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Tax collections beat forecast by 1 percent

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NEW MOTHER AMILEE TURNER WITH HER BABY GIRL, MICAH-BELLE TURNER, on Tuesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Micah-Belle, born on Monday at 4:25 p.m., was the first baby born at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in 2017.

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To me, it’s a new beginning, a new change in life, a new journey. I’m working on my doctorate at KU, and she’s just going to continue being a motivator behind her mom’s goals.”

— Amilee Turner, whose daughter, Micah-Belle, was the first baby born at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in 2017

That moment of relief and exhaustion and pure joy, Turner said the next morning, “changed my whole life.”

For Turner, who was born 27 years ago at the same hospital and plans to entrust her daughter’s care to the

same LMH pediatrician she had as a kid, Micah-Belle represents all the hope and optimism of the new year.

“To me, it’s a new beginning, a new change in life, a new journey,” Turner said, the baby resting peacefully, snug in a pink onesie, against her chest.

“I’m working on my doctorate at KU, and she’s just going to continue being a motivator behind her mom’s goals.”

It’ll be a “few more years” before she’s able to complete her studies in political science, though, admits Turner, who also works as a program leader for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri.

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in Lawrence. I know the chain dates to at least the mid-1990s, when it operated a store in downtown Lawrence.

(I know because that is when I first came to town and, like all college students, I had a fascination with wicker.)

The closing, though, is not entirely unexpected.

The Fort Worth-based clawhorn@ljworld.com chain had announced in late 2015 that it planned The store closing to close over the next signs have gone up at three years about 10 the Pier 1 location at 3211 percent of its stores due Iowa St. The closing to declining sales. will mark the end of a > TOWN, 2A fairly longtime retailer

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milee Turner wasn’t sure if her daughter would arrive by New Year’s Day. Turner’s doctors said it could happen anytime between then and Jan. 4. Still, the first-time mom had a feeling that Micah-Belle, born at 4:25 p.m.

Monday, would be a “special baby,” regardless.

“She’s definitely still a New Year’s baby to me,” Turner recalled Tuesday of the “surprise” arrival of her daughter, who holds the distinction of being the first baby born at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in 2017. The little girl made her way into the world — and soon after, her mother’s arms — at a healthy 8 pounds, 7 ounces.

awrence is in that unique time period known as KU Winter Break, where the entire university is seemingly run by the French labor department.

(Wait, I can ignore workrelated emails? Has that pesky prohibition about fondue at my desk also been lifted?) Given this abundance of leisure, it seems now would be the time that a store known for selling oversized chairs and massive pillows would be thriving.

But no, I have news that Lawrence’s Pier 1 Imports store is closing.

Topeka — Tax receipts flowing into state coffers in December came in slightly above the newly revised estimates, I am hopeful suggesting that for the that the sales time being, tax increase at least, the year over year state’s finan- is an indication cial condition is not getting that purchasing power is any worse.

The Kansas returning to Department of Revenue our agriculture said Tuesday and oil and gas that total tax sector.” collections in December — Acting Revenue came in $6.2 Secretary Sam million, or 1 Williams percent, higher than the newly revised estimates.

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Parking garage tax finalized

By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

With the amounts due finalized by the Lawrence City Commission, downtown property owners have to begin making tax payments toward their portion of a $915,000 bill for parking near the Lawrence Public Library.

The Library Parking Garage Benefit District was established in 2012, and TuesCITY day’s meeting of- COMMISSION fered the last public hearing before the costs to the city and downtown property owners were adopted as city ordinances.

Only one of the commissioners was a part of the original decision in 2012 to establish the special taxing district, but with the parking garage built and operating, taking the final step was agreed upon with a 4-1 vote.

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for other folks to do,” said Commissioner Stuart Boley at Tuesday’s meeting. “So I think we just need to go ahead and do it.”

Commissioner Matthew Herbert agreed, adding, “We’ve got to pay for it.”

The district charges a new assessment to downtown property owners to fund the project that added another level of parking to the garage next to the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. The extra level provided 72 additional parking spaces to the garage. Downtown property owners are responsible for paying about $430,000 of the project’s $915,000 cost, with portions assessed based on a property’s square footage.

When the district was originally proposed, owners of 23 of the 194 privately owned properties in the downtown district signed a petition objecting to the assessments.

Mayor Mike Amyx was the only commissioner who took part in the original decision to establish the district in 2012, and the lone vote against it.

Amyx, who operates a barbershop downtown, made it clear his feelings hadn’t changed.

“Well, the garage is built; it’s got to be paid for,” said Amyx, who voted against the two ordinances presented Tuesday. “It’s still not right.”

As part of the meeting, commissioners received written and oral objections to the special taxing district.

It was the second time for downtown property owners to provide input, subsequent to the initial protest period when the district was proposed in 2012.

In addition to one protest letter sent to the

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Well, the garage is built; it’s got to be paid for. It’s still not right.”

— Mayor Mike Amyx, who voted against the ordinances presented Tuesday and the establishment of the district in 2012

commission and enclosed as part of the agenda, the city’s Public Works Director Charles Soules said that the city has directly received a couple of phone calls and letters.

Soules said some of the protests noted that the garage was several blocks away from the property in question. Soules said the public process, though, had been followed.

“The benefit district was formed back in 2012, and we went through this same process,” Soules said. “We had public hearings, we had notifications, (former City Manger) David Corliss and myself went to sev-

eral downtown Lawrence meetings.”

Changes were made as part of that process, and the ordinances passed Tuesday included adjustments commissioners made to the deal in 2012 to address issues brought up during the protest period.

Those include exempting downtown churches, nonprofits and properties that provide for their own parking. The portion of the taxes the city is going to pay now includes those assessments.

Steve Nowak, director of the Douglas County Historical Society and the Watkins Museum of History, said that if the muse-

um had been forced to pay the assessment, it would have been a challenge.

“Just to give a sense of that proportion, the assessment is roughly half of our entire program’s budget for a full year, and not the kind of thing that we can, with some kinds of special projects, raise separate money for or find a grant to cover,” Nowak said. “So I just want to reinforce the importance that that kind of exemption has for an organization like us.”

In other business, the commission: l Received an update from a downtown grocery store committee that has been meeting for the past four years. Members of the committee, a local organization not run by the city, said they have been in contact with developers and grocers and are in

support of a project that is expected to move forward soon. That project would convert the former Borders bookstore site at Seventh and New Hampshire streets into a multistory residential and commercial building that would house a grocery store on the ground floor. l Voted to defer its decision regarding the proposed Parks and Recreation Sponsorship Policy. The policy would establish guidelines for naming rights and other sponsorships in support of Parks and Recreation programs and facilities.

The commission agreed that the topic should be deferred in order to first have a public hearing for community input.

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the Grizzly Adams-like beards that many KU faculty members have I’ve got news of grown during the winter CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A another closing too. Jebreak period.) rusalem Cafe has closed It seems that we also No word on what may its Lawrence location at will get the chance to replace the store. The 1008 Massachusetts St. buy something called Lawrence location is in The Middle Eastern a smoke burger. A sign a high visibility locarestaurant lasted less in the window of the tion along Iowa Street, than a year in Lawformer Jerusalem Cafe in front of the Superrence. That is despite location says KC Smoke Target. So, while our the fact that Jerusalem Burgers will be going ability to buy papasans, Cafe is a popular eatery into the vacant space. swingasans and even in Kansas City. My If that sounds familiar, spinasans on a whim is understanding is that it is because KC Smoke waning, it seems like while the Lawrence and Burgers was the tenant the building may be a Kansas City restaurants at the location before likely candidate to bring were affiliated in some Jerusalem Cafe opened a new retailer to the way, they weren’t run in the Mass. Street spot. south Iowa Street scene. by the same ownership Its lifespan in Lawrence I’ll keep my ears open group. So, likely no need was fairly short-lived, on that front. to worry about the KC but I guess the owners As for the closing, location. When you are believe in the idea of “the a store employee told driving to Kansas City second time is a charm.” me there hasn’t been to buy your papasan, Or perhaps we are just an exact date set to end you can pick up gyros on a Groundhog Day-like operations in Lawtoo. (You obviously can loop to relive 2015 and rence, but the store still buy gyros in Law2016 again. tentatively is schedrence too as evidenced Regardless, as we uled to be open into by the tzatziki sauce in previously reported,

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A “I haven’t been left alone for nine months,” Right now, she’s focus- the new mom recalled ing on spending the next Tuesday with a laugh. six months mostly at her The first half of Micahnewborn daughter’s side. Belle’s name comes from Micah-Belle will accomone of Turner’s favorite pany her mom on trips biblical chapters. The to the KU campus and second half, Belle, is the to the office in Kansas middle name that once City, where she’ll meet belonged to Turner’s becoworkers and the other loved grandmother, who little girls — Daisies and passed away last year.

Brownies galore — with “I wanted to do whom Turner, already an something in her honor,” “overprotective” mama Turner said. bear, shares her life.

Belle, of course, is “All the Girl Scouts also the French word for members — she’s got beauty, “and I knew that several mothers, let’s just was going to happen right say that,” Turner jokaway,” Turner explained, ingly said. looking down at the little And then there’s little girl — a “twin” of her Micah-Belle’s biologimother, all thick black cal family, the “strong hair under her pink cap — women” who have been nestled in her arms. “She’s Turner’s constant supthe most beautiful thing port system throughout I’ve ever seen.”

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“I am encouraged by that fact. I am hopeful that the sales tax increase year over year is an indication that purchasing power is returning to our agriculture and oil and gas sector,” acting Revenue Secretary Sam Williams said.

The biggest growth was in individual income taxes, which came in $2.2 million, or nearly 5 percent, above the official estimates, and nearly 7 percent higher than in December 2015.

Retail sales taxes also came in $5 million, or 2.7 percent, above estimates and nearly 6 percent higher than a year ago.

Those gains, however, were offset by shortfalls in other taxes. Corpo-

KC Smoke Burgers is a popular restaurant near KU Medical Center in Kansas City. It serves about 20 different hamburger varieties, including traditional variations, plus more exotic dishes such as lamb burgers, gyro smoke burgers and one dish that includes jalapeños, habaneros and hot sauce.

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There is not reason to press the panic alarm about the future of one of Lawrence’s Dairy Queens. The DQ on south Massachusetts Street is closed, but only temporarily, the owner tells me.

The store at 1835 Massachusetts St. is going

rate income taxes were $5.3 million below estimates and 28 percent lower than a year ago.

Cigarette taxes were $3.7 million, or 24 percent, below estimates, and compensating use taxes — the sales tax consumers pay on items purchased in another state for use in Kansas — came in $3.3 million, or 9 percent, below estimates.

In November, after months of persistent shortfalls, state budget officials met and dramatically lowered their forecast of state revenues, resulting in a projected shortfall of nearly $350 million for the current fiscal year and $583 million for the new year that begins July 1.

Tuesday’s report showed that for the first six months of the fiscal year, total tax collec-

through some remodeling and should re-open sometime during the week of Jan. 9, store owner Steve Walter said.

Most of the remodeling work is being done in the kitchen and other staff areas of the restaurant.

The DQ had a major exterior and interior remodeling done a couple of years ago, but most of that work did not reach into the kitchen and food preparation areas.

Walter owns all three DQs in Douglas County — two in Lawrence and one in Eudora — and he said the work on the Massachusetts Street store is the latest in a multiyear effort to bring all the facilities up to top DQ standards.

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

tions have come in $7.6 million, or 0.27 percent, above the newly revised estimates.

Individual income taxes have grown $46 million, or 4.23 percent, over the same period last year.

But retail sales taxes are still $12.3 million, or 1 percent, lower than the first six months of the last fiscal year.

LOTTERY SATURDAY’S POWERBALL 1 3 28 57 67 (9) TUESDAY’S MEGA MILLIONS 14 16 23 49 53 (12) SATURDAY’S HOT LOTTO SIZZLER 12 22 31 37 43 (14) MONDAY’S LUCKY FOR LIFE 13 17 28 35 38 (14) MONDAY’S SUPER KANSAS CASH 1 3 13 18 22 (12) TUESDAY’S KANSAS 2BY2 Red: 7 23; White: 5 14 TUESDAY’S KANSAS PICK 3 (MIDDAY) 1 7 4 TUESDAY’S KANSAS PICK 3 (EVENING) 8 2 9

BIRTHS Taylor Ardong and Hunter Peirre, Lawrence, a boy, Tuesday.

Eddy and Shelly Goetz, Leavenworth, a girl, Tuesday.

Robert and Cindy Schukei, Baldwin City, a girl, Tuesday.

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The Journal-World’s policy is to correct all significant errors that are brought to the editors’ attention, usually in this space. If you believe we — Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock have made such an error, can be reached at 354-4222. Follow call 785-832-7154, or email him on Twitter: @LJWpqhancock news@ljworld.com.

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Jenkins, Yoder call for reforming of House ethics office

By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Topeka — Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins and Rep. Kevin Yoder issued statements Tuesday calling for reform at the Office of Congressional Ethics, although Jenkins herself did not take part in a controversial vote Monday night to strip that office of its independence.

“There is no question that the Office of Congressional Ethics needs to be reformed,” Jenkins said Tuesday. “After eight years, we must ensure that our resources are being used responsibly as we eliminate Jenkins government corruption in Washington.

Though, I believe such ref o r m s should be done Yoder in a more transparent and bipartisan fashion. Nevertheless, it is imperative that we hold members of Congress to the highest standard and stop any forms of government corruption.”

Yoder said he also supports overhauling the OCE, but did not support the rule change that was proposed Monday.

“In order to ‘drain the swamp’ we must seriously revise the ineffective ethics laws passed during the Pelosi Congress,” Yoder said, referring to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who led the effort in 2008 to establish the OCE. “While I supported the reforms offered, I believe that any changes should go through a full and open bipartisan process. Not a closed meeting where votes were not recorded.”

The controversy erupted Monday night, just hours before the 115th Congress convened. In a closed-door session, according to published reports, the House Republican Conference voted 119-74 on a proposed change to the House rules that would have put the independent ethics office under oversight of the House Ethics Committee.

A spokesman for Jenkins said her flight to Washington Mon-

day arrived too late for her to take part in that meeting.

Jenkins represents the 2nd District of Kansas, which includes Lawrence and most of eastern Kansas outside the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Yoder represents the 3rd District, which includes Johnson and Wyandotte counties and part of Miami County.

Offices for Reps. Mike Pompeo, of Wichita, and Roger Marshall, of Great Bend, did not respond to requests for comment about the vote.

The vote Monday sparked immediate controversy, and early Tuesday Republicans met again and voted unanimously to remove the proposed change after President-elect Donald Trump rebuked the idea on Twitter.

“With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it may be their number one act and priority,” Trump said in a pair of tweets Tuesday morning.

“Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of greater importance. #DTS.” The hashtag at the end refers to a refrain from Trump’s campaign about ridding Washington of corruption: “Drain the Swamp.”

The independent office was established in 2008, when Democrats controlled the House, as an independent body to review complaints of ethics violations involving members, officers and staff of the U.S. House. It was a response to a long string of scandals involving the lobbyist Jack Abramoff and several high-ranking Republicans in the House.

Among other things, the OEC is empowered to receive and review complaints from the public and, if warranted, to refer cases to the House Ethics Committee or to law enforcement. In most cases its findings and reports are required to be made public.

Under the proposed rule change, OEC would not have been allowed to investigate anonymous tips, and it would not have been allowed to refer cases for prosecution without permission from the Ethics Committee.

— Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222.

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Schools, abortion, death penalty top Kansas Supreme Court’s docket The court’s decision will come as Brownback and legislators work to Topeka (ap) — The Kan- close projected state budsas Supreme Court is head- get shortfalls totaling $1.1 ing into a year in which billion through June 2019. it could play a significant role in state government Abortion lawsuit The high court could by making major rulings on school funding and abor- reshape abortion policy tion, and seeking higher pay with a decision in a lawfor court employees. The suit filed by two doctors court also could make deci- challenging a first-in-thesions in the kinds of capital nation ban on a common punishment cases that put second-trimester aborfour justices at risk of losing tion procedure.

The 2015 law prohibtheir seats in the 2016 elecits doctors from using tion.

