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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER CORTNEY COKE SITS ACROSS THE TABLE FROM 4-YEAR-OLD BIANCA as she plays with Coke’s handcuffs during the annual TOYS (Take Our Youth Shopping) event on Friday at McDonald’s, 4911 W. Sixth St.

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ore than a dozen youngsters had special escorts Friday morning as they shopped for gifts for their families.

Local law enforcement officers took a bit of time out of their busy schedules for the fifth annual Take Our Youth Shopping event, said Douglas County Sheriff’s Capt. Doug Woods.

CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Lt. Stacy Simmons, with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, picks up 3-year-old Mae; KUPD Sgt. Zeke Cunningham hands over a stuffed animal to 3-year-old Akeenah at Walmart, 550 Congressional Drive; Lawrence Police detective Zach Thomas, left, and Sgt. Myrone Grady shoot a picture with 4-year-old Alonah.

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Lawrence Police Chief Tarik Khatib said he will step down as the department’s head this summer.

Khatib has been with the Lawrence Police Department for more than 20 years and served as chief since 2011.

Friday morning, Khatib K h a t i b said he is planning to retire in June, though he was unsure about his next move or whether he would stay in Lawrence.

“I’ve really enjoyed my time here,” he said. “I’m a big believer in constantly allowing for change to occur and I think we’ve got a lot of staff and internal people in the department that are energetic.” > CHIEF, 2A

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Officials mark completion of fairgrounds project

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Nine years since the project’s inception, county leaders gathered to celebrate the completion of

renovations to the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Lawrence.

About 50 people gathered inside the fairgrounds’ new, brightly lit meeting hall for an open

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BRIEFLY Teen wins top honor in wheat contest Meade (ap) — A Kansas teenager and his family, along with another local farmer, got top honors at the inaugural National Wheat Yield Contest.

The winning variety for irrigated winter wheat, WestBred’s Grainfield, came from 17-year-old Jagger Borth of Meade. It had a yield of 133.64 bushels an acre, which is more than 377 percent above county average, according to the Hutchinson News.

“This year was so exceptional for wheat,” said Jagger, a fifth-generation farmer who hopes to study agronomy at Kansas State University.

“A lot of the farmers in our area produced aboveaverage wheat. We had an exceptional growing season and cool weather during the grain-fill period.

That was what pushed everything over the top this year,” he said.

Still, Jagger said he was surprised about the win because of the rain that occurred during the harvest.

The National Wheat Foundation announced the winners earlier this month.

Kansas farmers in general saw a record-high average yield of 57 bushels an acre, an increase from 20 bushes last year.

“I think everyone had great wheat around here and across Kansas, and I am sure lots of farmers had binbusting yields,” said Jagger’s father, John Borth.

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That’s far less than the $25 million that lawmakers assumed in a budget deal they crafted during the special session in June. But officials say they hope to make up the difference with the sale of KBA’s building and property in a separate deal that has not yet been finalized.

“This is what shows you why the government is not a good investor,” said Sen. Ty Masterson, who is finishing his term as Ways and Means Committee chairman.

Meeting as the State Finance Council, the governor and leaders voted unanimously to accept an offer by Origami Capital Partners, a Chicago-based investment and financial management firm.

Lawmakers had authorized the sale during the 2016 session, and proceeds of the sale were factored into the final budget they passed during the special session in June. It was part of a package of items needed to pay for increased K-12 school funding that the Kansas Supreme Court had ordered earlier in the year.

But the sale also marks the end of a program launched in 2004 that many people had touted at the time as an innovative program to

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These funds haven’t been successful, that I’ve seen, anywhere in the country, where the government is picking venture startups.”

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spur growth of high-tech medical and agriculture-related industries in Kansas, but one that many people now argue the state never should have gotten into.

“These funds haven’t been successful, that I’ve seen, anywhere in the country, where the government is picking venture startups,” Brownback said after the meeting. “That’s just a really hard business to be in.”

Since KBA was launched 12 years ago, the state spent a total of $232 million on the program. Of that, $150 million went for various grants, Commerce Secretary Antonio Soave said, including $70 million for research projects at state universities.

Brownback noted that much of the other grant money went toward helping the University of Kansas Medical Center obtain status as a National Cancer Institute, and for development of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility near Kansas State University.

“Both of those have broad support and

people believe they are good things to do,” Brownback said, “but you didn’t need a KBA to invest in those two. The state could have done it by other means.”

The other $82 million spent on KBA over the years went to the authority itself, Soave said. Some paid for the direct cost of its staff and facilities; $34 million was invested directly with companies and limited partnership interests. Those are the assets that the Finance Council authorized selling.

Soave said that over the years the state has received about $15 million in interest and dividends from those investments.

But he said there has not been any review to find out how many new jobs or businesses have spun off from the university research projects funded through KBA. “Hopefully we can look at the total amount of jobs and capital that was created, but that’s for another day,” said House Speaker-elect Ron Ryckman Jr., ROlathe. “Right now, it’s a matter of figuring out the building, the land, our assets and the cash

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Soave said that when KBA was merged into the Commerce Department earlier this year, it had about $19 million in cash on hand. Much of that was for grant commitments it had already made and for maintenance of its property.

He said $8 million has already been swept into the state general fund and only about $1 million in uncommitted cash is left.

As part of the budget deal lawmakers brokered this year, they assumed the state would get at least $25 million total from the sale of KBA assets. Any proceeds above that, up to $38 million, was earmarked for the K-12 “extraordinary needs” fund, which helps districts that have experienced unusual enrollment increases or loss of property valuation.

Since then, however, the state has received new revenue estimates showing that even if the state gets the full amount from selling the assets, it still faces a $350 million shortfall to fund this year’s budget. And assuming lawmakers are able to close that gap in the upcoming session, they still face another $583 million shortfall for the next fiscal year that begins July 1.

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

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“From a leadership perspective, it’s a good time to allow other people in the department to continue with the good work that we’ve done over the last seven years,” Khatib added.

Khatib said he is unsure who will replace him, noting the decision would fall to City Manager Tom Markus.

Markus, who has been in his post since March, said Khatib has “a lot of talent” and that the two will work together on the police department’s leadership transition in the coming months.

“I wish him the best and obviously we’ll be working together for

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The $7.95 million renovation began in 2007, and included the demolition of two buildings, construction of two more and complete refurbishing of the outdoor event arena, which is scheduled to be complete before the next summer fair. Across from the new meeting hall is the more than 50,000-square-foot open pavilion.

The fairgrounds facilities are used by several area groups, including the annual Douglas County Fair, Douglas County maintenance operations, Douglas County Extension Service and Douglas County 4H. Flory, who is retiring from the commission, thanked a long list of participants in the project, including fellow commissioners Mike Gaughan and Nancy Thellman, Douglas County Administrator Craig Weinaug and Assistant County Administrator Sarah Plinsky, among others.

“It wasn’t just a job they did,” Flory said.

“They were committed to it, they believed in it, they wanted it to work out right, and they

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ABOUT 50 PEOPLE GATHERED INSIDE THE FAIRGROUNDS NEW, BRIGHTLY LIT MEETING HALL for an open house on Friday.

The meeting hall has been named after County Commissioner Jim Flory.

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(County staff members) were committed to it, they believed in it, they wanted it to work out right, and they worked hard.”

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worked hard.”

Once Commissioner Thellman had the floor, she praised Flory for his dedication to the project.

“This was a big step to

take, and Jim never wavered,” Thellman said.

“And Jim always pushed us to think bigger, not be afraid of the cost, but to do the right project.

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From a leadership perspective, it’s a good time to allow other people in the department to continue with the good work that we’ve done over the last seven years.”

— Lawrence Police Chief Tarik Khatib

another six months, so we’ll be making sure that the transition works well,” Markus said.

The news comes on the heels of proposals made Tuesday from the police department to increase citizen review of police complaints, acquire body cameras for officers, and break down data regarding police stops by race.

Those proposals are still in draft, and will come back before the City Commission for additional review before

being finalized.

In working with Khatib, Markus said the two have made progress.

“I enjoy working with the chief, and we certainly share our individual perspectives, and try to reach understanding and agreement on how to do things,” Markus said.

“And I think we’ve done that successfully.”

Markus said that was evidenced by this week’s proposal. “(We) have kind of gelled in terms of how we see issues confronting law

Because it’s worth it; our people are worth that.”

Because of his efforts, Thellman announced, the meeting hall will be named after Flory, and a plaque dedicated to him will soon be displayed at the building.

Flory said that the entire project had personal significance for him.

“This has been a special project for me, because I remember

running around out along the barns in dusty Levi’s and cowboy boots when I was that high,” Flory said.

Flory said he was proud to see it completed.

“Congratulations to all the people involved,” Flory said. “I’m proud of this project and everyone who made it happen.”

enforcement and how to go about making adjustments,” Markus said. “And I think that is in part indicative of what was proposed with the Community Police Review Board, body cameras and (Disproportionate Minority Contact), and other things that, quite frankly, we’re working on.”

Markus said the changes that are in the works will go forward regardless of the department’s leadership transition.

Khatib took over the department as interim chief after former-Chief Ron Olin stepped down in 2010. He served as interim chief from September 2010 to February 2011 when then-City Manager David Corliss officially selected him for the position from a pool of 41 applicants from eight states.

Khatib was born in

Beirut, Lebanon, and moved to the United States with his parents when he was 11. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology.

Markus said his intention is to do a nationwide search to fill Khatib’s position.

“I appreciate the early notice because my intention would be to do a nationwide search, but I would expect both internal and external candidates to apply and be considered for the position,” Markus said. “I think a position of that prominence requires a nationwide process.”

— Reporter Rochelle Valverde can be reached at 832-6314. Follow her on Twitter: @RochelleVerde

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

Follow him on Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson — City Hall reporter Rochelle Valverde can be reached at 832-6314. Follow her on Twitter: @RochelleVerde

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BIRTHS Lawrence Memorial Hospital reported no births Friday.

CLARIFICATION The Lawrence school district’s advisory committee on equity issues will not meet for the first time in January, as the Journal-World had originally reported in a Dec. 16 article.

Marcel Harmon, school board president, clarified that a community conversation on race will take place in January that will lead to the formation of the advisory committee soon after.

The Journal-World’s policy is to correct all significant errors that are brought to the editors’ attention, usually in this space. If you believe we have made such an error, call 785-832-7154, or email news@ljworld.com.

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Report: Kansas lost thousands of jobs in November

By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Topeka — Kansas lost 3,200 private sector jobs in November, the Kansas Department of Labor said Friday.

It was the fourth negative jobs report in the last six months, bringing the state’s total private-sector job losses over the last year to 4,500. Those losses

have come during a period when overall national employment has been rising, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“Employers in the retail trade industry continued to add jobs in November, but at a slower rate than expected,” said Emilie Doerksen, labor economist for the department. “This

contributed to a seasonally adjusted decrease in private sector jobs over the month.”

The biggest losses were in the trade, transportation and utilities sector, which, on a seasonally adjusted basis, lost an estimated 1,600 jobs over the month, or 0.6 percent.

The professional and business services sector lost an estimated 1,500

jobs, or 0.8 percent over the month.

There were small job gains in mining, construction, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and government.

The state’s unemployment rate dipped slightly to 4.3 percent, down onetenth of a point from October, but up from the 4.0 percent rate in November 2015.

The Lawrence-area jobless rate stayed at 3.3 percent, unchanged from October but up from 3.0 percent a year earlier.

The five-county Wichita metropolitan area continued to have the highest unemployment rate in the state, 4.2 percent, but that was down from 4.5 percent a month earlier.

Unemployment on the

Kansas side of the Kansas City region was 3.6 percent, down two-tenths of a point from October.

Topeka’s unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in November, also down from October; Manhattan’s rate was unchanged at 3.1 percent.

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

Kansas high court considers death row inmate’s appeal

By Jim Suhr Associated Press

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EMILY BOEDEKER, A MEDIA ASSISTANT AT PINCKNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, POSTS “STICKY NOTES OF NICE” on the hallway walls at Pinckney’s temporary home at East Heights School on Thursday. The handwritten messages are an example of the school’s pledge to be kind, show respect and treat others as family.

Pinckney students, staff pledge to be kind

By Joanna Hlavacek jhlavacek@ljworld.com

Quantavius Mater knows firsthand how small acts of kindness can create big change.

When busted pipes and dangerous mold levels forced Quantavius

and his family out of their house and into a hotel earlier this year, the fifth-grader found comfort in his classmates and teachers at Pinckney Elementary School.

That’s because Pinckney Panthers, as Quantavius and his buddies will proudly attest, accept

everyone at their school, where the entire student body — and staffers, from the principal to the custodian — has taken part this semester in a kindness initiative called the Pinckney Pinkie Promise.

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Baker football championship watch party slated for today

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aker University President Lynne Murray will have a very busy and well-traveled weekend.

Murray will preside over the Baldwin City university’s fall commencements Sunday after a trip back from Daytona Beach, Fla., where she will attend today’s NAIA football championship game that pits Baker against the Indiana school St. Francis.

Murray will first say farewell to those receiving post-graduate degrees from Baker’s School of Education and School of Professional and Graduate Studies at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Collins Center on the Baldwin City campus.

She will follow by presiding of the undergraduate ceremony of 218 graduates of the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, School of Nursing and School of Professional and Graduate Studies at 4 p.m. at the Collins Center.

Bernard Fried, managing member of Keylix Capital Group LLC, will give the commencement address at both ceremonies. Fried is an instructor of management and leadership courses at Baker and has developed undergraduate and graduate courses for the school.

Murray and perhaps a few of the graduates will fly back from Daytona Beach after the game, which starts at 5 p.m. today. The game will be televised on ESPN3 for those who can’t make it to Florida. To allow local fans a collective game experience, the Wooden Spoke Restaurant, 203 First St., will have a watch party beginning at 4 p.m.

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Topeka — Attorneys for a Kansas death row inmate convicted of killing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife’s grandmother pressed the state’s highest court Friday to toss out his conviction, arguing the trial judge mistakenly tilted the proceedings against him.

Defense attorney Meryl CarverAllmond told the Kansas Supreme Court there’s no question James Kraig Kahler carried out the roomby-room shooting rampage in 2009.

But Carver- Kahler Allmond suggested the trial judge overstepped, including questioning a witness in a way that “suggests the judge was helping the prosecutor.” The judge also appeared to limit prospective jurors from voicing their opinions during jury selection and seemed to tell jurors they could not pose open-court questions about witnesses or evidence during their deliberations, Carver-Allmond argued.

“The two sets of rules here (for the trial prosecution and defense) is really part of the problem,” she said, before pointing the court to consider testimony about Kahler’s questioned mental state at the time of the killings.

“This trial wasn’t about who was pulling the trigger that night,” she said.

“This trial was about the state of mind of who was pulling the trigger that night.”

An attorney for the state, Kristafer Ailslieger, countered that “everything the trial court did is something that by law they’re allowed to do,” including allowing Kahler’s prosecutor to interrupt the defense attorney during opening statements.

Kahler was convicted in 2011 of fatally shooting

Karen Kahler, 44; her 89-year-old grandmother, Dorothy Wight; and the Kahlers’ two daughters, 18-year-old Emily and 16-year-old Lauren, at Wight’s home in Burlingame, about 65 miles southwest of Kansas City.

The killings came after he lost his job as the water director in Columbia, Mo., and after his wife initiated divorce proceedings after leaving him for a woman in Texas.

Authorities said he went from room to room shooting his victims. The couple’s 10-yearold son survived unharmed.

A psychiatrist testified that Kahler was angry at his daughters for siding with their mother and that he thought Wight should have encouraged his wife to stay married to him.

Kahler’s attorneys argued that he was unable to control his emotions and was deeply depressed at the time of the attack.

The jury deliberated for two hours before convicting him and recommending his execution.

After nearly two hours of arguments Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court deferred a ruling on his appeal without hinting about when it might decide the matter. Most such rulings typically take months.

