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City manager refuses to decide police over-hire Markus says such decisions should be made by commission from now on he refused when asked last week to unilaterally approve Twitter: @nikkiwentling the police department’s request to hire 17 officers over In a letter to the City Com- the maximum allowed. mission on Monday, City Markus, who has been on Manager Tom Markus said the job one week, said the

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practice the past three years of having the city manager approve the police department’s over-hires — without City Commission input — “should end.” He went on to say he thought the City

Commission should limit the over-hires this year to 14, not 17, and never again consider this type of request outside of the regular budget process.

“Knowing … our [police]

department believes they are understaffed, in need of more equipment and new expanded facilities, I wanted to be supportive,” Markus wrote. “And yet I am concerned as a manager that this practice of over Please see POLICE, page 2A Markus

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SCHOOL UPGRADES ENTER FINAL PHASE Pinckney: $6.5 million

Sunflower: $3.5 million

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Broken Arrow: $1.2 million

Prairie Park: $823,000

Previewing the final 5 construction projects at Lawrence schools

By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde

Bids for the final phase of the Lawrence school district’s bond construction projects have been approved, and the projects are set to begin this spring.

Members of the Lawrence school board got a glimpse recently of plans for the final five projects at Pinckney, Sunflower, Broken Arrow, Prairie Park and Quail Run elementary

schools. District officials said the five projects — which are broken up into two bids and total more than $12.4 million — were on budget and were even able to include a few extra improvements.

“Bids on both of these were very favorable,” Kyle Hayden, assistant superintendent of business and operations, told the school board last week. “And so, we hit our budget targets; we were able to capture all of our intended outcomes

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line with the original estimates for the projects, according to representatives with McCownGordon. The estimate for Pinckney was about $6.5 million and the estimate for the second bid that covered Broken Arrow, Prairie Park, Sunflower and Quail Run was about $5.9 million.

he word of the day at last week’s Lawrence City Commission meeting was “mess.” Commissioners were talking about the potential parking situation at the troubled HERE @ Kansas apartment/retail project that is under construction near Kansas University.

Well, trust me, my insurance agent and I understand messes when it comes to construction projects. I know that if you don’t get a mess cleaned up appropriately, there can be consequences, which for me often involve a hard couch in a cold basement. The potential consequences for the community from this multimillion-dollar project could be even greater than that.

After all, the project has 624 bedrooms and 13,500 square feet of commercial space. The project’s automated parking garage provider filed for bankruptcy, and now developers are scrambling to provide parking. They’ve proposed a new valet system, plus they say they’re working on adding 100 more spaces somehow, but haven’t yet provided details.

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Quail Run: $318,000

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and even some items that had previously appeared on the capital improvement plan.”

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DEATHS SARAH BELLE "SADIE" VAUGHN Funeral services for Sarah Belle “Sadie” Wilkinson Vaughn will be Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Worden United Methodist Church.

Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m. followed by the service at 2:00 p.m.

Private burial will be in Worden Cemetery.

Sarah passed away March 26, 2016 at Neuvant House in Lawrence, Kansas.

Sarah was born September 1, 1926 in Parsons, Kansas, the daughter of Frank W. and Esther E. Wilkinson. She was a 1944 graduate of Parsons High School and then entered nurses training as a U.S. Government Army Service Cadet at Bell Memorial Hospital (soon after renamed the University of Kansas Medical Center) in Kansas City, Kansas. After her graduation in 1947, she continued to work at the KU Medical Center for two years as head nurse in the Children's Orthopedic Ward. She married Gilbert R. Vaughn on March 29, 1949 at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Parsons. She moved to Lawrence and worked 2 years as a pediatrics office nurse located over the Crown Drug Store for Dr. Mary Boyden, Dr. Helen Gilles, and Dr. James Campbell.

She returned to work after her two sons, Michael A. and Bruce E. Vaughn were in Junior High School.

During that time, she was a CUB Scout den mother active in the Schwegler Elementary School PTA including being the president. She became a school nurse for 2 years as part of a federal Poverty Program grant. Sarah then worked for Dr. Helen Gilles, Dr. Vernon Branson and later Dr. Chuck Loveland, and Dr. Terry Riordan, as head nurse and office manager until her retirement in 1983.Sarah was a member of many organizations and served actively holding leadership positions in several.

Those organizations include University of Kansas and Nurses Alumni

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Under the $92.5 million bond issue approved by Lawrence voters in 2013, all 20 Lawrence schools received renovations and the district also built the new Lawrence College and Career Center, 2910 Haskell Ave. About three-quarters of the $92.5 million went toward the district’s 14 elementary schools, with most of that focused on six older schools in central and eastern Lawrence.

The five remaining projects make up the last phase of construction under the 2013 bond issue and will begin by June 1. Hayden said later that after all the planning, design and building that have gone into the 21 projects, getting to the last phase is rewarding.

“As you get down to the end of it, and you think about all the work that’s been done, it’s very rewarding,” he said.

“And to see final projects in particular I think is something that’s pretty special, because I would say many if not all the projects have turned out

Alumni Gold Metal Clubs, Order of the Eastern Star and the Order of the White Shrine (Lifetime), Central EHU, Volunteer at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Clinton Historical Society, Kaw Valley Quilters, Chipperfield Home Owners Association, and Worden United Methodist Women and Treasurer of Worden Cemetery.

Survivors include her son Bruce E. Vaughn, Lawrence, KS. Several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert R. Vaughn, her oldest son, Michael A. Vaughn, her parents and two brothers Paul N. and Floyd J. Wilkinson.

Sarah enjoyed traveling with her husband and friends, cooking, sewing (many different types and methods), quilting and as knitting as well reading, watching Kansas University Basketball, dining out with her friends and attending church.

Sarah was always proud of her nursing career and had special feelings about the white uniform they formally wore.In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Kansas University Endowment School of Nursing, Worden United or Methodist Church, Visiting Nurses in care of WarrenMcElwain Mortuary.

Online condolences may be sent to www.warrenmcelwain.co m this Please sign guestbook at Obituaries.

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better in person, when you see it, than what you anticipated on paper.”

Construction in the district, though, is far from over. Planning began this month for the district’s next set of projects. In January, the Lawrence school district hired architects to create a facility master plan for the district’s six secondary schools. Options for the secondary schools will be brought to the Lawrence school board in the fall, Hayden said.

Projects to begin

by June Pinckney A two-story addition will be built on the northwest side of the school and attached with a glass connection to the existing building. The entrance of the school will be reoriented back to the original entry facing Sixth Street, and a secure entry will be added. Heavy renovations will be made to the core of the building, including the commons area and library media center. The library will include more common spaces, a makerspace and low-level mobile shelving. Learning pockets will

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CATHERINE JUNE MAYGERS Catherine June Maygers died peacefully on March 25th, 2016 in her residence at Brighton Gardens of Prairie Village.

Catherine June Schott was born in Baltimore, MD on June 1st, 1924.

She attended St. Anthony’s Catholic School, Eastern High School, and the Maryland Institute of Art. During World War II she supported the war effort by working in the office staff at Edgewood Arsenal north of Baltimore. After the war she married Conrad Maygers who grew up on the same street as June.

June and Con had two sons, David and Dennis. As Con’s career was building they lived in Baltimore, Martinsburg, WV, and Philadelphia, PA. In 1963 they moved to Kansas City and settled in Prairie Village.

They belonged to Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, and remained active there for their entire lives. As her boys started High School and College, June rekindled her interest in Art ­ ­ particularly in painting. She took various classes, attended workshops, and studied under some of the finest teachers in the United States and Canada.

She created a home studio and began to paint with enthusiasm and dedication.

Watercolors became her primary medium.

June was very involved in the Kansas City art scene.

She showed her work in numerous galleries, and became a regular exhibitor at such events as the Ward Parkway, Prairie Village, and Plaza Art Fairs. She was a long­time member of the Kansas Watercolor Society, the of National League American Pen Women, and the Greater Kansas City Art Association.

June loved meeting people and making new friends. She could walk into a room of total strangers, and within minutes strike up a conversation that often turned into a long­lasting friendship.

One of her

be added and the kitchen will be completely remodeled.

Pinckney cost: $6.5 million

Sunflower An addition to the school will include five classrooms, two of which will be structurally enhanced to serve as “safe shelter areas.” Light renovations will include polished concrete flooring throughout the corridors and new furniture for learning pockets. Heavy renovations will include relocation of the current office area, new secure entry and full roof replacement. Changes will also be made to the traffic flow and parking to help with mobility.

Sunflower cost: $3.5 million Broken Arrow The majority of the heavy renovation will be in the core of the building. A secure entry will be added. Light renovations will include remodel of the main office area, polished concrete flooring throughout the corridors, remodel of restrooms and new furniture. Other heavy renovation will be replacing the stairs leading down to the cafeteria

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favorite topics was her beloved Baltimore.

She loved the history, art, and food of Baltimore ­ ­ especially Chesapeake Bay crabs ­­ and was constantly sharing stories or clippings with her family and friends.

June had an artist’s ‘eye’ and a deep appreciation for the beauty of nature. Even until the end of her life she enjoyed a walk in the park where she would comment of the gracefulness of a particular tree or the subtle hues of color and contrast to the sky.

June was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Conrad Maygers, and her older sister Eileen. She is survived by her sons, David Maygers of Merriam KS, and Dennis and Melinda Maygers of Lawrence; two grandchildren, Bryan of Brooklyn, Maygers New York, and Holly Maygers Thames and husband Blake Thames of Dallas TX. She is also survived by her younger sister Betty Clark and Family of Bedford, VA. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. Thursday March 31st at Queen of the Holy Rosary, 71st & Metcalf. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10 a.m., with burial at Resurrection Cemetery at 83rd and Quivira.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to St. Joseph Adoption Ministry, 8160 Parallel Pkwy, Suite 202, Kansas City, KS 66112. Online condolences may be left at www.mcgilleyhoge.com.

Arr: McGilley & Hoge, 8024 Santa Fe Dr, Overland Park, KS 66204 Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries.

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with a ramp, adding glass partitions to the gym and leveling out the tiered floor in the music room.

Broken Arrow cost: $1.2 million

Prairie Park The majority of the heavy renovation will be in the school’s office area.

A secure entry will be added, and Hayden said the office will be “completely gutted and the flow of it will be much different to accommodate the safe entry.” Light renovations will include restroom remodels, polished concrete flooring throughout the corridors and new furniture for learning pockets.

Prairie Park cost: $823,000 Quail Run (second phase) The majority of work was done last year, including a building addition and new roof. Light renovations will include new carpet, paint and some furniture in all classrooms and the library.

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hire is not, in my opinion, a good management practice except in rare or emergency conditions.”

The letter states that Markus met with Police Chief Tarik Khatib and members of the police department, finance department and management staff on March 23 to discuss the request.

In anticipation for what Khatib called an “unprecedented number of retirements” expected in the next four years, the department wants to hire 19 people this spring to start a nine-month training process and replace the leaving officers. The police department currently has two open positions. The over-hire of 17 officers is estimated to cost between $644,396 and $1,267,061, depending on how many people leave this year and how many qualified applicants are found.

Markus said in the letter he “did not believe I had the authority to approve such a request,” so he had it placed on the City Commission’s agenda for today, making the information public.

“The City Commission retains authority over public policy, which includes budget approval,” Markus wrote. “Even a temporary over hire can have significant consequences on an already approved budget and as such the decision will rest with the commission.

“As I start my role as city manager, it is critical that I build trust with the commission, community and our employees.”

Markus did include his input in the letter, but the City Commission will have the final say on the matter today. Among other things, he said over-hire is not common in city government. Approving overhires outside of the annual budget process “is not a sound budgeting practice” and should only be used “under rare circumstances… in an emergency situation,” he wrote.

Markus is recommending that the City Commission approve 14 overhires this year, noting Khatib’s concerns about the consequences of not hiring above the 152-person maximum.

In a city memorandum March 23, Khatib and Capt.

Anthony Brixius listed threats to the department if city commissioners were to deny the request, including concerns about officer and public safety, an increase in overtime pay and a cutback in the types of crimes the department investigates.

Markus is also asking that commissioners direct him to create a plan for how to fill police department vacancies in the future and vote to make future overhire decisions as part of the regular budget process.

“Knowing the normal attrition and the potential for a ‘bubble retirement’ should be cause for us to develop a succession plan so that time issues are addressed going forward,” he wrote.

He went on to say that over-committing resources “is not sustainable and may result in more harm than good over the long term.”

“I have found that there are never enough resources to satisfy even the most conservative of department heads,” he said.

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City to discuss spending $10.5M in sales tax revenue

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SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S A DAY AFTER A SNOW brought out several golfers to the Eagle Bend Golf Course on Monday. Here, seven golfers practice on the putting green.

City Commission to decide which events will receive grants

By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling

The Lawrence City Commission will decide today what events to fund — and how much they should receive — through a new grant program created to give a boost to tourism-generating activities.

The first round of the Transient Guest Tax Grant Program garnered two dozen applications totaling $225,671 in funding requests. The newly established Transient Guest Tax Advisory Board was tasked with picking and choosing which organizations received funding.

The seven-member board chose 15 programs to receive the maximum $150,000. However, after questions about how the board calculated the 25 percent rule (no more

than 25 percent of the event’s budget could be funded through the city), one event’s grant was decreased and two more may be omitted.

With the changes, $123,000 would be distributed to 13 events.

The board selected the Lawrence Arts Center’s Free State Festival to receive the full $15,500 for which it had asked. Because the event had already received $30,000 in city funding and $30,000 from Lawrence’s convention and visitors bureau, the maximum amount calculated should’ve been $7,375, said Megan Gilliland, the city’s communications manager, in a Monday memo.

And if the City Commission wants to include funding from the convention and visitors bureau in the

25 percent maximum, two events — the Downtown Shot Put and the Tour of Lawrence — would have to be omitted from the grant program, Gilliland’s memo states.

The advisory board selected the Downtown Shot Put to receive $9,009 and the Tour of Lawrence $10,000.

Commissioners will be asked Tuesday to determine how the 25 percent should be calculated and whether to include those events.

The first-ever National African American Quilt Conference was chosen by the advisory board to receive the largest grant, at $40,000. The conference is a citywide event planned for 2017 to celebrate the legacy of the African-American quilting tradition. The number of

overnight stays the event is estimated to generate is 1,000 — more than any other event that applied for funding.

The advisory board selected Theatre Lawrence’s holiday show, “Peter Pan,” to receive $20,000. The board is recommending the Lawrence Busker Fest receive $15,626 and the 2016 conference of the Globalization of Pharmaceuticals Education Network $10,000.

The remaining events, not counting the Tour of Lawrence or the Downtown Shot Put, are up to receive anywhere from $1,575 to $8,200.

The events not selected to receive any funding were some established events, such as the Art Tougeau parade, as well as Please see GRANTS, page 4A

Prosecutor seeks death in quadruple homicide Ottawa (ap) — Prosecutors are calling the crimes of an eastern Kansas man convicted in a quadruple homicide “extremely wicked, shockingly evil and vile.”

The Topeka CapitalJournal reports that the sentencing phase of Kyle Flack’s trial began Monday. The jury is hearing testimony to determine

if the 30-year-old and his roommate, should be senSteven White, at a tenced to death. rural Ottawa farmFlack was found house. guilty last week of Senior assistant capital murder in attorney general the 2013 deaths of Vic Braden says Kaylie Bailey and the killings of her toddler daughmother and daughter, Lana. Flack Flack ter were done in also was convicted an “especially heiin the deaths of Bailey’s nous, atrocious or cruel boyfriend, Andrew Stout, manner.” The defense

hasn’t yet made its case for life imprisonment.

Prosecutors presented two weeks of testimony from dozens of witnesses and hundreds of exhibits during the trial.

The defense called no witnesses during the trial. Jurors began deliberating Wednesday morning.

They reached a decision the same afternoon.

Lawrence city commissioners today will discuss how they want the city to be using its approximately $10.5 million portion of the countywide sales tax for the remainder of the year.

Commissioner Stuart Boley pushed for the discussion, asking on two occasions — first Feb. 16 and again March 1 — that it be scheduled in order to update the priorities for the 22-year-old fund.

The 1 percent sales tax, approved in 1994, has primarily been used for the operation of Parks and Recreation Department facilities and activities.

“Lawrence has changed; it’s a different place than we were in 1994,” Boley said. “It’s important, in my opinion, to listen to the voices and priorities of people paying the tax today.”

When Douglas County voters approved a 1-percent sales tax in 1994, they were told the fund would be used for Parks and Recreation facilities; facility improvements for Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, the Douglas County Visiting Nurses Association and the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department; and to lower property taxes.

Bryan Kidney, the city’s finance director, explained in a city memo that the sales tax reserve fund is a spending plan, not an adopted budget.

Past city commissions have directed the city to use it primarily for Parks and Recreation, Kidney wrote.

Boley pointed out that attached to the sales tax proposal was a provision that the money could be used by the city for Please see REVENUE, page 4A

School district names new assistant superintendent “Anna (Stubblefield) provides excellent leadership of one of the district’s The Lawrence school most important functions, district has named a new that of recruiting, develassistant superintendent oping and retaining high of business and operations. quality staff,” Hayden said Anna Stubblein a news release. field, who is cur“She’s a trusted and rently the direcproven leader and tor of human has been a valuable resources for the asset to our addistrict, will begin ministrative team her new role in as both a buildingJuly, the district level principal and announced Mondistrict-level direcday. Stubblefield tor.” will replace Kyle Stubblefield Prior to joinHayden, who was ing the Lawrence named as the district’s school district, Stubbleincoming superintendent field served six years as earlier this month. an assistant principal in Stubblefield has worked Blue Valley schools and in the district for the four years as a teacher and past eight years. She has coach in the Center school held her current position district in Kansas City, Mo. since 2012, and previously As assistant superinserved four years as prin- tendent of business and cipal of Liberty Memorial Please see SUPER, page 4A Central Middle School.

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Primaries assured in race for 3rd District County Commission seat Twitter: @ElvynJ

With more than two months remaining before the filing deadline, it is now assured both major parties will have Aug. 2 primaries for the 3rd District Douglas County Commission seat.

Bassem Chahine filed for the 3rd Chahine District seat Friday, becoming the second Democrat to enter the race to succeed Republican

Douglas County Commissioner Jim Flory, who announced in January he would not seek a third fouryear term. Jim Weaver, of rural Lecompton, filed earlier this month as a Democrat for the seat.

Two Republicans, Jim Denney and Michelle Derusseau, also have filed for the right to represent the district, which includes west Lawrence precincts, the communities of Lecompton, Big Springs,

Trial for sex crimes, burglaries rescheduled

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The trial for a man accused of rape and burglary, originally set to begin Monday, has been rescheduled for Aug. 15 .

Ryan Allen Miller, 36, was arrested on Nov. 7, 2015. He faces 15 criminal charges, including rape, criminal threat, two counts of aggravated sodomy, two counts of kidnapping, four counts of aggravated assault and Miller five counts of aggravated burglary.

Miller’s attorney filed an unopposed motion to continue, citing the need for more time to find a qualified medical professional who “can conduct the necessary evaluation of the defendant,” according to documents filed in Douglas County District Court.

Miller is accused of breaking into four homes along the 800 blocks of Alabama, Maine and Missouri streets the evening of Nov. 7, 2015, according to witness testimony during his preliminary hearing on Dec. 16, 2015. During the incidents he was armed with a weapon, later identified by police as a BB gun.

Inside a home on Maine Street, Miller brandished

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operations, Stubblefield will oversee several areas for the district, including finance, human resources

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some new events, such as a proposed five-day downtown concert called “Live on Mass Street.”

A full list of both funded and unfunded requests can be found on the city’s

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“general governmental purposes” not limited to Parks and Recreation, health facilities or property tax reduction.

“All kinds of people have moved in, have left, have grown up. What about their priorities?”

Boley said. “They did the right thing and wisely put in flexibility in the ballot language. We have an obligation to address the priorities of the people who are paying the tax. It seems very simple to me.”

After spending $4,368,418 to reduce property tax, portions of the fund were used in 2015 to pay for Parks and Recreation building maintenance and debt payments for Eagle Bend Golf Course, the community health facility and Sports Pavilion Lawrence.

his weapon at several college students and their friends, one witness testified. In a Missouri Street home, Miller entered and left quickly after a resident called out after hearing a noise, one man testified.

Miller then broke into a home on Missouri Street, two residents testified.

He allegedly sexually assaulted two women, who were able to flee the home after an altercation. Officers found Miller hiding in the home’s basement, police said.

Two detectives testified that Miller confessed to the crimes, saying he broke into the homes because he needed money to buy drugs and retrieve his impounded car.

Miller’s court-appointed attorney, Branden Smith, said his client’s confession included a statement made while he was high on methamphetamine. In February the defense filed a motion to suppress some of the statements.

Miller is being held in the Douglas County Jail in lieu of a $1 million bond.

Clinton, Lone Star, Stull, Worden and surrounding rural areas.

Chahine said he has been a resident of Lawrence since his family moved to the community from the United Arab Emirates after his father retired. He attended Free State High School, received his bachelor’s degree from Kansas University and a master’s in business administration from the University of Houston. The 31-yearold Chahine owns the Euphoria hookah lounge and Crepes and Taters in

Lawrence and the North Lawrence Medwakh.com, an importer, distributor and manufacturer of hookah tobacco and products.

His motivation for running for the office is to promote economic development, Chahine said.

“We need job growth in Douglas County,” he said.

“Several communities in the 3rd District are at risk of becoming ghost towns.”

Chahine said as a commissioner he wanted to promote the recruitment of large employers. They are the spinal cord of the

county and support job creation in smaller businesses, he said.

His approach would be “growth with balance,” meaning county codes and zoning should not be relaxed to promote growth, Chahine said.

There should be no discrepancies between city of Lawrence and Douglas County codes, he said.

Although the 3rd District County Commission seat is garnering interest, filings for the other county offices on the ballot in the 2016 election cycle has

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City Commission approves issuing bonds for fire truck, wireless meter reading system

By Elvyn Jones Twitter: @ElvynJ

The Eudora City Commission approved a resolution Monday authorizing the issuance of bonded debt to finance two needs identified in the city’s first-ever capital improvement project list developed in 2015.

