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KANSAS UNIVERSITY’S CLASS OF 2015

Whatever it takes Student’s 10-year quest culminates in walk of honor

By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep

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arah Barthell’s Kansas University graduation day fit the mold. She walked down the hill, got a sunburn on her nose. Her parents threw a backyard party, and her friends, grammy and third-grade teacher all came. There was cake, and way too many beans.

Up in the stands, her mom cried when she spotted Sarah stepping onto the football field in her cap and gown.

That’s when it hit her, Susan Kraus said: Sarah’s KANSAS UNIVERSITY really graduating.

Her daughter’s path to this day did not fit the mold.

Sarah, 33, has Asperger’s syndrome, and she’s been working toward her KU degree over the course of more than 10 years.

“She just persisted, persisted, persisted,” Kraus said.

In addition to Sarah’s determination, her parents credit what they call her “village.”

For Sarah, that has not been dormmates, co-workers, sorority sisters or fellow students she studies with. Just as they have since she was a baby, Kraus said, Sarah’s developmental delays and difficulties with social interaction imprinted her KU experience.

That’s partly why Asperger’s and othMike Yoder/Journal-World Photos er autism spectrum disorders are called SARAH BARTHELL, CENTER, and her father, Frank, right, greet faculty “invisible disabilities,” Kraus said. members as the two walk across the field during Kansas University’s Please see HONOR, page 4A 143rd commencement ceremony at Memorial Stadium on Sunday.

‘Intimidating number’ needed to realize Justice Matters’ challenge

By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

Details about a proposed affordable housing trust fund for Lawrence may become clearer Tuesday evening.

City commissioners at their weekly meeting are scheduled to hear from the Justice Matters community group about affordable housing issues. On Friday commissioners said they were still working to unCITY COMMISSION derstand the size and scope of a housing trust fund that the faith-based group hopes to see established.

But Mayor Jeremy Farmer said he’s had previous conversations with the organization during which its members suggested $3 million a year would be needed to fund an affordable housing effort.

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Veritas graduates ready to achieve ‘great things’

By Elliot Hughes Twitter: @elliothughes12

4,000 graduates walk

By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep

ing and American literature fields and gave the keynote address during KU’s 143rd commencement ceremony in Memorial Stadium.

The football team and its less-than-stellar record in recent years was the butt

Mystery writer and Kansas University alumna Sara Paretsky had sharp words for terrorists, lawmakers and even the KU football team on Sunday.

Please see 4,000, page 4A Paretsky, who got her undergraduate degree from KU, received an honorary doctorate degree for her contribu- l More photos from tions to the mystery writ- Sunday’s ceremony. 4A

GRADUATES CELEBRATE the conferring of their degrees during the ceremony Sunday.

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Pharmaceutical scientist Michael Windheuser had some humble advice for Veritas Christian School’s class of 2015 Sunday.

He encouraged the graduating seniors to read in their free time, learn a new language, travel as much as possible and always make their bed in the morning.

The message: Be a lifelong learner and someone who sets and achieves their goals.

“Anyone, including you, can do great things,” said Windheuser, who works for the American Institute for Technology and Science Education, during his commencement address. “It doesn’t take someone Please see VERITAS, page 3A l A list of this year’s graduates. 3A

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“That is a big number and an intimidating number,” Farmer said. “I think we just need to keep having a serious conversation about it. Everything that happens in our community happens that way. People have an idea and we keep getting together and talking about it until we figure out a way.”

Ben MacConnell, lead organizer for Justice Matters, said the group no longer is certain that $3 million is the right number. Instead, it is focusing on how the community could come together to eliminate an approximately 75-person waiting list for transitional housing in the community by 2019.

“The money is a big issue to figure out,” MacConnell said. “But the crisis is what we’re really trying to lift up.

When you start really looking around the community, you see that there are a lot of people in substandard housing.”

Doing more for affordable housing has some support on the City Commission.

“I think a trust fund would be great,” Commissioner Leslie Soden said. “I think identifying funding sources for it is going to take a lot of work. But the timing is good. We’re in budget season.”

Farmer said using part of the city’s transient guest tax, the 6 percent tax charged on hotel rooms, to fund affordable housing projects has been mentioned. That likely would require the city to revamp the ordinance that governs the guest tax because it currently limits the use of the funds to tourism related activities. Looking at ways to use other existing sales taxes for affordable housing also has been mentioned by the group, Farmer said.

Farmer said he’s not sure what would be an appropriate funding source.

“I think there is a big learning curve that we have in front of us,” Farmer said.

Both Farmer and Soden, though, said they were excited about the opportunity to discuss affordable housing. Both have been frequent proponents of providing more affordable housing for low-income residents.

Soden said figuring out how to provide more transitional housing units is important. Those would be temporary living units for families who have suddenly lost a home, people who have just gotten out of jail and are trying to get settled in society, or perhaps a foster child who has aged out of the system or women who are trying to escape domestic violence.

Soden said she thinks there also will be discussions about supportive housing for people who have mental health care needs. That discussion, however, may end up being part of Douglas County’s talks on expanding the jail and creating a crisis stabilization center to support people who need mental health care, she said.

The city spends a significant amount of money on housing for low-income residents. A review of the 2015 budget shows at least $950,000 in city funding for the homeless shelter, Tenants to Homeowners, a housing rehabilitation and weatherization program, Housing & Credit Counseling and other similar organizations.

The city had a housing trust fund in the early 2000s, but it struggled to get off the ground. In 2001 the city gave the fund $500,000 that had been left over from building the indoor aquatics center as seed money. By 2005, the fund was largely unspent, and members of the trust fund’s board struggled with how the money should be spent and how the fund would be replenished in future years. Eventually, the fund became inactive.

Commissioners meet at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday at City Hall.

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Haskell president optimistic about reaccreditation

By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep

Haskell Indian Nations University expects to get a sneakpeek, of sorts, at a draft report from its reaccreditation site visit, possibly within the next two weeks.

Haskell President Venida Chenault said she believes the site visit went well and is optimistic that the draft won’t contain major surprises.

Haskell identified many strengths, weaknesses and plans for improvement on its own in an exhaustive self-study

report before the visit.

Four representatives “I think we were on from the Higher Learntrack with our assessing Commission, the ment of areas where we organization reviewing needed additional work, Haskell’s accreditation and have already begun status, visited Haskell working to address islast month. sues,” Chenault said.

The team kicked off “They (the site visit its three-day visit at a team) recognized the Chenault traditional foods potprogress that the uniluck at the Haskell Culversity has made over the past tural Center and Museum, then year. I think that they were im- met with faculty, staff, students pressed with our very unique and community partners to ask campus and our commitment questions and verify informato the students that we serve. tion Haskell shared in the selfThey were appreciative of the study, Chenault said. transparency in our self-study.”

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mission’s decision on whether to fully reaccredit Haskell won’t come for possibly six to nine months.

However, Chenault said, the school should get a look at the site team’s draft report soon and be able to check it for any factual errors before it undergoes the Higher Learning Commission’s full review process.

Chenault said turnout and participation during the selfstudy and site visit was high.

“Haskell truly appreciated the level of support that we received, both on campus

and with all our community partners,” she said.

In the past the Higher Learning Commission has reviewed — and reaffirmed — Haskell’s accreditation status every 10 years, as it also has for Kansas University, which had its site visit earlier this spring.

Going forward, the Higher Learning Commission is changing its process to one that will require more frequent but less exhaustive reports.

— Reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached at sshepherd@ljworld.com or 832-7187.

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CO-VALEDICTORIAN LACEY BILLINGS RECEIVES a hug during the 2015 Veritas Christian School commencement ceremony Sunday afternoon at First Christian Church, 1000 Kentucky St.

‘The world is your classroom’ Veritas CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A

exceptional, just someone who steadily works toward their goals.

“The world is your classroom and many choices are available to you.”

More than 120 people came to First Christian Church on Sunday to witness that six students graduate. Veritas Christian School, which instructs about 160 students from kindergarten through 12th grade, is a

nondenominational parochial school that started in 1978.

Two valedictorians spoke at the ceremony, Kesandra Fischer and Lacey Billings. Fischer, who plans to attend Kansas State University to study interior design, thanked her teachers for being “rock stars.”

“We graduates are indebted to all teachers for bestowing their knowledge and wisdom onto us. Now as we go out into the world to a future that holds quite a few unknowns, I want to encourage everyone that

Veritas Class of 2015 l Lacey Billings l Kesandra Fischer l Andrea Gatts l Drake Napier l Tarynn Stacy l Elizabeth Warner

the mark we make on the world is also God’s mark.”

Billings, who will attend Kansas University to study radiology, encouraged her classmates to be mindful of their character as they begin

a new chapter in their lives. She quoted Martin Luther King Jr. by reminding them that “intelligence is not enough.

Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education.”

Also graduating Sunday was Andrea Gatts, who is undecided about her field of study; Drake Napier, who will attend Wichita State University; Tarynn Stacy, who will attend Johnson County Community College; and Elizabeth Warner, who will also attend JCCC and hopes to teach English in Japan.

Baker University celebrates ‘Will Generation’

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Some call it Baker magic, but I think we are a community that has perfected the art of respecting and hearing one another.”

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Baldwin City — The Baker University Class of 2015 was sent off Sunday with a new name for its generation provided courtesy of commencement speaker Aaron North, vice president of education for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

In remarks at the Collins Center on the Baker campus to about 300 senior graduates of Baker’s College of Arts and Science, School of Education and School of Nursing, North said the graduates were part of the “Will Generation.” Generations seemed to be named for accomplishments or traits, such as the greatest generation for those who fought World War II or his Generation X, which was known as “clever, ironic slackers,” he said.

Today’s college students were said to be Millennials solely based on when they were born, but the young people of the generation have earned a better name from their collective efforts, he said.

“I see a generation that not only can, but one that will,” he said. “I’m going

— Kacee Britton, senior class president

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BAKER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING graduate Shelby M. Riley accessorizes appropriately for the school's 2015 commencement Sunday in Baldwin City. Riley and about 300 other students in the class ended the traditional march across campus by walking between rows of the school's faculty before taking their seats. to go ahead and call it the Will Generation.”

It was a generation with a passion for justice, with many young college graduates putting careers on hold for a few years as they got involved with nonprofits such as AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps, North said. Those traveling more traditional career paths were giving time outside of their workplace to “move the needle” in their communities, he said.

“It means being willing and equipped to make hard decisions about yourself in the service of others,” he said. “It means being willing to lend yourself to causes that matter and be owners of solutions. It means this is something you already know, and it’s the greatest hope I see when you walk across the stage today.”

In her opening remarks to her first spring graduating class since taking

charge at the school 10 months ago, Baker President Lynne Murray said she, too, expected great things of the class. Its members would build on the tradition of accomplishment of past classes that produced Rhodes Scholars, Pulitzer Prize winners, multinational CEOs, a Super Bowl winning coach and community leaders, she said.

The class was filled with “special people who inspired me and pushed me to learn,” said student speaker Kacee Britton, senior class president. In her speech, she listed the top three reasons Baker had changed her life in a positive way, which she said were universal among the class.

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2020, and replaces it with a voluntary “goal.” It also reduces property tax exemptions for renewable energy projects to 10 years instead of the life of the project. Sens. Tom Holland and Marci Francisco and representatives Barbara Ballard, Boog Highberger and John Wilson, all Democrats, voted against the bill. Rep. Tom Sloan, a Republican, voted for it.

A bill that does away with the state’s clean energy requirements for electric utilities and replaces them with a voluntary goal is now on its way to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback for his signature.

But even though the wind industry endorsed the bill as a reasonable compromise with freemarket political groups Clean energy’s cost Other groups expressthat oppose the current standards, other environ- ing disappointment in mental groups say they’re the compromise included disappointed with the the Kansas Sierra Club and Interfaith Power outcome. and Light, a faith“I do think that based environmenit is laughable that tal group based in after the hundreds Johnson County. of millions of dolIn a joint statelars spent trying ment when the to repeal it, we’re settling for a goal LEGISLATURE bill was unveiled, they said the curwe’ve already met,” said Dorothy Barnett, rent law had helped spur director of the Hutchin- more than $8 billion of son-based Climate and investment in renewable Energy Project, a group energy projects, either dithat advocates for renew- rectly or indirectly creatable energy. “But it won’t ing more than 13,000 jobs.

In the past, groups opstop industry from growing. Momentum is on our posing the RPS law had argued that it forced side.”

Senate Bill 91 passed customers to pay higher both the House and Sen- rates for electricity. But a ate on Thursday, barely 2014 report by the Kansas two weeks after it was in- Corporation Commission showed that of the 9.55 troduced.

But it was the result of cents per kilowatt-hour intense negotiations for that the average Kansas weeks between the wind customer pays for elecindustry and a handful of tricity, only 0.21 cents powerful interest groups could be attributed to the that have lobbied for cost of renewable energy.

Since then, opponents years, without success until now, to repeal the have argued that the RPS current standards. Those law simply violates the groups included the Kan- principles of free-market sas Chamber, Americans economics, and the state for Prosperity and Wichi- should not interfere by ta-based Koch Industries, telling electric utilities a major oil and gas pro- which energy sources they should prefer. ducer.

“We believe the free The bill strikes the state’s current require- market is the best place ment, known as a “renew- to decide where energy able portfolio standard,” comes from,” said Jeff or RPS, which requires Glendening, a lobbyist for electric utilities to pro- Americans for Prosperduce at least 20 percent ity, when asked why the of their power from rePlease see ENERGY, page 5A newable resources by

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Julia White Bull, master’s in indigenous studies, Eagle Butte, S.D. “I’m going to move home, back to my reservation, and look for a job working within my community.”

Heather Athon, neurobiology, Overland Park “I’m going to miss my family of friends and camping out at Anschutz Library to study.”

Megan King, communication studies, Lawrence Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photos “This year I got married. I GRADUATES FROM THE CHI OMEGA SORORITY are photographed at the Chi Omega fountain before the Kansas University have a 4-year-old, and I’d like to have another kid.” commencement Sunday.

Fiston Vuvu, pharmacy, Kinshasa, Congo “I am going to be a pharmacist at Walgreens in Kansas City, Mo.”

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Sarah walked down the hill with her dad — Frank Barthell bought a cap and gown to blend in.

Overwhelmingly, guests at her graduation party were people who helped her somewhere along the way.

One was a proud Barb Schwering, an occupational therapist turned family friend who coached Sarah on her motor skills when she was a small child.

“It’s a story of a person and a family that just keep moving forward,” Schwering said, “never not expecting Sarah to do what she wanted to do, just, ‘How do we make it work?’” l l l

At KU, making it work in Sarah’s case also involved villagers from the university’s Academic Achievement and Access Center.

The department provides support for students with physical and other disabilities.

Disability specialist Juliette Loring said KU’s Autism Spectrum Program has about 25 students participating, though she knows there are more — of varying degrees of functioning — at KU who aren’t in the program.

Typically these students are “brilliant” in their area of passion, Loring said. But they struggle with communication and “academic

Tsedenya Bizani, political science and international studies, Olathe “I think I’ll miss the family atmosphere.”

Molly Rissien, applied behavioral science and Jewish studies, Overland Park “I’m going to miss the people the most, and the beautiful campus.”

Kylan Whitmer, journalism, Waukee, Iowa “I am still taking classes but hoping to get a job in sports journalism.”

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What will you miss most about Lawrence?

ABOVE: A graduate wears a “Star Wars” stormtrooper helmet as he walks into Memorial Stadium. LEFT: A creatively decorated mortar board. and few had heard of it, Kraus said.

When Sarah was diagnosed years later with an autism spectrum disorder, a therapist told Kraus that some such children “even finish high school.” She took a test in grade school and got a score indicating she was mentally retarded, Kraus said, but took the same test again with an administrator who engaged her enough to actually answer the questions, and her score came back too high for a special needs program.

School, especially middle school when kids teased her and called her names like “robot voice,” was very difficult for Sarah, Kraus said.

Sarah took some community college classes early on but later insisted on going to the “real” college she’d grown up loving, Kraus said.

Her parents told her, “We’re not going to make you do this, but if you want to do this we’ll do everything in our power to help you achieve it.”

Early on, Kraus said, it was “iffy.”

But Sarah keeps growing and improving and hasn’t stopped yet, her mother said.

When she first moved out, a couple special education graduate students lived with her as roommates and helpers, and she now lives in her own place.

At KU Libraries, l l l where she was a student When Sarah was a employee for years, baby, Asperger’s wasn’t Kraus said, Sarah was in the diagnostic manual never the person at the details,” she said, things like task management or reading a syllabus that are critical to making the grade.

“We provide access,” Loring said. “So if a student who’s a wheelchair user needs to get into a building they go up a ramp. If a student who had poor dexterity needs to write, they either use some sort of software or they have a scribe.”

“Same material, same stuff, same requirements. It’s just that we provide the bridge.”

Students with learning disabilities must meet the same requirements as everyone else, Loring said, and if they do they walk out with the same degree.

Sarah’s degree is a bachelor of general studies in history.

Her favorite KU class was British history.

“That’s what I’m fascinated by,” she said, explaining that’s why she loves the TV show “Game of Thrones” and easily ticking off landmarks, medieval royals and even some of their grisly deaths.

When recounting her college and volunteer work timeline, Sarah cites the month, day and year she decided to enroll at KU after a few years away from school — “my lost years,” she calls them — and when she started volunteering at Operation Wildlife — Dec. 15, 2006.

front desk interacting with everybody, but she worked slowly and steadily to complete all her tasks.

At Operation Wildlife, her training took patience and “investment” on the front end, but she’s been steady and reliable since, Kraus said.

Fellow volunteers said Sarah’s fearlessness with feisty raccoon weanlings particularly impressed them.

The way Sarah’s gifts and challenges intertwine is complex.

“This is somebody who reads The New York Times every day,” Kraus said. “You can’t fit her in a box.” l l l

With Sarah graduating, her parents are a little worried that a big part of her village is going away.

Completing her coursework has been part of Sarah’s identity for years.

She will keep volunteering at Operation Wildlife but also will need to find a part-time job that’s a good fit for her. They’re still looking, Kraus said, adding that if she can’t find one she expects Sarah to up her volunteer hours.

“She’s not going to sit around,” Kraus said.

Barthell, who works in KU’s marketing department, said his job duties largely involve convincing people that KU changes lives.

Funny, he said, that’s the case with Sarah.

“It’s exactly what this university did,” he said.

“It’s helping her reach her potential.”

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Dakota Dees, journalism, Lawrence “I won’t be going very far, this is home for me, but I’ll miss being with my friends at the school of journalism.”

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I ask that you dedicate yourself not CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A only to doing well, of a joke — Paretsky said, but to doing good.” like many Jayhawk fans, she finds basketball season more fun.

She criticized the government’s lack of support for education and excuse of fiscal savings she called insignificant.

And she called on graduates to combat the “willful ignorance” of groups like ISIS, and the fear they create, that threatens the safety and security of the world today.

Institutions of higher learning such as KU provide the best weaponry to combat this, she said.

“Questioning, listening, learning are the true antidotes to fear,” Paretsky said.

Sunny, warm and windy weather prevailed over Sunday’s commencement exercises.

Roughly 4,000 KU graduates participated, beginning with KU’s traditional processional of graduates through the Memorial Campanile, down “The Hill” and into the stadium welcomed by cheers from family and friends.

This year’s other honorary doctorate degree recipient was Ada Sue Hinshaw, for outstanding contributions to nursing science.

The ceremony also included recognition of a number of KU Medical Center and Lawrence campus award-winning students, plus future-focused remarks from KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Kansas

— Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little

Board of Regents Chairman Kenny Wilk.

Gray-Little praised KU’s contributions to science, learning, and the state, nation and world.

However, she said, the school’s greatest contributions are the graduates it sends forth.

She said educators and parents all want to see the next generation better off than theirs.

“When you leave here today, it is your turn,” Gray-Little said. “I ask that you dedicate yourself not only to doing well, but to doing good — to being a good person.”

Wilk urged graduates to consider public service in their futures, and also to find momentum in the excitement of graduation day.

“Capture and hold all the positive emotions and energy of this day and what it represents, and use those memories to propel you to the years and decades up ahead,” Wilk said. “Never forget the great feelings.”

Back to KU football and basketball, Paretsky reminded graduates that life is more important and empowering than cheering on sports teams.

“As a fan we’re on the sidelines,” she said. “But you are the key players in your own lives.”

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Lawrence taxable sales continue upward trend Town Talk W

hether it be new events held in town or just a new outlook on life, Lawrence shoppers continue to spend more these days, according to the state’s latest report.

According to the Kansas Department of Revenue, taxable sales in Lawrence were up 6.4 percent for the April reporting period. That period generally covers sales made from about mid-March to mid-April.

For the year, sales tax collections are up 5.8 percent compared with the same period a year ago. That puts the Lawrence market near the top of the list when it comes to growth totals for major retail areas in the state. Here’s a look at several other large markets:

will be one of the largest new retail stores built in the city in recent years.

Plus, 2015 is the first full year for tournaments and other events being held at Rock Chalk Park.

The city expects to host more than 30 tournaments or camps at Sports Pavilion Lawrence in 2015. It is tough to clawhorn@ljworld.com estimate how much new retail spending those l Salina: up events are creating, but 4.4 percent they’re certainly adding l Sedgwick County: some. I’ve heard talk that up 2.7 percent city officials have been l Topeka: up seeking some informa1.7 percent tion from tournament organizers about how Retail sales have been many of their families on a hot streak in Laware spending the night rence lately. In 2014, rein Lawrence and other tail sales grew by 4.1 per- information such as how cent. It is still early, but often they eat out while if Lawrence stays on its attending a tournament. current pace, 2015 will be I’ll do some looking to the fourth time in the last see if any of that inforfive years that the city mation has been comhas posted retail sales piled yet. I’ve also heard growth above 4 percent. talk at City Hall that I would think chances more efforts are on the are good that Lawrence way — through signs or will see strong retail other means — to make sales growth throughout sure tournament partici2015. Menards is set to pants known they have open at some point this plenty of time to get year (I’m still guessing downtown or elsewhere late summer), and that in the community while

bill was introduced. “We believe that’s the most efficient, that consumers will benefit from a free market.� “The Kansas Chamber supports a mix of energy sources, including wind, where demand is driven by a free market and not by mandates,� chamber CEO Mike O’Neal said when the negotiated deal was announced at a news conference May 4 in Brownback’s office. “It really is true that Kansans stood up for the last four legislative sessions to support renewable energy,� Barnett said. “It’s been farmers, ranch owners, industries and (local) chambers of commerce who stepped up to the plate and let our legislators know how important renewable energy is to our economy. It l Johnson County: helped the industry grow up 2.9 percent to get past the 20 percent l Kansas City: goal.� up 5 percent l Lenexa: up A compromise 7.5 percent This year, the conserl Manhattan: up vative groups came to the 3.8 percent Legislature with a proposl Overland Park: al to impose a 4.33 percent down 0.1 percent excise tax on the sale of renewable energy. That’s the same rate that oil and gas companies pay in severance tax in Kansas.

Kimberly Svaty, who lobbies for the wind industry and who helped f you dream of walking negotiate Senate Bill 91, into a room and havsaid such a tax could have ing the lights turn on, driven some existing or if you have nightmares projects out of business about all the power wasted because they had negotibecause lights in another ated long-term sale agreeroom are constantly left ments with utilities for on, replacing a standard rates that were based on wall switch with a new the existing tax environoccupancy- or vacancyment. sensing switch could be a More importantly, good option. though, she said the conStep 1: Consider all the stant debates in the Legoptions before choosing a to replace. Remove the islature over whether to switch. Occupancy-senscover plate and loosen the repeal the RPS law had ing switches turn lights on mounting screws that hold shaken investor confiwhen motion is detected, the switch in place. dence, and wind project and vacancy-sensing Step 3: Use a voltage developers were already switches turn lights off sensor to confirm the beginning to look elsewhen motion has not been power is off before loosenwhere to locate projects, detected for a predetering the terminal screws on most notably Oklahoma mined amount of time. the old switch. Make note and Nebraska.

