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School board members want review of teacher investigation proposed at Monday’s school board meeting, which was swiftly adjourned after a crowd of community members — some affiliated with a group calling itself Black Lives Matter LFK — accused the district of protecting that teacher and mishandling the investigation into his alleged misconduct. The board suddenly adjourned the meeting after profanityladen disruptions from

By Joanna Hlavacek jhlavacek@ljworld.com

Two Lawrence school board members on Tuesday renewed their calls for the board to hire outside legal counsel to reassess a controversial investigation into allegations that a South Middle School teacher made racist remarks during class earlier this fall.

The idea was first

the audience made it difficult for the board to conduct the meeting.

Vanessa Sanburn — who, along with Jill Fincher and Jessica Beeson, was 1 of 3 board members to remain in the meeting room Monday night to address constituent complaints — said her desire to bring aboard new legal counsel stemmed from questions about whether the district’s administration had

shared all pertinent details of the investigation with the board. Sanburn said she heard allegations from meeting attendees on Monday that she said had not been shared with her during the investigation.

“I’ve heard statements from members of the community and from people who alleged that their children experienced certain things that are news to me,” Sanburn

said Tuesday, referring to some assertions on Monday that children had allegedly been exposed to racist ideology at South.

“And I wanted to be committed that everything, that all the allegations we have heard as a district, have been fully investigated.

“And I want to ensure that I fully understand the laws around transparency and what we are required to keep confidential and

what we are allowed to keep public,” Sanburn continued. Throughout the investigation and its aftermath, several parents and community members, including leaders of the Lawrence NAACP chapter, have continued to criticize the school district over what has been perceived as a lack of transparency in the proceedings.

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people that shouldn’t be there.”

The police department is also proposing body cameras for officers and a new race data collection system to keep track of times that officers make any contact with people, such as traffic stops and calls for service.

Local leaders of the NAACP and ACLU praised the effort, but some residents didn’t agree that investigations

Derek Hogan moved to Lawrence from Overland Park in 1994 because, as he puts it, “Where else in Kansas could a gay kid in his 20s go then?”

“Lawrence was awesome,” he said, and that’s why he chose to open a business here and call it home.

That downtown business, Java Break — with its then-novel rainbow sticker on the door, underground vibe and I don’t 24/7 op- like that erating hours — no one will q u i c k l y explain to became a me why we haven for gay kids are on that and others boycott who didn’t list. We always feel did try to they fit in. “ W e support were the them. ‘safe space’ It’s really in town,” H o g a n frustrating to me.” said.

That’s why he was — Sherry Bowden, surprised owner of Z’s — and deeply saddened, he said — to see his 22-year business on a boycott list created by a group that professes to value safe spaces for marginalized people.

The list, created by a group calling itself Black Lives Matter LFK, is made up of businesses that BLM LFK says refused to write letters of solidarity with the group’s causes or wrote responses that the group deemed inadequate.

Representatives from BLM LFK have not returned requests for comment, but its Facebook page lists the causes broadly as support for “revolution” and “unconditional intersectional liberation.” More specifically, it lists expressions

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THE PROPOSED KANSAS OUTDOOR LIFESTYLE CENTER at Clinton Lake would be a 1,500-acre facility hosting outdoor activities such as whitewater rafting and kayaking, zip lines, biking, running, hiking, climbing and paddle boarding.

City asked to financially back outdoor rec center

By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

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he City of Lawrence is being asked to join with the state to help financially back a $70 million outdoor recreation center at Clinton State Park.

Leaders of Plei, the company that would run the center, told the City Commission at its Tuesday work session that conversations with the state had been positive, but emphasized it would require significant

up-front funding.

“It does take a huge, initial capital investment,” said Jeff Wise, Plei managing principal. “And that was why all of our conversation and focus with the folks at the state early on was, ‘Hey, while this looks great and this is extremely exciting and has a huge, huge upside to it, it does come at significant capital cost.’”

The Kansas Outdoor Center would call for a multimillion-dollar investment from the state, city and Douglas

County. The center would have a manmade whitewater rafting and kayaking facility, zip lines, rock climbing and a trail system. Plans for the center also include an outdoor amphitheater, restaurant, beer garden and conference center.

State tourism officials said that the most likely financing tool would be Sales Tax Revenue (STAR) Bonds. STAR bonds allow Kansas municipalities to issue bonds to finance the development of commercial,

entertainment and tourism areas and use the sales tax revenue from the development to pay off the bonds.

City Manager Tom Markus said the city would probably have to look for money outside of its current budget.

“I think, realistically, it’d have to be new sources,” Markus said. “New development sources plus the sources that would spin off of the retail and the ticket sales

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Commission looking for input on proposal for police complaints would authorize a community board to formally accept complaints against the police department from the public. The proposal would also change the name of the current Citizen Advisory Board for Fair and Impartial Policing to the Community Police Review Board.

The board would be allowed to fully review the results of investigations related to racial profiling if requested by the person making the complaint. If the board disagreed with

By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

Local leaders were supportive of a new process proposed for handling complaints against the Lawrence Police Department, but made clear they want public feedback on the proposal.

“I think that we should seek as much input as we can possibly get,” said Mayor Mike Amyx.

The draft ordinance presented to the City Commission Tuesday

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the police department’s findings, it could forward an alternative finding to the city manager’s office for review. Currently the board receives only summaries from the police department at the end of the investigation.

The complaints, review and deliberations involving the board would be confidential and not open to the public, which city attorneys said was required by law and the contract between the city and the

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department’s employees.

“Complaints can be made and could be found to not be sustained, and we would not want to ruin the reputation of an officer,” said city attorney Toni Wheeler.

Police Chief Tarik Khatib emphazied that those protections were not, however, to protect officers from being held accountable.

“If you’re doing wrong, you’re going to be held accountable,” Khatib said. “… It’s not to protect

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Group departing for North Dakota to support DAPL protesters

By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com

Not long ago, Shine Adams traded in his Volkswagen for a Toyota Tacoma.

And while he’s enjoying the new ride, Adams said the reason behind the swap was so he could haul more gear up north.

Thursday morning, Adams, his new truck and three of his coworkers will roll up to Cottin’s Hardware & Rental, 1832 Massachusetts St., to pack up with snow melt, propane,

heaters and more, all headed for the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camps in North Dakota.

“Personally I’m not an environmentalist.

Though I try to be conscious,” he said. “But these people are being trespassed on and I’d like to think that if someone was building something through my back yard I’d feel the same way. It’s about land rights to me.”

Over the coming months, protesters will face subzero temperatures,

Board that investigation — including what is alleged to have been said by the teacher — have been revealed by the district since announcing the investigation in October. District officials have also declined to divulge the findings of that investigation. The accused teacher, Chris Cobb, last week released a statement denying any wrongdoing. In the statement Cobb also said he was unjustly accused by a source having a “well documented history of falsehoods.” He said he “reluctantly resigned” his position of 17 years with the district.

And yet several community members and a handful of parents continued to allege at Monday’s meeting that Cobb had made racist comments in class, and that the district had offered more protection to him as a teacher than the students and families involved.

The Journal-World last week reported that Cobb, who taught sixth-grade social studies at South, entered into a settlement agreement that involved the district agreeing to withhold information regarding the investigation in exchange for a promise that the district would not be sued over the matter.

Another allegation to arise from Monday’s unofficial meeting was the claim by one South mother that many parents were not notified of their children’s involvement in the investigation.

It was also alleged that David

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of support for “People of Color, the LGBTQIA community, Trans and Non-Binary Folks, Indigenous and Native populations, people of Muslim faith, immigrants, the incarcerated, and the differently abled.”

When asked on its Facebook page if it would create a category for businesses that wanted to “remain neutral” on such topics, BLM LFK wrote: “No, we will not.”

Hogan, like other business owners on the boycott list, said that he doesn’t have an issue with the causes so much as with the group’s tactics.

For one, he said, he was never personally approached as the business’ owner and asked for a letter or to talk about any issues, but Java Break nevertheless wound up on the list.

He says if he had been asked, he would certainly have considered writing a letter because he completely agrees with the group’s goals of social justice.

“Their hearts are in the right place,” he said, but he also questions, on principle, the value of any statement that is made under threat of boycott. Is the statement sincere or is it offered mainly to protect a business’ bottom line?

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agree that investigations reviewed by the board had to remain confidential. Lawrence resident Steve Smaczniak said he thought the process could be made public and still follow laws and agreements regarding anonymity by redacting identifying details of the complaints.

“What you have now is an insular way of keeping it shrouded,” Smaczniak said.

be employees of the Lawrence Community Shelter, though the adventure is not specifically organized or sponsored by the shelter itself; rather it’s “just a testament to the caring nature of the people that work here,” he said.

More than two years ago, Adams founded Sun Cedar, a woodworking company meant to help the down and out back on their feet. However, this year the business declared bankruptcy after being sued for trademark

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I also was not aware that there were students who got pulled out four or five times. The notion that kids may have been questioned about what organizations their parents were involved with is troubling.”

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harsh winds and of course snow, Adams said. Now what the remaining protesters need are tools and supplies to keep warm, he said.

Adams said he’s already sunk about $1,000 of his own money into the trip and supplies. In addition he figures gas will cost about $200 for the 11hour drive.

A significant asset, Adams said, was that Cottins’ Hardware offered to sell him supplies at cost.

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infringement.

Now, Adams works full time at the shelter, continuing his mission to help the less fortunate.

And more recently as he watched the DAPL protests from afar, Adams said he decided to pitch in with his own individual effort. As he put plans for the trip in motion, around 40 additional people have donated gifts for Adams to bring up north, he said.

The crew will bring approximately 500 pounds of snow melt, another 500

that’s why I would have to have an investigation.”

“There are a lot of unknowns right now,” she continued, echoing sentiments expressed by Beeson to the Journal-World on Tuesday. “We are working right now to get legal counsel to help us answer those questions.”

Harmon, however, said in an email with the Journal-World that he doesn’t necessarily agree with the idea of hiring outside counsel. As of now, he wrote, there is “a lack of clear evidence that supports” reassessing the handling of the South investigation. “But,” he continued, “board members whom I respect a great deal have some questions, and a segment of the community represented by protesters (Monday) night also have some questions.”

“So I’m willing to discuss this as a board. But I will state that I personally support the administration and our superintendent — that has not changed for me,” Harmon said.

Beeson also said Tuesday that she had called for an executive session that would ideally land “on the calendar this week.” She did not confirm whether or not board members would discuss some audience members’ demands to remove Hayden from his post as superintendent, but did say that discussion would likely involve “some of the information that was shared with us (Monday night) in particular.”

Cunningham, the district’s executive director of human resources and legal counsel, interviewed students who had been pulled out of class to answer questions about the alleged incidents, and that students were allegedly questioned about their parents’ involvement in local social-justice organizations such as Sisters With a Purpose.

Beeson, who heard these allegations from patrons Monday night, told the Journal-World that the information, which she said contradicted what she had been told by district officials, had left her with more questions than answers.

“I was under the impression that the principal was handling the interviews with the students, which is in line with our practices as a district,” Beeson said.

“I also was not aware that there were students who got pulled out four or five times,” she continued, later adding, “The notion that kids may have been questioned about what organizations their parents were involved with is troubling.”

Superintendent Kyle Hayden on Tuesday denied allegations that the district’s legal counsel had interviewed students during the investigation.

School board president Marcel Harmon temporarily returned

to the meeting room Monday night after officially adjourning the meeting, but later stepped out, he said, in order to avoid violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act. At that point, with only three board members remaining in the room, Harmon said, discussion with patrons could continue in accordance with openmeetings laws.

When asked, given the allegations to emerge from Monday’s meeting, if he had changed his stance on the appropriateness of the settlement agreement between Cobb and the district, Harmon remained steadfast.

“Based on the information provided to the board at the time, we made what we thought was the best decision,” Harmon wrote in an email. “At this time my opinion hasn’t changed.”

Sanburn noted that she had reached out to an attorney with the Kansas Association of School Boards on Tuesday, and that she had asked Harmon to arrange a meeting with new legal counsel “to talk about our options” as far as reassessing the handling of the South investigation.

“I don’t know,” Sanburn said when asked about the appropriateness of the district’s settlement agreement with Cobb — K-12 education reporter Joanna Hlavacek can be reached at 832-6388. Follow her on Twitter: in the aftermath of Monday’s @HlavacekJoanna school board meeting. “And

Sherry Bowden, owner of Z’s Divine Espresso, has similar concerns about the group’s tactics and procedures.

Bowden says she wrote a letter of solidarity for the group in October, but the letter was rejected as inadequate for reasons that still aren’t clear to her.

When she tried to determine what the issue was, she said she was met with hostility, “negative comments” from someone on the BLM LFK Facebook page, then silence.

“I don’t like that no one will explain to me why we are on that boycott list. We did try to support them. It’s really frustrating to me,” she said, adding that Z’s, which she has owned since 2012 but which has been in Lawrence since 2000, “has been an open, inclusive organization since the day it was founded.”

Both Bowden and Hogan said businesses should be judged by their actions and contributions to the community, not simply by the words they will say.

When she looks at the other businesses that are on the boycott list — including Free State Brewery, Wheatfields, Dusty Bookshelf, Zen Zero, among many others — she doesn’t understand what BLM LFK is seeking to accomplish.

“They’re not trying to effect any kind of real, concrete change. Those businesses on the list aren’t engaging in racist or bad business practices,” she said.

“We all support the concept of a safe, inclusive community … The boycott list has no specific purpose.”

That’s a sentiment that Martin Watson, owner of Watson’s Barbershop, agrees with.

Watson’s Barbershop is also on the boycott list — despite being one of the few black-owned businesses in Lawrence — presumably for not showing the right kind of support for BLM LFK. Watson said his 12-year business has always been about serving the community. If people want a haircut, that’s what he’s there for. If they want to make him advertise his feelings about this or that issue, that’s a different matter.

“I just let people talk,” he said.

“I don’t get involved in that. It’s not my cup of tea.”

When asked if he was bothered by the boycott, he said simply that it hadn’t hurt his business.

“They don’t control what I do,” he said, referring to BLM LFK. If a business writes a letter that BLM LFK deems satisfactory — and dozens have — it makes it onto a Facebook list of endorsed businesses. According to BLM LFK’s instructions on Facebook: “We add your name to the endorsed list. You go about your life and feel the warm glow of justice growing inside you. You expect to be contacted by us in 2017.”

Commissioners suggested there be a formal way to accept more feedback on the proposal, and Amyx indicated the process would move slowly.

“Please, if you know someone that needs to get us information, pass it along that we will be getting that information,” Amyx said. “I would imagine as we go through this process and we ask questions about it, it’s probably going to be over the next several weeks.”

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that would occur at this location would be critical to determining if this would work.”

Markus said the city staff have been considering the request, but he wanted to get the request out to the commission to put a “public spotlight” on it. At this point, the commission isn’t being asked to decide, he said.

— City Hall reporter Rochelle Valverde “You don’t want all of a can be reached at 832-6314. Follow her sudden at the last hour to on Twitter: @RochelleVerde present this sort of thing

One of the endorsed businesses is Meg Heriford’s Ladybird Diner.

Heriford said she was not approached by BLM LFK to write a solidarity letter. She just did it on her own after seeing the “pushback” that The Granada got when it posted “Black Lives Matter” on its Massachusetts Street marquee. She said the business was getting grief for “being political,” but she doesn’t see the issue as one of politics.

She sees it as simply “human rights.”

“My only role in this community is to feed people and nourish them,” and nourishment, she said, includes the emotional kind.

When asked how she felt about fellow business owners being boycotted, she said: “No judgment on my part. I just am not and never have been a neutral personality. I genuinely understand all of those positions.

I don’t discount anyone’s position.”

Although the BLM LFK boycott list already is posted on Facebook, in a post Dec. 5 addressed to “Comrades,” the group said it had extended “our local participation deadline” to Dec. 19; what that means for businesses on the list, however, was not clear.

— Managing editor Kim Callahan can be reached at 832-7148.

and then feel like everybody’s being pushed or rushed into these things,” Markus said. “We can do some groundwork at this point without necessarily any kind of commitment to anything.”

Commissioners didn’t indicate their support for the project, and said more information would be needed.

“We have a lot of commitments on all of our money for quite awhile right now, and before we could even think of proceeding, I think with our financial background, we would have to know exactly where every penny was going,” Mayor Mike Amyx said.

State tourism officials said they have been working toward the project for years and will continue to pursue it.

“We’re not quitting until we find out it’s not going to work,” said Robin Jennison, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks secretary. “I can’t emphasize enough how much of a game changer I think this is to Kansas.”

Project leaders will present to the Douglas County Commission today.

pounds of propane, winter clothes, oxygen-activated heating pads, ski masks, snow goggles and more to the protesters.

“There’s a public list online of things protesters need,” Adams said.

Those who wish to donate gifts or supplies to protesters may drop them off at Cottin’s Hardware before Thursday morning, Adams said.

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

Follow him on Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

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Carlson endorsed for Kansas Transportation Secretary 330,000 farmers and business owners.

Those tax cuts resulted in a huge drop in revenue for the state, and many experts say they failed to produce the kind of economic stimulus that Gov. Sam Brownback and his allies had promised.

The result Carlson has been a series of budget shortfalls, and an estimated $1.3 billion being swept out of the highway fund to make up for shortages in the state general fund.

But the other five members of the confirmation panel, all Republicans, endorsed Carlson for the job.

“Not that I want to turn this into a tax debate, but clearly that’s the opinion of one person from the party that thinks the answer to everything is to take more from the people and spend as much as you can,” said Sen. Ty Masterson, R-Andover.

