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‘It is public art that has a social message’

Consolidation talk resurfaces amid silence

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Topeka — Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ty Masterson, R-Andover, said he was surprised nobody testified for or against a school finance bill he crafted that would restore equaliza- LEGISLATURE tion funding for schools to adInside: dress a recent Kansas Supreme Booted Court ruling. rep won’t “I find it surprising that we resign. 5A have 100-plus winners, if you will, in this response, 180 that lose, and I have no proponents and no opponents to this Please see SILENCE, page 2A

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DEXTER DILLINGHAM, 8, LEFT, AND NEAL BARBOUR, director of youth education at the Lawrence Arts Center, put some guerrilla art — aka student posters — on the walls of US Bank, 900 Massachusetts St., on Wednesday afternoon.

Downtown, a canvas for big ideas This is the fourth year Twitter: @RochelleVerde for the downtown Lawrence activity, part of a hether a folded spring break camp for poem tucked in elementary students called the pockets of “Guerilla Art” held by the unsold clothes Lawrence Arts Center, 940 or a portrait on what was New Hampshire St. As before an empty brick wall, part of the camp, the stukids are leaving art in unex- dents learn about guerrilla pected places downtown. art — temporary art that is “It’s kind of like a surdisplayed in public places prise,” said Molly Kelly, 9. — and make some of their “If they walk around the own. Another defining corner and they see some- element is that the art thing cool, that will make has a message, said Neal them smile and put them Barbour, director of youth in a good mood.” education for the center.

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booklets or “zines” they file among the stacks at the library. But perhaps the most visible of the projects are the posters.

The posters are portraits of the students with messages, which they pasted to walls at 701 and 900 Massachusetts Street on Wednesday.

The posters say things such as “Don’t be invisible,” “Love your enemy” and “Wear what you want.” Each message is

Lawrence school board member Kris Adair’s announcement that she will “take a less active role” with the board through May is causing some disagreement among board members — Kris Adair has and has prompted the board said she will president to suggest that temporarily “take a less Adair resign.

School board President active role” Vanessa Sanburn said that with the board. though unplanned absences do occur, being present at meetings and other engagements is expected and part of board policy. Sanburn said she has suggested to Adair that

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“It is public art that has a social message behind it,” Barbour explained.

“And a lot of the time it’s a radical message or a message of the disenfranchised, but what we’re focusing on is a message that empowers people or a positive social message, or something that the students think is important.”

The kids do a variety of art projects throughout the week, including popup theater, secret poetry they place in clothing at stores downtown and small

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VERA L. HADL Vera L. Hadl, 84, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 14, 2016 at Brandon Woods in Lawrence, KS. Vera was one of six children born to Marlin “Mac” McCrary and Ruby Fairbanks McCrary on July 1, 1931.

She married Richard Wayne Hadl on June 12, 1948 and they raised four children during 54 years of marriage.

Vera was preceded in death by a brother, Harold in 1996, her son, Russell in 2001, and her husband, Richard in 2002.

She is survived by daughters, Peggy Shultz and husband, D. John; Donna Field and husband, Roger; Patti Hadl, and daughter­in­law, Cindy Hadl.

Eight grandchildren, Amber Reynolds and husband Shawn, John M. Shultz, Brett Field and wife, Emily, Darren Field, Christina Elder and husband Ryan, Alexander M. Gordzica, Elizabeth and Bryce Hadl, and 9 great grandchildren; Connor, Liam, Oliver and Tobin Reynolds, Gavin and Madison Field, and Tristan, Alyssa, and Auren Elder.

Also surviving are her sisters Betty Curtiss and Barbara Alldredge, and brothers Bill McCrary and David McCrary along with many nieces and nephews.

Vera was known for deeply loving her grand­ children and great­ grandchildren, and

inviting the children in her neighborhood to join in on ice­cream parties and holiday events.

Vera was instrumental in building the “comfort lap quilt” program, originating at Lawrence’s Central United Methodist Church, where she was a long­term member. The program expanded to patients of LMH’s Palliative Care Unit at her urging.

Graveside services will be held on Monday, March 21st at 2:00 pm at Lawrence’s Oak Hill Cemetery, with inurnment next to husband, Richard. Online condolences may be sent to www.warrenmcelwain.co m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions made to the donor’s choice sent in care of Warren­McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th St, Lawrence KS 66044.

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More so than normal, Following Kansas SeThe class, called police will be looking for vere Weather Awareness Weather 101, will be drunken drivers at the Week, Douglas County Monday from 7 to 8:30 end of the week.

Emergency Managep.m. at the Lawrence Arts Each year Kansas sees ment will host a class on Center, 940 New Hampnearly 150 fatal accidents regional weather. shire St. The event is free involving impaired drivMonday night at the and open to the public. ers, said Lawrence Police Lawrence Arts Center The class will also teach Sgt. Trent McKinley in a officials from the Naresidents about local news release. On Friday tional Weather Service in weather warning systems officers at pre-deterTopeka will teach safety and how to keep up with mined locations — which options and preparedany forecast updates or are not disclosed — will ness tips, said Emergency warnings, Hogg said. be looking specifically Management planner “We’ll actually be selling for impaired and unsafe David Hogg. weather radios at the event drivers.

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overlaid on a portrait of the student in disguise — wearing hats or glasses or fake mustaches — since guerrilla artists are supposed to be anonymous.

The students also make up identities for themselves as artists, which they use to sign their work. Layla Snipes, 7, poses in her poster with a white mask, signed with the name “City Girl,” which she picked because she was born in Chicago.

Layla said what she

liked about the projects was that she got to choose what she wrote or painted.

“It’s fun because you get to do what you want in art,” she said. “You don’t have to do what somebody tells you. Nobody can tell you to ‘do this, do that.’”

Barbour said that in addition to getting to do art and be outside over spring break, he thinks the students learn they are part of the Lawrence community.

“Over 60 percent of our time is spent making or placing art outside in the community,” he said. “So it’s really starting to identify

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themselves as citizens or their artwork as having an impact on the community, or being able to affect the community positively.”

In Molly’s poster, she wears a Batman mask under the message “Protect the world.”

Though she said what she wants most is for the posters to put people in a good mood, she also wants her message to make them think.

“I want them to think about how they can make the world better,” she said.

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bill,” Masterson said as he opened a hearing Wednesday on Senate Bill 512.

The bill is similar to one pending in the House. It would reinstate an old formula for distributing state aid that subsidizes the capital outlay funds and local option budgets of local school districts, adding $38 million in funding for those two types of aid.

The additional money would not increase any school district’s spending authority. It only changes the mix between state funding and local property taxes school districts that qualify for the aid receive.

But unlike the House bill, it would offset that cost with a $37.8 million cut in general state aid by reducing each district’s

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she consider stepping down if she is not able to attend board meetings.

“People have missed board meetings before, but I think when it’s an extended absence that is planned because life is busy, personally, I think the most appropriate thing to do is resign in that situation,” Sanburn said.

Adair was absent from various board engagements over the past few weeks, including the final stages of the search for the Lawrence school district’s new superintendent.

The board spent about 30 hours on the final stages of the superintendent hiring process — selecting semifinalists, conducting semifinalist interviews, selecting finalists and conducting finalist interviews — over a two-week period, none of which Adair participated in.

Last week, the board deliberated for eight hours before selecting current Assistant Superintendent

block grant by 1.55 percent.

In Lawrence, for example, the local school district would get a little more than $2.1 million in additional equalization aid, which would reduce the district’s property tax mill levy by about 2 mills, or about $35 in tax on a home valued at $150,000.

But that would be offset by a cut of $824,879 in its block grant, which directly reduces the district’s spending authority.

Mark Tallman, a lobbyist for the Kansas Association of School Boards, said the bill does not allow districts to make up that loss, even with local money.

Tallman said KASB was neutral on the bill because it supports restoring the equity formula.

“However, we also strongly oppose funding this aid by reducing the general operating aid of all districts,” he said.

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Simple mathematics would say that a larger number would give you less volatility because a change of just a family or two wouldn’t have the effect that it does have.”

— Sen. Steve Fitzgerald, R-Leavenworth, on consolidation of the Kansas Policy Institute, a conservative think tank, said he liked that the bill addresses the equity issue cited by the court without a large increase in spending. But he said the formula being reinstated is flawed because it measures the wealth of a district by its assessed valuation per-pupil.

“If a (small) district loses a family, it all of a sudden becomes wealthy,” Trabert said.

Sen. Steve Fitzgerald, RLeavenworth, asked during the hearing whether that could be overcome by consolidating smaller dis-

tricts to form larger ones.

“Simple mathematics would say that a larger number would give you less volatility because a change of just a family or two wouldn’t have the effect that it does have, so I think that’s an argument for consolidation of districts to gain efficiencies and to reduce the volatility that we’ve been chasing almost constantly,” he said.

A bill calling for the consolidation of small districts was introduced in the House this year, but it drew an outpouring of opposition, and the bill is not expected to be acted upon this year.

Kyle Hayden as more active role the district’s new after the Techsuperintendent on stars program cona 6-0 vote. Sanburn cludes on May 24. said that during Until then I’ll rethe many hours main in close conof interviews and tact with the board deliberations, no president and will input was received be in attendance from Adair. when necessary.”

Sanburn “She did alert Sanburn said me ahead of time that she that so far Adair had not thought she would be late been in close contact with to (the meeting for select- the board and that an ing semifinalists on Feb. agreement had not been 29), but she didn’t make it reached about how to at all,” Sanburn said. proceed.

Adair explained her “(Adair’s statement) absence and level of par- made it seem as though ticipation with the board she was in regular contact in an email to the Journal- with me and I would alert World earlier this week. her as to when it was apShe said she is one of propriate for her to come three founders of a new and when it was imporcompany that was recent- tant for her to come,” ly accepted into a 90-day Sanburn said. “And we business accelerator pro- never had that conversagram called Techstars, tion other than me comwhich is designed to help municating to her that I businesses expand. thought it was important “During the 90 days that she attend board that I’m here learning to meetings.” be a better entrepreneur Sanburn said the board I’ll be taking a less active has not had a meeting role in the school board,” to discuss the situation, Adair wrote. “(School though ultimately the board President) Vanessa decision is not one the (Sanburn) is a fantastic board will make.

“It’s really up to the leader and our board has a cooperative, consensus- public,” Sanburn said. based approach to gov- “She’s an elected memernance. I’ll return to a ber of a governing body,

so it’s really up to them if they think that it’s appropriate or not.”

Adair did not return phone calls from the Journal-World, but said in an email that she was surprised at Sanburn’s reaction.

“Although I was unable to attend the superintendent interviews, I read through the resumes,” she wrote in an email Wednesday. “I was surprised to hear Vanessa (Sanburn) was dissatisfied. I’ll be sure to reach out to her.”

Adair also said she won’t be able to attend board meetings until the 90-day program is complete, but that she will return to her duties at that time.

“Though I’d love to have the financial freedom to attend every meeting over the four-year term, this 90-day program is important to my livelihood and to the livelihoods of my employees,” she wrote in the email. “We are working 16 hour days, and it simply isn’t feasible for me to attend, though I’m happy to provide my input when it is requested.

I’m looking forward to returning to my duties when the program concludes on May 24.”

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Bill could make police records less accessible called “probable cause affidavits,” thereby making law enforcement agenTwo years ago, Kan- cies more accountable to sas was the only the public. state in the counOn Wednesday, try that prohibited though, the Senate the public from passed an amended seeing records that bill that has the potell why police artential to seal those rested someone or records once again, searched a house or LEGISLATURE and open-records business. advocates are callBut a bill passed by ing it “disastrous.” the Legislature in 2014 Please see RECORDS, page 4A opened up these records,

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AMELIA SEWING, A FRESHMAN AT PERRY-LECOMPTON HIGH SCHOOL, GOT THE CHANCE TO SING AT CARNEGIE HALL in December. She hopes to eventually return to New York City. See a video of Sewing performing at LJWorld. com/soprano2016.

Teen soprano wants more after singing in NYC

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oon after 14-year-old Amelia Sewing landed on Christmas Eve at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, she was ushering her family into an Uber cab waiting to take them to a Long Island hotel.

“She had arranged for the ride online,” said Madeleine Sewing, Amelia’s mother. “She was right at home in New York.”

With that, Amelia took to heart the words of Kansas University music professor John Stephens.

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nual solo voice competition earned

This is what she wants to Amelia the chance to perform Dec. do. She has a passion for it.” 26 at famed Carnegie Hall.

— Madeleine Sewing, Amelia Sewing’s mother self,” Madeleine Sewing said. “He said she belonged in New York.”

The teenage soprano, a freshman at Perry-Lecompton High School, had proved her Big Apple readiness with her second-place finish in last year’s American Protege International Vocal Competition.

That finish in the organization’s an-

Amelia entered the competition with the encouragement of her former voice teacher Etta Fung, who recently moved to Houston after completing her doctorate at KU’s School of Music.

“We were looking around for different competitions to enter, but a lot required travel for auditions,” the teen said. “This one was just sending in a recording, so that’s what we did.”

KU CLAS ‘pardons’ 150 failing students

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In January, 150 Kansas University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students who failed out and weren’t supposed to be back this spring were given a pardon of sorts.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,

or CLAS, made them an offer: Participate in a new faculty mentoring program aimed at helping you improve your grades, and you can stay.

Of the 150, 125 agreed and returned to KU this semester for a second chance, CLAS Dean Carl Lejuez said.

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‘Visionary’ minister, architect of MLK celebration, dies at 63

By Nikki Wentling

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He was always trying to think about things that would help not only the AfricanOn one of the last days of American community but people at large. his life, the Rev. Paul Winn Jr. told a couple of friends He had a concern for all people.”

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and fellow ministers that he wanted Lawrence to have a street named after Martin Luther King Jr. After establishing Lawrence’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in 1986 and helping run it for 30 years, Winn wanted the street name to be “a legacy,” the Rev. William Dulin said.

“That was the last thing

— The Rev. William Dulin, minister of Calvary Church of God in Christ he shared with us,” Dulin said. “His heart was seeing a street named after Martin Luther King. He said he didn’t want a back street; he wanted a main street, because he wanted people to know what Martin Lu-

ther King did was for the nation as a whole.”

Winn — the minister of Praise Temple Church of God in Christ and president of Ecumenical Fellowship Inc. — died Monday at Lawrence Memorial

Hospital. He was 63.

The Rev. Leo Barbee, a pastor at Victory Bible Church in Lawrence, knew Winn as a kid, when Barbee was growing up in Lawrence and Winn in Topeka. Winn, Barbee and Dulin, minister of Calvary Church of God in Christ, came together in 1986 to create Ecumenical Fellowship Inc. They started Lawrence’s MLK celebraJournal-World File Photo tion, which has grown to be a weeklong observance. IN THIS 2002 FILE PHOTO, THE REV. PAUL WINN JR. speaks in his role as minister at Praise Temple Church of God in Please see MINISTER, page 4A Christ, 315 E. Seventh St. Winn died Monday at age 63.

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Fung said she saw the competition as a way to further encourage her young student.

“Her voice is very mature at her age,” she said.

“It’s very rare for a young person to have that range and be able to reach those notes. Amelia has that ability and can do it in a performance.

“She had a part in the chorus last summer in the Lawrence Opera Theatre’s performance of ‘Carmen’ when she was just 13. She’s that good.”

Thanks to Fung, Amelia’s submission of “Once upon a December” from the movie “Anastasia” was recorded in a “black box” rehearsal studio on the KU campus. Her entry in the age group for 11- to 14-year-old soloists in the musical theater category was not what she would have preferred, Amelia said. She may sing along to pop tunes on the radio when in the car, but her interests are classical music and opera.

“I chose that piece because I want to sing those high notes,” she said. “I would most like to sing opera, but I have a young voice that doesn’t have the strength yet to sing opera, so I sing more classical.”

She learned of her second-place finish in July, time enough to plan a family trip to New York.

Both of her divorced parents made the trip, as did an older sister. Although entertainment options were limited because of the holidays, the family did take in a visit to Radio City Music Hall to see the Rockettes, brunched at the Waldorf Astoria and window shopped at Manhattan’s famed stores. For Amelia, it was a working vacation with rehearsals on Christmas Eve and again on the morning of her Dec. 26 performance.

Although she usually coasts through performances with little or no stage fright, she did battle jitters when surrounded by the splendor and history of Carnegie Hall, Amelia said.

“My head was solid, but my heart was beating wildly,” she said. “When I got on stage, at first with the lights I couldn’t see anyone. I calmed down and was OK.” If her daughter was nervous, she used it to her advantage, Madeleine Sewing said.

“It was the best she has ever sung,” she said. “The girl who was selected as the overall winner was very good, but Amelia was right up there with her.”

Her taste of New York left her an appetite from more. Amelia has a plan to make that happen and has the backing of her mother.

Mother and daughter plan to move from Perry this summer so that Amelia can enroll in the Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts, a magnet school in the Kansas City, Mo., school district.

“I have to sell the house first, but we’re in the position to do that,” Madeleine Sewing said. “This is what she wants to do.

She has a passion for it.”

The plan fits well with Fung’s advice that Amelia focus less on her voice and more on her all-around musical education. Amelia said in addition to taking advantage of a host of art classes, she plans to start piano lessons and study German, French and Latin at Paseo High School. That will prepare her for her next goal of auditioning and earning a scholarship to the Manhattan School of Music.

“I do feel like I belong in New York,” she said.

“That’s my dream. I will be going back.”

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Parade, KU hoops may pose problems for police I

t’s the perfect storm, the eye of which may consist of green beer.

Today is St. Patrick’s Day, Kansas University’s first basketball game in the 2016 NCAA Tournament and one of the last days of spring break. Police could have their hands full.

At 1 p.m. Lawrence’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take off from the intersection of 11th and Massachusetts streets and head north through downtown and across the Kansas River.

Thousands of spectators turn out each year to watch and join in the festivities.

Each year for nearly three decades, parade organizers have worked together to put on a show for the holiday. Similar-

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ly, police have been tweaking their parade plans for years.

“We have been making preparation for the event for quite some time, updating the previous years’ operations plans as needed,” said Lawrence Police Sgt. Trent McKin-

ley in an email.

McKinley said the department coordinates with the parade committee, who finds volunteers to help men and women in uniform manage traffic during the event.

In addition, McKinley said the department will increase its officer presence around town for the duration of the parade.

“An event of this magnitude will require significant staffing, which will be met by pulling officers from various divisions within the department, calling in off-duty officers, and utilizing some of our on-duty patrol officers as we balance the need to answer calls for service elsewhere in the city during the

event,” he said.

The increased officer presence will end after the parade and the department will return to normal staffing levels, McKinley said. Additional officers will not be assigned to work through the weekend.

In years past police have not seen a significant increase in crime related to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, McKinley said.

After the parade, Kansas University squares off against Austin Peay State University in Des Moines, Iowa, at 3 p.m.

KU’s classes will resume on Monday.

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By Elvyn Jones Twitter: @ElvynJ

Heather Dill, the new deputy Douglas County clerk for elections, is anticipating a very active first year.

Dill started at the county clerk’s office last month, but Monday was the first day on the job with her new title and without the guidDill ance of her predecessor, Ben Lampe, who relocated to Michigan.

“I’m so busy I can’t breathe,” she said. “We

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“It guts the bill that we worked so hard to pass two years ago,” said Doug Anstaett, executive director of the Kansas Press Association. “It hands judges a laundry list of ways to seal these documents.”

But Sen. Greg Smith, ROverland Park, disagreed, saying the amendment merely added more specific guidance for judges to determine whether to redact or seal the affidavits.

The objections that are being posed by open-records advocates are “unwarranted,” he said. “The current language in there (the original bill) is rather vague ... The amendment is very, very specific.”

The bill, HB 2545, originated in the House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight, which was chaired until this week

by Rep. John Rubin, RShawnee.

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Lejuez — a brand new dean — said it’s hoped that the quickly hatched program will help student retention until a more calculated faculty mentoring program can be put in place.

“This isn’t just being permissive; this isn’t just ignoring the rules,” he said. “This is saying we’ve identified that we have an issue, we are planning to do something comprehensive, but in the short term it seems only reasonable to marshal the resources we have to help these struggling students.”

Lejuez officially started the KU job Feb. 1 but said he’s been working with KU administrators and faculty and laying groundwork for plans since his hire was announced last fall.

In the process it became apparent that while — County reporter Elvyn Jones can many who have been be reached at 832-7166 or ejones@ here love the KU experiljworld.com. ence, the school also is

The three “worked as a team,” Barbee said. Barbee and Dulin described Winn as “enthusiastic” and “a visionary.”

Winn was always coming up with new ideas, the two said, such as when he told them last year he wanted to take 50 children to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.

“He was always concerned for how we could improve things for our young people, educationwise,” Barbee said.

A city proclamation was given to Winn in 2005 to thank him for bringing the — County reporter Elvyn Jones can community together, probe reached at 832-7166 or ejones@ moting racial equity and ljworld.com. encouraging diversity. It

just finished up (presidential) caucus voter registration. Next, we have the Lecompton city elections April 5. That will get my feet wet.”

A full immersion will follow with this year’s August primary and the presidential year general election in November. As you might assume from her title, Dill and her staff are responsible for all the election-related efforts of the county clerk’s office.

Dill spent the last

seven years as elections deputy of Lyon County, which was a career departure for the graphic artist with a degree from Flint Hills Technical College.

Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said Dill made a name for herself in her position there.

“I was very pleased I could grab someone for this office who will help us get to where we want to be for the next few decades,” Shew said.

Rubin had sponsored the bill in 2014 that finally opened the probable cause affidavits based on several cases in which people had been unable to get the reports.

In particular, one case involving a Leawood couple, Robert and Adlynn Harte, had raised a national outcry. Johnson County sheriff’s deputies had staged an early-morning raid on their home but then refused to explain what gave them probable cause to conduct the search. The couple was never charged with a crime.

The Hartes spent two years and $25,000 in a court battle to get the probable cause affidavit that led to the search.

The 2014 law required anyone seeking a probable cause affidavit to make a request to the court, and then a judge would determine if the affidavit contained information that should be redacted, such as the name of a rape victim, or if the affidavit should be sealed altogether. The law also provided for the prosecutor and defense attor-

ney to object to the release of the affidavit.

A problem that cropped up after the law was passed was that some judges required a hearing each time a request for an affidavit was made, even if the affidavit had already been released to another party.

Rubin set out to correct that during this legislative session by filing the “cleanup” bill, HB 2545.

HB 2545 passed the House recently and was sent to the Senate Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee.

There, on Monday, Sen. Jeff King, an Independence Republican and member of the committee, attached an amendment sponsored

by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt.

It then was fast-tracked and scheduled for a floor debate and a vote on Wednesday.

The Senate amendment states that if the probable cause affidavit contains information that constitutes “a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,” the

judge may redact or seal the affidavit — something judges already can do.

Anstaett, with the press association, said Wednesday that the amended language was overly broad.

“It gives judges a blank check to seal everything.

What they have done is cut our legs right out from under us,” he said, referring to the public’s interest in open records.

Anstaett said he believed the Senate amendment was a reaction not to an inadequacy in the 2014 law but to police officers including too much irrelevant information in the affidavits.

But he added that police officers should have better training on what should be included in a probable cause affidavit.

“Our research shows law enforcement agents in other jurisdictions routinely omit irrelevancies from affidavits,” Anstaett said in written testimony submitted to the Senate on Wednesday. “Why do their counterparts in Kansas load affidavits with such information?”

struggling with student retention, he said.

The mentoring program idea came up in conversations with faculty over winter break, he said.

Lejuez said more than enough faculty members volunteered to mentor students with no reimbursement, so the effort is coming at no cost. Faculty were mobilized and the program was sketched out in time to notify students in early January.

