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A look at 3 school finance plans garnering debate hearings on one of the bills as early as Thursday.

“It takes a while to get them assigned to the K-12 (Education Budget) Committee and give the public notice of hearings, but generally, we’ll be focusing on formulas the next few weeks,” Rep. Larry Campbell, R-Olathe, said in an email Friday.

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Topeka — The chairman of a House committee charged with crafting a new school finance formula plans this coming week to start reviewing the bills that have been introduced so far, and could open formal

So far, five separate plans have been formally introduced in the House, including three that were just introduced Friday, and some of them take vastly different approaches to funding schools from what the state has seen in the past.

Those discussions will begin while lawmakers,

school officials and the general public are still waiting for the Kansas Supreme Court to rule on a lawsuit challenging the adequacy of current school funding. Most lawmakers expect that decision to give them some direction for writing a new formula, or at least how much money the state will

need to put into it. be finalized before But House Speakwe leave for break er Ron Ryckman Jr. (March 30), but said he sees no need there’s not a timeto wait on the Suline,” he said. “We preme Court before want to do it right. starting work on the LEGISLATURE We don’t want to new funding plan. rush it.”

“We’re still gathering In 2015, lawmakers abolinformation and meeting ished a formula that had with the community. Our > FINANCE, 2A hope is that something can

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oversees student affairs, undergraduate studies and a few other units. sshepherd@ljworld.com Bendapudi hasn’t been overf she was only the provost, a whelmed with calls from bewiluniversity’s chief academic of- dered first-years, though. ficer, Neeli Bendapudi might “They text,” she said. not have given her personal Bendapudi’s strategy also cell phone number to the entire included telling everyone who freshman class last fall. reports to her that the freshmen But at the University of have her number.

Kansas, Bendapudi also “If you’re running into walls holds the title of executive and no matter what you try vice chancellor, so in adyou’re not able to make progress, dition to academics, she reach out,” Bendapudi said. “So l l l

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if a student reaches out to me, it means they’ve tried everybody up and down the chain and they couldn’t succeed. A little tonguein-cheek, but I think it gives everybody more incentive.”

Bendapudi started as provost and executive vice chancellor July 1. Previously she was KU’s School of Business dean. The JournalWorld recently sat down with her for a Q&A on happenings with her office.

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School board to consider issuing laptops to all high schoolers

By Joanna Hlavacek jhlavacek@ljworld.com

Every Lawrence high school student could be issued a MacBook starting next year as part of the district’s efforts to close its digital equity gap. Today, the school board will hear a recommendation from Jerri Kemble, the district’s assistant L A W R E NC E

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superintendent of innovation and technology, to do just that.

After a successful pilot program last fall that tested both iPads and MacBooks in Lawrence high school classrooms, Kemble and district leaders are asking the school board to consider the purchase of 4,000 MacBooks — one for each high school student and about 30

spares per high school, plus some to be distributed to blended-learning classrooms across the district’s elementary schools.

“School doesn’t end at 3 o’clock each day. The learning doesn’t end,” said Kemble, who helped supervise the rollout of iPads into middle school classrooms last year. “A lot of students report that they actually

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Around 400 students — with teachers’ supervision — took part in testing out iPads and MacBooks, spending nine weeks with each device, last fall as part of the district’s 1:1 pilot program. More than 70 percent of |

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LAWRENCE • STATE the fourth year, 2020-2021. l Providing additional funding for students deemed “at risk” of failing or dropping out, but the at-risk student population would be based on Census Bureau estimates of poverty in each district rather than on a count of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

At-risk students would be counted as 1.456 students for funding purposes. Department of Education officials say that would probably result in slightly less at-risk funding than the old formula provided. l Providing additional funding, equal to 50 percent of the foundation funding, for each student enrolled in a career and technical education program. l Funding all-day kindergarten and counting those pupils fully for funding purposes. Kindergarten students are currently counted as half of a student because many only attend for half a day. l Continuing to fund special education and transportation as they are under current law. However, the bill would gradually reduce the distance limit for students to qualify for transportation aid to 1 mile from school instead of the current 2.5 miles. l Leaving the current 20-mill statewide property tax levy in place and allowing districts to adopt local option budgets of as much as 30 percent of their foundation budgets.

Other portions of current law would remain, including the 20-mill statewide property tax levy and equalization aid for capital outlay funds and bond and interest funds.

Rooker is also part of a coalition in the House supporting a tax proposal that would raise just more than $1 billion in new taxes over the next two years. That’s roughly what budget officials say is needed to structurally balance the state’s current level of spending, without any increases in school aid.

When asked where the money would come from to pay the additional $560 million it would take to fund the proposed formula, Rooker said that has not been decided yet.

“It’s not the final plan. It’s the starting point in discussion,” she said. “It needs to be considered as part of the process, which is why I say the tax plan our committee kicked out (Thursday) night is a good beginning.”

“We’re trying to do it more internally focused,” she said.

“We’re trying to tap in more to our internal expertise because CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A there’s a lot of expertise on our campus, no matter what topic.”

What major changes have you Work by Huron Consulting made, or plan to make soon?

Group, which made recommendaWith budget uncertainty at the tions for the earlier plan, is nearly state level and a new — yet unall complete but for some efforts known — chancellor coming this in the area of research, Bendapudi summer, Bendapudi said she hasn’t said. initiated any sweeping new plan.

Shorelight Education continues “In a period of transition, I didn’t its partnership with KU to run feel, and the chancellor didn’t feel, the International Academic Acwe should start a whole lot of new celerator Program to recruit and initiatives, because we don’t know assimilate international students who the leader will be. It’s not fair to college life and academics. to an organization,” she said.

“Again, it’s a contractual “The worst thing is when obligation and it’s continuing, someone starts a whole bunch of but we’re open to and looking things and they leave, someone at many other models as well,” else comes in and says, ‘Oh, that’s Bendapudi said. all bad,’ and they start their own.”

Everspring continues to help Right now, Bendapudi is pro- develop online courses, though KU moting “GOHIO.” is doing much of that in-house.

The acronym stands for “Get “That’s just one small part of our house in order,” Bendapudi our online effort,” Bendapudi said, crediting a KU alumnus, said of Everspring’s work. “I now an Amazon exec, who redo think we need to build our cently visited the campus. internal capacity.”

“That’s the philosophy that I’ve talked to everybody about,” What are you doing to accommodate state budget cuts?

Bendapudi said. “There are “It’s a pretty collaborative things we know that we could process,” Bendapudi said. be doing that no matter who Centrally, that involves thinking comes along, they would say, about what can be done to reduce ‘Thank you for doing this.’” overhead, she said. Beyond Strong Where does KU stand with its Hall, every unit on campus is talkefficiency initiative, including ing about being the “best stewards outside consultants? of the public trust.”

Bendapudi said some major The provost’s office also is initiatives from former provost wary of potential future cuts.

Jeff Vitter’s Changing for Excel“It’s a difficult time for everylence efficiency and cost-saving body because of unpredictability,” plan had concluded, though she said. “That is part of our relucsome contracts are ongoing. tance to launch a whole bunch of “I’m hopeful that the discithings, because you want to be sure pline and the process continues, you can pay for it.” because it’s the search for how do Talk about diversity progress. we stay more nimble, stay more KU’s Diversity, Equity, and agile; where do we find savings?”

Inclusion Advisory Group met Bendapudi said. last school year and released a But as for initiating new contracts with outside vendors, Benda- report with 30 suggestions in April. Bendapudi’s office used pudi is leaning the other way.

it to develop a Diversity Action Plan, which is being updated online at provost.ku.edu as steps are completed.

A few highlights: There’s now a common orientation for domestic and international students; KU has taken steps to make fees more transparent online; and deans are creating special positions to focus on diversity within their respective schools. A small amount of money has been set aside to enable faculty-staff councils — common in the corporate environment, Bendapudi said — for employees with shared backgrounds to come together for support and ideas.

The overarching idea is to make KU more inclusive, which in turn will help attract and retain talent, Bendapudi said.

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been in place more than 20 years and replaced it with a system of block grants that froze funding in place for the next two years.

That block grant system expires on June 30, which means lawmakers must do something this year to provide for a way of distributing money to local school districts.

Gov. Sam Brownback has said he is not interested in extending the block grants for another year, although the administration has not proposed a specific new funding formula of its own.

Here is a look at three of the plans currently being considered, those for which the most background information is known:

Rooker-Kelly plan: The plan that is most likely to be the first one considered was cowritten by Rep. Melissa Rooker, RMission Hills, and Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka. It is also the only one that the Kansas State Department of Education has analyzed to show the impact it would have on individual districts.

That bill, House Bill 2270, would phase in significant increases in school funding over the next four years, adding an estimated $336.5 million in the first year, plus an additional $200 million on top of that each of the next three years.

The Lawrence school district would see an increase of $5.9 million in the first year of that plan, according to the Department of Education’s analysis. The Eudora district would see an increase of just more than $1 million, and the Baldwin City district would get an additional $976,176.

Key elements of the plan include: l Reinstating a per-pupil funding formula known as “foundation state aid” that would be based on each district’s prior year’s enrollment, and setting the amount at $4,235 per pupil in the first year, and gradually raising that to $4,895 per pupil in

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expected to bring the laptops with them to class every day, just as they would other learning materials. The MacBooks, she said, can be used in a variety of settings — data entry during science experiments, for example, or creating presentations for English class.

“Kids are collaborating, reading each other’s work, providing feedback, which they wouldn’t be if they were using paper and pencil,” said Kemble, who also, as part of the

Lawrence district’s research, visited nearby districts implementing their own 1:1 programs. “This just makes it so much easier. The communication piece is there.”

Lawrence, like other districts across the country, has become increasingly dependent on digital textbooks. As of the 2015-2016 school year, more than 90 percent of secondary school students districtwide were enrolled in one or more classes that relied on a digital textbook.

But as of last spring, there were as many as 400 secondary school students in the district living without in-home internet access.

Thanks to a $39,000 gift from the Lawrence Schools Foundation

Rep. Schwab plan: Rep. Scott Schwab, R-Olathe, the Speaker Pro Tem of the House, is the author of another plan that takes a very different approach to funding schools.

Instead of funding schools on a per-pupil basis, his plan, House Bill 2242, would fund them based on an average cost “per classroom.”

Schwab said in a telephone interview Friday that he doesn’t expect that bill to become law, but he wants to start a conversation about ways to fund schools that avoid artificial spikes or drops in a district’s funding based on minor changes in enrollment.

“If there are 20 students in a fourth grade class and one of those students leaves, there are 19 kids in that class,” he said. “Your cost didn’t go down, but you just lost $4,200, or whatever the base was at the time. That kid goes to Johnson County and gets enrolled in a fourth-grade class where there are 19 kids and that moves them up to 20, well, their costs didn’t go up, but they get a bonus of $4,000.”

Under Schwab’s plan, the Legislative Division of Post Audit would conduct a study every 10 years to determine the average cost per classroom for a variety of different kinds, taking into account the differences between elementary and secondary classes, and between such things as a science or computer lab and an English classroom.

Every 10 years, a new average would be set, and then adjusted each year forward for inflation.

In order to do that, however, Schwab said the Legislature would need to extend the block grant system for another two years in order to give Post Audit time to conduct an initial study.

“I wanted to do this last year so we wouldn’t extend the block grant quite so much, but it didn’t move

L awrence J ournal -W orld forward last year, and I don’t think it will move forward this year, but it’s a great conversation,” he said.

O’Neal Plan: Mike O’Neal, the former Kansas House Speaker and former president and CEO of the Kansas Chamber, gave testimony during one informational hearing in the K-12 Education Budget Committee in which he offered an idea that others have discussed in the past, and to his surprise, the committee asked for a bill to be drafted around it.

Essentially, it calls for the Legislature to appropriate a certain amount of funding for public schools each year, and then directs the Department of Education to decide how to distribute the money.

“You have the Legislature in the appropriation business. You have the department, then, in the business of determining how it ought to be allocated,” O’Neal said, “the theory being that they know best where the needs are than the Legislature does.”

That bill was one of the three formally introduced Friday, HB 2346.

As it was introduced, the bill calls for appropriating $4.075 billion from the state general fund for school district state aid in the 2017-2018 school year.

Currently, the state is spending about $3.1 billion in general fund money for K-12 education.

“The peanut of what I’m saying is, now that the court is really focused on outcomes, which I think they should be, holding the Legislature accountable for something it has no control over — funding, of course, they can control — but in terms of what it’s going to take to get outcomes, that’s got to happen within the education community,” O’Neal said.

Campbell said Friday that the tentative plan is to open hearings on the Rooker-Kelly plan, HB 2270, as soon as Thursday of this week, or early the following week.

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What are the biggest challenges you see coming next?

Uncertainty over the budget is big, Bendapudi said. One concerning manifestation is how that affects faculty strength.

“Think about Jeff Aube (former distinguished professor of medicinal chemistry) leaving or Michael Detamore (former professor of chemical and petroleum engineering), among two of our superstars that have left,” Bendapudi said.

“People don’t realize that when they leave, the millions of dollars in grants that they bring is gone, the students that come here because of Are you planning any changes them are gone. Science is moving to the established KU Core at such a quick pace that if we go curriculum, including requirthree, four years without being able ing diversity-related courses to bring in someone of that caliber as some have suggested? because we cannot afford to, that’s There’s no overhaul planned, sometimes hard to make up.”

Bendapudi said, though she’s trying to get deans and faculty more Is there any chance that, beginning next fall, the entire involved in specific changes.

“The shared governance is such sophomore class will be walking around with the personal cell a big deal that changes to the curnumber for their chancellor? riculum bubble up, if you will. It’s “I do get asked that,” Bendanot so much top-down,” she said. pudi said.

“That’s been a big focus to me, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Litbuilding stronger ties across.” tle has announced she’ll step down As for diversity? after this semester, and the Kansas “That was already part of the Board of Regents has begun the Core curriculum, in a broader search process with a goal of hiring sense of preparing students,” a replacement to start by July 1.

Bendapudi said. “Wherever they Talking openly about looking at are they have to figure out how other jobs, even internally, can be to work with folks here, around uncomfortable and she wants to the world. So that appreciation be respectful, Bendapudi said. But for diversity of thought and of life she hinted she was considering this experiences is already in the Core curriculum. There’s no major plan one.

“I have not applied yet because to introduce something new.”

It’s a common misunderstand- the application process is not open,” she said. “It’s definitely a ing that the only way to develop position I’m interested in.” diversity is to take a class on diversity, Bendapudi said.

— KU and higher ed reporter Sara Shepherd can be She’d rather see faculty incorreached at 832-7187. Follow her on Twitter: porate different perspectives to @saramarieshep existing classes. One example: last fall for the purchase of 200 portable Wi-Fi devices, the district is increasingly closer to narrowing this digital equity gap.

The 4,000 MacBooks, if purchased, would cost the district more than $3 million, which would also include Apple Professional Learning and heavy-duty cases for each laptop. That’s with a fairly hefty educators’ discount from Apple — one that Kemble said is set to expire by the end of March.

The district’s aging laptops and textbooks are due for a replacement soon anyway, she added.

“We would have to spend that money on either laptops or textbooks,” Kemble said of the funds

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she hopes to allocate on new MacBooks. A 1:1 program at the high school level makes more financial sense in the long run, she said.

“But also, we felt as if it’s a real equity problem, because some students have a device and others don’t,” Kemble said. “This really levels the playing field so that all students have a device and are able to work on it during afterschool hours, so it’s not putting some ahead of others.”

PUZZLE ANSWERS The board meets at 7 p.m. at disSunday crossword trict headquarters, 110 McDonald puzzle answers, which Drive. generally run on 2A, can be — K-12 education reporter Joanna Hlavacek can be found on page 6B today. reached at 832-6388.

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ollowing a near-meltdown in the Senate last week, Republican leaders in the Kansas House plan to move forward with their own plans for balancing this year’s budget and raising taxes to balance the next two years’ budgets.

On Thursday last week, the Senate abruptly called off debate on its own tax and spending plan after Peter Hancock support for the spendphancock@ljworld.com ing cuts collapsed over the previous 24 hours.

Among other things, that fund spending out of the bill would have slashed last four or five months of $198 million in general the fiscal year. The bulk of

that, $129 million, would have come out of K-12 education.

