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KU fills diversity position ——

Interim director will lead multicultural office

By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep

Kansas University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs has hired a permanent director, who sees the present as a prime opportunity to start a new chapter as the head of the office.

Precious Porras, who has been interim director of the office since May, will be hired on a permanent basis, KU announced Porras Tuesday. The appointment follows a fall semester at KU that saw an emotionally charged town hall forum on race and demands by students for diversity improvement.

“The students have opened the conversation,” said Porras, who officially begins Jan. 4 in her new role. “I think now the campus is really ready to have sustained conversation around these issues. I can help continue the conversation.”

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TOP: ZOEY HIXON, 6, LOOKS OUT FROM A LEGO WALL SHE BUILT as she took part in Lawrence Parks and Recreation’s Jedi Engineering Camp at Sports Pavilion Lawrence on Tuesday. Fifteen children participated in the camp, where they built “Star Wars”-inspired projects such as podracers and X-Wing starfighters. BOTTOM LEFT: a participant assembles two colorful creations. BOTTOM RIGHT: Reed Napier, 6, works with a pull-back motor.

Max price of $2.35M sought for phase 1 of fairground project “

By Mackenzie Clark

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The Douglas County Commission at its meeting today will consider approving a maximum price of approximately $2.35 million for the first phase of the Douglas County Fairgrounds renovation.

The cost of the full project was previously estimated at $6.5 million, which the county has secured in reserves.

However, the updated budget for the full project is almost $7.2 million.

“As we have continued the design

County Administrator Sarah Plinsky said. “That budget estimate of $7.2 (million) is still being refined. I’m not asking the commissioners to approve that budget at this point in time.”

Determining the source of the extra $700,000 for the full project will happen in the next few months, Plinsky said, but she is hoping commissioners will ap—Assistant County Administrator Sarah Plinsky prove the guaranteed maximum price for the first phase of the project today so abatement and demolition can begin process and as we have further re- as soon as Monday. fined our cost estimates, we’ve gotPlease see FAIRGROUND, page 6A ten better budget numbers,” Assistant

That (total) budget estimate of $7.2 (million) is still being refined. I’m not asking the commissioners to approve that budget at this point in time.”

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Off-roading common at Clinton Lake ——

Officials expect more illegal driving in winter

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Some areas in the Clinton Wildlife Area and around Clinton Lake are closed until next year because of illegal off-road driving, and officials are preparing for more damage during the winter months.

Justin Hamilton, public lands manager for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, said earlier this year he made the decision to close down the Rock Creek Boat Ramp on the southwest portion of Clinton Lake and portions of Green Road in the western edge of the wildlife area.

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New book explores wild world of Kan. bank heists

By Gary Demuth Associated Press

Salina — Soon after robbing the Chautauqua State Bank in 1911, outlaw Elmer McCurdy was killed by lawmen in a gun battle.

However, McCurdy wasn’t buried for another 66 years.

It seems that when McCurdy was embalmed, the undertaker added arsenic to the embalming fluids, which perfectly preserved the ex-outlaw for decades to come.

When the body wasn’t claimed after six months, the undertaker decided to use McCurdy as an advertising tool. It seemed McCurdy’s body could be stood upright even while bereft of life, so he was redressed and a rifle was put in his hands. After being placed in the corner of the mortuary, he soon created local interest as the “Embalmed Bandit.”

As the years passed, McCurdy moved on to become an attraction at a traveling carnival show, a macabre place called the Museum of Crime, at the famed Hollywood Wax Museum and in a fun house in Long Beach, Calif.

When the fun house closed and was leased to Universal Television Studios, McCurdy made his TV debut in an episode

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KU’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, housed at the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center, provides support services for current and prospective students from underrepresented populations, plus diversity education programs for everyone in the KU community.

Porras said the past semester spurred a big uptick in requests for that.

“We’ve had a barrage of requests for training,” she said. “We have four or five trainings lined up for as soon as we return in January.”

Porras, 35, is originally from St. Joseph, Mo., and now lives in Lawrence with her husband, she said.

She is biracial — black and white, she said — and was a first-generation college student from a lowincome family.

That experience inspires what she does now, Porras said.

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If you want to know about history, then you talk to old-timers.”

— Rod Beemer, author of “Notorious Kansas Bank Heists: Gunslingers to Gangsters”

Beemer’s book covers the period between Kansas statehood in 1861 to World War II, what he called “the outlaw era through the gangster era.”

“The Great Plains were a hotbed for bank robberies because of how spread out the towns were and the lack of law enforcement in the areas,” he said.

“Also, banks had a bad name to begin with, and people distrusted them. In many cases, bank robbers became folk heroes.”

of the popular 1970s show “The Six Million Dollar Man.” The Salina Journal reports that finally, someone discovered that McCurdy was not a wax dummy after all, but a perfectly pickled corpse. Still, no one came forward to claim the body. Finally, a group of western historians from Oklahoma paid for McCurdy’s burial, 66 years after his exit from the Earth.

“They put concrete on top of him so no one could move him again,” said Rod Beemer, author of the new book “Notorious Kansas Bank Heists: Gunslingers to Gangsters.”

McCurdy’s afterlife journey fascinated Beemer, who spent more than a year researching tales such as McCurdy’s and that of other Kansas bank robberies and the colorful outlaws who committed them.

The book was published in early December

by The History Press and retails for $21.99.

A former Bennington resident who now lives in Minneapolis, Beemer

has published numerous historical articles and 12 nonfiction works, including his 2006 book on weather disasters on the Great Plains, “The Deadliest Woman in the West: Mother Nature on the Prairies and Plains 1800From Coffeyville to 1900.”

Clyde Barrow History of heists The book is divided The idea of writing into thematic chapters about Kansas bank heists with titles such as: “The was formed after Beemer Strange and the Bizarre,” talked to an elderly man “Wrong Career Choices,” in Marshall County in “Amateur Yeggs and Unnortheast Kansas about solved Robberies” and a 19th century bank rob- “Fighting Back: Citizens, bery in that area.

Bankers and Vigilantes.”

“If you want to know Stories covered in the about history, then book include: l The famous Cofyou talk to old-timers,” Beemer said. “We talked feyville bank robbery, in about a bank robbery up which the noted but poorthere, and that started the planning Dalton Gang wheels turning. I thought tried to rob two banks at there might be some oth- the same time. The banks er good stories out there.” had big picture windows Beemer signed a con- through which the town’s tract with History Press citizenry could see a robin 2013 and spent the bery clearly taking place. next year researching the After arming themselves, book, traveling to histor- the citizens engaged the ic sites and utilizing the Daltons in a ferocious knowledge and resources shoot-out. They killed all of local historical societ- the outlaws except Emies. mett Dalton, who lived to

“For me, doing student affairs work is very personal because I had amazing mentors,” she said. “I am where I am today because of their time and commitment to me.

So the opportunity to pay that back, and working with students, is why I do this work.”

During her time in college and at KU, Porras said she developed her “social justice conscience,” which also drives her to identify barriers students face and to use her voice to eliminate them.

Porras has been with OMA since 2005, first as a Hawk Link Retention Specialist and most recently — prior to being named interim director — as associate director of diversity education and social justice programs. She has taught multiple courses during her time with OMA and been involved with various multicultural organizations at KU. Porras got her bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology from Northwest Missouri State University and a master’s

For me, doing student affairs work is very personal because I had amazing mentors. I am where I am today because of their time and commitment to me. So the opportunity to pay that back, and working with students, is why I do this work.”

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— Precious Porras, new director of KU’s Office of Multicultural Affairs degree in counselor education from Emporia State University, according to KU. She expects to complete a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies from KU in 2016.

As director of the OMA, Porras said one major goal is to develop a five-year strategic plan for the office that will align with goals laid out in KU’s overarching Bold Aspirations strategic plan, so “we have a map to get us where we want to go as an office.”

She wants to collaborate with academic units and add more staff positions, she said. She hopes to gain some additional money to do so through private money, and has

begun exploring the possibility of a fund through KU Endowment.

Making concrete improvements to campus diversity and cultural competency faces challenges, many stemming from outside the university setting.

Increasing student and faculty diversity and improving retention rates for students of color is something KU — like many other schools — has grappled with for years.

Porras said she realizes the OMA has a difficult task but believes she can help make progress.

“It is doable,” she said.

“But social justice is a process and a goal, and something that’s going to take a long time.”

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write his memoirs. l The famed bank robbers and lovers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow did not rob any Kansas banks together, but apparently Clyde did rob a Lawrence bank. Beemer said the only way historians found out about the robbery, which was not reported in any newspapers of the era, was through Clyde’s accomplice Ralph Fults, who later reformed and preached against lawlessness. l Nearly 4,000 known vigilantes patrolled the Sunflower State during the 1920s and 1930s to combat the criminal menace, many of them organized by the Kansas Bankers’ Association. One Winfield-based group called the Aerial Sheriffs used an airplane equipped with a .50 caliber machine gun to hunt fugitives.

“I didn’t realize we had vigilantes in every county,” Beemer said. “Unlike today, vigilantes back then were trained and many were deputized to operate within the law.”

Beemer had so much fun writing “Notorious Kansas Bank Heists” that he’s thinking of writing a companion book, to be called “Livestock Rustling,” which he said will cover everything from cattle rustlers to chicken thieves.

Nate Thomas, vice provost for diversity and equity, said Porras has been a “strong contributor” to campus discussions and initiatives.

“She has a proven track record of leading students and educating the campus about issues of social justice, inclusion, equity and more,” Thomas said in a news release from KU. “I know she possesses the vision and drive that will allow KU — and our students — to advance important conversations.”

The previous OMA director, Blane Harding, left KU in May. Three finalists for the job, including Porras, gave presentations on campus in late November and early December.

The salary range for the new director will be $83,000 to $133,000, the KU provost’s office previously said. The OMA’s total budget is more than $557,000 annually, according to KU’s operating budget for fiscal year 2016.

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Population growth lags in Kansas

Topeka (ap) — Kansas has slower population growth than neighboring states and the U.S. as a whole.

U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday estimate that Kansas’ total population grew by three-tenths of 1 percent from July 2014 to July 2015. The state gained about 9,100 residents to make its population almost 2.912 million.

The national growth rate was almost eight-tenths of 1 percent. Also, Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri all had higher growth rates than Kansas.

Colorado’s growth rate of nearly 1.9 percent was the second-best in the nation, behind North Dakota’s nearly 2.3 percent.

Kansas ranked 32nd among states and the District of Columbia in its growth rate.

The Census Bureau also said Kansas saw a net loss — KU and higher ed reporter from migration over the Sara Shepherd can be reached at year of 2 residents per sshepherd@ljworld.com or 832-7187. 1,000.

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A ROW OF CARS SITS ON DISPLAY at a local dealership Tuesday.

Kansas taxes on vehicles vary by county

By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

Topeka — With the new year approaching, and spring graduations not far behind, now may be a time many people start thinking about buying a new car, if not for themselves, then maybe as a gift for that young adult in the family who’s about to step out on his or her own.

Although it may not be the most important issue, one thing to think

about when choosing a new vehicle is what kind of tax bill you, or the person you’re giving it to, will be saddled with in the months or years to come. And that, it turns out, depends greatly on where you live — or, more precisely, where the car will be parked.

In Kansas, putting license tags on a vehicle can be more expensive than in many other states because the state charges a number of different kinds of taxes and fees. So when

picking out a car or truck, whether it’s new or used, it’s helpful to know what other costs you’ll incur besides the sticker price of the vehicle itself.

Here’s a quick look at some of those costs and some tools to help estimate what your costs will be.

Sales tax: This is a one-time tax that you pay when you go to get tags for the Please see TAXES, page 4A

LHS, FSHS, Seabury sending debate teams to state

By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde

Following regional competitions over the weekend, Lawrence and Free State high schools and Bishop Seabury Academy qualified 10 debate teams to compete in state tournaments next month.

Lawrence High School’s

debate team placed third overall among seven schools that competed in the 6A regional tournament at Topeka High School on Friday and Saturday. Teams from Washburn Rural and Hutchinson placed first and second.

In the four-speaker division, the LHS team qualified to move on to state, despite being relatively

young, said LHS debate coach Jeff Plinsky.

“This particular group has two sophomores, a junior and a senior, and to be really honest our squad this year is really pretty young,” Plinsky said. “And so when we went into this, we thought we might have a chance to qualify, but we were in a pretty tough regional and some things

were going to have to fall our way.”

The LHS four-member team consists of senior Stefan Petrovic, junior Bridget Smith and sophomores Claire Walther and Chisato Kimura.

This year’s topic is national surveillance, and teams argue whether the Please see DEBATE, page 4A

t least the Grinch who stole two holiday sweaters from Allen Fieldhouse Saturday didn’t get to count them as part of Kansas University Athletics’ new Guinness World Record.

Someone took two “KU ugly sweaters” from the fieldhouse just after 3 p.m. Saturday, an estimated loss of $154, according to the KU Office of Public Safety. The sweaters were picked up off a table at a kiosk that had been selling them as the KU men’s basketball game against the University of Montana was ending, KU police Capt.

James Anguiano said.

Earlier in the game, KU Athletics set the world record for the largest gathering of people wearing holiday sweaters.

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spokeswoman contacted Tuesday, the official Guinness text now reads: “The largest gathering of people wearing holiday sweaters is 3,473 and was achieved

by Kansas Athletics (USA) at the Men’s Basketball game vs. Montana in Lawrence, Kansas, USA on 19 December 2015.”

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Group plans to restore monarch butterfly habitat Hutchinson (ap) — The Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition has plans to restore, or create, 12,000 acres of monarch butterfly habitat.

The coalition received a $125,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to help restore monarch butterfly habitat across Kansas.

The Hutchinson News reports that the foundation recently launched the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund to help restore up to 33,000 acres of monarch habitat after the butterfly population dropped from 1 billion to fewer than 60 million over the past 20 years.

The coalition plans to

hold informational meetings next year to educate ranchers about its project, which is slated to cost $646,000. The Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition will be matched with $521,000.

Coalition coordinator Barth Crouch says the project aims to restore and enhance mixed-grass and tallgrass ecosystem functions and use invasive species control and prescribed fire practices in the Red Hills and Flint Hills.

Officials want to let ranchers know that these practices will improve habitat for monarch butterflies and other native pollinators without costing them any more money.

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Fans wearing holiday sweaters meeting the criteria — long sleeves and decorated with at least one holiday-themed item — were given “participation” tickets when they entered the Fieldhouse.

According to KU Athletics, the official count was taken during a 5-minute window partway through the first half, during which everyone in holiday sweaters was required to be in their seats with sweaters on and pass their

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first time. In the case of vehicles, it’s more accurately described as a “use tax,” because the amount you pay depends on where the vehicle is used — that is, where the owner of the vehicle resides.

If you’re buying the vehicle from a dealership, the dealer may add onto the sticker price the cost of such things as extended warranties, vehicle accessories, preparation charges, charges for repairs and administrative fees to recover dealer expenses.

Trade-in allowances are now deducted from the selling price of the vehicle, so if you’re trading in an old clunker for a newer vehicle, that can reduce the amount of sales tax you owe.

Also not included in the taxable price of your new vehicle are any finance and interest charges, title and registration fees, or any other taxes or insurance costs.

The state of Kansas charges 6.5 percent in sales and use taxes. Additional taxes can apply depending on the city or county

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tickets to the aisle to be officially counted.

With 3,473 holiday sweaters in the Fieldhouse, KU easily surpassed the previous world record, set at Loughborough University in Loughborough, United Kingdom, where 1,175 people wore holiday sweaters on Dec. 10, 2014.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the sweater thief had not been caught and the investigation remained open, Anguiano said.

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

where the owner lives.

In Lawrence, Douglas County adds another 1 percent tax, and the city of Lawrence adds yet another 1.55 percent. Added together, that’s a total of 9.05 percent for Lawrence residents, or $905 in sales tax on a $10,000 vehicle.

Many other states do not charge sales taxes on vehicles. But even if you travel there to buy one, it won’t save you any money if you intend to tag the vehicle in Kansas, because Kansas applies the sales tax based on where the owner lives, not where the vehicle is purchased.

Personal property tax: This is a recurring tax that owners pay each year when they renew their license tags. Much like the property tax you pay on a home or any piece of real estate, the personal property tax is based on the value of the vehicle — which may be different from the price you paid — multiplied by the average property tax mill levy in the county where you live.

Kansas statutes outline a formula for determining the value of a vehicle, which is basically the median sale price of all vehicles in a particular class, minus a 15 percent

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United States federal government should “substantially curtail” its domestic surveillance. Two students from the four-member team take the affirmative side while the other two take the negative side, Plinsky explained.

In the two-speaker team division, both Lawrence and Free State high schools qualified four teams. Plinsky said because the Lawrence High two-speaker teams are sticking with the per year depreciation allowance. The minimum property tax, for cars 15 years old or older, is $12.

The Kansas Department of Revenue has an online tool where you can look up the taxable value of a vehicle, based on its make, model and year, and estimate how much property tax you will owe, based on the county in which you live.

Douglas County residents pay less in personal property tax on vehicles than residents of most other nearby counties because Douglas County has a relatively low property tax mill levy.

For one model of a 2014 Chevy Malibu four-door sedan, for instance, the Department of Revenue’s online tool shows that in Douglas County, the property tax would be $381.74 for a full year of registration. In Shawnee County, though, the taxes on that same car would be $481.24, and in Wyandotte County the taxes would be $577.56.

But in Johnson County, where the mill levy is even lower than it is in Douglas County, taxes on that vehicle would be only $363.58.

In Kansas, the mill levy that applies to your vehicle is not exactly the

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same argument from previous tournaments, the team won’t announce which students will be competing until closer to the tournament.

Free State’s team placed sixth overall in the 6A regional tournament. The four Free State two-speaker teams heading to state are: senior Genevieve Prescher and junior Paige Lawrence; senior Linda Liu and junior Sophia Swanson; senior Nikki Myers and junior Ian Pultz-Earle; and senior Zach Harris and junior Calvin Yost-Wolff.

“Each team has one senior and one junior, so I think we can look forward to the fact that we’ll

have some really talented kids coming back next year,” said Free State debate coach Jason Moore.

Moore said 18 students qualified based on their record this season, and picking among that pool for those who would compete at state was tough, because they all worked hard.

“It’s difficult to choose the students that go,” he said. “More than just these eight students were qualified, and could have easily gone as well.”

Both the four-speaker and two-speaker divisions will compete in the state tournament at Olathe Northwest High

School on Jan. 15 and 16.

Bishop Seabury’s debate team placed third in the 3-2-1A schools, admissions director Leslie McCaffrey said. The team competed against seven others, and advanced to state with a record of 9-3.

The 3-2-1A state tournament will be held Jan. 15 and 16 at Independence High School, 1301 N. 10th St., Independence.

The Seabury debate team includes sophomores Hilary Griggs, Chloe Akers and Hanan Gusau and junior Tristan Rethman. The coaches are Marshall Schmidt and Pete Akers.

same as the mill levy on your home. Since about the mid-1990s, Kansas stopped including the statewide 20-mill levy for public schools in the vehicle tax calculation.

That saved Kansans a considerable amount on their vehicle taxes. But it also means that schools get a much smaller share of the property taxes paid on motor vehicles.

Roger Hamm, deputy director of the Property Valuation Division of the Kansas Department of Revenue, said that in fiscal year 2014 that tax provision, enacted during Republican Gov. Bill Graves’ administration, cost Kansas public schools nearly $64.7 million.

personalized, or “vanity” plate, the state charges another $46.50 for an auto or truck, or $45.50 for a motorcycle. Plates must be ordered and purchased at least four months before the vehicle’s registration renewal is due.

The plates are issued on five-year cycles, but there is no fee for renewing the personalization for another five years.

l Specialty plates: The state has authorized a limited number of specialty plates that promote certain causes, associations, groups or clubs.

Prices for each one vary, and a portion of the fee goes to support those organizations.

Tags, title and registration: In addition to sales and property taxes, Kansas charges a few other nominal fees for vehicles: l Registration fee: $35 for passenger vehicles that weigh less than 4,500 pounds; $45 for heavier vehicles; $25 for motorcycles and $20 for mopeds or motorized bicycles. l Personalized tags: The registration fee covers the cost of standard plates. But if you want a

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Both areas have been damaged extensively by Read more responses and add motorists driving through your thoughts at LJWorld.com the area haphazardly, typically in recreational or sport utility vehicles, What kind of car would Hamilton said. Over time, you want to receive as a potholes and ruts develop holiday gift? that make the pathways Asked on unnavigable.

Massachusetts Street “There were people who were actually trying See story, 3A to use the road, but they got stuck in it,” he said.

“What really needs to be done is we need to put some culverts in, smooth out the potholes, build up the road and put more gravel on it.”

Around Dec. 13, areas around Douglas State Fishing Lake were damaged by off-road driving, Hamilton said Monday.

“We’ve also had some issues with people mudAntonio Schoneich, ding in crop fields after student, the crops have been taken Lawrence out,” he added.

“Probably a Ferrari.”

Work to repair the damaged roads and grasslands takes both time and money, Hamilton said.

And the roads will probably have to remain closed until a state-funded grant comes through next year.

Bruce Husman, acting park manager for Clinton Lake State Park, which operates at the northeast section of the lake, said the park has seen some significant damage to the landscape recently and officials have had to

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restrict certain areas to authorized people only.

One of the park’s most prominent features, Bunker Hill, has been damaged several times recently, Husman said.

“It’s pretty common.

People come out to the state park and see this giant hill and they’ll drive off roads all through these natural grass prairies where we’re trying to grow the natural grass, even where the wildflowers are blooming,” he said. “They scar it for years. It’s just terrible.”

Although off-roading is quite popular in the warmer weather, especially after it rains, Husman said he expects the activity to pick up even more when the winter weather hits.

“Oh my God, you’ll see it this winter,” Husman said. “The snow, it beckons those guys. It increases when you’ve got snow on the ground because then they come out and purposefully drive over the fields.”

Some roads are gated off in the Clinton Wildlife Area to prevent the offroad driving, but some vehicles can simply drive around them, Hamilton said.

Husman said it is possible for the state park to post signs prohibiting the off-roading around the park.

Proper posting would mandate each vehicle keep two wheels on the pavement and enable enforcing agencies to ticket offenders, Husman

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said. But with the signage comes concerns about damaging the lake’s natural aesthetic.

In addition, it’s difficult to catch many drivers in the act because of the large land area each enforcing entity must cover.

“We’ve got gates and fencing and patrolling, but I’ve got 10 areas that I manage, and most of the game wardens have multiple counties,” Hamilton said. “It’s really hard to catch some people.”

The most effective way to combat the destructive motorists, Husman and Hamilton agreed, is by cooperating with onlookers who report the illegal activity when they see it happening.

Anyone noticing any illegal off-road driving is asked to report it to Operation Game Thief, a division of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, at 877-426-3843.

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2 vehicles hit in chase; suspect arrested One man was arrested Tuesday after leading officers on a chase and hitting two vehicles with his SUV, police said.

Bobby Lee Kennon, 36, of Lawrence, was arrested at 11:45 a.m. on suspicion of several crimes, including aggravated battery, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an injury accident and attempting to flee or elude police for at least the third time, according to the Douglas County Jail booking log.

After 11 a.m., police tried to stop a black Range Rover westbound on Sixth Street, said Lawrence Police Sgt. Trent McKinley. The suspect fled through a red light, he said, hitting two cars and continuing south on Monterey Way before turning west onto Harvard Road.

Kennon, who is wanted on suspicion of a parole violation and other felonies,

drove over a police spike strip near the intersection of Harvard Road and Justin Street, which disabled the vehicle, McKinley said. He fled on foot before officers captured him nearby and took him to the Investigations and Training Center at 4820 Bob Billings Parkway for an interview.

No injuries were reported in the accident, McKinley said.

Kennon was being held without bond at the Douglas County Jail on Tuesday evening.

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The area of phase 1 — for which Plinsky said funds have already been set aside — surrounds what the public knows today as Buildings 1 and 2, in the southwest portion of the fairgrounds. The buildings will be demolished and replaced with the new meeting hall. Phase 1 also includes some grading, utilities, north and south parking lots and more.

Plinsky said she hopes that in the next few months, the construction documents and firm bids should be in place for the rest of the project, which includes an Open Pavilion, arena and restroom building, site improvements and the outdoor event space, formerly known as the Derby Arena.

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SHOWN HERE IS A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY’S UPCOMING FAIRGROUNDS PROJECT. The Douglas County Commission will be asked at its meeting today to approve a maximum price of $2.35 million for the first phase of the project, which includes a new meeting hall, utilities and parking areas.

“As we continue to refine those estimates, we’re going to bring back the total project budget to commissioners as part of our capital improvement planning process,

and they can make a decision on if we have the funds available to pay for the increased project budget,” she said.

The outdoor event space has been one of the

biggest challenges to the project, Plinsky said, and has caused some delay.

“There’s a lot of dirt that has to be moved for that arena, and part of the complication has been

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figuring out how much dirt and how much site work, grading, has to be done, associated with that last phase of this entire project,” Plinsky said.

Right now, everything on the fairgrounds site is still fully operational, which Plinsky said has been a priority.

“Because we’re trying to keep the fairgrounds open and operational throughout construction as much as possible, but (the outdoor arena involves) moving a significant amount of dirt and doing a significant amount of regrading, it presents quite a challenge in developing the site plan and the grading plan,” she said.

Also on today’s agenda, commissioners will: l Discuss a joint project with the city of Lawrence to renovate the Fire Station No. 1 and Douglas County Senior Services building, 746 Kentucky St.

l Consider appointing John Bullock, of Stevens & Brand Law Firm, as county counselor. l Consider recommendations from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Chief Mark Bradford for increasing ambulance and emergency medical service fees. l Consider approving an engineering agreement with BG Consultants Inc. for realignment of the Hamm Landfill Access Road, a joint project with Jefferson County, at a cost not to exceed $47,932.

The Douglas County Commission meets at 4 p.m. each Wednesday at the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. A full meeting agenda is available online at douglascountyks.org.

— Reporter Mackenzie Clark can be reached at mclark@ljworld.com or 832-7198.

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Elderly mom may be victim of financial abuse Dear Annie: After my dad died, my mom went to live out of state with my brother and his wife. My brother took control of everything. He convinced her that she was incapable of making her own decisions and had her open joint bank accounts that he has full access to.

Recently, Mom confided that she has no idea why she can never get over a certain amount of savings in her account.

She knows she should have more money put away, but fully trusts my brother and will not confront him about it. My brother has also pushed me out of my mom’s life.

He will not let me visit her or allow her to come to my home. I am lucky if I get to speak with her once a day on the phone.

My children miss their grandmother and

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can’t understand why there is such a drastic change in her behavior. Family is just not family anymore and the holidays seem sad.

I don’t know what to do. My brother and his wife want nothing to do with their niece and nephew. Please help.

— Missing Mom Dear Missing: While it’s possible that your mother simply doesn’t remember what money is being put into her account, it is more likely

Don’t look now, it’s the specials Holiday specials old, new, trendy and classic take over the dial. There are specials very much of the moment and perennials that date back to the middle of the last century. Nothing, or no one, says late 2015 like the English singer-songwriter Adele, whose album “25,” released last month, has singlehandedly breathed new life into the recording industry, selling in vast quantities that some thought no longer possible.

Her single “Hello” became the first song to sell a million digital downloads within a week of its release.

That single is the opening number of her special “Adele Live in New York” (8 p.m., NBC, r), first seen last week.

Her other numbers include emotional favorites “When We Were Young” and “Someone Like You.” Years from now, when people wonder just who made the world weep in 2015, millions will have no problems summoning a one-word answer.

If NBC summons the singer of the moment, CBS offers classic comedy dating back to the early 1950s. A combination of two episodes, colorized for contemporary audiences, “I Love Lucy Christmas Special” (7 p.m., TV-G) has the Mertzes and the Ricardos decorating the tree and celebrating the arrival of little baby Ricky. For the record, that child’s birth was depicted on an episode, “Lucy Goes to the Hospital,” that aired on Jan. 19, 1953, the very last day of the Truman presidency.

It received legendary ratings, watched in 72 percent of the homes that had television sets.

Viewers looking for a special of a similar vintage might enjoy the 1957 special “Happy Holidays With Bing and Frank” (7 p.m., TCM). It stitches together clips of the two crooners performing sacred songs, Christmas carols and popular holiday numbers.

Tonight’s other highlights

Howard Hesseman stars in the 2005 holiday comedy “Crazy for Christmas” (7 p.m., Lifetime).

The three remaining contestants on “Santa in the Barn” (7 p.m., Tru TV) head for the malls, where legions of children prepare to sit on their laps and discuss their wish lists.

“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” (8 p.m., CNN, r) visits Jerusalem.

“Drugs Inc.” (8 p.m., National Geographic) looks at a Thai city’s efforts to fight a methamphetamine addiction epidemic.

“Inside the NFL” (8 p.m., NFL) takes stock of the season as the playoff picture comes into focus.