Here’s a look at big cases forceps or similar instruand major issues facing the ments on a live fetus to state’s highest court in 2017. remove it from the womb in pieces. The statute School funding calls the procedure “disEducators, Republican memberment abortion,” Gov. Sam Brownback and a phrase coined by aborthe GOP-controlled Leg- tion opponents. islature are waiting for A Shawnee Counthe Supreme Court’s rul- ty judge temporaring on whether lawmak- ily blocked the ban’s eners spend enough money forcement and ruled that on public schools to pro- the Kansas Constitution vide a suitable education protects abortion rights for every child. independently of the U.S. The court heard argu- Constitution. The Kansas ments in September on Court of Appeals split 7-7 that question and could on the state constitutionrule any time. al issue a year ago, keepThe case stems from a ing the judge’s ruling in lawsuit filed by four school place. districts in 2010 that arIf the Kansas Supreme gues the $4.1 billion a year Court agrees that the that Kansas provides to its state constitution pro286 local districts is rough- vides its own protections ly $800 million short of for abortion rights, aborwhat’s required under the tion opponents fear that state constitution. state courts could reject

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abortion restrictions even by the governor but face a if they’ve been upheld by statewide yes-or-no retention vote every six years. federal courts.

Four justices up for retention votes in November Capital punishment The high court re- were targeted by murder ceived strong criticism victims’ family members, for overturning the first anti-abortion groups and seven death sentences it GOP conservatives, but reviewed under a 1994 the effort failed.

Chief Justice Lawton law reinstating capital punishment in Kansas. Nuss said in an AssociBut since December 2015, ated Press interview last justices have upheld three week that the anti-retention campaigns won’t inmen’s death sentences.

The state has yet to set fluence court decisions.

“We’re sworn to supany execution dates, with several more appeals port the constitution,” Nuss said. “We cannot pending.

The next appeal likely be concerned about what to be ruled upon is from people say about us.”

James Kraig Kahler. He was convicted of shoot- Judicial budget The Kansas Constituing his estranged wife, their two teenage daugh- tion gives the state Suters and her grandmoth- preme Court general er at the grandmother’s authority over all state home outside Burlingame court operations. That power has prompted in 2009.

The court heard argu- Nuss to jump into the ments in December. An- Legislature’s annual budother six capital cases are get debates since he became chief justice in 2010. before the court.

This year, he’s advocatPolitical context ing higher salaries after The Supreme Court’s two studies by the Nationcapital punishment rul- al Center on State Courts ings, decisions in past concluded that every job school funding lawsuits classification in the state’s and its coming ruling judicial system is paid bein the abortion case all low market rates. spurred a campaign last The raises Nuss is year to oust four of the seeking — up to 22 perseven justices in the No- cent for some employees vember election.

— would cost about $20 Justices are appointed million a year.

E-cigarette retailers in Kansas fighting new tax

By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Topeka — A group that represents electronic cigarette retailers is trying to stop the Kansas Department of Revenue from enforcing a new tax on those items that lawmakers passed in 2015.

During a legislative committee meeting Tuesday, a lobbyist for the Kansas Vapers Association, a group made up mainly of e-cigarette retailers in Kansas, argued that because the bill imposing the new tax was drafted poorly, it is unclear what the Legislature’s original intent was and that lawmakers should revisit the issue before allowing the Kansas Department of Revenue to enforce it.

“You never had a hearing, you didn’t follow your own rules, it was plugged into the (conference committee) bill at the end of the session, and that’s why you need to look at this before these rules become effective in March,” lobbyist Tuck Duncan told the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations.

That panel is charged with reviewing new rules and regulations before they are finally adopted

so that lawmakers have a chance to weigh in and, if they believe it’s needed, pass new legislation that might change the regulations or the way they’re enforced.

In the midst of a budget crisis in 2015, lawmakers passed a tax bill that included several provisions, the most controversial of which was an increase in the statewide sales tax.

But another provision imposed a new tax on electronic cigarettes, also known as vaping fluid, of 20 cents per milliliter of “consumable material.”

That provision, coupled with a 50-cent per pack increase in cigarette taxes, was expected to generate $38-$40 million a year.

Duncan said the ecigarette provision was added to the tax bill in a conference committee, even though it had never been proposed as part of any tax bill the Legislature had considered that year, had never been the subject of any committee hearings or public comment, and had never been voted on by either chamber of the Legislature.

He said the Legislature’s own rules do not allow a completely new item to be added into a conference committee bill, but he also

conceded that there is no law prohibiting the Legislature from violating its own internal rules.

The issue over the ecigarette tax concerns the phrase “consumable material.” The Department of Revenue has interpreted that to mean the volume of fluid used in e-cigarettes or other vaping devices. But the Kansas Vapers Association says it should only apply to the volume of nicotine itself, not the water and other chemicals that make up vaping fluid.

The difference is significant for retailers, Duncan said, because at 20 cents per milliliter, the tax on a single-use e-cigarette with 5 milligrams of fluid would be $1, roughly the same as the item itself.

Other tobacco-related taxes, however, are based on the total volume of the products themselves, not on nicotine content.

Ron Hein, who lobbies for a tobacco distributor affiliated with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., said the proposed regulations would ensure that all tobacco products are taxed in the same manner.

The e-cigarette tax was supposed to have taken effect July 1, 2016, but it was delayed six months because the Revenue De-

partment had not yet put together forms and regulations that spell out how retailers are supposed to collect the tax and when and how they should remit it to the state.

Last month, as the deadline was about to expire, the Revenue Department proposed temporary rules and regulations. But the state board that gives the final OK for new regulations to take effect rejected those, saying the agency had not met the threshold needed to justify enacting temporary rules.

That means that although the tax technically went into effect Jan. 1, there is no mechanism to enforce it because there are no procedures in place for retailers to comply.

Anna Landis, an attorney for the Department of Revenue, told the panel that until permanent rules are adopted, the ecigarette tax is essentially a “voluntary” tax, and while the agency would like for retailers to remit the tax, there is as yet nothing in place compelling them to do so.

A public hearing on the proposed permanent regulations is scheduled in March.

— Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222.

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Bad beginning for Congress A secret vote to hamstring the ethics office was a terrible way to kick off the new session.

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oting in secret to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics was a dubious start for the new Congress. At least House Republicans had the good sense to reverse themselves Tuesday after taking widespread criticism, including from Republican President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Still, it is troubling that the first thing the Republican majority did in the 115th Congress was to try to eliminate the independent agency charged with investigating potential ethics violations. That the vote to do so was done in secret the day before Congress convened exacerbates the problem and underscores that the more Congress promises change, the more things stay the same.

The Office of Congressional Ethics was created in 2008 after a series of congressional scandals involving corruption and bribery. The independent board investigates potential ethics violations involving members of By putting it under Congress and/ or congressiothe House Ethics nal staff. Based Committee, the on its findmove in essence ings, the office gave the House the makes recomto authority to police mendations the House Ethitself for ethics ics Committee on penalties to violations. pursue.

Nonpartisan staff runs the OCE, and a board of directors appointed by Republicans and Democrats provides oversight.

On Monday, GOP House members voted to strip the OCE of its independence, moving it under the control of the House Ethics Committee and renaming it the Office of Congressional Complaint Review. By putting it under the House Ethics Committee, the move in essence gave the House the authority to police itself for ethics violations.

Congressional critics of the OCE felt the office was too aggressive in pursuing violations and that investigations should not be made public until after the House Ethics Committee ruled. Virginia’s Rep. Bob Goodlatte, House Judiciary chairman, pushed through the ethics change despite warnings from some. The vote was 119-74 in favor. Many House Republicans, including some from Kansas, wouldn’t say how they voted Monday.

The backlash was immediate. Trump tweeted his criticism Tuesday morning.

“With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it may be, their number one act and priority,” Trump posted.

As the criticism mounted, House Republicans called an emergency meeting Tuesday and reversed their decision.

Give them credit for grasping the optics of their initial vote.

“We were elected on a promise to drain the swamp and starting the session by relaxing ethics rules is a very bad start,” said GOP Rep. Tom McClintock of California.

McClintock is spot on. House Republicans started the session with a completely avoidable, self-inflicted black eye. Trump, on the other hand, deserves credit for being unafraid to do what so many of his predecessors have refused to do — call his party out when it deserved it.

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Kerry’s two-faced Mideast solution In his recent speech excoriating Israel for refusing to commit suicide by allowing a sworn enemy to have a state adjoining the Jewish state, Secretary of State John Kerry claimed the U.S. government “did not draft or originate” the UN resolution critical of Israeli “settlements.”

Kerry said there were no American fingerprints on the resolution and that it was totally the idea of the Egyptians and Palestinians.

Except that it wasn’t, if one can believe Egyptian intelligence.

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Not only has Abbas said he would expel all Jews from a Palestinian State, but neither he, nor any other regional player technically still at war with Israel has said they will ever recognize a Jewish state in their midst.”

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reports on a story published in an Egyptian newspaper with close ties to Egyptian Intelligence. According to the report, a secret meeting took place in Washington in mid-December attended by John Kerry, National Security Adviser Susan Rice and a rather large Palestinian delegation that included PLO Executive Committee secretary and negotiating team leader Saeb Erekat. If the report is true, the Palestinian delegation also supposedly met with representatives of Homeland Security and the CIA. Political discussions

were also said to be part of the agenda.

According to the transcribed minutes obtained by the Egyptian daily, Al-Youm Al-Sabi, the secret gathering “reveals U.S. coordination leading up to the UN Security Council vote on Resolution 2334 regarding Israel’s settlements. … It states that the sides ‘agreed to cooperate in drafting a resolution on the settlements’ and that the U.S. representative in the Security Council was ‘empowered’ to coordinate with the Palestinian UN representative on the resolution.”

The Egyptian newspaper further reported that the secret meeting in Washington “was aimed at coordinating Kerry’s attendance at the upcoming international Paris Conference set for Jan. 15, 2017, in order to propose his ideas for a permanent arrangement ‘provided they are supported by the Palestinian side.’”

Susan Rice is said to have warned the Palestinians about the “danger” of the incoming Trump administration’s policies, adding

that both she and Kerry had advised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas not to make any preliminary moves that might “provoke the new administration.”

The report also said Kerry and Rice had “fulsomely praised Abbas’ policies and how he handled matters, and harshly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that he ‘aims to destroy the twostate solution.’”

This is remarkably cynical even in our cynical age.

If the Egyptian newspaper report is true — and the Obama administration has so far not denied it — the administration is guilty of a two-faced solution to the conflict, which is no solution at all from the standpoint of Israel and the Jewish people who have been the targets of unprovoked attacks and wars since Israel’s rebirth in 1948.

Not only has Abbas said he would expel all Jews from a Palestinian State, but neither he, nor any other regional player technically still at war with Israel has said they will ever recognize a Jewish state

in their midst. Furthermore, since the Palestinian side now includes Hamas and Fatah in a unity coalition — two entities that have vowed not only to never make peace with Israel, but to seek its destruction and the expulsion of all Jews from the land — only a fool would believe that peace is possible under such circumstances.

Peace, like success, is a byproduct, not a goal that can be reached without certain precursors. Success is achieved by hard work, a good education and right relationships. Peace is achieved when one side is victorious or two sides decide they don’t want to fight anymore. Jordan and Egypt gave up on war, leading to peace with Israel. The Palestinian side fights on. They have an ally in the Obama administration, but only for a few more days.

President-elect Trump has promised things will be different when it comes to U.S. policy toward Israel starting Jan. 20. One can only hope.

— Cal Thomas is a columnist for Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

A reminiscence on dinner with Castro

By Gene Budig

Now that Fidel Castro has passed, I thought it appropriate to tell a bizarre story about him and a trip to Cuba.

Some years ago, 1999 to be exact, the Baltimore Orioles with their owner, Peter Angelos, ventured to Havana to challenge the Cuban national baseball team in an exhibition game.

It was the first time such a game was waged since l959 and both sides were apprehensive; baseball fans were thrilled, and both sides revered the sport.

Major League Baseball sent me as American League president along with commissioner Bud Selig and Len

Coleman, National L e a g u e president.

The governments, after much debate, approved the Budig controversial event.

When I arrived in Havana and departed the plane, I was greeted by a uniformed Cuban military officer with an official letter from Castro. Our official party was invited to the Presidential Palace for dinner.

We were shocked and understandably uneasy.

Castro met us at the appointed hour and ushered us into the residence. He

was decked out in freshly pressed fatigues and was quick to greet us, using our first names. He led us to dinner and opened the evening by asking his American guests many questions.

One needs to remember that Castro had broken off diplomatic relations with the United States and the U.S. had instituted an embargo on Cuba in an effort to weaken Castro’s regime.

Relations between the two countries were tense. Some American politicians even attempted to block the game.

He asked me, as the former chancellor of the University of Kansas, how KU could win so many basketball games, like UCLA and

Kentucky. “Do you play by the same rules?” he wanted to know. The rules of the NCAA were explained and he nodded. He even knew the names of players like Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell.

“Some thought I was a good baseball pitcher, but I was much better at basketball,” he said.

The dinner group talked for more than four hours.

Even jokes were exchanged.

Fidel said he would see us at the game and he sat behind us. Then he passed out boxes of Cuban cigars to his guests.

We were ready for bed.

— Budig is past president of baseball’s American League and former president/chancellor of three major state universities.

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Kearney 17/5

McCook 21/5 Oberlin 22/8

Clarinda 19/9

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Kansas City Marshall Manhattan 26/14 27/15 Salina 26/10 Oakley Kansas City Topeka 29/13 24/9 26/12 Lawrence 24/11 Sedalia 26/13 Emporia Great Bend 27/17 27/11 28/10 Nevada Dodge City Chanute 31/19 29/9 Hutchinson 31/17 Garden City 30/11 30/6 Springfield Wichita Pratt Liberal Coffeyville Joplin 33/20 28/12 32/15 35/11 33/19 34/20 Hays 26/8

Goodland 23/3

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Temperature High/low 43°/19° Normal high/low today 38°/19° Record high today 66° in 1997 Record low today -18° in 1947

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INTERNATIONAL CITIES Cities Acapulco Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Berlin Brussels Buenos Aires Cairo Calgary Dublin Geneva Hong Kong Jerusalem Kabul London Madrid Mexico City Montreal Moscow New Delhi Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw Winnipeg

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Today Thu. Today Thu. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Memphis 42 29 s 39 26 c Albuquerque 55 34 s 54 31 r Miami 84 63 sh 81 61 s Anchorage 19 11 pc 25 7 s 17 5 pc 13 1 c Atlanta 53 34 pc 56 34 pc Milwaukee Minneapolis 4 -4 pc 3 -6 c Austin 52 36 pc 69 34 c 40 27 pc 38 23 pc Baltimore 53 24 pc 37 28 pc Nashville Birmingham 49 31 pc 50 30 pc New Orleans 60 45 pc 62 51 pc 52 28 pc 35 28 pc Boise 27 10 sn 16 -3 pc New York 20 7 pc 15 2 c Boston 50 28 pc 36 26 pc Omaha 77 54 pc 76 52 pc Buffalo 37 19 sf 24 14 sf Orlando 54 28 pc 36 28 pc Cheyenne 13 -7 sn 9 -10 sf Philadelphia Phoenix 66 48 s 67 50 s Chicago 19 8 pc 15 3 c 39 18 sf 25 15 sn Cincinnati 30 18 pc 24 12 sn Pittsburgh Cleveland 32 19 sf 24 15 sn Portland, ME 45 22 pc 33 17 s Dallas 47 34 pc 45 26 pc Portland, OR 31 19 pc 33 16 s 48 33 r 36 15 c Denver 20 0 sn 7 -6 sn Reno Richmond 60 28 pc 44 31 pc Des Moines 20 8 s 17 2 c 53 40 r 52 31 s Detroit 26 17 sf 23 12 sn Sacramento St. Louis 30 19 s 24 12 sn El Paso 64 42 s 65 45 s Fairbanks 21 8 sn 23 -21 sn Salt Lake City 37 24 sn 24 7 sn San Diego 64 54 pc 64 56 sh Honolulu 79 65 pc 79 63 s San Francisco 55 45 r 52 38 s Houston 55 46 pc 66 45 c 33 19 s 32 24 pc Indianapolis 28 16 pc 21 9 sn Seattle Spokane 17 -2 s 11 0 pc Kansas City 24 11 c 18 4 c 67 44 s 68 48 s Las Vegas 63 50 pc 65 40 pc Tucson Tulsa 37 22 pc 31 17 c Little Rock 41 27 s 40 25 c Wash., DC 56 28 pc 41 31 pc Los Angeles 61 55 sh 61 53 c National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: McAllen, TX 88° Low: Wisdom, MT -28°

WEATHER HISTORY A storm on Jan. 4, 1982, drenched San Francisco, Calif., with 12 inches of rain in just two days.

