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Haskell to seek more federal autonomy Howard University could serve as model

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ROBOT PARKING CO. STOPS WORK NEAR KU Bankruptcy filing leaves apartment developer in tight spot

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Kansas grants exceptions to two couples but won’t change statewide policy

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tems Inc., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In addition, it is suing one of its primary lenders, and in that lawsuit it has confirmed

it has had to stop work on the parking system for the Lawrence apartment project, according to a report by the legal website Law360.

Interim City Manager Diane Stoddard told me Thursday morning the city is aware of the situation and is monitoring it closely. The concern, of course, is how the apartment project will handle parking for its hundreds of tenants if the parking system isn’t available. It is a big question, because Please see PARKING, page 10A

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These two renderings, top and left, show the HERE @ Kansas luxury apartment complex currently under construction on Indiana Street.

At KU, Kobach argues for voter limits

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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Wednesday that the restrictive voting laws he helped champion in 2011 are important tools in preventing election fraud.

And he said that within the next week, he will start utilizing another tool Kansas lawmakers gave him this year, the Kobach power to prosecute people for voting illegally.

“We will be filing the first cases within the next week,” Kobach said during a symposium on the Kansas University campus.

The symposium, titled “Protecting the Vote,” was jointly sponsored by several

Same-sex parents get listed on birth docs

Right: This photo taken Thursday shows construction work being done on the large apartment complex just east of Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium.

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Topeka — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has agreed to issue birth certificates listing same-sex couples as parents in two cases.

But KDHE spokeswoman Sara Belfry said that decision does not reflect a general policy change.

“We are still reviewing these applications on a case-by-case basis,” she said.

She said the decisions to issue birth certificates in two specific cases that Lawrence were part of pend- attorney ing legal actions in David Brown state and federal represented court were based one local “upon consider- couple granted ation of applicable an exception. law and review of the impact of existing court orders.”

“My clients are pleased,” said David Brown, a Lawrence attorney who filed a lawsuit on behalf of one local couple. “It’s unfortunate that they had to go to this extent, but we are happy that the state of Kansas has decided to comply. I just hope they change policy so everyone doesn’t have to sue the state.”

Brown has handled several cases involving gay rights and same-sex marriage. Last week, he filed what is called a “parentage action” in Please see PARENTS, page 2A

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DEATHS James H. (Hoop) Hooper Jr. Memorial service for James Hooper Jr, 69, Lawrence, is pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. He died Wed. rumsey-yost.com

Roy Salmon Memorial Service will be Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 at 3 PM, at the Historical Reno Methodist Church, 201 W. Washington, Tonganoxie, KS

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KU departments to mark the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which is considered to be one of the landmark pieces of legislation to emerge from the civil rights movement.

But the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down one key provision of the act, requiring states with histories of voter discrimination to get federal approval before making changes in their voting laws.

Kansas is one of a handful of states that have begun enacting new restrictions on voting rights. The laws Kobach pushed through during his first year in office require new voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register and all voters to show photo ID at the polls in order to cast a ballot.

The proof of citizenship law is now being challenged in both state and federal courts. But Kobach said he believes the laws are needed to protect the integrity of Kansas elections.

“It’s amazing how easy it is to double-vote,” Kobach said, referring to the practice of one individual casting multiple ballots from different locations in a single election. “No state in America has the power to stop you from double-voting before it happens. There is no live update of who’s voted and at what time. ... But we can detect it after it occurs.”

Kobach also noted that when those laws were enacted, they passed both chambers of the Legislature by wide bipartisan margins.

During the program, Kobach was first interviewed about the laws by KU law professor Stephen McAllister. He then took questions from the audience, many of whom were sharply critical of Kobach and his policies.

One man questioned Kobach’s assertion that during a 15-year period, from 1997 through 2011, there were 237 cases of suspected illegal voting in Kansas that went unprosecuted, calling that a “petty” amount compared to the many millions of ballots that were cast in all elections in Kansas during that period.

But Kobach replied, as he has many times in the past,

77, of Sun Lakes, AZ passed away October 1, 2015 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born December 11, 1937 in Eudora, KS to Clarence and Dorothy Hausman. She grew up on her family’s farm in Eudora leaving after high school to attend nursing school in St. Louis. Peggy graduated from college in 1958 and moved to Arizona. She moved to Chandler, AZ in 1967 and lived there until her recent move to Sun Lakes, AZ. She enjoyed a 40 year career as a registered nurse at many valley hospitals and other various medical practices in Chandler. Peggy was an active member and past President of Junior Women’s Club and P.E.O. Sisterhood.

She was also an active member of the Chandler Service Club, her church, book club and bridge group.

Peggy always kept her roots to her Kansas heritage and has many loving family members and friends there. Peggy was a beautiful wife, mother, grandma and

devoted friend and will be missed greatly. She will be deeply missed by those who knew and loved her. Survivors include her husband of 48 years, Tom Burns, her three children-daughter Sondra Wyman (Mike) and their children Drew, Sarah, and David, son Britt Burns (Brooke) and their children Aynsleigh, Grady, Kenzy, and Tamryn, daughter Courtney Kistler (Jeff, deceased) and her son Gavin Burns-Ownby.

Peggy’s brother and sister, Calvin (Roxanne) Hausman and Dorena (Tyron) Carlson from Kansas. A memorial service will be held on October 10, 2015 at CrossRoads Nazarene Church, 2950 W. Ray Rd., Chandler, AZ 85224. In lieu of flowers Peggy’s family suggests contributions to the P.E.O. Scholarship program for Continuing Education c/o Judy Gulsvig (Treasurer) 1223 E. Coconino Dr., Chandler, AZ 85249 Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries.

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that such an argument was a “red herring.”

“The question is, ‘Are there enough illegal votes cast to sway any particular election?’” Kobach said.

“And the answer is yes, all the time.”

He noted that over a recent 10-year period in Kansas, 24 congressional and state legislative races were decided by 50 votes or less, arguing that in such races, even a tiny number of illegal votes could make the difference.

Moments later, however, Kobach brushed aside criticism that the photo ID and proof of citizenship requirements have an even bigger impact by preventing otherwise qualified voters from being able to cast ballots.

In 2012, for example, Kobach noted that out of 1.2 million ballots cast, 838 people filed provisional ballots because they could not produce photo IDs at the polls.

Of those, he said, 306 people presented their photo ID before the deadline when the final canvass was taken. That left 532 people in a single election whose ballots were not counted because they

could not produce a photo ID, more than double the number of allegedly illegal ballots cast in Kansas over a 15-year period.

“The evidence just isn’t there” to show the laws are suppressing voter turnout, Kobach said.

Several people also questioned why Kobach has opposed giving Wichita State University mathematician Beth Clarkson access to the paper records of electronic voting machines in Sedgwick County, where she alleges there were unusual patterns that might suggest the machines had been tampered with.

Kobach said current Kansas law requires all ballots to be sealed after the final tallies are certified, a law he said protects the privacy of voters in very small precincts where one could look at such records and determine how an individual person voted.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas is suing in Shawnee County District Court, seeking an order that would force Kobach’s office to accept federal voter registration forms, which do not ask for proof of citizenship.

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Douglas County District Court on behalf of a Lawrence couple, Casey and Jessica Smith, seeking an order directing KDHE to issue a birth certificate listing both women as parents of their child.

The Smiths were legally married in California in 2013. Casey Smith conceived a child through artificial insemination around the first of this year, using sperm from an anonymous donor, and gave birth to a son in September.

Douglas County District Judge Sally Pokorny granted the order directing KDHE to list both women as parents on the birth certificate.

But KDHE objected at first, saying it had not been notified of the action and had not been notified of the petition and it wanted an opportunity to respond.

A hearing in that case had been scheduled for Nov. 6.

A few days after that case was filed, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas filed affidavits in U.S. district court on behalf of the Smiths as well as another same-sex couple, Christa Gonser and her wife, Carrie Hunt, who live in the Kansas City area. They were married in Canada in 2007.

Hunt also became pregnant through artificial insemination, giving birth to twins at Kansas University Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., on Sept. 22.

Both couples cited a Kansas statute that says married couples who conceive through artificial insemination with the knowledge and consent of both parties in the marriage “shall be considered at law in all respects the same as a naturally conceived child of the husband and wife so requesting and consenting to the use of such technique.”

But that law was written in 1968, long before the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision requiring states to recognize same-sex marriages.

In both cases, the couples said KDHE had refused to issue birth certificates listing two women as the parents, saying the non-birth mother would have to adopt the child through a process similar to a stepchild adoption.

ACLU attorney Doug Bonney said the affidavits filed in federal court were intended to show the state of Kansas was not complying with the U.S. Supreme Court decision or a subsequent district court decision striking down Kansas’ ban on samesex marriage.

Bonney said he was happy for his clients, but he was not yet ready to declare victory.

“It depends whether they’re just making exceptions for these two couples or whether they’re addressing policy,” he said. “I assumed we would see something like this. The question as always is whether they have changed their procedures and policies.”

Brown said that since the Smiths’ case was first reported, six other same-sex couples have contacted his office, saying they also have been denied the right to have both names listed as parents on birth certificates.

— Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222 or phancock@ljworld.com.

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n store this weekend: Wookiees, a country crooner and the official kickoff to basketball season. Also, a glimpse into how beer is made at Free State Brewery’s East Lawrence plant. Check out more upcoming events in Going Out, page 7A.

Stoney LaRue free outdoor show Gates open at 7 p.m. today, The Granada Theater, 1020 Massachusetts St.

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If free music’s your thing, look no further than The Granada Theater, the site of a free concert tonight (did I mention it’s free?) with country musician Stoney LaRue. LaRue’s visit comes just a few days before the release of his new album, “Us Time,� on Oct. 16. The Texas native — LaRue counts Woody Guthrie, Bob Childers and the “Red Dirt� country stylings of Texas and Oklahoma as influences — has sold more than 500,000 records over 15 years in the business.

This gig is 18 and up. It’s also outdoors, so you might consider bringing a jacket. Cowboy boots wouldn’t be a bad idea, either.

Free State Brewery ESB Tour

2 p.m. Saturday, Free State Brewery’s East Side Brewery, 1923 Moodie Road Curious to see what Free State’s got brewing at its east-side satellite?

On the second Saturday of every month, the beloved brewery opens its doors at 1923 Moodie Road for anyone 21 and up to tour the brewery and enjoy some beer samples. The event is free and open to the public.

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ocratic attorney are representing two northeast Kansas residents Topeka — Forwith incomplete mer Democratic registrations who lawmaker and guare suing Kansas bernatorial candiSecretary of State date Paul Davis can Kris Kobach. The continue as an atKansas Republican torney in a federal Party asked earlier lawsuit challenging this week that Davoter registration vis be ordered to restrictions, an at- Davis withdraw from the torney for the Kancase, citing a possisas Ethics Commission ble conflict with state law. said Thursday.

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Boys & Girls Club gets $5K donation for new teen center

Late Night in the Phog 6:30 p.m. today, Allen Fieldhouse, 1651 Naismith Drive Celebrate the return of Kansas University basketball (let’s be real, the holidays in Lawrence start with KU basketball’s first game, not Thanksgiving) with the men’s and women’s teams ceremonial tip-off at Allen Fieldhouse, aka “the Phog.�

Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. and last until 9:30 p.m., but anyone who’s attended before knows not to show up at the official start time. Late Night is free, and seating is first-come, first-served.

This year, KU students will be allowed to enter Allen Fieldhouse at 4:30 p.m. Doors open to the general public at 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.kuathletics.com.

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2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Lawrence Creates Makerspace, 512 E. Ninth St. As part of the international Star Wars Reads Day — an annual event celebrating the joy of reading and all things Star Wars — the Lawrence Public Library has planned a day of festivities at the Makerspace in East Lawrence.

Weirdly enough, Saturday also happens to be National Chess Day, and the library is hosting chess-centric activities from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at its 707 Vermont St. location, including lessons for kids at 9 a.m. and adults at 11 a.m. The two events will overlap in a community chess game of Rebels vs. the Empire in the library atrium.

The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence received a $5,000 donation from the Mario V. Chalmers Foundation toward a new teen center that will enable the club to serve five times as many teens. “The big idea is that there are a lot of middle school kids and younger high school kids going home by themselves and hanging out with kids in

unsupervised places,� said Colby Wilson, executive director of the Boys & Girls Club. “We need to provide positive, academic-based, fun programming for these kids after school and during the summertime.�

The donation is part of the Mario V. Chalmers Foundation’s pledge of $25,000 that will go toward the teen center over the next several years, Wilson said.

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his week, KU announced two rankings that would be enticing for prospective law students who want Asked at Kansas University to be able to get jobs and pay off their law school See story, 1C loans once they graduate.

National Jurist magazine ranked KU Law the No. 18 Best Value Law School in the country.

According to KU, the ranking highlights affordable law schools whose graduates perform “exceptionally well” on the bar exam and “have had success” finding legal jobs. U.S. News Camden Capps, ranked KU Law 20th in student, the nation among law Lawrence schools whose graduates “Probably right about finish school with the now.” least debt.

“We pride ourselves on delivering an affordable legal education that prepares our graduates for successful careers,” Stephen Mazza, dean of the law school, said in KU’s news release. “At KU Law, value isn’t just about reasonable tuition.

Our graduates pass the bar exam at a rate that Chase Breckwoldt, consistently exceeds the student, state average, and they Lawrence secure quality employ“We might just run up to ment at a rate that stacks the front and try to cut up against the top quareverybody.” ter of law schools in the country.”

And about that bar exam: Last week KU announced that the 2015 class of law school graduates passed the bar When do you plan to get in line for Late Night in the Phog?

Donation Aubrey Liby, student, Lawrence “I don’t know. My group hasn’t decided yet.”

Brock Benorden, student, Lawrence “Right after I get out of marching band practice, around 5:30.”

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BRIEFLY Volunteers sought for Halloween event The City of Lawrence is asking for more volunteers to help with its annual Halloween trick-or-treat event at Prairie Park Nature Center.

The event, with the theme Enchanted Forest, will be held at the nature center, 2730 Harper St., from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 25.

The city needs volunteers to sell tickets, serve refreshments, paint faces and be in costume along the nature trail.

To volunteer, contact Andrea Woody, a naturalist at Prairie Park Nature Center, at 832-7980, or register online at lawrenceks.org/lprd/ppnc/ halloweenvolunteer.

Volunteers must be at least 16 years old to volunteer on their own.

Those under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

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“We’re happy to be working with Mario and the foundation and very grateful they feel that this is a project that is going to make a difference,” he said.

The club’s current 6,000-foot teen center at 1520 Haskell Ave. is overcrowded with the approximately 70 teens who use the building after school each weekday, and the center has had a waiting list for the past two years, Wilson said.

“We’re losing kids after fifth grade that can no longer participate because we don’t have the space,” he said.

Wilson said the new center will be between 20,000 and 25,000 square feet and will be joined by a covered hallway to the newly completed Lawrence College and Career Center, 2910 Haskell Ave. “By building next to the college and career center, we’re going to create a program plan that utilizes both facilities all day long,” Wilson said, noting the layout would enable the center to serve five times as many teens.

The project’s timeline, which is dependent on fundraising efforts, is to break ground in fall 2016 and have the new teen center open by August 2017, Wilson said. Donations toward the center totaling approximately $1 million have been received from foundations and individuals in the community, and the club has the ultimate fundraising goal of $5 million.

“We’re spending a lot of time educating folks on the need for this new teen center, the work of the Boys & Girls Club in general, and making people understand what we do and how this new teen center is going to impact the community,” he said.

Wilson said one of the long-term impacts, especially considering the partnership with the Lawrence College and Career Center, is economic development. The new center plans to have

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Smart 911 is a free online service that allows first responders to review information callers register with the site in the event of

an emergency. The service is activated when a 911 call is made from a Smart911registered phone number, so emergency personnel can review potentially life-saving information, such as the number of residents in your home, medical issues and details on entrances and the

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Smart911 is especially recommended for cellphone users, as dispatchers have a more difficult time determining the location of a cellphone call than with a landline.

To register, visit smart911.com.

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Commission, said Thursday Davis’ brief in the lawsuit does not cite legislative error, The Wichita Eagle reported.

The brief cites a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found that Arizona could not reject voter registrations made with the federal “Motor Voter” form because the voter had not provided proof of citizenship. Berry said that decision came two years after approval of the Kansas bill “and that’s probably the basis upon which Paul Davis is interpreting the federal act.”

Berry also said the statute cited by the GOP wouldn’t apply because the term in which Davis voted on proof of citi-

zenship ended in January 2013 and the Kansas law prohibits attorneys from arguing in such cases for only one year.

The GOP had argued that the one-year prohibition covered the time since Davis left office in January 2015 after he lost his race for governor.

Clay Barker, an attorney who is executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, said he disagreed with Berry but the party does not plan to pursue the issue.

“I’m not saying they’re completely wrong,” Barker said. “But I think the idea of the statute is you can’t vote for something and turn around and say it’s unconstitutional.”

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In 2011, while serving in the Kansas House, Davis voted for a law requiring people to prove citizenship when they register to sshepherd@ljworld.com vote. The state GOP said “at rates that far exceed- Kansas law bans former and current lawmakers ed state averages.” who voted for a legislative KU grads taking the action from later arguing Kansas bar exam for the in court that the action is first time in July 2015 unconstitutional. achieved a 91.6 percent However, the law says pass rate, surpassing the the lawmaker cannot cite state pass rate of 81 percent, according to KU. In an “error in legislative Missouri, 94.7 percent of process” while arguing the KU test-takers passed the law is unconstitutional.

Brett Berry, general bar on their first attempt, surpassing the state aver- counsel for the Ethics age of 86.7 percent.

According to KU, those numbers mean KU “ranked No. 1 among all law schools in Kansas and Missouri whose graduates sat for the July 2015 bar exam in high numbers, including the University of Missouri, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, St. Louis University, Washington University in St. Louis and Washburn University.”

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— This is an excerpt from Sara Shepherd’s Heard on the Hill column, which appears on LJWorld.com.

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“The next step really is not just getting that high school diploma, but what’s the plan after high school?” Wilson said.

“Is it four-year college, community college or a skills program? These are the things kids need to know.”

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State has 300-plus teaching vacancies Topeka (ap) — Kansas had more than 300 vacant teaching positions at the beginning of this school year, but state officials say some of those vacancies may be filled in the coming months.

The Kansas Department of Education said the numbers showing there were 317 vacant teaching positions in early September are from the first stage of a study the department is conducting to determine why some districts can’t fill certain positions, The Wichita Eagle reported.

The department previously administered a survey for the U.S. Department of Education on teacher demographics. But this year the state started conducting its own deeper survey.

School districts reported their vacant teaching positions as of Sept. 1, and in February will tell the district whether they filled those positions and if not, why.

“When we close the loop (in February) we’ll really have a better idea of what happens this year,” said Scott Myers, director of teacher licensure and accreditation.

“And as we move forward then we’ll have all sorts of data points. When we get to year three of this we’ll have six different data points to draw conclusions from.”

Under the current data, the Wichita school district had the most September vacancies with 64. Dodge City and Garden City were next with 47 and 35 vacancies, respectively.

Susan Helbert, assistant director of teacher licensure and accreditation, said reasons why districts can’t fill certain jobs include being unable to find anyone qualified for the job and budgetary constraints.

Special education accounted for 46 of the vacancies throughout the state, and mathematics accounted for 38.

Mark Tallman, spokesman for the Kansas Association of School Boards, said it has always been difficult to fill special education positions.

“There really are concerns across the state that we are again having problems getting people to apply or finding people we feel are really qualified to do it,” he said.

Students press for rental review Manhattan (ap) — Students at Kansas State have asked the Manhattan City Commission to consider reinstating a rental inspection program as a matter of student safety.

The commission repealed the city’s previous program, which included mandatory inspections. The program was stopped in 2011 after one year.

“It’s come to our attention that student housing has become a serious point of concern across our student body,” student body president Andy Hurtig told the commission Tuesday.

“There are some students who are renters living in very deplorable conditions.”

The Kansas State Student Governing Association unanimously passed a resolution earlier to encourage the commission to look into the issue.

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school’s federal funding formula, it should receive about $1 million more, Steve Byington of the Haskell budget office told Regents during the financial report Thursday.

The majority of Haskell’s budget, almost 70 percent, goes to payroll, and Chenault said that even as cost of living has increased, funding has stayed flat, forcing the school to absorb the difference.

Chenault named federally chartered Howard University in Washington, D.C., as a possible new model for Haskell.

Along with exploring new operating models and pursuing an endowment association for Haskell, Regents also will “engage in legislative actions” to ensure the university continues to get federal funding — including money for continued maintenance — and promote financial support and donations for Haskell, according to the resolution.

For now, the recently revived Haskell Foundation is working as a private arm to do some things on behalf of the university.

The foundation has been managing research and other grants to Haskell, working to mobilize alumni, developing marketing materials and taking in some donations for athletics.

“Eventually we want to get an endowment secured,” executive director Marisa Mendoza told the Regents. “But we’re just not at the point to do that yet.”

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By Roxana Hegeman Associated Press

Wichita — Four judges who sued Kansas over the Legislature’s move to defund the state judiciary’s budget voluntarily withdrew their lawsuit Thursday after the state moved it to federal court, and they instead plan to file new claims in district court.

The latest legal maneuvering comes in response to the state’s move earlier this week that landed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Topeka, arguing it contained some federal due process claims.

“We dismissed the lawsuit so we can refile a new cause of action limiting the issues to Kansas constitutional law,” said Pedro Irigonegaray, the attorney representing the judges. “We are strongly of the opinion that this is a Kansas matter and that Kansas has the necessary tools with which to address these issues.”

Irigonegaray said the new lawsuit would be filed

soon in Shawnee County District Court.

Bradley Schlozman, the private attorney Kansas hired to represent the state, said he was unaware the case had been withdrawn until contacted by The Associated Press. But he said it didn’t surprise him that the lawsuit would be refiled in state court without asserting any federal claims.

At issue is legislation passed this year that nullifies the judicial branch’s entire budget if a 2014 law stripping the Kansas Supreme Court of its ability to appoint chief judges is struck down.

The Republican-controlled Legislature stripped the justices of their ability to appoint chief district court judges in each of the state’s 31 judicial districts, transferring the power to the district judges instead.

The Legislature sought earlier this year to preserve the change by enacting another law saying that if the first policy is invalided, the judicial branch’s entire budget

through June 2017 is “null and void.”

Critics contend that both laws are an attack by the GOP-controlled Legislature and the state’s Republican governor on the judiciary’s independence, while supporters argue that they just want some key administrative decisions made locally.

Shawnee County District Judge Larry Hendricks struck down the 2014 law last month, calling it an unconstitutional interference.

But he put his ruling on hold at the request of Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, who is appealing.

That temporarily ended the threat to the court system’s funding.

The four judges challenged the constitutionality of the measure that the Legislature passed and Gov. Sam Brownback signed this year, which ties state court funding to the ruling over the appointment of chief judges. They contend that it amounts to the extortion of an independent branch of government.

Two Wellsville residents killed in I-35 crash Wednesday Olathe (ap) — A woman and a 6-year-old child were killed Wednesday in a single-vehicle accident in Johnson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the victims as 25-year-old

Ashley N. Towner and 6-year-old Ilana Dawn Towner, both of Wellsville.

They died in the crash Wednesday night on Interstate 35.

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Haskell President Venida Chenault said that it’s critical to protect the role that Haskell historically has served to Native Americans but that the current operating model is so cumbersome that it holds the university back.

“The board is taking a very proactive approach to study of and identification of actions that need to be taken on behalf of Haskell,” Chenault said.

“What are the changes needed at Haskell to allow it to operate as the university it is?”

The Bureau of Indian Education runs Haskell, as well as one other postsecondary school, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in New Mexico.

Haskell is required to go through federal processes for construction contracts, procurement, hiring and more, which school officials have said are time consuming and difficult to maneuver.

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Going Out A guide to what’s happening in Lawrence

Show to spotlight top dogs, puppies

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he Douglas County Fairgrounds are going to the dogs this weekend. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)

I’m talking about the Lawrence Jayhawk Kennel Club’s two-day, all-breed conformation show and obedience trials. The 60th annual event is slated to draw hundreds of dogs to the fairgrounds Saturday and Sunday.

More than 600 breeds ranging from the exotic (ever heard of the Portuguese Podengo Pequeno?

How about the Xoloitzcuintli?) to the familiar (12 different kinds of spaniels, by my count) will compete each day.

An online schedule of the show lists the hours as 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., but LJKC board member Jane Tusten says both days should start around 8 a.m. and end by 4 or 5 p.m. at the latest.

Mornings begin with the pre-judging activities (i.e., conformation and obedience), wrapping up by 1 p.m. Based on my countless viewings of “Best in Show,” quite possibly the finest feature-length film about dog shows ever produced, I can tell you a conformation show is based on how well a purebred competitor conforms to its specific breed.

That means the really impressive stuff — daring feats of doggie athleticism, from agility to herding to even searchand-rescue demonstrations — should all take place in the first half of each day, with the group recognitions (i.e., toy, hound, herding) taking place around 2 p.m. and Best in Show being awarded last.

Note that conformation takes place in the community arena at the north end of the fairgrounds. Obedience and rally portions will be held just to the south of the arena in Building 21.

Sunday, especially, promises to be a busy day. For an extra dose of cuteness, check out the puppy competition (for doggies aged four to six months), slated for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the community arena. The little guys,

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THE LAWRENCE JAYHAWK KENNEL CLUB DOG SHOW will be Saturday and Sunday at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.

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it should be said, won’t be judged alongside the older dogs — they’re just competing to build experience, Tusten says.

The show’s VIP is Penny, the 2-year-old Labrador Retriever mix who inspired a local social media movement after running away while pregnant with six puppies in February.

Now living with a new foster family, Penny has been attending obedience classes from the Kennel Club (free of charge) for the past few weeks, says LJKC first vice president Deb Duncan.

Around 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, the Club will present Penny (and her new foster mom, former Kansas state representative Ginger Barr, who coincidentally spearheaded the passing of the Kansas Pet Animal Act in the 1980s) with a special “VIP dog” award.

“Penny has been a really shy dog, and she’s coming out her shell, according to Ginger. I get constant reports,” Dun-

can says. “She’s a really sweet dog.”

This event is free and open to the public, though if you’re planning on bringing your kids along, organizers suggest leaving the stroller at home. Dogs, too, for obvious reasons.

For more information, including a full list of competitors, visit foytrentdogshows.com. lll

Sugarfoot Detour will provide music.

There’s also a silent auction and a live auction (which JournalWorld sports editor Tom Keegan is slated to emcee) with a wide range of items up for bid, including artwork from local artists, jewelry, gift cards and special packages from local businesses.

New this year: the 2016 Women Build Calendar, which will be unveiled Friday evening. Maddie Hinds, Lawrence Habitat’s community outreach coordinator, says the project features “amazing women from all walks of life and professions,” all done up “retro pinup” style (minus the raunch factor, Hinds stresses) and shot by Emmalee Schaumburg of Dolled Up by Schaumburg Photography.

Calendars are $25 and will be available for purchase at the event or at local Women Build sponsors, which include Meritrust Credit Union, Hy-Vee stores, Paradise Carpet One Floor & Home, Stephens Real Estate and KB Painting.

Tickets for the Happy Homes Happy Hour cost $15 in advance and $20 at the door. For more information, including where to purchase tickets, visit lawrencehabitat.org.

Lawrence Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program, a national initiative aims to recruit and support more female volunteers in its construction efforts, is gearing up for the construction of its seventh house in the area.

Organizers hope to break ground on the fivebedroom home, which will go to one local family in need, next month in East Lawrence.

To make that happen, Lawrence Habitat for Humanity will host a Happy Homes Happy Hour fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St. As you might’ve guessed, the evening entails plenty of drinks and food courtesy of local eateries. That list includes Merchants Pub — This is an excerpt from and Plate, Liz Karr CaterJoanna Hlavacek’s Out & About ing, Yankee Tank Brewblog, which appears regularly ing and Eileen’s Colossal on Lawrence.com.

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STYLE SCOUT Sean Peak Age: 26 Relationship status: Single Hometown: Bonner Springs Time in Lawrence: A couple of hours, today. I’m going to a show at the Granada.

Occupation: Technician Dream job: Either a DJ or professional race car driver, something fun.

Describe your style: Casual, earth tones and some bright colors also — mixing it once in a while.

Fashion trends you love: I’m kinda stuck in the late ’90s, early 2000s — skate shoes, Dickies shorts, T-shirts.

Fashion trends you hate: I’m not really into sandals with socks or anything like that. It’s kinda strange.

Fashion influences: People that skate, or people that are in bands.

What are your favorite and least favorite things about Lawrence? Least favorite thing is probably parking — it seems like you have to pay for all of it, and I drive everywhere so it costs a lot of money. But it’s pretty interesting — there are a lot of cool little shops down here, and a lot of different people.

What’s your spirit animal? Well, I bought a shirt that says, “My spirit animal is a shiba inu,” the little Japanese dog. I just thought it was funny, but it’s kind of true because they’re kind of stubborn and hard to train.

Tell us a secret: I keep a lot of secrets. I guess I seem like I’m pretty calm but I’m actually pretty anxious.

Clothing details: Etnies shoes, Journey, $50; DC socks, $10/three-pack; pants, Dickies, Walmart, $20; T-shirt, killthe8.com, $20; hat, gift.

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DATEBOOK Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 7:30 a.m., Lawrence Public parking lot in 800 block of Library Book Van, 9-10 Vermont Street. a.m., Clinton Place, 2125 John Jervis, classical Clinton Parkway. guitar, 8-11 a.m., Panera, Lawrence Public Li520 W. 23rd St. brary Book Van, 10:30Lawrence Farmers 11:30 a.m., Wyndham Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 824 Place, 2551 Crossgate New Hampshire St. Drive.

National Chess Day, Indian Taco Sale, 11 starting 9 a.m., Lawrence a.m.-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 VerIndian United Methodist mont St. Church, 950 E. 21st St. German School of Lawrence Public Northeast Kansas, 9:30Library Book Van, 1-2 11 a.m., Bishop Seabury p.m., Peterson Acres, Academy, 4120 Clinton 2930 Peterson Road.

Parkway. (Ages 3 and Perry Lecompton up.)

Farmers’ Market, 4-6:30 Granny Basketball p.m., U.S. Highway 24 learn-to-play session, and Ferguson Road (in 9:30-11 a.m., Holcom FastTrax Parking Lot), Park Recreation Center, Perry.

2700 W. 27th St. Concert: New HoriInter-Tribal Club zons Band, 3:45 p.m., Indian Taco Sale FunBrandon Woods Town draiser, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Hall, 1501 Inverness Drive. or until sold out, Indian Happy Homes Happy Avenue Baptist Church, Hour: “Empowering 144 Indian Ave. Women through the English Country Generations” for LawDance, lesson 1:30 rence Habitat Women p.m., dance 2-4:30 p.m., Build, 5-7 p.m., Carnegie Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Building, 200 W. Ninth St. Sixth St. VFW Friday Dinner: Free State East Side AB’s Fried Chicken, Brewery Tour, 2 p.m., 5:30-7 p.m., VFW, 1801 ESB, 1923 Moodie Road.

Massachusetts St. Star Wars Reads Day, Bingo night, doors 2-4 p.m., Lawrence Mak5:30 p.m., refreshments 6 erspace, 512 E. Ninth St. p.m., bingo starts 7 p.m., Saturday Afternoon Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Ragtime, 2-4 p.m., WatSixth St. kins Museum of History, CREES Russian Film 1047 Massachusetts St. Series: Vertical, in RusAmericana Music sian with English subAcademy Saturday Jam, titles, 6 p.m., Room 151 3 p.m., Americana Music Regnier Hall, KU Edwards Academy, 1419 MassaCampus, Overland Park. chusetts St. Lawrence Brain Injury Headpin Challenge, Evening Support Group, 6-9 p.m., Royal Crest 6:30-8 p.m., First Church Lanes, 933 Iowa St. of the Nazarene, 1470 Lawrence Bridge North 1000 Road Club, 6:30 p.m., Kaw Story Slam, 7 p.m., Valley Bridge Center, Lawrence Arts Center, 1025 N. Third St. (Partner 940 New Hampshire St. required; first two visits 31st annual Late free; call 760-4195 for Night in the Phog, 6:30more info.)

9:30 p.m., Allen FieldAmerican Legion house, 1651 Naismith Bingo, doors open 4:30 Drive. p.m., first games 6:45 Brooks Williams, 7:30 p.m., snack bar 5-8 p.m., p.m., Unity Church, 900 American Legion Post Madeline Lane. #14, 3408 W. Sixth St. Arnie Johnson & The Midnight Special, 8-11:30 p.m., Slow Ride Submit your stuff: Roadhouse, 1350 N. Don’t be shy — we want Third St. to publish your event.

Submit your item for our calendar by emailing 10 SATURDAY datebook@ljworld.com Morph Fitness Camp, at least 48 hours before 6:30-7:30 a.m., Free your event. Find more State High School football information about these stadium, 4700 Overland events, and more event Drive. (Free and open to listings, at ljworld.com/ the public.) events.

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By Mackenzie Clark

Siren Holland Age: 14 Relationship status: Single Hometown: Minneapolis, Minn.

Time in Lawrence: I’ve been here about seven or eight years now.

Occupation: Student (ninth grade) Dream job: Probably something to do with astronomy.

I’m not zeroed in on something, but that whole profession is kind of where I want to be.

Describe your style: It’s kind of alternative in a way… it depends on the day. Sometimes it’s a little bit gothic, I guess.

Fashion trends you love: I love the idea of huge sweaters and tights or leggings. Also, fall fashion is my favorite. I love that crop tops are coming back.

Fashion trends you hate: Cargo shorts, jorts, sagging — like, really? You’re gonna do that?

Fashion influences: Probably subconsciously a whole bunch of people. I guess sometimes it’s more pastel gothic, in a way. My mother buys me a lot of the cool clothes I have.

What are your favorite and least favorite things about Lawrence? I love how nice it is here. All the people are really accepting, compared to other places in Kansas.

I don’t like how some of the people drive — it makes me scared sometimes, especially when the students come back and everyone’s here and it’s terrifying.

What’s your spirit animal? An elk, because I kind of relate with how huge they are, and they’re just very graceful — I’ve always kind of resonated with that sort of thing.

Tell us a secret: I wear only two pairs of shoes. I only have, like, two pairs, and I alternate between them.

Clothing details: Vans shoes, Dick’s Sporting Goods, $50; Avengers shoelaces, found in a parking lot; tights, gift; dress, Urban Outfitters, gift; necklaces, pentacle and vial of lavender oil, Renaissance Festival, $16 and $15.

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Wise of stepmom to put bride’s feelings first Dear Annie: My husband of five years has just learned that his daughter is engaged, and I am already stressing.

My husband was married when we met. I didn’t intentionally date a married man, but he pursued me, and I told him that if he wanted to date me, he must leave his wife. It only took three months, so he was obviously ready. Still, I’m the “other woman.”

I have tried to be considerate, avoiding the places where his ex shops. He has lunch regularly with his daughter, but the only time his daughter sees me is for a short, awkward time at holidays. His daughter came to our wedding, but didn’t stay for the reception. I don’t blame her.

I don’t want to go to her wedding. I feel it would stress her out, and I don’t want to ruin

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her special day. I think the focus should be on her, not on people whispering about the woman who broke up her parents’ marriage. I also don’t want to confront her mother.

