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State grapples What’s your favorite with mental Christmas or holiday memory? hospital safety ON THE STREET

Asked on Massachusetts Street on Christmas Eve Day

Republican lawmaker now recommends delaying certification recheck

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By John Hanna Associated Press

Topeka — An influential Republican legislator wants Kansas to postpone efforts to regain federal certification for one of its two state mental hospitals as it tackles safety problems following reports that an employee was raped and a patient engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior.

State Sen. Jim Denning, of Overland Park, chairman of a budget subcommittee on social services, said he’s concerned demands from the federal government earlier this year for renovations at Osawatomie State Hospital have distracted the Denning state from protecting hospital employees and providing the best possible care for mentally ill patients.

“Let’s just take a pause,” Denning said. “Let’s continue to clean up our operation.”

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services notified the hospital last month that Medicare would

Joe Bickford, Lawrence, takes care of people “Family and snow.”

Stanley Weile, Lawrence, works at Israel Chemicals Ltd. “I think my favorite is watching my children in the morning being totally wideeyed when they see the tree and open their presents. Their youthfulness. And you get to see it through their eyes.”

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Linda Hamilton, Port Angeles, Wash., works for the government “Growing up, I was fortunate enough to live in the same town as much of my family. My grandparents would come over in the morning, and we would go to a diner and meet my aunt and uncle, their children and more of our family, and they would buy us all breakfast.

That was their present to us.”

Mark Emert, Lawrence, attorney “Opening up the box that had a signed basketball from the 1990 (KU men’s) team.”

Salvation Army well short of $100,000 goal

By Karen Dillon Twitter: @karensdillon

The Salvation Army kettle collections are way off target this year, Lt. Matt McCluer said on Thursday shortly before bell ringers officially halted their collection drive for the year.

The 2015 goal for It is bad kettle donations in news.”

Douglas County was $100,000, but bell ringers collected only about — Lt. Matt McCluer, $59,000, McCluer said. Salvation Army That’s about $30,000 short of the $88,000 bell ringers collected last year.

“It is bad news,” McCluer said.

But not as dire as it could be, he said, because the agency has a full year to make up that difference through other fundraising means. It’s too early, he added, to start cutting the budget to make ends meet. The organization uses the money to fund rent and utility assistance programs, to help supplement donations

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Santa’s neighbor spills beans on legendary Marshall, Mo., man in the middle of the Scharnhorst lineup, was a contemporary of Edna St. Joseph, Mo. — Clause.

Ernie Scharnhorst Santa, born in 1888, knew Santa Claus. Even came to embrace his worked for him. famous name. AccordNo, the St. Joseph ing to a story by The man was not an elf.

Associated Press in This Yuletide tale 1939, he began growing requires some adjusta beard each December ment, true. For one — dark, but he powthing, Santa Claus, the dered it white — and one who lived a couple gamely responded, with of blocks away from local monetary contriyoung Ernie’s boyhood butions, to numerous home, stood at least 6 letters from children feet 4 inches tall and with their Christmas “was skinny as a rail,” wishes. the St. Joseph NewsHis signature proved Press reports. the genuine article.

For another, Santa Along with this, worked on the Missouri Santa also knew the River before finding Biblical version of opportunity when his Christmas. He had conhometown of Marshall, structed a cinder block Mo., got indoor plumb- building on his proping. erty and on weekends But make no mistake: preached the Gospel News accounts of the as a Church of Christ time, not to mention minister. the U.S. Census Bureau During the week, and the vital statistics he worked digging keepers of the state of trenches from the street Missouri, affirm that to Marshall homes as Santa Claus lived as a water and sewer lines Missourian. got connected.

(OK, and one more “I worked for him thing, the name was one summer when I actually Santa Clause, was 15,” Scharnhorst but Christmas requires says. “I’m not a ditch a charitable excision of digger. I didn’t know it the “e.”) until then.”

That doesn’t detract The St. Joseph from Scharnhorst’s man would become story, which he delivers a carpenter, but that with spirit. remains part of a larger “I knew Santa Claus,” story. Born in 1930, he he says. “I knew his started working at age family. I went to school 8, feeding chickens for with his family and a farm couple for 15 grew up with them.” cents a week. The wage Scharnhorst grew allowed him admission up in Marshall, one of to a movie with enough nine children of Oxford left over for a bag of and Margaret Scharnpopcorn. horst. They lived on From his father, a South Davis Street, and man everyone knew as the kids would walk “Big Boy,” Ernie would learn from valuable lesto Benton School past the house of the Clause sons: always be on time, family, which had eight always provide quality work, always earn your children. pay.