“Going Deep With David Rees” (9 p.m., Esquire) presents interviews with scientists, chefs and experts to determine the best way to make and present toast.

that your brother is taking advantage of her — especially if he will not permit you to visit.

This is very worrisome.

If you believe your brother is being abusive toward Mom, either by stealing her money or preventing others from checking on her, please contact Adult Protective Services in the city where she lives or get information on local state resources through the National Center on Elder Abuse at www. ncea.aoa.gov.

Dear Annie: In the past month, I have had three surgeries and am now undergoing chemotherapy treatments.

I am appalled at the number of people who have never been to my home who now want to visit. Why do they think I can clean my house, get dressed, put on makeup, shop for

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For Wednesday, Dec. 23: This year you demonstrate a preference for relating to others on an individual basis rather than in a group. Excitement surrounds you.

If you are single, you could meet a dynamic individual who introduces you to a different culture. If you are attached, the two of you get involved in a new interest together.

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) Confusion is likely to surround communication. Confirm meetings, places and times.

Tonight: Life of the party.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) You could be a bit uncomfortable with someone at a distance or news that heads your way. Tonight: Meet a friend to share some holiday cheer.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) People seem to want more from you than you are able to give. A power play is a likely result. Tonight: Enjoy the person you are with.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Defer to others, as you have much more to gain by listening than by acting. Tonight: Accept an offer that might be too good to be true.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Your sense of those around you could be more accurate than you might realize. Do not hang on to issues rigidly. Tonight:

refreshments and find the strength to chat for an hour? What can I say to these well-meaning acquaintances to discourage them without offending them?

— Anonymous Dear Anonymous: Please understand that cleaning up, putting on makeup and buying refreshments are requirements you are demanding of yourself. No one expects you to do these things. These people simply want to show they care. So, all you need to say is, “That’s so kind of you, but I am simply not up to having company right now.

Let’s reschedule when I’m feeling better.” And we hope you will soon.

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Stop by a friend’s house.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You could feel pressured by a family member who has clout, an older friend or perhaps a boss.

Tonight: Let spontaneity rule.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Be whimsical as well as adventurous. You can expect quite a reaction from others. Tonight: Read between the lines.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) One-on-one relating evokes a strong response, no matter who the other party might be. Tonight: Have an awkward conversation. Get it over with.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You could be taken aback by a loved one’s sudden versatility. Don’t feel threatened.

Tonight: Agree to a loved one’s plans.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Pace yourself, and get past a problem. Make an important call. Tonight: Join friends or family.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You might be surprised by how others respond to your mood. It is nothing personal.

Tonight: Enjoy some eggnog.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Someone you live with will let you know what his or her expectations are from you. Clearly, you did not have a clue. Tonight: Happiest at home.

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Wake-up call Maybe cutting off Medicare reimbursements for new patients will finally motivate state officials to address serious issues at Osawatomie State Hospital.

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tate officials in charge of upgrading Osawatomie State Hospital must not be getting the message.

More than a year after being notified that deficiencies at the hospital threatened to make it ineligible to receive Medicare reimbursements, the hospital has failed to make the grade. On Monday, federal Medicare funding was cut off for all new patients admitted to Osawatomie because of noncompliance with federal regulations. Officials with the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services said the hospital immediately would seek Medicare recertification, but, until that occurs, the state will be responsible for the cost of caring for any new patients admitted to the hospital.

Osawatomie was determined to be non-compliant during a Nov. 3 survey by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That survey came soon after a reported sexual assault of a staff member on Oct. 27. Inspectors cited multiple problems with security, including insufficient nursing staff and inadequate supervision in areas where patients at risk of suicide could be in danger.

Federal inspectors visited the hospital again on Dec. 15 and last Friday and apparently found any corrections that had been made were inadequate. The official legal notification said that the hospital didn’t comply with the part of the Social Security Act “which requires a hospital to provide services which are sufficient to meet the needs of its patients.

Angela de Rocha, a spokeswoman for KDADS, expanded on that description, saying, “The survey revealed a condition or circumstances that would put someone’s life or well-being in jeopardy.” The hospital had been working to correct violations at the hospital, de Rocha said, but, “It’s fairly safe to assume that they decided that our implementation of the plan of correction did not meet their standards.”

And why is that? Has the state not had enough time to deal with the deficiencies discovered at Osawatomie, one of just two state hospitals that treat people whose mental condition makes them a threat to themselves or others? Federal inspectors who visited Osawatomie in October 2014 cited severe overcrowding that jeopardized patient care. In January 2015, inspectors found problems with the hospital’s suicide prevention plans. Both times the hospital was threatened with, but managed to avoid, loss of Medicare funds by showing it was making progress toward correcting the deficiencies.

“Obviously, we need to up our game,” de Rocha was quoted as saying last December.

A year later, the state apparently has been unable to accomplish that goal.

Whether the state’s inability to resolve these issues is a matter of insufficient funding or incompetent management, it is totally unacceptable for the state and the people who depend on in-patient mental health services, which are in diminishing supply in Kansas. This is a health and safety issue for the state. Perhaps the loss of Medicaid reimbursement will finally force state officials to give these problems the attention they deserve.

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Support for IMF is positive move Washington — Overlooked in the circus of national politics this past week was a small victory for U.S. global leadership and common sense — in the bipartisan agreement to restore full U.S. support for the International Monetary Fund.

This move, part of what’s known as “quota reform” of the IMF, should have been a no-brainer when it was proposed five years ago. The modernization plan will expand the voting power of emerging economies such as China and India in the IMF, and modestly reduce that of European countries. It will double the IMF’s capital available to help assist troubled economies.

It was the U.S. that drafted this formula for broadening and updating the global financial architecture after the 2008 meltdown. The idea was to give a greater voice to the rising economies, and to increase the IMF’s ability to rescue weak ones. A broader, stronger IMF will bolster the system that has kept the world economy solvent, more or less, since 1945. It will also reinforce U.S. leadership of global finance.

But this sensible IMF reform, first discussed during the presidency of George W. Bush, got caught on the barbed-wire fence of American politics. Congressional conservatives saw it as a symbol of imaginary “black helicopters” of global governance and refused to vote for the necessary funding.

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A broader, stronger IMF will bolster the system that has kept the world economy solvent, more or less, since 1945.”

To many foreign leaders, this blockage was a worrying sign of how domestic U.S. infighting was enfeebling America and impeding its traditional role of global leadership.

The basic question was whether America still had the “right stuff” to lead. As Treasury Secretary Jack Lew explained in an interview Monday: “If the U.S. didn’t follow through at the IMF, how could the system as we built it remain strong?”

China pounced on U.S. indecision and launched the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as an alternative to the U.S.-led IMF and World Bank. As long as Congress was blocking America’s own plan for IMF reform, Beijing’s pitch was hard to resist.

“What was driving countries to look for a new mechanism was a question of whether the

U.S. was prepared to work with the old mechanism,” says Lew. The Ukraine crisis offered a dramatic example of why the IMF is important. As Russia tried to squeeze Kiev financially after its invasion of Crimea, Ukraine’s only practical source of financial support was an IMF loan.

That should have made the case for the IMF’s importance, but not to congressional right-wingers.

Lew says he’s had hundreds of conversations with congressional leaders about funding the IMF since he became treasury secretary two years ago. The necessary legislation was attached to a half-dozen bills, only to collapse because it was deemed “too controversial.” Finally, last Friday, the logjam broke and the IMF funding was approved as a rider to a broader spending bill. The heroes in this story, in addition to Lew, are the House and Senate Republican leaders, Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Mitch McConnell.

“Promise made, promise delivered,” said a relieved IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde in a telephone interview Monday.

She says that by ratifying the IMF reforms and helping to double its capital, the U.S. has given the fund the “big bazooka” it needs to help ailing economies at a time when “the economic horizon is not exactly rosy.”

Just as important, she says, the move is “a reaffirmation

of U.S. leadership” of the institutions that foster a rulesbased global order.

Now that the IMF has a new lease on life, I hope Lew and Lagarde will think more about what got the fund in political trouble in the first place. The “black helicopter” crowd aside, there is a deep mistrust in the U.S. about whether the global financial system really serves the average American taxpayer. It’s one of the elite institutions that, like Goldman Sachs or the World Economic Forum, easily become part of a conspiracy theory.

Lagarde says she understands that many Americans mistrust financial institutions as “out there” and fear that “their destiny is out of their hands.” She plans to focus on the “small boats” in the system, not just the big yachts. She cites IMF research that rising inequality is actually hurting growth.

“The benefits of higher income are trickling up, not down,” she explained in a speech in June.

Congress made a reasonable demand in funding the IMF that the organization re-examine its policy of socalled “systemic exemption” for debtor countries that may not be able to pay back their loans. Lagarde tells me she agrees. That’s the right start for a renewed financial partnership that’s good for America and the world.

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

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On the list To the editor: I have been reading the Journal-World’s coverage of the shenanigans of Thomas Fritzel and his affiliates with a combination of gratitude and disgust: gratitude to the Journal-World and Chad Lawhorn for bringing these matters to light and disgust with the behavior of Fritzel and his related groups.

With the ongoing pattern of wrongdoing (or at least questionable actions) by Fritzel and his groups, one is left wondering what other inappropriate things have happened that we don’t know about. In the latest incident, all indications seem to be that a significant amount of the Oread Development District tax breaks were claimed fraudulently. In response to this finding (based on an independent audit), the city has requested a repayment of the tax break, related interest and the cost of the audit. Further, as I understand it, possible legal action may be considered.

In my opinion, at least one additional action should be considered. The federal government has a suspension and debarment program under which grantees and contractors acting inappropriately can be listed as ineligible for future grants and contracts. The city should

consider establishing such a list and putting Thomas Fritzel and any groups with which he is associated on it.

Fritzel seems to have a pattern of violating our trust and perhaps he should not be given that trust any longer. If the city continues to do business with him and his groups, city officials may also be violating our trust.

Randy Tongier, Lawrence

Faith, freedom To the editor: Per the understanding of Carl Burkhead, “we have taken Christ out if Christmas, holy out of holidays and thanks out of Thanksgiving.” (Public Forum, Dec. 19) I wonder who the “we” are?

As a Christian, I have no need or desire for government, the school system or even Starbucks to determine how I may observe the holidays. It is the responsibility of the Christian church and its participants to keep Christ in Christmas and the Holy in holidays. I am, in fact, thankful that the collective “we,” in all of our complex diversity, made the wise decision to separate the functions of the state (the presumed “we”) from those of the church. In so doing, people of all faiths and of no faith may choose to observe

the holidays as they choose.

Keeping Christ in Holy Christmas is my charge and responsibility, regardless of the attitudes and actions of the “we” of which I am also a part. I rejoice in my faith, and give thanks for the freedom to do so.

Piet R. Knetsch, Big Springs

Vet betrayal To the editor: As a Vietnam veteran, I prefer someone interested in improving the lives of everyday Americans. Listening to all the fear mongering, racism and bigotry espoused by the Republican candidates is a betrayal to the service of all veterans who gave their lives and efforts to protect our country.

When the poll leader shows more respect for a Russian Communist dictator than the president of the United States it proves they lack the characteristics I want in someone wanting to lead our country. Why would any service member want to give their lives for a commander-in-chief who would call them losers if they were killed injured or captured fighting for his freedom? Are we going to let them destroy another generation of young Americans?

Joe Stober, Eudora

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 23, 1915: years “Seven men who ago were gathered IN 1915 in by the police dragnet in the east bottoms pleaded not guilty to the charge of vagrancy when they were arraigned in police court this morning.

The trials of all seven were set for 4:30 o’clock this afternoon.... The arrests were the first move in the efforts of the police department to clean up a bad state of affairs in the bottoms district and inject a more wholesome respect for law and order into that part of the community. The men are not known by the police to have any regular occupations or means of support.”

“War relief work will begin in Lawrence immediately after Christmas. This was decided at a meeting yesterday afternoon... Two forms of activity will be taken up – that of making hospital supplies, the needs for which have been urged before in the columns of this paper, and the soliciting of warm clothing which can be sent immediately while the winter is still on to the Armenians, whose direful distress has been exciting universal sympathy.”

“There is nothing that will be more appreciated by any boy than a Y.M.C.A. ticket.

And nothing could be better for him either. It’s bound to be the making of him physically.

Basket ball, swimming, indoor baseball and regular gymnastic work will do wonders with any growing boy. And the business men of the town are doing more at the Y.M.C.A. right now than they ever have since it has been built” — Compiled by Sarah St. John

Read more Old Home Town at LJWorld.com/news/lawrence/ history/old_home_town.

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BROWNIE TROOP 7547, FROM SUNSET HILL ELEMENTARY, IS PICTURED in front of the Festival of Trees entry from the Girl Scouts of Douglas County in the Stephens Real Estate lobby. Stephens Real Estate is a business partner of Sunset Hill Elementary and Stephens’ agent Stephanie Harris is the troop’s co-leader along with Darrah Buren. Front row (left to right): Abby Harris, 8; Katherine Kuzinski, 8; Eleanor Beightel, 7; Zoe Cachiguango, 9; Kathryn Hale, 8. Second row (left to right): Halle Swearingen, 8; Sarah Whittaker, 9; Etta Otter, 8. Back row (left to right): Daisiana Douglas, 9; Jersey Glover, 8; Adele Buren, 8; and Ebi Hegeman, 8.

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SYDNEY BOLLINGER SIGNS HER LETTER OF INTENT TO PLAY SOFTBALL for Bethel College in Newton on Dec. 12 at the American Legion in Lawrence. Sydney is a Lawrence Free State senior. Pictured are John Bollinger, Stacy Middleton (Bethel softball coach), Sydney Bollinger, Ballard Patterson (Patterson Sports Academy coach), and Angie Bollinger. Sydney plays competitive softball for Lawrence Phenix Fyler/Munoz.

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Sometimes an affliction that’s right there, plain to see, is overlooked, despite the best intentions.

So it was for Charles Hand and George Washington Purifoy, two men who served their country OKLAHOMA CITY

Charles Hand, 90, a World War II veteran, has a cancerous tumor in his jaw that went undiagnosed by the VA for several months.

but whose country failed them.

Both sought care at Veterans’ Affairs medical facilities in Oklahoma. In their cases and others, medical professionals missed or misdiagnosed their conditions resulting in life-altering consequences.

Hand and Purifoy are two of an untold number of veterans still suffering from shortfalls in care at the VA. Their stories suggest that the government’s attempted fixes have not translated into better health care for veterans at facilities across the country.

The VA has struggled to meet

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unprecedented demand as waves of veterans with complex needs return from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the same time Vietnam veterans are aging and requiring more care. VA failures have played out in crisis after crisis in recent years, from the benefit claims backlog that reached more than a half million applications in 2013 to the revelation last year that patient wait-time records were manipulated while veterans died waiting for care.

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BERLIN The International Organization for Migration said Tuesday that more than 1 million migrants and refugees have crossed into Europe this year.

The Geneva-based group said the threshold was crossed Monday. It marks a more than fourfold increase from last year. The

figures cover arrivals to Europe by land and sea.

About 1 million migrants arrived in Germany in 2015, but that figure includes large numbers of people from Europe’s Balkan countries such as Albania and Serbia. The IOM data cover entries to Europe from six European Union countries: Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Malta and Cyprus.

The IOM said that after the ar-

rival of 4,141 migrants or refugees landing in Greece on Monday, total arrivals to Europe in 2015 stood at roughly 1,005,504, only 3% of which came by land. “The total is the highest migration flow since World War II,” it said.

About 3,695 migrants drowned or remain missing in trying to reach Europe, surpassing last year’s toll, the IOM said. It said more than 455,000 Syrians crossed into Greece from Turkey.

The political world begins to power down for Christmas Wednesday as Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are out front in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Trump and Cruz top our weekly Power Rankings — a survey of about 30 political experts. Trump takes first place by a single point.

That narrow margin is also reflected in Qunnipiac University’s new national poll showing Trump leading the field with 28% support and Cruz just behind with 24%. Marco Rubio is third in the poll with 12% and third in our Power Rankings as well.

“The teflon-like nature of the Trump candidacy continues to defy traditional political norms,” said Republican digital consultant Phil Musser.

Alan Rosenblatt, a Democratic digital expert, said: “Trump still dominates the media, social and otherwise. So while Cruz has the edge in the polls in Iowa, he still has not captured the national conversation in a way that comes close to Trump.”

Trump dominated the conversation again Tuesday with his odd jab at Hillary Clinton in a rally late Monday in Grand Rapids, Mich. Trump used a Yiddish vulgarity to describe Clinton’s loss in 2008 to Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries, saying, “She got schlonged.”

“We are not treating each other with the respect and the care that we should show toward each other,” Clinton responded. “We shouldn’t let somebody bully his way into the presidency.”

“It’s now a three-way race — Trump, Cruz and Rubio,” said former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain. But “(Carly) Fiorina is my ‘wild card’ who could still surge.”

Former Republican National Committee official Frank Donatelli agreed. “There is still room for another candidate to emerge with a strong showing in New Hampshire,” he said.

Well-off to wanted: Authorities hunt ‘affluenza’ teen Tips pour in, but mom and son missing Lauren Zakalik

WFAA-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth FORT WORTH In a week’s time, a teen whose attorneys used an “affluenza” defense has gone from a youth on probation to a fugitive, wanted by U.S. Marshals. Authorities say he and his mother are nowhere to be found.

“We have literally over the past few days run down hundreds and hundreds of leads,” Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson

said.

Investigators worked all weekend sifting through those tips, but Anderson said so far, nothing has panned out in the search for Ethan and Tonya Couch.

Ethan Couch became notorious as a 16-year-old when a juvenile court judge gave him 10 years probation and treatment after Couch killed four people in a drunken driving crash.

Couch was behind the wheel of his family’s white pickup in June 2013 when it plowed into a group of good Samaritans trying to help a stranded driver. Nearly a dozen others were injured in the crash.

His “affluenza” defense — that

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Ethan Couch was on probation for killing 4 in a drunken-driving crash.

he had grown up with a sense of entitlement and developed poor judgment after being coddled by his wealthy parents — and lack of jail time triggered an emotional reaction across the country.

On Monday, authorities released information about Tonya Couch’s missing 2011 black Harley-Davidson edition Ford F-150 in the hope that if people see it they would call authorities.

This month, a video surfaced allegedly showing Couch, now 18, at a beer pong party. The sheriff believes that video might have been what sent Couch and his mom running. Couch failed to appear for a scheduled meeting with

his probation officer, and the family’s home is empty.

District Attorney Sharen Wilson wants Couch’s case moved out of juvenile court. She already filed the paperwork to do so.

“He’s looking at possible penitentiary time if he is transferred to adult court,” said Wilson.

If it is determined that Couch was drinking, the probation violation could send him to prison for up to 10 years. “I personally do not believe a 10-year probated sentence as a juvenile was sufficient punishment for killing four people,” Wilson said.

Authorities have issued a $5,000 reward.

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Post-Katrina meal illuminates holiday Paul Singer @singernews

I’m pretty sure no Christmas dinner will ever match the one we ate 10 years ago with the restaurant refugees of New Orleans.

After Hurricane Katrina and the ensuing flood devastated lower Louisiana, my wife headed south for what ended up being about a year-long assignment helping FEMA run its recovery operation out of Baton Rouge.

When it became clear she was not coming home any time soon, we decided I’d fly down and meet her for Christmas. We booked a hotel in downtown New Orleans, just off the French Quarter (lots of empty rooms).

This was four months after the storm, and vast swaths of the city were still largely abandoned, without power and covered in rubble. Not knowing what we would find there, we brought a bag full of wine and cheese and

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A Christmas tree stands amid the wreckage of the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina in December 2005. crackers and olives, figuring we taurant (lots of empty tables). could have a Christmas picnic in He said his pals in the food service business were all out of our hotel room.

But on Christmas Eve, we work, since so few of the New started a conversations with Orleans restaurants had reLarry, the waiter in the hotel res- opened. A bunch of them were

getting together at a closed restaurant a few blocks away for a pot-luck Christmas dinner, he said, and we should join them.

We did.

I have never had a Christmas dinner that was a better reflection of the holiday.

Gathered in a shuttered restaurant were about a dozen people who knew each other largely from the after-hours bars where wait staff hang out after the last seating is cleared away. Their families had scattered with the storm, many of their homes were damaged, and none of the restaurants were open, so nobody had anyplace else to go on Christmas.

We all brought what we had — Molly and I brought wine and cheese; the restaurant manager opened the kitchen and roasted a turducken; somebody else made or brought desserts; and of course there was champagne.

We laughed and we celebrated, but there was a heavy blanket of sadness that padded the afternoon. The city around us was in ruins, and everybody in the room lived a disrupted life. We talked about the blessing of hav-

ing survived, the challenges that lay ahead, and the joys of Christmases past and, hopefully, future. No one there but me would be going back to a fully furnished home, a fully functional workplace, a fully assembled family. And even I was leaving my wife behind with these ragtag refugees.

Honestly, it was not the most fun we have ever had on Christmas. But we left that party with the warmest of glows in our hearts. That’s what Christmas is really about, we decided — a group of strangers with more sadness than supplies gather together to share their provisions and manufacture a little joy. For those few hours, we all had someplace to be, and all the chaos around us would just have to wait.

I’ve never been in touch with any of those people again. But I will always be grateful for the day they made room for us at the inn.

Merry Christmas, New Orleans, and thank you.

Singer is USA TODAY’s Washington correspondent.

Oklahoma City VA ranks among worst v CONTINUED FROM 1B

Shinseki stepped down, President Obama installed a new secretary, and Congress passed legislation “I ignore the pain. trying to fix the agency. On the I just know I’ve front lines, it can be hard to tell the difference. got to live one The Oklahoma City VA Mediway or the other. I cal Center has had five directors in three years and awaits the apmean, I’m not pointment of a sixth. By the VA’s going to roll over own statistics, the facility has consistently ranked among the and die just lowest-performing in the country because the VA’s — one out of five stars. Measures of patient safety — the rates of innot taking care of hospital complications and adme and other verse events after surgeries and procedures — are among the veterans.” highest of VA facilities across the country, as are mortality rates for patients suffering from pneumonia or congestive heart failure.

When Purifoy, 65, originally complained of severe pain after radiation therapy damaged the SHANE BEVEL FOR USA TODAY bone under his nose, VA cliniGeorge Purifoy, 65, a Vietnam veteran, had his nose removed in 2013 after a bout with cancer. cians in Muskogee and Tulsa, Okla., thought it was a dental problem and sent him for root cative health care system, modernnals and other procedures. Now, izing processes and capabilities to he has no nose, no front teeth, put the needs of veterans first,” and he’s still in debilitating pain. the statement said.

Last year, Congress passed the In an interview outlining his Choice Act designed to allow vetplans to turn around the VA on erans to seek care in the private 60 Minutes in November 2014, sector if their VA could not meet McDonald inspired a surgeon in their needs. Yet the Oklahoma private practice in Boulder, Colo., City VA forces Purifoy to travel to help. Within two months, Eve for treatment to a VA facility in Bluestein moved to Oklahoma Shreveport, La. — a six-hour drive City to start work at the VA. She from his home — even though a had no idea what a tough mission non-VA hospital is literally across she had signed up for. the street.

Within days, Bluestein began “I really can’t tell you how I do encountering problems. The opit,” Purifoy said. “I ignore the erating room wasn’t equipped pain. I just know I’ve got to live with necessary instruments, one way or the other. I mean, I’m there was a paucity of staff DONOVAN SLACK, USA TODAY not going to roll over and die just trained well enough to assist her, because the VA’s not taking care The Oklahoma City VA treats 60,000 veterans annually. and she said patients did not reof me and other veterans.” ceive follow-up appointments afStanley The VA says it has hired more ter surgery but rather were told than 1,500 doctors in the past Christian to call if they had problems. year to increase access to care.

Jr., a VietBluestein said that each week, Yet the agency says there still is nam vetit seemed another patient who no VA surgeon in the state of eran, had had been neglected, misdiagOklahoma who can treat him. an aggres- nosed or mistreated in some othWhen Hand, 90, went to the sive cyst er way by the VA arrived in her emergency room at the Oklahoin his office. There was Purifoy, who ma City VA in September 2014 afupper was so desperate for care that cliter a fall, a mass in his jaw was right jaw nicians called in a suicide-previsible on a CT scan taken at the that grew vention team to ensure he didn’t time. He was told everything was before the take his own life. In public, he fine — there were no fractures. It VA diagwears a mask that covers the gapwas cancer. It has spread to his ing hole in the middle of his face, nosed it. liver and lungs. but people still recoil. “Little kids, SHANE BEVEL FOR USA TODAY When his primary care doctor I see them tug their moms and finally decided something might dads,” he said. be wrong with his jaw — five launched an investigation of the not unique to the Oklahoma City Stanley Christian Jr. piloted VA, according to an independent helicopter gunships in Vietnam. months after the tumor was doctor. assessment by consultants at He breaks down in tears when he missed on the scan — it took an additional four months for the VA TRAGIC AND UNBELIEVABLE McKinsey. “Most areas of the or- talks about the Oklahoma City An independent specialist who ganization show a highly risk- VA. “I no longer trust them to fix to diagnose the cancer.

“Now my wife and my son will reviewed five cases, including averse culture; lack of role clarity; me when I’m broken,” he said. tell you that I’m a sweet, lovable, Hand’s and Purifoy’s, at the re- fragmentation and organizational “And, you know, a 70-year-old pliable, easy-to-get-along-with quest of USA TODAY found that silos; and breakdowns in commu- man get(s) broken.” fellow, but there’s some things their care was “tragic” and nication,” they wrote in a SepChristian complained to the that bug me,” Hand said. “And “unbelievable.” tember report.

VA in 2010 that he felt there was that bugged me extremely.”

In a statement issued by VA something wrong with his upper “I don’t know if there are othVA officials say that since Sec- ers — there probably are, but it spokeswoman Walinda West, right jaw, like he had a broken retary Bob McDonald took over just seems like there’s a lot of agency officials said they initiated tooth and was getting food in July 2014, they have initiated miscommunication among the reviews of the five patient cases caught. An X-ray at the time supervisor training to protect departments, a lot of lost time in response to USA TODAY in- showed no bone behind his back whistle-blowers trying to report where patients come for appoint- quiries. They said problems in upper right tooth, but he was told problems. ments and the doctors they’re Oklahoma were not reflective of he had chronic gum disease and But after a doctor — who was supposed to see are not there,” the system as a whole and point- should brush and floss better. inspired to join the VA after the said Marci Levine, an oral and ed to a recent survey by one advoFour years later, the VA finally wait-time scandal last year — re- maxillofacial surgeon and profes- cacy group that found 80% of discovered the likely cause, peatedly tried to report lapses in sor at New York University’s Col- veterans were satisfied with VA thanks to a scan performed in the Hand’s, Purifoy’s and other pa- lege of Dentistry. “And then the care. “Do we have room to im- private sector. He had had an agtients’ care, Oklahoma City VA patients are obviously suffering.” prove at VA? Yes, we do, and VA gressive cyst that had grown to officials turned around and The failures she identified are continues to evolve as an integra- encompass large areas of bone by

that time. Surgeries to remove it created a hole between his sinus and mouth that he still suffers from.

Bluestein says she continued trying to register complaints about the cases with her direct boss, the center’s chief of staff and director. She became so frustrated by May, she alerted the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. On June 9, hours after she emailed her supervisors to say she planned to pull case files herself for investigation, Oklahoma City VA officials placed her on administrative leave and escorted her out of the building.

She resigned weeks later and returned to private practice in Colorado. VA officials in Oklahoma City allege that she provided inadequate care, a charge she is fighting with the help of the Office of Special Counsel.

‘THE THING WITH THE VA’

Levine, the surgeon who reviewed the cases at the request of USA TODAY, concluded the VA missed Hand’s tumor and Purifoy’s bone ailment. She said VA clinicians should have done more to investigate Christian’s cyst. “I think the overwhelming theme among the cases is that the patients had a lot of complications … that may not have been so extreme had they been able to receive care in a much more efficient manner,” she said. “It’s really unfortunate.”

The VA declined to comment on Bluestein without her written permission, something she did not provide on the advice of counsel.

In the statement issued by West, the VA spokeswoman, officials said preliminary reviews confirmed clinicians missed Hand’s tumor. In Christian’s case, they said a review found “most experienced, competent practitioners might have handled the case differently.” About Purifoy, they said Oklahoma City VA officials were unaware of any misdiagnoses. They said much of his care was provided by VA facilities in Tulsa and Muskogee.

VA officials declined to respond to follow-up questions, saying the cases still are under review.

As the medical center undertakes its plan for improvement, some of its patients are struggling. William Benthin, 76, a Vietnam veteran, has been in excruciating pain for months. His left jaw is dying, a side effect from medication, and when he opens his mouth, the decaying bone, still covered with nerves, is exposed and visible.

For months, the Oklahoma City VA has denied him surgery that could ease his pain. If he wanted a second opinion, VA providers told him, he could go to the facility six hours away in Shreveport. After receiving inquiries from USA TODAY, they told him he could see someone else. At the non-VA hospital across the street.