If the bride wanted me there, I would go, but I am pretty sure she doesn’t. Should I go and wish them well, then leave? Should I stay away altogether?

My husband would have a better time if I were with him, but it’s not his

Halloween season kicks off on A&E Halloween has become a monthlong phenomenon. Add the three-part miniseries “The Enfield Haunting” (9 p.m., A&E) to an onslaught of spooky series arriving and returning in October.

“Enfield” unfolds at a thoughtful pace, emphasizing character, setting and atmosphere at the expense of more obvious shocks and spectral pyrotechnics. Timothy Spall (the “Harry Potter” franchise, “Mr. Turner”) stars as Maurice Grosse, a paranormal researcher called to investigate a haunted house in North London. Dream scenes and flashbacks inform us that Grosse is haunted by the recent loss of his daughters, a tragedy that has taken a toll on his marriage to Betty (Juliet Stevenson, “Emma”).

The terrorized family in question involves a single mother and her three young children whose home has been beset by more than mere bumps in the night. Matthew Macfadyen (“Ripper Street”) stars as Grosse’s colleague and more experienced ghost hunter, Guy Lyon Playfair. He fears that recent tragedy has made Grosse emotional and gullible. It’s not giving away too much to reveal that Playfair’s doubts will vanish. (“Enfield” is based on Playfair’s own book, “The House Is Haunted.”)

O NBC has become the “live” network. It has been home to “Saturday Night Live” for four decades now. It has tried — valiantly, strenuously and even annoyingly — to reanimate the variety show with live helpings of “Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris.” And let’s not forget “Sunday Night Football,” its biggest show by far, which is, of course, broadcast live.

All that said, you have to admire the audacity of its decision to renew the remarkably forgettable sitcom “Undateable” (7 p.m.) with the intention of airing all 13 episodes of its third season live.

It remains to be seen if a live “Undateable” will make history.

But you can’t say NBC hasn’t created a spectacle worth talking about.

Tonight’s season openers Mary’s half sister, Elizabeth (Rachel Skarsten), undercuts her at every turn on the third season premiere of “Reign” (7 p.m., CW).

Tonight’s other highlights

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“Shark Tank” (8 p.m., ABC).

O Bill Cosby’s accusers speak out on “Dateline” (8 p.m., NBC).

O Danny and Baez suspect a shooter hates cops on “Blue Bloods” (9 p.m., CBS).

O The birth of something strange on “Z Nation” (9 p.m., Syfy).

big day. — Somewhere in California Dear California: You are wise and considerate to put the bride first.

Your husband should ask his daughter directly if she wants you there. If she says no, stay away.

If she says “yes” or she doesn’t care, it might be best for you to attend only the ceremony, and your husband should remain for the reception.

But keep in mind that in order for the situation ever to normalize, you will need to endure these encounters so that, over time, they won’t seem so stressful.

Dear Annie: I am continually fascinated at the people who are quick to criticize retired husbands for not taking on half the chores.

Why do these stories never include the expectation that the wife will wash the cars, mow

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For Friday, Oct. 9: This year you often have extensive dreams. You will want more personal time. You will move through issues with ease. If you are single, you are in the process of a change. If you are attached, the two of you live active lives that do not always intertwine.

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) ++++ You’ll wake up to a bit of chaos in the morning. Tempers could flare. Tonight: Know when to call it a night.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++++ Your creativity might be challenged. Don’t worry — you will find a solution. Tonight: Take off ASAP. Gemini (May 21-June 20) ++++ You could be a lot surer of yourself than you have been in a while. Tonight: A partner demands your attention.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ Your sense of direction emerges in a conversation.

Know that you are lucky right now.

Tonight: TGIF! Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ You finally will clear up a money matter that has been bothering you. Tonight: Whatever you do, make it memorable.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) +++++ You’ll zoom through your day, trying to complete as much as humanly possible. Avoid

the lawn, repair broken shades, clean the gutters, etc.?

Everyone is quick to yell at the husbands for not doing the dishes, but why shouldn’t the wives be sharing the other tasks? — Mike Dear Mike: We agree that the wives who are retired should pick up some of the slack on the other end, but these are not exactly equal chores.

Dishes, laundry and housecleaning have to be done every day. Mowing the lawn or cleaning the gutters is seasonal and periodic. It’s fine to focus more on the work you do best. The rest you should do because you love each other and these things still need to be done, retired or not.

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sarcasm. Tonight: Whatever you touch works.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ++++ Your enthusiasm comes forth and allows more to happen.

Tonight: Be with a favorite person at a favorite place.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ Your secretive tendencies often stop people from connecting with you. Allow others to see the real you. Tonight: Hang with friends.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ++++ Others come toward you. A boss might have plans that involve you. Tonight: Till the wee hours.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ++++ News comes in from a distance. Focus on the message.

Tonight: Tap into your imagination.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ++++ You suddenly might find yourself in an argument. Few people understand the real meaning of your words. Tonight: A quiet dinner.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ++++ Try not to make too much out of a personal matter, and do your best to ignore someone’s temper flare-up. Tonight: Paint the town red.

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ACROSS 1 Some sporty wheels 5 Matinee hero 9 Long, steep slope 14 Psych final?

15 Phoenix neighbor 16 Present a case in court 17 Forms given to potential employers 20 “Otello” is one 21 Change course suddenly 22 The Three Tenors, for example 23 Police officer, when ticketing 25 Does housework 27 Stick like glue 30 Coconut fiber 31 Do like a dove 32 Mode of travel 35 Biscayne Bay city 39 Staying employed 43 Ant, old-style 44 ___ spumante (Italian wine) 45 Ring king Muhammad 46 Anjou, e.g.

48 Dog house warnings 51 Eunuchs’ workplaces 54 Noble mount

56 Abbreviated mystery writer?

57 Jury member, essentially 59 Make sense 63 Data in want-ads 66 Half-wit 67 Small mountain 68 Cows chew them 69 Drug-yielding shrub 70 For men ___ (stag) 71 Move briskly, as a horse DOWN 1 Magic spell 2 On the peak 3 Mocking remark 4 Like water in the desert 5 Bart Simpson, typically 6 Investigate (with “into”) 7 Wicker material 8 Add liquor to punch 9 Collected splinters, so to speak 10 Benchmarks 11 Public square, in ancient Greece 12 Haul off to jail 13 Tijuana cash 18 Twins or socks, e.g.

19 Big name in oil 24 Seagull cousin

26 Describe in drawing 27 Back or belly pain 28 Disastrous destiny 29 Oscar winner Celeste 30 Become obstructed 33 Petri dish material 34 Bouncers’ requests, briefly 36 Hardly open, as a door 37 “___ Flanders” 38 Sacred bird of ancient Egypt 40 Swear by 41 Agenda particular 42 Smart-alecky 47 “Raiders of the Lost Ark” snakes 49 Straight up, at a bar

50 Habitual user 51 They’ve been to Mecca 52 It’s positively electric 53 Williams who voiced a genie 54 Bird in the finch family 55 Bird’s warble 58 Sound in a cave 60 Having a cheerless aspect 61 Reverse 62 “Do you want to hear a secret?”

64 Flier’s concern, for short 65 Conduct a trade

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EDITORIALS

Economic impact Even if Kansas can figure out a way to meet its financial obligations this year, the state’s uncertain economic picture is impacting Kansans in many ways.

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ontinuing Kansas revenue shortfalls may have a direct impact on the state’s ability to meet its obligations before the end of the fiscal year, but the uncertainty that state tax policy is creating for the Kansas economy already is affecting the state in a variety of ways.

Recent news stories provide a couple of examples.

Last week, Moody’s Investors Service, a national credit rating firm, issued a “credit negative” warning for Kansas school districts. The warning was based on concern for the financial stress the state’s block-grant funding system is placing on districts, especially those that are seeing enrollment increases.

The flexibility that districts gained through the new funding system may not be sufficient to “offset much of the financial impact to a growing district.”

Moody’s warning also raised concerns over limits on districts’ ability to levy local property taxes and a reduction in state aid to help districts service debt for capital projects.

Although the Moody’s spokesman said the warning wouldn’t necessarily result in a credit rating downgrade for Kansas school districts, it nonetheless is a financial red flag.

Higher education also is feeling the pinch. Kansas University is tentatively planning to provide some salary increases for its faculty and staff but is delaying those raises because of the state’s uncertain financial situation.

KU officials are worried about instituting those raises now and then finding themselves in a bind if the state decides to make midyear budget cuts because of revenue shortfalls. Gov. Sam Brownback said this week that he wasn’t considering any cuts, but with the state tax revenues already $67 million behind estimates for the current fiscal year, it’s understandable that KU officials are hesitant to commit to the additional spending.

How does uncertainty affect the ability of KU and other state universities to retain key faculty and staff, let alone attract top candidates for open positions on their campuses?

Brownback also ruled out any tax increases to shore up the state budget, and contended “We’ll try to figure a way through it another way.” That comment caused Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley for respond, “I just don’t think he’s in touch with reality.”

The reality of the state’s financial situation already is being felt by public schools, state universities and other state entities. If state revenues continue to decline, it’s a little scary to consider what other ways the state may “try to figure” to meet its financial obligations.

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Sectarian rift deepens in Iraq, Syria Washington — A favorite Arab proverb goes something like this: A shepherd asks the Prophet: Should I let my camels loose and trust in God? No, answers the Prophet. Tie down your camels and trust in God. The Obama administration has been operating with a loose strategy in Syria and Iraq. Washington said that Syrian President Bashar alAssad must go, but missed its opportunity to make him leave. The U.S. bet on the ability of a mainly Shiite security force in Iraq to regain territory from the Is-

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The U.S. must first gather better intelligence about this battle space. We have been surprised too many times.” lamic State, even when Sunnis there told Washington it wouldn’t work.

The loose camels have now wandered off. Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed the strategic disarray — the contradictions and unrealistic expectations in U.S. policy — when he intervened militarily in Syria last month. The question now is how the administration can tie down its policy to a more realistic set of objectives going forward.

Let’s make several starting assumptions: First, Putin, Assad and their friends in Iran cannot impose a military solution in Syria. Their alliance will deepen the Sunni world’s jihad against them, and will probably increase the terrorist and refugee threat to Europe. They can’t “win.” Second, everyone wants to contain (and

eventually, crush) the Islamic State. It’s the one goal that unites Russia, America, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Even Turkey and Qatar, which played footsie too long with the jihadists, realize the extremist group must be defeated.

What should the Obama administration do, in its remaining 16 months, to frame a strategy that could continue into the next administration and perhaps beyond?

The U.S. must first gather better intelligence about this battle space. We have been surprised too many times. We “underestimated” the Islamic State before it seized Mosul in June 2014, according to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. A year later, we underestimated the jihadists again before they captured Ramadi. We didn’t see the fatal weakness of the Pentagon’s “train and equip” force of Syrian rebels; they walked into an ambush in July partly because of bad intelligence. And we didn’t see the Russian military intervention coming.

U.S. commanders too often find themselves living the Indian parable about the blind man who tries to figure out what an elephant looks like by touching different parts. Our military needs the kind of “ground truth” in Syria and Iraq that can only come from reliable, long-

term intelligence sources.

America’s too-quick exit from Iraq in 2011 and our feckless policy toward Syria have inhibited the development of such assets. But it’s never too late to do the right thing.

A prime example of the intelligence shortfall is the train-and-equip program that was derailed so quickly this summer by Jabhat alNusra, the al-Qaida affiliate, in northern Syria. The Pentagon needs to assess immediately why this overt, U.S.-backed program failed so badly, and whether it can be rebuilt. A better bet may be the CIA’s covert training program, whose fighters can make tactical battlefield deals with Jabhat al-Nusra without publicly allying with it.

What about safe zones in northern and southern Syria? That still seems like a good idea, so long as they’re established as corridors for humanitarian assistance and revived public services, rather than an armed U.S. or Turkish military intervention to help the rebels. Here, again, the U.S. needs better information. Scores of Syrians travel across the border from Turkey and Jordan every day to deliver basic supplies and keep water and other essential services operating. Talk to them!

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to whomever is next in line as if it’s their turn. It would seem this practice has been ongoing for many years if not decades.

I have nothing against any current city government incumbent but do believe a change of habit is necessary. It is way past due for some new and fresh thinking in city management. I support very much a hire from outside for the new city manager. A different look and attitude would be, I believe, very good for Lawrence.

As for Kasold, it appears that city staff has already made their mind up despite widespread feelings to the contrary by many residents.

It appears very silly to have rebuilt Kasold entirely from 31st Street to Bob Billings Parkway and now reduce lanes to one each way until nearly Sixth. I think the staff is too caught up in buzzword type actions and possibly fads. To complete the project as advertised is likely to be a serious mistake.

Dennis Novacek, Lawrence

To the editor: The Oct. 12 column “Technology not transforming education” by Gene Budig and Alan Heaps stated, “…the United States ranked 13th on ‘how well students are able to read, navigate and understand online texts’ despite having a higher student-to-computer ratio than almost all of the countries surveyed…”

I think they got it backwards. A high student-tocomputer ratio would mean many students trying to use the same computer. A few seconds’ online research confirmed that we have a high computer-to-student ratio. No doubt that’s what they meant. So if they are looking for an effective explanation of what is causing U.S. student’s problems, effective math illiteracy on the part of a former university administrator and College Board vice president, and the journalists who edited their contribution might go a long way toward providing an example. No doubt similar examples exist in other areas of study.

Adrian Melott, To the editor: Lawrence I agree with part of the conclusions by Gene Budig and Alan Heaps (JournalWorld, Oct. 5) — the part To the editor: that says that technology In my many varied resi- is not the key ingredient in dences around the country, education. I have worked city managers are sort of in technology for over 60 like preachers: They do the years and have seen and exjob for five or so years and perienced the costs and benthen move on to somewhere efits of scientific truth, but else. That does not seem to it is a minor part of the total be the case in Lawrence. In- truth which is found only in stead, the baton is passed off Jesus Christ.

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Maybe these zones could be the start of a managed transition to a post-Assad government.

The U.S. has lost its chance to make Assad’s departure a precondition for negotiations. But Washington should continue to insist that he must go eventually.

Otherwise, no political deal can work. President Obama should be urging Putin right now to resume the Geneva negotiating process.

Ground truth in Iraq is that Sunnis bitterly mistrust the Shiite government, and vice versa. Sadly, this won’t change for a generation. Now is the time for America to insist on a federal Iraq, and to arm Sunnis and Kurds unilaterally if Baghdad (pressed by Iran) continues to resist.

What Putin has done, perhaps without realizing it, is to deepen the sectarian character of the war raging across Syria and Iraq. It’s the Shiite team (Russia, Iran, Alawites in Syria, Shiites in Iraq) versus the Sunni team (America, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Sunni rebels).

Such a war is a disastrous mistake for everyone. The U.S. needs a strategy that begins to contain the sectarian violence, rather than adding more fuel.

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

OLD HOME TOWN The Bible says in Ephesians 6:4 that fathers are not to provoke their children to anger but to raise them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. This latter spiritual dimension is lacking in universal education. Malachi 4:5-6 warns that the Lord will strike the land with a curse (Are we not seeing this in America and other nations?) if the hearts of the fathers and the children are not restored. Luke 1:15-17 speaks of John the Baptist, who was used by God as a forerunner to Jesus, to restore the fathers’ hearts to the children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just to make ready a people for the Lord. A family whose instruction is based on the word of God will provide a curse-less future for any nation.

The foundation of education is given in Psalm. 111:2: “The works of the Lord are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them.” All of creation are His works and there is more than enough truth in them to keep us all busy studying them and glorifying God who is the Creator of all.

Carl Burkhead, Lawrence

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Letters must bear the name, address and telephone number of the writer. Letters may be submitted by mail to Box 888, Lawrence, KS, 66044 or by email to: letters@ljworld.com.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Oct. 9, 1915: years “The first authenago tic accounts of IN 1915 natural ice in this city for this fall are told today. In many places there were splinters and films of ice, but probably the thickest formed at the home of George D. McCleery, 2106 Massachusetts, and in that vicinity. In exposed places ice froze in open pans out of doors to a thickness of a quarter of an inch. At Bob Dunn’s home in the southeastern part of town, there was a film of ice everywhere water was exposed to the open sky. The temperature in different parts of town early this morning ran all the way from 34 degrees Fahrenheit to 31 degrees. Practically every growing thing exposed to the frost last night was nipped, except in the higher altitudes about town.”

“The sudden shrinking of the gas supply in Lawrence today, the coldest of the fall thus far, was productive of many speculations in town as to whether weather conditions or the desire of the Kansas Natural Gas company for a higher rate was responsible. The pressure was low all over town all forenoon, and many households were put to great inconvenience. The Saturday baking and cooking for Sunday was carried on under difficulties and with great uncertainty as to the result. Every housewife who failed to get her oven heated to the proper temperature will be, it is safe to say, ‘dead agin’ allowing the Kansas Natural a higher rate for the gas which it sometimes pipes to Lawrence.”

— Compiled by Sarah St. John

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There is not a single person on the commission currently who supported the incentives package. If the development group is forced to use off-site parking to meet the parking demands of the project — as is being done in Champaign — it is unclear whether the current City Commission would allow that. It also seems likely that the current commission would have a problem with giving an 85 percent tax rebate to a project that needs an exemption from the city’s parking code.

Soden said she can foresee the commission having a debate about whether the incentives are still appropriate, if the project is unable to deliver on the robotic parking system or fails to provide the number of parking spaces called for in the plan.

“Absolutely the incentives could come into play again,” Soden said.

But based on Heffernan’s comments, it may be a moot point. Heffernan expressed confidence in finding another vendor for the project.

If you are thinking that another option is that the space dedicated to the robotic parking garage could be developed as a traditional parking garage, that would seem to be difficult. The big advantage to the robotic parking garage system — it uses an elevator and tracks to move vehicles around — is that it can fit more vehicles in fewer square feet than a traditional garage because it doesn’t need entrance and exit ramps.

The plans approved by the city call for about 460 parking spaces.

The city ultimately holds the hammer on this project.

The apartment project — and the retail development that is planned for the lower floors — can’t be used until the city issues an occupancy permit, which happens after the city has determined the project has met all city codes.

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

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according to an article in the News-Gazette in Champaign-Urbana. That article also reported that the Champaign project opened with unpainted walls and ceilings, exposed wiring, an unfinished gym and several uncompleted amenities.

Heffernan told me the situation in Champaign is significantly different from what exists in Lawrence.

Boomerang filed for bankruptcy the day before it was scheduled to deliver the parking system to the Champaign project.

“They gave us no indication,” Heffernan said of the bankruptcy filing. “We were talking with them up until the day before they filed. We were most surprised and disappointed.”

Stoddard said the city has not received a request from the development group seeking to use offsite parking for the project.

“I think the ball is in their court on how to propose how they are going to meet the parking requirements,” Stoddard said. “If that is a strategy they want to employ here, they will need to go through the appropriate processes to accomplish that.”

If you remember, the project previously did propose using off-site parking to meet some of its parking needs. The development group tried to cut a deal that would allow students to use nearby KU parking spaces, but the city rejected that proposal after neighbors strongly opposed it. The company also sought to reduce the size of its parking garage fairly late in the development process. Commissioners rejected that plan, too, after neighbors said they were growing worried tenants of the project would end up parking on city streets in the already congested Oread neighborhood.

If the project has to ask for an exemption from the city’s parking code in Lawrence, watch out. The project already has been a political hot potato. The previous City Commission approved, on a 3-2 vote, an 85 percent, 10-year tax rebate for the project. The incentive package created a lot of debate over whether the city should offer incentives to attract an apartment project in a town where lots of apartments are being built without incentives. The

the project has 237 apartments, or 624 bedrooms.

The project at 1101 and 1115 Indiana St. doesn’t have a surface parking lot. All the parking for the apartments was to be provided in a below-ground garage that was specifically designed for the Boomerang system.

“At this point, I know we have touched base with the developers to understand the status of things,” Stoddard said. “I don’t know that we have received a definite answer.”

Jim Heffernan, the lead representative for the project’s development group, said his group is diligently working on finding another provider for the parking garage equipment. He said the project still intends to use an automated parking garage model, but he said it won’t wait for Boomerang to sort out its issues.

“We were most surprised to hear about the bankruptcy,” Heffernan said. “We are in discussions with other providers.”

Heffernan said the unexpected parking problem is not expected to delay the opening of the project.

The project is scheduled to open for the start of the 2016-2107 school year at Kansas University.

Stoddard said the technical issues with the parking system don’t relieve the project of meeting its parking requirements.

“The project at this point is obligated to provide that parking,” Stoddard said. “That will be something they will need to determine. If there is any request for a modification to the parking requirements, that would have to go through a process.”

Stoddard said any modification to the parking plan would have to receive City Commission approval.

The Lawrence project isn’t the only one affected by the Boomerang bankruptcy. The company also had to stop work on an automated system for a Here apartment project in Champaign, Ill. The apartment complex has since opened, and Here officials have resorted to renting space in a city-owned parking lot a few blocks away,

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

Find the right home style to suit your tastes

By Linda a. ditch

Obe of the popular home styles in Lawrence is the craftsman style, such as this home shown above.

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What’s your style? When buying or building a home, the style you pick will have an impact on the way you live your life.

When researching what house style is best for you, think about how you live day to day. For example, do you like to entertain large groups? Do you have physical needs that require onelevel living? If you have children, do you want their bedrooms on the same floor as yours?

Some of the more popular home styles in Lawrence are: Craftsman, or Arts and Crafts Style — also known as the bungalow style, this home type has overhanging eaves, a lowpitched gabled roof, and a wide front porch with tapered, square columns. The home is built with

lots of rough wood, stone and stucco. Inside is an open floor plan with wood built-in cabinets and shelving.

Prairie Style — Developed by Frank Lloyd Wright, this type of home is built with low, horizontal lines and open interior spaces, a low-pitched roof, and a central chimney. It also has clerestory windows, which are narrow bands of windows located high on top of a wall.

Victorian — Known for steep roofs, complicated shapes, frontfacing gables, a wrap-around porch, and elaborate decorative trim. In Lawrence, the squareshaped National Folk, the curved lines and turrets of the Queen Anne, and the mansard roofdesign of the Second Empire are

all popular Victorian styles.

Colonial Revival — Popular throughout the 20th century, this style matches the elements of Colonial design (rectangular shape, symmetrical façade, two to three stories, simple detailing, and multi-pane, double-hung windows with shutters) with elegant entrances, central entryhallways, and staircases. The main living area is on the first floor, with the bedrooms on the upper floors. The living room is large with a fireplace as the focal point, with more fireplaces throughout the home.

Ranch — Known for one-level living and an efficient use of space, ranch homes are built in a rectangular shape, or in variations of an L or U shape. Most have an

open floor plan, lower pitched roof and attached garage. These homes can be handicapped accessible and easier to navigate as people age. Also, Ranch homes are energy efficient because of the single-level low profile. Today, many are a hybrid ranch style, with design elements added from other popular home styles. Plus, there is the split-level ranch, where one section of the house is lowered and another section is raised, with short flights of stairs leading from one level to the next.

Perhaps the most important

aspect to consider when choosing a home style is where the lot is located. If you own land, then you can build any style house you want. However, if you purchase a lot in a new home development, you will more than likely choose a style from home plans approved by the developer, who wants the new neighborhood to have a cohesive appearance.

— Linda A. Thompson-Ditch writes about the Lawrence real estate market for Hometown Lawrence. Contact her at thompson.lindaa@gmail.com.

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2014 Riviera Court 2920 Kensington Rd FRESHLY PAINTED 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 car garage home.

Uncommon bi-level plan. Wood floor in main living, treed fenced yard, stone patio, deck, sprinkler. Near Prairie Park Elementary School, Nature Center, and K-10 bypass.

MLS# 137973

JUST LISTED!!! -- FIRST TIME OPEN!!! This home has it all! 5 beds/4 baths/3 car garage, large kitchen w/island & Corian countertops, formal living/dining, 2 fireplaces, full finished walkout basement. Beautifully landscaped and fenced yard that backs to the east! Lots of new paint, carpet, hardware, doorknobs, light fixtures and ceiling fans. The master suite is huge & the master closet is absolutely enormous! A must see in the lovely, established Alvamar area w/mature trees on a cul-de-sac lot! Open Sunday, Oct 11th - 2:00 - 4:00. Please stop by & take a tour!!!

$185,000

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MORE PHOTOS AND AUCTION DETAILS AT: www.northeastkansasauctions.com Call or Email LANA LEACH

2113 21 13 E 26 26 Terr, Te Lawrence La 621 Main St Terr, Eudora

WELL MAINTAINED, updated Ranch home with finished basement. 2,473 sq. ft. 4 BR, 3 Baths.

Roof - 2yrs old. Exterior paint - 1 yr. Newer carpet throughout home. Refaced kitchen cabinet doors. Wood flooring in living room with FP. Tile floors in kitchen, laundry and baths. Main level laundry. Fenced yard with sprinkler system. Playset stays. Lots of updates. MLS #137905

Asking price $210,000

BEAUTIFUL BUNGALOW! Newly remodeled home with updated kitchen and baths. 2,775 sq. ft. 4 BR, 2 Baths. Gorgeous original trimwork and several built-ins. Hardwood flooring throughout living and dining areas. Tiled fireplace with wood mantel. Sits on 4 city lots with mature trees and landscaping. Main level laundry. Huge front porch. Sprinkler system in front flower beds. Storage shed.

MLS # 136253

KELLY LONG

(785) 817-4388 lanamleach@gmail.com

Asking price $249,900

PRICE REDUCED! Relax from the front porch overlooking green space in this 3 BR, 2 BA, ranch w/many updates which include Low E energy efficient windows, moldings, & new interior 6 panel doors. Kit features all appliances, wood stove, & abundant cabinets. Utility room & garage offer extra storage space. Easy commute to Lawrence, DeSota, Olathe, or Kansas City area. TMLS (184216), LMS (136943)

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Welcome home to this 4 BR 3 BA custom built home in Oskaloosa. This brick home features over 2,600 finished sq. ft. with finished basement. Nearly new roof, generous room sizes, attached garage, mature trees and so much more. All this near the end of a dead end street. Help yourself to this great opportunity!

WELL MAINTAINED 4 BR, 2.5 BA with 2439 sq ft.. This open floor plan features kitchen w/all SS appliances & island, fireplace, den, main floor master suite and laundry room. Upper level includes a computer nook and bonus room.

Wrought iron fencing with dog enclosure & sprinkler system. Easy access to I-70 and K-10 by-pass. TMLS (186201), LMS (137966) Your Real Estate resource for Topeka,Lawrence and Kansas City.

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Partial Terms: $5,000 down as earnest money at time of auction. Buyers must show bank letter to register. Balance due upon closing on or before November 6, 2015. Sells as-is with no contingency on financing, inspections, appraisal or the like. FULL TERMS AVAILABLE AT AUCTION PREVIEWS OR BY CONTACTING AUCTION COMPANY. Real Estate Auction Auctioneer: Andy Conser. CAI conducted conduc con ducted by by: Broker: Becky Wise

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HOME SALES ARE UP!

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$201,108

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3801 W Sixth St., Lawrence, KS 66049 | 785.856.6200 | Fax: 785.856.6202

OPEN HOUSES!

2027 Hogan Court – $724,900

+4%

OPEN SATURDAY 1:00 - 3:00 GORGEOUS one owner custom built ranch home in The Masters on Greens #3 & 4! New 3-D Roof! New granite countertops and SS appliances in the spacious eat-in kitchen with built-in desk area. HUGE master suite! Open floor plan -- great for entertaining! You will enjoy the coziness of the 2 beautiful fireplaces in the living room and hearth/family room! Full, finished basement with large bar area!

Gorgeous wooded views from the many windows on the back of this incredibly spacious home!

Drew Deck 785-424-0695

5516 Bowersock – $489,900

HOMES ARE SELLING FASTER!

55 Days -20%

LISTING INVENTORY IS DOWN!

322 Homes -22%

OPEN SATURDAY 1:00 - 3:00 NEW 4 bed/4 bath/3 car home -- only a short distance to Langston Elementary. Gourmet kitchen features walk-in pantry & large island. Gorgeous master suite with European shower plus another bedroom on the main. Awesome mudroom with seating, hooks & cubbies for coats/school supplies. Huge family room with double bar in basement PLUS exercise room, 3rd bedroom, another full bath & a guest bedroom with it’s own private bath. Covered Deck, Patio & Sprinkler!

Mary Ann Deck

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6332 Steeple Chase – $295,000

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OPEN SUNDAY 1:00 - 3:00 New construction home located in the new Langston Heights development -- close to Langston Hughes Elementary. Master and 2 bedrooms on the main; 4th & 5th bedrooms, family room and full bath in the finished daylight basement. Kitchen features granite countertops and stainless steel appliances!

Gorgeous hardwood floors!

Suzy Novotny 785-550-8357

846 N 600 Rd, Baldwin City – $598,000

Contact your local Hometown Lawrence representative

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APPOINTMENT ONLY Country Estate on 12 acres! Home boasts beautiful hardwood floors, upgraded trim package, gourmet kitchen with island & walk-in pantry. Enjoy finished basement with large rec room & family room with custom built-in’s. Master suite features a cozy sitting area overlooking the front pasture. Large walk-in closet, custom built cabinetry with double sinks, jetted tub & walk in shower. 40X60 insulated barn has cement floor with heat & tack room. This 12 acres has it all.. pasture, trees, creek, stocked pond & Kim Bergan 785-393-2720 an outdoor arena for the horseman.

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CUTE BUNGALOW within biking distance of downtown Lawrence. This 2 BR, 1 BA home has many updates including fresh paint inside and out, new HVAC and new Pella windows.

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5205 HARVARD RD

BEAUTIFUL ONE OWNER 2 Story in Fox Chase. Terrific layout featuring Spacious Kitchen that opens to Fam Room Plus 4 BR with wonderful Master Suite. 3 Car Garage, New Roof, & big backyard!

$185,000

2920 KENSINGTON RD

FRESHLY PAINTED 4 bdm, 3 bth, 2 car garage home. Uncommon bi-level plan. Wood floor in main living, treed fenced yd, stone patio, deck, sprinkler. Near Prairie Park Elem, Nature Ctr, K-10 bypass.

JOHN HUNTINGTON, JR., GRI 785-691-5565

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613 CHOUTEAU CT

MLS 135842

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4229 BRIARWOOD DR

GREAT SPACE! Wood flooring refinished, fresh paint, 5 br, 4 bath home on a quiet cul-de-sac.

SHELLEY EZELL / CHERI EZELL 785-550-4636/785-979-3302 MLS 137032

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QUALIFIES AS RESIDENCE, business, or both. 5000 sqft, 5+BR’s/ offices. 20x30’ shop/studio & 44x17 area. Home built in 1900, addition in 2001. Zoned HVAC & 2 kitchen areas.

Outbuildings & Location!

IDA LEWIS 785-865-7576 MLS 136908

$439,000

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1008 OAK TREE DR

WONDERFULLY MAINTAINED & Improved traditional two story on quiet cul de sac near Quail Run. Open Kitchen/Family plus formal Liv & Dining. Walk out bsmt. Terrific Master Suite. 3 Car Garage.

STEPHANIE A. HARRIS 785-979-5808 MLS 136538

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QUIET, SECLUDED neighborhood.

3+ BR cottage with southwest décor featuring 3BA, main level master, large kitchen/dining area, unfinished basement, cozy front porch, patio & alley access to garage.

4709 BALTUSROL CT

PLENTY OF ROOM in this 2 story w/ finished walk out basement, 4 bed, 4 bath. Beautiful finish work, hand scraped hardwoods, granite tops, covered deck. New paint and carpet.

Lawn mtc provided.

OLIVER M MINNIS 785-550-7945 MLS 137470

MLS 137811

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AMY HOPE 785-218-3534 MLS 137973

$469,000

• NEW LISTING — 1ST OPEN HOUSE • Sharp bi-level in Prairie Park Neighborhood • Fenced backyard on quiet cul-de-sac • 4 bedrooms and 3 baths • Visual Tour: Tom-Harper.com LIBBY GRADY TOM HARPER 785-760-2530 MLS 138055 785-218-6351

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GREAT LIST 5 min S of town! 4200 sq ft ranch w/ finished bsmt on 2.1 treed acres, 5 car garage/2 +3 detached, bsmt bar, 2 FP, huge suited BR w/ office down, generous room sizes; 458 to old 59S to home.

NEW PRICE - Excellent condition, 3 br, 3 bathroom ranch with a full finished basement. New carpet, new paint throughout, nice hardwoods, large freshly stained deck, completely fenced backyard!

MLS 137773

$149,900

RECENTLY REMODELED including new windows, siding, doors, cabinetry and appliances. Hardwoods have been refinished + fresh paint. Fenced backyard. Easy access to K-10. Move in ready!

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SHELLEY EZELL / CHERI EZELL 785-550-4636/785-979-3302 MLS 137674

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841 E 1259 RD

FIRST TIME OPEN! Very nice 3 bdrm, 3 bath home w/walkout basement, fenced yard backs up to Prairie Park nature area. Updated fixtures, hardware, interior, exterior paint & much more.

A must see!

MLS 138058

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NEW LISTING! First open. Very sharp 3 BR, One Level home with a full partially finished bsmt.

Long list of improvements. Priced to sell.

SHELLEY EZELL / CHERI EZELL 785-550-4636/785-979-3302 MLS 138062

MLS 137381

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GORGEOUS HOME walking distance to Quail Run, 5 BR, 3992 sq. feet, open plan, office, DR, living room, walk out basement to amazing yard, patio, deck, mother in law BR/bath in basement. Impressive!

DON MINNIS 785-550-7306 MLS 136608

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WAYNE DEDLOFF 785-766-2737

$475,000

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5028 W 18TH ST

AMAZING HOME! Oversized kitchen, 2 dining areas, living room, office, mud room & laundry on the main. Master suite, 3 bedroom & 2 more full bath upstairs. Basement has family room & 5th bedroom.

JOHN HUNTINGTON, JR, GRI 785-691-5565 MLS 136662

RANDY BARNES 785-760-2140

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309 AMES ST, BALDWIN CITY

PRICE REDUCED! Lease option possible. Commercial Building w/Prime location on Highway 56 in Baldwin City.

Formerly Service Station & most currently Bar & Grill potential for business opportunities!

DEBBIE MORGAN, GRI 785-760-1357 MLS 136649

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1013 GROVE ST, BALDWIN CITY

UPDATED 2 STORY Home, Located on Dead-End Street with 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Wood Floors, Deck, Fenced Yard and Many Improvements - Check it Out! DEBBIE MORGAN, GRI 785-760-1357

MLS 135925

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838 W. 22ND TERR

PRICE REDUCED! 3 BR, 2 BA RANCH located south of KU. Hardwoods throughout, unfinished basement w/ 2nd bath.

Large backyard. Great starter home or investment property.

Up to $2500 toward closing costs.

AMY HOPE 785-218-3534 MLS #137838

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$257,500

$199,000

$27,500

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2521 PRAIRIE ELM DR

PRICE REDUCED! 4BR, 4BA, 2 story w/full finished basement, 3 living areas, eat-in-kitchen, DR, family room on main level, new exterior paint, large deck & fenced yard.

Close to schools, park & K10.

IDA LEWIS 785-865-8699 MLS 137870

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1637 ILLINOIS ST

PRICE REDUCED! 3 BR bungalow adjacent to KU with fresh paint & refinished wood floors. Sunroom/dining area addition.**ALSO: Large finished (and plumbed) A-frame, perfect for studio or office!!

