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District to review plan for blended learning rollout

By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde

The Lawrence school district’s blended learning initiative — which “blends” traditional instruction methods with individual and smallgroup work that relies largely on online

resources — is set to become a districtwide approach.

District officials will share a report detailing the rollout plan for next school year at the Lawrence school board’s meeting today. Blended learning in the district began with an initial field

test of eight classAs part of the rooms in the 2012report, classroom 2013 school year. teachers will share Since then, the total their experiences number of districtusing the approach, supported blended including student classrooms has in- SCHOOLS achievement and creased to more observational data. than 300, most of which The approach has been are at the elementary aligned with the district’s level. goal to “develop and align

district expectations for curriculum and instruction to raise the achievement of all students.”

District officials have previously said another 75 classrooms are expected to become blended classrooms next school year, and one of the report’s first points is the

communication to staff that all classrooms will eventually transition to the model.

The district has spent considerable sums of money equipping classrooms with additional technology in order to Please see SCHOOL, page 5A

Beyond dissecting frogs

Planners to decide preferred gun range location ——

Commission to make recommendation to city leaders

By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling

If there is going to be a gun range in Lawrence, it makes more sense for it to be in an industrial area near 31st and Haskell than in a shopping mall near 23rd and Louisiana, a new city report has found.

The Lawrence Douglas-County Planning Commission will look today at those two possible locations for a proposed shooting range and gun shop, the plans for which have been contested because of their proximity to Lawrence schools.

The planning commission will then make a recommendation to the City Commission about whether the shooting range should be allowed to locate off 31st Street, near the Lawrence College and Career Center. If the city ends up denying the request for that location, the Lawrence businessman behind the idea plans to locate in a second site in a high-density, high-activity area near three schools — a location that doesn’t need approval from either the planning or city commissions.

City planning staff is recommending the planning commission recommend approval of the site at Please see GUN, page 2A

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FROM LEFT, BALDWIN HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS PAIGE LESLIE, RIESE WISMER AND HANNAH SPRIGGS work in their college biology class on a genetic transformation procedure Wednesday. Andrew Ising, evolutionary biology, ecology and science education instructor at the high school, received a 2015-16 Innovative Project Grant from the Baldwin Education Foundation and used the money for a smallscale microbiology lab at BHS. The lab additions included an incubator, centrifuges and the consumables needed around the lab.

Baldwin High students study cellular transformation

By Elvyn Jones Twitter: @ElvynJ

As Baldwin High School life sciences teacher Andrew Ising passed out laboratory utensils to his 8 a.m. biology class this past week, he shared a word on their instructions.

“When they send you these labs, they assume you

The loops were a tool the students used last week during an exercise to genetically transform E. coli bacteria.

Ising, who started teaching at Baldwin High School this year, said the experiment duplicated techniques first developed in research labs about a quarter century ago.

It may be a long way from the dissection of frogs that older generations remember

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don’t know how to use inoculation loops,” the teacher said.

“We are a college biology lab,” said junior Riese Wismer with mock outrage.

That was true, Ising said, but added that he — unlike the high school students in his class — wasn’t introduced to the tool until he was taking 400-level biology courses at Kansas State University.

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from biology class, but, as junior Wismer noted, the class is college biology.

In the more than two decades since the technology and technique were developed, they have filtered down to become a standard exercise in Advanced Placement high school biology classes, and Ising introduced it this Please see BIOLOGY, page 2A

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Frances M. Joseph Funeral services for Frances Margaret Joseph, 94, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Wa r r e n - M c E l w a i n Mortuary in Lawrence.

Frances passed away on Friday, February 19, 2016 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community.

She was born on August 24, 1921 in Hartford, CT, the daughter of Charles Stone and Margaret Gallup. Frances graduated from Norwich Free Academy June 13, 1939.

It was during high school she witnessed “The 1938 Long Island Express”, one of the most devastating hurricanes of the century. She told stories of going to the local bridges and watching as the waters rose.

In 1943-44 Frances worked at the Electric Boat Co. in New London, CT. At the time she was a “Rosie the Riveter” welding on U.S. submarines during WWII. It was at this time that she met Billy Joe Joseph, a local sailor. They were united in marriage on Feb. 10, 1945 in Norwich, CT, and remained married until his death in 2004.

During this period

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year at Baldwin High School. He was able to add it to his two college biology sections at Baldwin High School thanks to a $1,400 grant he received last fall from the Baldwin Education Foundation.

The money allowed the high school to purchase a microcentrifuge, incubator and lab kits used in the exercise, Ising said.

The exercise involves placing a plasmid of DNA taken from deep-sea fish into a colony of E. coli bacteria.

The bacteria is best known as a result of the several deadly E. coli food contamination outbreaks in recent decades.

Ising said those were

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Wichita fire marshal Brad Crisp said a resident called Sunday afternoon to report that his apartment at Shadyway Plaza Towers was on fire. The Wichita Eagle reports that a 70-year-old man was found dead inside the apartment. Another person who was found suffering from smoke inhalation is in stable condition at a Wichita hospital.

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she worked in nursing in Vallejo, CA, San Francisco, West Plains, MO, and Pittsburgh, KS before settling in Lawrence in the 1950s.

Her interests were family, friends, bird watching, especially cardinals, and her favorite candy M & Ms. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Billy Joe, brother, Charlie and sister, Agnes. Survivors include her son, Jeff (Robin) and grandson Nick, all of Lawrence; sister-in- law, Ruth of Wartburg, TN; and many nieces and nephews.

She had many friends from the local walking groups at the downtown mall and finally the East Lawrence Recreational Center. She will be sadly missed by family and friends.

Memorials may be made in her name to Grace Hospice of Lawrence and Topeka, KS and may be sent in care of the mortuary.

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caused by a few strains of the bacteria. Others are harmless or even beneficial, such as those that live in human intestines, he said. The E. coli used in the exercise is a domesticated strain bred for lab use.

“These are ‘safe’ to the point that you could, but probably shouldn’t — just to be safe — drink a flask full of the bacterial cells with no noticeable change to your health,” Ising said.

Nonetheless, the students followed established lab-safety precautions that treated all bacteria as dangerous.

The students were careful to disinfect all work areas with bleach and sterilize all tools used.

They wore gloves and goggles as they worked through the 16-step process to introduce the

City planning staff is recommending the planning commission recommend approval CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A of the site at 1021 E. 31st St., a plan it has already rejected once.

1021 E. 31st St., a plan it has already rejected once.

The alternative location, in The Malls shopping center near 23rd and Louisiana streets, has already been administratively approved. That location didn’t need City Commission approval because it’s already zoned to allow for a shooting range.

“Schools exist at both locations, but with varying degrees of activity and potential conflicts and poor results if a shooting occurs,” a city memo from planning staff states. “Given the possible harms, the 31st Street location presents a site of much less activity given it is designed to accommodate a narrow degree of users.”

The planning commission voted 4-2 in November to recommend denial of the 31st Street plan. The vote was taken after the Lawrence Board of Education came out in opposition to the gun range because of its concern for the safety of students and staff at the College and Career Center.

When the issue went to the City Commission in January, Rick Sells, the businessman proposing the gun range, told commissioners he had submitted a site plan for The Malls location. Though none of the commissioners were favorable toward a gun range on 31st Street, they voted unanimously to send the issue back to the planning commission to do a comparative analysis of the two sites.

An analysis from city staff shows there are more pedestrians and bicyclists near The Malls location.

It’s more dense than the site off 31st Street, and it’s surrounded by other retail and dining, whereas the 31st Street spot would be next to light industrial buildings. While the 31st Street location is not in a neighborhood, The Malls is near three.

Much of the discussion about the gun range has centered on a federal law, the Gun Free School Zone Act, which prohibits any person from knowingly possessing a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school.

Though the shooting range would be an exception to the law because it allows possession and firing of a gun on private property, the school district and some commissioners said it was important to consider.

The law would require that those using the public street outside the shooting range have their firearm locked in a container.

According to the comparative analysis, the 31st Street location is about 760 feet from the College and Career Center at 2910 Haskell Ave. The Malls site is 300 feet from the Lawrence High School baseball field, 740 feet from Centennial School, 1,300 feet from LHS and 1,730 feet from Broken Arrow Elementary.

The conversation about Sells’ gun range

proposal caused the closure last week of the gun range in the basement of the Lawrence Community Building.

City attorneys told the Douglas County Rifle & Pistol Club, which leased the space and operated the gun range, to stop all activity last week after the gun range was deemed a violation of the Gun Free School Zones Act. Because the gun range is on public property, it’s not exempt under the federal law. It is located at 115 W. 11th St., within 1,000 feet from St. John’s School, at 1208 Kentucky St. Sells brought up the Community Building gun range when speaking to city commissioners in January. He said it was a “pet peeve” that his proposal was facing denial because of a law that range was breaking.

“Everybody in town against this, what they don’t realize is there’s a gun range in the basement of the community building,” he said.

After the planning commission makes a recommendation today, the issue will go back before the City Commission for a final decision.

The planning commission meets at 6:30 p.m. in the City Commission meeting room at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.

foreign DNA to the E. coli. What makes the DNA more interesting is that it is bioluminescent and will turn the modified bacteria blue and glow in the dark.

The seven students in the class had 50 minutes to work through the exercise that ended with them placing petri dishes in an incubator for 24 hours, where the modified bacteria should thrive and multiply. The intricate work required the students to make the bacteria “competent” to accept the introduced plasmid by creating small holes in the bacterial cell walls. That’s done by suspending the E. coli in a calcium chloride solution and alternately icing and heating the bacteria and plasmid.

Wismer and her lab partners, juniors Hannah

Spriggs and Paige Leslie, viewed the work as preparation for the careers they plan to have in science. Wismer plans to study biomedical engineering, while Spriggs and Leslie want to be veterinarians.

Ising’s other college biology section has two students who want to study medicine and another planning to major in pharmacy, Ising said, but he predicts even those students not planning science careers will find the class useful.

“I would be surprised if all the students didn’t benefit from these skills,” Ising said.

Any students going on to study microbiology in college will almost certainly find themselves working again with bacteria modified with bioluminescent DNA or

proteins. Ising said bioluminescent DNA or proteins were used as research tags when they are fused with another protein of interest and then spliced into cells. The glow allows researchers to trace the protein they are interested in and study its effects on cells.

As she cleaned up at the end of the lab with the team’s petri dishes warming in the incubator, Spriggs said that completing the process made her feel like a scientist.

She was confident her team would be successful when they removed the samples the next morning.

“I think we did well,” she said. “I hope it glows.”

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also video from police car dash cameras, designates the video as part of Law enforcement offi- a criminal investigation cers in many Kansas cities that can be released only are being equipped at the discretion of with body cameras, law enforcement but it’s unlikely or through a court that the public will order. ever see the video In Kansas, unfootage from them like in other states, unless someone police agencies spends thousands LEGISLATURE and prosecutors of dollars to peronly rarely if ever suade a judge to release it. choose to release investiA bill in the Kansas gative records, even after House of Representatives a case has been adjudithat would allow police to cated. withhold the video from The body camera issue the public indefinitely has gained significance nawas passed unanimously tionwide in light of numerout of the judiciary com- ous police-abuse cases that mittee earlier this month have dominated headlines and has strong legislative in the past two years. support. The bill is now When police abuse has awaiting a full hearing by occurred, officials have the House. often withheld details That bill, which covers while videos taken by not only video footage Please see CAMS, page 4A from body cameras but

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ABOVE: FROM LEFT, RUTH BIGUS, JEN SMITH, BARB SMITH AND MACKENZIE HAUN knead dough for loaves of challah bread during Lawrence’s first-ever Mega Challah Bake on Sunday afternoon at the Kansas Union. BELOW, LEFT: A braided loaf of challah bread. BELOW, RIGHT: Kansas University freshman Faith Suckerman works on braiding the dough for a loaf of challah bread. BOTTOM RIGHT: Annie Freeman, left, and Suckerman knead and roll dough.

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Topeka — Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would let the governor halt refugee resettlement in communities that don’t have the law enforcement or health care services to handle the newcomers.

Supporters say the state needs to be cautious about potential threats of terrorism, but critics call the measure anti-Muslim.

Under the bill, which got a hearing last week, a community could request a moratorium on

resettlement from the Department for Children and Families and the governor if it were unable to provide services to those arriving.

The bill also would require the department to track where families move after initial settlement and any crimes committed by refugees.

The bill is one among several efforts in Kansas and nationwide to limit settlement of refugees from Syria and elsewhere without violating the Refugee Act of 1980, which prohibits states from rejecting refugees.

President Barack Obama’s administration pledged in September to accept at least 10,000 refugees from war-torn Syria over a one-year period.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback was among at least 20 governors who opposed the resettlement after it was reported that a passport of a Syrian refugee was found near the body of a sui- Mast cide bomber involved in the November attacks in Paris.

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executive order prohibiting any state entity or other organization that receives state funding from assisting refugee resettlement.

Rep. Peggy Mast, a Republican from Emporia, introduced the bill after consulting with Christopher Holton of the Center for Security Policy, a conservative think tank. Holton testified in the House Federal and State Affairs Please see LIMIT, page 4A

ewspapers and other media outlets in Kansas should brace themselves for the criticism we’ll take six or eight months from now when people realize some new law has taken effect, and we probably didn’t give it full coverage when it was being debated. So allow me to offer this preemptive rebuttal: It’s because they all happened in the same two days, and there are only so many column inches in a newspaper.

Over the course of the next two days, Kansas lawmakers are scheduled to vote on 49 bills — 14 in the House; 35 in the Senate — as they engage in the legislative equivalent of a college student cramming for midterms.

In their rush to shorten the 2016 session, and thereby lengthen the 2016 campaign season, House and Senate leaders have moved up the “turnaround” deadline — the deadline when most bills have to pass out of their house of origin to remain alive — to Tuesday. After that, they’ll take a week off, returning March 1 to continue the session, largely dealing with bills sent over by the other chamber.

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Most of the attention will focus on the Senate, which will consider, among other things, a bill spelling out the grounds for impeaching a Supreme Court justice.

As written, that would include “attempting to usurp the power of the legislative or executive branch,” or “attempting to subvert fundamental laws and introduce arbitrary power.”

That language was originally part of another bill introduced by Sen. Steve Fitzgerald, R-Leavenworth, and others, but it never received a public hearing and, thus, no one was allowed to testify for or against it. But in the Senate Judiciary Please see BILLS, page 4A

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Mast told the committee that she became aware of the lack of oversight in the refugee community after speaking with resettlement organizations about Somalian refugees in her area. She was alarmed that domestic abuse such as genital mutilation was

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Committee, it was folded into a “separation of powers” bill dealing with administrative powers of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice.

In the House, the most controversial measure may be House Concurrent Resolution 5008, calling for a constitutional amendment establishing the public’s right to

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bystanders have revealed the facts almost instantaneously. Social justice advocacy groups have urged that law enforcement officers wear body cameras to ensure that evidence is readily available when police abuse allegations are raised, without having to rely on bystander footage, which is only available if a concerned citizen with a camera happens to be nearby.

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undocumented, she said.

“As a woman, I find it offensive that any female should be treated as less than equal in our country,” Mast said.

Holton acknowledged that resettlement is ruled by the federal government, but he said that the program was due for reform in light of recent terrorist attacks.

“This is not an act to stop all refugees from coming into the country,” Holton told the Associated Press on Friday.

Instead, he said, it’s an attempt for states to have some control over their safety.

Mast said she is also worried about terrorist activity in Kansas after a foiled plot near Fort Riley last year.

“We’re not bringing the Christians and Jews that are culturally similar to our culture,” she said about the Syrian refugees.

Micah Kubric, a lobbyist from the American Civil Liberties Union, told the committee that

Denial of services based exclusively on the innate, demographic characteristics of alienage or national origin is a textbook example of rank discrimination.”

he fears the bill would encourage discrimination.

“Denial of services based exclusively on the innate, demographic characteristics of alienage or national origin is a textbook example of rank discrimination,”

Kubic said, adding that the state would be vulnerable to lawsuits.

Kubic mentioned a similar bill in South Dakota that was tabled after the sponsor of the bill admitted that it wouldn’t endure a constitutional challenge.

hunt, fish and trap. Some critics have said such an amendment could impose a high legal burden on the Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism to justify any kind of hunting limits or wildlife protection measures.

Jayhawks could influence caucuses Here’s a question that strategists in the Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders presidential campaigns might want to think about: What time will the Kansas Jayhawks

play the Iowa State Cyclones on March 5?

It’s the last game of the regular season, and Seniors Day at Allen Fieldhouse. And, coincidentally, it’s also the day of the Democratic and Republican caucuses in Kansas.

As of this writing, the schedule on the Jayhawks’ website has game time listed as “TBA,” which probably means that ESPN, the NCAA and/or the Big 12 Conference are still trying to figure out when it will

draw the biggest audience. But the time of the caucuses is already set in stone, which means any candidate banking on a big turnout from the 18to 24-year-old crowd has reason to be concerned.

College Republicans can rest easy because their caucuses open at 10 a.m. and will close by 2 p.m., giving them plenty of time to vote, even if it ends up being an early afternoon game. But the Democrats have a somewhat more complicated caucus procedure, with

registration running from 1 to 3 p.m., followed by the actual “caucusing,” which involves more than just marking a ballot.

According to folks at the political blog FiveThirtyEight, a basketball conflict would be more concerning to Sanders who, based on results of the Iowa caucuses, has a decided advantage among younger voters, while Clinton fares better among voters over age 45. But we shouldn’t discount the

fact that Jayhawk basketball draws a sizable TV audience from viewers over age 45, so a conflict could cut both ways.

Though we’ve heard no official reports, we wouldn’t be surprised to learn that either one or both of the campaigns have been on the phone to ESPN, lobbying to get the game into a favorable time slot.

of innocent bystanders, the inside of people’s homes and conversations that officers have with one another while working or taking a break that might not pertain to criminal cases or traffic stops.

Legislatures across the country have been wrangling with the issue of how to make the video footage public or whether to keep it secret.

In Lawrence, Police Chief Tarik Khatib said last fall that the department was weighing the pros and cons of wearing body cams.

Khatib said police officers have an excellent relationship with the community and court system, so “the need for body cameras is not as urgent

as it might be might be in other communities.”

Khatib also noted that the body cams are expensive; it could cost $150,000 to outfit the department’s officers. He estimated it could cost another $150,000 every three to five years for technology replacements. In addition, additional personnel would be needed to work with the cameras, Khatib said at the time.

Sgt. Trent McKinley on Friday said the department has not yet purchased body cameras. He said Khatib was out of the office and could not be reached for comment Friday.

In an odd twist in Kansas, the House bill that would give law enforcement the discretion to

release videos has the support of not only law enforcement proponents but also public records advocates — those people who generally fight to keep all government records open for pubic viewing.

Open records advocates say supporting the bill is in a sense supporting the lesser of two evils: Limited access is better than no access.

“It could have been much worse,” said Max Kautsch, a Lawrence attorney who focuses on First Amendment rights and open government.

(Kautsch has handled open-records lawsuits for the Journal-World.)

It could have been worse because a bill

introduced last year and another one this year would have closed the video footage permanently without the opportunity to ask a judge to release the footage, Kautsch and others said.

The bill requires the footage to be considered a record under the Kansas Open Records Act as part of a police investigation.

The bill would allow someone who is the subject of the video and his or her attorney to view it at the police station.

Police, under the bill, are allowed to charge a “reasonable” fee for the service.

Kautsch said that it could cost thousands of dollars for someone from the public to file a lawsuit

to ask a judge to release the video. In one case involving a Johnson County drug raid, a couple spent a year and $25,000 to obtain a police investigation file.

“While it is certainly true that going to court is less than ideal, no such option would have been available under the original bill or the initial substitute,” Kautsch wrote on his blog, “Fresh Takes on the First Amendment.”

“The existing bill is leaps and bounds better,” he wrote.

The bill is called House Substitute for Substitute for Senate Bill No. 18.

— Micah Kubic, American Civil Liberties Union lobbyist

Tennessee was the first state to authorize the governor to issue a moratorium on refugee resettlement. No requests for moratoriums have been made since the law was enacted in 2011.

In Kansas, committee Chairman Jan Pauls, a Hutchinson Republican, said the House committee will continue discussing Mast’s bill in early March. The Legislature is set to take a break beginning Wednesday and return to work March 2.

— This is an excerpt from Peter Hancock’s Statehouse Live column, which appears on LJWorld.com.

— Enterprise reporter Karen Dillon can be reached at 832-7162 or kdillon@ljworld.com.

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marinara dipping sauce, fried spicy mushrooms and homemade tater chips.

Like I said, I don’t know much about the Zaxby’s chain, but when the restaurant came to Columbia, the Columbia Daily Tribune described it as being “to chicken what Chipotle is to Mexican, Five Guys is to clawhorn@ljworld.com burgers and Panera is to delis.” They described chicken wings, with mul- it as being a little pricier tiple dipping sauces, acthan traditional fast food cording to the company’s but having a little better website. The menu lists quality. The restaurant nine flavors for wings does tout that it makes and fingers, ranging from each order at the time a fairly standard Buffalo- of purchase, rather than style sauce to the restau- making it ahead of time rant’s signature hot sauce and storing under heat called Tongue Torch. In lamps. addition, the restaurant Of course, take all of this for what you think it has five dipping sauces, is worth. I remind you I including something called a Zax Sauce, which don’t have official confirmation yet from Zaxby’s is described as both about its Lawrence plans. tangy and zesty, and a horseradish-based sauce But it does look like one to keep your zeyes on. called Zestable Dip. (Sorry. I thought I’d betIn addition to wings ter use a Z before they and fingers, the menu also includes a variety of get all used up.)

In other news and chicken salads, including notes from around town: Cobb, blue cheese and Since I mentioned Caesar varieties. (They call all their salads Zalads south Iowa Street earlier, this seems like as good a because the restaurant time as any to provide an got a good deal on Zs at update on new business the alphabet store.)

The restaurant’s sides, construction along the corridor. We’ve reported though, are what’s causon all this before, but I’ve ing me to make sure my gotten several questions cholesterol medicine recently about what closet has room for an is under construction extra shipment. In adwhere. So, here’s a brief dition to the traditional roundup: fries and such, other l The building that sides — called Zappetizis taking shape in front ers, of course — include of Bigg’s BBQ and other breaded and fried white establishments near cheddar bites with a

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Topeka (ap) — A new Topeka center aimed at creating a safe space for the LGBT community is in the first stages of becoming a reality.

The Topeka CapitalJournal reports that the Capital City Equality Center received 501(c)(3) status, designating it as a public charity. The center will provide a place for people to meet, share experiences and support one another.

“We want to give people a place they can feel comfortable,” said Dan Brennan, the executive director. “We want people to know that they have a place — a community.”

Organizers began

working on the project in May 2015.

The center may provide resources for people to find jobs, for groups to host meetings or for businesses and organizations to gain awareness of the issues the LGBT community faces through programming. The organization might also open a clothing and food bank.

Stephanie Mott, the center’s board president, said she hopes that establishing a safe space will reduce self-harm and suicides. She said many people, including those who sometimes face discrimination for standing up for the LGBT community, would benefit from the center.

Health leader chosen for national program needs. They also will be trained in Mental Health First Aid, which will teach them how to help Partridge someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.

The National Council for Behavioral Health provides the program with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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become blended. District officials recently said the majority of the technology purchases in next school year’s capital outlay plan — or between $500,000 and $600,000 — will go toward purchases of technology for additional blended learning classrooms.