It was the court’s first death penalty case since November when voters retained four of its justices who had been targeted for ouster, partly because the court overturned other death sentences.

Kansas reinstated capital punishment in 1994 but hasn’t executed anyone in more than half a century. The state Supreme Court has overturned death sentences seven times in 20 years, with five of those decisions later reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Kahler is among 10 Kansas death row inmates.

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AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL

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

ASSEMBLY OF GOD

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

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

BUDDHIST

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

CATHOLIC

Eudora Assembly Of God

Annunciation Catholic Church

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

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

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

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

Baha’i Faith

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

BAPTIST

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

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

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

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

Holy Family Catholic Church 820 Birch Street, Eudora 785-542-2788 Monsignor Vince Krische Service Sat. 5:00 pm Sun. 10:00 am www.holyfamilyeudora.com

1229 Vermont ST 785.843.0109 www.sjevangelist.com Weekend Mass: Sat 4:30 pm Sun. 7am, 8:30am, 10:30am, 2pm (Spanish), 5 pm

CHRISTIAN

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

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

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

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

BAPTIST - INDEPENDENT Heritage Baptist Church

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

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

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

First Southern Baptist Church

1000 Kentucky Street 785-843-0679 www.fcclawrence.org Sr. Pastor Dr. David Pendergrass Sunday 9am & 11am

CHURCH OF CHRIST Church Of Christ

201 N. Michigan St. 785-838-9795 Elders Tom Griffin & Calvin Spencer Sunday 10 am & 6:00 pm, Wed. 7 pm www.lawrencecoc.org

Church Of Christ of Baldwin City 820 High Street, Baldwin City (785) 594-4246 Sunday Worship 11:00 am

1900 University Drive 785-843-8427 Pastor Nancy Zahniser Sunday Worship 10:00 am Sunday Classtime 9:00 am

EPISCOPAL

St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church

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

Trinity Episcopal Church

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

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF AMERICA Christ Community Church

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

ISLAMIC

Islamic Center Of Lawrence

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

CHURCH OF GOD

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

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Calvary Church Of God In Christ

Praise Temple Church of God in Christ 315 E. 7th St. * 749-0985 Pastor Paul Winn Jr. SS 10:00 am * Worship 11:15 am Wed. & Fri. Bible Teaching 7:00 pm Call early for ride to church

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MENNONITE

Family Church Of Lawrence

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

Lawrence Free Methodist Church

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

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

METHODIST - UNITED

Big Springs United Methodist Church 96 Highway 40 * 785-887-6823 Lou Davies, Pastor Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School 10:45 AM Contemporary call for information www.bigspringsumc.org

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

1501 Massachusetts St 785-843-7066 Pastor Piet Knetsch Sun. School 9:30am * Worship 10:45am www.centralumclawrence.org

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

Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation

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

K U Hillel House

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

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

Trinity Lutheran Church

1245 New Hampshire St. 785-843-4150 The Rev. Brian Elster, Lead Pastor Sunday 8:30 & 11:00 am www.tlclawrence.org

LUTHERAN - MISSOURI SYNOD Immanuel Lutheran Church

2104 Bob Billings Pkwy (785) 843-0620 Pastor Randy Weinkauf Worship w/ Holy Communion 8:30 (ASL sign.) & 11:00am ASL Signing lesson 9:35 am Sun. School & Christian Ed 9:45am Nursery Available & Wheelchair Accessible Ministry to Blind Outreach 3 Thur. 5:30pm www.immanuellawrence.org

Redeemer Lutheran Church

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

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First United Methodist Church

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

First United Methodist Church

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

RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS Hesper Friends Church

2355 N 1100th Rd. 2 Mi. South. 11/2 Mi. East Eudora Rev. Darin Kearns Pastor Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship 10:30 am

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

Oread Meeting

1146 Oregon Street Elizabeth Schultz, Clerk 785-842-1305 Meeting for worship, 10:00 am Sunday www.oreadfriends.org

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

Tonganoxie Evangelical Friends Church

404 Shawnee St. Tonganoxie Pastor Scott Rose Sunday School 9:45am Sunday Worship 10:30am Wed. Bible Study 6pm

New Hope Fellowship

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

SPIRIT-FILLED Faith, Hope, & Love

2004 E. 23rd St. Lawrence, KS Pastor Hugh & Mary Ellen Wentz Sunday Worship 10:30 am

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

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

Congregation of Lawrence

1263 N 1100 Rd (785) 842-3339 Rev. Jill Jarvis 9:30 Program & RE; 11:00 Service www.uufl.net

United Light Church 1515 West Main Street Lawrence, KS 66044 785-393-3539

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST - UCC

Plymouth Congregational Church, UCC

Velocity Church

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

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

1501 New Hampshire St, Lawrence (785) 842-1553 vintagelawrence.com Deacon Godsey Sunday Service 10:00 am

St Paul United Church-Christ

ORTHODOX - EASTERN

Ives Chapel United Methodist

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

Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church

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

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

UNITY

Unity Church of Lawrence

REFORMED-PRESBYTERIAN

Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church

Stull United Methodist Church

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

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

Worden United Methodist Church

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

NON-DENOMINATIONAL Called to Greatness Ministries P.O. Box 550 Lawrence KS 66044 785-749-2100 info@calledtogreatness.com www.calledtogreatness.com

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

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

WESLEYAN

PRESBYTERIAN - USA

Lawrence Wesleyan Church 3705 Clinton Parkway 785-841-5446 Pastor Nate Rovenstine Worship 9:30am, 11:00am lawrencewesleyan.com

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

PROCLAIMING JOY

But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord… 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child.

— Luke 2:10-11, 17 10

Christ International Church

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Lawrence Chinese Evangelical Church

Sunday Worship - 10:30 AM Friday Fellowship - 7:00 PM 2211 Silicon Ave Lawrence, KS 66046 www.lcec.org

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Country Community Church

878 Locust St Lawrence 913-205-8304 Pastor, John Hart Sun. School 9 am, Fellowship 10 am, Worship 10:30 am

Eagle Rock Church

1387 N. 1300 Rd. Lawrence, KS 66046 785-393-6791 www.eaglerocklawrence.com Sundays at 10:00 am

Rather than being an excuse for forgetting about our troubles, the Christmas message is that God has taken on our troubles. God has entered into our broken world and experienced its pain first hand. He understands our problems from the inside and not just as an observer. He has experienced pain and separation giving himself as a sacrifice for us on the cross. He has become our Saviour just as the angels predicted to the shepherds. We have a message of great joy for the world.

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PRESBYTERIAN-EVANGELICAL

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New Life In Christ Church

Central United Methodist Church

River Heights Congregation

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

Mustard Seed Church

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

JEWISH

West Side Presbyterian Church

Lawrence Christian Center

METHODIST

Southern Hills Congregation

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

First Presbyterian Church

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

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

Peace Mennonite Church

1018 Miami St Baldwin City (785) 594-6555 Pastor Jeni Anderson Sunday Worship 11:00 am Church School 9:45 am

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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN

4300 W. 6th Street (785) 843-8167 Pastor Joe Stiles Worship Service 8:30 am & 11:00 am www.fsbcfamily.com

1942 Massachusetts St www.victorybiblechurchlawrence.com (785) 841-3437 Pastor Leo Barbee Sunday Worship 10:30 am

COMMUNITY OF CHRIST

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

Southside Church of Christ

BAPTIST - SOUTHERN

Lawrence First Church of the Nazarene

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

First Christian Church

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

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

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

CHRISTIAN CHURCH DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

Ninth Street Missionary Baptist Church

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

Lawrence Community of Christ

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

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

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Corpus Christi Catholic Church

Lone Star Church of the Brethren

Lighthouse Baptist Church

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

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

Perry Christian Church

Lawrence Baptist Temple

Lawrence University Ward (Student)

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

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ABOVE: NOMY LIGHTS UP AS SHE AND DETECTIVE JACK CROSS with the Lawrence Police Department pay a visit to Santa while shopping at Wal-Mart, 550 Congressional Drive. Children from the Ballard Center were paired up with members of local law enforcement to shop for their families.

CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: KU PUBLIC SAFETY CHIEF JAMES ANGUIANO jokes with 3-year-old Evangeline as he packages the gifts she had picked out for her family. In back is KUPD Sgt. James Druen.

LAWRENCE POLICE DETECTIVE LANCE FLACHSBARTH leads a child named Maeve into Wal-Mart for some shopping; ALEXANDRA, 3, LAUGHS WITH STATE TROOPER ROY WISE at McDonald’s, 4911 W. Sixth St., where the Ballard Center children had breakfast with law enforcement prior to their shopping sprees.

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— Public safety reporter Conrad Swanson can be reached at 8327284. Follow him on Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

Pinckney

Agenda highlights • 5:45 p.m. Tuesday • City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets • WOW! Channel 25 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3A • Meeting documents online at lawrenceks.org Consent agenda • Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 12/06/16 and 12/13/16.

• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions: • Approve all claims. The list of claims will be posted by the Finance Department on Monday prior to the meeting. If Monday is a holiday, the claims will be posted as soon as possible the next business day.

• Approve licenses as recommended by the City Clerk’s Office.

• Approve appointments as recommended by the Mayor.

• Bid and purchase items: a) Approve the purchase of one (1) Heil front load refuse truck with Curotto Can attachment for the Public Works Department, for $271,661.08, utilizing the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) cooperative purchasing contract.

• Accept dedication of easements associated with the Final Plat, PF-16-00395, for Gwaltney Addition, located at 2176 E. 23rd Street, 2200 E. 23rd Street, and 2200 Street FF. Submitted by Bartlett & West Inc., on behalf of Cave Inn LLC, City of Lawrence, and Gwaltney Properties LLC, property owners of record.

• Approve extending the downtown bike corral pilot project until December 2017. Approve using the remaining $1,987.32 of grant funding to purchase additional inverted U racks to be used in the downtown area.

Direct staff to hold a public hearing at a future Transportation Commission meeting to provide a recommendation on requests for two additional bike corrals in the downtown area.

• Approve the Lawrence Bicycle Parking and Amenities Policy Review with Citywide and Downtown

Recommendations.

• Approve recommendations from the Transient Guest Tax Grant Program Advisory Board for the 2017 Transient Guest Tax grants.

• Authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Lawrence Sports Corporation to provide funding for host services related to the Junior Olympics event in July 2017, and outline direct reimbursement to vendors in an amount not to exceed $102,840.22, related to expenses associated with the event.

• Authorize the Mayor to sign the Assessment of Fair Housing Collaboration Agreement between the City of Lawrence and the LawrenceDouglas County Housing Authority.

• Authorize the Mayor to sign a Release of Mortgage for Henry Lewis McKinney and Lillie Marie McKinney, 1230 West 28th Court.

Receive public comment of a general nature

Regular agenda

• Consider changes and proposed reorganization of the City’s Economic Development Policies.

Action: Adopt Resolution No. 7184, adopting the City of Lawrence Economic Development Policy setting forth the City’s policies and procedures relating to economic development tools and repealing prior policy resolutions, and adopt on first reading Ordinance No. 9325, repealing sections of the City’s code that are now covered in the Economic Development Policy, if appropriate.

A group of 19 pre-Kaged children from the Ballad Center met representatives from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Lawrence Police Department, University of Kansas Office of Public Safety, Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Turnpike Authority for breakfast at McDonald’s, 4911 W. Sixth St., Friday morning before the whole group headed across the street for a shopping spree at Wal-Mart, Woods said.

“Originally we started it with the idea that some underprivileged kids could buy things for themselves, but we quickly learned that they were more interested in buying gifts for their family members, which is in the true spirit of Christmas,” said Woods, one of the TOYS event’s founders.

“Now they show up with a list of ‘here’s what I want to get for my mom, here’s my mom’s sizes, here’s what I want for my dad, brother, sister, uncle, grandma,” he added.

Each child is given a $75 gift card, donated

by Hallmark, Woods said. And after breakfast they can cruise the aisles of Wal-Mart searching for the perfect gifts.

“It’s always interesting to see the officers trying to keep track of the dollar amounts.

Occasionally they’ll go a few dollars over and another will go a few under,” he said. “It always evens out.”

And at the end of the trip all of the law enforcement officers and their new, shorter-thanusual sidekicks have smiles on their faces, Woods said.

“It went really well.

It’s always interesting to see the little kids,” Woods said. “And it’s always good to get positive interaction between law enforcement and kids these days.”

“The job of the school is to help get kids to be academically engaged,” said Principal Kristi Hill, who created and introduced the pledge in Pinckney classrooms last month. “At Pinckney, we work really hard to make sure that they’re ‘heartsmart,’” she explains, as well as booksmart.

For Hill, that means instilling in students the values of tolerance, respect and treating others like family — regardless of where they come from or what they look like.

At Pinckney, it’s a message that has taken shape in daily classroom lessons on teamwork and respect as well as charitable projects that extend beyond Pinckney’s walls. This month, students are making fleece blankets for the animals at Lawrence Humane Society and leading a stuffed-animal drive for pediatric patients at Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s emergency department, among other activities.

The ideals behind the pledge, Hill says, have always been at the heart of Pinckney as a school and a community. The Pinkie Promise

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just serves as a purposeful reminder to kids, she says, and adults, too.

“What I like about Pinckney is that it’s a welcoming, loving school,” says Miri Pickman, a fifth-grader at the school. “And since I’ve been here five years, I’ve never seen a bully here, and I’ve never been bullied.”

That’s what makes Pinckney a truly special place, her fellow fifthgraders agree. When Lindsey Smith transferred to the school last year, she felt nervous at the prospect of fitting in and finding her way.

Those worries, Lindsey remembers, didn’t last long. “I found a big group of friends on the first day,” she says, “because I felt very accepted.”

The Pinckney Pinkie Promise, which has also included a schoolwide mannequin challenge, in which kids were asked to pose in actions representative of the pledge, such as hugging and high-fiving each other, and lining the walls with handwritten notes of kindness, has proved popular with Smith and her fellow Panthers. Every so often, school staffers document the kids’ efforts on the Pinckney Facebook page, which this week, for example, featured snapshots of “Kindness is...” posters created by students.

Through it all, they wear the

yellow heart sticker, a symbol of the Pinckney Pinkie Promise, with pride. The initiative started small, Hill remembers, but has taken off suddenly, the veteran educator says, in ways even she didn’t expect.

“Everybody is involved — everybody,” Hill said on a recent Thursday morning at the school.

“Even our custodian wears the yellow heart.”

Recounting the story last Thursday of how he lost his home and how the community at Pinckney has gotten him through the ordeal, Quantavius found comfort in longtime friend Jacob Newman, a fellow fifthgrader at Pinckney. It was news to Jacob, though, and hearing the tale, he said, made him feel sad for his pal.

“Spiderman can give hugs,” Jacob said, offering a small action figure to Quantavius before enveloping the other boy in a big-hearted hug of his own.

“Some people may not be having a good time, like me,” Quantavius explained. “So, at Pinckney, (the Pinkie Promise) makes them feel like family. It makes them feel welcome.”

— K-12 education reporter Joanna Hlavacek can be reached at 832-6388. Follow her on Twitter: @HlavacekJoanna

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Lawrence Journal-World l LJWorld.com l Saturday, December 17, 2016 Lawrence City Commission Mike Amyx, mayor 2312 Free State Lane 66047 843-3089 (H) 842-9425 (W) mikeamyx515@hotmail.com Leslie Soden, vice mayor 715 Connecticut, 66044 (913) 890-3647 lsoden@lawrenceks.org Stuart Boley, 1812 W. 21st Terr., 66046, 979-6699 sboley@lawrenceks.org Matthew Herbert 523 Kasold Dr., 66049 550-2085 matthewjherbert@gmail.com Lisa Larsen, 1117 Avalon., 66044, 331-9162 llarsen@lawrenceks.org

Douglas County Commission Jim Flory, 540 North 711 Road, Lawrence 66047; 842-0054 jflory@douglas-county.com Mike Gaughan, 304 Stetson Circle, 66049; 856-1662; mgaughan@douglas-county.com Nancy Thellman, 1547 North 2000 Road 66046; 550-7754 nthellman@douglas-county.com

Lawrence School Board

A New Year’s resolution for fiscal sanity In the spirit of the season, this retired professor offers Kansas state lawmakers and their newly elected leaders a resolution for starting down the path to fiscal sanity.