The Senate tax plan, which was more or less paired with the spending cuts, would have raised about $660 million for the next two years by repealing the so-called LLC exemption that was part of the 2012 tax cuts that Gov. Sam Brownback championed, and by raising individual tax rates on everyone.

House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., R-Olathe, told reporters Friday that he planned to meet over

the weekend with GOP jointly earning more than leaders and other mem$100,000 a year. bers to decide The House how they want to hasn’t yet proproceed on the duced a spendingbudget and taxes. cut bill — forOn the table is mally known as a a House tax bill “rescission” bill that would raise because it would just more than rescind spending $1 billion in new authority previrevenue for the ously approved — Ryckman next two fiscal but Ryckman said years by eliminatthe Appropriaing the LLC exemption, tions Committee planned raising individual rates to work on that today and reinstating a third tax and Tuesday. bracket for individuals During an informal earning more than $50,000 Q&A with reporters after a year, or couples filing the House adjourned

Friday, Ryckman was asked where the line is, if there is one, between an acceptable and unacceptable cut to public schools.

“We’re still having talks and conversations about where that is,” he said. “We’re trying to balance any decision with what it will look like to each individual district based on their individual data so there’s not disruption in services.”

One interesting difference between the House and Senate approaches is

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City to discuss parking problems as part of new plan such as Old West Lawrence, the Oread Neighborhood and East LawLawrence city commis- rence, include areas sioners are set to have affected by the influx their first meeting with of residents (and cars) the consultants hired to brought by student popuhelp them fix longstand- lations and new developing parking issues in the ment. core of the city.

Soden said although the At their work session study needs to deal with Tuesday, commission- the reality of the current ers and consultants will parking needs, she would discuss an ongoalso like the discusing parking study, sion to consider the which will inform role an improved the city’s first strapublic transit systegic parking plan. tem could play in Mayor Leslie Soden the future. said the scope of “Because getting CITY the study, which COMMISSION people out of their includes downcars and walking or town and 12 surrounding biking or taking the bus, neighborhoods, will take that needs to be a realistic a comprehensive look at alternative,” Soden said. all of the areas that have “And for a lot of people, parking problems. transit right now is more “If we try to fix parking of a last resort choice of in just one area, some- transportation than an times all it does is just excellent alternative.” shift it to another area Soden said although and create problems she thinks the bus system there,” Soden said. “So I does a good job of getting think taking a compre- students to campus, it hensive look overall at should do a better job of all of the parking is very getting people around the helpful.” entire town.

The strategic parking The city’s public parkplan will affect parking ing systems downtown in those areas for years currently include metered to come. The goal is for spaces, free two-hour the plan to guide the op- lots, permitted 10-hour eration and development lots and three parking gaof the parking system rages. Generally, there is in downtown and adja- no requirement for new cent neighborhoods for development downtown the next five to 10 years.

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IN THIS FILE PHOTO FROM MARCH 6, 2015, LAWRENCE ARTIST DAVE LOEWENSTEIN holds a piece of his “Pollinators” mural after construction workers began to dismantle the artwork at Ninth and New Hampshire streets. The mural was painted on a building that was torn down in 2015 to make room for a seven-story apartment and office building near that intersection. At a meeting Sunday, Loewenstein and community members began the work to bring it back.

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Cinder blocks painted with segments of the demolished “Pollinators” mural are stacked on the art studio’s lawn like disjointed puzzle pieces. But inside the East Lawrence studio Sunday, local artist Dave Loewenstein and community members began the work to bring the mural back.

Loewenstein, the muralist behind “Pollinators,” is part of a team of artists and designers who will recreate at least the idea of the mural. The project is being called a “reimagining” of the mural, as it won’t be a replication and will be significantly smaller, but Loewenstein said some of the original themes will remain.

“There’s a really strong connection with the artists that were depicted, and I know that a lot of folks feel really strongly about making sure they are depicted again in some way,” Loewenstein said.

The Spencer Museum of Art commissioned the original mural

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It’s honoring the past, but responding to the ideas in a new time with some new people involved and a new situation.”

— “Pollinators” artist Dave Loewenstein in 2007 as part of its exhibition on Topeka native and African-American artist Aaron Douglas. The mural, which was adjacent to the farmers market, also featured six other Harlem Renaissance artists with Kansas roots amid a scene of plants, insects and animals.

The mural was painted on a building that was torn down in 2015 to make room for a seven-story apartment and office building near the northeast corner of Ninth and New Hampshire streets. The museum partnered with Loewenstein and the new building’s owners, First Management Inc., to create the new mural.

The team of artists and designers for the new mural includes Kansas City artist Nedra Bonds, University of Kansas student Eugene Sarmiento and Lawrence High School student Janada Birdling.

Loewenstein said they are still building their design team and the direction for the new mural, but in Sunday’s discussion they talked about the history, audience and purpose of the mural, as well as its new context in place and time.

“So it’s honoring the past, but responding to the ideas in a new time with some new people involved and a new situation,” he said. “I mean, downtown is different for sure.”

Along with those ideas, Loewenstein said they are also discussing the use of new elements such as tile and mosaic. Planning and design for the new mural will continue in coming months, and Loewenstein said the goal is to begin painting in May.

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Public deserves open records A bill that would limit public knowledge of police conduct is bad policy and should be defeated.

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ecent investigations involving Lawrence police officers make compelling cases for keeping records of the Kansas Commission on Peace Officer Training and Standards open to public inspection.

The CPOST registry in Topeka includes records on all certified law enforcement officers in Kansas. Law enforcement agencies are required to file updates any time an officer has a change in status.

Only officers with active certifications in the registry can work as law enforcement officers in the state.

House Bill 2070, filed last month, would exempt CPOST records from the Kansas Open Records Act, meaning basic information on the certification status, employment history and complaints against law enforcement officers would not be subject to public inspection. A compromise on the bill was reached last week during a House Judiciary Committee hearing that would keep some records open but limit most of the information available.

Since 2014, at least four former Lawrence police officers — Kyle Owens, Nicolas Simon, William Burke and Frank McClelland — have been accused of violence against others. CPOST records have been important to the Lawrence Journal-World’s research of their cases. Three of the officers — Owens, Burke and McClelland — remain certified with CPOST. Information on Owens was the certification accused of battery against a status, man with an outemployment standing warrant history and at a strip club in complaints against April 2016. He law enforcement resigned in August, and a week officers would later the district not be subject to attorney said no public inspection. charges would be filed. Owens remains certified and is working as a police officer in Kansas.

CPOST records show Simon was accused of covering a woman’s mouth and pushing her head into a wall, a misdemeanor. Simon was on duty at the time of the incident. CPOST documents indicate Simon left the department on Dec. 17, 2014, and his certification was revoked on Aug. 21, 2015.

Burke was arrested in early 2015 on suspicion of felony kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, domestic battery and criminal threat in connection with an incident in which he is alleged to have, among other things, assaulted a female officer and locked her in a dog cage.

Burke, who has sued the city, is no longer with the department but remains certified according to CPOST. McClelland was accused of knocking a man to the ground and punching him in the face several times while on duty last August. He previously is alleged to have bashed a man’s head into a squad car.

McClelland has been charged with misdemeanor battery in connection with the incident. He remains certified.

“We are an agency of 187 employees,” Police Chief Tarik Khatib said when asked about the incidents involving Lawrence officers. “Mistakes and misconduct will occur. It’s a reality of our humanity and the stress of the job.”

Of course, Khatib is right. But sealing records of such episodes runs the risk of compounding those mistakes and misconduct. CPOST records are already heavily redacted before being made available to the public. Further limits are unnecessary and House Bill 2070 should be defeated.

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Governor’s plan fiscally unsound

By Susan Wagle

There’s a $350 million elephant in the room, and it’s time to acknowledge it.

The state is suffering a record $350 million shortfall — and growing. I’ve received numerous visits, calls and emails from constituents asking: How did we get here?

At the end of the last legislative session, legislators left town believing we had a balanced budget. Unfortunately, there was a sharp downturn in the state’s revenue stream, oil prices decreased dramatically, and Kansas has not been able to overcome a persistent decade-long rural recession.

Coupled with expensive and overreaching federal regulations, the state has had a difficult time bouncing back, which has resulted in a budget shortfall of $350 million for Fiscal Year 2017 and $580 million for FY 2018.

It wasn’t until days after the November election that we — both legislators and the public — were informed of the massive revenue shortfall. The governor chose to defer the responsibility of making difficult budget cuts to a brand new Legislature that did not gavel in until early January.

To put this in perspective, the state has experienced similar possibilities of nega-

tive ending balances nine times in its history. Every one of those times, former governors on both sides Wagle of the aisle have used his or her executive authority to make the necessary budget adjustments to ensure legislators are able to walk into session with a balanced budget, so they can focus on other policy priorities.

Because the governor chose not to use his executive authority to balance the budget, this legislative session is consumed by filling this budget hole. He presented a budget proposal to the Legislature in January that borrows $317 million and cashes out large sums — over $1 billion — of onetime money, and uses creative gimmicks to “balance the budget.”

The governor’s plan, as presented, is neither structurally sound nor fiscally conservative. Instead, it: l Depletes the state’s assets. The governor has proposed that the Legislature authorize the securitization of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) from tobacco companies. Much of this money currently funds early-childhood develop-

ment programs. l Neglects to pay scheduled KPERs retirement payments in FY 2017, FY 2018 and FY 2019 to the tune of $540 million, and adds $6 billion to the state’s unfunded liability. l Allows some Kansans to skirt income taxes. The budget proposal continues to allow certain business owners to skirt income taxes. This loophole was an unintended consequence of the 2012 tax rewrite. l Raises tobacco and liquor tax, incentivizing Kansans to cross the state line to make these purchases, driving down taxable revenue in Kansas and shifting these tax revenues to bordering states.

While projections from the governor’s office show that his plan will produce a positive ending balance in the next few fiscal years, the state’s finances quickly begin to tank in FY 2020.

Projections provided to my office by the Kansas Legislative Research Department estimate that in FY 2021 (coincidentally, shortly after his term as governor ends), the state will once again be faced with a negative ending balance — should we start paying our bills, including highway funds and KPERS payments — putting us right back where we started.

Legislators on both sides

of the aisle are dedicated to composing a real, long-term structural fix to the state’s ongoing budget issues. I feel that the governor’s budget proposal falls short of this expectation. These are hard times for Kansans across the state, and there are tough decisions ahead for members of this diverse Legislature — possibly including revenue increases and significant decreased spending — to do right by the Kansans who sent us here.

The Senate has put all nonbudget-related legislative activity on hold until we concoct a structurally balanced budget that has enough votes to pass the Senate. As soon as we can do that, we’ll begin work on a new school finance formula.

I will be the first to admit that this is not an easy process, nor is it a pretty one. There’s a chance that the Legislature will debate a handful of solutions before one sticks. They call it “making sausage,” and that’s pretty ugly. Still, I remain confident that this Legislature can and will produce a stable, long-term budget solution that Kansans can be proud of.

The Kansas Senate will not kick this can down the road any longer.

— Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, is the president of the Kansas Senate.

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GOP civility To the editor: The Lawrence JournalWorld’s opinion page of Feb. 6 published an article written

by Mark Shields.

In the article, Shields riles against Vice President Mike Pence for using the word “Democrat” instead of “Democratic” in his speech.

Shields claims these words were used to disdain his political adversaries.

Maybe Shields should take his own advice. In the article, he calls Pence “a John F. Kennedy-admiring Catholic” and a Republican evangelical Christian.

Shields claims that Pence was not being civil to the Democratic party. Maybe Shields should check his own civility.

Donald W. Collins, Lawrence

Kobach promotion To the editor: We citizens of Kansas now have a huge opportunity: The Trump administration says that there were 3-5 million illegal votes against President Trump.

That is a huge number the administration must investigate! Who has been bravely fighting illegal voting for

years, even in other states?

Why, of course, it’s our very own Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach. We citizens of Kansas must petition our congressional delegation to urge the Trump administration to appoint Kobach as the chief investigator of voter fraud in the nation. Then we Kansans could “kick him upstairs” and subsequently elect a secretary of state who would actually work on the job he or she was elected to do.

Gus McClelland, Lawrence

Renewable fuels To the editor: Growing up in northwestern Kansas, I learned that agriculture is a vital part of our state economy. I’ve also seen firsthand how the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) greatly benefits Kansas farmers and their local communities. Unfortunately, as the law currently stands, the Environmental Protection Agency will take over the RFS in 2023, which could have disastrous effects on our farming industry.

Created in 2005, the RFS requires certain volumes of corn ethanol or advanced and cellulosic biofuels to be blended into gasoline. This helped foster a robust market for conventional ethanol, accelerating growth in Kansas’

corn farming industry. Once the EPA takes control in 2023, however, it will only be required to set a floor for advanced biofuel blending volumes. The agency will have the ability to significantly reduce required ethanol volumes and could cut corn ethanol out of the RFS entirely.

Kansas’ 12 ethanol plants have led to significant development in our state and generated millions of dollars of revenue for rural communities. This growth indicates that the RFS has significantly impacted the state’s economy, but the program has cultivated a stable market that can now stand on its own.

It may surprise you that an astounding 98 percent of Kansas’ corn farms are family owned and operated. It’s my hope that any policy implemented would seek to preserve the future of those hardworking families. Retiring the RFS in 2022 would protect Kansas’ essential corn farming industry and ensure a successful future for our state.

Braden Dreiling, Lawrence

Letters to the editor

l Letters can be submitted via mail to P.O. Box 888, Lawrence KS 66044 or via email at letters@ljworld.com.

From the Lawrence Daily Journalyears World for Feb. ago 13, 1917: l “Fire IN 1917 which broke out early this morning at the South End Meat Market at 1839 Massachusetts street, caused a property loss estimated at over $5,000. The meat market belonging to Walter Johns was destroyed.

The building, belonging to Scott Holloway, was badly damaged, and two motor cars were destroyed. The fire department was called to the scene at 1:38 this morning. The fire had gained great headway before it was discovered and the firemen had to exert their best efforts to keep the fire from spreading to the residence of Albert Graeber nearby….

One of the cars destroyed in the fire was a Studebaker, nearly new, belonging to Arthur Spalding. The other car was a Ford, the property of Alva B. Carter.” l “A large hay barn, the property of J. A. Garrett, living south of Lawrence on the Franklin road, burned to the ground yesterday noon. The loss was probably $1,300. There were thirty tons of hay in the barn besides binders and other farm machinery. The barn was two miles from Mr. Garrett’s home. When discovered the fire had gained such headway that it was impossible to save the building. The origin of the fire is not known.” l “‘I notice that the newspapers sometimes speak of the efficient way in which the firemen do their work,’ said a man connected with a local telephone line this morning. ‘That is all right, and I believe the firemen are deserving of even more credit than they get, but there is one important factor in the city fire fighting system that hasn’t been mentioned. That is the service given the city by the telephone girls, who for the good of the service are anxious to get all fire alarms in to the department in the shortest possible time.”

— Reprinted with permission from local writer Sarah St. John.

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Temperature High/low 53°/32° Normal high/low today 44°/21° Record high today 75° in 1921 Record low today -20° in 1905

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including business owners, residents and developers. The work session will also include another opportunity for the public to provide feedback to city staff and the parking consultants, Desman Design Management.

In other business, commissioners will: l Meet in executive session as part of mediation in the lawsuit filed by the City of Lawrence alleging Oread hotel developer Thomas Fritzel engaged in a fraudulent

tax scheme. l Review the final draft of the Parks and Recreation Department’s Master Plan.

Because of the executive session, the commission will meet earlier than usual, beginning at 3:30 p.m. The discussion regarding the parking study is scheduled to begin at about 5:45 p.m. at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.

Ryckman, by contrast, said that probably is not a workable strategy in the 125-member House, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3A where it takes 63 votes to pass a bill and 84 to overhow willing GOP leaders ride a veto. are in each chamber to “What we’ve talked work with Brownback. about all session is, it’s not When Brownback just about finding 63 (yes rolled out his plan in votes),” he said. “It’s also January — which called about finding something for delaying payments the governor will sign. to public schools and This is part of the process.