Both types of switches of, or take a photo of, the But the other environoffer manual override wires attached to the old mental groups said they options to turn lights on or switch, before detaching don’t trust the Kansas off. Most sensing switches the wires and removing Chamber or Americans require an unobstructed the switch. for Prosperity to uphold view of the room, but difStep 4: Use wire striptheir end of the bargain. ferent switches offer vary- pers to expose 3/4 inch “We suspect they will ing degrees of sensitivity. of bare copper at the tip get the policy piece they Step 2: Using the of each wire. Make sure want — repeal of the RPS breaker or fuse in the the ends of the wires are — and then turn around service entrance panel relatively straight before and claim some kind of box, turn off the power proceeding. deniability on the tax to the switch you want Step 5: Follow the piece,� the groups said in the joint statement.

Barnett said her group would like for the state to set a higher goal for renewable energy production. But even if it doesn’t, l Golf Course Management magazine, the official she said, there will be monthly publication of the Lawrence-based Golf other incentives for more Course Superintendents Association of America, renewable energy develhas been recognized with 15 awards in the annual opment.

Turf and Ornamental Communicators AssociaThat’s because the Ention Communications Contest. The magazine was vironmental Protection given four first-place awards and 10 merit awards.

Agency’s proposed Clean Howard Richman, the magazine's associate editor, Power Plan, scheduled was recognized with the organization's Plant Health to be finalized July 1, will Writer of the Year Award. soon require states to l Golf Course Superintendents Association adopt plans to reduce of America was announced as one of Interactive carbon emissions from Health's Healthiest Companies in America for 2014. power plants by as much A total of 158 companies were recognized across all as 30 percent.

50 states for the contest. l The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce has announced Midwest Coatings Inc., TriLion Studios and The Trust Company as the newest members of the HOSPITAL organization. l Buckle Inc. has announced Claire Little as the Births new manager of the Lawrence location, 805 MasNo births were reported sachusetts St. Little has been with the Buckle since Sunday.

2010. Most recently she worked as a manager in Goodlettsville, Tenn.

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Some of you may be wondering about more changes you are seeing on South Iowa Street. Demolition work has begun at the car wash between Dale Willey Automotive and the now defunct Payless Furniture building.

As we previously have reported, Dale Willey Automotive is going to use the property to expand its dealership. I’ve recently confirmed with Dale Willey officials, however, that they’ve decided to keep the two automatic car wash bays that are located at the site. They’ll continue to be open to the public after the dealership takes over the property.

The dealership also has bought the Payless Furniture building. Expect renovations to begin on that site in a matter of days. The building will become a showroom and offices for the dealership’s used car headquarters.

Yes, the change in ownership will mean an end to the bright red and blue paint job on the building.

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manufacturer’s directions to determine the proper wiring sequence for the new switch. Twist the tip of each old wire to the tip of the corresponding wire located on the back of the sensor switch. Once the wires are twisted together, push a wire nut over the top of each pair of wires and twist the nut onto the wires. Separately wrap each wire pair and nut with electrical tape.

Step 6: Position the wires back in the electrical box, leaving room for the sensing switch. Push the new switch into the box, secure with mounting screws.

Step 7: Follow the manufacturer’s instructions to set the switch features, such as sensitivity, time delay and indicator light function.

Step 8: Install the cover plate, turn the power on at the service entrance box and test the switch to make sure all of its features are working properly.

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She listed learning to embrace change, the opportunity to have a diverse academic, athletic and artistic experience, and finally the people and relationships she made. “I think we can all agree, the relationships we made here are of the stuff that lasts a lifetime,� she said. “Some call it Baker magic, but I think we are a community that has perfected the art of respecting and hearing one another.�

As she said goodbye to

Managers at Dale Willey said the exterior of the building will be remodeled to closely resemble Dale Willey’s main showroom just down the street.

The big open space where the car wash currently sits will be used to store more cars. General Manager Jeff Hornbeck told me the new space will allow the dealership to stock both more new and used cars. Hornbeck is hopeful renovation work will be completed

by July 1, but certainly by the time students start arriving again in early August. l l l

While we’re on the subject of work underway in the city, I’ll throw in this reminder about what is going on at the former Spangles location.

The former fast food diner at 3420 W. Sixth St. has been demolished.

As we reported in April, the location is set to become a MedExpress urgent care center. You’ll be able to walk into the clinic to receive treatment for a variety of ailments.

the class at the end of the ceremony, Murray said the close-knit nature of the school made the day “bittersweet.� “You are excited to graduate, but I’m sad because I have gotten to know so many of you,� she said.

Standing in front of the Collins Center soon after the ceremony, Colter Schacher, a business and secondary education graduate who will teach at Adrian, Mo., High School next year, said Murray’s words were on the money. “This place, it’s family from the minute you step on campus until the minute you leave,� he said.

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EDITORIALS

What problem?

Legislative plans to change the local election schedule just aren’t making sense.

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hings always get a little crazy at the end of a legislative session, but progress on legislation to change the timing of local elections has been particularly hard to follow this year.

Early last week, it was announced that the Kansas House and Senate had reached an agreement to move city and school board elections to November in even-numbered years. However, by Wednesday that bill had taken a sharp turn, with the Senate approving and sending to the House a bill that would move local elections to November but in ODD-numbered years. In either case, the local elections would remain nonpartisan.

Huh? This switch on odd-numbered years seems to have just as many drawbacks but none of the benefits that were being touted for moving local elections from their current spring schedule.

Proponents of the election switch argued that moving local elections to November and combining them with state and national elections in even-numbered years would increase voter turnout, which has been dismally low. But if local elections are held in odd-numbered years, that benefit will go away.

Some legislators have argued, but presented no data to support the contention, that more people will vote in November because people are in the habit of voting in November. Really?

People in Lawrence and other Kansas cities have a pretty well established habit of voting for city and school officials in April.

The filing deadline for city and school board posts would be June 1, meaning that campaigns for those seats would stretch to at least five months. Primary elections would be held in August, when Kansas University isn’t in session and many families plan vacations — not exactly a good time to expect strong voter turnout.

On the positive side, holding local elections in odd-numbered years would keep them separate from the partisan state and national races and keep them from getting lost on an excessively long ballot.

But wait a minute; isn’t that already true of the spring election schedule?

At this point, legislators should be seriously asking themselves what problem this bill is trying to solve. If they don’t have a good answer, they should just leave well enough alone.

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Santorum builds on runner-up status Washington — A near miss can be a sharp spur, so Rick Santorum wants to say something to those who profess condescending puzzlement about his persistence in pursuing the Republican presidential nomination: You probably have no idea how close I came to defeating Mitt Romney in 2012.

Since 1968, he notes, the Republican presidential nominees emerging from contested primaries have been either former or sitting vice presidents (Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush), an incumbent president (Gerald Ford), a son of a president (George W. Bush), or men who previously were runners-up for the nomination (Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bob Dole, John McCain, Mitt Romney).

Santorum intends to join this last group, starting in Iowa next February.

It was there in 2012 that he won the caucuses about two weeks too late. On the night of the caucuses, Romney was declared the winner by eight votes. Late-certified results from eight (of 1,774) caucuses made Santorum the winner by 34 votes. Had this result been recorded on caucus night with the donors and journalists paying rapt attention, his stunning upset — a few weeks earlier he had barely registered in those polls that bothered to mention him — would, he thinks, have triggered a deluge of contributions.

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Santorum, like the winner of the 2008 caucuses, Mike Huckabee, cannot be a fresh face in Iowa twice.”

This, he thinks, would have enabled him to win in Romney’s native state, Michigan.

Santorum insists “I crushed him on (the primary) Election Day,” and that Romney’s margin of victory came from absentee ballots cast early.

Winning Michigan (Romney got 409,522 votes, Santorum 377,372) would have validated Santorum as more than a product of Iowa quirkiness.

Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s 2013 book “Double Down” says that Romney believed that if he lost Michigan his campaign would have been doomed. Even without a financial and political boost from a Michigan victory, seven days after Michigan, Santorum lost Ohio by just 0.8 percent of the vote, even though he had so little money he ran no ads in Cincinnati or Cleveland.

But as the poet said, “for all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘it might have been!’” Santorum, like the winner of the 2008 caucuses, Mike Huckabee, cannot be a fresh face in Iowa twice. Still, Santorum will be backed by a super PAC that will enable him to survive some defeats, and he thinks this year’s crowded field will be “like a cycling race: You don’t want to be the lead cyclist, with all the wind resistance and the bugs in your eyes. You want to lay back in the pack.”

He will be back there while trying to change the perception of him as a one-note crusader on social issues. The achievements of which he is most proud from his 16 years in Congress concerned other matters — he was floor manager of the most important legislation of the 1990s, welfare reform, and helped create term limits for Republican committee chairs.

Today he speaks to the approximately 70 percent of Americans “who don’t have a college degree and are competing with the unskilled workers who are coming into this country.” Americans whose incomes have been stagnating for many years deserve a spokesman, but one with better ideas than Santorum’s proposal to reduce legal immigration by 25 percent. Santorum is, alas, not alone in speaking for a timo-

rous America in a defensive crouch: Scott Walker, too, is questioning current levels of legal immigration.

Furthermore, Santorum also flinches from free trade.

This is another consequence of subscribing to the “lump of labor” theory — that there is a static supply of jobs, so immigration and foreign competition is a zero-sum transaction.

In 2016, he says, he must do “exceptionally well” in Iowa.

New Hampshire is uncongenial because it is, he says, “the second-most secular state” measured by church attendance (second only to contiguous Vermont). South Carolina Republicans, however, might feel remorse about favoring Newt Gingrich in 2012.

Santorum is sure he would have won Michigan if Gingrich (65,027 votes) had not won South Carolina.

Santorum must get on stage for the televised debates. The first is in August, hosted by Fox News, which might need to formulate admission criteria to filter the field, lest candidate congestion make the event ridiculous. Santorum thinks qualifying for the debate should be like qualifying for the Masters golf tournament: Past winners, or those who did particularly well in the previous year’s Masters, are automatically admitted.

Last time he was the last one standing against Romney.

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

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State insanity

ACA now a sturdy 5-year-old After a rough incubation, birth and infancy, the Affordable Care Act is a sturdy 5-year-old, showing increasing signs of achievement and acceptance. But growth could come to a sudden halt if the Supreme Court throws out the subsidies that enable more than 8 million Americans to pay their health insurance.

That would energize opponents, who have spent six years fighting Obamacare.

But the negative fallout would extend beyond President Barack Obama to millions of beneficiaries.

Recent progress makes it much harder to justify contentions the controversial law is fundamentally unsound.

The number of uninsured Americans has dropped dramatically, the rate of health care cost increases is trending down and some less-publicized, longer-term benefits are starting to show up.

The overall public remains divided on the law itself. But support has risen and, among recipients, even a majority of Republicans are satisfied with their health care, a recent Reuters/Ipsos survey disclosed.

“One still sees a lot of noise in the system, but the facts and the traction of the substance of it working are beginning to take hold,” Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said in an interview.

The Kaiser Family Foundation’s latest monthly tracking poll showed a narrow margin of the public views the law

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favorably. While a slight majority in the Reuters/Ipsos poll was unfavorable, 60 percent of those covered by the law were favorable and twothirds of them were satisfied with their health care, including 53 percent of Republicans.

Nevertheless, congressional Republicans included Obamacare repeal in their budget, while GOP presidential candidates vow its replacement. But the Supreme Court poses the principal threat to its continued growth — even its existence.

Burwell and other administration officials express confidence the court will uphold subsidies in the 34 states where state inaction forced recipients to purchase insurance through the federal government’s exchange. They feel the legislative history makes clear Congress’ intent, despite language specifying recipients as those in exchanges “established by the state.”

The nonpartisan Urban Coalition says a negative ruling could deprive 9.3 million Americans of tax credits — including 1.5 million Texans receiving $4.3 billion — and cost 8.2 million their health

insurance. The federal government would be unable to respond administratively. It would detract from ongoing efforts to do what Congress mostly can’t do: make the complex law work better.

Obamacare’s impact is growing. The government says a net total of 16.4 million people have gained health insurance — despite another 6 million losing it — since ACA’s enactment. Nearly 30 percent picked up coverage from an expanded Medicaid, and almost as many were young adults who gained eligibility to stay on a parent’s plan.

Predicted long-term financial benefits are emerging. Annual health care cost growth has slowed to 3.2 percent, the lowest in four decades, reducing Congressional Budget Office long-term cost estimates.

The rates of both Medicare hospital readmissions and hospital-acquired conditions have declined.

An adverse court ruling would reverse that trend and, Burwell recently wrote to lawmakers, “cause massive damage.”

But it might put even more pressure on the GOP’s congressional majority. As longtime GOP operative Karl Rove wrote in his weekly column in The Wall Street Journal, “Republicans better be ready to say what to do next,” lest they get blamed for depriving millions of their health insurance.

— Carl P. Leubsdorf is the former Washington bureau chief of the Dallas Morning News.

To the editor: Here we are, two weeks into the “veto session” of the Kansas Legislature. In normal years, they would have already gone home. But here we are — still paying all the legislators, all the temporary session staff, all the other expenses related to keeping everything going long past time for it to be over.

And what have they accomplished in two weeks?

Zero. There is NO agreement on how to fix the budget, how to fill the giant gaping $422 million-plus hole that they created. Their big idea is to raise sales tax on all the people who can least afford it — and to do nothing about fixing the income tax mess.

I just have to say that I’m surprised that newspapers, taxpayers and everyone else have not even raised a hue and cry about the big bill they are running up while not doing anything. A bill that they have NO way to pay for! I for one am ready to go camp out at the Capitol and refuse to leave until THEY do! That might convince them to get busy. But I’m not sure even that would work. But, who’s with me?

Let’s end the insanity now!

Patti Poe, Lawrence

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 18, 1915: years “When the matter ago of voting bonds IN 1915 for building new school buildings for Lawrence was before the voters one thing which perhaps more than all else influenced the people to vote for the bonds was the fact that it would furnish employment for Lawrence workmen.... A Lawrence firm was given the contract and now by actual investigation the JournalWorld finds that Lawrence bricklayers are not being hired, but that men have been imported to do the work. The money paid to these out of town masons will be sent home to their families and will be spent elsewhere …”

— Compiled by Sarah St. John

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6th Annual AudioThe Ugly Duckling & Reader Golf Classic, The Tortoise and the Alvamar Country Club, Hare, 7 p.m., Lied Center, 1809 Crossgate Drive.

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Hampshire St. Lawrence Public Scott Weiland & The Library Book Van, 1-2 Wildabouts, doors 7 p.m., Vermont Towers, p.m., show 8 p.m., Grana1101 Vermont St. da, 1020 Massachusetts Lawrence-Douglas St. County Bicycle AdviGamer Night, 8 p.m., sory Committee, 5-6:30 Burger Stand at the Casp.m., Parks & Recreation bah, 803 Massachusetts Conference Room, 1141 St., free.

Massachusetts St. Slideshow photogJayhawk Audubon raphy group, 8 p.m., Society 45th AnniverGaslight Gardens, 317 N. sary Celebration, 6 p.m., Second St. Trinity Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 1245 20 WEDNESDAY New Hampshire St. 1 Million Cups preConversations with a sentation, 9-10 a.m., Commissioner, hosted

by Mayor Jeremy Farm- Cider Gallery, 810 Penner, 6 p.m., The Bourgeois sylvania St. Lawrence Public Pig, 6 E. Ninth St. Library Book Van, 9-10 Lawrence-Douglas a.m., Brandon Woods, County Planning Commission, 6:30-10:30 p.m., 1501 Inverness Drive.

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Welcome to MediKaw Valley Quilcare!! Free Medicare ters Guild Meeting: 101 Class, noon, MeetDebi Henninge, “Hobo Quilts,” 7 p.m., Plymouth ing Room B, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Congregational Church, Vermont St. 925 Vermont St. The National Active and Retired Federal 19 TUESDAY Employees, noon, ConRed Dog’s Dog Days roy’s Pub, 3115 W Sixth workout, 6 a.m., CommuSt. nity Building, 115 W. 11th Lawrence Public St. (11th and Vermont Library Book Van, 1-2 streets.) p.m., Babcock Place, Kaw Valley Quil1700 Massachusetts St. ters Guild Meeting: Clinton Parkway Debi Henninge, “Hobo Nursery Farmers’ Quilts,” 9:30 a.m., workMarket, 4:30-6:30 p.m., shop 1-4 p.m., Plymouth Clinton Parkway Nursery, Congregational Church, 4900 Clinton Parkway.

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The Islamic State seized control of the key Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday, the biggest victory for the extremists this year despite stepped-up U.S.led airstrikes targeting the region, according to officials in Anbar province.

“Ramadi has fallen,” said Muhannad Haimour, a spokesman for Anbar province, as Iraqi forces withdrew from the city.

“The city was completely taken. ... It was a gradual deterioration.

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city to the militants, saying that Ramadi remains “contested.”

Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar province, is the latest battleground in the Iraqi government’s efforts to drive out the Islamic State from areas the militants seized last year. Helped

by U.S.-led airstrikes, the Iraqi forces and Kurdish fighters have made gains against the Islamic State elsewhere in the country, including recapturing the northern city of Tikrit.

Over the past month, 165 U.S.led airstrikes were conducted on Ramadi to assist Iraqi troops.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi appeared on state television earlier Sunday and ordered his country’s security forces not to abandon their posts in Anbar province. He also ordered Shiite militias to go into the Sunnidominated region, despite concerns of possibly sparking sectarian violence, the Associated Press reported.

Athal al-Fahdawi, a member of the Anbar province council, said the Islamic State launched a large offensive Sunday and had taken control of most of the city after initially capturing government buildings late last week.

He said Iraqi forces withdrew outside Ramadi after holding onto two areas in the northern part of the city. That followed four bombings targeting police officers defending Malaab, al-Fahdawi said.

The attacks killed almost a dozen officers.

The Islamic State posted a message claiming its fighters held the entire city of Ramadi, the AP reported. The message, posted on a militant website frequented by the group, said the Islamic State held the 8th Brigade army base.

Iraqi officials said they were waiting for more troops.

“The Iraqi prime minster has sent special forces, but they are still waiting for more troops to start the clearing operation to kick the militants out of the city,” Ramadi Mayor Dalaf al-Kubaisi said.

Contributing: Jim Michaels in Washington and Aamer Madhani in Chicago

Ukrainian city topples into lawlessness Donetsk is not feeling national cease-fire Sheren Khalel and Matthew Vickery Special for USA TODAY

DONETSK , UKRAINE This oncebooming industrial city of 1 million is now largely a lawless and lifeless center of eastern Ukraine’s separatist movement, where residents live under constant threat from marauding militias.

Although pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian armed forces agreed to a cease-fire in February, the sounds of artillery fire and shelling have never ceased to echo through the wartorn city. The fighting has slowed, but not stopped.

For the past year, Russianbacked separatists have controlled the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR).

Most stores have shut down, and only a few restaurants remain open, filled mainly with young separatist militia fighters in dark green fatigues who ram-

MATTHEW VICKERY FOR USA TODAY

Much of Kievsky district in Donetsk has been destroyed from fighting that never ceased in Ukraine.

page through the city as if it were their own playground, civilian residents say.

Olexandra Matviichuk, who heads the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine, said confrontations among varied militias are common at the expense of law and order. “No functioning legal mechanisms (exist) in these territories,” Matviichuk said. As a result, “any person can become a victim of looting, torture, hostagetaking and execution.”

Off a main street in the city center as dusk started to fall, two DNR police, Bogdan Kvetka and Ruslan Ivanov, agreed to sit down v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

FBI: Did hacker control commercial plane in mid-flight?

Agents want to know if claims are possible Elizabeth Weise USA TODAY

SAN FRANCISCO U.S. authorities are investigating whether a computer security expert was able to hack into the computer system of a commercial plane and cause it to bank sideways.

Chris Roberts, a well-known cyber security researcher, had previously alerted authorities to what he said were security flaws in several common airliners.

He told FBI agents he had hacked into the in-flight entertainment systems on numerous planes and, in one case, made a plane briefly fly sideways by telling one of the engines to go into climb mode.

A senior law enforcement official said Sunday that no evidence gathered suggests such a capability exists. The official was not authorized to speak publicly.

Roberts did not respond to requests for comment but did tweet Saturday that he’s been advised to keep quiet on the topic.

Roberts told Fox News in March that he knew how to “take planes out of the sky” by hacking

Chris Roberts said he discovered vulnerabilities in in-flight entertainment systems.

He said he wanted the vulnerabilities fixed.

into their entertainment systems.

The FBI filed an affidavit in a New York court for a warrant to search Roberts’ computers April 17, first reported by a Canadian news service on Friday.

Roberts apparently alerted the FBI to vulnerabilities he said he discovered in the in-flight entertainment systems. He was interviewed about these issues by agents Feb. 13 and March 5. Roberts said he was furnishing the information because he wanted the vulnerabilities fixed.

On April 15, as he was flying from Denver to Chicago, Roberts tweeted a joke about hacking into a plane’s engine indication and crew alerting system.

Roberts then changed aircraft in Chicago for a flight to Syracuse, N.Y. The plane he had been riding continued on to Philadelphia, where FBI agents boarded it

and found a damaged seat electronic box in the area where Roberts had been sitting.

Roberts had said he could hack into the computer system by accessing the electronic box located under certain seats on a plane.

He told the agents he had not hacked the flight from Denver to Chicago.

Boeing, which makes three of the four jets Roberts said he was able to hack into, said in a statement that entertainment systems on those planes are isolated from flight and navigation systems.

Contributing: Kevin Johnson in Washington

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Emotion packed courtroom in Boston G. Jeffrey MacDonald Special for USA TODAY

The historic, 10-week trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a gut-wrenching emotional journey. I say this from having covered it from start to finish for USA TODAY. From my seat in the fourth row, I was among many holding back tears when we heard recorded voices of screaming children and saw photos of severed bodies on blood-stained sidewalks. How could anyone not be moved by the accounts of men and women who lost legs, or a tearful Russian aunt mourning her nephew-turned-terrorist?

Yet, emotions somehow weren’t supposed to affect the verdict.

Judge George O’Toole was clear with jurors. Their sentence “must not be an emotional response,” he said. It should instead reflect only “an individual’s careful, considered and reasoned judgment.” Presumably only then, with feelings of all types minimized and the rational mind set free, could justice be served.

The admonition sounded high-minded, but attorneys took it with a grain of salt. The penal-

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In this courtroom sketch, convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev stands with his defense team Friday as he is sentenced to death at the U.S. courthouse in Boston. ty phase amounted to three weeks of vying for jurors’ sympathies — first for the victims, then for the defendant. Compelling videos, childhood photos and personal stories were carefully choreographed to tug at the heartstrings.

Still, jurors tried to maintain at least the appearance of the court’s stoic ideal. With occasional exception, they sat stonefaced for hours while fellow citizens detailed the horrors they’d endured. Behind the

façade, they had to be torn up inside, just as the rest of us were behind our own stiff-lipped veneers. In capping a flood of emotions, they were trying to do their duty, as it was explained to them.

But I couldn’t help but wonder. Are people really at their decision-making best when they minimize their emotional response to human suffering? Or are they unnaturally shutting down a crucial part of what it means to be human, compas-

sionate and wise?

In a colossal irony, setting emotions aside was exactly what made Dzhokhar Tsarnaev worthy of the death penalty, according to prosecutors in the case.

They said he should die for his crimes because he was “callous,” “depraved” and “inhumane.” In short, he lacked compassion for people and situations that called for it.

Indeed, Tsarnaev’s tragic move was to let an extremist belief system eclipse any com-

passionate inclinations he might have had. Inside the boat where he hid before his capture, he wrote, “I don’t like killing innocent people.” But in this situation, he continued, “it is allowed.” He had learned to subjugate his emotions, even his conscience, to a larger cause.

His brother Tamerlan’s computer contained similar exhortations to let no personal feelings or misgivings stand in the way of duty to avenge Muslim suffering by waging jihad. One read, “March forth, whether this is easy for you or burdensome, and fight on your path to Allah.” The mental training of the mujahedin, we learned, is to squelch one’s inklings of sympathy for non-believers and serve the militant cause.

Of course, jurors weren’t the only ones trying to suppress personal emotions so as not to interfere with the work at hand.

All of us in the courtroom — reporters, court staffers, U.S. marshals — were expected to do the same. And to a degree, we did.

Yet the question remains whether the causes of truth and justice are best served when emotions of all types are neutralized, buried or stifled. In this case, it seemed impossible for anyone to do that.

G. Jeffrey MacDonald is a Massachusetts-based reporter and author of Thieves in the Temple: The Christian Church and the Selling of the American Soul (Basic Books, 2010).