First, end the tax experiment as the first order of business.

Move state finance in the direction of tax fairness by putting 300,000 businesses back on the income tax rolls. Over twothirds of all Kansans now believe the experiment has failed, and hard economic data confirms their belief. Public-spirited business owners also want this inequity scrapped. This step will not solve the $350 million deficit in the current fiscal year but could help, if acted on quickly, and could restore $200 million or more next fiscal year.

Second, reclaim all state sales taxes for general purposes. Stop the shell game of putting one of every six sales tax dollars in the highway fund and then robbing that fund. This action would reinstate the historic purpose of applying sales tax revenues to the core obligations of the state: public schools, state colleges and universities, and assistance to vulnerable citizens. This step could send $425 million to the state general fund and allow lawmakers to determine the appropriate allocation of those funds.

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Regressive property and sales taxes now carry over three-fourths of the tax burden, income taxes only onefourth.”

Highway lobbyists will protest loudly, but state highways should be funded by highway users, not low-income Kansans who pay a disproportionate share of the nation’s highest sales tax rates on food and may not even own a vehicle. If lawmakers have the backbone to shut the door on sales taxes for roads, road funding will still be roughly $900 million a year.

Creative minds will also find ways for highway users to fund expanded road improvements, if needed.

Third, plug the leaks. Halt tax subsidies to businesses for

projects of questionable economic value. State sales and income tax subsidies estimated at $125 million per year have been granted by state executives to a few selected businesses through the High Performance Incentive Program, Promoting Employment Across Kansas Program, and STAR bonds.

State lawmakers should place a moratorium on authorizing new subsidies. A suspension of new projects would allow lawmakers time to assess whether these business incentives and others adopted years ago have continuing economic value to the state.

Legislative leaders should also focus a laser beam on capturing the hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue from internet sales that escape taxation to the detriment of Main Street businesses throughout Kansas.

Fourth, restore balance to the state and local tax structure. Balance and diversity in taxes ensure lower tax rates overall, reduce competition with other states and promote tax fairness based on income.

Kansas achieved near-perfect balance in its tax structure at the start of the 21st century by deriving equal proportions of revenue from its primary tax sources: property, income

Marcel Harmon, president; 550-7749 753 Lauren Street, 66044 mharmon@usd497.org

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Jessica Beeson, 691-6678 1720 Mississippi St. 66044 jbeeson@usd497.org Jill Fincher, 865-5870 1700 Inverness Dr. 66047 jfincher@usd497.org Rick Ingram 864-9819 1510 Crescent Rd. 66044 ringram@usd497.org Vanessa Sanburn, 856-1233 765 Ash St., 66044 vsanburn@usd497.org

— Reprinted with permission from local writer Sarah St. John. To see more, go online to www.facebook.com/DailyLawrenceHistory.

Area legislators

Rep. Dennis “Boog” Highberger (D-46th District) Room 174-W, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 Topeka: (785) 296-7122 BoogHighberger@house.ks.gov Rep. John Wilson (D-10th District) 54-S, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 Topeka: (785) 296-7652; john.wilson@house.ks.gov Rep. Ken Corbet (R-54th District) 179-N, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 Topeka: (785) 296-7679; ken.corbet@house.ks.gov Sen. Marci Francisco (D-2nd District) Room 134-E, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 Lawrence: 842-6402; Topeka: (785) 296-7364 Marci.Francisco@senate.ks.gov Sen. Tom Holland (D-3rd District) Room 134-E, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 Lawrence: 865-2786; Topeka: 296-7372 Tom.Holland@senate.ks.gov Sen. Anthony Hensley (D-10th District) Room 318-E, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 Topeka: (785) 296-3245 Anthony.Hensley@senate. ks.gov

— H. Edward Flentje is professor emeritus at Wichita State University.

From the Lawrence Gazette for Dec. 17, 1891: l “The Lawrence Humane years Society is now prepared to ago receive any complaints which IN 1891 may come up for its consideration. A charter has been secured and a special agent appointed who will see that any case of cruelty to animals, birds or other defenceless creatures will be properly attended. It is proposed to enforce the laws relating to this matter, and anyone seeing or knowing of any cases of cruelty will please report the matter to the secretary of the society.” l “Jacob Dolisi is putting up an ice house at Eudora.” l “The grippe is very prevalent again in city and country” l “The wheat in this county is in bad shape and the prospects for a crop are very slim.”

Kristie Adair, 840-7989 4924 Stoneback Place, 66047 kadair@usd497.org

Rep. Tom Sloan (R-45th District) Room 149-S, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 Lawrence: 841-1526; Topeka: (785) 296-7654 tom.sloan@house.ks.gov

and sales taxes. Two recessions and a self-inflicted tax experiment have thrown that ideal out of kilter and aggravated inequities. Regressive property and sales taxes now carry over three-fourths of the tax burden, income taxes only one-fourth.

Re-establishing balance in the three-legged stool of state and local should guide any action on tax policy.

Fifth, balance the budget.

Balancing revenues and expenditures seems simple and obvious, but ideologically driven lawmakers have repeatedly failed at this constitutional obligation for the last five years. Once the Kansas Supreme Court acts on school finance, the magnitude of the heavy lifting required here will be known. Lawmakers will be expected to find common ground on spending for schools and other state obligations in tandem with the revenues required to support that spending. The ill-conceived tax cuts of 2012 will have to be part of this discussion.

No step down this path will be easy. But a new crop of legislators and their leaders appear ready to face reality and exercise common sense in restoring fiscal sanity to the state.

OLD HOME TOWN

Shannon Kimball, vice president, 840-7722 257 Earhart Circle 66049 skimball@usd497.org

Rep. Barbara Ballard (D-44th District) Room 451-S, State Capitol, Topeka 66612 Lawrence: 841-0063; Topeka: (785) 296-7697 barbara.ballard@house.ks.gov

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presidency upon him. If now is not a time for the electors to exercise their power, when?

To the editor: William Skepnek, A letter I wrote last month prompted a Lawrence fairly long debate about the purpose and utility of the Electoral College. I argued that it emanated from the drafters’ distrust of pure democracy and their desire to put a final check in place that would allow the To the editor: A patient of mine (actually a composite best of us to protect us from ourselves. I think that position is well supported by the of stories of several patients) recently had an exacerbation of a psychiatric illness that documentary record.

In Federalist Paper No. 68, concerning usually is under good control. She usually the Electoral College, Alexander Hamilton leads a happy life with a family she loves and a job she enjoys. Some unexpected wrote: “It is equally desirable that the immedi- stresses upset the balance, and she needed ate election should be made by men most short term voluntary hospitalization. This capable of analyzing the qualities adapted is not available in Lawrence. The psychito the station, and acting under circum- atric unit at Stormont-Vail in Topeka was stances favorable to deliberation, and to full, as were units in Kansas City. She enda judicious combination of all the reasons ed up in Newton, where she received the and inducements which were proper to care she needed, but going to this distant facility was a hardship for her and her famgovern their choice.”

As the fingerprints of Russian espionage ily.

Sometimes people need to retreat from on our presidential election become more and more clear, the wisdom of the consti- their world for a bit. People in a psychitutional choice of insulating the presiden- atric crisis may need a few nights of decy from obvious foreign influence becomes cent sleep. They may need compassionmore apparent. Apart from objections to ate but also skilled and objective staff to Mr. Trump’s character and temperament, help sort out what is happening and what the direct influence of an antagonistic they can do about it. They may need to foreign government should be enough to get back on previously helpful medicamake the electors balk at conferring the tion or to reassess the medication they

Mental health time

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What the Lawrence Journal-World stands for l Accurate and fair news reporting.

No mixing of editorial opinion with reporting of the news. l Safeguarding the rights of all citizens regardless of race, creed or economic stature. l Sympathy and understanding for all who are disadvantaged or oppressed. l Exposure of any dishonesty in public affairs. l Support of projects that make our community a better place to live. l

are taking. And, yes, they may need protection from themselves, usually for a brief time of crisis.

In a few months we will have the opportunity to vote to create a mental health crisis center in Lawrence, available to all citizens of Douglas County, that would provide much of what could be done at much greater cost in a hospital. It could be of great value to any of our families, our friends or us. Please vote for more comprehensive mental health care.

Joe Douglas, M.D, Lawrence

Letters to the editor l Letters should be 250 words or fewer. l Letters should avoid name-calling and be free of libelous language. l All letters must be signed with the name, address and telephone number of the writer. The Journal-World will publish only the name and city of the writer. l Letters can be submitted via mail to P.O. Box 888, Lawrence KS 66044 or via email at letters@ljworld.com.

TODAY IN HISTORY On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer. l In 1777, France recognized American independence. l In 1865, Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, known as

the “Unfinished” because only two movements had been completed, was first performed publicly in Vienna, 37 years after the composer’s death. l In 1944, the U.S. War Department announced it was ending its policy of excluding people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast.

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JUNIOR GIRL SCOUT HOLLY BAUMANN, OF EUDORA, HANDS OUT COOKIE SAMPLES at the Girl Scout Cookie Kickoff event Friday at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. About 100 Girl Scouts from throughout Douglas County came to prepare for the group’s cookie sales, which begin Jan. 1.

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Lights & Sirens

stand corrected. I figured late November’s list of restaurant inspection results would be the shortest ever, but now we have a new record.

For early December, only a chain sandwich shop and a downtown pool hall made the list.

Short and simple.

Twice each month, I take a look at inspection results and list every place either listed out of compliance or with 10 or more code violations.

Full reports are available online at agriculture. ks.gov.

There you can find details about specific violations, which can vary greatly. Noncritical citations include unlabeled products, improperly stored cleaning materials, minor plumbing issues and more. Critical violations include crosscontamination of raw and cooked foods, insect and

Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com

rodent issues, unclean food preparation areas and more.

Some violations may be corrected during the inspection; others take longer to fix and require follow-up inspections.

All businesses, even those listed out of compliance, met the basic requirements to safely remain open, unless otherwise noted.

With this regular

report I try to provide basic information about food inspections in Douglas County, but due to the sheer volume of inspections, it’s difficult to offer detailed information about each establishment.

Here are Douglas County restaurant inspection results for the first half of December: l Potbelly Sandwich Shop, 1618 W. 23rd St., last had a licensing inspection on Dec. 14 and one violation was found. The restaurant is currently listed as out of compliance. l Leroy’s, 729 New Hampshire St., last had a follow-up inspection on Dec. 12 and four violations were found. The establishment is currently listed as out of compliance.

— This is an excerpt from Conrad Swanson’s Lights & Sirens column, which appears regularly on LJWorld.com.

BRIEFLY of Amerigroup, Centene Kansas renews contracts for subsidiaries Corp. and United Healthcare. Colyer led firms managing Medicaid the privatization effort.

Topeka (ap) — Kansas has renewed its existing contracts for three companies managing the state’s Medicaid program for another year through 2018.

Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer made the announcement Thursday in a tweet. He said, “Time will bring clarity from D.C” on health care policy.

President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are looking to repeal and replace the 2010 federal health care law championed by outgoing President Barack Obama.

The Medicaid program provides health coverage for the poor, elderly and disabled and is funded jointly by states and the federal government.

In 2013, Kansas turned over management of its Medicaid program to state

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Colyer said the state will wait until late in 2017 to solicit proposals for new contracts.

Some KC hotel guests evacuated amid standoff Kansas City, Kan. (ap) — Police have evacuated some guests at a Kansas City, Kan., hotel after a man fired shots through the door of one of the rooms.

The Kansas City Star reports that police responded around 12:30 a.m. Friday to a disturbance in a room at the Hilton Garden.

Police backed off after man fired shots through the door, and a standoff began.

Police say no officers were hurt.

Streets around the hotel have been blocked off while police attempt to end the standoff.

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Businesses show caution on Trump

There’s a reason Blake Shelton bet against Sunshine Head

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Army to review misconduct cases Three-star officer will examine sexual misdeeds among brass Tom Vanden Brook @tvandenbrook USA TODAY

A three-star officer will review a burgeoning problem of sexual misconduct among senior Army officers and the shocking suicide this summer of a top general, Army Secretary Eric Fanning told USA TODAY. The Army also instituted a procedure that prompts review of the security clearances of top brass who are under investigation of WASHINGTON

misconduct, Fanning said Friday.

The new approach to clearances, which grant troops and civilians access to national security secrets, stems from a USA TODAY report on a senior officer fired from his job last spring but allowed to retain his clearance for several months.

Lt. Gen. Edward Carbon will examine the recent spate of misdeeds that felled top officers and the death of Maj. Gen. John Rossi, who killed himself, Fanning said.

“This has hit the general officer corps pretty hard,” Fanning said of the suicide.

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Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning also instituted a procedure for reviewing security clearances of those under investigation.

Fanning stressed that the overall number of complaints lodged against the Army’s top officers and senior civilians has remained relatively low, and had dipped in fiscal 2016, the most recent reporting period and which ended Sept. 30.

The vast majority of that group of about 560 senior officials perform their duties honorably, he said.

Data do, however, show what Fanning referred to as “an uptick” in extramarital affairs and other misbehavior. “Most concerning,” an internal Army report found, “is that seven allegations of sexual misconduct, inappropriate relationships and sexual harassment were substantiated in FY16. This constituted a significant increase v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

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FBI backs CIA on Russian hacking

Agrees hacks during election were to help Donald Trump win

China captures U.S. underwater drone U.S. Navy drone is captured by Chinese warship in South China Sea

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Turkish Cypriots taking part in a protest Dec. 6 say the decision not to end daylight saving time in the north is a safety problem.

Cyprus divided by space, time North opts against daylight saving switch, so Nicosia is only national capital in two zones Nikolia Apostolou and Iakovos Hatzistavrou Special for USA TODAY NICOSIA , CYPRUS

43%

of Americans regularly clean their homes even if things do not appear dirty.

SOURCE YouGov Plc for Kärcher survey of 2,111 adults MICHAEL B. SMITH AND VERONICA BRAVO, USA TODAY

Tanur Tsiknakis and her husband, Michalis, now have two sets of clocks in their home they must follow — each on a separate time zone one hour apart.

“My phone and all my digital appliances are set in southern time,” said Tanur, 35, a diving instructor who lives in the south but works on the north side of this divided is-

land of Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. “Our (TV) satellite box and my car clock are set to northern time.”

Last month, like the rest of Europe, Republic of Cyprus officials who are aligned with Greece and govern the south side of the island moved their clocks back an hour with the end of daylight saving time. But leaders in northern Cyprus opted against the switch and followed the example of Turkey, which scrapped the change on v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

KATIA CHRISTODOULOU, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

Ledra Street is next to the U.N. buffer zone in Nicosia, Cyprus, the last divided capital in Europe since the Berlin Wall fell.

Lawmakers face flood of inauguration ticket requests Republicans see surge in interest

Deborah Barfield Berry @dberrygannett USA TODAY

Rep. Ralph Abraham had so many requests for tickets to the presidential inauguration that he had to take down the request page on his website.

By last week, the Louisiana Republican had more than 300 requests — way more than the 185 tickets he will get to dole out.

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“Interest spiked almost immediately after Trump’s election,” said Cole Avery, a spokesman for Abraham.

Abraham and other members of Congress, particularly Republicans, say their offices are receiving a stream of requests for tickets since Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies will give out 240,000 tickets for the 58th Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20. Members of Congress, who are allotted a limited number of the free tickets, distribute the tickets, mostly to constituents. The committee would

SAUL LOEB, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The inaugural platform under construction at the U.S. Capitol.

not discuss the number of tickets each lawmaker will get, instead referring a reporter to each congressional office.

Some lawmakers opt to hold lotteries; others go with a firstcome, first-served system. Some are still figuring it out. Meanwhile, calls are still coming in.

