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$14.5M hotel project to locate near Rock Chalk Park Town Talk

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he wait is over for a commercial project to locate next to the city and KU’s Rock Chalk Park sports complex in northwest Lawrence. Developers have announced they’ve signed a deal for a $14.5 million hotel project.

A Wichita group has plans to build a 120-room Best West-

Will be site’s first commercial development ern Plus hotel on the property, which is just south of KU’s track and field stadium and the city’s Sports Pavilion Lawrence recreation center and fieldhouse.

More importantly, the hotel

project represents the first commercial development to happen at the property. City officials have been eagerly awaiting commercial development to occur at the site, after having invested

about $23 million in public money to build the parking and other infrastructure for the Rock Chalk Park sports complex.

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Airbnb to begin tax collection

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Short-term rentals, which city code bans, to be re-examined

By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

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A PROCESSION OF PEOPLE ATTENDING A MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AND RECEPTION walk from Strong Hall to the Kansas Union Monday on the University of Kansas campus. The event included a performance by KU’s vocal music group Genuine Imitation and a panel discussion exploring King’s legacy in relation to current social justice issues.

Rep. Ballard recalls own civil rights activism

By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

It was 1965, and Barbara Ballard — then just a sophomore at a St. Louis college — desperately wanted to go to Montgomery, Ala., to participate in the march being organized by

Martin Luther King Jr. Ballard, though, needed permission from her parents before she could take the school-sanctioned trip to Alabama. But civil rights activists were being beaten and killed in Alabama. Ballard, now a Democratic state representative for

Lawrence, recalled on Monday one of her conversations with her father.

“If you are worried about me dying, I can die anywhere,” Ballard remembers telling her father, a retired drill sergeant.

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The City of Lawrence doesn’t profess to profit from illegal businesses, but soon it will start getting tax revenue from an industry that is outlawed by its own city code.

Thousands of guests rent rooms or entire houses in Lawrence each year via I think the online booking com- cities need pany Airbnb, to address and starting next month this topic the company somehow, will begin au- because it’s t o m a t i c a l l y out there.” collecting and remit- — Scott McCullough, ting state and Lawrence director local taxes of planning and for those development transactions.

Those rentals, though, are currently a violation of local ordinances.

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Chamber poll: Taxes, health costs are top policy concerns

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Topeka — The Kansas Chamber released survey results Monday that showed taxes and health care costs are the top public policy concerns among business owners and leaders in the state,

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City staff members are working on a report on the topic, expected to be completed in a few months, but some local leaders say they are frustrated that Lawrence hasn’t acted faster to address the issue.

“It’s already here; there’s no doubt that it’s here,” said City Commissioner Matthew Herbert.

“And so this, to me, is just a classic example of we need to stop making criminals out of perfectly good citizens.”

Airbnb, one of the most popular platforms for short-term rentals, announced Monday that it had made an agreement with the Kansas Department of Revenue to collect and remit taxes via its website. For Lawrence, that includes both a local sales tax and a 6 percent transient guest tax.

In the past year, rentals from Airbnb have more than doubled in Lawrence, growing from 2,000 guests to 4,600, according to data provided by Airbnb to the Journal-World.

For 2016, those rentals brought in $440,000 for Lawrence hosts.

Lawrence’s revenue on Airbnb made the city the most popular Airbnb destination in the state, easily beating out cities such as Wichita, Overland Park and Topeka.

Airbnb, which began in 2009, is just one such website that provides a short-term rental service. Other similar sites include HomeAway and Rent Like a Champion.

Once the report on the topic is complete, it will be up to city commissioners to decide what they want to do with the information provided, which city officials say will include various factors, from zoning to business regulation.

“I think cities need to address this topic somehow, because it’s out there,” said Scott McCullough, director of planning and development. “What should our position be on all these different topics — the zoning, the neighborhood impact, the taxation, the business regulation — because we just haven’t asked those questions yet.”

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Missing money Currently, there are 110 properties listed on Airbnb for the Lawrence area, ranging in price from $15 to $1,500 per night.

The new tax agreement will go into effect Feb. 1, and is not retroactive.

The Kansas agreement is the 15th such agreement in the U.S., according to Airbnb. Statewide, Kansas hosts earned $2.1 million from approximately 20,000 guests last year.

The agreement will replace the previous method that put responsibility to collect and remit state and local taxes on each individual host. However, that’s a responsibility that local hosts haven’t abided by.

The city has no taxing authority, and all local taxes are collected and then remitted to the city by the state. Bryan Kidney, the city’s finance director, said he’s not aware of any such payments being remitted.

Though before an agreement is in place, Kidney said there wasn’t a mechanism in place for hosts to pay their taxes.

“I have access to all the reports, and I’m not aware of any non-hotelier, any short-term place that would be doing it,” Kidney said.

Starting in February, the transactions in Lawrence will automatically pay state and local sales taxes, as well as the additional 6 percent Lawrence transient guest tax, according to Ben Breit, of Airbnb Midwest.

For the $440,000 made on Airbnb for 2016, that would amount to a total of 7.55 percent, made up of 6 percent for the guest tax and 1.55 percent in local sales tax, Kidney said.

Those rates work out to about $32,000 in taxes that the city missed out on last year.

That $32,000 amounts to a fraction of a percent of the city’s approximately $87 million general fund budget for 2016. At the same time, the city’s guest tax also helps fund local events through a $150,000 grant program, which is set to provide support to 15 events this year.

A new system Airbnb started with a few guys renting out air mattresses in their apartments in San Francisco, Breit said. He said it wasn’t until a year ago

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LAWRENCE that the company began making agreements with states and cities to allow its transactions to automatically collect and remit applicable taxes.

“Ultimately, the responsibility for the taxes is with the host,” Breit said. “And that is still the case, even though we’re collecting and remitting for them now.

It’s not our money, it’s their money.”

Kidney said the city would likely get its first payment sometime in April, following the completion of the first month of the new agreement.

But Herbert said he thinks the impact that short-term rentals have on the local economy isn’t just about potential tax revenue for the city, but also about the revenue that residents are able to make by renting their homes or rooms in their home.

Herbert, a high school teacher, also runs a rental management company in Lawrence, but says he doesn’t run any shortterm rentals. He said his mother-in-law owns a property in Douglas County that is listed on Airbnb — he said his wife helps with the online booking process — as a means to offset medical bills. He said it’s an example of how residents use Airbnb to help make ends meet.

“In a lot of cases, these are people that are doing it to try to keep their mortgage paid,” Herbert said. “We talk about affordable housing in this community, and too often we restrict that to just people being able to pay their rent, things of that nature.”

City code The upcoming tax changes could hasten the need for the city to decide how it wants to address the industry.

In 2016, Lawrence’s largest spikes in Airbnb guests occurred during big football weekends such as the Nov. 12 game against Iowa State, the Nov. 29 game against Texas and the Oct. 22 game against Oklahoma State, according to Airbnb. The most expensive rental — $1,500 per night with accommodations for up to 10 people — is a listing that notes its proximity to Memorial Stadium.

Hosts can rent out an entire house or just one

room, and the latter accommodation accounts for about 60 percent of Lawrence properties, according to Airbnb.

Breit said that all Airbnb properties, regardless of arrangement, will be subject to the new tax agreement.

And as of now, no matter the type of accommodation, all violate local ordinance if located within the city limits.

Because the code doesn’t allow for shortterm rentals, McCullough said that currently there isn’t even a system in place for hosts to get their properties licensed to run such a business.

“There is really no permit available for it,” McCullough said. “Our code just doesn’t allow it. You’ve got to be a bed and breakfast or a hotel or a motel to do transient accommodations.”

Complaints Despite the lack of regulation, there is still some city oversight for shortterm rentals.

McCullough said that the city will ask a host to stop renting their property if a complaint is received.

“We’re not ignoring it,” McCullough said. “We’re actively enforcing when we get a complaint.”

In general, McCullough said, complaints are from neighbors, and two such complaints were received last year. He said that, typically, any complaints have been associated with the impact of transient use on the neighborhood.

“Just the unknown of who is in the house next door, what new cars are in the neighborhood, the traffic that it brings, and the potential to become a party house, if not a party house for that weekend,” McCullough said. “And so it’s what differentiates the traditional, singlefamily residential neighborhood from transient accommodations. There’s a reason that zoning has that distinction.”

McCullough said in those instances, the city’s initial response is to send a letter asking the host to cease operating, and further action can be pursued if the host does not comply. Given his experience in the rental market in Lawrence, Herbert said he actually sees a short-term rental as having less impact on

Rock Chalk Park as part of a new golf course/apartment development.

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— Pat Peery, broker who is part of the team hired to market the The sports complex “And it is showing better property near Rock Chalk Park to retailers was envisioned to be a all the time. We have had magnet for commercial a large number of inquidevelopment, but the ries from out-of-town commercially-zoned land University of Oklahoma Goods, to name two — developers.”

Peery said the prophas sat empty since the campus. have bypassed the propsports complex opened Plans call for the hotel erty in favor of the south erty’s selling points for retailers are that it has in late 2014. to be near the southwest Iowa Street corridor.

“We’re excited to be corner of George WilPat Peery, a broker with good access to Sixth Street and to the nowthe lead-off tenant in this liams Way and Rock Kansas City based Lane4 completed South Lawproject,” Steve Martens, Chalk Drive, or basically Property Group, is part rence Trafficway.

CEO of The Martens right at the entrance of of the team that has been “The growth on the Companies and its hotel the sports complex. hired to market the propsubsidiary, Hospitality The property slated for erty to retailers. The hotel west side of town is very positive,” Peery said. “It Development of Amerithe hotel already has the project is welcome news is where the future is ca, said in a release. necessary zoning for the for their efforts to lure heading, and people can Martens, who is a project to proceed. Look retailers to the site.

1975 graduate of KU, for construction of the “I think it certainly will see that.”

Peery said the site’s said he’s enjoyed watch- four-story building to behelp,” Peery said. “We location also allows it ing the “dynamic and gin this summer, and for it are glad to have a hotel. quality growth in west to open in early 2018.

It always was in our plan to market to retailers Lawrence” over the past It will be interesting to to have at least one hotel. who want to attract the several years. He said watch whether this hotel We still have a couple of eastern Topeka market. the new hotel will be He said that was a selldevelopment serves as a major retail businesses designed to tap into two ing point for the hotel catalyst for more develop- that are considering the key markets in Lawrence: ment to come. The area project. The hotel comlocation. We are antravelers coming for ath- near Rock Chalk Park can ticipating at some point pany believes it is close letic events and families enough to the Kansas accommodate several we’ll be able to make an with teens touring poten- hundred thousand square announcement on that Statehouse to compete tial college locations. well with hotels that are feet of retail development. front. And when that The Best Western Plus Local businessmen Steve situated on the far west happens, that really will brand features an indoor Schwada and Tim Fritzel side of Topeka. help things along.” pool and an expanded Thus far, the traffic genare leading the group that Retail developers have fitness area, and emphaerated by Rock Chalk Park is trying to attract tenants expressed concern that sizes an open, airy design to the property. hasn’t been a big selling the property near Sixth in rooms and public point for traditional retailThe site is one of the Street and George Wilareas of the hotel. The ers. The amount of traffic few in town that is prop- liams Way doesn’t yet hotel will be operated by erly zoned to accomcoming and going from have enough homes Hospitality Management modate big box retailers, around it, but that is the complex isn’t likely to LLC, which operates four and the development be enough to be a decidchanging. Single-family other Best Western and ing factor on whether a group hasn’t been shy in homes are being built in Choice Hotel properties making it known that it the Oregon Trail addition big box store locates at in Kansas and Oklahoma. has tried to court Costco just east of the property, the site. But Peery said the It recently opened a Best for the site. But several and nearly 600 living units sports complex traffic will Western Plus in Norbe a major selling point big box retailers — Men- worth of apartments are man, Okla., next to the for restaurants. He preards and Dick’s Sporting being built just east of

The growth on the west side of town is very positive. It is where the future is heading, and people can see that.”

L awrence J ournal -W orld the neighborhood than a long-term rental because there’s often a greater need to keep the property in good shape.

“I don’t see this as something that’s going to come in the community and start destroying and eroding our neighborhoods,” Herbert said.

“The impact that longterm rentals have on a residential neighborhood is going to be far greater than the impact that Airbnb would ever have.”

Still, Herbert acknowledged that the industry has its critics who say it encroaches on existing local hotels. Several local hotel operators did not return calls for this article. However, Herbert said that home-sharing and short-term rentals are where trends are heading.

“We’re just asking for these individuals to be given a chance to operate in the same free market that everyone else operates in,” Herbert said. “To me, it’s no different than (the ride-sharing company) Uber; taxi companies don’t like Uber, but this is kind of a 21st-century shared economy.”

Potential changes When considering zoning and regulation, the report will include a summary of what other cities are doing. McCullough said the report will indicate how cities similar in size and characteristics to Lawrence are handling short-term rentals.

McCullough said that information can be used by commissioners to decide whether they want to address the regulation of short-term rentals, and what might that procedure look like should they elect to do so.

McCullough said information is still being gathered for the report, which is not yet in its first draft.

He said he expected it to be complete and brought before the City Commission within the next few months.

“What we haven’t done, and what this research will help us get direction to, is understand if we want to take a different direction with it and build codes that accommodate the use,” McCullough said.

— City Hall reporter Rochelle Valverde can be reached at 832-6314. Follow her on Twitter: @RochelleVerde

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dicts several restaurants will want to locate on the property, but he said the development needs that first big retailer to come in and build out infrastructure before the group can aggressively market to restaurants.

Getting that first big retailer is always the hardest part of any development. But if the first retailer — especially if it is a big one like a Costco — does come, the area BIRTHS is poised to be a major shopping area.

David and Lisa Hodges, One concept plan Lawrence, a boy, Monday. that often is pitched to potential tenants shows a 140,000 square foot big box store on one end, a 100,000 square foot store on the other, with space for 13 other smaller CORRECTIONS retailers in between. In total, the concept plan The Journal-World’s shows about 640,000 policy is to correct all square feet of commersignificant errors that are cial space around about brought to the editors’ 3,000 parking spaces. attention, usually in this The concept plan is space. If you believe we almost certain to change, have made such an error, as the hotel project will call 785-832-7154, or email require some alterations, news@ljworld.com. but it does give you an idea of the scope of development the group is hoping for. As for the timing of when the next major announcement may come at the site, Peery directed me to Schwada. I haven’t yet heard back from him, but I’ll let you know if I do.

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

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Filing deadline for local races is now in June, not January

By Elvyn Jones ejones@ljworld.com

In past odd-numbered years, this would have been the time local candidates for city government and school board positions would be making their plans known to the county clerk and the voting public.

But that changed with a law passed by the Kansas Legislature in 2015, said Heather Dill with the Douglas County Clerk’s office. No longer is the filing deadline for city and school board positions in January. Now, the filing deadline is noon on June 1. Gone too are the spring elections. Now, candidates will have an Aug. 8 primary, if needed, and the gen-

Plus, a look at area seats on the 2017 ballot eral election will be on Nov. 7.

Primaries will only be scheduled if the number of candidates who file is more than three times the number of seats up for grabs, Dill said. In the case of both the Lawrence City Commission and the Lawrence school board, that means more than nine candidates will have to file before a primary election is needed.

Here’s a look at city government and school board seats that will be on the 2017 ballot: l Lawrence City Commission: Three commission seats will be on the ballot. Incum-

bents in those seats are Commissioners Mike Amyx, Matthew Herbert and Lisa Larsen. l Lawrence school board: Three of the board’s seven seats will be on the ballot. Incumbents in those positions are Kristie Adair, Marcel Harmon and Vanessa Sanburn. l Baldwin City Council: The city’s mayoral position will be on the ballot. Marilyn Pearse is the incumbent. Two of five city council seats will be on the ballot. Incumbents are Christi Darnell and Kathy Gerstner. l Baldwin school board: Three of seven school board

seats will be on the ballot.

They are the District 3, Position 6 seat of incumbent Ivan Huntoon, the District 1, Position 4 seat of Greg Kruger and the District 2, Position 5 seat of incumbent Nikki Tiller. If more than three candidates file for any of the positions, the primary for that seat will be limited to registered voters living within its geographic boundaries. The general election for the seats will be open to all voters in the district. l Eudora City Commission: Two of five commission seats will be on the ballot. Incum-

Suspect in robberies, dog’s death transferred

By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com

A Kansas City man accused of playing a part in a string of armed robberies in Lawrence this summer is now in the custody of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

In the early morning hours of June 6, police said three armed men approached three victims in three locations and robbed them.

In each robbery, the suspects used a shotgun,

and in one case, a dog was shot to death while on a walk with its owner, p o l i c e said.