KPERS, and borrowing “Anytime you’re $317 million from an idle talking about revenue funds investment acenhancements, to get to count — Senate President 63 votes, it’s very probSusan Wagle was quick to lematic. To get to 84, criticize it for relying too it’s almost impossible,” heavily on one-time mon- Ryckman said. ey and failing to address Meanwhile in the Senthe “structural deficit” in ate, GOP leaders have the state’s budget: the gap said they will not let any between regular, recurbills move forward until ring revenues coming the chamber comes to in and regular recurring a consensus about how expenses being paid out. to balance this year’s Likewise, Brownback budget and how to move wasted little time lashforward on taxes. And ing out at the Senate’s tax as far as taxes are conplan, saying the higher cerned, Wagle said, the rates would “punish the only element that seems middle class,” while repeal to have 21 votes so far is of the LLC exemption repeal of the LLC exemp“needlessly harms the real tion, which would only people that serve as the raise about $230 million a lifeblood of Kansas.” year, far less than what’s Since then, some in the needed to close the proSenate have said leadjected $582 million budget ers need to stop thinking gap for the next fiscal about a plan that can get year that begins July 1. the minimum 21 votes Given that, she said, needed for passage, but she has instructed the instead finding a plan that Ways and Means Comcan get the 27 needed to mittee to start putting override an almost certain together a budget for the governor’s veto. next two fiscal years that

would make enough cuts to close that gap.

Senate Democrats, on the other hand, have said they are working with a group of moderate Republicans on an alternative plan that could be discussed in committees sometime this week. Democrats say it would raise about $1.2 billion over the next two years through a combination of repealing the LLC exemption, raising rates, and establishing a third tax bracket that would kick in at $35,000 a year for individuals, or $70,000 a year for married couples filing jointly.

It’s worth noting, though, that both the Senate Democrats’ plan and the House proposal go much further in raising taxes than the original Senate plan that Brownback criticized so harshly when it first came out of committee.

Ryckman said he has been meeting with Brownback, most recently on Tuesday of last week, to discuss tax policy. So far, he said, the governor has not drawn any lines in the sand about what he absolutely will not accept.

“We’re just talking about finding things we can agree on,” Ryckman said.

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to provide additional parking, and no permitting systems are in place for the on-street parking in adjacent neighborhoods.

Tuesday’s work session comes on the heels of nine meetings that were held in January to gather input from a variety of groups affected by parking in the core of the city,

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Not so fast.

In his first three weeks in office, President Trump has launched a dizzying flurry of actions, dominating the headlines and sparking controversy. But to his frustration, he has begun running smack into constraints man-

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tions? While insisting the administration will prevail over a federal judge’s decision blocking implementation of the executive dated by the Constitution and order he signed, the White House imposed by political reality. is drafting a narrower version deWithout acknowledging he’s signed to avoid some of the judibeing forced to trim his cial objections. Confront sails, the president is movChina? In a phone call with ing to delay some campaign NEWS Chinese President Xi Jinppromises and downsize ANALYSIS ing late Thursday — and in others, steps that somea wake of a diplomatic firetimes have been overshadstorm over Trump’s postowed by a continued election conversation with stream of the defiant tweets that Taiwan’s leader — Trump explicmarked his political rise. itly endorsed the “one China” A moratorium on immigrants policy. Immediately repeal the from seven majority-Muslim na- Affordable Care Act? Now he says

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President Trump signs an executive order last month.

crafting a replacement, an issue that divides congressional Republicans, may extend into 2018.

To be sure, Trump has taken steps that have had immediate consequences, from pulling out of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal (though it hadn’t taken effect yet) to clearing the way for the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines.

But he’s discovering how the Constitution’s structure, federal laws and rival power centers — from state governments to federal bureaucrats to foreign capitals v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

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Antonin Scalia and Neil Gorsuch, photographed on the Colorado River on a fishing trip, shared a love of the outdoors and a commitment to the Constitution.

WASHINGTON When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia delivered the Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Lecture at Harvard Law School on Valentine’s Day in 1989, he made quite an impression on a first-year law student from Colorado named Neil Gorsuch.

Scalia spoke on “The Rule of Law as a Law of Rules,” a legal philosophy in which judges limit their discretion by adhering to the letter of the Constitution,

laws and court precedents. Just months later, he sided with the majority in declaring that flag-burning was constitutionally protected speech — a result he would have opposed, he said countless times thereafter, “if I were king.”

“Judges are sometimes called upon to be courageous, because they must sometimes stand up to what is generally supreme in a democracy: the popular will,” he told the students. The lesson wasn’t lost on Gorsuch, who now stands on the precipice of succeeding Scalia — who died a year ago today — and extending his legacy decades into the future. v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

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Uncle Sam wants you: Army looks to swell its ranks by 6,000

$300 million drive enlists ads, bonuses Tom Vanden Brook @tvandenbrook USA TODAY

The Army plans to spend $300 million in a blitz of bonuses and advertising over the next eight months to recruit 6,000 soldiers it needs to fill out its ranks.

Legislation approved by Congress and signed late last year by

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President Obama halted a yearslong troop drawdown. Rising threats around the world have spurred the increase. The Army’s new goal for the remaining eight months of the fiscal year is 68,500 recruits, up from 62,500.

The addition of 6,000 recruits makes it the largest in-year increase in the history of the allvolunteer force that dates to 1973.

Rapidly growing the Army has come at a different type of cost in the past: Lower standards for recruits produced subpar soldiers.

Many had to be culled after training. That won’t happen this time, said Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Snow, who

leads Army Recruiting The Air Force and NaCommand. vy also are boosting their “There is very clear ranks. The Air Force guidance from the leadplans to recruit and reership in our conversatain more service memtions that there is no bers to meet its goal of desire to lower stan321,000 by Oct. 1, up dards,” Snow said.

4,000 from its current

By Oct. 1, the Army 317,000, said Ann StefaGETTY IMAGES must hit its target of nek, an Air Force spokes476,000 active-duty sol- Maj. Gen. woman. The Navy plans diers, up from the previ- Jeffrey Snow to add 2,200 recruits this ous goal of 460,000. fiscal year, said spokesRecruiting along with retention man Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen. of more soldiers will make up the The Marine Corps will add nearly gap. President Trump has said he 800 recruits this year to hit its wants an even larger force — as target of 185,000, said spokesmany as 60,000 more soldiers. woman Yvonne Carlock.

Adding just 6,000 soldiers by October will cost the Army $200 million for bonuses, $100 million in advertising and at least $10 million more to bolster the corps of recruiters and for processing recruits, Snow said.

Snow outlined his strategy in an interview with USA TODAY. The Army will double bonuses to as much as $40,000 in hard-to-fill specialties, he said. The $200 million in bonuses between now and Oct. 1 compares with $284 million for all of 2016. In 2008, when the “surge” in Iraq was near its height, the Army issued nearly $1 billion in bonuses to recruits.

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North Korea’s launch tests Trump’s resolve Ballistic missile test comes after president calls thwarting rogue nation ‘very, very high priority’ Aamer Madhani @AamerISmad USA TODAY

North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test triggered swift condemnation Sunday from the international community as the hermit nation’s move challenges President Trump in his first month in office.

South Korea’s defense ministry quickly charged in a statement that Kim Jong Un’s missile launch — probably a medium- or intermediate-range missile — was “aimed at drawing global atten-

tion to the North by boasting its nuclear and missile capabilities.”

“It is also believed that it was an armed provocation to test the response from the new U.S. administration under President Trump,” the defense ministry said.

The launch came as Trump was hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Trump and Abe made a joint appearance Saturday night to condemn the launch just hours after the missile test was confirmed, with Abe calling it “absolutely intolerable.”

Trump said only “that the United States of America stands

world.”

Miller said Trump is determined to “reinforce and strengthen our vital alliances in the Pacific region as part of our strategy to deter and prevent the increasing hostility that we’ve seen in recent years from the North Korean regime.”

David Straub, head of the State Department’s office of Korean affairs from 2002 to 2004, said NICHOLAS KAMM, AFP/GETTY IMAGES Trump’s comments were puzThe missile test was confirmed zling for their lack of substance, while President Trump was particularly after he criticized hosting Japan’s Shinzo Abe. Kim’s talk about testing an intercontinental ballistic missile. behind Japan, its great ally, “It looked both weak and in100%.” Still, the president’s policy competent,” Straub said. “Well, adviser, Stephen Miller, told Fox the most affected by this is our alNews Sunday that Trump is send- lies in South Korea, and he didn’t ing an “unmistakable signal to say a word about South Korea. It’s North Korea and to the entire an incredible omission, and it will

be noted by the South Koreans.”

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged North Korea “to re-engage in a credible and meaningful dialogue with the international community.”

The test by Kim — who has plainly stated his nuclear ambitions — offered his first provocation of the year.

The U.S. Strategic Command said it detected and tracked what it assessed to be a medium- or intermediate-range missile that traveled about 300 miles and splashed into the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

The launch came less than two days after Trump, with Abe by his side, said Friday that defending against nuclear and missile threats from North Korea was a “very, very high priority.”

Trump tweets untempered but positions moderated the limits of his authority and the power of others. Last year, federal and the news media — make lead- courts blocked an executive order ership in the Oval Office a more signed by President Obama offercomplicated calculation than in ing some protection to an estithe corporate suite. mated 4.3 million illegal “He lived in a world where, by immigrants who were parents of and large, he got his way, and U.S. citizens or lawful residents. when he didn’t get his way, he In 1998, the House of Reprewould sue people or they would sentatives impeached President sue him,” says Tom Cronin, a Col- Clinton for perjury and obstrucorado College political scientist tion of justice, though he was acand co-author of The Paradoxes quitted by the Senate.

But Trump’s impatience, his of the American Presidency.

Trump seems “annoyed” by the combative persona and his prefersteep learning curve, Cronin said, ence for unilateral action — characand is discovering that “he can’t teristics that may have served him well in the real estate business — quite sue the Senate.”

On CBS’ Face the Nation Sun- have brought more confrontations day, White House policy adviser with a sharper edge than other modern presidents Stephen Miller said in the early days of the president was their tenure. He assessing his op- “Being head hasn’t shown the tions on the immi- of a family traditional public gration ban. “For business is just deference for the coone thing, we can equal branches of take the case to the about the worst government, deridSupreme Court on preparation ing a “so-called the emergency imaginable for judge” who ruled stay; we can go the institutional against him in the back to the district immigration case court and we can constraints of and labeling Senate have a hearing on Washington.”

Democratic leader the merits,” he William Galston, a veteran of Charles Schumer as said. “Additionally, the Clinton White House staff “head clown.” we’re considering It’s just possible that memories new and further executive actions that will enhance the security of that moniker may not be helpful when Trump needs to lobby posture of the United States.”

Trump is the first president in Schumer for support on legislation.

“Being head of a family busihistory never to have served in the government or the military before ness is just about the worst prepmoving into the White House. aration imaginable for the That was a potential vulnerability institutional constraints of Washhe turned into an asset during the ington,” says William Galston, a campaign, portraying himself as a veteran of the Clinton White no-nonsense business leader with House staff. “Donald Trump is in the strength and skills to negotiate for a set of experiences that will deals and manage the economy in be entirely novel to him.”

So far, Trump hasn’t moderated ways that had eluded his presidential predecessors. “I alone can fix his rhetoric or tempered his it,” he declared in his speech to the tweets. On Saturday night, he Republican National Convention bashed the news media. “I am so proud of my daughter Ivanka. To in July.

And he is hardly the first presi- be abused and treated so badly by dent who has been frustrated by the media, and to still hold her head so high, is truly wonderful!”

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If he is confirmed by the Senate, Gorsuch, 49, will represent the first generation of Supreme Court justices to have been influenced by Scalia’s rulings, writings and teachings while still in law school. He was chosen by President Trump in part because he is in the mold of Scalia, as several lawyers who served as law clerks to both judges attest.

“Though the critics are loud and the temptations to join them may be many, mark me down ... as a believer that the traditional account of the judicial role Justice Scalia defended will endure,” Gorsuch said in a speech last year at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, delivered shortly after the justice’s death at 79.

Scalia’s endurance has been in evidence ever since, not just in tributes that continued through the White House rollout of Gorsuch’s nomination, which featured his widow, Maureen. More important has been the perpetual references to his judicial philosophy in decisions throughout the court system — and embodied in judges like Gorsuch.

At the dedication of the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University in October, Elena Kagan — who graduated from Harvard Law School months before Scalia reached the Supreme Court and later became its dean — lauded his strict adherence to the texts of laws and the Constitution.

“It changed the way almost all judges, and so almost all lawyers, think and talk about the law,” Kagan said. Put another way, she frequently says, “we’re all textualists now.”

Gorsuch stands near the head of that line — a judge who adheres to the four corners of existing statutes when considering the cases that come before him, regardless of where that leads him.

But as a Westerner young enough to be Scalia’s son, Gorsuch also is very different in personal style and in some significant areas of substance.

Lauded by conservatives and lambasted by liberals, Scalia saw himself as a faithful servant of the Constitution and federal laws written by Congress, whether he agreed with them or not.

“If you’re going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you’re not always going to like the conclusions you reach,” he said more than once. “If you like them

all the time, you’re probably doing something wrong.”

Gorsuch probably could plead guilty to a degree of plagiarism when he said upon being nominated for Scalia’s seat, “A judge who likes every outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge.”

Scalia’s favorite example was his decisive vote declaring flagburning a form of protected speech. For Gorsuch, one such example was his dissent from the 10th Circuit’s refusal to rehear a sex offender’s challenge to part of a federal law requiring registration with the government. He said it gave the Justice Department too much power to determine who had violated it.

“If the separation of powers means anything, it must mean that the prosecutor isn’t allowed to define the crimes he gets to enforce,” he wrote.

Gorsuch’s skepticism of executive branch power, however, is perhaps the area of greatest difference with Scalia. Whereas

“Judge Gorsuch is not exactly the same guy, particularly in temperament,” Owens says. “He’s not going to write these acerbic dissents.”

Michael Kenneally, who also clerked for both judges, says Gorsuch tends to be respectful during oral arguments but is no less incisive than Scalia was. “He will ask very tough questions,” Kenneally says.

On a personal level, Gorsuch will not remind anyone of Scalia, who could take over a room with sheer force of personality. Where Scalia was garrulous, Gorsuch is humble. Where Scalia enjoyed the public’s attention, Gorsuch is more private.

“From the perception of those who are just observing, they really couldn’t be more different,” says Evan Young, a former Scalia law clerk and a Gorsuch friend who calls him “almost genteel, with a kind of civility and courtesy.”

And although Scalia did have

Gorsuch probably could plead guilty to a degree of plagiarism when he said upon being nominated for Scalia’s seat, “A judge who likes every outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge.”

Scalia usually granted federal agencies deference to interpret vague laws and their own regulations, Gorsuch wrote last year that it was time for courts to assert more control.

“There’s an elephant in the room with us today,” he wrote about the judicial precedent that permits bureaucracies to “concentrate federal power in a way that seems more than a little difficult to square with the Constitution of the framers’ design.

Maybe the time has come to face the behemoth.”

That vivid writing style draws direct comparisons to Scalia, one of the best and most quoted writers ever to serve on the high court. Like Scalia before him, Gorsuch takes drafts from his law clerks, but “he will rewrite just about every word. He has his own writing style,” says Michael Davis, who clerked for Gorsuch in his first year on the bench and is now a close friend and colleague.

Matthew Owens, one of three lawyers who served as law clerks for both men, says Gorsuch’s opinions don’t sting like some of Scalia’s could.

great friends on the court — from Clarence Thomas on the right to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan on the left — Gorsuch may work harder to produce majority coalitions.

“He is unfailingly charming and collegial and will try to build bridges,” says Michael McConnell, who served alongside Gorsuch on the 10th Circuit before becoming director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School.

Ed Whelan, a former Scalia law clerk and president of the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center, says the fact that Gorsuch is considered by many to be a mainstream conservative represents “a testament to Scalia’s legacy.”

Having clerked for both, Owens says, Gorsuch will “remind everyone of Justice Scalia for a long time to come” because of his determination to call cases as he sees them, regardless of his personal views.

But despite their similarities, he says of Gorsuch, “I hope that he’ll be seen as a successor, and not just a copy.”

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MONEY IN A 24/7 WORK WORLD,

LO E IS IN THE AIR Workplace relationships can lead to a fulfilling, long-lasting partnership — or a workplace melodrama that disintegrates into hurt feelings, charges of favoritism or even termination.