The 15-year bonds, once issued, will allow the city to go forward with the purchase of a new $475,000 fire truck and the $935,000 installation of a new electrical utility meter reading system. Left out was a proposed project to upgrade waterlines to the Winchester Road area, which would have added another $365,000 to the bond issue.

Commissioners decided to put off the waterline improvements after Assistant City Manager Barack Matite presented a report of the budgetary impact of the added debt. The proposed Winchester project would have installed a 12-inch waterline from the water tower at 14th and Maple streets west along 14th Street.

It also would tie into an existing 12-inch line on Winchester Road. The — Public safety reporter Winchester Road area Conrad Swanson can be reached at is currently served by a 832-7284 or cswanson@ljworld.com. single 4-inch line.

The numbers Matite shared indicated the city might have to raise rates for both its electrical and water utilities by 8 percent for 2017 to keep reserves greater than the required 18 percent of total annual expenditures.

The city plans to install a wireless meter reading system for both its electrical and water utilities.

The resolution approved Monday would allow issuance of bonds to purchase the electrical utility part of that wireless meter reading system.

The figures Matite shared did not account for the added revenue the city anticipates receiving from the more accurate readings the wireless meter system provides, Matite said. Just what the greater accuracy would mean in the way of added revenue won’t be known until the system is operating, he said.

The possible need to raise water rates 8 percent persuaded commissioners to put off the waterline project until better numbers were available with the installation of the wireless meter reading system. Leading the call to be “prudent” was Commissioner Ruth Hughs.

“I don’t want to be in

the situation where residents of the west side don’t have adequate water, but we can figure it out,” she said. “Let’s step back and come back in a few months. I just don’t think you can push that hard right now.”

Commissioners agreed the Winchester waterline project needed to be done “sooner than later.”

“It’s not going to get any cheaper,” Commissioner Troy Squire said.

The City Commission also approved a charter ordinance that allowed it to use the city’s home role authority to issue general obligation bonds for the wireless electrical metering system without putting the measure before voters for approval.

Also approved was an ordinance establishing a special event permit policy for use of city parks and facilities.

The ordinance requires all event organizers apply to use city parks and facilities and pay a $50 application fee. Nonprofit groups are exempt from the application fee and rental fees for city facilities and equipment established with the policy.

— County reporter Elvyn Jones can be reached at 832-7166 or ejones@ljworld.com.

been limited to incumbents. Democrat incumbent Nancy Thellman has filed for the 2nd District County Commission seat.

County Clerk Jamie Shew, County Register of Deeds Kay Pesnell and County Treasurer Paula Gilchrist, all Democrats, have filed for another four years in their offices.

The filing deadline for township, county, state and federal offices is June 1.

— County reporter Elvyn Jones can be reached at 832-7166 or ejones@ljworld.com.

Utility shutoff protection ends Thursday The state’s “Cold Weather Rule,” a protection against utility companies shutting off service during winter months, ends Thursday.

Kansas residents who are behind on their electric or gas bills could be subject to disconnection from their service after Thursday, which is the end of the five-month span the cold weather rule is in effect.

Under the rule, utility companies can’t disconnect service when the temperature is expected to drop below 35 degrees.

The rule, which was adopted by the Kansas Corporation Commission and includes other caveats, requires utility companies to set up payment plans for customers who couldn’t pay their full bill.

Over the next year, residents can arrange to pay their overdue amount in monthly installments, in addition to their regular monthly bills.

and facilities. As a member of the Superintendent’s Team, she will also assist in the hiring, supervision and evaluation of school principals.

“Having enjoyed and already learned a great deal during my eight years

here, I’m honored to have this opportunity to continue to serve Lawrence schools and work collaboratively with our outstanding staff to improve student achievement and success,” Stubblefield said in the release.

Stubblefield also serves on the District Equity Leadership Team and is a member of the Lawrence Schools Foundation Board of Trustees and the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence Board of Directors.

She earned her bachelor’s

and master’s degrees from Kansas University, an Educational Specialist’s degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and her doctorate at Saint Louis University.

The district will begin a search to fill Stubblefield’s

current position as director of human resources immediately, according to district spokeswoman Julie Boyle.

website, lawrenceks.org.

In budget talks last year, the City Commission set aside $150,000 in transient guest tax dollars to fund the creation of the grant program. Transient guest tax is the 6 percent tax charged on all overnight hotel stays in Lawrence.

Under the program’s

guidelines, grants are intended to support events that can demonstrate a benefit to the community or economy; enhance Lawrence’s character; and generate additional transient guest tax and sales tax.

According to a city memo, the City Commission had been getting numerous requests for event

support outside of the regular budget cycle. The grant program is a way to limit those requests, the memo states.

The most recent example was the Lawrence Arts Center’s request in September for $100,000 to keep the Free State Festival running.

At the time, the City

Commission decided to give the summer arts event $60,000 after discussion about whether the event actually brought in many overnight guests.

According to information provided in its grant application, the Lawrence Arts Center is estimating

the Free State Festival will generate 50 overnight stays.

The City Commission meets at 5:45 p.m. today at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.

Kidney is recommending the city continue to use the fund primarily for Parks and Recreation.

“Other major commitments of the sales tax to other uses would put stress on the Parks and Recreation growth, operation and maintenance system,” Kidney said.

“The first round of major projects funded with this tax are now 20-plus years old and in need of ‘second generation’ funding for major renovations.”

Kidney referred to the ongoing process of reviewing the Parks and Recreation master plan — a review likely to result in a list of improvement projects that will need future funding.

But Boley listed the City Commission’s stated priorities for 2016, saying those issues, especially affordable housing, needed to be addressed through the sales tax reserves. The

commission’s other stated priorities are: economic development, public safety, mental health and infrastructure, transit and nonmotorized transportation.

If commissioners do want to make changes to how the fund is used, Kidney asks via his memo that adjustments are done during 2017 budget talks.

Because expenditures from the sales tax reserve

fund were put on hold until the commission’s discussion, commissioners will be asked today to vote on bids for two HVAC systems and the Baldwin Creek Trail Project.

The City Commission will convene at 5:45 p.m. at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. — City Hall reporter Nikki Wentling can be reached at 832-7144 or nwentling@ljworld.com.

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

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

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Pedestrian priority Planners shouldn’t give pedestrians short shrift when promoting safety on city streets and pathways.

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he concept of “complete streets” that has drawn considerable support in Lawrence calls for streets that are designed to promote safety for all users: motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians.

Bicycle lanes have been a big focus, as have “shared use” paths. Sometimes the paths are used in conjunction with bicycle lanes and sometimes, as is proposed for the East Ninth Project, they are intended to replace bicycle lanes and be the primary route for bicycles, people on other conveyances, like skateboards or roller skates — and pedestrians.

The shared use paths certainly provide a safer area for most of those users — but not so much for pedestrians who have to compete with a variety of wheeled vehicles on the path.

An 8-foot-wide path is envisioned for the East Ninth Project. That’s probably wide enough to accommodate multiple uses if both foot and wheeled traffic is light, but planners hope this will be a heavily traveled route. It’s easy to imagine conflicts between pedestrians who are strolling, or perhaps pushing baby strollers, and bicyclists rolling along toward their destinations.

The East Ninth Project certainly isn’t the only place where this could be — or already is — an issue. When walkers are handling a dog, talking to a companion or using earbuds to listen to music, they may be unaware that a bicycle is approaching them from behind. Some bicyclists ring a bell or shout something like “on your left” as they approach, but their warning often comes so late that it startles pedestrians but gives them little time to react.

Again, on paths with relatively low traffic, problems may be minimal but, if the idea is to encourage walking and cycling in the city, problems are likely to increase.

Walking is great exercise and often the exercise of choice for the retirees that Lawrence is trying to attract. It’s great to promote safe cycling, but don’t forget the pedestrians.

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Paris — After Brussels, President Obama’s strategy of gradually degrading the Islamic State looks terribly risky. And much too slow.

Yes, the Islamic State has lost around 40 percent of the territory it seized in Syria and Iraq, much of it retaken

by Kurdish forces with U.S. air support. But it still holds the cities at its heart: Raqqa in eastern Syria and the major urban area of Mosul in northern Iraq. Right now, it appears unlikely that either will be liberated in the near term.

That cross-border territorial base enables the jihadis to retain their ideological appeal to alienated Muslim youths in Europe and at what won’t work before laying out the one plausible (but risky) option that could do the caliphate in.

For starters, let’s scratch the idiotic post-Brussels panaceas offered by Donald Trump (more torture) and Ted Cruz (“patrol and secure” Muslim American neighborhoods). Both would create more recruits for the Islamic State than they would deter.

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Yet if the goal is to destroy the Islamic State caliphate more quickly, helping the Kurds of Syria take Raqqa may be the only option, one that must at least be seriously examined.” elsewhere. That base also permits the Islamic State to maintain its fiction that it has resurrected a caliphate.

It allows it to train fighters with European passports who can return home and wreak carnage.

Moreover, the fear generated by these attacks is stoking a wave of rightwing populism in Europe that threatens to undermine America’s most important alliances — the European Union and NATO.

Quicker action is needed None of this excuses the glaring European failure to share intelligence, or act on information that might have prevented last week’s tragedy. But the Brussels disaster forces the question: Should the United States be moving more quickly to upend the caliphate, before the Islamic State sinks deeper roots into Europe and North Africa — and spreads to America?

After spending two weeks in Iraq and Syria, my answer is yes. But I don’t mean send in the Marines.

Indeed, it is best to look

Retaking Mosul delayed The complexity of the Syrian front has led many to focus first on the Iraq option. U.S. troops have been retraining the Iraqi army that collapsed in 2014 when the Islamic State invaded Mosul. Early hopes were that Mosul could be liberated in 2015, but that goal was pushed back to 2016 and even that date is now in serious doubt.

Speaking at a forum held by the American University of Iraq in Sulaimani, the special presidential envoy for countering the Islamic State cautioned against expectations for a speedy liberation of Mosul. “Everything now is trending the right way, but this will be a long haul,” said Brett McGurk in Kurdistan.

“This is going to be longer than people want.”

The reasons for the delay: A weak and beleaguered Iraqi prime minister is being pressed by Iranian-backed militia leaders to let their Shiite fighters lead the offensive on Mosul — a predominantly Sunni city. This would risk an outbreak of sectarian slaughter.

Political infighting has also delayed the raising of a Sunni tribal force of 15,000 men from northern Iraq to join the army. This Sunni component is essential to reassure Mosul civilians that the anti-Islamic State force won’t take revenge on them.

“Fighting between politicians in Baghdad while we are fighting ISIS puts a stone on the way of Iraq,” I was told by Gen. Najm alJabouri, commander of the operations center tasked with organizing the Mosul offensive. “We don’t have enough troops, enough equipment,” he told me at his headquarters in Makhmour.

Retraining of Iraqi army troops is slow. Jabouri says he has three brigades but could use eight to 13. These deficits mean that the Mosul offensive will likely take place in stages; any move to retake the urban core probably won’t happen until 2017.

This harsh truth forces us to reexamine whether there is any prospect of an earlier liberation of Raqqa, and who could provide the troops.

The easy (but incorrect) answer is: Let the Russians do it with their Assad regime ally. Syrian government troops, backed by Russian air power (yes, Vladimir Putin is still active in Syria) are on the verge of retaking Palmyra, which lies along a crucial route to Raqqa.

Retaking Raqqa But it would be a stretch too far to expect the unsteady Syrian military to take Raqqa. Nor do Moscow or Damascus have a strategic reason to do so. (The continued existence of the Islamic State is used by Russia to justify maintaining Bashar al-Assad in power.)

Which brings us to the only fighters willing and able to retake Raqqa from the Islamic State if a host of political obstacles didn’t prevent them: the Syrian Kurds.

Syrian Kurdish fighters, backed by U.S. air power, have already driven the Islamic State out of large swathes of eastern Syria.

“We think Raqqa should be retaken as soon as possible,” said Salih Muslim, co-president of the Syrian Kurds’ Democratic Union Party (PYD), speaking at the Sulaimani forum. “We can stand against ISIS and break down the myth of ISIS.” He’s probably right. With greater U.S. support, and an effort to enlist more Sunni tribal fighters to join the Kurds, they might well take Raqqa. Muslim says they would give this Sunni city local rule within their selfdeclared federal region of Rojava and North Syria. He says the Kurds would ensure that the Islamic State 2.0 would not emerge in the liberated area.

Work harder on Turkey But Turkey, at war with its own rebel Kurds, violently opposes this idea.

Washington should try harder to persuade Turkey’s mercurial President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to renew talks with Kurdish rebels in both Turkey and Syria, but he doesn’t seem open to reason.

Moreover, it’s far from clear that Raqqa’s Sunni Arab population would accept living under Kurdish overlordship. “This could become a real incendiary issue between Kurds, Arabs and Turks,” says Joshua Landis, the University of Oklahoma’s noted Syria expert.

Yet if the goal is to destroy the Islamic State caliphate more quickly, helping the Kurds of Syria take Raqqa may be the only option, one that must at least be seriously examined. The longer the Islamic State keeps its territorial base in Raqqa and Mosul, the more its threat to the West will grow.

— Trudy Rubin is a columnist and editorial-board member for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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To the editor: The number of vehicle accidents is up and the number of bodily injuries is up, all due to cellphone usage while driving or walking. I have seen drivers reading paperwork, using a laptop or trying to feed french fries to a child strapped into a child safety seat behind them. Drivers have one job to do while operating a vehicle, focus on the job at hand.

Saturday, when I read the paper, I was totally shocked to read an article about painting a mural on the street at a street intersection. This smacks of stupidity on so many levels. Are our city leaders considering the safety of people using this intersection? You have enough trouble with drivers not paying attention to what they are doing. Now you’re going to have drivers trying to snap pictures with their cellphones or looking down at the mural, instead of paying attention to the traffic movements at this intersection. Is this what you call an accident waiting to happen?

Scott Henderson, Lawrence

Valuable assets To the editor: April is Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month and, as we celebrate this month, we are reminded that all

children deserve safe and happy childhoods. Each of us has a role in making sure Douglas County is the best place for children and families to thrive.

There are simple actions we can take every day to help reduce family isolation and stress, which are two of the major risk factors of child abuse and neglect. Such actions include making yourself known to new neighbors and families, volunteering your time at pre- or post-school programs, or providing time for parents to have an occasional break from the rigors of parenthood.

With the support of more than 40 local groups and agencies, the Douglas County Child Abuse Prevention Task Force will be asking mayors and city and county commissioners in Lawrence, Lecompton, Eudora and Baldwin City to declare April Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month. Along with the proclamations, we will be planting blue pinwheels in each city to increase awareness and community engagement in this important issue.

Please join us Saturday, April 23, at the Earth Day Celebration in South Park to celebrate not only our earth, but also one of its most valuable assets, our children. Look for the booth with the blue pinwheels, an uplifting reminder of childhood and the bright futures all children deserve!

Pamela Cullerton, Lawrence

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 29, 1916: “Unless some other community gets busy years mighty quick, the first six ago miles of concrete road to be IN 1916 built in Douglas county, will run west of Lawrence on the California road. As the result of a meeting held last night at the Brackett school house a committee was appointed … which will take charge of the work in this district and will circulate petitions as soon as they can secure the blanks. Thirty-five or more farmers were out to the meeting last night and while there were several who were outspoken in favor of building a concrete road no one expressed himself against it. ... The talks made were along the line of the cost of the road, method of building same, their worth to the farmers, and the manner in which the money is to be raised to pay for the road.”

“Naming as one cause for action the fact that her husband has often been absent from home late at night without giving an account of his whereabouts, Bettie Proper this morning filed suit for divorce in the district court against Harvey Proper. Mrs. Proper alleges that her husband has often been guilty of cruelty and has failed to provide the necessities of life for her and his daughter. Mrs. Proper asks for a division of property and the custody of her child.”

— Compiled by Sarah St. John

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neighborhood. The garage could be used by HERE while it works on a more elegant solution to add automated parking to its building. Then, the new offsite garage could be leased for any number of parking purposes in the crowded Oread neighborhood.

Granted, a new off-site parking garage may not solve the biggest problem seemingly facing the project: time. It seems that the current proposals put a heavy emphasis on getting the project open by August.

It is understandable that developers want to meet that timeline. It also is fine to have sympathy for the developers. The developers didn’t want any of this to happen, and they are paying a price for it.

But, it also is reasonable to expect that the project is going to be delayed. Its entire parking plan failed. That was a calamity, and often calamity produces delays.

That’s really what city commissioners have to decide in this project: Is a delay reasonable?

There is a balancing act for commissioners. The city does need to consider at least one more question: What happens if this project fails?

If the project fails and the building becomes empty or underutilized, it would be bad for the Oread neighborhood. But a rushed parking plan that isn’t fully thought out could create negative consequences for the neighborhood for years to come.

It indeed is a messy situation. Commissioners will seek to sort it out at their meeting at 5:45 p.m. today at City Hall.

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TOWANDA , PA . ortheastern Pennsylvania was in the vanguard of the Republican establishment’s attempts to stop outsider Barry Goldwater in 1964 and outsider Ronald Reagan in ’76. But party regulars here aren’t leading the Stop Trump movement — they’re incensed by it.

Reps. Tom Marino and Lou Barletta are two of a handful of House members to have endorsed Trump. In his announcement last week, Barletta complained that party leaders have “spent more time trying to stop Donald Trump than trying to understand why is he is so popular.” GOP voters in the 10th and 11th congressional districts, who gave big majorities to George W. Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney, are rallying to the man their old standard-bearers detest.

Dan Meuser and Chris Hackett are Republican businessmen who once ran against each other for Congress. Meuser says the campaign to deny Trump the nomination at the national convention “just increases his support. People feel, ‘You’re still not taking us seriously.’ ” Hackett agrees: “The harder they try to stop Trump, the more likely he is to succeed.”

Northeastern Pennsylvania’s support for 2016’s outsider candidate illustrates how decades of economic stagnation and political dysfunction have eroded the GOP establishment’s power in its onetime bastions such as this.

The region — known as NEPA — has been Republican for as long as there has been a Republi-

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Eric and Blythe Jones own the Jones Diner, where they proclaim their preference.

can Party. Two figures loom large: David Wilmot, the anti-slavery crusader who helped found the party before the Civil War, and Gov. William Scranton, who battled for its soul a century later.

In 1964, Scranton waged an 11th-hour presidential campaign to deny the nomination to Sen. Goldwater of Arizona, a conservative’s conservative who had voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Scranton personified the moderate Eastern Republican establishment.

Descended from industrialists for whom the city of Scranton was named, he studied at Hotchkiss and Yale and served in John Foster Dulles’ State Department. His mother, who traced her lineage to the Mayflower, was on the Republican National Committee for two decades.

As Theodore H. White once wrote, “The Republican Party was his, his since his grandfather’s day, his by inheritance from mother and father.’’

But he could not stop Goldwater, who suffered a massive defeat in the fall that was both the confirmation of the establishment’s judgment of him and the result of its attacks on him.

The establishment rallied again in 1976, this time successfully. Pennsylvania’s uncommitted convention delegates helped President Ford fend off the challenge of another Western insurgent, Ronald Reagan.

Today, the establishment is something with which nobody in NEPA wants to be associated, including those who are patently part of it.

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The Justice Department withdrew its legal action against Apple on Monday, confirming that an outside method to bypass the locking function of a San Bernardino terrorist’s phone has proved successful.

The method brought to the FBI this month by an unidentified entity allows investigators to crack the security function without erasing contents of the iPhone used by Syed Farook, who with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, carried out a mass shooting in December that left 14 dead.

“The government has now successfully accessed the data stored on Farook’s iPhone and therefore no longer requires the assistance from Apple Inc.,” Justice lawyers said in a two-page filing in a California federal magistrate’s court.

Justice spokeswoman Melanie Newman said the FBI is reviewing the contents of the phone, “consistent with standard investigatory procedures.”

“We will continue to pursue all available options for this mission, including seeking the cooperation of manufacturers and relying upon the creativity of both the public and private sectors,” Newman said.

Apple had no immediate comment. Justice officials declined to comment on whether the technique used to unlock the phone would be applied to other encrypted devices. Authorities also refused comment on whether the method would be shared with Apple.

Monday’s action followed six weeks of building tensions. The FBI insisted for weeks that only Apple could crack the contents of Farook’s iPhone. Apple said such an action amounted to a digital “backdoor” that could undermine the privacy of consumers — an unwavering stance supported by Google, Facebook, Microsoft and other tech giants.

Since a federal magistrate in California ordered Apple last month to assist the FBI in gaining access to Farook’s iPhone, the legal filings and rhetoric between the world’s most valuable technology company and the government’s premier law enforcement agency had sharpened into verbal vitriol. The foes were poised to face off in a courtroom in Riverside, Calif., last week before the Justice Department abruptly asked for a postponement.

California to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour Biggest state becomes the first to answer call of longtime crusaders Paul Davidson @PDavidsonusat USA TODAY

A deal to raise California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022 was reached Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown and state legislators, making the nation’s largest state the first to lift base earnings to that level. The accord propels the campaign to lift the pay floor

nationally.

The increase will boost the wages of more than 1 in 3 workers in the state, according to worker group Fight For $15. The proposal had been headed to a referendum. It’s expected to be approved by the state assembly.

“This plan raises the minimum wage in a careful and responsible way and provides some flexibility if economic and budgetary conditions change,” Brown said.

The governor can temporarily suspend the hikes if economic conditions are poor or if there’s a large budget deficit.

About a dozen cities have ap-

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Demonstrators in Los Angeles demand an increase of the minimum wage at a rally in December 2014.

proved $15 minimums, including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a $15 pay floor for New York City starting in 2019 and statewide by 2021. A plan is already in place to hike wages for fast-food and state workers.

Under California’s plan, its minimum wage, currently one of the highest in the nation at $10 an hour, would rise to $10.50 in 2017, $11 in 2018 and a dollar each year through 2022.

The California deal follows a series of one-day strikes by lowwage workers over the past

3½ years.

The crusade has been credited with prodding lawmakers as well as companies such as Facebook and Google to set $15 as base pay.

The Democratic Party adopted a $15 minimum in its platform.