So far, halfway through the semester, 124 of the 125 students who signed up are still in school, Lejuez said.

Lejuez said he wants to apply data and response from this semester to develop a long-term comprehensive plan that will identify struggling students earlier in the process, then work with academic counselors and “one-to-one” faculty mentors to help get them turned around.

Lejuez said he has not yet determined whether students will be offered the same option again at the end of this semester.

He said it won’t be a permanent option.

“This is the last time we want to do this,” he said.

“This is a reactive strategy.

What we need to do going forward is be proactive.”

The mentoring program was mentioned Wednesday in a national news story, published on the Chronicle of Higher Education website with the headline “The Mental and Academic Costs of Campus Activism.”

With racial protests that started last fall and have been ongoing on many university campuses, the story quoted student activists from other schools describing exhaustion, emotional distress and difficulty with schoolwork from pursuing their cause.

Lejuez said the same offer was extended to all KU CLAS undergraduates facing dismissal and that administrators didn’t “make a value judgment” about the reasons their grades were insufficient.

Based on CLAS policy, all students who would have been dismissed after the fall 2015 semester had had failing grades for more than just that semester, however.

“Students who were offered the opportunity to have a faculty mentor had been on academic probation and faced dismissal because they had not met the terms of their academic probation,” CLAS communications director Kristi Henderson said.

Henderson said the number of students being dismissed, 150, was consistent with what the CLAS undergraduate office typically sees.

— This is an excerpt from Conrad Swanson’s Lights & Sirens column, which appears on LJWorld.com.

said Winn had shown “extraordinary commitment” to Lawrence and Douglas County.

“He was always trying to think about things that would help not only the African-American community but people at large,” Dulin said. “He had a concern for all people.”

Winn was still ministering at Praise Temple Church of God in Christ, at 315 E. Seventh St. in Lawrence. He worked for the city mediating discrimination disputes from 1978 until he retired in 2009.

Memorial contributions may be made to Praise Temple Church of God in Christ and may be sent in care of WarrenMcElwain Mortuary.

— Reporter Nikki Wentling can be reached at 832-7144 or nwentling@ ljworld.com.

The bill goes now to conference committee, where several House and Senate legislators could remove the amendment or, in the alternative, possibly kill the whole bill.

But Anstaett and others raised doubts Wednesday about the success of removing the language because Rep. Rubin, the bill’s sponsor, was ousted as chairman Tuesday during a political fracas with House Speaker Ray Merrick, R-Stilwell.

“It is a disservice to the hard work that Rep. Rubin and (other organizations) did to open up these documents to public inspection,” Anstaett said. “Approval of this language will return Kansas to the position of ‘outlier’ on the issue of affidavits in support of arrest and search warrants.

“In fact, if this passes as amended, Kansas may as well no longer have an affidavit access statute,” he said.

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

BIRTHS Joseph and Ginger Lawson, McLouth, a girl, Wednesday.

Christy and Nathan Bukowski, Lawrence, a girl, Wednesday.

Daniel Parish and Chancy Krutz, Lawrence, a girl, Wednesday.

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Topeka — The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services says it wants to seek proposals from private companies or nonprofit organizations to take over management and administration of the state’s largest psychiatric hospital.

Osawatomie State Hospital has been plagued with difficulties in recent years and recently lost its certification to receive federal Medicare funding.

And while the agency says it is working to regain that certification, it also wants to explore other options.

“We’re hopeful that we’ll be able to be recertified there in the next few months. We’re making every effort to do that,” KDADS Interim Secretary Tim Keck told the Senate Ways and Means Committee Wednesday.

Keck, who took over as interim secretary in January, said the agency issued an informal “request for information” on the possibility of privatizing the hospital last year.

Based on those responses, he said, the agency wants to issue a more formal “request for proposals,” which is similar to soliciting bids, later this year.

But in the budget bill that Gov. Sam Brownback signed earlier this month, lawmakers inserted a proviso that bars the administration from privatizing any state hospital without prior legislative approval.

Keck said the language he is proposing would give authority to review and approve a contract to the

State Finance Council, a group that includes legislative leaders from both parties, plus the governor.

The bill would also amend current laws so that a contractor would be able to name its own hospital superintendent and hire medical staff and other workers. Current law requires KDADS to make personnel decisions.

Most committee members who spoke during the hearing, however, appeared skeptical.

Sen. Caryn Tyson, RParker, whose district includes Osawatomie, said she was surprised the agency would ask for that language, given the budget proviso lawmakers just passed.

“That would be against current legislation,” she said.

Sen. Laura Kelly of Topeka, the ranking Democrat on the panel, questioned whether the hospital could be marketed in its current condition.

“Generally, when somebody wants to put their house on the market, they clean it up. Spruce it up so it has better curb appeal and higher resale value,” she said, questioning what KDADS had done to address problems at the hospital.

Keck said KDADS has hired a consultant to make recommendations on improvements so it can regain certification, and he said the agency is working to make those changes.

But Kelly said there is a more fundamental problem at the hospital: the lack of adequate staff.

“If I recall correctly, one of the major issues

at the state hospital was staffing and the horrendous amount of overtime that folks were putting in, creating pretty dangerous situations,” she said.

Keck said the hospital is working to recruit more staff, especially nurses, and plans to raise salaries by about 10 percent in order to bring them in line with similar positions in the Kansas City-area market. But he was unable to say specifically how many new employees have been hired in recent months.

“I’m a little disappointed,” Kelly said. “I think you could have anticipated these questions, and you really should have this information before you come to a committee to ask us to essentially approve privatization of these institutions.”

Rebecca Proctor, executive director of the Kansas Organization of State Employees, a union that represents many of the hospital workers, testified against the bill, saying it would allow the hospital to be privatized without public input or debate.

“As I understand (the budget proviso) and the debate that led to it, it was the intent of the Legislature to ensure open and public debate on any proposal to privatize the state hospitals,” she said.

The committee did not take action on the bill Wednesday but is expected to make a decision before lawmakers adjourn the regular session at the end of next week.

— Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222 or phancock@ljworld.com.

Dems: Hispanic official should resign over Trump endorsement

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ansas Democrats on Wednesday began circulating an online petition demanding that the executive director of the Kansas Hispanic and Latino American Affairs Commission resign over her endorsement of Donald Trump for president.

But Gov. Sam Brownback’s spokeswoman said Adrienne Foster spoke as a private citizen when she made comments supporting Trump to a Kansas City Star reporter and there is no reason for her to step down.

Spokeswoman Eileen Hawley also said that Foster “no longer endorses Mr. Trump. She now endorses Mr. (Texas Sen. Ted) Cruz.” But she added that Foster has not made a public announcement of her support for Cruz.

The controversy was ignited by a March 3 piece

by Star columnist Steve Kraske, who had taken to Facebook to find Trump

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KHLAAC, endorsing a man who has referred to Hispanics and Latinos as drug dealers, killers, criminals, and rapists — and who boasts of building a border wall between the United States and Mexico — is irresponsible, unthinkable, and entirely unacceptable,” the Kansas Democratic Party said in an email distributed by Rep. Louis Ruiz of Kansas Peter Hancock City, the assistant House phancock@ljworld.com minority leader.

The Journal-World supporters and get them reached out to Foster to explain their support. for comment, but those Foster was one of many questions were referred people, both for and against to the governor’s comTrump, who responded. munications director.

Trump has stirred “Americans have controversy on several freedom of speech and fronts during his presiden- she didn’t relinquish tial campaign, but he has that by becoming a state been a particular lightning employee,” Hawley said. rod in the Hispanic com“This shouldn’t be an ismunity for his derogatory sue here.” statements about Mexican — This is an excerpt from immigrants and his call for Peter Hancock’s Statehouse building a wall along the Live column, which appears on U.S.-Mexican border.

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Republican Rep. John Rubin of Shawnee said he had intended to step down as of midnight Tuesday, but that “cooler heads prevailed.”

Rubin told The Topeka Capital-Journal that he would resign immediately after the speaker removed him as Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee chairman, a move Merrick made after Rubin sought to force a House debate on gambling legislation that Merrick said could damage state-owned casinos.

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Resources exist to help ex-offender find a job Dear Annie: My ex-daughter-in-law’s brother would have been sleeping on the streets for the past two years if it weren’t for my husband. He’s been paying rent for “Gary,” who has not received any help from the other members of the family.

Gary has been unemployed for five years. He was living with my ex-daughterin-law, her boyfriend and my granddaughter in the basement of their home. But when my ex-daughter-in-law broke up with her boyfriend, she moved into an apartment where Gary could not follow because he is a registered sex offender. This also makes it harder for him to find a job. I don’t know the whole story, but some of it sounds like his ex-wife was looking for revenge.

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My husband has driven Gary to many job interviews and has sought help from local agencies, with no luck.

We have exhausted all avenues. At the moment, Gary collects cans for recycling and does odd jobs when they are available, but it’s not enough to pay rent, so he uses the money for groceries.

My husband is retired and I am retiring at the end of the year.

We cannot afford to

Contrived ‘Real World’ shows its age Viewers slightly dumbfounded by the fact that “The Bachelor” has completed its 20th season might not be ready for the 31st incarnation of “The Real World.”

MTV’s popular franchise “The Real World: Go Big or Go Home” (9 p.m., TV-14) follows seven guests in a Las Vegas hotel. But they’re not just ordering room service. In every episode they are challenged to increasingly contrived events, like jumping out of a hot air balloon or performing in a strip club.

Yeah, it’s all about the “real.”

This is a far cry from the first season of “The Real World: New York” way back in 1992. Like the 1970s series “An American Family,” the granddaddy of all reality TV that inspired it, “The Real World” depended on cast interaction for “drama.” There was enough quiet time for actual conversation; some revealed young people’s attitudes toward sexuality, bigotry, politics, etc. There’s just not as much space for meaningful conversation when you’re jumping out of a balloon.

To keep things in perspective, “The Real World” arrived before Bill Clinton was elected president, back when “The Simpsons” and “Seinfeld” were relatively new and the most talked-about late night host was named Arsenio Hall. It was a time when O.J. Simpson was still thought of as the ex-football player in those “Naked Gun” movies.

Not unlike “The Simpsons,” “The Real World” has become older than its intended audience. It has even outlived one of its creators, Mary-Ellis Bunim, who died in 2004.

O Annalise finds the pressure is too much on the season finale of “How to Get Away With Murder” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

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ABC’s Thursday prime time remains Rhimes-time with the arrival next week of “The Catch,” yet another Rhimesproduced legal drama set at an elite firm stuffed to the gills with good-looking attorneys.

I’ve yet to review it, but I’d suspect they can’t keep their hands off each other.

Tonight’s other highlights O Richard shakes up the staff on “Grey’s Anatomy” (7 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

O Olivia spies on Jake on “Scandal” (8 p.m., ABC, TV14).

O Professionals and amateurs compete in the kitchen on the new series “Cooks vs. Cons” (8 p.m., Food, TV-G).

O Harlee has doubts about Stahl on “Shades of Blue” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

keep paying Gary’s rent, but we also don’t want to abandon him.

Do you know of any agencies that can help find him an affordable place to live? — Worried in Illinois

er Resource (sexoffenderresource.com) can steer you toward local state resources; Re-Entry Illinois (reentryillinois.net) might help with housing; and sexoffenderjobs.com is a blog that provides Dear Worried: It is various suggestions, as difficult for ex-offend- well as offering emoers of any kind to find tional support. employment, which then creates difficulty Annie’s Snippet for with living situations St. Patrick’s Day: and increases the risk May the Irish hills of recidivism. Sex of- caress you. fenders also have reMay her lakes and strictions on where rivers bless you. they can live, so this May the luck of the makes things doubly Irish enfold you. hard. You and your May the blessings of husband seem like car- St. Patrick behold you. ing and compassionate people. Here are a few resources that we hope can help: National HIRE Net— Send questions to work (hirenetwork. org) offers referrals to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, local resources for ex- or Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611. offenders; Sex Offend-

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Thursday, March 17: This year you often feel as though the odds are stacked against you, no matter which direction you head in. What is true is that you are attracting very manipulative people. If you opt to not play into their games, you will witness most of them transform their behavior toward you. If you are single, you meet many people from various walks of life. If you are attached, enjoy the person you are with.

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) +++ Stay anchored and optimistic. You have a changing sense of what is appropriate to do and when. Tonight: Make it early.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++++ Open up communication, and let someone else share more of him- or herself. Tonight: Catch up on a neighbor’s news.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ++++ A friend could take you down a surprising path. Tonight: Balance your checkbook.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) +++++ Several interruptions during the day could be unusually fortunate. Tonight: Choose which invitation suits you best.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) +++ You need to grab the opportunity to get some extra R and R. You might opt for a lengthy nap.

Tonight: Not to be found.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ++++ Zero in on what you want. A partner throws you into chaos and surprises you. Tonight: Focus on the long term.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ++++ You might want to express more of your thoughts, even in front of a superior. Tonight: Make it your call.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ Keep reaching out to someone at a distance who often tosses your thinking into chaos.

Tonight: Be adaptable.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ++++ You might get a better response if you handle each individual on a one-on-one basis.

Tonight: Be your playful self.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) +++++ Defer to others. You might get a more diverse selection of solutions if you do. Tonight: Have some fun.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) +++++ You could be at the point where you no longer can tolerate the demands of another person. Tonight: Schedule some time for R and R. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) +++++ An uncomfortable situation might provoke some offbeat or eccentric thinking.

Tonight: Let out the wild thing within you.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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Stand firm We’re talking about taxpayer money, and Lawrence city officials should make sure a local developer pays the city everything it is owed.

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proposal to settle the tax dispute between the city and the developers of The Oread hotel is good — as far as it goes.

However, the matter of exactly how much tax revenue the developers should repay to the city treasury remains in dispute. That’s a key issue for many local taxpayers, and the city shouldn’t waver in its resolve to collect every penny it is owed — along with some sort of financial penalty as punishment for the developer’s mishandling of the tax reimbursement.

Roger Walter, an attorney for the Oread group, notified the city last week that developers would “fully comply” with the city’s list of demands to resolve the dispute over whether the Oread group inflated sales tax totals in order to collect more tax rebates from the city. That’s an interesting interpretation of “fully comply” because the group hasn’t agreed to pay the nearly $500,000 a city audit indicated it owes to the city.

The Oread has agreed to pay for the city’s audit and provide tax records and other financial documents from Oread Wholesale. It also agreed to commit in writing to allowing the city to audit The Oread or any tenant of the special taxing district without notice and to fully cooperate with the city in any future audits or reviews.

However, Walter said the group is reserving its right to contest the payment of $492,914 that the city’s audit determined Oread owes the city. The Oread group paid the city that amount under protest, but conducted its own audit, which indicated it was overpaid only about $90,000 in tax revenue.

That’s a pretty big difference.

Unless new information has come to light that undercuts its original claim, the city should stand firm on the $492,914 figure. This developer’s history of questionable dealings with the city also argues for an additional fine, which might act as a deterrent to any future manipulations.

The Oread group’s willingness to try to settle this issue likely is prompted by concerns that, without a settlement, the city might cancel the redevelopment agreement, costing the developers about $8 million in future revenue.

The city has been withholding sales and property tax reimbursements from the Oread group and appears to be in a strong negotiating position.

It would be good to avoid litigation in this matter, but there is no reason for the city to compromise in the settlement of a problem that was not of its making. We’re talking about taxpayer money, and city officials shouldn’t back down.

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Washington — Sen. John Cornyn recalls visiting a Texas prison where some inmates taking shop classes could not read tape measures. Cornyn, who was previously a district court judge and Texas Supreme Court justice, knows that prisons are trying to teach literacy and vocations, trying to cope with the mental illnesses of many inmates and trying to take prophylactic measures to prevent drug-related recidivism by persons imprisoned for drug offenses. “The criminal justice system,” he says, “has become by default a social services provider.”

It is not, however, equipped to perform so many functions.

Cornyn is part of a bipartisan congressional group negotiating sentencing reform, one of many needed repairs of the criminal justice system. What justice requires, frugality encourages: Too many people are in prison for too long, and too often, at a financial cost disproportionate to the enhancement of public safety.

UCLA’s Mark Kleiman says “the deterrent impact of a punishment depends only weakly on its severity, but strongly on its swiftness and certainty.” What Cornyn and others are negotiating are selective reductions in the severity of some mandatory minimum sentences — each reduction reviewed by a court — for nonviolent offenses. This would enable government to devote increased resources to coping

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Too many people are in prison for too long, and too often, at a financial cost disproportionate to the enhancement of public safety.” with violent and repeat offenders.

Speaking of repeat offenders: Much crime is committed by individuals who have weak impulse control, and Congress manufactures criminal offenses for the same reason.

It should stop promiscuously multiplying federal crimes.

Unlimited government develops an unlimited appetite for intervening in society’s dynamics. The regulatory state has a rage to regulate, sometimes by creating new crimes.

The Heritage Foundation’s Paul Larkin notes that more than 40 percent of federal criminal laws enacted since the Civil War have come since 1970, and between 2000 and 2007 Congress legislated more than 450 new crimes — more than one a week. Has there really been a sudden

multiplication of behaviors meriting society’s severe disapproval? And Larkin notes that “if criminal charges approximate parking tickets in their ubiquity, we have deprived the criminal law of the moral force necessary for it to persuade people to respect and obey its commands.”

The federal prison population, which devours 25 percent of the Justice Department’s budget, has increased more than 300 percent in less than 30 years. Only 7 percent are convicted of violent crimes. Granted, a person in prison poses no threat to the community. The problem is that almost everyone who goes to prison is going to return to the community from which he or she came, and most will not have been improved by the experience of incarceration.

It is axiomatic that social science cannot tell us what to do but can measure the results of what we are doing.

What we are not doing well is the supervision of persons released from incarceration.

Hence what UCLA’s Kleiman calls the “crime-incarceration-crime cycle.” He says “more people are sent to prison each year for violating probation or parole conditions than as a result of conviction for new crimes.”

Old theories about the causes of crime need to be rethought. During the Great Depression, unemployment soared to 25 percent yet in many cities crime fell. De-

mographic factors? Crime rates often vary with the size of society’s cohort of young males: Crime declined considerably during World War II not just, or even primarily, because unemployment was negligible but because so many young males were in military discipline.

In 2010, one year after the Great Recession’s jobs destruction doubled the unemployment rate, the property crime rate fell and violent crime reached a 40-year low.

Current high incarceration rates had something to do with that. But how much?

The late James Q. Wilson, the most accomplished social scientist since World War II, accepted the estimate that increased incarceration explains “one-quarter or more of the crime decline.” Wilson also suggested an environmental factor: “For decades, doctors have known that children with lots of lead in their blood are much more likely to be aggressive, violent and delinquent.” Since the 1970s, lead has been removed from gasoline and paint for new homes, and “the amount of lead in Americans’ blood fell by fourfifths between 1975 and 1991.”

Wilson cited a study that ascribed more than half the 1990s’ decline in crime to the reduction of gasoline lead.

Clearly, sentencing reform is just one piece of a complex policy puzzle.

— George Will is a columnist for Washington Post Writers Group.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 17, 1916: “The board of administration years … already has started on ago the problem of deciding IN 1916 what recommendations to make to the state legislature of 1917 for new buildings to be erected on Mount Oread. ‘There is a real problem,’ said former Governor E. W. Hoch, in discussing the situation last night. ‘In the first place we have a foundation for the administration building which cost $40,000 and it will cost $300,000 to erect a building over it. But such a building would not meet all the present demands of the school. The University also needs an auditorium and a fine arts building to replace the old North hall.’

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Some problems don’t just go away Dear Florida Gov. Rick Scott: So it turns out the experts were mistaken. It turns out the impact of climate change on Florida — and much of the coastal United States — is not going to be anywhere near as bad as had been predicted. Apparently, it’s going to be much worse.

That’s the sobering finding of a study published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change. Previous scenarios, grim as they were, failed to take into account projected population growth. Factor that in, say the researchers, and the number of people likely to be affected by rising sea levels caused by melting polar ice caps explodes to triple the previous most dire estimates.

The brunt of the catastrophe is expected to be felt in the southeast, cities like Biloxi, Miss., Charleston, S.C., and an obscure little seaside hamlet called Miami.

Already, tourists in Miami Beach have to slosh through ankle-deep waters when the tide is especially high. By 2100, that might be regarded as the good old days.

The new study projects a future in which as many as 13.1 million Americans, nearly half of them in Florida, find themselves forced to

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The new study projects a future in which as many as 13.1 million Americans, nearly half of them in Florida, find themselves forced to flee or adapt as seawater rises toward their doorsteps.”

flee or adapt as seawater rises toward their doorsteps. A child born today might be part of the nation’s largest mass exodus since the Great Migration a century ago.

Interestingly enough, governor, those frightful projections come a year almost to the day after a Miami Herald report that revealed your unwritten policy for dealing with climate change: Don’t talk about it.

Forbid state officials from using the very words.

Yes, you claimed no such

policy exists, but you were contradicted by multiple exemployees of the state Department of Environmental Protection, and their testimony was compelling. “We were told not to use the terms ‘climate change,’ ‘global warming’ or ‘sustainability,’” said Christopher Byrd, a former state Department of Environmental Protection attorney.

This strategy — essentially a governmental gag order — is one your Republican Party has frequently used in recent years. The apparent idea is that if you forbid discussion of it, a problem resolves itself. We’ve repeatedly seen the great success of this policy. George W. Bush’s ban on U.S. funding to international groups that provide information on pregnancy termination brought abortion to a screeching halt. A congressional ban on research into gun violence helped make mass shootings a thing of the past.

Sorry, governor. Pulling your leg.

Actually, the most recent figures available from the World Health Organization tell us the international abortion rate stands at 28 per 1,000 women of childbearing age, about where it’s been since the turn of the century.

And there were at least 10 mass shootings in this coun-

try just last week — 40 people wounded, 14 killed.

The truth is, sir, “Ignore it and it will go away” is a policy more suited to children than to adults. And past a certain age, even kids learn the untenability of such thinking. The disastrous report card you stuff down in your backpack is always dug out. The broken vase you sweep under the couch is always discovered.

Similarly, the environmental disaster whose discussion you forbid will flood your streets and put property valued in the tens of billions of dollars at risk, whether it is talked about or not.

Governor, your party is forever taking action to fight “dangers” — mass voter fraud, sharia law — that do not exist. It is beyond unconscionable that it and you stick your fingers in your ears when confronted with a threat that is not only real but, conceivably, existential.

The science is clear, sir. The trend lines are, too. Americans are rushing to the shore.

Housing and infrastructure are rising to meet them.

The potential price of silence was already high a year ago. It just rose higher still.

— Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald.

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Amtrak’s Southwest Chief was carrying 131 passengers and 14 crew members when it derailed Monday after the engineer noticed a bend in a rail and applied the emergency brakes, authorities said. At least 32 people were hurt, two of them critically.

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Wichita (ap) — A truck used to deliver feed to a business where cattle are fattened hit a train track and shifted it at least a foot before an Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas and injured at least 32 people, an investigator said.

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HIGH LEAD LEVELS FOUND IN 2,000 WATER SYSTEMS ACROSS USA LEAD IN YOUR WATER A USA TODAY NETWORK INVESTIGATION

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Melissa Hoffman, 40, expresses her concerns about high lead levels found at her children’s school, Caroline Elementary, during a town hall meeting in Ithaca, N.Y., on March 3.

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Alison Young and Mark Nichols While a harsh national spotlight focuses on the drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich., a USA TODAY NETWORK investigation has identified almost 2,000 additional water systems spanning all 50 states where testing has shown excessive levels of lead contamination over the past four years.

