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23rd Street set to lose highway designation Financial responsibility of the road will fall to city

By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

The completion of the South Lawrence Trafficway may mean less time on the road for some motorists, but it also means less state money for the City of Lawrence for other roadway repairs.

The completion of the final portion of the trafficway in November means that 23rd Street — one of the city’s main thoroughfares — is set to lose its designation as a state highway and that financial responsibility of the street will fall to the city.

In its life as a highway, though, the street hasn’t had all of its repair needs met. As a result, city engineers say they are trying to identify deficiencies in the existing infrastructure to address as part of a “turn-back” agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation.

“We’ve got some areas, particularly on the east side of town, where we have roadway failures,” said City Engineer David Cronin. “So we know we’re taking on responsibility for a facility that’s not in 100 percent good condition, and we’ll discuss those things with KDOT as we work out the agreement.”

Cronin said repair arrangements are typical as part of turn-back agreements, and the city’s public works department is in the process of using the process to address various potential improvements to the roadway.

“We anticipate working with KDOT to come up with reasonable compensation to make improvements, to bring some of the street up to better condition,” Cronin said.

The recently completed leg of the trafficway connects the Kansas Turnpike northwest of Lawrence with the existing portion

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JIM FLORY WILL STEP OFF DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMISSION when he gavels his last meeting Wednesday as chairman of the body. Flory chose not to run for a third term for his 3rd District Commission seat, ending a half century of public service.

Exiting commissioner recalls 48 years of public life; says it’s the people he’ll miss most

By Elvyn Jones ejones@ljworld.com

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im Flory paused a second Tuesday before recounting a list of accomplishments from his eight years on the Douglas County Commission.

“There’s actually quite a few,” he said.

Flory was in a reflective mood as he prepares to step away from 48 years of public life. Flory will give up his Douglas County Commission 3rd District seat with the Jan. 9 swearing in of his successor, fellow Republican Michelle Derusseau.

His list of accomplishments includes the construction of a new Douglas County Public Works

Headquarters, which opened in 2015, the $8 million renovations at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, the partnerships with the city of Lawrence and state that led to the 2010 opening of the Bioscience and Technology Business Center and the 2015 partnering with the city in the opening of the Dwayne

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Community Shelter to increase safety through new lock system

By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com

The Lawrence Community Shelter is taking a more proactive approach to building security.

Within the next few days the shelter will begin using a newly installed electronic lock system for one section of the facility, said Trey Meyer, the shelter’s executive director.

The new system, which allows the doors to be unlocked by key fobs, will sync with the

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The goal is to make sure people can get to where they need to be while being as safe as we possibly can be.”

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shelter’s other security measures and afford staff greater control over who can go where in the building.

With a maximum capacity of 125 guests, the shelter is broken into two sections, Meyer said.

Families are assigned to one portion while single guests reside in the other.

“And everybody on the

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single side knows they’re not supposed to be on the family side,” he said. “The goal is to make sure people can get to where they need to be while being as safe as we possibly can be.”

In part, the two sides are separated because of safety concerns, Meyer said. Before the new lock system

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Hair approached the girl after improperly entering the family side, the affidavit says. He ultimately pleaded guilty to making a criminal threat.

And on Dec. 25, another man, 56-year-old Mark Meyer, was arrested at the shelter after he was accused of sexually touching two people in their 20s and battering a third person. The alleged incident, however, all took place on the single side of the shelter.

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was installed, the entrance separating the two sides has remained unlocked. Though, staff members do patrol the area and security cameras keep watch.

And at times, security concerns do arise.

In May 2015, Jeremiah Thomas Hair, a guest of the shelter, was arrested after a 14-year-old girl living in the family side accused him of propositioning her for sex, according to an arrest affidavit filed in Douglas County District Court.

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Group wants to keep St. Joseph history from burning up

By Meagan Miller News-Press

St. Joseph, Mo. (ap) — Burnt rubble and caution tape line some of the streets in downtown St. Joseph after two massive fires over the span of two months.

First, it was the old Mitchelhill Seed Co. building and then the Pioneer building — both vacant, historic structures destroyed, the NewsPress reported. But three local preservationists are looking ahead instead of focusing on the devastation. Cole Woodbury, Lisa Rock and Isobel McGowan are in the early stages of forming a Fire Prevention and Investigation subcommittee as a citizen’s organization.

All three of them are landmark commissioners.

They are also involved in the Historic St. Joseph Foundation, which the subcommittee will be formed under.

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Peaslee Technical Training Center.

The last two are clearly economic development projects, but Flory maintains the same is true of the fairgrounds improvements. New buildings like the (Jim) Flory Meeting Hall, Open Air Pavilion and Outdoor Arena will attract events that will draw visitors to Lawrence, he predicts.

Having his name placed on the meeting hall earlier this month was the most gratifying honor he received in his career, but one he insists on sharing with fellow County Commissioners Mike Gaughan and Nancy Thellman, County Administrator Craig Weinaug, Assistant County Administrator Sarah Plinsky and others.

“In my 48 years, I’ve got a number of plaques and honors,” he said. “That’s the top of the list as far as I’m concerned. I’m very pleased with the project.

It was a team effort. Mike and Nancy were there the whole way. Craig and Sarah did the financial planning so that we could do the project without issuing any debt. There were a lot of people who did a lot of work.”

Flory’s public service career started when as a 17-year-old recent high school graduate, he accepted a late spring 1966 offer of former Douglas County Sheriff Rex Johnson to be the sheriff’s office radio dispatcher and county jail attendant from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. six nights a week for $300 a month. He was a one-

The first fire’s cause remains undetermined because of extensive damage and the second fire’s investigation is just beginning. As crews begin searching for answers, Woodbury said he feels frustrated and prompted to organize the subcommittee.

“Obviously you want to learn from any negative experience otherwise it’s just a tragedy,” said Woodbury.

Rock said she and the other founders of the subcommittee want to work with the city, the fire department and the police department to help prevent and investigate fires.

“We’re interested in trying to help find out what’s happening, what we can do to help better our chances of saving our properties and keeping them from being burnt,” she said.

McGowan said she hopes the group can of-

fer the city and various departments by offering their expertise, ideas and strategies.

“Maybe articles that we’ve found, maybe examples of other cities we’ve researched, bring those to the table and offer those in conversation to help the city think through this problem,” said McGowan. “It’s a very complex problem, there are a lot of moving parts there.”

The problem of old buildings catching fire isn’t new in St. Joseph.

The subcommittee’s founders said they’ve discussed the idea of stepping in to help for years.

However, the two recent fires are fueling their efforts.

As crews begin the investigation process at the Pioneer Building, the community is lead to assumptions based on the process of elimination.

“Sometimes you think

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various departments to help prevent and investigate fires, Woodbury said he doesn’t want to step on any toes or usurp authority.

“We just want to know what we can do to help be eyes and ears within the community to help them do their job even better or to help bring them information and maybe be aware of things before the problems even arise,” he said.

McGowan said the group hopes to have a mission statement, clear objectives and a meeting date soon and she encourages others to get involved.

“I always think that shining a bright light on a problem can often yield great success, great suggestions,” she said.

People can connect with the subcommittee founders on the Historic St. Joseph Foundation Facebook page.

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Flory looks forward in retirement to traveling with his wife, Donna, and Facebook.com/LJWorld visiting his two daughters Twitter.com/LJWorld and their families in Ann Arbor, Mich., and New York City.

He would willingly serve in any advisory capacity Commissioners SATURDAY’S POWERBALL ask of him, Flory said, 1 3 28 57 67 (9) particularly in regard to FRIDAY’S MEGA MILLIONS the Douglas County Jail 6 21 33 39 43 (2) renovations and a mental SATURDAY’S HOT LOTTO SIZZLER health crisis intervention 12 22 31 37 43 (14) center. He doesn’t have THURSDAY’S any regrets in not seeking LUCKY FOR LIFE a third term on the Com6 10 15 33 34 (13) mission and vows he will SATURDAY’S never again campaign for SUPER KANSAS CASH political office.

2 6 19 27 30 (2) “I remember a retirSUNDAY’S KANSAS 2BY2 ing FBI agent saying, ‘I Red: 11 19; White: 9 23 won’t miss the circus, SUNDAY’S but I’ll miss the clowns,’” KANSAS PICK 3 (MIDDAY) he said. “It’s the people 5 6 6 I’ll miss.”

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“We’re going to try to Lawrence Memorial prioritize any funds that Hospital reported no births we get from KDOT to the Sunday. most distressed areas that are in most need for improvement.”

Cronin said the negotiations and completion of the turn-back agreement CORRECTIONS would be finalized someThe Journal-World’s time in 2017. policy is to correct all significant errors that are — City Hall reporter Rochelle Valverde brought to the editors’ can be reached at 832-6314. Follow attention, usually in this her on Twitter: @RochelleVerde space. If you believe we have made such an error, call 785-832-7154, or email able to do the work for a news@ljworld.com. third of that.

There are around six more doors in the shelter that Adams said he’d like Sunday’s puzzle answers to wire, but the money can be found on page 6B. and materials could drag that process out.

“I think I can get them done for about $1,000 each, but I’m looking for in-kind or capital donations,” he said. “I’ll be able to do it one door at a time over the next year, but I’d really like to just get it done.”

man show who had to find a deputy to mind the radio if he had to address something in the jail. In a pinch, he could call the sheriff down from his top-floor residence in the old county jail to the east of the Douglas County Courthouse, he said.

“I was the entire jail division and communications division,” he said.

“I know I966 was a long time ago, but it’s not that long ago. It makes you reflect on how much things have changed.”

It was a life-changing decision as Flory put aside plans to attend Emporia State to get a secondary education degree. Instead, he enrolled at the University of Kansas, keeping the jail job for two years until he joined the U.S. Air Force for four years, including a yearlong tour in Vietnam.

He returned to Lawrence ready to resume his education and his association with the sheriff’s office as a deputy patrol officer. He would continue to work full time for the sheriff’s office while he finished his undergraduate studies and went to KU Law School. He collected his law degree in December 1978, just as newly elected Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan was putting together his team.

“There was an opening for assistant attorney general,” Flory said. “I applied even though I didn’t

have any experience or even taken the bar exam.”

Flory got the job, nonetheless, because Stephan was impressed with the background he would bring to the position of assistant attorney general in the criminal division.

He stayed in that position until he ran successfully in 1984 for district attorney of Douglas County, winning re-election four years later. He remembers once trying three murder cases in one “tough” year. The names involved slip his mind except for John William, who was convicted of the gruesome murder of a 9-year-old North Lawrence boy.

“They went for the insanity defense,” Flory said. “It didn’t fly.”

Halfway through Flory’s second four-year term in 1991, he accepted a federal job with the U.S. Attorney for Kansas. He remained with the office until his retirement in 2006, even serving as U.S. Attorney for Kansas for a year in 2000-2001.

Flory got back into local politics when Jere McElhaney decided in 2008 not to seek re-election to his 3rd District seat. He won what he said were tough primary and general election contests. He joined the commission in January 2009 with newly elected Nancy Thellman in the dark early days of the Great Recession. They, and Commissioner Mike

Gaughan, who was appointed to an unexpired seat in April 2009, were confronted with declining revenues from the state and federal governments as well as its own tax base.

“The tough economic conditions started when Nancy and I took office,” he said. “We really were the safety net for a lot of agencies. I think if you asked the directors of the agencies who serve the most vulnerable in the community, they would agree with that. We stepped up or efforts as a team.”

Thellman said Flory’s legal background was a big asset on the Commission. He often was asked to take the lead and put in extra work on thorny issues, such as tow-truck regulations, because of his legal expertise.

Flory also had intangible qualities that made him a natural for Commission chair, Thellman said.

“He has a sense of confidence,” she said. “He knows how to command a room. His leadership will be missed.”

As he looks back on his eight years, Flory takes pride in the bi-partisan working relationship he and the two Democrats on the County Commission were able to forge.

“The way things are this day and age with everything divided on state and federal levels and people unable to work with each other, this commission accomplished a lot,” he said.

“As the majority, the other two commissioners could have shut me out. They gave me an equal voice. They even

loses its state highway designation, the agreement between the city and the state will have to be finalized, Cronin said.

At that point, 23rd Street will also lose the state maintenance funding that goes with it. Cities that maintain state highway connecting links will receive $3,000 per lane mile in 2017, which is the same amount reimbursed for 2016. Cronin said the change in

designation will mean the city will not receive about $55,000 in state maintenance funds annually for the roadway.

Other factors are likely to come into play as the agreement is negotiated, as state legislators have taken millions of dollars out of the highway program in the face of budget shortfalls in recent years.

Though Cronin said they have met with

KDOT, the particulars of the agreement, including how much state funds the city will get to cover repairs, are still being worked out. Where those repairs will be concentrated is also yet to be determined, he said.

“I would love to reconstruct it all from Iowa (Street) to the city limits, but we know that’s unreasonable, especially given the current fiscal climate,” Cronin said.

For example, sex offenders are barred from entering the building, even during cold weather, Adams said. So, if someone using a key fob to access the shelter is banned for whatever reason, staff will have the ability to revoke that person’s access.

“If we don’t want somebody going somewhere we’ll have control over that,” he said.

In addition, because it connects to the building’s security cameras, the new system can help with investigations, Adams said.

“So if something was

stolen and we don’t know what time it was, we’d be looking through 24 hours of footage to figure it out,” he said. “With the fobs it gives us another anchor point to understand the movement.”

Though the shelter has seen its share of recent financial problems, the new system was not “cost prohibitive,” Meyer said.

This is largely because Adams, who recently became a full-time employee, was able to do the work himself.

“It came down to having just a bit of money

and, frankly, a guy like Shine,” Meyer said.

Adams said he’s had past experience with this type of work and simply wanted to pitch in as a way of being more proactive with the building’s security.

“I wanted to be getting out in front of potential problems rather than responding to them,” he said. “So I just did a bunch of research and figured out how to do it.”

One commercial bid quoted the shelter as much as $6,000 to wire a door, Adams said. He was

I remember a retiring FBI agent saying, ‘I won’t miss the circus, but I’ll miss the clowns.’ It’s the people I’ll miss.”

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of the agents that start fires, electricity, gas, lightning strikes and when none of those things are evident or at play, the only remaining cause can be human hand, whether it’s deliberate or accidental,” McGowan said.

Woodbury said that he’s noticed a concern with the homeless population entering vacant buildings, which the subcommittee could help monitor.

“I just hope that we have a little more people paying attention, people being aware. We could have some sort of group in place that can monitor empty structures in some formal way to keep them safe to know if there’s any infiltration by people instead of letting it get to the point where we’re not aware of it until after the devastation,” said Woodbury.

When it comes to working with the city and

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The new lock system could have an impact on both types of incidents, said Shine Adams, the shelter’s director of program development, who installed the locks.

The new system can keep guests from entering restricted areas as well as keep out of the building altogether those who have been banned, Adams said.

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for wildlife habitat. The city asks that residents remove all artificial items from trees, including tinsel, lights, ornaments and tree stands.

For additional information, visit www.LawrenceRecycles.org.

Christmas tree pickup begins Tuesday

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Lawrence residents may place live-cut trees at the curb or alley for recycling beginning Tuesday.

Trees need to be put out by by 6:00 a.m. on residents assigned trash pickup day. City crews will pick up trees for recycling Tuesday through Friday.

In addition, collection crews will run through all city neighborhoods Jan. 9 to collect any remaining trees.

Christmas trees will be collected separate from trash and will be used

Salina woman leaves bequest to Smoky Hill River Festival Salina (ap) — A Salina woman has left more than $300,000 to support a festival that runs in the central Kansas town where she’s lived for about three decades.

Jeri Sparks, who died in March, left a $321,975 bequest from her trust fund to the Smoky Hill River Festival.

The Salina Journal reports the bequest was announced Thursday at the Greater Salina Community Foundation.

Sparks, who moved to Salina in 1986, graduated from Brown Mackie College in 1988 and worked for Brown Welding Supply as a staff accountant and payroll clerk. She continued in various administrative capacities after Airgas USA bought Brown.

She was diagnosed with cancer in 2013.

Joplin woman gets life-saving transplant day before birthday

By Jordan Larimore The Joplin Globe

Joplin, Mo. (ap) — Caryn Durbin has gotten plenty of birthday presents in her lifetime, but picking the best one is easy.

