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The number of homes sold in Lawrence has grown for four consecutive years, but the amount the average home sold for has fallen and risen over the same period.

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he final numbers for 2016 are in, and real estate agents sold 1,210 Lawrence homes, enough for Lawrence to post its fourth consecutive year of growth in home sales.

The new report from the Lawrence Board of Realtors shows home sale totals grew by 2.2 percent compared with 2015 marks.

That’s not a record-setter by any means, but there were times in 2016 that

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Noting that Marquis Young was the last person to be seen with his infant stepdaughter before she was found in a trash compactor, a judge on Monday ordered him to stand trial for attempted murder.

Young currently faces felony charges of attempted first-degree murder and abuse of a child. He appeared in court Tuesday for a preliminary Young hearing, where witnesses testified about events surrounding the incident.

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ACLU seeks copy of proposed voting law changes

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Debate heats up over asset forfeiture bill

By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Civil liberties advocates and Kansas law enforcement officials found themselves on opposite sides Tuesday in a debate over a bill that would rein in the state’s authority to order the forfeiture of property of criminal suspects.

The House Judiciary held

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“Kansas civil asset forfeiture laws threaten the constitutional rights and violate the basic rights of property and due process of our citizens,” Finney told the committee. “Kansans should be innocent until proven guilty. But with our current legislative sessions. It would civil asset forfeiture act, their require a criminal conviction property is guilty until they before a state court could or- prove it innocent.” der the forfeiture of a suspect’s money or property. > BILL, 2A

Kansans should be innocent until proven guilty. But with our current civil asset forfeiture act, their property is guilty until they prove it innocent.”

— Rep. Gail Finney, D-Wichita

hearings Tuesday on the bill sponsored by Rep. Gail Finney, D-Wichita, who has attempted to push the same legislation through in each of the last two

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Wichita — The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal court to force Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to turn over proposed changes to the nation’s voter registration law that the conservative Republican was photographed bringing to a meeting in November with Donald Trump.

That draft document — which is Kobach partially obscured

by Kobach’s left arm and hand in the photograph taken

by The Associated Press — is being sought as part of the ACLU’s lawsuit challenging Kansas’ restrictive voter registration law. The ACLU filed its request for the proposed amendments late Monday.

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Then it dropped in 2014, and home prices weren’t able to increase enough CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A in 2015 to get the median equal to or above the old it was questionable high. The market gained whether the market was back all of its losses plus going to grow at all. So, some in 2016. The other real estate agents are notable trend is that likely happy with the end Lawrence now has had result. two consecutive years of Here’s a look at how increases in selling pricthis year’s home sale es. It will be interesting totals compare with pre- to watch whether that vious years: trend starts showing up l 2016: 1,210, up 2.2 in the tax values that the percent county appraiser assigns l 2015: 1,184, up 11.4 to each home. Those percent tax values are supposed l 2014: 1,063, up 0.2 to be based on the fair percent market value of homes, l 2013: 1,061, up 17.2 and while homeownpercent ers may not want to see Some of the more their tax values increase, interesting numbers in local governments are this report are on the likely eager to get the pricing front. The endadditional tax revenues of-year numbers show that higher values would the median selling price produce. of a home in Lawrence The rising price of was $178,000. That was housing, though, was an increase of 5.3 percent most evident in the new from the 2015 median of construction market. $169,000. Here’s a look at The median selling some recent history on price of a newly conmedian selling prices in structed home rose to Lawrence. $324,900 in 2016, an l 2016: $178,000, up 5.3 increase of 6 percent percent from 2015 values. Since l 2015: $169,000, up 1.2 2013, the median price percent of a newly constructed l 2014: $167,000, down home has risen by 8 per1.8 percent cent, while the median l 2013: $170,000, up 6.6 price of existing houspercent. ing stock has grown by A couple of things you 4.7 percent. The figures may notice about those illustrate some of the numbers are that the difficulties the city may housing market did seem face if it has an affordto break through a bit able housing strategy of a ceiling in 2016. The that is heavily reliant on market hit a recent high new construction. The in 2013 with a median numbers also show the

new construction market struggles to build smaller, more entrylevel homes. The difference in price between an average existing home and the average newly constructed home is nearly $150,000.

Obviously, the new stuff that is getting built is a lot bigger, and perhaps fancier, than the older housing stock.

But despite the rising prices, sales of newly constructed homes posted their best totals in a long time. Real estate agents sold 99 new homes in 2016, a 22 percent increase from 2015.

Here is a look at a few other statistics from the end-of-year report: l The median number of days an existing house sat on the market before it sold was 16. That’s the shortest time period in recent memory. In 2013, existing homes were on the market for 40 days on average. The number has been falling ever since.

The statistic shows the market becoming more and more of a sellers market. l There are mixed signals on the new construction front. While more newly constructed homes sold in Lawrence than in past years, they took longer to sell. The median number of days a newly constructed home sat on the market before selling was 94.

That’s up significantly from the 76 days in 2015.

As local homebuilders decide how many

provide any firm guidance on what homeowners should expect. But it sure sounds like some sort of increase in tax values is in play.

“When the entire year is analyzed, there has been upward movement in the overall market value of existing real property over that period,” Miles wrote in the report. “As staff proceeds with the process of establishing the valuations for Douglas County properties, we are seeing an upward trend in total valuations on average.”

But Miles did not offer guidance on how large of an increase in values his staff is seeing. In a separate part of the report, Miles notes that through November, the average sale price for residential property throughout Douglas County was $214,895, which was up about 1 percent from Appraisal process the 2015 average. These If you are wondering numbers look different whether the Douglas from the ones above for a County Appraiser is couple of reasons: They going to attach a higher are for the entire county, tax value to your home, and the appraiser uses a you’ll have to keep mean average instead of wondering a bit longer. a median average. (No, The county will send I’m not going to explain out its change of value the difference. You notices on March 1. But should have paid attenthe appraiser’s staff curtion in math class.) rently is going through The appraiser’s office the process of assigning a is scheduled to wrap tax value to the approxi- up its annual review of mately 40,000 real estate values in the next couple parcels that exist in the of weeks. We’ll check in county. with the appraiser after County Appraiser that to see if we can get Steve Miles put out a a better idea of what report recently updating homeowners should the process, but he didn’t expect.

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“She had pink earrings on. I remember that very vividly,” Jury said. “She never cried, never whimpered, anything like that.”

Young’s wife, Sheena Young, testified on Tuesday that the two had fought earlier, on July 6.

She said the two put the infant to bed around 8:45 p.m. Sheena Young’s 7-year-old son spent the night with his grandmother nearby and her 5-year-old daughter spent the summer with her biological father, witnesses on Tuesday later testified.

Marquis Young acted as a parental figure to all three children, though he is not the biological father of any of them, Sheena Young said.

As the night grew later, both Sheena and Marquis Young drank more, and two friends came over to their apartment, Sheena Young said. Soon, the Youngs began arguing.

As the confrontation grew heated, Sheena Young said, she decided to stay the night at her friends’ home, leaving Marquis Young alone with her child.

Sheena Young said her marital relationship was plagued by domestic abuse, though her husband was generally an ad-

equate caretaker for her children.

Around the time she left, Sheena Young said, the infant had two minor injuries due to recent accidents: one where the child hit her eye and the other where she found her way into a chemical that left a small rash on her chin.

Early the next morning, Sheena Young said she texted her mother, Eva Carnahan, who lives nearby and who often watches the child, asking her to wake Marquis and to pick up the child.

Carnahan testified that she found Marquis Young and handed her cellphone to him with Sheena Young on the line.

Sheena Young said her husband assumed that she had returned in the night and had picked up the infant, but she replied that the child wasn’t with her and told him to call 911, she said.

Once the child was reported missing, responding officers realized the call was likely connected to the infant found in the complex’s dumpster earlier that day.

Lawrence Police Detective Jamie Lawson said he interviewed Marquis Young, who said he recalled speaking with police while he was drunk.

Apparently, some time after Marquis Young was left alone, he wandered outside and confronted a neighbor loudly about personal issues, Lawson said. Eventually, the police were called.

“They had given him a break and told him to go back inside, as he described it,” Lawson said.

That morning investigators noticed blood stains on the two shirts Marquis Young was wearing, said Lawrence Police Detective Zach Thomas. Once tested, it was discovered the blood matched the infant’s DNA profile.

Tanya Burrell, a doctor affiliated with Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo., said she examined the child and found two skull fractures, swelling to her eye and scalp and a multitude of bruises and scratches all over her body.

While she could not specifically say what caused the injuries, Burrell said the fractures and some of the bruises were caused by blunt force trauma. Bruises on the child’s chin “are a concern for choking,” she added.

Defense Attorney Adam Hall on Tuesday argued that there was

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cash, vehicles and other property from people who were not guilty of any crime.

One such case, Finney said, involved a Topeka woman, Barbara Reese, whom Finney described as an “entrepreneur” who buys and sells cars. In 1995, she was pulled over by the Kansas Highway Patrol, which suspected her vehicle and the $17,660 in cash she was carrying were being used in an illegal drug deal, although she was never charged with a crime.

Reese, however, argued that she was on her way to a car auction and the money was to be used to purchase a car.

Last year, 21 years after the seizure, the Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State recommended paying the money back to her out of the Highway Patrol’s budget. A bill authorizing that payment passed the

House, but Reese’s award was stricken out in a Senate committee.

“This is one of the situations I’m talking about, people who have not been convicted of a crime or charged with a crime, and they’re unable to get their property back,” Finney said.

Supporters of this year’s bill include an unusual coalition of liberal and conservative groups, ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas to faith groups like Kansas Interfaith Action and the conservative think tank Kansas Policy Institute.

“We’re grounded in the principles of limited government and personal freedom, and it’s for those reasons that we concur with everything that’s been said by previous conferees,” KPI president Dave Trabert said.

Rabbi Moti Rieber of Kansas Interfaith Action

said the issue raises even more basic ethical concerns.

“I’m not a lawyer, I’m just a simple country rabbi, and it strikes me as very strange that this is even constitutional,” Rieber said. “If you go up to somebody on the street and say you’re allowed to take somebody’s property just based on suspicion, it seems very strange, and not in keeping with American justice and values.”

But prosecutors and law enforcement officials argued against the bill on the grounds that it would allow criminals to keep the profits of illicit activities while imposing additional costs on law enforcement.

Kim Parker of the Kansas County and District Attorneys Association said individual rights are protected under the law because law enforcement officers must show probable cause of a crime be-

fore seizing property, and it can only be forfeited in a judicial proceeding in which each side has the opportunity to make its case.

“You have been told here that there is no due process and that is not true.

There is civil due process,” Parker said. “What happens in these cases, before anything can finally be forfeited under law, it’s reviewed in a court of law.”

One thing both sides agreed on is the fact that the overwhelming majority of asset forfeitures go unchallenged. But they disagreed as to why that’s the case.

Micah Kubic of the ACLU of Kansas said it’s because most people involved in such cases either can’t afford an attorney to take the case, or the amount of money involved is not large enough to justify the legal expenses.

Parker, however, said

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In the early morning of July 7, 2016, a woman living in the Country Club on 6th Apartments, 2500 W. Sixth St., flagged down Jerrad Jury, telling him she had heard a child inside the complex’s shared dumpster, he said.

The dumpster also compacts trash.

Hoisting his upper body through a door on the dumpster’s side, Jury said he moved three or four trash bags out of the way before he saw the infant’s arm and leg among the debris.

In one motion, Jury said, he grabbed the child by her limbs and pulled, pausing once she was clear from the trash to look her over.

“She was in pretty bad shape,” he said. “She had a really big crater, like a dent in her head, like someone had hit her.

There was dried-up blood around her nose and a lot of bites on her.”

Once the infant was out of the dumpster, Jury and a friend drove her to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where they later spoke with police about the unidentified child.

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Under current state law, police can seize money, vehicles or other property they believe has been used in the commission of certain crimes, and a court can order that it be permanently forfeited even if there is never any prosecution or conviction related to that crime.

Similar provisions exist in federal law for money and property used in the commission of federal crimes.

Proceeds of those assets are typically distributed back to the law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation.

Finney, however, argued that law enforcement agencies have, in some cases, abused their discretion by seizing

houses to build in 2017, they may be trying to figure out what statistic to put their faith in: an increasing number of sales or a slowdown in how long it is taking to sell a home. l The year ended with 180 homes actively on the market. That too is a recent low. At the end of 2015, there were 240 homes on the market.

At the end of 2013, there were 303. The shrinking number of homes on the market is a main factor driving up prices in the market, local real estate agents tell me. Unless something changes in the market — and who knows, facts and “alternative facts” could produce a shift — the low inventory of homes for sale makes it likely that Lawrence may see a third year of price increases in the real estate market.

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Skylar and Brooke Mosier, Eudora, a girl, Tuesday.

it’s because the people involved in criminal activity don’t want to show up in court where they would have to answer questions under oath.

“They don’t claim the money, not surprisingly, because they do not want to be convicted of a crime,” she said. “They do not want to touch illegally obtained money and claim that it is theirs.”

Members of the Judiciary Committee indicated that the bill may need some technical amendments before the panel votes on whether to send it to the full House.

Rep. Boog Highberger, D-Lawrence, for example, asked Finney what should happen to money or illegal drugs found in an abandoned vehicle that nobody steps forward to claim.

Finney said that in that circumstance, she would not object to the state seizing the property.

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New plan for downtown condo project in the works

By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

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After economic incentives for the project were denied, former City Commissioner Bob Schumm is scaling down his plans to build a five-story condo-

minium, commercial and office building on a vacant portion of Vermont Street.

“It’s kind of a lengthy redo, but I’m committed to the fact that there will be a project there someday,” Schumm said.

In the meantime, there

will be an orchard on the property that may lead to thousands of dollars per year in tax breaks for Schumm and the property.

In recent weeks, Schumm has planted fruit trees on the property as part of a plan to use the property as

an orchard. If tax officials agree that the property is a functioning piece of agricultural ground, taxes on the prime downtown lots will drop significantly.

Because agricultural land is taxed differently than non-agricultural property,

Date set for election to fill Pompeo’s seat

By John Hanna Associated Press

Topeka — Gov. Sam Brownback called a special election for April 11 to fill the south-central Kansas congressional seat previously held by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, with an already crowded field that includes Pompeo’s predecessor, the state treasurer and a former state treasurer.

Brownback signed the necessary document Tuesday — called a writ of election — a day after the U.S. Senate confirmed Pompeo’s appointment by President Donald Trump.

Democrats and Republicans in the 17-county district that includes Wichita must have special conventions by Feb. 18 to pick their nominees. For the election, Brownback picked the first Tuesday allowed under a 6-day-old state law aimed at giving military personnel an additional month to receive and return their ballots.

Republicans have held the seat since Todd Tiahrt unseated veteran Democratic Rep. Dan Glickman in 1994. Pom-

peo won the seat in 2010, when Tiahrt gave it up to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Tiahrt lost a GOP primary race to Pompeo in 2014.

Tiahrt said Tuesday that he’s seeking the Republican nomination for the special election and believes his previous experience in Congress will be valuable in helping Trump with his agenda.

“I’m the only one who can hit the ground running,” he said.

But many Republicans saw State Treasurer Ron Estes as an early favorite, and Estes planned to formally launch his candidacy with a news conference today. Estes was elected treasurer in 2010 and re-elected in 2014.

Alan Cobb, an adviser and director of coalitions for Trump’s campaign, also is running for the GOP nomination. He’s a former leader of the conservative, anti-tax group Americans for Prosperity.

He said his work for the Trump campaign will allow him to have good relationships with officials within the administration, adding, “It’s a net plus.”

Three others also have announced

their candidacies for the GOP nomination or attended candidate forums. They are Joseph Ashby, a former conservative Wichita radio talk show host; George Bruce, a Wichita businessman and attorney; and Pete Meitzner, a Wichita city council member.

Former state Treasurer Dennis McKinney, of Greensburg, confirmed Tuesday that he’ll run for the Democratic nomination. He served 16 years in the Kansas House before being appointed in 2008 to fill a vacancy in the treasurer’s office. He lost the 2010 election to Estes.

He said he’ll emphasize investing in workforce training and creating jobs, and added in a reference to Trump’s sometimes protectionist rhetoric, “We also have to have trade policies that encourage trade.”

Also seeking the Democratic nomination are Laura Lombard, a Wichita businesswoman who has run a firm that helps American businesses export their products, and Charlie Walker, an Andover police officer.

taxes on the two vacant lots could drop from about $7,000 per year currently to less than $100 per year.

Schumm had used a similar agriculture exemption for the land in the past.

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State resending tax forms after mistakes found

By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Topeka — Kansas taxpayers who received a Form 1099-G from the state of Kansas recently will soon be receiving a corrected form.

The Kansas Department of Revenue said it is resending an estimated 380,000 forms after some tax filers received forms containing inaccurate information. State officials were not

immediately able to say how much it would cost to reissue the documents.

The 1099-G lists money the tax filer received the previous year in the form of state income tax refunds, credit forwards or offsets, as well as money contributed to a checkoff program.

Federal law requires the state to send out 1099-Gs for informational purposes.

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Rape of 16-year-old girl reported at KU’s McCarthy Hall

By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com

University of Kansas police are investigating the reported rape of a 16-year-old girl at the oncampus apartment building where the KU men’s

basketball team and other male students live.

The case remains open, and no arrests have been made, KU Police Chief Chris Keary said Tuesday.

The alleged rape and three related crimes occurred between 10 p.m. Dec.

17 and 5 a.m. Dec. 18 at McCarthy Hall, 1747 Naismith Drive, according to the police report, requested and obtained Tuesday by the Journal-World. In addition to rape, the suspect is accused of contributing to a child’s misconduct, furnish-

ing alcohol to a minor and possession of drug paraphernalia, the report said.

McCarthy Hall is an allmale facility operated by KU Student Housing. McCarthy is home to about 40 students; roughly half are KU men’s basketball play-

ers and the other half are upperclassmen, nontraditional or transfer students.

Keary said the 16-yearold girl, who was not a KU student, was visiting residents in the building.

The police report indicated the suspect was

known to the girl.

The offender was suspected of using alcohol and drugs, and responding officers confiscated two smoking devices with residue, according to the police report.

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The practice has drawn questions from some members of the public, but the process is legal as long as the land is legitimately being used for agricultural production.

“It’s the law,” Schumm said. “It’s what happens all over the city when there’s development waiting to take place.

You’ve got lots of tracts of land around the city that are in that same kind of status that are awaiting development, and they’re classified as agricultural.”

Schumm’s first choice for the property, however, is a multistory commercial and residential project. Though plans are still preliminary, Schumm said the scaleddown project would eliminate one floor of condos and the underground parking garage for the building’s residents. There will be about five condos instead of 12, and, as before, one unit will be designated as an affordable housing unit.

The modifications substantially reduce the price of the project, with costs dropping from $9.3 million to about $5 million, according to Schumm. Incentives for the project were denied on a mixed vote, and Schumm is hoping the modifications will allow it to pass. He plans to seek an incentive package for the project.

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The information also is reported on the federal 1040 forms taxpayers file this year if they itemized deductions last year.

Taxpayers who did not itemize deductions last year do not need to report

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“The project I’m working on would be smaller,” Schumm said. “It would eliminate the underground parking, it would eliminate one floor of the condominiums and it would be a smaller tax base, but maybe this will more accommodating to the likings of the City Commission.”

The commission passed new guidelines for economic incentives in December, and Schumm said he thought his proposal was in line with those parameters, which include a preference for projects with infill development, as well as public benefits such as affordable housing.

As before, Schumm said he plans to apply for two forms of incentives: the Neighborhood Revitalization Act and Industrial Revenue Bonds. He said the components of the affordable housing unit will also remain the same, with a one-bedroom, 600 square-foot unit to be set aside in perpetuity as affordable according to the city’s standards. The first two floors of the building will still house commercial and office space, though Schumm said square footage would be less to account for approximately eight parking spaces in the adjoining alley.

Schumm said as architects work on the design, those details could shift.

“The whole project has to be redrawn, and that’s when we’ll know if this will all work,” Schumm said.