“The thing with the VA, they’re supposed to take care of me medically for the rest of my life,” Benthin said. “They promised me health care, and I figured they would take care of me, but so far they haven’t.”

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Egypt targets airport security

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Move comes after mysterious crash Bart Jansen USA TODAY

Amid tourism and safety issues clouding Egypt’s air system, a British firm will suggest ways to beef up security at Cairo and Sharm elSheik airports in the wake of a mysterious Russian Metrojet crash in Sinai.

Egypt’s government hired Control Risks, a security company, to make recommendations about airport security despite the lack of conclusion about what brought down the Russian jet Oct. 31 with 224 people aboard.

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Iraqi military vehicles and troops advance toward the center of Ramadi on Tuesday. The Iraqi military forces are making progress with the help of U.S.-led airstrikes in a military operation to retake the provincial capital from Islamic State fighters.

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A Russian jet crashed Oct. 31.

Russians investigators have blamed a small bomb, while the Egyptian team leader said all options remain open, including sabotage. But Russian, British and uted by ISIL in the nearby city of other airlines stopped flying to Fallujah. The one-page sheet or- Sharm el-Sheik out of security ders fighters to impersonate Ira- concerns, which hurt the popular qi security forces if they are tourist destination.

“The fact that the U.K. and Ruschased from the city.

The leaflet, translated and re- sia decided not to fly into Sharm leased by the U.S. military in el-Sheik affected a lot of businessBaghdad, instructs the fighters to es and cast a shadow overall on the film themselves in Iraqi uniforms destination and, accordingly, we destroying mosques, torturing lost consumer confidence,” Hishand killing residents and assault- am Zaazou, the minister for tourism, told USA TODAY. ing women.

Rather than focus on the crash, Warren called them the tactics Zaazou said Control Risks was of “thugs” and “terrorists.”

Another directive from ISIL hired to deal with the higher leaders bans watching television threat level worldwide, after the and buying or repairing satellite attacks in Paris killed 130 people receivers, Warren said, calling it on Nov. 13 and shootings at a holian act of desperation after day party in San Bernardino, Calif., stepped-up bombing and attacks killed 14 on Dec. 2.

Egyptian tourism still hasn’t reon the ground by allied forces.

U.S. and allied warplanes have covered to levels before the Janubeen focusing increasingly on ary 2011 revolution that overthrew fleeting targets, including ISIL former president Hosni Mubarak, units fleeing across the open des- according to a report Tuesday ert and oil trucks ISIL depends from the Regional Center for Strategic Studies in Cairo. on to smuggle oil.

For the year ending June 30, “It seems like they’re beginning to feel the pres sure,” War- tourism brought 10.2 million people to Egypt. ren said.

Pentagon: Islamic State leaflet instructs fighters to impersonate Iraqi security Tom Vanden Brook @tvandenbrook USA TODAY

WASHINGTON Iraqi security forces continued Tuesday to push Islamic State fighters from the key western city of Ramadi, according to the top military spokesman in Baghdad.

Government troops floated a temporary bridge over the Euphrates River on Tuesday, giving them access to central Ramadi, the city that fell without a fight in May to insurgents from the Islamic State, also known as ISIL. Hundreds of ISIL fighters have holed up in the city since then, laying landmines and careening car bombs into Iraqi forces to thwart their advance.

U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren, briefing Pentagon reporters by phone from Baghdad, called the recapture of Ramadi “inevitable” although tough fighting remains.

Iraqi forces have been backed

by U.S.-led airstrikes and advisers

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who have instructed them on building temporary bridges and breaching minefields. The Pentagon also has offered firepower from Apache attack helicopters to help seize Ramadi. Thus far, the Iraqi government has not sought that help, seeking to limit the size of U.S. combat troops in the country.

Also Tuesday, the Pentagon released a copy of a leaflet distrib-

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A member of the Iraqi counterterrorism forces carries a rocket made from gas canisters, from an arms depot that had belonged to Islamic State jihadists, in the al-Tameem district of Ramadi.

IN BRIEF MAN APOLOGIZES FOR GUN LOAN TO BOSTON BOMBERS

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A Massachusetts man apologized Tuesday for loaning the Boston Marathon bombers a gun they used to kill a police officer and was sentenced to time served on drug and weapon charges.

Stephen Silva, 22, was not charged in connection with the 2013 bombing that killed three people and left more than 200 wounded. Three days later, while on the run, Dzhokar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev used Silva’s gun to kill Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Officer Sean Collier.

Silva had been in custody since his arrest in July 2014.

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Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang was released from detention Tuesday after a Beijing court gave him a suspended prison sentence for posting comments on social media critical of the ruling Communist Party.

The court found Pu, 50, guilty of “inciting ethnic hatred” and “picking quarrels” in seven widely circulated posts on Weibo — China’s Twitter-like microblogging service — but said the sentence will be suspended for three years.

He stood trial Dec. 14 after spending 19 months in detention.

As part of the sentence, he is banned from practicing law.

— Hannah Gardner BERGDAHL ENTERS NO PLEA AT HEARING FOR DESERTION

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl made his first appearance before a military judge Tuesday, the start of his general court-martial on desertion charges that could result in a

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A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume feeds stingrays Tuesday at Tokyo’s Shinagawa Aquarium. The facility holds a Christmas show three times daily until Dec. 25. life term in prison.

Bergdahl, who also faces a charge of misbehavior before the enemy, barely spoke during the short hearing, answering only “yes” and “no” to a series of questions about whether he understood his rights and the court proceedings. He did not enter a plea or decide whether he wants his court-martial decided by a judge or a jury yet.

— Alan Gomez NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED IN WOMAN’S JAILHOUSE DEATH

A Texas grand jury hearing evidence in the jailhouse death of Sandra Bland last July will not in-

dict anyone in connection with the incident, a prosecutor in the case said late Monday.

The grand jury will reconvene in January to “take up remaining issues,” Darrell Jordan, one of the special prosecutors for the case, told The Washington Post. He said the grand jury decided not to indict anyone, including staff at the jail where Bland was held.

Jordan said the Waller County grand jury reached no decision on whether Brian Encinia, the white trooper who arrested the 28-yearold Bland, should face charges, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Bland was found dead in her cell at the Waller County Jail on July 13. A medical examiner ruled

her death a suicide. Her supporters dispute that finding.

— Greg Toppo ONE PERSON SHOT DURING ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT MALL

Gunfire erupted inside a popular Long Island, N.Y., mall packed with holiday shoppers Tuesday.

Nassau County Police said they responded to reports of a shooting during an attempted robbery at the Roosevelt Field, a mall about 30 miles east of New York City.

One person was shot, and one person was in custody, according to Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter, Newsday reported.

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MONEYLINE ECONOMIC GROWTH REVISED DOWN SLIGHTLY TO 2% The U.S. economy grew at a slightly slower pace over the summer than the government had previously estimated. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that the economy expanded at a 2% annual rate in the July-September quarter. That was a bit lower than its previous estimate of 2.1%, a result of less restocking by businesses than forecast. Last quarter’s growth was significantly below the 3.9% annual GDP growth in the second quarter.

BOEING SETTLES WITH FAA OVER COMPLIANCE Boeing has agreed to spend $12 million to improve its auditing and quality certification procedures in a five-year settlement with the Federal Aviation Administration following regulatory pressure over compliance issues.

Boeing had faced scrutiny from federal regulators over the extra time it took to provide information about the installation of equipment to reduce the likelihood of a fuel tank fire in Boeing 747s and 757s. Boeing said the deal “fairly resolves” the “potential civil penalty actions.”

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REPORT: VOLKSWAGEN DITCHING ITS SLOGAN Volkswagen plans to start its public-relations campaign to try to recover from the diesel-emissions scandal by booting its ad slogan “Das Auto,” Reuters reports. Such a simple slogan, around since 2007, is hardly controversial, but Volkswagen apparently thinks it can show more humility by going with just its own name when it flashes its famous logo, according to the wire service.

JET.COM CAN’T GUARANTEE CHRISTMAS DELIVERY Amazon rival Jet.com’s first holiday sales season has become tangled in shipping delays. The start-up that launched over the summer and aims to undercut giant discounters, including Amazon and Walmart, has found itself telling customers their orders may not arrive in time for Christmas. A banner at the top of Jet’s website last week delivers the blow, alerting customers that Jet “can no longer confidently guarantee delivery”

by Dec. 25 on items that aren’t eligible for two-day shipping.

New closing process rules could be to blame for 10.5% drop Nathan Bomey @NathanBomey USA TODAY

Sales of existing homes fell sharply in November, but prices rose and a change in federal closing rules may be to blame for the drop-off.

The rate of existing-home sales fell to its lowest pace in 19 months, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales fell 10.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis to an annualized rate of 4.76 million, compared to 5.32 million in October.

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For now, some big companies can say they’re beating the online behemoth.

We’ll see how long that lasts.

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Matt Krantz

“Death by Amazon” is a common fear shared by many retailers. But a few stores’ shares are actually sledding past Amazon during the holiday season.

Sixteen companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index’s food, staples and retailing industries — including organic food seller Whole Foods Market, discount retailer Dollar General and nameyour-own price seller Priceline — have outperformed Amazon’s shares since Black Friday, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ. Even industry giant Walmart inched ahead of Amazon.

It will be weeks before there is concrete data on which retailers cleaned up during this critical period of the year. But that doesn’t stop traders from making bets on which surprise winners and losers will be coming out of Black Friday. Shares of Amazon, after more than doubling this year, are down 1.8% since Black Friday.

Investors reading the market’s reactions among retailers out of Black Friday will see several trends, including: uStaples are the big winners. Food and staples sellers — including Whole Foods and Krog-

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Biggest gains in S&P 500 retailers since Black Friday: % change since Company (ticker) Black Friday Whole Foods (WFM) 16.6% Kroger (KR) 13.3% Dollar General (DG) 10.6% CVS Health (CVS) 4.7% Dollar Tree (DLTR) 3.9% Expedia (EXPE) 3.2% Walgreens Boots Alliance 3.1% (WBA) Ross Stores (ROST) 3.0% Priceline (PCLN) 2.5% TripAdvisor (TRIP) 2.0% Walmart Stores (WMT) 0.5% L Brands (LB) -0.3% Sysco (SYY) -0.6% Costco (COST) -0.7% Target (TGT) -0.8% TJX (TJX) -1.7%

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er — have been the massive stock winners since Black Friday by far as investors get more nervous about the economy. Whole Foods, struggling to regain its profitability and growth for years, has seen its shares gain 16.6% since Black Friday, helping to repair the fact it has lost a third of its value this year. Kroger shares are up 13.3% this year as the grocery chain

continues to set the benchmark for well-run grocery stores. Seeing staples stocks, typically a favorite in defensive times, outperform shows just how nervous investors have gotten. uDeep discounters are taking off. Investors are betting shoppers aren’t just looking for sales, but deep discounts. Dollar General along with Dollar Tree and deep-discount apparel seller Ross Stores have been big winners since Black Friday. Shares of Dollar General are up 10.6%, Dollar Tree is up 3.9% and Ross is up 3%. Investors again are showing they see companies that cater to a more frugal consumer doing best. uTravel stocks are bouncing back. Priceline, along with more dedicated travel sellers Expedia and TripAdvisor, are up 2.5%, 3.2% and 2%, respectively.

These stocks presumably are recovering after getting beaten down after recent geopolitical violence.

There’s no question investors are seeing big things from Amazon during the fourth quarter.

Shares of Amazon are up 114% this year — trouncing the average retail stock’s 2.1% gain this year.

Amazon is one of a handful of stocks — along with Netflix — to double this year. Analysts are calling for the online behemoth to post 256% higher adjusted profit during the quarter.

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don’t rise even further, it’s likely more sales will register to this month’s total, and November’s large dip will be more of an outlier.”

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau imposed the Know Before You Owe rule effec-

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Company sold 2.5M on Dec. 24 last year

Average credit card debt people are willing to take on for a significant other this holiday season is

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The average property stayed on the market for 54 days before selling in November.

tive Aug. 1, requiring new disclosures and procedures to help buyers grasp the details of their mortgages and compare rates.

Lenders were expected to make changes to internal systems that could at least temporarily lengthen closing processes, according to Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

One encouraging sign for the housing market was that the average property stayed on the market for 54 days before selling in November, compared to 57 in October and 65 a year earlier.

The average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rose from 3.8% to 3.94% in October. NAR economists expect the Federal Reserve’s move to increase interest rates to push the rate up to 4.5% by the end of 2016.

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But the median sale price for single-family homes, townhouses, condominiums and co-ops rose 6.3% to $220,300, compared to the same period a year earlier.

National Association of Realtors chief economist Lawrence Yun said the drop-off in the sales rate may be attributable to a new federal process called Know Before You Owe, which he said has lengthened closing times.

The monthly survey showed that 47% of agents are reporting an increase in closing times, compared to 37% who were reporting an uptick a year earlier.

“It’s possible the longer timeframes pushed a latter portion of would-be November transactions into December,” Yun said in a statement.

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Millions of last-minute shoppers will have one thing on their mind Thursday: Coffee.

Starbucks said Tuesday it expects gift card sales to hit a record on Christmas Eve as customers scramble for stocking stuffers before the holiday hits.

Last year, Starbucks sold nearly 2.5 million gift cards on Dec. 24 across the U.S. and Canada. Starbucks cards have become so ubiquitous that in all, one in seven U.S. adults received one last holi-

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One in seven U.S. adults received a Starbucks gift card during last year’s holiday season, up from one in eight in 2013. day season, up from one in eight in 2013.

Gift cards have been the most requested holiday gift for nine

years running, according to the National Retail Federation.

This year, nearly 59% of consumers said they’d like to receive one.

Starbucks found itself the target of two controversies this holiday season as some customers raised questions about the company’s values and holiday spirit — Starbucks’ holiday-themed red cups went viral in November when one customer posted on Facebook that the lack of a Christmas message on the cups was a slight against Christianity.

This month, people started pointing out on social media that cookies depicting a polar bear with a red scarf could be seen as a polar bear with a slit throat.

But the incidents have not affected Starbucks gift card sales.

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

If you’re a forward-looking investor, it’s time to look ahead to 2016. So what should you expect from U.S. stocks next year after an up-and down 2015 that has led to a sideways market with little to no headway?

David Joy, chief market strategist of Ameriprise Financial, weighed in on 2016 in a client report. He says there are a few “important variables” that will determine if stocks go up or down next year.

He cites Federal Reserve rate hikes (and monetary easing by foreign central banks), the performance of the dollar and China’s economy as three keys.

“First, it remains to be seen at what pace the Fed will raise

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rates,” Joy wrote. “The Fed itself anticipates perhaps four additional quarter-point increases in 2016. The market thinks fewer, perhaps two or three.”

Second, “how the dollar responds (to) the path of foreign central bank activity will be critically important for commodity prices, manufacturing, emerging market performance and inflation expectations,” Joy argues.

Finally, “China is again talking about injecting (more) stimulus to shore up its flagging economy,” he adds. “If it follows through, and there’s tangible evidence of a positive result, concerns over the Fed’s impact on developing economies will lessen. At some point the energy sector will stabilize.”

On the plus side, although 2016 U.S. earnings expectations have come down, they so far remain positive — “something that can’t be said for 2015,” Joy said.

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CHANGE: +1.0% YTD: -405.80 YTD % CHG: -2.3%

CHANGE: +.9% YTD: -19.93 YTD % CHG: -1.0%

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COMP

+32.19

+9.95

CHANGE: +.6% YTD: +265.06 YTD % CHG: +5.6%

CLOSE: 5,001.11 PREV. CLOSE: 4,968.92 RANGE: 4,964.08-5,007.77

GAINERS

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Company (ticker symbol)

CLOSE: 1,137.69 PREV. CLOSE: 1,127.74 RANGE: 1,123.66-1,138.65 YTD % Chg % Chg

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Ensco (ESV) Climbs all day as rating upgrades at Zacks.

15.30

+.90

+6.3

-48.9

Helmerich & Payne (HP) Price target increased at RBC.

52.92

+2.92

+5.8

-21.5

OneOK (OKE) Up another day after delivering 2016 forecast.

23.12

+1.27

+5.8

-53.6

Diamond Offshore Drilling (DO) Climbs as peers get solid ratings.

21.43

+1.13

+5.6

-41.6

Whole Foods Market (WFM) New competition but rises on positive note.

34.79

+1.81

+5.5

-31.0

Mosaic (MOS) 28.70 Rebounds from year’s low after dividend declaration.

+1.46

+5.4

-37.1

+5.1

-12.2

Caterpillar (CAT) Rating raised to mixed at OTR.

68.41

+3.17

+4.9

-25.3

Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) 69.32 Marriott deal moves ahead, receives consensus buy.

+3.18

+4.8

-14.5

Baxalta (BXLT) 39.79 Looks for alternatives while it remains open to Shire.

+1.73

+4.5

+18.8

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Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) 494.61 -27.40 Down another day on second outbreak of E. coli.

-5.2

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NetApp (NTAP) Will spend $870 million to acquire SolidFire.

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The stock took a beating again in the wake of news the restaurant $600 Price: $494.61 chain has been linked to a second Chg: -$27.40 outbreak of E. coli, just weeks after % chg: -5.2% Day’s high/low: dozens of its diners were sickened $400 Nov. 24 $512.33/$494.11 by a rare strain of the bacteria.

ONEOK

The natural gas limited partnership surged a second consecutive day after the company delivered its financial forecast for 2016 as well as its production outlook of 2.2 trillion to 2.3 trillion BTUs a day.

Price: $23.12 Chg: $1.27 % chg: 5.8% Day’s high/low: $23.66/$21.48

Shares of the data storage company set a 52-week low after NetApp announced that it will acquire SolidFire for $870 million in cash.

SolidFire specializes in making allflash storage systems.

Fund, ranked by size Vanguard 500Adml Vanguard TotStIAdm Vanguard InstIdxI Vanguard TotStIdx Vanguard InstPlus Fidelity Contra American Funds GrthAmA x Vanguard TotIntl American Funds IncAmerA m American Funds CapIncBuA x

Chg. +1.66 +0.44 +1.64 +0.44 +1.64 +0.54 -3.35 +0.08 +0.11 -0.16

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YTD 1 +1.1% +0.1% +1.1% unch. +1.1% +6.5% +4.9% -4.8% -1.9% -3.4%

1 – CAPITAL GAINS AND DIVIDENDS REINVESTED

Close 203.50 19.74 23.75 32.66 12.14 6.11 1.55 13.68 58.55 11.34

Chg. +1.83 -1.02 +0.22 +0.26 +0.09 -0.62 -0.08 -0.08 +0.44 +0.45

% Chg +0.9% -4.9% +0.9% +0.8% +0.7% -9.2% -4.9% -0.6% +0.8% +4.1%

%YTD -1.0% -37.4% -4.0% -16.9% +8.0% -77.9% -92.2% -25.6% -3.8% -35.3%

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

Close 6 mo ago 3.50% 3.25% 0.36% 0.13% 0.18% 0.01% 1.71% 1.67% 2.24% 2.37%

-1.37

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Tesoro (TSO) 102.94 Loses early jump as it shuts down Alkylation unit.

-2.24

-2.1

+38.5

3.98

-.08

-2.0

-79.7

Qorvo (QRVO) Keeps buy but fund manager sells.

52.41

-.94

-1.8

-25.6

EQT (EQT) Solid cash flow, loses momentum.

48.69

-.87

-1.8

-35.7

Close 6 mo ago 3.83% 4.18% 3.03% 3.19% 2.80% 2.66% 3.27% 3.16%

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CarMax (KMX) 51.62 New-car promos affect sales growth but is seen cheap.

-.91

-1.7

-22.5

NRG Energy (NRG) 10.90 Gains on not-too-expensive green businesses end.

-.17

-1.5

-59.6

Advance Auto Parts (AAP) 147.83 Dips on ex-dividend day as shares are oversold.

-1.76

-1.2

-7.2

Total System Services (TSS) Solid rating, positive note, yet loses momentum.

-.63

-1.2

+49.3

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Cattle (lb.)

1.26 1.23 Corn (bushel) 3.66 3.72 Gold (troy oz.)

1,074.80 1,081.90 Hogs, lean (lb.) .57 .56 Natural Gas (Btu.) 1.89 1.91 Oil, heating (gal.)

1.09 1.10 Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.)

36.14 34.74 Silver (troy oz.)

14.30 14.30 Soybeans (bushel) 8.85 8.91 Wheat (bushel) 4.72 4.79

Chg. +0.03 -0.06 -7.10 +0.01 -0.02 -0.01 +1.40 unch.

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

Close .6750 1.3940 6.4801 .9130 121.04 17.2041

Prev. .6718 1.3961 6.4803 .9152 121.04 17.2175

6 mo. ago .6317 1.2317 6.2104 .8819 123.39 15.3453

Yr. ago .6413 1.1642 6.2225 .8181 120.01 14.6291

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

Close 10,488.75 21,830.02 18,886.70 6,083.10 43,328.72

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NAV 187.95 50.64 186.09 50.63 186.10 98.94 41.12 14.42 20.14 55.59

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NetApp

Price: $26.23 Chg: -$1.37 % chg: -5.0% Day’s high/low: $26.80/$25.21

$494.61

4-WEEK TREND

COMMODITIES

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50.70

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Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Reiterates underperform at Citigroup.

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Marriott (MAR) Held off competitors in Starwood deal.

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STORY STOCKS Chipotle

CLOSE: 2,038.97 PREV. CLOSE: 2,021.15 RANGE: 2,020.49-2,042.74

S&P 500’S BIGGEST GAINERS/LOSERS

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RUSSELL 2000 INDEX

CHANGE: +.9% YTD: -67.01 YTD % CHG: -5.6%

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Restaurant chain has wherewithal, but it’ll take time Q: Is Chipotle a buying opportunity?

Matt Krantz

mkrantz@usatoday.com USA TODAY

A: Serious health concerns about Chipotle are fueling a massive collapse in the restaurant chain’s stock. The company has the financial power to withstand the strain, but most investors won’t have the stomach for the volatility.

Shares of Chipotle are down more than 20% this year to roughly $495 a share as health concerns pile up. The latest problem to hit Chipotle is the Centers for Disease Control investigating another E. coli outbreak connected with the chain.

Analysts are starting to treat these quality issues as a real concern. The average 18-month price target on Chipotle has been slashed by 18% to $576.32 from just a month ago, S&P Capital IQ says.

Expectations for profit are also being cut. Analysts now think the company will post adjusted profit per share of $16.65 in fiscal 2016, down 18% from what was expected in November.

The company has the financial resources to endure this biggest challenge to its survival and reputation in its 22year history. Chipotle is sitting on roughly $1 billion in cash and short-term investments — and has no long-term debt.

But with a P-E that’s 50% higher than the market, this isn’t going to be a pleasant time for investors for quite some time.

SEC explores settlement with hedge fund founder Cohen Kevin McCoy USA TODAY

The nation’s securities regulator hasn’t given up its long-running legal pursuit of Steven Cohen but is also exploring a potential settlement with the billionaire hedge fund founder.

The clash started in 2013 when the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil administrative proceeding that accused Cohen of failing to properly supervise two financial lieutenants who were separately accused of insider trading at Cohen’s SAC

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Billionaire Steven Cohen in 2012.

Capital Advisors hedge fund.

The two senior traders, Michael Steinberg and Mathew Martoma, were later convicted on insider-trading charges. But federal prosecutors in New York ul-

timately dropped the case against Steinberg after an appeals court ruling that required a higher level of proof to support insider-trading convictions. Martoma awaits the outcome of his appeal.

As a result, the SEC on Monday notified Brenda Murray, the regulator’s chief administrative law judge, that it “no longer bases its claim” against Cohen on Steinberg’s actions. However, the regulator said it still plans to introduce evidence about Cohen’s oversight of Steinberg to prove the billionaire’s “liability for failing to supervise Martoma.”

Cohen’s legal team reserved

the right to exclude or limit evidence “not directly related” to Cohen’s supervision of Martoma.

Murray on Tuesday set a timetable for both sides to file motions and legal briefs and scheduled an April 11 start for Cohen’s hearing.

But the case might not get that far because attorneys for both sides said they’ve had talks about a possible settlement.

SEC attorney Matthew Solomon said, “I think it’s fair to say we are not to the point today where we have an agreement in principle … but we have been in discussions,” The Wall Street

Journal reported.

David Boies, a lawyer representing Cohen, signaled the defense team might file a constitutional challenge to the SEC’s administrative proceeding format if a settlement isn’t reached.

The format, in which cases are heard by an in-house SEC judge, has been challenged by self-proclaimed “turnaround queen” Lynn Tilton and others.

Edward Evans, a spokesman for the Boies, Schiller & Flexner law firm, had no comment Tuesday, as did Mark Herr, a spokesman for Cohen’s business.

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LIFELINE AWARD TRACKER ‘THE FORCE AWAKENS’ The Critics’ Choice Awards may have announced nominations last week, but the Force was apparently too strong for the Broadcast Film Critics Association to ignore: The board of directors held a special referendum and have added ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ as an 11th best-picture nominee.

SPORTS LIFE AUTOS TRAVEL

‘PAINFUL REALITY’ IN ‘CONCUSSION’

HOW WAS YOUR DAY? BAD DAY NICOLAS CAGE The actor had to let go of a national treasure. The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Cage has turned over a stolen dinosaur skull to U.S. authorities for repatriation to Mongolia. He unknowingly purchased the skull for $276,000 in 2007.

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Story of a doctor taking on the grim toll of head blows in the NFL changes actor’s outlook THEY SAID WHAT? THE STARS’ BEST QUOTES “When we found out there was a mistake, I thought it was brilliant — they did this on purpose for publicity. This is how my mind works.” — Miss Universe judge Perez Hilton to ‘Good Morning America’ on the miscrowning of the 2015 winner

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IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY WHO’S CELEBRATING TODAY?

“There is a raging historical river that is red with the blood of truth-tellers. So it is not uncommon to kill the messenger.”

WILL SMITH SHOWS

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SANTA MONICA , CALIF. Will Smith used to be like any NFL fan, yelling excitedly at the TV with each bone-crushing tackle.

That was before his role as Bennet Omalu in Concussion (in theaters Dec. 25). Stepping into the forensic neuropathologist’s world to investigate the deadly damage of repeated head blows was eye-opening.

“We would cheer for the big hits,” Smith says. “There was a lack of knowledge of what was actually happening. If a dude gets his bell rung, then you don’t always know. The damage hides in plain sight.”

The greater issue is far from hidden today: Omalu’s work identifying the progressive degenerative disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) pushed a once-resistant NFL to make changes to protect players, such as adopting sideline concussion assessment protocol.

Playing the Nigerian-born physician has deposited box office behemoth Smith, 47, directly into the still-simmering controversy, as it somberly travels to 2002 to show Omalu’s first identified CTE victim: Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steeler Mike Webster.

“This is a real issue, and this movie will be a lightning rod,” Smith says, breathing in deeply.

“There’s a weird dichotomy. It feels great that your work can be helpful and revelatory. But you’re not waking people up to good feelings. This film is ushering in a painful reality.”

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Controversy has followed Concussion since September, when leaked Sony emails that suggested filmmakers were softening the film to avoid NFL wrath came to light. Director Peter Landesman strongly disagrees with the claim, saying, “This movie was never going to pull any punches.”

Smith says he doesn’t expect to be partying with NFL executives for the Super Bowl.

“There is a raging historical river that is red with the blood of truth-tellers. So it is not uncommon to kill the messenger,” he says. “I don’t believe that is going to be the case with this film. But I don’t believe (the NFL) will go out of their way to send me an invitation.”

Wading into those waters was difficult for Smith, even as the role has led to critical accolades and a Golden Globe best-actor nomination. Smith recalls commuting on weekends from pro-

duction duties on The Karate Kid set in China to watch his high school football star son Trey play in Los Angeles.

“He would get clipped. And there’s a rite of passage involved with taking a shot and getting back into the game,” says Smith, who adds that he would be against having his son play football “knowing what I know today.”

“Being the type of parent I am, I wouldn’t demand that he not play,” Smith says after a long pause. “But I would do everything in my power to let him know how much it doesn’t seem like a good idea.”

These days, Smith holds off on the hard-tackle cheers.

“Now I’m seeing every shot, every hit, is a big hit,” Smith says.

“It’s like ‘Ooh, that’s a proteinrelease shot right there.’ That’s what’s going through my mind when I’m watching it now.”

Physician Bennet Omalu (Smith) discovers a disturbing pattern when he examines the brains of deceased NFL players.

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Putting Margot Robbie in a bubbly hot tub and having her explain risky mortgages is one way to make a MOVIE movie about finanREVIEW cial scandal someBRIAN what palatable.

TRUITT The subject matter is dry, but at least it’s made entertaining in director Adam McKay’s The Big Short, a tragi-comic satire of sorts about iffy dealings in the housing industry and how a small group of people could see the 2008 financial crisis coming years before America had to bail out its banks.

McKay uses A-list talent and creative filmmaking to go with subprime rates and credit debt, though what it amounts to is the hypercool version of a boring economics lesson you slept through in college.