The water systems, which reported lead levels exceeding Environmental Protection Agency standards, collectively supply water to 6 million people. About 350 of those systems provide drinking water to schools or day cares. The USA TODAY NETWORK investigation found at least 180 of the water systems failed to notify con-

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sumers about the high lead levels as federal rules require.

Many of the highest reported lead levels were found at schools and day cares. A water sample at a Maine elementary school was 42 times higher than the EPA limit of 15 parts per billion, while a Pennsylvania preschool was 14 times higher, records show. At an elementary school in Ithaca, N.Y.,

one sample tested this year at a stunning 5,000 ppb of lead, the EPA’s threshold for “hazardous waste.”

“This is most definitely a problem that needs emergent care,” Melissa Hoffman, a parent in Ithaca, pleaded with officials at a public hearing packed with upset parents demanding answers.

In all, the USA TODAY NETWORK analysis of EPA enforcement data identified 600 water systems in which tests at some taps showed lead levels topping 40 parts per billion (ppb), which is more than double the EPA’s action level limit. Though experts caution that Flint is an extreme case of pervasive contamination, v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B GETTY IMAGES

Obama makes high court pick, Garland was ‘man to see’ in Okla. case but Senate remains defiant Gregory Korte USA TODAY

WASHINGTON The battle for control of the Supreme Court now has a name: Merrick Garland.

President Obama named the federal appeals court judge to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, setting up a nearly unprecedented political fight with

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a Republican-controlled Senate that has vowed to block any movement on the nomination.

“I’ve selected a nominee who is widely recognized not only as one of America’s sharpest legal minds, but someone who brings to his work a spirit of decency, modesty, integrity, even-handedness and excellence,” Obama said in a Rose Garden announcement.

If confirmed by the Senate, Garland would replace the conservative bulwark Antonin Scalia, tipping a delicate balance on the court that could impact decisions on abortion, the death penalty and voting rights.

At 63, he would be the oldest nominee for associate justice since President Nixon nominated 64-year-old Lewis Powell in 1971.

The nomination faces a defiant Senate, where GOP leaders have vowed not to meet with any Obama nominee. They want to wait until after the election, in hopes that a Republican president will choose Scalia’s successor.

“The next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the Supreme Court ... so of course the American people should have a say in the court’s direction,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday.

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‘Washington guy’ led inquiries on McVeigh and Unabomber Kevin Johnson USA TODAY

In the months after the Oklahoma City bombing, as federal authorities considered who should face death penalty charges, defense attorney Michael McGuire entered a crowded downtown conference room where prosecutors and FBI agents hotly pursued the cooperation of McGuire’s client.

The attorney had represented Michael Fortier for only a few days before that face-to-face meeting with the government, one of several tense encounters with federal authorities since the moment he had been appointed to counsel the close associate of bomber Timothy McVeigh.

Understanding the enormous potential jeopardy that Fortier faced and desperate to protect the key witness from a possible death prosecution, McGuire demanded to know who was leading the government’s case.

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build and in shirtsleeves who stepped forward from a knot of assembled suits.

Merrick Garland’s formal manner, AFP McGuire reTheodore called, immediKaczynski ately identified him “as a Washguy,’’ ington who was thenattorney general Janet Reno’s personal representative in Oklahoma City.

“He didn’t look like a trial USA TODAY lawyer; he Timothy wasn’t a street McVeigh fighter. But he was the man to see,” said McGuire, whose client eventually pleaded guilty to withholding advance knowledge of the bombing. He was released from federal prison in 2006 after serving a little more than 10 years.

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U.S. calls on North Korea to turn American student loose 21-year-old tourist sentenced to 15 years John Bacon and Jane Onyanga-Omara USA TODAY

The Obama administration demanded North Korea release an American college student sentenced Wednesday to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly pilfering a propaganda banner as a souvenir.

Officials arrested University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, from Wyoming, Ohio, for allegedly “perpetrating a hostile act” in

Pyongyang while traveling with a tour group in January. The nation’s supreme court in a onehour trial convicted Warmbier of subversion and meted out the punishment.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest accused North Korea of using “U.S. citizens as pawns to pursue a political agenda.”

Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea have reached a fever pitch after the communist nation tested international patience by launching missiles. The U.S. has sought tougher sanctions against the country.

The allegations against Warmbier “would not give rise to arrest

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Otto Warmbier is escorted Wednesday at the North Korea’s supreme court.

or imprisonment in the United States or in just about any other country in the world,” Earnest said.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner urged North Korea to grant Warmbier a special pardon and release him.

The tour company, Young Pioneer Tours, which specializes in tours to North Korea, said it was working with “relevant authorities” to obtain Wambier’s freedom.

At the University of Virginia, classmates reacted with disbelief to his sentencing.

“It doesn’t feel real, this just doesn’t happen to people,” said student Alaina Patrick, who lived in the same dorm as Warmbier

and recalled that some hallmates had “crushes” on him.

Warmbier studies economics and global sustainability at the University of Virginia, which said it was in touch with his family.

Two weeks ago, North Korean officials presented Warmbier to the media in Pyongyang, where he apologized for trying to steal the banner from a staff-only area of the hotel where he was staying.

He said he wanted it as a trophy for a church member in Wyoming. He called it the worst mistake of his life.

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Lead in water can dim developing minds of Water.

Though he characterized Flint as an outlier, he said, “There’s no question we have challenges with lead in drinking water across the country. Millions of lead service lines in thousands of systems.”

Changing the rules could take at least a year. Beauvais said the EPA is working to make sure states fully enforce existing rules.

The agency sent letters to governors and state regulators last month, calling for greater attention to drinking water oversight.

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those lead levels rival the 400plus of the worst samples in far more extensive testing of around 15,000 taps across Flint. The 40 ppb mark stands as a threshold that the EPA once labeled on its website an “imminent” health threat for pregnant women and young children.

Even at small doses, lead poses a health threat, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead can damage growing brains and cause reduced IQs, attention disorders and other problem behaviors. Infants fed formula made with contaminated tap water face significant risk.

Adults are not immune: Evidence links lead exposure to kidney problems, high blood pressure and increased risk of cardiovascular deaths. The EPA stresses there is no safe level of lead exposure.

SPOTTY SYSTEM

Most Americans get their drinking water from a fragmented network of about 155,000 different water systems serving everything from big cities to individual businesses and schools. The EPA determines that a system has exceeded the lead standard when more than 10% of samples show lead levels above 15 parts per billion. It’s called an “action level” because surpassing it requires water systems to take action to reduce contamination.

Enforcement, which is implemented state by state, can be inconsistent and spotty. Three hundred seventy-three systems have failed repeatedly, and tests continued to find excessive lead months or years later, the EPA data show. What’s more, the systems have widely varying levels of financial resources and staff training.

Amid cotton fields in Lamesa, Texas, for example, tests last year showed lead contamination more than seven times the EPA limit at Klondike Independent School District, which serves 260 students.

“Some things just slip by,” said school Superintendent Steve McLaren when pressed about skipping a round of testing in 2014. In a tiny school system, McLaren said, leaders “wear a lot of hats.” At times, he’s served as principal and bus driver, in addition to being superintendent and in charge of the drinking water system.

The school replaced drinking fountains and plans to replace its entire water system next fall.

McLaren said he’s concerned about how high lead levels might affect students and understands the need for action. But he said, “Our kids are strapping and healthy, and they’ve been drinking this water all their lives.”

The testing required by the government can include samples from as few as five or 10 taps in a year, or even over multiple years.

The system is designed only to give an indication of whether homes or buildings with lead pipes and plumbing may be at higher risk of lead leaching into water. Even the biggest water systems in cities are required to test just 50 to 100 taps.

The limited and inconsistent testing means the full scope of the lead contamination problem could be even more widespread.

People in thousands more communities served by water systems that have been deemed in compliance with the EPA’s lead rules have no assurance their drinking water is safe from the brain-damaging toxin.

“This is just a case where we have a rule that’s not been adequately protective,” said Lynn Goldman, a former EPA official and dean of George Washington University’s school of public health. “The entire design of the regulation doesn’t tell you about your own water.”

Drinking water typically isn’t contaminated with lead when it leaves the treatment plant. It becomes contaminated as it travels through lead service lines on individual properties and lead plumbing fixtures inside homes. At best, the EPA’s rules and testing are a sentinel system, alerting officials of the need to treat their water with anti-corrosion chemicals.

Doing so reduces, but does not eliminate, the lead in water reaching the tap.

There are about 75 million homes across the country built before 1980, and they’re most likely to contain some lead plumbing. That’s more than half of the country’s housing units, according to the Census Bureau.

The heaviest concentrations are

HOW DOES LEAD GET INTO YOUR DRINKING WATER? More than 7 million U.S. homes are estimated to have service lines made of lead that can leach into water.

Millions more homes built before 1986 have solder and fixtures that can leach lead.

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WHAT CAN I DO NOW? If you're not confident your home’s water is lead-free: uBuy a water filter or treatment device. Our guide will help you find the filter that will work best for you. uSearch our database of water systems to see if your provider failed to meet the EPA’s lead standard. uContact your utility to find out if you have a lead service line. Find out which questions to ask when you call. uTest your water, but see what we learned first about the quality you’ll get from store-bought kits and certified testing firms. uKnow the dangers of various levels of lead contamination.

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in New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

“You would hope that the cities and the counties and the state and the federal government would be holding people’s feet to the fire when it comes to providing quality water to the consumer if there is an issue,” said Terry Heckman, a board member at the Arizona Water Quality Association, a group that represents water systems.

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THE CASE IN FLINT

Experts say what happened in Flint is an extreme case and helps show how the limited testing required by the EPA provides only a crude indicator of systems where harmful levels of lead may be in water at homes with lead pipes.

The struggling city of about 100,000 people passed the government’s required lead tests.

One unique factor in Flint: The water department changed to a corrosive river water source, then failed to treat it with anti-corrosion chemicals. The result is a pervasive contamination problem as the insides of old lead pipes broke down and released a torrent of poison.

Yet the fundamental risk factor in Flint — old lead service lines that deliver water to homes, plus interior plumbing containing lead — is a common problem for tens of millions of homes mostly built before 1986. Unlike other contaminants that can be filtered out at the water plant, lead usually gets into drinking water at the end of the system, as it comes onto individual properties and into homes.

At greatest risk, experts say, are about 7.3 million homes connected to their utility’s water mains by individual lead service lines — the pipe carrying water from the main under the street onto your property and into your home. The water passes through what amounts to “a pure lead straw,” said Marc Edwards, a Virginia Tech environmental engineering professor who has studied water contamination in Flint and a similar, earlier crisis in Washington.

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Christi Woodruff of Corinna, Maine, keeps bottled water inside her trailer home, though her landlord told her the property’s water is safe.

installed before the 1930s, although some communities continued to lay lead pipes for decades longer.

‘EXPOSURE AT THE TAP’

The way tap water becomes contaminated — at or even inside individual homes — poses a vexing problem for regulators, utilities and consumers. A home with a lead service line and older internal plumbing may have high levels of lead in its tap water. A nearby, newly constructed home may have no lead. The only way to know if your house is at risk is to find out about its water line and plumbing.

“People are legitimately concerned about what they’re hearing in the wake of Flint,” said Lynn Thorp of the advocacy group Clean Water Action, who recently served on a federal work group on lead in drinking water. “As long as we have lead in contact with drinking water, we can have exposure at the tap.”

Thorp said consumers need to become educated about any risks at their individual homes.

Under the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule, implemented in 1991, the government’s approach for protecting people from lead in drinking water has relied heavily on water systems monitoring for indications that their water has become more corrosive. The more corrosive the water, the more lead will be drawn out of pipes.

Treatment of water with anticorrosion chemicals can only reduce, not eliminate, lead from leaching into tap water in invisible and tasteless doses.

That’s why the EPA’s National Drinking Water Advisory Council wrote agency leaders in December calling for removing lead service lines “to the greatest degree possible.” It’s a daunting recommendation since in most cases, the water utility owns part of the line, and the rest belongs to the homeowner. A credit ratings firm warned this month that could cost tens of billions of dollars.

“We’re now dealing with a legacy issue on private property distributed throughout many communities,” said Tracy Mehan, the American Water Works Association’s executive director of government affairs. The cost to replace each service line can be thousands of dollars.

The EPA advisory council recommended that the EPA take numerous steps to strengthen the regulation. They include developing a “household action level” that would trigger public health actions when lead contamination reaches certain levels and ensuring the public receives more information about the risks they face.

State regulators say federal officials need to tell water utilities what level of lead contamination indicates an acute health risk that should trigger a “do not drink” alert to customers. The EPA is evaluating the recommendations and expects to propose revisions to its lead regulations in 2017.

“We really recognize there’s a need to strengthen the rule,” said Joel Beauvais, deputy assistant administrator for the EPA’s Office

At a trailer home at the Maple Ridge Mobile Home Park in Corinna, Maine, Christi Woodruff recalls the notice hung on her door last year alerting her to potential lead contamination.

A mom with an 8-year-old daughter, Woodruff planned to get her water tested. But she shrugged it off after the park’s landlord told her testing was unnecessary.

“The manager said not to worry because it was only certain trailers. ... He didn’t think my trailer was one of them,” she said.

Property manager Randy Dixon blamed tap water from a single old trailer with lead-soldered copper pipes. He then told a USA TODAY NETWORK reporter to stop interviewing residents.

The EPA’s data show the Maine park is among 1,918 water systems flagged for having an “action level exceedance” for lead during 2012 through 2015. If you’re living in a home with a lead service line and received a notice about possible lead contamination, “it’s a good idea to get your water tested,” said Beauvais, the EPA water office official.

Most water systems that failed the EPA’s lead standard serve anywhere from a few hundred to several thousand people each, often running their lines to homes in rural communities or individual schools or businesses in remote areas. Nearly 70 of the systems provide water to at least 10,000 people. They include: uPassaic Valley Water Commission, which has about 315,000 customers in industrialized northern New Jersey, failed during two testing periods last year and one in 2012. Commission officials said a $135 million corrosion control project is underway. uNew Bedford, Mass., serving about 95,000 in a seaport city south of Boston, was cited for excessive lead in 2014 and early 2015, EPA data show. Ron Labelle, the city’s public infrastructure commissioner, said area housing is among the oldest in the Northeast and some dwellings still have lead service lines. A consultant helped improve the system’s anticorrosion treatments, he said, and the city passed testing in December.

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nominee to succeed Antonin Scalia, has long distinguished himself as more of a steady workhorse than a show horse in the trenches of the Justice Department before his elevation to the federal bench.

His management of the Oklahoma investigation — and later the Unabomber inquiry resulting in the conviction of Ted Kaczynski — won him early and lasting plaudits inside and outside of the Justice Department.

Perhaps the most unlikely supporter of Garland’s nomination emerged two days after Scalia’s death, penning a detailed letter to President Obama.

“I write to you as a Republican of nearly 60 years who was a forensic opponent of Judge Garland,” the author wrote. “Mr. Garland, at all times, demonstrated adherence to the highest traditions of the attorneys with the Department of Justice. He was uniformly courteous and considerate and demonstrated great skill, perseverance and learning. He was

always diplomatic and sought to build a consensus to resolve pretrial conflict.”

The four-page letter was written by McVeigh attorney Stephen Jones. McVeigh was later convicted and executed in 2001, the first federal death sentence carried out in nearly 40 years.

Garland “dealt with me like a colleague of the bar, not like a pariah representing the devil,” Jones said in a recent interview. “At such a tense time, I can’t say enough how very professional and cordial he was.”

Jamie Gorelick, a former deputy attorney general who served as second-in-command at Justice during Reno’s tenure, said Garland was a natural choice to manage what was then the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history.

“The job was extremely difficult,” Gorelick recalled. “It required immense coordination across the government, and he was just superb.”

Gorelick, who described Garland as her “right arm” at the department, said the enormity of the

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Merrick Garland, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, was nominated by President Obama to join the Supreme Court.

Oklahoma case and the unprecedented loss affected her colleague deeply and personally.

At his insistence, he remained

in Oklahoma City for weeks at a time, away from his family, tending to virtually every aspect of the case. While managing the investigation, and later overseeing the prosecution, Gorelick said, he reached out to victims’ families and survivors to tend to their personal needs.

The case became a landmark for victims’ rights. Victims won an act of Congress to allow cameras in a federal courtroom to stream the proceedings from Denver (where the bombing trials of McVeigh and accomplice Terry Nichols were moved) back to an auditorium near Oklahoma City. When McVeigh was sentenced to death, victims convinced then-attorney general John Ashcroft to broadcast the execution from an Indiana federal prison to Oklahoma.

At his nomination announcement Wednesday, Obama recalled Garland’s practice of carrying the program from the Oklahoma City memorial service, listing all 168 victims, in his briefcase as a daily reminder of the task at hand.

Obama said the case became

embedded in Garland’s consciousness, quoting him as describing the experience as “the most important thing” he had ever done.

“There were hard decisions to make virtually every day,” Gorelick said of the time that shattered the notion that some parts of America were immune from a terrorist strike. “Attorney General Reno wanted the investigation and prosecution to be a showcase of the justice system. And he worked hard to make that happen.”

Joseph Hartzler, lead courtroom prosecutor in the McVeigh case, said Garland displayed “fabulous judgment on a wide variety of topics, including how best to manage cases, controversies and people.

“If approved, the nation will love the guy,” he said. “There’s nothing to dislike about him. How many people can you say that about, other than my wife?”

Accepting the nomination at the White House, Garland said, “The people of Oklahoma City gave us their trust, and we did everything we could to live up to it.”

Voters turned out in droves Tuesday States set records; GOP’s close contest helps bring them out

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Voters again turned out in record or near-record numbers Tuesday in five key primary elections, continuing a pattern of very high participation that has played out during the 2016 election cycle.

Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander announced Wednesday that the unofficial voter turnout in the presidential primary was a record 39%. More than 1.5 million registered Missouri voters turned out to nominate candidates for president, Kander said.

In Ohio, the turnout was the second highest in a primary contest, election officials said. It was about 41%, just 5 percentage points shy of the 46% turnout record set in 2008.

North Carolina election officials also said their primary turnout was the second highest in the past

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An article Tuesday about Japan’s working moms and day care incorrectly stated the political role of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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Voters have turned out in large numbers for primaries this year, including at this polling place in Chicago on Tuesday. Estimates show Illinois’ turnout was up 19 percentage points from 2012.

28 years. The turnout was about 35% on Tuesday. A record turnout of 37% was set in 2008.

In Florida, about 46% of eligible voters cast ballots in the primary contest, which Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio suspended his campaign after losing his home-state primary. The turnout was higher than in the Republican-only primary of 2012 and the joint primary of 2008, when 42% of eligible voters participated, according to the Florida Department of State.

Illinois was still calculating turnout Wednesday, but the United States Elections Project estimated that the state’s turnout was up about 19 percentage points from 2012 and about 3 percentage points from 2008. The project’s website, run by Michael McDonald, an associate professor of political science professor at the

“There’s no question that Trump excites people and motivates them to turn out to the polls, whether it’s to vote for him or against him.”

Steven Taylor, Troy University

University of Florida, said the estimated turnout is based on the total number of ballots counted in each state divided by the voting-eligible population.

This year’s primaries have sparked record turnout by Republican voters and stronger-thanusual turnout by Democratic voters, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center.

More than 17% of eligible Republican voters participated in the first 12 primaries of 2016 — the

highest turnout since at least 1980, the Pew Research Center analysis shows. Nearly 12% of eligible Democratic voters also turned out, the second highest percentage in the past 24 years.

Political scientists say Republican turnout is higher this year in part because the GOP primaries are viewed as more competitive than the Democratic contest, where Clinton has dominated the race for convention delegates despite some surprise upsets by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

“People will vote if the election is close or expected to be close and if voters perceive real differences among the candidates,” said McDonald.

The polarizing nature of Trump’s candidacy has helped drive GOP voters to the polls, said Steven Taylor, a chairman of the political science department at

A Republican presidential debate in Salt Lake City has been canceled after GOP front-runner Donald Trump said he would not attend.

Fox News, the network set to host Monday’s event, confirmed the news after it became apparent Texas Sen. Ted Cruz might have been the sole candidate on stage.

Earlier Wednesday, Trump said on Fox News, “I think we’ve had enough debates.”

Hours after Trump’s announcement, an aide to John Kasich said the Ohio governor also would not attend if Trump does not show.

Trump said he only recently learned about the Monday debate and already has a commitment that night. The GOP front-runner is to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual conference that day.

David Jackson

Troy University in Alabama.

“There’s no question that Trump excites people and motivates them to turn out to the polls, whether it’s to vote for him or against him,” Taylor said.

While Republicans boast of stronger participation by their primary voters, there is no correlation between primary turnout and which party wins the general election, political scientists say.

An analysis by Politifact of presidential elections going back to 1972 showed that the party with the highest percentage turnout in primary races won the White House only four out of 11 times.

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At least 24 worshipers were killed during dawn prayers Wednesday when two female suicide bombers attacked a mosque on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the birthplace of the Islamic insurgent group Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria, media reports say.

“The first attack targeted a mosque, while the second blast was about 50 meters away, a few minutes later,” said military spokesman Col. Sani Usman, according to Reuters.

Alhaji Danbatta, an official of the Civilian-JTF who coordinated the evacuation of victims, said at least 26 people were injured, News24 Nigeria reports.

Umurari, in Borno state, is about 4 miles outside the city of Maiduguri, the command center of the Nigerian military’s war against Boko Haram.

SENATE PANEL OKS BILLS ON AIRLINE FEES, DRONES

A Senate committee approved legislation Wednesday that would

The panel also approved legislation that would require the Transportation Department to develop rules within two years for commercial drone deliveries that companies such as Amazon, Google and Walmart are exploring.

The bill also would require drone operators to pass an online test before flying the remote-controlled aircraft, expand commercial drone flights and keep the federal government in control of drone policy.

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THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IS ...

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Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, left, comforts relatives, friends and comrades Wednesday at an airport in Quito as they wait for the coffins of victims of an army plane that crashed Tuesday in the Amazon rainforest. All 22 on board were killed. require airlines to more openly disclose ever-increasing fees for baggage, flight changes and seat selection.

However, the bill tables a House proposal to shift air-traffic control from the Federal Aviation

Administration to a non-profit corporation until at least September 2017, when Congress would need to reapprove the agency’s policy. The legislation is likely to be debated on the Senate floor next month.

Feeling down? You might want to move to Denmark.

The country was ranked the happiest in the world, according to the most recent World Happiness Report released ahead of the United Nations World Happiness Day on March 20.

Denmark was followed by Switzerland, Iceland and Norway.

The U.S. was 13th while Canada claimed the sixth spot for overall happiness, according to the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

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STATE-BY-STATE News from across the USA ALABAMA Huntsville: A settle-

ment was reached in a lawsuit involving a teenager who said she was raped after a school worker tried to use her as bait to catch an alleged sexual predator, AL.com reported.

ALASKA Anchorage: BP plans

to further reduce its workforce in the state by 4%, KTUU-TV reported. The layoffs will take effect in mid-2016.

ARIZONA Phoenix: The Depart-

ment of Transportation plans to install 250 signs to remind drivers that the penalty for cheating in HOV lanes is $400.

ARKANSAS Fort Smith: Police

Chief Kevin Lindsey resigned and apologized to the community for making an inappropriate racial remark, the Arkansas DemocratGazette reported.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: Two

bald eagle chicks hatched in a nest in Channel Islands National Park. Bald eagles disappeared from the Channel Islands by the 1960s because of DDT contamination. Since 2006, the birds have re-established territories on most of the eight islands.

COLORADO Fort Collins: Fort

Collins is dropping a proposal that would have permitted people to camp in city parks and other public property, the Coloradoan reported.