Proposals to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to about $10 have been blocked by Republicans in Congress.

Critics say the increased costs will force some businesses to replace workers with technology and even shut down.

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Blow-up rafts are just the thing for lounging at the pool, blow-up beds for a houseful of guests. But a blow-up spacecraft?

It may sound more “Jetsons” than “Right Stuff,” but NASA is about to put the idea to the test.

The space agency is poised to launch an inflatable compartment to the International Space

Station, an orbiting laboratory home to a crew of six. After astronauts fill the new structure with air, it will swell from a bundle 8 feet wide into a compartment nearly as big as a one-car garage.

The station crew will only run tests on the module rather than spend time inside it, at least in the beginning. Its flight is still a significant milestone, observers say. “It’ll be the first time human beings will actually step inside this expandable habitat in space,” says retired astronaut George Zamka, who has worked for Bigelow Aerospace, the com-

pany that built the module. “It’ll feel pretty beefy. … There won’t be this sense of it being like a balloon.”

Nor will it be easy to puncture, according to engineers. The fully inflated room will have thick walls built of multiple layers of fabric and Kevlar-like material. Space junk won’t penetrate, NASA’s Rajib Dasgupta said.

The station’s robotic arm will attach the compartment to a docking station. Then an astronaut will press a button to inflate the module, which should take roughly 45 minutes. An internal

metal framework will help the module maintain its shape, which means the pod is more accurately called “expandable” than “inflatable.”

Inflatable or expandable, the compartment is slated to ride a SpaceX rocket into orbit April 8.

Officially called the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, it will be deployed to full size two months from now.

Bigelow launched two prototype inflatable pods into orbit a decade ago, but neither has hosted humans. Proceeding cautiously, NASA plans to have astronauts spend only three

hours inside BEAM every few months.

The crew may have other ideas. The space station “tends to get kind of cramped,” Zamka says. “So any volume that’s there that’s not being used, the astronauts are probably going to be asking about it.”

The crew may like the idea of a spacious hideaway, but NASA likes the idea of a pod lighter and less bulky to launch than conventional modules. Bigelow already has a bigger and more capable inflatable at the ready: the B330, which is spacious enough to house a crew of six.

EX-PARDON ATTORNEY CITES INACTION IN RESIGNATION She says lawyers told to set aside prisoners’ pleas

“This is inconsistent with the mission and values to which I have dedicated my life and inconsistent with what I believe the department should represent.”

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The Obama administration instructed Justice Department attorneys to neglect applications for presidential pardons to give priority to the department’s initiative to release low-level offenders from prison, the former pardon attorney said in her resignation letter early this year.

That inaction was one of several issues former pardon attorney Deborah Leff cited in her letter, which was obtained by USA TODAY after making a Freedom of Information Act request. Leff resigned in January after less than two years as the official responsible for making clemency recommendations for the president.

Her resignation letter suggests a broken and bureaucratic process at odds with President Obama’s aim to exercise his pardon power “more aggressively” in the final months of his presidency.

Leff wrote that the administration’s focus on the clemency initiative at the expense of traditional pardons and commutations “means that the requests WASHINGTON

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“This is inconsistent with the mission and values to which I have dedicated my life and inconsistent with what I believe the department should represent,” she wrote.

It’s the job of the U.S. pardon attorney to investigate all of those cases and make a recommendation to the deputy attorney general, who then forwards it to the White House Counsel’s Office and ultimately the president. Because the pardon attorney advises the president on sensitive cases, the process is cloaked in secrecy, and officials rarely discuss

the process publicly. Leff’s letter offers a rare glimpse into how the pardon office works in the Obama administration.

Unlike in previous administrations, in which pardon office staffers and the White House had routine conversations, Leff said she was denied “all access to the White House Counsel’s Office,” which is the last step for a pardon application before being approved or denied by the president. She said Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates overruled her recommendations in an increasing number of cases — and in those cases, the president was

unaware of the difference of opinion.

She said the Justice Department had not made good on its promise to put the required resources behind the clemency initiative. That initiative, part of a broader push for sentencing changes, was designed to use the president’s constitutional pardon power to release federal inmates who would have received shorter sentences had they been sentenced under today’s more lenient guidelines. It applies mostly to non-violent drug offenders serving sentences of 10 years or more, with good behavior while in prison.

Since the administration announced the initiative in 2014, applications for clemency have exploded. There are 10,073 clemency cases pending — three times

as many as in 2013. That doesn’t count thousands more cases seeking free legal help through the Clemency Project, an outside consortium set up to assist with the initiative.

When he announced the initiative in April 2014, then-deputy attorney general Jim Cole said the department “pledged to provide the necessary resources to fulfill this goal expeditiously.”

Though the administration didn’t set a target for the number of cases, former attorney general Eric Holder told The Washington Post last year that he had hoped as many as 10,000 people could have their sentences reduced under the program. Obama has granted less than 2% of those.

Leff’s resignation letter was addressed to Yates, whom the Justice Department declined to make available for an interview.

Instead, the department issued a written statement that said it was working with Congress to increase the budget for the Office of Pardon Attorney. The department has posted job openings for 16 attorneys to process clemency petitions in hopes that Congress will approve the funding.

Leff declined to comment on her resignation. She made clear in her letter that she agrees with the stated aims of Obama’s clemency policy, even as she questioned the administration’s commitment to it.

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sioner, stands at David Wilmot’s grave near the Susquehanna River and ponders what he’d make of the national party today.

He points to Wilmot’s white stone marker. “He’s down there spinning over what the establishment has done to the party of Lincoln,” he says. “I can’t stand the RNC. They hover at 15,000 feet. Totally out of touch.”

He says “the forces of hell have been unleashed” on Trump and warns against “any monkey business at the convention.” If there is, he says, and Trump “leaves the party in smoldering embers, then I’ll be happy.”

‘STIR THE POT’

Out on the old main road through town, the Jones Diner has a Trump sign on the knotty-pine paneled wall behind the lunch counter.

It would seem like a good way to alienate at least some customers. Eric and Blythe Jones, the couple who own the diner, thought about that. “But I loved Donald Trump as soon as he opened his mouth,” Eric says. “I said, ‘Let’s do it.’ Someone has to stir the pot.”

“He sometimes speaks too quickly,” Blythe says of Trump.

“But so do I.” The reaction has been positive, she says, “especially from working men.”

The Joneses say they hope Trump can bring jobs back to the area, secure the nation’s borders, and, of course, upend the establishment. “He’ll shake things up, that makes ’em nervous,” Eric says.

Although there’s no sign of a Trump organization before Pennsylvania’s primary April 26, McLinko says he doesn’t need one: “His organization is the silent majority.”

They’re not just the party faithful. Luzerne County elections officials said last week that 1,258 Democrats had switched their registration to Republican this year, three times more than in the same period before the 2012 presidential primary. (The primary is closed to indepen-

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“The harder they try to stop Trump, the more likely he is to succeed.”

Chris Hackett, a Republican businessmen

dents and Democrats.)

Neither of the GOP congressmen in the region backing Trump are particularly conservative by party standards, nor the sort of politicians likely to support an outsider insurgency. But they seem to have an affinity for the New York billionaire.

Trump, Marino said, appeals to “the blue-collar, hardworking taxpayers” of his district, who are sick of Washington “elites,” federal regulations and taxes, including the one on corporations.

Barletta, the former mayor of Hazleton, Pa., where he cracked down on undocumented immigrants, evoked in a Washington Post interview last week the prePearl Harbor isolationists’ battle cry, saying Republicans should be “the party of America first.”

Could Trump wind up like Goldwater? Malcolm Derk, a Snyder County commissioner who ran in the primary against Marino in 2010, says Trump’s lifestyle and business practices hardly seem conservative. He won’t vote for him in the primary; he sees no

reason to vote for him in November.

TRUMP AND NEPA: ALCHEMICAL REACTION

What explains an outsider insurgent’s appeal in an area traditionally hostile to such candidates?

One is Trump’s political alchemy.

Another is the economic forces that have buffeted NEPA. The region never fully recovered from the collapse of anthracite coal production and the relocation of whole industries, such as garment making.

The natural gas boom that helped NEPA a decade ago is fading to bust. (Blythe Jones was laid off from her job selling equipment involved in gas drilling.)

People are afraid the recession that largely bypassed the area in 2008 will finally arrive.

“We have good colleges, but our kids have to leave to find work,” says Lynette Villano, vice chair of the Luzerne County Republicans. “The general feeling is that Trump would do better. We can’t do any worse.”

When reached by phone, Villano was helping an elderly couple change their registration from Democratic to Republican, so they could vote for Trump. “He’s a kind man,” the wife said in the background. “He only fires people if they’re caught stealing.”

“Kind” may not be the first

word most would use for Trump.

But the comment goes to the chemistry between Trump and voters here.

In the TV performer and promoter, they see a builder, “a guy who doesn’t just talk about getting things done but actually gets them done,” according to Dan Meuser.

In the penthouse dweller, they see the common touch, someone, Doug McLinko says, “who can talk to people like my dad.” In the boss best known for firing people, they see a job creator. “He’s signed a ton of paychecks,” Marino says.

Trump has transcended class conflict. He’s the billionaire who lies down with the blue collars.

In this, Trump is not so different from William Scranton, whose rise was powered by a willingness to use government to

mitigate industrial decline in a competitive world, and to deal with rivals. (In the House he was known as a “Kennedy Republican.’’)

But in later years, Scranton said he ran for president only because — thanks in part to Goldwater’s vote against the Civil Rights Act — “Americans were getting the impression that the Republican Party was a white supremacist party.’’

Scranton died three years ago at 96. He lived to see his species of Republican become extinct, but not to see the rise of a presidential front-runner who advocates barring some immigrants from the country based on their religion.

If David Wilmot is, in fact, spinning in his grave, one can only imagine what William Scranton is doing in his.

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Bipartisan bill would block state laws designed to ban encryption Terror attacks offer new urgency in bills Erin Kelly USA TODAY PHOTOS BY MICHAEL REYNOLDS, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

Capitol Police respond to a report of shots fired on Capitol Hill.

SUSPECT HELD AFTER SHOOTING AT CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER ‘Run, run as fast as you can,’ police urged Kevin Johnson and Bart Jansen USA TODAY

WASHINGTON An armed man was wounded Monday by U.S. Capitol Police when he arrived at the Capitol Visitor Center and brandished a weapon at authorities, police said.

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa said the man, who is known to authorities, appeared to draw his weapon when he was shot by police. One other person, described as a 35- to 45-year-old female bystander, suffered minor injuries from flying shrapnel or debris.

A federal law enforcement official, who is not authorized to comment publicly, said the man was armed with a handgun.

Verderosa said the matter was “the act of a single person who has frequented the Capitol before.”

The suspect was identified by a federal law enforcement official as Larry Russell Dawson of Antioch, Tenn., who had been charged last year in a Capitol disturbance.

Dawson was charged Oct. 23 with assaulting a police officer and

unlawful conduct on Capitol grounds, according to D.C. court records.

He was released but never appeared in court.

A bench warrant was issued Larry Russell Nov. 19 for his Dawson arrest.

The confrontation Monday transpired in a matter of seconds near the entrance to the center, prompting authorities to issue a shelter-in-place order, which later was lifted as police massed near the scene. The incident came during a congressional recess but at a time when the city is packed with tourists, many on spring break or in the nation’s capital for the annual Cherry Blossom Festival.

The Capitol Visitor Center remained closed Monday afternoon following the incident.

Diane Bilo of Cincinnati said her husband heard a single shot in the center and a clip of bullets being fired. Robert Bilo was in the center with their two younger sons, Michael and Matt, waiting for Diane to return from Ohio Sen. Rob Portman’s office with gallery passes.

“It was scary,” Robert Bilo said.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress is pushing legislation to bar states from enacting their own laws that would require manufacturers to maintain the ability to unlock encrypted smartphones.

State legislators in California and New York have introduced bills to effectively ban encryption on any smartphone sold in their states. That has prompted members of the U.S. House to offer the ENCRYPT Act, which would stop states from adopting their own encryption laws.

“A patchwork of 50 different encryption standards is a recipe for disaster that would create new security vulnerabilities, threaten individual privacy and undermine the competitiveness of American innovators,” said Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., who is sponsoring the federal bill with Reps. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas; Suzan DelBene, D-Wash.; and Mike Bishop, R-Mich.

Congress is still trying to figure out what — if anything — it wants to do to regulate encryption. The debate has taken on an added urgency since terrorist attacks in Europe and in San Bernardino, Calif., in which terrorists used encrypted cellphones and Apps.

The FBI and Apple have been locked in a heated legal debate over whether the federal government can force Apple to create software to unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists. Apple has WASHINGTON

Young people embrace after an evacuation on Capitol Hill because of a shooting at the Visitor Center.

“Police said, ‘Run, run as fast as you can.’ ” Trotter and Anne Cobb of Birmingham, Ala., were eating lunch in the lower level of the Capitol Visitor Center when Trotter Cobb said he heard a “crack” of a gunshot, resulting in dropped trays and glasses crashing to the floor.

“Capitol Police came out of nowhere,” he said. “They were amazing.”

Contributing: Christopher Doering and Bill Theobald

argued that writing code to unlock the encrypted phone would compromise the privacy of all iPhone users.

On Monday, the Justice Department withdrew its legal action against Apple to force it to help the FBI unlock a phone after a third party’s attempt to bypass locking was successful.

But the FBI isn’t the only law enforcement agency that wants to get into encrypted electronic devices. State and local police across the USA also are trying to access encrypted data to help solve crimes.

“A patchwork of 50 different encryption standards is a recipe for disaster ...”

Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif.

In California, Democratic Assemblyman Jim Cooper, a former captain in the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, has introduced a bill that would require every smartphone sold or leased in the state beginning in 2017 to be capable of being decrypted by its manufacturer or its operating system provider. Manufacturers or operating system providers who knowingly fail to comply with the law could be fined $2,500 for each phone.

Cooper said his aim is to ensure that police — armed with warrants — can investigate and apprehend criminals who engage in human trafficking.

A nearly identical bill has been introduced in the New York State Assembly by Democratic Assemblyman Matthew Titone.

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Members of the Giant Omelette Brotherhood of Bessieres prepare an enormous pan of eggs on Monday as part of Easter celebrations on the main square of Bessieres in southern France. More than 15,000 eggs were used to make the dish.

EL CHAPO’S MONEY LAUNDERER CAPTURED

Federal police in Mexico said Sunday that they had arrested a man identified as one of the top money launderers for drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán.

The police agency said on its Twitter account that Juan Manuel Alvarez Inzunza, who had allegedly laundered about $4 billion in the past decade, was detained in Oaxaca.

In a statement, authorities said federal police and the Mexican Army arrested Alvarez Inzunza, 34, nicknamed “El Rey Midas” (“King Midas”), who they said operated a network of companies and currency exchange centers through which some $300 million to $400 million passed each year on behalf of Guzmán’s Sinaloa cartel, MSN reported.

— Greg Toppo FEDS STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE PRISON MEDICAL CARE

Federal prison authorities are struggling to provide adequate medical care to thousands of inmates because of persistent staffing shortages that have left some institutions with vacancy rates of 40% or higher, according to a Justice Department review.

The aging inmate population has exacerbated the staffing gaps

in recent years, as the government has been increasingly unable to compete with the private sector for medical professionals who are paid exponentially more outside of government, according to the report by Justice Department’s inspector general.

— Kevin Johnson FRANCE SHUTS DOWN THREE MOSQUES IN CRACKDOWN

French authorities announced Wednesday they shut down three mosques for an alleged “pattern of radicalization,” but terrorism analysts said such tactics are unlikely to be repeated in the USA. The French raid was conducted under the terms of a prolonged state of emergency instituted after the terrorist attacks Nov. 13 in Paris.

— Doug Stanglin ALSO ...

uFormer Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was rejected Monday in his effort to get the Supreme Court to reconsider his conviction on corruption charges for trying to sell the vacant Senate seat once occupied by President Obama. Blagojevich, 59, was convicted in 2011 of 17 felonies, including 11 counts. He is serving a 14-year sentence at a federal prison in Colorado.

Forensic officers work at the Brussels Airport, a day after suicide bombings hit the Belgian capital. The airport remained closed Monday, a week after the attacks, while officials test security.

Brussels Airport remains closed, snarling return of Easter travelers Linda A. Thompson and Janon Fisher Special for USA TODAY

Belgium’s busiest airport remained closed for a seventh day Monday because of last week’s terror attack, snarling travel as passengers returned from a long Easter holiday.

“My plans for last week got disrupted in places but in the end I got to where I was going,” said Nicholas White, a consultant who lives near Brussels.

White, a native of Northern Ireland, flew from England to Belgium’s smaller regional airport in Antwerp, 35 miles to the north.

He said many people opted to stay home rather than risk a difficult trip and further attacks.

On Monday, Belgium authorities charged three people detained during Sunday’s raids with participating in terrorist activities, but a judge released another suspect, according to state media RTBF. Authorities said the trio were part of a group of nine rounded up Sunday. Five were released later Sunday, and authorities said Monday that the sixth remaining detainee was released without charges, RTBF reported.

The death toll also rose Monday after Belgian Health Minister BRUSSELS

Maggie De Block said four of those wounded in the attacks have died, bringing the number of dead to 35.

Brussels Airport, also known as Brussel-Zaventem Airport, is the 21st busiest airport in Europe, in part because Brussels is home to both NATO and European Union headquarters. It handled more than 23 million passengers in 2015 and about 3 million in the first two months of this year.

Antwerp’s airport was inundated with 40 takeoffs and landings on Easter Sunday.

The airport had hoped to resume partial operations by Tuesday, a week after suicide bombings at the airport and a metro station.

But airport authority said it would remain closed indefinitely to allow police, military and aviation officials to test security measures in a temporary structure.

The closure means that Belgium’s smaller airports in Liege, Charleroi and Antwerp are stretched to the limit. Antwerp’s airport, which usually handles five flights on a Sunday, was inundated with 40 takeoffs and landings on Easter Sunday.

“I have worked here for 20 years and have never seen anything like this,” airport commander Wim Verbist said Monday.

“Tomorrow, we are expecting 58 commercial (flights).”

Many travelers said the added volume strained the local terminals, causing long waits and missed flights. “There was a substantial delay at immigration in Antwerp, where it seemed to be fairly clear that the border guards maybe weren’t familiar with the setup,” White said.

Charleroi Airport, about an hour south of the capital city, also was flooded with passengers.

“These extra (flights) represent 10,000 additional passengers per day compared to the traditional situation for the Easter break,” airport spokesman Vincent Grassa said.

Elizabeth Slate, 35, a production manager at a publishing house in London, was determined to make it to Brussels for her niece’s first birthday. “We booked a month ago,” Slate said. “Then Tuesday happened, it was awful. ...

But we never had any doubt about coming. So we drove here,” she said.

Contributing: Maya Vidon, Patrick Costello in Berlin, Paul Ames in Lisbon and Steph Solis in McLean, Va.

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STATE-BY-STATE News from across the USA

HIGHLIGHT: GEORGIA

Governor vetoes ‘religious liberty’ bill Maria Puente USA TODAY

ALABAMA Florence: Construction is underway for Sky Zone, a trampoline park, AL.com reported. The company is building an “all-walled” trampoline playing court, which is scheduled to open this year.

ALASKA Fairbanks: The National Park Service plans to continue defending its regulation against hovercrafts, though the Supreme Court handed a victory last week to Anchorage moose hunter John Sturgeon, who sued the Park Service in 2007 over its authority to keep him from using a hovercraft to travel the Nation River, newsminer.com reported.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Police say a

man has died after being shot at a house party.

ARKANSAS Hot Springs: A fire

destroyed a 16-unit apartment complex southwest of here, The Sentinel-Record reported.

CALIFORNIA Oakland: A 17-

year-old boy was rescued from a trench outside a home. KCBS reported that fire crews found the boy trapped under a piece of fallen concrete at the bottom of a 6-foot trench.

COLORADO Aspen: The White

River National Forest is asking for public comment on proposed off-season features at the Snowmass ski area. The Aspen Daily News reported that the Aspen Skiing Co. is proposing a mountain coaster, zip line, canopy tours, challenge course, climbing wall, and expanded hiking and mountain biking trails during the off season.

CONNECTICUT New Haven: A

federal jury has awarded more than $1.5 million each to two men who filed discrimination and hostile work environment charges against Bridgeport-based Safety Marking. Yosif Bakhit, of Bridgeport, and Kiyada Miles, of Trumbull, were also awarded more than $390,000 in compensatory damages in the suit, the New Haven Register reported.

DELAWARE Wilmington: Four

people and a dog died in two units of the Riverfront Heights apartments, The News Journal reported. Police referred to the cause of death as an “environmental issue” and said seven people, three of them children, are being treated at area hospitals.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Three people, including a firefighter, were injured in an apartment building fire, The Washington Post reported.

Was it the Hollywood threat to boycott Georgia or the NFL threat to withhold a Super Bowl? Gov. Nathan Deal didn’t say Monday as he vetoed a bill that a chorus of major studios, sports leagues and business leaders denounced as legalizing discrimination against gay people.

Instead, Deal cited the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the First Amendment, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and the fact that the “religious liberty” bill proposed to fix a problem that didn’t exist in Georgia, when he posted his veto message on his website.

“Therefore, as I have examined the protections this bill seeks to provide to religious organizations and people of faith I can find no examples that any of the things this bill seeks to protect us against have ever occurred in Georgia,” he said.

“I do not think that we have to discriminate against anyone to protect the faith-based community in Georgia,” he added.

As for all the threats over the last two weeks since the legislation was passed, Deal dismissed them outright.

“Some of those in the religious community who support

HAWAII Oahu: Recreation areas could be equipped with bathroom cameras as Honolulu officials look to end park vandalism. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported a fire destroyed a comfort station at Keehi Lagoon.

IDAHO Ketchum: The vole

population appears likely to jump this year because of a mange epidemic that wiped out foxes, the Idaho Mountain Express reported. The rodents can damage pastures, lawns and gardens.

ILLINOIS Chicago: Wildlife biologists surgically implanted a transmitter in a badger to monitor the animal in urban settings.

