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“Halloween is like the poster child of unsustainable everything. There’s a lot of waste and a lot of toxins.”

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OS ANGELES — At Halloween City on Sunset Boulevard, you can turn your daughter into an Asian princess for $22.99, your infant into Yoda for $19.99 and your son into Iron Man for $29.99.

And if your kids have spent the past three months talking about dressing as Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland or a zombie ghost rocker, well, there are bags of those costumes too.

To some parents, the proliferation of the store-bought costume is a timesaving godsend, giving overscheduled moms and dads an easy and relatively cheap way to fulfill a child’s dream of being Dorothy or a Power Ranger or a puppy — no sewing machine required.

Others, however, look at the rows of flimsy princess costumes and fuzzy baby outfits (a sweet pea!), made in China out of polyester and nylon, and can’t help but see tomorrow’s landfill waste.

“Halloween is like the poster child of unsustainable everything,” said Corey Colwell-Lipson, mother of two and founder of Green Halloween, a program of the EcoMom Alliance. “There’s a lot of waste and a lot of toxins.”

But now a movement against the wear-it-and-toss-it Halloween costume is gaining steam. It seems more parents are turning to costume swaps and used-clothing stores as part of an effort to reclaim Halloween and define it as something other than another holiday centered on buying new stuff. Still,

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LOOKING FOR A COSTUME at Halloween Express, 700 N.H., Brandi Abram and her daughter Kristian Abram, 10, both of Eudora, find one that both like. If your child won’t wear the same costume again, consider swapping it. the quest to wrest Halloween from the clutches of consumerism will be hard.

According to the National Retail Federation, Americans are expected to spend $1 billion on new children’s costumes this year, up from $840 million last year. An estimated $1.2 billion will be spent on adult costumes — many of which will be worn just once.

“It’s kind of heartbreaking that people

don’t know what to do with their kid’s costumes after Halloween is over,” said Brooke Le Clear, a mother of a 2-yearold daughter and an instructor at Golden Bridge Yoga in L.A. “It’s so wasteful.”

Last year, she happened upon racks and racks of Halloween costumes at the L.A. used-clothing store Jet Rag and bought 10 of them to distribute at a Mommy and Me yoga class.

“I felt like if I didn’t buy them, they’d be headed to the landfill,” she said.

In his book “Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night,” historian Nicholas Rogers explains that it wasn’t always this way.

In the years after World War II, he writes, children were still creating costumes out of old clothes in the attic and making themselves up as hobos or robbers by smudging burnt cork on their faces.

Store-bought costumes weren’t widely available until the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, and even then they were simple affairs such as masks and witches hats. Rogers suggests that not until the ‘90s did the store-bought child’s Halloween costume fully take off.

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Naturally” at 2859 Four “I began researching and Wheel Drive, is so passionate studying natural healing. My about promoting preventive allergies cleared completely, health that she abandoned and I haven’t had an asthma a research career in pharattack in 14 years.” macology and toxicology to She loves Kansas and retrain as a holistic health decided to stay here. She practitioner. bought 80 acres in Pomona “People are developing and trained as an advanced chronic diseases at an colon hydrotherapist. alarming rate, and it’s “Cleansing the colon important for us to develop results in extreme health a prevention mind-set,” she benefits and improvements says. in many of the people I see,” “When symptoms appear, she says. they’re signs our body isn’t “However, cleansing maintaining homeostasis or alone doesn’t always address balance, and we’re headed for the problem’s roots, so disease if we do nothing. If I did further research at we have a prevention mindRichard Gwin/Journal-World Photo the Loomis Institute in St. set, health care becomes part Louis. I’m now a certified of our daily lifestyle and not LYNDA GAMMAL is a natural health proLoomis Digestive Health just something we tend to fessional who lives near Pomona with her dog, Cheyenne. specialist and continue to when we’re sick.” do advanced classes and Born in Worcester, Mass., ongoing education in the natural health field.” where her father was a chemical engineer, Gammal Gammal stresses she’s not a medical practitioner loved science, sports and outdoor activities. She and doesn’t offer medical advice. She advises people graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in natural science to consult their own health care provider before from Assumption College, Worcester, in 1978. they begin treatment.

She works with people who While working at the Worcester Foundation for want to take charge of their own health, by helping Experimental Biology, one of her research teachers them discover the source of their chronic symptoms suggested she should become a toxicologist. and working with them to help their body heal “I knew I wanted to continue in the science field, naturally. so I applied to Kansas University’s pharmacology She remains passionate about what she’s doing and toxicology graduate program,” she explains. and offers free seminars about how disease begins She graduated with a master’s in 1982 and a and how to restore the body’s normal function doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology in 1983, naturally. and published papers in scientific journals.

“Seeing a person’s health and quality of life improve She received a post-doctoral fellowship to work is very rewarding and satisfying to me,” she says. with the nationally renowned toxicologist Dr. Curtis “It’s a joy for me to be able to help people take Klaassen at KU Med Center and published a paper responsibility for improving their own health. I’ll on how cadmium produces its nephrotoxicity. never stop learning new things to help improve my Around this time her many allergies accelerated, and own health and help others live a healthier lifestyle.” she eventually suffered severe asthma attacks.

— Eileen Roddy can be reached “The knowledge I obtained while at KU made me at eileenroddy@gmail.com. realize drugs weren’t the answer for me, and I couldn’t

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TALES OF A 4TH-GRADE CONTENDER

BY ADRIENNE PARANJOTHI

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harp, inquisitive, fun, imaginative, enthusiastic, an all-around good kid: Those are just a few of the words used to describe Lexi Miller from those who interact with her on a daily basis.

Lexi, an academically gifted fourthgrader at Schwegler School, divides her time between excelling in the classroom and on the grassy fields each Sunday.

Lexi is passionate about participating in Lawrence Youth Football, a sports program dominated by boys. Lexi is the daughter of Janette Miller and sister of Nick Miller, a student at South Middle School.

Lexi and I sat down recently after her day of schooling to discuss her enthusiasm for what most might consider a rough and aggressive sport, football, and her other love, school.

Adrienne Paranjothi: Lexi, which do you want to chat about first, school or football?

Lexi Miller: Most definitely football!

AP: Lexi, do you remember your first sporting activity?

LM: When I was first living in Lawrence, I didn’t have many friends that lived close by my house. My mom found an ad in the paper about “Coyote Wrestling.” She still has the ad hanging up in the house. I thought, why not go meet some friends? I met a girl who was older than me and we would run around together at practice.

My favorite trophy is from wrestling in a girls-only tournament, “Tournament of Champions.” I won first place in that two years ago.

AP: Are you still wrestling?

LM: No, not at this time.

AP: What motivated you to start playing football?

LM: I just like football. I used to play with my cousin, who is older. He got older and rougher, and I just liked tackling and being rough.

AP: If there was an all-girls football team in Lawrence, would you participate?

LM: No, because when you play with boys you learn to be tougher and learn to be the best. I feel there is more competition with boys. I like rough sports. But with basketball it doesn’t really matter to me if I play on a girls’ team.

AP: Have you dealt with negative comments from your own team members

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LEXI MILLER, A FOURTH-GRADE SCHWEGLER SCHOOL STUDENT, laughs with her Red Raiders football teammates as they wait to have their picture taken during a practice Oct. 20 at Sunset Hill School. or opposing players? How did you respond?

LM: Just maybe a few times. On my team at first I heard “Whoa, it’s a girl!”

But I said right back, “Don’t worry, you’ll thank me later for being on your team.”

One time another player said, “Oh, it’s a girl. This is going to be easy.” I take offense to that comment about girls.

AP: Share your memories from the first time you put on your Red Raiders uniform and took the field for your first game.

LM: Oh, I was nervous and excited, but after that just really excited and pumped!

AP: Do you have any pregame rituals or superstitions?

LM: When I get up, I get ready and tell myself we are going to win and to do my best. I like a breakfast burrito from McDonald’s before a game.

AP: What is one of your favorite moments from a football game and what do you like best about each game you play in?

LM: Probably my first game. I had a sack and thought, “Wow, this is really

fun!” Tackling is fun. You can let out your aggression. Football is a sport to let out your aggression, and if coaches are there to help and keep you safe, why not?

AP: Lexi, for you what is the hardest part of playing football?

LM: I’m tough. There is no hard part for me. Sure, the first hit can be hard, but you have pads and you just get used to it.

AP: Share your advice for girls interested in playing any male-dominated sport, and also to their parents who might have hesitations about their daughter participating.

LM: If girls say they want to play, then let them play. Adults should let their kid play. In football they have on pads and helmets. At practice it is not as rough and coaches are there to keep things safe. You don’t have to be good, just show up at practice and try to get better.

AP: How do you manage studies and practice time?

LM: I go home from school, play outside for about 30 minutes and then come back in to do homework. If I don’t have homework, then I just play outside, eat, get ready for practice and go.

AP: At school, your favorite subjects or activities to participate in are?

LM: I really enjoy math, science and writing stories. My friend and I are making up a story right now about a talking monkey named Jimbo who works at McDonald’s and lives in the crown of the Statue of Liberty.

AP: What book or book series would you recommend to other kids?

LM: “Lunch Money” by Andrew Clements is a really good book. The whole “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series is great, too.

AP: Besides football and school, do you have other interests or participate in other activities? What do you do for fun?

LM: Sometimes I go with my aunt and fix food and clean up for the homeless people that come into The Salvation Army. I find it fun to play dominoes with the guest. When I am older, I want to volunteer at a pet store. I love animals!

Also, on Wednesdays I really like going to Strong Girls.

AP: Strong Girls? Tell me about this.

LM: On Wednesday I ride a bus to KU. My leader is Kelsie. We do sports or

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“On my team at first I heard ‘Whoa, it’s a girl!’ But I said right back, ‘Don’t worry, you’ll thank me later for being on your team.’”

— Lexi Miller other activities. We get to have fun. I recommend Strong Girls for all girls. It makes you feel good about yourself. Just a great place for girls to have girl time and hang out.

AP: Any ideas or dreams for your future in school or athletics?

LM: I am going to play basketball. I am going to go to college and play basketball at KU. KU, I know the school by heart.

AP: Do you have an inspirational quote or person that motivates you in your daily life?

LM: “Eat it or wear it!”

AP: Where did you learn this?

LM: From the book “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.” I just like to say it at random times.

AP: Again, do you have a person who inspires you?

LM: Danielle McCray. She is the best point guard and three-point shooter.

AP: Lexi, what three words would you use to describe you?

LM: Awesome, fast and athletic.

LEXI MILLER TACKLES a running back during the Lawrence Red Raiders game against the Ottawa Tornadoes on Oct. 23 at the Youth Sports Complex near Clinton Lake.

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Two habits to avoid: ‘uncommitted’ relationships, spying on boy’s phone Dear Dr. Wes and Miranda: I’m having conflicting views on a boy right now. Last night we were watching a movie together and started making out.

I stopped him and made sure he knew that we weren’t going to have sex, and he said he was fine with it. But while he was in the bathroom I looked at his text messages and saw that this girl he was talking to was like “I wanna be in ur arms right now.” She sent hearts to him and he was sending hearts back. I didn’t tell him that I’d peeked, but just left and went home. Do I slowly edge away from him, confront him about the messages, or just ignore it? I like hanging out with him a lot, but I don’t want to be that girl who he just makes out with and never sees as anything more than that.

Miranda: First things first: Grab your phone and find his number. Now delete it. Just walk away, because this guy isn’t good enough for you. He’s not good enough for any girl. There are plenty of nice guys out there who will commit to you and treat you with respect.

There’s a lot of pressure being in a high school relationship, but people have started using the “uncommitted” mind-set as an excuse to be emotionally involved with multiple people. A situation like this creates jealousy, but, unlike an official relationship, it’s hard to call out your partner for making you feel this way. Anyone who wants to pursue multiple girls won’t change his mind-set even if you two became official.

There is another component to your letter that concerns me. You went through this guy’s text messages. That’s a habit you’ve got to kick. If you’re in a relationship one day, spying won’t be acceptable. I understand that this guy’s

Double TAKE DR. WES CRENSHAW AND MIRANDA DAVIS actions seemed a little shady, but if you don’t want to worry about whether someone is being honest, hang out with honest people.

Relationships are built on trust, and any guy will be able to tell if you don’t trust him. Just remember that this guy is not the only option; there are so many good, honest, trustworthy guys out there. We’re in high school and no one’s perfect, but if you let him go, you’re opening yourself up to meet someone who won’t make you feel like you need to read through his phone log.

Dr. Wes: I’m with Miranda. Guys and girls seem to have a hard time on two fronts these days: deciding exactly what relationship they’re in or want to be in and acting within an ethical framework while being in them.

Unfortunately, I know where teens are getting their values regarding relationships, fidelity and the just treatment of others: directly from adults.

On the whole, society isn’t exactly handing down great portions of integrity to our kids, and that’s showing up in situations like the one you describe.

The other problem here is one of tolerance, which Miranda is showing very little of toward your boy. I suggest you join her. The truth is that guys will generally behave about as well as they’re expected to by the girls they show interest in. If you tolerate being a makeout buddy, you’re rewarding his casual behavior, just as if you gave your dog a treat every time he messed on your carpet. I say, no treats for this guy.

I, too, am uncomfortable with your text browsing, but for a slightly different reason. Going on a spying rampage never made any boy trustworthy. Just annoyed.

If you want to be treated ethically, you have to act ethically. Of course you’ll get taken advantage of a few times on that high moral ground, but you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that you didn’t stoop to dirty tricks to prove a guy is loyal. Besides, if you have to keep proving it, it’s already proven.

Next week: Adolescent stress in anxious times.

— Dr. Wes Crenshaw is board certified in family and couples psychology (ABPP).

Read about his writing and clinical practice at www.dr-wes.com. Miranda Davis is a Free State High School senior.

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Impress kids with Halloween science

BY LEE SVITAK DEAN, STAR TRIBUNE

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ow can you have a Halloween party without Goblin Goo? Or Magic Potion? Or fake blood?

That’s the message from Liz Heinecke, aka the Kitchen Pantry Scientist of Edina, Minn., who creates her magical concoctions at home with her three children, ages 5, 9 and 10. A former medical researcher who has a master’s in bacteriology, she now cultures more germs than ever, as she notes on her website, kitchenpantryscientist.com.

Her experiments are well suited for the young crowd at a Halloween gathering.

So let’s break out the beakers (no safety glasses needed here).

Goblin goo: In a medium-size bowl, mix together 1 cup of cornstarch and ½ cup water, with a little food coloring (purple, green or red would be Halloween-oriented). Use your fingers or a spoon to combine them. Goo will be the consistency of syrup. Messy alert!

When you roll the mixture into a ball, it will act like a solid. When you run it through your fingers, it will act like a liquid.

Science principle: Cornstarch goo is known as a non-Newtonian fluid, which doesn’t have the normal properties of either a liquid or a solid. The cornstarch molecules are like long ropes. When left alone, they look like a liquid; when you move them around, or “agitate” them, as scientists describe it, they act like a solid.

Magic potion: Parents may want to do the prep for this in advance. Chop a head of red cabbage into small pieces and add it to a pan with enough water to cover it. Boil the cabbage uncovered for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Let it cool and strain the juice into a jar or bowl. (Save the cabbage for a meal.)

Pour about ¼ cup cabbage juice (this is the “magic potion”) into two clear glasses or bowls and set them on a white piece of paper so you can watch as the color changes.

Add 1 tablespoon baking soda to 1 glass of potion (this will create a base solution). To the second glass, add a couple of tablespoons of vinegar or lemon juice (this creates an acid mixture).

Watch what happens.

Science principle: The pigment that makes red cabbage red is an acid/base indicator. Vinegar turns the mixture

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GOBLIN GOO can take a solid or liquid form, both of them gruesomely gross.

pink because it’s an acid, while baking soda turns it blue or green, because it’s a base. Mix them both together for another reaction (you’re creating carbon dioxide gas and guess what that does?).

Wiggly worms: Cut Gummi worms with a kitchen shears into thinner long strips. Soak them in a solution of 2 tablespoons baking soda mixed with 1 cup water for about 15 minutes. Take the worms out of the solution and drop them in a container of vinegar. There will be a chemical reaction that will cause the worms to wiggle. Science principle: When you mix baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) with vinegar (acetic acid), a chemical reaction occurs, forming carbon dioxide bubbles which make the worms float and move.

Bag of blood: Fill a heavy-duty quart-size zip-top plastic bag with water and a few drops of food coloring. Then press the seal on the plastic bag. Slowly poke several wooden skewers completely through the bag, from one side through to the other, avoiding the part with air in it. (Advice: Put a bowl underneath the bag, just in case.)

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WOULD YOU LET A BLACK CAT

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DUSTY IS A 6-YEAR-OLD BLACK CAT that belongs to Katie Evans, who also has three other black cats.

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f black cats really are bad luck, then Katie Evans must have tons of good luck at her disposal just to keep her on solid ground.

The Lawrence resident lives with four black cats: two solid and two patterned with black.

And her luck’s just fine, thank you very much.

“I’m not exactly sure where the black cat-bad luck thing comes from, but it’s just one of those superstitions that has lasted,” she says. “Just like walking under ladders, which I also do. Ha!” In fact, if there’s any luck at all in the feline-and-human equation, black cats are getting the short end of the stick. Nicole Aniello, an adoption counselor at the Lawrence Humane Society, says our eyes are often drawn to patterns, meaning both dogs and cats of a solid color get stuck in the lurch, black cats even more so because of the bad-luck component.

“With dogs as well, we have what we call shadow breeds. They’re called shadow breeds because people pass them over like shadows,” Aniello says. “With cats, it’s the same thing. People tend to pass them over.”

Because of that, the shelter, 1805 E. 19th St., has made specific considerations for them, says its executive director, Dori Villalon. Workers often put bandanas on the black dogs to break up the color and take care to give them unusual names to use during their stays. It’s also cheaper to adopt a black cat; $35 is tops for what you’d pay for any black kitty, regardless of age. And, rather than keeping the black cats on lock-down around Halloween, the shelter is happy to find them homes around the holiday.

“There’s always been kind of a myth

“Really, if anything, if Halloween makes you think of black cats, then this is a great time to come down and adopt one.”

— Lawrence Humane Society Director Dori Villalon and kind of anecdotal stories about how black cats are going to be at risk for perhaps satanic rituals or any other scary Halloween-related thing. But, really, in my 25 years of working in animal welfare, I have never heard of a cruelty situation involving a black cat and Halloween,” Villalon says. “Really, if anything, if Halloween makes you think of black cats, then this is a great time to come down and adopt one.”

Somewhat rare are the cat adopters like Betty Ruhlen, who has owned many black cats in her lifetime and who wasn’t surprised when she ended up with another black cat after visiting the shelter. The Lawrence resident was looking for a kitty companion for her elderly yellow cat, Izzy, when she went searching for a cat who had just the right personality, no matter the color. She found exactly what she wanted in a black male she named Archie.

“I like all cats, but I especially do like sleek black cats,” she says, adding that, more than color, she’s looking for attitude and usually she’ll find that in male cats. “I i actually tend to prefer male cats. It could be that they’re a little bit more ornery and T aggressive.”

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street Are you superstitious about anything?

“I’m from Peru, and we have many superstitions about New Year’s. If you wear green underwear on New Years, you will be lucky in money. Red underwear is for luck in love.” — Andrea Salazar, environmental science major, Lawrence

“On Halloween you’re not supposed to be in a cemetery because that’s when the devil comes up from the ground.”

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ELENI ROUSSOPOULOS, 22, LAWRENCE, cuddles with her new kitten Lynx at the Lawrence Humane Society, 1805 E. 19th St. sucking powers, but also that the rest of the world doesn’t totally believe that either.

“I just discovered that white cats are bad luck in England,” Ruhlen says. “In Germany, a black cat crossing in front of you from right to left is bad luck and from left to right is good luck.”

Ruhlen picked up Archie during a period in August in which all adoption fees were waived for kitties at the shelter. The shelter has an ongoing incentive called Thursday Purrsday, in which all cats 6 months and older can be adopted for no charge. And besides the cat, adopters get a free cat carrier, collar, vet visit, microchip and bag of food; plus, there is no cost for any

vaccinations the cat may have received, or for spaying or neutering.

Eleni Roussopoulos visited Purrsday with her heart set on getting a cat. She figured she’d get a gray one, but the second she walked into the cat room at the shelter, she was drawn to a spunky black-and-white furball named Lynx.

“I was looking for a gray one,” she says, snuggling up to Lynx. “You can’t really judge them by their color that much. It’s more their personalities that’ll get you.”

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irst-time mom-to-be Kelly Harri is preparing for childbirth by taking an online course through Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

“It has been my saving grace,” she said.

Harri, 25, and her boyfriend, Stefan Labbe, 27, live in South Korea and are expecting their first child — a girl — in mid-January.

Preparing to become parents is no small feat for any couple, but they also are dealing with language and cultural differences.

“Aiming for a natural birth, we wanted an English-speaking doctor to ensure our wishes were made clear,” Harri said via email.

Within a week they found a doctor who studied in the U.S., but Harri said his medical care was technical, impersonal and “very hands-off, machine-on.”

When she asked him a question at the first appointment, he told her to research the answer online.

“So the Internet became my be-all, end-all solution to any problem or new symptom I had,” she said, adding that the number of web pages and blogs about pregnancy are overwhelming.

“Though some can be very helpful, almost every day I misdiagnosed a symptom. I drove myself into some sort of Internet-addiction hypochondriac state,” she said.

Harri said the closest English prenatal classes were a two-hour commute away, which was not feasible.

At four months pregnant, Harri said she became so concerned about the lack of care and available resources that she was considering quitting her job as an English teacher at a public school and moving back to the U.S. Fortunately, she had met Lawrence native Katelyn Anderson in South Korea, and they became fast friends. Anderson just happens to be the daughter of Aynsley Anderson, community education coordinator at LMH. When Aynsley heard about the couple’s troubles, she mailed a stack of materials.

“They were so helpful and brought

ONLINE CHILDBIRTH PREPARATION Too busy to take traditional childbirth preparation classes, or do you prefer to learn at your own pace or in your own home? Then this is the class for you.

Once you enroll, you will have access to detailed pregnancy, birthing and postpartum information through activities, knowledge checks, Web links and downloadable handouts. It is not necessary have your baby at Lawrence Memorial Hospital to take this class.

Class participants will have the opportunity to sign up for a one-time class at the hospital, which includes a tour and a chance to have questions answered by a childbirth educator, as well as a review of relaxation and breathing techniques.

Class fee is $65.

For more information, contact LMH Connect Care at 749-5800 or visitlmh. org.

many answers to questions that we were unable to ask our doctor,” Harri said.

Then, the new online course became available at LMH in September, and the couple immediately signed up.

“It was like a breath of fresh air,” Harri said. “Taking the online course allows us to tend to our own busy schedules while chipping away at the online modules at home or on a break at work.”

The e-course covers pregnancy, the birthing process, newborn information, breast-feeding and recovery after childbirth.

There are videos, Web links, activities, quizzes and information that can be printed out and saved. For $65, couples have access to all of the materials for three months. There is a logical way to navigate through the materials, but couples can skip forward if they want or look back at information.

Harri said that, so far, “Chapter 4: Comfort Techniques” has been the most helpful section. She said it went over a

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KELLY HARRI AND STEFAN LABBE, of South Korea, are taking the online childbirth course offered through Lawrence Memorial Hospital. They are expecting a baby girl in mid-January.

“It was like a breath of fresh air. Taking the online course allows us to tend to our own busy schedules while chipping away at the online modules at home or on a break at work.”

— First-time mom-to-be Kelly Harri variety of labor positions and techniques and didn’t push one over another.

“It lets you decide what’s best for you,” she said.

Melissa Hoffman, who coordinates prenatal and parenting education programs for LMH, oversees the online course and so far, a handful of couples have signed up. For those who enroll, they can opt to take a onetime, in-person class to learn relaxation techniques, see the birthing area and ask questions.

Hoffman said there is a growing trend in offering education online, and childbirth classes are not an exception.

It’s mainly the convenience factor.

But like any class, parents-to-be have to be disciplined and do their homework.

She advises them to complete the course four to six weeks before the due date just in case the baby arrives early.

Despite the trend in e-classes, Hoffman still strongly encourages couples to take the traditional in-person childbirth classes.

“It is so nice to make those connections with people who are going through the same thing, and to see the area where you are going to give birth and kind of decrease that anxiety of the unknown prior to coming in,” she said. “There’s definitely benefit to the in-person component of the class.”

— Health reporter Karrey Britt can be reached at 832-7190. Read her health blog at WellCommons.com, and follow her at Twitter.com/WellCommons.

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BY MARGIE CARR

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elcome to a new feature in Go! about some of the interesting places and spaces in Lawrence.

In this column, I hope to highlight some of the unique sites that make Lawrence not only a historic but also a very livable community.

So, on this Halloween day, the day on which the ancient Gaels believed the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped, what could be more appropriate than highlighting one of the most historic places in town: Pioneer Cemetery.

In 1915, Lawrence Daily JournalWorld owner and editor W.C. Simons described the six-acre “city of the dead” as a quiet and beautiful space amid an area “teeming with life.” So taken with the site, Simons initiated the first inventory of the cemetery, which had not had an interment since the 1880s.

Today, 70 19th century tombstones and partial headstones attest not only to the violence that marked Lawrence’s early history but also to the relentless conditions of life on the frontier.

None exemplifies this more graphically than the 18 military stones in the northeast corner of the cemetery. These young men from the 13th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry were on their way to Mississippi in 1862 but succumbed to typhoid fever after stopping in Lawrence on their journey.

Early residents Charles and Adeline Duncan buried three of their five children at Pioneer Cemetery, according to Karl Gridley, who conducted a second inventory of the site in 1996. Today, only 2-year-old Alfonzo’s marker is discernible.

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PIONEER CEMETERY on the West Campus of Kansas University has a long history.

There are stones for 28-year-old George Coat, 31-year-old Louis Swan and 28-year-old Chester Hay, three of the nearly 200 victims of William C. Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence on Aug. 21, 1863. While most of those slain on that bloody summer day were moved to Oak Hill Cemetery after it opened in 1865, it is from one of those who remains at Pioneer that we learn about some of the horrific details of the massacre.

A distraught Priscilla Jones described the events of the day in a letter to her sister, a copy of which is available at Watkins Community Museum, 1047 Mass.

“My dear Sister,” she begins. “How can I begin and tell you the sad news — oh it is awful … the rebels got into Lawrence and oh what a sweep of everything killing

every man they saw robbing the houses then fireing (sic) them, and oh dear Mollie must I tell you that among the first that was killed was our poor brother, Sam. He was killed in the street, shot thrue (sic) the heart they think ….

“Oh that we could get out of Kansas.

I have been afraid ever since I came and now I can hardly live.”

Jones also gives an account of the death of a black man, “one of the four or five” rebels who died during the raid.

“I don’t think there was but three or four guns fired by our men they gave up and still they killed and fired on every one they could. … Oh I can’t tell you anything about the distress there is in this place, so many without homes and friends.”

Priscilla, 25, died Sept. 18, 1863,

less than a month after her brother, apparently never recovering from the traumatic events of Aug. 21.

She is buried at Pioneer Cemetery alongside Samuel.

There are also the remains of Thomas Barber, an early martyr of the antislavery movement after he was gunned down by slavery supporter George Clark. Barber’s death was memorialized by poet John Greenleaf Whittier, whose poem is on display in the cemetery.

Interestingly, Barber’s headstone was rediscovered 16 years ago by a high school student. According to a May 1995 account in the Journal-World, Adrienne Smith was poking around the cemetery researching Barber’s death for her history class when she came across the headstone, hidden by an overgrown juniper.

It would be hard to miss Barber’s stone today, as the brush has been cleared and his large obelisk is a prominent feature of the site.

But Pioneer Cemetery is not just one of Lawrence’s historic sites; it is an active cemetery containing the remains of more than 450 Kansas University faculty members and others with distinguished service to the university. “McCollum,” “Ellsworth,” “Malott” and “Wescoe” not only adorn buildings at KU, they can also be found among the stones placed after KU purchased the site from the city in the 1950s. The cemetery is on KU’s West Campus along Iowa Street.