With fewer condos in the revised project, the percent of units designated as affordable housing increases from 8 percent to 20 percent. The revised project would exceed set-aside guidelines for a project of that size — not finalized at the time of Schumm’s original request — that require 10 percent of units to be designated as affordable for residential projects seeking incentives.

The commissioners who voted against incentives for Schumm’s original proposal — Lisa Larsen, Matthew Herbert and Leslie Soden — said the development didn’t provide enough public benefit to warrant incentives.

However, the outside consultant hired by the city to evaluate the request recommended it for approval.

The cost-benefit analysis showed a 1.78 ratio for the city, meaning for every $1 in public incentives, $1.78 of benefit value would be returned. City Manager Tom Markus told commissioners at the time that he supported the project and that he thought incentives decisions should be made based on the metrics.

Some commissioners, though, took issue with part of those metrics.

Schumm plans to live in one of the condos, one aspect that Soden brought up when explaining her dissent. Schumm said it is still possible he will live in one of the units, but that the new incentives

application will factor out incentives for that unit.

In the interim, the property will function as an orchard. The property, located in the 800 block of Vermont Street, is composed of two lots left vacant after a fire.

Schumm has owned one of the lots since the 1980s and finalized the purchase of the second last year.

Both lots are currently classified as “vacant urban” by the Douglas County appraiser’s office, but Schumm has recently added 24 fruit trees to two mature fruit trees on the property. He said he has an application in to change the classification of the lots to agricultural use, though he noted that may not come to be if the proposal for the scaleddown project is approved.

“It may be a moot point if things move forward, but if it doesn’t, then it’s under a different classification,” Schumm said, adding that he wanted to put the land to some use.

If the application for agricultural use designation is approved, Schumm expects the appraised value of the land would change significantly — from about $450,000 total to less than $100 — which would bring the annual tax bill down from about $7,000 to a matter of dollars.

Schumm said he expects to have the scaleddown plans for the project finalized in early spring, after which he will begin the incentives application process anew.

the 1099-G information as income this year, according to the Department of Revenue’s website.

Information from the 1099-G is reported on the federal form 1040 that the taxpayer files this year if he or she is itemizing deductions.

The state also reports 1099-G information directly to the Internal Revenue Service. But it said only the

forms sent to taxpayers contained inaccurate amounts.

Information reported to the IRS was accurate, the department said.

The department said that on Monday it discovered some of the 1099-G forms it had sent out for tax year 2016 listed incorrect refund amounts.

Jeannine Koranda, spokeswoman for the de-

partment, said officials don’t know exactly how many of the forms sent out were incorrect, but to ensure accuracy, all of the roughly 380,000 forms will be reissued.

The agency said that a file it sent to the Kansas Office of Printing and Mailing contained inaccurate information and that the error occurred later in the printing process.

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Keary would not share information about the suspect, including whether the suspect was a KU student or lived at McCarthy Hall.

All five people listed as witnesses in connection with the reported rape are members of the KU men’s basketball team, according to the police report. Other people interviewed were a KU Athletics administrator and two 19-year-old women, according to the police report.

Jim Marchiony, KU associate athletics director for public affairs, declined to comment on the report, referring questions to police. Marchiony also declined to answer whether basketball players were involved.

KU police have not forwarded the case to the district attorney at this time, Keary said.

“The investigation is ongoing,” Keary said. He added, “we believe there is no risk to the campus.”

Crimes reported to KU police typically are posted publicly, to the department’s online daily crime log, within a few days. The alleged rape at McCarthy Hall was not posted until a few weeks after it was reported.

Keary would not specify

why posting the McCarthy report was delayed.

However, generally, he said that if police believe posting an incident could interfere with an ongoing investigation, they wait to do so until that’s no longer a concern.

A child in need of care, determined to be a runaway, was reported to KU police shortly after 4 a.m.

Dec. 18 at McCarthy Hall, according to the online crime log.

That report appeared on the log within a few days.

At the time, KU police Deputy Chief James Anguiano said that the runaway was picked up, which was indicated as an “arrest” on the log. He said he could not release more information because the matter involved a juvenile.

Keary would not confirm whether the runaway report was connected to the alleged rape.

The police report in the runaway case, also requested and obtained by the Journal-World, does not list any information about the runaway. However, the witnesses in the case were the same two women interviewed in the rape investigation and a sixth KU basketball player.

Dec. 16 was the last day of fall finals on the KU campus. The night of Dec. 17, the KU men’s basketball team played Davidson College at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

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Changes in special ed The district needs to get to the bottom of why students of color are far more likely to be identified as having learning problems.

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t is concerning that students of color in the Lawrence school district are twice as likely to be identified as having learning impairments as white students.

The school district is right to develop a plan to try to address the disparity.

The data is included in a report prepared for the school district by the Center for Innovative School Leadership on the district’s special education program.

The report showed that once students are placed in special education programs, they tend to remain in special education programs throughout the rest of their time in public schools.

Because of the placement rates for minority students in special education programs, the district is categorized as “discrepant.” If the placement for such students reaches three times the rate of white students, the district would be labeled as “disproportionate” and be subject to federal action.

The report recommends that the district develop a plan to lower disproportionate representation of students of color in special education programs by establishing a goal that no group will be more than two times discrepant. The report also recommends that the district establish clear entry and exit goals and guidelines for special education programs.

There are various special education categories, including learning disabled, intellectually disabled, developmentally delayed, emotionally disturbed, as well as autism and other disabilities.

“We know that as a nation we have a problem with special education services being disproportionate for students of color,” said school board member Vanessa Sanburn. “And our district has decided that, in addition to a lot of things, we want to take on that issue head-on, and we want to be a district where that’s not true.”

Though the school district is technically in compliance with federal rules, Sanburn said that should not be the district’s goal.

While it is imperative to ensure that all students receive the educational assistance they need, it defies logic that minority students in Lawrence need special education services at twice the rate of white students. Sanburn and the district are right to advocate for changes.

Keep CIA on ‘modernization’ path Washington — Former CIA Director John Brennan’s biggest concern the past few years hasn’t been Russian hacking, or even the wars in the Middle East, but what he calls “modernization” of the agency. In an effort to improve performance of this notoriously siloed organization, Brennan moved to fuse operations (the agency’s vaunted spies) and analysis (its less glamorous but no less essential sifters of information).

To outsiders, this move may sound like a minor bureaucratic shuffle. But inside the CIA, with its fiercely guarded fiefdoms, it exploded like a grenade.

The Brennan modernization triggered a mini-rebellion from some colleagues who thought he was destroying the CIA’s clandestine culture. A few of the agency’s senior-most spies quit in disgust.

Will Brennan’s revamped structure remain in place?

Even as President-elect Donald Trump has likened the intelligence community to “Nazi Germany” and blasted Brennan himself as “Not good!” and a possible purveyor of “Fake News,” the fate of Brennan’s modernization has been a topic of intense interest in the corridors of Langley.

Brennan told me bluntly in an interview after Trump’s election: “I think it would be folly — and it would be disastrous for the agency and our national security — if somebody came in here and said this modernization doesn’t make sense, and took it apart.”

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(Pompeo would) be wise to leave the organization chart alone for a while and let this agency do its job. For once, thanks to Trump’s reckless comments about Nazis, the CIA may even have some public sympathy.” succeeding Brennan, told the Senate recently that the reform’s objective “makes sense,” but there is “still work to do in implementation, especially streamlining decision-making processes.”

That was a wait-and-see answer that left Pompeo ample bureaucratic maneuvering room.

What’s the right course?

After interviewing several dozen CIA officers and veterans over the last several months, my conclusion is that Brennan’s reforms should continue — but only with adjustments that eventually reduce the bureaucratic layering and duplication that his overhaul unintentionally fostered.

The CIA needs to be leaner, flatter and more able to operate secretly; some of Brennan’s reforms instead created a more complicated

and confusing organization chart. Analysts and operations officers have different skills and career paths, and Brennan’s attempt to treat them all as “intelligence officers first” risked producing a homogenized culture with a duller edge.

To understand the CIA, it helps to think of it as a fancy high school. The cool kids on campus have always been the operators. The analysts were un-cool: brainy, fussy about their independence but socially introverted.

It’s telling that two former senior operations officers both described Brennan’s effort as “the revenge of the nerds.” The CIA wasn’t exactly “Mean Girls,” but it was close.

Brennan was personally scarred by this culture. A flinty Irish-American, he entered the agency 37 years ago hoping to be an ops officer but moved to analysis.

When he talks about the operators in their “ivory towers,” the anger shows.

Brennan’s reorganization created a matrix that integrated all four of the agency’s main directorates: operations, analysis, science and technology, and support.

The gathering points were 10 newly chartered “mission centers” that focused on geographical areas, such as the Near East or East Asia, or on topics, such as counterterrorism or counterintelligence.

But Brennan also kept the old directorates, to preserve their tradecraft expertise.

And that’s where confusion arose. Analysts and operators still looked to their preexisting silos for promotion and long-term career guidance, even as their daily

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work was done through the mission centers.

Though the new system was “more complicated,” it was “valuable,” says a senior operations officer. “We consult and no longer work in isolation.”

Brennan took another reorganization step that won almost universal praise. He created a new “Directorate of Digital Innovation” to adapt to a world where technology has transformed the essence of espionage.

The October 2015 launch of the mission centers and the digital directorate brought considerable angst.

Returning officers didn’t know where they would land. Division chiefs and deputies lost their titles.

The veteran officer who heads the Modernization Task Force noted some initial problems: “It felt like there were more layers, more bureaucracy, [it was] harder to get things done,” he said in an interview. Last March, the agency made 14 “course corrections” in the reorganization.

Pompeo, the new director, will arrive with broad internal support and a clean slate, and without Brennan’s scar tissue. He’d be wise to leave the organization chart alone for a while and let this agency do its job. For once, thanks to Trump’s reckless comments about Nazis, the CIA may even have some public sympathy.

Brennan, by stubborn force of will, may have changed the agency more than any of his predecessors.

What he leaves, though, is still very much a work in progress.

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

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 25, 1917: l “One of the oldest men in years Lawrence is J. M. Wood of 1331 ago Vermont street who will celebrate IN 1917 his ninety second birthday tomorrow but the record of his age has been kept elsewhere than in his features or general appearance. Mr. Wood looks upon his old age as the result of long years of good health.

For sixty odd years, more than many people spend on earth, he has not been ill to such an extent that he was confined to his bed. When the weather is fit, Mr. Wood walks a mile for exercise every day. ‘I am not exactly a boy any more,’ he said yesterday, ‘so I rest at the end of the mile before returning home.” Unlike many old people Mr. Wood is not holding on to life with the one idea of reaching a certain age.”

TODAY IN HISTORY On Jan. 25, 1947, gangster Al Capone died in Miami Beach, Florida, at age 48. l In 1533, England’s King Henry VIII secretly married his second wife, Anne Boleyn, who later gave birth to Elizabeth I. l In 1890, reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) of the New York World completed a round-the-world journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes. l In 1915, America’s first official transcontinental telephone call took place as Alexander Graham Bell, who was in New York, spoke to his former assistant, Thomas Watson, who was in San Francisco, over a line set up by American Telephone & Telegraph. l In 1924, the first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France. l In 1961, President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference to be carried live on radio and television. l In 1981, the 52 Americans held hostage

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YOUR TURN

A look back at strategic planning in Lawrence

By Linda Finger

I was encouraged to see that city leaders are once again engaging in strategic planning. It was disappointing to read that this is thought to be the city’s first experience in strategic planning.

I suggest a few notes could be added to Rochelle Valverde’s recent article.

My thoughts come from having served as a member of the planning department from 1978 to 2005.

The first strategic plan was done in the early 1960s.

I believe it was 1964 by Harland Bartholomew’s company. (This planning document used to be in the city planning department’s library. It may have been donated to Spencer Research Library.)

The Bartholomew strategic planning sessions produced several documents that led to the city’s first comprehensive land use plan and to a new zoning code. The Bartholomew

plans provided the genesis of many of the larger land use decisions made in the next three decades.

It was the pre- Finger decessor of the public planning meetings held to create, review and adopt PLAN 95 and its successor, HORIZON 2020, comprehensive land use plans adopted in the 1980s and 2000. To illustrate this; the original concept of a southern loop around the city was developed in the 1960s plan. (Albeit, the original location for the southern loop was nearer to 19th Street than 31st Street.)

Considering the city’s future directions for the longterm, not short-term gains, was the strength of community leaders in the past.

When I came to the city in the late ’70s, three community leaders (City Manager Buford Watson, KU Chancellor Laurence Chalmers

and Journal-World publisher Dolph Simons Sr.), met regularly to discuss the future directions of the city/university.) Not all decisions they made were altruistic, but securing the downtown’s place in history as the city’s center by anchoring both ends with government buildings has proven to be a successful strategy.

Expanding the strategic planning process into the 1970s and 1980s by including city commissioners and other community leaders improved the planning process in Lawrence. A good strategic plan can influence, even two to three decades later, the visions developed through an inclusive planning process.

City Commissioners and city department heads did participate in the strategic planning process known as SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) in the 1980s and 1990s. I know as I took part in these sessions.

A question for today might be: “What happened to end the strategic planning process in the past, or for that matter, to end the creation of a Capital Improvements Plan (CIP), that helped community leaders plan in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s for future public improvements?”

I have made it a practice not to comment on city planning for over a decade, but the portion of Valverde’s article that noted how city commissioners struggled at a recent study session to find a title to adequately describe the 2007-2016 period was too good to overlook.

I suggest whatever the period is titled, it would be appropriate to footnote it as: “This period exhibited a lack of leadership or vision brought on through shortterm thinking and individual goals that replaced community vision and leadership.”

— Linda Finger served as director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Department from 1994 to 2005.

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Kobach’s attorney argued in a Jan. 20 email to the ACLU that the document is subject to “executive privilege” because “it was created and is maintained in Kobach’s capacity as a Trump advisor.”

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North Dakota’s economy flourished in the oil and gas production boom of the past several years, then took a sharp downturn.

Trump moves fast on pipeline projects He signs 5 executive actions on energy, infrastructure Gregory Korte @gregorykorte USA TODAY

for long-term growth, could portend short-term challenges if they spark further price declines.

The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the U.S. benchmark, was up 1.4% to $53.41 at 12:57 p.m.

The pain is particularly sharp in places such as North Dakota.

The state’s economy flourished amid the tremendous upswing in American oil and gas production over the past several years but has taken a sharp turn for the worse. North Dakota lost 2.9% of its jobs in 2016, and its economy shrunk by 8.4%, according to the S&P report.

“Certainly we’ve seen that decrease as we’ve dealt with a difficult market,” said Tessa Sandstrom, communication manager at the North Dakota Petroleum Council. “But we’re still well ahead of where we were in 2006,” the start of the boom.

In Oklahoma, the state budget is likely to take a significant hit as tax receipts suffer. More than 13% of household earnings in Oklahoma come from the energy sector, up from 6.9% in 2001, according to a report released in September by the State Chamber of Oklahoma.

The good news for the industry is that OPEC’s oil-pumping

WASHINGTON President Trump signed five more executive actions Tuesday in a blitz of executive power meant to speed approvals of high-profile energy and infrastructure projects, including two controversial pipeline projects in the upper Midwest.

Trump signed two presidential memoranda intended to expedite the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, but he also signed three more longer-term and sweeping directives requiring American-made steel and changing the process of approving and regulating future pipeline and infrastructure projects.

“This is about streamlining the incredibly cumbersome, long, horrible, permitting process,” Trump said in an Oval Office signing ceremony that has already become a trademark of his short presidency.

In reversing the Obama administration policy to reject the Keystone pipeline, Trump emphasized that construction isn’t a done deal. “It’s something that’s subject to a renegotiation of terms by us,” he said. “We’ll see if we can get the pipeline built. A lot of jobs, 28,000 jobs.”

Keystone XL became a lightning rod for Obama’s energy policy, with the administration taking seven years to make a decision before ultimately killing it over environmental concerns. Environmental groups reacted quickly and vociferously to Trump’s moves Tuesday, promising legal action and White House protests.

“President Trump will live to regret his actions this morning,” said Michael Brune of the Sierra Club. He promised “a wall of resistance the likes of which he never imagined.”

The directives Trump signed Tuesday included four presidential memoranda and one executive order. uA memorandum expediting the Keystone XL Pipeline, a

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Recession swamped six of the eight biggest oil-pumping U.S. states in 2016, according to a new report that illustrates the damaging effects of the global commodity’s slide on American energy.

Despite recent gains in oil prices after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ decision to cut production, petroleum’s rough ride in 2016 tripped Alaska, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Wyoming into recession, according to the S&P Global Ratings report.

The report, which estimated economic output for 2016, concluded that Texas and Montana barely avoided recession with slight increases in growth.

Seven of the eight states ranked in the bottom 10 in job creation. Only Texas, at No. 23, escaped that dubious distinction.

Employment opportunities, state budgets and economic growth contracted, accordingly.

The development comes as the energy industry hopes for action

by President Trump to open federal lands for production and lift environmental restrictions on pumping. Those prospective moves, though potentially helpful

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Alaska Gov. Bill Walker urges lawmakers to end the bickering and get down to the serious business of resolving the state’s budget crisis Wednesday in Juneau.

Seven of the eight states ranked in the bottom 10 in job creation.

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This year, the Oscars are not so white.

Before the sun rose in Hollywood on Tuesday, the Academy Awards ended two years of a “whiteout” among nominees in major acting categories.

In 2015 and 2016, all 20 actors nominated by the Academy of

Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the lead and supporting acting categories were white, inspiring the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite and sparking intense conversation in the industry to refocus on representation and inclusion.

This year, those honored are far more diverse. Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) and Dev Patel (Lion) are nominees for best supporting actor, and three of the nominees for best supporting actress are black: Viola Davis (Fences), Naomie Harris (Moonlight) and Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures).

Twitter took note: “Wow 3 Black women are nominated in the Best Supporting Actress cate-

gory,” tweeted @BlackGirlNerds.

Never before have more than two African-American nominees competed against each other in the same category. It’s also the first time in history at least one black actor has been nominated in all four acting categories.

The lead categories are the least diverse but aren’t all-white. Denzel Washington vies for best actor for Fences, competing against Ryan Gosling (La La Land), Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge), Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic) and Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea). In the actress race, Ruth Negga was nominated for Loving in a category rounded

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Octavia Spencer is a nominee for best supporting actress for Hidden Figures.

out by Emma Stone (La La Land), Natalie Portman (Jackie), Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins) and Isabelle Huppert (Elle).

Though there remains a lack of Hispanic or Asian nominees, the shift was felt immediately.

April Reign, who created the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag in 2015, noted the progress. “Things are changing because our voices are strongest together,” she tweeted, emphasizing that “one year of films reflecting the Black experience doesn’t make up for 80 (years) of underrepresentation of ALL groups.”

The academy took major steps to diversify its membership, inviting 683 new members — 46% of them women and 41% people of color — to join the voting group that determines the Oscars.

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Spicer says president suspects voter fraud

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Trump maintains popular vote was fixed

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WASHINGTON President Trump plans to nominate a new Supreme Court justice next week to replace the late Antonin Scalia, a high-profile pick likely to re-ignite a partisan brawl over judges in the U.S. Senate and across the country.

“I’ll be making my decision this week and we’ll be announcing next week,” Trump told reporters. “We have outstanding candidates and we will pick a truly great Supreme Court justice. But I’ll be announcing it sometime next week.”

Trump discussed the selection with lawmakers who will decide the nominee’s fate, members of the Senate. They included the Republican chairman and top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will hold hearings on whoever is selected.

The president is looking at youngish, solidly conservative “originalist” judges in the Scalia mold, including ones with lengthy records on federal appeals courts. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Trump “has made it incredibly clear that he will appoint justices who protect our liberty and hold the highest regards for the

Constitution.”

Some Democrats fear Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee will begin an effort to pack the high court with conservatives willing to roll back rulings on ranging from the environment to abortion rights, from civil rights to government regulatory authority.