A Walker small SUV thought to be involved in the crimes was recovered soon after the incidents, but no additional information was released on the continuing investigation.

Just under a month later, Pierre Percy Walker, 19, was arrested in Wyandotte County on suspicion of aggravated robbery.

Police said in July that Walker’s Wyandotte County arrest was unrelated to the incidents in Lawrence. However, the Lawrence Police Department placed a detainer on Walker, meaning once he was released from the Wyandotte County Jail, he would be transferred to Douglas County to face additional charges.

Douglas County Jail booking logs show Walker was booked into the jail Friday night on suspicion of one felony count of cruelty to animals and three felony counts of aggravated robbery.

Walker is held in jail in lieu of a $150,000 bond.

Police have not said whether investigators have identified any other suspects.

— Public safety reporter Conrad Swanson can be reached at 832-7284.

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As classes start, recall 2016’s top KU stories

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he first classes of 2017 start today on the University of Kansas campus. What’s in store this year at KU? Will it be as newsy as last year?

I can predict some of the big stories that will happen at KU in 2017. The university will get a new chancellor. Major construction will continue, and some new buildings will be completed.

Concealed guns will be allowed on campus starting July 1, unless the Legislature changes the law first.

Several Title IX related lawsuits against KU will continue through the courts, if not be resolved.

But lots of the biggest news stories are unpredictable.

Here’s a look back at my picks for the top KU stories of 2016. There’s a combination of things we saw coming (new provost, more gun policy work) and unexpected news (someone cut the internet cable to the whole university — whoops!). I narrowed it down to a baker’s dozen: l 13 — Carlton Bragg arrest, freedom: KU basketball fans were refreshing their screens all day when KU basketball player Carlton Bragg Jr. was arrested and charged with battery after a dispute with his girlfriend.

But within days Bragg was exonerated based on a security video, and the girlfriend ended up charged with battery instead. l 12 — Diversity demands: KU’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Group released its recommendations, which are prompting some ongoing action at KU. The group’s report included scathing criticism of KU’s Student Senate, honors program, required curriculum, international student recruitment and attention to students, faculty and staff from underrepresented groups. l 11 — State budget cuts: The JournalWorld’s newsroom staff picked the state’s fiscal problems as the top local story of 2016. Offshoots it produced include multimillion dollar cuts to KU’s budget. l 10 — Andrea Quenette out: The assistant professor who shot into

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bents are Jolene Born and Tim Reazin. l Eudora school board: Three of the seven board positions will be on the 2017 ballot.

Incumbents are Mike Kelso, Joe Hurla and Eric Votaw. l Lecompton City Council: The mayoral position of incumbent Sandy Jacquot will be on the ballot. Two of five city council seats will be on the ballot. Tim McNish and Elsie Middleton are the incumbents. l Lecompton school board: Board positions in districts 1, 2 and 3 will be on the ballot.

Incumbents are Tiffany Ball, Gene Barrett and Traci Eddy.

— County reporter Elvyn Jones can be reached at 832-7166. Follow him on Twitter: @ElvynJ

BRIEFLY 3 sex crime reports made since Friday Three sex crimes have been reported in Lawrence since Friday.

Lawrence Police Department activity logs show individual sex crimes were reported on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The first was reported at 2:36 p.m. Friday, the second was reported at 4:54 p.m. on Saturday and the third was reported at 10:12 p.m. on Sunday, the logs show.

It is unclear where the reports were taken because the addresses for the incidents are redacted in the activity logs.

Lawrence Police Department representatives did not immediately respond to questions Monday morning about the reports.

As of Monday morning, no arrests in the Douglas County Jail booking logs bear incident numbers matching any of the

reported sex crimes.

Proposal would undo campus carry Topeka (ap) — A few Kansas lawmakers are seeking to undo a law that will allow concealed guns in public hospitals and colleges.

The proposal would permanently exempt several types of health care facilities and colleges from a law that allows guns in public buildings.

Supporters of allowing campuses to ban concealed guns are hopeful because the Legislature is more moderate than it was when the law passed in 2013.

Overland Park Republican Rep. Stephanie Clayton and Wichita Democratic Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau plan to introduce bills written

by Sen. Barbara Bollier, a Mission Hills Republican.

access to KU server-based way, two completed and state testing in more than one renovated — that’s a whole lot for one year. a dozen states. l 5 — Nobel Peace — This is an excerpt from Prize: Colombian PresiSara Shepherd’s Heard on the dent Juan Manuel Santos, Hill column, which appears on a KU graduate, won the LJWorld.com.

Nobel Peace Prize. l 4 — New provost: The university hired School of Business Dean and KU grad Neeli Bendapudi as its new provost to replace Jeff Vitter. Bendapudi started in July. sshepherd@ljworld.com l 3 — Sexual assault lawsuits: Two women national news when she who said they were was suspended after using sexually assaulted by the the n-word during a class same football player in discussion on race was Jayhawker Towers both essentially fired by KU. sued KU in 2016 under While KU’s investigation Title IX. A Kansas Confound Andrea Quenette sumer Protection Act did not violate the unisuit by the same women versity’s nondiscriminaand their parents claimed tion or racial and ethnic KU was misleading the harassment policies, she public by representing didn’t pass muster on the campus housing as safe. progress toward tenure The suits continue to get review she underwent national attention. l 2 — Chancellor leavaround the same time. l 9 — Cheerleader ing: Bernadette Gray-LitSnapchat scandal: Four tle, the school’s first black KU cheerleaders were and first female chancelsuspended from the lor, announced in Septemsquad for a Snapchat ber that she’ll step down photo featuring three after this school year. The of them in ‘K’ sweaters search for a new chancelwith the caption “Kkk go lor has begun. l 1 — KU construction trump.” None of them and new buildings: In my are cheering anymore; opinion, while it might not three resigned and one be the most scandalous or graduated in December. l 8 — Gender buttons: clickable, this is the bigEmployees in several gest and most permanentKU units started wearing ly transformative story nametags or buttons dis- going at KU right now.

As Pioneer Ridge Independent Living gets ready to open, playing their preferred Construction began in we’re setting our sights on finding caring, positive staff gender pronouns, one of 2016 on the $350 milthat will provide excellent customer service to residents in a few gender inclusivity lion KU Central District our upscale community. This will be a great opportunity efforts going on at KU. redevelopment project, to join our team of high-energy professionals and work at l 7 — Campus carry thought to be the univerpolicy created: KU and sity’s largest-ever conLawrence’s newest senior living building. the other state universistruction project and a ties worked all year on target of criticism by some Positions we will be interviewing their policies to implelawmakers for its novel for (full and part-time): ment the impending funding model. By the end campus concealed carry of the year, a new science Maintenance law. The Kansas Board building, student union, Housekeeping of Regents approved the residence and dining hall, policies in December. apartment complex and Cook l 6 — The great fiber parking garage were all cut of 2016: On March starting to take shape.

Baker 29, construction crews In addition to Central Dietary Aide inadvertently cut through District buildings, cona critical section of fiber struction continued on Servers between the Price Comthe $78.5 million Earth, Energy and Environment puting Center and the Night & Weekend Concierge Staff Ellsworth Data Center on Center. Construction Administrative/Concierge Representative was completed on $70.5 Daisy Hill. The cut shut down the internet at most million Capitol Federal Hall and the $21.7 million of the Lawrence campus Call Steve Cardwell at 785-749-6785 for and the Edwards Campus DeBruce Center. And the more information. in Overland Park; in some Spencer Museum of Art buildings the outage lasted also reopened following an $8 million, year-and-afor days; no KU websites half-long renovation. worked; and it even shut Six buildings underdown schoolchildren’s

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EDITORIALS

EEEC enhances KU’s image New facilities for geology and chemical and petroleum engineering show university’s transformation.

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he progress being made on the Earth, Energy and Environment Center at the University of Kansas is simply another example of the remarkable transformation ongoing at the state’s flagship university.

The EEEC will house KU’s geology department, as well as part of the chemical and petroleum engineering department. Work began in August 2015 on the $78.5 million, 141,000-square-foot project. It is scheduled to be completed in November 2017, with the first classes to be held in spring 2018.

The EEEC will be a research center for energy development and the environment with opportunities for partnership with industry, university officials said. The department of geology’s work includes studying groundwater, natural resources, environmental cleanup and the impact of climate change, as well as oil, gas and geothermal energy.

Private donations funded about half the center’s cost, with KU funding the other half. The two buildings that make up the center are named for KU alumni with ties to the oil and gas industry, including the late Don Slawson, a 1955 KU graduate who founded a successful oil and gas exploration firm, and 1954 KU graduates Scott and Carol Ritchie. Scott Ritchie founded Ritchie Exploration Inc., an oil and gas exploration company, in 1963.

The EEEC will bring geology labs and classrooms currently spread across multiple buildings under one roof. Joining them will be chemical and petroleum engineering spaces, namely those related to the oil and gas industry.

The EEEC’s design features lots of glass, atriums and collaboration spaces.

“The idea is to invite the outside world into our campus,” said Robert Goldstein, KU distinguished professor of geology and associate dean for natural sciences and mathematics. “Everything is visible.”

Some of the features of the new EEEC include a virtual reality cave, the 232seat Beren Petroleum Center that will be used for lectures and by industry professionals for small conferences, floating meeting rooms enclosed in glass and situated on bridges inside the atrium and multiple labs, faculty offices and conference rooms.

The project was designed by Gould Evans of Lawrence.

The EEEC building is one of several recently completed or ongoing projects that are transforming the university campus. This year, KU opened the $70.5 million Capitol Federal Hall, which houses the School of Business, completed a $6.9 million remodeling project at the Spencer Museum of Art, and began construction on the $350 million Central District project, which includes residential and dining halls as well as the $117 million Integrated Science Building.

The building boom at KU is possible in large part by the five-year, $1.6 billion “Far Above” fundraising campaign.

In all, 16 new buildings will be funded by the campaign. All serve to enhance KU’s image, not only in Kansas but across the country.

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Challenge us; don’t coddle us The late William Safire, a certified wordsmith who had been a speechwriter for President Richard Nixon before becoming a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, concluded, after reading 56 of them, that there had been only four great presidential inaugural addresses: Abraham Lincoln’s first and second, Franklin Roosevelt’s first, and John F. Kennedy’s only.

As a low-ranking private first class in the United States Marine Corps then, I listened to the Kennedy speech and still remember being moved by his summons to the responsibilities of citizenship: “So, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.’’ Sensitive to his narrow popular-vote victory over Nixon just two months earlier, Kennedy was careful to avoid any partisan domestic issues and instead spoke of our collective commitment to the survival of our nation’s security and liberty, for which he pledged, ‘’We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any

Mark Shields

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When Ronald Reagan ran for president, 412 of the 535 members of Congress had served in the military. In the 115th Congress today, less than one in five have worn the uniform.” friend, oppose any foe.’’

Like three in four male Americans of my generation — and because of a military draft that, if you could see lightning and hear thunder, took you — I served in the United States military. ‘’Back then,’’ as Karl Marlantes, a Marine combat veteran of Vietnam and the author of “Matterhorn,’’ writes, “it was called ‘the service.’ Today, we call it ‘the military.’’’ Then, it

was a broadly accepted obligation of citizenship; today it’s an optional vocation answered by less than 1 percent of Americans. When Ronald Reagan ran for president, 412 of the 535 members of Congress had served in the military. In the 115th Congress today, less than one in five have worn the uniform.

Then, because of the draft, almost every American family had an intensely personal interest in U.S. foreign policy. War was not a policy debate. War was not a spectator sport.

Families in every American neighborhood knew well that war could — and did — kill people whom you knew and even loved and made neighbors into widows and orphans.

What made the draft work so well from before Pearl Harbor up until Vietnam was — as the late Northwestern University professor (and U.S. Army draftee) Charlie Moskos, a pre-eminent scholar of the military, explained — that “America was drafting from the top of the social ladder.’’ President Franklin Roosevelt had four sons, all of whom served in combat. Elliott Roosevelt

enlisted in the Army Air Corps and flew 300 combat missions; Jimmy earned both the Navy Cross and the Silver Star as a combat Marine in the Pacific; John, a Navy lieutenant, was awarded the Bronze Star; and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Franklin Jr., for bravery under fire, won the Silver Star.

Moskos argued: “The answer to the question of what are vital national interests is found not so much in the cause itself. ... Only when the privileged classes perform military service, only when elite youth are on the firing line does the country define the cause as worth young people’s blood and do war losses become acceptable.’’

The U.S. war in Iraq, which began 14 years ago, was the first war in 156 years that the U.S. had entered without a military draft to fight it and without tax increases (there was actually instead a selfish tax cut) to pay for it. A new president reminding all of us that war really does demand equality of sacrifice — now that could be an inaugural address worth listening to.

— Mark Shields is a columnist with Creators Syndicate.

TODAY IN HISTORY On Jan. 17, 1917, Denmark ceded the Virgin Islands to the United States for $25 million. l In 1893, Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Lili’uokalani to abdicate. l In 1929, the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor made his debut in the “Thimble Theatre” comic strip. l In 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address in which he warned against “the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” l In 1977, convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, 36, was shot by a firing squad at Utah State Prison in the first U.S. execution in a decade.

PUBLIC FORUM

GOP buzz words To the editor: The new Republican health care “fix” is taking shape. New Republican members of Congress are using the same new buzz words when interviewed by NPR: “High-risk pools run by the states.”

Much can be inferred. There will be millions of uninsured people because insurers will again be allowed to deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions (PECs) or, using the buzz words, “high-risk” individuals.

High-risk people will get coverage only if their state chooses or is required by the new law to create a pool, it is subsidized, and insurers participate in it. In reality, only highpopulation states like California and New York will have working pools.

Kansas will likely have nothing. It will not create a pool or will not subsidize it, and insurers will not participate in it or offer coverage that is affordable or worth having. Kansas hospitals should prepare for a new wave of ER visits from thousands of newly uninsured Kansans.

Mark Rockwell, Lawrence

Save Medicare To the editor: Very soon in the new administration, a vote in Congress may end our Medicare benefits the way we know them.

Currently, Medicare is a “defined benefit” program that guarantees a certain level of health coverage for all beneficiaries. It pays for about 80 percent of doctor and hospital visits.

Many in the House and Senate (who themselves enjoy guaranteed life-time health care benefits), want to dismantle our Medicare and replace it with a

voucher or “premium support” system.

This system would allot Medicare-eligible people a yearly stipend with which they will be expected to shop the market for health care coverage. There is no guarantee that future vouchers will keep pace with the continued rising costs of insurance, or provide the same level of benefits offered by Medicare.

Medicare is a promise made to all of us in 1965. We all have invested in this program with hard-earned dollars. It is not an entitlement program.

Medicare is one of the most popular acts ever passed by our government.

Also, Medicare has received continuing bipartisan support for 52 years.

Our government should be working to decrease health care and pharmaceutical costs, rather than working to alter and decrease our benefits. Medicare needs to be strengthened, not weakened or dismantled.

Please, now is the time to write and call your representatives and senators to let them know that you want them to keep our government’s promise and save our Medicare benefits.

Judy Davis-Cole, Ottawa

Westside thanks To the editor: I wanted to say a few words about a Lawrence institution. I have been getting my car serviced for many years at Westside 66, 2815 W. Sixth St. in Lawrence. They have always provided the best service. Reasonable, honest, timely, and always with a friendly attitude.

About 6 p.m. the day before Christmas Eve, a hose blew on my radiator. I knew that that there would be no way for me to get it fixed at that late date until after the holidays. I went ahead and gave Westside a call and talked to Richard, the owner. To my surprise, he said I could bring it in right away.

I asked him how long it would take to get it back, and he said he would try to get it back that night! When I went there I found out he was taking only emergency work for people who would need their cars for the holiday.

He called me about 8 p.m. to tell me the car was ready. Wow! Going out of his way for the holidays! Thanks again, Westside 66. You’re the best.

Greg Pelligreen, Lawrence

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It also came as committees in both chambers are preparing to craft a new school finance formula.

Pat McFerron of Cole Hargrave Snodgrass and Associates, which conducted the poll on behalf of the chamber, released the results during a telephone news conference with reporters Monday morning.

The survey included responses from 300 business owners and leaders throughout the state and was not limited to Chamber members, McFerron said.

The sample was drawn from a list of Kansas businesses sorted by their standard industrial classification. More than 80 percent of the businesses surveyed had 10 or fewer employees, McFerron said.

The survey had a margin of sampling error of 5.6 percent, he said.

L awrence J ournal -W orld ing Democrat on the Senate tax committee, said those responses are different from what he heard from the business community when he campaigned for re-election last year, and they are different from his own experience as a small business owner.