CONNECTICUT Seymour: A

Roman Catholic priest charged with stealing thousands of dollars from a local parish told authorities he used the money for projects in Africa. Honore Kombo told police that the $27,000 missing from St. Augustine’s parish was used to provide loans in the Congo, his home country, WFSBTV reported.

DELAWARE Wilmington: Bus

stops will be moving off of Rodney Square to King Street this year, as part of a larger restoration project for the downtown park, said city, state, and business officials. The Delaware Transit Corp. will contribute up to $500,000 for the project, The News Journal reported.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A po-

HIGHLIGHT: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Subway closure snags commuters Bart Jansen USA TODAY

The daylong shutdown of the region’s vast subway system for emergency safety inspections Wednesday sent commuters who take 700,000 trips daily from Maryland, Virginia and D.C. scrambling for buses, cars and bicycles.

“It’s always slow, always crowded,” Bob Jones, 26, of Arlington, Va., told the Associated Press about the troubled transit system he’s not too fond of on a normal day.

Metro officials ordered the closure until 5 a.m. Thursday in order to inspect electrical cables that power trains. The decision came after a fire near one downtown station raised fears of a repeat of a deadly blaze in the subway system last year.

As he waited for his normal bus to work and planned to walk more than an hour to get home later Wednesday in light of the subway closure, Jones said he wasn’t too upset with Metro’s decision. “Better that than, like, a fiery inferno.”

Michaun Jordan’s typical commute via a commuter train, then Metro rail and finally a bus turned into a $15 cab ride Wednesday to get to her job as a finance officer for the federal government.

“At first I was a bit disapratings for schools, a move expected to reduce the number of schools that would be considered failing, The Indianapolis Star reported.

IOWA Sioux City: The city is

considering an ordinance that would prohibit the use of BB and pellet guns, the Sioux City Journal reported.

KANSAS Topeka: State Sen. Ty

Masterson says he was the one who advised Gov. Brownback to withhold information about the state’s potential credit downgrade. The Wichita Eagle reported that an attempt to override one of the vetoes was halted last week when the governor disclosed on social media that doing so could’ve resulted in a credit downgrade for the state.

KENTUCKY Louisville: Police

say they have seen a sharp rise in the number of overdose calls they’ve responded to this month, The Courier-Journal reported.

TEXAS Austin: A driver for the

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The normally crowded escalators were empty at the entrance to the Metro Center station on Wednesday. pointed,” she told AP. “Then I thought about it — it’s best to be safe.”

Buses were running normally, but officials with the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA) warned they would be crowded.

The decision to shut the system, hastily announced Tuesday afternoon, surprised local and federal officials, who said they might hold hearings or pursue other changes for Metro.

“It was shocking,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said. “We have to have a safe and reliable resurgence in northwest Detroit, Detroit Free Press reported.

MINNESOTA Winona: This

year’s shipping season is underway on the Mississippi River, an earlier than average start due to warmer temperatures.

MISSISSIPPI Hattiesburg:

Members of the Hattiesburg Public School District Board of Trustees will turn to the Mississippi School Boards Association to help them with the search for a superintendent to replace James Bacchus, who resigned the post in December, the Hattiesburg American reported.

MISSOURI Jefferson City: A

statewide tornado drill was postponed until Thursday afternoon.

MONTANA Ronan: A fire destroyed S&S Sports, a local business that sold and repaired watercraft, all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles and snowmobiles, the Missoulian reported.

FLORIDA Melbourne: An at-

torney for the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office argued for the dismissal of a suit asking for the relocation of a training gun range that neighbors say is a noise nuisance, Florida Today reported.

GEORGIA Atlanta: The state

House of Representatives approved a bill that would make changes to how teachers around the state are scored. The bill would lower the number of standardized tests taken by public school students and move testtaking windows to the end of the school year.

HAWAII Honolulu: State faith

leaders are seeking ways to better help a growing number of homeless residents, Hawaii News Now reported.

IDAHO Lewiston: Crews were

working to remove a landslide cutting off the main route to Elk City. The Lewiston Tribune reported that State Highway 14 has been closed since about 100,000 cubic yards of debris slid across the road Feb. 18.

ILLINOIS Peoria: Three African lion cubs born in early December will make their debut March 26, the Journal Star reported.

INDIANA Indianapolis: Educa-

tion officials are finalizing a new formula that the state will use to determine controversial A-to-F

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: The East Baton Rouge Parish school system is ready to launch an online school. The Advocate reported that the system will join dozens of other school districts in the state that have launched their own schools to compete with for-profit, publicly funded online schools.

MAINE Portland: The Maine

Turnpike Authority says it will close the Gray and Cumberland service plazas beginning next week so renovations can take place, the Portland Press Herald reported.

MARYLAND Newark: An excess of inclement weather closings at Worcester County Public Schools has resulted in the school board adding a school day to this year’s calendar, The Daily Times reported.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The

state’s county sheriffs are speaking out against a planned ballot question that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Massachusetts.

MICHIGAN Detroit: The Baker’s Keyboard Lounge received a historic designation that will help preserve the jazz club as it looks to anchor the Avenue of Fashion’s

SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: The city is considering forgiving more than $100,000 in unpaid parking tickets issued in 2011 and 2012, the Rapid City Journal reported.

TENNESSEE Nashville: Kris Kristofferson — who has released 20 studio albums, appeared in dozens of films and has been immortalized in three halls of fame — was celebrated Wednesday for his nearly 50 years in the music business, The Tennessean reported. More than 20 other artists joined Kristofferson, who turns 80 in June.

NEBRASKA Omaha: Thirty-five Omaha-area churches have teamed up for a faith-based campaign called “Everybody Wins,” the Omaha World-Herald reported.

lice officer was found guilty of assaulting an employee of a cellphone store whom he accused of making obscene remarks to his girlfriend. The Washington Post reported that Ulysses Delaney, a 15-year veteran of the department, was found guilty of simple assault, a misdemeanor, in connection with the incident Oct. 7.

tions in the face of a $16 million shortfall, The Greenville News reported.

transit system.”

Metro CEO and General Manager Paul Wiedefeld ordered the closure after a fire near the McPherson Square station Monday raised concerns that a fatal blaze, such as the one at the L’Enfant Plaza station in January 2015, could happen again. “I’m trying to deal with what I know and what I fear,” Wiedefeld said Tuesday.

The federal government allowed workers to use unscheduled leave or telecommute.

Local schools and the D.C. government remained open.

NEW YORK Tarrytown: The body of Harry Hernandez, who was killed in Saturday’s tugboat crash into a Tappan Zee Bridge construction barge, will not be able to be recovered until the vessel is salvaged from the Hudson River, The Journal News reported.

NORTH CAROLINA Wilming-

ton: Authorities investigated a shooting after a fight at a nail salon, the Star-News reported.

The owner of NC Nails, Bobby Chau, said two females started fighting in the salon, and he told them to go outside. Minutes later, he and other salon workers heard a gunshot.

OHIO Brook Park: A van whose

wheel became stuck on a railroad track after its driver went around a truck and evaded crossing gates was destroyed last week, but Officer Harold Duncan’s dashcam video shows how he helped save Richard Boga, 47, of Elyria, WKYC-TV reported. Boga was standing outside the van when Duncan spotted him, and both got safely to the side of the road just before an oncoming train smashed into the vehicle.

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services reported that February collections to the General Revenue Fund totaled $225.6 million, which is nearly $50 million below the official estimate used to build the current fiscal year’s budget.

NEVADA Las Vegas: McCarran International Airport opened a cellphone parking lot for drivers waiting to pick up passengers, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. There are 115 spaces in the new parking lot. It’s meant for drivers awaiting a call from an arriving passenger to arrange a pickup at the arrivals curb.

OREGON Eugene: The mother of a University of Oregon freshman who died from meningococcal disease during a 2015 outbreak has filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against a local hospital, The Register-Guard reported.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Mount

PENNSYLVANIA Wayne: Police

NEW JERSEY Keansburg: The Keansburg Amusement Park plans to reopen “The Spook House,” a historic 1930s ride that was badly damaged by superstorm Sandy in 2012, the Asbury Park Press reported. The park, founded in 1904, opens Saturday.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: U.S. District Judge William Smith recused himself from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit over the state’s $75 million deal with 38 Studios, the failed video game company owned by ex-pitcher Curt Schilling, WPRI-TV reported.

NEW MEXICO Roswell: A man is

facing charges after police say he chased two women with a chainsaw, KRQE-TV reported.

UTAH St. George: A woman who shattered both legs in a rappelling accident returned four years later to finish her descent. KSL-TV reported that Brittany Fisher was a student at Utah State University when the accident occurred at Cougar Cliffs.

VERMONT Burlington: The

2015-16 winter that wasn’t continues to have an adverse impact on Vermont’s ski season. On Tuesday, organizers of the annual Stowe Derby issued a statement that this year’s event for cross country skiing and fat tire bicycling is canceled because of a lack of snow. Also on Tuesday, Mad River Glen ski resort in Waitsfield announced on its website that its ski season is over, Burlington Free Press reported.

VIRGINIA Richmond: Suffolk resident Jane Casey is pushing for rules that would require cameras in nursing facilities, so families could watch their relatives being cared for, The Virginian Pilot reported. State lawmakers created a workgroup to make recommendations on rules governing long-term care facilities.

NORTH DAKOTA Minot: A sharp increase in burglaries continued into this year, and police say the rash of break-ins has become “almost overwhelming.” Authorities are investigating 16 burglaries in seven days. It’s likely the highest count in a week in recent memory, police told the Minot Daily News.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City:

Washington: State rangers are warning about icy conditions here after two men were seriously injured in separate incidents.

ride-hailing service Lyft made it about 3 miles with a passenger before he was pulled over and arrested on a drunken driving charge, KVUE-TV reported. An Austin police affidavit says the driver, Allen Edmonds, was veering into adjacent lanes March 8.

are searching for a man who broke into a home in the middle of the night wearing a Halloween mask, tied up a woman and threatened her with a stun gun.

SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville:

Greenville Health System plans to eliminate more than 400 posi-

WASHINGTON Tacoma: The

U.S. Army postponed a series of rocket tests at Joint Base LewisMcChord for at least a week, The News Tribune reported. Base officials say the Army still plans to test its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System at JBLM and will reschedule the three-day exercise. But the base needs to clear more treetops near the firing point before it can shoot the training rounds.

WEST VIRGINIA Wheeling: Police officer John Schultz is set to be recognized for a national award after saving a middle school student’s life during a pool party last year. Sgt. Schultz will receive an Honorable Mention during the National Association of Police Organizations’ Top Cops awards ceremony in Washington in May. WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Ste-

ven Avery’s lawyers, Jerry Buting and Dean Strang, will begin a nationwide speaking tour in Milwaukee on Friday, Green Bay Press-Gazette reported. Buting and Strang represented Avery when the Manitowoc County man was convicted of the 2005 murder of photographer Teresa Halbach. The case became the basis for the 10-part Netflix documentary, Making a Murderer.

WYOMING Jackson: Local

voters will decide a $6 million sales tax for landslide repairs, the Jackson Hole News and Guide reported. An Aug. 16 ballot question will ask voters to approve a specific purpose excise tax.

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USA TODAY - L awrence J ournal -W orld THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016

MONEYLINE LSE, DEUTSCHE BOERSE AGREE TO ‘MERGER OF EQUALS’ The London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse reached an agreement on the terms of a “merger of equals,” the LSE announced Wednesday. LSE shareholders will own 45.6% of the combined group and 54.4% will be owned by Deutsche Boerse shareholders. LSE and Deutsche Boerse are worth around $30 billion, based on their stock market value Wednesday. The merged group will keep its headquarters in London and Frankfurt. The deal, which must get competition clearance from authorities in the European Union, the United States and Russia, is subject to regulatory approval.

CONSUMER PRICES DIP, BUT CORE PRICES JUMP Inflation was tempered again in February by plunging gasoline prices, but a measure of core prices posted a solid increase for a second consecutive month. The consumer price index slipped 0.2%, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The index was up 1% over the past year. Excluding volatile food and gasoline, socalled core inflation was 0.3%, more than the 0.2% economists expected. It was up 2.3% the past 12 months, the largest annual increase since May 2012. Americans’ grocery bills increased 0.2%, clothing jumped 1.6%, medical care 0.5%, rent 0.3%, new vehicles 0.2% and airfares 0.1%.

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SIGNALS MORE GRADUAL HIKES SAUL LOEB AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen bemoaned slow economic growth abroad Wednesday, saying it was softer than anticipated.

Many economists expected the Fed to state Wednesday the risks were “nearly balanced,” a signal it was on track to lift rates in June WASHINGTON The Federal Reor possibly even April. serve held interest rates steady Fed policymakers’ forecasts inWednesday and signaled it will dicated they expect just two quarraise rates more gradually than it ter-percentage-point rate hikes in had forecast amid a weak global 2016, down from their estimate of economy and market volatility, four such increases in December and the three moves some econoraising doubts about a June hike.

As widely expected, the Fed mists projected. They expect the kept its key federal funds rate un- Fed funds rate to end 2016 at changed at 0.4%. It lifted the rate 0.9%, down from their previous in December for the first time in 1.4% forecast. They also expect nine years amid strong payroll more gradual rate increases in gains and a near-normal unem- coming years, with the rate endJUSTIN SULLIVAN, GETTY IMAGES ing 2017 at 1.9% and 2018 at 3%. ployment rate of 5%.

The Fed estiBut the Fed’s mates the wary statement FIAT CHRYSLER CAN NOW TAP economy will after a two-day INTO U.S. UNIT’S CASH grow 2.2% this meeting indi- BEEN DOWN SO LONG Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said year, below its policy- Federal funds rate: Tuesday it has eliminated certain cates previous 2.4% makers are conditions, or covenants, previlittle 6% forecast. The placing ously tied to two loans, and that 4.5% statement cited will free cash from its U.S. subsid- stock in a recent market turnrecent “strong iary for use by the parent comaround after a 4% job gains” and pany. After Fiat completed its sell-off early an improving acquisition of Chrysler in 2014, this year. It said 2% housing marthe combined company did not “global ecoket, but it nothave direct access to Chrysler’s 0.4% nomic and fied that cash due to the covenants. “The 0 nancial develbusiness inamendments represent the final opments convestment and 2006 2016 step toward allowing the free tinue to pose Note Rates as of March 18 of each year exports have flow of capital among members risks.” It didn’t Source Federal Reserve Bank of New York been soft. of the FCA Group,” the company acknowledge a KARL GELLES, USA TODAY The central said in a news release. The addirecent upswing bank is espetional funds will help FCA develcially worried op future vehicles and go toward that has seen stocks rally, corporate borrowing that inflation will remain stubeliminating its net debt. costs fall and the dollar weaken, bornly low despite a recent pickdevelopments that have prompt- up. Officials expect the effects of a DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG. ed economists to assert that the strong dollar and low oil prices on overall inflation to dissipate. But risk of recession has eased. they still figure core inflation, Despite the recent markets re4:00 p.m.

17,400 bound, “economic growth abroad which excludes food and energy 17,326 appears to be running at a some- costs, will rise just 1.6% this year.

17,350 74.23 “I haven’t yet been convinced what softer pace than previously 17,300 anticipated,” Fed Chair Janet Yel- that we’ve seen any significant len said at a news conference. She uptick that will be lasting ... in 17,250 cited weakness in China, emerg- core inflation,” Yellen said. ing markets and the eurozone.

Economist Joel Naroff of Na17,200 9:30 a.m.

The Fed also declined for a secroff Economic Advisors says the 17,252 17,150 ond consecutive meeting to as- Fed still could raise rates in June, sess the risks to its outlook. In but that likely would require a January, it explicitly cited the pickup in both wage growth and WEDNESDAY MARKETS global and market turbulence. inflation more broadly.

INDEX CLOSE CHG Nasdaq composite S&P 500 T- note, 10-year yield Oil, light sweet crude Euro (dollars per euro) Yen per dollar

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x 35.30 x 11.29 y 0.06 x 1.66 x 0.0097 y 0.42

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This week Last week Year ago 0.28% 0.28% 0.27% 21⁄2-year

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In reality check, Fed goes easy on timetable Adam Shell USA TODAY

The Fed blinked. Again.

It left interest rates unchanged.

It caved on its socalled “dot plot” game plan, dialing back planned 2016 rate hikes to two, down from the four Wall Street feared. It acknowledged that the global turbulence that rocked financial markets and put a scare into investors and central bankers earlier this year was still a risk.

In the process, the Fed brought more clarity to what had been a highly uncertain rate-hike timetable.

It got stock — and bond — prices to go up. It got the dollar to fall, a de facto easing of financial conditions both here and abroad. It noted the reality of a not-so sunny global economic picture. And it more closely aligned its economic forecast with market participants, who have been far more skeptical of the economy hitting escape velocity under the weight of coming rate hikes.

The Fed likely was pleased with the market reaction, as were many Wall Street pros.

“The markets can exhale,” says John Augustine, chief investment officer at Huntington Wealth & Investment Management. “The biggest new piece of information was the move from four rate hikes to two.”

Indeed, both the Dow Jones industrials and Standard & FIRST TAKE

Poor’s 500 finished at their highest points of the year Wednesday and within 1% of wiping out their 2016 losses.

The Fed, led by Chair Janet Yellen, in a clever way moved to loosen financial conditions in emerging markets, the oil patch and credit markets around the globe by delivering a dovish message that put downward pressure on the U.S. dollar. The greenback declined about 1% against a basket of foreign currencies Wednesday after the Fed’s rate decision.

“What the Fed did today was try to address global financial conditions by trying to limit the rise of the dollar,” says Jim Caron, a fixed income portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

“A strong dollar is seen as causing tighter financial conditions, while a weaker dollar eases financial conditions.”

The Fed “acknowledged reality,” adds Kathy Jones, chief fixed income strategist at Charles Schwab. “It was an acknowledgment of a slower growth environment with external risks” in places such as China and Europe.

So when will the Fed hike again? “The earliest is June,” Jones says. “And they might even wait until September.”

The Fed is back on hold as it assesses the economy and inflation in coming months. “The Fed is now off to the side,” Augustine says. But what rises in importance now is GDP growth and corporate earnings, which have been under stress in recent quarters, he adds.

Peabody coal might file for Chapter 11 ‘Depressed’ prices have hurt energy firm Nathan Bomey @NathanBomey USA TODAY

Coal producer Peabody Energy and renewable energy company SunEdison warned of financial troubles Wednesday as low energy prices contribute to stress on a wide range of companies in the power industry.

Peabody said in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it expects it won’t be in compliance with its financial covenants on March 31 and may have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The company said it has held discussions with lenders regarding potential debt-for-equity swaps or new financing.

“Sustained depressed” coal

PEABODY COAL

Peabody shares slid 45% to close at $2.19 on Wednesday. prices have battered financial results, along with exposure to the bankruptcy of former subsidiary Patriot Coal and retiree benefit costs, the company said in the filing. The company has posted four consecutive yearly losses, including a $2 billion loss in 2015 as revenue fell 17% to $5.6 billion.

Peabody shares slid 45% to

close at $2.19. Two years ago, the stock hit a high of $299.10 in the first quarter of 2014.

Meanwhile, SunEdison, a developer, installer and operator of alternative energy plants, said it has discovered problems in its accounting processes that required it to delay its annual stockholders report.

SunEdison blamed the issue primarily on problems with newly implemented systems. A Sun Edison spokesman declined to elaborate on the issue.

The disclosure comes about two weeks after the company said the audit committee of its board had launched an inquiry into the accuracy of the company’s anticipated financial position.

It also came after the ailing company’s proposed acquisition of rooftop solar company Vivint collapsed this month when Sun Edison couldn’t line up the financing necessary to complete the deal. One of the company’s subsidiaries, TerraForm Power, also said its annual report would be delayed. The company said it relies heavily on SunEdison’s bookkeeping.

SunEdison’s shares fell as much as 17% in regular trading but closed unchanged at $2.08.

TerraForm’s stock fell nearly 8% to $9.72.

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AMERICA’S MARKETS What to watch Adam Shell @adamshell USA TODAY

Wall Street is on the verge of erasing its worst start ever to a year after the Federal Reserve’s move to leave interest rates unchanged Wednesday sent two of the three major U.S. stock indexes to 2016 highs.

Stocks rallied when the Fed not only left interest rates unchanged a second consecutive meeting, but also scaled back its plans for hikes later this year — two quarter-point increases now vs. four previously.

The reaction lifted the Dow Jones industrial average 128 points, which brought it within 46 points of where it started the year, before the rally faded. At the close the Dow was up 74 points to 17,326, a 2016 high and down just

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0.6% from where it finished 2015.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index also set a high-water mark for 2016, finishing down 0.8% for the year.

Stocks have been in rally mode since mid-February. The gains have been driven by shrinking recession fears, rebounding oil prices and a belief that the Fed will not be as aggressive with rate hikes as originally believed following early-year market turbulence and slowing abroad.

5-day growth avg.: -3.97 James Stanley, a currency ana6-month avg.: -17.65 lyst at DailyFX, saysholding: the initial reLargest AAPL action across markets Most bought: didFBnot disappoint. Most sold: CPXX “The U.S. dollar weakness was a predominant theme as traders sold out of the dollar on the back of these lowered expectations from the Fed. This could be a positive for stocks as it assuages one of the primary risk factors facing global markets at present.”

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Expedia (EXPE) Dips early as fund manager sells.

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Allergan (AGN) Drops along with peers in suffering sector.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) Reverses early gain and hits year’s low.

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38.46 36.34 Silver (troy oz.)

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Burrito chain might stomach some more pain Q: Is Chipotle still dangerous for investors?

Matt Krantz

mkrantz@usatoday.com USA TODAY

A: Investors have been choking on Chipotle stock since last year.

Shares of the burrito chain have lost a third of their value in just six months amid food safety worries. These types of reputational issues can take years to recover from.

The lingering stain on the restaurant keeps giving investors reasons to worry.

Late Tuesday, Chipotle disclosed sales at locations open at least a year fell 26.1%.

The company also warned it likely will lose money, a dollar a share or more, in the current first quarter.

Seeing the company fall into the red was a surprise for investors, who pushed shares down more than $2 a share Wednesday to roughly $500. Some investors are betting consumers will forget the months of food safety concerns.

“Over the long term, margins and earnings are still expected to fully recover,” according to a note to clients from William Blair research analyst Sharon Zackfia. “We see the potential for dramatic stock appreciation the next 18 to 24 months.”

Shares still are 65% pricier than the market. Most analysts remain cautious, giving the stock an average rating of “hold” and calling for shares to be even lower, $490.44, in 18 months, S&P Global Market Intelligence says.

It might pay to wait.

Valeant investors likely to feel financial pinch for some time Kevin McCoy @kmccoynyc USA TODAY

Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International closed virtually unchanged Wednesday, but investors of the embattled drugmaker could continue to face financial pain.

After fluctuating between gains and losses, the stock finished the day up 3 cents at $33.54, following Tuesday’s worst-ever plunge that erased more than half of Valeant’s financial value. The overall 87% drop since the stock reached

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Valeant CEO J. Michael Pearson.

a high of $262.52 in early August means Valeant has a market value of roughly $11.4 billion, well below the Canada-based company’s $30.3 billion debt load.

Valeant CEO J. Michael Pearson said in a Tuesday conference

call with financial analysts that the firm will reduce its debt and consider selling non-core assets in an effort to steady the drugmaker’s finances and avert a newly disclosed bond default risk.

However, Pearson and other company officials predicted Valeant would pay down only $1.7 billion of the debt this year, well below the $2.25 billion projection issued in December.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Valeant’s rating further into junk bond territory, to B1 from Ba3, and said the rating remained under review for further reductions. The decision “re-

flects weaker growth in several core businesses” and other factors, said Michael Levesque, Moody’s Senior Vice President.