The Joplin resident awoke at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis on Nov. 14, her 30th birthday, after a bilateral lung transplant surgery that began the day before to find she had received several gifts in one.

With the new pair of lungs she desperately needed, Durbin gained the ability to sit and hold a normal conversation without losing her breath.

She can now — or soon, anyway — shed the oxygen tanks and tubes she says she’s felt “strapped” to for so long.

She will finally be able to run and play with her 10-year-old daughter, Bailey. Durbin wants to eventually go back to work.

She may even resume her pursuit of a college degree, a goal she admittedly used to feel little reason to attain considering the average life expectancy of a person born with cystic fibrosis: just 37 years.

“You live your life and, I mean, you kind of live it in a denial with a chronic illness of the fact that you’re really going to plummet to a point where you need a surgery like that,” Durbin told The Joplin Globe (http://bit.ly/2iaD67F ).

Cystic fibrosis is caused by the inheritance of two copies of a defective gene, one from each parent. Both parents must carry the defect to pass it on to their children. When both parents are carriers of the defective gene, as Durbin’s parents,

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IN THIS DEC. 22, 2016, PHOTO, lung transplant recipient Caryn Durbin, celebrates an early Christmas with her daughter, Bailey Artinger, 10, at her home in Joplin, Mo. Durbin’s early Christmas with family freed her up for a return trip to St. Louis for additional treatment.

Ron and Debbie, are, there is a 25 percent chance of the child contracting the disease in each pregnancy.

Defying the odds, Durbin and both of her siblings, Josh Durbin, 25, and Trisha O’Dell, 35, have battled cystic fibrosis since birth.

“I can remember being 10 years old; that was like the last time that I really got mad about having it,” Caryn Durbin said.

“I shut myself in the stairwell at our house and started bawling and asking God why I had to have CF.” Since then, Durbin said her

faith has shaped her attitude into a more positive one.

“Growing up, you deal with a lot of dark stuff early,” she said. “But I have wonderful grandparents; my grandpa is a preacher, and grandma plays the piano in church. They’ve been, my whole family has just instilled a lot of faith.”

Cystic fibrosis causes a thick buildup of mucus in the lungs, pancreas and other organs. The mucus blocks airways in the lungs, which can lead to bacteria becoming trapped, causing infections and other damage.

Mucus in the pancreas keeps

the organ from releasing digestive enzymes that help the body break down food and take in nutrients.

“These kids have all three fought with work-related job loss because of their illness,” Ron Durbin said. “It makes you angry, you know, but you understand you can’t have people on the job getting coughing fits.

Especially in public service, restaurants, stuff like that.”

Each case of cystic fibrosis is at least slightly different. Caryn Durbin said her siblings’ more severe symptoms have been sinus and digestive issues. Both

have also had respiratory complications, but Caryn’s have been the most advanced.

“You either have somebody clap on you and help just move and shift the mucus from the walls, or there’s a therapy vest that you put on and it just shakes you,” she said. “So that came out when I was like 10, but before that, (my mom) did it all on all three of us. Just beating us 30 minutes each, twice a day.”

“I took out a little bit of anger,” Debbie Durbin joked.

Debbie said caring for her children and managing their shared disease is all she’s ever known. That familiarity has continued into her kids’ adulthood, as Caryn asked her to be her assigned caregiver as she went through the process of preparing for and recovering from her transplant surgery, attending consultations, carrying oxygen tanks and traveling with her to St. Louis multiple times.

Debbie temporarily resigned from her job at Teleperformance in Joplin to become Caryn’s full-time caregiver.

“You can owe me dinner,” Debbie said, teasing her daughter.

“I owe her my life,” Caryn responded.

Caryn Durbin was forced to quit her job in January because of declining lung function; she hovered around 30 percent of normal function for almost 10 years. She began exploring the possibility of a transplant in March.

“You want to live with your lungs as long as you can because there’s fear of rejection,

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District learning costly lesson Recent USAC ruling should serve as reminder to school board to be careful about accepting free gifts.

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he Universal Service Administrative Company’s ruling that the Lawrence School District violated conflict of interest policies is a reminder to school board members to always avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

The USAC found that district officials violated federal conflict-of-interest rules by accepting free internet access for more than a dozen school officials. The ruling could cost the district $840,000 in USAC funding, $500,000 that the district would have to repay and $340,000 in future funds.

USAC is an independent nonprofit organization designated by the Federal Communications Commission to administer funding to ensure affordable broadband internet connectivity for schools and libraries. Earlier this year, the USAC told the district that it believed the company’s gift rule had been violated because the Lawrence district accepted 15 free residential internet accounts as a part of its contract with then-internet provider Knology of Kansas. Accepting the free accounts — an estimated value of $17,400 — violated the USAC program’s policies for schools that accept funding for internet access.

Among the school officials who received the free internet access were former Superintendent Rick Doll and six current and former school board members.

The school district and Knology have appealed the ruling to the FCC, arguing that the free accounts were offered “as a part of Knology’s regular commercial offerings made over the course of many years” and did not influence decisionmakers in the district. On Friday, district spokeswoman Julie Boyle said the district approved a five-year contract with Knology in 2011 and the company was the only bidder for the “fair and open bidding process.” Knology made a similar argument in its appeal.

In 2014, the district was notified of the possible problem with the free internet accounts. As a precaution, the district “took steps to modify the contract, cancel those accounts, and prepare an appeal to USAC.” The internet accounts were not officially canceled until May 2015.

On Friday, Lawrence school board Vice President Shannon Kimball said she did receive free internet through Knology when she first joined the board in 2011. Kimball said she had no idea that the internet access was connected in any way to the district’s USAC funds.

“This is really unfortunate because when I joined the board I was told, ‘Hey, this is something the district has that you can use because we expect you to communicate and we do most of our communication through email anyway,’” she said.

Kimball said she does not believe any rules were violated. She noted that a consultant who examined the Knology contract before it was approved by the board did not raise any red flags about the free accounts.

For the sake of the financial health of the school district, let’s hope that the district’s appeal is successful. But let this be a lesson for school board members — if a contractor, vendor or anyone seeking influence comes bearing gifts or anything that could be construed as a gift, just say no.

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America greatest when it’s inclusive Washington — For America, 2016 was a dark year. The country was still at war. Our election was a brutal grudge match that left us more polarized than ever. Our closest allies were rocked by terrorism and turmoil.

Adversaries toyed with our politics. Even the basic facts about life and science seemed to be in dispute.

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We’ll find out in 2017 how healthy our body politic really is, and whether our democratic institutions remain resilient.”

However you voted, this was a year few would want to repeat. Now, as the calendar turns, many of us look to the new year with a mix of hope and concern.

If you’re like me, this holiday season was a time for reflection, sometimes with anguish, about how we got here and where we’re going.

I found comfort in the image at the center of the Christian faith, of an innocent baby arriving in a dark land — the beginning of a story that has been more powerful over the last 2000 years than all the tyrants and tax collectors.

Americans are optimists, by birth or affirmation. We pledge allegiance to a country that is “indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

We believe in “The Fair Land,” the abundant nation evoked by the Wall Street Journal in its Thanksgiving editorial, which has been printed every year since 1961: “We can remind ourselves that for all our social discord we yet remain the

longest enduring society of free men governing themselves without benefit of kings or dictators. Being so, we are the marvel and the mystery of the world.”

The year ahead will test how well the system devised by our founders works under stress. Our new president, Donald Trump, proposes radical changes welcomed by his supporters but feared by many who voted against him. He won’t succeed if he drives the country to the breaking point.

How hard will Trump push to undo existing laws and agreements? Will Congress play its role in checking raw executive power, or will Republican majorities be loyal to party first? Will officials who swear to protect and defend the Constitution demonstrate by their behavior in office that they mean it?

As Trump’s inauguration approaches, he remains a mystery to many of us.

He seeks to be a disruptive agent of change, but what are the limits? What if Trump tries to place himself above the law? He wouldn’t be the first president to do so, but are the country’s institutions still strong enough to resist?

What if he tries to subvert

investigations of Russian hacking that are being conducted by our intelligence agencies and Congress?

The cliche “profiles in courage” may actually get a test in 2017.

This coming year, America will face the severe strains that accompany change and political division. We’re a soft target for our adversaries right now — a country whose nerves are raw and jangled, whose tribal fault lines are exposed and easy to exploit.

Our national heroes are the men and women who get up every day and serve the country — in the military abroad, in schools and hospitals and fire stations at home. We want to be as steadfast in adversity as they are. We’ll find out in 2017 how healthy our body politic really is, and whether our democratic institutions remain resilient.

This holiday season, I got a burst of sunshine in a production of “Carousel,” the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, produced at the Arena Stage in Washington. Many strands of our national myth come together in this sentimental story of a carnival barker who falls in love with a sweet, shy girl who works

in a factory. It’s a hymn to blue-collar America, to rebellious young people who insist on being free spirits despite the prissy elitists and censorious prudes who want to tell them what to think. Like “Oklahoma,” it describes the America many of us have in our heads when we think about the way life used to be.

How did this quintessential American story of working people in Maine emerge?

It was adapted from a 1909 Hungarian play. The 1945 Broadway version was written by two Jewish-Americans and directed by an Armenian-American. Nowadays, the phrase “melting pot” is sometimes taken as a “micro-aggression.” Not then.

When Trump says “Make America great again,” he evokes the national mythology that binds us together, whatever racial or other biases it may conceal. After a bruising 2016, perhaps this is a theme that we all can embrace. America is at its greatest when it’s united, confident and inclusive of all its citizens. Let’s hope that’s what Trump has in mind for this country. We need to be great in that way again.

— David Ignatius is a columnist for Washington Post Writers Group.

A history of ‘standing idly by’ Secretary of State John Kerry used the word “conscience” over and over again as he attempted to explain and justify the Obama administration’s decision not to veto a one-sided U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel. He added that the U.S. could not “stand idly by” while Israel torpedoed any hope for a two-state solution.

The Obama administration knows all about standing “idly by” — that was its all-but-explicit policy toward other troubles in the Middle East. Obama came into office with one foreign policy lodestar — “Not George Bush” — and has stuck with it mulishly no matter how much the facts on the ground demanded flexibility. An Obama official dubbed it “leading from behind” and, according to a well-placed journalist, Obama himself used the phrase “don’t do stupid (expletive).”

And so, when Syrian strongman Bashar Assad massacred up to 400,000 people by dropping barrel bombs on civilian neighborhoods, shelling hospitals and imposing sieges on cities to starve out the inhabitants, the Obama administration stood very, very idly by. Even after warning Assad that the use of chemical weapons would trigger a U.S. response, Obama did nothing when Assad called his bluff.

When ISIS was rampaging through northern Iraq and southern Syria, behead-

Mona Charen ing, crucifying and burning people alive, the Obama administration stood idly by.

“There are 2.75 million Palestinians living in the West Bank,” Kerry thundered, without explaining why their misfortune is more urgent than that of 4.8 million Syrian refugees who are living in Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq and various European countries. An additional 6.6 million Syrians are internally displaced and desperately in need of assistance. The Palestinian refugees (the term is absurd after 68 years) are the only “refugees” in the world who have a United Nations program devoted exclusively to them (UNRWA) — which may be one reason they remain stateless.

Just about every single one of Secretary Kerry’s assumptions about the Palestinian/Israeli dispute is erroneous. Start with his assertion that the Palestinians want an independent state on the West Bank. They have been offered such a state at least twice. In 2000, at Camp David, Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered a generous settlement including land swaps. Yasser Arafat not only rejected it;

he started a new intifada.

In 2008, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered Mahmoud Abbas a state comprising nearly all of the West Bank (Israel would have kept about 5 percent), with East Jerusalem as the capital. Abbas rejected it.

Obama-administration assertions to the contrary notwithstanding, the Palestinian Authority has not recognized that Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state. Palestinian propaganda ceaselessly depicts “Palestine” as comprising all of the territory between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. They continue, as Kerry himself acknowledged, to glorify terrorists.

Kerry suggests that “solving” the Israel/Palestinian conflict is the key to “stabilizing a volatile region.” Has he been asleep for the past 50 years? The region is roiled

by Islamic extremism in both Sunni and Shiite guises.

The Obama administration has heightened tensions in the region with its embrace of Iran. Civil wars, revolutions, attempted coups and terrorism are destabilizing Libya, Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen and others.

For an Arab, the West Bank is one of the safest (not to mention freest) places to live in the Middle East.

Kerry said the administration could not “in good conscience” let Israel build new settlements in “occupied” Palestinian land and thereby sabotage the “peace process.” 1) The land in question

was never Palestinian, as Kerry surely knows. It was grabbed by Jordan in 1948 and then, reluctantly, taken

by Israel in a defensive war in 1967. 2) Israel, bowing to Obama’s wishes, imposed a ban on settlements for 10 months in 2009. There was no response from the Palestinians. 3) Kerry certainly also knows that the Palestinian strategy for years has been to end-run direct talks with the Israelis and force a recognition of maximal Palestinian demands through international pressure. This failure to veto, far more than a few Israeli apartments, is the true obstacle to peace, because it encourages the Palestinians’ unrealistic expectations and despicable tactics. These have lately included stabbings, shootings and driving cars into random pedestrians.

The world is aflame with threats and instability, yet Kerry and Obama, petulant leftists with an Israel fixation, could not resist this last kick in the teeth to the region’s sole democracy.

They knew it would harm Israel’s moral standing — now the delegitimizers can claim that Israel is in violation of “Security Council” resolutions -- and give an unmerited win to the Palestinians. Perhaps most infuriating of all, they claim to be doing it all for Israel’s own good.

Too bad they couldn’t follow their own advice: “Don’t do stupid (expletive).”

— Mona Charen is a columnist with Creators Syndicate.

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She said, ‘Hey, Caryn, this is Beth. We’ve got a pair of lungs if you want ‘em.’

And I was just like, ‘Are you serious?’ You know?

And then at that point, all the fear was gone.”

Less than two weeks after being listed, Caryn had her new lungs.

“For me, (it was) a lot of fear,” Ron Durbin said. “And then the relief that here we knew she was going to a hospital that we knew she was going to be in good hands in. They’ve done, I understand, somewhere around 700 successful lung transplants at Barnes Jewish, so we were definitely comfortable with where she was going to get the care, but still a lot of worrying. It’s very serious surgery.”

Durbin is in the thick of an estimated 12-week recovery, including pulmonary rehabilitation for an hour Monday through Friday and lab tests and X-rays at least once a week. She and her mother have been living in St. Louis since before the surgery and will likely be there until February.

Last weekend, doctors gave her a temporary respite from what she calls the “concrete jungle.”

Caryn and Debbie got to return home on Dec. 15 and stay through the weekend. The family took advantage, putting together a Christmas celebration at Caryn’s home.

“It’s awesome,” Ron Durbin said of celebrating Christmas as a family in Joplin, rather than nearly 300 miles away.

“But her getting her new lungs was beyond any gift that we’ll see here.”

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The three have remained close even after Nate and Caryn’s relationship ended. Tiffany Artinger is “like a sister,” Durbin said.

“It was the first woman that (Nate) had ever been with that I could tell was genuinely interested in my daughter,” Durbin said. “And that’s what I care about.”

The Artingers have made multiple trips to St. Louis so Bailey could see her mother while she recovers.

Just as the transplant immediately gave Caryn a favorite gift, Bailey is certain about the best thing to come from this Christmas — even better than a Kansas City Chiefs-themed Elf on a Shelf she was thrilled to open at the family Christmas party. “(For) her to play with me,” Bailey said of her mother. “Play games outside and run.”

Durbin knows her battle may not be over.

There is no cure for cystic fibrosis, so Durbin will live knowing she may eventually need another transplant of her lungs or another organ. The medications she is on to prevent her body from rejecting her new lungs can also cause cancer, she said.

“I guess I just take it one day at a time,” she said. “And I have faith in the Lord and whatever he wants, which so far has been really great, because I could’ve been taken quite a few times. He’s not done with me. He’s got a job for me to do, and I don’t know what that is.”

“Right now it’s to breathe,” Debbie Durbin told her daughter.

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WASHINGTON Sen. Roy Blunt is not known as a party planner extraordinaire.