“The No. 1 message that came back to me was that while they enjoyed the tax benefits, they really for the most part were not using it to expand their businesses, and they really felt that we should put that back into the state to ensure we had good schools and good roads,” Holland said.

Holland is also the owner of an IT consulting business and a farm winery, both of which benefit from the LLC exemption, and he said he has not used the benefit of the tax cuts to expand his own businesses, hire employees or make capital investments.

“I need demand for my products and services to hire employees, and a tax cut, per se, does not provide that,” he said. “Based on the type of businesses I have and what I do, that money itself is not going to spur me to go out and make some huge capital expenditures.”

Taxes and health care McFerron said that when business leaders were asked, without any prompts, to name the number-one issue confronting their businesses, 28 percent named taxes, more than for any other single response.

“This has been the case every year we’ve done this study, every year since 2004. Taxes have been the top concern,” McFerron said.

Furthermore, when given a list of issues and asked to name their top two concerns, McFerron said, health care costs came out on top at 44 percent — a 10-point jump from a similar poll last year — followed by business taxes, at 38 percent.

When asked specifically about the 2012 tax cuts, McFerron said the survey showed the business community split almost evenly: 39 percent favored repealing the so-called LLC loophole for small businesses, while 42 percent oppose such a repeal, a margin of 3 percentage points, which was within the survey’s margin of error.

In a follow-up question, respondents were asked what they want the Legislature to do about that tax policy this year: 43 percent said they want to leave the policy in place; 28 percent said it should be repealed and the revenue redirected to reduce other taxes; and only 15 percent said it should be repealed so the revenue could be used to fund government operations.

Twenty-one percent of the businesses surveyed said the tax cut had helped them stay in business, McFerron said, while 12 percent said it enabled them to add employees; 14 percent said it helped them make capital investments; and 1 percent said it helped them add employee benefits.

“So you’ve got very tangible types of responses of the importance of that 2012 tax reform,” McFerron said.

But Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, the rank-

Education funding On the subject of school funding, McFerron said, 59 percent of the respondents said they agree with the statement, “Kansas focuses too much on funding institutions and administration instead of funding the needs of individual students.” Only 20 percent said they disagreed.

“Among business leaders, there’s a real belief that (during) tough economic times, they’ve had to tighten their own belts with their administrative costs, and that the funding debate in Kansas focuses too much on administration and not on students,” McFerron said.

In another question, respondents were asked a question that included an introductory prompt which many in the education community say is misleading: “Currently only 55 cents of every tax dollar spent on schools in Kansas is spent on instruction.

Would you favor increasing the percentage of available funds that are spent on classroom instruction by reducing the amount spent on non-instructional costs?”

Sixty-nine percent of the respondents said they agreed with that statement, while only 17 percent disagreed, McFerron said.

Eric Stafford, vice president of government affairs for the Chamber, said the 55 percent figure was based on “total” expenditures during the 2014-2015 school year.

Many other budget analysts, however, use “current operating expenditures” as the base.

That figure excludes debt service, capital outlay and reimbursement to other governments, including other school systems. It also excludes state contri-

Western Union telegram came to her dorm room the night before the trip to Alabama. It was from CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A her father, giving his written permission for “He told me that was Ballard to attend.

— Rep. Barbara Ballard, D-Lawrence a poor argument. That is “Fear is what was when I figured that my holding my parents best bet was just to beg, back,” Ballard said. “And and not try to make a what Dr. King taught, early days and what the fear was founded.” point.” preached and died for, civil rights struggle has She remembers the On Monday, Ballard you should be able to rise meant to her. She recalls Confederate flags that had no trouble convincto any occasion,” she told how every woman in her greeted the group when ing her audience. She the crowd. dormitory at Webster they disembarked from was the keynote speaker Other points perhaps University urged her not the airplane at the for the 10th Annual Dr. could best be described to make the trip to Mont- Montgomery airport. She Martin Luther King Jr. as practical advice for gomery. remembers the German Community Breakfast. today’s world.

“They told me, ‘It is shepherd police dogs A crowd of about 200 at “Don’t cuss people out, not your struggle,’” Balthat lined the street. She Maceli’s in downtown though sometimes it is lard recalled. “I thought, remembers that as the Lawrence found the needed,” she said. if it is not my struggle, convey got closer to the veteran lawmaker had Ballard, though, spent whose struggle is it?” capitol building where plenty of points to make, a good part of the event On that collect phone King would speak, the too. Some of them were doing something she ofcall she made to her crowd began throwing in the momentous vein of ten doesn’t do during her father, Ballard never did objects. the occasion. many public appearances get him to relent and give “It was the most scared “If you stay true to — talking about those his permission. Instead, a I have ever been in my

entire life, but at the same time, I was so glad I was there,” she said.

Ballard urged members of the crowd to find their own Montgomery.

“Just because we have moved forward doesn’t mean we have finished the race,” she said.

Ballard told the crowd that there is something that we can all choose to do.

“When you say ‘I have your back,’ that is much appreciated,” Ballard said. “But what I really want all of us to have is the courage to speak up when we know something is not right.”

Monday’s event also featured other tributes to King. The event featured musical performances by saxophonist Brandon McCray and vocalist

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When you say ‘I have your back,’ that is much appreciated. But what I really want all of us to have is the courage to speak up when we know something is not right.”

butions on behalf of school employees into the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System.

According to the Kansas Association of School Boards, operating expenditures have been falling as a percent of total expenditures in recent years because local voters have approved construction bond issues at a faster rate than the Legislature has increased general operating aid and local option budgets.

When looking only at current operating expenses, according to Kansas Department of Education figures, direct instructional costs accounted for nearly 61 percent of operating expenditures during the 20152016 school year, while an additional 9 percent went for support services for students and staff.

Less than 6 percent of operating expenditures went for administration, with an additional 2.4 percent for administrative support services.

In an interview with the Journal-World last month, Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson reported hearing different responses when his agency conducted a statewide listening tour in 2015.

“Kansans were very clear that social and emotional needs need to have a bigger role, and that counselors and social workers, we need to have more of them in schools,” Watson said during the interview.

Under federal definitions, counselors and social workers count as support services for students, not as direct instructional expenses.

“So when I hear a conversation about, ‘Well, we want money to the classroom and that doesn’t include counselors or social workers,’ then you’re neglecting what the Kansas voice is,” Watson said. “The Kansas voice didn’t say to put more money in the classroom excluding counselors and social workers. They said this is what we need to have, and they were very clear about this.”

Other categories of education spending included 10 percent for operations and maintenance; 4 percent for transportation; and 5 percent for food services.

Mark Tallman, who lobbies for KASB, said that organization conducted a review ranking all 50 states and the District of Columbia on 15 measures of student achievement. Kansas ranked 10th in the nation on that scale, he said, and the nine states ranking higher than Kansas spent more money per pupil on K-12 education than Kansas did.

“In other words, on educational performance, Kansas ranks high compared to other states, even though spending is below average and falling. All higher-achieving states spend more per student than Kansas,” Tallman said.

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Vanessa Thomas. The program also honored the late Rev. Paul Winn, who died in March.

Winn, the Rev. Leo Barbee and the Rev. Bill Dulin are credited with being the longtime organizers of many of the community’s MLK celebrations.

The event was sponsored by the Jayhawk Breakfast Rotary Club and the Lawrence Ecumenical Fellowship.

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The latest release from Simon Tam’s dance rock group is called The Band Who Must Not Be Named — and for good reason.

Despite making music for more than a decade, the Portland, Ore.-based band has been unable to get its name registered as a federal trademark.

The battle will culminate Wednesday when four Asian Americans who call themselves The Slants play a 400-seat theater known as the Supreme Court.

At issue is nothing less than freedom of speech: Does a federal law that empowers the Patent and Trademark Office to turn down applications it deems disparaging violate the First Amendment? In Washington, where a president-elect who criticizes his opponents on Twitter is redefining the outer boundaries of appropriate speech, such power to police language seems almost quaint.

Tam named his band as an act of “reappropriation” — adopting a demeaning term aimed at Asian Americans and wearing it as a badge of pride.

“We need to allow freedom of expression, especially with those you disagree with the most,” the 35-year-old musician-activist says. “Satire, humor, wit and irony — those are the things that will truly neuter malice.”

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From the grave of a suffragist in Upstate New York to the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., and the Brandenburg Gate in Germany, President-elect Donald Trump has quite a welcome committee: An estimated 1 million people plan to demonstrate in all 50 states and 32 countries.

In the U.S. capital alone, the National Park Service has issued permits for 25 separate events the weekend of his swearing-in Friday as the nation’s 45th president. It’s a number that’s “pretty well unprecedented” relative to past inaugurations, says Mike Litterst, a park service spokesman.

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“The biggest issue is merely finding space for all of these groups.”

The main event is the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday, which is expected to draw at least 200,000 people to rally in support of women’s rights, including abortion rights as well as affordable health care and equal pay. It has inspired about 300 others of varying sizes across the country and on every continent, saysYordanos Eyoel, spokeswoman for a network of sister marches.

While there are a few groups — like Bikers for Trump — coming to show their support, the vast majority are protesters, according to a Park Service spreadsheet of

permit applications. What’s unique is that “people who have never been politically active before are now mobilizing,” says Eyoel, a Boston-based organizer from Ethiopia who became a U.S. citizen last fall.

Cities with the largest number of registrants include Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Boston, Denver and Minneapolis.

There are marches even in smaller and non-coastal cities such as Topeka, Nashville and Des Moines. “The message here is women’s rights are human rights, and we are not taking a single step back,” says Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women.

Others are more openly hostile to the incoming president.

“We’re more than disappointed in Trump. We’re disgusted,” says Working Families Party senior adviser Valerie Ervin. “Not just today but for v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

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The Slants is an AsianAmerican dance rock band from Portland, Ore.

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creasing airdrops of weapons, ammunition and other equipment to a growing number of opposition forces closing in on Raqqa, the Islamic State’s de facto capital in Syria.

“Our expanded precision air-

drop capability is helping ground forces take the offensive to (the Islamic State) and efforts to retake Raqqa,” said Gen. Carlton Everhart, commander of the Air Mobility Command, which is headquartered here.

The Air Force conducted 16 airdrop missions in Syria last year, including six in December.

The airdrops are essential in getting supplies to a force that doesn’t have extensive ground supply lines and is in nearly constant contact with the enemy, highlighting the complexity of supporting an irregular force operating in a hostile environment.

“In those instances, airdrops

are absolutely essential,” said Air Force Col. John Dorrian, a military spokesman in Baghdad.

The U.S.–led coalition backs a force of about 45,000 fighters in Syria with airstrikes and teams of U.S. Special Forces, who provide advice and training.

The force is becoming increasingly important as it places pressure on the Islamic State’s most important stronghold in Syria.

Over the border, Iraqi security forces are conducting an offensive in Mosul, the country’s second-largest city and the militants’ remaining stronghold in Iraq.

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Iraq’s army can use roads to get supplies. The fight in Syria is waged by tribal and other irregular forces. Airdrops are a lifeline to the forces there.

The airdrop missions have changed dramatically since previous wars, such as Vietnam, when pallets would be easily blown off target, sometimes landing within reach of the enemy.

Today, the bundles are guided onto landing zones using GPS technology and steerable parachutes. “We’ll get it within 10 or 15 meters of the mark,” Everhart said. The supplies range from small-arms ammunition to vehicles.

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viled as the Redskins. Its name wasn’t chosen 84 years ago as a term of endearment, but team owner Daniel Snyder’s effort to keep six trademark registrations canceled by the federal agency in 2014 hinges on The Slants’ success or failure. For the time being, the Redskins’ case is pending at a federal appeals court.

Though Tam and his three fellow band members seek to disassociate themselves from the Redskins — a name which the rock group’s website says represents “a long history of oppression” — some of their arguments are similar.

The most obvious is the subjective nature of federal trademarks: Though The Slants have been shut out and the Redskins sacked, other racy names have been approved. The Redskins’ court papers include 18 pages of them, ranging from Yellowman and Retardipedia to Crippled Old Biker Bastards and Boobs as Beer Holders.

Unlike many other trademarks, Tam’s lawyers point out that his was chosen as a way of regaining respect for Asian Americans. “Simon Tam is not a bigot; he is fighting bigotry with the timehonored technique of seizing the bigots’ own language,” their court papers say.

Their cause has been endorsed in friend-of-the-court briefs from 20 other groups, ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Tam’s favorite was filed by San Francisco Dykes on Bikes, a group of motorcycle-riding lesbians whose name won federal registration but whose logo did not.

“The examiner has stood by this rejection despite the fact that not one lesbian has ever raised any objection to registration of ‘Dykes on Bikes’ during this entire 13-year trademark registration effort,” the group’s brief says.

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Though trademarks do not require federal blessing, the government’s imprimatur bolsters legal protections against copycats and helps the beneficiaries in other ways. In The Slants’ case, Tam lost twice at the federal agency and again in federal court before winning on appeal late in 2015.

“The First Amendment protects even hurtful speech,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in a 9-3 vote, prompting the government to appeal.

The Supreme Court has said just that in recent years, even when cases involved distasteful protests at military funerals or disgusting “animal crush” videos.

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In the trademark case, the government argues that its imprimatur is akin to a government subsidy. “Nothing in the First Amendment requires Congress to encourage the use of racial slurs in interstate commerce,” it says in court papers.

If the lower court ruling stands, the solicitor general’s office says, “the federal government would be required to register, publish, and transmit to foreign countries marks containing crude references to women based on parts of their anatomy; the most repellent racial slurs and whitesupremacist slogans; and demeaning illustrations of the prophet Mohammed and other religious figures.”

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When a 51-yearold veteran drove to a Veterans Affairs clinic in New Jersey in March last year, doused himself in gasoline and lit himself on fire, the VA’s top health official, Undersecretary David Shulkin called caregivers at the clinic, allocated more clinical resources and ultimately removed the hospital director in charge of the clinic.

But those decisive actions weren’t triggered until nearly six weeks after the death of Gulf War veteran Charles Ingram. And they followed complaints from members of Congress, media reports and revelations by a whistle-blowing doctor that new veteran patients had to wait six months for appointments at the Northfield, N.J., VA clinic.

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The Washington Redskins’ federal trademark registrations were canceled in 2014.

position. Lawyers for five people who successfully challenged the Redskins’ trademarks urge that trademark rules be maintained “so that they can avoid further insult resulting from the registration of marks that disparage them and other Native Americans.”

The Korematsu Center, named after the man who challenged the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, took a similar stand. “While empowering to a young social justice rock band,” it argues, “that same mark may be debilitating for those who remember life in American internment camps during World War II.” The Slants’ supporters, including conservative as well as liberal groups, outnumber their opponents. The Chamber of Commerce, represented by the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s son, Eugene, says the government’s argument that it speaks through its trademark registrations falls on deaf ears. “No one could seriously regard a trademark as government speech ... so the government has no legitimate interest in disassociating itself from ‘disparaging’ trademarks,” it says.

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The Slants’ music has always gone hand-in-hand with political advocacy. They seek to help other marginalized groups, ranging from gays and lesbians to the Black Lives Matter movement, through workshops and charitable activities. “Arts and activism have always moved forward together,” Tam says.

Among the group’s extendedplay releases are Slanted Eyes, Slanted Hearts and The Yellow Album, an Asian-American version of the Beatles’ White Album.

“We’re judged by our ethnic identities, whether we want that to happen or not,” Tam says.

Despite all the media attention, the legal effort has been more of a “distraction” than a boon, guitarist Joe Jiang says.

Tam has racked up about $25,000 in court-related expenses, even though his lawyers work pro bono. To get to Washington for the oral argument, where they are staying with friends, the group relied on a crowdfunding campaign.

“Our concerts aren’t being flooded by law students,” Tam says.

“Being known for a legal case and not for our music is not necessarily beneficial.”

After Wednesday’s debate, they’ll mix the two, combining an intimate conversation about the case with a concert. Likely to be on the playlist is a new song Jiang wrote called From the Heart that includes this verse: Sorry if you take offense You made up rules and played pretend We know you fear change It’s something so strange But nothing’s gonna get in our way.

“It’s kind of like an open letter to the trademark office,” Tam says.

“If confirmed, he will be ready ... to enact Presidentelect Trump’s 10-point plan to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs.”

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information, delay and even thwart improvement.

Twelve days after Ingram’s self-immolation in front of the clinic, when USA TODAY spoke with Shulkin, he was aware of the tragedy but thought Ingram wasn’t a patient there. He was.

A spokesman for Trump’s transition team, David White, said that the president-elect chose Shulkin because of his “unquestionable experience, knowledge and passion to bring much needed reform to the VA.. ...

