes” votes. ment, housing and public Faced with the possibility accommodations. of getting a conflicting reBut the City Council votsult that would be left to a ed 3-2 on June 5 for a comcourt to untangle if both pepromise that provided titions were put to a public narrower protection – only vote, a 3-2 majority of the from firing from a job or City Council approved the eviction from a home, and petition submitted by the only to gays, lesbians and bi- KFPC, repealing the limited sexuals. Transgender people protections of the June 5 orwere excluded. So, too, were dinance, and approved subother issues or discriminamitting the broader tion in employment and ordinance proposed by the housing. Discrimination in KEC to the voters in Tuespublic accommodations was day’s election. left out entirely.

Noland said he was someThen two groups opposed what surprised that only to any mention of sexual about 57.5 percent voted orientation in the ordinance against the ordinance, given – the Kansas Family Policy that well over 70 percent of Council and Awaken Reno County voted in favor Hutchinson – jointly began of a constitutional amenda petition campaign to ask ment to ban gay marriage in the City Council to reverse 2005. its action or at least submit “It was 79 percent for the repeal to a public vote. county, but if you look at The Kansas Equality Hutchinson, the city versus Coalition responded with a the county, if it’s like Wichipetition campaign of its ta and Sedgwick County and own to repeal the recently Topeka and Shawnee Counenacted limited protections ty, the county is probably a and replace them with full little more conservative protection in employment, than the city,” Noland said. housing and public accom“In my mind, I thought 60 modations for gays, lesbians percent was what we were and bisexuals. The KEC’s aiming for (on Tuesday).” petition left out transgender Powell said he was people and incorporated pleased that the vote was portions of the state anticloser on Tuesday. discrimination law that ex“We ran a good, clean empted churches and campaign, and as the outgoreligious organizations to ing chair of the KEC I’m

Maine votes in favor of legalizing gay marriage

BY DAVID CRARY AP National Writer

Voters a continent apart made history Tuesday on two divisive social issues, with Maine becoming the first state to approve samesex marriage by popular vote and Washington state becoming the first to legalize recreational use of marijuana.

The outcome in Maine broke a 32-state streak, dating back to 1998, in which gay marriage had been rebuffed by every state that voted on it.

Maryland and Washington also were voting on measures to legalize samesex marriage, while Minnesota voters were considering a conservativebacked amendment that would place a ban on samesex marriage in the state constitution The marijuana measure in Washington sets up a showdown with a federal government, which outlaws the drug’s prohibition. The measure establishes a system of state-licensed marijuana growers, processors and retail stores, where adults over 21 can buy up to an ounce. It also establishes a standard blood test limit for driving under the influence.

Estimates have showed pot taxes could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars a year, but the sales won’t start until state officials make rules to govern the legal weed industry.

The outcomes of similar measures in Colorado and Oregon were uncertain.

In Massachusetts, voters approved a measure to allow marijuana use for medical reasons, joining 17 other states. Arkansas voters were deciding on a similar measure that would make it the first Southern state in that group.

Maine’s referendum on same-sex marriage marked the first time that gay-rights supporters put the issue to a popular vote. They collected enough signatures over the summer to schedule the vote, hoping to reverse the outcome of a 2009 referendum that quashed a gaymarriage law enacted by the Legislature.

In both Maryland and Washington, gay-marriage laws were approved by law-

makers and signed by the governors earlier this year, but opponents gathered enough signatures to challenge the laws.

In Minnesota, the question was whether the state would join 30 others in placing a ban on gay marriage in its constitution. Even if the ban is defeated, same-sex marriage would remain illegal in Minnesota under statute.

Gay marriage is legal in six states and the District of Columbia – in each case the result of legislation or court

orders, not by a vote of the people.

In California, voters were deciding whether to repeal the state’s death penalty. If the measure prevailed, the more than 720 inmates on death row there would have their sentences converted to life in prison.

While 17 states have ended capital punishment, most did so through legislative action. Only in Oregon, in 1964, did voters choose to repeal the death penalty; they later reversed themselves to reinstate it.

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Hues of autumn give joy

Sugar & spice This season’s best desserts feature ripe fruits, surprising flavors ■ Caramel apple chips a great,

CARAMEL-CHOCOLATE APPLE CHIPS

healthy way to celebrate fall.

BY J.M. HIRSCH Associated Press

ave you seen the size of caramel apples lately?No question, they are beautiful and I’m certain they are delicious.

But how many people really are going to sit down and eat such mammoth sugar bombs, never mind feed one to their kid?

Which got me thinking about ways to capture that delicious blend of apples and caramel in a smaller, less guilt-inducing package. I’ve tried this before, actually. I once used a melon baller to scoop out perfect balls of apple, then stuck them on sticks and tried to coat them with caramel. It was a fine idea that didn’t work. The caramel wouldn’t adhere to the flesh of the apple (only the peel).

The problem was the moisture.

The solution was simple – get rid of the moisture.

Instead of coating whole fresh apples, I decided to thinly slice them and turn them into chips. It’s a painless process, especially if you have a mandoline. The slices get baked low and slow until dried and slightly crisp. Once they cool, they are easy to dunk or coat with all manner of sugary treats.

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Start to finish: 1½ hours (45 minutes active) Servings: 8 1 large apple 1 teaspoon cinnamon Half of a 14-ounce package caramel candies, unwrapped 1 tablespoon water ½ cup white chocolate bits 1 teaspoon shortening ½ cup dark chocolate candy melts Heat the oven to 250 F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

Using a mandoline, food processor or very sharp knife, cut the apple into very thin slices, about 1/8 inch thick. There are several ways to do this. If you have an apple corer, you can simply cut out the core, then lay the apple on its side and slice starting at one side and working your way to the other. If you don’t have a corer, stand the apple upright, then begin on one side and cut slices until you reach the core.

Rotate the apple and repeat until all 4 sides have been sliced.

Arrange the apple slices on the prepared baking sheet, being careful not to overlap. Sprinkle the apples with cinnamon, then bake for

I opted for a spicy trio of coatings – caramel, white chocolate and dark chocolate. But you could use

AP photos by Matthew Mead

Caramel-Chocolate Apple Chips are shown in Concord, N.H. 45 minutes, or until dried and slightly crisp. Slide the parchment and apples off the baking sheet and onto a cooling rack. Let cool completely.

Once the apples have cooled, in a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the caramels and water. Heat, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth. Dunk a fork into the caramel, then use it to drizzle the caramel over the apple chips. Set aside to let the caramel set.

When the caramel has set, place the white chocolate bits and short-

whatever candy coatings you like.

Candy melts (sold at craft and baking supply shops) are an easy

ening in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high in 15-second bursts, stirring between, until melted and smooth. Using a clean fork, repeat the drizzling similar to the caramel. Set aside to let the white chocolate set.

Once the white chocolate has set, melt the dark chocolate candy melts in a clean bowl using the same method as the white chocolate. Once melted, dunk a clean fork in the melted chocolate and drizzle over the apple chips. Let cool until the chocolate is set.

choice. They also come in a wide variety of colors, so you can create seasonal treats.

Some people think of autumn on the high plains as damp and drab, filled with gray days that signify the end of sunny cheer and the beginning of winter drear.

In my mind’s eye, nothing could be farther from the truth.

Autumn in my neck of the prairie is filled with subtle colors and textures that can brighten my outlook considerably. A walk around the shelterbelt shows me the bright yellows of honey locust trees, mixed with the silver gray of Russian olive leaves and berries. My smoke bushes add purple and burgundy to the mix.

An occasional splash of orange from a fruit tree or the bank of low-growing sumac serves as an accent to the tan carpet that’s the winter fashion for my buffalo grass lawn. A careful inspection of the weed rows that edge our place and provide winter cover for pheasants and quail brings forth muted shades of brown, yellow, orange and purple as the kochia, Russian thistle and other tumbling weeds make a last stand before pulling up stakes and travelling across the plains.

Over the years I’ve tried to supplement our understated fall colors with a few touches of red foliage, but reds are rare out here. They’re also sometimes harder to come by, as I’ve learned through a couple of errors in judgment. I planted three Autumn Blaze maples several years ago, and have regretted it ever since. Because of our dry and alkaline soil, they demand lots of water and a constant supply of iron and sulfur just to keep them from dying a slow and ugly death.

And when the leaves do turn from green to red, the wind takes them within a single day. I also planted a clumping hawthorn that gives me great red-orange

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Pumpkin bread has surprising twist

BY ELIZABETH KARMEL Associated Press

For me, nothing signifies fall as poetically and viscerally as seeing pumpkins in a patch. One look at that field and I start salivating for all of my favorite pumpkin dishes.

I love the earthy simplicity of pumpkin pie. And I feel like a pioneer when I wash the seeds that I have taken out of my carved pumpkin and roast them. For some reason, I became obsessed with baking chocolate pumpkin bread and asked everyone I knew if they had a good recipe. I was looking for a dense quick bread with a deep pumpkin flavor that could stand up to lots of addins. I love slicing a loaf of bread and seeing the crosssection of fruit and nuts and chocolate.

After I tried a few that were less than stellar, I mentioned my quest to industry friend, who gave me a pumpkin muffin recipe that turned out to be excellent. I adapted it to make pumpkin bread, but you could easily use my version for muffins, as well. It is an oil-based quick bread and I use untoasted walnut oil, but you can use any neutral vegetable oil.

I also reduced the sugar a bit and added light brown sugar and extra spices to give the loaf a deeper flavor.

Caramelized Apple Ginger Rice Pudding is shown in Concord, N.H. Fruit and spice combine in this unique dessert.

PUMPKIN BREAD WITH DARK CHOCOLATE

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Start to finish: 1 hour 15 minutes (15 minutes active) Servings: 2 loaves, 16 slices 4 eggs 3 4 ⁄ cup granulated sugar 3 4 ⁄ cup packed light brown sugar 15-ounce can pureed pumpkin 1 14⁄ cups walnut oil (not toasted) 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 generous teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon table salt 1 4 ⁄ teaspoon ground dry ginger 1 4 ⁄ teaspoon nutmeg 2 cups dark chocolate chips 2 cups lightly toasted walnuts, plus more for decorating the top 1 cup dried cranberries (optional) Heat the oven to 350 F. Coat 2 standard loaf pans

with baking spray.

In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, both sugars, pumpkin and oil until smooth. In a second bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, ginger and nutmeg. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix well. Fold in the chocolate chips, walnuts and cranberries, if using.

Fill each of the prepared loaf pans about three-quarters full with batter. Drop each on the counter a few times to release any air bubbles. Sprinkle additional walnuts over the top of each loaf, using your hand to gently press them into the batter. Place the pans on a baking sheet to make it easier to pull out of the hot oven.

Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted at the center of each loaf comes out clean. Let cool for at least 1 hour before slicing.

Creamy pudding is a treat

BY ALISON LADMAN For The Associated Press

There’s something particularly autumnal about puddings. Surely, it has something to do with

cravings for all things rich and creamy as the weather cools.

So we created this creamy pudding to satisfy and warm the sweet tooth.

CARAMELIZED GINGER APPLE RICE PUDDING Start to finish: 1 hour Servings: 6 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 3 medium apples, peeled, cored and diced 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup arborio rice 1 4 ⁄ teaspoon salt 1 4 ⁄ cup sugar 1 2 ⁄ cup diced candied ginger 4 cups milk, divided In a medium saucepan over medium-high, melt the butter. Add the apples and cinnamon and saute until browned and

caramelized, about 7 minutes.

Add the rice and stir to coat. Add the salt, sugar, ginger and 1 cup of the milk. Lower the heat to medium and cook, stirring frequently, until almost all of the milk has been absorbed. Add another cup of milk and repeat with the stirring and cooking until almost entirely absorbed. Repeat with the remaining milk, 1 cup at a time, or until the rice is cooked through and the mixture is creamy.

We have entered the 11th month of this year already.

Where did time go so fast?

Every year seems to go faster than the year before.

A happy 40th birthday goes to brother-in-law Jacob.

Also, our thoughts and prayers are with the people in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere who experienced such devastation from the recent storm.

It is a nice and sunny but cold day here in Michigan.

Susan and I did the laundry and hung most of it in the basement. Susan hung some of it out on the line. We also put dresses and shirts on hangers and then hung them on a chain on the porch. The breeze dries them really fast there.

Yesterday we finally finished up with our painting.

Most of it had been done, but we still needed to get some small places such as behind the stove and refrigerator.

While we had everything

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TASTE OF LIFE

Our veterans see many challenges By the time you read this, we will be looking forward to another Veterans Day that is just about to arrive on the scene.

The presidential election will be over and hopefully we will be looking forward to better days ahead for our country and for the brave soldiers who have fought so valiantly for “a taste of freedom.”

In recent years, many parents, wives and husbands have received the dreaded notice in the mail with these words: “We regret to inform you ...” What a heartwrenching sentence that must be!

And others have come home, but not to a bed of roses.

As one looks back through the years, it seems that time has put a new appreciation for what our brave men and women have done for the United States of America.

One needs only look at the sacrifices they have made to realize what a debt of gratitude we owe them.

It is the ultimate to lay down one’s life for the good of others. For many, it was even more than that. They gave up their own freedom to have peace of mind in order that we might have the liberty to follow the God-given principles we were creat-

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Doris Schroeder ed to believe in.

Through the eyes of our son, a military reserve chaplain retiring from the service this coming spring, I have seen how these young lives have changed. Many left home for the military shortly out of high school, their brains had not yet focused on American ideals.

They were taught to go through tough times with their eyes only on one thing: victory.

The sad part is that when many of them come back to the United States, they find it very hard to change their thinking. While stationed in other countries, they looked at each day as a challenge.

They knew their job was to keep alert to all possibilities and then react, on a moment’s notice, to whatever might occur. Their very lives, and those of their comrades, depended on it.

To work their way back into daily life in the States, it is very hard for them to refocus their thinking and their

priorities. It hits them at different times and in various ways – the backfire of a car, any loud boom or surprise that takes them off guard.

Just like a dream, it comes back to them and they want to react the way they were trained to do. It takes a real effort to hold back their response to act quickly.

Then, as the married ones get back to their families, they have to again find their place in a unit that has functioned without them for a while. Many have come back with limbs missing. If their wife or husband really loves them, they will stand by them and see them through the rehabilitation. If not, they will be left without family as a standby. Humanly speaking, they feel a horrible abandonment come upon their lives. This is where many feel it is too much for them and suicide enters their thinking. Our son has been called out many times to help change the mind-set for this heart-wrenching occasion.

As soldiers have returned home, sometimes their jobs have not been held for them or their company has gone under. How sad for a soldier who risked his life for our freedoms to come home to be without employment.

That absolutely should not

be!

Looking ahead, we know what price has been paid to keep the young men and women fighting for our freedom. The military pays the price that has to be paid to keep our country the greatest nation in the world. We were founded on the principles of the Bible, and if we have persevered, it is only through their sacrifice.

Whoever is our president at this time, we fervently pray that he will do his utmost to keep our country free and still under the protection of Almighty God. To those who do not believe in war, it seems to be a necessary evil that has to be endured from time to time – not that God likes it, but because sin entered into the world because of our sinful nature. It has to be paid for.

Just as Jesus Christ gave His life on the cross for us to have eternal life if we believe, soldiers had to give up something important in their lives so we could enjoy the freedoms that are given to us.

We have had a taste of freedom, thanks to our military, so let’s make it count!

Doris appreciates your comments and can be reached at dorisschroeder @att.net.

Ground cardamom gives pear crisp a unique flavor

BY ALISON LADMAN For The Associated Press

Ground cardamom gives this simple fall-friendly crisp a sweet-spicy flavor that you will smell as much as taste. Don’t worry too much about which type of oats to use in a recipe such as this. Though we prefer old fashioned rolled oats, feel free to use the “quick” variety if that’s what you happen to have. The differences won’t be tremendous.

Amish ● From Page A7 pulled out, we gave the stove and refrigerator a thorough cleaning. Next on our to-do list is to clean out the cabinets and wash curtains and windows before the snow starts to fly.

We have raked some of our leaves, but most of them have blown away or are gathered in piles by our outbuilding. Joe and the boys cleaned out the garden and tilled both on Saturday. That makes garden things for 2012 history now. I still have some tomatoes and hot and green peppers left from the garden.

Daughter Loretta has started therapy now. She also has the AFO braces, which are a lot more comfortable than the air cast. She has a splint that she has to wear during the night while she sleeps. It is a little harder for Loretta to get used to. Her

Grow ● From Page A7 leaves and berries in the fall, but it’s a player in the cedar apple rust cycle. Since our shelter belt is largely made up of cedars, I’ve watched the hawthorn struggle to become little more than a moderately successful shrub.

Planting these trees was a good lesson for me in learning what is native and what is nearly impossible to grow on our flatland paradise.

I do, however, have a few red-leafed successes to fall back on, and they’re very hardy in the heartland.

They’re shrubs, not trees, but any colorful port in a storm of beige is welcome. Japanese barberry sports red foliage spring through fall, and some forms are compact enough to be used as an edging plant, while others can grow 6 feet high. Planted in front of larger evergreens, the red really jumps out. Be forewarned that barberry has thorny stems that might be an advantage for a security hedge but a disadvantage along a walkway.

A dwarf euonymus, commonly called burning bush, reliably gives me eye-popping scarlet every October.

For best color, be sure you

8 pears, peeled, cored and sliced 8-ounce package frozen or fresh cranberries 1 2⁄ cup packed brown sugar 1 2⁄ teaspoon ground cardamom 1 4⁄ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons cornstarch Heat the oven to 400 F. Coat a 9-by-9-inch pan with cooking spray.

To make the topping, in a medium bowl use an electric mixer to beat together the butter and brown sugar until creamy. Add the flour, oats, cin-

namon and salt. Stir together until the mixture just forms moistened crumbs and small clumps. Set aside.

To make the filling, in a medium bowl, toss together the pears, cranberries, brown sugar, cardamom, salt and cornstarch.

Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the filling.

Bake for about 1 hour, or until the pears are tender and bubbling and the topping is well browned.

therapy is weekly, but she also does some every day at home. (She needs someone to help her with some of it.) So far, we are seeing good results from the surgery. We hope she will keep getting her strength back.

We need to get busy packing because tomorrow we leave for Sugarcreek, Ohio.

We plan to stay until Sunday.

We will sleep at Uncle John and Susie’s house both nights. Aunt Lovina wants us to come for dinner at her and her husband Abe’s house on Sunday. She told her children who live nearby to come, also.

We also want to visit with Joe’s Uncle Solomon. He is still recuperating from an 11foot fall while he was at work. We will also visit Joe’s sister Esther and his brother, Benjamin. We look forward to seeing everyone again.

The children are excited about going. Kevin asked if they have cougars or bears in Ohio. He said he hopes

they do because he wants to see one. I imagine he would change his mind if he ever saw one up close.

Next week we have someone coming to look at my grandfather clock. It hasn’t worked for quite a few years and we just never got it fixed.

It will be nice to have it working again. It was a gift from Joe to me almost 20 years go.

Kevin likes a peanut butter sandwich every day when he comes home from school.

When I saw the following recipe, I knew he’d like these:

and salt. Pour over corn, stirring until well-coated, and shape into balls.

plant it in full sun, in a place where it can grow to its ultimate “undwarfish” size of about 10 feet. The brightest color is produced on untrimmed branches, so give it room to grow. This year, a large viburnum, planted in memory of a much-loved member of our pet family, has burst forth with a promise of years of deep red remembrance.

Here’s one last word on sources of red autumn foliage: Although not a tree or a shrub, the sedum titled “Autumn Joy” provides a wonderful and long-lasting rusty red color to any fall

flowerbed. The flower clumps form in August, and turn from pink to deeper red through the fall. After a hard freeze, the giant seed heads look great in dried arrangements or as texture in your garden, to get you through the winter blahs.

Cardamom Cranberry Pear Crisp Start to finish: 1 hour 15 minutes (15 minutes active) Servings: 8 For the topping: 1 2⁄ cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature 1 2⁄ cup packed brown sugar 3 4⁄ cup all-purpose flour 3 4⁄ cup oats (see above) 1 2⁄ teaspoon cinnamon 1 4⁄ teaspoon salt For the filling:

Peanut Butter Popcorn Balls 3-4 cups of popped corn 1 2 ⁄ cup sugar 1 2 ⁄ cup light corn syrup 1 2 ⁄ cup chunky peanut butter 1 2 ⁄ teaspoon vanilla 1 8 ⁄ teaspoon salt Divide sugar and corn syrup in a saucepan. Keep to a good rolling boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, stir in peanut butter, vanilla

Skip Mancini lives and gardens in Haskell County. “Growing on the High Plains” airs weekly in western Kansas on High Plains Public Radio, 91.1 FM, at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays and 8:35 a.m. Saturdays. The program can also be heard on the station’s website, www.hppr.org.

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LOCAL

It’s official: Council bans aerial fireworks in city

BY JOHN GREEN The Hutchinson News jgreen@hutchnews.com

Aerial fireworks are no longer legal for the public to discharge in Hutchinson.

On a unanimous vote, with virtually no discussion, the Hutchinson City Council adopted a new ordinance restricting fireworks that can be discharged in the city to those that emit sparks no more than 6 feet in any direction.

Besides the “safe and sane” ordinance, which also prohibits anything that shoots fireballs, the council adopted a separate ordinance that prohibits floating candle-powered aerial devices not technically considered fireworks.

The new ordinance grants Hutchinson police the authority to write citations for violations, as well as Hutchinson firefighters.

The ordinance also sets the dates for sale and discharge of fireworks that are still legal to 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., June 30 to July 4.

The county received a copy of the city’s new ordinance and will take it up in two weeks, said County Administrator Gary Meagher.

The vote was one of about a half dozen items on the council agenda drawing unanimous 4-0 votes with lit-

tle debate or discussion.

Councilman Bob Bush was absent from Tuesday’s meeting.

Two agenda items did draw considerable council discussion, though they also ended with unanimous votes.

One will send a request to rezone property at 1509 and 1515 N. Lorraine back to the Hutchison Planning Commission, while the other will allow development of a new $400,000 “field house” at the USD 308 soccer and baseball complex off 23rd and Severance.

Changing zones Owners of the property on Lorraine, Brian Stevens and Todd Miller, asked to be allowed to put shared paved parking behind their adjacent commercial buildings.

Doing so, Planning Director Nancy Scott advised the council, will require rezoning the property from residential to commercial.

Council members Cindy Proett and Ron Sellers raised concerns, however, about changing zoning on the lots, which are themselves in a residential neighborhood.

He has no problem, Seller said, with the parking plan.

The issue is rezoning the lots, whose use could change in 5 to 10 years. If rezoned now, the council would have

HCF inmate convicted in contraband case

BY THE NEWS STAFF

A Hutchinson Correctional Facility inmate avoided standing trial Tuesday by pleading no contest to three counts of introducing contraband into the local prison.

Deleon Mitchell III, 44, entered the plea before Reno County District Judge Tim Chambers, who convicted him and then sentenced him to five years in prison.

The crimes occurred July 26, 2011, when Mitchell re-

portedly introduced a telephone, marijuana and cash into the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, according to court records.

Kansas Department of Corrections records indicate Mitchell was serving time for an aggravated burglary and attempted aggravated robbery in 2007 in Sedgwick County. He also has prior convictions for aggravated indecent liberties with a child, criminal sodomy and selling drugs.

little or no say in the future what might go in there.

“It’s not fair to the neighbors,” Sellers said. “Give me better alternatives to control future use of the property…

What prevents them from just putting down a concrete pad and parking there?”

That would be acceptable, Scott said, for a residential property, but not to allow parking for a commercial business.

Sellers proposed tabling the issue for a week to allow the zoning department to look at other options, but City Manager John Deardoff suggested sending the issue back to the planning commission to do that, rather than at the staff level.

Councilman Dean Brigman expressed no concern about the rezoning, but agreed to vote to send it back to the planning commission

because doing so requires a super-majority vote of the council.

Sports complex Sellers and Proett raised similar concerns about the impact on neighbors from the proposed development of a new building by USD 308 on its soccer and baseball fields.

The plan calls for a new 10,400 square-foot metal building which would replace a small existing storage barn on the property.

Besides storage, the building would include public restrooms, locker rooms for athletes, a concession stand and offices.

The main purpose remains storage of equipment, said Director of Building and Grounds Bob Williams.

But it would also allow the district to replace portable

toilets and give youth a place to change, rather than in parking lots.

The proposed work also includes putting a concrete pad under existing bleachers and installing new scoreboards and timing clocks and related equipment.

Her concern, Proett said, is that it will increase usage of the fields and exacerbate existing problems of trash and parking conflicts in the adjoining neighborhood.

The improvements won’t add to the amount of people using the fields, said Williams, who also contended there is adequate parking in a gravel lot on the north end of the fields, but that people decline to use it, preferring instead to park in front of residences on Cleveland Street. There are no parking signs on the west

side of Cleveland, but they are not enforced, Williams noted.

Sellers made the motion to allow development of the building, if the school district agreed to add more signage advising patrons of the available parking and closing gates on the southwest side of the field that make parking on Cleveland convenient.

The cost of the project is expected to be beyond the amount budgeted by the district, so it’s being bid out with several alternatives which can be added in phases, said the project architect, Dan Link.

First would be the building shell with a sand floor.

Alternate bid packages include concessions and restrooms, offices and lockers and then finishing in storage areas.

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County approves move of ‘boat beds’ to ‘The Hub’

BY KEN STEPHENS The Hutchinson News kstephens@hutchnews.com

The Reno County Commission has authorized the sheriff ’s office to donate eight “boat beds” that had been used by jail prisoners to “The Hub” Christian Ministries Center, which plans to open an overnight shelter at 211 E. Fourth.