INDIANA Indianapolis: Re-

nowned jazz performer and com-

this bill have resorted to insults that question my moral convictions and my character,” he said. “Some within the business community who oppose this bill have resorted to threats of withdrawing jobs from our state. I do not respond well to insults or threats.”

Previously, Deal, a Republican, had said positive things about the purpose of the bill, which would have allowed people and businesses to deny services to gay people if it was based on religious belief.

The prospect was so alarming, the NFL hinted a threat to

IOWA Iowa City: Hundreds of people are looking for a place to live after the new owners of an Iowa City apartment complex announced new plans for the complex. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reported that the owners of the Rose Oak Apartments plan to begin a major reconstruction project on the property next month.

MINNESOTA St. Paul: Substitute

was rescued after being trapped for hours in a grain bin.

KENTUCKY Lexington: Former

Kentucky state personnel secretary Tim Longmeyer has been charged with bribery, The Courier-Journal reported.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: The $450 million spent on repairing levees after the 2011 Mississippi River flood has paid dividends this year, allowing the 2016 winter flood to come and go with little damage expected, The Advocate reported.

200 protesters gathered at an intersection Saturday afternoon to protest what they say is inaction by elected officials on the health of the Indian River Lagoon, scene of a massive fish kill in recent months, Florida Today reported.

Hasselhoff, who starred on the Baywatch TV series was spotted hanging with locals at A-J’s Dockside Restaurant and the stars of the movie remake being shot in the area, the Savannah Morning News reported.

ERIK S. LESSER, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

Gov. Nathan Deal says “Georgia is a welcoming state filled with warm, friendly and loving people.”

for years to stay in the USA, The Herald Palladium reported. Ibrahim Parlak, who came to the U.S. 25 years ago after being convicted in Turkey of supporting the Kurdish separatist movement, said he is worried about being harmed if forced to return to Turkey.

FLORIDA Cocoa Beach: About

GEORGIA Tybee Island: David

SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: Volunteer members of the South Dakota National Guard are holding a food drive across the state.

The non-perishable food donations will be accepted through June 10 at any Army National Guard armory in the state and at the Air National Guard base in Sioux Falls.

poser David Baker, an Indiana University music professor whose students included Michael Brecker and Freddie Hubbard, died in Bloomington, The Indianapolis Star reported. An Indianapolis native, Baker, 84, was founder of IU’s jazz studies program.

KANSAS McPherson: A man

MAINE Portland: Maine will

start tracking its sea urchin fishery with a swipe card system in the fall. State regulators say the card system will be similar to a program the state uses for its baby eel fishery. The cards allow the state to collect information about volume and price of urchin sales in real time. The state initially planned to roll out the system last year.

MARYLAND West Ocean City:

Police say an intoxicated Gregory Davis Sterling Jr., 33, was arrested for disorderly conduct and the theft of a pair of shoelaces at the Tanger Outlets, The Daily Times reported.

MASSACHUSETTS Lenox: Offi-

cials here will update residents on efforts to eradicate the invasive kiwi vine from the region on Tuesday, The Berkshire Eagle reported.

MICHIGAN Harbert: The U.S.

Department of Homeland Security has given a one-year reprieve to a cafe owner who has struggled

SOUTH CAROLINA Lexington: State trooper Gabriel Colbert received the South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper of the Year award for 2015, The State reported. Colbert, assigned to Troop One in the Midlands, was recognized for his efforts in saving the lives of three out-of-state motorists, including a 2-year-old child, during Oct. 4 floods.

sack Atlanta for a future Super Bowl, and a host of Hollywood studios, stars and filmmakers rushed last week to threaten to evacuate their $1 billion business from “Hollywood South.”

Deal said the bill allowed outsiders to cast doubt on the character of Georgia and Georgians.

“Georgia is a welcoming state filled with warm, friendly and loving people,” he said. “Our people work side by side without regard to the color of our skin, or the religion we adhere to. ... That is the character of Georgia.”

TENNESSEE Memphis: A man, whose name was not released, was arrested Sunday after bringing several guns to Bellevue Baptist Church on Easter, WHBQ-TV reported. The man arrived around the time of the 11 a.m. service, when an estimated 4,500 people were inside; church security saw him in the sanctuary armed with several guns and alerted the Memphis Police Department.

TEXAS South Padre Island: Game wardens have discovered nearly 950 pounds of marijuana in bundles hidden among the dunes here.

UTAH Springville: Two police officers were hospitalized after they were struck by alleged car thieves, the Daily Herald reported.

VERMONT Grafton: The Preser-

vation Trust of Vermont wants to conserve a historic cabin here.

Preservation trust director Paul Bruhn told Vermont Public Radio that the Burlington-based nonprofit has been raising money to conserve the Turner Family homestead.

VIRGINIA Lynchburg: A 15year-old received a 10-year sentence on counts of attempted murder and robbery, along with an admonishment from Judge F. Patrick Yeatts, who described the case as “troubling in many aspects,” The News & Advance reported.

teacher Candice Egan, 63, she was repeatedly pushed by a seventh-grade student after she took his cellphone when he refused to put it away, the Pioneer Press reported.

MISSISSIPPI Gulfport: The son

of a World War I hero will receive medals his father earned almost 100 years ago. Frank G. Ward’s son, Francis, will receive the Distinguished Service Cross, the Purple Heart and French Fourragere, The Sun Herald reports.

MISSOURI Springfield: Drury

University is looking to attract more students to a revamped program that will no longer require them to use textbooks, The Springfield News-Leader reported.

MONTANA Great Falls: A 23year-old man was killed in a rollover crash on Interstate 15 near Cascade.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: The annual water report card shows the city has clean drinking water, but the arsenic level is increasing. The Lincoln Journal Star reported that the arsenic sample from one field well was just below the federal limit. The city had no violations of federal contaminant levels.

NEVADA Las Vegas: A woman won $933,080 at an airport slot machine, the Las Vegas Sun reported.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: A

state foundation plans to donate hunting and fishing licenses to veterans facing financial struggles, WMUR-TV reported.

NEW JERSEY Freehold Township: An argument between teenagers about line cutting at iPlay America turned violent when a group of women joined in, police said. The fight ended when one of the women pulled out an irritant spray, believed to be pepper spray, The Asbury Park Press reported.

NEW MEXICO Roswell: A 14-

year-old girl was being charged with deliberately burning down her home.

NEW YORK Elmira: Elmira

Christian Academy’s Class of 2016 will be its last, The StarGazette reported. The 47-year old school had as many as 220 students but current enrollment was just 80.

NORTH CAROLINA Fayette-

ville: About 50 Vietnam veterans gathered at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum near Fort Bragg to remember Staff Sgt. Felix Conde-Falcon, The Fayetteville Observer reported. He earned the Medal of Honor for his attack on an enemy position in 1969 before dying on the battlefield. He was first honored with a Distinguished Service Cross, which was upgraded to the Medal of Honor in 2014.

NORTH DAKOTA Minot: Carter Thompson, the city’s principal planner, resigned after less than a month on the job, The Minot Daily News reported.

OHIO Cincinnati: Actor-direc-

tor Don Cheadle, in town over the weekend for a special showing of his new Miles Davis movie shot here called Miles Ahead, said he’s considering doing another film project here, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. The city’s historic architecture and Ohio’s motion-picture incentives were among his reasons to shoot in Cincinnati.

OKLAHOMA Woodward: Jerry

Covington was named as one of six inductees into the Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame for 2016, the Woodward News reported.

OREGON Eugene: State geology

spokeswoman Ali Ryan Hansen says Oregon is in the midst of a “pretty active landslide season” after a relatively dry winter last year. The Register-Guard reported that a recent state study found as much as a third of Oregon’s land mass is deemed high risk for landslides.

PENNSYLVANIA Washington: A coroner says a man found in a window well between two buildings apparently fell 17 feet from a walkway.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Rhode Island’s health insurance exchange is moving its call center from here to East Providence.

HealthSource RI will open at its new location at 401 Wampanoag Trail on April 4.

WASHINGTON Seattle: City officials are investigating after more than 150 trees were cut down on city-owned property.

The Seattle Times reported that the City Attorney’s Office is leading the investigation into the clear-cutting, which occurred in the West Duwamish Greenbelt in the city’s West Seattle neighborhood. A parks spokesman says the city did not issue permits for the tree cutting.

WEST VIRGINIA Oak Hill: Hank Williams’ memory was honored during a presentation ceremony of a memorial plaque, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported. Williams died here in the back seat of his Cadillac while being driven to a gig on New Year’s Day in 1953. He was only 29.

WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Mar-

quette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin are forming a joint program for biomedical engineering, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

School officials say the program will combine Marquette’s strengths in research and engineering with the Medical College’s strengths in research and clinical programs.

WYOMING Cheyenne: The city

is launching a free bike-sharing program, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported. The program, called ReRide, allows anyone over the age of 16 to use free bicycles from one of seven racks.

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MONEYLINE UBER CEO DISMISSES IPO TALK Investors looking to invest in ride-hailing company Uber Technologies may have to wait a few years, CEO Travis Kalanick said Monday. “I’m going to make sure it happens as late as possible,” Kalanick told CNBC when asked about a public stock offering, or IPO. Kalanick, 39, said an IPO would definitely not happen this year and shrugged off questions about the near future. He also brushed off pressure to go public last year. “We’re in junior high, and people are telling us to go to the prom,” he said at the time.

NTT DATA TO BUY DELL IT SERVICES FOR $3.1 BILLION NTT Data of Japan has agreed to acquire Dell’s information technology consulting division for a reported $3.1 billion.

Acquired by Dell from Perot Services for $3.9 billion in 2009, Dell Services provides tech consulting for health care and insurance industries. The sale is part of Dell’s strategy to sell some non-core assets for its $60 billionplus deal to acquire storage and software maker EMC Corp.

AVON ESCAPES MAKEOVER Avon Products said an investor group led by Barington Capital has agreed to withdraw its bid to elect two opposing candidates to the company’s board in May. In exchange, Avon will elect an independent director to be picked by the company and its private equity partner, Cerberus Capital Management. Avon’s stock price is down more than 70% over the past two years.

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Home health care workers join fast-food workers for a march to demand an increase of the minimum wage to $15 an hour in Los Angeles on Dec. 4, 2014.

WORKERS, FIRMS DIFFER ON $15 MINIMUM WAGE It could juice the economy or freeze hiring, some argue Paul Davidson and Matt Krantz USA TODAY

A plan to increase California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022 has opened the biggest fault lines yet between advocates of PERSONAL INCOME GROWTH higher pay and critics SLOWS, SPENDING BUMPS UP who say it kills jobs U.S. consumer spending posted and raises prices for a tiny gain, 0.1%, for the third consumers. straight month in February while Proponents say the income growth slowed sharply to bold move will pro0.2% after a 0.5% rise in January. vide a decent living wage for millions of DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG. low-income residents, prove a bonanza for the Golden State’s economy and 17,650 19.66 prompt other states to follow.

17,600 “They’re showing that it’s economically realistic to restore de17,550 cent wages at the bottom” of the pay scale, says Paul Sonn, general 17,500 4:00 p.m. counsel of the National Employ9:30 a.m.

17,535 17,450 Project. ment 17,516 But critics say it will force em17,400 ployers to replace workers with technology and sow hardship in a MONDAY MARKETS diverse California economy that INDEX CLOSE CHG includes rural and distressed Nasdaq composite 4766.79 x 4.65 areas whose businesses can’t afS&P 500 2037.05 x 1.11 ford such a lofty base wage.

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Under the plan, the state’s USA SNAPSHOTS© minimum wage would rise from $10 to $10.50 in 2017 and inMarch Madness crease gradually each year through 2022. Sonn says $15 an more of a drag hour — or about $30,000 a year — would simply allow families to afford the basics.

John D’Amanda, 56, a McDonald’s worker in Oakland, says the wage increase will allow him to get beyond just paying bills and getting by. D’Amanda is single but hopes to get married and move into a nicer apartment. He’s makof managers feel ing $12.55 an hour now and says March Madness-related he can’t both pay rent and afford activities have positive impact necessities, like a pair of glasses. on employee productivity, “I’m very excited about this,” down from 50% last year. says D’Amanda, who also has Source OfficeTeam survey of 300 senior part-time jobs doing janitorial managers and housekeeping work to make JAE YANG AND JANET LOEHRKE, USA TODAY ends meet.

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Under the state’s graduated plan, the minimum wage would rise to $10.50 in 2017.

“I’d like to get married … can’t really afford it right now.

I can barely pay the bills for myself.”

John D’Amanda, 56, a McDonald’s worker in Oakland

A study released this month by the University of California-Berkeley found that an increase in New York state’s $9 hourly minimum to $15 an hour by 2021 would lift wages an average 23% for 3.2 million workers, or about 37% of the state’s workforce.

Employers’ higher payroll costs would be partly offset by lower worker turnover costs and increased productivity, the study says. The rest could be absorbed by raising prices just 0.14%, well under current inflation.

The wage hike would prompt employers to automate some tasks and cope with lower sales, leading them to cut payrolls by 77,000 jobs through layoffs or less hiring, the study says. Yet workers’ higher incomes would juice spending, adding $17 billion a year in economic output. Thatcould produce 81,500 new jobs, resulting in a modest net positive impact on employment.

Saltsman disputes the study’s findings, saying the positive economic impact of a wage hike is far less certain than the harm to employers and resulting job losses.

He says a minimum wage of $12.25 in San Francisco and Oakland has forced many restaurants to raise prices 15% to 20%.

The median wage in cities such as Fresno, El Centro and Merced is around $15 an hour, Saltsman notes, making it difficult for employers to set $15 as a base pay.

Bruce Dean, CEO of Black Bear Diners around the state, doesn’t plan to lay off workers as wages rise, but thinks he’ll raise prices by 25% in five years and find ways to alter the menu to reduce the need for labor.

People buy Powerball lottery tickets at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif.

— long the surest bet for some lowwage earners.

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The jockeying for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide continues.

A group of investors, led by Chinese insurer Anbang, has raised its offer to buy the hotel operator to about $13.9 billion — or $82.75 per share in cash — trumping a competing bid from Marriott International.

The revised, non-binding bid from Anbang, one of the largest insurance companies in China, “is reasonably likely to lead to a ‘superior proposal’ ” than the one pitched by Marriott, Starwood said.

Marriott fired back, saying it is committed to completing its deal, but it didn’t raise its current offer.

“Starwood stockholders should give serious consideration to the question of whether the Anbangled consortium will be able to close the proposed transaction, with a particular focus on the certainty of the consortium’s financing and the timing of any required regulatory approvals,” Marriott said in a statement.

Shares of Starwood, whose brands include Westin, Sheraton and W Hotels, rose nearly 2% to close Monday at $83.75. Marriott rose nearly 4% to $71.34.

“Marriott is a street fighter,” said Jim Butler, head of the global hospitality and Chinese investment groups with law firm Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell.

“They’re pointing out major unknowns about Chinese investors.

China is behind this wall of opacity. Businesses love certainty. It’d be very surprising, though, if Anbang ... couldn’t get the money to follow through on this.”

In November, Marriott, based in Bethesda, Md., agreed to acquire Starwood for $12.2 billion — $2 in cash and 0.92 of its own shares for each Starwood share — to create the world’s largest hotel company. Starwood dropped Marriott’s bid on March 18 to opt for a $13 billion all-cash offer from Anbang, valued at about $78 per Starwood share. Marriott then raised its bid to about $79.53 per share — $21 in cash and 0.80 shares of Marriott Class A common stock for each Starwood share.

Starwood owes Marriott $450 million in cash if it backs out of its deal with Marriott.

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Why Microsoft may help finance Yahoo sale Yahoo’s audience plays role in Bing’s survival, analyst says Marco della Cava, Mike Snider and Jon Swartz USA TODAY

Why would Microsoft help finance the sale of Yahoo’s core assets? In a word: search.

Microsoft needs to protect a current partnership with Yahoo to fend off Google from absorbing an even bigger share of the market for Internet searches, say analysts. It’s a situation that reflects the shifting fortunes of two genSAN FRANCISCO

erations of Internet companies and the alliances inked to fight fast-growing rivals.

“Offering to help with financing is a smart move for Microsoft, because they must protect their investment,” says Colin Gillis of BGC Partners.

Under a 2010 deal, Microsoft serves up results and ads for 51% of Yahoo searches. “If (Microsoft) is not part of the consortium (that buys Yahoo), that’s a major loss for them,” Gillis said.

Yahoo is seeking $10 billion for its core assets, according to a Re/ code report that first noted Microsoft’s potential financial role, as it bows to shareholder pressure to raise capital.

Peggy Johnson, head of Micro-

soft’s partnerships and acquisitions strategy, is said to be playing an integral role in talks with private equity firms eyeing 2014 AFP/GETTY IMAGES purchases of Yahoo’s MaYahoo assets, rissa Mayer. the report said.

If Microsoft is willing to offer up $3 billion, then private equity firms only have to come up with $7 billion for assets that would include Yahoo Mail, Sports and Tumblr.

“That’s an attractive offer,” said Gillis.

Yahoo and Microsoft declined

to comment.

Yahoo’s board has been pushed by activist investors to sell its core assets after it abandoned plans for a tax-free spinoff of its stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. The board and CEO Marissa Mayer said they will consider offers. And that has put the Microsoft-Yahoo ad deal in a more vulnerable position, analysts say. “(Microsoft’s search engine) Bing has started to produce profits for Microsoft, so therefore they want to keep it alive and keep it growing,” said Andrew Frank, analyst with tech research firm Gartner. “They see Bing as an important counterbalance to Google, whom they consider a

rival, and Yahoo’s continued supply of audience is an important component of Bing’s survival.”

Internet search ad revenues will hit $86 billion this year, up 30% from 2014, research firm eMarketer estimates. Google is No. 1 by Internet search ad revenues, with more than half of total market share.

Its search-derived sales are expected to grow, up 8% to $47 billion this year.

Microsoft’s share of the worldwide market is expected to increase 18.6% to $2.94 billion this year, or about 3.4% overall, eMarketer says.

Meanwhile, Yahoo’s share is expected to decline to 1.6% of the market, to $1.41 billion.

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

When members of the Federal Reserve speak, Wall Street listens.

But when Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks, it takes on more of an E.F. Hutton-type moment made famous in the ex-brokerage firm’s advertising slogan, “When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen.”

Well, Janet Yellen is speaking Tuesday, delivering a luncheon speech on a topic of great interest to global investors. She will share her thoughts on the economic outlook and monetary policy. In short, she will discuss whether the economy is strong enough to handle an interest rate hike at one of the Fed’s coming meetings.

The Fed meets next in April.

Yellen’s comments come at a critical time for markets, as the

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Wall Street wants to know if the “dovish” Yellen still sees a Fed hike as farther off, or whether she is now learning toward Lockhart’s more “hawkish” timetable.

“The real question for the market is will Yellen show a change in attitude?” says Jim Paulsen, chief investment officer at Wells Capital Management. Where Yellen falls could determine if the market is vulnerable to a “Yellen disappointment” or if she creates “enough excitement for the market to break out to the upside.”

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Music-streaming service has been off-key lately Q: Can Pandora get its groove back?

Matt Krantz

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A: Hopes have been high for musicstreaming service Pandora. But lately, Pandora has been hitting a sour note with investors.

Shares of the company, which allows consumers to create customized online radio stations, have lost about a third of their value over the past 12 months to close down 12% Monday at $9.60. The company’s results in the December quarter were also especially jarring, with adjusted quarterly profit dropping 78% to 4 cents a share. That missed expectations by 43%, says S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Pandora is hoping to get its groove back by putting founder Tim Westergren back as CEO. Not only does Westergren have experience running the company, he founded the company in 2000 and has been a member of the board of directors since. Historically, companies with founders as CEOs have strongly outperformed the market, which is music to investors’ ears.

Fixing Pandora, though, comes with unique challenges that weren’t around when the company was founded. New entrants like Apple (AAPL) appear determined to get a bigger slice of the streaming business. The company is likely to fall into the red this year on an adjusted basis and lose money until 2018.

Valeant CEO subpoenaed for Senate hearing on Rx costs Kevin McCoy @kmccoynyc USA TODAY

The outgoing chief executive of embattled drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International has been subpoenaed to testify at a Senate hearing examining sudden price spikes in decades-old medications.

J. Michael Pearson, whose planned departure from the slumping company was announced last week, is among several witnesses scheduled for the April 27 hearing, the committee

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said Monday. The session is the panel’s third public hearing on the impact drug price increases have had on patients, health in-

surers and medical professionals.

“Valeant has been cooperating with the committee’s investigation, and Mr. Pearson looks forward to testifying at the hearing,” spokeswoman Laurie Little said.

Pearson had been credited for leading Valeant’s rapid expansion in recent years through acquisition of other pharmaceutical firms and their medications. But his tenure has been marred by questions about steep price hikes in medications the Canada-based firm acquired as part of its expansion.

A February memo issued by a House oversight committee con-

ducting a separate Valeant review showed the company raised the respective prices on heart medications Isuprel and Nitropress by 525% and 212% immediately after acquiring them in 2015.

Valeant and Pearson have also drawn questions and criticism about the company’s since-canceled business dealings with Philidor Rx Services, a specialty mail-order pharmacy that distributed some of Valeant’s medications to patients.

The drugmaker is under separate investigations by federal prosecutors in New York and Massachusetts and the Securities

and Exchange Commission. The company’s stock has plunged 88% since it reached a $262.52 a share peak in early August.

Valeant shares fell 7% Monday to close at $28.86. The decline followed a Bloomberg News report that investors in Sprout Pharmaceuticals, the firm Valeant bought last year along with rights to a libido-boosting drug in a $1 billion deal, said Valeant overcharged for prescriptions of what’s known as “female Viagra.”

As a result, some insurers have refused to cover prescriptions for the drug. Valeant said it planned a response to the contentions.

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“I’m going to get through this.”

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A joint venture with Capital Preparatory Schools, Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter WIREIMAGE School eventually will serve grades 6-12 and is accepting applications for grades 6 and 7 for its planned opening this fall.

GOOD DAY SETH MEYERS Meyers had a late night Sunday as he and his wife, Alexi Ashe, welcomed their first child, a boy.