Masterson also denied that the Department of Transportation has been hampered by the sweeping of state sales tax revenue out of the highway fund because the agency takes in roughly $1 billion a year in dedicated revenue through state and federal motor fuel taxes and vehicle registration fees.

“Honestly, Mr. Carlson’s views on tax don’t inform me one lick of whether I’m going to support his confirmation or

By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

A Senate committee on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of former Rep. Richard Carlson to be the next Kansas Secretary of Transportation after he defended himself against charges that he is largely responsible for a tax plan enacted in 2012 that has resulted in more than $1 billion being swept out of the state highway program.

Sen. Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, made that charge during a confirmation hearing. He said Carlson, who chaired the House Taxation Committee in 2012, was one of the leading arLEGISLATURE chitects of a tax plan that has resulted in severe budget shortfalls for the state, prompting raids on the state highway fund to shore up the state general fund.

“I just can’t in good conscience, or as a practical matter, support this confirmation when Mr. Carlson really led the effort in the House to pass a plan that has really decimated the Department of Transportation and the highway fund,” Hensley said. “And I just don’t believe we should put him in a position of leading an agency that, as a result of the tax plan, was basically devastated.”

The controversial tax plan enacted in 2012 dramatically reduced income tax rates in Kansas and eliminated taxes altogether for more than

not,” said Senate Vice President Jeff King of Independence. “I represent a district with two of the three most dangerous stretches of road in the state. We can argue about why we have the difficulties in transportation funding that we have now, but the fact is we have them, and whoever the secretary is is going to have to take care of those.”

The panel voted to endorse Carlson on a vote of 5-1. The others voting in favor were Sens. Terry Bruce of Hutchinson, Susan Wagle of Wichita and Rob Olson of Olathe.

Last month, KDOT announced that due to funding uncertainty, it was delaying 24 projects, estimated at about $32 million, that were supposed to be let out for bids in December.

But speaking with reporters after the hearing, Carlson said that was not unusual, and he denied there was any link between the tax plan he helped craft as a legislator and the recent sweeps out of the highway program.

“Highway fund sweeping has been done by governors of both parties over a period of years,” he said. “The thing I would like to stress is that we do have dedicated funding that goes to the Department of Transportation, and that’s over $900 million a year.”

Carlson has been serving as interim secretary since October when he was named to succeed Mike King, who retired.

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WINNERS OF THE 35TH ANNUAL HIGUCHI-KU ENDOWMENT RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS were honored at a ceremony Tuesday at the University of Kansas. KU calls the awards — which recognize long-term research accomplishments of faculty at Kansas Board of Regents universities, in four categories — the state’s “most prestigious recognition for scholarly excellence.” The awards were established in 1981 by Takeru Higuchi, a distinguished professor of chemistry and pharmacy at KU from 1967 to 1983, and his wife, Aya. Winners receive a $10,000 award for ongoing research efforts. This year’s winners are, pictured from left, Randolph Nudo, Marion Merrell Dow Distinguished Professor in Aging and professor and vice chairman of research in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at KU Medical Center, in the biomedical sciences category; Philip Nel, university distinguished professor of English at Kansas State University, in the humanities and social sciences category; Christer Aakeröy, university distinguished professor of chemistry at K-State, in the basic sciences category; and Judith Carta, professor of special education and senior scientist at the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies at KU, in the applied sciences category.

BRIEFLY Commission to be briefed on proposed project

the proposed development is to be the same as was on the Lawrence City Commission’s Tuesday agenda.

The Douglas County The proposed Kansas Commission today will Outdoor Lifestyle Center be briefed on a proposed would be a 1,500-acre recreational development facility hosting outdoor at Clinton Lake. activities such as whiteThe update from Kanwater rafting and kayaksas Wildlife and Parks is ing, zip lines, biking, to be the only nonconsent running, hiking, climbing agenda business before and paddle boarding. the commissioners other The center could also than routine appointments include an outdoor and bill-paying items. The amphitheater, restaurant informational update on and beer garden, as well

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The company behind the proposal, Plei, is proposing to build the approximately $70 million project at Clinton State Park, near the northern side of the lake, according to documents provided to the commission.

The Douglas County Commission meets at 4 p.m. today at the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. View the complete agenda at douglascountyks.org.

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Electronic monitoring proving successful in jail diversion test program

By Elvyn Jones ejones@ljworld.com

Seven former Douglas County Jail inmates have collectively spent about three months under house arrest through the use of electronic monitoring bracelets since the devices were introduced three weeks ago, the Douglas County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council was told Tuesday.

Michelle Roberts, chief operations officer for Douglas County Court Services, said court services received the electronic monitoring devices at no cost from the manufacturer for a 90-day trial. Seven of the devices are in use with an eighth expected to be put in service this week.

The program was introduced Nov. 21 when three inmates were released from the Douglas County Jail with the electronic monitoring devices, Roberts said.

So far, the use of the devices has allowed selected inmates to spend 122 days in home settings rather than in jail. In the pre-trial program, the inmates were in jail awaiting trial before being selected for the program, she said.

There is potential to grow the program, but Court Services was taking a cautious approach as it tests the devices and the monitoring service the manufacturer provides, Roberts said. At the end of the 90-day test period, court services would request that the Douglas County Commission approve funding to continue the program.

Mike Brouwer, director of the re-entry program at the Douglas County Jail, said a companion electronic monitoring program would be introduced for inmates serving post-conviction sentences. It has not yet been determined which county agency would be in

charge of that program.

The company that is providing the devices for the 90-day trial also provides a monitoring service to track those equipped with the electronic monitors.

The company can sound alarms on the devices when a movement violation is detected and also alert the responsible county officials, Brouwer said. County officials will also have the ability to track the devices with computers and cellphones.

Court Services was also making progress on the pretrial diversion program for low-risk offenders, Roberts said. The program provides monitoring of those diverted from jail to assure they attend scheduled court dates. Roberts said the program is “piggy-backing” on the automated system used to inform potential jurors of their commitments.

In her update on the behavioral health court, Sharon Zehr, the court’s team

leader, said the court, over which Douglas County District Judge Sally Pokorny presides, is now serving one former inmate. In July, the Douglas County Commission included a $443,000 line item in the 2017 budget to fund the first year of what was then called the mental health court. However, money was found to get the behavioral court off the ground early, Zehr said.

Although the court could eventually have an annual caseload of 30 people with mental illness or substance abuse problems, it is now focusing on those whose persistent mental illness have led to frequent contacts with law enforcement, Zehr said. The court will arrange and monitor the ordered treatment for an individual, she said. The person would likely report back once a week early in the process, but that could decrease to once a month if the individual has been

diligent about attending treatment appointments and staying on prescribed medications, she said.

Coordinating council member Edith Guffey said the number seemed low given that 30 percent of the jail’s population was diagnosed with mental illness.

“In my time on the council, there has been a lot of discussion on the number of people in the system because of mental illness,” she said. “If that is true, why would the number be so low of people in the mental health court?”

Part of the answer was the nature of crime that got an inmate in jail, said Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson.

Those alleged to have committed violent crimes or sex crimes would not be eligible for behavioral court, nor would non-Douglas County residents be eligible. Firsttime or infrequent low-level offenders probably would

be offered other diversion options, he said.

It is anticipated that 18 percent of the jail’s population would be eligible for the behavioral health court, Brouwer said.

In other news, Robert Bieniecki, coordinator of the coordinating council, said the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office data analyst position, which is to coordinate data from the county jail and criminal justice system, had been filled and the person would start next week. The data that person provides will aid the coordinating council’s subcommittees, especially those exploring the high number of people of color incarcerated in the county jail or involved with its criminal justice system.

The coordinating council will next meet at 11 a.m. Jan. 31 at the Douglas County Courthouse.

— County reporter Elvyn Jones can be reached at 832-7166.

Eudora City Commission discusses more effective code enforcement

By Elvyn Jones ejones@ljworld.com

With a rewrite of municipal codes in hand and the city’s first full-time codes enforcement office expected to be hired in late January, the Eudora City Commission discussed Monday goals for more effective codes enforcement.

Commissioners approved the update of city codes that City Clerk Pam Schmeck completed.

Among its provisions is the right of city codes enforcement officers to issue citations for violations.

In a presentation to the City Commission, city management intern Jason Rohloff shared a proposed strategy for ensuring the worst of the city’s code violations were addressed. The strategy was written with

the expectation the fulltime codes enforcement officer, a position funded in the 2017 budget, would start next year. The strategy was created with aid of city staff, including city codes administrator Curt Baumann.

Objectives of the strategy were to maintain and sustain structures, premises and areas in the city that might cause safety concerns; create an internal rating system to prioritize violations; start a citywide education system of common code violations; and create a streamlined system to resolve violations that treats all property owners fairly and gives priority to prevention so that fines and enforcement tools can be used only when necessary, Rohloff said.

City Manager Barack Matite said it would be

commissioners who would set code violation priorities, while Baumann added the top priority would be given to complaints from citizens.

Certified letters would continue to be mailed for code violations when property owners didn’t respond to verbal or written notifications from codes enforcers of noncompliance, commissioners were told. Once accepted, the certified letters give property owners 10 days to address concerns or request a hearing before the City Commission.

Commissioners agreed that the problem has been violators often refuse to accept the certified letters.

Baumann and Matite explained that citations can now be issued even if the letters aren’t accepted and that they will be presented in Eudora Municipal Court

to document the city’s effort to address violations. Habitual violators who have been sent letters in the past could receive citations without additional certified letters, Baumann said.

It was emphasized that the goal was to avoid citations through courtesy calls and informational letters when code violations are first cited. Community education through such venues as the city newsletter, social media accounts and its newly updated website would be employed to reduce violations. That effort would seek to spread the word of when bulk trash collections are scheduled.

The commission also: l Set a Jan. 23 date for a public hearing and consideration of the creation of a tax increment financing district for the Nottingham

property the city bought from the Eudora school district in 2015 for $85,000.

A TIF district would allow the added property, sales and franchise taxes collected from the site’s redevelopment to be used to finance infrastructure

improvements at the site. l Approved an updated fee schedule that increases electrical rates 5 percent, sewer rates 4 percent and water rates 3 percent starting Jan. 1. The rate increases were built into the 2017 budget approved in August.

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Noise is not progress The tactics of a local Black Lives Matter group detract from a very serious message.

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he techniques employed by activists associated with Black Lives Matter in Lawrence threaten to undermine the group’s credibility to the point that it cannot be taken seriously on the serious matters of justice and equality.

The profanity-laced tirade at Monday’s Lawrence school board meeting is the latest in a series of unproductive incidents that do the group’s mission more harm than good.

Caleb Stephens and Trinity Carpenter, self-described leaders of the local Black Lives Matter movement, were part of a takeover of Monday night’s meeting.

The school board’s pleas to respect the board’s processes and follow the protocol for public comment were shouted down.

Instead, one member of the group, Tasha Neal, informed the board, “we’re running this meeting right now,” and told board members not to interrupt.

Neal and others accosted board members with an approach that was threatening and aggressive, to the point that police were contacted. After listening for about 10 minutes, school board members voted to adjourn the meeting while the activists continued to yell at them. As board members got up to leave, Neal shouted, “We closed this mother(expletive) down.”

Spectacles like Monday’s have become too common in the past year. The Lawrence City Commission and the University of Kansas have experienced similar meetings, in which individuals affiliated with Black Lives Matter seize control of the meetings, shout down any efforts at civil discourse and insist on respect, while refusing to demonstrate any respect toward the institutions and individuals that they are targeting.

And government isn’t the only target. Dozens of Lawrence businesses, churches and nonprofit organizations have been asked to write letters professing their solidarity with Black Lives Matter. Refusal to do so lands the business or organization on a boycott list maintained on the Lawrence Black Lives Matter Facebook page.

Nationally, Black Lives Matter is a movement born out of frustration with the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in 2012. In five years, the movement has expanded to tackle a broad array of social issues affecting black Americans including poverty, the criminal justice system, gender bias and discrimination based on sexual orientation.

It’s important to note that few cities have demonstrated a greater willingness to tackle such topics than Lawrence, a community founded by abolitionists on the principle that black lives do matter.

One hundred fifty years later, Lawrence remains a community known for its pursuit of equality for all. Perhaps for that reason, local officials have, for the most part, provided Black Lives Matter members with multiple forums to air their grievances.

But enough is enough. The time has come for the City Commission, school board and other public bodies to stop allowing local Black Lives Matter activists to hijack public meetings. Maybe then, Black Lives Matter leaders will stop behaving like bullies and start advocating for equality and fairness.

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Trump’s dangerous spy game Washington — Intelligence officers like to distinguish between knowable secrets that spies can steal and fuzzier mysteries that have to be assessed without final, definitive proof. The intent of Russia’s covert meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is probably somewhere between the two.

But after conversations with a half-dozen knowledgeable sources, here are two simple judgments: Russia’s secret hacking against Democratic Party officials threatened the integrity of

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Perhaps the trickiest task will fall to Rep. Mike Pompeo, Trump’s nominee to head the CIA.”

the U.S. political system.

And President-elect Donald Trump shouldn’t have criticized the CIA after its analysts told Congress about the Kremlin’s efforts. Trump, unbelievably, seemed to be taking a potential adversary’s side against his own nation’s intelligence professionals.

The Russian hacking scandal went into overdrive last weekend after CIA analysts warned Congress Thursday that the goal of Russian hackers hadn’t simply been to destabilize our political system, as previously thought, but to boost Trump and undermine his opponent, Hillary Clinton.

That stronger judgment, first reported by The Washington Post, is said to have been based on an evolving analysis, rather than a “smoking gun.”

President Obama had been notified earlier, in his daily intelligence brief and other documents, of this tougher evaluation.

Early last week, he ordered Director of National

Intelligence James Clapper, a 50-year veteran of the spy business, to conduct an assessment of the evidence that could be completed

by Jan. 20 and presented to Trump, as a set of “lessons learned” about foreign political meddling, including China’s cyberattacks in the 2008 election as well as Russia’s actions.

The evidence that led CIA analysts to conclude that Moscow’s aim in 2016 was to help Trump — rather than simply spread confusion — was based on a variety of sources. One indication was that the Russians didn’t disseminate information from their snooping into Republican files, as they had with the product of hacking against Democrats; the Russians also didn’t disseminate material after Trump’s victory. The CIA had other, more sensitive evidence that officials won’t discuss.

An administration official wouldn’t comment on whether Obama had shared with Trump the intelligence assessment and plan for wider review. But it’s unlikely such an important decision wouldn’t have been conveyed to his transition team, which makes Trump’s Twitter blasts at the CIA last weekend all the more puzzling and disturbing.

Obama’s somewhat cautious response to Russia’s covert intervention angers some Democrats. Rep.

Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in an interview Tuesday that he had been urging the White House since August to identify Russian hackers, talk with allies about imposing sanctions and take clandestine steps to deter Russia from further meddling.

“Had the administration begun months ago, we would now be much further along,” Schiff said. “Failure to push back against Russia was seen by them as an open door. ... There need to be costs or they will do it again.”

Schiff said he had no doubt the Russians wanted to hurt Clinton and help Trump. In Russian eyes, he said, Clinton had sought to undermine President Vladimir Putin after the 2011 parliamentary elections and to foment “color revolutions” in areas of Russian influence. Trump, by contrast, had lauded Putin, suggested lifting sanctions and belittled NATO. Schiff said Obama had initially resisted calls to “name and shame” Russia for its hacking because the president feared it would “sow doubt about the elections” and “play into Russia’s hands by acknowledging what they were doing.”

Obama eventually agreed to an Oct. 7 public statement that “Russia’s senior-most officials” had authorized actions “intended to interfere

with the U.S. election process.”

According to Schiff, the administration didn’t take further public steps after Oct. 7 because Obama feared it could “risk escalation, including dumping of forged documents,” in ways that would have further destabilized the election.

There’s no question the White House worried, right up to Election Day, that Russian hackers might ignite what was already a toxic, combustible political environment. Trump’s bogus claims that the election was rigged and that he might not accept the outcome added to Obama’s concerns.

Obama has another five weeks left to shape the transition and deter Russian actions. The administration doesn’t rule out the possibility of taking covert action in retaliation, which officials privately said hadn’t been done before the election.

The rubric now is simply that the administration will respond at a time and place of its choosing.

Perhaps the trickiest task will fall to Rep. Mike Pompeo, Trump’s nominee to head the CIA. He must reassure a battered agency workforce that the next administration values its own intelligence officers and is vigilant against machinations by foreign spies.

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

A perfect holiday gift: Subscribe to the news If you’re stressing over what to give friends and loved ones during this holiday season, I’m here to help.

Consider giving them print or digital subscriptions — or both — to news organizations you regularly count on to provide strong journalism. That includes national newspapers and magazines, as well as regional papers that anchor your communities. Keep in mind public radio and television stations, too, which always need more financial support.

Now, I understand how you might see this request as self-serving on my part. I am a journalist, to state the obvious; worse, to state the god-awful for some, I am a columnist paid to give my opinion. Surely, I have a vested interest in the survival of my profession.

The thing is, so do you.

Regardless of whom we supported for president, it should concern all of us that we are about to enter a period of alarming uncertainty regarding media access to the White House and to the coming administration. So far, we have no reason to believe that Donald Trump will not continue his campaign practice of abuse and avoidance.

Democracy cannot thrive without journalists who hold accountable those elected to protect it.

No recent president has been fond of the media, but

Connie Schultz President-elect Trump has taken this wariness to new lows. He has made clear, repeatedly and loudly, that he hates us and sees no reason even to speak to us.

Days after his election, he accused the media of “inciting” protests against him.