Rebels gone rogue: ‘No one can stop them’ v CONTINUED FROM 1B

with USA TODAY in a small cafe to describe the lawlessness that has gripped their city. Because of their fear of retribution from fellow separatists, the cafe owner — a trusted friend of the men — locked the doors as the pair, still in military fatigues, nervously recounted what life is like here.

Militia fighters, they said, are able to carry out criminal acts with impunity. Fighters ignore the law, knowing they have the support of their own paramilitary group that can stir up trouble if one of its members is confronted.

Both Kvetka and Ivanov said they are unable to enforce order.

“We support the DNR, and not all of the fighters are bad, but 15% of the fighters in Donetsk are, and that’s in every militia group here,” Kvetka said in a hushed tone despite the secure environment.

“The bad ones are the ones at the top, the most powerful members.

They steal cars and property, and they have killed civilians they don’t like. They control the city.

They do what they want, and no one can stop them.”

Both policemen said they support the separatist movement and proudly wear the words Novorossiya, “New Russia,” on their shoulder. They said they don’t believe it is the DNR government to blame but the gang mentality of rogue militia members.

Since the war began a year ago, Donetsk’s population has fallen by more than half. Those that re-

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Pro-Russian separatists of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic sit atop a selfpropelled gun May 9.

ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

A man walks on a damaged street after last month’s shelling in Oktiabrskiy village near the International Airport in Donetsk. main fear not just a barrage of shells from the Ukrainian army but also their new self-appointed defenders of the region.

Khaled Sijer, a restaurant owner in the center of Donetsk, told USA TODAY he would never consider calling the police for help, even if the problem was unrelated to the militias. He said, everyone has some connection to a militia that could cause a much larger problem. “The militias run this city now,” Sijer said. “There is no law here. The police are powerless. Everyone knows that.”

The policemen who spoke with USA TODAY said they are aware residents feel that way. Though

NIKOLAI GONTAR, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

A resident carries out belongings from an apartment damaged by shelling in Donetsk on April 23.

both hold the rank of captain — allowing each to command two dozen officers — they said they remain powerless on the streets.

“Civilians have been killed, and executions happen here,” Ivanov said. “We know of them and have heard of them. But there is nothing we can do. If any police or any person tries to investigate or accuses a fighter of a group, then they will be killed. It is my work to stop these people, but right now, we can’t do anything.”

While speaking to residents in Donetsk, USA TODAY witnessed two men in green military fatigues attack a young man in civilian clothes with a beer bottle outside a cafe frequented by militia members. The young man fell to the ground in front of eight other civilians, but no one moved to help as blood ran from his head onto the cold pavement.

Both militiamen flicked their cigarettes onto the victim’s limp body and walked away from the scene. After they left, one onlook-

IN BRIEF SAFETY OFFICIAL PLAYS DOWN PROJECTILE THEORY

A top National Transportation Safety Board official Sunday sought to downplay the significance of reports suggesting a projectile hit an Amtrak train shortly before it derailed last week in Philadelphia, killing eight people.

Investigators had asked the FBI to look at whether a projectile, such as a rock or bullet, hit Amtrak Regional 188 before it sped up and derailed Tuesday.

NTSB member Robert Sumwalt said on CBS’ Face the Nation that he wanted to “downplay” that theory: “I’ve seen the fracture pattern; it looks like something about the size of a grapefruit ... and it did not even penetrate the entire windshield.”

Investigators reviewed the dispatch tape and heard no communications from the engineer to the dispatch center to say that something had struck the train.

“Nevertheless, we do have this mark ... so we certainly want to trace that lead down,” Sumwalt told CNN’s State of the Union.

Amtrak said it will resume full service on the Northeast corridor today.

— Aamer Madhani

Dustin R. Lukasiewicz; Capt.

Christopher L. Norgren; Sgt. Ward M. Johnson IV; Sgt. Eric M. Seaman; Cpl. Sara A. Medina; and Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Hug. All were assisting with relief efforts after April 25’s deadly earthquake.

— Gina Harkins, Marine Corps Times

CELEBRATING JERUSALEM DAY

er helped the young man to his feet, pressing a napkin to his head. Bloodied and in a state of confusion, he stumbled away alone. One woman from the cafe quickly fetched a bucket of water, splashing away the blood from the concrete. Other onlookers moved on without comment.

“Unfortunately, this is a widespread practice,” civil liberties activist Matviichuk said when told about the incident. “Representatives of the illegal military groups seemingly have a mandate to make decisions on property, personal freedom and even on the life of any person.”

The two police officers confirmed Matviichuk’s assessment.

When civilian police arrest someone associated with a militia, it’s only a few hours before other militiamen arrive and force the police to release the arrested man.

“The problem is there are two wars the DNR government is fighting now: the war against Ukraine and the war here against our own soldiers,” Kvetka said.

“It’s not easy for the DNR government to fight both. The city here is not safe from both wars.”

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In some editions of Friday’s paper, a State-by-State item for Kansas referred to a legislator from Missouri. John Diehl was the speaker of the House in Missouri; he has since resigned. Also, a North Dakota item incorrectly stated how many barrels of oil the state produced in March. Preliminary numbers say the state produced 1,190,583 barrels per day.

THREE-DAY TALKS TO BRING PEACE TO YEMEN BEGIN

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Israeli nationalists wave flags on Sunday outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City as they mark Jerusalem Day — the 48th anniversary of the capture of Arab East Jerusalem in the Six Day War of 1967.

6 KILLED IN CHOPPER CRASH OVER NEPAL IDENTIFIED

The U.S. Marine Corps identified the six Marines killed in last week’s helicopter crash in Nepal.

Two pilots, two crew chiefs, a combat photographer and a com-

bat videographer were among the eight people killed when their UH-1Y Venom helicopter crashed 8 miles north of Charikot, Nepal, on Tuesday during a humanitarian mission.

The two officers and four enlisted Marines killed were Capt.

Three days of talks on the future of crisis-hit Yemen began in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, without the Shiite Houthi rebels who control the capital and much of the north of the country.

About 400 Yemeni politicians and tribal leaders are taking part in the conference in Riyadh, but the Iran-backed Houthis are not, the Associated Press reported.

A five-day truce also came to an end late Sunday. Coalition airstrikes, lead by the Saudis, resumed early today on rebel positions in the southern port city of Aden, the AP reported. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the United Nations envoy to Yemen, had earlier called for the ceasefire to be extended five more days, Middle East Eye reported.

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9 die in gunfight at Texas restaurant All were members of motorcycle gangs John Bacon USA TODAY

Nine motorcycle gang members were killed Sunday when a gunfight broke out between rival gangs at a restaurant in Waco, Texas, police said.

Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton confirmed “multiple fatalities” in the shootout at Twin

Peaks Restaurant shortly after noon. Eighteen people were transferred to local hospitals with gunshot and stab wounds, KCENTV reported.

Remarkably, Swanton said, all of the dead or injured were gang members. Bystanders at the shopping center and a nearby restaurant were “all unscathed,” he said. One officer at the scene was hospitalized because of a “heatrelated issue,” he said.

“Fortunately, none of our officers, nor any of our innocent civilians, were injured in this melee

here today,” he said.

Swanton said police expected to recover about 100 weapons from the crime scene — one of the worst he’d ever encountered.

About 150 to 200 members from five biker gangs were on the scene, Swanton said, according to The Dallas Morning News.

The initial fight, he said, began in the Twin Peaks restroom. He earlier told KWTX-TV that the fight quickly escalated from fists and feet to chains, clubs and knives, then to gunfire. Officers at the scene fired their weapons, as

well, he said.

Swanton said police knew there could be trouble at the restaurant, as they’d learned that a gang recruitment event was taking place at Twin Peaks. He said that police tried to keep the gathering from taking place but that restaurant management didn’t cooperate.

“What happened here today could have been avoided if we’d had management at a local establishment listen to their police department and assist us,” he said.

“They failed to do that, and this is

the event, what happened.”

On its Facebook page, the Waco Police Department advised residents to “avoid the Central Texas Market Place as the area is NOT safe. Officers are continuing to arrest individuals coming to the scene with weapons. ... This is not the time to sight see.”

A witness at the nearby Don Carlos Mexican Restaurant told KWTX he and his family walked into the parking lot between the restaurants when they heard several gunshots and saw wounded being taken from the fight scene.

Central U.S. left reeling after floods, tornadoes John Bacon USA TODAY

ALBERTO PIZZOLI, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Pilgrims wave Palestinian flags Sunday before a Mass in St. Peter’s Square for the canonization of four nuns, two of whom lived in Ottoman-ruled Palestine. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attended the canonization.

Pope canonizes two nuns from Palestine as saints

Church seeks to give hope to Christians facing attacks Jane Onyanga-Omara USA TODAY

Pope Francis has canonized two nuns from 19th century Ottoman-ruled Palestine in hopes of encouraging Christians across the Middle East who are facing persecution by Islamic extremists.

Sisters Mariam Bawardy and Marie Alphonsine Ghattas were made saints at a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday and are the first saints from the Holy Land since the early years of

Christianity. St. Jeanne Emilie de Villeneuve — a French nun — and St. Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception, from Italy, were also canonized as saints.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and cardinals and bishops from Rome and across the Middle East attended the canonization.

“As the Holy Land, wrecked by violence and dissent, has for some time had a tarnished image, our two saints emerge to restore its sanctity, reminding us that sanctity is possible even in the most difficult circumstances,” said the Rev. Rifat Bader of the Catholic Centre for Studies and Media in Amman, Jordan, according to the Vatican Network.

Bawardy, the new Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified, was born in 1843 in a village near Nazareth. Her parents were persecuted for their Catholic faith in the predominantly Muslim area and she was subjected to a near-fatal assault after refusing to change religion, experienced stigmata and helped to found convents in India and Bethlehem.

“She now intercedes for those who are being killed because of their religion and their religious affiliation,” Bader said, according to the Vatican Network.

He added that Saint Marie Alphonsine “succeeded in gaining the support of the religious authorities to set up the first Arab religious congregation and placing

the Arab world on the map in the fields of education and religious teaching.”

Born in Jerusalem in 1847, Marie Alphonsine Ghattas devoted much of her life to helping the poor and founded the order of the Congregation of the Rosary Sisters.

Church officials are holding up the new saints as a sign of hope and encouragement for all Christians in the Middle East at a time when violent persecution and discrimination have driven many Christians from the region, the Associated Press reported.

Last week, the Vatican formally recognized the state of Palestine in a new treaty, finalized Wednesday.

Retaliation a big issue for troops

Those reporting sex assaults face insults, threats Tom Vanden Brook USA TODAY

Troops who have reported sexual assaults are 12 times more likely to be retaliated against than to see their attacker convicted of sex crimes, according to a report on the fallout of filing a military sexual assault report.

The Human Rights Watch report, to be released today, found that troops reporting sexual assaults have endured retaliation ranging from vile insults to social isolation and death threats. It is based on interviews with more than 150 victims of sexual assault and a review of military documents.

The Pentagon reported this month that 62% of the troops reWASHINGTON

porting sexual assaults in 2014 indicated that they had been subjected to some form of retaliation.

Punishment for those who retaliate, however, appears to be rare. Since 2012, the Pentagon inspector general, one of the military’s main offices to investigate the offenses, has closed two cases without substantiating the charges. It has three open cases, according to Bridget Serchak, a spokeswoman for the inspector general.

Retaliation is a “significant issue for victims,” said Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Snow, who leads the Pentagon’s sexual assault prevention and response programs, adding that military leaders are drafting a strategy to deal with it.

Among the proposed tactics: encouraging greater reporting of retaliation through a confidential tip line.

“The first thing in addressing any issue is to acknowledge you have got a problem,” Snow said in an interview with USA TODAY.

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“The first thing in addressing any issue is to acknowledge you have got a problem.”

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Snow

“And clearly we have done that and have taken steps. And we’ll stay after it.”

In 2014, there were about 20,000 incidents of what the mili-

tary refers to as unwanted sexual contact, a 27% decline from 2012.

Those incidents range from groping to rape. Nearly two-thirds of women who reported assaults also indicated they had been subject to retaliation. There were not enough data on men to draw conclusions.

“Retaliation doesn’t encourage people to report,” said Don Christensen, president of Protect our Defenders, an advocacy group for military sexual assault survivors, and former chief prosecutor for the Air Force. “Over and over we hear from survivors the retaliation was the worst part. They wish they hadn’t come forward.”

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has advocated removing decisions to prosecute sex crimes from commanders and giving that authority to prosecutors. The Pentagon has successfully resisted making that change.

The high level of retaliation against those who report sexual assaults shows the need for such reform, said Gillibrand, a member

Little relief was in sight Sunday for nine states where violent storms and tornadoes damaged and destroyed homes, flipped cars and downed power lines this weekend.

The storms, including 31 reported tornadoes, and flash flooding raked across parts of Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Iowa, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tom Kines told USA TODAY. The angry weather roared through the heartland just one week after a line of storms and tornadoes blasted the nation’s Tornado Alley, killing five people in Arkansas and Texas. Thus far this weekend, however, no deaths or injuries had been reported.

In beleaguered Johnson County, Texas, just south of Dallas-Fort Worth, authorities reported “multiple swift-water rescues” from homes and vehicles, some with National Guard assistance.

The county already had been under a disaster declaration after several tornadoes touched down there April 26.

A National Guard helicopter plucked Bill Kastel and his wife to safety after their mobile home was swamped by floodwaters, WFAA-TV reported.

“My wife looked out the window and said, ‘Oh my God, the water’s under the house!’ ” Bill Kastel told WFAA Chief Meteorologist Pete Delkus.

Tornadoes were reported early Sunday in Iowa and Louisiana as a line of storms ripped down the middle of the nation from Minnesota to Texas, The Weather Channel reported.

“The severe weather threat is moving farther north,” Kines said Sunday.

“The primary threat will be wind and hail in Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, probably down into Arkansas late Sunday. And I’m sure there will be tornadoes.”

Contributing: WFAA-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth

of the Armed Services Committee.

“We keep hearing how previous reforms were going to protect victims, and make retaliation a crime. Yet there has been zero progress on this front and this mission is failing,” Gillibrand said in a statement.

Senior Airman Ciera Bridges, 26, said her ordeal began shortly after arriving at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada in 2010. Her superiors made “inappropriate comments about my figure. My butt, pretty much.”

She said the harassment escalated into groping and assault. After reporting the assault, Bridges, who worked in supplies, said she was transferred, demoted and threatened with a dishonorable discharge.

Her lawyers won her an honorable discharge in 2014, she said.

And the Veterans Affairs Department found she suffered posttraumatic stress syndrome from the ordeal.

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has set a Sept. 1 deadline for the strategy to deal with retaliation. The draft plan calls for collecting better data on the problem and prevention efforts.

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STATE-BY-STATE News from across the USA ALABAMA Montgomery: Edu-

cators support a 2016 education budget that would provide millions of dollars for textbooks, supplies, library enhancements and professional development, according to AL.com. House of Representatives Ways and Means Education Committee Chair Bill Poole said he expected to take amendments and vote at a hearing Tuesday.

ALASKA Fairbanks: Newsmi-

ner.com highlighted Blackwater Railroad Company as one of the hottest names on the music scene. Performances have sold out at venues across the state as the band tours promoting its album, Sound of Home.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Azcen-

tral.com listed the most expensive private schools in the metro area. Phoenix County Day School topped the list with tuition at $21,000 to $24,600.

ARKANSAS Walnut Ridge: The Arkansas National Guard wants to close its armory here, a move that local officials say will cost the area millions of dollars, The Jonesboro Sun reported. Guard Lt. Col. Joel Lynch wants to combine armories in Lawrence and Clay counties with one in Jackson County.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: El

Niño conditions in the Pacific Ocean are strengthening, the Times reported, renewing hope that next winter could be the long-awaited wet one for the drought-desiccated state.

HIGHLIGHT: FLORIDA

Crabbers fight over right to fish Jim Waymer Florida Today

OAK HILL George Sweetman must follow the crabs.

This year, they lure him to the shallows surrounding NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where the beginnings of a blue crab revival crawl inside his steel traps.

But a plan to phase out his trade from these remote waters could claw back a recent turnaround in the fortunes of Sweetman and others who fish the Mosquito Lagoon, killing their unique heritage.

“Why now are we being thrown out?” asks Sweetman, 69, who’s fished here 20 years.

“I don’t see we’re a threat. We make a living.”

Federal officials say he and others who fish commercially must go because they clash with the government’s conservation mission. In 2018, the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Canaveral National Seashore plan to phase out commercial fishing.

Sweetman and fellow crabbers say the feds are unfairly stripping away their right to eke out a living. Many see the phase-out as the final blow to a once-proud and prosperous commercial fishing culture in the Oak Hill area.

Four years ago, next to where

Jacob Reichard, 17, graduated from the University of ColoradoColorado Springs with a Bachelor of Innovation in Computer Security on Friday, two weeks before he is scheduled to graduate from high school.

DELAWARE Wilmington: The

group leading a call for change in the city’s schools is urging state lawmakers to start the process now of redrawing the city’s school district lines, The News Journal reported.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Rabbi

Bernard “Barry” Freundel, who admitted to secretly videotaping dozens of women in a Jewish ritual bath, was sentenced to 61⁄2 years in prison.

FLORIDA Tallahassee: A man

clad only in underwear was tased last week after he dashed intoTallahassee Regional Airport claiming he had a plane to catch. The Tallahassee Democrat reported Chris Haynes, 26, had no airline ticket and was taken into custody for a mental health evaluation.

GEORGIA Atlanta: CARE, MAP

International and Habitat for Humanity International are among several non-profit groups with ties to the state that play a critical role in helping Nepal recover from the earthquakes, the Journal-Constitution reported.

HAWAII Manoa: The University

of Hawaii has launched an internal investigation of UH-Manoa’s chief academic officer Reed Dasenbrock over faculty and staff complaints alleging bullying and racist and sexist behavior, the Star-Advertiser reported.

IDAHO Boise: After seven years

of planning and building, a memorial park at Gowen Field was

SOUTH CAROLINA York: York

Comprehensive High School students will be allowed to fly American flags on their cars and trucks as long as the flag’s size doesn’t create a driving hazard, WLTX-TV reported.

TIM WALTERS, FLORIDA TODAY

George Sweetman and his grandson Tyler cruise the Indian River checking their crab traps just south of Oak Hill, Fla. man blasted off to the moon, a “superbloom” of phytoplankton exploded at an unprecedented scale and density, spanning 60 miles to Melbourne.

Another algae bloom stretched 60 miles south to Fort Pierce.

Combined, the two blooms spanned most of the Indian River Lagoon estuary, choking out more than half the lagoon’s seagrass and countless crabs, shellfish and livelihoods. The algae blooms took an estimated $470 million economic toll on fishing.

Now, blue crabs tumble from every trap Sweetman pulls from the Mosquito Lagoon this District 37’s Republican senator for two decades, has resigned as town manager, the Daily Times reported.

ILLINOIS Chicago: Trouble — including an arrest and gang threats — has followed Herbert Pulgar, 18, since 2012, his mother told RedEye, when his winning design for a new city sticker drew controversy for images of what some termed as gang symbols.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The old Blake and Amory building downtown is getting closer to being reborn as the 242-room Godfrey Hotel Boston, the Boston Globe reported.

INDIANA Indianapolis: The

MICHIGAN Detroit: Sister M.

state has signed an initial $750,000 contract with global PR firm Porter Novelli to help restore Indiana’s tarnished image in the wake of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act fiasco, the Indianapolis Star reported.

Canice Johnson, the driving force behind the creation of Cristo Rey Catholic High School in southwest Detroit in 2008, died of cancer last week, the Detroit Free Press reported. She was 81 and had been a member of the Sisters of Mercy for 64 years.

MINNESOTA Sartell: The family

of Tom Bearson has created a foundation to raise money for scholarships, to increase participation in youth basketball programs, help fund more space to play the game and promote onand off-campus safety for college students, the St. Cloud Times reported.

CONNECTICUT Stratford: Two

local ambulance services under the same ownership and covering nearly all of Fairfield County, have agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to the federal government to resolve allegations that they improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid, the Connecticut Post reported.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Kormahyah Karmue, a landlord, was convicted of masterminding a plot to set fire to his multifamily apartment house to avoid foreclosure and to collect more than $725,000 in insurance payments, the Providence Journal reported.

recent cloudy day. But he and the other commercial fishermen have little time to rejoice in the rebirth.

They can’t understand why guided and unguided sport fishing will be allowed, while they’re getting ousted. Refuge and seashore officials say those activities jibe with their missions, but commercial fishing does not.

Sweetman says he’s damned if he’ll let the feds take away his chance at a comeback. “I’m going to fight this to the end,” he says, gripping the helm. “That’s just another nail in the coffin, and I don’t accept that, not without a fight.”

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Attorney General Marty Jackley accused the Justice Department of politicizing its investigation into the state’s EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program in letters to former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder. Jackley released the letters last week after the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that he acted within the law when he declined to release the death investigation of a former Cabinet secretary who was under federal and state investigation related to his role in the EB-5 program, the Argus Leader reported.

TENNESSEE Nashville: The longest-serving inmate on death row died last week of natural causes, The Tennessean reported.

Donald Strouth, 56, had been on death row since 1978 for slashing the throat of the owner of a second-hand store in Kingsport.

TEXAS Brenham: Blue Bell

dedicated last week, KTVB-TV reported.

COLORADO Colorado Springs:

is presented by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization The Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh.

IOWA Clinton: City officials

have offered more than $16 million in tax rebates to an unnamed company that promises to build a manufacturing plant in the eastern Iowa city. The clandestine company is operating under the codename “Project Juice,” The Des Moines Register reported.

KANSAS Topeka: Kansas law-

makers and Uber have reached a compromise to bring the ridehailing service back to the state, a week after it shut down operations over legislation it regarded as too restrictive, the Wichita Eagle reported.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: Ruling that a fraternity house deserves the same privacy as a home, the Kentucky Supreme Court last week unanimously reversed the conviction of a University of Kentucky student convicted of trafficking in marijuana after a warrantless search of his room in the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, The Courier-Journal reported.

LOUISIANA Shreveport: Christopher Kerr, a Bossier City man who was a substitute teacher, was charged with multiple counts of producing and possessing child pornography, having sexual relations with juveniles and soliciting other girls for sexual relations, The Times reported.

MAINE Augusta: Tension in-

creased between the state and Native American tribes after a legislative committee voted 8-2 against a bill calling for shared management of commercial fish species, WLBZ-TV reported.

MARYLAND Federalsburg:

Richard Colburn, who served as

NEW JERSEY Orange: Third-

grade teacher Marilyn Zuniga has been fired after having her students write “get well” cards to convicted cop killer Mumia AbuJamal, who is serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of Officer Daniel Faulkner, the Asbury Park Press reported.

NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: Four

animals, including a dog and a cat, in two counties have tested positive for plague since the first of the year, reported KRWG-TV, Las Cruces.

MISSOURI Greene County: An

inmate used another’s identity in a scheme to be released from jail here last week. The man deceived a jailer by assuming the identity of another inmate with the same last name, the News-Leader reported.

MONTANA Hamilton: A man shot and injured after an argument in a bar about Clamato juice may have been saved by his pitbull, Jackson, who took a bullet to the head in the altercation, his brother told the Ravalli Republic.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: Former

University of Nebraska basketball standout Charlie Rogers, 36, who faked an anti-gay hate crime received 90 days in jail for violating probation, but she can apply to serve the time on house arrest, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.

NEVADA Reno: Former Nevada lawmaker William O’Donnell, who claims harassment by bear advocates at his Lake Tahoe home, has filed a request for a protective order with Washoe County authorities, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Brentwood:

Jason Parent, 42, former coowner of the Meat House butcher shop chain admitted that he stole about $13,800 raised to assist military families in need.

UTAH Salt Lake City: Utah residents buy the most candy per $1 million in grocery sales — $23,000 vs. a U.S. average of $15,000 — according to Hershey Co. sales data.

NEW YORK Cortlandt: A school

bus driver, Mary Coletti, 56, arrested for allegedly driving drunk with students on board last week nearly hit a co-worker at the bus parking garage before starting her route, police said.

VERMONT Montpelier: A small

brown bat in the House chamber triggered a recess Thursday evening. The bat was eventually caught and released, The Burlington Free Press reported.