Other data raised questions about the value of some of the acquisitions that fueled Valeant’s rapid growth. The company agreed to buy Sprout Pharmaceuticals in August for $1 billion and predicted the North Carolinabased firm’s recently approved libido-boosting medication Addyi — the so-called female Viagra — would become a major seller. As recently as December, Valeant officials forecast sales of $100 million to $150 million during 2016.

But Tuesday, Valeant officials said the 2016 sales targets for the drug likely would not be met.

Morningstar Analyst Michael Waterhouse wrote the drugmaker is “likely to avoid a technical default” on its bonds.” But the outcome will hinge on Valeant’s ability to negotiate with lenders over the filing of a weeks-delayed annual report “and get it completed by April.”

Piper Jaffrey analyst David Amsellem said the company’s disclosures raised uncertainty.

“There really are concerns about the core businesses,” he told Bloomberg Television.

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You’re a girl. Your dreams stop here.’” — Michelle Obama, in an essay for Lena Dunham’s newsletter Lenny about Let Girls Learn, her initiative for global education for girls

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‘Passion’ for live musicals is heating up MICHAEL BECKER, FOX

Fox adaptation has an unpredictable New Orleans twist Patrick Ryan USA TODAY

Chris Daughtry wasn’t always feeling The Passion.

The rocker will play Jesus’ disciple Judas in Fox’s modern retelling of the last days of Christ, airing live from New Orleans on Sunday (8 p.m. ET/PT delayed).

But as someone who’s not a fan of musicals, the concept didn’t grab him initially.

“I’ve always had a desire to act, but musicals (weren’t) one of the things I wanted to be in,” says Daughtry, an American Idol alum.

It was only after he realized it wouldn’t be another swords-andsandals take on the Jesus story that he was game to give it a go. “I thought it was really cool that it wasn’t going to have that aesthetic at all, which makes it more relevant and compelling.”

Daughtry will appear alongside a star-studded cast including country singer Trisha Yearwood as Mary, Seal as Pontius Pilate and Prince Royce as disciple Peter. Telenovela’s Jencarlos Canela will play the Messiah, and Tyler Perry will narrate the two-hour

VIRGINIA SHERWOOD, NBC

NBC’s The Wiz Live aired in December and featured Elijah Kelley, Ne-Yo, David Alan Grier and Shanice Williams.

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event, which follows Fox’s first live musical, Grease Live!, which aired less than two months ago.

Passion is adapted from a Dutch franchise of the same name. In its first U.S. incarnation, New Orleans stands in for contemporary Jerusalem, cast members wear modern dress, and

current pop songs help drive the narrative. When Judas betrays Jesus, for example, the two duet on Imagine Dragons’ emotional hit Demons.

“The lyrics are so eerily perfect that it almost feels as if that song was written for that moment,” executive producer Mark Bracco says.

Unlike Grease Live! (taped on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, Calif.) and NBC’s crop of live musicals (filmed on a soundstage in

Long Island, N.Y.), Passion will air directly from the streets of New Orleans. Landmarks including the French Quarter are settings for musical numbers, and Duncan Plaza is the starting point of Jesus’ procession through the city, carrying a 20-foot-tall cross and swarmed by onlookers. That unpredictability is “what’s great about live television,” Bracco says.

If all goes well, Bracco hopes to bring Passion back year after year.

Its success will be “heavily dependent on what’s happening on social (media), specifically Twitter,” says Samantha Rose, VP, director of national TV at ad-buying firm Horizon Media.

For its initial 8-11 p.m. ET broadcast in January, Grease Live! garnered nearly 1.4 million tweets, according to marketing technology company Amobee.

Those translated to what Nielsen ratings reported as an average of 12.2 million same-day viewers — above NBC’s The Wiz Live (11.5 million) and Peter Pan Live (9.2 million) but still far below The Sound of Music Live starring Carrie Underwood, which netted 18.6 million in 2013.

Ratings “have plateaued, but it’s still about double what networks are getting traditionally,” Rose says. And with NBC’s Hairspray Live in the pipeline for December, TV musicals are “here to stay for at least a little while.”

MOVIES

‘Allegiant’ no more? YA brand is getting old Studios grasping for the next big ‘Hunger Games’ MATT WINKELMEYER, GETTY IMAGES

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Brian Truitt USA TODAY

Back in the heyday of the Twilight saga and the early hubbub of The Hunger Games films, movie fans were allegiant to the youngadult genre that took their beloved best-selling novels and put them on the big screen. But things have gone a, well, divergent path since then.

In January, The 5th Wave launched a potential sci-fi series with heroine Cassie (played by Chloë Grace Moretz) but gathered only a tepid $34 million total at the box office. The Divergent Series: Allegiant arrives Friday as the third movie in its quadrilogy starring Shailene Woodley as heroine Tris, but it hasn’t been the next big thing — neither the hauls of 2014’s Divergent ($151 million) or 2015’s Insurgent ($130.2 million) could match even the opening weekend of 2012’s first Hunger Games ($152.5 million).

Factor in last year’s John Green adaptation Paper Towns ($32 million total) compared with 2014’s

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The final Divergent book is split into two films. Allegiant, starring Theo James and Shailene Woodley, opens Friday.

The Fault in Our Stars ($124.9 million), and the kids aren’t all right with their cinema fare.

It’s apparent there’s a lot of repetition, especially with the Divergent movies, says Mike Ryan, senior writer at the entertainment site Uproxx. “After The Hunger Games, audiences have now seen the ‘dystopian future can be saved by one very special person’ story,” Ryan says. “A lot of the offshoots feel derivative.”

Also not helping: splitting the third books in the series in half — for Divergent, that means Alle-

giant this year and Ascendant in 2017. Even The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 underperformed last fall “because people caught on they are paying twice for an inferior and diluted product,” Ryan says.

That hasn’t stopped studios from optioning teen-friendly novels such as Pierce Brown’s Red Rising sci-fi books, Samantha Shannon’s supernaturally tinged The Bone Season and Sabaa Tahir’s fantasy An Ember In the Ashes. Coming later this year is Tim Burton’s adaptation of Ransom

Riggs’ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Sept. 30), plus Let It Snow (Dec. 9), based on a short-story collection by Green and others.

One way to right the YA genre is to find out kids’ wants and interests, rather than just having “a guy in a back room like, ‘This’ll be a big movie!’ ” Paul Dergarabedian says. “Maybe go to social media and get innovative with how you’re developing projects that are aimed at that very fickle, very hard-to-pin-down audience.”

Getting older actors involved also helps broaden the fan base, he says: Hunger Games gave Julianne Moore and Donald Sutherland major roles, and the Divergent movies have added Octavia Spencer and, with Allegiant, Jeff Daniels. However, Dergarabedian says, “it has to come from a genuine place in order to resonate with an audience that can smell inauthenticity a mile away.”

Or it could be as easy as finding a new wrinkle that gets people talking, says Jeff Bock, box office analyst for Exhibitor Relations.

“The dystopia thing is done,” he says. “It’s going to take something that’s fresh, and maybe it comes from a brand-new author on Amazon trying to sell it themselves right now.”

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY FORWARD JAMARI TRAYLOR, FOURTH FROM LEFT, AND THE JAYHAWKS REACT AFTER TRAYLOR BROKE A FIXED CAMERA on the shot clock while attempting a halfcourt shot during practice on Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. KU will open the NCAA Tournament against Austin Peay at 3 p.m. today.

Mason, Jayhawks raring to get started in NCAAs

By Gary Bedore

NCAA OPENER

gbedore@ljworld.com

Who: No. 16 seed Austin Peay (18-17) vs. No. 1 seed Kansas (30-4) When: 3 p.m. today Where: Des Moines, Iowa TV: TNT (WOW! chs.

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Des Moines, Iowa — Still standing after playing a team-leading 1,131 minutes in Kansas University’s 34 basketball games, Frank Mason III took inventory of his current aches and pains Wednesday in Wells Fargo Arena.

“I’m feeling good. My hip is a little sore. My foot is a little sore. I’m continuing to get treatment. It’s getting better,” said the 5-foot-11, 185-pound junior guard from

Petersburg, Va., who deems himself physically fit for today’s 3 p.m., NCAA South Regional opener against Austin Peay.

“Coach really wants me out there. My teammates really need me out there.

Whatever it takes to keep everyone happy and give us the best chance to win, I’m willing to do,” added Mason.

He — some might say miraculously — played 38 minutes in Saturday’s 81-71 Big 12 tournament title victory over West Virginia despite suffering a severe bone

bruise in his left foot during his 34-minute stint Friday against Baylor.

Mason’s right hip, which has bothered him off and on for some time now, hasn’t cut into his 33.3-minute-pergame average.

It also hasn’t affected his willingness to take the ball to the hoop, where he’s often knocked to the floor by opposing big men.

And it hasn’t lessened his desire to jump on loose basketballs whenever possession is in doubt.

Does Mason ever watch

Jayhawks note presidential pick

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

Des Moines, Iowa — President Barack Obama, who last correctly picked the national champion (North Carolina) in his first year in office, says Kansas University will win the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

Obama, who also made KU his pick in 2010 and 2011, of course, is in his last year in office.

KU coach Bill Self said he was not aware of the pick until Wednesday morning.

“I wasn’t that giddy about it at all,” Self said. “He’s done that before, and then he will blame me for ruining his pool if things don’t work out.

contest — says Mason only knows how to play one way: fearlessly.

“He doesn’t fall as much as he does in games,” Graham said of Mason in practice sessions. “He definitely flies in there to the paint and finishes. You can’t really explain it. People think he’s so small. When he goes in there, it’s like, ‘What is he doing?’ He’s strong. He can finish above 6-10, 7-foot.

The things he does in his body is pretty amazing.”

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“I think it’s fine. This is a unique year for us going into the tournament because I feel like we’re whole for the first time in a while, so I’m excited about it. I’m fine with anybody picking us or not picking us. I know none of that matters at all, but I know our guys are champing at the bit to go play,” Self added.

KU guard Devonté Graham said: “That is cool. He’s a basketball guy. He knows KANSAS FORWARD CHEICK DIALLO GOES what he’s talking about. THROUGH HIS LEGS for a dunk during practice Hopefully we can make that Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena. happen for him.”

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replays of times he has been knocked down but not out?

“I don’t,” Mason said. “I hear it from the fans, my teammates, things like that.

They’re always saying I’m on the floor. It’s the only thing I really hear,” added Mason, who laughed and said, “no,” when asked if he ever wears football equipment at practice for protection.

Mason’s backcourt partner — Devonté Graham, who, by the way, is right behind Mason in minutes played at 1,108, or 32.6 per

Des Moines, Iowa — Nobody on Kansas University’s roster needed this basketball season to start in July instead of the customary November more than junior guard Wayne Selden Jr., even if it meant flying all the way to South Korea to cleanse the stench of another premature March exit.

“It was great being able to turn around and play so soon as a group,” Selden said from the chair in front of his locker at Wells Fargo Arena, site of KU’s firstround NCAA Tournament game today vs. Austin Peay State University. “It was great for us because right then and there, we were so down, we were so expired.

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We needed something, and we took advantage of it.”

Selden took advantage of the World University Games so well that he earned MVP honors in leading to a gold medal Team USA, a roster made up of all Kansas players and two additions.

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FRIDAY AMERICAN FOOTBALL COMING CONFERENCE

TWO-DAY

• Complete coverage of Kansas University’s NCAA basketball opener against Austin Peay EAST

SPORTS CALENDAR

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY

TODAY • Men’s basketball vs. Austin Peay in NCAA Tournament in Des Moines, NORTH Iowa, 3 p.m.

FRIDAY • Softball vs. Minnesota and UMKC, 2 p.m.

• Tennis vs. Texas, 4 p.m.

• Baseball at Stanford, 9 p.m.

• Men’s golf at Desert Shootout • Swimming, NCAA at Atlanta

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NBAEASTroundup

The Associated Press

Cavaliers 99, Mavericks 98 Cleveland — Kyrie Irving scored 33 points and made a key steal in the closing seconds, leading Cleveland —without resting LeBron James — past Dallas on Wednesday night.

James was given the night off by coach Tyronn Lue as part of his plans to keep Cleveland’s starters fresh for the playoffs. The Cavs hardly missed their star until the Mavericks stormed back from an 18-point deficit in the fourth quarter.

Dallas had several chances to take the lead, but the Mavericks missed two open threepointers and had a costly turnover before Irving swiped a pass intended for Dirk Nowitzki with 2.9 seconds left. Irving was fouled and made two free throws before Dallas’ Deron Williams hit a three-pointer at the final horn to conclude a frenzied finish.

DALLAS (98) Matthews 1-4 3-3 5, Parsons 3-9 0-0 6, Nowitzki 7-17 5-6 20, D.Williams 1-5 1-2 4, Felton 3-6 0-0 6, Lee 8-11 4-4 20, Harris 2-6 0-0 6, Barea 7-10 0-0 17, Anderson 1-4 2-2 4, Powell 1-1 0-0 2, Pachulia 3-6 2-2 8. Totals 37-79 17-19 98.

CLEVELAND (99) Shumpert 1-2 0-0 2, Love 8-19 5-6 23, Thompson 0-2 0-0 0, Irving 13-28 4-4 33, Smith 6-17 0-0 13, Jefferson 2-5 1-1 6, Dellavedova 4-8 0-1 8, Frye 5-7 1-1 14. Totals 39-88 11-13 99.

Dallas 28 23 17 30 — 98 Cleveland 31 26 27 15 — 99 3-Point Goals-Dallas 7-22 (Barea 3-3, Harris 2-3, D.Williams 1-2, Nowitzki 1-6, Anderson 0-1, Felton 0-2, Matthews 0-2, Parsons 0-3), Cleveland 10-36 (Frye 3-5, Irving 3-9, Love 2-6, Jefferson 1-4, Smith 1-8, Dellavedova 0-4).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Dallas 38 (Harris 6), Cleveland 57 (Love 18). Assists-Dallas 24 (Parsons 10), Cleveland 21 (Dellavedova 7).

Total Fouls-Dallas 18, Cleveland 19. A-20,562 (20,562).

Bulls 117, Wizards 96 Washington — Finally playing as if their chance at a playoff berth was on the line, which it is, Washington picked up its second consecutive lopsided victory over a team just ahead of it in the standings, beating Derrick Rose and Chicago behind John Wall’s triple-double.

Wall, an All-Star point guard, produced 29 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, outplaying Rose, who returned after missing two games because of a strained left groin and finished with 16 points and four assists.

CHICAGO (96) Dunleavy 0-4 0-0 0, Mirotic 3-6 0-0 7, Gibson 1-4 1-1 3, Rose 7-19 2-2 16, Butler 4-12 9-11 17, Portis 3-8 2-2 8, McDermott 6-10 5-5 20, Moore 1-4 0-0 2, Holiday 6-10 0-0 13, Felicio 1-4 0-0 2, Brooks 3-6 1-2 8, Snell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-87 20-23 96.

WASHINGTON (117) Porter 5-9 1-2 14, Morris 5-8 0-0 11, Nene 4-7 4-8 12, Wall 11-19 5-6 29, Beal 7-17 5-5 20, Hickson 0-3 2-2 2, Temple 5-8 0-0 15, Dudley 1-3 0-0 2, Gortat 4-9 1-1 9, Sessions 0-4 0-0 0, Thornton 1-1 0-0 3, Oubre Jr. 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-88 18-24 117.

Chicago 25 27 22 22 — 96 Washington 32 31 29 25 — 117 3-Point Goals-Chicago 6-20 (McDermott 3-6, Brooks 1-2, Holiday 1-2, Mirotic 1-3, Portis 0-1, Rose 0-1, Butler 0-2, Dunleavy 0-3), Washington 13-21 (Temple 5-6, Porter 3-4, Wall 2-3, Thornton 1-1, Morris 1-2, Beal 1-3, Dudley 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Chicago 49 (Butler, Holiday, Felicio 6), Washington 57 (Wall 10). Assists-Chicago 20 (Rose 4), Washington 25 (Wall 12). Total Fouls-Chicago 20, Washington 19. Technicals-Washington defensive three second. Flagrant Fouls-Beal.

A-19,556 (20,308).

Hornets 107, Magic 99 Charlotte, N.C. — Marvin Williams and Nicolas Batum each scored 26 points, and Charlotte beat Orlando to finish its homestand with a 6-1 record.

Williams added nine rebounds and four three-pointers, while Batum had nine assists and seven rebounds for the Hornets, who have won 14 of their last 17. Cody Zeller had his fourth double-double of the season with 13 points and 13 rebounds.

STANDINGS

How former Jayhawks fared

straight points to stop the rally.

Andrew Wiggins had 16 points for the Timberwolves, while Gorgui Dieng and Ricky Rubio added 15 points each. Rubio added 11 assists.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 45 21 .682 — Boston 39 29 .574 7 Cole Aldrich, L.A. Clippers New York 28 41 .406 18½ Min: 10. Pts: 2. Reb: 0. Ast: 1.

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W L Pct GB 5-8 8-9 18, Rubio 3-6 7-8 15, LaVine 11-19 0-0 28, Min: 4. Pts: 0. Reb: 3. Ast: 2.

Miami 39 28 .582 — Jones 3-4 4-6 10, Smith 2-4 0-0 4, Prince 2-4 2-2 Atlanta 39 29 .574 ½ 6, Muhammad 1-5 0-2 2. Totals 40-71 24-31 114.

FRIDAY Charlotte 38 29 .567 1 MEMPHIS (108) Drew Gooden, Washington Washington 32 35 .478 7 • Baseball vs. Warrensburg (2), Barnes 6-21 1-3 14, Green 7-17 3-4 18, Hollins Orlando 29 38 .433 10 Did not play (coach’s decision) 6-8 0-0 12, Weber 6-13 0-0 12, Allen 4-9 2-2 1 p.m.

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W L Pct GB 0-2, Allen 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Reboundsy-San Antonio 57 10 .851 — Minnesota 43 (Towns 10), Memphis 56 Ben McLemore, Sacramento Memphis 39 29 .574 18½ MINNESOTA TWINS CHICAGO WHITE SOX KANSAS CITY ROYALS CLEVELAND INDIANS (Stephenson 11). Assists-Minnesota 31 DETROIT TIGERS Did not play (broken finger) Houston 34 34 .500 23½ (Rubio 22 (Stephenson 7). Total AL WEST 11), Memphis BOSTON RED SOX NEW YORK YANKEES TAMPA BAY RAYS TORONTO BLUE JAYS Dallas 34 34 .500 BALTIMORE 23½ ORIOLESFouls-Minnesota 20, Memphis 21. TechnicalsNew Orleans 25 42 .373 32 AL CENTRAL Minnesota defensive three second. A-16,588 Marcus Morris, Detroit Northwest Division TODAY (18,119).

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New Orleans 33 41 24 25 — 123 ond. A-16,148 (19,077).

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New Orleans 49 (Davis 14), Sacramento 45 Big Ten tournament 7:30p.m. BTN 147,237 (Cousins 12). Assists-New Orleans 26 (Frazier quarters, helping Oklahoma 9), Sacramento 23 (Cousins, Curry 5). Total ATLANTA (118) City beat Boston.

Bazemore 5-9 3-4 15, Millsap 6-15 1-3 13, Fouls-New Orleans 14, Sacramento 18. Soccer Time Net Cable Russell Westbrook scored 24 Horford 9-15 1-2 21, Teague 4-10 12-13 22, A-17,086 (17,317).

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Ath. Bilbao 1 p.m. FS2 153 points and 12 rebounds for the 4-4 18, Scott 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 39-89 28-34 118.

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California v. Hawaii 1 p.m. TBS 51, 251 56 (Horford 11), Detroit 56 (Drummond 18). 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 36-91 6-10 85.

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205,213 4-5 14, Olynyk 1-7 6-7 8, Turner 2-6 0-0 4, Young 0-0 19, Barbosa 2-5 3-3 7, Speights 4-8 2-2 13, 0-3 0-0 0, Zeller 5-9 6-6 16, Clarke 0-0 0-0 0, (22,076).

2:10p.m. truTV 48, 248 Livingston 1-2 0-0 2, Rush 3-8 0-0 7, Varejao 2-3 Iowa v. Temple Rozier 1-3 2-2 5, Hunter 1-3 0-0 3, Mickey 2-3 1-1 0-1 4, Clark 2-3 0-0 4, McAdoo 3-4 0-0 7. Totals Okla. v. CSU Bakersfield 3 p.m. TNT 45, 245 5. Totals 40-93 24-27 109.

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(Anthony 6), Golden State 32 (Green 10). Total Total Fouls-Oklahoma City 24, Boston 22. 108-104 with 1:12 remaining Fouls-New York 11, Golden State 13. A-19,596 Notre Dame v. Michigan 8:40p.m. CBS 5, 13, Technicals-Durant. A-18,624 (18,624). but then Towns scored four (19,596).

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LHS spring teams have high hopes vitational at 4 p.m. on March 24.

By Bobby Nightengale bnightengale@ljworld.com

There’s a lot of optimism around Lawrence High’s spring sports teams this season. One team is looking to defend its state title, and others have been building toward their big goals.

The baseball team will begin play this weekend, and most teams are less than a week away from starting their seasons.

Here is a look at what all of the Lions’ programs expect out of the upcoming year:

Track Lawrence High’s girls track and field team won a state championship last season, but senior Kyleigh Severa is the only returner who scored points at the state meet, winning the school’s third-straight 4x400 relay title and finishing second in the long jump.

Along with Severa, the Lions are hoping to get strong contributions from senior Caroline Dykes and junior sprinter Myah Yoder.

For the boys, the Lions are led by senior sprinters JD Woods and J’Mony Bryant and thrower Amani Bledsoe. Woods was runner-up in the 100 meter dash last season.

Coach Jack Hood noted the Lions will be led by their seniors, but they have a strong freshman class.

“Lots of new kids,” Hood said. “We like what we have seen out of them so far. We won’t know for sure until we start to compete.”

The Lions open in the Topeka West Invitational on March 24.

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FROM LEFT, MEGAN WILLIAMS (SOFTBALL), KYLEIGH SEVERA (GIRLS TRACK) JD WOODS (BOYS TRACK), Daonte Lowery (baseball), Elaine Harris (girls soccer) and Taylor Schoepf (girls swimming) will help lead Lawrence High spring sports teams.

stater Sophie Taylor, Audrina Hidalgo, Amber Flummerfelt, Sami Mills and Megan Williams.

Along with the seniors, the Lions return juniors Annie Grammer, Rhi Emerson and Sydney O’Brien, and sophomores Darian Chamberlain, Zoe Brewer and Morgan Husman.

After posting a 12-10 record last season, thirdyear coach Joe Dee Tarbutton said he hopes to see big seasons from Grace Neilson, Kampbell Kilburn and Chloe Taylor, and the biggest challenge will be finding more depth with their pitching.

Lawrence will play Topeka Seaman in its season-opening doubleheadSoftball er at 4:15 p.m. on March After Lawrence won its 25 at home. first regional game since 2011, the softball team Baseball Last season, Lawrence hopes it can make more High’s baseball team had strides this season.

The Lions will be led by a 7-14 record, including a large group of seniors, nine losses by two runs including first-team all- or less.

The Lions are confident they will have a more successful season, led by seniors Daonte Lowery (left-handed pitcher and outfielder), Ivan Hollins (catcher), Brad Kincaid (infielder and right-handed pitcher) and Luke Padia (outfielder). Senior infielder and right-handed pitcher Parker Kirkpatrick also returns after missing last season because of arm surgery.

“Tremendous leadership and toughness in the senior class,” 11th-year coach Brad Stoll said.

“Good depth with the junior and sophomore classes.”