This was a lie. During his campaign, he banned a growing list of reporters and repeatedly mocked the journalists standing in front of him.

He also encouraged supporters at his rallies to taunt the media and call them names.

One photo at a rally showed a Trump supporter wearing a T-shirt promoting lynching of journalists. Do I think Trump supports that?

No, but it’s troubling that once the photo went viral, he didn’t denounce this. It’s indisputable that his behavior inspired it.

Journalists and the news organizations that employ them are not about to cave.

For all the complaints about media coverage, many of them justified, a large number of journalists, mostly for print organizations, brought

close and relentless scrutiny to Trump’s campaign.

In this era of increasingly influential “fake news” sites, they are now doubling down on efforts to provide sound reporting that will still include the fact-checks that Trump so loathes.

How he loves his Twitter account. Never stops bragging about the freedom to push out whatever misinformation and outright lies that catch his fancy. He thinks he can get around the media by tweeting, with no apparent concern for the potential harm to Americans and countries around the world. Even if you find his addiction to Twitter entertaining or dismiss it as a mere distraction, please ask yourself this: Why doesn’t the next president of the United States think he should have to answer any questions that don’t come from a family member or a sycophant? What is he hiding? What does he not want you to know?

Doesn’t it make you feel a little bit better to know that journalists will keep trying?

Wouldn’t you rather have all the information and decide for yourself what matters?

If you’re holding a newspaper right now to read my column, it’s possible that I’m the only liberal on this page.

Many editorial pages skew more conservative, yet here I am.

Think what that says about newspapers and the

people deciding what goes on their opinion pages.

They may not agree with me, but they publish my opinions anyway because they value the wild tumble of ideas over an echo chamber. I am grateful, of course, to these newspapers and every online site that runs my column. Keeps me writing for a living. But you, too, are the beneficiary of this policy that trusts you to keep an open mind. This is democracy in action — and isn’t it nice to be so respected?

Less than an hour ago, I finished up my last journalism class for this semester as a professional in residence at Kent State University. It is impossible to be cynical in the company of these millennials. They care about journalism and their future in it, and they care about our country, too.

Many of my journalism students were alarmed by the outcome of the presidential race, but they have quickly rallied. They understand their role in keeping our country free, and they are eager to join the profession. I take heart in knowing that soon enough, they’ll be out there.

Let’s support them, shall we? Let’s invest in the future of journalism, while we still can.

— Connie Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and professional in residence at Kent State University’s school of journalism.

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Heard on the Hill

or students who need to cram in more credit hours more than they need a break, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas has a new option. The college is offering, for the first time, winter-session classes — beginning Dec. 26.

All 14 courses are online, based on previously existing online courses that will be condensed into four weeks, according to a recent KU announcement.

Offerings include, to name a few, intro to AfricanAmerican studies, intro to American studies, Greek and Roman mythology, Islamic art and architecture, intro to leadership, reason and argument, intro to U.S. politics and intro to women, gender and sexuality studies.

Classes are envisioned to help students catch up on or accelerate their progress to graduation. In particular, students with “differing circumstances” can take advantage of them, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Carl Lejuez said in KU’s announcement.

The last day of finals is Friday, so even winterbreak students still get a week off before Christmas.

the faculty and staff have received emails from book buyers, offering to purchase their textbooks and instructor’s editions,” vice provost for faculty development Mary Lee Hummert wrote to faculty, staff and graduate teaching assistants. “As you know, a ruling of the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission states: ‘Accepting as sshepherd@ljworld.com personal property free desk copies of textbooks and newspapers valued at $40 I know the KU School of or more is a violation of the Journalism (according State of Kansas conflict of to a co-worker who took some) and probably some interest laws.’”

Instructors who receive other units have offered such books from publishers winter courses online can retain and use them, before, though unless there are in-person winter but they can’t sell or give them away because the classes I’m not aware of books are considered state I expect campus to be property, Hummert said, deserted as usual for the citing the 1997 opinion. If coming weeks.

In other end-of-semester instructors leave the university, they’re supposed to news: l No textbook buyback leave the books in their offor instructors allowed: fice, boxed up and labeled Professors who might want “Deliver to Exchanges and to make a buck or two (or a Gifts, Watson Library” few hundred?) selling text- to be properly added to books after the end of the the library’s collection or semester are not supposed otherwise disposed of. to do that, at least with any — This is an excerpt from free copies they may have been sent, a provost memo Sara Shepherd’s Heard on the Hill column, which appears regularly reminds. on LJWorld.com.

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President Obama invited members of Congress to the White House on Tuesday to laud the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act. Then, in a ritual that goes back to President Harry WASHINGTON

Truman, he used dozens of pens to sign the bill, handing them out as souvenirs.

The gathering was almost certainly the last bill-signing ceremony in a presidency in which such events have been increasingly rare — especially during the past six years, as divided and Republican Congresses have sent him fewer bills to sign.

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WASHINGTON Donald Trump’s choice of ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson to be secretary of State is the first of his picks to draw sharp questions from Republicans in the Senate, a sign that his nomination may face the highest hurdles in the confirmation process. Tillerson may not be the only one facing a tough road to Trump’s Cabinet.

The incoming administration can afford to lose the support of only two Republican senators for any confirmation vote, provided no Democrats cross the aisle, which appears unlikely.

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Marco Rubio of Florida, John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of AFP/GETTY IMAGES South Carolina Rex Tillerson expressed reservations about Tillerson, in particular about his ties with Russia, the nation intelligence officials suspect of hacking and trying to influence the presidential election.

“Based upon his extensive business dealings with the Putin government and his previous opposition of efforts to impose sanctions on the Russian government, there are many questions which must be answered,” Graham said Tuesday. “I expect the U.S.-Russian relationship to be front and center in his confirmation process.”

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he leaders of Ranger, Texas, a former oil boomtown, never gave 2-year-old Adam Walton a chance to avoid the poison. ¶ It came in city water, delivered to his family’s tap through pipes nearly a century old. For almost a year, the little boy bathed in lead-tainted water and ate food cooked in it. As he grew into a toddler — when he should have been learning to talk — he drank tap water containing a toxin known to ravage a child’s developing brain. ¶ Adam’s parents didn’t know about the danger until this fall.

Officials at City Hall knew long before then, according to local and state records. So did state and federal government regulators who are paid to make sure drinking water in Texas and across the nation is clean.

Ranger and Texas officials were aware of a citywide lead problem for two years — one the city still hasn’t fixed and one the Waltons first learned about in a letter to residents in September.

The city and state even knew, from recent tests, that water in the Walton family’s cramped, one-bedroom rental house was carrying sky-high levels of lead.

Destiny and John Walton got their first inkling of a problem when blood tests in June detected high levels of lead in their son’s body. They first learned their tap water contained lead — about 28 times the federal limit — when a USA TODAY Network reporter told them in November.

Millions of Americans face similar risks because the nation’s drinking-water enforce-

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Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., holds up a pen used by President Obama to sign the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act.

It’s one symbol of an Obama legislative legacy that includes some early signature accomplishments as well as gridlock.

Obama has had 60 bill-signing ceremonies during his presidency, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from the American Presidency Project. That’s significantly fewer than fellow two-term presidents George W. Bush (95) and Bill Clinton (91).

President Ronald Reagan — whose party never controlled Congress in eight years — signed 61.

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Arenas and stadiums are the place for games — not guns Nancy Armour

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Some people will do anything to get their names in the news.

Even if comes at the expense of the public’s safety.

Three Washington state legislators are pushing a bill that would force arenas and stadiums to allow fans to bring in weapons if they have concealed carry permits. Because adding guns to a highly charged atmosphere

where alcohol already offsets common sense far too often seems like a great idea.

“What I’ve been trying to do is foster bipartisan support for common sense solutions to gun violence,” said Laurie Jinkins, the Tacoma area representative who chairs the Washington House Judiciary Committee.

“This seems to be the antithesis for that.”

There was no public groundswell for this proposed legislation.

Seattle’s professional teams did not ask for it, and the major professional leagues have rules that specifically prohibit fans from

bringing weapons into stadiums.

This is grandstanding, pure and simple. Representatives Bob McCaslin, Matt Shea and David Taylor saw an opportunity to pander to the gun lobby and stoke fear in those who see a Second Amendment-repealing boogeyman around every corner these days, and they jumped on it.

Washington law prevents possession of firearms at “any stadium or convention center, operated by a city, town, county or other municipality” unless an individual has a concealed carry permit.

But most stadiums are operated by public facilities districts

or private entities and thus can make their own rules on weapons.

The bill proposed by McCaslin, Shea and Taylor would expand the law so it specifically prohibits public facilities districts and public stadium authorities, or any private group that leases a stadium or arena from them, from banning pistols for those with concealed carry permits.

None of the three responded to a request for a comment Tuesday, probably because they know there’s no good way to defend this.

And spare me the argument that a gun would defuse a situa-

tion or stop a potential criminal.

These stadiums have security in place screening fans to avoid weapons being smuggled in. Now we want to eliminate that?

Americans have generally agreed that there are some places where it’s just not smart to have guns. Schools, for example, and public parks. Courtrooms. Hospitals.

That stadiums and arenas should be part of that list is a no-brainer.

Fortunately, there seems to be little support for McCaslin, Shea and Taylor’s proposal.

Sporting events are for fun and foam fingers, not firearms.

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ment system doesn’t make small utilities play by the same safety rules as everyone else, a USA TODAY Network investigation found.

Tiny utilities — those serving a few thousand people or less — don’t have to treat water to prevent lead contamination until after lead is found. Even when they skip safety tests or fail to treat water after they find lead, federal and state regulators often do not force them to comply with the law.

USA TODAY Network journalists spent 2016 reviewing millions of records from the Environmental Protection Agency and all 50 states, visiting small communities across the country and interviewing more than 120 people stuck using untested or lead-tainted tap water.

The investigation found: uAbout 100,000 people get drinking water from utilities that discovered high lead but failed to treat the water to remove it. Dozens of utilities took more than a year to formulate a treatment plan and even longer to begin treatment. uAbout 4 million Americans get water from small operators who skipped required tests or did not conduct the tests properly, violating a cornerstone of federal safe drinking water laws. The testing is required because, without it, utilities, regulators and people drinking the water can’t know whether it’s safe. In more than 2,000 communities, lead tests were skipped more than once. Hundreds repeatedly failed to properly test for five or more years. uAbout 850 small water utilities with a documented history of lead contamination — places where state and federal regulators are supposed to pay extra attention — have failed to properly test for lead at least once since 2010.

This two-tiered system exists in both law and practice. State and federal water safety officials told USA TODAY Network reporters that regulators are more lenient with small water systems because they lack resources, deeming some lost causes when they don’t have the money, expertise or desire to fix problems. The nation’s Safe Drinking Water Act allows less-trained people to operate tiny water systems even though the risks for customers are the same.

Officials in West Virginia, for example, labeled more than a dozen systems “orphans” because they didn’t have owners or operators. Enforcement efforts for those utilities amounted to little more than a continuous stream of warning letters as utilities failed to test year after year. All the while, residents continued drinking untested — and potentially contaminated — water.

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at Virginia Tech. “One is the universe of people who are somewhat protected from lead. ... Then we have those people served by small water systems, who are treated by the regulations as second-class citizens.”

All of this endangers millions of people across the country, mostly in remote and rural communities. Utilities such as East Mooringsport Water, serving part of a Louisiana bayou town of about 800 people, where drinking water went untested for more than five years. Or Coal Mountain, W.Va., a remote 118-person outpost where a retired coal miner pours bleach into untested water at the system’s wellhead in the hopes of keeping it clean. Or Orange Center School outside Fresno, Calif., where for more than a decade, regulators let about 320 grade-school kids drink water that had tested high for lead.

In total, the number of people getting lead-contaminated drinking water, or water not properly tested for lead, since 2010 is about 5 million.

Virginia Tech’s Marc Edwards, one of the nation’s top experts on lead in drinking water who helped identify the crisis in Flint, Mich., laments that people in America’s forgotten places — rural outposts, post-industrial communities and poor towns — are most at risk from the dangers of lead exposure, such as irreversible brain damage, lowered IQ, behavioral problems and language delays.

“I’m worried about their kids,” Edwards said. “The risk of permanent harm here is horrifying.”

Perhaps the best illustration of what can happen when everything breaks down at once is Ranger, where high lead and gov-

ernment inaction have converged in a pervasive contamination problem experts compared to a “tiny Flint.”

Ranger’s water system dates to the city’s heyday nearly 100 years ago, when the discovery of oil attracted a population that reached 30,000. Ranger is now a barren place with 2,500 people, abandoned buildings and a lonely Main Street where a mural of a steer-wrangling cowboy near an oil well fades away like the city.

With ever-shrinking tax rolls and median household income at about half of the national average, there’s little money to shore up a decaying infrastructure. Treated water purchased from the Eastland County Water Supply District flows through Ranger’s old system, where leaks spring daily.

Three years ago, the city found excessive levels of copper. Nine months after that, three of 20 sites tested over the limit of 15 parts per billion of lead. Under federal law, both required immediate action, but documents show the city waited until this fall to start planning to control corrosion. Testing this September found five sites above the limit for lead, the Walton home topping the list at 418 parts per billion.

The federal limit is 15.

Similar scenarios play out in hundreds of mostly struggling communities.

Ranger is one of about 130 water systems since 2010 that failed to take timely action. Ranger took its first step toward reducing lead in November — nearly three years late — by giving the state a corrosion-control study that called for adjusting the pH of the water. State officials deemed the plan insufficient and are working with the city to improve it.

Texas environmental officials sent experts to Ranger, referred the city to the EPA for formal enforcement in March, issued new citations in October and fined the city about $3,000.

The city promised to replace more of the old water lines, increase testing and seek grants for more upgrades.

City Manager Chad Roberts downplayed the danger from Ranger’s water. Roberts said small children and pregnant women probably shouldn’t drink it, but he said overall, “I don’t see a problem with drinking (it.) I drink it.”

The EPA would not allow senior officials, including Peter Grevatt, director of the Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, to be interviewed.

The agency would respond only in writing to questions, saying it’s revising lead regulations and working with states to strengthen oversight.

For now, lead continues to taint tap water in places such as Ranger.

The Waltons fear lead has already harmed their son.

At an age when other kids use dozens of words, Adam says just three: “mama,” “dada” and “no.”

Destiny and John wish they would have known about the lead earlier, so they could have protected him.

“What’s going to happen if my son’s lead levels keep rising?

What if the kid next door gets way sicker than my son? What’s Ranger going to do then?” Destiny asked. “They’ve known about it for years now. … Are they going to fix it?”

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man Josh Earnest said Monday, “We’re not going to have a signing ceremony for a post office naming.”

Christopher Kelley, a political scientist at Miami University of Ohio, has studied how presidents use written signing statements to define and interpret the laws they’re signing — even to indicate what parts of the new law they won’t enforce. By contrast, he said, the public ceremonies are mostly rhetorical: They serve to help claim credit for legislative accomplishments, praise members of Congress who worked on the bill or admonish Congress for not doing more.

A year ago, as Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act, he called the ceremony “a Christmas miracle.”

“A bipartisan bill signing right here,” he said. “We should do this more often. I love it when we’re signing bipartisan bills.”

Half of Obama’s signing ceremonies were in the first two years of his presidency, when Democrats had full control of Congress.

Congressional leaders said they’ve sent Obama plenty of bipartisan bills worth celebrating, including on infrastructure, opioid abuse and tax relief. “It’s a joke to say that there haven’t been many opportunities for signing ceremonies — but it would contradict all their ‘obstruction’ claims if they did signing ceremonies on all of these,” said Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Half of Obama’s signing ceremonies were in the first two years of his presidency, when Democrats had full control of Congress.

In those years, Obama had a streak of landmark legislative victories: The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (better known as the stimulus bill), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. “When you consider the kind of legislative progress that we were able to make when Democrats were in charge of the Congress, the president’s résumé looks quite strong,” Earnest said.

“Even when viewed over the span of eight years, that was a remarkably productive two-year period.”

Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 2010, largely as a result of a backlash against many of those laws.

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Trump held up Tillerson’s experience with Russia as an asset in his selection announcement.

The statement lists his positions at Exxon since Tillerson began working there in 1975 and notes his responsibilities overseeing holdings in Russia and the Caspian Sea. Trump announced his pick Tuesday morning. He had mulled other candidates for weeks for the secretary of State post, including Mitt Romney and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.

“Rex knows how to manage a global enterprise, which is crucial to running a successful State Department, and his relationships with leaders all over the world are second to none,” Trump said.

Winning Senate confirmation is a multistep process that includes much more than the hearings and votes. Each intended nominee must submit lengthy financial documentation, and the FBI does extensive background checks.

Max Stier, head of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving the federal government, said the wealth of the individuals Trump has picked could complicate matters further.

Among them are billionaires Wilbur Ross, a private equity executive whom Trump picked to lead the Commerce Department; Betsy DeVos, a philanthropist

Every president since 1989 has lost at least one Cabinet nominee during the confirmation process.

Trump chose for Education secretary; and Linda McMahon, cofounder of the WWE, whom Trump intends to nominate as head of the Small Business Administration. Tillerson is at least a multimillionaire.

“This is a place where the Trump team could get themselves into big trouble,” Stier said.

“Typically, a transition team will do a lot of vetting of candidates prior to announcing them, and it’s unclear how much of that is occurring here.”

Every president since 1989 has lost at least one Cabinet nominee during the confirmation process.

Here are the seven failed nominees since 1989, according to Senate records: JOHN G. TOWER

uNominated by: President George H.W. Bush on Jan. 20, 1989 uPosition: Defense uRejected: March 9, 1989, by a vote of 47-53 Tower, who had represented

Texas in the Senate for 24 years, was the first Cabinet pick rejected by the Senate since 1959. His nomination failed amid allegations of womanizing and heavy drinking.