VIRGINIA Richmond: The state was selected as the filming location for Loving, a motion picture based on the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, the TimesDispatch reported. The black woman and white man from Caroline County were at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case in 1967 that invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage.

MISSISSIPPI Hattiesburg: A

crowd of almost 2,000 packed West Point Baptist Church on Saturday to pay final respects to fallen Hattiesburg police officer Liquori Tate, who was shot and killed after a traffic stop May 9, The American reported.

Creameries said last week it would lay off than 1,450 workers as it continues to deal with the fallout from a listeria problem in its products, KVUE-TV reported.

NORTH CAROLINA Wake

County: Of the thousands of dogs in the area, which breed is the most popular? The American Kennel Club placed the Labrador Retriever as the top dog for 2014, The News & Observer reported.

NORTH DAKOTA Strasburg:

The state historical society has bought the childhood home here of former band leader and TV host Lawrence Welk, The Bismarck Tribune reported.

OHIO Fremont: Andrew Gans, 26, of Kent, whose actions killed two people on Thanksgiving Day 2013 on the Ohio Turnpike was insane, a Sandusky County Common Pleas Court judge ruled.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Gov. Fallin has signed a bill designed to make it easier for third parties to get on the ballot. The new law will reduce the number of signatures required to get a third party on the ballot to at least 3% of the total votes cast in the last general election for governor, The Oklahoman reported.

OREGON Salem: The fee to visit

Crater Lake, Oregon’s only national park, is going up to $15 per vehicle this month and $20 in 2017, the Statesman Journal reported.

PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh:

Australian rapper Iggy Azalea will headline Pittsburgh Pride in the Street on June 13, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The event

WASHINGTON Seattle: Hugger for hire Lashanna Williams, 35, has opened up shop, offering half-hour sessions and parties in her Cuddle Club, reported KING-TV, Seattle.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Paul Johansen, new head of the Wildlife Resources Section, said the state offers “more opportunities for wildlife recreation ... than any place else in the eastern United States,” according to the Gazette. He predicted elk reintroduction efforts are “going to be huge.”

WISCONSIN Neenah: A lawsuit

by 62 former teachers and administrators was reinstated by the 2nd District Court of Appeals, Appleton Post-Crescent reported.

The retirees contend that the school district and six insurance companies should pay income tax, Social Security and Medicare costs and fines because retirement accounts failed to meet Internal Revenue Service requirements.

WYOMING Moran: An Idaho company is facing more than $15,000 in fines after a bear fatally mauled one of its employees last year in the Teton Wilderness near here, the Jackson Hole News & Guide reported.

Compiled by Tim Wendel, Nicole Gill and Jonathan Briggs, with Carolyn Cerbin, Linda Dono, Mike Gottschamer, Dennis Lyons, Ben Sheffler and Nichelle Smith. Design by Tiffany Reusser.

Graphics by Alejandro Gonzalez.

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How many points the Dow Jones industrial average needs to rise today to top its record close of 18,288.63 on March 2. It would catch up with the market benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 index, which opens the week at a record.

NEWS MONEY SPORTS VC EXPERTS LIFE SEE ‘DEAD AUTOS UNICORNS’ TRAVEL

Unease builds around tech start-ups

KRISZTIAN BOCSI, BLOOMBERG

FAKES PROMPT ALIBABA SUIT Luxury product maker Kering, which includes brands such as Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, filed suit against Alibaba for aiding the sales of counterfeit versions of its products. The suit, filed in federal court in New York, charges Alibaba with trademark infringement, counterfeiting, false representation, trademark dilution and racketeering by marketing, processing payments for and shipping goods such as counterfeit Gucci watches, bags and shoes and Yves Saint Laurent shirts. The Paris-based firm withdrew a similar complaint in August 2014 after Alibaba agreed to work to reduce counterfeiting of goods on its global marketplaces.

RYAN GARZA, DETROIT FREE PRESS

GM UNVEILS NEW CAMARO General Motors introduced the sixth generation of its Chevrolet Camaro classic performance coupe Saturday that shrinks a bit in size but offers more performance and fuel economy. The new Camaro uses GM’s “Alpha” platform, the chassis that underpins both the Cadillac ATS and CTS, and is slightly smaller than the one it replaces.

APPLE CEO SPEAKS TO GRADS AT GEORGE WASHINGTON George Washington University got a rare treat when Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke to 25,000 students at the school’s graduation ceremony Sunday. Bloomberg News reports that Cook, who doesn’t make many public appearances, told graduates to actively stand up for what they believe -- and how his journey of self discovery led to his view that equality is a right. “The sidelines are not where you want to live your life,” he said.

FRIDAY MARKETS INDEX

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18272.56 y 20.32 x 81.45 5048.29 y 2.50 2122.73 x 1.63 2.93% y 0.12 2.15% y 0.08 $1,224.10 x 3.00 $59.92 x 0.20 $1.1461 x 0.0062 119.29 x 0.07

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2000.” night. But if you think of it as That sentiment was echHe continued, “There substitution of relatively fewer oed weeks later by Seis ZERO liquidity for any IPOs, concentration of money quoia partner Michael of those investments. has shifted.”

Moritz, who declared: “A None. Zero. Zip. ... The considerable number of only thing worse than a WATERS HEAT UP DCM VENTURES market with collapsing “If it’s a bubble, it’s the strangunicorns will become Venture capitalest bubble we’ve seen by all diextinct.” valuations is a market ist David Chao The belief is that revewith no valuations and mensions,” Kupor says.

Research provided by Anno liquidity.” nue isn’t growing fast Such dire warnings dreessen Horowitz shows enough to justify these aside, there are clear dis- just how much more subloated values as compatinctions between the per-heated the investnies rapidly burn through two eras, according to ment waters were in cash. The fear is that many VCs and tech exec- 2000, with far more wounded unicorns will utives who have lived money chasing contrip up the trumped-up down that befell their predecesthrough both and spoke siderably more tenuvalue of many other tech ous sors at the turn of the 21st to USA TODAY for this business ventures that seemed century; structural changes in start-ups. And the reality article. Technology, for eager to become IPOs at all costs. capital markets; and the rise of is that when social-media USA TODAY SPORTS one, is more deeply en- In 1999-2000, there were 632 the activist shareholder. titans Twitter (TWTR), Tech investor But while aggregating an auditrenched in the U.S. econ- tech IPOs, compared with 510 in LinkedIn (LNKD) and Mark Cuban omy and less susceptible the 13 subsequent years. In 2014, ence through “eyeballs” (customYelp (YELP) recently there were 49 public offerings, ers) was the main goal 15 years to a cataclysmic crash. posted middling quarterago, most of the unicorns today — Former Apple CEO John Scul- and just four so far this year. ly results, it served only to fuel Companies that went public think Uber and Airbnb — are ley says a changing audience — the unease.

The pitfalls of an inflated mar- Millennials weaned on mobile last year had been around an av- built around real solutions, says ket value is highlighted by the devices and the share economy, erage of 11 years. In 1999-2000, Justin Kitch of Curious.com, forcautionary tale of Box (BOX), for example — considerably alters most companies rushed into their merly Homestead.

“It used to be growth at all IPO after just 4½ years. On the which went public in January. today’s tech landscape.

The cloud-storage provider had a “A lot of it is timing,” he says, money side, $33 billion was costs,” Kitch says. “What is hapvaluation of about $2.4 billion pointing out similarities between raised in venture capital in 2014, pening today is once someone when it raised a VC investment of failed dot-com delivery plays compared with $50 billion in gets a high value, it is passed along to similar companies, re$150 million in July 2014. But by such as Webvan and today’s more 1999 and $105 billion in 2000. the time it went public, its valua- successful iterations such as GooCompanies are staying private gardless of the company. Uber is a tion had sunk to $1.7 billion. gle, which runs Google Express. longer for a variety of reasons: To real business, in a transformative “You can’t smell the soap when Today’s start-ups are valued high- avoid the public market melt- industry. It is not a Webvan.”

Look out, big banks: Here comes ‘fintech’ ‘Financial tech’ craze could upend industry

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The next big acquisition craze could result in more khakis-wearing tech geeks on Wall Street.

Technologies that compete with traditional banking businesses, like bitcoin and computer-generated investment advice, have Wall Street worried they will soon face the same disruption issues that have plagued other industries. The emerging financial tech industry, dubbed fintech, now threatens to grab $4.7 trillion in revenue and $470 billion in profits from traditional Wall Street firms, Goldman Sachs recently predicted.

The good news for Silicon Valley is that Wall Street firms will seek to stave off the competition through investments and acquisi-

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tions, experts said.

Aberdeen Asset Management, which manages $500 billion in assets, recently tasked its board’s innovation committee to scout for financial technologies to buy, said co-founder and CEO Martin Gilbert. “My point is, let’s not be complacent about this,” Gilbert said. “Let’s not assume that Google is not going to enter asset management because it’s a regulated industry.”

Aberdeen is not alone. In January, the New York Stock Exchange announced an investment in Coinbase, a bitcoin wallet pro-

try’s profits that could be eaten up by alternative lenders in the next five years

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vider. And last month, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that “Silicon Valley is coming” in a letter to shareholders.

“There are hundreds of startups with a lot of brains and money working on various alternatives to traditional banking,” Dimon wrote in the letter, which sought to reassure investors that the behemoth bank is prepared to deal with the problem.

Anand Sanwal, CEO of CB Insights, which researches private companies, predicts Wall Street investments and acquisitions in financial technology start-ups

will take off in the next “18 months and beyond.”

Gilbert said Aberdeen is interested in technologies that will allow clients to manage their portfolios and trade electronically. Other technologies that have piqued Wall Street’s interest: uAlternative lending platforms, which often match nonbank lenders to borrowers, are popular with small-business owners, which can have trouble borrowing from banks. In January, for example, alternative lenders generated 62% of all small-business loans, compared with just 21% by big banks, Goldman said. uNew payment systems like bitcoin threaten traditional banking because they allow people to transfer money faster and with lower fees than banks. uStart-ups like Wealthfront and Betterment compete with brokers and wealth managers by providing cheaper, computergenerated investment advice.

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Work hard, play hard: Many companies paying for both Employee perks include free trips, unlimited time off Nancy Trejos USA TODAY

Newlyweds Joy and Matthew Bennett had planned to wait until next year to take their honeymoon.

Then Joy’s employer, the consumer advocacy website ConsumerAffairs.com, changed its vacation policy to give employees unlimited time off. On top of that, the company now offers each employee a vacation stipend of 2% of his or her salary up to $1,000.

Now, the Bennetts will embark on their honeymoon much sooner. Next month, they plan to spend a week in Los Angeles thanks to her stipend and flexible vacation time.

“By being encouraged to take time off during the year, I feel refreshed and energized while I’m in the office, which increases my productivity and dedication,” says Joy Bennett, who has worked at the company’s Tulsa, Okla., office for more than a year.

The improving economy has encouraged many companies to offer employees more travel-related perks. This summer, many offices will shorten work weeks so employees can travel; pay for their vacations; or give them unlimited time off. This comes just a few years after the recession forced companies to cut salaries and employees.

“Boy, that’s a far cry from six years ago,” says Jim Rose, a director at Purk and Associates, an accounting firm in St. Louis that’s treating all 25 employees to a Mexican vacation this summer.

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Marketing agency Revelry, which has offices in Oregon and Connecticut, offers its workers free white-water rafting trips that usually would cost $1,000 a person.

While the Society for Human Forum, a New York City-based Resource Management says that marketing services company, is only 1% of U.S. employers offered paying for its employees to expeunlimited time off in 2014, a rience life at a house in the growing number of companies Hamptons. say that vacation perks help them Each employee and a guest is retain employees and makes guaranteed a trip to the 2,000square-foot, three-bedroom East them more productive.

Hampton rental at least once “One of our goals as a company through a lottery system. is to be a best place to work,” says “Our goal as an organization is Eric Jenkins, chief operating offito create value for our employees, cer of ConsumerAffairs, which and this is a fresh way to do that,” has 40 employees in its Tulsa ofsays Joe Rosenbaum, Argyle’s fice. “So we’ve looked for innovavice president of human retive ways to create a culture ... Joy Bennett, who works for that’s going to attract high-per- ConsumerAffairs.com sources. forming individuals.”

Revelry, a marketing agency Employees who take advantage play XBox,” Jenkins says. “I don’t with offices in Portland, Ore., and of their stipend must agree to care if it’s driving to Kansas City Fairfield, Conn., offers employees take a trip for at least five days. or Dallas, but you have to go out free white-water rafting trips “We don’t want you to take off and experience life.” through Orange Torpedo Trips. and just sit in your basement and This summer, Argyle Executive While Orange Torpedo is

“By being encouraged to take time off during the year, I feel refreshed and energized while I’m in the office.”

Some customers bail on American

They complain of a ‘general apathy’ in customer service Christopher Elliott

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How far will travelers go to avoid the world’s largest airline?

Austin Wolff paid an extra $360 to stay away from American Airlines and flew from Albuquerque to ON Jacksonville, Fla., on TRAVEL EVERY Delta Air Lines for a MONDAY holiday weekend.

Why no AA? “It’s more a statement toward the overall approach to customer service,” says Wolff, who works for a news organization in Albuquerque. “It’s the general apathy displayed by this company.”

Avoiding American isn’t easy.

It’s in the throes of a merger with US Airways, which will make it the largest airline in the world.

With only three legacy carriers remaining in the USA, the number of choices is dwindling. But that’s just fueling the anti-American sentiment.

Wolff’s reason for staying away from American is common. He feels as if the company doesn’t care. Wolff says he tried to complain about its service by writing a detailed account of what went wrong on a recent flight.

“When I submitted the actual account, the airline’s website wouldn’t allow it,” he says. “I could only use up to 500 characters. That’s really what sent me running away.”

Craig Conroy steers clear of American, too. “I know what I want in an airline,” says Conroy, a professional speaker who lives in Pittsburgh.

“It’s customer service.”

He goes to great lengths to avoid flying on AA, even when the airline offers a lower price or more convenient route. Conroy would rather make a stopover in Cincinnati, Atlanta or Chicago with Delta Air Lines or United.

owned by the company, the trips, which are done on the Rogue River in southern Oregon and the Salmon River in Idaho, cost at least $1,000 a person.

On any given year, at least 10 of the company’s 30 employees take advantage of the perk.

Josh Makepeace, a creative strategist for Revelry for two years, has taken the rafting trip twice.

“It’s not some arbitrary financial perk. It’s not some benefit that is office-related,” he says.

“We get into our routines. We’re all super busy and working hard.

With this approach, they are offering opportunities for us to disconnect, which is important for morale, for our overall health and well-being.”

Other companies, such as Purk and Associates, give employees every Friday off between Memorial Day and Labor Day to allow for more weekend getaways.

To reward employees for meeting growth objectives, this year the company is also paying for each of its 26 employees to go to the Mayan Riviera in Mexico.

Other perks include golf outings and spa days.

“A lot of our CPA competitors have a high turnover rate,” says Rose, the director. “We have a different model based on employee retention.”

The strategy has worked. In the six years that the firm has existed, only three employees have left.

Employee retention is also important at Tilt, a crowd-funding company in San Francisco. This year, the company is treating its 70 employees to a bonding trip in Lake Tahoe in Nevada. And when employees reach their one-year anniversary, they get a free round-trip ticket to anywhere in the world.

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American will soon become the world’s largest airline.

He even prefers to fly on Southwest, despite its one-class configuration that deters some business travelers.

Conroy says he’d forfeit the ability to collect enough frequent-flier miles for elite status — that’s how badly he wants to avoid the airline.

What could possibly stir such strong feelings among air travelers? A look at American’s customer satisfaction scores and complaint numbers reveals one possible answer: Some passengers don’t like it. American scored a 66 out of 100 points in the latest American Customer Service Index, unchanged from 2013. That’s 5 points below the industry average.

The Department of Transportation received 3,083 service complaints about American Airlines in 2014, up 546 from the previous year. It’s the third-mostcomplained-about airline, behind United Airlines and Frontier Airlines.

American acknowledges it can do better and says it’s trying.

“This year, our customer relations teams have worked around the clock through an extremely difficult winter and the complaints that come with that,” spokesman Joshua Freed says.

“We answer every complaint — most within a couple of days, and each one is categorized so our executives can see where the prob-

lems are, and fix them.”

But industry-watchers aren’t impressed. “American Airlines proves the adage that customers will only put up with so much rudeness and discourtesy before they respond,” says Harlan Platt, a finance professor at Northeastern University.

The complaints aren’t all related to the weather. They’re the result of airline policies, a changing corporate culture and, of course, the merger between US Airways and American. In March, American combined its loyalty programs without incident. Now, the carriers are aligning company rules, and later this year they will combine their reservations systems, often the most difficult part of any airline combination.

In a sense, having people say they’re avoiding American doesn’t really matter. The fact is, they’re not. The airline just reported a record quarterly profit of $1.2 billion, triple its year-ago net profit, excluding a special credit. With earnings like that, which are the result of lower fuel costs, higher fares and cutting capacity after the merger, who needs happy customers?

But that some are writing off American should worry the airline in the long term, experts say.

That’s because, while there may be fewer airlines, people still have options. If too many people try to avoid American, that could be a

uCAST A WIDE NET. Check out alternate airports near a hub city. Chicago O’Hare, for example, is home to airline hubs for American and United, but head over to Midway and you can also find a hub for Southwest Airlines. uCONSIDER ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION. Trains

offer a competitive product with East Coast shuttles.

But buses are growing at an impressive pace, too, and they often can get you to your destination in about the same amount of time it takes to check in, go through the TSA line, wait for your flight and fly. uMOVE. In some cities

(Philadelphia, Dallas), American is so dominant that it’s almost impossible to avoid, particularly if you’re flying internationally.

Ditto for other airlines in certain places. If you feel so strongly about staying away, you may have to relocate.

problem — and, perhaps, a reason to raise the airline’s customerservice game.

“Actually, most Americans still have a reasonable number of choices when it comes to air travel,” says Seth Kaplan, editor of Airline Weekly. “Even if it’s fewer choices than they once did.”

Elliott is a consumer advocate and editor at large for National Geographic Traveler.

Contact him at chris@elliott.org or visit elliott.org.

This week, we will not be including names of those who submitted the questions. You will understand why.

Q: When flying to China or Australia, does the plane fly upside down? With Earth being round, it would seem that it would at some point.

A: The airplane stays oriented exactly the same no matter where it is around the world. Just as people standing on the ground in North America and Australia view up and down the same way being oriented to the ground.

Q: Why do planes fly over oceans?

A: Because over 70% of our planet is covered by water.

Q: Can commercial jets hover? When I’m driving I see them hover by and just sit there for a few moments.

A: Commercial jets don’t hover.

Q: Does the pilot have to take Earth’s rotation into takeoff/landing calculations?

A: No, that is not considered.

Q: I think that aircraft should have a transformation program that turns the aircraft into a boat to be able to land on water.

A: The transformer idea is fiction, not fact.

Q: Golf balls supposedly fly farther because they have dimples. Has any airplane skin ever been dimpled to reduce drag?

A: I have never heard that.

Q: Could the disappearance of MH370 be alien abduction?

A: Because I have never seen any proof of aliens, my answer would be no.

Q: I have a pilot’s license, can I fly the airplane the next time I travel?

A: No. Cox is a retired airline captain and runs his own aviation safety consulting company, Safety Operating Systems.

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George Strait is 63. Tina Fey is 45. Allen Leech is 34.

The mirrorball trophy is up for grabs as Dancing With the Stars’ final three couples take the floor tonight (8 ET/PT) to compete in the ABC dance contest.

After last week’s elimination of Olympian Nastia Liukin and pro champ Derek Hough, it’s Bill hard to guess who will be Keveney crowned Season 20 winners USA TODAY Tuesday.

Judge Len Goodman says actress Rumer Willis, singer Riker Lynch and Liukin have stood out “purely on dancing,” but Iraq War veteran and amputee Noah Galloway comes out “every time with great determination.”

Goodman places Willis in the lead going into the finale but says, “It’s anyone’s to win and anyone’s to lose now.”

Sharna Burgess, Galloway’s pro partner, reflects the finalists’ spirit.

“In the finals, why not try and take down the mirrorball?” she says. “The other two couples deserve it at the same time, so whatever happens come Tuesday night, I am a very happy woman.”

STYLE STAR Cate Blanchett looked like a walking piece of art in a printed strapless gown Sunday night at the premiere of ‘Carol’ in Cannes, France. The actress hit the red carpet after a news conference in which she clarified a comment gone viral she had made to ‘Variety’ about having had “many” relationships with women: “Did you mean have I had sexual relationships with women? Then the answer is no,” she said. “In 2015, the point should be: Who cares?” Blanchett stars as the title character in ‘Carol,’ who has a deep relationship with actress Rooney Mara’s Therese.

Rumer Willis/Valentin Chmerkovskiy Highlights: Willis went non-traditional on Disney Night, earning raves for a samba performed as Ursula the Sea Witch from The Little Mermaid. She and Chmerkovskiy got the season’s first perfect score for a classic Rumba that dazzled her mother, actress Demi Moore, and the rest of the audience.

Goodman says: She’s “the most rounded of the three celebrities that remain. She’s equally good at ballroom and Latin. I don’t know if it’s in her genes from her parents (actor Bruce Willis is her father), but she has that ability to get into character in every dance she does.”

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REMEMBERING B.B. KING Memorial plans are getting set for B.B. King, the blues icon who died Thursday in Las Vegas at age 89. Dion Brown, executive director of the GETTY IMAGES B.B. King Museum in Indianola, Miss., says a public viewing will be held Friday afternoon at Palm Mortuary West in Vegas before a private memorial service Saturday morning. The Mississippi native’s funeral and burial will take place in Indianola the following week. Details are still pending, Brown says.

Noah Galloway/Sharna Burgess Highlights: “The Most Memorable Year (theme week), because of what the story was about, representing (Noah) and his depression and going through his injuries and learning to accept himself,” Burgess says. And a recent Paso Doble “was one of the most epic powerful pieces I’ve been a part of.”

Goodman says: Galloway is “an inspiration,” and the judge is “really looking forward to seeing that freestyle dance (in the finale). I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be amazing.”

Ava DuVernay: Saluting director @ElizabethBanks on her big box-office karate chop this weekend. If you see a mic on the ground, it’s hers! #PitchPerfect2 Seth MacFarlane: Flossing is that rare, heartbreaking human activity that cannot be accomplished while continuing to text.

Will Arnett: BTW... We’ve officially reached the saturation point with the expression “by the way” Mia Farrow: Farrows excited & proud that cousin Pharaoh (Ellis Island spelling) is on track to win the Triple Crown!

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Highlights: Lynch and Holker earned perfect scores last week for a contemporary number filled with lifts and twirls and an Argentine Tango done in collaboration with judge Julianne Hough.

Goodman says: Lynch has “absolute flair.

It’s a joyful experience watching that kid. He’s full-on, flat-out, it’s all or nothing, and he absolutely goes for it, no playing safe. I like to see that. But when you’re dancing right on the edge, there’s always a chance you can fall off. Sometimes that exuberance can lead to losing a little bit of technique. But I love the attitude he has.”

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‘Pitch Perfect’ has something to sing about Musical comedy holds off ‘Mad Max’ at the box office Brian Truitt @briantruitt USA TODAY

He tried hard, but Mad Max couldn’t topple a group of spunky a cappella singers and their female-friendly fan base.

Pitch Perfect 2 hit a high note for the musical comedy franchise, reaching No. 1 at the box office with an aca-awesome $70.3 million, according to studio estimates from Rentrak. In its first weekend, the sequel made more than the first Pitch Perfect in its entire domestic theatrical run ($65 million in 2012) and is the highest debut for a movie musical since 2008’s High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

The original film became “an absolute juggernaut on home video, and that just built this incredible interest by younger

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Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Anna Kendrick and Hailee Steinfeld stole the spotlight to the tune of more than $70 million. moviegoers” in the follow-up, says Rentrak senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian.

In second place was George Miller’s action-packed reboot Mad Max: Fury Road. The movie scored $44.4 million and was a critical success as well, with a 98% approval rating on survey site RottenTomatoes.com.

Mad Max, with Tom Hardy in

the role made famous by Mel Gibson in 1979, fared better than expected. “A lot of people marginalized the movie until they saw it and then were absolutely blown away,” Dergarabedian says.

The counterprogramming worked out well for the studios.

