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Results of Oread tax district audit are expected soon Findings could reverberate from development group to city commission, public trust C Town Talk “

oncerns about the operation or management of The Oread hotel’s special taxing district are expected to come to light soon, I’ve learned.

If you remember, City Hall reporter Nikki Wentling reported last month that the city had hired an auditor to review the special taxing district, which has generated clawhorn@ljworld.com more than $2 million thus far for the local development group that ita-based firm Allen, built the hotel.

Gibbs & Houlik has now The audit by the Wich- been completed, and city

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officials are promising to release its results. The city hasn’t yet provided any details on the audit, but there are certainly indications that there are some significant findings.

“The position we are in now is that we are contacting all parties that were involved in the audit, and we want them to hear everything we have found and what we intend to tell the public, so that there won’t be any surprises,” Commis-

sioner Matthew Herbert told me.

Commissioners thus far haven’t said whether concerns center on how the private businesses have used the special taxing district or whether they are related to how the city has managed the district, or whether they are some other set of concerns.

They have been tightlipped about the audit, and, in fact, the audit only came to light due to

Based on the information I’ve seen, we have a very vested interest in dealing with this pretty quickly.”

— City Commissioner Matthew Herbert

an anonymous tip the Journal-World received about its existence.

One issue the article last month pointed out is an oddity with one business that is listed as having a home in the district.

Records from the state indicate a business called Oread Wholesale L.C. is located at 1200 Oread Ave., the address of the hotel.

Information from web listings and other sources indicate Oread Wholesale L.C. is a wholesale supplier of construction materials.

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With historic win, KU volleyball reaches Elite 8

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS celebrate Friday night after defeating Loyola Marymount during the NCAA tournament at Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego. With the victory, the team advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time. They play again today at 10 p.m. in a match that will be televised on ESPNU. Complete coverage in Sports, 1C

Superintendent search one of many But despite the number of open superintendent positions, school board The Lawrence school President Vanessa Sanboard — which held a burn is optimistic the atsecond special meeting tractiveness of Lawrence Friday evening — is not will help the district be the only board in the competitive.

SCHOOLS area weighing decisions “I think that even when it comes to hiring a new though there are quite a few superintendent. The Lawrence open positions around the state, district is one of at least six in there will be people who will the region currently looking to Please see SEARCH, page 2A fill its top position.

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Topeka — Kansas’ top child welfare official says allegations that she attempts to block potential adoptions by same-sex couples are “fiction” and decisions about troubled children are driven by a desire to find the best homes for them, not anti-gay bias.

Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage across

the nation, the Kanthis week, GilmInside: sas Department for ore told The AsOfficials explain Children and Famisociated Press the their process for lies faces criticism department and placing Kansas that it discriminates children in adoptive its two foster care against gay and lescontractors are families. 7A bian foster parents required by state who want to adopt the trou- and federal law to keep chilbled children in their care. dren with relatives and their A gay-rights advocate and siblings as much as possible.

Democratic legislator have She said their decisions are said Secretary Phyllis Gilm- focused on what’s in the ore should resign. best interest of each child.

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LAWRENCE • STATE Topeka councilman ‘innocent until proven guilty’ Topeka (ap) — A Topeka city councilman has denied allegations that he physically abused his 12-year-old son.

The Topeka Capital Journal reports that councilman Jonathan Schumm denied the accusations in answers filed by his attorney, Thomas Lemon, to a petition seeking to have Schumm removed from his post.

The councilman and his wife have been charged with aggravated battery, or the alterna-

tive charge of abuse of a child, for incidents that reportedly happened in October. Shumm’s wife, Allison, is also charged with aiding her husband.

They were booked into jail on Nov. 20, but posted bond on the same day.

Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor and senior assistant district attorney Todd Hiatt filed a civil action in November to suspend Schumm as a city councilman, and then to oust him from office. They

Wichita (ap) — Wichita State University officials say an active marketing campaign has increased the number of potential patents by school faculty and students.

The Wichita Eagle reports that Wichita State University Ventures, an arm of the school that assists with patenting and commercializing inventions or software, has sharply increased the number of invention disclosures by university faculty, staff and students in the past three years.

Invention disclosures are formal explanations of why university researchers’ inventions should receive patent protection, Ventures director Cindy Claycomb said. She says there were 16 invention disclosures in the year ending June 30, 2013. The year that ended this past June 30 saw 41 disclosures.

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terial sales actually happening at 1200 Oread, or is the address just being used to take advantage of CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A the benefits of the special taxing district?

But there are no signs 2. If construction of a wholesale construcmaterials are being sold tion material supplier at 1200 Oread, is that operating at the upscale the type of business that Oread. When the Jourcity officials intended nal-World went to the to provide an incentive hotel last month seeking to? It certainly wasn’t information about Oread the type of business Wholesale, a clerk at the ever mentioned publicly hotel told our reporter when Fritzel was lobthat Oread Wholesale bying commissioners to was listed as the address approve the incentive. “just to get stuff shipped That lobbying effort was in.” The clerk said there all about providing an was no warehouse on incentive for an upscale site. hotel that would help the What makes this elecity attract more visitor ment interesting is that dollars. We previously the latest annual report have tried to talk with on file with the state of Fritzel about this issue, Kansas for Oread Whole- but with no luck. sale lists Thomas Fritzel It is important to as the primary owner remember that I don’t of the company. Fritzel know what the audit’s is also the leader of the findings are. Oread development group that Wholesale may or may benefits from the special not be a part of the retaxing district at The port. Either way, it is an Oread. interesting issue.

The way that special Another interesting taxing district works is issue may be brewing on that the development this front. As we previgroup gets a rebate on a ously reported, the audit large percentage of every began in April. City comsales tax dollar genermissioners in October ated at the 1200 Oread approved a tax break address. When you buy for The Eldridge Hotel. a meal at The Oread, a The Eldridge Hotel and large percentage of the the Oread development sales tax gets rebated group have a lot of cross back to the development ownership. Fritzel is the group, which then is sup- leader of both groups. I posed to use the money confirmed with interim to pay for infrastructure City Manager Diane projects and the private Stoddard that commisparking garage that sioners were aware of were built as part of the the Oread audit that was project. If a wholesale underway at the time the construction supplier is commission was votselling materials at that ing on The Eldridge tax address, then Fritzel’s de- break. Commissioners velopment group would approved The Eldridge get a rebate on the sales tax break — valued at taxes charged on that about $460,000 — on a material as well.

3-2 vote, with Commissioners Leslie Soden A couple of questions and Lisa Larsen voting come to mind: 1. Are construction ma- against it.

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search in the region, but firm representatives all noted the uniqueness of Lawrence would CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A draw quality candidates regardless. The meeting prefer to work here over included proposals from anywhere else,” she said. four firms: School Exec “I think that that works Connect of Edina, Minn.; in our favor.”

McPherson & Jacobson Several nearby disclosure, Ventures deof Omaha, Neb.; Ray cides whether to file tricts — including Blue and Associates of Cedar for a provision patent, Valley, De Soto, Emporia, Rapids, Iowa; and Kansas which gives it a year to Manhattan, Topeka and Association of School North Kansas City, Mo. seek a full patent.

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Claycomb says she — are also looking for District officials has spent a lot of time superintendents. Most of have said time is of the in the past year speak- the openings are due to essence in the search being to faculty members retirement. cause some of the other Current Lawrence and classes about the opdistricts’ application portunity to patent their schools Superintendent deadlines for superinRick Doll announced research. tendent positions are in “Because we brought Nov. 23 that he will mid-January. Since Doll’s this to the forefront, resign his position efresignation, the board more people on cam- fective June 30. Doll, 61, has discussed at two pus are now thinking, ‘I has accepted a full-time special meetings whether might have something position as associate it will hire a firm, do the that is of interest to professor and executive search in-house or pursomebody that is mar- director of the Kansas sue a hybrid of the two ketable or commercial,’ Educational Leadership options. Sanburn said and many of them hadn’t Institute at Kansas State the board’s final decision thought that way be- University. will be made Monday.

The open superinfore,” Claycomb said.

“We decided tonight The director says tendent positions came that we’re curious many did not appreci- into play at the board’s enough and it was worthate that they didn’t need meeting Friday, when it while enough to find to have a gadget of some was scheduled to hear out some more, to hear kind to consider getting proposals from outside from the firms directly,” a patent. Something like search firms. The board Sanburn said Friday. software or a curriculum continues to deliber“Monday night we will tool may be considered ate whether it will hire be making that decision, intellectual property that a firm to assist in the and then if we decide needs to be legally pro- superintendent search ‘yes,’ we’ll be selecting tected from competitors. and has asked each of the firm that we’re going Claycomb says the the four potential firms to go with.” school has only had four whether they were emDavid Cunningham, patents issued in the past ployed in other nearby of the district’s human three years, but hopes searches. resources department, Each firm is assisting to see that number inhas identified 16 steps with at least one other crease. the district will follow in

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So, to summarize: The commission knew there was an audit underway regarding questions about the use of The Oread special taxing district, but it approved a new incentive that will benefit many of the same people who are involved in the audit at The Oread.

If the audit comes back and finds that Fritzel and his development group have done no wrong in the Oread taxing district, then I suppose no harm, no foul. But if the audit does raise concerns about Fritzel and that development group, I suspect the public is going to have questions about why the City Commission didn’t wait to act on the Eldridge request until the Oread audit was completed.

I asked some commissioners whether they thought about waiting.

Herbert told me he did but ultimately decided against it.

“I have thought about that quite a bit,” Herbert said. “Even though there are certainly some elements of cross ownership, they are two separate entities, and I think they ought to be treated as separate on that matter.”

I asked Commissioner Stuart Boley the same question, and his answer was more confusing. When I asked him

whether he had given any thought to delaying that vote, he referred me to Toni Wheeler, the city’s attorney. I told him I didn’t think Wheeler was in a good position to comment on why Boley did or didn’t vote on a particular matter. Boley said he just wasn’t in a position to answer questions about the subject.

I asked him if he could explain why he wasn’t in a position to answer questions about his thought process regarding a vote he had taken, and he told me he wasn’t in a position to answer that question either.

Mayor Mike Amyx was the third vote to approve The Eldridge incentive.

We’ve traded messages, and we’re scheduled to talk Monday. I’ll report back on his thoughts.

Again, it is tough to know what is next because it is unclear what the audit has found. But I think the findings could be significant, and they could represent quite a test for the City Commission. From my view, the greatest challenge facing the City Commission currently is regaining the trust of the public.

The process used to build Rock Chalk Park damaged the trust level with some residents. The resignation of Mayor Jeremy Farmer from the commission also hurt.

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its hiring process. The process includes focus meetings to receive input from the community on the district’s strengths, issues and characteristics the new superintendent should have. Final candidates will also meet for question-and-answer sessions with district staff and the community.

Sanburn has said one of the main advantages of using a firm is a wider search with more community input.

“We had talked previously of, if we’d go inhouse, would we still get the level of community engagement that I think this community wants and we want,” she said.

Representatives from all four firms said they have a flexible process that includes several steps: creating a candidate profile from board input, conducting district and community focus groups, and recruiting and vetting potential candidates.

Cunningham has estimated the cost of hiring a firm will range from $18,500 to $25,000, with additional expenses possible if the board decided to involve consultants to a larger degree. The expense would come from the district’s general fund.

The next school board meeting will be Monday at the district offices, 110 McDonald Drive.

If this audit does create questions about how this special taxing district has been used or managed, it will be a key moment for the commission as it relates to building trust with the public.

Herbert told me the city plans to be straightforward in its findings.

“We have every intention of going public with every piece of it,” he said.

There will be some considerations the city has to take into account as it releases the information. It is against state law to release some types of private business sales tax data.

Herbert also said he thinks the information will be coming forward sooner rather than later.

“Based on the information I’ve seen, we have a very vested interest in dealing with this pretty quickly,” Herbert said.

Stoddard, the interim city manager, also told me her plan is for the city to provide a full briefing to the public on the matter.

“I would anticipate something will be forthcoming,” Stoddard said.

“The city is trying to be as transparent as we can at the appropriate points in the process.”

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

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Woman accused of sex with teen

City plans to pay $18K to cyclist hit by trash truck

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By Conrad Swanson Twitter: @conrad_swanson

A Baldwin City woman has been arrested on suspicion of several sex crimes against a boy from Lawrence, police said Friday.

The 33-year-old woman was arrested Thursday and booked into the Douglas County Jail on one felony count each of having unlawful sexual relations, sexual exploitation of a child and a misdemeanor charge of promoting obscenity.

Lawrence Police Sgt. Trent McKinley said the boy’s parents contacted police Thursday after discovering he had a sexual relationship with the woman. The two had apparently known each other for several months.

The relationship between the boy, who is in his teens, and Johnson included physical contact and the sharing of sexual pictures, McKinley said.

The woman was interviewed and arrested by police at the Investigations and Training Center at 4820 Bob Billings Parkway, McKinley said. She is being held in the Douglas County Jail on a $40,000 cash or surety bond and is scheduled to appear in court at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling

The city — if given the go-ahead from the Lawrence City Commission — will agree to pay $18,000 to a man who was hit by a city trash truck last year.

The proposed settlement also has the city forgoing collection of about $586 the man owes to Lawrence-Douglas Coun-

ty Fire Medical because of the incident.

The Journal-World reported in August 2014 that a city trash truck hit a bicyclist at the intersection of 21st Street and Naismith Drive. It was reported the truck bumped the man, identified in city documents as Brian Sexton, and he skidded a few feet.

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A closer look at KU’s discrimination policy

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NELSON REEVES, A KANSAS UNIVERSITY SOPHOMORE FROM DESOTO, pulls up for a jumper over Riley Couch, a sophomore from Shawnee, as the two play a game of oneon-one Friday at Veterans Park. Nearly 60-degree temperatures on Stop Day kept the two in shorts and short sleeves for the game before cracking the books for next week’s final exams.

f you read my article in Friday’s Journal-World about the recently fired Kansas University employee fighting the KU Institutional Opportunity and Access office’s decision not to investigate his discrimination complaint, you might be wondering: How can KU — a state institution — have a policy protecting people from Please see POLICY, page 4A

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SATURDAY COLUMN

Is political correctness squelching free speech in U.S.?

By Dolph C. Simons Jr.

Just how important is “political correctness”?

Granted, there are various levels of political correctness, but, carried to the extreme (however that might be measured), is excessive political correctness helpful or harmful to our country — or both?

It’s difficult to define a specific time or even a general period when political correctness became a major public issue, but, today, it seems to be a central issue of most every aspect of our lives.

Some might say Donald Trump’s entrance into the Republican presidential campaign has focused additional attention on political correctness because he doesn’t hold back on stating his position on any subject. He says what he thinks regardless of whether it may be troubling, embarrassing or offensive to some.

When asked what they think of Trump, many Americans are likely to respond, “Well, he says it like it is. It is refresh-

ing, and more of those seeking public office ought to be honest with the public. He’s only saying what a lot of people think but are afraid to say.”

Have Americans become so fearful of offending someone that they are afraid to speak and express their ideas and opinions?

Concern about political correctness isn’t limited to those in the political arena. It also permeates most all daily activities, whether in a school classroom with teachers and students; in the selection of officials such as school superintendents, city managers, coaches and chancellors; the military service with women in combat positions; national security; school mascots — everything.

Good manners, proper behavior and treating others with respect is terribly important, and time after time, individuals are judged by how they observe and practice these manners of conduct.

However, unfortunately, people have to be extremely careful in what they say.

COMMENTARY Trump’s recent suggestion that a temporary freeze be placed on allowing Muslims to enter this country until there are far better checks on their backgrounds caused a fire storm. Republicans seeking the GOP nomination, as well as Democrats, came down hard on the flamboyant and outspoken Trump. Some say he should be disqualified from seeking the nomination or the presidency.

A big question relative to Trump’s current popularity is how many of those who like what he is saying today will vote for him for the presidency if he should win the GOP nomination.

Historians have pointed out Trump is not the first to propose or call for similar restrictions because both President Jimmy Carter and Franklin Roosevelt called for severe restrictions relative to specific foreigners or some Japanese

living in this country.

Shouldn’t individuals be able to express their ideas without the fear of being called a bigot or facing possible legal actions, loss of a job or public condemnation? Granted, a person should be severely punished for yelling “fire” in a crowded theater, but reasonable conflicting ideas certainly are topics that merit discussion and debate.

How far will the effort to expand political correctness have to swing before the public realizes the not-too-subtle ways it is damaging or weakening the country?

Again, there is no excuse for blatant racism or unfair actions, and this nation would be a lot better if people were to follow the Golden Rule of “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

The solid core beliefs of those who founded and built this country resulted in an amazing nation, a nation envied by billions living in other parts of the world. The freedoms America enjoys are un-

paralleled, and the freedom of expression must be protected.

Some of the statements by Trump may anger certain segments of our society and may not be politically correct, according to the current growing corps of “PC police.” At the same time, there are millions who applaud Trump for “saying what I would like to say but I don’t want to get into trouble or offend others. It needs to be said.”

Trump may be bearing the brunt of the criticism, but his comments at least have placed important issues on the table, broken the ice on certain topics, and given other candidates the opening to offer their thoughts on the matter.

How do we make this nation stronger and provide opportunities for all but, at the same time, not weaken the country by silencing those who raise important issues, ask questions and believe this country and its citizens should be governed and ruled by the Constitution — not political correctness?

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AMERICAN HOLLY IS ONE OF MANY HOLLY VARIETIES that can thrive in northeast Kansas if properly planted and cared for. Other options include Meserve hybrid hollies, inkberry and Japanese holly.

Holly can brighten up winter landscaping

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he glossy evergreen leaves and brilliant red berries of American holly (Ilex opaca) are popular components of holiday decorations right now.

As with every pretty flower that tempts the adventurous gardener, you might be wondering if American holly has potential here or which of its holly cousins make the best substitutes.

American holly has potential in the Lawrence area if planted in sandy, well-drained soil with protection from drying winter winds and a little bit of shade in the summer months. There are a few tucked around town and in surrounding communities that have survived for decades in the right site.

If you decide to try it, remember the trees grow slowly and average 15 to 30 feet tall, but in the right soil and environmental conditions they can grow to 100 feet.

They have a pyramidal shape that opens up with age. Also, plan to plant two. All hollies are dioecious (have distinct male and female plants), so both a male and female are needed to get berries. If space is available for more plants, a 1-to-10 male-to-female ratio is sufficient for berry production.

Cultivars of American holly offer larger or more abundant berries, yellow berries instead of red, better drought tolerance, smaller mature sizes and other desirable attributes.

American holly grows wild from Massachusetts to Florida and west to eastern Texas and the very southeastern corner of Missouri.

For gardeners with less space or who prefer less risky options, there are

Jennifer Smith many suitable evergreen holly options.

Meserve hybrid hollies (Ilex x meserveae) are the most similar to American holly in appearance.

The Meserve holly line is named for a woman in New York who crossed the cold, hardy prostrate holly with the English holly in the 1960s and ’70s.

Blue Prince and Princess, Blue Boy and Girl, and China Boy and Girl are popular cultivars that are widely available. In some cases you can even find the male and female versions of these shrubs grafted together in the same pot to save space.

Inkberry (Ilex glabra) is a widely available large shrub with long, slender leaves that are evergreen but otherwise bear little resemblance to American holly. Berries are black except for a few cultivars with white or off-white berries.

Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) is also a shrub with great variability in size depending on cultivar. It has shorter, rounded leaves that lack the spines of American holly and also bears black berries.

— Jennifer Smith is a former horticulture extension agent for K-State Research and Extension and horticulturist for Lawrence Parks and Recreation. She is the host of “The Garden Show” and has been a gardener since childhood. Send your gardening questions and feedback to features@ljworld.com.

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memorandum, Sexton filed a claim with the city in March 2015 seeking approximately $75,000 in monetary damages.

City Attorney Toni Wheeler is recommending the city agree to an $18,000 settlement and resolve the issue without litigation.

City commissioners will be asked Tuesday to authorize the settlement.

The item is on the commission’s consent agenda.

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At the time, Lawrence Police Department spokesman Sgt. Trent McKinley said the preliminary investigation determined that driver inattention caused the collision.

The driver failed to yield to the bicyclist’s right of way, he said.

It was reported that Sexton had minor injuries.

According to a city

— City Hall reporter Nikki Wentling can be reached at 832-7144 or nwentling@ ljworld.com.

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ENGAGEMENTS Ricks - Wofford Engagement R. Wayne and Doris I. Ricks, Lawrence, announce the engagement of their daughter, Cherrale Diovonni Ricks to Daniel Preston Wofford, son of Preston and Lisa Wofford, Signal Mountain, TN. The future bride is a 2004 graduate of Lawrence High School, graduated from Park University with a Bachelors of Science in Biology and an Associates of Applied Science from Anthem College in Surgical Technology. The future groom is a 2006 graduate of Red Bank Regional High

Cherrale Ricks & Daniel Wofford School, attended Chattanooga State Community College, and practices Confectionary Artistry and Operable Materials Fabrication. The couple plan a April 2016 wedding.

BRIEFLY Part of Michigan St. ond to Ninth streets. The will close Michigan’s to close this month work northbound lane at Sixth

A section of Michigan Street will be closed for one month beginning Dec. 21 while a waterline is replaced.

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Laskowski and Cate Wedding Christine Diane Laskowski and Alexander Hess Cate were married on June 21, 2015, at the Victorian Veranda Country Inn in Lawrence, KS with the Rev. Stewart Smith officiating.

The bride is the daughter of Mike and Carol Laskowski, Lawrence.

The groom is the son of Skip and Laura Cate, Fort Smith, AR. Maid of Honor was Kaitlin Cummings. Best Man was Johnny Brooks.

Bridesmaids were Sarah Cate, sister of the groom, Kelly Morgan, Sydnei Tolefree, and Amanda Nagengast. Groomsmen were Mark Laskowski, brother of the bride, Blake Garrison, Travis Reimer, and Matt Koehnman.

Ushers were Matt Gelvin, cousin of the bride, and Andrew Dominick, future brother-in-law of the couple. The Reception Attendants were Audrey Seybert, Becca Dirks, and Joanna Robinson (honorary). Reception Emcees were Susan Hanzlik and Bill Blair, cousins of the bride. Guestbook Attendants were Jessica Bloom and Courtney Johnson.

The bride’s grandmother, Pat Blair, did the flowers.

The couple celebrated with a reception follow-

ing the wedding ceremony at the Inn and again on October 25, 2015 in Fort Smith, AR. The bride is a 2007 graduate of Lawrence High School. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction, with a Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages emphasis, from the University of Kansas.

She is employed in the Lawrence School District as an elementary ESL teacher. The groom graduated from Union Christian Academy in Fort Smith, AR in 2008.

He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from John Brown University. He is employed with Honeywell in Olathe.

Christine is the granddaughter of Ken & Pat Blair of Lawrence, KS and the late Charles & Anna Laskowski. Alex is the grandson of Stan & Martha Cate of Fort Smith, AR and the late Bill & Evelyn Hess. The couple reside in Lawrence.

Brenna Spurgeon and Patrick Bliven wedding Brenna Spurgeon and Patrick Bliven were married August 21, 2015 at the Urban Event in Kansas City, Missouri by Reverend Susan HoskinsRoggenkamp. A reception followed with dinner by Waldo Pizza, and dancing. Coordination and flowers were provided

by Hitched Planning and Floral. A honeymoon to New Zealand is planned for 2016.

The bride is the daughter of John and Karla Spurgeon, Lawrence.

The groom is the son of Peggy and Jerry Walker, Prairie Village and Jack and Marsha Bliven, Homosassa, Florida.

The maid of honor was Marika Taylor, sister of the bride. Best man was Brent Bliven, brother of the groom. Bridal attendants were Patrick Spurgeon, brother of the bride and Hadley Galbraith, Anna Hoard, and Stephanie Meehan, friends of the bride. Groomsmen were David Clark, Ian Cummings, Sean Ryan, and Chris Wade, friends of the groom. Reader was Lindsey Walker, friend of the bride. Flower girl was Ainsley Taylor, niece of

the bride.

The bride is a 2004 graduate of Free State High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and International Studies from the University of Kansas in 2008 and a Masters of Arts degree in Global Finance, Trade, and Economic Integration from the University of Denver in 2013. She is a global benefits associate consultant for Lockton companies in Kansas City, Missouri.

The groom is a 1999 graduate of Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas.

He received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas in 2007.

He earned his Professional Engineering License in 2012. He is an electrical engineer at Burns and McDonnell in Kansas City, Missouri, The couple resides in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Be kind, firm with neighbor who lacks boundaries Dear Annie: My neighbors are a lovely couple in their 70s.

I have always been friendly with them.

Several months ago “Mrs. Smith” became quite ill. Whenever I saw “Mr. Smith,” I would ask about his wife’s health. About three months in, he started ending our conversations with a hug. I thought he was sad about his wife and lonely while she was undergoing care.

But then he started dropping by my office.

The first few times I let it ride. Around the fifth time, however, I told him he had to stop because it was interfering with my workday. Then, he started following me to the office. I’d pull into the parking lot, and he’d be right behind me.

Two weeks ago, he

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pulled right up to my bumper and asked my how many miles I had on my car. I was genuinely late for a meeting and was brusque.

He hasn’t been back since then.

Every day when I drive into our subdivision, he’s standing in his driveway waiting. I immediately pull over in someone else’s driveway and pretend I’m on a call.

Yesterday, I pulled over and read the

‘Becoming Santa’ is just terrible What in the name of Meredith Baxter-Birney is going on with Lifetime? Last year the network aired “Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever,” a sardonic sendup of the holiday movie genre. This summer, it debuted “UnREAL,” a savage, behind-thescenes takedown of the inane “Bachelor” reality franchise. Hip and smart, they were refreshing and daring departures for the “women in peril” network.

Tonight, we have “Becoming Santa” (7 p.m.), everything but daring and, sadly, anything but watchable. Laura Bell Bundy (“Hart of Dixie”) plays Holly, a perky veterinarian with a handsome, hunky boyfriend, Connor (Jesse Hutch, “Cedar Cove”), who’s eager to pop the question. But as an oldfashioned guy, he wants to ask her dad’s permission first. And that’s a bit complicated because her dad (Michael Gross, “Family Ties”) is Santa Claus and lives at the North Pole. Gross’ “Family Ties” castmate, Meredith Baxter, plays Mrs. Claus.

Subplots include Connor’s employment at a soulless toy company churning out products for spoiled children addicted to tablets and video games. And not to give too much away, but once Connor does make it to the North Pole to meet the folks, he runs up against Mama Claus’ desires for Holly to settle for a more suitable beau, namely Jack Frost.

Nobody should complain about the contrivances of a Christmas movie, particularly one involving the modern offspring of old Saint Nick. But there are limits.

Christmas is known for its excess, but there’s a difference between celebrating childlike wonder and foisting childish drivel on viewers. It’s curious that the Lifetime Network, a place for grownups, would broadcast something so aggressively juvenile. l The sweet spot between childish and enchanting can be difficult to determine. That’s why so many holiday movies and movies aimed at children are utterly forgettable. ABC celebrates two memorable classics this weekend, films that have entranced generations. The network dusts off its “Wonderful World of Disney” (7 p.m., TV-G) franchise to air “Mary Poppins.”

This marks the first network airing of the 1964 musical in more than 13 years.

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owner’s manual out loud to make it look like I was talking on the phone. It took 30 minutes before he finally went inside.

I understand he’s lonely, but he is freaking me out. I needed to tell someone, and I knew you wouldn’t consider it any weirder than some of your other letters. Good heavens, I feel better already. — R. Dear R.: Glad we could help.

Your neighbor seems lonely and a little obsessed with you.

You might have been the only consistently friendly face during his wife’s illness, and it became more meaningful than you intended.

Be kind, but set some boundaries. Wave hello from your door instead of walking over.

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For Saturday, Dec. 12: This year provides many opportunities for growth, better communication and happier days. Follow your instincts — more often than not you are right-on. If you are single, you could meet someone quite exotic.

If you are attached, the two of you enjoy each other’s company even more than usual.

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) HHHH You’ll hear much more from an older relative than you might want to. Tonight: Near good music.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) HHHH Several close loved ones, friends and/or family members delight in doting over you. Let them. Tonight: Go for a drive.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) HHHH Your ability to manage a problem yet still look as if you are having a good time emerges.

Tonight: Be a team.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) HHHH Defer to others, and understand what is happening with them. Allow your creativity to flourish. Tonight: Wherever you are, the party is.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You know what lies ahead.

Let others go off and do whatever they want. Tonight: Know when you are too tired to go on.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Tap into your creativ-

Then go inside or get in your car. If he starts heading your way, say, “Sorry I can’t stay and chat, but I have a conference call.”

If he gets too close, be honest and tell him that he’s making you uncomfortable and you’d like him to back off. Needless to say, no more hugs.

— Send questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

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ity, and you’ll discover that you have more answers than you originally thought possible. Tonight: Embrace the weekend!

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You might have a project in mind, and will need to make time to dive right in. Express appreciation. Tonight: Happily at home.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You have a way of starting a conversation that will leave even the most reluctant person with something to say.

Tonight: Enjoy the good vibes.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Be aware of what you are committing to, even if it is just dinner with a friend. Tonight: Buy a present on your way home.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Making plans and keeping schedules could create some confusion. Tonight: Be with the one you love or like!

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Many thoughts will travel through your mind, but you might choose not to share them. You could be more vulnerable than usual. Tonight: A compliment is meant to be just that; nothing more.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Aim for what you want.

You might consider hosting a treedecorating party or asking someone to help you bake. Tonight: Follow your friends.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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ACROSS 1 Turbaned teacher 6 Monastery’s main man 11 Unit of 5.5 yards 14 ___ the run (munch in motion) 15 Airborne vehicle 16 Busy IRS month 17 Thomas Paine work (with “The”) 19 “East” on a grandfather clock 20 Beds for biddies 21 Early time 23 20 equal 1 kurus 26 “Two” and “too,” for example 28 Candy purchase 29 Volunteer’s cry 31 Theater, opera, etc.

32 “Humble” home 34 Tehran is its capital 36 Film winds up on it 39 FBI head?