The Big Short revolves around the young bros and old white guys who were the villains of the burst housing bubble of the mid-2000s, though the movie’s main characters are the ones who foresee the series of bad home loans and future defaults that will ultimately lead to a spectacular market collapse.

Michael Burry (Christian Bale), an eccentric money manager who air-drums to Metallica and works math in his bare feet, is the first to

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Mark Baum (Steve Carell) and Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) work to make the most of the bursting housing bubble. see the impending disaster. The folks at his company think he’s mad as a hatter, but young wheeling-and-dealing banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) believes Burry might be on to something.

He talks hedge-fund manager Mark Baum (Steve Carell), an emotional guy dealing with personal and professional issues, and his analysts into pouring millions of investment dollars into a scheme of credit default swaps.

There’s a lot of shouting and stressing out as they all try to

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STARS: Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt DIRECTOR: Adam McKay RATING R for pervasive language and some sexuality and nudity RUN TIME: 2 hours, 10 minutes Expands nationwide Wednesday

make their millions while the rest of the country tilts closer to rampant unemployment and turmoil.

Bale is a spectacular sight as the oddball Burry, whom no one takes seriously though he knows more than most everyone. Carell also is outstanding in giving the edgy Baum a tortured soul, and Gosling does his smarmy best at making Vennett hateable but charming and often breaking the fourth wall as the audience’s selfconfident narrator.

Brad Pitt also turns in a quiet and very bearded performance as Ben Rickert, a former banker and now doomsday prepper who helps a couple of youngsters (Finn Wittrock and John Magaro) get their foot into the racket, too.

Known for broad comedies such as Talladega Nights and Anchorman, McKay tries to put a humorous touch on his and Charles Randolph’s screenplay based on Michael Lewis’ book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. Some of it works — “Whenever you hear subprime, think (crap)” is one of Baum’s choice lines — but celebrity cameos and stock art go only so far in making sense of mortgage rates and inside-baseball financial dealings to the common moviegoer.

It all comes down to men behaving badly and greed ruling all, though at least you’ll laugh and seethe along the way.

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KANSAS 70, SAN DIEGO STATE 57

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY FORWARD JAMARI TRAYLOR BUMPS CHESTS WITH GUARD BRANNEN GREENE (14) after a forced turnover in the Jayhawks’ 70-57 victory over San Diego State late Tuesday night in San Diego.

Jayhawks roll to pre-break win

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

San Diego — There will be nonstop ho-ho-hoing and mistletoe-ing in the household of Kansas University’s basketball players and coaches this Christmas.

No need for Scrooge-like mentions in 2015: The Perry Ellis-led Jayhawks gave their fans an early present in the form of a 70-57 victory over San Diego State on Tuesday in Viejas Arena.

“The pie tastes better when you win before Christmas,” concedes KU coach Bill Self, whose squad — thanks to Ellis’ 20 points and Wayne Selden Jr.’s 10 key second-half points to

Televised or not, KU passes road test

go with Frank Mason III’s 10 first-half points — improved to 10-1 heading into a four-day break.

“We needed this win. We needed to go on the road and play in a good building, good environment, which we did. I thought the atmosphere was fantastic. I loved it,” Self said.

The Jayhawks are off from now until Saturday night, when they reunite beKANSAS FORWARD PERRY ELLIS (34) LOFTS fore their holiday clinic at A SHOT over San Diego State forward Skylar noon Sunday.

Spencer.

Ellis scored 14 points off 6-of-11 shooting (2-for-3 from three) and Mason 10 MORE PICTURES ONLINE points off 4-of-9 shooting (also 2-for-3 from three) n For more pictures from San Diego, please visit www.kusports.com/kubball122215 Please see KANSAS, page 4C

San Diego — Since most of you don’t have access to the cable network that covered Tuesday night’s Kansas University basketball game against San Diego State in Viejas Arena, I thought I would do something a little different. I’ll share what I saw and heard in chronological order, breaking the game down into the eight segments that stretch from one TV timeout to the next.

By the way, Kansas won the game that ended Tuesday night Pacific time, early this morning Central time, 70-57. Perry Ellis scored a game-high 20 points on a night second-ranked Kansas improved to 10-1.

Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

Wayne Selden Jr.’s eight points during an 11-0 stretch midway through the second half, which increased the KU lead from four points to 15, were the biggest of the night.

The crowd had heated up, but Selden put the fans back in their seats.

Please see KEEGAN, page 4C

Struggling KU women fall to Oral Roberts, 70-63

By Chris Duderstadt cduderstadt@ljworld.com

The offensive woes of Kansas University’s women’s basketball team continued Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse — culminating in a 70-63 loss to Oral Roberts in the Jayhawks’ final game before Big 12 play.

The Jayhawks (5-6) led 55-52 entering the fourth quarter, but were held to eight points over the final 10 minutes. It was Kansas’ first loss to Oral Roberts in 13 tries and snapped ORU’s eight-game skid.

“At the Div. I level, much less the Big 12 level, you just cannot make offensiveexecution mistakes to the amount that we do, and you

can’t miss defensive assignments to the multitude that we do,” Kansas coach Brandon Schneider said.

After the first five minutes, Schneider thought that he might have found a solution to his team’s offensive struggles. Schneider inserted freshman guard Jayde Christopher into the lineup at the point and moved sophomore Lauren Aldridge out to shooting guard, and the backcourt combo led Kansas to a 14-5 advantage heading into the first media timeout.

Christopher scored six of her eight points in the first five minutes and dished one of her four assists to Aldridge for a three-pointer from the wing. The triple ended up being Aldridge’s

lone field goal (1-for-8 shooting with four points) and left Schneider befuddled over how to shape his backcourt going forward.

“I think we have to reevaluate a lot of plans based on how we played here in the first semester,” Schneider said. “We’d like to play Lauren off the ball, because obviously she is maybe our best shooter on the team, especially from different spots on the floor.”

Schneider took all of the starters except Aldridge out for a breather after the first five minutes — hoping to see another solid platoon off John Young/Journal-World Photo the bench in Chayla Cheadle, Aisia Robertson, Tyler ORAL ROBERTS’ JORDAN DOYLE (2) REACHES OUT to slow Kansas University freshman guard Jayde Christopher on a drive to the hoop in the Jayhawks’ 70-63 Please see KU WOMEN, page 3C loss Tuesday in Allen Fieldhouse.

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New York — Five Kansas City Chiefs have been selected for the Pro Bowl: cornerback Marcus Peters, safety Eric Berry, outside linebacker Tamba Hali, outside linebacker Justin Houston and tight end Travis Kelce.

The Carolina Panthers lead the NFL with 10 players selected for the Pro Bowl.

The Panthers are two wins away from a perfect regular season. Quarterback Cam Newton was picked Tuesday for the third time. Five of his teammates were first-time selections, including cornerback Josh Norman and linebacker Thomas Davis.

Seattle, Arizona and New England each had seven players selected, and Cincinnati had five players picked.

The Pro Bowl will be held on Jan. 31 in Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Coach: Panthers can’t bring bats Charlotte, N.C. — A frustrated Ron Rivera will no longer allow Carolina players to bring baseball bats on the field before games even though he said the Panthers have done nothing wrong.

The Panthers coach is upset about what he said are untrue reports that some players taunted Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. with physical threats and homophobic slurs before Sunday’s game.

Rivera said Tuesday that the Panthers wouldn’t stand for that kind of behavior, and the team found no evidence it occurred.

Asked if the Panthers hadn’t broken any league rules why he made the decision do away with taking the bat on the field, Rivera said, “Because I’m going to hear it if I don’t.

“That’s the truth of the matter,” Rivera said. “So to avoid the situation and set of circumstances, let’s just eliminate it. So that’s what we’re going to do.

Again, it’s the No Fun League for a reason.”

BASEBALL

Leave, Cards agree on five-year contract St. Louis — Minutes after his contract with the St. Louis Cardinals was announced, Mike Leake was looking ahead to rivalry games against the Chicago Cubs.

Leake and the Cardinals agreed to an $80 million, five-year contract, a move the Cardinals hopes boosts their chances to win a fourth straight NL Central title A 28-year-old right-hander, Leake is 64-52 with a 3.88 ERA in six big-league seasons. He was 11-10 with a 3.70 ERA for Cincinnati and San Francisco last season, totaling 30 starts and 190 innings.

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Franchione retires from Texas State San Marcos, Texas — Dennis Franchione, who started the turnaround at TCU before sudden departures as coach at Alabama and Texas A&M, retired quietly Tuesday after his second stint at Texas State.

The 64-year-old Franchione spent the last five of his 30 seasons as a head coach at Texas State, where he returned after a three-year hiatus following his abrupt resignation the night the Aggies beat rival Texas in his final game in College Station in 2007.

Stanford’s McCaffrey AP player of year Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey is the Associated Press college football player of the year, becoming the first non-Heisman Trophy winner to earn the honor in six years.

McCaffrey was the runnerup for the Heisman Trophy to Derrick Henry, but received 29 of 60 votes from the AP Top 25 media panel to edge the Alabama running back.

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Grizzlies 104, 76ers 90 Philadelphia — Marc Gasol scored 19 points, Mike Conley had 18 points and six assists, and Memphis beat Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

The Grizzlies had five players score in double figures.

Courtney Lee had 15 points, reserve Zach Randolph added 14 points and eight rebounds, and Matt Barnes finished with 12 points and 10 boards.

Jahlil Okafor scored 18 points, and Hollis Thompson contributed 16 for Philadelphia, which dropped to 1-29 while losing its 11th straight game.

Now the 76ers head out for a six-game trip, and they have lost 22 in a row on the road.

There wasn’t much booing among the home crowd, which is resigned to Philadelphia’s losing ways these days, but one fan seated behind the Grizzlies bench wore a paper bag over his head with a sad face.

Philadelphia had 28 turnovers and shot 65.6 percent (21 for 32) from the free-throw line.

MEMPHIS (104) Barnes 5-8 0-0 12, Je.Green 3-3 2-2 8, Gasol 7-15 5-5 19, Conley 6-13 5-6 18, Lee 6-12 3-3 15, Randolph 6-10 2-2 14, Allen 0-5 1-4 1, Chalmers 1-7 0-0 2, Ja.Green 3-4 1-2 7, Carter 3-8 0-0 8.

Totals 40-85 19-24 104.

PHILADELPHIA (90) Covington 3-9 2-2 8, Grant 3-4 2-2 9, Okafor 8-12 2-3 18, Wroten 2-9 3-8 7, Canaan 5-8 3-6 15, McConnell 1-4 0-0 2, Noel 1-3 3-3 5, Holmes 1-3 1-2 3, Thompson 6-9 0-0 16, Sampson 1-3 5-6 7, Stauskas 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 31-66 21-32 90.

Memphis 31 22 24 27 — 104 Philadelphia 23 24 19 24 — 90 3-Point Goals-Memphis 5-15 (Barnes 2-4, Carter 2-5, Conley 1-3, Allen 0-1, Chalmers 0-2), Philadelphia 7-23 (Thompson 4-6, Canaan 2-5, Grant 1-1, Holmes 0-1, McConnell 0-1, Sampson 0-1, Wroten 0-2, Stauskas 0-2, Covington 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Memphis 46 (Barnes 10), Philadelphia 50 (Covington, Noel 8). Assists-Memphis 26 (Chalmers 7), Philadelphia 19 (Wroten 7). Total FoulsMemphis 23, Philadelphia 21. TechnicalsBarnes, Philadelphia defensive three second.

Flagrant Fouls-Barnes. A-15,552 (20,318).

Pistons 93, Heat 92 Miami — Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s jumper with 55.5 seconds left put Detroit ahead to stay, and the Pistons came back from 18 points down to beat Miami.

Reggie Jackson led the Pistons with 18 points, while Stanley Johnson and Caldwell-Pope each added 14 for Detroit. The Pistons were 15-for-29 from three-point range, outscoring Miami 45-12 in that department.

How former Jayhawks fared Tarik Black, L.A. Lakers Did not play (inactive).

Mario Chalmers, Memphis Min: 23. Pts: 2. Reb: 2. Ast: 7.

Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Did not play (inactive).

Marcus Morris, Detroit Min: 33. Pts: 8. Reb: 5. Ast: 3.

DETROIT (93) Morris 3-7 2-4 8, Ilyasova 3-7 0-0 6, Drummond 4-12 3-6 11, Jackson 8-16 0-0 18, Caldwell-Pope 5-13 2-2 14, Baynes 0-3 1-2 1, S.Johnson 5-10 0-0 14, Blake 4-5 0-0 12, Tolliver 3-5 0-0 9. Totals 35-78 8-14 93.

MIAMI (92) Deng 3-8 3-4 9, Bosh 9-21 0-0 20, Whiteside 7-13 2-2 16, Udrih 7-11 0-0 14, Wade 8-21 3-4 19, Winslow 1-2 0-0 2, Green 3-6 0-0 8, Haslem 0-2 0-0 0, Richardson 1-4 2-2 4. Totals 39-88 10-12 92.

Detroit 18 36 18 21 — 93 Miami 34 18 23 17 — 92 3-Point Goals-Detroit 15-29 (Blake 4-5, S.Johnson 4-7, Tolliver 3-5, Jackson 2-4, Caldwell-Pope 2-6, Morris 0-1, Ilyasova 0-1), Miami 4-18 (Green 2-3, Bosh 2-7, Haslem 0-1, Winslow 0-1, Udrih 0-3, Deng 0-3). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Detroit 53 (Drummond 12), Miami 47 (Whiteside 16). Assists-Detroit 16 (Morris, Caldwell-Pope, S.Johnson, Jackson 3), Miami 13 (Udrih 6). Total Fouls-Detroit 11, Miami 12. A-19,901 (19,600).

Raptors 103, Mavericks 99 Toronto — DeMar DeRozan scored 28 points, and Bismack Biyombo had a career-high 20 rebounds, leading Toronto over Dallas.

DALLAS (99) Matthews 6-11 0-0 15, Nowitzki 8-17 0-0 20, Pachulia 3-6 1-1 7, Felton 3-9 0-0 7, Williams 2-7 3-3 7, McGee 1-4 3-4 5, Villanueva 4-10 0-0 9, Parsons 3-8 0-0 6, D.Powell 1-3 1-2 3, Barea 3-9 0-0 8, Jenkins 1-3 0-0 2, Evans 3-3 0-1 6, Anderson 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 40-92 8-11 99.

TORONTO (103) Ross 5-9 2-2 16, Scola 5-11 4-6 15, Biyombo 4-9 1-2 9, Lowry 6-13 3-3 17, DeRozan 10-17 6-8 28, Patterson 0-2 0-0 0, Joseph 3-6 4-4 12, Nogueira 0-0 1-2 1, Wright 0-2 0-0 0, Bennett 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 35-74 21-27 103.

Dallas 16 20 31 32 — 99 Toronto 32 17 23 31 — 103 3-Point Goals-Dallas 11-29 (Nowitzki 4-9, Matthews 3-5, Barea 2-4, Felton 1-3, Villanueva 1-6, Williams 0-1, Jenkins 0-1), Toronto 12-26 (Ross 4-8, DeRozan 2-3, Joseph 2-4, Lowry 2-4, Scola 1-2, Bennett 1-3, Patterson 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Dallas 40 (Nowitzki 7), Toronto 60 (Biyombo 20). Assists-Dallas 23 (Williams 6), Toronto 20 (Lowry 7). Total Fouls-Dallas 25, Toronto 19. Technicals-Felton, Toronto defensive three second. A-19,800 (19,800).

Lakers 111, Nuggets 107 Denver — Kobe Bryant tied a season high with 31 points after missing a game due to a sore right shoulder, and Los Angeles rallied from a 21-point, firsthalf deficit.

Bryant also had five assists

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NBA STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 18 12 .600 — Boston 15 13 .536 2 New York 14 15 .483 3½ Brooklyn 8 20 .286 9 Philadelphia 1 29 .033 17 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta 18 12 .600 — Miami 16 11 .593 ½ Orlando 16 12 .571 1 Charlotte 15 12 .556 1½ Washington 12 14 .462 4 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 18 7 .720 — Indiana 16 11 .593 3 Detroit 17 12 .586 3 Chicago 15 11 .577 3½ Milwaukee 11 18 .379 9 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 24 5 .828 — Dallas 15 13 .536 8½ Memphis 16 14 .533 8½ Houston 15 14 .517 9 New Orleans 8 19 .296 15 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 19 9 .679 — Utah 12 14 .462 6 Denver 11 17 .393 8 Minnesota 11 17 .393 8 Portland 11 19 .367 9 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 26 1 .963 — L.A. Clippers 16 13 .552 11 Phoenix 12 18 .400 15½ Sacramento 11 17 .393 15½ L.A. Lakers 5 23 .179 21½ Tuesday’s Games Memphis 104, Philadelphia 90 Toronto 103, Dallas 99 Detroit 93, Miami 92 L.A. Lakers 111, Denver 107 Today’s Games New York at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Houston at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Washington, 6 p.m.

Boston at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Portland at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Denver at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

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

Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

and played stellar defense to help bottle up the hot-shooting Will Barton, who had 23 points in the first half only to finish with 25.

L.A. LAKERS (111) Bryant 10-22 9-11 31, Nance Jr. 5-9 0-0 10, Hibbert 2-2 1-1 5, Williams 6-11 2-5 17, Clarkson 6-14 7-9 19, Sacre 0-0 0-0 0, Russell 2-6 0-0 6, Randle 3-7 2-3 8, Bass 4-5 3-3 11, Young 2-8 0-0 4. Totals 40-84 24-32 111.

DENVER (107) Papanikolaou 3-5 0-0 9, Faried 4-9 6-6 14, Lauvergne 0-4 0-0 0, Nelson 2-9 1-2 5, Harris 9-15 1-2 21, Barton 10-21 3-3 25, Jokic 5-7 5-6 15, Foye 4-12 0-0 9, Arthur 4-8 0-0 9. Totals 41-90 16-19 107.

L.A. Lakers 26 25 32 28 — 111 Denver 34 30 16 27 — 107 3-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 7-26 (Williams 3-5, Russell 2-5, Bryant 2-9, Clarkson 0-2, Young 0-5), Denver 9-25 (Papanikolaou 3-4, Harris 2-5, Barton 2-6, Arthur 1-2, Foye 1-3, Lauvergne 0-1, Nelson 0-4). Rebounds-L.A. Lakers 50 (Randle 10), Denver 54 (Jokic 10). Assists-L.A. Lakers 17 (Bryant, Williams 5), Denver 26 (Nelson 8).

Total Fouls-L.A. Lakers 21, Denver 24. A-19,124 (19,155).

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Monday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl Navy-Marine Corps Stadium-Annapolis, Md. Navy .................................3 (53.5)................... Pittsburgh Quick Lane Bowl Ford Field-Detroit Minnesota ........................6 (49).................. C. Michigan Tuesday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl Amon G. Carter Stadium-Fort Worth, Texas California .........................7 (67)........................ Air Force Russell Athletic Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl-Orlando, Fla. North Carolina .....21⁄2 (68.5)................ Baylor Arizona Bowl Arizona Stadium-Tucson, Ariz.

Colorado St .....................3 (56)........................... Nevada Texas Bowl NRG Stadium-Houston Lsu .........................7 (73.5).......... Texas Tech Wednesday, Dec. 30 Birmingham Bowl Legion Field-Birmingham, Ala. Auburn ............................21⁄2 (62)..................... Memphis Belk Bowl Bank of America Stadium-Charlotte, N.C. Mississippi St . ...............5 (61.5)....................... NC State Music City Bowl LP Field-Nashville, Tenn.

Louisville ........................41⁄2 (47)................. Texas A&M Holiday Bowl Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego Southern Cal . .............31⁄2 (50.5)................. Wisconsin Thursday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl Georgia Dome-Atlanta Florida St .......................7 (55.5)....................... Houston Cotton Bowl AT&T Stadium-Arlington, Texas Alabama .......................91⁄2 (46.5).............. Michigan St Orange Bowl Sun Life Stadium-Miami Gardens, Fla. Oklahoma . ............ 31⁄2 (64).............. Clemson Friday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium-Tampa, Fla. Tennessee ...................81⁄2 (47.5).......... Northwestern Citrus Bowl Citrus Bowl Stadium-Orlando, Fla. Michigan . ...................... 41⁄2 (40)......................... Florida Fiesta Bowl University of Phoenix Stadium-Glendale, Ariz.

Ohio St ........................... 61⁄2 (56)............... Notre Dame Rose Bowl Rose Bowl-Pasadena, Calif.

Stanford .........................61⁄2 (53).............................. Iowa

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N. Iowa v. Hawaii C. Conn. St. v. UConn Diamond Head Classic Diamond Head Classic Utah Valley v. Louisville Bryant v. Michigan Las Vegas Classic N. Colo. v. Miss. St. N.M. St. v. Baylor Diamond Head Classic Pepperdine v. Portland Wis.-G.B. v. Wisconsin Las Vegas Classic Diamond Head Classic

mid. ESPNU 11:30A.M. ESPNU 1:30p.m. ESPNU 3:30p.m. ESPNU 6 p.m. ESPNU 6 p.m. BTN 7 p.m. FS1 7 p.m. SEC 7 p.m. FSN+ 8 p.m. ESPN2 8 p.m. ESPNU 8 p.m. BTN 9:30p.m. FS1 10:30p.m. ESPNU

35, 235 35, 235 35, 235 35, 235 35, 235 147,237 150,227 157 172 34, 234 35, 235 147,237 150,227 35, 235

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3:30p.m. ESPN 33, 233 7 p.m. ESPN 33, 233

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Okla. City v. Lakers

9:30p.m. FSN

36, 236

THURSDAY Pro Football

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San Diego v. Oakland 7 p.m. NFL 154,230 College Football

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Bahamas Bowl: Midd. Tenn. v. W. Mich 11 a.m. ESPN 33, 233 Hawaii Bowl: Cincinnati v. S. Diego St. 7 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 High School Basketball Time Net

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Barstow v. Eudora replay 10:30a.m. TWCSC 37, 226

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LATEST LINE NFL Favorite ............. Points (O/U).......... Underdog Thursday, Dec. 24 Week 16 OAKLAND ........................51⁄2 (47)................... San Diego Saturday, Dec. 26 PHILADELPHIA ................3 (48)................. Washington Sunday, Dec. 27 MINNESOTA ...................6 (45.5)..................... NY Giants TAMPA BAY . ....................3 (46).......................... Chicago Carolina ........................61⁄2 (47.5).................... ATLANTA BUFFALO .........................6 (42.5)............................ Dallas a-NEW ORLEANS .........OFF (XX).............. Jacksonville DETROIT ............................9 (43).............. San Francisco KANSAS CITY ......12 1/2(42.5).......... Cleveland b-MIAMI ..........................OFF (XX)............... Indianapolis New England . .................3 (46).......................... NY JETS c-Houston .....................OFF (XX)................ TENNESSEE ARIZONA .......................41⁄2 (49.5)................ Green Bay SEATTLE . .................... 13 1/2(40.5)................... St. Louis Pittsburgh ......................10 (47)................... BALTIMORE Monday, Dec. 28 DENVER ...........................31⁄2 (41).................... Cincinnati a-New Orleans QB D. Brees is questionable. b-Indianapolis QB A. Luck is questionable. c-Tennessee QB M. Mariota is questionable.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES Favorite ............. Points (O/U).......... Underdog Poinsettia Bowl Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego Boise St ............................9 (56).................... No. Illinois Go Daddy.com Bowl Ladd-Peebles Stadium-Mobile, Ala. Bowling Green .............7 (64.5)........... Georgia South Thursday, Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl Thomas Robinson Stadium-Nassau, Bahamas Western Michigan .......41⁄2 (63)......... Middle Tenn St Hawaii Bowl Aloha Stadium-Honolulu San Diego St .................11⁄2 (57).................... Cincinnati Saturday, Dec. 26 St. Petersburg Bowl Tropicana Field-St. Petersburg, Fla. Marshall . ....................... 41⁄2 (44)............... Connecticut Sun Bowl Sun Bowl Stadium-El Paso, Texas Washington St . ............21⁄2 (62)............ Miami-Florida Heart of Dallas Bowl Cotton Bowl-Dallas Washington .................. 81⁄2 (55).......... Southern Miss Pinstripe Bowl Yankee Stadium-Bronx, N.Y. Indiana .............................. 2 (71)................................ Duke Independence Bowl Independence Stadium-Shreveport, La. Virginia Tech ...............131⁄2 (62)............................. Tulsa Foster Farms Bowl Levi’s Stadium-Santa Clara, Calif.

Ucla ..................................61⁄2 (61)..................... Nebraska

College Basketball

Sugar Bowl Mercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans Mississippi .............. 7 (68).......... Oklahoma St Saturday, Jan. 2 Taxslayer Bowl Everbank Field-Jacksonville, Fla. Georgia .........................61⁄2 (42.5)....................... Penn St Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl-Memphis, Tenn.

Arkansas . .............121⁄2 (56)........... Kansas St Alamo Bowl Alamodome-San Antonio Tcu . .........................1 (78).................. Oregon Cactus Bowl Chase Field-Phoenix West Virginia ...........1 (64)............. Arizona St NBA Favorite ............. Points (O/U).......... Underdog d-CLEVELAND . ............OFF (OFF)................... New York CHARLOTTE ....................2 (202).......................... Boston ORLANDO . ...................11⁄2 (206.5).................... Houston WASHINGTON .............11⁄2 (202.5)................... Memphis INDIANA ......................... 7 (213.5)............... Sacramento Dallas . ..........................31⁄2 (198.5)................ BROOKLYN San Antonio ................101⁄2 (197)............... MINNESOTA e-NEW ORLEANS ........OFF (OFF)..................... Portland MILWAUKEE ...................10 (194)............... Philadelphia ATLANTA ...................... 51⁄2 (203)........................ Detroit PHOENIX ..................... 81⁄2 (204.5)...................... Denver GOLDEN ST . ...................14 (208).............................. Utah Oklahoma City ...........121⁄2 (207)................ LA LAKERS d-New York Forward C. Anthony is questionable. e-Portland Guard C.J. McCollum is doubtful.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Favorite .................. Points............... Underdog CLEVELAND ST .................41⁄2.............. Bowling Green f-Illinois . ............................... 5............................. Missouri Tcu . ............................ 11.................. BRADLEY MINNESOTA .......................31⁄2. ............. Wis Milwaukee WISCONSIN . .......................111⁄2.............. Wis Green Bay GONZAGA .............................18....... Loyola Marymount Pepperdine . ........................ 2......................... PORTLAND SAN DIEGO ........................... 3.................. CS Northridge SAN FRANCISCO ................. 2................................. Pacific Saint Mary’s, CA ..............91⁄2............... SANTA CLARA g-Akron . .............................41⁄2.................................. Iona Monmouth ........................ 101⁄2......................... CORNELL DAVIDSON ............................ 7..................... Morehead St PITTSBURGH .....................201⁄2........ Western Carolina h-Mississippi St . ............. 151⁄2..... Northern Colorado BAYLOR ......................12.......... New Mexico St MICHIGAN ..........................281⁄2............................. Bryant SOUTHERN CAL ...............221⁄2....................... Lafayette CONNECTICUT ..................321⁄2................ Central Conn f-at Scottrade Center-St. Louis g-at South Point Arena-Las Vegas h-at Mississippi Coliseum-Jackson, Miss.

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TODAY IN SPORTS 1951 — Norm Van Brocklin’s 73-yard touchdown pass to Tom Fears in the fourth quarter gives the Los Angeles Rams a 24-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns for the NFL title.

1962 — Tommy Brooker kicks a 25-yard field goal 17:54 into overtime, giving the Dallas Texans a 20-17 victory over Houston for the AFL title.

1996 — Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions rushes for 175 yards in a 24-14 loss to San Francisco to finish with 1,553 yards for the season. It’s Sanders’ third straight season with at least 1,500 yards rushing, a first in the NFL. 2001 — Baltimore blanks Cincinnati, 16-0, at PSINet Stadium, marking the first time an NFL team has shut out an opponent at home over three seasons since the Oakland Raiders did it to San Diego from 1975-77.

2007 — The New England Patriots set an NFL record with their 15th win, the best start in league history, with a 28-7 victory over the Miami Dolphins, 28-7.

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KANSAS FOOTBALL RECRUITING

Dual-threat Texas QB headed to KU

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

One of the most interesting quarterback prospects in the state of Texas announced last week that he plans to enroll at Kansas University in time for the spring semester and spring football.

According to a report from JayhawkSlant.com, Dagan Haehn, a 6-foot2, 200-pound dual-threat QB from Lake Dallas, Texas, is expected to join the KU program after winter break.

Haehn’s story is unique in a couple of ways. For starters, Haehn was born in Lawrence, and both of his parents, Anne and Roman, attended KU. So,

clearly, he is familiar with the area.

Beyond that, a few recruiting analysts seem to be surprised that the quarterback, who tore an ACL last summer before his senior season but still racked up more than 8,700 yards of offense during his prep career, does not have an offer from a major-conference program.