The sheriff ’s office had set the stackable beds out on the floor whenever the jail had more prisoners than permanent beds. However, the sheriff ’s office has been unable to use the boat beds since the fire marshal limited the capacity of the jail for safety reasons.

County Administrator Gary Meagher said the com-

mission voted 3-0 on Tuesday to authorize the donation of the boat beds on condition that The Hub return the beds to the county if the shelter ceases to exist or no longer needs the beds at some point in the future.

In other business Tuesday, the commission unanimously: ● Approved a $19,152 contract with BG Consultants for an engineering report on the future needs of Reno County Sewer Districts No. 3 and 10, north of Hutchinson.

Meagher said effluent from the districts currently is irrigated on land leased by the county. However, that lease ends in 2022, and the county needs to decide what to do in the future. One possibility, he said, would be tying the

districts to the sewage treatment plant of District No. 8. ● Authorized Fire District No. 8, in the Hutchinson Air Base Industrial Tract near Yoder, to spend up to $40,000 to purchase a new truck for combating brush fires. The fire district wants to replace a 1978 truck by buying a 2010 chassis and outfitting it with a water tank and other equipment. The commission also authorized the district to sell the old truck once the new truck is operational.

Meagher said the cost probably will be around $35,000 rather than the full amount authorized. ● Approved a contract with Renee Harris as director of human resources for the county. Harris will have an annual salary of $66,766.

BRIEFS Parents arrested for alleged thefts, child abandonment Two small children were taken into protective custody early Tuesday after officers learned they were at home while their parents were allegedly stealing from WalMart, according to Hutchinson police.

At 12:58 a.m. Tuesday, Tommy W. LaMunyon, 22, and Micah R. Bryant, 21, of Hutchinson were arrested at Wal-Mart, 1905 E. 17th Ave., on suspicion of two counts of child abandonment, theft and criminal damage to property. The pair was arrested after a Wal-Mart employee reported they were stealing merchandise.

Hutchinson Police Det. Paul Sack confirmed officers were investigating a theft at Wal-Mart, and after talking to the couple, learned the pair had two children under age 2 who were at home.

Police reports indicate the LaMunyon and Bryant had already been arrested at 9:50 p.m. Monday on suspicion of four counts of theft and four counts of criminal damage to property, allegedly occurring between Oct. 22 and Nov. 3 at Wal-Mart.

The Reno County jail log on Tuesday indicated LaMunyon posted bond to be released from jail, while Bryant remain jailed on $8,750 bond.

Lakin teen enters plea in July 4 stabbing case LAKIN – A 19-year-old man pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges stemming from the stabbing of another teenager at a party on the Fourth of July in southwest Kansas.

Cody Joe Rosales pleaded innocent to aggravated battery and criminal damage to property before District Judge Philip Vieux in Kearny County District Court.

Kearny County Attorney Dennis Jones said a trial date has not been scheduled yet.

Rosales was arrested July 5 at his home in Lakin after he was reportedly involved in an altercation with Garden City resident Tyson Phillis, 18, early July 4.

Kearny County Sheriff ’s officers responded 4 a.m.

July 4 to the Kearny County Hospital after Phillis arrived there with multiple stab

wounds to the abdomen. The sheriff ’s office reported the stabbing occurred at a party at a home in southwest Lakin.

Rosales is accused of puncturing a tire on Phillis’ vehicle when Phillis tried to leave. Phillis was headed to Garden City, about 24 miles east of Lakin, but never made it out of Lakin due to the punctured tire. A passerby took him to the hospital, and he was transferred to a Garden City hospital, where he was treated and released.

‘Life Enrichment Series’ to continue at Bethel NORTH NEWTON – Bethel College’s “Life Enrichment Series,” a program designed especially for adults age 60 and over, continues.

Courses take place at Krehbiel Auditorium in the Fine Arts Center at the college.

The cost for the series is $20 per semester or $2 per week.

First-time attendees get a free day.

Sessions for Nov. 14 include: 9:30 a.m., “Serving Others Through Medical Ministry International,” Sharon Lehman, nurse; and a 10:35 a.m. double session: “From Philippi to Athens to Ephesus: St. Paul’s Second Missionary Journey,” Weldon Martens, pastor/tour leader.

There will be no Life Enrichment sessions on Nov. 23, the week of Thanksgiving.

The sessions will return on Nov. 28.

Ulster Project seeks teens for next year’s program The Ulster Project of Hutchinson is seeking teens

to participate in next year’s program. A family information meeting and pizza night will be 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 17th and Main.

Each summer, the Ulster Project brings 12 teens, half Catholic and half Protestant, half girls and half boys, from the Northern Irish community of Portadown, to Hutchinson to live in private homes for a month.

The teens live with host families who have a teen of the same gender and same side of the Catholic-Protestant “faith line.”

Accompanied by adult counselors, the Northern Irish participants range in age from 14 to 16, having been evaluated and selected by their teachers and clergy for their leadership potential.

During the month, the entire group of Northern Irish and American teens meet almost daily for activities, including encounter sessions, social activities, community service projects and worship.

The Ulster Project developed to overcome historic strife between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland and foster tolerance, understanding and friendship between these groups by bringing together youth for this experience.

Those interested in attending the informational meeting are asked to RSVP by calling Vicki Foss at (620) 474-2150.

The Hutchinson Ulster Project’s website is at http://sites.google.com/site/ hutchulster/.

– From staff reports

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ADVICE

Boyfriend has been unfairly juggling separate lives Today’s Birthday (11/07/12).

Despite changes, your financial situation grows this year. The winter solstice brings an awakening to the higher self. Use it to align yourself to your purpose and to how you want to make a difference. This explodes your career with possibility.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Stick to your budget. Move quickly. Continue to increase your holdings (and enthusiasm) in the coming week.

There’s money coming from your own productivity. Dance with any delays.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Adapt to circumstances. Put energy into the details. Stick to existing projects this week. Handle stuff you’ve been putting off. Increase skills as you test your theory.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Regain your balance by doing what you promised. Provide excellent service.

You’ll be able to take on new stuff later.

Review the plan. Shorten your home repair list.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Decrease your personal obligations over the coming week. You can have fun without spending much. Make the changes you’ve been contemplating. A lovely moment develops.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Continue to increase your level of expertise. Take on more responsibility.

What you’re learning contradicts what you thought. Use your secret power.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 5 — Fix something before it breaks.

Organization and cleaning satisfies.

Continue to decrease home expenses with conservation. Set long-range goals.

You’re gaining the lasting respect of your peers.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Confirm what you’ve learned with others. Continue to increase your area of influence this week. Make the first move.

Choose the jobs you want to do.

Document the results.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Take charge. Calm down someone who’s getting agitated. You may find your responsibilities rise this week. Love spurs you to action. Leave routine chores for another day.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Gather up as much as you can, and beware of hidden expenses. Get rid of unnecessary stuff. Others vie for your attention; your teammate scores.

Strive for perfection.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — New income sources come to your attention. Be cautious with money now. A bond gets renewed. Delegate, and inspire action. Continue to increase your search parameters, and profit.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — There’s money coming in, and you can get more if you act quickly.The work is hard, but profitable. If you don’t know how, study. Share your info and sources.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Provide information. Passion is part of the picture. Pare the superfluous to increase efficiency. Build team relationships with enthusiasm. Get projects finished and out the door. (c)2012 bY NANCY BLACK DISTRIBUTED BY TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Dear Annie: My boyfriend lives with a woman who gave birth to his child. He says it is not a romantic arrangement. She wanted to get pregnant, and he provided the genetic material. He sleeps on the sofa.

My issue is, when he wants to spend time with this kid, the mother must always be present. She also isn’t aware that he is dating me, and we’ve been together for two years.

He is divorced, and his exwife and other children don’t know about this child.

He expects me to keep his secret, stay away from the birth mother and be fine with all of this – even when overnight trips are planned.

I will never be fine with this. He says I should trust him. But, Annie, I just can’t wrap my head around why I should blindly accept this.

Am I wrong? – Third Wheel Dear Third: Your boyfriend is juggling three

Annie’s Mailbox

Kathy Mitchell, Marcy Sugar separate lives: one with you, one with his ex-wife and children, and another with his “secret” child and the biological mother.

We can think of no good reason for this man to be living with another woman unless he has made a commitment to her in addition to his child. He can support the child emotionally and financially without sleeping on her sofa.

It is not your place to inform his ex-wife or his other children about his arrangement. However, we think he is having a romantic relationship with the woman he lives with, and you are his

Here’s the scoop on peppers Dear Readers: Is a green bell pepper the same “fruit” as a red bell pepper? Yes! Available in colors of green, orange, red, yellow and even purple, these beautiful fruits (that’s right – it’s a fruit, not a vegetable) are available year-round.

When picked while they are green, these peppers are considered “not ripe.”

The longer they are left on the plant, the sweeter they become, and the color changes from green to yellow, orange and then red.

Really! Who knew? Not me! Not only are they great to cook with, but they are even yummier when eaten raw, with or without a dip.

Another healthy, tasty hint: Peppers are a great source of vitamins A and C, and red peppers contain twice as many vitamins as the green ones and are the sweetest-tasting! – Heloise Dear Heloise: I have a hint for you and your readers that my son tried and now we use quite often. We use a grapefruit spoon to scrape out seeds and insides of peppers instead of knives. – Geraldine T. in Milwaukee

Hints from Heloise

Heloise Dear Geraldine: You’ve discovered one of the many things I use a grapefruit spoon for! They work well on grapefruits, but are perfect for seeding peppers and cucumbers. Section the meat not only of grapefruit, but also of oranges and kiwi fruits. Another hint: Use the spoon to remove pits from peaches, apricots and other fruits. – Heloise Dear Heloise: If I am baking potatoes for a crowd, couldn’t I put them in the dishwasher? Would that get them clean enough? – Mary I. in Dallas Dear Mary: No – just the spray of water and high temperature of water won’t clean them. The dishwasher water will not clean all the crevices that a potato has. The Food and Drug Administration recommends simply washing

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sideline. What you do about that is up to you.

Dear Annie: I am 17 years old, and I have a younger sister who is 13.

Her attitude is awful. I have to drive her to school every day, and we always get into fights. She constantly criticizes my driving and puts me down. She also calls me a lot of names and says hurtful things. We even got into a physical fight.

I’ve told my parents that she is rude and I am not inclined to do anything for her. But my parents won’t get involved. They never punish her, and she gets away with everything. In fact, they just bought her a new computer.

I don’t know what to do anymore. I can’t wait until I leave for college and won’t have to deal with her. Is that wrong? What should I do? – Frustrated Sister Dear Frustrated: We understand that your little sis-

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fruits and vegetables under running water, with no soap or special produce wash. To make sure the potatoes are clean, you should gently scrub them with a vegetable brush. – Heloise Dear Heloise: I like to make sure browned, crumbled meat is completely drained. First, I do the initial draining. After a brief time for cooling, I fold a paper towel into a square and place it at the bottom of a clean bowl to one side. I pour the drained, crumbled meat into the bowl and lean the bowl slightly on its side, with the paper-towel side at the bottom. The paper towel will absorb the remaining fat in just a couple of minutes, then I remove and toss the paper towel. – Mary A., Vancouver, Wash.

Dear Heloise: Here is a hint I use when making crab cakes, salmon cakes or other foods that list bread crumbs as an ingredient. I use instant mashed potatoes instead. They are a good binding agent, and no one guesses “potato” as an ingredient. They just wonder how the food was formed so perfectly! – Brittany S., via email

ter is driving you nuts. This is not uncommon with younger siblings. We suggest you be the adult.

Don’t let her ruffle you.

Ignore her barbs and criticisms, which are intended to provoke a response and get your attention. When you need to vent, talk to your school counselor, best friend, favorite teacher or a sympathetic relative.

But please remember that when your sister outgrows this immature stage, she could become your closest friend. Hang in there.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Joe’s Buddies for Life,” whose 50-year-old friend is still trying to realize a dream.

I spent my career as a high school guidance counselor. Many times, kids would have plans to play sports in college as a means of paying for their degree.

My advice to them was to go to the coach for an honest

After his ‘SNL’ appearance, Bruno Mars eager for more

BY MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer

NEW YORK – Bruno Mars’ recent appearance on “Saturday Night Live” was more like “Saturday Night Fever”: He says he had so much fun hosting the show, he’d be happy to do it again.

“Whatever ‘SNL’ wants from me, they can always call me,” the smiling 27year-old said in an interview. “I don’t know who told them I can act or anything ’cause I can’t. I don’t know what they saw. (But) whatever they need from me, they can get.”

The singer-songwriter’s Oct. 20 appearance as host and musical guest gave the NBC variety show its second best ratings this season

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assessment of their skills.

“Joe” needs to do the same thing. He needs to find someone who can give him a true assessment of his talents in his chosen field.

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behind last week’s episode, hosted by comedian Louis C.K. Mars was praised for his hilarious and silly sketches, particularly one skit where he did impersonations of other musicians as a live fill-in at Pandora when the company’s computers crashed.

“It was kind of a way for me to face my fears and just let it all hang loose, literally,” he said, laughing.

“People don’t understand that they’re changing things right before the show, so you can’t memorize lines because they’re going to change it,” said Mars.

“They cut sketches and it’s an amazing operation. I wouldn’t trade that experience for the world.”

The Grammy winner says he watched the show days after it aired live, and that’s when things started to sink in, especially seeing himself dressed as a woman.

The “SNL” success is giving Mars a boost as he readies the release of his sophomore album, “Unorthodox Jukebox,” out Dec. 11.

The album features Esperanza Spalding, Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Diplo, Paul Epworth and others.

On “SNL,” he debuted a new song, “Young Girls,” and performed his current single, the upbeat “Locked Out of Heaven.” It’s his 12th Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as a performer, songwriter or producer.

“I love (‘Locked Out of Heaven’) because it’s different ... than what you’re used to hearing me maybe sing normally,” he said.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

GOREN BRIDGE WITH TANNAH HIRSCH ©2012 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

AVOID THE THREAT

Both vulnerable. South deals.

NORTH ♠ A Q 10 9 6 5 4 ♥ Void ♦83 ♣K874 WEST EAST ♠ Void ♠3 ♥ J 10 7 6 4 3 ♥ AK9852 ♦K954 ♦762 ♣ J 10 2 ♣AQ9 SOUTH ♠KJ872 ♥Q ♦ A Q J 10 ♣653

The bidding: SOUTH ♠ 1♠ Pass

WEST NORTH EAST ♠ Pass 4♠ Pass Pass

Opening lead: Jack of ♥

Bridge players are, by nature, superstitious. Often, however, they make their own bad luck. Consider South’s plight on this deal.

The auction was soon over.

Despite a strong hand in support, we endorse North’s pre-emptive raise to game, if for no other reason than to keep East-West out of the auction. As the cards lie, they can make 11 tricks at a heart contract.

West led the jack of hearts.

Declarer ruffed, drew the outstanding trump and took the diamond finesse, which lost. West lost no time switching to a club honor, and the defenders

racked up three tricks in the suit for a one-trick set. “Two cards wrong out of two,” muttered South. “I’m jinxed!”

“Quite the contrary,” retorted North. “You were lucky to escape a club lead, which would have doomed you from the outset. Now there is no excuse for not making 10 tricks.”

Of course, North was correct. The only threat to the contract was that East held the ace of clubs and West the king of diamonds, in which case West had to be kept off lead to prevent a shift through the king of clubs.

That could be accomplished by discarding a diamond from dummy at trick one instead of ruffing!

Best defense is for East to win and return a diamond, but now a ruffing finesse is available as an avoidance play. Declarer rises with the ace, draws the trump, then continues with the queen of diamonds, discarding a club from the table should West follow low. If the finesse loses, declarer can discard two more clubs from dummy on high diamonds. If West covers, declarer ruffs, returns to hand with a trump, and discards two clubs on the diamonds, losing only two clubs and a heart. Either way 10 tricks are guaranteed.

(Tannah Hirsch welcomes readers’ responses sent in care of this newspaper or to Tribune Media Services Inc., 2010 Westridge Drive, Irving, TX 75038.

E-mail responses may be sent to gorenbridge@aol.com.)

A12 Wednesday, November 7, 2012

OPINION

The Hutchinson News

Editorial Board JOHN D. MONTGOMERY / Editor-Publisher MARY RINTOUL / Managing Editor JASON PROBST / News Editor PAT SANGIMINO / Sports Editor

EDITORIAL

Right decision Canceling New York Marathon after hurricane was a good call end, New York City made INewnthetheYork right decision. Canceling the Marathon seemed like a foregone conclusion – the only real choice – in the days after Hurricane Sandy ripped through the Northeast, causing death, destruction and the displacement of thousands.

Yet, it wasn’t until late Friday – just two days before the race – that the city finally pulled the plug on this year’s race.

Had the city acted more quickly, tens of thousands of far-away runners could have been prevented from making the trip to New York.

Haste made waste, and those runners, many of whom came from different countries, should be compensated for their losses.

The decision, albeit slow in coming and made after caving to political pressure, was correct. You can question the timeline of the decision, and the method used from getting from Point A to Point B, but there is no denying the end result.

This race needed to be canceled.

Every resource used for the marathon – from volunteers to water for the runners to electricity needed for race-related technology

– would have been a resource taken from the relief effort.

The economic impact of the marathon – about $370 million annually – likely drove the initial decision to proceed with the race.

However, there was also a need to paint a rosy picture. New Yorkers, hardened by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, wear their resiliency like a badge of courage.

The New York Marathon has been a constant since 1970. It was run two months after the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center toppled.

The same sentiment was taken with Hurricane Sandy. Despite the fact that hundreds of thousands were without electricity and thousands more were forced out of their homes, some people believed that the race going on would be a sign to the world that not even a devastating storm could keep down the Big Apple.

That would have been a political blunder. The city and its residents are hurting. A week later, many are still without power. Try to picture the image of a runner dousing his head with water during the race, while just two blocks away an entire neighborhood is still operating under a boil alert for its water supply.

That would have been a slap in the face to those attempting to rebuild their lives.

WESTERN FRONT

Production was great I would love to commend the staff of the Hutchinson Community College Theatre Department for the production of “Evil Dead: The Musical,” which took place recently. It was by far one of the best productions I have ever attended at the college.

With all the ample warnings of this being for a mature audience, I was without surprise regarding the crude nature of the play. I appreciated the fact that this was a “risky” play that catered more to a younger audience. It had the feel of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and totally lived up to the hype of the blood-splatter-zone seating.

Everything – from the stage set that came “alive” to the makeup artist who transformed young adults on a weekend full of fun into grotesque zombies – was fantastic. The cast did an amazing job transforming into the living dead with tongue-in-cheek song and dance.

Bravo to director Deidre Mattox for a wildly entertaining evening.

JENNIFER GARCIA Hutchinson

Grateful for unique show I moved to Hutchinson a little more than a year ago and asked about cultural events in the area. I was quietly told to look to Wichita and the Fox Theatre. I am a single parent raising a teenager, and many events do not fit into my budget.

I was surprised to see that “Evil Dead: The Musical” would be performed at Hutchinson Community College. My son eagerly agreed to go see his first live musical. The performance was a pleasant surprise – great quality at a great price. He laughed throughout the performance, and when it was over, he told me, “Mom, next time I’m going to sit in the splash zone!” He later told me that he wanted to try out for his high school musical because he saw that it “looked like fun.”

The play’s dialogue included a lot of coarse language, but the advertisement prominently displayed a warning, which was also read to the audience before the performance. I was happy to find out that the show’s dialogue was milder than that found in most cable television programs.

I am happy to prove my friends and neighbors wrong. Wichita doesn’t have a monopoly on culture in central Kansas. Thank you, HCC Theatre Department, for providing local entertainment that, although

slightly out of the mainstream, appeals to a wider and younger audience, and is also affordable.

GINA LONG Hutchinson

More recycling concerns This is in response to the letter from Trish Lane Eubanks on Oct. 27. I completely agree with her. We have been recycling since March and have no points, either.

I signed up back in March, and recently I went in to check to see how many points I had. Not only could I not get into the system, but when I called them to find out about it, they told me I had no points.

The person at Recyclebank informed me that I needed to call Stutzman’s. However, Stutzman’s informed me that they had nothing to do with the rewards program and that I would have to speak with Recyclebank. I was then informed by Recyclebank that Hutchinson was not participating in the program. So why, then, is the city sending the information out that we are participating in this program, and if we are, why can’t we receive our points as promised?

As Ms. Eubanks stated, we are doing our part in recycling, so why are we not receiving the rewards promised us?

BONNIE L. BYRUM Hutchinson

Don’t blame the Bible I want to clarify something.

People say the Bible was used to discriminate against blacks. Sadly, this is true. But these racist ideas did not come from the Bible; they came from Charles Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.”

Some Bible verses were taken grossly out of context and erroneously merged with evolutionary philosophy. But God does disapprove of racism. St. Paul says that God made mankind out of “one blood.”

God also disapproves of homosexuality. In the Old Testament, God specifically forbids homosexual acts. Continuing in the New Testament, St. Paul writes about people who did not honor God and so dishonored their bodies with homosexual lusts.

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COLUMNISTS

‘Uff da!’ is apt expression right about now A few weeks ago, Carolyn and I were eating a delicious Mexican dinner in Brinkley, Ark. I was already savoring the last delicious bite as I picked up my fork. Then, disaster. That last delicious bite rolled off my fork and plopped and splattered on my pristine white polo shirt. I leaned across the table and ruefully remarked, “Well, . . . uff da!”

And therein lies a story.

Earlier that week, Carolyn and I were eating breakfast on my Cousin Bev’s patio on the Florida gulf coast. She stumbled, nearly dropped a drink and said, “Uff da!” Noticing my mystified expression, she said, “Uff da, you know – Uff da.”

“No, Bev, I don’t know anything about ‘Uff da.’ ” She responded, “If you had spent any time in Minnesota, you would know about it.”

Later that day Carolyn and I and Bev, a Minnesota transplant, had lunch with another cousin, Darlene, a South Dakota transplant, and my Aunt Joyce, a North Dakota transplant. They all were familiar with “Uff da.”

Apparently, nearly everyone from the Pacific Northwest or the Upper Midwest is familiar with “Uff da.”

The term originated with Norwegian immigrants who settled in the frozen north of our country.

“Uff da” can mean anything from surprised to disgusted to shocked to exhausted to dismayed to overwhelmed. As one source put it, “In

Community columnist

Jim Schinstock Norway, Charlie Brown says, ‘Uff da!’ instead of ‘Good grief !’ ” My Aunt Joyce, who has never used a term stronger than “Darn it!” (to my knowledge), confided that “Uff da” is a convenient replacement for cuss words. “Uff da” seems roughly equivalent to “oy veh” or “ay, caramba” or, as my dad used to say when he was shocked or surprised, “Well, I’ll be jiggered!”

Looking back over the years, I have noted several times when I could have used “Uff da!” Some examples are (1) my very first “car wreck” when I was 8 years old – I drove through a barbedwire fence in a ’47 Ford pickup as my dad was shoving bales off to feed cattle; (2) holding my newborn child for the very first time; (3) looking in my rear-view mirror and seeing flashing red lights; (4) seeing my little Triumph sports car just after it had been sideswiped and totaled by a drunk driver at 12:10 a.m. on Jan. 1; (5) taking my kids trick-or-treating in a snowstorm; (6) running out of gas on Rayl’s hill west of Hutchinson with a very pregnant and upset wife; (7) finding out that our tomcat was pregnant; (8) having

the sewer block up on Thanksgiving with a houseful of company; (9) watching the Kansas City Chiefs’ latest self-destructive debacle; (10) watching my wife open the bread drawer and finding an equally surprised garter snake looking up at her.

“Uff da” is one of those all-purpose, run-the-gamut terms that can be used for virtually anything ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime, the silly to the sacred.

An “Uff da” exclamation may mean getting a hole-in-one in golf or bidding and making a grand slam in bridge; it also may be used when you have a mouse run up your leg on a hay-rack ride or wake yourself up in church with your own snoring. I’ve been saying “Uff da!” lately, a sure sign it has been added to my working vocabulary. As my friends in the frozen north would say, “You betcha!”

Today is the day after Election Day, and it is a day tailor-made for “Uff da!” Regardless of whether your candidates won or lost, whether your yard is or is not littered with campaign signs, whether the vote went your way or did not, I think it is safe to say that most of us will breathe a big sigh of relief now that the campaign rhetoric has muted or diminished.

“Uff da!” seems a fitting epilogue for today.

Jim Schinstock’s vocabulary increases slightly every time he visits relatives in different parts of our country. Email: schinjc@yahoo.com.

Can we do better before it’s too late? you may not get another chance.

WASHINGTON – Four-year-old Many Republicans, of course, Abigael Evans spoke for millions were apoplectic that Christie, when she sobbed, “I’m tired of keynote speaker at the Republican Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney.” convention, would befriend the Her mother, who posted a video Democratic president so close to on YouTube of her crying daughthe election. Infamously, Christie ter, consoled her, saying, “The elecdeclared that he didn’t care about tion will be over soon, OK?” Kathleen Parker the election.

There, there, Abby. Bronco and What? Heretic. Traitor. BlaspheMitt are all done now. The ads can insulted our intelligence by making mer. cease. Mormons can exhale. Pinoc- false promises and telling halfObama and Christie suddenly truths. They manipulated us by chio can take a vacation – and the tides can do whatever the hell they preying on our fears, prejudices and were having a “bromance.” Noanxieties. They made little girls cry. tably, Rush Limbaugh referred to want.