The ‘Saturday Night Live’ alumnus and ‘Late Night’ show host later took to social media to update fans. “Thank you, everyone for the kind words! Mom and baby are doing great!!” he tweeted Monday, jokingly adding, “I can also confirm that when you have a baby in New York you pretty much just sing ‘The Schuyler Sisters’ for the first 12 hours.”

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Aaron Paul is Eddie, a family man and cult member who questions his faith and is in fear of losing the ones he loves.

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NYACK , N.Y. For Aaron Paul, the righteous path is fraught with freezing winds and icy pavement.

On the set of Hulu’s The Path, nestled on a hilltop by the Hudson River, the biggest challenge is “standing outside, pretending like you’re not dying,” says the former Breaking Bad star, who plays a family man and cult member wrestling with a crisis of faith in the Hulu series, out Wednesday.

Sitting on the wooden floor of an empty chapel, he removes his knit hat and empties his gloves of heat-warming packs: “Little tricks of the trade,” he grins.

On this mid-January afternoon, Paul is shooting a later episode in which his character, Eddie, and son, Hawk (Kyle Allen), return to a rustic religious compound, which houses the fictional Meyerist sect at the heart of the series. He is greeted solemnly by his wife, Sarah (Michelle Monaghan), a movement

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no longer have them anymore. He doesn’t want to lie to (them), but he feels that he must in order to keep them close.”

The Path, which co-stars Hugh Dancy as the cult’s unofficial leader, was the first TV drama script that Paul, 36, read after Bad ended in 2013. He has since appeared in films including this year’s Triple 9 and Eye In the Sky and voiced a character on Netflix’s BoJack Horseman.

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figurehead, whose relationship with Eddie is strained after he lies about having an affair in an attempt to hide his own wavering belief.

In the Scientology-like religion, “if you have any sort of doubt, you’re a non-believer and are considered weak and thrown out to the curb by the ones you love,” Paul says. “He’s extremely afraid to be transparent with his family because he knows he will

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“I gravitate toward characters who are going through a lot, and I see that a lot with Eddie,” Paul says.

Initially, he turned down the role. “I wasn’t interested in jumping into another show just yet. I was a little spoiled on the last one I was a part of.” But he changed his mind, much to the delight of writer Jessica Goldberg (Parenthood), who admires how much Paul has grown since his meth-slinging days as Bad’s Jesse Pinkman.

“He’s such a man in this show,” she says, adding that when she watched the series premiere, “I realized how much he really captures the emotional pain of what it is to lose faith. It’s such a profound journey that many people will go on in their lives.”

Paul says he drew from his own religious upbringing (he’s the son of a Baptist minister) to better understand Eddie, who converted to Meyerism as a teenager. And while The Path’s conflicted protagonist doesn’t have lewd catchphrases or an affinity for science, the actor still finds Eddie and Jesse to be kindred spirits.

“I gravitate toward characters who are going through a lot, and I see that a lot with Eddie,” Paul says. “It’s a very complicated role, but that’s what I love about him.

It’s incredibly fun to play — a bit torturous at times, but for some reason, I love torturous.”

NASHVILLE Rolling up the highway toward home, Dierks Bentley sounds at peace with himself.

He’s returning from a few days at Luke Bryan’s place, where they kicked back, fished and probably talked about their upcoming gig as co-hosts of the Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. ET/PT).

He has also just wrapped up his eighth album, Black, which arrives May 27.

Despite his 13 No. 1 country singles, five No. 1 country albums, 13 Grammy nominations and two CMA Awards, Bentley has never quite fit the trend of the moment.

He has done his share of party songs, but much of his catalog also includes more ambitious material.

Unlike peers who fixate on driving trucks with a fetching female at their sides, Bentley has reflected on growing past that

SONG SEQUENCE u‘Black’ u‘Pick Up’ u‘I'll Be the Moon’ (with Maren Morris) u‘What the Hell Did I Say’ u‘Somewhere on a Beach’ u‘Freedom’ u‘Why Do I Feel’ u‘Roses and a Time Machine’ u‘All the Way to Me’ u‘Different for Girls’ (with Elle King) u‘Mardi Gras’ u‘Light It Up’ u‘Can’t Be Replaced’

wild phase into adulthood (Am I the Only One) and the inevitable loss of loved ones (I Hold On).

A similar thoughtfulness permeates Black.

“I go into each album as a blank slate, looking for inspiration,” he says. “My wife (Cassidy’s) maiden name is Black.

We’ve been married for 10 years, so this record became less about ‘I’ and ‘me’ and more about relationships and what a crazy journey they are. ... As I got into it, I started getting in touch with

the mystery, the darker edges of the heart.”

The word “black” was his springboard. “I think of night,” he says. “I think of love that happens at night. ... Black is the sexiest color. True love in all its messiness is black.”

As he wrote and gathered material from other writers, the songs began to fit together as a narrative, an abstract meditation on loneliness that leads to selfawareness and redemption.

“My wife asked me, ‘Where’s

the love song for me?’ I tell her Black is the love song,” he says.

“She goes, ‘That’s not a love song — that’s a sex song!’ ” Bentley laughs. “But that’s the kind of record this is. It goes from there into Pick Up, which is about jealousy. Then with I’ll Be the Moon there’s some cheating. The guy has a new girl, which leads to What the Hell Did I Say. ... Those songs take you on this journey of leaving one thing behind for something else.”

The fit of first single Somewhere on a Beach (written by Michael Tyler, Jaron Boyer, Alexander Palmer, Dave Kuncio and Josh Mirenda) in the story arc feels a little forced to Bentley.

“But when I couldn’t get it out of my head, I knew I had to record it.”

Even then, Bentley wasn’t sure it was the best introductory single. “People want certain types of song for the summer tour, for the radio. They want songs for eye candy. This one song had all of these functions.”

Now, he’s thankful that he listens to the people around him, “because I love Somewhere on a Beach.”

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‘THEY’VE TOUCHED THOUSANDS OF LIVES’ 9 signs of head, neck cancer

By Amy Northrop Lawrence Memorial Hospital

According to the National Cancer Institute, nearly 60,000 Americans will be diagnosed with head and neck cancer in 2016. Although these cancers of the throat, larynx, nose, sinuses and mouth make up approximately 3 percent of all cancers in the United States, they have devastating effects on a person’s breathing, eating and speaking, and can also distort appearance.

The most common type of head and neck cancer is oral cancer, found most often in the tongue, lip or floor of the mouth. Thyroid cancer, the second most common form of head and neck cancer, affects younger adults, most commonly those between the ages of 20 and 55, and strikes women three times more often than men.

“Most of these cancers can be cured if discovered early,” said Dr. Leonel Martinez, otolaryngologist with Lawrence ENT. “For example, approximately 97 percent of people with a thyroid tumor survive at least five years beyond their diagnosis.”

Symptoms to discuss with your primary care physician, dentist, or an otolaryngology specialist include: 1. A lump or swelling in the neck 2. A sore in the mouth that won’t heal or that bleeds easily 3. A red or white patch in the mouth that doesn’t go away 4. Blood in the sputum (also known as phlegm) 5. Difficultly chewing, swallowing or moving the jaws or tongue 6. Numbness in the tongue 7. Loosening teeth or dentures that no longer fit properly 8. Persistent pain in the neck, throat, ears; hoarseness or sore throat 9. Reflux disease symptoms or progression The primary risk factors for head and neck cancers are smoking or chewing tobacco and excessive alcohol consumption. However, occupational exposure to hazardous dust or gasses and poor oral hygiene habits can be contributing factors, too.

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ABOVE: MARILYN HULL, program and communications officer for the Douglas County Community Foundation, walks the new path near Burcham Park on Thursday. Hull is a 2016 Douglas County Health Champion. LEFT: Linda Cottin, another 2016 Health Champion, looks over some fresh radishes Thursday at the farmers market at Cottin’s Hardware & Rental, 1832 Massachusetts St.

Hull, Cottin honored as 2016 Health Champs program at Cordley Elementary School. Hull, program and communications officer for the Douglas his year’s Douglas County County Community Foundation, Health Champions Linda co-founded the LiveWell LawCottin and Marilyn Hull have rence coalition, serves as chairseveral things in common. elect of the coalition’s Healthy They enjoy helping people Built Environment work group and in need, they are passionate about also chairs the Lawrence Pedestriimproving the health of the coman-Bike Issues Task Force. munity, and their passion stems “They’ve touched thousands from personal experiences. of lives through their efforts to Cottin, who owns and operates champion healthy living in our Cottin’s Hardware & Rental with community,” Lawrence-Douglas her husband, Tom, has played an County Health Department Direcinstrumental role in starting school tor Dan Partridge said. “They are gardens, a weekly farmers market Please see CHAMPS, page 2C at her store and a Farm-to-School

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How to find safe child care in Douglas County

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April is a great big month for itty-bitty people.

It’s Child Abuse Prevention Month, and April 10 through 16 is the Week of the Young Child.

There are many events and displays planned throughout Lawrence, and the first is coming up this weekend.

Marie Treichel, provider services manager with Child Care Aware of Eastern Kansas, said the Preschool Fair at the Lawrence Public Library will Please see CANCER, page 2C give parents an opportunity

to meet with directors and teachers from preschools, home-based programs and child care centers around town. Kids are welcome to come along. It’s slated for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the library’s auditorium, 707 Vermont St. Treichel said it’s important for parents to select licensed care providers for their kids, rather than just picking someone off of Craigslist, for example.

Licensed care providers should have current licenses on display in their facilities, Treichel said, and parents can have some

peace of mind knowing that means the care center is undergoing state inspections at least once a year and its employees are completing required in-service training hours.

“If your facility never gets inspected, somebody can talk a good talk and look like they know what they're doing, and it can appear like it's a safe place for children, because parents may not even know to look for,” Treichel said.

“Providing a safe environment at home is totally different than providing a safe environment for a group of children.”

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s website has a search tool to allow parents to look at reports and compliance histories from previous inspections. Treichel said many places will have a minor issue pop up, such as an immunization not being recorded.

“If a place has a history of a lot of more serious issues, then that's information for parents to have,” she said.

“So it's free and it's easily accessible that way.”

Any parents who have questions about child care in general or about specific facilities can call Child Care

Aware at (785) 865-0669.

The organization offers a free referral service for parents and can also offer advice on how to approach problems with centers parents are already using.

“We always encourage parents to talk with their child care programs about what their concerns are and their problems — don't yank your children right away and send them to a different child care program,” Treichel said.

“That's hard on children, to be moved around a lot, so lots of times there's just communication that needs to happen.”

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true heroes, and I hope residents will join us in thanking them for their efforts.”

Cottin and Hull will be recognized during a community breakfast from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. April 8 in the Community Health Facility, 200 Maine St.

Linda Cottin While at work, Cottin listens to her customers’ concerns and needs, and then, with her big heart, she does what she can to help them.

“If I can connect the dots, I’m going to do it. It’s just the right thing to do,” Cottin said.

The farmers market held each Thursday at her store began because of a request from a couple who lived near the store and grew a garden. The couple asked whether Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) customers could pick up their bags of produce in the winter at the store. Cottin agreed. Then, the hardware store customers wanted to know if the couple’s produce was for sale.

Cottin said the customers’ demand for fresh produce is what spurred her to start the farmers market in 2008. It began as a summer market in the store’s back parking lot with a handful of vendors. Since then, it has grown into a full-fledged party with live music, chess matches and at least 20 vendors selling local produce, hot food and Free State Brewing Co. beer. In the winter, there’s a weekly market held inside the store with about 10 vendors.

Jaime Knabe, of Country Road Farms, is one of them.

She is grateful to be able to sell her meat products throughout the year.

“Linda works so very hard to make sure that we have tables, chairs and whatever we need to be able to come here,” Knabe said.

Cottin also helped support the implementation of Market Match, a local program designed to make healthy foods at farmers markets more affordable to residents participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly called food stamps. The program matches up to $25 per week in SNAP benefits. So, a family spending $25 in benefits would receive $50 in tokens to use at the farmers market. Cottin described the program as a win-win-win.

It generates more sales for local farmers, keeps dollars in the community and provides nutritious food for families.

In 2010, Cottin’s dream of providing a local, healthy lunch to an entire school became a reality. She applied for her first grant and received $500. Then, she brought together a group of friends that included local chefs and farmers.

They provided more than 350 students at Cordley Elementary School with a lunch of beef and vegetarian lasagna, salad and a strawberry oatmeal crisp.

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and picked the strawberries from a local field.

“It was incredible,” Cottin said. “The kids ate everything. We actually ran out of salad stuff. I remember them running down the hallway saying, ‘We want Farm-to-School every day.’”

In 2010, West Middle School began a garden project that thrived. Cottin said parents, students, teachers and neighbors wanted to start a similar project at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School, which is near her store. So Cottin spearheaded the effort that included finding volunteers to help with the labor, soliciting donations and figuring out how to make the garden sustainable. Today, Central’s garden is thriving, too, and it has expanded to nearby elementary schools.

Cottin continues to help raise money, organize volunteers and donate items such as seeds, soil and tools.

“The entire reason Central has the amazing garden that it does is because of Linda,” said Laura Leonard, who works at Central Middle School and is the garden coordinator. “She brought a large number of community members, ideas, materials and moral support to make our garden grow. One of the great things about Linda is she is an amazing community resource. She builds great relationships, and she’s able to connect them.”

Cottin said the connection she has made with local, healthy foods during the past decade has been a personal godsend.

“I used to live off sugar,” she said. “I didn’t eat anything that was green. I never ate any of this stuff growing up.”

She said she had digestive issues and dealt with discomfort and pain. She decided to change her diet as she got involved in the activities. She tried her first locally grown strawberry at the Farm-to-School event.

“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh,’” she said with enthusiasm. “It was a flavor I had never had in my life.” Now, she consumes lots of local vegetables like kale, arugula, spinach and turnips.

“I apologize to my kids every day for not having fed them the right way growing up,” she said. “What I lacked as a mother when they were younger, I now want to share with all of the other parents who may not have had the opportunity to learn about fresh, local food just like I didn’t at the time.”

Crystal Hammerschmidt, Farm-to-School coordinator for Lawrence Public Schools, said Cottin also is having an impact on youth in this community.

“Gardens are a breeding ground for new ideas, relationships and fun,” she said. “With Linda’s support, we are able to teach our students to observe, nurture and be resilient in a rapidly changing food system and learn how to make healthy choices for themselves.”

Cottin also is known for her compassion. Her son, Mick Cottin, said she borrowed his car a few years ago on Christmas Eve to help a displaced elderly woman, who suffered from mental illness, find a warm place to stay as the temperatures

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When the first Douglas County Community Health Plan was being established, Hull agreed to chair the Marilyn Hull work group that tackled As program and comthe goals and strategies to munications officer at the improve access to physiDouglas County Comcal activity. The five-year munity Foundation, Hull is plan was adopted in 2013 by known for having a finger Douglas County and all of on the pulse of community the cities within the county health. That’s because she as a document that would works closely with a wide help guide their decisionrange of nonprofit leaders making. who seek funding to help In 2015, Hull was improve the well-being selected by the Lawrence of residents. These agenCity Commission to chair cies are helping residents a 10-member Lawrence who face hunger, domestic Pedestrian-Bike Issues violence, mental illness and Task Force. The task force access to health care. consists of members who “People are struggling, have different backgrounds and it’s all ages and it’s all — a competitive bicyclist, races and it’s different edu- a senior who uses a walker cation levels. We are trying and a parent whose child very hard in this commuwalks to school. nity to help as many people “We had a lot of work be as well as they can be, to do to hear everyone’s but we fall short every day,” perspective and undershe said with emotion. stand it, and then take these “Every day, we fall short, expressions of need and and I’m reminded of that on somehow form them into a cohesive set of recommena regular basis.” dations that we could give In 2008, the Douglas County Community Foun- to the city commission,” Hull said. In February, the dation received a major task force finished a report grant from the Kansas Health Foundation to begin that encourages development of pedestrian and bike an initiative to reduce infrastructure. The report chronic diseases such as will be presented to the city diabetes, heart disease commission. and stroke by promoting In recent years, Hull also healthy eating, active living has served on a Coordinatand tobacco-free lifestyles. ed School Health Advisory It was Hull’s job to launch the initiative, and she did it Group, the board of The Community Mercantile within a year.

Education Foundation and The initiative, called the board of The CommuLiveWell Lawrence, has grown from a coalition of 16 nity Mercantile.

Nancy O’Connor, members to one with more director of education and than 150 members. She outreach at The Commuserved as the first chair of the coalition, and since then nity Mercantile, said she admires Hull’s dedication has served the coalition to creating healthy changes in a variety of capacities. in our community that are She currently is chair-elect sustainable and systemic. of the coalition’s Healthy “She has a vision for Built Environment work our community that looks group, which works with beyond isolated events policymakers to increase and programs. She helps and improve trails, sidecreate systems that support walks, public transit, parks healthy lifestyle choices and other community now and 10 years from resources. now,” O’Connor said.

Hull said the LiveWell Hull said her drive to coalition has exceeded her work on community health early expectations. Among initiatives begins with her LiveWell’s accomplishown personal health. ments are creating an an“People tend to make an nual WorkWell Lawrence assumption that if you are symposium, launching Lawrence’s first sustainable a health nut then you are healthy, but in my case that’s school garden, forming a Lawrence Complete Streets not entirely true,” she said.

Hull is a breast cancer advocacy group, establishing a Safe Routes to Schools survivor. She has suffered from depression and movement, and creating a anxiety. She is now coping Tobacco-Free Living work with interstitial cystitis, a group that advocates for rare chronic condition that policies such as tobaccocan cause bladder pressure, free parks. bladder pain and pelvic “It makes me really pain. Hull said she has to be proud and happy to walk careful about what she eats into a LiveWell meeting and drinks, and she has to be and see people whom I’ve mindful about exercising. never met leading a health “I’ve been in a bad place, initiative,” she said. “That and I don’t want to go back somehow this movement there,” she said. “If you see has connected people, and me out there walking or they have these common riding my bike, it is part of goals.”

Since LiveWell Lawrence my personal health therapy plan.” was founded, more than Still, Hull considers her$2 million in grant funding self lucky because she has a has flowed into Douglas County to support the coali- lot of advantages that other residents don’t have: a job, tion’s work. health insurance, a loving “It was Marilyn’s vision, spouse and family and supleadership and energy that brought many of the health portive friends.

“Those people who don’t providers in Lawrence have that kind of support,” together to form LiveWell Lawrence,” said Lawrence- she said with emotion and then briefly pauses. “They Douglas County Health are the ones that keep Board member David Ambler. “That organization has me going. I’m fighting for them.” truly made a difference in dropped to single digits.

“Without hesitation, my mom will care for anyone who crosses her path and accepts her help,” he said.

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“Talk with your family doctor about the HPV vaccines to determine what is best for your child,” said Dr. Martinez. “Also, schedule an annual exam with both your primary care physician and dentist. They can identify signs or symptoms early where treatment and recovery are most effective.”

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Dear Annie: My husband and I have chosen not to have children. His family asks repeatedly if we’ve “changed our minds” about it, so obviously they do not approve of our choice.

My husband recently gave me a 30th birthday party and invited his extremely child-oriented family.

The entire duration of the party, I noticed his siblings and parents fussing with the very young children (about ages 4 and up), not paying attention to anyone but the kids.

I found this rude, and thought they could at least pretend to be interested in my birthday celebration.

When I asked one of my sisters-in-law if she saw me open her gift, she retorted, “Sorry, watching my

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daughter was a little more important than a 30-year-old opening presents.”

My husband and I are extremely generous with all of their children. Am I wrong to think that their behavior was rude?

They seemed to believe simply showing up was good enough.

My family and friends with children seem perfectly capable of tending to their kids while still being

ABC is missing its election news ABC’s Tuesday night offerings (“Wicked City” and “Of Kings and Prophets”) have been so emphatically rejected that the network now caulks the hole in its schedule with episodes of “Beyond the Tank” (9 p.m., TV-PG).

Nobody asked me, but that’s sort of sad.

ABC does still have a news division. And there is an election going on. How about a Tuesday night roundup? Something sober, serious and un-tabloid-y. Because cable’s got that covered. ABC has a history of hatching news programs that stick.

“Nightline” emerged from the 1979 hostage crisis and is still going. There are seven months of Tuesdays between now and a certain Tuesday in November.

How much worse could this do in the ratings, compared to “Wicked City”? Just a thought.

O Speaking of real news, “Saudi Arabia Uncovered” on “Frontline” (9 p.m., PBS, check local listings) reveals the very dirty laundry of the secretive sheikdom. Decades of oil riches have created the impression of a fabulously rich nation, but “Uncovered” shows squalid slums on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca, a place where open sewage runs down ancient steps and crumbling pavement.

We’re also shown the jarring sight of women panhandling while wearing full chadors. Others accost car drivers, not unlike the infamous “squeegee people” who used to beg from New York motorists. The filmmakers estimate that roughly a quarter of Saudi Arabia’s people live in poverty, a result of a system that rewards members of tight-knit families and leaves the rest of the country in sorry shape. There was a time when “Saudi Arabia Uncovered” would have rocked the Casbah. And a time when the House of Saud had the clout to silence reports like this. But the decline of the price of oil has created unforeseen problems for Saudi Arabia’s oil elite.

O James Corden takes a break from the early a.m. hours with “The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14), with a little help from Jennifer Lopez.

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O A wedding turns dangerous on “Outsiders” (8 p.m., WGN).

O Cochran and Bailey approach an explosive new angle on “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (9 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

able to interact with other adults. How should I handle this?

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we don’t think it was intentionally rude.

Had those kids been running wild, you would have written us to complain about the parents’ inadequate supervision. (We get plenty of those letters.)

If you want an adult party next time, it’s perfectly OK to exclude the children.

Otherwise, this is how it’s going to be for the next several years. Please don’t let it bother you so much.

Dear Birthday Girl: This depends on the kids. Children, especially the very young ones, require constant supervision.

Surely you are grateful that the parents watched to be sure their kids didn’t crash into your glass table, empty the tissue box into the toilet or whine loudly about the food.

We think you were kind to invite these little children to your birthday party. But if you have kids around, you cannot expect to have the parents’ undivided attention.

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For Tuesday, March 29: This year you could be fiery and impulsive without even realizing it.