IDA LEWIS 785-865-8699 MLS 137727

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700 N 7TH ST

WONDERFUL North Lawrence location! Just down the road from Lyons Park sits this 90’ x 102’ buildable lot of land conveniently located near Hwy 59. Zoned Residential (RS7).

ZACH DODSON 785-220-2237

MLS 137922

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$299,500

$725,000

$89,900

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796 E 1217 RD

1886 VINTAGE with new and old combined in one great property. 2.0 acres close to Lawrence and a 2 level shop that you could stay in forever. 2 levels, 2 BR, 2 baths.

Beautiful setting!

SCOT HOFFMAN 785-760-4356 MLS 137048

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670 N 1505 RD

MUST SEE! Custom Built 4400 sq ft Home, Hardwood floors.

Douglas County’s premier property, 13.4 acres of white fence pastures, barn & stables, pond, 2 outdoor patio areas, Private drive & entrance.

SCOT HOFFMAN 785-760-4356 MLS 136679

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440 ISACKS ST, LECOMPTON

• NEW PRICE! $89,900 in Historic Lecompton • Resides on 1/2 acre+lot with mature trees • Manufactured home on permanent foundation • Sharp 3 BR + 2 bath home TOM HARPER • Visual Tour: Tom-Harper.com CRS, ABR, GRI, e-PRO 785-218-6351 MLS 136596

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$458,900

$349,900

$314,900

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458 N 1500 RD

NEW LISTING! Views, privacy 11.6 acres close to Clinton Lake, pond, barns, timber. Custom built 4 bedroom home.

Decks surround house, water feature, hot tub in master suite, incredible wood home!

SCOT HOFFMAN 785-760-4356 MLS 137971

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4235 PAWNEE RD, PERRY

HILLS & PRAIRIE! Updated property w/ 40 acres and guest home. 3 bedrooms, 3 car garage, wood floors and views everywhere, pond w/ dock, nature trails, great home, great property, great location, Call!

SCOT HOFFMAN 785-760-4356 MLS 137439

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1104 OAK TREE DR

NEW PRICE! Custom built 4BR, 4BA with 3 Family Areas + Library! Spacious Master BR Suite with fireplace! Large workshop in walkout lower level. Many extras! MUST SEE! MARY LOU ROBERTS CRS, GRI, ASP 785-766-1228 MLS 137549

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1600 Alvamar Dr • MLS# 137701 • 4 bedroom • 5 bath areas • 2-car garage • Full Finished Walk-out basement

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Fabulous light; graciously spacious - (it goes on and on once you're inside). Outstanding contemporary renovation by current owners. Excellent entertaining areas. Secluded multi-tier deck view of Alvamar Golf Course. Prime site selection!

SEAN WILLIAMS 785-843-4567

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1031 Vermont St, Suite C, Lawrence, KS 66044 NEW LISTING

JUST LISTED! This well-appointed 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom cottage is conveniently located at the heart and soul crossroads of North Lawrence. This emerging neighborhood has multiple dining establishments, several interior design stores and is close to public parks and the trails along the Kansas River levee. Completely redesigned and remodeled in 2007, you will marvel at the thoughtful floor plan and the spacious dine-in kitchen complete with appliances. Ample natural light, spacious backyard with deck, mature trees and more! MLS 137571. Call today!

PRICE REDUCED! Located in the University Place neighborhood immediately adjacent to the south side of the KU campus. This traditional-looking home was redesigned by a KU Professor of Architecture.

Once you step inside the door, you will marvel at the modern floor plan that has been incorporated into this 1930’s era 3 BR, 2 bathroom home. Just 8 minutes to Allen Fieldhouse & Jayhawk Boulevard.

MLS 136690. Call today!

STAN TREKELL 785-766-6969

1210 E 15th Street Lawrence

Great opportunity to build some sweat equity in this fixer-upper, 3 bedroom, 1 bath, 2 car garage with partial basement. Additional buildable lot included in price. Lot located on Brook Street.

MLS#138050 $55,000

687 N 2050 Rd Lecompton

Ramzi Zoughaib 785-331-5963 ramzi0415@ gmail.com E 13th St Brooks St

1704 Mississippi Street $265,000

Maple Ln

704 Locust Street $99,000

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E 15th St

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Gorgeous views from this 3 BR, 2.5 BA one level home on 30 acres. Large windows overlook the pond and beautiful countryside. Energy efficient geothermal heat.

Minutes from Lawrence & I-70 Lecompton Interchange.

MLS#138082 $290,000

Denise Breason 785-331-5502 twoneice@ aol.com

N 2050 Rd.

N 1851 Diag Rd

NEW LISTING

Email for additional photos or directions: strekell@gmail.com

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400 E 5th Street, Lecompton

Cheryl Baldwin 423-1881 cheronent@aol.com

Don Schmidt 766-6268 donschmidtc21@aol.com Maple St

Acorn St

Fir St

E 14th St

Nestle your home among the trees on this beautiful 1.5 acre tract in historic Lecompton.

Easy access to Lawrence, Topeka & I-70 Interchange.

City utilities available.

MLS#133329 $16,900

Denise Breason 785-331-5502 twoneice@ aol.com W Woodson Ave Isacks St

Beautiful 1 1/2 story, large main level master, many updates, upgrades, ver y vaulted living room. Newer paint, carpet, tile, staircase, fireplace. Well maintained quiet location with 3 decks, loaded with perennials MLS#137265 $194,900

Don Schmidt 766-6268 donschmidtc21@aol.com Cedar St

Fox Ln

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Elmore St

Delaware Dr

4 Bedroom, 2 bath ranch with family room on full daylight basement. Well maintained.

Updated tile, countertops, and cabinets, with new paint inside and out. Large lot, short walk to park, easy K-10 access, Rural Development qualified.

MLS#137834 $145,500

WhiteďŹ eld St

785.749.6804

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Kaw Ln

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TRANSFERS

Gina Scali, Nicole Kehres, Dustin Kehres To Daniel Ferguson, Laura Ferguson 331 Clayton Ct. Lawrence

Friday, September 25, 2015

Eric M. Vail, Amanda R. Vail To Michael Lisher, Melissa Burch 112 Sharon Dr. Lawrence

Gary Sturtridge, Karen Sturtridge To Jeffrey M.

Estate of Rose Denton To Lawrenz Construction, INC

Hornberger, Steve M. Hornberger, Cynthia A.

2 Vacant Lots – 1400 Block E. 25th Ter. Lawrence

Hornberger 1612 W. 2nd St.

Lawrence

To Jian Zhang 927 Emery Rd. Unit C201, Lawrence

Jennipher Stinnett 964 E. 1587 Rd. Lawrence

Jeffery Plumlee, Erika Nilles-Plumlee To Christopher

Shea Zellweger, Jocelyn Zellweger, To Chase Abernethy, Julie Abernethy 316 W. 26th St. Eudora TMD Iowa, LLC To IREIT Lawrence Iowa Street, LLC

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 James M. Knuth, Doreen A. Knuth To Substantia Realty, LLC 1622 Kentucky St. Lawrence Michael S. Davis, Penny L. Davis To Alexander M. 2152 E. 25th Pl. Lawrence

Joseph Keating, Gina Keating To Ruichen Feng 2428 Cedarwood Ave. Lawrence U.S. Bank, N.A., Trustee To Steven G. Dieker 1210 E. 600 Rd. Lawrence Thursday, September 24, 2015 Marshall D. Kelley, Trustee To Christopher J. Koster, Aidan l. Koster 1815 E. 800 Rd. Lecompton Casey A. Simoneau, Elise Simoneau To 345 Construction Services, LLC Vacant Lot - Flame Way Baldwin City

C. Cushing, Angela D. Cushing 816 Justin St.

Wilma L. Edmonds, Trustee, Karen L. Edmonds, Trustee, Bobby G. Robbins, Trustee Betty L. Robbins, Trustee To Herbert Investment

Robert L. Hill, Jenny Hill To Sean C. Fender, Kristen N. Reimer 2108 Prairie Ter. Lawrence Steven R. Jones, Susan H. Jones To Terrence D.

W. 26th Ter. Lawrence

Katherine A. Williams To Don D. Whipple, Karen A. Whipple 317 Indiana St. Baldwin City Monday, September 28, 2015 SDTOKS, LC To TRIDEFT, LLC 1200 E. 25th St. Lawrence Alan Opat, Julie A. Opat To Jacqueline R. Hawley

McKinney, Shelley A. McKinney 819 Greever Ter. Lawrence

Keljon of Lawrence, LLC, Woodoc Investments,

Roy V. Taylor 1101-1103 W. 29th Ter. Lawrence Dorothy Elaine Revocable Trust To Raira K. Rundle

Lawrence

Keith Loneker, Kelly Loneker To Timothy P. Foley

Muthukumaran Pitchaimani, Satyasree Muralidharan To Nasson R. Mwakatage, Lucy A. Mwakatage 5710 Silverstone Dr. Lawrence

Satyasree Muralidharan 325 Fort Laramie Dr.

M. Brey, Jennifer M. Brey 3717 Sunnybrook Ct. Lawrence

Lawrence Transit System

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864-4644

Municipal Court

www.lawrenceks.org/legal

832-6190

Parks and Recreation

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Westar Energy

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800-383-1183

Black Hills Energy (Gas)

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888-890-5554

Capital City Bank 740 New Hampshire 4505A West 6th St 330-1200 10/6/15

Conv.

Capitol Federal® Savings 1026 Westdale 749-9050 10/6/15 Central National Bank 838-1882 9/22/15

887-6900

842-0094

Kurt Goeser, State Farm Insurance

843-0003

Tom Pollard, Farmers Insurance

843-7511

Jamie Lowe, Prairie Land Insurance

856-3020

Woofter 2216 Alabama St. Lawrence

Natural Breeze Remodeling

749-1855

Terravest Custom Homes & Remodeling

691-6088

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832-3450

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Michael D. Woofter To Michael Q. Woofter, Michael D.

Joseph Snow To Caitlin Bowlin 750 Maple St.

832-7878

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Brian R. Lansburym, Anna B. Lansbury To Jason

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Jayhawk Guttering (A Division of Nieder Contracting, Inc.)

Carl E. McComas, Karen McComas To Charles E.

Roy V. Taylor 1019-1021 W. 29th Ter. Lawrence

Department of Utilities

GUTTERING

The Greens at Alvamar, LLC To PI Greens, LLC 3700

Salb Homes, LLC To Muthukumaran Pitchaimani,

830-7400

Bill Fair Real Estate Auctions

LLC To Dylan H. Knapic 1000 Connecticut St.

408 Cattleman Ct. Lawrence

Dorothy Elaine Revocable Trust To Raira K. Rundle,

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AUCTIONEERS

106 W. 27th St. Eudora

Murphy, Kathleen B. Murphy 601 N. Nottingham Rd.

Carolyn Jones, Kenneth W. Snyder To Steven D.

Police Department

Animal Control

Loecke, Amy J. Burgin 3105 W. 27th Ter. Lawrence

Clinton Pkwy., Units 1-15 Lawrence

Kristel Stang, Dylan Stang To Lorrin M. Leland 4105

832-3000

Fire & Medical Department www.lawrenceks.org/fire_medical 830-7000

Partners, LLC 1624 Harper St. Lawrence

2727 Iowa St. Lawrence

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City of Lawrence

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Mahdi Sahafnia, Schirin Kourehpazhassanalizadeh

Danny L. Guy, Heather M. Guy To Brett Stinnett

Nikia Marshall To Robert F. Oakes, Diane Oakes

Home & City Services

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Conv.

FHA/VA Jumbo

3.750% + 0 (3.820%) 3.750% + 0 (4.864%) 3.750% + 0 (3.841%)

3.000% + 0 (3.159%)

5/1 ARM 7/1 ARM 10/1 ARM 7/1 Jumbo 10/1 Jumbo 20 Yr. Fixed 10 Yr. Fixed

3.000% + 0 (3.087%) 3.375% + 0 (3.263%) 3.625% + 0 (3.473%) 3.375% + 0 (3.397%) 3.625% + 0 (3.571%) 3.500% + 0 (3.597%) 2.625% + 0 (3.854%)

Central Bank of the Midwest 865-1000 9/29/15

Conv.

Jumbo FHA VA

3.875% + 0 (3.968%) 4.000% + 0 (4.079%) 3.500% + 0 (4.386%) 3.625% + 0 (3.915%)

3.000% + 0 (3.141%) 3.375% + 0 (3.498%)

20 Yr.

3.625% + 0 (3.749%)

Fairway Mortgage Corp.

4104 W. 6th St., Ste. B 841-4434 8/25/15

Conv.

Jumbo

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FHA USDA/Rural Development

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Conv.

Jumbo

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3.250% + 0 (3.341%)

3/1 ARM 5/1 ARM 7/1 ARM FHA VA

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First State Bank & Trust 3901 W. 6th St. 312-6810 10/6/15 Great American Bank 3500 Clinton Parkway 838-9704 9/29/15 Landmark Bank 841-6677 8/25/2015

Meritrust Credit Union 856-7878 11/03/2014 Mid America Bank 4114 W 6th St. 841-8055 9/29/15 Pulaski Bank 3210 Mesa Way, Ste B 856-1450 7/28/15 Truity Credit Union 749-6804 3400 W. 6th 10/6/15

University National Bank 841-1988 10/6/15

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Conv.

FHA/VA Jumbo

Jumbo

FHA Fixed

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FHA/VA Jumbo

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20 Yr. Conv.

3/1 ARM 5/1 ARM 7/1 ARM 7/1 Jumbo

Please Call Please Call Please Call Please Call Please Call

Conv.

FHA/VA Jumbo

3.875% + 0 (3.931%) Call for Rate Call

3.125% + 0 (3.222%)

20 Yr. Fixed 10-Yr. Fixed

3.750% + 0 (3.827%) 2.990%% + 0 (3.131%)

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Conv.

Jumbo

4.000% + 0 (APR 4.043%)

3.125% + 0 (APR 3.199%)

Jumbo 5/1 ARM VA/FHA 30 Fixed 10/1 Jumbo

4.125% + 0 (APR 4.144%) 3.125% + 0 (APR 3.199%) 3.750% + 0 (APR 4.097/5.356%) 3.750% + 0 (APR 3.405%)

New, Landmark Lock and Shop, provides a safeguard while you shop for a home. Contact Brian McFall 785-841-7152. First time homebuyers you may be able to receive up to 4% of your loan amount in down payment assistance if you qualify. Landmark has FHA, Conventional and VA and RD loans. Closing costs vary from lender to lender, call Landmark and compare our costs and rates with any other lender. Rates are based on a loan of $120,000 or higher and a median credit score of 740 or above. Other rate and point options are available.

Conv.

Jumbo

3.875 + 0 (4.116% APR) Please call 856-7878 ext 5037

3.125 + 0 (3.321% APR) Please call 856-7878 ext 5037

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97% Advantage Program: Please call for rates (credit score 660) 20 year: please call 15/30 Pricing options available

Conv.

Jumbo

3.875% + 0 (3.973%) Call for Rates

3.250% + 0 (3.423%) Call for Rates

20 Yr. Fixed 30 Yr FHA 30 Yr VA 30 Yr USDA Investment

3.500% + 0 (3.635%) 3.500% + 0 (4.711%) 3.500% + 0 (3.790%) 3.750% + 0 (4.664%) Call for Rate

Conv.

Jumbo

4.000% + 0 (4.087%)

3.125 + 0 (3.265%)

FHA/VA/USDA

3.625% + 0

Conv.

Jumbo

3.750% + 0 (3.780%) Please Call for Quote

Conv.

Jumbo

3.712% + 0 (3.758%) Call for Rates

Call

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20 YR 30 YR

CALL TODAY or apply online for a no-obligation rate quote and fee estimate, to be pre(4.568/3.915/4.332% APR) approved, or to talk with a Mortgage Advisor about preparing for a future purchase. Pulaski 3.750% + 0 (3.945% APR) Bank provides loans for purchase, refinance, investment property, second homes, second mortgages/HELOCS and Bridge Loans! We provide options with little or no down payment, and 4.375% + 0 (4.532% APR) offer Financed Mortgage Insurance to keep your payment as low as possible. Rates shown are for a purchase transaction with a >740 credit score - refinance rates may vary.

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20 Yr. Fixed Conv. 97% 30 Yr Fixed Conv 30 Yr Fixed Rental HELOC

3.500% + 0 (3.542%) 4.000% + 0 (4.334%) 4.125% + 0 (4.166%) (as low as) 3.750% APR)

2.884% + 0 (2.965%) Call for Rates

20 Year 10 Year 5/1 ARM 7/1 ARM

3.438% + 0 (3.502%) 2.684% + 0 (2.802%) Call for Rate Call for Rate

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5653 Villa

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$479,900

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1003 New Boston Ct

1376 Stonecreek Dr

OPEN SUNDAY 1:00-3:00 Main Level Living!!

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$375,000

4 Bed, 3 Bath, Bsmt: Yes, 3,358 Sqft MLS# 136980

1011 Allen Ct

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NEW CONSTRUCTION

3204 Riverview Rd

5617 Chimney Rocks Cir

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$300,000

4 Bed, 4 Bath, Bsmt: Yes, 2,750 Sqft MLS# 137925

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521 Lawrence Ave

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$250,000

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$282,900

4 Bed, 3 Bath, Bsmt: Yes, 2,834 Sqft MLS# 136835 VT# 3590177

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2908 W. 27th St

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$229,900

3 Bed, 2 Bath, Bsmt: No, 1,761 Sqft MLS# 137707 VT# 3666438

$349,900

4 Bed, 4 Bath, Bsmt: Yes, 2,850 Sqft MLS# 136354 VT# 3560375

Kim Clements 766-5837

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$259,500

3 Bed, 2 Bath, Bsmt: No, 1,847 Sqft MLS# 136827 VT# 3448609

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2220 Westdale Rd

1707 E 1130 Rd

• Wonderfully Updated • Must See to Appreciate • Finished Walk-out Basement • Large Deck & Yard • Popular Prairie Meadows

4 Bed, 4 Bath, Bsmt: Y, 3,195 Sqft MLS# 138116

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Kim Clements 766-5837

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• Beautiful Setting, Quiet Street • Upgraded Kitchen Appliances • Updated Roof/New Furnace • Beautiful Wood Floors • 2 Large Living Areas on Main

$189,900

3 Bed, 2 Bath, Bsmt: Yes, 1,864 Sqft MLS# 138080

Erin Morgan 760-2221

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710 N 7th

1100 E. 26th Street

215 Signal Oak Ct

OPEN SUNDAY 1:30-4:00

OPEN SUNDAY 1:00-3:00 Great Ranch Style Home

OPEN SATURDAY 11:00-1:00 Beautiful Home!

• New Price • Wonderful Spacious Floor Plan • Large Kitchen & Washroom • Relaxing Sunroom • Awesome Yard with Gazebo

$184,900

3 Bed, 2 Bath, Bsmt: Yes, 2,632 Sqft MLS# 137406

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• Vaulted Living Room with Fireplace • Fresh Interior Paint • Recently Installed Carpet • Master Bedroom Suite Area • Move-in Ready

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$149,900

3 Bed, 3 Bath, Bsmt: N, 1,610 Sqft MLS# 138110 VT# 3692612

537 Arizona St

Alyssa Brown 764-3222

3401 Seminole Dr

Baldwin City

5.3 Acres

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$139,900

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• Huge Master Bedroom Main Level • 3 Large Bedrooms 2 Up Walk-ins • Large Corner Lot and Private!

• Covered Patio and HOA Service • Over 1600 Sq Ft West Lawrence

Ken Schmidt 505-0500

$137,900

3 Bed, 2 Bath, Bsmt: No, 1,668 Sqft MLS# 137088

716 Folks Rd

• Custom Quality, Great Details • Long View Over 4 Ponds • Impeccably Maintained • Unique Floor Plan • Indoor and Outdoor Living 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath, Basement: Yes 2,830 Sqft Price: $400,000

Paige Ensminger 550-8180

MLS# 138048

Thomas Howe 550-1169

VT# 3688701

225 N Minnesota St

4029 Crossgate Ct

OPEN SATURDAY 12:00-2:00 First Time Open!

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SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT

• Move-in Ready • One Level Living • Quiet Street • Spacious Master Suite • Large, Fenced Backyard

$134,900

3 Bed, 3 Bath, Bsmt: No, 1,284 Sqft MLS# 138074

Beth McFall 766-6704

• Great Alvamar Location • Main Level Living Offered • 2 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths • Large Loft Upstairs • 2 Car Garage

$109,500

2 Bed, 2 Bath, Bsmt: No, 1,228 Sqft MLS# 137404

Sheila Santee 766-4410

227 Arkansas St

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• Amazing Floor Plan • Open Living Room & Kitchen Area • Full Finished Basement • Great Backyard Area • Move-in Ready 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath, Basement: Yes 2,672 Sqft Price: $269,900 MLS# 138075

VT# 3689893

OPEN SATURDAY 12:00-2:00 What a Cutie Pie!

Judy Brynds 691-9414

• Pre-inspected & Move-in Ready • Full Basement • Hardwood Floors • Fresh Paint & New Flooring • Storage Building/Fenced Yard

$97,000

3 Bed, 1 Bath, Bsmt: Yes, 814 Sqft MLS# 138059

Kimberly Williams 312-0743

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McGrew Gold Star Homes 4604 Cherry Hills Drive

1025 Oak Tree Drive

2104 Inverness

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U.S. hero of French train attack stabbed Airman wounded in attack after altercation at bar in Sacramento

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Spencer Stone, one of the American heroes who thwarted a terrorist attack on a French train in August, was stabbed multiple times early Thursday in downtown Sacramento after an altercation in a bar, police said.

Stone, 23, an airman, received several significant — but non-lifethreatening — stab wounds to his upper torso, Sacramento Deputy

Police Chief Ken Bernard said.

He was listed in stable condition.

Bernard emphasized that the attack “was not a terrorist-related incident, nor is it related to what happened in France a few months ago.”

The police official said the stabbing occurred around 12:46 a.m. PT after a verbal dispute in a nearby bar that continued down the sidewalk. He said there is no reason to believe Stone “is in any kind of trouble.”

He said Stone was with a male

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Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone earned a Purple Heart.

friend and three females. The suspects, who fled in a car, were described as two Asian males.

In the train incident in August, Stone, longtime friends Alek Skarlatos, 22, an Oregon National Guardsman, and Anthony Sadler, 23, a student at Sacramento State University, became national heroes overnight after tackling and subduing a gunman on a highspeed train from Amsterdam to Paris.

“Everybody send prayers out to the Stone family today,” Skarlatos tweeted Thursday.

The alleged train gunman, Ayoub El-Khazzani, was armed with a Kalashnikov, an automatic

Luger pistol and a box cutter.

Stone, from Carmichael, Calif., was hospitalized after the train incident with stab wounds to his neck and thumb, which had to be reattached.

El-Khazzani, 25, was taken into custody when the train reached France. French authorities identified him as a Moroccan with ties to radical Islam who may have traveled to Syria.

“We just kind of acted; there wasn’t much thinking going on,” Stone said at a news conference in Paris days after the attack. He said he acted out of “survival — and for my friends and everybody else on the train.”

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‘It’s best to have a new face,” says majority leader

Possible candidates Kevin McCarthy shocked Capitol Hill on Thursday, abruptly dropping his bid for speaker as Republicans gathered to presumably nominate him. Who might step in?

Although Boehner is still leaving, he will serve as speaker until the House votes to elect a new one. A look at possible candidates.

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WASHINGTON House Republicans will gather Friday morning to begin figuring out who, if anybody, is in charge.

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy shocked his colleagues Thursday by abruptly dropping out of the race for speaker at the beginning of a meeting that was prepared to nominate him for the job. That left the party with no obvious front-runner, except Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who has said several times he is not going to run.

McCarthy met with colleagues at an early morning forum and made his case to become the next speaker, then announced at the noon nominating gathering that he was dropping out. “I just think it’s best to have a new face,” he said afterward. Many conservatives who have chafed under Boehner’s leadership expressed support for other candidates, and it was clear McCarthy would not get the 218 votes he needed Thursday to guarantee he would win a vote for speaker on the House floor, which had been set for Oct. 29.

“Over the last week, it has become clear to me that our conference is deeply divided and needs to unite behind one leader,” McCarthy, R-Calif., said in a statement released by his office. “I have always put this conference ahead of myself. Therefore, I am withdrawing my candidacy for speaker of the House. I look forward to working alongside my colleagues to help move our con-

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ference’s agenda and our country forward.”

After McCarthy dropped out, it was unclear where Republicans would turn for a new leader after House Speaker John Boehner departs. Republicans of all stripes have said in recent weeks that Ryan, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee, would be able to unify the fractured party. Ryan had backed McCarthy and said Thursday that he would not run for the post. In a v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

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U.S.: Four Russian missiles miss Syrian targets, hit Iran Growing military activity raises worries Jim Michaels USA TODAY

Four Russian cruise missiles launched from the Caspian Sea fell short of their Syrian targets and landed in a rural part of Iran, U.S. officials said Thursday, amid growing international concern about Russia’s actions in the region.

The errant strikes were part of a volley of 26 long-range cruise

missiles that Russia fired Wednesday, U.S. officials told USA TODAY. The officials asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss intelligence matters.

The flight path for the Kalibr cruise missiles, which had not previously been used in combat conditions, took them over Iran and Iraq. One official said the U.S. wasn’t able to detect casualties or damage from the errant strikes.

Russia, which recently began conducting airstrikes and expanded its military presence in Syria, denied any strikes missed their intended Syrian targets.

Iran’s defense ministry dis-

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“This will have consequences for Russia itself.”

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter

missed the claims as “psychological warfare.”

Still, Russia’s growing military activity in the region has raised worries that a mishap could trigger a wider war as Russian ships, aircraft and troops intensify operations in what the U.S. says is a bid to prop up longtime ally Syrian President Bashar Assad rather than combat the Islamic State.

“This will have consequences for Russia itself,” Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said at a NATO meeting in Brussels on Thursday. “I also expect that in coming days, the Russians will begin to suffer casualties in Syria.”

Carter, who characterized Rus-

sia’s behavior as “unprofessional,” said Russian aircraft have violated Turkish airspace and come within miles of a U.S. drone. In addition, their ships have fired cruise missiles without warning and their armed forces have backed a Syrian government “joint ground offensive.”

The U.S. says Russia’s cruise missiles and airstrikes appear aimed at supporting the ground offensive and attacking more secular forces opposing Assad in Syria’s 4-year-old civil war that has left 250,000 people dead, according to United Nations figures.

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Peaceful hometown hit by mass killing Justine Goodwin USA TODAY

On Thursday afternoon last week, my attention was pulled away from my amassing inbox by the breaking news headline, “Officials: Shooting reported at Oregon Community College.” Not for a moment did I ever imagine that subsequent headlines would indicate the shooting took place in Roseburg, Ore. My community. Over the next 48 hours I could only listen and grieve, over 3,000 miles away in Washington, D.C, as the horrific details of the incident unfolded.

As a nation, we’ve mourned the unspeakable tragedies that occurred in Charleston, Newtown, Columbine and so many other deeply wounded places. I don’t believe that anyone is immune to a certain degree of fear of what could happen, but knowing the area in which I grew up, that apprehension seemed too far-fetched to hold much weight.

In less than an hour, I saw our small, unknown town splashed across the headlines of every media outlet with the words “tragedy” and “mass killing” attached to it.

I sat in disbelief. This is not who we are. You don’t walk the streets of Roseburg worrying about your safety. Sitting in my school classroom, enjoying a night at Music in the Park or strolling around the Douglas County fair, the notion that you could fall victim to violent crime was non-existent.

To describe Roseburg as a community comprising just those within its city limits does

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Dean and Tammy Hickok attend a candlelight vigil Saturday, at Riverbend Park in Winston, Ore., to remember the victims of the shooting at Umpqua Community College in nearby Roseburg. not provide an accurate picture.

It’s truly an amalgamation of the immediate city and several smaller surrounding towns. Its geographic position in Douglas County is the perfect descriptor of its role. Roseburg is the center, the heart, of our rural area of southern Oregon.

This intimately connected community is filled with some of the most hard-working and resilient people you could ever encounter. Over the last decade in our state, economic diversification has become critical to lessening the impact of the decline of the timber industry. Many have endured economic and financial hardships, but rather than collapsing under those hardships, they were determined to find a way to survive.

This is not a community keen to letting its voice be overridden by outside opinion, or that has any interest in becoming a soapbox for the political agenda of others.

I believe evidence of this is seen in the fact that the average age of students at Umpqua Community College, where the shootings took place, is just shy of 40.

UCC boasts an eclectic student

body, but all share the common goal of acquiring necessary skills and education to better their position in the workforce and carve out a sustainable life for themselves. This embodiment of the American spirit permeates rural southern Oregon.

Concern for the well-being of others is not merely some ideal that is given lip service. It can be seen and felt in the actions of this community, not only in the face of tragedy, but in the everyday as well. We love our city, our state and our country. We love God, and we love each other. Because of this, I’m not surprised by the accounts of heroism exhibited by numerous people during the attack. I’m not surprised to see the outpouring of emotional and financial support of-

fered to grieving families, hospital staff, first responders and so many others. This is who we are. This is who we have always been.

I believe many, in Roseburg and across the nation would strongly disagree with President Obama’s comment that we have become “numb” to this type of tragedy. On the contrary, we’ve seen communities that care deeply, that feel the impact of these tragedies immensely. Our hearts break for those who have lost loved ones, or now must cope with life-changing injuries.

We are not people deprived of feeling and responsiveness. We feel. We hurt. We respond — with love, generosity and the Gospel of grace we strongly believe in. We are not numb.

This is not a community keen to letting its voice be overridden by outside opinion, or that has any interest in becoming a soapbox for the political agenda of others. This community is not helpless, calling out to be rescued. We do not make impulsive decisions based purely on emotion. Once allowed the appropriate time to grieve, the necessary questions will be addressed.

We will not be overcome by evil, by the actions of a darkly disturbed individual, or by the critical “told you so” rhetoric of those sponsoring a message of gun control. If there is one thing this community has learned through its countless trials and tribulations, it’s how to persevere. Its people will continue to move forward, putting one foot in front of the other, even if they’re limping in the process.

Goodwin is an account director for USA TODAY Advertising who graduated from Roseburg High School in 2004.

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statement, Ryan called McCarthy the “best person to lead the House” and expressed his disappointment in the day’s news. He said it was time for the party to “seek new candidates for the speakership.”

“While I am grateful for the encouragement I’ve received, I will not be a candidate,” he said.

Colleagues pressed him to reconsider. “Most of the members know that that’s really our only path forward at this point,” said Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., a close ally of Boehner’s. The job requires a lot of institutional knowledge and credibility, Nunes said, and “really from the start of this, Kevin and Paul were the only two we had of that caliber.”

Boehner said in a statement that he will stay on until he is replaced. “I will serve as speaker until the House votes to elect a new speaker,” he said. “We will announce the date for this election at a later date, and I’m confident we will elect a new speaker in the coming weeks.”

McCarthy will not step down as majority leader, which means

that the scramble that had begun for his job and other top leadership positions is on hold as well.

Boehner had said the party would not select other top leaders until after the speaker vote was over.

Conservatives, led by members of the House Freedom Caucus, demand rules changes that would reduce the speaker’s authority and allow more conservative amendments to come to the floor for a vote. Nunes suggested other rules changes that would give the speaker more authority to punish Republicans who vote against leadership positions.

Freedom Caucus members agreed Wednesday to back Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla., for the nomination, in part to preserve their ability to negotiate with McCarthy for rules changes. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who jumped into the race Sunday, said Thursday he was “shocked” by McCarthy’s withdrawal, but he remains a candidate for the job.

“It’s all wide open,” said Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., a Freedom Caucus member. “There’s probably 10 people that picked up 10 votes” in the wake of McCar-

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Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., who leads the House Republican campaign operation, said he would consider serving as interim speaker, but he wasn’t sure that was a good idea — and Huelskamp said he would be unacceptable to conservatives. Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, chair of the Republican Study Committee, a

kind of conservative think-tank in the House, said, “I don’t know that we can get a new speaker before Nov. 5.” That is the date the Treasury Department says the nation will begin to default on debts unless Congress raises the debt limit. Flores said he expected Boehner to stay at least through that deadline.

McCarthy’s rise to the top post

IN BRIEF 33 STILL MISSING AFTER AFGHAN HOSPITAL BOMBING

Thirty-three people remain unaccounted for after a deadly weekend U.S. airstrike hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, the organization said Thursday.

Missing are 24 staff members and nine patients who were in the hospital at the time of the blast early Saturday morning, Guilhem Molinie, the charity’s representative in Afghanistan, told reporters at a news conference in Kabul on Thursday.

There were 461 staff and 105 patients in the facility at the time of the bombing, which left at least 22 dead and 37 injured. The U.S. said the airstrike was a mistake made during fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban, which took control of the city for three days last week.

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The Senate will take up a bill the week of Oct. 19 to bar “sanctuary cities” from receiving law enforcement grants if they refuse

was hampered by his comments on Fox News last week suggesting that the House Select Committee on Benghazi was set up largely to damage Hillary Clinton’s political fortunes. McCarthy has since apologized and said that was neither what he meant nor the intent of the committee, which was created to investigate the attack Sept 11, 2012, on a diplomatic compound in Benghazi.

Conservatives accused McCarthy of undermining the committee’s work. McCarthy said part of the reason he was stepping down was because “I should not be a distraction” from the committee’s work.

Conservative activists who railed against McCarthy reveled in his announcement. “We just proved that the grass roots can rise up and get things done,” said Larry Ward, whose Constitutional Rights PAC launched a “Fire McCarthy” website a week ago.

“We started the conversation when nobody else would.”

Congress is scheduled to be in recess next week.

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The House passed similar legislation in July, sparking a veto threat from President Obama.

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Republicans have pushed for the action in response to the murder of a 31-year-old woman who was allegedly shot to death by an undocumented immigrant and convicted felon on July 1 in San Francisco. Democrats said

The national organization of Alpha Tau Omega has closed the Indiana University chapter and revoked its charter, citing the release of a sexually explicit cellphone video.

A news release from the organization states that a 21-yearold man seen in a video performing a sex act on a woman in front of other fraternity members was an initiated member of the fraternity, not a pledge.

No pledges participated in the incident, according to the statement. However, it involved about half of the fraternity’s membership.

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HISTORIC RAINS VIRTUALLY ERASE DROUGHT IN S.C. Last month, state so dry that most of it was designated “primary natural disaster areas” John Bacon USA TODAY

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María Asunción Giardina, aka Dr. Azul Primavera, blows a cloud of bubbles to entertain sick children in the waiting room of Hospital Piñero in Buenos Aires.

Argentinian law makes laughter, bonding best medicine Kamilia Lahrichi

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rgentina has a new law for treating children in hospitals that requires doctors to literally send in the

clowns.

The groundbreaking law — the first in the world — for Argentina’s largest province, Buenos Aires, was inspired by the “laughter therapy” of U.S. physician Hunter “Patch” Adams and was implemented in August. All public hospitals in the province that have pediatric services are required to work with specially trained clowns.

The project is “complementary medicine to bring joy to sick children in hospitals, their families and the medical and non-medical personnel,” according to the Argentine Senate.

Ezequiel Belsu, 12, was crippled by pain from a pulmonary disease in intensive care at Hospital Piñero. He was not moving.