41 Large cactus 43 Fall head over heels 44 Musical epilogue 46 Adjust the clock 47 “Gee whillikers!”

49 Cathedral recess 51 “10” calendar, briefly 52 Hardest to get 55 Primitive shelter 57 Very, in musical scores 58 Letting off the throttle (with “up”) 60 Anne’s double 61 I, in writing 66 In the past 67 Retina part 68 Printer’s proof, briefly 69 Wasn’t exactly brave 70 Full of beef fat 71 Long wistfully DOWN 1 Pirate’s home (with “the”) 2 Wave back and forth 3 Banqueted 4 Dudley or Demi 5 Tattletale 6 Fossey subjects 7 Blowhard’s talk 8 Lowest male singing voice 9 Lennon’s wife 10 Muscle for stretching

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30 Venus de ___ 33 Expel from a country 35 “Hurry!” letters 37 Standing straight 38 Statesponsored millionaire maker 40 Bad end for a tooth?

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“We’re talking about trying to get children into the best homes we can,” she said. “Could that sometimes be a homosexual home? Of course, but I still say that the preferred (situation) is every child to have a mom and a dad, if possible, but it’s not always possible.”

That statement referred to a preference for so-called traditional families headed by straight, married couples.

But she said this would not exclude a child being placed with a gay or lesbian relative or with a same-sex couple.

Gilmore said she is only occasionally briefed on adoption cases — and her only involvement is to pass questions on to regional DCF offices for further inquiries. She said she never gets involved in placements of abused and neglected children in foster homes.

Before the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Kansas banned same-sex marriage and wouldn’t recognize those from other states.

Gays and lesbians have long been able to serve as foster parents and adopt children in state custody as individuals, however.

Allegations of bias arose after a Topeka City Council member and his wife were charged last month with child abuse and child endangerment. They were serving at the time as foster parents and have both biological and adopted children. They were allowed last year to adopt a young girl who’d previously been foster-parented by a lesbian couple in Wichita who also wanted to adopt her, according to news reports.

Five other cases involving lesbian couples have since become public. Legislators are contemplating an audit of the child welfare system, and House Minority Leader Tom Burroughs, a Kansas City Democrat, has suggested a special in-

vestigatory committee.

Democratic state Rep. Jim Ward, of Wichita, said Friday that Gilmore should resign, a day after Tom Witt, executive director of the gay-rights group Equality Kansas, made a similar statement in an interview.

In an open letter Thursday to Gilmore, to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and to other state officials, 17 attorneys and three social workers said there is “a specter of wrongdoing” at DCF. And while Gilmore said she isn’t commenting on same-sex relationships in speaking about a “preferred” situation for children, Witt said her comments “just proved our point.”

“She will discriminate against gay and lesbian couples,” he said.

Brownback said in an interview earlier this week that he’d welcome a broad audit of the child welfare system. He, too, said DCF officials put the best interest of children first in their decisions.

Gilmore attributed some of the furor to news organizations “connecting the dots” among different cases and partly because, “Well, you know, we live in a political world.”

Brownback has been a vocal critic of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage. Witt calls the administration “utterly hostile” to gays and lesbians and said Brownback has appointed “incompetent ideologues” to key positions.

Gilmore said her agency doesn’t track how many gays and lesbians serve as foster parents. She and other DCF officials said same-sex relationships are sometimes noted in reports in individual cases, but only because DCF and its contractors need to know who lives in a home and their relationships before placing a child.

“I’m not a mean-spirited, hateful person making any statement about homosexuality or sexual preference or same-sex marriage, whatever term you want to use,” she said.

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Meet Bambi! She is a staff favorite at the Lawrence Humane Society. She has such a spunky little attitude and many times can be found in the arms of the staff and volunteers, or hanging out at the adoption desk. She loves to be in your lap, or right by your side. She is most certainly a princess and deserves to be treated as such! Her personality is absolutely perfect, and she is patiently waiting to find her person. Could that be you? Come meet her today at the Lawrence Humane Society.

thomas

Thomas is six year old handsome guy who is looking for a place to call his own. He is extremely cat friendly, and enjoys watching the dogs through the window! The first thing he does when you go into his room and he comes up, starts purring, and rubs on the side of your leg. He is quiet the welcoming committee. Don’t you want to take him home? Come to the Lawrence Humane Society today to meet Thomas and all of the other great animals we have available for adoption.

olie

Hi my name is Olie and I am two years old! I love to eat greens and carrots. I spend most of my time lounging in my piles of hay and dreaming of hopping through fields. If you take me home, I can show you what a real life snuggle bunny is! I’m waiting at the Lawrence Humane Society for you to come get me!

Saturday, December 12, 2015

BRIEFLY

‘To me this discussion is not even about homosexuality’ and only occasionally Associated Press briefed on adoption cases.

Topeka — The “The most I’m Kansas Department for involved is if I get an Children and Families email or something and faces allegations that it I pass it on, ‘So and so discriminates against had this concern. Please gay and lesbian foslook into it.’” ter parents seeking to Sexual orientation adopt the abused and Black: “When you’re neglected children in assessing a family, their care. you’re trying to get Secretary Phyllis Gilmore disputed those at who they are what allegations this week in their connections and an Associated Press in- relationships are. But as terview, her first exten- for specifically, ‘What sive one on the subject. is your sexual orientaJoining her were Sharri tion?’ No, that question Black, the department’s was not asked directly.”

Gilmore: “One of the deputy director of prothings you do is look tection and prevention around the house. So, services, and agency spokeswoman Theresa ‘This is Janie’s bedroom and here’s mine.’

Freed.

Normally, if you were Here are excerpts: living together, you On foster care wouldn’t have two Black: “The child is bedrooms. That would our client. It is a service be an example.” for children and so we Black: “It’s not about are trying to maintain their sexual orientation. those family connec... You don’t ask for tions.” that, but it’s just so you Gilmore: Foster know the dynamics of parents “cannot asthings in the house.” sume that they will be adopting any child that Scrutiny Gilmore: “To me this comes into their home. ... There’s some degree discussion is not even about homosexuality of risk-taking with fosor same-sex marriage, ter care.” but somehow we got Black: “That’s the sucked into it. ... purpose of the people “I am saying that if becoming foster parents, is to be temporary we look at children first, they’re born into family until that child a biological family, and can move to a permathat is the preferred nent placement, either (situation). And then back home with their they have siblings and birth family or with other kinship, and extended relatives.” those are the preGilmore: “The focus ferred. ... is on the child, not the “We’re looking (for) foster parents.” stability. Clearly, marGilmore’s involvement ried folks, which now Gilmore said she’s includes homosexuals, never involved in are generally, statistifoster care placements cally, more stable than

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Gobble

Meet Miss. Gobble! This gorgeous little lady came to the Lawrence Humane Society as a stray and is waiting to find her forever home. Could that be with you? She is just as sweet as can be, loves to be scratched and enjoys cuddling. Her face is just beautiful, how can you not fall in love with her? She is a young adult cat who is in search for a place to call fees are waived for home. She is available for pets of the week! adoption today!

Confidentiality Kansas law keeps cases involving abused and neglected children closed.

Freed: “It’s probably just safe to say that there are lots of these high-profile cases being discussed right now, and the bottom line is nobody has all of the information about these children and what’s in their best interests.

So nobody’s getting a complete picture. It’s unfortunate sometimes that we can’t defend ourselves. ...

“There are plenty of people who are calling us to be transparent, but this is as transparent as we can get.”

Potential audit Legislators are considering a state audit of the child welfare system.

Gilmore: “Of course, we welcome an audit. If, from that, we get suggestions on how we can improve, we welcome that. If it says we’re lacking in resources, if it means the Legislature is able to provide additional resources, we welcome that. We’re not fearful about the audit.

“I think we all know that we’ve done things well, but can we do them better?

I’m sure, but I don’t think anything egregious will be found.”

bells

Are you looking for the perfect running partner?

Or even a playmate for your other furry friend? Bells is the perfect dog for you!

This young lady is a bundle of energy, and enjoys the company of other canine friends. She also adores head scratches and pats on the back. Bells is about 1 year old and will need some basic obedience training. With that said, she is a fast learner and wants nothing more to please her people. Ms. Bells is available for adoption at the Lawrence Humane Society.

Cake PoP

Just look at this face and tell me you don’t want to take Cake Pop home with you today?! Cake pop is just the sweetest little lady in search of her forever home. She is definitely a couch potato and loves to just hang out in the sun.

If you are in search of a cat who is self-sufficient, low-maintenance, and enjoys just hanging around you need to come meet Cake Pop today! She is available at our Lawrence Humane Society.

bobby

The most important thing you need to know about Bobby is that he absolutely does not like other cats. Other than that, this guy is all about being mellow. He is a 1 year old Domestic Short Hair with orange tiger markings. If you only have room for one cat in your life, Bobby is waiting for the opportunity to show you what life is like with a laid back cat.

Hi! I’m Carrot! I am a medium dutch rabbit. My favorite treats are apples and I love to nibble on hay! If you have room in your home for six pounds of fluffy bunny love, I would love to go with you! I’m at the Lawrence Humane Society ready to come home with you!

Guse

Mr. Guse is a very special boy, some say he is a wise older man who wants a comfy couch to retire on! This handsome gentleman adores his human adult companions more than anything in the world.

He also enjoys a brisk run, a good belly rub, and nap time--he REALLY enjoys his naps! Is your home the perfect place for Guse? Available for adoption at the Lawrence Humane Society today!

Paul

Paul wants you to take him home! Paul is a five month old kitten that is waiting patiently for his forever home. Paul is a little timid, and needs someone who is willing to give him some time to come out of his shell and let him take his time to blossom! He would also benefit from a quieter home.

If you are the perfect fit for Paul come to the Lawrence Humane Society and adopt him today!

Nadia

Topeka (ap) — The Kansas Family Policy Council says it has hired a Republican lawmaker from Wichita as its new executive director.

However, the lawmaker, Rep. Steve Brunk, said Friday that negotiations are continuing and nothing about his possible new job will be officially announced until January.

The council is an advocacy group that opposes abortion and same-sex marriage. Brunk is chairman of the House Federal and State Affairs Committee, which considers several topics, including abortion, guns and First Amendment issues.

The family council’s chairman, Dennis Blick, announced Brunk’s hiring in a fundraising letter.

The Wichita Eagle reports if Brunk lobbies for the council, he would be required to resign his House position. But Brunk said he would not be a lobbyist for the group and would not necessarily have to resign.

Huelskamp elected to steering committee Topeka (ap) — A Kansas Congressman who lost seats on two House committees three years ago has been elected to a Republican committee.

Rep. Tim Huelskamp, a western Kansas conservative, was elected Thursday to the Republican Steering Committee, which fills committee assignments. Huelskamp was elected to one of the committee’s at-large positions, six seats created recently by current House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Huelskamp, who was elected to his first term in 2010, lost his seats on the House Budget Committee and Agriculture Committee in 2012 under former Speaker John Boehner.

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Carrot

fees are waived for pets of the week!

GOP lawmaker could join ‘family’ council

cohabitants.

“This discussion is about the best interest of the child, not a statement of lifestyle, and certainly not a statement of condemnation.”

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Of all the shelters in the state of Kansas, Nadia ended up here.

She came as a transfer from a rescue and is working at learning the ins and outs to being in a shelter. She’s a sweet 3 year old Boxer mix and has a black and white coat. She seems to be agreeable with other dogs, but we don’t know about cats. She would very much like to meet you and see what you have in common.

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leo

Leo may not be the first one to meet you at the door when you go into Catopia, but he doesn’t shy away from some attention. He is a 4 year old orange Domestic Short Hair and is pretty easy going. He came in with several other cats and has fit right in with the cats in his room. He and Lily have been together for several years and would prefer to go home together. Let’s make a deal!

Religious Directory

AFRICAN CAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL

St Luke African Methodist Episcopal 900 New York Street 785-841-0847 Rev. Verdell Taylor, Jr. Sun. 11:00 am, Sun. School 10:00 am Bible Study Wed. 12:30 pm

ANGLICAN

Lawrence Anglican Mission Meadowlark Chapel 4440 Bauer Farm Rd Saturday, 3:30 PM 816-797-2237 www.stjamesanglican.net

ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Calvary Temple Assembly of God

606 W. 29th Terrace 785-832-2817 Pastor Don Goatlay Sunday Service 10:30 am & 6:30 pm Wed Service 6:30 pm

Eudora Assembly Of God 827 Elm Street 785-542-2182 Pastor Glenn Weld Sunday Worship 10:30 am Sunday Evening 7:00 pm

Lawrence Assembly of God 3200 Clinton Pkwy 785-843-7189 Pastor Rick Burwick Sunday 10:00 am www.lawrence3620church.com

New Life Assembly Of God Church

5th & Baker Baldwin City (785) 594-3045 Mark L. Halford Sun. 11:00 am 6 pm Wed. Family Night 6 pm

Williamstown Assembly of God 1225 Oak St. 785-597-5228 Pastor Rick Burch am wagc@williamstownag.org Sunday Worship 10:30 am

BAHA’I FAITH Baha’i Faith

BIBLE

906 N 1464 Rd. Pastor Shaun LePage Worship 10:30 am community-bible.org

Lawrence University Ward (Student)

Lawrence Bible Chapel

505 Monterey Way *785-841-2607 John Scollon 785-841-5271 Lord’s Supper Sunday 9am Sun. School 10:10am Bible Hour 11:10am Supper: 6:15 PM; Prayer meeting 7pm

BUDDHIST

Kansas Zen Center

1423 New York St. Guiding Teacher Judy Roitman Sunday 9:30 am - 11:30 am Orientation for beginners 9 am kansaszencenter.org

740 N 6th Street Baldwin City (785) 594-3700 Fr. Brandon Farrar Sunday 10:30 am & 6:00 pm www.annunciationchurch.org

6001 Bob Billings Pkwy (785) 843-6286 Fr. Michael Mulvany Sat. 4:00 pm * Sun. 8:30 am & 10:00 am www.cccparish.org

Holy Family Catholic Church 311 E 9th Street, Eudora 785-542-2788 Fr. Pat Riley Service Sat. 5:00 pm Sun. 9:30 am holyfamilyeudora@sunflower.com

Lawrence Heights Christian Church

Morning Star Christian Church

710 Locust Street 785-331-2299 Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:30 pm Wednesday Prayer 7:00 pm

Lawrence Baptist Temple

3201 W 31st Street Rev. Gary L. Myers Pastor Sun. School & Worship 10:00 am Sun. Evening Worship 6:00 pm Wed. Evening 7:30 pm

Lighthouse Baptist Church 700 Chapel Street 785-594-4101 Pastor Richard Austin Sunday Worship 10:30 am llbt115@embarqmail.com.

Ninth Street Missionary Baptist Church

901 Tennessee St (785) 843-6472 Pastor Eric A. Galbreath Sun. School 9:30am * Worship 10:45am nsmbclk.org

BAPTIST - AMERICAN

First American Baptist Church 1330 Kasold Dr. * 785-843-0020 Rev. Matthew Sturtevant www.firstbaptistlawrence.com Sunday Worship 8:30 am & 10:45 am Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

BAPTIST - INDEPENDENT Heritage Baptist Church

1781 E 800th Rd. (785) 887-2200 Dr. Scott Hanks Sunday Worship 10:30 am www.heritagebaptistchurch.cc

BAPTIST - SOUTHERN

Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church 802 West 22nd Terrace (785) 843-0442 Pastor Gary O’Flannagan Sun. School 9:30 am * Worship 10:45 am www.cornerstonelawrence.com

Eudora Baptist Church

525 W 20th Street 785-542-2734 Pastor Jeff Ingle Sun. School 9:00 am * Worship 10:15 am eudorabc.org

711 W. 23rd in the Malls Shopping Center 785-843-7535 Pastor Marilyn Myers Sunday Worship 10:00 am 1900 University Drive 785-843-8427 Pastor Nancy Zahniser Sunday Worship 10:00 am Sunday Classtime 9:00 am

5700 W. 6th St. 785-865-5777 Father Matt Zimmermann 8 am & 10 am Holy Eucharist www.saintmargaret.org

Islamic Center Of Lawrence

Perry Christian Church

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES Southern Hills Congregation

1802 E 19th St * 843-8765 Sun. 1:30 pm Public Talk & Watchtower Study

883 E 800 Rd Lawrence, Ks Jane Flora-Swick, Pastor Worship 10:30 * Sun. School 10:45am www.lonestarbrethren.com

River Heights Congregation

1802 E 19th St * 843-8765 Sun. 10:00 am Public Talk & Watchtower Study Tues. 7:30, TMS, & Service Mtg

1203 West 19th St. Lawrence 785-832-TORA (8672) www.JewishKU.com “Your Source for Anything Jewish!”

First Christian Church 1000 Kentucky Street 785-843-0679 www.fcclawrence.org Reverend Dale Walling Sunday 9am & 11am

Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation 917 Highland Drive 785-841-7636 www.LawrenceJCC.org Worship Friday 7:30pm Religious School Sunday 9:30am

CHURCH OF CHRIST Church Of Christ

201 N. Michigan St. 785-838-9795 Elders Tom Griffin & Calvin Spencer Sunday 10 am & 6:00 pm, Wed. 7 pm www.lawrencecoc.org 820 High Street, Baldwin City (785) 594-4246 Sunday Worship 11:00 am

Bridgepointe Community Church 601 W 29th Terrace Lawrence (785) 843-9565 Pastor Dennis Carnahan Sunday 10:45 am www.bridgepointcc.com

Victory Bible Church

Praise Temple Church of God in Christ

Redeemer Lutheran Church

Westside 66 & Car Wash 2815 West 6th

843-1878

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Velocity Church

fresh. modern. relevant.

940 New Hampshire, Lawrence, KS Meeting at Lawrence Arts Center Sundays @ 9:30 am & 11:00 am www.findvelocity.org

ORTHODOX - EASTERN

Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church 1235 Iowa Street 785-218-7663 Rev. Dr. Joshua Lollar Sunday Divine Liturgy 9:30am www.saintnicholaschurch.net

Ives Chapel United Methodist

REFORMED-PRESBYTERIAN

1018 Miami St Baldwin City (785) 594-6555 Rev. Kate Cordes Sunday Worship 11:00 am Church School 9:45 am

Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church 2312 Harvard Road; Lawrence (785) 766-7796 Pastor John M. McFarland Sun. Worship 10:45 am; Classes at 9:30 am www.ChristCovenantChurchRPC.org

PRESBYTERIAN - USA Clinton Presbyterian Church

Stull United Methodist Church

1596 E 250 Rd. Lecompton (785) 887-6521 Pastor Faye Wagner Worship 11:00am * Sun. School 10:00am www.stullumc.org

588 N 1200 Rd. Pastor Patrick Yancey Worship Sunday 11:00 am www.clintonchurch.net

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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence 1263 N 1100 Rd. (785) 842-3339 Rev. Jill Jarvis 9:30 am Program & RE; 11:00 am Service www.uufl.net

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST - UCC

Plymouth Congregational Church, UCC 925 Vermont Street 785-843-3220 Rev. Dr. Peter Luckey Sun. Worship 9:30 am & 11:15 am www.plymouthlawrence.com

St John’s United Church-Christ 396 E 900th Rd. Baldwin City (785) 594-3478 Pastor Heather Coates Sunday School 10:00am Worship 11:00am

St Paul United Church-Christ 738 Church St. Eudora 785-542-2785 Rev. Shannah McAleer Sunday Worship 10:00 am stpaulucceudora.com

UNITY

Unity Church of Lawrence 900 Madeline Lane 785-841-1447 Sunday Meditation Service 9:30 am Sunday Worship 11:00 am Sunday Child/Nursery Care Available Wednesday Meditation 7:00 pm Moment of Inspiration 785-843-8832 www.unityoflawrence.org

WESLEYAN

Lawrence Wesleyan Church 3705 Clinton Parkway 785-841-5446 Pastor Nate Rovenstine Worship 9:00, 10:00 & 11:15 am lawrencewesleyan.com

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1146 Oregon Street Loring Henderson, Clerk 785-764-2095 Meeting for worship, 10:00 am Sunday www.oreadfriends.org

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Hesper Friends Church

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RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

294 East 900th Rd. Baldwin City 785-594-7598 Pastor Changsu Kim Worship 8:15 & 10:30 wordenumc.com

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United Light Church

Grace Evangelical Presbyterian Church 3312 Calvin Drive 785-843-2005 Pastor William D. Vogler Worship 8:15 am & 10:45 am www.gepc.org

Eagle Rock Church

2700 Lawrence Ave 785-843-8181 * www.rlclks.org Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Worship 10:00 am Wed. Evening Worship 7:00 pm

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KASTL

Downtown 946 Vermont St. Rev. Dr. Tom Brady Pastor Traditional 10:30 am Contemporary 9:30 am West Campus 867 Highway 40 Contemporary 9:00 am & 11:00 am www.fumclawrence.org

946 New Hampshire St. 785-843-4188 Lts. Matt & Marisa McCluer Sun. School 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am lawrence.salvationarmy.us

PRESBYTERIAN-EVANGELICAL

Christ International Church

646 Alabama Street * 749-0951 Rev. William A Dulin Sun. School 10:30 am Worship 12:15 pm Tue. 7:00 pm Prayer & Bible Study Thur. 7:00 pm Worship & Pastoral Teaching 315 E. 7th St. * 749-0985 Pastor Paul Winn Jr. SS 10:00 am * Worship 11:15 am Wed. & Fri. Bible Teaching 7:00 pm Call early for ride to church

1449 Kasold Dr. Lawrence 785-331-HOPE (4673) Darrell Brazell Pastor 10:15 am Sundays www.newhopelawrence.com

1024 Kasold Drive (785) 843-1504 Rev. Debbie Garber Worship 9:55 am * Sun. School 10:15 www.westsidelawrence.org

P.O. Box 550 Lawrence KS 66044 785-749-2100 info@calledtogreatness.com www.calledtogreatness.com

4300 W. 6th Street (785) 843-8167 Pastor Joe Stiles Worship Service 8:30 am & 11:00 am www.fsbcfamily.com 1942 Massachusetts St www.victorybiblechurch.net (785) 841-3437 Pastor Leo Barbee Sunday Worship 10:30 am

New Hope Fellowship

West Side Presbyterian Church

Called to Greatness Ministries

1245 New Hampshire St. 785-843-4150 The Rev. Brian Elster, Lead Pastor Sun. 8:30 & 11:00am; Wed., 6:30 p.m. www.tlclawrence.org

Immanuel Lutheran Church

Calvary Church Of God In Christ

At Bridge Pointe Community 601 W. 29 Terrace 10:30 a.m. Sunday Pastor Paul Gray 785-766-3624 www.newlifelawrence.com

2415 Clinton Parkway 785-843-4171 Rev. Kent Winters-Hazelton Sun. Worship 8:30 & 11:00 am www.firstpreslawrence.org

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

2104 Bob Billings Pkwy (785) 843-0620 Pastor Randy Weinkauf Wors. with Holy Communion 8:30 am & 11:00 am Sun. School & Christian Ed 9:45 am Nursery Available & Wheelchair Accessible Ministry to Blind Outreach 3 Thur. 5:30 pm www.immanuel-lawrence.com

First Southern Baptist Church

2084 N 1300th Rd. Eudora 785-542-3200 * www.eudoraumc.org Sunday Worship 9:30 am Sunday School Children & Youth 10:15 am Adult Spiritual Formation Group 8:30 & 10:40 am

Worden United Methodist Church

LUTHERAN - MISSOURI SYNOD

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST

Eudora United Methodist Church

LUTHERAN - ELCA

Trinity Lutheran Church

CHURCH OF GOD

700 Wakarusa Drive 785-841-5685 www.mustardseedchurch.com Wed. Youth Service 7:00 pm Sun. Morning Service 10:00 am

The Salvation Army

1724 North 692 Rood 785-594-3256 Pastor Joni Raymond Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship 10:30 am

2211 Inverness Dr. * 785-843-3014 Pastor Ted Mosher Worship 2.0 9:30 am Classic Worship-11:00 am www.gslc-lawrence.org

Corner of 25th & Missouri 785-843-0770 Chris Newton, Minister Sun. Bible School 9:15 am Sun. Worship 10:20 am & 5:00 pm Wed. Bible Study 7:00 pm

297 E. 2200 Rd. Eudora 785-883-2130 Rev. Kathy Symes Worship 9:00am Sunday School 10:30am

722 New Hampshire Street (785) 749-5397 Rabbi’s Neal Schuster www.kuhillel.org

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Southside Church of Christ

998 N 1771 Rd. 785-749-0023 Pastor John McDermott Worship 9:00 am & 11:00 am www.msclawrence.com

First Presbyterian Church

Vinland United Methodist Church

K U Hillel House

Church Of Christ of Baldwin City

1501 Massachusetts St 785-843-7066 New Pastor Moon-Hee Chung Sun. School 9:30 am * Worship 10:45 am www.centralumclawrence.org

402 Elmore Street, Lecompton 785-887-6327 Pastor Billie Blair Sunday 8:30 am & 10:45 am www.lecomptonumc.org

Chabad Center for Jewish Life

911 Massachusetts Basement below Kinkos 785-838-9093 Gabriel Alvarado Worship 10:30 am AWANA, Wednesday, 6:00

New Life In Christ Church

Lecompton United Methodist Church

JEWISH

CHRISTIAN CHURCH DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

Centenary United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church

1917 Naismith Drive (785) 749-1638 Najabat Abbasi Director Friday 1:30 pm www.islamicsocietylawrence.org

Lawrence Life Fellowship

Mustard Seed Church

704 8th Street; Baldwin Rev. Paul Badcock Sunday School each Sunday 9:30 am Traditional Worship 8:30 am Contemporary Worship 10:45 am Combined Worship 10:45 last Sunday month

7th and Elm Charles Waugh, Minister Bible School 10:00am Worship 10:55 am www.nlawrencechristianchurch.com

Lone Star Church of the Brethren

96 Highway 40 * 785-887-6823 January Kiefer Pastor Traditional Sun. 9:00am Contemporary call for information www.bigspringsumc.org

First United Methodist Church

ISLAMIC

CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN

Big Springs United Methodist Church

Clearfield United Methodist Church

1011 Vermont St (785) 843-6166 The Reverend Rob Baldwin, Rector 8 am; 10:30 am; 6:00 pm Solemn High Mass www.trinitylawrence.org

416 Lincoln Street 785-842-4926 Pastor Dan Nicholson Sun. Worship 10:00 am * Wed. 7:00 pm lawrencechristiancenter.org

Morning Star Church

Central United Methodist Church

1100 Kasold Drive 785-842-7600 Jeff Barclay Pastor Sun. Worship 9:30 am & 10:30 am www.ccclawrence.org

603 East Front Street Perry Kansas 785-597-5493 Pastors Will Eickman and Alan Hamer

950 E. 21st Street 785-832-9200 Pastor Jami Moss Sun School 10 am *Worship 11 am Thurs Bible Study 7 pm

245 North Elm Street 785-843-1756 Pastor Daniel Norwood Sunday Worship 11:00 am centenarylawrence@yahoo.com

University Community Of Christ

Christ Community Church

North Lawrence Christian Church

Lawrence Free Methodist Church

METHODIST - UNITED

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF AMERICA

998 N 1771 Rd. 785-749-0023 Pastor John McDermott Worship 9:00 am & 11:00 am www.msclawrence.com

Lawrence Christian Center

Lawrence Indian Methodist Church

Trinity Episcopal Church

CHRISTIAN

615 Lincoln St 785-841-8614 Pastor Joanna Harader Service 10:30 am peacepreacher.wordpress.com

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church

1229 Vermont ST 785.843.0109 www.saint-johns.net Weekend Mass: Sat 4:30 pm Sun. 7 am, 8:30 am, 10:30 am, 5 pm

906 North 1464 Rd. * 843-3325 Pastor: Ron Channell Worship 10:30 am Afterglow & Youth Group 6:00 pm www.FCLHome.org

3655 West 10th St. Lawrence 1st Ward 785-842-4019, 2nd Ward 785-3315912, Wakarusa Valley 785-842-1283 LDS.org, Mormon.org, institute.lds.org

EPISCOPAL

St. John Evangelist Catholic Church

Family Church Of Lawrence

Peace Mennonite Church

3001 Lawrence Ave 785-842-2343 Pastor Bill Bump Blended 9:00 am * Contemporary 10:35 am www.lfmchurch.org

Lawrence Community of Christ

BAPTIST

Fellowship Baptist Church

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

COMMUNITY OF CHRIST

Corpus Christi Catholic Church

MENNONITE MENN

METHODIST

1470 N 1000 Rd. 785-843-3940 Bob Giffin, Senior Pastor Celebration & Praise Service 10:15 am www.lawrencefirstnaz.org

Annunciation Catholic Church

Baha’i Worship Service most Sundays at 10-00 Call 785-843-2703 or friendsoflawrencebahais@gmail.com

1646 Vermont St • 843-5811 Pastor Arsenial Runion Sunday School 9:30 am Wednesday 7:00 pm Prayer Service and Bible Study

Church Of Jesus Christ Of LDS 1629 West 19th St. Lawrence 785-832-9622 Sacrament Worship 11:00am LDS.org, Mormon.org, institute.lds.org

Lawrence First Church of the Nazarene

CATHOLIC

2321 Peterson Road 785-843-1729 Pastor Steve Koberlein Sunday Worship 8:45 am & 10:30 am Lawrence-heights.org

First Regular Missionary Baptist Church

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Federal President Barack Obama White House, Washington, D.C. 20500; (202) 456-1111 Online comments: www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R) 521 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510; (202) 224-6521; Website: www.moran.senate.gov U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R) 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510; (202) 224-4774; Website: www.roberts.senate.gov U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-1st District) 1110 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515; (202) 225-2715; Website: www.huelskamp.house.gov U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-2nd District) 1526 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515; (202) 225-6601; Website: www.lynnjenkins.house.gov U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-3rd District) 215 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515; (202) 225-2865; www.yoder.house.gov U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-4th District) 436 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515; (202) 225-6216; Website: www.pompeo.house.gov

State Gov. Sam Brownback (R) Suite 212-S, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 (785) 296-3232 or (877) 579-6757 governor@state.ks.us Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) 1st Floor, 120 S.W. 10th Ave., Topeka 66612 (785) 296-4564; sos@sos. ks.gov Attorney General Derek Schmidt (R) 2nd Floor, 120 S.W. 10th Ave., Topeka 66612 (785) 296-2215; general @ksag.org Treasurer Ron Estes (R) 900 S.W. Jackson St., Suite 201, Topeka 66612 (785) 296-3171; ron@treasurer.ks.gov Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer (R) 420 S.W. Ninth St., Topeka 66612 (785) 296-3071 or (800) 432-2484 commissioner@ksinsurance. org

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U.S. tries to regain political balance Atlanta — Nobody knows where Donald Trump will stand six months from now in this bizarre Republican presidential campaign. But you can predict with some confidence how his recent anti-Muslim diatribes will look in a decade or two, unless Trump manages to rewrite the Constitution itself.