ZOE BAIRD

uNominated by: President Bill Clinton on Jan. 21, 1993 uPosition: Attorney general uWithdrawn: Jan. 26, 1993 Baird, a corporate lawyer, withdrew after “nannygate.” She had hired two undocumented immigrants as household help and had not paid Social Security taxes on their wages.

ANTHONY LAKE

uNominated by: President Bill Clinton on Jan. 9, 1997 uPosition: CIA director uWithdrawn: April 18, 1997 Lake, who had been Clinton’s national security adviser for four years, endured days of grilling by the Senate Intelligence Committee before withdrawing his nomination.

Senators expressed concerns about how his national security staff had handled White House contacts with foreign business interests who were contributing to the Democratic Party.

HERSHEL GOBER

uNominated by: President Bill Clinton on July 31, 1997 uPosition: Veterans Affairs uWithdrawn: Oct. 27, 1997 Gober, who had been deputy

secretary at the VA, withdrew his nomination amid allegations of sexual harassment.

LINDA CHAVEZ

uNominated by: President George W. Bush on Jan. 3, 2001 uPosition: Labor uWithdrawn: Jan. 9, 2001 Chavez, former head of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights during the Reagan administration, withdrew her nomination amid criticism of her providing housing and money to a Guatemalan immigrant in 1991 and 1992 who was in the country illegally.

BERNARD KERIK

uNominated by: President George W. Bush on Dec. 2, 2004 uPosition: Homeland Security uWithdrawn: Dec. 10, 2004 While assembling paperwork for his nomination, Kerik said he discovered he had employed a nanny and housekeeper who was in the country illegally, leading him to withdraw his nomination.

TOM DASCHLE

uNominated by: President Obama on Dec. 11, 2008 uPosition: Health and Human Services uWithdrawn: Feb. 9, 2009 Daschle, a former senator from South Dakota, withdrew his nomination after revealing he had failed to pay more than $120,000 in taxes.

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A: Some investors might think the solid gains of November can’t last. But history shows the gains haven’t been all that unusual and don’t have bearings on what happens in December anyway.

Seeing a 3.4% gain in the Standard & Poor’s 500 during November was a welcome increase for the market, which had been treading water as election rhetoric heated up.

But the month’s gains were below those of 24 Novembers since World War II, says Sam Stovall,

strategist at CFRA. Historically, a good November doesn’t spell trouble for December. Following the 24 best Novembers since World War II, stocks gained 71% of the time in December by an average of 1.2%, Stovall says.

Strong Novembers in small company stocks hasn’t hurt gains in the same stocks in December, either. After gains in November which ranked in the all-time 25% best, small-company shares rose an average 2.7% in December.

December, historically, has been a bullish time for small company stocks anyway, as the S&P SmallCap 600 gained 76% of the time and posted average gains of 2.6%.

That’s not to say that stocks could run into trouble in December.

Just don’t blame November.

Among the most-aggressive SigFig investors (more than 70% equities), Apple (AAPL) was the most-bought tech stock in early December.

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CLOSE: 5,463.83 PREV. CLOSE: 5,412.54 RANGE: 5,430.72-5,486.75

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41.64

+1.80

+4.5 +26.5

Seagate Technology (STX) Rises as it teams with SK Hynix in leading sector.

40.84

+1.67

+4.3

Newmont Mining (NEM) Positive note overcomes rating downgrade.

33.87

+1.27

+3.9 +88.3

Hess (HES) Price target raised, strong sector.

65.14 +2.24

+3.6 +34.4

Endo International (ENDP) Positive note in solid sector.

15.95

+3.5

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GAINERS

Mylan (MYL) Continues uptrend since restructuring effort.

Murphy Oil (MUR) Rises in strong sector on oil production cut.

+11.4

38.30

+.54 +1.17

+3.2

-73.9

+3.2 +52.8

CA (CA) 32.73 Positive note, turns December into winning month.

+.91

+2.9

+14.6

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+3.19

+2.8

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Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) 110.01 Rating downgraded to equal weight at Morgan Stanley.

-5.07

-4.4

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Weyerhaeuser (WY) Reverses early gain as insider sells.

32.07

-1.05

-3.2

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Urban Outfitters (URBN) Falls on weak same-store sales data.

32.34

-.94

Universal Health Services (UHS) Keeps rating, loses momentum.

108.99

-2.99

-2.7

-8.8

Mosaic (MOS) Rating downgrade, negative note.

29.52

-.72

-2.4

+7.0

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) 15.04 Positive note, dips with peers on weak commodities.

-.32

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CF Industries (CF) Dips along with peers on weak industry note.

28.41

-.59

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Navient (NAVI) Dips another day in negative environment.

16.36

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DaVita (DVA) Stock rating cut to neutral at Baird.

65.37

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-1.8

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Invesco (IVZ) Extends losing streak and evens December.

31.74

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$92.58

$100

With CEO Rex Tillerson being Price: $92.58 nominated for secretary of State Chg: $1.60 and OPEC’s decision to cut crude $80 % chg: 1.8% production, the oil and gas compaNov. 15 Day’s high/low: ny is expected to outperform. $93.21/$91.17 4-WEEK TREND Shares reached month’s high.

Prudential Financial

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$120

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The insurance company said it stopped distribution of a low-cost Price: $104.83 life insurance policy through Wells $80 Chg: $0.31 Fargo on Monday. As the investiga% chg: 0.3% Nov. 15 Day’s high/low: tion continues, its stock price $105.57/$103.86 made up some of its loss.

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14.7%

Utilities

1.0%

13.1%

Consumer discret. 0.9%

7.9%

Consumer staples 0.5%

4.0%

Telcom

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3.5%

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0.3%

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The maker of Budweiser beer is selling its five Eastern European brands, including Pilsner Urquell, $80 Nov. 15 to Japanese brewer Asahi Group for $7.8 billion. Shares jumped to 4-WEEK TREND December’s high.

Price: $105.05 Chg: $1.36 % chg: 1.3% Day’s high/low: $105.70/$104.80

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Exelon (EXC) Hold rating, catches second wind.

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IBM’s Rometty plans to talk ‘new collar’ jobs with Trump CEO goes on offense ahead of Tech Summit Mike Snider @mikesnider USA TODAY

While many of the tech execs arriving at Wednesday’s Tech Summit at Trump Tower may be on the defensive, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is playing offense. Her message for the president-elect: Big Blue is already creating jobs.

Rometty hopes to bend incoming president Donald Trump’s ear

about ways to better train American workers so they are qualified enough to fill the growing number of “new collar” jobs that the Armonk, N.Y. tech giant is creating, many of which it cannot currently fill because of a growing skills gap for tech jobs.

“At IBM alone, we have thousands of open positions at any given moment, and we intend to hire about 25,000 professionals in the next four years in the United States, 6,000 of those in 2017,” Rometty said in an opinion column on USATODAY.com. “We are hiring because the nature of work is evolving — and that is

also why so many of these jobs remain hard to fill.”

IBM plans to invest $1 billion in retraining and developing its U.S. workers IBM over the next Ginni four years, RoRometty metty says. To improve the situation nationwide, she will tout the benefits of reauthorizing the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. That legislation, currently held up in the Senate,

funnels funding for technical and vocation education and could help with worker retraining for “new collar” jobs.

“In fact, at a number of IBM’s locations spread across the United States, as many as one-third of employees don’t have a four-year degree,” writes Rometty, who has publicly supported the legislation along with increased funding for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education. “What matters most is that these employees — with jobs such as cloud computing technicians and services delivery specialists — have relevant skills,

often obtained through vocational training.”

Expected to join the IBM CEO at the summit: Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Alphabet CEO Larry Page, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins and Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt.

Much of the tech industry backed Democrat Hillary Clinton, and this summit represents a chance to mend fences and gain face time with Trump.

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Alan Thicke dies at 69

TV star Alan Thicke died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack.

He was 69. Thicke’s publicist, Monique Moss, confirmed the news of “Alan’s sudden passing.”

According to TMZ and the Los Angeles Times, the actor GETTY IMAGES suffered heart Alan Thicke failure while playing hockey with his son, Carter, 19.

Thicke achieved widespread fame as Jason Seaver on the 1980s ABC sitcom Growing Pains, playing the psychiatrist dad. Recently, he appeared on Netflix’s reboot Fuller House and played himself in the pilot for NBC’s latest hit, This Is Us. The actor also had a career as a songwriter, composing theme songs for classic shows including Diff ’rent Strokes, The Facts of Life and Wheel of Fortune.

Soap actress Gloria Loring, who was married to Thicke from 1970 to 1983, called Thicke’s death “a shock” on Facebook Tuesday. “We were all just together for Thanksgiving. He was talented, funny and deeply devoted to his family,” wrote Loring, who shares two sons with Thicke: Brennan Thicke and pop singer Robin Thicke.

Thicke participated in a charity tennis tournament in Boca Raton, Fla., on Nov. 18.

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MOVIES

BARRY WETCHER

When Howard (Smith) writes to Time, he doesn’t expect an answer. But Time (Jacob Latimore) makes time in Collateral Beauty.

‘Collateral’ gave Will Smith the tools to say goodbye

Actor, who lost his father last month, plays grieving dad

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President-elect Donald Trump and Kanye West turned heads while posing for a photo in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York Tuesday morning. Trump later told the media that he “discussed life” with West, whom he called a friend and a “good man.”

STYLE STAR ‘Stranger Things’ star Millie Bobby Brown looked fresh and feminine in a pale pink, floral-print silk Kate Spade dress with black lace trim. The actress spoke onstage with David Beckham at UNICEF's 70th anniversary event Monday night in New York.

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NEW YORK When Will Smith signed on for Collateral Beauty last summer, he never could have known just how personal it would become.

“I said yes, and three weeks later, my father was diagnosed with cancer,” says the actor, who plays a successful advertising executive grieving his daughter’s death in the star-studded holiday drama (in theaters Friday). Reading books about religion and the afterlife before shooting started wound up bringing him closer to his father, Willard Smith Sr., a refrigeration engineer and U.S. Air Force veteran. He died last month.

“Having to face my father’s mortality and impending death while I was preparing for this role gave us a really wonderful interaction during that time,” Smith says. “We were able to have conversations that I never would have been mature enough or open enough to have, and we confronted death head-on. So it was a beautiful way to prepare for a movie and an even more majestic

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Willard Smith Sr. and Will Smith at a New York screening of Concussion in 2015. The actor’s father died last month. way to say goodbye to my father.”

In Collateral, Howard (Smith) writes letters to abstractions such as love, death and time — all three of which, in a twist, take human form (played by Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren and Jacob Latimore) and track him down at Christmas in an effort to help him move on with his life.

Of the three, Smith considers love the most important concept, although “death has a way of burning away the (B.S.),” he says.

“Anything that doesn’t lead to a higher, more intimate relationship with yourself and others needs to be off your schedule. It

“Anything that doesn’t lead to a higher, more intimate relationship with yourself and others needs to be off your schedule.” got very beautifully, painfully clear to me” this past year.

Smith, 48, remembers his father as a “massive idea teacher” who taught him “thousands of

lessons” with a disarming sense of humor that stayed with him until the end.

“He FaceTimed me the night he passed, and he said, ‘Hey, man, I think it’s tonight,’ ” Smith recalls. “I said, ‘Really? OK.’ We sat and looked at each other for about 20 minutes, then somebody in the background said, ‘Daddio, you don’t have nothing you want to say to Will?’ He paused and said, ‘(Shoot). Anything I ain’t told this (expletive) up till now, he sure ain’t gonna get tonight.’ That was my dad.”

Latimore — a newcomer in the cast that also includes Kate Winslet, Edward Norton, Naomie Harris and Michael Peña — says he thankfully hasn’t dealt with the deaths of close family members. But playing Time gave him a newfound appreciation for moments spent with his parents and grandparents.

“I’m just sort of, like, ‘OK, let me pick up the phone and see how they’re doing,’ ” says Latimore, 20. “Or, ‘Let me pick up the phone more when they call me.’ ” Smith laughs: “That’s hilarious.

‘I need to pick up the phone more when they call.’ ” “Your grandparents, they’re the kings and queens of talking your ear off! It’s the reality of it,” Latimore adds. “So it’s like, ‘Let me pick up this phone, even though it’s going to be a 45-minute phone call.’ ”

‘Rogue One’ struggles to find its place It has ‘Star Wars’ action, but the charm is missing

Star Wars has arguably the best opening in cinema history, with Princess Leia giving R2-D2 the secret plans to MOVIE the Death Star and REVIEW beginning a tale famBRIAN ous in every corner TRUITT of the world.

Almost 40 years later, the stand-alone Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (eegE out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters Thursday night) shows exactly how the Rebel Alliance snagged that information as the movie tries to differentiate itself from the franchise’s past. However, Rogue One is often undermined by its close ties to George Lucas’ original trilogy, and more emphasis is put on its central mission than its fresh-faced characters.

Directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla), Rogue One captures cosmic stakes like no other Star Wars movie has — the audience feels the planet-killing power of the Death Star, as well as the desperation of insurgent Rebels battling the fascist Empire.

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Rogue One introduces a host of new characters, including Imperial Death Troopers who lay waste to a moisture farm.

But Star Wars is very much about a grand mythology of Skywalkers and smugglers, “chosen ones” and weird cantina aliens. In that way, Rogue One feels small in scale, even with its signature heroism and sci-fi action, and its main players mostly lack the charm that made Rey, Finn and Poe in last year’s The Force Awakens — or Han, Luke and Leia back in the day — so special.

At least the woman at the heart of Rogue One is memorable.

Played with defiant verve by Felicity Jones, Jyn Erso has a back story — told in a fantastic opening sequence — that puts her at odds with the Empire. Her father, Galen (Mads Mikkelsen), is key to the Death Star’s operational capabilities, and the Rebels see Jyn as a means to shut down this superweapon of mass destruction.

Jyn gets involved with a motley crew including intelligence officer Capt. Cassian Andor (Diego Luna); ex-Imperial pilot Bodhi

Rook (Riz Ahmed); and blind monk Chirrut Îmwe (Donnie Yen). On the other side is Director Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn), the man in charge of the Death Star who has to deal with cutthroat inter-Empire politics.

But important characterization gets lost amid fan-service gymnastics, excessive even for a Star Wars aficionado. The effort put into working in Easter eggs, winks and knowing nods to the past could have been better used to further its new cast.

The stiff dialogue also doesn’t do anybody any favors — while all the best lines go to the snarky, scene-stealing droid K-2SO (Alan Tudyk). Even Darth Vader (again with the grumbly tones of James Earl Jones) isn’t safe from a clunky pun.

Still, Edwards has a great handle on what makes Star Warsready visual spectacle. He crafts one of the saga’s best space battles in the superb, film-saving third act and takes the action to land for realistic ground-andpound warfare.

Fortunately, even an underwhelming Star Wars is a pretty decent Star Wars, but Rogue One misses a real chance to turn the familiar into something remarkable.

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Annie Lane

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Allow family to do Christmas its way Dear Annie: For the past few years, my sister, her family, my husband and I have been donating at Christmastime to an animal shelter in our area. We are old enough to really want nothing for Christmas, so we donate to those who aren’t so fortunate as we are. It makes our giving complete.

For the past few years, we have had Christmas at my stepdaughter and her family’s home a few hours away. We tell them in advance that we will be donating to an animal shelter and ask that they do, too, instead of giving us gifts.

But on Christmas Day, there under the tree will be gifts from all of them to both of us, and we bring nothing for them. It really makes us feel out of sorts.

They don’t seem to understand when we say that the only thing we want as a gift is for them to donate to an animal shelter. Is there a way we could make ourselves feel more gracious for receiving the gifts they get for us?

Should we bring gifts for them?

I know that after going through this for a few years, we should get the hint, but our hearts aren’t in it. — Feel Like a Grinch Dear Grinch: I commend your charitable intentions, but we don’t get to decide what gifts we receive. The most we can do is share our wishes, which you’ve already done several times. It seems that this family simply enjoys watching loved ones unwrap presents. Let them have that experience.

You do not have to reciprocate with material gifts. But if you feel so uncomfortable showing up empty-handed that it spoils your time, it might be worth it for your own peace of mind to bring a little something for them to unwrap.

Dear Annie: I live in the Midwest. A few months ago, I took a part-time job as a valet at a nearby casino hotel to help supplement my regular income.

I have consistently been courteous with the patrons. I have smiled, thanked them for coming and replied with a heartwarming “you’re welcome” at every opportunity. However, most drivers will not offer a tip.

I have gone to their parked cars (considerable distances from the valet drive lane) to retrieve forgotten cellphones, cigarettes, wallets and various other personal items, yet I seldom receive more than a simple “thank you.”

I am very grateful for the drivers who do tip. Unfortunately, there are not enough of these kind and generous people to make it worthwhile for me to keep working here, given the meager salary.

I write this letter in the hope that you will bring this to public light. I do not advocate tipping for insufficient service, but when excellent service is provided, I cannot fathom why anyone would not offer a tip. — Valet No More Dear Valet: Perhaps it’s the venue. When someone is leaving a casino having just gambled away three months’ worth of mortgage payments, the last thing he wants to do is hand over more money. But that doesn’t make it OK to stiff someone who is just trying to make an honest living. Thanks for the reminder that if you’re looking to save money, cutting back on tips isn’t a fair or even efficient method. Instead, start by going out to bars and restaurants (and definitely casinos) less often.