But the Missouri Republican now finds himself in charge of Washington’s biggest political extravaganza: the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, when Donald Trump will become America’s new commander in chief. Blunt is overseeing everything from security during the swearing-in to the menu for Trump’s first presidential lunch.

It’s a little-known perk that comes with Blunt’s job as chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, a normally sleepy panel that oversees the upper chamber’s inner workings. But every four years, the job gets some glitz and glamour.

Or, from Blunt’s perspective, some awe-inspiring responsibility.

“People all over the world have a chance to watch and see that this is what a real democracy is supposed to be able to do,” Blunt said in an interview Wednesday.

“We take it for granted every four

“The election’s over and some people are very happy and other people, not so happy.”

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years, but it is truly ... a miraculous thing to see a country as big as ours do this successfully over and over again.”

Blunt is a 20-year veteran of Congress, who was a leader in the House Republican caucus before jumping to the Senate six years ago. He is a consummate Washington insider — he is even married to a lobbyist — but he now is in charge of the outsider’s coronation.

Blunt’s official, if temporary, title is chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. The committee is responsible for all inaugural events at the Capitol, and Blunt has already made sure to infuse the event with a Missouri flavor.

The Missouri State University Chorale will have a prime singing slot at the ceremony, which could draw up to a million revelers and spectators to the National Mall, along with millions more who will watch the festivities at home.

At the lunch inside the Capitol, the principal artwork on display for the new president will be a painting by the 19th-century Missouri artist George Caleb

Authorities in Turkey searched Sunday for a gunman who opened fire at a packed nightclub during New Year’s celebrations in Istanbul, killing at least 39 people and injuring 69.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned “the terror attack in Istanbul’s Ortakoy neighborhood in the first hours of 2017” and offered condolences for those who died, including “foreign guests.”

Nearly two-thirds of those killed — 24 victims — were from other countries, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported. Many were from the Middle East, including Jordan, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, although countries from India to Belgium reported their citizens among the casualties, the Associated Press reported.

No word yet on any American victims.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the suspect has not been identified and remains at large. He described the attack as a “massacre, a truly inhumane savagery.”

“Our security forces have started the necessary operations. God willing, he will be caught in a short period of time,” Soylu said.

More than 500 people were inside the Reina club when the attack began about 1:15 a.m. local time. A closed-circuit television recording of the attack showed the assailant wearing a Santa Claus hat part of the time, according to the Associated Press, which obtained the recording from the Haberturk newspaper.

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Expect more store closings despite big holiday sales Record spending goes to the online sellers Chris Woodyard @ChrisWoodyard USA TODAY

In a sign of how dramatically the landscape is changing when it comes to shopping, experts say don’t expect any let-up in store closings in 2017 just because retailers just had biggest growth in holiday sales in five years.

Consumers finally opened

their wallets, making purchases on everything from toys to apparel.

Overall, consumers spent $196.1 billion on holiday purchases, up 3.8%, the biggest increase since 2011, says research firm Conlumino in a report Friday. Mastercard’s SpendingPulse put the increase at 4% and said the day before Christmas was the top shopping day of the season.

But a record amount of the spending for the season went to online sellers. And when the droves eventually showed up in stores, much of the foot traffic was driven by discounting.

Promotions are great for shoppers, but not terribly profitable business for those who own traditional stores.

“This was a fantastic shopping season, but for many department store and apparel retailers, this was a very challenging holiday,” says Steven Barr, retail consumer leader for consultants PwC. “I anticipate we will see significant numbers of store closures.”

Macy’s, for instance, has already announced it will close about 100 stores in 2017 — and is yet to specify the locations. The closings will amount to about 15% of Macy’s 675 full-line loca-

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Maddy, left, and her friend Maggie, sit with their shopping bags at Union Square in San Francisco.

tions. Other department store chains may follow suit.

Yet the switch comes at a time when retailing, as a whole, is shining.

Americans are just in a mood to spend again. The shopping binge came as the Consumer Confidence Index hit a 13-year high in a surge of optimism about the economy, jobs and income, The Conference Board, a nonprofit research organization, reported Tuesday.

While stores saw a 2.6% increase, the big winner was online sellers, which saw their sales soar 17.1%, Columino said in a report.

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Algae blooms fueled by nutrient-rich runoff have created a dead zone in Green Bay that is threatening wildlife and tourism.

Wis. agency scrubs webpage for climate change wording State’s Department of Natural Resources contends subject is now up for debate Lee Bergquist

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wisconsin’s state agency that oversees environmental regulation recently removed language from its webpage on the Great Lakes that says humans and greenhouse gases are the main cause of climate change.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources now contends the subject is a matter of scientific debate.

The department made the changes Dec. 21, striking out whole sentences attributing global warming to human activities and rising levels of carbon dioxide.

It’s the most recent example of the agency removing information related to climate change. More broadly, the changes reflect how the administration of Republican Gov. Scott Walker has de-emphasized the subject since he took office in 2011.

“As it has done throughout the centuries, the earth is going through a change. The reasons for this change at this particular time in the earth’s long history are being debated and researched by academic entities outside the Department of Natural Resources,” the department has written in its latest changes.

Officials replaced this wording: “Earth’s climate is changing.

Human activities that increase heat-trapping (greenhouse) gases are the main cause.”

The old text goes on to say “scientists agree” that the Great MILWAUKEE

Lakes region will see longer summers and shorter winters, decreased ice cover and changes in rain and snow patterns “if climate change patterns continue.”

Blogger Jim Rowen, a critic of the Walker administration’s environmental policies, first reported the revised passages Monday. “(The) updated page reflects our position on this topic that we have communicated for years, that our agency regularly must respond to a variety of environmental and human stressors from drought, flooding, wind events to changing demographics,” Natural Resources spokesman Jim Dick said in email.

“Adaptation has been our position on this topic.”

While some scientists have painted doubt for the reason why the planet is warming, the vast majority of climate scientists agree that burning of fossil fuels has increased global greenhouses gases in the atmosphere and has caused warming.

A 2014 United Nations report that surveyed the latest science of climate change found “human influence on the climate system is clear, and recent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are the highest in history.”

The report, the U.N.’s fifth since 1990, also found “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and (oceans) have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, and sea level has risen.”

Under Walker, climate issues have not been a high priority. He has been critical of President Obama’s climate initiatives.

GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel joined other like-minded states in 2015 in a federal lawsuit opposing regulations to limit carbon emissions from power plants.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources also recently removed a teaching guide on climate change from its website. According to the agency, it is turning it over to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

In recent years, state Natural Resources officials have removed other information devoted to global warming, but other information is still intact.

“When climate change gets so politicized, you can imagine agencies and its leaders haggling over wording.”

Paul Robbins, University of Wisconsin-Madison

For example, a Webpage devoted to landfills and waste says, “Climate change poses a serious threat.”

“We now have a clearer understanding of the role waste and materials management plays in global climate change and, most importantly, the opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” it says.

In contrast, the department has taken down a trove of information on former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle’s Task Force on

Global Warming. The 2008 report, which sought ways to reduce carbon emissions, still can be found on an online archive known as the Wayback Machine.

Michigan and Minnesota maintain extensive information on climate change and its effect at their environmental agencies.

Paul Robbins, director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the alterations don’t surprise him.

“When climate change gets so politicized, you can imagine agencies and its leaders haggling over wording,” he said.

Robbins said University of Wisconsin scientists have worked with state Natural Resources Department field staff for years on how to adapt to a warming climate although with shrinking state agency budgets, “it’s not as high of a priority as it was in the past.”

Bill Davis, president of the John Muir chapter of the Sierra Club in Madison, described the scrubbing as “unfortunate, but not surprising — they’ve been doing it pretty much since Walker got into office.

“This is an asset, paid for with public funds, and the fact it was scrubbed off its website is not good public policy,” he said.

Said Joel Brammeier, president of Chicago-based Alliance for the Great Lakes: “I don’t understand the need for the changes. To me, it looks like they are trying to cover up a debate that really isn’t happening.”

Dick, the Department of Natural Resources spokesman, said the agency is working on ways Wisconsin can adjust to a changing climate.

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backpack as he shoots a police officer outside the club.

Earlier news reports said the gunman wore a Santa Claus outfit, but Prime Minister Binali Yildirim disputed that Sunday. “He is an armed terrorist as we know it.”

The attacker left a gun inside the club and escaped by “taking advantage of the chaos” that ensued, Yildrim said.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, which Turkish authorities said was carried out by a lone assailant.

This is the fourth major attack in Turkey in the past month, including the Dec. 19 assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey during a photo exhibition in Ankara.

Erdogan said his country is “extremely determined to do whatever it takes” after recent terror attacks to secure the region.

Turkey is a member of NATO and a partner in the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State.

The bloodiest attacks that Turkey endured in 2016 were the work of the Islamic State or Kurdish militants.

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Turkish special force police officers and ambulances are on the scene of the nightclub attack on Sunday.

Reina owner Mehmet Kocarslan told the private Dogan news agency that police had boosted security measures in the upscale neighborhood and its vicinity.

The efforts included a 24-hour police presence and complementary efforts by the coast guard at sea.

“Despite all these precautions by police forces, unfortunately this painful event took place,” he

said. “We are at the point where all words end.”

State-run Anadolu news agency reported Sunday that a police officer, Burak Yildiz, 22, was shot and killed outside the nightclub.

A female security guard, Hatice Karcilar, 29, was also among those killed, according to Anadolu. At least 15 of the dead were foreign nationals, Soylu said.

The White House condemned

what it called a “horrific terrorist attack” and offered U.S. help to Turkey. “That such an atrocity could be perpetrated upon innocent revelers, many of whom were celebrating New Year’s Eve, underscores the savagery of the attackers,” the White House statement said.

The U.S. consulate in Istanbul warned Americans there to limit their movement around Istanbul “to an absolute minimum.”

Pope Francis, speaking Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, lamented the attack on what he called a “night of good wishes and hope.”

“I ask the Lord to support all people of good will who courageously roll up their sleeves to face the plague of terrorism and the bloody stain that envelops the world with a shadow of fear and bewilderment,” Francis said, in a departure from his prepared text.

In Istanbul, Sinem Uyanik described the scene in the nightclub as she waited outside Sisli Etfal Hospital to see her husband who was wounded in the attack. “Before I could understand what was happening, my husband fell on top me,” Uyanik said. “I had to lift several bodies from on top of me before I could get out. It was frightening.”

Bingham.

Blunt chose the appropriately titled Verdict of the People, painted in 1854-55, because it illustrates America’s sometimes messy democracy in action. The scene, part of an election series

by Bingham, shows a clerk calling out election results to a crowd in the street, where the news is greeted with a mix of elation and despair “The election’s over and some people are very happy and other people, not so happy,” Blunt said in describing the painting at a Dec. 16 press conference at the Saint Louis Art Museum, which will lend the artwork for the inauguration ceremony.

Of course, the political sentiments in Bingham’s 1850s-era rendering could easily apply to the 2016 election results, which have deeply divided the American electorate. Trump’s inauguration has already stirred controversy, with some performers refusing to attend and a large number of protests planned.

Blunt said security has been a top concern as he maps out the plans for Jan. 20. In addition to Trump, he noted, a bevy of other high-profile officials will be on stage in the front of the Capitol as Trump takes the oath of office and delivers his inaugural speech.

“Every one of these, I think, is more security conscious than the one before, particularly since 9/ 11,” Blunt said. “It’s a huge target with the president and the president-elect, the vice president and the vice president elect, ... all within close proximity to each other.”

He said the most intense moment will come with the actual transition of power.

“The moment the president takes the oath of office, I always wind up looking over at the president who is suddenly no longer responsible for everything a president is responsible for and think about what a relief that must be,” Blunt said. “Suddenly that weight is no longer there.”

But for Blunt, the relief won’t come until the inaugural parade begins — that’s when his duties end. After Trump is sworn in, the president and his entourage, along with other politicians and dignitaries, will retreat inside the Capitol for the luncheon.

At President Obama’s 2013 inauguration, lunch guests sipped New York wines and devoured cheese, yogurt and apple pie from the Empire State, thanks to Blunt’s predecessor as the inaugural committee chairman — Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Contributing: Jackie Rehwald, Springfield News-Leader.

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SAVE FOR NONEMERGENCY EMERGENCIES

If you have children, you know they’re going to lose something. If you own a 30-year-old refrigerator, you know it could break down. We are not talking about real emergencies here.

“If you own a car, there are going to be repairs. If you own a home, there are going to be repairs,” said Katie Bossler, a financial wellness expert for GreenPath Financial Wellness in Detroit.

Her advice: Consider the bigger bills that can hit you in 2017 and start saving a set amount each month. If you have a $2,000 medical deductible each year, set aside $167 a month. Ditto for car repairs, home repairs, extra spending on children.

BE WILLING TO MISS A BIG SALE

Could you unsubscribe from emails from retailers? I have one email account that I use when a retailer asks me for my email.

One month recently I received more than 900 emails in that account. Seriously?

Bossler, who did unsubscribe from promotional emails a year ago, said she knows she might miss out on some bargains. But it’s better to avoid temptations.

“If you’re trying not to spend money, you not going to spend Saturday at the mall. But essentially, we do that ev-

THIS YEAR:

STOP WASTING MONEY Nobody needs to tell us we’re wasting our money. Really, we know if we tend to overspend, rack up fees or never pay off credit card bills. So let’s not make ridiculous New Year’s Resolutions such as “I will stop wasting money.” Sure you will; just like last year. The only way to get the job done in 2017 is to take very specific steps, even if necessary baby steps, to tackle your challenges.

So we offer a get-down-to-it list of New Year’s Resolutions for 2017: ery single day with our email account,” she said.

Another thought: Review your credit card statements for recurring charges and cancel what you don’t value or use.

CONTRIBUTE MORE TO YOUR 401(K) OR START A ROTH IRA

Make a date to take action, such as signing up to have more money automatically taken out of your paycheck and put into your 401(k).

“Be sure you are taking any 401(k) match offered by your employer,” said Derek D’Angelo, president of the Michigan Council on Economic Education.

If your employer offers a 50% match for every dollar you contribute up to a 10% of contributions, don’t just save 4% of your pay.

A Roth IRA offers taxfree growth and tax-free withdrawals in retirement. A Roth contribution can be made if you’re single with an adjusted gross income of less than $133,000 for 2017 or if you’re married filing a joint return and have an adjusted gross income of less than $196,000 for contributions made for the 2017 tax

year. The income limits for being eligible for the Roth are slightly lower for the 2016 tax year.

The maximum amount you can put into a Roth IRA remains at $5,500 for 2017. Or it’s $6,500 if you’re age 50 or older.

SAVE $1 A WEEK – AND ADD MORE EACH WEEK

Gain traction by adding another dollar to the piggy bank each week. In early February, you’re saving $5 that week. By the last week of December, you’d save $52 that week.

At the end of the year, you should have $1,378 in savings, said Crystal Nickson, a financial well-being coach for Operation HOPE in Detroit.

Is it easy? Not really. Often, you need to set up a reminder.

But even if you fall short, you’re establishing a savings pattern.

SAVE EVERY DOLLAR

Set aside every $1 or $5 bill you get.

“I have one client who does this every year and he has routinely saved $500 to $750 every year before Christmas,” said Nickson, of Operation Hope.

“He uses the money to buy presents.”

KEEP AN EYE ON FED’S JANET YELLEN

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise short-term interest rates by three times or maybe more throughout 2017. As a result, consumers will pay higher rates on credit card debt.

Every time Fed Chair Yellen raises rates in 2017, you’ve got another reason to pay off credit card bills.

LOOK FOR A NEW JOB

The job market is the strongest it has been in a decade. The U.S. jobless rate for November was 4.6% — a nine-year low. If you’re looking to pay off debt and need more money, maybe find a second job.

DIG OUT WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE

Looking in my gift closet for some holiday items that I bought during the year, I found a tote bag stuffed with four newer sweaters that I had forgotten that I had put away last winter.

EXPECT 2017 TO BE A YEAR OF BIG CHANGES

“A new administration in Washington brings with it the possibility of change, especially given the Republican majorities in Congress,” said David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial in Boston.

Investors already saw financial and industrial stocks rally in an-

ticipation of reduced regulation and increased infrastructure spending.