The Lions will travel to Arkansas to play Springdale Har-Ber at 5 p.m. Friday and Shiloh Christian at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Boys golf Fresh off the school’s first regional title since 2003 and finishing 11th at the Class 6A state tournament, Lawrence’s boys

Foyle fuels KU past Murray St.

Murray State 311 003 000 — 8 9 2 Kansas 010 423 13x — 14 14 2 W — Sam Gilbert (1-1). L — Sheldon Baxter (0-1).

Save — Stephen Villines (3).

2B — Joven Afenir, Colby Wright, Devin Foyle, Joe Moroney, KU. 3B — Adam Bauer, MS. HR — Ramsey Scott (6), MS; Foyle (1), KU. KU highlights — Matt McLaughlin 4-for-6, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Foyle 3-for-4, 2 runs, 5 RBIs; Wright 1-for-2, 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Moroney 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs.

Kansas’ Formby baffles Creighton Omaha, Neb. — Kansas University sophomore Andie Formby pitched a onehitter and extended her scoreless streak to 262⁄3 innings, and the Jayhawks blanked Creighton, 6-0, in

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY’S OWEN TAYLOR, CENTER, is congratulated by teammates Michael Tinsley, left, and Sean Rackoski after scoring against Murray State. KU won, 14-8, on Wednesday at Hoglund Ballpark. nonconference softball on Wednesday at Creighton Sports Complex.

Formby struck out seven and walked none.

Sophomore catcher Harli Ridling and senior shortstop Chaley Brickey homered for the Jayhawks (16-9).

“Again, we are getting lots of runners on base and still leaving too many on, but overall today was great,” KU coach Megan Smith said. “We continued to apply pressure and had some clutch hits. Harli got things started with a big home run, and Chaley followed it up, but I was more proud of the seventh inning because I felt like we had multiple quality at-bats back-to-back. We put a lot of pressure on them and had some good things going on in the seventh.”

KU will host the Rock Chalk Challenge Friday through Sunday. KU will open against Minnesota at 2 p.m. Friday.

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Girls swimming Lawrence’s girls swimming and diving team finished fourth in the Sunflower League and eighth at state last season but lost a lot of its point scorers.

Fortunately, the Lions

Royals roll past Cubs

BRIEFLY Devin Foyle went 3-for4 and drove in five runs, and Kansas University’s baseball team hammered Murray State, 14-8, on Wednesday at Hoglund Ballpark.

Matt McLaughlin was 4-for-6 with two RBIs, and Joe Moroney went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Foyle singled, doubled and homered. His home run was KU’s first insidethe-park homer since 2009.

“That was not the way I was expecting my first career home run to be like,” Foyle said. “My teammates in the dugout asked me if I thought I was going to be this tired after my first college home run.

I didn’t think (assistant coach) Ritchie Price was going to send me, so I was surprised when he did.”

The Jayhawks (7-8) will travel to Palo Alto, Calif., for a three-game series with Stanford beginning Friday night.

golf team has high hopes for this season.

The Lions return their top four golfers from last year: seniors Dawson Dykes and Braxton Olson and juniors Cole Brungardt and Garrett Wildeman.

“We need all four veterans to improve over last year and hope a couple of the young kids step up,” coach Dirk Wedd said.

Sophomore Joe Mandigo and junior Thomas Taber are expected to compete for spots in the varsity rotation.

Lawrence kicks off the season on March 30 in the Shawnee Mission South Invitational at Deer Creek.

W — Andie Formby (8-1). L — Sydnee Eck (9-5).

2B — Shannon McGinley 2, KU. HR — Chaley Brickey (6), Harli Ridling (5), KU. KU highlights — Ridling 2-for-4, 3 RBIs, 1 run; Brickey 2-for-3, 2 RBIs, 1 run; Erin McGinley 1-for-4, RBI, run; Shannon McGinley 2-for-3, 2 runs; Taylor McElhaney 1-for-2, 1 run; Formby allowed 1 hits, 0 walks, struck out 7 in 7 innings.

Rychagova earns Big 12 honor Kansas University freshman Anastasiya Rychagova was named the Big 12 Conference women’s tennis player of the week on Wednesday afternoon, the league office announced. Rychagova, ranked 69th in the ITA singles rankings, helped KU defeat Baylor, Tulane and Houston. She went 2-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles.

Correction The NCAA Tournament bracket in the Monday Journal-World’s tournament special section incorrectly described the times listed. The times in that bracket were correct for the Central time zone.

Surprise, Ariz. (ap) — Chris Young pitched four scoreless innings, and Christian Colon snapped an 0-for-23 skid with his first two hits as the Kansas City Royals topped the Chicago Cubs, 10-0, on Wednesday.

Young, who pitched out of a bases-loaded one-out jam in the fourth, allowed two hits, walked two and struck out five.

Colon, who had not had a hit since his RBI single in the 12th inning of Game 5 of the World Series, doubled in the fifth and singled in the seventh.

BOX SCORE Royals 10, Cubs 0 Chicago Kansas City

ab r h bi ab r h bi Zobrist 2b 3 0 1 0 A.Escobar ss 3 1 1 0 Alcantara 2b 1 0 0 0 Barmes ss 2 0 1 2 A.Russell ss 2 0 1 0 Moustakas 3b 3 0 2 1 J.Vosler pr-3b 2 0 0 0 C.Decker 1b 2 0 1 1 Bryant 3b 3 0 0 0 L.Cain cf 2 0 0 0 M.Parra p 0 0 0 0 Merrif’d rf-cf 3 1 1 0 Contreras c 1 0 0 0 Hosmer 1b 3 0 1 0 M.Montero c 1 0 1 0 D.Coleman 3b 1 1 1 2 T.Davis 1b 1 0 1 0 K.Morales dh 3 0 1 0 Soler lf 3 0 0 0 Calixte ph-dh 1 1 1 0 J.Perez rf 1 0 0 0 S.Perez c 2 0 0 0 J.Baez cf 3 0 1 0 P.Morin c 2 1 1 0 Almora pr-cf 1 0 1 0 C.Colon 2b 3 1 2 0 Guzman 1b 3 0 1 0 Mondesi 2b 1 2 1 0 Edwards Jr. p 0 0 0 0 Orlando rf-cf 2 0 0 0 H.Rondon p 0 0 0 0 Snider ph-rf 1 1 0 0 J.Candelario ph 1 0 0 0 Fuentes lf 3 1 2 4 J.Andreoli rf-lf 3 0 1 0 Gore lf 1 0 0 0 Lackey p 2 0 0 0 Negron ss 2 0 0 0 Totals 33 0 8 0 Totals 38 10 16 10 Chicago 000 000 000— 0 Kansas City 001 010 35x—10 DP-Chicago 2, Kansas City 1. LOB-Chicago 11, Kansas City 5. 2B-Zobrist (2), C.Colon (1). 3B-A. Escobar (1). HR-D.Coleman (1), Fuentes (2).

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Lackey L,0-1 5 6 2 2 0 4 M.Parra 1 1 0 0 0 1 Edwards Jr. 1 2 3 3 1 1 H.Rondon 1 7 5 5 0 3 Kansas City Young W,1-1 4 2 0 0 2 5 Soria 1 0 0 0 0 2 Hochevar 1 1 0 0 1 1 Duensing 0 2 0 0 1 0 Huff 2 1 0 0 0 0 Lannan 1 2 0 0 1 0 PB-M.Montero.

Umpires-Home, Stu Scheurwater; First, Adrian Johnson; Second, Todd Tichenor.

T-2:41. A-11,076 (10,714).

return junior Mary ReedWeston, the league’s 100 breaststroke champion from last year and a lot of talent.

“Good group of incoming freshmen should have an immediate impact,” 10th-year coach Kent McDonald said. “We also have several divers who should help the team this year. Even though we lost most of our league and state scorers from last year, we do have a number of returners who will contribute to the team’s success.”

The Lions bring back Chandler Sells, Meredith Von Feldt, Vanessa Hernandez, Chisato Kimura, Taylor Schoepf and diver Ashley Ammann.

McDonald also hopes to get contributions this season from Jamie Abernathy, Madelyn Dean, Emily Guo, Morgan Jones, Eden Kingery, Rachel Nikolov, Jillian Wilson and Brooke Wroten.

The Lions will compete in the Emporia In-

Girls soccer Lawrence High’s girls soccer team welcomes its fifth coach in eight seasons this year, Matthew McCune, and the Lions hope to bring in a new era of success.

“We are starting fresh with something new, and there seems to be quality senior leadership as well as a desire to improve and compete,” McCune said.

The Lions, who finished 4-13 last season, return senior midfielder/ defender Elaine Harris, junior midfielder/forward Skylar Drum and freshman forward Maria Duncan. They also hope to get a boost from freshman forward Anna Chieu.

Lawrence opens with two homes games next week, beginning with Pembroke Hill (Mo.) at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Boys tennis Last season, Lawrence High’s boys tennis team had a young lineup and sent one player to state.

The Lions hope they can make big steps forward this season.

The Lions return senior Elliott Abromeit, who was 12th at state in singles last season, Zach Bowie, Jonathan Kinder and Sam Allen. Kinder and Allen will likely be among the top doubles pairings, along with Brendan Conner and Austin Butell.

“Elliott Abromeit has worked very hard at improving his game the past three seasons, and I am looking forward to see what he can do in his senior season,” seventhyear coach Chris Marshall said.

Marshall added the Lions have more than 30 players this season, which will help out with depth.

The Lions start in the Emporia Tournament on March 29.

OUR TOWN SPORTS Orchards Ladies: The Orchards Ladies Golf Club will hold its preseason meeting at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, March 19, at the Orchards Golf Course, 3000 Bob Billings Pkwy.

OLGC is a nine-hole league that plays either Thursday evenings or Friday mornings. New members of all skill levels are welcome.

For information call Barb Trouslot at 785-766-1046. l

Aquatics open house: The Ad Astra Area Aquatics Team open house will be 6 p.m. March 30-31 at the Indoor Aquatic Center.

Offering 1-day and 2-day-aweek swim groups. Questions, call 785-331-6950, l

Swim lessons: Swim lesson enrollment begins April 4 for Lawrence Swim School, LLC. Two-week sessions in June and July.

Classes at 9:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Eight lessons for $80.

Enroll at lawrenceswimschool.org. Questions, call 785-331-6950 l

Alavmar golf: The Alvamar Ladies Golf League officers are hosting an informational social at 6 p.m.

March 21. All women in the area interested in playing 9 holes of league play each week on the Championship Course at Alvamar are invited to attend. This league is open to the public.

Let us know Do you have a camp or a tournament or a sign-up session on tap?

How about someone who turned in a noteworthy performance? We’d like you to tell us about it. Mail it to Our Town Sports, Journal-World, Box 888, Lawrence 66044, fax it to 785 8434512, e-mail to sportsdesk@ljworld.com or call 832-7147.

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Horseshoes anyone?: Anyone interested in pitching horseshoes is welcome at 7 p.m. every Thursday at Broken Arrow. Contact Wynne at 843-8450. l

Basketball lessons: Gary Hammer offers l private and small group Basketball clinic: basketball lessons. Ham4SQUAREATHLETICS will mer is the P.E. teacher and be conducting its “4Square- a coach at Veritas Christian FOCUS Goal 10,000,” a School. Affordable prices five-session basketball and excellent instruction! shooting clinic beginning Contact Gary at gjhamApril 4 at Seabury Academy mer@sunflower.com or gym. Three age groups: 5-9: call 785-841-1800.

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NCAA TOURNAMENT

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Tuesday

Tuesday

11 Vanderbilt 50

16 FGCU 96

S 11 Wichita St. 70 First Round

Spokane, Wash.

Providence, R.I. Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sweet 16

Sweet 16

16 Austin Peay (18-17) Mar. 19

8 Colorado (22-11)

Mar. 20

4 California (22-10)

5 Indiana (25-7)

Thurs., 6:10 p.m.

12 Chattanooga (29-5) Mar. 19

Houston

Fri., 1 p.m

April 2

13 Hawaii (27-5)

6 Notre Dame (21-11) Fri., 8:40 p.m.

Mar. 27

Mar. 26

11 Wichita St. (25-8)

Thurs., 8:40 p.m.

Philadelphia

Louisville, Ky.

Thurs., 8:20 p.m.

11 Michigan (23-12)

Mar. 19

3 Miami (25-7)

4 Kentucky (26-8) 13 Stony Brook (26-6)

EAST

SOUTH

6 Arizona (25-8)

8 USC (21-12)

Thurs., 8:50 p.m.

Final Four

12 So. Dakota St. (26-7)

1 North Carolina (28-6)

9 Providence (23-10) Mar. 25

Fri., 3:30 p.m.

March 17-18

Thurs., 6:20 p.m.

March 26-27

Mar. 24

5 Maryland (25-8)

First Round

16 FGCU (21-13) Mar. 19

Elite Eight

March 26-27

9 UConn (24-10)

March 19-20

March 24-25

Elite Eight

Thurs., 12:30 p.m.

Second Round

Mar. 20

Thurs., 5:50 p.m.

3 West Virginia (26-8) Fri., 6:10 p.m.

14 Buffalo (24-14)

14 SF Austin (27-5) Mar. 24

7 Iowa (21-10)

Mar. 25

National Championship

Fri., 2:10 p.m.

10 Temple (21-11) Mar. 20

2 Villanova (29-5)

Fri., 5:50 p.m.

10 Pittsburgh (21-11) Mar. 20

April 4

Fri., 11:40 a.m.

15 UNC Asheville (22-11)

7 Wisconsin (20-12)

2 Xavier (27-5) Fri., 8:20 p.m.

15 Weber State (26-8)

1 Oregon (28-6)

1 Virginia (26-7)

16 Holy Cross (15-19)

16 Hampton (21-10)

Fri., 6:27 p.m.

8 Saint Joseph’s (27-7)

Thurs., 2:10 p.m.

Mar. 19

Mar. 20

Fri., 8:57 p.m.

Thurs., 11:40 a.m.

9 Cincinnati (22-10)

9 Butler (21-10) Mar. 24

5 Baylor (22-11)

Mar. 25

5 Purdue (26-8)

Thurs., 1:45 p.m.

Thurs., 3:30 p.m.

12 Little Rock (27-4) Mar. 19

Mar. 19

Thurs. 11:15 a.m.

Thurs., 1 p.m.

13 UNC Wilm. (25-7)

WEST

6 Texas (20-12)

Mar. 27

Thurs., 8:57 p.m.

11 Gonzaga (26-7) Mar. 19

All times CDT

Thurs., 6:27 p.m.

14 Green Bay (23-12)

14 Fresno St. (25-9) Mar. 24

7 Oregon St. (19-12)

Mar. 25

7 Dayton (25-7)

10 VCU (24-10)

10 Syracuse (19-13) Mar. 20

Mar. 20

2 Michigan St. (29-5)

St. Louis

Fri., 11:15 a.m.

Fri., 12:30 p.m.

2 Oklahoma (25-7)

3 Utah (26-8)

Denver

Mar. 20

Fri., 6:20 p.m.

6 Seton Hall (25-8)

Chicago

Mar. 26

11 No. Iowa (22-12)

13 Iona (22-10)

MIDWEST

Anaheim, Calif.

Fri., 8:50 p.m.

3 Texas A&M (26-8)

4 Iowa State (21-11)

Denver

12 Yale (22-6)

4 Duke (23-10)

8 Texas Tech (19-12)

Raleigh, N.C.

Spokane, Wash.

Men’s Division I Basketball Championship March 24-25

Thurs., 3 p.m.

W

16 Southern U. 55

St. Louis

Providence, R.I.

E

11 Tulsa 62

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Oklahoma City

Wednesday

16 Holy Cross 59

Des Moines, Iowa

Oklahoma City

1 Kansas (30-4)

March 19-20

March 15-16 Dayton, Ohio

Wednesday

11 Michigan 67

Raleigh, N.C.

Des Moines, Iowa

March 17-18

Second Round

E 16 FDU 65

First Four

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Fri., 3 p.m.

15 CSU Bakersfield (24-8)

15 Middle Tenn. (24-9) AP

Michigan, Holy Cross take First Four wins The Associated Press

Michigan 67, Tulsa 62 Dayton, Ohio — Zak Irvin hit a go-ahead three-pointer and a pair of free throws in the closing minute as Michigan pulled out another one at the end on Wednesday night, beating Tulsa in the First Four.

The Wolverines (2312) made the leap from bubble team to the NCAA Tournament with their last-second drama. They hit a pair of end-game shots for wins in the Big Ten Tournament, including one by Irvin that beat Northwestern.

His three-pointer put the Wolverines up 62-60 with 52 seconds to go, and his two free throws with 10 seconds left sent the 11th-seeded Wolverines into a matchup against rival Notre Dame in Brooklyn on Friday night.

Tulsa (20-12) received 23 points from Shaquille Harrison, but its seniorladen lineup couldn’t keep up at the end. There were five ties and 12 lead changes in the frantic second half.

Tulsa didn’t even expect to get to the First Four after losing its opening game in the American Athletic Tournament — Harrison tweeted that the NIT was likely the next destination. But the Golden Hurricane had one advantage over Michigan — much more experience, with four starting seniors.

Michigan has only two seniors, and both are hurt. But the Wolverines’ knack for finding a way in the final seconds held up. Irvin had 16 points as four Wolverines reached double figures.

Irvin hit a jumper with 3.3 seconds left for a 7270 win over Northwest-

gether. The Wolverines lead the Big Ten with 9.3 made threes per game, but went only 6-of-25 from beyond the arc.

John Minchillo/AP Photo

MICHIGAN’S MORITZ WAGNER, RIGHT, pressures Tulsa’s D’Andre Wright. Michigan defeated Tulsa, 67-62, in a First Four game Wednesday night in Dayton, Ohio. ern in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. The Wolverines then upset top-seeded Indiana, 72-69, on Kameron Chatman’s three from the right corner at the buzzer in the quarterfinals.

The Wolverines had a lot of fans in the stands at UD Arena, a threehour drive from Ann Ar-

bor. The rest of the fans booed them loudly when they took the court for warmups and again during introductions, a reminder that they were in Ohio now.

They couldn’t hit a three-pointer — a staple of their high-scoring offense — and wound up struggling to put runs to-

TULSA (20-12) Smith 4-8 0-1 9, Harrison 10-13 2-5 23, Woodard 3-12 2-2 9, Birt 0-5 0-0 0, Swannegan 3-4 3-5 9, Taplin 0-0 0-0 0, Ray 0-5 2-2 2, Curtis 2-5 0-0 4, Wright 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 25-56 9-15 62.

MICHIGAN (23-12) Walton Jr. 4-10 2-2 12, AbdurRahkman 5-16 6-8 16, Irvin 6-12 2-2 16, Robinson 5-10 1-2 13, Donnal 1-1 0-0 2, Chatman 0-5 0-0 0, Dakich 0-0 0-0 0, Wagner 2-2 0-0 4, Dawkins 0-2 0-0 0, Doyle 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 24-59 13-16 67.

Halftime-Michigan 28-20. 3-Point Goals-Tulsa 3-15 (Smith 1-1, Harrison 1-1, Woodard 1-6, Curtis 0-1, Birt 0-2, Ray 0-4), Michigan 6-25 (Irvin 2-5, Robinson 2-5, Walton Jr. 2-7, Dawkins 0-2, Abdur-Rahkman 0-3, Chatman 0-3). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsTulsa 36 (Woodard 8), Michigan 38 (Robinson 11). Assists-Tulsa 10 (Harrison 5), Michigan 10 (Robinson 4). Total Fouls-Tulsa 15, Michigan 14.

A-12,582.

Holy Cross 59, Southern 55 Dayton, Ohio — Robert Champion scored 19 points, including a key three-pointer in the fi-

nal minute, to help Holy Cross beat Southern University for its first NCAA Tournament victory in 63 years.

Champion, a junior guard, also made two key free throws with 14 seconds left to put the game away. He connected on as many threes as the entire Southern team.

HOLY CROSS (15-19) Charles 2-4 3-4 8, Thompson 3-7 4-4 12, Hamilton 1-4 2-2 4, Alexander 2-5 1-3 7, Green 2-5 0-0 4, Floyd 1-1 0-0 2, Champion 6-8 4-6 19, Zignorski 1-3 0-0 3, Husek 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 18-40 14-19 59.

SOUTHERN U. (22-13) Hyder 4-5 0-0 8, Rodgers 6-18 1-1 14, Banks 2-8 0-0 5, Sam 3-5 0-0 6, Allen 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 3-7 3-5 9, Prudhomme 3-10 3-3 10, Andrews 1-2 1-2 3, Nunn 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-56 8-11 55.

Halftime-Holy Cross 27-22. 3-Point Goals-Holy Cross 9-25 (Champion 3-5, Alexander 2-4, Thompson 2-6, Zignorski 1-3, Charles 1-3, Hamilton 0-1, Green 0-1, Husek 0-2), Southern U. 3-20 (Banks 1-4, Prudhomme 1-6, Rodgers 1-7, Hyder 0-1, Andrews 0-1, Thomas 0-1). Fouled Out-Thomas.

Rebounds-Holy Cross 29 (Alexander 8), Southern U. 33 (Prudhomme 8).

Assists-Holy Cross 14 (Alexander 8), Southern U. 10 (Hyder 6). Total FoulsHoly Cross 13, Southern U. 20. A-NA.

UConn looking for another long tournament run Des Moines, Iowa (ap) — Two years ago, a Connecticut team with an afterthought seed toughed its way through the NCAA Tournament to win the national title.

This edition of the Huskies, hungry for its own taste of that elation following a rare absence from the field last season, has set itself up for a potential sequel.

Beware of these dogs, South Region.

“You can go back

through the history of UConn teams: This is where we peak at, and this team is no different,” coach Kevin Ollie said.

“I’m not saying that’s going to guarantee a national championship, but our team is playing their best basketball now because they’re understanding their roles and understanding how to play hard and understanding what the game demands of them each and every day.”

The Huskies (24-10), who drew the No. 9 seed, will play Colorado in the first round today in Des Moines.

“It means a lot just to be here. I think it just shows how we came together as a team and started clicking at the right time,” guard Sterling Gibbs said. “At the same time, we know we’re not done yet.”

Seven losses and a sixth-place finish in the American Athletic Con-

ference diluted UConn’s résumé, similar to 2014.

That was Ollie’s first NCAA Tournament experience as the head coach, after several trips as a player for Jim Calhoun and later as his assistant. The Huskies, then the No. 7 seed, compiled four consecutive victories over teams seeded one through four before beating Kentucky for the championship.

Only forward Phillip Nolan and center Amida

Brimah on the current team were contributors on that 2014 squad, so there aren’t many memories lingering in the UConn locker room from the net-cutting in North Texas two years ago. The way this team has developed sure seems familiar, though.

“We saturate their heart with that from the preseason and it takes time for a team to gel like that,” Ollie said. “It takes time for a player to un-

derstand what’s best for the group might not be what’s best for me. You know, it takes a time for young kids to realize that.”

The well-balanced Huskies, who have two fifth-year senior transfers in Gibbs and Shonn Miller among their four players averaging between 12 and 13 points per game, cooked up a tantalizing appetizer last week to this main course of March madness.