Just as Simons observed nearly 100 years ago, Pioneer Cemetery is still a quiet and beautiful place surrounded by an area teeming with life, and it is a perfect spot for anyone looking to reflect on the past or to contemplate the future.

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Best of all? Most of these outfits can easily be assembled straight from your closet, no purchase necessary.

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Fashionable last-minute costumes

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appy Halloween! If you are struggling for a last minute costume idea — and I do mean very, very last minute — look no further. Simply look to your favorite style icon from the past.

Emulate their personal style and create a fabulous, classic costume.

Best of all? Most of these outfits can easily be assembled straight from your closet, no purchase necessary.

Check out some of my favorite styleicon costumes below: AUDREY HEPBURN, “BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S” Audrey Hepburn is renowned for her simple, classic style. Due in part to the Little Black Dress, designed for Hepburn

by Givenchy, women all over the world hold her personal style in high esteem.

For a Hepburn-esque costume, one that truly could still be worn to work or to dinner in the present day, assemble the following outfit:

your favorite LBD

long black evening gloves

tear drop earrings

pearl strand necklace

crown (optional)

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tube top

plaid skirt or high-waisted jean shorts

leopard print jacket or dress

DIANE KEATON, “ANNIE HALL”

From left, Audrey Hepburn, first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Debbie Harry JACKIE O Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ personal style changed over time, from her days in the White House through the years after. Regardless of which Jackie look you choose, keep it colorful and clean.

First Lady Jackie:

A-line dress

pillbox hat

kitten heels

tailored, collarless tweed jacket Gypsy Jackie:

wide-leg pants

round, oversized glasses

long, oversized jacket

colorful silk scarf

DEBBIE HARRY/BLONDIE Debbie Harry was at the forefront of the punk movement, making her personal style a very fun look to attempt.

Along with bubbly, pink lipstick, colorstreaked hair and vibrant eye shadow, pick out a few of these clothing items to create a Debbie Harry costume:

leotard

studded belt

one-shouldered top

Happy Halloween!

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Diane Keaton’s dress code in Woody Allen’s film “Annie Hall” is often cited as a style influence. In fact, the clothes Keaton wore in this film were her own. For an Annie Hall-like costume, pick a few of these items from your closet (preferably in a muted or neutral color palate):

oversized Oxford shirt

vest

oversized jacket

wide-leg, high waisted trousers or skirt

boots Three years ago, I launched the Journal-World fashion and style column Mass Street Chic. I recently relocated to New York City to pursue a career in fashion and journalism. Along with this final column, I would like to thank the readers for their constant support, and I wish you a future of the utmost style.

— Caitlin Donnelly can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

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hh, Halloween. When giddy young children frolic about the neighborhood in search of the one house dishing out full-sized candy bars and average adults dress up like dead celebrities.

Children high on Nerds and Tootsie Pops are darling, of course, and I love an army of teenage mutant transforming storm troopers at my door as much as the next mom, but it is revelers like my brother Michael who help make Halloween my favorite holiday.

Michael lives the happy life of a hot and happenin’ thirtysomething in Chicago. He has a great job, lives a few blocks from Wrigley Field and can play guitar as late as he wants every night of the week, for Michael has no wife, no fiancée, no live-in girlfriend.

One Halloween, Michael decided (at the last minute, because when one is single one can do anything one chooses on a moment’s notice) to attend a Halloween party at a bar in downtown Chicago.

Wearing a banana suit, because he lives alone with no one to talk him out of it.

Taking a cab from Wrigleyville in a banana suit on Halloween was not a problem. The cabbie did not question him.

In fact, he hardly seemed to notice. And attending a party dressed like a King-Kongsized banana was not a problem either.

No, the problem came the next morning when Michael, still dressed as a banana, woke up at a female friend’s house, a couple of miles from his home.

She did not judge him for leaving his wallet at the bar the night before or crashing on her couch. That is a true friend. A truer friend would have discreetly driven him home, but she did not own transportation. So she spotted him $2.25 for the bus and sent him on his way.

JULIE DUNLAP

Michael contemplated his next move.

While the $2.25 was most helpful, a change of clothes might have come in just as handy. For some reason, however, the thought of changing into a girl’s clothes was out of the question. That would have completely stripped him of his dignity.

Into the street he went, wearing black tights, a black T-shirt and an overgrown banana peel.

He crossed the street just as the bus was pulling away, taunting him into running after it, waving his arms and yelling, unconcerned with the stares he was receiving on the streets of Chicago in the early hours of Nov. 1.

Fortunately the bus slowed down, and Michael, the man-sized banana, hopped on, breathing heavily from the short run, and was greeted by a busload of awestruck passengers and one crying toddler.

“They started yelling at me to slow down for the banana,” the bus driver said, pointing to the people behind him.

One passenger was sympathetic to his plight, though. A young guy, in a display of kindness appropriate for All Saints Day, leaned across the aisle and simply patted him on the back. “It’s OK, man,” he consoled. “Everyone’s done the Banana Walk of Shame at some point.”

Have a happy, happy Halloween!

— Julie Dunlap can be reached at go@ljworld.com

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A well-rounded plan of attack against these home vampires can reduce your energy bill by 10 percent.

LINDA COTTIN

Drive a stake through energy-sucking appliances

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ampire power is a term coined to describe electrical power wasted by typical household electronics when they are plugged in but not in use.

Not all electrical devices are vampires, but devices with LED lights, digital displays, plug-in chargers or remote controls typically suck power when not in use and bleed your pocketbook of hard-earned cash.

Computers, modems, televisions and other electronic devices are the most active vampires in your home. Digital cable boxes with DVR devices are the worst offenders.

A well-rounded plan of attack against these home vampires can reduce your energy bill by 10 percent and make your bank account a little less anemic. Use these simple “wooden stakes” to control the power-sucking abilities of electrical vampires.

Stake 1: Unplug devices when not in use. When in doubt, pull the plug.

Energy cannot be wasted if the plug is not in the outlet.

Stake 2: Use surge protectors or power strips whenever possible. Use the on/off switch on the power strip to completely cut off the electrical supply to both regular and vampire devices.

Stake 3: Purchase Energy Star appliances and devices. Energy Star-rated appliances use 50 percent less vampire

power than their average non-Energy Star counterparts.

Stake 4: Use “Smart Strip” surge protectors for computer and audio/ video devices. Smart strips come in various configurations. Typically they have a “master” outlet and several “slave” outlets. When the device plugged into the master outlet is idle or off, the smart strip senses this and automatically turns off the power to the “slave” devices. Plug your computer into the “master” outlet and your printers and other peripherals into the slave outlets to save energy when your computer is not in use.

Stake 5: Use the “other” off switch.

Many appliances and devices have a regular power switch that puts the device into a stand-by mode or sleep mode, allowing a continuous amount of power to be sucked from the wall outlet. Often there is a second power switch to the back of the device, near the power cord, that will completely cut off power to the device.

Stake 6: Unplug chargers from the wall when not in use. Battery chargers for cell phones, laptops and power tools continue to suck power after the device is fully charged or even removed. Pull the charger out of the wall socket to stem its vampire capabilities.

— Linda Cottin can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

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TUMBLEWEED, ADOPTED from the Lawrence Humane Society, relaxes on a basket of old newspapers.

Tumbleweed’s owner is Charlotte Crandall of Lawrence. Monica Biernat submitted the photo. Got a picture for Pet Post? Bring in or mail a Pet Post photo and some information about your pet to the Journal-World, 645 N.H., Lawrence, KS 66044 or email it to go@ljworld.com.

Cowgirl Museum opening O’Connor exhibit FORT WORTH, TEXAS (AP) — Sandra Day O’Connor made her mark in history as the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, but she’s still a hardworking cowgirl at heart, she said Wednesday.

An exhibit about her life opens this week at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in

Fort Worth, a tribute to the 30th anniversary of her appointment to the high court. It runs through March.

“It is odd that a cowgirl ended up on the court, isn’t it?” she said Wednesday, joking that her 1981 nomination by President Reagan stemmed from his own love of ranching. “Probably because I had

grown up on the back of a horse, he had more interest in me than other candidates.”

O’Connor, 81, is an El Paso native who spent summers on her family’s Arizona ranch that initially didn’t have electricity or water. It later had two large windmills providing water from wells underneath.

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AMYLYNNE “AL” BELLFI, A RESIDENT OF THE NEWLY OPENED MEADOWLARK ESTATES, laughs Thursday with Phalyn Batalia, front, a personal caregiver and friend, and Mary Sledge, a housekeeper at the retirement community. “I don’t make friends; I make family,” said Bellfi, who has a rare form of asthma and has been partially immobile and reliant on a wheelchair since her early 20s.

Optimism, laughter have been key for resident with rare form of asthma

By Aaron Couch acouch@ljworld.com

AmyLynne Bellfi was 23 when her lungs stopped working. She had a rare form of asthma made much worse when a doctor gave her aspirin, a drug she wasn’t supposed to have.

It ravaged her lung capacity.

The few steps to the bathroom became a hike. The walk to the mailbox became unthinkable.

Steroid treatments eventually got her lungs working again, but led to a host of complications that left her without mobility.

And she had sons, an infant and a 3-year-old, who needed care. She and her husband, Dennis, did what they could to make it work.

They outfitted their bedroom with everything she and the boys would need while he was out working as a state trooper. They padded the sharp corners of her water bed so the boys wouldn’t hurt themselves.

Her sons would grow up, go to school and leave that room.

But AmyLynne was stuck. She would spend most of the next

Some stayed for a few days, others for more than a year.

“My husband likes to say I collect broken people. But I think we’re all kind of puzzles waiting for all of the pieces,” she said. “There’s nothing that is going to hurt me by taking the time to listen.”

A few years ago, AmyAn extended family Lynne came across two AmyLynne says she doesn’t strangers in a truck stop make friends; she makes fam- bathroom. It was a mother ily. and daughter having the type She and her husband have of argument only mothers opened their home to numbers Please see LAUGHTER, page 2A of friends who needed one.

20 years in spots much like that: areas measuring 10 feet by 10 feet.

“It’s a conundrum of afflictions that test me, but I win every time,” she says, putting up her fists like a prize fighter. “I say, ‘Okay sepsis, what do you got? Come on.’”

The number of people using Lawrence’s Amtrak depot is on the rise, according to new numbers.

But whether the prospect of the city buying the east Lawrence building is headed in the same direction is still an open question.

Members of a grassroots group who are urging city leaders to take over ownership of the Santa Fe Depot at Seventh and New Jersey streets are pointing to new numbers that show Amtrak Ridership at the ridership at the station Lawrence depot soared well above the national average dur- increased by 26 ing the past 12 months. percent during “Word is getting out fiscal year 2011, that Lawrence’s depot is no longer consid- which ended in ered the ‘Stephen King September, acstation,’” said Carey cording to numbers Maynard-Moody, a from Amtrak. The leader of the Depot Redux group. “Now Lawrence increase that we have caretak- was well above the ers for the depot, it is 5.1 percent increase not a scary place.”

Ridership at the in overall Amtrak Lawrence depot in- ridership nationwide. creased by 26 percent during fiscal year 2011, which ended in September, according to numbers from Amtrak. The Lawrence increase was well above the 5.1 percent increase in overall Amtrak ridership nationwide.

Lawrence’s numbers also outpaced the ridership gains made on the Southwest Chief, the lone Amtrak route that travels through Lawrence. The Please see DEPOT, page 2A

With strained resources, KU ‘barely keeping up’ with doctor demand

By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com

TOPEKA — As the need for more doctors increases, the Kansas University School of Medicine has expanded to produce more physicians, especially for underserved areas.

But more needs to be done, said Barbara Atkinson, executive vice chancellor of the KU Medical Center and executive dean of the School of

Medicine.

“We are barely keeping up,” Atkinson said.

“We would like to see the addition of more stuAtkinson dents to our class.”

Rural legislators express sympathy. “We are losing so many of our doctors who have been there for years and

are retiring,” said Sen. Ruth Teichman, R-Stafford.

But producing more doctors will require more money, and that may be difficult given Gov. Sam Brownback’s desire to build budget reserves and cut both taxes and spending. Brownback also has recently added reducing the state’s debt to his budget priorities.

In recent years, the KU School of Medicine, based in Kansas City, Kan., has

opened a new campus in Salina and expanded its school in Wichita. Much of this has been financed with private donations and tuition.

Prior to 2011, each incoming class had 175 students, all of whom completed their first and second years at the main campus at Kansas City, Kan. For the third and fourth

years of training, 55 would go to the Wichita campus.

But through expansion, this year’s incoming class is 191 students with eight first-year students in Salina and eight in Wichita. Starting next school year, the incoming class will consist of 211 students: 175 in Kansas City, 28 in Wichita and eight in Salina. The Salina campus is the smallest four-year medical education site in the country, and KU officials hope that it will be-

come a model for producing rural doctors.

With the number of qualified applicants KU receives, Atkinson said the university could have taken 100 more medical students this year if it had the resources.

But funding problems are on the horizon.

A medical school loan program that has produced doctors for rural areas needs Please see DOCTORS, page 2A

Volunteer: Helping at hospice ‘a very special thing’

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By Micki Chestnut

BETTY SHAFFER, a volunteer with the Visiting Nurses hospice program, is the United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center volunteer of the month for October.

Shaffer has happily given more than 500 hours to the program and says the work is its own reward.

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Often, when you tell people you work or volunteer ety of needs. Some volunteers Like most people, Betty for hospice, they say, ‘Oh, I couldn’t do that!’ You’d be provide services like haircuts Shaffer had never thought surprised that it’s not that hard. It’s just life, really.” or massages for patients. Othabout what it would be like to die. Then she had a health crisis.

Coming face to face with her own mortality unearthed in Shaffer a passion to help others facing end-of-life issues.

For the past 18 years, Shaffer has volunteered for the Visiting Nurses hospice program, giving more than 500 hours of care and compassion to patients and their families as they walk through their final days together.

Shaffer’s long-term dedication to the hospice program in-

— Betty Shaffer, a volunteer for Visiting Nurses hospice program spired Sarah Rooney, hospice volunteer coordinator with Visiting Nurses, to nominate her for the United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center’s 2010 Wallace Galluzzi Outstanding Volunteer Award.

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needed break. She’s created life reviews, collecting patients’ stories to be preserved for future generations. And now she makes bereavement calls, checking in on family members to see how they are managing after the loss of their loved ones.

Shaffer is one of 40 hospice volunteers who use their unique talents to help patients

ers help with house and yard work. Some come just to hang out, offering a breath of fresh air for people who are shut in.

“We have seasoned volunteers who have experienced loss and have a passion for end-of-life issues; we have KU student volunteers who can be exceptional at connecting with patients,” Rooney explained.

“We have quiet and serious volunteers and energetic and humorous volunteers. It really takes all kinds. However,

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DEATHS VILLEAREAL SERVICES Funeral services for Samuel D. Villeareal, 57, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m.

Wednesday at Free Methodist Church in Lawrence.

Graveside service will follow at Memorial Park

Cemetery, Lawrence.

He died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at RumseyYost Funeral Home.

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Southwest Chief posted a ridership gain of 3.7 percent.

Overall, ridership at the Lawrence station stood at 6,410. That’s up about 70 percent from the 3,700 riders who used the depot in fiscal year 2007.

Maynard-Moody attributes the increase, in part, to better upkeep at the station and her group’s efforts to increase the visibility of the station. At the urging of Depot Redux, Amtrak has hired two caretakers for the station who open and close the depot 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after departure of the two trains that stop at the depot. The Depot Redux group uses volunteers to handle the duties on the weekends. Before the new arrangement, the unstaffed depot was left unlocked for long periods each night.

“It had kind of become the homeless hotel,” MaynardMoody said. “You can ask any Amtrak conductor, and they would tell you that they would shoo people out of there each night.”

But questions still remain about what the long-term future holds for the depot.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe continues to own the depot, and city officials are still struggling with whether to strike a deal with the railroad to take over ownership of the building.

As previously reported, Amtrak also has made an offer to the city to pay for about $130,000 worth of interior improvements related to the Americans with Disabilities Act — such as bathrooms, entrances and other renovations — if the city takes over ownership of the building.

The city, however, hasn’t yet struck a deal with Burlington Northern Santa Fe, and hasn’t formally responded to the Amtrak offer that is now about four months old.

Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard, though, said the city is continuing to work on the project. But she said

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cash, Atkinson said. KU is seeking $1.9 million to allow the program to be maintained at 120 loans per year, which is the same number of loans that has been offered for at least the last 10 years.

Under the program, a student receives tuition, fees and a monthly stipend. The loan can be repaid by entering a primary care specialty and practicing in an underserved country for one year for each year of loan support.

Failure to satisfy the service commitment requires repayment of the loan plus a 15 percent interest penalty.

Years ago, many paid the penalty, but recently nearly all recipients are satisfying their

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one of the most important qualities in a volunteer is the ability to listen without judgment or the need to advise or fix the situation.”

Shaffer has spent her career doing just that.

Before retirement, she worked as a school social worker, caring for students with severe disabilities.

“People said, ‘Wasn’t that hard to work with children who, in many ways, are suffering?’ If you are there to do something positive, it doesn’t seem that hard,” Shaffer explained.

Similarly, her friends wondered how she could be a volunteer for hospice, surround-

two broad issues continue to create questions: the terms that the city would assume ownership from the railway and the amount of money the city would need to spend on station improvements once it owns the building.

Originally, the city had told BNSF that it wanted a transfer to be done on a contingency basis. The city did not want to assume ownership of the building until it had a received a grant to undertake station improvements.

Stoddard said the railroad has expressed concern with that type of arrangement.

That leaves the City Commission with a decision on whether it is comfortable taking ownership of the building, given that a Lawrence architect hired by the city has identified about $400,000 worth of improvements that are needed to the roof, the heating and cooling systems and other high priority items.

But commissioners previously had expressed the most concern about the necessary ADA improvements, because those improvements likely could not be delayed by the city.

Stoddard said she is preparing a memo to present to city commissioners in November.

“We’re hoping to get some information from the commission that will allow us to communicate our position to BNSF and Amtrak,” Stoddard said.

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362. Follow him at Twitter. com/clawhorn_ljw

service obligations, which means there is less income going back into the program.

Another funding hurdle is construction of a new medical school education building in Kansas City, Kan., now estimated to cost $78 million. As envisioned, the facility would enable KU to increase the incoming class size at the medical school by 50 students.

“Our current facility is obsolete,” Atkinson said.

But the Kansas Board of Regents recently rejected a plan to submit the building proposal — and request for a $5 million annual appropriation — to Brownback’s office.

KU officials have said they hope to have a plan nailed down later this year on how to pay for the project.

— Statehouse reporter Scott Rothschild can be reached at 785-423-0668.

ed by such sorrow and loss.

“When you are involved in hospice, you quickly realize you build up some coping skills, and, in some ways, the experience rewards you, so it doesn’t seem that hard,” Shaffer explained. “I realized very quickly that dying is a part of life, and being there was a very special thing.”

“Often, when you tell people you work or volunteer for hospice, they say, ‘Oh, I couldn’t do that!’” Rooney shared. “You’d be surprised that it’s not that hard. It’s just life, really.”

For more information on volunteering for Visiting Nurses hospice program, contact Rooney at (785) 843-3738 or SarahRo@kansasvna.org.

— Micki Chestnut, associate director of the United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center, can be reached at 865-5030.

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Closing Kansas’ pension gap likely to be expensive no matter what

By John Hanna Associated Press

Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard said two broad issues continue to create questions: the terms that the city would assume ownership from the railway and the amount of money the city would need to spend on station improvements once it owns the building.

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TOPEKA — A commission examining Kansas’ public pension system still must tackle the daunting issue of closing the system’s longterm funding gap, a task likely to prove expensive no matter what emerges from its discussions.

The pensions study commission is building on work by legislators earlier this year that produced the law creating the group, while committing the state to increasing its contribution of tax dollars to the Kansas Public Employee Retirement System. The law also will force public employees to choose between contributing more of their paychecks to their pensions and accepting lower future benefits.

Commission members plan to consider drafting a proposal to start a 401(k)style plan for new hires or a less aggressive hybrid of that approach and traditional plans. KPERS plans guarantee benefits up front, based on an employee’s salary and years of experience, rather than on investment earnings, as is common for businesses.

The debate over starting a 401(k)-style plan is contentious and pits Gov. Sam Brownback and Republican allies in the GOP-controlled Legislature against public employee groups. Yet bolstering the long-term financial security of KPERS will require the commission and legislators to consider other ideas likely to cause heartburn and complicate Brownback’s push on other initiatives next year.

The pension system projects a gap of nearly $8.3 billion between its anticipated revenues and the benefits promised to both retirees and current employees, through 2033. The commission plans to discuss committing even

more state tax dollars to KPERS and issuing as much as $5 billion in bonds to eliminate what’s Brownback known as the system’s unfunded liability.

“Pay now or pay later, but you’re still going to pay,” said House Speaker Mike O’Neal, a Hutchinson Republican and Brownback ally who supports moving toward a 401(k)-style plan for new hires. “There’s no magic pill that’s going to fix the unfunded liability.

There’s going to be some tough love involved.”

Brownback appears to be preparing an ambitious agenda for the 2012 Legislature. A task force is drafting a plan to overhaul the state’s Medicaid program, to cut the costs of covering medical care for the needy, and a top aide recently discussed details of a coming plan on education funding during a gathering of school administrators. A task force is working on a plan to cut taxes.

Bolstering the state pension system also is on his list, but the governor was careful to say last week that he’s waiting to see what the commission develops. He’s said repeatedly that he favors moving toward a 401(k)-style plan.

The commission will consider not only that idea but also a “stack” plan for new hires, in which the first part of a worker’s salary, from $50,000 to $80,000, is covered by a traditional plan and the rest, by a 401(k)-style plan.

Backers of moving toward a 401(k)-style plan argue that doing so will help control the state’s long-term costs, by tying benefits to the system’s earnings. Also, they contend that many employees, par-

ticularly younger ones, will do better.

Public employee groups loathe the idea. They’re skeptical — given experiences in the Great Recession — of claims that workers will do better and argue that their retirement benefits are likely to become less generous and less certain.

But the debate about moving toward a 401(k)-style plan is largely about the future, and whatever happens, the long-term funding gap from current plans must be addressed.

“I do want to make sure we cover how we pay for this unfunded liability,” said Frederick Poccia, a study commission member from Overland Park with more than 30 years in the banking and financial services industries.

The latest estimate for the unfunded liability, released in July, represents the estimate at the end of 2010, before this year’s law was enacted. The law is expected to reduce the gap, but changes for workers and the state’s commitment of extra tax dollars won’t be triggered unless the commission makes additional recommendations and legislators consider them by 2012.

And commission members still expect that, even if the law’s provisions do take effect, a significant unfunded liability will remain.

Changes in workers’ pension plans mandated by this year’s law would take effect in 2014. The state would boost its contribution to KPERS by about $14 million in July 2013, ramping up the increase to $113 million in July 2018.

But even with those increases, the contribution could go higher still — and would, if Kansas law simply said that the state would contribute whatever is required to keep up with increases in commitments to workers.

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“I just grabbed her, and I hugged her. I just let her weep,” AmyLynne said.

The woman apologized for crying.

“I told her, ‘Don’t ever apologize for doing a good job. If you guys didn’t butt heads, you wouldn’t be a mom.’”

Dennis jokes AmyLynne can’t go to the store without hearing someone’s story.

AmyLynne’s own children say their childhoods didn’t seem strange because they didn’t know any different.

But there have been sacrifices.

Keith, now 19, has spent much of his life worrying about his mother. As a boy, he’d be playing at a friend’s house and hear a siren. He’d run home to see if an ambulance was coming for his mother. Sometimes it was.

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AmyLynne likes to laugh. But that’s her.”

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Qantas likely to resume flights today Qantas Airways was expected to resume flying today after an Australian court intervened in a labor dispute that led the airline to ground its entire fleet over the weekend.

By the time the labor-relations court acted, several hundred flights had been canceled and tens of thousands of passengers stranded around the world.

Some airline industry experts say Qantas’ surprise grounding of its entire fleet Saturday could cause many travelers to book future trips on other airlines.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said he had no choice but to order the lockout of union workers and end months of rolling strikes that led to canceled flights, $70 million in losses and a collapse in future bookings.

Joyce told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that he expected some flights to resume by midafternoon today. It was unclear how long it would take for the airline to resume a full schedule.

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Assad warns West against intervention Syrian President Bashar Assad warned the Middle East will burn if the West intervenes in his country’s 7-month-old uprising, threatening to turn the region into “tens of Afghanistans.”

Assad’s comments, published in an interview with Britain’s Sunday Telegraph, were his harshest so far regarding the potential for foreign intervention. But they belie a growing concern over the possibility of some sort of Western military action after months of NATO airstrikes helped rebellious Libyans oust Moammar Gadhafi.

“Syria is the hub now in this region. It is the fault line, and if you play with the ground, you will cause an earthquake,” Assad said. “Do you want to see another Afghanistan, or tens of Afghanistans?”

Still the U.S. and its allies have shown little appetite for intervening in another Arab nation in turmoil.

6 feared dead after elevator explosion When grain is handled at elevators, it creates dust that floats around inside the storage facility. The finer the Associated Press grain dust particles, the greater its volatility. Over the ATCHISON — Three young past four decades, more than 600 explosions have ocmen were killed in a thunderous curred at grain elevators.

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explosion at a Kansas grain elevator and recovery efforts for three other people presumed dead were being hampered by the damage, authorities said late Sunday.

The blast, which shook the ground so hard that it was felt into neighboring Missouri, was a harrowing reminder of the dangers workers face inside elevators brimming with highly combustible grain dust at the

end of the harvest season.

The explosion Saturday night in Atchison, about 50 miles northwest of Kansas City, sent an orange fireball into the night sky, shot off a chunk of the grain distribution building directly above the elevator and blew a large hole in the side of the one of its concrete silos.

The three Bartlett Grain Co.

workers killed were identified late Sunday by local authorities as Chad Roberts, 20; Ryan Federinko, 21; and John Burke, 24. Two other employees were hospitalized with severe burns.

Bartlett officials decided to temporarily halt the search for three other people presumed dead — one worker and two grain inspectors — because of safety

concerns inside the heavily damaged facility. In a statement late Sunday, company officials said “it is apparent that they also were killed in the explosion.”

Smoke could still be seen billowing from the top of the elevator Sunday, and officials were fearful the building could fall on top of rescue crews.

“It’s a fairly dangerous situation. We don’t feel comfortable putting fire crews in,” Atchison City Manager Trey Cocking said.

Recovery efforts were expected to resume at daybreak today, officials said.

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Protesters arrested in Texas, Oregon Dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested Sunday in Texas, where they clashed with police over food tables, and in Oregon, where officers dragged them out of a park in an affluent neighborhood.

In New York and many other East Coast cities, it was a snowstorm that was making it difficult for demonstrators to stay camped out in public places.

The “Occupy” movement, which began six weeks ago in lower Manhattan to decry corporate influence in government and wealth inequality, has spread to cities large and small across the country and around the world. Demonstrators have spent weeks camped out in parks, wearing at the patience of city officials — even those who have expressed some level of support for their cause.

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Mubarak trial postponed until Dec. 28 The trial of Egypt’s ousted leader Hosni Mubarak on charges of complicity in the killing of more than 800 protesters this year was adjourned on Sunday until Dec. 28.

Mubarak’s trial began nearly three months ago, and Sunday’s lengthy adjournment was certain to frustrate leaders of the anti-Mubarak protest movement who want to see the former leader and his co-defendants — his two sons, security chief and six top police officers — brought swiftly to justice.

Mubarak stepped down in February after a popular uprising. Reformers are frustrated by what they see as the slow progress by Egypt’s military rulers to liberalize the system.

The adjournment was meant to allow time for another court to rule on a request by lawyers for the victims to remove the three-judge panel in Mubarak’s trial. That ruling is expected Thursday.

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THE GADUGI SAFECENTER hosted a Halloween-themed 5K run Sunday along the Kansas River levee, as well as other family-friendly activities such as face painting, bean-bag tosses, sidewalk chalk, arts and crafts and, of course, candy. Proceeds benefit the safe center, which provides 24-hour services for women, children and men affected by sexual violence in Douglas and Jefferson counties. AT TOP: Four-year-old Kenisen Large, of Tonganoxie, dressed as a princess, and her 2-year-old brother, Conlan, dressed as a frog prince, create chalk art during the Trunk or Treat event at the corner of Second and Elm streets in North Lawrence. AT LEFT: Runners compete in “The Boo! Run” 5K. Although not required to compete, costumes were encouraged. See the photo gallery at LJWorld.com.