And yet, both are good men. De- Christie as Obama’s “Greek colCall me a grouch, but I’m basicent, smart, gifted men. Good hus- umn” and questioned their “mancally sick of everybody. One more love.” Could his insinuation be bands and fathers. But our mention of “the ground game,” any more clear? and I was going to shave David Ax- political system could suck the What Christie meant, of course, elrod’s mustache. Give me a choice goodness out of a saint. is that politics wasn’t his most There was one brief, glimmerof company between the savviest pressing concern unpolitical prognosticader the circumtor and Jimbo at the stances. Saving lives bait shop, and I’ll take and restoring order a carton of those were, and he and the worms, please. president shared in The morning after that mission. But two the worst presidential men actually doing race in memory, we their jobs together now know the true couldn’t possibly be meaning of the peace only that. Immediatethat passeth all underly, the sideshow was standing. on as politicos began No matter which quantifying the politiman you preferred, cal ramifications. there is something Obviously, there unsatisfactory about File photo are political repercusthe end of this race. sions to anything canVictory isn’t so much Abigael Evans, 4, summed up frustration with the long campaign when she cried, “I’m tired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney.” didates do in the final an uplifting story of days of a campaign. hope or change but of When one candidate happens to be survival. We The People weren’t so ing moment, a flicker of light in much participants in a great dem- the darkest of hours, when Hurri- the president – and his job happens to intersect with a catastrophic cane Sandy came ashore and ocratic experiment as we were event – he gets the benefit of pershowed what real tides, oblivious spectators at a blood sport where to man’s vanities, can do. Pushing forming outside the usual fray. everyone got hurt, none so much But the notion that Christie over houses like so many sand casas our nation, exhausted and batshould have been aloof toward tles, the storm reminded us that tered by cynicism and snark.

Obama to score GOP points wins the gods care little for politics.

Rather than elevating our spirthe limbo contest of contemporary Neither do hurting people who its, this election diminished the politics. currency of our aspirations. It was need housing, food, fresh water As we begin the next leg of this and dry socks. a campaign of “mosts” – the most journey, we might keep in the back The flicker: President Obama money ever spent, somewhere in of our minds the idea of a comand New Jersey Gov. Chris the neighborhood of $2 billion. mon enemy. For now, that enemy is Christie, Democrat and RepubliThat’s a lot of health insurance our stubborn refusal to work tocan, came together in common and a lot of hurricane recovery. gether to solve our massive probcause to confront a common eneThe most negative ads and the lems. If this election provided any my: Weather. most media coverage. mandate at all, it is that we set This is when we’re at our best: By the infusion of millions from When something outside of us, be- aside our special interests and self-promoting .01 percenters, work together before it’s too late. yond our power and unrelated to democracy was mocked. As for Memento mori, indeed. And statesmen, our children will have to our selfish interests, reminds us of while we’re at it, tempus fugit, too. our mortality. Memento mori: Do conjure their likeness as they do Kathleen Parker’s email address monsters. Greatness is not much ap- the right thing, the good thing, the is kathleenparker@washpost.com. kind and remarkable thing, for parent. The respective campaigns

The Hutchinson News

DIRECTORY RENO COUNTY Dustin Brooks Hutchinson

AROUND THE STATE Marcella Bellinger Syracuse Willetta Euliss Ulysses Cleo Katz Hoxie Larry Oakley Wichita Ruby Toews Inman Veldene Wagerle Sterling Mary Weaver Liberal Betty Williams Lakin

OUT OF STATE Lewis Marrs Sun City, Ariz.

SPONSORED BY:

Larry E. Oakley WICHITA – Larry E. Oakley, 60, former Hawker Beechcraft HR Department employee and current Securitas employee passed away Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.

Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Saturday OAKLEY at The Journey church. He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Oakley.

Survivors: wife, Judy; father, Wesley Oakley; stepchildren, Josh (Kathy) Tatum and Joy Ariel Tatum; granddaughter, Laedyn Tatum; twin sister, Jan Oakley; sister, Caitlenn Morrisy.

Memorials to The Journey, 9999 E. Harry, Wichita, KS 67207. Share condolences at www.CozineMemorial.com.

Services by Broadway Mortuary.

Marcella (Elston) Bellinger SYRACUSE –Marcella (Elston) Bellinger, 63, died Nov. 4, 2012. She was born Nov. 11, 1948, to James and Naomi Stinchcomb Elston.

Survivors include: her husband, Bruce Bellinger; aunts, Shirley Osbment, Maxine Coleman and Sandra Goodwin; brother, James; sisters, Janice Jones and Debra Elston; daughters, JoDee Moore and Codi Fenwick; and three grandchildren.

Funeral 10 a.m. (MST) Saturday at the Wesleyan Church, Syracuse.

Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel, Holly, Colo.

Memorial service 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, at the Hays Christian Church.

Lewis Marrs

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 A13

OBITUARIES

Ruby M. Toews

Cleo William Katz

INMAN – Ruby M. Toews, 91, of Inman, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at the Moundridge Manor, Moundridge, Kan. She was a loving wife, mother, and homemaker. Ruby was born Jan. 15, 1921, at Inman, Kan., the daughter of Henry D. and Sarah (Martens) Ensz.

She was united in marriage to Abe R. Toews Oct. 18, 1942, at Inman, Kan. They resided in the Windom community. She was a member of the Zion Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, Inman. Survivors include: four sons, Harry (Luella) Toews of Barron, Wis., Percy (Irene) Toews, Robert (Diane) Toews, and Randy (Dianne) Toews, all of McPherson, Kan.; four daughters, Marilyn (Clayton) Schmidt of Buhl, Idaho, Alice (Kenneth) Ensz of Paxton, Neb., Ruth (LaVern) Nikkel of Inman, Kan., and Deanna (Richard) Ensz of Windom, Kan.; 33 grandchildren; 76 great-grandchildren; a great great-grandchild; two brothers, Edwin Ensz of Middleton, Mich., and Dale Ensz of Inman, Kan.; two sisters, Evelyn Ensz of Moundridge, Kan., and Verna Goertzen of Barron, Wis. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; three sisters; and two grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at Zion Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, Inman, Kan. Burial will be in the Zion Church Cemetery.

Visitation with the family present will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at Zion Church of God in Christ, Mennonite. Memorial donations may be given to Moundridge Manor, in care of Stockham Family Funeral Home, 205 North Chestnut, McPherson, KS 67460.

HOXIE – Cleo William Katz, 95, Hoxie, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at Sheridan County Health Complex in Hoxie, Kan. He was born Sept. 27, 1917, in rural Hodgeman County, Kan., the son of Christian Henry and Bessie Lee (Daily) Katz.

He graduated from Offerle High School in 1937.

He married Frances A. Warren on July 28, 1940, at Kinsley.

They were married 54 years. He was a lifetime resident of Kinsley and during his life was a farmer, cabinetmaker, carpet installer and owner of Katz Floor and Wall Covering and in his later years owned Katz Repair Services where he conducted small engine repair and saw sharpening.

He was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Kinsley. His hobbies included: hunting, shooting sporting clays and reloading shot gun shells.

His highest priority was his wife and children.

Survivors include: Stan and Becky (Lancaster) Katz of Houston, Texas, Becky Katz and longtime companion, Nellis Reinert of Sun City West, Ariz., Alan and Jan (Katz) Ackerman of Hoxie; five grandchildren, Christopher (Lily) Bargmann of Edina, Minn., Becca (Bargmann) (Joel) Sowers of Colby, Kan., Angie (Katz) (Jason) Jackson of Parker, Colo., Brianna (Katz) (John) Lydic of Washington, D.C., Carin (Katz) (Travis) Kelley of Williston, N.D.; seven greatgrandchildren, Shepherd and Noelle Bargmann, Kaylyn Joy and Haven Shalom Sowers, Jake Jackson, April and Wyatt Kelley; a brother, Vernon (Elaine) Katz of Kinsley; sister-in-law, Irene Brehm; and first cousin, Leonard Katz of Offerle; as well as many nieces, nephews, friends and business associates. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and sister, Christine Lippoldt.

Burial will take place at noon Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at Hillside Cemetery in Kinsley, followed by a celebration of life at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 200 Mass.

Ave. in Kinsley, with the Rev. Randal Jahnke officiating. Memorials may be given to the church, Sheridan County Health Complex in Hoxie, in care of McKillip Funeral Home in Kinsley.

Dustin Allen Brooks Dustin Allen Brooks, 26, died Nov. 1, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kan. He was born Jan. 8, 1986, to Larry Carter Sr. and Donna Davis in Hutchinson.

Dustin was employed in construction and enjoyed fishing and basketball. He is survived by his parents; wife, Tracie; sons, Drake, Ethan, Marcus and Jaiden; brothers, Larry Carter Jr., Nathan Carter and Rashawn Carter; sisters, Tylea Davis, Wanda Carter and Biakia Carter. Those preceding him in death were a grandmother, greataunt, great-grandparents, an aunt and two cousins.

Cremation has taken place. A chapel service is set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the Dustin Allen Brooks Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home. Old Mission-Heritage Funeral Home and Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements.

Veldene Wagerle

SUN CITY, Ariz. – Lewis Marrs, 80, died Oct. 1, 2012, after suffering a stroke in August of 2011. He was born Feb. 14, 1932, in Fowler, Kan., to Edith and Chester Marrs.

He married Shirley Handy Sept. 23, 1952. She survives with son, Stephen; daughter, Michael; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two infant brothers; and Roscoe, who was killed in World War II. Other survivors are: Lloyd and Richard of Fowler, Irvin (Beefy) of Montezuma, Kan.; sisters, Pauline Golden of Oakhurst, Okla., and Ella Mae Marrs of Greensburg, Kan. Memorials may be sent to the church at 8640 N. 19th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85021.

STERLING – Veldene “Dene” Wagerle, 83, died Nov. 5, 2012. She was born May 18, 1929, to Lorin and Hazel Marshall Ray. She married Auverne Lee Wagerle July 20, 1947. He died July 14, 1992. Survivors include: sons, Kerry, Craig and John; brother, Ronnie Ray; seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Sterling United Methodist Church. Visitation 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday, with family present 5 to 7 p.m., at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling. Memorials to Sterling Public Library or Sterling Veterans Memorial.

Mary P. Weaver

Betty Williams

LIBERAL – Mary Pauline Weaver, 98, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal.

Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced at a later date by Brenneman Funeral Home, Liberal.

LAKIN – Betty Williams, 93, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at Kearny County Hospital, Lakin.

Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced at a later date by Garnand Funeral Home, Lakin.

Willetta Euliss ULYSSES – Willetta (Billie) Euliss, 75, died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, at Satanta District Hospital, Satanta. The daughter of Jesse and Lydia (Peppan) Morris, she was born Dec. 23, 1936, at Lawrence.

Survivors include: sons, Paul Euliss Jr. (Marilyn) of Elmwood, Okla., Kyle Euliss (Kellie) of Ulysses, Ricky Euiliss (Lori) of Ulysses, John Euiliss (Kendra) of Ulysses; cousin, Delores Husband of Garden City.

Funeral will be 10 a.m.

Thursday at Church Of God Roselane, Ulysses. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Grant County Funeral Home, Ulysses.

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Kansas officials issue new financial forecast ■ Reductions in revenue

reflect the decrease in state sales tax rates.

BY JOHN MILBURN The Associated Press

TOPEKA– Kansas revenue forecasters predicted Tuesday the state will collect nearly $705 million less in the next fiscal year than it will this year as income tax cuts take effect and a sales tax increase expires.

The prediction is the first glimpse at how the experts believe the cuts adopted in May will affect state revenue. The cuts take effect in January.

The forecasters shaved $5.2 million from their earlier prediction of revenues in the fiscal year that ends June 30, bringing it down to $6.17 billion. They also say they expect the state to collect $5.46 billion in the 2014 fiscal year, which begins in July.

Steve Anderson, budget director for Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, said the new forecast takes in to account uncertainties in the U.S. with the expiring of federal income tax cuts and

required reductions in federal spending. He said a lot of the uncertainty would be decided by the presidential election, which would determine how businesses respond and how quickly they invest in the economy.

“Business is waiting on the sidelines for certainty. I think the money will come out anyway (into the economy). How it comes out is the question,” Anderson said.

He said state agencies were asked earlier this year to prepare budget requests that showed how they could absorb a 10 percent cut in spending should the economy weaken.

Anderson said the administration still believes it can maintain funding for K-12 schools and essential services, adding, however, that “more pruning” in state spending may be necessary to balance the budget in the coming year.

House Minority Leader Paul Davis issued a statement saying the revenue projections add to a “growing heap of evidence” that the state can’t afford the income tax cuts.

“The difference between the pending budget crisis

State updates its disabled wait list

BY JOHN MILBURN Associated Press

TOPEKA – Kansas has updated its roster of disabled residents who have requested state-funded, inhome medical care and is now better equipped to provide that care more quickly and efficiently, governor’s administration officials said Monday.

The waiting list was cut by more than a third, from 3,423 to 2,197 people, after a company hired by the state spent the past several months trying to reach out to those on the lists, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer and Aging and Disability Services Secretary Shawn Sullivan said.

“We now have a better handle on the waiting lists and will be able to make better decisions about how to manage the waiting lists and utilize the funding provided by the Legislature for this program,” Sullivan said.

There are about 5,700 individuals currently approved to receive in-home care, which is designed to allow those with disabilities to live in their own homes or community settings. But advocates for the disabled complained that people were waiting too long to receive help they were entitled to under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring states to provide services to the disabled.

Earlier this year, negotiations broke down between Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s admin-

istration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and HHS forwarded the waiting list complaints to the Justice Department. Colyer said the state hadn’t informed federal officials about the new waiting list information, which was completed late last week.

The state contracted with Answernet in Hays to contact individuals on the waiting lists in July. Only 11 percent of those on the waiting lists were able to be contacted. Further efforts by the Department of Aging and Disability Services found that 1,226 individuals could be removed from the waiting lists for a variety of reasons, including failure to be located, they were already receiving services or no longer required services.

Colyer said that in the future that the state would be maintain the waiting lists and that people would be contacted on a regular basis by one of the three new managed care organizations that are taking over the state’s Medicaid system. The three organizations would be required to make regular contact with those on the waiting lists to maintain accurate information and care needs.

The lieutenant governor, who is also a surgeon, said those on the waiting lists would still have access to crisis and emergency care services while they were waiting for full health care services.

and the budget crisis we faced a few years ago is that Gov. Brownback chose this path. It didn’t trickle down as the result of a global economic downturn,” said Davis, a Lawrence Democrat.

Projections by the Kansas Legislative Research Department indicate Brownback and legislators would have to reduce spending by $327.7 million in fiscal year 2014 to prevent the state from going in the red.

Brownback will present the budget to legislators in January when the 2013 session begins.

The reductions in revenue projections also take into account that the statewide sales tax rate will be allowed to decrease as required by law on July 1, 2013. Allowing the rate to drop from 6.3 percent to 5.7 percent means Kansas will collect $262.3 million less in sales taxes in the coming fiscal year.

The forecasting team includes legislative researchers, members of the governor’s budget stuff, Department of Revenue officials and economists from three state universities.

Regents mull ‘post-tenure’ reviews at universities THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAWRENCE – The Kansas Board of Regents will consider requiring the six state universities to put in place procedures for conducting periodic performance reviews for tenured faculty members.

Board of Regents Vice Chairman Fred Logan said faculty would be part of planning the process for “post-tenure” reviews and he envisions them being conducted by the faculty members’ peers.

“I think that post-tenure review – when it’s done by faculty and by university leaders, it’s a very affirming process for tenured professors,” Logan said. “It is a way to really improve what they’re doing.”

Logan said the regents could consider the policy at their December meeting but he doesn’t expect it to be implemented until at least next year, The Lawrence JournalWorld reported (http://bit.ly/PReVee ).

Andrew Torrance, a law professor who is Faculty Senate president at the University of Kansas, said he believes most faculty would support the proposal if it is handled fairly and is not strictly punitive.

“Sometimes faculty may get off track, and we think this could be an opportunity to get faculty back on track,” Torrance said.

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President ●From Page A1 the Senate, and Republicans were on track to do likewise in the House.

Romney was in Massachusetts, his long and grueling bid for the presidency at an unsuccessful end.

The two rivals were close in the popular vote.

Romney had 45.2 million votes, or 49 percent. Obama had 45 million, also 49 percent, with 65 percent of precincts tallied.

But Obama’s laser-like focus on battleground states gave him the majority in the electoral vote, where it mattered most. He had 284, or 14 more than needed for victory.

Romney had 200.

Yet to be settled were battlegrounds in Florida, Virginia and Nevada.

The election emerged as a choice between two very different visions of government – whether it occupies a major, front-row place in American lives or is in the background as a less-obtrusive facilitator for private enterprise and entrepreneurship.

The economy was rated the top issue by about 60 percent of voters surveyed as they left their polling places.

But more said former President George W. Bush bore responsibility for current circumstances than Obama did after nearly four years in office.

About 4 in 10 said the economy is on the mend, but more than that said it was stagnant or getting worse more than four years after the near-collapse of 2008.

The survey was conducted for The Associated Press and a group of television networks.

Democrats got off to a quick start in their bid to renew their Senate majority, capturing seats in Indiana and Massachusetts now in Republican hands.

In Maine, independent former Gov. Angus King was elected to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe.

He has not yet said which party he will side with, but Republicans attacked him in television advertising during the race, and Democrats rushed to his cause.

Polls were still open in much of the country as the two rivals began claiming the spoils of a brawl of an election in a year in which the struggling economy put a crimp in the middle class dreams of millions.

The president was in Chicago as he awaited the voters’ verdict on his four years in office. He told reporters he had a concession speech as well as victory remarks prepared. He congratulated Romney on a spirited campaign. “I know his supporters are just as engaged, just as enthusiastic and working just as hard today” as Obama’s own, he added.

Romney reciprocated, congratulating the man whom he had campaigned against for more than a year.

Earlier, he raced to Ohio and Pennsylvania for Election Day campaigning and projected confidence as he flew home to Massachusetts.

“We fought to the very end, and I think that’s why we’ll be successful,” Romney said, adding that he had finished writing a speech anticipating victory but nothing if the election went to his rival.

But the mood soured

FROM PAGE ONE among the Republican high command as the votes came in and Obama ground out a lead in critical states.

Like Obama, Vice President Joe Biden was in Chicago as he waited to find out if he was in line for a second term. Republican running mate Paul Ryan was with Romney in Boston, although he kept one eye on his reelection campaign for a House seat in Wisconsin, just in case.

Voters also chose a new Congress to serve alongside the man who will be inaugurated president in January, Democrats defending their majority in the Senate, and Republicans in the House.

The long campaign’s cost soared into the billions, much of it spent on negative ads, some harshly so.

In the presidential race, an estimated one million commercials aired in nine battleground states where the rival camps agreed the election was most likely to be settled – Ohio, New Hampshire, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada.

In a months-long general election ad war that cost nearly $1 billion, Romney and Republican groups spent

more than $550 million and Obama and his allies $381 million, according to organizations that track advertising.

In Virginia, the polls had been closed for several minutes when Obama’s campaign texted a call for volunteers “to make sure everyone who’s still in line gets to vote.”

In Florida, there were long lines at the hour set for polls to close. Under state law, everyone waiting was entitled to cast a ballot.

According to the exit poll, 53 percent of voters said Obama is more in touch with people like them, compared to 43 percent for Romney.

About 60 percent said taxes should be increased, taking sides on an issue that divided the president and Romney. Obama wants to let taxes rise on upper incomes, while Romney does not.

Other than the battlegrounds, big states were virtually ignored in the final months of the campaign.

Romney wrote off New York, Illinois and California, while Obama made no attempt to carry Texas, much of the South or the Rocky Mountain region other than Colorado.

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Coach’s expectation is Klein will play

BY ARNE GREEN Special to The News

MANHATTAN – Bill Snyder came as close Tuesday as he has so far to declaring Collin Klein his starting quarterback for No. 3ranked Kansas State’s game Saturday night at TCU. “Would I expect him to play? I certainly hope that’s the case and I would expect that to take place,” Snyder said during his weekly press conference after explaining why he would not go into further

detail.

Klein, the Wildcats’ senior Heisman Trophy candidate, left last Saturday’s victory over Oklahoma State in the third quarter after scorKLEIN ing on a 1-yard touchdown run that put K-State up 38-17. There was speculation after he spent the rest of the game without his helmet on that Klein may have suffered a head injury.

“I hope you understand my interest in our players is beyond football and I always want to do the right thing for the young people in our program,” Snyder said of Klein’s injury. “I think any coach in the country would feel exactly the same way.

“I don’t want to put any young person in any kind of jeopardy, and that’s why I don’t address injuries.”

Snyder said it was his decision not to make Klein available to the media to discuss the upcoming TCU game.

“He was perfectly comfortable with coming and visiting,” Snyder said. “I wanted not to put him through that because I knew the bombardment he would have to endure.

“He was perfectly willing to do so. He’s that kind of young guy.”

With K-State at 9-0 overall, 6-0 in the Big 12 and second in the BCS rankings, Klein’s injury has become a national story.

Senior tight end Travis Tannahill admitted it has been a topic of conversation everywhere he

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turns.

“Dozens,” he said when asked how many times people had questioned him about Klein’s status.

“We’re probably hitting close to 100 now.

“You just kind of shake it off, say, ‘I know, but I’m not really allowed to tell.’ You want to stay in coach’s good graces.”

Klein has accounted for 66.5 percent of K-State’s offensive yards this season with 1,875 yards passing and 698 rushing. His 102 points scored lead the Big 12.

LIFE WITHOUT SUMMITT

Lady Vols confident in new era

BY STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – This year’s Tennessee Lady Vols have been challenged with upholding Pat Summitt’s legacy without her.

Summitt made the program the standard bearer for women’s college basketball, but she stepped aside in April after announcing last year she has earINSIDE ly-onset dementia.

Ex-Dragon The program has been turned over to new coach Holly Patterson Warlick, an assistant to Sumseeing gains mitt for 27 years. at Tennessee, “We definitely want to keep B3 passing the torch for years to come,” sophomore center Isabelle Harrison said. “It’s something that we’ve embraced.

We’re not running away from it. When we’re into practice, when we’re (lifting) weights, whatever we’re doing, we know what we need to do just having Tennessee across our chest.”

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Butler’s Chris Fields (8) is congratulated by teammate Devin Clarke (6) after scoring a touchdown against Hutchinson Community College during their game on Oct. 27 in Hutchinson.

Blue Dragons look to stop long-standing Butler drought

BY BRAD HALLIER The Hutchinson News bhallier@hutchnews.com

For three straight seasons, the Hutchinson Community College football team has played 26 games against Jayhawk Conference teams. The Blue Dragons have won 21 of those, beating every team in every game, except for the five against Butler.

In the 21 victories, Hutchinson has never won by fewer than 14 points, which came this season in a 63-49 win at Garden City.

That means no win has been a nail-biter.

In the five losses to Butler? Little to no drama. Ugliness from the Blue Dragons.

Almost like watching a Kansas City Royals season unfold – filled with promise but the end result is always the same.

The Blue Dragons have been shutout twice in those five games, the offense has been without a touchdown three times, and the closest margin of defeat was 18 points (28-10) in last year’s regular-season game. The Region 6 championship game at El Dorado was a 40-

Hutchinson Community College’s Antonio Longino (44) tackles Butler’s Derrick Thomas during their game Oct. 27 in Hutchinson.

21 Butler win, but the Blue Dragons were winning 21-17 in the third quarter.

The common theme in those five losses? Turnovers.

In those five games, Hutchinson’s turnover margin is minus-13. The worst came in the meeting Oct. 27

at Gowans Stadium, when Hutchinson turned the ball over four more times than Butler did.

Thus, the Blue Dragons seem to think their path to victory in Sunday’s Region 6 championship game in El Dorado is simple.

“We’ve just got to play and eliminate mistakes,” wide receiver Miguel Johns said.

“I feel we can get it done if we play our ‘A’ game.”

Hutchinson fumbled a whopping five times, but only lost one. However, one fumble came on fourth-andinches that Hutchinson recovered but well short of a first down. Another was when a center snap came when quarterback Luke Barnes was looking at the sideline, waiting for a play to be called.

Basically, what could have gone wrong did. But that loss doesn’t seem to be deterring the Blue Dragons’ enthusiasm.

“It’s going to be nice to play them again,” Barnes said. “We’ve got to have the mindset of revenge on our minds.”

Slamming the ball away from running backs, wide receivers and intercepting quarterbacks is one of the many things Butler does better than any team in the Jayhawk Conference. This season, Butler has taken the ball away 36 times while only turning it over 11 times.

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This 2005 file photo shows Tennessee women’s coach Pat Summitt signaling her team in the first half of a game against Michigan State in a national semifinal game at the NCAA Women’s Final Four in Indianapolis. The first year of the post-Pat Summitt era at Tennessee has produced plenty of uncertainty in the SEC.

Eck(s)-coach: He led today’s HCC opponent

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Don’t be fooled by Sterling’s record; Meade isn’t ■ After digging an 0-4 hole

to start season, imposing Black Bears have rolled.

BY PAT SANGIMINO The Hutchinson News psangimino@hutchnews.com

Matt Hendricks never panicked – even if conventional wisdom dictated that four straight losses to start the season were justifiable grounds for panic.

But Hendricks just urged his Sterling High team to stay the course with the promise that

things would get better.

“I was looking at the film and I was seeing improvement every week,” Hendricks said. “We just had to keep it together.”

He was right.

The Black Bears shook off their 0-4 start, which included a pair of one-point setbacks and a loss to Hillsboro, which ran the table to win the Central Kansas League crown, to win four of their last six games.

They now find themselves playing host to Meade on Friday in a Kansas Class 2A quarterfinal game. It’s about as unexpect-

ed a story as there has been this fall, but there’s no denying it: The Black Bears, ever with a 4-6 record, truly belong.

“You watch Sterling play and they definitely pass the eye test,” said Meade coach Scott Moshier, who knows a thing or two about high-quality football.