“If confirmed, he will be ready to lead on Day One to enact President-elect Trump’s 10-point plan to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs,” White said.

That plan includes allowing veterans to get VA-paid care in

the private sector if they choose.

Currently, they can do that only if they can’t get a VA appointment within 30 days or live more than 40 miles from a VA facility.

USA TODAY spent several hours with Shulkin during the past year, and material gathered during those interviews provides a glimpse of who he is, what he may or may not do at the VA, and how he compares to VA Secretary Bob McDonald.

President Obama tapped McDonald to overhaul the agency in 2014 after revelations that VA employees in Phoenix kept secret wait lists, masking how long veterans were waiting for care and at least 40 died while they waited.

Since then, McDonald has repeatedly claimed that 90% of medical centers had new leadership teams — a USA TODAY investigation found that number inflated and misleading.

Shulkin comes off as authentic and can be unflinchingly candid.

Brandon Coleman, a counselor who revealed mistreatment of suicidal veterans at the Phoenix VA, said, “I want to see him work toward giving veterans’ choice, options in our health care, and holding administrators accountable.”

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years to come we will march.”

The hundreds of thousands descending on Washington belie their challenge in presenting a unified front: Trump was elected with plenty of support from women. “There are women who have always fought against and will continue to fight against systemic and patriarchal structures.

This march, though, is taking place in a different context,” says Brandy Faulkner, a politics expert at Virginia Tech. “We have a president-elect who is on tape bragging about a sexual assault.

Yet, roughly 54% of white women who voted supported him.”

Even so, O’Neill hopes Trump will take notice of their passion since “a lot more people may be coming to our march than are coming to his inauguration,” she says. According to the D.C. Department of Transportation, as of Friday 393 charter buses were registered for parking on the day of Trump’s inauguration, compared with 1,200 registered the day of the women’s march.

The diverse groups participating — from Amnesty International to Planned Parenthood — see the marches as an orientation of sorts for a longer-term resistance. Filmmaker Michael Moore has called for “100 days of resistance” to Trump’s presidency that starts with the women’s march. The big test will be “whether the groups will pursue a collective policy agenda after the marching is done,” Faulkner says.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says 99 protest groups are expected for the inauguration, including 63 that are expected to rally on Friday.

Organizers hope participants will inspire women to get more involved in their communities, and O’Neill says civil rights and women’s rights groups already have begun closer coordination after Trump’s victory Nov. 8.

A lot depends on people like Esther Lofgren, 31, an Olympic gold medalist in rowing who

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Demonstrators march in downtown Washington Sunday before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday. hasn’t been an activist but now wants to help advance women’s issues. “It seems like a very important time to speak up,” she says. “As an athlete, I know how important my body and what I choose to do with it is.” She’ll march with her teammates as part of a group called Athlete Ally.

Whenever there are large protests, there’s potential for clashes.

That’s more likely to happen on Inauguration Day than it is during the women’s march. “There’s a lot of baby strollers at women’s marches. It’s not a raucous march,” O’Neill says.

During the inauguration, a group called #DisruptJ20 vows a “festival of resistance” to include rallies at all 12 Secret Service checkpoints and “colorful disruptions” along the Inaugural Parade route to promote “racial justice, immigrant rights, LGBTQ, antiwar, climate” and other concerns.

The group spent the weekend in a series of training sessions and workshops. It also might try to disrupt inaugural balls attended

by Trump supporters, including the “Deploraball.”

The main pro-Trump group organizing around the inauguration is Bikers for Trump, a motorcycle group led by a South Carolina chainsaw artist who gained fame when he mowed the lawn around

the Lincoln Memorial during the 2013 government shutdown. On Thursday, the group posted on Twitter that Trump is “instructing his staff to give us the resources to put on the best rally possible.” Still, on Friday its founder, Chris Cox, told Fox Business Network that “the bikers are certainly used to being outnumbered, and we are prepared to form a wall of meat.”

So many groups are planning to gather on the streets of Washington that the Millennial website Mic has created a real-time map called “Storm the Swamp” to help keep track of the planned chaos. Others include an estimated 500 who will hold a peaceful candlelight vigil commemorating women who stood vigil in front of the White House from 1913 to 1917 to advocate for suffrage, during which the Seneca Falls Declaration will be read.

Finally, a pro-marijuana legalization group plans to hand out a few thousand free joints to raise awareness about the benefits of marijuana legalization. “At 4 minutes and 20 seconds into President Trump’s speech we’ll light up! (unless President Trump comes out now in support of full cannabis legalization in all 50 states and DC!)” DCMJ says on its homepage.

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SAN FRANCISCO Gleaming like a modernist and high-tech Apple Store, health care start-up Forward has designed a doctor’s office/pharmacy of the future.

Tuesday, Forward opened the doors of what it hopes is the first of many state-of-the-art medical facilities in the USA. The 3,500square-foot office, based downtown, combines six examination rooms equipped with interactive displays and two body scanners that collect data via wearable sensors.

“Health care is not a repair shop but an ongoing relationship,” says Forward CEO Adrian Aoun, a former Alphabet executive who co-founded Forward with Ilya Abyzov, an Uber executive who helped launched uberX; Erik Frey, who led artificial intelligence initiatives at Google; and Rob Sebastian, who led product strategy for several GoogleX moonshot projects.

“We want proactive preventive health care that is data-driven, but do it at lower prices,” says Aoun, who was motivated to tackle health after a younger relative of his suffered a heart attack in 2015 — then was hit with a $100,000 medical bill.

“Engineers have failed” the medical community, leaving a dearth of available data, especially during an emergency, says Aoun, a trained engineer. Doctors face a barrage of life-or-death decisions with a “fragmentation of information that makes them fly blind,” he says.

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bills. A few hundred patients are Adrian Aoun signed up with Forward, about is co-founder 15% of whom hail from under- of Forward. served communities and joined for free.

Forward’s flagship medical facility looks like Apple’s gadget emporiums, very much Aoun’s in- “We want tention. A display case shows off a proactive wearable blood pressure cuff, a digital glucometer and a portable prevenEKG monitor. tive Behind the display, a body health scanner with sensors measures a care that patient’s height, weight and heart rate. Those results are fed into is dataForward’s AI system and the For- driven, ward mobile app. This is the but do it member’s first stop. at lower The results take a few minutes, followed by a visit to the exam prices.” room that is dominated by a large CEO Adrian Aoun screen. On it, the patient’s medical data are displayed. A doctor points out relevant information, based on the body scan and a subsequent blood test and DNA analysis.

The DNA test is simple: Patients supply a saliva sample, which is sent to a sequencing partner to be processed. Upon re-

ceiving the results, a doctor goes over any discovered mutations with the patient and uses the information to personalize cancer screening, if necessary.

Aaliya Yaqub, who helped design the display, says it is crucial in helping the physician’s diagnoses and treatment plans — while allowing the member to see it.

Ian Prager, 39, an investment banker from San Francisco who has tested Forward since midDecember, says the screen transformed his experience in a doctor’s office like nothing else.

“I am super-engaged, exchanging information with a doctor face to face,” Prager says. “They aren’t scribbling notes on a pen and paper.”

The 40-person start-up, also based here, is financially backed by an all-star group of tech veterans: Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Box CEO Aaron Levie, Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale, Khosla Ventures and venture capital legend John Doerr.

Forward’s physicians, who come from Stanford Hospitals, Sutter Health and Kaiser Permanente, received medical training in internal or family medicine.

Forward is part of a movement among tech and health care professionals to create an analytics model that examines a person’s genetic predisposition, so their long-term health is addressed. “Physicians are extraordinarily talented at diagnosing and treating symptoms,” says Clayton Lewis, CEO of Arivale, a scientific wellness start-up. “We and others want to help them assess one’s health trends years in advance.”

DAVOS , SWITZERLAND Globalization took another knock Monday with the publication of a report that showed corporate titans around the world have become more skeptical about the benefits of integrating people, companies and governments.

Still, the CEOs surveyed said they are more confident about the growth prospects for their own firms and the global economy over the next year.

The annual survey of chief executives by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that while for the past 20 years business leaders have been largely positive about an increasingly integrated global economy marked by free trade and frictionless capital flows, they are increasingly skeptical about its impact in some areas.

Forty-four percent of business leaders firmly believe globalization has done virtually nothing, for example, to help close the gap between the rich and poor.

The conclusions from the taxconsulting firm were released on the eve of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, a gathering attended by some of globalization’s biggest cheerleaders.

“CEOs used to be very positive about the ability and benefits of globalization,” Bob Mortiz, PwC’s global chairman, said in an interview. “They saw the world transforming with a few mega-trends: Shifting demographics, a bigger consumer base around the world.

There wasn’t as much knowledge or focus on the implications of that downstream.”

The report, based on interviews with nearly 1,400 CEOs from 79 countries, revealed that just 13% of corporate leaders feel globalization has “to a large extent” helped solve the problem of income inequality.

PwC’s survey comes as new estimates released Monday by antipoverty organization Oxfam showed that just eight people own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world — more than 3.6 billion people.

Oxfam used data from Forbes’ billionaires list.

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Shoppers have grown used to being able to simply click and order an item online. But increasingly, they don’t have to do either — and goodies will still show up at their front door.

Within the past decade, hundreds of subscription retail services have quietly sprung up, offering customers regular deliveries of products from ground beef to laundry detergent. They have become yet another, perhaps easier way to try

and buy products without ever visiting an actual store.

Examples: uBeauty products. Birchbox helped pioneer the idea of sending surprise assortments to monthly subscribers when it began curating collections of beauty samples in 2010. uFootwear. Shoedazzle offers subscribers a personalized selection of footwear that changes every month. uMeat. ButcherBox delivers grass-fed beef as well as organic chicken and pork to consumers’ doorsteps.

Some of these subscription services have grown immensely valuable. Dollar Shave Club sold to Unilever for a reported $1 billion in July.

The subscription model has even attracted a few major online

retailers, who focus on automatically replenishing household essentials.

Amazon launched its Subscribe & Save offering in 2007, allowing shoppers to set up regular deliveries of items ranging from toilet paper to toothpaste. Target’s subscription offering, first tested in 2013, now includes roughly 16,000 items.

It’s a “new way of doing commerce that offers a lot of convenience,’’ says Michelle Grant, head of retailing research at Euromonitor International. “I think consumers will expect to have that option for goods they don’t want to spend time shopping for, and that will impact retailers that

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Founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, addresses the assembly on the eve of the confab in Davos.

Birchbox sends beauty supplies to its monthly subscribers.

have a bunch of stores that are based on in-person transactions.’’

Rather than that general approach, subscription box services fill specific niches. Customers usually fill out a profile detailing their personal preferences, then a personalized box is sent to them for a fee, often on a monthly basis.

ButcherBox, for instance, lets subscribers choose the types of meat they prefer. For $129, the shipment can include between 8 to 11 pounds of grass-feed beef, antibiotic-free chicken and pork delivered to their home.

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HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY KATE MARA It’s official: Invisible Woman and The Thing are engaged, AP confirmed Monday. Kate Mara, 33, and her ‘Fantastic Four’ co-star Jamie Bell, 30, have been dating since 2015, the year their superhero movie came out. The actress tweeted out a photo of herself earlier this month wearing what appeared to be an engagement ring.

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Every year, Oscar voters throw out a curveball or two in the nominations. Last year, the honor went to Mark Rylance, who shocked Oscarologists by picking up a best-supporting-actor nomination for Bridge of Spies — and then won the statue without campaigning. In 2012, it was Bridesmaids, the raunchy R-rated comedy that scored a nomination for best original screenplay — an eyebrow-raiser, considering the Academy Awards aren’t known for giving funny films their due. Who could surprise when nominations are announced Jan. 24? USA TODAY’s Andrea Mandell explores this year’s dark horses.

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I think the government did that! They set her up!”

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He defended his ex on Monday’s ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show.’ He got serious and added, “Things like that can go wrong on live television.”

CAUGHT IN THE ACT Friends since ‘High School Musical,’ actresses Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale still get together for a girls’ night out. On Sunday night, they sat courtside during a game between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers in L.A. The Pistons won (102-97).

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Most analysts agree there are four sure bets in the picture race: La La Land, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight and Arrival. But Hidden Figures could be in after winning the box office. “Hidden Figures is the one movie that is most on the bubble right now,” says Dave Karger, special correspondent for the movie website IMDb.com. Many consider Octavia Spencer a lock for a supporting-actress nomination, but could Taraji P. Henson break into best actress?

Due to the film’s success (and her character’s impassioned speech inside NASA’s all-white walls), “she could go along for the ride,” says Tom O’Neil, founder of awards prediction site GoldDerby.com.

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It’s no secret that Oscar voters love Streep, but her leading performance in Florence Foster Jenkins seemed to have slipped off the actress short list — until she criticized Donald Trump in the Globes speech heard ’round the world.

“Suddenly, she is a force here,” says O’Neil. And since Streep’s televised moment happened while Oscar ballots were out, that could change everything.

“Hollywood could not only rally behind her for the nomination, they could rally behind her for the win,” he says.

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The acclaimed French actress turned many a critic’s head in Elle, and insiders say she could end up with a best-actress nomination.

“She pulls off an upset against Natalie Portman at the Globes and she’s a serious threat at the Oscars, even to win,” says O’Neil.

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Ryan Reynolds has launched an impressive lategame Oscar campaign, and his budget superhero flick recently earned a spot on the Producers Guild of America’s list of the year’s best films. But Karger cautions to remember what happened with big-budget spectacles such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the Harry Potter franchise, both of which failed to nab best-picture nods.

“There is a history of blockbusters making it into the Producers Guild top 10 but not getting an Oscar nomination,” says Karger.

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The British actor plays a Texas psychopath in Nocturnal Animals, and since his surprise Golden Globe win for supporting actor, the heat is on. “Aaron Taylor-Johnson is definitely coming on strong right now,” says Karger. “The win at the Golden Globes, plus the BAFTA nomination, really mean that he’s the guy from that movie with the best shot at a nomination, not Michael Shannon, like everybody initially thought.”

Talk about “a literal wild card,” says O’Neil. Hacksaw Ridge is “full of patriotic spirit and religious passion. ... That’s usually a formula for Oscar bait.” But is Hollywood ready to forgive the star’s troubled past by nominating him for best director? “That’s what the Oscars are all about, bestowing hugs, who we love, who we don’t,” says O’Neil.

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Will Streep’s screen husband in Florence make the cut? He’s “vulnerable,” says O’Neil, noting Animals’ Michael Shannon, Figures’ Kevin Costner or Hell or High Water’s Ben Foster could take his spot in supporting actor. Karger points out he’d have to edge in among surer bets like Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali, Water’s Jeff Bridges and Lion’s Dev Patel.

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Ray Kroc may be somewhat ironically known as the founder of McDonald’s, but it would also be accurate to call him the Hamburglar.

Starring Michael MOVIE REVIEW Keaton as the famBRIAN ous Midwestern TRUITT businessman, director John Lee Hancock’s The Founder (eeeE out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters nationwide Friday) is the rare biopic with a hero who’s also its greatest villain. An intriguing take on the genre that veers wildly away from its initial feel-good nature, The Founder has its flaws — though not as many as its main subject — yet is an insightful look at the history of an iconic institution that doubles as a cautionary tale.

Before becoming a legend in fast-food manifest destiny, Ray struggles to hawk high-end milkshake machines until he meets the McDonald brothers, Dick (Nick Offerman) and Mac

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Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) pushes out the original owners to get to the top of the world in the biopic The Founder.

(John Carroll Lynch), with their innovative Southern California drive-in restaurant in 1954. In one of the film’s strongest sequences, Ray’s mind is blown by the siblings’ explanation of the popular eatery’s speedy, no-frills serving system and simplistic menu built around burgers and fries.

Ray immediately sees the franchise potential, with a vision of McDonald’s spreading “coast to coast, from sea to shining sea,” though his wife, Ethel (Laura Dern), is skeptical of the latest of his “revolutionary” investment

ideas. Financially strapped and desperate, Ray makes the hard sell to persuade the McDonalds to go into business with him, though when he feels as if he’s not making as much as the franchise owners, Ray swindles them to become the face of the country’s new culinary and cultural touchstone.

There is a certain jittery edginess to Keaton’s Kroc, but the actor imbues his character with such folksy likability that it’s a subtle turn from working-class go-getter to greedy bad guy. The viewer’s enmity for him slowly in-

creases as the McDonalds’ beef with him grows.

The Founder is Offerman’s best role since his lovably cranky government official on TV’s Parks and Recreation. Dick is off-putting, being the stickler for quality control — the opposite of Lynch’s big-hearted, extroverted Mac — yet you feel for him the most as the siblings become forgotten figures, even though it’s their name next to those golden arches.