By Monday, Republican Sen. Thad Cochran’s office had gotten nearly 1,000 requests from Mississippians — way more than the 365 tickets he will give to visitors in the standing area of the ceremony. He has only a few tickets for the seated section.

Trump handily won Mississippi, where many of the state’s top

Republicans, including Gov. Phil Bryant, raised money and campaigned for the businessman.

Democrats are getting calls, too, but not like the flood of requests for Obama’s inaugurations in 2009 and 2013.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has had only 32 requests so from his constituents.

“We had more requests, but many were withdrawn after Nov. 8,” said Michael Briggs, a spokesman for Sanders.

Contributing: Maureen Groppe, Nicole Gaudiano

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Army demotes ‘swinging general’ after investigation Haight to retire as lieutenant colonel, lose $43,000 a year in pension Tom Vanden Brook @tvandenbrook USA TODAY

The Army has stripped Maj. Gen. David Haight of three ranks, Army Secretary Eric Fanning said Friday, following revelations contained in documents and interviews that Haight had a decade-long extramarital affair and lived a “swinger” lifestyle.

A board of his peers called for Haight to be busted to lieutenant colonel, a demotion that will cost him nearly $43,000 per year in pension pay. Fanning, in an interview, said he had accepted the recommendation after a panel of three officers reviewed Haight’s conduct — and his secret second life — and determined lieutenant colonel was the last rank in which he had served satisfactorily.

Fanning spent hours discussing the case with other general officers and read the investigative report twice before accepting the recommendation, he said.

“He’s going to be retired as a lieutenant colonel,” Fanning said.

“Pretty big drop.”

Haight’s attorney, Army Lt. Col. Sara Root, said Haight deeply regrets the affair but strenuously denies that it affected his service through multiple combat tours.

“He’s 100% devoted to his country,” Root said. “He has sacrificed a lot for his country. He’s not a threat to his country and would never do anything to harm it.”

Haight, a decorated infantry soldier and Army Ranger, had served as the director of operations for U.S. European Command until the spring. An Army investigation determined that he had had an 11-year affair with Jennifer Armstrong, a government employee, and had misused his government cellphone to stay in contact with her.

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David Haight, left, had served as the director of operations for U.S. European Command until the spring.

“He’s 100% devoted to his country. He has sacrificed a lot for his country. He’s not a threat to his country and would never do anything to harm it.”

Army Lt. Col. Sara Root, Haight’s attorney

The Army reprimanded Haight — effectively ending his career — and hauled him back to Washington. He was placed in a job with few responsibilities while the board determined his rank for retirement. Haight had been allowed to maintain his clearance to view classified material until the day after USA TODAY published the story about his secret life and raised questions about his susceptibility to espionage.

Root said Haight had never been targeted by spies and would never divulge national security secrets.

If Haight had been allowed to retire as a two-star general with 30 years of service, he would have been paid about $122,800. Retirement as a lieutenant colonel drops that to about $79,800.

In October, the Pentagon Inspector General rapped Maj. Gen. Ron Lewis, the one-time top military aide to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, for frequenting strip clubs and paying his tab with a government credit card. USA TODAY revealed that another staff member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army National Guard Brig.

Gen. Michael Bobeck, was fired from his post for an affair. Another top commander, Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby, who commanded the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, was fired from his post and recalled to Washington. The Army said Maj. Gen. John Rossi had taken his own life just days before he was to pin on his third star.

All of those cases remain under investigation, preventing him from commenting on them, Fanning said.

Haight’s dark life as a philanderer — a violation of military law — and his “swinger lifestyle” came to light in August after USA TODAY obtained the report of an internal investigation and interviewed Armstrong.

Haight met Armstrong while on a combat tour in Iraq and returned home to lead a lifestyle of swapping sexual partners, according to documents and interviews.

Security clearance loophole to be fixed v CONTINUED FROM 1B

from the two allegations involving sexual misconduct that were substantiated in FY15.

These types of cases have a significant negative impact on the Army and its image.”

The Army has been rocked by several high-profile cases of top officers felled by extramarital affairs, carousing and suicide. Among the findings of investigators: Maj. Gen. David Haight, the so-called “swinging general,” had an 11-year affair and led a “swinger lifestyle”; Maj. Gen. Ron Lewis, who had been the three-star adviser to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, frequented strip clubs, got drunk in public and had improper interactions with women; Rossi took his own life in July, just days before he was to be become a three-star general.

Fanning speculated the multiple combat tours over the last 15 years by soldiers such as Haight, and long absences from their families, may have contributed to their misconduct.

“We want to have a better understanding of the impact that has on our senior officers, and look for ways that we can mitigate any causes or linkages that we see,” Fanning said.

The problem does not appear to be widespread, he said, but continual combat stress may be a common thread for those who violate military rules and laws.

“I don’t think there’s a problem because I don’t think the numbers bear that out,” Fan-

ning said. “But if you look at that small subset of the general officer larger population, we want to understand why. My guess is there’s something systemic in there. We want to get at it and be pre-emptive about it.”

One immediate action is the automatic review of security clearance status for top officials under investigation.

PAUL SAKUMA, AP

John Rossi took his life days before he was to become a three-star general.

Lt. Gen. Gary Cheek, the director of the Army staff, has been directed to remove the loophole that allowed Haight to retain his clearance for several months after he had been fired from a top post with U.S. European Command.

“We’ve got him fixing that,” Fanning said of Cheek.

Security clearances are required for top officers and senior officials to review secret information. They can retain the clearances after retirement and have value because they are often required for jobs in the defense industry.

CAROLYN KASTER AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Maj. Gen. Ron Lewis, left, had been the three-star adviser to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, until allegations about improper interactions with women.

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Nations buffer zone separates the Greek southern part of Cyprus from the Turkish-Cypriots in the north — and it is also the only national capital that has two time zones.

The situation might sound humorous, but it reflects more than just a difference of one hour. A long and bitter division between the island‘s ethnic Greeks and Turks erupted in violence in 1974, when Turkish troops captured more than a third of the island after a military junta in Greece overthrew the Cypriot leadership and tried to unite the island with Greece.

Afterward, Turkish Cypriots declared an independent country recognized only by the Turkish government.

While violence between the two sides hasn’t flared for decades, bureaucratic confusion remains.

Today, Tanur, who is Greek, and Michalis, who is Turkish, might use one time zone for meeting a friend in the north but another for remembering when their favorite show airs on the south’s TV schedule.

And no one is quite sure what to do on New Year’s Eve. The time-zone quandary is yet another stumbling block in U.N.-brokered peace talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots that recently resumed after both sides rejected a reunification plan in 2004.

The director of Cyprus’ Peace Research Institute, Harry-Zachary Tzimitras, said the issue is a symbol for continued division.

“For some, the time zone change in Turkey means distancing themselves not only from Europe and the Western world, but also from the Cyprus of the future,” Tzimitras said.

He added that there is a practical reason behind the two time zones: Many Turkish-Cypriots’ lives are intertwined with the

PETROS KARADJIAS, AP

The Christmas Lunapark in Nicosia is among holiday happenings taking place all over the island. Cypriots must pay attention to which time zone events are in if they don’t want to be late.

Turkish economy, and every financial transaction that occurs in the north goes through Turkey, whether it’s a wire transfer or adding credit to a mobile phone.

“Following the Turkish time zone was a practical necessity for the north, particularly for the banking sector and transportation,” he said. “I don’t think it was a choice of joining Turkey and abandoning Cyprus.”

Many Turkish-Cypriots dislike the situation, saying it makes life tough.

“Personally, I don’t know what time it is these days because my clocks are turned to Cyprus time, but officially here in the north we’re on Turkish time,” said Saimon Bahceli, 49,

the Turkish-Cypriot owner of a café. He joked that he’s often stumped about when he should schedule performances to accommodate his Turkish-Cypriot and Greek-Cypriot patrons.

In one case, the change has had serious consequences.

Shortly after the north kept its clock unchanged, two teenage girls and their bus driver died in a pre-dawn collision that might have been averted if the bus had left an hour later. Hundreds of Turkish-Cypriots took to the streets to protest. Students held signs reading: “We shouldn’t go to school at night.”

The Turkish-Cypriot government recently decided that schools and public services would start a half-hour later so children and public employees

start their days after sunrise.

Michalis and Tanur say if they can make their mixed marriage work, the politicians should be able to mend fences between the two communities.

The couple are organizing two street parties on New Year’s Eve, to celebrate, but also to protest the time difference. After midnight in the north, they plan to pass through the buffer zone and celebrate the New Year again in the south.

“It’s ridiculous,” Michalis said. “It’s like two brothers fighting over a ball. Grow up and share it.”

Of course, everyone can just wait for spring and the return of daylight saving time, when all Cypriots will be back on one time zone.

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Business investment has been the economy’s problem child for a couple of years now.

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When companies order new computers, software or factory equipment, jobs are created.

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Generic EpiPen hits market after fury over price hikes Nathan Bomey @NathanBomey USA TODAY

The generic version of the allergic-reaction treatment EpiPen will hit U.S. pharmacies beginning next week after a firestorm over manufacturer Mylan’s sharp price increases for the namebrand version.

The lifesaving treatment’s skyrocketing price tag enraged consumers, Congress and drug industry watchdogs. Mylan has

ALEX WONG, GETTY IMAGES

Mylan CEO Heather Bresch with a twin-pack of EpiPen.

had a list price of $600 for a twopack, up from about $100 in 2009.

In August, Mylan announced plans to introduce a generic version for a wholesale cost of $300.

Most patients pay significantly less for the treatment because the cost is partially covered by insurance or they qualify for discounts, but some pay the full cost out of pocket.

The company will continue to sell the name-brand EpiPen. The generic “has the same drug formulation and device functionality” and “is administered in the

same way.”

The generic version’s box is labeled, “Epinephrine Injection, USP Auto-Injectors,” with two dosage options: 0.3 milligrams and 0.15 milligrams.

The device delivers an emergency treatment of epinephrine to counteract anaphylaxis, a lifethreatening allergic reaction.

Critics cited Mylan and its EpiPen pricing as a prime example of exorbitant cost increases in the pharmaceutical industry.

“Americans are rightfully concerned about rising drug prices, and now more than ever, patients

and families across this country are standing at the pharmacy counter struggling to pay for their medications,” Mylan CEO Heather Bresch said in a statement.

“While it is important to understand the outdated and complex system that determines what someone pays for medicine in the U.S., hardworking families don’t need an explanation, they need a solution.

“This is why we took decisive action with our EpiPen product and have launched the first generic version at half the (wholesale) price.”

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MAKING WAVES ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ made $29 million in Thursday previews, second only to last year’s ‘Episode VII: The Force AwakDIEGO LUNA BY AP ens,’ which took in $57 million this time last year. But the stand-alone film was the year’s top preview, edging out ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ ($27.7 million) and ‘Captain America: Civil War’ ($25 million).

CAUGHT IN THE ACT Thursday’s unveiling of Ryan Reynolds’ star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame also doubled as the red-carpet debut of his two daughters with wife Blake Lively: 2-year-old James and her new sister, whose name the couple has not yet made public.

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THEY SAID WHAT? THE STARS’ BEST QUOTES “We only share what we want you to see, my loves.” — Chrissy Teigen, coming clean in the caption for an outtake photo of daughter Luna about to have a meltdown on Santa’s lap after social media users commented on how calm the 8-month-old appeared in an earlier shot posted Thursday.

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STYLE STAR Natalie Portman was feeling (midnight) blue at Thursday’s Huading Global Film Awards in Los Angeles.

The silver crystal feathers on her Erdem gown recalled her Oscarwinning role in ‘Black Swan.’

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HIS ‘VOICE’ CHAMPION Winning coach didn’t want to hex Sundance Head but hopes that with a win, Head can break through to stardom Bill Keveney @billkev USA TODAY

LOS ANGELES It’s a good thing Sundance Head and Blake Shelton are singers, not gamblers.

Head, crowned Season 11 champ of NBC’s The Voice on Tuesday, and Shelton, his coach, both bet against the 37-year-old soul-country singer from Houston in the four-person finals.

“I thought for sure (thirdplace finisher) Wé (McDonald) was going to win. I was pulling for her the whole time,” said Head, who joined Shelton for a news conference after the twohour finale. “I voted for her (Monday) night 10 times.”

Shelton took it a step further, losing a $1,000 bet over whether Head would win to friend and rival coach Adam Levine. However, Shelton only wagered against his singer out of superstition. “I thought if I bet on you I would hex you,” he explained to Head.

That said, it will be money well spent, since Head’s victory gave Shelton his fifth “I suffer as Voice coaching win and a a coach triumph over Levine, a lot because who had two singers, fourth-place finisher I get attached to these Josh Gallagher and artists and I see them runner-up Billy Gilgo away. … But man, in this week’s finale episodes. to see the sadness “This is what makes on Adam’s face, that’s this show worth it for the thing that puts me,” Shelton said, relishing the victory. “I sufthe smile back on fer as a coach a lot my face.” because I get attached to Blake Shelton these artists and I see them go away. … But to see the sadness on Adam’s face, that’s the thing that puts the smile back on my face.” wife and children stood nearby.

For Head, a top 16 finisher on As he looks forward to his muAmerican Idol in 2007, the sec- sic career, Head hopes to “touch ond TV singing competition people’s lives for the better.” was the charm.

“I just want to have a positive “The first time that I tried message and sing music my something like this, I wasn’t 2-year-old or my grandma could very good at it. It took a lot of listen to. I don’t want to sing anylife to figure out who I was as a thing that’s offensive,” he said.

As for what his next album will singer and artist,” he said as his

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Sundance Head, right, and his coach Blake Shelton celebrate after Head’s triumph on Season 11 of The Voice. sound like, Head likes what he calls the soul-country genre, which includes the original song he performed on the show, Darlin’ Don’t Go, but he’s open to many others, including Cajun, bluegrass and the blues.

“I know what I want it to sound like. I know how to make it sound that way. As far as what people call it ... I’m just going to have to leave that up for your interpretation, and hopefully you can receive my music well in your heart, and it can make a difference,” he said. “The most important thing to me is to create music that when you listen to it, you know it’s Sundance Head.”

Although singers have enjoyed

professional success after competing on The Voice, Shelton challenged Universal Music Group, whose label will produce Head’s album, to help the singer achieve breakout stardom.

“I’m sitting next to a guy who has won over America’s hearts.

He’s so popular,” the coach said.

“I hope that we can all come together. This is the guy that I think can break the mold and become a star out of this show. … This guy deserves to be a star.”

The Voice opens Season 12 on Feb. 27 Shelton, Levine and Alicia Keys will return from this season’s coaching panel. Gwen Stefani, who has coached in earlier seasons, will join them.

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A man is visited by three mysterious figures at Christmastime to learn a few lessons and put his life back on track.

MOVIE It’s a familiar REVIEW theme indeed, but BRIAN one that hits a sour TRUITT note with the tearjerking drama Collateral Beauty (egEE out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters Friday).

A sprinkling of schmaltz is expected — nay, needed — in a emotional extravaganza like this, and you couldn’t put together a better cast on paper.

But step aside, Grinch, because this Beauty is also an unseasonably cynical assault on the holiday spirit.

In the tale directed by David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada), Howard is a successful New York advertising executive who goes through life in a zombie state two years after the death of his daughter. His workdays revolve around setting up dominoes and watching them topple. He goes on long angry bike rides at night.

His partners Whit (Edward Norton), Claire (Kate Winslet) and Simon (Michael Peña) have

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Wounded soul Howard (Will Smith) writes letters to Time, Love and Death to come to grips with the loss of his daughter. their own concerns — Whit’s daughter hates him, Claire has baby fever, and Simon’s dealing with family health issues — but the top of their to-do list is Howard. After trying everything they can to help and seeing Howard’s clients bolting, his pals decide to prove he’s mentally unstable and force him into selling the company. It’s not exactly the most thoughtful of Christmas gifts.