Meade won a state championship two seasons ago and was knocked out in the semifinals last year after completing a perfect regular season. This year, the Buffaloes have just one loss heading into the Friday, but Moshier isn’t looking

past Sterling – losing record and all.

“They are intimidating to watch,” Moshier said. “They are huge – big and strong and intimidating. We’re going to have to play well to beat Sterling.”

Sterling made a statement last week in the opening round of the playoffs by spotting Smith Center a 16-0 lead and then putting together a perfect second half to record a 26-16 victory over one of the state’s legacy programs.

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After a 3-0 start to the new season last weekend at the Quarterback Classic, the 13th-ranked Hutchinson Community College men return to the court at 7 p.m. today against Redlands, Okla., at the Sports Arena.

HCC coach Steve Eck coached Redlands from 2001-07. He took Redlands to the 2002 Division II national championship and a spot in the 2004 Division I national championship game at the Sports Arena.

Redlands is 0-1 after falling 96-79 in its opener Saturday against Clarendon, Texas.

Hutchinson rolled by Allen and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M before pulling away from pesky Mesa, Ariz., on Saturday.

Sophomore point guard D’Von Campbell had a solid weekend with 40 points in the three wins. Sophomore forward Alex Davis had a consistent weekend with 42 points and 27 rebounds, while sophomore guard AJ Spencer sizzled from the field by making 16 of 20 shots for 80 percent.

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Iowa State forward Royce White celebrates with fans after his team’s 80-72 victory over Baylor on March 3 in Ames, Iowa.

Impact of transfer players on the rise in college basketball

BY LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer

Fred Hoiberg returned to Iowa State from the NBA in 2010 and inherited a roster in dire need of talent.

The rookie coach brushed off the old axiom that transfers were often bad fits, bad teammates and bad apples.

He embraced guys like Royce White and Chris Allen, talented players that many other coaches wouldn’t touch because of their supposedly checkered pasts, and the Cyclones won 23 games in reaching the NCAA tournament for the first time in seven years.

Hoiberg is hardly the only coach to jump on the transfer bandwagon. It’s getting crowded.

Whether it’s to restock a thin roster, get an instant boost at a position of need or simply take advantage of the increasingly transient nature of college basketball, coaches appear to be competing to sign transfers more than ever. According to NCAA statistics, about 40 percent of men’s basketball players won’t be playing for their original school by the end of their sophomore year.

“First of all, you look at the number of transfers right now. When you get guys that have had good seasons before that leave the program for whatever reason, there’s a lot of interest in them,” said Hoiberg, who has two more impact transfers this season in forward Will Clyburn and guard Korie Lucious and recently added former USC team MVP Maurice Jones for 2013-14. “It’s all across the country....any time a good player comes on the market, there’s going to be a lot of competition.”

Not everybody is thrilled about it.

NCAA President Mark Emmert announced last

Dragons ● From Page B1 Hutchinson’s turnover margin is second in the conference, at plus-14. Take away the game against Butler, and Hutchinson is plus18, to plus-21 for Butler.

Of course, Butler’s dominance over Hutchinson – the Blue Dragons have not beaten Butler since 1997 – is more than simply turnovers. Inopportune penalties, long kickoff returns and missed tackles all add up when playing the Grizzlies.

“We played good; we’ve just got to eliminate mis-

Sterling ● From Page B1 Close losses in the last month of the season to topranked LaCrosse and a oneloss Stanton County squad had made the Black Bears confident, but it didn’t show much spark early on.

“We didn’t play very physically at all in the first half,” Hendricks said. “That was disappointing because we

spring the establishment of a subcommittee designed to work on transfer rules. Suggested changes could be announced as soon as the next week. Spokesman Christopher Radford told the Associated Press that the NCAA has identified permission to contact rules, the one-time transfer exception and academic concerns as the three main areas to explore.

The NCAA on Friday said athletes who want to play immediately after changing schools to be closer to an ailing or injured family member must transfer to a school within 100 miles of the family member.

Any further changes wouldn’t be in place until next season. So for this season, newcomers figure have an immediate impact across the country.

Missouri is ranked No. 15 largely because of three new transfers from highmajor programs. Blue bloods like Arizona, Louisville and Kentucky figure to lean prominently on transfers this season.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski recently welcomed just his fourth major college transfer in 32 years – but second since 2009 – when Rodney Hood joined the program from Mississippi State.

He’ll be eligible next season.

For many schools, it’s more about the one-and-done senior than the one-and-done freshman. Most of those players can use their final year of eligibility somewhere else if they find a school that offers a graduate program their old one didn’t.

Former Connecticut center Alex Oriakhi is among the nation’s most high-profile senior transfers. He was eligible to play immediately at the school of his choosing after the NCAA ruled UConn was ineligible for this season’s tournament.

takes,” defensive lineman Ben Bradley said. “We know we can fix it for when we play Butler again.

We’ve got to be perfect in practice this week.”

Certainly, the Blue Dragons didn’t seem to be troubled by playing the Grizzlies again, even with defensive lineman Toby Johnson out for the rest of the season with a knee injury he suffered Sunday.

“We lost the first time, but a rematch has been what we’re looking forward to,” defensive back Terrell Hannah said. “We had people out the last time, and we’re going to come back strong this time.”

really felt like we were ready to play in a game like that.”

All it took was an amazing effort from quarterback Riley Galyons to turn the tide.

Gaylons carried 48 times for 277 yards as Sterling took charge in the second half by out gaining Smith Center 270-20 in yardage.

“We just started making tackles,” Hendricks said.

“That was a good win for us to get. Going on the road and coming back from 16 points down definitely built our

The 6-foot-9 center picked Missouri from among a number of suitors, and secondyear coach Frank Haith likened him to a “Christmas present.” Oriakhi joins fellow transfers Earnest Ross (Auburn), Jabari Brown (Oregon) and Keion Bell (Pepperdine).

“The time when we got the job, we couldn’t sign quality enough high school kids I thought could come help us compete at the level we were playing. We were fortunate enough to get a couple of transfers to help us balance our classes out,” Haith said.

For many senior transfers, a move gives them one last chance to impress professional scouts. For their new schools, it offers an instant talent upgrade that’s worth risking any shakeup in team chemistry.

Arizona coach Sean Miller landed perhaps the most promising senior transfer in Xavier’s Mark Lyons.

It’s not often that a team can instantly add a player who’s been in three NCAA tournaments and averaged 15.1 points last season, and Miller jumped at the chance to bring Lyons aboard.

“Adding him to our team is very unique because he is a talented player. But the experience I described is really difficult to put into words,” Miller said. “He gives us competitiveness, toughness, and he’s been in the arena in a big game, and to me he is somebody who knows to play both offense and defense.”

It used to be more common for players to transfer to smaller schools in search of bigger roles. These days, there appears to be more lateral and even upward moves than ever.

Ironically, Iowa State suffered from this trend worse than anyone when Wesley Johnson jumped to Syracuse.

He was named the Big East

Player of the Year in 2010 and got picked fourth in that spring’s NBA draft.

Aaric Murray turned a strong sophomore season at LaSalle into an opportunity to join coach Bob Huggins and West Virginia.

Guard Ryan Harrow jumped from North Carolina State to Kentucky. Not to be outdone by the rival Wildcats, Louisville brought in former George Mason standout Luke Hancock.

Former McDonald’s AllAmerican Trey Zeigler, who scored more than 1,000 points in just two seasons playing for his father Ernie at Central Michigan, was one of 15 players to get a waiver from the NCAA to play immediately at Pittsburgh after his dad got fired.

The list goes on and on – and it’s bigger than ever.

“A lot of guys maybe aren’t happy with the situation that they’re in, so they decide to find a better situation. I’m starting to see that more and more,” said Lucious, who transferred to Iowa State from Michigan State. “It’s basically doing whatever you can to better yourself.”

But meshing transfers into an existing roster is hardly like snapping one’s fingers and earning an NCAA tournament bid.

Hoiberg was intent on landing transfers who were good fits, and Haith is hoping his new guys are as well.

“You can have a lot of great, talented players. But if it doesn’t mesh well, you’re not going to have a very good basketball team,” Haith said. “Those guys are all going to have different roles than what they’ve had with their previous teams.

The chemistry, intangibles, that’s why that team won last year. And we’ve got to be able to get that accomplished. And that’s going to take some time.”

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Hutchinson Community College’s Terrell Lane (21) eludes a tackle

by Butler’s Max Martinez (5) and Josh Kirkland (9) during the first half of their game Oct. 27 in Hutchinson.

confidence.”

The Black Bears have plenty to like about their chances this week. Senior Austin Maxwell, at 6-foot-4, 230 pounds, is a presence. He is in on a lot of tackles and came up big in the second half last week. In Galyons, they have a kid who has been dominant on both sides of the football. He leads Sterling in most offensive categories and is also the team’s leading tackler.

“He gives you everything

he has emotionally and physically and is always there again on the next play,” Hendricks said.

Meanwhile, he is aided by a big and physical offensive line that has improved with each week. Center Hunter Hewitt tips the scales at 288 pounds, while Calvin Jones (240), Tanner Stallings (230) and Jed Dierksen (250) also add to the line’s girth.

“We haven’t seen a lot of lines that big,” Moshier said.

Big-spending former wrestling executive Linda McMahon was smacked down again in her bid for a U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, losing on a night when sports and politics met in the same arena.

McMahon, a Republican who once ran World Wrestling Entertainment with blustery and betterknown husband Vince McMahon, was beaten by Democrat Chris Murphy. She also lost in 2010 in a bid for the Senate. McMahon spent more than $42 million of her own wealth in the race for retiring independent Sen. Joe Lieberman’s seat.

In another Senate race, the great-grandson of one of baseball’s most august figures lost his Senate race in Florida. Connie Mack IV, a Republican, is a descendant of Hall of Fame manager Connie Mack. He was beaten

by Democrat Bill Nelson, who won a third term.

This was hardly an All-Star night for sports. Long gone are the days when the likes of basketball’s Bill Bradley served in the Senate. More recently, football’s J.C. Watts and track’s Jim Ryun were in Congress.

Two years ago, Hall of Fame pitcher and Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning retired.

This year, sports lost more of its sizzle in Congress: Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl, the owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, re-

Summitt ● From Page B1 Summitt left the Vols with 1,098 victories and eight national titles in 38 seasons.

She remains on staff as head coach emeritus, attends nearly every practice and is expected to be in the stands for all of Tennessee’s home games.

Still, things will be different around Knoxville.

“It will not be the same,” Georgia coach Andy Landers said. “I don’t care how hard people try to make it the same or how much people want it to the same. It won’t be the same. That’s not to say it won’t be good. It’ll just be different just because Tennessee’s success for the last 36, 37 years has been built around Pat Summitt – and that won’t be the case as we go forward.”

Tennessee opens the season Friday at Chattanooga and though the Lady Vols are ranked 20th, it’s the school’s lowest position in the Top 25 since February 1985. They have nobody who started an NCAA tournament game during their run to a regional final last season.

“I think a bunch of people are crossing us off the map,” sophomore forward Cierra Burdick said. “That just kind of fires me up because Pat has worked so hard to get Tennessee at the top of women’s basketball. I want to help her legacy and now Holly’s legacy (be to) continue to stay at the top.

“I wouldn’t want it to slowly fall off and fall off year by year.”

That’s the challenge facing Warlick. During SEC media day last month, she was asked whether she had the worst job in America.

“I was taken aback,” Warlick said. “If you could poll a lot of coaches, they’d love to be in my shoes. I think it’s the best job in the country.

It’s the best job in the country for me.”

Indeed, Warlick is uniquely suited for the position.

A Knoxville native, she played for Summit and was the first Tennessee athlete to have her jersey retired. Warlick knows the history of the program about as well as anyone.

“This is where I have always wanted to be,” Warlick said. “I have never said I am too scared to do this (or) I don’t want to do this. I love the challenge and I love the opportunity to be here. It is in my blood. It is all I know.

“I think the country and women’s basketball would be shocked if I didn’t have on orange and white. ... It is just who I am and what I think I was chosen to do.”

During an August team meeting, Warlick handed

tired, and North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler, a one-time NFL quarterback, chose not to run again because of unfavorable redistricting.

Murphy, a three-term congressman, made an issue of the 64-year-old McMahon’s wrestling roots, dismissing the enterprise as a vulgar and violent spectacle that belittled women.

“I think that not every CEO is qualified to be a United States senator,” he said.

WWE, as the wrestling extravaganza is now known, tried to clean up its image during the Senate campaign in an attempt to make itself more presentable as family fare. Still, Democrats found ways to remind the electorate of an online scene featuring a wrestler simulating sex with a corpse in a casket.

Mack has made much of his baseball lineage. On his web page, the “O” in his first name is replaced with a baseball. The congressman’s great-grandfather managed the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 years, starting in 1901, and with his suit and straw hat was always an impeccably dressed presence in the dugout. He retired when he was 88.

The younger Mack’s reputation was hit hard in TV ads.

Nelson depicted Mack as a bar brawling party-boy. In 1992, Mack was involved in a barroom brawl with then-Atlanta Braves outfielder Ron Gant. Mack claimed he was minding he was sober and minding his own business.

each member of the team a white baton to show them what this season means. The batons included the message: “Tennessee Lady Vols tradition... All we are doing is passing the baton. New team, new staff, new goals. ... Same heart, same pride, same fight.

Take the baton and let’s go!”

And the message isn’t just coming from Warlick.

“We have former players come in it seems like every week,” Burdick said. “They huddle up in the circle with us before practice and they give us their little spiel and words of encouragement and tell us every single time, ‘Do not rest on tradition. Continue to build it. What has come before you is great, but we want to see great things to come in the future.’ That is our responsibility at the University of Tennessee, to continue on with this legacy.”

That starts by making the Lady Vols championship contenders again. Tennessee hasn’t reached the Final Four since its 2008 national title, its longest absence since the NCAA started running the women’s tournament in 1982.

To turn that around starts with players.

Warlick’s staff has shown it can recruit. Warlick added former Iowa head coach Jolette Law and former Kentucky recruiting coordinator Kyra Elzy to her staff. Elzy played at Tennessee from 1996-2001 and was part of two national championship teams.

Although freshman center Nia Moore and Louisburg (N.C.) College transfer Jasmine Phillips are the only Lady Vols who joined the team after the coaching change, Warlick secured a verbal commitment last week from Springfield (Ore.) High post player Mercedes Russell. She is rated the nation’s No. 1 senior prospect

by ESPN’s HoopGurlz recruiting service.

Warlick also is introducing an uptempo style in an attempt to capitalize on the Lady Vols’ strengths. Tennessee will face a size disadvantage against some opponents, but the Lady Vols believe they can run with anyone.

“It’s what we’ve got to do if we want to win, point blank, period,” sophomore guard Ariel Massengale said.

Amid all the changes, the one constant for the Lady Vols is the commitment to making sure Tennessee remains one of the nation’s premier programs. They believe they owe that to Summitt.

“I still think it’s a program that has great tradition, and it’s going to continue the tradition,” Warlick said. “We’re just going to build on it.”

AP Sports Writer Charles Odum of Athens, Ga., contributed to this report.

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NCAA FOOTBALL

Big 12, SEC announce new game at Sugar Bowl

BY RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

NEW YORK – New Orleans will be the site of the new marquee bowl game between the Southeastern Conference and Big 12.

The conferences made the announcement Tuesday.

The game will still be called the Sugar Bowl and will be played in the Superdome.

The agreement between the leagues and the bowl is for 12 years.

The SEC has a long history with the Sugar Bowl.

Seventy-one times an SEC team has played in the game, far more than any other league. The very first Sugar Bowl in 1935 matched Tulane, then of the SEC, against Temple.

“New Orleans and the

Sugar Bowl are synonymous with post-season college football. For many years, fans have enjoyed the color and pageantry that New Orleans offers,” SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said in a statement. “We look forward to competing against the Big 12 as a new championship tradition begins on New Year’s Day.” The story was first reported by ESPN.com Several sites were vying to host the game, including Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Atlanta, Houston and San Antonio also submitted bids to host the game, but it came down to Arlington and New Orleans.

“From the moment this game was announced, there has been tremendous excitement associated with

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Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon (4) scores the game-winning touchdown past LSU defensive end Barkevious Mingo (49) in the second half of their game in Baton Rouge, La., on Saturday. The SEC and Big 12 announced Tuesday a 12-year deal to partner on the creation of a new bowl in New Orleans. The game will still be called the Sugar Bowl. the collaboration between these two conferences. That

excitement is reflected in the bids received to host

this game. There were great cities, attractive destinations, and impressive venues to consider,” Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said. “Now Big 12 fans can look forward to a New Year’s tradition and coming to New Orleans to support their team. We are thrilled about our long-term association with our SEC colleagues and to be in partnership with the Allstate Sugar Bowl.”

The new college football playoff begins after the 2014 season and the first Sugar Bowl in the new format will be played Jan. 1, 2015. It will match the champions from the SEC and Big 12, unless those teams are selected to the national semifinals. In that case, two other highly rated teams from those con-

ferences will be paired up.

“We’re pleased to have been selected to host this great game,” Sugar Bowl Chief Executive Officer Paul Hoolahan said. “This gives us the chance to extend the Sugar Bowl’s longstanding relationship with the Southeastern Conference and to develop a new relationship with the Big 12 Conference.”

The game will be part of the semifinal rotation for the new playoff system, along with the Rose Bowl and the Orange Bowl. At least three more sites need to be picked, with the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., and Arlington and Atlanta the leading candidates.

How often each site will host a semifinal has yet to be determined.

Oregon speedster Barner making a case for Heisman

BY ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer

Photos by Wade Payne/Associated Press

Former Hutchinson Community College and current Tennessee wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson catches a pass over Alabama defensive back Robert Lester during the first quarter of an Oct. 20 game in Knoxville, Tenn.

Vols’ Patterson picks up receiving production

BY STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Consider it the equivalent of leaving a Ferrari in the garage.

Tennessee’s Cordarrelle Patterson established himself as one of the nation’s most electrifying performers as soon as the Hutchinson Community College transfer scored on a 41-yard reception and a 67-yard run against North Carolina State in his Division I debut. But until last week, Patterson was an extraordinary player with relatively ordinary receiving statistics.

That’s no longer the case.

Patterson collected nine receptions for 219 yards and a touchdown Saturday in a 5548 victory over Troy. He had caught a total of 10 passes in the five games leading up to that one.

“When you’re watching him, it’s like playing the NCAA Football video game on rookie level,” Tennessee offensive tackle Antonio Richardson said. “He’s special, man. Anytime you get the ball in his hands, you don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Patterson’s increased production has resulted from an improved work ethic. He will try to deliver a repeat performance Saturday against Missouri.

“We got on him a lot with his practice habits, getting that timing with (quarterback) Tyler (Bray),” Tennessee coach Derek Dooley said. “He made a really conscious decision to practice better last week. I told him on Thursday, ‘You practiced great this week, and it’s going to pay off in the game.’ I had no doubts. And it paid off. Hopefully he will do it again.”

After catching a combined 17 passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns through Tennessee’s first three games of the season, Patterson totaled 10 receptions for 127 yards and one touchdown over the Vols’ next five contests. He didn’t catch more than three passes or accumulate more than 31 receiving yards in any of those five games.

Patterson arrived at Tennessee as an unpolished re-

Patterson catches a touchdown pass in front of Florida defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy during the first quarter of a Sept. 15 game in Knoxville, Tenn.

“When you’re watching him, it’s like playing the NCAA Football video game on rookie level. He’s special, man. Anytime you get the ball in his hands, you don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Tennessee offensive tackle Antonio Richardson ceiver, though the 6-foot-3 junior’s combination of size and athleticism makes him a potential first-round draft pick. Patterson believes he’s come a long way since the start of the season.

“I think I’ve improved a lot,” Patterson said. “I go back and watch film from the first couple of weeks and watch now, and it’s a big change, just in running my routes, getting downfield and getting open.”

Patterson says he never got frustrated by his lack of catches.

“If you’re getting frustrated, that means you’re just be-

ing selfish,” Patterson said.

“I’m not a selfish person.”

Tennessee’s coaching staff has done everything possible to get Patterson more opportunities, whether by handing him the ball or using him on special teams. Patterson leads the SEC with 1,292 allpurpose yards.

Patterson is the nation’s eighth-leading kickoff returner with an average of 31.5 yards per attempt, but many teams stopped aiming kicks in his direction after he brought one back 98 yards for a touchdown against Mississippi State last month.

Patterson also has rushed

for 242 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 18 carries.

His mere presence as a receiver has prevented teams from focusing on fellow wideout Justin Hunter and has created plenty of passcatching opportunities for Zach Rogers. But he can help out a lot more when the ball’s in his hands. Patterson has 36 catches for 585 yards and four touchdowns this season and ranks eighth in the SEC with 65 receiving yards per game.

Every time he touches the ball, Patterson is capable of delivering a highlight-worthy play. Whenever the ball was thrown his way last week, Patterson made Troy’s defense look helpless with a dizzying array of moves.

“He’s probably one of the best open-field runners in college football,” Tennessee tailback Marlin Lane said.

“Somebody tackling him one-on-one, I don’t think is going to happen, because I saw Saturday that 11 people can’t tackle him.”

In the second quarter against Troy, Patterson caught a 7-yard pass, ran around one defender near the sideline and juked his way around seven more Trojans on a 41-yard gain. Later in that period, he delivered a 37-yard gain in which he caught a pass at the Tennessee 38, spun away from a defender across the middle of the field, maintained his balance and cut between two more defenders. He then did a 360 to shed linebacker Mark Wilson’s attempted tackle and then broke free from cornerback Bryan Willis, who was trying to grab him by the ankle.

Just before halftime, Patterson weaved his way around virtually the entire Troy defense to turn a 13yard completion into a 58yard gain.

Many receivers would feel lucky to have three plays of that type in their entire career. Patterson produced them all in one quarter.

“It’s just instinct,” Patterson said. “I just don’t want anybody to tackle me, so I try to get off the tackle and get in the end zone.”

That plan worked quite well last week. The Vols hope it produces similar results the rest of the season.

Kenjon Barner modestly said No. 2 Oregon did “pretty well” in its big win over USC. As for his own recordsetting effort, the ever-humble running back credited his teammates.

So it fell to former Ducks running back and good friend LaMichael James to come right out and say it: Barner has proven he’s one of the best running backs in the country and deserves late consideration for the Heisman Trophy.

Barner rushed for a school-record 321 yards and scored five touchdowns in the 62-51 victory over the then-No. 18 Trojans on Saturday, a game many saw as a preview to the Pac-12 championship. No one had ever run for as many yards against Southern California before, and the five rushing TDs tied the Pac-12 record.

“Kenjon is a phenomenal player. I think he just proved that to everybody, that he’s one of the best players in the country,” James said. “I think he’s the best player, that’s not plural, that’s singular. And I think he deserves the Heisman. He should be right up there with everybody else.”

James, now with the San Francisco 49ers, was in Los Angeles for last weekend’s game and spoke to reporters afterward. He held the previous rushing record for the Ducks, running for 288 yards on 23 carries last season at Arizona.

“I’m happy that he broke that record. Anytime your best friend can break your record, it means more,” James said. “It’s like, ‘Man, my record got broken.’ But Kenjon broke it, so it’s OK.’” Barner is atop the Pac-12 with an average of 143.89 yards a game, which ranks second in the nation only to Nevada’s Stephon Jefferson with an average of 149.

Barner is averaging 13.33 points, tied for the national lead.

So far this season, Barner has run for 1,295 yards, ranking him sixth on the Ducks’ single-season list.

The explosion against USC is getting the senior increasing national respect.

The 5-foot-11 senior back earned Walter Camp Football Foundation national player of the week honors following the USC victory, as well as the Pac-12’s weekly honor.

Suddenly, his name is being mentioned more fre-

quently by Heisman pundits, joining the likes of quarterbacks Collin Klein of Kansas State, A.J. McCarron of Alabama and Braxton Miller of Ohio State, as well as Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o.

“It’s a blessing, it’s an honor,” Barner said. “But I don’t really worry about it. I can’t worry about that, I can’t focus on that right now because there’s still a lot of football left and anything can happen.”

The victory pushed Oregon’s record to 9-0 overall and 6-0 in the Pac-12. The Ducks’ march to a bid for their second appearance in the national championship game in three seasons continues Saturday when they visit California (3-7, 2-5) Barner was the Ducks’ second-leading rusher behind James for the past two seasons. While James was clearly the star, coach Chip Kelly would often say that the two were so evenly matched that Barner was option “1A” for Oregon.

Last season Barner ran for 939 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 17 passes for 184 yards and three scores.

James, a Heisman trophy finalist as a sophomore, announced in early January that he was going to skip his senior year to enter the NFL draft. He finished his career as Oregon’s career leader with 5,082 rushing yards. He is the first Pac-12 player to have three straight 1,500yard seasons.

Many thought that Barner might follow his pal, but he decided to stay at Oregon and earn his degree in criminology. He graduated this spring.

During the game against USC, Barner surpassed 1,000 yards for the first time at Oregon. But in typical restrained style, he certainly wasn’t taking the credit.

“Once we started to get things going and making runs, I was able to get into a comfort zone,” Barner said. “The offensive line made blocks, the receivers made blocks. We were just clicking and able to get things going.”

James suggested Barner would have many plenty more yards if Oregon hadn’t sat him early in most of the games this season. In the Ducks’ previous eight games, he’d seen fourthquarter playing time only twice.

“If they weren’t beating teams so bad, I don’t know what would happen,” James said. “He’d probably have 2,000 yards right now.”

B4 Wednesday, November 7, 2012

SPORTS

NHL, union return to the bargaining table

BY IRA PODELL AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK – Negotiations between the NHL and the locked-out players’ association lasted deep into Tuesday night, and went well enough that the sides agreed to return to the bargaining table for more talks Wednesday.