Robert D. Siegel’s screenplay moves at a nice clip as Ray builds (and hungrily guards) his burgeoning empire, though it meanders with a subplot involving Ray’s bewitching future second wife, Joan (Linda Cardellini).

Hancock, with The Blind Side and Saving Mr. Banks on his résumé, again showcases a gift when it comes to chronicling complicated real-life characters, and that is Ray Kroc in a nutshell — or a Big Mac carton, as the case may be. The tale of a man doing whatever he can to achieve the “American dream,” even if it means burying trusted colleagues and spurning loved ones, still feels timely some six decades later.

Whatever you think of the reallife eats, The Founder is a Happy Meal with some nice, needed bite.

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Dear Annie: I have a friend named ‘‘Paula.’’

At least I think she’s my friend. We met in nursing school in the 1980s and have hung out ever since. But for almost a year, she’s been acting odd.

We like to go out for Chinese food at least once a month. She often calls at the last minute saying she is sick or didn’t get to sleep till 4 a.m. or some other excuse. It recently took her over a month to get over a stomach virus.

But she was well enough during this time to go to a church retreat two hours away and meet with her sister. She said she stayed in the room a lot. Prior to this trip, she had been in the emergency room with an IV because she had gotten dehydrated.

She has a bad hip, and instead of using a

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walker, she uses two canes.

The most recent time we went out, we decided to shop a little.

She is germaphobic and won’t drink out of a water fountain. She tried to go into the employee lounge of the store to get a soft drink. Thank goodness the employees who stopped her were nice, and one got her a drink.

She acts so erratically at times that I wonder whether she’s on drugs.

‘Tomorrow’ won’t see another day For the record, “No Tomorrow” (8 p.m., CW) ends its first, and barring a miracle, only season tonight. That’s a little too bad. ‘‘No’’ was a novel stab at the modern romantic comedy, pairing a dull office drone, Evie, (Tori Anderson) with Xavier (Joshua Sasse), a wild free spirit. Only his seize-the-day attitude was inspired by his research-driven belief that an asteroid was on its way to destroy the world.

In this season ender, Xavier gets official validation of his cosmic theory.

W h e r e does that leave us?

Well, it probably means that the CW, soon to premiere a new melodrama loosely based on ‘‘Archie’’ comics, will dip deeper into the funny pages for story ideas.

O “Frontline” (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings) presents the two-night four-hour special ‘‘Divided States of America.’’ While many of this week’s Obama retrospectives tend toward warm nostalgia, ‘‘Divided’’ dives deep into the ugliness of the past eight-plus years as a kind of prelude to the current political climate.

We hear voices from both parties as ‘‘Frontline’’ discusses the president’s notion that he could change the capital’s hyperpartisanship. We’re also taken through the president’s reactions to the deep recession that greeted him in 2009 and the widespread public resentment of bank bailouts and deficit spending.

Beneath the surface of this survey is a history of the weaponization of extremism and irrationality in both the media and politics.

Early on we’re shown clips from 2008 of candidate John McCain being accosted by a seemingly bewildered lady who claimed that Barack Obama was a Muslim and a terrorist. McCain reassured her that he is a good man and she left the stage muttering to herself.

By 2010, GOP operatives hoping to take back the House were no longer trying to dissuade folks from such unfounded fears. ‘‘Tea party’’ activists, encouraged by the wild chalkboard conspiracy theories of Glenn Beck and more enraged voices from talk radio, were seen as key to the Republican Party’s fortunes.

Curiously, one of the Republicans featured here is Rep. Eric Cantor, who helped recruit tea party candidates in 2010, but was purged in 2014 by the ‘‘revolutionary’’ fervor he hoped to channel.

Two years later, the entire party leadership would find itself on the other side of the pitchforks. ‘‘Divided’’ concludes tomorrow night.

Tonight’s other highlights O Parents sue a teacher for seducing their son on “Bull” (8 p.m., CBS).

O A due date nears on “This Is Us” (8 p.m., NBC).

O An idol becomes a rival on “Being Mary Jane” (8 p.m., BET).

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If I call her, it may take a week or more before she calls back. She’s been divorced three times. She won’t watch one particular TV show because it reminds her of her second husband.

She won’t watch another show because it takes place in the city where she lived with her third husbandt.

I know she’s on meds for depression, but they don’t seem to help. What can I do?

She won’t let me in her house, and I know why. I can smell the cat and dog feces from the porch. She was never like this. Please help. — A Concerned Friend Dear Concerned: You’ve been friends with this woman for about 30 years, so the sudden flakiness is cause for concern about her well-being,

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For Tuesday, Jan. 17: This year you greet many new situations. The good news is that you adjust quickly to all types of variables. You tend to find unusually strong and dynamic solutions. Some of you will buy a house or remodel. If you are single, you have an earthy quality that is heightened to new levels.

If you are attached, you and your sweetie often feel pulled between your personal commitments and enjoying just hanging out.

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 definitely want to be responsive to others, yet you somehow trigger controversy.

Tonight: Make nice.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++ Pace yourself. You might be tempted to move a personal matter in a different direction.

Tonight: Go for a walk after dinner, if possible.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) +++++ You have great ideas, and you know how to add that extra flourish that others often lack.

Tonight: Be mischievous.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) +++ You could feel pressured by a situation that you believe is unlikely to change. Tonight: Happy at home.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ You might be happiest proceeding exactly as you have

especially in light of all the other erratic behaviors you mentioned. She may be suffering from dementia (of which hoarding is a symptom), depression or another condition, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, which also causes hoarding.

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You can’t handle this situation on your own.

Enlist the help of her family and/or of professionals. Encourage her to seek and accept help. She is not mentally well right now, and she may not take kindly to your involvement, at least not at first. But it’s the right thing to do, and she’s lucky to have a friend like you.

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been. Tonight: Make yourself available.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ++++ Your focus is on your finances. You easily could make an error if you are not sure of yourself. Tonight: Wherever you land.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ++++ You might see some hassles appear on the horizon, but you won’t have a problem dealing with any uproar. Tonight: The world is your oyster.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) +++ You might want a break from everything that is happening.

Tonight: Head home early.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ++++ A meeting intrigues you, as it presents a different perspective. Tonight: Finally time for friends.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) +++ Try as you might, you can’t seem to get rid of a problem.

Tonight: Ask questions.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ++++ You might not be in any shape to follow through on a high-priority matter, as your mind drifts to other issues. Tonight: Get into a movie.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ++++ You might have had enough of what’s been going on that you need to pull back.

Tonight: Accept a loved one’s suggestion.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy Parker January 17, 2017 ACROSS 1 Alfred Hitchcockshaped fruit 5 Greek lyric poet 11 Wet marshy place 14 It knows which way the wind is blowing 15 Like some islands 16 Miner’s valuable discovery 17 Feature of a building in Oz? 19 Achieve victory 20 Batting practice structures 21 Chisel for a stonemason 23 The Inuit, old-style 26 Where to find Santiago 27 Soaked up some rays 28 Part of a willow tree 31 MacKenzie of old beer ads 32 Honey relative?

33 Fairy-tale beast 36 ___ de Triomphe 37 Hit the horn on a subcompact 40 Bad thing to have at a housewarming?

41 Flaps the gums

43 Turn tail 44 Spiral-horned African creature 46 Shoe type 48 Temporary property holder 49 Dressy trousers feature 51 Sang “Silent Night” here and there 52 Muzzleloader accessory 54 Like Count Basie’s “Doll” 55 Atty’s. group 56 Resist a roaming charge 61 ___ Aviv, Israel 62 Word with “flotation” or “mnemonic” 63 Eye part 64 90-degree joint 65 Long, broad strips 66 Drummer’s forte DOWN 1 Plumber’s pipe material (Abbr.)

2 Handy pencil holder 3 “It doesn’t matter which” 4 Cancel, as a law 5 Neptune is one 6 Wheel shafts 7 Some missing soldiers 8 Soccer mom’s org.

9 It’s far from the point?

10 “Eight ___, and all’s well!”

11 Blooper originating in an alley?

12 Bracketbraced window 13 Comedy, sci-fi or drama, e.g.

18 Least wild 22 Columbus’ state 23 Part of an English exam, often 24 Infra’s opposite 25 Where to let your fingers do the shopping?

28 Supply the food 29 Equipped and trained for the job 30 Athletic supporter?

32 Tree part used for timber 34 Royal Indian woman (var.)

35 Ran its course 38 Taking a personal day 39 See 32-Across 42 Glide high 45 Den newcomer 47 Butting heads 48 Cleans oneself 49 Ramble on 50 Name tag, essentially 51 “Here!”

53 Was picturesque?

54 Dentist’s directive 57 Eggs, in a lab 58 Not a st.

59 Sheepish expanse 60 Flat back muscle, briefly

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POLICE BLOTTER Here is a list of recent Lawrence Police Department calls requiring the response of four or more officers. This list spans from 6:24 a.m. Friday to 5:54 a.m. Monday.

A full list of department calls is available in the Lights & Sirens blog, which can be found online at LJWorld.com.

Each incident listed only bears a short description and may not capture the entirety of what took place. Not every call results in citations or arrests, and the information is subject to change as police investigations move forward.

Friday, 11:54 a.m., six officers, missing child, 1900 block of E. 19th Street.

Friday, 3:37 p.m., four officers, domestic disturbance, 900 block of Arkansas Street.

Friday, 4:07 p.m., four officers, traffic stop, 900 block of N. Second Street.

Friday, 6:36 p.m., five officers, loud music complaint, 600 block of E. Eighth Street.

Friday, 7:33 p.m., six officers, drug activity report, 900 block of Delaware Street.

Friday, 9:01 p.m., five officers, suspicious activity, intersection of 13th and Massachusetts streets.

Friday, 11:15 p.m., five officers, child welfare check, 300 block of Maine Street.

Friday, 11:36 p.m., four officers, bar check, 1100 block of Massachusetts Street.

Saturday, 12:51 a.m., five officers, disturbance, 900 block of Kentucky Street.

Saturday, 3:38 a.m., four officers, trespassing, 1500 block of New Hampshire Street.

Saturday, 5:51 a.m., four officers, domestic battery,

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3000 block of W. Seventh Street.

Saturday, 3:22 p.m., four officers, disturbance, 1300 block of Michigan Way. Saturday, 3:54 p.m., six officers, battery, 2300 block of W. 26th Street.

Saturday, 7:42 p.m., four officers, domestic battery, 1400 block of W. Seventh Street.

Saturday, 8:33 p.m., four officers, disturbance, 700 block of Alabama Street.

Saturday, 10:35 p.m., five officers, domestic battery, 2500 block of Redbud Lane.

Saturday, 11:11 p.m., four officers, fight, 300 block of Missouri Street.

Saturday, 11:53 p.m., six officers, unknown emergency, 300 block of W. 12th Street.

Sunday, 12:12 a.m., five officers, assist police/law enforcement, intersection of 26th Street and Redbud Lane.

Sunday, 12:13 a.m., five officers, disturbance, 400 block of Michigan Street.

Sunday, 12:40 a.m., five officers, civil standby, 400 block of Michigan Street.

Sunday, 12:48 a.m., five officers, attempt to elude, mile marker 3 of K-10.

Sunday, 1:29 a.m., four officers, disturbance, 1100 block of Massachusetts Street.

Sunday, 1:46 a.m., four officers, fight, 100 block of W. 11th Street.

Sunday, 1:45 a.m., four officers, disturbance, 1900 block of Haskell Avenue.

Sunday, 2:15 a.m., five officers, large/loud party, 1700 block of Ohio Street.

Sunday, 2:38 a.m., four officers, suspicious activity, 900 block of Joseph Drive.

Sunday, 2:52 a.m., five officers, disturbance, 4300 block of W. 24 Place.

Sunday, 11:45 p.m., five officers, disturbance, 1000 block of E. 23rd Street.

Monday, 3:39 a.m., seven officers, disturbance, 1800 block of Maple Lane.

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Restaurant inspection list includes arcade A

wide variety of restaurants, stores, schools and more have found their way onto the restaurant inspection lists, but I never expected to see an arcade make the cut.

For the first half of January, however, an arcade did indeed make the list alongside a pizza parlor and a popular dessert spot.

Twice each month, I take a look at inspection results and list every place either listed out of compliance or with 10 or more code violations.

Full reports are available online at agriculture. ks.gov.

There, you can find details about specific violations, which can vary greatly. Noncritical citations include unlabeled products, improperly stored cleaning materials, minor plumbing

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issues and more. Critical violations include cross-contamination of raw and cooked foods, insect and rodent issues, unclean food preparation areas and more.

Some violations may be corrected during the inspection, while others take longer to fix and require follow-up inspections.

All businesses, even those listed out of

compliance, met the basic requirements to safely remain open, unless otherwise noted.

With this regular report I try to provide basic information about food inspections in Douglas County. But due to the sheer volume of inspections, it’s difficult to offer detailed information about each establishment.

Here are Douglas County restaurant inspection results for the first half of January: l Slice of History, 1200 Oread Ave., last had a follow-up inspection on Jan. 13 and four violations were found. The establishment is currently listed as out of compliance. l Slim Chicken’s, 701 Wakarusa Drive, last had a licensing inspection on Jan. 11 and one violation was found. The

restaurant is currently listed as out of compliance. l Billy Vanilly, 914 Massachusetts St., last had a routine inspection on Jan. 6 and seven violations were found.

The establishment is currently listed as out of compliance. l Einstein Bros Bagels, 1026 Massachusetts St., last had a routine inspection on Jan. 6 and 12 violations were found.

The establishment is currently listed as in compliance. l Epic Fun, 711 W. 23rd St., last had a licensing inspection on Jan. 6 and one violation was found.

The establishment is currently listed as out of compliance.

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

DATEBOOK 17 TODAY

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. Lawrence Breakfast Optimists, 7-8 a.m., Brandon Woods Smith Center, 4730 Brandon Woods Terrace.

Kaw Valley Quilters Guild Meeting, 9:30 a.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St. Tech Drop-in, 11 a.m.noon, Lawrence Public Library Meeting Room C, 707 Vermont St. Prairie Acres Garden Club: Sunrise Project, 1 p.m., Deal Six Auditorium, Douglas County Fairgrounds, 1501 Learned Ave. Parkinson’s Support Group, 2-3:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway.

Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council Natural & Cultural Grant Info Session, 3:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Meeting Room A, 707 Vermont St. Spring 2017 Convocation Keynote Speaker: Mr. Bart Stevens, 4 p.m., Haskell Auditorium, Haskell Indian Nations

Every life is worth celebrating

Commission meeting, 4 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. American Legion Bingo, doors open 4:30 p.m., first games 6:45 p.m., American Legion Post No. 14, 3408 W. Sixth St. Green Drinks Lawrence: Environmenal Network, 5-7 p.m., Merchant’s Pub & Plate, 746 Massachusetts St. Yoga at Your Library, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 18 WEDNESDAY 707 Vermont St. Red Dog’s Dog Days National Alliance on workout, 6 a.m., Rock Mental Illness-Douglas Chalk Sports Pavilion, 100 County support group, Rock Chalk Lane.

6-7 p.m., Plymouth ConBooks & Babies, gregational Church, 925 9:30-10 a.m. and 10:30Vermont St. 11 a.m., Lawrence Public INSIGHT ArtTalk: Library Readers’ Theater, Richard Gwin and Mike 707 Vermont St. Yoder, 7 p.m., Lawrence Teen Zone Expanded Arts Center, 940 New (grades 6-12), 2-5 p.m., Hampshire St. Lawrence Public Library

Teen Zone, 707 Vermont St. Douglas County Kansas Heritage Consesrvation Council Natural & Cultural Grant Info Session, 3:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, meeting room A, 707 Vermont St. Douglas County Maker Meet-Up, 6:30 p.m., Lawrence Creates Makerspace, 512 E. Ninth St. Huntington’s Disease Support Group, 7 p.m., Conference Room D South, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St. Poets Celebrate William Stafford and his Words, 7-9 p.m., Main Auditorium, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

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t’s estimated that about 50 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions each year. Perhaps unsurprisingly to anyone who’s partaken in a resolution, only 8 percent of us actually accomplish them, according to research from the University of Scranton.

Here, Lawrence-based psychologist Dr. Marciana Vequist sheds some light on what makes a successful resolution — and why so many of us struggle with creating lasting change year after year.

If you’re about to dump your resolution (sounds about right, as we’re halfway through January already), read on. Need inspiration for next year? Read on, too.