According to Rentrak, the audience for Pitch Perfect 2 was 72% female, compared with 60% male

for Mad Max. The musical comedy attracted mostly youngsters — 57% under age 25 — while the action film drew 64% of its audience from moviegoers 25 and up.

The Perfect performance “even further solidifies that females can drive massive dollars to the multiplex,” Dergarabedian says.

“There is no question this is an audience that now is and should be the most coveted.”

And as moviegoers find out about Charlize Theron’s “tour de force” role as Furiosa in Mad Max, “women are going to figure out this isn’t just an action movie for guys,” Dergarabedian says.

“It’s a movie for everyone.”

Superhero sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron was No. 3 with $38.8 million. An impressive $370 million take makes it 2015’s top film in North America.

The Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon buddy comedy Hot Pursuit continues to flop with $5.8 million in its second weekend, good for fourth place. The top five was rounded out by Furious 7 with $3.6 million.

Final figures are out today.

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Memphis guard Vick commits to Jayhawks

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

High-scoring Memphis Douglass High senior combo guard LaGerald Vick on Sunday committed to play basketball at Kansas University.

Vick, a 6-foot-5, 175-pounder who recently

Royals’ Volquez baffles Yankees Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — Edinson Volquez had such violent movement on his fastball Sunday that Royals manager Ned Yost said catcher Salvador Perez actually turned around to ask plate umpire Chris Guccione whether there was anything he could do to help out.

Slide over a bit to offer Guccione a better view?

Perhaps frame the pitches longer?

The Yankees probably wish Perez asked whether he could help them out.

Volquez baffled them with three-hit ball for seven innings, Perez homered and drove in two runs, and Kansas City rolled to a 6-0 victory, the first time New York had been shut out this year.

“He was fantastic. He had all kinds of movement and action on his fastball,” Yost said. “For the most part, if Eddie’s executing his pitches, he’s going to be very good.”

Volquez (3-3) struck out five without issuing a walk.

He never allowed a leadoff man on base, and just one of his three base-runners reached second all afternoon.

“That’s as good as I’ve ever seen him,” Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira said.

The Royals got production from throughout their lineup against Chris Capuano to take the rubber game of their three-game set with the Yankees, whom they face again next week in New York.

Capuano (0-1) made his season debut after rehabbing a quad strain that he sustained in spring training. The veteran left-hander gave up four runs on four hits and two walks, and left New York in a big hole when he was pulled four batters into the third inning.

The loss was the Yankees’ fifth in their last six games.

“It’s certainly not the outing I wanted for my first

backed off a commitment to SMU, averaged 26.0 points and 11.0 rebounds a game for Douglass this past season.

He averaged 24.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 3.0 steals in 2013-14 and currently is leading scorer for his Team Thad AAU team in the Under Armour Association.

Vick chose KU over Kentucky, which recently offered Vick a scholarship, Kansas State, Auburn and others.

“I love the decision,” Team Thad coach Norton Hurd told the JournalWorld on Sunday night. “I think under Bill Self and the Kansas system, by Year Two (at KU) he’ll be a Ben

McLemore-type player. He is 6-5, has a silky-smooth jump shot (and) can score from all spots on the court.

He can create for himself and others.”

Vick is currently ranked No. 137 in the recruiting Class of 2016 by Rivals.com.

However, it is likely he will soon declare his intention to

be in the Class of 2015 and be on the Jayhawks’ active 2015-16 roster with fellow incoming freshmen Carlton Bragg (6-9, Cleveland Villa Angela St. Joseph) and Cheick Diallo (6-9, Our Savior New American, Centereach, New York).

Please see HOOPS, page 3C Vick

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A step forward

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MISSOURI FANS CELEBRATE KIRSTEN MACK’S GRAND SLAM as Kansas University’s Shannon McGinley watches it sail over the fence in the Tigers’ 7-6, NCAA regional-clinching victory on Sunday in Columbia, Mo.

KU strands 15 in season-ending loss

By Blake Toppmeyer Special to the Journal-World

Columbia, Mo. — Kansas University’s softball team continually applied pressure on Missouri in Sunday’s NCAA regional championship, but the Jayhawks never delivered the big hit.

Indicative of that was the fact that in KU’s biggest inning, a four-run sixth, its only hits were a pair of infield singles.

The Jayhawks stranded 15 runners in a 7-6 season-ending loss at University Field.

“Obviously, we’re disappointed,” Kansas coach Megan Smith said. “We think we competed well, and I think we had opportunities to beat

Missouri, but it’s certainly another step forward (for KU’s program).”

Kansas (40-15) was seeking its first regional championship since a trip to the Women’s College World Series in 1992.

KU is 0-3 against Missouri in postseason games the last two years. Overall, the Tigers have won 10 straight against their Border War rivals. Missouri (42-14) won a regional for the seventh time in the last eight seasons.

KU, which before last season hadn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 2006, advanced a stage further than in 2014. The Jayhawks went 2-2 in the regional this year after going 1-2 a year ago.

“Everything is a little step toward building our program even higher than we already have,” KU senior pitcher Alicia Pille said. “… I’m disappointed, absolutely, but so proud of us.”

The deck was stacked against the Jayhawks on Sunday.

Missouri beat KU 5-3 in Saturday’s second round, requiring KU to advance to the championship through the backdraw. That meant Kansas would have to beat MU in back-to-back games in the championship round to win the title. Missouri needed to win only once, and it took care of that without needing to go to an elimination game Pille, KU’s ace, had thrown

all 20 innings the first two days of the regional, and she returned to the pitcher’s circle for the championship.

Kirsten Mack knocked Pille out of the game with two outs in the third inning when she launched a grand slam through the teeth of a strong wind and into the shrubbery beyond the left-field wall to put Missouri ahead 7-2. Mack had hit an RBI double as part of Missouri’s three-run second inning.

Pille, who threw 344 pitches during the regional, didn’t think fatigue was the biggest contributor to her shaky outing.

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KU baseball digs deep, drops KSU

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

With nothing but pride to play for in the final game of the season Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark, Kansas University’s baseball team spotted Sunflower State rival Kansas State a five-run lead and then woke up.

Senior first baseman Blair Beck’s two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning sparked a ferocious Kansas comeback, and the Jayhawks capped a roller-coaster season with a 9-6 victory over their archrival on Senior Day.

“When you’re down 5-0, you needed to have somebody put a crooked number on the board, and he was able to do that with one swing,” KU coach Ritch Price said of Beck. “He put some energy and emotion back in our dugout, and from there you know it’s a ballgame.”

Beck’s blast was just KU’s second hit of the day — senior Dakota Smith doubled in front of him — but from there the Jayhawks (23-32 overall, 8-15 Big 12) tacked on a dozen more hits and seven more runs to avoid

the sweep and end the season on a positive note.

“When they scored that fifth run, we came in and said, ‘Hey, we gotta start swinging the bats,’” KU senior second baseman Justin Protacio said. “We got one, and that led to another, and we just kept tacking them on. It was awesome to witness.”

The four seniors who started Sunday — Beck, Smith, Protacio and Connor McKay — combined to go 7-for-18 at the plate, with five runs scored and three RBIs.

Kansas was drubbed 11-0 on Friday night and lost a heartbreaker, 6-4, on Saturday, but didn’t quit after finding itself in that early 5-0 hole.

“It’s always a really emotional game, and it seems like it every time we play this game it takes us two innings to get the emotion out and get them locked into the game,” Price said of SeJohn Young/Journal-World Photo nior Day, which began with several KU seniors wearing KANSAS UNIVERSITY SENIOR BLAIR BECK RAISES their caps and gowns during HIS BATTING HELMET toward cheering fans batting practice. “The reason after he belted a three-run home run during the Jayhawks’ 9-6 victory over Kansas State on Please see BASEBALL, page 3C Senior Day, Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark.

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• Boys golf, regionals at Alvamar, 9 a.m.

TUESDAY • Girls soccer, regionals vs. SM East at SMAC, 6 p.m.

• Baseball, regionals vs. Olathe North at FSHS, 4 p.m. (winner plays again at 6 p.m.)

• Softball, regionals vs. Topeka at CBAC, 4:45 p.m. (winner plays again at 6:30 p.m.)

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Houston (ap) — The Houston Rockets are heading to the AL WEST Western Conference finals for the first time in 18 years after SOUTH overcoming a 3-1 series deficit WEST LAWRENCE HIGH SOUTH to eliminate the Los Angeles WEST TODAY Clippers.

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Dwight Howard had 16 points and 15 rebounds and the RockAL WEST AL WEST ets never trailed in a 113-100 SPORTS ON TV victory over the Clippers on TODAY Sunday, sending them to the conference finals for the first Baseball Time Net Cable time since 1997.

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The Rockets overcame a KSU v. KU replay 1 a.m. MS 37, 226 19-point third-quarter deficit KSU v. KU replay 9 a.m. MS 37, 226 in Game 6 on Thursday night KSU v. KU replay noon MS 37, 226 to stay alive. No such heroKSU v. KU replay 3 p.m. MS 37, 226 ics were needed Sunday when they were up by 17 after three Pro Hockey Time Net Cable and Howard opened the fourth Tampa Bay v. New York 7 p.m. NBCSP 38, 238 quarter with a 3-point play to push it to 88-68.

High School Softball Time Net Cab “When you’re down 19 on the road, it’s easy to give in and AIA Div. II 7 p.m. FCSP 146 just say, ‘Maybe next year,’” AIA Div. 1 9:30p.m. FCSP 146 Harden said. “But I think the injuries throughout the enTUESDAY tire year kind of made us fight Time Net Cable David J. Phillip/AP Photo Baseball through adversity no matter Yankees v.

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Blake Griffin scored five series after trailing 3-1 since when a dunk by Jordan early Time Net Cable points in a 9-0 run to cut the the Phoenix Suns did it in 2006 in the fourth quarter simply Pro Basketball bounced out of the rim, the big NBA Draft Lottery lead to eight points with less against the Lakers.

7:30p.m. ESPN 33, 233 After taking a two-game lead man could only look at the bas- Houston v. Golden St. 8 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 than 21⁄2 minutes remaining.

Harden made a pair of free after four games the Clippers ket in disgust. The frustration throws after that, but a dunk by looked destined to be head- was evident with Paul too, as Golf Time Net Cable DeAndre Jordan got the Clip- ing to the conference finals he angrily threw the ball after pers within eight again. This for the first time in franchise picking up an offensive foul Turkish Air. Ladies Open 6 a.m. Golf 156,289 time, Trevor Ariza hit a 3 from history. But they failed in all later in the fourth.

Time Net Cable the corner to secure the vic- three chances to put Houston Harden was under the College Baseball tory. away and are now left to pon- weather and on the bench ACC tournament 10 a.m. FSN 36, 236 Howard was nervous until der their collapse as they head in the fourth quarter when ACC tournament 2 p.m. FSN+ 172 Ariza hit the final 3 and wor- home early yet again.

Josh Smith and Corey Brewried the Clippers might be the “It’s disappointing,” Griffin er helped Houston outscore Pro Hockey Time Net Cable ones to orchestrate an unlikely said. “We were close, but close Los Angeles 51-20 to close out NHL playoffs 7 p.m. NBCSP 38, 238 comeback this time. doesn’t really count. Almost the win in Game 6. The MVP “Please, we can’t let them doesn’t count. We were up 3-1 runner-up looked back to full Time Net Cable pull an us on us,” Howard said and didn’t put them away. We strength on Sunday, scoring 12 Bowling he was thinking during their can’t look at anybody but our- points in the first quarter and USBC Queens 7 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 late run. finishing with eight assists and selves.”

Griffin had 27 points and Los Angeles never led, but seven rebounds.

High School Baseball Time Net Cab Chris Paul had 26 points and 10 tied it twice in the first 4 minAIA Div. II 7 p.m. FCSP 146 CLIPPERS (100) assists. utes. The Clippers insisted Sat- L.A.Barnes 0-2 0-0 0, Griffin 13-23 1-2 27, Jordan AIA Div. 1 9:30p.m. FCSP 146 The Western Conference urday that they’d gotten over 7-10 2-7 16, Paul 9-20 6-6 26, Redick 4-12 0-0 10, 6-18 2-2 17, Rivers 1-4 0-0 2, Davis 1-2 finals begin Tuesday night at Thursday’s loss, but looked Crawford 0-0 2, Hawes 0-1 0-0 0, D.Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Hudson LATEST LINE Golden State. listless early in this one as 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-92 11-17 100.

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Charlotte, N.C. (ap) — Rory McIlroy was more methodical than electrifying Sunday.

It was still effective.

Always in control, the topranked McIlroy became the first two-time winner in the Wells Fargo Championship with a seven-shot victory over Webb Simpson and Patrick Rodgers.

McIlory closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 21-under 267, shattering the tournament record by five strokes.

He entered the day with a fourstroke lead over Simpson after a course-record 61 on Saturday.

“Everything is firing on all cylinders for me,” McIlroy said.

Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland saved his best round, a 67, for the last day. He finished in a three-way tie with Phil Mickelson and former Kansas State golfer Robert Streb at 276, 9 back of McIlroy.

The fourth-place tie earned each golfer $293,000. Woodland’s fourth top-10 finish in 15 PGA Tour events in 2015 brought his season earnings to $2,290,030.90.

McIlroy also won Match Play Championship two weeks ago in San Francisco and has 11 PGA Tour titles. He has six top-10 finishes in his last eight PGA Tour starts.

McIlroy won at Quail Hollow in in 2010 for his first PGA Tour title, shooting 15 under.

Anthony Kim set the previous tournament record of 16 under in 2008.

“The golf course just sets up really well for me,” McIlroy said.

Phil Mickelson called McIlroy’s performance this week “impressive.”

McIlroy had another word to describe his play on the back nine.

“Boring,” he said with a laugh.

Unlike his win in 2010, McIlroy didn’t finish in a flurry by carding 3s on the last six holes.

On Sunday he played the last half-dozen holes in 1-under.

Then again, he didn’t really need to shoot lights out with nobody chasing him.

“It was a more controlled run,” McIlroy said. “I feel like I’m a more controlled player these days. I’ve learned how to finish things off.”

Rodgers, playing on a sponsor exemption, was the only player to mount any type of a challenge, getting within three shots after a birdie at No. 15.

But there was too much ground to make up, and he played the final two holes in 3-over and finished with a 68. Simpson shot a 72.

McIlroy almost didn’t play at Quail Hollow this week, but decided he needed to play more because he needed the FedEx Cup points after the Masters.

The win moved him into third place in the standings.

McIlroy got off to a shaky start with a three-putt bogey on No. 2 — his first in 167 holes — but quickly pulled it together. He didn’t have another bogey until the 17th hole, when he had built a seven-stroke lead and outcome was already decided.

Simpson failed to capitalize on McIlroy’s early mistake, shooting 37 on the front nine that included a double bogey on the par-3 sixth when he three-putted from 8 feet.

That dropped the Charlotte resident six shots back and he was never in contention again.

“He’s our best player right now and I wish more than anything I could have shot a couple under on the front to make it more exciting,” Simpson said.

“Just didn’t have it today.”

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Williamsburg, Va. — Minjee Lee played a five-hole stretch in 5 under to open a four-stroke lead when final-round play was suspended because of darkness in the LPGA Tour’s Kingsmill Championship.

After making an eagle on the par-5 15th to cap the five-hole run, the 18-year-old Australian was on the par-4 16th when the horn sounded. She hit her approach to the green, but opted to mark the ball and finish the hole when play resumes at 6 a.m. today on Kingsmill Resort’s River Course.

Lee was 7 under in a 10-hole stretch after a 2-hour rain delay to reach 16 under.

Alison Lee was alone in second with four holes to play.

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Sutherland two-putted for bogey to set up Maggert for the winning par on the 18th hole at Shoal Creek.

Maggert closed with an evenpar 72 to match Sutherland at 14-under 274. Sutherland had a 71.

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Lawrence High boys golfers have plenty of confidence heading into today’s eight-team Class 6A regional. Last week, they posted their best round of the season, and they also have homecourse advantage.

The Lions, along with Free State’s boys golf team, will tee off at 9 a.m. today at Alvamar public golf course.

At the LHS Invitational on Wednesday, which was also at Alvamar, the

Lions posted a team score of 324, which was the best among their regional opponents. The top three teams today will earn a trip a state, along with the top five individuals from schools that don’t qualify.

“I love it. It’s my home course,” LHS junior Dawson Dykes said. “I work here. I’m here all the time, almost every day.

So it helps me a lot.

“I think it’s a big advantage. I mean, there’s definitely other teams that know the course but to know how to play a hole and when to be aggres-

sive and when not to be aggressive really helps.”

The Lions have been led by Dykes, sophomore Cole Brungardt, junior Braxton Olson, senior Brent Cahwee and sophomore Garrett Wildeman for most of the season.

“We’re starting to play better as a team now that we’re bunching scores,” LHS coach Dirk Wedd said. “We don’t have the 74, 75 guy, but we’re starting to get those 80, 81s, and bunching them.

That’s how we’ll get to state if we can do it Monday.”

FOOTBALL GRADS

Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo

MEMBERS OF THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM enter Memorial Stadium during KU’s commencement ceremonies Sunday.

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(decision). Kentucky and Kansas had the winning tradition. I feel in the last 48 hours he really took favor to coach Self. Everybody was making him a priority but in these past 48 hours he felt like Kansas made him a priority.”

Last October, Vick chose SMU over offers from Georgia Tech, Western Kentucky, Alabama, Memphis, Mississippi, Providence, Tennessee, Auburn, California, Baylor, Indiana, Florida State and others.

“I’m an all-around player.

I’m not selfish,” Vick told the Memphis Commercial Appeal in describing his game. “I think I’m a 1 or a 2 (in college). Coach (Douglass’ Ted) Anderson helped me out a lot. At first I was just a person who shot the ball. I didn’t like attacking.

He helped me out with my slashing ability.”

Self cannot comment on recruits until receipt of a letter-of-intent or signed scholarship papers. He now has 12 players on scholarship for next year, meaning there is one left to award.

“I can say we are still actively recruiting,” Self told the Journal-World on Sunday. “We hope we can get a big guy. It’s not something that has to be done or must be done, (but) it would help us moving forward having another big guy.”

Several big men who have announced plans to leave their current colleges are still on the market as transfers.

rangy guard. He can create his own shot off the dribble, which is his biggest strength. He’s a good athlete and a streaky shooter from deep. He’s one of those guys that can get hot in a hurry, and our guys that have seen him so far this spring, have told me he’s improved significantly and we’ve got him ranked too low. Based off those people who I’ve received information from, he was going to be moved up to a four-star prospect, so I’m expecting to see a pretty good player this weekend (on AAU circuit).”

ESPN.com on Vick: “Vick is a long, athletic and quick wing that has a great knack to score and he can do it in a variety of ways. He can hit the open three, slash, get his own shot and is an above the rim finisher as well. Vick is productive and loaded with potential.

Missouri’s soft-tossing No. 3 pitcher who earned the win by throwing 42⁄3 innings. She didn’t allow a run until KU plated four unearned runs in the sixth.

Baxter retired the first two batters in the sixth before Chanin Naudin reached on second baseman Sami Fagan’s error.

MU committed another error later in the inning.

Briana Evans’ bunt single was the only run-scoring hit of the inning.

Paige Lowary, Missouri’s No. 2 pitcher who hadn’t pitched the first two days of the regional because of illness, entered with two outs in the sixth with the bases loaded and the Tigers clinging to a 7-5 lead. Lowary promptly walked Chaley

Brickey on four pitches to push KU within a run, but she retired Maddie Stein on a fly out to end the inning.

Lowary worked around a one-out walk in the seventh to earn the save.

The Jayhawks stranded the bases loaded in the first, second, third and sixth innings. Kansas left at least one runner on base in every inning.

“We fought to the end, fought to the end,” Smith said. “That’s what our team has done all season.”

“No official decision has been made (on reclassifying from ’16 to ’15). There’s a really good chance he comes this year,” Hurd said. “I don’t care if he comes to school in 2025, he’s Rock Chalk Jayhawk-solid.”

Vick will join a perimeter that includes point guards Frank Mason and Devonté Graham, combo guard Wayne Selden Jr. and shooting guards Svi Mykhailiuk and Brannen Greene. Greene is coming off hip surgery and is expected to be fully healthy in September or October.

“He’s a natural 2-guard, very athletic. Coach Self said he’s going to have him play the 1, 2 and 3,” Hurd said. “He’s tall enough to play the 3. Two is his natural position, and he can handle the ball well enough to play 1. He’s going to have to get there, work hard and learn coach Self’s stuff. Talent-wise, he’s one of the most talented guys on the team as of right now, but he’s got to get there and work his butt off,” Hurd added.

Vick visited KU Wednesday through Friday following his visit to Kansas State. He had scheduled a visit to Kentucky but decided not to make that trip this week.

“He liked the facilities and the people at Kansas. l He’s really happy with Rivals.com’s Eric Bossi his decision,” Hurd said.

“It was a toss-and-turn on Vick: “He’s a long and

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for seven innings (on Saturday), and it just wasn’t my time,” Pille said.

Sophia Templin tossed 41⁄3 innings of scoreless relief to allow KU the chance to rally.

Like Pille, Missouri ace Tori Finucane was pitching for the third time in three days.

Jessie Roane and Erin McGinley each hit an RBI single in the first inning to stake KU to a 2-0 lead.

Finucane exited after issuing back-to-back walks to start the second inning.

But the Jayhawks struggled to solve reliever Cheyenne Baxter,

l

More recruiting: Recruiting experts now believe Alabama is the leader for Kobie Eubanks, a 6-5 former Baylor signee who had KU on his list prior to the Vick commitment.

“Everything happens for reason...I will end up at the college God wants me to attend!!! It’s already written. #Driven#Movement continues,” Eubanks wrote Sunday on Twitter. ... Texas is believed the leader for former VCU commit Tevin Mack, 6-6 from Columbia, South Carolina, who will announce for a school Tuesday. He also had KU on his list.

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Sv — Lowary, 4.

2B — Benovese, Mack, MU; HR — Mack, MU. Kansas highlights — Erin McGinley 2-for-4, R, RBI; Chaley Brickey 1-for3, R, RBI; Taylor McElhaney 1-for-1, RBI; Sophia Templin 41⁄3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.

“We’ve been really competitive because we’re all pretty equal,” Brungardt added. “We try to beat each other, then it makes our team better. All of our scores (at the LHS Invitational) were within two strokes of each other, so we’re all getting better, and we’re all right there. It’s good to see.”

The Firebirds struggled at the LHS Invitational last week, especially with their putting. But they hope they’ve pushed their bad rounds out of their system. They are

led by junior Jack Flynn, sophomore Jack Junge, freshman Tate Steele, senior Coleman Houk and senior Matt Siler.

Though the Firebirds are plenty familiar with Alvamar, they don’t think it will be a huge advantage for them.

“It doesn’t hurt us, but it certainly favors Lawrence probably a little bit more because they’re out here more often than what we are,” FSHS coach Matt Gudenkauf said. “But we’ve got to play better on Monday.”

At the beginning of the

season, most of the Lions struggled to keep their scores in the 80s. Now they just want to make the most of their opportunity to earn a spot at state.

“They had so far to come since the first day,” Wedd said. “They’ve just done a good job of coming every day and getting their work in and having a good time. They’re an unbelievably fun group to work with because they’re loose, as you can tell. They don’t usually put much pressure on themselves.”

BRIEFLY KU’s Stigler wins Big 12 hurdles Ames, Iowa — Kansas University senior Michael Stigler claimed his fourth consecutive 400-meter hurdle title on Sunday at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Stigler — despite wind gusts to 30 mph — won the event in 49.67 seconds, more than two seconds faster than Stigler the runnerup, pacing the KU men to a fifth-place finish in the team race.

KU’s women placed fourth.

“I thought we had a really solid team effort from both the men and women this weekend,” KU coach Stanley Redwine said. “Michael Stigler and Sydney Conley performed like true champions, and we had a lot of young athletes that competed well. We were a few points from where we thought we should be, but I was proud of the way our people performed.”

Stigler’s win marked just the fourth time in Big 12 Outdoor Championship history an athlete has been victorious in an event in four consecutive years. It was also the first time in program history a Kansas male has won four straight individual conference championships.

Also Sunday, KU’s Josh Munsch placed fourth in the 1,500 meters, in 4:07.61, and fourth in the 5,000, in 14:35.27.