“Most every one of But Big Boy, who Erus went to school with nie would remember as one of the kids,” he bartering knife-sharpsays. ening skills for money His older brother, to buy rounds of drinks, Johnny, became a lifelong friend of Jimmy also passed along less constructive teachings.

Clause. Ernie, born

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“We have responded to every one of those,” he said. “The mere fact that there’s a response to CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A it means that we took it seriously.” stop paying for patient Without the federal care as of this week. agency’s certification, The notice came after a the state will lose not survey found a “systemic only Medicare funds failure” to protect suibut other federal dolcidal patients, adequately lars, possibly as much as $900,000 a month.

Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo supervise care and perform required safety “Right now, the focus SALVATION ARMY VOLUNTEER BELL RINGER Donald checks. The survey cited is to ensure that OsawatSouthard, of Lawrence, rings away with a smile on his the report of the emomie continues to be face in 50-degree weather at Dillons, 3000 W. Sixth St., ployee’s rape, which led available for patients on Thursday. to a felony rape charge and that staff continue against a patient. to work for ensuring that McCluer wasn’t sure The hospital respond- patients and staff are why people did not ed with a plan earlier in a safe environment,” donate as much at the this month that included KDADS Secretary Kari kettles this year. He said CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A requiring employees to Bruffett said. sometimes when the wear personal alarm butRep. Jerry Henry, of weather is nice people tons and recruiting adAtchison, the ranking to its food bank, and don’t think about Christditional security, federal Democrat on the House several other programs mas as much. documents show.

Appropriations Commitdesigned to help individAbout mid-January, But a follow-up survey tee, said the Republicanuals and families in need. Salvation Army officials said an unnamed male controlled Legislature McCluer said The will meet to discuss patient, “a known sex of- needs to hold “immediSalvation Army also actual numbers and how fender,” was placed in a ate hearings” on the receives walk-in cash, to make up the deficit hall with female patients hospital’s operations and check and credit card through fundraising and and wasn’t supervised whether its staffing and donations, and while the marketing. closely enough to preannual budget of about amount of that won’t be “The idea is we won’t vent him from having $30 million are adequate. known until the end of cut the budget,” he said. sex with another patient.

The renovations the Christmas season, For next year, McTop officials at the ordered by federal ofwhich is officially over Cluer said, The Salvation Kansas Department for ficials for Osawatomie Jan. 31, he expects that Army would re-evaluate Aging and Disability included changes to amount could be up the bell-ringing proServices, which oversees ceilings, doorknobs and some. gram to improve it. One the state’s mental hospi- drinking fountains aimed “By my estimation, we strategy will be to more tals in Osawatomie and at lessening the risk that are actually up a little aggressively recruit bell Larned, said the state patients would commit bit (on walk-in donaringers, he said, noting undertook renovations at suicide by hanging or tions),” he said. “We run that this year was short Osawatomie to resolve strangling themselves. pretty tight as it is. That of ringers compared with safety issues raised by The hospital dropped is why this is the begin- some seasons past. federal officials. Bill its capacity to 146 paning of our fiscal year, Rein, the department’s tients from 206 patients so we can react and superintendent of state to accommodate the renchange what we are dohospitals, said it has “ex- ovations. State officials — Reporter Karen Dillon can be reached ing the rest of the year haustively studied” each expected space for 60 at kdillon@ljworld.com or 832-7162. based on Christmas.” reported deficiency. patients to meet federal

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“My dad was a drinker and a smoker,” Scharnhorst says, “and he taught us all well.”

Rambunctious ways followed Ernie. He married Jennie in 1952, and, he says, “The first 10 years of my married life were not a picnic for my wife.”

When they moved to Kansas City, to eventually live there 35 years, he could always find a job. But he went from workplace to workplace. In 1962, he says, something happened.

“God got hold of me,” Scharnhorst recalls. “It was like a voice sitting next to me, but there was nobody around.”

He tore up his remaining cigarettes and poured out the booze.

“I would not change that day for any day in this world,” he says.