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Before Mary Baker and Nicole Mezlo were spouses or even friends, they were colleagues, working for the same public relations firm in Washington, D.C. When they finally began dating, they kept their courtship secret for nearly three years, not telling their co-workers until they became engaged. And while their relationship led to a loving marriage, both say anyone that considers dating a colleague needs to embark down that path with their eyes wide open.

“It’s hard for me to say to somebody not to take a risk when for me, it turned out so well,” says Baker, 35, who no longer works for the same company as Mezlo, 40. But if a relationship goes awry, she says, it can negatively impact your career and your peace of mind. “I can’t imagine if I was dating a person and it went downhill going to work every day and having to see that person.’’

There are countless couples who have begun dating while working together, be it in an office, at a restaurant, or on a movie or TV set.

Singers Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton became a couple after coaching together on NBC’s The Voice. Melinda Gates was first asked out by her boss, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, in a parking lot. And former President Obama began dating former first lady Michelle Obama when he worked as a summer associate at her Chicago law firm and she was his mentor.

Such relationships can lead to a fulfilling, long-lasting partnership — or a workplace melodrama that disintegrates into hurt feelings, charges of favoritism or even termination.

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carefully, no matter how innocent or exciting it might seem in the beginning,” says Rosemary Haefner, chief human resources officer for CareerBuilder, a recruitment and hiring firm that conducts an annual poll on romance in the workplace. “It might be a consensual, healthy relationship, but once that’s exposed in a work environment, you can’t always control how that’s going to be perceived and how that might come up years later.’’

Still, “no matter what policy or program a company has in place,” Haefner says, workplace romances are “going to happen.”

More than four in 10 workers had gone out with a colleague, according to a CareerBuilder survey released Feb. 9. Roughly 30% of those relationships led to a trip down the aisle.

It’s not surprising that many people develop feelings for their colleagues, with whom they share a common mission and who they may work beside for hours and hours, day after day. “You spend time together,” says Jean Baur, a career coach and author of books on how to rebound from a job loss and how to excel in an interview.

“You get to partner up with different people, work creatively with them. ... and in most cases you get to really know people slowly, which is an awesome foundation for a relationship.’’

Sandra Gasparovic, 48, who met her husband, Michael, 52, when both worked for Michelin North America’s information technology department, says that being in the same workplace environment and having the same work-based friends aided their romance. “Having that common-

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ality, sharing the same things, has certainly helped,” says Gasparovic, who is a career manager for Michelin while her husband is a purchasing agent for the company.

Still, when a co-worker initially wanted to set the pair up back in 1999, both resisted for more than a year. Prior to taking a job at Michelin, “I dated someone from work,” Gasparovic says, “and when it didn’t work out, it was somewhat awkward. I didn’t want to go down that path. I wanted to keep my personal life personal, and my professional life” professional.

The couple eventually spent time together on a golf outing and began dating. Michael proposed five years later when he joined Sandra at the end of a work-related trip to France. They’ve now been married for 10 years.

But workplace romances don’t always have happy endings.

Messy entanglements can trigger

charges ranging from favoritism to harassment.

To guard against those challenges, the percentage of workplaces that have established rules regarding workplace relationships nearly doubled between 2005 and 2013, growing from 25% to 42%, according to a 2013 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management. Such restrictions might include prohibiting employees who have the same supervisor from getting involved or barring staff members from dating a client.

“Companies are by and large getting a little smarter about the importance of having mechanisms in place to protect themselves from sexual harassment complaints when these workplace romances occur and, as a majority of our relationships do, go south,’’ says Edward Yost, a member of the Society for Human Resource Management’s employment staff, specializing in employee relations.

Co-workers may worry that a romantic relationship between their peers could result in unearned perks and promotions, such as one half of the couple choosing the other to collaborate on a plum assignment.

Colleagues of a dating couple could also resent picking up the slack when two staffers, instead of one, are out to attend such events as weddings or funerals.

And if the couple splits up, the staff may pick sides, “creating more of a morale issue among employees who weren’t directly involved in the relationship,” Yost says.

If the pair are too uncomfortable to continue working together “it could potentially cost you both employees,” he adds.

It’s tougher to get a credit card, car loan Banks tightening standards despite thriving economy Paul Davidson @Pdavidsonusat USA TODAY

Banks are getting more picky about which consumers they’re approving for loans as borrowers with spottier credit histories struggle to keep up with payments.

The data is surprising in light of an economy and labor market that have been rolling along.

Consumers are benefiting from solid job growth, faster pay increases and low debt levels. And the stock market is at record highs.

Yet 11.7% of banks tightened standards for auto loans in the

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Consumers are getting more worried about defaulting on loans. first quarter, up from 3.3% late last year and the highest level on records dating back to 2011, according to the senior loan officer survey released by the Federal Reserve last week and Deutsche Bank.

Credit card standards were toughened by 8.3% of banks,

compared to none in the fourth quarter. And criteria for consumer loans excluding credit cards were tightened by 7.3% of banks, up from 2.4%.

The results don’t reflect a suddenly shaky economy or an imminent pullback on lending by banks and other lenders for

prime loans, says Matthew Mish, head of global credit strategy for UBS. Instead, he says, with the economic recovery in its eighth year, lenders are extending their reach to borrowers at low- and middle-income levels to increase revenue.

Joe LaVorgna, Deutsche Bank’s chief economist, says banks are being more cautious with credit cards in part because of low interest rates that have crimped profit margins. He expects standards to ease as rates rise.

The number of subprime auto loans (those requiring a FICO score of 600 or lower) that were at least 90 days late hit the highest level since 2010 in the third quarter at 6 million, according to the New York Fed. The share of delinquent personal loans and credit card debts also edged up in the third quarter to 3.53% and 1.33% respectively, according to TransUnion and UBS.

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knowing she did this to our friendship. My husband had no idea what was happening and felt he didn’t encourage this behavior. He had been seated by me the entire evening.

So now none of us has spoken about it and things are just awkward when we run into them in public. I’m so sad that our friendship with Bob can be no more, because he remains with Sheryl. How should we move past this trans-

Superb sci-fi ‘Humans’ returns Some of the most thoughtprovoking television involves artificial intelligence. ‘‘Westworld’’ became a well-deserved hit for HBO, and now ‘‘Humans’’ (9 p.m., AMC, TV-14) returns for a second season.

This engaging series contemplates a society set slightly ahead of our time, when humanoid synthetics have taken over many tasks. We see them working as domestics and dog walkers, miners deep beneath the earth and handling materials at dangerous nuclear facilities.

W h i l e ‘‘Westworld’’ saw the robot realm as a theme park-like fantasy, ‘‘Humans’’ explores how everyday people react when androids steal their jobs and threaten their sense of selfworth. At one point, a salesman, who prized his skills as a ‘‘people person’’ is devastated when he is replaced by a non-person with an encyclopedic knowledge of the clients.

But most of the action involves a group of synthetics who have become self-aware. Chief among them are Niska (Emily Berrington), a former sex-slave robot who rebelled against the degradation of her ‘‘job’’ and has procured a code for consciousness, something she hopes to upload to the world’s synthetics and spark an international robot rebellion.

There’s also Mia (Gemma Chan), who used to work for humans Joe (Tom Goodman-Hill) and Laura (Katherine Parkinson) and their children and has developed what she believes to be affection for humankind. As season two begins, Mia is working for Ed (Sam Palladio, ‘‘Nashville’’), a struggling cafe owner who is shocked to see that the robot helper he hired to sweep up around the joint seems to have a knack for bookkeeping.

For all the fantastic, worldchanging technology on display here, ‘‘Humans’’ keeps the focus on its characters and their natural, well, human, reaction to their particular plight. Its focus on the everyday makes it less grand than ‘‘Westworld’’ but also more believable.

Tonight’s other highlights O Carter feels forced to trust the Counter Terrorist Unit on ‘‘24: Legacy’’ (7 p.m., Fox, TV14).

O Gideon sees results up close on ‘‘APB’’ (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

O A former ‘‘Today’’ host interviews scientists, surgeons and experts in the two-hour special ‘‘Gender Revolution: A Journey With Katie Couric’’ (8 p.m., National Geographic).

O ‘‘Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party’’ (8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., VH1, TV-14) returns for the second half of its first season.

O Rooks, knights and pawns on ‘‘Scorpion’’ (9 p.m., CBS, TV14).

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gression? Or is it just avoidance from here on out? — Betrayed in PA Dear Betrayed: Wait it out and let this situation resolve itself. Be polite when you run into Bob and Sheryl, and don’t go around badmouthing her. I have a hunch that if Sheryl is kissing married men in front of Bob, by next New Year’s Eve she’ll be out of the picture.

Dear Annie: I think you left out options for ‘’Safe Driver,’’ the woman who said texting should be OK when stopped at a light and whose husband thinks it is never OK to text while in the driver’s seat. She asked you to give your opinion. I have to say that although sitting at a light in a running car doesn’t take a lot of attention and your advice seemed to be written

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For Monday, Feb. 13: This year you will work through an innate resistance to do certain things. This struggle easily could stem from your early years, and you might not be aware of the source. Ask questions, and you’ll get answers. If you are single, you open up to new possibilities. If you are attached, the two of you open up to a different yet more accepting way of caring together.

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 might feel as if you have a lot on your plate. Tonight: Go along with a friend’s idea.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ++++ Tap into your ingenuity, and you’ll accomplish much more than you originally thought possible. Tonight: Make it an early night.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) +++ Working behind the scenes is not normal for you, but you appreciate the comfort of being at home. Tonight: Act as if there were no tomorrow.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ You will need to learn what someone else is considering before making a decision. Tonight: At home. Put up your feet and relax.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ Make sure your finances are under control before you leap into action. Tonight: Let it

by a lawyer, I understood your picking the husband’s side. What I don’t understand is that apparently her husband is in the car when she does this. So aren’t they in a partnership? Can’t he look out for incoming disasters or for the light to change while she texts? And why can’t he ever just text for her? It doesn’t seem as if this needs to be a question of who’s right.

Rather, it’s a question of how to help these folks get along and be safe. — Bea in Maine Dear Bea: Having Hubby do the texting on her behalf is a great, easy solution when he’s in the car. When he’s not, I still strongly advocate that ‘’Safe Driver’’ not touch the phone.

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

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all hang out.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) +++ A personal issue seems to be weighing you down. Try to let go of the issue if you can.

Tonight: Treat yourself.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) +++ Even if you feel out of sorts in the morning, you’ll feel a lot better as the day goes on.

Tonight: All smiles.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ Use the daylight hours to the max. Don’t feel intimidated by anyone. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) +++ A situation might feel like a burden for a good part of the day. Tonight: Do whatever makes you happy.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) +++++ You see a way past a problem that no one else does.

Tonight: In the spotlight.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) +++++ One-on-one relating is highlighted, especially with key issues, from money to more personal matters. Tonight: Follow the music.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ++++ Others take the lead.

You’ll get into the swing of things and know how and when to say, “No, thank you.” Tonight: Go with the flow.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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n a married household like mine, the pending arrival of Valentine’s Day means you’d better be planning something extra special. I know I’ve already got my reservation made at Netflix, and rumor has it that there may be nacho-flavored popcorn on this night of nights.

If you are single, though, you may not give a flip about the day. You are free to get powdered artificial cheese on your couch any night of the week.

A new ranking suggests Lawrence may have a lot of folks who don’t give a flip.

The financial website SmartAsset ranks Lawrence as the fifth best city in America to be single. The ranking measured factors such as marriage rates, median rents, bars per 100,000 people, entertainment establishments — think theaters, concert venues, bowling alleys, arcades, etc. — and the unemployment rate.

Lawrence ranked fairly high in all those categories but particularly high in the number of single people in the community. As a college community, Lawrence always has had a lower marriage rate than other communities, but it is even fairly low by university town standards. SmartAsset’s list of the Top 25 cities is crowded with college communities, but Lawrence still had a marriage rate well below the average.

Only 35 percent of the Lawrence population is married,

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the University of Missouri, had 17.1. (No word on whether their moonshine stills are counted in that figure.)

Make of that what you will.

In the meantime, here’s a look at the top 10 best cities for singles: l Eau Claire, Wis.: Marriage rate 39 percent l Duluth, Minn.: Marriage rate 40 percent clawhorn@ljworld.com l Fargo, N.D.: Marriage rate 40 percent l Missoula, Mont.: Maraccording to the report, which riage rate 41 percent used data from the Census l (tie) Lawrence: Marriage Bureau’s American Commurate 35 percent nity Survey. Of the 25 cities l (tie) Green Bay, Wis.: ranked, only five had lower marriage rates than Lawrence: Marriage rate 44 percent l Madison, Wis. Marriage Albany, N.Y., at 26 percent rate 37 percent marriage rate; Buffalo, N.Y., l Oshkosh, Wis.: Marriage 31 percent; Ames Iowa, 31 perrate 36 percent cent; Pittsburgh, 33 percent; l Portland, Maine: Marand New Orleans, 33 percent. riage rate 40 percent Lawrence was fairly l Asheville, N.C.: Marriage middle-of-the-pack in the rate 42 percent other categories. One that Perhaps the thing that was interesting, however, was jumped out at me also stands bars per 100,000 residents. out to you: Wisconsin comLawrence has 32.8 bars per munities make up nearly half 100,000 people, according to of the top 10. This, of course, Census figures. There were several communities with more makes sense. Wisconsin doesn’t believe in powdered than 50 per 100,000, but I was cheese, and in a married surprised that several major college communities on the list household, there is never a night when cheese sauce is were significantly lower than allowed on the couch.

Lawrence. Ames, Iowa, home to Iowa State University, had — This is an excerpt from Chad 25.5 per 100,000. Fayetteville, Lawhorn’s Town Talk column, which Ark., home to the University of appears each weekday on Arkansas, had 17.3 per 100,000.

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ON THE RECORD Marriages Jonathan Wayne Walston, 39, Lawrence, and Courtney Nicole Cross, 35, Lawrence.

Omar Samuels, 37, Lawrence, and Lena Mills, 63, Lawrence.

Antonio Espinoza Vera, 29, Lawrence, and Holli Bemis, 35, Lawrence.

Michelle Nicole Sanchez, 40, Eudora, and Paul Allen Ray, 40, Eudora.

Devon Anthony, 36, Lawrence, and Vanessa Williams, 27, Lawrence.

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Foreclosures The Douglas County sheriff holds a public auction of 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.

March 3, 2017 Evelyn Simpson, 2404 Haversham Drive, Lawrence. Judgment: $133,806.

March 9, 2017 Sean Weeks, 1615 Savage St., Eudora.

Judgment: $118,631.

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ansas went into Morgantown three weeks ago for the opener of a defining eight-game stretch that included five tests against schools that at that moment were ranked among the top seven in the nation.

Duke was the only of KU’s first 19 opponents that remained in the top 25 when the toughest portion of the Jayhawks’ schedule arrived, so questions still needed to be answered about coach Bill Self’s Jackson 14th Kansas team.

Six games into that potential death march, KU has held up just fine with a 4-2 record. The stretch concludes this week with today’s 8 p.m. tipoff against West Virginia in Allen Fieldhouse and a noon tipoff Saturday at Baylor.

Such brutal blocks of a schedule have been known to expose freshmen as less than ready for the prime time. Not just any freshman, Josh Jackson has exploded with his most productive run, which figures. His emergence as a consistent big-time scorer coincides precisely with the uptick in the difficulty of the schedule. The more his team needs him, the better he tends to play.

In the six games, Jackson is averaging 21.5 points and 8.0 rebounds, is shooting .593 on 2-pointers, .565 on 3-pointers and just .526 from the free-throw line.

He delivered his best game Saturday in Lubbock, where he totaled 31 points and 11 rebounds, made 12 of 15 field goals and 5 of 7 free throws, including the gamewinner in the 80-79 escape from Lubbock.

He showed terrific poise and awareness in not taking the bait set by Tech’s experienced, clever defenders.

“One of the biggest things we talked about this game is that they really like to take charges,” Jackson said. “As you see, they do a really good job of that. I had to be mindful when I was driving.”

He was whistled for just two personal fouls, neither of the offensive variety, an illustration of another of Jackson’s positive traits: He takes instruction well.