Do your homework first

“We see the New Year as a clean slate, a new beginning, and I think we use that New Year as a catalyst for change,” says Vequist, who also teaches clinical psychology at Emporia State University. Where folks

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Every individual is embedded in a system — family system, work system, friend system. When you start to change, the first thing people around you start to feel is uncomfortable, because you’re different.”

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often go wrong, she says, is assuming that the promise of a new year — and that alone, most importantly —will give us the momentum needed to see our goals through.

Resist the urge to jump in headfirst, Vequist says.

Before Jan. 1, “Spend some time reflecting on the habits and behaviors that seem to be chronic that you might not want to engage in anymore,” she says.

“From there, identify lifestyle changes that you might want to make.” Then, do some research and set a date from which you’d like to begin tackling those changes — it doesn’t have to be a cold-turkey attempt starting on the first day of the year, and it shouldn’t be, if you’re not adequately prepared.

weight and getting fit, our nation’s most popular New Year’s resolution, “lifestyle changes” (the ones we just talked about) are key. Avoid the broad, vague “mega goal,” as Vequist aptly labels resolutions without clear objectives attached, and create a list of smaller, doable goals that could lead to achieving an overall ambitious resolution.

If you want to lose 40 pounds this year, for example, start by making it a priority to exercise for a specified amount of time (strive for that widely recommended 30 minutes, or start small by taking the dog for a walk, perhaps) each day. Or, try out that old standby of “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

And treat yourself along the way. When you hit a milestone — losing the first 10 pounds of Make it realistic your goal, say — keep the posiWhen it comes to losing tivity going with a new outfit or

Speaking of friends, there’s nothing like the power of peer pressure to make or break a resolution.

“Every individual is embedded in a system — family system, work system, friend system,” explains Vequist. “When you start to change, the first thing people around you start to feel is uncomfortable, because you’re different.”

And they might “get you to change back,” Vequist says, if you let them. One way to avoid this is by making it clear to friends and family at the onset that you’re serious about creating positive change, and that you’ll need their help to make it happen.

You might also try joining some sort of structured support group with similar goals in mind — examples might include Weight Watchers or Overeaters Anonymous, for those looking to kick unhealthy food habits to the curb.

around this time of year, Vequist says, when we’ve perhaps slipped up and regressed back to old habits for the first time since setting our goals at the start of the month.

Or, in the case of resolutions that might not be as easy to measure (making a vow to talk on the phone more often, for those who avoid it, Vequist suggests), there’s often an impulse to give up when nobody (seemingly, anyway) notices our changes.

As of this week, you might be thinking to yourself, “I’ve been doing this for 16 days now and I haven’t seen any results yet,” Vequist says. But any lasting change doesn’t come quickly or easily, she stresses.

Her advice?

“Not requiring perfection of yourself and, of course, asking for help if needed and knowing when to ask help,” Vequist says. To that end, there’s always therapy if you need a little extra support.

Don’t be too hard on yourself

— K-12 education reporter Joanna Hlavacek can be reached at 832-6388. Follow her on Twitter: @HlavacekJoanna

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By Amy Northrop

When it begins — the cough, runny nose, and possibly fever — it seems reasonable to think that your child has the common cold to which everyone is prone at this time of year. However, for some children, especially infants, those symptoms can be the early indications of a more serious virus — respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. “RSV is the most common virus that causes respiratory tract infections in infants and young children,” said Christina Peacock, MD, Medical Director of the Pediatric Hospitalist program at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

“Although every child will be infected with RSV most likely by age two, certain infants and children may have difficulty fighting an infection like RSV or are more likely to be hospitalized for RSV.” The virus is highly contagious and typically peaks during the winter months.

It spreads from person to person by touch, contact with an infected surface or through the air from

coughs and sneezes.

Infants and children most susceptible to the virus include: l Premature babies l Infants younger than 6 months old l Children under the age of 1 who have an underlying health condition related to heart or lung conditions l Children with a weakened immune system l Children in a child care center, in-home child care program, or who have a sibling in one of these settings.

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not life-threatening. Parents should contact their primary care physician if they notice noisy breathing or a wheezing-like, high-pitched noise when the child exhales. A severe, dry cough and/or a decrease in appetite or activity level may also signal a more serious illness. Seek immediate medical attention if your child experiences difficulty breathing, noticeably draws in his or her chest muscles to breathe

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(First published in the praying for determination Lawrence Daily Journal- of descent of certain property described in the petiWorld on January 3, 2017) tion on file in said estate IN THE DISTRICT COURT matter, and all other propOF DOUGLAS COUNTY, erty, real and personal, or KANSAS interests therein, owned

by Jackie L. Abel at the In the Matter of time of her death and that the Estate of it be assigned pursuant to Jackie L. Abel, Deceased. the laws of intestate succession.

You are hereby Case No. 2016 PR 000235 required to file your writDivision 4 ten defenses to the petition on or before the 26th Proceeding Under K.S.A. day of January, 2017, at Chapter 59 10:00 a.m., in said court in NOTICE OF HEARING the City of Lawrence, in Douglas County, Kansas, at The State of Kansas to all which time and place the persons concerned: cause will be heard.

You are hereby notified Should you fail to file your defenses, judgthat a petition has been written filed in this court by Otto ment and decree will be Carl Abel, heir at law of entered in due course Jackie L. Abel, deceased, upon the petition.

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Lawrence, Kansas 66044 (785) 843-6600 Telephone (785) 843-8405 Facsimile ckarlin@ barberemerson.com Attorneys for Petitioner _______

COMES NOW the State of Kansas, by and through counsel, Each parent has the right to be represented by an Emily C. Haack, Assistant District Attorney, attorney. A parent that is not financially able to hire an attorney may apply to the court for a court appointed and provides notice of a hearing as follows: Calvin J. Karlin - 09555 attorney. A request for a court appointed attorney BARBER EMERSON, L.C. A petition pertaining to the parental rights to the should be made without delay to: Clerk of the District 1211 Massachusetts Street child whose name appears above has been filed in this Court; ATTN: Division 6; 111 East 11th Street; Lawrence P.O. Box 667 Court requesting the Court to find the child is a child in Kansas 66044-9202. Joshua Seiden, an attorney in Lawneed of care as defined in the Kansas Code for the Care rence, Kansas, has been appointed as guardian ad litem (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World on of Children. If a child is adjudged to be a child in need for the child.

January 17, 2017) of care and the Court finds a parent to be unfit, the Court may permanently terminate that parent’s paren- All parties are hereby notified that, pursuant to IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS tal rights. The Court may also make other orders in- K.S.A. 60-255, a default judgment will be taken against DIVISION SIX cluding, but not limited to, requiring a parent to pay any parent who fails to appear in person or by counsel at the hearing. child support.

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K. L. C. DOB: 11/16/2009, a male Case No. 2016-JC-000116 TO: KYLE COATS, HIS RELATIVES, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE OR MAY BE CONCERNED NOTICE OF HEARING (K.S.A. Chapter 38)

On the 6th day of February 2017 at 1:30 p.m. each parent and any other person claiming legal custody of the minor child is required to appear for an Adjudication and Disposition Hearing in Division 6 at the Douglas County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center, 111 E 11th Street., Lawrence, Kansas. Each grandparent is permitted but not required to appear with or without counsel as an interested party in the proceeding. Prior to the proceeding, a parent, grandparent or any other party to the proceeding may file a written response to the pleading with the clerk of court.

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IRS letters warn millions about health insurance penalty RSV Associated Press

Washington (ap) — If you haven’t signed up for health insurance, you may soon be getting a not-too-subtle nudge from the taxman.

The IRS is sending personalized letters to millions of taxpayers who might be uninsured, reminding them that they could be on the hook for hundreds of dollars in fines under the federal health care law if they don’t sign up soon through HealthCare.gov.

It’s an unusual role for a revenue-collection agency.

Fines are one of the most unpopular parts of the 2010 health overhaul, and there’s a high likelihood they’ll get repealed

by Republicans, even if other parts of “Obamacare” survive. The administration is counting on IRS reminders to help sign up as many people as possible before open enrollment ends Jan. 31.

That’s soon after officials hand off President Barack Obama’s signature program to a Trump administration committed to “repeal and replace.”

Letters bearing the IRS logo will be sent to an estimated 7.5 million people who either claimed an exemption from the law’s requirement that most

‘‘

People receiving these letters have already made up their minds about Obamacare when they applied for an exemption or paid a penalty. They don’t want stock letters. They want better health care choices and lower costs.”

— Kevin Brady, R-Texas, House Ways and Means chairman

Americans carry health insurance, or who paid a penalty for being uninsured during the 2015 tax year. The coverage requirement was included in the law as a way to get healthy people into the insurance pool, helping to keep premiums in check.

The penalty for this year could be $2,085 or more, depending on family size and income, says one draft version of the IRS letter. Another draft takes a somewhat different approach, leaving a blank space for the IRS to provide an individualized estimate of what the particular uninsured taxpayer might owe.

The drafts were obtained by The Associated Press. Although the administration has made no secret of the IRS role in open enrollment this year, officials have not responded to requests for copies of the actual letters.

Republicans say the whole thing is a waste of money. The campaign

will cost about $4 million, say congressional aides.

“People receiving these letters have already made up their minds about Obamacare when they applied for an exemption or paid a penalty,” said House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas. “They don’t want stock letters. They want better health care choices and lower costs.”

Supporters of the health care law say research has shown that many people who remain uninsured are still unaware that they can go to HealthCare.gov and qualify for government subsidies to help pay their

premiums. Those subsidies were designed as tax credits, bringing the IRS into the picture. The IRS letters make the pitch: “Most people who enroll in a plan through HealthCare.gov can find plans for $75 a month or less after financial help,” the letters say. “At HealthCare.gov, you can compare plans to find one that meets your needs and budget.”

While such low-cost plans are available, many people actually pay more, and the $75 figure doesn’t take into account deductibles and copayments.

The average monthly premium last year for HealthCare.gov customers was $106, after financial help, according to the government. The administration has not released a comparable premium estimate for this year. Insurers raised their sticker prices significantly, but the law’s subsidies should cushion the impact for

most HealthCare.gov customers.

About 800,000 letters went out after Thanksgiving, and an additional 6.7 million are going out now, according to congressional aides.

Last year about 6.5 million people paid fines for being uninsured, averaging $470, according to recent IRS data. The amount is generally deducted from a taxpayer’s anticipated refund. The fines started small in 2014, but are now fully phased in, starting at about $700.

The administration has a goal of signing up 13.8 million people for coverage this year and is looking for a strong finish to open enrollment season.

Although the Affordable Care Act has reduced the nation’s uninsured rate to a historic low, it remains politically divisive.

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or has short, shallow, rapid breaths.

At this time, there is not a vaccine for RSV. However, numerous precautions can be taken to help prevent the spread of the infection.

“Good hand washing is always important, and it’s easily one of the best methods of prevention against RSV,” Peacock said. “But it’s equally important to limit the exposure of an infant or child to anyone else who may be ill. This is particularly important for infants and any baby during the first two months of life.”

— Amy Northrop is physician liaison manager at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, a major sponsor of WellCommons. She can be reached at amy.northrop@lmh.org.

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KANSAS FORWARD CARLTON BRAGG JR., LEFT, AND KU GUARD LAGERALD VICK celebrate a 3-pointer by the Jayhawks during the second half against Iowa State on Monday night in Ames, Iowa. For more photos, please visit: www.kusports.com.

Mason sparks KU past ISU

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Ames, Iowa — Monday night, in a match-up pitting the Big 12 preseason player of the year against arguably the best player in all of college basketball so far this season, Kansas senior Frank Mason III helped his team out-duel Iowa State’s Monte Morris at Hilton Coliseum in a 76-72, last-man-standing type of victory for the second-ranked Jayhawks.

Mason led the Jayhawks with 16 points, including a couple of crucial buckets late, and connected on 7-of-12 shots — 2-of-3

Vick and Bragg bolster bench

from 3-point range — on the heels of one of his worst shooting games of the season.

Perhaps Mason’s biggest play of the game — a game in which he played 33 minutes despite tweaking his right knee early on — came with just under two minutes to play and Kansas leading by eight.

With Kansas in possession and looking to inbound along the baseline, KU coach Bill Self called a play from the bench and asked Mason if he wanted to run it. Without saying a word, Mason shook his

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KANSAS GUARD FRANK MASON III (0) floats in for a bucket > JAYHAWKS, 2D against the Iowa State defense.

Ames, Iowa — Add soothsayer to the list of roles Kansas basketball coach Bill Self plays at work. Motivator, tactician, recruiter, promoter and, now, forecaster of the future.

Self aimed his pregame talk at his bench, which is to say two players who had been pulling more no-shows than not of late.

“You two are going to win the game for us,” Self told sixth man Lagerald Vick and seventh man Carlton Bragg Jr. before they took the Hilton Coliseum court to face Iowa State.

So naturally, Bragg

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produced his first double-digit scoring game since Nov. 18 against Siena in Allen Fieldhouse.

Playing this time against much tougher competition and a fiery crowd, Bragg stayed close to the bucket against one of the conference’s shorter

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Chiefs’ Reid disputes holding call on 2-point try

By Dave Skretta AP Sports Writer

Kansas City, Mo. — Chiefs coach Andy Reid doesn’t believe the holding penalty on left tackle Eric Fisher that cost Kansas City a tying 2-point conversion against Pittsburgh on Sunday night should have been called.

After watching film of the decisive play in the Steelers’ 18-16 playoff win, when Fisher appeared to pull Steelers pass rusher James Harrison to the ground with about three minutes left, Reid came away with the same opinion as Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce —

though he conveyed it a bit more diplomatically.

“There’s certain things you agree with and disagreed with during games,” Reid said Monday. “I don’t want to be fined any money, but I’d lean a different way.”

Kelce certainly didn’t seem worried about any fines Sunday night.

In the 90 seconds that he spoke to reporters before the Chiefs’ communications staff cut him off, the tight end ripped into referee Carl Cheffers and his crew. Kelce openly questioned the integrity of the officials and said Cheffers “shouldn’t be able to wear a zebra

“

There’s certain things you agree with and disagreed with during games. I don’t want to be fined any money, but I’d lean a different way.”

— Chiefs coach Andy Reid, on a holding call against Eric Fisher jersey ever again.”

“He shouldn’t be able to wear it at Foot Locker,” Kelce said, adding a few expletives.

Reid said he hadn’t heard what Kelce said, even though the video clip had become a social media sensation immediately after the game. And his comments, along with whether the flag should

have been thrown, dominated sports talk radio for much of the day.

It was hardly a cutand-dried decision: Harrison dipped his shoulder especially low as he tried to turn the corner, and he may have been losing his balance before Fisher ever hooked him.

“James Harrison made a great play,” Steelers

linebacker Ryan Shazier said. “He told me earlier this week he thought he could get to Fisher a couple of times and I think he did.”

Then again, Harrison almost certainly would not have gotten to Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith, who was already delivering a soft pass to tight end Demetrius Harris in the end zone. He was several yards downfield on his pass rush, and Smith had stepped up in the pocket.

But the flag was thrown and the Chiefs were forced to try again, this time from the 12-yard line, and this time Smith’s pass was incomplete.

The Steelers received the kickoff, converted a crucial first down to maintain possession and ran out the clock from there.

“They normally let you play, is what they do, especially in key situations,” Reid said of the officials. “They normally just let everyone ...”

At that point, Reid stopped himself midsentence and decided to change the subject.

“Listen, we had plenty of opportunities before that. I don’t want to use that as an excuse,” he said. “We had plenty of opportunities and we have to get that fixed before next year.”

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KANSAS GUARD DEVONTÉ GRAHAM (4) GETS TO THE BUCKET AGAINST IOWA STATE GUARD DEONTE BURTON (30) during the second half of the Jayhawks’ 76-72 victory Monday night in Ames, Iowa.

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head and then let his play do the talking, soaring to the rim for a tough, lefthanded finish in traffic that turned Hilton Coliseum silent.

“Frank tweaked his knee and played with it the whole game,” said Self, adding that he did not think there was any reason for concern. “But I thought Monte Morris had a spectacular game. And Frank would be the first to tell you that. I thought he played great. And Frank was solid. But when we needed Frank to step up, that last drive he made, that was a big time play.”

Morris, who finished with a game-high 23 points to go along with seven rebounds and seven assists, delivered the better stat line. But Mason walked away with the win.

“It was a great matchup,” KU senior Landen

Lucas said of the stellar point guard showdown.

“They both played well.

Morris had a great game.

He controlled a lot of the pace and did a good job, but that’s two great players and two great point guards, two of the best in the country. For them to go at it was fun to watch, and Frank should definitely be happy because he led our team to a victory.”