But his eyes suddenly widened and he smiled when three clowns stepped into his room.

“Up until the clowns got in, he felt desperate. It’s the first time he spent so much time away from his home, so it made him feel better,” said the boy’s mother, Rosana Belsu.

The three go by Dr. Lala, Dr. Azul Primavera (blue spring in English) and Dr. Lulo Alegre.

Their real names, respectively, are Evelyn Smink, María Asunción Giardina and Miguel Alegre.

And they are trained by the organization Puente Clown in Buenos Aires.

“That someone in a white coat and a red nose says the same things (as a doctor) (in) a distinct language changes everything” Physician Daniel Rivero

José Pellucchi, a physician who is director of Payamedicos, an organization of medical clowns, said clowns have been working in more than 150 hospitals in Argentina and Chile since 2002.

The clowns consult with pediatricians to know which patients they can entertain without disturbing them — or being exposed to a disease.

“We do an activity with everyone in the hospital, from the cleaning employees to the security officers and the doctors, to … generate well-being in the workplace,” said Gustavo Iribarne, an-

other Puente Clown professional.

The doctors believe the clowns benefit the patients.

“The fact that someone comes in with a white medical coat and a red nose saying the same things (as a doctor) but with a distinct language changes everything,” said Daniel Rivero, head of pediatrics at Hospital Piñero.

“Health issues are not just related to our body. Determining factors include and human contact, which can change how our body works,” he said.

Clowns are important because “the hospital’s environment is very strict with white doors and aggressive people who put needles in children’s veins, tell them bad news and make them swallow awful medicine,” he added.

To build a bridge, clowns give patients in neighboring rooms each end of a rope. The clowns then relay jokes and messages between rooms.

This way, Ezequiel can communicate with his hospital neighbor, 12-year-old Sofia Benites from Paraguay who had her appendix removed.

With some patients, the clowns know that laughter isn’t always the best medicine.

“We don’t necessarily want to make people laugh. Although laughter is always curative, we want people to reconnect with their childhood’s world, dreams and fantasies,” Smink said.

The deadly flooding that swamped much of South Carolina this past week wiped out a drought so serious that last month most of the state was declared a disaster area because of dry conditions.

On Sept. 29, the federal Drought Mitigation Center designated nearly three-quarters of South Carolina as abnormally dry or facing drought conditions.

One week later, less than 5% of the state drew the same designation, according to data released Thursday by the agency.

“We were in a pretty serious drought,” Leonard Vaughan, a National Weather Service hydrologist in South Carolina told USA TODAY on Thursday.

“Our state drought committee will meet ... and basically there will be no drought.”

Just weeks ago, the U.S. Agriculture Department had designated most of the state’s 46 counties as “primary natural disaster areas” because of damages and losses caused by drought.

“Our hearts go out to those South Carolina farmers and ranchers affected by recent natural disasters,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Sept. 30.

A low pressure system that stalled over the state, fueled by the edge of Hurricane Joaquin, drenched South Carolina in up to 2 feet of rain beginning Oct. 1. Seventeen people have been confirmed dead, and others remain missing.

This week, FEMA issued flood disaster declarations for 15 of South Carolina’s 46 counties, including some on USDA’s drought disaster list. More

counties are expected to qualify for flood relief as damage assessment continues.

The state has experienced chronic problems with drought in the past, dealing with it in eight of the last 10 years, according to the USDA. Vaughn blamed the phenomenon in part on the La Niña weather pattern that can bring dry winters to the Southeast.

The massive influx of rain in the past week doesn’t protect the state from another drought next year, Vaughan said.

“We are forecasting normal to above-nor“We were mal rainfall in a pretty this winter,” Vaughan said. serious “But beyond drought. that we don’t Our state really know drought what to committee expect.”

Although will meet the rain has ... and stopped and basically the sun is shinthere will ing, more be no reflooding drought.” mains possible as the wall of Leonard water swelling Vaughan, a National Weather the state’s rivService ers rushes tohydrologist ward the coast.

Voluntary evacuations were encouraged Thursday for some communities in Georgetown County.

Vaughan said parts of Berkeley, Dorchester, Charleston and Williamsburg counties were among other areas that could see flooding and require evacuations in coming days.

“Some rivers haven’t crested yet, and some will remain above flood levels into next week,” Vaughan said. “The situation is definitely improving, but this isn’t over yet.”

President, Congress covertly cooperate on Obamacare Measure to keep costs down is latest in series of bills altering act

President Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, at Taylor Stratton Elementary School in Nashville on July 1.

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President Obama signed a bill Wednesday night making an important change to Obamacare that will prevent health insurance premiums for 3 million people from going up next year.

The Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act seems like an unlikely Washington success story: a bipartisan health care bill passed by both chambers without a single no vote and signed by the president with no controversy or fanfare.

Except it’s actually not that unusual. For all the raucous debate over repealing Obamacare, such technical fixes can happen. Since the Affordable Care Act was first passed along party lines in 2010, President Obama has signed at least 14 bills making substantive changes in his signature legislation of his presidency, according to an analysis by the Congressional Research Service. Eight of those have been Republican bills.

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“Unbeknownst to the public, there is actually some governing going on,” said Larry Levitt, a senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation who worked on health care legislation in the Clinton administration.

Don’t get too excited. “I’m not sure this relatively modest measure will pave the way for a raft of bipartisan consensus around the health law,” Levitt said. “None of the changes strike at the heart of the law or change it in any substantial way. So maybe it’s a little overstated to say it’s actual governing.”

Among the most significant changes made to Obamacare: the repeal in 2011 of a provision re-

“Unbeknownst to the public, there is actually some governing going on.”

Larry Levitt, Kaiser Family Foundation

quiring businesses to report to the IRS any time they made a purchase of more than $600 to a single vendor, and the repeal in 2013 of a voluntary long-term insurance plan the Obama administration found unworkable.

The law signed by Obama on Wednesday makes a minor fix in the definition of a small business that could result in thousands of dollars of savings for 150,000 businesses. Under the original law, small businesses of less than 50 employees had special rules requiring specific types of coverage with a higher cost to employers. In 2016, those special rules will apply to small businesses of 51 to 100 employees.

The new law gives states the ability to decide how to classify businesses of 51 to 100 employees, potentially saving premiums for small-business employees from going up 18% or more, according to an estimate from the consulting firm Oliver Wyman.

There’s a bonus: Reducing workers’ insurance premiums means increasing their taxable income, resulting in $280 million in additional revenue to the federal government over 10 years. That money will bolster Medicaid.

“There are a lot of things in the bill that need fixing. I’m for repeal

and replace,” said Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., sponsor of the bill. “But here’s the situation: You have people being negatively affected, and so can we find a way to work together to fix it? Sometimes it’s not about who has the biggest lobbying firm. It’s when you have grass-roots people who say they’re being negatively affected. ... And this affects businesses in every congressional district in the country.”

Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute, an Obamacare critic, said the congressional action comes just under the wire, as insurance companies finish pricing contracts for 2016 coverage.

The quick, businesslike way in which the bill was passed shows that neither side saw any benefit in politicizing the issue, she said.

“I think here the White House certainly doesn’t want to announce with big fanfare that the Republican Congress has led on making changes on the president’s health law,” she said. “And the Republicans don’t want to say that they’re fixing it, because they want to repeal it entirely.”

Still on the agenda for congressional Republicans: a repeal of the 2.3% medical device tax and the “Cadillac” tax on high-cost employer health care plans.

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South Dakota State Fair here last month drew 210,893 people, about 400 more than last year.

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ALABAMA Birmingham: Window washers dressed as Batman, Superman, Spider-Man and Captain America stopped outside every floor of the 15-story Children’s of Alabama to entertain young patients, AL.com reported.

ALASKA Fairbanks: Net migra-

tion out of the state was higher last year than at any point in the past quarter-century, according to an Alaska Department of Labor report cited by newsminer .com.

ARIZONA Phoenix: A man

running a body-donation tissue company pleaded guilty to illegally conducting an enterprise, The Arizona Republic reported. Stephen Gore, owner of Biological Resource Center of America, provided vendors with contaminated human tissue and allowed them to use the tissue in ways donors did not permit, according to a letter by the state Attorney General’s Office.

ARKANSAS Franklin County:

A Russellville man died in a fall from a bluff while attending a wedding, the Arkansas DemocratGazette reported.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: Traf-

fic remains a top concern of residents, topping physical safety, personal finances and making ends meet, according to a USC Dornsife/California Community Foundation/Los Angeles Times poll.

COLORADO Denver: The father of two toddlers found walking down the street by themselves in Jefferson County was arrested, KUSA-TV reported.

WILMINGTON For the second year in a row, gourds will not be flying through First State skies this fall. The 2015 World Championship Punkin Chunkin event set for Nov. 7-8 has been canceled.

“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the cancellation of the 2015 World Championship Punkin Chunkin event,” a post read Thursday morning on the Punkin Chunkin Facebook page. “Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of our board throughout an exhaustive nationwide search, we have been unable to locate a willing insurer to adequately protect our host venue, our organization, our fans and our spectators.”

Ricky Nietubicz, World Championship Punkin Chunkin Association president, confirmed the cancellation.

“It’s a bummer,” he said.

“Fortunately there are a lot of other events that we’ve been able to grow nationwide at this point.”

Dover International Speedway spokesman Gary Camp also confirmed the news, saying that “with about a month to go, I think they ultimately realized they weren’t going to have any luck.”

INDIANA Lafayette: Ideas to

make Greater Lafayette greater are lighting up downtown Lafayette as projections on the side of a gas station, The Journal & Courier reported.

IOWA Cedar Rapids: A lemur

researcher testified in court that a trio of lemurs at an Iowa zoo likely have stressful lives caused by isolation from others of their species, The Register reported. At least five lemurs have died there since 2006.

CONNECTICUT Hamden: Stu-

dents and faculty filled Quinnipac University’s Burt Khan Court to see FUBU founder Daymond John, an entrepreneur, investor, author and television personality on ABC’s Shark Tank, the New Haven Register reported.

DELAWARE Dover: Superior Court Judge T. Henley Graves has tossed out a massive rewrite of Delaware’s stormwater and erosion-control regulations, The News Journal reported.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: His

leather boots may hurt his feet, but Bobby Liebling, 61, continues to rock the stage as frontman of Pentagram, a band that helped pioneer a slow and sludgy form of music called doom metal. “I’m still standing upright,” he told The Washington Post, “and I’ve still got a semblance of a brain.”

FLORIDA West Melbourne: At

its Oct. 20 meeting, the West Melbourne City Council will consider a proposed ordinance that would prohibit the sale of dogs and cats in retail pet stores, Florida Today reported.

GEORGIA Athens-Clarke

County: Police sought to identify a naked man who twice confronted different groups of University of Georgia sorority members, OnlineAthens reported.

HAWAII Honolulu: The Hawaii

Department of Education is recommending changes to its school calendar after parents and lawmakers urged the state to consider starting school later because of high temperatures this summer, Hawaii News Now reported.

IDAHO Sandpoint: Former

Bonner General Health CFO Noralina Harvel turned herself in on embezzlement charges, the Bonner County Daily Bee reported. Police say the 47-year-old Harvel stole $220,000 from the hospital between 2012 and 2014.

ILLINOIS Chicago: Michael Anderson is set to take over Oct. 19 as special agent in charge of the FBI field office in a city he described as “target rich” when it comes to public corruption cases, the Chicago Tribune reported.

TENNESSEE Nashville: A recent study of Music Row found more than 200 music-related businesses in operation in the corridor that unofficially turned 60 years old this year, The Tennessean reported.

TEXAS Galveston: The Univer-

CHUCK SNYDER, THE (WILMINGTON, DEL.) NEWS JOURNAL

Pumpkins are ready to be launched at the World Championship Punkin Chunkin contest in 2013. The event was canceled Thursday for the second year in a row.

“There’s been a good amount of work done behind the scenes to prepare for the event,” Camp said. But the speedway didn’t want to do much more without proof of insurance coverage, he added.

“The collective decision was made to halt planning for the event,” Camp said.

This is the second year in a row the event, which draws thousands upon thousands of people to watch massive air cannons shoot pumpkins over 48-year-old woman who has a concealed pistol license fired at a fleeing shoplifter earlier this week, but police later said that she was not being threatened when she decided to shoot at him multiple times in a parking lot, the Detroit Free Press reported.

MINNESOTA St. Cloud: Nahan Printing produced a Christmas catalog with luxury retailer Neiman Marcus, the St. Cloud Times reported. The catalog was distributed across the USA and has many distinctive gifts, including a $95,000 limited edition Mustang convertible and a $400,000 trip to India.

MISSISSIPPI Oxford: The Lafayette County School District will have its very own car tag. The Oxford Eagle reported that the car tag effort exceeded its goal of 300 pre-ordered tags one day ahead of its deadline.

MISSOURI Harrisonville: A

KANSAS Kansas City: A man

being pursued by police jumped from the Broadway Bridge into the Missouri River but was later captured, The Kansas City Star reported.

KENTUCKY Louisville: A little-

known provision in the Kentucky Constitution that still allows for slavery as a form of punishment is drawing calls for change in next year’s General Assembly, The Courier-Journal reported. The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights is urging lawmakers to pass legislation next year to amend the wording.

LOUISIANA Ascension Parish: A man hunting squirrels on his property shot down his neighbor’s drone as it flew overhead, The Advocate reported.

conservation group is raising money to pay for an unplowed stretch of native prairie. The Snowball Hill Prairie was placed in conservation protection after it was acquired through effort of the Missouri Prairie Foundation and the Platte County Land Trust.

MONTANA Missoula: The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation into multiple reports of pets being struck by blowgun darts in the Lolo area, the Missoulian reported.

NEBRASKA Omaha: A house fire in Ponca Hills killed more a dozen family pets, KETV reported.

MAINE Cape Elizabeth: Tayla

Edlund, a third-grade teacher at Pond Cove Elementary School, was named Maine’s teacher of the year following a surprise celebration in which students and teachers gathered to supposedly celebrate the school’s 250th anniversary, the Portland Press Herald reported.

MARYLAND Salisbury: A deal

to redevelop two downtown parking lots is expected to get final approval Monday, The Daily Times reported. City Council members are scheduled to finalize a contract with Devreco to place retail space, apartments, park areas and parking on the 3.5-acre site.

MASSACHUSETTS Worcester:

Police said 16 gang members and associates were arrested on firearms charges after a months-long investigation.

MICHIGAN Auburn Hills: A

chance that game in those zones could be exploited because their normal escape routes are cut off.

The ban, which began Wednesday, runs through Sunday, The Greenville News reported.

large distances, has had to be canceled since moving from Sussex County, Del. Punkin Chunkin has been seeking a permanent home since 2013 after the farmer hosting the longstanding event in Sussex County said he wouldn’t let it return to his property. He and the event’s organizers faced a personal injury lawsuit filed by a volunteer after an ATV accident at the 2011 Chunk. The lawsuit has since been settled out of court. to internal affairs was fired after Mayor Thomas Lankey rejected a hearing officer’s recommendation to dismiss departmental charges, the Home News Tribune reported.

NEW MEXICO Roswell: The New Mexico Department of Health approved several applications to grow medical marijuana in the state, including a proposed farm near here, the Roswell Daily Record reported.

NEW YORK Rochester: After deliberating eight days, a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the murder trial of Charles Tan, who was accused of killing his father earlier this year, the Democrat and Chronicle reported.

NORTH CAROLINA Chapel Hill:

“The kids really enjoy seeing a horse in church,” said Erin O’Hare, who brought a quarter horse down the aisle of Chapel of the Cross for the Blessing of the Animals, The News & Observer reported.

sity of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has kicked off a yearlong celebration leading up to its 125th anniversary, The Galveston County Daily News reported.

Galveston was chosen as the site of Texas’ first public medical school by a statewide vote in 1881.

It was established 10 years later.

UTAH Salt Lake City: The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Cox Honey of Utah owner, Darren Cox, filed civil rights claims against both counties and coowner of Slide Ridge Honey, Martin James. Cox claims James, who was appointed county bee inspector in 2007, abused his authority by observing Cox’s beekeeping techniques and using them for his own advantage.

VERMONT Burlington: The

Vermont Symphony Orchestra has named Benjamin Cadwallader as its new executive director.

Cadwallader, a Vermont native, manages education programs for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Previously, he worked in New York City and San Antonio, Texas, in senior administrative positions, Burlington Free Press reported.

VIRGINIA Richmond: The William Byrd Community House, an influential force for early childhood education and helping lowincome families, is shutting down, the Times-Dispatch reported. After years of financial woes brought on by compounding debts and dwindling contributions and grants, closure was “pretty much inevitable,” former executive director Shelia Givens said.

WASHINGTON Seattle: The Washington State Ferries is auctioning off nine generators it bought for $5.3 million nine years ago but never used, the Kitsap Sun reported. The generators were intended as replacements for the state’s super-class ferries, Kaleetan and Yakima, which were built in 1969.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck:

The North Dakota Human Resources Management Services is investigating the state Transportation Department’s Motor Vehicle Division, after former employees characterized the work environment as stressful, The Bismarck Tribune reported.

WEST VIRGINIA Lewisburg: The town expects to double its population Saturday when about 10,000 hungry individuals descend upon downtown streets for the 31st annual Taste Of Our Towns (TOOT) food festival, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.

OHIO Germantown: A man

WISCONSIN Phillips: A Canadi-

whose bears were seized by state agricultural officials after he did not complete the process to get an exotic animal permit said he will take legal action against the state, the Dayton Daily News reported.

OKLAHOMA Tulsa: Police are investigating after a man was stabbed during an altercation on a local street, the Tulsa World reported.

an National Railroad worker spotted a moose entangled in wire near near a train track outside of Phillips and contacted the state’s Department of Natural Resources, which was able to safely immobilize the moose, remove the wire, and set the animal free, Green Bay PressGazette reported.

OREGON Portland: A cougar

believed to be responsible for killing livestock near Canby has been shot and killed south of Oregon City, The Oregonian reported.

NEVADA Reno: Twenty people

who live in the downtown homeless shelter will be given jobs cleaning up the Truckee River under a program called Reno Works, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: A

20-year deal between Kinder Morgan and Liberty Utilities was approved with the plan to build a 412-mile natural gas pipeline.

Liberty Utilities would be able to provide gas to many of its 89,000 customers with the pipeline, the Eagle-Tribune reported.

NEW JERSEY Edison: A police officer who was accused of pressuring a woman for sex and lying

PENNSYLVANIA State College:

A Canadian caterpillar that can cause a nasty skin rash has been found here and other parts of central Pennsylvania, WJAC-TV reported. The rash can be treated with lotion and ice.

RHODE ISLAND Burrillville: A black bear was photographed on a deck here. Charlie Brown, a wildlife biologist for the Department of Environmental Management, told the Providence Journal that black bears are becoming more common in the state.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia:

The state Department of Natural Resources enacted a hunting ban in 15 South Carolina counties due to flooding, saying that there is a

WYOMING Yellowstone Na-

tional Park: The park set a record this year with more than 3.8 million visits at the end of September, and is on track to top 4 million visits by the year’s end, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported. According to park statistics, the number of recreational visits this year has surpassed a 2010 record of more than 3.6 million by nearly 5%.

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MONEYLINE FIAT, UAW REACH DEAL TO AVOID STRIKE Averting a possible midnight strike, UAW and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles reached a new tentative agreement late Wednesday, with the union saying it won “significant gains” compared with an earlier deal members rejected last week. The agreement will be discussed by the UAW National Chrysler Council, which will meet in Detroit at 11 a.m. Friday, and they will vote on whether to recommend it as the first step to getting it to the members for a ratification vote.

NETFLIX RAISES RATES FOR BASIC SUBSCRIBERS BY $1 Shares of Netflix closed up 6.3% to $114.93 Thursday after the streaming video provider raised the price of its basic monthly service by $1. The $8.99 monthly plan that lets subscribers have two concurrent high-definition video streams will now cost $9.99 monthly. The $9.99 pricing is for new customers; current subscribers will continue paying $8.99 for the next year before the increase kicks in.

80.3% OF FLIGHTS LANDED ON TIME IN AUGUST More flights arrived on time in August than either the same month a year earlier or July, the Transportation Department said Thursday. The 80.3% on-time rate, which meant planes arrived within 15 minutes of their schedule, improved on the 77.7% rate for the month a year earlier and the 78.1% rate in July. The most punctual airlines were Delta, Alaska and Hawaiian. The least punctual were Spirit, JetBlue and Frontier.

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Michael Horn apologizes, says repairs could take years Nathan Bomey @NathanBomey USA TODAY

Cameras clicked like pattering raindrops against the hood of a car as Volkswagen U.S. CEO Michael Horn raised his right hand Thursday and became the first executive from the German automaker to testify under oath about the company’s emissions scandal.

With members of Congress questioning Volkswagen’s integrity, Horn took the witness stand amid feverish global interest in the automaker’s admission that it rigged 11 million cars worldwide with software designed to fool regulators into believing the cars were compliant with emissions standards.

Horn, who has not been implicated in the scandal, apologized, pledged to fix cars and said three

workers in Germany have been cated the company is weighing suspended. He said he believes compensating owners for lost the company’s American employ- value. ees did not know about the matSeveral members of Congress ter until recently, saying “rogue” urged the company to buy back German software engineers were those cars. likely to blame.

Rep. Chris Collins, RHe emphasized that NY, rejected Horn’s sugthe company’s internal gestion that the problem investigation is ongoing can be blamed on rogue engineers. “It’s a sign of but suggested that the arrogance,” Collins said. motivation may have “It’s a sign of not admitbeen an effort to meet ting yet the severity of cost goals. your problems.”

If so, that’s not an excuse, Horn said, calling U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, AFP/GETTY IMAGES the entire episode “deepR-Mich., chairman of Michael Horn the overall committee, ly troubling.”

“I think it’s dead said Volkswagen must wrong if you put corporate profits “pay a steep price” for a culture of before people,” he said. “cheating and betrayal.”

Horn said for the first time that The cheating has exposed the the automaker would fix the German automaker to Environ482,000 U.S. diesel cars involved mental Protection Agency fines in the scandal, not buy them back of up to $18 billion, a U.S. Justice from consumers, though he indi- Department criminal probe, con-

sumer lawsuits and investigations in Europe. The cars are emitting harmful pollutants at rates of up to 40 times acceptable U.S. standards.

Kelley Blue Book calculated that buying back all the U.S. diesel vehicles embroiled in the scandal would cost the company about $7 billion. In contrast, KBB’s sales data show that the average value of the 2009-15 diesel models have fallen by 13% since the scandal erupted, erasing nearly $1,700 in value per unit.

Horn could not give a timeline for repairs of 325,000 of those vehicles — the oldest models dating back to 2009 that will require significant hardware changes because they do not have sufficient physical space for the equipment that is required.

The company is still developing a proposed fix for those cars, but it could take years to repair them all because of the complex hardware and software changes that will be required, he said.

Boeing’s new “Space Bins” will accommodate six standard-size carry-on bags, up from four currently offered on 737 models.

Ben Mutzabaugh @TodayInTheSky USA TODAY

SEATTLE Tired of battling your fellow travelers for overhead bin MORTGAGE RATES FALL space for your carry-on bags?

Mortgage giant Freddie Mac Help is on the way. said Thursday the average rate It will come in the form of new on a 30-year fixed-rate mort“Space Bins,” an option Boeing is gage dropped to 3.76% from adding to its best-selling 737 air3.85% a week earlier. The rate on planes that will soon be flying on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages fell at least three U.S. airlines. The to 2.99% from 3.07%. bins will increase carry-on capacity by up to 50%.

Alaska Airlines will be the DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG. world’s first airline to fly with the new bins, taking delivery of the inaugural Space Bin 737 on Fri17,050 day. Delta will be next, taking its 17,000 first Space Bin 737s in early 2016.

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16,900 Boeing’s new bin design comes as more travelers try to bring 16,850 9:30 a.m.

138.46 their bags onboard instead of pay16,800 16,912 ing checked-bag fees now in place at nearly every big airline in North America. That has led to a carry-on crunch inside the cabin, THURSDAY MARKETS with overhead bins often filling to INDEX CLOSE CHG Nasdaq composite 4810.79 x 19.64 capacity even as passengers are S&P 500 2013.43 x 17.60 still boarding the plane.

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Boeing’s roomy ‘Space Bins’ could ease fliers’ carry-on crush Jetmaker adds option to popular 737s, says overhead storage capacity will increase up to 50%

carry-ons, something that has created headaches both for fliers and airlines.

“It’s two-fold,” Walton says.

“Passengers will have room to stow their carry-on when they get onboard. It’s less stressful. It also eliminates the need for the airlines to have to gate-check bags when the plane is too full. The airlines think it may help them reduce their workload and also lead to faster turn times.”

Alaska Airlines believes shifting to the Space Bins will have a dramatic impact on its flights.

On the carrier’s Boeing 737900s — the largest model of the plane in the Alaska Airlines’ fleet — the Space Bins will allow the 181-seat jet to hold 174 bags. By comparison, the current bins on Alaska Airlines’ 737-900s have a capacity of just 117 bags.

“Virtually everyone can carry on a bag, which is fantastic,” says Sangita Woerner, vice president, marketing at Alaska Airlines.

For new 737s, Boeing is offering the extra-spacious bins as an option for airlines willing to pay more — though Boeing would not divulge how much more.

Southwest, the world’s largest operator of the 737, told USA TODAY it currently has no plans to add Space Bins to its existing 737 orders. It’s perhaps no coincidence, however, that the airline is the last major holdout to allow customers to check bags for free.

Henry Harteveldt, travel industry analyst and founder of the Atmosphere Research Group, predicts that if Boeing’s Space Bin concept proves popular, “we may see Boeing adapt it to its wide-body aircraft.”

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A MAJOR UPGRADE New overhead bins on Alaska Airlines 737s will mean almost every passenger has room for a carry-on bag.

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Facebook hopes ‘Reactions’ solves ‘dislike’ dilemma Jessica Guynn @jguynn USA TODAY

SAN FRANCISCO It’s not a “dislike” button, but Facebook is going beyond the “like” button to express a broader range of human emotions.

No longer will the ubiquitous “like” button have to do all the heavy emotional lifting. The new buttons called “Reactions” include “love,” “haha,” “wow” and “yay.” Also at your fingertips will be angry and sad faces. The emoji-like symbols are designed to be universally recognized across

cultures.

Facebook is rolling out “Reactions” first in Spain and Ireland and will gauge reaction before rolling them out more broadly. Adam Mosseri, a product director at Facebook, says it likely will be weeks before the more emotive buttons are available in the USA. “We are going to continue to iterate,” Mosseri said. “We hope that some of these reactions meet people’s needs in a human way.”

Moving beyond the “like” button has been debated inside Facebook for years. One of the most popular requests from Facebook

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Chris Cox, Facebook’s product chief

users is a “dislike” button.

Facebook agrees that “like” is not the right sentiment for everything friends and family put on the social network. But founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg did not want to give users a new tool to vote down or criticize someone or a status update. He did want to give people an easy way to express more supportive emotions such as sympathy or congratulations.

The buttons show up when you press and hold the “like” button on mobile or hover over the “like” button on desktop.

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

In the rebound rally on Wall Street, the stocks that got beat up the most in the first 10% correction since 2011 have gone up the most.

“This has clearly been a counter-trend rally where what hasn’t worked so far in 2015 has done very well in October, while the strategies that had been outperforming haven’t outperformed this month,” according to a report from Bespoke Investment Report. “Investors have finally stepped in to buy up the most beaten-down names in the market, and they’ve stepped in in a very big way.”

The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index, which cratered 12.4% in the current correction, has re-

Facts about America’s investors who use SigFig tracking services:

bounded nearly 8% from its lateAugust low, including Thursday’s nearly 1% rise that helped the index climb back above the key 2,000 level.

The average stock in the S&P 500 is up nearly 7% since Sept. 29, Bespoke says. But what has been working in the current rally might surprise some.

The smallest 50 stocks in the S&P 500 have doubled the return of the largest 50 stocks. And stocks with the highest dividend yields have outperformed stocks with no or low dividend yields.

“Typically,” Bespoke noted, “you see high-yielding stocks underperform during rallies.”

The biggest surprise? Laggards turned leaders. Stocks that held up the best during the correction have bounced the least (+3.7%) in this rally, while stocks that did the worst have exploded higher by 15% since Sept. 29.

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CLOSE: 4,810.79 PREV. CLOSE: 4,791.15 RANGE: 4,737.93-4,819.07

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CHANGE: +.9% YTD: -41.45 YTD % CHG: -3.4%

CLOSE: 1,163.24 PREV. CLOSE: 1,152.60 RANGE: 1,149.29-1,164.57

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Columbia Pipeline (CPGX) Rises after Jefferies upgrades to buy.

20.25

+1.26

+6.6

Netflix (NFLX) Has strong afternoon as it raises plan price.

114.93 +6.83

+6.3 +135.5

Noble Energy (NBL) Advances as oil prices jump.

37.27

+2.22

+6.3

-21.4

Wynn Resorts (WYNN) Strong traffic in Macau, shares up.

75.91

+3.92

+5.4

-49.0

Marathon Oil (MRO) Shares higher with oil prices.

20.18

+1.01

+5.3

-28.7

68.54 +3.27

+5.0

-30.8

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Mallinckrodt (MNK) Forecasts sales increase, shares gain.

LOSERS

-35.8

+4.9

-19.7

EMC (EMC) Dell said to discuss buying.

27.18

+1.22

+4.7

-8.6

Anadarko Petroleum (APC) Sector upgrades as oil has bottomed.

72.33

+3.19

+4.6

-12.3

Owens-Illinois (OI) Climbs all day as sector upgrades.

23.40

+1.03

+4.6

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YTD % Chg % Chg

eBay (EBAY) 24.15 Hits 2015 low as Amazon shows stronger sales growth.

-1.53

-6.0

+3.5

Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) To spend $2 billion to buy PMC-Sierra.

79.43

-4.18

-5.0

+9.2

Tenet Healthcare (THC) 37.26 Shares dip as it makes earnings call announcement.

-.95

-2.5

-26.5

Cigna (CI) 133.63 Solid rating, erases month’s gain in weak sector.

-3.00

-2.2

+29.9

31.67

-.71

-2.2

-13.7

66.20

-1.25

-1.9

-6.4

Linear Technology (LLTC) 41.79 Retreats from month’s high ahead of earnings call.

-.75

-1.8

-8.4

Dollar General (DG) Price target lowered at Deutsche, shares follow.

MORE THAN 80% U.S. INVESTMENTS

5-day avg.: 6-month avg.: Largest holding: Most bought: Most sold:

5-day avg.: 6-month avg.: Largest holding: Most bought: Most sold:

-0.74 -7.26 AAPL ESV GLW

127.44

-2.20

-1.7

+14.5

Amazon.com (AMZN) Shares dip after earnings call announcement.

533.16

-8.78

-1.6

+71.8

Advance Auto Parts (AAP) Continues downtrend since hitting 2015 high.

187.35

-3.00

-1.6

+17.6

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A: Long-term investors know stock price gains are only a part of the market’s magic. Dividends are a key piece that keeps rising.

Dividend payments made by companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 hit record highs for the sixth consecutive quarter during the third quarter, Howard Silverblatt of S&P Dow Jones Indices says.

Investors in U.S. domestic stocks got $10 billion more in dividend payments during the third quarter. Over time, dividends account for more than a third of the total return investors get from stocks.

But while dividends are rising and hitting records, the pace at which they are increasing is slowing. Net dividend increases in the third quarter of 2015 are down 19.1% from a year earlier, Silverblatt says. And the total number of U.S. companies boosting dividends during the third quarter — 497 — is down 12% from the 563 companies that increased their dividends in the third quarter of 2014.

There’s a sign some companies are pulling back, too. The number that cut their dividends in the third quarter of 2015 — 105 — is up 62% from the 65 that reduced dividends in the year-ago period.

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ditional information confirming that the economic outlook had not deteriorated and bolstering members’ confidence” that inflation would pick up.

Michael Gapen, chief U.S. economist of Barclays Capital, says the meeting summary undercuts claims by some policymakers that the decision to stand pat last month was a close call.

Last month, 13 of 17 Fed policymakers still projected the central bank would raise the benchmark rate this year, but they forecast a more gradual rise over the next few years. Some economists, however, now believe

the Fed and its chief, Janet Yellen, will wait until early 2016.

That’s partly because the labor market has shown signs of wobbling since the September meeting, with the government estimating that employers added just 136,000 jobs in August and 142,000 in September, well below the 200,000-plus monthly average since 2014. Fed policymakers had been concerned that “slack” in the labor market — such as part-time workers who prefer full-time jobs — remained elevated. But last month, most Fed officials said that such slack “had been substantially reduced.”

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Black Mass

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Plot: Boston gangster Whitey Bulger (Johnny Depp) rises to the top of the Boston underworld through an alliance with an FBI agent (Joel Edgerton).

Director: Scott Cooper

Everest

2 hours, 2 minutes

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Rating: R Upside: Depp has one of his best performances as the icy real-life gangster.

Downside: The story doesn’t do anything that innovative with the crime genre.

Plot: Now out of captivity, the heroes of ‘The Maze Runner’ race to find the resistance against the nefarious villains of WCKD. Director: Wes Ball

2 hour, 1 minutes

Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation

Plot: The dramatic ensemble tale of the infamous 1996 storm on Mount Everest that killed eight climbers and shocked the world.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Rating: PG-13 Upside: From IMAX-worthy action to a doomed climber’s final phone call to his wife, ‘Everest’ scales many emotional peaks.

Downside: It’s a blizzard story on a mountain with a large cast, which makes it sometimes hard to follow.

Plot: American superspy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) goes rogue to uncover a secret organization using terrorism to cause global chaos.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

1 hour, 27 minutes

Pan

Rating: PG-13 Upside: The documentary steadfastly avoids iconography, leaning instead on behind-the-scenes access.

Downside: It could stand to be slightly shorter.

Plot: An origin story takes young Peter Pan (Levi Miller) to Neverland to befriend James Hook (Garrett Hedlund) and battle Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman).

Director: Joe Wright

1 hour, 29 minutes

Sicario

Rating: PG Upside: Despite re-teaming Sandler with David Spade and Kevin James, it doesn’t get as bad as a ‘Grown Ups’ film.

Downside: Not even Brooks can save this alreadyexhausted monster premise.

Plot: An FBI agent (Emily Blunt) is recruited by the government to work on a task force in a border drug war between the USA and Mexican cartels.

Director: Denis Villeneuve

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He Named Me Malala

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Plot: An intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who survived the Taliban’s attempt to assassinate her simply for wanting to go to school.

Director: Davis Guggenheim

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Plot: Dracula (voice of Adam Sandler) is a proud grandfather but worries if his halfhuman grandson will be accepted by his hardcore vampire father (Mel Brooks).

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

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Rating: PG-13 Upside: Cruise meets his action movie match in co-star Rebecca Ferguson.

Downside: Movie at times gets in the weeds with its own spycraft.

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Plot: A senior citizen (Robert De Niro) is hired as an intern to work for the stressed-out head of an online fashion company (Anne Hathaway).

Director: Nancy Meyers

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Plot: An astronaut (Matt Damon) stranded on Mars has to use his knowledge as a skilled botanist to stay alive until NASA can mount a rescue mission.

Director: Ridley Scott

2 hours, 1 minute

The Visit

Rating: PG-13 Upside: De Niro and Hathaway work their chemistry well.