Scalia’s death in February made the Supreme Court a major issue in the presidential election between Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, and led to a Senate deadlock over President Obama’s nomination of federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland to fill the post.

“We have outstanding candidates and we will pick a truly great Supreme Court justice.”

President Trump

Replacing Scalia would not shift the court ideologically from where it was a year ago; it would simply restore the conservative majority that has been missing since Scalia’s death. It would also put the conservatives one seat short of a commanding majority.

The Judiciary Committee eventually will conduct hearings on Trump’s nominee, most likely in March.

From an initial list of 21 potential nominees, Trump appears to

be looking seriously at these three federal appeals court judges: uNeil Gorsuch, Colorado, 10th Circuit: At 49 the youngest of the group, Gorsuch is the most natural replacement. He is a strict adherent of “originalism,” Scalia’s belief that the Constitution should be interpreted based on the intent of the Founders. He also is a distinctive writer, as Scalia was.

Gorsuch clerked for Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy, then practiced law in Washington and did a stint at the Justice Department. uWilliam Pryor, Alabama, 11th Circuit: He’s been the conservatives’ justice-in-waiting for years, and at 54, the former Alabama attorney general comes straight out of central casting.

Likely in his corner: U.S. attorney general-designate Jeff Sessions, who preceded Pryor as Alabama’s top law enforcement official.

But Pryor is controversial: He once criticized Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion, as “the worst abomination of constitutional law in our history.” uThomas Hardiman, Pennsylvania, 3rd Circuit: A dark horse, Hardiman, 51, isn’t unfamiliar to Trump. He sits on the same U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit as the president’s sister, Maryanne Trump Barry.

Hardiman’s career as a judge is one of law and order. He has maintained a solidly conservative record on issues involving guns, searches, police officers and prison guards — more so than Scalia.

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White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Tuesday that President Trump continues to have concerns that 3 million to 5 million people voted illegally in last year’s elections, though observers, including Republican leaders, say there is a total lack of evidence.

“It was a comment that he made on a long-standing belief,” Spicer said a day after Trump claimed to members of Congress that people who are in the country illegally caused him to lose the popular vote to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by almost 3 million votes.

In his meeting with House members at the White House on Monday, Trump echoed a Twitter post he made in November: “In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.”

Clinton took almost 3 million more votes than Trump, but the New York businessman won more states and collected more than than 300 electoral votes, well beyond the necessary majority.

As candidates, lawmakers, government officials and election observers disputed Trump’s claim, WASHINGTON

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President Trump “believes what he believes,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters Tuesday.

congressional Republicans expressed dismay at his return to the topic. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told NBC News that such unfounded claims could undermine his ability to govern, and perhaps the government itself.

“To continue to suggest that the 2016 election was conducted in a fashion that millions of people voted illegally undermines faith in our democracy,” Graham said. “It’s not coming from a candidate for office, it’s coming from the man who holds the office.”

Spicer said Trump made an offhand comment during a meeting on his legislative agenda.

“He believes what he believes,” Spicer said.

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A familiar sight in the opening days: President Trump shows off one of the directives he signed Tuesday in the Oval Office.

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proposed 1,179-mile cross-border pipeline from Alberta to Nebraska. In unusual language referring to a specific private company in a presidential directive, Trump invited pipeline company Transcanada “to promptly resubmit its application.” He also ordered the secretary of State to make a decision within 60 days, fasttracking existing procedural requirements. uA memorandum directing the secretary of the Army to “review and approve in an expedited manner” the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 1,172-mile pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois that has been the subject of heated protests by American Indian groups and environmentalists. Because the pipeline crosses waterways, it needs approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Trump once owned stock in Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the pipeline, although his campaign said he sold off all individual stock holdings last August. Trump has not yet filed a financial-disclosure report to confirm the sale. uA memorandum requiring the secretary of Commerce to come up with a plan to require American-made steel for all new, expanded or retrofitted pipelines in the United States. The plan is due in six months.

“Going to put a lot of workers, a lot of steelworkers, back to work,” Trump declared. uA memorandum to all federal agencies to review manufacturing regulations. The secretary of Commerce is required to seek

Keystone XL became a lightning rod for President Obama’s energy policy; the administration took seven years before it ultimately killed the project. comment from the public for 60 days on how to streamline those rules, with a report to Trump containing proposals 60 days after that. uAn executive order fasttracking approval for “high-priority infrastructure projects.” Under Trump’s order, any governor or Cabinet secretary can ask for a project to be designated as highpriority. If the chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality approves, the project will go to the front of the line for any agency required to review and approve the project.

“This is the expediting of environmental reviews and approvals for high-priority infrastructure projects,” Trump said. “We can’t be in an environmental process for 15 years if a bridge is falling down.

“If it’s a no, we’ll give them a quick no, and if it’s a yes, it’s like ‘Let’s start building,’ ” he said.

“The regulatory process in this country has become a tangled-up mess and very unfair to people.”

cuts helped stabilize the commodity after its precipitous drop to below $27 per barrel at one point in February 2016 amid a global glut of production.

Plus, there’s a general consensus that energy companies have little room left to cut after a year in which several dozen producers filed for bankruptcy and laid off thousands of workers.

“With oil prices appearing to have hit bottom and now stabilized somewhat, we anticipate a leveling off of economic performance among the oil-producing states,” S&P credit analyst Gabriel Petek said in the report. But “we expect any economic recovery to be modest.”

The impact of Trump’s energy stance on the commodity’s trajectory remains unclear.

Sandstrom said the industry hopes Trump will provide “more stability” for producers.

“That definitely adds a little encouragement,” she said.

How each state fares: uAlaska: Gov. Bill Walker said an income tax or sales tax is “likely going to be necessary” to offset a budget shortfall, according to S&P. The state has significant budget reserves. uMontana: Showing economic growth of 0.84% in 2016, Montana fared best of all eight oil states. Its job creation rate of 0.46% was second-best.

Although oil and gas income made up only 2.2% of the state budget in the current two-year fiscal cycle, it’s likely to fall to 1.9% for the next period. uLouisiana: Oil’s struggles have pummeled the state’s budget. Forecasters recently projected a $300 million decrease in revenue “as ongoing employment weakness in the oil industry has continued to affect individual and corporate income tax collections,” S&P reported.

Although the state’s offshore oil rigs are more resilient than easy-to-set-up-and-shut-down shale drilling projects in other parts of the country, the job outlook remains tepid.

“Although oil prices have somewhat rebounded, state officials report that in order for the employment situation to improve, a long-term bounce in production is required,” S&P reported. uNew Mexico: This state’s oil and gas industry cut 26.5% of its jobs in the 12-month period ending in October. Under projections, without midyear changes, the 2017 fiscal year would end with a negative fund balance. uNorth Dakota: Crushed by oil’s rough 2016, North Dakota expects to have $1.4 billion less in the next two-year budgeting cycle than it had projected two years

ago. The state’s rate of job losses was second-worst in the country.

The state’s strong budgetary reserves may help offset some of the pain, but S&P warned that using reserves to balance the budget instead of slashing spending “could lead to credit pressure.” uOklahoma: The commodity’s slump has dealt a sharp blow to Oklahoma’s bottom line. The state is projected to have 12.6% less spending capacity in its 2018 budget than it has in its 2017 budget.

“Given our overall assessment that Oklahoma is markedly vulnerable in the event of a U.S. downturn and that management has yet to demonstrate a sustainable path toward improving the state’s financial position, even modest economic softness could have prolonged negative effects,” S&P said. uTexas: The increasingly diversified economy has made Texas arguably the most resilient of the oil states as it maintains its pristine AAA credit rating. Employment grew at a rate of 1.6% in 2016, more than triple the nextbest rate among oil states.

Sales taxes are down, and spending on public assistance is up. The rainy-day fund has more than $10 billion, and oil production taxes represent only 4.3% of the budget for the next cycle, so the state’s finances are in solid shape. uWyoming: The state is likely to draw down on its sizable budget reserves to make ends meet. Coal’s decline is more damaging to this state than oil’s slide.

Employment fell 3.2% in 2016, the worst rate of all 50 states.

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A: Talk of the Dow Jones industrial average approaching 20,000 has many investors excited about the stock market’s strength. But some cautious investors wonder whether the market has come too far, too quickly.

It’s true the market has gotten more expensive based on the common valuation measures many investors use. The ratio of price to aggregate earnings, or P/E ratio, for the Dow over the past 12 months has climbed from 15 to nearly 21 today. For the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index, the same metric has risen from 21 times earnings in early 2016 to about 25 times earnings.

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Verizon rivals put squeeze on No. 1 carrier’s growth Mike Snider @mikesnider USA TODAY

Verizon is expecting a year of flat growth, thanks in part to a competitive squeeze put on the telecom giant.

Amid an increasingly challenging wireless market, Verizon on Tuesday reported adjusted earnings of 86 cents per share, down from the 89 cents per share in the same October-December period last year. Analysts had expected

89 cents per share, according to those polled by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Verizon remains the largest U.S. wireless provider, and it added 591,000 net subscribers, bringing its total to 114.2 million, up 1.9% over 2015. But its subscriber additions fell below the 726,000 net additions expected by Wall Street analysts.

For 2017, the company expects revenue “fairly consistent” with that of 2016, which was about $126 billion, down 4.3%.

Verizon shares are down more than 10% the last six months.

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Competitors T-Mobile and Sprint, which offer unlimited data plans, continue to make wireless gains creating “a competitive challenge” for Verizon, says Dave

Heger, a senior equity research analyst with investment firm Edward Jones.

T-Mobile, for instance, added about twice as many subscribers, 1.2 million, in the fourth quarter as Verizon did.

But Verizon faces challenges on another front with AT&T’s launch of DirecTV Now — a result of its 2015 purchase of the satellite TV service — and its pending acquisition of content powerhouse Time Warner.

Even Sprint has got into the act, acquiring one-third of music streaming service Tidal.

Verizon did acquire AOL in 2015 and is in the midst of acquiring Yahoo, and it launched its own ad-supported mobile video service go90. But it’s facing some hurdles in evolving its digital media offerings.

Verizon reported fourth-quarter net income fell 16% to $4.6 billion. However, Verizon’s Q4 net income surpassed analysts’ expectations of $3.7 billion.

Revenue fell 5.6% to $32.3 billion, compared to analyst expectations of $32.1 billion.

Contributing: Reuters

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LIFELINE ROYALS REPORT TIME WITH KIDS Duchess Kate sported an emerald-green Hobbes suit as she arrived for an arts-and-crafts session with kids at the East Anglia Children’s Hospices on Tuesday in Norfolk, England.

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MAKING WAVES Ewan McGregor, who is making press rounds for the sequel to ‘Trainspotting,’ ditched a Tuesday appearance on ‘Good Morning Britain’ after learning the show is co-hosted by Piers Morgan. The ‘Star Wars’ actor tweeted that he wouldn’t “go on with him after his comments about (the) Women’s March.”

Morgan, a former CNN host, had mocked the worldwide demonstrations on Twitter, writing, “I’m planning a Men’s March protest at the creeping global emasculation of my gender by rabid feminists.”

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STYLE STAR Johnny Depp’s daughter, Lily-Rose Depp, who at 17 is already the face of Chanel No. 5, walked in Karl Lagerfeld’s Paris fashion show on Tuesday. She sported a pale pink, ruffled concoction with a belted corsetstyle bodice.

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Baby steps? Maybe. But Hollywood proved Tuesday it can do a better job honoring actors and actresses of color in Oscar nominations — and at the same time fall short of full inclusiveness.

The nominations for the 2017 Academy Awards, which cover movies released in 2016, makes clear this will not be a third year in a row in which all 20 of the nominated actors and actresses are white people — thus averting another year of online jeers and sneers of #OscarsSoWhite.

The list of nominees includes Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), who is African-American, and Dev Patel (Lion), who is British of Indian descent, nominated in the bestsupporting actor category. And three of the best-supporting actress nominees are black: Viola Davis (Fences), Naomie Harris (Moonlight) and Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures).

The lead categories are the least diverse in 2017, but they’re still not entirely white. Denzel Washington is vying for best lead actor for Fences and Ruth Negga for best actress for Loving.

Spencer made history as the first African-American woman to win an Oscar for best supporting actress (in 2012 for The Help) and then be nominated again. “I’m just over the moon,” she said.

But she echoed the widespread reaction to the look of the nominees this year: elation for black entertainers mixed with disappointment for other minority entertainers.

“I don’t feel there’s a lot of diversity. There’s black and white,” Spencer said in an email to USA TODAY. “There’s so much more to diversity than being black or white. ... I’d like to see diversity in directing — there are brilliant women directors and cinematographers.”

So is this the start of a permanent shift in nomination diversity or just a temporary break from the same-old, same-old?

The immediate reaction from some activists was exultation, along with reminders that there is still far to go in improving representation of other minority groups: There were no nominations for Latino actors or for female directors, for instance.

“In terms of the diversity of the list this year, we are so totally thrilled,” says Gil Robertson, president of the African American Film Critics Association.

“There were 18 African Americans nominated across various categories, and that’s something

to celebrate. Hopefully, this is the start of something that will continue every year, and one day there won’t be a reason to have this conversation.

“Now we just have to make sure that Hispanics, Asians, Muslims, LGBT and others also are represented in the future.”

The Twitter activist who created the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, April Reign, was impressed. “I see y’all and I appreciate the support so much. Things are changing because our voices are strongest together,” she tweeted.

But she, too, pointed out the continuing under-representation of other groups. “One year of films reflecting the Black experience doesn’t make up for 80 yrs of underrepresentation of ALL groups,” she added in another tweet.

Alex Nogales, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, said the film studios fell short — again. “Without question, the multidimensional portrayals of our community are what audiences want,” he said.

“Latinos are outraged: Our actors are not getting the opportunities to work in front of the camera and, with few exceptions, in back of the camera as well.”

Daniel Mayeda, chair of the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition, applauded the increased number of black actors and actresses in the nominations list but said Patel’s status as the only Asian actor nominated reflects “the continued lack of real opportunities for Asians in Hollywood.”

Octavia Spencer is nominated in the bestsupportingactress category for Hidden Figures.

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“There’s so much more to diversity than being black or white.”

Octavia Spencer

Mayeda said it’s “obvious” that studio heads need more help in diversifying the industry and should work more closely with multiethnic coalitions such as his to achieve that.

“We believe that the box-office results of Hidden Figures and Moana, which were huge successes, show that a general audience will respond to an authentic story, and that’s what we’re asking for — authentic stories that put us at the center,” he added.

Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO and president of GLAAD, which monitors LGBT representation in the media, posted congratulations for Moonlight, a coming-of-age story about a gay black youth. She also hailed Negga’s nomination in Loving, the story behind a 1967 Supreme Court decision upholding interracial marriage that many believe paved the way for the court’s ruling upholding the right to same-sex marriage.

“This should be a signal to filmmakers to tell more diverse stories,” Ellis wrote. “The global impact of inclusive and diverse stories is massive and changes hearts and minds. The Oscar noms are uplifting in these darker political times.”

Jeetendr Sehdev, a professor at the University of Southern California who studies the challenges in improving diversity in the film industry, last year charged Hollywood had been “whitewashed.”

This year represents an improvement — but not for all, he says.

“The Academy seems to have missed the point of #Oscars SoWhite,” Sehdev said. “This movement isn’t about pacifying black film critics because you were named and shamed by them for two years, but genuinely embracing diversity today as a necessary way of life that doesn’t just include nominating black people but also including Hispanic, Asian Americans and LGBT people, who remain horrifyingly under-represented at the moment.”

The lack of diversity in Hollywood movies and Oscar nominations is anything but new; it’s been the rule since the invention of cameras that most of the people in front or behind those cameras have been white males.

But 2016 was the second year in a row that dissatisfaction with the status quo boiled over and found a near instantaneous means of expression in the #OscarsSoWhite campaign.

Tuesday’s nominations put that issue away, at least for now.

But it’s not over.

The critically acclaimed musical La La Land, tied with All About Eve and Titanic for the most nominations ever — 14 total.

But Sehdev says its relegation of actors of color to insignificant roles will “only exacerbate the feeling that Hollywood’s core values remain whitewashed.”

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DIRECTIVE PUTTING EPA ON ‘PAUSE’ FUELS WIDER ALARM

Israel OKs 2,500 West Bank homes Palestinian Authority says move will promote terrorism

White House is ‘looking into’ reports of media gag orders Ledyard King USA TODAY

Ariella Plachta

A Trump administration directive ordering employees at the Environmental Protection Agency to halt external communications and posts on social media fueled news reports Tuesday that a number of other agencies were issuing similar gag orders to their workers.

But while the EPA confirmed it was freezing such activity as well as new contracts and grants, administration officials spent much of Tuesday tamping down conspiratorial rumors of widespread media blackouts.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said he was aware of the news reports but not familiar with any broad edict.

“We’re looking into it,” he told reporters Tuesday. “I don’t think it’s any surprise that when there’s an administration turnover that we’re going to review the policies.”

The agencies reportedly affected in some measure included Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But spokespeople for those agencies called the reports overblown or flatly denied them.

“Contrary to erroneous media reports, HHS and its agencies continue to communicate fully about its work through all of its regular communication channels with the public, the media and other relevant audiences,” according to the agency. “There is no directive to do otherwise.”

That was in response to a Huffington Post story that officials at smaller agencies within HHS had been told not to send “any correspondence to public officials” according to memos obtained by the news site.

And BuzzFeed reported that

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL Emboldened

by Donald Trump’s presidency, Israel approved 2,500 settler homes in the West Bank on Tuesday, a sign the new U.S. chief executive will tolerate construction that the Obama administration and United Nations recently condemned.

“We are returning to normal life in Judea and Samaria,” Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said, using the Israeli government’s names for the West Bank, which Palestinians claim as theirs for an independent state.

The decision was agreed upon “in response to local housing needs,” Lieberman said.

Trump has not endorsed expanded settlements, but has vowed to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, a break from U.S. policy that calls for negotiations between Israel and Palestinians on the future of the city.

“We’re building — and will continue to build,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on Facebook after Israel approved the new settlements.

Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, condemned the latest settlement plans, saying they would “promote extremism and terrorism,” according to the Times of Israel.

The Defense Ministry said about 100 units were approved in settlements such as Beit El. Beit El has received donations from Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, and the designated U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman.

Under international law, Israeli settlements are considered to be illegal.

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WASHINGTON

SUSAN WALSH, AP

White House press secretary Sean Spicer calls on a reporter during the daily briefing at the White House on Tuesday. Administration officials tamped down rumors of a media blackout. some Agriculture employees have been told not to publicly share summaries of scientific papers or tweeting through its official site.

A spokeswoman for the USDA had yet to return a call for comment Tuesday. But according to a Reuters report, the agency said an internal email sent to workers calling for a suspension of “public-facing documents” at its Agricultural Research Service was flawed and new guidance would be issued to replace it.

Only the EPA did not dispute the reports. Yet a statement from the agency said it “fully intends to continue to provide information to the public. A fresh look at public affairs and communications processes is common practice for any new Administration, and a short pause in activities allows

INDIAN CADETS AT EASE

JAIPAL SINGH, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

Armed forces cadets take a break Tuesday during a full dress rehearsal ahead of Thursday’s Republic Day of India parade in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India. Republic Day marks the country’s adoption of a constitution and the transition from British domination to a republic in 1950.

Russia, Turkey and Iran announced a deal Tuesday aimed at solidifying a wobbly cease-fire in Syria and urged the Syrian opposition to take part in U.N.-sponsored talks aimed at developing a longterm political solution to the crisis.

The three nations issued a joint statement at the conclusion of two days of discussions they sponsored in Kazakhstan between the Syrian government and rebel groups. The U.N.-sponsored talks are scheduled to begin Feb. 8 in Geneva.

The statement said the three nations will seek to minimize violations and ensure unhindered humanitarian access. They also agreed to to fight jointly against the Islamic State and al-Qaeda.

— John Bacon CALIFORNIA DRYING OUT AFTER STORMS, FLOODING

The sun began peeking out Tuesday across parts of California after a week of stormy weather left a vast swath of the state grappling with mudslides, flooding, closed highways and power outages.

Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, declared a state of emergency Monday for scores of counties, citing “dangerous flash flooding, erosion and substantial mud and debris flows.” State and local officials were still assessing the damage, but pre-

Statement from the Environmental Protection Agency

for this assessment.”

Political opponents pounced.

“This administration is launching direct attacks on truth and transparency in our gov’t. Very troubling — and honestly, antidemocratic,” Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., tweeted.

More alarming to state regulators is the temporary suspension of EPA grants and contracts.

Environmental groups registered their anger.

“President Trump’s move to freeze all communications and EPA grant programs on the first day of his job should be a major red flag for all Americans at the start of a new administration,” said Liz Perera, climate change policy director for the Sierra Club.

Sen. Charles Schumer ‘worries’ when it comes to Trump and facts

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The EPA “fully intends to continue to provide information to the public. A fresh look at public affairs and communications processes is common practice for any new Administration.”

liminary estimates put the toll at tens of millions of dollars, he said.

Flood watches and warnings remained in effect across parts of Southern California, still reeling from the latest downpours Sunday and Monday that included a record 3.87 inches of rain at Long Beach Airport.

— John Bacon TRUMP TO ANNOUNCE BORDER WALL PLANS

President Trump will announce plans for a Mexican border wall on Wednesday, addressing a key campaign promise on the sixth day of his presidency. Trump himself tweeted out the news, writing, “Big day planned on NATIONAL SECURITY tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!”

— Gregory Korte NIKKI HALEY CONFIRMED AS U.N. AMBASSADOR

The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations by a decisive margin Tuesday as Republican-led committees paved the way for three more of his Cabinet nominees to be approved just days into the new administration.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley won strong support for the U.N. post despite her lack of foreign policy experience. Senators voted 96-4 on Haley’s nomination.

— The Associated Press

WASHINGTON When President Trump told a bipartisan meeting of congressional leaders late Monday that millions of illegal immigrants had cast ballots against him in the November election, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer says no one in the room “really gave it much credence, including our Republican colleagues.”

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., spoke up, telling the president there was no evidence for his assertion that illegal ballots had cost him the popular vote, a charge already debunked by fact-checkers. Schumer says the conversation at the closeddoor White House meeting then moved on to other topics.

But the New York Democrat, who says he hopes to work with Trump on issues including a $1 trillion infrastructure plan unveiled by Democrats on Tuesday, told Capital Download that “I worry” about what the episode may reveal about the new president.

“Let me say this: In general you cannot run a country unless you know the facts,” he told USA TODAY’s video newsmaker series.

“If you’re going to believe your own facts, whether it’s about what Putin is doing in the world or what jobs or companies are doing here, you aren’t going to be able to govern, so I worry about it. ...

“President Obama said that the presidency has a sobering effect on people when they take the office, and what I’m doing is hoping and praying that that happens.”

Later, White House press secretary Sean Spicer reiterated that Trump believes that he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by nearly 3 million votes because of massive voter fraud. “The president ... continues to maintain that belief based on studies and evidence people have brought to him.” Only when pressed did

JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., in the Mansfield Room at the Capitol, hopes to work with the president on infrastructure.

“If you’re going to believe your own facts ... you aren’t going to be able to govern, so I worry about it.”

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.

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Spicer say the administration might call for an investigation.

“Maybe we will,” he said.

Several studies have found no evidence of widespread voter fraud. A report by the Brennan Center for Justice estimated voter-fraud rates were tiny, between 0.00004% and 0.0009%.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, RWis., asked about Trump’s assertions at Monday’s meeting, told reporters he has seen “no evidence” of rampant voter fraud.

In an interview in the Mike Mansfield Room in the Capitol, Schumer also said Democrats were hopeful Trump would work with them on a $1 trillion, 10-year infrastructure plan that they say

would create 15 million jobs. The president has vowed to enact a wide-ranging infrastructure bill, but it’s not clear whether the two sides will be able to agree on how to pay for it.

Trump advisers have suggested financing an infrastructure bill using tax credits and public-private partnerships. Democrats argue that approach won’t work for some of the most-needed investments, saying federal spending is necessary.

Trump campaigned on a trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal, Schumer noted.

“I’ve talked with him on the phone and I’ve said, ‘You know, if you’re just going to listen to the hard right, you’re not going to get anything done.’

“He acknowledged that. He’s going to have to work with us to get this done, and we’ve shown him a way to go.”

While insisting Democrats’ goal wasn’t to put a wedge between Trump and congressional Republicans, Schumer acknowledged that might be one effect.

“To get it done, he may have to break with those doctrinaire people who are out of touch with what Democrats and Republicans in America have always supported, which is the federal government should assist in building roads, highways, bridges, tunnels.”

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DEATHS LINDA MARIE DAVISON BENITEZ Graveside service for Linda, 66, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m. 01/28/17 at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

She passed away Sun. Jan. 22nd at her home. For Linda's full obituary go to warrenmcelwain.com.

PATRICK LLOYD CRAWFORD Patrick Lloyd Crawford died Jan. 4,2017 in Corpus Christi, TX where he resided. He was 69.

Survived by his wife Roxanne Crawford. Served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.

NICHOLAS A. "NICK" GEORGE 26, of Oskaloosa, died 01/22/2017, visitation is 1­ 3pm Jan. 27 at funeral home in Oskaloosa, Grave side services at 3pm. A full obit at www.barnettfamilyfh.com

DOROTHY "DOTTIE KNETSCH Service of Celebration & Thanksgiving for Dottie will be held a 11 a.m. Sat., Jan. 28th at Central United Methodist Church. For Dottie's full obituary go to warrenmcelwain.com.

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Man accused in Oak Hill stabbing to face trial

By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com

The man accused of stabbing his roommate multiple times in an Oak Hill Avenue home will face trial for attempted murder, but not for making a criminal threat, a judge ordered on Tuesday.

Wynn Sterling Antrim Anderson, 37, was arrested in November on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder and making a criminal threat, after police said he threatened his 52-yearold roommate, James William Conlon, and later stabbed him.

Tuesday afternoon Anderson appeared in court for a preliminary hearing where Conlon testified to his memory of the events.

Conlon said that on the evening of Nov. 17, he arrived at Anderson’s home at 1518 Oak Hill Ave., where he had been staying for several months.

The two had first met some time earlier inside the Douglas County Jail, Conlon said.

As he arrived back at the home, Conlon said he noticed Anderson was trading pills with a friend in exchange for methamphetamine.

Conlon said he then

smoked methamphetamine with the group and began to pack his things because he hadn’t felt comfortable living in the home for a while.

In October, Conlon said, he had called police during an argument with Anderson where he was afraid of being hurt with a machete.

L a t e r , Anderson however, Conlon said Anderson never actually threatened him.

Police arrived on the scene but did not arrest Anderson during the October incident. However, he was arrested later that same day on suspicion of indecent exposure after Lawrence Police Sgt. Amy Rhoads said he was “outside without any clothes on causing a disturbance.”

On Nov. 17 and into the early morning hours of Nov. 18, Conlon said he spoke with Anderson about leaving, which did not cause a problem.

Later that morning, however, Conlon said Anderson asked him to come out to the front porch.

“I thought he had a cigarette and he was gonna split it with me,” Conlon said.

Then Anderson swung a knife at him, he said.

“I saw the knife blade in my stomach, and that’s when I knew it was serious,” Conlon said.

Conlon said Anderson stabbed him in the back as he tried to escape through the living room, then another time in the chest as he made his way to the back door.

“I grabbed hold of his arm,” he said. “I was trying to talk reason into him.”

At some point in the attack, Conlon said, Anderson bit off a part of his ear, growled “and he spit it in front of me.”

Conlon said he then made his way outside and began banging on a neighbor’s window.

“I kept getting weaker and weaker and weaker,” he said. “And I thought, ‘I’m going out here, gonna pass out.’”

Conlon said he awoke in the hospital, where he stayed until last week, having undergone four surgeries.

Anderson was arrested the day of the reported stabbing after deputies found him near the intersection of 13th Street and Haskell Avenue with

blood on his clothes.

During closing arguments Defense Attorney Blake Glover asked Douglas County District Court Judge Kay Huff to dismiss the criminal threat charge from the October incident, noting the evidence did not show a threat was made.

Prosecutor Deborah Moody agreed with Glover, and Huff dismissed the charge.

Huff did, however, find that enough evidence existed to order Anderson to face trial for the attempted second-degree murder charge. She scheduled the trial to begin on May 31.

Anderson has lived at the Oak Hill Avenue home — which is across the street from Oak Hill Cemetery — since at least 2012, court records indicate. He has been arrested multiple times in the past six years and convicted of at least three counts of domestic battery and one count of assault in that time span.

Anderson remains an inmate in the Douglas County Jail. He is being held in lieu of a $105,000 bond.

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

Follow him on Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

Gale Sayers among 2017 Kansans of the Year

By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Former University of Kansas football star Gale Sayers and retired Air Force Gen. James D. Latham will be honored as Kansans of the Year during the 2017 Native Sons and Daughters annual dinner Friday in Topeka.

S a y ers, who was nicknamed t h e “Kansas Sayers Comet” during his playing career, is considered one of the greatest open-field runners in

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college football history.

During his time at KU in the early 1960s he rushed for 2,675 yards and gained 3,917 all-purpose yards.

He was a first-round draft pick in the 1965 NFL draft and played all or part of five seasons for the Chicago Bears.

He and his wife are now noted philanthropists, supporting KU, the Cradle Foundation and having founded the Gale Sayers Center, an afterschool program for children ages 8-12 from Chicago’s west side.

Latham is a highly decorated Air Force veteran and Kansas State University graduate whose military career has included posts as commandant of the U.S. Air Force Re-

serve Officers’ Training Corps and as assistant deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for international affairs. After retiring from the Air Force, Latham worked at Lockheed Martin as director for international business development, where he expanded the European Market.

KU will also be honored at the dinner with a citation for distinguished service for its 150-year history of “educating leaders, building healthy communities and making discoveries that change the world,” the organization said.

The Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas is an organization whose mission is to preserve

Kansas history, show loyalty to Kansas traditions, encourage the ideals of patriotism in youth and honor outstanding citizens. Its annual dinner is held in conjunction with Kansas Day celebrations.

This year’s dinner will be Friday in the Sunflower Ballroom of the Maner Conference Center in Topeka. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the awards ceremony and dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Ticket information is available at ksnativesons anddaughters.org.

— Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222. Follow him on Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

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Morgantown, W.Va. — A three-point halftime lead on Tuesday night at WVU Coliseum turned quickly into a ninepoint edge for the home team after West Virginia scored on five consecutive layups to start the second half, the perfect snapshot of an area that No. 2 Kansas made way too easy during an 85-69 We got loss to the 18thranked Mounexposed taineers. on some “That can’t happen,” seareas nior forward tonight Landen Lucas and we’ve said of WVU’s layup clinic. gotta fix “We’ve gotta those.” make it a little bit tougher and make them — KU forward earn their basLanden Lucas kets a little more.... We got exposed on some areas tonight and we’ve gotta fix those.”

The setback was the fourth straight for Kansas in Morgantown and the team’s first loss this season since falling to Indiana in the season opener in Honolulu.

Neither team got out to a particularly strong start, with Kansas showing signs of weakness against that vaunted WVU press and the Mountaineers struggling to get a bucket from everyone not named Esa Ahmad.

The sophomore from Cleveland made his first three shots — a dunk, an and-one and a deep jumper — and accounted for the Mountaineers’ first eight points en route to a career-high 27 points on 10-of-17 shooting.

West Virginia (16-4 overall, 5-3 Big 12) outscored Kansas (18-2, 7-1) 34-20 in the paint and limited the Jayhawks to just 42 Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo percent shooting from the floor and 40 percent (6-of-15) from KANSAS GUARD FRANK MASON III (0) LOSES THE BALL ON A DRIVE against West Virginia guard Tarik Phillip during the second half of the Jayhawks’ 85-69 loss to the Mountaineers on Tuesday night in Morgantown, > JAYHAWKS, 4C W.Va.. For more photos, please visit: www.kusports.com.

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Jayhawks need Bragg to step forward Morgantown, W.Va. — West Virginia’s unencumbered procession to the hoop for easy buckets in Tuesday’s 85-69 bullying of Kansas at packed WVU Coliseum might have had a little to do with the same players’ procession to the treadmill in the wake of consecutive losses to Oklahoma and Kansas State.

It made the Mountaineers a highly motivated, dangerous opponent, all right, but the easy buckets had plenty to Bragg do with KU’s lack of defensive help for center Landen Lucas, who can’t do it all alone under the hoop.

Carlton Bragg Jr. needs to give so much more than he again gave in a loss that ended an 18-game winning streak.

One leg into an eight-game stretch that features five contests against ranked opponents, Bragg remained the biggest surprise on the team, and not in a good way.

He gets in foul trouble quickly and tends to stay there.

Physical skills that should translate to strong rebounding seldom do. This is a surprise isn’t it? It’s not just me, is it?

“I’m a little surprised, just because of his talent, but I also know he’s right there,” Lucas said. “I mean, we see it in practice. We see flashes in games. He’s always in the right spot at the right time with the right mind-set. It’s just not 100

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Former Derby standout Jackson commits to KU

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

A former all-state prep safety from Derby who signed with Boise State out of high school, defensive back Darreon Jackson is the latest member of the Kansas football team’s 2017 recruiting class.

One of three prospects visiting KU this past weekend who arrived in Lawrence not affiliated with the program, Jackson joined cornerback Antonio Cole and re-

ceiver Quan Hampton in giving head coach David Beaty his verbal commitment, making the Jayhawks three-for-three in landing their targets.

Jackson, who played at Coffeyville Community College in 2016, told Jon Kirby of Jayhawk Slant he committed to Beaty and defensive coordinator Clint Bowen on Saturday.

But Jackson chose to wait until Monday morning to announce his college choice on Twitter.

“Extremely blessed to tell the world that I have

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A lot of things really changed my life and I’ve been through a lot. This is a good, positive feeling and I thank God I am back to where I should be. There is no feeling like it.”

— Kansas football commit Darreon Jackson committed to the University of Kansas,” Jackson tweeted.

In one season at Coffeyville, the three-star junior college safety made 94 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, forced a

fumble, intercepted five passes and broke up six others in 11 games.

With KU losing starting safety Fish Smithson from last year’s team, Jackson told Jayhawk Slant the chance to play

early — he’ll have three years of eligibility remaining — influenced his decision to pick Kansas during his official visit.

Two years ago, the former Derby star had offers from KU, Kansas State, Texas Tech and others before he picked Boise State.

Jackson took a redshirt in what turned out to be his only season in Boise.

According to a report from the Idaho Statesman, Jackson received a onesemester suspension from the university in 2016, following a Title IX investiga-

tion of three football players. The other two players were expelled, while Jackson chose to transfer out of the program.

“To look at where I am now it is a blessing,” Jackson told Jayhawk Slant after committing to Kansas. “A lot of things really changed my life and I’ve been through a lot. This is a good, positive feeling and I thank God I am back to where I should be.

There is no feeling like it.”

Jackson also was recruited by Bowen out of high school.

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Venus Williams, Federer back in the thick of a Grand Slam AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE EAST

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TODAY • Women’s basketball at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

NORTH THURSDAY • Track at Jayhawk Classic, 2 p.m.

With her run to the WimblePark in the Open era. She’ll ly as the tournament would AP Sports Writer next play CoCo Vandeweghe, progress, maybe I would fade don semifinals last year, WilFREE STATE HIGH liams became the oldest woman American who beat French away with energy.

TODAY Melbourne, Australia ( ap) Open champion Garbine Muan since Martina Navratilova “I think now that I’m in the AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE — For all their Grand Slam guruza 6-4, 6-0 in Tuesday’s semis, feeling as good as I am, (at 37 years, 258 days) in 1994 • Wrestling dual vs. LHS, 6 p.m. successes, Venus Williams and other quarterfinal match. playing as good as I am, that’s a to advance so far at a major.

THURSDAY Roger Federer still find themOn Wednesday, the men’s It was a long time EAST coming for huge surprise to me.”

NORTH • Bowling at FSHS Inviational, 3 selves surprised to be in the Williams, who reached her 21st Another tournament surprise semifinalists from the other p.m. semifinals at the Australian Grand Slam semifinal but her has been the No. 35-ranked side of the draw will be de• Wrestling at Olathe South double Open. first at the Australian Open in Vandeweghe. She beat top- termined when 14-time major dual, 4 p.m.

Injuries, illness and advanc- 14 years. ranked Angelique Kerber, who champion Rafael Nadal plays • Girls basketball vs. Wichita ing age can do that to the best The 35-year-old Federer, won the Australian and U.S. Milos Raonic and David Goffin Northwest, at Firebird Winter Classic, of athletes, even 17-time major meanwhile, is back from a six- Open titles last year, in the takes on Grigor Dimitrov.

8:15 p.m. champion Federer and seven- month injury layoff due to left fourth round. Vandeweghe folWith Murray and secondtime Grand Slam singles win- knee surgery. On Tuesday, lowed it up with an upset win round loser Novak Djokovic LAWRENCE HIGH ner Williams, who has over- he had a 6-1, 7-5, 6-2 win gone, the “throwback” enthusiover over Muguruza.

SOUTH WEST come an energy-sapping illness Mischa Zverev, the player who Vandeweghe saved the only asts are hoping for a FedererTODAY and is playing eliminated top-seeded Andy break point she faced in the Nadal final, just for old time’s • Bowling at Olathe East triangular, some of her Murray from the tournament first set with an ace, and only sake.

AL EAST 3:30 p.m. best tennis And maybe on the women’s two nights earlier. conceded 10 points in the • Wrestling at FSHS dual, 6 p.m. since being diside as well.

Federer’s semifinal opponent 28-minute second set.

• Boys basketball at Olathe East, agnosed with Serena Williams, aiming for will be Stan Wawrinka, who “Once I got rolling in the 7 p.m.

Sjogren’s synhad his major breakthrough in second, it was like a freight AL CENTRAL a record 23rd Grand Slam title, THURSDAY drome in 2011.

Australia in 2014. Wawrinka train,” she said. “You couldn’t plays Johanna Konta and KaroSOUTH • Girls basketball vs. Topeka, at WEST “I have a lot lina Pliskova meets Mirjana beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 stop it.”

Emporia tournament, 5:30 p.m. to give, I have (2), 6-4, 6-3.

Williams has advanced Lucic-Baroni in the remaina lot to give to Federer won the first five through the tournament with- ing women’s quarterfinals on EAST AL WEST HASKELL the game. I feel Williams games in 12 minutes, setting out dropping a set, AL and isn’t Wednesday. like I have a lot So there’s also the possibility up a straightforward win to ready to stop in the semifinals TODAY of great tennis in me,” Williams reach his 41st Grand Slam in the latest installment of her of another all-Williams final, • Men’s basketball at University of said when asked why she didn’t semifinal and his 13th at Mel- career revival. a flashback to 2003 in Melthe Ozarks, 6 p.m.

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“It’s wonderful to AL start the bourne. illness that also causes joint But Venus isn’t thinking Only he didn’t expect to be year out with this appearance,” pain. about any opponent instaff; particuanywhere near the semifinals. said who AFC TEAM LOGOS 081312: HelmetWilliams, and team logos for the hadn’t AFC teams; various sizes; stand-alone; ETA 5 p.m. SPORTS ON TV “So anytime you feel that “Winning back-to-back reached the semifinals in Aus- lar, just the end result. way, you continue. It’s just the matches in best-of-five sets tralia since 2003, the year she “Should I look across the net TODAY AL WEST “I and believe the person across NBA Basketball excitement of having the op- against quality, great play- lost the final to sister Serena.