A private eye (Ann Dowd) digs up that Howard has been writing cathartic letters to Love, Time

and Death, and Whit recruits three actors (Keira Knightley, Jacob Latimore and Helen Mirren) to confront Howard as those abstractions.

Smith doesn’t say much in the movie up to that point, but when he gets a chance, he singlehandedly keeps Collateral Beauty watchable. (We even get a glimpse of the usual “Big Willie Style” in flashbacks.)

Even in a mostly charmless role, Smith’s natural magnetism comes through in the awkward

situations with his enigmatic trio of “helpers,” as well as meetings with a grief counselor (Naomie Harris).

But most everybody seems to be slogging through earnest line delivery and a predictable series of events — only Mirren seems to be having any real fun as a diva embracing her role as the Grim Reaper with over-the-top panache.

Sappier than a tree lot and just as wooden, Collateral Beauty wears its influences — primarily A Christmas Carol and It’s A Wonderful Life — on the sleeve of its ugly holiday sweater, though the film never finds a glimmer of originality. Instead, it’s like the same set of holiday lights that come down from the attic and, if we’re being honest, are getting a little dusty.

The only true surprise it has is in the finale, which manages a modicum of weepy satisfaction.

Frankel also delivers a coda that’s up for interpretation, giving the audience something to think about other than how Howard’s friends are kind of greedy jerks.

Collateral Beauty is bound to warm the cockles of a few Tiny Tims’ hearts, but you don’t have to be a Scrooge to dismiss this holiday face-plant with a hearty “Bah, humbug.”

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Dear Annie: One of my home’s attributes is that it has acres of conservation woods behind it. My neighbor from across the street, “Mr. X,” has been crossing my property to dump his yard waste in the woods. Dumping on someone’s land without permission is illegal in our state. I know he doesn’t have permission.

I have no curtains on that side of the house and open my bathroom window all the way while I shower and dry off.

When I informed Mr. X not to cross my property, he said he’d just go through another neighbor’s yard to dump. He can still look right in. Contacting the owner of the conservation woods is not an option. I’m tempted to call in a peeping Tom report because it creeps me out

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so much. I want my privacy back. Any suggestions? — Creeped Out Dear Creeped: It sounds as if it’s time for this little troll to be sent back under his bridge. Given that your neighborly chat accomplished nothing, I see no reason you shouldn’t call your county’s illegal-dumping hotline to report this crime. If you don’t have such a hotline in your area, call the non-emergency number for the police.

Jackson is president in ‘Big Game’ CBS devotes its night to the 2014 thriller “Big Game” (7 p.m.). While not exactly a huge hit in the United States, ‘‘Big Game’’ was the most expensive movie ever made in Finland!

It stars Samuel L. Jackson as the president of the United States, who finds himself stranded in the wilds of Finland after terrorists blow up Air Force One. There he survives, thanks to a 13-yearold boy (Onni Tommila) who happens to be out deer hunting.

Hence the title.

This appears to be a Finnish take on the thrillers ‘‘White House Down’’ and ‘‘Olympus Has Fallen,’’ over-the-top paranoid films released months apart in 2013. None of these has anything on the current ABC drama ‘‘Designated Survivor,’’ which envisions Kiefer Sutherland as the one guy to survive the complete destruction of the federal government and become acting president.

O Based on the ‘‘Peanuts’’ characters created by Charles M. Schulz, the 2003 holiday special “I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown” (7 p.m., ABC, TV-G) first aired three years after the cartoonist’s death.

The action focuses on some of the secondary characters from the ‘‘Peanuts’’ pantheon, including Lucy and Linus’ brother, Rerun, Snoopy’s brother Spike as well as his other beagle brothers, Marbles, Olaf and Andy.

O NBC spends its night in regifting mode, repeating Wednesday night’s holiday offerings “A Pentatonix Christmas Special” (7 p.m.) and “A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special” (8 p.m., TV-14).

O Viewers who’ve had their fill of ho-ho-ho can turn to a weekend of guitar gods and heavy metal madness on AXS, the cable network dedicated to music and concerts. Today is devoted to Eric Clapton. Highlights include the 1968 classic ‘‘Cream: Farewell Concert’’ (3:30 p.m.), featuring Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. “Eric Clapton: Live in San Diego” (8 p.m.) presents selections from a 2007 show featuring performances of ‘‘Anyway the Wind Blows,’’ ‘‘After Midnight’’ and ‘‘Cocaine’’ with J.J. Cale.

On Sunday, AXS honors the late bassist and heavy metal role model Lemmy Kilmister. “Motorhead — Clean Your Clock” (8:30 p.m.) captures two concerts that took place in Munich just a month before Kilmister’s death on Dec. 28, 2015.

Tonight’s other highlights Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher star in “Star Wars: A New Hope” (7 p.m., TNT), the 1977 space adventure that kicked off the film franchise.

O Casey Affleck hosts “Saturday Night Live” (10:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14), featuring musical guest Chance the Rapper.

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Dear Annie: I recently read the letter from “Wanting to Stop Worrying and Start Living,” a freshman in college who has experienced severe hypochondria since leaving home.

While reading the letter, as a health care provider, I recognized, as did you, the person is experiencing anxiety. However, this also has characteristics of a specific anxiety disorder, obsessivecompulsive disorder.

I have treated many teenagers and adults with OCD, and I agree that “Wanting” needs to be evaluated. In addition to counseling, “Wanting” might benefit from seeing a doctor, either a primary care physician or a psychiatrist, to work with in this regard. Medication might help relieve the symptoms quickly while “Wanting” works

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For Saturday, Dec. 17 This year you open up to new perspectives. If you are single, you meet people with ease. If you are attached, the two of you often go out with your friends.

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) ++++ Pressure builds, which could have you wondering whether someone has a hidden agenda. Tonight: Act like a teenager at a holiday party.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++ A partner might not intend to be difficult, but still is.

You will understand where all the pressure is coming from if you detach. Tonight: Time for caroling.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) +++++ You might want to take the lead. You could be ingenious in how you integrate different information. Tonight: Shop till you drop, but join a friend later.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) +++ You are aware of how much you have to offer. Others might start to realize what they can contribute as a result. Tonight: Stay close to home.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) +++++ Your creativity attracts many different people; the originality of your thinking charms them. Tonight: Make choices for you.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) +++ You might feel as if you

with a counselor to deal with the root causes and learns appropriate coping mechanisms.

Please let “Wanting” know she is not alone and there are many others with similar disorders. She also should know that it can become manageable. I applaud her for seeking help and wish her all the very best. — Part of “Wanting’s” Cheering Squad Dear Part: Thank you for offering your insights as a health care provider. I agree with all your advice.

Readers: If you believe you or a loved one is suffering from OCD, please visit the International OCD Foundation’s website, at iocdf. org, today.

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

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are a bit off. As a result, you might not be as sure of yourself as you usually are. Tonight: Put your best foot forward.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) +++++ Zero in on a longterm goal that involves a special person. A conversation could be a tad too serious. Tonight: A partner or friend adds vibrancy to your night.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ Stay in tune with a friend’s desire. This person might want to be in the limelight more than usual. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) +++++ You will have a better time if you let your hair down and willingly accept the possibility of an adventure. Tonight: Go with spontaneity.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) +++++ One-on-one relating takes you down a new path.

Fight off a low-level depression.

Tonight: Make it romantic.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ++++ Be welcoming to friends who can’t seem to get enough of you. Tonight: Do not interfere with spontaneity.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ++++ Dive into a project and accomplish what you want.

If you have to call a halt to what is happening, do it now. Tonight: Paint the town red.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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Here is a list of recent Lawrence Police Department calls requiring the response of four or more officers. This list spans from 7:37 a.m. Wednesday to 5:29 a.m. Friday. A full list of department calls is available in the Lights & Sirens blog, which can be found online at LJWorld.com. Each incident listed only bears a short description and may not capture the entirety of what took place. Not every call results in citations or arrests, and the information is subject to change as police investigations move forward.

Wednesday, 9:30 a.m., six officers, disturbance, 500 block of Congressional Drive.

Wednesday, 12:48 p.m., 15 officers, suicide threat, 2900 block of Harper Street.

Wednesday, 2:27 p.m., six officers, suicide threat, 1400 block of East 15th Street.

Wednesday, 4:24 p.m., four officers, suspicious activity, 2300 block of Alabama Street.

Thursday, 12:27 p.m., four officers, trespassing, 700 block of Iowa Street.

Thursday, 3:31 p.m., four officers, child welfare check, 1100 block of Massachusetts Street.

Friday, 1:12 a.m., five officers, suspicious activity, intersection of 11th and Mississippi streets.

Friday, 2:40 a.m., four officers, noise loud music complaint, 900 block of New Hampshire Street.

Friday, 2:48 a.m., four officers, suspicious activity, 3300 block of Iowa Street.

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Edwin Emil William Gleue Arrangements for Edwin Gleue, 89, Lawrence, are pending. Mr. Gleue died Thursday, December 15, 2016, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. Condolences at rumseyyost.com.

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Eleanor Lorene Vestal, 73, Tonganoxie. Memorial service 12 pm Sat Dec 17, 2016 at the Tonganoxie United Methodist Church. Visitation 1 hour before.

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Everardo M. Cazares, 62, passed away Dec. 15 2016 in Lawrence Kansas. See www.chapeloaksne.com for full obituary.

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aybe you have heard of hemp in recent years, as momentum behind a movement to legalize the agricultural crop has grown with federal legislation and some states supporting it.

Even Kansas considered legalizing production of hemp in pilot research programs in early 2016. Hemp production in the U.S. faces big obstacles, though, including overcoming the stigma of its close relative marijuana and competing in an already competitive world market for hemp and hemp products.

Hemp products include oil, flour, seeds, fiber and more.

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Jennifer Smith Biologically, hemp and marijuana are variations of the same plant species, Cannabis sativa, but are considered to be separate and distinct subspecies.

The major difference in the two plants is the concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) found in the plant.

Federal law now defines the difference between hemp and marijuana at 0.3 percent THC, with plants containing less than that amount classified as hemp and plants containing more than 0.3 percent THC classified as marijuana.

Despite what sounds like an insignificant difference, most hemp is far below the limit and marijuana is much higher, containing 20 or even 30 percent THC. Hemp got its bad reputation when federal legislation outlawed marijuana and failed to distinguish between the two plants.

Advocates for hemp claim the crop is useful for more than 25,000 products including fiber, paper, cosmetics, animal feed, biofuels, seed, oil and many more. From a simpler agricultural standpoint, the crop is grown for fiber or for seed (rarely for both), with the value of fiber being less than half that of

seed and seed oil. China and Europe control the global hemp market, with Canada, Russia, Australia and about 30 countries worldwide growing hemp.

Besides the basic challenges of breaking into the market, little is known about how to grow and cultivate hemp for maximum production in relation to U.S. soils, weather, water, fertilizer, and pest control needs. Pilot programs in the 20 states that have passed legislation allowing research are working to assess these needs but have yet to provide conclusions.

Researchers are especially challenged with finding quality seed sources, as

federal law still prohibits interstate movement and foreign-produced seed lacks guarantee of germination rates. They are also struggling with pest control, since there are no pesticides (especially for insects, diseases or weed control) labeled for use in hemp production in the U.S. Hemp requires special harvesting and processing equipment, which producers will have to import until manufacturing develops.

The processing chain will also take some time.

The Federal Farm Bill of 2013 gave authority to states to allow certain educational and govern-

ment institutions to grow hemp for research or pilot programs. At least 20 states have passed legislation to allow these programs.

Hemp is native to central Asia and the Middle East. It was brought to the U.S. for cultivation by early colonists who were growing it for the British Empire.

Birds love hemp and are very effective at carrying the seeds, resulting in the stands of wild hemp that pop up across much of the Midwest.

— Jennifer Smith is a former horticulture extension agent for KState Research and Extension and horticulturist for Lawrence Parks and Recreation. She is the host of “The Garden Show.”

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Wipe the plug clean and inspect it for signs of damage. Replace the plug if it is worn. Screw the plug into place. Do not over-tighten the plug. Check the spark plug wire for nicks or scrapes. If all is well, press the wire cap back onto the plug.

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During the off season, store the equipment with a full tank of gas mixed with fuel stabilizer.

Step 9: Two-cycle engines are especially sensitive to the corrosive properties of ethanol. Always use ethanol free fuel in small engines. Go to pure-gas.org to find ethanol-free fuel near you. Or purchase premixed two-cycle fuel to avoid long term damage caused by poor quality fuels and to make storage easier.

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Schools-Instruction PARAPROFESSIONAL Family seeks female paraprofessional for 11 year old girl with High Functioning Autism at private school in Lawrence.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Special Notices

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Please Call 316-516-2914

Lawrence Humane Society

ADOPT-A-PET

lawrencehumane.org • facebook.com/lawrencehumane 1805 E. 19th St • Lawrence, KS 66046 • 785.843.6835 PRESTO Our pal Presto is a white and tan friendly Chihuahua who is just super excited to find his next home! He’ll be perfectly happy with spending his days curled up in your lap enjoying your company. He enjoys the company of other dogs, too, as long as they don’t try to steal his food!

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CITY SHOWDOWN BASKETBALL

NIGHT OF THE LIONS

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LAWRENCE HIGH’S E’LEASE STAFFORD (40) CELEBRATES A BASKET late in the LHS girls’ 47-42 victory over Free State on Friday night in Allen Fieldhouse.

LHS girls rally for 47-42 win

By Shane Jackson sjackson@ljworld.com

When Lawrence High junior Talima Harjo’s baseline 3-pointer fell through the bottom of the net, the LHS students erupted the south side of Allen Fieldhouse with a chorus of cheers.

Harjo’s trey in the closing seconds of the third period was her only bucket of the night, but it was perhaps the biggest.

It gave Lawrence its first lead of the evening, 33-30, before clinching a 47-42 victory over Free State, in the latest installment of the City Showdown.

But this edition of the historic rivalry had a little bit of extra juice to it. It was the first such meeting to take place in the mecca of college basketball for the two Lawrence schools.

“It’s not what I thought it would be, it was even more,” LHS coach Jeff Dickson said.

“The thing we told our kids

Lions’ boys escape, 61-57

afterwards, ‘There will never be another time that you have that kind of atmosphere and to have the kids that close to the court.’”

And it lived up to the hype.

The Firebirds (2-2, No. 9 in Class 6A) stormed out to an early lead, 16-8, in the first period courtesy of barrage of 3-pointers. FSHS hit four of its first eight attempts from downtown, via Jaycie Bishop, Madison Piper and a pair by Jaelyn Two Hearts.

“We knew coming in we were going to be outsized,” FSHS coach Ted Juneau said. “(We) had to try to do some things, try to get back-side help, try to swarm inside. I thought we did a pretty good job of that.”

It wasn’t until the Lions (5-0, No. 5 in Class 6A) switched to a matchup zone defense in the secLAWRENCE HIGH’S JACKSON MALLORY (11) drives for a layup ond half that the game in the LHS boys’ 61-57 victory over Free State on Friday night in Allen Fieldhouse. > GIRLS, 4D

By Bobby Nightengale bnightengale@ljworld.com

Once the final buzzer sounded Friday, Lawrence High senior guard Jackson Mallory let out a scream on his walk back to his team’s bench.

It was one of the first times he could catch his breath in the final minutes because, of course, it wouldn’t be the City Showdown without at least a little drama.

Mallory watched his team’s 21-point fourthquarter lead drop to five points in about two minutes. But the Lions made enough free throws in the final minute to secure a 61-57 victory over Free State at Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence’s seventh straight win in the crosstown clash.

The 6-foot-2 Mallory, the primary ball handler for the Lions, did everything that he could to make sure his team found a way to

win. That meant jumping passing lanes on defense and diving onto the court near benches.

The Lions (4-1) opened the fourth quarter with a 16-5 run over the first 4 1/2 minutes, earning plenty of trips to the free-throw line and converting on layups. Mallory scored six points in the stretch and senior guard Austin Miller added four of his 10 points.