Mason, of course, did not do it by himself. The Jayhawks (17-1 overall, 6-0 Big 12) needed a little bit of everything from all seven players who entered the game to leave the state of Iowa with their perfect Big 12 record intact, and this one came down to Kansas’ ability to better execute its game plan.

The Jayhawks limited ISU to 44 percent shooting, out-rebounded the Cyclones, 41-24, and matched Iowa State’s scrappy, physical play all over the floor from start to finish.

After watching the Cyclones (11-6, 3-3) slice into their lead before halftime, the Jayhawks needed just 150 seconds to push their advantage back to double digits to start the second half.

KU’s lead never grew larger than 10, but thanks to the Jayhawks’ toughness and willingness to scrap, they did not need it to.

Kansas held ISU within arm’s length for most of the second half and did so with different players stepping up at different times. Lucas (14 points, 6 rebounds) was big inside. Lagerald Vick (eight points, five rebounds, three assists) played 27 tough minutes. Svi Mykhailiuk drained three of five 3-pointers and finished with 13 points.

“They made (their runs),” Lucas said. “But, luckily, we had some guys who experienced that last year, and during one of the timeouts, we were like, ‘OK, they made their run, now we

gotta cut it off.”

Iowa State led just twice all game — 4-2 and 8-6 in the first five minutes — and Self said he was impressed by the way his team overcame 18 turnovers and made tough play after tough play to win in Ames for the first time since 2014.

“If they get over the hump, then you know the crowd will be into it even more,” Self said. “And I thought our guys did a good job of answering their runs.

“This was the first time that we’ve been in a place like this. No disrespect to where we’ve played, but this is by far the best home court we’ve played in so far. It was a great atmosphere and we made just enough plays.”

One of the biggest came in the closing seconds after Iowa State used a few long-range bombs to trim the KU lead to three and give themselves a chance.

Despite advancing the ball on uneasy ground, KU broke Iowa State’s

pressure and got an easy two-handed dunk from Vick to reclaim a fivepoint lead with 18 seconds to play.

Morris calmly cashed two free throws three seconds later and the Jayhawks were in the exact same position they found themselves in one possession earlier. This time, Vick inbounded cleanly to Devonté Graham (nine points, eight assists), who hit one of two free throws to push the lead back to two possessions with 12.8 seconds left.

“How we played at the end wasn’t very good,” Lucas said. “I think we could’ve closed the game better. Credit to them for hitting some big shots, but we’ve gotta be better at not even giving them a chance ... We shouldn’t have been in that situation, but when we were, Devonté did a great job and I’ve got confidence in him. He’s clutch. All the guards are.”

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teams and totaled 10 points and six rebounds in helping Kansas score a big 76-72 victory in front of 14,384 at Hilton.

Iowa State — or was it the red glow sticks distributed to the spectators? — rattled Kansas into 11 first-half turnovers, yet trailed at the half, 43-37, in large part because both sophomore reserves did more in the first 20 minutes than they had done for a full game in a while.

The duo combined to play 61 minutes in victories against the two Big 12 members from Oklahoma, made 1 of 11 field goals, scored eight points, didn’t have an assist and turned it over five times.

That didn’t exactly translate to high expectations for them in the eyes of most, especially playing in an always-hostile environment brimming with energy even when the athletic department doesn’t spend $12,000 to purchase glow sticks.

Relatively inexperienced in such situations, Bragg and Vick practiced the art of feeding off the

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KANSAS GUARD LAGERALD VICK (2) STRIPS THE BALL away from Iowa State forward Darrell Bowie. At right is KU forward Carlton Bragg Jr. enemy crowd, rather than getting eaten up by it.

In the first half alone, Bragg and Vick combined for 12 points and eight rebounds, half off the offensive glass, in 24 minutes. At the defensive end, Vick made himself useful prowling the passing lanes and swatting shots. He turned bucket-hanging into points at the other end.

Vick stepped in front of a pass, took it in for a dunk and scored another

on a tip-in. His first half included six points, five rebounds, three assists, two blocked shots and a steal. He finished with eight points.

Vick missed both of his 3-point attempts but made all four from inside the semi-circle, including a dunk at the end of a press-break that put KU up five points with 18 seconds left.

The victory kicked off an extremely challenging 10-game stretch for the Jayhawks (17-1, 6-0),

winners of 17 in a row since a season-opening loss to Indiana. In order to stay undefeated in the lower 48, Kansas will need performances such as Monday’s to become the norm, rather than the exception.

“Collectively, as seven goes, we kind of labored here lately, that if the starting five didn’t have a great night it would be hard for us to win,” Self said. “Tonight, we had a couple of (starters) not have our best night and

those guys totally made up for it.”

Self said that better performances in practices from both reserves made his prediction less difficult than it might seem to those on the other side of the closed practice doors.

“Carlton was great in shoot-around,” Self said.

“You could just tell his head was right.”

Bragg missed an uncontested layup and a rebound went right through his hands, but

BOX SCORE KANSAS (76) MIN FG FT REB PF TP

m-a m-a o-t Frank Mason III 33 7-12 0-1 0-6 0 16 Landen Lucas 28 7-9 0-0 3-6 3 14 S. Mykhailiuk 33 5-7 0-0 1-6 3 13 Devonté Graham 37 3-8 2-4 0-2 0 9 Josh Jackson 27 3-11 0-0 3-8 5 6 Carlton Bragg Jr. 15 5-9 0-0 5-6 2 10 Lagerald Vick 27 4-6 0-0 2-5 1 8 Team

0-2 Totals 34-62 2-5 14-41 14 76 Three-point goals: 6-15 (Mason 2-3, Mykhailiuk 3-5, Graham 1-3, Jackson 0-2, Vick 0-2). Assists: 18 (Mason 1, Lucas 1, Graham 8, Jackson 5, Vick 3). Turnovers: 18 (Mason 3, Lucas 4, Mykhailiuk 1, Graham 2, Jackson 4, Bragg 1, Vick 3).

Blocked shots: 5 (Lucas 1, Jackson 2, Vick 2). Steals: 4 (Mason 1, Graham 2, Vick 1).

IOWA STATE (72) MIN FG FT REB PF TP

m-a m-a o-t Monte Morris 40 9-15 2-2 2-7 2 23 Deonte Burton 34 9-21 2-4 1-5 2 21 N. Mitrou-Long 31 7-13 1-2 0-2 3 18 Matt Thomas 33 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 6 Darrell Bowie 13 0-6 0-0 0-0 2 0 N. Weiler-Babb 27 0-2 2-2 3-7 1 2 S. Young 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 D. Jackson 16 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Team

2-3 Totals 28-63 7-10 8-24 12 72 Three-point goals: 9-27 (Morris 3-4, Burton 1-6, Mitrou-Long 3-9, Thomas 2-5, Bowie 0-2, Weiler-Babb 0-1). Assists: 15 (Morris 7, Mitrou-Long 3, Weiler-Babb 3, Jackson 2). Turnovers: 10 (Morris 3, Burton 3, Mitrou-Long 1, Thomas 1, Bowie 1, Weiler-Babb 1). Blocked shots: 5 (Morris 1, Burton 3, Weiler-Babb 1). Steals: 11 (Morris 4, Burton 1, Mitrou-Long 2, Thomas 1, Bowie 2, Weiler-Babb 1).

Kansas 43 33 — 76 Iowa State 37 35 — 72 Technical fouls: None. Officials: Joe DeRosa, Doug Sirmons, Bert Smith.

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it was his best game in a long while.

“It’s huge,” center Landen Lucas said of the reserves delivering. “It’s crazy because coach kind of called it before the game. He said that we needed big games from both of them and called them out specifically. And next thing we know, both of them came out and had great first halves and great overall games. He called that. He understood what we needed from them and both of them were due to have a good game.

“As far as Carlton goes, I’m very proud of him, being a fellow big man. I’m definitely happy for him having such a good game in such an important game.”

Bragg said of his 15-minute effort: “Just stepping up to the challenge, getting (Self’s) trust back, getting my rhythm back and playing hard. It feels great.

I just have to do it each and every game. Come practice, I have to do the same thing.”

Vick said he “definitely felt more confident going into the game, first true road game, stepped up.”

They combined for more points (18) Monday night than they had in the last three games (17).

Better late than never.

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Bigs come through for Kansas

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Ames, Iowa — Monday night was one of those games that Kansas coach Bill Self likes to refer to as “big-boy games.”

And thanks to some of the biggest boys on the Kansas roster, the Jayhawks came away victorious, 76-72, over Iowa State at Hilton Coliseum.

Senior forward Landen Lucas led the Jayhawks’ big men with 14 points and looked a bit like Shaquille O’Neal against the backdrop of the smaller, scrappier Iowa State lineup that ISU coach Steve Prohm put on the floor for most of the night.

“I thought it was big,” Self said of KU’s advantage inside. “You know, they’re not very big and they play small a lot. That makes them really, really hard to guard. But if there is an advantage we would have, it would be in standing height, so we’ve gotta take advantage of throwing inside some and getting to the glass.”

KU out-rebounded ISU 41-24 and outscored the Cyclones 52-28 in points in the paint.

It seemed as if every time the Jayhawks found themselves in trouble, staring a dangerous Iowa State rally right in the face, they settled down in the half-court, looked over the top and inside to Lucas and sophomore Carlton Bragg Jr. and watched good things happen from there. It wasn’t always pretty. But it was effective, and that was all that mattered to the Jayhawks.

“That was the plan,” Lucas said. “And Carlton did great. I didn’t think I did very well given the match-up. I could’ve rebounded a lot better; I’m not very happy about that. But there’s always things you can improve on and the most important thing is that we won.

Whatever we did do worked, so that’s fine.”

No weather concerns An expected ice storm that caused panic throughout northeast Kansas and left central Iowa in a winter storm

KANSAS FORWARD CARLTON BRAGG JR. (15) vies for a loose ball with Iowa State guard Monte Morris, front, and Iowa State guard Nazareth Mitrou-Long during the first half.

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KANSAS FORWARD LANDEN LUCAS (33) DELIVERS A DUNK during the second half at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. warning through midnight Monday had no negative affect on KU’s travel plans.

The Jayhawks, who traveled to Ames by bus, arrived around 6:15 p.m.

Sunday night and had an altogether uneventful trip to the most hostile environment they’ve played in this season.

KU was scheduled to

leave after Monday’s game Perry Ellis’ college caand arrive back in Law- reer, 1942-2016.”

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any team in the country, the Jayhawks stayed at No. 2 in this week’s Associated Press poll and watched Villanova (17-1, 28 first-place votes) jump over them from No. 3 and back into the top spot.

“It really doesn’t matter,” Self said. “I told our staff that Villanova would jump us in the AP (poll). They beat Xavier last week by 25, so that doesn’t surprise me at all.

But we’re in a pretty good spot right now.”

Baylor, the nation’s No. 1 team last week, dropped to No. 6 in the AP poll after suffering its first loss of the season — at West Virginia last Tuesday.

Kansas did move into the top spot in this week’s coaches poll, replacing Baylor and earning 23 of 32 possible first-place votes in that poll.

No. 3 UCLA (18-1, 3 votes) and No. 4 Gonzaga (17-0, 2) were the only other teams to earn firstplace votes in the AP Poll.

“At the end of the day, it’s the end of the season that matters the most,” Lucas said. “We were No. 1 for most of the second half of the season last year and Villanova crept up and beat us and ended up winning it all and finishing No. 1. That’s all that really matters.”

Jackson honored again After averaging 18 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals in KU victories over Oklahoma and Oklahoma State last week, Kansas freshman Josh Jackson earned co-Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors, marking the fourth time this season the Detroit native has been recognized for the award.

Jackson shared newcomer of the week honors with Texas freshman Jarrett Allen.

Historically, Jackson’s four Big 12 Newcomer of the Week recognitions ties the run by Tyshawn Taylor in 2010-11 for the most by a Jayhawk.

After winning the Big 12 Player of the Week in late December, Jackson became just the third Jayhawk to earn Big 12 newcomer and player of the week honors in the same season, joining Ben McLemore (2012-13) and Mario Chalmers (200506).

This and that ...

Kansas now leads the all-time series with Iowa State, 179-63, including a 69-39 record in games played in Ames, and a 25-21 mark at Hilton Coliseum ...

KU’s current 17-game winning streak ties for the fourth longest streak of the Self era.

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The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 15, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs 1. Kansas (23) 16-1 785 2 2. Villanova (4) 17-1 759 3 3. UCLA (2) 18-1 725 4 4. Gonzaga (3) 17-0 718 5 5. Kentucky 15-2 655 6 6. Baylor 16-1 641 1 7. Creighton 17-1 590 8 8. West Virginia 15-2 563 9 9. North Carolina 16-3 480 12 10. Oregon 16-2 467 11 11. Louisville 15-3 444 15 12. Florida State 16-2 393 10 13. Arizona 16-2 385 16 14. Butler 15-3 381 13 15. Notre Dame 16-2 372 20 16. Virginia 13-3 338 18 17. Wisconsin 14-3 322 17 18. Duke 14-4 301 7 19. Xavier 13-4 214 14 20. Cincinnati 15-2 206 22 21. Florida 14-3 187 23 22. Purdue 14-4 133 19 23. Saint Mary’s 15-2 115 21 24. South Carolina 14-3 79 — 25. Maryland 16-2 30 — Others receiving votes: Northwestern 20, UNC-Wilmington 17, Southern Cal 17, California 16, Indiana 14, TCU 10, Miami 5, Middle Tennessee 4, New Mexico State 4, SMU 3, Nevada 2, Utah 2, Illinois State 1, Kansas State 1, Minnesota 1.

BRIEFLY Seabury boys roll in McLouth opener; Veritas girls fall Bishop Seabury’s boys basketball team scored 32 points in the first quarter and never slowed down in a 91-29 victory over Cair Paravel in the first round of the McLouth Tournament on Monday.

The Seahawks (7-2, ranked No. 3 in Class 2A) will face Riverside at 7:30 tonight at McLouth.

CPLS 6 10 8 5 — 29 Seabury 32 23 28 8 — 91 CPLS — Drew Will 2, Matthew Will 12, Freeman Greene 4, Stephan Anderson 9, Michael Hass 2.

Seabury — Mikey Wycoff 17, Amir Shami 5, Zach McDermott 15, Thomas DiZerega 11, Max Easter 4, Bansi King 13, Austin Gaumer 9, Chris Green 17.

Cair Paravel 52, Veritas girls 42 Veritas Christian’s girls basketball team couldn’t rally from an 11-point halftime deficit in a 52-42 loss to Cair Paravel at the McLouth Tournament on Monday.

The Eagles (6-3) will face Osawatomie at 6 p.m.

Thursday at McLouth.

Veritas 7 8 10 17 — 42 CPLS 10 16 15 11 — 52 Veritas — Titi Shepherd 8, Holly Scott 2, Alyssa Krestan 6, Merav Edmondson 6, Delaeny Shelton 3, Tori Huslig 17.

CPLS — Coker 15, Rollenbeger 11, Woolery 2, Hickman 6, Brown 10, Watkins 8.

Moore commits to Emporia State Lawrence High senior running back Trey Moore announced his commitment to play college football at Emporia State on Monday night through Twitter.

Moore rushed for 1,302 yards and 18 touchdowns last season, leading the Lions to a 6-4 record.

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“Danny has been great. He has one of the best arms in all of baseball,” Royals general manager Dayton Moore said earlier this offseason. “The fact that he’s left-handed makes him more special and separates him even more. He’s the kind of pitcher we all envision.”

Duffy and Moore are expected to attend a news conference today at Kauffman Stadium.

tration and could have become a AP Sports Writer free agent after the upcoming Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — Perseason. haps the Royals and Danny Duffy Instead, he will thought Kansas City sports fans earn $5 million could use some good news.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE this year before a The team announced a $65 bump to $14 milmillion, five-year contract with SOUTH EAST lion in 2018. He the popular left-hander on Mon- Duffy in 2010 will make $15.25 day, ensuring he will remain with the Royals through the 2021 sea- million each in 2019 and 2020 AL EAST son. Duffy was eligible for arbi- and $15.5 million in the final year

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25thplace vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. Villanova (28) 17-1 1580 3 2. Kansas (32) 16-1 1562 2 3. UCLA (3) 18-1 1472 4 4. Gonzaga (2) 17-0 1433 5 5. Kentucky 15-2 1357 6 6. Baylor 16-1 1315 1 7. West Virginia 15-2 1185 10 7. Creighton 17-1 1185 8 9. North Carolina 16-3 1063 11 10. Florida State 16-2 964 9 11. Oregon 16-2 931 13 12. Louisville 15-3 900 14 13. Butler 15-3 823 12 14. Arizona 16-2 757 16 15. Notre Dame 16-2 748 20 16. Virginia 13-3 677 19 17. Wisconsin 14-3 644 18 18. Duke 14-4 614 7 19. Florida 14-3 405 23 20. Cincinnati 15-2 373 22 21. Purdue 14-4 309 17 22. Xavier 13-4 294 15 23. Saint Mary’s (Cal) 15-2 210 21 24. South Carolina 14-3 125 — 25. Maryland 16-2 121 — Others receiving votes: TCU 29, Southern Cal 14, SMU 8, Nevada 7, Northwestern 7, UNC-Wilmington 6, Iowa State 5, Akron 1, Kansas State 1.