He rehabbed hard in the offseason and returned to the field in time to start the second half of his final prep season, finishing with 2,318 yards and 29 TDs in limited action.

In 2014, as a junior, Haehn threw for 2,710 yards and was the district

MVP, feats that caught the eye of several Big 12 programs, along with Oregon State, Cal, Missouri and others.

Haehn’s connection to KU began because of the longtime friendship between his high school coach, Michael Young, and current KU coach David Beaty. The bond with Beaty, his parents’ familiarity with Lawrence and the injury created the perfect storm for Kansas to land a player with impressive potential.

It is not yet known whether Haehn will be on scholarship at Kansas this spring.

“The plan would be to get in at spring semester, learn the offense,

get acquainted with my teammates and coaching staff,” Haehn told Jon Kirby of JayhawkSlant.com. “This is such a big opportunity for me, and I can’t thank coach Beaty enough. It is very exciting because, with my injury, a lot of schools wrote me off.

For coach Beaty to come back around and notice that I was playing good football, that says a lot about him, the person he is, and the program he is trying to establish.”

Haehn will join a crowded position at Kansas but, based on Beaty’s “earn it” philosophy, figures to have just as good of a chance to earn reps as returning

sophomore starter Ryan Willis, red-shirt freshman Carter Stanley and KU’s injured upperclassmen, Deondre Ford and Montell Cozart.

Griffin switches Two-star Huntsville, Texas, athlete Jay Griffin, who committed to KU at the beginning of the month, has decided to go a different direction.

Reports on Twitter last week indicated that the 5-foot-11, 160-pound athlete and a teammate had committed to New Mexico.

Griffin, who played wide receiver at Huntsville High and likely projected as a defensive back in college, had committed

to Utah prior to switching to Kansas.

Griffin’s departure leaves KU with 10 current commitments in the Class of 2016. Three of those — defensive linemen DeeIsaac Davis and Isi Holani and wide receiver Stephan Robinson — signed national letters of intent last week and will be on campus in time for spring ball.

While that would seem to leave KU with 15 scholarships to hand out to fill its 25-man class, the number of available scholarships actually is closer to half that because of the handful of Jayhawks on the 2015 roster who were counted forward to the 2016 recruiting class.

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ORAL ROBERTS’ BLAIR BRYCE (30) AND FAITH IHIM, CENTER, WORK TO SECURE A REBOUND away from Kansas junior forward Jada Brown (4) during ORU’s 70-63 victory on Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Johnson and Timeka O’Neal — but did not get the same results.

“I thought we got off to a great start,” Schneider said. “We went to our bench, and the level of play significantly dropped. You can’t have that, in particular defensively.”

Kansas’ defensive miscues were especially glaring on the perimeter.

The Golden Eagles (39) weathered the storm, thanks in large part to sharp shooting from behind the arch from guards Kaylan Mayberry (5-for8) and Bria Pitts (4-for-10) — who combined for nine of ORU’s 10 triples. Mayberry and Pitts scored 25 and 14 points, respectively, to pace ORU. “We gave up nine threes to two players that in the scouting report, the entire scout was to take away their three-point shot,” Schneider said. “In our terminology, that’s not being assignment-correct.”

Two of Mayberry’s threes came during the Golden Eagles’ 17-6 run to help ORU to its first lead at the 6:56 mark of the second quarter. Kansas did respond with its best defensive stretch to close out the first half — shutting out ORU for the final four minutes and 15 seconds before the break during an 11-0 run.

“We did a better job of keeping the ball in front of us,” Schneider said.

“Ball-screen defense was better. We finished possessions better. We didn’t give up many offensive rebounds in the first half, and in the third quarter, I think we gave up four. It’s just maintaining a consistent level of play, which starts with having a consistent level of focus.”

The Jayhawks’ 41-33 halftime edge disap-

KANSAS FRESHMAN GUARD KYLEE KOPATICH (33) LOSES THE BALL as she tries to get a shot off around Oral Roberts’ Blair Bryce (30) and Bria Pitts. peared quickly, though.

Pitts drilled two threepointers to key a 10-0 surge in the opening 2:13 of the third quarter. Kansas and ORU exchanged the lead four times during the third, but the Jayhawks’ three-point cushion entering the game’s final period was not enough. Cheadle, Robertson, Christopher and Jada Brown had a field goal apiece to account for Kansas’ eight fourthquarter points. KU shot 4-for-11 and committed four of its 12 turnovers in the fourth, while ORU did not cough the ball up at all in the second half.

“I just think we need to execute some offensive plays a little better,” Kylee Kopatich, who led KU with 14 points and 11 rebounds, said. “I think we had some careless turnovers that can be easy to fix in the next game.”

Kansas has lost four of its last five games as the team prepares for its Big 12 opener against Oklahoma on Dec. 30 in Norman, Oklahoma.

BOX SCORE ORAL ROBERTS (70)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Kaylan Mayberry 34 9-17 2-6 0-1 1 25 Joradn Doyle 37 5-13 3-6 1-3 1 14 Bria Pitts 32 5-13 0-0 2-7 3 14 Maria Martianez 31 2-6 1-2 0-2 2 5 Blair Bryce 29 2-4 0-2 2-11 5 4 Faith Ihim 17 3-3 2-6 1-3 1 8 Dorottya Balla 16 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 Esther Udoumoh 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Ashley Beatty 2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 team 2-7 Totals 26-58 8-22 9-35 15 70 Three-point goals: 10-26 (Mayberry 5-8, Pitts 4-10, Doyle 1-5, Balla 0-1, Martianez 0-2). Assists: 13 (Martianez 6, Doyle 3, Mayberry 2, Pitts, Balla). Turnovers: 9 (Mayberry 4, Pitts 2, Martianez 2, Bryce).

Blocked shots: 2 (Pitts, Martianez). Steals: 9 (Martianez 3, Pitts 2, Mayberry, Doyle, Ihim, Balla).

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MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Kylee Kopatich 35 5-12 3-3 1-11 3 14 C. Manning-Allen 31 6-11 0-0 2-6 2 12 Jada Brown 33 4-9 0-2 3-4 0 8 Jayde Christopher 19 4-8 0-0 0-2 2 8 Lauren Aldridge 34 1-8 1-2 0-2 3 4 Timeka O’Neal 22 2-5 0-0 0-2 0 5 Aisia Robertson 9 2-2 2-2 0-2 3 6 Chayla Cheadle 9 1-4 0-0 2-4 2 2 Tyler Johnson 8 2-3 0-0 1-3 4 4 team 1-5 Totals 27-62 6-9 10-41 19 63 Three-point goals: 3-15 (O’Neal 1-3, Kopatich 1-4, Aldridge 1-4, Christopher 0-1, Cheadle 0-1, Brown 0-2). Assists: 9 (Christopher 4, Kopatich 2, O’Neal 2, Aldridge).Turnovers: 12 (Kopatich 4, Manning-Allen 3, Brown 2, Johnson 2, Robertson). Blocked shots: 3 (ManningAllen 3). Steals: 5 (Kopatich 2, ManningvAllen 2, Aldridge).

Oral Roberts 18 15 19 18 — 70 Kansas 22 19 14 8 — 63 Officials: Jesse Dickerson, Amy Bonner, Scotty Hermann. Attendance: 2,176.

Toledo 32, No. 24 Temple 17 Boca Raton, Fla. — The Boca Raton Bowl trophy ceremony ended in heavy rain, and Toledo coach Jason Candle walked off the field soaking wet, declining the offer of a towel with a grin.

“Towels aren’t going to do me much good now,” Candle said.

Soggy weather couldn’t dampen the celebratory mood for the Rockets, who won Candle’s first game as head coach Tuesday night, beating No. 24 Temple 32-17.

Phillip Ely threw for 285 yards and two touchdowns, including an 80-yarder to Cody Thompson.

Candle called plays from the press box, as he has done all season. He was promoted from offensive coordinator three weeks ago when Matt Campbell took over at Iowa State.

“You couldn’t write a script like this,” Candle said. “When people fall into positions like this, most of the time those programs aren’t in very good shape, but Matt Campbell left this place in great shape. Moving forward we’ve got to continue that.”

The Rockets (10-2) positioned themselves to crack the final Top 25 for the first time since 2001, the last season they won 10 games.

“Our team deserves to be in that conversation,” Candle said. “Tonight we put an exclamation point on a great season.”

Temple (10-4) lost for the fourth time in seven games after starting 7-0.

“I’m never going to shake my head at winning 10 games,” coach Matt Rhule said. “But we didn’t finish the way we wanted to finish.”

Frequent driving rain hampered both offenses, but Ely went 20 for 28 with no turnovers.

“This was my last game,” the senior said, “and I felt I played like it.”

Linebacker Ja’Wuan Woodley’s jarring tackle sent the ball squirting backward 15 yards through the end zone for an early safety, and the hits kept coming from the Rockets, who blitzed on virtually every play.

Temple came into the game averaging 31 points but didn’t reach the end zone until less than three minutes remained.

Jahad Thomas, who came into the game with 1,257 yards rushing for Temple, hurt his knee late in the first half and didn’t return.

Yong Kim/AP Photo

TEMPLE’S ROBBY ANDERSON, BACK, CATCHES THE FOOTBALL despite the presence of Toledo’s Trevon Mathis during the first quarter of Toledo’s 32-17 victory in the Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday in Boca Raton, Florida.

“When you lose a guy like Jahad, you lose someone that can make a difference in the game,” Temple quarterback P.J. Walker said.

Thomas was held to 5 yards on eight carries, and his fumble led to the safety.

Toledo entered the game ranked third in the nation in red zone defense, and three times the Rockets held Temple to short field goals.

Ely and Woodley were chosen the game’s most valuable players.

The Rockets were nursing a 12-9 lead in the final period when they started at their 20 following a 71-yard punt. Thompson slipped behind the secondary, caught Ely’s pass in stride at his 40 and veered untouched to the end zone.

The play was a runpass option.

“We take a chance here and there,” Ely said. “Luckily it worked out for us.”

The Rockets’ Thompson recovered an onside kick following Temple’s touchdown, a ruling the Owls disputed.

“I thought we had the onside kick,” Rhule said.

“I still think we had it.”

“I had it the whole time,” Thompson said with a straight face as his teammates laughed.

Following the recovery, Kareem Hunt scored on a 41-yard run to seal the victory.

Toledo’s Corey Jones broke five tackles to turn a short reception into a 26-yard score in the first half.

The Rockets totaled 435 yards. They moved 36 yards in the final 1:10 of the first half and kicked a 38-yard field goal on the last play for a 12-3 lead.

Temple 3 0 6 8 — 17 Toledo 0 12 0 20 — 32 First Quarter Tem-FG A.Jones 29, 1:13.

Second Quarter Tol-Safety, 13:56.

Tol-C.Jones 26 pass from Ely (Vest kick), 12:16.

Tol-FG Vest 38, :00.

Third Quarter Tem-FG A.Jones 25, 11:38.

Tem-FG A.Jones 35, 6:11.

Fourth Quarter Tol-Thompson 80 pass from Ely (Vest kick), 12:41.

Tol-Hunt 1 run (kick blocked), 5:46.

Tem-Patton 2 run (R.Anderson pass from Walker), 2:50.

Tol-Hunt 41 run (Vest kick), 2:29.

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Tem First downs 21 18 Rushes-yards 33-99 33-150 Passing 236 285 Comp-Att-Int 23-42-1 20-29-0 Return Yards 33 4 Punts-Avg. 5-45.2 6-47.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-30 9-63 Time of Possession 31:50 28:10 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Temple, Walker 10-30, Armstead 8-25, Shippen 1-13, Hood 3-10, Bryant 1-9, R.Anderson 1-5, Ja.Thomas 8-5, Patton 1-2. Toledo, Hunt 15-79, Swanson 11-53, C.Jones 1-15, Remy 1-8, Jones-Moore 3-6, Team 1-(minus 3), Ely 1-(minus 8).

PASSING-Temple, Walker 23-421-236. Toledo, Ely 20-28-0-285, Team 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING-Temple, R.Anderson 6-66, Shippen 4-70, Hood 4-23, Deloatch 4-8, Bryant 2-58, Major 1-5, Christopher 1-3, Patton 1-3. Toledo, Thompson 4-119, Roberts 3-46, C.Jones 3-42, Russell 3-32, Hunt 3-6, Di.Johnson 2-28, Swanson 1-7, Whittaker 1-5.

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Akron 23, Utah State 21 Boise, Idaho — Robert Stein made three field goals, and Jatavis Brown led a smothering defense as Akron earned its first victory in a bowl, a decision over Utah State in the Famous Idaho Pot. Stein, who became the school’s career scoring leader with 268 points, connected from 29, 33 and 46 yards, and was selected the game’s MVP. His longest kick gave the Zips a 23-14 with 8:15 remaining.

Akron (8-5) finished with eight wins for the first time since moving up to FBS in 1987.

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as the Jayhawks led, 3927, at halftime. KU’s biggest lead of the half was actually 16 points as the Jayhawks stormed to a 3519 advantage.

Ellis, a 6-foot-8 junior from Wichita, had 14 of KU’s first 26 points as KU rolled to a 26-13 lead with 8:56 left in the half. He could have made it an early 16 points, but missed a layup right after KU had built that 13-point advantage.

Ellis knocked down three shots in his first four tries, including a three, as KU grabbed a 11-6 lead at 15:31. The lead then climbed to 11 points at 17-6 following back-toback threes by Mason.

“That’s the best he’s been,” Self said of Ellis.

“It’s the most aggressive he’s been all year long.”

“Perry was great. He was pumping me up, being a leader out there.

On the court he was yelling, ‘Mari, Mari. Let’s go.’

That was something different from him,” noted Jamari Traylor, who in playing 15 minutes the second half finished with six points and six boards.

Of his play, Ellis said: “I came out and wanted to attack. It was important to make shots. It was important to be aggressive to win on the road.”

The only first-half negative came when Selden — the hero of the second half — picked up his second foul at 17:39 and did not play the remainder of the half.

Selden pretty much saved the Jayhawks after a second-half Aztec flurry cut KU’s 12-point halftime lead to 45-41 at 13:45.

Selden scored eight points and Brannen Greene three in an 11-0 run that gave the Jayhawks a comfy 56-41 margin. Selden cashed a huge three to open that run and widen the lead to 4841. He then followed with a hard drive to the hoop and ensuing layup as the lead grew to 50-41.

Selden, who went scoreless the first half, finished with 10 points. Mason had 12 and Devonté Graham 10 for KU, which hit 42.6 percent to the Aztecs’ 37 percent. KU hit eight of 19 threes and the Aztecs three of eight.

The Jayhawks made up for last year’s pre-Christmas loss to Temple. KU lost by 25 in Philadelphia.

“We had a tight huddle playing on the road,” Nick Krug/Journal-World Photos Traylor said. “We were together and played a KANSAS GUARD WAYNE SELDEN JR. (1) FLOATS IN FOR A BUCKET over San Diego State forward Zylan Cheatham during the second half of the Jayhawks’ 70-57 victory on Tuesday in San Diego. great game.”

The Jayhawks also made up for a loss to S.D. the half with a 37-23 lead Hall of Famer Tony State in Lawrence two Gwynn scored 12 points). with 2:05 on the clock in seasons ago.

The Aztecs didn’t part because Mason had “I didn’t make a big disappear, though, and little trouble working deal out of that,” Self CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C their suddenly energized his way to uncontested said. “They had a good crowd fed them fuel. jumpers and putting the team. I knew we had to Skylar Spencer’s unconball into the hands of make shots tonight, and Several minutes before teammates for easy shots. tested dunk pumped up we did.” tipoff, all 12,414 seats the volume and turned The Jayhawks moved filled, fans whipped the lead down to 45-41. the ball well throughout white towels while Early in the shot clock the half. Aside from a BOX SCORE chanting, “I believe that and well behind the top couple of Diallo defenwe will win! I believe of the key, Selden took sive lapses and the KU KANSAS (70)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP that we will win!” the wide-open three and guards losing track of m-a m-a o-t The lights dimmed, a made it for the biggest the Aztecs’ three-point Perry Ellis 35 8-15 2-2 3-3 1 20 Frank Mason III 30 5-12 0-0 2-4 2 12 highlight video played on hoop of the game to that shooters from time to Devonté Graham 34 4-10 0-0 0-3 2 10 point. Selden then pushed time, the Jayhawks deWayne Selden Jr. 22 3-6 3-3 0-3 3 10 the video board, bad muHunter Mickelson 8 1-3 0-0 1-3 2 2 sic with way too much the lead to 50-41 with a fended well.

Brannen Greene 26 1-3 1-2 0-4 1 4 bass blaring out the strong drive from the left The half ended with Jamari Traylor 21 1-4 4-4 4-6 3 6 Cheick Diallo 9 2-3 0-0 0-3 1 4 KANSAS GUARD DEVONTÉ GRAHAM (4) CATCHES SOME loudspeakers, fans held corner that he punctuKansas leading, 39-27, Svi Mykhailiuk 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 CONTACT on the way to the bucket form San Diego State their iPhones above their ated by laying the ball and the basketball stuck Carlton Bragg Jr. 6 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 2 forward Skylar Spencer. heads, their flashlight where the back of the rim in the cup, scoop-style, Landen Lucas 2 0-0 0-0 1-1 1 0 team 1-2 features engaged. heading into the second meets the glass, where Totals 26-61 10-11 13-33 16 70 Kansas took an 11-6 TV timeout of the half. never changed. Neither under the hoop. He prob- Mason landed it on a Three-point goals: 8-19 (Ellis 2-3, Mason 2-3, Graham 2-6, Selden 1-2, Greene 1-3, lead at the first TV timeBrannen Greene came did Ellis’. Graham and ably should have dunked buzzer-beating runner.

Mykhailiuk 0-2). Assists: 13 (Ellis 3, Mason Kansas came out of out if that break by nailing Carlton Bragg Jr. looked it but opted to lay it off 3, Graham 3, Selden, Mickelson, Greene, out, thanks to Ellis getMykhailiuk). Turnovers: 9 (Ellis 5, Mason, ting hot, Hunter Mickelintermission in a fog. a three, and Selden built really, really happy about the glass.

Graham, Selden, Greene). Blocked shots: The Jayhawks had as the lead to 15 points with the shots. Then again, The next four-minute 7 (Ellis 2, Mickelson 2, Traylor, Greene, son playing well at both Bragg). Steals: 9 (Traylor 3, Graham 2, ends and in transition an and-one drive so tough maybe that’s just because segment featured Cheick many turnovers in the Mason, Selden, Greene, Diallo). opening 21⁄2 minutes (two) that a possible relative in and guards Frank Mason they always look really Diallo and Jamari Trayas they did the entire first III and Devonté Graham happy when they’re play- lor filling the two post the nose-bleed seats near SAN DIEGO STATE (57)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP applying defensive preshalf, the second coming on mine couldn’t help but ing basketball. spots while Ellis caught m-a m-a o-t Ellis’ pass to the wing to boast: “Yeah!” a man in During the media time- a breather. Traylor Zylan Cheatham 29 5-8 2-5 3-8 2 12 sure. Selden picked up Jeremy Hemsley 29 4-12 2-2 1-1 2 10 two fouls in the opening Mason. One problem: Ma- KU gear said, pumping the out, former San Diego brought hustle, swiping Winston Shepard 26 3-8 3-6 2-6 1 9 son had cut, and the pass two minutes, checked air. “That’s my cousin!”

State phenom Stephen the ball right out of the Skylar Spencer 33 3-4 0-0 2-7 2 6 Trey Kell 26 1-6 3-3 1-5 0 6 out, and didn’t play again Strasburg was introduced hands of Aztecs forward landed in the stands.

Selden’s eight points Ben Perez 21 3-6 0-0 1-1 1 8 The Aztecs (7-6) drew until the second half. during an 11-0 run left to the crowd, triggering Winston Shepard, and Dakarai Allen 16 0-1 2-2 1-1 2 2 within 41-35, the closest Ellis scored on a putthe hosts facing long a roar.

Diallo hit a pair of midMalik Pope 11 0-3 2-2 0-2 0 2 Angelo Chol 7 1-5 0-0 1-1 1 2 the game had been since odds the rest of the night, back, an 18-footer from The next TV timeout range jumpers. Diallo D’Erryl Williams 2 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 the top of the key, and a down 15 points with two came with 7:55 left in the doesn’t always appear to 13 minutes remained in team 1-2 Totals 20-54 14-20 15-35 11 57 three-pointer from the the first half. Ellis’ drivsegments left to catch up. half and Kansas leadknow what to do, such Three-point goals: 3-8 (Perez 2-3, Kell ing shot pushed the lead Kansas closed the ing, 26-16. Ellis stayed as when he failed to 1-2, Cheatham 0-1, Hemsley 0-1, Pople top of the key.

0-1). Assists: 10 (Cheatham 4, Hemsley 2, back to eight heading When the second TV game well, enabling hot and had 14 of KU’s provide help after Perry Shepard 2, Kell 2). Turnovers: 15 (Hemsley into the first TV timeout Selden’s scoring splurge points, his three from the Ellis blocked a shot and 4, Spencer 3, Cheatham 2, Shepard 2, Pope timeout arrived, Kansas 2, Kell, team). Blocked shots: 3 (Pope 2, led 19-11 after having of the second half. (At to stand up as the one top of the key making was out of position. But Cheatham). Steals: 6 (Kell 2, Cheatham, this point, the scoreboard taken a 17-6 lead with that put San Diego State the score 26-13.

Kansas the freshman does have a Hemsley, Spencer, Pope). flashed that the last time away for good. The preback-to-back three-point- moved the ball so well nice touch.

Kansas 39 31 — 70 San Diego State 27 30 — 57 Kansas played SDSU in ers from Mason. NatuChristmas letdown game that Bragg was rewarded Kansas came out of Officials: John Higgins, Gerry Pollard, San Diego, late baseball rally, Mason’s expression with a wide-open shot did not resurface. the final TV timeout of Rod Dixon. Attendance: 12,414.

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Jayhawks eager for short break

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

San Diego — The holiday season might be short, but it’s certainly sweet for Kansas University’s basketball players.

“We don’t really have big Christmases, so we take what we can get,” said KU junior guard Wayne Selden Jr., fired up over an upcoming holiday break.

The Jayhawks were to disperse after Tuesday’s game against San Diego State with orders to report back in Lawrence on Saturday. KU’s annual holiday clinic is Sunday.

“It’s about being with family, hanging out, kicking back and getting away for a bit,” said Selden, a Nick Krug/Journal-World Photos native of Roxbury, MasKANSAS GUARD FRANK MASON III (0) FIGHTS INSIDE FOR A SHOT against San Diego State forward Zylan Cheatham. sachusetts. l

Tough workouts: Selden, who said he did well on his final exams, was asked what’s more difficult — taking a final or going through a rigorous Bill Self practice.

“Oh, I’d study for the final every time,” Selden said. “If he’s as mad as he can be, I’d take the final every time. I can always walk out, take a break and come back in to study.

Practice ... you are not escaping that. You are not getting out of the practice.” l

with Bragg’s all-out effort. He sprints to the scorer’s table and off the court when checking in and out of games.

“He has the best personality,” Self said. “He checks out of the game and in game running faster than any player I ever coached in my life. Seriously, I kind of get scared when he runs toward me.

If he doesn’t stop, there could be a bad collision,” Self deadpanned. l

Fisher’s house: San Diego State’s basketball court was named “Steve Fisher Court” for the veteran coach this year.

“I’m going to make sure to ask him, ‘Is that because you are a legend or getting up in years?’” Self said on his pregame interview with the Jayhawk Radio Network.

Challenging semester: KU freshman forward Carlton Bragg Jr. said first semester in college was certainly eye-opening.

“You’ve got to learn how to live by yourself.

Mom is not there to wake you up. You’ve got to keep your room clean, l washing clothes,” Bragg Shopping trip rewardsaid. “It’s different not having (his mom) around ing: KU’s basketball players truly love the “Santa’s to talk to me.”

Self has been pleased Helpers” program that

brings them to Wal-Mart every year for a shopping excursion to benefit area families, whose names are provided by Salvation Army.

As proof, at least three Jayhawks continued to share the wealth in similar fashion once they started making money in the pro ranks. n Former KU center Sasha Kaun, who attended KU for four years, actually took part in five Santa’s Helpers outings. Kaun, who graduated from KU in 2008, returned to Lawrence from Russia while rehabbing from knee surgery in December 2010 and joined the Jayhawks for the shopping excursion with his wife, Taylor.

“Thanks for helping us out,” Self told Kaun at the time. n In 2011, NBA player Cole Aldrich purchased $1,000 of school supplies for Lawrence youths in an August event at WalMart. Aldrich walked

around the store and assisted local students as they placed school supplies in their carts. Aldrich paid for the goods. n Ben McLemore of the Sacramento Kings last year in Sacramento surprised 10 children two weeks before Christmas with a shopping spree at Wal-Mart, pretty similar to the one he took part in twice in Lawrence.

McLemore last year received the NBA Cares Community Assist Award for his charitable contributions to society.

According to the NBA, the award honors a “player who best reflects the passion that the league and its players have for giving back to their communities.”

“When I was growing up, my family didn’t have much, so it’s always been extremely important for me to give back and help wherever I can,” McLemore said. “To have the opportunity to be a

role model for young kids is an honor that I take very seriously, and I’m just blessed to be in this position to help.” l

Package deal alive for KU: KU, which still has work to do in recruiting for players in the Class of 2016, continues to be in the hunt for the 2017 package deal of Michael Porter Jr., and Trae Young.

Porter, a 6-foot-8 junior forward from Tolton Catholic in Columbia, Missouri, who is ranked No. 3 in the Class of 2017

by Rivals.com, told Zagsblog.com that KU, Missouri, Duke, Stanford, Illinois and Washington have been “the most in touch with me.”

Young, a 6-1 junior guard out of Norman (Oklahoma) North who is ranked No. 26 in the Class of 2017, is considering KU, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Stanford, SMU, Texas Tech, Texas, Duke,

Missouri, Virginia and Oklahoma State.

“That package is still there,” Porter told Zagsblog.com after scoring 34 points and grabbing 17 rebounding a game at the City of Palms tournament last weekend in Florida.

“We are trying to make it work. It’s harder than we thought, but we are trying to make it work.”

Porter added ... “I hope to commit by the end of next summer.”

Of attending Late Night in the Phog, Porter said: “It was crazy. It was the first time I got to experience it, it was really cool.” l

Jackson update: Josh Jackson, a 6-7 senior guard from Prolific Prep in Napa, California, who is ranked 1 in the Class of 2016, visited Arizona last weekend. He’s to visit Kansas on Jan. 23 with Michigan State and others also a factor.

Jackson won a gold medal with USA Basketball’s Under 19 team last summer. That squad was coached by Arizona’s Sean Miller.

“Coach Miller, he’s a great coach,” Jackson told Zagsblog.com. “ Obviously, I’ve been able to play under him with USA basketball. He’s a great guy and great coach. I love their style of play and they’re always good,” Jackson continued. “He’s a great recruiter. He knows how to recruit guys.”

Billy Preston, a 6-9 junior from Advanced Prep International in Dallas who is ranked No. 6 in the Class of 2017, also visited Arizona recently. He has a list of Arizona, KU, USC, Maryland, UConn, Kentucky, Oregon, N.C. State, UNLV, Baylor, Arizona State, Texas and St. John’s.

Aztecs have chances vs. KU

By Ryan Wood Special to the Journal-World

KANSAS FORWARD HUNTER MICKELSON, LEFT, TRIES TO BLOCK A SHOT from San Diego State guard Jeremy Hemsley (42) during the first half.

KU MEN’S SCHEDULE Nov. 4 — Pittsburg State (exhibition), W 89-66 Nov. 10 — Fort Hays State (exhibition), W 95-59 Nov. 13 — Northern Colorado, W 109-72 (1-0) Nov. 17 — Michigan State at Chicago United Center, L 73-79 (1-1) Nov. 23 — Chaminade at Maui Invitational, W 123-72 (2-1) Nov. 24 — UCLA at Maui Invitational, W 92-73 (3-1) Nov. 25 — Vanderbilt at Maui Invitational, W 70-63 (4-1)

Dec. 1 — Loyola (Md.), W 94-61 (5-1) Dec. 5 — Harvard, W 75-69 (6-1) Dec. 9 — Holy Cross, W 92-59 (7-1) Dec. 12 — Oregon State at Kansas City Shootout, Sprint Center, W 82-67 (8-1) Dec. 19 — Montana, W 88-46 (9-1) Today — at San Diego State, W 70-57 (10-1) Dec. 29 — UC Irvine, 8 p.m.

Jan. 2 — Baylor, 3 p.m.

Jan. 4 — Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

Jan. 9 — at Texas Tech, 8 p.m.

Jan. 12 — at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Jan. 16 — TCU, 1 p.m.

Jan. 19 — at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m.

Jan. 23 — Texas, 1 p.m.

Jan. 25 —at Iowa State, 8 p.m.