By Elvyn Jones

At Monday’s Baldwin City Council meeting, members of the Baldwin City Economic Development Corporation praised the city’s effort to develop a “buy local” purchasing policy, but questioned its definition of “local.”

City finance director Brad Smith introduced discussion of a draft purchasing policy that would emphasize making purchases within a 20-mile radius of the city. Under the policy, the city would make every effort to purchase locally when an item cost $500 or less and would do the same for a $500 to $5,000 purchase unless savings of at least 5 percent could be achieved by buying elsewhere. The policy wouldn’t apply to items of more than $5,000.

EDC President Dave Hill applauded the city’s efforts to develop a policy that would benefit the community, but had problems with the 20-mile area and the $5,000 proposed cap.

The EDC uses the Baldwin

school district’s boundaries to determine which businesses count as local, Hill said, noting that the proposed 20-mile radius would include Lawrence, Ottawa and Gardner.

Gary Lamoreux, owner of Arrowhead Hardware, agreed, saying he and other businesses within the city couldn’t survive without the support of the city and school district.

Councilman Dave Simmons agreed that a tighter definition was needed. The city should purchase from those who pay taxes in the community, hire Baldwin City residents and support the city’s schools and community service organizations, he said.

Smith said he would take the comments into account and bring a new version of the purchasing policy back to the council at a coming meeting.

Also on the council’s agenda for discussion only was a zoning text amendment that would allow car lots to locate in commercial lots along the city’s U.S. Highway 56 corridor.

Ed Courton, Baldwin City

economic development director, said city staff opposed the text amendment.

In a report to the council, Courton wrote the change would have “adverse impacts of this land use and the undesirable appearance of typical used car lots” on the city’s prime retail and commercial district.

Courton said the lots in the corridors were small and would be “slammed with cars.” Opening the lots to car dealers might bring businesses to the community, but it could also deter the use of the lots for commercial and office development for which the location is better suited, he said.

The EDC recently had shown locations in the corridor to a used car dealership and an equipment rental business, EDC director Hank Booth said, adding that the council should take more time to study the language in the amendment to ensure it doesn’t miss out on economic development opportunities.

The text amendment will be considered at the council’s Jan. 17 meeting.

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Douglas County Commission Chairman Jim Flory’s last meeting today on the Douglas County Commission may also be the shortest he has attended.

The action on the agenda will authorize county staff to continue to use the current commission signature set for county business until a new commission chair and a new signature set are available. Flory chose not to seek a third term for his 3rd District County Commission seat. His successor, fellow Republican Michelle Derusseau, will be sworn in at 9 a.m.

Monday at the Douglas County Courthouse and attend her first meeting as a commissioner on Jan. 11. At that meeting, she and Commissioners Mike Gaughan and Nancy Thellman, both Democrats, will elect the new commission chair and vice chair.

The Douglas County Commission meets at

view its complete agenda, visit douglascounty. org.

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Films old and new inspired dances in ‘La La Land’

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Auto industry ponders road ahead Collision with Trump could alter the landscape

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Members of the 115th U.S. Congress take their oath of office Tuesday on the floor of the House of Representatives.

Clash brings a reversal on Congress’ first day

House GOP drops bid to gut ethics office after outcry

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of professionals prefer a promotion without a raise instead of a raise with no promotion.

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WASHINGTON On the opening day of the new Congress, House Republicans on Tuesday dropped plans to gut an independent agency that polices potential ethical wrongdoing by lawmakers.

The about-face came a day after House Republicans met behind closed doors and moved to rein in the office, approved by Congress in 2008 as an independent arm to investigate lawmakers after scandals sent three lawmakers and high-flying lobbyist Jack Abramoff to prison.

The move also followed public denunciations from watchdogs and criticism from Presidentelect Donald Trump.

The controversy over GOP plans to sharply curtail the powers of the Office of Congressional Ethics overshadowed the opening day of Congress, where Republicans will welcome a Republican president for the first time in eight years.

“House Republicans made the right move in eliminating this

MICHAEL REYNOLDS, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi passes the gavel to newly re-elected House Speaker Paul Ryan at the Capitol. amendment that should never have seen the light of day,” said David Donnelly, president and CEO of Every Voice watchdog group. “Not one voter went to the polls in November hoping Congress would gut ethics oversight.”

Trump took to Twitter to slam the timing of House Republicans’ move, saying lawmakers should focus on other priorities.

The auto industry’s showdown with Donald Trump over made-in-Mexico, sold-in-theU.S. vehicles revved up Tuesday as General Motors and Ford moved to fend off attacks on their commitment to American manufacturing.

Ford announced it would cancel a planned $1.6 billion Mexico plant and expand a Michigan factory, creating 700 jobs, after withering criticism from Trump.

Earlier, General Motors was forced to defend its Chevrolet Cruze production in Mexico after Trump tweeted: “Make in U.S.A. or pay big border tax!”

The developments illustrate the new era of give-and-take for Detroit’s Big 3 automakers, whose relationship with the president-elect figures to be complex.

On one hand, there’s a gaping divide between U.S. automakers and Trump on trade. Trump wants to renegotiate or trash the industry’s treasured North American Free Trade Agreement, which he blames for weakening American manufacturing. He also has threatened a 35% tariff on American companies’ products made overseas and sold in the U.S. In other ways, however, the auto industry is welcoming change, even after eight years of a White House that rescued GM and Chrysler from liquidation. “Automakers are facing a situation where they have to consider the political consequences” of their decisions, AutoTrader.com analyst Michelle Krebs says.

Some key questions for automakers:

“With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it may be, their number one act and priority,” the incoming president tweeted Tuesday morning.

“Focus on tax reform, health-

Q: Does moving production back to the U.S. lead to higher costs?

A: Yes. Labor costs for automotive assembly are 80% lower in Mexico than in the U.S., according to a report in August 2016 by the Center for Automotive Research. Although security and transportation costs are

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Fox News ratings superstar Megyn Kelly bolts for NBC Departure is latest blow to cable giant Jon Swartz @jswartz USA TODAY

Megyn Kelly is signing off on Fox News to join rival NBC News.

The popular cable network personality said Tuesday that she will anchor a new, one-hour daytime program, said Andrew Lack, chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group, in a statement.

As part of a broad, multiyear

deal, Kelly also will anchor a new Sunday evening news magazine show and contribute to NBC’s coverage of breaking news and political and special events.

NBC said details on Kelly’s duties will be announced in the coming months.

Kelly, who was reportedly paid $15 million a year by Fox in the last year of her deal set to expire in July, was seeking $20 million for her next contract, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The anchor of The Kelly File since 2013 delivered top ratings to Fox while playing a prominent role in the 2016 presidential election. She repeatedly sparred with

President-elect Donald Trump, punctuated by a contentious showdown at the first GOP debate, in which she confronted him about his insulting remarks about women.

Trump countered with slashing remarks in which he insinuated Kelly was antagonistic to him in the debate because she was menstruating. The two eventually met in Trump’s office to hash out their differences.

She also clashed with former Fox News chief Roger Ailes, who left the top-rated news organization he helped shape over accusations of sexual harassment. She said Ailes harassed her starting in

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Megyn Kelly, 46, has been a force at Fox News for 12 years.

2005, according to her book, Settle for More.

Kelly, who reportedly held talks with ABC and CNN, among others, is expected to host her last show on Fox on Friday.

The departure of Kelly, whose ratings were second only to those of her colleague Bill O’Reilly, is a major blow to Fox, which has retained most of its top talent.

“We thank Megyn Kelly for her 12 years of contributions to Fox News. We hope she enjoys tremendous success in her career and wish her and her family all the best,” Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of 21st Century Fox, said in a statement.

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Clintons, Bushes to attend inauguration Carter and Obama will also be there David Jackson USA TODAY

Two months after her election loss, Hillary Clinton plans to be in the crowd for the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

An aide to the Democratic nominee confirmed Tuesday that she and former president Bill Clinton will attend this month’s ceremony, speaking on condition of anonymity until plans are announced publicly.

It will be the first joint public appearance by Trump and Hillary Clinton since the three

presidential debates that preceded Trump’s election victory.

Bill Clinton will be one at least three presidents at the Jan. 20 inauguration of Trump; George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter have also announced plans to attend.

Bush and former first lady Laura Bush “are pleased to be able to witness the peaceful transfer of power — a hallmark of American democracy,” spokesman Freddy Ford said Tuesday.

Former president George H.W. Bush is not expected to attend because of health reasons.

As is tradition, current President Obama will also be at the inauguration of his successor.

Contributing: Eliza Collins

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Bibles and other religious books were used in mock swearing-in ceremonies for House members.

Survey: Congress more Christian than America Eliza Collins USA TODAY

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Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton plan to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump on Jan. 20.

Lawmakers in Congress are overwhelmingly Christian, more even than the America they represent.

Nine out of 10 members in the new House and Senate (91%) sworn in Tuesday describe themselves as members of the Christian faith, according to a survey released by Pew Research Center Tuesday.

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care and so many other things of far greater importance! #DTS,” he added, using an abbreviation for one of his campaign mantras, “drain the swamp.”

The plan to rein in the independent ethics body, known as OCE, was approved by House Republicans on Monday night and had been set to go to the full House on Tuesday afternoon.

The overhaul, crafted by House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., would have subjected the watchdog to oversight by the lawmaker-controlled House Ethics Committee and bar the ethics body from investigating anonymous complaints against House members.

It also sought to bar the ethics agency from reviewing potential criminal acts by members of Congress and instead would have required that it hand over those complaints to the House Ethics Committee or law enforcement.

Democrats and watchdog groups denounced the move. The first vote to curtail OCE’s powers also came over the objection of House leaders, including Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Incoming congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who said he voted against the change Monday night during the closed-door Republican conference, pounded his office desk in exuberance Tuesday morning when he got the text that Republicans were convening to reconsider their actions.

“Never underestimate the power of a Donald Trump tweet,” he said.

Trump’s objections appeared to center more on timing of the move rather than the substance of the decision to rein in the independent watchdog.

Asked whether Trump wanted House Republicans to strengthen the ethics office, Trump spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters Tuesday morning that “it’s not a question of strengthening or weakening.”

“It’s a question of priorities” and Trump’s “belief that with all that this country wants … to have happen, this really shouldn’t be the priority,” Spicer said. His comments came before House Republicans reversed course.

The brief but intense fight over the ethics office opens a year in which Republicans and Democrats expect big battles over the country’s direction.

Democrats said they were prepared to oppose Republican plans to roll back Obama administration policies, including the 2010 Affordable Care Act. “Republicans should remem-

ber of Americans who identify as Christian. That number has been declining in recent decades. Between the early 1970s and ‘90s the number hovered around 90% but by early 2000 it had dropped to around 80%. According to a spokeswoman from Pew, that number continues to decrease.

There are just two non-Christian Republicans in the new Congress, New York Rep. Lee Zeldin and Tennessee Rep. David Kustoff, who are Jewish. That means 291 out of 293 congressional Republicans identify as Christian.

There is slightly more religious diversity on the Democratic side

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higher in Mexico, the country still offers considerably lower cost of production, particularly on small, fuel-efficient cars with thin profit margins. So shifting production back to the U.S. likely would hurt the bottom line for automakers and suppliers. “That could have a pretty substantial impact on profitability,” LMC Automotive analyst Jeff Schuster says.

Q: Are threats of tariffs enough to prompt companies to bring back manufacturing?

A: Hard to say, since details are lacking. But few in the industry believe the threatened 35% tariff is actually feasible. “I believe 35% is almost inflammatory,” says Michael Harley, senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book, noting Ford’s 2016 profitability could have been wiped out if it had to pay the tariff. “It gets everyone’s attention, but it’s nearly impossible.”

Still, the pressure on the auto industry could be persistent and public. That could have profound ramifications on future decisions on automakers’ global operations.

“We’re going to see pressure from Trump and his tweets, and you are going to see public scrutiny,” he says. “This has been ignored by the public in the past decades.”

J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE, AP

The effort to sharply curtail the powers of the independent Office of Congressional Ethics was crafted by House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., right.

“Not one voter went to the polls in November hoping Congress would gut ethics oversight.”

David Donnelly of the watchdog group Every Voice

ber the strength of public outrage they faced in the space of 12 hours as they scheme to do lasting damage to the health and economic security of millions and millions of hard-working families,” House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement Tuesday.

The Office of Congressional Ethics has been deeply unpopular with some House members since its inception. Even when the House Ethics Committee takes no action, the OCE has the power to release the findings of its investigations, sometimes forcing House members to deal with em-

barrassing public disclosures about their conduct.

It has faced resistance from Republicans and Democrats alike. In 2011, for instance, thenRep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., sought to cut OCE’s funding.

Lisa Gilbert of the liberal-leaning Public Citizen watchdog group said more work lies ahead to safeguard the ethics agency. “It’s great that public pressure forced this reversal,” she said, “but the readiness of the House (GOP) caucus to pursue this action is a profoundly troubling signal.”

Contributing: Ledyard King

of the aisle, though Democrats still are 80% Christian. Out of 242 Democrats there are 28 Jews, three Buddhists, three Hindus, two Muslims and one Unitarian Universalist.

Arizona Rep. Kyrsten Sinema is the only member of Congress who describes herself as unaffiliated. Yet, the number of Americans who say they aren’t affiliated with a religion is much higher — 23%, according to Pew. There are 10 Democrats who have declined to say what, if any, religion they identify with. All Republicans shared what religion they identified with, Pew said.

Q: Does Ford’s announcement portend similar moves by other automakers?

A: Possibly, especially if automakers can pull off announcements that generate headlines for Trump to trumpet while making few substantive changes to their actual policies. Optics may matter more than substance.

But don’t expect a significant shift in manufacturing from Mexico to the U.S. The Center for Automotive Research projected that the U.S. share of North American automotive production would fall from an all-time low of 63% in 2016 to 58% in 2020.

Q: Will all these moves lead to higher car prices?

A: Not for now. If Trump follows through on the threat of a 35% tariff, Mexican-made cars will likely become more expensive for American consumers.

Theoretically, though, “it might end up with more jobs here,” Center for Automotive Research analyst Kristin Dziczek says. “If we have more jobs, more employment and wages go up, and prices go up too, that’s OK. If wages don’t go up and prices go up, that’s a problem.”

Q: Why might the auto in-

dustry capitulate to Trump on Mexico?

A: Ulterior motives. Although expanding in Mexico makes financial sense, automakers may be willing to relinquish some Mexico production plans in exchange for political concessions in other areas. Currying favor with the Trump administration is significantly important to the auto industry, which wants Washington to loosen fuel-economy regulations and avoid a potentially devastating trade war with China. Ford’s move reflects that strategy, Schuster says.

“There’s clearly a lot going on that’s below the surface of this,” Schuster says. “It’s likely to gain some influence on other activities that’s coming down the road.”

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A: 2016 was eventful. Now that most investors are making money on their stocks, it’s a perfect time to come up with a game plan for 2017.

The year’s volatility is a good reminder to investors of the importance of having the correct asset allocation. The types of stocks you own have a large bearing on not just the returns you can expect, but how much risk you’re exposed to. It’s better to pay attention to how risky your portfolio is before the market might

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With a new president with very different objectives for the economy entering office in January, investors need to take inventory of the investments they own and make sure they’re comfortable with their risk profile. Morningstar offers a tool that’s very helpful for investors who want to examine their portfolios. It’s called the Instant X-Ray. You can type in all your investments, and Morningstar will examine how risky the portfolio is and pinpoint which regions of the world you’re most exposed to.

It’s unclear how the changes by the Trump administration will affect the market. You can’t control that. But you can make sure your portfolio is diversified against trouble in any one company, investment type or geography.

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$40

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The automaker canceled its $1.6 billion Mexican expansion plan as President-elect Trump threatened a border tariff for building a version of the Cruze model in Mexico. Ford said it would add positions at its existing Michigan plant instead.

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AmerisourceBergen (ABC) Rebounding sector overcomes downgrade.

Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Jumps after says to speed MLP sales.

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Southwestern Energy (SWN) Negative note pushes shares down.

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Endo International (ENDP) 17.47 Leads its subsector as sector tries to make comeback.

Frontier Communications (FTR) Rises as CenturyLink gets upgrade.

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RUSSELL 2000 INDEX

CHANGE: +.6% YTD: +8.36 YTD % CHG: +.6%

Xerox (XRX) Advances as spins off Conduent.

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Ford

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Dec. 6

STANDARD & POOR'S

S&P 500’S BIGGEST GAINERS/LOSERS GAINERS

$8

The technology company confirmed that it’s taking a 15% stake of Here International. Here develops navigation technology for self-driving cars. Intel didn’t disclose the value of the stake.