American politics, like most things, is a story of what statisticians describe as the reversion to the mean. Self-proclaimed saviors and other outliers come and go throughout our political history. Occasionally they’re successful; most times, they’re not. But the system has rebalanced toward the basic principles of tolerance, freedom and democracy that were set forth by the Founders.

This inner balance wheel is one reason that Warren Buffett, our most brilliant modern business tycoon, likes to say that no matter how severe an economic downturn may seem, investors have never made a mistake betting on the ability of the American system to recover. This mysterious engine of creativity and self-correction could finally be broken after 226 years, but I doubt it.

Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric will live in infamy in American history. He obviously doesn’t mind; his narcissistic personality is so extreme that every high-visibility outrage is for him a kind of validation. (If you’re curious about other examples of such personalities, read the recent book “Narcis-

David Ignatius

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Historians will look harshly on those who, for reasons of cowardice or opportunism, kept silent when Trump’s tirades put our constitutional values and the safety of Americans at risk …”

sism and Politics: Dreams of Glory,” by Jerrold Post, the CIA’s former director of psychological profiling.)

But the judgment of history should matter to other Republicans. Historians will look harshly on those who, for reasons of cowardice or opportunism, kept silent when Trump’s tirades put our constitutional values and the safety of Americans at risk — not to mention the political future of the GOP. House Speaker Paul Ryan offered the simplest and most direct rebuttal on Tuesday, the day after Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering America: “This is not conservatism.

What was proposed yesterday

is not what this party stands for, and more importantly, it’s not what this country stands for. Not only are there many Muslims serving in our armed forces dying for this country, there are Muslims serving right here in the House, working every day to uphold and to defend the Constitution.”

Ryan gets my “Have You No Sense Of Decency, Sir” award, named for the famous rejoinder by Boston lawyer Joseph Welch, who called out the reckless anti-communist crusader Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the 1954 Army v. McCarthy hearings. Those seven words began the reversion to the mean after the Red Scare.

People will play the Ryan video clip decades from now when they want to understand when America began to regain its balance. Ryan temporized about whether he would support Trump if he’s the GOP nominee, but Ryan surely can’t endorse a candidate whose proposals “are not what our country stands for.”

How will history judge other prominent Republicans who have been onlookers and even cheerleaders as the Trump car wreck ensued? Can Sen. Ted Cruz really continue to waffle on anti-Muslim statements? Is this former Supreme Court law clerk really so clueless about the Constitution? How about Sen. Marco Rubio? Does he have the backbone to take on the demagogue? All we can say is that historical reputations

will be made and lost over the next few weeks.

It’s not hard to imagine what James Madison or Thomas Jefferson or Alexander Hamilton would have made of Trump.

He’s a populist bully — the type of impulsive, autocratic political leader that the Constitution and Bill of Rights were intended to guard against. The framers hated the tyranny of King George, but they were also afraid of the mob. That’s why they put so many checks and balances into our system, to guard against the excesses of a government that might be inflamed by public passion or perverted by a dictator’s whim.

In the end, America will get the leadership it deserves, and that may include Trump if he stays popular. Sometimes good countries are so traumatized by events that they lose their bearings and embrace bad leaders.

A clever politician can galvanize a shattered people’s rage and national pride — in the way that a Napoleon did after the French revolution, or Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini did with the war-ravaged middle class of Germany and Italy.

Watching Trump supporters vent their fear and anger, no one would say that it can’t happen here. The mood among Trump’s followers is as ugly as his rhetoric. But history tells us that the demagogic wrecker probably won’t succeed here. And if he does, it won’t be for long.

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

PUBLIC FORUM

Stop tax abatements

Nehemiah Action Assembly at the Lied Center last May. He is bringing together over 60 leaders representing service agencies, health professions, law enforcement, business and the justice system and creating planning groups to develop and implement comprehensive mental health services in the area.

Justice Matters is a coalition of 20 faith communities in Lawrence that brings large numbers of people together to change systems causing injustices affecting thousands of our people. Volunteers research the problems and seek effective tested solutions that have worked in other communities. These solution proposals are then taken to officials having authority to bring about changes.

Barbara Palmer, Lawrence

To the editor: Read the definition of tax abatement and bribery — different words, same goal, offering something of value to influence a decision. Tax abatements are bribes, and bribery is illegal. To call these bribes tax abatements is like calling a drug dealer an undocumented pharmacist.

The elected city commissioners have said, at one time or another, they do not like or are opposed to tax abatements. People voted for the elected commissioners because of their campaign viewpoints. Recently, this commission had opportunities to vote against tax abatement requests for projects brought before them. The tax abatement requests have been approved.

The campaign rhetoric promised changes would be made in regard to tax abatements. Looks like business as usual. It is hard to get the voters’ To the editor: trust, but easy to lose it. Stop tax Only three times in modern hisabatements. tory has America been faced with a Scott Henderson, serious foreign threat: the attack on Lawrence Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Cuban missile crises in 1962, and the 9/11 attack in 2001. In each case, the American people did the right thing. They ralTo the editor: lied behind the president in soliThank you, to the Justice Matters darity with our friends around the mental health research team. This world. team initiated the changes in thinkFred Whitehead’s assertion (Public ing, visioning and planning for the Forum, Dec. 9) that ISIS is “an enemy creation of a crisis stabilization cen- as dangerous, even more so than the ter for those who suffer from mental Third Reich” is utter nonsense. If it illness and/or addiction issues. Faith- were a threat of that magnitude, we ful volunteers on this Justice Matters would not see all of this fear monteam have persisted at every step to gering by cynical politicians who are ensure continuing attention to this treating the tragic event in San Bercritical step toward improving ser- nardino as what it has become: a political opportunity. vices.

Tim Hamill, The crisis center will serve as an Lawrence alternative to jail when law enforcement is involved. It would be availLetters Policy able as well for individuals to walk The Journal-World welcomes letters to the Public Forum. in for services any time of the day or should be 250 words or less, be of public interest night. Family or friends seeking cri- Letters and should avoid name-calling and libelous language. The sis help for their loved one could take Journal-World reserves the right to edit letters, as long as them to this center. viewpoints are not altered. By submitting letters, you grant Recognition and appreciation also the Journal-World a nonexclusive license to publish, copy and goes to Douglas County Commis- distribute your work, while acknowledging that you are the sioner Mike Gaughan. He is cham- author of the work.

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Midland Railway Santa Claus Express, departing 10 a.m., Midland Railway Depot, 1515 High St., Baldwin City.

Season’s Readings: Books for Gifts and the Winter Holidays, noon-4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Festival of Nativities, noon-4 p.m., Centenary United Methodist Church, 245 N. Fourth St., North Lawrence.

LOLA Giant Holiday Showcase, noon-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St. Midland Railway Santa Claus Express, departing 1 p.m., Midland Railway Depot, 1515 High St., Baldwin City.

“The Nutcracker,” 1 p.m., Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. Adornment Holiday Art Sale and Show, 1-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St. A Kansas Nutcracker: 1856 Herald of Freedom

Edition, 2 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. “Disney’s The Little Mermaid,” 2:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive.

Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice monthly meeting, 3:30 p.m., Education Room, Community Mercantile, 901 S. Iowa St. Annual Organ Vespers Benefit Concert for Family Promise and LMH Endowment, 5 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. “The Nutcracker,” 5 p.m., Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. Irish Traditional Music Session, 5:30-8 p.m., upstairs Henry’s on Eighth, 11 E. Eighth St. O.U.R.S. (Oldsters United for Responsible Service) dance, doors 5 p.m., potluck 7:15-7:45 p.m., dance 6-9 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St. Smackdown! trivia, 7 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. “Scrooged” (1988), 7 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. “Scrooged” (1988), 9:30 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St.

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City of Lawrence Solid Waste Division Holiday Toy Drive, starting 6 a.m. Crews will be collecting new, unwrapped toys for the Blue Santa program. Please set out donation items next to your yard waste.

Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 9-10 a.m., Prairie Commons, 5121 Congressional Circle.

Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 10:3011:30 a.m., Presbyterian Manor, 1429 Kasold Drive.

Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 1-2 p.m., Vermont Towers, 1101 Vermont St. Adornment Holiday Art Sale and Show, 1-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St. Lawrence-Douglas County Bicycle Advisory Committee, 5-6:30 p.m., Parks and Recreation Conference Room, 1141 Massachusetts St.

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Annual Christmas Cookie & Craft Sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Kindred Fellowship Hall, Eudora United Methodist Church, 2084 North 1300 Road, Eudora.

Holiday Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Holiday Inn, 200 McDonald Drive.

Second Annual Floss Bar, 10 a.m., HealthSpot, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Midland Railway Santa Claus Express, departing 10 a.m., Midland Railway Depot, 1515 High St., Baldwin City.

Tail Wagging Readers (grades K-5), 10-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Santa at The Merc, 10 a.m.-noon, Community Mercantile, 901 S. Iowa St. LOLA Giant Holiday Showcase, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St. Season’s Readings: Books for Gifts and the Winter Holidays, 10 a.m.6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Sancta Maria School Chili Feed and Silent Auction, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Eudora Community Center, 1630 Elm St., Eudora.

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Midland Railway Santa Claus Express, departing 1 p.m., Midland Railway Depot, 1515 High St., Baldwin City.

Adornment Holiday Art Sale and Show, 1-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St. Douglas County Democrats, Open House and Democratic Party GetTogether, 1-5 p.m., 1602 Riverridge Road.

“The Nutcracker,” 2 p.m., Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. Free State East Side Brewery Tour, 2 p.m., ESB, 1923 Moodie Road.

“Disney’s The Little Mermaid,” 2:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive.

Yoga, Smoothie, Spa Day, 2:30-4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam, 3 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Massa-

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“The Nutcracker,” 7:30 p.m., Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. Jim Brickman: “Comfort & Joy,” 8 p.m., Yardley Hall, Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.

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DUPONT AND DOW CHEMICAL TO MERGE Nathan Bomey @NathanBomey USA TODAY

Dow Chemical and DuPont agreed Friday to combine their operations, creating a chemical and agricultural giant with a combined market value of about $130 billion. The deal is among the top 20 biggest mergers ever.

The two companies will become DowDuPont. After completing the deal, they plan to split into three companies — one focused on agriculture, one on material science and one on specialty products. They estimated it would take up to two years to complete the tax-free split. Until then, shareholders of each company will hold 50% of the combined company.

Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris will become executive chairman of the new entity, while DuPont CEO Edward Breen will become chair and CEO. “When I look at DuPont and Dow, I see businesses that fit together like hand in glove,” Breen said. “The strategic nature of what we could pull off is incredible.”

The companies have identified $3 billion in annual cost savings, which they said would translate into $30 billion in market value.

Before the merger, DuPont said it will shed $700 million in costs.

About 10% of its global workforce will be “impacted,” a statement said.Dow is slashing $300 million in costs before the closure of the deal.

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DraftKings, FanDuel granted temporary stay in New York Brent Schrotenboer and A.J. Perez USA TODAY Sports

FanDuel and DraftKings are back in business in New York state — at least for now.

After a New York Supreme Court justice ordered them shut down Friday morning, the companies immediately appealed and sought an emergency, temporary stay. A New York appellate judge granted them that stay Friday afternoon, allowing the companies to operate in New York until at least the first week of January.

A panel of New York appellate judges then will rule if the stay should be lifted or remain in effect until their appeal is heard on the preliminary injunction issued Friday morning by New

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Daily fantasy sports companies offer fans a chance to win cash prizes based on the statistical performance of players.

York Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez.

“We look forward to demonstrating to the appellate division why they should uphold today’s decision to grant a preliminary injunction barring DraftKings and FanDuel from continuing their illegal gambling operations in New York,” said Damien LaVera, spokesman for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Schneiderman sued the companies last month and asked Mendez to shut them down, arguing they are illegal gambling operations under New York law.

FanDuel responded by not allowing New York residents to play any paid fantasy games, while DraftKings continued to operate in the state. Both companies also fought back in court, arguing they offered legal games of

skill and not games of chance like traditional gambling.

An emergency hearing then was granted before Mendez in New York on Nov. 25, leading to his preliminary injunction Friday, followed by the stay of that injunction a few hours later.

Both the preliminary injunction and the ensuing stay are temporary measures whose permanence will be decided in court later.

Mendez’s injunction was to be in effect until the lawsuits were resolved, which could take a year or more.

After years of operating without regulation, the sudden drama threatened their very existence in the U.S. In exchange for an entry fee, daily fantasy sports companies offer fans a chance to win cash prizes based on the statistical performance of players.

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Rosario Reyes, left, 36, and her son Victor, 7, chant 'Si se puede' (yes, it is possible) during a prayer for justice rally in front of the Supreme Court on Friday. Organized by The Fair Immigration Reform Movement and CASA, about 40 people gathered to pray for the justices who might hear a case regarding President Obama’s executive order in 2014 on immigration.

That order expands the number of people eligible for deferred action on deportations.

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Dow drops more than 300; oil slips under $36 a barrel

Fed expected to boost short-term interest rates next week

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The stock market capped off its worst week since August on Friday as oil prices set a new sevenyear low and investors braced for the increasing certainty that the Federal Reserve will boost shortterm interest rates next week.

The Dow Jones industrials average fell 309.54 points, or 1.8%, to 17,265.21. The Standard & Poor’s 500 fell 1.9%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 2.2% to 4,933 for its first close below 5,000 in nearly a month.

creasing difficulty growing, says A renewed slide in oil prices Jack Ablin of BMO Private Bank. fanned fears of weak economic A NASTY WEEK Weak oil prices – an indication of demand. A barrel of U.S. oil lost Stocks had their worst week since August, but it 2.5% to about $35.62, a level last falling demand — underscore was nothing compared to what happened to oil. seen in early 2009. those worries.

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concerns are real,” he Skidding prices of high-yield says. “Companies are using their debt in the junk bond market U.S. oil also -11.2% balance sheets to prop up weak unnerved investors. The SPDR S&P 500 -3.8% income statements.”

Barclays High Yield Bond exDow Jones -3.3% Friday’s losses capped off a change-traded fund lost 2% as Nasdaq nasty week, the ugliest since the -3.3% news of closure of a major mutual Source USA TODAY research summer. The S&P fell 3.8% for fund in the sector raised concern the worst weekly performance for of more trouble ahead. the U.S. benchmark index since The market has grown increas- interest rate hike in nearly a decthe week ended Aug. 21. ingly volatile as investors look ade. Record-low interest rates The Dow and S&P are sinking ahead to next week’s meeting of near 0% have been one of the madeeper into the red for 2015. The the Fed’s policy-making commit- jor fuels for the bull market.

Dow is down 3.1% for the year Investors’ top concern is that tee and what the central bank has and the S&P is off 2.3%. signaled will likely bring its first companies are going to have in-

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Carson may leave GOP if process is manipulated

Fears party plans to ‘subvert the will of the voters’ at a brokered convention David Jackson USA TODAY

Ben Carson, citing reports that Republican Party leaders are discussing the prospects of a brokered convention, threatened Friday to leave the party if there are signs that the nomination process is being manipulated.

“If this was the beginning of a

Ben Carson says if a newspaper report is correct, every voter “standing for change must know they are being betrayed.”

plan to subvert the will of the voters and replace it with the will of the political elite, I assure you Donald Trump will not be the only one leaving the party,” Carson said in a statement.

Carson responded to a Washington Post report that Republican leaders met this week to discuss what to do if no candidate wins a majority of delegates heading into the party conven-

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tion in July. GOP leaders also reportedly discussed how to cope with Trump’s rise to the top of most GOP polls.

Said Carson: “I pray that the report in the Post this morning was incorrect. If it is correct, every voter who is standing for change must know they are being betrayed. I won’t stand for it.”

When asked by ABC News about the potential for a thirdparty run, Carson said, “I have no intentions of running as an independent. But I certainly don’t want to be a part of corruption.”

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Paris global warming talks get last-minute extension Delegates are working to hammer out the most ambitious climate agreement ever.

Eric J. Lyman

Special for USA TODAY

The international conference seeking a historic accord for combating global warming extended its talks at least one more day after an all-night negotiating session failed to reach an agreement by Friday's deadline.

Laurent Fabius, France’s foreign minister and president of the 195-nation summit, suspended talks at around 6:30 a.m. and admitted they would continue into Saturday or beyond.

“We’re near the end of the road, but we’re not there yet,” Fabius said.

Minister-level delegates are working to hammer out the most ambitious climate agreement ever, the first to require some level of agreement from every nation. The goal is to keep global temperatures in the future from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahernheit, above pre-industrial levels, though some participants are arguing for a more stringent curb.

The last draft text, released Thursday, showed the number of sticking points dramatically reduced, though environmentalists said the growing consensus is coming at the expense of strong enforcement language removed from the text.

“Without some dramatic lastminute developments, this text risks becoming a license for countries to pollute,” said Asad Rehman from Friends of the Earth International.

In a brief statement Friday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said the key differences were mostly about how to divide costs for shifting to renewable energy, reducing worldwide emissions and helping poor countries. He planned to meet with key ministers, including Secretary of State John Kerry, to PARIS

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Crowds demonstrate to protest climate change outside the World Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget on Friday.

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Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon meet at the United Nations conference on Friday. Kerry was optimistic an agreement would be reached.

push the process forward.

Many cash-strapped developing countries complain that steps required to meet tougher curbs on man-made greenhouse gases believed responsible for global warming — including less use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil —will slow their economic growth and be costly.

Kerry told reporters the allnight session made “a lot of progress” and he expressed confidence that “an ambitious” agreement would be reached.

Fabius said a few more hours

of closed-door talks into Saturday morning would be enough to produce a deal countries could adopt.

Other key observers suspected it could stretch out even longer. “We could be at the start of a long weekend,” said veteran climate activist Harjeet Singh of ActionAid International.

Missing deadlines is typical for multinational climate talks.

In 20 previous summits, the last one to end on schedule occurred nine years ago. Several have lasted a day or more beyond their scheduled end, and one in 2000 was suspended when an agreement could not be reached. It didn’t officially end until eight months later.

None of those summits, however, had ambitions as high as these talks. If successful, the talks will transform the world economy into one that runs on low-polluting renewable energy, said Christiana Figueres, the U.N.’s top climate change official.

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The eastern United States is likely to bask in record warmth over the next few days.

Temperatures will be more typical of October than December, according to AccuWeather, as highs soar into the 60s and 70s, which are 20 to 30 degrees above average.

For example, the high temperature in normally frosty Pittsburgh on Sunday is predicted to be in the low 70s, the National Weather Service said. The average high in the Steel City in midDecember is 40 degrees.

“Areas across the East will have several days in a row of record or near-record warmth through Monday,” AccuWeather meteorologist Dan Pydynowski said.

Up to 60 cities could set record highs both Saturday and Sunday, Weather.com predicts.

Through Monday morning, temperatures are not expected to drop below the freezing mark for most areas east of the Mississippi River with the exception of parts of Maine and possibly the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, according to Weather.com.

This weekend’s weather is continuing what’s been a remarkably mild December. So far this month, nearly 700 warm records have been set across the nation, compared to about 120 cold records, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information.

Buffalo has yet to see snow — the city hasn’t gone this late in the year without a snowfall since the 19th century.

There are no signs of any major blasts of bitterly cold air reaching the U.S. in the next few days as the arctic jet stream remains well to the north in Canada, Weather.com reports.

The warmth is primarily due to the impacts of El Niño, which brings milder-than-average weather to much of the nation.

While the East basks in warm sunshine, a front is forecast to bring flooding, severe weather and snow to the central U.S. this weekend. Snow is likely from the central Rockies to the northern Plains, while heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected in the southern Plains and Mississippi Valley.

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House OKs moving spending bill deadline 5 days Measure temporarily avoids government shutdown Erin Kelly USA TODAY

The House passed a bill Friday to keep the federal government funded until midnight Wednesday, averting a shutdown that would have begun Saturday if Congress had not acted.

The temporary spending measure, approved by voice vote, gives lawmakers five more days to try to negotiate a deal on a $1.1 trillion spending package to fund federal agencies through the 2016 fiscal year. The Senate passed the short-term extension WASHINGTON

by voice vote on Thursday.

“I hope we take this new time period to avoid a shutdown permanently rather than just do it (temporarily) again and again and again,” said Jared Polis, D-Colo., a member of the House Rules Committee.

Lawmakers voted in September to set Dec. 11 as the deadline for passing a spending bill when they were unable to do it by the start of the 2016 fiscal year on Oct. 1. It became clear last week that lawmakers would not be able to meet the Dec. 11 deadline because of disagreements over policy riders attached to the bill.

Democrats object to efforts by

Republicans to block new environmental rules that would reduce power plant emissions; to weaken regulations governing the financial-services industry; and to make it more difficult for Syrian refugees to flee to the U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., a member of the Rules, Budget and Appropriations committees, said he believes lawmakers will be able to reach a deal next week.

“Where we end up will undoubtedly be a compromise,” Cole said. “If we all sit here and wait till we get 100% of what we want, nothing will ever pass in the U.S. House of Representatives. ... Give the American people

“If we all sit here and wait till we get 100% of what we want, nothing will ever pass. ” Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla.

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Lawmakers give themselves five more days to finish a 2016 government funding bill.

what they deserve: some peace, quiet and certainty in the Christmas season.”

Congress is set to adjourn for the year by the end of next week, and finishing the huge omnibus spending bill is the last big priority, leaving final passage of a budget bill that would have repealed key sections of Obamacare and stripped federal funding from Planned Parenthood until January.

Cruz expresses faith freely on the trail Texas senator has made religion a key part of his campaign, more than nearly any other candidate — and it seems that has won over GOP voters.

“Christians really need to start stepping up their game in the political sphere.”

Dale Huls, a Houston-area Tea Party activist

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Sen. Ted Cruz is not shy about the role religion plays in his life and his campaign.

A Southern Baptist, Cruz, a leading Republican candidate for president, routinely expounds the virtues of his Christian background in sold-out rallies and stump speeches. Religious liberty — the concept that a person’s religious beliefs should be protected even if it conflicts with the law — is a cornerstone of his campaign.

His father, Rafael Cruz, is an ordained pastor who speaks to faith-based groups on his son’s behalf and delivers fiery warnings of the erosion of America’s moral values.

More so than nearly any other presidential candidate, Cruz has made religion a key part of his White House bid. The campaign employs three full-time people courting the support of faith leaders nationwide, and Cruz has met with “hundreds of pastors and attended faith events,” including two religious liberty events, each attended by more than 2,500 people, according to Rick Tyler, Cruz’s national spokesman.

“Ted Cruz’s faith is central to who he is and guides his daily life and decision-making,” Tyler said in an email response to questions.

That focus on faith has so far served the candidate well. A Monmouth University Poll released Monday showed Cruz leading all GOP candidates with 24% among Iowa Republicans.

The Iowa caucuses, which tend to draw staunchly religious voters, kick off the 2016 voting on Feb. 1.

Though touting the Bible’s role in his daily life plays well with many Republican primary voters, Cruz’s faith-based rhetoric could backfire if he were to gain his party’s nomination for president, said Mark Silk, a professor of religion and politics at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.

“There’s a peril here,” he said.

“A lot of Americans are turned off by an excessive involvement in religion.”

Still, Republican candidates have been using faith-based groups to win modern presidential elections since Ronald Reagan wooed evangelical voters away from Jimmy Carter in 1980, Silk said. Former presidents George H.W. Bush and son

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George W. Bush both used religious outreach to help secure victories to the White House, he said.

Cruz has taken up the mantle of soliciting faith-based groups and ratcheted up the rhetoric to new levels, according to Republican activists and political observers.

Dale Huls, a Houston-area Tea Party activist, has seen Cruz and his father speak publicly about a dozen times, stretching back to his 2012 campaign for U.S. Senate. Both father and son’s speeches were a call to arms for Christians to regain their moral footing and return to a more active role in politics, Huls said. The speeches struck a chord with crowds, he said.

“Christians really need to start stepping up their game in the political sphere,” Huls said. “We believe our liberties are God-given, not government-given.”

Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Dallas invited Cruz to speak to his congregation two years ago. The senator spoke on a Sunday morning from the church’s pulpit, delivering a speech on faith and the U.S. Constitution that “electrified” those gathered, he said.

“What Christians are looking for in a president is someone who is a strong leader and a commit-

ted Christian,” Jeffress said.

“Many Evangelicals feel Sen. Cruz embodies both of those qualities.”

Cruz’s biggest financial backer — the Wilks family of Texas — is also deeply religious. Farris and Dan Wilks became billionaires during Texas’ fracking boom and have donated millions of dollars over the years to religious and conservative non-profit groups.

Farris Wilks is also a pastor who leads the Assembly of Yahweh 7th Day Church in Cisco, Texas, which preaches a mix of Christianity and Judaism, believes in a strict adherence to the Bible and considers homosexuality to be a serious crime.

Earlier this year, the Wilks brothers and their wives donated $15 million to a pro-Cruz super PAC — the single biggest donation so far from one family this campaign season.

“Our country was founded on the idea that our rights come from the Creator, not the government. I’m afraid we’re losing that,” Farris Wilks said in a statement to CNN shortly after the donation. He added: “That’s why we need Ted Cruz.”

Religion is playing a bigger role than ever in this year’s presidential campaigns, and Cruz, from the day he announced his candidacy at the Jerry Falwell-founded

Liberty University, is leading the pack, said Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which is critical of candidates mixing politics and faith.

A tipping point, Lynn said, came at last month’s National Religious Liberties Conference in Iowa, where Cruz said, “any president who doesn’t begin every day on his knees isn’t fit to be a commander-in-chief of this country.”

Cruz was also introduced onstage by Pastor Kevin Swanson, who, earlier in the conference, quoted a passage of the Bible that he claimed justified the execution of homosexuals.

“This is over-the-top rhetoric, even for a conservative presidential candidate,” Lynn said. “There is a lot of religious fervor going on in [Cruz’s] campaign.”

Tyler, the Cruz spokesman, called Swanson’s comments “reprehensible” and said Cruz has spoken out repeatedly against anyone who calls for hatred or violence against homosexuals.

“Senator Cruz is passionate about religious liberties” Tyler said in an email. “Many respected organizations were sponsoring [the conference], but, given these offensive comments, it was a mistake for Senator Cruz to appear at the event.”

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announces his presidential candidacy March 23 at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.

IN BRIEF U.S., CUBA TO RESUME DIRECT MAIL SERVICE

The U.S. and Cuba took another step toward normalizing relations Friday by agreeing to test direct mail service between the two countries for the first time in more than 50 years.

The announcement comes less than a week before the first anniversary of the historic Dec. 17 announcement by President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro that the Cold War foes would begin re-establishing diplomatic relations.

Until now, mailing items to Cuba was a complicated, highly regulated process that made it difficult for Americans to ship letters or items to friends or relatives on the island.

The U.S. Postal Service has an entire page on its website explaining the long list of regulations set forth by the Department of Commerce. And most shipments go through third-party countries, such as Canada and Mexico.

The U.S. and Cuban governments will start a pilot program in the coming weeks that will

mercial complex in Istanbul, said the company condemned Trump’s “discriminatory remarks,” according to Reuters.

“Such statements bear no value and are products of a mind that does not understand Islam, a peace religion, at all,” Bulent Kural, the manager of the complex’s shopping mall, said in a statement. “Our reaction has been directly expressed to the Trump family. We are reviewing the legal dimension of our relation with Trump brand.”

Turkey is a majority Muslim nation.

— Alan Gomez

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In Bangkok, a man rides a bike decorated with portraits of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej during Bike for Dad, a campaign to celebrate the ailing monarch’s 88th birthday. ship some parcels directly between the two countries.

— Alan Gomez TURKISH BUSINESS PARTNER MIGHT SEVER TIES TO TRUMP

The developers of Trump Towers in Istanbul announced late

Thursday that they are exploring their legal options to sever ties with the business mogul and Republican presidential front-runner.

A representative of Aydin Dogan, a Turkish billionaire who pays to use the Trump name on his soaring residential and com-

A former Oklahoma City police officer has been convicted of sexually assaulting women he preyed upon in a low-income neighborhood he patrolled.

A jury convicted Daniel Holtzclaw of four charges of first-degree rape and 14 other counts. He sobbed while hearing the verdicts Thursday, his 29th birthday. He could spend the rest of his life in prison, based on the jury’s recommendation he serve 263 years.

— Bart Jansen

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MONEYLINE EXXON PUTS EXECUTIVE ON PATH TO CEO SUCCESSION ExxonMobil promoted Darren Woods to president, putting him on a path to succeed Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson as leader of the world’s largest energy producer by market value. The elevation of Woods, Exxon’s head of refining, signals an apparent end to the internal competition with exploration chief Jack Williams to replace Tillerson upon retirement sometime between now and March 2017. The promotion was announced in a statement Friday by the Irving, Texas-based company.

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UPS hit by rise in online shopping On-time deliveries dip, package volume climbs for holidays Elizabeth Weise USATODAY

FRANCISCO UPS experienced a dip in on-time deliveries the week of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, as more people shopped online.

UPS’ on-time deliveries fell to 91% for the week of Nov. 29 through Dec. 5, according to ShipMatrix, a shipping software company. They usually stand at about 97%, said spokesman Mark D’Amico.

The delayed packages were concentrated in a few areas of California, Texas and New York, United Parcel Service said.

UPS expects to deliver about 30 million packages a day between Black Friday and Dec. 31, for a total of 630 million overall, up 10% from last year, according to spokesman Steve Gaut.

Rival FedEx is expecting a record number of holiday shipments this year, fueled largely by the steady rise of e-commerce.

“As online shopping patterns continue to shift, we are experiencing volume surges earlier than ever before,” spokeswoman Rae Lyn said. “We are working hard to absorb the extra volumes.”

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DOUBTS SURFACE ABOUT WALGREENS-RITE AID MERGER The Federal Trade Commission wants more information about Walgreens’ $9.41-billion plan to buy rival drugstore chain Rite Aid, a sign that regulators may be worried about the deal’s impact on competition. Walgreens said Friday that it fielded a request for additional information beyond what the companies have already been required to provide under the Hart-ScottRodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. Walgreens said it expected the request. A former Justice Department attorney said regulators ask for more information when their initial review of a deal suggests that there are “serious competitive concerns.”

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LET’S MAKE A DEAL MAY BE THE MOTTO FOR 2015

It was the most intense mergers and acquisition year ever for companies across the globe; last peak was in 2007 Roger Yu

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ALIBABA BUYING ‘SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST’ Alibaba Group Holding, the Chinese e-commerce giant founded by billionaire Jack Ma, said Friday it will buy the “South China Morning Post,” the most widely circulated and oldest English newspaper in Hong Kong. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. Once the acquisition is closed, Alibaba plans to remove SCMP’s paywall in an effort to expand readership.