Other KU highlights: Hannah Richardson placed third in the 1,500 (4:29.34); Conley and Zainab Sanni placed 4-5 in the 100; Sanni took seventh in the 200 (23.63); Colleen O’Brien took fifth in the high jump (1.81 meters, or 5 feet, 111⁄4 inches); Grace Pickell was sixth in the high jumps (1.76 meters, 5-91⁄4); Daina Levy took third (50.96 meters, 167-2) and Dasha Tsema seventh (49.07, 161-0) in the discus; and Ezekial Welch (14.97 meters, 4911⁄2) took fifth and Barden Adams (14.90, 48-103⁄4) sixth in the triple jump.

KU will travel to the NCAA West Region Preliminary meet, May 28-30 in Austin, Texas.

Kansas rowing fourth at league Oak Ridge, Tenn. — Three of the four Kansas University boats that competed in Sunday’s Grand Final races at the Big 12 Championship earned medals, pacing the Jayhawks to a fourth-place finish in the five-team field.

KU’s top finish of the day was the silver medal captured by the Second Varsity Four boat of senior coxswain Sarah Lasini, juniors Jackie Adamle and Casey Kelly, sophomore Kylee Dewey and freshman Angie Allen. Kansas finished second in 7:51.18.

KU’s Third Varsity Eight and First Varsity Four boats placed third.

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ROYALS CENTER FIELDER LORENZO CAIN REACHES TO CATCH A FLY BALL hit by the Yankees’ Didi Gregorius to end the Royals’ 6-0 victory over New York on Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri.

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outing,” Capuano said. “I wanted to try to give the team a little boost heading into the off day, but there were a lot of good things that happened the first three innings to build on for next time.”

Perez gave the Royals all the offense they needed in the second, when he golfed a 3-2 pitch over the wall in left field. For a moment, it looked as if Brett Gardner leaped up to grab it, but a stiff breeze blowing out carried it just far enough.

The Royals put the game away with a big fourth inning.

Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer led off with walks, and Kendrys Morales and Perez followed with back-to-back RBI singles to knock Capuano from the game. Esmil Rogers came in and gave up another RBI double to Omar Infante before getting the Yankees out of the jam.

Paulo Orlando and Alcides Escobar drove in two more runs in the sixth.

Not that Kansas City really needed them.

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Baseball

BOX SCORE New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Ellsbury cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .327 Gardner lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .303 A.Rodriguez dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Teixeira 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .248 G.Jones 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .158 B.McCann c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .237 Beltran rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Headley 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .236 Drew 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .177 Gregorius ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .204 Totals 33 0 6 0 2 7 Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg. A.Escobar ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .303 Moustakas 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .319 L.Cain cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .316 Hosmer 1b 3 1 1 0 1 2 .324 K.Morales dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 .299 S.Perez c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .288 Infante 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .254 Orlando rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .244 J.Dyson lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .186 Totals 30 6 7 6 4 8 New York 000 000 000—0 6 2 Kansas City 010 302 00x—6 7 0 E-Headley (8), E.Rogers (1). LOB-New York 9, Kansas City 5. 2B-A.Rodriguez (8), Beltran (11), Infante (11), Orlando (2). HR-S.Perez (5), off Capuano. RBIs-A.Escobar (15), K.Morales (30), S.Perez 2 (21), Infante (16), Orlando (6). SF-A. Escobar.

Runners left in scoring position-New York 5 (B.McCann, G.Jones 2, Gregorius 2); Kansas City 3 (A.Escobar 2, S.Perez). RISP-New York 2 for 7; Kansas City 3 for 8.

Runners moved up-J.Dyson. GIDP-L.Cain.

DP-New York 1 (Gregorius, Drew, Teixeira).

New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Capuano L, 0-1 3 4 4 4 2 4 63 12.00 E.Rogers 22⁄3 3 2 0 2 1 45 3.24 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 5 5.56 J.Wilson Shreve 2 0 0 0 0 2 25 2.35 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Volquez W, 3-3 7 3 0 0 0 5 101 2.74 W.Davis 1 1 0 0 2 2 28 0.00 Frasor 1 2 0 0 0 0 14 0.73 Capuano pitched to 4 batters in the 4th.

Inherited runners-scored-E.Rogers 2-1. HBP-by Volquez (Teixeira).

Umpires-Home, Chris Guccione; First, James Hoye; Second, Bill Welke; Third, John Tumpane.

T-3:03. A-31,251 (37,903).

with a low-90s fastball and paralyzing changeup, Volquez retired the first 11 batters he faced. Alex Rodriguez finally doubled off the wall in the fourth, but the Yankees were unable to get him home.

five and come back like that really showed some toughness. I’m proud of every one of these guys.”

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C Added Protacio: “I haven’t cried yet, which I coach is to be associated is good. I might later. with players, and it’s a spe- I’m not gonna make any cial day for our players, promises.” and I’m pleased with the Kansas State 030 210 000 — 6 7 1 way we ended.”

Kansas 000 330 30x — 9 14 1 W — Hayden Edwards, 2-2. L — Beck, who transferred Corey Fischer, 4-5. SV — Stephen to KU for the final two Villines, 13.

2B — Tyler Wolfe, KSU; Justin seasons of his college Dakota Smith, Michael career, said keeping the Protacio, Tinsley, Matt McLaughlin, Ryan Pidhaichuk, KU. 3B — Carter Yagi, KSU. emotions of his last game — Blair Beck, KU. in check proved difficult. HRKansas highlights — Sam Gilbert 3 “I just didn’t say a word IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 K; Stephen Villines 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 K; Justin Protacio 1-forto anybody,” he said. “If I 3; Connor McKay 1-for-5, R; Michael would’ve said something, I Tinsley 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI; Blair Beck HR, 3 RBI, 2 R; Dakota Smith would’ve cried like a baby. 2-for-5, 3-for-5, 2 R; Joven Afenir 2-for-4, 2 R; The emotions were re- Matt McLaughlin 1-for-3, RBI; Ryan ally high, and to be down Pidhaichuk 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI.

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LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division

New York Tampa Bay Boston Baltimore Toronto

W 22 21 18 16 17

L 17 18 20 19 22

Pct .564 .538 .474 .457 .436

GB WCGB L10 — — 4-6 1 1⁄2 6-4 31⁄2 3 5-5 4 31⁄2 4-6 5 41⁄2 3-7

Str L-1 W-1 L-1 W-1 L-5

Home Away 9-7 13-10 12-11 9-7 7-9 11-11 9-7 7-12 9-7 8-15

W 24 23 21 17 14

L 14 15 17 17 22

Pct .632 .605 .553 .500 .389

GB — 1 3 5 9

WCGB L10 — 6-4 — 6-4 — 6-4 2 7-3 6 4-6

Str Home Away W-1 13-6 11-8 L-1 11-8 12-7 L-1 14-6 7-11 W-5 10-5 7-12 L-1 6-12 8-10

W 25 19 17 16 13

L 13 18 20 22 26

Pct .658 .514 .459 .421 .333

GB WCGB L10 — — 7-3 51⁄2 11⁄2 7-3 71⁄2 31⁄2 6-4 9 5 4-6 121⁄2 81⁄2 1-9

Str Home Away W-5 13-9 12-4 L-1 10-9 9-9 W-1 11-10 6-10 W-1 6-13 10-9 L-4 5-14 8-12

Central Division

Kansas City Detroit Minnesota Chicago Cleveland

West Division

Houston Los Angeles Seattle Texas Oakland

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away New York Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

22 22 18 16 16

16 17 19 22 23

.579 .564 .486 .421 .410

— — — 31⁄2 3 6 51⁄2 61⁄2 6 1⁄2

4-6 8-2 5-5 3-7 6-4

W-2 15-4 W-3 10-6 W-3 8-8 L-3 8-10 W-5 12-10

7-12 12-11 10-11 8-12 4-13

Central Division

W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee

25 21 18 18 13

12 16 20 20 25

.676 .568 .474 .474 .342

— — 4 — 71⁄2 31⁄2 71⁄2 31⁄2 121⁄2 81⁄2

5-5 7-3 4-6 5-5 4-6

W-1 L-1 L-3 W-1 L-2

15-5 13-8 9-9 9-7 8-15

10-7 8-8 9-11 9-13 5-10

West Division

W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado

24 20 19 15 13

13 18 20 21 21

.649 .526 .487 .417 .382

— — 41⁄2 11⁄2 6 3 81⁄2 51⁄2 91⁄2 61⁄2

7-3 6-4 4-6 3-7 2-8

W-1 17-5 W-3 11-9 L-3 10-10 L-4 9-12 L-1 4-9

7-8 9-9 9-10 6-9 9-12

SCOREBOARD AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 3, L.A. Angels 0 Kansas City 6, Yankees 0 Tampa Bay 11, Minnesota 3 Houston 4, Toronto 2 Texas 5, Cleveland 1 White Sox 7, Oakland 3 Seattle 5, Boston 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE Atlanta 6, Miami 0 N.Y. Mets 5, Milwaukee 1 San Fran. 9, Cincinnati 8 Philadelphia 6, Arizona 0 Pittsburgh 3, Cubs 0 L.A. Dodgers 1, Colorado 0 Washington 10, San Diego 5

INTERLEAGUE St. Louis 2, Detroit 1

UPCOMING American League

TODAY’S GAMES L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 2-2) at Toronto (Aa.Sanchez 3-3), 12:07 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 1-5) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 3-1), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Pomeranz 2-3) at Houston (McCullers 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES Seattle at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Texas at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

National League

TODAY’S GAMES Arizona (R.De La Rosa 4-2) at Miami (Haren 4-2), 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lackey 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-1), 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 3-3) at Colorado (Lyles 2-3), 7:40 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES Arizona at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Colorado, 7:40 p.m.

Cubs at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

Interleague

TODAY’S GAME Milwaukee (Fiers 1-4) at Detroit (Lobstein 3-3), 6:08 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 6:08 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at K.C., 7:10 p.m.

LEAGUE LEADERS AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING-Brantley, Cleveland, .348; AGarcia, Chicago, .346; JIglesias, Detroit, .346; Fielder, Texas, .344; NCruz, Seattle, .340; Kipnis, Cleveland, .340; AJones, Baltimore, .336.

RUNS-Dozier, Minnesota, 29; Donaldson, Toronto, 28; Ellsbury, New York, 28; KMorales, Kansas City, 28; Trout, Los Angeles, 28; Cain, Kansas City, 27; 6 tied at 25.

RBI-MiCabrera, Detroit, 30; NCruz, Seattle, 30; KMorales, Kansas City, 30; Vogt, Oakland, 30; Hosmer, Kansas City, 29.

HOME RUNS-NCruz, Seattle, 15; Teixeira, New York, 11; MiCabrera, Detroit, 10; HRamirez, Boston, 10; ARodriguez, New York, 10; Trout, Los Angeles, 10; Valbuena, Houston, 10.

PITCHING-FHernandez, Seattle, 6-1; Keuchel, Houston, 5-0; Pineda, New York, 5-1; McHugh, Houston, 5-1.

ERA-Gray, Oakland, 1.61; Keuchel, Houston, 1.87; NMartinez, Texas, 1.88; Richards, Los Angeles, 2.29; FHernandez, Seattle, 2.30; Odorizzi, Tampa Bay, 2.36; Santiago, Los Angeles, 2.41.

STRIKEOUTS-Kluber, Cleveland, 64; Archer, Tampa Bay, 62; Pineda, New York, 55; FHernandez, Seattle, 55; Buchholz, Boston, 54.

SAVES-Perkins, Minnesota, 13; AMiller, New York, 13; Soria, Detroit, 12; Street, Los Angeles, 12; Gregerson, Houston, 10; Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 10.

NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING-DGordon, Miami, .420; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, .356; Galvis, Philadelphia, .347; Rizzo, Chicago, .344; Harper, Washington, .338 RUNS-Harper, Washington, 36; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 29; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 29; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 28; Myers, San Diego, 28; Upton, San Diego, 28; Simmons, Atlanta, 27.

RBI-Harper, Washington, 37; Stanton, Miami, 36; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 32; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 32; Zimmerman, Washington, 29.

HOME RUNS-Harper, Washington, 14; Frazier, Cincinnati, 12; Stanton, Miami, 11; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 10; Pederson, Los Angeles, 10; Upton, San Diego, 10; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 9.

PITCHING-BColon, New York, 6-2; Shields, San Diego, 5-0; Wacha, St. Louis, 5-0; Greinke, Los Angeles, 5-1; Harvey, New York, 5-1; SMiller, Atlanta, 5-1; GCole, Pittsburgh, 5-2.

ERA-SMiller, Atlanta, 1.33; Burnett, Pittsburgh, 1.38; Greinke, Los Angeles, 1.52; Scherzer, Washington, 1.75; Harang, Philadelphia, 2.03; Wacha, St. Louis, 2.06; Harvey, New York, 2.31.

STRIKEOUTS-Scherzer, Washington, 66; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 66; Shields, San Diego, 64; Lynn, St. Louis, 58; Cueto, Cincinnati, 56.

SAVES-Familia, New York, 13; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 13; Storen, Washington, 11; Grilli, Atlanta, 11; Kimbrel, San Diego, 10.

Monday, May 18, 2015

MAJOR-LEAGUE ROUNDUP

Marlins 2-hit; Redmond axed nings, striking out six.

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Hatcher H,6 1 0 0 0 0 2 Two hits weren’t Jansen S,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP-by Bolsinger (Arenado). enough to satisfy Marlins T-2:40. A-44,990 (56,000). owner Jeffrey Loria, who fired manager Mike Red- Giants 9, Reds 8 mond shortly after the Cincinnati — Brandon game. The Marlins are Belt homered for the off to a 16-22 start after a third time in three games, busy offseason.

Nori Aoki drove in three Redmond’s replace- runs, and Hunter Pence ment will be announced homered in his second today, the Marlins said. game back from a broken Bench coach Rob Leary forearm. was also fired.

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Atlanta Miami

ab r h bi ab r h bi Petersn 2b 4 1 2 2 DGordn 2b 4 0 1 0 Gosseln 3b 2 0 1 0 Prado 3b 4 0 0 0 ASmns ph-ss 3 0 0 0 Stanton rf 3 0 0 0 FFrmn 1b 5 0 1 1 Ozuna cf 2 0 0 0 Markks rf 4 1 1 0 Yelich lf 3 0 0 0 Cnghm lf 4 1 2 0 Morse 1b 2 0 0 0 Przyns c 4 1 1 1 Hand p 0 0 0 0 Ciriaco ss-3b 3 1 1 1 ISuzuki ph 1 0 0 0 Maybin cf 3 1 1 1 ARams p 0 0 0 0 SMiller p 3 0 0 0 Hchvrr ss 3 0 0 0 JSolano c 3 0 0 0 HAlvrz p 1 0 0 0 Bour 1b 2 0 1 0 Totals 35 6 10 6 Totals 28 0 2 0 Atlanta 050 001 000—6 Miami 000 000 000—0 DP—Atlanta 1. LOB—Atlanta 6, Miami 2. 2B— Peterson (2), Pierzynski (4), Ciriaco (2). SB—Maybin (4). S—S.Miller. SF—Ciriaco.

IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta S.Miller W,5-1 9 2 0 0 1 4 Miami H.Alvarez L,0-3 51⁄3 9 6 6 2 2 Hand 22⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 A.Ramos 1 1 0 0 0 1 WP—H.Alvarez.

T—2:15. A—23,075 (37,442).

ab r h bi ab r h bi Aoki lf 6 0 3 3 Cozart ss 4 0 0 0 Panik 2b 4 0 1 0 B.Pena c 4 2 1 0 Posey c 6 0 1 0 Votto 1b 4 1 1 0 Belt 1b 4 3 3 1 Frazier 3b 5 1 2 0 Pence rf 5 2 2 2 Byrd lf 5 1 1 1 BCrwfr ss 4 3 2 1 Phillips 2b 4 2 2 2 Romo p 0 0 0 0 Bruce rf 5 1 3 2 Casilla p 0 0 0 0 BHmltn cf 3 0 1 2 GBlanc cf 4 1 1 1 DeSclfn p 1 0 0 0 MDuffy 3b-ss 5 0 2 1 Mesorc ph 1 0 0 0 Heston p 2 0 0 0 RIgless p 0 0 0 0 Y.Petit p 1 0 0 0 Schmkr ph 1 0 1 0 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Cingrn p 0 0 0 0 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 Ju.Diaz p 0 0 0 0 Arias ph 1 0 0 0 Negron ph 1 0 0 0 McGeh 3b 1 0 1 0 Totals 43 9 16 9 Totals 38 8 12 7 San Francisco 042 010 110—9 Cincinnati 014 010 110—8 E-Pence (1), B.Crawford (4). LOB-San Francisco 12, Cincinnati 8. 2B-Belt (10), B.Crawford (8), G.Blanco (8), Votto (5), Schumaker (4). HR-Belt (3), Pence (1), Phillips (2), Bruce (7). SB-Aoki (10).

SF-B.Hamilton.

IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Heston 2 7 5 5 2 2 Y.Petit W,1-0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2⁄3 Lopez H,2 0 0 0 0 0 1⁄3 Kontos H,1 0 0 0 0 0 Affeldt H,4 12⁄3 2 2 1 1 0 1⁄3 Romo H,9 0 0 0 0 1 Casilla S,9-11 1 0 0 0 0 3 Cincinnati DeSclafani L,2-4 3 6 6 6 3 2 R.Iglesias 2 4 1 1 0 2 Cingrani 2 3 1 1 1 2 Ju.Diaz 1 1 1 1 0 1 A.Chapman 1 2 0 0 0 2 T-3:25. A-39,209 (42,319).

Pirates 3, Cubs 0 Chicago — A.J. Burnett (3-1) worked around five walks while allowing three hits in seven innings, and Pittsburgh stopped a four-game losNationals 10, Padres 5 ing streak.

San Diego — Stephen Pittsburgh Chicago Strasburg (3-4) rebound ab r h bi ab r h bi Polanc rf 4 0 0 0 Fowler cf 3 0 0 0 ed from a rough start NWalkr 2b 4 1 1 1 Bryant 3b 2 0 1 0 to beat his hometown McCtch cf 3 0 1 0 JHerrr 3b 2 0 0 0 Marte lf 4 0 1 1 Rizzo 1b 2 0 0 0 Padres for the fourth Kang ss 3 0 1 0 SCastro ss 3 0 1 0 straight time, allowing PAlvrz 1b 3 0 1 0 MMntr c 3 0 1 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0 Soler rf 4 0 0 0 three runs and five hits in Melncn p 0 0 0 0 Coghln lf 4 0 1 0 JHrrsn 3b 4 1 1 0 Arrieta p 2 0 0 0 five-plus innings, Cervelli c 4 1 2 1 D.Ross ph 1 0 0 0 Burnett p 2 0 0 0 Rosscp p 0 0 0 0 SRdrgz ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Schlittr p 0 0 0 0 Castillo ph 1 0 0 0 ARussll 2b 3 0 1 0 Totals 32 3 8 3 Totals 30 0 5 0 Pittsburgh 000 010 020—3 Chicago 000 000 000—0 E—Kang (2). DP—Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 1. LOB— Pittsburgh 6, Chicago 9. 2B—N.Walker (11), Marte (7), J.Harrison (9), A.Russell (9). CS—S.Castro (3), A.Russell (2). S—S.Rodriguez.

IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Burnett W,3-1 7 3 0 0 5 7 Watson H,8 1 1 0 0 1 0 Melancon S,9-10 1 1 0 0 0 1 Chicago Arrieta L,4-4 7 5 1 1 1 7 Rosscup 1 3 2 2 2 2 Schlitter 1 0 0 0 0 0 T—3:07. A—36,289 (40,929).

Washington San Diego

ab r h bi ab r h bi MTaylr cf 4 1 0 0 Spngnr 3b 4 0 0 0 Dsmnd ss 3 2 1 0 Almont cf 4 1 0 0 YEscor 3b 4 2 1 0 Kemp rf 4 1 2 1 Harper rf 4 3 3 4 Upton lf 3 2 3 2 Zmrmn 1b 3 1 1 1 Solarte 1b 4 0 0 1 TMoore lf 4 0 1 2 DeNrrs c 4 0 0 0 Loaton c 4 0 0 0 Gyorko 2b 4 1 2 1 Espinos 2b 3 1 1 3 Amarst ss 4 0 0 0 Strasrg p 3 0 0 0 Kenndy p 2 0 0 0 Roark p 1 0 0 0 Garces p 0 0 0 0 Solis p 0 0 0 0 Thayer p 0 0 0 0 Barmes ph 1 0 0 0 Kelley p 0 0 0 0 Hedges ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 10 8 10 Totals 35 5 7 5 Washington 000 034 300—10 San Diego 101 001 011— 5 DP-San Diego 1. LOB-Washington 3, San Diego 4.

2B-T.Moore (2), Kemp (9). 3B-Harper (1). HR-Harper (14), Espinosa (5), Upton 2 (10), Gyorko (2). SB-M. Taylor (4), Almonte (1). SF-Zimmerman.

IP H R ER BB SO Washington Strasburg W,3-4 5 5 3 3 1 7 Roark 3 1 1 1 0 1 Solis 1 1 1 1 0 1 San Diego Kennedy L,2-3 5 3 6 6 4 6 Garces 0 1 1 1 0 0 Thayer 2 4 3 3 1 2 Kelley 1 0 0 0 0 2 Benoit 1 0 0 0 1 0 T-3:04. A-37,032 (41,164).

Phillies 6, D’backs 0 Philadelphia — Sean O’Sullivan (1-2) allowed five hits in six innings for his first win in four years.

He had been 0-9 with a 7.19 ERA in 13 starts and five relief appearances since winning at Yankee Stadium for Kansas City Mets 5, Brewers 1 on May 12, 2011.

New York — Noah Syndergaard (1-1) earned his Arizona Philadelphia first major-league win, al ab r h bi ab r h bi Inciart lf 5 0 0 0 Revere lf 4 0 3 1 lowing one run and three Trumo rf 3 0 1 0 ABlanc 2b 5 0 0 0 Gldsch 1b 3 0 0 0 Sizemr rf 3 0 0 0 hits in six innings.

Pollock cf 4 0 1 0 Giles p 0 0 0 0 Tomas 3b 4 0 2 0 JGomz p 0 0 0 0 Hill 2b 4 0 2 0 Ruf 1b 3 2 2 1 Owings ss 4 0 1 0 Franco 3b 4 2 2 2 Pachec c 4 0 0 0 CHrndz ss 4 1 2 1 Cllmntr p 2 0 1 0 OHerrr cf 3 1 1 0 DPerlt ph 1 0 0 0 Rupp c 3 0 0 1 Delgad p 0 0 0 0 OSullvn p 2 0 0 0 JCRmr p 0 0 0 0 LGarci p 0 0 0 0 Pnngtn ph 0 0 0 0 Howard ph 1 0 1 0 Francr rf 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 0 8 0 Totals 32 6 11 6 Arizona 000 000 000—0 Philadelphia 010 102 02x—6 E-Inciarte (2). DP-Arizona 1, Philadelphia 1. LOBArizona 10, Philadelphia 8. 2B-Hill (5), C.Hernandez 2 (4). 3B-Franco (1). HR-Ruf (3), Franco (1). SB-Inciarte (5), Revere (7), O.Herrera (6). S-O.Herrera. SF-Rupp.

IP H R ER BB SO Arizona Collmenter L,3-5 6 6 4 4 2 1 Delgado 12⁄3 4 2 2 2 3 1 J.C.Ramirez ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia O’Sullivan W,1-2 6 5 0 0 2 4 L.Garcia 1 0 0 0 0 1 Giles 1 1 0 0 0 1 J.Gomez 1 2 0 0 1 0 WP-O’Sullivan.

T-2:52. A-22,123 (43,651).