Time Net Cable portunity to compete at my ers, that’s been for me the want to go further.” the net deserves it more? This Warriors at Hornets 7 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Williams didn’t reach the mentality is not how champi- Thunder at Pelicans 7 p.m. FSN+ 172 best level.” big question mark, if I could The 36-year-old Williams do that so early in my come- quarterfinals at any of the ons are made,” Venus Williams Lakers at Trail Blazers 9:30 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova back,” Federer said. “I felt I Grand Slams from 2011 until said. “I’d like to be a champion, 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday, becom- was always going to be dan- the 2015 Australian Open. She in particular this year. The College Basketball Time Net Cable lost and in team the first in Meling the oldest player to reach gerousAFC mentality walk on court with on TEAM any given in aHelmet LOGOSday 081312: logos round for the AFC teams; various sizes;Istand-alone; staff; ETA 5 p.m.

Kan. at W. Virginia replay 12 a.m. ESPNU 35, 235 the semifinals at Melbourne match situation. But obvious- bourne last year. is: ‘I deserve this.’”

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Reinhardt helps Marquette upset No. 1 Villanova Top 25 Marquette 74, No. 1 Villanova 72 Milwaukee — Katin Reinhardt hit two free throws with 11.6 seconds left, Jalen Brunson missed a layup at the buzzer and Marquette upset top-ranked Villanova on Tuesday night.

The Golden Eagles (14-6, 5-3 Big East) roared back from a 17-point deficit for a seasondefining win over the Wildcats (19-2, 7-2).

Fans stormed the court at the Bradley Center for the kind of floor-stomping postgame celebration that hasn’t been seen in Milwaukee since coach Al McGuire paced the Marquette sideline.

VILLANOVA (19-2) Jenkins 0-7 2-2 2, Reynolds 4-8 1-2 9, Hart 6-10 2-4 16, Brunson 7-13 5-5 19, Bridges 7-16 2-2 20, Paschall 1-4 0-1 2, DiVincenzo 2-9 0-0 4. Totals 27-67 12-16 72.

MARQUETTE (14-6) Fischer 7-10 1-6 15, Cheatham 2-5 4-6 8, Johnson 4-8 0-0 8, Howard 0-1 0-0 0, Hauser 2-5 0-0 5, Heldt 0-0 0-0 0, Wilson 3-7 3-4 11, Reinhardt 5-10 5-6 19, Rowsey 3-6 0-0 8. Totals 26-52 13-22 74.

Halftime-Villanova 39-24. 3-Point GoalsVillanova 6-34 (Bridges 4-10, Hart 2-5, Paschall 0-2, Brunson 0-5, DiVincenzo 0-6, Jenkins 0-6), Marquette 9-19 (Reinhardt 4-7, Wilson 2-2, Rowsey 2-5, Hauser 1-3, Johnson 0-2). Fouled Out-Howard. Rebounds-Villanova 34 (Hart 8), Marquette 31 (Cheatham 7). Assists-Villanova 13 (Brunson 4), Marquette 17 (Johnson, Reinhardt, Rowsey 4). Total Fouls-Villanova 20, Marquette 17. A-14,210 (18,717).

No. 12 Virginia 71, No. 14 Notre Dame 54 South Bend, Ind. — London Perrantes scored 22 points and No. 12 Virginia pulled away late for a victory over No. 14 Notre Dame, the Cavaliers’ 10th straight win over the Irish.

VIRGINIA (16-3) Wilkins 2-6 9-10 13, Salt 1-3 0-0 2, Shayok 5-10 0-0 10, Perrantes 7-13 3-4 22, Hall 5-9 0-0 11, Reuter 0-0 0-0 0, Diakite 0-0 0-0 0, Jerome 3-4 0-0 8, Thompson 0-2 0-0 0, Guy 2-7 0-0 5. Totals 25-54 12-14 71.

NOTRE DAME (17-4) Beachem 1-10 1-1 3, Geben 0-1 0-0 0, Colson 8-11 4-7 20, Vasturia 4-10 4-4 14, Farrell 3-6 1-3 8, Torres 0-0 0-0 0, Mooney 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan 1-3 0-0 2, Burns 0-0 0-0 0, Pflueger 2-5 0-0 4, Gibbs 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 20-48 11-17 54.

Halftime-Virginia 27-26. 3-Point GoalsVirginia 9-19 (Perrantes 5-8, Jerome 2-3, Hall 1-3, Guy 1-4, Thompson 0-1), Notre Dame 3-18 (Vasturia 2-5, Farrell 1-3, Pflueger 0-1, Ryan 0-2, Colson 0-2, Beachem 0-5). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Virginia 35 (Wilkins, Hall 9), Notre Dame 17 (Vasturia 5). Assists-Virginia 13 (Thompson 5), Notre Dame 9 (Farrell 5).

Total Fouls-Virginia 17, Notre Dame 10. A-9,149 (9,149).

No. 22 Maryland 67, Rutgers 55 College Park, Md. — Melo Trimble fueled a second-half surge that put No. 22 Maryland in control, and the Terrapins beat Rutgers.

No. 13 Louisville 106, Pittsburgh 51 Pittsburgh — Donovan Mitchell scored a career-high 29 points, Anas Mahmoud added 14 while making all seven of his shots and No. 13 Louisville overwhelmed Pittsburgh.

RUTGERS (12-9) Sa 1-3 0-0 2, Omoruyi 1-2 0-0 2, Gettys 3-4 0-2 6, Johnson 5-11 2-3 14, Sanders 5-19 4-8 15, Freeman 4-9 2-6 10, Thiam 0-0 0-0 0, Laurent 0-1 0-0 0, Diallo 0-4 0-2 0, Doorson 1-2 2-2 4, Williams 1-7 0-1 2. Totals 21-62 10-24 55.

MARYLAND (18-2) Jackson 3-6 0-0 6, Dodd 3-6 2-4 8, Huerter 4-11 1-2 11, Cowan 1-7 1-2 3, Trimble 5-8 4-5 17, Bender 2-2 2-2 6, Gill 2-4 2-2 7, Cekovsky 0-1 0-0 0, Wiley 0-1 0-0 0, Brantley 2-4 1-2 6, Nickens 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 23-52 13-19 67.

Halftime-Maryland 34-29. 3-Point GoalsRutgers 3-11 (Johnson 2-5, Sanders 1-2, Freeman 0-1, Williams 0-3), Maryland 8-20 (Trimble 3-5, Huerter 2-7, Nickens 1-1, Brantley 1-2, Gill 1-2, Jackson 0-1, Cowan 0-2). Fouled Out-Dodd.

Rebounds-Rutgers 33 (Freeman 6), Maryland 34 (Huerter 8). Assists-Rutgers 9 (Sanders 3), Maryland 15 (Huerter 6). Total Fouls-Rutgers 15, Maryland 19. A-17,950 (17,950).

LOUISVILLE (17-4) J.Johnson 2-6 3-4 7, Adel 4-5 1-1 10, Mahmoud 7-7 0-1 14, Mitchell 9-13 5-6 29, Hicks 4-5 2-3 10, Spalding 1-2 0-2 2, King 1-3 0-0 2, Stockman 1-1 0-0 2, Mathiang 3-7 3-4 9, McMahon 5-8 0-0 15, Levitch 0-2 0-0 0, Sharpe 1-4 0-0 2, Henderson 1-4 2-2 4. Totals 39-67 16-23 106.

PITTSBURGH (12-8) Jeter 1-3 0-0 2, Young 2-9 7-8 12, Artis 3-11 2-2 9, C.Johnson 1-5 1-2 3, Jones 2-5 4-5 8, Manigault 0-2 0-0 0, Nix 0-2 4-5 4, Milligan 1-4 1-2 4, Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Kithcart 0-1 2-4 2, Wilson 3-7 1-3 7. Totals 13-51 22-31 51.

Halftime-Louisville 51-18. 3-Point GoalsLouisville 12-22 (Mitchell 6-8, McMahon 5-7, Adel 1-1, Levitch 0-2, Sharpe 0-2, Henderson 0-2), Pittsburgh 3-22 (Milligan 1-3, Artis 1-4, Young 1-4, Jones 0-1, Jeter 0-1, Kithcart 0-1, Smith 0-2, Wilson 0-2, C.Johnson 0-4). Fouled Out-Jeter. Rebounds-Louisville 44 (J.Johnson 11), Pittsburgh 24 (Nix 7). Assists-Louisville 24 (McMahon 5), Pittsburgh 8 (Milligan, Kithcart 2). Total Fouls-Louisville 20, Pittsburgh 18.

Technicals-Pittsburgh coach Kevin Stallings 2.

Ejected-null. A-8,971 (12,508).

No. 20 Purdue 83, Michigan St. 73 Ann Arbor, Mich. — Caleb Swanigan had 25 points and 17 rebounds, helping No. 20 Purdue pull away to beat Michigan State.

PURDUE (17-4) Swanigan 8-13 6-6 25, V.Edwards 2-8 6-6 10, Thompson 2-5 4-6 10, C.Edwards 5-12 0-0 12, Mathias 4-7 0-0 10, Haas 3-4 5-6 11, Cline 2-3 0-0 6, Albrecht 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-53 21-24 84.

MICHIGAN ST. (12-9) Ward 4-7 1-2 9, Bridges 12-17 4-6 33, Harris 3-7 1-2 9, Langford 1-3 0-0 3, Nairn 0-0 0-0 0, Goins 1-3 0-2 2, Van Dyk 0-0 0-0 0, McQuaid 1-3 0-0 3, Winston 3-5 2-2 8, Ellis 2-7 0-0 6. Totals 27-52 8-14 73.

Halftime-39-39. 3-Point Goals-Purdue 11-21 (Swanigan 3-4, Cline 2-2, Thompson 2-4, Mathias 2-4, C.Edwards 2-5, V.Edwards 0-1, Albrecht 0-1), Michigan St. 11-24 (Bridges 5-8, Harris 2-4, Ellis 2-6, Langford 1-2, McQuaid 1-3, Winston 0-1). Fouled Out-Goins. ReboundsPurdue 35 (Swanigan 17), Michigan St. 23 (Bridges 7). Assists-Purdue 21 (V.Edwards 4), Michigan St. 20 (Nairn 6). Total Fouls-Purdue 14, Michigan St. 22. A-14,797 (16,280).

No. 23 South Carolina 98, Auburn 69 Columbia, S.C. — Duane Notice tied career highs with 27 points and six 3-pointers as No. 23 South Carolina snapped back from its first Southeastern Conference loss to put away Auburn.

AUBURN (13-7) Purifoy 0-4 0-0 0, Wiley 3-4 4-12 10, Dunans 2-6 0-0 4, Harper 4-9 2-2 12, Heron 2-10 5-6 10, McLemore 6-9 6-7 18, Spencer 1-2 3-8 5, Brown 1-5 0-0 2, Lang 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 2-8 4-4 8, Keim 0-1 0-0 0, Waddell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-59 24-39 69.

SOUTH CAROLINA (16-4) Kotsar 2-4 4-7 8, Silva 4-5 8-8 16, Dozier 1-5 0-0 2, Thornwell 6-12 5-5 22, Notice 9-13 3-4 27, Gueye 0-0 0-0 0, Keita 0-0 0-0 0, Holliman 1-1 0-0 2, Tut 1-3 0-0 2, Corchiani 0-0 0-0 0, Hinson 0-2 0-0 0, McKie 5-7 0-1 13, Felder 0-1 1-2 1, Blanton 0-2 1-4 1, Gravett 1-6 1-2 4. Totals 30-61 23-33 98.

Halftime-South Carolina 48-27. 3-Point Goals-Auburn 3-21 (Harper 2-5, Heron 1-5, Lang 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Dunans 0-2, Brown 0-3, Purifoy 0-4), South Carolina 15-26 (Notice 6-9, Thornwell 5-7, McKie 3-4, Gravett 1-3, Hinson 0-1, Blanton 0-2). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsAuburn 34 (Wiley 11), South Carolina 35 (Kotsar, Thornwell 8). Assists-Auburn 8 (Dunans 3), South Carolina 23 (Thornwell 5).

Total Fouls-Auburn 24, South Carolina 29.

Technicals-McLemore. A-14,356 (18,000).

No. 15 Wisconsin 82, Penn St. 55 Madison, Wis. — Bronson Koenig scored 20 points Tuesday night and No. 15 Wisconsin shut down Penn State in the second half on its way to a victory.

PENN ST. (11-10) Stevens 2-10 3-4 7, Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Reaves 3-6 0-0 6, Garner 3-7 0-0 9, Carr 4-7 2-4 12, Watkins 0-3 1-2 1, Banks 4-12 0-0 12, Zemgulis 0-0 0-0 0, Bostick 0-1 0-0 0, Samuel 3-3 2-2 8. Totals 19-49 8-12 55.

WISCONSIN (17-3) Happ 5-9 4-8 14, Brown 6-8 2-2 16, Hayes 2-7 4-8 9, Koenig 8-13 0-0 20, Showalter 1-5 4-4 7, Thomas 0-1 2-2 2, Van Vliet 0-0 0-0 0, Illikainen 1-1 0-0 2, Moesch 0-0 0-0 0, Schlundt 0-0 0-0 0, Pritzl 0-0 0-0 0, Hill 0-3 0-0 0, Trice 1-6 5-5 7, Iverson 2-2 0-0 5. Totals 26-55 21-29 82.

Halftime-Wisconsin 36-33. 3-Point GoalsPenn St. 9-18 (Banks 4-9, Garner 3-5, Carr 2-2, Reaves 0-2), Wisconsin 9-23 (Koenig 4-9, Brown 2-4, Iverson 1-1, Hayes 1-2, Showalter 1-3, Hill 0-1, Trice 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Penn St. 23 (Reaves, Stevens 6), Wisconsin 35 (Happ, Hayes 8). Assists-Penn St. 13 (Carr 4), Wisconsin 15 (Hayes, Trice 4). Total Fouls-Penn St. 22, Wisconsin 15.

Tennessee 82, No. 4 Kentucky 80 Knoxville, Tenn. — Robert Hubbs III scored 25 points and Tennessee upset No. 4 Kentucky.

KENTUCKY (17-3) Gabriel 1-6 0-2 2, Adebayo 7-8 7-8 21, Fox 4-9 7-8 17, Briscoe 5-12 0-0 11, Monk 7-19 8-10 25, Humphries 0-0 0-0 0, Willis 1-5 2-3 4, Hawkins 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-60 24-31 80.

TENNESSEE (11-9) Alexander 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 5-8 3-6 13, Bowden 2-7 0-0 5, Bone 1-7 0-0 2, Hubbs 9-14 7-10 25, Schofield 6-13 2-4 15, Evans 3-4 1-1 8, Parker 0-0 0-0 0, Turner 2-6 4-6 10, Phillips 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 30-64 17-27 82.

Halftime-Tennessee 39-34. 3-Point GoalsKentucky 6-24 (Monk 3-13, Fox 2-2, Briscoe 1-2, Hawkins 0-1, Gabriel 0-3, Willis 0-3), Tennessee 5-10 (Turner 2-4, Evans 1-1, Bowden 1-2, Schofield 1-2, Bone 0-1). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Kentucky 39 (Briscoe 14), Tennessee 37 (Schofield, Turner, Hubbs 7). AssistsKentucky 14 (Briscoe 5), Tennessee 18 (Williams 6). Total Fouls-Kentucky 20, Tennessee 22.

Big 12 Iowa State 70, Kansas State 65 Ames, Iowa — Senior Matt Thomas scored a career-high 25 points and Iowa State held off a furious Kansas State rally to win for its fourth victory in six games.

KANSAS ST. (15-5) Iwundu 5-9 4-4 15, Johnson 3-7 4-8 10, Wade 1-5 0-0 2, Stokes 5-12 1-2 12, Brown 4-14 1-2 10, Sneed 4-9 0-0 11, Maurice 1-2 0-0 2, Ervin 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 24-60 10-16 65.

IOWA ST. (13-6) Holden 2-2 1-2 5, Mitrou-Long 4-8 2-3 13, Morris 4-10 3-4 12, Thomas 9-12 0-3 25, Burton 3-10 3-4 9, Young 0-0 0-0 0, Bowie 0-1 0-2 0, Jackson 0-5 0-0 0, Weiler-Babb 2-4 2-2 6. Totals 24-52 11-20 70.

Halftime-Iowa St. 43-26. 3-Point GoalsKansas St. 7-23 (Sneed 3-8, Ervin 1-1, Iwundu 1-2, Stokes 1-3, Brown 1-6, Wade 0-3), Iowa St. 11-23 (Thomas 7-10, Mitrou-Long 3-5, Morris 1-3, Burton 0-2, Jackson 0-3). Fouled Out-Johnson.

Rebounds-Kansas St. 35 (Brown 8), Iowa St. 31 (Mitrou-Long, Burton 6). Assists-Kansas St. 12 (Stokes, Iwundu, Brown 3), Iowa St. 16 (WeilerBabb, Morris 4). Total Fouls-Kansas St. 14, Iowa St. 13. A-14,384 (14,384).

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Lansing — Free State junior Garrett Luinstra had two options as he glided up the middle of the court with the ball in his possession. He could either pass to senior Jay Dineen on his right, or senior Cameron Clark on his left.

Luinstra opted for a no-look pass to Clark, resulting in a thunderous two-handed dunk, and a frenzied bench celebration to cap off a 31-point quarter for the Firebirds.

From there, Free State cruised to a 74-42 road win Tuesday over Lansing (2-8).

“Like I told them, I liked the way we played this last weekend,” Free State coach Sam Stroh said, “and I think it rolled over into tonight.”

Although Luinstra was

a passer in the biggest highlight of the night, it was his stellar shooting that stole the show. He was one of three players in double figures for Free State (7-4) with 23 points on 9-of-9 shooting, and he was one missed free throw away from a perfect shooting game.

“He’s a shooter,” Stroh said. “That’s what we see in practice.”

Luinstra made three shots from beyond the arc and two mid-range jumpers, but he got four layups off back cuts from the wing. He said the Firebirds work on that every day in practice, and are expected to look for the backdoor cut before running a play each possession.

But it wasn’t just Luinstra, the entire FSHS team made a living on backdoor cuts, especially early in the contest.

As a result, the Firebirds opened up a 20-6 lead after the first quarter. They took a 35-13 lead into halftime, and ultimately put the game well out of reach with 31-point third quarter.

“I liked the way we started the game,” Stroh said, “and I liked the way we started the half. We were able to extend the lead, and that was one of the goals at halftime.”

Seven different players scored for the Firebirds in the third quarter, with senior Shannon Cordes and Clark leading the offensive onslaught.

Cordes scored nine points and Clark scored eight points in the quarter. Both players finished the game with 13 points.

Now that the Firebirds have put their two heartbreaking losses from last weekend behind them with a re-

sounding win, their focus shifts back to Sunflower League play.

Middle School “We knew we had to EIGHTH-GRADE BOYS at South come down here and take Tuesday SOUTH 58, CENTRAL 21 South highlights: D’marion Proctor care of business,” Luinpoints, 11 rebounds; Stavian Jones stra said. “We can’t be 13 8 points; Isaiah Mayo 18 points; Kallun satisfied. We have Olathe Chitama 8 points.

South record: 7-0. Next for South: Northwest next so we Today at West. have to keep working SOUTH B 57, CENTRAL B 23 South highlights: Trevor Barrs 10 hard.”

John Green 8 points; Ryan Free State will play points; Wampler 9 points; James Tolbert 5 host to Olathe Northwest points.

South B record: 6-0. Next for South: at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Today at West.

FREE STATE (74) Jared Hicks 2-2 1-1 6, Garrett Luinstra 9-9 2-3 23, Simon McCaffrey 1-1 2-2 4, Kyle Abrahamson 0-2 0-0 0, Jay Dineen 2-5 3-3 7, Sloan Thomsen 1-4 0-0 3, Shannon Cordes 5-8 2-2 13, Jake Baker 0-1 0-0 0, Jax Dineen 1-1 0-0 3, Cameron Clark 6-7 1-2 13, Jalan Robinson 1-1 0-0 2.

Totals: 28-41 11-13 74.

LANSING (42) Connor Couch 2-3 0-0 6, Jonavan Hunley 0-5 0-0 0, Louie Dill 3-7 1-3 8, Josh Robinson 1-6 2-4 4, Dylan Jenkins 5-8 2-4 14, Quinton McQuillan 3-7 0-1 7, Konner McQuillan 1-3 1-3 3. Totals: 15-40 6-15 42.