Some say volatility could be on the rise. But there may continue to be opportunities for investors, such as in some areas of healthcare.

“What comes to fruition with the new administration remains to be seen, but if nothing else in 2017, investors should watch for the possibility of significant change,” Joy said.

DON’T LOSE MONEY CHASING QUICK FIXES

Credit repair scams target those with bad credit. But hold onto your wallet and boost your own credit score — pay bills on time, pay off your credit card debt, don’t borrow more money, don’t use more than 30% of your available credit line on your credit cards, don’t open a new credit card at every turn.

DO NOT CLOSE ALL YOUR CREDIT CARDS

While it’s tempting to start the New Year by canceling each and every credit card, it’s possible such a drastic action could drive down your credit score, according to Heather Battison, vice president, consumer communications for TransUnion in Chicago.

About 31% of consumers surveyed think that closing unused accounts is good for credit, according to a Capital One Credit Confidence Survey. But the average age of your accounts is a significant part of credit scores, so it’s often important to keep open the oldest cards.

PUT THAT PINOT NOIR BACK ON THE SHELF

Reflect on any impulse purchase at the supermarket. Stick to the aisles that offer fruit, vegetables, lean meats and dairy.

GET A COPY OF YOUR ANNUAL CREDIT REPORT

See www.annualcreditreport.com to make sure that a fraudster didn’t open accounts in your name. You can get reports from TransUnion, Experian and Equifax.

SIGN UP FOR AUTOMATIC PAYMENTS

“Not only are you less likely to be late with a payment, but many lenders give a slight discount (interest rate reduction) as an incentive,” said Mark Kantrowitz, publisher and vice president of strategy for Cappex.com.

GIVE YOURSELF SOME FUN MONEY

What if you took $200 – maybe money you receive during the holidays or from a tax refund – and set it aside to spend in 2017 or 2018? Create an emergency fund for fun.

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MORE WAYS TO SAVE A month or so from now is when some financial resolutionswill be discarded. Whether it’s losing weight, learning a foreign language or saving more money, a lot of people will eventually give up because the effort is too great or the objectives too elusive. But there are a bunch of lowhanging-fruit resolutions that can be achieved in a matter of hours, if not less, that can improve your financial situation.

Here are some tasks that don’t take much time or effort: Russ Wiles

The Arizona Republic

SAVE WITHOUT BUDGETING

Saving is a priority among Americans, with 61% of 1,000 respondents in a November survey by New York Life vowing to do just that. The comprehensive and logical way to do this first involves drawing up a budget that tracks your

spending patterns over the course of the past year so you can see how much you can afford to save.

But if you’re not willing to make the budgeting effort, try increasing your saving by, say, one or two percentage points.

If you have online account access, it’s quick and easy to boost your deferral rate in a workplace 401(k)-style plan without doing any budgeting.

After a few weeks, there’s a good chance you’ll get used to the lower take-home pay. If not, you can make adjustments.

PAY OFF DEBT, ONE ACCOUNT AT A TIME

An even higher percentage of respondents in the New York Life poll, 67%, said they’re focused on reducing debt next year. Assuming you have multiple types of accounts — credit cards, auto loans and more — the task can seem overwhelming. Mike Sullivan, a personal-finance consultant at Take Charge America, a Phoenix credit-counseling group, suggests first paying down the loan with the highest interest rate. Focusing on one account at a time not only can save time but also provides a sense of accomplishment as balances get paid off. To achieve any debt reduction on credit cards, you will need to pay more than the minimum monthly amount due while avoiding a lot of new charges, Fidelity notes.

One ultimate goal of debt reduction should be freeing up enough cash to create an emergency fund capable of meeting perhaps six months of routine expenses in a pinch.

CHECK CREDIT REPORTS

You can receive three free re-

ports over the course of a year through annualcreditreport.com — one each from credit bureaus Experian, Equifax and TransUnion. You don’t need to access your reports all at once. A better strategy is to pull one every four months or so. If you find an error or omission that needs to be contested, doing so can take some time. But ordering and reviewing a credit report shouldn’t take more than an hour or so.

Still, one-third of respondents had never checked their credit reports and another quarter hadn’t done so in the past year, according to a 2013 Trans Union survey.

UPDATE YOUR BENEFICIARIES

If you have Individual Retirement Accounts, 401(k) plans, life insurance policies, annuities and other accounts that allow you to name beneficiaries, you should verify at least once a year that the people named on the account are still the ones to whom you would want assets to go, in the event of your death. If you already have set up online access, checking and updating your ben-

eficiary list shouldn’t take more than a few minutes per account.

TAKE INVENTORY

It’s a good idea to walk through the home and take photos or video of the contents — something that’s easy to do with a cellphone camera. While you’re at it, make a list of key documents, important family heirlooms and other critical valuables you would want if you had to evacuate in a moment’s notice, not to mention a list of key account numbers.

REBALANCE INVESTMENTS

If you hold a diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, mutual funds and the like, it’s smart to assess whether your mix has moved out of alignment.

CHECK FEES

It’s smart to review how much you pay in various financial expenses. The typical household pays $43 a month in credit card and bank fees, according to Fidelity, citing a study by researchers at the University of CaliforniaDavis and Dartmouth College.

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LIFELINE HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY ED SHEERAN FANS The singer took to social media Sunday writing ‘Hello 2017’ and posted a video of him holding a sign teasing new music coming Friday.

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MOVIE OF THE YEAR ARRIVAL

If giant flying orbs suddenly scooted into our atmosphere and randomly hovered over a dozen cities, most likely we’d freak out first, ask them questions later. In Arrival, though, a linguistics expert (Amy Adams) and a theoretical physicist (Jeremy Renner) are tapped to determine why aliens are here and, oh, also figure out their entire language.

There’s a lot of beauty to be had in director Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi film: the gorgeous landscape of a world made wondrous with these spacecraft and the lyrical flashbacks that paint a loving picture of the linguist and the daughter she loses too early.

Extraterrestrials aside, Arrival explores how miscommunication is a part of human nature to be overcome while being a cinematic poem about choosing life and love when despair and loss are inevitable.

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BAD DAY MARIAH CAREY The singer ushered in 2017 with a botched performance on ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest,’ appearing to have technical difficulties during her live performance. Carey took to Instagram after the performance saying, “Here’s to making more headlines in 2017.”

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CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR.

Marvel is again the class act of the comic-book ranks, with the superhero battle to end all superhero battles involving an airport, a Spider-Man, a GiantMan and a Star Wars reference.

But the movie at its core is a powerful narrative about personal freedoms and one man having the back of his best pal.

IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY WHO’S CELEBRATING TODAY?

MOONLIGHT.

Director Barry Jenkins’ stunning movie experiments with conventions of a three-act narrative as it explores the maturation of a gay black man from lost child to bullied teenager to intimidating drug dealer. It’s impossible not to root for the character, and the film earns its ending like perhaps no other in 2016.

SING STREET.

Irish eyes are smiling and singing in John Carney’s sparkling coming-of-age musical tale. Boy meets girl, boy puts a band together to impress girl, and both find themselves broken in ways they never knew. The young romance and a bunch of ‘80sinfluenced tracks make the film a smile-inducing delight.

CHRIS EVANS BY MARVEL

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!

Just as Richard Linklater introduced the world to Matthew McConaughey and Ben Affleck in Dazed and Confused, the filmmaker debuts a stable of future stars — including Glen Powell, Tyler Hoechlin and Wyatt Russell — in a baseball comedy with more deep thoughts than double plays.

HIDDEN FIGURES.

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BEST MOVIES OF 2016

USA TODAY film critic Brian Truitt tackled a year full of unnecessary sequels, talking animals and countless mediocre projects with A-list actors to put together his top 10. Let’s start with 2016’s best movie, which happens to be a thought-provoking work that involves talking to aliens.

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CAUGHT IN THE ACT Recording artist and actress Kristin Chenoweth spent her New Year’s Eve in Oklahoma watching the Oklahoma City Thunder and the L.A. Clippers at Chesapeake Energy Arena.

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Amy Adams communicates with aliens in Arrival.

The 1960s space-race drama is as important as it is feel-good with Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe combining talents as a trio of black mathematicians who helped America reach for the stars and put in place anybody

who dared to underestimate their talents.

LA LA LAND.

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are luminous in the old-school Hollywood musical done magically right in modern day. La La Land is a grand love story boosted by a moving soundtrack, a dreamer’s heart and a bittersweet epilogue that shows how one kiss can affect an entire life.

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA.

The ticket should come with a warning label: “This film causes extreme crying and laughter.”

The drama taps a spectrum of emotions as it explores a family dealing with death in the present but also in its tragic past. Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams are phenomenal, but Lucas Hedges is the kid who makes it special.

MOANA.

Thanks to my 4-year-old daughter, I’ve seen Disney’s musical adventure at least 25 times now, and it’s still just as good as the first because of Auli‘i Cravalho’s spunky title adventurer, Dwayne Johnson’s cocky demigod sidekick and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s instant classic show tunes.

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THE WITCH.

Only in this Puritan horror movie would the disappearance of a young baby be the least scary thing about it. Anya Taylor-Joy proves herself a female force as a teenage girl struggling as her family crumbles, and the goat Black Phillip joins the likes of Freddy and Jason as a fright-fest icon.

TELEVISION

What sizzled — and fizzled — in 2016 TIME TRAVEL TEST

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Kate Bosworth is 34. Taye Diggs is 46. Cuba Gooding Jr. is 49.

Compiled by Mary Cadden

TV was tumultuous in 2016: More streaming apps, more delayed viewing, and more shows led to a dizzying year.

Our take on some noteworthy trends: TRUE-CRIME RISE

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Happier in 2017 Which one thing people say would make them happier in 2017: financial position 36% Better with friends/family 25% Time fitness 22% Improved SOURCE Poll of 1,005 U.S. adults for DieHappy app TERRY BYRNE AND PAUL TRAP, USA TODAY

Decades-old crimes came to the fore. FX’s American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson offered a fictionalized account of the NFL star’s murder trial while ESPN’s documentary O.J.: Made in America painted a detailed portrait of Simpson’s life, career and the case. The case of JonBenet Ramsey was revisited by three TV projects on the 20th anniversary of her death; CBS’ version pointed the finger at her brother. Netflix’s Making a Murderer, released last December, reverberated when its subjects, accused murderers Brendan Dassey and his uncle, Steven Avery, fought for acquittals. And the all-crime Investigation Discovery net-

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Cuba Gooding Jr. and Courtney B. Vance star in The People v. O.J. Simpson. work ranked among cable’s top 12.

MUSIC’S MIXED BAG

It was a tune-filled year on television. Four splashy musicals — Fox’s Grease Live!, The Passion and Rocky Horror Picture Show remake, along with NBC’s Hairspray Live! — had mixed results.

HBO’s Vinyl and Showtime’s Roadies bombed with one-anddone seasons. Fox’s Empire crumbled 27%, but remained broadcast’s top drama among young adults. Netflix’s costly Baz Luhrmann series, The Get Down, led to budget fights. And ABC canceled Nashville, but CMT revived the series for a fifth season.

It was a clever conceit in Back to the Future and TV’s 50-year-old drama The Time Tunnel, but this year’s crop of time-travel dramas fizzled. NBC’s Timeless and CW’s Frequency will finish out their short runs early next year. Come spring, two more tries, ABC’s Time After Time and Fox sitcom Making History, will try to make viewers forget the past.

SUPERHERO STARS

Just when you though the Marvel and DC universes couldn’t expand further, TV found a way.

Netflix has premiered Marvel’s Luke Cage, its third of five planned Marvel series, joining ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (though Agent Carter was canceled), and made plans for FX’s Legion, Freeform’s Cloak and Dagger and ABC’s The Inhumans, due next year. CW picked up its fifth DC Comics series, Supergirl, from parent CBS, and AMC’s Preacher and

Fox’s Lucifer surfaced. NBC will try a half-hour comedy, Powerless, in 2017.

DIVERSITY DEVELOPMENTS

In a year that saw the #OscarsSoWhite campaign criticize Hollywood for movies that were too lily-white, TV painted a different picture with a record number of major roles played by a diverse array of actors. Eighteen series had diverse leads this fall, up from six in 2011. But the progress wasn’t entirely altruistic: Programmers say they recognized the economic value of reaching a growing audience of minority viewers.

AWARDS SHOW FATIGUE

Continuing a recent trend, awards shows are losing viewers. In 2016, the Oscars, Emmys, American Music Awards, Country Music Association Awards and MTV’s Video Music Awards were at or near record lows.

Melissa Benoist ROBERT FALCONER, CW

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Dear Annie: My son just turned 6 months old, and he is my entire world. I love him to pieces, and I love being a mom more than I thought was possible. I also work full time as a science teacher and softball coach at the local middle school. When I get home, I am beyond tired.

My husband and I live very close to where we grew up — we are from the same town but didn’t meet till after college — and our families are close by. This is super helpful when it comes to last-minute baby-sitting needs, hand-me-down toys and just being around supportive people.

But being this close

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to our families is creating an issue.

Lately, my mother-in-law won’t stop asking me when I’m going to get pregnant again. When I say that we’re in no rush, she asks pointed questions. For example, “Don’t you love being a mom?’’

“Don’t you want your son to grow up with siblings?’’ Of course

Supernatural drama on ‘Beyond’ Are there stranger things than Netflix’s ‘‘Stranger Things’’?

Freeform certainly hopes so.

Burkely Duffield (’’House of Anubis’’) stars as Holden Matthews, a high school student who awakens as a handsome young man after a 12-year coma, in the new series ‘‘Beyond’’ (8 p.m., TV-14). In most dramas, those circumstances would provide fuel enough for a compelling series. But there appear to be forces behind Holden’s initial accident, as well as his coma and seemingly miraculous recovery.

Did I mention that he fell into his long sleep during a meteor shower?

Or that he has visions of demonic agents in his dreams?

All of these supernatural elements distract from the rural small town atmosphere established in the ‘‘before’’ segment — scenes of nights spent on top of a rusty water tower and riding motor bikes through the woods. One of the miracles of ‘‘Stranger Things’’ was its goofy adolescent cast and absence of gorgeous performers. Holden and his pals, and even strangers that he encounters during his post-coma period of self-discovery, could all be models for Abercrombie & Fitch.

Not enough is made of the 12-year blank in Holden’s life and all of the changes, developments, music, culture, movies and TV he missed while he was napping. In one rather unintentionally funny moment, his younger brother suggests he simply look everything up on Wikipedia. So much for detail. ‘‘Beyond’’ has a two-episode debut tonight. In a first for Freeform, all 10 episodes can be streamed, or binged, starting today on a number of digital platforms, including the Freeform App, Freeform.com, On Demand and Hulu.

Tonight’s other highlights O Past contestants play for charity on ‘‘MasterChef Celebrity Showdown’’ (7 p.m., Fox, TV-PG).

O A desert mission puts Cabe in danger on ‘‘Scorpion’’ (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

O A prime-time edition of ‘‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’’ (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14) discusses ‘‘The Bachelor’’ and more.

O A young blind woman considered autistic asserts her personality and beliefs in the ‘‘Independent Lens’’ (9 p.m., PBS, TV-14, check local listings) documentary ‘‘Best and Most Beautiful Things.’’

Cult choice O Pierce Brosnan plays agent 007 in the 1997 thriller ‘‘Tomorrow Never Dies’’ (7 p.m., Esquire), part of a daylong marathon of Brosnan Bond films, beginning with ‘‘Goldeneye’’ (6 a.m.).

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I do! And I do want more children, but, Annie, I’m so drained all the time. And I didn’t know the strain that a baby would put on my relationship with my husband. I’m barely holding on as is, and I want to take the time to enjoy being with my son. How do I get my motherin-law to back off without offending her? I don’t want to have another fight.

But I’m not ready for another kid, either.

— Tired in Tulsa Dear Tired: Your mother-in-law’s pointed questions are best met with a soft — but clear — response. You might say something like, ‘’I am overjoyed by how

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Monday, Jan. 2: This year you experience a change in your luck! You are likely to get a promotion and/or pay raise during this time. If you are single, you are very likely to meet someone of significance. If you are attached, you both will enjoy a mutual commitment.

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) +++ You have more impact than you might realize. You will need to do some deep thinking.

Tonight: What a vanishing act!