SPORTS

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Nov. 4 — Pittsburg State (exhibition), W 89-66 Nov. 10 — Fort Hays State (exhibition), W 95-59 Nov. 13 — Northern Colorado, W 109-72 (1-0) Nov. 17 — Michigan State at Chicago United Center, L 73-79 (1-1) Nov. 23 — Chaminade at Maui Invitational, W 123-72 (2-1) Nov. 24 — UCLA at Maui Invitational, W 92-73 (3-1) Nov. 25 — Vanderbilt at Maui Invitational, W 70-63 (4-1) Dec. 1 — Loyola (Md.), W 94-61 (5-1) Dec. 5 — Harvard, W 75-69 (6-1) Dec. 9 — Holy Cross, W 92-59 (7-1) Dec. 12 — Oregon State at Kansas City Shootout, Sprint Center, W 82-67 (8-1) Dec. 19 — Montana, W 88-46 (9-1) Dec. 22 — at San Diego State, W 70-57 (10-1) Dec. 29 — UC Irvine, W 78-53 (11-1) Jan. 2 — Baylor, W 102-74 (12-1, 1-0) Jan. 4 — Oklahoma, W 109-106, 3 OT (13-1, 2-0) Jan. 9 — at Texas Tech, W 69-59 (14-1, 3-0) 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 (164, 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, W 66-60 (24-4, 12-3) Feb. 27 — Texas Tech, W 67-58 (254, 13-3) Feb. 29 — at Texas, W 86-56 (26-4, 14-3) March 5 — Iowa State, W 85-78 (274, 15-3) March 10 — Kansas State in Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo., W 85-63 (28-4) March 11 — Baylor in Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo., W 70-66 (29-4) March 12 —West Virginia in Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo., W 81-71 (30-4) Today — Austin Peay in NCAA Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, 3 p.m.

JAMES “FLY” WILLIAMS DUNKS BACK OVER HIS HEAD during an Austin Peay State University NCAA Women’s practice session in this photo from Jan. 25, 1973. At the time, Williams, then a freshman, Tournament was leading the country with a 33.4-point scoring average.

BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL

Peay alumnus ‘Fly’ character, scorer

By Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

Des Moines, Iowa — Never having spoken to a to a man who scored 100 points in a basketball game, tracking down a phone number for former Austin Peay great James “Fly” Williams and giving him a call seemed a timely thing to do.

“True,” Williams said Tuesday by phone from Brooklyn, N.Y. “I had 45 points in the first half, switched teams, and scored 55 in the second half.”

Fly’s 100-point outburst came in an organized playground league known as IS8 in Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., in the summer of 1978.

“You never heard the story about two left sneakers?” Fly wanted to know. “I had two left sneakers and scored 63 in a pro-am game in Rucker Park (in Manhattan, N.Y.). It was great.”

Known as a great character and scorer, Williams is the most famous player in the history of Austin Peay (pronounced like the vegetable), today’s first-round NCAA Tournament opponent for Kansas University in Wells Fargo Arena.

Streetbasketballassociation.net ranks Williams as the second-greatest playground basketball player of all-time, behind only Earl “The Goat” Manigault.

Fly, 63, came to Clarksville, Tenn., from the impoverished Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. He rewarded then-Austin Peay assistant and current Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton for his persistence in favor of going to schools with much stronger basketball traditions.

“Coach Hamilton stayed in a car in front of my house for seven days to recruit me,” Williams said.

“When I went for my recruiting visit, they had a sky-writer write ‘Fly’ in the sky. Coach Hamilton told me Austin Peay would be the right place for me, and it was.”

In his two seasons, Williams averaged 28.4 points for his career, ranked in the top five in the nation in scoring both years and led the Governors to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances in 1973 and ’74. The impression the chant his play inspired will endure forever.

Austin Peay freshman reserve Chris PorterBunton recited it Tuesday: “The Fly’s open.

Let’s go, Peay!”

Fly’s No. 35 jersey was retired during a halftime ceremony seven years ago, but other than that, the school has lost touch with him, according to a spokesman, and he hasn’t tracked the basketball team too closely.

“Nah,” Williams said.

“Ain’t done nothin’ since I left until now.”

Fly said he will make a point to watch the game today.

“They won’t beat Kansas,” he said. “Kansas has a great team. They don’t have anybody who will go to the pros, unless they get with the right team maybe they could. But collegiately, they have a hell of a team.”

Williams said he has run his youth basketball program — “For the Love of Youth, that’s F-L-Y” — for 23 years, teaching basketball players anywhere from 5 years old to teenagers. He counts Seton Hall star Isaiah Whitehead among his former basketball pupils. The Brooklyn Nets honored him with an “Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things” award during a timeout two years ago.

“Bed-Stuy (BedfordStuyvesant), Browns-

First Round Friday, March 18 At Starkville, Miss.

Michigan State (24-8) vs. Belmont (24-8), 11 a.m.

Mississippi State (26-7) vs.

Chattanooga (24-7), 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 19 At Storrs, Conn.

UConn (32-0) vs. Robert Morris (2012), 10 a.m.

Seton Hall (23-8) vs. Duquesne (275), 12:30 p.m.

At Los Angeles UCLA (24-8) vs. Hawaii (21-10), 5:30 p.m.

South Florida (23-8) vs. Colorado State (31-1), 8 p.m.

At Austin, Texas BYU (26-6) vs. Missouri (21-9), 5:30 p.m.

Texas (28-4) vs. Alabama State (1911), 8 p.m.

DALLAS REGIONAL First Round Friday, March 18 At Waco, Texas Baylor (33-1) vs. Idaho (24-9), 4 p.m.

St. John’s (23-9) vs. Auburn (19-12), 6:30 p.m.

At Louisville, Ky. DePaul (25-8) vs. James Madison (27-5), 11 a.m.

Louisville (25-7) vs. Central Arkansas (28-3), 1:30 p.m.

At Corvallis, Ore. Oregon State (28-4) vs. Troy (19-11), 4 p.m.

Oklahoma State (21-9) vs. St. Bonaventure (23-7), 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 19 At College Station, Texas Florida State (23-7) vs. Middle Tennessee (24-8), 12:30 p.m.

Texas A&M (21-9) vs. Missouri State (24-9), 3 p.m.

SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL First Round Friday, March 18 At Columbia, S.C. George Washington (26-6) vs.

Kansas State (18-12), 4 p.m.

South Carolina (31-1) vs.

Jacksonville (22-10), 6:30 p.m.

At Syracuse, N.Y. Florida (22-8) vs. Albany (NY) (27-4), 11 a.m.

Syracuse (25-7) vs. Army (29-2), 1:30 p.m.

At Columbus, Ohio West Virginia (24-9) vs. Princeton (23-5), 11 a.m.

Ohio State (24-7) vs. Buffalo (20-13), 1:30 p.m.

At Tempe, Ariz.

Tennessee (19-13) vs. Green Bay (28-4), 4 p.m.

Arizona State (25-6) vs. New Mexico State (26-4), 6:30 p.m.

LEXINGTON REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 19 At South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame (31-1) vs. North Carolina A&T (19-11), 5:30 p.m.

Georgia (21-9) vs. Indiana (20-11), 8 p.m.

At Stanford, Calif.

Miami (24-8) vs. South Dakota State (26-6), 5:30 p.m.

Stanford (24-7) vs. San Francisco (22-11), 8 p.m.

At Lexington, Ky. Oklahoma (21-10) vs. Purdue (2011), 12:30 p.m.

Kentucky (23-7) vs. UNC Asheville (26-6), 3 p.m.

At College Park, Md. Maryland (30-3) vs. Iona (23-11), 12:30 p.m.

Washington (22-10) vs. Pennsylvania (24-4), 3 p.m.

ville, Bushwick, it’s hell here right now,” Fly said.

“Lotta killing. Lotta killing. Crazy, crazy up here, man. This is not Disney World.”

Williams said he spares no details in sharing with youths the mistakes, including hard drug use, he made that cost him a lung in a shooting and led him to a pair of stints behind bars, including 14 months in notorious Attica in upstate New York.

“Hell,” Fly said of Attica. “That was hell. I wish no one to go there. I tell them all the truth, don’t bite my tongue. I don’t lie. I tell them to stay in school and try to make the best out of life.”

Williams said that looking back, staying four years and earning a degree from Austin Peay would have served him well. He played one season for the St. Louis Spirits of the ABA — a young Bob Costas was the playby-play man — and then in Europe.

“I’m doing great,” Fly said. “I don’t want to pat myself on the back, but I’m doing great. I tell these kids, 15, 16, 17, young kids, to put down their guns, pick up their knuckles, fight and be friends tomorrow. You lose a fight with your knuckles, you’re still breathing.

You take a life, you take your own life. When you take a life, you get 25 to life.”

Finding his way to the hoop was less of a challenge than finding his way in life. Long before the introduction of the three- Baker Women’s Box Div. I National Championships point shot, Williams had NAIA Wednesday at Independence, Mo. a pair of 51-point games First Round for Austin Peay, a school No. 6 BAKER 80, 3 COLUMBIA (Mo.) 71 that never had appeared No. Baker 17 18 20 25 — 80 in the Div. I NCAA Tour- Columbia 14 24 20 13 — 71 Baker (25-8) — J. Hodge 30, K. nament before his arrival. Larson 19, S. Buchel 9, E. Simpson 7, Fly totaled 100 points in M. Wallisch 6, M. Cook 4, T. Chase 3, four NCAA Tournament C. Hoag 2.

(27-6) — P. Chilaka 18, games, and the school K. Columbia Pearson 13, C. Hamilton 11, M. has played in five NCAA Imoniana 8, M. Brandt 6, A. Marlatt 6, Marshall 5, B. Yost 4.

Tourney games, losing C. Next for Baker: vs. No. 2 Shawnee four, since his departure. State (Ohio), 12:30 p.m. Friday.

First Round Tuesday, March 15 Morehead State 84, Siena 80 Wednesday, March 16 Vermont 79, Western Carolina 74 UNC-Greensboro 69, Houston Baptist 65 Ohio 94, Albany (NY) 90, OT Duquesne 120, Nebraska-Omaha 112 Eastern Washington 79, Pepperdine 72 Nevada 79, Montana 75 Seattle 68, Idaho 63 Quarterfinals Monday, March 21 Morehead State (20-12) vs.

Duquesne (17-16), , TBA Ohio (22-11) vs. UNC-Greensboro (15-18), TBA Nevada (20-13) vs. Eastern Washington (18-15), TBA Vermont (22-13) vs. Seattle (15-16), TBA

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First Round Monday, March 14 Jackson State 81, Sam Houston State 77, OT Grand Canyon 78, South Carolina State 74 Tuesday, March 15 Coastal Carolina 65, Mercer 57 Furman 58, Louisiana-Monroe 57 Ball State 78, Tennessee State 73, 2OT Wednesday, March 16 Boston U. 69, Fordham 66 Texas-Arlington 75, Savannah State 59 Columbia 86, Norfolk State 54 New Hampshire 77, Fairfield 62 UT Martin 76, Central Michigan 73 NJIT 79, Army 65 UC Irvine 89, North Dakota 86, OT Louisiana-Lafayette 96, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 72 Second Round March 18-20 TBD

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First Round Tuesday, March 15 South Carolina 88, High Point 66 Florida State 84, Davidson 74 Ohio State 72, Akron 63, OT Creighton 72, Alabama 54 Washington 107, Long Beach State 102 Florida 97, North Florida 68 Valparaiso 84, Texas Southern 73 San Diego State 79, IPFW 55 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 58, New Mexico State 56 Wednesday, March 16 Wagner 79, St. Bonaventure 75 Georgia 93, Belmont 84 Monmouth 90, Bucknell 80 George Washington 82, Hofstra 80 Virginia Tech 86, Princeton 81, OT Georgia Tech 81, Houston 62 BYU 97, UAB 79 Second Round March 18-21 Wagner (23-10) vs. Creighton (1914), TBA Virginia Tech (20-14) vs. BYU, TBA Valparaiso (27-6) vs. Florida State (20-13), TBA Georgia (20-13) vs. Saint Mary’s (Cal) (28-5), TBA South Carolina (25-8) vs. Georgia Tech (20-14), TBA Washington (19-14) vs. San Diego State (26-9), TBA Monmouth (28-7) vs. George Washington (24-10), TBA Ohio State (21-13) vs. Florida (2014), TBA

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Philadelphia RHP Skylar Hunter (Lakewood-SAL) 50 games and L.A. Dodgers RHP Adrian Salcedo (Oklahoma City-PCL) 144 games for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP Chris Jones and OF Henry Urrutia to Norfolk (IL) and RHP Jason Garcia to Bowie (EL). Reassigned RHP Hunter Harvey, Cs Jonah Heim and Chance Sisco, INF Ozzie Martinez and Trey Mancini and LHPs Cesar Cabral, Andy Oliver and Ashur Tolliver to minor league camp.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHPs Daniel Webb and Brandon Brennan and C Kevan Smith to Charlotte (IL) and RHP Michael Ynoa to Birmingham (SL). Reassigned OFs Adam Engel and Courtney Hawkins and INF Andy Parrino to their minor league camp. Released 3B Mike Olt. DETROIT TIGERS — Assigned RHP Joe Jimenez, LHP Kevin Ziomek and Cs Austin Green and Kade Scivicque to minor league camp.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned RHPs Juan Minaya and Danny Reynolds to Fresno (PCL) and Joe Musgrove and David Paulino to Corpus Christi (TL).

Reassigned INFs Alex Bregman and J.D. Davis, OFs Derek Fisher and Jon Kemmer and RHPs Brady Rodgers, Brendan McCurry and Chris Devenski to minor league camp.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed RHP Jarrod Parker on the 60-day DL. Claimed RHP Andrew Triggs off waivers from Baltimore and optioned him and RHP J.B. Wendelken, INFs Renato Nunez, Rangel Ravelo and Joey Wendle to Nashville (PCL) and RHP Raul Alcantara to Midland (TL).

Reassigned LHPs Daniel Coulombe and Dillon Overton, C Beau Taylor, INFs Richie Martin and Josh Rodriguez and RHPs Ryan Doolittle, Chris Smith and Taylor Thompson to minor league camp.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Claimed C Rob Brantly off waivers from the Chicago White Sox. Placed RHP Ryan Cook on the 60-day DL. Optioned OF Guillermo Heredia to Jackson (SL).

Reassigned Cs Marcus Littlewood and Steve Lerud, INFs Benji Gonzalez and Tyler Smith, OFs Mike Baxter and Dario Pizzano and LHPs Paul Fry, Brad Mills and Danny Hultzen to minor league camp. Released INF Gaby Sanchez and RHP Justin De Fratus.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned LHP Blake Snell, RHP Jacob Faria and 2B Ryan Brett to Durham (IL) and RHP Taylor Guerrieri to Montgomery (SL).

Reassigned LHPs Justin Marks and Adam Wilk, RHPs Eddie Gamboa, Adam Reifer and Jaime Schultz, C Jake DePew, INFs Daniel Robertson and Patrick Leonard and OFs Johnny Field and Dayron Varona to their minor league camp.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned RHP Jharel Cotton to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reassigned OF Alex Hassan, C Kyle Farmer and RHPs Lisalverto Bonilla, Chase De Jong, Caleb Dirks, Jacob Rhame and Chris Anderson to minor league camp.

MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned RHPs Lemdu Flores, Nick Wittgren and Scott McGough to New Orleans (PCL) and 2B Jake Esch, RHP Austin Brice and LHPs Tim Berry and Jarlin Garcia to Jacksonville (SL). Reassigned OFs Yefri Perez and Kenny Wilson, RHP Dylan Axelrod, C Sharif Othman and INFs Dan Black, Tommy Medica, J.T. Riddle, and Brady Shoemaker to minor league camp.

NEW YORK METS — Released INF Ruben Tejada. Optioned OF Brandon Nimmo, RHP Seth Lugo and 2B Dilson Herrera to Las Vegas (PCL) and LHP Josh Smoker and RHPs Gabriel Ynoa, Jeff Walters and Robert Gsellman to Binghamton (EL). Reassigned LHP Duane Below, RHP Stolmy Pimentel, OF Travis Taijeron and INFs Gavin Cecchini, Dominic Smith and Marc Krauss to minor league camp.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHPs David Buchanan and Alec Asher to Lehigh Valley (IL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Designated LHP Jesse Biddle for assignment.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed F Jeff Ayres for the remainder of the season.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Signed G Xavier Munford to a 10-day contract.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Signed G Jared Cunningham to a 10-day contract.

NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed G Tony Wroten.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with G Evan Mathis on a oneyear contract.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed OT Tom Compton and LB LaRoy Reynolds.

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed TE Jim Dray.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed LS Aaron Brewer to a one-year contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Re-signed DT Pat Sims.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Terminated the contracts of LB Karlos Dansby and WR Dwayne Bowe. Signed LB Demario Davis.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed S Antonio Allen.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed OT Kelvin Beachum to a two-year contract.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Re-signed QB Matt Moore. Signed DE Andre Branch.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Re-signed RB Matt Asiata.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Agreed to terms with OT Donald Penn on a two-year contract. Signed S Brynden Trawick.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Agreed to terms with WR Chris Givens on a oneyear contract.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Agreed to terms with OL Chris Hairston on a two-year contract.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with LB Sean Spence on a oneyear contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Re-signed LB Junior Galette and OL Josh LeRibeus.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled F Freddie Hamilton from Stockton (AHL) on an emergency basis.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned Fs Gabriel Bourque and Eric Nystrom to Milwaukee (AHL) on long-term injury loans.

SOCCER Major League Soccer SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Traded a 2016 international roster spot to New York City FC for targeted allocation money.

COLLEGE ARKANSAS STATE — Named Grant McCasland men’s basketball coach.

EAST CAROLINA — Added women’s lacrosse as an intercollegiate sport to begin play in the 2017-18 academic year.

EMORY & HENRY — Named Stephon Robertson linebackers coach.

HOWARD PAYNE — Named Brandon Badgeley women’s soccer coach.

ILLINOIS — Named Bob Ligashesky special teams coordinator/tight ends coach.

PACIFIC — Named Damon Stoudamire men’s basketball coach.

WILMINGTON (DEL.) — Announced the resignation of women’s basketball coach Tiffany Silver.

Spring Training

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct Toronto 10 3 .769 Texas 9 4 .692 Houston 9 5 .643 Detroit 10 6 .625 Los Angeles 8 6 .571 Minnesota 8 6 .571 Chicago 7 7 .500 Oakland 6 6 .500 Seattle 8 8 .500 Kansas City 7 10 .412 Cleveland 6 9 .400 Tampa Bay 6 9 .400 New York 5 8 .385 Boston 5 10 .333 Baltimore 3 11 .214 NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct Arizona 11 3 .786 Los Angeles 10 3 .769 Washington 10 3 .769 Philadelphia 11 4 .733 St. Louis 7 5 .583 Milwaukee 7 6 .538 Colorado 8 7 .533 New York 6 6 .500 Cincinnati 7 8 .467 Miami 5 8 .385 San Francisco 6 10 .375 Pittsburgh 5 9 .357 San Diego 4 10 .286 Atlanta 4 11 .267 Chicago 4 11 .267 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against nonmajor league teams do not.

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 8, St. Louis 8, tie Washington 4, Miami 2 Detroit 7, Houston 3 Baltimore 9, Pittsburgh 3 Kansas City 10, Chicago Cubs 0 L.A. Angels 6, Cleveland 3 Milwaukee 5, Chicago White Sox 2 L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 3 Seattle 9, San Francisco 6 N.Y. Yankees 2, Toronto 1 Minnesota 9, Boston 4 Cincinnati vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., (n) Today’s Games N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta (ss) vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Baltimore (ss) vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Houston (ss) vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Baltimore (ss) at Sarasota, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 9:10 p.m.

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KANSAS VS. AUSTIN PEAY

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Tale of the Tape

Probable Starters AUSTIN PEAY (18-17) F — Chris Horton (6-8, Sr.) F — Kenny Jones (6-6, Jr.) G — Jared Savage (65, Fr.) G — Josh Robinson (6-2, Soph.)

G — Khalil Davis (6-5, Sr.)

KANSAS (30-4) F — Perry Ellis (6-8, Sr.) F — Landen Lucas (610, Jr.) G — Frank Mason III (5-11, Jr.) G — Wayne Selden Jr. (6-5, Jr.) G — Devonté Graham (6-2, Soph.)

Tipoff: Approximately 3 p.m. today, Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa TV: TNT (WOW! Cable channels 45, 245)

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AUSTIN PEAY CENTER CHRIS HORTON PULLS BACK FOR A DUNK during the Governors’ practice on Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. role in Austin Peay winning four games in four nights in the Ohio Valley tournament and getting to this point. Horton’s 18.9 points-per-game average ranked 53rd nationally. But asked where his eyes traveled after games when he first was handed a stat sheet, the man who earlier this season became just the 13th player in NCAA history to top 1,500 points, 1,000 rebounds and 300 blocks for a career, did not hesitate to answer.

“Rebounding,” he said.

“Everybody can put the ball through, but getting a rebound is getting another stop.”

His success on the glass has hardly came as a surprise to his teammates, some of whom have resorted to calling themselves Horton’s “supporting cast.”

“We’ll be in practice working on rebounding,”

Austin Peay junior John Murry said. “And he just goes and gets everything, like each one means the world.”

To Horton, each one kind of does. Not only is his college career winding down — win or lose against Kansas, the end is nearing — but Horton also has developed a true passion for ripping the ball out of mid-air and keeping it out of the hands of his opponents.

“I can’t really describe it,” he said. “(I want) every rebound, and I’m gonna go get it. I’m gonna find a way to get to the ball. If I can’t get it, I’m gonna be near it. I’m gonna touch it.”

As the only four-year player on Austin Peay’s current roster, today’s game means the most to Horton. It’s not that his teammates aren’t just as thrilled to be here, and they definitely want to

AUSTIN PEAY 0 — Terrell Thompson, 6-1, 180, Jr., G, Indianapolis.

1 — Assane Diop, 6-8, 217, Jr., F/C, Dakar, Senegal.

2 — Jared Savage, 6-5, 195, Fr., G/F, Bowling Green, Kent.

3 — Chris Porter-Bunton, 6-5, 217, Fr., G/F, Bowling Green, Kent.

4 — Josh Robinson, 6-2, 185, Soph., G, St Louis.

5 — Chris Horton, 6-8, 220, Soph., F/C, Decatur, Ga. 10 — Tré Ivory, 5-11, 185, Soph., G, Louisville.

11 — Khalil Davis, 6-5, 170, Sr., G, Kansas City, Mo. 12 — Adam Pike, 6-1, 170, Fr., G, Memphis.

20 — Domas Budrys, 6-4, 185, Soph., G, Kretinga, Lithuania.

23 — Steve Harris, 6-4, 180, Fr., G/F, St. Louis.

32 — John Murry, 6-3, 195, Jr., G/F, Indianapolis.

42 — Kenny Jones, 6-6, 180, Jr., F, South Bend, Ind. 45 — Zach Glotta, 6-0, 185, Fr., G, O’Fallon, Mo. Head coach: Dave Loos.

Assistants: Jay Bowen, Kevin Hogan, Julian Terrell.

KANSAS 0 — Frank Mason III, 5-11, 185, Jr., G, Petersburg, Va. 1 — Wayne Selden, Jr., 6-5, 230, Jr., G, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

2 — Lagerald Vick, 6-5, 175, Fr., G, Memphis.

4 — Devonté Graham, 6-2, 175, Soph., G, Raleigh, N.C. 5 — Evan Manning, 6-3, 170, Sr., G, Lawrence.

10 — Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, 6-8, 195, Soph., G, Cherkasy, Ukraine.

11 — Tyler Self, 6-2, 165, Jr., G, Lawrence.

13 — Cheick Diallo, 6-9, 220, Fr., F, Kayes, Mali, Africa.

14 — Brannen Greene, 6-7, 215, Jr., G, Juliette, Georgia.

15 — Carlton Bragg, Jr., 6-9, 220, Fr., F, Cleveland.

21 — Clay Young, 6-5, 205, Soph., F, Lansing.

22 — Dwight Coleby, 6-9, 240, Jr., F, Nassau, Bahamas.