Free State 20 15 31 8 — 74 Lansing 7 6 22 7 — 42 Three point goals: Free State 7-14 (Luinstra 3, Hicks, Thomsen, Cordes, Jax Dineen). Lansing 6-17 (Couch 2, Jenkins 2, Dill, Quinton McQuillan).

Turnovers: Free State 8, Lansing 7.

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Tuesday at Park Lanes Boys team scores: Free State 2298, St. James 2255 FSHS results: 1. Alex Jimenez 224241-204 — 669; 4. Bayn Schrader 170161-198 — 529; 5. Alex Craig 146-178202 — 526; 6. Zach Lockwood 156184-183 — 523; 10. Cameron Edens 138-134-215 — 487; 11. Dmitri Smith 145-180-151 — 476.

Girls team scores: St. James 1954, Free State 1886, BV West 1499, BV Southwest 1431.

FSHS results: 2. Sapphie Knight 212-139-153 — 504; 5. Nicole Miele 155-168-148 — 471; 6. Morgan Wright 137-143-184 — 464; 8. Sydney Jordan 146-156-124 — 426; 11. Lexie Lockwood 151-122-129 — 402; 16. Brooke Wright 109-141-103 — 353.

BRIEFLY Flory, each notched 10 points to join Husling in double figures. Meanwhile, four Bulldogs reached double digits in a losing effort, as Kyle Norris paced the team with 19 points.

Despite a 22-point effort by junior “This was a pretty big win for our Canaan Daniels, Perry-Lecompton program, beating a 4A school,” Verifell to Nemaha Central, 53-48, at tas coach Carl Huslig said. home Tuesday. The loss dropped the Veritas (4-8) will play Lawrence Kaws (6-6) back to the .500 bench- High’s junior varsity team Thursday mark, while the Thunder improved to at LHS. 10-3 on the season.

18 15 17 19 — 69 Three players notched double fig- Veritas Baldwin 18 19 18 10 — 65 ures for Nemaha Central, with Mitch Veritas — Weston Flory 9, Trey Huslig 26, Kammal Dowdell 1, Quinton Donohoe 7, Michael Rask 8, Henry and Nate Beck netting 19 Tucker Flory 10, Peyton Donohoe 10. and 15 points, respectively. Daniels Baldwin — Jeremy Williams 5, Hunter Ramirez 5, Josh Craig 1, Luke Laskowski 14, Kyle Norris 19, knocked down a trio of 3-pointers Jayce Dighans 11, Tanner Jackman 10. and went 7-of-8 at the free throw line in a losing effort. Connor AnderFSHS pins down a son (11 points) was the only other player to reach double digits for the first-place finish at Kaws.

Perry Lecompton will play host to St. James Invitational Jefferson West at 7:30 p.m Friday.

Free State senior Alex Jimenez Nemaha Central 20 8 13 12 — 53 bowled the highest score on the Perry Lecompton 20 12 7 15 — 48 Nemaha Central — Nate Beck 15, Mitchell Henry evening, leading the boys’ varsity 19, Corey Heiman 3, Dylan Enneking 3, Matthew bowling team to a first place finish Baumgartner 1, Caleb Henry 12. at the St. James Invitational. MeanPerry Lecompton — Dalton Kellum 8, Cam Christman 5, Canaan Daniels 22, Connor Anderson while, the FSHS girls’ varsity team 11, Isaac Christman 2. finished second, behind St. James, at Park Lanes on Tuesday.

Seabury girls fall Jimenez rolled a 669 three-game series, including a game in which he to Cair Paravel recorded a 241. He was one of three Emily Heinz scored 10 points and Firebirds to finish in the top-five, as Kayleigh Boos added seven points, Bayn Schrader and Alex Craig, finand Seabury Academy’s girls basket- ished fourth and fifth, respectively. ball team fell to Cair Paravel, 43-22, On the girls’ side, two different on Tuesday night at Seabury.

Free State bowlers placed in the top Seabury (1-9) will play Friday at five. Sapphie Knight finished second home against KC East. with a series score of 504, while freshman Nicole Miele ended up in Cair Paravel 4 11 16 12 — 43 fifth after posting a 471 mark.

Seabury 8 6 4 4 — 22

Daniels shoots 22, Perry-Lecompton loses to Nemaha Central

Seabury — Allison Eckert 2, Celia Taylor-Puckett 3, Kayleigh Boos 7, Emily Heinz 10.

Veritas boys edge Baldwin, 69-65

Johnson sets LHS record, FSHS swim team places second

Veritas Christian edged Baldwin, 69-65, behind a 26-point effort from sophomore Trey Husling. The win marked the Eagles’ first victory since Dec. 13, snapping a streak of seven consecutive losses.

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Lawrence senior Stephen Johnson set a new school record in the 200 individual medley, as the Lions finished fourth at the Topeka Invitational. Free State’s swim and dive team finished third in the 13team event on Tuesday at Hummer

Sports Complex.

Johnson’s time of 1:59.46 was enough to cement himself into the Lions’ record books and take second in the event behind Evan Yoder of FSHS. The Firebirds claimed half of the events, with six first-place finishes for the meet, including the 200 medley relay.

Jordan Portela (200 free style and 100 butterfly), Chad Bourdon (one-meter dive), and Evan Eskilson (100 backstroke) all also won their respective events for the Firebirds as well.

Veritas girls top Topeka Heritage, 58-31 Behind a 24-point performance from Tori Husling, the Veritas girls basketball team cruised past Topeka Heritage, 58-31, at home Tuesday.

The Eagles (9-3) scored 14-ormore points in all but one quarter, while holding their opponent under that mark in each period. Titi Shepherd, the team’s lone other doubledigit scorer, added 12 points.

Veritas will travel to St. Joe Christian at 6 p.m. Friday.

Topeka Heritage 11 2 11 7 — 31 Veritas 23 4 14 17 — 58 Topeka Heritage — McKenna Ward 8, Jodi Krantz 6, Abeni Feuerbacher 10, Dakota Vigney 2, Tori Eubanks 2, Jenna Eubanks 3.

Veritas — Titi Shepherd 12, Holly Scott 4, Alyssa Krestan 6, Maria Stieben 5, Merav Edmondson 4, Delaeny Shelton 3, Tori Husling 24.

Seabury boys roll to a win over Cair Paravel Playing without two starters, Bishop Seabury’s boys basketball team rolled to a 75-45 victory over Cair Paravel on Tuesday at Seabury.

Max Easter led the Seahawks with 20 points, scoring all of his points in the first half. Seabury was without Mikey Wycoff and Zach McDermott because of “very minor injuries,” according to coach Ashley Battles.

Cair Paravel 13 10 10 12 — 45 Seabury 24 24 20 7 — 75 Seabury — Thomas DiZerega 8, Max Easter 20, Dawson Chindamo 3, Bansi King 13, Austin Gaumer 6, Chris Green 11, Luke Hornberger 6, Cobe Green 8.

NBA Roundup Isaiah Thomas scored still beat Blake Griffin and the 30-win Clippers 25 points and had 13 asSpurs 108, Raptors 106 for their biggest victory sists, but shot 1 of 7 in the fourth quarter in Boston’s Toronto — LaMar- of the season. third straight loss. cus Aldridge scored 21 CLIPPERS (110) points, Patty Mills added L.A.Mbah a Moute 0-1 0-0 0, Griffin 3-11 BOSTON (108) 18 off the bench and San 6-10 12, Jordan 3-4 4-12 10, Redick 6-15 Crowder 6-8 2-2 17, Johnson 0-2 0-0 22, Rivers 7-15 2-4 20, W.Johnson Antonio beat Toronto 5-6 0, Horford 9-12 2-2 22, Smart 4-13 3-4 1-1 0-0 2, Speights 3-6 0-0 9, Bass 0-1 Thomas 7-19 10-11 25, Brown 3-6 on Tuesday night for the 6-6 6, Felton 1-3 0-0 2, Crawford 9-14 13, 1-1 8, Jerebko 4-5 0-0 8, Mickey 0-1 0-0 27. Totals 33-71 26-41 110. team’s fifth straight vic- 3-3 0, Olynyk 3-8 0-0 6, Rozier 1-6 2-2 4, PHILADELPHIA (121) Young 1-4 2-2 5. Totals 38-84 22-24 108. tory.

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SAN ANTONIO (108) Anderson 2-6 4-4 8, Aldridge 6-14 9-11 21, Lee 4-7 3-4 11, Murray 4-7 3-4 11, Green 2-12 0-0 4, Bertans 4-6 2-2 12, Dedmon 2-3 3-4 7, Forbes 3-4 0-0 8, Mills 8-15 0-1 18, Ginobili 3-11 1-3 8.

Totals 38-85 25-33 108.

TORONTO (106) Carroll 0-6 2-2 2, Sullinger 0-4 0-0 0, Valanciunas 2-7 5-6 9, Lowry 9-23 11-12 30, Powell 8-16 0-0 16, Ross 6-10 6-8 21, Patterson 5-6 0-0 12, Nogueira 3-6 0-0 6, VanVleet 0-0 0-0 0, Joseph 5-6 0-0 10.

Totals 38-84 24-28 106.

San Antonio 29 32 18 29 — 108 Toronto 25 29 25 27 — 106

76Ers 121, Clippers 110 Philadelphia — Nerlens Noel scored 19 points, Richaun Holmes had 18 and Philadelphia beat Los Angeles.

Here was a twist ending not even M. Night Shyamalan could have scripted from his courtside seat: The Sixers played without injured center Joel Embiid and

19, Ilyasova 3-9 2-2 10, McConnell 4-9 1-1 9, Stauskas 3-5 0-0 8, Saric 4-10 8-9 16, Holmes 8-11 1-1 18, Rodriguez 4-12 0-0 9, Luwawu-Cabarrot 2-2 2-2 7, Henderson 3-7 4-4 11. Totals 45-90 21-22 121.

L.A. Clippers 29 39 21 21 — 110 Philadelphia 27 32 30 32 — 121

Wizards 123, Celtics 108 Washington — Bradley Beal scored 13 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter and Washington extended its home winning streak to 14 games with a victory over Boston.

John Wall added 27 points, and Markieff Morris had 19 points and 11 rebounds as the Wizards never trailed while scoring their most points this season.

It came in a game they openly labeled a grudge match, even arriving at the Verizon Center in funeralthemed black clothing.

Porter 2-4 0-0 6, Morris 6-14 6-7 19, Gortat 7-8 2-2 16, Wall 11-20 4-5 27, Beal 12-18 5-5 31, Oubre 4-10 0-0 11, Ochefu 1-1 0-0 2, Smith 1-2 1-2 3, Burke 3-5 0-0 6, McClellan 0-0 0-0 0, Satoransky 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 48-83 18-21 123.

Boston 24 35 21 28 — 108 Washington 33 33 25 32 — 123

Bulls 100, Magic 92 Orlando, Fla. — Dwyane Wade scored 21 points, Jimmy Butler added 20 and Chicago beat Orlando for its second straight victory.

CHICAGO (100) Gibson 2-6 3-6 7, Lopez 4-5 0-0 8, Grant 1-4 4-5 7, Wade 9-23 2-2 21, Butler 7-14 6-7 20, McDermott 4-7 0-0 12, Zipser 1-4 2-2 5, Felicio 4-6 4-6 12, Mirotic 1-5 2-2 4, Rondo 2-3 0-0 4.

Totals 35-77 23-30 100.

ORLANDO (92) Green 3-11 7-7 13, Ibaka 6-13 1-1 16, Gordon 5-12 2-3 13, Vucevic 8-16 4-5 20, Payton 5-16 0-2 10, Rudez 3-5 0-0 8, Biyombo 1-3 0-0 2, Watson 3-6 1-2 7, Hezonja 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 35-85 15-20 92.

Chicago 20 32 26 22 — 100 Orlando 22 27 24 19 — 92

Nuggets 103, Jazz 93 Denver — Nikola Jokic had 23 points and 11 rebounds, Jameer Nelson scored seven of his 17 points in the last four minutes and Denver held on to beat Utah.

UTAH (93) Hayward 2-10 3-3 9, Ingles 1-4 0-0 3, Favors 8-11 2-2 18, Gobert 4-8 3-5 11, Hill 6-18 4-4 17, Johnson 0-5 0-0 0, Lyles 2-4 1-3 6, Diaw 7-12 0-0 16, Neto 0-1 0-0 0, Mack 0-3 0-0 0, Burks 5-9 3-4 13.

Totals 35-85 16-21 93.

DENVER (103) Gallinari 3-10 4-4 11, Faried 4-8 3-6 11, Jokic 9-16 5-5 23, Nelson 6-8 2-2 17, Harris 4-10 1-2 10, Barton 1-7 2-3 5, Chandler 1-4 0-0 3, Arthur 5-7 3-3 16, Nurkic 1-3 0-2 2, Murray 1-3 3-4 5.

Totals 35-76 23-31 103.

Utah 22 17 28 26 — 93 Denver 18 33 29 23 — 103

Timberwolves 112, Suns 111 Phoenix — Andrew Wiggins sank an 18-foot pull-up jumper at the buzzer to give Minnesota a victory over Phoenix.

MINNESOTA (112) Wiggins 11-22 7-8 31, Towns 7-12 4-5 18, Dieng 8-11 0-0 16, Rubio 4-8 5-6 14, LaVine 5-9 0-2 11, Muhammad 6-9 2-3 16, Bjelica 0-4 0-0 0, Aldrich 2-2 0-0 4, Dunn 1-7 0-0 2. Totals 44-84 18-24 112.

PHOENIX (111) Warren 4-11 0-1 8, Chriss 2-5 0-0 5, Chandler 9-9 4-5 22, Bledsoe 5-18 7-7 18, Booker 9-23 4-4 26, Tucker 1-3 6-8 8, Len 4-5 3-3 11, Ulis 1-3 0-0 3, Knight 3-7 4-4 10, Barbosa 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 38-86 28-32 111.

Minnesota 23 36 28 25 — 112 Phoenix 27 29 23 32 — 111

Topeka Invitational

Tuesday at Hummer Sports Complex FSHS, LHS results 200 medley relay — 1. Evan Eskilson, Corey Schultz-Bever, Jordan Portela, Evan Yoder, FS, 1:39.39. 4. Jake Viscomi, Sydney Lin, Matthew Wilkus, John Loos, FS, 1:47.79; 10. Patrick Oblon, Dylan Bierschbach, Treyton Trujillo, Jared Miller, L, 1:59.26; 14.

Hayden Husman, Logan Grose, Sam Phillips, Garrett Prescott, L, 2:07.46.

200 freestyle — 1. Jordan Portela, FS, 1:44.18; 12. Jakob Busch, L, 2:07.36; 14. Trenton Hartman, FS, 2:12.58; 16.

Treyton Trujillo, L, 2:12.67; Zimmer Bellemere, L, 2:18.14; 22. Finnease Nesbitt-Daly, FS, 2:20.17.

200 individual medley — 1. Evan Yoder, FS, 1:58.20; 2. Stephen Johnson, L, 1:59.46; 8. Matthew Wilkus, FS, 2:16.76; 10. Corey Schultz-Bever, FS, 2:16.99; 19. Dylan Beirschbach, L, 2:48.17; 21. Andrew Severn, L, 2:50.40.

50 freestyle — 3. Alex Heckman, L, 22.32; 7. Aidan Goertz, FS, 23.29; 9.

Patrick Oblon, L, 23.81; 10. Sydney Lin, FS, 24.37; 12. Dean Stuart, FS, 24.54; 19.

Jared Miller, L, 25.33.

How former Jayhawks fared Cole Aldrich, Minnesota Min: 8. Pts: 4.

Reb: 4. Ast: 0.

Darrell Arthur, Denver Min: 22. Pts: 16.

Reb: 8. Ast: 1.

Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Did not play (knee injury).

Markieff Morris, Washington Min: 34. Pts: 19.

Reb: 11. Ast: 4.

One-meter diving — 1. Chad Bourdon, FS, 287.45; 8. Skylar Eklund, FS, 204.15; 11. Anton Martinez de Velasco, L, 194.30; 18. Carson Juhl, FS, 146.25; 22. Patrick Steinbach, L, 124.45.

100 butterfly — 1. Jordan Portela, FS, 50.96; 8. Jake Viscomi, FS, 58.41; 15, Finneas Nesbitt-Daly, FS, 1:07.57; 16. Treyton Trujillo, L, 1:09.09; 20, Luis Torres, L, 1:19.35; 24. Sam Phillips, 1:21.74.

100 freestyle — 2. Evan Eskilson, FS, 47.48; 4. Stephen Johnson, L, 47.96; 5. Alex Heckman, L, 49.32; 10. Aidan Goertz, FS, 52.02; 13. Dean Stuart, FS, 55.41; 15. Jakob Busch, L, 56.64.

500 freestyle — 7. John Loos, FS, 5:39.82; 16. Chase Root, L, 6:19.80; 19.

Zimmer Bellemere, L, 6:38.18; 22. Miles Kingsley, FS, 6:43.60; 23. Luke Dunlap, L, 6:51.64.

200 freestyle relay — 3. Aidan Goertz, Corey Schultz-Bever, Evan Yoder, Jordan Portela, FS, 1:30.01; 4.

Alex Heckman, Jared Miller, Patrick Oblon, Stephen Johnson, L, 1:32.52; 7.

Sydney Lin, Adam Ziegler, Matthew Wilkus, Dean Stewart, FS, 1:37.61; 9.

Will Bellemere, Devin Van Schmus, Jakob Busch, Garrett Prescott, L, 1:45.38.

100 backstroke — 1. Evan Eskilson, FS, 53.81; 7. Jake Viscomi, FS, 1:01.38; 11. John Loos, FS, 1:04.77; 24. Hayden Husman, L, 1:20.13; 26. Braden Augustine, L, 1:21.01; 100 breaststroke — 1. Evan Yoder, FS, 1:00.95; 3. Corey Schultz-Bever, FS, 1:03.46; 8. Matthew Wilkus, FS, 1:08.08; 13. Dylan Bierschbach, L, 1:16.89; 19.

Reed Pfeifer, L, 1:22.48; 20. Andrew Severn, L, 1:23.14.

400 freestyle relay — 4. Patrick Oblon, Jakob Busch, Alex Heckman, Stephen Johnson, L, 3:28.16; 5. Aidan Goertz, Dean Stuart, Sydney Lin, Evan Eskilson, FS, 3:30.30; 8. John Loos, Adam Ziegler, Ethan Perrins, Jake Viscomi, FS, 3:48.53; 9. Will Bellemere, Zimmer Bellemere, Jared Miller, Garrett Prescott, L, 3:54.81.

Tuesday

BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Promoted Billy Bean to vice president and special assistant to the commissioner, Renee Tirado to vice president of talent acquisition and diversity & inclusion, and Melanie LeGrande to vice president of social responsibility.

American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with INF Luis Valbuena on a two-year contract.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with 1B James Loney on a minor league contract.

National League MIAMI MARLINS — Acquired RHP Severino Gonzalez from Philadelphia for a player to be named or cash.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Joba Chamberlain on a minor-league contract with an invitation to the spring training.

Kelly Oubre Jr., Washington Min: 30. Pts: 11.

Reb: 3. Blk: 1.

Paul Pierce, L.A. Clippers Did not play (coach’s decision).

Brandon Rush, Minnesota Did not play (coach’s decision).

Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota Min: 39. Pts: 31.

Reb: 6. Ast: 3.

Jeff Withey, Utah Did not play (coach’s decision).

KU-OSU WOMEN AT A GLANCE Who: Kansas vs.

Oklahoma State When: 7 tonight Where: Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Okla.

Series: Oklahoma State leads, 33-31

Losing streaks The Jayhawks remain winless through the first eight contests of the current Big 12 season. Of those eight losses, six have come at the hands of nationally ranked opponents.

Kansas’ has now extended it’s losing streak of regular season meetings with conference foes to 27 consecutive games. It won’t get any easier, however, as Oklahoma State has got the best of KU as of late, winning the last nine matchups between the two teams.