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

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Wednesday, Dec. 14: This year you open up to many new ideas, partially because of an important relationship. You understand the importance of listening to others’ ideas and life stories. As you learn to respect different points of view, you will open up. If you are single, the person you attract now will be a lot different by the end of this birthday year. With that knowledge, avoid any long-term commitments until next year. If you are attached, the two of you have an intensity that comes out in conversation.

Greater compassion develops between you and your sweetie.

Cancer knows how to get you to feel deeply.

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) HHH Express your preference as far as where you would like to be. Your energy soars and could cause an unforeseen problem. Use your instincts when dealing with a domestic matter.

Think before you leap into action; you will be a lot happier if you do.

Tonight: Happy at home.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Speak your mind, though you could get some flak from a partner, friend or loved one.

Touch base with several friends at a distance. A meeting will be important; do not allow confusion to keep you from attending.

Tonight: Make plenty of time for a key person.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) HHH Resist going on a spending spree. You know how it goes: “One for this person, one for me, one for that person, another one for me.” You could hit a problem before you know it. Ask yourself why you need all these “things.” Tonight: Treat a friend to eggnog and cheer.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Your energy might be focused on someone else right now. In the near future, you’ll want to shift your focus to your own needs and to what must be done.

Get as many of your gifts in the mail as you possibly can. Tonight: Let a close friend know what is on your mind.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You will be on top of your game for the next few days.

Right now, you need as much rest as possible. Greet some quiet moments as great times to write out cards or do whatever knocks your socks off. Remain more sensitive to alternatives than you have been. Tonight: Lie low.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You’ll want to be more involved in a group project.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Be willing to take a stand, but make it OK for someone else to take center stage. You have a lot on your plate, especially with a situation that surrounds a child. Stay centered on your longterm goals, even if you don’t feel as if they are possible right now.

Tonight: Till the wee hours.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Keep reaching out for more of what you want.

Detach from immediate problems and see if you can handle them with a different approach. Try to imagine what it would be like to be the other parties in the situation; you will be more accepting as a result. Tonight: Follow the music.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You’ll want to relate to others on a one-on-one level more often. Choose your words with care, as people could find you to be a bit sarcastic. You are coming from a place of security, even though you might be sitting on an important secret. Tonight: Enjoy time with a loved one.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Defer to others for now. You can be fiery and possessive at times. Right now, you need to stay centered, no matter what goes on. Your sixth sense could be working overtime. Be aware of your thoughts and how they might be affecting you. Tonight: Say “yes” to a suggestion.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Stay centered on your daily life. You might hear from several friends who care a lot about you. Be careful with your funds, as money could slip right through your hands. Some extra caring as well as some self-discipline will make a difference. Tonight: Pace yourself.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH Your creativity is likely to come up with many wild scenarios. Ask yourself whether the wilder ones are workable.

Flights of fancy are common for you; try some of them out more often. Listen to what others are saying and accept their feedback.

Tonight: A gesture pays off.

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investigations move forward.

Monday, 9:15 a.m., four officers, bomb threat, 1000 block of New Hampshire Street.

Monday, 6:11 p.m., four officers, suicide attempt, 2200 block of Vermont Street.

Monday, 6:38 p.m., four officers, burglary, 2400 block of Alabama Street.

Monday, 7:06 p.m., 12 officers, disturbance, 100 block of McDonald Drive.

Monday, 9:54 p.m., four officers, fire emergency, 2100 block of Kasold Drive.

Monday, 10:55 p.m., four officers, drug activity, 1900 block of Haskell Avenue.

DATEBOOK 14 WEDNESDAY

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

Books & Babies, 9:30-10 a.m. and 10:3011 a.m., Lawrence Public Library Readers’ Theater, 707 Vermont St. Van Go’s Adornment Holiday Art Show and Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St. Teen Zone Expanded (grades 6-12), 2-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Teen Zone, 707 Vermont St. Health Marketplace Navigator, 3-4:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Health Spot, 707 Vermont St. Candy Construction, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. Douglas County Commission meeting, 4 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. American Legion Bingo, doors open 4:30 p.m., first games 6:45 p.m., American Legion Post No. 14, 3408 W. Sixth St. Lawrence Sister Cities Advisory Board, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Sustainability Advisory Board meeting, 5:30 p.m., Public Works Conference Room, City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Artist Talk: Stephen T. Johnson, 6-7 p.m., Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St. National Alliance on

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Mental Illness-Douglas County support group, 6-7 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St. Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Ashley Davis and friends: A Celtic Christmas, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive.

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Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. Christmas Joy Shop Distribution, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., Douglas County Fairgrounds Building 21, 2120 Harper St. Toddler Storytime, 9:30-10 a.m. and 10:3011 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

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Memorial services for Ralph M. Tanner will be held at 1 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 22nd at First United Methodist Church in Baldwin City, KS. For Mr. Tanner's full obituary go to warrenmcelwain.com.

Services for Ruth Harvey are pending and will be announced by Warren­McElwain Mortuary.

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RICHARD ALAN BAYHA RICHARD ALAN BAYHA, age 73, passed away December 12, 2016 in Olathe, KS. Visitation, Friday, Dec. 16 from 6­8pm at Grace United Methodist Church, 11485 S. Ridgeview Rd., Olathe, KS, followed by a Celebration of Life on

Saturday, Dec. 17 at 10am, also at the church.

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COLE HAYDEN Cole Hayden, 7, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2016, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, with his family by his side.

Funeral mass will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, December 16, 2016, at Sacred Heart Church, 408 S. Cedar, Ottawa.

A rosary will be said at 6:30 P.M., Thursday, December 15, at the church, followed by a family and friends visitation at 7:00 P.M. Inurnment Evergreen Mound Cemetery, northwest of Ottawa.

Born Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in Overland Park, Kansas, the son of Steven and Shanda (Powell) Hayden, Cole grew up in Ottawa, and was a vibrant second grader at Sacred Heart School.

Cole will be forever cherished in the hearts of those who survive him, including his parents, Steven and Shanda Hayden of Ottawa; paternal grandparents, Bob and Pat Hayden of Pomona; maternal grandparents, Jerald and Susan Long of Hutchinson; aunt, Brenda Hayden of Lithia, Florida; uncle, Mason Long of Hutchinson; and several cousins.

He was a member of the Sacred Heart Church.

Cole had a passion for

life and was very caring and giving. He was polite, courteous and helpful to others.

He was very intelligent, excelling in school, with a strong faith and love for God. Very athletic and active, Cole was passionate about all sports, especially football.

Cole’s passion for sports is something his family would like to honor.

We invite attendees to wear their favorite sports team, player attire or Cole’s favorite color, red.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Cole Hayden Memorial Fund or Sacred Heart School c/o Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory, Ottawa, Kansas 66067. Family and friends are encouraged to post their condolences and memories on Cole’s Tribute Wall at www.dengelmortuary.com Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries.

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VICKIE SUE CONRAD 69, Tonganoxie, KS died December 3, 2016.

Services are pending. Memorials are suggested to the Don Conrad Scholarship Fund, PO Box 631, Tonganoxie, KS 66086. www.quisenberryfh.com

KITTY FELISITAS (GARCIA) PACHECO Memorial services for Kitty Felisitas (Garcia) Pacheco 87, San Diego, CA formerly of Lawrence, will be held at 1:00 p.m.

Friday, December 16, 2016 at First Christian Church in Lawrence. Kitty passed away on Friday, December 9, 2016 at her home.

Kitty was born in Lawrence, Kansas on April 9, 1929 to Angel and Juanita (Vallez) Garcia, both immigrants from Mexico.

Kitty married Jesse Louis Pacheco on June 15, 1946 and again on March 23, 1991. He preceded her in death April 14, 2016.

Kitty and Jesse had two children, daughter, Jerri Lee Pacheco Engel; and son, Jesse L. Pacheco II; three grandchildren, Jacque A. Saulpaw, John C. Engel, and wife, Ileana and Jesse L. Pacheco III; two great grandsons, John C. Engel III and Jesse Lee Engel; one great granddaughter, Serenity Rome Pacheco; many nieces and nephews, extended family and many friends.

Kitty was also preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Paulita G. Bargas, Julio Garcia, Harry F. Garcia, Ermie G. Gauna; and nephews, Mark Pacheco, Jeff Garcia and Brian Garcia.

Kitty grew up in East Lawrence and attended New York Grade School

and Lawrence Jr. High at 9th and Kentucky Streets.

After her employment in retail and photography, she schooled for Spanish/English Court Interpreter.

Kitty was California Certified and a member of CCIA (California Court Interpreters Association).

She worked the San Diego County area in the courts and did administrative CUIAB for hearings (California Unemployment Appeals Board).

She retired in December 1995. Kitty was a member of First Christian Church and was active in CWF and other church functions.

Her hobbies included sewing, photography, gardening and teaching yoga to her friends. She volunteered at the Lawrence Visitor’s Center since 2009.

In lieu of flowers please plant a tree or bush.

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Tougher teams will test Svi’s game You don’t need to look at box scores to realize junior Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk is playing the best basketball of his Kansas career.

Svi is moving better, driving more aggressively, shooting more accurately and playing with more confidence than at any point in his career, which stands to reason since he’s more experienced and playing more minutes.

Heading into the Nov. 29 game Mykhailiuk in Allen Fieldhouse vs. Long Beach State, Mykhailiuk had produced back-to-back double-figure scoring totals just once in his career, last season in the Maui Classic when he followed an 18-point night vs.

Div. II Chaminade with 13 points against UCLA. Starting with the Long Beach State, Svi has a streak of four consecutive doubledigit point totals.

He’s averaging 10 points per game and shooting .431 from three, an improvement from a strong .402 as a sophomore and .288 as a freshman.

Now the only remaining question centers on how much of that improvement he will carry with him once Kansas hits conference play and the competition stiffens.

I crunched some numbers and found that Svi has appeared in 34 games vs. teams ranked in the top 25, 37 vs. unranked foes.

As suspected, there is a huge disparity in his numbers based on the quality of the competition. Mykhailiuk has shot .329 overall and .256 from three vs. ranked teams, .432 overall and .414 from three vs. all other opponents.

His career double-digit scoring games came against, in chronological order: Rider, Michigan State, Lafayette, Chaminade, UCLA, Loyola of Maryland, Montana, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Austin Peay, Indiana, UAB, Long Beach State, Stanford, UMKC and Nebraska.

Now that his minutes and confidence have increased, he should be able to close that gap, but it remains something worth keeping an eye on until he proves otherwise.

Teammates routinely maintain that Svi is the team’s best 3-point shooter in practice and even when his shot wasn’t dropping as a freshman, it almost always looked good when he let go of it. He had trouble adjusting to the speed of the game then, when he was 17. Too often, he rushed up shots when he had more time than he realized. Last season, he still looked to be in too much of a hurry when facing quick defenders. If he continues to shoot well once conference arrives and the level of competition changes, that will give KU an insane amount of firepower. The better Svi shoots, the more vulnerable defenders will become to him blowing by them on the drive, an improving skill.

Lawrence High senior guard Braden Solko had already circled the basketball City Showdown on his calendar.

That was before he found out that he would have the opportunity to play the rivalry game at Allen Fieldhouse.

“When you’re growing up in Lawrence,” Solko said, “you just dream of playing in Allen Fieldhouse — the

actual atmosphere and how historical it is. I’m very excited.”

It’s the first time the LHS vs. Free State basketball games will be played at the fieldhouse. The girls’ game will begin at 6:30 p.m. Friday and the boys will follow at 8 p.m.

Free State boys basketball coach Sam Stroh said he discussed moving the City Showdown game to the fieldhouse with athletic director Mike Hill in the last few months. It was originally

scheduled for Free State’s main gymnasium before they could make the announcement a few weeks ago.

The Class 6A state tournament was played at Allen Fieldhouse from 1984-87, plus a few years in the 1960s and ’70s.

“Eventually we were like, ‘Let’s just give it a shot,’” Stroh said. “Best court in America and there hasn’t been a high school game there in a long time. Let’s get everyone in the gym that wants to watch the two

teams in the city. It should be exciting.”

Both of the boys basketball programs have played on the Allen Fieldhouse floor during KU team camps during the summer. But that doesn’t include the atmosphere of a rivalry game.

The second edition of the City Showdown will be played at Lawrence High in February, which counts in the Sunflower League standings.

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BAKER UNIVERSITY DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR JASON THOREN, LEFT, watches the Wildcats. Baker will meet St. Francis (Ind.) for the NAIA title Saturday in Daytona Beach, Fla.

In 13 years as Baker University head football coach Mike Grossner’s right-hand man, former Lawrence High and University of Kansas football standout Jason Thoren has watched a great deal of video with his players.

But Thoren, Baker’s defensive coordinator, isn’t always showing them football videos.

“I showed our guys last week the greatest defensive game that I’ve ever seen, Kansas vs. North Carolina in the Final Four,” Thoren said of the 2008 game in San Antonio that Kansas won, 84-66, after taking a 40-12 lead. “In my mind that was the greatest defensive display I’ve ever seen.”

A linebacker at Kansas who led the team in tackles as a sophomore in 1994 and but for knee injuries cheating him of some games likely would have done so two more times, still says “we” when referring to Kansas.

“You remember that game,” Thoren said. “It was like we were playing with seven, eight men on the court. We’re stealing it, blocking ’em, running. We about ran ourselves out of gas and they came back on us. It was really cool for these kids because those players from ’08 were their childhood idols. Fast-forward eight years later. I was wondering would they get into it. Even our out-of-state kids were into it because

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KU’s Smithson headed to East-West Shrine Game

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Safety Fish Smithson’s football career at the University of Kansas is complete, but he has one more game left in which he can represent the Jayhawks.

Smithson, following his All-Big 12 senior season in the

KU secondary, has accepted an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Game, in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Jan. 21.

“It is an honor to be selected to represent both myself and Kansas football in the prestigious East-West Shrine game,” Smithson said in a press release. “I am looking forward to getting

down to Florida and showing the NFL scouts who I am as a person and what I can do on the football field.”

The 5-foot-11, 190-pound defensive back from Baltimore led Kansas with four interceptions and 93 total tackles (70 solo) in 2016.

Smithson also accounted for seven pass breakups, 2.5

tackles for loss, a sack, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery in his final year.

Former college standouts such as John Elway, Tom Brady, Brett Favre and 74 Pro Football Hall of Famers have starred through the years in the East-West Shrine Game, a showcase for hopeful NFL prospects. Smithson

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“It feels like I haven’t played football in a year, I’ve been away so long,” Jackson said. “I can’t wait to get back out there, put on those pads and grind.”

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Cure Bowl Meeks 7-10 2-4 20, Hezonja 0-0 0-0 0. Totals Citrus Bowl-Orlando, FL. Davis finished with 28 26, 51-87 14-20 131.

Central Florida...........5 1/2 (49.5)...............Arkansas St points, five blocked shots and ATLANTA (120) Camellia Bowl Sefolosha 6-11 4-4 17, Millsap 6-12 3-3 17, Cavaliers 103, Grizzlies 86 two steals but turned the ball Cramton Bowl-Montgomery, AL. Howard 9-10 2-3 20, Schroder 7-16 2-2 19, Cleveland — The Cavaliers over six times.

Hardaway Jr. 4-12 3-3 12, Bembry 0-0 0-0 0, Appalachian St....... Pick’em (57.5)......................Toledo showed they can beat the GrizLangston Galloway scored Bazemore 2-9 1-2 5, Prince 2-2 0-0 4, Muscala New Orleans Bowl 3-8 0-0 6, Delaney 2-4 4-4 8, Korver 4-6 0-0 12. zlies with only two of their 20 points for New Orleans.

Mercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans, LA. Totals 45-90 19-21 120.

Southern Miss.............. 4 1/2 (58)...............UL-Lafayette three stars. Now they’ll try to Orlando 35 37 27 32 — 131 Monday GOLDEN STATE (113) do it with none.

Atlanta 34 28 34 24 — 120 Miami Beach Bowl 10-19 6-7 27, Green 4-12 2-2 12, McGee 3-Point Goals-Orlando 15-34 (Meeks 4-6, Kevin Love scored 29 points, 4-5Durant 1-2 9, Curry 11-23 3-4 30, Thompson 6-16 3-4 Ibaka 4-8, Payton 3-3, Gordon 1-3, Augustin Marlins Park-Miami, FL. J.R. Smith found his aim — for 17, West 1-4 0-0 2, Looney 0-0 0-0 0, Livingston 1-3, Fournier 1-4, Green 1-4, Rudez 0-3), Atlanta Tulsa................................11 1/2 (69)............... Central Mich 2-5 0-0 4, Clark 2-6 0-0 6, McCaw 0-0 0-0 0, 11-29 (Korver 4-5, Schroder 3-5, Millsap 2-5, one half — and LeBron James Iguodala 2-5 0-0 6. Totals 42-95 15-19 113.

Tuesday Sefolosha 1-3, Hardaway Jr. 1-6, Delaney 0-1, Boca Raton Bowl added 23 points as the Cavs NEW ORLEANS (109) Muscala 0-1, Bazemore 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

FAU Stadium-Boca Raton, FL. Hill 5-10 0-0 12, Davis 10-14 7-8 28, Ajinca won their fifth straight.

Rebounds-Orlando 28 (Biyombo 9), Atlanta 45 0-1 0-0 0, Holiday 3-12 3-6 10, Hield 3-7 0-0 7, Western Kentucky......4 1/2 (80).......................Memphis (Howard 16).