Over the years, he would support his family as a rough-in carpenter, doing the framing for countless houses in the Kansas towns of Overland Park and Lenexa. The man said he would be proud to tell any of those homeowners now, decades removed, about the pains he took, square and level, to get that construction right.

Now living in a North Side neighborhood in St. Joseph, he also happily tells stories to his great-grandchildren about his 63-year marriage. Jennie came from a family of even more modest means.

“She borrowed $15 from me to buy a dress in order to get married,” Scharnhorst says.

“I said she hasn’t paid me that $15 yet, and I’m not leaving the house until I get my money.”

In addition, he enjoys his time spent with Santa Claus, the Marshall pastor and trencher.

“As long as you believe there’s a Santa Claus,” he says, “there’s a Santa Claus.”

standards by winter.

But Rein said federal officials told the state in October that newly renovated space had to be run as if it were its own hospital, with a separate pharmacy and staff, which would require the state to hire additional employees.

Denning said continuing to pursue such requirements could become “a rabbit hole” for the state, offsetting the potential loss of federal funds if Kansas doesn’t comply.

Republican Sen. Molly Baumgardner, of Louisburg, who represents some hospital employees, said lawmakers aren’t going to be satisfied with “just spending money chasing the possibility of certification.”

And House Majority Leader Jene Vickrey, another Louisburg Republican, said federal requirements seem to be “a moving target.”

“Our focus needs to be on providing care and doing it in an environment in which employees are safe,” Vickrey said.

Denning said the state should consider turning all or part of Osawatomie’s operations over to a private hospital system. Vickrey and Baumgardner dismissed the idea.

But Bruffett said to protect patient care and employee safety, “We would not take anything off the table.”

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WEEKEND GUIDE

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his Christmas weekend, rock out at the Jazzhaus, partake in karaoke at Frank’s North Star Tavern, or keep things low-key with meditation and/or yoga. Check out more upcoming events in the Journal-World’s datebook below.

Sunrise Project receives grant for $39,500

By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde

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Jazzhaus Xmas Jam 10 p.m. today, Jazzhaus, 926 Massachusetts St. Shutterstock Photo

Full Moon Meditation 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Lavender House, 1600 New Hampshire St. Celebrate the winter solstice — and the full moon set to occur on Christmas — with this meditation workshop

from “professional hippie” Tom Tortorich. (His credentials also include “spiritual entertainer,” life coach and motiva-

tional speaker.)

A “love offering” of $5 is appreciated.

For more information, visit lavenderhouse.org.

Kara-Oke: Holiday Hangover Edition 9 p.m. Saturday, Frank’s North Star Tavern, 508 Locust St. Let the power of karaoke (and alcoholic beverages, if you so desire) lift you out of that post-holiday funk at Frank’s. Cover is $2.

“YOU ARE AMAZING AND WE WANT TO SHARE THE GIFT OF MUSIC WITH YOU,” reads an excerpt (in all caps, of course, because this is Christmas and why not) from Jazzhaus’ Facebook event page.

In celebration of the holiday, Jazzhaus is hosting a “giant jam session” of rock and funk acts tonight, with a chance of some surprise guest artists making appearances.

Cover is $3. The room opens at 8 p.m.

The Sunrise Project was awarded a grant for $39,500 this week, more than half of the funds needed to renovate its portion of the former Sunrise Garden Center property, 1501 Learnard Ave. The Kriz Charitable Fund awarded the grant specifically for the nonprofit project’s renovation costs, said Emily Hampton, the project’s executive director. The project — which will provide community and youth cooking and gardening programs — has been fundraising since early this year, and Hampton said such a

7:15 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Westside Yoga, 4935 Research Park Way

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Still feeling stressed? Westside Yoga is offering a special candlelit class that promises to “cultivate the peace of the season.”

Led by Micki Self-Loveland, the “gentle” class welcomes yoga enthusiasts of all skill levels, with modifications available for those wanting the support of a chair.

For more information, call 979-1639 or visit westsideyogalawrence.com.

DATEBOOK 25 TODAY

City offices closed in observance of Christmas holiday.

Lawrence Meals on Wheels will not be delivering meals today.

Community Christmas Dinner, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. Diners are asked to use the church’s Vermont Street entrance. Those seeking a meal delivery can call

Trans-Siberian Or841-1516 after 6 a.m. to chestra, 3 p.m., Sprint place an order.

Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. 26 SATURDAY Trans-Siberian OrRed Dog’s Dog Days chestra, 8 p.m., Sprint workout, 7:30 a.m., parkCenter, 1407 Grand Blvd., ing lot in 800 block of Kansas City, Mo. Vermont Street.

John Jervis, classical 27 SUNDAY guitar, 8-11 a.m., Panera, Festival of Nativities, 520 W. 23rd St. Festival of Nativities, noon-4 p.m., Centenary noon-4 p.m., Centenary United Methodist Church, United Methodist Church, 245 N. Fourth St., North 245 N. Fourth St., North Lawrence.

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In big year for live Christmas trees, one farm goes dark

By Eric Adler The Kansas City Star

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large grant makes a huge impact.

“I think it gives the community hope that we are actually going to meet our goals and be able to move into the site sooner rather than later,” Hampton said. “From the community standpoint, it makes the fundraising goal less intimidating.”

The approximately $70,000 renovation will convert a former Sunrise building into classroom and kitchen spaces for the project’s programs.

“We’ll offer cooking and gardening classes and workshops that all center around food and the environment, for all

De Soto — John Russell, 57, walked from his boyhood home, painted red like a barn, and made his way out among the family farm’s 10,000 live Christmas trees.

The date was just over a week before Christmas. A chill wind swept through the green boughs

of white pines, with their downy needles, and grove upon grove of Canaan and concolor firs, of white spruce, Norway and Black Hills spruce, all standing at attention in their flared winter coats. Some trees, of an age between seedling and sapling, stood only a few feet high, years too young Please see TREES, page 4A

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to become part of Christmas memories. Thousands of others, at 6, 8, 10 and even 15 feet tall, were ready for homes. Some, decades old, reached 40 feet toward a rich, blue sky.

“All his life, he loved having people come out,” Russell said of Cedar Valley Forest, the Christmas tree farm along 83rd Street in De Soto, thought to be the oldest in the Kansas City area.

“He” was his father, Jack Russell, who, until his death in January 2013, days before he turned 91, had worked more than 60 years to grow and shear and shape the Christmas trees on 20 or so acres of his 80-acre farm.

The son last year planted 700 seedlings to keep the tradition going after his father’s death, but this year, with Russell and his sister having put the rolling acreage up for sale, Cedar Valley did not open for the first time since its first tree sale in 1960.

“It was his place. It was his legacy,” Russell said.

“I’m sad to see it not carry on, for sure.”

Christmas is a holiday marked by joy and nostalgia.

This season, both emotions are being amply reflected among the area owners of Christmas tree farms. For 11 months each year through Thanksgiving weekend, tree farm owners toil to raise the Christmas evergreens that fall to bow saws or chain saws over a harvest time of two or, at best, three weekends.

Christmas tree farmers feel jolly as elves this year because of a stupendous sales season.

“Opening weekend, from Green Friday,” as Butch Augspurg likes to call the Black Friday after Thanksgiving, “we had the best sales weekend we ever had.

And it rained two out of the three days.”

Augspurg, 71, is president

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of the Missouri Christmas Tree Association, with 36 members statewide. Selling trees out of the Branch Ranch, a Christmas tree farm west of Hannibal, Mo., since 1997, he credits growing environmentalism for the boom in business, along with what he sees as a greater desire this year among young families to form holiday traditions.

“We’ve had more interest from folks wanting to get out of the artificial tree business,” he said. “People want to get back to things closer to their childhood. People can’t tell it’s Christmas unless they can smell the tree.”

Brian Bierman, the 41-year-old owner of Bierman’s Christmas Tree Farm, allows 500 of his 8,500 trees to be cut each year at his farm in Kansas City, Kansas. That happened so quickly this year, he shut down for the season early, as many area tree farms have done.

“Actually, it’s kind of crazy,” Bierman said. “In recent years, real trees have made a kind of a comeback.”

In New York, the financial firm Evercore ISI has each year since 2003 surveyed Christmas tree growing associations as an indicator of the strength of holiday shopping. This year, the group found that in the shopping week that included Black Friday, sales of real trees were up 10 percent from last year. The secondweek numbers were up 12 percent.

“We just closed up on Saturday. We had record sales on tree accessories,” said Eldon Clawson, president of the Kansas Christmas Tree Growers Association and owner of Country Christmas Trees in Wakarusa.