Some professors concerned about demand-driven library acquisitions

By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

Faculty members in Kansas University’s history department have expressed their dissatisfaction with one recommendation of KU’s “Changing for Excellence” initiative involving

demand-driven acquisition of library materials.

Paul Kelton, chairman of the history department, signed a resolution approved by the department’s faculty members that expressed concerns about the practice.

“Excellent library collections

are not a luxury; they are an essential component of academic excellence,” the resolution reads. “We understand that budget for the libraries cannot be increased in the current financial climate, but we must dissent from the Huron Group’s recommendation that the library’s

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(printed materials) budget suffer more cuts.”

Demand-driven acquisitions, as the libraries used it during an 18-month pilot program, involves lowering the threshold at which a librarian will choose to purchase a book for KU’s collections, said Rebecca Smith, a spokeswoman

for KU libraries. Some books aren’t purchased, but are listed in the catalogue and include an option where users can request that the libraries buy the book. Typically, it arrives after two to five days, she said.

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RAMONA KEIL EMBRACES ONE OF HER GRANDCHILDREN Sunday morning in Atchison as they wait to hear news of her son, Travis Keil, who is missing following an explosion at the Bartlett Grain Co. Three people are confirmed dead, and three others are presumed dead in the aftermath of Saturday night’s explosion.

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Among the three presumed dead was Travis Keil, a war veteran who had served as a site inspector for 16 years.

His parents, Gary and Ramona Keil, drove from Salina to Atchison, to wait with his three children — ages 8, 12 and 15 — as crews searched.

“We have all our prayers working for him,” Gary Keil said. “It’s a parent’s worst nightmare to go through this.”

Bartlett Grain President Bill Fellows said in a statement that workers were loading a train with corn when the explosion occurred, but the cause was not immediately known. The company brought in a South Dakota-based engineer with expertise in such accidents to help federal safety investigators on the scene.

Over the past four decades, there have more than 600 explosions at grain elevators, killing more than 250 people and injuring more than 1,000, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Just last year, there were grain explosions or fires in several states including In Nebraska, Illinois, Ohio, South Dakota and Louisiana. None were fatal, but several sent workers scrambling and one in Toledo, Ohio in September 2010 forced people to evacuate from a nearby mobile home park.

When grain is handled at elevators, it creates dust that floats around inside the storage facility. The finer the grain dust particles, the greater its volatility. Typically, something — perhaps sparks from equipment or a cigarette — ignites the dust.

That sends a pressure wave that detonates the rest of the floating dust in the facility.

Fireballs are a common feature of grain dust explosions, where intense heat from the blast can reach 1,500 to 2,000 degrees.

Dust from corn is among the most dangerous. Most dust explosions happen in late summer and early fall when old, dried grain is being cleaned out of elevators in preparation for the harvest.

Freshly harvested corn is less explosive because its wetter.

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Kelton, however, said that in some cases, faculty members won’t become aware of a book until it’s out of print. He said researchers depend on a trained library faculty to stay ahead of the book-purchasing curve.

The recommendation came in one of the business cases presented for KU’s review by the Huron Consulting Group, an outside consulting firm looking for ways KU can cut back on costs. KU administrators are reviewing several business cases presented by the Huron group before deciding which ones to actively pursue.

The next town hall meeting with the Huron group is set from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Nov. 7, at as-yet undetermined lo-

ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION Spencer Museum Minutes Thursday, Nov. 10, 100 – 11a.m. Independent scholar Don Lambert will speak on “John Steuart Curry”.

Thursday, Dec. 8, 10 – 11a.m. Sally Davis will speak on Presepio.

Lifestyle – Based Treatment for Depression Thursday, Feb. 23, 4 – 6 p.m. Fee: Free. Location: Carnegie Library. Dr. Ilardi will talk about his clinical research in developing a lifestyle-based treatment for depression, Therapeutic Lifestyle change (TLC), which has shown great promise as an alternative (or addition) to antidepressant medication. Don’t miss this popular class, call today and reserve your seat.

Coffee with Experts- What’s happening at Watkins Museum Now and in the Future?

Wednesday, Nov. 9, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Location: Eldridge Hotel. Speaker: Steve Nowak, Executive Director, Douglas County Historic Society and Watkins Museum. Join us for a cup of coffee while you listen to Mr. Nowak discuss the happenings at the Museum and what is in store for the future.

He will bring historic postcards featuring views of Lawrence and some artifacts, including Watkins national money bag. This monthly program is co-sponsored with The Eldridge Hotel and Lawrence Parks and Recreation.

Pre-registration is highly recommended. Prior to the event….Please join us at The Eldridge for the “Early Riser 50+” breakfast from 7a-9:30am. Only $4.95 per person including coffee!

Basic Personal Finance & Investing Friday, Nov. 18, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Location: Carnegie Hall. Instructor: Attorney Robert Ramsdell, previously taught Economics at West Point. This class will provide a basic overview of financial goal setting; stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs; diversification and asset allocation; Roth and tax-deferred investment options; the “4% Guideline” for retirement withdrawals; and related topics. The presentation lasts about an hour, followed by a question-and-answer period. Enrollment is highly encouraged.

Fundamentals of Estate Planning Wednesday, Nov. 30, 10 – 11:30 a.m. Fee: None. Location: Lawrence Senior Center. Facilitator: Attorney Robert Ramsdell. What happens if you die without a Will? What can a Will or Revocable Living Trust accomplish? What are durable Powers of Attorney for financial affairs and healthcare decisions?

A Living Will? Would any of them be useful for you? Learn the answers to these questions and others at the presentation on Fundamentals of Estate Planning by Attorney Robert Ramsdell. The presentation lasts about an hour, and will be followed by an open question-and-answer period.

Falls Prevention Program Thursday, Nov. 17, 10 -11:30 a.m. Instructor: John Drees, RN (LMH Community Education Specialist) The goal of the program is to empower those individuals at increased risk of fall-injury with the tools necessary to maintain health, strength, balance, and mobility and thereby reduce the risk of significant fall injury. We will demonstration and practice of basic movement (exercises) that one may perform at home to maintain and build strength range of motion, and confidence. Provision of stretchy bands and hand-outs as tools to use following the presentation. Registration is highly encouraged.

Acrylic Painting Class Saturdays, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fee: $20 per session. Location: Lawrence Senior Center… Instructor: Lori Dalrymple (local area and national artist).

Join Lori as she teaches acrylic painting to students of all levels of expertise.

No need to pre-register. Supplies not included. If you already have supplies please bring them and if you are starting out and need assistance in getting supplies, please call Lori at 785-917-0118.

TRAVEL CLUB New Dinner Theatre, Overland Park, KS Wednesday, Dec. 14, 10:45 a.m. – 5 p.m. $50. Presenting John O’Hurley from Seinfeld, Family Feud, and Dancing With the Stars. The comedy you play, GAME SHOW, is set during a “live broadcast” of a fictional, TV game show. Audience members are picked as contestants to play the game and win actual prizes. “It’s a cross between a quiz program and “Survivor” with more plot twists than you’ll see in a year of soaps! The surprise of the new season!” – NY Times John Conlee at Middle Creek Opry, Louisburg, KS Saturday, Nov. 5, $79 per person. Hear John sing his big hits “Rose Colored Glasses,” “Common Man,” “Friday Night Blues,” and many more. Dinner is included. Optional trip cancellation insurance available.

KC Christmas Lights & Longview Mansion Tuesday, Nov. 29, $85. Longview Mansion tour, delicious Dinner at Longview Mansion, drive through Longview Lake Park and see 300,000 lights and 175 animated figures. Finish the day with a drive through the Country Club Plaza. Optional trip cancellation insurance is available.

Victorian Christmas in Independence, MO Saturday, Dec. 10, $75. Vaile Mansion tour, Bingham- Waggoner Estate tour, delicious lunch at Bingham – Waggoner. Both Victorian mansions will be lavishly decorated for the holiday season.

Christmas in Branson, MO Depart Dec. 2 and return Dec. 4, $499 for double occupancy and $583 for single occupancy. Trip cancellation insurance available. See 6 shows ( Branson Belle “Encore”, Wings of Christmas, George Dyer, Hughes Brothers, The Duttons, Hollywood’s Christmas Spectacular), 5 meals: 2 breakfast (hotel), 1 lunch (plantation Restaurant), 2 dinners (Branson Bell, Great American Steak & Chicken House), complimentary hot cobbler, cookies and ice cream in the evening at the hotel.

Southern Charm Holiday Depart Dec. 11 from KCI International Airport and return Dec. 16, 2011 at the low price of $1,899 per person for double occupancy, $2,349 for single occupancy and $1,869 for triple occupancy. Highlights of trip included and not limited to Historic Charleston, Boone Hall Plantation, Beaufort, Savannah, Factors Walk and Jekyll Island. Detailed trip flier is available at DCSS. Costa Rica: A World of Nature Departs from KCI International Airport Feb. 2, 2012 and returns Feb. 16, 2012 at a low price of $2,699 for double occupancy; $3,099 for single occupancy and $2,699 for triple occupancy. Highlights’ of the trips Features but not limited to Tortuguero National Park, Sarapiqui Rain Forrest & Manuel Antonio National Park. , pineapple Plantation, Bat Tour, Cacao Plantation, Cooking Demonstration, River Rafting, Farm Tour, Cheese Making Demonstration, Arenal Volcano Rain Forrest or Monteverde Cloud Forest and Coffee Plantation. Detailed trip flier is available at DCSS.

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SMOKING RUBBLE SITS ATOP the Bartlett Grain Co. in Atchison Sunday after an explosion at the grain elevator the night before.

The Atchison elevator, which is federally licensed to handle up to 1.18 million bushels, is among roughly 850-plus elevators in Kansas.

The state is now winding up its fall harvest of corn, sorghum and soybeans.

OSHA has expanded its inspections and efforts to control volatile grain dust in Kansas elevators since an explosion in 1998 at DeBruce Grain, Inc.’s facility in Haysville, which killed seven workers and injured 10 others, said Tom Tunnell, executive director of the Kansas Grain and Feed Association, the industry group representing Kansas grain elevators.

He said the industry as a whole has increased awareness of the dangers since a number of elevator explosions along the Gulf in the 1970s.

“If ever an industry is as well trained, it is ours. We understand dust is an explosive agent and our members work hard to control it,” Tunnell said Sunday.

The Atchison facility where the blast occurred has not been cited for any violations in the last 10 years, according to OSHA data, though Bartlett Grain Co. was cited after two people died in separate incidents at two of its other facilities. Neither of those fatalities involved explosions at grain elevators.

In 2007, a Bartlett Grain maintenance employee died in a fall from a work platform at the company’s facility in St. Joseph, Mo. In 2004, another employee died while operating a lift that fell backward at a company site in Kansas City, Mo. “The industry has had a

cations in the Kansas Union.

KU plans to unveil the business cases it intends to pursue no later than at that event.

Smith said the libraries finished the 18-month pilot program in June and examined how demand-driven acquisitions worked in five disciplines — education, engineering, business, economics and political science. The libraries are still evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot project, she said.

She said the libraries had plans to expand the practice to social and behavioral sciences, as well as in other areas of science and technology, but not in the humanities or area studies. She could not, however, speak to the recommendations of the Huron team, as KU has not yet decided which business cases to pursue.

While the libraries’ budget has remained essentially flat,

TREY COCKING, city manager of Atchison, addresses the media Sunday morning regarding the grain elevator explosion. good record — except for a few of this type — considering the billions and billions of bushels of grain handled,” Tunnell said.

The two people injured in the explosion were taken to the burn unit at University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., hospital spokesman Dennis McCulloch said.

One was listed in critical condition Sunday evening and the other was in serious condition, he said.

Cocking said four other people, including one woman, escaped without injuries.

No names were being released pending notification of families.

Paul Moccia, who lives about a half mile from the grain elevator, said the explosion shook his house and lights flickered across his neighborhood for about 30 seconds.

“It was extremely loud.

It was kind of like to me a double whomp, — a bomp bomp. It reverberated, and kind of echoed down through the valley. ... kind of like a shock wave,” said Moccia, 57. “Everybody came outside.

Neighbors were trying to figure out what was going on. It was quite a thump.”

the costs of acquiring materials continues to increase — sometimes at a rate of 10 times the cost of inflation, Smith said. Still, she said the libraries remain committed to their primary goal of supporting teaching, research and learning across the campus.

“Even outside this Changing for Excellence exercise, we recognize that we have a financial situation that needs to be addressed,” she said.

“At some point, we have to buy less.”

The history department’s resolution acknowledged that current plans don’t call for the expansion of the practice into the humanities, but Kelton said the department’s faculty wanted to express its concerns about the expansion of the practice.

— Higher education reporter Andy Hyland can be reached at 832-6388. Follow him at Twitter.com/LJW_KU.

SPECIAL CLASSES AND PROGRAMS Understanding and Managing Diabetes Friday November 11, 11:00 am-2:00 pm Join the LMH Diabetes Education Center for their annual update on diabetes.

Topics include the latest trends in nutrition and diabetes care. Speakers are: Matthew Harms, MD, Nancy Donahey, RD, LD, CDE and Pat Hohman, ARNP CDE. Several diabetic supply companies will be on hand to showcase diabetes care products. A limited number of healthy lunches are available at 11:30 am. Please register to attend at least 48 hours in advance in order to be included for lunch. Educational program begins at 12 noon.

Overview of Osteoporosis Wednesday November 16, 6:30-8:00 pm Osteoporosis affects a significant number of senior adults, both male and female, and can be disabling as well as painful. Joan Brunfeldt, MD of Reed Medical Group, a certified clinical densitometrist, will share the latest information about the disease, it’s mechanisms and complications, as well as screening, treatment and prevention recommendations. Suzie Craig, PT from LMH Kreider Rehab, will review the role of weight-bearing, strength and flexibility exercises. She will also educate on awareness of posture and body mechanics, and what can be done to prevent the effects of osteoporosis. Advance registration required due to room size limitations.

WELLNESS CLASSES Nutrition Roundtable Topic: Understanding the “Choose My Plate” Method of Eating Thursday November 10, 6:30-7:30 pm Earlier this year, a more simplified system of how to eat healthfully was introduced by the U.S.D.A.. Join LMH Registered Dietitian patty Metzler as she explains the new “Choose My Plate” method of eating. Free but advance registration is recommended.

The Steps to Successfully Quitting Smoking Thursday November 17, 6:00-7:30 pm In honor of the Great American Smokeout, plan to attend this free one session class that covers the basic steps to successfully quitting smoking Advance registration required.

HEALTH SCREENINGS Know Your Numbers – Cholesterol Screening Wednesday November 2, 8:30-10:00 am Drop into LMH HealthSource room for fingerstick total only cholesterol (does not include HDL or LDL) screening. $6.

Bone Density Screening Heel screening for plus education about osteoporosis. $15. Appointment required.

FITNESS PROGRAMS LMH Kreider Rehab offers a variety of fitness and aquatic programs.

Dates and times vary. Registration for aquatic programs through Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department (www.lprd.org or (785) 832-SWIM). Program options include: Aqua Fit – Class for those recovering from surgery or with chronic diseases.

Focuses on balance, flexibility and strength.

Jivin’ Joints – An aquatic program for those with arthritis or a similar conditions.

MS Aqua Exercise – Aquatic program specifically designed for those with multiple sclerosis.

Fit for Life – Personalized and supervised exercise program for those not comfortable in traditional exercise environments. Five separate program options including personal training, individual exercise programs and small group classes – Body Balance & Functionally Fit. . For more information call (785) 505-2712.

FOR EXPECTANT AND NEW PARENTS Call for dates and times for these programs. Those interested in childbirth preparation and related classes should plan to enroll at least 4 months in advance of their due date. Fee applies to all classes.

Online Childbirth Preparation New option for those unable to attend group classes. Web-based class done on your own and at your own pace. Includes optional one-time class with tour of hospital and chance to ask questions.

Traditional Childbirth Preparation Both 5 week and weekend options available.

Childbirth Basic A condensed version of five week childbirth classes; held over one weekend on a Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon.

Refresher Prenatal Personal class; set up as needed. Call (785) 505-3081 for this class only.

Babycare Workshop Breastfeeding Your Baby Newborn Safety - Includes infant CPR. Fit for 2 - Eight week fitness program for expectant mothers.

Fit for You - One to one personal training sessions for mothers who have recently delivered a baby.

SAFETY CLASSES American Heart Association Friends & Family CPR For the general public; not a certification class. $25.

American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR Certification for non-medical profession purposes such as childcare providers. $35.

FREE SUPPORT GROUPS Bereavement Support Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays from 4:00-5:00 pm. For more information, call (785) 505-3140.

Breastfeeding/New Parent Support – meets most Mondays from 10:0011:30 am. For more information, call (785) 749-5800.

Build Your Village – for mothers experiencing postpartum adjustment challenges. Meets in eight week sessions on Monday evenings. For more information, call (785) 505-3081.

CLIMB® (Children’s Lives Include Moments of Bravery) – free education and support sessions for children who have parents or other loved ones with cancer. For more information, call (785) 505-2768.

Diabetes Education Group – meets 2nd Wednesday of the month from 6:00-7:00 pm. New discussion topic each month. For more information, call (785) 505-3062. November topic: to be announced.

Stroke Support Group – meets 3rd Tuesday of the month from 4:00-5:30 pm. For more information, call (785) 505-2712

L aw r e nc e Pub l i c L i br a ry SKILLBUILDERS concludes the Fall sessions with topics that assist with practical and personal matters. Each program is held 10-11:45am in the Library Gallery Room. No registration.

Nov.3 - Personal Safety & Home Security, speaker Sgt.Gary Squires, Dg.Co. Sheriff’s Dept.

Nov.10 - Know Your Electronics: demonstation of various devices, speaker from Best Buy Nov.17 - Celebration & Remembrance: sharing your memories and preparing for the holidays. All will receive a “memory box” to take home.

SKILLBUILDERS will resume in March, 2012.

MySTORY 2011: “..and we were there. Historical Events through our Eyes The popular reminiscence program will be held 3:00-4:30pm on Tuesdays in November at Babcock Place, 1700 Mass.St. Participants are encouraged to write, or in other ways, share their memories of historical events. A booklet of the stories will be made. No registration is required.

Nov.1 - History Through Our Eyes, introduction & discussion Nov.8 - The 1940s Nov.15 - The 1950s Nov.22 - The 1960s Nov.29 - My History, Your History, Our History SPECIAL PROGRAM: Wednesday, November 16 6:30-8:00pm at Presbyterian Manor “Story Quilts, Telling Your Story in Quilts” Kaw Valley Quilters Guild project. MyStory is presented by LPL Senior Outreach, Lawrence Housing Authority:Babcock Place and Presbyterian Manor.

BOOKTALKS Join Pattie once a month at one of the following locations for an informal discussion of a variety of materials available from the main library collection. You need not be a resident of the site to attend. The public is invited!

Third Tuesday of each month: 10:00am Midland Day Care* 319 Perry St. 11:00am Vermont Towers 1101 Vermont St. 2:00pm Cottonwood Retirees 1029 New Hampshire St. 3:00pm Babcock Place 1700 Massachusetts St. Third Wednesday of each month: 10:30am Brandon Woods 1501 Inverness Dr.

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Prairie Commons 5121 Congressional Circle 2:15pm The Windsor* 3229 Peterson Rd. Fourth Wednesday of each month: 9:45am Presbyterian Manor 1429 Kasold Dr-Library 11:00am Presbyterian Manor--Assisted Living 1429 Kasold Dr. 1:00pm Pioneer Ridge-Assisted Living 4851 Harvard Rd. 2:30pm Drury Place 1510 St.Andrews Dr. *These are secured sites; please call for more information.

BOOKVAN SCHEDULE MONDAY 9:00-10:00am

Prairie Commons 5121 Congressional Circle 10:30-11:30am Presbyterian Manor 1429 Kasold Drive 11:00-Noon Vermont Towers

WEDNESDAY 9:00-10:00am

Brandon Woods 1501 Inverness Drive 10:30-11:30am Drury Place 1510 St.Andrews Drive 1:00-2:00pm Babcock Place 1700 Massachusetts Street

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The bookvan is open and available to the public. You need not be a resident of the site to use the bookmobile.

For information on any of these services or programs, contact Pattie at the Library Senior Outreach Services, 843-3833 extension 115.

Do ug l as C o unty H e al th De pa r tm ent B.I.B.S- Breast is Best Social B.I.B.S.- Breast is Best Social, a peer group for women seeking to learn about breastfeeding, meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Health Department, 200 Maine St. in Lawrence. Both pregnant women seeking information and women currently breastfeeding are encouraged to attend to learn and share their experience.

The free group is facilitated by certified breastfeeding counselors and is held in a relaxed, come-as-you-are environment.

Come as often as you like. For more information on B.I.B.S., go to the Health

Department’s website at ldchealth.org, look for Douglas County Breastfeeding Connection on Facebook or call (785) 843-3060.

Child Care Licensing Orientations Child Care Licensing orientation meetings for prospective providers are held from 1 to 3 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month in the first floor meeting room of the Community Health Facility, 200 Maine St. in Lawrence. The next meeting is Nov. 8. There is no fee to attend. Please pre-register by calling (785) 843-3060.

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Girl Scouts seek help sorting cookies Staff Reports

Agency: Douglas County Girl Scouts Contact: Lisa Vanderbilt, you can arrive and how long dccookies@sbcglobal.net you can stay.

The Douglas County Girl Scouts are in need of a lot of Immediate needs volunteers to help with their ! Lawrence Fair Trade needs annual cookie sale by sorting volunteers for its annual Fair cookie orders. Two semitrail- Trade Holiday Market. Trainers will be bringing cookies ing sessions will be provided to the arena at the Douglas in late November, and several County Fairgrounds on Nov. dates are available to volunteer 7. Volunteers are needed at the market, which runs Nov. from noon to 7 p.m. to help 25 to Dec. 3. Please contact Alisort those cookies into 75 dif- cia Erickson at 785-969-3482 or ferent piles. Throughout that alicia@twohandsworldshop. time, those 75 troop leaders com for more information. will arrive, count their orders !"The Lawrence Arts Center and then the volunteers will is seeking volunteers in Nohelp the leaders load their vember to help with sewing cars; dollies will be available costumes for the holiday profor moving boxes. If you’re duction, “Kansas Nutcracker,” interested in helping out, and to assist backstage during please send an email to Lisa performances in December.

Vanderbilt at dccookies@ Volunteer assistance is also resbcglobal.net that includes quested for the preschool’s anyour full name, contact nual cookie sale Dec. 3. To volphone number, the time that unteer, contact Pat Russell at pat

russell@lawrenceartscenter. org or 785-843-2787. !"AARP Tax-Aide is seeking volunteers to assist with tax preparations next year for lowincome and senior residents throughout the area. Volunteers will help prepare and file state and federal income tax returns at no cost to qualified taxpayers. You do not need to be an AARP member or have previous tax-preparation skills, but should have basic computer skills. All volunteers will receive free training and materials in January 2012 and are reimbursed for program-related expenses. The program will run from Feb. 1 to April 15, 2012.

For more information, please contact the Lawrence district coordinator, Sarah Merriman, at 785-832-0080.

— For more volunteer opportunities, contact Shannon Reid at the United Way’s Roger Hill Volunteer Center, at 785-865-5030 or volunteer@rhvc.org, or go to volunteerdouglascounty.org.

Brown Foundation leader under fire

By Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, MO. — It sounded like such a perfect fit: The daughter of the lead plaintiff in the Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation case was picked to lead a National Park Service site in a former all-black school in Topeka, Kan., where the groundbreaking case was born.

But just six months later, Cheryl Brown Henderson resigned, moved to a different office in the building and resumed leading a foundation she started to tell the history of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Now, almost a year later, the park service is kicking her foundation out of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, and the results of a government-commissioned audit into its finances are being released this week.

The demise of the partnership has created tension at the park site where both sides still share space.

“It’s very awkward,” acknowledged David Smith, superintendent of the site for the past three months. “I’ll be honest. The staff has had a really hard time.”

The first hint of trouble came over the summer when a federal investigation found Brown

Henderson had failed to limit her involvement with the foundation while she led the National Park site. That involvement was seen as a conflict of interest because the investigators determined the foundation gets more than three-quarters of its funding from the park service and employed her sister and boyfriend.

Brown Henderson told The Topeka Capital-Journal that the situation “harkens back to the time when people of color were living lives filled with anxiety. I’m not the first to be on the receiving end of what I describe as bullying, harassment and intimidation.” She spoke only briefly with The Associated Press, calling the situation was “very strange” before referring questions to her attorney, Pedro Irigonegaray.

“The Brown Foundation’s presence adds a great deal to the park,” he said. “And clearly having the opportunity to speak with the daughter of one of the plaintiffs I think is a tremendous benefit. It’s sad to me and disturbing that that is no longer going to be available. I wish it were not so.”

Brown Henderson’s foundation, officially called the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research, has been operating

rent-free in the second floor of the National Park site since 2004. She hadn’t even started her job as superintendent of the site in the summer of 2010 when concerns were raised about a conflict of interest between the new position and her foundation job.

Ultimately, a recusal agreement was drafted because of the $300,000 in annual funding the foundation receives from the park service and concerns about Brown-Henderson’s close ties to its staff, including its chief financial officer. Brown Henderson called him a friend; the investigators said they had a “romantic” relationship.

Despite the recusal agreement, Brown Henderson remained involved with the foundation, investigators found. The report said Brown Henderson even tried to help the foundation draft a response to the federal investigation.

The report also found fault with the recruitment of Brown Henderson, noting the recruitment files were “disorganized and incomplete,” that human resources personnel provided “conflicting and confusing statements” and an alleged endorsement from then-U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback “created an appearance that Brown Henderson was provided an unfair preference.”

ON THE RECORD

Monday, October 31, 2011

• At least 10 vehicles were broken into sometime between midnight on Saturday and 5 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of W. 28th St., police said.

Sgt. Randy Roberts said that a neighbor reported suspicious activity in the area about 5 a.m.

Sunday. Officers responding to the scene searched the area and discovered the auto burglaries. No arrests have been made, nor is there a description of a suspect.

DISTRICT COURT

MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Brian Louis Pitts, 38, Baldwin City, and Susan Marie Parks, 36, Baldwin City.

Clinton Wayne Metcalf, 29, Fort Scott, and Taira Lynn Larimore, 30, Lawrence.

Daniel Buonadonna, 30, Lawrence, and Caroline Ann Mark, 31, Lawrence.

Ronnie James Burress, 27, Lawrence, and Amanda Cierra Sawalich, 21, Lawrence.

Timothy Michael Panzica, 29, Chicago, and Katherine Ann Bushouse, 27, Chicago.

Armond Dupree Enclarde, 31, Lawrence, and Marina Tonisha Burton, 31, Lawrence.

Charles Jason Vanblarcum, 36, Lawrence, and Christine Clayton Walters, 27, Lawrence.

Christian Kelly Bates, 20, Lawrence, and Lindsey Jane Tipling, 29, Lawrence.

Dustin Cody Howard, 36, Lawrence, and Christine Marie Metz, 33, Lawrence.

Aaron Len Dale, 31, Lawrence, and Katharine Anne Harris, 30, Lawrence.

Craig Leroy Pearson, 24, Lawrence, and Jenny Renee Hall, 25, Lenexa.

Aaron James Lewis, 30, Lawrence, and Tara Ann Wittry, 27, Lawrence.

Nicholas Edward Page, 28, Lawrence, and Amber Kristen Radermacher, 29, Lawrence.

Michael Alan Hennecke, 41, Lawrence, and Rita Maria York, 34, Lawrence.

Daniel Paul Squires, 26, Overbrook, and Rebecca Ann Blevins, 24, Lawrence.

DIVORCES GRANTED Sydney Michelle Rhoades French, 33, Lawrence, and Donald Brendan Harrison French, 36, Lawrence.

No injuries reported in house fire No one was injured after a house caught fire late Saturday night at 2229 Rodeo Drive.