Dodgers 1, Rockies 0 Los Angeles — Mike Bolsinger (2-0) pitched three-hit ball for six in-

Milwaukee New York

ab r h bi ab r h bi CGomz cf 2 0 0 0 Grndrs rf 5 1 1 1 GParra pr-cf 1 0 0 0 Campll 3b 3 2 2 1 KDavis lf 4 0 0 0 Duda 1b 3 0 2 1 Braun rf 4 0 1 1 Cuddyr lf 4 0 1 2 Lind 1b 4 0 1 0 DnMrp 2b 3 0 0 0 ArRmr 3b 4 0 0 0 Flores ss 4 0 1 0 Gennett 2b 2 0 0 0 Monell c 3 1 0 0 HGomz ph-2b 2 0 0 0 Syndrg p 3 0 0 0 Centen c 3 0 1 0 Glmrtn p 0 0 0 0 WPerlt p 1 0 0 0 CTorrs p 0 0 0 0 WSmith p 0 0 0 0 Robles p 0 0 0 0 JRogrs ph 0 0 0 0 Niwnhs ph 1 0 0 0 Broxtn p 0 0 0 0 Famili p 0 0 0 0 FrRdrg p 0 0 0 0 Lagars cf 4 1 2 0 Sardins ss 3 1 1 0 Totals 30 1 4 1 Totals 33 5 9 5 Milwaukee 000 001 000—1 New York 101 300 00x—5 E-Ar.Ramirez (1). DP-Milwaukee 1. LOBMilwaukee 6, New York 8. 2B-Centeno (1), Campbell (5), Duda 2 (14). HR-Granderson (5). SB-Lagares (3). S-W.Peralta.

IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee W.Peralta L,1-5 5 9 5 5 3 5 W.Smith 1 0 0 0 1 2 Broxton 1 0 0 0 0 0 Fr.Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0 0 New York Syndergaard W,1-1 6 3 1 1 1 5 1⁄3 Gilmartin 1 0 0 0 1 2 C.Torres ⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 Robles 1 0 0 0 0 1 Familia 1 0 0 0 0 0 T-2:49. A-32,422 (41,922).

estimated at 407 feet in the sixth just cleared the Cardinals 2, Tigers 1 wall in center and made St. Louis — Kolten it 4-1.

Wong hit a tiebreaking Cleveland Texas

ab r h bi ab r h bi home run in the sixth in- Kipnis 2b 3 1 1 0 Choo rf 3 1 0 0 ning, and Lance Lynn got DvMrp lf 4 0 2 0 DShlds lf 4 1 1 0 dh 3 0 1 1 Fielder dh 4 1 2 1 his fifth career RBI to Brantly Chsnhll 3b 4 0 0 0 Beltre 3b 3 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 Morlnd 1b 4 1 2 2 back his dominant pitch- Moss 1b Swisher rf 3 0 0 0 Andrus ss 3 0 1 0 ing as the Cardinals beat Bourn cf 4 0 1 0 LMartn cf 2 0 0 0 RPerez c 1 0 Rosales 2b 3 0 0 0 the Tigers to avoid a Walters ph 2 0 1 0 0 0 Chirins c 3 0 0 0 three-game sweep.

JRmrz ss 4 0 0 0 32 1 6 1 Totals 29 5 7 4 Miguel Cabrera’s RBI Totals Cleveland 000 010 000—1 011 002 01x—5 double in the first was Texas E—Swisher (1), N.Martinez (1). LOB—Cleveland the only damage against 10, Texas 3. 2B—Brantley (13), Moreland (6). HR— (2). SB—DeShields (10). CS—Bourn (3), Lynn (3-3), who gave a Moreland L.Martin (3). SF—Beltre.

IP H R ER BB SO weary bullpen a break before walking the last Cleveland Carrasco L,4-4 8 7 5 5 2 9 two batters he faced at Texas N.Martinez W,3-0 5 5 1 1 5 6 the end of his 71⁄3 in- Ohlendorf H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Scheppers H,3 2 0 0 0 0 0 nings.

Sh.Tolleson 1 1 0 0 0 2

Interleague

Detroit St. Louis

ab r h bi ab r h bi Gose cf 4 0 0 0 Heywrd rf 4 0 0 0 Kinsler 2b 3 1 2 0 MCrpnt 3b 4 0 2 0 MiCarr 1b 3 0 1 1 Hollidy lf 3 0 1 0 JMrtnz rf 4 0 1 0 JhPerlt ss 4 0 1 0 Cespds lf 4 0 0 0 MAdms 1b 3 0 0 0 Cstllns 3b 4 0 0 0 Rynlds ph-1b 1 0 1 0 JMcCn c 4 0 2 0 Molina c 4 0 2 0 Romine pr 0 0 0 0 Wong 2b 3 1 1 1 JIglesis ss 4 0 1 0 Bourjos cf 2 1 1 0 Simon p 2 0 0 0 Lynn p 2 0 1 1 VMrtnz ph 1 0 0 0 Maness p 0 0 0 0 AWilsn p 0 0 0 0 Grichk ph 1 0 0 0 Grzlny p 0 0 0 0 Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 1 7 1 Totals 31 2 10 2 Detroit 100 000 000—1 St. Louis 001 001 00x—2 DP-St. Louis 1. LOB-Detroit 7, St. Louis 10. 2B-Mi. Cabrera (7), J.McCann (4), Holliday (8), Molina (8). 3B-Bourjos (3). HR-Wong (5). SB-Kinsler (5).

CS-Wong (3). S-Lynn.

IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Simon L,4-2 6 7 2 2 4 4 2⁄3 A.Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 Gorzelanny 11⁄3 2 0 0 0 0 St. Louis Lynn W,3-3 71⁄3 6 1 1 2 7 2⁄3 Maness H,6 0 0 0 0 0 Rosenthal S,13-14 1 1 0 0 0 0 T-2:57. A-43,654 (45,399).

American League Orioles 3, Angels 0 Baltiimore — Mike Wright (1-0) allowed four hits, struck out six and walked none in 71⁄3 innings in his major-league debut. Brad Brach struck out the last two batters in the eighth, and Zach Britton worked the ninth for his eighth save.

Adam Jones scored on a wild pitch in the fourth inning and added a tworun double in the eighth to help Baltimore stop the Angels’ five-game winning streak.

Los Angeles Baltimore

ab r h bi ab r h bi Calhon rf 4 0 1 0 Machd 3b 3 1 1 0 Trout cf 4 0 0 0 Pareds dh 4 1 1 0 Pujols dh 4 0 2 0 A.Jones cf 4 1 2 2 Aybar ss 4 0 2 0 DYong rf 4 0 2 0 Giavtll 2b 4 0 0 0 C.Davis 1b 3 0 0 0 Freese 3b 3 0 0 0 Pearce 2b 3 0 0 0 Joyce lf 3 0 1 0 JHardy ss 3 0 0 0 C.Perez c 3 0 0 0 Snider lf 3 0 1 0 Krauss 1b 3 0 0 0 Lough lf 0 0 0 0 Joseph c 3 0 0 0 Totals 32 0 6 0 Totals 30 3 7 2 Los Angeles 000 000 000—0 Baltimore 000 100 02x—3 DP-Los Angeles 1, Baltimore 1. LOB-Los Angeles 5, Baltimore 4. 2B-Pujols (5), A.Jones (8).

IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Richards L,3-2 72⁄3 5 2 2 1 7 1⁄3 Morin 2 1 1 0 0 Baltimore M.Wright W,1-0 71⁄3 4 0 0 0 6 2⁄3 Brach H,2 0 0 0 0 2 Britton S,8-9 1 2 0 0 0 1 WP-Richards 2.

T-2:20. A-41,733 (45,971).

Mariners 5, Red Sox 0 Seattle — James Paxton (2-2) allowed five hits in eight innings, stretching his scoreless streak to a career-best 20 innings, and Carson Smith pitched a perfect ninth.

Brad Miller homered for the third time in two games, and Kyle Seager added a two-run drive in the eighth.

Boston Seattle

ab r h bi ab r h bi Betts cf 4 0 0 0 BMiller ss 4 1 1 1 Victorn rf 3 0 1 0 Ruggin rf 3 0 2 0 Pedroia 2b 3 0 0 0 Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 HRmrz dh 4 0 0 0 N.Cruz dh 3 1 0 0 Napoli 1b 4 0 0 0 Seager 3b 4 2 2 2 Sandovl 3b 4 0 0 0 Morrsn 1b 3 1 1 0 Bogarts ss 3 0 1 0 Weeks lf 3 0 1 0 B.Holt lf 3 0 2 0 Blmqst pr-lf 1 0 0 0 Swihart c 3 0 1 0 Ackley cf 3 0 0 0 Zunino c 3 0 1 1 Totals 31 0 5 0 Totals 31 5 8 4 Boston 000 000 000—0 Seattle 020 010 02x—5 DP-Seattle 1. LOB-Boston 6, Seattle 5. 2B-B. Holt (5), Ruggiano (3). HR-B.Miller (5), Seager (5).

CS-Ruggiano (1).

IP H R ER BB SO Boston S.Wright L,1-1 5 5 3 2 1 4 Barnes 1 1 0 0 1 1 Ogando 11⁄3 1 1 1 1 2 2⁄3 Breslow 1 1 1 0 0 Seattle Paxton W,2-2 8 5 0 0 2 2 Ca.Smith 1 0 0 0 0 1 PB-Swihart.

T-2:31. A-39,936 (47,574).

Rangers 5, Indians 1 Arlington, Texas — Mitch Moreland had a two-run homer after an earlier hit off the top of the wall as Texas avoided a three-game sweep.

After Moreland lined a double off the top of the right-field wall in the second that produced the first Texas run, his drive

HBP—by N.Martinez (Kipnis).

T—2:49. A—32,189 (48,114).

Astros 4, Blue Jays 2 Houston — Collin McHugh (5-1) struck out nine in seven innings, allowing two runs and six hits as Houston won its fifth straight. He is 14-7 with a 2.80 ERA in his last 27 starts dating to last May 27.

Toronto Houston

ab r h bi ab r h bi Carrer rf 4 0 1 0 Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0 Dnldsn 3b 2 0 0 0 Valuen 3b 4 1 1 1 Bautist dh 3 0 0 1 Springr rf 3 1 1 0 Encrnc 1b 3 0 0 0 Gattis dh 4 0 0 0 RuMrtn c 4 0 2 0 ClRsms lf 3 1 1 1 Colaell lf 4 1 1 0 Carter 1b 3 0 1 0 Pillar cf 4 0 1 0 Villar ss 3 1 2 1 Goins ss 2 0 0 1 Conger c 3 0 0 0 Smoak ph 1 0 1 0 Mrsnck cf 2 0 0 1 Valenci pr 0 0 0 0 StTllsn 2b 4 1 2 0 Totals 31 2 8 2 Totals 29 4 6 4 Toronto 001 100 000—2 Houston 100 101 10x—4 E-Marisnick (2). LOB-Toronto 8, Houston 4. 2B-Ru. Martin (9), Colabello (4), St.Tolleson 2 (3), Villar 2 (3). HR-Valbuena (10), Col.Rasmus (7). S-Carrera, Donaldson. SF-Bautista, Goins, Marisnick.

IP H R ER BB SO Toronto Buehrle L,5-3 8 6 4 4 2 5 Houston McHugh W,5-1 7 6 2 2 1 9 Neshek H,9 1 0 0 0 0 0 Gregerson S,10-11 1 2 0 0 0 1 T-2:22. A-25,307 (41,574).

Rays 11, Twins 3 Minneapolis — Evan Longoria drove in three runs and had two of Tampa Bay’s season-high 18 hits.

Chris Archer (4-4) allowed one run and four hits in six innings, and Kyle Gibson (3-3) gave up three runs and eight hits in five innings.

Tampa Bay Minnesota

ab r h bi ab r h bi Kiermr cf 4 2 2 1 Dozier 2b 3 2 1 0 JButler ph-rf 1 0 1 1 TrHntr dh 3 0 0 0 Forsyth dh 5 2 2 0 SRonsn ph 0 1 0 0 Longori 3b 6 1 2 3 Mauer 1b 3 0 1 1 Loney 1b 5 0 4 3 KVargs 1b 1 0 0 0 Guyer rf-cf 6 0 1 1 Plouffe 3b 3 0 1 0 DeJess lf 5 0 2 1 Bernier 3b 1 0 1 2 ACarer ss 4 0 0 0 EdEscr lf 4 0 0 0 TBckh ss 1 1 1 0 Hrmnn c 4 0 0 0 Frnkln 2b 5 2 2 0 ERosar rf 3 0 1 0 BWilsn c 4 3 2 1 Hicks cf 3 0 0 0 DSantn ss 3 0 1 0 Totals 46 11 19 11 Totals 31 3 6 3 Tampa Bay 002 015 003—11 Minnesota 100 000 002— 3 E-D.Santana (10). DP-Tampa Bay 2. LOB-Tampa Bay 12, Minnesota 3. 2B-Kiermaier (8), Forsythe (11), Loney (4), Franklin (1), Bernier (1). SB-E. Rosario (2), D.Santana (4). CS-DeJesus (1).

IP H R ER BB SO Tampa Bay Archer W,4-4 6 4 1 1 1 4 McGee 1 0 0 0 0 2 Cedeno 1 0 0 0 0 1 Frieri 1 2 2 2 1 2 Minnesota Gibson L,3-3 5 8 3 3 2 2 1⁄3 Duensing 2 3 3 1 0 2⁄3 Tonkin 3 2 2 0 2 Pressly 2 1 0 0 0 2 1⁄3 A.Thompson 4 3 3 0 1 2⁄3 Graham 1 0 0 0 1 HBP-by Tonkin (Forsythe). WP-Duensing.

T-3:17. A-23,708 (39,021).

White Sox 7, Athletics 3 Oakland, Calif.

— Avisal Garcia hit a two-run homer, Alexei Ramirez had two hits and two RBIs, and Jeff Samardzija (3-2) allowed three runs in eight innings as Chicago swept a series in Oakland for the first time in 18 years.

Jose Abreu and Gordon Beckham also drove in runs for the White Sox, who won their sixth straight for their longest winning streak in two years and reached .500 for the first time this season.

Chicago Oakland

ab r h bi ab r h bi Eaton cf 5 1 1 0 Burns cf 4 1 3 0 Bonifac dh 4 1 1 0 Semien ss 4 0 2 0 MeCarr lf 5 2 1 0 Reddck rf 3 0 1 0 Abreu 1b 4 1 1 1 BButler dh 4 0 1 1 AGarci rf 5 2 3 2 Vogt c 3 0 0 0 GBckh 3b 4 0 0 1 Crisp lf 3 1 0 0 AlRmrz ss 4 0 2 2 Lawrie 3b 4 0 0 0 Soto c 3 0 0 0 Muncy 1b 4 1 1 2 CSnchz 2b 4 0 1 0 Sogard 2b 4 0 0 0 Totals 38 7 10 6 Totals 33 3 8 3 Chicago 100 040 002—7 Oakland 000 210 000—3 E-Kazmir (1), Vogt (2), Semien 2 (13). DP-Chicago 2, Oakland 1. LOB-Chicago 8, Oakland 6. 2B-Eaton (8), C.Sanchez (1). HR-A.Garcia (4), Muncy (1).

SB-Burns (3). S-Bonifacio.

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Samardzija W,3-2 8 8 3 3 3 5 Putnam 1 0 0 0 0 1 Oakland Kazmir L,2-2 41⁄3 7 5 3 3 6 Otero 31⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 1⁄3 Abad 0 0 0 0 0 Clippard 1 2 2 2 0 2 T-2:56. A-33,195 (35,067).

SPORTS

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HALL OF FAME TRAINER BOB BAFFERT RUBS THE FACE OF AMERICAN PHAROAH as the Preakness-winning colt gets a bath outside the stakes barn Sunday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

Baffert eyes shot at Triple Crown

By Childs Walker The Baltimore Sun

Bob Baffert worried about his horse in the days after the Kentucky Derby.

American Pharoah had won, yes, but he hadn’t seemed himself on race day. The madhouse scene at Churchill Downs had worn him out.

So it was left to a record Preakness crowd to see the true majesty of Baffert’s champion as he rumbled through a monsoon to win by seven lengths. American Pharoah left no doubts about his status as the pre-eminent 3-year-old of a gifted crop. Now the question is whether he can handle the war of attrition that will culminate with a Triple Crown shot on June 6 in the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, N.Y. “That’s the American Pharoah we wanted to see the last time that we didn’t get to see,” Baffert said on Sunday morning at Pimlico Race Course.

“He gets into that stride and just does it effortlessly. He doesn’t give the other horses a chance at all to come to him.”

His horse was tired but seemed healthy and hungry after Saturday’s run through the muck.

Baffert knows as well as anyone how hard it is to win a Triple Crown.

The Hall of Fame trainer has taken three horses — Silver Charm in 1997, Real Quiet in 1998 and War Emblem in 2002 —

to the Belmont Stakes with shots to become the first to win it all since Affirmed in 1978.

Silver Charm and Real Quiet suffered two of the most excruciating near misses among the list of 13 horses who’ve tried and failed over the past 37 years.

If recent history is any guide, the last chapter of American Pharoah’s quest will be the hardest.

He’ll have to deal with the 11⁄2-mile distance at Belmont and the wear from running a third time in five weeks, neither a familiar challenge for a modern thoroughbred.

Most difficult of all, he’ll face a field of fresh horses, many of whom have been resting since the Derby, waiting to take him down.

Those contenders could include trainer Todd Pletcher’s Materiality and Carpe Diem and Kiaran McLaughlin’s Frosted, who won the Wood Memorial in New York and finished fourth in the Derby. Other likely challengers are Preakness runner-up Tale of Verve and Pletcher’s Madefromlucky, who will try to follow the same path as Tonalist in 2014 — jumping from a victory in the Peter Pan Stakes to a win in the Belmont.

It was Tonalist’s defeat of California Chrome that inspired new questions about the fairness of the Triple Crown series, given the lighter schedules favored by most

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SCOTT DIXON, CENTER, CELEBRATES WITH WIFE EMMA, LEFT, and daughter Tilly, 3, after qualifying on the pole for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday in Indianapolis.

That meant he had to adapt on the fly.

Heading into Sunday, the Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver thought his No. 9 car was good enough to end the Penske monopoly.

But when Ed Carpenter’s primary car went airborne in the morning practice, the third Chevrolet car to do that this week, team owners, engine manufacturers and series officials huddled in Gasoline Alley to find a solution.

NHL Playoffs

CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers 1, Tampa Bay 0 Saturday, May 16: N.Y. Rangers 2, Tampa Bay 1 Today: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 20: N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 22: N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. x-Sunday, May 24: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers 7 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 26: N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. x-Friday, May 29: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Anaheim 1, Chicago 0 Sunday, May 17: Anaheim 4, Chicago 1 Tuesday, May 19: Chicago at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Thursday, May 21: Anaheim at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 23: Anaheim at Chicago, 7 p.m. x-Monday, May 25: Chicago at Anaheim, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 27: Anaheim at Chicago, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, May 30: Chicago at Anaheim 7 p.m.

27. (14) Takuma Sato, Honda, 02:41.2718 (223.226) 28. (63) Pippa Mann, Honda, 02:41.3600 (223.104) 29. (98) Gabby Chaves, Honda, 02:41.4958 (222.916) 30. (17) Sebastian Saavedra, Chevy, 02:41.5086 (222.898) 31. (41) Jack Hawksworth, Honda, 02:40.9022 (223.738) 32. (4) Stefano Coletti, Chevy, 02:42.1617 (222.001) 33. (88) Bryan Clauson, Chevy, 02:42.6328 (221.358)

Wells Fargo Championship

Sunday at Quail Hollow Club Charlotte, N.C. Purse: $7.1 million Yardage: 7,562; Par 72 Final Rory McIlroy (500), $1,278,000

70-67-61-69—267 Patrick Rodgers, $624,800

68-68-70-68—274 Webb Simpson (245), $624,800

67-67-68-72—274 Phil Mickelson (115), $293,467

71-66-71-68—276 Gary Woodland (115), $293,467

70-71-68-67—276 Robert Streb (115), $293,467

65-69-71-71—276 Geoff Ogilvy (88), $228,975

69-69-71-68—277 Justin Thomas (88), $228,975

69-73-65-70—277 Jason Bohn (73), $184,600

72-68-69-69—278 Brendan Steele (73), $184,600

69-69-68-72—278 Shawn Stefani (73), $184,600

69-70-70-69—278 Kevin Streelman (73), $184,600

69-71-70-68—278

Regions Tradition

Sunday At Shoal Creek Shoal Creek, Ala. Purse: $2.3 million Yardage: 7,231; Par: 72 Final x-won on 1st playoff hole x-Jeff Maggert (690), $345,000

67-67-68-72—274 Kevin Sutherland (404), $202,400

68-66-69-71-274 Jeff Hart (302), $151,225

71-69-68-69-277 Gene Sauers (302), $151,225

70-70-68-69-277 Michael Allen (178), $89,413

70-67-74-68-279 Bernhard Langer (178), $89,413

73-66-70-70-279 Tom Lehman (178), $89,413

76-66-68-69-279 Kenny Perry (178), $89,413

70-69-70-70-279 Fred Funk (124), $62,100

70-69-67-74-280 Tom Pernice Jr. (124), $62,100

71-70-68-71-280

modern trainers. California Chrome’s co-owner, Steve Coburn, lashed out against Tonalist’s connections, calling their decision to skip the first two legs of the Triple Crown “a coward’s way out.”

The reality is, few trainers want to run their horses so many times in a condensed period.

This has become the great drama of the Triple Crown series, especially since the demise of a bonus system that gave NASCAR XFINITY-3M 250 owners and trainers a fiSunday at Iowa Speedway Open de Espana nancial incentive to run Newton, Iowa Sunday at Real Golf Club El Prat all three races. Pletcher, Lap length: .875 miles Barcelona, Spain (Start position in parentheses) Purse: $1.68 million for example, has made 1. (4) Chris Buescher, Ford, 259 laps. Yardage: 7,326; Par: 72 no bones about his aver2. (6) Chase Elliott, Chevy, 259.

Final 3. (1) Erik Jones, Toyota, 259.

James Morrison 70-71-68-69—278 sion to running in the 4. (3) Brian Scott, Chevy, 259.

Miguel Angel Jimenez 72-71-72-67—282 Preakness. He cares less College Women 5. (13) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 259.

Edouard Espana 68-69-76-69—282 6. (8) Darrell Wallace Jr., Ford, 259. about the sanctity of the Big 12 Championship Francesco Molinari, 72-69-70-71—282 7.

(14) Ben Rhodes, Chevy, 259.

David Howell 71-69-69-73—282 Triple Crown than about Sunday at Oak Ridge, Tennessee 8. (5) Brandon Jones, Chevy, 259.

Emiliano Grillo 70-70-72-71—283 (determined by finish in all five 9. (10) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 259. winning the $1.5 million races) Jose Manuel Lara 70-76-72-66—284 10.

(11) Brendan Gaughan, Chevy, Jorge Campillo 74-70-70-70—284 Team scores: Texas 137, Belmont Stakes for his 259.

Wade Ormsby 77-71-72-65—285 Oklahoma 107, K-State 89, Kansas clients.

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(7) Regan Smith, Chevy, 259.

Maximilian Kieffer 73-70-76-66—285 80, West Virginia 52.

12. (16) Ryan Reed, Ford, 259.

Pelle Edberg 70-73-75-67—285 “Belmont’s our home Big 12 Rowing Championship Final 13.

(18) John Wes Townley, Chevy, Eduardo De La Riva 66-77-74-68—285 track and we’ve done Results 259.

Soren Kjeldsen 70-76-70-69—285 Automatic Qualifier 14. (9) Ty Dillon, Chevy, 258.

Darren Fichardt 66-73-73-73—285 pretty well in the Bel- (determined on finish in 1V8, 2V8 15. (19) Jeremy Clements, Chevy, 258. Richie Ramsay 74-73-72-67—286 and 1V4 races) mont Stakes,” he said re16.

(20) David Starr, Toyota, 258.

Johan Carlsson 70-76-72-68—286 Team scores: Texas 48, Oklahoma 17. (21) Ryan Sieg, Chevy, 257. cently. “We’ve done well 36, Tennessee 34, K-State 32, Gregory Bourdy 69-73-75-69—286 18. (2) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 257.

Mikko Korhonen 71-73-73-69—286 by either not running in Alabama 22, Kansas 22, West 19. (24) Cale Conley, Toyota, 257.

David Horsey 69-77-71-69—286 Virginia 16, Old Dominion 6.

20. (25) Landon Cassill, Chevy, 257. the Derby … or taking the Kansas results Ben Evans 73-73-71-69—286 21. (15) Dakoda Armstrong, Ford, 257. An Byeong-hun 72-70-72-72—286 First Varsity Eight (Grand Final) – five weeks. It seems to 22. (23) Blake Koch, Toyota, 256.

5. Mary Slattery (Coxswain), Maggie work well for us.”

23. (40) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, 256.