Price: $12.59

$9.55

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The automobile maker is teaming up with Alphabet, Google’s parent company, to develop the Uconnect car system powered by Android 7.0 Nougat. Its stock price reached its highest since last January.

Intel

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SPX

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4-WEEK TREND

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DJIA

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Price: $36.60 Day’s high: $36.93 Low: $36.27

MAJOR INDEXES +119.16

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Trump nominates ex-Reagan official as trade rep David Jackson

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President-elect Donald Trump, who made criticism of foreign trade deals a major theme of his presidential campaign, said Tuesday he is nominating former Reagan administration official Robert Lighthizer to be his new U.S. trade representative.

Lighthizer, 69, “has extensive experience striking agreements that protect some of the most im-

portant sectors of our economy and has repeatedly fought in the private sector to prevent bad deals from hurting Americans,” Trump said in a statement. “He will do an amazing job helping turn around the failed trade policies which have robbed so many Americans of prosperity.”

A critic of China trade practices in particular, Lighthizer said he is “fully committed to President-elect Trump’s mission to level the playing field for American workers and forge better trade policies, which will benefit all Americans.”

In recent years, Lighthizer has worked on trade issues as a partner with the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & EVAN VUCCI, AP Flom.

PresidentTrump made elect Donald the announceTrump ment while preparing for another day of briefings and jobs interviews at his Manhattan office tower. The president-elect

also stayed busy on social media.

In a flurry of new tweets, Trump: uQuestioned House Republicans for gutting a congressional ethics investigating committee, tweeting that the GOP should focus on issues like tax reform and health care; however, Trump also described the independent ethics committee’s work as “unfair.” uThreatened General Motors — and presumably other companies — with the imposition of a “border tax” over operations in Mexico. uAgain pledged to dismantle President Obama’s health care

plan, saying it “just doesn’t work, and it is not affordable.”

Later in the week, Trump plans to receive a special security briefing on allegations that Russia orchestrated the hacking of Democratic officials during last year’s presidential election, aides said. Trump is awaiting a final report being developed by intelligence agencies at Obama’s request.

Among the jobs he plans to fill in the coming days: director of National Intelligence, secretary of Agriculture and secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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Dear Annie: What is wrong with me? I truly don’t know what to do.

I have a boyfriend of five years, and for five years, I have watched him pursue his daughter daily.

He texts her several times daily. He knows where she is every minute, whom she is with and what her plans are.

He would drive 45 minutes to walk her dogs for her because she is working. He knows all her friends and stays in touch with them, too.

He seeks them out if he goes back to where they used to live.

She was living with him when he and I met, but a year later, she got a place of her own.

However, several times since, she has moved in and out of his place. He always wants to save a place for her in church, and when she overslept

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and didn’t make it one time, he spent the entire service craning his neck looking for her.

Their goodbyes resemble those said by people who may never see each other again.

Annie, this man and I are in our 70s. His daughter, who has never married, is 50.

He and his ex-wife have been divorced for five years. He and his daughter are very secretive about their conversations, and I have

Tyler Perry’s TV genre is one of its own On a night of all-new network episodes, a new year brings new seasons for cable series, good, bad and, well, created by Tyler Perry, a TV genre all its own. Perry’s “Too Close to Home” (9 p.m., TLC, TV14) enters its second season.

For the uninitiated, ‘‘Close’’ involves Anna (Danielle Savre), who becomes embroiled in a scandal bigger than anything on ABC’s ‘‘Scandal’’ after her affair with the president is revealed. Feeling threatened, she retreats to her humble hometown of Happy, Alabama, a place that seems anything but.

Don’t go looking for subtlety here, or stellar acting performances.

But you do get to see Heather Locklear as the first lady of the United States! ‘‘Too Close to Home’’ is TLC’s very first scripted drama, and debuted last August. It’s perhaps a sign that the network intends to move beyond series like “My 600-Lb. Life” (7 p.m., TV-14).

TLC’s entrance into the scripted series department contributes to a major television trend.

The number of series to follow, watch, avoid or review has simply exploded. The folks at FX recently released a graphic chart that illustrated that growth.

In 2002 there were 182 original series on broadcast TV, basic cable and pay cable. While the number of network series has only grown by 7 percent (from 135 shows to 145), the total number of original series reached 455 in 2016. While streaming services like Netflix and Hulu contributed 93 new series, the real explosive growth was on basic cable, where the number rose from 30 in 2002 to 181 last year -- a staggering 500 percent increase!

There has been talk lately of ‘‘peak TV,’’ which is a fancy way of saying ‘‘too much TV.’’ It’s become very difficult for new series like “Incorporated” (9 p.m., Syfy, TV-14) to get much attention, or traction.

But when the folks at FX suggest there may be too many shows to follow, I’m sure they’re not talking about their own product. They have two season premieres tonight, “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” (9 p.m., FXX, TV-MA) and “Man Seeking Woman” (9:30 p.m., FXX, TV-MA). And those are on FXX, a network that didn’t exist that long ago. Maybe somebody can make a chart about the explosive growth of the number of TV networks!

Tonight’s other highlights O A designer drug dealer is found murdered on “Lethal Weapon” (7 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

O “Unsung” (7 p.m., TV One) profiles SWV. O Lenny Kravitz, Naomi Campbell and Tyrese Gibson guest-star on “Star” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

O Cam has big plans for New Year’s Day on “Modern Family” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

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no place in their life as a third wheel.

He still works a fulltime job in a very demanding position, but if he doesn’t see her at least once a week, he has withdrawals.

I am so mad about it that I refuse to marry him. I have talked to him about this till I am blue in the face, and he knows why I won’t marry him, as she will always come first. He just says, ‘’She’s my daughter.’’

I really don’t love him anymore, as I don’t see any future knowing he will drop everything to rush to her side for any reason. But walking out again is stressing me out, too. Any advice? — Third Wheel Dear Third Wheel: Your boyfriend is exhibiting signs of extreme codependency with his daughter. That

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Wednesday, Jan. 4: This year you spend a lot of time taking the lead on key issues.

All eyes will be on you. If you are single, you’ll meet someone with ease, as long as you just do your thing. If you are attached, the two of you could opt to take a longdesired trip.

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) +++ You might have a difficult time in the morning believing that you are going to be a spitfire in the evening. Tonight: Whatever knocks your socks off!

Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++ Use the morning to the max, especially when dealing with an important individual. Keep talks low-key. Tonight: Not to be found!

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ++++ You’ll take on a leadership role within a key group, and you’ll emphasize the importance of getting others’ support in a meeting. Tonight: Choose your words with care.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ Kick back in the morning, and consider where others are coming from. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) +++++ Don’t feel inhibited by a situation — you will be able to work right through it. Tonight: Try out an offbeat idea.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ++++ One-on-one relating

kind of toxicity can’t be contained to just one area of his life. It spills into all others, including his relationship with you. Therapy might help him change.

But he doesn’t seem to want to.

You deserve much better, and I think you know it. You would be happier on your own than witnessing this man obsessively try to control his daughter for the rest of his life. You are not a third wheel; you are a valuable and important human being. Anyone who makes you feel lesser doesn’t deserve your time.

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takes you to a new level of understanding. Try to be as clear as possible today. Tonight: Togetherness is the theme.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ++++ Defer to others, and understand where they are coming from. Tonight: Hang out.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) +++ You’ll actively pursue a goal. You know where you are going, but others could be reactive.

Tonight: Get some extra R and R. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) +++++ Your playful nature emerges when dealing with a child. You might feel as if you are revived and feeling better than you have in quite a while. Tonight: Get into the moment.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ++++ Make calls early in the day. You could wonder what is too much and what is too little to give in a key relationship. Tonight: Happily head home.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ++++ You might be unusually busy and determined to get past a problem. Know what you want and why, but remain sensitive. Tonight: Hang out late.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) +++ A boss or higher-up could make a demand that you will need to respond to. Tonight: Treat a loved one to a budget-friendly dinner.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy Parker January 4, 2017

ACROSS 1 Printing goof 5 Pass off as authentic 10 Common type of trick 14 Muddy, as waters 15 7:1, e.g.

16 Black-andwhite cookie 17 Parkas and windbreakers, e.g.

20 What a hiker hikes 21 Place for those being roasted 22 Taro root 25 Char a steak 26 Give an engine some gas 29 For a lady 31 Nighttime visions 35 Beer variety 36 Rap sheet entry 38 Amateur sports org.

39 Typical method of operation for dry cleaners 43 Heading on a busy person’s list 44 Reach effectively 45 56, to Brutus 46 Cooks clams 49 City north of Carson City 50 Dad’s retreat, often 51 Steals, old-style 53 It’s often heaved

55 Disencumbering 58 Tiny bits 62 Hobby not connected to one’s work 65 Sub in a tub 66 Italian seaport 67 “For goodness’ ___!”

68 Parts of skirts 69 Poet’s inspiration 70 Word with “while,” old-style DOWN 1 Racetrack gait, sometimes 2 “None of ___ business!”

3 Bread with hummus 4 “This Magic Moment” is one 5 One way to sway 6 Galley tool 7 It’s more than an irritating tingle 8 Crop holders on a farm 9 Sounded the whistle?

10 Lucid 11 Piece for a diva 12 What a landlord expects 13 Man’s best friend 18 Quite trite and familiar

19 Boris Godunov was one 23 Place to grab lunch 24 Round gasket on a space shuttle 26 Some are inflatable 27 Poet T.S. 28 Cape ___ (westernmost point in Africa) 30 Further from danger 32 “Feed ___, starve ...”

33 Light violet 34 Luxurious sheet material 37 Building locales 40 Dirty rotten scoundrels 41 Princess in a sari 42 It’s far from a Cuban

47 Longish dress length 48 Slight amount 52 Make one’s disdain quite plain 54 Churchill Downs entrant 55 Make like a king 56 Individual unit on an agenda 57 Lollobrigida or Gershon 59 Raze (with “down”) 60 Seeks answers 61 Proofreader’s reversal 62 “Wow, that’s exciting!”

63 “Believe it or ___” 64 Lao-Tze’s “way”

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POLICE BLOTTER Here is a list of recent Lawrence Police Department calls requiring the response of four or more officers. This list spans from 6:14 a.m. Friday to 5:54 a.m.

Tuesday. A full list of department calls is available in the Lights & Sirens blog, which can be found online at LJWorld.com. Each incident listed only bears a short description and may not capture the entirety of what took place. Not every call results in citations or arrests, and the information is subject to change as police investigations move forward.

Friday, 2:10 p.m., four officers, warrant service, 2800 block of Louisiana Street.

Friday, 8:41 p.m., four officers, domestic disturbance, 2400 block of Alabama Street.

Friday, 9:41 p.m., four officers, domestic disturbance, 600 block of N. Stowe Court.

Friday, 10:13 p.m., four officers, request to speak to officers, 1000 block of N. Third Street.

Saturday, 1:09 a.m., four officers, domestic battery, 1000 block of Massachusetts Street.

Saturday, 1:27 a.m., four officers, disturbance, 1000 block of E. 23rd Street.

Saturday, 1:50 a.m., five officers, suspicious activity, 3700 block of Westland Place.

Saturday, 7:56 a.m., five officers, stolen vehicle, 1600 block of E. 19th Street.

Saturday, 9:42 a.m., four officers, death investigation, 1600 block of Vermont Street.

Saturday, 11:13 a.m., four officers, request to speak to officer, 300 block of Maine Street.

Saturday, 1:04 p.m., 11 officers, nuisance complaint, 2600 block of Haskell Avenue.

Saturday, 744 p.m., four officers, traffic stop, address not validated.

Saturday, 9:05 p.m., four officers, burglary, 700 block of Arkansas Street.

Saturday, 10:53 p.m., four officers, suspicious activity, 2400 block of Ousdahl Road.

Saturday, 11:18 p.m., ten officers, building/residence check, 1200 block of N. Third Street.

Saturday, 11:40 p.m., six officers, trespassing, 3400 block of Iowa Street.

Saturday, 11:48 p.m., five officers, domestic battery, intersection of Seventh and New Hampshire streets.

Sunday, 12:06 a.m., four officers, disturbance, 1000 block of Massachusetts Street.

Sunday, 12:27 a.m., five officers, pedestrian check, 1300 block of Ohio Street.

Sunday, 12:38 a.m., six officers, fight, 1000 block of Massachusetts Street.

Sunday, 12:41 a.m., six officers, disturbance, 1200 block of Oread Avenue.

Sunday, 1:34 a.m., four officers, domestic disturbance, 500 block of Eldridge Street.

Sunday, 1:35 a.m., six officers, trespassing, 3000 block of W. 31st Street.

Sunday, 1:37 a.m., five officers, special assignment, 1000 block of Massachusetts Street.

Sunday, 1:50 a.m., five officers, traffic stop, 600 block of Vermont Street.

Sunday, 2:13 a.m., six officers, disturbance, 1100 block of Massachusetts Street.

Sunday, 2:42 a.m., eight officers, auto accident, intersection of 15th and Massachusetts streets.

Sunday, 3:01 a.m., four officers, disturbance, 10 block of Riverfront Plaza.

Sunday, 3:42 a.m., four officers, trespassing, 1200 block of Tennessee Street.

Sunday, 3:53 a.m., five officers, drug activity report, 300 block of W. 23rd Street.

Sunday, 9:05 a.m., four officers, medical emergency, 2300 block of Brett Drive.

Sunday, 10:26 a.m., five officers, unknown emergency, 200 block of Maple Street.

Sunday, 11:07 a.m., four officers, suicide threat, 200 block of Mount Hope Court.

Sunday, 11:56 a.m., four officers, warrant service, 200 block of McDonald Drive.

Sunday, 8:48 p.m., four officers, child out of control, 1600 block of Lindenwood Lane.

Sunday, 9:19 p.m., five officers, burglary, 2400 block of Alabama Street.

Sunday, 10:07 p.m., five officers, DUI, intersection of 9th and Iowa streets.

Monday, 12:11 a.m., eight officers, criminal threat, 1600 block of Northwood Drive.

Monday, 1:01 a.m., eight officers, wanted person, 900 block of Iowa Street.

Monday, 2:19 a.m., five officers, pedestrian check, intersection of 23rd and Ridge Court.

Monday, 3:20 a.m., four officers, warrant service, 900 block of N. Field Stone Drive.

Monday, 2:24 p.m., four officers, domestic disturbance, 600 block of Michigan Street.

Monday, 3:12 p.m., four officers, suspicious activity, 900 block of W. 23rd Street.

Monday, 3:30 p.m., five officers, burglary, 1300 block of Tennessee Street.

Monday, 4:33 p.m., five officers, domestic disturbance, 400 block of Graystone Drive.

Monday, 5:58 p.m., seven officers, disturbance, 500 block of Colorado Street.

Monday, 7:20 p.m., four officers, forgery, 3000 block of W. Sixth Street.

Monday, 8:30 p.m., four officers, burglary, 500 block of Colorado Street.

Monday, 9:38 p.m., four officers, traffic stop, address not validated.

Tuesday, 12:53 a.m., four officers, domestic disturbance, 1600 block of W. 22nd Street.

Tuesday, 1:13 a.m., seven officers, building/residence check, 2200 block of Princeton Boulevard.

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TreeCycling Collection, before 6 a.m., regularly scheduled trash day, Lawrence.

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Rock Chalk Sports Pavilion, 100 Rock Chalk Lane.

Holiday Happenings, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Holcom Park Center, 2700 W. 27th St. Books & Babies, 9:30-10 a.m. and 10:3011 a.m., Lawrence Public Library Readers’ Theater, 707 Vermont St. Teen Zone Expanded (grades 6-12), 2-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Teen Zone, 707 Vermont St. Douglas County Commission meeting, 4 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. American Legion Bingo, doors open 4:30 p.m., first games 6:45 p.m., American Legion Post No. 14, 3408 W. Sixth St. Yoga at Your Library, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. National Alliance on Mental Illness-Douglas County support group, 6-7 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St. The Lawrence Apple Users’ Group, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Cottin’s Hardware Farmers Market indoors, 4-6 p.m., Cottin’s Hardware and Rental, 1832 Massachusetts St. Dinner and Junkyard Jazz, 5:30 p.m., American Legion Post No. 14, 3408 W. Sixth St. Lawrence Stamp Club Meeting, 6-8 p.m., Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St. Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals meeting, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council Meeting, 7 p.m., Commission Meeting Room, Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. Weekly Tango Lessons and Dancing, 7:30-10:30 p.m., English Room, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

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5 THURSDAY

TreeCycling Collection, before 6 a.m., regularly scheduled trash day, Lawrence.