Bright spots Despite sitting firmly at the bottom of the standings, the Jayhawks find themselves towards the top in a couple different areas. As a team, they boast the third best offensive rebound average in the league with 13.9 boards a game. In addition, Kansas also leads the conference in turnovers forced, while forcing their opposition into 19.2 turnovers per contest.

Streaking In her first trip through the Big 12 gauntlet, junior guard Jessica Washington has exceeded all expecta-

tions. Washington currently leads the league in scoring during conference play, with an average of 19.5 points per outing. In her eight league outings, Washington has been the game’s highest scorer in five of them. Her average on the season has now jumped up to 15.9 points per game.

Slumping Junior Chayla Cheadle posted a three-point showing in the loss to TCU last Sunday. It marked Cheadle’s 11th consecutive game of scoring single digits. In fact, the last time Cheadle posted double figures was on Dec. 7, against Harvard, which was her third straight double-digit scoring effort at the time.

Probable starters KANSAS (6-13, 0-8 Big 12) G — Jessica Washington, 5-8, jr.

G — McKenzie Calvert, 5-9, so.

G — Kylee Kopatich, 5-10, so.

G — Chayla Cheadle, 6-0, jr.

F — Sydney Umeri, 6-0, sr.

OKLAHOMA STATE (12-6, 2-5 Big 12) G — Karli Wheeler, 5-8, so.

G — Rodrea Echols, 5-10, fr.

F — Katelyn Loecker, 6-0, sr.

F — Mandy Coleman, 6-3, jr.

C — Kaylee Jensen, 6-4, jr.

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KANSAS GUARD JOSH JACKSON (11) BATTLES FOR A REBOUND AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA forward Nathan Adrian on Tuesday night in Morgantown, W.Va.

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BOX SCORE KANSAS (69) MIN FG FT REB PF TP

m-a m-a o-t Landen Lucas 24 1-2 0-2 5-10 4 2 Frank Mason III 39 6-16 0-0 2-4 3 15 Devonté Graham 34 6-10 2-3 0-3 2 17 Svi Mykhailiuk 34 2-9 0-0 1-4 2 6 Josh Jackson 34 7-12 4-8 1-4 5 22 Lagerald Vick 15 2-5 0-0 0-1 1 5 Carlton Bragg Jr. 11 1-4 0-0 0-1 4 2 Dwight Coleby 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Mitch Lightfoot 8 0-1 0-2 1-1 1 0 team

3-4 Totals 25-59 6-15 13-32 22 69 Three-point goals: 13-29 (Mason 3-7, Graham 3-7, Mykhailiuk 2-8, Jackson 4-4, Vick 1-3). Assists: 16 (Mason 2, Graham 3, Mykhailiuk 7, Jackson 4). Turnovers: 13 (Lucas 1, Mason 3, Graham 4, Mykhailiuk 1, Jackson 3, Bragg 1). Blocked shots: 2 (Bragg 1, Lightfoot 1). Steals: 3 Mason 2, Vick 1).

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the free throw line.

“We didn’t play poorly for the first 30 (minutes) or whatever, but, obviously, we closed miserably and they dominated us late,” said KU coach Bill Self before sarcastically adding, “Our free throw defense wasn’t very good, and theirs was much better.”

Tuesday’s showdown was a game of runs, with Kansas hitting the Mountaineers (16-4 overall, 5-3 Big 12) with a couple of first-half runs only to watch the home team answer every time. The biggest WVU run might’ve been the 12-4 run they used to close the first half, which set the stage for a 47-34 beatdown in the second half.

Freshman Josh Jackson led the Jayhawks with 22 points while Devonté Graham (17) and Frank Mason III (15) also reached double figures.

Outside of that, Kansas got just 15 points in 93 combined minutes from the six other players who checked into Tuesday’s game.

“I think that their freshness and our fatigue also played a factor down the stretch,” Self said.

Despite allowing the Mountaineers to dictate much of the game on both ends, Kansas used an 11-1 run to take a 59-58 lead with 9:52 to play. However, that lead lasted all of 43 seconds and Kansas never led again.

“We made a couple turnovers, took a couple bad shots,” said Jackson, explaining the collapse.

Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo

KANSAS GUARD DEVONTÉ GRAHAM PROTESTS A CALL with a game official Tuesday night in Morgantown, W.Va. “We just have to understand when we go on a run like that, and we’ve got ’em down after fighting so hard, we just have to make smart plays because the way they play they can easily go on a run at any time.”

West Virginia entered the night leading the NCAA with 23.2 turnovers forced per game but managed to coerce Kansas into just 13. While that number was one the Jayhawks would have taken heading into the game, the total attached to it — 19 points off turnovers — haunted the Jayhawks after the loss.

“I would’ve taken it probably coming in,” Self said. “But the turnovers that we had were bad turnovers.... If you look at the stats, you’re saying, ‘Yeah, that’s not awful,’ but that doesn’t tell the story. They were pretty poor turnovers.”

Still fighting and looking to make one final run to steal a victory, Kansas closed the game by clearing the runway for several more easy West Virginia buckets.

With KU trailing by seven with 4:03 to play, a Jackson deflection sent WVU scrambling. Junior guard Jevon Carter

(9 points, 9 assists, 8 rebounds) flipped it to Daxter Miles Jr., who looked to be in trouble in the deep corner in front of the West Virginia bench. Instead of sitting and waiting for the KU double-team to arrive, Miles attacked, slipped right between a flat-footed Jackson and Svi Mykhailiuk and got to the rim for yet another WVU layup.

On the very next possession, after another mindless miscue by the Jayhawks, WVU big man Sagaba Konate caught a soft, trailing pass from Carter and capped a four-

on-one WVU break with a monster slam that gave the Mountaineers their largest lead of the night to that point, 74-63 with just over three minutes to play.

A minute-and-a-half later, from the very spot where he was nearly trapped, Miles’ wideopen 3-pointer proved to be the final blow in the Jayhawks’ second loss of the season.

Cue John Denver.

Clear the aisles for the court-storming, which, somewhat surprisingly, never came.

After back-to-back losses, including one in

ing, the rest will come,” Lucas predicted. “He’s such an offensive talent that he’s able to do some CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C things. He’s just got to be able to do the things that percent coming together, coach is looking for to be but he’s making strides. able to stay on the court.”

He’s better now than he Bragg’s announcement was a couple of games that he was coming to ago and you just have to Kansas was greeted with understand each game such glee by Jayhawk Nais another step forward. tion that it was not held Obviously, we could use against him that he nerhim for many reasons.” vously said “Kentucky,” Such as rebounding, his second choice, and where West Virginia had then quickly corrected a 39-32 advantage, points himself when he made in the paint, where West the announcement.

Virginia dominated, Tuesday’s game 34-20, and bench points, showed the inexact where the Mountaineers nature of recruiting in outscored KU, 21-7. that the star of the game, “If he goes out there West Virginia’s 6-foot-8, and worries about the 225-pound sophomore defense and the rebound- Esa Ahmad, scored 27

points, Bragg two points with one rebound and four personal fouls in 11 minutes.

Both forwards played their high school basketball in Cleveland.

Ahmad was a four-star recruit ranked No. 72 in nation by Rivals.com and offered a scholarship by several Big Ten schools, plus Oregon and Xavier.

Ahmad didn’t receive the invitation to play in the McDonald’s AllAmerican game that Bragg did, but Ahmad, twice named player of the year by Cleveland. com, made more of an impression on local observers.

As a freshman, he averaged 4.9 points and 2.7 rebounds in 18.1 minutes.

He has made the big step forward as a sophomore that Kansas needs from Bragg.

Not that it’s been all forward steps for Ahmad, who leads West Virginia in scoring with 12.1 points per game. He was mired in a four-game slump heading into Tuesday, averaging just 5.3 points during that stretch.

Ahmad said that he was guilty of playing “passive” basketball during his slump and was urged by teammates and coaches to play more aggressively, especially against Kansas because his greatest strength, taking it to the rim, matches up with KU’s greatest weakness, protecting it.

The Mountaineers ran

the first play of the game for him and he scored the team’s first eight points.

“He had two good days of practice,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. “And he’s our best guy at attacking the rim.

He has more size. He’s wider. He has those huge hands.”

His fingerprints were all over the game, something Bragg hasn’t figured out how to do yet.

Huggins mentioned something else he thought was the key to Ahmad breaking out.

“He kind of rededicated himself to the game after Kansas State,” Huggins said. “He wasn’t very good in the Kansas State game, wasn’t very good in the Oklahoma

Keegan

WEST VIRGINIA (85) MIN FG FT REB PF TP

m-a m-a o-t Nathan Adrian 29 4-6 0-0 2-5 2 11 Esa Ahmad 32 10-17 7-9 2-5 1 27 Elijah Macon 11 2-2 3-4 2-5 4 7 Jevon Carter 34 3-8 0-0 2-8 3 9 Daxter Miles Jr. 25 3-7 3-4 0-2 0 10 Teyvon Myers 4 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 Tarik Phillip 24 3-6 4-4 1-4 3 10 Lamont West 9 1-4 0-0 0-1 1 3 Brandon Watkins 10 0-3 0-0 2-3 1 0 Maciej Bender 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 Sagaba Konate 20 3-5 2-2 2-4 2 8 team

0-1 Totals 29-60 19-23 13-39 18 85 Three-point goals: 8-20 (Adrian 3-3, Ahmad 0-1, Carter 3-7, Miles 1-4, Phillip 0-1, West 1-4). Assists: 22 (Adrian 2, Ahmad 2, Macon 1, Carter 9, Miles 3, Myers 1, Phillip 4). Turnovers: 8 (Adrian 2, Macon 2, Carter 1, Myers 1, Watkins 1, Konate 1). Blocked shots: 4 (Adrian 1, Macon 1, Konate 2). Steals: 9 (Adrian 1, Ahmad 1, Carter 2, Miles 1, Phillip 3, West 1).

Kansas 35 34 — 69 West Virginia 38 47 — 85 Technical fouls: None. Officials: John Higgins, Michael Stephens, Kipp Kissinger.

Attendance: 13,694.

the state of Kansas last weekend, those country roads led the Mountaineers home and there wasn’t a gold-and-blue clad soul in the building not singing at the top of their lungs.

“I don’t think we’ve played exceptionally well here,” Self said.

“But I think that West Virginia has a good team.

When they’re turned up, which they were tonight, they’re certainly one of the best teams in the country.”

game. He got in the gym.

I know you guys get tired of me saying that, but he got in the gym. He was in the gym last night at 9 o’clock, after being in early before practice and staying after practice.

That’s kind of what it takes.”

Ahmad did much of his damage when guarded by KU freshman Josh Jackson, who led his team with 22 points. Jackson thus far this season has provided the most interior defensive help for Lucas. It’s not enough. Bragg will need to find a path to improvement for Kansas to avoid more road losses that involve such smooth roads to the hoop for opponents.

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KANSAS GUARD DEVONTÉ GRAHAM (4) AND WEST VIRGINIA FORWARD NATHAN ADRIAN (11) compete for a loose ball during the first half of the Jayhawks’ 85-69 loss Tuesday night in Morgantown, W.Va.

NOTEBOOK

Mason draws extra attention

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Morgantown, W.Va. — Booed every time he touched the ball, thanks to a directive from the West Virginia student section’s pregame flyer known as the Mountaineer Maniacs Musings that dubbed him the Bum of the Game, Kansas point guard Frank Mason III had an off night during the Jayhawks’ 85-69 loss to No. 18 West Virginia.

Fifteen points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals in 39 minutes may not sound sluggish, but the KU senior was not nearly as effective driving to the rim as he has been throughout the season and he also played his role in the Jayhawks’ ole’ defense that gave the Mountaineers easy bucket after easy bucket throughout the night.

Asked if they noticed the extra attention from both the WVU student section and Mountaineers players frustrating Mason, his KU teammates stopped short of saying their leader was rattled.

“This is a tough game for a point guard because it kind of takes them out of the rhythm.... They made it hard on him tonight,” said fellow-senior Landen Lucas.

Added junior guard Svi

Mykhailiuk, who finished with six points and seven assists on 2-of-9 shooting: “I don’t think anyone played good today. Frank did what he was supposed to do. He didn’t turn the ball over a lot and he controlled the game for the most part. It’s just hard to play here when you (handle) the ball and they press the whole game.”

Other notable jabs from the Maniacs Musings included: claiming that Devonté Graham bears a resemblance to Franklin the Turtle, from the popular Canadian television children’s show Franklin and Friends; that they also did not know how to pronounce Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk; that Josh Jackson is a bandwagon Chicago Cubs fan; that Mitch Lightfoot is babyfaced; and that Lagerald Vick’s middle name is Montrell.

Jackson for 3 For the second consecutive game Kansas freshman Josh Jackson shot the ball well from beyond the 3-point line, connecting on all four 3-point tries en route to a teamhigh 22 points.

Asked if the recent hot streak was a sign that he had found his shot, Jackson shrugged and focused instead to spend most of his time criticizing KU’s shortcomings instead of

hawks’ last four trips to Morgantown did not have a sweet enough ring to it, Huggins has picked up a little extra cash for those victories.

Tuesday’s win delivered another $25,000 bonus for Huggins, whose contract extension, signed in 2012, included a clause pledging that amount for beating the Jayhawks.

According to the Charleston Daily Mail, the contract states that Huggins will collect $25,000 for “any victory over the University of Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo Kansas during the regular KANSAS GUARD FRANK MASON III (0) soars in for a bucket season.” against West Virginia guard Jevon Carter.

ESPN’s Andy Katz reported Tuesday that Hugcas into a forgettable, gins donates the money praising his own play.

“I’ve got confidence in 2-point, 10-rebound night to cancer research in the it, my teammates do, my in which he finished with name of his late mother. coach does and when I’m four fouls in just 24 minHistory repeating? open I’m gonna just shoot utes.

Kansas freshman Mitch But the senior forward it and hopefully it goes in,” Jackson said of his refused to use his recent Lightfoot, who snagged illness as an excuse for one rebound and blocked long-range stroke.

Said Self of his fresh- his difficult night. Asked one shot in eight minutes man’s productive night: if he was over the bug against the Mountain“I thought, offensively, he that was ailing him dur- eers, said recent Kanplayed pretty good, but I ing last weekend’s win sas history suggests that didn’t think defensively over Texas, Lucas said Tuesday’s loss might not be all bad news for the anybody played very well simply, “I am. Yes.” Jayhawks. at all. He’s gotta get more “We’re all for each than four rebounds in a Cashing in Several of West Virgin- other in the locker room,” big-boy game like that, especially when Landen’s ia coach Bob Huggins’ re- Lightfoot said after the cent meetings with Kan- game. “We’re not gonna out with foul trouble.” sas have been profitable let each other down. The Illness no issue both in the win column last time we lost we reFoul trouble and a and his bank account. bounded pretty well, with quicker West Virginia As if having defeated a pretty fun game. I feel front line frustrated Lu- KU in each of the Jay- like that can happen now

and we just need to play our butts off and defend.

That’s the most important thing.”

That last loss, 103-99 in overtime to Indiana in November, was followed by a thrilling win over No. 1-ranked Duke in New York City. And with another blue blood awaiting the Jayhawks after this loss — Saturday at No. 4 Kentucky — Lightfoot is hoping the Jayhawks will achieve a similar bounceback.

“We’ve gotta be tougher down the stretch and we’ve gotta come together as a team,” he said.

“But this is good for us and we’re gonna come back better. I’m 100 percent sure of that.”

This and that...

KU’s lead in the alltime series with West Virginia dipped to 6-4, including 1-4 in games played in Morgantown....

The Jayhawks are now 4-1 in true road games this season and 8-2 in games played away from Allen Fieldhouse.... KU was out-rebounded by WVU, 39-32, marking the second time in the last 12 games that Kansas was beaten on the boards.... The 85 points surrendered by the KU defense was the third highest total scored by a Kansas opponent this season (Indiana, 103, and Kansas State, 88).

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KANSAS FORWARD LANDEN LUCAS GETS A REBOUND WHILE SURROUNDED by the West Virginia defense.

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PUBLIC NOTICE CONTINUED FROM 7C KS #20570 Aaron M. Othmer, KS #27121 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF MARTIN LEIGH PC IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. _______

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(First published in the (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalLawrence Daily JournalWorld on January 18, 2017) World on January 25, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT The furniture and leftover OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, belongings of: KANSAS Amanda C. Johnson 2020 W. 27th St., Apt #5 Lawrence KS 66046 will be disposed of on or after February 22, 2017 Gage Management 785-842-7644 _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld January 11, 2017)

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC PLAINTIFF -vsSHERRY BARBEE, et. al.; DEFENDANTS No. 2016-CV-000446 Div. No. K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County WELLS FARGO BANK, NA of Douglas, in a certain PLAINTIFF cause in said Court Numbered 2016-CV-000446, -vswherein the parties above named were respectively RHONDA LYNCH, et. al.; plaintiff and defendant, DEFENDANTS and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said No. 2016-CV-000424 County, directed, I will ofDiv. No. fer for sale at public aucK.S.A. 60 tion and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at Mortgage Foreclosure the Jury Assembly Room in the City of Lawrence in NOTICE OF said County, on February 9, SHERIFF’S SALE 2017, at 10:00 a.m., of said day the following deUnder and by virtue of an scribed real estate located Order of Sale issued by the in the County of Douglas, Clerk of the District Court State of Kansas, to wit: in and for the said County of Douglas, in a certain LOT 10, BLOCK TWO, IN cause in said Court Num- COUNTRY CLUB WEST SUBbered 2016-CV-000424, DIVISION, A SUBDIVISION wherein the parties above IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, named were respectively DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANplaintiff and defendant, SAS. Commonly known as and to me, the under- 2604 Princeton Blvd, Lawsigned Sheriff of said rence, Kansas 66049 County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auc- This is an attempt to coltion and sell to the highest lect a debt and any inforbidder for cash in hand at mation obtained will be the Jury Assembly Room in used for that purpose. the City of Lawrence in said County, on February 2, Kenneth M. McGovern 2017, at 10:00 a.m., of said SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS day the following de- COUNTY, KANSAS scribed real estate located SHAPIRO & KREISMAN, LLC in the County of Douglas, Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Kansas, to wit: 4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway - Suite 418B LOT 24, IN WINCHESTER ES- Fairway, KS 66205 TATES NO. 1, IN THE CITY (913)831-3000 OF EUDORA, AS SHOWN BY Fax No. (913)831-3320 THE RECORDED PLAT Our File No. 16-009571/jm THEREOF, IN DOUGLAS ________ COUNTY, KANSAS Commonly known as 906 Cedar (First published in the Place, Eudora, Kansas Lawrence Daily Journal66025 World on January 11, 2017) This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Kenneth M. McGovern SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS SHAPIRO & KREISMAN, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway - Suite 418B Fairway, KS 66205 (913)831-3000 Fax No. (913)831-3320 Our File No. 16-009550/jm _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld on January 25, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS MTGLQ Investors, LP Plaintiff, vs.

Ericka Corrado-Waller, Ericka Corradowaller, James D Waller , Ericka Corrado Waller, James Waller, James Waller, James Dominic Waller, et al., Defendants.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2014-9TT, Plaintiff, vs.

THE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, DEVISEES, TRUSTEES, CREDITORS AND ASSIGNS OF TIMOTHY L. THOMASSON, DECEASED, et al.

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MARTIN LEIGH PC IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. _______

HILLS, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS

(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal- Respectfully Submitted, World January 11, 2017) By: IN THE DISTRICT COURT Shawn Scharenborg, OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KS # 24542 KANSAS Michael Rupard, KS # 26954 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152 Plaintiff, Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) vs.

12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 St. Louis, MO 63141 James Turner (Deceased), Phone: (314) 991-0255 et al., Fax: (314) 567-8006 Defendants.