While many district administrators and teachers have touted the model’s ability to tailor lessons to individual student needs and provide a wider range of sources to teach lessons, some teachers and

ON THE RECORD Marriages Lucas Schimmel, 35, Lawrence and Erica Morgenstern, 33, Lawrence.

Rosa Ulloa, 35, Lawrence and Francisco Cisneroa, 35, Lawrence.

Adenike Orekoya, 29, Lawrence and Fisayo Komolafe, 34, Riverdale, Ga. Eibar Lopez-Gonzalez, 25, Lawrence and Nicole Albarado, 32, Lawrence.

25th and Iowa streets is a Raising Cane’s restaurant. It is a chain restaurant that focuses on chicken fingers with a zesty sauce. Based on the progress being made on that building, I would think we’ll have that sauce coursing through our arteries by this summer. l Just down the street at 26th and Iowa, construction is underway on a Popeyes chicken restaurant, which will include a drive-thru. The restaurant is being built on the southern end of the shopping center that includes First Watch and other establishments.

That entire shopping center, called Tower Plaza, is undergoing a redesign. Crews currently are putting a new facade on the shopping center, but businesses in the center remain open during construction. l On the north end of that shopping center — closer to 25th and Iowa streets — some preliminary work has begun on converting a former insurance office and barber shop building into a Pie Five restaurant, a chain that makes handmade pizzas in five minutes. The insurance office — Gary Petersen’s Shelter Insurance agency — has moved into space inside the Tower Plaza shopping center. The barber shop has closed, I believe. l Inside the Tower Plaza shopping center, I believe remodeling work already has begun or

soon will for the sandwich chain Which Wich.

The chain features a variety of hot sub sandwiches. A sign is up at the site advertising that the restaurant is coming soon. l Closer to 23rd and Iowa streets, look for work on a new Texas Roadhouse. As we previously have reported, the steakhouse chain Texas Roadhouse has filed plans to go into the space previously occupied by Saints Pub + Patio. Or, for those of you with longer memories, it is the spot where Old Chicago Pizza used to be. We reported on Texas Roadhouse all the way back in September, and work has not really begun, as near as I can tell. The plans call for a significant amount of construction there, so I will check in to see if all is still on track. l Look for a new Planet Fitness to go into a portion of the space previously occupied

by Discovery furniture near 25th and Iowa streets. As we reported in December, the fitness chain signed a deal to take about 22,000 square feet of space in the large retail building. That will occupy about half of the vacant space in the building. The development group, I hear, is getting strong interest from other users for the remaining space.

students have said they would like traditional models to continue to be an option. Last week, the Lawrence High School student newspaper published an opinion piece advocating for students to be given the choice between a standard textbook and online resources.

The district report, “Update on Expansion of Blended Learning Districtwide,” will be presented

by Angelique Nedved, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning, and Terry McEwen, director of curriculum, instruction and assessment.

In other business, the board will: l Review a report on

the district’s “Learning Forward/Future Ready Initiative.” The initiative seeks to increase the ratio of devices to students. l Vote on whether to approve the district’s capital improvement plan for next school year.

The plan lays out expenditures on facility improvements or projects for the upcoming school year, and was reviewed at the board’s most recent meeting.

The school board will meet at 7 p.m. today at the district offices, 110 McDonald Drive.

Raymond Hall, 25, Lawrence and Amanda Scrivo, 26, Lawrence.

Megan Birdsey, 25, Lawrence and Sahira Tapia, 24, Lawrence.

Linda Martin, 70, Baldwin City and Richard Smith, 64, Baldwin City.

Lawrence.

Emily Hamblin, 35, Lawrence and Grafton Laughlin, 57, Lawrence.

Divorces

— This is an excerpt from Chad Lawhorn’s Town Talk column, which appears at LJWorld.com.

— K-12 education reporter Rochelle Valverde can be reached at rvalverde@ljworld.com or 832-6314.

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Kevin James Reed and Elizabeth Marie Reed, 53 Stevens Drive, Eudora.

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Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department Director Dan Partridge, of Lawrence, is one of 32 health officials nationLillie Haugh, ally to be selected to student, participate in a six-month Lawrence “One time, we had to pick Behavioral Health Training and Technical Assistance out rat bones from an owl pellet and put the rat program for state, tribal skeleton back together. and local health officials.

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’m always curious how the outside world views Lawrence. At the moment,

By Sylas May I’m pretty confident that Read more responses and add a PR firm led by bovines your thoughts at LJWorld.com is sending out signals that Lawrence’s top need What’s the most is more chicken. Yes, I interesting science have news of another project you’ve ever chicken restaurant coming to the city. done?

We’ve reported for a few months now that a Asked on new chicken restaurant Massachusetts Street is slated for the Bauer Farm development near See story, 1A Sixth and Wakarusa.

That’s on top of the slate of chicken restaurants that are coming to south Iowa Street. Well, I still don’t have official confirmation on the identity of the new Bauer Farm restaurant, but a source with good knowledge of the situation has told me to keep an eye on a chain called Zaxby’s.

Yes, the bovines are getting mighty creative Ivery Kirk, because I’ve never heard accountant, of Zaxby’s. My friend Kansas City, Kan. Mr. Google tells me it “In sixth grade, I did is a chain of about 700 a project on centrifurestaurants operating prigal force. I grew little bean plants on a record marily in the southeastplayer spinning continu- ern U.S. But the chain has been moving northously and studied their ward, and it likes college growth.” towns. It opened its first store in Missouri in 2014, and it chose Columbia as its test market for the state. The company also is around college towns every day. It is based in Athens, Ga., which is home to the University of Georgia.

As for the food, it looks like there is a strong emphasis on chicken fingers and Robert Fischer-Paustian, server, Olathe “I did a project about the freezing attributes of different chemicals.”

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Seasons now shorter than ever It’s been said we live in an era with 400 scripted television shows. It’s a time when precious few series get canceled and when so-called “seasons” are very, very short.

There was a time when a comedy like “My Favorite Martian” had 37 episodes in its first season (1963-64). You had 26 chances to see a different episode of “Who’s the Boss?” in 1989-90.

Now it seems like a miracle when the History channel promises a 20-episode fourth season of “Vikings,” and then breaks it into half seasons.

Tonight marks the conclusion of more than several short winter seasons. If you haven’t gotten around to the “new” installment of “The X-Files” (7 p.m., Fox, TV-14), you’ve missed the bus. It airs its sixth and final episode tonight.

Even by today’s truncated standards, most shows are given a green light for 13 episodes.

More are produced if it succeeds.

But even that practice is under siege. “Superstore” (7 p.m., NBC, TV-PG), a show that debuted in January after airing four “preview” episodes in the fall, ends its first season after only 11 episodes. Ditto “Telenovela” (7:30 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).

All 16 candidates face a weigh-in as a winner is announced on “The Biggest Loser” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG). Its “season” was slimmed down to only eight helpings.

The 2016 documentary “Becoming Mike Nichols” (8 p.m., HBO) is the second film to air in less than a month about the prolific stage and film director who died in 2014. “Becoming” includes candid interviews with Nichols about his approach to directing and behind-the-scenes clips of the production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” — his very first film, a movie his studio did not understand. Despite the fact that Nichols was fired during the movie’s post-production, it was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won five. In total, Nichols’ films were nominated for 42 Oscars.

Tonight’s other highlights

A killer targets escaped

cons on “Supergirl” (7 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

Rebecca sees the courtroom as a stage for romantic redemption on “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (7 p.m., CW, TV-14).

“Antiques Roadshow” (7 p.m., PBS, TV-G, check local listings) visits Charleston, South Carolina.

Drug smugglers use drones on “Scorpion” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

Murder stalks the catwalk on “Lucifer” (8 p.m., Fox, TV14).

First-year students face an elimination round of testing on “The Magicians” (8 p.m., Syfy, TV-14).

account. If she gained access to either retirement account without authorization, talk to someone at your bank or to a lawyer. But ask yourself whether moving to North Carolina is more important than your marriage. And if you divorce her, would the money in your retirement account be split anyway? Is there room for compromise?

Please tell your wife what your wishes are regarding your retirement and ask for her input.

You seem to have a lessthan-loving relationship that you can work on if you choose. A lot can happen in six years.

Dear Annie: You printed several responses to the letter from “Please Leave Animals at Home,” about service animals in public places.

I work in a clinic and am well-aware that there

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For Monday, Feb. 22: This year you often see both sides of an argument, but you tend to favor one side. For this reason, you could find yourself struggling or having arguments about trivial matters. If you are single, your tendency to play devil’s advocate could distance you from potential suitors. If you are attached, your significant other might adore being with you, but would prefer fewer black-or-white situations.

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) Confusion marks this day. A good place for you to be is where controversy exists. Tonight: Keep the discussion going.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) The Full Moon today promises many changes and possibilities. You might wonder which way you should go. Go for what you desire most.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) You could be viewed as a bit of a stick in the mud. You can’t seem to veer from your position.

Tonight: Homeward bound.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Keep reaching out to a loved one at a distance who often presents a different point of view.

Tonight: Catch up on a friend’s news.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Be aware of what is going on with an emotional issue that

are service dogs and other types of therapy animals out there. Service animals have their place. However, let me point out that a “service vest” can be ordered online, and that there are many people who just want to bring their pets everywhere, regardless of whether it is healthy for others.

Having an untrained animal in the clinic is not healthy. Many of our patients come in with real medical problems, and are then subjected to a waiting room with an animal circus. The trained service animals that come into our clinic are welcome. I wish the others would be kept at home.

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seems to play a significant role in your well-being. Tonight: Run some errands first.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Despite some adversity, you seem impervious to the ups and downs. Tonight: Beam in what you want.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) If you’re feeling unsure of yourself about a personal matter, play the waiting game. Tonight: Take some personal time.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You might have some difficulty balancing all the different interests that pop up today.

Tonight: Ask! Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might want to have a discussion with an associate who seems a bit overloaded.

Tonight: The only answer is “yes.”

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) How you handle a personal matter could change with more perspective and empathy.

Tonight: At a favorite haunt.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your impression of a partner’s message could be different from what you are actually hearing. Tonight: Go with the flow.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) No matter how attentive you try to be, your mind drifts to other topics. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

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Oversight needed Eliminating the position charged with overseeing the state’s KanCare Medicaid program makes no sense.

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hen Kansas turned its Medicaid health care program over to private contractors, proponents emphasized that an inspector general would be hired to make sure the new system was meeting the state’s needs.

An inspector general was hired and then another, but the position now has been vacant for more than a year, and, last week, the Kansas Senate decided the state didn’t need an inspector general after all and approved a measure that would eliminate the position.

According to news reports, the initial legislation sought to make the job an unclassified position instead of a classified position because officials of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said that would allow them to offer a higher salary and attract more qualified candidates for the job. However, the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee decided to go a different route.

Some members didn’t want to make the job unclassified because those workers serve at the pleasure of the governor and could be fired for political reasons.

Others simply thought the job wasn’t necessary. Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, R-Shawnee, said she believed the new Kansas Eligibility Enforcement System computer program would alleviate some of the purpose of the inspector general by preventing Medicaid fraud.

What Pilcher-Cook seems to miss is that a primary duty of the inspector general is to keep an eye on the contractors to make sure they are providing acceptable service. Lawrence Memorial Hospital is just one of the Kansas health facilities complaining about difficulties receiving payments from KanCare contractors. People applying to get health insurance through KanCare are waiting for months to be accepted in the program, which recently was reported to have a backlog of about 10,000 applications.

Does this sound like a system that doesn’t need any supervision?

In addition, the three KanCare contractors — Amerigroup, Sunflower Health Plan and UnitedHealthcare — reported a combine loss of $52 million in 2014. That’s better than the $116 million they lost in 2013, but this system doesn’t seem to be working well for contractors either. Will their attempts to increase their profits cause additional problems for KanCare recipients?

In light of the serious questions being raised, it makes no sense that state legislators would conclude that the one position charged with making sure this program is operating efficiently and meeting the needs of KanCare recipients is no longer needed. The Kansas House has not yet considered the plan to abolish the inspector general’s position. Hopefully, House members will come up with a strategy to fill this job rather than eliminate it.

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Washington — Blaming President Obama for his past mistakes in Syria may be satisfying, and is largely deserved, but it’s not a policy.

This is the most complicated battlefield the world has seen in decades, and the next moves by the U.S. and its allies have to be deliberate, and carefully considered.

The U.S. should move forward with the cease-fire process recently begun by Secretary of State John Kerry in Munich. Yes, it’s a long shot, and woefully dependent on Russian “good will.” But it offers a chance to reduce the suffering of the Syrian people and save lives, and it should be pursued awhile longer. If diplomacy fails, what comes next will be much worse for everyone.

“It’s the only game in town,” says Yousef Al Otaiba, the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Washington, of Kerry’s diplomatic effort. “I don’t see any other strategy for now.”

If Russia is sabotaging cease-fire hopes by continuing to bomb Syrian civilians, then the U.S. and its allies should focus international indignation on Moscow. Yes, Kerry may have been overly optimistic in making the Munich deal, but the Russians signed it — and they should be held accountable if it fails.

In the Syrian nightmare, even small steps forward are notable. So last week’s move to send relief to five besieged areas around Damascus

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Going forward, the U.S. needs more military leverage to match Russia. That may be coming, with Saudi Arabia and the UAE offering to send special forces into Syria, under overall U.S. command.”

shouldn’t be dismissed. This humanitarian assistance was part of the Munich agreement, and U.S. officials say the aid convoys moved into some of the towns on Wednesday.

It’s a fragile, first step toward de-escalation, but it’s a positive sign.

The “cessation of hostilities” that Kerry negotiated on paper was supposed to begin Friday, but it didn’t.

That’s partly because the Russians have continued their assaults on rebel areas.

It’s also partly because the opposition hasn’t yet signaled clearly that it’s willing to stand down. Given the opposition’s weakness, this reluctance to embrace a

truce is understandable, but it’s wrong. Any chance to reduce violence and create space for political discussion should be seized.

The battlefield around Aleppo is a mess — a crosshatch of different combatants and foreign forces. Within a small area are Syrian regime forces backed by Russia and Iran; Kurdish rebel forces backed by the U.S.; Turkish forces that are shelling the U.S.-backed Kurds; Arab rebel fighters supported by the CIA and Saudi intelligence; Jabhat al-Nusra fighters allied with al-Qaida; and Islamic State fighters, who want to kill all of the above.

A full cease-fire in this landscape is impossible right now — and not just because Kerry has been too trusting of the Russians. The combatants have to sort themselves out.

If the Russians keep bombing the rebels around Aleppo, willy-nilly, that will sabotage any hope of a truce.

Here again, blame Moscow if it blocks de-escalation.

Going forward, the U.S. needs more military leverage to match Russia. That may be coming, with Saudi Arabia and the UAE offering to send special forces into Syria, under overall U.S. command. Details are still being discussed, but the UAE appears willing to train Sunni fighters inside Syria — helping to fill a hole in U.S. strategy. These forces might be part of an eventual strike against Raqqa, the Islamic

State’s self-proclaimed capital in eastern Syria.

The U.S. campaign against the Islamic State continues, mostly invisibly. The key U.S. allies have been fighters from the Syrian Kurdish group known as the YPG, which has now been rebranded as the “Syrian Democratic Forces.” Last week, about 6,000 fighters moved to attack al-Shaddadi, a town about 50 miles east of Raqqa. This force included about 2,500 Arabs. Overall, the SDF umbrella group now numbers about 40,000, of which 7,000 are Arabs.

The Syrian Kurds have been the toughest and most effective fighters in this conflict. Their success seems to have panicked Turkey, which claims the Syrian Kurds are terrorists. The Turks have been shelling YPG positions in northwest Syria — even as these fighters (with quiet U.S. support) have been attacking Islamic State positions near Aleppo.

What a crazy war — with a NATO member (Turkey) attacking America’s best allies in Syria (the Kurds)!

The Syrian conflict is at a critical, delicate moment. A miscalculation by Russia or Turkey could be catastrophic. It’s never too late for the U.S. to do the right thing — which is to build, carefully, the political and military framework for a new Syria.

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

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The National Park Service turns 100 this year. As the agency celebrates its centennial, it finds itself in a seemingly paradoxical circumstance: widely admired but increasingly uneasy about its ability to carry out its mission. The agency and the iconic parks it manages need our help.

Poll after poll rates the agency among the very best in government. In a recent national Gallup poll, for example, respondents rated “national parks and open space” in second place among a list of 19 federal government functions. Sentiment toward the national parks and the National Park Service may have been most powerfully expressed by the widespread public outrage over closure of the national parks during the most recent government shutdown.

The more than 300 million annual visits to the national parks is another testament of their value to Americans.

It’s paradoxical that an agency with such a publicspirited mission and broad and longstanding public support would be in the midst of a crisis in morale during its centennial. In a 2015 survey of satisfaction and related issues among federal employ-

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The permanent workforce of the National Park Service has dropped below 20,000, fewer than the number of employees at Disneyland, and its annual budget…” ees, the National Park Service received an index score of 53.1 (out of 100), placing it 259th out of 320 agencies; the score has fallen nearly 10 points over the last decade. Employees believe deeply in the mission of the Park Service and have prepared themselves to carry out this work, but the agency lacks the resources to fully meet its mission and places too high a burden on its rangers and other staff.

The permanent workforce of the National Park Service has dropped below 20,000, fewer than the number of employees at Disneyland, and its annual budget accounts for less than onetenth of 1 percent of the federal budget and is falling substantially in real dollars.

Consequently, the national parks have accumulated more than $12 billion in deferred maintenance. Add in the increasingly urgent challenges facing the national parks — climate change that threatens the integrity of the parks, for

instance — and it’s no wonder the agency is worried about living up to its mission.

What can be done? Of course Congress and the federal government simply must make investing in the national parks — which writer and conservationist Wallace Stegner famously called “America’s best idea” — a priority.

But ordinary citizens can also help by celebrating the centennial with a commitment to service: by volunteering at a visitor center, monitoring sea turtle nests, rebuilding a storm-damaged trail, helping organize historical archives, donating to a park friends group and a myriad of other actions.

Perhaps above all, we can help by becoming informed national parks voters.

In partnership with public, private and nonprofit groups, those of us who love the parks must do what we can to help the National Park Service accomplish the important work for which it was created 100 years ago, and promote the self-esteem of its dedicated employees in the process.

In this way, the national parks are more certain to be protected in what will be a challenging second century.

— Robert Manning is the Steven Rubenstein Professor of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. His email address is robert.manning@uvm.edu.

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Feb. 22, 1916: years “The bridge ago builders’ barge IN 1916 which has been idle since it was sunk some time ago is being rigged again for the purpose of driving piling.... The caisson was dropped five feet last night. The men are now working under thirty-two feet under water. The air pressure under which it is now necessary to work is twenty pounds. The ‘hoggers’ are working in two shifts of eight hours each. The work is going on day and night.

As depth increases necessitating greater pressure, the shifts will be shortened. The depth necessary for the present pier is 45 feet.... A lumber yard, probably the largest in the city, has sprung up on the north bank of the river. New material and supplies are being hauled to Lawrence daily on the interurban. Each new step in the bridge progress is bringing out large crowds of spectators.”

“On New Hampshire street in the 700 block a house belonging to Will Bullene is being remodeled, but there is one marred and punctured door that will remain the same. The door does not materially add to the beauty of the room, but is a reminder of the time Lawrence leaped before the eyes of the American public. The hole was made by a bullet from a Quantrill raider’s gun. Mr. Bullene’s parents were living in the house at the time and with them roomed Chalres Augstrom, a Swedish boy about fifteen years of age. As Quantrill’s band rode through the street the boy stood at the window....

The result was to draw the fire of one of the border ruffians. “ — Compiled by Sarah St. John

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Toddler Storytime, 10:30-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 1-2 p.m., Vermont Towers, 1101 Vermont St. Community Blood Drive, 2-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), 5:30 p.m., 2712 Pebble Lane.

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“Peril and Promise (1980-2000)” with Norma Cantú, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Lawrence Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., school district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive.

Eudora City Commission meeting, 7 p.m., Eudora City Hall, 4 E. Seventh St. Concert: Nicholas St. James, doors 7 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Jayhawk Audubon Society: “Seabirds & Lizards: Piracy in the

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KU Flute Choir, Sarah Frisof and Brian Allred, directors, noon, Kansas State Capitol Rotunda, 300 SW 10th Ave., Topeka.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County volunteer information, 5:15 p.m., United Way Building, 2518 Ridge Court.

2016 Relay For Life team captains informational meeting, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Painted Kanvas, 1540 Wakarusa Drive.

Lawrence City Commission meeting, 5:45

p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Books & Babies, 6-6:30 p.m., Readers’ Theater, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Happy Hour Karaoke with Mike and Mitch, 6-9 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 New Hampshire St. Lonnie Ray’s open jam session, 6-10 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St., no cover.

Maker Meet-Up, 6:30 p.m., Lawrence Creates Makerspace, 512 E. Ninth St. KU Wind Ensemble with Jeff Nelson, horn, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive.

Gamer Night, 8 p.m., Burger Stand at the Casbah, 803 Massachusetts St., free.

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A married, father of two who moonlighted as an Uber driver is being blamed for a shooting rampage Saturday night that left six people dead and two others wounded. The big question remains why?

Police say 45-year-old Jason Dalton, described by his neighbors as a good family man, apparently randomly picked his victims, who were EPA killed or Jason Dalton wounded over a four-hour period at three separate locations in Kalamazoo and the surrounding area. The victims ranged in age from 14 to 74.

Dalton continued to pick up riders, according to reports by WOOD-TV, and drop them off in between the shootings, which started about 6 p.m. That seemed to be confirmed by a Kalamazoo man, using the Twitter handle @IamKeithBlack, who tweeted that he got a ride from Dalton at 8 p.m. v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

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The Islamic State carried out a series of bomb attacks in Syria that left over 100 dead Sunday, as Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. and Russia reached a “provisional agreement” for a cease-fire that could begin in a few days.

Syrian state TV said 50 were killed and 200 wounded in blasts that targeted a vegetable market outside Damascus.

Earlier, a double-car bombing in the central Syrian city of Homs killed at least 57 people, according to the Britain-based monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombings.

Kerry, speaking in Amman with Jordan’s foreign minister, was hopeful about momentum in negotiations to temporarily halt the hostilities in war-torn Syria. “I do believe that in the next few days, during which time we try to bring this into effect, there is somehow going to be a tipping point,” Kerry said.

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Retired four-star general Michael Hayden, who as director of the NSA installed the controversial surveillance program to collect telephone metadata on millions of Americans, says he opposes proposals to force Apple and other tech companies to install “back doors” in digital devices to help law enforcement.

In a court battle over access to information on the iPhone owned by one of the San Bernardino attackers, Hayden says “the burden of proof is on Apple” to show that limited cooperation with investigators would open the door to broader privacy invasions. Apple is being asked not to decrypt information on the smartphone but rather to

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override the operating system so investigators could try an endless series of passwords to unlock it.

“In this specific case, I’m trending toward the government, but I’ve got to tell you in general I oppose the government’s effort,” Hayden said in an interview about his memoir, Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror. The FBI “ would like a back door available to American law enforcement in all devices globally. And, frankly, I think on balance that actually harms American safety and security, even though it might make (the FBI’s) job a bit easier in some specific circumstances.”