According to a LawrenceDouglas County Fire Medical news release, firefighters responded to a single-alarm structure fire about midnight.

When they arrived, fire engulfed the deck and spread through the roof of the one-story residence.

Firefighters contained the fire about 12:30 a.m.

The Red Cross is currently assisting occupants displaced by the fire, and officials are still investigating the cause.

Man arrested after shotgun incident A Lawrence man was arrested early Sunday morning after he allegedly pointed a shotgun at a Lawrence police officer.

Sgt. Randy Roberts, a spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department, said a motorist called Douglas County Dispatch to report a possible drunken driver about 2:17 a.m.

The caller followed the driver to a residence on East 21st Terrace and Maple Lane and waited for a police officer.

While the officer talked with the caller, a man came out of the residence and reportedly pointed a shotgun at them.

The officer ordered the suspect to drop the weapon, and he complied, Roberts said.

The suspect was arrested on suspicion of two counts of aggravated assault and making criminal threats. He is being held at the Douglas County Jail.

The Lawrence Journal-World generally does not name suspects unless they are officially charged.

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SUNDAY CROSSWORD SOLUTION FOR OCT. 30

Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection recently in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records: • George Edmond Goff Sr., 4812 Innsbrook Drive, Lawrence.

• Michelle Lynn Ross Sr., 3016 Atchinson Way, Apt C, Lawrence.

• Timothy Michael Harrod, 4901 Stoneback Drive, Lawrence.

• Jeffrey Donald Neavitt and Christina Renee Neavitt, P.O. Box 116, Lecompton.

• Kenneth Bruce Gifford and Patricia Ann Gifford, 735 Acorn St., Eudora.

• Vickie Michelle Shepley, 3313 Glacier Drive, Lawrence.

• Lisa Ann Stout, 4427 Adam Ave., Lawrence.

• Linda Rose Pollard, P.O. Box 7, Lecompton.

• Brett Nathaniel Murphy and Chasity Dawn Murphy, 2191 N. 100 Road, Wellsville.

• Lydia Nicole Atwood, 221 Ill., Lawrence.

The Journal-World does not print accounts of all police reports filed.

The newspaper generally reports: • Burglaries, only with a loss of $1,000 or more, unless there are unusual circumstances. To protect victims, we generally don’t identify them by name.

• The names and circumstances of people arrested, only after they are charged.

• Assaults and batteries, only if major injuries are reported.

• Holdups and robberies.

BIRTHS Danny and Jennifer Mehrhoff, Oskaloosa, a girl, Sunday.

Sarah and Douglas Kieweg, Lawrence, a girl, Sunday.

PUMP PATROL

LAWRENCE

The JournalWorld found gas prices as low as $3.23 at several stations. If you find a lower price, call 8327154.

SOUND OFF

Q:

It’s not snowing yet, but how can I find a volunteer to shovel my sidewalk?

A:

The city of Lawrence and Douglas County Senior Services can try to connect you with a volunteer to shovel your walk.

This season, Douglas County Senior Services will institute a Jan. 1, 2012, deadline for registering for assistance with Safe Winter Walkways.

To learn about the program or apply, call 832-3338 or go online at lawrence ks.org/safe_winter_walk ways_application.

SOUND OFF If you have a question, call 832-7297 or send email to soundoff@ljworld.com.

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Dr. Patrick Jankowski, D.D.S.

826 Iowa St. • 843-9122

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Julie Ann Horney, 43, Lawrence, and Brian Leland Horney, 42, Valley Falls.

Kevin R. Gunn, 57, Lawrence, and Karen R. Gunn, 63, Lawrence.

Douglas Vance Nemecek, 58, Lawrence, and Cynthia L. Nemecek, 59, Arlington, Texas.

Londa Jo Israel, 45, Lawrence, and Mark Lee Israel, 55, Lawrence.

Thomas Richard Wilson, 46, Lawrence, and Cherie Lynne Wilson, 43, Frederick, Md.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — The weekend suicide bombing of a NATO convoy that killed 17 people in Kabul adds urgency to the U.S.-led coalition’s work to expand a security bubble around the Afghan capital.

With most of the attacks in Kabul blamed on the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, the latest reinforced U.S. and Afghan demands that Islamabad do more to curb militant activity and sanctuaries on its territory.

While there is no specific information linking Saturday’s convoy attack to the Haqqani network, investigators say they soon will have evidence the bombing was “Haqqani-related,” a western diplomat said Sunday.

The diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation, said it was “very possible” the attack was the work of Haqqani fighters, who have ties to both al-Qaida and the Taliban.

In the brazen midday assault, a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into an armored coalition bus traveling in the southwest end of the city. Heavily armored military vehicles also were in the convoy, but the bomber

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The campaign plan is to extend operations down in that area — pretty significantly — to secure the orbital districts around Kabul and push that security zone out.”

— Marine Gen. John Allen, top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan targeted the bus, which was carrying troops and civilians contractors.

The Haqqanis were the specific focus of two military operations this month that involved tens of thousands of Afghan and NATO troops.

They were conducted over nine days in Kabul province, Wardak, Logar and Ghazni provinces south and west of the capital and Paktia, Paktika and Khost provinces along the border. More than 200 insurgents were killed or captured. At least 20 of them had ties to the Haqqani group, including 10 identified as leaders of the network.

Marine Gen. John Allen, the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said in a recent interview with The Associated Press that the operations against the Haqqanis were

conducted in preparation for next year’s plan to step up operations to keep insurgents from infiltrating across the Pakistani border and into the capital, especially from the south.

“The campaign plan is to extend operations down in that area — pretty significantly — to secure the orbital districts around Kabul and push that security zone out,” Allen said.

“The overarching campaign plan for next year is going to see us consolidate our holdings in the south, conduct operations in the east to expand the security zone around Kabul and then connect the two,” he said. That also would facilitate travel along a highway connecting Kabul with southern Afghanistan, he said.

In Saturday’s attack, the force of the explosion knocked the bus on its side and ignited a large fire that sent heavy black smoke rising above the scene. Seventeen people died — five NATO service members, including one Canadian soldier; eight civilian contractors, including two from Britain; and four Afghans, including a policeman.

A U.S. defense official initially said all the foreigners killed were American, but that could not be confirmed.

NATO does not disclose the nationalities of those killed.

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A VEHICLE MAKES ITS WAY AT THE SNOW-COVERED INTERSECTION OF AUTUMN AND GROVE streets in Lodi, N.J., following a snowstorm that hit the region Saturday. A freak October nor’easter knocked out power to more than 3 million homes and businesses across the Northeast on Sunday in large part because leaves still on the trees caught more snow, overloading branches that snapped and wreaked havoc. Close to 2 feet of snow fell in some areas over the weekend, and it was particularly wet and heavy, making the storm even more damaging.

From Maryland to Maine, officials said it would take days to restore electricity, even though the snow ended Sunday. The storm smashed record snowfall totals for October and worsened as it moved north. Communities in western Massachusetts were among the hardest hit. Snowfall totals topped 27 inches in Plainfield, and nearby Windsor had gotten 26 inches by early Sunday.

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WASHINGTON — A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly.

The study of the world’s surface temperatures by Richard Muller was partially bankrolled by a foundation connected to global warming deniers. He pursued long-held skeptic theories in analyzing the data. He was spurred to action because of “Climategate,” a British scandal involving hacked emails of scientists.

Yet he found that the land is 1.6 degrees warmer than in the 1950s. Those numbers from Muller, who works at the University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, match those by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA.

RICHARD MULLER AND HIS DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH MULLER, are pictured on Friday with a map from their study on climate at their home in Berkeley, Calif. A new study of Earth’s temperatures going back more than 200 years finds the same old story: It’s gotten hotter in the last 60 years.

What’s different is the scientist behind the latest study, Richard Muller. The California physicist was doubtful of what climate scientists have been saying — until he did his own research, partly funded by climate change skeptics, including the Charles Koch Foundation. Elizabeth Muller, co-founder and executive director of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Study, ran the study.

ther back, studying readings from Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. His ultimate finding of a warming world, to be presented at a conference today, is no different from what mainstream climate scientists have been saying for decades.

What’s different, and why everyone from opinion columnists to “The Daily Show” is paying attention is who is behind the study.

One-quarter of the $600,000 to do the research came from the Charles Koch Foundation, whose founder is a major funder of skeptic groups and the tea party. The Koch brothers, Charles and David, run a large privately held company involved in oil and other industries, producing sizable greenhouse gas emissions.

Muller’s research team carefully examined two chief criticisms by skeptics. One is that weather stations are unreliable; the other is that cities, which create heat islands, were skewing the temperature analysis.

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entists “should always have.

I was somewhat bothered by the fact that there was not enough skepticism” before.

There is no reason now to be a skeptic about steadily increasing temperatures, Muller wrote recently in The Wall Street Journal’s editorial pages, a place friendly to skeptics. Muller did not address in his research the cause of global warming.

The overwhelming majority of climate scientists say it’s man-made from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil. Nor did his study look at ocean warming, future warming and how much of a threat to mankind climate change might be.

Still, Muller said it makes sense to reduce the carbon dioxide created by fossil fuels.

“Greenhouse gases could have a disastrous impact on the world,” he said. Still, he contends that threat is not as proven as the Nobel Prizewinning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says it is.

Today, Muller was taking his results — four separate

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“Of course he’ll be welcome,” said Petr Chylek of Los Alamos National Lab, a noted skeptic and the conference organizer. “The purpose of our conference is to bring people with different views on climate together, so they can talk and clarify things.”

Shawn Lawrence Otto, author of the book “Fool Me Twice” that criticizes science skeptics, said Muller should expect to be harshly treated by global warming deniers.

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BRIEFLY Cain: No exceptions for abortion ATLANTA — Republican Herman Cain on Sunday said he opposes abortion even in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at stake, contradicting previous statements in which he favored some exceptions.

The tough stand that Cain staked out during an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation” comes as he tries to clear up his position on an issue closely watched by social conservative and evangelical voters, who are among his strongest supporters.

In a 1998 interview with Nation’s Restaurant News, the former pizza executive described himself as “pro-life with exceptions, and people want you to be all or nothing.”

In a recent interview with CNN, he said the government should not tell women what to do in cases of rape and incest.

Afterward, his campaign issued a statement saying he was “100 percent pro-life.” It did not specifically mention whether he supported any exceptions.

Teacher bonuses depend on parents BOISE, IDAHO — Parents across Idaho will now play a role in whether or not their child’s teacher gets a raise.

Teacher bonuses in more than two dozen school districts statewide will depend to some degree on how well they can engage parents throughout the year, as part of new education changes signed into law earlier this year.

The laws championed by public schools chief Tom Luna carry sweeping changes for Idaho’s public schools that include phasing in laptops for high school teachers and students, while requiring online courses.

School districts and public charter schools were also required to develop plans to reward employees who go above and beyond. The teacher pay-for-performance bonuses could be based on a variety of factors, including improved test scores and attendance rates.

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REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HERMAN CAIN, LEFT, FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOV. MITT ROMNEY, CENTER, AND TEXAS GOV. RICK PERRY are seen before a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas in this Oct. 18, 2011, photo. Key proposals from the Republican presidential candidates might make for good campaign fodder. But independent analyses raise serious questions about those plans and their ability to cure the nation’s economic and housing woes.

The candidates are pushing lower taxes and less regulation in the name of job creation. But employers say poor consumer demand is a far bigger obstacle to new hires.

Studies challenge wisdom of GOP candidates’ plans

By Charles Babington Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Key proposals from the Republican presidential candidates might make for good campaign fodder. But independent analyses raise serious questions about those plans and their ability to cure the nation’s ills in two vital areas, the economy and housing.

Consider proposed cuts in taxes and regulation, which nearly every GOP candidate is pushing in the name of creating jobs. The initiatives seem to ignore surveys in which employers cite far bigger impediments to increased hiring, chiefly slack consumer demand.

“Republicans favor tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, but these had no stimulative effect during the George W. Bush administration, and there is no reason to believe that more of them will have any today,” writes Bruce Bartlett. He’s an economist who worked for RepubHamas in bind as lican congressmen and in the Gaza violence jumps administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP — A H.W. Bush. new round of violence between As for the idea that cutting Israel and Palestinian miliregulations will lead to sigtants has Gaza’s Hamas rulers nificant job growth, Bartlett caught between reluctance to said in an interview, “It’s just take on Israel and discomfort nonsense. It’s just made up.” with reining in fellow Islamists Government and industry from smaller, more radical studies support his view. groups involved in the fighting.

The Bureau of Labor StaThe fighting has killed 10 tistics, which tracks compaPalestinians and an Israeli, nies’ reasons for large layoffs, casting doubts on assessments found that 1,119 layoffs were that the recent prisoner swap attributed to government between Israel and Hamas might improve relations between the bitter foes. Despite the worst bloodshed in months, both sides indicated they were interested in restoring calm.

Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, has avoided direct involvement in the latest burst of fighting. Hamas lost hunBy Ben Dobbin dreds of men in a fierce Israeli Associated Press offensive against rocket squads three years ago and has largely ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Picture maintained calm since then. this: Kodak — the company that At the same time, the group, invented the first digital camera which has killed hundreds of in 1975, and developed the phoIsraelis in suicide bombings to technology inside most celland other attacks, remains phones and digital devices — is committed to armed struggle in the midst of the worst crisis against Israel. Threatened by in its 131-year history. even more radical rivals in Now, caught between ruin Gaza, Hamas has not criticized and revival, Eastman Kodak Co. anyone for attacking Israel. is reaching deeply into its intellectual treasure chest, betting Iran formally that a big cash infusion from the sale of 1,100 digital-imaging complains to U.S. inventions will see it through WASHINGTON — An Ameria transition that has raised the can official says Iran has specter of bankruptcy. formally complained to the Kodak popularized photogU.S. over claims the Iranian raphy more than a century government was involved in ago. It marketed the world’s an alleged plot to kill Saudi first flexible roll film in 1888 Arabia’s ambassador to the and transformed picture-takUnited States. ing into a mass commodity The official said Sunday that with the $1 Brownie camera the U.S. received a diplomatic in 1900. But for too long the note on Friday expressing disworld’s biggest film manufacpleasure with the charges that turer stayed firmly focused were leveled earlier this month. on its 20th-century cash cow, Iran has already denied the and failed to capitalize quickallegations. The official said ly on its new-wave know-how the note was delivered through in digital photography. the Swiss embassy in Tehran, As a result, Kodak has been which represents U.S. interests playing catch-up. Pummeled in Iran since the two countries by Wall Street over its dwindon’t have diplomatic relations. dling cash reserves — and The official spoke on condiits stumbling attempts to retion of anonymity to discuss a invent itself as a profitable private diplomatic exchange. player in digital imaging and

regulations in the first half of this year, while 144,746 were attributed to poor “business demand.”

Mainstream economic theory says governments can spur demand, at least somewhat, through stimulus spending. The Republican candidates, however, have labeled President Barack Obama’s 2009 stimulus efforts a failure. Instead, most are calling for tax cuts that would primarily benefit highincome people, who are seen as the likeliest job creators.

“I don’t care about that,” Texas Gov. Rick Perry told The New York Times and CNBC, referring to tax breaks for the rich. “What I care about is them having the dollars to invest in their companies.”

Many existing businesses, however, have plenty of unspent cash. The 500 companies that comprise the S&P index have about $800 billion in cash and cash equivalents, the most ever, according to the research firm Birinyi Associates.

The rating firm Moody’s says the roughly 1,600 companies it monitors had $1.2 trillion in cash at the end of 2010. That’s 11 percent more than a year earlier.

Small businesses rate “poor sales” as their biggest problem, with government regulations ranking second, according to a survey by the National Federation of Independent Businesses. Of the small businesses saying this is not a good time to expand,

WASHINGTON — A Marine in Iraq sent home $43,000 in stolen cash by hiding it in a footlocker among American flags. A soldier shipped thousands more concealed in a toy stuffed animal. An embassy employee tricked the State Department into wiring $240,000 into his foreign bank account.

As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan wind down, the number of people indicted and convicted by the U.S. for bribery, theft and other reconstruction-related crimes in both countries is rapidly rising, according to two government reports released Sunday.

“This is a boom industry for us,” Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, said in an interview.

“Investigators and auditors had a productive quarter,” said a report on the theft of Afghanistan aid by Steven Trent, who holds the same job for Afghanistan. His report covered August through October.

half cited the poor economy as the chief reason. Thirteen percent named the “political climate.”

More small businesses complained about regulation during the administrations of Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, according to an analysis of the federation’s data by the liberal Economic Policy Institute.

Such findings notwithstanding, further cuts in taxes and regulations remain popular with GOP voters.

A recent Associated PressGfK poll found that most Democrats and about half of independents think “reducing environmental and other regulations on business” would do little or nothing to create jobs. But only onethird of Republicans felt that way.

In the past 13 months U.S. investigators in Iraq secured the indictments of 22 people for alleged aid-related offenses, bringing to 69 the total since the SIGIR office was created in 2004. Convictions stand at 57. Several hundred more suspects are under scrutiny in 102 open investigations and those numbers are expected to climb.

The rise in caseloads derives partly from spinoff investigations, where suspects facing prosecution lead investigators to other suspects, said Jon Novak, SIGIR’s assistant inspector general for investigations.

As investigators gain experience, they’re received better information from a growing network of sources in Iraq, said Dan Willkens, Novak’s deputy. Development of an automated datamining system for investigations has helped, he said, as did a decision two years ago to speed prosecutions by hiring three former assistant U.S. attorneys and detailing them to the Department of Justice.

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Can Kodak rescue itself via a patent bonanza? printing — Kodak has been hawking the digital patents since July. Many financial analysts foresee the portfolio fetching $2 billion to $3 billion.

But others think Kodak can haul in far more than that — and carry it off within a few months. That’s because patents have become highly valuable to digital device makers who want to protect themselves from intellectual property lawsuits. In July, an alliance made up of Apple and Microsoft purchased a raft of patents from Nortel Networks for $4.5 billion. A month later, Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, in part, to gain hold of the company’s 17,000 patents.

“It’s pocket change for Google and Apple to go pay $3-or-$4-or-$5 billion for these patents,” said Christopher Marlett, chief executive of MDB Capital, an investment bank based in Santa Monica, Calif., that specializes in intellectual property. “There is an all-out nuclear war right now for global dominance in smartphones, tablets and mobile devices, and Kodak has one of the largest cache of weapons sitting there.”

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Undue haste Before making a permanent hire, Kansas Bioscience Authority directors should get to the bottom of certain issues.

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t appears a sufficient number of Kansas Bioscience Authority directors are intent to disregard a Johnson County investigation of former President and CEO Tom Thornton and actions of Authority directors, and pay no attention to a forensic audit by the firm of BKD and make interim CEO David Vranicar the permanent CEO. The election of Vranicar is scheduled to take place today or Tuesday at the Authority’s board meeting.

Why the rush when there are so many unanswered questions about the actions of Thornton and the board? The KBA can be a great and positive force in Kansas, but from its inception, Nothing is more early board memimportant than bers emphasized openness and acthe importance of countability of the openness, honesty and accountability.

Authority and its Months ago, board members. state Sen. Susan This being the case, Wagle, of Wichita, why rush to railroad asked many imthe election of a portant questions about the AuthorCEO/president? ity that have yet to be answered. The public deserves some honest answers.

Wouldn’t it be wise to learn the findings of the Johnson County investigation and the BKD audit before making a permanent hire?

How many former KBA employees of Thornton are still on the job, and didn’t Vranicar serve under Thornton? Also, it should be understood the BKD audit is being paid for by the Authority with many suggesting it should be a totally independent and arms-length audit.

It appears strong political forces are involved, and KBA board members with strong allegiances to former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius are determined to control the actions and policies of the Authority.

Nothing is more important than openness and accountability of the Authority and its board members. This being the case, why rush to railroad the election of a CEO/president before the results of the Johnson County investigation, the BKD audit and the questions of Wagle have been answered? The current actions and motives of KBA directors now raise many new questions.

INTERVALE, N.H. — Herman Cain is virtually tied with former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts in Iowa and South Carolina. He’s running second here in New Hampshire. Some polls have him ahead of Romney nationally. Everybody’s examining 9-9-9, Cain’s simplified tax system. He’s the talk of the political world.

And coursing beneath that talk is this question, not verbalized but not answered either: Is Cain the 21st-century version of Wendell Willkie, the man Harold L. Ickes called the barefoot boy from Wall Street, the political naif who won the Republican presidential nomination in 1940 and ran to the left of Franklin Roosevelt on some issues, or is he a latter-day version of H.

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An iron law of presidential politics is that somebody’s got to surge, and this fall, it’s Cain.”

conversation even if they have not created wholesale Republican conversion.

He’s not primarily a politician, which can be only an advantage in an age when 11 different polls put public disapproval ratings of Congress at more than 80 percent. And he’s not Romney, which for two-thirds of Republican primary voters remains a lure all its own.

So with all that, why do the various establishments — the political establishment, the Republican establishment, the press establishment and the consultancy establishment — believe with unwavering conviction that Cain will eventually become the answer to a trivia question, like Wilbur Mills (Who was the last chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee to run for president?) or Endicott Peabody (Which former governor ran for vice president in a New Hampshire primary, even though there was no contest for vice president?) or maybe George Romney (Which onetime governor and presidential candidate was the father of another former governor who ran for president?).

Ross Perot, who flared, flamed out, flared again and flamed out again two decades ago?

All three of them — Willkie, Perot and Cain — used sales pitches that were simple, reasonable, commonsensical. The first two lost their presidential bids. The third almost certainly will do so as well.

In Willkie’s case, the draw of FDR was too strong, the New Deal coalition too durable, the times too fraught to permit a romantic fling with a political novice who had the air of being an alluring first date but probably not a strong candidate for marriage.

In Perot’s case, the fact that he was more peculiar than political did him in. Today almost no one admits to having been a Perot supporter in 1992 — but at one point the Texas billionaire was Bucking the establishment First let’s ask whether all those running ahead of Gov. Bill Clinestablishments can be wrong, or, ton in the polls. more to the point, whether they Cain matches up are so entrenched that they are Cain presents a certain appeal out of touch. In short, is the very even in an uncertain world. He’s fact of establishment disregard a businessman, which matches a validation of the Cain candihim with Romney. He is black, dacy? which matches him with PresiMaybe. If Cain does prevail, dent Barack Obama. He wants that certainly will be the case. taxes low, which matches him But he probably won’t and it’s with the tea party insurgents probably not. The old wisdom of who dominate the Republican the old order is often wrong —

in fact it almost always is wrong, which is why the Maginot Line didn’t work — but the difference here is that the old order still makes the rules and still has power.

This is not the Republican Party of Romney’s father, when wizened elders controlled the political process the way oldtime hostesses set out the place cards at dinner. But it’s not a raucous country potluck either, where anyone can sit anywhere and everyone eats family-style.

If it were, Romney, whose principal calling card is experience, would not be the front-runner and Rick Perry, the Cal Ripken of the Texas capitol, wouldn’t still be in the race.

Put another way: Mao Zedong said that a revolution was not a dinner party, but for all the talk of Republican revolution, the GOP is still a dinner party. Cain is invited, to be sure, but he is sitting below the salt, and pizza is not on the menu.

Why the surge?

So what accounts for the Cain surge?

An iron law of presidential politics is that somebody’s got to surge, and this fall, it’s Cain.

(Sen. Gary W. Hart had his surge in 1984, Bruce Babbitt had his in 1988, Paul E. Tsongas had one in 1992. None of these Democrats became president.)

This phenomenon is especially strong in this year’s campaign, when the front-runner exudes competence but not compassion, is regarded as smart but smarmy, and may be undeniable as a nominee but unsympathetic as a candidate. The openness he expresses to a flat tax even

though he’s on record saying it is a threat to the middle class is dangerously close to his skepticism of a health care plan he supported and signed into law.

So somebody’s got to surge, and given that this is no presidential field of dreams, there is always a premium on the new.

Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota was new once, and she had her moment in the Iowa sun. Perry was new once, and then he opened his mouth — or, more perilous for Perry, he failed to open his mouth during a parade of debates. Now Cain is new, and he’s enjoying an Indian summer of support.

Surges help Romney This is going to go on like this for a while, and the beneficiary almost certainly will be Romney, electable if not likable.

These surges help Romney’s rivals — the Others, you might call them — but they don’t hurt Romney. He is steady at about a third of the GOP vote. That’s not a lot, but it may be enough. The surges benefit one or another of the Others, but every one of the surges has come at the expense of the other Others, not the former Massachusetts governor.

That’s what’s happening with the surge by Cain, already under siege because his tax plan doesn’t add up, his comments on abortion are out of sync with the party, and his experience as a lobbyist doesn’t square with his profile as an outsider. The first challenge for him is not to win the nomination. First he must avoid becoming another Other.

— David M. Shribman is executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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AGO It seems that Joe purchased a tickIN 1911 et in Kansas City for Lawrence, but when he arrived here he did not want to get off. Officer Vaughn was summoned and the man removed together with a heavy suit case that he was bringing up from the city. All went well until the suit case became heavy [and] he asked the officer to lend a hand. He had no sooner ridded himself of the burden than he began to warm up the city streets. The officer started after him and chased his man into the very arms of Officers Smith and Silverthorn. The man and the suitcase were then escorted to the police station where he was placed in the city jail to spend the night and the contents of the suitcase examined. Imagine the feelings of the officers when they saw before them 16 pints and 11 half pints of whiskey. This morning Mead pleaded guilty to being drunk and paid his fine. The contents of the suitcase were confiscated by the officers and Joe and his suitcase told to leave Lawrence as they were not wanted here.”

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To the editor: A few quick comments about the interrelated issues of corporate taxation and domestic job creation: 1. While the nominal 35 percent maximum tax rate for U.S. corporations may be higher than that of other industrial countries, in point of fact it.

2. is a marginal rate, payable only on the top portion of a company’s income, with all the preceding income taxed lower. The effective tax rate (i.e., what they in fact pay) is much lower.

3. But because of all the exclusions, exemptions, deductions, depreciations, deferments, offshore shelters, non-taxable government subsidies, etc., few sane corporate managements ever pay the 35 percent on even part of their revenues.

4. Contrary to the current Republican mantra, in a global economy with free flow of capital all over the world, there is absolutely no connection between allowing U.S. companies and investors to pay lower taxes

and keep more money for themselves on the one hand, and creating jobs in the U.S. on the other. They can and do use that extra cash to create jobs in India, China, Guatemala, Haiti, Nigeria, Korea, etc., because they can make more money in those places than at home. No U.S. law prevents them from doing so.

5. One might conclude that following the Republican mantra would actually increase unemployment in the U.S. rather than lower it.

Kevin Haight, Lawrence

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To the editor: I was very disappointed to read that the City Commission is seriously considering pursuit of a new recreation center in West Lawrence (Journal-World, Oct. 26).

It appears that the Self Foundation’s offer of one-time funding is clouding the commission’s view of reality. Let me offer a reality check: Lawrence is talking about closing schools (which are largely funded with property tax dollars); city service fees

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31 TODAY

Delightful with bright sunshine

Mostly sunny and breezy

Cooler with a chance of rain

Partly sunny and cooler

Warmer with sunshine

High 66° Low 40° POP: 0%

High 76° Low 47° POP: 5%

High 64° Low 40° POP: 35%

High 52° Low 36° POP: 20%

High 63° Low 48° POP: 15%

Wind SW 3-6 mph

Wind S 8-16 mph

Wind S 8-16 mph

Wind N 7-14 mph

Wind SSE 10-20 mph

POP: Probability of Precipitation

Kearney 68/38

McCook 70/36 Oberlin 70/37 Goodland 72/36

Beatrice 65/42

Hays 71/40

Russell Salina 72/44 72/46

Manhattan 70/39 Topeka 67/43 Emporia 73/43

Great Bend 70/44 Dodge City 71/43

Garden City 71/38 Liberal 72/40

Chillicothe 60/39 Marshall 62/42

Kansas City 66/47 Lawrence Kansas City 66/45 66/40

Sedalia 63/43

Nevada 72/44

Chanute 74/43

Hutchinson 72/44 Wichita Pratt 71/45 72/45

Centerville 57/37

St. Joseph 64/39

Sabetha 63/39

Concordia 69/42

Oakley 72/37

Clarinda 63/38

Lincoln 64/38

Grand Island 67/38

Springfield 67/43

Coffeyville Joplin 71/44 72/46

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Temperature High/low Normal high/low today Record high today Record low today

63°/47° 62°/40° 87° in 1950 20° in 1993

Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 8 p.m. yest.