Downside: The dramedy is relentlessly fluffy.

Plot: With their mom out of town, a couple of kids go to a rural farm for a week to spend time with grandparents they’ve never met and things get very weird.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

2 hours, 21 minutes

The Walk

Rating: PG-13 Upside: Damon’s nearly one-man show is humorous and compelling.

Downside: No space botanist is this good at his job.

Plot: A French street performer (Joseph GordonLevitt) realizes his dream of navigating the top of the twin towers by tightrope.

Director: Robert Zemeckis

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2 hours, 1 minute Rating: R Upside: Strong acting performances pair with intense, often brutally brilliant set pieces.

Downside: The story gets convoluted juggling the many subplots and characters.

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The Martian

1 hour, 51 minutes Rating: PG Upside: Some of the tweaks really freshen up an old fairy-tale world.

Downside: The plot is messier than a Lost Boy's bedroom.

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The Intern

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Hotel Transylvania 2

2 hours, 11 minutes Rating: PG-13 Upside: New characters add to the action-packed adventure.

Downside: The zombies are boring, and the geography of the world is a bit nonsensical.

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1 hour, 34 minutes Rating: PG-13 Upside: Shyamalan shows signs of the greatness in his earlier work.

Downside: Don’t hold your breath for a showstopping twist ending.

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TELEVISION MAKING WAVES Daniel Craig is so over playing 007, he told ‘TimeOut’ he’d rather die than make another James Bond movie. In fact, in DAVE M. BENETT, the interview WIREIMAGE published Wednesday, he said he’d slash his wrists. “We’re done. All I want to do is move on,” he said.

Peril builds as ‘Walking Dead’ marches into Season 6 Bill Keveney USA TODAY

There’s no rest for The Walking Dead’s weary.

After last season closed with an agitated Rick Grimes (Andrew THEY SAID WHAT? THE STARS’ BEST QUOTES Lincoln) killing a resident of the walled Alexandria Safe Zone, his “I was diagband of survivors and the domesnosed with ticated Alexandria residents relupus, and I’ve group to face a giant zombie been through threat in the 90-minute Season 6 chemotherapy. premiere (AMC, Sunday, 9 p.m.

That’s what my break was really ET/PT).

“It’s one great beast that we about. I could’ve have to wrangle, which I thought had a stroke. I GREGG DEGUIRE, wanted so badly was a unique, brilliant way to WIREIMAGE start the season,” says Lincoln, to say, ‘You guys have no idea. I’m in chemothera- whose Rick still bears cuts from py. You’re (jerks).’ ” Selena Gomez his Season 5 tangle.

Zombie walkers — more than to ‘Billboard,’ on her fury at 600 in Sunday’s episode, a record rumors she was in rehab for substance abuse earlier this year. — are one challenge. Vicious human Wolves roam outside Alexandria’s walls; inside, Rick’s CAUGHT IN THE ACT temporarily settled road warriors Helen Mirren and a noticeably slimmer John Goodman broke up navigate an uneasy relationship red-carpet tedium Thursday while with the softer permanent popupromoting ‘Trumbo’ at the lation. Rick also must resolve difLondon Film Festival. Goodman ferences with longtime loyalists bent a knee to Dame Helen, and and deal with new arrival Morgan she returned the gesture.

(Lennie James), a man he befriended in the show’s pilot.

“We have groups of people that have transformed at different rates with different ways of surviving, all in the same place,” says executive producer Robert Kirkman, who created the comics series that spawned cable TV’s top-rated show. “The people of Alexandria aren’t quite as prepared for this world as Rick and his crew are. We also have JOHN PHILLIPS, GETTY IMAGES FOR BFI Wolves, who are perhaps closer to Compiled by Maria Puente Rick’s group than they are to the

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The zombie walkers aren’t going away. In fact, Sunday’s Season 6 premiere features more than 600.

Fans wonder where Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) is going in The Walking Dead. people of Alexandria, but have a much more savage way of life.”

Expect more flashbacks this season. The premiere features two timelines, one in black and white that picks up immediately after the end of Season 5 and one in color that follows Rick & Co. as they prepare for a huge walker onslaught a few days later.

Rick’s group, often splintered,

will band together this season, and Alexandria will remain “a pretty integral part of the show for the foreseeable future,” says Kirkman.

Characters from the comics, including Heath (Corey Hawkins) and Dr. Denise Cloyd (Merritt Wever), will be introduced in the series.

“Season 6 has a vast amount of big moments pulled from the comics,” Kirkman says. “The two are very closely tied at this point.”

Dead averaged 20.1 million viewers last season, ranking as TV’s top show among young adults, so Kirkman sees no end in sight for the show, which spawned a Fear the Walking Dead spinoff. Kirkman says he’s “optimistic we will get to tell this long, sprawling, apocalyptic story until its natural conclusion. ... I definitely have an end game, but it’s something that’s very far off.”

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League Acting, dancing, hoops in store tonight title not a priority for LHS

By Gary Bedore

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By Bobby Nightengale bnightengale@ljworld.com

Lawrence High’s football players have spent less time talking about winning a Sunflower League title than the time it takes to read this sentence.

With a victory against Olathe South (7 tonight) at LHS, the Lions will clinch a share of the league title for the first time since 1993.

The league standings only account for the first six games because the final three games are a part of districts. Olathe North finished its league schedule with a 5-0 record this year.

“I don’t think it’s ever been brought up,” LHS coach Dirk Wedd said. “The only thing they worry about is hanging a (state championship) banner. I think they want to do something special. They’ve been real good about concentrating one game at a time. Hopefully it’ll continue.”

When LHS senior cornerback Ivan Hollins was asked if he talked with any of his teammates about winning a league title, he just shook his head.

“It’s another game for us,” Hollins said.

After a couple of losses by top-ranked teams in the state last week, the Lions (5-0) were moved up to the No. 1-ranked team in most

A short, 20-minute men’s basketball scrimmage annually serves as the curtainclosing act in Kansas University’s Late Night in the Phog production in Allen Fieldhouse.

The Jayhawks’ play is normally so sloppy — coach Bill Self called it “brotherin-law ball” a year ago — that it tends to be one of the least-discussed aspects of the evening.

What normally steals the headlines are the dancing and acting skills of the Jayhawks in skits and videos, as well as the costumes of the participants.

As far as what to expect during the entertainment

portion of the 31st-annual Late Night, set for 6:30 to 9:30 tonight in Allen ...

“I’ve got a couple moves I’m working on. I’m kind of a dancer. I might pull off some dance moves,” KU sophomore guard Devonté Graham said. Doors open for KU students at 4:30 p.m. and the general public at 5.

Admission is free.

“Svi (Mykhailiuk) has become a better dancer,” Graham added, asked to comment on his teammates’ skills. “Cheick (Diallo) is not a dancer. Hunter (Mickelson) is not a dancer. I’m not too sure about Dwight (Coleby). B.G. (Brannen Greene) is not a dancer, either.”

Junior point guard Frank Mason III doesn’t over-rate his own ability to boogie.

“I can’t dance,” Mason said. “Actually Jamari (Traylor) thinks he’s the best dancer. I think Devonté is. We’ll all do it.

“Whatever they want us to do, we do, hopefully something that’s really nice,” Mason added, alluding to the true spirit of the festive night.

Junior combo guard Wayne Selden Jr. agreed Graham is “probably the best dancer. Jamari definitely thinks he’s the best.

Hunter can’t dance, cannot dance.”

Freshman Carlton Bragg has already tipped off the media to the fact he’ll be playing the piano at some point in the show. Whether it’s with a spotlight on him in a concert format or part

of a funny skit ... that has not yet been revealed.

“I’m definitely looking forward to Late Night. I think it’ll be the best one, especially since it’s my last one,” senior forward Perry Ellis said. “I’ll go out there and have a good time with it. I haven’t really been working on my dance moves. I’m not a big dancer.

I have to bring it out during Late Night, though, so I’ll try something and see what happens.”

Junior guard Tyler Self has had speaking parts in Late Night skits before.

“I think Late Night is one of the most fun nights of the year,” Self said. “I just remember the first one, how

LATE NIGHT IN THE PHOG

Who: Kansas men’s and women’s basketball When: 6:30 tonight Where: Allen Fieldhouse In attendance: Recruits Harry Giles, De’Aaron Fox, Malik Monk, Marques Bolden and Schnider Please see HOOPS, page 4C Herard

SOCCER CITY SHOWDOWN

Fit to be tied

Two OTs not enough to separate LHS, FSHS

By Bobby Nightengale

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Firebirds face off with 0-5 Raiders

By Bobby Nightengale bnightengale@ljworld.com

Fresh off a win against the top-ranked team in the state, Free State High’s football team showed its potential when playing at its best.

Now the Firebirds are focused on making sure they can stay at that level of play on a week-to-week basis, starting when they face Shawnee Mission South at 7 tonight at FSHS. The Firebirds (2-3) beat Shawnee Mission East last week, 32-20, ending the defending state champions’ 17game win streak.

“It built our self-esteem as a team and everything,” junior cornerback/receiver Zack Sanders said. “Coach has been saying all week that wins are contagious.

Once you get your team working together, anything is possible, really.”

Last week, the Firebirds ran the ball for 334 yards against a top defense, but were especially proud of their defense for posting a shutout in the second half.

“We finally played to what we amount to really,” junior safety Zion Bowlin said. “All the athletes came together. All the line started growing (up).”

The Firebirds will face the Raiders (0-5), who are coached by Brett Oberzan, an 11-year assistant coach for Free State before taking

One hundred minutes of soccer, sandwiched around a 51-minute lightning delay, wasn’t enough time to find a winner in the boys soccer City Showdown.

Lawrence High and Free State ended in a 2-2 draw Thursday at LHS, with both teams wishing they could have finished one more opportunity with the ball in the back of the net.

In the first overtime, Free State junior Toufik Ahmmed set up senior Jordan Patrick was a pass in the middle of the box, but LHS goalie Apramay Mishra made a diving stop.

Lawrence junior forward Ebrahim Diagne hit a cross into the box in the second overtime, and it nearly found the foot of junior Cain Scott.

“It’s a draw, so we’ll take it,” FSHS coach Kelly Barah said. “It’s so much better than a defeat, especially in a John Young/Journal-World Photo rivalry game. We knew it was FREE STATE SENIOR ERNESTO HODISON (14) IS LATE GETTING IN FRONT of Lawrence High junior going to be that tough.”

Ebrahim Diagne as Diagne cocks his leg back before sending the ball into the net for a goal during the Please see SOCCER, page 5C City Showdown soccer match Thursday at LHS. The game ended in a 2-2 tie.

Astros rain on Royals in ALDS opener

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KANSAS CITY’S KENDRYS MORALES HITS THE FIRST OF HIS TWO HOME RUNS during Please see FIREBIRDS, page 5C the Astros’ 5-2 victory against the Royals on Thursday in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — The Kansas City Royals were in this situation last year, dropping the World Series opener to San Francisco before responding with victories in the next two games.

They aren’t shaken by a 5-2 loss to the Houston Astros in Game 1 of their AL Division Series.

“It’s a five-game series,” manager Ned Yost said Thursday night. “It’s not a death sentence to lose Game 1.”

Especially with Johnny Cueto headed to the mound in Game 2 today.

“That’s exactly why we got Johnny Cueto. If you lose Game 1, then you’ve got Johnny to help you bounce back,” Yost said. “And

best-case scenario, you win Game 1 and you’ve got Johnny to take it to a two-game lead. So that’s why we got Johnny, for games like that.”

Not that Yordano Ventura and the Royals’ other pitchers weren’t any good Thursday night.

It’s just that Collin McHugh and the Astros’ arms were better.

McHugh allowed four hits, including a pair of solo homers by Kendrys Morales, while pitching around a 49-minute rain delay. The right-hander lasted six innings before turning the game over to his bullpen, which scattered three runners over the final three frames.

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Houston (ap) — Andre Johnson proved to his former team that he still has plenty left.

Johnson caught two touchdown passes from Matt Hasselbeck, including one for two yards in the fourth quarter, to help the Indianapolis Colts beat the Houston Texans, 2720, on Thursday night.

Released by Houston in March after 12 seasons with the team, Johnson had six catches for 77 yards.

The Colts (3-2) extended their AFC South winning streak to an NFL-record 16 games.

Brian Hoyer, who replaced Ryan Mallett for Houston (1-4) in the second quarter, threw a pass up for grabs that was intercepted by Mike Adams with less than two minutes left.

The 40-year-old Hasselbeck was filling in for Andrew Luck, who missed his second straight game because of a shoulder injury. Hasselbeck may not have been 100 percent, either, after missing practice Tuesday due to an illness.

Johnson extended the lead to 27-17 with the two-yard reception with about 101⁄2 minutes left. The Texans intercepted Hasselbeck’s pass in the end zone earlier in that drive, but the play was negated because of defensive holding on Eddie Pleasant. A second penalty, this one for pass interference gave the Colts a first down at the one.

Mallett got the wind knocked out of him on an illegal hit midway through the second quarter and was replaced by Hoyer.

SUMMARY Colts 27, Texans 20 Indianapolis

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Third Quarter Ind-Gore 3 run (Vinatieri kick), 13:02.

Hou-Strong 11 pass from Hoyer (Novak kick), 4:03.

Fourth Quarter Ind-A.Johnson 2 pass from Hasselbeck (Vinatieri kick), 10:28.

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Ind First downs 22 24 Total Net Yards 323 444 Rushes-yards 30-110 28-82 Passing 213 362 Punt Returns 2-16 2-11 Kickoff Returns 2-74 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 2-48 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-29-0 31-41-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-0 Punts 3-49.0 3-41.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 7-65 13-125 Time of Possession 27:33 32:27 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Indianapolis, Gore 22-98, Tipton 2-9, Robinson 3-6, Hasselbeck 3-(minus 3).

Houston, Foster 19-41, Blue 6-22, Hoyer 1-14, Polk 1-5, Mallett 1-0.

PASSING-Indianapolis, Hasselbeck 18-29-0213. Houston, Hoyer 24-31-1-312, Mallett 7-101-50.

RECEIVING-Indianapolis, A.Johnson 6-77, Hilton 5-88, Fleener 2-9, Allen 1-21, Dorsett 1-9, Robinson 1-6, Moncrief 1-3, Doyle 1-0. Houston, Hopkins 11-169, Foster 9-77, Mumphery 4-23, Strong 2-53, Polk 2-17, Blue 1-11, Graham 1-8, Fiedorowicz 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-None.

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LAWRENCE HIGH SOUTH WEST The 6-foot-6, 230-pound reTODAY bounding machine died Sept.

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IN THIS FILE PHOTO FROM DEC. 10, 2004, former Kansas University Sunday tory) and scored 1,028 points standout and NBA player Bill Bridges displays his jersey during a halftime Week 5 in just 78 games — played 13 recognition and jersey-retirement ceremony at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Buffalo ...............................21⁄2 (42)............... TENNESSEE championship with Golden BALTIMORE ...................... 61⁄2 (43).................. Cleveland State in 1975. ing career. I told him I could for rebounds. At one point he ATLANTA ...........................71⁄2 (48).............. Washington He averaged a double-double offer $9,000,” Owens said. “Of was leading rebounder among KANSAS CITY ...........91⁄2 (45)............. Chicago over the course of his pro ca- course he said he couldn’t af- all forwards in the pros. He had PHILADELPHIA ...................51 (49).............. New Orleans GREEN BAY ...................... 9 ⁄2 (46).................... St. Louis reer (11.9 points, 11.9 rebounds) ford that, but I would have sturdy and large shoulders and CINCINNATI .........................3 (43).......................... Seattle and twice was named to the loved to have him on our staff. a big body. His arms and hands Arizona ..............................21⁄2 (45)..................... DETROIT NBA’s all-defensive team.

He was a terrific guy, a great were huge and he knew how to New England . ................81⁄2 (49.5).................... DALLAS Denver .............................41⁄2 (43.5)................. OAKLAND “He was 6-6, about 230, and friend, one of our truly great use them.” that was long before weight- players.”

Anderson, who traveled NY GIANTS ..........................7 (43)............ San Francisco Monday lifting. He was truly one of our KU grad Dana Anderson, with Bridges to Lawrence for SAN DIEGO ......................31⁄2 (45.5)............... Pittsburgh greatest players,” Owens said who is one of KU’s most prom- Bridge’s jersey-retirement cer- Bye Week: Carolina, Miami, Minnesota, NY Jets. of Bridges, who grabbed 30 re- inent boosters, remembers emony in 2004, indicated the COLLEGE FOOTBALL bounds against Northwestern meeting Bridges many years player was thrilled to be so Favorite ................Points (O/U)....... Underdog MARSHALL ..........................5 (56)............ Southern Miss in 1960, third-most in a game ago in Santa Monica, Califor- honored by his alma mater.

Cindy Fraser, who was VIRGINIA TECH .................11⁄2 (46)..................... NC State in school history. Owens was nia, where Anderson worked Saturday Bridges’ partner of many years, x-Oklahoma ..............17 a KU assistant coach in 1960-61 and Bridges lived.

(60).................. Texas when Bridges helped protect “He saw my KU tags on my indicated Bridges was “very Minnesota .........................3 (45.5)...................... PURDUE the Jayhawk bench as a fight car one day, walked in the of- proud to be a Jayhawk. People WEST VIRGINIA ........61⁄2 (60)...... Oklahoma St broke out at the end of Mis- fice and asked, ‘Who is the per- would introduce themselves to PENN ST ...........................61⁄2 (54.5)..................... Indiana souri’s 79-76 win over KU in son with the car with KU on him and he’d go into the Rock ALABAMA .........................1611⁄2 (48)................... Arkansas Columbia. it?’” Anderson recalled. “That’s Chalk cheer. He just loved KU.” MISSISSIPPI ST ..............30 ⁄2 (56)........................... Troy MISSISSIPPI .......................45 (67)......... New Mexico St She indicated a possible mo- BYU . ....................................8 (56.5)............ East Carolina “He probably saved us down how we met. I knew who he at Missouri my first year. You was immediately, of course. ment of silence at today’s Late Baylor .......................45 (78).............. KANSAS can still watch it on the Inter- We became friends. We had Night in the Phog “would be OREGON .............................17 (71.5)......... Washington St net, the fight with Missouri. some good talks philosophical- perfect. He didn’t want a ser- Georgia ..............................3 (59.5)................ TENNESSEE (69)......... Middle Tenn St Bill cleared out about half of ly about race. He was a really vice. He was a very quiet man.” WESTERN KY ......................8 TULSA ...............................91⁄2 (68.5)............. UL-Monroe After reflection, she knows NOTRE a court down there. Nobody neat person intellectually.”

DAME .....................14 (56)............................. Navy (MU fans who stormed court) Physically ... “He had the big- of one other thing that would ARIZONA ST .......................15 (56)..................... Colorado wanted a part of Bill,” Owens gest hands of any human being please him.

FLORIDA ST .......................81⁄2 (51)........... Miami-Florida “In thinking about it, I’m MICHIGAN ............................7 (35)............ Northwestern reflected with a laugh.

I’ve ever met, mammoth,” AnOwens offered Bridges a job derson said. “Much bigger than sure Bill would love a last CLEMSON ...........................7 (54.5)............ Georgia Tech on his coaching staff at KU. Wilt (Chamberlain). His arms ‘Rock Chalk’ in his honor,” Fra- Tcu . ..........................101 (63).......... KANSAS ST TEXAS TECH . .......... 11 ⁄2 (74).............. Iowa St “It was at the end of his play- and hands were just a knack ser said.

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Washington, Gaskin 22-134, Washington 9-15, Team 3-(minus 6), Browning 2-(minus 8). Southern Cal, Madden 17-120, Jones II 8-65, J.Davis 8-31, D.Davis 1-(minus 1), Kessler 5-(minus 25).

PASSING-Washington, Browning 16-32-1-137, Hall 1-1-0-27. Southern Cal, Kessler 16-29-2-156.

RECEIVING-Washington, Mickens 6-49, Perkins 4-57, Lenius 2-29, Washington 2-17, Pettis 1-8, Sample 1-3, Gaskin 1-1. Southern Cal, Smith-Schuster 6-82, Jackson 3-3, J.Davis 2-36, Mitchell Jr. 2-3, D.Davis 1-23, Madden 1-5, Whitney 1-4.

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Kansas University defensive coordinator Clint Bowen had a unique way to describe Baylor tight end LaQuan McGowan, who stands 6-foot-7 and weighs a whopping 410 pounds.

“There’s a couple of plays (on Baylor’s game film) that looks like the end of the movie when a team has to score a touchdown, and one guy knocks 11 people over, and they run behind him and score,” Bowen said of the Baylor senior who primarily is used as another blocker.

“There’s actually a couple clips in there that resemble that, where he knocks a guy down, knocks another guy down and keeps running. He’s a big fella.”

While the senior from Amarillo, Texas, does not necessarily fit the make-up of the rest of the Baylor offense — fast, explosive, athletic guys who like to do their damage in space — he does operate as the perfect complement to those other receivers and offers a perfect option for when BU coach Art Briles and his son and offensive coordinator Kendal Briles want to mix things up.

“Kind of a unique situation with what they do with him,” Bowen said of the tight end who does not yet have a reception this season but gained national fame by snagging an 18-yard TD reception during the 2015 Cotton Bowl. “They will throw him the ball, but, obviously, he’s in there to be

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BAYLOR TIGHT END LAQUAN MCGOWAN PARTICIPATES IN WARM-UP DRILLS before the Bears’ game against Texas Tech on Oct. 3 in Arlington, Texas. a lead blocker, and he’s a big human that gets a lot of movement.”

McGowan, who wears a size-20 shoe, red-shirted his first season at Baylor and dressed for four games but did not play as a red-shirt freshman in 2012.

A year later, McGowan played in all 13 games on special teams and as a reserve offensive lineman.

He filled the same role in 2014, when he again played in all 13 games, and was moved to tight end for the final third of the Bears’ schedule.

Asked how to handle him if he does catch the ball during Saturday’s 11 a.m. kickoff against Kansas at Memorial Stadium, Bowen had one rule for his defense to remember.

“We gotta make sure

we don’t take him on real high,” Bowen said with a grin.

As for which Jayhawk has filled McGowan’s role during practice with the scout team this week, Bowen did not provide a specific name but did offer some feedback.

“We don’t have that guy,” he joked. “The guy playing him does not look like him.”

Kansas City, Mo. — Andy Reid and John Fox have been around the NFL long enough to see hundreds of players come and go, some of them only after age has rendered their once-potent ability ineffective.

Reid insists that is not the problem with the Chiefs’ woebegone defense.

The Chiefs are actually among the youngest teams in the NFL, the product of several seasons spent picking early in the draft.

But they also have a pair of starting linebackers in Derrick Johnson and Tamba Hali that are among the oldest in the NFL, raising the question: Has the game started to catch up to two of the best to ever wear a Chiefs uniform?

“I don’t see that decline from our older players right now. I don’t think that’s the issue,” Reid said. “I think they’re playing hard and doing the things they’ve done before.”

Reid also acknowledged that the tape — and numbers — rarely lie.

In the case of Hali, the formerly feared pass rusher has just six tackles and one sack through four games. That puts Hali on pace for the fewest stops of his 10-year career, and the fewest sacks since he had three in 2008, his third season in the league.

More importantly, the fact that the four-time Pro Bowl selection has been less effective has had a spillover effect on the rest of the defense.

Teams are more easily able to double-team Justin Houston on the other side, or help with nose tackle Dontari Poe. And if a quarterback has more time to throw, it puts additional strain on the defensive backfield.

The result is the league’s 29th-ranked defense, allowing nearly 400 yards per game, and one that is tied with this week’s opponent, the Chicago Bears, for most points allowed.

“We’ve got a good group,” Chiefs defensive coordinator Bob Sutton said. “You have to be very careful not to let your emotion, the highs of winning and the lows of losing, affect you.”

Yet emotion is exactly what often forces coaches to leave unproductive players on the field too long. They remember what a player has done in the past rather than take stock of what he is capable of doing in the present, their image of him clouded by sentimentality and time.

Hali, who has not been available to reporters this week, has certainly made it difficult to view him as anything other than a star. He has 801⁄2 sacks in his career, trailing only Derrick Thomas and Neil Smith for most in franchise history. He had 141⁄2 during the 2010 season, which still stands as the fifthbest mark in the Chiefs record book.

He also has proven invaluable in tutoring Houston, now one of the NFL’s top pass rushers, and Dee Ford, a firstround pick who is being groomed as Hali’s successor.

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The costume-design team didn’t disappoint at last year’s Late Night in the Phog in Allen Fieldhouse.

Microphone in hand, Kansas University coach Bill Self strolled through the facility’s northwest tunnel wearing the same black-and-white striped, rather loud suit that Andrew Wiggins fashioned in Brooklyn, New York, the night he was tapped first in the 2014 NBA Draft.

Self also had on oversized black rimmed glasses, white shirt, bow tie, black slacks, black shoes and no socks during the 30th-annual festivities.

“Let’s look good!” Self exclaimed to his team, which entered during an “evolution of hip hop dance number” to the delight of 14,000 fans and a batch of star high school recruits.

“We went to the thrift shop, and they only had one jacket. We had to make it one-size-fits-two.

Basically, we got it together. I’m going to send it back to him,” Self said jokingly of Wiggins.

KU’s coach added: “That was probably one of the dumbest things I’ve ever done. They (script writers) thought it was funny. It was a pretty identical outfit. He looked better in his, though.”

Self also was star of a video in which he addressed fans from his office.

“We don’t always wear jewelry, but when we do we prefer a ring on each finger. Rock Chalk, my friends,” Self said, wearing his 10 consecutive Big 12 title rings (11 following last season) on his fingers and thumbs. “We don’t always win championships, but when we do we prefer 10 straight,” he added.

Guard Wayne Selden Jr. scored 17 points and hit three three-pointers in the annual 20-minute scrimmage that concluded Late Night. Forward Cliff Alexander, who did not finish the season with the team because of NCAA problems, scored 12 points and grabbed four boards.

Here’s a quick history lesson — a look at Late Night through the Bill Self years.

2013 Call it Wiggins mania: Between 3,000 and 5,000 fans were turned away after a scary incident in which a batch of fans stormed the gates once they opened, pushing aside some folks who had been in line for hours.

It was not only steamy

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY SOPHOMORE SYDNIE KELLY, LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, RIGHT OF CENTER, GOES WILD with other Jayhawk fans as the men’s basketball team is introduced during 2014’s Late Night in the Phog at Allen Fieldhouse. outside the building as fans waited on an 80-degree Oct. 4 day, but hot beyond belief inside an arena that is not air conditioned.

The heat actually stole the show.

“It’s hot in here. Oh it’s hot in here,” Self exclaimed to the spectators after grabbing an usually hot microphone at a Late Night held two weeks earlier than usual in accordance with new NCAA rules. “I didn’t switch clothes because I spilled anything on my shirt. It was that I soaked it.

“Obviously you are excited,” he added to a crowd that didn’t seem at all inconvenienced.

“How many places in America are over 25,000 people waiting to get in a 16,000-seat building .... other than Lawrence, Kansas?” Self asked, to roaring applause.

Those nestled snugly in the building were treated to comedy, courtesy of host Rob Riggle as well as Jayhawk players and coaches who enacted scenes from movies Old School, Hangover and Anchorman.

Self stole the show as egotistical anchor Ron Burgundy in Anchorman: The Legend of Bill Self.

In the scrimmage, Perry Ellis had 14 points and Wiggins 12. Freshman sensation Wiggins hit six of eight shots and had various dunks.

2012 It was a banner that stole the show on a night hundreds of fans again had to be turned away, the fieldhouse packed to capacity.

A 9:14 p.m., unveiling of KU’s 2012 Final Four flag, located in the rafters just north of the center videoboard, had the fans stomping their feet in a roar that rivaled the 2008 Late Night when the

NCAA title banner was unfurled.

“I thought it was pretty cool. To do the ‘Dream On’ video that long (prior to banner unveiling) and be able to highlight that kind of stuff ... I think that’s pretty nice,” Self said.

As far as skit highlights ... Elijah Johnson, Travis Releford, Kevin Young and Jeff Withey wore power blue sports jackets, white shirts, black bow ties and sunglasses in dancing to Internet hit “Gangnam Style” by artist PSY. KU’s freshmen players performed a dance number in which they wore all black outfits, with black KU caps worn backward.

The number ended with Perry Ellis and former Jayhawk Zach Peters picking up walk-on Tyler Self and throwing him into the air in a gymnastics-like dismount.

2011 On Oct. 14, 2011, Self who was decked out in an all-black leather jacket and chaps, drove a custommade motorcycle onto James Naismith court for the 2011-12 season-opening proceedings. This was one mid-October removed from Self’s dressing in gold from head to toe as “Vanilla Ice.” “What’s happening, Jayhawks?” Self bellowed to the fans, revving the motor of the cycle.

“Just so you know, I did not pick this outfit out. I am not a wannabee member of the Village People,” Self added, noting it was the first time he’d ridden a motorbike since a “Suzuki 50” in the third grade.

“A Suzuki 50 is this high,” Self added, placing his hand near his knees in explanation.

2010 Self’s solid-gold outfit, in his words “a takeoff on cheap silk,” arguably drew the most laughs of

a three-hour show that concluded with a scrimmage highlighted by Marcus Morris’ 14 points and eight rebounds and Tyshawn Taylor’s nine points and two assists.

Self’s job as Vanilla Ice was to introduce KU’s mimickers of “New Edition” — that is Thomas Robinson, Johnson, the Morris twins and Releford.

Emcee was former KU and NBA power forward Scot Pollard, who arrived in a tuxedo, white shirt and bow tie. Pollard ripped off his coat and tore open his shirt, revealing a black faketuxedo shirt.

2006 The junior class of Jeremy Case, Sasha Kaun, C.J. Giles, Darnell Jackson, Russell Robinson and Rodrick Stewart “waltzed” their way to an American Idol dance competition victory over the Jayhawk sophomores, who “tangoed,” and freshmen, who twirled to the “swing” in front of judges Self, former KU All-American Danny Manning and former KU guard Aaron Miles.

“I don’t know if dancing can be a highlight, but I think the guys actually did a pretty good job dancing with the young ladies,” said Self, not enthralled with the squad’s 20-minute intrasquad scrimmage won by the Blue team, 26-23.

2005 For the first time ever, the festivities started at 6:30 p.m. instead of 10 or so according to new NCAA rules.

2004 Tuxedo-clad seniors Keith Langford, Michael Lee, Miles and Wayne Simien bowed their heads reverently while grasping KU’s 1988 national-championship trophy at the conclusion of a dramatic skit.

“It wasn’t like it was a fun thing. It (skit) was a serious matter,” KU senior guard Miles said of the Fab Foursome answering a series of questions from 1988 title winners Manning and Mike Maddox before being allowed to touch the trophy.

The Jayhawks hoped it’d be a sign of things to come, another national title. Didn’t work out as planned.

2009 The 25th-annual Late Night included KU oneand-done player Xavier Henry making his hoops and dance debut. He wore a wig during a number. An all-star cast of recruits watched the action, including Royce Woolridge, Josh Selby, Josiah Turner, Doron Lamb and Harrison Barnes. Mario Little may have been best-dressed Jayhawk in a number with slick black slacks, a bright red shirt and suspenders. Withey wore old short-shorts in a 2003 Self’s first Late Night 1988 skit. took on the name, “Late 2008 Night in the Phog.”

KU unveiled its nationOf changing the name, al championship banner Self explained: “Basketto the delight of the fans. ball at Kansas is bigger The thunderous ovation than any individual. It is during the banner pre- bigger than coach (Roy) sentation had to be one of Williams. It is bigger than the loudest moments in Dr. (Phog) Allen. It is bigfieldhouse lore. ger than Larry Brown. It is bigger than Dr. (James) 2007 Naismith. It is about a Players were driven to way of life, no matter the fieldhouse in a Cor- what.” vette, Infiniti, MercedesThe fans also rocked Benz, Lexus, BMW, the building when the Hummer, Avalanche and 1988 title team, led by stretch limousine onto Brown, was introduced. a Red Carpet for interviews with “Survivor” — For the complete hiswinner and KU grad Dan- tory of Late Night, visit ni Boatwright. Later in KUsports.com.

Five top recruits will be on hand tonight

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

Two of the top guards and three of the premier forwards in the recruiting Class of 2016 will be attending the 31st-annual Late Night in the Phog tonight in Allen Fieldhouse.

The five blue-chippers who are sure to receive a thunderous ovation when they walk through the northwest tunnel to their seats behind the KU bench are: No. 2-ranked (by Rivals.com) Harry Giles, 6-10, Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia; No. 5 De’Aaron Fox, 6-3, Cypress Lakes High, Katy, Texas; No. 6 Malik Monk, 6-4, Bentonville (Arkansas) High; No. 16 Marques Bolden, 6-10, DeSoto (Texas) High; and No. 34 Schnider Herard, 6-10, Prestonwood Christian Academy, Plano, Texas.

Giles, who has visited Wake Forest, will also travel to Kentucky for its

Big Blue Madness on Oct. 16, North Carolina on Oct. 23 and Duke on Oct. 31.

“I know I’ve told you guys this before but this is going to be a tough (decision),” Giles wrote in his most recent blog at USA today. It has been speculated he might want to play with No. 3-rated, Duke-bound Jayson Tatum in college.

Fox, who has visited LSU and Louisville, will attend Kentucky’s Big Blue Madness and trek to Arizona on Oct. 30. He said he’ll choose a school shortly after the ’Zona trip.

“I’ll be at both of their Midnight Madnesses (KU, UK) so it’ll be crazy.

The atmosphere will be good,” Fox told Rivals. com. “I really just want to try to see a practice, some player development. I want to get to know the guys a lot better. Most of the guys will be back next year so I want to know who your teammates are.

You want to know how the coach practices. I haven’t seen either team practice yet.”

Monk, who has visited Oregon, will also attend Kentucky’s Big Blue Madness and the ArkansasAuburn football game on Oct. 24. He also has Florida State and North Carolina on his list.

ESPN.com’s analysis of Monk: “Monk is a long and extremely athletic guard that excels on the break with his ability to attack the basket and finish above the rim with ease and flare. Monk is terrific at making plays off the dribble especially in the arc with an excellent mid-range jumper off the catch or dribble.

Monk can get where he needs to on the court with a strong handle and can pass when he draws a second defender but Monk is attacking to score first. Monk is also an a threat on the offen-

sive glass. He also is very capable of easily defending both guard positions as well.”

Monk’s brother, Marcus, played wide receiver at Arkansas seven years ago. His cousin, Ky Madden, was Arkansas’ starting point guard last season.

Bolden, who has made unofficial visits to Duke, Alabama and Wake Forest, will attend Kentucky’s Big Blue Madness, then Duke’s Countdown to Craziness on Oct. 17.

He also has Baylor, Oklahoma, TCU and Alabama on his list.

“I’ll be basing it (final decision) off of my relationship with the coaching staff and players that are coming into that school,” Bolden told madehoops.com. “I just want to have the ability to step it out a bit and not just be a center down low.”

Herard, who is a physical presence inside at 260 pounds, has visited Mis-

sissippi State and Texas Tech. The Haiti native also has Cal and Purdue on his list of five schools.

“There’s something to be said about big guys who like to play at the rim and play with power,” Rivals.com’s Eric Bossi told peegs.com. “That’s what Schnider Herard is all about.”