Both sides kept details close to the vest after the meeting that lasted more than seven hours. That also could be taken as an optimistic sign that the second round of talks in four days went well.

The marathon session – on Day 52 of the lockout – was held at an undisclosed location in New York, at request of the NHL, in order for the sides to be able to talk without any potential distractions.

“Collective bargaining negotiations between the National Hockey League and representatives of the National Hockey League’s Players’ Association recessed tonight at 10:15 p.m.,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement.

“With meetings scheduled to resume Wednesday, the league will not characterize the substance or detail of the discussions until their conclusion.”

Not only were Daly and union special counsel Steve Fehr there, as they were for a long session by themselves Saturday. They were joined

by Commissioner Gary Bettman, NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr, a handful of team owners, and 13 players including Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, who has been an active participant in the process.

“We’re hopeful that we’ll start bargaining and we’ll continue bargaining until we find a way to make a deal,” Donald Fehr said Tuesday before talks started.

“Sometimes that goes in rather long sessions with short breaks and sometimes you take a few hours or half a day or a day to work on things before you come back together. I don’t know which it will be.

“We certainly hope we’ll be continuing to meet on a regular basis. I hope they do, too. I’m just not making any predictions.”

Fehr’s brother, Steve, met with Daly on Saturday in a secret location, and neither provided many details of

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Rapperswil’s Jason Spezza plays the puck during the Swiss League Hockey match Friday between Rapperswil-Jona Lakers and Kloten Flyers in Rapperswil, Switzerland. Spezza, of the Ottawa Senators, currently plays for Rapperswil due to the 2012 NHL lockout. what was discussed, but both agreed that the meeting was productive. That was proven when the sides agreed to quickly meet again Tuesday. There had been no negotiations since talks broke off Oct. 18 until Saturday.

“The players’ view has always been to keep negotiating until we find a way to get agreement and you sort of stay at it day by day, so it’s very good to be getting back to the table,” Donald Fehr said. “We hope that this time it produces more progress than we’ve seen in the past, and that we can find a way to make an agreement and to get the game back on the ice as soon as possible.

“We’re hopeful that we’ll start bargaining and we’ll continue bargaining until we find a way to make a deal.”

Time is becoming a bigger factor every day that passes without a deal. The lockout, which went into effect Sept.

16 after the previous collective bargaining agreement expired, has already forced the cancellation of 327 regular-season games – including the New Year’s Day outdoor Winter Classic in Michigan.

Whether any of the games that have been called off through Nov. 30 can be rescheduled if an agreement is made soon hasn’t been de-

termined. But the NHL has already said that a full 82game season won’t be played.

Back in October, the players’ association responded to an NHL offer with three of its own, but all of those were quickly dismissed by the league – leading to nearly three weeks of no face-toface discussions. Daly and Steve Fehr kept in regular contact by phone and agreed to meet again last weekend.

The NHL has moved toward the players’ side in the contentious issue of the “make-whole” provision, which involves the payment of player contracts that are already in effect and whose share of the economic pie that money will come from.

Other core economic issues – mainly the split of hockey-related revenue – along with contract lengths, arbitration and free agency will also need to be agreed upon before a deal can be reached.

The players’ association accepted a salary cap in the previous CBA, which wasn’t reached until after the entire 2004-05 season was canceled because of a lockout.

The union doesn’t want to absorb the majority of concessions this time after the NHL recorded record revenue that exceeded $3 billion last season.

Union concludes Cabrera’s agents unaware of scheme

BY RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – The baseball players’ union concluded Melky Cabrera’s agents didn’t know about a scheme to create a phony website in a defense of his positive drug test but said they failed to properly manage the employees of the firm who tried to carry out the scheme.

Brothers Sam and Seth Levinson, the heads of ACES Inc., were probed by the Major League Baseball Players Association after MLB’s investigations department discovered the attempt to concoct evidence. Cabrera, the San Francisco Giants outfielder who was the MVP of the All-Star game, was suspended 50 games in August after testing positive for testosterone.

“After a thorough investigation, we concluded none of the ACES principals were involved in or had knowledge of the Cabrera scheme,” union head Michael Weiner said Tuesday from Los Angeles, where he was attending agents’ meetings. “We also concluded there was an issue with supervision of employees.”

Weiner said action had been taken against the Levinsons, but would not be more specific, and said ACES remains eligible to represent all players.

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‘We are pleased to have been cleared of wrongdoing by the players’ association after its thorough investigation, and we greatly appreciate the support we received from our players,” Seth Levinson said in a statement.

The union, whose conclusions were first reported by Yahoo!, denied the application for limited agent certification of Juan Nunez, whom ACES said was a consultant.

Nunez took responsibility for fabricating a website that Cabrera was intending to rely on in the union’s grievance to overturn the suspension.

Union general counsel Dave Prouty said Nunez was indefinitely barred from certification as an agent of any kind. Limited certification allows agents to deal with players but does not permit them to negotiate with teams.

The union also turned down the application for limited certification by Juan Nunez’s brother, Tirzon Nunez, but that denial was made without any restriction on reapplication for any type of certification, Prouty said.

Prouty said there was no evidence of wrongdoing by Tirzon Nunez, but that he violated agent regulations by failing to cooperate with the union’s investigation.

MLB banned Juan Nunez from clubhouses after he admitted the scheme. Nunez bought a website and attempted to alter it in a manner that would allow Cabrera

to claim the positive test was caused by a substance obtained through the website.

“For 27 years we have represented our clients with honesty and integrity and we will continue to aggressively assert and protect the rights and interests of our players,” Seth Levinson said.

In addition, the players’ association concluded it will not investigate accusations by former big league catcher Paul LoDuca that the Levinsons and ACES helped him acquire performance-enhancing drugs from former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski and that the Levinsons and ACES reimbursed Radomski for PEDs. The Levinsons last represented LoDuca in 2006 and ACES filed a grievance in May against LoDuca over fees the company claims it is owed.

“Mr. LoDuca is fabricating this story as some measure of revenge for the filing of a fee grievance,” Jay Reisinger, a lawyer for ACES, said in a statement.

Under baseball’s collective bargaining agreement, the union has the power to certify player agents. The events involved in the website are part of ongoing investigations by MLB. Since the scheme was uncovered, Shane Victorino, Jonny Gomes, Nyjer Morgan and Everth Cabrera have switched from ACES to other agencies.

Yankees claim two relievers off waivers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK – The New York Yankees have claimed off waivers right-hander David Herndon from the Toronto Blue Jays and lefty Josh Spence from the San Diego Padres.

The 27-year-old Herndon was claimed by Toronto from Philadelphia on Oct. 23. The Blue Jays then designated him for assignment Oct. 31. Herndon made five appearances for the Phillies this season before having elbow ligament-re-

placement surgery in June.

He is 2-8 with one save and a 3.85 ERA in 97 major league appearances.

Spence, 24, made 11 relief appearances over two stints with San Diego this year. He went 0-1 with a 4.35 ERA.

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NATIONAL FOOTBAL LEAGUE

Falcons still atop AP Pro32 rankings; Houston follows

BY RICHARD ROSENBLATT AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK – A close call on the field for the Atlanta Falcons, a near unanimous choice to stay atop the AP Pro32 NFL power rankings.

Atlanta (8-0) topped Dallas 19-13 over the weekend to remain the league’s only undefeated team. The Falcons received 11 first-place votes and 382 points Tuesday from The Associated Press’ 12-person panel of media members who regularly cover the league.

The Houston Texans moved into the second spot by one point ahead of the Chicago Bears. Rounding out the first five are the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers.

The New York Giants, second the past three weeks, dropped into a tie for sixth with the New England Patriots after a loss to Pittsburgh.

Houston totaled 363 points and Chicago had 362, with San Francisco receiving the other first-place vote and 348 points.

“The NFL’s Bon Jovi,” said ESPN’s Chris Berman of the Falcons, “they’re halfway there, but NOT living on a prayer.”

Despite the perfect record, not everyone’s a believer.

“Undefeated? Yes. Super Bowl threat? Yes. Best team in football? Still not convinced, said Sporting News’ Clifton Brown, who had the 49ers first and the Falcons

AP PRO32 POWER RANKINGS 1. Atlanta Falcons (11) 2. Houston Texans 3. Chicago Bears 4. San Francisco 49ers (1) 5. Green Bay Packers 6. New England Patriots 6. New York Giants 8. Denver Broncos 9. Baltimore Ravens 10. Pittsburgh Steelers 11. Seattle Seahawks 12. Indianapolis Colts 13. Detroit Lions 14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15. Miami Dolphins 16. San Diego Chargers 17. New Orleans Saints 18. Minnesota Vikings 19. Dallas Cowboys 20. Philadelphia Eagles 21. Arizona Cardinals 22. Cincinnati Bengals 23. Washington Redskins 24. New York Jets 25. Carolina Panthers 26. St. Louis Rams 27. Oakland Raiders 28. Buffalo Bills 29. Tennessee Titans 30. Cleveland Browns 31. Jacksonville Jaguars 32. Kansas City Chiefs third behind the Bears.

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night in a matchup of oneloss teams.

Foxsports.com’s Alex Marvez said the game “could be a preview of Super Bowl XLVII.” Many voters singled out the Bears’ defense, which already has seven interception returns for touchdowns.

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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) throws under pressure from Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Jay Ratliff (90) during the first half of their game Sunday in Atlanta.

“Which offense would you rather have: Jacksonville’s or the Bears’ defense?” asked CBSSports.com’s Clark Judge.

Houston, meanwhile, rarely gives up the ball. The Texans lead the lead with just six turnovers.

“The Texans haven’t had a turnover in five games this year,” notes the Chicago Tribune’s Dan Pompei. “If they can avoid one Sunday, they can beat the Bears.”

San Diego and New Orleans made the biggest advances, moving up six spots each – the Chargers to 16th, the Saints to 17th despite a 3-

5 record. Also, surprising Indianapolis – 23-20 winners over Miami – improved four places to 12th after starting the season 32nd and last.

“The Colts are having a magical season, inspired by the fight of their head coach Chuck Pagano and a rookie QB who looks nothing like a rookie,” said Fox Sports’ John Lynch.

“Andrew Luck already looks like Peyton Manning.

Watch out for the Colts,” said SiriusXM NFL Radio/CBSSports.com’s Pat Kirwan.

The Philadelphia Eagles, who started the season rated

eighth, are now 20th, dropping three spots after Monday night’s loss to the Saints.

“A sinking ship for Andy Reid and Michael Vick,” said CBS Sports/Sirius XM’s Rich Gannon.

Also tumbling were Minnesota and Washington. The Vikings fell six places to 18th, the Redskins five slots to 23rd.

Kansas City is 32nd.

“Romeo Crennel gives up his defensive coordinator duties and appoints Gary Gibbs. Next up: Ben Roethlisberger’s Steelers on the road. Good luck with that,” said Newsday’s Bob Glauber.

Steelers WR Antonio Brown likely out against Chiefs Monday

BY WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Steelers have spent all season juggling running backs based on who’s healthy and who’s hot.

Now it’s the wide receivers’ turn.

The Steelers will likely be without receiver Antonio Brown when they host reeling Kansas City Monday night. Brown sprained his right ankle early in a 24-20 victory over the New York Giants last Sunday and coach Mike Tomlin doesn’t anticipate Brown being available.

“We’ll see where the week takes us, we’ll leave the door ajar but usually (sprained ankles) aren’t positive things, particularly for someone who earns a living the way he earns a living,” Tomlin said.

Brown leads the Steelers (5-3) with 42 receptions and is second on the team with 499 yards receiving. If he can’t go, third-year wideout Emmanuel Sanders will

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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown escapes the tackles of Washington Redskins cornerbacks Cedric Griffin and DeAngelo Hall during their game Oct. 28 in Pittsburgh. The Steelers won 27-12. likely take Brown’s place in the starting lineup.

Sanders caught two passes against the Giants, in-

cluding a 4-yard touchdown, and added a 63-yard punt return in place of normal return specialists Brown and

Chris Rainey, who left the game with a rib injury. Veteran Jerricho Cotchery will move into Sanders’ spot as

the third receiver.

Cotchery has taken on a smaller role in his second year in Pittsburgh as the trio of Sanders, Brown and Mike Wallace matured, but Cotchery tied for a teamhigh four receptions against New York, doubling his season total.

“He’s not a luxury (but) a necessity,” Tomlin said of Cotchery. “We need quality guys that are capable of upholding the standard ... he’s been consistently professional and prepared. When one of three guys at the wide out position go down, we don’t bat an eye.”

Safety Troy Polamalu and right tackle Marcus Gilbert have already been ruled out against Kansas City, though Tomlin believes both can practice this week in a limited capacity. Polamalu played in just two games this season due to a right calf injury while Gilbert has missed a month.

The typically tight-lipped Tomlin is pleased with his team’s progress during its current three-game winning streak.

The Steelers have gotten consistent performance out of the running game regardless of who is in the backfield.

Isaac Redman rushed for a career-high 147 yards against the Giants in place of Jonathan Dwyer, who sat out with a strained right quad.

Dwyer had topped 100 yards in the previous two games while filling in for both Redman and Rashard Mendenhall.

There’s a possibility all three backs could be ready against Kansas City, leaving Tomlin with a difficult choice, one he’s not willing to make just yet.

“Whoever’s being productive when healthy is going to get the totes,” Tomlin said. “I really think it’s that simple. I’m not going to make it any more complex than it has to be. At times this season we’ve had a running-back-by-committee approach because none of them had been overly effective at that time.

“When someone’s effective, they’ll get the ball.”

NFL’s marquee teams find support all over from their devoted fan bases

BY WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

PITTSBURGH – Casey Hampton can hear the chant. It never fails.

Regardless of the venue.

Regardless of the weather.

Regardless of the circumstances. Preseason or the Super Bowl. Heinz Field or Houston.

If the Pittsburgh Steelers are leading late in the fourth quarter, the sound of “Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go!” while thousands of Terrible Towels twirl will reverberate inside the veteran nose tackle’s helmet.

“Our fans are going to stay until the end,” said Hampton, who has watched the phenomenon since his rookie year in 2001. “They’re going to ride with us. A lot of times, especially when you’re winning at the end, when the home fans clear out they’ll still be there doing their thing.”

It happened Sunday in New York during Pittsburgh’s 24-20 victory over the defending Super Bowlchampion Giants. At a stadium typically swathed in blue, the roar for the Steelers grew so loud at one point quarterback Ben Roethlisberger actually had to put his hands up to ask for quiet.

Coach Mike Tomlin wasn’t joking when he said recently the self-appointed “Steeler Nation” is everywhere.

Whether it’s folks traveling from Pittsburgh to watch

the black-and-gold or western Pennsylvania transplants who fill their nearest NFL stadium when the black-and-gold visit is unclear.

What is clear is the backing the Steelers and other marquee NFL teams receive when they don their visiting uniforms is growing.

The explosion in the secondary ticket market combined with the league’s ever expanding popularity and just plain old family ties means for teams like the Steelers, Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, homefield advantage isn’t limited to gamedays where the players wake up in their own beds.

The ubiquitous Terrible Towels mean the support that greets the Steelers on the road is a little more visible than most, but Pittsburgh isn’t the hardest road ticket in the league according to brokerage site Stubhub.

Even with the Cowboys stumbling to a 3-5 start, watching them on the road will cost about $196 a ticket if you go through Stubhub according to spokesperson Joellen Ferrer. The Steelers are the second-most expensive at $190.

It’s simple supply and demand. The brighter the name, the more difficult the get. The Giants, Cowboys, Packers, Steelers and Bears are the five toughest road tickets in the NFL for Stubhub customers.

All five have a proud history littered with championships – 20 Super Bowls and counting – and dozens of Hall-of-Fame players, teams whose fandom is handed down generation to generation or in the case of Brad Stoller, from wife to husband.

The 48-year-old Stoller grew up in Indiana rooting for the Cowboys long before the Colts fled Baltimore for the Midwest. Dallas was at its “America’s Team” zenith at the time, the franchise’s mix of onfield success and steady stream of national television appearances making the Cowboys pretty easy to keep up with in a time when fans outside NFL markets were at the mercy of the local TV station to see what game would get beamed into their living rooms on a given week.

The combination of Jerry Jones’ arrogance and his wife Amy’s lifelong devotion to the Steelers led Stoller to switch allegiances. Now he runs a Steelers Fan Facebook page that features more than 98,000 likes from all over the globe.

There are over 1,500 Pittsburgh Steeler bars scattered across the country, with high concentrations in retirement destinations like Florida, Arizona and Southern California, as the fans who watched the Super Steelers win four Super Bowls in the 1970s gather to enjoy the latest renaissance that’s seen two more Lom-

bardi Trophies added in the last seven seasons thrust in by satellite.

“What I’ve found, there’s a tremendous number of people, maybe they grew up in Pittsburgh, but somewhere there’s a connection with Pittsburgh,” Stoller said.

“They may live in Florida today, but when their Steelers are around, they try to make it to the game.”

Stoller tries to make a handful of games every fall.

Tickets are easy to come by if he’s willing to pay the premium. The three-hour ride from Lafayette, Ind., to Cincinnati has become an annual pilgrimage for both Stoller and Steeler fans from Western Pennsylvania and Ohio who can’t get into the perennially sold-out home games.

When Pittsburgh beat the Bengals last month, Stoller estimates 40 percent of Paul Brown Stadium came dressed in some variation of black-and-gold. The lack of steady home presence for one of the league’s underachieving franchises – Cincinnati hasn’t won a playoff game in 22 years – allows Steeler fans to overwhelm the market.

Every game in Cincinnati

follows a similar pattern.

The Bengal fans arrive chanting “Who Dey.” Then Cincinnati starts to falter.

“In the fourth quarter it gets real quiet before the Steelers start driving,” Stoller said. “Then we start chanting ‘We Dey.’ ” The experience is worth the hit to the wallet, though Stoller allows there is one thing about going through Stubhub that bothers him.

“The unfortunate thing for people is that tickets are always three times higher priced for the Steelers, then as soon as they leave, you want a ticket to a Bengals game the following week and they can’t give’em away,” he said with a laugh.

It’s hardly a phenomenon unique to Cincinnati. Jacksonville, Kansas City and the New York Jets – who have two combined Super Bowl titles among them – struggle to keep home fans interested when things go south.

Need proof ? Tickets for the Bengals-Chiefs game on Nov. 18 start at $7.

Yes, $7. A decent meal at any stadium will cost you double that.

Compare that to the $26 minimum when Peyton

Manning and the Denver Broncos play in Kansas City the next week, a cost that is likely to go up if the AFC West-leading Broncos continue to roll.

“Most (Stubhub sellers) are season ticket holders who want to recoup some of their initial investment,” Ferrer said. “They want to retain their season seats and have that camaraderie but they realize they can also resell their tickets when the big team comes to town.”

All that selling can have a significant impact on the game.

When the Denver Broncos stormed past San Diego last month, the crowd at Qualcomm Stadium began roaring “defense” when the hometown Chargers tried to mount a late rally.

“It’s impressive because there’s a select few teams in the NFL that have that,” Denver tight end Jacob Tamme said. “And down in the lower level, you know?

So, not only is it impressive but it’s one of those things that you can feed off of on the road, so that’s a pretty unique thing.”

Living on the other side of the coin can be a rude awakening.

“What I’ve found, there’s a tremendous number of people, maybe they grew up in Pittsburgh, but somewhere there’s a connection with Pittsburgh. They may live in Florida today, but when their Steelers are around, they try to make it to the game.”

Brad Stoller, Pittsburgh Steelers fan

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Disney the last chance on PGA tour to keep a job for some

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – One player dug his feet into the sand and hit one bunker shot after another, his focus unbroken. A few hundred yards away, another player cast his line into a pond filled with bass next to the 15th tee on the Magnolia Course.

Disney is a vacation for some, a grind for so many others. It’s easy to see who falls into which category.

This is the final PGA Tour event of the year, and the stakes have never been higher. The top 125 on the money list keep full tour cards, meaning they can play whenever and wherever they want next year except for the majors, World Golf Championships and a few other invitational events that have smaller fields.

That much hasn’t changed.

What makes a tour card so valuable now is that 2013 is a transition year on the PGA Tour, which translates into a shorter season with fewer opportunities. The regular season will last only about seven months leading into the FedEx Cup playoffs. After that, a new season (201314) will start in October.

For the last six years, players who either didn’t get into

a lot of tournaments or got off to a slow start could always count on the Fall Series – four tournaments at the back end of the season – to make up ground and get into the top 125. But that opportunity is going away. The Fall Series events, along with two tournaments in Asia, will be the start of the new wraparound season.

Players who finish out of the top 125 can still play, as long as there was room for them at tournaments. They had to get in line behind the fully exempt players, along with 50 others who earned cards through Q-school and the Web.com Tour.

But with more players expected to sign up for more tournaments in the shorter season, playing opportunities for the others could be limited.

That’s putting it nicely.

“Those guys are in deep, deep trouble,” William McGirt said after a few attempts trying to find the right words for a family newspaper.

McGirt was in that position last year, needing a big finish at Disney to keep his card. He didn’t come particularly close, wound up at No. 141 and earned his card at Qschool. Knowing that status out of Q-school would be lower this year, imagine his relief when McGirt was run-

ner-up at the Canadian Open to secure his card. He is at No. 70 with just over $1.2 million. The only roller coaster he will be on this week can be found across the street at the Magic Kingdom.

“Compared with last year, this is as relaxed as you can be,” McGirt said Tuesday.

“I’ve talked to a couple of guys about that situation. I told them the last thing you can do is think about it.

From the U.S. Open last year, it was getting into FedEx Cup, and I went from that to keeping my job. I spent the better part of last year thinking about what would happen. I was mentally fried.”

McGirt wound up playing every tournament for which he was eligible from June to early November, 14 events in 17 weeks.

Disney has been the final official event on the PGA Tour schedule for the last six years, and it’s always been fascinating to watch the disparity between the haves and the have-nots. Those who were safe inside the top 125 on the money list were mainly concerned about the lines at Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.

Those on the outside were concerned about keeping their jobs. There is tension over every shot, broken up by the long, low whistle from

Federer opens with straight-set win in opening match against Tipsarevic

BY CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer

LONDON – Roger Federer opened his quest for a seventh season-ending tour title, looking like the man to beat again.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion won his record 40th match at the tournament, defeating Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-1 Tuesday in his opening Group B match.

Federer lost only eight points on his serve under the roof of the O2 Arena while converting four of his nine break points in the event that features the top eight players in the world.

“Obviously, come in knowing that I’ve played so well past years, I expect myself also to be at a solid level,” said Federer, who also won his seventh Wimbledon title this year and won a silver medal at the London Olympics. “I’ve had a good year. It’s true, I feel like I’m striking the ball well after today. I hope it’s a sign for more to come.”

A day after Andy Murray made his return to Britain for the first time since winning the U.S. Open, the crowd got into Tuesday’s match, complete with cowbells ringing and constant chanting for Federer.

“I’m very, very honored,

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Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a return to Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia during their singles tennis match at the ATP World Tour Finals in London Tuesday. really, and very proud in some ways to be so well liked by so many fans around the world, just not in one particular place or one country,” said Federer, who will next face David Ferrer on Thursday. “It really seems to be everywhere I go I get a lot of fan support.”

The Swiss star didn’t disappoint them, looking like he was right at home right from the start. He held at love to open the match and broke Tipsarevic for a 2-0 lead that held the rest of the way. In the second set, Tipsarevic held serve to start,

but couldn’t win another game as Federer dazzled the fans with a couple of behind-the-back shots off Tipsarevic serves that had nipped the net.

“The problem was that he got an early break in both sets,” Tipsarevic said.

“Everybody knows that when Roger starts leading, he is probably the best player in the world when he’s a break up early in the set.”

Tipsarevic was playing for the first time since retiring with dizziness and fatigue during his quarterfinal match at the Paris Masters last week.

“I’m very, very honored, really, and very proud in some ways to be so well liked by so many fans around the world, just not in one particular place or one country. It really seems to be everywhere I go I get a lot of fan support.”

Roger Federer

the train at Thunder Mountain.

Jeff Maggert, who turns 49 in February, has been on the PGA Tour for 22 years.

His first tour victory was at Disney in 1993, when the tournament had to set up floodlights on the final hole to beat darkness. He had to go to Q-school last year, made it with a few shots to spare, and is on the bubble at No. 122 on the money list.

He feels reasonably good about his chances because he has a $51,533 lead over Billy Mayfair at No. 125.

“It’s probably going to be difficult for tour school players to get in events early in the year,” Maggert said, looking ahead to 2013. “Guys will play a lot of tournaments because of the shorter season. It’s good to be fully exempt. The top 125 on the money list is probably a bigger deal than in the past.”

The top 150 used to be significant. Even if a player wasn’t fully exempt, he could count on playing about 15 to 18 tournaments a year.

Not anymore.

“It’s not like 125 is really good status and 126 to 150 is pretty good,” David Mathis said after wrapping up his tour card a few weeks ago.

“Now it’s like 125 is awesome and 126 to 150 is terrible. That’s kind of how the players view it.”

Kevin Chappell began the Fall Series by getting engaged. It’s going to be easier to plan a wedding knowing that he’s fully exempt next year, but the Californian has work left. Chappell is at No. 123, and only $7,318 separates him from Gary Christian at No. 127. Even finishing last at Disney pays more than that, so it starts with making the cut.

“If you finish 126th and don’t go to tour school, you’re 50 people behind the guy that’s 125th on the money list,” Maggert said.

“You’ve put 50 guys ahead of you fighting for spots to get into a tournament. And if you don’t get any starts until two or three months into the season, with a short season you’re pretty far behind.”

A year ago, Roland Thatcher missed the cut at Disney and lost his card by $1,695. Thatcher played out of the No. 126-150 category this year and got into 20 events, a number that figures to shrink next year. D.J. Trahan finished 125th on the money list and played 26 times.