Jan. 30 — Kentucky in Big 12/SEC Challenge, Allen Fieldhouse, TBA Feb. 3 — Kansas State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 6 — at TCU, 11 a.m.

Feb. 9 — West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Feb. 13 — at Oklahoma, 1 p.m.

Feb. 15 — Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 20 — at Kansas State, 5 p.m.

Feb. 23 —at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Feb. 27 — Texas Tech, 11 a.m. or 1 p.m.

Feb. 29 — at Texas, 8 p.m.

March 5 — Iowa State, TBA March 9-12 — Big 12 tournament at Kansas City, Mo.

San Diego — Jeremy Hemsley had a chance to blow the roof off Viejas Arena. But he missed a high-percentage layup.

Winston Shepard had an even better chance just seconds later, but his putback dunk clanked off the rim.

So it went for San Diego State’s men’s basketball team in its 70-57 loss to Kansas University on Tuesday. With a rowdy home crowd ready to explode early in the second half, Hemsley and Shepard both had beautiful opportunities to make it a one-possession game on a 3-on-1 breakaway with 14:37 remaining.

Hemsley missed the layup, then Shepard missed the put-back dunk. San Diego State missed the best attempt it was going to have to take back the game.

Kansas was clearly the deeper and more skilled team Tuesday, but the raucous crowd of 12,414 at Viejas Arena was an Xfactor the Aztecs needed to maximize.

San Diego State fans had been waiting three years for this matchup, since the home-andhome series with Kansas University was first announced in December, 2012. While big names from the West Coast occasionally appear in Viejas Arena since its 1997 opening (Arizona, Cal and USC among them), never before has a blue blood made an appearance.

Bolstered by six straight NCAA Tourna-

ment appearances, the Aztec fan base has slowly turned Viejas into a hostile place to play, and there certainly were reminders of that when SDSU chipped away at KU’s double-digit deficit early in the second half.

Unfortunately for Aztec fans, this wasn’t the SDSU teams of Kawhi Leonard, Rudy Gay or Xavier Thames that made this home-and-home so intriguing when it was finalized.

Kansas started the game on an 8-3 run and followed with a 9-3 run.

The KU lead grew and grew, as large as 16 in the first half, in no small part due to the Aztecs’ inability to keep up in any facet of the game. They were outrebounded by the Jayhawks in the first half, had more turnovers, a worse shooting percentage and more.

The Aztecs’ run in the second half brought the deficit no tighter than four, just out of reach from a one-possession game that would’ve really charged the crowd. After the back-to-back botches

by Hemsley and Shepard, the Jayhawks slowly grew their lead back up to a comfortable spot—and held onto it this time.

Where does San Diego State go from here? A loss to No. 2 Kansas is understandable, but the Aztecs are reeling heading into Mountain West play.

They lost to Grand Canyon University at home last week and also have a home loss to ArkansasLittle Rock and a loss to little brother University of San Diego at PETCO Park earlier this month.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Spartans need OT No. 25 S. Carolina 75, St. John’s 61 Uncasville, Conn. — Duane Notice scored 20 points to lead South Carolina.

The Associated Press

Top 25 Men No. 1 Michigan St. 99, Oakland 93, OT Auburn Hills, Mich.

— Bryn Forbes scored a career-high 32 points, and Michigan State needed overtime to beat Oakland on Tuesday night, the Spartans’ first game without the injured Denzel Valentine.

Eron Harris added 27 points for the Spartans (13-0), who are off to the best start in school history.

Forbes hit seven threes in nine attempts, including one in overtime that he celebrated by slapping hands with former Michigan State star Mateen Cleaves.

MICHIGAN ST. (13-0) Bess 1-1 0-0 2, Forbes 9-15 7-8 32, Costello 4-9 2-3 10, Nairn Jr. 2-5 3-7 7, Harris 7-13 11-15 27, Ahrens 0-0 0-0 0, Ellis III 2-5 2-3 7, Clark Jr. 0-1 0-0 0, McQuaid 0-2 0-0 0, Davis 5-5 1-2 11, Goins 0-2 0-0 0, Schilling 0-2 3-4 3.

Totals 30-60 29-42 99.

OAKLAND (7-4) Hayes 5-13 6-7 16, Felder 10-22 14-18 37, Gibson 1-6 7-10 9, Dorsey-Walker 2-6 8-9 13, Walker 2-9 2-2 7, Daniels 0-2 2-2 2, Hooper 3-7 0-0 9, Brechting 0-0 0-0 0, Hill-Mais 0-0 0-0 0, Cumberland 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-65 39-48 93.

Halftime-Oakland 50-37. End Of Regulation-Tied 83. 3-Point GoalsMichigan St. 10-17 (Forbes 7-9, Harris 2-3, Ellis III 1-3, McQuaid 0-2), Oakland 8-22 (Hooper 3-7, Felder 3-7, DorseyWalker 1-2, Walker 1-4, Daniels 0-2).

Fouled Out-Felder, Gibson, Goins.

Rebounds-Michigan St. 43 (Costello 11), Oakland 39 (Hayes 11). AssistsMichigan St. 17 (Harris 5), Oakland 13 (Felder 9). Total Fouls-Michigan St. 31, Oakland 31. Technical-Forbes.

A-20,228.

No. 5 Virginia 63, California 62, OT Charlottesville, Va. — London Perrantes made a three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining in overtime, and Virginia survived a poor shooting night for its ninth consecutive victory.

CALIFORNIA (9-3) Brown 5-11 8-9 18, Rabb 4-6 1-1 9, Rooks 0-0 0-0 0, Wallace 4-13 1-1 10, Mathews 6-13 0-0 16, Singer 2-3 0-0 4, Okoroh 0-0 0-2 0, Bird 2-6 0-0 5, Domingo 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-52 10-13 62.

VIRGINIA (10-1) Gill 5-14 7-7 17, Wilkins 2-4 1-2 5, Brogdon 3-12 1-2 10, Perrantes 4-9 0-0 10, Thompson 2-4 0-0 5, Hall 1-4 0-0 3, Shayok 0-1 0-0 0, Tobey 1-2 0-0 2, Reuter 3-4 5-6 11. Totals 21-54 14-17 63.

Halftime-California 27-20. End Of Regulation-Tied 52. 3-Point GoalsCalifornia 6-17 (Mathews 4-8, Wallace 1-3, Bird 1-3, Brown 0-3), Virginia 7-12 (Brogdon 3-5, Perrantes 2-3, Hall 1-1, Thompson 1-2, Shayok 0-1). ReboundsCalifornia 36 (Rabb 12), Virginia 30 (Wilkins 7). Assists-California 10 (Domingo, Rabb, Singer 2), Virginia 14 (Perrantes 6). Total Fouls-California 18, Virginia 14. A-13,265.

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OAKLAND’S KAHLIL FELDER, LEFT, SHOOTS against Michigan State’s Deyonta Davis, center, and Lourawls Nairn Jr. Michigan State won, 99-93 in overtime, Tuesday night in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

No. 9 Butler 88, S. Utah 52 Indianapolis — Roosevelt Jones had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Butler beat Southern Utah.

No. 17 Villanova 78, Delaware 48 Villanova, Pa. — Josh Hart posted a double-double, and freshman Jalen Brunson added 13 points.

S. UTAH (3-8) Langston 6-12 3-5 17, Kennedy 4-9 0-0 10, Parsons 0-5 0-0 0, McGee 0-3 0-0 0, Oliverson 3-5 0-0 6, Marshall 2-4 2-4 6, Joyce 0-1 2-2 2, Melifonwu 1-3 0-0 2, Major 1-6 0-0 2, Thompson 2-5 3-3 7.

Totals 19-53 10-14 52.

BUTLER (10-1) Lewis 4-7 0-0 9, Wideman 7-7 1-5 15, Jones 5-9 2-2 12, Dunham 2-10 1-2 5, Chrabascz 5-6 0-0 11, Etherington 2-2 0-1 5, Gathers 3-3 0-2 8, Pettus 0-0 0-0 0, Davis 2-4 0-1 4, Bennett 1-2 0-0 3, Martin 4-5 2-2 12, Fowler 2-3 0-0 4.

Totals 37-58 6-15 88.

Halftime-Butler 48-28. 3-Point Goals-S. Utah 4-13 (Kennedy 2-2, Langston 2-3, Marshall 0-1, Thompson 0-1, McGee 0-2, Parsons 0-4), Butler 8-18 (Gathers 2-2, Martin 2-2, Etherington 1-1, Lewis 1-2, Bennett 1-2, Chrabascz 1-2, Dunham 0-7).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-S. Utah 25 (Parsons 5), Butler 37 (Jones 10).

Assists-S. Utah 9 (Major, Marshall, McGee 2), Butler 21 (Lewis 8). Total Fouls-S. Utah 13, Butler 18. A-7,128.

DELAWARE (5-5) Holden 8-16 1-2 23, Mosley 1-1 0-0 2, Jeffers 1-1 3-4 5, King-Davis 1-7 2-3 4, Hayes 5-14 1-2 14, Harris 0-0 0-1 0, McRoy 0-2 0-0 0, Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Locke 0-1 0-0 0, Lochner 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 16-46 7-12 48.

VILLANOVA (9-2) Brunson 5-9 0-0 13, Jenkins 1-5 0-0 2, Hart 7-10 0-0 18, Arcidiacono 4-10 0-0 11, Ochefu 3-4 3-4 9, Lowe 0-0 0-0 0, Booth 3-9 2-2 9, Farrell 0-1 0-0 0, Bridges 3-5 0-0 8, Reynolds 0-1 6-6 6, Rafferty 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 27-56 11-12 78.

Halftime-Villanova 47-26. 3-Point Goals-Delaware 9-23 (Holden 6-10, Hayes 3-9, Lochner 0-1, Locke 0-1, McRoy 0-2), Villanova 13-35 (Hart 4-6, Brunson 3-7, Arcidiacono 3-8, Bridges 2-4, Booth 1-5, Farrell 0-1, Jenkins 0-4).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Delaware 26 (King-Davis 5), Villanova 36 (Hart 14). Assists-Delaware 9 (Mosley 4), Villanova 20 (Booth 7). Total FoulsDelaware 16, Villanova 16. A-6,500.

No. 13 Miami 95, La Salle 49 Philadelphia — Ivan Cruz Uceda scored 20 points, and Tonye Jekiri had 10 points and 14 rebounds to lead Miami.

MIAMI (10-1) Murphy 3-6 0-0 6, Jekiri 4-4 2-3 10, Reed 2-5 3-4 7, McClellan 5-8 2-2 14, Rodriguez 2-8 7-8 11, Newton 5-10 0-1 10, Lawrence Jr. 1-4 0-0 2, Palmer 1-6 3-4 6, Izundu 3-3 0-0 6, Robinson 1-2 0-0 3, Cruz Uceda 7-8 2-2 20, Stowell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-64 19-24 95.

LA SALLE (4-5) Washington 4-6 0-0 8, Shuler 2-15 4-5 9, Stukes 2-5 0-2 4, Roberts 1-7 3-5 6, Price 2-11 1-4 6, Sakhniuk 3-5 1-3 8, Harris 0-1 0-0 0, Majstorovic 0-1 0-0 0, Brown 3-6 0-0 8. Totals 17-57 9-19 49.

Halftime-Miami 40-22. 3-Point GoalsMiami 8-20 (Cruz Uceda 4-5, McClellan 2-3, Robinson 1-2, Palmer 1-3, Lawrence Jr. 0-2, Reed 0-2, Rodriguez 0-3), La Salle 6-24 (Brown 2-4, Sakhniuk 1-2, Price 1-4, Roberts 1-4, Shuler 1-8, Harris 0-1, Majstorovic 0-1).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Miami 51 (Jekiri 14), La Salle 24 (Washington 10). Assists-Miami 17 (McClellan 6), La Salle 11 (Shuler 5). Total Fouls-Miami 18, La Salle 20. A-3,582.

No. 18 SMU 90, Kent St. 74 Las Vegas — Larry Brown returned from a nine-game suspension, and SMU remained unbeaten with a win over Kent State in the Las Vegas Classic.

KENT ST. (7-3) Thomas 2-7 3-4 8, Hall 5-9 3-5 13, Spicer 2-2 0-0 4, Cancer 0-4 2-2 2, J. Walker 5-10 5-6 20, Avery 0-2 0-0 0, Pollard 3-8 2-5 9, Ortiz 3-5 0-2 6, Edwin 2-2 0-2 6, Davis 2-4 2-2 6. Totals 24-53 17-28 74.

SMU (10-0) B. Moore 4-6 2-2 10, Tolbert 4-6 10-11 18, Milton 2-4 4-4 9, Brown 2-2 0-0 4, N. Moore 9-19 4-5 25, Frazier 7-12 2-3 19, Kennedy 1-7 1-2 3, Foster 0-2 2-4 2, Wilfong 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-58 25-31 90.

Halftime-SMU 41-33. 3-Point GoalsKent St. 9-19 (J. Walker 5-9, Edwin 2-2, Pollard 1-1, Thomas 1-4, Cancer 0-3), SMU 7-14 (Frazier 3-5, N. Moore 3-6, Milton 1-2, Foster 0-1). Fouled OutBrown, Hall. Rebounds-Kent St. 30 (J. Walker 6), SMU 40 (Frazier, Tolbert 10).

Assists-Kent St. 16 (Pollard 5), SMU 17 (N. Moore 8). Total Fouls-Kent St. 26, SMU 24. Technical-Pollard. A-NA.

DePaul 82, No. 20 George No. 14 Purdue 68, Washington 61 Vanderbilt 55 Rosemont, Ill. — BilWest Lafayette, Ind. ly Garrett Jr. scored 20 No. 6 Xavier 78, — A.J. Hammons had 21 points, and Eli Cain addWake Forest 70 points and 10 rebounds as Winston-Salem, N.C. Purdue rallied to defeat ed 16 to lead DePaul.

— Trevon Bluiett scored Vanderbilt.

GEORGE WASHINGTON (10-2) 14 of his 17 points in the Watanabe 3-6 1-1 7, Garino 0-8 4-4 4, Larsen 6-10 5-6 17, Cavanaugh 3-8 8-9 second half, and Xavier VANDERBILT (7-4) 14, McDonald 0-5 0-1 0, Mitola 1-3 2-2 Fisher-Davis 3-8 0-0 7, Roberson 4-10 5, Jorgensen 3-7 2-2 9, Swan 1-1 0-0 3, beat Wake Forest in the 2-3 12, Jones 3-7 0-0 6, Baldwin IV 5-14 Roland 0-1 0-0 0, Hart 0-2 2-2 2. Totals Skip Prosser Classic.

3-4 13, LaChance 0-6 0-0 0, Toye 2-4 1-2 XAVIER (12-0) Reynolds 2-4 0-0 4, Sumner 6-13 7-10 21, Bluiett 6-18 2-2 17, Abell 2-3 4-5 8, Davis 2-7 4-4 9, Austin Jr. 1-2 1-2 3, Farr 5-8 2-4 12, London 0-0 0-0 0, O’Mara 1-2 0-1 2, Macura 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 26-61 20-28 78.

WAKE FOREST (8-3) Thomas 1-3 8-10 10, Wilbekin 3-9 0-0 8, McClinton 2-6 2-2 6, Crawford 5-10 2-2 16, Mitoglou 0-7 4-5 4, MillerMcIntyre 1-7 2-2 4, Moore 1-2 2-2 4, Collins 5-6 1-2 11, Hudson 2-8 2-2 7.

Totals 20-58 23-27 70.

Halftime-Wake Forest 43-28.

3-Point Goals-Xavier 6-21 (Bluiett 3-7, Sumner 2-6, Davis 1-4, Abell 0-1, Farr 0-1, Macura 0-2), Wake Forest 7-26 (Crawford 4-9, Wilbekin 2-7, Hudson 1-5, Miller-McIntyre 0-2, Mitoglou 0-3). Fouled Out-Crawford. ReboundsXavier 42 (Bluiett, Farr, Sumner 9), Wake Forest 35 (Thomas 8). AssistsXavier 9 (Davis 3), Wake Forest 13 (Miller-McIntyre 6). Total FoulsXavier 22, Wake Forest 26. TechnicalCrawford. A-12,938.

No. 8 Arizona 85, Long Beach St. 70 Tucson, Ariz. — Freshman Allonzo Trier scored 20 points to lead six Arizona players in double figures.

LONG BEACH ST. (6-8) Faust 6-9 1-2 17, Riggins 2-4 0-0 4, Spencer 2-7 2-2 7, Bibbins 5-7 2-3 13, Hammonds 3-10 1-2 7, Blackwell 1-5 0-0 3, Jones 2-3 2-2 6, Prince 6-11 1-4 13.

Totals 27-56 9-15 70.

ARIZONA (12-1) York 4-8 2-2 12, Allen 5-7 0-0 11, Trier 5-9 7-8 20, Anderson 2-9 7-8 11, Ristic 4-5 3-4 11, Jackson-Cartwright 2-9 0-0 5, Simon 0-1 0-0 0, Comanche 0-0 3-4 3, Tollefsen 2-4 6-6 12. Totals 24-52 28-32 85.

Halftime-Arizona 44-34. 3-Point Goals-Long Beach St. 7-19 (Faust 4-7, Bibbins 1-1, Spencer 1-3, Blackwell 1-3, Hammonds 0-5), Arizona 9-19 (Trier 3-5, Tollefsen 2-3, York 2-5, Allen 1-1, Jackson-Cartwright 1-5). Fouled OutFaust. Rebounds-Long Beach St. 20 (Prince 6), Arizona 40 (Anderson 14).

Assists-Long Beach St. 15 (Bibbins 7), Arizona 15 (Allen 4). Total Fouls-Long Beach St. 25, Arizona 17. A-14,644.

5, Josephs 0-0 0-0 0, Sehic 1-1 0-0 3, Cressler 1-5 0-0 3, Henderson 3-8 0-2 6.

Totals 22-63 6-11 55.

PURDUE (12-1) Edwards 1-6 2-2 4, Swanigan 4-7 5-6 13, Haas 2-6 2-3 6, Thompson 0-2 2-2 2, Davis 3-7 7-8 14, Hill 0-1 1-2 1, Cline 1-3 0-0 3, Hammons 9-16 3-4 21, Stephens 0-7 1-2 1, Mathias 1-3 1-2 3. Totals 21-58 24-31 68.

Halftime-Vanderbilt 26-23. 3-Point Goals-Vanderbilt 5-16 (Roberson 2-3, Sehic 1-1, Cressler 1-3, Fisher-Davis 1-4, Baldwin IV 0-2, LaChance 0-3), Purdue 2-19 (Cline 1-3, Davis 1-4, Mathias 0-1, Swanigan 0-1, Thompson 0-2, Edwards 0-2, Stephens 0-6). Fouled Out-Henderson, Jones, Roberson.

Rebounds-Vanderbilt 34 (Baldwin IV 8), Purdue 43 (Hammons 10). AssistsVanderbilt 12 (Baldwin IV 5), Purdue 14 (Mathias 4). Total Fouls-Vanderbilt 27, Purdue 14. Technical-Fisher-Davis.

A-14,846.

17-51 24-27 61.

DEPAUL (6-6) Stimage 3-3 3-6 9, Henry 5-8 1-1 11, Garrett Jr. 8-11 4-5 20, Cain 6-9 2-3 16, Simpson 5-11 2-2 15, Wood 1-6 0-0 3, Hamilton IV 2-5 0-0 6, Gazi 1-2 0-0 2, Ryckbosch 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-56 12-17 82.

Halftime-DePaul 41-29. 3-Point Goals-George Washington 3-21 (Swan 1-1, Jorgensen 1-2, Mitola 1-3, Hart 0-1, Larsen 0-1, McDonald 0-2, Watanabe 0-2, Cavanaugh 0-3, Garino 0-6), DePaul 8-18 (Simpson 3-7, Hamilton IV 2-3, Cain 2-3, Wood 1-2, Henry 0-1, Garrett Jr. 0-2). Fouled Out-Gazi. ReboundsGeorge Washington 26 (Larsen 11), DePaul 37 (Henry 9). Assists-George Washington 13 (Jorgensen 4), DePaul 15 (Garrett Jr. 7). Total Fouls-George Washington 18, DePaul 18. A-5,289.

ST. JOHN’S (7-6) Jones 5-6 0-2 10, Sima 3-4 1-3 7, Mussini 5-14 2-2 12, Johnson 6-12 1-3 16, Mvouika 1-4 2-4 5, Ellison 0-6 3-6 3, Alibegovic 2-2 0-0 5, Yakwe 0-1 3-7 3.

Totals 22-49 12-27 61.

SOUTH CAROLINA (11-0) Chatkevicius 5-8 0-0 11, Carrera 6-10 1-1 16, Kacinas 3-7 0-2 6, Thornwell 2-5 5-6 10, Dozier 3-11 0-0 6, Stroman 0-2 2-2 2, Notice 7-10 4-5 20, McKie 0-0 0-0 0, Cobb 0-0 0-0 0, Silva 1-4 2-3 4. Totals 27-57 14-19 75.

Halftime-South Carolina 40-34.

3-Point Goals-St. John’s 5-20 (Johnson 3-7, Alibegovic 1-1, Mvouika 1-3, Ellison 0-2, Mussini 0-7), South Carolina 7-13 (Carrera 3-4, Notice 2-2, Chatkevicius 1-1, Thornwell 1-3, Dozier 0-1, Kacinas 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-St. John’s 26 (Johnson 5), South Carolina 43 (Carrera 12). Assists-St. John’s 11 (Mussini 3), South Carolina 14 (Carrera, Thornwell 3). Total Fouls-St. John’s 19, South Carolina 23. A-2,355.

Big 12 Men

Christian 0-0 0-0 0, Gasevic 2-6 0-0 4, Dickerson 3-6 0-0 9, Tavakalyan 2-3 0-0 4, Hughes 3-9 3-3 9. Totals 21-65 8-12 58.

UTAH (10-2) Taylor 2-5 3-3 8, Bonam 3-4 4-4 12, Loveridge 4-5 2-2 14, Kuzma 6-8 3-4 15, Poeltl 3-5 0-0 6, Chapman 2-5 0-0 4, Wright 2-2 0-1 5, Eastman 0-2 0-0 0, Connor 2-3 0-0 4, Tucker 3-5 0-0 8, Reyes 5-7 2-4 12, Bealer 2-5 4-4 9, Montgomery 3-4 1-2 8. Totals 37-60 19-24 105.

Halftime-Utah 52-26. 3-Point GoalsDelaware St. 8-20 (Morgan Jr. 3-5, Dickerson 3-5, Sill 1-2, Haywood 1-3, Johnson 0-1, Waller 0-1, Raysor 0-1, Thomas 0-1, Hughes 0-1), Utah 12-23 (Loveridge 4-5, Tucker 2-3, Bonam 2-3, Montgomery 1-1, Wright 1-1, Bealer 1-3, Taylor 1-4, Connor 0-1, Eastman 0-2). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsDelaware St. 23 (Gasevic 6), Utah 48 (Poeltl, Reyes 7). Assists-Delaware St. 8 (Thomas 3), Utah 30 (Taylor, Wright 6). Total Fouls-Delaware St. 16, Utah 9. A-12,041.

SCOREBOARD Big 12 Men

Big 12 Overall

W L W L Oklahoma 0 0 9 0 Kansas 0 0 10 1 Iowa State 0 0 10 1 West Virginia 0 0 10 1 Texas Tech 0 0 9 1 Kansas State 0 0 9 2 Baylor 0 0 8 2 Texas 0 0 8 3 Oklahoma State 0 0 7 4 TCU 0 0 6 4 Tuesday’s Games Kansas 70, San Diego State 57 Texas Tech 65, Arkansas-Little Rock 53 Iowa State 81, Cincinnati 79 Kansas State 63, North Dakota 49 Oklahoma 88, Washington State 60 Today’s Games Oklahoma vs. TBA at Honolulu, TBA TCU at Bradley, 7 p.m.

New Mexico State at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 25 Oklahoma vs. TBA at Honolulu, TBA

Big 12 Women

Big 12 Overall

W L W L Baylor 0 0 13 0 Texas 0 0 10 0 Kansas State 0 0 10 1 Oklahoma State 0 0 9 1 Oklahoma 0 0 9 2 Texas Tech 0 0 9 2 West Virginia 0 0 9 3 Iowa State 0 0 8 3 TCU 0 0 8 3 Kansas 0 0 5 6 Tuesday’s Games Oral Roberts 70, Kansas 63 Oklahoma State 74, UCF 55 Iowa State 79, Northern Arizona 63 Sunday, Dec. 27 Savannah State at Oklahoma State, 2 p.m.

Sam Houston State Texas, 2 p.m.

No. 3 Oklahoma 88, Washington St. 60 Honolulu — Buddy Hield scored 25 points as College Men Oklahoma cruised past- EAST Boston College 64, Fordham 55 Washington State in a Dartmouth 78, Longwood 54 quarterfinal-round game Drexel 53, Penn 52, OT FIU 66, Binghamton 49 of the Diamond Head Fairfield 94, Loyola (Md.) 88, OT Classic.

Hartford 69, Widener 46 No. 11 Iowa State 81, No. 22 Cincinnati 79 Cincinnati — Abdel Nader hit a three-pointer with 11 seconds left that put Iowa State ahead, and Cincinnati missed three shots in the closing seconds, allowing the Cyclones to hold on.

The Cyclones (10-1) led by 13 points early in the second half before Troy Caupain led the Bearcats back. Kevin Johnson’s 15foot jumper gave Cincinnati (10-3) its first lead with 4:22 left.

IOWA ST. (10-1) McKay 0-4 5-8 5, Nader 3-8 4-4 11, Niang 10-19 2-3 24, Morris 7-12 0-0 16, Thomas 4-14 2-2 13, Cooke 0-5 0-0 0, Burton 5-6 1-2 12. Totals 29-68 14-19 81.

CINCINNATI (10-3) Ellis 4-6 1-2 9, Clark 5-8 0-2 10, Thomas 2-5 0-0 4, Caupain 6-14 5-6 18, Cobb 4-13 0-0 10, Evans III 4-8 4-4 14, Jenifer 0-1 0-0 0, DeBerry 3-7 0-2 6, Johnson 3-4 0-0 8. Totals 31-66 10-16 79.

Halftime-Iowa St. 45-38. 3-Point Goals-Iowa St. 9-30 (Thomas 3-10, Morris 2-4, Niang 2-6, Burton 1-1, Nader 1-5, Cooke 0-4), Cincinnati 7-21 (Johnson 2-3, Evans III 2-5, Cobb 2-6, Caupain 1-4, Clark 0-1, Jenifer 0-1, Thomas 0-1). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Iowa St. 36 (Niang 10), Cincinnati 40 (Clark 9). AssistsIowa St. 16 (Morris 7), Cincinnati 15 (Caupain 4). Total Fouls-Iowa St. 14, Cincinnati 12. A-13,176.

Texas Tech 65, Ark.-Little Rock 53 Lubbock, Texas — Zach Smith recorded his first career double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds in Texas Tech’s win over Arkansas-Little Rock.

UALR (10-1) Hagins 6-14 1-2 14, Hill 2-2 0-0 5, Ruttley 0-0 0-0 0, Shoshi 2-2 2-3 6, Osse 0-5 0-0 0, Woods 2-6 2-2 6, Jackson 2-3 1-2 5, Johnson Jr. 4-10 4-6 14, Isom 1-5 0-0 3, Billings 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-48 10-15 53.

TEXAS TECH (9-1) Williams 2-9 2-4 8, Smith 6-9 0-0 12, Evans 2-6 4-7 9, Gotcher 3-7 5-6 12, Odiase 2-5 2-2 6, Thomas 1-3 1-2 3, Gray 2-3 4-6 8, Ross 2-5 1-2 5, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0, Temple 1-2 0-1 2. Totals 21-49 19-30 65.

Halftime-Texas Tech 35-31. 3-Point Goals-UALR 5-23 (Johnson Jr. 2-6, Hill 1-1, Isom 1-4, Hagins 1-6, Billings 0-1, Woods 0-1, Osse 0-4), Texas Tech 4-15 (Williams 2-6, Evans 1-2, Gotcher 1-4, Thomas 0-1, Ross 0-2). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-UALR 23 (Shoshi 5), Texas Tech 39 (Smith 12). AssistsUALR 5 (Ruttley 2), Texas Tech 10 (Evans 3). Total Fouls-UALR 26, Texas Tech 20. A-5,955.

No. 24 Utah 105, Delaware St. 58 Salt Lake City — JorNo. 16 Louisville 75, dan Loveridge scored 14 Kansas St. 63, UMKC 47 points as Utah romped North Dakota 49 Louisville, Ky. — Trey past Delaware State.

Manhattan — Barry Lewis scored 17 points, Brown had 15 points, JusDamion Lee added 14, DELAWARE ST. (0-12) Haywood 3-10 1-3 8, Morgan Jr. 4-9 tin Edwards scored all and Louisville pulled 3-4 14, Raysor 1-4 0-0 2, Mallory 1-5 eight of his points in the away from Missouri-Kan- 0-0 2, Onifade 0-4 0-0 0, Sill 1-2 0-0 3, Thomas 1-3 0-0 2, Waller 0-1 0-0 second half, and Kansas sas City.