His recent surge makes him the only Big 12 player to rank in the top 15 in conference games in scoring (17.4, fourth), rebounding (7.3, seventh), assists (2.9, 14th), blocked shots (14th) and steals (tied for eighth).

He has produced a double-double in four of his past five games and has hit multiple 3-pointers in five of his past six games.

Jackson led Kansas with 22 points in the first West Virginia game, but it wasn’t

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Jayhawks motivated for rematch

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

As most everyone knows, Kansas coach Bill Self throughout the years has made winning the Big 12 Conference a point of emphasis for his KU teams.

But for one night, in the thick of this season’s chase for the title, Self would like to put the Big 12 race on the back burner and play a game for pride.

“I hope our guys approach the West Virginia game like it’s not even part

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of our league race; that it’s us against them,” said Self of today’s 8 p.m. Big Monday showdown with West

Virginia at Allen Fieldhouse.

“They whipped us the last time we played and we know we’ve gotta be a lot tougher and handle pressure.”

Fresh off of their pressurepacked, close-out victory over Texas Tech over the weekend in Lubbock, Texas, the Jayhawks will take the floor tonight looking to both avenge one of their two Big 12 losses and prevent a second consecutive loss at Allen Fieldhouse.

The last time KU suited up at home, the Jayhawks lost a lead and watched Iowa

State snap their 51-game winning streak inside their home building.

All of those factors — along with others, such as improving their defense, getting senior Frank Mason III healthy and executing a crash-course, cram session on that West Virginia press — will keep Kansas from thinking too much about what went down in Lubbock and focused on what’s ahead.

“It’s big,” said KU senior Landen Lucas of the road

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Royals ready to get started

By Dave Skretta AP Sports Writer

Kansas City, Mo. — Dayton Moore was almost finished assembling a team he thought was capable of getting back to the playoffs, one that addressed many of the holes that plagued them a year ago.

Then he received a phone call on the way to the airport.

At first he thought it was a mistake, the news that young Kansas City pitcher Yordano Ventura had been killed in a car crash in the Dominican Republic. Then he realized it was true. And with spring training in Arizona just a few weeks away, Moore was left not only with the need to grieve over a life lost far too young, but also a sizeable hole in his starting rotation.

The grieving he approached this way: “My faith is important,” the gen> KEEGAN, 3C eral manager said. “I had

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The beautiful thing about spring training every year is there’s always a big surprise.”

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deep conversations with Yordano in the past about faith, but that’s how I personally deal with this.”

The hole in the rotation he dealt with this way: Moore signed veteran Jason Hammel to a two-year, $16 million contract a week before Royals pitchers and catchers were expected in suburban Phoenix.

While it’s hard to expect Hammel to replace Ventura, a 25-year-old flamethrower just hitting his prime, he at least fortifies the pitching staff. And with Danny Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo Duffy, Ian Kennedy and Jason Vargas holding down JASON HAMMEL DELIVERS FOR THE CHICAG CUBS during a 2016 game against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. The Kansas City Royals signed Hammel to a two-year, > ROYALS, 3C $16 million contract.

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Voters must decide between Gonzaga, Villanova at No. 1

By John Marshall AP Basketball Writer

The NCAA Tournament selection committee released preliminary seeds over the weekend, putting Villanova as the top overall seed.

The Wildcats are No. 2 in the AP Top 25, so the committee clearly viewed the Wildcats’ resume to be better than topranked Gonzaga’s.

But it wasn’t just Villanova that surged past the Zags. Kansas earned the No. 2 overall seed and fellow Big 12er Baylor was third overall in the mock bracket.

Gonzaga was still the No. 1 seed in the West Regional, but was fourth overall.

Now that the committee has spoken, how will it affect poll voters?

Gonzaga received 59 of 65 first-place votes in last week’s poll, with Villanova getting the other six. Kansas was third in the AP poll and Baylor was No. 6.

Voters in today’s poll now must decide whether to leave Gonzaga at the top spot or move Villanova to No. 1.

“We’re not thinking about

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FREE STATE HIGH No. 4 Louisville lost to No. Shockers rise all that,” Gonzaga guard Nigel SOUTH TODAY WEST This could be the week Williams-Goss said. “We’re 12 Virginia, though the Cardi• Bowling at LHS, 4 p.m. thinking about getting better nals were short-handed. Guard Wichita State works its way TUESDAY each and every week because if Quentin Snider was out with ALback EAST into the poll.

• Girls/boys basketball at Shawnee The Shockers have been on we keep getting better, nobody a hip flexor, while forward Mission South, 5:30 p.m.

Deng Adel and center Mangok a roll, stretching their winning can stop us.”

The Zags (26-0) were not Mathiang were suspended for streak to seven games with Thursday’s 80-62 win over Misconcerned with the commit- missing curfew.

AL CENTRAL LAWRENCE HIGH No. 5 Oregon followed up a souri State. Wichita State (22tee’s rankings SaturdaySOUTH when WEST TODAY they faced West Coast Confer- lopsided win over No. 9 Ari- 4, 12-1 MVC) also took control • Bowling vs. FSHS, 4 p.m. ence rival Saint Mary’s. Gon- zona with a three-point loss of the Missouri Valley ConferAL EAST TUESDAY ence by crushing Illinois State zaga passed what’s expected to to No. 10 UCLA. That should WEST • Girls/boys basketball at the week before. be its last real test in its bid for move the Bruins up in today’s AL86-45 Shawnee Mission North, 5:30 p.m.

The Shockers should be in an undefeated regular season, poll, though it didn’t sway the beating the 20th-ranked Gaels NCAA selection committee; good position to move into the CENTRAL poll after No. 19 South Carothe Ducks were the topALteam 74-64 in Moraga.

SEABURY ACADEMY The Zags will be huge favor- out of the Pac-12 in Saturday’s lina, No. 20 Saint Mary’s, No. TUESDAY 21 Maryland, No. 22 Butler and ites in their final four games rankings.

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Jonathan Isaac, Florida State.

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VERITAS CHRISTIAN The Seminoles (21-5, 9-4 ACC) game in 2 1/2 months,” Saint TUESDAY were the No. 2 seed in the MidMary’s coach Randy Bennett Highlight reel • Girls basketball at WAHAA, 6 North Dakota State’s Khy west Regional in the selection said. “People say this and that p.m. about them; nobody’s come Kabellis had one of the more committee’s mock draft and Isaac • Boys basketball vs. St. Mary’s, AFC TEAM 081312: Helmet and team logos for AFC teams; various stand-alone; improbable baskets ofthe the seahas beensizes; a big reason staff; for ETA their5 p.m. close to beating themLOGOS yet. They 7 p.m. haven’t had a team that’s been son, blindly flipping it into the success. The athletic 6-foot-10 basket while trying to save it in forward is Florida State’s secondthis dominant.” front of Denver’s bench. leading scorer at 12.7 points per More changes One problem: The ball went game and leads with 7.7 rebounds.

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Seminoles with 34 blocked shots.

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Philadelphia (ap) — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid isn’t healthy enough for the basketball court, but his dance moves look just fine.

A leading candidate for Rookie of the Year, Embiid missed his ninth straight game Saturday due to a bruised left knee. His absence against the Miami Heat came one night after cellphone video captured the 76ers center dancing on stage at a Meek Mill concert in Philadelphia.

The video caused a mini firestorm in Philadelphia on Saturday.

Speaking to reporters at Saturday morning’s Embiid shootaround at the team’s practice facility in Camden, New Jersey, the 22-year-old rookie said his dancing was all about having fun.

“Meek invited me to the stage,” Embiid said. “I had fun.

That’s what I’m about, just enjoying life.”

Philadelphia coach Brett Brown deflected questions about Embiid in Saturday’s pregame meeting with reporters, saying he had a conversation with Embiid about it and that he wanted to keep that talk private.

When pressed about it not being a good look for Embiid to dance on stage when he can’t play on the court, Brown acknowledged that was part of the discussion.

“The conversations I had with Joel after I saw the video included a lot, some of which you mentioned,” Brown said.

“By and large, I’d probably prefer it was a private conversation.”

Asked if he was disappointed by Embiid’s actions, Brown said, “I’m not going to go there anymore. I’ve spoken with Joel privately and I’ll leave it at that.”

Embiid hasn’t played since Jan. 27, when he had 32 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two blocks in a nationally televised 123-118 home loss to James Harden and Houston. Embiid is averaging 20.2

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JORDAN SPIETH POSES with his trophy on the 18th green of the Pebble Beach Golf Links after winning the AT&T Pebble Beach National ProAm golf tournament Sunday in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Pebble Beach, he didn’t make hard anything, and didn’t look to be trying to make them from above the hole to avoid putting himself in a position to drop shots.

No one could put any pressure on him over the opening seven holes, which is where rallies begin at Pebble Beach.

Two-time Pebble Beach winner Brandt Snedeker, playing in the final group with Spieth, managed three birdies through six holes to get within four shots. But he narrowly missed birdie chances on the fifth and

the year as a sophomore. But he also had academic issues that forced him to miss the 2012 NCAA Tournament after being declared ineligible.

“He was a really good kid, and it’s not fair that he will be defined by one thing: a 10-page paper,” Boeheim told ESPN. “He worked his tail off to become a really good player and Melo was a nice kid.”

Melo was a first-round draft pick in 2012 by the Boston Celtics. At the time, Boston’s assistant general manager, Ryan McDonough, marveled at how

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seventh holes, and he fell back with a bogey on the ninth. Snedeker closed with nine straight pars for a 70 to finish fourth.

Kraft, a close friend of Spieth’s from Dallas, ran off four straight birdies on the front nine, and his birdie at No. 11 got him to within three shots. His last hope was missing an 8-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole.

Spieth said caddie Michael Greller told him on every tee, “Keep playing boring golf.”

“I don’t like boring golf,” he

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quickly Melo was picking up the game after just a few years of playing it. McDonough said Melo grew up playing soccer in Brazil, where that sport is national obsession.

But Melo played only six games for the Celtics, spending most of the season with Maine in the NBA Development League.

“I’m so saddened to hear of the passing of Fab Melo,” Celtics general manager Danny Ainge wrote on Twitter.

“He was a good kid with a big heart. Our prayers go out to all of his loved ones.”

In August 2013, Melo was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, who waived him two weeks later. He then signed with the Dallas Mavericks but was waived shortly after.

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Police: Former NBA player Fab Melo dead at 26 Sao Paulo (ap) — Former Syracuse University and Boston Celtics center Fab Melo has died in his native Brazil, military police said Sunday. He was 26.

An emergency call Saturday night brought police and paramedics to Melo’s house in Juiz de Fora, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, according to a police sergeant who gave his name only as Couto. Couto said that when the police arrived, paramedics said Melo was dead, with no signs of violence.

“We don’t know the cause yet. It’s so hard right now, so hard to believe,” Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim told ESPN. The 7-foot Melo was a star at Syracuse and was named Big East defensive player of

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While he Spieth breezes to big win at Pebble Beach can’t play, Embiid shows he can dance Pebble Beach, Calif. (ap) — Jordan Spieth kept it simple Sunday and won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for the ninth PGA Tour title of his young career.

Spieth started with a six-shot lead and no one got closer than three all day. He putted for birdie on all but one hole and closed with a 2-under 70 for a four-shot victory over former U.S. Amateur champion Kelly Kraft, who shot 67.

U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson shot 68 to finish third.

Former Kansas golfer Gary Woodland fired a finalround 65 and tied for fifth place, seven strokes behind Spieth.

The scenery Woodland was as spectacular as it gets on the Monterey Peninsula.

The final round was on the dull side, and that was just fine with Spieth.

“That’s a dream round when you’re leading by a bunch,” Spieth said.

It was his first 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour since the Masters, where he lost a fiveshot lead on the back nine at Augusta National. The 23-yearold Texan ran off 14 straight pars until a 30-foot birdie on the par-3 17th. That allowed for an easy walk up the 18th, a closing hole even more gorgeous with a four-shot lead.

Spieth’s only other birdie was on the par-5 second when he two-putted from 12 feet.

One day after he took only 23 putts on the bumpy greens of

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Sources: KU aide Jackson leaving

By Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

Kansas football coach David Beaty’s 2017 coaching staff isn’t quite fully assembled after all.

Highly regarded strength and conditioning coach Je’Ney Jackson is leaving the coaching field, according to multiple sources from inside the athletic department, for a job in the medical industry.

The same sources said that Beaty also will make a switch at defensive line coach, where in 2016 Michael Slater was the school’s third at that position in three seasons.

His successor will be the fourth in four years.

Jackson had been with the Kansas football program as an assistant in the strength department (2005-06) and assistant football coach (2007-09) under Mark Mangino.

He then spent a year instructing cornerbacks at Southern Mississippi before leaving to head the strength and conditioning program for Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean’s program for 4 1/2 years.

Shortly after being hired to head the Kansas football program, Beaty brought Jackson back to KU and put him in charge of strength and conditioning. Beaty consistently gave Jackson rave reviews for putting in long, productive hours.

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win that maintained KU’s one-game lead in the Big 12 standings. “But we also have to understand that it doesn’t mean much if we don’t handle business on Monday. We just gotta move on. We’ve got another game coming up. It’s against a team that beat us and we just gotta take them very seriously and get that home winning streak started up again.”

Added junior Devonté Graham, who scored 17 points but coughed up a game-high four turnovers in the first matchup with WVU: “Definitely a big game for us. We gotta try to get that revenge. We’re gonna get hype for that game. Our last game at home we took an L so we gotta come back and play hard. I know the crowd’s gonna be juiced up and energized.”

The Jayhawks have not lost to West Virginia at home since the Mountaineers joined the Big 12, winning in Allen Fieldhouse during the past four seasons by an average margin of 14 points.

That includes an overtime thriller in 2015 and a 26-point blowout in 2013.

During that same time, however, KU is just 1-4 in games played at WVU, including this season’s 16-point loss in late January, making this showdown one of the more evenly matched Big 12 rivalries for Kansas in recent years.

It’s that fact, along with the fresh memories of this season’s first meeting, that Self is banking on to inspire a better effort against the Mountaineers this time around.

“Any time you get it handed to you and you get an opportunity to play that same team, that should be motivation enough and that’s certainly what happened the first time we played West Virginia,” he said.

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Louisiana recruit decommits from KU

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

Serving as a reminder of just how mercurial the college football recruiting world can be, Kansas coaches learned Sunday night one of the touted Louisiana prospects who committed to join the Jayhawks just over a week ago has decided to back out.

Four-star receiver Ja’Marr Chase, who on

Feb. 4 became one of five prep juniors from the southeastern state to commit to the Jayhawks that day, announced on Twitter eight days later he’s had second thoughts.

“After having a lengthy discussion with my parents I realized that I can’t make a rational decision when my emotions are (involved),” Chase, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound receiver from Rummel High, in Metairie,

La., wrote in a note he tweeted out Sunday night. “Making a decision about my future needs to be a family decision and I have to make sure that my family is on the same page. This have nothing to do with Kansas or the coaches at Kansas. It’s a great place and (they’re) doing great things. With that being said I’m announcing my de-committing from (the) Kansas Jayhawks.”

Chase also has offers from Florida, Ole Miss, TCU, Tennessee and several other programs from Power Five conferences.

As of Sunday night, KU still had five other commitments from Louisiana on board: four-star receiver Devonta Jason, four-star defensive back Corione Harris, threestar defensive tackle Nelson Jenkins, three-star defensive back Aaron Brule and three-star running

back Anthony Williams.

Brule, a 6-foot safety, is Chase’s high school teammate at Rummel.

Before Chase decommitted, KU peaked as high as No. 2 in the country in Rivals’ 2018 team recruiting rankings. Once Chase took his name off the Jayhawks’ list, Kansas dropped to No. 6 — behind No. 1 Penn State, Florida State, Miami (Fla.), USC and Notre Dame.