Disney bills itself as the “happiest place on earth.”

There were plenty of long faces on the practice green, which was quiet even for a Tuesday.

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ESPN2 — Bowling Green at Ohio GOLF 11 p.m.

TGC — European PGA Tour, Singapore Open, first round NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m.

ESPN — Philadelphia at New Orleans 9:30 p.m.

ESPN — San Antonio at L.A. Clippers SOCCER 1:30 p.m.

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 5 3 0 .625 262 170 Miami 4 4 0 .500 170 149 N.Y. Jets 3 5 0 .375 168 200 3 5 0 .375 180 248 Buffalo South W L T Pct PF PA 7 1 0 .875 237 137 Houston Indianapolis 5 3 0 .625 159 191 Tennessee 3 6 0 .333 182 308 Jacksonville 1 7 0 .125 117 219 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 6 2 0 .750 199 176 Pittsburgh 5 3 0 .625 191 164 Cincinnati 3 5 0 .375 189 218 Cleveland 2 7 0 .222 169 211 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 5 3 0 .625 235 175 San Diego 4 4 0 .500 185 157 Oakland 3 5 0 .375 171 229 Kansas City 1 7 0 .125 133 240 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 6 3 0 .667 254 185 Philadelphia 3 5 0 .375 133 183 Dallas 3 5 0 .375 150 181 Washington 3 6 0 .333 226 248 South W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 8 0 0 1.000220 143 Tampa Bay 4 4 0 .500 226 185 New Orleans 3 5 0 .375 218 229 2 6 0 .250 149 180 Carolina North W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 7 1 0 .875 236 120 Green Bay 6 3 0 .667 239 187 Minnesota 5 4 0 .556 204 197 Detroit 4 4 0 .500 192 188 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 6 2 0 .750 189 103 Seattle 5 4 0 .556 170 154 Arizona 4 5 0 .444 144 173 St. Louis 3 5 0 .375 137 186 Thursday's Game San Diego 31, Kansas City 13 Sunday's Games Green Bay 31, Arizona 17 Chicago 51, Tennessee 20 Houston 21, Buffalo 9 Carolina 21, Washington 13 Detroit 31, Jacksonville 14 Denver 31, Cincinnati 23 Baltimore 25, Cleveland 15 Indianapolis 23, Miami 20 Seattle 30, Minnesota 20 Tampa Bay 42, Oakland 32 Pittsburgh 24, N.Y. Giants 20 Atlanta 19, Dallas 13 Open: N.Y. Jets, New England, San Francisco, St. Louis Monday's Game New Orleans 28, Philadelphia 13 Thursday, Nov. 8 Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 7:20 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 11 Atlanta at New Orleans, noon Detroit at Minnesota, noon Denver at Carolina, noon San Diego at Tampa Bay, noon Tennessee at Miami, noon Buffalo at New England, noon Oakland at Baltimore, noon N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, noon N.Y. Jets at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 3:25 p.m.

Houston at Chicago, 7:20 p.m.

Open: Arizona, Cleveland, Green Bay, Washington Monday, Nov. 12 Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

FYI Junior college basketball Redlands, Okla. men at Hutchinson, 7 p.m.

BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct 3 0 1.000 New York Brooklyn 1 1 .500 Boston 1 2 .333 1 2 .333 Toronto Philadelphia 1 2 .333 Southeast Division L Pct W Miami 3 1 .750 Orlando 2 1 .667 1 1 .500 Charlotte Atlanta 1 1 .500 Washington 0 2 .000 Central Division W L Pct Milwaukee 2 0 1.000 3 1 .750 Chicago Indiana 2 2 .500 Cleveland 2 2 .500 Detroit 0 3 .000 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 4 0 1.000 Dallas 3 1 .750 Memphis 2 1 .667 Houston 2 1 .667 New Orleans 2 1 .667 Northwest Division W L Pct Minnesota 2 1 .667 Portland 2 2 .500 Oklahoma City 1 2 .333 Utah 1 3 .250 Denver 0 3 .000 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 2 2 .500 L.A. Clippers 2 2 .500 Sacramento 1 3 .250 Phoenix 1 3 .250 L.A. Lakers 1 3 .250 Monday's Games New York 110, Philadelphia 88 Minnesota 107, Brooklyn 96 Miami 124, Phoenix 99 Memphis 103, Utah 94 Dallas 114, Portland 91 San Antonio 101, Indiana 79 Sacramento 94, Golden State 92 Cleveland 108, L.A. Clippers 101 Tuesday's Games Chicago 99, Orlando 93 Oklahoma City 108, Toronto 88 Detroit at Denver, late Wednesday's Games Phoenix at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Denver at Houston, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Utah, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Cleveland at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday's Games Oklahoma City at Chicago, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

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BULLS 99, MAGIC 93 ORLANDO (93) Jones 1-2 0-0 2, Davis 7-22 2-5 16, Vucevic 5-13 6-7 16, Moore 7-13 0-0 17, Afflalo 10-17 5-5 28, Redick 4-11 0-0 10, McRoberts 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 1-5 0-0 2, Ayon 0-1 0-0 0, Nicholson 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals 36-86 13-17 93.

CHICAGO (99) Deng 9-16 5-6 23, Boozer 6-18 0-0 12, Noah 7-13 6-8 20, Hinrich 3-5 0-2 8, Hamilton 3-8 1-1 7, Belinelli 1-1 0-0 2, Gibson 5-9 2-3 12, Robinson 5-8 1-2 11, Mohammed 0-3 0-0 0, Butler 1-3 2-2 4. Totals 40-84 17-24 99.

Orlando 24 24 22 23 — 93 Chicago 23 22 23 31 — 99 3-Point Goals—Orlando 8-19 (Moore 3-4, Afflalo 3-7, Redick 2-6, Smith 0-1, Davis 0-1), Chicago 2-6 (Hinrich 2-2, Noah 0-1, Robinson 01, Deng 0-2). Fouled Out—Davis. Rebounds— Orlando 50 (Vucevic, Davis 10), Chicago 55 (Noah 9). Assists—Orlando 23 (Redick 7), Chicago 27 (Robinson 6). Total Fouls— Orlando 22, Chicago 12. Technicals—Orlando defensive three second. A—21,216 (20,917).

THUNDER 108, RAPTORS 88 TORONTO (88) Fields 1-6 1-2 3, Bargnani 5-14 3-3 16, Valanciunas 6-8 6-6 18, Lowry 1-4 0-0 2, DeRozan 2-10 4-4 8, Anderson 1-6 1-2 3, McGuire 3-4 0-0 6, Calderon 2-7 3-3 8, Johnson 1-4 0-0 2, Davis 2-4 2-3 6, Lucas 1-9 0-0 3, Ross 4-7 0-0 10, Gray 1-1 1-2 3. Totals 30-84 21-25 88.

OKLAHOMA CITY (108) Durant 4-11 6-6 15, Ibaka 8-9 1-1 17, Perkins 23 0-0 4, Westbrook 5-12 7-8 19, Sefolosha 4-6 0-0 11, Thabeet 2-2 6-6 10, Martin 4-9 6-7 15, Maynor 3-9 3-4 9, Collison 1-3 0-2 2, Jones 0-3 00 0, Jackson 1-4 0-0 3, Lamb 1-3 0-0 3, Liggins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-74 29-34 108.

Toronto 17 21 25 25 — 88 Oklahoma City 30 27 28 23 — 108 3-Point Goals—Toronto 7-30 (Bargnani 3-6, Ross 2-3, Calderon 1-4, Lucas 1-6, Fields 0-2, DeRozan 0-2, Lowry 0-2, Anderson 0-5), Oklahoma City 9-25 (Sefolosha 3-5, Westbrook 2-4, Jackson 1-2, Lamb 1-3, Martin 1-4, Durant 1-4, Maynor 0-3). Fouled Out—Thabeet.

Rebounds—Toronto 46 (Davis 9), Oklahoma City 56 (Perkins 9). Assists—Toronto 16 (Lucas, Lowry 4), Oklahoma City 24 (Westbrook 8). Total Fouls—Toronto 24, Oklahoma City 22. Technicals—Lowry, Westbrook, Oklahoma City defensive three second. A—18,203 (18,203).

POWER RANKINGS W 1. Atlanta Falcons (11) 8 2. Houston Texans 7 3. Chicago Bears 7 4. San Francisco 49ers (1) 6 5. Green Bay Packers 6 6. New England Patriots 5 6 6. New York Giants 8. Denver Broncos 5 9. Baltimore Ravens 6 10. Pittsburgh Steelers 5 11. Seattle Seahawks 5 12. Indianapolis Colts 5 13. Detroit Lions 4 14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 15. Miami Dolphins 4 16. San Diego Chargers 4 17. New Orleans Saints 3 18. Minnesota Vikings 5 19. Dallas Cowboys 3 20. Philadelphia Eagles 3 21. Arizona Cardinals 4 22. Cincinnati Bengals 3 23. Washington Redskins 3 24. New York Jets 3 25. Carolina Panthers 2 26. St. Louis Rams 3 27. Oakland Raiders 3 28. Buffalo Bills 3 29. Tennessee Titans 3 30. Cleveland Browns 2 31. Jacksonville Jaguars 1 32. Kansas City Chiefs 1

L 0 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7

T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts Pvs 382 1 363 3 362 5 348 4 323 6 313 7 313 2 304 8 297 9 294 10 260 13 244 16 239 14 214 19 208 11 194 22 193 23 188 12 179 15 147 17 133 20 130 21 127 18 113 24 86 30 82 27 80 25 74 28 63 26 47 29 22 31 14 32

AFC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Quarterbacks Att Com P. Manning, DEN 292 203 Roethlisberger, PIT298 200 Brady, NWE 320 209 Schaub, HOU 249 159 Dalton, CIN 285 182 P. Rivers, SND 263 175 Fitzpatrick, BUF 256 158 C. Palmer, OAK 330 201 Flacco, BAL 276 165 Hasselbeck, TEN 220 138 Rushers Att Yds A. Foster, HOU 192 770 Chr. Johnson, TEN 147 736 Ridley, NWE 150 716 J. Charles, KAN 132 634 R. Rice, BAL 131 622 McGahee, DEN 146 620 T. Richardson, CLE 152 575 Spiller, BUF 78 562 Re. Bush, MIA 122 534 Greene, NYJ 139 509 Receivers No Yds Wayne, IND 61 835 Welker, NWE 60 736 A.. Green, CIN 51 735 Decker, DEN 46 583 De. Thomas, DEN 45 756 Bowe, KAN 45 571 R. Gronkowski, NWE 43 580 And. Johnson, HOU 42 562 Ant. Brown, PIT 42 499 Ke. Wright, TEN 42 381 Punters No Yds Fields, MIA 39 2012 Anger, JAC 49 2375 Scifres, SND 32 1545 McAfee, IND 33 1587

Yds TD Int 2404 20 6 2203 16 4 2408 16 3 1918 12 4 2130 14 11 1866 12 10 1674 15 9 2355 13 8 1990 10 6 1361 7 5 Avg LG 4.01 46 5.01 83t 4.77 41 4.80 91t 4.75 43 4.25 31 3.78 32t 7.21 56t 4.38 65t 3.66 36

TD 10 3 5 2 6 4 5 4 4 5

Avg LG 13.7 30t 12.3 59 14.4 73t 12.7 55 16.8 71t 12.7 46 13.5 41 13.4 60t 11.9 27 9.1 35

TD 3 2 8 7 4 3 7 2 1 3

LG Avg 63 51.6 73 48.5 66 48.3 64 48.1

Lechler, OAK 42 2016 68 48.0 Kern, TEN 42 2007 63 47.8 Donn. Jones, HOU 42 1981 66 47.2 Malone, NYJ 41 1921 61 46.9 B. Colquitt, DEN 31 1452 67 46.8 Huber, CIN 37 1731 65 46.8 Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG McKelvin, BUF 13 253 19.5 88t M. Thigpen, MIA 15 212 14.1 72t Kerley, NYJ 10 141 14.1 68t Ad. Jones, CIN 10 127 12.7 81t Cribbs, CLE 23 289 12.6 60 12 126 10.5 32 Br. Tate, CIN Arenas, KAN 21 211 10.0 27 T. Holliday, HOU 16 147 9.2 36 Hilton, IND 13 103 7.9 14 Jac. Jones, BAL 10 79 7.9 19 Kickoff Returners No Yds Avg LG Jac. Jones, BAL 13 435 33.5 108t McKelvin, BUF 12 357 29.8 59 Cribbs, CLE 27 801 29.7 74 McKnight, NYJ 20 586 29.3 100t C. Rainey, PIT 20 581 29.1 68 M. Thigpen, MIA 18 508 28.2 57 D. McCourty, NWE 13 359 27.6 104t Goodman, SND 18 497 27.6 39 Br. Tate, CIN 18 491 27.3 45 D. Thompson, BAL 15 389 25.9 49 Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush Rec Ret A. Foster, HOU 11 10 1 0 A.. Green, CIN 8 0 8 0 Decker, DEN 7 0 7 0 R. Gronkowski, NWE 7 0 7 0 H. Miller, PIT 6 0 6 0 R. Rice, BAL 6 6 0 0 T. Richardson, CLE 6 5 1 0 O. Daniels, HOU 5 0 5 0 Greene, NYJ 5 5 0 0 Ridley, NWE 5 5 0 0 Kicking PAT FG LG Pts Gostkowski, NWE 29-29 17-20 53 80 Janikowski, OAK 14-14 19-20 52 71 Suisham, PIT 18-18 17-18 52 69 P. Dawson, CLE 16-16 17-17 52 67 S. Graham, HOU 28-28 13-15 51 67 Tucker, BAL 20-20 15-16 56 65 Nugent, CIN 21-21 14-16 49 63 Vinatieri, IND 13-13 16-22 53 61 Succop, KAN 11-11 16-18 52 59 Bironas, TEN 19-19 13-16 47 58

TD 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 TD 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

Pts 66 48 42 42 38 36 36 30 30 30

NFC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD Int A. Rodgers, GBY 327 219 2383 25 5 M. Ryan, ATL 299 206 2360 17 6 Ale. Smith, SNF 209 145 1659 12 5 Brees, NOR 342 209 2549 22 8 Jo. Freeman, TAM 253 141 2047 16 5 Griffin III, WAS 262 172 1993 8 3 R. Wilson, SEA 234 145 1639 13 8 Kolb, ARI 183 109 1169 8 3 E. Manning, NYG 318 194 2426 12 9 Cutler, CHI 241 144 1774 12 8 Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TD A. Peterson, MIN 168 957 5.70 74 6 M. Lynch, SEA 185 881 4.76 77t 4 Do. Martin, TAM 154 794 5.16 70t 7 164 793 4.84 39t 5 Morris, WAS Gore, SNF 119 656 5.51 37 4 L. McCoy, PHL 146 623 4.27 34 2 Bradshaw, NYG 141 618 4.38 37 4 Forte, CHI 107 539 5.04 46 3 Griffin III, WAS 81 529 6.53 76t 6 M. Turner, ATL 128 517 4.04 43 4 Receivers No Yds Avg LG TD Harvin, MIN 62 677 10.9 45 3 B. Marshall, CHI 59 797 13.5 39t 7 Witten, DAL 58 538 9.3 35 1 Cruz, NYG 57 717 12.6 80t 7 Fitzgerald, ARI 51 585 11.5 37t 4 Gonzalez, ATL 50 495 9.9 25 4 Ca. Johnson, DET 48 767 16.0 51 1 R. White, ATL 47 709 15.1 59 4 Cobb, GBY 45 500 11.1 39t 6 Colston, NOR 44 626 14.2 40 6 Punters No Yds LG Avg Morstead, NOR 36 1843 70 51.2 J. Ryan, SEA 36 1801 73 50.0 Hekker, STL 34 1666 68 49.0 McBriar, PHL 20 963 64 48.2 A. Lee, SNF 31 1478 66 47.7 Bosher, ATL 30 1398 63 46.6 Zastudil, ARI 59 2724 68 46.2 Weatherford, NYG 33 1521 60 46.1 Masthay, GBY 44 1959 65 44.5 Kluwe, MIN 40 1765 59 44.1 Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG TD Ginn Jr., SNF 17 210 12.4 38 0 Cobb, GBY 19 211 11.1 75t 1 Sherels, MIN 18 179 9.9 77t 1 Logan, DET 20 183 9.2 48 0 Hester, CHI 19 171 9.0 44 0 L. Washington, SEA 22 187 8.5 52 0 Parrish, TAM 15 119 7.9 26 0 P. Peterson, ARI 34 263 7.7 26 0 Franks, ATL 10 68 6.8 22 0 Sproles, NOR 10 66 6.6 16 0 Kickoff Returners No Yds Avg LG TD Harvin, MIN 16 574 35.9 105t 1 L. Washington, SEA 15 436 29.1 83 0 Sproles, NOR 14 402 28.7 48 0 Cobb, GBY 20 556 27.8 46 0 Ky. Williams, SNF 12 330 27.5 94 0 D. Wilson, NYG 31 832 26.8 66 0 Hester, CHI 11 295 26.8 38 0 J. Rodgers, ATL 11 294 26.7 77 0 Banks, WAS 19 467 24.6 55 0 Benn, TAM 13 306 23.5 55 0 Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush Rec Ret Pts Jam. Jones, GBY 8 0 8 0 48 Do. Martin, TAM 8 7 1 0 48 Cobb, GBY 7 0 6 1 42 Cruz, NYG 7 0 7 0 42 B. Marshall, CHI 7 0 7 0 42 And. Brown, NYG 6 6 0 0 38 Colston, NOR 6 0 6 0 36 Griffin III, WAS 6 6 0 0 36 V. Jackson, TAM 6 0 6 0 36 A. Peterson, MIN 6 6 0 0 36 Kicking PAT FG LG Pts Tynes, NYG 24-24 26-29 50 102 M. Bryant, ATL 22-22 20-23 55 82 Walsh, MIN 19-19 19-20 55 76 Gould, CHI 26-26 16-18 54 74 Ja. Hanson, DET 19-19 17-19 53 70 Barth, TAM 25-25 13-17 57 64 Akers, SNF 21-21 14-19 63 63 Hauschka, SEA 17-18 15-18 52 62 Zuerlein, STL 10-10 17-20 60 61 D. Bailey, DAL 13-13 15-17 51 58

Top 25 SCHEDULE Tuesday No. 23 Toledo vs. Ball State, late Thursday No. 8 Florida State at Virginia Tech, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 15 Texas A&M, 2:30 p.m.

No. 2 Oregon vs. California, 9:30 p.m.

No. 3 Kansas State at TCU, 6 p.m.

No. 4 Notre Dame at Boston College, 7 p.m.

No. 5 Georgia at Auburn, 6 p.m.

No. 7 Florida vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 11:21 p.m.

No. 9 LSU vs. No. 23 Mississippi State, 6 p.m.

No. 10 Clemson vs. Maryland, 2:30 p.m.

No. 11 Louisville at Syracuse, 11 a.m.

No. 12 South Carolina vs. Arkansas, 11 a.m.

No. 13 Oregon State at No. 16 Stanford, 2 p.m.

No. 14 Oklahoma vs. Baylor, 2:30 p.m.

No. 17 UCLA at Washington State, 9:30 p.m.

No. 18 Nebraska vs. Penn State, 2:30 p.m.

No. 19 Louisiana Tech at Texas State, 6 p.m.

No. 19 Texas vs. Iowa State, 11 a.m.

No. 21 Southern Cal vs. Arizona State, 2:30 p.m.

No. 24 Rutgers vs. Army, 11 a.m.

No. 25 Texas Tech vs. Kansas, 11 a.m.

THE AP TOP 25 Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (60) 9-0 1,500 1 2. Oregon 9-0 1,421 2 3. Kansas St. 9-0 1,395 3 4. Notre Dame 9-0 1,318 4 8-1 1,198 7 5. Georgia 5. Ohio St. 10-0 1,198 6 7. Florida 8-1 1,112 8 8. Florida St. 8-1 1,057 9 9. LSU 7-2 1,029 5 10. Clemson 8-1 931 10 11. Louisville 9-0 862 12 12. South Carolina 7-2 836 11 7-1 796 13 13. Oregon St. 14. Oklahoma 6-2 765 14 15. Texas A&M 7-2 700 16 16. Stanford 7-2 655 15 17. UCLA 7-2 446 25 7-2 441 21 18. Nebraska 19. Louisiana Tech 8-1 355 22 19. Texas 7-2 355 NR 21. Southern Cal 6-3 237 18 22. Mississippi St. 7-2 187 17 8-1 146 NR 23. Toledo 24. Rutgers 7-1 99 NR 25. Texas Tech 6-3 97 20 Others receiving votes: N. Illinois 64, Kent St. 61, Michigan 53, TCU 38, Northwestern 32, Oklahoma St. 27, Ohio 22, UCF 15, Boise St. 11, Washington 9, Penn St. 8, San Diego St. 7, Tulsa 6, Arizona 5, Utah St. 4, Fresno St. 2.

USA TODAY TOP 25 POLL The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 3, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record PtsPvs 1. Alabama (59) 9-0 1,475 1 2. Oregon 9-0 1,399 2 3. Kansas St. 9-0 1,370 3 4. Notre Dame 9-0 1,289 4 5. Georgia 8-1 1,218 6 6. Florida St. 8-1 1,147 7 7. Florida 8-1 1,091 8 8. Clemson 8-1 1,013 9 9. LSU 7-2 998 5 9-0 940 10 10. Louisville 11. South Carolina 7-2 880 11 12. Oregon St. 7-1 807 13 13. Oklahoma 6-2 800 12 14. Texas A&M 7-2 736 16 15. Stanford 7-2 705 15 16. Nebraska 7-2 513 21 17. Texas 7-2 485 22 18. Louisiana Tech 8-1 363 23 19. UCLA 7-2 333NR 20. Rutgers 7-1 264 25 21. Northwestern 7-2 234NR 22. USC 6-3 224 17 7-2 186 18 23. Mississippi St. 24. Boise St. 7-2 126 14 25. Toledo 8-1 108NR Others Receiving Votes: Northern Illinois 88; Texas Tech 68; Michigan 48; Oklahoma State 41; Cincinnati 38; TCU 37; Ohio 34; Kent State 32; Wisconsin 25; Utah State 13; Central Florida 12; San Diego State 7; West Virginia 7; Fresno State 4; Louisiana-Monroe 4; Tulsa 4; Washington 4; Arizona State 3; Middle Tennessee 2.

NAIA NAIA FOOTBALL POLL Through Nov. 4 RecordPtsPvs 1. Georgetown (Ky.) (13) 9-0 314 2 2. Missouri Valley (1) 9-0 298 3 3. Morningside (Iowa) 9-0 294 4 8-1 278 5 4. Saint Xavier (Ill.) 8-1 258 1 5. Marian (Ind.) 6. Saint Francis (Ind.) 7-2 245 6 7. Montana Tech 8-1 243 7 8. Cumberlands (Ky.) 9-1 225 8 8-2 221 9 9. Grand View (Iowa) 10. St. Ambrose (Iowa) 8-1 207 11 11. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)7-2 204 12 12. Baker (Kan.) 7-2 172 13 12. Southern Oregon 7-2 172 14 8-2 159 17 14. Northwestern (Iowa) 15. William Penn (Iowa) 8-2 151 10 16. Ottawa (Kan.) 7-2 133 19 7-2 120 20 17. Tabor (Kan.) 18. Bethel (Tenn.)

7-3 115 21 19. Evangel (Mo.) 7-3 89 15 20. Doane (Neb.) 6-3 79 24 21. Cumberland (Tenn.)

7-3 72 — 22. Carroll (Mont.)

6-4 57 16 23. Bacone (Okla.)