31 — Jamari Traylor, 6-8, 220, Sr., F, Chicago.

33 — Landen Lucas, 6-10, 240, Jr., F, Portland, Ore. 34 — Perry Ellis, 6-8, 225, Sr., F, Wichita.

42 — Hunter Mickelson, 6-10, 245, Sr., F, Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Head coach: Bill Self.

Assistants: Kurtis Townsend, Norm Roberts, Jerrance Howard.

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senior forward Chris Horton, who averages 18.9 points and 12.0 rebounds. He has hit 60.4 percent of his shots.

Sophomore guard Josh Robinson averages 16.7 ppg and has made 69 threes. KC native Khalil Davis has a team-best 97 assists.

“They have active guards, shoot the ball well and have an inside presence,” Graham said.

“We’ve got to keep them off the glass, prevent them from getting easy buckets, run them off the three-point line.”

To Mason, the victory formula in Des Moines is simple, really.

“Play every possession like it’s your last,” Mason said. “Don’t leave the court with any regrets. Doing everything you did to this point will give us a good chance to keep going in the tournament.

“If you have confidence in anything, you do have a chance to be successful.

I tell the guys, ‘Be confident in yourself, believe in each other.’ Having a lot of confidence going in the games really helps us out.”

win just as badly as he does. But none of them has put in the time and given as much to the university as Horton. What’s more, none of them has a father who did the same thing.

So when Kansas and Austin Peay tip it off today, with history — and just about everything else — overwhelmingly on the side of the Jayhawks, Horton is going to make sure he takes seriously the opportunity to do what so many of his past teammates did not get the opportunity to do — take full advantage of playing in the NCAA Tournament and treat every moment like he’s going after a loose ball on the glass.

“Anybody can do my job,” Horton said. “But it just happens to be me right now, and it’s my time. I’m just happy I’ve got such a good group of AUSTIN PEAY CENTER CHRIS HORTON (5) TAKES SOME guys around me support- PHOTOS with Governors’ team photographer Brittney Spam’s camera. ing me.”

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Count senior forward Perry Ellis, the squad’s scoring leader (16.7 ppg; Mason is third at 13.1), as one who marvels at Mason’s penchant for falling to the floor but hopping right back up.

“The plays he makes sometimes driving to the basket ... it’s pretty awesome to see,” Ellis said.

“Some of the plays he makes when he’s doing those are game-changing plays.

“He’s an aggressive guy. He has a competitive nature about him.

He is willing to compete.

Whenever he’s playing, you can see it in his face to where he wants to get something done or make a play.”

The younger players are always willing to follow interchangeable guards Mason, who is more a leader by example, and Graham, a bit more talkative in games.

“I think he’s the key to our team,” sophomore Svi Mykhailiuk said of

Austin Peay vs. Kansas Austin Peay Kansas 18-17...................................Record...................................30-4 75.2............................ Average points........................... 81.6 75.5................. Opponent average points................67.7 -0.3.....................................Margin.................................... 13.9 .460............................FG percentage.......................... .494 .454................ Opponent FG percentage............... .398 .336.............. Three-point FG percentage............. .426 .363....Opponent three-point FG percentage... .325 5.9....................Three-pointers per game................... 8.3 8.4.........Opponent three-pointers per game........ 6.2 .662.................. Free-throw percentage................. .706 2.7.............................Rebound margin............................4.9 -0.5......................Turnover differential.......................0.9 6.9.............................. Average steals..............................6.8 3.0..............................Average blocks..............................4.1

By Matt Tait

Des Moines, Iowa — Like most young ballplayers, Austin Peay senior Chris Horton’s basketball beginning was built around scoring.

Horton, whose 16thseeded Governors (18-17) will take on top-seeded Kansas University (30-4) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament approximately 3 p.m. today at Wells Fargo Arena, wanted to shoot, score and have the ball in his hands so he could make plays and create highlights like Kobe Bryant or Kevin Garnett.

But a tip from his father, Eddie, who played at Austin Peay in the mid1970s, changed all that.

And it may have been the best advice he ever received.

“I used to get mad when I didn’t get the ball,” Horton said from the Austin Peay locker room on Wednesday. “And my dad was like, ‘If you don’t get the ball, just go get the offensive rebound.’”

Since that day, Horton has been doing a lot of that. The 6-foot-9, 220-pound forward who scoops up nearly five offensive rebounds per game enters the tournament as the fifth-leading rebounder in Div. I basketball (12 rebounds per game) and has fallen head over heels in love with one of the most overlooked arts of the game.

He lists current NBA stars Garnett, Tim Duncan, Andre Drummond, DeMarcus Cousins, DeAndre Jordan and Dwight Howard as some of his favorites to watch and even has made it a point to watch old footage of some of the NBA’s alltime great rebounders.

“Dennis Rodman was a way before my time,” Horton said. “But I have watched a lot of ‘Hardwood Classics’ on him. ...

I love glass eaters. That’s just a special talent, jumping over people, grabbing rebounds. And it’s toughness, too. It’s not just skills. It’s about, if you really want it, you’re gonna go get it.”

Horton led the Govs in rebounding in all but three games this season and recorded doubledigit boards a whopping 25 times. In half of the 10 games he failed to reach double figures, the Decatur, Ga., native missed the mark by a rebound.

Horton is far from onedimensional. And his ability as a rebounder and scorer played a monster

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KANSAS FORWARD CARLTON BRAGG JR. HAS FUN WITH THE CAMERAS as he and his teammates enter Wells Fargo Arena.

Mason. “He’s our point guard. He’s our head. A lot of things depend on how he plays.”

Mason’s ability to give and take a hit can be contagious.

“I mean, you’ve got a win/win situation,” said freshman guard Lagerald Vick, who guards Mason some at practice.

“He wants to win. He

also does it for the team.

I think it’s in his blood to play like that.”

KU coach Bill Self — who was shocked to hear Mason say he might not be able to play Saturday vs. West Virginia but not shocked to see him ultimately go 38 minutes on his sore foot — sometimes teases Mason about rubbing his neck repeat-

edly before going to the free-throw line in a Feb. 23 win at Baylor.

Yet KU’s coach, who is big on toughness, only has respect for the sparkplug guard.

“He doesn’t always play great,” Self said, “but there’s nobody tougher.

Nobody. He’s about as competitive as anybody we’ve had here.”

Mason’s goal now is to lead overall No. 1 seed KU (30-4) to a win over No. 16 seed Austin Peay (18-17) today, then bag another victory over UConn or Colorado on Saturday for a spot in Thursday’s Sweet 16 in Louisville.

No. 1 seeds are 124-0 versus No. 16 seeds.

“We obviously don’t want to be that team to make history and lose to a 16 seed,” Mason said. “So we just have to focus in on the game plan and give ourselves the best chance to win.”

“History might be on our side. You can’t bank on that. That doesn’t have anything to do with the present,” Graham said.

“There’s no pressure, I don’t think. Coach keeps preaching, ‘Don’t get into the pressure. Keep playing free and loose and have fun. Just go out, play and have fun.’”

Austin Peay is led by

KANSAS VS. AUSTIN PEAY

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY GUARD DEVONTÉ GRAHAM SIGNS THE FOREHEAD of Jayhawk fan Dayton Parkey, Waukee, Iowa, on Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. PARKEY WAS THRILLED WITH THE SIGNATURE, as evidenced by the photo below.

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State’s team had told them about 17,000-seat Wells Fargo Arena.

“I haven’t talked to them about it. I think Wayne may have talked to Georges (Niang) about it. And as far as I know, he said it wasn’t great or something like that, but other than that I haven’t heard anything,” Mason said.

“I haven’t heard much.

I’ve got a friend on Iowa State. I should probably ask him about it tonight, but, I mean, we will adapt to wherever we play, and I think we’ll be just fine,” Lucas said.

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president. KU definitely appreciates it. We’re going to try to get it done for you.’”

Guard Wayne Selden Jr., said: “It’s an honor, and he said my name (during a piece with ESPN’s Andy Katz). It’s really an honor that the president of the United States is paying attention to stuff like this. This morning I got a bunch of texts from my family that the president said our name (his and senior forward Perry Ellis). We met him once. He was a great guy, and we want to meet him again. We’re excited he picked us, but we can’t really get ahead of ourselves. We have a game tomorrow, and that’s our focus right now.” l

Graham’s swish: KU’s Graham concluded the Jayhawks’ shootaround at Wells Fargo Arena by hitting a halfcourt shot. ... Jamari Traylor’s halfcourt attempt actually hit, and broke, a camera behind the backboard. ...

Freshman Cheick Diallo thrilled 5,000 or so fans by flushing a betweenthe-legs slam dunk.

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Streaking: KU enters the NCAA Tournament on a 14-game win streak, which started with a home win over Kentucky on Jan. 30.

Self concedes winning sure beats the alternative.

“Getting through that game, I think, gave us some confidence, and then we were able to get on a mini-run with a couple of games. And then all of a sudden the smiles got bigger. The practices got shorter. The jokes got better,” Self said. “Regardless of what it was, I just felt like our guys

one in which Kansas has compiled a 30-4 record and takes a 14-game winning streak into the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C tourney.

“We don’t really think memory of a 78-65 loss about the past too much in the second round of with this group,” Selden the NCAA Tournament said. “This is a different to Wichita State. Selden team from the past years, went scoreless and with- a different group of guys, out an assist in 23 mina different mindset. utes, extending his two- We’re focused on buildyear tournament slump ing on what we’ve done — if, that is, four games this year and not trying qualify as a slump. In to get back something we those four starts, Selden didn’t accomplish.” averaged 2.5 points and What Selden has done one rebound, made 25 is play strong defense percent of his field-goal and keep the ball moving attempts, 50 percent at the other end, whether of his free throws and he’s in the midst of a hot none of his five threeshooting streak or cold pointers. one, of which he has had In the same breath both. As is the case with as acknowledging “the most college basketball stats don’t lie,” Kansas players, it took him a coach Bill Self said he is while to master not let“confident” that Selden ting shooting woes keep can “turn it around. ... I him from maximizing like where his game is contributions in other right now. I thought he areas. was very good in Kansas “It’s just growing up,” City, and I think he’s on Selden said. “I have to an uptick right now.” thank coach for that. He Selden looks at today’s used to really pound it game not as an extension in my head. You don’t of his tournament career, have to make shots to rather of this season, play well. When I’m not

Our Savior New American in Centereach, New York.

“I came here at 223 (pounds). I’m now 228, 229,” the 6-foot-9 Diallo said. “We play physical sometimes, me and Lando (Landen Lucas at practice). I like it because it’s helped me develop.

We’ve got six big men.

We have a rotation. Like coach said, ‘Be patient.’

I’m patient. Every time we win, I don’t have a problem. We keep winning every time, I’m good.

I’m a team player.” l

Home away from The building: Mason home: KU’s players were and Lucas were asked asked if today’s 3 p.m. if anybody from Iowa

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Bragg on Austin Peay: “They are good. They got l here for a reason. They No word on NBA: Vari- are trying to do the same ous Jayhawks were asked job we’re trying to do. We about their future plans, have to stay focused.” l meaning the NBA Draft, This, that: KU and during Wednesday’s media session. Diallo, Austin Peay are meetCarlton Bragg Jr. and Svi ing for the first time in Mykhailiuk all said they men’s basketball. ... KU is were not thinking about 19-0 all-time against curnext year right now, only rent membership of the Ohio Valley Conference: focusing on KU. l 9-0 vs. Murray State; 2-0 Mykhailiuk on his sec- vs. Belmont, Morehead ond NCAA Tournament: State and UT-Martin; and “It’s going to be a great 1-0 vs. Eastern Kentucky, tournament and a lot SIU-Edwardsville, Southof fun. We are the No. 1 east Missouri State and seed. That’s very good. Tennessee State. Kansas It’s March Madness, any- last faced an Ohio Valthing can happen.” ley team when it defeated l Belmont, 89-60, on Dec. Diallo improves: A New 15, 2012, in Allen FieldYork TV crew checked in house. ... KU is 97-43 allwith Diallo, who played at time in the NCAAs.

making shots, I feel like everything else in your game has to step up, and I feel like I can do that.”

Selden, averaging 13.3 points and shooting .408 from three, both career highs, had the two most memorable shots of the Big 12 tournament. His three at the end of the shot clock killed West Virginia’s last chance in the Big 12 title game.

Uncle Anthony’s nuclear reaction to his nephew’s dunk over Baylor’s Ishmail Wainwright in the semifinal turned the uncle into a bigger national celebrity than the nephew. Uncle Anthony Pitts has been wearing gigantic clocks on a chain around his neck in honor of Wayne since the Jayhawk’s freshman season. He usually catches the games on TV in Boston, but was in Sprint Center last week and plans to attend Saturday’s game in Wells Fargo, assuming Kansas doesn’t become the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16.

“He’s excited about it all,” Selden said. “My

best friend has made my uncle a Twitter account (@TheRealUncleAnthony), and those two have been hitting it off.

They’re really, really excited, so I’m just trying to let him know we’ve got to take this one game at a time.”

Uncle Anthony’s reaction was not out of character, according to his nephew.

“He wakes up like that,” Selden said.

“That’s him. People might have thought he was intoxicated or something like that. That’s just him. That’s how he is. He’s just a really excited, energized human.

He would act like that if he’s in his home.”

Nephew Wayne has a much cooler head. These days, it’s not easy to tell whether he has just posterized a defender or clanked a three-pointer.

Either way, he resets his clock, retreats to the other end and plays attentive defense, makes his physical presence felt and plays with more confidence than at any point during his career.

SEVEN-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY MENGHINI, SHAWNEE, HOISTS several familiar Kansas faces — from left, Jamari Traylor, Frank Mason III and Perry Ellis — during the Jayhawks’ practice.

totally loosened up. The other thing, probably, roles were defined better.

“So they probably weren’t uptight thinking about, ‘What is my role?’ I think that everybody had a complete understanding of kind of how they could best help our team and what role they would have. Guys bought in. Of course, it doesn’t guarantee success moving forward, but these guys are about as bought in as any group I’ve ever had.”

first-round game against Austin Peay will feel like a home game.

“Most definitely. It’s three hours away from Lawrence,” guard Frank Mason III said. “We know we have a lot of fans here to support us, and we can’t wait.”

“I think so,” forward Landen Lucas said. “Our fans travel very well, and this is a close destination.

I’m looking forward to seeing them out in full effect.

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Maintenance

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AccountingFinance

Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board

Accountant/Economist For position details, please view the job posting on the agency website: http://curb.kansas.gov or the State of Kansas website at http://admin.ks.gov EOE

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Duties include yard work, painting, and many other miscellaneous maintenance jobs.

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Or come to: MV Transportation, Inc. 1260 Timberedge Road Lawrence, KS. EOE

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Eudora Seasonal Employees City of Eudora is accepting applications for seasonal help. Salary range $10-$12 per hour. Job responsibilities include but not limited to mowing, operating weed eater, assisting street department, and other duties assigned by supervisor. Valid Kansas Drivers License is required. Applications available at Eudora City Office, 4 E. 7th Street or www.cityofeudoraks.gov Applications accepted at same office until position filled.

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PUBLIC NOTICES 785.832.2222

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(First published in the approval of the Court. For the Courthouse at Lawinformation, visit rence, Lawrence Daily Journal- more Douglas County, www.Southlaw.com World March 10, 2016) Kansas, on March 31, 2016, at 10:00 AM, the following Kenneth M. McGovern, IN THE DISTRICT COURT real estate: Sheriff OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, Douglas County, Kansas KANSAS CIVIL Lot 12, Block 1, in DEPARTMENT DEERFIELD WOODS SUBDIPrepared By: VISION NO. 2, a subdiviSouthLaw, P.C. sion in the City of LawBank of America, N.A. Brian R. Hazel (KS #21804) Douglas County, rence, Plaintiff, 13160 Foster, Suite 100 Kansas, commonly known Overland Park, KS vs. as 2900 Winston Drive, 66213-2660 Lawrence, KS 66049 (the Daniel J. Horn and Christy (913) 663-7600 “Property”) (913) 663-7899 (Fax) Horn, et al.

Attorneys for Plaintiff Defendants. to satisfy the judgment in (184458) the above-entitled case. _______ Case No. 15CV353 The sale is to be made without appraisement and Court Number: (First published in the subject to the redemption Lawrence Daily Journal- period as provided by law, Pursuant to K.S.A. and further subject to the World March 10, 2016) Chapter 60 approval of the Court. For more information, visit IN THE DISTRICT COURT NOTICE OF SALE www.Southlaw.com OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL Under and by virtue of an Kenneth M. McGovern, DEPARTMENT Order of Sale issued to me Sheriff by the Clerk of the District Bank of America, N.A., suc- Douglas County, Kansas Court of Douglas County, cessor by merger to BAC Kansas, the undersigned Prepared By: Home Loans Servicing, LP Sheriff of Douglas County, SouthLaw, P.C. fka Countrywide Home Kansas, will offer for sale Kristen G. Stroehmann Loans at public auction and sell (KS #10551) Plaintiff, to the highest bidder for 13160 Foster, Suite 100 cash in hand, at the Lower Overland Park, KS vs.

Level of the Judicial and 66213-2660 Law Enforcement Center of (913) 663-7600 Lucy M. Turner and Asrie the Courthouse at Law(913) 663-7899 (Fax) Turner, et al. rence, Douglas County, Attorneys for Plaintiff Defendants.

Kansas, on March 31, 2016, (147671) at 10:00 AM, the following _______ Case No. 14CV412 real estate: Court Number: (First published in the LOT 25, IN BLOCK 4, IN Lawrence Daily JournalCHAPARRAL, AN ADDITION Pursuant to K.S.A. World March 17, 2016) TO THE CITY OF LAWChapter 60 RENCE, IN DOUGLAS DEMOLITION PERMIT AS COUNTY, KANSAS, NOTICE OF SALE APPLICATION SHOWN BY THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, Under and by virtue of an Date: March 14, 2016 commonly known as 2711 Order of Sale issued to me Site Address: Rawhide Lane, Lawrence, by the Clerk of the District 1225 New York Street KS 66046 (the “Property”) Court of Douglas County, Applicant Signature: Kansas, the undersigned John P. Schmidt to satisfy the judgment in Sheriff of Douglas County, March 14, 2016 the above-entitled case. Kansas, will offer for sale 785-979-9990 The sale is to be made at public auction and sell epresidente@schmidtcontr without appraisement and to the highest bidder for acting.com subject to the redemption cash in hand, at the Lower Property Owner period as provided by law, Level of the Judicial and Information: and further subject to the Law Enforcement Center of Mary McDonell

March 14, 2016 360-774-0891 marymcd@pt.mail.net Brief Description of Structure: Single family residence Contractor Company Name: Schmidt Contracting Inc. John P. Schmidt P.O. Box 442197 Lawrence, KS 66044 epresidente@schmidtcontr actinginc.com 785-331-3600 ________

change, you are required to file a responsive pleading on or before May 6, 2016 in this court or appear at the hearing and object to the requested name change. If you fail to act, judgment and order will be entered upon the Petition as requested by Petitioner.

Joanne Haberlan Petitioner, Pro Se 3446 Lazy Brook Ln Lawrence, KS 66047 402-430-9091 (First Published in the ________ Lawrence Daily JournalWorld on March 17, 2016) (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalIN THE 7TH JUDICIAL World March 3, 2016) DISTRICT, DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL COUNTY KANSAS DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS IN THE MATTER OF THE COUNTY, KANSAS PETITION OF PROBATE DEPARTMENT Joanne Elaine Haberlan to change her name to IN THE MATTER OF Joanne E. Laine THE ESTATE OF SALLY FRERICHS PILLER Case No. 16CV111 Div No. 1 Case No. 2016 PR 35 Pursuant to K.S.A. Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 Chapter 59 NOTICE OF HEARING PUBLICATION The State of Kansas to all who are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that Joanne Elaine Haberlan, filed a Petition in the above court on the 16th day of March, 2016, requesting a judgment and order changing her name from Joanne Elaine Haberlan to Joanne E. Laine.

The Petition will be hear in Douglas County District Court, 111 E 11th St., Lawrence, Kansas, on the 6th day of May, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Division 1.

If you have any objection to the requested name

NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:

known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law. If their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

Lynn J. Piller, Petitioner Linda K. Constable FLEESON,GOOING, COULSON & KITCH, L.L.C. 301 N. Main, Suite 1900 Wichita, Kansas 67202 Attorneys for Petitioner ATTEST: District Court Judge ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld March 12, 2016) DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DUST PALLIATIVE BID #16-F-0005 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for the purchase of approximately 175,000 gallons of 38% Calcium Chloride solution or 32% Magnesium Chloride solution by the Douglas County Department of Public Works will be received in the Office of the Douglas County Clerk, 1100 Massachusetts, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 until 3:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 30, 2016 and then publicly opened in the presence of the County Clerk.

You are hereby notified that on February 26, 2016, a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary was filed in this Court by Lynn J. Piller, an heir, devisee and legatee, and executor named in the Last Will and Testa- Bids must be submitted on ment of Sally Frerichs forms obtainable at the Office of the Director of PubPiller, deceased. lic Works/County EngiAll creditors are notified to neer, 3755 E 25th Street, exhibit their demands Lawrence, Kansas, or Deagainst the estate within mand Star on the Internet www.demandstar.com. the later of four months at from the date of first pub- Specifications and bid relication of notice under quirements are included in K.S.A. 59-2236 and amend- these documents. The bids ments thereto, or, if the shall be submitted in envelopes, adidentity of the creditor is sealed

dressed to the Office of Case No. 15CV401 the County Clerk, Courthouse, 1100 MassachuCourt Number: 4 setts, Lawrence, Kansas, upon which is clearly writ- Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter ten or printed “Dust Pallia60 tive Bid”, and the name NOTICE OF SALE and address of the bidder.

Any bids received after the closing time will be re- Under and by virtue of an turned unopened. Faxed Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District bids will not be accepted.

Court of Douglas County, The awarded bidder shall Kansas, the undersigned agree to offer the prices Sheriff of Douglas County, and the terms and condi- Kansas, will offer for sale tions offered herein to at public auction and sell other government agen- to the highest bidder for cies who wish to partici- cash in hand, at the Lower pate in a cooperative pur- Level of the Judicial and chase program with Doug- Law Enforcement Center of las County.

Other agen- the Courthouse at LawDouglas County, cies will be responsible for rence, entering into separate Kansas, on March 31, 2016, agreements with the Con- at 10:00 AM, the following tractor and for all pay- real estate: Lot One (1), in Learnard ments thereunder.

Court, a subdivision in the The Douglas County Board City of Lawrence, Douglas Kansas., comof Commissioners re- County, serves the right to reject monly known as 402 East any or all bids or waive 15th Place, Lawrence, KS technicalities and to pur- 66044 (the “Property”) chase the product that in to satisfy the judgment in the opinion of the Board is the above-entitled case. best suited to the work for The sale is to be made without appraisement and which it is intended. subject to the redemption period as provided by law, DOUGLAS COUNTY PUBLIC and further subject to the WORKS approval of the Court. For more information, visit Keith A. Browning, P.E. Director of Public Works www.Southlaw.com DATED: 03/09/2016 _______ Kenneth M. McGovern, Sheriff (First published in the Douglas County, Kansas Lawrence Daily JournalPrepared By: World March 10, 2016) SouthLaw, P.C. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Brian R. Hazel (KS #21804) 13160 Foster, Suite 100 DOUGLAS COUNTY, OverlandPar,KS KANSAS 66213-2660 CIVIL DEPARTMENT (913) 663-7600 (913) 663-7899 (Fax) Ditech Financial LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff Plaintiff, (185275) _______ vs.

Michelayn Agnew and Andrew S. Agnew, et al.

Defendants.

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