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ++++ You might feel as if you have been left holding the bag, and this could indeed be the case.

Tonight: Where the fun is.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ++++ Take charge, but be sure to listen to feedback you receive from a partner or someone else you care about. You might be more magnetic than you know. Tonight: Could be late.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ Brainstorm with a partner who often can be manipulative.

Tonight: Accept an invitation that piques your interest.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ One-on-one relating elicits interesting reactions.

Touch base with a loved one and find out what you need to do in order to make a situation work.

Tonight: Opt for togetherness.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

excited you are to be a grandma. Thank you so much for the help you’ve given your son and me. We definitely want siblings, but I’m not nearly ready to think about that yet.

When I am ready, I promise you’ll be the first to know.’’

If she continues scanning the sky for storks and giving you the third degree, enlist your husband for support. He can get away with being more blunt. After all, he is her baby boy.

— Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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++++ You’ll feel inspired to do what you want today. Tonight: As you like it.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ++++ How you deal with a personal matter could change because of your mood. Tonight: Put up your feet and relax.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ No one can deny the innate creativity that exists within you. Allow your mind to wander.

Tonight: Happy at home.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) +++ Recognize that people often say things they don’t mean when they are hot under the collar. Tonight: Be around good music.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ++++ You can be very expressive, even without using any words. You have a way of handling a problem that is likely to inspire others. You’ll mend fences with ease. Tonight: Out late.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) +++ Be aware of the costs of continuing as you have been. You could be upset with a loved one and his or her choices. Don’t have a knee-jerk reaction. Tonight: Give yourself time.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ++++ You feel revived and full of energy. Stopping you could be close to impossible. Tonight: All smiles.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy Parker January 2, 2017 ACROSS 1 One’s first time performing 6 “Plus ...”

10 Branch offshoot 14 Muse of love poetry 15 Harrelson, on “Cheers” 16 Decline 17 Mongol foe 18 Part of A.D. 19 Words of estimation 20 Like champion boxer Ali 23 “Steady as ___ goes” 25 Bug to distraction 26 Toxic stuff 27 Bitter, ranting outburst 29 In an artful, clever way (Var.) 32 Limber 33 Superimpressed 34 Hole card, often 37 Bob Barker’s old show 41 One-third of six?

42 Children 43 French farewell 44 Glove, jacket or shoe material 46 Took part in mob violence 47 Part of a bookcase 50 North end?

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4 Four Corners place 5 More fervent or more impassioned 6 Taken ___ (surprised) 7 Single, as a Ranger?

8 Match sound to action 9 It smells 10 Like many streets or traffic 11 Tips off 12 Hawaii, on many maps

13 Rock with a cavity of crystals 21 Anger 22 Bird that hunts at night 23 4-Down, for one 24 Periods of euphoria 28 Yodeling spot 29 Certain Scandinavian 30 Floral wreaths 31 Many provide DOBs 33 Etcher’s application 34 What washing machines use to wash 35 Nestling’s noise, sometimes 36 Exercise for Chopin 38 Eisenhower’s nickname 39 Some baseball cancellations

40 Altar utterance 44 Like melting snow 45 Alien’s vehicle 46 Grade-school fundamentals, initially 47 Sailing vessel with a single mast 48 Tutu-clad heavyweight in “Fantasia” 49 Word with “opportunity” or “sign” 50 Otherworldly 53 Downey of “Touched by an Angel” 54 Lendl of tennis fame 55 Boston hoopster, informally 56 “Beetle Bailey” hound 60 ’70s sitcom “___ Sharkey” 61 Beast of burden

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Solid waste collection: Monday commercial routes will be completed on Tuesday.

City offices will be closed Monday. See lawrenceks.org for more information.

Parking at meters in downtown Lawrence will be free.

The Lawrence Transit System will be in operation.

The Lawrence Public Library will be closed Monday.

Meals on Wheels will not operate on Monday.

Caregiver Support Group, 2:15 p.m., Lawrence Senior Center, 745 Vermont St. Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), 5:30 p.m., 2712 Pebble Lane.

Run for the HILL of it: A women’s running group, 6 p.m., Ad Astra Running, 734 Massachusetts St. Baldwin City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Baldwin Public Library, 800 Seventh St., Baldwin City.

Lecompton City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Lecompton City Hall, 327 Elmore St. Argentine Tango Práctica, 8-10 p.m., Signs of Life Bookstore and Art Gallery, 722 Massachusetts St.

3 TUESDAY

TreeCycling Collection, before 6 a.m., regularly scheduled trash day, Lawrence.

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. Lawrence Breakfast Optimists, 7-8 a.m., Brandon Woods Smith Center, 4730 Brandon Woods Terrace.

Holiday Happenings, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Holcom Park Center, 2700 W. 27th St. Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Advisory Committee Meeting, 1:30 p.m., Planning Conference Room, City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Lawrence City Commission meeting, 5:45 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Books & Babies, 6-6:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Readers’ Theater, 707 Vermont St. Lawrence All British Car Club, 6:30 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St. Maker Meet-Up, 6:30 p.m., Lawrence Creates Makerspace, 512 E. Ninth St.

4 WEDNESDAY

TreeCycling Collection, before 6 a.m.,

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Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Rock Chalk Sports Pavilion, 100 Rock Chalk Lane.

Holiday Happenings, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Holcom Park Center, 2700 W. 27th St. Books & Babies, 9:30-10 a.m. and 10:3011 a.m., Lawrence Public Library Readers’ Theater, 707 Vermont St. Teen Zone Expanded (grades 6-12), 2-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Teen Zone, 707 Vermont St. (Starting Sept. 7, 2016) Douglas County Commission meeting, 4 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. American Legion Bingo, doors open 4:30 p.m., first games 6:45

p.m., American Legion Post No. 14, 3408 W. Sixth St. National Alliance on Mental Illness-Douglas County support group, 6-7 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St.

5 THURSDAY

TreeCycling Collection, before 6 a.m., regularly scheduled trash day, Lawrence.

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. Toddler Storytime, 9:30-10 a.m. and 10:3011 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Cottin’s Hardware Farmers Market indoors, 4-6 p.m., Cottin’s Hardware and Rental, 1832 Massachusetts St.

Dinner and Junkyard Jazz, 5:30 p.m., American Legion Post No. 14, 3408 W. Sixth St. Lawrence Stamp Club Meeting, 6-8 p.m. Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St. Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals meeting, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council Meeting, 7 p.m., Commission Meeting Room, Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. Weekly Tango Lessons and Dancing, 7:30-10:30 p.m., English Room, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

6 FRIDAY

TreeCycling Collection, before 6 a.m., regularly scheduled trash day, Lawrence.

Career Clinic, 1-2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Health Spot, 707 Vermont St. Bingo night, doors 5:30 p.m., refreshments 6 p.m., bingo starts 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St.

7 SATURDAY

Red Dog’s Fun Run,

7:30 a.m., parking lot behind Kizer-Cummings Jewelers, 833 Massachusetts St. American Legion Bingo, doors open 4:30 p.m., first games 6:45 p.m., American Legion Post No. 14, 3408 W. Sixth St. Arnie Johnson & The Midnight Special, 7-10 p.m. Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St.

8 SUNDAY

Kansas Environmental Legislation Review with Zack Pistora, Kansas lobbyist for Sierra Club, 9:40-10:45 a.m., First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway.

9 MONDAY

TreeCycling Collection, before 6 a.m., remaining tree collection, Lawrence.

“Light” Reading: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) lamps available, 6-8 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St.

10 TUESDAY

“Light” Reading: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) lamps available, noon-2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St.

ON THE RECORD Marriages Eric Clark Knight, 51, Lawrence, and Kammie Noahleen Naser, 42, Lawrence.

Adrian Delgadillo Adame, 29, Olathe, and Carina Gonzalez-Valdez, 21, Olathe.

Paul J. Isabell, 36, Eudora, and Cherryl Lood, 37, Leavenworth.

Rochelle Higson, 23, Lawrence, and Samuel Hattaway, 24, Lawrence.

Payton Michael Garcia, 18, Lawrence, and Audrey Rose Fryman, 19, Lawrence.

Paula Rae Johnson, 55, Lawrence, and Elizabeth Fay Tolbert, 51, Lawrence.

Ann E. Johnson, 62,

Lawrence, and David Spangler, 64, Lawrence.

Brianna Shanel Striplin, 22, Lawrence, and Rubit Pelcastre-Cuellar, 24, Lawrence.

Drew Allen Halling, 20, Lawrence, and Lesli MartinezCardenas, 18, Lawrence.

Clayton A. Peck, 59, Lawrence, and Jennifer Peck, 53, Lawrence.

Jack Han Keegan 32, Lawrence, and Amy Han, 37, Lawrence.

Michelle Lynn Tomlinson, 2723 Trail Dust Court, Lawrence.

Terry Lynn Davenport, 2625 Haskell Ave., Lawrence.

Patricia Allyne Mathes, 2551 Crossgate Drive No. 318, Lawrence.

Caitlin Rae Smith, 1835 College St., Baldwin City.

Peter Henry Cluthe, 2424 Brush Creek Drive, Lawrence.

Eura Allen Reed, 681 E. 1300 Road, Lawrence.

Richard Lee Oshel, 1304 E. 27th St., Lawrence.

Bankruptcies

Foreclosures

Ryan Leslie Michael, 2722 W. 24th Terrace, Lawrence.

The Douglas County sheriff holds a public auction of

Divorces

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foreclosed property every Thursday. The auction is at 10 a.m. in the jury assembly room of the Douglas County Courthouse. Anyone can bid, including the previous owner.

Jan. 5, 2017 Bonita Yoder, 945 Kentucky, Lawrence.

Judgment: No amount.

Robert Eye, 1704 Mississippi, Lawrence.

Judgment: $178,553.74.

Jan. 12, 2017 Bonita Yoder, 1104 New Jersey St., Lawrence.

Judgment: $103,469.18.

Jan. 19, 2017 Brian Chilcoat, 1406 Redleaf Place, Lawrence.

Judgment: $309,852.70.

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Mason playing better than Collins T

he inevitable comparisons came early in Frank Mason’s career. The icy stare he brings to competition. The pitbull mentality. The blend of strength and quickness.

All those qualities called to mind another KU sub6-footer, but a qualifier seemed necessary at the time. Mason brought many of the same weapons to battle as Sherron Collins, but in pointing that out, it always seemed wise to add, “just not as talented.”

Nobody could have projected enough improvement Mason from Mason to match Collins’ feats. After all, Collins finished his career as the fifth-leading scorer in Kansas history with 1,888 points. He was a two-time All-American, third-team as a junior, second-team as a senior.

Collins arrived at Kansas with a highlight video that showcased Harlem Globetrotter-like dribble moves he used to create space to shoot 3-pointers at will. His throw-it-off-the-glass slam during the McDonald’s All-American dunk contest made him a celebrity.

A television was Mason’s only ticket to the McDonald’s game. When Kansas recruited him, the only other school interested in him was Towson, where he initially committed.

Now nobody feels compelled to include the “just not as talented” clause when making comparisons.

The truth is that roughly a third of the way through his senior season, Mason is playing even better basketball than Collins did at any point of his college career.

Mason can’t match Collins’ two All-American honors, but if he maintains his current level of play, he will achieve something even Collins never did in earning first-team All-American status.

Mason’s averaging 19.8 points, 5.9 assists and 4.6 rebounds and is shooting .482 from 3-point range and .538 overall.

Now that Kansas has entered conference play, it will be difficult to maintain that sort of statistical efficiency, but he clearly has improved his game a great deal as a senior.

Complacency never has invaded Mason’s space.

He added muscle in the offseason, which could be one factor in him finishing so well on drives to the hoop, and he’s shooting better than ever from long distance.

It’s often said of freshmen that they need to adjust to the speed of the college game. For Mason, he makes such efficient

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KANSAS GUARDS SVIATOSLAV MYKHAILIUK, LEFT, AND DEVONTÉ GRAHAM make conversation during a game against Siena on Nov. 18 in Allen Fieldhouse.

Americanization of Svi in progress

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ansas junior Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk remembers clearly the first time he stepped into the KU locker room as a wide-eyed 17-year-old back in the fall of 2014, more than 5,500 miles away from the comfort of his hometown of Cherkasy, Ukraine.

“When I got in there I didn’t know what guys were talking about,” Mykhailiuk recently recalled to the Journal-World. “I had no idea what my teammates were saying. I was just sitting in my locker trying to under-

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When I got in there I didn’t know what guys were talking about. I had no idea what my teammates were saying. I was just sitting in my locker trying to understand it, trying to hear really close.”

— Kansas junior Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk stand it, trying to hear really close.”

As it turned out, Mykhailiuk was not alone in that struggle.

Kansas volleyball AllAmerican Ainise Havili, a junior from Fort Worth, Texas, vividly remembers the first time she met Mykhailiuk at a student-athlete initiation be-

fore the start of their freshman year.

“I just remember looking at his mouth and thinking, ‘Where are you from and what are you saying,’” joked Havili.

In the two-plus years since those first days in America, Mykhailiuk has come a long way in all aspects of life.

With a name like Sviato-

slav Mykhailiuk, with all of those vowels, consonants, sounds and syllables, it’s unlikely that the KU junior who was among the Jayhawks’ best players during the nonconference portion of the 2016-17 schedule will be mistaken for an American any time soon.

But that does not mean the player who Jayhawks everywhere call “Svi” has not become Americanized.

His English is markedly cleaner and clearer, he has fallen in love with certain aspects of American culture — within basketball and away from the game — and his

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Chiefs top Chargers, take AFC West title

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KANSAS CITY RUNNING BACK CHARCANDRICK WEST scores a touchdown in the > KEEGAN, 3C Chiefs’ 37-27 victory over the Chargers on Sunday in San Diego.

San Diego (ap) — Alex Smith, Travis Kelce and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs have goals far bigger than simply winning the AFC West.

The Chiefs finished off their domination of the division when they beat the last-place Chargers, 37-27, Sunday in possibly the final NFL game in San Diego.

“Right now it’s awesome that we won it and we’re happy that we achieved that goal, but everything is kind of moving forward and we’ve got our eyes set on the biggest prize yet, and that’s getting a Super Bowl

win,” said Kelce, the star tight end. “There’s no doubt in my mind that we can go get that thing.”

The Chiefs haven’t been to the Super Bowl since beating Minnesota following the 1969 season.

San Diego fired coach Mike McCoy after the game.

Smith threw for two touchdowns and ran for another for the Chiefs (12-4), who clinched the division with the win and Oakland’s loss at Denver.

Smith, who went to nearby Helix High in La Mesa,

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Minnesota 91, No. 15 Purdue 82, OT West Lafayette, Ind. — Nate Mason scored 31 points and Eric Curry scored seven of his 10 in overtime as Minnesota upset Purdue on Sunday.

The teams traded baskets to begin the extra period before a Curry basket began an 11-0, victory-clinching run that snapped the Boilermakers’ seven-game winning streak.

Minnesota (13-2, 1-1) overcame 28 points and 22 rebounds from Caleb Swanigan, but it wasn’t enough to save the Boilermakers (12-3, 1-1).

Swanigan’s layup with 4.6 seconds remaining in regulation tied the game at 73 and forced overtime.

Dupree McBrayer’s 3-point attempt for Minnesota at the buzzer bounced off the rim.

The Golden Gophers began the game by making their first eight shots and building a 17-4 lead, but Purdue rallied to lead 50-43 with 13:39 remaining. Mason scored 10 during the next three minutes, and it was back and forth the rest of the way.

Jordan Murphy added 16 points for Minnesota, which lost its Big Ten opener this past Tuesday night, 75-74, to Michigan State in overtime in Minneapolis. The Golden Gophers had lost eight in a row at Purdue and had not won in Mackey Arena since Feb. 26,

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0, Harris 3-15 2-2 10, J.Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, W. Mich v. Wisconsin noon ESPN 33, 233 from the floor (26 of 42) and zona beat Stanford to complete 0-0 Woodside 0-0 0-0 0, Julien 0-2 0-0 0, Slater 0-1 Rose Bowl: the Bulldogs’ backups out- a weekend road sweep to open 0-0 0, Conroy 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-62 19-28 56.

USC v. Penn St. 4:10p.m. ESPN 33, 233 CINCINNATI (12-2) scored the Friars’ reserves 29-5. Pac-12 Conference play.