0, Lewis 0-1 1-2 1, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, State beat North Dakota.

UMKC (7-5) Boyd 1-10 5-7 8, Harrison 4-10 2-3 12, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Shayok 1-2 2-3 4, Austin 2-3 0-0 4, King 1-8 0-0 2, Eriobuna 2-5 2-2 8, Steward 1-2 0-0 3, Voorhes 0-0 0-0 0, Leach 0-1 1-2 1, Newbill 1-2 0-0 2, Leek 0-0 0-0 0, Tillman 1-3 1-2 3. Totals 14-47 13-19 47.

LOUISVILLE (10-1) Lee 5-8 2-2 14, Snider 1-4 0-0 2, Lewis 5-11 4-5 17, Spalding 3-7 0-0 6, Onuaku 3-5 4-6 10, Avare 0-1 0-0 0, Stockman 2-4 2-3 6, Johnson 5-7 0-0 10, Henderson 0-0 0-0 0, Adel 0-0 0-0 0, Levitch 0-0 0-0 0, Mitchell 3-8 3-4 10.

Totals 27-55 15-20 75.

Halftime-Louisville 38-22. 3-Point Goals-UMKC 6-19 (Harrison 2-3, Eriobuna 2-4, Steward 1-2, Boyd 1-8, King 0-1, Shayok 0-1), Louisville 6-17 (Lewis 3-6, Lee 2-4, Mitchell 1-4, Avare 0-1, Snider 0-2). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-UMKC 31 (Tillman 8), Louisville 36 (Onuaku, Spalding 9). Assists-UMKC 9 (Boyd, King 2), Louisville 13 (Mitchell 3). Total FoulsUMKC 16, Louisville 19. A-19,419.

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NORTH DAKOTA (5-6) Bernstine 5-10 3-5 13, Shanks 1-3 0-0 2, Baldwin 1-6 2-2 4, McDermott 2-6 0-0 6, Seales 4-8 0-0 8, Collins 3-5 0-0 6, Cashman 0-0 2-2 2, Avants 3-5 2-6 8.

Totals 19-43 9-15 49.

KANSAS ST. (9-2) Wade 4-10 0-0 9, Hurt 0-3 3-6 3, Stokes 3-12 0-0 8, Edwards 2-7 3-10 8, Iwundu 4-9 3-4 11, Ervin II 0-1 2-2 2, Johnson 3-5 0-2 6, Brown 6-10 0-0 15, Rohleder 0-0 0-0 0, Budke 0-1 1-2 1.

Totals 22-58 12-26 63.

Halftime-Kansas St. 24-21. 3-Point Goals-North Dakota 2-12 (McDermott 2-6, Seales 0-2, Baldwin 0-4), Kansas St. 7-24 (Brown 3-5, Stokes 2-8, Wade 1-3, Edwards 1-4, Iwundu 0-1, Ervin II 0-1, Hurt 0-2). Fouled Out-Cashman, Shanks. Rebounds-North Dakota 28 (Bernstine 13), Kansas St. 41 (Edwards, Johnson 7). Assists-North Dakota 8 (Bernstine 5), Kansas St. 13 (Stokes 5). Total Fouls-North Dakota 23, Kansas St. 15. A-12,440.

Hofstra 68, FAU 54 LIU Brooklyn 66, Incarnate Word 59 Marist 84, Brown 83, 2OT Miami 95, La Salle 49 Navy 62, Furman 49 Northeastern 77, Vermont 65 Princeton 89, Bucknell 77 Seton Hall 66, South Florida 49 Siena 73, St. Bonaventure 70 South Carolina 75, St. John’s 61 Stony Brook 75, Lehigh 62 Syracuse 82, Montana St. 60 Villanova 78, Delaware 48 SOUTH Austin Peay 84, Wofford 77 Chattanooga 77, Radford 75 Coll. of Charleston 86, Campbell 68 East Carolina 98, SC State 71 Florida 89, Jacksonville 65 George Mason 71, Wagner 60 Georgetown 62, Charlotte 59 Georgia 71, Clemson 48 Georgia Southern 78, Stetson 58 Georgia St. 64, Middle Tennessee 62 James Madison 73, Mount St. Mary’s 53 LSU 79, American U. 51 Louisiana Tech 66, Florida Gulf Coast 63 Louisville 75, UMKC 47 Md.-Eastern Shore 115, Cent.

Pennsylvania 86 Memphis 84, IUPUI 48 Mississippi 83, Troy 80, OT NC State 58, UNC Greensboro 52 Old Dominion 71, Rhode Island 65 Richmond 74, Presbyterian 44 Saint Joseph’s 79, Virginia Tech 62 South Alabama 74, Rice 67 Tennessee 76, ETSU 67 Tulane 59, Southern Miss. 40 UAB 116, Hiwassee 43 UCF 101, Bethune-Cookman 96, OT UNC Wilmington 102, Utah Valley 77 VCU 90, Buffalo 69 Virginia 63, California 62, OT W. Kentucky 79, Detroit 74 Winthrop 92, Alabama St. 84 Xavier 78, Wake Forest 70 MIDWEST Butler 88, S. Utah 52 Cent. Michigan 72, Howard 52 Dayton 64, Miami (Ohio) 63 DePaul 82, George Washington 61 Drake 87, Abilene Christian 70 Evansville 91, Alabama A&M 70 IPFW 89, W. Michigan 86, OT Ill.-Chicago 91, Purdue-Calumet 74 Illinois St. 66, Tennessee St. 55 Indiana 99, Kennesaw St. 72 Indiana St. 73, Ball St. 61 Iowa 85, Tennessee Tech 63 Iowa St. 81, Cincinnati 79 Kansas St. 63, North Dakota 49 Michigan St. 99, Oakland 93, OT N. Dakota St. 68, Texas Rio Grande Valley 50 N. Illinois 85, Roosevelt 52 Nebraska 81, Prairie View 50 Ohio St. 64, Mercer 44 Purdue 68, Vanderbilt 55 SE Missouri 78, Missouri St. 74 Wichita St. 98, Nevada 69 Wright St. 65, Murray St. 49 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 97, North Florida 72 Arkansas St. 77, Cent. Arkansas 67 Cal Poly 88, UTSA 73 Texas Tech 65, UALR 53 Tulsa 90, N. Arizona 55 FAR WEST Air Force 80, Johnson & Wales (CO) 56 Arizona 85, Long Beach St. 70 Montana 75, Montana-Western 43 UC Riverside 63, Denver 54 UC Santa Barbara 80, Iona 76 Utah 105, Delaware St. 58 Weber St. 99, S. Dakota St. 95 TOURNAMENTS Global Sports Classic Hosts Third Place Houston 94, Wyoming 89, 2OT NC Central 57, E. Illinois 52 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Class First Round Auburn 83, New Mexico 78 Harvard 85, BYU 82, OT Las Vegas Classic-Hosts First Round SMU 90, Kent St. 74 Canisius 108, Louisiana-Monroe 96, 3OT Nicholls St. 84, Hampton 81 Sun Bowl Invitational Championship UC Irvine 80, Norfolk St. 62 Third Place UTEP 87, Sam Houston St. 68

College Women

EAST Colgate 72, Lafayette 59 Delaware 71, Vermont 60 N. Dakota St. 64, NJIT 59 Pittsburgh 76, American U. 58 St. Francis Brooklyn 64, Loyola (Md.) 54 St. John’s 73, Fairfield 54 UMass 63, Hartford 57 SOUTH Charleston Southern 80, W. Carolina 59 Coll. of Charleston 77, Winthrop 63 Delaware St. 88, Longwood 63 Marshall 83, WVU Tech 39 McNeese St. 74, Louisiana Tech 71 Miami 83, FIU 55 Morgan St. 64, Bucknell 50 Oklahoma St. 74, UCF 55 Old Dominion 69, Md.-Eastern Shore 52 South Carolina 78, Elon 63 Tennessee Tech 54, Wichita St. 48

MIDWEST Brown 62, Kent St. 57 Creighton 69, N. Iowa 61 Green Bay 66, Belmont 62 Ill.-Chicago 70, Nevada 55 Iowa 89, Drake 76 Iowa St. 79, N. Arizona 63 Marquette 101, Milwaukee 81 Northwestern 80, UMKC 38 S. Illinois 87, SE Missouri 72 Utah Valley 74, Nebraska-Omaha 59 SOUTHWEST Texas A&M 69, UALR 39 FAR WEST Hawaii 76, San Jose St. 73 Stanford 83, CS Bakersfield 41 Utah 64, Utah St. 61

Kansas Women

Nov. 1 — Pittsburg State (exhibition), W 80-54 Nov. 8 — Emporia State (exhibition), W 68-57 Nov. 15 — Texas Southern, W 72-65 (1-0) Nov. 19 — Memphis, W 72-63 (2-0) Nov. 23 — at Arizona, L 67-52 (2-1) Nov. 27 — N. Illinois at SMU Thanksgiving Classic, W 66-58 (3-1) Nov. 28 — SMU at SMU Thanksgiving Classic, L 64-73 (3-2) Dec. 2 — Creighton, W 67-54 (4-2) Dec. 6 — St. John’s, L 71-86 (4-3) Dec. 10 — UMKC, L 44-47 (4-4) Dec. 13 — Navy, W 61-54, OT (5-4) Dec. 20 — Washington State, L 53-66 (5-5) Dec. 22 — Oral Roberts, L 63-70 (5-6) Dec. 30 — at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Jan. 3 — West Virginia, TBA Jan. 6 — Baylor, TBA Jan. 9 — at Iowa State, TBA Jan. 13 — Texas, TBA Jan. 16 — at West Virginia, TBA Jan. 20 — Kansas State, TBA Jan. 24 — Oklahoma State, TBA Jan. 27 — at Texas, TBA Jan. 30 — at Texas Tech, TBA Feb. 2 — Iowa State, TBA Feb. 6 — at Baylor, TBA Feb. 13 — at Kansas State, TBA Feb. 17 — TCU, TBA Feb. 20 — Oklahoma, TBA Feb. 24 — at Oklahoma State, TBA Feb. 27 — Texas Tech, TBA Feb. 29 — at TCU, TBA March 4-7 — Big 12 tournament at Oklahoma City

NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 12 2 0 .857 435 269 N.Y. Jets 9 5 0 .643 344 272 Buffalo 6 8 0 .429 341 336 Miami 5 9 0 .357 278 361 South

W L T Pct PF PA Houston 7 7 0 .500 275 301 Indianapolis 6 8 0 .429 285 372 Jacksonville 5 9 0 .357 343 380 Tennessee 3 11 0 .214 269 359 North

W L T Pct PF PA x-Cincinnati 11 3 0 .786 378 243 Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 378 287 Baltimore 4 10 0 .286 292 360 Cleveland 3 11 0 .214 253 387 West

W L T Pct PF PA Denver 10 4 0 .714 308 259 Kansas City 9 5 0 .643 365 257 Oakland 6 8 0 .429 319 356 San Diego 4 10 0 .286 280 348 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA Washington 7 7 0 .500 316 332 Philadelphia 6 8 0 .429 318 362 N.Y. Giants 6 8 0 .429 373 358 Dallas 4 10 0 .286 246 324 South

W L T Pct PF PA y-Carolina 14 0 0 1.000 449 278 Atlanta 7 7 0 .500 302 312 Tampa Bay 6 8 0 .429 311 353 New Orleans 5 9 0 .357 350 432 North

W L T Pct PF PA x-Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 347 265 Minnesota 9 5 0 .643 296 272 Detroit 5 9 0 .357 302 363 Chicago 5 9 0 .357 289 352 West

W L T Pct PF PA y-Arizona 12 2 0 .857 445 269 x-Seattle 9 5 0 .643 370 248 St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 241 294 San Francisco 4 10 0 .286 202 339 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday, Dec. 24 San Diego at Oakland, 7:25 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 26 Washington at Philadelphia, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 27 Houston at Tennessee, noon Cleveland at Kansas City, noon New England at N.Y. Jets, noon Indianapolis at Miami, noon San Francisco at Detroit, noon Dallas at Buffalo, noon Chicago at Tampa Bay, noon Carolina at Atlanta, noon Pittsburgh at Baltimore, noon Jacksonville at New Orleans, 3:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 28 Cincinnati at Denver, 7:30 p.m.

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 36 20 13 3 43 105 89 Boston 33 19 10 4 42 104 85 Florida 35 19 12 4 42 95 81 Detroit 34 17 10 7 41 89 89 Ottawa 35 17 12 6 40 105 104 Tampa Bay 35 17 15 3 37 87 82 Buffalo 34 14 16 4 32 79 89 Toronto 33 12 14 7 31 86 93 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 33 25 6 2 52 105 71 N.Y. Rangers 36 20 12 4 44 104 93 N.Y. Islanders 35 19 11 5 43 96 82 New Jersey 35 17 13 5 39 83 87 Philadelphia 34 15 12 7 37 74 92 Pittsburgh 33 16 14 3 35 76 84 Carolina 34 13 16 5 31 80 101 Columbus 36 13 20 3 29 88 112 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 35 26 7 2 54 124 88 St. Louis 36 21 11 4 46 92 85 Chicago 36 20 12 4 44 96 87 Minnesota 33 18 9 6 42 91 80 Nashville 34 17 11 6 40 90 86 Colorado 35 17 17 1 35 99 97 Winnipeg 34 15 17 2 32 92 104 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 32 20 10 2 42 81 71 Vancouver 36 13 14 9 35 91 103 Arizona 33 16 15 2 34 90 104 San Jose 33 16 15 2 34 88 91 Calgary 34 16 16 2 34 91 113 Edmonton 35 15 18 2 32 91 106 Anaheim 33 12 15 6 30 62 85 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games Florida 2, Ottawa 1, SO St. Louis 2, Boston 0 N.Y. Rangers 3, Anaheim 2, OT New Jersey 4, Detroit 3 Vancouver 2, Tampa Bay 1 Minnesota 2, Montreal 1 Dallas 4, Chicago 0 Calgary 4, Winnipeg 1 Arizona 3, Toronto 2 San Jose at Los Angeles, (n)

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Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to Valeo Behavioral Health Care, Human Resources, 5401 SW 7th Street, Topeka, KS 66606 or email to apply@valeotopeka.org.

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Registered Nurse The University of Kansas Watkins Health Services has a full-time opening for a Registered Nurse.This unique setting provides a combination of immediate & primary care in a stimulating academic environment with an emphasis on patient education.

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Landscape Laborer Full Time/Part Time Urban Prairie Lawn and Landscape, located in the Kansas City and Lawrence area, is looking for a Landscape Laborer. SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY! The right candidate will be considered for a position as Landscape Laborer with consideration to become a Team Leader. Good Starting Pay!

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Drive for KU on Wheels or Lawrence Transit System.

Flexible part-time schedules, 80% company paid employee health insurance for full time.

Career opportunities. $11.50/hr after paid training. Must be 21+ w. good driving record.

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Plumber Sr. University of Kansas Facilities Services seeks a Plumber Sr. Applications accepted through 12/27/15. http://employment.ku. edu. Click Staff. Auto req ID 4990BR KU is an EO/AAE, full policy at http://policy.ku.edu/IOA/nondisc rimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, genetic information or protected Veteran status.

RN/LPN/CMA Position available in community based child welfare agency on a part time basis. Candidate will assist residential program manager in helping to oversee medication administering process. Preferred candidate would be an RN licensed in Kansas. Will consider candidates with LPN licensure in Kansas or CMA or similar back ground/training in nursing or medicine. Candidate must be at least 21 years of age, have a valid driver’s license, proof of vehicle insurance, reliable transportation, have a driving record compatible with current insurance carrier’s requirements and be able to pass background checks. Salary Commensurate with experience.

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Case No. 15CV221

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company Plaintiff,

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and

vs.

Vernon L. Tuttle and Elsie H. Tuttle, et al.

Defendants.

Court Number: 3

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feet; thence East 100 feet to a point 15 feet West of the Southwest corner of Lot 4, in Block 153, as originally platted; thence North 100.99 feet to the point of beginning, being part of the East Half of Tract I: The East 100 feet of Lots 3 the vacated Market, in the and 4, in Block 153, in the City of Eudora, Douglas City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

County, Kansas.

Tract III: Tract II: Beginning at the NorthBeginning at a point 15 west corner of Lot 3, in feet West of the North- Block 153, as originally west corner of Lot 3, in platted; thence West 15 Block 153, as originally feet; thence South 100.99 platted; thence West 100 feet; thence East 15 feet feet; thence South 100.99 to the Southwest corner

Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, on January 14, 2016, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

of Lot 4, in Block 153, as originally platted; thence North 100.99 feet to the point of beginning; thence East 15 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 4, in Block 153, as originally platted; thence North 100.99 feet to the point of beginning; being a part of the East half of the vacated Market, in the City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

and 4, in Block 153, in the City of Eudora, Douglas City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

County, Kansas.

Tract III: Tract II: Beginning at the NorthBeginning at a point 15 west corner of Lot 3, in feet West of the North- Block 153, as originally west corner of Lot 3, in platted; thence West 15 Block 153, as originally feet; thence South 100.99 platted; thence West 100 feet; thence East 15 feet feet; thence South 100.99 to the Southwest corner feet; thence East 100 feet of Lot 4, in Block 153, as to a point 15 feet West of originally platted; thence the Southwest corner of North 100.99 feet to the Lot 4, in Block 153, as point of beginning, being MORE ACCURATELY DE- originally platted; thence a part of the East half of SCRIBED AS: North 100.99 feet to the the vacated Market, in the point of beginning, being City of Eudora, Douglas part of the East Half of County, Kansas Tract I: The East 100 feet of Lots 3 the vacated Market, in the , commonly known as 1509

Elm Street, Eudora, KS 66025-9404 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com Kenneth M. McGovern,

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Ford Trucks

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2012 Ford Transit Connect XLT

2013 Honda Accord EX

Hyundai Cars

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Ford 2002 Focus SE

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Sedan, only 57K miles, fwd, automatic, power equipment, alloy wheels, very affordable.

Stk#431761

$17,495

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2014 Ford Escape SE

2004 Ford F-150 XLT

Certified Pre-Owned,21K miles, 7 Year/100,000 mile warranty, 182-pt.

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Stk# LF722A

Loaded, Navigation, Leather, Moonroof, Alloy Wheels, 61K miles, Thousands less than a Honda. Stk# G077A

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$17,495

2006 Dodge Ram 2500 Laramie

2011 Ford Taurus SHO

5.7 Hemi, Leather, 4x4

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$16,995

$21,995

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2112 W. 29th Terrace Lawrence, KS 66047

2013 Honda Accord EX

$21,806

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2012 Ford Explorer XLT

1992 Ford Ranger Custom

$14,495

$18,775

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Chevrolet SUVs

2004 Chevrolet Blazer LS

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2010 Honda CR-V 4WD

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Low Miles

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2013 Honda Accord EX

AWD, Leather

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2011 Ford Edge Limited

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Ford Vans

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Honda SUVs

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$18,995

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Honda Cars

Ford 2007 F150 XLT FX4

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$2,995

$10,995

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2005 Chevrolet Impala Base

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Ford SUVs

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Ford Trucks

2008 Ford Expedition XLT

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2006 Dodge Dakota ST

$20,995

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2014 Ford Fusion SE

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2000 Dodge Dakota

2015 FORD ESCAPE SE

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Chevrolet Cars

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2013 Hyundai Veloster Base w/Gray Roof, Nav, Fun Car! Stk#316B259

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2012 Mazda2 Touring

2013 Nissan Altima 2.5 S

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2013 Toyota Sienna LE

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Jeep

Lincoln

Toyota Vans

Mercedes-Benz

Pontiac 2007 G6 GT Coupe, Sporty & Fun to drive, V6, leather heated seats, sunroof, alloy wheels, and more!

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2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE

Toyota 2001 Corolla LE

Stk#1PL1991

Power windows, cruise control, great dependable transportations without paying a lot!

$16,995

Only $4,455

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Toyota Trucks

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Subaru

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Volkswagen 2009 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SV

Jeep 2006 Liberty Sport 4wd, sunroof, alloy wheels, power equipment. Won’t last long!

Stk#503281 Only $9,995 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Kia

2009 Lincoln MKS Base Luxury with Economy Pricing

New $55,000!

Ultimate Convertible

Stk#116L122

Stk#115T537A

$13,994

$18,500

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Mazda Cars

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Mazda 2010 “3�

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Leather, Nav, Roof

2014 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Premium

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$12,697

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$19,995

$8,397

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Oldsmobile Cars

Adult Care Provided

Carpentry

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Antique/Estate Liquidation

Auctioneers

2012 Volkswagen Beetle 2.0 TSi Turbo Performance, Local Trade

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$13,866 Toyota 2001 Tundra SR5 4wd ext cab, V8, power equipment, cruise control, running boards, alloy wheels, very affordable!

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2007 Toyota Camry Solara

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Terrific Condition

Hard to Find, Leather

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Stk#116T230

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Toyota 1999 Camry CE One owner, very clean and dependable, power equipment, cruise control, great commuter or first car!

Stk#483591 Only $5,950 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

785.832.2222 Cleaning

Decks & Fences

Over 25 yrs. exp.

Licensed & Insured. Decks, deck covers, pergolas, screened porches, & all types of repairs. Call 913-209-4055 for Free estimates or go to prodeckanddesign.com

New York Housekeeping: Accepting clients for wkly, bi-wkly & seasonal or special occasion cleaning.

Excellent References.

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Motorcycle-ATV Harley Davidson 2015 Road Glide 105 cc’s, 2,500 miles with extended service plan. $20,000 (785)218-1568 (913)583-1800

1992 Honda Shadow Excellent condition, 50,XXX miles, good tires, clean title, great bike. $2800 OBO

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FOUNDATION REPAIR Mudjacking, Waterproofing.

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Level & Straighten Walls & Bracing on wall. BBB. Free Estimates Since 1962 Wagner’s 785-749-1696 www.foundationrepairks.com

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Downsizing - Moving?

We’ve got a Custom Solution for You! Estate Tag Sales and Cleanup Services Armstrong Family Estate Services, LLC 785-383-0820 www.kansasestatesales.com

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Toyota Cars

DECK BUILDER

Cleaning

4wd crew cab, one owner, leather heated seats, power equipment, alloy wheels, tow package, well maintained!

Stk#333431 Only $14,875

2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue GXT

Semi-retired social worker seeks position as in-home caregiver. Meal prep, light housekeeping, personal care, errands. Ref. available.

Call Mary 785-979-4317 The Wood Doctor - Wood rot repair, fences, decks, doors & windows - built, repaired, or replaced & more! Bath/kitchen remodeled. Basement finished.

785-542-3633 • 816-591-6234

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LE, Full Power

Nissan Cars

2008 Nissan Altima

LX, Performance Plus

$13,995

2007 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class CLK550 Base

Toyota 2007 Tundra SR5

2007 Toyota Camry LE

Guttering Services

Home Improvements AAA Home Improvements Int/Ext Repairs, Painting, Tree work & more. We do it all! 20 Yrs. Exp. w/ Ins. and local ref. Will beat all est.

Call 785-917-9168 Full Remodels & Odd Jobs, Interior/Exterior Painting, Installation & Repair of: Deck Drywall Siding Replacement Gutters Privacy Fencing Doors & Trim Commercial Build-out Build-to-suit services

Landscaping YARDBIRDS LANDSCAPING Father (retired) & Son Operation W/Experience & Top of the Line Machinery Snow Removal Call 785-766-1280

Lawn, Garden & Nursery Golden Rule Lawncare Mowing & lawn cleanup Snow Removal Family owned & operated Call for Free Est. Insured.

Eugene Yoder 785-224-9436

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Bill Morgan 816-523-5703

Snow Removal Snow Removal

Fully Insured 22 yrs. experience

Residential Lawrence Free Estimates 785-766-5285 or 785-766-9883

913-488-7320

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STARTING or BUILDING a Business?

785-312-1917

Rich Black Top Soil No Chemicals Machine Pulverized Pickup or Delivery Serving KC over 40 years 913-962-0798 Fast Service

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Retired Carpenter, Deck Repairs, Home Repairs, Interior Wall Repair & House Painting, Doors, Wood Rot, Power wash 785-766-5285

Family Tradition Interior & Exterior Painting Carpentry/Wood Rot Senior Citizen Discount Ask for Ray 785-330-3459 Interior/Exterior Painting Quality Work Over 30 yrs. exp.

Call Lyndsey 913-422-7002

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REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

Lawrence

Apartments Unfurnished

C EDARWOOD A PARTMENTS

2411 Cedarwood Ave.

147 acres- Lawrence Schools, large CUSTOM home, barns, 2nd house on property, ponds, just west of 6th & SLTfastest growing intersection in Kansas. $1.6 M

Bill Fair & Company www.billfair.com 800-887-6929

Acreage-Lots

start at $450/mo.

• Near campus, bus stop • Near stores, restaurants • Laundries on site • Water & trash paid

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2411 Cedarwood Ave. Beautiful & Spacious 1 & 2 Bedrooms Start at $450/mo. * Near campus, bus stop * Laundries on site * Near stores, restaurants * Water & trash paid

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LAND AUCTION Merriam +/-0.70 acre Industrial Site & city approved for Office/ Light Industrial/ Comm building with drive-in loading and divisible up to 4 tenants. Immediate access to I-35.

More details at:

1 & 2 Bedrooms

www.LEEbid.com/211M2 Casey Flynn (800) 966-0660

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Need to sell your car?

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LAUREL GLEN APTS All Electric

1, 2 & 3 BR units Some with W/D, Water & Trash Paid, Small Pet, Income Restrictions Apply

785-838-9559 EOH

Duplexes 2BR in a 4-plex New carpet, vinyl, cabinets, countertop.

W/D is included.

1st Month FREE!

Equal Housing Opportunity.

785-865-2505

PREVIEW: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31

10:00am - 4:00pm

SALE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2016

9:00am SHARP

LEAVENWORTH CO. FAIRGROUNDS | 405 4TH ST., TONGANOXIE, KS

NOTE: PRE-AUCTION ONLINE ABSENTEE BIDDING, FULL LISTING, AND PHOTOS AT:

www.northeastkansasauctions.com WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING YOU YET ANOTHER FANTASTIC LINEUP OF ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES FOR THIS YEAR’S NEW YEARS DAY AUCTION. THIS IS ONLY A SMALL SAMPLING OF WHAT THIS FULL DAY HAS IN STORE. PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE www. northeastkansasauctions.com FOR LISTING AND PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING UPDATED REGULARLY AS MORE HIGH QUALITY CONSIGNMENTS ARE ADDED. CHECK BACK OFTEN.

Auction conducted by:

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— AUCTIONEERS — Andy Conser, CAI and Bill Conser Kevin Borger- 2009 World Champion Auctioneer Email: andy@ucheartofamerica.com 785-806-6921 or 785-863-3322

Partial Terms: Cash or bankable check. SALES TAX WILL BE CHARGED. BRING YOUR TAX FORM IF YOU HAVE ONE. Full terms on website.

AUCTIONS Auction Calendar New Years Day Consignment Auction NO SMALL ITEMS! Friday, Jan. 1, 2016 8:30 am, Lyndon, KS HARLEY GERDES 785-832-4476 For a complete sale bill & photos, visit us on the web: www.HarleyGerdesAuctions.com

TWO DAY AUCTION Saturday January 9th & Sunday, the 10th, 2016 9:30 A.M. Both Days Douglas Co. Fairgrounds 2110 Harper Bldg. 21 Lawrence, KS Vintage Automotive signs, Antique furniture, Costume jewelry, Brass tools, Antique Toys & Vintage Hotwheels, SO much MORE! Check web!

Elston Auctions 785-594-0505| 785-218-7851 Full list & pics online: www.KansasAuctions.net/elston

Auction Calendar

Auctions

Huge Annual New Year’s Day Auction Friday, January 1, 2016 9:00 AM Sharp Leavenworth Co. Fairgrounds 405 4th St. Tonganoxie, KS PREVIEW: Thurs, Dec 31 10 am - 4 pm Note: Pre-Auction Online Absentee Bidding, Full Listing and Photos at www.northeastkansas auctions.com United Country Heart of America Real Estate & Auction 785-806-6921 or 785-863-3322

Don’t Miss It! HARLEY GERDES 31st Annual

New Years Day Consignment Auction

No small items, Be on time!

Friday, Jan. 1, 2016 8:30 am, Lyndon, KS (785) 828-4476

Antiques ~Stoneware butter churn w/lid, Five-gallon, two-tone $25 ~Stoneware Jug, Five-gallon, two-tone, $25 ~Old specialized furniture maker’s plane, $25 ~Round wood butter-mold w/ swan motif, $25 Pictures available. Email drc_ks@hotmail.com

$50 Cash OBO 785-843-8457

Antiques Love Auctions?

Check out the Sunday / Wednesday editions of Lawrence Journal-World Classifieds section for all the details and the

BIGGEST SALES!

~Beautifully carved walnut frame w/ interior gilded frame & mirror.