Augspurg, president of the Missouri growers, senses that the desire for real Christmas trees has expanded, so new farmers are coming on board. Christmas trees can be grown on rolling or hilly ground or small patches of land not suitable for other farming, thus bringing in extra income, he

STATE said. It only takes an acre to grow 800 to 1,000 trees.

The Missouri Christmas Tree Association recently added seven members, individuals who indicated they plan to start new farms or already have. It takes about a decade before a tree, planted as a seedling, is tall enough to be cut and taken home at Christmastime.

Christmas tree growers in the Kansas City area point to the closing of Russell’s Cedar Valley Forest as prompting the boost in their own business. For decades, it was an institution.

“This was a booming farm in the ’70s,” Russell recalled as he sat at the kitchen table of the home where he grew up with his younger sister, Patty, and his mom and dad.

“We sold 2,000 trees a year and had 18,000 trees in the ground.”

People drove for miles, coming along 83rd Street, which was then among the main routes between Kansas City and Lawrence and Kansas University. One day in the 1970s, Russell recalled, a group of students drove to the farm in a Corvette.

“When we put that tree on top of the Corvette, you couldn’t even see the Corvette,” Russell said. “It looked like a tree going down the street.”

Patty Russell, now 55 and living in Denver, talked of the pond on the farm and how she and her brother would saw off a wood round from the trunk of a Christmas tree and use it as a hockey puck as they slid along the ice in their rubber boots.

“It was the best place to grow up ever. I wouldn’t be who I am if I hadn’t grown up on the farm,” Patty Russell said by telephone. “We sold like 4,000 trees one season. This was, again, when no one else had a Christmas tree farm.”

John Russell talked about the beauty of the place in the winter, with thousands of Christmas trees laden with snow, or their branches shimmering with ice.

“The country is beautiful in the snow,” he said.

“Snow hanging from the trees, the creek.”

When Jack Russell planted his first Christmas tree in the 1950s, his son said, the idea originally was not to start a farm. Jack Russell had been a mechanical engineer who attended the Georgia Institute of Technology near the start of World War II. His own father ran Russell Steel Products in Kansas City. When his father died, Jack Russell left college to come back to Kansas City to run the business.

Jack Russell met his wife, Virginia, and, in fact, would later plant Virginia pines on the land in her name. The couple married. She had money and paid for much of the farm as a place to raise their family.

Finding a decent Christmas tree had long vexed Jack Russell.

“He was always complaining that he would go out and look for trees and there would be a hole in one side, or there wasn’t a branch where it needed to be,” John Russell said.

“He would sometimes buy another tree and take the branches out of one and put them in the other to make a good tree himself, just to get the right tree.”

Being the engineer he was, he figured he could make a better tree. He began planting trees each year by the hundreds, waiting an average of seven years before they were tall enough to be sold. The trees brought an added income, but rarely even now do Christmas tree farms tend to be the primary income for those who operate them.

Phil and Judy Wegman, owners of Midland Holiday Pines in Shawnee, both come from farm families.

But Judy Wegman works mainly as a registered dietitian, and Phil Wegman’s prime job is as an educator at Johnson County Community College.

They started growing

L awrence J ournal -W orld Christmas trees in 1995 at 18541 Midland Drive and have been selling since 2002. Growing trees is time-consuming and arduous.

“There’s lot of work to do to raise Christmas trees,” Patty Russell said. “It’s not just plant them and watch them grow.”

Phil Wegman said, “I’ll take you through the cycle.”

January and February are for cutting stumps and replanting. April, May and June: mowing acres of grass around the trees each weekend. At the end of June comes shearing and shaping the trees so they grow straight and conical.

“Every tree, every tree, even the small ones,” Wegman said. “If you don’t do some work on the small ones, they might grow to be big, fat trees, more like a bush and not like a nice Christmas tree.”

Trees need to be watered. Some farms have irrigation systems, others don’t.

“In a bad year, you could lose 50 to 60 percent without irrigation,” he said.

Even in a regular year, he said, as many as 20 percent of newly planted trees might die, necessitating even more planting.

“I plant in the spring and replant in the fall,” Wegman said. “All through this time you’re mowing. Then, pretty soon, you’re getting into planning your season, making sure you have all the equipment working, making sure you have insurance lined up, making sure your saws are in order, setting up show, getting out all the banners.