Hayden, 70, is the only person ever to head both the super-secret National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency. That resume makes his conclusion that privacy concerns should trump security demands on this issue especially powerful.

A federal District Court judge in California last week ordered Apple to bypass security barriers on the iPhone5c used by Syed Rizwan Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people in December. In a defiant public letter, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company wouldn’t comply.

The showdown has reinvigorated proposals for Congress to pass a law that would require tech companies to provide a “back door” in digital devices so law-enforcement officials could access encrypted information during investigations.

“Look, I used to run the NSA, OK?” Hayden says. “Please, please, Lord, put back doors in, because ... that back door will make it easier for me to do what I want to do. ...

“But when you step back and look at the whole question of American security and safety writ large, we are a safer, more secure nation without back doors.” With them, “a lot of other people would take advantage of it.”

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The uproar over the lack of diversity in this year’s Oscar nominations is unlikely to abate by 2017, according to a USA TODAY examination of 184 movies to be released this year by 14 Hollywood studios.

The studios’ officially announced movie slates indicate it will be another year with disap-

pointingly few minorities in major roles — and only a handful of women in director’s chairs.

USA TODAY examined credits for each movie, assigned points based on the number of women and minorities in the top spots, then issued a report card for each studio. The analysis did not assess the Oscar viability of these movies.

The grades weren’t good. Most studios earned no better than a C. Four studios scored a B and one studio received an F. The bottom line: fewer opportunities for female or minority directors and black, Hispanic or Asian performers to earn Oscar

“Just about every studio and network I work with is always asking for more diversity.”

Lana Veenker, casting director

nominations, let alone win one.

“So maybe it’s not as important as the civil rights movement, but it’s almost as important,” says Shawn Edwards, co-founder of the African-American Film Critics Association and film critic

for a TV station in Kansas City, Mo. “Movies define our image and how our culture is perceived; they validate history. What does it say to historians 20, 40, 50 years from now? That this was what we thought was worthy on an artistic level?

“It’s damaging, and it’s important,” Edwards says.

The #OscarsSoWhite debate could be with us again this time next year — a repeat of 2015 and 2016, when all 20 acting nominations for the Academy Awards went to white performers.

“Just about every studio and network I work with is always asking for more diversity — they

want to see more diversity,” says casting director Lana Veenker of Cast Iron Studios in Portland, Ore. But Hollywood is also trapped by its traditions, stereotypes and business models, says Jeetendr Sehdev, a marketing professor at the University of Southern California whose research includes diversity in Hollywood.

“Hollywood culture is not that original. Most producers, writers, agents and directors are trying to copy the success of the previous project to reduce risk, looking for the next ‘big’ film or actor,” Sehdev says. “If they keep thinking like this, nothing will change.”

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Michigan State Police identified four of the victims Sunday morning: uMary Lou Nye, 62, of Baroda uMary Jo Nye, 60, of Battle Creek uDorothy Brown, 74, of Battle Creek uBarbara Hawthorne, 68, of Battle Creek Tyler Smith, 17, and his father, Richard Smith, both of Kalamazoo, were identified in a separate news release by Mattawan Consolidated Schools Superintendent Robin Buchler.

Neighbors described Dalton as a good family man who “loved guns.” They said he worked as insurance salesman by day and a hobby mechanic on the side.

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“Lucky to be alive,” he said in a later tweet.

Dalton, who is expected to be arraigned Monday on multiple charges of murder and attempted murder, was arrested about 12:45 a.m. Sunday when a Kalamazoo County sheriff’s deputy spotted a car matching the description of the shooter’s vehicle exiting a parking lot at a downtown Kalamazoo bar. The deputy stopped the car and the man was arrested peacefully. A semi-automatic handgun was found in the car.

It’s unclear what precipitated the rampage, although Dalton was acting irrationally and driving erratically before the first shooting, according to a Facebook post from a woman who said her fiancé had gotten a ride from Dalton late Saturday afternoon.

The woman posted at 5:33 p.m. that her boyfriend was picked up by an Uber driver named Jason who blew through a stop sign and sideswiped another car. She posted an Uber-supplied photo of the man, who matched the police mug shot of Dalton, and said he was driving a Chevrolet Equinox SUV. Kalamazoo Gazette photos later show police searching an Equinox.

The woman, who has since deleted the post, said 911 was called “but surprisingly they didn’t seem all that concerned.”

“Hoping this man will be arrested or hospitalized soon if he has a medical condition causing his behavior,” she said. The Facebook post has since been deleted but the Detroit Free Press obtained a copy of it.

Police believe Dalton began the attacks at a Richland Township apartment complex, shooting a woman four times in the parking lot. The woman was in serious condition Sunday, police said.

Dalton next allegedly shot and killed a father and son who were sitting in their cars at a Kia car dealership in Kalamazoo about 10 p.m. About 15 minutes later he killed four people and critically wounded a 14-year-old girl at a Cracker Barrel parking lot in Texas Township, police said.

Police originally reported that the 14-year-old girl was killed, putting the death toll at seven.

On Sunday morning, Kalamazoo Prosecutor Jeff Getting said the girl was “severely, gravely” injured, but still alive.

“At this point the connection between these three incidents, between these three cases, is the defendant, is Mr. Dalton,” Getting said at a news conference.

“There is no connection that we’re aware of between the three sets of victims to each other or any of the victims to Mr. Dalton.

They appear to have been chosen at random, because they were available.”

Dalton has no criminal record, Getting said. He said authorities were still working to establish a motive in the shootings.

“We are very confident we have the right person in custody,” Getting said. “There is signficant evidence to tie him to these activities.”

Uber released a statement late Sunday morning confirming that Dalton was an Uber driver and said he had passed a background check.

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The Kalamazoo, Mich., shooting rampage is one of the most serious episodes of violence allegedly involving drivers with the Uber ride service, which has become a popular alternative to traditional taxi services, especially among young adults.

Since the San Franciscobased company’s start in 2010, Uber drivers have been accused of kidnapping, rape, assault and theft involving their passengers. Yet few — if any — have been on the scale of the bloodshed that occurred Saturday night in Kalamazoo, where police say 45-year-old Uber driver Jason Dalton killed six people and wounded two others over several hours.

It was not immediately clear Sunday afternoon whether any of the shooting victims had been Dalton’s passengers.

However, Uber confirmed that Dalton was a driver, and the girlfriend of one of Dalton’s passengers posted an alert on social media reporting how Dalton was driving erratically about a half-hour before the first shooting.

An Uber representative said the company is assisting with the police investigation and that Dalton, who was apprehended after a sweeping manhunt, previously passed one of the company’s background checks.

A review of media reports and incidents posted on a website run by Uber’s competitors suggests that the most common types of incidents have been drivers accused of robbing, assaulting or sexually assaulting one of their passengers. Some incidents include: uA 49-year-old Georgia man was arrested in January in the sexual assault of his 28year-old Uber passenger and the burglary of her home. uDallas police in November arrested a 34-year-old Lyft driver for allegedly raping a female passenger in his black Chevy Tahoe. uAn incident in South Carolina last summer involved a 39-year-old Uber driver accused of kidnapping and raping a 23-year-old passenger in his vehicle. uAn Uber driver in Florida was charged last month with assault and battery after allegedly trying to yank a passenger who had gotten sick and threw up in his car out of the car’s backseat.

The driver is also accused of pulling a handgun on the passenger.

Uber has expanded to most U.S. states and 65 countries in past years while drawing scrutiny for sidestepping traditional regulations on taxis and limos.

The Kalamazoo rampage could rekindle the debate in the Michigan Legislature about whether ride services such as Uber and its competitor, Lyft, which use smartphones to connect drivers and passengers, should be regulated like taxis and limos and have their drivers registered.

Well-liked London mayor prepares to defy government, support exit from EU Boris Johnson calls his decision ‘agonizingly difficult’ as he goes against Prime Minister Cameron

The “last thing I wanted was to go against (Prime Minister) David Cameron or the government.”

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Influential London Mayor Boris Johnson said Sunday he will urge British voters to leave the European Union when the country holds a June referendum on the issue.

American-born Johnson, a popular and charismatic politician long suspected of harboring ambitions to become prime minister, described his decision in a newspaper column as “agonizingly difficult.”

He said the “last thing I wanted was to go against (Prime Minister) David Cameron or the government.”

“After 30 years of writing about this I have a chance to do something,” said Johnson, who started his career as a journalist and continues to write a regular column for the Telegraph newspaper.

Johnson’s backing for a “Brexit” — a British exit from the 28-

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nation political bloc — was a major blow for Cameron who late last week secured concessions from EU leaders over the terms of Britain’s membership.

Another close friend and political ally of Cameron’s, Justice Minister Michael Gove, has also come out in favor of severing ties with the EU. Johnson is the seventh senior member of Cameron’s Conservative Party, including six Cabinet members, to support the “Out” campaign.

The vote is scheduled for June 23. Polls show the nation is evenly split on the issue.

Johnson, 51, is a bigger prize

because he is one of Britain’s most well-known and loved politicians who makes headlines wherever he goes. Polls also show that he is the most popular potential Conservative Party leader candidate to replace Cameron when he steps down.

Cameron went on the offensive Sunday in a TV appearance, arguing that Britain was safer and stronger within the EU than outside it.

“In a world where you have got (Russian President Vladimir) Putin to the east and (the Islamic State) to the south, how do you stay strong?” he said. “By sticking with your neighboring countries, your partners and your friends.”

Johnson’s mayoral term expires in May. He wants his successor to be Zac Goldsmith, another Conservative politician who wants Britain to leave the European Union.

“Out” campaigners say the EU does not do enough to safeguard British interests on trade, security and welfare policies.

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These voters could be key to a win in state Heidi M. Przybyla USA TODAY

Hillary Clinton has amassed a motherlode of key endorsements from minority leaders, most recently from 12-term South Carolina congressman Rep. James Clyburn.

But it’s their kids she’s concerned about.

As the Democratic presidential nominating race rolls on to South Carolina and a belt of Southernvoting states, Clinton enjoys a wide margin of support, positioning her well to do very well in those races.

The one thing that could reduce her margin of victory — it’s highly unlikely Bernie Sanders will beat her in South Carolina — is if younger minority voters flock to Sanders the way their white counterparts did in Iowa and New Hampshire.

AFP/GETTY IMAGES “The thing Hillary I’d be most Clinton worried about in Clinton world would be whether this generational divide extends across racial lines,” said Bob Shrum, a Democratic strategist who advised John Kerry and Al Gore.

While she remains “the clear favorite,” he said, “it’s a more difficult contest” if black youth are not behind her.

The campaigns are interpreting the Nevada outcome, where she beat Sanders by 5 percentage points, and what it means for the Democratic nominating battle.

While some polls last year showed Clinton with a doubledigit lead in the Silver State, Sanders narrowed that and showed strength with Latino voters, including younger working class voters. Sanders’ backers said they believe that gives him a chance in some of the more ethnically diverse states coming up on the calendar. His only win thus far was in New Hampshire, which is overwhelmingly white.

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Avery Brundage was an official with the U.S. Olympic Committee in the era shown in the movie Race. He would later become president of the International Olympic Committee. A story Friday misidentified his title at the time.

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Donald Trump celebrates his primary victory Saturday night in South Carolina.

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Jeb Bush announces the suspension of his campaign in South Carolina on Saturday.

Bush ‘painted into corner’

by Trump David Jackson USA TODAY

Looking back, Jeb Bush never really had a chance.

Despite his money, despite his family name, despite his endorsements, Bush’s presidential bid ran afoul of the anti-establishment “outsider” politics that have dominated the 2016 campaign and produced the phenomenon of Donald Trump.

“Not the year for an establishment figure,” said Timothy Naftali, a biographer of the candidate’s father, former president George H.W. Bush. Naftali also noted that Bush lost the “Florida beauty contest” to former protege Marco Rubio, finishing well behind the senator during the South Carolina primary Saturday that basically finished off his campaign.

Though he entered the race with high name recognition and more than $150 million scattered among his own campaign and supportive Super PACs, Bush never really got traction.

Trump quickly targeted Bush, attacking his energy level, his immigration policies, his support of Common Core and even his family.

John Robert Greene, a historian who has written about George H.W. Bush’s presidency, said that, more than any other candidate, Jeb Bush “allowed himself to be painted into a corner by Trump’s rants.”

Dealing with the billionaire’s attacks “got him completely away from talking about the issues, and it destroyed any hope he had of positioning himself as the moderate alternative to Trump,” Greene said.

TRUMP, RUBIO AND CRUZ LEAVE S.C. AS THE GOP’S LEADERS 3 seem to have gained ground on rivals; Nevada caucus next

“I don’t know. ... I’ve never looked at it.”

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COLUMBIA , S . C. Depending on which campaign is talking, the Republican presidential race is either a three-person, two-person, or one-person affair.

In any event, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio all claimed success in South Carolina and moved Sunday to take the fight to Nevada and other states that will help decide the matter.

“I think we’re going to do very well,” said Trump, the unquestioned Republican front-runner after a comfortable win in South Carolina, 11 days after an easy victory in New Hampshire. The New York businessman had predicted he would “run the table” after a victory in South Carolina.

Trump stopped short of declaring ultimate victory Sunday, telling CNN’s State of the Union that there are “talented people” remaining in the field. “We’ll see what happens — certainly nobody’s unstoppable,” Trump told CNN, though he later added that, “so far, I’m really on my way” and “I’m going to win.”

Cruz noted he is the only candidate to have beaten Trump — in the Iowa caucuses Feb. 1 — and said that more and more conservatives realize he is the only one who can best him. “That’s why conservatives are uniting behind our campaign,” Cruz told CBS’s Face The Nation.

Rubio, who finished second in South Carolina by a razor-thin margin over Cruz, pronounced it a “three-person race,” and the Florida senator predicted traditional Republicans would rally around him in the face of challenges by anti-establishment “outsider” candidates Trump and Cruz.

The Rubio campaign also began overtures to supporters of former Florida governor Jeb Bush, once a Rubio patron, who

dropped out of the race Saturday night.

“We feel like a lot of the people that were on Jeb’s team are people we’re gonna welcome onto our team,” Rubio told reporters aboard a plane to Tennessee, where he had scheduled a campaign appearance Sunday.

Up to now, the anti-Trump vote has been divided among multiple candidates, Rubio said on CBS’ Face The Nation. That will change as more rivals drop out, he added, and “we feel really good about this coalescing.”

While Trump and Cruz went after each other viciously in South Carolina, Trump and Rubio have pretty much left each other alone — though there are signs that will change soon.

Trump has called Rubio weak on illegal immigration and retweeted a supporter’s claim that the Floridian is also ineligible for the presidency, despite the fact that Rubio was born in Miami.

Asked about Rubio’s eligibility on ABC’s This Week, Trump said: “I don’t know. ... I’ve never looked at it.”

Responding on the same program, Rubio said of Trump: “This is a game he plays. He says something that’s edgy and outrageous and then the media flocks and covers that and then no one else can get any coverage on anything else.”

Two other Republican candidates who finished low in South Carolina — Ohio Gov. John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson — vowed to stay in the race. “People want to consolidate; they ought to consolidate my way,” Kasich said on Face the Nation.

Next up for Republicans is Nevada, which hosts GOP caucuses on Tuesday.

Also on the horizon: March 1 contests in a dozen states, mostly Southern states including Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia.

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, fresh off his second place finish in Saturday’s South Carolina primary, said Nikki Haley, the governor of the state, would be “on everyone’s short list” for vice president.

Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Rubio would not say he is considering Haley as a potential running mate — “that would be presumptuous,” he said — but he acknowledged that her endorsement of him last week was very important in the primary there and he hopes to have her campaigning for him around the country.

“She is incredibly talented,” Rubio said. “I think she is going to be on the top of everyone’s list (for vice president).”

Rubio noted that Haley is still busy being governor of the state and has young children, but “whoever the nominee is — and I think it is going to be me — she is someone that people are going to be paying attention to.”

— Paul Singer

PROTESTING FOR GAY RIGHTS IN ITALY

those women are the leading edge of a generation that should see fewer cases of cervical, vaginal, anal and throat cancers in the decades ahead.

Health officials have recommended vaccines against HPV for girls and young women since 2006 and for boys and young men since 2011. — Kim Painter DON’T ALLOW EXECUTIONS THIS YEAR, POPE URGES

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Supporters of the “Cirinna” bill, to be voted on in the Italian Senate allowing gay civil unions, demonstrate Sunday at Piazza Duomo in Milan. Last week, Italy’s Senate suspended a debate over legislation allowing same-sex civil unions.

STUDY SHOWS FEWER YOUNG WOMEN INFECTED WITH HPV

Thanks to a vaccination program that began a decade ago, fewer U.S. women are entering adulthood infected with a sexually transmitted virus that can

cause cancer, new research shows.

The study, published Monday in Pediatrics, is the first to show falling levels of dangerous strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) among women in their early 20s. Researchers believe

Pope Francis on Sunday urged Catholic leaders to show “exemplary” courage by not allowing executions this year, while expressing hope that eventually the death penalty will be abolished worldwide.

Francis told tourists and pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square that “the commandment ‘do not kill’ holds absolute value and applies to both the innocent and the guilty.”

He added that there is “an ever more widespread opposition in public opinion to the death penalty, even only as an instrument of legitimate social defense.”

— The Associated Press

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STATE-BY-STATE News from across the USA ALABAMA Brent: Lisa Dunaway

Wright was arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle drugs to her son Richard Walls, who is incarcerated at the Bibb County Correctional Facility, AL.com reported.

ALASKA Juneau: A drop that lowered Fred Meyer fuel prices from $2.92 to $1.91 was a corporate mistake, and the company worked to raise prices back to what they were, the Empire reported.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Grand Can-

yon University plans to sell its academic operations to a nonprofit organization while keeping other business-related functions in a deal that should be clear by the end of June, The Arizona Republic reported.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: Kee-

nan Lamonte Lewis, 27, who is charged with first-degree murder, testified that he was firing wildly when he fatally shot another man, hitting him nine times during a confrontation, ArkansasOnline reported.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles:

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center paid a $17,000 ransom in bitcoin to a hacker who seized control of the hospital’s computer systems, the Los Angeles Times reported.

HIGHLIGHT: VIRGINIA

Weather forecasts get supercomputer boost Doyle Rice USA TODAY

In a nondescript office building here, one of the world’s most powerful weather supercomputers quietly hums on a 24/7 mission to analyze billions of pieces of data that ultimately will tell you whether you need a sweater or sunscreen when you leave the house.

Forecasts, critical not only for your wardrobe choices but for ship captains, airline pilots and shipping companies, depend on sophisticated data crunching and computer models, but three years ago European forecasters delivered a humiliating blow to the U.S. weather apparatus. The European weather models accurately predicted the path and strength of the devastating Hurricane Sandy that blindsided the New Jersey coastline.

Now, the U.S. is on the rebound with this monumental supercomputer that collects, processes and analyzes billions of observations from weather satellites, weather balloons, airplanes, buoys and surface stations from around the world to help meteorologists make better weather forecasts.

The brand-new Cray supercomputer — designed, owned and operated by the National

INDIANA Evansville: When the

newly renovated Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve reopens this spring, visitors will be greeted by an array of interactive exhibits, the Evansville Courier & Press reported.

COLORADO Alamosa: A compa-

ny that had planned to build a liquid sodium cyanide terminal at a railroad yard near Blanca to supply Colorado mines has temporarily withdrawn its rezoning application after public protests, the Alamosa Valley Courier reported.

CONNECTICUT Storrs: Police

officers at the University of Connecticut will begin wearing body cameras this month. Seven officers are being equipped with the cameras for use during the spring semester.

IOWA Des Moines: Police Chief

Dana Wingert says he has a plan for every city officer in uniform to be wearing a body camera by June, The Register reported.

Wingert estimates the body camera system will cost as much as $1.4 million.

KANSAS Hutchinson: Kansas

State Fair officials are considering a major redesign of the fairgrounds here. The Hutchinson News reported all of the current proposals are long-range ideas but the goal is to make the fairgrounds a more modern attraction.

DELAWARE Rehoboth Beach:

Pizzi says he will run for a third term as mayor following his acquittal on federal corruption charges.

GEORGIA Jackson: The state

executed former Navy sailor Travis Clinton Hittson for the murder of a fellow shipmate in 1992, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

HAWAII Wailuku: The Maui Police Department is considering outfitting officers with body-worn cameras. The department has requested proposals from vendors for a technology system, according to The Maui News.

IDAHO Ketchum: Voters will

decide on a $23.1 million bond measure in May to construct a new city hall, the Idaho Mountain Express reported.

ILLINOIS DuPage County: The case of a Catholic priest convicted of gambling away $300,000 of parish funds remains in limbo after prosecutors asked for a hearing to revoke his probation, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The Rev. John Regan will face a hearing April 14 on the revocation, which prosecutors said was based on his failure to completely

Tony Layne Hendon, 57, owner of Estate Sales Guys, is charged with two counts of breach of trust for allegedly not paying his customers for property he sold on their behalf, WLTX-TV reported.

SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: The

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This supercomputer in Reston, Va., used for weather forecasting, can process 3 quadrillion calculations per second.

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) — processes 3 quadrillion calculations per second. If that sounds like a lot, it is — you’d need about 12,500 high-end laptops to get close to that kind of power.

Still, the supercomputer is merely the 18th fastest in the U.S. and 42nd fastest in the world, Michaud said.

NOAA’s purchase of the school-bus size device stemmed partly from competition from the top European weather model — better known in some circles by its acronym scheduled to go on trial in September. The Berkshire Eagle reported that James and Nancy Tarjick, and their sons, Aaron Tarjick and James Tarjick Jr., are facing at least a combined 116 charges stemming from burglaries between 2010 and 2015.

MINNESOTA Red Lake: The Red Lake Nation is installing 15 megawatts of solar panels atop their largest buildings, pushing for enough power to light every bulb in the tribe’s casinos, the tribal college and all government buildings, Minnesota Public Radio reported. Tribal leaders say it’s a big step toward energy independence.

MISSOURI Kansas City: A union

KENTUCKY Louisville: Less

than a month after winning a legal victory in the quest for $18 million worth of state tax incentives, builders of Kentucky’s second major Biblical theme park said that the giant $92 million Noah’s Ark replica will be largely finished by May and is on track to open in July, The Courier-Journal reported.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: Three of the four squatters accused of taking over a Bywater house will stay in jail after refusing to sign a legal document required to spring them loose, The Times-Picayune reported.

MAINE Skowhegan: A woman

charged with murder in connection with her newborn son’s death will be held without bail, the Morning Sentinel reported.

MARYLAND Annapolis: Attorney General Brian Frosh appealed a decision by a three-judge panel that sent the state’s ban on assault-style weapons back to a lower court for review, The Washington Post reported.

MASSACHUSETTS Pittsfield: A

Berkshire County couple and their two adult sons charged in connection with what authorities call a statewide burglary ring are

ECMWF (European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasting). It predicted Sandy’s now infamous and unusual left hook in 2012 days before the top American model — the GFS (Global Forecast System).

The one-two punch pushed the U.S. to invest $44.5 million to develop better forecasts. The U.S. chose Seattle-based Cray to build its new supercomputer.

The company is a leading maker of supercomputers worldwide and supplied the ones used by European weather agencies. tribute 50 permits at $100 each, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported.

lawsuit could delay the planned spring opening of Kansas City’s new streetcar line. The Kansas City Star reported that Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1287 is asking a Jackson County circuit judge to halt work on the streetcar project until the dispute is resolved.