Top juniors expected to attend Late Night according to Rivals.com: Michael Porter, 6-8, from Tolton Catholic in Columbia, Missouri, who is ranked No. 3 in the Class of 2017; No. 19 Jeremiah Tilmon, 6-10, from East St. Louis High; No. 26-rated Trae Young, 6-1, from Norman (Oklahoma) North, No. 37 Mitchell Ballock, 6-4, from Eudora High; No 73 Chaundee Brown, 6-5, from First Academy in Orlando, Florida; and No. 141 Wyatt Wilkes, 6-8, from Winter Park (Florida) High.

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nervous I was to dance.

I could have passed out.

Looking back at it, it was one of the most fun minute-long dances I’ve ever done. It’s fun every year. We always try to do something to spice it up.

I’m not sure what it will be this year. I don’t want to give anything away. It should be a fun night.”

The players and coaches hope a certain segment of the crowd has the most fun of all. That is, the recruits who will be in attendance.

“It shows them what this whole place is like, just to embrace the whole atmosphere,” senior guard Evan Manning said. “It’s not even a game, but this place is usually full. People are dying to get in here and see us act like fools.”

Senior high school prospects expected to be in the fieldhouse are: No. 2-ranked (by Rivals.com) Harry Giles, No. 5 De’Aaron Fox, No. 6 Malik Monk, No. 16 Marques Bolden and No. 34 Schnider Herard.

“It’s a great opportunity for guys (prospects) to see that environment which would probably best suit them from a thought-process standpoint in picking a school,” Self said, not referring to specific prospects in accordance with NCAA rules. “Guys want to know what it’s like to play there on game day.

That’s really the one opportunity we have to show them before their senior year (begins).”

The recruits are ineligible to participate in one of the most-anticipated moments of the 2015 Late Night. One male and one female fan (high school graduates or older) will be randomly selected each to attempt two halfcourt shots. Should they make one of two attempts, Self will award a $10,000 check on the spot. If the contestant doesn’t want to shoot, he/she can select anyone in the building who is not a current player or recruit, to shoot on his/her behalf.

“Brennan Bechard of our staff could shoot it for you. He’s probably the best halfcourt shooter we have. Wayne Simien if he’s in the stands. I heard Darnell (Jackson) is coming back. Or Aaron Miles could shoot. They’ve been instructed to try to make it. There’s a pretty good chance they could hit one of ’em,” Self added with a laugh.

“It should be fun. The biggest thing for us is, obviously, our guys have gotten to the point where this is something they look forward to each and every year, and it’s a great way to kick off our season, and also from a fan standpoint, and there’s a chance I’m sure we’ll have a recruit or two in the audience. It’s a fun night for them to get a feel what Kansas basketball can actually be like.” l

Ellis, Diallo honored: KU senior forward Perry Ellis was named to the five-player preseason AllBig 12 team Thursday with player of the year Buddy Hield of Oklahoma, Iowa State’s Georges Niang, Baylor’s Rico Gathers and Texas’ Isaiah Taylor. KU’s Frank Mason was honorable mention. KU’s Cheick Diallo was preseason freshman of the year and ISU’s Deonte Burton newcomer of the year. l

Maui officials in town: On Saturday, Maui Invitational tournament sponsor Maui Jim sunglasses will be present at the bottom of KU’s Campanile Hill prior to the 11 a.m. KU-Baylor football game. From 8:30 to 11 a.m., fans can learn how to win a trip to the Maui Invitational. Tonight at Late Night, Maui tourney officials will present the Jayhawks an eightfoot, hand-crafted custom surfboard.

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The Firebirds (7-4-1) had leads of 1-0 and 2-1 when senior midfielder Will Laufer drilled goals on free kicks, but both times the Lions found a way to respond.

With 16 minutes left in regulation, LHS senior midfielder Piper Hubbell received a bouncing pass from Brennan Davies and drilled a 25-yard strike into the back of the net.

“It’s just one of those things where one touch on a bouncing ball,” Hubbell said of his goal. “I just have to hit it. I didn’t really try to kill it. Just one of those split-second opportunities, and I had to take it and luckily it went in.”

Laufer, who constantly had a defender around him, gave the Firebirds a 2-1 lead in the 54th minute when he caught the Lions off-guard.

The Lions (3-8-1) were trying to get their defensive wall set up, and Laufer went with a quick kick from more than 30 yards away.

“Will, he’s a great player,” Hubbell said. “Very smart and he’s technical.

He saw and opportunity and he took it. He placed it nice. Props to him on that. There’s nothing we could have done about that except we have to be smarter and set up faster.”

With 30 seconds left in regulation, Laufer had another free kick from nearly the same spot, but Mishra made the stop as his LHS teammates held their breath.

“He’s a good striker of the ball,” FSHS coach Kelly Barah said of Laufer. “Every single set piece and/ or every shot he takes, we always just think it’s going to go in. We started thinking he’s not even human anymore.”

Laufer scored his first goal in the 24th minute, lining up for the free kick on the left side of the 18-yard box after a foul drawn by junior Branden Patterson. He drilled it into the near post, an area where the Lions’ defense has struggled this season.

“I just smashed that near post,” Laufer said.

“It was a crush. It was a shot. I don’t know what it was but it went in.”

Two minutes after the 51-minute lightning delay in the first half, Diagne scored when he hit a shot into the right side of the net from the middle of the box, assisted from Hubbell.

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Postseason Glance

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FREE STATE HIGH’S ALLIE KNAPP (10) AND RACHEL HICKMAN CELEBRATE A POINT against Leavenworth during the Firebirds’ triangular sweep on Thursday at FSHS.

Firebirds sweep tri

By Chris Duderstadt cduderstadt@ljworld.com

It is hard to miss the long bodies of freshman Rachel Hickman and her sister, junior Naomi Hickman, on the front line of Free State’s volleyball team.

While the duo combined for 25 kills in victories for the Firebirds over Leavenworth (25-10, 25-22) and Shawnee Mission West (25-11, 25-23), the senior tandem of libero Erin Friedrichsen and setter Lauren Johnson made everything click for FSHS on Thursday.

“We were very in control,” Friedrichsen said.

“We started the first set against Leavenworth, and everything was on. Naomi Hickman and Rachel Hickman were hitting so well … blocks, everything was on. Passing was great, and we were just having a really good night.”

While Friedrichsen manned the baseline, Johnson moved about freely to help the Firebirds’ offense flow. Johnson recorded 21 assists in the victories and made a few digs that led to big rallies by the Firebirds.

The versatile senior showed no ill-effects of a toe injury that sidelined her in Free State’s last triangular at Olathe East.

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media polls and No. 2 in the coaches’ poll.

LHS volleyball But again, it’s not a drops two subject the Lions care to spend much time talking Prairie Village — about with each other.

Lawrence High’s volleyball “It doesn’t matter. It’s team dropped both matchjust a number,” senior quares at Thursday’s triangular terback Alan Clothier said. at Shawnee Mission East.

“That’s what we believe.

Olathe North defeated It doesn’t mean anything.

Lawrence in three games, I, honestly, in my opinion, 19-25, 25-13, 25-16. The don’t like to be No. 1 just beLions lost to SM East, 25cause it puts that target on 16, 25-11. your back. I never like to be Caroline Dykes had No. 1, but hey, we’re No. 1 nine kills and eight digs for so we’re just going to focus Lawrence. Nez Iskandrani on our next game and play had eight kills, Laurel Bird hard like we’ve been playhad 13 assists, and Kyleigh ing all season.”

Severa had nine digs.

The Lions are one of six

Veritas v-ball splits pair Veritas Christian went 1-1 in a high school volleyball triangular Thursday at Veritas.

Derby Invasion defeated the Eagles, 27-29, 25-22, 25-16, but Veritas topped Topeka Heritage, 25-15, 26-24.

Leading the way for the Eagles was Chloe Holland with 15 kills, two blocks and six aces.

Veritas also received 14 kills, one block and six aces from Allie Swisher, and nine kills, four blocks and three aces from Alyssa Krestan.

The Eagles moved their record to 15-14. Their next action will be in a triangular Thursday at Seabury Academy.

tunate incident with a loss of a toenail, so we were without her,” FSHS coach Amy Hoffsommer said. “She is a defensive player. She is my second libero, essentially, so her defense is something that we need to have.”

Once Johnson was able to feed the Hickman sisters at the net, Naomi and Rachel were able to use their height advantage against the Pioneers and Vikings to put it away.

“It was fun setting them,” Johnson said of Naomi and Rachel, who stand 6-foot-5 and 6-3, respectively. “They were just putting stuff down.

They knew what to do with the ball.”

The Firebirds did not trail in the first set of either match and only fell behind 1-0 in the second to SM West. FSHS was tested in the middle to late stages of each second set, though, but did not back down. The Pioneers pulled within 23-22, and the Vikings rallied from seven points down to tie it at 22, before the Firebirds closed out each match.

“Even when the second sets were closer in both matches, we just stayed on it. We never got worried or anything,” Friedrichsen said. “We just kept playing, and we were just in control the whole night. At least, I

never felt out of control of anything.”

Friedrichsen fueled the Firebirds in crunch time against the Vikings, with four of her team-high six aces coming against SM West. The senior quartet of Friedrichsen, Johnson, Allie Knapp and Rebekah Andersson have helped the Firebirds to a 17-9 mark with five regularseason competitions remaining and have also made life easier on Hoffsommer.

“They’ve been dedicated since last March when I became their coach and we began the process,” said Hoffsomer, who is in her first full season of coaching the Firebirds. “I really appreciate all of the hard work and effort that they have put in. I’m happy that they were able to have such a great Senior Night.”

The Firebirds’ second triangular sweep has them full of confidence going into their next tri, Tuesday at St. Teresa, and for the remainder of the season.

“We are in a pretty good position (for sub-state) because we don’t have any of the Olathe schools, like Olathe East, Olathe Northwest or Blue Valley,” Friedrichsen said. “We’re in a very good position for sub-state. I think we’re on a road to state, so I’m very excited.”

teams left in Class 6A with an undefeated record.

“It’s cool that people think we’re No. 1 but it really doesn’t matter right now,” senior linebacker/ tight end Price Morgan said. “Coach Wedd was telling us, ‘We don’t care who is No. 1 until the day after the state championship.’”

One of the turning points for the veteran LHS squad was last year’s game against Olathe South. The Lions trailed by 29 points at halftime, but started a furious comeback and had the ball at the six-yard line with 18 seconds left with a chance to tie the game.

The Lions fell short in that game after an interception in the end zone, but gained plenty of con-

fidence, which carried over to this summer and into this season.

“They got scolded at halftime and challenged a little bit and they came out like I thought they would,” Wedd said.

“There’s a lot of games over the past two years that they’ve grown.”

LHS probable starters

Offense LT — Trey Georgie, sr. LG — Jacob Unruh, jr. C — Mark Greene, jr. RG — Ethan Taylor, so. RT — Amani Bledsoe, sr.

QB — Alan Clothier, sr. RB — JD Woods, sr. H — Peter Afful, sr. WR — Ivan Hollins, sr. WR — J’Mony Bryant, sr. TE — Price Morgan, sr.

K — Cole Brungardt, jr. P — Alan Clothier, sr.

Defense DE — Trey Georgie, sr. DT — Nathan Koehn, sr. DT — Jacob Unruh, jr. DE — Amani Bledsoe, sr. LB — Konner Kelley, sr. LB — Price Morgan, sr. LB — Tanner Green, sr.

CB — Dante’ Jackson, so. CB — Ivan Hollins, sr. SS — Santino Gee, jr.FS — Cade Burghart, jr.

WILD CARD Tuesday, Oct. 6: Houston 3, New York 0 Wednesday, Oct. 7: Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 0 DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Houston 1, Kansas City 0 Thursday, Oct. 8: Houston 5, Kansas City 2 Today: Houston (Kazmir 7-11) at Kansas City (Cueto 4-7), 2:45 p.m.

(FS1) Sunday, Oct. 11: Kansas City (Volquez 13-9) at Houston (Keuchel 20-8), 3:10 p.m. (MLBN) x-Monday, Oct. 12: Kansas City at Houston, 12:07 p.m. (FS1) x-Wednesday, Oct. 14: Houston at Kansas City, 7:07 p.m. (FS1) Texas 1, Toronto 0 Thursday, Oct. 8: Texas 5, Toronto 3 Today: Texas (Hamels 7-1) at Toronto (Stroman 4-0), 11:45 a.m.

(MLBN) Sunday, Oct. 11: Toronto (Estrada 13-8) at Texas (Lewis 17-9), 7:10 p.m.

(FS1) x-Monday, Oct. 12: Toronto (Dickey 11-11) at Texas (Holland 4-3), 12:07 or 3:07 p.m.(FS1) x-Wednesday, Oct. 14: Texas at Toronto, 3:07 or 7:07 p.m. (FS1) National League All games televised by TBS St. Louis vs. Chicago Today: Chicago (Lester 11-12) at St. Louis (Lackey 13-10), 5:45 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 10: Chicago (Hendricks 8-7) at St. Louis (Garcia 10-6), 4:37 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 12: St. Louis (Wacha 17-7) at Chicago (Arrieta 22-6), 3:37 or 5:07 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 13: St. Louis (Lynn 12-11) at Chicago (Hammel 10-7), 3:37 or 6:07 p.m. x-Thursday, Oct. 15: Chicago at St. Louis, 3:37 or 7:07 p.m.

Los Angeles vs. New York Friday, Oct. 9: New York (deGrom 14-8) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 16-7), 8:45 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 10: New York (Syndergaard 9-7) at Los Angeles (Greinke 19-3), 8:07 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 12: Los Angeles (Anderson 10-9) at New York (Harvey 13-8), 7:07 or 7:37 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 13: Los Angeles at New York, 7:07 p.m. x-Thursday, Oct. 15: New York at Los Angeles, 7:07 p.m.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) American League Friday, Oct. 16: Texas-Toronto winner at Kansas City or Houston at Texas-Toronto winner (FOX or FS1) Saturday, Oct. 17: Texas-Toronto winner at Kansas City or Houston at Texas-Toronto winner (FOX or FS1) Monday, Oct. 19: Kansas City at Texas-Toronto winner or TexasToronto winner at Houston (FOX or FS1) Tuesday, Oct. 20: Kansas City at Texas-Toronto winner or TexasToronto winner at Houston (FOX or FS1) x-Wednesday, Oct. 21: Kansas City at Texas-Toronto winner or TexasToronto winner at Houston (FOX or FS1) x-Friday, Oct. 23: Texas-Toronto winner at Kansas City or Houston at Texas-Toronto winner (FOX or FS1) x-Saturday, Oct. 24: Texas-Toronto winner at Kansas City or Houston at Texas-Toronto winner (FOX or FS1) National League All games televised by TBS Saturday, Oct. 17: Los Angeles-New York winner at St. Louis or Chicago at Los Angeles-New York winner Sunday, Oct. 18: Los Angeles-New York winner at St. Louis or Chicago at Los Angeles-New York winner Tuesday, Oct. 20: St. Louis at Los Angeles-New York winner or Los Angeles-New York winner at Chicago Wednesday, Oct. 21: St. Louis at Los Angeles-New York winner or Los Angeles-New York winner at Chicago x-Thursday, Oct. 22: St. Louis at Los Angeles-New York winner or Los Angeles-New York winner at Chicago x-Saturday, Oct. 24: Los Angeles-New York winner at St. Louis or Chicago at Los Angeles-New York winner x-Sunday, Oct. 25: Los Angeles-New York winner at St. Louis or Chicago at Los Angeles-New York winner WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7) All games televised by Fox Tuesday, Oct. 27: at American Wednesday, Oct. 28: at AL Friday, Oct. 30: at National League Saturday, Oct. 31: at NL x-Sunday, Nov. 1: at NL x-Tuesday, Nov. 3: at AL x-Wednesday, Nov. 4: at AL

Presidents Cup

Thursday At Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea Incheon, South Korea Yardage: 7,380; Par: 72 UNITED STATES 4, INTERNATIONAL 1 Foursomes Bubba Watson and J.B. Holmes, United States, def. Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama, International, 3 and 2 Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace, International, def. Matt Kuchar and Patrick Reed, United States, 3 and 2.

Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker, United States, def. Anirban Lahiri and Thongchai Jaidee, International, 5 and 4.

Phil Mickelson and Zach Johnson, United States, def. Jason Day and Steven Bowditch, International, 2 up.

Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson, United States, def. Danny Lee and Marc Leishman, International, 4 and 3.

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the job at SM South during the last offseason.

It’s not a game that FSHS coach Bob Lisher looks forward to when he sees a familiar face on the opposing sideline.

“We’re friends and we’re going to be friends, but during the game, neither one of us is going to be friends,” Lisher said.

“We’re going to try to win the football game.

Coach Oberzan will have his guys prepared.

I know they will play hard. I know they will be well-coached and he’ll

do the best he can with what he’s got, just like we will.”

However, most of the Firebirds are excited to see Oberzan again, their former defensive coordinator.

“It’ll be fun playing against him because he knows all our offense,” Sanders said. “He’s been here for a bunch of years.

It’ll just be fun playing against that because we know he’s going to prepare his team harder than he has.”

Beyond the reunion of their former coach, the Firebirds are focused on carrying their momentum from their last two wins.

“The first three games,

we still hurt ourselves badly,” Lisher said. “We still had a chance to win the football game and we didn’t. Now that’s old news. We have to build on what we’ve done the last two weeks and continue to get better.”

FSHS probable starters

Offense LT — Chase Houk, jr. LG — Jay Dineen, jr. C — Garrett Swisher, sr.

RG — Sam Hambleton, jr. RT — Tanner Liba, sr.

QB — Bryce Torneden, sr. RB — Sam Skwarlo, sr. H — Zack Sanders, jr. WR — Logan McKinney, sr. WR — Daniel Bryant, jr. TE — Darian Lewis, sr.

K — Kameron Lake, fr. P — Drew Tochtrop, sr.

Defense DT — Sam Hambleton, jr. NG — Darian Lewis, sr. DT — Jalen Galloway, sr. OLB — Drew Wise, jr. ILB — Jay Dineen, jr. ILB — Sam Skwarlo, sr. OLB — Drew Tochtrop, sr.

CB — Zack Sanders, jr. CB — Logan McKinney, sr. FS — Bryce Torneden, sr. SS — Zion Bowlin, jr.

Thursday At Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,260; Par 71 a-denotes amateur Alison Lee 65 Xi Yu Lin 65 Yani Tseng 66 Chella Choi 66 Shanshan Feng 66 Michelle Wie 66 Ha Na Jang 67 Amy Yang 67 Sakura Yokomine 67 Q Baek 68 Sandra Gal 68 Mika Miyazato 68 I.K. Kim 68 Inbee Park 68 So Yeon Ryu 68 Jaye Marie Green 69 Jessica Korda 69 Mi Hyang Lee 69 Candie Kung 69 Minjee Lee 69 Pornanong Phatlum 69 Eun-Hee Ji 70 Moriya Jutanugarn 70 Catriona Matthew 70 a-Aditi Ashok 70 Julieta Granada 70 Karine Icher 70 Ilhee Lee 70 Jane Park 70 Kelly Tan 70

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Signed LB John Timu to the practice squad.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Fired defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle. Promoted defensive backs coach, Lou Anarumo to defensive coordinator.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled D Viktor Svedberg from Rockford (AHL). Assigned D Ville Pokka to Rockford. Reassigned F Corey Tropp from Rockford to Albany (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned RW Dan Cleary and D Xavier Ouellet to Grand Rapids (AHL). Removed Ds Jakub Kindl and Alexey Marchenko from injured reserve.

COLLEGE MEMPHIS — Extended the contract of Tom Bowen, Director of Athletics, through June 30, 2019.

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W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 2 2 0 .500 95 101 N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 102 82 Washington 2 2 0 .500 78 79 Philadelphia 1 3 0 .250 78 86 South

W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 4 0 0 1.000 108 71 Atlanta 4 0 0 1.000 137 93 Tampa Bay 1 3 0 .250 72 117 New Orleans 1 3 0 .250 86 104 North

W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 4 0 0 1.000 113 71 Minnesota 2 2 0 .500 80 73 Chicago 1 3 0 .250 68 125 Detroit 0 4 0 .000 66 96 West

W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 3 1 0 .750 148 73 St. Louis 2 2 0 .500 74 89 Seattle 2 2 0 .500 87 71 San Francisco 1 3 0 .250 48 110 Thursday’s Game Indianapolis 27, Houston 20 Sunday’s Games Chicago at Kansas City, noon St. Louis at Green Bay, noon Buffalo at Tennessee, noon Seattle at Cincinnati, noon Washington at Atlanta, noon Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, noon New Orleans at Philadelphia, noon Cleveland at Baltimore, noon Arizona at Detroit, 3:05 p.m.

Denver at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.

New England at Dallas, 3:25 p.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game Pittsburgh at San Diego, 7:30 p.m.

Big 12 Standings

Big 12 Overall

W L W L Oklahoma State 2 0 5 0 TCU 2 0 5 0 Baylor 1 0 4 0 Oklahoma 1 0 4 0 Iowa State 1 0 2 2 Kansas State 0 1 3 1 West Virginia 0 1 3 1 Kansas 0 1 0 4 Texas Tech 0 2 3 2 Texas 0 2 1 4 Saturday, Oct. 10 Baylor at Kansas, 11 a.m. (FS1) Oklahoma at Texas (at Cotton Bowl – Dallas), 11 a.m. (ABC) Iowa State at Texas Tech, 2:30 p.m.

Oklahoma State at West Virginia, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) TCU at Kansas State, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

Lawrence High

Sept. 4 — Blue Valley West, W 35-14 (1-0) Sept. 11 — at Leavenworth, W 41-14 (2-0) Sept. 18 — at Free State, W 14-12 (3-0) Sept. 24 — SM Northwest at North District Stadium, W 41-6 (4-0) Oct. 2 — SM South, W 42-6 (5-0) Today — Olathe South, 7 p.m.

Oct. 15 — Olathe Northwest at ODAC, 7 p.m.

Oct. 23 — Olathe North, 7 p.m.

Oct. 30 — Olathe East at CBAC, 7 p.m.

Free State

Sept. 4 — SM West, L 26-34 (0-1) Sept. 11 — Olathe North at ODAC, L 20-24 (0-2) Sept. 18 — Lawrence High, L 12-14 (0-3) Sept. 25 — at Leavenworth, W 43-7 (1-3) Oct. 2 — SM East at North District Stadium, W 32-20 (2-3) Today — SM South, 7 p.m.

Oct. 16 — at Washburn Rural, 7 p.m.

Oct. 23 — Manhattan, 7 p.m.

Oct. 30 — Topeka High, 7 p.m.

Sunflower League

League Overall

W L W L Lawrence 4 0 5 0 Olathe North 5 0 6 0 SM West 3 1 4 1 Olathe Northwest 3 1 4 1 Olathe East 3 1 3 2 SM East 3 1 5 1 Free State 2 2 2 3 Olathe South 1 3 1 4 SM Northwest 1 3 1 4 SM North 0 5 1 5 Leavenworth 0 4 0 5 SM South 0 4 0 5 Thursday’s Game Olathe North 56, SM North 6 Today’s Games Olathe South at Lawrence SM West at Olathe East SM East at Leavenworth SM South at Free State Olathe Northwest at SM Northwest

High School

Junior Varsity Thursday at Shawnee Mission East Lawrence def. Olathe East 25-16, 25-5 Lawrence def. Olathe North 25-4, 25-17 Lawrence record: 25-2, 11-0 in Sunflower League. Next for Lawrence: Sunflower League Tournament Saturday in Leavenworth.

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Mazda Crossovers

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Kia Cars

2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport LE

2007 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring

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2013 Nissan Altima 2.5 2 DR

Stk#116L103

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$11,988

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Mercedes-Benz Cars

Nissan Cars

2012 Mazda Mazda3 i Touring

2006 NISSAN MAXIMA SL

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2011 Toyota Prius Five

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Volkswagen Cars

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2008 Volkswagen Rabbit S

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2008 Toyota Highlander Sport Low Miles, Local Owner, Great Condition, All the Goodies, Loaded, Well Maintained. Stk# F200A

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2007 Mercedes Benz CLK-Class CLK350 Base

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Pontiac 2009 Vibe

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2006 Toyota Camry LE

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Lincoln Crossovers

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Pontiac Cars

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Pontiac 2003 Grand Am

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Nissan Cars

2013 Mazda Mazda3 i Touring

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2014 Subaru Forester 2.0XT Touring

Toyota Cars

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Toyota Cars

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2005 KIA SPECTRA

Toyota Cars

2007 Toyota Camry

2005 Lincoln Aviator Luxury

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Guttering Services

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Carpentry Concrete

Home Improvements

Painting

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Pet Services

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Furniture

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Color background?

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Home Improvements

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Retired Carpenter, Deck Repairs, Home Repairs, Interior Wall Repair & House Painting, Doors, Wood Rot, Power wash 785-766-5285

Lawn, Garden & Nursery Golden Rule Lawncare Mowing & lawn cleanup Snow Removal Family owned & operated Call for Free Est. Insured.

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Painting D&R Painting interior/exterior • 30+ years • power washing • repairs (inside & out) • stain decks • wallpaper stripping • free estimates Call or Text 913-401-9304 Interior/Exterior Painting Quality Work Over 30 yrs. exp.

Call Lyndsey 913-422-7002

Personalized, professional, full-service pet grooming.

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Tree/Stump Removal Fredy’s Tree Service cutdown • trimmed • topped • stump removal Licensed & Insured.

20 yrs experience.

913-441-8641 913-244-7718

KansasTreeCare.com Trimming, removal, & stump grinding by Lawrence locals Certified by Kansas Arborists Assoc. since 1997 “We specialize in preservation & restoration” Ins. & Lic. visit online 785-843-TREE (8733)

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JOB FAIR Seasonal Customer Service Representatives

Director of Communications Job ID 6102 • Topeka Public Schools USD 501

The Director of Communications serves as the district’s chief media contact and directs the school district’s internal and external communications program including coordination of legislative advocacy and lobbying efforts.

General Dynamics offers company-paid benefits!

Oct. 6th 1PM-4PM at Lawrence WFC, 2920 Haskell Ave.

Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, marketing, journalism, political science or related field.

• Minimum three years professional management/supervisory experience AND three years’ experience in the development and supervision of comprehensive communications and/or marketing plans. K-12 experience preferred.

• Strong interpersonal, verbal, written communication, and public speaking skills.

Oct. 7th 9AM-7PM at GDIT 3833 Greenway Dr. Oct. 8th 1PM-4PM at Lawrence WFC, 2920 Haskell Ave. 9AM-7PM at GDIT 3833 Greenway Dr.

Salary: $73,800 - $103,000 Based on education and experience.

Please apply at: http://www.topekapublicschools.net or contact Human Resources at 785-295-3088.

Oct. 9th 9AM-5PM at GDIT 3833 Greenway Dr.

EOO/M/F/D/V

Oct. 10th 9AM-NOON at GDIT 3833 Greenway Dr. We seek candidates who possess the following: • A high school diploma or GED (or above) • Ability to speak and read English proficiently • Ability to type a minimum of 20 WPM • Computer Literacy • Six months customer service experience • Previous call center experience preferred • Spanish Bilinguals • Ability to successfully pass a background check • Drug Free

AdministrativeProfessional

DriversTransportation

Receptionist Needed

Local Semi Driver

For busy chiropractic clinic. Full-Time, permanent position. Apply in person MWF 8-4 pm.

PRIOR TO ATTENDING THE EVENT:

Create a candidate profile and complete the online application form at www.gdit.com/jobsearch Please apply online 10/19 Full Time Marketplace: req# 240557 10/12 Part Time Marketplace: req# 240547

Advanced Chiropractic Services 1605 Wakarusa Dr.

Childcare

Think Fast.

Think FedEx Ground.

Interested in a fast-paced job with career advancement opportunities?

Join the FedEx Ground team as a package handler.

Package Handlers $10.20-$11.20/hr. to start Qualifications

Must be at least 18 years of age Must be able to load, unload and sort packages, as well as perform other related duties

All interested candidates must attend a sort observation at our facility prior to applying for the position.

To schedule a sort observation, go to WatchASort.com 8000 Cole Parkway, Shawnee, KS 66227 Ground

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Stepping Stones 1100 Wakarusa Dr. Lawrence, KS 66049 steppingstones@ sunflower.com Due 10/26/15 EOE

Computer-Software Senior QA Engineer, IT (Master’s with 3 yrs exp or Bachelor’s with 5 yrs exp; Major: CS, Engg, Math, or equiv; other suitable qualifications acceptable) Overland Park, KS. Job entails working with and requires experience including: QTP, .NET, Java, HP Quality Center, MS Word, MS Excel, SQL, Shell scripting, UNIX, Visual Basic, ASP, SharePoint Designer, Mainframe DB2, and IBM 4690.

Relocation and travel to unanticipated locations within USA possible. Send resumes to Fusion Global Solutions LLC, Attn: Venkat Vanka, 7300 W 110th Street, Suite 774, Overland Park, KS 66210.

Construction

FedEx Ground is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer (Minorities/Females/Disability/Veterans) committed to a diverse workforce.

Taylor Oil Inc. 504 Main Wellsville, KS 785-883-2072

Experienced Concrete Finisher $18 an hr, work mostly Douglas County.

Also need laborers.

785-423-7145

Wellsville Retirement Community is accepting applications for an evening nurse, Mon - Thurs. 3:00 to 9:00 and we can “flex” these hours.

We are family owned & operated. We offer a competitive wage and a FABULOUS work environment no kidding!

www.wellsvillerc.com

RN, Full-Time

Environmental

Conservation Technician Work outdoors visiting landowners, evaluating conservation practices, designing projects, overseeing construction checkout, and more.

QUALIFICATIONS: High school diploma or GED, experience in conservation or agriculture (Two year degree with ag classes will substitute for experience), valid driver’s license, pass a security background check as required by the USDA. Salary $33,353 plus benefits. EOE APPLY at: Douglas County Conservation District 4920 Bob Billings Pkwy Suite A Lawrence, KS 66049 785-843-4260 x 1129

Healthcare Phlebotomist/ X-ray Tech Needed for busy Family Practice office located in Lawrence, KS. Mon-Fri, Approx. 25-30 hrs/ week.

Experience helpful.

Please send resume to: fp.applicant.11@gmail.com

Installation-Repair

LPN/RN

Stop by 304 W. 7th St in Wellsville or apply online:

Assistant Director Support the staff, program and management of a non-profit child care center. Min. 1 year experience working in a child care center, BA in Early Childhood Education or related field & administrative experience preferred.

Send cover letter & resume to:

General Dynamics Information Technology is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, supporting employment of qualified minorities, females, disabled individuals, and protected veterans.

Local deliveries Haz-Mat & CDL required.

Healthcare

10 hour days, 4 days/ week. Daytime schedule.

Competitive Wages & Great Benefits Lawrence Dialysis is looking for an RN that is enthusiastic, has a strong work ethic & looking for a challenging & rewarding nursing position.

Candidate will be educated in providing dialysis in the acute & chronic setting. This nurse will work closely with the physician, hospital, & dialysis team. The facility is located at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 330 Arkansas St, Suite 100. To set up a tour & interview, call the facility 785-843-2000 or fill out an application online at careers.davita.com

Industrial Mechanic Lawrence, KS Requires 4 years of experience as a Senior Industrial Mechanic, welding & fabrication exper., driver’s license, diploma or GED. Pre-employment checks req’d. Send resume to careers@chemtradelogist ics.com and brobbins@chemtradelogi stics.com referencing job title and location.

Management

Signage Coordinator Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area seeks a Signage Coordinator responsible for implementing our signage plan. Full job description is available at: www.freedomsfrontier.or g. Send resume and statement of interest to jmcpike@freedoms frontier.org

Part-Time COOK & HOUSEKEEPER

Social Services Director Immediate position available for a Licensed Social Worker. Rewarding, team environment within long term care.

Full time with benefits.

Apply online at www.lawrencepres byterianmanor.org or in person at: 1429 Kasold Drug Test is required.

Tall Oaks Christian Camp & Retreat Center Linwood, KS. Food service experience preferred, not required.

Cook, wash dishes, cleanup, custodial and housekeeping duties.

Near Full time. Part time (30 hours) during the winter months. Many evenings and weekends.

Hourly salary plus meals when on duty.

Paid days off after 6 months. Email: kitchen@talloaks.org, or call 913-301-3004, or you can get forms and info on our website: www.talloaks.org

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Friday, October 9, 2015

MERCHANDISE PETS TO PLACE AN AD: AUCTIONS

+ Auction + Sunday, Oct 11, 11am 1401 NE Winfield Topeka, KS Over 25 guns, lots of primitives, antique toys, lots of crocks, signs, furniture, & more!

Olde Mill Auctions Sue Metger, Auctioneer 785-233-7700 | 785-608-4795 www.oldemillauction.com 2 Great Auctions Saturday, Oct 10, 10 am 4795 Frisbie Rd, Shawnee, KS Vehicles, Golf Cart, Audio, Equip, Custodial items.

Lawrence

Lawrence

Lawrence-Rural

Eudora

ESTATE SALE

Good, clean queen size mattress. Includes box springs. $75. 785-250-8290

First Presbyterian Church WOMEN’S GROUP

Old Fashion Butcher Block 24X24in. Butcher Block w/ bottom shelf ~ has wheels on legs ~ $ 40 ~ 785-550-4142

3 Family Sale 3017 Rimrock Dr Lawrence

Preview Sale Night Thurs., Oct. 8, 5pm - 7pm

memorabilia, electronics, cameras, tools, records, framed wall art, housewares, books, stereo receivers/ turntable, ping pong table, shaving mugs, Coo Coo clock, washing maching, dryer, refrigerator, lamps, and much more. Please stop by and look.

Large white building with green roof, 2 blocks west of 21st. and Haskell.

bread box, women?s Harley Davidson reversible belt and Harley Davidson leather pants, size 10 P, bedding, grill, birdcage, carpet, end tables, home décor, TV stand, VCR and tapes, spray paint, sleeping bag, Little Giant ladder, lawn chairs, log chains, trailer made from truck bed, tools, antique hay rakes, antique hand plow.

(bells & dishes), original oil painting, pictures, LOTS of Christmas, Easter & Halloween decorations, Nativity sets - vintage & Willow Tree, tins, doilies & aprons - many handmade, Red Hat items, purses, lots of jewelry, Dishes - Noritake Crestmont China, Taylor-Smith-Taylor Versatile dinnerware, White Rose China, Golden Wheat Dishes & General housewares, Silverware-silver boxed set, small appliances, refrigerator (side by side), trash compactor, luggage, cameras, video camera, games, books, albums, 8 track tapes, cassettes, DVD’s, metal storage cabinets, LOTS of tools and hardware (all sizes & types) and lots of miscellaneous. *EVERYTHING MUST GO!* Cash only.

MERCHANDISE Bicycles-Mopeds 2007 Men’s Specialized Crossroads Sport Bicycle, Shimano 21 spd, dark gray. LOW MILES Includes Trek chain lock. $250. 785-842-1017

Wrought Iron Plant Stand 6 ft tall X 24in W X 12 in D ~ 4 shelves $ 35 ~ pls call 785-550-4142

Household Misc.

Household Items for Sale Pier I Dining Room Set, sq. green iron and glass table/4 chairs, 2 bar stools, other pieces-$300; small maple desk-$50; antique walnut small drop-leaf table 4 chairs-$400, cherry drop-side glass and wood coffee table-$75, large maple mirror from dresser-$20; handmade 1800’s antique cherry chest-$500. For more info and photos, call (after 6:00pm M-F or anytime wkends) 785-766-1613 or tstringer@sunflower.com.