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0.00 0.31 3.26 22.11 36.00

REGIONAL CITIES

Today Tue. Today Tue. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Independence 71 44 s 77 50 s Atchison 65 39 s 75 47 s Fort Riley 70 39 s 75 47 s Belton 64 45 s 72 47 s Olathe 65 45 s 72 47 s Burlington 73 43 s 75 47 s Osage Beach 64 40 s 72 44 s Coffeyville 71 44 s 77 50 s Osage City 69 43 s 75 46 s Concordia 69 42 s 70 45 s Ottawa 65 43 s 72 46 s Dodge City 71 43 s 73 43 s Wichita 71 45 s 75 48 s Holton 66 43 s 76 49 s Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Seattle 52/37

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6:22 p.m.

12:53 p.m.

10:59 p.m.

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San Francisco 69/52

Chicago 52/39

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Washington 56/44

INTERNATIONAL CITIES Cities Acapulco Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Berlin Brussels Buenos Aires Cairo Calgary Dublin Geneva Hong Kong Jerusalem Kabul London Madrid Mexico City Montreal Moscow New Delhi Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw Winnipeg

Today Hi Lo W 88 75 s 58 49 pc 61 48 s 71 49 pc 90 76 s 55 47 sh 59 48 c 61 47 s 70 52 s 76 58 pc 43 24 c 57 42 r 60 48 c 81 70 s 63 46 s 64 41 t 59 50 c 66 52 s 73 41 s 48 36 pc 44 42 sh 89 58 s 47 39 pc 61 51 s 69 63 r 69 55 pc 72 42 pc 88 79 sh 55 45 c 70 59 pc 70 53 s 51 37 c 52 35 pc 57 49 s 53 45 c 48 30 pc

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Tue. Lo W 75 pc 47 pc 48 s 43 s 76 s 49 c 49 s 47 pc 55 s 57 s 21 pc 45 pc 48 s 72 s 51 s 40 t 48 pc 48 sh 43 s 37 pc 29 r 59 s 45 sh 49 c 62 sh 54 sh 50 pc 77 sh 45 pc 57 pc 55 pc 39 pc 44 s 47 s 40 pc 24 pc

Atlanta 62/43

El Paso 74/52

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Houston 78/50 Miami 84/74

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New York 53/45

Kansas City 66/45

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Detroit 54/36

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-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: High pressure will bring chilly air to the Northeast today, while a weak front produces a few showers in the eastern Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.

Nice weather will be found across the southern Plains and Southeast, while showers and storms plague southern Florida.

Today Tue. Today Tue. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Memphis 67 47 s 70 48 s Albuquerque 67 45 s 68 43 s Miami 84 74 t 83 71 pc Anchorage 31 25 sf 34 22 sf Milwaukee 51 38 pc 57 42 s Atlanta 62 43 s 65 44 s Minneapolis 52 36 pc 56 41 c Austin 77 44 s 79 56 s 62 37 s 67 41 s Baltimore 54 42 s 54 38 pc Nashville New Orleans 75 52 s 75 54 s Birmingham 67 40 s 70 42 s 53 45 s 54 44 c Boise 65 37 pc 52 28 pc New York 61 39 s 69 45 s Boston 50 38 s 53 39 pc Omaha Orlando 80 59 t 78 57 pc Buffalo 52 38 c 53 39 s 54 45 s 55 40 pc Cheyenne 63 37 s 53 24 pc Philadelphia Phoenix 88 62 s 85 60 s Chicago 52 39 pc 60 41 s Pittsburgh 52 32 c 55 36 s Cincinnati 56 36 c 59 40 s Portland, ME 48 31 s 50 33 pc Cleveland 52 36 c 54 39 s Portland, OR 56 39 pc 55 36 s Dallas 75 52 s 77 59 s Reno 69 41 pc 49 26 s Denver 66 37 s 57 25 s Richmond 60 45 pc 60 41 pc Des Moines 58 39 s 70 45 s Sacramento 77 48 pc 73 38 s Detroit 54 36 c 56 41 s St. Louis 63 43 s 69 48 s El Paso 74 52 s 79 56 s Salt Lake City 62 43 s 52 33 sh Fairbanks 14 -3 sf 10 -3 sf San Diego 73 59 pc 70 55 pc Honolulu 84 71 s 84 73 s San Francisco 69 52 pc 71 46 s Houston 78 50 s 81 55 s Seattle 52 37 pc 50 37 s Indianapolis 56 37 pc 60 43 s Spokane 50 28 c 46 25 s Kansas City 66 45 s 75 47 s Tucson 84 55 s 85 55 s Las Vegas 79 59 s 77 53 s Tulsa 74 48 s 76 52 s Little Rock 71 44 s 72 46 s 56 44 s 57 42 pc Los Angeles 78 59 s 74 55 pc Wash., DC National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Chino, CA 93° Low: Shirley Basin, WY 10°

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Much of Saudi Arabia is a desert, but on Oct. 31, 1984, a thunderstorm poured 4.81 inches of rain on Al Wajh.

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Red Dog’s Dog Days fall workout, 2 a.m., ;emorial 0tadium at Kansas 9niversity.

Lawrence Farmers’ Market, O p.m.-2 p.m., A$,$ Pt. Southern Politics Study Group: Dole Fellow Tom Baxter and guest Ralph Reed will discuss the megachurch and the old time religion of the South, 4 p.m. Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, 5"A5 p.m., 5#2 Fireside 4ourt, 0uite B. Dnformation meeting for prospective volunteers.

For more information, call &O#-3#59.

Red Dog’s Dog Days fall workout, 2 p.m., intramural fields on east side of Kobinson Uymnasium at Kansas 9niversity.

Lonnie Ray’s open jam session, 2 p.m. to A$ p.m., 0low Kide Koadhouse, A#5$ N. Third 0t.

Lawrence City Commission meeting, 2"#5 p.m., 4ity Hall, 2 W. 0iXth 0t.

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EOTO Jam band lovers, unite.

Tonight at Liberty Hall, 644 Mass., electronic jam band EOTO will be playing a Halloween show tonight to round out October and put a nice, little, orange and black bow on the holiday weekend. The band itself is made up of The String Cheese Incident’s Jason Hann and Michael Travis. As for the music itself, EOTO cycles between upbeat, dance-friendly tracks and slowed-down, trippier fare.

Either of which would make great background music for a racing game. Doors to tonight’s show open at 8:30 p.m. Tickets to the all-ages show are $21. p.m., Jlymouth 4ongregational 4hurch, 9,5 Pt. Affordable community Spanish class, 3-& p.m., Jlymouth 4ongregational 4hurch, 9,5 Pt. Tuesday Concert: Bach Folk, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. Free swing dancing lessons and dance, &-AA p.m., Kansas Koom in the Kansas 9nion, A#$A Yayhawk Blvd.

Poker Night, & p.m., Applebee[s, ,5,$ Dowa.

Trivia Night at the Jayhawker , 8-10 p.m., Eldridge Hotel, 701 Mass.

Teller’s Family Night, 3O2 ;ass., 9 p.m.-midnight Tuesday Night Karaoke, 9 p.m., -ayne \ Larry[s 0ports Bar \ Urill, 9## Dowa.

Live jazz at The Casbah, 9 p.m., &$# ;ass.

munity Forum, ]0hifting the Discourse" Dmmigrant Kights as Human Kights,_ noon, Ecumenical Campus Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, noon, 536 Fireside Court, Suite B. Information meeting for prospective volunteers. For more information, call 8437359.

Legislative Forum, presented by the Douglas County Coalition on Aging and the Older Women’s League, 2-4 p.m., Lawrence Senior Center, 745 Vt. A Run for the White House Study Group: Dole Fellow Susan Bryan and guest Jan Baran will discuss campaign finance law, 4 p.m., Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

Billy Spears and the Beer Bellies, 6 p.m., Johnny’s Tavern, 401 N. Second St. Douglas County Commission meeting, 2"#5 p.m., Douglas 4ounty 4ourthouse, AA$$ ;ass.

Jazz Nights at the Eldridge, 7-10 p.m., Eldridge Hotel, 701 Mass.

(Book) Lust at the Library with Nancy Pearl, 3 p.m., Lawrence Jublic Library, 3$3 Pt. Visiting Artist Series: Tim Howe, trombone, 3"#$ p.m., 0warthout Kecital Hall, ;urphy Hall, A5#$ Naismith Drive.

Conroy’s Trivia, 3"#$ p.m., 4onroy[s Jub, #AA5 -.

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Politics Tonight: a new series featuring Susan Bryant, Tom Baxter, Jan Baran, Jonathan Earle and Evan Gates, panelists will discuss current political topics, 7:30 p.m., Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

Free salsa lessons, &"#$9"#$ p.m., Taste Lounge, &$O -. ,Oth 0t.

Pride Night, 9 p.m., -ilde[s 4hateau, ,OA, Dowa.

Summer salsa, 9"#$ p.m., Ws`uina, &$A ;ass.

Dollar Bowling, 9"#$ p.m. to A a.m., Koyal 4rest Lanes, 9## Dowa.

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A Gothic Celebration of Halloween with John Tibbetts, 2:30-4 p.m., Jayhawk Ink in the KU Bookstore, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Halloween Concert and Costume Contest for children, 4:15 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. Downtown trick-ortreating, 5 p.m., downtown Lawrence.

Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church Fall Festival, 5"#$-& p.m., &$, - ,,nd 0t.

Trunk-n-Treat, 2"#$-3"#$ p.m., 4entral 9nited ;ethodist 4hurch, A5$A ;ass.

Trunk or Treat, 6:30-8 p.m., West Side Presbyterian Church, 1024 Kasold Drive.

Beggars Night, city’s official hours for trick-or-treating are 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Haunted Haskell Ghost Tours, 3-AA p.m., 0tidham 9nion, Haskell Dndian Nations 9niversity.

Alpha Chi Omega sorority haunted house, 3-9 p.m., A5$$ 0igma Nu Jlace.

E.M.U. Theatre’s Horrowshow V, 8 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. Dollar Bowling, 9"#$ p.m. to A a.m., Koyal 4rest Lanes, 9## Dowa.

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LYNDON — Services have been scheduled for a 13-yearold student who died after sustaining an ankle injury in a football game.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Alec Mounkes, a seventh-grade student at Lyndon Middle School, died Thursday as the result of complications from an ankle injury sustained in the Oct. 6 football game.

Brian Spencer, superintendent of Lyndon Unified School District 421, said the injury led to blood clots, which led to cardiac arrest that placed him on a heart and lung machine.

He said doctors then had to amputate one of Alec’s legs at midcalf and the other at midthigh. He said the boy underwent surgery in Kansas City on Thursday to clear his lungs and died shortly after that surgery.

Services are today in Lyndon.

WICHITA — A Wichita-based farm equipment company whose roots date to the early 1940s has announced it is expanding to Missouri with the purchase of a Kansas City dealership.

The Wichita Eagle reports that Foley Equipment Co. plans to purchase Dean Machinery of Kansas City, Mo., in a deal that is expected to close in January.

The acquisition will give Foley an additional five counties in Kansas, meaning the company will have outlets in 104 of the state’s 105 counties. It will also expand its presence to 40 counties in Missouri.

It is not clear how the acquisition will affect employees. Foley Equipment has 531 employees, Dean Machinery has 315.

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Taylor, Johnson suspended for exhibitions

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Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

Ho, hum: Kansas guards must sit I’ll be with you in a second.

Now that Elijah Johnson and Tyshawn Taylor have been suspended for two games, both exhibitions against Division II opponents, I must consult my sports-opinions handbook to see what I’m supposed to write to sound smart, mature and virtuous.

OK, here it is: Express outrage. Loudly. Moralize.

Passionately. Drone on and on about how there’s no way these two guys can be counted on to lead a young basketball team in March if they can’t even stay out of trouble in the summer.

Use words such as unbelievable, unforgivable, unconscionable, unacceptable, unsportsmanlike, unsavory.

OK, now that the proper indignation has been expressed, can we tell the truth?

The timing on whatever it was they did to draw what they both have drawn in the past — a two-game suspension — couldn’t have been better. Both games they’ll miss are exhibitions, which don’t count in the standings, on the stat sheets or anywhere else but in the scrapbooks of the visiting players should they happen to pull off an upset. Not that it would be such a gigantic upset if Pittsburg State should happen to win Tuesday night’s exhibition against a mix of walk-ons and scholarship players wearing Kansas uniforms in Allen Fieldhouse.

Thomas Robinson might still be out because of a hyperextended knee. No Robinson. No Taylor. No Johnson. No sure thing.

Sure, everybody wishes Johnson and Taylor didn’t do whatever they did to earn the suspensions, but the silver lining here, beyond such public penalties tending to make players behave and perform better, involves Tuesday’s game itself.

Exhibition games can be tough to watch without yawning because they don’t count, but that’s only half the reason.

Knowing the outcome going in accounts for the rest of the boredom.

Tuesday’s game against the Gorillas, especially if Robinson isn’t able to play many minutes, could be a tightly contested one. It means a great deal to Pitt State, and any time a game means more to an opponent, it makes that a dangerous team.

For KU, most of the perimeter minutes probably will go to Travis Releford, Conner Teahan, Naadir Tharpe and Jordan Jueneman. Merv Lindsay’s another option, although a not-ready-for-prime-time one.

If Robinson plays, he’ll be joined up front by Jeff Withey, Justin Wesley and Kevin Young.

Pitt State second-year coach Kevin Muff, who spent 12 seasons at Cloud County Community College in Concordia, has loaded up his roster with talented jucos. MIAA coaches picked the Gorillas to tie for fifth place. Fort Hays State was picked by the coaches to finish third in the same conference.

If KU loses one or both of the exhibitions, Taylor and Johnson will feel as if they owe teammates. It’s not a stretch to believe that both guards have put their suspensions behind them for this season, which is Taylor’s last.

If they’re embarrassed, they’ll be more likely to follow team rules. If they’re motivated to make up for bringing negative attention and commit to listening to their coaches, not many backcourts in the country can hang with KU’s.

Kansas University guards Tyshawn Taylor and Elijah Johnson will not participate in KU’s two exhibition basketball games for violating a team rule during the offseason, coach Bill Self announced Sunday night.

Self did not reveal the rule that was broken.

The two are slated to miss Tuesday’s 7 p.m. opener against Pittsburg State and a 7 p.m. contest on Nov. 8 versus Fort Hays State. Forward Thomas Robinson, who suffered a hyperextended left knee Thursday, is listed as questionable for the Pitt State game, leaving KU with

five recruited scholarship play- severe and I was going to hold ers possibly available for duty. them out of the two exhibition “Tyshawn and games. They have Elijah have both been aware of this Losing two playbeen terrific since ers and Thomas for several months school began in and also are disapAugust,” Self said (Robinson) being pointed, but have Sunday. “They’ve questionable for had very positive not only per- Tuesday’s game attitudes about it. formed well, they “I will not comhave been very re- probably changes ment about this sponsible and dis- the look of our team further,” Self ciplined the first as much as anyone added.

“Losing few months of the two players and in the country.” school year. But Thomas (Robduring the offseainson) being son they violated — KU coach Bill Self questionable for a rule that I told Tuesday’s game them, because of probably changes some past experiences, their the look of our team as much punishment was going to be as anyone in the country. This

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gives a chance for our young guys to play under the lights and see how they react.”

The recruited scholarship players definitely available for Tuesday’s game: freshmen guards Naadir Tharpe and Merv Lindsay, junior forwards Travis Releford and Kevin Young and junior center Jeff Withey. For- Taylor mer walk-ons/current scholarship players Conner Teahan (guard) and Justin Wesley (forward) also are available for the Pitt State game, as well as walkon guards Jordan Juenemann (senior), Niko Roberts (sophomore) and Christian Garrett (freshman).

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KANSAS FOOTBALL

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Chiefs recall last win over Chargers

By Dave Skretta Associated Press Sports Writer

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IN THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN, A TEXAS FAN hoists a skeletal effigy of the Jayhawks during the fourth quarter of the Longhorns’ 43-0 victory over Kansas University on Saturday in Austin, Texas.

Gill eager to put October behind

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

It doesn’t take much to figure out how fans feel about the current state of Kansas University football program.

A quick search of KU message boards, Twitter or talk radio provides a colorful, and sometimes brutal, synopsis. But with his team mired in a six-game losing streak and sitting at 2-6 overall and 0-5 in Big 12 play, Kansas coach Turner Gill doesn’t seem rattled by the negativity that’s out there.

“I understand the fans’ (perspective),” Gill said Sunday night.

“I don’t know all that, but, just like myself, you would like to have a better situation than we had in October. But we do have the month of November here, and we just need to finish and give our fans some things so they can see that things are definitely making progress in this program and moving forward in a good way. We’re trying to build on a steady basis to be competing for championships.”

At this point — just two days removed from a 43-0 loss at Texas, the latest in a long line of lows for the Jayhawks — things have become pretty routine with Gill’s crew: Work hard and think positive thoughts during the week, suffer an embarrassing letdown

KANSAS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SHEAHON ZENGER, CENTER, and associate AD John Hadl, right, watch the fourth quarter. on Saturday and show up Sunday ready to put it all behind them.

Despite being stuck in a rut, Gill said the team had held together.

During his weekly phone call with reporters Sunday night, Gill was asked if he thought he or his staff had lost the team. His answer?

“No. No. No. Not at all,” he said.

That aspect of KU’s recent struggles seems to be the one that matters most to Gill. While he said he could sympathize with all the disappointment out there, he em-

phasized that the focus remained on his team and the final four weeks of the season.

“I’m just worried about trying to get our football team ready,” he said. “Obviously, I understand we’re not as productive as myself or the fans or anybody would like to be. But I know we’re trying to make sure that we finish this season up good, and I think that’s the key thing right now. We’ve got an opportunity with these next four Please see FOOTBALL, page 10B

KANSAS CITY, MO. — It was the season opener at the renovated Arrowhead Stadium, a marquee Monday night showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers.

Played through driving wind and rain, the Chiefs hit San Diego with two long touchdown strikes and then stopped Philip Rivers in the shadow of the goal line four times in the final minute to preserve a 21-14 victory — one that spurred Kansas City to the AFC West title.

One that played a big role in ending the Chargers’ four-year reign atop the division.

“I think it gave us a lot of momentum and a lot of confidence going into the season,” recalls Chiefs ARE YOU cornerback READY? Brandon Carr.

“We knew going into that What: Chargers game last year vs. Chiefs that it was a When: 7:30 great team we tonight were going to Where: Arrowface, a high- head Stadium powered ofTV: ABC/ESPN fense. “ T h e y ’ d (cable channels 9, been run- 33, 209, 233) ning the AFC West for a long time,” Carr said earlier this week. “To go out there and play as hard as we did, and come up with a victory and have the crowd behind us the whole way, it was a confidence boost for us for the season.”

The Chiefs hope another Monday night showdown against San Diego, this time on Halloween night, will give them a similar boost the rest of the season.

“I think we’re taking steps in the right direction. I think everybody in there is excited about the opportunity we have in front of us on Monday night,” quarterback Matt Cassel said.

“We’re up for the challenge and we’re excited about the opportunity again.”

Much has changed since that Monday night matchup last season.

The Chiefs are playing without Jamaal Charles, their All-Pro running back, who had a 56yard touchdown run against the Chargers. He tore the ACL in his left knee and is out for the year.

But perhaps the biggest difference is the feeling in the Kansas City locker room.

The Chiefs had won 10 games total over the previous three years, but won 10 last season alone, and they enter this year’s matchup riding a modest threegame winning streak after a horrendous start.

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Sporting K.C. wins playoff opener COMMERCE CITY, COLO. (AP) — Teal Bunbury scored in the 49th and 59th minutes, leading Sporting Kansas City to a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Sunday night in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Bunbury’s second goal came on a penalty kick in the 57th minute, and goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen made one save. “It was a real physical game and we kept our composure,� Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes said. “At the this time of the year, the team that keeps it’s composure usually walks away with the win.�

This was the first leg of a homeand-home series where the winner advances based on aggregate goals. “You’ve got to get a little luck somewhere,� Colorado coach Gary Smith said. “And we didn’t get any.�

Colorado was without midfielder Jamie Smith, who tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee last Thursday in the team’s the wild card victory over Columbus.

The defending MLS Cup champions lost two more players in

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY MIDFIELDER ROGER ESPINOZA (15) and Colorado Rapids midfielder Brian Mullan (11) leap to head the ball during the first half of K.C.’s 2-0 victory in the first round of the MLS playoffs on Sunday in Commerce City, Colo.

Sunday’s game, forward Caleb Folan (left knee) and Kosuke Kimura (left foot) in the first half. “We came to terms with missing Jamie and I thought we did great,� Smith said. “But the two

Free agency begins; Yanks offer Sabathia NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees have made a contract offer to ace CC Sabathia, who has until today to decide whether to opt out of the $92 million and four years remaining on his current deal.

The offer was made over the weekend, the person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press on Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity because no details were announced.

Sabathia agreed to a $161 million, sevenyear contract before the 2009 season and has gone 59-23 with a 3.18 ERA during the regular season for New York.

If he opts out, the 31-year-old left-hander would become the top pitcher on the freeagent market.

This year’s free agents are headed by Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, Jose Reyes, C.J. Wilson, Edwin Jackson and Mark Buehrle.

Milwaukee reliever Francisco Rodriguez also was among the 148 players who became free.

K-Rod’s deal was reworked when he was traded from the New York Mets during the All-Star break, changing it to a mutual option from a $17.5 million option that would have become guaranteed had he finished 55 games.

Rodriguez, used as a setup man by the Brewers, gets a $4 million buyout, up from the original $3.5 million.

According to the reworking of the option, it would only have come into effect if he met the 55 games finished requirement, and he fell 32 short.

In addition, the Brewers declined a $6 million club option on shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt, who gets a $2 million buyout.

Others whose options were declined included Atlanta outfielder Nate McLouth; Colorado right-hander Aaron Cook; and the San Diego trio of right-handers Aaron Harang and Chad Qualls, and outfielder Brad Hawpe.

McLouth receives a $1.25 million buyout rather than a $10.65 million salary for next year under the contract he signed with Pittsburgh before the 2009 season.

Cook had an $11,125,000 player option, but the Rockies then had the chance to decline it and pay a $500,000 buyout.

Harang declined his $5 million player option but does not get a $500,000 buyout because he fell 141â „3 innings short of the 185 specified in his contract. San Diego declined a $6 million option on Qualls, who gets a $1.05 million buyout.

Hawpe gets a $1 million buyout rather than a $6 million salary after his mutual option was declined by the Padres.

Pitcher Javier Lopez agreed to an $8.5 million, two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants rather than become a free agent. The Giants exercised a $5 million club option on fellow left-hander Jeremy Affeldt rather than pay a $500,000 buyout.

Boston exercised a $6 million option on shortstop Marco Scutaro, who turned 36 Sunday.

Teams and players have until the end of Sunday to decide on the first half of mutual options. Waiting for decisions were Arizona’s Henry Blanco, Willie Bloomquist and Zach Duke; the Chicago Cubs’ Aramis Ramirez and Colorado’s Jason Giambi.

Decisions on club and player options must be made by the end of today. Free agents can start signing with teams Thursday.

injuries in the first half really bit into us hard.�

The teams played to two 1-1 ties in the regular season. There wasn’t much offense and no scoring in this game by halftime.

In fact, there wasn’t a shot on goal for either team in the first half. “We came out and played our game,� Nielsen said. “We didn’t give anything away.�

The game featured physical play in the first 45 minutes. The result was Folan leaving the game in the 23rd minute and Kimura in the 36th.

Defender Drew Moor of the Rapids took a hard hit from Bunbury that drew a reckless foul and a yellow card in stoppage time added at the end of the half.

Colorado outshot Sporting Kansas City 4-3, but none of the shots reached the respective goalkeepers.

Sporting Kansas City picked up it play on the offensive play from the outset of the second half.

Julio Cesar found Bunbury alone just across midfield. Bunbury blew past The Omar Cummings along the left sideline and tucked a shot past goalkeeper Matt Pickens and just inside the right post in the 49th minute. “Julio put a great ball to me,�

Bunbury said of his first goal.

Game 2 is Wednesday in Kansas City.

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Stewart wins, closes gap on Edwards MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA — Tony Stewart hadn’t won a race all season and didn’t list himself as a championship contender when asked to handicap the field before NASCAR’s 10-race playoffs got going.

Now, his third championship is there for the taking. “We’ve had one of those up-and-down years and we’re having a run in this Chase and now we’re hungry,� Stewart said Sunday after his third victory in the first seven Chase races moved him within eight points of leader Carl Edwards. “We’re hungry for this. I feel like our mind-set into these next three weeks, we’ve been nice all year to a lot of guys, given guys a lot of breaks. “We’re cashing tickets in these next three weeks.�

Stewart won this one by passing Jimmie Johnson on a restart with three laps to go.

BASEBALL

Fans celebrate Cards’ title ST. LOUIS — A red sea of fans jammed downtown St. Louis on Sunday to honor the World Series champion Cardinals and send a clear message to Albert Pujols: Please stay.

An official crowd estimate was not immediately available for the parade down the streets of St. Louis and the celebration at Busch Stadium, but city officials expected several hundred thousand, and it was clearly that, if not more. The crowd was so large that people were parking more than two miles away, and interstate highways were jammed near downtown.

Pujols drew loud cheers along the parade route and a long standing ovation at the stadium. Asked on the podium if he’d like to be back for another celebration next season, he smiled sheepishly and said, “Hey, why not?�

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Clemson, K-State tumble Clemson and Kansas State tumbled in The Associated Press college football poll after losing for the first time this season, and the top five teams in the rankings held their ground heading into the showdown between No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama.

Clemson slipped five spots after losing 31-17 at Georgia Tech and Kansas State fell

seven spots to No. 17 after getting thumped 58-17 by Oklahoma.

LSU received 47 first-place votes from the media panel, Alabama had 10 and No. 5 Boise State had one.

No. 3 Oklahoma State and No. 4 Stanford held on to their spots after victories, while the Broncos were idle.

Georgia Tech’s upset pushed the Yellow Jackets back into the rankings at No. 22 and Auburn jumped back in at No. 25.

The losses by Clemson and Kansas State leave six undefeated teams in major college football — the top five and No. 14 Houston.

Stanford No. 4 in BCS Stanford’s first win of the season against a ranked team helped Andrew Luck and the Cardinal move up in the BCS standings.

While LSU (8-0), Alabama (8-0) and Oklahoma State (8-0) remained locked into the top three spots in the standings released Sunday, Stanford moved up two places to fourth after beating Southern California 56-48 in triple overtime.

GOLF

McIlroy takes Shanghai SHANGHAI — U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy won $2 million in the Shanghai Masters on Sunday, beating Anthony Kim with a par on the first hole of a playoff.

McIlroy holed a two-foot putt for the victory after Kim missed a three-footer.

Van Pelt runaway winner SELANGOR, MALAYSIA — Bo Van Pelt ran away with the Asia Pacific Classic on Sunday in hot and humid conditions, birdieing five of the last eight holes for a 7-under 64 and a sixstroke victory.

Van Pelt finished at 23 under at The Mines and earned $1.3 million in the second-year event sanctioned by the PGA and Asian tours.

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1959 — Montreal goaltender Jacques Plante revolutionizes his position — and the sport of hockey — by donning a facemask. Plante is struck in the face with a shot by New York Rangers forward Andy Bathgate at 3:06 of the first period. After receiving stitches to close a gash from the corner of his mouth all the way up through his nostril, Plante returns to the ice wearing a mask. The Canadiens win 3-1.

1964 — Kansas City’s Len Dawson passes for 435 yards and six touchdowns to lead the Chiefs to a 49-39 triumph over the Denver Broncos.

1966 — The NFL awards a franchise to New Orleans on All Saints Day. 1997 — Tom Osborne reaches 250 wins faster than any coach in college football history as Nebraska beats Oklahoma 69-7, the worst loss in Sooners’ history.