MONTANA Missoula: A former teacher pleaded not guilty to having an inappropriate relationship with a female student at Frenchtown High School, the Missoulian reported. Prosecutors say Michael Botsford, 44, and the girl exchanged about 14,000 Facebook messages. Court documents say most were not sexual, but some were intimate in nature.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: The Groundwater Exchange is being developed as a pilot program for the district, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. It would let farmers and conservation groups lease or buy water for a growing season.

NEVADA Boulder City: The

Lake Mead National Recreation Area is now the fifth most-visited site in the National Park Service system. A 5% increase in attendance lifted Lake Mead to fifth most-visited site, up one spot from 2014.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord:

The Fish and Game Commission has voted in favor of opening a bobcat hunting and trapping season for the first time since 1989. A lottery process will dis-

state’s Game, Fish and Parks Department says fish houses, shelters and other structures must be removed from the ice by midnight Feb. 29. Portable fish houses, shelters and other structures can still be used after the deadline if they are removed daily.

TENNESSEE Nashville: The local chapter of Black Lives Matter was told that meetings welcoming only people of color can’t take place in the city’s libraries. The Tennessean reported that library officials say they’re following a policy that all meetings at their facilities must be open to the general public.

TEXAS Austin: A recent report

states that there are 6,698 undocumented prisoners in Texas, or 4.6% of the prison population.

It’s estimated that 16% of the country’s undocumented immigrants live in Texas, The Texas Tribune reported.

UTAH West Jordan: A 29-yearold man was killed at a steel plant after part of the structure he was working on fell on him.

MICHIGAN Park Township: A car crash left three generations of one family dead, including the grandmother, her daughter and 9-month-old granddaughter.

Ottawa County police confirmed the three died after the car they were traveling in collided with a pickup truck.

County school leaders are exploring ways to streamline jobs in the district’s central office as a costsaving measure, The Commercial Appeal reported.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A thick

FLORIDA Miami Lakes: Michael

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia:

MISSISSIPPI Hernando: DeSoto

The town’s latest budget talks include funds for a designated communications officer, The News Journal reported. The draft budget for fiscal year 2016-17 allocates $60,000 a year with additional benefits for a new public information officer.

haze filled a Metro train car after a group of teenagers allegedly deployed a fire extinguisher and set off smoke devices, The Washington Post reported.

RHODE ISLAND Cranston: The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training’s unemployment call center experienced a recent spike in wait times that are leaving callers hanging, the Providence Journal reported.

RESTON

repay the money he took from St. Walter Parish in Roselle.

PENNSYLVANIA New Kensington: Alcoa laid off 90 workers at its technical center here. The cuts come even as Alcoa is spending $60 million to expand its 3-D manufacturing capabilities at the center in Upper Burrell Township.

VERMONT South Burlington: Dr. Gamal H. Eltabbakh paid $500,000 to the U.S. government over allegations that he had purchased a number of drugs and submitted false claims to Medicaid and Medicare, Burlington Free Press reported.

NEW JERSEY Oceanport: The

U.S. Army is expected to hand title over to the remaining half of Fort Monmouth property by this summer, Asbury Park Press reported. The original target date was at the end of 2015.

NEW MEXICO Las Cruces: A woman convicted of shooting her live-in boyfriend received the maximum prison sentence possible. The Las Cruces Sun-News reported that Margarita Flores, 39, was sentenced to nine years.

NEW YORK Ramapo: Legoland

executives have started discussions with officials about building a $250 million mega-theme park on the site of the former Novartis plant and 67 acres of town property, The Journal News reported.

VIRGINIA Richmond: Taxpayers will pick up a $2,435 food and drink tab for a luxury box at last month’s Washington Redskins playoff game, despite a majority of the suite’s unidentified guests attending with no official public purpose, the Times-Dispatch reported.

WASHINGTON Seattle: The city broke a record for winter rainfall with more than a week left in the season. According to the National Weather Service, there was a total of 22.78 inches of rain recorded at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport since the beginning of December beat the previous record of 22.77 inches set in 1998-99.

NORTH CAROLINA Durham: Donut and biscuit shop Rise set opening dates for its two newest locations, The News & Observer reported. On Saturday, Rise Carrboro will open its doors at 7 a.m.

Rise Downtown Durham will open at the same time March 12.

NORTH DAKOTA Minot: Local police are investigating two more business burglaries. Authorities have responded to at least 15 other business, home and storage unit burglaries in the city this year. Several suspects were arrested last month.

OHIO Toledo: The University of

Toledo food pantry for students was relocated to the Student Union to make it more accessible.

The Blade reported that the pantry reopened this month to help hungry students.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The Oklahoma Department of Human Services is making buyout offers to 413 workers in an effort to save the agency about $12 million in payroll costs, The Oklahoman reported.

OREGON Pendleton: Kevin

Mannix, a former state legislator and one-time gubernatorial candidate, proposed creating a shipping authority to help restore shipping business to Portland, the East Oregonian reported.

WEST VIRGINIA Marmet: It took three judges about 15 minutes to decide to remove longtime Mayor Bill Pauley from office, the Charleston GazetteMail reported.

WISCONSIN Ashwaubenon: Bowhunters killed at least 27 deer this fall and winter in the village’s first hunt, Green Bay Press-Gazette reported.

WYOMING Cheyenne: The

Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo boosted the local economy by about $28 million, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported.

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IRS cites budget cuts; revenue collections, taxpayer aid decline Kevin McCoy USA TODAY

Large U.S. corporations had a good tax-filing season in 2015.

Companies with at least $10 million in assets faced the lowest IRS audit rates in at least a decade as the tax agency coped with staffing declines, new data show.

Audit rates of tax-exempt organizations also fell to their lowest rate in more than 10 years, the IRS statistics show, mirroring declines in audits of tax returns filed by individuals.

As a result, IRS collections of audit-related revenue fell to $7.32 billion in fiscal year 2015, the lowest level in 13 years. The MONEYLINE PRIVACY GROUP PLANS ANTI-FBI PROTESTS Protesters are preparing to assemble in more than 20 U.S. cities to lash out at the FBI for obtaining a court order to force Apple to make it easier to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by a gunman in a mass shooting in December. The protests organized by the Internet rights group Fight for the Future are scheduled to occur Tuesday in cities including New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, where protesters plan to express their discontent outside the FBI’s headquarters.

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HOVERBOARDS MAY BE SEIZED DUE TO FIRE RISK The federal government is laying down the law on hoverboards, which have a tendency to burst into flames. Self-balancing scooters that don’t meet newly released safety standards face detention, seizure or recall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Friday.

BRITISH POUND TAKES A TUMBLE ON TALK OF EU EXIT The pound fell the most in more than three months against the dollar after London Mayor Boris Johnson said he’ll campaign for Britain to leave the European Union. Morgan Stanley analysts wrote on Friday that his decision would be key for sterling, given his popularity with the British public. “The pound should come under immediate pressure,” analysts wrote in a report.

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agency projects the collection decline will continue, affecting the overall federal budget, because enforcement personnel levels last year also dropped to the lowest headcount in more than a decade.

“No office in this organization has been untouched. What you’ve got is the lowest level of staffing in 20 years,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told USA TODAY, saying it’s not feasible to fill enforcement gaps by transferring staffers from other offices.

Koskinen blamed the outcome on IRS budget cuts that reduced the agency’s annual funding for several consecutive years until Congress approved a $290 million increase for the current period.

Much of the increase was earmarked to improve taxpayer assistance programs that even IRS officials acknowledged had fallen to abysmal levels.

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17% of adults ages 50-64 recently dipped into their retirement savings to cover emergencies, 4 percentage points higher than overall age groups.

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Both IRS audits and taxpayer assistance are at their lowest levels in at least a decade.

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The new IRS data underscored that characterization, showing that just 38% of taxpayers managed to get through when they phoned the agency with tax questions during 2015.

Hoping to convince Congress of the need for increased funding, the summary of the IRS’ pro-

posed fiscal year 2017 budget categorizes fiscal allocations by specific services, including enforcement and taxpayer assistance.

For instance, it outlines a nearly $90.5 million proposal that would add 699 full-time staffers who would “handle more than

30,000 additional collection cases.”

“We’re trying to get the appropriators to understand ... what they get for what they pay” in additional budget funding, said Koskinen. “The corollary is I want them to understand what the consequences are” when budget cuts are approved.

It could prove to be a hard sell, despite general acknowledgment that IRS tax-enforcement staffers produce more federal funding than their combined salary and benefits.

During congressional budget hearings this month, lawmakers quizzed Koskinen about IRS projections that higher funding would improve taxpayer assistance levels during the 2016 taxfiling season. But they have remained noncommittal so far on requests for additional budget hikes.

16 top CEOs bought their stock. Should you?

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It’s hard to argue with a CEO’s wallet.

Shares of JPMorganChase (JPM) have jumped 9% since late last week — making them one of the biggest stock-market wealth generators — after CEO Jamie Dimon opened his wallet and bought his company’s stock.

But Dimon is just one of 16 CEOs at companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500, including Michael Corbat of Citigroup, Stephen Luczo of computer storage maker Seagate Technology and Stephen Wynn of casino operator Wynn Resorts, who have bought their company stock this year, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

These are all purchases in the

Shares of the companies where CEOs are buying stock are down an average of 15% this year, which is more than double the 6% decline by the S&P 500 this year.

open market at market prices — seen as a sign of conviction — not part of an automatic purchase at a discount connected with stock options.

It’s easy to understand why these CEOs are buying their stock. Shares of the companies where CEOs are buying stock are down an average of 15% this year, which is more than double the 6% decline by the S&P 500 this year.

Much of the CEO buying is in

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16 WITH SKIN IN THE GAME S&P 500 CEOs who bought stock in open market this year.

CEO John Remondi Michael Corbat Joseph Sullivan Beth Mooney Kevin Clark Harris Simmons John B. Hess Stephen Steinour

company symbol Navient NAVI Citigroup C Legg Mason LM KeyCorp KEY Delphi Automotive DLPH Zions Bancorporation Hess HES Huntington BancHBAN shares Roger Jenkins Murphy Oil MUR James Dimon JPMorgan Chase JPM Lauralee Martin HCP HCP Stephen Holmes Wyndham WorldwideWYN Seifollah GhasemiAir Products and APD Chemicals Stephen Luczo Seagate Technology STX Stephen Wynn Wynn Resorts WYNN John McAvoy Consolidated Edison ED

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upside to target 59.4% 51.9% 44.2% 35.9% 35.9% 33.2% 31.1% 25.7%

average analyst rating Outperform Outperform Outperform Outperform Outperform Outperform Outperform Outperform

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the financial industry. Six of the 16 companies where CEOs have bought their shares are in the financial sector. Banking stocks have been hammered this year — especially earlier this month — as

investors started to fear that rising corporate defaults and falling stock markets could put pressure on the financial reserves of banks or hurt financials. Shares of financial firm Legg Mason are

down 30% this year and trading Friday for around $28 a share. But CEO Joseph Sullivan bought 25,000 shares valued at roughly $745,000 on Jan. 26, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Investors might wonder if the CEOs are putting their money where their mouths are for good reason. That’s been the case at JPMorgan, which is up nearly 9% since Dimon stepped up and bought. Analysts think so, rating 12 of the 16 stocks where CEOs are buying a “buy” or “outperform” and saying the stock will be higher in 18 months than it is now.

The biggest potential, according to analysts, is at Navient, a company that provides financial products and loans. CEO John Remondi bought 80,000 shares in the open market between Feb. 8 and Feb. 9 valued at roughly $700,000. Like many financials, the stock has been suffering this year, falling more than 13% this year to Friday’s price of $9.92 a share. Even so, analysts think the stock will be worth $15.78 a share in 18 months, which would be 60% upside.

It’s important to note CEOs can be wrong about their stock prices, too. CEOs have boldly bought company stock before only for the shares to drop. But when you see analysts pounding the table for a stock — and the CEO buying in the open market — that’s at least a statement investors should pay attention to.

Mich. shooting prompts look at Uber Ride-hailing service’s background checks come under scrutiny Lisa Kiplinger

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After it was discovered Sunday that the man who police said shot and killed six people and wounded two others in Michigan was an Uber driver, attention turned to the ride-hailing company’s driver screening process.

Jason Dalton, 45, was arrested Sunday after the wave of attacks Saturday evening. Uber released a statement confirming Dalton was a driver and said he had passed a background check, the Detroit Free Press reported. Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeffrey Getting said Dalton has no prior criminal record.

Uber bills itself as a safe way to travel, and the ride-hailing service tries to live up to that billing

by putting prospective drivers through background checks.

However, taxi unions have criticized Uber’s checks as less thorough than their own driver screening process.

“The key problem with Uber’s background checks is they lack fingerprinting technology and are not conducted by law enforcement,” says Dave Sutton, spokesman for Who’s Driving You?, a public safety initiative of the Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association. “Uber does not even meet with prospective drivers in person to see if they give off a strange vibe.”

People applying to be an Uber driver must provide their Social Security number, among other documentation. Uber then uses a background investigation service, Checkr, to dig a little deeper.

Checkr runs a Social Security trace to find out where the applicant has lived the previous seven years and cross-checks the addresses with databases for

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Uber app allows people to hail a personal driver through a cellphone app. convictions.

According to Uber’s website, the background check also includes the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website, National Criminal Search “and several different databases used to flag suspected terrorists.”

“Upon identifying a potential criminal record, Checkr sends someone to review the record inperson at the relevant courthouse or, if possible, pulls the record digitally,” Uber said on its site.

Potential drivers are disquali-

fied if they’re on any sex offender registries or have convictions for DUI or drug-related offenses, fraud, violent crimes, fatal accidents, “acts of terror,” resisting arrest or any felony.

“Of course, the background check system that Uber and other TNCs (transportation network companies) use is not 100% accurate either,” Uber’s website said.

“For example, a potential driver may have a stolen or fraudulent identity, an illegally obtained but valid social security number that conceals his or her true identity.”

Or, they could be like Dalton, who appeared to have a clean record.

“We are horrified and heartbroken at the senseless violence in Kalamazoo, Mich.,” Joe Sullivan, chief security officer at Uber, said in the statement. “Our hearts and prayers are with the families of the victims. ... We have reached out to the police to help with their investigation in any way that we can.”

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Short-range planes can deliver for long haul John Cox

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AIRLINE COMPLAINTS SPIKE EVEN AS SERVICE IMPROVES 30% increase after upgrades made to punctuality and baggage handling

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Airline traveler complaints spiked in 2015, increasing nearly 30% from the previous year, even as service improved for punctuality, disruptions and baggage handling, the Transportation Department reported Thursday.

The 20,170 complaints last year compared with 15,539 in 2014, according to the department’s Air Travel Consumer Report.

“These complaints cover a range of aviation issues such as flight problems, baggage, reservation and ticketing, refunds, consumer service, disability and discrimination,” the department said in a statement.

The complaints can lead to investigations, new rules or legislation.

Since 2012, the Transportation Department has required airlines to display a consumer protection hotline number on their websites so that travelers can easily file complaints at www. transportation.gov/airconsumer or at 202-366-2220.

Charles Leocha, director of the consumer-advocacy group Travelers United, said the increase doesn’t necessarily mean more complaints as much as a greater awareness about how to complain.

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Top reasons for airline complaints in 2015 Flight problems 6,433 Baggagge handling 3,133 Reservations/Ticketing/ 2,698 Boarding Customer service 2,274 Fares 1,813 Refunds 1,573 SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

plaint a number and committed to providing substantive responses within 60 days, after a suggestion from the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection.

“In the old days, you’d send in a complaint and it was like throwing (it) out the window on a dark and stormy night,” said Leocha, a committee member. “But now you send in a complaint, DOT responds and puts a number on it.

They either forward it to the airline or they say this is a policy issue and we’re going to deal with it.”

In addition, Federal Aviation Administration legislation pending in the House directs the department to create an app for travelers to file complaints electronically, rather than calling the 800 number.

Rep. Janice Hahn, D-Calif., said the 800 number is often not easy to find.

She succeeded in adding a provision to the FAA bill that would require airlines to post the number in a prominent place.

“It is very difficult to find this number,” Hahn said. “I searched for the hotline number myself on different airline websites and couldn’t find it anywhere.”

Melanie Hinton, a spokesman for Airlines for America, a trade group for most of the largest carriers, said the rate of complaints “remains remarkably low” at about two from every 100,000 travelers.

As airlines invest a combined $1.3 billion per month on their workers, products and technology, airline travel remains one of the best consumer bargains available, she said.

“Today’s Department of Transportation report showcases the fact that airlines are delivering what customers expect: flights that arrive safely and on time, with their bags properly handled,” Hinton said.

The spike in complaints grew even steeper during the second half of the year, after increasing 20% from 2014 during the first six months.

In particular, the number of disability complaints grew to 939 last year from 784 in 2014. And discrimination complaints about race, religion, national origin or gender dropped to 65 last year from 68 in 2014.

According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, complaints grew even as airlines improved their punctuality, reduced cancellations, bumped fewer passengers and reduced the rate of mishandling luggage.

Travelers with bags walk toward the passport control line upon arriving at Newark International Airport on Aug. 24, 2009, in Newark, N.J.

Q: Thank you for your column. I actively seek it weekly.

How are short-range aircraft delivered to far-away destinations by the manufacturer?

For example, how does a regional jet make it into service in, say, Hawaii or some other far-flung location?

— Brian, Memphis A: I enjoy the questions and comments.Short-range airplanes are flown to destinations by using alternate routes or by adding temporary fuel tanks for the flight. In your example, additional fuel tanks would be added for the flight to the islands because there is no alternative route.

The airline I used to fly for bought a Fokker F-28 in 1983.

This was a short-range jet, but we had to get it from Amsterdam to Greensboro, N.C. We flew to Scotland, Iceland, Greenland and two stops in Canada. That alternative routing allowed us to bring the airplane across the Atlantic safely. It was very interesting flying.

Q: Why do flights hug the U.S. coast all the way to Newfoundland before they begin the trans-Atlantic leg? Isn’t this route longer and less fuel-efficient?

— Bob Dienes, Tampa A: The flights are using great circle navigation, which accounts for the curvature of the earth, so flying to Canada to begin the ocean crossing saves fuel. Another consideration are the winds; the flight path tracks are adjusted to take maximum advantage of prevailing winds, thus minimizing flight time.

Q: In regards to your recent column about collision alerts, you might want to reference what happened to a Russian airliner when the TCAS was disregarded.

— LeRoy White, Enid, Okla.

A: In 2002, a Russian passenger jet collided with a DHL cargo flight in midair, killing all passengers and crew on both flights.

Investigators found the Russian crew did not follow the Traffic Collision and Avoidance System (TCAS) commands, which would have prevented the collision. Since that time pilots worldwide have been trained to follow a TCAS Resolution Advisory command.

Have a question about flying? Send it to travel@usatoday.com.

Some hotels deliver happy surprises at checkout Christopher Elliott Special for USA TODAY

The Vogue in downtown Dubai doesn’t seem like the kind of hotel where guests would be surprised by anything. The furnishings are spare and modern, and the amenities are about what you would expect from a boutique hotel.

But when Luke Fitzgerald tried to check out of The Vogue early, a smiling concierge greeted him, offering him a Mango Lassi, an Indian yogurt drink.

“I was handed a receipt,” recalls Fitzgerald, an American search engine specialist who lives in Ireland. “But what surprised me the most was a no-strings-attached free night at the hotel on my next visit.”

Hotels are using the checkout process as more than an opportunity to say “goodbye” and sign your folio. It’s a final shot at making a positive impression and inviting you back.

Even though experts predict 2016 will be another record year for the lodging industry, some hotels will be more profitable than BUSINESS TRAVEL EVERY MONDAY

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What if checking out was easy, private, seamless and the only surprises were good ones — like cookies?

WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN YOU CHECK OUT You can eliminate the negative surprises on your next hotel bill by doing the following: uMind the tent. The “tent” cards in your room, often ignored by guests, contain important information about surprise charges.

Experienced guests read them even when they look like they’ve seen them before. You never know how much that in-room call will cost. uTell them before they tell you. If you’ve helped yourself to items from the minibar or opened that $10 bottled water, let your hotel know and settle the bill before you leave. It’s better than waiting and receiving a possible late charge on your credit card. uRead your bill carefully. Some hotels still stick it to their guests at the last minute by sliding a bill under their door that’s littered with industry acronyms. If you don’t understand something, ask. If it doesn’t make sense, ask for it to be removed.

others. It’s farewells like The Vogue’s that could make the difference between a successful year and a so-so one.

The checkout process has become almost completely automated, experts say.

“A bill is placed under your

door the night before and, if there are no disputes, you’re automatically checked out and the credit card that was provided at checkin is automatically billed,” says Margo Gorra-Stockman, a senior principal at Accenture Travel.

Or there’s no paper needed, as “mobile check out through an iPhone or iPad offers an eFolio of your charges.”

But hotels are rethinking that impersonal bye-bye. u At the Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa in Lake Placid, N.Y., guests receive house-made and “notoriously delicious” chocolate chip cookies for the drive home.

Mmmm. uOn your way out of the Napa River Inn in Napa, Calif., don’t be surprised if the receptionist offers you a discounted returnguest rate — and a bottle of wine. uAt Paradise Beach Resort on the Caribbean island of Nevis, guests receive a pair of Havaianas flip-flops customized to their foot size. At check-out — surprise! — they’re yours to keep.

Hotels are rethinking “check out” in other ways, too. For example, at Grand Residences Riviera Cancun in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, guests check out the evening before the last day in their suite “to allow for a stress-free departure,” says Carlo Bicaci, the hotel’s general manager.

“Guests appreciate the personal touch and respect of their

privacy, especially when settling a bill,” he adds.

Connect all the dots and it almost looks as if some hotels are quietly eliminating those negative checkout surprises. Those include unwanted mandatory “resort” fees or surprise charges from the minibar (“I didn’t know that bottle of water cost $10!”) or a “misunderstanding” about the room rate.

Hotels collected an estimated $2.47 billion in fees and surcharges last year, according to an estimate by NYU professor Bjorn Hanson.

Many of these extras, such as charges for receiving overnight packages, automatic gratuities, fees for unattended parking and baggage holding charges, are traditionally tacked on at the end as an unwelcome check-out charge.

Instead, what if checking out was easy, private, seamless and the only surprises were good ones — like the mango cocktail or the custom slippers? Hotels appear to be rethinking the way they bid you farewell. Instead of one last chance to stick you with a higher bill, they’re seeing it as an opportunity to invite you back.

If they keep it up, we might just say “yes.”

Elliott is a consumer advocate and editor at large for National Geographic Traveler. Contact him at chris@elliott.org or visit elliott.org.

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CAUGHT IN THE ACT Though Kaley Cuoco and Stan Lee had an uncomfortable onscreen exchange when Lee was a guest star on ‘The Big Bang Theory’ in Season 3, the actress and comic-book legend were happy to get together Saturday in Los Angeles to celebrate 200 episodes of the CBS show.

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HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY HAYLEY WILLIAMS AND CHAD GILBERT Wedding bells rang Saturday for the musicians of bands Paramore and New Found Glory, respectively. Williams, 27, and Gilbert, 34, announced their engagement on New Year’s Eve in 2014.