Assists-Orlando 36 (Payton 14), With Kyrie Irving sitting out Williams 1-3 2-2 5, T.Jones 4-6 0-0 8, Frazier 5-9 Wednesday, Dec. 21st 29 (Schroder 13). Total Fouls-Orlando to get some rest, the Cavs built 0-0 13, Galloway 6-14 3-3 20, Moore 2-6 2-2 6. Atlanta Poinsettia Bowl 17, Atlanta 16. Technicals-Atlanta defensive Totals 39-82 17-21 109. a 22-point lead in the first half Golden State 29 29 37 18 — 113 three second, Atlanta team, Howard.

Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego, CA. Byu.......................................9 (56).........................Wyoming and ended the Grizzlies’ six- New Orleans 35 30 29 15 — 109 3-Point Goals-Golden State 14-34 (Curry 5-9, Suns 113, Knicks 111, OT Thursday, Dec. 22nd. game winning streak.

Clark 2-4, Green 2-5, Iguodala 2-5, Thompson Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Phoenix — Eric Bledsoe Following the game, Cleve- 2-8, Durant 1-3), New Orleans 14-35 (Galloway Albertson’s Stadium-Boise, ID. Frazier 3-4, Hill 2-4, Davis 1-1, Williams scored the go-ahead points on a land coach Tyronn Lue opened 5-12, Colorado St.................13 1/2 (64.5)........................... Idaho 1-2, Hield 1-3, Holiday 1-5, T.Jones 0-1, Moore his news conference by an- 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Golden driving, left-handed layup with Friday, Dec. 23rd.

Bahamas Bowl nouncing that James, Love and State 45 (Green 12), New Orleans 45 (T.Jones 30 seconds to play, and PhoeAssists-Golden State 30 (Green 9), New Thomas Robinson Stadium-Nassau, Bahamas. nix beat New York in overtime, Irving will stay home when 10).

Orleans 26 (Frazier 8). Total Fouls-Golden Old Dominion............... 4 1/2 (64).............. Eastern Mich the Cavs travel to Memphis on State 12, New Orleans 18. Technicals-Davis. only the Knicks’ second loss in Armed Forces Bowl Wednesday. eight games.

Amon G. Carter Stadium-Fort Worth, TX. Magic 131, Hawks 120 “They’re not going,” Lue said Bledsoe scored eight con- Louisiana Tech............ 4 1/2 (66)...............................Navy Atlanta — Serge Ibaka secutive points late in OT and Dollar General Bowl before telling one surprised reLadd-Peebles Stadium-Mobile, AL. scored 29 points, Elfrid Payton finished with 31, his third conporter to close his mouth.

Troy.....................................4 (50).................................. Ohio Lue didn’t want James, who reached career highs with 26 secutive 30-point game.

Saturday, Dec. 24th traveled to New York on Mon- points and 14 assists, and OrHawaii Bowl Kristaps Porzingis scored 34 Aloha Stadium-Honolulu, HI. day night to accept the Sports lando snapped a three-game points for New York, one shy (XX)............Middle Tenn St Illustrated Sportsperson of the losing streak. of his career high, before foul- a-Hawaii..........................OFF Monday, Dec. 26th Orlando began the night ing out with 1:34 left in OT. Year Award, playing in the St. Petersburg Bowl quirky back-to-back, and Love ranked 29th in scoring and Carmelo Anthony capped Tropicana Field-St. Petersburg, FL. played without center Nikola could use a break because of a 3-for-15 shooting night with Mississippi St................ 13 (58.5)...................Miami-Ohio Quick Lane Bowl tightness in his back. Irving Vucevic, but it got big produc- an air ball that resulted in a Ford Field-Detroit, MI. complained of “heavy legs” in tion from the bench. Payton, 24-second clock violation with Maryland.........................1 1/2 (44)...........Boston College Saturday’s win over Charlotte Jodie Meeks and Jeff Green 5.9 seconds left.

Independence Bowl combined for 62 points, while and will have a full week off Independence Stadium-Shreveport, LA. before the Cavs host the Lakers starting guard Evan Fournier NEW YORK (111) NC State.............................4 (44).......................Vanderbilt scored 23.

Anthony 3-15 7-8 13, Porzingis 12-23 6-7 Tuesday, Dec. 27th on Saturday.

34, Noah 3-5 2-7 8, Rose 0-6 2-2 2, Lee 6-8 0-0 Heart of Dallas Bowl Dwight Howard had 20 14, Kuzminskas 0-3 1-2 1, Thomas 1-4 3-3 6, Cotton Bowl Stadium-Dallas, TX. MEMPHIS (86) points and 16 rebounds and O’Quinn 9-16 4-6 22, Jennings 1-6 1-1 3, Baker T.Williams 6-16 0-0 13, Randolph 9-15 0-0 18, Army..............................10 1/2 (49.5)..............North Texas 0-3 0-0 0, Holiday 3-8 2-2 8.

Totals 38-97 28-38 Dennis Schroder had 19 points Green 1-10 0-0 2, Harrison 4-11 4-5 13, Allen 4-9 Military Bowl 0-1 8, Martin 3-4 2-2 8, Davis 3-3 0-1 6, Douglas and 13 assists for the Hawks, 111.

Navy-Marine Corps Stadium-Annapolis, MD. PHOENIX (113) 2-7 0-0 4, Carter 1-4 0-0 3, Daniels 1-6 2-2 5, who thought they were on a Tucker 6-13 0-2 13, Chriss 5-12 3-3 14, Temple............................13 1/2 (41)................Wake Forest Baldwin 1-1 4-4 6. Totals 35-86 12-15 86.

Holiday Bowl CLEVELAND (103) good trajectory after rallying Chandler 5-8 3-3 13, Bledsoe 9-21 12-12 31, Booker 3-16 5-5 12, Dudley 2-4 0-0 6, Williams James 9-17 5-8 23, Love 9-17 8-8 29, Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego, CA. from 20 points down in last Fri0-0 1-2 1, Bender 1-3 0-0 3, Knight 4-11 4-6 14, Washington St..............6 1/2 (61).....................Minnesota Thompson 3-6 0-0 6, Liggins 1-7 0-2 3, Smith Barbosa 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 38-93 28-33 113.

8-17 1-2 23, Jefferson 1-3 0-0 2, Frye 2-6 3-3 8, day’s win at Milwaukee.

Cactus Bowl York 25 21 27 28 10 — 111 Andersen 0-0 0-0 0, Felder 1-2 0-0 2, McRae 1-1 Atlanta began the night hav- New Chase Field-Phoenix, AZ. 0-0 2, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Shumpert 2-5 0-0 5. Totals Phoenix 31 23 31 16 12 — 113 ing won two straight since 37-81 17-23 103.

3-Point Goals-New York 7-20 (Porzingis Boise St................ 7 1/2 (67).................. Baylor Memphis 20 23 15 28 — 86 4-4, Lee 2-3, Thomas 1-2, Baker 0-1, Rose NBA a 1-10 stretch dropped them Cleveland 32 26 15 30 — 103 0-1, O’Quinn 0-1, Kuzminskas 0-2, Holiday Favorite.............. Points (O/U)........... Underdog 3-Point Goals-Memphis 4-22 (Carter out of the top eight spots in 0-2, Jennings 0-2, Anthony 0-2), Phoenix 9-30 MIAMI...............................1 1/2 (205).........................Indiana 1-4, T.Williams 1-4, Harrison 1-5, Daniels the Eastern Conference. The (Dudley 2-3, Knight 2-5, Chriss 1-3, Bender 1-3, Toronto.........................8 1/2 (206)...........PHILADELPHIA 1-5, Randolph 0-1, Green 0-1, Douglas 0-2), Bledsoe 1-4, Tucker 1-5, Booker 1-5, Barbosa Cleveland 12-31 (Smith 6-10, Love 3-6, Liggins Hawks were 9-2 and tied for 0-2). Fouled Out-Porzingis. Rebounds-New LA Clippers....................OFF (OFF)......................ORLANDO 1-3, Shumpert 1-3, Frye 1-4, Jefferson 0-1, the East lead before the slump.

York 43 (O’Quinn 14), Phoenix 61 (Chandler 23). WASHINGTON....................1 (212).........................Charlotte James 0-4). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsAssists-New York 23 (Jennings, Anthony 5), BROOKLYN.....................1 1/2 (228).....................LA Lakers Thabo Sefolosha’s 18-footer Memphis 43 (Martin 10), Cleveland 46 (Love Phoenix 13 (Bledsoe 8). Total Fouls-New York Cleveland......................7 1/2 (203)..................... MEMPHIS 13). Assists-Memphis 19 (Harrison, Carter 4), gave the Hawks their first lead 27, Phoenix 28. Technicals-Porzingis 2, Tucker, HOUSTON.......................9 1/2 (216)...............Sacramento Cleveland 21 (James 8). A-20,562 (20,562). since the 4:10 mark of the first Chriss, Bledsoe, Chandler. A-16,429 (18,422).

Detroit..........................4 1/2 (189.5)....................... DALLAS UTAH................................OFF (OFF)........... Oklahoma City SAN ANTONIO................8 (201.5)........................... Boston College Basketball Favorite................... Points................ Underdog GEORGIA................................. 9.......................UL-Lafayette Women’s Volleyball Time Net Cable Celtics at Spurs 8:30 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Ill. (Chicago) at DePaul 7 p.m. FS1 150, 227 OHIO.........................................15................Wisc Milwaukee PRINCETON.........................8 1/2..................... St. Joseph’s E. Tenn. St. at Mississippi St. 7 p.m. SECN 157 NCAA semifinal 6 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS........9 1/2....................... Saint Louis Pro Hockey Time Net Cable Ark. (Pine Buff) at Okla. St. 8 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 DEPAUL................................7 1/2...............Illinois Chicago WISCONSIN........................ 21 1/2..............Wisc Green Bay Women’s Basketball Time Net Cable Bruins at Penguins 6:30 p.m. NBCSN 38, 238 Wisc. (Green Bay) at Wisc. 8 p.m. BTN 147, 170, SAINT MARY’S, CA...............21............Western Kentucky NEVADA..............................10 1/2..........................Cal Irvine Flyers at Avalanche 9 p.m. NBCSN 38, 238 Winthrop at Baylor noon FCSA 144 171, 237 UCLA.......................................29...........Cal Santa Barbara Clemson at S. Carolina 6 p.m. SECN 157 Grand Canyon at Ariz. 10 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 YOUNGSTOWN ST................ 5.................................Niagara Middle Tenn St...................1 1/2...........................BELMONT DePaul at Temple 8 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 College Basketball Time Net Cable Arkansas St...........................1..........TENNESSEE MARTIN St. Joseph’s at Princeton 4 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 MISSOURI ST..................... 12 1/2...................Oral Roberts Soccer Time Net Cable THURSDAY Louis. (Lafay.) at Georgia 5 p.m. SECN 157 NORTH DAKOTA ST..........8 1/2............................UC Davis Pro Basketball Time Net Cable Southern at Baylor 6 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 FIFA Club World Cup Jap. 1:20 a.m. FS1 150, 227 Arkansas LR..........................13........NORTHERN ARIZONA MISSISSIPPI ST..................... 2....................... East Tenn St Pacers at Heat 6 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Chicago St. at Northwest. 6 p.m. BTN 147, 170, FIFA Club World Cup Jap. 4:20 a.m. FS1 150, 227 Home Team in CAPS Thunder at Jazz 8 p.m. FSN 36, 236 171, 237 Crystal Palace v. Manch. U. 1:55 p.m. NBCSN 38, 238 (c) TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC

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Timberwolves 99, Bulls 94 Chicago — Zach LaVine scored 24 points, Andrew Wiggins added 23 and the Timberwolves rallied to beat the Bulls in Minnesota coach Tom Thibodeau’s return to Chicago on Tuesday night.

The Timberwolves wiped out a 21-point deficit and got Thibodeau a victory in his first game in Chicago since the Bulls fired him in an acrimonious split in 2015.

Gorgui Dieng and Karl-Anthony Towns each scored 16 points, and the Timberwolves snapped a four-game losing streak.

Jimmy Butler led Chicago with 27 points, and Robin Lopez added 14. But the Bulls continued a pattern of letdowns against losing teams, this time falling to one that came in tied for the NBA’s worst record.

That wasn’t what the Timberwolves expected when they hired Thibodeau. After all, the Bulls went 255-139 and made the playoffs in all five of his seasons, including a run to the Eastern Conference finals with 2011 MVP Derrick Rose leading the way.

The Timberwolves looked like they were going to get blown out in this one, trailing by 21 in the second quarter. Instead, they came roaring back.

Minnesota was leading 9187 when Butler threw down an alley-oop dunk off a feed from Dwyane Wade in transition and nailed a fadeaway jumper off a steal to tie it with 1:34 remaining.

Wiggins then hit a pullup jumper and LaVine scored on a reverse layup to make it 95-91 with 52 seconds left.

Wade picked up two technicals and an ejection with 14.1 seconds left after his driving layup was blocked by LaVine.

Butler also got called for a foul on the play.

It all led to Ricky Rubio hitting two technical free throws and LaVine making two foul shots to make it 99-91.

MINNESOTA (99) Wiggins 8-17 5-6 23, Towns 6-21 3-4 16, Dieng 7-12 1-2 16, Rubio 3-6 4-4 11, LaVine 10-18 3-4 24, Muhammad 2-5 1-2 5, Bjelica 0-2 0-0 0, Aldrich 1-2 0-0 2, Dunn 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 38-86 17-22 99.

CHICAGO (94) Gibson 5-11 0-0 10, Lopez 7-9 0-0 14, Grant 3-6 0-0 8, Wade 4-13 3-6 12, Butler 9-22 8-9 27, McDermott 4-8 0-0 8, Mirotic 1-5 3-4 5, Felicio 2-4 0-0 4, Canaan 3-9 0-0 6. Totals 38-87 14-19 94.

Minnesota 22 30 26 21—99 Chicago 38 18 19 19—94 3-Point Goals-Minnesota 6-21 (Wiggins 2-4, Rubio 1-1, Dieng 1-2, LaVine 1-4, Towns 1-8, Bjelica 0-1, Dunn 0-1), Chicago 4-15 (Grant 2-2, Butler 1-2, Wade 1-3, McDermott 0-1, Canaan 0-3, Mirotic 0-4). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsMinnesota 49 (Towns 12), Chicago 42 (Butler 9). Assists-Minnesota 24 (Rubio 10), Chicago 20 (Wade 8). A-21,146 (20,917).

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Davidson owns win over KU in KC

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

In the 10-year history of Kansas City’s agingbut-still-new Sprint Center, just five programs have walked into Kansas basketball’s home away from home and come out victorious.

One of them was Davidson, which was one of two teams to defeat the Jayhawks at Sprint Center during the 2011-12 season.

The Jayhawks, of course, wound up reaching the national title game in New Orleans that season, but not before going 1-2 in Kansas City, with the help of a loss to Baylor in the semifinals of the Big 12 Championship.

The Davidson loss,

which came on Dec. 19, 2011, featured a Kansas team that shot just 40 percent from the floor — including 6 of 23 from three-point range — and did not force a single Davidson turnover in the second half of a game that was tied with 6:33 to play but saw Kansas end up losing by six, 80-74.

Although the rosters have turned over completely since that night, KU coach Bill Self said one thing remained the same about KU’s next opponent, which the Jayhawks will face at 6 p.m.

Saturday in Sprint Center: Davidson coach Bob McKillop.

“He’s a great coach,” said Self of the man who became popular in the

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We need to finish the semester off on the right foot because once we get to Christmas, there are no guaranteed games before we start hooking up and playing for real.”

— Kansas coach Bill Self mainstream for recruiting and coaching Steph Curry, but also happens to have racked up 521 victories during his 28-year head-coaching career at Davidson.

Kansas and Davidson have met just one other time throughout the years, with Self and the Jayhawks holding off Curry, McKillop and Davidson in the 2008 Elite Eight to advance to the Final Four en route to the ’08 national title.

Despite that victory, which was and still is monumental in Self’s monster career, the KU coach, true to form, was more focused on the loss to Davidson than the win following KU’s most recent victory last weekend.

“The last time we played them in Kansas City, they beat us,” he recalled. “So we’ve got to play better than we did (vs. Nebraska last Saturday), or at least the

second half. That’ll be a tough game and I think one that our guys will look forward to.”

But playing well against Davidson on Saturday night is about more than just winning a single game. With just two non-conference games remaining before the Jayhawks (9-1) open Big 12 play Dec. 30 at TCU, Self wants to see more improvement from his team before it turns the page to beginning its quest for a 13th straight Big 12 regular season title.

“We need to finish the semester off on the right foot because once we get to Christmas, there are no guaranteed games before we start

LHS girls basketball rips Wyandotte

By Evan Riggs eriggs@ljworld.com

If there’s one thing Lawrence High girls basketball coach Jeff Dickson doesn’t have to worry about, it’s his team looking ahead.

With the City Showdown on Friday — in historic Phog Allen Fieldhouse nonetheless — not looking past its game against Wyandotte on Tuesday night was easier said than done for the LHS girls team.

Regardless, LHS showed no lack of focus and took care of the task at hand with a 63-20 home win over Wyandotte (03) on Tuesday night.

“That’s something all of the kids have strived for, especially our senior group this year,” Dickson said. “They don’t want to be a team that’s up for one team and down for another. They know to truly be great you’ve got to go out and do it every single night.”

The Lions (4-0, ranked No. 5 in Class 6A) dominated from start to finish on both sides of the ball. They shot 44 percent from the field and turned the ball over just seven times, holding the Bulldogs to just 22 percent shooting and 21 turnovers.

The Lions were able to gamble in the passing lanes, even in their halfcourt defense, because

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“You can’t describe it,” Solko said of the crosstown rivalry. “You walk in the gym and it means something different than any other team. You know it’s an important one.”