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1 in 5

EMV card users find EMV transactions too long.

Source Harbortouch EMV Survey of 5,551 adults JAE YANG AND JANET LOEHRKE, USA TODAY

u ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV'S acquisition of SABMiller

for $117.4 billion. u ROYAL DUTCH SHELL'S $82 Easy money, hunger for market billion acquisition of BG Group. u CHARTER COMMUNICAshare and increasingly open borders for global business have TIONS'S $80 billion deal for Time driven companies worldwide to Warner Cable. u DELL'S $66 billion acquisipursue deals in the most heated mergers and acquisition year tion of EMC Corp. u ALLERGAN'S acquisition of ever.

The M&A fervor this year was Pfizer in a deal valued at $160 bilunderscored again Friday when lion.

Investors’ appetite for all Dow Chemical and DuPont agreed to combine operations in a things technology also was a no$68.6 billion deal, the 18th largest table catalyst. “Digital media/ commerce” and software were merger on record.

M&A activity was at its previ- the most active segments in ous peak in 2007. The global eco- mergers and acquisitions this nomic crisis, which came a year year, according to investment later, dampened that appetite for bank PetskyPrunier.

Strategic invesdeals. Yet, a gradualbut-steady economic U.S. companies, tors – companies another genrecovery has emfacing a rosier buying boldened companies erally for business economic and their advisers in growth purposes – recent years. were the most freoutlook The dollar value quent deal-makers than their of all deals that were in large corporate competitors the struck worldwide in acquisitions, in Asia and PetskyPrunier re2015 so far totals port said. $4.8 trillion, up 30% Europe, led But venture capifrom last year and deal-making talists and buyout exceeding the previworldwide. investors also kept ous high of $4.6 trillion in 2007, according to data their wallets open. In November, Pfizer and Allergan struck their from research firm Dealogic.

“With Corporate America on historic deal, the second-largest the hunt for high-quality assets, merger ever, to create the world’s 2015 turned out to be a solid year biggest drug maker.

It was also a reminder of corfor deals," says Neil Dhar, a deals partner at PwC. "Long-standing porate executives’ zeal to find competitors combined for in- ways to cut costs and seek favorcreased scale and domination able conditions in the globalized while others placed big, bold bets economy. The deal also was strucon deals that helped them stay tured so that the companies can relevant in the face of new dis- find a home with lower tax rates. ruptive forces."

Shares of Pfizer fell sharply afInterest rates have been low ter the deal was announced but for several years now, and compa- have risen about 3% so far this nies, with the global economy year.

A month earlier, two of the generally stable, haven’t been shy about tapping their credit lines or largest brewers – Anheuserthe bond market. Some of the Busch and SABMiller– joined largest acquisitions involve cross- hands in a merger that could border transactions, reflecting transform the world’s beer supthe ease with which multination- ply.

At the time of their announceals pursue attractive assets without being overly concerned about ment in October, it was the year’s largest deal and critics immediregulatory conditions.

Acquisitions have always been ately began calling for closer a quick way to boost growth and scrutiny. The combined company expand market share, says Rich- will be the largest beer maker in ard Peterson of S&P Capital IQ. most major markets and seize Not surprisingly, U.S. compa- about 30% market share worldnies, facing a rosier economic wide even after selling some outlook than their competitors in assets.

Asia and Europe, led deal-making Earlier this week, the compaworldwide. Domestic mergers nies' executives testified before a and acquisitions jumped 53% this Senate subcommittee, arguing year to $2.4 trillion, about half of that their merger will not hurt smaller brewers.. all deals, according to Dealogic.

Shares of Anheuser have risen The five largest global deals 8% in the last month. this year are:

TOP GLOBAL MERGER AND ACQUISITION DEALS ON RECORD Deal value including debt in billions: Acquirer 1

2

Target

Vodafone AirTouch Mannesmann (1999) $172.0 Pfizer Allergan (2015)1 $160.0

DRIVERS FEELING INCREASE

On the ground, UPS driver Leo Parker in San Francisco says he’s seeing a sharp uptick in package deliveries. On a typical summer day, Parker might deliver 200 packages, but in the weeks before Christmas it’s closer to 300 over days that can stretch to 14 hours.

“I’ve got about 250 Amazon Prime customers on my route, so my deliveries are already way up,” he said. Amazon Prime is the company’s popular paid membership program that includes free two-day shipping, access to digital movies and music, and other perks.

“I’ll reload my truck three times today,” the 27-year UPS veteran said Friday.

3 Verizon Comm.

Verizon Wireless (2013) $130.1

4 Anheuser-Busch 1InBev

SAB Miller (2015)

5

6

$117.4

America Online Time Warner (2000) $112.1 Pfizer Warner-Lambert (1999) $112.0

18 Dow Chemical

DuPont (2015)1 $68.6

1 — Pending Source Dealogic KEVIN KEPPLE, USA TODAY

DOW CHEMICAL Founded: 1897 by Canadian immigrant and entrepreneur Herbert Dow in Midland, Mich.

Employees: 53,000 as of Dec. 31, 2014 Annual revenue: $54 billion CEO: Andrew Liveris Cost cuts before merger: $300 million

DUPONT Founded: 1802 by French immigrant and inventor E.I du Pont, who opened powder mills on the Brandywine River near Wilmington, Del. Employees: 63,000 as of Dec. 31, 2014 Annual revenue: $28 billion CEO: Andrew Breen Cost cuts before merger: $700 million, including 10% of workforce

MICHAEL WALDSTEIN

UPS driver Leo Parker reads a letter of appreciation from one of his customers. The 27-year veteran says package deliveries are up right now.

A MOVING TARGET

The big question is whether the load will persist the whole season.

Americans began holiday shopping early this year, which means shipments should be spread out a little more over the crucial four-week period between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

“With Amazon, you’ve had sales running from early November,” D’Amico said.

Retailers and shippers have really “staffed up” this year, said Tom Forte, a senior analyst with Brean Capital in New York.

“They’re ready for a big pickup in volume.”

OMNI-CHANNEL’S RISE

One thing that’s making this year different and more complex is the rise of omni-channel fulfillment.

Brick and mortar stores have realized they have to give consumers multiple options for how they’ll get their packages. That can include buying online and picking up in a store, buying in a store and having it delivered or doing the entire transaction online on the store’s website.

“This simply wasn’t available so much two years ago, so it’s difficult for companies to predict their shipping demand,” said Jim Prewitt of Intelligent Fulfillment, which provides supply chain planning for companies.

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AMERICA’S MARKETS What to watch Matt Krantz @mattkrantz USA TODAY

Junk bonds are getting trashed, leading to the biggest mutual fund closure since the 2008 financial crisis.

The iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate high-yield exchangetraded fund is down 14% from its highest point over the past year, a massive downdraft that’s causing major dislocations in this market.

The high-yield ETF is at its lowest levels since 2009, when the wounds from the financial crisis were still fresh.

The pain is so bad the Third Avenue Management firm that specializes in risky bonds is liquidating and preventing investors from pulling their money out of its $1 billion Third Avenue Focused Credit fund. It’s the biggest

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

-309.54

DOW JONES

LESS THAN $100,000

-39.86

INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE

CHANGE: -1.8% YTD: -557.86 YTD % CHG: -3.1%

CLOSE: 17,265.21 PREV. CLOSE: 17,574.75 RANGE: 17,230.50-17,574.75

NASDAQ

COMP

-111.70

-25.41

COMPOSITE

CHANGE: -2.2% YTD: +197.41 YTD % CHG: +4.2%

CLOSE: 4,933.47 PREV. CLOSE: 5,045.17 RANGE: 4,928.67-4,996.19

STORY STOCKS DuPont

CLOSE: 2,012.37 PREV. CLOSE: 2,052.23 RANGE: 2,008.80-2,038.50

CLOSE: 1,123.61 PREV. CLOSE: 1,149.02 RANGE: 1,121.27-1,146.23

S&P 500’S BIGGEST GAINERS/LOSERS GAINERS

Price

$ Chg

YTD % Chg % Chg

Whole Foods Market (WFM) Gains after positive ITG comment.

34.02

+2.69

+8.6

-32.5

Corning (GLW) Dow Chemical takes 100% stake in joint venture.

18.68

+.99

+5.6

-18.5

CSX (CSX) May be a target of Berkshire Hathaway.

25.72

+1.02

+4.1

-29.0

CenterPoint Energy (CNP) Surges as fund manager takes stake.

16.69

+.55

+3.4

-28.8

Adobe Systems (ADBE) Profit tops on cloud sales gains.

91.42 +2.46

+2.8 +25.7

Mattel (MAT) Holiday gift stocks suffer; on short seller’s list.

26.25

+2.7

Norfolk Southern (NSC) Berkshire Hathaway ready for merger deal.

89.44

+1.76

+2.0

-18.4

First Solar (FSLR) Expected to post profit in 2016.

55.26

+.91

+1.7

+23.9

Ventas (VTR) Rises after quarterly dividend declaration.

54.38

+.75

+1.4

-13.4

Company (ticker symbol)

LOSERS

Company (ticker symbol)

+1.2 +30.9 YTD % Chg % Chg

$ Chg

5.90

-.96

-14.0

-78.4

Williams Companies (WMB) Dips as investors pull money out rapidly.

26.42

-3.26

-11.0

-41.2

Range Resources (RRC) Shares tumble as gas crashes.

22.75

-2.62

-10.3

-57.4

OneOK (OKE) Finds 2015 bottom in suffering sector.

20.31

-1.99

-8.9

-59.2

Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) Price target lowered at Barclay.

16.10

-1.58

-8.9

-45.6

Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Weak oil, trailing sector.

4.16

-.40

-8.8

-78.7

Consol Energy (CNX) Solid position, but sector’s weak.

6.99

-.61

-8.0

-79.3

152.76

-13.10

-7.9

-28.0

Baker Hughes (BHI) Oil rig count down 21, dips in weak sector.

47.80

-3.88

-7.5

-14.7

Apache (APA) Hits month’s low in trailing sector.

42.92

-3.27

-7.1

-31.5

Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) Fund manager cuts stake, falls all day.

Whole Foods Markets

Price: $34.02 Chg: $2.69 % chg: 8.6% Day's high/low: $34.38/$31.04

United Development Funding IV

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Chg. -3.99 +3.04 -0.91 -0.53 +2.00 -1.62 -0.19 -2.61 +9.24 -2.55

% Chg -1.9% +15.0% -2.8% -2.2% +29.7% -2.0% -1.6% -2.3% +30.2% -2.2%

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MORTGAGE RATES

Type Prime lending Federal funds 3 mo. T-bill 5 yr. T-note 10 yr. T-note

Type 30 yr. fixed 15 yr. fixed 1 yr. ARM 5/1 ARM

Close 6 mo ago 3.90% 4.09% 3.00% 3.21% 2.76% 2.65% 3.27% 3.38%

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COMMODITIES Chg. -0.01 -0.04 +3.80 unch.

-0.03 -0.08 -1.14 -0.23 -0.07 -0.02

% Chg. -0.1% -1.1% +0.4% unch.

-1.2% -6.5% -3.1% -1.6% -0.9% -0.4%

% YTD -26.7% -6.1% -9.0% -31.0% -31.1% -38.0% -33.1% -11.0% -14.6% -18.1%

FOREIGN CURRENCIES Currency per dollar British pound Canadian dollar Chinese yuan Euro Japanese yen Mexican peso

Close .6566 1.3734 6.4547 .9097 120.77 17.3816

Prev. .6598 1.3618 6.4363 .9142 121.64 17.1918

6 mo. ago .6444 1.2281 6.2030 .8878 123.40 15.3736

Yr. ago .6368 1.1541 6.1883 .8076 119.09 14.7368

FOREIGN MARKETS Country Frankfurt Hong Kong Japan (Nikkei) London Mexico City

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Prev.

10,598.93 21,704.61 19,046.55 6,088.05 42,447.77

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Cattle (lb.)

1.21 1.22 Corn (bushel) 3.73 3.77 Gold (troy oz.)

1,076.90 1,073.10 Hogs, lean (lb.) .56 .56 Natural Gas (Btu.) 1.99 2.02 Oil, heating (gal.)

1.15 1.23 Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.)

35.62 36.76 Silver (troy oz.)

13.86 14.09 Soybeans (bushel) 8.71 8.78 Wheat (bushel) 4.83 4.85

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Close 201.88 23.32 31.55 23.45 8.73 79.52 12.01 110.79 39.81 111.91

Close 6 mo ago 3.25% 3.25% 0.14% 0.13% 0.22% 0.01% 1.56% 1.73% 2.13% 2.38%

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failure since the Primary Reserve Fund in 2008, says Reuters.

Junk bonds, or “high yield” bonds, are riskier bonds sold by companies with lower credit ratings. Investors buy these bonds, despite their higher risk, because they pay higher interest rates than bonds sold by more secure companies. With interest rates around 0% for so long, investors who need income have been taking on more risk to boost returns.

But that 5-day risk avg.: is starting to -1.39 backfire and6-month some think the junkavg.: -6.91 bond market’s trouble could get Largest holding: AAPL much worse.

“Unfortunately, I Most bought: VLY believe the Most meltdown in GTATQ high sold: yield is beginning,” says investor Carl Icahn on Twitter. Jitters are intensifying over junk bonds. The Markit CDX North American High Yield index, a measure of how nervous junk bond investors are, is close to a three-year high, Bloomberg News says.

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Q. Are junk bonds garbage? mkrantz@usatoday.com USA TODAY

A: Junk bonds, or debt sold by risky borrowers, are giving investors the jitters.

It’s not time to panic, but rather, understand why they’re not for everyone.

Junk bonds are struggling as investors brace for higher interest rates. If rates rise, some investors who bought junk bonds because they wanted big yields might find decent yields with less risk.

The iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond exchange-traded fund is now down 14% from its highest point over the past 52 weeks and hitting lows not seen since 2009.

Junk bonds can be appropriate for some investors. Junk bonds are still yielding 5.21 percentage points over government debt instruments with the same maturities.

The market is also treating different types of junk bonds differently. Junk bonds with the very lowest ratings are suffering most, says Scott Eldridge, director of fixed income at PowerShares.

Higher-rated junk bonds are outperforming them by 2 percentage points. Investors worried about junk bonds don’t have to own them. Junk bonds and stocks tend to move in the same direction anyway, says Diane Vazza of Standard & Poor’s. Many diversified bond funds, such as Vanguard’s Total Bond market fund, don’t own them.

WHAT DOES 2016 LOOK LIKE? HERE ARE 5 KEY QUESTIONS Adam Shell USA TODAY

The Fed’s in play. The bull is showing signs of fatigue. The nation will be electing a new president in November.

Stocks are careening up and down. Skepticism is high. What’s an investor to make of the investment landscape for 2016?

Here are the answers to five key questions investors are asking themselves: QUESTION NO. 1

Fed rate hikes: End of world

or no big deal?

It would be a mistake to totally downplay the potential market impact of the so-called “liftoff” — the first interest-rate hike from the Federal Reserve in more than 10 years and the threat of more rate increases to come in 2016.

But since the Fed’s rate-hike cycle is staring with rates at 0%, coupled with Fed promises of hiking rates at a slow pace, overreacting isn’t the right response either.

“It’s not the end of the world or the end of the stock bull market,” says Kate Warne, investment strategist at Edward Jones.

QUESTION NO. 2

Is a bear market looming?

A bear market, of course, is a market decline of 20% or more.

But the normal causes of big, bad bear — a recession or a too-aggressive Fed — are not on anyone’s radar at the moment. The economy is expected to grow at a 2%-to-2.5% clip next year. And with inflation low, it’s unlikely the Fed will kill the bull with too many rate hikes. And an oil spike definitely is out of the question.

QUESTION NO. 3

Will the presidential election and politics roil the markets?

There’s no doubt that electionseason rhetoric and talk of coming policy changes that could hurt the profitability of U.S. companies can affect markets in the short run. But it’s important to point out that what’s proposed on the campaign trail is not what actually turns out to be enacted into law.

QUESTION NO. 4

Is another correction in Wall Street’s path?

Yes, the odds are high, says Warne. “I think it is that a lot of things are changing, so investors need to be prepared for a bumpi-

er ride,” she says.

QUESTION NO. 5

Are investors positioned too bearishly?

You bet, argues Josh Spencer of T. Rowe Price.

“Let’s inject some optimism,” he says. “Usually when you have this environment of a flat market, at the same time earnings are still growing, that can actually be a source of opportunity. The fact that there is a fair amount of skepticism around the market creates a source of opportunity.

You could also have positive shocks.”

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CAUGHT IN THE ACT What the heck are these wacko birds up to? Chris Hemsworth and Jimmy Fallon looked hilariously ridiculous during their ‘Tonight Show’ indoor sleigh race Thursday, featuring a perilous snowball fight, torturous caroling and a freak blizzard. (In case you’re wondering, Fallon “won.”)

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MAKING WAVES Willard Scott, the veteran NBC weatherman and friend to American centenarians, announced Friday that he would fully retire, after NBC 65 years at the network (he started as a 16-yearold page) and 35 years on ‘Today.’ The show plans a tribute Tuesday. Scott, 81, semi-retired in 1996, returning once or twice a week to salute viewers who had reached the age of 100.

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HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY ‘X-MEN’ FANS On Friday, they got their first look at the trailer for ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ (due in May 2016). The big reveal: Young Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) gets the character’s trademark bald pate.

Margot Robbie is Jane and Alexander Skarsgård is John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, a contemporary lord of the jungle.

This jungle cat has a whole new story Alexander Skarsgård swings into modern take on ‘Tarzan’ Brian Truitt @briantruitt USA TODAY

Welcome back to the jungle, Tarzan.

Action, adventure and apes are on tap for the next incarnation of the iconic Edgar Rice Burroughs character played by Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood) in The Legend of Tarzan (in theaters July 1). And for director David Yates, it was a way to return moviegoers to a wondrous Africa in a properly romantic way.

“They haven’t been there for an awfully long time,” says Yates, who directed the last four Harry Potter films.

Legend takes a different approach to Tarzan than Burroughs’ 1910s writings, the 1930s Johnny Weissmuller movies and other pop culture adaptations that focus on the man raised by simians who becomes lord of the jungle.

Instead, the film finds John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, a decade

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removed from the Congo and fully entrenched as a British gentleman in 1880s Victorian London, with his beloved wife, Jane (Margot Robbie), by his side.

He has left his African home behind — his early days are seen in flashbacks — but is reminded of his earlier exploits and he gets invited back as an emissary of Parliament. While hesitant, Tarzan eventually returns to the Congo, old friends as well as Jane are put in serious danger, and his latest cliff-jumping, vine-swinging story kicks off from there.

“It’s almost the opposite of the classic tale, where it’s about taming the beast,” says Skarsgård, 39.

“This is about a man who’s holding back, and slowly as you peel off the layers, he reverts back to a more animalistic state and lets that side of his personality out.”

The cast also features Djimon Hounsou as Chief Mbonga, Samuel L. Jackson as the real-life figure George Washington Williams and Christoph Waltz as the Belgian antagonist Captain Leon Rom. There’s a historical backdrop for the movie, says Yates: Belgium’s King Leopold II, originally thought of as a philanthropist, took the Congo as his own colony in the 1880s and was

responsible for a mass genocide that killed millions.

Jane has always factored heavily into the Tarzan mythology, and Yates envisions Robbie as a 21stcentury take on the character who’s “in no way a passive partner to Tarzan. She’s a really strong, assertive, beautifully knowledgeable, very sexy modern woman who can more than look after herself,” the director says.

“In a way, it’s a story of two human beings and how they save each other.”

Yates also found Skarsgård a perfect Tarzan for 2015. The filmmaker liked that he was born in Sweden but found a career in America, so “he has this wonderful quality of not quite belonging to one or the other.” Plus, there was a distinct grace and physicality to the 6-foot-4 actor.

“It’s more a leaner, longer, more vertical modern man than the square-jawed stereotype we’re used to,” Yates says.

To get in Tarzan shape, Skarsgård spent four months in an allconsuming training regimen before principal photography started. “I basically didn’t see my family or my friends,” he says, though he adds that the part “was definitely worth getting up at

4:30 in the morning.”

Skarsgård also partnered with choreographer Wayne McGregor to figure out the movements and posture of a guy who carries himself as an upper-crust Englishman yet embraces his wilder side when he returns home.

“He works mostly with the best contemporary ballet dancers in the world, so it was quite unusual for him to work with somebody like me who can’t touch their toes,” Skarsgård quips.

Africa itself is a main character in the movie, says Yates, who tapped Potter collaborator Stuart Craig to design his Legend of Tarzan sets. To capture the jungle flavor, two hangars at an old English airplane factory were transformed into soundstages 200 yards long with real trees, vegetation, running water and mountainous areas. Green-screen and CGI were used, as well as natural elements photographed in Gabon to add richness to the fully realized environment.

“A lot of movies, you have to go to the far reaches of the galaxy to find extraordinary beauty and amazing things,” Yates says. But, he says, “they’re right here on the planet. They exist just a few thousand miles away.”

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Some viewers might miss the tight focus on Maura, still so beautifully portrayed by Jeffrey Tambor. But there were times last season when the stories surrounding her felt too reactive, and the show itself felt like it was more driven by the novelty of its premise than by the humanity of its characters.

Not this year. In 10 new episodes, creator Jill Soloway brings each member of the Pfefferman

family to full life. The view from inside isn’t always pretty: Seldom has a group of basically good, loving people behaved more foolishly or selfishly. But it feels real and true, and in the end, that truth is redemptive.

Truth, however, is never easy.

As with all great dramas, Transparent finds universality not by blending and blanding out its characters for mass appeal, but by being specific. This is not any family; it’s a Jewish family in Los Angeles, explored without undue worry over whether the characters embrace or reject stereotypes, and whether they’re the kind of family you would want to join, or even watch.

Despite an Emmy designation as a comedy, Transparent feels more than ever like a drama this season. There are amusing moments and asides, but they evolve naturally out of the dramatic arc of a family nearing crisis.

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Why would you want to spend time with them? In part because the performances — including

guests Anjelica Huston and Cherry Jones — so often achieve perfection. In part because the show explores issues largely ignored elsewhere. But mostly because, for all their flaws and posturing, these are people who want to be better — a defining characteristic that seems much more emphatically drawn this season. You spend time with them, and you end up wanting the best for them.

And that may be the best change of all.

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Bledsoe decision similar to Brown When news broke Friday morning that four-star Lawrence High defensive end Amani Bledsoe was making an official visit to the Kansas University football program this weekend, the question became, how much of a shot do the Jayhawks really have at landing him?

Kansas coaches can’t talk about Bledsoe — or any other recruit — so we’ll have to lean on a little history to examine the odds.

Should Bledsoe pick Kansas, he would become the highest-rated recruit ever to sign with Kansas football. That alone would make him a part of KU history for life. From there, anything he did on the field simply would add to his legacy.

After looking at it a little closer, I can’t help but see strong comparisons between Bledsoe and former KU great Gilbert Brown.

Like Bledsoe in Kansas, Brown was one of the most highly decorated players during his senior season at Detroit’s Mackenzie High. Named Michigan’s Gatorade Player of the Year, the defensive tackle easily could have gone to in-state power Michigan or any number of other big-time programs. Instead, he picked Kansas, where he helped build one of the best defenses in school history, was a part of the 1992 Aloha Bowl championship team and started all but two games during his four-year Kansas career before going on to a 10-year career in the NFL, during which he won Super Bowl XXXI with the Green Bay Packers after being selected in the third round of the 1993 NFL Draft, No. 79 overall, by Minnesota.

Brown was in town for a KU game during the 2015 season, and I remember then asking KU defensive coordinator Clint Bowen about his former KU teammate’s path to Kansas.

Bowen said he used to ask Brown all the time why in the heck he chose to come to Kansas instead of joining the Wolverines and playing in front of 100,000 fans every Saturday. The answer, according to Bowen, was simple: Brown wanted to play for a program where he thought he could make a more immediate and meaningful impact and help build something out of nothing.

There isn’t a more nothing program out there right now than Kansas, which just wrapped up an 0-12 season, and Bledsoe picking the Jayhawks could have the kind of impact that Brown choosing Kansas did for Glen Mason.

There’s no doubt that the tall, lean and athletic 6-foot5, 272-pound D-end would be in line for some serious playing time right away at KU. Heck, he probably could have logged some serious snaps for KU in 2015 as a high school senior.

Bledsoe has a final five of Baylor, Kansas, North Carolina State, Oklahoma and Oregon. And he already

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS, FROM LEFT, Tiana Dockery, Cassie Wait (hidden), Madison Rigdon, Tayler Soucie, Ainise Havili and Anna Church celebrate after the Jayhawks defeated Loyola Marmount in the NCAA Tournament on Friday night in San Diego.

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San Diego — The best volleyball team in the history of Kansas University accomplished another first Friday night in Jenny Craig Pavilion, and it was the biggest one yet.

The Jayhawks became the first volleyball team in school history to reach the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.

Looking dominant in the second and fourth sets, Kansas defeated Loyola Marymount University, 25-19, 2511, 21-25, 25-13. The Jayhawks lost their way serving for stretches, but never lost their composure.

Eighteenth-year Kansas coach Ray Bechard does a nice job of keeping his emotions in check, but when he said the word Omaha, site of the Final Four, his face involuntarily broke into a smile

that lit up the state of California.

“I’ve always wanted Jayhawk fans to be proud of our volleyball program,” Bechard said.

Mission accomplished.

Relatives of the players and Kansas alumni on hand to support their university’s team made their presence felt by pumping up the volume from their seats in the two sections behind the KU bench.

“Obviously, at the University of Kansas, we have some sports that have done extremely well,” said Bechard, whose son Brennan is on basketball coach Bill Self’s staff.

“We want volleyball to be spoken of in high regard just like some of the other sports are. We want to be an elite team, and we put elite expectations on these kids each and every day in practice.”

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FSHS boys rally past Mill Valley

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FREE STATE GUARD KRISTIAN RAWLS, LEFT, tries to slip past a Mill Valley defender. The Firebirds won, 68-63, on Friday night at FSHS.

Trailing by 10 points with six minutes left on Friday against Mill Valley, Free State High boys basketball coach Sam Stroh told his team to stay calm.

The Firebirds didn’t do anything differently on either end of the court. They just knew they needed to stay the course. Once the Firebirds refocused, they scored on their final 11 possessions in a 68-63 comeback victory at FSHS. “I thought it was no time

to panic,” Stroh said. “We took a timeout and just talked as a group. We had to just chip away. We weren’t going to win the game in one or two possessions.”

Following the Free State timeout, senior 6-foot-3 point guard Kristian Rawls scored on a layup-and-thefoul bucket, starting a 10-0 run that eventually tied the game with three minutes remaining.

Rawls tied the game, 57all, with a driving layup before Mill Valley sophomore Cooper Kaifes and Free State senior guard Hunter

Gudde traded buckets. A missed free throw by Mill Valley gave the Firebirds the ball back, and senior forward Chrision Wilburn gave the Firebirds their first lead since the second quarter on a layup, assisted from junior forward Jay Dineen with 2:04 left.

Afterward, the Firebirds went 7-of-10 at the freethrow line to hold off any comeback attempt, including a pair from junior Jacob Pavylak for a four-point lead with 23 seconds left.

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Kansas among nation’s best shooting squads

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas University’s basketball team scored 75 points — third-lowest mark of the season — against Harvard the day after it was revealed the Jayhawks ranked second in the country in points per game.

Currently the fourthmost productive team in the land, the Jayhawks (7-1), Please see TAIT, page 3C who average 91.0 ppg, enter

today’s 7 p.m. Sprint Center tip against Oregon State (6-1) as the nation’s leading three-point-shooting team at 47.2 percent from beyond the arc.

Oklahoma is second at 46.5 percent.

“I didn’t know that. That shows you how much I look at stats,” KU coach Bill Self said Friday. “I think (it means) we’re probably taking good shots. We’ve got multiple guys who can make a shot. We’ve got six good

three-point shooters in my opinion,” he added, presumably meaning Wayne Selden Jr., (fourth in the country in three-point percentage, 59.5), Brannen Greene (8 of 9 on season, not enough attempts to be included on NCAA charts), Devonté Graham, Frank Mason III, Svi Mykhailiuk and Perry Ellis.

“Perry (4-of-11) hasn’t made a ton of ’em yet. He’s a very capable three-point shooter,” Self stated. “That’s

good, but we don’t need to live on that. If we do, we won’t ever max out as a team. A lot of times making shots is a way to basically camouflage some other ills, but it does pay to have some guys that can step up and make a shot.”

The Jayhawks are a confident bunch in letting shots fly.

“We have a team that can shoot it well,” Ellis said.

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Henry Heisman favorite, but 2016 race a doozy Watson and Stanford scat back Christian McCaffrey, are sophomores who will return.

Add Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield, Florida State’s Dalvin Cook and LSU’s Leonard Fournette, and there is a strong chance five of the top eight Heisman vote-getters from this year will be back in 2016.

“It’s a monster class,” said Chris Huston, a Heisman his-

torian and editor-in-chief of Heisman.com.

Henry, Watson and McCaffrey arrived Friday in New York from Atlanta, where they attended the ESPN awards show at the College Football Hall of Fame.

“I’m just enjoying the moment and happy to be here,” Henry said.

Being a finalist is a once-inlifetime event for most play-

ers, often the culmination of a great career. For Watson and McCaffrey, maybe this is just a test run.

“Of course, next year I want to be back. And if I happen to stay my senior year I want to be back then,” Watson said.

Only twice (2008 and ‘10) in the previous 10 seasons have at least two of the top three finishers in the Heisman voting returned to school the next year.

BRIEFLY Oklahoma State coach Ford ejected from son’s game Bixby, Okla. — Oklahoma State basketball coach Travis Ford apologized Friday one day after he was ejected from his son’s basketball game for voicing displeasure with an official.

Ford’s son, Brooks, plays for Stillwater High. According to the Tulsa World, the official told Ford to leave during the third quarter of Stillwater’s loss to Bartlesville in Bixby. Ford was seated with a group of Stillwater supporters a few rows behind the team’s bench.

The official was speaking with Stillwater’s coach when Ford said something and was asked to leave by the official.

Ford apologized after speaking with athletic director Mike Holder.

“We have consistent dialogue with our student-athletes about their representation of Oklahoma State University and Cowboy basketball,” Ford said. “The lesson is always that there are no days off from that responsibility. While people can debate whether my comments to a referee during a high school game involving my son warranted being asked to leave the building, as Mike Holder and I discussed this morning, there is no question I should have exercised better judgment in not publicly expressing my feelings.