NETFLIX

Oscar-nominated documentaries abound on Netflix, including Winter on Fire, What Happened Miss Simone? and Cartel Land, plus documentary shorts Last Day of Freedom, Chau, Beyond the Lines and the animated short World of Tomorrow. Plus, you can still check out the Netflix original Beasts of No Nation to see why critics were so riled up about Idris Elba’s supportingactor snub.

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STYLE STAR

You don’t get more ’80s than Corey Feldman wearing a Michael Jackson-inspired ensemble. The ‘Goonies’ star was appropriately dressed for the firstever iHeart80s party Saturday at the Forum in Los Angeles. The celebration featured performances by Billy Idol and Culture Club.

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TWEET TALK STARS SOUND OFF ON TWITTER Kevin Hart: It’s Black History Month so just let it happen ....

Don’t make this weird!!! #HugsForThugs George Takei: Sagittarius: You’re easily distracted today so make sure to-- Ooh! New cat memes!

Ricky Gervais: It’s OK to have an imaginary friend. Just don’t do the terrible things he tells you to.

Iggy Azalea: The most painful thing in the world is accidentally stepping on a Lego brick barefoot.

Aidy Bryant: Sometimes my dog is so sleepy and cranky he acts like his morning walk is FOR ME Compiled by Carly Mallenbaum

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1 – Fashion influence comes typically from significant other/friends, but 1 in 10 Millennial men heed Mom’s advice.

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HBO

HBO (and its digital arms HBO Go and HBO Now) is offering Mad Max: Fury Road (nominated for 10 Oscars) and Fifty Shades of Grey (hey, it’s up for best original song). On HBO Go and HBO Now, subscribers also will find past Oscar-winning fare like Milk and The Departed. Just look for a collection called 63 Oscars, a title that notes how many golden statues those movies won.

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Late to the Oscars game? We’ve got your back. Here’s a look at streaming and video-on-demand options for some of the hottest awards-nominated titles.

COMCAST

Comcast Xfinity TV has stocked lots of nominees on demand, including Trumbo, The Danish Girl, Bridge of Spies, Room, Steve Jobs, The Martian, Straight Outta Compton, Mad Max: Fury Road and Amy (fees vary). And thanks to a new partnership with ABC and the Oscars, Comcast Xfinity TV also is offering a new Best of Oscars video collection from past Academy Awards broadcasts, from memorable speeches to tear-jerking moments.

VERIZON, AMAZON, GOOGLE PLAY

Similar selections of Oscar-nominated fare abound on demand at Verizon, Amazon, DirecTV Cinema and Google Play, from Inside Out and Shaun the Sheep to Steve Jobs and Bridge of Spies. Amazon also has films like Room and Creed (both a $14.99 purchase), the latter of which earned Sylvester Stallone a nomination, and Google Play adds Spotlight (a $14.99 purchase) and Trumbo ($3.99 to rent) to the mix.

DirecTV also has an AwardWinning Movies channel, with past nominated films like Boyhood and Argo available.

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Subscribers are in luck: You can catch up on awards season quickly via Time Warner’s special Awards Season movies on demand category, featuring 30 Oscar-nominated films available for rent ($3.99-$5.99), including Straight Outta Compton, The Martian, Amy, Mad Max: Fury Road and Steve Jobs. Snubbed fare is available, too, including Johnny Depp’s Black Mass. The collection will be up until March 7 (just look under the Enjoy Better category).

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Room, with Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay in the story of a mother and son who are cut off from the world for seven years, is nominated for best picture.

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Charlize Theron, with Nicholas Hoult and Riley Keough, have Mad Max: Fury Road in the driver’s seat.

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‘Deadpool’ still delights; ‘Risen’ ascends Patrick Ryan USA TODAY

There’s no stopping the “Merc with a Mouth.”

Last week’s box office champ, Deadpool, pulverized the competition once again, snagging another $55 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates from tracking firm comScore.

The raunchy comic-book film starring Ryan Reynolds as the wisecracking superhero already has earned $235.4 million in the USA, which makes it the sixthhighest-grossing R-rated movie ever (The Passion of the Christ holds the record with $370.8 million in 2004). Deadpool also has passed the box office totals of other recent Marvel characters including Fantastic Four ($56.1 million), Ant-Man ($180.2 million) and X-Men: Days of Future Past ($233.9 million).

“This is a movie that’s on everyone’s mind,” says comScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian, who credits heavy news and social media attention for Deadpool’s second-week success.

“Everyone is trying to figure this movie out. I don’t think anyone expected it to be a blockbuster of this magnitude. Any newcomer to even debut with

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The “Merc with the Mouth” (Ryan Reynolds) and Colossus (voiced by Stefan Kapicic) vaulted Deadpool to another No. 1. $55 million in late February is a total winner.”

Meanwhile, Jack Black’s Kung Fu Panda 3 continued to show muscle, taking second place with $12.5 million in its fourth weekend ($117.1 million total). The animated comedy benefits from being the only family-targeted entry in the marketplace.

Two newcomers outperformed expectations in their first week out. Risen, which stars Joseph Fiennes as a Roman military offi-

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Clavius’ (Joseph Fiennes) search for Jesus’ body in Risen intrigued moviegoers.

cer investigating Jesus’ death, started at No. 3 with $11.8 million.

In fourth, Sundance Film Festival horror entry The Witch conjured up $8.7 million. While Witch was the better-reviewed of the two (88% positive reviews on aggregate site RottenTomatoes.com, compared with Risen’s 59%), the biblical thriller was a bigger hit with audiences (80% approval from moviegoers, well above Witch’s 54%).

“Faith-based and horror genre films are always going to find an audience,” Dergarabedian says.

Made for a reported $1 million (The Witch) and $20 million (Risen), the movies are almost guaranteed to be profitable. “If you don’t break the budget, you can always make your money back.”

Rounding out the top five, moviegoers continued to make a date with How to Be Single. The R-rated comedy starring Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson and Leslie Mann pulled $8.2 million in its second week ($31.8 million total).

Bowing at No. 6, Jesse Owens biopic Race (starring Stephan James) struggled to find its footing. With OK reviews (60% on Rotten Tomatoes), the historical drama brought in an older audience (76% were 25 or older) and managed just $7.3 million.

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Kansas University’s football program unbelievably could be in danger of losing an fifth assistant coach from David Beaty’s first staff.

Already down four fulltime assistants from the 2015 coaching roster (linebackers coach Kevin Kane to Northern Illinois, runningbacks coach Reggie Mitchell to Arkansas, wide-receivers coach Klint Kubiak to the Denver Broncos and special-teams coordinator Gary Hyman demoted and then on to Indiana State), Beaty and the Jayhawks might have to sweat out the next few days as Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops explores the possibility of hiring KU d e f e n s i v e - Thibodeaux line coach Calvin Thibodeaux for the vacancy in the Sooners’ Dline meeting room.

According to a report from Jason Kersey, who covers OU for The Oklahoman, Thibodeaux will be in Norman, Okla., today and will interview for the job.

Kersey’s report cited sources saying that Thibodeaux “is one of the leading candidates to join Stoops’ staff.”

KU will begin spring practices on March 7. The Sooners are slated to begin their spring practices March 5.

Kersey’s report indicates that Thibodeaux and Mississippi State defensive-line coach David Turner are two top candidates for the job, and a hire is expected sometime this week.

The 32-year-old Thibodeaux, who joined Beaty’s staff for the 2015 season after three seasons at Tulsa, makes sense for the OU opening in a lot of ways. First, he played at Oklahoma and was an AllBig 12 defensive end under Stoops. Second, he had a big role in recruiting Lawrence High defensive end Amani Bledsoe to Kansas and would have an automatic rapport with the D-end who picked OU over KU earlier this month. Beyond that, Kersey’s report indicates that Turner made $350,000 at Mississippi State in 2015, and OU might prefer to go with the cheaper option in Thibodeaux, who made $166,000 during his first season at Kansas.

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY GUARD FRANK MASON III (0) CELEBRATES AFTER DISRUPTING A PASS from Kansas State guard Barry Brown (5) to forward Stephen Hurt for a turnover during the Jayhawks’ 72-63 victory on Saturday in Manhattan.

Mason playing more like himself Great competitors understand the value of hiding what’s ailing them. The more the opposition knows about their injuries, the better armed they are to exploit them.

Fearless Frank Mason III, Kansas University’s 5-foot-11, 185-pound junior point guard from Petersburg, Va., is one tough competitor. Consequently, we might never know to what extent his sore left elbow was bothering and what else was nagging at him during an eight-game stretch during which he just wasn’t the same.

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His funk started Jan. 12 in Morgantown, W.Va., when he committed seven turnovers in a 74-63 loss to West Virginia. Mason didn’t fully regain his zip until four weeks later, when he led the Jayhawks to a 10-point vic-

tory against the same Mountaineers in Allen Fieldhouse.

Mason had a terrific game Saturday in Manhattan, where he totaled 16 points, five assists and just one turnover in a 72-63 victory against Kansas State.

“I think I’ll be better moving forward,” Mason said after the game. “This game helped me out. I haven’t been my best in the past games. Somehow, we’ve still been getting the wins, thanks to Devonté (Graham), a great point guard, and our great team. We’ll use this game to help us get better.”

Mason’s 10 first-half points sparked Kansas to a 39-29 lead, and he came out of the locker room seemingly playing faster than everybody else on the floor. He drove hard right and threw a shot in high off the glass. Then in transition he sprinted faster than anyone could match to free himself along the left side of the court, caught a pass from Graham, took a dribble or two and threw up a lob to Wayne Selden Jr. for an easy bucket and 46 seconds into the second Please see KEEGAN, page 3C

Ellis OK; Jayhawks ‘obviously need’ him

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Kansas University’s basketball team certainly looked like a squad worthy of winning a 12th straight Big 12 title — at the same time resembling a definite Final Four/ national title contender — in building a 52-35 lead with 14:46 left in Saturday’s KUKansas State game in Bramlage Coliseum.

“We came out the second half and almost played flawlessly. We go up 17. We’re running, then after Perry got hurt, it shut down. I mean, it shut down,” KU coach Bill Self said after the Jayhawks held on for a 7263 victory.

KU led 55-41 with 12:02 left when senior Perry Ellis had a deep cut opened on the top of his head. After a team doctor sewed in 12 stitches, Ellis

returned to the floor at 6:05, the Jayhawks’ lead down to seven points, 60-53.

Ellis left for good at 1:12 — KU up by four — this time getting blinded by teammate Wayne Selden Jr., who inadvertently hit him in the eye, scratching it. Ellis is OK and expected to play in Tuesday’s 7 p.m. contest at Baylor.

“We obviously need Perry out there, but we competed hard. The guys hung in there.

We were able to piece it together,” Self said.

Devonté Graham hit four key free throws in the last 30 seconds as well as a crucial step-back jumper for his only six points of the game.

“Devonté has five turnovers and an oh-fer and scored six points in the last three minutes, basically to win the game,” Self said. “It Please see HOOPS, page 3C

Lions’ Roberts commits to Toledo

By Bobby Nightengale bnightengale@ljworld.com

Before Friday’s boys basketball game against Olathe North, Lawrence High senior standout Justin Roberts talked with his parents about the University of Toledo.

After visiting the school during the previous weekend, Roberts knew it was where he wanted to play college basketball.

Roberts orally committed to Toledo on Friday night

with a call to head coach Tod Kowalczyk, announcing the news on Twitter.

“It’s like a dream come true,” Roberts said. “I’ve always wanted to play college basketball and be able to play at this high level. It’s a blessing.”

Roberts, the school’s alltime leading scorer with more than 1,400 points in his four-year varsity career, has averaged 19.8 points this season, leading the Lions to a 16-2 record and a No. 1 ranking in the state.

A 5-foot-9 point guard with an ability to drive to the rim and shoot from deep, Roberts chose the Rockets over Drake, UMKC and Loyola (Md.).

“Coaching staff was great, players were great,” Roberts said of Toledo. “I liked them a lot. They are like a family.

They’re not just individuals who are just trying to get somewhere farther than college. I thought they actually just wanted to play together and be together for a long time.”

The road to college basketball wasn’t without a few bumps. Roberts tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee in April during his first AAU basketball game, missing an opportunity to showcase himself over the summer.

After a quicker-than-expected recovery, which had Roberts cleared before the John Young/Journal-World Photo start of tryouts, he impressed schools with his strong start LAWRENCE HIGH SENIOR JUSTIN ROBERTS to the year. Toledo offered launches a three-pointer in this photo from Feb. 12 at Olathe Northwest. On Friday, Roberts Please see ROBERTS, page 3C orally committed to the University of Toledo.

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Hamlin wins photo-finish thriller at Daytona Daytona Beach, Fla. — With a Hail Mary move, Denny Hamlin ended Joe Gibbs’ 23year drought at the Daytona 500.

Hamlin pulled out of line with a lap to go Sunday to make a run at his first Daytona 500 victory. He chased down teammate Matt Kenseth, staved off Kenseth’s block, and wedged between Kenseth and Martin Truex Jr. Hamlin stayed in the gas for a door-to-door dash to the checkered flag that ended in a photo finish with Truex. He beat Truex by 0.010 seconds, the closest finish in the history of the race.

“I don’t know where that came from, I don’t know what happened, I can’t even figure out what I did,” Hamlin said. “It all just came together. But this wouldn’t be possible if it wasn’t for Toyotas sticking together all race long.”

It also was Toyota’s first Daytona 500 victory. Gibbs, who in November celebrated with Kyle Busch the team’s first Sprint Cup title in a decade, won the race for the first time since Dale Jarrett in 1993.

Gibbs had made it clear that he had no use for the victories his drivers collected in the exhibition races leading into Sunday’s seasonopener — Hamlin and Busch each won one race in the buildup to the opener. But the threetime Super Bowl winning coach was focused only on the “Great American Race,” and his four drivers brainstormed on the best way to get a win for Gibbs.

Hamlin, Kenseth, Busch and Carl Edwards stuck close together for most of the race, and they got assistance from Truex, who became a de facto JGR teammate this year when Furniture Row Racing moved to Toyota.

Kenseth was out front and leading Truex until the final lap when Hamlin finally jumped out of line to make his attempt at the win. Starting a second line on the outside, Hamlin got a push from Kevin Harvick that allowed him to catch Kenseth. Kenseth tried to throw a block but Hamlin wedged into the middle between Kenseth and Truex, and Kenseth had to save his car from wrecking.

“The last thing I wanted to do was wreck off turn four with my Toyota teammates and none of us win,” Hamlin said. “We had talked about a plan overnight to just work together, work together, and I’ve never seen it executed so flawlessly.

“I said with two to go that we have to get the team victory no matter what it takes and I essentially was trying to go up there and block (Harvick) to keep him from getting to those guys.”

But the push from Harvick was so strong, Hamlin was able to race for the win.

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Watson takes Northern Trust Los Angeles — Bubba Watson ended his big week in L.A. as the star of his own show Sunday at Riviera.

Two shots behind with four holes to play, Watson made birdie on two of his last three holes to overtake Jason Kokrak and hold off Adam Scott for a one-shot victory in the Northern Trust Open.

Watson, who closed with a 3-under 68, won at Riviera for the second time in three years and moved back to No. 4 in the world.

He was among a half-dozen players who still had a chance over the back nine under warm sunshine. Watson took advantage of some late mistakes by Kokrak, who was going for his first PGA Tour victory, and his two birdies were enough to turn back the late heroics of Scott, who chipped in for birdie on the 18th for a 67.

That group of contenders did not include Rory McIlroy.

In his Riviera debut, McIlroy made eagle on the par-5 first hole to tie for the lead. He didn’t make a birdie until the 18th, giving him a 75 to tie for 20th.

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tied for the lead through 11 holes remaining, and all of them dropped shots to fall out of the lead.

“For me to come back ... and pull one out in a tough way means a lot,” Watson said.

He finished at 15-under 269 for his ninth career victory on the PGA Tour.

Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland finished 10 back at 279. He shot a final-round 70 and tied for 26th place. He pocketed $44,385.

Nomura nabs Aussie Open Adelaide, Australia — Japan’s Haru Nomura won the Women’s Australian Open for her first LPGA Tour title, closing with a 7-under 65 for a three-stroke victory.

Nomura finished at 16-under 272 on The Grange’s West Course. The Honolulu-based player birdied Nos. 15, 16 and 17 and finished with a bogey.

Top-ranked defending champion Lydia Ko of New Zealand was second after a 67.

Five-time champion Karrie Webb of Australia shot a 71 to finish third at 9 under.

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Ex-Cowboy Randle arrested Wichita — Former Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle is jailed in Kansas on suspicion of aggravated battery, drug possession and criminal damage to property.

An official at the Sedgwick County Jail in Randle’s hometown of Wichita says the 24-year-old former Oklahoma State standout was arrested and booked around 8:15 a.m.

Sunday. Bond is set at $100,000. It wasn’t immediately clear if Randle had an attorney.

Wichita Police Lt. James Espinoza didn’t immediately return a phone message seeking more information about the charges.

Randle has had a string of run-ins with the law, beginning with a 2014 shoplifting arrest. He’s also charged in neighboring Sumner County in a November disturbance at a casino.

Earlier this month, he was arrested in Irving, Texas, after it was determined he was wanted for speeding.

The Cowboys released him last fall.

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Warriors, Varejao reach deal Oakland, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors agreed Sunday night to a contract with recently released center Anderson Varejao for the rest of the season.

A person with knowledge of the deal confirmed that Varejao will join the Warriors.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the deal.

Yahoo Sports first reported the move.

Varejao had spent all 12 seasons of his NBA career with Cleveland before being dealt last week to Portland in a three-team trade that sent Channing Frye from Orlando to the Cavaliers.

The Trail Blazers immediately cut the Brazilian, leaving him able to sign with any team.

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Guthrie, who was 8-8 with a 5.95 ERA in 30 games last season, was not placed on the Royals’ postseason roster last year. He had a 6.10 ERA in 24 starts, but made only one start after Aug. 18.

Guthrie, who turns 37 on April 8, has a 91108 record with a 4.37 ERA in 305 major league games with Cleveland, Baltimore, Colorado and Kansas City.

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Tampa, Fla. — The hotel room is empty except for you and the minibar. It is stocked and calling your name, promising a long, uninterrupted night of drinking. This was CC Sabathia’s definition of heaven for the last three years until finally, suddenly, he reached his breaking point in October.

“I got tired of being sick and hiding it,” is how Sabathia explained his shocking decision to enter rehab, just two days before the Yankees faced the Astros in the wild-card elimination game. The decision made no sense to anyone who knew Sabathia, the warrior.

But it was the only logical path for Sabathia, the alcoholic.

He’d been living this way since 2012, fooling everyone but himself. To a man, the Yankees swore they had no idea the big friendly left-hander, one of the clubhouse’s most respected figures, was getting drunk on a regular basis. He’s back now — sober, healthy and ready, he hopes, to be the pitcher who took the Bombers to the World Series in 2009.

It’s a stretch to imagine an alcohol-free Sabathia reigniting the fastball of his prime, but it’s not like the Yankees are asking for a miracle. Their wish list is actually rather modest: They want CC to stay sober and stay off the disabled list this summer.

The rest, they say, is a bonus.

The real test won’t occur until the summer when Sabathia is taking the ball every fifth day. That’s when he’ll know whether his surgically repaired right knee is sturdy enough to last the season. Test No. 2 comes at night, on the road, when Sabathia will be face to face with the demons that conquered him.

Sabathia says rehab taught him to identify and redirect the urge to drink — that time alone will instead be turned into time with teammates or a video game. He knows it was an inverted disease, since for many, alcohol abuse starts with buddies in a bar and goes nuclear from there.

Sabathia’s addiction was different. He chose to drink alone because, “I had no one judging me, I could drink as much as I wanted,” he said. “I could go through the whole minibar, and there was no one to stop me.”

It was a deepening, darkening cycle, getting trashed at night, waking up exhausted in the morning. Sabathia would show up at the ballpark, technically sober, but worn out, worn down.

There may or may not have been another trigger that led to Sabathia’s decision to walk into manager Joe Girardi’s office and say, “I need help.” For whatever reason, he was gone within 24 hours, dispatched to a rehab center while the Yankees were losing to the Astros.

It was the third year in a row they failed to reach the American League Division Series.

Now Sabathia looks and sounds healthier. He said Friday’s news conference would be “the last time” he shares the details of his drinking. The war will continue to be waged 24 hours at a time — those are the rules of engagement for any addict — but from this day forward, all conversational roads will lead to baseball.

Sabathia’s comeback is a microcosm of the Yankees’ summer hopes. They’re counting on their veterans — Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Carlos Beltran — to be productive and avoid breaking down. Just like Sabathia. These are all major questions, but if at least some of them are answered in the affirmative, the Bombers have a chance to be living and breathing in October.

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was a great win. Now we need to get rested up, get Perry healthy and get ready to play another very good team.”

The good news Sunday was that Ellis was cleared by doctors to practice today and play Tuesday.

Baylor (20-7 overall) joins West Virginia and Oklahoma at 9-5 in the league, two full games behind the 11-3 Jayhawks (23-4 overall) with four to play.

“Perry is good to go,” Self said Sunday night, noting Ellis would not have to wear protective goggles. “His head is fine.

His eye is sore but getting better.”

Ellis was checked out by doctors Saturday night after returning to Lawrence and again Sunday.

“Reports from the ophthalmologist was positive. It is a scratch, and it should heal up in a couple of days. We gave him today off, and he should be able to practice tomorrow. With his head, he is fine. He just has some stitches on top of it,” Self said.

The Jayhawks feared they might have to play without Ellis down the stretch Saturday after he first left the court bleeding. ”We were kind of worried about Perry. We didn’t know if he’d make it back in the game or not,” junior guard Frank Mason III said. “We knew the next guy would have to step up and make plays for us.”

One hero Saturday was Svi Mykhailiuk, who hit two threes the first half and another in the second. He had played just seven minutes total in the last three games.

“Svi was our best player in the first half. He made a couple great plays the second half. He shot one about 22 feet, but he was only 19 feet out

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there,” Self joked of an airball from the corner.

“All in all, it was a really solid win. I just wish we’d have closed it a little better.

“We did make free throws late after we shot ’em horrendously during the game,” Self added.

“We hit five of our last six (and seven of 10).”

For the game, KU hit 18 of 30 free throws to KSU’s 18 of 22.

Now it’s off to Waco for a game against the Bears, who won Saturday at Texas (78-64) and prior to that at home against Iowa State (100-91, overtime).

“We’re 11-3, and we have three teams at 9-5.

Obviously, if we’re not successful in Waco, you’ve got a one-game lead, which isn’t enough in this league,” Self said.

“We’re going to play what may be the hottest team in the league right now.” l

Cuss words OK’d by K-State?: KSU on Saturday brought back the previously banned song “Sandstorm” in the final minutes of the game.

The song had been taken away this season because the KSU students chant “(Expletive) KU” over and over during the melody, to the chagrin of ESPN, which must abide

Jan. 12 — at West Virginia, L 63-74 (14-2, 3-1) Jan. 16 — TCU, W 70-63 (15-2, 4-1) Jan. 19 — at Oklahoma State, L 67-86 (15-3, 4-2) Jan. 23 — Texas, W 76-67 (16-3, 5-2) Jan. 25 —at Iowa State, L 72-85 (16-4, 5-3) Jan. 30 — Kentucky in Big 12/ SEC Challenge, Allen Fieldhouse, W 90-84, OT (17-4) Feb. 3 — Kansas State, W 77-59 (18-4, 6-3) Feb. 6 — at TCU, W 75-56 (19-4, 7-3) Feb. 9 — West Virginia, W 75-65 (20-4, 8-3) Feb. 13 — at Oklahoma, W 76-62 (21-4, 9-3) Feb. 15 — Oklahoma State, W 94-67 (22-4, 10-3) Feb. 20 — at Kansas State, W 72-63 (23-4, 11-3) Feb. 23 —at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Feb. 27 — Texas Tech, 11 a.m.