Others will become reactive, as you seem to be so unpredictable! If you are single, you suddenly could decide that you have met The One. If you are attached, the two of you often take off without any explanation.

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) ++++ You’ll feel ready to accomplish what you want. Tonight: Try a new type of happening or cuisine.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ++++ Your natural preference is to relate to others on a oneon-one level; you like that sense of closeness and understanding.

Tonight: With a favorite person.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ++++ Defer to someone who has a need to be heard. How this person’s ideas turn out will have no reflection on you. Tonight: Continue as you have been.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) +++ If you feel as if you are in a figurative pressure cooker, you probably are! The good news is that this too will pass. Tonight: Know when to switch gears.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ If you note an impulsive quality emanating from yourself, don’t suppress it — work with it.

Tonight: Act as if there were no tomorrow.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ++++ Everything seems to backfire. You might not know when to say that you have had enough.

Tonight: Stay close to home.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ++++ You might need to ignore phone calls and emails for the moment. You have a lot of ground to cover. Tonight: Swap war stories with a dear friend.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) +++ You might be more involved in a situation than you would like to be, especially as there could be financial ramifications. Tonight: Treat yourself.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ++++ Take a walk, and refuse to let any negativity affect the day. A new friend is full of surprises. Tonight: Let go of stress.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) +++++ Others might not be as grounded as you would like them to be. Some of them will act flaky. Tonight: Get lots of sleep.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ++++ Unexpected news is likely to head your way, and it could surprise you. Make it OK to be carefree. Tonight: Reach out to a loved one at a distance.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ++++ Perform to your highest capabilities. Others have high expectations. Tonight: Up until wee hours.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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ACROSS 1 Streisand, to friends 5 Sunni or Shia 9 Stir-fry pan 12 Throat dangler 14 Bahrain bigwigs 16 $5 bill, slangily 17 Cocktail often garnished with lime 19 Eggs on sushi 20 Royal bride of 1981 21 Candy apple coating 23 Tolkien tree creature 24 Bailout key 26 “__ Billie Joe” 27 Sacred song 29 Turn on a stool 32 Baseball’s David Ortiz, AKA “Big __” 35 Drops from the sky 37 Indirectly insulting 38 Victorious shout 39 “Va Va Voom” rapper Nicki 41 Grant and Lee: Abbr.

42 No longer available 44 Seized vehicle 45 Aspiring JD’s exam 3/29

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Self says Diallo will enter NBA Draft

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

Kansas University freshman forward Cheick Diallo’s mentor told coach Bill Self today that Diallo, a 6-foot-9 Mali native, would declare for the 2016 NBA Draft.

“I spoke with Tidiane (Drame, mentor of Diallo) today. He informed me Cheick plans to declare at this time and not hire an agent,” Self told the Journal-World. “This certainly comes as no surprise.”

Self had no further comment.

Sources tell the JournalWorld that Diallo is expected to stay in the draft.

Under a new NBA rule, players can declare for the draft and, if invited, attend the NBA combine and also work out with one team. If a player does not sign with an agent, he can withdraw his name from the draft by May 25.

DraftExpress.com lists Diallo as the No. 36 pick in its latest 2016 Mock Draft, updated Sunday.

The same mock draft lists Kansas junior Wayne Selden Jr. at No. 41 and senior Perry Ellis at No. 59. All three are second-round slots.

Self said he had not spoken with Diallo and did not know when he would speak with various players about their plans.

“I’ve got to go to Houston for the Final Four,” Self said.

“I don’t know if anything will be done in the next few days.”

NABC, Wooden honor KU’s Ellis J-W Staff Reports

Kansas University men’s basketball senior Perry Ellis has been named to the John R. Wooden Award AllAmerica Team for 2015-16.

Ellis was one of 10 payers named to the team, along with Grayson Allen of Duke, Malcolm Brogdon of Virginia, Kris Dunn of Providence, Yogi Ferrell of Indiana, Buddy Hield of Oklahoma, Brice Johnson of North Carolina, Georges Niang of Iowa State, Tyler Ulis of Kentucky and Denzel Valentine of Michigan State.

Ellis was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-America Second Team on Monday.

Voted on by member coaches of the NABC, Ellis was among the 15 studentathletes named to the first, second and third NABC All-America teams.

He was joined on the second team by Dunn, Niang, Jakob Peoltl of Utah and Ulis.

The first team: Brogdon, Hield, Johnson, Ben Simmons of LSU and Valentine.

Named to the third team were Allen, Kay Felder of Oakland, Ferrell, Josh Hart of Villanova and Jarrod Uthoff of Iowa.

Ellis led KU in scoring at 16.9 ppg and was second in rebounding at 5.9 rpg. Ellis averaged 17.7 points and 5.8 rebounds during Big 12 play.

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All eligible players should test NBA waters Any college basketball player with even a remote chance of earning an invitation to the NBA pre-draft combine would be a fool to do anything other than precisely what Cheick Diallo did Monday.

Diallo declared for the NBA Draft and did not hire an agent, which means he can withdraw his name at any point through 10 days after the combine (May 11-15) in Chicago ends. Consequently, there is absolutely no risk whatsoever in Diallo declaring. It’s not a gamble in any way. The same goes for Carlton Bragg Jr., Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk and Wayne Selden Jr. Even Brannen Greene, who might not receive an invitation, would run no risk by declaring for the draft by the April 24 deadline. (By the way, would it be tacky to mention at this point that Kansas could have used a healthy Greene to break that first-half scoring drought that ate 6 minutes, 55 seconds, of clock against Villanova? Irrelevant question, but one worth pondering.)

A pair of talent evaluators told me guards Frank Mason III and Devonté Graham won’t receive invitations and would be setting themselves Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo up for disappointment if they applied, but they would KANSAS UNIVERSITY COACH BILL SELF GETS IN THE EAR OF KU FORWARD CHEICK DIALLO (13) during the Jayhawks’ 94-67 victory over Oklahoma State on Feb. 15 at Allen Fieldhouse. On Monday, Self not be risking anything. said Diallo would be the first Kansas player to take advantage of a new rule allowing college players to Please see KEEGAN, page 3D declare for the NBA Draft and be evaluated but still return to school if they do not hire an agent.

Hurting Kansas players hurt more for Ellis

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Even as much as they were hurting for themselves, because their team had just ended its season a couple of wins short of the ultimate goal, several members of the Kansas University men’s basketball team found a deeper level of hurt for the way senior forward Perry Ellis went out.

Ellis, the team’s leading scorer, model citizen and All-American in the eyes of just about every coach who ever had to face him, finished his career with a rougher-than-ever fourpoint night on 1-of-5 shooting in a 64-59, Elite Eight loss to Villanova on Saturday in Lexington, Ky. Just like that, a stretch during which Ellis played some of the best basketball of his life — both offensively and defensively — came

to a screeching halt in such unspectacular fashion.

Two nights earlier, Ellis exploded for 27 points in a victory over Maryland in the Sweet 16. Ellis dominated large stretches of that game and finished with the most points he ever had scored in an NCAA Tournament game. Against Villanova, which made him the focal point of everything it did defensively, Ellis scored a season low and tallied a point total he had eclipsed in 99 of 107 games since becoming a full-time starter as a sophomore.

“You know, it’s tough,” said junior Landen Lucas, Ellis’ frontcourt mate.

“It’s unfortunate. I wish it could’ve been better. But credit to (Villanova). You know, it’s not always gonna Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo be the perfect ending.”

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Haase had just bought his own the Jazz turned Kobe Bryant’s • Girls soccer vs. Shawnee AL EAST home in Kansas, his mother sent last visit to Utah into the worst Heights, 6:30 p.m. a truckload of his most precious loss of his career with a lopsidWEDNESDAY belongings from where he grew ed victory Monday night that • Boys golf at Shawnee Mission up in Northern California. matched the Lakers’ largest deAL CENTRAL Trophies. Souvenirs. A box feat in franchise history.

South Invitational, 1 p.m. filled with recruiting letters, The 48-point defeat matched • Girls swimming at Manhattan some 50 to 60 of them still orga- the margin in the Lakers’ 142-94 Invitational, 3:30 p.m. nized and intact. loss to the Clippers on March 7, • Boys tennis at Topeka tournaThe lone red folder came from 2014, when Bryant was out bement, 3:30 p.m.

AL WEST Stanford and included letters cause of an injury. from coach Mike Montgomery. L.A. LAKERS (75) LAWRENCE HIGH There was a plaque from Haase’s Bryant 1-11 3-3 5, Randle 1-5 0-0 SOUTH 2, Hibbert WEST 3-6 2-2 8, Russell 2-11 0-0 5, Clarkson 5-18 1-2 TODAY team championship at Stanford 12, Williams 4-6 5-6 16, World Peace 2-3 0-2 5, • Track vs. Free State, 3:30 p.m. basketball camp in 1991.

Bass 1-2 0-0 2, Kelly 3-8 0-0 6, Huertas 2-8 1-1 6, Black 1-4 1-2 3, Sacre 1-3 3-4 5. Totals 26-85 As soon as he scheduled AL EAST • Softball vs. Leavenworth, 5:30 16-22 75.

Rick stand-alone; Bowmer/AP Photostaff; ETA 5 p.m. his interview for the Stanford AFC TEAM LOGOS 081312: Helmet and team logos for the AFC teams; various sizes; p.m.

UTAH (123) Hayward 3-9 4-5 11, Favors 6-12 2-2 14, LAKERS FORWARD KOBE BRYANT WAVES as he walks off the court during coaching job, Haase hustled to • Girls soccer at Baldwin, 4:15 p.m.

3-8 2-4 8, Mack 8-11 0-0 17, Hood 11-13 his basement in Birmingham, Ala. Gobert • Boys tennis at Emporia tourna0-0 30, Booker 6-8 4-6 17, Ingles 2-3 0-0 6, the second half of the Lakers’ 123-75 loss to the Jazz on Monday in Salt That box was there in storage Johnson 0-4 2-2 2, Neto 1-4 0-0 2, Lyles 4-10 Lake City.

AL CENTRAL ment 0-0 11, Burke 1-5 0-0 3, Withey 1-2 0-0 2. Totals — yes, it survived a few more •Girls swimming at LHS 46-89 14-19 123. moves since — and he gathered L.A. Lakers 16 21 21 17— 75 Invitational, 3:30 p.m.

STANDINGS Utah 34 30 34 25—123 the important paperwork for his 3-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 7-20 (Williams 3-5, How former WEDNESDAY Bay Area trip. Wife Mindy was EASTERN CONFERENCE World Peace 1-2, Russell 1-2, Huertas 1-3, AL WEST • Boys golf at Shawnee Mission Atlantic Division Clarkson 1-4, Bryant 0-4), Utah 17-32 (Hood Jayhawks fared stunned he retrieved everything

W L Pct GB 8-9, Lyles 3-5, Ingles 2-3, Booker 1-1, Burke 1-3, South Invitational, 1 p.m. in a mere five minutes. x-Toronto 49 24 .671 — Hayward 1-3, Mack 1-3, Favors 0-1, Neto 0-1, Boston 43 31 .581 6½ Johnson 0-3).

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ReboundsCole Aldrich, L.A. Clippers “I found the folder fairly New York 30 45 .400 20 Lakers 51 (Clarkson 8), Utah 62 (Gobert Min: 14. Pts: 6. Reb: 7. Ast: 1. quickly. I don’t know how. It was L.A. SPORTS ON TV Brooklyn 21 52 .288 28 19). Assists-L.A. Lakers 11 (Huertas, Clarkson, Philadelphia 9 65 .122 40½ pretty amazing,” Haase said, Bryant 2), Utah 26 (Hayward 6). Total FoulsSoutheast Division TODAY L.A. Lakers 19, Utah 18. Technicals-Clarkson, Cliff Alexander, Portland speaking after being formally

W L Pct GB Johnson, Utah defensive three second 2.

Min: 5.

Pts: 0.

Reb: 0.

Ast: 0. introduced as Stanford’s new Atlanta 45 30 staff; .600 ETA — 5 p.m. various sizes; stand-alone; A-19,911 (19,911). AFC TEAM LOGOS 081312: Helmet and team logos for the AFC teams; College Basketball Time Net Cable Miami 43 30 .589 1 coach Monday. “Then it would Charlotte 42 31 .575 2 BYU v. Valparaiso 6 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Darrell Arthur, Denver have traveled to North Carolina Washington 36 37 .493 8 Thunder 119, Raptors 100 Geo. Wash. vs.

SDSU 8 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Min: 26.

Pts: 9.

Reb: 1.

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Orlando 30 43 .411 14 and made another move to BirToronto — Russell WestCentral Division mingham.”

W L Pct GB brook had 26 points, 12 assists Tarik Black, L.A. Lakers Pro Basketball Time Net Cable y-Cleveland 52 21 .712 — Athletic director Bernard and 11 rebounds in his 16th triMin: 12.

Pts: 3.

Reb: 5.

Ast: 0.

Indiana 39 34 .534 13 Houston v. Cleve.

7 p.m. TNT 45, 245 Muir didn’t discuss details of Detroit 39 35 .527 13½ ple-double of the season, Kevin Chicago 36 37 .493 16 Wash. v. Golden St. 9:30p.m. TNT 45, 245 the contract other than to say he Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Durant scored 34 points, and Milwaukee 30 44 .405 22½ plans for the coach hired away WESTERN CONFERENCE Did not play (coach’s decision) Oklahoma City beat Toronto from the University of Alabama Southwest Division Baseball Time Net Cable for its eighth straight victory.

W L Pct GB at Birmingham to be around for Kirk Hinrich, Atlanta Yankees v. Phila. noon MLB 155,242 y-San Antonio 62 12 .838 — OKLAHOMA CITY (119) the long haul, with no timetable Memphis 41 33 .554 21 Did not play (coach’s decision) Oakland v. Cubs 3 p.m. MLB 155,242 Durant 11-27 9-10 34, Ibaka 6-12 2-2 15, Houston 36 38 .486 26 for Stanford’s transformation.

Adams 3-5 4-5 10, Westbrook 10-16 5-8 26, Dallas 36 38 .486 26 K.C. v. San Fran.

8 p.m. FSN 36, 236 Roberson 2-2 3-4 9, Waiters 6-10 0-0 15, Kanter “I’m 41 years old and I have Ben McLemore, Sacramento New Orleans 27 46 .370 34½

MLB 155,242 2-6 3-3 7, Singler 0-4 0-0 0, Foye 0-1 0-0 0, Northwest Division 25 championship rings,” said Min: 26. Pts: 3. Reb: 4. Ast: 1.

Morrow 1-3 0-0 3, Payne 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-86

W L Pct GB Haase, who turns 42 on Friday.

26-32 119. y-Oklahoma City 52 22 .703 — (100) Soccer Time Net Cable Portland 39 36 .520 13½ “Those rings are a product of the TORONTO Paul Pierce, L.A. Clippers Powell 7-13 0-0 18, Scola 0-3 0-0 0, Utah 37 37 .500 15 people and the coaches I’ve been Valanciunas 5-13 0-0 10, Lowry 4-14 4-8 14, Germany v. Italy 1:30p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 Min: 12. Pts: 8. Reb: 3. Ast: 2.

Denver 31 44 .413 21½ DeRozan 8-22 3-3 19, Patterson 4-6 3-3 13, around. ... When I was a player I Minnesota 25 49 .338 27 England v. Netherlands 2 p.m. FS1 150,227 Biyombo 2-4 3-5 7, Johnson 3-6 0-0 6, Joseph Pacific Division Thomas Robinson, Brooklyn was known for an attack mental- 3-9 1-1 7, Thompson 1-1 0-0 2, Wright 1-1 2-3 4, U.S. v. Guatemala 6 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234

W L Pct GB Did not play (coach’s decision) ity. I am going to do everything I Nogueira 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-93 16-23 100. y-Golden State 66 7 .904 — U.S. v.

Colombia 8:20p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 City 27 34 36 22—119 x-L.A. Clippers 46 27 .630 20 can to make sure that the attack Oklahoma Toronto 21 27 26 26—100 Sacramento 29 45 .392 37½ Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota 3-Point Goals-Oklahoma City 11-26 (Waiters mentality is part of our culture Phoenix 20 54 .270 46½ High School Bask. Time Net Cable 3-4, Durant 3-10, Roberson 2-2, Morrow 1-2, Min: 36. Pts: 32. Reb: 5. Ast: 2.

L.A. Lakers 15 59 .203 51½ and our program.”

Westbrook 1-3, Ibaka 1-4, Singler 0-1), Toronto x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division McDonald’s scrimmage 2 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Haase learned from the best.

8-24 (Powell 4-7, Patterson 2-4, Lowry 2-8, Today’s Games Jeff Withey, Utah Scola 0-1, Joseph 0-2, Johnson 0-2).

Fouled Chicago at Indiana, 6 p.m.

After a season at California with Out-None. Rebounds-Oklahoma City 62 Min: 8. Pts: 2. Reb: 1. Ast: 0.

Charlotte at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

College Baseball Time Net Cable Jason Kidd as his backcourt (Westbrook 11), Toronto 51 (Valanciunas 10).

Brooklyn at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Assists-Oklahoma City 29 (Westbrook 12), mate, he transferred to Kansas Oklahoma City at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Arkansas v. Okla. St. 6 p.m. FCSC 145 Toronto 19 (DeRozan 5). Total Fouls-Oklahoma Houston at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

University and played for Roy UNO v. Kansas St. 6:30p.m. FCSA 144 City 22, Toronto 21. Technicals-Waiters, BROOKLYN (99) Washington at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Bogdanovic 4-10 0-0 9, Young 10-12 0-0 20, Toronto Coach Casey. A-19,800 (19,800).

Williams before later coaching Creighton v. Nebraska 6:30p.m. BTN 147,237 Lopez 12-20 2-2 26, Larkin 1-5 5-6 7, Karasev 1-2 1-2 3, Kilpatrick 5-11 4-4 14, Hollis-Jefferson under him for 13 years with the Alabama v. Auburn 7 p.m. SEC 157 0-1 2-2 2, McCullough 2-6 0-0 5, Sloan 1-3 0-2 Pelicans 99, Knicks 91 Jayhawks and at North Carolina. Hawks 102, Bulls 100 2, Sims 2-3 0-0 4, Brown 3-4 0-0 7. Totals 41-77 Chicago — Jeff Teague 14-18 99.

New Orleans — Jrue Holi- College Softball Time Net Cable (110) scored 26 points, including MIAMI day scored 22.

J.Johnson 1-8 0-0 2, Deng 4-11 0-0 9, Pitt officially names two free throws with just over Stoudemire La.-Lafayette v. Baylor 5 p.m. FCS 146 3-3 1-2 7, Richardson 6-9 1-2 NEW YORK (91) Stallings coach six seconds to play, and surg- 16, Wade 14-19 2-2 30, Winslow 5-10 2-2 Anthony 9-22 0-0 22, Porzingis 4-10 6-8 16, 13, Whiteside 12-16 3-4 27, Green 1-3 0-0 2, Lopez 8-12 1-3 17, Calderon 3-7 0-0 9, Vujacic Pro Hockey Time Net Cable ing Atlanta fought off a furious McRoberts 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 48-84 9-12 110.

3-7 0-0 6, Afflalo 2-9 0-0 5, Grant 0-3 0-0 0, Pittsburgh — Pitt officially Brooklyn 27 25 23 24— 99 Chicago rally.

Williams 2-4 0-0 4, Galloway 3-8 2-2 8, Seraphin Colorado v. St. Louis 7:30p.m. NBCSP 38, 238 introduced Kevin Stallings as Miami 27 30 25 28—110 2-6 0-0 4, O’Quinn 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-89 9-13 91.

3-Point Goals-Brooklyn 3-11 (Brown 1-1, NEW ORLEANS (99) its new basketball coach Monday ATLANTA (102) Bazemore 1-9 3-4 5, Millsap 4-12 2-2 11, McCullough 1-2, Bogdanovic 1-3, Lopez Cunningham 3-7 5-6 12, Ajinca 4-11 4-5 12, C-League Basketball Time Net Cable afternoon at the Petersen Events Horford 6-11 2-4 14, Teague 9-18 8-8 26, Korver 0-1, Sloan 0-1, Kilpatrick 0-3), Miami 5-16 Asik 1-2 0-0 2, Holiday 9-19 2-2 22, Babbitt 4-10 2-2 12, Sefolosha 0-0 2-2 2, Hardaway Jr. (Richardson 3-4, Winslow 1-1, Deng 1-3, Wade 4-6 4-4 14, Gee 4-8 1-4 9, Douglas 4-10 6-6 16, Gr. Valley v. Okla. City 8 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Center.

0-1, Green 0-1, McRoberts 0-2, J.Johnson 0-4).

1-8 0-0 2, Humphries 3-4 2-2 9, Schroder 6-10 Hamilton 2-5 0-0 5, Perkins 0-0 3-4 3, Frazier 1-7 Stallings, 55, and a former Rebounds-Brooklyn 42 (Young 9), Miami 37 2-6 4. Totals 32-75 27-37 99.

2-2 14, Scott 2-3 2-2 7. Totals 36-85 25-28 102.

WEDNESDAY (Whiteside 8). Assists-Brooklyn 20 (Larkin 8), New York Kansas University assistant CHICAGO (100) 28 26 10 27—91 Dunleavy 2-8 0-0 5, Gibson 4-8 1-2 9, Gasol Miami 25 (Wade 9). Total Fouls-Brooklyn 10, New Orleans 24 25 19 31—99 coach under Roy Williams, College Basketball Time Net Cable Miami 14.

A-20,003 (19,600).

8-18 3-4 19, Rose 8-25 2-2 20, Butler 5-16 3-3 15, 3-Point Goals-New York 10-31 (Anthony 4-11, joins the Panthers following 17 McDermott 0-2 1-2 1, Mirotic 2-6 0-0 5, Brooks Calderon 3-6, Porzingis 2-4, Afflalo 1-3, Grant Morehead St. v. Nevada 8 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 7-10 0-0 16, Portis 3-6 1-2 8, Holiday 1-6 0-0 2.

0-1, Vujacic 0-2, Galloway 0-4), New Orleans years at Vanderbilt in which the Timberwolves 121, Suns 116 Totals 40-105 11-15 100.