Duncan Brooke Thuston, Claudijah 24. (29) Todd Bodine, Chevy, 255.

Baffert doesn’t blame Lever, Allison Schaaf, Jennifer 25. (30) Jamie Dick, Chevy, 255.

Hartzler, Maddie Irelan, Julia Alvey, his colleagues for swoop26. (22) Boris Said, Toyota, 254.

Lexie Lanphere, 7:00.24.

MLS 27. (31) Joey Gase, Chevy, 253. ing in with fresh horses.

Second Varsity Eight (Petite Final) EASTERN CONFERENCE 28. (33) Peyton Sellers, Chevy, 252.

– 1.

Kenzie Obrochta (Coxswain), “I understand because

W L T Pts GF GA 29. (36) Derrike Cope, Chevy, 247.

Olivia Loney, Tessa Scott, Kaelyn D.C. United 6 2 3 21 13 9 30. (37) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 247. they figure if they can’t Thierolf, BriAnna Dittberner, Alexa New England 5 2 4 19 15 11 31. (39) John Jackson, Dodge, 247, win this, why put them Fowlkes, Ally Fullerton, Jordan 30.3.

New York 4 1 5 17 14 9 Helms, Katherine Young, 7:15.45.

4 4 2 14 15 12 32. (17) Ross Chastain, Chevy, acci- Columbus through it,” he said of trainFirst Varsity Four (Grand Final) – dent, 215.

Orlando City 3 5 3 12 13 14 ers skipping the Preakness. 3. Mallory Miller (Coxswain), Kate Toronto FC 3 5 1 10 13 14 33. (27) Eric McClure, Toyota, acciErin Brogan, Mackenzie dent, 160.

Chicago 3 5 1 10 9 12 “It just shows the respect Cropp, Klaver, Madison Hovis, 7:52.19.

2 7 3 9 11 21 34. (26) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, accident, Philadelphia they have for American Second Varsity Four (Grand Final) 151.

NYC FC 1 6 4 7 9 14 Montreal 1 3 2 5 7 9 Pharoah. They’ll try to – 2. Sarah Lasini (Coxswain), Jackie 35. (32) Ryan Ellis, Toyota, electriKylee Dewey, Angie Allen, cal, 99.

WESTERN CONFERENCE catch him when he’s may- Adamle, Casey Kelly, 7:51.18.

W L T Pts GF GA 36. (35) B.J. McLeod, Chevy, brakes, Third Varsity Eight (Grand Final) 68. be a little bit more vulnerFC Dallas 6 2 3 21 17 13 – 3. Briana Pina (Coxswain), Allie Vancouver 6 4 2 20 14 11 37. (28) Harrison Rhodes, Chevy, able. It’s something you Griffin, Danielle Gibson, Payton Seattle 6 3 1 19 17 9 suspension, 42. can’t control.”

Vedders, Emily Ruble, Brittney 5 4 2 17 12 11 38. (12) Brennan Poole, Chevy, San Jose

Dixon snares Indy pole Indianapolis (ap) — One minute, Scott Dixon thought the numbers were a mistake.

The next, he was sitting on the Indianapolis 500 pole.

On one of the strangest qualifying days in Indy history, Dixon overcame rules changes, a revised schedule, the threat of rain and Team Penske’s powerful four-car lineup to earn his second Indy pole with a four-lap average of 226.760 mph.

Will Power and Simon Pagenaud, who drive for Roger Penske, will start second and third on May 24 after going 226.350 and 226.145. Penske had won eight straight poles.

“I was definitely a little shocked with the first number when I saw it,” Dixon said. “I thought the steering wheel was broken but broken in a good way. Yeah, it’s a tough week, no matter which way you look at it, the curveballs that you get with the weather, but you understand that’s part of the month of May.”

Big 12 Championships Sunday at Ames, Iowa Day 3 of 3 Final women’s team scores: Texas 141, Kansas State 129.5, Texas Tech 103, Kansas 101, Baylor 96, Oklahoma 79, Oklahoma State 62, Iowa State 59, West Virginia 32, TCU 15.

Final men’s team scores: Texas 151, Texas Tech 126.75, Oklahoma 107, Baylor 93, Kansas 85.25, Oklahoma State 69, TCU 67, Kansas State 62, Iowa State 58.

Kansas results Women’s high jump – 5. Colleen O’Brien, 1.81 meters; T-6. Grace Pickell, 1.76 meters; T-9. Lindsay Vollmer, 1.71 meters.

Women’s discus throw – 3.

Daina Levy, 50.96 meters; 7. Dasha Tsema, 49.07 meters; 9. Anastasiya Muchkayev, 48.07 meters.

Women’s 4x100 relay – 4. Lindsay Vollmer, Sydney Conley, Zainab Sanni, Jasmine Thomas, 45.21.

Men’s 4x100 relay – 5. Jaron Hartley, Jaime Wilson, Michael Stigler, Tre Daniels, 40.65.

Women’s 3,000 steeplechase – 5.

Courtney Coppinger, 10:47.12; 7.

Kelli McKenna, 11:00.19.

Men’s 3,000 steeplechase – 10. Ben Burchstead, 9:49.92.

Women’s 1,500 – 3. Hannah Richardson, 4:29.34.

Men’s 1,500 – 4. Josh Munsch, 4:07.61.

Men’s discus – 6. Mitchell Cooper, 54.37 meters; 7. Nicolai Ceban, 53.82 meters; 8. Jonathan Miller, 51.24 meters; 11. Paul Golen, 45.56 meters; 12. Kenny Boyer, 40.54 meters.

Women’s 100 hurdles – 7. Lindsay Vollmer, 13.80.

Men’s 110 hurdles – 6. Michael Stigler, 14.12.

Men’s 400 – 6. Kenneth McCuin, 47.11.

Women’s 100 – 4. Sydney Conley, 11.31; 5. Zainab Sanni, 11.47 meters.

Men’s triple jump – 5. Ezekiel Welch, 14.97 meters; 6. Barden Adams, 14.90 meters.

Women’s 800 – 5. Whitney Adams, 2:11.70; 7. Rhavean King, 2:12.07.

Men’s 800 – 5. Anthonio Humphrey, 1:50.93.

Women’s 400 hurdles – Daria Cook, 1:04.46.

Men’s 400 hurdles – 1. Michael Stigler, 49.67.

Women’s 200 – 7. Zainab Sanni, 23.63.

Women’s 5,000 – 10. Sharon Lokedi, 17:08.61; 20. Nashia Baker, 17:38.28; 22. Hannah Richardson, 17:44.11; 25. Alaina Schroeder, 17:52.08; 27. Malika Baker, 18:05.85; 28. Courtney Coppinger, 18:15.41; 31. Jennifer Angles, 18:28.58; 32. Kelli McKenna, 18:36.23.

Men’s 5,000 – 4. Josh Munsch – 14:35.27; 10. James Wilson, 14:56.27.

Women’s 4x400 – 4. Zainab Sanni, Rhavean King, Whitney Adams, Adriana Newell, 3:41.16.

Men’s 4x400 – 4. Tre Daniels, Kenneth McCuin, Jaime Wilson, Michael Stigler, 3:10.05.

CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta vs. Cleveland Wednesday, May 20: Cleveland at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 22: Cleveland at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 24: Atlanta at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 26: Atlanta at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 28: Cleveland at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. x-Saturday, May 30: Atlanta at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. x-Monday, June 1: Cleveland at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State vs. Houston Tuesday, May 19: Houston at Golden State, 8 p.m.

Thursday, May 21: Houston at Golden State, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 23: Golden State at Houston, 8 p.m.

Monday, May 25: Golden State at Houston, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 27: Houston at Golden State, 8 p.m. x-Friday, May 29: Golden State at Houston, 8 p.m. x-Sunday, May 31: Houston at Golden State, 8 p.m.

They settled on removing the extra horsepower for qualifying and instructed all teams to use race setups, a combination that sent 34 drivers trying to make the May 24 race scrambling.

Despite the steep drop in speeds, Dixon somehow had enough to move into the top spot 25 minutes into qualifying, then hung on as 29 other drivers took shots at knocking him down a notch on the 33-car starting grid. None could.

Railsback, Margaret Winter, Kristen Byrd, Bailey Brandon, 7:21.90.

parked, 39.

39. (34) Charles Lewandoski, Toyota, brakes, 4.

40. (38) Carl Long, Toyota, electrical, 0.

NBA Playoffs

INDY 500 Lineup

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 4, Chicago 2 Monday, May 4: Chicago 99, Cleveland 92 Wednesday, May 6: Cleveland 106, Chicago 91 Friday, May 8: Chicago 99, Cleveland 96 Sunday, May 10: Cleveland 86, Chicago 84 Tuesday, May 12: Cleveland 106, Chicago 101 Thursday, May 14: Cleveland 94, Chicago 73 Atlanta 4, Washington 2 Sunday, May 3: Washington 104, Atlanta 98 Tuesday, May 5: Atlanta 106, Washington 90 Saturday, May 9: Washington 103, Atlanta 101 Monday, May 11: Atlanta 106, Washington 101 Wednesday, May 13: Atlanta 82, Washington 81 Friday, May 15: Atlanta 94, Washington 91 WESTERN CONFERENCE Houston 4, L.A. Clippers 3 Monday, May 4: L.A. Clippers 117, Houston 101 Wednesday, May 6: Houston 115, L.A. Clippers 109 Friday, May 8: L.A. Clippers 124, Houston 99 Sunday, May 10: L.A. Clippers 128, Houston 95 Tuesday, May 12: Houston 124, L.A. Clippers 103 Thursday, May 14: Houston 119, L.A. Clippers 107 Sunday, May 17: Houston 113, L.A. Clippers 100 Golden State 4, Memphis 2 Sunday, May 3: Golden State 101, Memphis 86 Tuesday, May 5: Memphis 97, Golden State 90 Saturday, May 9: Memphis 99, Golden State 89 Monday, May 11: Golden State 101, Memphis 84 Wednesday, May 13: Golden State 98, Memphis 78 Friday, May 15: Golden State 108, Memphis 95

After Sunday qualifying; race Sunday, May 24 At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (9) Scott Dixon, Chevy, 02:38.7579 (226.760) 2. (1) Will Power, Chevy, 02:39.0458 (226.350) 3. (22) Simon Pagenaud, Chevy, 02:39.1900 (226.145) 4. (10) Tony Kanaan, Chevy, 02:39.6428 (225.503) 5. (3) Helio Castroneves, Chevy, 02:39.6439 (225.502) 6. (25) Justin Wilson, Honda, 02:39.8022 (225.279) 7. (11) Sebastien Bourdais, Chevy, 02:39.8626 (225.193) 8. (27) Marco Andretti, Honda, 02:39.8659 (225.189) 9. (21) Josef Newgarden, Chevy, 02:39.8670 (225.187) 10. (6) JR Hildebrand, Chevy, 02:39.9297 (225.099) 11. (26) Carlos Munoz, Honda, 02:39.9703 (225.042) 12. (20T) Ed Carpenter, Chevy, 02:40.0830 (224.883) 13. (32) Oriol Servia, Honda, 02:40.1585 (224.777) 14. (83) Charlie Kimball, Chevy, 02:40.1828 (224.743) 15. (2) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevy, 02:40.2446 (224.657) 16. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 02:40.3041 (224.573) 17. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, 02:40.5064 (224.290) 18. (18) Carlos Huertas, Honda, 02:40.5473 (224.233) 19. (29) Simona de Silvestro, Honda, 02:40.8304 (223.838) 20. (7) James Jakes, Honda, 02:40.8651 (223.790) 21. (19) Tristan Vautier, Honda, 02:40.8960 (223.747) 22. (48) Alex Tagliani, Honda, 02:40.9140 (223.722) 23. (8) Sage Karam, Chevy, 02:41.0051 (223.595) 24. (5) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 02:41.0602 (223.519) 25. (43) Conor Daly, Honda, 02:41.0865 (223.482) 26. (24) Townsend Bell, Chevy, 02:41.1119 (223.447)

Houston 4 4 4 16 16 15 Sporting KC 3 2 5 14 13 13 Los Angeles 3 4 5 14 11 15 Real Salt Lake 3 3 5 14 10 15 Portland 3 4 4 13 10 12 Colorado 1 2 7 10 9 9 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Saturday’s Games Montreal 4, Real Salt Lake 1 Seattle 2, Vancouver 0 New England 1, Toronto FC 1, tie Houston 3, Portland 1 Sporting Kansas City vs. Colorado, ppd San Jose 2, Columbus 0 Sunday’s Games Orlando City 4, Los Angeles 0 Philadelphia 1, D.C. United 0 Wednesday, May 20 New England at Sporting KC, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 22 Chicago at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Houston at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 23 Portland at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.

D.C. United at New England, 6:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Sporting KC at Seattle, 9 p.m.

NYC FC at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.

Sunday, May 24 Philadelphia at New York, 4 p.m.

Orlando City at San Jose, 6 p.m.

Internazionali BNL d’Italia

Sunday at Foro Italico Rome Purse: Men, $3.68 million (Masters 1000); Women, $2.18 million (Premier) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men Championship Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def.

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, 6-4, 6-3.

Women Championship Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def.

Carla Suarez Navarro (10), Spain, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Doubles Men Championship Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero, Spain, def. Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (5), Spain, 6-4, 7-5.

Championship Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (3), France, def. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, 6-4, 6-3.

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Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to Valeo Behavioral Health Care, Human Resources, 5401 SW 7th Street, Topeka, KS 66606 or email to apply@valeotopeka.org.

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Receptionist & Lineman (Both part-time)

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Ready Mix Co is looking for qualified drivers.

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New Sprouts Farmers Market Opening Soon in Lawrence, KS! Now Hiring for Cashiers and Department Clerks!

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Automotive Experienced auto tech needed. Pay based on experience. Must provide your own basic set of tools. Benefits include company paid health care, vacationholiday, 401k. Apply between 7am-4pm at Hamm Companies, 609 Perry Place, Perry, KS. Equal Opportunity Employer

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Healthcare

Case Manager Elizabeth Layton Center seeks full-time bachelor level Case Manager to work with adults meeting the criteria for Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) in achieving treatment goals. Experience preferred. Good driving record required.

Open until filled.

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Public Service Executive KDHE Bureau of Family Health in Topeka is seeking a manager to oversee activities of the Kansas Reproductive Health and Family Planning program. Requires one year of experience in program evaluation and planning, fiscal and project management and policy development or a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Public Administration or related field. Go online for details about this position (Req#179964) and how to apply at www.jobs.ks.gov E.O.E

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James Kimmel aka James L. Kimmel, Sheryl R. Adelman aka Sheryl Adelman Kimmel, Jane Doe, John Doe, and United States Bankruptcy Trustee Eric C. Rajala, et al., Defendants Case No. 15CV167 Court No. 3 Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 NOTICE OF SUIT STATE OF KANSAS to the above named Defendants and The Unknown Heirs, executors, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability and all other person who are or may be

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MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURLOT 2, IN BLOCK 8, IN IN- POSE. DIAN HILLS NO. 2 AND RE________ PLAT OF BLOCK 4, INDIAN HILLS, AN ADDITION TO (First published in the THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, Lawrence Daily JournalAS SHOWN BY THE RE- World May 18, 2015) CORDED PLAT THEREOF, IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, KAN- IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SAS. TAX ID NO.U16652 DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS for a judgment against defendants and any other inIn the Matter of the terested parties and, unEstate of less otherwise served by MAX LEROY DOUGHERTY, personal or mail service of Deceased. summons, the time in which you have to plead to Case No.: 2015-PR-059 the Petition for ForecloPursuant to K.S.A. sure in the District Court of Chapter 59.

Douglas County Kansas will expire on June 29, NOTICE OF HEARING AND 2015. If you fail to plead, NOTICE TO CREDITORS judgment and decree will be entered in due course THE STATE OF KANSAS TO upon the request of plain- ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: tiff.

You are hereby notified that on May 4, 2015, a PetiMILLSAP & SINGER, LLC tion was filed in this Court

by MICHAEL S. JACOB, an By: heir, devisee and legatee, Chad R. Doornink, #23536 and proposed Administracdoornink@msfirm.com tor, C.T.A. of the Will of 11460 Tomahawk Creek MAX LEROY DOUGHERTY, Parkway, Ste. 300 deceased, dated March 23, Leawood, KS 66211 2015, praying the instru(913) 339-9132 ment attached thereto be (913) 339-9045 (fax) admitted to probate and record as the Last Will and By: /s/ Tiffany T. Johnson Testament of the deceTiffany T. Johnson, #26544 dent; Letters Testamentjohnson@msfirm.com tary under the Kansas SimAnthony L. Smith II, #26593 plified Estates Act be isasmith@msfirm.com sued to the Administrator, Garrett M. Gasper, #25628 C.T.A. to serve without ggasper@msfirm.com bond.

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All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

MICHAEL S. JACOB, Petitioner STEVENS & BRAND, L.L.P. Winton A. Winter, Jr., #09930 Matthew H. Hoy, #18469 900 Massachusetts, Ste. 500 PO Box 189 Lawrence KS 66044-0189 (785) 843-0811 Attorneys for Petitioner ________

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Couple’s friends neglect to bring wedding gifts Dear Annie: My daughter recently married for the first time.

Her attendants were her three best friends.

Their friendship goes back 20 years, and they still regularly get together for a girls’ night out.

My daughter attended all of their weddings. For each, she hosted a bridal luncheon. At her rehearsal dinner, my daughter presented them with necklaces and earrings, and her groom gave the groomsmen specially ordered gifts.

Can you imagine my shock to find out that none of these best friends gave the couple a wedding gift?

Only the best man and one groomsman (the bride’s brother) came with gifts. There was nothing from the remaining groomsman,

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who brought a date.

This man has known my daughter since childhood.

One of these friends recently made the comment that she has a year to give a gift. The same comment was made by the mother of the groom, who also showed up emptyhanded.

What is wrong with these people?

My daughter said it’s no big deal, but I know

‘Bachelorette’ doubles the dating, drama What’s two times zero? The latest incarnation of “The Bachelorette” (8 p.m., ABC) will debut over two nights. Is that because, for the first time, there will be two bachelorettes?

Faithful watchers will surely recognize Britt Nilsson and Kaitlyn Bristowe, two eager rose-gatherers left crestfallen

by Chris Soules.

Much like Sisyphus — the mythical Greek character doomed to repeatedly roll a boulder up a hill and watch it roll back again, over and over for eternity — host Chris Harrison will greet the twin lovelies at the front door of the faux-mansion. There they can watch as limousines filled with eager swains arrive to participate in these hot-tub games, a curious blend of mating-ritual and alpha-dogs marking their territory.

Over the course of what only seems like a thousand seasons, “Bachelorette” has morphed (or is that mutated?) into its own entertainment spectacle. Look for famous personalities to arrive over the course of the season, including potty-mouthed comic Amy Schumer, boxer Laila Ali, rap star Doug E. Fresh, the Cranberries and the cast of the Broadway adaptation of “Aladdin.”

The “Bachelorette” debut continues tomorrow evening before returning to its usual slot on May 25.

Tonight’s other highlights

Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg star in the 2012 romantic comedy “Celeste and Jesse Forever” (7 p.m., CW).

Customs agents retain Sophie’s wedding dress on “2 Broke Girls” (7 p.m., CBS).

On second thought on “Mike & Molly” (7:30 p.m., CBS).

Animal Planet’s “Monster Week” continues with “River Monsters” (8 and 9 p.m.).

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appears on “The Kelly File” (8 p.m., Fox News).

A Georgia town reacts to changing, and unchanging, attitudes toward race in the documentary “Southern Rites” (8 p.m., HBO).

Undercover in Moscow on “NCIS: Los Angeles” (9 p.m., CBS).

Neil DeGrasse Tyson hosts author Richard Dawkins on “StarTalk” (10 p.m., National Geographic).

BIRTHDAYS Actor Robert Morse is 84.

Country singer George Strait is 63. Actor Chow Yun-Fat is 60.

Comedian-writer Tina Fey is 45.

she is hurt. I cannot imagine attending any wedding without giving a gift to the bridal couple. Even a token present would have been nice. Please give these thoughtless people an etiquette lesson.

— Appalled Mother of the Bride

be taken or lost or the card separated from the package.

Please don’t assume these people are ignoring an obligation to give your daughter and her new husband a wedding present. They deserve the benefit of the doubt, at least for a while longer. And under no circumstances should you be riling up your daughter about her guests’ generosity or lack thereof. These are her gifts and her guests, and she gets to handle the situation however she chooses.

Dear Appalled: Take a deep breath.

We understand your frustration, but you are making unfair assumptions. It is not written in stone that gifts be brought to the wedding, although it is preferable to send one within three months. (Thank-you notes need to be written as soon as a gift is opened.) We also believe it is best if guests send their gift to the — Send questions to house, rather than anniesmailbox@comcast.net, bringing it to the wedor Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box ding where it could

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Monday, May 18: This year you open up to unique and challenging situations. You will see your universe quite differently from how you have up until now. If you are single, you will meet someone during the colderweather months who will affect your life. If you are attached, the two of you will deal with a lot of different issues that life presents.

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 could feel overwhelmed by everything that needs to be done. Tonight: Return a pal’s call.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) You might not know what to do about a problem that arises unexpectedly. Know when to stop pushing. Tonight: Use care with your finances.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) You’ll be nearly unstoppable once you decide to head down a certain path. Tonight: In the limelight.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) You might want to understand someone else’s motivation, as he or she seems to be pushing you hard. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) You might have been a little too concerned with material gain in the past few days. Tonight: In the spur of the moment.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You’ll be sure of yourself and will want to make a difference. Handle necessary work and other pressing matters. Tonight: On top of your game.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Refuse to allow negativity to infiltrate your work.

Detach from what seems to be holding you back. Tonight: Use your energy well.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You can’t always allow someone else to dominate as much as he or she would like to.

Tonight: Go along with a suggestion.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You could be stubborn right now and not even realize it when speaking to others. Tonight: Be responsive to a request.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You are full of surprises, yet you’ll continue on your path, focused on your priorities. Tonight: Pace yourself.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You’ll look around and see how somber a friend seems to be. Be careful when dealing with this person. Tonight: Be naughty.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Be direct in your dealings, and confirm that others have heard you clearly. Tonight: Stay close to home.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker May 18, 2015

ACROSS 1 Doe’s dear 5 Reach for the stars 11 Big ___ (London landmark) 14 Hawaiian city 15 Trumpet relative 16 “... ___ he drove out of sight” 17 Question for a Canadian tree?

19 Id’s counterpart 20 Truthfulness 21 Cleric ranking below a priest 23 N.Y. summer setting 24 A Kennedy 26 Cheerleader’s cheer 27 Like some cakes 29 Support in chicanery 32 Entree fowl 35 Not one card short of a deck 37 Scene of the William Tell legend 38 Starting points 41 Nighttime visitor of folklore 43 Ms. Taylor 44 Saroyan’s “My Name Is ___” 46 View from an overlook 47 Knock silly 49 Startled

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12 “Cogito, ___ sum” 13 Advertising sign 18 South and central Pacific islands 22 Not quite the majors 25 Sheepherding areas 27 Fire fuel 28 Genetic material 30 Latin I word 31 Rocking Turner 32 More than cool 33 Pavarotti solo 34 Delivered tree?

36 To make poisonous 39 Large lobbying grp.

40 Famed vaccine developer

52 Massachusetts cape 54 Calvin or Robert 55 Put two and two together 58 Small pet 61 It keeps one up at night 63 Inventor Whitney 64 What the paranoid tree-phobic person shouts?

66 Dad’s room, perhaps 67 Exact restitution 68 Comstock, for one 69 A musician might pick it? (Var.) 70 Less easygoing 71 Like Easter eggs DOWN 1 Get rid of a five o’clock shadow 2 Tuckered out 3 On one’s toes 4 “The Duchess of Alba” painter 5 Sharpness of perception 6 Apply balm to 7 What God hears 8 Type of stain 9 Swamp thing 10 It put people to sleep, once 11 Lazy trees?

42 “How ___ this happen?”

45 Drags through the mud 48 Unpopular slice 50 Fail to keep a promise 51 Title that’s usually abbreviated 53 Jack Sprat’s dietary restriction 55 Rankle 56 Electron tube 57 Not fashionable 58 Helen of Troy’s mother 59 “Potpourri for 400, ___” 60 Donate 62 Canasta term 65 Stimpy’s cartoon friend

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