6-2 33 — 24. St. Francis (Ill.) 6-4 28 — 25. Benedictine (Kan.) 6-4 25 18

Junior College NJCAA FOOTBALL RANKING RecordPtsPvs 1. Iowa Western CC (5) 10-0 207 1 2. Butler CC-Kan. (4) 10-0 195.5 2 3. Nassau CC 9-0 190.5 3 4. NE Oklahoma A&M 9-1 174 4 5. ASA 8-0 159 5 6. Mississippi Gulf Coast CC 9-1 158.5 7 7. Snow 9-1 151.5 6 8. Arizona Western 7-1 134 11 9. Navarro 8-2 123.5 13 10. Central Lakes-Brainerd 10-1 114 12 11. Copiah-Lincoln CC 8-2 100 15 12. Hutchinson CC 8-2 86 16 13. Kilgore 8-2 85.5 8 14. Northwest Mississippi CC 7-2 79.5 9 15. Glendale CC 7-2 53 18 16. East Mississippi CC 8-2 50.5 10 17. DuPage 7-2 43.5 17 18. Rochester CTC 9-2 41 14 19. Louisburg 6-2 19 19 20. Jones County JC 6-3 12 20

High school STATE PLAYOFFS All times 7 p.m. unless noted Class 6A Friday’s first round Upper bracket Olathe North 17, Free State 7 Olathe East 17, SM East 7 SM West 34, BV Northwest 14 Lawrence 34, Gardner Edgerton 32 Lower bracket Derby 70, Wichita North 7 Dodge City 38, Manhattan 6 Hutchinson 42, Wichita Heights 7 Topeka 42, Wichita Northwest 13 Nov. 9 quarterfinals Upper bracket Olathe East (6-4) at Lawrence Free State (9-1) SM West (9-1) at Lawrence (8-2) Lower bracket Derby (9-1) at Dodge City (5-5) Hutchinson (8-2) at Topeka (9-1) Class 5A Friday’s first round Upper bracket Aquinas 50, Lansing 20 Blue Valley 17, Shawnee Heights 10 Bishop Miege 41, Mill Valley 23 BV West 54, Topeka Seaman 21 Lower bracket Bishop Carroll 52, Hays 27

Andover 31, Arkansas City 14 Emporia 55, Andover Central 27 Salina South 62, Goddard 21 Nov. 9 quarterfinals Upper bracket St. Thomas Aquinas (9-1) at Blue Valley (6-4) Blue Valley West (8-2) at Bishop Miege (5-5) Lower bracket Bishop Caroll (10-0) at Andover (8-2) Emporia (9-1) at Salina South (9-1) Class 4A Oct. 30 first round Upper bracket KC Piper 34, Jefferson West 21 Baldwin 31, Spring Hill 14 Chanute 13, Paola 7 Girard 34, Columbus 7 Tonganoxie 25, Atchison 28 Eudora 13, DeSoto 0 Louisburg 17, Fort Scott 0 Coffeyville 57, Frontenac 26 Lower bracket Holton 57, Hesston 26 Wichita Collegiate 35, Winfield 10 Andale 58, Hugoton 27 McPherson 34, Clay Center 17 Maize South 14, Topeka Hayden 7 Mulvane 37, Rose Hill 14 Buhler 28, Ulysses 7 Concordia 50, Abilene 8 Saturday’s second round Upper bracket KC Piper 27, Baldwin 21 Chanute 53, Girard 6 Eudora 31, Tonganoxie 10 Louisburg 23, Coffeyville 7 Lower bracket Holton 28, Wichita Collegiate 0 McPherson 42, Andale 36 Mulvane 7, Maize South 0 Buhler 45, Concordia 14 Nov. 9 quarterfinals Upper bracket Chanute (7-4) at KC Piper (9-2) Eudora (10-1) at Louisburg (7-4) Lower bracket McPherson (10-1) at Holton (11-0) Buhler (8-3) at Mulvane (10-1) Class 3A Oct. 30 first round Upper bracket Hiawatha 50, Nemaha Valley 35 Silver Lake 46, St. Marys 6 Wellsville 64, Burlington 15 Caney Valley 52, Galena 9 Sabetha 28, Riley County 8 Rossville 41, Pleasant Ridge 0 Humboldt 48, Central Heights 6 Pittsburg Colgan 34, Neodesha 20 Lower bracket Conway Springs 69, Wichita Independent 38 Garden Plain 49, Marion 14 Salina Sacred Heart 21, Norton 19 Scott City 55, Cimarron 6 Sedgwick 70, Chaparral 31 Hillsboro 34, Haven 13 Beloit 66, Ellsworth 0 Holcomb 28, Hoisington 7 Saturday’s second round Upper bracket Silver Lake 63, Hiawatha 26 Caney Valley 28, Wellsville 6 Rossville 28, Sabetha 27 Pittsburg Colgan 63, Humboldt 28 Lower bracket Garden Plain 33, Conway Springs 28 Scott City 55, Salina Sacred Heart 7 Sedgwick 38, Hillsboro 34 Beloit 60, Holcomb 8 Nov. 2 quarterfinals Upper bracket Silver Lake (11-0) at Caney Valley (10-1) Pittsburg Colgan (8-3) at Rossville (10-1) Lower bracket Garden Plain (11-0) at Scott City (11-0) Beloit (11-0) at Sedgwick (10-1) Friday Class 2-1A Upper bracket Centralia 46, Jefferson County North 7 Olpe 28, Onaga 20 McLouth 42, Jackson Heights 8 Lyndon 44, Wabaunsee 0 Lower bracket LaCrosse 35, Ell Saline 6 Oakley 13, Stanton County 6 Sterling 26, Smith Center 16 Meade 47, Oberlin 0 Nov. 9 quarterfinals Upper bracket Centralia (10-0) at Olpe (8-2) Lyndon (10-0) at McLouth (9-1) Lower bracket Oakley (7-2) at LaCrosse (10-0) Meade (9-1) at Sterling (4-6) Eight-man I Oct. 30 first round Upper bracket South Haven 52, MDCV 22 Madison 48, Pike Valley 0 Marmaton Valley 60, Udall 14 Rock Hills 72, Peabody-Burns 26 Lower bracket Solomon 54, Kiowa County 42 Hodgeman County 50, Hoxie 12 Pretty Prairie 36, St. John 32 Ness City 50, Minneola 14 Saturday’s quarterfinals Upper bracket Madison 66, South Haven 28 Rock Hills 78, Marmaton Valley 48 Lower bracket Solomon 22, Hodgeman County 18 Ness City 46, Pretty Prairie 0 Nov. 9 semifinals Madison (10-1) at Rock Hills (10-1) Solomon (10-1) at Ness City (11-0) Eight-man II Oct. 30 first round Upper bracket Baileyville B&B 55, Goessel 8 Caldwell 50, Waverly 36 Hanover 48, Chase 0 Crest 66, South Barber 50 Lower bracket Thunder Ridge 58, Weskan 12 Otis-Bison 54, Rolla 0 Sharon Springs 56, Beloit-St. John’s 6 Fowler 17, Victoria 14 Saturday’s quarterfinals Upper bracket Baileyville B&B 48, Caldwell 0 Hanover 80, Crest 30 Lower bracket Thunder Ridge 28, Otis-Bison 18 Sharon Springs 37, Fowler 0 Semifinals Nov. 9 Hanover (9-2) at Baileyville B&B (11-0) Nov. 10 Sharon Springs (10-0) at Thunder Ridge (10-1), 4 p.m.

GOLF PGA PGA TOUR MONEY LEADERS Rank Player 1. Rory McIlroy 2. Tiger Woods 3. Brandt Snedeker 4. Jason Dufner 5. Bubba Watson 6. Zach Johnson 7. Justin Rose 8. Phil Mickelson 9. Hunter Mahan 10. Keegan Bradley 11. Matt Kuchar 12. Jim Furyk

Trn YTD Money 16 $8,047,952 19 $6,133,158 22 $4,989,739 22 $4,869,304 19 $4,644,997 25 $4,504,244 19 $4,290,930 22 $4,203,821 23 $4,019,193 25 $3,910,658 22 $3,903,065 24 $3,623,805

13. Carl Pettersson 14. Luke Donald 15. Louis Oosthuizen 16. Ernie Els 17. Webb Simpson 18. Steve Stricker 19. Dustin Johnson 20. Rickie Fowler 21. Nick Watney 22. Bo Van Pelt 23. Lee Westwood 24. Adam Scott 25. Ryan Moore 26. Robert Garrigus 27. Scott Piercy 28. John Huh 29. Sergio Garcia 30. Ben Curtis 31. Graeme McDowell 32. Kyle Stanley 33. Bill Haas 34. Johnson Wagner 35. Jonas Blixt 36. Martin Laird 37. Mark Wilson 38. Kevin Na 39. Brendon de Jonge 40. Marc Leishman 41. John Senden 42. Bud Cauley 43. Ian Poulter 44. Ben Crane 45. Charlie Wi 46. David Toms 47. Jimmy Walker 48. Seung-Yul Noh 49. Jonathan Byrd 50. Vijay Singh 51. Jeff Overton 52. Matt Every 53. Padraig Harrington 54. Kevin Stadler 55. D.A. Points 56. Tommy Gainey 57. Ken Duke 58. John Rollins 59. Ryan Palmer 60. Michael Thompson 61. Tim Clark 62. Ted Potter, Jr. 63. Brian Davis 64. J.J. Henry 65. Spencer Levin 66. Charley Hoffman 67. Dicky Pride 68. Geoff Ogilvy 69. Blake Adams 70. William McGirt 71. Aaron Baddeley 72. Cameron Tringale 73. Charles Howell III 74. Troy Matteson 75. Chris Kirk 76. J.B. Holmes 77. Greg Chalmers 78. Bryce Molder 79. Sang-Moon Bae 80. Greg Owen 81. John Mallinger 82. Jason Day 83. Charl Schwartzel 84. Harris English 85. Brian Harman 86. Rory Sabbatini 87. Scott Stallings 88. Tom Gillis 89. George McNeill 90. Sean O'Hair 91. John Merrick 92. Pat Perez 93. Daniel Summerhays 94. Graham DeLaet 95. David Hearn 96. Bob Estes 97. Martin Flores 98. Davis Love III 99. Andres Romero 100. K.J. Choi 101. Fredrik Jacobson 102. Chad Campbell 103. Chris Stroud 104. Josh Teater 105. Colt Knost 106. Brendan Steele 107. Kevin Streelman 108. Robert Allenby 109. Ricky Barnes 110. Jhonattan Vegas 111. Troy Kelly 112. Jason Bohn 113. Will Claxton 114. Henrik Stenson 115. Jason Kokrak 116. David Mathis 117. Brian Gay 118. Roberto Castro 119. Harrison Frazar 120. James Driscoll 121. Boo Weekley 122. Jeff Maggert 123. Kevin Chappell 124. Rod Pampling 125. Billy Mayfair 126. Trevor Immelman 127. Gary Christian 128. Alexandre Rocha 129. Bill Lunde 130. D.J. Trahan 131. Gary Woodland 132. Chez Reavie 133. Retief Goosen 134. Tim Petrovic 135. Richard H. Lee 136. Tim Herron 137. Jerry Kelly 138. Justin Leonard 139. Charlie Beljan 140. Bobby Gates 141. Heath Slocum 142. Vaughn Taylor 143. John Daly 144. Scott Brown 145. Brendon Todd 146. Billy Hurley III 147. Nick O'Hern 148. Billy Horschel 149. Stewart Cink 150. Camilo Villegas

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CAREY PARK WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION Low Odd Holes Barbara Burke Betty Krehbiel Francis Nickols

SOCCER Major Leage Soccer WILD CARDS Wednesday, Oct. 31: Houston 2, Chicago 1, Houston advances Thursday, Nov. 1: Los Angeles 2, Vancouver 1, Los Angeles advances EASTERN CONFERENCE Semifinals D.C. United vs. New York Saturday, Nov. 3: New York 1, D.C. United 1 Wednesday, Nov. 7: D.C. United at New York, 7 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Houston Sunday, Nov. 4: Houston 2, Kansas City 0 Wednesday, Nov. 7: Houston at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Championship Saturday, Nov. 10: semifinal winners, 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 17 or Sunday, Nov. 18: semifinal winners, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Semifinals San Jose vs. Los Angeles Sunday, Nov. 4: San Jose 1, Los Angeles 0

Wednesday, Nov. 7: Los Angeles at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Seattle vs. Real Salt Lake Friday, Nov. 2: Real Salt Lake 0, Seattle 0 Thursday, Nov. 8: Seattle at Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m.

Championship Sunday, Nov, 11 or Monday, Nov. 12: semifinal winners, 7 or 8 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 18: semifinal winners, 8 p.m.

MLS CUP Saturday, Dec. 1: Eastern champion vs.

Western champion, 3:30 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL Junior College REGION 6 TOURNAMENT DIVISION I Tuesday’s first round Dodge City def. Seward County 25-23, 9-25, 1525, 25-18, 15-9 Garden City def. Colby 25-18, 25-23, 25-23 Baron def. Pratt 25-21, 26-28, 25-20, 25-23 Wednesday’s first round Hutchinson def. Cloud County 25-16, 25-21, 2519 Winner’s advance to double-elimination tournament at Newman University, Wichita Saturday Match 1: Hutchinson def. Barton 28-30, 25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 15-12 Match 2: Garden City def. Dodge City 17-25 2522, 25-18, 25-22 Match 3: Barton def. Dodge City 25-10, 25-19, 25-19 Match 4: Hutchinson def. Garden City 25-23, 25-21, 25-12 Sunday Match 5: Barton def Garden City Championship Match 6: Hutchinson def. Barton DIVISION II District M, Saturday at Arkansas City Cowley def. Hesston 25-21, 25-13, 25-18 Johnson County def. Butler 25-20, 18-25, 20-25, 25-21, 15-8 Championship Cowley def. Johnson County 25-22, 25-19, 25-15 District N, Saturday at Coffeyville Coffeyville def. Neosho County 25-13, 25-19, 2521 Kansas City def. Fort Scott 25-17, 25-15, 25-21 Championship Kansas City def. Coffeyville 25-17, 25-15, 25-22

JAYHAWK CONFERENCE STANDINGS Eastern Division Conference W L x-Cowley 10 0 Johnson County 7 3 Kansas City 8 2 Coffeyville 8 2 Butler 7 3 Fort Scott 4 6 Neosho County 4 6 Allen 3 7 Highland 3 7 Labette 1 9 Independence 0 10 Western Division Conference W L x-Hutchinson 13 1 11 3 Seward County Colby 9 5 Barton 9 5 Pratt 5 9 Garden City 5 9 Dodge City 3 11 Cloud County 1 13 x—Clinched conference title

Overall W L 33 0 26 5 27 6 27 10 30 6 23 11 20 17 13 18 15 16 2 25 8 30 Overall W L 22 7 19 19 23 12 12 18 9 19 19 18 14 23 4 28

ETC. Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Promoted director of sales and fan service Neil Aloise to vice president of ticketingg and fan services, director of communications Greg Bader to vice president of communications and marketing, and director of finance Mike Hoppes to vice president of finance.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Named David Stearns assistant general manager.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Claimed RHP David Herndon off waivers from Toronto and LHP Josh Spence off waivers from San Diego.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Claimed OF Scott Cousins off waivers from Toronto.

National League NEW YORK METS—Announced C Mike Nickeas and OF Fred Lewis declined outright assignments and elected to become free agents.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA—Fined L.A. Lakers G Steve Blake $25,000 for directing inappropriate language toward a fan. Fined New Orleans Hornets coach Monty Williams $25,000 for public comments criticizing the league's concussion policy.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS—Waived G Jeremy Bridges from injured reserve.

ATLANTA FALCONS—Place G Garrett Reynolds on injured reserve. Signed G PhillipKeith Manley.

BUFFALO BILLS—Placed CB Terrence McGee and OT Erik Pears on injured reserve. Released PK JOhn Potter. Signed WR Marcus Easley from the practice squad.

Signed WR Chris Hogan to the practice squad.

CAROLINA PANTHERS—Placed WR/KR Kealoha Pilares on injured reserve.

Activated WR David Gettis from the physically-unable-to-perform list.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Released FB Jourdan Brooks from the practice squad.

Signed C Scott Wedige to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed LB Jerrell Harris to the practice squad.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Activated LB Aaron Curry from the physically-unable-to-perform list. Released LB Vic So'oto.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Released WR Charly Martin. Released WR Lavasier Tuinei from the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed CB LaQuan Lewis from the practice squad.

Released CB Brandon McDonald. Signed TE LaMark Brown to the practice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS—Waived DE Pannel Egboh.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Released CB David Jones and LS Justin Snow. Signed CB Domonique Johnson from the practice squad.

Acivated LS Nick Sundberg from injured reserve.

COLLEGE DAVIDSON—Fired football coach Tripp Merritt. Promoted associate head coach Brett Hayford to interim head coach.

GEORGE MASON—Suspended men's basketball players Erik Copes and Vaughn Grey three regular-season games.

NEW MEXICO—Suspended freshman QB Ryan Trujillo indefinitely for violating team rules.

Deng finds Magic; Bulls get past Orlando, 99-93

BY BRADFORD DOOLITTLE The Associated Press

CHICAGO — Luol Deng scored 15 of his 23 points in the second half to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 99-93 win over Orlando on Tuesday night, the Magic's first loss of the season.

Deng and Nate Robinson keyed a 15-2 second-half burst when Chicago turned a fivepoint deficit into an eight-point lead.

Robinson hit two straight jumpers to put Chicago ahead 74-70 early in the fourth, the Bulls’ first lead since midway through the third period.

Joakim Noah had 20 points, nine rebounds and five blocks for Chicago, while Robinson added 11 points and six assists off the bench. Robinson's layup with 2:35 to play put Chicago up 91-81, its biggest lead of the game.

Arron Afflalo led the Magic with 28 points, 19 in the second half. E'Twaun Moore added a career-high 17 points.

Glen Davis, who entered the game fourth in the NBA with 25.5 points per game, scored 16 points but shot just 7 of 22 from the floor

and fouled out.

Nicola Vucevic had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Magic, who had won three of their last four in Chicago entering the game.

Orlando had started the season 2-0, surprising many around the league after trading star center Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers over the summer.

The Magic led 70-65 when the Bulls started their decisive run late in the third quarter.

Deng tied the game with a jumper with 10:58 to play. Later, Robinson capped the run with a layup in transition.

Orlando trimmed the lead to four on Affalo's 3 late in the final minute, but Chicago held on down the stretch. Taj Gibson's dunk and free throw with 39 seconds remaining iced it for the Bulls.

The Magic pushed the lead to seven in the second quarter behind seven points from Moore before Richard Hamilton closed the lead to 48-45 with a pull-up jumper in transition to close the first half.

Orlando went 4 for 6 from 3-point range in the opening half.

Chicago closed the gap to two by the end of the third quarter, getting seven points from Deng in the period. Afflalo scored nine points to help Orlando maintain the lead, including three free throws after being foul by Kirk Hinrich behind the arc.

Deng scored eight quick points to give the Bulls an early lead to start the game, but Orlando closed the first quarter with an 11-2 run and was up 24-23 at the end of the period.

J.J. Redick continued his hot shooting early with a 3-pointer and a midrange jumper during the spree. Redick hit 16 of 25 shots in Orlando's first two games.

After making his first two shots, Redick hit just one of the next seven before hitting a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter. He handed out a game-high seven assists.

Thunder 108, Raptors 88 OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook shrugged off a sore shoulder to score 19 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder

cruised past the Toronto Raptors 108-88 on Tuesday night.

Wearing a black padded sleeve to protect his bruised left shoulder, Westbrook held Toronto's leading scorer, Kyle Lowry, to two points on 1-of-4 shooting. Lowry exited with 1:29 left in the second quarter with a right ankle sprain and did not return.

Serge Ibaka added 17 points and a gamehigh nine rebounds for Oklahoma City.

Kevin Durant and reserve Kevin Martin each scored 15.

The Thunder led by as many as 29 points and never trailed after Durant converted a pair of free throws with 7:44 remaining in the first quarter.

Jonas Valanciunas led the Raptors with 18 points and Andrea Bargnani had 16. Toronto dropped to 1-3 and will play in Dallas on Wednesday night.

Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks was able to rest his starters in the fourth quarter as the Thunder improved to 2-2 with their highest-scoring game of the season. Brooks played 13 of the 14 players on his roster.

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Due to continued expansion and growth, JACAM Chemical Co., L.L.C. is seeking to fill a Staff Attorney position in Sterling, KS. Qualified applicants must have graduated from an accredited law school and be licensed to practice law in Kansas. Among other things, the candidate must have substantive and procedural legal knowledge, and be able to perform efficient, high quality legal research in varied areas; provide effective legal advice to clients; review and draft contracts, policies and other legal documents; and work in a high-paced, general practice environment. Apply online at www.jacam.com.

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Class A CDL Drivers earn as much as $45-50,000/year + full benefits! Home daily. $1,000 sign-on bonus. 888-476-7359. www.neatruck.com/drivers/ks co

Farm employee-Mostly driving CDL truck. Short and long delivery. Above average job for above average person. Please call 620-793-2368

Coming Events

480

Exhaust Fans, Heavy Duty Roof-Type, $50 each 620-662-2346

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SELL YOUR STUFF FOR FREE ON...

370

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Metcalf Sisters Antiques Holiday Sale 224 N Main Newton, KS November 8, 9 & 10th, 10am - 5pm, Sunday the 11th,1pm-4pm, Discounts 10% to 50% off, Refreshments & give-aways ddddddddddd FLEA MARKET in the Raymond Gym. November 17 9am-4pm.

Spaces available.

Great concessions.

Sheridans at 620-793-0246

FLEA MARKET Kansas Coliseum-Wichita November 11 & December 16 State Fairgrounds-Hutch December 2 & January 6 9am–4pm. 620-663-5626 midamericafleamarkets.com

Lost/Found

380

The New On-Line Classified Site!

It’s Fast, It’s Easy & It’s Convenient!

All FREE ads must be placed on-line at hutchads.com or there will be a $5 setup fee.

No business accounts.

Private Party Only.

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PAYING CASH for vehicles, running or not, batteries and scrap metal. 620-727-4203.

POWER CHAIR excellent, reasonable, $500 620-755-4785 Tanning Booth Commercial Stand up type, Extra bulbs, 620-662-2346

Heavy duty yard rack with bright green duct tape on the handle. Has a long handle. Lost between 4th & 1st Monday morning. Call 702-325-0397. $5 Reward

Pets For Sale

500

APRI Shih-tzu 1 female, 3 males, shots, wormed, $150/100, 620-257-5606

Auctions

400

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Ask your Classified Advisor for details.

694-5704 / 800-766-5704

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Wine Cellar Manager Rosewood Services, Inc. is getting ready to unveil its newest venture and is looking for someone with an entrepreneurial spirit to help launch the success of this unique business.

Rosewood Wine Cellar is a retail outlet store, and much more, for products made locally by folks with disabilities. Successful candidate will have a dynamic, energetic personality, and be knowledgeable of wine, and wine sales. Preference will be given to candidate with experience as a retail manager with emphasis on product, customer service, and visual presentation.

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Call (620) 793-5888 ext.

134 for more information.

For consideration, send resume and letter of interest to Rosewood Services, Inc., Attention: Melonie Myers; P.O. Box 1321; Great Bend, KS 67530. EOE

350 Merchandise

Property belonging to: Randy Hargis and Dakota Hammond at 1305 E. 3rd, Hutchinson, KS. Will be disposed of November 23rd, 2012, unless contact & payments are made.

Contact Shirley Goertzen 620-664-1758.

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Opportunities

200 Garage Sales

Get Paid for referring people to join our company to shop online.

Call, 620-564-3720.

Hair Stylist Booth Rental, Very reasonable rent, Good location, Call Jan 620-664-0736

410

3 Family Downsizing/Moving Sale 3011 Wildwood Way North Newton, KS 67117 November 8-9, 2012 9am– 5pm November 10, 9am-noon Antiques, furniture, kitchen items, garden and much more!

For pictures see: estatesales.net LB Estate Sales

Border Collie Puppies 8 weeks old Vet checked. 1st shots given. Full white collars. 316-284-2690 Cockaliers-Cocker/Cavalier 3 females, 1male, ruby color, $100 each 620-257-5606 MALTESE-SHIH TZU PUPPIES Extremely cute, Great family pet. $160.

Shots/wormed. Ready now.

620-727-3008.

Pekezus Pekingese/Shih-tzu 2 males, $100 each 620-257-5606

Estate Sale, Dr. & Jeanne Price, 1234 N Walnut, McPherson, Ks, Antiques, Collectables, Household November 7-10, 10am-6pm

Food Cemetery Lots

340

2-MAUSOLEUM FUNERAL CRYPTS FOR SALE in Garden of Gethsomane at Fairlawn Burial Park-Private Seller-$1250 each. Does not include name plate.

316-243-7317 after 1pm.

Special Notices

420

Polk’s in Medora Cherry Cider and Holiday Goodies & Gifts, Open until Christmas. 620-543-6628

Antiques

440

Marigold Indiana Carnival Glass Harvest Grape pitcher, 6 tumblers, 2 goblets, perfect condition, $75, 620-669-7643

350 Medical Equipment 445

Construction Manager at Risk Request for New Men’s Student Housing at Dodge City Community College.

For information go to the DCCC Web site at www.dc3.edu/info-and-reso urces/men’s-student-housing-project or call 620-227-9355 or 620-789-1077.

Farm Equipment

620

2002 Killbros, Model 590, Grain Cart, With Tarp, $8250 620-727-4356 2003 Gator Ride trailer, $10,000 620-497-6417 Monday-Friday 8am-5pm 36’ Krause Field Cultivator, $5000, 620-727-6400

Electric Wheelchair, New in 2009, New batteries, $585 620-241-3225

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Home Furnishings 460

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ONLY $895.

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662-4802 921-0816 Bed-Queen Pillowtop Mattress Set, #6970, NEW, in plastic. Only $200.

(316) 347-0282.

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BRAND NEW MATTRESS SETS Mattress and foundation.

ONLY $139! 620-665-7625.

Appliances

461

REFRIGERATORS; Gas & electric ranges; washer & dryers; freezers; 1212 W. 4th. 663-3195.

SALE! Good Used appliances, serviced and guaranteed. Buying appliances working or not. Also, in home repairs on most brands.

WILLEMS APPLIANCE 620-663-8382.

Lawn & Garden

465

Fall clean-up. Stump grinding, Landscaping, dirt work.

FREE ESTIMATES. QUALITY LAWN CARE 620-727-5777

Musical Instruments 470 Used Pianos, Kimball Baby Grand. Many others to chose. Sparks Music, 108 N Main, Hutchinson, 662-0007

Ask Your Classified Advisor for details.

694-5704 800-766-5704 Farm Services

630

HARLEY’S FENCING and PASTURE CLEARING. Insured. Free estimates.

Yoder, KS. 620-899-4410.

HARVESTING WANTED Corn, Soybeans and Milo, Ensz Harvesting, 620-960-3862 / 960-3863 Pasture and CRP tree clearing, 620-960-0373 WE BUILD Pasture Fence. Yoder Fence 620-465-3446 WE DO COMPLETE Polebarn Packages.

Metal Roofing & Siding.

Check out our website: yutzycontracting.com or Call 620-899-2011 Arlington Yoder’s Tree Trimming Call 620-465-2604

Feed/Seed

640

STRAW, small squares, wire tied, clean & bright.

316-772-0548.

Game Leases

690

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012 B12

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BUSINESS THE MARKET IN REVIEW S&P 500 1,428.39

+11.13

p

NASDAQ 3,011.93

+12.27

p

DOW 13,245.68

STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST Name

Div Yld PE Last

...