Feb. 29 — at Texas, 8 p.m.

March 5 — Iowa State, TBA March 9-12 — Big 12 tournament at Kansas City, Mo.

by FCC rules and not air vulgarities during broadcasts. Observers at the game said the music was played louder than usual Saturday to try to drown out the vulgar part of the song/chant.

Last Wednesday, the K-State Collegian authored an article indicating “Sandstorm” purposely was removed by KSU administration this season with sportsmanship in mind.

“We want an environment that is intimidating for visitors to play in, but I think we have to do that without crossing the line,” Scott Garrett, senior associate athletic director for external operations, told the student newspaper. “We do not think it is responsible to play that song when every time it is played the F-word is chanted in unison.”

Kellis Robinett of the Wichita Eagle on Saturday tweeted “the story behind Sandstorm: Wasn’t planned initially, debated among administration in second half. K-State president Kirk Schulz said go for it.”

KU senior Evan Manning had a humorous tweet on the topic Saturday: “Hopefully I never have to listen to Sandstorm ever again.”

BRIEFLY KU men’s golf wins Desert title Palm Desert, Calif.

— Top-five finishes from freshman Charlie Hillier and sophomore Daniel Hudson propelled Kansas University to a golf team title at the Desert Intercollegiate on Sunday at Classic Club.

Hillier tied for third at 4-under 212, and Hudson tied for fifth a stroke back as the Jayhawks won their third team title of the season.

Kansas won with a 2-over 866, nudging runner-up Colorado by three strokes. Big 12 foes Texas Tech (870) and TCU (874) placed third and fourth.

“It was a great team victory, and the guys played with a lot of mental toughness today,” Kansas coach Jamie Bermel said. “We didn’t get off to a very good start, but they battled until the end. We

beat some good teams and did it from start to finish.”

Kansas’ other finishers: Connor Peck, tied for 19th, 220; Brock Drogosch, tied for 26th, 222; Chase Hanna, tied for 45th, 225; and Ben Welle, tied for 63rd, 227.

Kansas will compete Feb. 29-March 1 at the LA Classics Invitational in Lafayette, La.

Kansas softball walk-off victim Fresno, Calif. — Jenna Curtan’s walk-off home run doomed Kansas University softball to a 5-4 setback to UC Riverside in the final game of the Fresno State Kickoff on Sunday.

Kansas (4-6), jumped to a 3-0 lead after two innings, but Riverside rallied with a three-run fourth and a single run in the bottom of the fifth.

KU tied it, 4-all, in the top of the seventh, but Curtan won it with her homer.

“We’ve got to get better, and that’s the bottom line,” Kansas coach Megan Smith said. “Today every aspect of their game was off, and as teammates they are allowing that from each other. They’ve got to hold each other to a higher standard. We obviously hold them to a high standard, but if they look to the left and to the right, and the other people aren’t holding them to that same high standard, then it doesn’t matter. That’s what we are seeing right now.”

Kansas will play Feb. 2628 in a five-game, nonconference tournament hosted

by South Florida.

Kansas 120 000 1 — 4 5 1 UC Riverside 000 310 1 — 5 9 0 W — Kaylynn Pierce, 2-3. L — Ania Williams, 2-1.

2B — Erin McGinley, KU; Natalie Sanchez, UCR. 3B — Jenna Curtan, UCR. HR — Chaley Brickey, KU; Curtan, UCR. Kansas highlights — Brickey 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBIs; McGinley 1-for-3, RBI.

half had given KU a 14-point lead.

Mason definitely has a fresher look to him, and the numbers reflect that.

During the eight-game quasi-slump that started in Morgantown, Mason shot .325 from the field and .333 from three and averaged 3.3 assists and 3.1 turnovers. In the 15 games before and four games since, he has shot .451 overall and .396 from three and averaged 5.2 assists and 1.5 turnovers.

Baylor — KU’s opponent Tuesday — is coming off victories against Iowa State and Texas.

Quick Texas point guard Isaiah Taylor had trouble attacking the Bears’ zone defense Saturday in Austin, where Baylor won, 78-64.

Mason’s ability to invade the creases of the zone will go a long way toward determining the outcome. Now that the experienced Mason has the pep in his game back, he figures to be up to the task of figuring out how to invade the soft spots of Baylor’s zone.

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a scholarship in December after watching Roberts play against Lee’s Summit (Mo.) West.

Last month, Roberts separated his shoulder and missed the next two games. He has played with a brace for the last four games.

“It’s been a stressful couple of months for me,” he said. “It’s all paid off now.”

Roberts, the son of Kansas University assistant coach Norm Roberts, said he didn’t believe he could complete his dream of playing Div. I basketball until last season, when he first started picking up interest from colleges. His brother, Niko, was a walk-on at KU for four years, but Roberts wanted to look elsewhere.

“That wasn’t really one of my main thoughts,” Roberts said of walkingon at KU. “I was really trying to go somewhere where I could play. But if that never worked out, then I would probably consider it as a walk-on because there’s nothing wrong with that. I could still learn a lot.”

A first-team All-Sunflower League selection for the past two years, Roberts has big goals for the remainder of the season, especially after leading the Lions to the state title game last year.

Then, he’s excited to turn his focus to the MidAmerican Conference and helping Toledo to the same levels of success.

“I know a lot of those teams in that conference are well-known teams,” Roberts said. “I know it’ll be good crowds. They get a lot of fanfare and a lot of hype. I know it’s a good conference to play in, and I’m definitely excited for the next four years.”

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Stoops offers him the job, and that would leave Beaty looking for three assistant coaches to fill out his staff.

College football veterans Jason Phillips and Todd Bradford already have been brought it to replace Kubiak and Kane, and Beaty is believed to be closing in on a running-backs coach and special-teams coordinator.

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MARYLAND GUARD RASHEED SULAIMON, RIGHT, HUGS JAYLEN BRANTLEY as they celebrate their 86-82 victory over Michigan on Sunday in College Park, Md.

COLLEGE HOOPS ROUNDUP

Terps snap 2-game skid The Terrapins continued to battle through Top 25 Men their mistakes. A dunk and layup by Carter proNo. 6 Maryland 86, vided a 78-75 lead with Michigan 82 3:29 remaining.

College Park, Md. — From there, the TerraThere was no panic by pins held on.

Maryland coach Mark Turgeon or his players af- MICHIGAN (19-9) Walton Jr. 5-12 1-3 14, Abdurter the Terrapins suffered Rahkman 6-13 2-3 16, Irvin 5-12 0-0 a pair of Big Ten losses 11, Robinson 4-10 0-0 10, Donnal 10-13 2-2 25, Chatman 2-5 0-0 6, Wilson 0-0 last week.

0-0 0, Dakich 0-0 0-0 0, Wagner 0-1 0-0 Turgeon was confident 0, Dawkins 0-0 0-0 0, Doyle 0-2 0-0 0.

32-68 5-8 82. his team has enough tal- Totals MARYLAND (23-5) ent and depth to overSulaimon 3-5 2-2 8, Trimble 3-10 7-8 come that type of adver- 14, Carter 8-13 1-1 17, Layman 5-6 3-3 16, Stone 5-11 3-4 13, Brantley 2-3 0-0 5, sity.

Nickens 2-5 0-0 6, Dodd 3-4 1-1 7. Totals It proved to be the cor- 31-57 17-19 86.

Halftime-Maryland 41-36. 3-Point rect assessment as Mary- Goals-Michigan 13-27 (Donnal 3-4, land responded with one of Walton Jr. 3-7, Chatman 2-2, Robinson Abdur-Rahkman 2-5, Irvin 1-5), its most hard-fought per- 2-4, Maryland 7-16 (Layman 3-4, Nickens formances of the season.

2-4, Brantley 1-1, Trimble 1-4, Carter Fouled Out-Walton Jr.. ReboundsRobert Carter scored 0-3).

Michigan 30 (Robinson 9), Maryland 17 points, and the Terra- 33 (Trimble 8). Assists-Michigan 22 pins toppled Michigan on (Abdur-Rahkman 9), Maryland 11 (Sulaimon 4). Total Fouls-Michigan 17, Sunday.

Maryland 12. A-17,950.

“It’s great to win, and it is great to play well,” No. 21 SMU 74, Turgeon said. “You lose East Carolina 63 two in a row, it felt like Dallas — Nic Moore two months. I was really had 22 points, including proud of our team. We four three-pointers after beat a really good team halftime, and seven asthat plays really, really sists as SMU beat East well in Michigan.”

Carolina.

Jake Layman had 16 Markus Kennedy addpoints, while Melo Trimed 19 points, and Jordan ble finished with 13 for Tolbert had 12 points and Maryland (23-5, 11-4 Big 12 rebounds for the MusTen). Freshman Diamond tangs (22-4, 10-4 AmeriStone added 13 points afcan Athletic Conference), ter being suspended for who have alternated lossthe previous game for a es and wins in their last flagrant foul against Wiseight games since an 18-0 consin. start.

Junior Mark Donnal went 10-of-13 from the EAST CAROLINA (10-17) Barkley 4-7 3-4 15, Zangari 2-2 1-3 field and had 25 points for 5, White 5-12 0-0 14, P. Williams 8-13 Michigan (19-9, 9-6).

0-2 20, Tyson 1-8 0-0 2, Bryant 0-1 0-0 Muhammad-Ali Ab- 0, Foster 0-0 0-0 0, Tejada 0-1 1-4 1, C. 3-4 0-0 6, Nzege 0-0 0-0 0, Bost dur-Rahkman had 16 Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Robbins 0-0 0-0 0, Obasohan points, Derrick Walton Jr. 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-48 5-13 63.

(22-4) scored 14, and Zak Irvin SMU B. Moore 3-5 0-0 6, Tolbert 5-7 2-4 had 11 points for the Wol- 12, Milton 4-10 0-0 10, Brown 1-2 0-0 3, N. Moore 8-16 1-2 22, Kennedy 8-12 verines.

3-5 19, Foster 1-4 0-0 2, Sutton 0-0 0-0 A careless inbound 0, Nelson 0-0 0-0 0, Wilfong 0-0 0-0 0, pass by Carter was stolen Brudish 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-56 6-11 74.

Halftime-SMU 36-35. 3-Point Goalsby Abdur-Rahkman, who East Carolina 12-24 (P. Williams 4-5, Barkley 4-5, White 4-9, Tejada made an uncontested la0-1, Tyson 0-4), SMU 8-19 (N. Moore yup and tied the game at 5-10, Milton 2-7, Brown 1-1, Foster 47 three minutes into the 0-1). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsEast Carolina 17 (Barkley 8), SMU 41 second half.

(Tolbert 12). Assists-East Carolina Maryland retook con- 19 (Tyson 6), SMU 17 (N. Moore 7). trol as Layman got going. Total Fouls-East Carolina 15, SMU 13.

A-6,852.

The senior made a pair of three-pointers, and the Terrapins led 66-58 with Big 12 women 12 minutes remaining.

“They’re definitely No. 8 Texas 73, an NCAA Tournament West Virginia 50 Austin, Texas — team,” Layman said about Michigan. “I think it was a Brooke McCarty scored good win for us especial- 18 points as Texas defeatly in the league. I think ed West Virginia.

Imani Boyette had 12 going forward it’s going points, eight rebounds to help us.”

Donnal responded with and three blocks for Texsix straight points, and as (24-2, 13-2 Big 12).

Ariel Atkins scored 10 the Wolverines trailed 72-70, forcing Maryland points.

With the victory, Texto call timeout with 7:08 left. After another Terra- as assured itself of no pins’ turnover on the en- worse than the No. 2 seed suing possession, Michi- for the Big 12 tournament gan retook the lead on a and its best conference layup and free throw by regular season record since 2004-05.

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NBA roundup The Associated Press

Pelicans 111, Pistons 106 Auburn Hills, Mich.

— Anthony Davis scored a franchise-record 59 points and added 20 rebounds as New Orleans beat Detroit on Sunday.

The previous club record was 50 points by Jamal Mashburn exactly 13 years earlier against the Grizzlies. Davis went 24of-34 from the floor and made his only two threepointers. He added nine free throws in 10 tries.

Davis also broke the scoring record for the Palace of Auburn Hills, set by LeBron James with 48 points in an Eastern Conference finals game on June 1, 2007. The star center joined Shaquille O’Neal and Chris Webber as the only NBA players with 50 points and 20 rebounds in a game since 1983.

NEW ORLEANS (111) Cunningham 1-5 2-2 4, Davis 24-34 9-10 59, Asik 2-3 1-2 5, Cole 2-5 1-2 5, Dejean-Jones 2-3 0-0 5, Holiday 6-14 8-9 20, Ajinca 2-6 0-0 4, Douglas 1-4 0-0 3, Gee 0-0 0-0 0, Anderson 1-12 4-4 6, Perkins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-86 25-29 111.

DETROIT (106) Morris 1-7 0-0 2, Tolliver 1-3 0-0 3, Drummond 9-13 3-10 21, Jackson 11-20 8-8 34, Caldwell-Pope 4-15 4-5 14, Harris 6-17 2-3 16, Blake 1-3 0-0 3, Johnson 2-5 1-2 6, Baynes 1-3 2-4 4, Hilliard 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 37-89 20-32 106.

New Orleans 28 27 25 31—111 Detroit 25 30 20 31—106 3-Point Goals-New Orleans 4-20 (Davis 2-2, Dejean-Jones 1-2, Douglas 1-3, Cole 0-1, Cunningham 0-2, Holiday 0-4, Anderson 0-6), Detroit 12-33 (Jackson 4-7, Harris 2-6, Caldwell-Pope 2-8, Johnson 1-1, Hilliard 1-2, Blake 1-3, Tolliver 1-3, Morris 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-New Orleans 61 (Davis 20), Detroit 52 (Drummond 14).

Assists-New Orleans 23 (Holiday 9), Detroit 18 (Blake 5). Total Fouls-New Orleans 20, Detroit 25. Technicals-New Orleans Coach Gentry, New Orleans defensive three second, Detroit delay of game. A-17,886 (22,076).

Cavaliers 115, Thunder 92 Oklahoma City — Kevin Love scored 29 points to help the streaking Cavaliers to the road win.

Love shot 9-of-18 from the field and 11-for-12 at the free-throw line to match his second-best scoring performance of the season.

CLEVELAND (115) James 11-22 1-1 25, Love 9-18 11-12 29, Thompson 4-6 6-8 14, Irving 1-5 0-0 2, Smith 5-12 0-0 15, Dellavedova 1-3 0-0 2, Jefferson 4-5 4-4 15, Mozgov 5-7 1-2 11, Jones 1-2 0-0 2, Kaun 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 41-80 23-27 115.

OKLAHOMA CITY (92) Durant 10-21 2-3 26, Ibaka 6-14 0-1 12, Adams 4-5 1-1 9, Westbrook 7-15 5-6 20, Waiters 1-8 2-2 4, Foye 1-5 0-0 2, Kanter 2-5 1-2 5, Payne 2-5 2-2 6, Collison 2-3 0-0 4, Morrow 2-8 0-0 4, Singler 0-1 0-0 0, McGary 0-0 0-2 0.

Totals 37-90 13-19 92.

Cleveland 27 35 33 20—115 Oklahoma City 28 25 20 19— 92 3-Point Goals-Cleveland 10-23 (Smith 5-8, Jefferson 3-4, James 2-5, Irving 0-1, Dellavedova 0-1, Love 0-4), Oklahoma City 5-22 (Durant 4-8, Westbrook 1-3, Foye 0-1, Payne 0-1, Singler 0-1, Ibaka 0-2, Waiters 0-3, Morrow 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Cleveland 54 (Thompson 14), Oklahoma City 48 (Adams, Westbrook 9). Assists-Cleveland 25 (James 11), Oklahoma City 22 (Westbrook 11). Total Fouls-Cleveland 21, Oklahoma City 23. TechnicalsLove. A-18,203 (18,203).

Raptors 98, Grizzlies 85 Toronto — DeMar DeRozan scored 21 points, Kyle Lowry added 18, and Toronto beat Memphis for its eighth consecutive home win.

MEMPHIS (85) Barnes 0-6 1-2 1, Green 2-5 0-1 4, Randolph 7-13 4-4 18, Conley 2-12 4-5 8, Hairston 1-5 0-0 2, Carter 4-8 6-7 16, B.Wright 1-2 0-0 2, Chalmers 5-15 6-7 17, Stephenson 6-10 4-4 16, Andersen 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 28-76 26-32 85.

TORONTO (98) Johnson 1-6 1-2 3, Scola 3-11 1-1 7, Valanciunas 4-7 2-2 10, Lowry 6-13 4-5 18, DeRozan 6-16 9-10 21, Patterson 2-8 5-6 11, Ross 4-8 0-1 9, Biyombo 2-4 1-2 5, Joseph 5-8 2-2 14. Totals 33-81 25-31 98.

Memphis 20 23 21 21—85 Toronto 22 24 28 24—98 3-Point Goals-Memphis 3-20 (Carter 2-4, Chalmers 1-4, Green 0-1, Hairston 0-2, Conley 0-4, Barnes 0-5), Toronto 7-28 (Joseph 2-3, Lowry 2-6, Patterson 2-6, Ross 1-5, Biyombo 0-1, Johnson 0-3, Scola 0-4). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Memphis 50 (Carter, Barnes 7), Toronto 58 (Valanciunas 12). Assists-Memphis 13 (Conley 4), Toronto 12 (Lowry 7). Total FoulsMemphis 25, Toronto 22. TechnicalsBarnes, Hairston, Toronto defensive three second. A-19,800 (19,800).

Hornets 104, Nets 96 New Y ork — Kemba Walker scored 28 points, Al Jefferson added 18 in his second game back from right knee surgery, and Charlotte extended its winning streak to a seasonhigh five games.

The Hornets also posted a season-best fourth straight win on the road, a winning streak they will bring to Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland on Wednesday.

How former Jayhawks fared Cliff Alexander, Portland Did not play (inactive) Darrell Arthur, Denver Min: 12. Pts: 2.

Reb: 1. Ast: 0.

Tarik Black, L.A. Lakers Did not play (coach’s decision) Mario Chalmers, Memphis Min: 19. Pts: 17.

Reb: 4. Ast: 0.

Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Min: 16. Pts: 4.

Reb: 3. Ast: 0.

Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Did not play (inactive) Sasha Kaun, Cleveland Min: 3. Pts: 0.

Reb: 0. Ast: 0.

Marcus Morris, Detroit Min: 34. Pts: 2.

Reb: 4. Ast: 3.

Thomas Robinson, Brooklyn Min: 10. Pts: 0.

Reb: 6. Ast: 0.

Jeff Withey, Utah Did not play (coach’s decision) CHARLOTTE (104) Lee 2-4 0-0 5, Williams 3-6 2-2 9, Zeller 4-8 2-2 10, Walker 11-18 2-2 28, Batum 5-10 3-3 16, Jefferson 9-13 0-0 18, Lin 3-10 5-6 11, Lamb 2-7 0-0 5, Kaminsky 1-3 0-0 2, Hansbrough 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-79 14-15 104.

BROOKLYN (96) Johnson 4-6 8-9 17, Young 6-10 2-2 14, Lopez 7-12 1-2 16, Sloan 2-8 4-4 9, Ellington 5-9 2-2 13, Bogdanovic 1-9 0-0 3, Brown 5-12 2-3 12, Larkin 2-7 2-2 6, Robinson 0-2 0-0 0, McCullough 1-4 0-0 2, Reed 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 35-81 21-24 96.

Charlotte 29 26 31 18—104 Brooklyn 26 22 25 23— 96 3-Point Goals-Charlotte 10-27 (Walker 4-10, Batum 3-8, Lee 1-1, Williams 1-2, Lamb 1-3, Lin 0-1, Kaminsky 0-2), Brooklyn 5-22 (Lopez 1-1, Johnson 1-2, Ellington 1-3, Sloan 1-4, Bogdanovic 1-5, McCullough 0-1, Brown 0-3, Larkin 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Charlotte 43 (Williams 12), Brooklyn 46 (Lopez 10). Assists-Charlotte 23 (Batum 8), Brooklyn 23 (Lopez 6). Total FoulsCharlotte 21, Brooklyn 15. TechnicalsBatum, Brooklyn defensive three second. A-16,155 (17,732).

Spurs 118, Suns 111 Phoenix — Patty Mills had 21 points, matching his career high with six three-pointers, and the Spurs pulled away for the victory.

SAN ANTONIO (118) Anderson 2-4 1-2 5, Aldridge 9-14 1-1 19, Duncan 1-5 4-6 6, Parker 8-18 5-8 22, Green 4-5 2-4 11, Mills 6-13 3-4 21, Butler 5-7 1-3 12, Diaw 4-6 0-0 9, West 3-7 0-0 6, Simmons 1-2 5-6 7, McCallum 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 43-82 22-34 118.

PHOENIX (111) Tucker 3-8 0-0 7, Humphries 3-7 0-0 7, Len 9-15 5-5 23, Price 5-8 0-0 11, Booker 3-9 3-3 10, Goodwin 5-14 3-4 14, Pressey 2-6 2-5 6, Teletovic 5-13 1-1 14, Leuer 5-7 2-2 13, Weems 3-6 0-2 6.

Totals 43-93 16-22 111.

San Antonio 30 30 28 30—118 Phoenix 21 29 32 29—111 3-Point Goals-San Antonio 10-16 (Mills 6-9, Butler 1-1, Diaw 1-1, Green 1-2, Parker 1-2, Aldridge 0-1), Phoenix 9-25 (Teletovic 3-8, Price 1-1, Leuer 1-1, Booker 1-2, Tucker 1-2, Humphries 1-3, Goodwin 1-4, Weems 0-2, Pressey 0-2). Fouled Out-Price. Rebounds-San Antonio 54 (Aldridge 10), Phoenix 53 (Len 13). Assists-San Antonio 23 (Mills 5), Phoenix 26 (Booker 6). Total Fouls-San Antonio 20, Phoenix 30.

Technicals-Duncan, Phoenix Bench.

A-16,224 (18,055).

Mavericks 129, 76ers 103 Dallas — Wesley Matthews scored 21 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 18, and Dallas won for just the second time in its last seven games.

PHILADELPHIA (103) Covington 5-9 0-0 14, Noel 2-4 0-0 4, Okafor 12-19 7-10 31, Smith 1-7 1-2 3, Stauskas 2-4 2-2 8, Grant 0-2 4-6 4, Thompson 2-7 2-3 8, Canaan 6-12 0-0 15, McConnell 3-4 0-2 6, Holmes 3-6 0-0 6, Landry 0-1 1-2 1, Marshall 1-2 0-0 3.

Totals 37-77 17-27 103.

DALLAS (129) Parsons 4-10 7-7 15, Nowitzki 6-14 1-2 18, Pachulia 2-5 5-5 9, Williams 4-8 6-6 15, Matthews 8-12 2-2 21, Felton 3-8 4-4 10, Mejri 2-4 0-0 4, Harris 2-5 3-4 8, Barea 5-9 0-0 12, Powell 1-1 4-4 6, Villanueva 2-6 0-0 4, Anderson 1-2 2-2 4, Evans 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 41-85 34-36 129.