“We’ve still got to change our culture in terms of finding a way to win this game,” Free State coach Sam Stroh said. “I thought Jackson Mallory was the difference in the game. His toughness, getting the loose balls and leading them.”

With 3:35 remaining, the Lions held a 55-34 lead. Free State senior Jay Dineen jumpstarted his team’s offense with a pair

> BOYS, 4D

KU-Davidson basketball series brief but eventful

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self is more of a look-forward type of person than he is one who spends time reflecting on the past.

But with Davidson and

Kansas facing off at 6 p.m. today at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., and Self’s tie to the Wildcats (5-3) representing a special time in his career, the Kansas coach was asked to take a trip down memory lane earlier this week during a break in preparation

for the Jayhawks’ first game in a week.

“I didn’t realize that Kansas and Davidson have only played twice ever,” Self said. “I did not know that until I read the game notes. We had one entertaining game. The other one stunk.”

That stinker came back in 2011, in the very building the two will be playing in tonight, at this very time of the season.

That fact was not lost on Self.

“It’s pretty eerie in that it’s the exact same time of year,” he said. “Kansas

City. It’s going to be ridiculously cold and we go west the next game because I think last time we went to USC right before Christmas, and this time we’re going to Vegas (Dec. 22). So there are

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NBA Roundup The Associated Press

Rockets 122, Pelicans 100 Houston — James Harden had his sixth triple-double of the season and Houston made an NBA-record 24 3-pointers in a win over New Orleans.

Harden had 29 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds for his 15th career triple-double, passing Hakeem Olajuwon for the most in franchise history.

Ryan Anderson made Houston’s 24th 3-pointer of the game with 32 seconds remaining, and the Toyota Center crowd erupted in celebration of the record.

In picking up their ninth straight win, the Rockets attempting 61 3s — making 39.3 percent — to shatter their own record of 50 set earlier this year. They broke the NBA record for 3s made in a game, shared by Houston in 2013 and Orlando in 2009.

NEW ORLEANS (100) Davis 9-17 1-3 19, Ajinca 2-7 4-5 8, Holiday 5-15 0-0 11, Hield 4-10 0-0 11, Moore 3-8 0-0 8, Williams 0-4 1-2 1, Diallo 4-5 2-2 10, Jones 7-14 2-6 16, Frazier 3-8 1-1 9, Galloway 3-10 0-1 7.

Totals 40-98 11-20 100.

HOUSTON (122) Ariza 7-18 1-2 20, Anderson 3-11 0-0 8, Capela 4-6 0-2 8, Beverley 5-10 0-0 13, Harden 7-15 9-11 29, Brewer 1-2 0-0 2, Dekker 1-8 2-2 5, Hilario 1-3 0-0 2, Harrell 3-4 0-0 6, Gordon 10-17 2-2 29.

Totals 42-94 14-19 122.

New Orleans 24 26 29 21 — 100 Houston 35 37 25 25 — 122 3-Point Goals-New Orleans 9-27 (Hield 3-4, Frazier 2-3, Moore 2-3, Galloway 1-5, Holiday 1-7, Davis 0-1, Williams 0-2, Jones 0-2), Houston 24-61 (Gordon 7-12, Harden 6-12, Ariza 5-14, Beverley 3-8, Anderson 2-8, Dekker 1-5, Harrell 0-1, Brewer 0-1). Fouled Out-Capela. Rebounds-New Orleans 47 (Ajinca, Jones 8), Houston 57 (Beverley, Capela, Harden 11). Assists-New Orleans 17 (Frazier 5), Houston 27 (Harden 13). Total FoulsNew Orleans 16, Houston 18. A-16,728 (18,055).

Magic 118, Nets 111 Orlando, Fla. — Nikola Vucevic had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Evan Fournier also scored 21 and Orlando defeated Brooklyn to snap their sixgame home losing streak.

Fournier scored 11 straight points in the final 2:26, going 8 for 8 from the free-throw line after the teams were tied at 106.

Brooklyn has lost eight straight on the road.

BROOKLYN (111) Booker 0-5 2-2 2, Lopez 9-19 4-5 22, Whitehead 2-3 0-0 4, Bogdanovic 5-14 2-2 15, Kilpatrick 4-9 3-4 13, Scola 4-7 0-0 11, Bennett 2-3 3-4 8, Lin 7-13 2-2 17, Dinwiddie 0-0 0-0 0, Hollis-Jefferson 3-3 3-4 9, LeVert 2-3 0-0 5, Harris 1-4 3-3 5.

Totals 39-83 22-26 111.

ORLANDO (118) Fournier 5-15 8-9 21, Ibaka 8-13 1-3 18, Gordon 4-12 4-5 13, Biyombo 0-2 6-8 6, Augustin 6-14 3-3 17, Green 2-8 2-2 6, Vucevic 9-19 3-5 21, Payton 4-11 2-2 10, Meeks 1-3 4-5 6. Totals 39-97 33-42 118.

Brooklyn 28 24 30 29 — 111 Orlando 25 28 30 35 — 118 3-Point Goals-Brooklyn 11-27 (Scola 3-3, Bogdanovic 3-7, Kilpatrick 2-5, Bennett 1-2, Lin 1-2, LeVert 1-2, Harris 0-1, Booker 0-2, Lopez 0-3), Orlando 7-29 (Fournier 3-7, Augustin 2-7, Ibaka 1-2, Gordon 1-5, Payton 0-1, Meeks 0-1, Vucevic 0-2, Green 0-4). Fouled Out-Lopez.

Rebounds-Brooklyn 45 (Booker 9), Orlando 49 (Ibaka, Vucevic 10). Assists-Brooklyn 21 (Whitehead 8), Orlando 22 (Payton 5). Total Fouls-Brooklyn 32, Orlando 17. TechnicalsBrooklyn coach Kenny Atkinson, Orlando coach Frank Vogel, Fournier, Payton, Vucevic.

A-17,668 (18,846).

Wizards 122, Pistons 108 Washington — John Wall had 29 points and 11 assists, leading a Washington offense that committed a season-low five turnovers in a victory over Detroit.

Bradley Beal added 25 points and Marcin Gortat had 12 to go with 14 rebounds for Washington, which also set a season high for points in its fourth win in five games.

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Celtics 96, Hornets 88 Boston — Isaiah Thomas scored 16 of his 26 points in SOUTH the second half and AlALHorford EAST had 18 points and five blocked shots as Boston beat Charlotte to stop a three-game slide.

Avery Bradley and Jae Crowder AL CENTRAL added 12 points apiece for the Celtics, who held the Hornets to 13 field goals in the second half.

SOUTH How former Jayhawks fared Tarik Black, L.A. Lakers Min: 3. Pts: 0. Reb: 1. Ast: 0.

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

Cheick Diallo, New Orleans Min: 22. Pts: 10. Reb: 7. Ast: 1.

Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Min: 29. Pts: 15. Reb: 4. Ast: 2.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

L.A. LAKERS (100) Deng 3-8 0-0 7, Young 5-9 3-4 15, Randle 10-13 5-6 25, Mozgov 2-5 0-0 4, Russell 4-12 4-4 15, Ingram 1-8 0-0 2, Nance 2-3 0-0 4, Black 0-0 0-0 0, Clarkson 4-9 0-0 10, Williams 5-12 7-8 18.

Totals 36-79 19-22 100.

PHILADELPHIA (89) AL EAST Covington 6-16 2-2 14, Okafor 4-7 6-6 14, Embiid 5-14 3-8 15, RodriguezNEW 2-7 0-0 4, BOSTON RED SOX YORK YANKEES Henderson 0-4 2-2 2, Noel 1-4 0-0 2, Ilyasova 6-14 0-0 13, Saric 2-8 2-2 7, McConnell 2-5 2-2 6, BOSTON RED SOX BALTIMORE Stauskas 4-9 2-2 12.ORIOLES Totals 32-88 19-24 89.

L.A. Lakers AL CENTRAL30 23 21 26 — 100 Philadelphia 18 22 24 25 — 89 3-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 9-30 (Russell 3-8, Clarkson 2-4, Young 2-5, Deng 1-5, Williams DETROIT TIGERS 1-6, CLEVELAND INDIANS Ingram 0-2), Philadelphia 6-31 (Stauskas 2-4, Embiid 2-4, Saric 1-4, Ilyasova 1-8, CLEVELAND Henderson CHICAGO WHITE SOX INDIANS 0-2, Rodriguez 0-3, Covington 0-6). Fouled AL WEST Out-None. Rebounds-L.A. Lakers 46 (Nance 11), Philadelphia 48 (Ilyasova 10). AssistsL.A. Lakers 19 (Randle 4), Philadelphia 22 OAKLAND MARINERS 21, (McConnell 9).ATHLETICS Total Fouls-L.A.SEATTLE Lakers Philadelphia 17.

A-20,491 (20,328). OAKLAND ATHLETICS LOS ANGELES ANGELS

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N.C. Central v. Grambling St. 11 a.m. ABC 9, 209 Houston at San Diego St. 2:30 p.m. ABC 9, 209 Texas (San Antonio) at N.M. 1 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 NCAA Div. II champ.

3 p.m. ESPN2 34,234 Appalachian St. v. Toledo 4:30 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 NCAA Div. I semifinal 5:30 p.m. ESPNU 35,235 S. Mississippi v. Louis. (Laf.) 8 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 College Basketball

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205,213 Texas Tech at Richmond 11:30 a.m. ESPNU 35,235 Wagner at Providence 11 a.m. FS1 150,227 Charleston S. at Georgia noon SECN 157 Manhattan v. Florida St. 12:30 p.m. FS2 153 Notre Dame v. Purdue 1 p.m. ESPN2 34,234 Chicago St. at DePaul 1 p.m. FS1 150, 227 Arkansas v. Texas 1:30 p.m. ESPNU 35,235 Ohio State v. UCLA 2 p.m. CBS 5, 13,

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was no closing push by Chicago this time. Led by Antetokounmpo, the younger and more athletic Clippers 102, Heat 98 Bucks had six players score in Miami — Blake Griffin scored double figures and shot 46 per20 points, Chris Paul and J.J. cent from the field, compared to Redick each added 17 and the 30 percent for the weary Bulls.

Los Angeles Clippers held on to beat Miami for their fourth MILWAUKEE (95) Snell 4-8 0-0 10, Antetokounmpo 8-13 4-6 consecutive win.

Parker 6-8 0-0 12, Henson 4-10 2-2 10, DeAndre Jordan had an of- 22, Dellavedova 0-3 0-0 0, Novak 0-1 0-0 0, Maker fensive rebound off a missed 0-0 1-2 1, Teletovic 5-10 0-0 13, Plumlee 0-1 0-0 Monroe 6-14 2-3 14, Terry 2-5 0-0 6, Vaughn free throw and scored the 0, 0-1 0-0 0, Brogdon 3-8 0-0 7. Totals 38-82 9-13 95. clincher with 7.7 seconds left CHICAGO (69) 4-10 0-0 8, Lopez 3-10 2-2 8, Rondo for the Clippers, finishing off 3-9Gibson 0-2 7, Wade 5-14 1-2 12, Butler 3-14 0-0 7, his 12-point, 19-rebound night. McDermott 2-8 1-1 5, Zipser 1-4 1-2 3, Felicio

A-18,624 (18,624).

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scored 24 points to lead the Pistons. Andre Drummond added 13 points and 12 rebounds on a night when the teams combined for 11 players in double figures.

DETROIT (108) Marc.Morris 1-8 0-0 2, Harris 5-16 3-3 14, Drummond 5-7 3-6 13, Jackson 4-10 4-6 14, Caldwell-Pope 9-17 2-3 24, Johnson 4-5 0-1 8, Baynes 1-2 0-0 2, Leuer 8-12 0-0 17, I.Smith 3-6 0-0 6, Udrih 1-1 2-2 5. Totals 42-86 14-21 108.

WASHINGTON (122) Porter 6-10 0-0 15, Mark.Morris 5-9 0-0 11, Gortat 6-10 0-0 12, Wall 8-14 9-12 29, Beal 10-16 3-3 25, Oubre 1-6 5-6 7, Nicholson 0-0 0-0 0, J.Smith 2-2 0-0 4, Ochefu 0-0 0-0 0, Burke 2-4 3-4 8, Satoransky 0-0 0-0 0, Thornton 4-6 2-2 11.

Totals 44-77 22-27 122.

Detroit 27 27 23 31 — 108 Washington 27 38 30 27 — 122 3-Point Goals-Detroit 10-28 (CaldwellPope 4-7, Jackson 2-5, Hilliard 1-1, Udrih 1-1, Leuer 1-3, Harris 1-5, Johnson 0-1, I.Smith 0-2, Marc.Morris 0-3), Washington 12-25 (Wall 4-4, Porter 3-4, Beal 2-8, Thornton 1-2, Burke 1-2, Mark.Morris 1-2, Oubre 0-3). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Detroit 40 (Drummond 12), Washington 36 (Gortat 14). Assists-Detroit 23 (Leuer 5), Washington 30 (Wall 11). Total Fouls-Detroit 19, Washington 23. TechnicalsDetroit defensive three second, Harris.

Hawks 125, Raptors 121 Toronto — Dwight Howard had 27 points and 15 rebounds, Dennis Schroder scored 24 points and Atlanta beat Toronto to snap the Raptors’ fourgame win streak.

Kyle Korver had a seasonhigh 19 points, including a season-high six 3-pointers for Atlanta. Howard’s double-double was his 17th of the season.

ATLANTA (125) Sefolosha 2-6 0-0 4, Millsap 5-9 3-4 14, Howard 10-13 7-10 27, Schroder 8-12 6-7 24, Hardaway Jr. 5-16 3-3 14, Bazemore 3-6 0-2 7, Muscala 3-7 0-2 6, Humphries 0-0 0-0 0, Delaney 4-7 2-3 10, Korver 6-10 1-1 19. Totals 46-86 22-32 125.

TORONTO (121) Carroll 0-4 4-5 4, Siakam 2-3 0-0 4, Valanciunas 5-5 1-2 11, Lowry 9-16 3-6 27, DeRozan 15-26 4-6 34, Ross 4-7 1-1 10, Patterson 4-8 0-0 10, Nogueira 1-4 1-2 3, Joseph 7-12 2-2 17, Powell 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 47-86 17-26 121.

Atlanta 35 34 26 30 — 125 Toronto 27 25 30 39 — 121 3-Point Goals-Atlanta 11-25 (Korver 6-10, Schroder 2-4, Bazemore 1-2, Millsap 1-2, Hardaway Jr. 1-5, Delaney 0-1, Muscala 0-1), Toronto 10-21 (Lowry 6-8, Patterson 2-4, Joseph 1-1, Ross 1-4, Powell 0-1, Carroll 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Atlanta 44 (Howard 15), Toronto 28 (Valanciunas 6).

Assists-Atlanta 26 (Schroder 6), Toronto 20 (Lowry 6). Total Fouls-Atlanta 22, Toronto 27.

Technicals-Atlanta defensive three second, Atlanta team, Sefolosha, DeRozan, Toronto coach Dwane Casey, Lowry. A-19,800 (19,800).

L.A. CLIPPERS (102) Griffin 9-15 2-2 20, Jordan 5-7 2-3 12, Paul 6-15 4-6 17, Rivers 2-6 1-2 7, Redick 5-16 5-6 17, W.Johnson 1-1 0-0 2, Anderson 1-1 1-2 4, Speights 2-6 4-4 8, Felton 1-3 4-4 6, Crawford 4-13 0-0 9. Totals 36-83 23-29 102.

MIAMI (98) McRoberts 4-10 0-0 11, Whiteside 5-12 1-5 11, Dragic 7-16 7-7 21, Ellington 6-9 0-0 13, McGruder 1-6 0-0 3, Winslow 6-12 2-4 15, Babbitt 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 1-2 1-1 3, Reed 0-2 0-2 0, J.Johnson 5-11 2-3 12, Richardson 3-11 3-3 9. Totals 38-93 16-25 98.