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Conquer the quick turnaround

For the third time this season — with one more still to go — the Jayhawks will be playing on Big Monday, just two days after a hard-fought Saturday game, which will challenge both the conditioning and preparation of the Jayhawks, who sit one game up on Baylor and two games ahead of WVU in the Big 12 standings. After Saturday’s 80-79 victory at Texas Tech, KU coach Bill Self talked about the most difficult aspects of handling the quick turnaround and said it was much more enjoyable to enter the challenge after a victory. “We’ve obviously done ‘em both,” Self said. “Last week (after a Saturday home loss to Iowa State), we did the losing side and our guys responded fine. So hopefully we’ll respond fine. With the quick turnaround, you don’t have time to prep for that and we didn’t have a prep day for (WVU) this week so our guys need to have a good, offthe-feet day (Sunday). We need to get Frank (Mason III) healthy (illness) and we’ve gotta play a lot more competitively than we did the first time.”

Attack and handle the press

Guard the ball better

Anytime Press Virginia comes calling, clean handling of the basketball and avoiding silly turnovers is a must. Self talked before the first meeting about preventing live-ball turnovers that lead directly to West Virginia points and the Jayhawks did a fair job of that in Morgantown earlier this season. In fact, Self said he was pleased with his team’s total number of turnovers (15) in the first meeting but disappointed in the way the turnovers occurred. Far too many of those 15 giveaways were unforced and the result of careless plays by the Jayhawks. “We came in knowing the pressure was gonna be tough and we were gonna have a few turnovers,” freshman Josh Jackson said after last month’s loss. “But I think the thing that really hurt us was the points they got off of our turnovers.” Providing support for the theory that it’s the type and not the number of turnovers that has cost Kansas is the team’s average in this series. Since 2012-13, the Jayhawks are averaging 15.7 turnovers in six victories over West Virginia. In KU’s four losses during that time (all in Morgantown), the Jayhawks have averaged 15.5 turnovers per game.

On-the-ball defense continues to be a challenge for the Kansas guards, who were torched at Texas Tech by Keenan Evans and Niem Stevenson and also struggled to keep their man in front of them in the loss to West Virginia earlier this season. Although Evans and Stevenson don’t play the exact same style as WVU’s Jevon Carter, Daxter Miles Jr., and Tarik Phillip, Self said Saturday’s showing at Texas Tech should have Devonte’ Graham, Frank Mason III, Svi Mykhailiuk, Lagerald Vick and Josh Jackson eager to prove they can defend better. “I think it’s probably a wake-up call for the guards,” Self said. “(And) there are some similarities, because the way Evans and Stevenson drove it is very similar to the way West Virginia drives it.”

Despite their continuing struggles to guard the ball and the lack of a true rim protector in the paint, the Jayhawks still rank second in the conference in FG defense (.418), first in defensive rebounds per game (27) and second in rebounding margin (+4.8) and they’re going to have to be sharp in all of those areas to come out on the right side of what promises to be another tough battle with West Virginia.

— Matt Tait

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West Virginia’s Esa Ahmad vs. KU’s Josh Jackson

With just six regular season games remaining, the Jayhawks have reached the stretch run of their quest to win a record-tying 13th consecutive conference championship. And there’s no better way to kick off the final third of the Big 12 race than with back-to-back games against the two teams closest to Kansas in the standings. Although it’s Baylor that sits just one game back and still gets the Jayhawks at home, there’s no way Self’s squad will enter the week looking past their Big Monday showdown with West Virginia, which enters tonight’s game just two games back of Kansas and on the heels of a blowout victory over Kansas State over the weekend. As per usual, the Jayhawks have done a fabulous job of staying in the moment and not looking down the road at what might be or what lies ahead.

If they’re able to maintain that type of focus this week, they could put a big dent in the league race and position themselves very well for the final four games of conference play, two at home (TCU and Oklahoma) and two on the road (at Texas and at Oklahoma State).

The West Virginia sophomore absolutely torched Kansas in the first meeting, when the Jayhawks paid far more attention to the WVU guards and less attention to the then-slumping forward who broke out in a big way against Kansas. Ahmad, who found openings just about everywhere in the KU defense, hit jumpers, scored at the rim and finished dunks en route to a career-high 27 points on 10-of17 shooting. Jackson nearly matched Ahmad’s offensive output — 22 points in 34 minutes — but was the one largely responsible for clearing the way for Ahmad’s big night. The KU freshman looked a step slow, played flat-footed and did not consistently bring his typical competitive and aggressive approach to the defensive end of the floor, which led both to Ahmad’s big night and Jackson fouling out. He’ll have to be better in this matchup, particularly when the Mountaineers trot 6-foot-8, 250-pound freshman Sagaba Konate onto the floor.

— Matt Tait

— Matt Tait

PROBABLE STARTERS KANSAS G – Frank Mason III, 5-11, 190, Sr. G – Devonté Graham, 6-2, 185, Jr. G – Josh Jackson, 6-8, 207, Fr. G – Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, 6-8, 205, Jr. F – Landen Lucas, 6-10, 250, Sr.

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enough to stave off an 8569 loss, the only of three Kansas setbacks to come in regulation. Kansas will have the home crowd on its side this time, but the Mountaineers (20-5 overall, 8-4 in the Big 12) are a tough matchup anywhere because of their ability to expose a Kansas vulnerability, defending dribblepenetration.

The defensive help Jackson can lend will be needed as much as his scoring if West Virginia targets Svi Mykhailiuk the way Texas Tech did.

Not all of Jackson’s contributions result in

statistics, but he does have a chance to leave KU with more points and rebounds than any freshman in the school’s rich history.

Andrew Wiggins totaled 597 points in 35 games, his final a fourpoint effort on 1-for-6 shooting in a loss to Stanford; Danny Manning, 258 rebounds in 34 games.

Kansas (22-3, 10-2) has six remaining regularseason games, anywhere from one to three in the Big 12 tournament and anywhere from one to six in the NCAA tourney, which means he has from eight to 15 games left.

To reach 598 points and 258 rebounds, Jackson needs to average 22.8 points and 12.0 rebounds

WEST VIRGINIA G – Jevon Carter, 6-2, 200, Jr. G – Daxter Miles Jr., 6-3, 200, Jr. F – Brandon Watkins, 6-9, 225, Sr. F – Esa Ahmad, 6-8, 225, Soph.

F – Nathan Adrian, 6-9, 235, Sr.

in eight games; 20.3, 9.4 in nine; 18.2, 8.4 in 10; 16.6, 7.6 in 11; 15.2, 7.0 in 12; 14.0, 6.5 in 13; 13.0, 6.0 in 14; 12.2, 5.6 in 15.

Then it’s off to the NBA, where he’ll pile millions of dead presidents on top of each other for a couple of decades.

“He might be the first guy to shake the (NBA) commissioner’s hand here in a few months (on draft night),” Texas Tech coach Chris Beard said after a near-miss for the improved Red Raiders. “It’s his talent, but you’ve got to give the Kansas coaching staff some credit. (Self’s) guys get better. They come in great and they get better.

That’s what makes Kansas Kansas.”

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three other jobs, it leaves just one spot open to competition this spring.

“The beautiful thing about spring training every year is there’s always a big surprise,” Royals manager Ned Yost said, “and sometimes there’s two. We’ll replace (Yordano) on the field. It’s just that we’ll never be able to replace that smile and personality. That’s what hurts the most.”

But baseball moves on, Yost said, just like life.

to the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Jorge Soler, their biggest move of the offseason. It not only solidifies right field with a young power hitter who has considerable upside, it also makes the team younger. It also means hard-throwing reliever Kelvin Herrera, who closed games while Davis was dealing with injuries last season, will assume the job on a full-time basis this season.

They’re set The everyday lineup is essentially set after the Royals signed Brandon Moss to a two-year, $12 million deal to replace Kendrys Morales as the New look designated hitter. Moss The Royals traded All- brings power to the lineStar closer Wade Davis up.

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SCOREBOARD Northwestern secures big win over Wisconsin TOP 25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

The Associated Press

Northwestern 66, No. 7 Wisconsin 59 Madison, Wis. — Bryant McIntosh scored 25 points, and defensive-minded Northwestern beat No. 7 Wisconsin on Sunday, securing an important win for the school’s bid to make its first-ever NCAA Tournament.

Dererk Pardon added 11 points for the Wildcats (19-6, 8-4), who confounded the Big Tenleading Badgers by doubling dominant big man Ethan Happ.

Nigel Hayes scored nine of his 13 points in the second half for the Badgers (21-4, 10-2), who had their eight-game winning streak snapped.

NORTHWESTERN (19-6) Taphorn 2-5 0-0 6, Law 3-12 2-2 11, Pardon 5-7 1-2 11, McIntosh 10-23 4-4 25, Lumpkin 4-6 0-0 9, Skelly 0-3 0-0 0, Benson 0-0 0-0 0, I.Brown 2-2 0-1 4.

Totals 26-58 7-9 66.

WISCONSIN (21-4) V.Brown 3-7 2-2 11, Hayes 5-11 3-5 13, Happ 3-8 3-6 9, Showalter 3-5 2-2 10, Koenig 1-8 0-0 2, Thomas 1-3 0-0 3, Pritzl 0-0 0-0 0, Trice 3-8 4-4 11, Iverson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-50 14-19 59.

Halftime-Northwestern 31-22. 3-Point Goals-Northwestern 7-17 (Law 3-6, Taphorn 2-4, McIntosh 1-2, Lumpkin 1-3, Skelly 0-2), Wisconsin 7-19 (V.Brown 3-6, Showalter 2-4, Thomas 1-1, Trice 1-2, Hayes 0-1, Koenig 0-5). Fouled Out-Law. Rebounds-Northwestern 29 (Pardon 8), Wisconsin 29 (Hayes, Happ 7). Assists-Northwestern 11 (McIntosh 7), Wisconsin 10 (Happ 5). Total Fouls-Northwestern 16, Wisconsin 12.

A-17,287 (17,230).

No. 10 UCLA 78, Oregon St. 60 Los Angeles — Lonzo Ball had 22 points and nine assists for UCLA. Ball made 9 of 12 shots as the Bruins (23-3, 10-3 Pac-12) shot 52 percent while winning their fourth straight after consecutive losses at the end of January.

TJ Leaf added 13 points and nine rebounds for the Bruins, who posted a season-low 32 points in the first half.

OREGON ST. (4-22) Eubanks 6-8 1-3 13, Rakocevic 2-8 3-4 7, McLaughlin 4-10 0-1 9, Thompson 7-15 0-0 18, Manuel 3-10 0-0 9, Kone 1-5 0-0 3, Dahlen 0-0 1-2 1, Muller 0-0 0-0 0, Stacy 0-0 0-0 0, Sanders 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 23-57 5-10 60.

UCLA (23-3) Leaf 5-7 2-2 13, Welsh 4-8 0-0 8, Alford 2-7 1-1 7, Hamilton 4-9 0-0 9, Ball 9-12 2-3 22, Goloman 3-4 0-0 7, Anigbogu 3-6 0-0 6, Okwarabizie 0-0 0-0 0, Holiday 3-9 0-0 6, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, A.Wulff 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-63 5-6 78.

Halftime-UCLA 32-27. 3-Point GoalsOregon St. 9-23 (Thompson 4-7, Manuel 3-6, McLaughlin 1-4, Kone 1-4, Rakocevic 0-1, Sanders 0-1), UCLA 7-23 (Ball 2-4, Alford 2-5, Leaf 1-1, Goloman 1-2, Hamilton 1-6, Smith 0-1, Holiday 0-4). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsOregon St. 27 (Rakocevic 9), UCLA 37 (Welsh, Leaf 9). Assists-Oregon St. 8 (McLaughlin 4), UCLA 21 (Ball 9). Total Fouls-Oregon St. 11, UCLA 11. A-12,649 (13,800).

No. 25 SMU 60, No. 11 Cincinnati 51 Dallas — Semi Ojeleye had 18 points to lead SMU while Sterling Brown had 13 points and 10 re-

bounds. Shake Milton and Ben Emelogu each had 11 points.

Jacob Evans had 15 points to lead Cincinnati (22-3, 11-1 American Athletic Conference), which had its 15-game winning streak snapped.

Emelogu hit two 3-pointers and made the tiebreaking free throw in the game-deciding 15-0 run for SMU (22-4, 12-1).

CINCINNATI (22-3) Washington 4-11 2-3 11, Clark 2-7 1-2 6, Caupain 0-7 2-2 2, Johnson 5-10 0-0 13, Evans 5-12 0-0 15, Q.Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Scott 0-0 0-0 0, Brooks 0-0 0-0 0, Cumberland 1-2 0-0 3, Jenifer 0-0 1-2 1.

Totals 17-49 6-9 51.

SMU (22-4) B.Moore 1-4 0-1 2, Ojeleye 5-11 5-7 18, Brown 5-13 2-2 13, Foster 1-6 2-2 5, Milton 3-6 2-3 11, Emelogu 4-5 1-2 11.

Totals 19-45 12-17 60.

Halftime-28-28. 3-Point GoalsCincinnati 11-32 (Evans 5-11, Johnson 3-8, Cumberland 1-2, Clark 1-2, Washington 1-4, Caupain 0-5), SMU 10-21 (Ojeleye 3-5, Milton 3-6, Emelogu 2-2, Foster 1-3, Brown 1-5). Fouled Out-B.Moore. Rebounds-Cincinnati 24 (Clark 12), SMU 29 (Brown 10).

Assists-Cincinnati 15 (Evans 5), SMU 14 (Milton 4). Total Fouls-Cincinnati 14, SMU 11. A-7,518 (7,000).

Virginia Tech 80, No. 12 Virginia 78, 2OT Blacksburg, Va. — Seth Allen hit a short jumper in the lane with 3.2 seconds left in the second overtime and Virginia Tech beat Virginia for the second consecutive year at Cassell Coliseum.

Allen, who led the Hokies (17-7, 6-6 Atlantic

Coast Conference) with 22 points, pulled up a few feet from the basket and made the shot, ending a crazy game that featured a tip-in to force the first overtime and a shot that died on the rim, helping to force the second.

London Perrantes had 22 points to lead Virginia (18-6, 8-4).

Ty Outlaw’s tip-in with 1 second left in regulation forced the overtime, and Perrantes’ bid for a go-ahead layup with 21 seconds left in the first overtime died on the rim. The officials called a jump ball, the Hokies had the possession arrow and Allen missed for the Hokies.

VIRGINIA (18-6) Wilkins 2-8 1-3 5, Salt 0-2 2-4 2, Perrantes 7-22 5-7 22, Hall 3-8 3-4 10, Shayok 5-8 1-2 11, Diakite 0-2 0-0 0, Reuter 1-1 2-3 4, Jerome 3-4 0-1 8, Thompson 2-3 0-0 4, Guy 5-8 0-0 12.

Totals 28-66 14-24 78.

VIRGINIA TECH (17-7) Sy 4-6 2-2 10, Robinson 2-7 2-2 7, Bibbs 6-9 0-3 16, Hill 3-9 3-4 9, Clarke 1-3 3-4 5, Z.LeDay 3-7 5-5 11, Allen 6-14 5-6 20, Outlaw 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 26-59 20-26 80.

Halftime-Virginia 37-23. End Of Regulation-Tied 63. End Of 1st Overtime-Tied 68. 3-Point GoalsVirginia 8-23 (Perrantes 3-12, Jerome 2-3, Guy 2-4, Hall 1-3, Thompson 0-1), Virginia Tech 8-26 (Bibbs 4-6, Allen 3-8, Robinson 1-4, Clarke 0-1, Outlaw 0-3, Hill 0-4). Fouled Out-Z.LeDay, Wilkins.

Rebounds-Virginia 35 (Wilkins 9), Virginia Tech 38 (Clarke 7). AssistsVirginia 13 (Perrantes, Hall, Thompson 3), Virginia Tech 13 (Robinson 6). Total Fouls-Virginia 20, Virginia Tech 20.

A-9,567 (10,052).

NBA Roundup The Associated Press

Knicks 94, Spurs 90 New York — Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points and New York salvaged the finale of a tumultuous five-game homestand by beating San Antonio on Sunday.

With Latrell Sprewell and a number of other former Knicks in attendance two days after Charles Oakley was banned, the current team pulled out a defensive performance from its past, limiting the Spurs to 36 percent shooting.

That came just two nights after the Knicks yielded 131 points in a dismal defensive performance against Denver, which came after losses to Cleveland and both Los Angeles teams to start the homestand.