Philadelphia 30 24 26 23—103 Dallas 28 38 29 34—129 3-Point Goals-Philadelphia 12-28 (Covington 4-7, Canaan 3-8, Stauskas 2-3, Thompson 2-6, Marshall 1-1, Okafor 0-1, Holmes 0-2), Dallas 13-34 (Nowitzki 5-9, Matthews 3-7, Barea 2-4, Evans 1-1, Harris 1-3, Williams 1-3, Villanueva 0-2, Felton 0-2, Parsons 0-3). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsPhiladelphia 43 (Okafor 8), Dallas 53 (Pachulia 10). Assists-Philadelphia 19 (McConnell 6), Dallas 23 (Williams 8).

Total Fouls-Philadelphia 31, Dallas 19.

A-20,194 (19,200).

Celtics 121, Nuggets 101 Denver — Isaiah Thomas had 22 points and 12 assists, leading Boston to the road win.

STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 36 18 .667 — Boston 33 24 .579 4½ New York 24 33 .421 13½ Brooklyn 15 41 .268 22 Philadelphia 8 47 .145 28½ Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Miami 31 24 .564 — Atlanta 31 26 .544 1 Charlotte 29 26 .527 2 Washington 25 29 .463 5½ Orlando 24 30 .444 6½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 40 14 .741 — Indiana 30 25 .545 10½ Chicago 29 26 .527 11½ Detroit 27 29 .482 14 Milwaukee 23 33 .411 18 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 47 9 .839 — Memphis 32 23 .582 14½ Dallas 30 27 .526 17½ Houston 28 28 .500 19 New Orleans 22 33 .400 24½ Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 40 16 .714 — Portland 29 27 .518 11 Utah 27 28 .491 12½ Denver 22 34 .393 18 Minnesota 17 39 .304 23 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 49 5 .907 — L.A. Clippers 36 19 .655 13½ Sacramento 23 31 .426 26 Phoenix 14 42 .250 36 L.A. Lakers 11 46 .193 39½ Today’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

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

Boston at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

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

BOSTON (121) Crowder 4-10 4-5 13, Johnson 3-5 0-0 6, Sullinger 7-12 2-3 16, Thomas 7-16 5-5 22, Bradley 8-15 1-1 20, Turner 6-8 4-4 17, Smart 4-12 0-0 10, Jerebko 3-5 0-0 6, Zeller 4-9 1-2 9, Mickey 1-3 0-0 2, Hunter 0-1 0-0 0, Rozier 0-1 0-0 0, Young 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 47-97 17-20 121.

DENVER (101) Gallinari 5-11 7-10 17, Faried 0-0 0-0 0, Jokic 10-15 2-2 23, Mudiay 5-9 6-6 18, Harris 6-14 2-3 14, Barton 2-12 5-7 10, Arthur 1-2 0-0 2, Augustin 4-8 3-4 13, Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Nurkic 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 34-73 27-34 101.

Boston 35 29 27 30—121 Denver 17 32 29 23—101 3-Point Goals-Boston 10-32 (Thomas 3-7, Bradley 3-8, Smart 2-7, Turner 1-2, Crowder 1-4, Sullinger 0-1, Hunter 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Rozier 0-1), Denver 6-21 (Mudiay 2-4, Augustin 2-5, Jokic 1-2, Barton 1-5, Gallinari 0-1, Harris 0-4).

Rebounds-Boston 54 (Sullinger 11), Denver 45 (Jokic 13). Assists-Boston 32 (Thomas 12), Denver 19 (Augustin, Jokic 4). Total Fouls-Boston 25, Denver 26. Technicals-Smart. A-16,065 (19,155).

Pacers 105, Magic 102 Orlando, Fla. — Monta Ellis scored 21 points.

INDIANA (105) George 7-19 4-5 20, Turner 5-9 2-2 12, Mahinmi 6-6 2-4 14, G.Hill 2-11 4-6 8, Ellis 8-17 0-0 21, Allen 1-2 0-0 2, Miles 6-8 0-0 14, J.Hill 6-10 1-2 13, Young 0-0 0-0 0, S.Hill 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 41-82 14-21 105.

ORLANDO (102) Fournier 8-14 4-5 23, Gordon 4-11 1-2 10, Vucevic 8-15 3-6 19, Payton 1-5 2-2 4, Oladipo 6-17 5-8 17, Smith 4-8 0-1 8, Ilyasova 3-9 0-0 7, Jennings 4-9 2-3 12, Hezonja 0-2 0-0 0, Watson 0-1 2-2 2.

Totals 38-91 19-29 102.

Indiana 20 27 33 25—105 Orlando 22 25 32 23—102 3-Point Goals-Indiana 9-23 (Ellis 5-7, Miles 2-4, George 2-8, Turner 0-1, G.Hill 0-3), Orlando 7-25 (Fournier 3-6, Jennings 2-4, Ilyasova 1-3, Gordon 1-3, Watson 0-1, Payton 0-1, Hezonja 0-2, Oladipo 0-5). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Indiana 54 (J.Hill 10), Orlando 57 (Vucevic 13). AssistsIndiana 26 (G.Hill 7), Orlando 27 (Oladipo 8). Total Fouls-Indiana 25, Orlando 23. A-17,242 (18,500).

Blazers 115, Jazz 111 Portland, Ore. — C.J. McCollum scored 31 points, including two clinching free throws with 2.7 seconds left.

UTAH (111) Hayward 5-13 9-10 21, Favors 9-16 4-4 22, Gobert 3-8 1-4 7, Neto 2-3 0-0 4, Hood 8-16 0-0 18, Mack 7-11 1-2 16, Johnson 2-3 0-0 4, Booker 3-7 2-3 8, Burke 2-7 0-0 6, Lyles 0-0 0-0 0, Ingles 2-2 0-0 5. Totals 43-86 17-23 111.

PORTLAND (115) Aminu 1-5 0-0 2, Vonleh 2-7 0-0 5, Plumlee 3-8 3-6 9, Lillard 10-21 6-9 30, McCollum 11-21 5-6 31, Crabbe 1-6 0-0 3, Leonard 1-3 0-0 3, Henderson 1-6 2-2 4, Davis 4-4 3-6 11, Harkless 5-9 6-9 17.

Totals 39-90 25-38 115.

Utah 25 27 30 29—111 Portland 18 29 33 35—115 3-Point Goals-Utah 8-16 (Hayward 2-3, Burke 2-3, Hood 2-5, Ingles 1-1, Mack 1-3, Johnson 0-1), Portland 12-32 (McCollum 4-6, Lillard 4-12, Vonleh 1-1, Leonard 1-2, Crabbe 1-3, Harkless 1-3, Henderson 0-2, Aminu 0-3).

Rebounds-Utah 47 (Gobert, Favors 8), Portland 66 (Plumlee 9). Assists-Utah 19 (Mack 6), Portland 20 (Plumlee 6). Total Fouls-Utah 26, Portland 21.

Technicals-Gobert, Portland Coach Stotts, Portland defensive three second. A-19,470 (19,980).

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Sunday At Riviera Country Club Los Angeles Purse: $6.8 million Yardage: 7,322; Par: 71 Final a-amateur Bubba Watson (500), $1,224,000

66-68-67-68—269 Jason Kokrak (245), $598,400

68-64-70-68—270 Adam Scott (245), $598,400

68-68-67-67—270 Dustin Johnson (135), $326,400

68-66-68-69—271 K.J. Choi (105), $258,400

69-67-67-69—272 Marc Leishman (105), $258,400

68-67-68-69—272 Chez Reavie (90), $227,800

66-67-69-71—273 Sung Kang (83), $204,000

70-69-66-69—274 Matt Kuchar (83), $204,000

69-69-69-67—274 Ryan Moore (75), $183,600

69-68-69-69—275 J.B. Holmes (62), $144,160

71-66-69-70—276 Martin Laird (62), $144,160

68-70-69-69—276 Hideki Matsuyama (62), $144,160

69-67-68-72—276 Troy Merritt (62), $144,160

68-66-70-72—276 Steve Stricker (62), $144,160

71-68-67-70—276 Adam Hadwin (54), $105,400

70-70-71-66—277 Justin Leonard (54), $105,400

67-69-70-71—277 Ben Martin (54), $105,400

73-68-67-69—277 Justin Rose (54), $105,400

69-68-69-71—277 Luke List (49), $73,667

66-70-75-67—278 Jamie Lovemark (49), $73,667

69-70-70-69—278 William McGirt (49), $73,667

70-69-71-68—278 Seung-Yul Noh (49), $73,667

70-71-68-69—278 Rory McIlroy (49), $73,667

67-69-67-75—278 Tyrone Van Aswegen (49), $73,667

68-72-67-71—278 Aaron Baddeley (40), $44,385

71-68-70-70—279 Ricky Barnes (40), $44,385

67-70-71-71—279 Nick Taylor (40), $44,385

70-68-72-69—279 Harold Varner III (40), $44,385

74-68-66-71—279 Gary Woodland (40), $44,385

71-69-69-70—279 Stuart Appleby (40), $44,385

70-69-73-67—279 Kevin Chappell (40), $44,385

68-69-66-76—279 Jon Curran (40), $44,385

71-67-69-72—279 Ernie Els (40), $44,385

74-67-70-68—279 Carlos Ortiz (40), $44,385

72-68-71-68—279 Kyle Reifers (40), $44,385

68-68-71-72—279 Spencer Levin (34), $32,640

73-69-68-70—280 Camilo Villegas (34), $32,640

63-74-70-73—280 Scott Brown (30), $27,200

71-69-68-73—281 Paul Casey (30), $27,200

73-69-71-68—281 Harris English (30), $27,200

68-70-70-73—281 Anirban Lahiri (30), $27,200

72-67-69-73—281 Brendan Steele (30), $27,200

70-67-68-76—281 David Toms (30), $27,200

70-72-67-72—281 Stewart Cink (23), $19,059

70-71-68-73—282 Luke Donald (23), $19,059

68-72-71-71—282 Fabian Gomez (23), $19,059

72-69-69-72—282 Padraig Harrington (23), $19,059

71-70-66-75—282 Charl Schwartzel (23), $19,059

68-68-73-73—282 Vijay Singh (23), $19,059

70-69-72-71—282 Retief Goosen (23), $19,059

68-72-73-69—282 Patton Kizzire (19), $16,184

70-69-75-69—283 Francesco Molinari (19), $16,184

69-71-70-73—283 Jamie Donaldson (15), $15,504

69-72-69-74—284 Derek Fathauer (15), $15,504

71-70-70-73—284 Billy Horschel (15), $15,504

68-72-72-72—284 Mark Hubbard (15), $15,504

75-67-71-71—284 Justin Thomas (15), $15,504

70-72-66-76—284 Ben Crane (11), $14,892

67-74-70-74—285 Will MacKenzie (11), $14,892

69-73-70-73—285 Carl Pettersson (11), $14,892

71-71-71-72—285 Chris Stroud (11), $14,892

69-71-73-72—285 Charley Hoffman (7), $14,416

71-69-73-73—286 Andrew Loupe (7), $14,416

70-72-68-76—286 Cameron Smith (7), $14,416

72-70-71-73—286 Chad Collins (5), $14,076

73-68-69-77—287 J.J. Henry (5), $14,076

69-71-70-77—287 Jason Dufner (2), $13,668

70-71-73-74—288 Morgan Hoffmann (2), $13,668

70-72-71-75—288 Andy Sullivan, $13,668

71-71-71-75—288 Cameron Tringale (2), $13,668

72-66-70-80—288 Brian Harman (1), $13,260

70-72-70-77—289 Mark Wilson (1), $13,260

71-71-73-74—289 a-Charlie Danielson, $0

67-72-73-77—289 Charles Howell III (1), $13,056

67-75-73-75—290 Rhein Gibson (1), $12,920

72-70-72-77—291

Bulls 126, Lakers 115 Chicago — Derrick Rose and E’Twaun Moore had 24 points apiece to Maybank Malaysian Open lead Chicago.

L.A. LAKERS (115) Bryant 8-20 5-7 22, Randle 10-19 2-3 22, Hibbert 3-5 0-0 6, Clarkson 7-16 4-6 20, Russell 6-13 1-2 15, Williams 3-6 4-7 11, Young 1-6 0-0 3, Bass 4-5 5-6 13, Nance Jr. 1-3 1-2 3. Totals 43-93 22-33 115.

CHICAGO (126) Dunleavy 4-6 7-7 17, Gibson 2-5 1-2 5, Gasol 7-15 6-6 21, Rose 8-15 8-8 24, Moore 10-14 0-0 24, Brooks 1-6 0-0 2, Snell 0-0 0-0 0, Portis 6-9 2-2 17, McDermott 6-9 1-1 16, Felicio 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 44-79 25-26 126.

L.A. Lakers 30 28 23 34—115 Chicago 31 31 35 29—126 3-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 7-21 (Russell 2-2, Clarkson 2-5, Williams 1-2, Young 1-4, Bryant 1-7, Randle 0-1), Chicago 13-19 (Moore 4-4, Portis 3-3, McDermott 3-4, Dunleavy 2-3, Gasol 1-1, Rose 0-1, Brooks 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-L.A. Lakers 56 (Randle 12), Chicago 41 (Gibson 8).

Assists-L.A. Lakers 13 (Russell 6), Chicago 30 (Brooks 9). Total FoulsL.A. Lakers 20, Chicago 21. TechnicalsYoung. A-23,143 (20,917).

Sunday At Royal Selangor Golf Club Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Purse: $3 million Yardage: 7,079; Par: 71 Final Marcus Fraser, Australia

66-69-66-68—269 Lee Soo-min, South Korea

66-68-64-73—271 Miguel Tabuena, Philippines

66-68-69-68—271 Jorge Campillo, Spain

65-69-69-69—272 Julien Quesne, France

70-69-65-68—272 Richard Bland, England

66-65-73-69—273 Pablo Larrazabal, Spain

70-69-65-69—273 Nathan Holman, Australia

64-65-73-72—274 Rahil Gangjee, India

68-72-67-68—275 Masahiro Kawamura, Japan

66-70-67-72—275 Peter Uihlein, United States

65-75-69-66—275 Mikko Ilonen, Finland

71-69-64-72—276

Sunday At The Grange Golf Club (West Course) Adelaide, Australia Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,600; Par: 72 Final Haru Nomura, $195,000

69-68-70-65—272 Lydia Ko, $119,765

70-70-68-67—275 Karrie Webb, $86,881

67-71-70-71—279 Charley Hull, $47,014

70-70-72-68—280 Beth Allen, $47,014

69-71-72-68—280 Min Seo Kwak, $47,014

69-71-71-69—280 Ha Na Jang, $47,014

69-70-70-71—280 Danielle Kang, $47,014

70-70-67-73—280 Georgia Hall, $24,956

71-73-70-67—281 Brooke M. Henderson, $24,956

70-71-73-67—281 Annie Park, $24,956

70-72-69-70—281 Catriona Matthew, $24,956

67-69-73-72—281 Jenny Shin, $24,956

67-70-70-74—281 Su Oh, $19,059

69-75-70-68—282 Ryann O’Toole, $19,059

70-72-68-72—282 Caroline Masson, $19,059

66-71-72-73—282 Lindy Duncan, $16,305

74-72-68-69—283 Gaby Lopez, $16,305

70-74-68-71—283 Xi Yu Lin, $16,305

70-67-73-73—283 a-Hannah Green

72-70-73-69—284 Minjee Lee, $14,557

69-76-67-72—284 Jodi Ewart Shadoff, $14,557

71-73-67-73—284 Kylie Walker, $14,557

70-70-71-73—284

MIDWEST Bradley 52, Illinois St. 38 Butler 62, St. John’s 58 DePaul 78, Creighton 52 Duquesne 76, Dayton 72, OT IUPUI 63, IPFW 52 Indiana St. 74, Loyola of Chicago 71 Iowa 76, Indiana 73 Kansas St. 65, Texas Tech 53 Michigan St. 114, Minnesota 106 Missouri St. 66, Evansville 47 Ohio St. 117, Illinois 74 Purdue 68, Nebraska 50 S. Illinois 80, Wichita St. 66 Seton Hall 72, Xavier 67 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 72, SE Louisiana 70 Texas 73, West Virginia 50 FAR WEST Arizona St. 77, Washington 57 Colorado 78, California 57 Oregon 69, Southern Cal 60 Oregon St. 64, UCLA 54 Stanford 72, Utah 54 Washington St. 62, Arizona 61

Big 12 Women

Big 12 Overall

W L W L Baylor 14 1 27 1 Texas 13 2 24 2 Oklahoma State 9 6 19 7 West Virginia 9 6 20 8 Oklahoma 9 6 18 8 TCU 7 8 15 11 Kansas State 7 8 17 9 Iowa State 5 10 13 13 Texas Tech 2 13 11 15 Kansas 0 15 5 21 Sunday’s Games Texas 73, West Virginia 50 Kansas State 65, Texas Tech 53 Today’s Game Baylor at Oklahoma, 8 p.m. (ESPN2) Wednesday’s Games TCU at West Virginia, 6 p.m. (ROOT Sports) Texas at Texas Tech, 6:30 p.m.

(FSSW+) Kansas State at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

(Cyclones.tv) Kansas at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

(FOX Oklahoma+)

College Men

Desert Intercollegiate Sunday at par-72 Classic Club Palm Desert, Calif.

Team Scores 1. Kansas 2. Colorado 3. Texas Tech 4. TCU 5. Cal Poly 6. Oral Roberts 8. Little Rock T9. UT Arlington Old Dominion Gonzaga T12. UC Irvine Southern Illinois 14. South Dakota State 15. Idaho T16. CSU Northridge UC Riverside 18. Nebraska 19. Denver 20. Southern Utah Medalist Sean Walsh, Gonz.

Kansas Results T3. Charlie Hillier T5. Daniel Hudson T19. Connor Peck T26. Brock Drogosch T45. Chase Hanna T63. Ben Welle

Daytona 500 866 869 870 874 878 888 891 895 895 895 898 898 899 901 904 904 909 914 916 209 212 213 220 222 225 227

College Men

EAST American U. 71, Holy Cross 70, OT Bucknell 80, Boston U. 59 Colgate 93, Loyola (Md.) 90, OT George Washington 90, La Salle 50 Hofstra 65, Northeastern 60 Lehigh 73, Lafayette 61 Manhattan 63, Quinnipiac 59 Monmouth (NJ) 82, St. Peter’s 75, OT Seton Hall 62, St. John’s 61 Stony Brook 75, Maine 56 UMass 70, George Mason 64 SOUTH Maryland 86, Michigan 82 Tulsa 75, UCF 67 UAB 77, Middle Tennessee 67 Wake Forest 74, Boston College 48 MIDWEST Denver 76, South Dakota 71 Loyola of Chicago 75, Missouri St. 62 Oakland 74, Ill.-Chicago 63 Valparaiso 90, Detroit 74 Wichita St. 84, Indiana St. 51 Wisconsin 69, Illinois 60 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 91, SE Louisiana 80 SMU 74, East Carolina 63 Temple 69, Houston 66 FAR WEST California 80, Washington St. 62 San Diego St. 78, San Jose St. 56 Utah 80, Southern Cal 69

Big 12 Men

Big 12 Overall

W L W L Kansas 11 3 23 4 Oklahoma 9 5 21 5 Baylor 9 5 20 7 West Virginia 9 5 20 7 Texas 8 6 17 10 Iowa State 8 6 19 8 Texas Tech 7 7 17 9 Kansas State 4 10 15 12 Oklahoma State 3 11 12 15 TCU 2 12 11 16 Saturday’s Games Kansas 72, Kansas State 63 Baylor 78, Texas 64 Oklahoma 76, West Virginia 62 Iowa State 92, TCU 83 Texas Tech 71, Oklahoma State 61 Monday’s Games Texas at Kansas State, 6 p.m.

(ESPNU) Iowa State at West Virginia, 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Tuesday’s Games Kansas at Baylor, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) TCU at Texas Tech, 8 p.m. (ESPNN) Wednesday’s Game Oklahoma State at Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

(ESPNU)

College Women

EAST Delaware 54, Hofstra 47 Iona 64, St. Peter’s 50 Louisville 55, Boston College 45 Loyola (Md.) 55, Colgate 38 Manhattan 58, Niagara 49 Marist 64, Fairfield 63 Marquette 92, Providence 85 Maryland 73, Rutgers 58 Monmouth (NJ) 81, Canisius 71 Northeastern 69, UNC Wilmington 52 Quinnipiac 65, Rider 47 Saint Louis 51, Fordham 49 Syracuse 70, Pittsburgh 56 Villanova 63, Georgetown 60 SOUTH Drexel 54, Elon 47 Georgia 74, Florida 63 Georgia Tech 64, Duke 59 James Madison 61, Towson 45 Kentucky 77, Arkansas 63 LSU 57, Tennessee 56 Miami 67, Virginia Tech 56, OT Middle Tennessee 77, UAB 72, OT Mississippi St. 60, Mississippi 51 Missouri 69, Auburn 55 N. Kentucky 80, Oakland 64 NC State 80, North Carolina 66 South Florida 97, Memphis 82 Texas A&M 75, Vanderbilt 63 UMass 66, Davidson 62 Virginia 65, Clemson 48 William & Mary 66, Coll. of Charleston 40

Sunday At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 200 laps, 139.1 rating, 45 points.

2. (28) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 200, 114.4, 40.

3. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200, 117.2, 39.

4. (9) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 200, 100.4, 37.

5. (10) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 200, 78.6, 36.

6. (5) Joey Logano, Ford, 200, 96.5, 35.

7. (14) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 200, 100, 34.

8. (27) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 200, 68.1, 33.

9. (21) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200, 76.5, 33.

10. (8) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 200, 94.3, 31.

11. (38) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 200, 58.2, 31.

12. (34) Aric Almirola, Ford, 200, 80.1, 29.

13. (13) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 200, 81.5, 28.

14. (2) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 200, 103.1, 28.

15. (39) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 200, 71.5, 26.

16. (26) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 200, 79.7, 26.

17. (6) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 200, 87.3, 24.

18. (37) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 200, 65.2, 23.

19. (7) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 200, 82.5, 22.

20. (25) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 200, 81.2, 22.

21. (30) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 200, 63.9, 20.

22. (19) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 200, 59, 19.

23. (24) Landon Cassill, Ford, 200, 56.8, 18.

24. (35) Brian Scott, Ford, 200, 43.2, 18.

25. (12) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 200, 57.4, 0.

26. (18) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet, 200, 68.3, 15.

27. (22) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 200, 48.3, 15.

28. (23) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 200, 54.3, 13.

29. (29) David Ragan, Toyota, 200, 45.8, 13.

30. (36) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 200, 39.6, 12.

31. (33) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 200, 33.5, 11.

32. (32) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 199, 53.3, 9.

33. (31) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 199, 48.2, 8.

34. (15) Greg Biffle, Ford, 198, 57.2, 7.

35. (16) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, accident, 184, 50.9, 6.

36. (3) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, accident, 169, 79.6, 6.

37. (1) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 160, 43.7, 5.

38. (40) Robert Richardson Jr., Toyota, engine, 135, 27, 3.

39. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford, accident, 91, 36.6, 2.

40. (20) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, accident, 91, 34.5, 1.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 157.549 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 10 minutes, 25 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.010 seconds.