Washington 3-5 3-3 9, Clark 2-4 0-0 4, Chance Comanche added K.Johnson Sugar Bowl: In the first half, the Bull6-10 0-0 15, Caupain 3-6 1-2 9, Evans dogs made 16 of 22 field goal 13 points and 10 rebounds for 5-8 0-0 13, Tobler 1-2 0-0 3, Scott 2-5 2-2 6, Auburn vs. Oklahoma 7:50p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Bart 0-2 0-0 2-3 1-2 5, Koz 0-0 0-0 0, attempts, shooting 72 percent. the Wildcats (13-2, 2-0), who Cumberland 0,6-8Brooks 4-6 19, Jenifer 3-5 2-2 9. Totals Thirteen of the Bulldogs’ 26 have beaten the Cardinal in 14 33-58 13-17 92.

College Basketball Time Net Cable Halftime-Cincinnati 39-27. 3-Point Goalsfield goals were scored off of an straight games. Ristic, Markan6 p.m. FCSC 145 Tulane 3-21 (Harris 2-7, Reynolds 1-4, Slater W. Ky. v. Fla. Int. assist, and Butler outrebound- nen and Comanche combined 0-1, Jones 0-1, Julien 0-2, Frazier 0-3, Morgan La.-Laf. at Ark.-L.R. 8 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 to make 16 of their 20 shots. ed Providence 30 to 26.

0-3), Cincinnati 13-24 (Cumberland 3-3, Evans 3-5, K.Johnson 3-6, Caupain 2-4, Tobler 1-1, Guard Rawle Alkins scored Kyron Cartwright scored Jenifer 1-2, Scott 0-1, Bart 0-2). Fouled Out26 points and Rodney Bullock 19 points for the Wildcats (13- Brooks, Smith. Rebounds-Tulane 29 (Reyes Women’s Basketball Time Net Cable added 17 for Providence (10-5, 2, 2-0 Pac-12), who won their 11), Cincinnati 34 (Scott 10). Assists-Tulane 13 KU at Baylor replay 1 a.m. FCSA 144 Reynolds, Reyes, Ona Embo, Smith 2), seventh straight game. Arizona (Frazier, 0-2).

5:30p.m. FS1 150,227 Cincinnati 25 (Caupain 8). Total Fouls-Tulane Seton Hall at Butler The Friars scored the game’s shot 62.5 percent for the game. 21, Cincinnati 19.

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Totals 42-92 16-27 114.

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including a 30-foot 3-pointer with just over 2:30 to play to put the game out of reach.

Andrew Wiggins scored 24 points for the Timberwolves.

PORTLAND (95) Aminu 1-7 0-0 2, Harkless 3-7 2-3 8, Plumlee 6-9 6-10 18, McCollum 16-25 8-9 43, Crabbe 4-10 1-2 10, Leonard 0-6 0-0 0, Vonleh 0-0 0-0 0, Davis 0-0 0-2 0, Napier 1-2 0-0 3, Turner 5-7 0-2 11, Connaughton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-73 17-28 95.

MINNESOTA (89) Wiggins 10-20 3-7 24, Towns 3-15 5-5 11, Dieng 5-13 2-2 12, Rubio 0-5 1-1 1, LaVine 5-12 1-3 13, Muhammad 5-11 0-0 12, Bjelica 2-3 0-0 5, Aldrich 0-1 0-0 0, Dunn 5-7 0-0 11, Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-87 12-18 89.

Portland 24 13 32 26 — 95 Minnesota 23 26 15 25 — 89 3-Point Goals-Portland 6-22 (McCollum 3-6, Turner 1-1, Napier 1-2, Crabbe 1-5, Aminu 0-2, Harkless 0-2, Leonard 0-4), Minnesota 7-23 (Muhammad 2-4, LaVine 2-5, Dunn 1-1, Bjelica 1-2, Wiggins 1-3, Rubio 0-2, Towns 0-6). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Portland 41 (Plumlee, Crabbe 8), Minnesota 47 (Towns 13). Assists-Portland 13 (McCollum, Aminu, Plumlee 3), Minnesota 21 (Rubio, Towns 6). Total Fouls-Portland 19, Minnesota 25.

Technicals-Portland defensive three second 2, Portland team 2.

Clemson at Bost. Coll. 6 p.m. FSN+ 172 Louisville at Duke 6 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 KU at Baylor replay 7 p.m. FCS 146 Creighton at Marquette 7:30p.m. FS1 150,227

MIAMI (98) Babbitt 3-5 0-0 7, Reed 2-3 0-0 4, Ellington 7-15 0-0 18, Richardson 5-13 2-4 14, McGruder 3-8 1-1 8, Williams 4-6 1-2 10, J.Johnson 6-13 4-4 20, Haslem 2-4 2-2 6, T.Johnson 3-10 4-5 11.

Totals 35-77 14-18 98.

Detroit 33 25 27 22 — 107 Miami 37 29 15 17 — 98 3-Point Goals-Detroit 9-22 (CaldwellPope 4-7, Morris 2-3, Jackson 2-5, Harris 1-4, S.Johnson 0-1, Smith 0-2), Miami 14-26 (J.Johnson 4-5, Ellington 4-8, Richardson 2-5, Babbitt 1-1, Williams 1-2, T.Johnson 1-2, McGruder 1-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Detroit 48 (Drummond 18), Miami 34 (J.Johnson 7). Assists-Detroit 16 (Caldwell-Pope 5), Miami 25 (Richardson 8).

Total Fouls-Detroit 18, Miami 22. TechnicalsRichardson.

Pacers 117, Magic 104 Indianapolis — Myles Turner had 23 points and 12 rebounds to lead Indiana to a victory over Orlando.

Paul George added 19 points for the Pacers (17-18), who have won two straight after a season-worst four-game losing streak last month.

Nikola Vucevic had 18 points and 11 rebounds while Jeff Pistons 107, Heat 98 Miami — Reggie Jackson Green and Serge Ibaka each scored 27 points, Andre Drum- scored 17 points for the Magic mond finished with 25 points (15-20). and 18 rebounds, and Detroit ORLANDO (104) Gordon 4-10 4-4 13, Ibaka 8-17 1-2 17, wore down depleted Miami.

4-6 1-1 9, Augustin 2-6 0-0 5, Meeks Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Biyombo 3-9 2-2 11, Green 7-12 0-0 17, Onuaku 0-0 0-0 0, added 23 points for Detroit.

Vucevic 9-18 0-0 18, Watson 1-6 0-0 3, Payton James Johnson scored 20 1-8 0-0 2, Hezonja 1-2 2-2 5, Wilcox 2-3 0-0 4.

42-97 10-11 104. points and Wayne Ellington Totals INDIANA (117) Robinson 2-6 4-4 9, George 5-13 6-7 19, Turner had 18 for Miami. The Heat 8-9 23, T.Young 4-12 0-0 10, Teague 5-9 2-2 were without what could have 7-13 12, Miles 4-8 0-0 8, Allen 0-0 0-0 0, Seraphin been a starting lineup — Go- 3-3 0-0 6, Niang 0-1 0-0 0, Jefferson 5-9 2-2 12, ran Dragic (back), Dion Wait- Brooks 6-9 0-0 14, J.Young 0-0 0-0 0, Ellis 2-3 0-0 Totals 43-86 22-24 117. ers (groin), Justise Winslow 4.

Orlando 17 34 22 31 — 104 (shoulder), Josh McRoberts Indiana 27 35 27 28 — 117 3-Point Goals-Orlando 10-38 (Green 3-6, (foot) and Hassan Whiteside Meeks 3-8, Hezonja 1-1, Augustin 1-4, Gordon (eye).

1-5, Watson 1-5, Payton 0-2, Vucevic 0-2, DETROIT (107) Morris 4-9 1-2 11, Leuer 1-4 0-0 2, Drummond 12-19 1-6 25, Jackson 10-17 5-5 27, CaldwellPope 9-15 1-2 23, S.Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Harris 5-13 6-7 17, Baynes 1-1 0-0 2, Smith 0-7 0-0 0.

Totals 42-86 14-22 107.

NBA Favorite ............. Points (O/U)......... Underdog a-CLEVELAND . ............OFF (OFF)............ New Orleans MILWAUKEE ..................1 1/2 (211)...........Oklahoma City b-Utah ...........................OFF (OFF)................ BROOKLYN c-NEW YORK ................OFF (OFF)...................... Orlando d-HOUSTON .................OFF (OFF).............. Washington CHICAGO ...................Pick’em (203)............... Charlotte GOLDEN ST . .................15 (227.5)....................... Denver e-LA CLIPPERS . ..........OFF (OFF)...................... Phoenix a-Cleveland Guard K. Irving is questionable. b-Utah Guard G. Hill is questionable. c-Orlando Guard E. Fournier is doubtful. d-Washington Guard B. Beal is questionable. e-LA Clippers Guard C. Paul is questionable.

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Ibaka 0-5), Indiana 9-22 (George 3-5, Brooks 2-3, T.Young 2-4, Turner 1-1, Robinson 1-3, Teague 0-2, Miles 0-4). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Orlando 42 (Vucevic 11), Indiana 46 (Turner 12). Assists-Orlando 25 (Payton 7), Indiana 28 (Teague 9). Total FoulsOrlando 22, Indiana 16.

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Hawks 114, Spurs 112 Jayhawks fared Atlanta — Tim Hardaway Jr. made a tying 3-pointer with Cole Aldrich, Minnesota 3.3 seconds remaining in reguMin: 10. Pts: 0. Reb: 6. Ast: 0. lation and scored nine points in overtime, including the goTarik Black, L.A. Lakers ahead free throw, to lift Atlanta Min: 14. Pts: 9. Reb: 9. Ast: 0. over San Antonio on Sunday night.

Marcus Morris, Detroit Hardaway made the first of Min: 31. Pts: 11. Reb: 1. Ast: 1. two free throws with 10.8 seconds remaining in overtime Thomas Robinson, L.A. Lakers for a 113-112 lead. Paul Millsap Min: 17. Pts: 12. Reb: 9. Ast: 2. grabbed the missed free throw before Dennis Schroder also Brandon Rush, Minnesota made only one of two attempts Did not play (coach’s decision). with 3.9 seconds remaining.

Millsap scored a season-high Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota 32 points and had 13 rebounds Min: 38. Pts: 24. Reb: 5. Ast: 1. for the Hawks, who snapped a string of 11 straight losses to San Antonio since 2010.

Antonio 27 19 28 26 12 — 112 Kawhi Leonard missed a last- San Atlanta 25 19 25 31 14 — 114 second layup for San Antonio 3-Point Goals-San Antonio 9-27 (Green 3-8, 1-1, Gasol 1-1, Parker 1-2, Ginobili 1-3, in overtime. Leonard also had a Aldridge Mills 1-4, Leonard 1-6, Simmons 0-2), Atlanta potential winning short jumper 14-28 (Hardaway Jr. 6-7, Korver 4-9, Millsap spin around the rim before fall- 3-6, Bazemore 1-2, Sefolosha 0-1, Muscala 0-1, Schroder 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Reboundsing out to end regulation.

San Antonio 47 (Aldridge 13), Atlanta 46 Mike Budenholzer, in his (Millsap 13). Assists-San Antonio 27 (Parker Atlanta 25 (Schroder 10). Total Fouls-San fourth season as Atlanta’s 6), Antonio 21, Atlanta 21. Technicals-San Antonio coach, finally earned his first coach Gregg Popovich, Howard. A-18,088 win over San Antonio, where (18,118). he was a former longtime assistant under Gregg Popovich. Trail Blazers 95, LaMarcus Aldridge had 27 Timberwolves 89 Minneapolis — C.J. McColpoints and 13 rebounds to lead lum scored a career-high 43 San Antonio. points and Portland overcame a 14-point first-half deficit to SAN ANTONIO (112) Leonard 3-12 6-7 13, Aldridge 12-17 2-2 27, beat Minnesota.

Gasol 6-10 5-6 18, Parker 10-18 1-2 22, Green 3-8 Mason Plumlee had 18 points 0-0 9, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Lee 4-9 0-0 8, Dedmon 0-1 0-0 0, Mills 2-8 0-0 5, Simmons 0-2 0-0 0, and eight rebounds for the Ginobili 2-5 5-5 10. Totals 42-90 19-22 112.

Blazers. They were without ATLANTA (114) Sefolosha 0-3 3-4 3, Bazemore 3-10 1-4 star point guard Damian Lillard 8, Millsap 11-23 7-10 32, Howard 2-4 2-4 6, for the fourth straight game beSchroder 7-17 2-3 16, Muscala 1-4 0-0 2, Humphries 0-1 0-0 0, Delaney 2-5 0-0 4, cause of a sprained left ankle.

Hardaway Jr. 11-13 1-2 29, Korver 5-12 0-0 14. McCollum made 16 of 25 shots,

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ARIZONA (13-2) Markkanen 4-4 4-4 15, Ristic 7-10 2-2 16, Simmons 6-10 2-2 15, K.Allen 2-3 2-2 8, Alkins 8-8 19, Desjardins 0-0 0-0 0, Pinder 1-3 0-0 2, TUESDAY wouldn’t lead for the rest of the 4-7 Comanche 5-6 3-5 13, Trillo 0-0 0-0 0, Jackson• Girls/boys basketball vs. game, with the biggest advan- Cartwright 0-4 0-0 0, Jones 1-1 0-0 3, Cruz 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-48 21-23 91.

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STANFORD (8-6) Travis 5-12 1-3 11, Verhoeven 0-2 2-2 2, PROVIDENCE (10-5) Cartwright 1-4 1-2 3, Sheffield 3-8 0-0 7, Pickens Holt 2-6 2-4 6, Bullock 6-11 3-6 17, Lindsey 2-6 3-10 3-5 10, BOSTON Stanback 0-1 0-0 0, NEW Humphrey RED SOX YORK YANKEES TAMPA BAY RAYS BALTIMORE ORIOLES TORONTO BLUE JAYS 0-0 5, Jackson 1-2 0-1 2, Cartwright 10-23 3-4 4-10 0-0 8, Walker 0-0 0-0 0, Sharma 2-3 1-4 5, TUESDAY CENTRAL Sanders 0-0 0-3 0, Herenton 0-0 0-0 0, Pagon 0-1 26, Young 0-2 0-2 0, Planek 0-0 0-1 0,ALFazekas 1-3 1-2 3, Diallo 0-5 2-2 2, White 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 0-0 0, M.Allen 0-0 0-0 0, M.Allen 1-5 3-4 6. Totals • Girls/boys basketball vs. KC East, 22-58 11-22 61.

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0-1, Verhoeven 0-1, Cartwright 0-3). Fouled TUESDAY Halftime-Butler 45-26. 3-Point Goals- Out-Travis, Pinder. Rebounds-Arizona 35 Providence 6-22 (Cartwright 3-5, Bullock 2-5, (Comanche 10), Stanford 20 (Travis 8). Assists• Women’s basketball at RED SOX NEW YORK YANKEES TAMPA BAY RAYS BALTIMORE ORIOLES TORONTO BLUE JAYS Lindsey 1-5, Jackson 0-1, Holt 0-1, Fazekas 0-2,ANGELSArizona 20BOSTON LOS ANGELES OAKLAND ATHLETICS MARINERS13 TEXAS RANGERS (Jackson-Cartwright 6), SEATTLE Stanford OF ANAHEIM Cumberland, 1:30 p.m.

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MINNESOTA (13-2) Murphy 6-14 2-2 16, Lynch 5-7 0-0 10, Mason 11-18 7-10 31, McBrayer 5-12 2-2 12, Coffey 3-5 0-2 8, Curry 4-9 0-0 10, Hurt 0-0 0-0 0, Konate 0-1 0-0 0, Springs 1-5 2-3 4. Totals 35-71 13-19 91.

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TODAY IN SPORTS 1961 — George Blanda passes for three touchdowns and kicks a field goal and the extra points to give the Houston Oilers a 24-16 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers in the first American Football League championship game.

1966 — Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung gain 201 yards on four inches of snow at Lambeau Field to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 23-12 victory over the Cleveland Browns and their third championship in five years.

1982 — Rolf Benirschke’s 29-yard field goal at 13:52 of overtime ends one of the wildest and highest-scoring playoff games as San Diego beats Miami Dolphins 41-38.