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Ben big as Steelers upend Patriots battled Dolphins coach Tony Sparano.

Manning hit 31 of 45 passes for 345 yards and two touchdowns in rallying the Giants from an 11-point first-half deficit. Mario Manningham caught the other touchdown, a 7-yard play which got New York (5-2) back into the game late in the first half.

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Steelers 25, Patriots 17 PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger passed for 365 yards and two touchdowns as the Steelers finally found a way to beat Tom Brady and the Patriots on Sunday.

Roethlisberger completed 36 of 50 passes and led the Steelers (6-2) on a series of clock-chewing drives, effectively keeping Brady and the NFL’s top-ranked offense off the field. Pittsburgh held the ball for more than 39 minutes and survived a late rally to win its fourth straight following a 2-2 start.

Brady passed for two touchdowns but threw for a season-low 198 yards and couldn’t get into any sort of rhythm while losing to the Steelers for just the second time in his career.

New England 0 10 0 7—17 Pittsburgh 7 10 3 5—25 First Quarter Pit—Moore 5 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 9:08.

Second Quarter Pit—FG Suisham 33, 14:57.

NE—Branch 2 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 8:20.

Pit—A.Brown 7 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 2:41.

NE—FG Gostkowski 46, :29.

Third Quarter Pit—FG Suisham 21, 6:11.

Fourth Quarter Pit—FG Suisham 23, 11:26.

NE—Hernandez 1 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 2:35.

Pit—Polamalu safety, :08.

A—64,424.

NE Pit First downs 19 29 Total Net Yards 213 427 Rushes-yards 12-43 23-98 Passing 170 329 Punt Returns 1-1 2-12 Kickoff Returns 4-74 3-81 Interceptions Ret. 1-17 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 24-35-0 36-50-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-28 5-36 Punts 4-42.0 1-31.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-37 8-50 Time of Possession 20:38 39:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—New England, Faulk 6-32, Green-Ellis 5-9, Hernandez 1-2. Pittsburgh, Mendenhall 13-70, Moore 1-16, Redman 7-11, Roethlisberger 2-1.

PASSING—New England, Brady 24-35-0198. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 36-50-1-365.

RECEIVING—New England, R.Gronkowski 7-94, Welker 6-39, Faulk 5-20, Branch 4-36, Hernandez 2-9. Pittsburgh, A.Brown 9-67, Miller 7-85, Wallace 7-70, Sanders 5-70, Mendenhall 3-22, Moore 2-29, Cotchery 1-10, Johnson 1-7, Redman 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—New England, Gostkowski 42 (WR). Pittsburgh, Suisham 43 (WR).

Rams 31, Saints 21 ST. LOUIS— Steven Jackson scored two touchdowns and had his first 100-yard rushing game in three seasons.

The first win for the Rams (1-6) came two days after the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series, with manager Tony La Russa and several of his players showing up to support the city’s football team.

New Orleans 0 0 7 14—21 St. Louis 0 17 7 7—31 Second Quarter StL-FG Jo.Brown 38, 8:32.

StL-S.Jackson 3 run (Jo.Brown kick), 1:10.

StL-Lloyd 8 pass from Feeley (Jo.Brown kick), :17.

Third Quarter StL-S.Jackson 3 run (Jo.Brown kick), 6:00.

NO-Vilma fumble recovery in end zone (Kasay kick), 1:21.

Fourth Quarter NO-P.Thomas 3 run (Kasay kick), 10:00.

StL-Stewart 27 interception return (Jo. Brown kick), 2:51.

NO-Moore 8 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), :06.

A-57,179.

NO StL First downs 19 21 Total Net Yards 283 323 Rushes-yards 20-56 31-183 Passing 227 140 Punt Returns 3-19 0-0 Kickoff Returns 5-121 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-27 Comp-Att-Int 30-44-2 20-37-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 6-42 4-35 Punts 7-40.3 7-42.6 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 5-32 9-64 Time of Possession 28:37 31:23

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“It was huge for us,” Chiefs coach Todd Haley said of last year’s game against San Diego. “Now, last year was last year and this year is this year, but when you start a season and you’re coming off a difficult season and you’re able to play a division opponent at home, on Monday night, on national television, and get off to a good start, it definitely gave us a boost.”

Such an admission is rare from Haley.

Under normal circumstances, the third-year coach would never put more emphasis on any one game over any other. He views the season in four-game quarters, each as important as the next.

“It was one game in a series of four that we like to stay focused on,” Haley said.

“Now this is one game in a series of four that we’re really focused on, and we know

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PITTSBURGH QUARTERBACK BEN ROETHLISBERGER (7) RUNS A SNEAK for a two-yard gain as New England linebacker Brandon Spikes (55) looks to make the tackle during the second quarter. The Steelers won, 25-17, Sunday in Pittsburgh.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-New Orleans, P.Thomas 7-23, Ivory 6-18, Sproles 6-16, Brees 1-(minus 1).

St. Louis, S.Jackson 25-159, B.Gibson 1-11, Salas 1-8, Feeley 2-5, Williams 2-0.

PASSING-New Orleans, Brees 30-44-2-269.

St. Louis, Feeley 20-37-0-175.

RECEIVING-New Orleans, Moore 8-82, Sproles 6-60, Graham 4-39, P.Thomas 4-11, Colston 3-50, Collins 3-15, Meachem 2-12.

St. Louis, Lloyd 6-53, Salas 5-47, S.Jackson 4-32, B.Gibson 2-27, Bajema 1-7, Pettis 1-7, Kendricks 1-2.

Ravens 30, Cardinals 27 BALTIMORE — Billy Cundiff kicked a 25-yard field goal as time expired, Ray Rice scored a career-high three touchdowns, and Baltimore pulled off the biggest comeback in Ravens history.

Arizona 3 21 0 3—27 Baltimore 0 6 14 10 —30 First Quarter Ari-FG Feely 32, 3:56.

Second Quarter Bal-FG Cundiff 26, 12:26.

Ari-Wells 1 run (Feely kick), 8:22.

Ari-Peterson 82 punt return (Feely kick), 6:06.

Ari-Doucet 10 pass from Kolb (Feely kick), 3:46.

Bal-FG Cundiff 47, :34.

Third Quarter Bal-Rice 1 run (Cundiff kick), 12:13.

Bal-Rice 1 run (Cundiff kick), 1:32.

Fourth Quarter Bal-Rice 3 run (Cundiff kick), 14:55.

Ari-FG Feely 45, 8:55.

Bal-FG Cundiff 25, :00.

A-71,022.

Ari Bal First downs 17 30 Total Net Yards 207 405 Rushes-yards 30-109 26-107 Passing 98 298 Punt Returns 4-112 3-22 Kickoff Returns 4-116 4-85 Interceptions Ret. 1-1 1-8 Comp-Att-Int 10-21-1 31-51-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 6-55 3-38 Punts 6-40.0 5-43.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 12-92 11-99 Time of Possession 30:18 29:42 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Arizona, Wells 22-83, StephensHowling 5-17, Kolb 1-5, Taylor 1-3, Smith 1-1. Baltimore, Rice 18-63, R.Williams 4-29, Flacco 4-15.

PASSING-Arizona, Kolb 10-21-1-153.

Baltimore, Flacco 31-51-1-336.

RECEIVING-Arizona, Fitzgerald 3-98, King 3-29, Doucet 2-20, Housler 1-3, Taylor 1-3.

Baltimore, Boldin 7-145, Rice 7-36, Dickson 6-46, Pitta 6-44, T.Smith 3-57, R.Williams 2-8.

Eagles 34, Cowboys 7 PHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick threw two touchdown passes, LeSean McCoy had a career-best 185 yards rushing and two scores.

Dallas 0 0 0 7— 7 Philadelphia 14 10 3 7—34 First Quarter Phi-Maclin 12 pass from Vick (Henery kick), 10:41.

Phi-McCoy 2 run (Henery kick), 2:40.

Second Quarter Phi-Celek 9 pass from Vick (Henery kick), 10:13.

Phi-FG Henery 23, 1:46.

Third Quarter Phi-FG Henery 26, 5:55.

Fourth Quarter Phi-McCoy 13 run (Henery kick), 13:21.

Dal-Robinson 70 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 12:44.

A-69,144.

that last year has nothing to do with this year. We’ve got to go out there and play our best football.”

Norv Turner said the same thing, nearly word for word, about the Chargers playing their best.

The Chargers coach said last season’s opener, in some ways, set the tone for their season. They wound up losing five of their first seven games, and although they turned things around quickly enough to finish 9-7, it wasn’t enough to overtake Kansas City in the division.

“Well, we went through a lot of things early in the year that were apparent in that game,” Turner said. “You see no Vincent Jackson, no Marcus McNeill, and we had some other issues. We had a lot of things going on for the first 4-5 weeks. But that was an unbelievable evening.

“You start the game and it was a very nice evening and midway through the second quarter or whenever it started, the temperature dropped, the wind, the rain,” Turner recalled. “It was like you

Dal Phi First downs 12 31 Total Net Yards 267 495 Rushes-yards 10-85 38-239 Passing 182 256 Punt Returns 2-35 3-9 Kickoff Returns 3-50 1-25 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-35-1 21-28-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-21 4-23 Punts 5-39.0 2-46.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 Penalties-Yards 3-20 6-33 Time of Possession 17:51 42:09 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Dallas, Murray 8-74, Romo 1-9, Tanner 1-2. Philadelphia, McCoy 30-185, Vick 7-50, Brown 1-4.

PASSING-Dallas, Romo 18-35-1-203.

Philadelphia, Vick 21-28-0-279.

RECEIVING-Dallas, Robinson 5-103, Witten 4-28, Bryant 3-28, Austin 3-27, Tanner 2-19, Murray 1-(minus 2). Philadelphia, Celek 7-94, Avant 5-74, Maclin 3-54, D.Jackson 3-31, McCoy 2-15, Harbor 1-11.

Miami 7 7 3 0—17 N.Y. Giants 3 7 0 10—20 First Quarter Mia-Slaton 1 run (Carpenter kick), 4:10.

NYG-FG Tynes 25, :17.

Second Quarter Mia-Mat.Moore 1 run (Carpenter kick), 9:37.

NYG-Manningham 7 pass from Manning (Tynes kick), :08.

Third Quarter Mia-FG Carpenter 40, 12:17.

Fourth Quarter NYG-FG Tynes 29, 10:37.

NYG-Cruz 25 pass from Manning (Tynes kick), 5:58.

A-79,302.

Mia NYG First downs 18 21 Total Net Yards 246 402 Rushes-yards 26-145 23-58 Passing 101 344 Punt Returns 2-9 4-28 Kickoff Returns 4-99 3-78 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-24 Comp-Att-Int 13-22-1 31-45-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-37 1-5 Punts 5-49.4 4-46.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-30 7-46 Time of Possession 27:34 32:26 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Miami, Bush 15-103, Mat.Moore 5-31, Slaton 5-7, Hilliard 1-4. N.Y. Giants, Bradshaw 13-50, Jacobs 4-10, Ware 2-1, Manning 4-(minus 3).

PASSING-Miami, Mat.Moore 13-22-1-138.

N.Y. Giants, Manning 31-45-0-349.

RECEIVING-Miami, Marshall 4-55, Bush 4-17, Bess 3-43, Clay 1-16, Hilliard 1-7. N.Y. Giants, Cruz 7-99, Nicks 6-67, Manningham 6-63, Bradshaw 5-38, Ballard 4-55, Pascoe 1-22, Ware 1-5, Jacobs 1-0.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-None.

Titans 27, Colts 10 NASHVILLE, TENN. — Matt Hasselbeck threw for 224 yards and a touchdown, and Vikings 24, Panthers 21 Nate Washington scored CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ryan twice as Tennessee kept InLongwell kicked a 31-yard dianapolis winless. field goal with 2:43 left, and Indianapolis 0 0 3 7—10 Carolina’s Olindo Mare Tennessee 3 17 0 7—27 First Quarter missed from the same disTen-FG Bironas 51, 7:01. tance with 26 seconds left Second Quarter Ten-McCourty blocked punt recovery in that would have tied it.

Minnesota 7 7 7 3—24 Carolina 0 14 7 0—21 First Quarter Min-Harvin 10 run (Longwell kick), 12:34.

Second Quarter Car-Shockey 1 pass from Newton (Mare kick), 13:22.

Car-Olsen 39 pass from Newton (Mare kick), 10:18.

Min-Peterson 19 pass from Ponder (Longwell kick), :42.

Third Quarter Car-Smith 22 pass from Newton (Mare kick), 11:07.

Min-Peterson 9 run (Longwell kick), 1:58.

Fourth Quarter Min-FG Longwell 31, 2:43.

A-72,095.

Min Car First downs 22 21 Total Net Yards 361 405 Rushes-yards 33-132 27-140 Passing 229 265 Punt Returns 3-2 3-19 Kickoff Returns 1-78 3-61 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-28-0 22-35-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-7 3-25 Punts 4-44.8 4-43.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 4-43 6-60 Time of Possession 32:05 27:55 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Minnesota, Peterson 21-86, Gerhart 5-26, Harvin 3-16, Ponder 4-4.

Carolina, Newton 6-53, Stewart 13-49, D.Williams 7-26, Smith 1-12.

PASSING-Minnesota, Ponder 18-28-0-236.

Carolina, Newton 22-35-0-290.

RECEIVING-Minnesota, Peterson 5-76, Harvin 4-58, Shiancoe 3-37, Jenkins 2-30, Aromashodu 2-20, Rudolph 2-15. Carolina, Smith 7-100, Naanee 5-49, Olsen 4-73, D.Williams 2-13, Stewart 2-10, LaFell 1-44, Shockey 1-1.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Minnesota, Longwell 45 (WL). Carolina, Mare 31 (WL).

Giants 20, Dolphins 17 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Eli Manning threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Victor Cruz with 5:58 to play to keep Miami winless and perhaps put more pressure on em-

went from August or early September to late November in about a half an hour.”

This time, the two teams will be meeting on the doorstep of November.

The stakes are perhaps even higher.

San Diego (4-2) has a halfgame lead in the AFC West, but the Chiefs can forge a three-way tie with the Oakland Raiders if they win tonight.

In doing so, they can become the first team since the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2000 to start a season 0-3 and then win its next four games.

“They haven’t lost since we played them last,” Rivers said. “This game is obviously big for both teams. Division games are huge. They almost count as a game and a half.

It’s one of the loudest stadiums you ever play in. You’ve got to manage that.”

Rivers remembers just how difficult it was to manage last year.

“You watch that tape and it doesn’t quite show the conditions and how crazy it was.

That was for both teams,” Rivers said.

end zone (Bironas kick), 9:52.

Ten-FG Bironas 50, 2:31.

Ten-Washington 3 run (Bironas kick), :22.

Third Quarter Ind-FG Vinatieri 22, 7:41.

Fourth Quarter Ind-D.Brown 4 run (Vinatieri kick), 13:29.

Ten-Washington 14 pass from Hasselbeck (Bironas kick), 5:20.

A-69,143.

Ind Ten First downs 22 17 Total Net Yards 399 311 Rushes-yards 26-158 31-96 Passing 241 215 Punt Returns 4-17 2-39 Kickoff Returns 4-66 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-4 Comp-Att-Int 26-49-2 23-33-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-9 1-9 Punts 7-38.4 8-41.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 10-66 3-40 Time of Possession 28:32 31:28 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Indianapolis, Painter 7-79, Carter 9-46, D.Brown 10-33. Tennessee, Ringer 14-60, Johnson 14-34, Washington 1-3, Harper 1-0, Hasselbeck 1-(minus 1).

PASSING-Indianapolis, Painter 26-49-2250. Tennessee, Hasselbeck 23-33-0-224.

RECEIVING-Indianapolis, Garcon 7-66, Clark 6-77, Wayne 5-61, Collie 5-44, Carter 2-1, D.Brown 1-1. Tennessee, Ringer 5-42, Williams 4-60, Washington 4-34, L.Hawkins 3-18, Johnson 3-17, Cook 2-40, Hall 2-13.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-None.

Texans 24, Jaguars 14 HOUSTON — Arian Foster rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown, and Houston shut down rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert and the NFL’s worst offense.

Matt Schaub threw a TD pass and ran for another score for Houston (5-3), off to its best eight-game start. The Texans also took one more step toward the franchise’s first division title and playoff berth by improving to 3-0 in the AFC South.

Jacksonville 0 7 0 7—14 Houston 7 0 7 10—24 First Quarter Hou-Schaub 2 run (Rackers kick), 8:21.

Second Quarter Jac-Hill 5 pass from Gabbert (Scobee kick), 5:41.

Third Quarter Hou-Dreessen 7 pass from Schaub (Rackers kick), 9:10.

Fourth Quarter Hou-Foster 4 run (Rackers kick), 12:32.

Jac-Jones-Drew 2 run (Scobee kick), 5:15.

Hou-FG Rackers 39, :18.

A-71,412.

Jac Hou First downs 13 20 Total Net Yards 174 358 Rushes-yards 25-84 39-156 Passing 90 202 Punt Returns 2-12 5-56 Kickoff Returns 4-57 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-5 Comp-Att-Int 10-32-2 16-30-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 2-23 Punts 8-46.8 6-45.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 5-39 7-60 Time of Possession 24:41 35:19 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Jacksonville, Jones-Drew 18-63, Gabbert 4-14, Karim 3-7. Houston, Foster 33-112, Tate 5-42, Schaub 1-2.

PASSING-Jacksonville, Gabbert 10-30-297, McCown 0-2-0-0. Houston, Schaub 16-300-225.

RECEIVING-Jacksonville, Lewis 4-45, Thomas 3-24, Dillard 1-12, Jones-Drew 1-11, Hill 1-5. Houston, Walter 5-70, Daniels 4-60, Jones 3-59, Dreessen 2-19, Foster 1-12, Mason 1-5.

Lions 45, Broncos 10 DENVER — Detroit sacked Tim Tebow seven times and turned his two turnovers into touchdowns in snapping a two-game skid.

Detroit 7 17 14 7—45 Denver 3 0 0 7—10 First Quarter Den-FG Prater 39, 11:20.

Det-T.Young 41 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick), 8:40.

Second Quarter Det-FG Hanson 50, 14:44.

Det-Scheffler 1 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick), 4:11.

Det-Morris 1 run (Hanson kick), :29.

Third Quarter Det-Avril 24 fumble return (Hanson kick), 13:26.

Det-Johnson 56 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick), 6:18.

Fourth Quarter Det-Houston 100 interception return (Hanson kick), 12:04.

Den-Decker 14 pass from Tebow (Prater kick), 8:19.

A-74,977.

Det Den First downs 21 19 Total Net Yards 376 312 Rushes-yards 28-113 30-195 Passing 263 117 Punt Returns 3-30 5-28 Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-47 Interceptions Ret. 1-100 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-32-0 18-39-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-9 7-55 Punts 7-40.6 7-50.4 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 5-2 Penalties-Yards 4-45 5-55 Time of Possession 29:34 30:26 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Detroit, Morris 13-58, K.Williams 11-25, Stafford 1-21, Burleson 1-9, Logan 1-1, Sh.Hill 1-(minus 1). Denver, Moreno 14-69, Tebow 10-63, Ball 6-63.

PASSING-Detroit, Stafford 21-30-0-267, Sh.Hill 1-2-0-5. Denver, Tebow 18-39-1-172.

RECEIVING-Detroit, Johnson 6-125, T.Young 4-66, Burleson 4-23, Scheffler 3-38, Pettigrew 3-8, Morris 1-7, K.Williams 1-5.

Denver, Decker 6-72, Royal 6-41, Willis 1-28, D.Thomas 1-10, Rosario 1-7, Fells 1-5, Moreno 1-5, Ball 1-4.

Bengals 34, Seahawks 12 SEATTLE — Rookie quarterback Andy Dalton threw a pair of first-half touchdown passes and Brandon Tate returned a punt 56 yards for a TD. Dalton tossed TDs of 14 yards to Jerome Simpson and a 43-yarder that dropped into the arms of A.J. Green in the second quarter to give the Bengals (5-2) a 17-3 lead.

Cincinnati 10 7 0 17—34 Seattle 0 3 3 6—12 First Quarter Cin-FG Nugent 34, 6:44.

Cin-Simpson 14 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 3:47.

Second Quarter Sea-FG Hauschka 47, 14:55.

Cin-Green 43 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 1:51.

Third Quarter Sea-FG Hauschka 25, :04.

Fourth Quarter Sea-Lynch 2 run (pass failed), 8:55.

Cin-FG Nugent 48, 4:50.

Cin-Tate 56 punt return (Nugent kick), 3:22.

Cin-Nelson 75 interception return (Nugent kick), :36.

A-66,004.

Cin Sea First downs 18 20 Total Net Yards 252 411 Rushes-yards 27-92 20-61 Passing 160 350 Punt Returns 4-136 3-38 Kickoff Returns 4-113 6-153 Interceptions Ret. 1-75 2-8 Comp-Att-Int 18-29-2 25-47-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 4-25 Punts 5-45.2 6-53.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-65 11-80 Time of Possession 31:27 28:33 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Cincinnati, Scott 22-76, Leonard 2-7, Hawkins 1-6, Dalton 2-3. Seattle, Washington 2-34, Lynch 16-24, Jackson 1-2, Whitehurst 1-1.

PASSING-Cincinnati, Dalton 18-29-2-168.

Seattle, Jackson 21-40-1-323, Whitehurst 4-7-0-52.

RECEIVING-Cincinnati, Green 4-63, Caldwell 4-31, Lee 3-44, Scott 3-0, Leonard 2-10, Simpson 1-14, Pressley 1-6. Seattle, Rice 7-102, Baldwin 5-73, Obomanu 4-107, Miller 3-37, Morrah 2-21, Tate 2-11, Forsett 1-13, Robinson 1-11.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-None.

Bills 23, Redskins 0 TORONTO — Ryan Fitzpatrick threw two touchdowns and the Bills defense had nine sacks over injury-riddled Washington in Buffalo’s adopted home north of the border.

Washington 0 0 0 0— 0 Buffalo 7 6 7 3—23 First Quarter Buf—Chandler 20 pass from Fitzpatrick (Lindell kick), 5:11.

Second Quarter Buf—FG Lindell 37, 8:45.

Buf—FG Lindell 44, :00.

Third Quarter Buf—Chandler 15 pass from Fitzpatrick (Lindell kick), 10:56.

Fourth Quarter Buf—FG Lindell 41, 3:26.

A—51,579.

Was Buf First downs 10 17 Total Net Yards 178 390 Rushes-yards 12-26 33-138 Passing 152 252 Punt Returns 2-32 3-22 Kickoff Returns 3-63 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 2-34 Comp-Att-Int 20-33-2 21-27-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 9-56 2-10 Punts 6-46.5 3-45.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 3-54 6-35 Time of Possession 25:09 34:51 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Washington, Torain 8-14, Beck 3-10, Stallworth 1-2. Buffalo, Jackson 26-120, B.Smith 4-14, Fitzpatrick 3-4.

PASSING—Washington, Beck 20-33-2-208.

Buffalo, Fitzpatrick 21-27-1-262.

RECEIVING—Washington, Davis 8-94, Gaffney 4-40, Helu 3-20, Austin 2-22, Hankerson 1-23, Torain 1-6, Young 1-3.

Buffalo, St.Johnson 6-57, Nelson 4-47, Jackson 3-74, B.Smith 3-18, Chandler 2-35, Spiller 2-9, Roosevelt 1-22.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Washington, Gano 49 (BK). Buffalo, Lindell 44 (WR).

49ers 20, Browns 10 SAN FRANCISCO — Frank Gore ran for both 125-plus yards and a touchdown in a fourth straight game and Michael Crabtree made his first TD reception of the season.

Cleveland 0 3 0 7—10 San Francisco 10 7 0 3—20 First Quarter SF-Gore 4 run (Akers kick), 12:44.

SF-FG Akers 29, 2:55.

Second Quarter SF-Crabtree 2 pass from Ale.Smith (Akers kick), 1:31.

Cle-FG Dawson 52, :00.

Fourth Quarter Cle-Cribbs 45 pass from McCoy (Dawson kick), 6:17.

SF-FG Akers 26, 1:56.

A-69,732.

Cle SF First downs 18 19 Total Net Yards 290 348 Rushes-yards 23-66 39-174 Passing 224 174 Punt Returns 3-34 2-18 Kickoff Returns 4-102 2-33 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-34-1 15-24-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-17 1-3 Punts 6-44.0 5-53.6 Fumbles-Lost 5-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-39 5-40 Time of Possession 27:07 32:53 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Cleveland, Ogbonnaya 11-37, McCoy 8-30, Hardesty 2-6, Marecic 1-1, Little 1-(minus 8). San Francisco, Gore 31-134, Hunter 3-26, Ale.Smith 4-22, Ginn Jr. 1-(minus 8).

PASSING-Cleveland, McCoy 22-34-1-241.

San Francisco, Ale.Smith 15-24-0-177.

RECEIVING-Cleveland, Norwood 5-32, Ogbonnaya 5-24, Little 4-28, Watson 3-64, Cribbs 2-56, Moore 2-17, Smith 1-20. San Francisco, Crabtree 5-54, Edwards 4-42, V.Davis 3-27, Peelle 1-19, Sopoaga 1-18, Staley 1-17.

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Ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree with five years of experience in sales in a comparable industry; two years management/ leadership experience; experience in training, staff management, strategic planning, working with marketing campaigns and revenue analysis; experience working with media, advanced online operations, and deep experience working with the Internet; outstanding consultative selling abilities and excellent interpersonal skills with executive level customers and partners; experience with sales management methodologies; strong communication skills, including presentation and negotiation skills; and proficient in desktop and online software necessary to accomplish goals.

We offer an excellent benefits package including medical insurance, 401k, paid time off and more!

Background check, pre-employment drug screen and physical lift assessment required.

To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. EOE

AUTOMOTIVE SALES SPECIALIST The World Company Automotive Sales Specialist is responsible for selling advertising and building relationships with potential automotive clients in Lawrence, Topeka and the surrounding communities.

Specialist will initiate creative solutions to grow print and online revenue for our automotive clients; prepare timely and accurate sales materials and/or research to present solutions to new and existing clients and demonstrate to them how to promote their products and services to support new revenue streams; obtain and study information about clients’ products, needs, problems, advertising history and business practices to offer effective sales presentations and appropriate product assistance; provide clients with the appropriate research contract status, and analytical reports to validate their buying decisions; maintain knowledge of market data, competitive activity, advertising rates, pertinent new items and company policies; provide accurate monthly forecasts, sales updates and other revenue reports by assigned deadlines; provide exemplary customer service to your client list and take care of all of their billing, tearsheet, creative and informational needs; maintain a positive attitude, professional communication and cooperation with all customers and your co-workers to ensure maximum productivity and sales results; meet all copy and proof deadlines on a daily and weekly basis and use the tracking tools; work with your customers on their aging balances; and consistently meet sales goals for accounts on your list and for new business.

Ideal candidates will have a minimum two years proven track record of outside sales success; knowledge of online media sales process and analytics; strong presentation, closing and prospecting skills; ability to generate creative advertising ideas; ability to generate a high level of new business activity in a fast-paced environment; ability to generate creative advertising solutions for customers; goal and results oriented; excellent verbal and written communication and problemsolving skills; ability to consistently demonstrate confidence in, and enthusiasm toward, product and company; possess basic math and spelling skill, good organizational skills, be attentive to detail, and exhibit professional appearance; ability to achieve 100% accuracy in all billing, scheduling and proof-reading functions; proficient in all Microsoft Office applications; and valid driver’s license, reliable transportation with proof of auto insurance, and a clean driving record.

To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com.

We offer an excellent benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off, employee discounts and more! Background check, pre-employment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. EOE

DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER The World Company, a fast-paced, multi-media organization in Lawrence, Kansas, is seeking a Digital Development Project Manager to lead its digital development team, which develops our digital products, provides maintenance and support of existing websites and implements third-party digital initiatives.

Responsibilities include: • Directing daily team operations by analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, planning appropriately, developing standards, directing work and setting deadlines.

• Managing a highly skilled on-site and off-site team that performs design and development.

• Developing and communicating to management periodic analyses of products under development and their stages of development.