Along with the chance to play at Allen Fieldhouse, there’s just something different about the City Showdown that usually brings out the best between all of the teams involved. The boys’ rivalry series is split 20-20

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David Beaty’s December hot streak continued Tuesday as the Kansas head football coach, who just signed a two-year contract extension, landed verbal commitments from a pair of defensive prospects.

Northwest Mississippi Community College defensive end Willie McCaleb let the KU coaches

KU’s 2017 football slate set

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LAWRENCE HIGH’S ANNA DEWITT (11) FIRES UP A SHOT against Kansas City Wyandotte. The Lions won, 63-20, on Tuesday night at LHS. they had the security of sophomore Chisom Ajekwu patrolling the paint.

AJekwu had six blocks, altered a handful of other shots and picked up just one foul.

“It makes our job a lot easier with her length in the paint,” junior E’lease Stafford said. “It makes it easier to get out and go for a layup (off steals).”

The Lions led 20-8 after the first quarter and outscored the Bulldogs, 15-1, in the second quarter to put the game well out of reach.

Both Stafford and Aje-

kwu scored 10 points to lead the Lions, sophomore Hannah Stewart added nine points and four other players scored between five and seven points.

“That was good to see,” Dickson said. “It was good to see a lot of kids step up and knock down shots.”

Now LHS will turn its attention to the City Showdown at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, which will be played in Allen Fieldhouse for the first time.

“It’s the most iconic college basketball gym

in the world,” Dickson ous to see what we’re gosaid. “I think all of our ing to do.” kids — and I’m sure I can (63) speak for the Free State LAWRENCE Hannah Stewart 1-3 3-3 5, Olivia kids, too — respect that Lemus 3-5 2-2 9, Skylar Drum 3-4 0-0 7, Ostronic 0-2 0-0 0, Anna DeWitt building and that court Leslie 0-1 0-0 0, Talima Harjo 1-1 0-0 2, Kiikto and are honored to be Thomas 2-5 3-6 8, Tyrin Cosey 1-6 0-0 2, Evann Seratte 0-0 1-2 1, Tamo there.”

2-8 1-2 5, Asia Goodwin 2-2 0-0 Dickson said he wants Thomas 4, Carmen Windholz 0-0 0-0 0, E’lease Stafford 4-7 0-0 10, Chisom Ajekwu his players to treat Friday 0-0 10. Totals: 24-55 10-15 63. like any other game, but he 5-13 WYANDOTTE (20) also knows that the atmoJada Ali 0-0 0-0 0, Tieisha Bradley 0-0 0, Jayla Buckner 0-1 0-0 0, Monique sphere in Allen Fieldhouse 0-4 Hunt 3-9 4-11 11, Breanna Jones 0-3 0-1 will be unlike anything his 0, Ce-anna Kirby 2-4 1-2 6, Charneece 1-2 0-0 3. Totals: 6-27 5-18 20. team has seen this season. Maxwell Lawrence 20 15 23 5 — 63 “It’s going to be a really Wyandotte 8 1 3 8 — 20 Three-point goals: Lawrence 5-12 interesting opportunity 2, Lemus, Drum, K. Thomas); to see how they handle (Stafford Wyandotte 3-7 (Hunt, Kirby, Maxwell). that atmosphere,” Dick- Fouled out: None. Turnovers: son said. “I’m really curi- Lawrence 7, Wyandotte 21.

Allen Fieldhouse ticket, parking information n Ticket prices: $7 for adults; $5 for students. Everyone must buy a ticket. No student activity tickets, staff IDs, senior passes or season tickets will be permitted for this event. Fans can purchase tickets in advance at both high schools, Lawrence Hy-Vee stores or buy them at the door. n Free parking is available in lots near the fieldhouse. It will cost money to park in the garage. The lot directly south of the fieldhouse is reserved for buses, game workers, officials, KU staff and high school administrators. Fans must enter through the east doors, which open at 5:30 p.m. n High school student seating will be behind the goals — Free State on the north and LHS on the south. Fan seating is restricted to the lower two levels of the fieldhouse.

since Free State opened in 1997, but the Lions have won seven straight games.

“We, of course, want to win so we want to change it,” FSHS junior

Simon McCaffrey said of the LHS winning streak.

“We’re working hard. I think we can change it.”

The Firebirds (2-1, ranked No. 9 in 6A) have several returners from

last season and said the crowd is the toughest adjustment compared to most games.

“It just seems like there’s one half that loves you and the other side

just hates you and doesn’t want you to succeed,” FSHS junior Jalan Robinson said.

Lawrence (3-1) players said they haven’t discussed the winning streak, choosing to focus on the future instead of the past with many new faces in the varsity lineup.

“You can look back on the history of the games and the majority of them have been good, tight basketball games,” LHS boys basketball coach Mike Lewis said. “That’s the way I try to prep our team. Just prepare for a wild atmosphere.”

Two defensive players commit to Kansas

By Benton Smith

hooking up and playing for real,” Self said.

“We’ve got to make some improvements before we do that.”

Kansas is 33-6 all-time at Sprint Center, including 2-0 already this season. The Jayhawks defeated UAB and Georgia in Kansas City in November to bring home the CBE Classic title.

The Jayhawks are 6-0 in their last six games at Sprint Center and have not lost in the building since falling to Iowa State in the 2015 Big 12 Championship title game.

KU’s other losses at Sprint Center came to Iowa State in 2014, Syracuse in 2008 and UMass in 2008.

know of his decision to sign first, and Mesa Community College cornerback Shakial Taylor did the same shortly after.

McCaleb told Jon Kirby of Jayhawk Slant he called defensive line coach Michael Slater Tuesday to share his intentions, then spoke with the Jayhawks’ head coach, too. According to the 6-foot-3, 250-pound defensive lineman, Beaty

said that news “made his day.”

From what Taylor related to Kirby at Jayhawk Slant, Beaty had a similar reaction upon learning the 6-foot-1, 180-pound defensive back was on board, too.

“I called coach Beaty to let him know,” Taylor said. “When I told him I was committing, he started screaming and everybody was wondering why he was yelling. Then he

told them I have committed.”

Rated a three-star juco defensive end by Rivals, McCaleb said he will sign with KU today, and he plans to enroll for the upcoming spring semester. McCaleb had interest from both Troy and Kansas and visited both programs in the past week.

The addition of McCaleb to the 2017 recruiting class fills a void created when defensive lineman

Year Three of the David Beaty era at the University of Kansas will come with greater expectations for the football head coach now that he has signed a contract extension and received a raise. Beaty and his Jayhawks will at least get the benefit of a home-friendly schedule.

Seven of KU’s 12 games in 2017 will be played at Memorial Stadium, as detailed in the official calendar released by the Big 12 on Tuesday, following approval from the conference’s athletic directors.

The Jayhawks open the year with backto-back home games against Southeast Missouri State (Sept. 2) and Central Michigan (Sept.

9), before wrapping up the non-conference portion of the schedule on the road at Ohio (Sept.

16) — a rematch of KU’s 2016 Week 2 home loss to coach Frank Solich’s Bobcats.

Kansas is right back in Lawrence the following week to open Big 12 play against West Virginia (Sept. 23) before an idle week.

From there, Kansas closes out its slate with eight consecutive Saturdays of conference action. KU’s final four home games come against Texas Tech (Oct. 7), rival Kansas State (Oct. 28), Baylor (Nov. 4) and defending Big 12 champion Oklahoma (Nov. 18).

The Jayhawks’ four league road tests will take place at Iowa State (Oct. 14), TCU (Oct. 21), Texas (Nov. 11) and Oklahoma State (Nov. 25).

The Kansas football program, of course, has failed to win a road game for seven consecutive seasons. The Jayhawks last left a visiting stadium victorious in September of 2009, with a win at UTEP. KU hasn’t captured a victory in an opposing Big 12 venue in even longer. The program’s last conference road win came in October of 2008, at Iowa State.

Jamie Tago backed out of his verbal commitment to KU a day earlier.

In his sophomore season with Northwest Mis- 2017 KU SCHEDULE sissippi C.C., McCaleb Sept. 2 — Southeast Missouri earned All-MACJC hon- State Sept. 9 — Central Michigan ors after making 42 total Sept. 16 — at Ohio tackles, 16.5 tackles for Sept. 23 — West Virginia loss, 10 sacks, 12 quarter- Oct. 7 — Texas Tech back hurries and one pass Oct. 14 — at Iowa State breakup. The defensive Oct. 21 — at TCU 28 — Kansas State end also was nominated Oct. Nov. 4 — Baylor for a spot on the All- Nov. 11 — at Texas American team, which Nov. 18 — Oklahoma Nov. 25 — at Oklahoma State has yet to be announced.

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Villanova improves to 11-0 No. 1 Villanova 78, Temple 57 Villanova, Pa. — Josh Hart shook off a slow start to score 26 points and lead No. 1 Villanova to its 17th straight win Tuesday night.

The Wildcats (11-0) haven’t lost since the Big East championship game.

TEMPLE (7-4) Enechionyia 3-9 0-0 8, Aflakpui 1-1 0-0 2, Brown 3-8 0-0 6, Alston 4-11 0-0 12, Dingle 4-10 2-2 11, Williams 0-2 0-0 0, D.Moore 0-1 0-0 0, Robbins 1-1 0-2 3, A.Moore 3-4 0-0 8, Nunez de Carvalho 0-2 0-0 0, Rose 3-9 1-2 7, Lewis 0-1 0-0 0, Leonard 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-60 3-6 57.

VILLANOVA (11-0) Jenkins 4-10 0-0 12, Reynolds 2-2 3-3 7, Hart 10-19 3-3 26, Brunson 3-6 4-4 13, Bridges 2-3 1-1 5, Paschall 4-11 4-5 12, DiVincenzo 0-3 3-4 3. Totals 25-54 18-20 78.

Halftime-Villanova 29-16. ReboundsTemple 29 (Aflakpui 6), Villanova 30 (Jenkins, Reynolds, Paschall 6).

Assists-Temple 9 (Alston, Dingle 2), Villanova 18 (Brunson 6).

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No. 25 Cincinnati 96, Texas Southern 58 Cincinnati — Freshman Jarron Cumberland scored a career-high 18 points — all in the second half — as No. 25 Cincinnati pulled away to its most lopsided victory of the season.

TEXAS SOUTHERN (4-6) Griffin 4-5 0-0 8, Jones 2-4 0-0 4, Jefferson 4-20 4-6 13, Robinson 1-4 0-0

If you know you’re good, OK, then what are you striving for? Are you striving to be the best or are you happy with being good?”

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they were saying, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s the first time I ever really heard of Kansas.’ They were all into it.”

Thoren explained why he had his players take a break from football film to watch basketball.

“To show them the effort,” he said, then shared what he told his players.

“This was as Final Four matchup, as big a game as these kids have ever played in their life. This is as big a game as you’ve ever played in your life.

This is how they came out and handled the nervous energy of it. There were no thoughts of losing.”

Thoren became excited all over again just thinking about that Final Four game.

“Bill Self, I’ve got a lot of respect for that guy,” Thoren said. “I just love watching his teams. He’s a great, great coach. Obviously, you talk about his recruiting and his ability to coach basketball, but to keep those kids mentally locked in like that year after year after year, he’s a great one.”

Baker (14-0) faces St. Francis (12-1), from Fort Wayne, Ind., in the NAIA national-title game at 5 p.m. Saturday in Daytona Beach, Fla. Nobody will ever know to what extent watching freshman Cole Aldrich outplay national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough motivated Baker, but it certainly didn’t hurt. The Wildcats overcame a 17-point deficit with five minutes remaining in their national semifinal victory.

Thoren plans to mix in one more non-football film session, this time a rerun of what he showed them in midseason. Darrick Smith, a senior for Baker in 2013,

— Baker defensive coordinator Jason Thoren sent Thoren a 13-minute video about Secretariat.

It included the horse’s running of The Belmont Stakes, which it won by 31 lengths to clinch the Triple Crown. Smith remembered the impact watching that race had on him when Thoren showed it in 2010.

“I showed it to the team midway through this season because we got to a point our team was good and they knew they were good,” Thoren said. “I couldn’t stand up there and lie to them. They knew they were good. But you have to keep them on point and sharp.

“If you know you’re good, OK, then what are you striving for? Are you striving to be the best or are you happy with being good? That’s where the Secretariat thing came in. If you watch that race, that horse knew it would win the race, it was just by how much. It wanted to put on a show.”

This week, Thoren said, he will talk about Sham. Who? Exactly. Nobody remembers who finished second.

“Sham was the other horse,” Thoren said.

“That was the rivalry.

Sham beat Secretariat in a race (Wood Memorial) right before the Triple Crown started. Secretariat knew. The horse was mad about it.”

Sham finished second to Secretariat in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness battled the great Secretariat well into the Belmont, but had its spirit broken and faded all the way to last.

Thoren is open to unconventional motivational tactics to prepare his players, but to hear him

tell it, evaluating recruits is a far more simple game.

A three-year starter at KU, including on the 1995 10-2 team, Thoren played his first three seasons for Glen Mason and said he draws on his teachings frequently.

“He said something that’s always stuck with me: ‘Who would you pick in the back yard?’ And that’s always stuck with me,” Thoren said. “I grew up playing a lot of backyard football. I remember picking a lot of teams in the back yard and you start evaluating at an early age if you’ve done a lot of that it comes naturally to you.”

Thoren moved from Eudora to Lawrence early in elementary school.

“Adam Green was my next-door neighbor, first kid I met when I moved,” Thoren said of Lawrence High’s defensive coordinator and assistant baseball coach.

“I remember thinking, ‘Are all kids in Lawrence going to be this good?

I thought I was good.

Now I’m not.’ Turns out he was just a great one. Adam Green never played (organized) football until junior high, but we all knew he was one of the best players you’ll ever see. He got into high school and he was hell on wheels, two-time all-state tailback.”

Thoren looked back on his days playing fullspeed tackle football with no pads or helmets at various fields in the Deerfield area and rattled off the names of some of his buddies back then: “Adam Green, Shane Robinson, Brad Romme, Brad Harker, Joe Bob Clements. It was just a great

3, K.Scott 0-3 0-0 0, Bennett 3-6 0-0 6, Rutherford 0-1 1-2 1, Bynum 3-6 1-1 10, McCloud 2-9 5-5 9, Lofton 2-11 0-0 4.

Totals 21-69 11-14 58.

CINCINNATI (8-2) Moore 2-5 0-0 4, Clark 4-8 5-7 13, Caupain 4-6 0-0 8, Johnson 5-9 0-0 10, Evans 4-7 1-2 10, Bart 0-0 0-0 0, T.Scott 5-10 1-2 11, Tobler 0-0 0-0 0, K.Washington 4-8 0-2 8, Brooks 2-3 2-2 6, Koz 0-1 0-0 0, Jenifer 3-5 1-2 8, Cumberland 7-9 0-0 18. Totals 40-71 10-17 96.

Halftime-Cincinnati 37-23. Fouled Out-Griffin.

Rebounds-Texas Southern 29 (Griffin 8), Cincinnati 41 (K.Washington 9). Assists-Texas Southern 13 (Jefferson 5), Cincinnati 26 (Jenifer 9).

crew.”

Grossner and Thoren have turned down opportunities to move on from Baker during their 13 years together. Thoren explained why.

“Our closeness, No. 1,” he said, pointing to Grossner. “We set out in 2004 in the spring to try to build something. It’s hard to walk away from something when you’re in the middle of it and you know you’re in the middle of it. We’ve had a lot of fun. And the football’s pure.”

Grossner added, “Great kids. Just watching them, what happens after they leave here. I think we have (at least) seven doctors.”

Thoren said he brought a little bit of every coach he played for when Grossner hired after he had spent time as a graduate assistant under Mason in Minnesota.

“All the way back to youth football, Cliff Hadl, Skip Carlson, J.D. Cleavinger,” Thoren said. “Once I got to high school, Dick Purdy, Hall of Fame coach. Coach (Bob) Lisher, coach (Mike) Commons, coach (Dirk) Wedd. Then off to college, Glen Mason, Mike Hankwitz. All different styles.”

Thoren’s name will surface when Lawrence High starts its search for a head coach to replace Wedd, who announced recently that 2017 will be his final season.

“I’d have to listen,” Thoren said. “It’s my alma mater. I have a tremendous amount of pride in that school and that football program. At the same time, I have a tremendous of pride in Baker, the university and the football program.”

Baker quarterback Brettell named NAIA All-American J-W Staff Reports

Baldwin City — Baker junior quarterback Logan Brettell was named to the American Football Coaches Association NAIA All-America first team on Tuesday.

Brettell leads the NAIA in passing yards (4,810), total offense (5,092) and

passing touchdowns (51).

The Blue Valley product completed 27 of 46 passes for 406 yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions in Baker’s 45-41 win over Eastern Oregon in the NAIA semifinals on Dec. 3 at Liston Stadium.

Brettell threw three touchdowns passes in the final five minutes — in-

cluding a 77-yard gamewinning strike to junior Clarence Clark with 38 seconds left.

Clark was one of three second-team selections for the Wildcats as Baker’s kicker. The Gilbert, Ariz. native made 11 of his 16 field goal attempts, and 86 of 90 extra points. Juniors Cornell Brown (ath-

lete) and Josh Kock (defensive line), and senior Darrain Winston (defensive back) were also second-team selections.

The Wildcats (14-0) will play St. Francis (Ind.) at 5 p.m. Saturday at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, Fla. in the NAIA national championship game.