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. (Address changed for winter.)

Toddler Storytime, 9:30-10 a.m. and 10:3011 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Tech Drop-in, 11noon, Lawrence Public Library meeting room C, 707 Vermont St.

6 FRIDAY

TreeCycling Collection, before 6 a.m., regularly scheduled trash day, Lawrence.

Career Clinic, 1-2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Health Spot, 707 Vermont St. Teen Zone Cafe, 4-5:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Bingo night, doors 5:30 p.m., refreshments 6 p.m., bingo starts 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St.

7 SATURDAY

Red Dog’s Fun Run, 7:30 a.m., parking lot behind Kizer-Cummings Jewelers, 833 Massachusetts St. American Legion Bingo, doors open 4:30 p.m., first games 6:45 p.m., American Legion Post No. 14, 3408 W. Sixth St. Arnie Johnson & The Midnight Special, 7-10 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St.

8 SUNDAY

Kansas Environmental Legislation Review with Zack Pistora, Kansas lobbyist for Sierra Club, 9:40-10:45 a.m., First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway.

9 MONDAY

TreeCycling Collection, before 6 a.m., remaining tree collection, Lawrence.

Affordable Housing Advisory Board Meeting, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., City Commission Meeting Room, City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. “Light” Reading: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) lamps available, 6-8 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St.

10 TUESDAY

City of Lawrence Homeless Issues Advisory Committee, 8:30 a.m., City Commission Meeting Room, City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.

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ELEANOR R. JANOUSEK Arrangements for Eleanor R. Janousek, 82, will be announced by Rumsey­Yost Funeral Home. She died Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at Hillside Village, DeSoto. rumsey­yost.com

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HOW SVI IT IS! Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo

THE JAYHAWKS FILE IN TO DOGPILE KANSAS GUARD SVIATOSLAV MYKHAILIUK (10) following Mykhailiuk’s game-winning bucket to finish KU’s 90-88 victory against Kansas State on Tuesday night in Allen Fieldhouse. For more photos, please visit: www.kusports.com.

Driving layup lifts KU

Mykhailiuk travel didn’t happen if it wasn’t called

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With his father, Iurri, visiting from Ukraine and sitting in the Allen Fieldhouse bleachers behind the visitor’s bench, cheering for everything from his son’s introduction to a couple of made free throws, Kansas junior Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk had the ball in his hands with the game on the line and gave his dad something to truly cheer about.

With the game tied and 5.6 seconds remaining, Mykhailiuk nearly fell across the inbounds line before flipping the ball to Devonté Graham, who quickly pitched it ahead to Mykhailiuk, whose running start set the stage

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> JAYHAWKS, 4C KANSAS GUARD SVIATOSLAV MYKHAILIUK (10) lays in the final shot for a win against Kansas State.

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk traveled all the way from the Ukraine to Lawrence to pursue his dream of becoming an NBA player.

He’s a world traveler, all right, but never had he experienced any travel as memorable as one from Tuesday night that he’ll never forget.

Call the dance step that had 16,300 euphoric spectators dancing into the night the Svi, Svi, Svi. To execute it, take three quick steps with a basketball in your hands, throw it off the glass and in to win. That’s what Svi did in a hotly contested Big 12 rivalry game at the buzzer.

It doesn’t matter that Svi clearly traveled on the buzzer-beating shot that he banked in. It just matters that the officiat-

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ing crew didn’t see him travel. Consequently, Kansas defeated Kansas State, 90-88.

We’ll never know who would have won the game had it gone into overtime, we just know that the OT should have been played.

“I think everybody here knows what happened,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “Want to see my phone? ... But

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Piper, Free State girls too much for SM East

By Shane Jackson sjackson@ljworld.com

Free State girls coach Ted Juneau has a pretty clear vision of how his team should look on any given night.

The Firebirds looked the part in all facets in their first game back since the break, pulling off the 63-30 win over Shawnee

Mission East on Tuesday night at Free State High.

“I was pretty pleased, we wanted to come out of the break with some intensity,” Juneau said. “I told the girls that this is the vision I have for our team and how we should be the rest of the season.”

FSHS (3-2) passed the ball with perfection, which led to several open

shots on the offensive end. On the defensive side of the ball, the Firebirds were all over the place, leading to an abundance of turnovers created.

Senior Madison Piper led the way with 27 points, hitting 10 of her 14 shots from the floor.

Piper knocked down 3-of5 looks from downtown

and 4-of-5 from the charity stripe. She notched 12 points in both the second and third quarter.

“I felt like we moved the ball so extremely well,” Piper said. “Everyone got a touch and everyone got a look. It was just great out there. You can definitely see the impact (of winter break).

We are with each other

every day and that builds chemistry.”

Piper hit just one trey as Free State jumped out to an 11-0 lead out of the gate due to the team’s aggressiveness on the defensive side of the ball.

Carter Gaskins/Journal-World Photo The Lancers struggled with the pressure, cough- FREE STATE’S MADISON ing the ball up seven PIPER (14) RACES PAST Shawnee Mission East on > FSHS GIRLS, 3C Tuesday night at FSHS.

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KANSAS TODAY • Women’s basketball vs. Texas, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY • Tennis at Maui Invitational

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Top 25 No. 14 North Carolina 89, Clemson 86, OT Clemson, S.C. — Joel Berry II had a career-high 31 points and Kennedy Meeks’ basket with 1:12 left in overtime put No. 14 North Carolina ahead for good as the Tar Heels defeated Clemson for the ninth straight time on Tuesday night.

The Tigers (11-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) had two chances to retake the lead after Meeks’ shot, but Jaron Blossomgame and Sidy Djitte missed close-in shots to lose to North Carolina for the 19th time in the last 20 games.

NORTH CAROLINA (13-3) Meeks 5-14 4-5 14, Hicks 3-6 2-2 8, Jackson 8-20 0-1 18, Williams 4-8 2-2 11, Berry 12-19 0-0 31, Bradley 1-3 1-2 3, Maye 1-2 0-0 2, Robinson 1-2 0-0 2, Britt 0-3 0-0 0, Woods 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-78 9-12 89.

CLEMSON (11-3) Blossomgame 9-14 5-8 24, Grantham 1-3 0-0 3, Djitte 1-7 2-2 4, Holmes 8-14 0-1 20, Mitchell 5-12 0-0 13, Thomas 2-5 1-2 5, DeVoe 0-4 0-0 0, Reed 5-9 5-6 17, Hudson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-68 13-19 86.

Halftime-Clemson 43-38. End Of RegulationTied 77. 3-Point Goals-North Carolina 10-24 (Berry 7-10, Jackson 2-9, Williams 1-3, Robinson 0-1, Maye 0-1), Clemson 11-28 (Holmes 4-9, Mitchell 3-6, Reed 2-3, Grantham 1-3, Blossomgame 1-5, DeVoe 0-2). Fouled OutHicks. Rebounds-North Carolina 47 (Meeks 16), Clemson 29 (Djitte 8). Assists-North Carolina 17 (Britt, Meeks 4), Clemson 12 (Mitchell 4).

Total Fouls-North Carolina 19, Clemson 16.

KENTUCKY (12-2) TODAY lead No. 13 Wisconsin past No. an 11-0 spurt that essentially Gabriel 1-4 2-2 5, Adebayo 4-6 2-2 10, Monk • Wrestling at Shawnee Heights, 8-11 5-5 26, Briscoe 5-9 0-0 13, Fox 5-9 5-8 15, 25 Indiana. put the game away.

Humphries 3-6 2-4 8, Wynyard 0-0 0-0 0, KilleyaAL EAST 6:30 p.m.

The Badgers (13-2, 2-0 Big Jones 1-3 0-0 2, Willis 2-7 0-0 5, Hawkins 2-3 1-1 MISSISSIPPI (9-5) 6, David 1-1 2-2 5, Mulder 1-3 2-2 5, Calipari 0-1 Ten) have won nine straight.

Furmanavicius 2-4 3-3 7, Saiz 7-12 0-0 15, 0-0 0, Pulliam 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-63 21-26 100.

De’Ron Davis, Juwan Mor- Hymon 2-2 0-0 4, Burnett 6-12 4-4 18, Neal 2-7 Halftime-Kentucky 50-27. 3-Point GoalsBOSTON RED SOX NEW YORK YANKEES TAMPA BAY RAYS BALTIMORE ORIOLES TORONTO BLUE JAYS Texas A&M 6-13 (Gilder 2-3, Collins 1-1, gan and Robert Johnson each 0-0 4, Morris 0-0 0-0 0, Tyree 2-3 2-4 7, Brooks TODAY 1-2 0-0 3, Davis 2-5 1-2 5, Fitzpatrick-Dorsey 0-0 AL CENTRAL Hampton 1-2, Trocha-Morelos 1-3, Hogg 1-3, finished with 12 points to lead 0-0 0. Totals 24-47 10-13 63.

Smith 0-1), Kentucky 13-25 (Monk 5-7, Briscoe • Girls/boys basketball vs. the Hoosiers (10-5, 0-2). In- FLORIDA (11-3) 3-3, David 1-1, Gabriel 1-2, Hawkins 1-2, Mulder Pembroke Hill, 6 p.m.

2-8 0-0 5, Robinson 3-8 4-4 11, Hayes 1-2 1-3, Willis 1-5, Calipari 0-1, Fox 0-1). Fouled diana has lost three in a row 2-4Leon 4, Allen 4-9 2-2 14, Hill 4-9 0-4 8, Stone 0-1 0-0 Out-Gilder. Rebounds-Texas A&M 26 (Gilder 8-14 overall, consecutive games on 0, Egbunu 3-6 1-2 7, Chiozza 0-3 1-3 1, Barry DETROIT TIGERS MINNESOTA TWINS CHICAGO WHITE SOX6), KentuckyCLEVELAND KANSAS CITY ROYALS INDIANS 28 (Humphries 6). Assists-Texas 20. Totals 25-60 11-21 70.

A&M 12 (Gilder, Trocha-Morelos, Hogg, Davis their home court and 16 of the 1-2Halftime-Florida AL WEST 35-21. 3-Point Goals- 2), Kentucky 16 (Briscoe 7). Total Fouls-Texas last 18 in this series.

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Florida 70, Mississippi 63 Gainesville, Fla. — Canyon Barry tied a season high with 20 points, KeVaughn Allen added 14 and No. 24 Florida beat Mississippi.

Overcoming a cold shooting start, the Gators built a 19-point lead that the Rebels only managed to get to single digits twice in the second half.

No. 13 Wisconsin 75, Deandre Burnett’s 3-pointer No. 25 Indiana 68 cut Florida’s big lead to 42-34 Bloomington, Ind. — Ethan with 14:18 remaining. The GaHapp scored 19 points and tors (11-3, 2-0 Southeastern Bronson Koenig added 17 to Conference) responded with

56-54. After an Oklahoma miss, first time in nearly a month, Robinson made a floater. the Wildcats (12-2, 2-0 South(6-7) eastern Conference) quickly OKLAHOMA Lattin 3-3 0-1 6, Doolittle 3-6 2-4 8, J.Shepherd answered the Aggies’ game- 0-4 0-0 0, Odomes 2-8 1-2 5, James 1-10 1-2 3, 1-2 0-0 2, Freeman 4-6 0-0 10, McNeace opening 3-pointer with that Buford 1-4 0-0 2, McGusty 4-11 2-2 11, Strong-Moore surge over 2:39 to take control. 4-8 0-0 10. Totals 23-62 6-11 57.

Kentucky continued pouring it TCU (12-2) Brodziansky 1-2 2-2 4, Miller 1-4 1-2 3, on for its most lopsided victory K.Williams 1-3 0-0 2, Robinson 7-13 2-2 18, in a recently tight series with Fisher 2-7 2-3 6, Washburn 0-1 0-0 0, K.Shepherd 3-3 2-2 8, M.Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Bane 4-7 0-1 9, overtime deciding four of the B.Parrish 2-7 4-6 10. Totals 21-49 13-18 60.

Halftime-Oklahoma 38-34. 3-Point Goalslast five.

TEXAS A&M (8-5) Hogg 1-7 0-0 3, Miller 1-2 1-2 3, Davis 4-6 5-6 13, Gilder 5-13 1-3 13, Collins 2-3 0-0 5, Williams 4-6 0-2 8, Vila 0-0 2-2 2, TrochaMorelos 2-5 1-2 6, Smith 1-2 0-0 2, Carlton 0-0 0-0 0, Hampton 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 21-47 10-17 58.

Oklahoma 5-16 (Freeman 2-3, Strong-Moore 2-5, McGusty 1-3, Buford 0-1, J.Shepherd 0-1, James 0-3), TCU 5-17 (Robinson 2-4, B.Parrish 2-6, Bane 1-1, M.Williams 0-1, Fisher 0-2, Miller 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Oklahoma 26 (Doolittle 6), TCU 31 (Bane, K.Williams 6).

Assists-Oklahoma 13 (J.Shepherd, Odomes, McGusty 3), TCU 11 (Robinson 6). Total FoulsOklahoma 17, TCU 12.

NBA Roundup The Associated Press

76ers 93, Timberwolves 91 Philadelphia (ap) — Robert Covington made a fall-away shot off an inbounds pass with 0.2 seconds left to give Philadelphia a victory over Minnesota on Tuesday night.

MINNESOTA (91) Wiggins 2-15 4-4 8, Towns 9-22 4-4 23, Dieng 4-6 2-2 10, Rubio 2-3 0-0 5, LaVine 11-20 3-4 28, Muhammad 3-6 3-4 10, Bjelica 2-6 2-2 7, Aldrich 0-2 0-0 0, Dunn 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 33-82 18-20 91.

PHILADELPHIA (93) Covington 4-14 4-4 13, Ilyasova 7-14 2-2 19, Embiid 8-20 8-11 25, McConnell 3-9 0-0 6, Stauskas 3-9 0-0 8, Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Noel 4-5 0-0 8, Saric 3-8 2-2 8, Okafor 1-3 0-2 2, Luwawu-Cabarrot 0-2 4-4 4. Totals 33-85 20-25 93.

Minnesota 16 26 26 23 — 91 Philadelphia 29 28 22 14 — 93 3-Point Goals-Minnesota 7-24 (LaVine 3-8, Muhammad 1-1, Rubio 1-2, Bjelica 1-4, Towns 1-6, Wiggins 0-3), Philadelphia 7-32 (Ilyasova 3-8, Stauskas 2-5, Embiid 1-3, Covington 1-9, Luwawu-Cabarrot 0-1, Saric 0-3, McConnell 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Minnesota 47 (Towns 15), Philadelphia 48 (Covington 10). Assists-Minnesota 20 (Towns, Rubio 5), Philadelphia 19 (McConnell 8). Total FoulsMinnesota 24, Philadelphia 21. TechnicalsTowns, Philadelphia defensive three second, Philadelphia team. A-17,124 (20,328).

Celtics 115, Jazz 104 Boston — Isaiah Thomas had 29 points and a careerhigh 15 assists, and Boston made 17 3-pointers for the second straight game in beating Utah.

UTAH (104) Hayward 7-14 6-7 23, Favors 5-10 2-2 12, Gobert 3-8 2-2 8, Mack 3-10 2-2 8, Hood 3-10 3-6 9, Ingles 2-6 2-2 7, J.Johnson 7-11 0-0 17, Lyles 0-2 0-0 0, Diaw 6-7 0-0 15, Neto 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 38-82 17-21 104.

BOSTON (115) Crowder 6-8 4-4 21, A.Johnson 3-7 0-0 6, Horford 9-16 0-0 21, Thomas 10-18 4-4 29, Bradley 4-7 4-4 14, Brown 4-6 1-1 10, Jerebko 0-1 0-0 0, Olynyk 2-6 1-2 5, Smart 3-5 2-2 9.

Totals 41-74 16-17 115.

Utah 29 16 29 30 — 104 Boston 28 26 31 30 — 115 3-Point Goals-Utah 11-26 (Diaw 3-3, J.Johnson 3-4, Hayward 3-7, Neto 1-2, Ingles 1-4, Mack 0-1, Lyles 0-2, Hood 0-3), Boston 17-31 (Crowder 5-6, Thomas 5-8, Horford 3-6, Bradley 2-4, Smart 1-1, Brown 1-2, Olynyk 0-4).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Utah 35 (Gobert 13), Boston 32 (Olynyk 7). Assists-Utah 27 (Favors 7), Boston 31 (Thomas 15). Total FoulsUtah 17, Boston 22. Technicals-Boston defensive three second, Boston team, Crowder.