SAN ANTONIO (90) Leonard 13-27 9-11 36, Aldridge 5-16 5-6 15, Dedmon 1-2 1-2 3, Parker 0-3 0-0 0, Green 2-13 0-0 6, Anderson 1-3 3-3 5, Bertans 1-2 0-0 3, D.Lee 5-8 0-0 10, Murray 0-0 0-0 0, Mills 3-8 0-0 8, Ginobili 2-9 0-0 4. Totals 33-91 18-22 90.

NEW YORK (94) C.Anthony 9-21 4-6 25, Porzingis 4-10 5-5 16, Hernangomez 6-8 0-0 12, Rose 6-11 6-8 18, C.Lee 4-9 0-0 9, Thomas 1-2 0-0 2, O’Quinn 1-3 2-2 4, Jennings 1-1 0-0 2, Holiday 2-3 0-0 6. Totals 34-68 17-21 94.

San Antonio 21 27 17 25 — 90 New York 18 24 27 25 — 94 3-Point Goals-San Antonio 6-29 (Mills 2-5, Green 2-10, Bertans 1-1, Leonard 1-7, Parker 0-1, Aldridge 0-1, Ginobili 0-4), New York 9-14 (Porzingis 3-5, C.Anthony 3-5, Holiday 2-2, C.Lee 1-2). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsSan Antonio 46 (Aldridge 10), New York 44 (Hernangomez 9). AssistsSan Antonio 17 (Parker, Leonard, Ginobili 4), New York 18 (C.Lee 5).

Total Fouls-San Antonio 16, New York 19. Technicals-San Antonio defensive three second, San Antonio team.

A-19,812 (19,812).

Pistons 102, Raptors 101 Toronto — Tobias Harris had 24 points off the bench, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 21, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 13.2 seconds left, and Detroit overcame a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat Toronto.

Andre Drummond had 10 points and 18 rebounds for his 36th double-double of the season.

DeMar DeRozan

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said. “But that’s what was needed today.”

He played the final 28 holes without a bogey.

Spieth became the seventh straight PGA Tour winner in his 20s, and he

How former Jayhawks fared Cole Aldrich, Minnesota Min: 9. Pts: 2.

Reb: 3. Ast: 1.

Ben McLemore, Sacramento Min: 28. Pts: 11.

Reb: 2. Ast: 1.

Marcus Morris, Detroit Min: 32. Pts: 11.

Reb: 3. Ast: 1.

Brandon Rush, Minnesota Min: 29. Pts: 5.

Reb: 2. Ast: 1.

Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota Min: 34. Pts: 27.

Reb: 6. Ast: 4.

Sunflower League boys basketball standings

Free State Lawrence Olathe Northwest SM East SM West SM South SM North Olathe South SM Northwest Olathe North Leavenworth Olathe East

League Overall 7-0 12-4 6-1 11-5 4-3 12-4 4-3 8-7 4-3 8-8 4-3 8-8 4-3 5-11 3-4 8-8 2-5 7-9 2-5 5-11 1-6 5-11 1-6 3-13

Sunflower League girls basketball standings

Leavenworth Olathe South Olathe East SM Northwest Lawrence Olathe Northwest Free State Olathe North SM East SM West SM South

League Overall 6-1 14-2 6-1 13-2 6-1 12-4 4-3 12-4 4-3 12-4 4-3 10-6 4-3 10-6 4-3 10-6 2-5 4-11 1-6 4-11 1-6 4-12

Big 12 Women

League Overall Texas 14-0 20-4 Baylor 13-1 24-2 Oklahoma 11-3 20-6 Kansas State 8-5 18-7 West Virginia 5-8 17-8 Iowa State 4-9 13-11 TCU 4-9 12-12 Oklahoma State 3-10 13-11 Texas Tech 3-10 11-13 Kansas 2-12 8-17 Sunday’s Game Baylor 91, TCU 73 Today’s Game Texas at Florida State, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 15 TCU at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m.

Kansas State at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Texas Tech at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 18 West Virginia at Iowa State, noon Texas at Oklahoma, 1 p.m.

Kansas at Texas Tech, 2 p.m.

Kansas State at TCU, 3 p.m.

Oklahoma State at Baylor, 5 p.m.

Big 12 Men

League Overall Kansas 10-2 22-3 Baylor 9-3 22-3 West Virginia 8-4 20-5 Iowa State 7-5 15-9 TCU 6-6 17-8 Kansas State 5-7 16-9 Oklahoma State 5-7 16-9 Texas Tech 4-8 16-9 Texas 4-8 10-15 Oklahoma 2-10 8-16 Saturday’s Games Kansas 80, Texas Tech 79 West Virginia 85, Kansas State 66 Baylor 70, TCU 52 Oklahoma State 84, Texas 71 Iowa State 80, Oklahoma 64 Today’s Games Baylor at Texas Tech, 6 p.m.

West Virginia at Kansas, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 14 Texas at Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 15 Iowa State at Kansas State, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma State at TCU, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 18 Kansas at Baylor, noon Kansas State at Texas, 1 p.m.

Texas Tech at West Virginia, 1 p.m.

TCU at Iowa State, 5 p.m.

Oklaohma at Okklahoma State, 7 p.m.

How the Top 25 fared

Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP

TORONTO RAPTORS GUARD DEMAR DEROZAN (10) tries to protect the ball from Detroit Pistons guard Ish Smith (14) and forward Marcus Morris (13) Sunday during second-half NBA action in Toronto. points, 11 assists and six rebounds and Minnesota shot 54 percent to help coach Tom Thibodeau sweep the season series against his former team.

Gorgui Dieng added 10 points and 13 rebounds.

Sunday 1. Gonzaga (26-0) did not play. Next: vs. San Francisco, Thursday.

2. Villanova (24-2) did not play. Next: at DePaul, today.

3. Kansas (22-3) did not play. Next: vs. No. 13 West Virginia, today.

4. Louisville (20-5) did not play.

Next: at Syracuse, today.

5. Oregon (22-4) did not play. Next: vs. Utah, Thursday.

6. Baylor (22-3) did not play. Next: at Texas Tech, today.

7. Wisconsin (21-4) lost to Northwestern 66-59. Next: at Michigan, Thursday.

8. North Carolina (21-5) did not play.

Next: at N.C. State, Wednesday.

9. Arizona (23-3) did not play. Next: at Washington State, Thursday.

10. UCLA (23-3) beat Oregon State 78-60. Next: vs. Southern Cal, Saturday.

11. Cincinnati (22-3) lost to No. 25 SMU 60-51. Next: at South Florida, Wednesday.

12. Virginia (18-6) lost to Virginia

Timberwolves 117, Bulls 89 Minneapolis — Andrew Wiggins scored 27 points and Karl-Anthony Towns added 22 to help Minnesota beat severely short-handed Chicago.

Ricky Rubio had 17

quarter and never relinquished it in winning for the fourth time in five games. The Kings have won three straight games only one other time this season.

Darren Collison had 20 points and eight assists CHICAGO (89) for the Kings.

McDermott 6-15 0-0 16, Gibson Anthony Davis had 32 1-4 0-0 2, Lopez 5-11 0-1 10, CarterWilliams 4-12 3-5 12, Grant 3-5 0-0 points and 10 rebounds 8, Felicio 3-7 1-2 7, Portis 6-11 3-3 16, Canaan 1-6 2-2 5, Rondo 5-9 0-0 for the Pelicans, but was 10, Valentine 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 35-84 limited to 11 points fol- Kansas softball 9-13 89. lowing a huge first half.

MINNESOTA (117) wins over Akron Wiggins 10-19 5-6 27, Towns 8-11 New Orleans has dropped 6-6 22, Dieng 5-9 0-0 10, Rubio 5-10 The Kansas softball 6-6 17, Rush 1-5 3-4 5, Muhammad eight of 10 games and is team completed its 5-7 2-3 12, Bjelica 6-12 1-1 16, Aldrich 7-19 on the road.

1-1 0-0 2, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Dunn 0-2 0-0 season-opening weekend 0, Stephenson 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 44-81 with a 6-0 victory over 23-26 117.

NEW ORLEANS (99) Chicago 17 23 25 24 — 89 Cunningham 5-12 0-0 14, Hill 3-5 0-0 Akron on Sunday in the Minnesota 34 23 27 33 — 117 9, Davis 11-24 9-9 32, Holiday 6-14 3-3 3-Point Goals-Chicago 10-25 16, Hield 2-5 0-0 5, Motiejunas 2-6 3-4 Stetson Lead-Off Classic in (McDermott 4-7, Grant 2-3, Carter- 7, Frazier 0-2 0-0 0, Galloway 3-8 0-1 9, Deland, Fla. Williams 1-1, Canaan 1-3, Portis 1-4, Evans 2-6 3-4 7. Totals 34-82 18-21 99.

KU senior Taylor Dodson Valentine 1-4, Rondo 0-3), Minnesota SACRAMENTO (105) 6-24 (Bjelica 3-6, Wiggins 2-5, Rubio Cousins 7-14 14-16 28, Koufos 2-6 0-0 hit her fourth home run of 1-3, Dunn 0-1, Dieng 0-1, Towns 0-2, 4, Collison 7-16 4-5 20, McLemore 4-7 the weekend in her first Muhammad 0-2, Rush 0-4). Fouled Out- 0-0 11, Afflalo 3-7 3-3 10, Barnes 5-9 None. Rebounds-Chicago 35 (Carter- 0-0 12, Tolliver 3-9 0-0 9, Cauley-Stein at-bat, giving the Jayhawks Williams 7), Minnesota 46 (Dieng 13). 3-6 2-2 8, Richardson 1-4 1-1 3. Totals an early 2-0 lead.

Assists-Chicago 22 (Carter-Williams, 35-78 24-27 105.

Freshman Brittani Reid Rondo 6), Minnesota 27 (Rubio 11). New Orleans 29 27 17 26 — 99 Total Fouls-Chicago 24, Minnesota 14. Sacramento 23 30 23 29 — 105 hit a three-run homer in A-19,356 (19,356).

3-Point Goals-New Orleans 13-31 (Cunningham 4-7, Hill 3-5, Galloway the second inning, handing 3-6, Davis 1-2, Hield 1-3, Holiday junior pitcher Sarah Miller Kings 105, Pelicans 99 1-4, Evans 0-1, Motiejunas 0-3), all of the run support she Sacramento, Calif. — Sacramento 11-31 (McLemore 3-5, Tolliver 3-7, Collison 2-4, Barnes 2-6, needed in a completeDeMarcus Cousins had Afflalo 1-3, Richardson 0-2, Cousins game shutout. Miller al28 points, 14 rebounds 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-New Orleans 36 (Davis 10), Sacramento and seven assists for 46 (Cousins 14). Assists-New Orleans Sacramento, which beat 23 (Holiday 11), Sacramento 23 8). Total Fouls-New Orleans New Orleans for its third (Collison 23, Sacramento 18. Technicals-New straight victory.

Orleans defensive three second, The Kings assumed New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry, New Orleans team, Cousins, Barnes.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2C the lead late in the third Ejected-Hield. A-17,608 (17,500).

got back into the hunt for No. 1. He had fallen far enough behind that even by beating a strong field at Pebble Beach, it will not move him from No. 6.

But he goes to Riviera next week with a chance to reach as high as No. 2. Johnson, with this third-place finish, could go to No. 1 by winning at Riviera.

The spot now belongs

to Jason Day, who shared the 36-hole lead at Pebble Beach and fell 10 shots behind with a 75 on Saturday.

Day bounced back with a 67 to tie for fifth with Gary Woodland (65) and Torrey Pines winner Jon Rahm (68).

Spieth now has four top 10s in his four starts this year and already appears to be peaking as the

scored 26 points for Toronto and Jonas Valanciunas had 17 points and nine rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Raptors from losing for the 10th time in their last 14 games.

DETROIT (102) Morris 3-9 5-6 11, Leuer 1-5 0-0 2, Drummond 3-10 4-8 10, Jackson 1-5 4-4 6, Caldwell-Pope 8-22 3-3 21, Harris 9-13 4-4 24, Johnson 4-9 0-0 11, Baynes 1-1 0-0 2, Smith 6-10 2-4 15. Totals 36-84 22-29 102.

TORONTO (101) Carroll 6-9 1-4 15, Valanciunas 7-14 3-4 17, Poeltl 2-3 1-2 5, Lowry 5-10 1-2 15, DeRozan 10-21 6-7 26, Ross 3-6 0-0 7, Nogueira 1-1 4-4 6, Joseph 3-8 1-2 8, Powell 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 38-75 17-25 101.

Detroit 25 20 21 36 — 102 Toronto 27 24 31 19 — 101 3-Point Goals-Detroit 8-31 (Johnson 3-5, Harris 2-4, Caldwell-Pope 2-12, Smith 1-2, Jackson 0-2, Leuer 0-2, Morris 0-4), Toronto 8-16 (Lowry 4-6, Carroll 2-4, Joseph 1-2, Ross 1-2, Powell 0-1, DeRozan 0-1). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Detroit 41 (Drummond 18), Toronto 38 (Valanciunas 9). AssistsDetroit 12 (Smith 5), Toronto 18 (Lowry 5). Total Fouls-Detroit 18, Toronto 18.

Technicals-DeRozan. A-19,800 (19,800).

Tech 80-78, 2OT. Next: vs. No. 18 Duke, Wednesday.

13. West Virginia (20-5) did not play.

Next: at No. 3 Kansas, today.

14. Florida State (21-5) did not play.

Next: at Pittsburgh, Saturday.

15. Kentucky (20-5) did not play.

Next: vs. Tennessee, Tuesday.

16. Purdue (20-5) did not play. Next: vs. Rutgers, Tuesday.

17. Florida (20-5) did not play. Next: at Auburn, Tuesday.

18. Duke (20-5) did not play. Next: at No. 12 Virginia, Wednesday.

19. South Carolina (20-5) did not play. Next: vs. Arkansas, Wednesday.

20. Saint Mary’s (22-3) did not play. Next: vs. Loyola Marymount, Thursday.

21. Maryland (21-4) did not play.

Next: at Northwestern, Wednesday.

22. Butler (19-6 did not play. Next: vs. St. John’s, Wednesday.

23. Creighton (21-4) did not play.

Next: at Seton Hall, Wednesday.

24. Xavier (18-7) did not play. Next: at Providence, Wednesday.

25. SMU (22-4) beat No. 11 Cincinnati 60-51. Next: vs. Tulane, Wednesday.

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Boston 35 19 .648 — Toronto 32 23 .582 3½ New York 23 33 .411 13 Philadelphia 20 34 .370 15 Brooklyn 9 45 .167 26 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Washington 32 21 .604 — Atlanta 31 23 .574 1½ Charlotte 24 30 .444 8½ Miami 24 31 .436 9 Orlando 20 36 .357 13½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 37 16 .698 — Indiana 29 25 .537 8½ Chicago 26 29 .473 12 Detroit 26 29 .473 12 Milwaukee 23 30 .434 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 41 13 .759 — Houston 40 17 .702 2½ Memphis 33 23 .589 9 Dallas 22 32 .407 19 New Orleans 21 34 .382 20½ Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Utah 34 21 .618 — Oklahoma City 31 24 .564 3 Denver 24 30 .444 9½ Portland 23 31 .426 10½ Minnesota 21 34 .382 13 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 46 8 .852 — L.A. Clippers 33 21 .611 13 Sacramento 23 32 .418 23½ L.A. Lakers 19 37 .339 28 Phoenix 17 38 .309 29½ Saturday’s Games L.A. Clippers 107, Charlotte 102 Milwaukee 116, Indiana 100 Cleveland 125, Denver 109 Philadelphia 117, Miami 109 Golden State 130, Oklahoma City 114 Dallas 112, Orlando 80 Houston 133, Phoenix 102 Boston 112, Utah 104 Sunday’s Games Minnesota 117, Chicago 89 New York 94, San Antonio 90 Detroit 102, Toronto 101 Sacramento 105, New Orleans 99 Today’s Games Philadelphia at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Okla. City at Washington, 7 p.m.

Boston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Denver, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Utah, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Cleveland at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Indiana at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Memphis, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Denver, 8 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 8 p.m.

New York at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m.

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

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

BRIEFLY

Embiid

Masters gets closer. He has shot under par in all 16 rounds he has played this year, 17 in a row dating to the Tour Championship last fall.

The only disappointment for Spieth was not winning the pro-am with country singer Jake Owen. They tied for third, four shots behind Ken Duke and Carson Daly.

points and 7.8 rebounds in 31 games this season.