SCOREBOARD Big 12 Men

League Overall Baylor 0-0 8-0 Kansas 0-0 9-1 Kansas State 0-0 9-1 TCU 0-0 9-1 Texas Tech 0-0 8-1 West Virginia 0-0 8-1 Oklahoma State 0-0 7-2 Oklahoma 0-0 6-3 Iowa State 0-0 6-3 Texas 0-0 5-4 Today’s Games Southern at Baylor, 6 p.m.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.

Nicholls State at Texas Tech, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 17 Kansas vs. Davidson at Kansas City, Mo., 6 p.m.

Memphis at Oklahoma, 11:30 a.m.

Texas Tech at Richmond, 11:30 a.m.

UMKC at West Virginia, 1 p.m.

Texas vs. Arkansas at Houston, 1:30 p.m.

Kansas State vs. Colorado State at Denver, 2 p.m.

Baylor vs. Jackson State at Fort Hood, Texas, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma State at Wichita State, 6 p.m.

Iowa State at Drake, 6 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 18 Texas Southern at TCU, 5 p.m.

John Brown at Baylor, 6 p.m.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 17 7 .708 — New York 14 11 .560 3½ Boston 13 11 .542 4 Brooklyn 6 17 .261 10½ Philadelphia 6 18 .250 11 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Charlotte 14 11 .560 — Atlanta 12 13 .480 2 Orlando 11 15 .423 3½ Washington 9 14 .391 4 Miami 8 17 .320 6 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 18 5 .783 — Chicago 13 11 .542 5½ Indiana 13 12 .520 6 Detroit 13 13 .500 6½ Milwaukee 11 12 .478 7 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 19 5 .792 — Houston 18 7 .720 1½ Memphis 17 9 .654 3 New Orleans 8 18 .308 12 Dallas 6 18 .250 13 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 15 9 .625 — Utah 15 10 .600 ½ Portland 12 14 .462 4 Denver 9 16 .360 6½ Minnesota 7 18 .280 8½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 22 4 .846 — L.A. Clippers 18 7 .720 3½ Sacramento 9 15 .375 12 L.A. Lakers 10 17 .370 12½ Phoenix 8 17 .320 13½ Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 103, Memphis 86 Orlando 131, Atlanta 120 Golden State 113, New Orleans 109 Minnesota 99, Chicago 94 Phoenix 113, New York 111, OT Oklahoma City at Portland, (n) Today’s Games Charlotte at Washington, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Miami, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Utah, 8 p.m.

Boston at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Chicago at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Indiana at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

New York at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Brooklyn at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Miami, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Chicago, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Houston, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Utah, 9:30 p.m.

NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA New England 11 2 0 .846 349 230 Miami 8 5 0 .615 281 301 Buffalo 6 7 0 .462 325 301 N.Y. Jets 4 9 0 .308 229 324 South

W L T Pct PF PA Houston 7 6 0 .538 229 274 Tennessee 7 6 0 .538 321 306 Indianapolis 6 7 0 .462 328 333 Jacksonville 2 11 0 .154 240 338 North

W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 8 5 0 .615 317 256 Baltimore 7 6 0 .538 279 237 Cincinnati 5 7 1 .423 268 269 Cleveland 0 13 0 .000 207 375 West

W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 10 3 0 .769 302 255 Oakland 10 3 0 .769 358 320 Denver 8 5 0 .615 296 242 San Diego 5 8 0 .385 350 347 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA x-Dallas 11 2 0 .846 340 238 N.Y. Giants 9 4 0 .692 255 244 Washington 7 5 1 .577 330 317 Philadelphia 5 8 0 .385 290 272 South

W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 8 5 0 .615 428 345 Tampa Bay 8 5 0 .615 293 296 New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 358 351 Carolina 5 8 0 .385 311 337 North

W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 9 4 0 .692 295 268 Green Bay 7 6 0 .538 333 312 Minnesota 7 6 0 .538 258 225 Chicago 3 10 0 .231 221 290 West

W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 8 4 1 .654 274 232 Arizona 5 7 1 .423 299 277 Los Angeles 4 9 0 .308 194 304 San Francisco 1 12 0 .077 251 393 x-clinched playoff spot Thursday’s Game Kansas City 21, Oakland 13 Sunday’s Games Cincinnati 23, Cleveland 10 Detroit 20, Chicago 17 Tennessee 13, Denver 10 Pittsburgh 27, Buffalo 20 Washington 27, Philadelphia 22 Minnesota 25, Jacksonville 16 Houston 22, Indianapolis 17 Carolina 28, San Diego 16 Miami 26, Arizona 23 Tampa Bay 16, New Orleans 11 N.Y. Jets 23, San Francisco 17, OT Green Bay 38, Seattle 10 Atlanta 42, Los Angeles 14 N.Y. Giants 10, Dallas 7 Monday’s Games New England 30, Baltimore 23 Thursday, Dec. 15 Los Angeles at Seattle, 7:25 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 17 Miami at N.Y. Jets, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 18 Philadelphia at Baltimore, noon Cleveland at Buffalo, noon Detroit at N.Y. Giants, noon Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, noon Tennessee at Kansas City, noon Green Bay at Chicago, noon Indianapolis at Minnesota, noon Jacksonville at Houston, noon New Orleans at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Atlanta, 3:05 p.m.

New England at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 3:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 19 Carolina at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Veritas wins on road J-W Staff Reports

Veritas boys 67, St. John’s Military 35 Salina — Veritas Christian’s boys basketball opened with a 17-point lead in the first quarter and cruised to a 67-35 road victory over St. John’s Military on Tuesday.

Tucker Flory led the Eagles (3-1) with a game high 26 points on 12-of-15 shooting. Weston Flory added 12 points and 12 rebounds while Trey Huslig scored 10 points.

Veritas 19 15 20 13 — 67 St. John’s 2 10 12 11 — 35 Veritas — Weston Flory 12, Trey Huslig 10, Luke Campbell 5, Quinton

Donohoe 7, Peyton Donohoe 5, Tucker Flory 26, Kyle Weinhold 2.

St. John’s Military — Jonathan Terry 9, Blase Whitting 7, Joshua Smith 8, Oluwafferanmi Majekodunmi 3, Elijah Blackmon 6, Zaiden Dubbel 2.

Baldwin girls 56, Paola 45 Baldwin City — Baldwin High’s girls basketball team improved to 5-0 with a 56-45 victory over Paola. Abby Ogle Baldwin with 22 points.

Taylor Cawley and Kayla Kurtz each scored nine points.

Paola 12 11 11 11 — 45 Baldwin 20 4 16 16 — 56 Paola — Ohlmeier 2, Leckner 5, Morgan 11, Williams 9, Hanf 10, Karr 8.

Baldwin — Carly Lindenmeyer 8, Abby Ogle 22, Taylor Cawley 9, Kayla Kurtz 9, Kate Ogle 5, McKinley Markley 3.

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his is a dazzler of a pasta dish. When you combine fresh pasta with big shrimp you are quickly telling your guests that they are in for a treat.

But it’s not just the guests who will be happy.

The whole dish comes together in about 20 minutes.

Really. Truly.

Adding some of the pasta’s cooking water to the dish cuts the heaviness of the cream sauce, plus the bit of starch that stays in the cooking water helps bind the sauce to the pasta.

Salt the sauce lightly, if at all, up to the point where you add the pasta cooking water, which will also be salted. Then taste and see if you need more seasoning.

Fresh Linguine with Shrimp and Peas in a Pink Cream Sauce Start to finish: Serves 6 Ingredients: Kosher salt to taste 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, peeled and lightly crushed 2 pounds peeled and deveined extra-large shrimp 3 tablespoons tomato paste 1/2 cup dry white wine 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley

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1/2 cup chopped fresh basil 1 cup frozen peas 1 cup heavy cream Fresh ground pepper to taste 2 9-ounce packages fresh linguine Chopped fresh parsley or basil to serve Directions: Bring a large stockpot of salted water to a boil.

Meanwhile, heat the oil

in a very large skillet over medium heat, and saute the garlic for 3 or 4 minutes just until it starts to lightly color.

Remove the garlic cloves and toss them. Add the shrimp to the skillet and saute for about 3 minutes until they have started to turn pink but are not cooked through, then remove them with a slotted spoon to a plate and set aside.

Add the tomato paste and

white wine to the skillet and stir until the tomato paste has dissolved into the wine.

Add the parsley, basil, peas and cream and bring to a simmer. Season with pepper.

Return the partially cooked shrimp to the sauce and continue to simmer until the peas and shrimp have cooked through, about 2 minutes.

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sk my daughter Océane what her favorite food is and she will shoot back, without hesitation, “braised ribs.” Who doesn’t love the comforting meaty aroma that fills the house from ribs cooking slowly in Dutch-oven full of savory, gently-bubbling liquid? That’s wintertime comfort-in-bowl if you ask me.

Braising is a long-honored method of cooking which coaxes out tenderness and deep flavors from tougher cuts of meat. The basic technique involves a Dutch

rounding communities. The content of Crave is focused on food, dining, community events and other features. Crave is delivered both with

oven and four main steps: brown the meat and remove, cook the mirepoix (chopped onion, celery and carrot), deglaze the pan with liquid, and finally return the meat to the Dutch oven, cover and let cook low and slow in the oven or on the stovetop until tender. Pork shoulder, brisket and short ribs are excellent candidates for braising with high fat content and tough flesh that need hours to soften.

My whole family loves braised beef ribs, but I wondered how easily I might be able to swap out a leaner cut of meat without alienating my little fans? Turns out: cutting out a bunch of

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fat was pretty easy. I sliced up a bottom round roast (about 1 1/2 inch-thick) into chubby sticks, about the size and shape of ribs, and I just called them “boneless ribs” at the dinner table. The kids marveled at the ease of eating without the bones and no one was the wiser on the lower-fat swap. (Plus, I saved money too, which was a bonus.)

Without the full fat and bones, however, I needed a smidge more work to get that richness and flavor of traditional braised ribs.

First, I added mushrooms to the braise for earthiness

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ABOVE PHOTO: Carol Schmidt, Jane Bireta, Eileen Larson and Margaret Shirk pose for a photo on Election Day at the old Grant Elementary School.

RIGHT PHOTO: The Think Tanks, a local First Lego League team, qualified for the KC Championship on Nov. 19. Approximately 200 registered teams from Topeka to Columbia, Mo., compete in five qualifiers across the Greater Kansas City area, where 46 total teams will move on to the championship level. The Think Tanks are five fifthgraders who attend Quail Run Elementary and Pinckney elementary schools. They have been under the coaching of Tom Walton and Troy Landers, as well as being mentored by members of the Lawrence Robotics Team 5519, Team Steam. Next year, Free State High School, along with Team Steam, will host a qualifier in Lawrence.

Team Members are Ruby Catterton (Quail Run), Maddy Hornberger (Quail Run), Jayne Landers, Ben Newell (Pinckney), Braden Walton (Quail Run), Troy Landers (coach) and Tom Walton (coach). l Have a photo for Friends & Neighbors?

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and savory umami with nary an extra calorie to be found — either halved or chopped will work, depending on whether you want them to be visually present, or disappear.

Second, I learned not to go too low in fat, or the resulting meat will be dry, despite being soaked in sauce. Bottom round was a magical happy spot; top round was less successful. Third, if you can, use the oven for the braising; the stovetop required a little more temperature management. Last, note that braising times will vary, so taste and test. Lower fat meat will not need as long as the fattier connective tissue-laden cuts we usually braise.

You can even serve your lower fat braise on cooked quinoa, brown rice, or sauteed cauliflower rice for an extrahealthy version. Or do what we did: mix half whole wheat couscous and half quinoa for a happy kid-friendly compromise.

Braised Beef ‘Ribs’ Start to finish: 3 hours, including about 2 hours inactive braising time Servings: 6 Ingredients: 2 1/2-pound bottom round, (or eye of round) about 1 1/2 inches thick 1 tablespoon grapeseed or other neutral cooking oil 2 tablespoons flour 1 yellow onion, chopped, about 1 cup 1 carrot, finely chopped, about 1/2 cup 1 stalk celery, finely chopped, about 1/3 cup 5 cloves garlic, smashed 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, minced, or 1 teaspoon dried thyme 4 ounces baby bella

mushrooms, wiped clean, trimmed and halved or chopped dash of red pepper flakes (optional) 3 tablespoons tomato paste 1 cup red wine 1 1/2 cup beef broth 1 bay leaf water, as needed salt and pepper Directions: Preheat the oven to 325.

Pat the meat dry gently with a paper towel and slice crosswise into boneless “ribs.” Season with salt and pepper and then sprinkle all over with flour, rubbing the flour gently with your fingers to coat meat on all sides. Heat the oil in a large, heavy Dutch oven or braising pot over medium heat.

Brown the meat on all sides until golden and crusty, about 3-4 minutes per side. Remove the meat with tongs and place on a plate and set aside.

Add the onion, carrot and celery to the Dutch over (do not wipe it out) and cook, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, until vegetables begin to soften, about three minutes. Add the garlic, thyme, mushrooms and pepper flakes and cook, stirring until very fragrant, about two more minutes.

Add the tomato paste, and cook for another minute so it caramelizes and deepens in flavor. Deglaze the pan with wine and broth, and let bubble for a minute or two to let most

of the alcohol evaporate.

Add the meat back into the pan, along with any juices.

Add another 1/2 cup or so of water so the liquid covers the meat about halfway. Cover the Dutch oven with a lid and bake until meat is tender, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Check the meat halfway through and add a little water if the braising liquid gets low.

Serve the meat with the braising liquid spooned on like gravy.

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Selected Varieties 14-32 Oz. Pkg.

Lay’s Family Size Potato Chips Selected Varieties 9.75-10.5 Oz. Bag

Only 99¢! with Card and 2,000 points

Nabisco Snack Crackers

C&H Sugar

Gold Medal Flour

1.88

$

4 Lb. Granulated & 2 Lb. Powdered Or Brown

Sunflower Natural Foods $ Bulk Banana Chips

3/ 5 $

1.88

$

All Purpose 5 Lb. Bag

1.98lb.

Sunflower Natural Foods Bulk Blue Diamond $ Raw Almonds

4.98lb.

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1.98

$

Selected Varieties 3.5-10 oz Box

Pizzeria Style Tony’s Pizza

Selected Varieties 18.56-20.6 Oz. Box

Land O’Lakes Butter Selected Varieties 16 Oz. Pkg.

Only 99¢! with Card and 2,000 points

5/$10

Daisy Sour Cream Cottage Cheese Selected Varieties 14-16 Oz. Tub

FREE! with Card and 2,000 points

Turkey Hill Premium Ice Cream

Original Red Label Only 48 Oz. Carton

Nestlé Pure Life Purified Water 24 Pk./16.9 Oz.

FREE! with Card and 2,500 points

2/$5

Hiland Milk

Selected Varieties Gallon

FREE! with Card and 3,000 points

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Limit 4 Libby’s Vegetables

49¢

Selected Varieties 14.5-15.25 oz. can

Best Choice Tomatoes

39¢

Selected Varieties 14.5-15 Oz. Can

Kibbles ‘n Bits Dog Food or Meow Mix Cat Food $ Selected Varieties 3-3.5 Lb. Bag

Campbell’s Cream Soup

3.98

49¢

Chicken or Mushroom 10.5 Oz. can

Planters Mixed Nuts or Cashew $ Halves & Pieces

3.98

Selected Varieties, 8-10.3 Oz. Can

Era 2X Laundry Detergent $

2.88

Selected Varieties 26-32 Use Liquid

Coca Cola Products

Selected Varieties 12 Pk./12 Oz. Cans

Chinet Platters, Plates or Bowls

Selected Varieties 12-36 Ct. Pkg

3/$10

2/$5

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Kraft Cheese

Shredded, Chunk, Crumbles, Cubes Or Cracker Cuts 5-8 Oz. Pkg.

3/$5

Florida’s Natural Orange Juice

or Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice 59 Oz. Pkg.

2.48

$

FOOD & FUEL 23rd & Louisiana

Hiland, Egg Nog

Selected Varieties 32 Oz. Carton

3/$5

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Boneless Beef Ribeye Steaks Economy Pack

7.88

$

Large, Ez Peel

Aquastar Raw Shrimp

Individually Quick Frozen 1 Lb. Pkg., 26-30 Ct

5.98

$

lb.

Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sausage Selected Varieties 12-16 Oz. Roll

Selected Varieties 12-16 Oz. Pkg.

$

$

OscarMayerDeliFresh,NaturalSelects or Carving Board Lunch Meat

Hillshire Farm Lit’l Smokies

2.48

Individually Quick Frozen 1 Lb. Pkg., 41-50 Ct

2.98

Selected Varieties 6-9 Oz. Pkg.

Aquastar Cooked Shrimp $

6.98

Hormel Black Label Sliced Bacon

Selected Varieties 12-14 Oz. Pkg.

2/$5

2/$5

produce ��h f � �� ��e

3.98

$

BIG 9-10 Oz. Pkg, Spring Mix Baby Spinach, or 50/50

Organic Girl Salad Blends

¢

19 �.

thursday only!

Limit 1 1 Lb. Pkg.

Baby Carrots

88

¢

1 Bunch, Mustard, Turnip or Collard

Fresh Greens

2/ 1 $

Large Golden Pineapple

$

1.88

BIG 5 Lb. Pkg.

3.98

$

Halos Clementines

deli & bakery �� ��� �� � King’s Hawaiian Dinner Rolls Selected Varieties 12 Ct. Pkg.

Tribe Hummus

Assorted Varieties 8 Oz. Pkg.

LOW FOOD PRICES

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1.98

$

23RD & LOUISIANA LAWRENCE, KS

Locally Owned & Operated Since 1987

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J. Skinner Danish

Assorted Variety 14 Oz. Pkg.

2/$5

1.98

$

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