A-18,624 (18,624).

DETROIT (116) Morris 6-14 0-0 14, Leuer 7-11 0-0 14, Drummond 9-16 2-2 20, Jackson 8-18 1-1 20, Caldwell-Pope 5-13 5-5 16, Harris 9-14 2-2 22, Johnson 1-4 0-0 3, Marjanovic 2-5 0-0 4, Smith 1-2 0-2 3. Totals 48-97 10-12 116.

Indiana 36 30 26 29 — 121 Detroit 28 32 32 24 — 116 3-Point Goals-Indiana 9-16 (Turner 2-2, Robinson 2-3, George 2-3, Teague 1-1, Brooks 1-1, Miles 1-3, T.Young 0-3), Detroit 10-29 (Jackson 3-4, Harris 2-5, Morris 2-7, Smith 1-2, Johnson 1-3, Caldwell-Pope 1-5, Leuer 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Indiana 34 (Turner 7), Detroit 42 (Drummond 14). AssistsIndiana 26 (Teague 8), Detroit 31 (Jackson 12).

Total Fouls-Indiana 8, Detroit 19. TechnicalsDrummond. A-13,435 (19,971).

How former Jayhawks fared Cole Aldrich, Minnesota Min: 8. Pts: 0. Reb: 2. Ast: 1.

Darrell Arthur, Denver Min: 18. Pts: 12. Reb: 3. Blk: 1.

Tarik Black, L.A. Lakers Late game.

Mavericks 113, Wizards 105 Dallas — Harrison Barnes scored 26 points and Deron Williams added 21 as Dallas rallied to beat Washington.

Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Min: 30. Pts: 25. Reb: 8. Ast: 3.

Ben McLemore, Sacramento Min: 15. Pts: 6. Reb: 2. Ast: 0.

WASHINGTON (105) Porter 5-11 0-0 13, Morris 5-10 2-3 13, Gortat 5-11 2-2 12, Wall 10-19 6-6 27, Beal 10-26 2-3 25, Oubre 3-5 0-0 8, Smith 2-3 0-0 4, Burke 0-3 0-0 0, McClellan 0-1 0-0 0, Thornton 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 41-92 12-14 105.

DALLAS (113) Finney-Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Barnes 8-18 8-9 26, Nowitzki 4-9 2-2 11, Williams 7-13 3-3 21, Matthews 5-11 0-0 12, Powell 2-3 4-5 8, Mejri 0-0 0-0 0, Bogut 0-3 0-0 0, Curry 5-8 2-2 16, Jackson 0-1 2-2 2, Harris 6-11 1-1 17, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 37-78 22-24 113.

Washington 29 38 21 17 — 105 Dallas 28 33 26 26 — 113 3-Point Goals-Washington 11-30 (Porter 3-5, Beal 3-11, Oubre 2-4, Morris 1-2, Wall 1-3, Thornton 1-3, Burke 0-1, McClellan 0-1), Dallas 17-32 (Curry 4-5, Williams 4-7, Harris 4-7, Matthews 2-4, Barnes 2-4, Nowitzki 1-4, FinneySmith 0-1). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsWashington 38 (Gortat 16), Dallas 44 (Nowitzki 9). Assists-Washington 27 (Wall 8), Dallas 20 (Williams 6). Total Fouls-Washington 19, Dallas 21. Technicals-Beal. A-19,318 (19,200).

Marcus Morris, Detroit Min: 29. Pts: 14. Reb: 1. Ast: 4.

Markieff Morris, Washington Min: 26. Pts: 13. Reb: 5. Ast: 0.

Kelly Oubre Jr., Washington Min: 25. Pts: 8. Reb: 3. Ast: 2.

Thomas Robinson, L.A. Lakers Late game.

3-Point Goals-Toronto 4-18 (Ross 2-4, Joseph 1-2, Carroll 1-3, Nogueira 0-1, Powell 0-1, Lowry 0-7), San Antonio 13-24 (Leonard 5-7, Green 2-3, Mills 2-4, Parker 1-1, Aldridge 1-1, Ginobili 1-2, Bertans 1-2, Murray 0-1, Simmons 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Toronto 43 (Poeltl 9), San Antonio 44 (Aldridge 8). Assists-Toronto 8 (Joseph 3), San Antonio 32 (Parker 8). Total Fouls-Toronto 17, San Antonio 18. TechnicalsDedmon. A-18,418 (18,418).

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Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota Min: 37. Pts: 8. Reb: 5. Ast: 3.

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

Pacers 121, Pistons 116 Auburn Hills, Mich. — Paul George had 32 points and Indiana beat Detroit.

INDIANA (121) Robinson 3-5 0-0 8, George 10-17 10-10 32, Turner 7-12 1-2 17, T.Young 4-8 0-0 8, Teague 5-8 6-7 17, Miles 1-4 0-0 3, Seraphin 4-5 2-2 10, Jefferson 2-7 2-2 6, Brooks 1-2 1-2 4, Ellis 6-6 4-5 16. Totals 43-74 26-30 121.

TORONTO (82) Carroll 3-7 3-4 10, Siakam 1-4 0-0 2, Valanciunas 1-5 0-0 2, Lowry 2-9 2-2 6, DeRozan 12-21 2-3 26, Ross 7-11 1-2 17, Caboclo 0-0 0-0 0, Nogueira 0-5 0-0 0, Poeltl 1-4 2-4 4, VanVleet 1-2 0-0 2, Joseph 3-11 4-5 11, Powell 0-4 2-2 2.

Totals 31-83 16-22 82.

SAN ANTONIO (110) Leonard 8-12 4-5 25, Aldridge 11-16 0-0 23, Gasol 1-6 3-4 5, Parker 6-9 2-2 15, Green 2-5 0-0 6, Bertans 2-3 0-0 5, Anderson 1-1 0-0 2, Lee 4-6 0-0 8, Dedmon 1-1 1-2 3, Mills 2-4 0-0 6, Murray 1-3 0-0 2, Simmons 3-9 0-0 6, Ginobili 1-3 1-2 4.

Totals 43-78 11-15 110.

Toronto 18 23 17 24 — 82 San Antonio 29 31 28 22 — 110

CHARLOTTE..................2 1/2 (209)......... Oklahoma City NEW YORK..........................1 (213)......................Milwaukee a-CLEVELAND...............OFF (OFF)........................Chicago b-LA CLIPPERS.............OFF (OFF)......................Memphis GOLDEN ST...................15 1/2 (224).....................Portland c-SACRAMENTO...........OFF (OFF)............................Miami a-Cleveland Guard K. Irving is questionable. b-LA Clippers Guard C. Paul is doubtful. c-Miami Center H. Whiteside is questionable.

College Basketball Favorite................... Points................Underdog MICHIGAN ST..................... 13 1/2............................Rutgers Villanova..............................1 1/2..............................BUTLER Miami-Florida........................1............................SYRACUSE DUKE.................................... 19 1/2.................Georgia Tech RICHMOND.............................10.............................Fordham GEORGE MASON................5 1/2...............Massachusetts PROVIDENCE......................... 2.......................Georgetown LA SALLE............................ 15 1/2......................Saint Louis

VA Commonwealth............ 9.......................... DUQUESNE GEORGIA................................. 2..................South Carolina VANDERBILT.......................... 5.................................Auburn LOYOLA CHICAGO.............2 1/2................Northern Iowa EVANSVILLE.......................11 1/2............................. Bradley SOUTHERN ILLINOIS............1............................ Indiana St WICHITA ST...........................26...................................Drake Oklahoma St..............1 1/2......................TEXAS MICHIGAN............................... 11................................ Penn St Creighton.............................. 6..........................ST. JOHN’S ILLINOIS ST............................ 9......................... Missouri St Oregon.................................... 8.....................WASHINGTON MISSOURI................................1..........................................Lsu HOUSTON........................... 12 1/2.................................Tulsa Louisville............................2 1/2...................NOTRE DAME Virginia Tech.........................1........NORTH CAROLINA ST Virginia................................... 6.......................PITTSBURGH SMU..........................................12.................................Temple BAYLOR........................ 8....................... Iowa St

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SACRAMENTO (120) Barnes 2-6 0-0 5, Cousins 10-25 8-8 31, Koufos 8-9 2-3 18, Collison 10-16 4-4 26, McLemore 2-4 0-0 6, Casspi 0-3 0-0 0, Tolliver 2-4 2-2 7, CauleyStein 0-1 0-0 0, Afflalo 8-11 1-1 19, Temple 4-9 0-0 8. Totals 46-88 17-18 120.

DENVER (113) Chandler 3-10 2-2 10, Gallinari 8-12 4-4 24, Jokic 7-12 3-3 18, Mudiay 2-8 0-0 5, Harris 6-11 0-0 15, Barton 1-3 0-0 3, Hernangomez 0-0 0-0 0, Arthur 4-6 0-0 12, Nurkic 6-8 4-4 16, Nelson 2-7 0-0 6, Beasley 1-1 0-0 2, Murray 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 41-83 13-13 113.

Sacramento 29 31 34 26 — 120 Denver 28 23 37 25 — 113 3-Point Goals-Sacramento 11-29 (Cousins 3-7, McLemore 2-3, Afflalo 2-4, Collison 2-5, Tolliver 1-3, Barnes 1-4, Casspi 0-1, Temple 0-2), Denver 18-38 (Arthur 4-5, Gallinari 4-6, Harris 3-4, Nelson 2-5, Chandler 2-7, Barton 1-1, Jokic 1-2, Mudiay 1-5, Murray 0-3). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsSacramento 33 (Cousins, Temple 6), Denver 34 (Jokic 7). Assists-Sacramento 26 (Collison 7), Denver 29 (Mudiay 6). Total Fouls-Sacramento 13, Denver 18. A-11,018 (19,155).

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California at UCLA 8 p.m.

Gonzaga at San Fran. 8 p.m.

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TWCSC 37, 226 TWCSC 37, 226 TWCSC 37, 226 ESPNU 35, 235 SEC 157 SEC 157

Suns 99, Heat 90 Phoenix — Devin Booker scored 27 points — 18 in the second half — and rookie Mar- Pro Basketball quese Chriss added a careerbest 18 as Phoenix handed se- Thunder at Rockets verely short-handed Miami its Lakers at Blazers Spurs 110, Raptors 82 San Antonio — Kawhi Leon- sixth consecutive loss.

Golf ard had 25 points, LaMarcus MIAMI (90) Babbitt 3-11 0-2 7, Reed 11-16 0-0 22, Dragic Tourn. of Champions Aldridge added 23 and San An9-18 5-6 24, Richardson 5-16 0-0 11, McGruder tonio beat Toronto.

3-10 0-0 8, D.Williams 0-7 3-4 3, Haslem 1-1 1-1

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N.M. St. at UMKC 6 p.m. KSMO 3, 203

3, Ellington 4-12 3-3 12. Totals 36-91 12-16 90.

PHOENIX (99) Warren 1-3 0-0 2, Chriss 7-11 2-2 18, Chandler 2-4 1-2 5, Bledsoe 4-14 7-8 17, Booker 9-19 6-7 27, Tucker 3-5 1-1 7, Bender 1-5 0-0 2, Len 4-7 1-2 9, Ulis 1-4 0-0 2, Barbosa 4-5 0-0 10. Totals 36-77 18-22 99.

Miami 29 23 14 24 — 90 Phoenix 28 28 27 16 — 99 3-Point Goals-Miami 6-23 (McGruder 2-5, Dragic 1-2, Babbitt 1-4, Richardson 1-5, Ellington 1-6, D.Williams 0-1), Phoenix 9-23 (Booker 3-6, Barbosa 2-2, Bledsoe 2-4, Chriss 2-5, Warren 0-1, Tucker 0-2, Bender 0-3).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Miami 43 (Reed 18), Phoenix 49 (Chandler 20). Assists-Miami 18 (Dragic 9), Phoenix 21 (Bledsoe 7). Total Fouls-Miami 23, Phoenix 23. Technicals-Chriss.

A-16,772 (18,422).

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Iowa St. at Baylor 7 p.m. ESPNE 140,231 Penn St. at Michigan 7:30 p.m. BTN 147,237 Illinois St. at Mo. St. 8 p.m. KSMO 3, 203

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8 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 Tulsa at Houston 8 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 LSU at Missouri 8 p.m. SEC 157 S. Diego St. at Nevada 10 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 N. Mexico at Utah St. 10 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235

CS NORTHRIDGE................... 3......................Cal Riverside CAL IRVINE.........................5 1/2................Long Beach St UC DAVIS.............................6 1/2........ Cal Santa Barbara Colorado St........................3 1/2...................SAN JOSE ST FRESNO ST..........................3 1/2.......................... Wyoming New Mexico...........................1................................UTAH ST NEVADA...............................3 1/2...................San Diego St Boise St...............................3 1/2..................................UNLV WASHINGTON ST...............6 1/2.........................Oregon St Added Games CANISIUS.............................9 1/2........................Quinnipiac Siena....................................3 1/2...........................NIAGARA Ipfw.......................................... 4...........NEBRASKA OMAHA WESTERN ILLINOIS...............1................South Dakota St z-DENVER.............................OFF...................South Dakota z-South Dakota Forward T. Flack is doubtful.

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1976 — The Dallas Cowboys become the first wild-card team to make it to the Super Bowl with a 37-7 rout of the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC title game.

1986 — Eric Dickerson shatters the NFL playoff record with a 248-yard rushing performance and two touchdowns to lead the Los Angeles Rams to a 20-0 win over the Dallas Cowboys.

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LHS girls suffer first loss SCOREBOARD Iowa State at Texas Tech, 6 p.m.

Baylor at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

“They’re a good team,” Kansas State at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Stafford said. “What we Big 12 Men Oklahoma State at TCU, 8 p.m.

League Overall can learn is that we need Kansas 2-0 13-1 to take care of the ball, Baylor 1-0 13-0 1-0 9-3 turn down our turnovers Iowa State Kansas State 1-1 12-2 and just (go to the) next TCU NFL Playoff Glance 1-1 12-2 Wild-card Playoffs Tech 1-1 12-2 play. We’ll get ready for Texas Saturday, Jan. 7 West Virginia 1-1 12-2 the next game.”

Oakland at Houston, 3:35 p.m. (ESPN) Oklahoma State 0-1 10-3 Detroit at Seattle, 7:15 p.m. (NBC) Texas 0-1 6-7 Things will not get Oklahoma Sunday, Jan. 8 0-2 6-7 Miami at Pittsburgh, 12:05 p.m. (CBS) much easier for the Li- Tuesday, Jan. 3 N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 3:40 p.m.

Kansas 90, Kansas State 88 ons (5-1, ranked No. 4 (FOX) TCU 60, Oklahoma 57 Divisional Playoffs in 6A) in their second Texas Tech 77, West Virginia 76 Saturday, Jan. 14 Today’s games game back from winter Seattle, Green Bay or N.Y. Giants at Iowa State at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Atlanta, 3:35 p.m. (FOX) break, as they will take Oklahoma State at Texas, 7 p.m.

Houston, Oakland or Miami at New on Olathe South at 5:30 England, 7:15 p.m. (CBS) Big 12 Women Sunday, Jan. 15 p.m. Friday at LHS. The League Overall Pittsburgh, Houston or Oakland at 2-0 13-1 Falcons (4-1, ranked No. Baylor Kansas City, 12:05 p.m. (NBC) Oklahoma 2-0 11-3 Green Bay, N.Y. Giants or Detroit at 5 in 6A) handed Shaw- Texas 2-0 8-4 Dallas, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) 1-1 13-1 nee Mission Northwest West Virginia Conference Championships Oklahoma State 1-1 11-2 Sunday, Jan. 22 (5-1, No. 3 in 6A) its first Kansas State 1-1 11-3 AFC 1-1 9-4 loss of the season on Texas Tech TBD Iowa State 0-2 9-4 NFC Tuesday.

TCU 0-2 8-5

By Chris Duderstadt cduderstadt@ljworld.com

For the first six minutes of the Lawrence High girls basketball team’s 4738 loss to Leavenworth on Tuesday at LHS, the Lions’ defense stifled the Pioneers by holding them to just one field goal.

The floodgates quickly opened after that, though, as the Pioneers went on an 18-4 that spanned the end of the first and beginning of the second quarter. The Pioneers (51, ranked No. 2 in Class 5A) hit the Lions with four 3-pointers — three of which came from Zoie Hayward —during the surge, and never trailed during the final three quarters. Hayward led the Pioneers with 14 points.