AGCO AT&T Inc 1.76 2.04 AbtLab AlcatelLuc ... .12 Alcoa .20 Allergan 1.76f Altria Anadarko .36 .70 ArchDan .90 Ashland BP PLC 1.92a .04 BkofAm .80 BarrickG ...

BerkHa A Cal-Maine1.34e Caterpillar 2.08 CntryLink 2.90 Chevron 3.60 Citigroup .04 CityNC 1.00 CocaCola s1.02 ColgPal 2.48 CmcBMO .92 ConAgra 1.00f ConocPhil s2.64 1.10 Costco 1.84 Deere .32 Dell Inc DevonE .80 DomRescs 2.11 DukeEn rs 3.06 DukeRlty .68 1.52 Eaton EqtyRsd 1.58e ExxonMbl 2.28 .20 FordM .68 GenElec GtPlainEn .85 HarleyD .62 HeclaM .06e 2.06 Heinz ...

Hospira

S&P 500 1,428.39

DOW 13,245.68

...

5.10 3.10 ...

1.40 .20 5.50 .50 2.60 1.20 4.50 .40 2.20 ...

3.10 2.40 7.50 3.30 .10 1.90 2.70 2.30 2.40 3.50 4.50 1.10 2.10 3.40 1.30 4.10 4.80 4.80 3.00 2.70 2.50 1.80 3.10 3.90 1.30 1.00 3.50 ...

Chg

YTD %Chg

7.0 46.13 +.19 +7.40 45.0 34.80 -.03 +15.10 14.0 64.82 -.22 +15.30 ... 1.00 -.02 -35.90 55.0 8.74 +.13 +1.00 27.0 92.22 +.78 +5.10 15.0 31.94 +.06 +7.70 ... 73.07 +2.37 -4.30 17.0 26.63 +.03 -6.90 ... 73.46 +1.10 +28.50 6.0 43.10 +.86 +.80 26.0 9.94 +.19 +78.80 8.0 35.56 +.48 -21.40 17.0130673.00+373.00+13.90 11.0 43.73 +.31 +19.60 9.0 88.08 +1.31 -2.80 42.0 38.49 +.06 +3.50 9.0 110.36 +1.17 +3.70 12.0 38.47 +1.15 +46.20 18.0 51.56 +.56 +16.70 20.0 37.42 +.65 +7.00 21.0 105.64 +.41 +14.30 13.0 38.98 +.39 +2.30 19.0 28.37 +.29 +7.50 7.0 58.22 +.69 +4.80 25.0 98.79 +1.06 +18.60 11.0 86.10 +.21 +11.30 6.0 9.53 +.18 -34.90 10.0 59.62 +1.79 -3.80 21.0 50.97 +.04 -4.00 17.0 64.07 +.01 ... ... 14.11 +.05 +17.10 12.0 50.42 -.07 +15.80 32.0 58.59 +.03 +2.70 12.0 91.61 +.98 +8.10 9.0 11.42 +.17 +6.10 16.0 21.59 +.18 +20.50 17.0 21.99 +.14 +1.00 17.0 47.61 +.27 +22.50 20.0 5.92 -.41 +13.20 20.0 58.09 +.88 +7.50 ... 30.56 +.06 +.60

+11.13

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6-MO T-BILLS .15%

+133.24 ...

n

Name

NASDAQ 3,011.93

CRUDE OIL $88.71

152.50 150.35 150.60 -.30

Mar 13 156.20

157.15 155.20 155.40 -.40

May 13 158.60

159.95 158.15 158.20 -.45

Jul 13

162.75 161.00 161.05 -.50

161.60

Open

p

+3.06

p

p

+.04

High

Low

Settle Chg.

US TREASURY BONDS (CBOT) $100,000 prin- pts & 32nds of 100 pct Dec 12 149-03 149-08 148-03 148-09 - 31 Mar 13 147-25 147-29 146-25 146-30 - 31 Jun 13 146-24 146-24 145-25 145-25 - 31

Est. sales 285,052. Mon’s sales 246,189

CURRENCIES

Settle Chg.

COFFEE C (ICE) 37,500 lbs.- cents per lb.

Dec 12 151.00

+12.27

Mon’s open int. 553,050, +6,370

COFFEE Low

+8.30 -1.60 +3.70 +31.20 -12.30 +11.90 +21.80 +15.00 -59.20 +6.40 -19.20 +36.10 +2.50 -15.10 +5.70 +4.50 +14.20 +2.90 +15.80 -10.60 +15.60 +110.10 -4.50 -7.00 +144.90 +2.90 +36.20 -3.60 +11.20 -16.40 +17.80 +.50 +42.80 +10.40 +23.40 +27.00 +1.70 +106.80 +24.10 -.50 +8.20 +34.40

BONDS AND BILLS

NEW YORK (AP) Spot nonferrous metal prices Tue. Aluminum - $0.8543 per lb., London Metal Exch.

Copper - $3.4488 Cathode full plate, LME. Copper - $3.5060 N.Y. Merc spot Tue. Lead - $2096.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch.

Zinc - $0.8226 per lb., London Metal Exch.

Gold - $1691.00 Handy & Harman (only daily quote).

Gold - $1714.10 troy oz., NY Merc spot Tue. Silver - $31.440 Handy & Harman (only daily quote).

Silver - $32.019 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Tue. Platinum - $1545.00 troy oz., N.Y. (contract).

Platinum - $1558.30 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Tue. n.q.-not quoted n.a.-not available r-revised

High

Chg

23.0 71.01 +.22 ... 83.58 +.98 23.0 25.11 +.18 22.0 33.29 +.23 17.0 87.97 +.51 12.0 42.81 +.61 21.0 45.92 +.25 16.0 29.86 +.23 ... 9.79 +.02 13.0 53.64 +1.10 13.0 48.50 +.11 55.0 24.28 +.36 37.0 96.71 +1.03 11.0 79.58 +1.75 20.0 45.80 +.45 18.0 69.35 +.35 15.0 24.71 +.13 20.0 110.00 +.53 7.0 58.03 +1.04 12.0 47.51 +2.20 10.02353.00+23.06 ... 66.76 +1.71 18.0 31.49 +.16 17.0 28.60 +.30 ... 5.73 -.02 19.0 29.94 +.47 18.0 25.19 +.01 18.0 1.62 +.05 14.0 90.86 +1.26 13.0 17.26 +.19 15.0 124.76 +1.02 19.0 73.57 +.12 8.0 30.06 +1.18 41.0 44.30 +.10 16.0 73.76 +.62 99.0 27.71 +.23 15.0 29.26 +.15 16.0 98.15 -.01 22.0 33.46 +.25 15.0 27.49 -.01 5.0 17.46 +.09 21.0 19.74 +.64

30-YR T-BONDS 2.92%

METALS

Open

3.40 6.00 2.40 1.90 3.50 2.40 3.70 3.10 ...

1.90 2.90 .70 1.00 2.70 2.90 3.10 3.60 2.00 2.50 2.60 ... ...

3.80 4.30 ...

2.80 .30 ...

2.60 .90 1.90 3.10 2.30 4.70 2.20 4.20 4.50 2.00 3.70 3.90 ...

1.30

Sep 13 164.55

165.45 163.80 163.80 -.55

Dec 13 168.60

169.35 167.80 167.80 -.50

Est. sales 21,364. Mon’s sales 28,518 Mon’s open int. 152,455, +918

Australia (Dollar) Britain (Pound) Canada (Dollar) China (Yuan) Euro (Euro) Hong Kong (Dollar) Japan (Yen) Mexico (Peso) Russia (Ruble) Switzerlnd (Franc)

6-MO T-BILLS .15%

AGRICULTURE YTD %Chg

Div Yld PE Last

2.44 JohnJn KindME 5.04f .60f Kroger .64 Lowes McDnlds 3.08f Medtrnic 1.04 1.68 Merck Microsoft .92f ...

Molycorp 1.00 Mosaic NewmtM 1.40 NewsCpA .17 NobleEn 1.00f OcciPet 2.16 ONEOK s 1.32 PepsiCo 2.15 .88 Pfizer 2.20 Praxair Prudentl 1.45f Ryder 1.24 SbdCp ...

SearsHldgs .33t SonocoP 1.20 SpectraEn 1.22f ...

SprintNex .84f TexInst .08 Textron ...

Theragen 3M Co 2.36 .16 Tyson UnionPac 2.40 2.28 UPS B .70f ValeroE VerizonCm2.06f WalMart 1.59 WeinRlt 1.16 WestarEn 1.32 Whrlpl 2.00 WmsCos 1.25f XcelEngy 1.08 ...

Yahoo Yamana g .26

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+133.24

.9580 1.5994 .9919 6.2501 .7802 7.7505 80.42 12.9515 31.3490 .9430

.9652 1.5972 .9968 6.2419 .7818 7.7502 80.26 13.0429 31.6256 .9435

Open

High

Low

869Ÿ 881Ÿ 892¿ 874ß 885Ÿ 892

879ß 893 899ß 881Ÿ 888ß 897

867ß 881Ÿ 890ß 873ß 882Ÿ 890Ÿ

877 890¿ 897¿ 879¿ 887¿ 895ß

+11 +11Ÿ +11Ÿ +5¿ +5Ÿ +5Ÿ

Est. sales 181,159. Mon’s sales 111,936 Mon’s open int. 464,852, -598 CORN (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Dec 12 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Dec 13

736¿ 738ß 737ß 728 654 632

741¿ 743¿ 740ß 732Ÿ 658 638Ÿ

736¿ 738ß 737 726ß 653 631¿

741 743 739ß 731 658 637Ÿ

+5¿ +5 +4Ÿ +4Ÿ +5¿ +5ß

Est. sales 411,533. Mon’s sales 221,114 Mon’s open int. 1,286,641, -6,163 OATS (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Dec 12 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Dec 13

360Ÿ 369ß 364¿ 365Ÿ 361ß 365

363ß 372 368 366 362¿ 366

353¿ 363 364¿ 365Ÿ 361ß 365

360 +2 368ß +1¿ 368 ...

366 +ß 362¿ +ß 366 +1Ÿ

Est. sales 2,717. Mon’s sales 1,805 Mon’s open int. 11,967, -468 SOYBEANS (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Nov 12 Jan 13 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Sep 13 Nov 13

1508 1507¿ 1486ß 1458¿ 1442¿ 1412ß 1382 1334

1525ß 1523 1503Ÿ 1474 1457 1422 1382 1349¿

1506ß 1502¿ 1482 1458¿ 1441Ÿ 1412ß 1376 1333

1516ß 1515¿ 1491 1465Ÿ 1450 1418Ÿ 1378¿ 1344¿

+12¿ +12Ÿ +8¿ +8ß +9¿ +10¿ +11ß +10Ÿ

Est. sales 229,715. Mon’s sales 142,619 Mon’s open int. 626,668, -5,730 SOYBEAN OIL (CBOT) 60,000 lbs- cents per lb Dec 12 Jan 13 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Aug 13

48.51 48.89 49.37 49.91 50.32 50.52

48.98 49.35 49.83 50.33 50.74 50.78

48.35 48.74 49.21 49.68 50.17 50.23

48.68 49.06 49.52 50.02 50.48 50.59

470.00 465.30 455.00 437.30 427.90 419.70

474.20 469.40 460.00 442.00 432.60 420.60

469.00 464.80 454.60 437.30 427.90 418.10

472.70 467.30 456.10 439.60 431.00 419.30

70.71 71.84 73.25 74.30

71.10 72.34 73.35 74.30

70.01 71.16 72.30 73.20

70.10 71.24 72.38 73.25 75.64 74.92

High

Low

+3.70 +2.80 +1.70 +2.40 +2.80 +2.70

-.30 -.41 -.37 -.45 -.27 -.39

Est. sales 24,587. Mon’s sales 24,423 Mon’s open int. 202,779, -789

p

CRUDE OIL $88.71

+3.06

p

LOCAL GRAIN, MARKETS

CATTLE (CME) 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Dec 12 Feb 13 Apr 13 Jun 13 Aug 13 Oct 13 Dec 13

125.45 129.02 133.12 129.32 129.30 132.75 134.40

125.85 129.40 133.40 129.65 129.70 133.30 134.85

125.20 128.82 132.72 129.17 129.15 132.70 134.40

125.67 129.37 133.27 129.60 129.70 133.30 134.85

+.40 +.37 +.20 +.20 +.30 +.25 +.35

Est. sales 21,976. Mon’s sales 36,731 Mon’s open int. 315,088, -412 FEEDER CATTLE (CME) 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Nov 12 Jan 13 Mar 13 Apr 13 May 13 Aug 13 Sep 13 Oct 13

144.90 146.77 148.80 150.15 151.97 154.80 155.80

145.15 146.92 148.95 150.55 152.00 155.05 156.00

144.55 146.12 148.55 150.00 151.45 154.80 155.80

144.85 146.72 148.95 150.55 152.00 155.05 156.00 156.50

-.05 -.05 ...

-.02 ... +.03 ... ...

Est. sales 983. Mon’s sales 4,234 Mon’s open int. 25,276, +321 HOGS-Lean (CME) 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Dec 12 Feb 13 Apr 13 May 13 Jun 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Oct 13 Dec 13 Feb 14

77.15 83.02 88.20 95.50 98.17 98.70 97.80 87.00 83.70 85.50

77.97 83.67 88.80 95.90 98.52 98.70 97.80 87.00 83.70 85.80

76.65 82.57 87.70 95.30 97.55 97.67 97.25 86.50 83.25 85.00

77.57 83.42 88.60 95.45 98.15 98.30 97.70 87.00 83.60 85.80

+.65 +.47 +.63 -1.00 +.03 -.22 -.20 -.10 -.22 -.30

Est. sales 8,095. Mon’s sales 48,648 Mon’s open int. 214,066, -3,382

Open +.36 +.36 +.34 +.35 +.37 +.36

+.04

Settle Chg.

(courtesy of ADM Grain, Hutchinson) Truck

Date

Wheat

10/30

High

Low

Settle Chg.

Dec 12

3.568

3.620

3.513

3.617 +.063

Jan 13

3.680

3.751

3.635

3.748 +.070

Feb 13

3.688

3.756

3.640

3.754 +.071

Est. sales 248,936. Mon’s sales 217,603 Mon’s open int. 1,176,507, -8,758 LIGHT SWEET CRUDE (NYMX) 1,000 bbl.- dollars per bbl.

Dec 12

85.67

89.22

85.42

88.71 +3.06

Jan 13

86.20

89.67

85.92

89.17 +3.03

Feb 13

86.88

90.22

86.53

89.73 +3.00

Est. sales 560,766. Mon’s sales 477,577 Mon’s open int. 1,608,918, +232 HEATING OIL (NYMX) 42,000 gal, cents per gal Dec 12 298.20

307.76 296.73 305.29 +7.00

Jan 13 298.56

306.55 297.19 305.87 +7.05

Feb 13 298.71

306.32 297.60 305.66 +7.17

Est. sales 160,964. Mon’s sales 150,006 Mon’s open int. 306,283, +1,965

Corn

11/01

11/02

NA

14.98

8.89

NA

15.23

NA

8.93

11/05

7.22 bu.

15.12

NA

8.94

11/06

Soybeans Milo

8.87 8.89

10/31

7.37 bu.

7.31 bu.

14.91

NA

7.19 bu.

14.68

7.15 bu.

9.04

NA

7.13

NA

11.81

6.71 bu.

11/06

8.64

7.71

14.41

7.16 bu.

11/06

8.63

7.64

14.32

7.06 bu.

11/06

9.05

7.56

NA

7.21 bu.

11/06

8.70

7.78

14.37

7.23 bu.

11/06

8.60

7.66

14.42

7.16 bu.

11/06

8.70

7.31

14.36

7.06 bu.

11/06

NA

NA

7.51 bu.

Prices One Year Ago Garden City Co-op

Irsik/Doll Hutchinson Plains Leoti

14.80

7.21 bu.

2x.5 Retail RKANSAS CITY WHEAT

Dodge City Co-op

Hays Midland Marketing

Kansas Ethanol Lyons (courtesy of TMA) 7.71

NYSE

Open

High

Low

Settle Chg.

WINTER WHEAT (KCBT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Dec 12 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 May 14

932

935Ÿ

932

921¿

925

921¿

919¿ 935Ÿ 941 924¿ 925ß 932¿ 933¿ 916¿

+10¿ +10ß +10ß +3ß +4 +4ß +3ß +4ß

Est. sales .... Mon’s sales 27,848 Mon’s open int. 169,453, +1,973

AMEX

NASDAQ

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) BkofAm

NATURAL GAS (NYMX) 10,000 mm btu’s, $ per mm btu

Local Markets HUTCHINSON: (Courtesy of Cargill Grain) Wheat - $9.04 bu.

Milo - $7.21 bu.

Soybeans - $14.85 bu.

Corn - $7.51 bu.

New Crop Wheat - $8.94 bu.

New Crop Milo - $5.87 bu.

New Crop Soybean - $12.94 bu.

New Crop Corn - $6.12 bu.

HUTCHINSON: (Courtesy of ADM Grain Co.) Wheat - $9.04 bu.

Milo - $7.21 bu.

Soybeans- $14.80 bu.

New Crop Wheat - $8.94 bu.

New Crop Milo - $7.21 bu.

New Crop Soybeans - $14.80 bu.

Daily grain price fluctuations

Name

Est. sales 107,404. Mon’s sales 57,558 Mon’s open int. 224,222, -611 COTTON 2 (ICE) 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Dec 12 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Oct 13

Open

FUELS

Est. sales 165,189. Mon’s sales 138,720 Mon’s open int. 362,690, +7,774 SOYBEAN MEAL (CBOT) 100 tons- dollars per ton Dec 12 Jan 13 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Aug 13

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30-YR T-BONDS 2.92%

LIVESTOCK

Settle Chg.

WHEAT (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Dec 12 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Dec 13

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Vol (00) 1276155

Last

Chg

Name

Vol (00) Last Chg Name

9.94 +.19

Vringo

363233

3.57 -.38

Vol (00) Last Chg

SiriusXM

516911

2.81 -.02

S&P500ETF 945207 142.96+1.11

CheniereEn

40889 15.84 +.08

ExpScripts

495982 55.15-7.73

FordM

503439 11.42 +.17

NwGold g

27646 10.97 +.47

Intel

483514 21.73 -.11

iShEMkts

473429 42.13 +.33

NovaGld g

19700

4.66 +.07

MicronT

462753

SprintNex

413445

Rentech

16889

2.75 -.02

Microsoft

420646 29.86 +.23

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COMMODITIES REVIEW The price of gold surged Tuesday as voters cast ballots in the extremely close presidential election.

Gold for December delivery increased $31.80, or 2 percent, to finish at $1,715 per ounce, its second consecutive day of gains. Oil jumped 3.6 percent and other commodities ended mostly higher.

Many traders were waiting for the results of the hard-fought race between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. Analysts say the outcome could determine the future course of the Federal Reserve's economic stimulus measures, which have benefited commodities.

Once the election is settled, traders will shift their focus to a package of tax increases and spending cuts known as the “fiscal cliff” that will take effect unless Congress acts by Jan. 1. The European Central Bank also meets on Thursday.

A weaker dollar supported commodities prices. Since commodities are priced in dollars, a weaker dollar makes them cheaper for traders who use other currencies like the euro.

In December contracts, silver rose 90.6 cents, or 2.9 percent, to finish at $32.034 per ounce; copper rose 3.6 cents to $3.506 per ounce and palladium gained $17.15, or 2.8 percent, to $620.15 per ounce. January platinum ended up $15.60 at $1,558.30 per ounce.

Benchmark oil jumped $3.06, or 3.6 percent, to finish at $88.71 per barrel, heating oil increased 7 cents to $3.0529 per gallon, wholesale gasoline rose 7.87 cents, or 3 percent, to $2.6989 per gallon and natural gas gained 6.3 cents to $3.617 per 1,000 cubic feet.

In agricultural contracts, December wheat rose 11 cents to end at $8.77 per bushel, December corn increased 5.5 cents to $7.41 per bushel and January

soybeans gained 12.25 cents to $15.155 per bushel.

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets rose early Wednesday as traders watched the final hours of a cliffhanger U.S. presidential election whose conclusion would allow leaders of the world's biggest economy to focus on issues other than the campaign.

Traders say one of the most pressing issues facing the U.S. is the looming “fiscal cliff,” a combination of higher taxes and government spending cuts that automatically takes effect unless Congress acts by Jan. 1.

The total impact next year could be as high as $800 billion.

Deciding the election is the first step toward a resolution. President Barack Obama is locked in a tight race with Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Voting took place in the U.S. on Tuesday and a handful of states had reported results by the time Asian markets

opened Wednesday.

“Whoever wins will face the colossal task of resolving the looming fiscal cliff but for now markets are hoping for a decisive outcome,” Mitul Kotecha of Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong wrote in a market commentary.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose less than 0.1 percent to 8,982.29. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.3 percent to 4,498.20. Markets in Singapore, Taiwan and New Zealand also rose. South Korea's Kospi fell 0.2 percent to 1,923.64.

Investors focusing their attention on the U.S. election are also watching developments in Greece, where a political crisis could derail an austerity package that is required for the country to receive its next batch of bailout funds. Without the money, Greece faces the prospect of going bankrupt this month and possibly

leaving the euro.

Investors are also monitoring developments in China ahead of Thursday's opening of the Communist Party congress — the once-in-a-decade forum to name China's top leadership. Although current Vice President Xi Jinping is almost certain to be China's next leader, markets will be looking for hints on how the new leadership plans to tackle the nation's economic slowdown.

Benchmark oil for December delivery fell 74 cents to $87.97 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract jumped $3.06, or 3.5 percent, to finish at $88.71 in New York on Tuesday.

In currencies, the euro fell to $1.2788 from $1.2817 late Tuesday in New York. The dollar fell to 80.21 yen from 80.26 yen.

Measure of home prices in the US rises most in 6 years

BY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER

Freddie Mac posts $2.9B net income for its latest quarter

AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON – A measure of U.S. home prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago, the largest year-overyear increase since July 2006. The gain reported by CoreLogic offered more evidence of a sustainable housing recovery.

The real estate data provider also said Tuesday that prices declined 0.3 percent in September from August, the first drop after six straight increases. The monthly figures are not seasonally adjusted. CoreLogic says the monthly decline reflects the end of the summer home-buying season and not a softening in the housing recovery.

Steady price increases should give the housing market more momentum when home sales pick up in the spring. Rising prices encourage more homeowners to sell their homes and entice would-be buyers to purchase homes before prices rise further.

Other measures have also shown healthy gains in home prices over the past year. The Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller 20-city index rose 2 percent in August compared with a year ago, a faster pace than the previous month.

The price gains in the past year reported by CoreLogic were widespread. Prices have risen in all but seven states. And they declined in only 18 out of 100 large cities that are tracked by the index.

BY MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer

Chris O'Meara/Associated Press

In this Sept. 26, file photo, a “sold” sign sits out in front of a home in Riverview, Fla. A measure of U.S. home prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago, the largest year-overyear increase since July 2006. The gain reported by CoreLogic offered more evidence of a sustainable housing recovery.

Some of the biggest increases were in states that suffered the worst from the housing bust. Home prices in Arizona jumped 18.7 percent in the past year, the most of any state. Home prices in Idaho rose 13.1 percent, the second largest. Nevada’s home values rose 11 percent.

Home prices jumped 22.1 percent in Phoenix, the metro area with the biggest gain. Prices in Houston rose 6.6 percent, the second-highest increase.

The states with the biggest drops were Rhode Island (3.5 percent) and Illinois (2.3 percent).

CoreLogic’s price index is based on repeat sales of the same homes and tracks their price changes over time.

Several reports last month showed that the housing market is improving, though from depressed levels.

Home builders started construction on new homes and apartments at the fastest pace in more than four years in September. They also requested the most building permits in four years, a sign that many are confident that home sales gains will continue.

New home sales jumped last month to the highest an-

nual pace in the past two and a half years. Sales of previously occupied homes dipped in September but have risen steadily in the past year.

Sales of both new and previously occupied homes are still below levels that are consistent with a healthy housing market. That’s partly because the supply of available homes for sale remains low. And many prospective home buyers are struggling to qualify for a mortgage or scrape together the bigger down payments that many banks are requiring.

WASHINGTON – Mortgage giant Freddie Mac posted net income of $2.9 billion for the July-September quarter, its second straight profitable quarter.

The government-controlled company attributed the gain to rising home prices and fewer mortgage delinquencies.

Freddie paid a dividend of $1.8 billion to the U.S. Treasury and requested no additional federal aid.

The increase compared with a loss of $6 billion for the same quarter of 2011.

It also marked the sixth quarter in which Freddie sought no additional aid since being taken over by the government in September 2008.

The gain “was driven by favorable market conditions, including the continued improvement in the housing market,” Freddie CEO Donald Layton said in a statement.

The government rescued Freddie and larger sibling Fannie Mae during the 2008 financial crisis after both incurred massive losses on risky mortgages.

Taxpayers have spent about $170 billion to res-

cue them, the costliest bailout of the 2008 financial crisis.

Under a new federal policy announced last summer, Fannie and Freddie have to turn over all profits they earn every quarter to the government. The change was made to ensure the companies pay the government back.

Freddie requested no government aid in the second quarter, after asking for $19 million in the first quarter. The company received $7.6 billion for all of 2011 and $13 billion for all of 2010.

Fannie and Freddie are required to pay 10 percent dividends on the government money they receive.

Freddie has paid more to the government in dividends than it has taken in aid over the last seven quarters, the company says.

Freddie and Washington-based Fannie own or guarantee about half of all U.S. mortgages, or nearly 31 million home loans. Those loans are worth more than $5 trillion. Along with other federal agencies, they backed nearly 90 percent of new mortgages over the past year.

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