8-19 (Douglas 2-3, Babbitt 2-3, Holiday 2-5, Commodores made seven NCAA Atlanta 22 30 28 22—102 Minneapolis — Andrew Wig- Cunningham 1-3, Hamilton 1-4, Frazier 0-1). High School Bask. Time Net Cable Chicago 31 14 26 29—100 Tournament appearances.

Fouled Out-Afflalo. Rebounds-New York 53 3-Point Goals-Atlanta 5-22 (Korver 2-5, gins scored 32 points, Karl-An- (Porzingis 10), New Orleans 57 (Perkins 8).

McDonald’s girls game 5:30p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Humphries 1-2, Scott 1-2, Millsap 1-3, Teague thony Towns added 27 points Assists-New York 26, New Orleans 18. Fouls-New 0-1, Schroder 0-2, Bazemore 0-3, Hardaway McDonald’s boys game 8 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 York 26, New Orleans 16. A-17,000 (16,867).

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Surprise, Ariz. — The Portland, Ore. — Reserve Boston v. Pittsburgh noon MLB 155,242 Chicago 22 (Brooks 6). Total Fouls-Atlanta 13, Kansas City Royals have reAllen Crabbe scored 21 points. White Sox v. Cincinnati 3 p.m. MLB 155,242 Chicago 17. Technicals-Rose. A-21,761 (20,917). PHOENIX (116) leased veteran pitchers Brian Tucker 2-5 2-2 6, Len 7-12 0-0 14, Chandler 1-1 SACRAMENTO (93) 0-0 2, Knight 10-16 3-4 30, Booker 10-22 8-9 30, Duensing and Peter Moylan Casspi 6-14 4-8 18, Acy 4-8 1-1 10, Koufos Figure Skating Time Net Cable Teletovic 7-17 2-4 19, Budinger 1-2 0-0 3, Leuer 5-12 0-0 10, Collison 5-13 0-0 10, Curry 9-17 0-0 Spurs 101, Grizzlies 87 and infielder Clint Barmes from 0-1 0-0 0, Price 3-7 4-4 12, Williams 0-1 0-0 0. 21, Cauley-Stein 6-12 1-2 13, McLemore 0-7 3-4 World Championships 11 a.m. NBCSP 38, 238 Memphis, Tenn. — LaMarcus Totals 41-84 19-23 116. minor-league contracts.

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Dallas 28 22 22 25—97 Denver 24 22 20 22—88 3-Point Goals-Dallas 11-32 (Matthews 4-10, Barea 3-6, D.Harris 2-8, Felton 1-2, Anderson 1-3, Nowitzki 0-3), Denver 9-24 (Barton 5-9, G.Harris 2-4, Mudiay 1-3, Arthur 1-3, Sampson 0-1, Lauvergne 0-2, Jokic 0-2). Rebounds-Dallas 42 (Powell 7), Denver 52 (Faried 11). AssistsDallas 23 (Barea 11), Denver 20 (Mudiay 7).

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There is no limit to the number of years players can attend the camp, if invited.

Consider the benefits to Diallo declaring for the NBA Draft without hiring an agent: 1. He will find out where the NBA is likely to draft him. If that’s in the first round, that means he will receive two years of guaranteed money, even if he rides the bench or spends much of the time learning how to play basketball in the NBA Developmental League. If they tell him he is more likely to go in the second round, that knowledge also would benefit him, leaving him with a decision as to whether he thinks he could play his way into the first round and the guaranteed money that comes with it by returning to Kansas University for a second season.

2. Players who receive an invitation to the combine are allowed up to 20 hours per week of

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memories they’ll choose to retain of their time with Ellis will focus on his fun-loving demeanor, fiery competitive drive and consistent work ethic and production.

“He’s just a great guy, and he’s fun, and I just enjoy his personality,” Lucas said. “He doesn’t do much. He just lets his game do the talking. I’m gonna miss him.”

Added freshman guard Lagerald Vick: “I just appreciate that I got the opportunity to play with him, especially the leadership he showed the team and the things he taught me as a freshman, just embracing the things that coach Self said, stuff like that. And he was always in attack mode and aggressive.”

For other, now-former Ellis teammates, such as freshman forward Carlton Bragg Jr., reflections of the time they spent with Ellis will serve as

skill instruction with their coaches from the time they receive their invitations to the time they withdraw from the draft.

Those who don’t receive invitations are limited to two hours of individual instruction per week.

(This rule was created in hopes of keeping prospects on campus and in class for the rest of the semester). Whether a player turns pro or returns, that individual instruction will benefit him.

3. The information received from the NBA will drown out other voices, such as those of family advisers, flesh brokers and burgeoning entourages enamored of a player’s celebrity. What the players are bound to find out is that what their coaches tell them about their games is a whole lot closer to what the hangers-on tell them.

The specific basketball information also will tell them what areas need extra attention during offseason workouts.

Any player who doesn’t receive one of the 60 invitations ought to be smart enough to realize he has no shot of getting drafted in the first round and little

chance of second-round status, which does not come with any guaranteed money.

The new rule definitely benefits the studentathlete because it gives him input from the most credible voices in his intended profession, voices with no agenda whatsoever. It makes it more difficult for the prospect to listen to the often-selfish entourage voices. Many still won’t have the courage to say no to voices to whom they feel beholden, but at least the ultimate voices of authority create the possibility of changing minds.

At this point, it seems as if Diallo does not intend to return to Kansas, based on what those in the know whisper, but he would be wise to avoid hiring an agent and head into the combine with an open mind.

The new rule also makes it more difficult for programs that recruit one-and-done talents to piece together rosters because of all the uncertainty and the late date of the combine, but the benefit to the players outweighs the inconvenience to coaches.

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KANSAS CITY’S MIKE MOUSTAKAS, LEFT, AND TEAMMATE LORENZO CAIN CELEBRATE after Cain hit a two-run home run during the first inning of a spring training game against the San Diego Padres on Monday in Surprise, Ariz.

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Second, Todd Tichenor; Third, Ryan Blakney.

T-2:55. A-4,554 (10,714). futures. springboard for a bigger “Yes, very special,” sophomore season, Bragg Mariners 6, said Bragg of his bond explained how he felt Royals (ss) 4 Peoria, Ariz. (ap) — three times in Seattle’s with Ellis. “I (was) com- more comfortable every ing in as a freshman just time he went out on the Robinson Cano hit a win against the Cubs on drive over the giant bat- Sunday. like Perry was (in 2012), floor.

Nelson Cruz also homand I’m trying to follow “Just the whole adjust- ter’s eye in center field in his footsteps. We’ll see ment, coming from high for his seventh spring ered and had two hits for what happens.” school to college and just homer, and the Seattle the Mariners, who trailed Asked what he thought playing my role,” Bragg Mariners rallied for a win 3-0 through three innings.

The game featured a his biggest improvement said. “I think I’m gonna over a Kansas City Royals matchup of No. 5 starting was during the home have a bigger role next split-squad.

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Oregon State 60, Baylor 57 Dallas — Sydney Wiese scored 18 points, including three free throws in the final 33 seconds, and Oregon State advanced to the women’s Final Four for the first time after a victory over Baylor on Monday night.

The Lady Bears (362) finished their season with a regional final loss for the third consecutive season.

Oregon State (32-4) is going to Indianapolis to face three-time defending national champion UConn after eliminating the six-time defending Big 12 champions.

Jamie Weisner, the Pac-12 Player of the Year who was the regional Most Outstanding Player, had 16 points, while Ruth Hamblin had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Beavers — playing in their first regional final.

Alexis Jones had 19 points for top-seeded Baylor, while Kalani Brown had 12 and Nina Davis 11. Nina Johnson, the senior point guard, had only one assist with seven rebounds in her final chance to get to a Final Four.

With a roster filled with seniors and juniors recruited by coach Scott Rueck, the Beavers were in a regional final nearly six years after he had to

conduct open tryouts to fill his first roster.

Oregon State has won 22 of its past 23 games and has already set a school record for victories this season. They won the Pac-12 Tournament and shared the regular-season title, after last season winning the crown outright to end Stanford’s run of 14 championships in a row.

“I don’t know how you put this into words,” Rueck said after getting the championship trophy.

Weise made her second free throw after being fouled by Jones with 33 seconds left. Jones had a turnaround jumper that rattled around the rim without falling with 11 seconds left.

Hamblin, the 6-foot6 center from Canada, grabbed the rebound and got the ball to Weise, who was fouled with 7.3 seconds left.

After Weise made both free throws, Baylor quickly got back down the court. Jones couldn’t get off a shot, and Johnson’s three-pointer missed the mark.

Bridgeport Regional

UConn 86, Texas 65 Bridgdport, Conn. — UConn’s headed back to the Final Four again thanks to its stellar senior class of Breanna Stewart, Morgan Tuck and Moriah Jefferson.

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After two decades, Kruger returns to Final Four sas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV and Oklahoma. He led Kansas State to the Elite Eight in 1988, Florida to the Final Four in 1994, UNLV to the Sweet 16 in 2007 and Oklahoma to the Sweet 16 last year.

Now, he has received one of the most meaningful rewards for a coach — he’s watched his players work hard all year and accomplish something life-changing together. He remembers the Florida Final Four squad and said that, though times have changed, the impact of such an accomplishment is the same.

“It’s special because, even though they don’t fully realize it right now, there are some memories that they’ll have for a lifetime,” he said. “The bond that this group will have forever from going to the Final Four as a team — they don’t fully understand how powerful that is 10 years from now, 40 years from now.”

That’s the kind of wisdom that made star guard Buddy Hield comfortable when Kruger suggested he return to school after he considered leaving following his junior year.

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BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Bridgeport, Conn.

Saturday, March 26 UConn 98, Mississippi State 38 Texas 72, UCLA 64 Regional Championship Monday, March 28 UConn 86, Texas 65

Semifinals At Madison Square Garden New York Today Valparaiso (29-6) vs. BYU (26-10), 6 p.m.

George Washington (26-10) vs. San Diego State (28-9), 8:30 p.m.

Championship Thursday, March 31 Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.

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The All-American trio took over when Texas DALLAS REGIONAL CIT Championship was making a run in the Regional Semifinals Tuesday, March 29 third quarter to help Saturday, March 26 UC Irvine (28-9) at Columbia (24At Dallas UConn to the victory, 10), 6 p.m.

Baylor 78, Florida State 58 Oregon State 83, DePaul 71 sending the Huskies to Regional Championship CBI the national semifinals.

Monday, March 28 Championship Series Oregon State 60, Baylor 57 “We’re the seniors, and (Best-of-3) Monday, March 28: Morehead State we’ve got to make big SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL 86, Nevada 83, Morehead St. leads 1-0 plays in big moments,” Regional Semifinals Wednesday, March 30: Morehead March 25 State (23-12) at Nevada (22-14), 8 p.m. said Jefferson, who had Friday, At Sioux Falls, S.D. Friday, April 1: Morehead State at 11 points and nine assists.

Syracuse 80, South Carolina 72 Nevada, if necessary, 8 p.m.

Tennessee 78, Ohio State 62 “They were on a run, and Championship we really needed to step Regional Sunday, March 27 Syracuse 89, Tennessee 67 up.”

BASEBALL Tuck scored 22 points LEXINGTON REGIONAL American League and Stewart added 21 Regional Semifinals BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned Spring Training Friday, March 25 RHP Odrisamer Despaigne to Norfolk AMERICAN LEAGUE points and 13 rebounds for At Lexington, Ky.

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UConn, which is headed 17 5 .773 Washington 85, Kentucky 72 BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned INF Toronto Stanford 90, Notre Dame 84 17 9 .654 Deven Marrero to Pawtucket (IL). Houston to the Final Four for the Regional Championship 15 8 .652 Reassigned INF Josh Rutledge, 1B/ Los Angeles ninth straight time. The Sunday, March 27 16 10 .615 OF Allen Craig, OF Brennan Boesch, Minnesota Washington 85, Stanford 76 Texas 16 11 .593 Huskies will be trying for Cs Dan Butler and Sandy Leon and Detroit 15 11 .577 RH Anthony Varvaro to their minor a record fourth consecu- FINAL FOUR 15 12 .556 league camp. Released RHP Carlos Seattle tive national champion- At Indianapolis Chicago 14 12 .538 Marmol.

National Semifinals 13 12 .520 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reassigned Cleveland ship.

Sunday, April 3 11 11 .500 RHP Carson Fulmer to their minor Tampa Bay “Nine times is a lot UConn (36-0) vs. Oregon State (32- league camp.

New York 11 13 .458 5 p.m.

11 13 .458 CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned Oakland of Final Fours,” UConn 4),Washington (26-10) vs. Syracuse LHP Kyle Crockett to Columbus (IL). Boston 12 15 .444 coach Geno Auriemma (29-7), 7:30 p.m.

Released OF David Murphy, LHP Joe Kansas City 13 18 .419 Thatcher and OF Will Venable. Placed Baltimore 10 14 .417 said. “That’s a lot. That’s National Championship Tuesday, April 5 OF Lonnie Chisenhall on the 15-day NATIONAL LEAGUE a lot of players over a lot Semifinals winners, 7:30 p.m.

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W L Pct of years. It’s not easy to DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Washington 17 4 .810 Bruce Rondon to Toledo (IL).

Granted Arizona 20 6 .769 AP Women’s All-Americans do.”

RHP Bobby Parnell and INF Casey Philadelphia 14 10 .583 through March 13 The victory, UConn’s Statistics McGehee their unconditional release. Colorado 13 10 .565 First Team Reassigned C Raffy Lopez and OF John Milwaukee 12 11 .522 Breanna Stewart, UConn, 6-4, senior, 73rd straight overall, was Mayberry Jr. to their minor league Los Angeles 12 12 .500 Syracuse, N.Y., 19.2 ppg, 8.3 rpg, also the school’s 22nd con- North Cincinnati 12 15 .444 4.0 apg, 58.2 fg pct, 41.2 3pt, 82.2 ft, 3.5 camp.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned RHP Miami secutive one in the post- blocks, 1.7 steals (32 first-team votes, 9 12 .429 Michael Feliz and INF Jon Singleton to St. Louis 9 13 .409 total points). season, breaking a tie with 160A’ja their minor league camp.

Reassigned San Francisco 11 17 .393 Wilson, South Carolina, 6-5, Tennessee for the most in sophomore, Hopkins, S.C., 16.4 ppg, RHP Jake Buchanan, C Tyler Heineman, New York 7 14 .333 Eury Perez, INF A.J. Reed, INF Joe Chicago 8 17 .320 a row. Two more victo- 8.7 rpg, 54.4 fg pct, 3.1 blocks (29, 154) OF Sclafani and RHP Cesar Valdez to their Moriah Jefferson, UConn, 5-7, San Diego 8 19 .296 ries will give Auriemma senior, minor league camp.

Glenn Heights, Texas, 12.6 ppg, Pittsburgh 7 19 .269 KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Released 5.4 apg, 55.1 fg pct, 39.4 3pt, 90.7 ft, 2.7 Atlanta 6 18 .250 an 11th title, moving him LHP Brian Duensing and RHP Peter steals (28, 152).

NOTE: Split-squad games count in past vaunted UCLA men’s Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State, 5-8, Moyland and INF Clint Barmes. the standings; games against nonMINNESOTA TWINS — Reassigned coach John Wooden for sophomore, Cincinnati, 25.7 ppg, 3.2 major league teams do not.

3.3 apg, 40.2 3pt, 85.1 ft, 36.6 min- LHP Dan Runzler, C Juan Centeno, Monday’s Games most all-time in college rpg, INF James Beresford and OFs Darin utes, 1.7 steals (22, 140).

Baltimore 5, Boston 3 basketball history.

Rachel Banham, Minnesota, 5-9, Mastroianni and Carlos Quentin to Minnesota 6, Pittsburgh 4 their minor league camp.

St. Louis 3, N.Y. Mets 1 “We’re really excited senior, Lakeville, Minn., 27.6 ppg, 6.0 NEW YORK YANKEES — Reassigned rpg, 4.0 apg, 39.9 3pt, 85.6 ft, 2.0 steals Miami vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., RHP Diego Moreno to their minor to go to the Final Four,” (21, 132). ccd., Rain league camp. said Stewart, who was Second Team Toronto 2, Philadelphia 1 SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned INF Nina Davis, Baylor, 5-11, junior, Kansas City (ss) 11, San Diego 3 selected as the Most Out- Memphis, Shawn O’Malley, RHP Joe Wieland, Tenn., 15.6 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 54.1 Cleveland 6, Oakland 4 LHP James Paxton, INF Chris Taylor standing Player of the re- fg (7, 99).

L.A. Angels 8, Chicago Cubs 8, tie Brianna Turner, Notre Dame, 6-3, and OF Stefen Romero to Tacoma Chicago White Sox 11, Colorado 7 gional. sophomore, Pearland, Texas, 14.3 ppg, (PCL). Selected the contract of 1B

OKLAHOMA COACH LON KRUGER CUTS DOWN THE NET after the Sooners’ victory against Oregon in the regional final on Saturday in Anaheim, Calif.

Norman, Okla. (ap) — Lon Kruger last coached in the Final Four in 1994.

That’s before most of his current players were born.

Back then, Kruger was coaching at Florida. Bill Clinton was president, the Internet was relatively new, and pagers were more popular than cellphones.

Twenty-two years later, Oklahoma’s coach has adjusted to the changes in the game and technology and has a shot at his first national title. The Sooners face Villanova on Saturday in a national semifinal in Houston.

Kruger, 63, continues to reach his young players with old-fashioned elements.

“Coach Kruger’s a great coach, and he’s very genuine, and those are things that can transcend age,” forward Khadeem Lattin said. “He’s genuine and honest. Whether you’re 100 or 12, if you’re genuine and honest, everybody kind of flocks to those kinds of people, and he’s that type of person.”

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“I’ve built up a relationship with him. I trust him.

A teacher that’s been in the game so long — you can’t go wrong with that.”

Oklahoma went 27-36 combined in the two years before Kruger took over in 2011. Now, the Sooners are in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight year and have reached the Final Four for the first time since 2002.

Kruger’s steadiness was evident when Oklahoma hit a rough patch in February. Even after the Sooners squandered a 26-point lead against Baylor late in the season and had to rally for the win, he didn’t panic.

“We haven’t played great the whole time, but it’s not like the ship’s burning,” he said at the time. “We had a lot of good stretches of play. He had our best stretches of play over the last month, and we’ve also had two really bad stretches of play. So we’ve got to kind of focus on both and learn from one and try to do the other better.”

7.3 rpg, 59.6 fg pct, 3.2 blocks (6, 98).

Tiffany Mitchell, South Carolina, 5-9, senior, Charlotte, N.C., 15.0 ppg, 2.5 apg, 82.9 ft, 1.8 steals (4, 66).

Morgan Tuck, UConn, 6-2, junior, Bolingbrook, Ill., 12.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 3.2 apg, 50.2 fg (1, 60).

Jamie Weisner, Oregon State, 5-10, senior, Clarkston, Wash., 17.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.2 apg, 44.5 3pt, 87.3 ft (1, 55).

Third Team Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Maryland, 5-11, junior, Aliquippa, Pa., 19.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 3.3 apg, 54.9 fg, 54.0 3pt, 2.0 steals (2, 50).

Kelsey Plum, Washington, 5-8, junior, Poway, Calif., 26.2 ppg, 3.8 apg, 37.9 minutes, 89.5 ft, 1.6 steals (0, 44).

Brittney Martin, Oklahoma State, 6-0, senior, Syracuse, Utah, 20.3 ppg, 11.2 rpg, 2.3 apg, 36.9 minutes, 50.1 fg, 2.9 blocks (3, 40).

Jillian Alleyne, Oregon, 6-3, senior, Fontana, Calif., 19.0 ppg, 13.6 rpg, 2.0 apg, 58.5 fg (1, 30).

Aerial Powers, Michigan State, 6-0, junior, Detroit, 21.9 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 2.8 apg, 84.0 ft, 1.9 steals (0, 30).

Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order) Ameryst Alston, Ohio State; Imani Boyette, Texas; Madison Cable, Notre Dame; Jordin Canada, UCLA; Alaina Coates, South Carolina; Nia Coffey, Northwestern; Lexi Eaton Rydalch, BYU; Makayla Epps (1), Kentucky; Nathalie Fontaine, Ball State; Bashaara Graves, Tennessee; Ruth Hamblin, Oregon State; Myisha Hines-Allen, Louisville; Bria Holmes, West Virginia; Chanise Jenkins, DePaul; Alexis Jones, Baylor; Brionna Jones, Maryland; Jonquel Jones, George Washington; Niya Johnson (1), Baylor; Jackie Kemph, Saint Louis; Whitney Knight, Florida Gulf Coast; Kelsey Minato, Army; Jasmine Nwajei, Wagner; Shereesha Richards, Albany; Azura Stevens, Duke; Courtney Walker, Texas A&M; Sydney Wiese, Oregon State; Courtney Williams (1), South Florida.

NCAA Men

EAST REGIONAL At Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia Regional Semifinals Friday, March 25 Notre Dame 61, Wisconsin 56 North Carolina 101, Indiana 86 Regional Championship Sunday, March 27 North Carolina 88, Notre Dame 74 SOUTH REGIONAL At KFC YUM! Center Louisville, Ky. Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 24 Villanova 92, Miami 69 Kansas 79, Maryland 63 Regional Championship Saturday, March 26 Villanova 64, Kansas 59 MIDWEST REGIONAL At The United Center Chicago Regional Semifinals Friday, March 25 Virginia 84, Iowa State 71 Syracuse 63, Gonzaga 60 Regional Championship Sunday, March 27 Syracuse 68, Virginia 62 WEST REGIONAL At The Honda Center Anaheim, Calif.

Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 24 Oklahoma 77, Texas A&M 63 Oregon 82, Duke 68 Regional Championship Saturday, March 26 Oklahoma 80, Oregon 68 FINAL FOUR At NRG Stadium Houston National Semifinals Saturday, April 2 Villanova (33-5) vs. Oklahoma (297), 5:09 p.m.

North Carolina (32-6) vs. Syracuse (23-13), 7:49 p.m.