1985 — Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah State 142-140 in triple overtime as both teams set an NCAA record for total points. The Runnin’ Rebels score a record 93 points in the second half, and coach Jerry Tarkanian gets his 600th victory.

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KANSAS FORWARD JADA BROWN, LEFT, SHOOTS PAST BAYLOR’S Beatrice Mompremier during the KU women’s 90-43 loss Sunday in Waco, Texas.

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Baylor blasts Jayhawks Waco, Texas (ap) — When teams fall behind, they often try to shoot themselves back into games and lose focus on executing offensively.

Kansas did that Sunday, and it played right into No. 3 Baylor’s hands.

The Bears stifled the Jayhawks’ inside game, then turned long rebounds off Kansas misses into easy baskets on the other end. That helped Baylor overcome a sluggish start, and Nina Davis and Alexis Jones scored 16 points apiece to lead the Bears to a 90-43 victory.

“They can play so many different styles because of their personnel groupings,” Kansas coach Brandon Schneider said.

“I thought we showed some fight in the first quarter, but eventually their ability to rebound and get out in transition wears on you.”

The Bears (13-1, 2-0 Big 12) shot 60 percent from the floor while limiting Kansas to a 22.4 percent clip. Baylor also controlled the boards, 58-30.

The Jayhawks (6-7, 0-2) stayed in the game early, thanks in large part to Jessica Washington, who scored 11 of her 18 points in the first quarter. The Bears turned the ball over six times in the opening quarter but still led 28-19 midway through the second quarter.

“I thought we got off to a slow start,” Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said.

“It was physical and aggressive, and we weren’t the aggressor coming out.

So in the third quarter, that same group got an opportunity to be on the floor again to start the second half and it was much better.”

It was all Baylor after that, as it outscored Kansas 41-7 over the next 11

Keegan

BOX SCORE KANSAS (43)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Sydney Umeri 17 1-4 0-0 0-0 4 2 M. Calvert 26 1-10 0-0 0-1 2 2 J. Washington 24 6-23 3-4 3-3 4 18 Chayla Cheadle 26 0-3 0-0 1-4 2 0 Kylee Kopatich 27 2-11 0-0 1-4 2 4 Chelsea Lott 6 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 0 Jada Brown 15 2-4 0-0 1-4 4 5 Timeka O’Neal 14 2-7 0-0 0-0 2 5 A. Robertson 12 0-4 0-0 1-4 3 0 J. Christopher 11 1-3 0-0 0-2 0 3 Lisa Blair 11 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 C. Manning-Allen 11 2-6 0-0 0-2 1 4 team 2-3 Totals 17-76 3-4 10-30 28 43 Three-point goals: 6-30 (Washington 3-8, Brown 1-2, Christopher 1-2, O’Neal 1-5, Cheadle 0-1, Robertson 0-1, Calvert 0-4, Kopatich 0-7). Assists: 9 (Calvert 4, Cheadle 2, Washington 1, Kopatich 1, Christopher 1). Turnovers: 11 (Calvert 3, Blair 2, Kopatich 1, Lott 1, Brown 1, O’Neal 1, Robertson 1, Manning-Allen 1).

Blocked shots: 0. Steals: 7 (Calvert 2, Umeri 1, Washington 1, Cheadle 1, O’Neal 1, Christopher 1).

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KANSAS GUARD CHAYLA CHEADLE, RIGHT, drives past Baylor forward Lauren Cox. minutes to blow the game wide open. As the Bears’ aggressiveness picked up, so did the Jayhawks’ fouls. Baylor shot 40 free throws, but Mulkey wasn’t happy it missed 14 of them.

“I don’t want to address them much. I think now, though, I need to address it because we have kids missing free throws that shouldn’t be,” Mulkey said. “Some of it is fatigue, but we’re going to start holding each other accountable for free throws more than we have.”

Beatrice Mompremier had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Baylor, and Kalani Brown added 11 points.

“We have so much depth it’s almost impossible to know who to stop,” Davis said. “You

expiring. Mason picks his spots and hits them at a higher rate than did Collins.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C Mason’s stamina has improved. Collins’ moves in the air, it’s as declined as he put on if the rest of the bodies weight and developed shift into slow-motion sore knees, a combifor him, allowing him to nation of factors that create the space he needs robbed him of some of to finish shots. his quickness.

Collins might have Mason earns trips been better at distribto the free-throw line uting to shooters after more frequently than did collapsing defenses on Collins, an even better drives, but he didn’t finfree-throw shooter than ish the way Mason does. Mason.

Collins hurt defenses The road ahead of more from long range Mason in the final twoand with such great skill thirds of the season has at freeing himself for potholes all over the 3-pointers, sometimes place, so his numbers serving as a safety net likely will decline, but against the shot clock if he keeps leading his

can start (Mompremier) Kalani, Khadijiah Cave, Lauren Cox, you can pretty much start any one of us. But just having that person you know is going to come off the bench and go to the offensive rebounds hard, it’s good to have.”

Other than Washington’s early offense, Kansas didn’t have much success on that end. Baylor’s size forced the Jayhawks into jump shots, and they weren’t falling.

They were 6 for 30 from 3-point range, and many of those long rebounds turned into breakaway opportunities for Baylor.

Leading scorer McKenzie Calvert, once a Baylor commit, was hounded by 6-foot-2 Alexis Prince on the perimeter and went 1 for 10 for two points.

The Bears took full ad-

team to victory, that won’t hurt his chances of becoming a first-team All-American.

Plenty of talented point guards await him as the schedule strengthens. West Virginia’s Jevon Carter is among the nation’s best defenders. Iowa State’s Monte Morris, Baylor’s Manu Lecomete, Oklahoma State’s Jawun Evans and Kentucky’s De’Aaron Fox, to name just a few, will want to show what they can do against Mason, whose remarkably efficient start to the season has thrown him into the national spotlight.

That won’t make Mason back up an inch.

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MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Nina Davis 19 7-7 2-2 1-5 1 16 Kalani Brown 18 5-6 1-2 1-4 0 11 Kristy Wallace 17 2-3 0-0 0-2 1 5 Alexis Prince 19 3-6 0-0 0-5 0 6 Alexis Jones 25 5-10 4-4 0-7 1 16 D. Cohen 15 1-1 3-5 1-6 0 5 A. Gulley 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Lauren Cox 13 0-3 5-8 1-3 2 5 C. Landrum 15 0-1 1-2 0-1 3 1 Natalie Chou 18 1-5 1-4 0-2 0 4 Alyssa Dry 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 B. Mompremier 15 3-3 9-12 2-10 1 15 Khadijiah Cave 17 3-5 0-1 2-8 1 6 team 1-5 Totals 30-50 26-40 9-58 11 90 Three-point goals: 4-11 (Jones 2-4, Wallace 1-2, Chou 1-3, Prince 0-1, Landrum 0-1). Assists: 22 (Wallace 5, Brown 4, Prince 3, Jones 2, Cox 2, Chou 2, Cohen 1, Landrum 1, Dry 1, Mompermier 1).

Turnovers: 21 (Wallace 3, Jones 3, Cave 3, Davis 2, Brown 2, Landrum 2, Dry 2, Mompreimier 2, Cohen 1, Cox 1). Blocked shots: 15 (Mompermier 4, Brown 3, Cox 3, Chou 2, Cave 2, Prince 1). Steals: 5 (Cave 3, Jones 1, Landrum 1).

Kansas 13 11 10 9 — 43 Baylor 20 28 27 15 — 90 Officials: Maj Forsberg, Doug Knight, Marc Merritt. Attendance: 6,501.

vantage of their two home games to start conference play, dominating Kansas State and Kansas by an average of 38 1/2 points.

Baylor nearly blocked more shots (15) than it allowed points in the paint (16) against the Jayhawks, and did so without fouling. Kansas received only four free throw attempts, all in the first quarter.

Kansas returns to Allen Fieldhouse on Wednesday to face Texas.

A memorable line a late mobster friend of mine once told me applies to Mason on a basketball court.

“I ain’t a scared a nobody!” Rocky blurted as he pounded the table.

Fearless Frank Mason fears nobody on a basketball court. At the same time, the game he sees in front of him plays out so slowly that he doesn’t lose control and lapse into the mindset of trying to prove anything to anybody. That makes sense, when you think about it.

There is no better way to demonstrate fearlessness than to go about one’s job in secure fashion, oblivious to the judging eyes of others.

comfort, both with Bill Self’s basketball program and the country he now calls home, has inspired Mykhailiuk to play his best basketball in a Kansas uniform to date.

“I think a lot of it’s age, maturity,” Self said of Mykhailiuk’s strong start. “Last year, Perry (Ellis) obviously (was) a big and he was always going to be your second big, so you’ve only got three (guard) spots and it (got) to be kind of a crowded house. I don’t think he was quite ready to have a little bit bigger role. But now, obviously, he is.”

Neither Self nor Mykhailiuk believe there is any direct correlation between the junior wing’s adjustment to life in the United States and his strong play on the court, where, through 13 games — the last three of them starts — he has averaged 11.2 points in 27 minutes per game while leading with 30 3-point makes on .448 shooting from behind the arc.

“I don’t know if it’s that he’s comfortable in America,” Self said. “But it could be. I haven’t thought about that. Maybe once we got through the elections he feels relieved about everything.”

All joking aside, Self said Mykhailiuk getting an extended opportunity to impress and play his game has made the biggest difference and the young Ukrainian has done the rest.

“I just got adjusted,” Mykhailiuk said.

“I learned the language a lot so I can speak with everybody and understand everybody. And, with basketball, too, I became more comfortable with the program and the chemistry of the team.”

That adjustment has not come without a genuine effort to immerse himself in American culture.

Fast food, movies, music and the joys of a society obsessed with sports all have become a routine part of life for Mykhailiuk, who initially was blown away by all of the options available in the supersized United States.

“It was way different,” he said. “It’s not like back home. I mean, it’s a new country and everything’s new and a new chapter in my life. I was a little bit nervous because I didn’t know anyone. I was excited, too, though, because everybody talks about how America’s so great and how college is the best time of your life.”

Five Guys, Applebees and Kobe Steakhouse rank among Mykhailiuk’s favorite eateries. He also loves action movies and Kevin Hart comedies — and enjoys even more his ability to pull them up quickly and easily online via Netflix and Hulu — and follows mainstream music by J. Cole, Drake and Future, all of whom, Havili said, have helped Mykhailiuk fine-tune his English.

When his friends back home FaceTime with him or send him messages asking what life is like in the U.S., Mykhailiuk offers an easy answer.

“I just say it’s like in the movies,” he said. “You can watch American movies and it’s almost the same.”

There is one element

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of life in Lawrence that Mykhailiuk would more prefer to show his friends and family back home than tell them. And Havili says it very well could be his favorite aspect of living in America.

“He always says he wants to start a Chipotle back in Ukraine,” she said, laughing. “I think he eats there like five times a week.”

There have been a few tastes of home during Mykhailiuk’s stay in Lawrence.

His parents, who speak next to no English — “Pretty much just hello,” Havili said. — twice have been to Allen Fieldhouse to watch him play. In addition, his father, Iurri, and one of his former Ukrainian coaches were in Fort Worth last Friday to watch KU beat TCU and will be in attendance Tuesday for KU’s clash with K-State at Allen Fieldhouse.

And a couple of weeks ago, while his teammates all made short, sweet trips home to see family and friends for the holidays, Mykhailiuk was treated to a few days with childhood friend Anton Bilous, whose Western Texas College team happened to be in Kansas City over winter break.

“He came here almost every day and we were just shooting in the gym, playing pool, showing him around the city,” Mykhailiuk said. “He told me, ‘I can’t believe we’re in Kansas right now just walking together.’”

In addition to those links to home, Mykhailiuk has made friends with a few members of KU’s track team who also hail from Ukraine, including assistant coach Andy Kokhanovsky.

Even though the conversations are brief and often come in the hallways in and out of the weight room, Mykhailiuk, who is fluent in Ukrainian, Russian and English, said any reminder of home, however small, always brings a smile to his face.

The way Mykhailiuk sees it, his Americanization process, which remains ongoing, has come naturally, the product of spending time around teammates and teachers with American backgrounds in American cities. It’s not that he has changed, even if the added facial hair and bulked-up physical frame make the 2014 version of Mykhailiuk nearly unrecognizable. More that he has evolved.

“I think he got a lot of it from his team,” Havili said. “You can totally see the rest of his team in him and him trying to sort of emulate what they’re doing.”

While that imitation might include favorite phrases, funky dance moves or becoming a regular at a fast food restaurant, it also references the biggest reason Mykhailiuk and his teammates all are here.

“I care not about me, but just my team to win,” Mykhailiuk said. “That’s all I care about. It doesn’t matter how many minutes I play, I just want my team to win.”

As for whether he has come far enough to be considered an American yet, Mykhailiuk raised his eyebrows, shrugged his shoulders, quickly laughed and offered: “Uh, I don’t know. Ask other people that. Not me.”

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Broncos rip Raiders; Patriots take top seed Colts 24, Jaguars 20 Indianapolis — Andrew Luck threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Jack Doyle with 9 seconds left. Indy (8-8) went 75 yards in 84 seconds with no timeouts to avoid its first losing season since 2011, sending retiring linebacker Robert Mathis out with a win in his final NFL game.

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Broncos 24, Raiders 6 Denver — In a game that couldn’t have gone much worse, Oakland lost its latest starting quarterback, Matt McGloin, to a shoulder injury, then fell 24-6 on Sunday to Denver, a team with nothing to play for and now in need of a new coach.

Gary Kubiak informed his players in an emotional postgame locker room that he’s stepping away for health reasons.

Combined with Kansas City’s win over San Diego, the Raiders (124) squandered the AFC West title and the firstround bye that went with it — and instead fell to the No. 5 seed.

The Raiders came into the last week of the regular season with a chance at the AFC’s top seed.

Now, they are a wild card with a rookie thirdstringer as their only fully healthy quarterback.

Earlier in the day, New England locked up the top seed.

Leading Oakland into next week’s game at Houston could be rookie Connor Cook if the injury to McGloin proves serious.

McGloin, who got the start when Derek Carr broke his leg last week, left late in the second quarter. He completed six passes for 21 yards, missing virtually every throw downfield. He stood on the bench in a stocking cap for the second half.

A fourth-year player out of Penn State, McGloin was making his first start since 2013. He was hurt when Jared Crick slammed him to the turf, drawing a roughing-thepasser penalty. Moments before that play, McGloin overthrew a wide-open Amari Cooper.

Cook was 14 of 21 with a touchdown to Cooper, an interception and a lost fumble against the defending Super Bowl champion Broncos (9-7), who ended a three-game slide.

Devontae Booker became the first Broncos rookie with a rushing and receiving touchdown in the same game since Clinton Portis in 2002.

The speculation that Kubiak was stepping away from the game was circulating all day. He’s 11 months removed from leading Denver to a Super Bowl win over Carolina.

The 55-year-old Kubiak suffered a complex mi-

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scored on a 5-yard scramble early in the second quarter to tie the game at 10. He threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to wide-open Charcandrick West later in the quarter to put the Chiefs ahead for good. That followed the first of two interceptions of Philip Rivers that led to 10 points for the Chiefs.

“For us it was such a big swing, to go from potentially playing a road game in the wild card to a bye and hosting a game,” Smith said. “There was no in-between there.

We took care of our end and got some help from Denver, so it was pretty sweet.

“We saw the score there at the end, and we had our deal sealed up.

Pretty awesome, and to win the division is special

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NEW ENGLAND WIDE RECEIVER Michael Floyd (14) celebrates a touchdown in the Patriots’ 35-14 victory over Miami on Sunday in Miami Gardens, Fla. graine on Oct. 9 following Titans 24, Texans 17 Nashville, Tenn. — A Denver’s loss to Atlanta. concussion that sidelined Patriots 35, quarterback Tom Savage Dolphins 14 could have the biggest Miami Gardens, Fla. — impact coming out of the Tom Brady threw for 276 Texans’ loss. yards and three scores Savage started for the Sunday, and the Patriots AFC South champions, clinched home-field ad- left in the second quarter vantage throughout the to be evaluated for a conAFC playoffs by beating cussion and was cleared. the Dolphins.