Caution Flags: 6 for 31 laps.

Lead Changes: 20 among 15 drivers.

Lap Leaders: C.Elliott 1-3; D.Earnhardt Jr. 4-17; Ky.Busch 18-21; D.Earnhardt Jr. 22; R.Newman 23; D.Hamlin 24-57; M.Truex Jr. 58; B.Labonte 59; J.Johnson 60-77; Ky.Busch 78-92; D.Ragan 93; M.Waltrip 94; D.Hamlin 95-119; M.Truex Jr. 120; D.Hamlin 121-155; A.Dillon 156; B.Keselowski 157; M.Annett 158; B.Scott 159; M.Kenseth 160-199; D.Hamlin 200.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): D.Hamlin, 4 times for 95 laps; M.Kenseth, 1 time for 40 laps; Ky.Busch, 2 times for 19 laps; J.Johnson, 1 time for 18 laps; D.Earnhardt Jr., 2 times for 15 laps; C.Elliott, 1 time for 3 laps; M.Truex Jr., 2 times for 2 laps; A.Dillon, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Newman, 1 time for 1 lap; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 1 lap; B.Scott, 1 time for 1 lap; M.Annett, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Ragan, 1 time for 1 lap; M.Waltrip, 1 time for 1 lap; B.Labonte, 1 time for 1 lap.

Wins: D.Hamlin, 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. D.Hamlin, 45; 2. M.Truex Jr., 40; 3. Ky.Busch, 39; 4. K.Harvick, 37; 5. C.Edwards, 36; 6.

J.Logano, 35; 7. K.Larson, 34; 8. R.Smith, 33; 9. A.Dillon, 33; 10. Ku.Busch, 31; 11.

R.Newman, 31; 12. A.Almirola, 29; 13.

K.Kahne, 28; 14. M.Kenseth, 28; 15.

M.McDowell, 26; 16. J.Johnson, 26.

NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

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PUBLIC NOTICE THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL WHO ARE OR MAY BE The City of Tonganoxie is CONCERNED: seeking sealed bids on a You are hereby notified general contract for conthat Sarah Lynn Hirt, filed struction, including meand electrical a Petition in the above chanical court on the 2nd day of work, for the renovation of February, 2016, requesting city hall and police facilia judgement and order ties. Pre-Bid Conference changing her name from will take place on Feb. 25, Sarah Lynn Hirt, to Inti 2016 at 128 E. 6th Street at 2:00 p.m. Deadline to subLynn Hirt. mit sealed bids is March The Petition will be heard 10, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. For (First published in the in Douglas, County District more information, visit Lawrence Daily Journal- Court, 111 E 11th St, Law- Tonganoxie.org.

World February 15, 2016) _______ rence, Kansas, on the 13th day of April, 2016, at 1:30 IN THE 7TH JUDICIAL (First published in the p.m.

DISTRICT Lawrence Daily JournalDISTRICT COURT OF If you have any objection World February 8, 2016) DOUGLAS COUNTY, to the requested name KANSAS IN THE 7th JUDICIAL change, you are required DISTRICT to file a reponsive pleadIN THE MATTER OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF ing on or before March PETITION OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, 27th, 2016 in this court or KANSAS appear at the hearing and Sarah Lynn Hirt, object to the reuqested Present Name IN THE MATTER OF THE name change. If you fail to PETITION OF act, judgement and order To Change Her Name to: will be entered upon the Inti Lynn Hirt Alyssa Joy Petition as requested by Conard-Coleman Petitioner.

Case No. 2016CV49 Present Name Div. No. 4 Sarah Lynn Hirt To Change Her Name To: Petitioner, Pro Se PURSUANT TO K.S.A. Alyssa Joy Coleman 1130 Tennessee St., Apt 1 CHAPTER 60 New Name Lawrence, KS 66044 The City of Tonganoxie is seeking sealed bids for a pre-engineered, metal exterior, wood-framed storage building with a 30x40 feet foundation. Deadline for submission is March 21, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Bid specifications and additional information can be found at Tonganoxie.org. _______

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Case No. 2015CV454 Div. No. 4

PURSUANT TO K.S.A. CHAPTER 60

Petitioner.

Alyssa Joy ConardNOTICE OF HEARING Coleman PUBLICATION 1530 Engel Rd. RM 309 Lawrence, KS 66045 THE STATE OF KANSAS TO 609-602-5880 ALL WHO ARE OR MAY BE ________ CONCERNED: (First published in the You are hereby notified Lawrence Daily Journalthat Alyssa Joy World February 22, 2016) Conard-Coleman, filed a Petition in the above court on the 18th day of December, 2015, requesting a judgment and order changing her name from Alyssa Joy Conard- Coleman to Alyssa Joy Coleman.

The Petition will be heard in Douglas County District Court, 111 E. 11th St, Lawrence, KS on the 25th day of March, 2016, at 11:00 a.m.

If you have any objection to the requested name change, you are required to file a responsive pleading on or before March 20, 2016 in this court or appear at the hearing and object to the requested name change. If you fail to act, judgement and order will be entered upon the Petition as requested by

Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 Michael Rupard, KS # 26954 Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 St. Louis, MO 63141 (314) 991-0255 (314) 567-8006 K&M File Code:JONFRNOR IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,, Plaintiff, vs.

Frank G. Jones (Deceased), The Unknown Trustee of the Frank G. Jones Revocable Trust Agreement Dated October 20, 2009,

Unknown Heirs, Devisees and Legatees of Frank G. Jones, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 16cv19 K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved) NOTICE OF SUIT THE STATE OF KANSAS to: Unknown Heirs, Devisees and Legatees of Frank G. Jones, Defendants, and all other persons who are or may be concerned: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED: That a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, Case No. 16cv19

by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., , praying for foreclosure of a mortgage executed by Frank G. Jones (Deceased), The Unknown Trustee of the Frank G. Revocable Trust Jones Agreement Dated October 20, 2009 on 11/17/2010 and Document recorded in 3363 in the real estate records of Douglas County, Kansas, related to the following property:

VISION NO.2, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS.

St. Louis, MO 63141 (314) 991-0255 (314) 567-8006 Email:mrupard@km-law.com Send Court Returns to: You are hereby required to Kansas@km-law.com plead to the Petition on or Attorney for Plaintiff before April 4, 2016 in the court at Douglas County, This firm is a debt collecKansas.

If you fail to tor and any information plead, judgment and de- we obtain from you will be cree will be entered in due used for that purpose. course upon the petition. _______ NOTICE TO BORROWER: If you wish to dispute the validity of all or any portion of this debt, or would like the name and address of the original creditor, you must advise us in writing within thirty (30) days of the first notice you receive from us.

Otherwise, we will assume the entire debt to be valid. This is an attempt to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Signed: Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 Michael Rupard, KS # 26954 Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. LOT 11. BLOCK 1, IN (St. Louis Office) DEERFIELD WOODS SUBDI- 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555

(First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld February 22, 2016) The February meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority will be held on Monday, February 22, at Edgewood Homes, 1600 Haskell Ave. The public is invited to attend. The agenda is available at www.ldcha.org. ________

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Community Development Director Under the supervision of the City Administrator, the Community Development Director is responsible for planning, directing, managing, and overseeing the activities and operations of the Community Development Department, including the Land Development, Comprehensive Planning, Zoning, Building, Code divisions, and Economic Development activities and programs of the City. Coordinates assigned activities with other City departments and outside agencies, and provides highly responsible and complex administrative support to the City Administrator, including conducting special projects directly assigned by the City Administrator. Exercises direct supervision over management, professional, technical, and clerical staff. Exempt status, KPERS retirement, salary range of 48,000 – 70,000 Qualifications: One (1) to three (3) years of increasingly responsible professional experience in city planning. Other combinations of experience and education that meet minimum requirements may be considered. Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Urban Planning, Public Administration, or a related field. Master’s Degree preferred. Valid Kansas Driver’s License. American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Certification preferred but not required.

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HIRING IMMEDIATELY! Drive for KU on Wheels or Lawrence Transit System.

Flexible part-time schedules, 80% company paid employee health insurance for full time.

Career opportunities. $11.50/hr after paid training. Must be 21+ w. good driving record.

Apply online: lawrencetransit.org/ employment Or come to: MV Transportation, Inc. 1260 Timberedge Road Lawrence, KS. EOE

Excellent Opportunities at our hospital. PTO, Sick Leave, 403B, Health and Dental, Competitive Pay.

or send resume to: F. W. Huston Medical Center Attn: Melody Keirns, Human Resources Director 408 Delaware Winchester, KS 66097 Fax: 913-774-3366 hr@jcmhospital.org

Hotel-Restaurant

Hiring ALL Positions!

Fast-paced sports bar!

Apply in person.

23rd St, just past Harper.

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AUCTIONS Auction Calendar **PAWN SHOP AUCTION** Saturday, March 5, 6 PM 4795 Frisbie Rd Shawnee, KS Preview items at NOON -Great selection of recreational items from hunting, laptops, game systems, tools, coins, jewelry AND MORE! Metro Pawn Inc 913.596.1200 metropawnks.com Lindsay Auction Svc. 913.441.1557 lindsaysauctions.com 2 Auctions this Weekend!

Saturday, 2/27 at 10 AM 408 Pearson Waverly, KS Anvil, Tools, Petrol signage.

Auto, cycle, tractor related. Antiques, Display, Primitives, Fireking.

Sunday, 2/28 at 11 AM 18790 Cedar Niles Gardner KS Vehicle, outdoor, appliances, furniture, household, antiques, jewelry.

BRANDEN OTTO, auctioneer 913-710-7111 ottoauctioneering.com 2 DAY AUCTION Sat 2/27 @ 10am & Sun 2/28 @1pm VFW Hall @ 2806 N 155th St. Basehor, KS Coins, Sports Memorabilia, Baseball cards & more, Vintage Fishing Lures, Antiques & Collectibles, Tools, Guns, Boat Trailer & Motor. See web for color pics & full list: kansasauctions.net/sebree Sebree Auction LLC 816-223-9235 FARM AUCTION Sat., Feb. 27, 11:00 am 310 E. 800 Rd. Baldwin City, KS Tractors, Trucks, & 4 Wheeler, Heavy Equip, Hay & Silage Equip, Cattle Equip & Misc Farm Supplies, Fence posts, & more.

Seller: Roger & Susie Taul *equipment well maintened & shed kept! See web for pics!

Auctioneers: Jason Flory: 785-979-2183 Mark Elston: 785-218-7851 www.FloryAndAssociates.com Kansasauctions.net/elston FARM AUCTION Saturday, March 5, 9:30am 769 E. 1650 Rd. Baldwin City, KS Tractors, Vehicles, Equipment, Vintage Museum Horse Drawn, Tractor Items, Allis Chalmers items, Salvage Items, Collectibles, Household, Appliances & Misc.

Seller: William Miles & Nora Cleland Estate Elston Auctions 785-594-0505|785-218-7851 www.kansasauctions.net/elston

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Music-Stereo

Former Deems John Deere Dealership Commercial Real Estate Auction Thursday March 17, 1 PM Public Showing: Wed., 2/17, 1:00- 3:00 PM SALE TO BE HELD ON-SITE: 805 ORANGE ST. BUTLER, MO Info: Sullivan Auctioneers Terry Reynolds (660) 341-1092 www.sullivanauctioneers.com

Carnival Blue Glass Bowl 8.75” across, 2.5”H, Vintage, Grape and Leaf motif. Excellent condition. $35 785-865-4215

Men’s Slacks

OFFICE BUILDING AUCTION 311 Jefferson Street Oskaloosa, Kansas Thurs, March 3rd, 6:00 PM (Preview Sunday, February 21, 1 - 2 PM & Wednesday, Feb. 24th, 5:30 - 6:30 PM) Agent / Auctioneer: Richard H. Garvin CAI, ATS, GPPA, CES 785 224-4492 | 785-793-2500 rjsauction@sbcglobal.net www.ucnortheastkansas.com ONLINE AUCTION BIDDING HAS STARTED! Preview: 2/27 & 2/29 9:00 am - 4pm both days Monticello Auction Center 4795 Frisbie Rd, Shawnee, KS Collectible Vehicles, Motorcycles, & Radios; ‘46 Chevy 4 Door, ‘53 Chevy P.U.,’69 Volkswagen, ‘70 Datsun convertible, Yamaha & Honda motorcycles, & more! Visit: www.lindsayauctions.com BIDDING ENDS MARCH 1!

14 Pairs of Land’s End, assorted colors slacks. Most never worn, size 37/29. $75 for all, Originally $80 ea.

Call (785)393-0738

Sports Fan Gear Own a piece of KU Jayhawk History!

Tablet Chair Vintage-Solid wood,firm. Excellent condition. $45 785-865-4215

Furniture

Need to sell your car?

Place your ad at classifieds.lawrence.com or email classifieds@ljworld.com

PETS Pets

100 Year old ROCKER They don’t build them like this anymore!

In Excellent condition! $100 785-841-7635 Please leave a message FURNITURE FOR SALE Lawrence Leather couch, upholstered recliner (chair & and-a-half), mission style recliner w/ southwestern style ulpholstery, 2 night stands, sweater dresser, & dresser mirror.

Call or Text 785-312-0764

MERCHANDISE

Miscellaneous

Antiques

Investment / Development

OPPORTUNITY: ~147 Acres~

LAUREL GLEN APTS

Lawrence Schools, large CUSTOM home, barns, 2nd house on property, ponds, just west of 6th & SLTfastest growing intersection in Kansas. $1.6 M

1, 2 & 3 BR units

All Electric

Some with W/D, Water & Trash Paid, Small Pet, Income Restrictions Apply

785-838-9559

Rat Terrier Puppies Perfect Lil Companions!

UKC Registered, Pure Breed, Hand Raised. Born 11-9-15. 4 boys- 3 b&w & 1 brown & white. Serious calls only, please leave a message. 785-249-1221

AGRICULTURE Livestock

Manufactured Home FOR SALE Owner will Finance.

3BD 1 BA, includes stove & fridge. $4,999.

913-707-9278

OPEN HOUSE SPECIAL! 1 DAY $50 2 DAYS $75 All Choices Include: 20 lines of text & a free photo!!!

Membership & Equity fee Required. 785-842-2545 (Equal Housing Opportunity) pinetreetownhouses.com

Duplexes

Jason: 785-979-2183 Office: 785-594-3125 www.maywayfarms.com Like Us on Facebook to stay up to date!

Call or email to be added to recieve a catalog.

Decks & Fences

Foundation Repair

TUCKAWAY AT BRIARWOOD

Tuckawayatbriarwood.com HARPER SQUARE Harpersquareapartments.com

785-841-3339

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1st Month FREE!

SUNRISE PLACE

Equal Housing Opportunity.

785-865-2505

Now Leasing 2 BR’s Close to Campus & Downtown Pool, On KU Bus Route, Spacious Floorplan, Patios/Decks.

Great location: 837 Michigan

Townhomes 2 BEDROOM WITH LOFT 2 bath, 1 car garage, fenced yard, fire place.

3717 Westland Place $790/month.

Available now!

785-550-3427

CALL FOR SPECIALS!

Call now! 785-841-8400 www.sunriseapartments.com

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Office Space Downtown Office Space Single offices, elevator & conference room, $725.

Call Donna or Lisa

785-841-6565

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

3 BR w/2 or 2.5 BA W/D hookups, Fireplace, Major Appliances. Lawn Care & Dbl Car Garage!

Equal Housing Opportunity

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

785-865-2505

Call 785-842-2575 www.princeton-place.com

grandmanagement.net

AVAILABLE at WEST LAWRENCE LOCATION $525/mo., Utilities included Conference Room, Fax Machine, Copier Available Contact Donna

785-841-6565

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Filing Cabinet 2 drawers accommodate hanging files. Excellent condition.

29.5”H x 18.5”D x 18.5”W. Laminated. $25. CASH 785-865-4215

Tuckawayapartments.com 785-856-0432

2BR in a 4-plex New carpet, vinyl, cabinets, countertop.

W/D is included.

May-Way Farms 5th

203 W. 7th St Perry, KS

 NOW LEASING  Spring - Fall TUCKAWAY APARTMENTS

HUTTON FARMS Huttonfarms.com

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Cooperative townhomes start at $446 -$490/month.

Water, trash, sewer paid.

Back patio, CA, hardwood floors, full basmnt., stove, refrigeratpr, w/d hookup, garbage disposal, reserved parking. On-site management & maintenance. 24 hr emergency maintenance.

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Bill Fair & Company www.billfair.com

Lawrence

FIRST MONTH FREE! 1 & 2 Bedroom Units Available Now!

Annual Production Sale Wed. March 9, 2016 Overbrook Livestock Commission, 6 P.M.

Antiques & Vintage

Open 9am-5pm daily 785-597-5752 —————————————— Storewide sale, save up to 50% on all Furniture, Primitives, Man Cave Items.

Large inventory to choose from. Don’t miss this sale!!

Prices good Sat-Sun ONLY!

Apartments Unfurnished

800-887-6929

KANSAS JAYHAWK COFFEE TABLE Made from original oak flooring from Hoch auditorium, with Jayhawk logo, crimson & blue baselines. 21 x 54 x 14. $600. Call 785-760-6991

TRACTORS, ATV, & MORE Public Auction Saturday, Feb. 27, 10am 12669 S. Shawnee Heights Rd Overbrook, KS

See list: kansasauctions.net/hamilton Hamilton Auctions Mark Hamilton 785-759-9805|785-214-0560

785-832-9906

Lawrence

For Sale by Owner

PUBLIC AUCTION: Saturday, February 27, 10 AM Wischropp Auction Facility 930 Laing St., Osage City, KS Quilts, Shaker Boxes, Trunks, Zane Grey and other books, Antiques, Vintage, Collectibles.

Listing & Pictures at: www.wischroppauctions.com Wayne Wischropp 785-828-4212

John Deere, Ford, Polaris, Dearborn Equipment, Antiques, Collectibles, Wood Working Tools, Shop & Yard Tools.

Townhomes

RENTALS

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

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SERVICES Antique/Estate Liquidation

Carpentry

DECK BUILDER

Downsizing - Moving?

We’ve got a Custom Solution for You! Estate Tag Sales and Cleanup Services Armstrong Family Estate Services, LLC 785-383-0820 www.kansasestate sales.com

Auctioneers

The Wood Doctor - Wood rot repair, fences, decks, doors & windows - built, repaired, or replaced & more! Bath/kitchen remodeled. Basement finished.

785-542-3633 • 816-591-6234

Over 25 yrs. exp.

Licensed & Insured. Decks, deck covers, pergolas, screened porches, & all types of repairs. Call 913-209-4055 for Free estimates or go to prodeckanddesign.com

Cleaning House Cleaner 12 years experience.

Reasonable rates.

References available Call 785-393-1647

Foundation & Masonry Specialist Water Prevention Systems for Basements, Sump Pumps, Foundation Supports & Repair & more. Call 785-221-3568

FOUNDATION REPAIR Mudjacking, Waterproofing.

We specialize in Basement Repair & Pressure Grouting.

Level & Straighten Walls & Bracing on wall. BBB. Free Estimates Since 1962 Wagner’s 785-749-1696 www.foundationrepairks.com

Guttering Services Stacked Deck

Auctioneers

New York Housekeeping Accepting clients for weekly, bi-weekly, seasonal or special occasion cleaning.

Excellent References.

Beth - 785-766-6762

800-887-6929 www.billfair.com

Concrete Stamped & Reg. Concrete, Patios, Walks, Driveways, Acid Staining & Overlays, Tear-Out & Replacement Jayhawk Concrete Inc. 785-979-5261

Decks • Gazebos Siding • Fences • Additions Remodel • Weatherproofing Insured • 25 yrs exp.

785-550-5592

Dirt-Manure-Mulch

Needing to place an ad?

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Seamless aluminum guttering.

Many colors to choose from. Install, repair, screen, clean-out. Locally owned. Insured. Free estimates.

Lawn, Garden & Nursery

Lawn, Garden & Nursery Golden Rule Lawncare Mowing & lawn cleanup Snow Removal Family owned & operated Call for Free Est. Insured.

Eugene Yoder 785-224-9436

Moving-Hauling

Painting Interior/Exterior Painting Quality Work Over 30 yrs. exp.

Call Lyndsey 913-422-7002

Plumbing RETIRED MASTER PLUMBER & Handyman needs small work.

Bill Morgan 816-523-5703

Tree/Stump Removal

Mike McCain’s Handyman Service Complete Lawn Care, Rototilling, Hauling, Yard Clean-up, Apt. Clean outs, Misc odd jobs.

Kill Creek Trucking LLC Construction & Farm Equipment Hauling 7 & 8 axle lowboy 53’ Stepdeck Small Loads & Oversize/Overweight Loads Russ Duncan 913-205-9249 killcreektrucking@gmail.com

Higgins Handyman Interior/exterior painting, roofing, roof repairs, fence work, deck work, lawn care, siding, windows & doors. For 11+ years serving Douglas County & surrounding areas. Insured.

785-312-1917

Fredy’s Tree Service cutdown • trimmed • topped • stump removal Licensed & Insured.

20 yrs experience.

913-441-8641 913-244-7718

KansasTreeCare.com

Painting

Call 785-248-6410

785-842-0094

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YARDBIRDS LANDSCAPING Father (retired) & Son Operation W/Experience & Top of the Line Machinery Snow Removal Call 785-766-1280

Deck Drywall Siding Replacement Gutters Privacy Fencing Doors & Trim Commercial Build-out Build-to-suit services

JAYHAWK GUTTERING

Rich Black Top Soil No Chemicals Machine Pulverized Pickup or Delivery

Landscaping

Full Remodels & Odd Jobs, Interior/Exterior Painting, Installation & Repair of:

913-488-7320

STARTING or BUILDING a Business?

Serving KC over 40 years

Retired Carpenter, Deck Repairs, Home Repairs, Interior Wall Repair & House Painting, Doors, Wood Rot, Power wash 785-766-5285

Fully Insured 22 yrs. experience

jayhawkguttering.com

913-962-0798 Fast Service

Home Improvements

Trimming, removal, & stump grinding by Lawrence locals Certified by Kansas Arborists Assoc. since 1997 “We specialize in preservation & restoration” Ins. & Lic. visit online 785-843-TREE (8733)

Thicker line?

Bolder heading?

Color background?

Family Tradition Interior & Exterior Painting Carpentry/Wood Rot Senior Citizen Discount Ask for Ray 785-330-3459

Ask how to get these features in your ad!

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RENTALS & REAL ESTATE

GARAGE SALES

20 LINES: 1 DAY $50 • 2 DAYS $75 + FREE PHOTO!

10 LINES: 2 DAYS $50 • 7 DAYS $80 28 DAYS $280 + FREE PHOTO!

UNLIMITED LINES: UP TO 3 DAYS, ONLY $24.95 + FREE GARAGE SALE KIT!

CARS

SERVICE DIRECTORY

MERCHANDISE & PETS

10 LINES & PHOTO: 7 DAYS $19.95 • 28 DAYS $49.95 DOESN’T SELL IN 28 DAYS? + FREE RENEWAL!

6 LINES: 1 MONTH $118.95 • 6 MONTHS $91.95/ MO 12 MONTHS $64.95/MO + FREE LOGO!

10 LINES & PHOTO: 7 DAYS $19.95 • 28 DAYS $49.95 DOESN’T SELL IN 28 DAYS? + FREE RENEWAL!

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