• Developing and implementing methods and procedures for monitoring projects, such as progress reports and team meetings, in order to inform management of current project status.

• Developing recommendations and strategies for market and business opportunities in cooperation with The World Company leadership team.

• Researching, tracking and informing the management team of trend developments in digital publishing.

We are looking for candidates with a Bachelor’s degree (technology, interactive studies, journalism or other similar discipline, preferred) or equivalent years of special experience and qualifications; at least two years of leadership experience overseeing the assignment, progress and implementation of digital applications; experience developing websites, preferably using open-source technologies; knowledge of and a strong affinity for digital development standards and best practices; proven strategic planning and execution success; an ability to create, direct and multi-task effectively under pressure; experience working all facets of the development process; must be able to communicate and negotiate with a wide variety of co-workers and potential business partners.

The World Company’s online operation is considered to be among the most innovative of news and media organizations in the country. Our websites include LJWorld.com, Lawrencemarketplace.com, KUsports.com, Lawrence.com, and WellCommons.com.

We are a family owned business that has been a news and media source for more than 100 years. Company holdings include newspapers, websites, magazines, commercial printing, and Web publishing software development and sales.

We offer an excellent benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off and more! Background check, pre-employment drug screen and physical lift assessment required.

To apply submit a cover letter, resume and links to your work to hrapplications@ljworld.com. EOE

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35 yrs. exp. Free est.

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Tile Installation

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Locally owned & operated.

Free estimates/Insured.

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Mobile Enviro-Wash LTD

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TRI-C LAWNS LLC

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Siding Services

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Carpet Cleaning Kansas Carpet Care, Inc.

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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Mediaphormedia is seeking a Software Developer with significant experience in developing cutting-edge web sites and applications, preferably on an open-source (LAMP-style) platform.

We are looking for candidates with a minimum of two years experience developing on the web with dynamic languages; excellent teamwork abilities; strong conceptual and problem solving skills; understanding of different platforms, browsers and other relevant internet technologies; working knowledge of information architecture concepts; and relentless attention to detail. Ideal candidates will have a strong dedication to web standards and web development best practices, including extensive experience with database-backed development.

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Exciting managerial opportunity for qualified professional to establish a comprehensive Marketing Department for all departments of the KU Memorial Unions Corporation on the campus of the University of Kansas.

This position will develop, implement and coordinate marketing strategies for our $35 million enterprise. The Director will also oversee conventional online and social media efforts.

This salaried position requires a bachelor’s degree, 3-5 years experience in the fields of advertising, graphic design, journalism, marketing or other equivalent areas and 1-2 years management experience.

Job description online at www.union.ku.edu/hr

position available at Emergency Shelter/ Youth Residential Center II. Full-time position on the Third Shift: 10pm-6am (40 hours/ Tuesday-Saturday) and substitute positions for all shifts.

Candidate will be responsible for care and supervision of 14 adolescents. Must have at least a high school diploma or GED, be at least 21 years of age, have a valid driver’s license, and able to pass background checks. Experience with adolescents preferred. Benefits available for full-time position.

If interested, apply with resume to: V. Torrez Dawson, Assistant Director P.O. Box 647, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Inquiries to (785) 843-2085. tdawson@theshelterinc.org Position will be open until filled. EOE

WarehouseWe support and participate in the development of the Starting salary Production $47,294 to $56,290 Django web framework and the open-source community plus excellent benefits.

HALLMARK at large. Django began as an in house project and now is Please send letter of application, resume and an open-source platform with a vibrant user community.

Temporary Light Industrial the names, addresses & Positions Available! phone numbers of Other open-source contributions from current and former 3 professional 3 month assignments work references to: team members include Haystack (modular search) and unionhr@ku.edu or to the 1st shift 8:00am to 4:30pm Tastypie (webservice API framework). Strong preference Human Resources Office 2nd shift -4:00pm to 12:30am will be given to candidates with Django framework KU Memorial Unions 3rd shift - 12:00am to 8:30am 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. experience and/or previous Python programming Lawrence, KS, 66045 $10.50/hour +shift EOE differential experience. However, we will train the right person who Requirements demonstrates passion for their work and a willingness Office-Clerical least 6 months recent, to learn. This position will develop, support, and Busy Downtown Lawrence •Atlight manufacturing or firm seeks industrial experience maintain our “Ellington” content management platform, environmental administrative assistant •Ability to lift 50 lbs frequently our “Marketplace” online business directory product office exp. and strong computer skills req. full •Solid, stable work and other new projects and diversification efforts as time $12/hr. benefits availhistory with excellent able. email resume to references specified.

Hannah@cromwellenv.com •Ability to multi-task and

Mediaphormedia is the award-winning commercial Part-Time software division of The World Company, a communications and media company based in Lawrence, Kansas. Mediaphormedia is widely considered to be one of the most innovative news and media organizations in the country employing some of the best and brightest LEAD ASSISTANT online media developers.

TEXTBOOK BUYER KU BOOKSTORE We offer an excellent benefits package including health, Mon. - Fri. dental and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off and 9 AM - 4 PM 30 - 35 hrs. per week more! Background check, pre-employment drug screen $11.30 per hour and physical lift assessment required.

Job description online at To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. EOE

www.union.ku.edu/hr

Applications available Human Resources Office 3rd Floor, Kansas Union 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Lawrence, KS EOE

stand for 8 hours •Computer skills

These positions require a drug screen and background check. For immediate consideration, call or stop by:

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1BR, 1/2 block to KU, reserved parking, $510. GAS & WATER PAID. 785-842-7644 www.gagemgmt.com 1BRs — 622 Schwarz. CA, laundry, off-street parking, gas & water paid. $435/ mo. No pets. 785-841-5797

2BR — 1017 Illinois. 2 story, 1 bath, CA, DW. $570/mo.

No pets. Call 785-841-5797 www.rentinlawrence.com

Ad Astra Apartments

1 & 2 BRs from $390/mo.

Call MPM for more details at 785-841-4935

Cedarwood Apts

2BR at 1BR price

Newer 2BR for only $475.

Jacksonville Apts.

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The ideal candidate will be:

Ideal candidates must have a stable work history; able to work with minimal supervision; reliable transportation, a valid driver’s license, proof of insurance and safe driving record; and ability to lift 50 lbs.

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Apartments & Townhomes 2 & 4BRs Available NOW

1/2 OFF & MORE!

2BR - 415 W. 17th, laundry on site, wood floors, off-st. parking, CA. No pets. $500$550, water pd. 785-841-5797 2BR — 725 W. 25th, In 4plex, CA, W/D hookup, offst. parking. $410-$420/mo.

No pets. Call 785-841-5797

Winter is here No high gas bill to pay, all electric units only!

BRAND NEW

One Month FREE Tuckaway at Frontier 542 Frontier, Lawrence

2BR avail. now, very nice & quiet, DW, W/D, off st. parking. $535/mo. No pets.

785-423-1565, 785-841-4035

Last One Left!!

1BR, 1.5 bath 2BR, 2.5 baths

941 Indiana - 2BR 1 bath $650/mo. 785-841-4935

Rent Includes All Utils. Plus Cable, Internet, and Fitness.

Garages Available Elevators to all floors Pool

Avalon Apartments

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at 901 New Hampshire 785-830-8800

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HIGHPOINTE APTS

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2001 W. 6th. 785-841-8468 www.firstmanagementinc.com

901 Avalon

2BR, 900 sq. ft., balcony, Heat & water paid, Easy walk to school or downtown, $630/mo., $300 deposit.

FALL SPECIAL!

2BR starting at $525 W/D included. Pool

The Woods of Old West Lawrence 785-841-4935

Patio Apartment

2BR, 2 bath w/study, laundry, patio, yard. New tile & carpet flooring. $750/mo.

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LAUREL GLEN APTS

2 & 3 Bedroom Apts 785-749-7744

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Heatherwood Valley & Sunflower Apartments 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Units • No Application Fee • Short-term Leases avail.

• Leasing Programs for Applicants w/Bad Credit 785-856-1237 www.AssetMgmtPlus.com Studios — 2400 Alabama, all elect., plenty of parking, AC, laundry. $390, water/cable paid. No pets. 785-841-5797 Studios - 1708 W. 5th, all elect, plenty of parking, AC, laundry. $410. water/cable paid. No pets. 785-841-5797

Duplexes

3BR, nice, S. of 23rd St. 1 Bath, W/D, garage, No 2BR - 2406 Alabama, Bldg. 2, pets. $675/mo. Avail. now.

2 story, 1.5 baths, CA, DW, 785-841-4035, 785-423-1565 One Month Rent FREE! $570. No pets. 785-841-5797 2 & 3 Bedrooms www.rentinlawrence.com Clubhouse lounge, gym, 2BR in 4-plex on a quiet garages avail., W/D, walk 2BR — 909 Missouri or 1305 street. AC, new carpet, in closets, and 1 pet okay.

Kentucky, in 4-plex. Have off-street parking. $500/mo.

CA & DW. No pets. $450/ Avail. now. 785-218-1413 3601 Clinton Pkwy., Lawrence month. Call 785-841-5797 785-842-3280

PARKWAY COMMONS

2408 Alabama

2BR Near hospital. Large, has CA, off-street parking, & is on bus route. $550/mo.

Avail. now. 785-550-7325

Call Today 785-841-1155

2BR, 1310 Kentucky. CA, DW, laundry. Close to KU. $550/ mo. One Month FREE. $200 Deposit. Call 785-842-7644

Red Oak Apts.

Newly remodeled 1 & 2 BR water & trash paid $450 - $510/mo.

Deposits -$300

Townhomes

Townhomes

2BR, 1 bath, 2100 Haskell.

CA, DW, W/D hookup, carport. $575/mo. Available Now. Call 785-842-7644

2BR, 2 bath, fireplace, CA, W/D hookups, 2 car with opener. Easy access to I-70. Includes paid cable.

Pets under 20 lbs. allowed Call 785-842-2575 www.princeton-place.com

PARKWAY 4000

• 2 & 3BRs available • 2 Bath, W/D hookups • 2 Car garage w/opener • New kitchen appliances • Maintenance free

1727 Maple Lane - across from park. Cute 3BR + study. $900/mo. avail. now 785-842-5586, 785-331-7625

3BR, 2 bath, 2 car, 1,500 sq. ft. tri-level, fenced, deck.

Schwegler Elem. $1,150/mo.

Avail. now. 785-218-2137 3BR, 813 Crestline Ct. CA, 1 bath, garage, fenced yard.

Avail. Now. $800/mo. 1/2 off Deposit. Call 785-842-7644 4BR, 1307 W. 22nd St. 3 level, 1.5 bath, garage, close to KU, school, and shopping. $1,000/mo. 785 331-7846

SPECIAL: 4BR farmhouse with character. Great 6th Street location. $975/mo.

785-832-8728 /785-331-5360 2BRs from $550 - $800/mo. www.lawrencepm.com Some units - 1 month free.

785-832-8728 / 785-331-5360 4BR, 2707 Freedom Hill Ct. www.lawrencepm.com Excellent cul-de-sac location. 3 Bath, bsmt. $1,250 Four Wheel Drive Heritage Realty 785-841-1412

Call for Specials!

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Townhomes

Apartments, Houses & 2859 Four Wheel Drive Duplexes. 785-842-7644 Amazing 2BR, tranquil intiwww.GageMgmt.com mate setting, free standing townhome w/ courtyard, cathedral ceilings, skylights, & W/D. Most Rooms residents professionals.

Pets ok. Water & trash pd. Furnished BR in my home, share kitchen. Quiet, near $750/mo.

785-842-5227 KU, on bus route. $350/mo. www.villa26lawrence.com Utils. paid. 785-979-4317 3BR, 2 bath, 1 car, NW Nicer! No Pets Tonganoxie $765/mo. 785-865-6064 For Sale or Rent.

3BR, 2 bath, all amenities, garage. 2807 Four Wheel 2 & 3BR trailers from $2,500 Drive. $795/mo. Available - $15,000. Rent from $550 $650/mo. Possible owner Now. Call 785-766-8888 finance. Paradise Trailer Park, Tonganoxie, KS AVAIL. Now 816-985-3114, 913-620-0195 3BR, 2 bath, major appls., FP, 2 car.

785-865-2505 4BR Townhome on quiet cul-de-sac. No smoking. 2 3BR Townhomes Avail. car garage. 2,500 sq. ft. of Adam Ave. - 2 bath, 2 car, living space. 1 year lease.

1,700 sq. ft., some with $1,100/mo. $1,100 deposit.

913-845-9005, 816-872-7343 fenced yards, $895/mo.

Bainbridge Cir. - 1,200 CEDAR HILLS 1,540 sq. ft., 1.5-2.5 bath, 1 New Management car, $695 - $775/mo.

1-3BR apts. in Tonganoxie Pets okay Many improvements! with paid pet deposit 816-260-8606, 913-845-0992 www.garberprop.com 785-841-4785

Newly remodeled, major appls., W/D, Fireplace.

2BR, 1 bath, W/D hookup, 1 car w/opener, patio. 1018 W. 29th Terrace. $550/mo.

Credit check 785-615-1421

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AVAIL. Now 785-865-2505

1BR farm house, near Lawrence. Stove, refrig., W/D hookups. NO PETS! $560/ mo. +deposit. 785-842-3626 Leave name & phone #

3BR cute country home, Eudora school district, $800/ mo. Appls., full bsmt., deck.

Avail. Nov. 1. 785-979-0767

3BR, 2 bath, 2 car, 2 story townhomes - 104 & 106 Silver Leaf (Fire Tree) Baldwin - most appls. $825/mo.

785-594-2558, 785-218-4070

2BR, 1 Bath in 4-plex

Houses

1, 2, & 3BR townhomes avail. in Cooperative. Units 1st Class, Pet Friendly starting at $412 - $485/mo.

Houses & Apts.

Water, trash, sewer paid. www.vintagemgmt.com FIRST MONTH FREE! 785-842-1069 Back patio, CA, hard wood floors, full bsmt., stove, 2BR, secluded, lg. country refrig., W/D hookup, gar- home avail. now. Natural bage disposal, Reserved gas, 1 bath. 1 Sm. dog ok. parking. On site manage- No smoking. 785-838-9009 ment & maintenance. 24 hr.

3BR, Prairie Park. Nicer than emergency maintenance. average with fireplace, 2 Membership & Equity Fee bath, 2 car, fenced yard.

Required. 785-842-2545 Good commuter location.

(Equal Housing Opportunity) $1,100/mo. 785-841-4201 www.pinetreetownhouses.com

• Small dog welcome • Income restrictions apply • Students welcome

For Current Rent Specials EOH 2BR — 934 Illinois, In 4-plex, Call 785-838-9559 785.843.4040 1st floor, DW. $490/month. www.thefoxrun.com No pets. Call 785-841-5797 3BR — 1131 Tennessee, 1st www.rentinlawrence.com floor, 1 bath. Avail. now. No A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE pets. $650/mo. 785-841-5797 2BR Unit in 4-plex. 1 bath, www.rentinlawrence.com Move-in Special for 1BRs new carpet & appls. $450.

Only one of each left: + Deposit & Refs. No pets. 3BR - 2121 Inverness, 2 2BR Apt.& 2BR Townhome Avail. now. 785-217-5360 story, 2.5 bath, CA, DW, VILLA 26 APARTMENTS Quiet, great location on KU 2BR, 1 block to KU, CA, DW, W/D hookup, 2 car, 1 pet bus route, no pets, W/D in private parking, no pets, ok. $850/mo. 785-841-5797 all units.

785-842-5227 lease avail. now. $530/mo. 3BR, 2 story, 1,200 sq. ft. 1.5 www.villa26lawrence.com + deposit. 785-640-4407 Bath, W/D hookup. 3332 W. 2BR, small apt. in 4-plex. 8th St. $750/mo. + deposit.

713 W. 25th. Avail. now. All Sunset Elem. 785-842-9033 kitchen appls. W/D on-site.

NEW RENT SPECIALS $475 deposit, $625/mo. with utilities paid. 785-979-7812 Campus & Downtown

LIVE IN LUXURY

Mediaphormedia, an award-winning commercial software company based in Lawrence, Kansas, is growing! We need another Systems Administrator/ Engineer to help us as we virtualize and expand our current server deployment.

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Duplexes

2BR, 1.5 bath, W/D hookup, Overland Pointe 2BR, 925 Alabama. 1 Bath, off street parking. West of Townhomes Iowa on Harvard.

No pets.

Central Air, $500/mo. 2 Car Luxury 2BR, 3 Bath Units $625/mo.

Call 785-842-0158 garage is avail. for $100 Gas FP, W/D, 2 Car garage per month. 785-842-7644 5245 Overland Drive 2BR, feels like a split-level 785-832-8200 house. W/D hookups, nice Saddlebrook@sunflower.com Village Square storage, central location.

Stonecrest • Hanover Small pet okay. $575/mo.

Avail. Now. 785-841-4201 PARKWAY 6000 1, 2 and 3 Bedrooms Near KU, Pool, Pet Friendly 2BR, 2 bath, 2121 Pikes Peak.

CALL FOR SPECIALS! New carpet/paint. $750/mo. • 3 Bedroom, 2 bath Reserve YOUR Apt. for 2012 Call 785-842-3040 or email: 3BR, 2 bath, 2317 E. 27th • 2 car garage w/opener Terr. $900/mo. 785-842-7644 village@sunflower.com • W/D hookups 3BR, 1 bath, 1 car, newly re- • Maintenance free Call 785-832-0555 One Month FREE! modeled duplex. No pets.

Sunrise Terrace — 951 Ar- 3302 Glacier Dr. Avail. Now. or after 3PM 785-766-2722 kansas, so close to KU! $750/mo. Call 785-542-1111 2BR w/study or 3rd BR, 2 full Saddlebrook bath, CA, DW, laundry, lots LARGE 4BR DUPLEX Townhomes of parking, some with 913 Christie Ct., Lawrence Luxury 2BR, 2 Bath Units W/D. $550 - $750/month.

- New exterior & carpet. 3 Gas FP, W/D, 1 Car garage No pets. Call 785-841-5797 full bath, 2 kitchens, 2LRs, Quiet West Side Area www.rentinlawrence.com walk-out basement, 2 car.

625 Folks Rd. 785-832-8200 $1,100/mo. 913-687-2582 Saddlebrook@sunflower.com

All Units: Pool, on KU bus 1 - 2 BRs 1 & 2BRs start at $400/mo. route, DW, & microwave * Near campus, bus stop Garages - Pool - Fitness Center 2BRs - 1/2 Mo. Rent FREE * Laundries on site • Ironwood Court Apts. near KU, laundry facilities * Near stores, restaurants • Park West Gardens Apts 837 MICHIGAN • Park West Town Homes * Water & trash paid 785.840.9467 4BR duplex - start at $795 4BRs - 1st Mo. Rent FREE —————————————————— W/D, FREE wireless internet 660 GATEWAY COURT 2BR — 2412 Alabama in Get Coupon* for $25 OFF 4-plex. 1 bath, CA, washer EACH MONTH’S RENT Call 785-841-8400 & dryer. No pets. $470/mo. *Sign lease by Nov. 30, 2011 www.sunriseapartments.com —————————————————— Call 785-841-5797 CALL TODAY (Mon. - Fri.) 2BR - 3503 W. 7th Court, 2 785-843-1116 story, 1 bath, CA, DW, W/D hookup, garage, 1 pet ok. $650/mo. 785-841-5797

New Studio, 1, & 2 BRs

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Start at $495 One Bedroom/studio style Pool - Fitness Center -On-Site Laundry - Water & Trash Pd.

2411 Cedarwood Ave. Beautiful & Spacious

Downtown Lofts

Lawrence Journal-World is hiring for a parttime Single Copy Driver. Responsible for distributing newspapers to machines and stores in Lawrence, Kansas and surrounding communities. Candidates must be flexible and available to work daily from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am.

YOUR PLACE, YOUR SPACE

Crossgate Casita’s

New 1BR - $540/mo. Open Mon.-Sat. 11am-3pm, 2451 Crossgate Dr. 785-760-7899

785-856-8900

SINGLE COPY DRIVER

Now Leasing

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Apartments Unfurnished

Office Space

Downtown office, Common wait area and kitchenette.

Nice! Utilities pd. $450/mo.

1 year lease. 785-842-7337

Office Space Available

at 5040 Bob Billings Pkwy.

785-841-4785

To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. EOE

• Proficient with Unix, Linux or Solaris administration • Proficient coding with languages like Python and Ruby • Experienced in Apache/Nginx and database configuration • Passionate about open source software • Work well in a team environment • Have excellent communication skills Preference will be given to candidates who have: • Experience developing applications with the Django web development framework • Managed and scaled web applications with Apache, Nginx, Varnish, and Memcached • Managed deployment of software and servers with with Fabric, Chef, or Puppet • Solid experience with cloud services: Amazon Web Services; EC2, S3, CloudFront • PostgreSQL DBA experience • Contributed to the open-source community or DevOps movement Mediaphormedia is the award-winning commercial software division of The World Company, a communications and media company based in Lawrence, Kansas. Mediaphormedia is widely considered to be one of the most innovative news and media organizations in the country employing some of the best and brightest online media developers.

To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. We offer an excellent benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off and more! Background check, pre-employment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. EOE

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WEB PRESSMAN The Lawrence Journal-World has an opening for an experienced Web Pressman. We are a family-owned operation with a 20,000 circulation daily newspaper, several weekly community newspapers, a Commercial Printing division, and a contract print site for USA TODAY. Pressman will operate and maintain a web press to produce printed materials; monitor quality during production; and complete maintenance. Position is a full-time night position with a weekend rotation and regular holiday work with appropriate holiday pay.

The successful candidate should have web press experience; be proficient in running four color; practical experience in preventive maintenance; a self-starter and have an attitude of continuous improvement; ability to lift 80 pounds; required to stand for long periods of time and bend and twist; able to walk/use hands and fingers to operate or feel objects, tools or controls; and ability to see with 20/20 near vision.

Historical Lawrence, Kansas, is located 45 minutes from Kansas City, MO, has a nationally recognized arts scene, a vibrant downtown and is home to the University of Kansas with its long-standing basketball tradition.

To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. We offer an excellent benefits package including health insurance, 401k, paid time off, employee discounts and more! Background check, pre-employment drug screen, eye exam and physical lift assessment required. EOE

CLO is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping adults and children with severe developmental disabilities achieve personally satisfying and fulfilling lifestyles.

Now hiring for the following positions: Direct Support Professionals Full time positions working 3 days on 4 days off!! Full time weekends only available!!

Qualifications include: Must be at least 21 years of age; Minimum of high school diploma Or GED; Operation of motor vehicle; Current and valid driver’s license; Experience working with persons who have disabilities a plus.

House Parents Imagine that your career is to work with your partner to raise and care for your family.

Your primary responsibility is to provide daily life experiences that are both enriching and educational. House Parents provide teaching and support to up to four persons with developmental disabilities who live in separate, but attached duplexes in Lawrence and the Kansas City metro area. House Parents work with the individuals in the home and manage both home operations and budgets. CLO is currently hiring couples with or without children.

Lawrence and Kansas City Metro locations available!

*CLO is also seeking Foster Families for adults and children.* To learn more about these exciting opportunities OR to learn more about CLO services and other job opportunities, please visit our website www.clokansas.org OR call 785-865-5520!

EOE.

Retail & Furniture Commercial Space Chair, Like new 1311 Wakarusa - office space available. 200 sq. ft.

- 6,000 sq. ft. For details call 785-842-7644

Entertainment Center, 57”W x 54-1/2”H x 18”D. Free. Call 785-690-7044

6.1 Acre Bldg. & N. 900 Rd. hard surface 785-691-6152

Full size mattress, box springs, and frame good condition. Call Karla at 316-680-6206 or 785-830-8850

Academy’s

Get $4500 Minimum For Your Old Beast!

Don’t Let Your Old Car Be Your Worst Nightmare!

www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Farms-Acreage

Machinery-Tools

3 acre wooded site, west of Clinton Reservoir. Wildlife/ Deer. Repo, assume owner financing, no down payment - $171/mo. 785-554-9663

Toro Snowthrower. S-200 Toro’s High Torque Engine and self-propelling action. $75.00 Call 785-832-1200.

TV-Video TV With Stand - Sharp 36” CRT, cable ready, remote control, very clear picture.

(A Cheap Front Row Seat For Sports Events) $50.

785-843-0665

Want To Buy

Cadillac 2007 STS, AWD luxury edition, this is one luxury car that you don’t have to spend a luxurious price on!

Stk#131221 only $14,500.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

1-888-239-5723 All American Auto Mart 1200 E Sante Fe Olathe, KS www.aaamkc.com

Lawn, Garden & Nursery

Chevrolet 2005 Cobalt Coupe yellow, D8776A $8288.00 Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

Chevrolet 2009 Cobalt LS Black, 56K, American as Baseball, Apple Pie, and Mom www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Buick 2006 Lucerne CXL, leather heated memory seats, sunroof, traction control, remote start, alloy wheels, On Star, Harmon/Kardon premium sound, stk#447251 only $16,888.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Chevrolet 2010 Cobalt LT, fwd, 4cyl, great gas mileage, GM Certified, 2 yrs of scheduled maintenance, reliability! What more could you ask?

Only $14,444. Stk#18218.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

KIPP’S TREASURES

Baby & Children's Items Graco type Pack-N-Play.

Smoke Free/Pet Free Home. $20. Not used in 2 years. Time to go. Call 9 to 9: Peggy 785-749-0091

Chevrolet 2007 Malibu LS, one owner, 4cyl, great gas mileage, great finance terms available, only $11,977. Stk#18647A Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Chevrolet 2007 Malibu LS, one owner, 4cyl, great gas mileage, great finance terms available, only $11,977. Stk#18647A Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

TILLABLE FARM LAND WANTED. Yellow Rock Ranch LLC. Winchester Kansas is seeking tillable Farm Land. Several lease options available.

Call 913-683-4426

Buick 2009 Lucerne CXL, leather heated seats, 3800 V6, great power with great gas mileage, On Star, trade in, stk#54939A2 only $14,650 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Bicycles-Mopeds

Mountain Bike. 26 inch Mountain Bike for sale. 10 speed.

Good condition Boats-Water Craft Asking $65 785-224-8107 Buick 2007 Lucerne CXL, Lawrence 1993 Charger 18’ Bass leather heated memory Boat. Touch of class. Very seating, premium alloy condition. 150 H.P. wheels, OnStar, power Building Materials good Evinrude out board. New- equipment and more, Minn- Kota Trolling Motor. stk#152481 only Architectural salvage: 785-542-2156; 785-393-1253 $$16,736.

Floor grate (oak, eggDale Willey 785-843-5200 crate, ca. 1910, 20 3/4” 22” x 8’ Pontoon Boat www.dalewilleyauto.com square), $40; Door knobs w/80HP Yamaha motor. (glass, ca. 1920-30s) $10/ Aqua Patio. See at Clinpair; Escutcheons, door ton Marina Dock G819. (art deco, kite-shaped, Seats need repair. BEST chromes brass). $10/pair; OFFER. 785-841-3054.

Surface floor hinge (double-acting) $25.

785-843-1378 after 6PM. RV's

Collectibles Collectibles: Beer Stein.

(German decorated pottery, pewter lid, 1950s). $15; Tobacco Humidor (German decorated pottery, 1950s). $15; Clay Churchwarden Tobacco Pipe (18” long, 1950s). $20.

Desk Lamp (Vintage Dazor model 1000, double gooseneck fluourescent). $25.

785-843-1378 after 6PM. Hudson Bay Blanket.

(4 point, green, 1930s). $95.

785-843-1378 after 6PM.

Firewood-Stoves Approximately 1 cord seasoned oak firewood. About 1/2 needs split, You haul. $100. 785-843-5617 Wood Burning built in fireplace. 46”x36”, 23” firebox, triple wall pipe, used very little. $100/best offer.

785-876-2754

79 Commodore 14x65 jaccuzi, new water heater, no roof leaks. FREE. I have moved.

1-785-331-5363.

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2011 Monte Carlo

40ft 5th wheel Triple Axle.

Washer/Dryer.

Big Shower.

Queen sized bed. Two air conditioners, ice box, microwave, two flat screen TVs. Matching leather couch and recliner chair. Island kitchen. $39,500.