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Hawks 108, Knicks 107 New York — Dennis Schroder scored 28 points, including a goDarrell Arthur, Denver ahead 3-pointer with 22 seconds Did not play (knee injury). left, and Atlanta beat New York CHARLOTTE (98) on Monday.

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C.Zeller 5-7 3-4 13, Walker 8-21 5-5 24, Batum 2-11 4-5 8, Hawes 3-5 0-0 6, Kaminsky 3-6 0-0 7, Sessions 3-4 0-1 6, Belinelli 3-7 0-0 7. Totals 38-86 14-17 98.

AL EAST BOSTON (108) Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Crowder 5-11 2-2 15, Johnson 1-3 0-0 2, Horford 8-14 5-5 22, Thomas 14-25 0-0 35, Bradley 2-9 0-0 Min: 28. Pts: 22. Reb: 12. Ast: 2.

5, Brown 4-7 1-1 9, Green 0-0 0-0 0, Jerebko 1-1 YORK YANKEES BALTIMORE ORIOLES 0-0 3, OlynykBOSTON 6-9 RED 1-2SOX15, Smart 1-5 NEW 0-0 2. Totals Markieff Morris, Washington AL CENTRAL 42-84 9-10 108.

Charlotte 30 23 18 27 — 98 Min: 33. Pts: 17. Reb: 13. Ast: 5.

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ATLANTA (108) Sefolosha 1-4 0-0 3, Bazemore 5-13 4-4 16, Millsap 5-18 6-10 17, Schroder 13-16 1-1 28, Hardaway Jr. 9-16 0-0 20, Prince 1-1 0-0 2, Humphries 3-5 5-8 14, Scott 1-5 0-0 3, Delaney 2-4 0-0 5, Dunleavy 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 40-87 16-23 108.

NEW YORK (107) Anthony 10-16 8-11 30, Kuzminskas 6-10 1-1 14, Noah 2-3 3-5 7, Rose 8-16 2-4 18, Baker 4-9 0-0 12, O’Quinn 3-10 0-0 6, Jennings 1-4 0-0 2, Holiday 5-10 1-2 11, Lee 3-7 0-0 7. Totals 42-85 15-23 107.

Atlanta 26 27 35 20 — 108 New York 27 27 29 24 — 107

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Totals 37-88 19-25 101.

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WASHINGTON (120) Porter 4-9 1-3 12, Morris 6-9 4-4 17, Gortat 3-9 0-0 6, Wall 10-17 2-2 24, Beal 7-11 8-8 25, Oubre 5-8 5-5 18, Ochefu 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 1-4 2-2 4, Burke 2-8 0-0 4, McClellan 0-3 0-0 0, Satoransky 4-7 1-1 10.

Totals 42-86 23-25 120.

Portland 21 29 27 24 — 101 Washington 37 38 26 19 — 120

NEW ORLEANS (95) Cunningham 1-7 0-0 3, Hill 2-6 0-0 4, Davis 6-11 4-5 16, Holiday 4-9 1-2 11, Hield 4-5 0-0 10, Motiejunas 0-2 0-0 0, Jones 6-13 2-5 15, Galloway 3-8 0-0 9, Frazier 0-0 0-0 0, Moore 5-10 4-4 15, Evans 5-13 2-2 12. Totals 36-84 13-18 95.

INDIANA (98) Robinson 4-6 0-2 9, George 6-17 5-5 19, T.Young 8-9 1-1 17, Turner 7-17 3-6 18, Teague 7-10 1-1 16, Miles 1-7 1-1 3, Seraphin 1-2 0-0 2, Jefferson 5-7 0-0 10, Brooks 1-4 0-0 2, Ellis 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 41-81 11-16 98.

New Orleans 18 34 18 25 — 95 Indiana 32 22 22 22 — 98

76Ers 113, Bucks 104 Milwaukee — Joel Embiid scored 12 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, and Philadelphia won for the fourth time in five Nuggets 125, Magic 112 games.

Denver — Nikola Jokic scored a career-high 30 points, EmmanPHILADELPHIA (113) Covington 4-8 1-2 11, Ilyasova 4-14 2-2 12, uel Mudiay dished out a careerEmbiid 4-9 13-18 22, Rodriguez 4-10 1-1 10, Stauskas 2-5 0-0 6, Saric 6-11 3-3 17, Okafor 4-5 best 13 assists and Denver fol2-2 10, Luwawu-Cabarrot 1-3 2-2 4, Randle 3-6 2-2 lowed its “home” win in London 10, Henderson 3-7 3-4 11. Totals 35-78 29-36 113. with another victory at the Pepsi MILWAUKEE (104) Antetokounmpo 10-19 3-5 23, Snell 2-2 0-0 5, Center.

Henson 3-8 2-2 8, Parker 9-17 3-5 23, Brogdon 5-11 0-0 11, Beasley 2-5 3-4 7, Teletovic 0-3 0-0 0, Monroe 6-13 2-4 14, Plumlee 0-0 0-0 0, Dellavedova 3-6 2-2 8, Terry 2-5 0-0 5, Vaughn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-89 15-22 104.

Philadelphia 24 22 35 32 — 113 Milwaukee 24 30 24 26 — 104

Pacers 98, Pelicans 95 Indianapolis — Jeff Teague had 16 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds, helping Indiana win for the fifth time in six games.

ORLANDO (112) Gordon 2-6 0-0 4, Ibaka 6-12 0-0 15, Vucevic 8-13 1-1 17, Payton 9-17 2-3 20, Meeks 4-9 2-2 11, Rudez 0-0 0-0 0, Fournier 0-0 0-0 0, Green 3-9 6-6 13, Biyombo 7-9 1-4 15, Watson 0-1 0-0 0, Augustin 5-8 2-2 14, Hezonja 1-5 0-0 3. Totals 45-89 14-18 112.

DENVER (125) Gallinari 5-11 3-4 15, Faried 10-12 0-0 20, Jokic 13-19 3-5 30, Mudiay 6-12 4-4 18, Harris 0-1 0-0 0, Hernangomez 1-1 0-0 2, Chandler 4-12 0-0 9, Barton 5-9 0-0 11, Nurkic 1-2 0-0 2, Nelson 7-10 2-2 18, Murray 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 52-89 12-15 125.

Orlando 36 25 22 29 — 112 Denver 39 30 31 25 — 125

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No. 1 Villanova 76, Seton Hall 46 Villanova, Pa. — Kris Jenkins scored 16 points to lead No. 1 Villanova to a win over Seton Hall on Monday night.

CREIGHTON (18-1) Huff 3-8 2-2 9, Patton 5-9 0-0 10, Thomas 3-11 5-5 11, Watson 2-4 0-0 4, Foster 7-20 0-0 15, Hegner 5-7 0-0 12, Krampelj 0-0 2-2 2, Mintz 1-1 0-0 2, Harrell 1-2 0-1 2, Zierden 1-1 2-2 5. Totals 28-63 11-12 72.

XAVIER (13-5) Gaston 5-12 2-6 12, Bernard 1-3 1-3 3, Macura 2-6 3-4 8, Goodin 0-2 0-0 0, Bluiett 5-11 7-10 17, Gates 3-8 2-2 9, Jones 1-1 0-0 2, O’Mara 3-5 0-0 6, Sumner 4-10 1-2 10, Davis 0-2 0-2 0. Totals 24-60 16-29 67.

Halftime-Creighton 32-29. 3-Point GoalsCreighton 5-19 (Hegner 2-2, Zierden 1-1, Huff 1-5, Foster 1-5, Harrell 0-1, Watson 0-1, Thomas 0-4), Xavier 3-15 (Sumner 1-2, Macura 1-2, Gates 1-4, Davis 0-1, Bernard 0-2, Bluiett 0-4). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Creighton 32 (Patton 9), Xavier 43 (Gaston 17). Assists-Creighton 11 (Thomas 4), Xavier 13 (Sumner 5). Total Fouls-Creighton 24, Xavier 19. Technicals-Xavier coach Chris Mack.

A-10,348 (10,250).

SETON HALL (12-6) Sanogo 1-2 0-0 2, Rodriguez 5-12 2-3 15, Delgado 4-7 0-2 8, Jones 1-5 0-0 3, Carrington 1-8 3-4 6, Nzei 0-3 0-0 0, Soffer 0-1 0-0 0, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Gordon 2-4 0-0 5, Dowdy 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, Powell 2-12 2-2 7. Totals 16-55 7-11 46.

VILLANOVA (18-1) Jenkins 4-8 4-4 16, Reynolds 3-6 2-2 8, Brunson 4-8 2-2 13, Hart 5-10 0-0 11, Bridges 3-7 0-0 8, Painter 0-2 0-0 0, Leibig 0-0 0-0 0, Paschall 4-7 0-0 10, Delaney 0-0 0-0 0, DiVincenzo 4-9 2-3 10, Grace 0-0 0-0 0, Kennedy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-57 10-11 76.

Halftime-Villanova 36-23. 3-Point Goals-Seton Hall 7-28 (Rodriguez 3-8, Jones 1-2, Gordon 1-2, Carrington 1-6, Powell 1-9, Soffer 0-1), Villanova 12-26 (Jenkins 4-6, Brunson 3-5, Bridges 2-4, Paschall 2-4, Hart 1-5, DiVincenzo 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Seton Hall 28 (Nzei 7), Villanova 34 (Reynolds 9). AssistsSeton Hall 13 (Jones, Rodriguez, Carrington 3), Villanova 17 (Brunson 6). Total Fouls-Seton Hall 16, Villanova 15. A-6,500 (6,500).

No. 7 Creighton 72, No. 22 Xavier 67 Cincinnati — Cole Huff got a pivotal rebound and made a pair of free throws with 16.7 seconds left, and Creighton wasted an 11-point lead before rallying for a

No. 9 North Carolina 85, Syracuse 68 Chapel Hill, N.C. — Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams earned his 800th career victory when Isaiah Hicks scored 20 points to lead North Carolina to the home win.

SYRACUSE (11-8) Lydon 11-14 1-1 26, Thompson 2-5 0-0 4, Battle 4-11 4-4 13, A.White 5-13 0-0 15, Gillon 1-7 1-2 4, Roberson 3-7 0-0 6, Akintobi-Adeyeye 0-0 0-0 0, Howard 0-0 0-0 0, Feldman 0-1 0-0 0, Autry 0-0 0-0 0, Sutton 0-0 0-0 0, Belbey 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-59 6-7 68.

CLEVELAND (91) James 6-18 7-10 20, Love 1-6 1-1 3, T.Thompson 2-3 2-2 6, Irving 6-19 4-5 17, Shumpert 5-10 3-4 15, Jefferson 3-8 3-5 11, Frye 0-3 0-0 0, Felder 1-6 0-0 2, Liggins 0-1 0-0 0, McRae 3-4 0-0 6, Korver 4-10 0-0 11, J.Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-88 20-27 91.

GOLDEN STATE (126) Durant 9-16 0-0 21, Green 4-6 3-4 11, Pachulia 2-7 0-0 4, Curry 7-20 1-2 20, K.Thompson 8-17 5-5 26, McAdoo 0-1 0-0 0, West 3-4 0-0 6, Looney 0-2 3-4 3, McGee 2-3 0-0 4, Livingston 6-7 1-1 13, McCaw 0-0 2-2 2, Clark 0-3 2-4 2, Iguodala 5-5 2-2 14. Totals 46-91 19-24 126.

Cleveland 22 27 22 20 — 91 Golden State 37 41 17 31 — 126

Jazz 106, Suns 101 Phoenix — Joe Johnson scored 10 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 49.8 seconds to play, and Utah made it seven in a row over Phoenix with a another victory against the latter team.

UTAH (106) Ingles 4-6 0-0 11, Hayward 4-13 8-9 17, Favors 5-11 1-3 11, Gobert 8-12 2-5 18, Hill 7-18 2-2 17, Johnson 5-9 2-2 15, Lyles 0-0 1-2 1, Diaw 6-10 0-0 12, Exum 0-1 0-0 0, Neto 2-5 0-0 4, Burks 0-4 0-1 0.

Totals 41-89 16-24 106.

PHOENIX (101) Warren 5-7 4-4 15, Chriss 2-9 1-1 5, Len 3-4 0-1 6, Bledsoe 11-20 7-7 31, Booker 10-22 4-4 25, Tucker 4-6 0-0 8, Williams 1-2 0-0 2, Bender 2-4 0-0 5, Ulis 0-4 0-0 0, Barbosa 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 40-81 16-17 101.

Utah 24 23 32 27 — 106 Phoenix 28 25 27 21 — 101

NORTH CAROLINA (17-3) Meeks 7-10 1-2 15, Hicks 8-13 4-4 20, Jackson 8-19 1-1 19, Berry 4-7 0-0 10, Williams 2-7 0-0 6, Maye 4-5 0-2 8, Rush 0-0 0-0 0, Rohlman 0-0 0-0 0, Pinson 2-4 2-4 7, S.White 0-0 0-0 0, Woods 0-2 0-2 0, Robinson 0-0 0-0 0, Britt 0-1 0-0 0, Coker 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-68 8-15 85.

Halftime-North Carolina 42-30. 3-Point GoalsSyracuse 10-24 (A.White 5-9, Lydon 3-5, Gillon 1-3, Battle 1-5, Feldman 0-1, Belbey 0-1), North Carolina 7-24 (Berry 2-5, Williams 2-6, Jackson 2-8, Pinson 1-3, Woods 0-1, Britt 0-1). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsSyracuse 23 (Roberson 8), North Carolina 41 (Meeks 12). Assists-Syracuse 14 (Gillon 6), North Carolina 22 (Pinson 5). Total Fouls-Syracuse 13, North Carolina 13. A-20,588 (21,750).

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MARQUETTE (12-6) Fischer 0-1 2-2 2, Howard 10-18 4-4 26, Cheatham 4-8 4-8 13, Johnson 3-8 4-4 10, Hauser 4-6 0-0 11, Heldt 0-1 0-0 0, Wilson 0-1 0-0 0, Reinhardt 3-7 0-0 7, Rowsey 4-8 0-0 11. Totals 28-58 14-18 80.

BUTLER (16-3) Wideman 2-4 1-1 5, Martin 9-14 4-7 22, Chrabascz 2-8 6-7 10, Baldwin 8-13 0-0 18, Lewis 3-5 3-4 10, Fowler 0-1 0-0 0, Woodson 2-5 0-0 6, Savage 4-6 9-11 17, McDermott 0-0 0-0 0, Baddley 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-57 23-30 88.

Halftime-Marquette 41-25. 3-Point GoalsMarquette 10-26 (Hauser 3-4, Rowsey 3-6, Howard 2-8, Cheatham 1-2, Reinhardt 1-5, Johnson 0-1), Butler 5-13 (Woodson 2-2, Baldwin 2-2, Lewis 1-2, Savage 0-1, Baddley 0-1, Chrabascz 0-2, Martin 0-3). Fouled OutHauser, Fischer. Rebounds-Marquette 23 (Cheatham 6), Butler 31 (Martin 7). Assists-Marquette 11 (Cheatham, Reinhardt 3), Butler 10 (Lewis, Chrabascz 3). Total Fouls-Marquette 24, Butler 15. A-9,100 (9,100).

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TOP 25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

Women’s Basketball Time

150, 227

Net Cable

W. Virginia at Kan. Iowa St. at Baylor TCU at Kan. St.

7 p.m. TWCSC 37, 226 7 p.m. FCSC 145 7 p.m. FCS 146

NHL Hockey

Time

Bruins at Red Wings Sharks at Kings

7 p.m. NBCSN 38, 238 9:30 p.m. NBCSN 38, 238

Net Cable

TODAY IN SPORTS 1961 — Oscar Robertson, the Cincinnati Royals’ 22-year-old rookie sensation, becomes the youngest NBA All-Star MVP. His 23 points and 14 assists lead the West to a 153-131 victory at Syracuse, N.Y. 1971 — The first Super Bowl under the NFL-AFL merger ends with Baltimore rookie Jim O’Brien kicking a 32-yard field goal for a 16-13 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

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