“We were kind of disappointed, but it’s our fault because we didn’t execute what we were supposed to do,” LHS junior E’lease Stafford said.

“We just have ourselves to blame.”

Stafford ended up leading the Lions with eight points, but was held score-

Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo

LAWRENCE HIGH GUARD SKYLAR DRUM (3) attempts to break through defenders during a game Tuesday night against the Pioneers at LHS. less until the 4:16 mark of the fourth quarter. The 5-foot-11 junior sank two free throws and then drilled the first of her two 3-pointers in a 15-second

span to cut the Pioneers’ lead to single digits at 4233. It was too little too late for the Lions, though, as they suffered their first loss of the season.

LAWRENCE (38) Hannah Stewart 1-6 3-4 5, Olivia Lemus 0-2 0-0 0, Skylar Drum 0-4 5-6 5, Talima Harjo 2-2 0-0 5, Tamo Thomas 1-3 0-0 3, E’lease Stafford 2-8 2-7 8, Chisom Ajekwu 2-3 2-4 6, Asia Goodwin 0-1 0-0 0, Sammy Williams 2-2 0-0 4, Kiitkto Thomas 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals: 11-33 12-21 38.

LEAVENWORTH (47) Terrion Moore 4-10 0-0 9, Alexis Cole 1-2 0-0 2, Alyche Brown 1-1 1-2 3, Zoie Hayward 4-9 4-5 14, Jaliah Bowen 0-1 0-0 0, Cierra Robinson 3-6 1-1 7, Aarika Lister 6-14 0-0 12, Abby Mack 0-1 0-0 0, McKenzie Brown 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 19-45 6-8 47.

Lawrence 9 8 7 14 — 38 Leavenworth 9 20 9 9 — 47 Three-point goals: Lawrence 4-10 (Stafford 2, Harjo, Tamo Thomas); Leavenworth 1-5 (Moore). Fouled out: Moore, Leavenworth. Turnovers: Lawrence 15, Leavenworth 12.

FSHS boys clinch home win over SM East

By Shane Jackson sjackson@ljworld.com

The whole gymnasium knew the ball was going in the moment it left the hands of Free State junior Garrett Luinstra.

Late in the first half, Luinstra received a kick out pass at the top of the key, where he flung it towards the hoop without a second thought. Moments after he netted the trey, Shawnee Mission East called a timeout, and Luinstra was engulfed by his teammates on his way to the bench.

It was the capper Luinstra’s 14-point individual outburst in the second quarter — which transpired in less than two minutes — to give the Firebirds their first lead of the game. FSHS never faltered, clinching a 55-46 home victory over Shawnee Mission East Tuesday.

“I thought Garrett did a good job of getting us back in it in the second quarter,” coach Sam Stroh said. “He’s done that at the JV level, just not the varsity level. Everyone knows that he needs to be

that before, it felt great.

My teammates were like ‘welcome back.’”

The Firebirds (3-2) took their first lead of the game just seconds later as they went to their full court defense.

Luinstra recorded a steal and was immediately fouled, where he knocked down his two attempts from the charity stripe. Following a pair of free throws by Carter Gaskins/Journal-World Photo senior Jay Dineen, LuFREE STATE HIGH’S JAY DINEEN (11) fights to drive in towards instra closed out his run the basket on Shawnee Mission East’s Jack Schoemann (11) with a 3-pointer at the during Tuesday’s home victory for the Firebirds.

3:16 mark. It gave his team a 26-17 advantage.

During the team’s 16-0 that guy. He just needs to notching three consecutive bring it every night and baskets to close the first quar- run, Luinstra notched 14 points, while missing just be that guy for us.” ter and open the second.

Luinstra finished with Then Luinstra took one shot. a team-high 16 points on over. He knocked down EAST (46) 10 shots, while knocking a long ball with 4:52 to SMTrevor Thompson 3-7 0-0 6, Kelyn down all eight attempts go, trimming the deficit Bolton 5-9 0-0 11, Jack Schoemann 3-4 14, Connor Rieg 3-8 2-3 9, from the free throw line. to four points. On the 5-10 Liam George 1-6 1-2 3, Seamus Carroll But his presence was next possession, he drew 0-2 1-2 3, Ben Dollar 1-3 0-0 2. Totals: most felt with less than contact going up for a 13-43 7-11.

FREE STATE (55) five minutes to go in the shot and proceeded to hit Jay Dineen 0-6 4-5 4, Sloan Thomsen second period. both his free throws. He 5-10 2-3 12, Shannon Cordes 0-6 0-0 0, Pavlyak 5-10 2-6 12, Cameron After falling behind early evened the score, 17-17, Jacob Clark 2-6 0-1 4, Garrett Luinstra 4-10 to the Lancers, including a with a layup on the team’s 8-8 16, Jalan Robinson 0-2 0-2 0, Simon McCaffrey 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 18-46 17-26.

10-0 run to open the game, next offensive trip.

SM East 11 11 11 13 — 46 the Firebirds were desper“I just started getting Free State 6 22 16 11 — 55 Three-point goals: SM East 3-12 ate for something to go their into attack mode, I have (Bolton, Schoemann, Rieg); Free State way. Senior Cameron Clark the mentality,” Luinstra 2-17 (Luinstra 2). Fouled out: Rieg. gave them a glimmer of hope, said. “I hadn’t really done Turnovers: SM East 12, Free State 11.

Lions work as a team to top Leavenworth, 68-54

By Chris Duderstadt cduderstadt@ljworld.com

The Lawrence High boys basketball team has prided itself on not relying on one individual player so far this season, and it showed in its 68-54 win over Leavenworth on Tuesday at LHS, as four different Lions scored in double figures.

Sophomore Clarence King scored 11 of his 18 points in the third quarter to lead the way for the Lions. Junior Anthony Selden followed with 12 points, and senior Jackson Mallory and sophomore Noah Butler added 11 apiece.

Selden also helped Mallory spark the Lions early, as he poured

in 10 points before the break to pace the Lions.

The 6-foot-5 junior highlighted his night with a one-handed jam late in the first quarter, and he nearly added another jaw-dropping dunk off of a Trey Quartlebaum miss in the fourth.

Butler had a dunk of his own in the final minute, and it normally would not have meant much for the 6-foot-5 guard and the Lions with the game well in hand.

While Butler’s minutes were still limited, he said the dunk helped show that the ankle that he injured back on Dec. 6 in the Lions’ 78-74 win over Lee’s Summit North is starting to feel much better.

“It’s great. I’ve been working hard,” Butler said. “My team has been riding me to get better.

It’s all a team effort.”

The Lions (5-1, ranked No. 9 in Class 6A) will be back in action at 7 p.m. Tuesday when they play host to Olathe South.

LAWRENCE (68) Braden Solko 0-3 0-0 0, Austin Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Clarence King 8-11 1-2 18, Jackson Mallory 4-10 2-2 11, Kobe Buffalomeat 2-5 0-0 4, Noah Butler 4-7 1-2 11, Brett Chapple 2-3 3-4 7, Trey Quartlebaum 2-5 0-0 5, Anthony Selden 6-8 0-0 12. Totals: 28-54 7-10 68.

LEAVENWORTH (54) Gabe Bowen 1-1 0-0 2, Devin Johnston 1-1 0-0 2, Dejaun Sweet 3-5 0-0 6, Julian Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Michael Sauer 1-5 2-2 4, Kevin Payne 1-2 2-2 5, Zachary Thiel 5-7 1-3 11, Reece Williams 9-12 6-11 24.

Totals: 21-33 11-20 54.

Lawrence 20 18 18 12 — 68 Leavenworth 9 16 16 13 — 54 Three-point goals: Lawrence 5-16 (Mallory, Quartlebaum, King, Butler 2); Leavenworth 4-9 (Thiel 3, Payne).

Turnovers: Lawrence 9, Leavenworth 15.

Girls

East is one of the better Hiebert scored 21 points teams in the area. We hung to help the Cardinals (4with them and just kept bat- 3) defeat Tonganoxie. tling. We had our chances.”

5 2 19 17 — 43 Veritas (4-1) will play Tonganoxie Eudora 12 9 11 14 — 46 Tonganoxie — Seetart 4, Martinez 4, Friday at Seabury.

KC East 59, Veritas 56, OT Searcy 2, Wogoman 7, Timm 3, Knipp Tori Huslig had 27 points 2, Lee 19, Gray 2.

KC East 11 1

3 13 12 10 — 59 Eudora — Reagan Hiebert 6, Riley and 19 rebounds, but Veri- Veritas 7 10 14 18 7 — 56 Hiebert 21, Devin Purcell 2, Emily tas Christian fell to Kansas KC East — Rauyer 10, Harper 8, Stahl Watson 7, Katelyn Ornsby 2, Alaina City East, 59-56 in overtime, 13, Blubaugh 4, Vermer 22, Landwehr 2. Howe 8.

Veritas — Holly Scott 6, Maria Stieben on Tuesday night at East 5, Merav Edmondson 2, Chloe Holland 10, Delaeny Shelton 6, Tori Huslig 27.

Lawrence Center.

Boys “I was very proud of how we played,” Veritas coach Eudora 46, Tonganoxie 43 KC East 71, Veritas 66 Eudora — Riley Trey Huslig scored Kevin Shelton said. “KC

TBD Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 29 At Orlando, Fla. AFC vs. NFC, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5 At Houston TBD, 5:30 p.m. (FOX)

FSHS girls

to an 18-7 advantage in the first period, before Piper removed all doubt over the next two quarter of play. She did not attempt a single shot in the final quarter.

Meanwhile, sophomore Sam Lawrence was the only other Firebird to score more than five points. She finished with seven points.

Free State will travel to Olathe North at 5:30 pm.

Friday.

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times on the first eight possessions, including the first four trips down the floor. Shawnee Mission East finished with 18 turnovers, nine of which were recorded in the opening quarter.

“It’s huge,” Juneau said.

“For one our confidence and how we play. And for two, their lack of confidence and how they play.

It also helps us get easy shots.”

Piper took just one shot in the first period, choosing to lean on her teammates instead. Juniors Jaelyn Two-Hearts and Cameryn Thomas each scored three baskets during that span. They finished with 15 and eight points, respectively.

Free State jumped out

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LAWRENCE HIGH FORWARD ANTHONY SELDON (14) throws down a dunk during the Lions game against Leavenworth Tuesday night at LHS.

19 points and Tucker Flory added 14 points in Veritas Christian’s 7166 loss to Kansas City East in high school boys basketball at East Lawrence Center.

KC East 16 21 18 16 — 71 Veritas 14 17 18 17 — 66 KC East — Evan Morrison 20, Sam Burkart 4, C. Dye 8, Phoenix Byrd 23, Clark Shaffstull 13, Paul McDowell 3.

Veritas — Weston Flory 10, Trey Huslig 19, Kammal Dowdell 8, Michael Rask 10, Peyton Donohoe 3, Tucker Flory 14, Kyle Weinhold 2.

SM EAST (30) Libby Frye 4-6 0-0 8, Toni Englund 0-4 0-1 0, Kyle Haverty 1-10 2-4 5, Jordan Yowell 1-8 7-10 9, Katie Hise 1-1 0-0 2, Tyler Keys 0-2 1-2 1, Sofia Stechschulte 0-2 0-0 0, Kathleen Stanley 0-2 2-2 2, Caroline Blubaugh 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 7-36 10-18.

FREE STATE (63) Sam Lawrence 2-19 3-4 7, Cameryn Thomas 4-4 0-0 8, Madison Piper 10-14 4-5 27, Haley Hippe 2-2 1-2 5, Jaelyn Two Hearts 7-12 0-0 15, Erin Cushing 0-2 1-1 1, Caroline Patton 0-3 0-0 0.

Totals: 23-47 9-12.

SM East 7 3 16 4 — 30 Free State 8 14 20 11 — 63 Three-point goals: SM East 1-9 (Haverty); Free State 4-12 (Two Hearts, Piper 3). Fouled out: None.

Turnovers: SM East 19, Free State 14.

BRIEFLY Dineen, Moore picked for Shrine Bowl Free State High senior linebacker Jay Dineen and Lawrence High senior running back Trey Moore were invited to play in the Kansas Shrine Bowl, announced Tuesday.

Along with the two players, Free State football coach Bob Lisher was selected as an assistant for the East squad while Lawrence High trainer Kaylin Voss was chosen as one of the team’s two certified trainers for the second straight year. The allstar game will be played on July 29 at Butler Community College.

KU-UT WOMEN AT A GLANCE Who: Kansas vs. Texas When: 7 tonight Where: Allen Fieldhouse Series: Texas leads, 22-10

Texas-sized streak Kansas will look to snap its eight-game losing streak to Texas tonight. During that streak, the Jayhawks’ eight losses have come by an average of 21 points. Kansas has some success in this matchup in Allen Fieldhouse, compiling a 6-8 record in Lawrence against Texas. To avoid its ninth straight loss against the No. 15 Longhorns, Kansas will also have to snap its 20-game skid in Big 12 play.

AREA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP J-W Staff Reports

Kansas 0-2 6-7 Sunday’s Games Baylor 90, Kansas 43 Texas 75, Iowa State 68 Kansas State 86, West Virginia 71 Oklahoma 87, TCU 72 Texas Tech 70, Oklahoma State 65 Today’s games Texas at Kansas, 7 p.m.

the fifth straight game with 18 points. Washington has raised her scoring average from 10 to 14.2 points per game during her hot streak.

Slumping Behind the excellent shooting of sophomore Kaylee Kopatich, the Jayhawks ended the non-conference season on a three-game winning streak. They have lost their first two Big 12 games, and one big change in conference play is Kopatich’s shooting. In the last two games, Kopatich is averaging 5.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists and shooting just 19 percent from the field. She’s Offensive struggles also struggled from beyond Coming off a season-low the arc, shooting just 2-of-17 43 point performance Sunday (11.7 percent) in the first two at Baylor, Kansas ranks at the Big 12 games. bottom of the Big 12 in almost all offensive categories. The Probable starters Jayhawks rank last in scoring KANSAS offense (64.8), free throw (6-7, 0-2 Big 12) percentage (.640), field goal G — Jessica Washington, percentage (.348) and three5-8, jr. point percentage (.296). PlayG — McKenzie Calvert, ing against more height than 5-9, so. non-conference play, KU has G — Kylee Kopatich, 5-10, so. watched opponents block 26 G — Chayla Cheadle, 6-0, jr. shots in the last two games.

F — Sydney Umeri, 6-0, sr.

Streaking TEXAS Even though Kansas had (8-4, 2-0 Big 12) very little team success in a G — Brooke McCarty, 5-4, jr. blowout loss at Baylor, junior G — Brianna Taylor, 5-9, sr.

Jessica Washington continued G — Ariel Atkins, 5-11, jr. her recent stretch of doubleF — Joyner Holmes, 6-3, fr. digit scoring. She shot just C — Kelsey Lang, 6-5, sr.

6-of-23 (26 percent), which was her worst shooting per— Evan Riggs formance in a month, but she scored in double figures for

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KANSAS GUARD FRANK MASON III (0) SKIMS OVER THE TOP OF KANSAS STATE FORWARD Dean Wade as they compete for a loose ball Tuesday night in Allen Fieldhouse.

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for a coast-to-coast layin that gave third-ranked Kansas a thrilling, 90-88 win over Sunflower State rival Kansas State on Tuesday night.

After catching the ball 75 feet from the basket, Mykhailiuk raced up the left side of the floor with two dribbles, let the shot fly on the right side of the lane and watched the ball fall through the net as the horn sounded and the red light popped on signifying the end of the game.

Asked, somewhat sarcastically, if the play was the one KU coach Bill Self drew up in the timeout, Mykhailiuk grinned and said he was trying to inbound the ball to Frank Mason III, who, earlier this season, beat Duke with a game-winning jumper in the Champions Classic in New York City.

Asked what went through his mind after catching the pass from Graham, Mykhailiuk said: “I was just trying to make a layup because it was an open lane.”

After the game, KState coach Bruce Weber said he was happy with the way his team played and battled and OK with Mykhailiuk being the guy

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it didn’t happen. We had our chances.”

The travel didn’t happen because the refs didn’t call it, but everybody saw it happen.

It’s not that the refs gift-wrapped Kansas a victory on that non-call.

It’s just that K-State was denied a five-minute opportunity to try to win it and end KU’s homecourt winning streak, which grew to 50 games overall, 47 at Allen Fieldhouse.

Regardless of the extra steps, Svi made a tough play in a hurry.