Must Sell! John: 817-583-9711

Chevrolet 2006 Cobalt LT Sedan Blue, T6900A $9888.00 Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

Chrysler 2007 300c, pearl white, every option, 63K, extra clean! Three to choose from. Way under Book Value at only $15,888. Call for more info on all three cars.

All American Auto Mart 1200 East Santa Fe Olathe KS 66061 visit our website www.aaamkc.com Call 888-239-5723 Today.

Champagne body with black convertible top.

Has recently been thoroughly checked by professional local auto mechanic who is available to discuss details of tune-up work needed.

Asking below blue book value. Nice Car! Please call Jeremy at 785-230-1990 or e-mail bevdream@sunflower.com Serious inquiries only please.

Ford 2005 Taurus SE Sedan - Silver. T96907A $7991.00 Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

Chevrolet 2002 Corvette Convertible, 2Dr. Stk#T96291A Sale Price $27,495

Nice Car

WE BUY CARS Top dollar for top late model vehicles.

Drive in, see Danny or Jeff and get your big bucks today!

2840 Iowa St. Lawrence.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2009 Ford Mustang V6 Deluxe auto, silver, Carfax 1 owner $17,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Yaris 2007 Hatchback, Automatic, Silver, 45,000 Miles, Extended Warranty to 75,000 or 2015. Excellent condition.

For additional information, please e-mail daeschmann@comcast.net

Oldsmobile 1999 Alero GLS Sedan black, B96232B $2,991.00 Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

GET YOUR CAR COVERED From the tires to the roof from Bumper to Bumper.

0% FINANCING AVAILABLE on all service contracts.

NO CREDIT CHECKS! CALL FOR DETAILS. 785-843-5200 ASK FOR ALLEN

Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

Chevrolet 2003 Trailblazer LTZ 4wd, leather, sunroof, alloy wheels, steering wheels controls, tow pkg, lots of extra’s, stk#59526A1 only $9,944.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Yes, under 500 miles!

Local trade Ford 2009 Mustang V-6, Auto, 30,174 mi. $18,988 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

Pontiac 2005 6 Base Sedan Sedona Beige, T6851A $9991.00 Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

2010 Ford Mustang GT Premium 5speed, red, $28,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Cars-Imports

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good to me, and I really want to, but I don’t know how to say it. I actually tried defending someone she insulted, but she wouldn’t back down and gave me a dirty look. How do I handle this? — Optimist Sick of a Pessimist Dear Optimist: When you are working, you represent your employers and must treat the customers with respect even when they don’t deserve it. It might help to anniesmailbox@comcast.net understand that this woman has a bitter, sour personalcorroborate, you are in a gray ity and undoubtedly treats area. We suggest you report everyone this way. It is your this, anonymously, to your job to ignore her nasty gossip local child welfare authorities and ask them to investigate.

Dear Annie: I am a 19-yearold college student and a cashier at a restaurant on weekends. I like my job and my bosses, and my “regulars” are extremely nice and easy to deal with. But now I dread coming to work.

One customer comes in every time I’m there, and I cannot stand her. She complains constantly and always has something nasty to say about the other customers.

Now I find that she is saying negative things about me, as well. I’ve tried to ignore her, but it’s not working. I know I can’t tell her off, but I’ve had it with her gossip. I was taught that I should stick up for myself and those who are

Marcy Sugar and Kathy Mitchell

Newsmagazine could be good move for NBC With all of the imitation on television, I always wondered when somebody would imitate the one show that has been a hit for 40 years. “60 Minutes” has been in and around the top 10 in ratings for decades.

When “60 Minutes” debuted on Sept. 24, 1968, the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” was at the top of the charts. Barack Obama was 7 years old.

Tonight, NBC launches “Rock Center With Brian Williams” (9 p.m.), the first new network newsmagazine to premiere in a couple of decades. Like “60 Minutes,” it will present three or more stories in a magazine format, with a consistent panel of correspondents, including Harry Smith, Kate Snow, Richard Engel and Ted Koppel. Unlike “60,” which consists entirely of taped segments, Williams will host the show live every week, allowing “Rock” to respond to fast-breaking stories.

It should be interesting to see how long “Rock” sticks to its announced format.

Over the years, other magazine shows have evolved and strayed from news.

While NBC’s “Dateline” now tackles a single subject over an hour, it has had any number of incarnations. In the early 1990s, it focused heavily on consumer news. Then it became the “to catch a predator” show. As such, it was heavily influenced by the popularity of so-called tabloid “news.” ‘‘48 Hours” has put the emphasis on homicidal mysteries, and “20/20” bears the soft-focus, celebritybesotted imprint of several decades of Barbara Walters’ influence.

Tonight’s “Rock” debuts with three stories that would not be out of place on “60 Minutes”: Chinese tourists timing their visits to give birth in America, a look at Syria’s anti-government activists, and a report on a corner of America with no unemployment.

The decision to plug an hour of NBC’s withering schedule with a newsmagazine makes a lot of sense. Besides getting the rights to “Sunday Night Football,” it’s one of the few logical moves the network has made in years. Not to pile on, but let’s remember “Rock” fills a void left by “The Playboy Club,” an illogical programming choice that appealed to nobody.

Speaking of newsmagazines, “Vanguard” (8 p.m., Current TV) returns for a new season. First up, a visit to Mexico’s most murderous city.

Tonight, “The Sing-Off” (7 p.m., NBC) kicks off with an a cappella extravaganza salute to all things Halloween.

It’s the kind of fun, cheesy variety show treatment that used to be reserved for Perry Como Christmas specials! And I mean that in a good way.

Tonight’s other highlights

Carson Kressley shares holiday decorating tips on “The Rosie Show Halloween Special” (6 p.m., OWN).

Six solid hours of blurs, bumps and gullibility on “Ghost Hunters Halloween Live” (6 p.m., Syfy).

The colony suffers its first homicide on “Terra Nova” (7 p.m., Fox).

The voice of Mike Myers animates the 2010 special “Scared Shrekless” (7 p.m., ABC).

An outsourcing CEO suffers peculiar symptoms on “House” (8 p.m., Fox).

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22) Those who know you past your defensive Crab attacks recognize how very nurturing and caring you are. However, you don’t need to be the lead player every time.

Tonight: Enjoy the people around you.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) You are really into a project and determined to get as much done as possible. Still, you are likely to discover how easily you could be distracted.

Tonight: Go for something relaxing.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) Nearly everyone around you is focused and in Monday mode. Your mind might be aware that it is Monday, but your imagination goes haywire.

Tonight: Lighten up.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Stay centered and remember your priorities. Whether your mind goes on overdrive or you are inundated with calls and requests, it seems close to impossible to complete a project. Tonight: Head home.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You have a lot to say, and considering the way you express yourself, you will be noticed. Use your gift of communication to make waves and be

heard. Tonight: Enjoying the haunted quality of the night.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) Be aware of what you have to offer. Don’t diminish yourself through comparison. Sometimes all of us want to play a lowkey role, and you are no exception. Tonight: Treat time.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Understand where you are coming from, then act. If you can sort out your personal agenda from your actions, you would be better off. Tonight: Beam in what you want.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Back off for now and say little. Still, a friend or associate could give you a nudge or two to let you know that he or she understands what you are up to. Tonight: Vanish if you can.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Knowing what you want is the first step in making your desires happen. You don’t really need agreement from others, but their support will only please you. Tonight: Where the fun is.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

Tom Paxton is 74. Actor Ron Rifkin is 72. Actress Sally Kirkland is 70. Actor David Ogden Stiers is 69.

Actor Stephen Rea is 65.

Olympic gold medal longdistance runner Frank Shorter is 64. Actress

45 What a steamroller steamrolls 46 Church of England parish priest 48 Elite clique 50 Place to gamble 51 Spring’s first full mo.

52 Onassis, to Jackie 53 Between open and closed 55 Pixar film appropriately titled for Halloween 60 “And now, without further ___ ...”

61 Spring sign 62 Accuser 63 U.S. undercover outfit 64 Bodybuilder’s units 65 Impressionist’s skill 66 Barbie’s boyfriend DOWN 1 Actor James ___ Jones 2 Believer in a Creator 3 Hurling as if with a sling 4 Wall Street barometer (with “the”) 5 ___ dictum (passing remark) 6 Womb contents 7 Almanac tidbit 8 “Be quiet!”

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14 West Indies sorcery 15 Bejeweled headdress 16 No longer on active duty (Abbr.)

17 Concoction fit for Halloween 19 Baloney manufacturer?

21 Boy king of Egypt 22 Capture 23 Some food seasonings 25 Scattered, as seeds 29 Private instructor 30 Cry of discovery 31 Epcot structure 32 Moon lander 33 Walk like Frankenstein 35 Vietnam Veterans Memorial architect Maya 36 Halloween craziness?

40 “The Greatest” of boxing 41 Isn’t apathetic 42 Captain Morgan’s drink 43 Bowler’s domain

10 “In one ___ and out the other” 11 “... how I wonder what you ___” 12 Dog’s foot 15 Winter Palace resident 18 Put in a pyramid, e.g.

20 Sacred ceremonies 24 Sunday newspaper feature 25 Bowling rentals 26 Legendary “Midnight Special” host 27 Muslim leader 28 Opposite of admit 30 Wise starter?

33 Football helmet attachment 34 Beautiful fairies of Persian myth

36 Island off Java 37 Sitcom legend Alda 38 Outdoorsman’s love 39 Saint ___ (Caribbean island) 44 Clears the blackboard 46 Less humble 47 Amp schlepper 49 Acts on a preference 50 Breaking and entering, e.g.

52 “... and make it snappy!”

54 Chestnutcolored horse 55 Make less than perfect 56 A load off one’s mine?

57 Autumn air quality 58 Messenger molecule 59 Weep

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and remain unfailingly polite.

If that is not possible, find out whether you can switch your working hours so you are not present when she is likely to appear.

Dear Readers: Happy Halloween. Please dress your trick-or-treaters in flame-retardant costumes that don’t obstruct walking or vision, and be sure to accompany them.

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS For Monday, Oct. 31: This year you seem to say the right words at the right time. You experience greater ease with life and people. If you are single, you enter a year in which you attract many potential suitors. If you are attached, frequently indulge your sweetie. Hang out with Capricorn.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) A sense of responsibility emanates through your day. You could be focused on a money matter involving another person or simply how to distribute the Halloween candy. Tonight: Keep it light.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Keep reaching out for someone at a distance. You could be disturbed by everything that you are seeing and feeling.

Tonight: Put on music first.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Deal with money and work issues.

Instead of negligence or a power play, would it not be better to achieve a cohesive attitude and a game plan? Tonight: Togetherness is the theme.

Cancer (June 21-July

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Dear Annie: We live in a large townhouse complex with people from many different backgrounds. For some time, several of the residents have been talking about a young boy who lives here.

The mother, whose husband openly disparages her (and has little respect for women in general), told me her son is routinely exposed to pornography. She said her husband’s father took him to a prostitute when he was 12 years old.

The husband, apparently, is planning to do the same with his son next year.

This family is from a foreign country and another culture. I suggested the mother talk to a counselor. She told me she is too afraid of her husband finding out. I then suggested a social worker and, finally, an attorney. Instead, she wants me to talk to her husband. I told her I am not willing to get involved in a losing battle.

However, I feel increasingly concerned about the welfare of this child. Could you give me some guidance?

— Unwilling To Watch the Titanic Hit an Iceberg Dear Unwilling: Most states have laws on the books that prohibit disseminating obscene material to a child.

However, since you have not actually witnessed it and the mother seems reluctant to

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Deidre Hall is 63. Talk show host Jane Pauley is 61. Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell is 54. Movie director Peter Jackson is 50. Rock musician Larry Mullen is 50. Actor Dermot Mulroney is 48.

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games. As we all know, in most cases, you’re more reAnthony West, a 6-foot-6 membered by what you do in sophomore from SM East, is November and hopefully we practicing with the team but can make a good statement.” has not yet been officially added to the roster.

Film shows failure up front Taylor, a senior from A day after watching his ofHoboken, N.J., and Johnson, fense limp to 46 yards, three a junior from Las Vegas, each first downs and minus-2 were suspended two games a rushing yards in the loss to year ago. the Longhorns, Gill and his They will be available for coaching staff watched the the regular-season opener game film while keeping an against Towson on Nov. 11. eye out for just what went ! wrong that allowed UT to No contact: Robinson, a hold Kansas more than 350 6-10 junior from Washingyards below its season averton, D.C., who was injured age. They found a clear anThursday when two teamswer. mates collided into him as he “Our guys up front just chased a loose ball, particicouldn’t knock ’em off the pated in noncontact drills at ball, couldn’t make any Sunday’s practice. creases,” Gill said. “We just ! couldn’t get any rhythm goPitt State has veteran ing.” team: Second-year Pitt State coach Kevin Muff welcomes UT used new look back the Gorillas’ top four Part of the reason Texas scorers from last year’s 13-13 was able to gouge Kansas team. Senior guard Eric Ray for 441 rushing yards was its averaged a team-leading use of a new offensive for12.2 ppg, followed by senior mation. forward Eric Marshall (9.8 ppg), senior forward Andra Bailey (9.2 ppg) and junior guard Courtney Ingram (9.0 ppg).

The 2011-12 Gorillas were picked to finish fifth in the 12-team Mid-America Inter- J-W Staff Reports collegiate Athletics Association by the league coaches COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS and seventh by the media.

— Kansas University forced ! a fourth set, but ultimately Taylor rated 11th: Taylor is suffered a 25-21, 25-20, 24-26, the No. 11-rated point guard in 25-20 Big 12 volleyball loss to college basketball according Texas A&M on Sunday.

The match was played in to ESPN analyst Jay Williams.

North Carolina’s Kendall front of nearly 1,500 fans.

Kansas fell to 13-10 overall, Marshall is No. 1, followed by Jordan Taylor (Wisconsin), 1-9 Big 12. A&M improved to Tu Holloway (Xavier), Myck 17-5, 6-3.

Senior outside hitter AlKabongo (Texas), Marquis Teague (Kentucky), Ashton lison Mayfield led KU with Gibbs (Pitt), Josiah Turner 15 kills and moved into sixth (Arizona), Aaron Craft (Ohio on KU’s career kills list with State), Maalik Wayns (Villa- 1,177 for her career. nova), Scoop Jardine (SyraJunior middle blocker Taycuse). ler Tolefree recorded three

Gill said Sunday that, on certain running plays, the Longhorns created an unbalanced look by using an extra offensive lineman.

The extra run-blocker, a reserve who wore No. 82, al- NFL lowed UT to put four line- AMERICAN CONFERENCE man to one side, opening East W L up big hole after big hole Buffalo 5 2 New England 5 2 against the KU defense.

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ISU favored by 13.5 Iowa State, which KU will play in Ames, Iowa, at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, opened as a 13.5-point favorite against the Jayhawks. By Sunday night, the line already had crept up as much as a point and a half.

The Cyclones are the eighth-straight opponent to be favored against the Jayhawks.

KU volleyball falls at A&M

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solo blocks against the Aggies, just two shy of the KU single-match record in a fourset contest. Her team-leading five blocks helped Kansas out-block its Big 12 opponent for the sixth time in 10 conference matches this season as KU amassed 11 blocks to Texas A&M’s seven.

Freshman outside hitter Sara McClinton tied her career-high with 14 kills while swinging for a team-high .400 attack percentage. Caroline Jarmoc put three Jayhawks in double-figures with 11 kills.

KU will host Missouri at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Horejsi Center.

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Sunday, Nov. 6 Seattle at Dallas, noon Miami at Kansas City, noon Tampa Bay at New Orleans, noon Cleveland at Houston, noon San Francisco at Washington, noon N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, noon Atlanta at Indianapolis, noon Denver at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

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Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, on November 17, 2011, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lot 6, Block 5, in Alvamar West No. 2, a Subdivision in the City of Lawrence, in Douglas County, Kansas, commonly known as 4721 Turnberry Drive, Lawrence, KS 66047 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

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The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 29, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: RecordPts Pvs 1. LSU (41) 8-0 1457 1 2. Alabama (18) 8-0 1434 2 3. Stanford 8-0 1323 3 4. Oklahoma State 8-0 1314 4 5. Boise State 7-0 1237 5 6. Oregon 7-1 1175 7 7. Oklahoma 7-1 1117 9 8. Arkansas 7-1 1046 8 9. Nebraska 7-1 973 13 10. South Carolina 7-1 919 14 11. Virginia Tech 8-1 871 15 12. Clemson 8-1 779 6 13. Michigan 7-1 734 17 14. Houston 8-0 679 18 15. Penn State 8-1 646 19 16. Michigan State 6-2 528 10 17. Wisconsin 6-2 463 11 18. Arizona State 6-2 445 20 19. Kansas State 7-1 440 12 20. Georgia 6-2 410 21 21. West Virginia 6-2 270 24 22. Cincinnati 6-1 232 23 23. Georgia Tech 7-2 193 — 24. Southern Mississippi 7-1 160 25 25. Texas 5-2 122 — Others receiving votes: TCU 55, Auburn 41, Washington 38, Texas A&M 30, Ohio State 21, Florida State 11, Notre Dame 9, North Carolina 2, Missouri 1.

BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX-Exercised 2012 contract option on SS Marco Scutaro.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Reinstated C Jason Kendall from the 60-day DL. National League ATLANTA BRAVES-Declined 2012 option on OF Nate McLouth.

COLORADO ROCKIES-Declined the 2012 option on RHP Aaron Cook.

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The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 29, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25thplace vote, and previous ranking: RecordPts Pv 1. LSU (47) 8-0 1,439 1 2. Alabama (10) 8-0 1,401 2 3. Oklahoma St. 8-0 1,305 3 4. Stanford 8-0 1,278 4 5. Boise St. (1) 7-0 1,241 5 6. Oregon 7-1 1,148 7 7. Oklahoma 7-1 1,096 11 8. Arkansas 7-1 1,035 8 9. Nebraska 7-1 976 13 10. South Carolina 7-1 861 14 11. Clemson 8-1 851 6 12. Virginia Tech 8-1 755 15 13. Michigan 7-1 718 17 14. Houston 8-0 611 18 15. Michigan St. 6-2 586 9 16. Penn St. 8-1 553 21 17. Kansas St. 7-1 536 10 18. Georgia 6-2 446 22 19. Wisconsin 6-2 420 12 20. Arizona St. 6-2 384 23 21. Southern Cal 6-2 323 20 22. Georgia Tech 7-2 230 NR 23. Cincinnati 6-1 128 24 24. West Virginia 6-2 111 25 25. Auburn 6-3 107 NR Others receiving votes: Texas 99, Southern Miss. 67, Washington 52, Ohio St. 37, TCU 26, Texas A&M 25, Florida St. 4, Notre Dame 1.

(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World October 31, 2011) Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 St. Louis, MO 63141 (314) 991-0255 (314) 567-8006 K&M File Code:HALDONO2 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Plaintiff, vs.

Donald D Hall AKA Donald Duane Hall AKA Donald Hall, Unknown Spouse of Donald D Hall AKA Donald Duane Hall AKA Donald Hall, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 11CV435 Div. No. 5 K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved) NOTICE OF SUIT

MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Declined 2012 option on SS Yuniesky Betancourt.

COLORADO ROCKIES-Declined 2012 option on RHP Aaron Cook.

SAN DIEGO PADRES-Declined 2012 options on RHP Chad Qualls and OF Brad Hawpe.

RHP Aaron Harang declined his 2012 option.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS-Agreed to terms with LHP Javier Lopez on a two-year contract. Exercised 2012 contract option on LHP Jeremy Affeldt.

HOCKEY National Hockey League OTTAWA SENATORS-Recalled F Nikita Filatov from Binghamton (AHL).

COLLEGE KANSAS-Suspended G Tyshawn Taylor and G Elijah Johnson from the Nov. 1 Pittsburg State and Nov. 8 Fort Hays State basektball games for violating team rules.

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Sunday At Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Va. Lap length: .526 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (4) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 500 laps, 99.2 rating, 47 points, $198,983.

2. (7) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, 126.1, 43, $161,786.

3. (10) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 500, 122.5, 42, $142,211.

4. (5) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500, 110.9, 41, $139,386.

5. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 120.7, 40, $131,350.

6. (23) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 500, 91.3, 38, $91,225.

7. (9) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 100.1, 37, $89,150.

8. (24) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 500, 92.4, 36, $88,425.

9. (1) Carl Edwards, Ford, 500, 79, 36, $123,916.

10. (12) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 500, 95, 35, $118,225.

Top 12 in Points: 1. C.Edwards, 2,273; 2.

T.Stewart, 2,265; 3. K.Harvick, 2,252; 4. Bra. Keselowski, 2,246; 5. M.Kenseth, 2,237; 6.

J.Johnson, 2,230; 7. Ky.Busch, 2,216; 8. Ku.Busch, 2,215; 9. D.Earnhardt Jr., 2,200; 10. J.Gordon, 2,197; 11. D.Hamlin, 2,193; 12. R.Newman, 2,184.

Shanghai Masters

Sunday Lake Malaren Golf Club, The Masters Course Shanghai Purse: $5 million Yardage: 7,585; Par: 72 Final Round (x-won on first hole of a playoff) x-Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, $2 million 64-69-65-72—270 Anthony Kim, United States, $750,000 68-68-65-69—270 Noh Seung-yul, South Korea, $267,500 72-63-67-73—275 Hunter Mahan, United States, $267,500 65-72-68-70—275 Lee Westwood, England, $170,000 69-70-70-67—276 Ian Poulter, England, $150,000 67-71-67-72—277 Retief Goosen, South Africa, $107,500 69-71-72-68—280 K.J. Choi, South Korea, $107,500 73-70-70-67—280 Y.E. Yang, South Korea, $81,833 69-73-68-72—282

Lawrence TON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., HOME EQUITY ASSET TRUST 2004-1, HOME EQUITY PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-1 PLAINTIFF ELLIS D. WHITESELL DEFENDANTS

Case No. 11CV468 THE STATE OF KANSAS to: Div. No. 1 Donald D Hall AKA Donald K.S.A. 60 Duane Hall AKA Donald Hall Mortgage and Unknown Spouse of Foreclosure Donald D Hall AKA Donald Duane Hall AKA Donald NOTICE OF SUIT Hall, Defendants, and all other persons who are or The State of Kansas to: ELmay be concerned: LIS D. WHITESELL, A/K/A ELYOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED: LIS WHITESELL; JOHN DOE That a Petition has been (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); filed in the District Court of MARY DOE (REAL NAME UNDouglas County, Kansas, KNOWN); DEE A. HOWELL, Case No. 11CV435 by Wells A/K/A DEE ANN HOWELL; Fargo Bank, National Asso- DARIN G. HOWELL; FRANciation , praying for fore- CES L. WHITESELL; 1021 CREDIT UNION; closure of a mortgage exe- FEDERAL cuted by Donald D Hall AKA STATE OF KANSAS, DEPARTDonald Duane Hall AKA MENT OF REVENUE Donald Hall on 03/24/2008 and recorded in Book 1034 and the unknown heirs, exadministrators, Page 5326 in the real estate ecutors, records of Douglas County, devisees, trustees, crediKansas, related to the fol- tors, and assigns of such of the defendants as may be lowing property: deceased; the unknown THE FOLLOWING DE- spouses of the defendants; SCRIBED PROPERTY LO- the unknown officers, sucCATED IN DOUGLAS cessors, trustees, creditors COUNTY, KANSAS TO WIT: and assigns of such deTHE WEST 110 FEET OF THE fendants as are existing, FOLLOWING DESCRIBED dissolved or dormant corthe unknown TRACT: BEGINNING 83 RODS porations; WEST OF THE NORTHEAST guardians and trustees of CORNER OF THE NORTH- such of the defendants as EAST QUARTER OF SECTION are minors or are in any9, TOWNSHIP 15, RANGE 20: wise under legal disability; THENCE SOUTH 300 FEET and all other persons who PARALLEL TO THE EAST are or may be concerned: LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION: THENCE EAST 230 You are hereby notified FEET PARALLEL TO THE that a petition has been SOUTH LINE OF SAID QUAR- filed in the District Court of TER SECTION: THENCE Douglas County, Kansas, by NORTH 300 FEET PARALLEL U.S Bank National AssociaTO THE EAST LINE OF SAID tion, As Trustee For Credit QUARTER SECTION: THENCE Suisse First Boston MortSecurities Corp., WEST 230 FEET PARALLEL gage TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID Home Equity Asset Trust Home Equity QUARTER SECTION TO THE 2004-1, Pass-Through Certificates, POINT OF BEGINNING. Series 2004-1 for judgment You are hereby required to in the sum of $156,425.01, plead to the Petition on or plus interest, costs and before December 12, 2011, other relief; judgment that in the court at Douglas plaintiff’s lien is a first lien County, Kansas. If you fail on the said real property to plead, judgment and de- and sale of said property to cree will be entered in due satisfy the indebtedness, said property described as course upon the petition. follows, to wit: NOTICE TO BORROWER: If you wish to dispute the va- LOT 3 AND LOT 4, IN BLOCK lidity of all or any portion 186, IN THE CITY OF EUof this debt, or would like DORA, DOUGLAS COUNTY the name and address of KANSAS; TOGETHER WITH the original creditor, you ALL VACATED STREETS AND ACCURING must advise us in writing ALLEYS within thirty (30) days of THERETO. the first notice you receive from us. Otherwise, we will SAID MORTGAGE LEGAL DEassume the entire debt to SCRIPTION CONTAINS AN be valid. This is an attempt ERROR AND SHOULD BE REto collect a debt, and any FORMED TO READ AS FOLinformation obtained will LOWS: be used for that purpose.

LOT 3 AND LOT 4, IN BLOCK 186, IN THE CITY OF EUSigned: DORA, DOUGLAS COUNTY, Shawn Scharenborg, KANSAS; TOGETHER WITH KS # 24542 ALL VACATED STREETS AND Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 ALLEYS ACCRUING Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 THERETO. Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) Commonly known as 1214 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 Locust St., Eudora, Kansas St. Louis, MO 63141 66025 (314) 991-0255 (314) 567-8006 and you are hereby reEmail: sscharenborg@km-law.com quired to plead to said petiSend Court Returns to: tion in said Court at LawKansas@km-law.com rence, Kansas on or before Attorney for Plaintiff the 1st day of December, ________ 2011.

(First published in the Law- Should you fail therein rence Daily Journal-World judgment and decree will be entered in due course October 17, 2011) upon said petition.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY OBTAINED U.S BANK NATIONAL ASSO- INFORMATION CIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOS- PURPOSE.

Lawrence SHAPIRO & MOCK, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 6310 Lamar - Suite 235 Overland Park, KS 66202 (913)831-3000 Fax No. (913)831-3320 Our File No. 11-002789/kv ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World October 31, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Application of JACK L. GEDDINGS, TO QUIET HIS TITLE TO A 1950 Chevrolet, VIN # 5HJ-A3131 Case No.: 2011 CV 613 Div. No.: 1 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60.

NOTICE OF SUIT To the State of Kansas and all other concerned persons: You are notified that a petition has been filed in District Court of Douglas County, Kansas by Jack L. Geddings praying for the court to grant him judgment quieting his title to a 1950 Chevrolet, VIN# 5HJ-A3131 against all claims, and you are hereby required to plead to the petition on or before December 12, 2011, in the court at 111 E. 11th Street, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas 66044. If you fail to plead, judgment will be entered upon the petition.

Julia V. Butler 1031 Vermont, Suite E Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Phone: (785) 691-9128 Fax: (785) 371-1533 Attorneys for Petitioner ________ (Published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World October 31, 2011) Abandoned property of Charmaine Harris and Al Smith, 444 California, Apt. #2, Lawrence, KS 66044: (TV, entertainment center, CD player, pots, pans, picture, tire, personal items, misc.) will be disposed of if not claimed by November 10, 2011. ________ (Published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World October 31, 2011) NOTICE TO BIDDERS Separate sealed bids will be received by the City of Lawrence, Kansas, in the office of the City Clerk, 6 East 6th Street, until 2:00 pm, Tuesday, November 22, 2011, following purchase: FOUR (4) BACKHOES Copies of the Notice to Bidders and specifications may be obtained at the Finance Department at the above address.

The City Commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities.

City of Lawrence, Kansas Jonathan Douglass City Clerk _______

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