He took a snap to kneel New England took a down on the final play 20-0 lead in the first half, of the first half and was and turned away Miami’s diagnosed with a concuscomeback bid with the sion after being re-evaluhelp of a 77-yard touch- ated at halftime. down catch-and-run by Julian Edelman and a 69- Eagles 27, Cowboys 13 Philadelphia — Tony yard fumble return by linebacker Shea McClel- Romo threw his first touchdown pass in nearlin.

The Patriots (14-2), al- ly 14 months and the ready assured of a first- playoff-bound Cowboys round bye, became the played it safe.

The Cowboys (13-3) ninth team since 1972 to go undefeated on the locked up the No. 1 seed road during the regular and home-field advantage throughout the season.

NFC playoffs when the Steelers 27, Eagles (7-9) beat the GiBrowns 24 ants on Dec. 22. So Dak Pittsburgh — Steel- Prescott played only two ers backups assured the series and Ezekiel Elliott Browns of the top pick in watched from the sidethe 2017 draft. line.

Landry Jones hit Cobi Hamilton with a 26-yard Buccaneers 17, touchdown with 2:57 left Panthers 16 Tampa, Fla. — Jameis in overtime. The Browns took a lead on Cody Par- Winston threw for 202 key’s 34-yard field goal yards and one touchwith 7:17 remaining in the down, and the Buccaneers broke up Cam Newton’s extra session.

2-point conversion throw Jets 30, Bills 10 in the closing seconds for East Rutherford, N.J. their first winning season — Ryan Fitzpatrick threw in six years. two touchdown passes in what was likely his final Vikings 38, Bears 10 Minneapolis — Sam game for the Jets.

Despite a 5-11 record, Bradford concluded his the Jets are making no first season with Minnechanges in leadership, sota with three first-half meaning both coach touchdown passes. BradTodd Bowles and gen- ford went 25 for 33 for eral manager Mike Mac- 250 yards and one intercagnan will remain with ception, finishing with a the team next season. 71.6 percent completion The team announced the rate to set an NFL singleseason record. moves after the game.

as well, that’s something that this group hasn’t done.

“It’s crazy to sweep the division,” he said of going 6-0.

Smith was intercepted once, on a deflected pass that Jahleel Addae returned 90 yards for a touchdown to pull the Chargers (5-11) to 20-17 in the third quarter. Smith came right back and threw a 2-yard scoring pass to West, who again was wide open.

Rookie Tyreek Hill showed some fancy footwork in returning a punt 95 yards for a touchdown in the final minute of the third quarter.

McCoy fired McCoy was 27-37 in four seasons, with the Chargers having lost 23 of their last 32 games.

They’ve also lost 13 of their last 14 AFC West games dating to late in the 2014 season. He had one year left on his contract.

The LA option For the second straight year, the Chargers were playing perhaps their final game in San Diego.

Last year, Chairman Dean Spanos was in the process of trying to move the team to Carson to share a stadium with the rival Raiders. That plan was defeated by fellow NFL owners in January, but Spanos was given the option to move to LA if he couldn’t come up with a way to replace aging Qualcomm Stadium. A Nov. 8 ballot measure asking for $1 billion in increased hotel occupancy taxes to help fund a new downtown stadium was overwhelmingly voted down.

Spanos has until Jan. 15 to announce whether he’ll move the team The Rolling Stones’ “The Last Time” played on the PA during a break in the action after a Chiefs field goal made it 37-20 late in the game.

Smith, for one, hopes that doesn’t happen. He

Bengals 27, Ravens 10 Cincinnati — Andy Dalton completed his first 10 passes, one for a touchdown, and Rex Burkhead ran for a pair of scores in the Bengals’ fifth straight win at home over the Ravens.

Seahawks 25, 49ers 23 Santa Clara, Calif.

— Russell Wilson threw for 258 yards and a touchdown, and Seattle rallied from an early 11-point deficit to beat San Francisco in what could be coach Chip Kelly’s final game with the 49ers.

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 14 2 0 .875 441 250 x-Miami 10 6 0 .625 363 380 Buffalo 7 9 0 .438 399 378 N.Y. Jets 5 11 0 .313 275 409 South

W L T Pct PF PA y-Houston 9 7 0 .563 279 328 Tennessee 9 7 0 .563 381 378 Indianapolis 8 8 0 .500 411 392 Jacksonville 3 13 0 .188 318 400 North

W L T Pct PF PA y-Pittsburgh 11 5 0 .688 399 327 Baltimore 8 8 0 .500 343 321 Cincinnati 6 9 1 .406 325 315 Cleveland 1 15 0 .063 264 452 West

W L T Pct PF PA y-Kansas City 12 4 0 .750 389 311 x-Oakland 12 4 0 .750 416 385 Denver 9 7 0 .563 333 297 San Diego 5 11 0 .313 410 423 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA y-Dallas 13 3 0 .813 421 306 x-N.Y. Giants 11 5 0 .688 310 284 Washington 8 7 1 .531 396 383 Philadelphia 7 9 0 .438 367 331 South

W L T Pct PF PA y-Atlanta 11 5 0 .688 540 406 Tampa Bay 9 7 0 .563 354 369 New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 469 454 Carolina 6 10 0 .375 369 402 North

W L T Pct PF PA y-Green Bay 10 6 0 .625 432 388 x-Detroit 9 7 0 .563 346 358 Minnesota 8 8 0 .500 327 307 Chicago 3 13 0 .188 279 399 West

W L T Pct PF PA y-Seattle 10 5 1 .656 354 292 Arizona 7 8 1 .469 418 362 Los Angeles 4 12 0 .250 224 394 San Francisco 2 14 0 .125 309 480 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Sunday’s Games Minnesota 38, Chicago 10 Cincinnati 27, Baltimore 10 New England 35, Miami 14 N.Y. Jets 30, Buffalo 10 Philadelphia 27, Dallas 13 Indianapolis 24, Jacksonville 20 Tampa Bay 17, Carolina 16 Tennessee 24, Houston 17 Pittsburgh 27, Cleveland 24, OT N.Y. Giants 19, Washington 10 Seattle 25, San Francisco 23 Denver 24, Oakland 6 Kansas City 37, San Diego 27 Arizona 44, Los Angeles 6 Atlanta 38, New Orleans 32 Green Bay 31, Detroit 24

Falcons 38, Saints 32 Atlanta — Matt Ryan bolstered his MVP credentials with a brilliant first half, throwing four Playoffs touchdown passes to lead NFL Wild-card Playoffs Atlanta, securing a first- Saturday, Jan. 7 Oakland at Houston, round playoff bye.

Cardinals 44, Rams 6 Los Angeles — Carson Palmer threw touchdown passes to Jeremy Ross, Darren Fells and Larry Fitzgerald, and Arizona wrapped up a frustrating season with a victory over freefalling Los Angeles.

3:35 p.m.

(ESPN) Detroit at Seattle, 7:15 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 8 Miami at Pittsburgh, 12:05 p.m.

(CBS) N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 3:40 p.m.

(FOX) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 14 Seattle, Green Bay or N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, 3:35 p.m. (FOX) Houston, Oakland or Miami at New England, 7:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 15 Pittsburgh, Houston or Oakland at Kansas City, 12:05 p.m. (NBC) Green Bay, N.Y. Giants or Detroit at Dallas, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 22 AFC TBD NFC TBD Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 29 At Orlando, Fla. AFC vs. NFC, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5 At Houston TBD, 5:30 p.m. (FOX)

Giants 19, Redskins 10 Landover, Md. — Facing an opponent with nothing to play for, Washington blew its chance to make the playoffs.

The Redskins would have made the playoffs with a win. Instead, Kirk Cousins was intercepted twice in the second half

by Dominique RodgersCromartie and Washington (8-7-1) goes into NBA an offseason filled with EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division questions.

W L Packers 31, Lions 24 Detroit — Aaron Rodgers threw three of his four touchdown passes in the second half, lifting Green Bay to an NFC North-winning victory over Detroit.

Detroit’s Matthew Stafford connected with Anquan Boldin for a 35-yard touchdown pass with 13 seconds left.

grew up in the San Diego area and played at Qualcomm Stadium in high school championship games and in college when Utah visited San Diego State.

“For me growing up here, I think it’d be tragic if there wasn’t a team here. If there wasn’t football in this town, it would be weird for me.”

Gatesy Chargers tight end Antonio Gates tied Tony Gonzalez for the most touchdown catches in NFL history by a tight end with 111.

Gates tied the mark on a 2-yard toss from Rivers early in the second quarter to give the Chargers a 10-3 lead. Gates caught the ball and extended it in his right hand to break the plane.

The Chargers tried to get Gates sole possession of the record in the fourth quarter but couldn’t.

“They were not going to let him get that touch-

Toronto 23 Boston 20 New York 16 Philadelphia 8 Brooklyn 8 Southeast Division

W Charlotte 19 Atlanta 18 Washington 16 Orlando 15 Miami 10 Central Division

W Cleveland 25 Milwaukee 16 Indiana 17 Chicago 16 Detroit 16

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GB — 3½ 7 14½ 14½

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Pct .559 .529 .500 .429 .286

GB — 1 2 4½ 9½

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down,” Rivers said. “I was looking at him every other time, too. We did the best we could.”

Late in the game, Rivers threw a 12-yard TD pass to San Diego’s other tight end, wide-open rookie Hunter Henry.

Rivers pickoffs Rivers was intercepted twice to set a career high with 21. Rivers’ previous high was 20 in 2011.

“We gave ourselves a chance. We turned it over twice, which killed us,” Rivers said.

Injuries Chiefs S Eric Berry left with an ankle injury in the second half. Chargers S Darrell Stuckey left with a knee injury, LB Christopher Landrum suffered a concussion and G Orlando Franklin had a shoulder injury.

Kansas City 3 17 14 3 — 37 San Diego 3 7 7 10 — 27 First Quarter SD-FG Lambo 35, 10:16.

KC-FG Santos 35, 5:20.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 27 7 .794 — Houston 26 9 .743 1½ Memphis 22 14 .611 6 New Orleans 14 21 .400 13½ Dallas 10 24 .294 17 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Utah 21 13 .618 — Oklahoma City 21 13 .618 — Denver 14 19 .424 6½ Portland 15 21 .417 7 Minnesota 11 23 .324 10 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 29 5 .853 — L.A. Clippers 22 14 .611 8 Sacramento 14 19 .424 14½ L.A. Lakers 12 25 .324 18½ Phoenix 10 24 .294 19 Sunday’s Games Atlanta 114, San Antonio 112, OT Detroit 107, Miami 98 Indiana 117, Orlando 104 Portland 95, Minnesota 89 Toronto 123, L.A. Lakers 114 Today’s Games New Orleans at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Orlando at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Washington at Houston, 7 p.m.

Denver at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Big 12 Men

League Overall Baylor 1-0 13-0 Kansas 1-0 12-1 Kansas State 1-0 12-1 West Virginia 1-0 12-1 Iowa State 1-0 9-3 TCU 0-1 11-2 Texas Tech 0-1 11-2 Oklahoma State 0-1 10-3 Oklahoma 0-1 6-6 Texas 0-1 6-7 Tuesday, Jan. 3 Kansas State at Kansas, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma at TCU, 8 p.m.

West Virginia at Texas Tech, 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 4 Iowa State at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma State at Texas, 7 p.m.

Big 12 Women

League Overall Baylor 2-0 13-1 Oklahoma 2-0 11-3 Texas 2-0 8-4 West Virginia 1-1 13-1 Oklahoma State 1-1 11-2 Kansas State 1-1 11-3 Texas Tech 1-1 9-4 Iowa State 0-2 9-4 TCU 0-2 8-5 Kansas 0-2 6-7 Sunday’s Games Baylor 90, Kansas 43 Texas 75, Iowa State 68 Kansas State 86, West Virginia 71 Oklahoma 87, TCU 72 Texas Tech 70, Oklahoma State 65 Wednesday, Jan. 4 Texas at Kansas, 7 p.m.

Iowa State at Texas Tech, 6 p.m.

Baylor at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Kansas State at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma State at TCU, 8 p.m.

College Men

EAST Boston College 96, Syracuse 81 Penn St. 60, Rutgers 47 Seton Hall 69, Marquette 66 SOUTH Louisiana Tech 79, Southern Miss.

55 Middle Tennessee 60, UAB 49 Nebraska 67, Maryland 65 MIDWEST Butler 78, Providence 61 Cincinnati 92, Tulane 56 Evansville 70, N. Iowa 58 Illinois 75, Ohio St. 70 Illinois St. 81, Loyola of Chicago 59 Iowa 86, Michigan 83 Minnesota 91, Purdue 82 S. Illinois 83, Drake 69 St. John’s 79, DePaul 73 Wichita St. 100, Bradley 66 SOUTHWEST UTSA 67, UTEP 55 FAR WEST Arizona 91, Stanford 52 New Mexico 68, San Diego St. 62 Utah 76, Colorado 60 Washington St. 79, Washington 74

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Waived F Reggie Williams.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned D Adam Pardy to Milwaukee (AHL).

Placed D P.K. Subban on injured reserve.

NHL

Sunday’s Games Toronto 5, Detroit 4, OT Washington 2, Ottawa 1 Anaheim 4, Philadelphia 3, SO Monday’s Games Chicago at St. Louis, noon Boston at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Second Quarter SD-Gates 2 pass from Rivers (Lambo kick), 14:49.

KC-A.Smith 5 run (Santos kick), 12:53.

KC-West 4 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 6:09.

KC-FG Santos 25, :00.

Third Quarter SD-Addae 90 interception return (Lambo kick), 10:23.

KC-West 2 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 3:48.

KC-Hill 95 punt return (Santos kick), :59.

Fourth Quarter SD-FG Lambo 29, 10:19.

KC-FG Santos 37, 4:31.

SD-Henry 12 pass from Rivers (Lambo kick), 2:08.

A-54,915.

KC SD First downs 26 26 Total Net Yards 365 398 Rushes-yards 31-103 26-129 Passing 262 269 Punt Returns 1-95 0-0 Kickoff Returns 2-61 4-87 Interceptions Ret. 2-16 1-90 Comp-Att-Int 21-28-1 22-38-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-2 0-0 Punts 1-44.0 1-49.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-19 10-50 Time of Possession 30:48 29:12 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Kansas City, West 16-58, A.Smith 6-21, Hill 3-15, K.Davis 6-9. San Diego, A.Williams 18-87, Hillman 7-41, Rivers 1-1.

PASSING-Kansas City, A.Smith 21-28-1-264. San Diego, Rivers 22-382-269.

RECEIVING-Kansas City, West 5-58, Hill 5-46, Conley 4-55, Maclin 4-53, A.Wilson 1-42, Kelce 1-8, Sherman 1-2.

San Diego, Ty.Williams 6-70, Gates 5-55, Inman 4-51, Henry 4-43, Hillman 3-50.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-None.

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(First published in the THE STATE OF KANSAS TO Lawrence Daily Journal- ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: World December 19, 2016) You are hereby notified IN THE DISTRICT COURT that on December 6, 2016, OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, a Petition for Final SettleKANSAS ment was filed in this Court by David NottingIn the Matter of ham, duly appointed, qualthe Estate of: ified and acting executor DORIS I. NOTTINGHAM, of the Estate of Doris I. Deceased.

Nottingham, deceased, praying petitioner’s acts Case No. 2015 PR 203 be approved; account be Division No. IV settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Proceeding Under Will be construed and the K.S.A. Chapter 59 Estate be assigned to the person entitled thereto; NOTICE OF HEARING ON the Court find the allowPETITION FOR ance requested for FINAL SETTLEMENT attorney’s fees is reasona-

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ble, should be allowed and ordered paid; the court costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of receipts, petitioner be finally discharged as Executor of the Estate of Doris I. Nottingham, deceased, and petitioner be released from further liability.

Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

DAVID NOTTINGHAM, Petitioner COLLISTER & KAMPSCHROEDER Attorneys at Law 3311 Clinton Parkway Ct. Lawrence, Kansas 66047-2631 Phone: (785) 842-3126 Fax: (758) 842-3878 E-mail: collkamp@sbcglobal.net

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 12th day of January, 2017, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., in the District Court in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, at ATTORNEYS FOR which time and place the PETITIONER cause will be heard. _______