I regret the situation, and apologize for the unfortunate and unwanted distraction it has caused.”

Source: Cubs add Heyward Chicago — A person familiar with the negotiations says the Chicago Cubs and free agent outfielder Jason Heyward have agreed to a $184 million, eight-year contract.

The person spoke Friday on the condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced.

The agreement with the three-time Gold Glove winner is the latest in a series of big moves by the Cubs as they try to build on a breakthrough season and bring home their first World Series title since 1908. The Cubs won 97 games and reached the NL Championship Series before getting swept by the New York Mets.

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College Football Playoffs Cotton Bowl AT&T Stadium-Arlington, TX. Alabama...........................91⁄2 (47)..................Michigan St Orange Bowl Sun Life Stadium-Miami Gardens, FL. Oklahoma............... 31⁄2 (66)................ Clemson x-at Lincoln Financial Field-Philadelphia, PA. NBA Favorite.............. Points (O/U)........... Underdog LA Clippers....................51⁄2 (205)...................BROOKLYN CHARLOTTE......................1 (204)............................. Boston DETROIT..............................1 (201).............................Indiana HOUSTON..................... 111⁄2 (209.5)...................LA Lakers San Antonio....................3 (191.5)........................ ATLANTA CHICAGO....................... 61⁄2 (204.5).............New Orleans a-Golden St...................OFF (OFF).................MILWAUKEE DALLAS............................. 6 (208)...................Washington PORTLAND....................21⁄2 (198.5).................... New York a-Golden St Guard K. Thompson is questionable.

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By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Four-star Lawrence High defensive end Amani Bledsoe will be making an official visit to Kansas University this weekend, according to a source with knowledge of Bledsoe’s recruitment.

The news is huge for Kansas, which remains very much in the mix for one of its top targets in the Class of 2016. The 6-foot-5, 272-pound Bledsoe, who had his pick of just about any school in the country, also is still considering Oklahoma, Baylor, North Carolina State and Oregon.

Because of the KU campus’ proximity to his

home, it was not known whether Bledsoe would use an official visit on the Jayhawks or take his fifth and final tour somewhere else, perhaps UCLA. But news surfaced Thursday night that the top prospect in the Sunflower State and the 154th-ranked player in the nation in the Class of 2016 would give Kansas and head coach David Beaty his full attention this weekend.

In return, Bledsoe figures to receive some serious first-class treatment from Kansas. It is believed he will be the only official visitor at Kansas this weekend, which will give Beaty and his entire staff plenty of time to convince the recent Buck

Buchanan Award winner as the best lineman in the Kansas City metro area why staying home is the right move.

One of the biggest factors in Bledsoe’s recruitment is the presence of Clint Bowen as KU’s defensive coordinator.

Bledsoe has become a big fan of Bowen, a fellow Lawrence High grad himself, and would work closely with him if he came to Kansas.

Bledsoe led the Lions to a 10-1 record this season and the school’s first Sunflower League title since 1993. He had 89 tackles, eight sacks and more than 40 pancake blocks as an offensive lineman. He won the league’s Andre

Maloney Most Valuable Player award, a personal goal he has had since his sophomore year.

“It’s been really special to see all of the hard work pay off,” said Bledsoe, a first-team all-state pick.

“It’s really nice.”

Bledsoe is the fourth Lawrence player to win the Buck Buchanan award, along with James Myers (1993), Nate Williams (’94) and Lee Myers (’95). He was given a large trophy, and the school received $1,500.

“It’s special,” Bledsoe said. “As soon as we went to the Simone Awards, I found out I was a finalist.

I was really hoping for the best for me to win it.

My family is real proud of

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY’S TIANA DOCKERY RETURNS THE BALL against Loyola Marymount during the Jayhawks’ 3-1 Sweet 16 victory in the NCAA Tournament on Friday night in San Diego.

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The harder this team is driven by the coaching staff, it seems, the closer together the circle draws.

“We have an unbelieveable staff that works hard,” Bechard continued. “We’ve got a group of young ladies who believe in themselves and believe in each other.

Here we are, one match away from Omaha.”

That’s right. Kansas is one step away from the Final Four. One giant step.

Kansas (29-2), seeded ninth in the tournament, will face No. 1 seed USC, which is gunning for its seventh national title.

USC on Friday defeated Creighton, 3-1, in the other regional semifinal.

The Trojans are led by two-time All-American Samantha Bricio.

The West regional final is scheduled to start at 10 p.m. Central and will be televised on ESPNU. The stars shined for Kansas in defeating a Loyola Marymount squad that advanced to the Sweet 16 with a sweep against heavily favored Stanford.

Sophomore Kelsie Payne gave Loyola defenders fits all night by soaring so high and firing high-velocity, steepangled bullets onto the floor. She had 21 kills and a .400 hitting percentage.

Classmate Ainise Havili had 49 assists. Fellow sophomore Madison Rigdon had 10 kills and 14 digs.

Kansas defended so well that two sets into the night, LMU had a nega-

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has visited the other four programs. The fact that he chose Kansas as the place to take his fifth and final official visit — instead of picking some place like UCLA — shows just how serious he is about the Jayhawks.

The fact that it is believed Bledsoe will be

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY COACH RAY BECHARD speaks with his team during a timeout. tive hitting percentage and finished the night at .050, compared to KU’s .296, including a .484 mark in the clinching set, when the Jayhawks smelled the finish line and could not be stopped.

In the second and fourth sets combined, Kansas had just two attack errors. They were every bit as impressive defensively, especially at the net.

Junior Tayler Soucie was in on 12 blocks, Rigdon seven, Payne five.

Cassie Wait had 23 digs, joining Rigdon and Tiana Dockery (10) in double figures.

The Jayhawks didn’t trail once in the opening set and closed it out on a 5-1 run. Impressive, but nothing compared to what came in the next set, when the Jayhawks fell behind, 7-6, and went on a 19-4 tear from there. Four of LMU’s points in the second set came on KU service errors, of which there were 11 on the night, compared to four for the Lions.

the only official visitor in town provides KU coach David Beaty and company a golden opportunity to put on the full-court press to convince Bledsoe that staying home is the right move for him. They might not fly planes around town pulling signs with Bledsoe’s name and jersey number in crimson and blue, but you can bet that the 2015 all-state selection, Sunflower League MVP and

KU’s only two losses have been to Texas, which means the Jayhawks never have lost a match in which they were favored.

Dockery, the only player in program history to play in four NCAA tournaments, did a nice job of summing up what the team thinks of itself.

“This is a great time for us to be playing our best and doing the things we’ve been working for and training for all season,” Dockery said. “...

We feel like we still have so much more.”

The Jayhawks responded like winners after losing a set coming out of intermission.

“Third set was a little rough, but we pulled out of it and told ourselves we needed to focus and fight, just like we did against Mizzou and against any of the other teams where we had lost a set,” Dockery said.

Next up: The biggest match in the history of Kansas volleyball.

“That’s not something I believe we want to live on. We’re knocking down shots right now (sixth in country overall at 52.0 percent). We’re still trying to do other things, also.”

As far as the inside game, KU is expected to have six bigs available tonight. Landen Lucas (toe) and Jamari Traylor (ankle) may not be 100 percent yet, but are expected to play, along with Ellis, Hunter Mickelson, Cheick Diallo and Carlton Bragg. Self said Friday he was leaning toward starting Mickelson a second-straight game, but had not made an official decision yet.

“We should have a full complement of players.

That makes it really good.

That also makes it difficult until you figure out who you can play,” Self said. “Perry gets his 27 or 30 (minutes). Everybody else gets 10 and you are at 80. It’s not going to be like that (all year). Hopefully we can find three or four playing well at the same time.

“Our fans will be frustrated some this year,” Self added, “because some guys will play some in some games. Situations may dictate in other games they don’t play as much. If you need energy, Mari is the best guy to have out there. If you need a low post heavy defender/defensive rebounder, Landen is the best guy. If you need a pick and pop person, Hunter is the best guy. Cheick and Carlton over time have a chance to be the best prospects.

We have some things we have to figure out without question. The big thing is those guys need to be playing around Perry (14.5 ppg, second to Selden’s team-leading 15.9 mark). Nobody brings to the table what Perry does from a scoring or presence standpoint especially when he’s aggressive and playing well.” l

Payton leads Beavers: Oregon State is led by Gary Payton II, son of the Hall of Famer with the same name. Payton, a 6-3 senior from Seattle, averages 16.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists a game. He recently broke his dad’s record by recording at least one steal in 38 consecutive games.

“He’s a good player.

Where he’s probably the most dangerous just like recent Buck Buchanan his father is on the deAward winner will have fensive end,” Self said. “It the full and undivided seems like Wayne would attention of every KU be the best matchup for coach and staff member him because of size. (But) in town this weekend. you put Wayne on him From the sound of you take away pressure in things, Oklahoma apa lot of ways. I do believe pears to be KU’s biggest this is the type of playcompetition for Bledsoe. er that both Frank and And isn’t OU an awful lot Devonté will probably like Michigan? have to take turns guardThe only question left ing. The numbers show to answer now is wheth- he’s a great anticipator.” er Bledsoe is an awful lot OSU is coached by like Brown.

Wayne Tinkle, who has

me, coaches, friends, so it’s exciting.”

It’s still a little early in the process for Bledsoe, who did very little with regard to his recruitment during the season, and it seems likely that he won’t make a decision until closer to the Feb. 3 signing day.

“I’m still trying to take it slow,” Bledsoe said on Thursday afternoon. “I might need to hurry up and make a decision because I’m kind of stressed out with all of this stuff.

We’ll see.”

“I’m getting a couple of good gut feelings,” Bledsoe added, “so we’ll see how it all plays out.”

Whichever way he decides to go, it’s more clear

than ever that KU is very much in the running for Bledsoe’s services.

“At the end of the day, he wants to be somewhere he can make a difference, really help someone,” Bledsoe’s mother, Elaine Cannefax, recently told JayhawkSlant.com.

“Do you want to go help keep something going that has been forever and ever? Or help someone struggling and do something monstrous? He’s that type of kid. He’s not selfish. He likes the glitz and the glory, but he loves a challenge.”

— Journal-World preps reporter Bobby Nightengale contributed to this story.

Oregon St. vs. Kansas Probable Starters OREGON STATE (6-1) F — Drew Eubanks (6-10, Fr.) F — Olaf Schaftenaar (6-10, Sr.) G — Langston MorrisWalker (6-5, Sr.) G — Malcolm Duvivier (6-2, Jr.) G — Gary Payton II (6-3, Sr.)

KANSAS (7-1) F — Perry Ellis (6-8, Sr.) F — Hunter Mickelson (6-10, Sr.) G — Frank Mason III (5-11, Jr.) G — Wayne Selden Jr. (6-5, Jr.) G — Devonté Graham (6-2, Soph.)

Tipoff: 7 p.m. today, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri.

TV: Jayhawk (WOW! channels 37, 226).

Rosters OREGON STATE 1 — Gary Payton II, 6-3, 190, Sr., G, Seattle.

2 — Stephen Thompson, Jr., 6-4, 170, Fr., G, Los Angeles.

3 — Tres Tinkle, 6-8, 220, Fr., F, Missoula, Montana.

4 — Derrick Bruce, 6-3, 165, Fr., G, Moreno Valley, California.

5 — Cheikh N’diaye, 7-0, 240, Jr., C, Dakar, Senegal.

11 — Malcolm Duvivier, 6-2, 210, Jr., G, Toronto.

12 — Drew Eubanks, 6-10, 240, Fr., F, Troutdale, Oregon.

13 — Langston MorrisWalker, 6-5, 215, Sr., G, Berkeley, California.

14 — Daniel Gomis, 6-10, 235, Sr., F, Thies, Senegal.

22 — Daine Muller, 6-4, 202, Jr., G, Billings, Montana.

23 — Gligorije Rakocevic, 6-11, 250, Fr., C, Bijelo Polje, Montenegro.

24 — Kendal Manuel, 6-4, 180, Fr., G, Billings, Montana.

30 — Olaf Schaftenaar, 6-10, 235, Sr., F, Utrecht, Netherlands.

31 — Matt Dahlen, 6-6, 205, Soph., F, Redmond, Oregon.

32 — Jarmal Reid, 6-7, 235, Sr., F, Decatur, Georgia.

40 — Justin Stangel, 6-10, 225, Jr., C, Milwaukie, Oregon.

Head coach: Wayne Tinkle.

Assistants: Kerry Rupp, Gregg Gottlieb, Stephen Thompson.

KANSAS 0 — Frank Mason III, 5-11, 185, Jr., G, Petersburg, Virginia.

1 — Wayne Selden Jr., 6-5, 230, Jr., G, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

2 — Lagerald Vick, 6-5, 175, Fr., G, Memphis.

4 — Devonté Graham, 6-2, 175, Soph., G, Raleigh, North Carolina.

5 — Evan Manning, 6-3, 170, Sr., G, Lawrence.

10 — Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, 6-8, 195, Soph., G, Cherkasy, Ukraine.

11 — Tyler Self, 6-2, 165, Jr., G, Lawrence.

13 — Cheick Diallo, 6-9, 220, Fr., F, Kayes, Mali, Africa.

14 — Brannen Greene, 6-7, 215, Jr., G, Juliette, Georgia.

15 — Carlton Bragg, Jr., 6-9, 220, Fr., F, Cleveland.

21 — Clay Young, 6-5, 205, Soph., F, Lansing.

22 — Dwight Coleby, 6-9, 240, Jr., F, Nassau, Bahamas.

31 — Jamari Traylor, 6-8, 220, Sr., F, Chicago.

33 — Landen Lucas, 6-10, 240, Jr., F, Portland, Oregon.

34 — Perry Ellis, 6-8, 225, Sr., F, Wichita.

42 — Hunter Mickelson, 6-10, 245, Sr., F, Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Head coach: Bill Self.

Assistants: Kurtis Townsend, Norm Roberts, Jerrance Howard.

a 23-15 record in two sea- shal would have probably sons at the Corvallis, Or- thought there were too egon school. many people in that rel spective area if they were Court storming: The to check it out,” Self addBig 12 said on Friday it ed, smiling. “It was not a would issue no penalties big deal.” l to Iowa State for the court This, that: Landen Lustorming after Thursday’s win over Iowa. cas’ dad, Richard, played “I didn’t see it (court for the University of Orstorming). I heard about egon from 1987-91. Lucas it. That’s too bad,” Self was recruited by Oregon said of Des Moines Reg- State. ... Oregon State was ister reporter Randy Pe- picked to finish sixth in terson breaking his leg the Pac-12 in a preseason as the fans charged the vote of league media. Aricourt after the final horn. zona was first, followed “I watched the tail end of by California, Utah, Orthe game. It was an unbe- egon, UCLA, OSU, Cololievable finish. I’m happy rado, Arizona State, Stanfor our league Iowa State ford, USC, Washington won the game. It was un- and Washington State. ... fortunate anybody would A win would give (6-1) be injured.”

Oregon State its best start Last year, Self was through eight games since pinned against the scor- the 1980-81 team opened er’s table for a moment 26-0. The 1984-85 and 86during a storming inci- 87 teams opened 7-1. ... KU dent after a loss at Kansas is the highest-ranked nonState. conference team OSU has “No, no. I was never faced since Nov. 30, 1977 (in danger). My life was when the Beavers lost at never threatened or my No. 2 North Carolina, 90health in any way, shape 64. OSU’s last win over or form,” Self said. a top-five team came in Of the area by the ta- 2000 (OSU 70, No. 3 Arible in which KSU coach zona 69), and the last over Bruce Weber tried to pull a top-five team away from Self to safety, Self said: Corvallis was 1981 (No. 20 “It was a crowded house. OSU 62, No. 3 Louisville I would say the fire mar- 56 in Japan).

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NBA roundup Thunder 94, Jazz 90 Salt Lake City — Kevin Durant scored 21 points Friday night, including the last 11 for Oklahoma City in a win over Utah.

The Thunder matched a season high with their fourth straight win.

Durant had the goahead basket, and also got eight rebounds.

Russell Westbrook had 18 points in the first half and finished with 24 for the Thunder. He also had seven rebounds and seven assists.

The Associated Press

Warriors 124, Celtics 119 2OT Boston — Golden State needed two overtimes to remain perfect on a very imperfect night from the NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player.

Stephen Curry scored 38 points with 11 rebounds and eight assists and the Warriors improved to 24-0 this season by outlasting Boston.

Counting the wins in their final four games last season, the defending NBA champions have taken 28 in a row. They broke a tie with the 201213 Miami Heat for the second-longest winning streak in league history, and now trail only the 33 straight by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1971-72.

And the Warriors did it despite Curry’s worstshooting night of the year.

Curry made only 9 of 27 shots from the field.

But he was 6 for 13 from three-point range and a perfect 14 of 14 from the free throw line, sinking a pair of foul shots with 13.4 seconds left to give the Warriors a three-point lead — his only points of the second overtime.

Jae Crowder missed a three-pointer to tie it, and Andre Iguodala got the rebound and drew the foul. That sent the Boston fans to the exits.

The Warriors play the Milwaukee Bucks tonight to complete a sevengame road trip. No NBA team has ever gone 7-0 on a single road trip.

Draymond Green scored 24 points with 11 rebounds, eight assists and five blocked shots.

Iguodala scored 13 with 10 boards and Festus Ezeli had 12 and 12 for Golden State, which was playing without Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes.

GOLDEN STATE (124) Rush 2-4 0-0 4, Green 8-20 6-9 24, Bogut 1-5 0-0 2, Curry 9-27 14-14 38, Clark 3-9 0-0 6, Iguodala 5-12 2-2 13, Ezeli 3-7 6-11 12, Livingston 5-9 2-2 12, Barbosa 3-6 0-0 6, Speights 1-4 1-1 3, McAdoo 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 42-107 31-39 124.

BOSTON (119) Crowder 5-14 2-4 15, Johnson 2-4 0-1 4, Sullinger 3-11 1-4 7, Thomas 7-22 2-2 18, Bradley 8-19 0-0 19, Turner 6-12 1-1 13, Olynyk 11-21 3-4 28, Young 2-3 0-0 5, Lee 5-8 0-0 10, Jerebko 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 49-114 9-16 119.

Golden St. 26 31 25 21 7 14—124 Boston 25 28 22 28 7 9—119 Three-Point Goals-Golden State 9-31 (Curry 6-13, Green 2-9, Iguodala 1-4, Livingston 0-1, Clark 0-2, Rush 0-2), Boston 12-33 (Crowder 3-6, Olynyk 3-6, Bradley 3-9, Thomas 2-8, Young 1-1, Turner 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Sullinger 0-1).

Fouled Out-Bradley. Rebounds-Golden State 80 (Ezeli 12), Boston 65 (Sullinger 13). Assists-Golden State 28 (Curry, Green 8), Boston 32 (Thomas 10).

Total Fouls-Golden State 22, Boston 30. A-18,624 (18,624).

Cavaliers 111, Magic 76 Orlando, Fla. — LeBron James had 25 points and eight assists and the Cleveland rolled past Orlando on Friday night.

Timofey Mozgov added 17 points as Cleveland claimed its 12th straight win over the Orlando.

The game marked the season debut of Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert, who had been out since injuring his right wrist before training camp. He played 25 minutes and made 5 of 7 shots while scoring 14 points.

Cleveland never trailed in the game, breaking it open with a spurt late the second quarter. The Cavs started the third quarter with a 20-4 run and led by as many as 40 in the second half.

CLEVELAND (111) James 10-15 5-8 25, Love 2-6 3-4 8, Mozgov 8-9 1-1 17, Dellavedova 5-7 0-0 12, Cunningham 1-5 3-6 6, Shumpert 5-7 2-3 14, Thompson 1-3 0-0 2, Jefferson 1-1 0-0 3, Williams 2-6 1-1 5, Jones 5-10 1-2 15, Varejao 1-3 2-2 4, Kaun 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-72 18-27 111.

ORLANDO (76) T.Harris 0-5 0-0 0, Frye 0-3 0-0 0, Vucevic 6-10 1-2 14, Payton 4-9 1-2 9, Fournier 1-2 3-4 5, Oladipo 2-8 0-0 4, Gordon 2-6 0-0 6, Nicholson 4-7 0-0 8, Ja.Smith 4-8 0-0 9, Napier 1-7 1-2 3, Hezonja 3-5 4-4 12, Dedmon 1-2 4-6 6.

Totals 28-72 14-20 76.

Cleveland 22 31 30 28—111 Orlando 20 17 15 24 —76 Three-Point Goals-Cleveland 11-21 (Jones 4-8, Dellavedova 2-3, Shumpert 2-3, Jefferson 1-1, Cunningham 1-2, Love 1-3, James 0-1), Orlando 6-22 (Gordon 2-3, Hezonja 2-3, Vucevic 1-1, Ja.Smith 1-2, Payton 0-1, Nicholson 0-2, Frye 0-2, Oladipo 0-2, Napier 0-3, T.Harris 0-3). Fouled Out-Hezonja.

Rebounds-Cleveland 53 (Love 13), Orlando 37 (Nicholson 6). AssistsCleveland 28 (James 8), Orlando 16 (Napier 5). Total Fouls-Cleveland 19, Orlando 24. Technicals-Varejao.

A-17,239 (18,500).

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GOLDEN STATE GUARD STEPHEN CURRY ARGUES A CALL during the Warriors’ 124-119 double-overtime win against the Celtics on Friday in Boston. At right is Celtics guard James Young.

Pistons 107, 76ers 95 Philadelphia — Andre Drummond had 18 points and 16 rebounds and Marcus Morris scored 21 points to help Detroit beat Philadelphia.

The Pistons opened the game on an 11-0 run, built a 24-point lead in the first half and led 89-66 after three quarters.

Yet, coach Brett Brown believes better days are ahead and signed a multiyear contract extension that was announced before the game.

Brown dropped to 38150 in 21⁄2 seasons with the Sixers. They are 1-23 this season.

Morris, a Philadelphia native, torched his hometown team in the third quarter. He hit a pair of three-pointers during a 26-8 run that put the Pistons ahead by 29 points and let them rest most of their starters in the fourth.

DETROIT (107) Morris 7-9 4-4 21, Ilyasova 6-13 0-0 15, Drummond 8-17 2-6 18, Jackson 9-20 2-2 21, Caldwell-Pope 5-12 1-2 13, Johnson 2-6 0-0 4, Tolliver 1-3 2-2 5, Blake 1-3 0-0 2, Baynes 3-4 0-0 6, Hilliard 1-5 0-0 2, Bullock 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 43-93 11-16 107.

PHILADELPHIA (95) Covington 5-16 5-5 18, Noel 3-6 4-8 10, Okafor 10-18 2-3 22, Marshall 2-4 0-0 5, Canaan 1-5 4-4 7, McConnell 3-8 0-0 6, Stauskas 3-6 0-0 6, Grant 4-5 0-0 8, Thompson 2-5 1-1 5, Holmes 1-1 0-0 3, Sampson 2-6 1-3 5. Totals 36-80 17-24 95.

Detroit 35 23 31 18—107 Philadelphia 14 32 20 29 —95 Three-Point Goals-Detroit 10-27 (Morris 3-3, Ilyasova 3-7, CaldwellPope 2-7, Tolliver 1-3, Jackson 1-3, Bullock 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Blake 0-2), Philadelphia 6-18 (Covington 3-9, Marshall 1-1, Holmes 1-1, Canaan 1-3, Stauskas 0-1, McConnell 0-1, Sampson 0-2). Rebounds-Detroit 54 (Drummond 16), Philadelphia 52 (Noel 10). AssistsDetroit 18 (Morris, Blake, Jackson 4), Philadelphia 22 (McConnell 7). Total Fouls-Detroit 21, Philadelphia 16.

A-14,020 (20,318).

Raptors 90, Bucks 83 Toronto — DeMar DeRozan had 27 points and Toronto held off latecharging Milwaukee for its third straight win.

The Raptors led by as many as 19 points in the latter stages of the third quarter only to have the Bucks cut it to four when Giannis Antetokounmpo hit a jumper with 5:11 to go.

Khris Middleton had 26 points for the Bucks, who lost their second straight.

Antetokounmpo added 15 points and seven rebounds.

MILWAUKEE (83) Antetokounmpo 7-12 1-2 15, Parker 4-12 2-2 10, Monroe 6-9 1-2 13, Mayo 4-13 0-0 9, Middleton 8-15 7-8 26, Carter-Williams 1-7 0-0 2, O’Bryant 0-7 0-0 0, Vaughn 0-1 2-2 2, Henson 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 33-80 13-16 83.

TORONTO (90) Ross 3-7 0-0 7, Scola 6-11 0-0 12, Biyombo 2-3 0-1 4, Lowry 5-16 0-0 12, DeRozan 8-17 11-12 27, Joseph 4-6 4-8 13, Patterson 3-6 0-0 8, Johnson 3-4 0-2 7. Totals 34-70 15-23 90.

Milwaukee 17 14 29 23—83 Toronto 24 25 21 20—90 Three-Point Goals-Milwaukee 4-11 (Middleton 3-4, Mayo 1-4, Antetokounmpo 0-1, Vaughn 0-1, Carter-Williams 0-1), Toronto 7-20 (Patterson 2-4, Lowry 2-8, Johnson 1-1, Joseph 1-1, Ross 1-4, DeRozan 0-1, Scola 0-1). Rebounds-Milwaukee 45 (Antetokounmpo, Monroe 7), Toronto 49 (Biyombo 9). Assists-Milwaukee 19 (Carter-Williams 6), Toronto 16 (Lowry 5). Total Fouls-Milwaukee 19, Toronto 23. A-19,800 (19,800).

Pelicans 107, Wizards 105 New Orleans — Tyreke Evans scored 27 points and New Orleans rallied to beat Washington to end a seven-game losing streak against the Wizards.

The Wizards led 97-90 in the fourth quarter, but Evans tied it at 98 with a 3 with 4:13 left. Anthony Davis tied it again at 103 with a three with 2:34 left.

Davis made a free throw with 1:47 remaining for New Orleans’ first lead of the quarter.

Eric Gordon hit two free throws with 18 seconds left and Evans made 1 of 2 with 4.7 seconds remaining. The Wizards’ Gary Neal missed a 19-foot jumper at the buzzer.

The Pelicans hadn’t beaten Washington since Feb. 1, 2011. This was their last game in New Orleans before beginning a fivegame trip Saturday in Chicago.

WASHINGTON (105) Porter 6-11 1-2 15, Dudley 3-7 0-0 8, Gortat 5-12 0-2 10, Wall 10-18 3-5 26, Temple 4-8 0-0 10, Neal 5-10 2-2 15, Sessions 4-8 6-8 14, Oubre Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Hollins 1-1 0-0 2, Blair 2-5 1-2 5. Totals 40-80 13-21 105.

NEW ORLEANS (107) Gee 0-2 0-0 0, Davis 8-15 1-2 18, Asik 0-1 0-0 0, Evans 10-18 2-4 27, Gordon 5-12 2-2 15, Ajinca 3-8 1-2 7, Holiday 6-10 2-2 19, Cole 2-5 1-2 5, Smith 3-5 2-2 8, Cunningham 2-3 2-2 8. Totals 39-79 13-18 107.

Washington 27 27 23 28—105 New Orleans 29 26 22 30—107 Three-Point Goals-Washington 12-27 (Neal 3-4, Wall 3-6, Dudley 2-4, Porter 2-5, Temple 2-6, Sessions 0-2), New Orleans 16-27 (Evans 5-6, Holiday 5-7, Gordon 3-7, Cunningham 2-2, Davis 1-3, Cole 0-2). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Washington 44 (Gortat 8), New Orleans 49 (Davis 11). AssistsWashington 27 (Wall 12), New Orleans 21 (Holiday 6). Total Fouls-Washington 17, New Orleans 18. A-16,875 (16,867).

Pacers 96, Heat 83 Indianapolis — Paul George was struggling, and Indiana needed a hero to combat a strong performance from Miami’s 1-2 punch of Dwayne Wade and Chris Both.

Monta Ellis emphatically asserted himself when the Pacers needed it most.

Ellis had his most complete game of the year, leading the Pacers with 24 points, six assists and six steals in a win over the Heat that ended a three-game losing streak.

MIAMI (83) Deng 3-9 0-0 7, Bosh 8-19 6-8 23, Whiteside 4-4 0-1 8, Dragic 2-5 1-2 5, Wade 10-23 0-0 20, Stoudemire 0-2 1-2 1, Winslow 2-6 0-0 4, Green 5-10 0-0 13, Richardson 0-1 0-0 0, Udrih 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals 35-81 8-13 83.

INDIANA (96) George 7-17 8-8 23, Allen 1-2 0-0 2, Mahinmi 7-9 4-4 18, G.Hill 3-9 0-0 6, Ellis 10-18 0-0 24, Miles 5-18 1-2 12, J.Hill 1-2 2-2 4, Stuckey 2-9 2-2 6, Budinger 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 36-86 18-20 96.

Miami 21 27 20 15—83 Indiana 20 27 30 19—96 Three-Point Goals-Miami 5-20 (Green 3-5, Bosh 1-5, Deng 1-6, Dragic 0-1, Richardson 0-1, Winslow 0-2), Indiana 6-28 (Ellis 4-7, George 1-5, Miles 1-10, Stuckey 0-1, Budinger 0-2, G.Hill 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Miami 54 (Whiteside, Bosh 10), Indiana 49 (Mahinmi 12). AssistsMiami 14 (Dragic 7), Indiana 22 (Ellis 6). Total Fouls-Miami 16, Indiana 13.

A-16,184 (18,165).

Hornets 123, Grizzlies 99 Memphis, Tenn.

— Kemba Walker had 33 points and six assists, Nicolas Batum added 20 points and Charlotte beat Memphis.

The Hornets hit 18 of 37 shots from three-point range, with Walker and Batum each shooting 5 of 8 from beyond the arc.

Marc Gasol led the Grizzlies with 17 points.

CHARLOTTE (123) Hairston 1-4 0-0 2, Williams 3-7 0-0 7, Zeller 1-5 0-0 2, Walker 12-19 4-5 33, Batum 7-11 1-1 20, Kaminsky 4-6 6-6 15, Hawes 0-2 8-8 8, Lin 4-10 6-7 16, Lamb 4-8 1-1 10, Hansbrough 1-2 1-2 4, Daniels 1-2 0-0 3, Roberts 0-1 0-0 0, Harrison 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 39-78 27-30 123.