Miscellaneous King Comforter, Drapes, Shams, & Sheets. Great condition.

Rust, Gold, Brown Stripe $100 (913)206-5839

for 75+ pictures and list!

PUBLIC AUCTION SAT., OCT. 10, 2015 @ 10 AM 1633 N 600 Rd, BALDWIN CITY REAL ESTATE SELLS AT 1 PM TRACTOR, PU, ATV, STOCK TRAILER, LAWN MOWER ,MACHINE & MISC, COLLECTIBLES, HOUSEHOLD. See pictures on the website EDGECOMB AUCTIONS www.kansasauctions.net/edgecomb

www.edgecombauctions.com 785-594-3507 or 785-766-6074

Music-Stereo

PIANOS Bicycle Floor Pump-Giant #69010 Presta & Schrader valve compatible head.

Like New $25. Cash 785-865-4215

Furniture 1950’s chrome with red top kitchen table with 4 matching chairs. $75 785-250-8290

PUBLIC REAL ESTATE AUCTION

SAT., OCT 10, 10 AM 1633 N 600 Rd, BALDWIN CITY, KS. Nice 1924 sq ft. ranch style home on approx. 14 acres OPEN HOUSE: OCT. 1, 4:30-7 PM CONTACT LESTER at EDGECOMB AUCTIONS785-594-3507 or 785-766-6074 ART HANCOCK-BROKER913-207-4231

• H.L. Phillips upright $650 •Baldwin Spinet - $550 • Cable Nelson or Kimball Spinet - $500 • Gulbranson Spinet - $450 Prices include tuning & delivery

Computer-Camera Computer Speakers, Dell 21” Monitor, Mouse, Dell Keyboard all in excellent conduction all this for $75.00. Call 785-856-0858 anytime.

Basic Trundle Bed. Asking $35. 785-393-0726 King Mattress, Slat Frame, Dark Brown Contemporary leather headboard & footboard. No box springs- $100 (913)206-5839

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Loveseat Clean and in very good shape. Tan, with mauve, blue & green leaves. Blue stripes. Have to see it to appreciate! $35 785-856-0498

FALL RUMMAGE SALE

2415 Clinton Pkwy Lawrence, KS Fri., Oct. 9, 8am - 4 pm Sat., Oct. 10, 8am - 12pm BIG BAG SALE SATURDAY 11am - Noon!

Garage Sale 5204 Thorn Tree CT Sat. Oct 10th 7 am to 1 pm Women and girls clothing, Pottery Barn quilts and duvet, Broyhill coffee tables, furniture, bicycles, books, children’s toys and games, jewelry, shelving, kitchen appliances and much more misc. items.

Too Much Stuff Sale 3609 Riverview Road Lawrence Sat, Oct 10. 7:00 am - noon Too many collections!

Hardback and paperback books Handcrafted & commercial jewelry- Silpada Polish Pottery Framed Art Craft Materials Household goods and furniture Coffee Table/Book shelves Dog Crates Mens & Womans Clothes & Shoes Athleticwear and shoes for men Small appliances, electronics, Cameras Holiday decorations Much Much more!!!!!

2612 Oxford Opens at 7AM FRI. & SAT. Nuts about yard sales?

Don’t miss Junker Jo’s fall sale!

785-832-9906

ANNOUNCEMENTS Business Announcements Aspiring Entrepreneurs Looking for a reputable online business?

Flexible hours, free training, great income, and incentives. eurekahealthyhome.com

Special Notices Indian Taco Sale!

Friday, October 9 11 AM - 6 PM

Lawrence Indian Methodist Church 950 E. 21st St., Lawrence

Thicker line?

Bolder heading?

Color background or Logo?

Ask how to get these features in your ad TODAY!!

Call 785-832-2222

Large Aviary Cage 39” x 38” x 27” on legs with rollers and many accessories- VERY GOOD COND! Small pine desk, Electric Keyboard, Snare Drum.

Appliances (in good cond.); Older GE Fridge, Older GE Electric range, Older Electric Dryer.

Ironing board and iron, Blender, Large trash cart on wheels, NICE luggage, Artwork & Art Supplies, Women’s Clothing (6-18 sizes) Women’s shoes (sizes 7 & 8, like new), Children’s clothing, Toys, Holiday Decor, Various Household Items, Books, Baskets, Many DISNEY VHS and so much more! Items in GOOD CONDITION! CLEAN SALE Come on over, bring your shopping carts and have a HEY DAY! ~Please no early callers~ Need to sell your car?

Place your ad at classifieds.lawrence.com

RED DOG DAYS LAST GARAGE SALE 3209 Yellowstone Dr Friday, Oct. 9, 8am-2 Sat, Oct 10, 8-2 Sunday, MAYBE?!

Lots of STUFF! Furniture; Dining room Table & Chairs, , Books, Exercise Equipment, Clothing, Tools, (hand & yard tools), LOTS OF TREASURES!

THIS IS THE LAST BIG SALE!!!

Cake Supplies & More 1029 Moundridge Dr Lawrence Sat, Oct 10. 8am - 4pm Helen’s Cakes & Cookies selling lots of cake pans, cookie cutters, chocolate and fondant molds, fondant cutters, stencils, 3-hole sink, cake videos & magazines. Household items - dryer, fish tank, furniture, exercise equipment & more.

Lawrence-Rural ANNUAL FALL GARAGE SALE 1104 E 1200 Rd Thurs: 2 pm - 6 pm Fri: 8 am - 6 pm Sat: 8 am - 2 pm (2 miles south of 31st & Iowa St, to N 1100 Rd, go 1 mile west to E 1200 Rd) Furniture, comic books, hand tools, Craftsman router, golf balls. Glassware: vases, glasses, dishes, etc., silverware / knives, small kitchen appliances, boxed Normal Rockwell plates, jewelry boxes, clothing: jeans & coats, lamps.

Linens: sheets, blankets, tablecloths & mattress pads.

Home interior pictures, baskets, material & craft items, Halloween & Christmas decor, garden tools, lawn “tractor” sprinklers, lawn aerater, galvanized wash tubs, shelf unit, heaters, picnic table, set of car tires w/ wheels, electronics, records, VHS movies, DVD’s.

Books: children’s & adults. Stuffed animals, toys, puzzles.

Picture frames of all sizes and more.

De Soto 5 Family Garage Sale 9890 Kill Creek RdDesoto, KS (3/4 mi. South of K10) Wed., Oct 7 thru Sat., Oct. 10 9 am- 5 pm Huge Metal Outbuilding Filled with Lots of Treasures!

Bedroom sets, Bed Headboards, Bar stools, Lawn Mower, Food Dehydrator, Crib Rocker, Some toys, Radio Flyer Wagon, New Camp Chef Outdoor Cooker, Bone Cups & Saucers, 33 Rpm records, Punching bag, Treadmill, Collectible Dolls, Holiday Decor, Craft Supplies, Bedding, Some, Antique Cistern pump, Antiques & Collectibles- Something for everyone!

Eudora MOM MOVED IN! Come see us at our consolidating households sale on

Fri. Oct 9th & Sat. 10th 7AM-???

925 E 13th Ct Eudora, KS 66025 ***rain or shine*** Dinette, book cases, side tables, kitchen and other household items, coolers, storage containers, purses, Halloween and Christmas decorations, Stamping and Scrapbooking supplies, plus much much more!

ADDITIONAL SALES NEAR BY!!!!

So many nice things, MOVING SALE amazing chemistry cabi3724 HARTFORD AVE net from LHS, old school Lawrence loom turned into a table, Sports-Fitness ESTATE SALE Saturday , Oct 10 Gothic blessing cabinet, 1038 Walnut Street 8 AM - 2 PM Equipment Monk’s chair from AtchiEudora, KS son, built-in’s from a Leather loveseat, coffee bungalow, 7” /side tables, patio furniFriday, October 9 Gently Used 720T Merit 1920’s ture, Weber charcoal Treadmill for sale. $100 bench from the Iowa capiand tol, large old coffee box, grills, Crystal chandelier, OBO. 785-917-1702 Saturday, October 10 bakery shelves, dough Toys, collectible antiques, 9 am - 6 pm goods, lawn bowl, church pew, bas- sporting ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE kets, lamps, JEWELRY, mower, weed eater, 2 old GARAGE SALE HOME MUST BE SOLD! Schwinn JEWELRY, JEWELRY, grill Continental Saturday, October 10 Dining room table & chairs monster, yard art, patio bikes, telescope, brand 7 am 1 pm (Duncan Phyfe), living room turntable, mens table sets, dry sink, vin- new furniture (sofa, recliner, end 1072 N 1200 Road tage dress forms, quilts, shirts, lots of neckties, weather vane, delightful clothing, shoes, TONS of Directions: South on Hwy tables, lamps), vintage bedbooks, typewriter, old Christmas stuff and much 59 to just past Wakarusa room set, mattress set, Lawrence River.

Turn west on N dressers & chests, desks, cameras, harmonicas, more!!

1200 Road (also Cty Rd bookcases, washer & dryer, charming fall and HallowHuge Sale 458). Drive 2.4 miles and antique typewriter, antique een decor, primitives, 2111 Moodie Rd. Eclectic Sale! chair, file cabinets, other house is on the north side. pine cabinets, desks, potLawrence 2043 New Hampshire KU 2008 national champi- vintage items: (lamps, teleting bench, stained glass Sat, Oct 10. 7:30-3pm onship sign, autographed phone stands, oil lamp, Lawrence window, pottery barn Saturday, Oct 10. farm table, old German Bi- Lots of Antique and Vintage Bob Chipman cowboy hat games, luggage, sewing ma7:30 am - 1:30 PM ble, metal lawn chairs, colletables. High end furni- and voucher to his bb chine cabinet w/ Elna sewing Brownie movie Antiques, furniture, digital various antiques, Junker ture - couches, office furni- camp for June 2016, An- machine, camera, costume jewelry, Jo fables, a couple of ture, tables, buffet, dressers, tique china cabinet, pott- camera w/ light bar, minute mini-movie camera), household items, all kinds chicks and one drunk desks. Marbles, oil lamps, ing bench, antique lamps, 16 costume jewelry, sports guitar, Amish made oak some antiques & collectibles of quirky doodads! squirrel.

785.832.2222

**HUGE LIVING** ESTATE SALE HOME & TWO SHEDS 9961 130th St. (just off Ferguson Road)

Oskaloosa-Ozawkie Fri, Oct 9, 10 am- 3 pm Sat, Oct 10, 8 am to Noon ————————————— WHOLE HOUSE OF FURNITURE & HOUSEHOLD GOODS EVERYTHING to be sold, including beds, bedding, small appliances and dishes, kitchen items, antiques,household goods, sofa, chairs, tables, decor items, tools, wrought iron patio set, picnic table, Artic Cat and Polaris ATVs, and more.

PETS Pets COCKER SPANIEL PUPPIES AKC Cocker Spaniel puppies. 8 weeks old, black w/white, cute & adoptable!

(316)587-8168 or (785)851-1145

classifieds@ljworld.com Special Notices

KU Dept. of Educational Psychology Parent ConsultationProject

North Lawrence Improvement Association

Child Behavior Problems at Home?

Monthly Meeting Mon. Oct 12, 7 pm At Peace Mennonite Church 615 Lincoln

You and your son or daughter are invited to participate in the University of Kansas Parent Consultation Project. The is a research and service project designed to help us understand how to best work with parents to help reduce or eliminate behavior problems with their children at home. Parents with children ages 2-12 are eligible. Parents are required to attend three, 30-45 minute sessions. After a brief screening interview, parents will consult with a dedicated graduate student clinician for the project. All sessions and parking are FREE. All sessions will be held in the Center for Psychoeducational Services (CPS) at KU. CPS is located on the 1st floor north of J.R. Pearson Hall. Daytime and evening appointments are available through April 30, 2016. Limited spaces are available.

For additional information or for a screening interview call for the Parent Consultation Project at: 785-864-7021.

Talk about big pump at 6th & Maple & update on Grocery Store- All Welcome!

Info: 785-842-7232 ~ALSO~

North Lawrence Fall Clean-Up Tues., Oct 13.

Place items you wish to discard at your regular trash pick up site by 7 am. Remove nails from boards & place broken glass in suitable containers. Tires will also be picked up.

NO PAINT OR CHEMICALS. Take limbs to parking lot behind Centanary United Methodist Church at 4th & Elm to make mulch for NOLA residents.

Info at 785-842-7232

We would like to thank everyone for the gifts of food, the flowers, and generous acts of kindness shown to our family during the loss of our beloved Vic. Most of all, thanks for the wonderful Celebration of Life & the many wonderful memories shared with us.

They were all sincerely appreciated.

Family of

Victor Thomas

TO PLACE AN AD:

Building Lots 4 acres bldg site between Topeka and Lawrence Black top, trees and waterline. Repo. Assume owner financing with no down payment. $257/mo.

Please call 785-554-9663 for more information.

Acreage-Lots For Sale. D-Field airstrip, hangar and home.

15 miles north of LWC. By owner Gerald Dunfield. Call 913-796-6650 or Mail to Box 208 McLouth, KS.

CLASSIFIED

785.832.2222 Duplexes

REAL ESTATE

2BR, in a 4-plex.

New carpet, vinyl, cabinets, countertop.

W/D is included.

Equal Housing Opportunity.

785-865-2505

Townhomes 3 and 4 Bedroom Townhouses and Single Family Homes Available Now $950-$1800 a month.

Garber Property Management

785-842-2475

3 months old. Have had shots & dewormed. Need Families! $50 each 785-542-1043

RENTALS

785-865-2505

2BR with loft, 2 bath, 1 car garage, fenced yard, FP, 3719 Westland Pl. $790/mo. Avail. Aug. 1.

785-550-3427

Apartments Unfurnished LAUREL GLEN APTS All Electric

1, 2 & 3 BR units Some with W/D, Water & Trash Paid, Small Pet, Income Restrictions Apply

785-838-9559

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FIRST MONTH FREE! 1 & 2 Bedroom Units Available Now! Cooperative townhomes start at $446-$490/mnth.

Water, trash, sewer paid.

Back patio, CA, hardwood floors, full bsmnt., stove, refrig., w/d hookup, garbage disposal, reserved parking. On-site management & maintenance. 24 hr. emergency maintenance.

Membership & Equity fee required. 785-842-2545 (Equal Housing Opportunity) pinetreetownhouses.com

SUNRISE VILLAGE & PLACE

Now Leasing 2 BR’s Close to Campus & Downtown

Pool, On KU Bus Route, Spacious Floorplan,Patios/Decks.

Great location: 837 Michigan

$200 OFF First Month Rent

Call now! 785-841-8400 www.sunriseapartments.com 2BR, 2 bath, fireplace, CA, W/D hookups, 2 car with opener. Easy access to I-70. Includes paid cable.

Pet under 20 lbs. allowed Call 785-842-2575 www.princeton-place.com

Lawrence

TUCKAWAY APARTMENTS

Tuckawayapartments.com HARPER SQUARE Harpersquareapartments.com TUCKAWAY AT BRIARWOOD

Tuckawayatbriarwood.com HUTTON FARMS Huttonfarms.com

3 BR w/2 or 2.5 BA W/D hookups, Fireplace, Major Appliances. Lawn Care & Dbl Car Garage!

Equal Housing Opportunity

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GARAGE SALES

NOTICES TO PLACE AN AD:

Saturday, 10/10 ONLY 9 am - 2 pm

Wooden Hutch 6ft tall X 42in W X 19in D ~ top doors & sides have glass ~ bottom cabinet has shelves $65 ~~ 785-550-4142

www.kansasauctions.net/elston

PUBLIC AUCTION Oct 10, 2015 ~ 9:30 am 693 E 1250 Rd, Lawrence, KS Cat skid loader, Dump truck, Tractors, Mowers, Trailers, Equip., lots of tools, & misc.

See online for list & pics: FloryAndAssociates.com OR Jason Flory: 785-979-2183

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Lawrence

Sale by Elvira

ESTATE AUCTION Sunday, Oct. 18, 9 am 2110 Harper Lawrence, KS Fly Wheel Engine, Hit Miss Engine & Acc., Railroad items, Truck, Trailer, Tools, Collectibles & Books, so much more!

Seller: William (Bill) Pendleton ELSTON AUCTIONS (785-594-0505)(785-218-7851)

7 Days $19.95 | 28 Days $49.95

Furniture

Two sofas, pr. upholstered chairs, 3 bamboo chairs, leather recliner/ ottoman, set of stack tables, 2 king beds, matching dresser, large mirror, office desk, iron trundle bed, 8 drawer chest, maple cocktail table, twin beds, lamps, art work, linens, lots of holiday decorations, school desk, sewing machine in cab., portable Singer, saxophone, trumpet, elec. guitar, cameras, china, garage chuck full of tools, yard equip., patio furn., massage chair, tons of misc.

Wed., Oct 14, 10 am 4325 Troost, KCMO LOTS of Vehicles, Trailers, Equipment, Tools.

See web for more info: www.lindsayauctions.com 913.441.1557

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Estate Sales 321 Providence Rd. Lawrence Kansas Sat, Oct. 10, 8:00-5:00

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Easy access to K-10, W/D hookups.

No Smoking. No Pets.

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Office Space OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE Call Garber Property Management at 785-842-2475 for more information.

Office Space Available January 15, 2016.

1119 S Park St. Lawrence.

Call 785-424-0708

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Luke Gregerson, part of Oakland’s wild-card collapse in Kansas City last year, got the save.

“Obviously, it’s not the way we wanted to start out, especially at home,” Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer said. “We need to get out of here splitting the series 1-1.”

George Springer and Colby Rasmus went deep for the homer-happy Astros, but they also scored via the same sort of small ball the Royals used in reaching the World Series last season.

Ventura (0-1) yielded three runs on four hits and a walk in two innings for Kansas City, but did not come back following the delay. Chris Young served up Springer’s home run with one out in the fifth, but tossed four otherwise solid innings of relief.

“I hated it rained,” Ventura said through a translator, “but that’s part of it.”

The Astros, who struggled so mightily on the road this season, have apparently solved their woes just in time. They beat the Yankees 3-0 in New York in Tuesday night’s wild-card game, then took care of a Royals club built specifically for spacious Kauffman Stadium.

Houston also made it the first time since 1970 that visiting teams won baseball’s first four postseason games, STATS said. The other two times it happened were 1906 and 1923.

“Winning the first

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KANSAS CITY’S MIKE MOUSTAKAS WALKS OFF THE FIELD after the Royals’ 5-2 loss to the Astros in Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Thursday in Kansas City, Missouri. game was key,” Astros outfielder Carlos Gomez said. “We did that.”

The Astros wasted no time getting Ventura in trouble, loading the bases with nobody out in the first inning. The hard-throwing ace settled down to retire the next three batters, but Rasmus and Evan Gattis provided RBI groundouts to give Houston a 2-0 lead.

Jose Altuve tacked on another run in the second with a single to right.

The Royals answered in the bottom half when Morales ripped McHugh’s 89 mph fastball down the right-field line. But a

steady rain soon became a downpour as the inning progressed, and lightning sent fans scurrying for the concourse as the tarp was pulled onto the field.

When the game resumed, the Royals sent Young to the mound rather than Ventura.

“It was pushing 60 minutes there,” said Yost, who hopes to bring back Ventura in Game 4.

Hinch stuck with McHugh, even though he hadn’t thrown a pitch for nearly an hour.

Morales got the better of McHugh again in the fourth, driving a 1-1 pitch over the wall in

Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Altuve 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .600 Springer rf 4 2 2 1 1 1 .500 Correa ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 .200 Col.Rasmus lf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .333 Gattis dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .250 1-C.Gomez pr-dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Valbuena 3b 3 0 0 0 1 3 .000 Carter 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .250 Ma.Gonzalez 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 --J.Castro c 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Marisnick cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .500 Totals 36 5 11 5 3 14 Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg. A.Escobar ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Zobrist 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 L.Cain cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Hosmer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Morales dh 4 2 2 2 0 1 .500 Moustakas 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Perez c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 A.Gordon lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Rios rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Totals 33 2 6 2 1 4 Houston 210 010 010—5 11 0 Kansas City 010 100 000—2 6 0 1-ran for Gattis in the 8th.

LOB-Houston 7, Kansas City 6. 2B-Marisnick (1). HR-Springer (1), off C.Young; Col.Rasmus (1), off Madson; K.Morales 2 (2), off McHugh 2. RBIsAltuve (1), Springer (1), Col.Rasmus 2 (2), Gattis (1), K.Morales 2 (2). SB-Col.Rasmus (1), Zobrist (1).

CS-Altuve (1).

Runners left in scoring position-Houston 5 (Valbuena 2, Springer, J.Castro, Correa); Kansas City 3 (Hosmer 2, Zobrist). RISP-Houston 2 for 10; Kansas City 0 for 5.

Runners moved up-Altuve, Col.Rasmus, Gattis.

GIDP-J.Castro.

DP-Kansas City 1 (Zobrist, A.Escobar, Hosmer).

Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA McHugh W, 1-0 6 4 2 2 1 1 92 3.00 Sipp H, 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.00 W.Harris H, 12⁄3 2 0 0 0 1 17 0.00 O.Perez H, 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Gregerson S, 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 0.00 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Ventura L, 0-1 2 4 3 3 1 2 42 13.50 C.Young 4 3 1 1 2 7 70 2.25 K.Herrera 1 1 0 0 0 2 12 0.00 Madson 1 2 1 1 0 3 16 9.00 Hochevar 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 Inherited runners-scored-O.Perez 2-0. HBP-by Gregerson (Moustakas).

Umpires-Home, Lance Barksdale; First, Angel Hernandez; Second, Mike Everitt; Third, Ron Kulpa; Left, Gerry Davis; Right, Todd Tichenor.

T-3:14 (Delay: 0:49). A-40,146 (37,903).

right to become the first Royals player with two homers in a postseason game since George Brett against Toronto in the 1985 AL Championship Series.

Unfortunately for the Royals, Morales was the only hitter who could solve McHugh. That left the darlings of last year’s postseason facing a crucial Game 2 on Friday.

“We’re happy. It’s obviously good,” Springer said, “but it’s on to tomorrow. I mean, it’s over with, and now we understand that they’re going to be prepared to play.”

Texas spoils Jays’ day Toronto (ap) — A big day by the bottom of Texas’ batting order helped the Rangers overcome an injury to slugger Adrian Beltre in the start of their postseason run.

Robinson Chirinos hit a two-run homer against David Price, Rougned Odor added a solo shot, and the Rangers beat the Blue Jays 5-3 Thursday in their AL Division Series opener as postseason baseball returned to Toronto for the first time in 22 years.

“It means a lot to the team to come to Toronto and win that first game against a great pitcher,” Chirinos said.

Both starting third baseman left with injuries: Beltre came in the third with a strained muscle in his lower back and Toronto’s Josh Donaldson in the fifth after he was kneed in the head while sliding in an attempt to break up a double play.

Rangers manager Jeff Banister said he wasn’t sure whether Beltre would be available for Game 2 today. In an effort to remain in the series, Beltre had a cortisone shot.

“Obviously we want Adrian in there,” Banister said. “He’s the heart and soul of this ballclub.”

After going for tests at a hospital, Beltre returned to the clubhouse

BOX SCORE Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg. DeShields cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .500 Stubbs cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Choo rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Beltre 3b 1 0 1 1 1 0 1.000 Alberto 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fielder dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Napoli 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Moreland 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 --J.Hamilton lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Venable lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Andrus ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Odor 2b 2 3 1 1 0 0 .500 Chirinos c 4 1 1 2 0 0 .250 Totals 31 5 5 5 3 7 Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Revere lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Donaldson 3b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 a-Carrera ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pennington 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bautista rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Pompey rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Encarnacion dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .500 Tulowitzki ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Smoak 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Ru.Martin c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Goins 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pillar cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Totals 33 3 6 3 1 4 Texas 002 020 100—5 5 0 Toronto 000 111 000—3 6 1 a-grounded out for Donaldson in the 5th.

E-Revere (1). LOB-Texas 4, Toronto 4.

2B-DeShields (1), Ru.Martin (1), Pillar (1).

HR-Chirinos (1), off Price; Odor (1), off Price; Bautista (1), off Kela. RBIs-DeShields (1), Beltre (1), Odor (1), Chirinos 2 (2), Bautista (1), Encarnacion (1), Pillar (1).

Runners left in scoring position-Texas 2 (Fielder, Choo); Toronto 2 (Smoak, Carrera). RISP-Texas 2 for 4; Toronto 2 for 9.

Runners moved up-Choo, Chirinos, Revere, Tulowitzki, Goins. GIDP-Fielder.

DP-Toronto 1 (Goins, Tulowitzki, Smoak).

Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Gallardo W, 1-0 5 4 2 2 1 1 79 3.60 Kela H, 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 17 9.00 Diekman H, 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16 0.00 S.Dyson S, 1-1 1 1 0 0 0 1 17 0.00 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Price L, 0-1 7 5 5 5 2 5 90 6.43 Cecil 1 0 0 0 1 1 15 0.00 Aa.Sanchez 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 0.00 HBP-by Price (Odor, Odor).

Umpires-Home, James Hoye; First, Vic Carapazza; Second, Alfonso Marquez; Third, Marvin Hudson; Left, Dale Scott; Right, Dan Bellino.

T-2:53. A-49,834 (49,282).

about an hour after the game and walked gingerly. An MRI confirmed Beltre had a strained back but no structural damage, general manager Jon Daniels said.

“We haven’t ruled him out of tomorrow’s game,” Daniels said.

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A Report on the 2015 Kansas Legislative Session

by Representative Tom Sloan, 45th District T

his is my 21st annual Legislative Report. As in previous years, this issue contains a summary of the more interesting and important bills passed by the Legislature, the budget and state revenues by categories, and an account of some of my activities. Every legislative session is both the “same” and “different”: The same because we must pass a budget to fund education and social services; different because the route to the budget passage is often fraught with political perils and difficulties. The 2015 Session set a record for length, discord and, quite possibly, long-term consequences for our State.

This year’s Report includes a brief comment or two (in italics) after the description of each new law providing context as to what the law does, means, and/or why it was passed.

These opinions are mine, and I hope that you find them of interest. The full texts of new laws can be found on Websites for the Kansas Legislative Research Department (http://www.

Tom catches the ceremonial first pitch at the Kansas City Royals game at Kaufmann Statium on July 26. The Royals beat the Houston Astros 5-1. Tossing the first pitch was Cheryl LaFleur, commissioner of the Federal Energy kslegresearch.org) and Secretary of Regulatory Commission, whom Tom had invited. “She headlined a regional clean-energy plan summit that I had State (http://www.sos.ks.gov/). organized,” Tom said. Involving her helped put Kansas on the same footing with much larger states.

Vision 2020 Committee: You will read in this Report, and have seen in news reports this past Spring, about legislative debates on specific narrow issues. You may even have asked yourself if Legislators ever look ahead to prevent problems. As you recall, I am Chairman of the Vision 2020 Committee, the Legis-

lature’s long-range planning committee. I am particularly proud of the Committee members’ and staff’s work this session as we developed three products with the potential to influence long-term public policies in health care, water, and data security. After four weeks of hearings, Continued on next page

PAID ADVERTISEMENT Carolina, KU, IRS and Office of Personnel Management, and other we introduced HB 2270 to expand the State’s Medicaid/KanCare pro- businesses and government agencies cost Americans hundreds of millions of dollars as they (we) attempt to protect our identities. South gram to an additional 168,000 residents. Our work attracted national Carolina’s Dept. of Revenue had tax-return data from two-thirds of attention and met the Governor’s requirement for a “Kansas Plan.”

The bill provides for financing of the State’s federally-required match the persons filing stolen and subsequently sold on the Internet. It is estimated that 25 million Americans had personal data captured when without using State General Funds (tax dollars), innovative health the OPM was hacked. Committee members recommended the Govcare delivery systems with greater reliance on telehealth monitoring, ernor request a free security audit by the U.S. Department of Homeand measurement of program effectiveness and cost containment land Security and to improve data security coordination between monitoring by the University of Kansas’ Medical Center. While the state agencies. We also recommended to the Speaker of the House KanCare expansion is popular and would bring federal dollars to that an interim (summer) committee be Kansas. it did not become law. As a result, formed specifically to examine how vulnerwe have lost more than $500 million in posable state agencies may be and how those sible reimbursements and our hospitals are “Thank you. I do appreciate your com- vulnerabilities can be minimized. Since the paying into the expansion fund that benefits other states’ residents. The Governor and mon sense voting and that is why I con- 2015 legislative session ended, I contacted the Governor and Speaker reiterating legislative leaders opposed the Medicaid/ tinue to support you through my vote. both our recommendation that greater attention KanCare expansion. I will continue to press Also thank you for trying to expand be given to protecting Kansans’ identities. for passage during the 2016 legislative session.

Medicare here in our state. We see so An interim committee will devote one day of to this topic. I will testify as to the many clients at the local food pantry hearings The Vision 2020 Committee spent anothimportance of the issue and, based on inforer four weeks exploring the State’s water that have been financially devastated mation provided the Vision 2020 Committee, policies and program funding options. We responsible steps the State should take to by medical bills.” issued a “White Paper” to the Governor, protect citizens’ personal data.

-- BP Kansas Water Office, Kansas Water Au2015 Legislative Session – Political Conthority, and key water stakeholders that text: Many Kansans have expressed anger and concern about the goes beyond the Governor’s water planning process by identifying historically long 113-day legislative session, claiming we should have priority programs in the Eastern and Western parts of the State, and finished our work within the 90-day regular session. The 23-day suggesting funding options for both. By law, the State is required to conflict was over how a projected budget deficit would be closed – contribute $6 million per year to the State Water Plan from the State further reductions in spending on education (the largest expenditure General Fund. Because of the national recession and Kansas’ income category by far), further shifting of money from the Dept. of Transtax reduction law, these contributions have not been made for the portation (already maintenance and new construction are adversely past six years and will not for at least the next two. The Committee impacted), reinstating the State income tax on businesses exempted recommended several innovative user funding ideas and emphasized under the 2012 Income Tax Reform Act, increasing the State sales that sediment flow into the drinking water supply lakes remains the tax, or some combination of the above. The factions essentially greatest threat to water quality and quantity in the eastern two-thirds disagreed over the equity of Kansas tax policies and the need for of Kansas. The bountiful rains earlier this year, regrettably, have revenues to invest in our future. The disputes reflected fundamental again convinced many people that Kansas does not and will not have questions about our State’s present and future, divisions within our a water supply problem. The reality is that reduced water storage populace, and questions about whether tax policies in place reflect because of sedimentation reduces flood control and drought-protection capabilities. It also negatively impacts water quality. Our Report fairness, appropriateness, and equity. I was one of the legislators who refused to accept exempting businesses from paying income taxes, will be provided to the promised Governor’s Blue Ribbon Water Task while increasing the sales tax. Everyone benefits from having an eduForce when it is created. The Task Force was to be created in Janucated workforce, developing economic opportunities and jobs through ary 2015, then at the conclusion of the legislative session. As of the higher educations’ faculty research, and having a well-maintained writing, the Task Force members have not been appointed. highway system — all things the income tax revenue would have supFinally, the Committee heard testimony and developed a White Paper ported. on information technology (IT) security. The cyber-attacks on Target, Anthem (Blue Cross/Blue Shield), the states of Montana and South Continued from previous page

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Major legislation passed in the 2015 session

s in my previous end of the legislative reports, below are summaries of some of the more important or interesting bills that were passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor. Please contact me if you have questios or desire additional information. Full copies of the bills are on the Kansas Legislature’s Website: http://ks.legislature.org/li/

Fiscal Year 2015 Rescission Bill: House Substitute for SB 4 provided adjustments to authorized spending in the current fiscal year (July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015). The bill deleted authority for three bond issuances totaling $90.7 million by the Board of Regents and reduced funding for the Legislative and Judicial branches. To meet the Kansas Constitution’s requirement that Tom (far left) is briefed during a visit to a National Guard air base in Anchorage, Alaska, during a meeting ot the National Conference of State Legislatures. “At that meeting,” he said, “I learned about a Department of Defense the budget be balanced, $247.7 million grant program and application process that resulted in Kansas getting $7.1 million to assess the likely impact on was transferred from the Department employment in Kansas because of Department of Defense cutbacks. of Transportation, $55 million from the Administration of Abortifacient Drugs: Senate Sub. for HB 2228 Medical Program Fees Fund, $12 million from the Kansas Endowment generally requires that when RU-486 (mifepristone) is used for the purfor Youth Fund, and $7.1 million from the Job Creation Program Fund. pose of inducing an abortion, the drug must be administered by or in The need for reducing State spending three-fourths of the way through the physical presence of the physician prescribing or otherwise providthe fiscal year was the loss of approximately $1 billion of income tax ing the drug to the patient. There are few required instances when a revenues because of the income tax rate reductions and exempting physician must be present to administer an injection. Nurses routinely many businesses from paying any income taxes. give vaccination, flu and pneumonia, and other shots without a phyKansas Unborn Protection from Dismemberment Act: SB 95 gener- sician being present. This bill simply was related to the anti-abortion versus pro-family planning controversy. ally prohibits the dismemberment of a fetus during an abortion except to preserve the life of the woman. All non-physician staff at a place where such an abortion is conducted are exempt from liability and both injunctive relief and civil damage lawsuits may be filed against the physician(s). Whether one supports abortion or not, this bill reflected a conflict between those who claim all abortions are morally wrong and those who believe the technique is safest for the woman. Regardless of one’s position on the bill, as a State we still have not addressed the issue of how unwanted children and their parent(s) will be supported, especially if the children are born with mental or physical impairments.

Concealed Carry of Firearms: SB 45 allows the concealed carry of a firearm by a person 21 years old or older without a concealed carry license issued by the State, as long as the individual is not prohibited from possessing a weapon under either federal or state law. The carrying of a concealed weapon cannot be prohibited in any building unless the building is posted. Public opinion polls consistently report that a majority of Kansans support the ability of a law abiding citizen without mental or other disqualifying conditions to carry a concealed weapon after having received appropriate safety training. This bill removed Continued on next page

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Major legislation passed in the 2015 session petroleum storage tanks to replace them with secondary containment system tanks. This is a good program, but simply shifts money from one existing environmental fund to another.

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the safety training requirement and therefore removed a requirement for the local Sheriff to approve the permit application. Thus, there no longer is a check on whether a person understands when it is permissible to fire a weapon, knows how to safely handle the weapon, and is mentally responsible. People may still apply for a concealed carry permit and take the safety course, but it is totally optional.

Environmental Remediation: HB 2193 establishes the Voluntary Risk Management Program at KDHE through which a responsible party conducts remediation activities according to an agreement with the agency. The bill further establishes that under the Voluntary Clean Up and Property Redevelopment Act, all plans and associated documents will be available for public inspection. This is an expansion of existing programs in which businesses that voluntarily identify and remediate environmental problems do not face fines or other actions. The goal is for businesses to identify and rectify, rather than hide, public health risks.

Eligibility for Concealed Carry Permit: HB 2331 repeals the previous law permanently prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes from qualifying for a concealed carry license. The new measure prohibits applying for a permit for the length of time after conviction specified by federal or state law, but does not necessarily place a permanent prohibition on the applicant. Very few state laws specify how long a convicted person must wait to apply for a concealed carry permit. Passage of SB 45, discussed above, also makes it less likely a convicted person will actually need a concealed carry permit.