“Svi showed some athletic ability at the end,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “I haven’t seen it, so I don’t know if he walked or not. I know everybody said he did, at least I know some people did, so I don’t know. It

Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo

KANSAS GUARD JOSH JACKSON (11) COMES IN with a put-back bucket. who hit the game-winner.

“I didn’t want Frank to beat us,” Weber said of the final play. “I’ve watched him too much over the years. I saw him against Duke (in November) and I wanted to take the ball out of his hands.”

As soon as his teammates realized Mykhailiuk was the one who would get the opportunity to win it, a variety of thoughts flashed through their heads.

“Rebound in case he missed it,” said freshman

Josh Jackson, who flirted with a triple-double and finished with 22 points, nine rebounds and six assists. “Just try to tip it in.”

Joked Landen Lucas: “I wanted him to throw the alley-oop to me but he made it so it’s OK ...

It was a great play by Svi because it wasn’t exactly what we drew up, but he improvised and made it happen.”

Following the first game-winner of his competitive career, Mykhailiuk (3-of-7 shooting for 11

points) was the picture of composure after the game, insisting that he was much happier that his shot gave his team the victory and barely even acknowledging the individual praise and mobscene celebration that followed.

“I was just focused on the game and trying to win the game for my team,” he said, noting that he had already seen the replay on his phone while texting his father.

“It’s probably at the top

was still a heck of an athletic play to get all the way to the hole on two bounces.”

That it was.

Svi looked like a wide receiver dribbling a basketball and then carrying it before putting up the shot.

It ended a possession that started under KState’s hoop with 5.6 seconds left after a timeout.

The last words Svi heard before being handed the ball under the basket by the referee came out of Devonte’ Graham’s mouth.

“No timeouts (left). No timeouts,” Graham said as he waved his arms in the fashion of an umpire making a safe call.

Kansas State put two men on Frank Mason III and Svi had trouble finding anywhere to throw the ball. He passed it to Graham, flared left and received the ball back from Graham more than 70 feet from the hoop, after K-State left him open.

He took two long-stride power dribbles, picked up the ball and took three choppy steps, creating the Svi, Svi, Svi, certain to become a popular dance in both Kansas and the Ukraine.

“I thought a call was going to be made, but it wasn’t,” K-State center D.J. Johnson said.

Svi banked in a tough shot and immediately was swarmed by teammates.

Moments later, Svi, Landen Lucas and Josh Jackson sat at the table for the post-game press conference. Svi said that he saw the replay. What did he think?

“It was a good basket,” Svi said and smiled.

Jackson tried to check his laughter, but failed.

There was no denying the refs badly blew the call, missing a blatant travel.

Being denied a chance to extend the game five minutes, the improved Wildcats could use the

disappointment to play with a chip on their shoulders the rest of the way.

“I hope so,” Weber said. “I hope, but we’ve got to get better. That’s my most important thing. I just talked to (KSU broadcaster) Stan Weber and he said the football team, when they missed the field goal at West Virginia, they could go home and pout about it, but Kstate football got better and went on a run to finish the season, a real good run that surprised everybody.”

Any team that plays Kansas even in Allen Fieldhouse for 39 minutes and 59 seconds can’t count on surprising anybody anymore.

Kansas State is a good basketball team playing a conference packed with them. Kansas survived this scare.

The potential exists for many more such nights.

and it’s a great moment in my life. It feels great. But we just need to focus on the next game.”

That the Jayhawks (131 overall, 2-0 Big 12) were even in the position of needing Mykhailiuk’s heroics in the final seconds was a testament to the kind of game Kansas State (12-2, 1-1) played from start to finish.

The Wildcats were red hot in the first half — 54 percent from the floor, 50 percent from three-point range and 88 percent at the free throw line — yet somehow trailed by 10 at the break.

That “somehow” was classic Kansas, which matched or surpassed K-State’s hot shooting everywhere but the free throw line to build that 10-point halftime lead.

The early going had all of the elements required for the typical Kansaspounces-on-the-Wildcats barrage that we’ve seen so many times in the past.

The Jayhawks got great effort on the offensive glass, had no problem getting out in transition and benefited from a violent, rim-rattling, soul-shaking, one-handed flush from Jackson that sent the building into a frenzy and forced K-State to call a timeout with 17:08 to play.

But then a funny thing

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happened. The Wildcats refused to flinch and actually responded with a 15-7 run for a 21-13 lead at the 13:20 mark of the first half.

The KSU lead grew to 24-15 after a 3-pointer by freshman Xavier Sneed, but then Jackson took over, scoring two buckets inside, assisting on another and then finishing an and-one in transition to pull the Jayhawks even with just under 10 minutes to play in the first half.

“Tonight, I just felt like I was gonna come out, be aggressive, bring energy to the game and try to attack the basket a little more,” Jackson said. “And it worked out.”

That was offensively.

Defensively, the Jayhawks allowed K-State to shoot 51 percent for the game and left Self less than thrilled about his team’s effort, calling this group the poorest defensive team he’s had since he’s been at Kansas.

Never were KU’s defensive limitations more dangerous than in the final seconds, when KState actually got the first look at a game-winner — a 3-pointer from sophomore Dean Wade that missed just short and set the table for Mykhailiuk to win it.

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KANSAS FORWARD LANDEN LUCAS (33) FINISHES A DUNK AGAINST KANSAS STATE late in the second half Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

NOTEBOOK

Lucas ‘most consistent’ player got a reputation of saying things and he’s gotta be able to think next play as opposed to trying to win a battle that’s not winnable.”

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

If it was not already evident from his 15-point, 17-rebound effort last Friday in a road win over TCU, Kansas senior Landen Lucas buttered his own bread and made it obvious during Tuesday’s 90-88 victory over Kansas State.

Lucas is back. And his career-high 18 points and 12 rebounds (6 offensive) against the Wildcats on Tuesday certainly proved that.

“Landen has kind of emerged as our most consistent player,” KU coach Bill Self said after Tuesday’s thriller. “I thought he played really well and was a presence.

He scored inside tight (and) he’s kind of on a roll, not doing anything exceptional but certainly finishing a lot better.”

Lucas said the recipe for his recent offensive production — 33 points on 15-of-19 shooting in the past two outings — had absolutely nothing to do with worrying about his offense.

“It felt good,” Lucas said.

“Another step forward.

Making progress each and every game. Coming off

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KANSAS FORWARD CARLTON BRAGG JR. (15) celebrates a bucket by Josh Jackson (11) during the first half. the TCU game, I wanted to make sure I came out and rebounded again, and when I focus on that, there’s so much attention on our guards and they’re so good that it’s easy to score off of them. So I was able to take advantage of that and score some points tonight, too.”

Jackson technical For the second game in a row and third time this season, KU freshman Josh Jackson was hit with a technical foul for protesting an official’s call.

Asked after the game what he did to earn the “T,” Jackson spelled it out.

“I don’t really know,” he said. “All I said was, ‘That’s a foul,’ and next

thing I know I was hit with a technical.”

Although Self said he did not think that Jackson deserved either of his most recent technicals, he also acknowledged that it’s up to Jackson to keep the officials from T’ing him up.

“Surely he’s going to learn; he’s got to learn,” Self said. “He’s too good of a player. And, you know, he’s developed a reputation now that he’s gotta get the last word.

“His last two technicals, I don’t think he deserved either one at all. But I do think you can’t say, ‘Call a foul.’ If you gave a technical to everybody that said, ‘Call a foul,’ you’d have 20 technicals a game. But, still, he can’t say that. He’s

Udoka update KU freshman Udoka Azubuike, who suffered a season-ending wrist injury prior to KU’s win at UNLV, was not on the bench for Tuesday’s win over K-State because he was preparing for an early-morning surgery on the wrist today.

Scooter’s back Scott “Scooter” Ward, KU’s associate athletic director for academic and career counseling, was back in Allen Fieldhouse on Tuesday night for the first time since a scary and serious heart condition left him fighting for his life at University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Seated behind the north baseline near the KU bench, Ward was greeted by hugs and smiles throughout the night and received a standing ovation from the Allen Fieldhouse crowd after being introduced by the public address announcer during a timeout in the second half.

Lucas named Player of the Week Lucas on Tuesday became the third Jayhawk this season to earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors for his 15-point, 17-rebound effort in KU’s victory over TCU last Friday in Fort Worth, Texas.

Lucas joins Frank Mason III and Jackson in earning the weekly honor. It marks the second season in a row that the Jayhawks had three different players earn conference player of the week nods.

This and that...

KU now leads the alltime series with Kansas State, 192-93. The Jayhawks are 47-18 all-time against KSU inside Allen Fieldhouse, including a stretch of 10 consecutive victories...Speaking of consecutive wins, KU’s homecourt winning streak now sits at 50 in a row overall and 47 straight at Allen Fieldhouse...KU is 36-5 all-time against K-State in Big 12 play...KU’s victory was win No. 2,199 all-time — second only to Kentucky — giving the Jayhawks an all-time record of 2,199837, good for a .724 winning percentage.

BOX SCORE KANSAS STATE (88) MIN FG FT REB PF TP

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Dean Wade 34 6-12 8-9 1-3 3 20 Wesley Iwundu 25 6-9 3-4 2-7 4 25 Kamau Stokes 37 4-11 4-6 2-6 1 13 Barry Brown 36 6-11 0-0 0-4 0 13 D.J. Johnson 22 4-7 2-2 2-5 5 10 Xavier Sneed 23 3-6 0-0 2-5 1 8 Austin Budke 13 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 5 Carlbe Ervin II 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 Isaiah Maurice 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 team 2-2 Totals 31-61 19-23 11-33 18 88 Three-point goals: 7-21 (Wade 0-3, Iwundu 2-2, Stokes 1-4, Brown 1-4, Sneed 2-5, Budke 1-3) Assists: 17 (Iwundu 4, Stokes 7, Brown 2, Sneed 1, Budke 3) Turnovers: 9 (Wade 1, Stokes 3, Brown 2, Johnson 1, Ervin 1, team 1) Blocked shots: 2 (Johnson 2) Steals: 10 (Wade 2, Iwundu 3, Stokes 2, Brown 2, Sneed 1) KANSAS (90)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t

Josh Jackson 32 9-15 3-6 4-9 3 22 Landen Lucas 28 8-10 2-4 6-12 4 18 Frank Mason III 39 5-12 1-2 0-2 2 15 D. Graham 37 4-9 2-2 0-2 1 13 S. Mykhailiuk 22 3-7 3-3 0-0 4 11 C. Bragg Jr. 15 3-5 1-1 2-3 2 7 Lagerald Vick 24 1-4 0-0 0-3 2 3 M. Lightfoot 3 0-0 1-2 0-0 1 1 team 0-2 Totals 33-62 13-20 12-33 19 90 Three-point goals: 11-22 (Jackson 1-4, Mason 4-5, Graham 3-7, Mykhailiuk 2-3, Vick 1-3) Assists: 21 (Jackson 6, Lucas 1, Mason 4, Graham 6, Mykhailiuk 2, Vick 2) Turnovers: 15 (Jackson 4, Lucas 1, Mason 5, Graham 1, Mykhailiuk 1, Bragg 2, Vick 1) Blocked shots: 4 (Jackson 1, Lucas 1, Mason 1, Mykhailiuk 1) Steals: 2 (Jackson 1, Graham 1) Kansas State 42 46 — 88 Kansas 52 38 — 90 Technical fouls: 1 (Josh Jackson).

Officials: Mike Stuart, Ray Natili, Keith Kimble. Attendance: 16300.

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Sealed proposals will be (First published in the received by the City of Lawrence Daily Journal- Lawrence, Kansas, in the World on January 4, 2017) Office of the City Clerk, 6 East Sixth Street until 2:00 DEMOLITION PERMIT p.m., Tuesday, January 24, APPLICATION 2017, for the following: Date: 12/20/2016 Site Address: 826 Rhode BID #1643 - Bus Shelter Cleaning and Light MainIsland St., Lawrence, KS Legal Description: Lot 58; tenance - Public Transit Rhode Island St. subdivi- Department sioin Copies of the Notice to Applicant Signature: Contractors and specifica/s/ Paul Werner tions may be obtained at Steve Koester the Finance Department at 12/20/2016; 785-832-0804 the above address. paulw@ paulwernerarchitects.com The City Commission reProperty Owner serves the right to reject Signature: any or all bids and to /s/ James Slough waive informalities.

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City of Lawrence, Kansas Sherri Riedemann City Clerk _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld January 4, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

Kenneth J. Kuester, Tiffany L. Kuester , et al., Defendants.

Case No. 16CV2

K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Douglas, State of Kansas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 16CV2, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at 10:00 AM, on 01/26/2017, the Jury Assembly Room of the District Court located in the lower level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center building, 111 E. 11th St., Lawrence, Kansas, the following described real estate located in the County of Douglas, State of Kansas, to wit: LOT 1, BLOCK TWO, IN PLEASANT STREET EAST SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUN-

TY, KANSAS. SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Respectfully Submitted, By:__________________ Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 Michael Rupard, KS # 26954 Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 St. Louis, MO 63141 Phone: (314) 991-0255 Fax: (314) 567-8006 Email: mrupard@ km-law.com Attorney for Plaintiff _______

Defendants.

Case No. 16cv19 K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Douglas, State of Kansas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 16cv19, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auc(First published in the tion and sell to the highest Lawrence Daily Journal- bidder for cash in hand at 10:00 AM, on 01/19/2017, World December 28, 2016) the Jury Assembly Room of the District Court loIN THE DISTRICT COURT cated in the lower level of OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, the Judicial and Law EnKANSAS forcement Center building, 111 E. 11th St., LawWells Fargo Bank, N.A., rence, Kansas, the followPlaintiff, ing described real estate located in the County of vs.

Douglas, State of Kansas, Frank G. Jones (Deceased), The Unknown Trustee of the Frank G. Jones Revocable Trust Agreement Dated October 20, 2009 , et al.,

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PUBLIC NOTICE CONTINUED FROM 5C to wit: LOT 11. BLOCK 1, IN DEERFIELD WOODS SUBDIVISION NO.2, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Respectfully Submitted, By: Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 Michael Rupard, KS # 26954 Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 St. Louis, MO 63141 Phone: (314) 991-0255 Fax: (314) 567-8006 Email: mrupard@ km-law.com Attorney for Plaintiff _______

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 26th day of January, 2017, at 10:15 o’clock a.m. in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

TAMARA L. WILLITS, Petitioner COLLISTER & KAMPSCHROEDER Attorneys at Law 3311 Clinton Pkwy Court Lawrence, Kansas 66047-2631 Phone: (785) 842-3126 Fax: (785) 842-3878 E-mail: collkamp@sbcglobal.net ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER _______

(First published in the (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalLawrence Daily Journal- World December 21, 2016) World on January 4, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS KANSAS Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. In the Matter of Plaintiff, the Estate of vs.

BRADY MONTGOMERY WILLITS, Kathy N. Le , et al., Deceased.

Defendants.

Case No. 2016 PR 236 Division No. IV Proceeding Under K.S.A. Chapter 59

Case No. 16CV160 K.S.A. 60

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Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved)

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You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Tamara L. Willits, one of the surviving heirs-at-law of Brady Montgomery Willits, deceased, praying:

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Douglas, State of Kansas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 16CV160, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at 10:00 AM, on 01/12/2017, the Jury Assembly Room of the District Court located in the lower level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center building, 111 E. 11th St., Lawrence, Kansas, the following described real estate located in the County of Douglas, State of Kansas, to wit:

Descent be determined of the following described real estate situated in Douglas County, Kansas: Lot Fifteen (15), of “A Replat of Lots 2, 3, 4 Block 4, Four Seasons No. 3, an Addition to the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, more as commonly known 3630-3632 Brush Creek Drive, Lawrence, Kansas, and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by decedent at the time of death. And that such property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the

SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Respectfully Submitted, By: Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 Michael Rupard, KS # 26954 Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 St. Louis, MO 63141 Phone: (314) 991-0255 Fax: (314) 567-8006 Email: mrupard@km-law.com Attorney for Plaintiff _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld, December 28, 2016) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC PLAINTIFF -vsSUSAN HARWOOD, et. al.; DEFENDANTS No. 2016-CV-000231 Div. No. K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Douglas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 2016-CV-000231, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the Jury Assembly Room in the City of Lawrence in said County, on January 19, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., of said day the following described real estate located in the County of Douglas, State of Kansas, to wit: THE EAST 50 FEET OF LOT 7, AND THE WEST 16.5 FEET OF LOT 8, IN BLOCK B, IN SOUTHWEST ADDITION NUMBER 7, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. Commonly known as 1730 W 22Nd, Lawrence, Kansas 66046

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