MEMPHIS (99) Je.Green 2-8 2-4 6, Randolph 5-9 3-4 13, Gasol 5-11 7-8 17, Conley 4-8 6-7 16, Allen 5-11 0-0 10, Lee 4-9 2-2 12, Barnes 4-14 0-0 11, Chalmers 0-3 6-8 6, Ja.Green 2-5 2-4 6, Smith 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals 32-80 28-37 99.

Charlotte 29 30 34 30—123 Memphis 35 19 19 26 — 99 Three-Point Goals-Charlotte 18-37 (Walker 5-8, Batum 5-8, Lin 2-5, Harrison 1-1, Daniels 1-1, Hansbrough 1-1, Kaminsky 1-2, Lamb 1-3, Williams 1-5, Hairston 0-3), Memphis 7-20 (Barnes 3-7, Lee 2-4, Conley 2-4, Allen 0-1, Randolph 0-1, Je.Green 0-1, Chalmers 0-2). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Charlotte 50 (Kaminsky, Williams 6), Memphis 49 (Gasol 9).

Assists-Charlotte 23 (Walker 6), Memphis 19 (Gasol 5). Total FoulsCharlotte 24, Memphis 24. TechnicalsCharlotte defensive three second, Gasol. Flagrant Fouls-Hansbrough, Barnes. A-17,111 (18,119).

Spurs 109, Lakers 87 San Antonio — LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 points, Kawhi Leonard had 16 points and they each had 11 rebounds to lift San Antonio over Kobe Bryant and Los Angeles.

Rookie D’Angelo Russell had a career-high 24 points and added six assists and six rebounds for Los Angeles. Bryant had 12 points on 5-for-12 shooting in 29 minutes.

San Antonio’s depth and experience proved too much for the Lakers.

As time expired, Bryant ran over to give San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich a long hug, and the longtime competitors spoke for a couple of minutes. Bryant tapped his chest and pointed to the crowd, acknowledging the cheers and chants of “Kobe” as he walked off the court.

L.A. LAKERS (87) Bryant 5-12 1-2 12, Nance Jr. 1-3 0-0 2, Hibbert 2-8 0-0 4, Russell 9-23 1-2 24, Williams 7-12 3-3 19, Randle 2-9 0-0 4, Huertas 2-4 0-0 4, Young 2-6 1-1 6, Sacre 1-5 0-2 2, Kelly 2-2 0-0 4, Bass 3-3 0-0 6, Brown 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-88 6-10 87.

SAN ANTONIO (109) Leonard 6-12 4-4 16, Aldridge 11-20 2-5 24, Duncan 2-5 1-4 5, McCallum 2-8 0-0 5, Green 1-3 0-0 3, Mills 9-11 1-2 22, Ginobili 1-2 0-0 2, Anderson 0-1 0-0 0, Diaw 3-6 1-2 8, West 2-4 0-0 4, Simmons 2-3 5-5 9, Butler 2-3 1-2 5, Marjanovic 3-4 0-1 6. Totals 44-82 15-25 109.

L.A. Lakers 27 22 22 16 — 87 San Antonio 31 20 28 30—109 Three-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 9-25 (Russell 5-10, Williams 2-5, Young 1-3, Bryant 1-5, Huertas 0-2), San Antonio 6-14 (Mills 3-4, Diaw 1-1, McCallum 1-2, Green 1-3, Anderson 0-1, Butler 0-1, Leonard 0-2). Rebounds-L.A. Lakers 48 (Randle 7), San Antonio 56 (Leonard, Aldridge 11). Assists-L.A. Lakers 20 (Russell 6), San Antonio 26 (McCallum 5). Total Fouls-L.A. Lakers 21, San Antonio 13. Technicals-Bryant, San Antonio Coach Popovich. A-18,418 (18,797).

OKLAHOMA CITY (94) Durant 8-17 4-4 21, Ibaka 4-13 0-0 8, Adams 2-4 0-0 4, Roberson 3-5 0-0 7, Westbrook 8-19 6-6 24, Collison 0-0 1-2 1, Kanter 4-7 3-4 11, Waiters 5-9 0-0 10, Augustin 2-4 0-0 5, Morrow 1-1 0-0 3.

Totals 37-79 14-16 94.

UTAH (90) Hayward 5-11 5-6 19, Lyles 0-4 0-0 0, Favors 6-13 1-2 13, Hood 4-12 0-0 9, Neto 1-3 0-0 2, Burks 4-11 7-10 15, Booker 4-5 1-2 9, Burke 6-15 1-2 16, Millsap 0-1 1-2 1, Withey 3-3 0-0 6, Ingles 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-78 16-24 90.

Oklahoma City 27 25 20 22—94 Utah 15 29 23 23—90 Three-Point Goals-Oklahoma City 6-17 (Westbrook 2-4, Morrow 1-1, Roberson 1-1, Augustin 1-3, Durant 1-6, Waiters 0-2), Utah 8-28 (Hayward 4-6, Burke 3-8, Hood 1-6, Lyles 0-1, Millsap 0-1, Neto 0-2, Burks 0-4).

Rebounds-Oklahoma City 49 (Ibaka, Durant 8), Utah 48 (Hayward 8).

Assists-Oklahoma City 14 (Westbrook 7), Utah 17 (Burks 5). Total FoulsOklahoma City 19, Utah 16. A-19,911 (19,911).

Nuggets 111, Timberwolves 108, OT Denver — Danilo Gallinari hit a three-pointer to put Denver ahead late in overtime and Denver rallied to beat Minnesota.

Gallinari finished with a game-high 23 points, including nine in overtime. The Nuggets ended a five-game home losing streak.

It was tied at 104 when Gallinari rose up and drained a three to give the Nuggets the lead with 1:25 left.

Karl-Anthony Towns, who dominated the Nuggets in their home opener with 28 points and 14 rebounds on Oct. 30, hit a jumper to make it a onepoint game. Gallinari answered with a turnaround with 6.8 seconds left. He then hit two free throws with 2.8 seconds remaining.

Andrew Wiggins and Kevin Martin led Minnesota with 22 points apiece.

MINNESOTA (108) Wiggins 8-17 6-8 22, Garnett 1-2 0-0 2, Towns 6-11 2-2 14, Rubio 4-7 3-4 13, Martin 8-20 4-4 22, Prince 0-5 0-0 0, Bjelica 1-2 0-0 3, Dieng 2-4 4-4 8, LaVine 4-11 3-4 12, Muhammad 3-6 1-1 7, Rudez 1-2 2-2 5. Totals 38-87 25-29 108.

DENVER (111) Gallinari 6-14 8-8 23, Faried 4-8 6-15 14, Lauvergne 4-6 0-0 8, Mudiay 1-5 0-0 2, Harris 5-15 0-0 12, Nelson 7-12 2-2 20, Jokic 5-10 8-8 19, Barton 6-14 0-0 13, M.Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Foye 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 38-86 24-33 111.

Minnesota 29 27 22 22 8—108 Denver 23 18 32 27 11—111 3-Point Goals-Minnesota 7-19 (Rubio 2-2, Martin 2-7, Rudez 1-1, Bjelica 1-2, LaVine 1-4, Towns 0-1, Prince 0-2), Denver 11-28 (Nelson 4-7, Gallinari 3-5, Harris 2-6, Jokic 1-2, Barton 1-4, Lauvergne 0-1, Foye 0-1, Mudiay 0-2). Fouled Out-Rubio. ReboundsMinnesota 49 (Towns 9), Denver 61 (Faried 12). Assists-Minnesota 22 (Rubio 7), Denver 21 (Nelson 7).

Total Fouls-Minnesota 27, Denver 25.

A-12,533 (19,155).

Blazers 106, Suns 96 Phoenix — C.J. McCollum scored 26 points and made five three-pointers, Damian Lillard added 18 points and the Portland Trail Blazers held the Phoenix Suns to 12 fourth-quarter points in a 106-96 win Friday night.

Portland went on a 13-0 run in the fourth to take control after trailing by four to start the quarter.

McCollum and Lillard, one of highest-scoring guard duos in the NBA, hit three-pointers during the stretch.

Eric Bledsoe led the Suns with 31 points.

PORTLAND (106) Aminu 5-12 1-1 13, Vonleh 1-1 0-0 2, Plumlee 4-5 0-0 8, Lillard 8-21 1-2 18, McCollum 10-15 1-1 26, Crabbe 8-14 0-0 18, Leonard 1-8 0-0 2, Henderson 3-10 0-0 8, Davis 4-8 1-3 9, Harkless 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 45-96 4-7 106.

PHOENIX (96) Tucker 1-3 0-0 2, Leuer 6-8 0-0 13, Len 4-10 5-8 13, Bledsoe 12-26 3-5 31, Knight 0-12 1-1 1, Teletovic 5-12 1-2 15, Booker 3-4 0-0 8, Warren 1-2 1-2 3, Jefferson 2-3 0-0 4, Price 2-3 0-0 6.

Totals 36-83 11-18 96.

Portland 33 24 21 28—106 Phoenix 26 35 21 14 — 96 3-Point Goals-Portland 12-34 (McCollum 5-8, Henderson 2-5, Aminu 2-5, Crabbe 2-6, Lillard 1-7, Leonard 0-3), Phoenix 13-35 (Bledsoe 4-10, Teletovic 4-10, Booker 2-2, Price 2-3, Leuer 1-1, Tucker 0-1, Knight 0-8).

Rebounds-Portland 60 (Aminu 13), Phoenix 48 (Leuer, Len 8). AssistsPortland 23 (Lillard 7), Phoenix 21 (Knight 10). Total Fouls-Portland 14, Phoenix 9. Technicals-Portland defensive three second. A-17,028 (18,055).

How former Jayhawks fared Cliff Alexander, Portland Did not play, (coach’s decision) Darrell Arthur, Denver Did not play, (knee injury) Tarik Black, L.A. Lakers Did not play, (coach’s decision) Mario Chalmers, Memphis Min: 13. Pts: 6.

Reb: 3. Ast: 2.

Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Min: 15. Pts: 1.

Reb: 3. Ast: 0.

Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Did not play, inactive Drew Gooden, Washington Did not play, (calf injury) Sasha Kaun, Cleveland Min: 6. Pts: 0.

Reb: 0. Ast: 0.

Marcus Morris, Detroit Min: 34. Pts: 21.

Reb: 8. Ast: 4.

Markieff Morris, Phoenix Did not play, (coach’s decision) Kelly Oubre, Washington Min: 8. Pts: 0.

Reb: 0. Ast: 0.

Brandon Rush, Golden State Min: 16. Pts: 4.

Reb: 4. Ast: 0.

Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota Min: 35. Pts: 22.

Reb: 3. Ast: 1.

Jeff Withey, Utah Min: 11. Pts: 6.

Reb: 1. Ast: 0.

STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division

Charlotte Atlanta Miami Orlando Washington Central Division

Cleveland Indiana Chicago Detroit Milwaukee

W 15 13 10 7 1

L 9 10 14 15 23

Pct .625 .565 .417 .318 .042

GB — 1½ 5 7 14

W L Pct GB 14 8 .636 — 14 10 .583 1 12 9 .571 1½ 12 11 .522 2½ 9 12 .429 4½ W L Pct 15 7 .682 13 8 .619 12 8 .600 13 11 .542 9 15 .375

WESTERN CONFERENCE

GB — 1½ 2 3 7

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 19 5 .792 — Dallas 13 10 .565 5½ Memphis 13 11 .542 6 Houston 11 12 .478 7½ New Orleans 6 16 .273 12 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 15 8 .652 — Utah 10 11 .476 4 Portland 10 14 .417 5½ Minnesota 9 13 .409 5½ Denver 9 14 .391 6 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 24 0 1.000 — L.A. Clippers 13 10 .565 10½ Phoenix 10 14 .417 14 Sacramento 9 15 .375 15 L.A. Lakers 3 20 .130 20½ Thursday’s Games Brooklyn 100, Philadelphia 91 Chicago 83, L.A. Clippers 80 Oklahoma City 107, Atlanta 94 Sacramento 99, New York 97 Friday’s Games Indiana 96, Miami 83 Detroit 107, Philadelphia 95 Cleveland 111, Orlando 76 Toronto 90, Milwaukee 83 Golden State 124, Boston 119,2OT New Orleans 107, Washington 105 Charlotte 123, Memphis 99 Denver 111, Minnesota 108, OT Oklahoma City 94, Utah 90 Portland 106, Phoenix 96 San Antonio 109, L.A. Lakers 87 Today’s Games L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 4 p.m.

Boston at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Chicago, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Houston, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Portland, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Minnesota at Phoenix, 2:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Miami, 5 p.m.

Utah at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

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FSHS boys Veritas girls win; boys fall to Cornerstone CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C

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LAWRENCE HIGH JUNIOR GUARD JACKSON MALLORY (31) looks to the scoreboard late in the Lions 77-68 loss to Lee’s Summit (Missouri) in the championship game of the Blue Valley Shootout on Friday at BVHS. At right is the Lions’ Fred Brou.

Lawrence High boys fall in BV title game

By Chris Duderstadt cduderstadt@ljworld.com

Stilwell — Lawrence High boys basketball coach Mike Lewis has not often found himself needing to have his Lions play a zone defense over the past few seasons.

With Lawrence High trailing Lee’s Summit, Missouri, 57-40, early in the third quarter of Friday’s Blue Valley Shootout, Lewis needed to do something to slow the Tigers’ guard combo of Nick Larkin and Blake Spellman. The defensive change from man-toman to a 2-3 zone slowed down the Tigers, but it was too little, too late, as Lawrence High fell to Lee’s Summit, 77-68.

“It helped us, I think, to contain them a bit more,” Lewis said. “One of their players (Larkin), the little left-handed guard, was really getting to the rim.

We thought, ‘Well, let’s try the zone and see how it goes.’ It happened to work out for us and get us back into the game.”

Larkin was 7-for-7 from the field for 16 of his gamehigh 20 points in the first half. The LHS zone took Larkin and the Tigers out

of their rhythm, though, and it’s something that Lewis said he might use more often.

“I think on occasion we’re able to pull that out in certain situations and just try to mix it up defensively,” Lewis said.

Although Larkin’s hot shooting stole the show early, the game had a little extra meaning for Lawrence High senior Justin Roberts because of one of the Tigers’ other guards. Roberts has played AAU ball with LSHS senior Blake Spellman with Run GMC, and while he enjoyed matching up against his friend, he was more focused on how to help the Lions learn from their first loss of the season.

“It was nice to play against him,” Roberts said of Spellman, who netted 12 points. “I haven’t seen him in a while, so it was good to see him again. I just didn’t play my game.

I didn’t play very well.

As a team, we could have played a lot better.”

Roberts scored 15 points on 4-of-12 shooting and a perfect 6-of-6 from the line. Friday marked the first time Roberts had played games on back-to-

back days since tearing his left ACL at the beginning of AAU season in April.

“I was a little bit sore,” Roberts said. “Coach tried to limit my minutes so I could get my strength back. I was tired, but that’s no excuse.”

Roberts and fellow senior guard Anthony Harvey helped fuel the Lions’ second-half charge.

“A bunch of guys were talking in the huddle, and we weren’t going to give up,” Harvey said. “We were going to play our hearts out.”

The Lions (4-1) will play against Lee’s Summit West at 4 p.m. Thursday in HyVee Shootout at Avila University.

LAWRENCE HIGH (68) Justin Roberts 4-12 6-6 17, Fred Brou 3-8 2-4 8, Anthony Harvey 6-9 0-0 16, Jackson Mallory 1-6 1-2 3, Kobe Buffalomeat 5-10 0-1 10, Braden Solko 0-0 1-2 1, Austin Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Noah Butler 0-0 1-2 1, Price Morgan 4-9 4-7 12. Totals 23-56 15-24 68.

LEE’S SUMMIT (77) Nick Larkin 8-11 3-3 20, Blake Spellman 3-12 5-5 12, Delshaun Pressly 3-3 0-0 6, Oliver Edwards 1-7 2-5 5, Edward Wilson 0-1 0-0 0, Somaj Brewer 1-5 0-0 3, Marquawn Wilson 5-11 5-5 15, Isiah Sears 4-7 7-7 15.

Totals 25-54 22-25 77.

Lawrence 10 16 15 27 — 68 Lee’s Summit 21 21 13 22 — 77 Three-point goals: Lawrence 7-22 (Harvey 4, Roberts 3); Lee’s Summit 4-14 (Brewer, Edwards, Larkin, Spellman). Turnovers: Lawrence 12, Lee’s Summit 8.

The Jaguars went 2-for-5 at the free throw line in the final three minutes with two missed threes and a turnover.

“I didn’t have any doubt that we weren’t going to win this game,” said Gudde, who scored 12 points. “I don’t think anyone else did. I think that’s why we won.”

The Firebirds (2-0) trailed by only one point with one minute left in the third quarter before Mill Valley senior guard Kasey Conklin drilled three triples on three straight possessions for a personal 9-0 run. Conklin scored a game-high 23 points, shooting 7-for-12 from behind the arc.

Mill Valley (2-1, ranked No. 5 in Class 5A) drained 11 three-pointers in the contest, including seven in the first half. The Firebirds struggled to slow sharpshooters Conklin, Kaifes, senior guards Logan Koch and Jaison Widmer on the perimeter, and the Firebirds had to overcome a size disadvantage in the post against 6-8 forward Clayton Holmberg.

“I mean, they had four people that might be the best shooters on the court,” Gudde said. “So it’s kind of hard to guard that.”

But when the Firebirds needed stops, they found ways to contest shots.

Mill Valley shot 2-of-8 from the floor in the last seven minutes.

“I don’t think I’ve ever beat a team that made 11 threes,” Stroh said.

“That’s a great team.

They are going to be one of the top teams in 5A and compete for their league.

It took an all-out effort for 32 minutes.”

Rawls scored 15 of his team-high 21 points in the second half, driving through the paint for layups and finishing through contact. Wilburn added 19 points and six rebounds.

“It was my first big varsity game, but at the same time, I feel like I’ve done it tons of times in practice,” said Rawls, noting the Firebirds work on situational basketball in practice each day.

After the final buzzer,

Anger fuels FSHS girls

By Bobby Nightengale bnightengale@ljworld.com

Free State High girls basketball players were angry at halftime Friday, frustrated with how they were playing in their home opener against Mill Valley.

In the second half, the Firebirds decided to use some of that anger to spark their defense. Free State forced eight turnovers in the second half, which helped the offense find some rhythm in a 5546 victory at FSHS. The Firebirds (3-0, ranked No. 4 in Class 6A) trailed by 13 points in third quarter before senior guard Caiti Schlesener hit two free throws, and sophomore point guard Cameryn Thomas helped force turnovers on back-to-back possessions with aggressive defense at mid-court.

That was the start of a 19-3 run over the final 5 1/2 minutes of the third quarter, taking a three-point lead into the fourth quarter when junior forward Madison Piper drilled a buzzer-beating triple.

“I think we felt a little embarrassed,” Thomas said. “We just came out and played defense really well, and we played aggressive. That changed everything.”

The Firebirds hounded the ball with their quick guards in the fourth quarter, grabbing steals and turning them into fast-

come to me, and my teammates helped get me open. Cameryn set the tone, honestly.”

In the fourth quarter, the Jaguars (1-2, ranked No. 7 in Class 5A) tied the game, 44-all, on a layup by sophomore guard Adde Hinkle with six minutes remaining. But Free State senior guard Hannah Walter responded with a layup, assisted from Two Hearts.

Two minutes later, Piper hit two free throws, and Schlesener ran past defenders for two layups and a 52-45 lead.

The Firebirds jumped up and down by their bench following their comeback victory.

“First half, we struggled,” Piper said. “We didn’t come out ready.

Sam Goodwin/Special to the Journal-World We didn’t play our game.

FREE STATE HIGH FORWARD HANNAH WALTER DRIVES into In the locker room, we the Mill Valley defense in the Firebirds’ 55-46 victory on were mad and decided Friday at FSHS. that was behind us.”

The Firebirds will travbreak points. Thomas, Midway through the el to Lawrence High for Piper, senior forward third quarter, Piper the City Showdown at Peyton Brown and soph- scored on two straight 5:30 p.m. Friday. omore guard Jaelyn Two possessions, adding a Valley (46) Hearts each finished with block on defense. She fin- Mill Courtney Carlson 2-5 0-0 4, Evan at least two steals. ished with a game-high Zars 1-4 2-4 4, Catie Kaifes 7-11 3-5 Piper, who was held 25 points, eight rebounds 19, Gabby Hopkins 0-3 0-0 0, Ashlyn 3-6 2-3 8, Adde Hinkle 3-6 to five points on 2-of-9 and three steals. Piper Hendrix 1-2 8, Presley Barton 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 17-38 8-14 46. shooting in the first half, was also guarding Mill State (55) scored 20 points in the Valley’s top offensive Free Cameryn Thomas 1-4 3-3 5, Caiti second half, including player, senior Catie Kai- Schlesener 2-6 2-2 6, Madison Piper 9-18 3-4 25, Hannah Walter 2-2 2-3 6, 11 in the third quarter. fes, who finished with 19 Peyton Brown 2-4 2-4 6, Jaycie Bishop She found her smooth points and 10 boards.

2-5 0-0 4, Jaleyn Two Hearts 1-4 0-0 3.

19-43 12-16 55. shooting stroke in the “I think I was trying Totals Mill Valley 16 14 9 7 — 46 transition offense when too hard,” Piper said of Free State 8 10 24 13 — 55 Three-point goals: Mill Valley 4-14 the Jaguars weren’t face- her first half. “I was forc2, Hinkle, Barton); Free State guarding her with junior ing myself. In the second (Kaifes 5-14 (Piper 4, Two Hearts). Turnovers: Courtney Carlson. half, I just let the game Mill Valley 17, Free State 16.

J-W Staff Reports

Cornerstone boys 76, Veritas 73, OT Veritas Christian School committed a whopping 29 fouls, and Cornerstone Family took advantage.

Boosted by a huge edge in free-throw points, Cornerstone escaped with a 76-63 overtime victory in high school boys basketball on Friday at the Corpus Christi gym.

Cornerstone outscored Veritas 25-7 from the line.

The Eagles trailed by 16 points late in the third quarter but took a onepoint lead with a minute left in regulation.

Miles Dressler led the Eagles with 18 points.

He was joined in double figures by Chad Stieben (15), Trey Huslig (12) and Michael Rask and Kalim Dowdell (10 apiece).

Noah Frederick went 6-for-7 from three-point range to lead Cornerstone with 34 points.

The Eagles (3-1) will play today at Topeka Heritage.

Cornerstone 11 17 24 13 11 — 75 Veritas 13 11 16 25 8 — 73 Cornerstone — Noah Frederick 34, Matthew Hochuli 20, Cody Heiland 11, Caleb Powell 7, Andrew Mercer 4.

Veritas — Miles Dressler 18, Chad Stieben 15, Trey Huslig 12, Michael Rask 10, Kalim Dowdell 10, Mark Weinhold 4.

Veritas girls 51, Topeka Cornerstone 32 Chloe Holland scored 15 points, and Veritas Christian rolled to a 5132 girls basketball victory over Topeka Cornerstone on Friday night.

“It was probably the best we’ve looked overall in the early season,” Veritas coach Kevin Shelton said, “both defensively and offensively.”

Emma Wilson scored 10 points and Tori Huslig added nine point for the Eagles.

Veritas (2-1) will play today at Topeka Heritage.

Cornerstone 9 9 7 5 — 32 Veritas 16 14 15 6 — 51 Cornerstone — Allison Holloway 2, Cydnee Birtell 2, Anna Holloway 5, Olivia Hamilton 21, Michaela Bryant 1, Eryon Birtell 1.

Veritas — Alyssa Krestan 4, Holly Scott 5, Titi Shepherd 8, Tori Huslig 9, Emma Wilson 10, Chloe Holland 15.

Heights rips LHS girls J-W Staff Reports

Tecumseh — E’lease Stafford scored 13 points, but two single-digit quarters doomed Lawrence High to a 70-51 girls basketball loss to Shawnee Heights on Friday.

Hannah Stewart had seven points for the Lions, who trailed 36-14 at halftime.

LHS will host Topeka West on Monday.

LAWRENCE (51) Talima Harjo 2 0-0 4, Skylar Drum 2 0-0 5, E’lease Stafford 6 0-2 13, Olivia Lemus 2 0-0 6, Hannah Stewart 3 1-4 7, Alexis Boyd 1 1-3 3, Emma Bentzinger 1 0-0 3, Chisom Ajekwu 3 0-1 6, Gracie Reinsch 0 2-6 2, Leslie Ostronic 1 0-0 2.

Totals 21 4-16 51.

SHAWNEE HEIGHTS (70) Jazz Sweet 7 5-6 19, Mikala Wells 1 2-2 4, Blaize Burgess 4 0-1 10, Lydia Ostensen 4 2-2 11, Alexis Ramos 1 0-0 3, Valerie Golder 5 0-1 10, Faith Rottinghaus 1 0-1 2, Morgan Cape 0 1-2 1, Russell 1 2-2 4, Ray Owens 2 3-4 8. Totals 26 13-19 70.

Lawrence 7 7 18 19 — 51 Shawnee 16 20 22 12 — 70 Three-point goals: Lawrence 5 (Lemus 2, Drum, Bentzinger Stafford); Shawnee Heights 5 (Burgess 2, Ostenson, Ramos, Owens).

BRIEFLY Lions’ Johnson paces swimmers Olathe — Lawrence High’s Stephen Johnson claimed the city’s only individual victories — in the 200 and 500 freestyle — to pace the Lions to a fourth-place finish at the Olathe Swimming and Diving Invitational on Friday.

Johnson won the 200 free in 1:46.77 and the 500 free in 4:56.89.

The Lions’ Izaiah Bowie placed fourth in diving with 366.25 points as the Lions scored 116 team points.

Blue Valley North won the team title with 313 and was followed by Shawnee Mission East (258) and Blue Valley Northwest (157.5).

Free State was 10th with 48 points.

Chad Bourdon placed third in diving with 385.25 points to pace the Firebirds. Chad Anderson added a ninth-place finish in the 500 free in 5:35.83.

Three Lions undefeated Eudora — After the first day of the Eudora Tournament of Champions, three Lawrence High wrestlers have remained unbeaten.

Jay Cheatham (138 pounds), Tucker Wilson (160) and Santino Gee (170) all won their first three matches of the tournament.

The Lions will return to the tournament at 9 a.m. today.

AREA ROUNDUP

Baldwin boys suffer first loss of season Leading the way for the Bulldogs was senior Boys guard Kyna Smith, who finished with a gameLouisburg 69, Baldwin 52 high 16 points. Baldwin Louisburg — Louisimproved to 3-1. burg High handed Baldwin its first boys basket- Baldwin 10 19 16 12 — 57 4 10 13 16 — 43 ball loss of the season in Iola Baldwin — Abby Ogle 5, Taylor the championship game Cawley 5, Megann Lawrenz 9, Kyna of the Bulldog-Wildcat Smith 16, Madeline Neufeld 8, Lily Fursman 10, Riley O’Rourke 2, Kayla Classic on Friday.

Kurtz 2 Jackson Barth led Baldwin with 11 points.

Perry-Lecompton 53 Riverside 28 Louisburg 20 18 14 17 — 69 Wathena — PerryBaldwin 11 16 14 11 — 52 Baldwin — Austin Ward 6, Hunter Lecompton held RiverRamierz 8, Nick Pattrick 3, Jeremy Williams 6, Henry Letner 2, Jayce side to four points in the Dighans 5, Jackson Barth 11, Tanner first half.

J-W Staff Reports

Jackman 5

Girls

Perry Lecompton 14 11 12 16 — 53 Riverside 4 0 12 12 — 28 Perry-Lecompton — Katelynn Wampler 4, Sam Mallonee 15, Lexia Jamison 12, Abbi Folks 17, Shelby Easum 5.

Baldwin 57, Iola 43 Louisburg — Baldwin’s girls played perhaps Ottawa 46, their best defense of the Tonganoxie 34 5 6 10 13 — 34 season in defeating Iola Tonganoxie Ottawa 11 13 2 20 — 46 in the third-place contest Tonganoxie — Price 9, Lee 8, Hall 8, 5, Willson 4. of the Bulldog-Wildcat Ford Ottawa — Ferguson 17, Shaffer 14, Classic.

Whiate 10, Lane 2, DeVore 2, Wray 1.

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Saturday, December 12, 2015

SPORTS

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SCOREBOARD

BIG 12 BASKETBALL

TCU escapes Prairie View The Associated Press

Fort Worth, Texas — Vladimir Brodziansky had 16 points on 7-of-7 shooting, and TCU nearly doubled its first-half offensive output to pull away from winless Prairie View A&M for a 73-55 victory Friday night.

Prairie View A&M (0-8) remains one of six teams in Div. I basketball without a win, but challenged TCU (5-4) early on. The Horned Frogs led 26-23 at halftime in a foul-laden, turnoverfilled struggle from the opening tip.

The teams committed a total of 58 fouls, with 33 on the Panthers, and 44 turnovers, including 23

by TCU. TCU connected on 15 of its 26 second-half field-goal attempts. Prior to halftime, the teams combined to shoot just 13-of-49 from the field,

including 1-of-15 from three-point range.

Devonta Abron had 12 points and 10 boards for the Horned Frogs, who improved to 33-1 all-time against schools from the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Admassu Williams led the Panthers with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Tyler Miller added 12 points.

PRAIRIE VIEW (0-8) Miller 5-7 2-4 12, Williams 6-14 7-8 19, Johnson 2-5 0-0 4, Bellinger 1-10 6-8 8, Blakely 0-1 0-2 0, Lomax 0-2 0-0 0, Giddings 0-3 0-2 0, Shaw 0-0 0-0 0, Hamilton 2-4 2-2 6, Wilson 0-1 0-0 0, York 2-6 2-2 6. Totals 18-53 19-28 55.

TCU (5-4) Brodziansky 7-7 1-2 16, Shepherd 3-6 2-4 8, M. Williams 0-3 2-2 2, Trent 1-10 7-11 9, Parrish 3-5 1-2 8, Shreiner 0-0 2-2 2, Collins 3-7 1-1 9, Miller 2-2 3-7 7, Dry 0-2 0-0 0, Abron 3-4 6-7 12. Totals 22-46 25-38 73.

Halftime-TCU 26-23. 3-Point GoalsPrairie View 0-10 (York 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Bellinger 0-2, Hamilton 0-2, Giddings 0-3), TCU 4-15 (Collins 2-5, Brodziansky 1-1, Parrish 1-3, Dry 0-1, M. Williams 0-1, Trent 0-4). Fouled Out-Johnson, York. Rebounds-Prairie View 34 (Williams 12), TCU 38 (Abron 10). Assists-Prairie View 10 (Blakely 6), TCU 16 (Trent 6). Total Fouls-Prairie View 33, TCU 25. Technicals-Johnson, Trent. A-4,658.