Late 1800’s Frame 30x34, mirror 19.5x23.5 $90 ~Dover #922 sad iron with locking handle. $5 Pictures available. Email drc_ks@hotmail.com

Schlitz Bar Light $50 Cash OBO 785-843-8457

785-865-2505 grandmanagement.net

SUNRISE VILLAGE & PLACE

Now Leasing 2 BR’s Close to Campus & Downtown

Houses

Pool, On KU Bus Route, Spacious Floorplan,Patios/Decks.

Great location: 837 Michigan $200 OFF First Month Rent

Call now! 785-841-8400 www.sunriseapartments.com

2BR, 2 bath, fireplace, CA, W/D hookups, 2 car with opener. Easy access to I-70. Includes paid cable.

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PUBLIC NOTICES TO PLACE AN AD: PUBLIC NOTICE CONTINUED FROM 2D Sheriff Douglas County, Kansas Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS #10551) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913) 663-7600 (913) 663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (181531) _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 23, 2015) IN THE 7th JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Jacqueline Elaine Henderson Present Name To Change Her Name To: Jacqueline Ehrsam Henderson New Name Case No. 2015CV000453 Div. No. 3 PURSUANT TO K.S.A. CHAPTER 60 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL WHO ARE OR MAY BE CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that Jacqueline Elaine Henderson, filed a Petition in Douglas County District Court, Douglas County, Kansas, on the 18th day of December, 2015, requesting a judgment and order changing her name from Jacqueline Elaine Henderson to Jacqueline Ehrsam Henderson.

The said Petition will be heard in Douglas County District Court, Douglas County, Kansas, 11th St, Lawrence, KS on the 5th day of February 2016, at 2:00 p.m.

If you have any objection to the requested name change, you are required to file a responsive pleading on or before February 3th, 2016 in this court or appear at the hearing and object to the requested name change. If you fail to act, judgement and order will be entered upon the Petition as requested by Petitioner.

Jacqueline Elaine Henderson Petitioner, Pro Se 1540 Louisiana St Lawrence, KS 66044 317-431-1023 ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 23, 2015) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust Plaintiff, vs.

Susan F. Whalen and Kurt D. Whalen, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 15CV87 Court Number: 3 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, on January 14, 2016, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lot 12, Block 5, in Four Seasons No. 3, an addition to the City of Lawrence, as shown by the recorded plat thereof, in Douglas County, Kansas, commonly known as 3416 Lazy Brook Lane, Lawrence, KS 66047 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com Kenneth M. McGovern, Sheriff Douglas County, Kansas Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS #21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913) 663-7600 (913) 663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (127139) _______

(First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 23, 2015) NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The Lawrence Historic Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on January 21, 2016 in the City Commission Room of City Hall, 6 E. 6th Street, at 6:30 p.m. The description of the property and the case file for the public hearing items are available in the Planning Office for review during regular office hours, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

785.832.2222 Case No.15CV378 Court No. 1

KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60

New Penn Financial, LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Plaintiff,

NOTICE OF SALE

vs.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the South entrance of the Law Building, The following agenda Enforcement Douglas County, Kansas, items will be considered: on January 14, 2016 at the Consent Agenda: time of 10:00 AM, the folApproval of December 17, lowing real estate: 2015 Action Summary DR-15-00340 733 Tennes- LOT 4 AND THE SOUTH 7 see Street; Porch Enclo- FEET OF LOT 2, IN MITCHsure; State Law Review ELL ADDITION, AN ADDIDR-15-00600 1200 Oread TION TO THE CITY OF LAWAvenue; Communications RENCE, AS SHOWN BY THE Equipment; Certificate of RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, Appropriateness IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANDR-15-00611 727 Massa- SAS. Tax ID No. U09764, chusetts Street; Rehabili- Commonly known as 2006 tation; State Preservation Mitchell St, Lawrence, KS Law Review, Certificate of 66046 (“the Property”) Appropriateness, and MS170184 Downtown Design Guidelines Review to satisfy the judgment in the above entitled case.

Regular Agenda: The sale is to be made DR-15-00594 832 Pennsyl- without appraisement and vania Street; Rehabilita- subject to the redemption tion; State Law Review, period as provided by law, Certificate of Appropriate- and further subject to the ness and Design Guide- approval of the Court. lines 8th and Penn Redevelopment Zone Review Douglas County Sheriff DR-15-00633 726 Massa- MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC chusetts Street; New Addition; State Law Review, By: /s/ Chad R. Doornink Certificate of Appropriate- Chad R. Doornink, #23536 ness and Downtown De- cdoornink@msfirm.com sign Guidelines Review Jason A. Orr, #22222 jorr@msfirm.com Miscellaneous Items: 8900 Indian Creek *Provide comment on Parkway, Suite 180 Board of Zoning Appeals Overland Park, KS 66210 applications received (913) 339-9132 since December 17, 2015.

(913) 339-9045 (fax) *Review of any demolition permits received since De- ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF cember 17, 2015. *Review of Architectural MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS Review Committee approv- ATTORNEYS FOR als since December 17, CITIMORTGAGE, INC. IS AT2015.

TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMALawrence/Douglas County TION OBTAINED WILL BE Planning Office, 6 E. 6th USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. _______ Street, Lawrence, KS 66044 (785) 832-3151 Lynne Braddock Zollner (First published in the Historic Resources Lawrence Daily JournalAdministrator World December 23, 2015) lzollner@lawrenceks.org ________ Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 (First published in the Michael Rupard, KS Lawrence Daily Journal # 26954 -World December 23, 2015) Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. IN THE DISTRICT COURT (St. Louis Office) OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 KANSAS St. Louis, MO 63141 SEVENTH JUDICIAL Phone: (314) 991-0255 DISTRICT Fax: (314) 567-8006 In the Matter of the Estate of MARY JEANE BILHIMER, deceased Case No. 2015 PR 50 Division 1 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in this Court by Lisa Pippert, one of the duly appointed, qualified and acting co-Executors of the Estate of Mary Jeane Bilhimer deceased, praying the co-Executors’ acts be approved and their account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Will and “Valid Settlement Agreement” be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the administration of the Estate be closed; and upon the filing of receipts the co-Executors be finally discharged as the Executors of the Estate of Mary Jeane Bilhimer, deceased, and the co-Executors be released from further liability.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before January 14, 2016 at 10:00 o’clock a.m. in the District Court, Division 1, in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard.

Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition.

Lisa D. Pippert, Petitioner STEVENS & BRAND, L.L.P. 900 Massachusetts, Ste. 500 Lawrence KS 66044-0189 (785) 843-0811 mwood@stevensbrand.com Attorneys for Petitioners ________

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Wells Fargo Bank, NA Plaintiff, vs.

Gregory G. Russell , et al., Defendants.

Case No. 15CV305 K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Larry D. Kelley; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Unknown spouse, if any, of Larry D. Kelly; Donald E. Clark, Defendants.

Case No. 15CV422 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SUIT THE STATE OF KANSAS, to the above-named defendants and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, and all other persons who are or may be concerned.

You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following described real estate: LOTS 20 AND 21, IN BLOCK 4, BELMONT ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, commonly known as 1436 Prospect Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66044 (the “Property”) and all those defendants who have not otherwise been served are required to plead to the Petition on or before the 19th day of January, 2016, in the District Court of Douglas County,Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction.

The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS #21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913) 663-7600 (913) 663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (185863) _______

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Douglas, State of Kansas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 15CV305, wherein the par- (First published in the ties above named were re- Lawrence Daily Journalspectively plaintiff and de- World, December 16, 2015) fendant, and to me, the unIN THE DISTRICT dersigned Sheriff of said COURT OF County, directed, I will ofDOUGLAS COUNTY, fer for sale at public aucKANSAS tion and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at RHP PROPERTIES, INC., 10:00 AM, on 01/14/2016, d/b/a EASY LIVING & PINE the Jury Assembly Room HILLS, of the District Court loPetitioner, cated in the lower level of the Judicial and Law Envs. forcement Center building, 111 E. 11th St., LawNELLIE WADE, aka Douglas rence, Kansas NELLIE HOOD, and County Courthouse, the TRINI BROWN, and following described real KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF estate located in the REVENUE, DIVISION OF County of Douglas, State of MOTOR VEHICLES, the unKansas, to wit: known heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, LOT 12, IN BLOCK 3, IN trustees, creditors an asHOLIDAY HILLS NO. 2, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF signs of any Defendant as may be deceased and the LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS spouse of any Defendant; COUNTY, KANSAS. the unknown officers, successors, trustees, crediSHERIFF OF DOUGLAS tors and assigns of such COUNTY, KANSAS Defendants as are or were partners or in partnership; Respectfully Submitted, and the unknown guardiBy: ans, conservators and Shawn Scharenborg, KS trustees of such and any # 24542 Defendants as are minors Michael Rupard, KS or are in anywise under le# 26954 gal disability; and the unDustin Stiles, KS # 25152 known heirs, executors, Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. administrators, devisees, (St. Louis Office) trustees, creditors and as12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 signs of any person St. Louis, MO 63141 alleged to be deceased, Phone: (314) 991-0255 Respondents.

Fax: (314) 567-8006

classifieds@ljworld.com lie Wade aka Nellie Hood, Trini Brown, and all other persons who are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County by Plaintiff, RHP Properties, Inc., praying for quieting title on personal property identified as a 1963 VanDyke Mobile Home, bearing VIN# 363V5310C2W829, and you are hereby required to plead to the Petition on or before January 8, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., in the court at 111 E. 11th Street, Lawrence, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Prepared by: /s/ Darryl Graves Darryl Graves #08991 Darryl Graves, A Professional Law Corporation 1040 New Hampshire Lawrence, Kansas 66044 (785) 843-8117; FAX (785) 843-0492 office@dgraves-law.com Attorney for Petitioner _______

the costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as the Executor of the Estate of MARK WESLEY CLINE, deceased, and the Petitioner and the surety on Petitioner’s bond be released from further liability.

You are required to file your written defenses to the petition on or before December 31, 2015, 9:00 A.M. in the Douglas County District Court, at 111 E 11th, Lawrence, KS 66044-2966, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard.

Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition.

Kathleen R. Urbom #10804 URBOM LAW OFFICES CHARTERED 3024 SW Wanamaker Road, Suite 103 Topeka, KS 66614 Telephone: 785.861.7100 Facsimile: 785.215.6122 Email:kurbom@urbomlaw.com

(First published in the Attorney for Lawrence Daily Journal- Administrator, Juliet E. Cline World, December 16, 2015) ________ IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF (First published in the DOUGLAS COUNTY, Lawrence Daily JournalKANSAS World December 23, 2015) RHP PROPERTIES, INC., d/b/a EASY LIVING & PINE HILLS, Petitioner, vs.

RICHARD SMALL KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors an assigns of any Defendant as may be deceased and the spouse of any Defendant; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of such Defendants as are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of such and any Defendants as are minors or are in anywise under legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, Respondents.

Case No.: 15CV437 Div No.: 4 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SUIT The State of Kansas to Richard Small, and all other persons who are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County by Plaintiff, RHP Properties, Inc., praying for quieting title on personal property identified as a 1978 Vanderbilt Mobile Home, bearing VIN# GDMHKS2486000, and you are hereby required to plead to the Petition on or before January 8, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., in the court at 111 E. 11th Street, Lawrence, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Prepared by: /s/ Darryl Graves Darryl Graves #08991 Darryl Graves, A Professional Law Corporation 1040 New Hampshire Lawrence, Kansas 66044 (785) 843-8117; FAX (785) 843-0492 office@dgraves-law.com Attorney for Petitioner _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 9, 2015) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANKSAS DIVISION 1 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: MARK WESLEY CLINE, Deceased.

Case No. 2013 PR 91 NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that a petition has been filed in this Court by JULIET E. CLINE, the duly appointed, quali(First published in the fied and acting AdminisLawrence Daily Journaltrator of the Estate of World December 23, 2015) MARK WESLEY CLINE, deIN THE DISTRICT COURT ceased, requesting that OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, Petitioner’s acts be apKANSAS proved; an account be CIVIL DEPARTMENT deemed waived; the heirs Email:mrupard@km-law.com be determined; the Valid Case No.: 15CV 359 Attorney for Plaintiff Settlement Agreement be Div No.: 4 CitiMortgage, Inc. _______ construed and the Estate Plaintiff, be assigned to the persons Pursuant to K.S.A. (First published in the entitled thereto; the Court Chapter 60 vs.

Lawrence Daily Journalfind the allowances reWorld December 9, 2015) NOTICE OF SUIT quested for attorney’s fees Joseph John Michaleski, and expenses are reasonaet al.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT The State of Kansas to Nel- ble and should be allowed; Defendants, OF DOUGLAS COUNTY,

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, Plaintiff vs.

JOHN DANIELS, Cause No. 1 R. STEPHEN EVERLEY, Cause No. 2 R. STEPHEN EVERLEY, Cause No. 3 R. STEPHEN EVERLEY, Cause No. 4 REDEEMED, Cause No. 5 REDEEMED, Cause No. 6 REDEEMED, Cause No. 7 DAPHENE R. ROORDA, Cause No. 8 UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, ASSIGNEE OF PROVIDIAN VISA, Cause No. 8 DAPHENE R. ROORDA, Cause No. 9 UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, ASSIGNEE OF PROVIDIAN VISA, Cause No. 9 REDEEMED, Cause No. 10 BRADFORD H. SHIPPY, Cause No. 11 LILA L. SHIPPY, Cause No. 11 CONNIE S. STRODA, Cause No. 12 CONNIE S. STRODA, Cause No. 13 SUNSHINE RE KS VIII LLC, Cause No. 14 ROBERT J. MOORE, Cause No. 14 DUANE SCHWADA, Cause No. 14 and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of such of the defendants as may be deceased; the unknown spouses of any defendant, the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors, and assigns of a defendant that is an existing, dissolved or dormant corporation; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of a defendant that is or was in partnership; the unknown tenants of any of the defendants herein possessing any part of the real estate in controversy herein; and the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of a defendant that is a minor or is under a legal disability; and all other persons who are or may be concerned, Defendants.

Case No. 2015CV186 Div. No. 5 Title To Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 and K.S.A. 79-2801 et. seq NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale directed, delivered and issued out of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, Division No. 5, Case No. 15 CV 186 in which the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, State of Kansas, is Plaintiff and the several persons whose names are listed above are Defendants, I will, on the 26th day of January, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., offer at public auction in the Jury Assembly Room, in the basement of the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, 111 E. 11th Street, Lawrence, Kansas, to the highest and best bidder for cash in hand, all of the following described real estate situated in Douglas County, Kansas: Cause No. 1: Tax AIN #: 900014 Situs Address: VACANT LAND Legal Description: Beginning at a point 135

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feet north of the Southwest Corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 14 South, Range 19 East; thence North 137.5 feet; thence East to the center of Public road; thence in a Southwesterly direction along the center of said road to a point due East of the starting point; thence West 64.2 feet to Point of Beginning; Also, beginning at a point 135 feet North of the Southwest Corner of the Southwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 14 South, Range 19 East; thence West 17 feet; thence North 181.8 feet; thence East 17 feet; thence South 181.8 feet to the Point of Beginning; less that tract taken thereof in Condemnation Case No. 21016, described as a tract of land for Highway Right of Way in the Southeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 14 South, Range 19 East, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line 135.0 feet North of the Southwest corner of said Quarter Section; thence East parallel to the South line of said Quarter Section to the center line of Highway U.S. 59; thence Northeasterly along said center line to a point 137.5 feet North and 138.6 feet East of the place of beginning; thence West parallel to said South line 66.6 feet; thence Southwesterly to the place of beginning.

Judgment: $203.34, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

Cause No. 13: Tax AIN #: N07907A Situs Address: 700 Maple Street, Lawrence, Kansas Legal Description: Lot 5, in Maple Street South Subdivision, a Subdivision in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

Judgment: $2,423.73, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

Cause No. 14: Tax AIN #: U12364DA Situs Address: 0 W. 6th Street, Lawrence, Kansas Legal Description: Lot 3, Rockledge North, an addition to the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, LESS AND EXCEPT tracts of land deeded in Book 268, Page 252 and Book 521, Page 1605.

Judgment: $11,869.02, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

Said real estate will be sold to satisfy a lien for delinquent taxes, special assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs in the amounts as set forth following each of the above tracts of real estate, as above described, said lien for delinquent taxes, special assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs having been determined and assessed by judgment against the above-described tracts of real estate. The real estate described in each of the items above set forth desCause No. 2: ignated as a separately Tax AIN #: E03299 numbered cause of action Situs Address: 300 E. 5th Street, Block 1, will be sold separately.

Eudora, Kansas The above-described real Legal Description: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, in estate is to be sold withBlock 209, in the City of Eu- out appraisement, and if dora, Douglas County, Kan- such sale for want of time cannot be completed on sas. the stated day, it shall be Judgment: $86.92, plus statutory in- adjourned from day to day terests and costs from and until completed. The real estate will be sold subject after October 23, 2015. only to real estate taxes and installments of special Cause No. 3: assessments for 2015 and Tax AIN #: E03309 subsequent years, and Situs Address: shall be subject to valid 100 E. 5th Street, Block 2A, covenants running with Eudora, Kansas the land and to valid easeLegal Description: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, ments of record in use, if in Block 212, in the City of any there shall be.

Eudora, Douglas County, Pursuant to K.S.A. 79-2804g Kansas. and K.S.A. 79-2812, no Judgment: $86.39, plus statutory in- tract, lot, or piece of real terests and costs from and estate offered for sale shall be sold, either diafter October 23, 2015. rectly or indirectly, to: (1) Any person having a statCause No. 4: utory right to redeem such Tax AIN #: E03737A real estate prior to such Situs Address: sale, pursuant to the provi400 Ash Street, Block 1, sions of K.S.A. 79-2803, and Eudora, Kansas amendments thereto, exLegal Description: Lots 3 and 4, less railroad cept that this paragraph right-of-way over said Lots (1) shall not prohibit sale 3 and 4, in Block 243, in the to any person or such assignee who City of Eudora, Douglas person’s held an interest in such County, Kansas. real estate as mortgagee Judgment: $85.37, plus statutory in- of record at the time of the terests and costs from and sale; (2) any parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, after October 23, 2015. spouse, sibling, trustee or trust beneficiary who held Cause No. 8: an interest in a tract as Tax AIN #: U13927DB01 owner or holder of the recSitus Address: ord title or who held an in3811 Overland Drive, terest at any time when Lawrence, Kansas any tax constituting part Legal Description: That portion of Lot 3, Block of the judgment became 9, Westland Addition, an due; (3) with respect to a Addition to the City of title holding corporation, Lawrence, specifically de- any current or former scribed and referred to as stockholder, current ofTracts 2A, in Plat of Survey ficer or director, or any of Westland Townhouses person having a relationfiled April 23, 1982, in Plat ship enumerated in paraBook C-1, Page 15, in the graph (2) to such stockoffice of the Register of holder, officer or director; Deeds of Douglas County, or (4) any person that is the record owner of other in Douglas County, Kansas. real estate upon which Judgment: $8,669.41, plus statutory in- there are delinquent taxes terests and costs from and of a general ad valorem tax nature or delinquent after October 23, 2015. special assessments in existence as reflected by the Cause No. 9: records of the Douglas Tax AIN #: U13927DB02 County Treasurer.

PursuSitus Address: ant to K.S.A. 79-2804h, any 3811 Overland Drive, purchaser of any tract of Lawrence, Kansas said real estate will be reLegal Description: That portion of Lot 3, Block quired to sign and file an 9, Westland Addition, an Affidavit with the Clerk of Addition to the City of the District Court, affirmLawrence, specifically de- ing that the purchase of scribed and referred to as the real estate was not 2B, in Plat of Survey of made directly, or indiWestland Townhouses rectly, for any person who filed April 23, 1982, in Plat having the statutory right Book C-1, Page 15, in the to redeem, other than any office of the Register of person or such person’s Deeds of Douglas County, assignee who held an interest in such real estate in Douglas County, Kansas. as mortgagee of record at Judgment: $274.90, plus statutory in- the time of the sale. terests and costs from and Provided, that in the event after October 23, 2015. the highest bid of any tract, lot, or piece of real Cause No. 11: estate above-described Tax AIN #: B00434 does not equal the delinSitus Address: 1000 Chapel Street, Block 2, quent taxes, special assessments, charges, penBaldwin City, Kansas alties, interest, and costs Legal Description: All of Lots 159 and 161 on charged to it, the Sheriff Chapel Street, in the City may, at the direction of the of Baldwin, Douglas Board of County Commissioners, bid in said tract, County, Kansas. lot, or piece of real estate Judgment: $715.90, plus statutory in- in the name of the County. terests and costs from and Provided further, that the after October 23, 2015. terms of the sale shall be cash or certified check.

Cause No. 12: Successful bidders must Tax AIN #: N07907 pay the total amount due Situs Address: in cash or by certified 742 Maple Street, check within two hours of Lawrence, Kansas the end of the sale.

Legal Description: Lot 4, in Maple Street South Subdivision, a Sub- Ken M. McGovern, division in the City of Law- Sheriff of Douglas County, rence, Douglas County, Kansas ________ Kansas.

Judgment: $8,567.81, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

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Peppermint hot chocolate jars make great small gift

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have a new(ish) job at The Willow Domestic Violence Center. It is a great transition for me and I get to do fun things mostly about talking to and training willing and amazing volunteers all day long. I like to try to keep those volunteers happy. They work really hard, FOR FREE. Of course, we don’t have much in terms of resources for buying gifts for volunteers, but I’m well aware that a little food and drink go a long way toward keeping folks satisfied in their work, so I try to bring them gifts of sweets and treats when they go above and beyond the call of duty.

These little gifts are an inexpensive and cute way for me to say “THANK YOU THANK

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Megan Stuke YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU” to our volunteers. Maybe there is someone on your list who needs a little something sweet this year as well.

I buy the small mason jars by the case (2 and 5/8 inches tall) and use them for holding condiments at parties, or canning cute little pots of jam, or keeping paperclips, whatever. They’re

just handy little suckers.

So I decided they were the perfect size for a large serving of hot cocoa mix or two reasonably sized ones, and how cute and easy is that for an edible gift? Make a little tag on your computer and you’re set to go. It doesn’t have to be a Christmas gift, but just a winter “hey I love you gift” is fine too.

Peppermint Cocoa Gifts Makes one jar

Ingredients 3 tablespoons powdered milk 1/2 (scant) cup Dutch process cocoa 3 tablespoons powdered sugar 1 tablespoon crushed

peppermint candy A few mini marshmallows

Directions Just layer in the ingredients, starting with powdered milk, then cocoa, then sugar. Top with peppermint and marshmallows last.

Put your instructions (add about 2.5 cups of hot water to the mix) on a little tag and you’re ready to go! Just be sure to remind them to remove the marshmallows before they mix it up.

For just a few dollars you can make a dozen of these jars and bring happiness and cocoa everywhere you go!

— Megan Stuke is a busy mom who tries to prepare nutritional and interesting meals for her family.

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Brussels Sprout Salad with Grapes, Apricots and Prosciutto

Warm salad helps lighten up the holidays

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love Christmas. I’m just going to get that out there to start. I love twinkle lights and carols and roast beef and peppermint bark.

Oh good golly, do I love peppermint bark. (Google Molly Wizenberg’s recipe. And make a double batch. You’ll thank me.)

After spending much of December enjoying treats and guzzling eggnog, though,

by Christmas Day itself I often feel a bit like a fatted calf.

Not so much that I’m ready to embrace the discipline of Jan. 1 — because my friends make some amazing appetizers for New Year’s Eve and I wouldn’t want to miss those, of course — but definitely craving some green vegetables.

If you know the feeling, the following little jewel of a

And the little lumps of grape and dried apricot? Well, like this time of year, they’re somewhere in between.

The restaurant version of this salad used whole Brussels sprout leaves that had been meticulously peeled apart.

That’s much too fussy for me ever to do at home, so I used a mandoline to quickly turn the sprouts into ribbons.

If you do the same, be very sure to use the guard warm salad is my gift to you. or wear a metal mesh glove Inspired by a dish I once when working with your had at a tapas restaurant, mandoline. (Because Brusit’s a little bit Christmas and sels sprouts are small and a little bit New Year’s Day. slippery and the emergency The butter and salty proroom isn’t a fun place to sciutto make it feel celebraspend any holiday.) tory. The Brussels sprouts If you don’t have a manare as fresh and clean as your doline, a sharp knife will living room walls when you get you to the same place, take the decorations down. though it takes a little longer.

Cooking From Scratch

Meryl Carver-Allmond

Merry Christmas, happy new year, and a wonderful everything in between!

Brussels Sprout Salad with Grapes, Apricots and Prosciutto Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds Brussels sprouts, washed and shredded 4 tablespoons butter 15-20 green grapes 10 dried apricots 5 slices prosciutto Salt and pepper, to taste Directions Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet. Add the shredded Brussels sprouts, using tongs to toss them in the butter, then add the other 2

tablespoons of butter. Continue to cook the Brussels sprouts over medium heat — tossing gently all along the way — for 6-7 minutes. Ideally, they’ll turn bright green, but you don’t really want them to start caramelizing.

As the Brussels sprouts are cooking, cut each of the grapes in half, dice the dried apricots and tear the prosciutto into small slivers. Remove the Brussels sprouts from the heat and toss them together with the fruit and ham, reserving a few pretty sliced grapes to arrange on top.

Serve warm or at room temperature.

— Meryl Carver-Allmond writes about chickens, babies, knitting, gardening, food, photography, and whatever else tickles her fancy on any given day at mybitofearth.net.

Pumpkin or sweet potato pie? A recipe that lets you decide

By Andrea Weigl

potatoes for the pumpkin and omit the ginger.

Puree the custard ingredients in a food processor before placing in a saucepan and bringing to a boil.

Stir often while coming to a boil, then proceed as directed.

Be sure to use pasteurized egg whites or whites from pasteurized eggs since the meringue is not cooked. Adapted from Goldie Weigl and Epicurious.com.

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Sweet potato pie stole the show before Thanksgiving — all thanks to a viral video review of Patti LaBelle-brand sweet potato pie sold at Walmart.

James Wright Chanel’s glorious review, which is interspersed with him singing snippets of LaBelle’s songs and a few this-is-the-best-thingI’ve-tasted curse words, was viewed more than 4.1 million times on YouTube. After that video went viral, a spokesperson said the country’s largest retailer sold one pie a second for 72 hours.

Even if you didn’t see the video or run to Walmart to buy a pie, you likely got sucked into debates about which is better: sweet potato pie or pumpkin pie. Or you participated in the larger perennial holiday debate: which is the best pie — pumpkin, sweet potato, pecan or apple?

I definitely fall into the pumpkin/sweet potato camp, but I don’t have a strong view on one versus the other. I love them both. (I know that is sacrilege to some.) Those conversations led me to whip up a family favorite this Thanksgiving that I had almost forgotten: pumpkin chiffon pie.

Pumpkin Chiffon Pie

For the crust 14 (2-inch) gingersnaps (about 4 ounces) Juli Leonard/Raleigh News & Observer Photo 1 cup pecans 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unearned him a phone call salted butter, melted and from LaBelle and lat- cooled er an invitation to her house for Thanksgiving For the pie 1 envelope unflavored dinner.

If you missed the gelatin 2/3 cup brown sugar chance to buy a Patti La1/2 teaspoon salt Belle pie at Walmart, a 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon company spokesperson 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg said they will be back in 1/2 teaspoon ginger stores later this month 1 1/4 cups mashed, for the end of the year holidays. Or you could cooked pumpkin 3 egg yolks try making this version.

1/2 cup milk 3 egg whites, at room Pumpkin temperature 1/2 cup powdered sugar Chiffon Pie With Whipped cream, optional

My grandmother and mom used to make this pie, and my sister, Kathryn, made one last year for our Thanksgiving feast.

I love this pie’s lighter texture. The recipe calls for folding meringue into the custard to create a fluffy, better version of the classic. After serving it this year, it was so popular between dinner and take-home leftovers that we only had one slice left.

So I made another one, improving on the graham Gingersnap cracker crust with gingersnap cookies and pecans.

Pecan Crust Then I made a sweet To convert this recipe potato version. It was for sweet potato pie, even better.

Chanel’s viral video substitute mashed sweet

To make the crust In a food processor grind gingersnaps, pecans and sugar fine and add butter, blending until com-

bined well. Press mixture onto bottom and side of a 9-inch (1-quart) glass pie plate.

Bake crust in middle of oven 15 minutes, or until crisp and golden around edge, and cool on rack.

Combine gelatin, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cooked pumpkin, yolks and milk in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat.

Once boiling, remove from heat and place saucepan in a sink or roasting pan filled with ice water to cool down. The filling is cool

enough when it mounds on a spoon.

To make the meringue Place egg whites in a mixing bowl. Beat on medium speed for about a minute or until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating on high for 5 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Fold into pumpkin filling and fill cooled pie crust. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving. Serve with whipped cream, if desired.

Yield: 8-10 slices.

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