Kansas ABLE Savings Program: HB 2216 establishes the Kansas ABLE Savings Program, a tax-deferred savings program authorized by the federal ABLE Act to enable “I am very pleased to see all the K-12 Education Funding: House Sub. for persons with disabilities and their families to effort you have put into expansion of SB 7 repealed the previous school finance save money in support of the person with disMedicaid.” formula that was based on weightings for abilities. An ABLE account may be opened specific cost-drivers (e.g., special education) by the designated beneficiary or guardian -- RG and created a block grant funding mechathrough a process developed by the State nism for two years until a new school finance Treasurer. Once an ABLE account is opened, formula is written and approved. The block grant funding includes the anyone may contribute subject to the federal 529A limitations. DisState’s contribution to the Kansas Public Employee Retirement System tributions from the account must be reported to the Internal Revenue (KPERS) as part of school aid, under the previous formula retirement Service and the beneficiary. This is similar to the program through contributions were separately funded. This bill continues to be subject which parents and grandparents may contribute to education savings to the ongoing litigation over whether the State is adequately funding accounts. Both are worthy programs and provide tax advantages to K-12 education opportunities as is required by the State Constitution. the donors and recipients.

The State Constitution states that the State will provide for adequate Kansas Disaster Utilities Response Act: SB 109 establishes that outeducation opportunities. This undefined term means that it is possible to argue that any specific amount of state aid to local school districts is of-state businesses and employees conducting operations in Kansas too little, just right, or too much. Claiming that contributions to school for disaster or emergency-related work are not considered residents of Kansas and are thus exempt from registration, licensing, and taxation district employee retirement funds constitutes State aid to education is filing requirements. This recognizes the Mutual Assistance Pacts that likely to be rejected by the Courts. utilities have. When a disaster happens in Kansas, workers and trucks Environmental Stewardship Fund: HB 2192 creates the Envifrom other states’ utilities arrive to provide assistance. The local ronmental Stewardship Fund in the Dept. of Health & Environment utility pays all costs associated with such assistance and the State is (KDHE) to pay for remediation of contaminated “orphan” sites (i.e., recognizing the unique nature of the work provided. sites with no responsible party to pay the costs). The program is funded from an existing $.01 cent per gallon fee on petroleum products and Land Purchases: SB 120 reduces the amount of land that the Dept. of Continued on next page there is a cost-share opportunity for owners of single-wall underground

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Major legislation passed in the 2015 session collaboratively conserve water and extend the life of the Ogallala Aquifer.

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Wildlife, Parks & Tourism can acquire without legislative authorization from 320 acres to 160 acres, even if non-state funds are used to acquire the land from a willing seller. Kansas has the fewest publicly accessible acres for recreation of any state. This law continues the practice of protecting private property ownership from government acquisition even when the landowner wants to sell the acreage to the State.

Water Conservation: SB 52 provides for: a) persons in the Rattlesnake Creek Sub-basin to utilize augmentation for the replacement in time, location, and quantity of water that was unlawfully diverted from senior water right holders if the replacement water is available and offered voluntarily; b) persons holding a multi-year flex water account (5 year term permit that temporarily replaces an existing water right) Public Parking: HB 2006 grants free parking privileges to disabled veterans who have a disabled veteran license plate. This is a confirma- to roll-over the amount of unused water from the previous year; c) requires the Chief Engineer of the KS Dept. tion that people with handicaps and permaof Agriculture to give due consideration to nent license plates or temporary placards water management or conservation measures hanging from their vehicle’s interior mirror “On behalf of the Emerging Issues previously implemented by a water right holddo not need to pay at parking meters. er when implementing further limitations on Policy Forum team, thank you for Kansas Turnpike Authority and Kansas a water right. As in the bill above, this is an serving as a keynote speaker.

Department of Transportation: HB 2085 experiment to encourage collaborative efforts Because of your contribution, we designates the Secretary of Transportation to extend the productive life of the Ogallala as the Director, rather than Director of Opwere successful in reaching our Aquifer. erations, of the Turnpike Authority. This is goal of creating an environment Kansas Public Employee Retirement Syssimply a title change and does not reflect any that encouraged extensive tem (KPERS): SB 228 authorizes the Kanchanges in responsibilities. dialogue between public policy sas Development Finance Authority to issue Local Conservation Linked Deposit Lend$1.0 billion in bonds, plus associated costs. makers, industry leaders, ing Program: House Sub. for SB 36 authoProceeds from the bonds must be applied to and consumers on emerging rizes the Secretary of the Dept. of Health& the unfunded actuarial pension liability, as industry and public policy issues.”

Environment to invest long-term investment directed by the KPERS Board. The interest funds available from the Kansas Water Pol-- Julia Johnson rate, inclusive of all costs, of the bonds must lution Control Revolving Fund with financial not exceed 5.0 percent. The investment of institutions which will in turn provide loans the bond funds by KPERS is expected to earn for the construction, rehabilitation, and enhancement of nonpoint more than the interest costs with the difference used to reduce employsource water pollution control systems. This is similar to other State er contribution requirements for the State-School Group from 12.37% programs that encourage rural life. Because the Governor and a to 10.91% in FY 2016 and from 13.57% to 10.81% in FY 2017. The majority of State Legislators have been “sweeping” unexpended funds KPERS system is seriously fiscally underfunded because State contrifrom state agencies, it is unknown how much money might be available butions have not been adequate and the economic downturns during for this program. the past 10 years have resulted in fund losses or returns below expectations. The sale of bonds to shore up the retirement system relies on the Water Conservation Areas: SB 156 authorizes a group of water right fund earning more than the money necessary to repay the bonds. This owners in a defined area to establish a water conservation manageis economically risky, but was passed as a political measure so that the ment program subject to the approval of the Dept. of Agriculture’s State could reduce its contributions to KPERS in the short run and use Chief Engineer. The conservation program must specify the duration those funds to shore up the rest of the budget. of the conservation area and program, that all landowners within the area agree, and the amount of water that will voluntarily be conserved.

This is an experiment in encouraging farmers in Western Kansas to

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Care: ERO 43 transfers Medicaid eligibility processing responsibility from the Kansas Dept. of Children and Families (DCF) to the Dept. of Health & Environment (KDHE) on January 1, 2016. It also transfers foster care licensing duties from KDHE to DCF on July 1, 2015. This is an administrative change with minimal policy implications.

Eligibility for Temporary Assistance: Senate Sub. for HB 2258 places the authorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program in statue, rather than by rule and regulation as has been the practice. As of January 1, 2017, the Dept. of Children & Families (DCF) is required to conduct an electronic check for false information on a TANF and other applications for assistance.

Gaming: Senate Sub. for HB 2155 amends the Kansas Lottery Act: a) removes restrictions on advertising bingo games; b) removes restrictions on the number of days bingo games can be conducted “off site� and the number of days bingo games can be conducted per week; c) removes restrictions limiting the number of games that can be conducted in one bingo session; d) removes limits on The new alcohol Cohabitating partners, in addition to beverage laws reflect prize amounts; e) authorizes raffles to be husbands and wives, are, if physically conducted by bona fide nonprofit relicapable, required to be employed, seeking a desire to limit gious, charitable, fraternal, educational, work or registered for work, enrolled in a underage drinking and veterans’ organizations that secure a job training program, or volunteering to and spur the growth license; and f) makes participation in fanbe eligible for assistance. A family group tasy sports leagues legal by including such of the wine industry is ineligible for TANF if one household sports leagues in the list of exceptions to member has received the maximum numin Kansas. the definition of what constitutes an illegal ber of months of TANF assistance. Equity bet. Bingo operators have long objected in any boat, personal water craft, recreto restrictions on their ability to operate. ational vehicle, or all-terrain vehicle will be considered when eligibiliFraternal organizations have also objected to restrictions on them. ty is determined. Lifetime eligibility for assistance is reduced from 48 Finally, fantasy sports leagues have become very popular among many months to 36.

Kansans. This law reflects the convergence of these interests.

No TANF cash assistance may be used to purchase alcohol, tobacco products, lottery or concert tickets, sporting event or other entertainment tickets, or sexually oriented materials. TANF cash assistance may not be used in casinos, jewelry stores, tattoo or body piercing parlors, spas or nail salons, bail bond companies, or similar types of businesses. Any person convicted on or after July 1, 2015, of a felony involving controlled substances is permanently disqualified from receiving food assistance, unless they enroll in a drug treatment program approved by the Secretary and submit to regular drug testing. These policies have largely been in effect through Agency Rules and Regulations. Placing them in statute will make it more difficult for a future Administration to change them.

Alcoholic Beverage Laws: HB 2223 permits: a) drinking establishments to dispense alcoholic beverages into which the employee has infused spices, herbs, fruits, vegetables, candy, or other substances intended for human consumption if no additional fermentation occurs during the process; b) requires that law enforcement officers must serve citations for a violation of liquor laws on a person in charge of the licensed premises at the time of the alleged violation, not to the person committing the violation as was previously the law; c) the sale and service of powdered alcohol is prohibited; d) licensed drinking establishments may offer customer self-service of wine from automated devices on the premises; e) consumption of alcoholic beverages at the State Capitol for official nonpartisan state functions is authorized with approval of the Legislative Coordinating Council; f) any person

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engaged in business as a Kansas vineyard with more than 100 vines may apply for an annual vineyard permit to sell and serve their wines; g) permits farm wineries to sell wine at a farmers’ market with a permit issued by the State; and h) authorizes the consumption of alcoholic beverages at catered events held on public property when the caterer receives a temporary permit from the State. This new law reflects the desire to limit underage drinking (item c) and facilitating the growth of the Kansas wine industry (items f, g, h).

Court Costs and Debts to the Court: HB 2111 authorizes Court costs to include convenience fees levied for the privilege of paying fees, electronic filing of documents or pleadings, etc. by credit card. The bill also specifies any judgment for Court costs or restitution filed after July 1, 2015, will not become dormant for any purpose. This reflects the need for the Courts to raise additional funds to offset shortages in State aid and the credit card company charges.

Criminal History: HB 2055 establishes a procedure for classifying out-of-state misdemeanor convictions in determining an offender’s criminal history. The comparable Kansas offense shall be used to classify the out-ofstate conviction as a Class A, B, or C misdemeanor. If the comparable Kansas offense is a felony, the conviction shall be classified as a Class A misdemeanor. This reflects the mobility of our society, including persons who have been convicted of crimes in other states.

Elections, Crimes, Prosecution Authorization: SB 34 creates a separate crime of voting more than once in the same jurisdiction, voting in more than one U.S. jurisdiction in an election, or aiding any person to do so. The Kansas Attorney General and the Kansas Secretary of State are authorized to independently prosecute any person for a Kansas election crime (previously only County/District Attorneys were authorized). The bill also increased the severity levels for election tampering and false impersonation of a voter. This was Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s legislation to permit him to prosecute voter fraud. The examples of fraud used to justify the new law focused on Kan“Please accept my sincere appreciation sans who legally voted in this state, but also for serving on the Electricity Advisory voted where they have a vacation residence.

Questions remain as to whether Kansas can Committee and contributing to its prosecute someone for voting illegally in important work.... We hope that you will another state.

continue to support the Department’s electricity and advanced technology programs that are conducted by the Office of Electricity. It is important that we continue to work together to transform the electric power grid to ensure robust, reliable, and clean electric power is delivered efficiently to the homes and businesses.”

-- Sen. Ernest Moniz U.S. Department of Energy

Filling Party Candidacy Vacancies, Presidential Primaries, Local Election Schedules: HB 2104 deletes election law language allowing a candidate to withdraw his/her candidacy after the primary election due to being incapable of fulfilling the duties of office and replaces it with language stating a candidate who no longer lives in Kansas or has a medical reason validated by a physician. Furthermore, the bill clarifies that the word “shall” appoint a replacement candidate imposes a mandatory duty and no court may construe that word in any other manner. This is a political reaction to the Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate withdrawing from that election race and the Democrat Party not providing another candidate.

It also is a reaction to the Court interpreting the word “shall” as being less than mandatory.

Freedom from Unsafe Restraint and Seclusion Act: Senate Sub. for Sub. for HB 2170 restricts the use of seclusion and restraint of students in a school setting by requiring the use of emergency safety intervention (ESI); requires notification and documentation of the use of ESI, establishes a process by which a parent may file complaints through the local dispute resolution process and with the State Board of Education, and requires the Dept. of Education to collect data on the use of ESI. This law codifies the growing understanding that restraint of children in schools should be limited and that parents should be fully

The bill repeals the statute calling for a presidential preference primary election and replaces it with new language requiring each recognized political party to select a presidential nominee in accordance with party procedures. Generally changes local government elections (e.g., city, school district, drainage districts) currently held in the spring of

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odd-numbered years to the fall of odd-numbered years beginning in 2017. Candidates for local offices must file by June 1, and the Kansas Secretary of State will establish the necessary form and terms of offices for all local officials who otherwise would expire in 2017 to the second Monday in January 2018. Abolishing the Presidential Primary is a cost-savings measure for the State. Changing the election dates for local elections ostensibly is an effort to increase voter turn-out. It also is an intrusion into the local election process by the State Legislature.

Renewable Energy: House Sub. for SB 91 as of January 1, 2016, replaces the State Renewable Energy Standard (requirement) with a voluntary goal that 20 percent of a utility’s peak demand within the state be generated from renewable resources by the year 2020. The bill also revokes the permanent property tax exemption for all renewable generation units constructed after December 31, 2016, and replaces it with a 10 year exemption. This law reflects the view that state government should not be mandating what fuel type is used to generate electricity and that renewable generators should not have a greater property tax advantage than any other type of generation unit. I believe Kansas officials should be embracing the economic advantages and public support for renewable energy.

Candidate and Lobbyist Ethics: HB2183 a) allows candidates to solicit for campaign contributions during a legislative session through social media or other means so long as it is not targeted toward a specific person; b) exempts Clean Power Plan: HB 2233 establishes the from “corrupt political advertising” the crime procedure for developing and submitting a of publishing, broadcasting, or otherwise adstate plan to the federal Environmental Provertising any paid matter expressly advocating tection Agency to comply with the proposed Among the changes for or against a clearly identified candidate unfederal Clean Power Plan (Section 111 (d)) affecting a candidate’s less the advertisement includes who paid for rules that were released this year. The Secrebehavior and ethics the ad if the advertisement is made over social tary of the Dept. of Health & Environment is media with a character limit of 200 characters; is allowing the use of authorized to develop the necessary plan, but c) permits the use of Internet connectivity is also required to submit the plan for review social media, but it cannot provided by the State of Kansas or any municby the Kansas Attorney General and the Clean target a specific person. ipality to any candidate or elected official; d) Power Plan Implementation Study Commitincreases from $100 to $1,000 in any calendar tee created by this bill and comprised of 11 year the threshold below which persons spending money on lobbylegislators selected by the House and Senate leaders. The Secretary is ing do not have to register as a lobbyist or report the expenditures; e) prohibited from submitting a plan as required by the EPA if the Attorrequires every person registered as a lobbyist to file with the Secretary ney General believes the plan would adversely impact the State’s legal of State a detailed report listing the amount of public funds paid to position in any litigation related to the federal Clean Power Plan. This contract for the lobbying services on behalf of any governmental entity is a political message to the Department of Health and Environment that receives public funds; and f) increases from $500 to $1,000 the (KDHE). KDHE is required by the EPA to develop the plan to reduce amount of spending or contributions received by a candidate for public carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in Kansas and has been office before he/she must file a detailed report with the Secretary of working with the state’s electric utilities and the Kansas Corporation State. This law has two primary focuses: a) recognizing that social Commission to develop such a plan. The new law’s requirement for media changes the way that campaigns and people in general comreview by state legislators and the Attorney General is reasonable, but municate, and b) reflecting policy preferences by some legislators by the prohibition against filing a plan that contradicts claims in a lawincreasing the amount of money that someone must spend before being suit filed by the Attorney General is political. The U.S. Supreme Court considered a lobbyist and requiring persons paid by public entities has ruled that the EPA has the legal authority to regulate other types (e.g., local school districts, city governments) to reveal those payments. of emissions from power plants (e.g., mercury, particulates) and it is Continued on next page

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likely that the Court will similarly rule in the case of carbon dioxide emissions.

Human Breast Milk Donations: Senate Sub. for HB 2149 requires the Dept. of Health & Environment to reimburse medical care facilities for donor human breast milk provided to a recipient of medical assistance under the Kansas Program of Medical Assistance. The milk must be prescribed for an infant under three months of age, critically ill, and in the neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital. A good recognition of the importance of breast milk to new born children.

Scrap Metal Thefts: HB 2048 By July 1, 2016, the Attorney General is required to establish and maintain a database of scrap metal sales with the information to be used by law enforcement to apprehend copper and other metal thieves. Civil penalties up to $5,000 for each violation of the Act by a scrap metal dealer may be assigned by a court.

The bill further shifts responsibility for scrap metal dealer registraHMO Privilege Fee: Senate Sub. for HB 2281 creates in the State tion from local municipalities to the Attorney General. Metal thefts Treasury the Medical Assistance Fee Fund from homes, businesses, churches, and other and increases the annual privilege fees paid locations are an increasing problem because by every HMO from 1 percent per year to of the anonymity of the item stolen (e.g., there 3.31 percent of the total of all premiums, sub“Your newsletter tells of worthwhile are no identification marks on copper tubing). scription charges, or any other fees paid by Development of a scrap metal database will measures to expand the Medicaid enrollees. These funds may only be expended help law enforcement apprehend persons regprogram, address our deteriorating for Medicaid medical assistance payments ularly stealing and selling scrap metal. and for no other government purpose. This water supply, promote renewable is part of balancing the State budget as these The bill amends the statute governing the energy, and fund higher education. new funds “free” State General Fund dollars Please continue your work on these crime of criminal damage to property to crepreviously committed to Medicaid. ate the crime of aggravated criminal damage much needed measures.” to property if the value of damage exceeds Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringe-- GB $5,000 and was committed with the intent to ment: Sub. for SB 38 makes it an unconobtain regulated scrap metal. scionable act or practice under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act to make a bad faith assertion of patent Search and Rescue Teams: HB 2097 authorizes the State Fire Marinfringement by sending an electronic or written communication that shall to contract and establish regional search and rescue teams to does NOT include the name of the person asserting the patent license respond to emergencies. An advisory committee comprised of a person or enforcement right, the patent number alleged to have been infringed, from each search and rescue region, the Division of Emergency Manand the factual allegations concerning the specific areas in which the agement, Kansas National Guard, Kansas Fire and Rescue Training recipient’s products, services, or technology infringe on the patent.

Institute, and the Kansas Search and Rescue Dog Association is crePatent trolls increasingly are alleging that small businesses infringe ated. This is a good way to ensure that search and rescue teams are on patents in order to secure payments on dubious merits. At least one available in all parts of the State.

Lawrence Company had this allegation made against them and it was financially ruinous, even though the allegation was without merit. This Public Employees Working After Retirement and DROP Plan: Senate Sub. for HB 2095 authorizes that beginning July 1, 2016, most is a very good protection for small businesses. public employee retirees may earn up to $25,000 in compensation per Human Trafficking: SB 113 creates a civil cause of action for a victim year from a contributing employer member of the Kansas Public Emof conduct that constitutes human trafficking or commercial sexual ployees Retirement System (KPERS) before the retiree loses KPERS exploitation of a child against the person who engaged in such conduct. retirement benefits. The compensation limit does not apply to most Such action must be filed within 10 years of the event or the victim Continued on next page

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nurses, law enforcement officers, elected officials, substitute teachers, or licensed school district employees in crucial areas (e.g., special education). This represents an increase in how much money former public employees may earn before their retirement benefits are reduced.

Nurses, teachers, and other critical persons have higher limits.

The bill also enacts the Kansas Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) within the Kansas Police & Fire part of KPERS for members of the Kansas Highway Patrol. Upon attaining normal retirement age, troopers have the option of participating in the DROP plan for a minimum of three years and a maximum of five. After electing to participate, the Trooper’s monthly retirement benefit is deposited into the member’s DROP account which accrues interest . During the member’s DROP period, the member remains in active service, employer and employee contributions continue to be made to the KP&F, but the member does not earn any additional service year credits. At the end of the DROP period, the member is entitled to roll over the DROP account amount into an eligible retirement plan or take a lump sum distribution.

This is an innovative effort to try and retain Highway Patrol Troopers who are eligible to retire. Recruitment of new Troopers is difficult because other law enforcement agencies pay more. I worked with the Troopers’ Association members and lobbyist to draft this bill.

FY 2015 budget provided for a State General Fund ending balance of $73.4 million or 1.2 percent of expenditures. A state law that is regularly suspended requires an ending balance of 6 percent. This money traditionally constituted a protection against unexpected reductions in revenues and the reality that state expenditures and revenue receipts occur on different schedules throughout the year.

FY 2016 State General Fund Budget by Function of Government* General Gov’t $255.2 (4%)

Transportation $15.8 (<1%) Agriculture & Natural Resources $15.6 (<1%)

Public Safety $393.3 (6%)

Human Services $1,696.3 (27%)

State Budget: House Sub. for SB 112, House Sub. for SB 4, House Sub. for SB 7, and HB 2005 provide funding for Fiscal Year 2015 that ended June 30, 2015; Fiscal Year 2016; and Fiscal Year 2017 that will end June 30, 2017. The FY 2015 budget totaled $15.5 billion, including $6.3 billion from the State General Fund (state tax revenues). The

Education $4,011.0 (63%)

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projected to have an ending balance (June 30, 2016) of $86.3 million or 1.4 percent of SGF expenditures. Included in the budget are the new K-12 education block grants (House Sub. for SB 7) that have been challenged in court because the bill changed the way school aid was calculated. State contributions to KPERS are reduced by $13.6 million to reflect the sale of $1 billion of bonds to provide additional funds in KPERS to reduce the unfunded liability. This was referenced above in discussing the impact of SB 228. State contributions are reduced in the expectation that the “borrowed” money from bond sales will cover the bond repayment costs, state contribution requirements, and increase the total value of KPERS investments. The “saved” State KPERS contribution is used to help balance the State budget.

Revisions to Kansas Civil Service Act: HB 2391 adds to the existing list of unclassified positions persons newly hired; any employee who is rehired into a position and any current employee who voluntarily transfers, or is promoted or demoted; and agencies may convert vacant classified positions into unclassified status. This law reflects the Administration’s and a majority of State Legislators’ belief that Civil Service protections are unreasonably burdensome, especially when trying to terminate a low performing employee. It also reflects that state employees have not received a raise in six years and will not receive one in 2016. The Kansas Corporation Commission is the first agency to ask employees to voluntarily give up their Civil Service, classified employee status, in exchange for raises. Not surprisingly, many employees did so because of financial need.

The FY 2017 budget totals $15.8 billion, including $6.4 billion from the State General Fund. The bill reduces State contributions to KPERS by $35.6 million to reflect the sale of $1 billion of KPERS bonds referenced above.

Tuition increases at Regents’ Institutions are limited to the Consumer Price Index plus 2 percent. This is a political action in that while a majority of Legislators vote to reduce state aid to higher education, those same elected officials do not want to be blamed for increasing tuition rates.

Judicial Branch Budget: HB 2005 appropriates $131.2 million, including $101.9 million from the State General Fund in fiscal year 2016, and $138.5 million, including $105.7 million from the SGF, in FY 2017. The bill contains non-severability language that will reduce or eliminate funding for the Judicial Branch if the Courts determine that Legislatively imposed limitations on the court’s ability to self-govern and/or determine school finance funding requirements are unconstitutional. The language included in HB 2338 from the 2014 Legislative Session and HB 2005 in the 2015 Session will provoke a constitutional fight over Separation of Powers between the Legislative and Judicial branches.

Tax and Revenue Law Changes: Senate Sub. for HB 2109 makes many changes in income, sales, cigarette, and other tax laws and regulations. Specifically, a) certain guaranteed pass-through non-wage business income are counted as income in determining Kansas adjusted gross income; b) individual income tax rate reductions scheduled for future years are decelerated: tax year 2015 rates of 2.7 percent for the

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Major legislation passed in the 2015 session on that proposed rate increase (excluded are costs associated with bottom tax bracket and 4.6 percent for the top bracket will remain in new infrastructure, bond and interest payments, and state and federal effect through tax year 2017; the rates are set at 2.6 percent and 4.6 mandates). There was little opposition to increasing the sales tax on percent for tax year 2018; c) with the exception of charitable contritobacco products or for adding a tax on electronic cigarettes, while butions, mortgage interest, neither is likely to raise much money, both may contribute and property taxes paid, all to reducing health risks and costs over the long term. The Kansas itemized deductions requirement that local governments hold elections if property “In a bleak political landscape, you are repealed. Charitable taxes rise above the inflation rate is an example of the State contributions remain fully destand as a beacon of hope that imposing its will on local elected officials. This measure was ductible, but mortgage interest promoted by the Kansas Realtors Association. The largest there are still those brave enough, and property taxes paid are legislative fight, and the reason the 2015 Legislative Session untainted and willing to stand only 50 percent deductible; d) lasted an extra 23 days, concerns the increase in State sales up for what is right and necessary beginning in tax year 2016, all tax rate. The increase was supported by the Administration income tax liability for single to accomplish good for all and ultimately a majority of State Legislators because of the filers with taxable income of loss of revenues due to reductions in income tax collections. of us.” $5,000 or less and married -- CU Douglas County: The board of county commissioners of taxpayers filing jointly with Douglas county may submit the question of imposing a taxable income of $12,500 countywide retailers’ sales tax at the rate of 0.5% and pledgor less is eliminated; e) a ing the revenue received therefrom for the purpose of financing the special subtraction modification from federal adjusted gross income construction or remodeling of a courthouse, jail, law enforcement in calculating Kansas adjusted gross income for the net gain from the center facility, detention facility or other county administrative facility, sale of Christmas trees is created; and f) an individual claiming a tax specifically including mental health and for the operation thereof. This credit must have a valid Social Security number for the entire taxable is an option sought by the County year for which the tax credit is claimed, except for miliCommissioners and that I sheptary spouses. This is a politically mixed bag of changes. herded through the legislative Pass-through wages while seemingly taxed are easily evaded and the reductions in mortgage and property tax “On behalf of our Trustees, our staff process. It is an option, not a requirement, for the Commissiondeductions will increase individual’s tax liabilities. The and certainly myself, thank you for ers to use to pay for an expanded delay in further reducing income tax rates reflects the loss your leadership on this important bill jail with mental health services of approximately $1 billion in State revenues because of for inmates.

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Transportation Network ComRevenue Enhancements: Increased revenues to the State pany Services (Uber, Lyft bill): difficult position in introducing will result from: a) increasing the statewide sales and use House Sub. for SB 117 and SB this legislation.” tax rates from 6.15 percent to 6.50 percent as of July 1, 101 define a Transportation 2015; b) the tax on cigarettes increases from $.79 per pack -- GM Network Company (TNC) as to $1.29; c) a new tax on the privilege of selling electronic one that uses a digital network to cigarettes is established on July 1, 2016, at a rate of $.20 connect TNC riders to TNC drivper milliliter of consumable material; d) a tax amnesty for penalties and interest relative to delinquent taxes is authorized providing the tax- ers who provide prearranged rides. A TNC is not deemed to control or es are paid in full between September 1, 2015 and October 15, 2015; e) manage the personal vehicles or TNC drivers that connect to its digital network except where agreed to by written contract. A TNC is probeginning in 2018, cities and counties are prohibited from increasing hibited from permitting a person to act as a TNC driver if that person property taxes above the rate of inflation without holding an election Continued on next page

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personnel at any of the Kansas bases. The new change reduces or removes that subtle message. The hiring preference and employment security parts of the bill are very worthy.

does not have proof of vehicle registration and liability insurance; is not at least 19 years of age, and has most felony, identity theft, or sex offense convictions. A TNC may not contract with a person with three The bill establishes a 60-day time frame for a professional licensing or more moving violations within the past three years, a conviction of body to issue a probationary license to military applicants reckless driving or evading who perform the same function within the military (e.g., police; or driving under the dentist, truck driver) and seek to pursue that profession influence of drugs or alcohol “Your interest, support, and concern upon their retirement or other honorable release from miliwithin the past seven years. A tary service. This is an expansion of my previous successful for Lecompton is far beyond the TNC is required to disclose legislative efforts to require Kansas licensing agencies to prominently, with a separate ordinary.” recognize training/education programs and job experiences acknowledgement of accep-- BP in the military. tance, to its drivers information about possible lienholder The bill further expands the list of factors that must be considered requirements for comprehensive and liability insurance coverages. This by prosecuting attorneys when determining whether to enter into a became a contentious issue and received media attention when Uber diversion agreement with a defendant, by including: whether there is announced they would withdraw from Kansas because the Legislature a probability the defendant committed the crime as a result of injury, required certain types of insurance on the drivers be required by TNCs. including traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder conWhile a compromise was ultimately reached, the issue nected to service in a combat zone. of whether the rules and fees under which TNCs and This also is an expansion of my their drivers operate should be similar to what rules previous successful work permitting taxi and chauffer services and their drivers have must “On behalf of the National Association Kansas Courts to order a defenultimately be resolved. of State Energy officials, U.S. dant to receive professional care

Department of Energy, and the National and treatment in suitable military Permissive Veterans’ Preference in Private Employment: HB 2154 authorizes private employers to adopt a Conference of State Legislatures, thank facilities. policy that provides hiring preference to a veteran and you for providing remarks during the Research and Treatment for provides employment reinstatement protections to any keynote luncheon at the State Energy Veterans: HR 6026 urges the U.S. person employed in Kansas who is called to state active Congress to enact and the PresRisk Assessment Workshop. Your duty by the National Guard or other military force. The ident to sign 2015 S901 or HR bill grants in-state tuition and fees to current military remarks were very well received, 1769 and establish in the Dept. of personnel, veterans, and military spouses and depenand response from participants on the Veterans’ Affairs a national center dents. The person must be continually enrolled and for research on the diagnosis and quality of the program were file a letter of intent to establish residency in Kansas. treatment of health conditions of extremely positive.”

In-state tuition and fees for military personnel and their descendants of veterans who were dependents was introduced several years ago through a -- DT exposed to toxic substances while Committee that I chaired and ultimately passed by both serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. legislative chambers and signed into law. The letter The Congressional bills would esof intent to establish residency is new and will be problematic. The tablish a database of birth defects and anomalies. This is a Resolution original bill was designed to encourage military personnel to reside in in support of U.S. Senator Jerry Moran’s efforts to protect veterans and return to Kansas. It was also designed to show the Department of and their families from the otherwise unknown effects of chemicals Defense that Kansas is military friendly and constituted a small part found in war zones. of encouraging the Department to not reduce the number of military 13

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Tom brought along some important fans to the Kansas City Royal-Houston Astros game in July: His daughter, Wendi Manley, along with her children and Tom’s grandchildren, Sloan, 14, and Caden, 9. They had come from North Carolina, where they live, to see dad and grandpa make the ceremonial “first catch.”

Grandson Caden, 9, makes “grandpa bread” (cinnamon-raisen) during a recent visit.

Left: Tom and Gail along with faithful companion Tyler at their farm just west of Lawrence. Above: Grandpa Tom and Grandma Gail with grandchildren Sloan and Caden Manley fishing at Sloan’s farm pond.

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he Kansas Legislature meets approximately 90 days most years, thus we are considered a part-time legislature. However, I believe the people of the 45th District, Douglas County, and Kansas deserve representatives who accept the responsibilities and opportunities of full-time service.

Constituent Service: All year constituents contact me for assistance with the Depts. of Revenue, Agriculture (e.g., restaurant kitchen inspection), Aging and Disability Services, etc. In most cases, I am able to help constituents get the information and services they need and deserve. Even when I am unsuccessful in securing the desired responses, the constituent learns why and is not left in a bureaucratic inertia.

Self-Education: It is important that elected officials be as knowledgeable as possible about all aspects of Kansas. To that end, I regularly make “self-education” tours to KU Medical Center, the National Guard’s Crisis Center, the John Redmond Lake dredging project, and visit such State agencies as the Highway Patrol, Tom in his office between legislative sessions with the souvenir from the “first catch” at the Kansas City KU School of Engineering, and KSU’s College Royals game -- along with lots of paperwork. of Agriculture to better my understanding and Hydro-Quebec operations. Because oil and hydro-electricity supplies knowledge. These unpaid educational experifrom those areas impact U.S. energy supplies, they have an impact on ences help me know how to better represent and assist the people of Kansas’ economy. As Chairman of the CSG Interstate High Voltage Douglas County.

Electric Transmission Siting Compact Task Force, I have worked with State Leadership: My opening comments in this publication report the U.S. Dept. of Energy and other federal land-owning/administering how the Vision 2020 Committee focused on and developed realistic agencies to improve federal-state cooperation to ensure that we colplans to expand Medicaid/KanCare, protect our state’s drinking waters, lectively can “move” renewable energy from rural generation sites to and protect our personal identity information. These are three examurban consumers. ples of how I utilize the Legislative Committee process to educate my National Leadership: I was the first state legislator to serve on the colleagues and me on key issues and the long-term needs of our state, U.S. Dept. of Energy’s (DOE) Electricity Advisory Committee and reand to develop policies that reflect those needs and opportunities. main one of only two to have that opportunity. I also am the only state Professional Leadership: The two primary professional organizations legislator to serve on the DOE-created GridWise Architecture Council. for state legislators are the National Conference of State Legislatures I am one of two state legislators on the Federal Communications Com(NCSL) and the Council of State Governments (CSG). These indemission’s (FCC) Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. Opportunities pendent organizations provide information resources upon request to to learn about federal policies and meet key federal leaders have resultlegislators and provide educational opportunities. For example, as a ed in the heads (Commissioners, Assistant Secretaries, etc.) of the Fedmember of the NCSL Energy Supply Task Force, I have visited the eral Energy Regulatory Commission, FCC, Dept. of Education, Dept.

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of Defense, Food & Drug Administration, National Science Foundation, and more to visit Kansas 19 times at my invitation and meet with Kansas government and private sector leaders to improve policy coordination and strategic alliances.

“Your insights and honesty are much appreciated. Your common sense and hard work go a long way in making Kansas a great place to live.

Thanks for all you do for the citizens of this state.”

-- PMG

As a result of my interactions with federal and Kansas agency heads, Kansas will receive $7.1 million from the Dept. of Defense for job training programs, a member of the Army Corps of Engineers is stationed at the Kansas Water Office to improve program coordination, and federal agency heads and staff regularly contact Kansans (not just Californians and other “big” state representatives) when they have questions about electric, telecommunications, The proof is there in his right hand….Tom caught the pitch at the opening of the Royals-Astros game at Kaufmann Stadium, no doubt setting the tone for the Royals, who and other issues. won 5-1.

Not every Kansas legislator has the time or energy to invest in opportunities to serve and lead in the manner that I do. For me, Report. Please contact me when you have questions, suggestions about being a State Representative is a public trust and I have the responsibil- prospective legislation, or need assistance in dealing with a state agenity to be the most-well informed and influential elected official possicy at Tom.sloan@house.ks.gov or 785- 841-1526. ble. I will never know enough nor do enough, but I do the best that I can.

Thank you for being interested in State policies and for reading this This publication was produced for the people of Douglas County and paid for by: Citizens for Sloan Dr. Herschel Lewis, Chairman • David Bunker, Treasurer Citizens for Sloan 772 Highway 40 Lawrence, KS 66049 785-841-1526

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