Counting Saturday, he will have missed 12 of the last 13 games.

After sitting out his first two seasons with a foot injury, Embiid injured his knee on Jan. 20 in a 93-92 home victory over Portland.

Embiid wasn’t selected as a reserve to the East-

lowed only six hits.

“I think the thing I was the most pleased with was seeing our team work together,” Kansas coach Megan Smith said. “I think every single player on our roster contributed and I think they work well as a group.”

The Jayhawks (5-0) will play in the North Florida Invitational next weekend.

Akron 000 000 0 — 0 6 2 Kansas 230 010 x — 6 9 0 W – Sarah Miller, 2-0. L – Kelly Hysong, 0-2.

2B – Anna Tarpley, AKR; Erin McGinley, KU. HR — Taylor Dodson, Brittani Reid, KU. KU highlights – Miller, 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 1 K; Lily Behrmann, 1-for-2, run, 2 walks; Dodson, 1-for-2, run, 2 RBI, 2 walks; McGinley, 2-for-4, 2 runs; Reid, 1-for-4, run, 3 RBI.

ern Conference’s All-Star team, but he is scheduled to compete in the Rising Stars game and the Skills Challenge during the league’s All-Star festivities. That could change depending on his health.

Philadelphia has two games remaining after Saturday before the break, and Brown said he didn’t know if Embiid would be healthy enough to play in either.

The 76ers entered Saturday 13-18 with Embiid in the lineup and 6-16 without him.

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AUCTION 331 INDIANA STREET

DOWNTOWN LOFT

Old Victorian Apartment House Two lots, needs work Open: Saturday 18th, 11 AM to 1PM one hour before auction or by appointment.

Auction Day Saturday, February 25th, 10 AM

This is a fantastic car for a commuter or someone who just wants a dependable car around town with a low monthly payment.

Stk#529181

Only $10,655

automatic, power equipment, alloy wheels, more room and gas mileage than you would expect! Stk#15413

Only $9,974

ext cab, tow package, power equipment, alloy wheels, great finance terms are available.

Stk#33169B1

one owner, heated seats, power equipment, alloy wheels, steering wheel controls, stk#17030

2012 Volkswagen Jetta fwd power equipment, leather, great gas mileage, stk#183581

Only $12,836

Only $24,886

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Only $9,455

Hyundai Crossovers

alloy wheels, leather heated seats, power equipment, DVD, navigation and more!

Stk#160681

2008 Hyundai Veracruz Limited

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Limited leather heated seats, sunroof, power equipment, 3rd row seating, room for the family and leaves room in your wallet!

Stk#346331

7 Days - $19.95 28 Days - $49.95

Only $9,455

Doesn’t sell in 28 days? + FREE RENEWAL!

CALL TODAY!

Only $10,814

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PUBLIC NOTICE CONTINUED FROM 5C Kansas by PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, praying for foreclosure of certain real property legally described as follows: LOT 6, IN BLOCK 2, IN CROSS CREEK ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, AS SHOWN

BY THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. Tax ID No.: U17001-0 Commonly known as 3420 Chance Ln., Lawrence, KS 66047 (“the Property”) MS180274 for a judgment against defendants and any other interested parties and, unless otherwise served by personal or mail service of summons, the time in which you have to plead to the Petition for Foreclosure in the District Court of Douglas County Kansas will expire on March 13, 2017. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the request of plaintiff.

MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC

By: _________________ Chad R. Doornink, #23536 cdoornink@msfirm.com 8900 Indian Creek Parkway, Suite 180 Overland Park, KS 66210 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) By:__________________ Christina E. Carr, #27514 ccarr@msfirm.com Michael E. Boyd, #21325 mboyd@msfirm.com Aaron M. Schuckman, #22251 aschuckman@msfirm.com 612 Spirit Dr. St. Louis, MO 63005 (636) 537-0110 (636) 537-0067 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF MS 180274.365421 KJFC MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld February 13, 2017) PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

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This public hearing is scheduled for February 21, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. to be held at the Baldwin City Library located at 800 7th Street.

Reasonable accommodations are available for persons needing assistance.

Requests for accommodations should be submitted to Laura Hartman, City Clerk, 785-594-6427 by February 14, 2017.

Water & Trash Paid Small Dog

2BR, 2 bath, fireplace, CA, W/D hookups, 2 car with opener. Easy access to I-70. Includes paid cable. Pet under 20 lbs. allowed

EOH

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All Electric

2 BR & 3 BR/2BA Units

Large 2BR / 1 BA

BETHEL ESTATES OF LAWRENCE Now Leasing!

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Call 785-424-7819

Near hospital. CentralA, off-street parking, on bus route, W/D hookups, no smoking. $600/mnth.

Available Immediately!

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KIMBERLYN EVELYN JULIÁN CASTAÑEDA, and IKER ALEXANDER JULIÁN CASTAÑEDA, minor children, by and through their natural mother and next friend, CATALINA CASTAÑEDA FLORES, Petitioners, vs.

CARLOS JULIÁN BUSTOS, Respondent.

(First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld January 30, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS — DIVISION 1 In the Matter of the Marriage of

Case No. 2016 DM 356 NOTICE OF SUIT To Carlos Julián Bustos and all other concerned persons:

You are notified that a petition has been filed in Douglas County District Court by Catalina Castañeda Flores praying and for a determination of paternity and you are hereby MIKEY required to plead to the TYSON-TAHDOOAHNIPPAH, petition on or before Respondent.

March 23, 2017 in the Douglas County District Case No. 2016-DM-720 Court, 111 E. 11th Street in Lawrence, Kansas. If you NOTICE OF SUIT fail to plead, judgment will be entered upon the petiTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO tion.

MIKEY TYSON-TAHDOOAHNIPPAH, AND ALL Respectfully Submitted, OTHER PERSONS WHO __________________ ARE OR MAY BE CON- Maxwell E. Kautsch, CERNED. #21255 TASHEENA TYSON-TAHDOOAHNIPPAH, Petitioner,

Certified this 7th day of February, 2017 You are hereby notified _______ that a Petition has been (First published in the filed in the Douglas County Lawrence Daily JournalCourt by Tasheena World February 13, 2017) Tyson-Tahdooahnippah; you are hereby required to DEMOLITION PERMIT answer the petition on or APPLICATION before March 13, 2017, in the Court at Lawrence, Date: 01/19/2017 Kansas. A hearing on the Site Address: 1028 Con- matter is scheduled for necticut, Lawrence, KS March 23, 2017. If you fail Legal Description: Con- to answer, judgment and necticut block; Lot 108 decree will be entered in Applicant Signature: due course upon the peti/s/ Peter Shenouda tion.

Peter Shenouda 01/19/2017; 785-550-4148 Tasheena peteshenouda@gmail.com Tyson-Tahdooahnippah, Property Owner PETITIONER Signature: _______ /s/ Victor Shenouda (First published in the Victor Milad Shenouda Lawrence Daily Journal01/19/2017; 785-843-4974 World on February 6, 2017) victor1940@gmail.com Person, Firm, or CorporaIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF tion responsible for the DOUGLAS COUNTY KANSAS building, if someone other DIVISION 1 than owner: Peter Shenouda CASTAÑEDA 4100 Teal Drive, Lawrence, CATALINA FLORES, CITLALY GUADAKS 66047; 785-550-4148 LUPE JULIÁN CASTAÑEDA, peteshenouda@gmail.com

Seller: John Craft Auctioneers: Elston Auctions (785-594-0505) (785-218-7851) “Serving Your Auction Needs Since 1994” Please visit us online at www.KansasAuctions.net/el ston for pictures!!

www.billfair.com Bill Fair & Company 800-887-6929

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Brief Description of Structure: Two garages on property.

The demo request is for the garage on the back south of the property Contractor Company Name: Peter Shenouda, 4100 Teal Drive, Lawrence, KS 66047; 785-550-4148; peteshenouda@gmail.com _______

FARM AUCTION Saturday, Feb 25th 10:00 A.M. 1551 North 1550 Rd Lawrence, KS

REAL ESTATE AUCTION Saturday, Feb 25th 10 AM 331 INDIANA STREET

PUBLIC NOTICES The City of Baldwin City will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of a neighborhood revitalization program (“Program”) for all properties located within the city limits.

A map of the proposed area is available in the City Clerk’s office.

The Program may include entering into interlocal agreements with Douglas County, USD #348 and Palmyra Township for the purposes of promoting revitalization and development within the city to enhance public health, safety and the general welfare of the residents of the city. This Program includes residential, commercial and industrial zoned properties. The Program is available for review in the City Clerk’s office situated at City Hall, 803 8th Street.

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331 Indiana two 50X145 lots selling at auction 2/25, 10 AM

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SELLING A MOTORCYCLE?

Chrysler 2008 Town & Country Limited,

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Townhomes

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2015 Chevrolet Spark LT

Equal Housing Opportunity.

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2013 Hyundai Sonata

Chrysler Vans

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Acreage-Lots

www.billfair.com Chevrolet 2013 Silverado 4wd Z71 LT

2013 Chevrolet Cruze LT

New carpet, vinyl, cabinets, countertop.

W/D is included.

Studio Apartments 600 sq. ft., $725/mo.

No pets allowed Call Today 785-841-6565

Available Now!

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W/D hookups, Fireplace, Major Appliances. Lawn Care & Dbl Car Garage!

Equal Housing Opportunity

810 Pennsylvania, Ste. 207 Lawrence, Kansas 66044 (785) 840-0077 fax (785) 842-3039 maxk@kautschlaw.com Attorney for the Petitioner CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

BIG ANTIQUE & MODERN FURNITURE AUCTION Monday, February 20th 6 PM 790 N Center St Gardner, KS Ron Stricker’s Auction Co. For More Info & Pics go to: ronstrickersauction.com Ron Stricker, Auctioneer 913-963-3800 Office: 913-856-6890

ESTATE MACHINERY AUCTION Saturday, Feb 25 10 AM 28153 W 151st St Olathe, KS 66061 Seller: Brunker Farm Inc. The Late Elmer Ray Brunker, Jr Wheeler Auctions & Real Estate 23101 HWY 24 Paris, MO 65275 660-327-5890 www.wheelerauctions.com

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ESTATE AUCTION Sunday, Feb 19th 10:00 A.M. 416 North 1600 Rd (Stull Rd) Lawrence, KS

Sceptre Monitor 18 inch, black. Cords included. $10 785-842-9148

Furniture White Desk 48 X 20 4 Drawers in excellent condition $ 25.00 842-1760

Seller: Living Estate Ben & Shirley Tibbits Auctioneers: Elston Auctions (785-594-0505) (785-218-7851) “Serving Your Auction Needs Since 1994” Please visit us online at www.KansasAuctions.net/el ston for pictures!!

4 Sale: Plastic Toy Box 27 X 22 W X 32L $ 8.00 Wood Bread Box 17 1/2 L X 11 H X 11 D $ 4.00 Call 785-542-1147 Free !!

2 Boxes of Bubble Wrap Call 479-409-4878

Auction conducted by: Ron Stricker’s Auction Co. 790 N Center St Gardner, KS Ron Stricker Auctioneer 913 963 3800 Office: 913-856-6890 For More Info & Pics go to: ronstrickersauction.com

Ends Feb 19 @ 9PM Lawrence, KS Upscale West Lawrence home.

Nora Roberts Readers 30 Books $ 9 Call 785-542-1147

Online Auction

Clothing Women’s MBT Physiological Walking Shoes- White, Size 8 1/2.

In original box, worn twice.

Smoke free/pet free home.

Bought for $284.00 Asking $100.00 Call 785-749-0291

785-832-9906

Sports-Fitness Equipment $15 Steel frame portable basketball goal. Extends to 9.5 ft. Has sand in base for stability. 785-749-3298 NordicTrack E5.5 Elliptical Space Saver Elliptical for sale. Back can fold up for more space when not in use. Features a console for different settings and resistance. Used approx.

10-15 times. $ 500 cash only 785-766-6058

PETS

Midwest Liquidation Services Visit: KansasResale.com 785-218-3761 Now Accepting Consignments!

MERCHANDISE

John Talleur Print Signed, Framed, Artist Proof III “ The Robin” Asking $ 85.00 785-312-2785

PIANOS • H.L. Phillips upright $650 • Cable Nelson Spinet $500 • Gulbranson Spinet - $450 • Sturn Spinet - $400 Prices include delivery & tuning

Miscellaneous

AUTOMOTIVE LIQUIDATION MOVING AUCTION Live Auction Saturday February 18 at 10 AM Preview: 9am-2pm Fri Auto Worlds Automotive 7246 W 75th St. Overland Park, KS

Arts-Crafts

Music-Stereo

Pets

paper book Inside Heaven Gods Country - A True Story. Patsy Lingle returned from her journey in Heaven. Pre-sale on Amazon. insideheavengodscountry.com for links to purchase. $ 14.99 Very good Condition Jeans (Men’s BRE 36L)-Long Sleeve Top (Lucky Brand XLT) 3- Shorts (Nike, Under Armour, Calvin Klein 36)-T Shirts (Hurley, Nike & Under Armour XL) All for $ 40.00 Call 785-542-1147 Need to sell your car?

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AKC LAB PUPPIES 4 Female • 1 Male Chocolate champion bloodlines, blocky heads, parents on site, vet & DNA checked, shots, hunters & companions.

Born 12/21/16, Ready 2/8/16. $ 650.

Call 785-865-6013

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December 31, 2016, as required b y K.S.A 80-140.

Treasurer .. John Vesecky Trustee .. Sandy Elliot Clerk .. Donna Cumley _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World on February 13, 2017)

FINANCIAL STATEMENTOF KANWAKA TOWNSHIP, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS I hereby certify that a FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2016 copy of the above and foregoing, along with a Spanish translation of the BALANCE BALANCE same, was delivered by via EXPENDITURES 12/31/2016 FUND 1/1/2016 RECEIPTS first class mail and via General 877 522,951 523,566 262 email, this 2nd day of FebSpecial Machinery 82,413 79 0 82,492 ruary, 2017, to: Fire Reserve 11,387 2042 3000 10,430 TOTAL 94,677 525,073 526,566 93,184 Carlos Julián Bustos Plaza de la Republica, Total Compensation for Trustee, Treasurer and Clerk: 14,500 #30 Molango de Escamilla Hidalgo Detailed statement of such receipts, expenditures and liabilities is available at the Budget Office. I certify that CP 43100 the foregoing is a summary of all moneys received by me and expended by said Townhip during the year ending lae.marco.innova December 31, 2016, as required b y K.S.A 80-140. @gmail.com ___________________ Treasurer .. Martin Johnston Maxwell E. Kautsch Trustee .. David Wulfkuhle _______ Clerk .. Jeanne Waisner _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World on February 13, 2017) FINANCIAL STATEMENTOF CLINTON TOWNSHIP, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2016

(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World on February 13, 2017) FINANCIAL STATEMENTOF PALMYRA TOWNSHIP, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2016

FUND General Road Fire Special Machinery TOTAL

BALANCE 1/1/2016 17,640 41,545 3,347 151,180 213,712

RECEIPTS 145,450 521,192 4,256 139,000 809,898

EXPENDITURES 155,751 556,555 7,603 29,618 749,527

Total Compensation for Trustee, Treasurer and Clerk:

BALANCE 12/31/2016 7,339 6,182 0 260,562 274,083 17,400

Detailed statement of such receipts, expenditures and liabilities is available at the Budget Office. I certify that the foregoing is a summary of all moneys received by me and expended by said Townhip during the year ending

BALANCE FUND 1/1/2016 General 14,930.95 Equipment Reserve 88,012.66 GRAND TOTAL BALANCE 102,943.61

RECEIPTS 304,429.52 170.72 304,600.24

EXPENDITURES 302,707.13 50,173.93 352,881.06

Total Compensation for Trustee, Treasurer and Clerk:

BALANCE 12/31/2016 16,653.34 38,009.45 54,662.79 9,444.75

Detailed statement of such receipts, expenditures and liabilities is available at the Budget Office. I certify that the foregoing is a summary of all moneys received by me and expended by said Townhip during the year ending December 31, 2016, as required b y K.S.A 80-140.

Treasurer .. Steve Dieker Trustee .. Loren Baldwin Clerk .. David Devore _______