National Championship Monday, April 4 Semifinal winners

Dae-Ho Lee from Tacoma. Reassigned RHPs Casey Coleman and Justin De Fratus to their minor league camp.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned OF Taylor Motter to Durham (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Released RHP Jeremy Guthrie.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed C-1B Jesus Montero from Seattle.

Designated C A.J. Jimenez for assignment.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned LHP Matt Reynolds to Reno (PCL).

ATLANTA BRAVES — Reassigned LHP Alex Torres, C Willians Astudillo and INF Reid Brignac to their minor league camp. Released OF Nick Swisher unconditionally.

CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned RHP Spencer Patton to Iowa (PCL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned INF Rafael Ynoa to Albuquerque (PCL).

Reassigned RHP Brian Schlitter to their minor league camp.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Announced the retirement of RHP Jamey Wright.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP David Goforth to Colorado Springs (PCL). Released LHP Franklin Morales.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Acquired RHP Dan Straily from Houston for C Erik Kratz. Reassigned RHPs Jose Dominguez, Philip Humber and Daniel McCutchen and C Rocky Gale to their minor league camp.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned RHPs Sam Tuivailala and Miguel Socolovich, LHPs Dean Kiekhefer and Tim Cooney and C Mike Ohlman to Memphis (PCL). Reassigned 1B/ OF David Washington to their minor league camp. Announced third base coach Jose Oquendo will take a medical leave of absence. Named Chris Maloney third base coach, Bill Mueller first base coach and infield instructor, Derrick May assistant hitting coach and George Greer minor league hitting coach.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned RHP Rafael Martin and INF Trea Turner to Syracuse (IL).

Reassigned LHP Aaron Laffey, OF Tom Campana, RHP Nick Masset, INF Scott Sizemore and C Jhonathan Solano to their minor league camp.

FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed CB Brandon Boykin to a one-year contract.

CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with LB Sam Acho on a one-year contract.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed TE Jared Cook.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Announced the retirement of S Husain Abdullah.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed DT Nick Fairley to a one-year contract.

COLLEGE ARIZONA — Announced freshman men’s basketball G Justin Simon is transferring.

COLORADO — Named JR Payne women’s basketball coach.

COLUMBIA — Named Megan Griffith women’s basketball coach.

FLORIDA — Announced senior men’s basketball G DeVon Walker plans to transfer.

GEORGE WASHINGTON — Announced the resignation of Jonathan Tsipis, women’s basketball coach.

JAMES MADISON — Announced the resignation of women’s basketball coach Kenny Brooks to take the same position at Virginia Tech.

LITTLE ROCK — Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Chris Beard so he can take the same position at UNLV. LSU — Announced junior G Tim Quarterman will enter the NBA draft.

MIAMI — Announced men’s sophomore basketball G James Palmer will transfer.

PURDUE — Announced men’s redshirt freshman basketball G Grant Weatherford will transfer at the conclusion of the semester.

TULANE — Named Mike Dunleavy Sr. men’s basketball coach.

VIRGINIA TECH — Named Kenny Brooks women’s basketball coach.

WESTERN KENTUCKY — Named Rick Stansbury men’s basketball coach.

Seattle 6, Kansas City (ss) 4 Houston 12, Atlanta 9 N.Y. Yankees 3, Detroit 2 Texas vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., (n) Milwaukee vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., (n) Arizona vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., (n) Today’s Games Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) at Tampa, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Toronto (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Toronto (ss) at Dunedin, Fla., 12:07 p.m.

Miami vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 12:10 p.m.

Cleveland (ss) vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

Oakland vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Colorado vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 5:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Cleveland (ss) at Goodyear, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 75 42 24 9 93 216 184 Tampa Bay 76 44 27 5 93 214 182 Boston 76 40 28 8 88 222 207 Detroit 76 38 27 11 87 195 208 Ottawa 76 34 33 9 77 217 234 Montreal 76 34 36 6 74 201 221 Buffalo 76 31 35 10 72 181 205 Toronto 75 27 37 11 65 181 220 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Washington 75 54 16 5 113 236 175 N.Y. Rangers 76 43 24 9 95 219 199 Pittsburgh 75 42 25 8 92 214 186 N.Y. Islanders 74 40 25 9 89 208 192 Philadelphia 75 37 25 13 87 196 199 Carolina 76 33 28 15 81 186 206 New Jersey 76 36 32 8 80 171 193 Columbus 76 30 38 8 68 195 237 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Dallas 76 45 22 9 99 247 218 x-St. Louis 76 45 22 9 99 203 185 x-Chicago 76 44 25 7 95 212 188 Nashville 76 39 24 13 91 213 194 Minnesota 76 37 28 11 85 206 189 Colorado 76 39 33 4 82 204 215 Winnipeg 76 31 38 7 69 194 223 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Los Angeles 76 45 26 5 95 208 180 x-Anaheim 75 42 23 10 94 196 178 San Jose 76 42 28 6 90 224 198 Arizona 76 34 35 7 75 199 226 Calgary 76 32 38 6 70 210 240 Vancouver 75 27 35 13 67 171 217 Edmonton 79 30 42 7 67 194 234 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot Monday’s Games Philadelphia 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Washington 4, Columbus 1 Detroit 3, Buffalo 2 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 0 Colorado 4, Nashville 3 Anaheim 2, Edmonton 1 Calgary 5, Arizona 2 San Jose 5, Los Angeles 2 Today’s Games Boston at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Colorado at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Nashville at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

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489 AREA JOB OPENINGS! CITY OF LAWRENCE ............................ 36

KU: FACULTY/ACADEMIC/LECTR ......... 100

MV TRANSPORTATION ......................... 20

CLO ................................................ 12

KU: STAFF OPENINGS ......................... 73

THE SHELTER, INC. ............................ 10

DAYCOM ............................................9

KU: STUDENT OPENINGS .................. 113

WELLSVILLE/BROOKSIDE RETIREMENT ....7

EZ GO STORES....................................5

LAWRENCE PRESBYTERIAN MANOR .........5

FEDEX ............................................. 65

MISCELLANEOUS ............................... 34

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Email your number of job openings to Peter at psteimle@ljworld.com. *Approximate number of job openings at the time of this printing.

Warehouse Associates Focus Workforces is currently seeking Warehouse Associates that can perform a variety of job duties and functions in a distribution center in Ottawa, KS! We are looking for candidates that possess the desire and the ability to work in a fast paced environment!

If you are driven and ready for a new challenge, we want to interview YOU!

Currently Hiring For: Pickers | Order Selectors | Packers General Labor | Production Work | Special Projects

Pay up to $10.50/hour Apply at: www.workatfocus.com In person at: 1529 N. Davis Rd. Ottawa, KS 66067 Call (785) 832-7000 to schedule a time to come in!

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Customer Service

Bookkeeper

11 Hard Workers needed NOW!

Business Office Bookkeeper for Nursing Facility setting.

Must have AR/AP/PR knowledge and experience. Midicare A Skilled & Medicaid billing experience.

Multi-tasking a must.

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Excellent pay & benefits.

$10 hr to train.

Quickly earn $12-$15 hr Weekly pay checks.

Paid Vacations No Weekends

Call Administrator:

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Ag Equipment & Farm Tools / Supplies Often featured by our local Auctioneers!

Accounting (DeSoto, KS) Accounts Receiveable.

Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision.

E-mail resume to:

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AdministrativeProfessional Administrative Assistant

Advertising Account Executive Ogden Publications, Inc., the largest sustainable living media company in the country, is seeking an Advertising Account Executive to work in our Topeka office. Applicants should have an understanding of sales to increase revenue and have the capacity to juggle multiple priorities. Prospecting and new business calls are required.

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Special Notices

Special Notices Parkwood Day School

Friends Spring Book Sale Kentucky side of Library April 1-3 Friday, Saturday 10-6 Sunday. 12-4 Quality books All $2.00 or less

$10.25 to Start!

Deliver Newspapers!

It’s Fun! Outstanding pay Part-time work Be an independent contractor, Deliver every day, between 2-6 a.m.

Reliable vehicle, driver’s license, insurance in your own name, and a phone required.

Great people!

Great pay!

Great benefits!

Mile Post 209, Kansas Turnpike (I-70), Lawrence, KS Apply at ezgostores.com/our-team/

General

Office-Clerical

Supervisor / Team leader

Full time staff needed for busy optometric office.

Excellent customer service and communication skills required.

Previous experience in sales or medical office preferred but will train right person. Right person is a happy, energetic, caring person who is self motivated and can be part of a team. Must be willing to travel and available some evenings and Saturdays. Wage and benefits commensurate with experience.

Bring resume and fill out an application at:

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Auto Body Technician Needed for an I-Car Gold-Class Shop.

General

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Full time, Start ASAP, Need dependable, hardworking self starter.

Management supervisor or foreman experience necessary. Must have valid drivers licence, pass drug screen and background check, good driving record and must have good leadership skills. Must be willing to work along side and with movers / packers. This position is physical as will as leader. Nice salary, paid vacation, Bring references, resume. Apply in person only Professional Moving and Storage 3620 Thomas Ct. Lawrence, KS 66046

The EyeDoctors 2600 Iowa St Lawrence, KS 66046

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Driver Requires Class B CDL w/Air Brakes license.

Experience in lumber industry a plus but not necessary. Excellent benefits after 60 days.

Mon-Fri only. No wknds.

Apply in person at: McCray Lumber 1516 W. 6th St. Lawrence, KS 66044 Drug Free & EOE

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HIRING IMMEDIATELY! Drive for KU on Wheels or Lawrence Transit System.

Flexible part-time schedules, 80% company paid employee health insurance for full time.

Career opportunities. $11.50/hr after paid training. Must be 21+ w. good driving record.

Apply online: lawrencetransit.org/ employment Or come to: MV Transportation, Inc. 1260 Timberedge Road Lawrence, KS. EOE

Hiring ALL Positions

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I-Car Training Req’d 3 Years Experience Flat Rate Pay Competitive Benefits

Full & Part-Time.

Benefit packages for full-time, incl. health & 401k, paid vacation & sick leave. Apply at the stores or online at

We have state-of-the-art equipment, including a Pro-Spot Welder and Genesis Measuring System. Email your resume to Dave Williamson at Crown Collision Center dwilliamson@crownauto motive.com

Funny ‘bout Work

Trade Skills

Oskaloosa & Perry

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Bill: I used to be an electrician.

Ted: That seems like a really good job!

Bill: Yeah, maybe for some, but it didn’t turn me on.

Healthcare

LPN/RN Wellsville Retirement Community has created a fabulous full-time position for a nurse in our Assisted Living neighborhood.

YOU MUST BE FUN OR DON’T APPLY! And we are SERIOUS! Flexible hours, 18 residents, competitive wage and deep commitment to quality of life – for YOU and our residents. Prefer previous experience in assisted living/long term care but willing to train a “FUN” person.

Apply online at: wellsvillerc.com or stop by 304 W. 7th St. in Wellsville.

Commercial Electricians Oliver Electric Construction accepting applications for experienced Journeyman & Apprentice, for work in the Lawrence & KC area. Top wages/ Benefits. EOE. For details: (785) 748-0777

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(First Published in the Description of property: Lawrence Daily Journal- Couch, chairs, two beds, World March 28, 2016) one TV, kitchen household items and any other items Eudora 491 will hold a left or abandoned in or on milk bid opening on April the property.

13th at 2pm for the Property will be disposed ‘16-’17 school year of on April 13, 2016. needs.

JPM, LLC, PO Box 3495, For specs email: Shawnee, KS 66203 jasonoehlert@eudoraschoo _______ ls.org (First published in the _______ Lawrence Daily Journal(First published in the World on March 29, 2016) Lawrence Daily JournalWorld March 29, 2016) ABANDONED PROPERTY NOTICE To: Clarissa Spriggs and Cindy Barnett 413 Michigan, Lawrence, KS 66044

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of George R. Learned, deceased.

Case No. 2016 PR 000041

DIV 1 (Proceeding Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59) NOTICE TO CREDITORS

the first publication of this notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO Sharon Learned ALL PERSONS CON- Petitioner CERNED: PREPARED BY: You are notified that on DENTON LAW, L.L.C. March 9, 2016, a petition By: /s/ Cheryl L. Denton was filed in this Court by Cheryl L. Denton - #14824 Sharon Learned, heir of 123 W. 8th Street, Suite 103 George R. Learned, de- Lawrence, Kansas 66044 ceased, requesting peti- (785) 424-7553 tioner be appointed as ad- (785) 670-8437 (facsimile) ministrator; petitioner be cdenton@cheryldentonlaw.com granted Letters of Admin- ATTORNEY FOR PETIistration under the Kansas TIONER Simplified Estates Act. _______ All creditors of the decedent are notified to exhibit their demands against the estate within four (4) months from the date of

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Stacked Deck

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Mowing...like Clockwork!

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20 yrs experience.

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AUCTIONS Auction Calendar **PAWN SHOP AUCTION** Saturday, April 2, 6 PM 4795 Frisbie Rd Shawnee, KS Preview items at NOON -Great selection of recreational items from hunting, laptops, game systems, tools, coins, jewelry AND MORE! Metro Pawn Inc 913.596.1200 metropawnks.com Lindsay Auction Svc. 913.441.1557 lindsaysauctions.com ESTATE SALE

1217 Lawrence Ave. Saturday, April 2 8:00-6:00 Everything in great condition; furniture, antiques, appliances, collectibles.

Sale by Elvira

Auction Calendar FARM AUCTION Saturday, April 2, 9:30 AM 818 E. 1300 Rd Lawrence, KS Trucks, Tractors, Trailers, Equipment, OutBuilding, Firearms, Collectibles, Household, & Misc.

70+ Years of Farming!

Seller: Bud & Thelma Dillon See website for list & pics!

Mark Elston & Jason Flory 785-594-0505|785-218-7851 www.kansasauctions.net/elston

LENEXA PUBLIC AUCTION Sat., April 2, 10:00 AM 13213 W. 76th St Lenexa, KS JEWELRY, LENOX CHINA, WATERFORD, GLASS, ART- COLLECTIBLES, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, HOUSEHOLD, OUTDOOR & MISC. Branden Otto, auctioneer 913-710-7111 www.ottoauctioneering.com MAN CAVE AUCTION Sat. April 9, 9 AM 830 N. Kansas Ave. Topeka, KS

Auction: SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 10AM, 930 Laing St, Osage City, KS This is an outstanding offering of Antique & Collectible Glass & more from 2 local sellers. Very Partial List! Good selection of Nippon, Royal Haeger, Laughlin, Cranberry, Candlewick, Johnson Bros. Rose Medallion, Depression, Wedgewood & More. Old Toys, Tools, Quality Furniture!

WISCHROPP AUCTIONS785-828-4212 Pics & Full listing: www.wischroppauctions.com

ESTATE AUCTION: Sat., April 9th, 10:00 A.M. 1110 Republic Rd., Lawrence, KS Vehicle/Equipment 2009 Chevy Traverse, JD Zero Turn mower, Tororiding mower MTD snow-blower, Lincoln welder, and more!

785.832.2222

2006 Jaguar XJ8L, 2007 Harly Davidson Dyna Bob, 2006 EZ-GO Golf Cart, Lots of nice furniture, restaurant equip., & misc.

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MERCHANDISE

Oriental Brass Lamp w/shade Very Nice Oriental Brass table lamp w/shade. $100 785-841-4616

Antiques REMODELING SALE Antiques & Vintage  203 W. 7th, Perry, KS Open 9 am - 5 pm daily Call first: 785-597-5752 Clearing out merchandise so we can paint & repair.

Tons of pictures, mirrors, shelving curios & all merchandise will be 50% off O.B.O. No reasonable offers will be rejecetedWe need to clear up & clean out!

Collectibles

Coca-Cola Collectibles Show & Sale Saturday, April 23 9 AM-2 PM Holiday Inn Hotel 8787 Reeder Road Overland Park FREE ADMISSION

Furniture

STRICKER’S AUCTION MONDAY, APRIL 4, 6 PM 801 NORTH CENTER GARDNER, KANSAS

2 black faux leather swivel chairs w/ foot stools. Recline/rock. $40 each or both $75 785-841-4616. Leave a message w/name and number and what you are inquiring about.

Furniture, fountain pen collection, sports memorabilia, tools, hand guns, mowers, neon signs, collectibles, antiques MORE INFO & PICS, SEE WEB STRICKERSAUCTION.COM RON: 913-963-3800 JERRY: 913-707-1046

Collectibles/Household/Misc.Dinner Bell, pircher pump, vintage windows, milk cans, vintage fans and more!

Seller: The Estate of Everett & Doris Nottingham Auctioneers: Mark Elston & Jason Flory (785-594-0505) (785-218-7851) Online for pictures: www.KansasAuctions.net/elston

Household Misc.

2 Tier Chandelier White Porcelin/brass 2 tier chandelier excellent condition. $100 785-841-4616

Jewelry

Diamondart CZ Ring 1 Carat Diamondart CZ Ring w/silver band.

Very nice. $100 obo 785-841-4616

Beautiful Cocktail Table with sculptural iron base, granite top. $100 785-841-3332 Benchmark Petite Wingback Chair Coral custom benchmark chair. Nice. $100 785-841-4616

Music-Stereo

785-832-9906

Lawrence Investment / Development

Equal Housing Opportunity.

785-865-2505

1st Month FREE!

OPPORTUNITY: ~147 Acres~

Lawrence Schools, large CUSTOM home, barns, 2nd house on property, ponds, just west of 6th & SLTfastest growing intersection in Kansas. $1.6 M

800-887-6929

Farms-Acreage 4 ACRES

Between Lawrence & Topeka on blacktop.

Old farmstead, repo, assume owner financing with NO down payment.

FREE!!

SOLID OAK RCA TV RCA Solid Oak TV/Cabinet.

Nice. Must pick up.

785-841-4616

for merchandise

$275 obo More info: 785-8414616

Livestock

FOR SALE:

Black Faced Sheep

Glass top patio table with four chairs, all new cushions.

785-856-6875

Pasture too small Need to Sell$5 - $20 each.

Call 785-766-4273

FIRST MONTH FREE! 1 & 2 Bedroom Units Available Now!

Lawrence

Office Space

Cooperative townhomes start at $446-$490/month.

Water, trash, sewer paid.

Back patio, CA, hardwood floors, full basmnt., stove, refrigeratpr, w/d hookup, garbage disposal, reserved parking. On-site management & maintenance. 24 hr emergency maintenance.

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Downtown Office Space Single offices, elevator & conference room, $725.

Call Donna or Lisa

785-841-6565

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

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AVAILABLE at WEST LAWRENCE LOCATION $525/mo., Utilities included Conference Room, Fax Machine, Copier Available

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Pet under 20 lbs. allowed Call 785-842-2575 www.princeton-place.com

RENTALS Apartments Unfurnished LAUREL GLEN APTS All Electric

Some with W/D, Water & Trash Paid, Small Pet, Income Restrictions Apply

SUNRISE PLACE Now Leasing 2 BR’s Close to Campus & Downtown Pool, On KU Bus Route, Spacious Floorplan, Patios/Decks.

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YOUR NEXT APARTMENT IS READY. FIND IT HERE.

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For LEASE Warehouse / Offices

HARPER SQUARE Harpersquareapartments.com

785-838-9559

Five piece Oak bedroom set.

3 BR w/2 or 2.5 BA W/D hookups, Fireplace, Major Appliances. Lawn Care & Dbl Car Garage!

Equal Housing Opportunity

Lawrence

Townhomes

(785)554-9663

1, 2 & 3 BR units

AGRICULTURE

Townhomes

Loading dock, workshop, multi-use space.

Bob Bloom: 842-8204

TV-Video

FREE ADS under $100 Call 785.832.2222

2BR in a 4-plex New carpet, vinyl, cabinets, countertop.

W/D is included.

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

Duplexes

REAL ESTATE

Bill Fair & Company www.billfair.com

Men’s Silver Wedding band. $100 obo.

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PUBLIC NOTICES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7D (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World March 29, 2016)

OPEN HOUSES

RENTALS & REAL ESTATE

GARAGE SALES

2015-2019 Transportation Improvement Program - Amendment #4 and Program of Projects for the Lawrence Transit System

20 LINES: 1 DAY $50 • 2 DAYS $75 + FREE PHOTO!

10 LINES: 2 DAYS $50 • 7 DAYS $80 28 DAYS $280 + FREE PHOTO!

UNLIMITED LINES: UP TO 3 DAYS, ONLY $24.95 + FREE GARAGE SALE KIT!

The official 15-day public comment period for this TIP Amendment starts on March 29, 2016 and will end on April 13, 2016. This TIP Amendment will come before the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Policy Board for approval on April 16, 2016. The TIP is a multi-year listing of federally funded and/or regionally significant transportation improvement projects. This public notice on the TIP development process satisfies the FTA’s Program of Projects requirements for the Lawrence Transit System.

CARS

SERVICE DIRECTORY

MERCHANDISE & PETS

10 LINES & PHOTO: 7 DAYS $19.95 • 28 DAYS $49.95 DOESN’T SELL IN 28 DAYS? + FREE RENEWAL!

6 LINES: 1 MONTH $118.95 • 6 MO. $91.95/MO • 12 MO. $64.95/MO + FREE LOGO!

10 LINES & PHOTO: 7 DAYS $19.95 • 28 DAYS $49.95 DOESN’T SELL IN 28 DAYS? + FREE RENEWAL!

ADVERTISE TODAY! Call 785.832.2222 or email classifieds@ljworld.com

Approval of this TIP Amendment will include the revision of costs and schedules for roadway and safety projects sponsored by Lawrence, Douglas County, and KDOT. This amendment was requested by KDOT and local governments in the region. Changes to the TIP text and project tables are being made to reflect these changes and to maintain the fiscally constrained status of this document. Public Comments received will be reported and considered by the MPO Policy Board where decisions pertaining to revising this document will be made prior to final approval.

The items included in this TIP amendment can be viewed online at: http://lawrenceks.org/assets/mpo/tip/2015-2019TIPA4DRAFT.pdf; a paper copy will be available at Lawrence City Hall - Planning Office - 1st Floor Information Window.

Written comments may be emailed to amyers@lawrenceks.org or mailed to Ashley Myers at the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Office, PO Box 708, Lawrence, KS 66044-0708. _______