Franklin Templeton Shootout

Friday At Ritz-Carlton Resort (Tiburon GC) Naples, Fla. Purse: $3.1 million Yardage: 7,288; Par: 72 Second Round Daniel Berger & Charley Hoffman

60-64—124 Jason Dufner & Brandt Snedeker

61-64—125 Harris English & Matt Kuchar

58-67—125 Billy Horschel & Hunter Mahan

59-68—127 Graeme McDowell & Gary Woodland

59-70—129 Cameron Tringale & Camilo Villegas

60-69—129 Charles Howell III & Rory Sabbatini

62-68—130 J.B. Holmes & Patrick Reed

61-69—130 Zach Johnson & Patrick Rodgers

64-67—131 Sean O’Hair & Mike Weir

65-67—132 Kenny Perry & Steve Stricker

65-67—132 Retief Goosen & Danny Lee

63-72—135

NFL

Sunday’s Games Detroit at St. Louis, noon San Diego at Kansas City, noon Washington at Chicago, noon Buffalo at Philadelphia, noon San Francisco at Cleveland, noon New Orleans at Tampa Bay, noon Tennessee at N.Y. Jets, noon Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, noon Indianapolis at Jacksonville, noon Atlanta at Carolina, noon Seattle at Baltimore, noon Oakland at Denver, 3:05 p.m.

Dallas at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m.

New England at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game N.Y. Giants at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 17 Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 7:25 p.m.

College Men

EAST Pittsburgh 84, E. Washington 51 SOUTH SC-Upstate 70, North Greenville 58 MIDWEST N. Dakota St. 69, North Dakota 67 Valparaiso 71, Chicago St. 53 SOUTHWEST TCU 73, Prairie View 55 UT Martin 72, Texas Rio Grande Valley 64

Big 12 Men Eric Gay/AP Fle Photo

TEXAS COACH SHAKA SMART SIGNALS TO HIS PLAYERS during the first half of the Longhorns’ game Dec. 4 against Samford in Austin, Texas.

Texas faces big test today Austin, Texas (ap) — Shaka Smart’s first season at Texas has been anything but sharp.

Excruciatingly long road trips bounced Texas around half the globe’s time zones, from China to the Bahamas and back again before Thanksgiving, producing three losses in the first five games.

The Longhorns (5-3) returned home to find paltry crowds coming out to see their new coach and new-look game after years of what might best be described as successful stagnation under former coach Rick Barnes: good regular seasons followed by postseason flops.

Now Smart faces his first “big” game with the Longhorns, facing No. 3 North Carolina (7-1) today. The Tar Heels started the season No. 1 and have their best player, Marcus Paige, back on the court after a preseason injury.

“I think it would be nice to have a win tomorrow for a lot of reasons, playing one of the best teams in the country, one of the best programs in the country,” Smart said.

“What a win like this would do is build a lot of confidence.”

Smart has been pretty honest in saying his team lacks a lot of “naturally confident guys” but senses that could be building with a three-game winning streak heading into Saturday.

“I think we still have a ways to go,” Smart said.

There have been glimpses of the “havoc” pace and pressure Smart used at VCU but it has yet to become a Longhorns’ trademark.

North Carolina coach Roy Williams said he’s preparing for the aggressive, pressure style Smart is known for.

“I would think it’s a

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Big 12 Overall

W L W L Iowa State 0 0 8 0 Oklahoma 0 0 6 0 Kansas 0 0 7 1 Baylor 0 0 7 1 Kansas State 0 0 7 1 West Virginia 0 0 7 1 Texas Tech 0 0 6 1 Oklahoma State 0 0 5 3 Texas 0 0 5 3 TCU 0 0 5 4 Friday’s Game TCU 73, Prairie View 55 Today’s Games Kansas vs. Oregon State at Kansas City, Mo., 7 p.m. (ESPN2) North Carolina at Texas, 4:15 p.m.

(ESPN) Kansas State at Texas A&M, 4:30 p.m. (SEC) Oral Roberts at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

(SSTV) Oklahoma State vs. Minnesota at Sioux Falls, S.D. (BTN) Sunday’s Games Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Iowa State, 5 p.m.

ULM at West Virginia, 5 p.m.

change in what they’re doing and it’s hard to get them where Shaka wants them to be, I’m sure, but it’s good enough that we worked press offense KU Men yesterday and we’ll work Nov. 4 — Pittsburg State (exhibipress offense again to- tion), W 89-66 Nov. 10 — Fort Hays State (exhibiday,” Williams said. tion), W 95-59 Nov. 13 — Northern Colorado, W Longhorns fans had be(1-0) come bored of the early 109-72 Nov. 17 — Michigan State at Chicago ousters in the NCAA United Center, L 73-79 (1-1) Nov. 23 — Chaminade at Maui tournament. Former ath- Invitational, W 123-72 (2-1) letic director Steve PatNov. 24 — UCLA at Maui Invitational, W 92-73 (3-1) terson fired Barnes after Nov. 25 — Vanderbilt at Maui another exit last March Invitational, W 70-63 (4-1) Dec. 1 — Loyola (Md.), W 94-61 (5-1) and hired Smart, the upDec. 5 — Harvard, W 75-69 (6-1) and-coming coach at Dec. 9 — Holy Cross, W 92-59 (7-1) Virginia Commonwealth Today — Oregon State at Kansas City Shootout, Sprint Center, 7 p.m. who had been on just Dec. 19 — Montana, 1 p.m. about everyone’s short Dec. 22 — at San Diego State, 10 p.m.

Dec. 29 — UC Irvine, 8 p.m. list of candidates the last Jan. 2 — Baylor, 3 p.m. few years. After spurning Jan. 4 — Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

Jan. 9 — at Texas Tech, 8 p.m. previous chances to leave Jan. 12 — at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

VCU, Smart finally said Jan. 16 — TCU, 1 p.m.

Jan. 19 — at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m. yes to the Texas offer.

Jan. 23 — Texas, 1 p.m.

Texas fans have yet to Jan. 25 —at Iowa State, 8 p.m. really take notice. AttenJan. 30 — Kentucky in Big 12/SEC Challenge, Allen Fieldhouse, TBA dance at Tuesday’s 116-51 Feb. 3 — Kansas State, 8 p.m. win over Texas-San AnFeb. 6 — at TCU, 11 a.m.

Feb. 9 — West Virginia, 6 p.m. tonio was maybe half the Feb. 13 — at Oklahoma, 1 p.m. official announced crowd Feb. 15 — Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 20 — at Kansas State, 5 p.m. of about 9,600.

Feb. 23 —at Baylor, 7 p.m.

“That’s a heartbreakFeb. 27 — Texas Tech, 11 a.m. or 1 p.m.

Feb. 29 — at Texas, 8 p.m. er,” Longhorns center March 5 — Iowa State, TBA Cam Ridley said after the March 9-12 — Big 12 tournament at game. “We go to one of Kansas City, Mo. the biggest schools in the College Women country.”

EAST Freshman guard Tevin Army 71, NJIT 35 UConn 73, Florida St. 49 Mack called it “kind of a SOUTH letdown.”

Maryland 94, Southern U. 61 Texas expects a much MIDWEST Drake 100, William Penn 61 better turnout for the Gonzaga 57, Dayton 47 Tar Heels, who have won IUPUI 85, SIU-Edwardsville 67 Indiana 65, Samford 56, OT four in a row since a surIowa St. 69, Iowa 66 prising loss at Northern Tennessee 58, Wichita St. 51 SOUTHWEST Iowa.

Angelo St. 85, Texas A&M-CC 80 North Carolina seems FAR WEST Idaho St. 80, Boise St. 77 to be finding found its rhythm after the early 12 Women stumble. Paige missed the Big

Big 12 Overall W L W L first six games due to a Baylor 0 9 0 hand injury, but returned Oklahoma State 0 0 0 7 0 to score 20 in a win over Texas 0 0 7 0 Oklahoma 0 0 8 1 No. 2 Maryland. The Tar Kansas State 0 0 7 1 Heels then romped over Texas Tech 0 0 6 1 0 0 7 2 previously unbeaten Da- TCU West Virginia 0 0 6 2 vidson.

Iowa State 0 0 5 3 0 0 4 4 Williams won’t call his Kansas Game team ready for the post- Friday’s Iowa State 69, Iowa 66 Today’s Games season just yet.

Notre Dame v. TCU, 11 a.m.

“Neither of us have Texas Tech at Santa Clara, 4 p.m. our team where we want Sunday’s Games Stanford at Texas, noon (ESPN) them to be,” Williams Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Iowa State, said. noon

Navy at Kansas, 2 p.m. (TWCSC) McNeese State at Baylor, 2 p.m.

UTSA at Oklahoma, 2 p.m. (SSTV) West Virginia at Marshall, 3 p.m.

Florida Atlantic at Kansas State, 4 p.m.

Kansas Women

Nov. 1 — Pittsburg State (exhibition), W 80-54 Nov. 8 — Emporia State (exhibition), W 68-57 Nov. 15 — Texas Southern, W 72-65 (1-0) Nov. 19 — Memphis, W 72-63 (2-0) Nov. 23 — at Arizona, L 52-67 (2-1) Nov. 27 — Northern Illinois at SMU Thanksgiving Classic, Dallas, W 66-58 (3-1) Nov. 28 — SMU at SMU Thanksgiving Classic, Dallas, L 64-73 (3-2) Dec. 2 — Creighton, W 67-54 (4-2) Dec. 6 — St. John’s, L 71-86 (4-3) Dec. 10 — UMKC, L 44-47 (4-4) Dec. 13 — Navy, 2 p.m.

Dec. 20 — Washington State, 7 p.m.

Dec. 22 — Oral Roberts, 7 p.m.

Dec. 30 — at Oklahoma, TBA Jan. 3 — West Virginia, TBA Jan. 6 — Baylor, TBA Jan. 9 — at Iowa State, TBA Jan. 13 — Texas, TBA Jan. 16 — at West Virginia, TBA Jan. 20 — Kansas State, TBA Jan. 24 — Oklahoma State, TBA Jan. 27 — at Texas, TBA Jan. 30 — at Texas Tech, TBA Feb. 2 — Iowa State, TBA Feb. 6 — at Baylor, TBA Feb. 13 — at Kansas State, TBA Feb. 17 — TCU, TBA Feb. 20 — Oklahoma, TBA Feb. 24 — at Oklahoma State, TBA Feb. 27 — Texas Tech, TBA Feb. 29 — at TCU, TBA March 4-7 — Big 12 tournament at Oklahoma City

High School Boys

Abilene 63, Augusta 62, OT Andover 56, Andover Central 49 Argonia 53, Central Burden 40 Atchison 53, Savannah, Mo. 50 Axtell 53, Linn 20 Basehor-Linwood 64, Topeka Hayden 36 Bishop Miege 86, Gardner-Edgerton 66 BV Randolph 67, St. Xavier 26 BV West 54, Blue Valley Southwest 53 Centralia 64, Wetmore 20 Concordia 72, Smoky Valley 52 Derby 60, Wichita Campus 32 DeSoto 59, Excelsior Springs, Mo. 47 Doniphan West 62, Frankfort 56 Garden City 40, Wichita Trinity 28 Girard 60, Baxter Springs 40 Goddard-Eisenhower 81, Arkansas City 58 Hays-TMP-Marian 62, Hill City 47 Heritage Christian 44, Pleasant Ridge 29 Holcomb 63, Lewis-Palmer, Colo. 48 Holton 57, Atchison County 37 Labette County 65, Santa Fe Trail 41 Lawrence Free State 68, Mill Valley 63 Lyndon 37, Chase County 32 Maize 63, Hutchinson 44 Maize South 64, Goddard 42 McPherson 83, Winfield 28 Medicine Valley, Neb. 59, OberlinDecatur 32 Rock Creek 65, Council Grove 47 Royal Valley 63, Hiawatha 54 Sabetha 47, Jefferson West 30 Salina Central 73, Newton 64 Salina South 62, Buhler 53 SM Northwest 46, Washburn Rural 43 SM South 39, Booker T. Washington, Okla. 38 St. Thomas Aquinas 58, BV North 53 Sylvan-Lucas 36, Glasco/MiltonvaleSouthern Cloud 19 Topeka Seaman 67, Lansing 51 Troy 70, Hanover 66 Valley Falls 44, Oskaloosa 28 Wamego 59, Nemaha Central 41 Washington County 64, Wakefield 41 Wichita East 50, Wichita Bishop Carroll 48 Wichita Heights 76, Wichita Northwest 42 Blue Valley Tournament Seventh Place KC Wyandotte 60, KC Sumner 58 Third Place Blue Valley Stillwell 70, Highland Park 62 Brewster (SageBrush)Tournament Logan 71, Healy 30 Chapman Tournament Chapman 37, El Dorado 32 Salina Sacred Heart 69, Rossville 62 Fairfield Tournament Flinthills 39, Otis-Bison 37 Oxford 41, Fairfield 27 Garden Plain Tournament Emporia 62, Rose Hill 30 Goessel Tournament Burrton 60, Hutchinson Central Christian 37 Goodland Tournament Semifinal Norton 56, Wallace County 50 Herington Tournament Southeast Saline 69, Centre 26 Hugoton Tournament Semifinal Ulysses 39, Lakin 38 Kingman Tournament Sterling 75, Wichita Sunrise 65 Lakeside Tournament St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 74, Thunder Ridge 33 Larned Tournament Semifinal Larned 59, Hoisington 52 St. John 59, Spearville 36 Leavenworth Tournament Consolation Semifinal KC Washington 56, Topeka 54 Wichita Life Prep 55, William Chrisman, Mo. 48 Lincoln Tournament Consolation Semifinal Nickerson 74, Russell 50 Semifinal Central Plains 53, Plainville 24 Louisburg Tournament Third Place Chanute 59, Burlington 38 Marion Tournament Berean Academy 55, Peabody-Burns 27 Minneapolis Tournament Minneapolis 49, Halstead 45 Moundridge Tournament Hillsboro 42, Lyons 40 Pike Valley Tournament Pike Valley 61, Smith Center 47 Pleasanton Tournament Drexel, Mo. 64, Pleasanton 45 Prairie View 39, Jayhawk Linn 28 Quinter Tournament Semifinal Ellis 79, Hoxie 75 Rolla Tournament Moscow 53, Elkhart 39 Shawnee Mission North Tournament Consolation Semifinal St. James Academy 57, SM East 55 Semifinal Olathe East 63, Barstow, Mo. 50 St. Mary’s Tournament Onaga 45, Mission Valley 44 Trego Tournament Consolation Semifinal Trego 49, Northern Valley 29 Semifinal Victoria 37, Stockton 30 Udall Tournament Cedar Vale/Dexter 50, ACCA 28 Yates Center Tournament Seventh Place Cherryvale 64, Altoona-Midway 6 Third Place Hartford 52, Southern Coffey 39

High School Girls

Abilene 75, Augusta 35 Andover Central 43, Andover 37 Argonia 44, Central Burden 23 Axtell 64, Linn 42 Beloit 41, Republic County 35, OT Bishop Miege 55, Gardner-Edgerton 36 Buhler 38, Salina South 30 BV Randolph 39, St. Xavier 9 Centralia 52, Wetmore 32 Chapman 36, El Dorado 23 Chase County 55, Lyndon 26 Council Grove 43, Rock Creek 29 Derby 54, Wichita Campus 33 Doniphan West 48, Frankfort 45 Garden City 36, Wichita Trinity 31 Girard 59, Baxter Springs 29 Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 55, Sylvan-Lucas 41 Goddard 42, Maize South 31 Goddard-Eisenhower 58, Arkansas City 31 Great Bend 65, Junction City 64 Hanover 57, Troy 42 Hiawatha 51, Royal Valley 45 Hill City 65, Hays-TMP-Marian 42 Holton 62, Atchison County 27 Horton 46, Jefferson North 32 Labette County 76, Santa Fe Trail 41 Lansing 47, Topeka Seaman 32 Maize 41, Hutchinson 26 McPherson 68, Winfield 52 Natoma 48, St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 34 Nemaha Central 61, Wamego 40 Norwich 43, Caldwell 19 Olathe Northwest 52, DeSoto, Mo. 46 Ottawa 46, Tonganoxie 34 Palmer Ridge, Colo. 60, KC Christian 13 Parsons 59, Galena 46 Perry-Lecompton 53, Riverside 28 Pratt 45, Andale 37 Sabetha 48, Jefferson West 40 Salina Central 44, Newton 41 Shawnee Heights 42, Lawrence 30 Silver Lake 53, Riley County 49 SM Northwest 49, Washburn Rural 48 Smoky Valley 47, Concordia 42 St. Thomas Aquinas 46, BV North 35 Valley Falls 61, Oskaloosa 23 Wichita Bishop Carroll 58, Wichita East 28 Wichita Heights 68, Wichita Northwest 24 Wichita West 51, Wichita Southeast 49 Wilson 39, Tescott 21 Brewster (Sagebrush) Tournament Logan 45, Healy 13 Central Heights Tournament Seventh Place Central Heights 28, Osawatomie 18 Third Place Independence 51, West Franklin 32 Chapman Tournament Rossville 69, Salina Sacred Heart 32 Cimarron Tournament Semi-Finals Meade 50, Sublette 37 Consolation Semifinal Satanta 58, Minneola 44 Circle Tournament Wichita Life Prep 52, Circle 35 Fairfield Tournament Fairfield 31, Oxford 18 Flinthills 59, Otis-Bison 47 Fowler Tournament Fowler 54, Deerfield 23 Ingalls 62, Ashland 33 Garden Plain Tournament Emporia 48, Rose Hill 34 Garden Plain 54, Hesston 48 Goessel Tournament Hutchinson Central Christian 40, Burrton 32 Goodland Tournament Consolation Semifinal Norton 56, Oakley 22 Semifinal Goodland 48, Wallace County 42 Herington Tournament Herington 43, Rural Vista 30 Southeast Saline 44, Centre 23 Hugoton Tournament Consolation Semifinal Hooker, Okla. 63, Southwestern Hts. 32 Lakin 48, Ulysses 44 Semifinal Hugoton 67, Perryton, Texas 50 Humboldt Tournament Humboldt 51, Erie 32 Uniontown 44, Crest 26 Kingman Tournament Kingman 43, Conway Springs 34 Sterling 57, Wichita Sunrise 28 Lakeside Tournament Lakeside 49, Osborne 33 Thunder Ridge 62, St. John’s BeloitTipton 34 Larned Tournament Semifinal Hoisington 40, Kiowa County 30 Spearville 48, St. John 36 Lincoln Tournament Consolation Semifinal Nickerson 52, Plainville 34 Semifinal Phillipsburg 42, Lincoln 34 Louisburg Tournament Fifth Place Anderson County 50, Louisburg 43 Championship Chanute 43, Burlington 31 Marion Tournament Berean Academy 44, Peabody-Burns 4 Remington 44, Marion 35 Marmaton Valley Tournament Olpe 75, Northeast-Arma 23 Minneapolis Tournament Bennington 48, Solomon 44 Minneapolis 43, Halstead 33 Moundridge Tournament Lyons 60, Hillsboro 57, OT Moundridge 51, Inman 18 Paola Tournament Fifth Place Wellsville 36, Eudora 30 Pike Valley Tournament Smith Center 55, Pike Valley 39 Washington County 64, Wakefield 41 Pleasanton Tournament Drexel, Mo. 51, Pleasanton 22 Prairie View 46, Jayhawk Linn 28 Quinter Tournament Semifinal Dighton 50, Ellis 41 Hoxie 62, Golden Plains 34 Rolla Tournament Moscow 50, Elkhart 33 St. Mary’s Tournament Mission Valley 39, Onaga 26 Trego Tournament Consolation Semifinal Northern Valley 49, Trego 31 Semifinal Stockton 46, Victoria 40 Udall Tournament Attica 55, Udall 38 Cedar Vale/Dexter 52, ACCA 21 Yates Center Tournament Seventh Place Hartford 62, Altoona-Midway 10 Third Place Cherryvale 69, Southern Coffey 46

High School

Team scores: Blue Valley North 313, Shawnee Mission East 258, Blue Valley Northwest 157.5, Lawrence 116, Blue Valley 102, Olathe East 73, Olathe North 71, Blue Valley West 64, Olathe Northwest 58, Free State 48, SM South 45, SM North 35.5, Manhattan 33, SM West 13, St. Thomas Aquinas 7, Olathe South 1.

Lawrence High Results 200 medley relay — 5. Lawrence (Alex Heckman, Isaac Springe, Chase Odgers, Stephen Johnson), 1:46.82.

200 free — 1. Johnson, 1:46.77. 31.

Jack Ryan, 2:11.8. 35. Chandler Busch, 2:19.18.

200 IM — 12. Springe, 2:12.86.

50 free — 28. Patrick Oblon, 24.97.

36. Hunter Boehle, 25.83. 40. Matt Ramaley, 26.17.

Diving — 4. Izaiah Bowie, 366.25. 13.

A. Martinez de Velasco, 186.50.

100 fly — 6. Odgers, 58.46. 30.

Raymond Faith, 1:09.32.

100 free — 6. Heckman, 50.94. 34.

Ramaley, 58.15. 36. Boehle, 59.15.

500 free — 1. Johnson, 4:56.89.

200 free relay — 14.

Lawrence (Springe, Ramaley, Boehle, Odgers), 1:39.56.

100 back — 6. Heckman, 58.93. 19.

Oblon, 1;05.59. 41. Josh Axlund, 1:17.83.

100 breast — 14. Springe, 1:09.80.

31. Elliott Abromeit, 1:18.27. 40. Noah Kucza, 1:26.87.

400 free relay — 4. Lawrence (Heckman, Odgers, Oblon, Johnson), 3:28.05.

Free State Results 200 medley relay — 9. Free State (Kyle Sadosky, Sydney Lin, Matthew Wilkus, Carson Ziegler), 1:49.69.

200 free —16. Sadosky, 2:02.86. 20.

Landon Sloan, 2:04.46. 22. Brett Carey, 2:05.44. 41. Ben Aldridge, 2:24.30.

200 IM —15. Wilkus, 2:16.73. 20.

Corey Schultz-Bever, 2:23.89.

50 free — 16. Brandon Bunting, 24.20.

25. Ziegler, 24.83. 31. Cameron Hodge, 25.45. 33. Lin, 25.49.

Diving — 3. Chad Bourdon, 385.25.

6. Skylar Eklund, 322.35. 16. Bahij Chahine, 162.25.

100 fly — 15. Wilkus, 101.03. 24. Jake Viscomi, 1:05.59.

100 free — 23. Ziegler, 55.97. 28. Thor Lyche, 56.82. 30. Bunting, 57.32.

500 free — 9. Chad Andersen, 5:35.83.

10. Carey, 5:35.99.

200 free relay — 13. Free State (Bunting, Lin, Schultz-Bever, Ziegler), 1:39.37.

100 back — 14. Sloan, 1:03.62. 17.

Sadosky, 1:04.85. 20. Viscomi, 1:05.91.

100 breast — 11. Schultz-Bever, 1:08.65. 15. Lin, 1:10.36. 28. Andersen, 1:17.62.

400 free relay — 13. Free State (Bunting, Carey, Sadosky, Wilkus), 3:43.56.

High School

“December Duals” Friday at Baldwin High BALDWIN 44, BURLINGTON 30 106: Evan Totty (BURL) def. Benton Flory (BALD), WBF 113: Ethan Totty (BURL) def. Jakob Johanning (BALD), WBF 120: Brett Bober (BURL), wbforfeit 126: TJ Hopper (BALD) def. Jacob Jasper (BURL), 6-2 132: Levi Green (BALD) def. Eric Faimon (BURL), 15-0 138: Colby Johnson (BURL) def.

Griffin Wehrman (BALD), WBF 145: Ben Morgenstern (BALD) def.

Connor Rychlec (BURL), 6-1 152: Scott Harman (BALD) def. Nick Alfers (BURL), WBF 160: Dylan Voigts (BALD) def. Chris Grames (BURL), WBF 170: Owen Tuckfield (BALD) def.

Kobe Hill (BURL), 7-3 182: Shane Wright (BURL) def. Collin Crabtree (BALD), WBF 195: Joel Katzer (BALD) def. Tyson Breshears (BURL), WBF 220: Justin Howard (BALD) def.

Jacob Hawkins (BURL), WBF 285: Jake Katzer (BALD) def. TJ Lang (BURL), WBF BALDWIN 47, ROYAL VALLEY 27 106: Garrett Pruyser (RV) def.

Benton Flory (BALD), WBF 113: Jakob Johanning (BALD) wbforfeit 120: Ethan Ashley (RV) wbforfeit 126: Lance Bailey (RV) def. TJ Hopper (BALD), 1-0 132: Levi Green (BALD) def. Brett House (RV), WBF 138: Griffin Wehrman (BALD) def.

Caleb Burnworth (RV), WBF 145: Ben Morgenstern (BALD) def.

Zack Lux (RV), 1-0 152: Scott Harman (BALD) def.

Karsen Smith (RV), WBF 160: Noah Hart (RV) def. Dylan Voigts (BALD), WBF 170: Owen Tuckfield (BALD) def.

Marshall Stewart (RV), WBF 182: Nate Buchtel (RV) wbforfeit 195: Joel Katzer (BALD) def. Jacob Box (RV), WBF 220: Justin Howard (BALD) def.

Blake Garrison (RV), 5-0 285: Garrett Borth (BALD) def. Brian Shane (RV), 15-0 BALDWIN 42, PRAIRIE VIEW 106: Benton Flory (BALD) wbforfeit 113: Jakob Johanning (BALD) wbforfeit 120: Levi Morse (PV) def. Lauren Peterson (BALD), WBF 126: TJ Hopper (BALD) def. Shane Sullivan (PV), 5-2 132: Case Pemberton (PV) def. Levi Green (BALD), 4-0 138: Gavin Cullor (PV) def. Griffin Wehrman (BALD), WBF 145: Ben Morgenstern (BALD) def.

Tanner Snow (PV), 2-1 152: Tre Kline (PV) def. Scott Harman (BALD), WBF 160: Colton Rice (PV) def. Dylan Voigts (BALD), WBF 170: Owen Tuckfield (BALD) def.

Joey Ewalt (PV), 3-1 182: Tanner Carmack (BALD) def.

Bryan Butler (PV), WBF 195: Joel Katzer (BALD) def. Jesse Henry (PV), 1-0 220: Justin Howard (BALD) def.

Blake Miller (PV), WBF 285: Jake Katzer (BALD) def. Dylan Fredrick (PV), WBF

NCAA Tournament

Third Round Friday at Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego No. 9 Kansas 3, Loyola Marymount 1 No. 1 Southern Cal 3, No. 16 Creighton 1 at Memorial Coliseum Lexington, Ky. No. 4 Nebraska 3, No. 13 BYU 0 No. 5 Washington 3, No. 12 Ohio State 2 at Gregory Gym Austin, Texas No. 11 Florida 3, No. 5 Wisconsin 2 No. 3 Texas 3, No. 14 UCLA 0 at Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa No. 2 Minnesota 3, Illinois 0 Hawaii 3, No. 7 Penn State 0 Fourth Round Today at San Diego Kansas (29-2) vs. Southern Cal (332), 10 p.m. (ESPNU) at Lexington, Ky. Nebraska (29-4) vs. Washington (312), 3 p.m. (ESPNU) at Austin, Texas Florida (25-6) vs. Texas (28-2), 8 p.m.

(ESPNU) at Des Moines, Iowa Minnesota (29-4) vs. Hawaii (29-1), 5:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

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What is your specialty?

I work mostly with residential buyers and sellers, as well as, investors in residential properties.

What is the most challenging/gratifying aspect of what you do?

785-766-7116 lindatrotter@LindaLTrotter.com Where did you grow up?

I grew up in Southeast Kansas.

What area do you live in now? What do you like most about it?

I live in the northwest part of Lawrence. I like the convenience because there are nearby arterial streets that get me to almost any place in Lawrence in just a matter of minutes.

I love my neighborhood, because I have great neighbors who look out for each other. We, also, have several social gatherings throughout the year.

What to you enjoy doing when you’re not working?

When I am not working, I like to hang out with family and friends, garden, watch college sports and, of course, the Royals.

How long have your worked in Real Estate?

I have been in Real Estate over 20 years, including 2 ½ years in the Dallas area. I started there when interest rates were 17% and 18%; but things were booming in Texas because of the low tax base. There were major companies relocating there from the east and west coasts.

What did you do before that?

I have been the secretary to the city manager (in Lawrence), presidents of companies, sold copiers and some of the first personal computers to hit the market.

The most gratifying aspect of being a residential real estate specialist is being able to solve people’s housing problems. It is tremendous joy to see the look on buyers’ faces when they find just the right house to make a home, or to see the relief on sellers’ faces when they have gotten a contract on their home within the price range that is acceptable.

What is the most unusual thing you have encountered while working in Real Estate?

Each situation and each transaction is different but none standout as being exceptionally unusual.

Lawrence

Each property is unique in and of itself because of the floor plan or finishes; but the most unusual property that I ever listed was in Lecompton. It was a rural property built by the previous owner that had what looked to be a silo built into the house that encased an observatory that could be opened and rotated to give you a wide open view of the sky.

The house also included an open spiral staircase to the second level and the basement.

(First published in the (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal- Lawrence Daily JournalWorld November 28, 2015) World December 12, 2015) IN THE DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DEPARTMENT

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF

In the Matter of the Estate of

LeAnne Nicole Anderson Present Name

Christina L. Moore, Deceased

To Change Her Name To: LeAnne Nicole Johnson New Name

Case no. 2015PR197 Division 1

Case No. 2015CV420 Div. No. 5 PURSUANT TO K.S.A. CHAPTER 60 NOTICE OF HEARING PUBLICATION THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL WHO ARE OR MAY BE CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that LeAnne Nicole Anderson, filed a Petition in the above court on the 24th day of November, 2015, requesting a judgment and order changing her name from LeAnne Nicole Anderson to LeAnne Nicole Johnson.

Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59 NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on December 4, 2015, a Petition for Issuance of Letters of Administration under the Kansas Simplified Estates Act was filed in this court by Ronald Moore, an heir of Christina L. Moore, deceased.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provided by law, and if their demands The Petition will be heard are not thus exhibited, in Douglas County District they shall be forever Court, 111 E. 11th St, Law- barred. rence, KS on the 3rd day of February, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.