L.A. Clippers 31 29 19 23 — 102 Miami 27 19 23 29 — 98 3-Point Goals-L.A. Clippers 7-25 (Rivers 2-4, Redick 2-9, Anderson 1-1, Paul 1-4, Crawford 1-5, Speights 0-2), Miami 6-27 (McRoberts 3-5, Winslow 1-1, Ellington 1-4, McGruder 1-4, Babbitt 0-2, Richardson 0-3, Dragic 0-3, J.Johnson 0-5). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-L.A. Clippers 50 (Jordan 19), Miami 47 (Whiteside 17). Assists-L.A. Clippers 17 (Paul 6), Miami 20 (Dragic 11). Total Fouls-L.A. Clippers 20, Miami 23. Technicals-L.A. Clippers defensive three second, L.A. Clippers team.

A-19,600 (19,600).

Lakers 100, 76ers 89 Philadelphia — Julius Randle scored nine of his 25 points in a dominating first quarter and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped an eight-game losing streak with a victory over Philadelphia.

Joel Embiid scored 15 points for the 76ers. They have dropped eight straight at home to fall to an NBA-worst 6-20.

Sevyn Streeter performed the national anthem wearing a “We Matter” jersey. The R&B artist had been scheduled to sing before the 76ers’ home opener in October, but was scratched by the team two minutes before the performance because she was wearing a “We Matter” T-shirt.

Streeter came to center court on Friday in a black jersey with the words “We Matter” above the No. 7. She received applause upon her introduction and cheers when she completed the song.

0-2 1-2 1, Portis 4-8 0-2 10, Grant 1-2 0-0 2, Canaan 0-4 0-0 0, Valentine 2-7 2-2 6. Totals 28-92 8-15 69.

Milwaukee 34 22 18 21 — 95 Chicago 15 22 15 17 — 69 3-Point Goals-Milwaukee 10-25 (Teletovic 3-8, Snell 2-3, Antetokounmpo 2-3, Terry 2-4, Brogdon 1-4, Vaughn 0-1, Novak 0-1, Dellavedova 0-1), Chicago 5-21 (Portis 2-2, Wade 1-2, Rondo 1-3, Butler 1-5, Zipser 0-2, Canaan 0-2, Valentine 0-2, McDermott 0-3). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsMilwaukee 53 (Monroe 12), Chicago 50 (Portis 8). Assists-Milwaukee 26 (Antetokounmpo 11), Chicago 17 (Butler 6). Total Fouls-Milwaukee 14, Chicago 14. Technicals-Antetokounmpo.

A-21,324 (20,917).

Kings 96, Grizzlies 92 Memphis, Tenn. — DeMarcus Cousins scored 22 points, Kosta Koufos had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and Sacramento weathered a late Memphis rally.

Garrett Temple added 17 points and Darren Collison had 11 for Sacramento in coach Dave Joerger’s return to Memphis, where he coached the Grizzlies until they fired him last spring.

Marc Gasol led Memphis with 20 points. Tony Allen scored 16 and Troy Daniels had 13.

SACRAMENTO (96) Cousins 7-20 8-8 22, Koufos 7-11 2-6 16, Collison 4-12 2-2 11, McLemore 3-7 1-1 8, Temple 4-11 6-6 17, Barnes 2-8 3-6 7, Tolliver 2-6 4-4 9, Cauley-Stein 0-0 0-2 0, Lawson 2-5 1-2 6. Totals 31-80 27-37 96.

MEMPHIS (92) Williams 1-3 0-0 2, Green 2-5 2-2 6, Gasol 6-18 8-8 20, Conley 2-7 4-5 8, Allen 6-13 4-6 16, Randolph 4-9 2-2 10, Martin 1-2 2-2 4, Harrison 2-4 6-8 11, Carter 1-5 0-2 2, Daniels 4-11 1-1 13.

Totals 29-77 29-36 92.

Sacramento 24 28 24 20 — 96 Memphis 19 23 23 27 — 92 3-Point Goals-Sacramento 7-24 (Temple 3-6, Collison 1-2, Lawson 1-2, McLemore 1-3, Tolliver 1-4, Cousins 0-3, Barnes 0-4), Memphis 5-25 (Daniels 4-9, Harrison 1-2, Martin 0-1, Green 0-2, Conley 0-3, Carter 0-4, Gasol 0-4).

Fouled Out-Harrison, Cousins. ReboundsSacramento 45 (Koufos 13), Memphis 47 (Allen, Randolph 9). Assists-Sacramento 18 (Collison 6), Memphis 19 (Conley 6). Total Fouls-Sacramento 25, Memphis 31. TechnicalsSacramento defensive three second 2, Sacramento team 2, Memphis team, Memphis coach David Fizdale. A-15,987 (18,119).

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FCS 146 Butler v. Indiana 4 p.m. BTN 147, 237 Kentucky at N. Carolina 4:30 p.m. CBS 5, 13,

205, 213 Delaware at Seton Hall 5 p.m. FS2 153 Texas Southern at LSU 5 p.m. SECN 157 Davidson v. Kansas 6 p.m. ESPN2 34,234 Jackson State at Baylor 6:30 p.m. FSN 36, 236

FSN+ 172 Dayton v. Northwestern 6 p.m. BTN 147, 237 Wake Forest at Xavier 7 p.m. FS1 150,227 Oral Roberts at Creighton 7 p.m. FS2 153 Chattanooga at Vanderbilt 7:30 p.m. SECN 157 BYU v. Illinios 8:30 p.m. BTN 147, 237 UNLV v. Oregon 10 p.m. ESPN2 34,234 Soccer

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3 p.m. ESPN2 34,234 Clemson at Alabama 3 p.m. ESPNU 35,235 John Brown at Baylor 3:30 p.m. FSN 36,236

FSN+ 172 Texas Southern at TCU 5 p.m. ESPNU 35,235 N’eastern at Mich. St. 6 p.m. BTN 147,237 Georgetown at Syracuse 7 p.m. ESPNU 35,235 Notre Dame v. Purdue 9 p.m. ESPNU 35,235

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KANSAS FOOTBALL

4-star DB lists KU among finalists

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

When David Beaty announced the eight midyear signees from the Kansas football team’s 2017 recruiting class earlier this week, the head coach said his new contract extension bolstered his staffers’ ability to land the types of players they want to bring to KU. Because of NCAA rules, Beaty can’t speak publicly about unsigned recruits. But if he could,

the Jayhawks’ leader would point to prep defensive back Brad Stewart to reinforce that argument.

A four-star safety according to Rivals, Stewart reportedly has offers from Alabama, Florida, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma and various other well-respected Power 5 programs. On Thursday, the 6-foot, 194-pound prospect from McDonogh 35 High School, in New Orleans, tweeted out a list of his top six

schools. Kansas made the cut, along with finalists Florida, USC, Virginia Tech, Arizona State and Oklahoma.

A Class of 2017 recruit ranked the No. 19 safety among seniors by Rivals, Stewart told SECCountry.com he arrived at his list of top six schools after discussing his options with his family and high school coaches.

“We all sat down at the table and actually looked at every school — the amount of players leaving

and the amount of commits coming in,” Stewart said in the interview.

“Also which schools could coach me up for the next level.”

While giving his reasons for considering each program with SECCountry.com, the young defensive back explained how Kansas joined the group featuring nationally renowned teams.

“Coach Tony Hull recruits down south,” Stewart said, referring to the KU staff’s New Orleans

native and running backs coach, “and is trying build that program. If I were to choose them, I could be a part of that and make a difference in that program.”

The Times-Picayune reported Stewart considered going as far as giving KU a verbal commitment during the past several months, but has since backed off of making his choice.

According to SEC Country, Stewart plans to contemplate his decision until National Signing Day. In the meantime,

No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks (9-1) vs. Davidson Wildcats (5-3) 6 p.m. today, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo. • TV: ESPN2 (cable channels 34, 234) • Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network. Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog coverage and follow the KUsports.com staff on Twitter: @KUSports @mctait @TomKeeganLJW @bentonasmith & @nightengalejr

1 2 3 KEYS FOR KANSAS

Play smart and sound

Defense must show up

Bring your own energy

Much in the way that Kansas is known for taking on the personality of head coach Bill Self and being an extension of him on the floor, the Wildcats work the same way with longtime coach Bob McKillop.

“If you just look in coaching circles, he’s one of the most respected coaches there is in the country, hands down,” Self said this week. “He’s obviously sharp. He looks like a million dollars. He looks like Carey Grant or something there on the sideline. But he gets those guys to play so tough, and they execute and they’re sound. There’s very few out there respected as much as him.”

During his 28-year Davidson career, McKillop has averaged 19 wins per season while leading the Wildcats to eight NCAA Tournament appearances and one Elite Eight berth and racking up several conference and national coach of the year honors in the process. Self’s respect for McKillop and the way he runs his program is obvious, and there’s no doubt that the Wildcats have the Jayhawks’ full attention heading into this matchup.

Averaging 87.9 points per game through the first 10 games of the 2016-17, the Jayhawks have been carried at times by their explosive offense. But in order to come out on the right side of things in their Sprint Center matchup with Davidson, the Jayhawks are going to have to turn things up a notch defensively. Although the Kansas defense has been good this season, creating havoc with their length and athleticism, limiting opponents to 39 percent shooting from the floor and out-rebounding them by an average of seven boards a game, Self said the Jayhawks will face one of their toughest challenges to date in the combination of Davidson guard Jack Gibbs and Wildcats big man Peyton Aldridge. Together, that duo is averaging 44.3 points per game — more than half of Davidson’s per-game total — and scoring in all three facets of the game — in the paint, behind the arc and at the free-throw line.

“They combine to have the second highest scoring combo in the country,” Self said. “I don’t know if people understand that. They can score the ball. So that will be a challenge.”

It’s going to be cold, it’s a week before Christmas and it will be played in a venue that, historically, has lacked energy and fostered a bit of a dull environment during many KU games played at Sprint Center.

Because of all of those factors, along with the fact that Davdison is a capable team that already has faced Clemson, Missouri, Arizona State and North Carolina, the Jayhawks are going to have to manufacture their own juice to both get themselves up for this one and to bring the Sprint Center crowd alive. Davidson has been off for 10 days — last falling at No. 5 North Carolina, 83-74, on Dec. 7 — and will no doubt be fresh and fired up for another shot at a signature win. “The intensity in practice is probably backed off a little bit during this week,” Self said, noting that finals were priority No. 1. “We were off Sunday. We were going to practice Monday and Tuesday and be off Wednesday, and Tuesday’s practice was so lackadaisical, we came in and practiced 45 minutes on Wednesday.” After averaging one game every 3.3 days during the first month and a half of the season, the Jayhawks’ week off likely has them a little stir crazy and ready to get back on the floor.

That alone should bring the necessary energy to be up for a quality opponent.

— Matt Tait

MEGA MATCHUP

JAYHAWK PULSE

Davidson forward Peyton Aldridge vs. KU’s big men

With finals behind them and the legal issues surrounding sophomore forward Carlton Bragg Jr. now a thing of the past, the Jayhawks are prepared to move forward with a clear mind and an even clearer objective. With two games remaining before the start of conference play (Dec. 30 at TCU), Kansas is in the process of finetuning its attack to be ready for the rigors of Big 12 play. Defense, getting the big men going and finding ways to score closer to the basket so they don’t have to be so reliant on the 3-point shot all remain key areas of emphasis for the Jayhawks, who have won nine in a row since opening the season with a loss to Indiana in Honolulu back in November. A tough game against a well-coached opponent in a venue that has delivered losses this time of year in the past and a true road contest one week later (Dec. 22 at UNLV) figure to be the perfect final tune-ups, providing Kansas unique challenges and ample rest at the same time.

At 6-foot-8, 225 pounds, Davidson junior Peyton Aldridge does not look like the kind of player that would give opposing big men fits. But that’s only when you’re talking about inside the paint.

Although he can score around the rim and enters the matchup with Kansas averaging 20 points per game, Aldridge has done a fair amount of his damage this season from behind the 3-point line, where he is shooting 35 percent on 43 attempts. Add to that the fact that 6-foot-11 center Will Magarity also has been known to let it fly from behind the arc (6-of-26 on the season) and it’s easy to see that KU’s big men, whoever they may be and however much they may play, will have to respect the outside shooting ability of Davidson’s bigs as much as they will have to control them in the paint.

— Matt Tait

— Matt Tait

PROBABLE STARTERS No. 3 KANSAS (9-1) G – Frank Mason III, 5-11, 190, Sr. G – Devonté Graham, 6-2, 185, Jr. G – Josh Jackson, 6-8, 207, Fr. G – Lagerald Vick, 6-5, 175, Soph.

C – Udoka Azubuike, 7-0, 280, Fr.

DAVIDSON (5-3) G – Jon Axel Gudmundsson, 6-4, 190, Fr. G – Jack Gibbs, 6-0, 195, Sr. G – Rusty Reigel, 6-2, 205, Jr. F – Peyton Aldridge, 6-8, 225, Jr. F – Will Magarity, 6-11, 240, Jr.

KANSAS-ARIZONA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW Who: Kansas vs. Arizona When: Noon today Where: Allen Fieldhouse Series: Arizona leads 3-2

Shooting struggles It has been a less than ideal start to the season in terms of field goal percentage for the Kansas women’s basketball team. The Jayhawks are shooting a measly 35.1 percent from the floor, including 30.1 percent from long range. In fact, Kansas has shot under the 40 percent mark in all but one game to open the campaign, despite second-year head coach Brandon Schneider putting an added emphasis on the offensive end. If KU is going to

Streaking Probable starters Sophomore Kylee Kopatich had argu- KANSAS (4-5) ably her best performance in her last G — Jessica Washington, 5-8, jr.

Second chance contest. She scored a season-high 19 G — McKenzie Calvert, 5-9, so.

The Jayhawks have done a much points, finishing one rebound shy of her G — Kylee Kopatich, 5-10, so. better job on the glass as of late, and it second career double-double. It was G — Chayla Cheadle, 6-0, jr. has shown on the stat sheet. Last time Kopatich’s third double-digit scoring F — Sydney Umeri, 6-0, sr. out, they scored 26 second-chance points effort of the season. in a 72-36 victory over Rhode Island.

ARIZONA (7-1) Slumping They surpassed their previous high of G — Malena Washington, 5-6, sr.

On of the team’s leading scorers, 16, which was set in an overtime loss to G — JaLea Bennett, 6-0, jr.

Alabama. Kansas has now out-rebounded McKenzie Calvert, was unavailable F — LaBrittney Jones, 6-1, sr. against Rhode Island. However, the its opponents five times this season, F — Destiny Graham, 6-3, so. transfer sophomore was struggling holding a 3-2 advantage when doing so.

F — Lucia Workman, 6-1, sr. before that, with just one doubleKU is averaging 23.2 points in the paint, a number that should rise with the return digit scoring output over her last four — Shane Jackson of senior forward Caelynn Manning-Allen, games. Calvert opened the year with four performances of 17-plus points. who is expected to play. stay in the win column, it needs to hit its shots against Arizona.

he said he plans to take official visits to Florida, Virginia Tech and USC in January.

Although some recruiting services list Stewart as a cornerback, he told SEC Country he could play corner or safety, depending on how his future team wants to use him.

“My main goal is to play as a true freshman and have a good relationship with the coaches,” Stewart said. “So it’s about the bond I feel and getting that opportunity.”

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some similarities going back to that 2011 game.”

Of course, the similarities Self would prefer to see are to the game that came a few years earlier and paved the way for his first appearance in the Final Four and, eventually, a national title.

Self remembers plenty from that 59-57 win over Davidson in the Elite Eight in Detroit in 2008, from the players who made it happen and the game’s big moments to the joy and relief he felt after it was over.

But the one thing that comes to mind first is the same every time the game comes up.

“I’m just glad that Steph didn’t take the last shot,” said Self of Davidson star and future NBA MVP Steph Curry, who scored 25 points in that loss but needed 25 shots to get there.

With the Jayhawks’ leading by two and just 16 seconds remaining, Curry brought the ball up the floor with a chance to win or tie, but never found room to take a shot because of the Jayhawks’ suffocating defense.