Email: mrupard@km-law.com Case No. 16CV219 Attorney for Plaintiff K.S.A. 60 _______ Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate (First published in the Involved) Lawrence Daily JournalWorld on January 25, 2017) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Jefferson County Rural Clerk of the District Court Water District #13 public in and for the said County notice is hereby given in of Douglas, State of Kan- accordance with K.S.A. sas, in a certain cause in 82-1626, state of Kansas, said Court Numbered that on February 16, 2017, 16CV219, wherein the par- at the Sunnyside School, ties above named were re- 1121 Republic Road, at 7:00 spectively plaintiff and de- p.m., the membership of fendant, and to me, the un- Jefferson County Rural dersigned Sheriff of said Water District #13 shall County, directed, I will of- meet for the purpose of: fer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest 1. Vote for Bylaw Change bidder for cash in hand at 2. Election of Directors 10:00 AM, on 02/02/2017, 3. Consideration of Any the Jury Assembly Room Other Business of the District Court located in the lower level of In the event of inclement the Judicial and Law En- weather the meeting will forcement Center build- be rescheduled to Februing, 111 E. 11th St., Law- ary 23rd (same time and rence, Kansas, the follow- location) and an autoing described real estate mated voice mail message located in the County of will go out to the entire Douglas, State of Kansas, District with the update. to wit: Gordon A. Brest, LOT 5, BLOCK 5, IN THE Chairman of the Board OF CIMARRON REPLAT _______

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(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World on January 25, 2017) AUCTION 19th Street Tow and Recovery, 615 Maple St Lawrence, KS 66044, will hold a auction on Wednesday, January 25 at 8:30am for the following vehicles: 2016 NISSAN FRONTIER 2003 FORD E350 2002 DODGE TRUCK 2011 TOYOTA PRIUS 2004 TOYOTA COROLLA _______

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(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World on January 25, 2017) River City Recovery LLC has Impounded the following vehicles for the local police department and/or property owner and will be sold at public auction on (TowLot .com) on February 2, 2017 @ 7pm unless postive proof of ownership is presented and all fees including tow and storage are paid in full. Bidding is online at www.towlot.com.

2005 Gmc Sierra 2GTEK13T551196296 2003 Honda Odyssey 5FNRL18003B074954 2000 Plymouth Neon 1P3ES46CXYD732486 2003 Ford Tarus 1FAFP55U63G26170 1996 Chrysler Town & Country 1C4GP54R5TB382681 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GZ78S7TC204424 2000 Ford Focus 3FAFP3135YR173613 1997 Lincoln Mark VIII 1LNLM92V3VY677837 1998 Toyota 4Runner JT3HN86R9W0171867 2002 Ford Escape 1FMYU04122KC27672 2002 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WF52E729212250 _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World on January 25, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

AUCTIONS Auction Calendar PUBLIC AUCTION Saturday, Jan 28th 9:30 A.M. 3408 West 6th American Legion Lawrence, KS Sellers: Farm Toys: Jerry & Kim Neis Coins: Paul Fellers Auctioneers: Elston Auctions (785-594-0505) (785-218-7851) “Serving Your Auction Needs Since 1994” Please visit us online at www.KansasAuctions.net/ elston for pictures!!

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Brian L Boyce; Kaylyn L Munro; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Pulaski Bank; Capital One Bank (USA) NA; Pub, Defendants.

Case No. 17CV15 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

STATE OF KANSAS to the NOTICE OF SUIT above named Defendants and all other persons who THE STATE OF KANSAS, to the above-named defendants are or may be concerned: and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, deYOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED visees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased that a Petition for Mort- defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; gage Foreclosure has been the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors Case No. 16CV313 filed in the District Court of and assigns of any defendants that are existing, disK.S.A. 60 Douglas County, Kansas by solved or dormant corporations; the unknown execuMortgage Foreclosure WILMINGTON SAVINGS tors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, suc(Title to Real Estate FUND SOCIETY, FSB, doing cessors and assigns of any defendants that are or were Involved) business as CHRISTIANA partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, TRUST, not in its individual conservators and trustees of any defendants that are NOTICE OF capacity but solely as minors or are under any legal disability; and the unSHERIFF’S SALE Trustee for BCAT 2014-9TT, known heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be Under and by virtue of an praying for foreclosure of deceased, and all other persons who are or may be Order of Sale issued by the certain real property le- concerned.

Clerk of the District Court gally described as follows: in and for the said County You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the Disof Douglas, State of Kan- LOT 25, BLOCK 4, IN trict Court of Douglas County, Kansas, praying to foresas, in a certain cause in NORTHWOOD ADDITON, AN close a real estate mortgage on the following described said Court Numbered ADDITION TO THE CITY OF real estate: DOUGLAS 16CV313, wherein the par- LAWRENCE, KANSAS, ties above named were re- COUNTY, Lot 20, Block 4, in HOLIDAY HILLS, an addition to the spectively plaintiff and de- (“PROPERTY”) City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, together fendant, and to me, the unwith an easement for ingress and egress described in dersigned Sheriff of said and for an in rem judgment deed recorded in Book 248, Page 577-578, in the Office County, directed, I will of- against Defendant Thom- of the Register of Deeds of Douglas County, Kansas, fer for sale at public auc- asson and any other inter- commonly known as 1046 Wellington Road, Lawrence, tion and sell to the highest ested parties and you are KS 66049 (the “Property”) bidder for cash in hand at hereby required to plead 10:00 AM, on 02/16/2017, to the Petition for Foreclo- and all those defendants who have not otherwise been the Jury Assembly Room sure on or before February served are required to plead to the Petition on or before of the District Court lo- 22, 2017 at Douglas County, the 7th day of March, 2017, in the District Court of DougIf you fail to cated in the lower level of Kansas. las County,Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and the Judicial and Law En- plead, judgment and de- decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. forcement Center build- cree will be entered in due ing, 111 E. 11th St., Law- course upon the request of NOTICE rence, Kansas, the follow- plaintiff.

Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 ing described real estate U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the colleclocated in the County of Respectfully submitted, tion of this debt may be given without the prior consent Douglas, State of Kansas, of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or MARTIN LEIGH PC to wit: the express permission of a court of competent jurisLOT 97 IN ALVAMAR ES- /s/ Gregory D. Todd diction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a TATES, AN ADDITION TO Beverly M. Weber debt and any information obtained will be used for that THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KS #20570 purpose.

IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, Gregory D. Todd KANSAS. Prepared By: KS #26577 SouthLaw, P.C. 1044 Main St., Suite 900 SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS #10551) Kansas City, MO 64105 COUNTY, KANSAS 13160 Foster, Suite 100 Phone: 816-221-1430 Overland Park, KS 66213-2660 Fax: 816-221-1044 Respectfully Submitted, (913) 663-7600 || (913) 663-7899 (Fax) bmw@martinleigh.com Attorneys for Plaintiff gdt@martinleigh.com By: _________________ _______ ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

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Crab bisque: 2 meals for the price of 1 crab. But, I’m a purist and love that unmistakable flavor of Alaskan crab front and center, not diluted othing says indulgence in other ingredients. like noshing on some But here is the secret I want to seriously giant Alaskan tell you about today: after you’ve king crab legs. enjoyed that restaurant-quality They’re not just tasty, they’re a meal at home, keep those shells. low-fat source of protein — one Because you can get a whole leg has about 25 grams of protein, second crab-dish from that one and a whole host of vitamins and purchase by making crab bisque minerals (including sodium, incithe next day. (Or, stick shells in dentally, so a heads-up if you are a freezer bag and freeze them for watching salt), but only a couple a couple of weeks, if you want to of grams of fat. Which gives you a space out the crab meals.) Tosslittle celebratory wiggle room to ing the shells in a hot oven for just add a little lemon butter — mix 1 a couple of minutes brings out a tablespoon of melted butter with 2 roasty-crab aroma that will create tablespoons of lemon juice. quick depth of flavor for a speedy But all this goodness does come homemade stock, even if you don’t at a price. Literally, crab legs are have a ton of shells. (Cheat sheet pricey. So my strategy is to buy tip: You can also boost the flavor them for a date night with my husby adding a little bottle clam juice band instead of going out to dinner. to your stock.)

We can load up on Alaskan king The stock can then be added to crab legs for less than the cost of one a simple roux, a little sherry and a meal at a moderate restaurant. bit of low-fat evaporated milk for a My favorite way to eat them is creamy, satisfying soup that tastes simple: steamed and then cracked fattier and more expensive than it is. open and dunked in my lemony butter. The succulent sweet meat Crab Bisque will absolutely elevate your macaStart to finish: 1 hour 15 minutes, roni and cheese, tacos, or salads, so including 1 hour inactive cooking time feel free to experiment in recipes Servings: About 6 one-cup servings and swap out fish or shrimp for

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Ingredients: l Stock: shells from 2 pounds of Alaskan king crab legs 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 carrot, chopped 2 celery stalks, chopped 1 small yellow onion, roughly chopped 1 teaspoon dried tarragon 2 tablespoons tomato paste 3 cloves garlic, smashed 1/2 cup dry white wine 2 tablespoons lemon juice 8 cups water 1 bay leaf l Soup:

2 tablespoon butter 2 tablespoons flour 1/2 cup dry sherry 6 cups crab stock 1/2 cup organic 2 percent evaporated milk 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Crab meat, for garnish (optional, if you happen to have leftovers) Directions: l Make the stock: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place the crab shells on a baking sheet and roast them in the hot oven until fragrant, about 5-7 minutes.

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Meanwhile, place the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat and cook the carrot, celery onion and tarragon until vegetables begin to soften, about five minutes, stirring frequently. Add the tomato paste, and garlic, stir and cook until fragrant and tomato paste deepens in color, about two more minutes.

Pour the wine and lemon juice into the pan and let it bubble for a minute or two. Add the crab shells, 8 cups of water and bay leaf. Bring to a simmer, cover and let simmer on low for about 1 hour.

Strain out the solids using a fine meshed sieve, and set the stock aside. You should have about six cups. (If not, add enough water, clam juice, or chicken stock to make it six cups.) l Make the soup: In a soup pot, melt the butter and add the flour, whisking into a thick paste. Allow to cook and bubble for one minute. Add the sherry and whisk as it bubbles and thickens.

Slowly add the crab stock, whisking to incorporate the stock into the thickened roux (flour mixture).

Bring the soup to a boil and simmer over low heat for 3-5 minutes, until it thickens a little. Stir in the evaporated milk, garnish with crab meat (optional) and serve.

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Dear Annie

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JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Wednesday, Jan. 25: This year you see life from a very different perspective than in the past. You feel that if you can conjure up a dream or goal, you can make it happen. You communicate your feelings with precision when you choose to. If you are single, you might blur the line between reality and a romantic fantasy. Be aware of your choices, and be a cynic if need be. If you are attached, the two of you spend a lot of time pursuing your mutual long-term desires. This behavior creates a stronger foundation between you.

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a difference or change his or her mind. Respect this person and his or her dedication. Tonight: Have a long-overdue conversation.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH A personal issue keeps floating through your thoughts.

Don’t you think it would be better to handle the situation now and free yourself up to focus on what dearannie@creators.com you must? You are likely to see this matter differently once it is resolved. Tonight: Head home and indulge yourself.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH You could be less than pleased with a loved one’s comment. You also might have The stars show the kind misunderstood or misinterpreted of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; what he or she was trying to say.

4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; You have a way and style about 1-Difficult you that draws in those who often say off-the-wall stuff. Tonight: Hang out at home.

Aries (March 21-April 19) HHHH You would love to Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) throw yourself into a group project HHHH You are aware of what or a brainstorming session. You you need to do, but the other probably will, yet there is a nagparty involved might not see eye ging responsibility that beckons to eye with you. Listen to your you. You might not even be aware inner voice when handling a of your feelings here, but know financial matter that could have that you will in time. Tonight: In implications regarding your home. the limelight.

Tonight: Swap ideas and solutions Taurus (April 20-May 20) with a loved one.

HHHHH One-on-one relating Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Dear Annie: I am writing requires your attention and carHHHH Decide what you want to you with my heart coming. You are able to say more, but from a situation, and initiate pletely shattered. Someone I at times you might feel as if you a conversation. You might be had been seeing for a while, need to hold back until you get delighted that you see eye to eye who I thought felt the same a better lay of the land. You will with a friend over the same issue, for me as I do for him, made come out fine, even if you do not but how you arrive at your conclua complete fool out of me and pull back so much. Tonight: Opt sions could differ. Reach out to a burned me to the ground. for togetherness. trusted adviser for some feedback.

I am not a clinging vine Gemini (May 21-June 20) Tonight: All smiles. and was very understanding HHHHH Look to the long Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) about his job and never made term, and tighten up a project.

HH Listen to news, and stay demands on his time. He lied You might even choose go back to centered. You might have a great to me, blew me off and just school to take a brush-up course moneymaking idea, but be sure to stopped communicating with in your field. Count on viable test it out before taking any risks. me. He wouldn’t answer my feedback from a close friend. Your You will want to speak to somecalls or reply to my text mesinstincts come through with an one in the know who understands sages. I have not slept well in older person. Tonight: Opt for an you, your lifestyle and how you almost a week. important conversation. think. Tonight: Share ideas with a My wise-beyond-her-years Cancer (June 21-July 22) loved one. daughter told me not to let HHHH Defer to a partner or Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) him have so much power over loved one. Understand that this HHHH You know what you me, but I am having a very person is determined to take over want and where you are heading. hard time with this. What can and run the show. Look at your You have been working on a plan I do to put him out of my mind long-term desires. Detach, and you that you have held near and dear and move on? I didn’t deserve will see many possibilities. This for years. You might want to test what he did to me, and I know path proves to be the right one for out some of your game plan on a he doesn’t deserve me, but you. Tonight: Say “yes” to a loved trusted friend, as you know you that doesn’t make this hurt one’s suggestion. will get honest feedback from him any less. Any advice? — BroLeo (July 23-Aug. 22) or her. Tonight: Where the crowds kenhearted in North Dakota HHH Pace yourself. Know that are.

Dear Brokenhearted: In you are human and can do only so this case, daughter knows much. Remember that nobody’s best. She sounds like an inperfect, not even you. A loved one Born today: telligent, kind young woman, makes a considerable difference in l Writer Virginia Woolf (1882) and you must be a remarkable your plans. You could be surprised l Singer/songwriter Alicia Keys woman yourself to have fosby how good his or her advice is.

(1981) tered those qualities in her.

Tonight: In the whirlwind of the l Football player Patrick Willis Keep setting a great example. moment.

(1985) Act how you’d want her to act Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) if some guy did this to her.

HHHH You might be up for fun As for making it hurt less, and games, but someone else is time is the best salve, but exnot. You can use every play in your — The astrological forecast should ercise works wonders, too. book, but it probably won’t make be read for entertainment only.

Make a playlist of empowering songs and go for a run, do yoga or just jump around the house.

Although it hurts terribly now, that ache in your heart will get a little duller every day. Any man who’s too cowardly to have an honest conversation is not worth your time. Eventually, you’ll want to thank this loser for breaking up with you.

Annie Lane

Mom’s best option is to power through heartbreak

Dear Annie: I hope you can help me with my request. It came to my attention the other day that many elderly people and those without a computer are not aware of those family members and friends who post online condolences.

A 90-year-old family friend of mine had no idea that over two dozen people had written to her and her family when her husband passed away two years ago. I copied this information for her and sent it to her. She was very grateful.

She was also a bit hurt that the funeral home and her own children did not think or care to do the same.

Please, Annie, put the word out there. Funeral homes should make this a part of their package. She called me again to say that she has called several of the people who posted their condolences online, and she said that this is the best she has felt in over two years! It’s such a small thing to do when someone is mourning, but it means so much. — Spreading the Compassion Dear Spreading: Thank you for this thoughtful note. In this day and age, many people have forgotten how to truly reach out to others outside of social media. I’m sure your message will inspire a few.

— Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.

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9 Attack with vigor 10 Supporters of the American Revolution 11 Sign of something to come

12 Salt Lake City player 13 Was a guide 21 Detested 22 Soft palate attachment 25 Declares with confidence 26 Feisty backtalk 28 Flower section 29 River through Nottingham 30 Chip and Joanna Gaines’ show, “___ Upper” 32 Figure of speech 33 Bun topping?

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Go the extra step with pretzels easily find these soft pretzels in the frozen aisle of your supermarket, t is easy enough to and they heat up quickly put out bag after bag in the oven. While you of chips during a are heating the oven and Sunday football-watchbaking the pretzels (which ing party, or any other take less than 5 minutes), gathering for that matter. you can stir together a And it’s not much harder quick cheese-and-beer dip to go the extra step and for dunking. And while put those chips into an you are stirring you can actual bowl ... you know, imagine the expressions of if you’re feeling classy. happiness that will greet But how about making you when you plunk down a 15-minute snack that this platter of hot pretzel will have the crowds call- goodness. ing your name from the If you have a big crowd stands (or, in all likeliand want to make a larger hood, from the couch)? batch of pretzels, double A hot pretzel served the dip recipe and keep it up with a creamy, cheesy warm in a slow cooker. It dip is the kind of food can also be gently reyou would be thrilled to heated over low heat in happen on and buy at a saucepan if it starts to a stadium. But you can thicken up too much.

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Cheesy Beer Dip with Hot Pretzels

and freshly ground pepper to taste

Start to finish: 15 minutes Serves 12

Directions: Prepare the pretzels according to package.

Meanwhile, in a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the flour and cook, whisking constantly, for 2 minutes. Slowly whisk in the milk and beer, then increase the heat to mediumhigh and bring the mixture to a simmer. Add the mustard and Sriracha and cook, whisking occasionally, until the mixture begins to thicken, 3 to 5 minutes.

Whisk in the cream cheese until it’s melted, then add the cheddar in several batches, whisking until each batch has melted before adding the next. Serve hot, with hot pretzels.

Ingredients: 2 (13-ounce) boxes of frozen hot soft pretzels, 12 pretzels in all 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 3/4 cup milk, preferably whole 3/4 cup beer 2 teaspoons brown mustard Sriracha or other hot sauce to taste 4 ounces cream cheese, cut into pieces 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar Coarse or kosher salt

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Pack in protein with beans and rice

By Melissa d’Arabian

Fresh cilantro or parsley, chopped, to garnish

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When I was growing up, beans and rice were an end-of-month staple.

As money got tight, my mom would whip up a beans and rice casserole, a healthy, budget-friendly choice that stretched our pantry a bit longer.

Not that we necessarily appreciated it. “It’s a complete protein!”

Mom would proudly announce as my sister and I groaned. But mom was right — beans and rice are a great combination worth another look.

Red beans are a classic choice for this combination, especially in spicy Creole cuisine. Red beans and rice likely became popular because of its nutrition profile.

Red kidney beans are full of protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals. Just a half cup serving has 8 grams each of protein and fiber — all for about 100 calories, and close to no fat.

Adding rice to the dish completes the amino acids needed to make a complete protein, making beans and rice a fantastic option for vegetarians.

In Creole cuisine, the dish is flavored with a bit of meat, either sausage, ham, or just the ham bone leftover from a previous meal.

My version is quick and uses cubed ham to flavor the beans, along with some dried spices and herbs. And while the recipe is simple, the flavors are anything but.

Between the ham, chipotle chili powder, cumin, thyme and garlic, you get a whole lot of flavor for not a lot of effort. And with Mardi Gras upon us, it seems like a great time for beans and rice, even if it isn’t the end of the month.

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Directions: In a large, heavy saucepan over medium, heat the oil. Add the onion, celery, red pepper and Matthew Mead/AP Photo ham and saute until the are tender Red Beans and Rice vegetables and the meat is starting Start to finish: 45 minto turn golden, about 7 utes minutes. Add the garlic, Servings: 8 chili powder, cumin and thyme, then cook for an Ingredients: additional 2 minutes.

2 tablespoons olive oil Increase the heat to 1 yellow onion, finely medium-high, then add the chopped wine and stir to deglaze 1 large celery stalk, the pan. Stir until the chopped wine bubbles and mostly 1 small red pepper, cored evaporates, about 1 minand chopped ute. Add the chicken broth 6 ounces cooked ham, and kidney beans, bring to cubed (about 1 cup) a simmer, then lower the 3 cloves garlic, minced heat, cover and simmer for or pressed 30 minutes.

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