Ronald Moore Petitioner If you have any objection to the requested name Steve Moore #20519 change, you are required Moore Law Office, LLC to file a responsive plead- 5040 Noreston ing on or before January Shawnee, KS 66226 15th, 2016 in this court or Ph. 913 940 5875 appear at the hearing and Fax 815 301 9091 object to the requested Attorney for Petitioner name change. If you fail to ________ act, judgement and order will be entered upon the (First published in the Petition as requested by Lawrence Daily JournalPetitioner.

World December 12, 2015) LeAnne Nicole Anderson 1034 Peach St Eudora, KS 66025 785-615-5069 ________

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the

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Lawrence

Estate of Glee S. Smith, Jr., Deceased.

Copies of the Notice to Bidders and specifications may be obtained at the Finance Department at the above address.

On the 4th day of January, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. each parent and any other person claiming legal custody of the minor child is required to appear Adjudication and Disposition in Division 6 at the Douglas County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center, 111 E 11th Street., Lawrence, Kansas. Each grandparent is permitted but not required to appear with or without counsel as an interested party in the proceeding. Prior to the proceeding, a parent, grandparent or any other party to the proceeding may file a written response to the pleading with the clerk of court.

Proceeding Under K.S.A. Chapter 59 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The City Commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities.

City of Lawrence, Kansas

The State of Kansas to all persons concerned: Brandon McGuire Acting City Clerk You are hereby notified ________ that on December 7, 2015, a petition for probate of (First published in the will was filed in this court Lawrence Daily Journalby Susan K. Moeser, heir World December 5, 2015) and remainder beneficiary named in the will of Glee S. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Smith, Jr., deceased.

All DOUGLAS COUNTY, creditors are notified to KANSAS exhibit their demands DIVISION SIX against this estate within four (4) months from the IN THE INTEREST OF: date of the first publication of this notice as proJ.S. vided by law, and if the de- DOB: 04/03/1998, a female mands are not thus exhibited they shall be forever Case No. 2015-JC-000096 barred.

TO: Unknown Father, his Susan K. Moeser parents and any relatives Petitioner of the minor child Calvin J. Karlin - 09555 Barber Emerson, L.C. 1211 Massachusetts Street P. O. Box 667 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0667 (785) 843-6600 Telephone (785) 843-8405 Facsimile ckarlin@barberemerson.com Attorneys for Petitioner _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 12, 2015) NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals will be received by the City of Lawrence, Kansas, in the Office of the City Clerk, 6 East Sixth Street until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 5, 2016, for the following: BID #B1564 - 2015 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation CIPP Project

What do you see in the future for real estate sales/prices?

Of late, the Lawrence market has seen an increase in sales and building. I think Lawrence will continue to experience this growth because our interest rates are at alltime lows and our economy is strong; and, I believe, will get even stronger based on the predictions of the Chamber of Commerce.

Why should someone choose you as their real estate agent?

I am committed to making sure that all my clients’ needs are met and they have a positive experience in either the purchase or sale of their home.

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Lawrence is fortunate to have many outstanding agents; but because we moved around a lot prior to moving back to Lawrence in 1983, I can connect with buyers and sellers because I have been in their shoes. I truly care that their needs are taken care of whether it is buying or selling a home.

Each parent has the right to be represented by an attorney.

A parent that is not financially able to hire an attorney may apply to the court for a court appointed attorney. A request for a court appointed attorney should be made without delay to: Clerk of the District Court; ATTN: Division 6; 111 East 11th Street; Lawrence Kansas 66044-9202. Craig A. NOTICE OF HEARING Stancliffe an attorney in (K.S.A. Chapter 38) Lawrence, Kansas, has COMES NOW the State of been appointed as guardian ad litem for the child.

Kansas, by and through counsel, Emily C. Haack, Assistant District Attorney, All parties are hereby noand provides notice of a tified that, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-255, a default hearing as follows: A petition pertaining to the judgment will be taken parental rights to the child against any parent who whose name appears fails to appear in person above has been filed in or by counsel at the hearthis Court requesting the ing.

Court to find the child is a child in need of care as de- /s/Emily C Haack fined in the Kansas Code EMILY C HAACK, 23697 for the Care of Children. If Assistant District Attorney a child is adjudged to be a Office of the District child in need of care and Attorney the Court finds a parent to Douglas County Judicial be unfit, the Court may Center permanently terminate 111 East 11th Street that parent’s parental Lawrence, KS 66044-2909 rights. The Court may also (785) 841-0211 make other orders includ- FAX (785) 330-2850 ing, but not limited to, re- ehaack@douglas-county.com _______ quiring a parent to pay child support.

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Nissan Cars

Leather, sunroof, spoiler, alloy wheels, power equipment, very sporty and fun to drive!

Stk#599171 Only $11,415 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Always Priced Below NADA Retail! It Just Makes Sense to Buy From Laird Noller!

Mercedes-Benz Pontiac Cars

Coupe, Sporty & Fun to drive, V6, leather heated seats, sunroof, alloy wheels, and more!

Stk#32726B2 Only $9,250 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Subaru

LE, Full Power Stk#115T961

$8,397 Always Priced Below NADA Retail! It Just Makes Sense to Buy From Laird Noller!

2008 Nissan Altima

$19,995

Fuel Sipper, Full Power

2007 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class CLK550 Base New $55,000!

Ultimate Convertible

Stk#116M277

Stk#115T537A

$9,995

$18,500

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Always Priced Below NADA Retail! It Just Makes Sense to Buy From Laird Noller!

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2010 PONTIAC G6 Stk#216B007A

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Toyota Trucks

23rd & Alabama Lawrence 785-727-7151

Leather, Nav, Roof

Hard to Find, Leather

Stk#2PL1952

Stk#1PL2070

$12,697

$10,599

ADVERTISE TODAY! CALL 832-2222

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Pontiac 2008 G8 GT

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One owner, power equipment, alloy wheels, very sporty sedan.

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Carpentry

Cleaning

Decks & Fences

23rd & Alabama Lawrence 785-727-7151 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Accepting NEW Customers for regular scheduled cleaning.

Ask about New Customer Specials to get started & see the difference! Call Joetta: 785-248-9491 The Wood Doctor - Wood rot repair, fences, decks, doors & windows - built, repaired, or replaced & more! Bath/kitchen remodeled. Basement finished.

785-542-3633 • 816-591-6234

Motorcycle-ATV 2013 Toyota Sienna LE

Harley Davidson 2015 Road Glide 105 cc’s, 2,500 miles with extended service plan. $20,000 (785)218-1568 (913)583-1800

Stacked Deck 319A K /H30=A )727<5 K 3<13A K 227B7=<A (3;=23: K -3/B63@>@==47<5 !<AC@32 K G@A 3F>

785-550-5592 CTi of Mid America Concrete Restoration & Resurfacing Driveways, Patios, Pool Decks & More CTiofMidAmerica.com 785-893-8110 Stamped & Reg. Concrete, Patios, Walks, Driveways, Acid Staining & Overlays, Tear-Out & Replacement Jayhawk Concrete Inc. 785-979-5261

Decks & Fences

New York Housekeeping: Accepting clients for wkly, bi-wkly & seasonal or special occasion cleaning.

Excellent References.

Beth - 785-766-6762.

Over 25 yrs. exp.

Licensed & Insured. Decks, deck covers, pergolas, screened porches, & all types of repairs. Call 913-209-4055 for Free estimates or go to prodeckanddesign.com

L AW R E N C E J O U R N A L-WO R L D

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

One owner, V6, automatic, power seat, alloy wheels, very affordable Stk #536752 Only $9,650 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Foundation Repair

Guttering Services

Home Improvements

Dirt-Manure-Mulch

Call Coop at

888-631-6458 2112 W. 29th Terrace Lawrence, KS 66047 JackEllenaHonda.com

JAYHAWK GUTTERING Seamless aluminum guttering.

Landscaping

YARDBIRDS LANDSCAPING Father (retired) & Son Operation W/Experience & Top of the Line Machinery Int/Ext Repairs, Painting, Snow Removal Tree work & more. We do it Call 785-766-1280 all! 20 Yrs. Exp. w/ Ins. and local ref. Will beat all est.

Call 785-917-9168 AAA Home Improvements

Full Remodels & Odd Jobs, Interior/Exterior Painting, Installation & Repair of: Deck Drywall Siding Replacement Gutters Privacy Fencing Doors & Trim Commercial Build-out Build-to-suit services

Place your ad TODAY? 785-832-2222

Only $20,490

785-542-2232 Thicker line?

Bolder heading?

Color background or Logo?

Ask how to get these features in your ad TODAY!!

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Lawn, Garden & Nursery Golden Rule Lawncare Mowing & lawn cleanup Snow Removal Family owned & operated Call for Free Est. Insured.

Eugene Yoder 785-224-9436

Painting

Painting D&R Painting 7<B3@7=@ 3FB3@7=@ K

G3/@A K >=E3@ E/A67<5 K @3>/7@A 7<A723 =CB K AB/7< 2319A K E/::>/>3@ AB@7>>7<5 K 4@33 3AB7;/B3A Call or Text 913-401-9304

Plumbing RETIRED MASTER PLUMBER & Handyman needs small work.

Bill Morgan 816-523-5703

Snow Removal Snow Removal

Fully Insured 22 yrs. experience

Residential Lawrence Free Estimates 785-766-5285 or 785-766-9883

913-488-7320

Many colors to choose from. Install, repair, screen, clean-out. Locally owned. Insured. Free estimates.

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Health Care Rich Black Top Soil No Chemicals Machine Pulverized Pickup or Delivery

Higgins Handyman

Serving KC over 40 years 913-962-0798 Fast Service

DECK BUILDER

Toyota 2004 Highlander

Excellent condition, 50,XXX miles, good tires, clean title, great bike. $2800 OBO

1 Month $118.95 | 6 Months $91.95/mo.

12 Months $64.95/mo. + FREE LOGO!

Mudjacking, Waterproofing.

We specialize in Basement Repair & Pressure Grouting.

Level & Straighten Walls & Bracing on wall. BBB. Free Estimates Since 1962 Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 785-749-1696 www.foundationrepairks.com

Concrete

Cleaning

785-887-6900 www.billfair.com

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SPECIAL! 6 LINES

FOUNDATION REPAIR

Joettaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cleaning Semi-retired social worker seeks position as in-home caregiver. Meal prep, light housekeeping, personal care, errands. Ref. available.

Call Mary 785-979-4317

REAL ESTATE AUCTIONS

23rd & Alabama - 2829 Iowa

7 Passenger, Power Sliding Doors, 76K miles, Local Owner, Awesome Condition, Well Maintained. Stk# G040A

Always Priced Below NADA Retail! It Just Makes Sense to Buy From Laird Noller!

SERVICES

Auctioneers

Toyota Vans

Always Priced Below NADA Retail! It Just Makes Sense to Buy From Laird Noller!

Always Priced Below NADA Retail! It Just Makes Sense to Buy From Laird Noller!

2009 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SV

7 DAYS $19.95 28 DAYS $49.95

HOUSE CLEANER ADDING NEW CUSTOMERS Years of experience, references available, Insured.

785-748-9815 (local)

$16,995

We Buy all Domestic cars, trucks, and suvs.

Call Scott 785-727-7151

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

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2007 Toyota Camry Solara

Always Priced Below NADA Retail! It Just Makes Sense to Buy From Laird Noller!

Downsizing - Moving?

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a Custom Solution for You! Estate Tag Sales and Cleanup Services Armstrong Family Estate Services, LLC 785-383-0820 www.kansasestatesales.com

Stk#1PL1991

4wd ext cab, V8, power equipment, cruise control, running boards, alloy wheels, very affordable!

Stk#38802A2 Only $7,814

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1992 Honda Shadow

10 LINES & PHOTO:

Antique/Estate Liquidation

Extremely Fuel Efficient!

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TRANSPORTATION SPECIAL!

Adult Care Provided

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE

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Toyota Cars

Stk#216M062

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SL Trim, Roof, Leather

Always Priced Below NADA Retail! It Just Makes Sense to Buy From Laird Noller!

Turbo Performance, Local Trade

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Toyota 2001 Tundra SR5

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2012 Volkswagen Beetle 2.0 TSi

$13,866

2014 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Premium

Stk#14L175A

Volkswagen

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Stk#PL2073

$10,599

4wd crew cab, one owner, leather heated seats, power equipment, alloy wheels, tow package, well maintained!

Stk#333431 Only $14,875

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AWD, Local Trade.

Mazda Cars

2012 Mazda2 Touring

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The Spring in Winter Massage

Foundation Repair Foundation and Masonry Specialist Water prevention systems for basements, Sump pumps, foundation supports & repair and more.

Call 785-221-3568

Elise Young, licensed massage therapist w/ 10+ years experience, in the heart of downtown Lawrence.

Studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Public Servantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, & Veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discounts. Call, Text, or Book on website: www.thespringinwinter.com Call/Text: (913)904-2234 EliseFisher@TheSpringinWinter.com

Interior/exterior painting, roofing, roof repairs, fence work, deck work, lawn care, siding, windows & doors. For 11+ years serving Douglas County & surrounding areas. Insured.

785-312-1917 Retired Carpenter, Deck Repairs, Home Repairs, Interior Wall Repair & House Painting, Doors, Wood Rot, Power wash 785-766-5285

Family Tradition Interior & Exterior Painting Carpentry/Wood Rot Senior Citizen Discount Ask for Ray 785-330-3459 Interior/Exterior Painting Quality Work Over 30 yrs. exp.

Call Lyndsey 913-422-7002

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Tree/Stump Removal Fredyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tree Service 9KJ:EMD S JH?CC;: S JEFF;: S IJKCF H;CEL7B Licensed & Insured.

20 yrs experience.

913-441-8641 913-244-7718

KansasTreeCare.com Trimming, removal, & stump 5@7<27<5 0G #/E@3<13 :=1/:A 3@B74732 0G "/<A/A @0=@7ABA Assoc. since 1997 J-3 A>317/:7H3 7< preservation & restorationâ&#x20AC;?

Ins. & Lic. visit online 785-843-TREE (8733)

Ariele Erwine Call Ariele today to advertise your auction!

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A P P LY N O W

635 AREA JOB OPENINGS! CITY OF LAWRENCE ............................ 37

KU: STAFF OPENINGS ......................... 73

USA 800 ........................................ 100

COTTONWOOD................................... 11

KU: STUDENT OPENINGS .................. 135

VALEO ............................................. 20

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ..................5

LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL .......... 12

WESTAFF .......................................... 25

HOME INSTEAD ................................. 25

MISCELLANEOUS ............................... 61

KU: FACULTY/ACADEMIC/LECTURERS .. 106

MV TRANSPORTATION ......................... 25

L E A R N M O R E AT J O B S . L AW R E N C E . C O M

AT T E N T I O N E M P L OY E R S !

Email your number of job openings to Peter at psteimle@ljworld.com. *Approximate number of job openings at the time of this printing.

CNA/CMA

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Stouse, Inc., a specialty printing company in the Gardner area listed as one of the Top 20 Area Manufacturers, is looking to fill full time positions in Client Services.

Candidates should have skills in customer care, problem solving and have a stable work history.

Experience in a high call environment, detail oriented and good customer communication skills are required.

The position requires a minimum of a high school diploma, college a plus. We offer a competitive benefit and wage package which includes profit sharing.

Send resume to frumans@stouse.com

Hillside Village of De Soto, KS located only 10 minutes west of Lenexa and 15 minutes east of Lawrence, provides a range of services including skilled nursing care, assisted living and rehabilitation therapy. Here’s your opportunity to become a part of a team of dynamic and caring professionals.

We are committed to providing our residents with quality care, personal dignity and a sense of community.

Hillside Village is currently staffing for: CNA (Certified Nursing Aide) and CMA (Certified Medication Aide) positions. 6a-2p CNA Mon-Thurs Skilled 2p-10p CMA Mon-Fri Skilled 2p-10p CNA Mon-Thurs Skilled 6a-6p CNA Fri, Sat and Sun. Skilled Director of Nursing: Peg Wessel RN Administrator: Todd Simpson Please submit your resume to: recruiting@hillsidedesoto.com

BusinessOpportunity

Stouse, Inc.

Human Resources Dept.

300 New Century Parkway New Century, KS 66031

Deli for Sale 10 year old Deli/ Restaurant for sale in Baldwin City, KS. Complete turnkey operation, proven sales, great employee team.

Only serious inquiries. $130,000

Drug Free/EEO Employer

Looking for FT Nanny.

Prefer spanish speaking. Ref & exp. needed.

Background check required.

Start ASAP. 785-218-5229

Customer Service

785-766-8206

Think Fast.

Think FedEx Ground.

AdministrativeProfessional

Interested in a fast-paced job with career advancement opportunities?

Join the FedEx Ground team as a part-time package handler.

Package Handlers - $10.70-$11.70/hr. to start Qualifications Must be at least 18 years of age Must be out of high school Must be able to load, unload and sort packages, as well as perform other related duties

Childcare

DAY SHIFT: Mon-Fri 2:30pm-7:30pm TWILIGHT SHIFT:

Mon-Fri, 6:30pm-11:30pm OVERNIGHT SHIFT:

Tues-Sat, Midnight-3am SUNRISE SHIFT: Tues-Sat, 4:30am-7:30am

All interested candidates must attend a sort observation PRELOAD SHIFT: Tues-Sat, 2am-7am at our facility prior to applying for the position. *Times are approximate and will vary.

9 Hard Workers needed NOW! $10 hr to train.

Quickly earn $12-$15 hr Weekly pay checks.

Paid Vacations No Weekends

Call today!

785-841-9999

Administrative Assistant Summers Spencer & Company has a career opportunity in our Lawrence office. Visit www.ssccpas.net/ careers.html for complete details.

Send resume to greg.summers@ssccpas.com

General

Property Manager

@JobsLawres atnthceebeKstS for the latest opening companies in Northeast Kansas!

Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community has employment opportunities for caring and compassionate individuals looking for full and part time employment. We offer part time and full time employees a great benefits package, scholarship programs, opportunity for advancement within the company, but most importantly a resident centered care environment that also supports employee advancement and educational growth. Come join our 5 star award winning team. For more information call 785-749-2000 or Apply Online at

www.midwest-health.com/careers

General

Healthcare

Management & Customer Service

CNA & CMA Classes

Private financial office in Lawrence KS is now seeking full and part time employees for management and customer service representative positions.

Qualifications: must be at least 18, and have a valid drivers license.

First Management, Inc. is seeking a property manager for our Downtown Lawrence office.

Candidate must be energetic, outgoing, self-starter who has excellent sales and customer service skills.

The Property Manager pays close attention to detail and has general accounting, marketing and computer skills, including Outlook, Word & Excel. We offer a competitive salary package with health, dental, and 401K. Pre-employment background check & drug screen required.

Please email resume with cover letter to: jobs@ firstmanagementinc.com

CNA + CMA Classes Day or Eves Enroll Now! Lawrence & Ottawa For information about Allied Health Courses call or email Tracy at:

620-432-0386

trhine@neosho.edu

HIRING IMMEDIATELY! Drive for KU on Wheels or Lawrence Transit System.

Flexible part-time schedules, 80% company paid employee health insurance for full time.

Career opportunities. $11.50/hr after paid training. Must be 21+ w. good driving record.

Apply online: lawrencetransit.org/ employment Or come to: MV Transportation, Inc. 1260 Timberedge Road Lawrence, KS. EOE

Interview TIP #6

Be Smart JUST DON’T Bring pets Bring children Swear Lie Get angry Try to bribe us Be a pain (We’ve seen it all!)

DO! Follow directions Be polite Turn off phone Decisions Determine Destiny

Day/evening Enroll Now Lawrence & Ottawa Call or email Tracy at 620-432-0386 trhine@neosho.edu

Please email inquiries and resumes to: resume310@yahoo.com

Healthcare

Installation-Repair

Receptionist Respected dental office in Lawrence. We will train the right person.

Must be energetic, friendly and team oriented.

Great benefits available.

Email resume to: the3dentists@gmail.com or fax resume to: 785-843-1218

Training provided.

Flexible scheduling.

Eves/wkends. Come in to 9TH & IOWA to apply Mon-Fri. before 5 pm.

FedEx Ground is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer (Minorities/Females/Disability/Veterans) committed to a diverse workforce.

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CNA, LPN, RN

Field Service Technician To install, service and repair wastewater pumps. Mechanical and electrical ability desired. $14 to $17 /hour with full benefit package. E-mail resume to lszepi@comcast.net

Office-Clerical

Cooks

To schedule a sort observation, go to www.WatchASort.com 8000 Cole Parkway, Shawnee, KS 66227

Ground

Career Opportunities for:

Receptionist

RN - Quality Assurance Coordinator Licensed RN. 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.

Wanted mature receptionist for successful insurance agency. Must be able to work 40 hrs per week.

No selling required.

Fax resume to 785-842-4212 or email to dhgclu@aol.com

Part-Time

Job Seeker Tip You won’t get an interview if your application is not neat and complete!

NEAT & COMPLETE Decisions Determine Destiny

RN/LPN Charge Nurse Wellsville Retirement Community has a FABULOUS opening for a dynamic Charge Nurse. Day Shift, 6a-4p, Mon-Thurs in our CountryView Neighborhood with 28 residents.

We are fully committed to a person-centered culture for long term care. We offer a competitive wage, health ins and 401(k).

Apply online at www.wellsvillerc.com or stop by 304 W. 7th

Package Handlers $10.70-$11.70/hr. to Start Choose from Day, Eve, Night or Sunrise shifts!

(More details in our large preceeding ad.)

To schedule a sort observation (required before applying) go to www.WatchASort.com 8000 Cole Parkway Shawnee, KS 66227 FedEx Ground is an equal opportunity/affirrmative action employer (Minorities/Females/ Disability/Veterans) committed to a diverse workforce.

HUMOR is good medicine.

I got fired from my job making calenders—just because I took 1 day off!

Hang in there!

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MERCHANDISE PETS TO PLACE AN AD:

AUCTIONS

785.832.2222

Cemetery Lots

Gift Ideas

3 Adjacent Cemetery Spaces for Sale

Old Doll in Great Condition Original clothes, very cute. $40.oo 785-841-3332

Memorial Park; Acacia B, Lot 146, 7 and 8 Acacia B, Lot 149, 12

Estate Sales ESTATE SALE Saturday, Dec. 12th, 9am-5pm.

1710 University Dr. Lawrence, KS 2000 Ford Expedition green, 1997 Dodge white mini van, Strata guitar, jewelry, fur jacket, next to new sofa, pr. upholstered chairs, dining room set, small buffet, antique trunk, modern designer bar stools, art work, tall curio, books, office furniture, misc.

$800 each. 785-766-1613 (after 5, M-F, anytime S-S) Prefer to sell together.

Computer-Camera $35 LAPTOP COMPUTER Old Sony Vaio, VGN-FE880E. WORKS with fast wireless internet. Body damageone monitor hinge not fully connected but comp. fully usable. Windows 10, $35 cash only 785-843-7205

Sale by Elvira

INNERGIE 90W Laptop Power Adapter, used very little. 9 attachments, $20 cash only 785-843-7205

MERCHANDISE

SAMSUNG 22” Desktop monitor. Hardly used, VG Condition. $50 cash 785-843-7205

Furniture

Appliances

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Antique Clawfoot Accent Table, $100 OBO 785-841-3332

Cast Iron Christmas Tree Stand, Green.

Still in the box. $25 785-856-0361 Multicolor Serapes Cape.

Brand New. 785-856-0361

Music-Stereo

PIANOS

Just in time for the holiday guest!

Hoover SteamVac Manual included Retail $140, Now Only $30 Please leave a message: 785-841-7635

Building Materials Used Corian Countertop (Black) with sink. $95.

785-842-7300

Dollhouse & Furniture Vintage 1950’s display dollhouse. Great X-mas gift. $60.oo OBO. 785-841-3332

FREE 2 Week AUCTION CALENDAR LISTING when you place your Auction or Estate Sale ad with us! Call our Classified Advertising Department for details!

785.832.2222 classifieds@ljworld.com

Pets

Special Notices

785-766-8206

CNA/CMA CLASSES! Lawrence, KS AKC Lab Puppies, 3 chocolate males & 2 females, champion bloodlines, blocky heads, parents on site, vet & DNA checked, shots, hunters & companions. Born 11/11/15- ready for Christmas! $600.

Call 785-865-6013

CNA DAY CLASSES Jan 4- Jan 17 8.30a-5p  M-F Jan 25 - Feb 17 8.30a-3p • M-Th Feb 22- Mar 11 8.30a-3p • M-Th CNA EVENING CLASSES LAWRENCE KS Feb 2 - Mar 11 5p-9p • T/Th/F CMA DAY CLASSES LAWRENCE KS Dec 1 -Dec 23 8.30a-2p • M/W/F Feb 2- Mar 11 8.30a-2p  M/W/F

785-832-9906

Lawrence

785.832.2222

Deli for Sale

• H.L. Phillips upright $650 •Baldwin Spinet - $550 • Cable Nelson - $500 • Gulbranson Spinet - $450 Prices include tuning & delivery

GARAGE SALES

NOTICES 10 year old Deli/ Restaurant for sale in Baldwin City, KS. Complete turnkey operation, proven sales, great employee team.

Only serious inquiries. $130,000

Holiday Decor

TWIN bed, used, clean with basic bed frame. $30 cash 785-843-7205

Gift Ideas

PETS

Border Collie Puppies Born Nov. 8. Good bloodlines- Parents registered with AB-CA. Ready in time for Christmas! Will be wormed w/ first puppy shots. $50 to hold. Call or text 785-843-3477 Jennix2@msn.com

CMA EVENING CLASSES LAWRENCE KS Feb 2- Mar 11 5p-9p  M/W/F CNA REFRESHER/CMA UPDATE LAWRENCE Dec 4/5, Jan 22/23, Feb 5/6, 19/20 Mar4/5, 25/26 CALL NOW- 785.331.2025 trinitycareerinstitute.com

ESTATE SALE

Special Notices A Victorian Christmas in Leavenworth Twenty-Fourth Annual Candlelight Vintage Homes Tour Featuring 6 Vintage Homes

Proceeds to benefit the Leavenworth County Historical Society Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015 1-7 p.m.

Tickets are $12 in advance or $17 day of tour.

Call 913.682.7759 or

Sale by Elvira

pups! These fluffy cuties will be the perfect gift!

Shots & wormed.

Raised around children, parents on premises.

1F $625, 3M $575.

785-448-8440

www.drakesfruitcake.com facebook/Drakesfruitcake

Monthly Meeting

Monday, Dec 14 - 7 pm Centenary United Methodist Church

14820 Parallel Road Basehor, KS 66007

Hours:

4th & Elm St

Fri., Sat, Sun., 9am-5pm.

View Christmas nativity scenes, many to enjoy. Please bring Christmas food donation for Ballard Center.

All Welcome!

Info: 785-842-7232

LOST & FOUND

Around 21st & Vermont.

Toyota key with other keys, keychain wristlet with a bottle opener— Call to identify: 785-749-2489

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WILDERSON Christmas Tree FARM

Services: Shake, Net & Load Trees & Hayrides Type of Trees: Scotch, Austrian & White Pine, Fraiser & Balsam Fir

Improvement Association

FOUND KEYS

Maltese, ACA, Christmas

Available through December at au Marche 931 Massachusetts Lawrence, KS ~OR- at the Lawrence Holiday Farmer’s Market Dec. 12, 9-5pm at the Holidome

North Lawrence

Found Item

Dear Classy Peeps, THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF MY BUSINESS! Miss ya already :) -AE

Drake’s Fruitcake

www.leavenworthhistory.org

Saturday, Dec. 12th, 9am-5pm.

1710 University Dr. Lawrence, KS 2000 Ford Expedition green, 1997 Dodge white mini van, Strata guitar, jewelry, fur jacket, next to new sofa, pr. upholstered chairs, dining room set, small buffet, antique trunk, modern designer bar stools, art work, tall curio, books, office furniture, misc.

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Simple Living Country Store features products made from alpaca fiber, handmade gifts, and much more !

A unique little store tucked away in the country.

Holiday hours : Saturdays 10:00 - 4:00, Sundays 1:00 - 4:00.

1676 N 1000 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66046.

Need to sell your car?

Place your ad at classifieds.lawrence.com or email classifieds@ljworld.com

Holiday Extravaganza Saturday, December 12 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM 1203 E. Highway 24-40 Tonganoxie, KS 66086

Complete your holiday shopping in one stop!

Local vendors with unique products!

COME HUNGRY! Chili, Soup, & Desserts for sale!

Silent Auction for fabulous themed gift baskets!

Studio Chanel Cheerleaders on site to wrap purchases for a small donation.

FREE ADMISSION!

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OPEN HOUSES

RENTALS & REAL ESTATE

GARAGE SALES

20 LINES: 1 DAY $50 • 2 DAYS $75 + FREE PHOTO!

10 LINES: 2 DAYS $50 • 7 DAYS $80 28 DAYS $280 + FREE PHOTO!

UNLIMITED LINES: UP TO 3 DAYS, ONLY $24.95 + FREE GARAGE SALE KIT!

CARS

SERVICE DIRECTORY

MERCHANDISE & PETS

10 LINES & PHOTO: 7 DAYS $19.95 • 28 DAYS $49.95 DOESN’T SELL IN 28 DAYS? + FREE RENEWAL!

6 LINES: 1 MONTH $118.95 • 6 MONTHS $91.95/ MO 12 MONTHS $64.95/MO + FREE LOGO!

10 LINES & PHOTO: 7 DAYS $19.95 • 28 DAYS $49.95 DOESN’T SELL IN 28 DAYS? + FREE RENEWAL!

ADVERTISE TODAY! Call 785.832.2222 or email classifieds@ljworld.com

Donate a toy

& receive a free month of the Journal-World!

November 16th - December 15th Bring a new, unopened toy to the Lawrence Journal-World offices at 645 New Hampshire and receive a free moNth of the JourNal-WorlD delivered to your home. All toys will be donated to Douglas County Toys for Tots.

Toys must be new and have a minimum retail value of $20.

Offer is open to new and current subscribers enrolled in the SmartPay Program.

“Every Child Deserves A Little Christmas” The Douglas County Toys for Tots program began in 1990 by a group of local volunteers. Every year, the organization works to provide toys to those less fortunate in our community. The Douglas County program is sanctioned by the Toys for Tots Foundation and follows all the guidelines of the National Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots. All donations made directly to the local group remain in our community and all money collected is used solely to purchase toys. Learn more about Toys for Tots of Douglas County at www.lawrence-ks.toysfortots.org.

“Every Child Deserves a Little Christmas”

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