Curry teammate Jason Richards got the chance to be the hero in his place, but his shot from well beyond the 3-point line missed wide and sparked the Kansas celebration.

Although Self knew that day how talented Curry was, he admitted this week that he had no idea just how good the current Golden State Warrior would become.

“No. No. No,” Self said, shaking his head. “I obviously thought he was good. He (was) by far the best player in the tournament that year. And that tournament was loaded.

You look at the players in the Final Four, whether it be (Memphis’ Derrick) Rose or (UCLA’s Russell) Westbrook, Kevin Love, or Luc Mbah a Moute, all of our guys then (North Carolina’s) Ty Lawson, (Tyler) Hansbrough, (Wayne) Ellington, (Danny) Green.

You think of all those guys that played in that Final Four, and Steph Curry was by far the best player in the tournament.

“We were fortunate that we did a pretty good job on him. I’m not sure we did a great job. I think maybe he just missed shots, because he could get a shot anytime he wanted to.”

There are no Steph Currys on this Davidson roster, but that does not mean the Wildcats (5-3) are devoid of talent. In fact, one of their top players is 6-foot guard Jack Gibbs, who enters the game averaging 23 points per outing.

“He’s a strong guard, he can get his own shot,” Self said, breaking down Gibbs’ game. “They know how to play. He’ll pass and immediately they’ll set some screens for him and get the shot off the catch a little bit. It will be a big challenge for Frank (Mason III) and Devonté (Graham) to try to keep him under his average.”

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of and-one buckets before Jacob Pavlyak, Sloan Thomsen and Simon McCaffrey drilled threes, cutting the score to 56-51 with a minute left. The Lions followed by making their next four free throws.

With the crowd roaring, unable to hear instructions from the bench — let alone think — the Lions turned the ball over six times in the last 3 1/2 minutes with seven missed free throws.

Dineen led the Firebirds (2-2) with 15 points while Pavlyak scored 11 and junior Jalan Robinson added nine points and eight rebounds.

“All we needed to do is take care of business and we had continuous turnovers and Dineen decided to do whatever he wanted to do,” LHS coach Mike Lewis said.

“I want to let that go and kind of focus more on what we did to get to that 21-point lead, which was play pretty good basketball there for a good stretch.”

Mallory’s offensive sidekick Friday, shifty sophomore guard Clarence King, gave the Lions a lead they would never give up in the second quarter with

Big 12 Men

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LAWRENCE HIGH’S CLARENCE KING, LEFT, drives against Free State’s Jay Dineen. a layup-and-the-foul bucket. On the next possession, King drilled a 3-pointer.

It was the first City Showdown for King, a transfer from AC Prep, and he called it an “amazing experience” after finishing with 14 points and nine rebounds.

But in the third quarter, Mallory, who ended with a game-high 16 points, took his game to another level. He scored five points with four rebounds and a steal in a three-minute stretch.

“Playing in the best college arena in the nation, it was crazy,” Mallory said after the City Showdown’s first game

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

in its 20-year history at the University of Kansas.

“Growing up a Jayhawk 12 Women fan, it’s always been a Big

League Overall dream of mine and it’s a West Virginia 0-0 10-0 0-0 8-0 dream come true with a Oklahoma State Baylor 0-0 11-1 win over Free State.”

Kansas State 0-0 9-1 LAWRENCE (61) Braden Solko 1-4 1-2 4, Austin Miller 3-5 2-2 10, Clarence King 4-11 5-9 14, Jackson Mallory 4-10 7-8 16, Kobe Buffalomeat 2-4 2-4 6, Noah Butler 2-5 1-2 5, Brett Chapple 0-1 0-0 0, Trey Quartlebaum 2-4 0-2 4, Anthony Selden 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 19-49 18-29 61.

FREE STATE (57) Jay Dineen 5-11 5-8 15, Sloan Thomsen 1-4 0-0 3, Shannon Cordes 0-9 0-0 0, Jacob Pavlyak 4-9 2-2 11, Cameron Clark 2-6 0-1 4, Garrett Luinstra 2-4 1-2 7, Jalan Robinson 2-4 5-11 9, Simon McCaffrey 2-2 2-2 8.

Totals 18-49 15-26 57.

Lawrence 14 10 15 22 — 61 Free State 12 7 10 28 — 57 Three-point goals: Lawrence 4-20 (Miller 2, King, Mallory); Free State 6-17 (Luinstra 2, McCaffrey 2, Thomsen, Pavlyak). Fouled out: Clark.

Turnovers: Lawrence 10, Free State 10.

Iowa State 0-0 7-2 Oklahoma 0-0 5-2 6-3 TCU 0-0 Texas Tech 0-0 6-3 Texas 0-0 4-4 4-5 Kansas 0-0 Thursday’s Games Baylor 140, Winthrop 32 Texas 85, UTRGV 61 Today’s Games Arizona at Kansas, noon Longwood at West Virginia at Charleston, W. Va., 3 p.m.

UTSA at Texas, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 18 Princeton at Kansas State, 1 p.m.

Texas Southern at TCU, 1 p.m.

Delaware State at Iowa State, 2 p.m.

Alcorn State at Texas Tech, 3 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 19 Xavier at Oklahoma at Las Vegas, 2:15 p.m.

Santa Clara at Oklahoma State at Las Vegas, 7:30 p.m.

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script began to switch.

Free State was held to three points in the third quarter — on one long range shot — before ending the night 10-of-33 from beyond the arc. Piper, a Santa Clara commit, saw a lot of box-and-one as well, as she was held to 15 points on 5-of-16 shooting. Two Hearts added 15 on five shots from downtown.

In fact, the Firebirds did not hit a single basket inside the 3-point line the entire second half due to the Lions’ swarming zone defense.

“We actually worked on it yesterday for like two minutes,” Lawrence junior E’lease Stafford said. “When we did it yesterday in practice it worked great, but we figured we would go man at first.”

Meanwhile, LHS was able to get its offense rolling, by focusing more on the interior with the help of sophomore Chisom Ajekwu and Stafford, both who added 21

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LAWRENCE HIGH’S TAMO THOMAS, RIGHT, drives on Free State’s Jaelyn Two Hearts. and 16, respectively.

Following a long-range shot by Two Hearts (15 points) early in the second half, the Lions went on a 14-0 run, which included three straight baskets by Ajekwu. Harjo later hit the decisive jumper from the left baseline.

“I think we have two of the better players in the state that score in the post,” Dickson said.

“When the other team is hitting threes, you have that natural tendency to jack those up yourself.

We try to get them to understand that’s not really our game.”

Both teams will return to action following the

break at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3. Lawrence will play host to Leavenworth while Free State will welcome Shawnee Mission East.

LAWRENCE (47) Hannah Stewart 0-1 0-0 0, Olivia Lemus 0-1 0-0 0, Skylar Drum 0-3 0-0 0, Talima Harjo 1-2 2-2 5, Tamo Thomas 2-6 0-0 5, E’lease Stafford 6-17 6-11 21, Chisom Ajekwu 7-10 2-5 16, Tyrin Cosey 0-0 0-0 0, Sammy Williams 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 16-40 10-18 47.

FREE STATE (42) Sam Lawrence 0-2 0-0 0, Cameryn Thomas 0-7 0-0 0, Jaycie Bishop 3-8 0-0 8, Caely Kesten 2-8 0-0 4, Madison Piper 5-16 2-2 15, Haley Hippe 0-0 0-0 0, Jaelyn Two Hearts 5-13 0-0 15, Erin Cushing 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 15-45 2-2 42.

Lawrence 8 11 14 14 — 47 Free State 16 9 3 12 — 42 3-point goals: Lawrence 5-14 (Stafford 3, Harjo, Thomas); Free State 10-33 (Two Hearts 5, Piper 3, Bishop 2). Fouled out: Cameryn Thomas.

Turnovers: Lawrence 12, Free State 12.

Tonganoxie boys, girls fall to Piper J-W Staff Reports

Tonganoxie — The Tonganoxie boys basketball team never recovered from its slow start and fell at home to Piper 56-23 on Friday night.

After an ice cold first quarter where Tonganoxie shot 1-of-9 from the field and committed seven turnovers, it trailed 20-2 and was never able to get back within striking distance.

Junior Mac Thompson led the Chieftains with six points, while juniors Mason Beach and Chandler Caldwell each added five points.

Tonganoxie (0-3) will

The Chieftains comtravel to Eudora at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3. mitted 39 turnovers, and 27 of those came in the Tonganoxie

2 7 8 6 — 23 Piper 20 16 8 12 — 56 first half. Senior Mykah Tonganoxie — Mac Thompson 6 Wingerter led TonganChandler Caldwell 5, Mason Beach 5, oxie with nine points, Dakota Grey 2, Isaiah Frese 3, Cody and senior Taylor Lee, Reynolds 2.

Piper — Jordan Goodpastor 13, who scored a school reJJ Letcher 7, Jalen Taylor 5, Bryant Rogers 4, Daviance Covington 9, Bryce cord 40 points last week Yoder 3, Terrell Hall 4, Dezmon Greer against Ottawa, scored 3, Eli Johnson 6, Micaiah Noel 2. four points and was held without a field goal.

Tonganoxie (1-2) will Girls travel to Eudora at 6 p.m.

Piper 60, on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

Tonganoxie 18 Tonganoxie — The Tonganoxie 6 6 2 4 — 18 26 12 17 5 — 60 Tonganoxie girls basket- Piper — Mykah Wingerter ball team was never able 9, Tonganoxie Taylor Lee 4, Mia Bond 3, Corrin to dig itself out of a 20-1 Searcy 1, Grace Wogomon 1.

Piper — Ali Vigil 20, Maya Morrow first quarter deficit, and it Ryan Cobbins 10, LaKya Leslie fell to Piper 60-18 at home 9, 11, Miya Ford 4, Grace Banes 2. Jani on Friday night.

Gooch 2, Chidera Okoye 2.

Baker University junior quarterback Logan Brettell was named the 2016 NAIA National Player of the Year, the national office announced Friday night.

Brettell helped lead the Wildcats to a 14-0 record.

Baker will meet St. Francis (Ind.) at 5 p.m. (CST) today at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach.

Brettell has broken numerous Baker records in 2016 including passing yards in a season with

Kansas Women

Nov. 13 — vs. Missouri State, L 64-87 (0-1) Nov. 16 — vs. SMU, L 63-75 (0-2) Nov. 20 — at Memphis, W 68-58 (1-2) Nov. 23 — vs. Oral Roberts, W 64-56, 2 OT (2-2) Nov. 27 — vs. North Dakota, W 76-71, OT (3-2) Nov. 30 — at Creighton, L 49-69 (3-3) Dec. 4 — at Alabama, L 65-71, OT (3-4) Dec. 7 — vs. Harvard, L 59-69 (3-5) Dec. 11 — vs. Rhode Island, W 72-36 (4-5) Dec. 17 — vs. Arizona, noon Dec. 21 — vs. U.C. Riverside, 7 p.m.

Dec. 29 — vs. Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Jan. 1 — at Baylor, 2 p.m.

Jan. 4 — vs. Texas, 7 p.m.

Jan. 8 — at Iowa State, 1 p.m.

Jan. 11 — at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 15 — vs. Baylor, 1 p.m.

Jan. 18 — vs. West Virgina, 7 p.m.

Jan. 22 — at TCU, 6 p.m.

Jan. 25 — at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 28 — vs. Texas Tech, 11 a.m.

Feb. 1 — at Oklahoma, 10:30 a.m.

Feb. 5 — vs. TCU, 1:30 p.m.

Feb. 8 — vs. Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 11 — at Texas, 1:30 p.m.

Feb. 18 — at Texas Tech, 2 p.m.

Feb. 21 — vs. Iowa State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 25 — vs. Kansas State, 2 p.m.

Feb. 27 — at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Big 12 Championship, at Oklahoma City March 3 — First round March 4 — Quarterfinals March 5 — Semifinals March 6 — Final

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 21 5 .808 — Houston 20 7 .741 1½ Memphis 18 9 .667 3½ New Orleans 9 19 .321 13 Dallas 6 19 .240 14½ Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Utah 16 10 .615 — Oklahoma City 15 11 .577 1 Portland 13 15 .464 4 Denver 10 16 .385 6 Minnesota 7 18 .280 8½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 23 4 .852 — L.A. Clippers 20 7 .741 3 L.A. Lakers 11 18 .379 13 Sacramento 9 16 .360 13 Phoenix 8 18 .308 14½ Thursday’s Games Milwaukee 108, Chicago 97 New Orleans 102, Indiana 95 Denver 132, Portland 120 San Antonio 107, Phoenix 92 Golden State 103, New York 90 Friday’s Games Orlando 118, Brooklyn 111 Washington 122, Detroit 108 Atlanta 125, Toronto 121 Boston 96, Charlotte 88 Houston 122, New Orleans 100 L.A. Clippers 102, Miami 98 L.A. Lakers 100, Philadelphia 89 Milwaukee 95, Chicago 69 Sacramento 96, Memphis 92 Dallas at Utah, (n) Today’s Games Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m.

Indiana at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

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

Houston at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

New York at Denver, 8 p.m.

Portland at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Washington, 2:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Dallas, 3 p.m.

Boston at Miami, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Utah at Memphis, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Games Washington at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Denver, 8 p.m.

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W Toronto 18 Boston 14 New York 14 Brooklyn 7 Philadelphia 6 Southeast Division

W Charlotte 14 Atlanta 13 Washington 11 Orlando 12 Miami 9 Central Division

W Cleveland 18 Milwaukee 13 Detroit 14 Chicago 13 Indiana 13

L 8 12 12 18 20

Pct .692 .538 .538 .280 .231

GB — 4 4 10½ 12

L 13 13 14 16 18

Pct .519 .500 .440 .429 .333

GB — ½ 2 2½ 5

L 6 12 14 13 14

Pct .750 .520 .500 .500 .481

GB — 5½ 6 6 6½

NFL

Thursday’s Games Seattle 24, Los Angeles 3 Today’s Games Miami at N.Y. Jets, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday’s Games 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’s Games Carolina at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

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Nov. 11 — vs. Indiana, at Honolulu, L 99-103 OT (0-1) Nov. 15 — vs. Duke, at New York, W 77-75 (1-1) Nov. 18 — vs. Siena, W 86-65 (2-1) Nov. 21 — vs. UAB, at Kansas City, Mo., W 83-63 (3-1) Nov. 22 — vs. Georgia, at Kansas City, Mo., W 65-54 (4-1) Nov. 25 — vs. UNC Asheville, W 95-57 (5-1) Nov. 29 — vs. Long Beach State, W 91-61 (6-1) Dec. 3 — vs. Stanford, W 89-74, (7-1) Dec. 6 — vs. UMKC, W 105-62, (8-1) Dec. 10 — vs. Nebraska, W 89-72 (9-1) Dec. 17 — vs. Davidson, at Kansas City, Mo., 6 p.m.

Dec. 22 — vs. UNLV, at Las Vegas, 8 p.m.

Dec. 30 — at TCU, 8 p.m.

Jan. 3 — vs. Kansas State, 8 p.m.

Jan. 7 — vs. Texas Tech, 6:15 p.m.

Jan. 10 — at Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

Jan. 14 — vs. Oklahoma State, 1 p.m.

Jan. 16 — at Iowa State, 8 p.m.

Jan. 21 — vs. Texas, 1 p.m.

Jan. 24 — at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Jan. 28 — at Kentucky, 5 p.m.

Feb. 1 — vs. Baylor, 8 p.m.

Feb. 4 — vs. Iowa State, 5 or 7 p.m.

Feb. 6 — at Kansas State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 11 — at Texas Tech, 1 p.m.

Feb. 13 — vs. West Virginia, 8 p.m.

Feb. 18 — at Baylor, noon Feb. 22 — vs. TCU, 6 p.m.

Feb. 25 — at Texas, 5 or 7 p.m.

Feb. 27 — vs. Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

March 4 — at Oklahoma State, 5 p.m.

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