“Then the season begins right after Thanksgiving, Then it is pandemonium.

Everyone comes at the same time. It’s a harvest that basically comes all at once.”

While the number of Christmas tree farms in Missouri is rising slightly, in Kansas the number is dropping. The state association counts about 30 active members now and over the

last decade, compared with more than 40 in decades past. Farm owners grow old. Their children, Clawson said, rarely want to take over land that’s either hard to work or sometimes is sold off for new houses and other development.

“We like to kid about the fact that the younger people don’t want to work as hard as we do,” Clawson said. “Maybe they’re just smarter.”

How much might the Russell family’s 80 acres bring?

Patty and John Russell estimate that it could go for somewhere between $1 million and $1.6 million. Patty Russell tends to think the land will bring less than the higher amount her brother estimates.

The way the ownership of the land is split — with about half the acres belonging to the estate of their late father and mother and the other half belonging to the estate of just their mother — there is some debate among brother and sister as to how best to sell it, whether that is in pieces or as a whole.

What both agree is that, unless someone wants to buy the land as a Christmas tree farm — and they’ve gotten a few soft inquiries along those lines — the days of hundreds if not thousands of trees going from their home to others’ homes is over.

“Even though this place is for sale,” John Russell said, “I still don’t feel like I’ll ever leave, which is weird.

People come to look at it, and it’s like, I’m still here.

I’ve been here for three years since my dad died and everything.”

This year, for the first year, no new Christmas trees were planted on the farm. Perhaps paradoxically, Russell didn’t plan on putting up one inside the family home. Or maybe that makes sense, as on Christmas morning, like every morning, some 10,000 greet him outside his door.

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Where to party like it’s 2016

By Mackenzie Clark

Katy Meston-Ward Age: 14 Hometown: Lawrence Time in Lawrence: 11 years Occupation: Eighth-grader Dream job: Circus performer — aerialist What were you doing when scouted?

Shopping for Christmas Describe your style: I wear whatever I feel like.

Fashion trends you love: I like a lot of big T-shirts, I guess, and socks. I like cool socks and shoes.

Fashion trends you hate: Uggs; anything with the brand name Pink; I think that sums it up.

Fashion influences: I don't know if it's a fashion influence, but I really like Wes Anderson movies and how the characters are dressed.

What are your favorite and least favorite things about Lawrence? I really like the downtown, and also the community of Lawrence. Sometimes it gets really, really busy in Lawrence — oh, and it gets cold. I don't like the cold very much.

Whom do people say you look like? Usually when people compare me to people, it's just a short person, or anyone else they know with blue hair.

Tell us a secret: Sometimes watching reality TV is fun. It's a guilty pleasure.

Clothing details: Hat, gift; sunglasses, Arizona Trading Co., $6; coat, thrift store, $3; T-shirt, Urban Outfitters, $6; cat socks, gift; boots, Shoes on a Shoestring in New Mexico; jeans, JCPenney, $15.

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hether you’re into “Star Wars”themed celebrations or country crooners, Lawrence’s party options should keep everyone happy this New Year’s Eve — even those among us planning to turn in before midnight.

We’ve rounded up jhlavacek@ljworld.com a few ideas to get you started, but you’ll find plenty more at outfit The Hearts of DarkLJWorld.com/events. ness, Lawrence’s Pink Royal and DJ Kimbarely Legal.

New Year’s Eve 2016: Among the evening’s acMay the Funk Be With You tivities: a countdown timer, 7 p.m., Granada Theater, 1020 balloon drop, laser light Massachusetts St. show, raffles and a photo Kansas City “cyberfunk” booth. rockers Mouth plan to ring Doors open at 7 p.m. in 2016 — and send off General-admission tickets departing bassist Zach Rizer (this show is 18 and up) are — in style with their annual $20.

New Year’s Eve extravaganza, which this season makes Foxy by Proxy the move from Fatso’s to Burlesque Revue the Granada.

Presents: NYE (As the name might sug9 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Masgest, we’re dealing with a sachusetts St. “Star Wars” theme here, and “Surprises! Sparkles! costumes are encouraged.) (and) CHAMPAGNE!” are The musical lineup also all on the agenda for local includes Kansas City funk burlesque stars Foxy By

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Proxy’s New Year’s Eve revue. (Really, what more could you ask for?)

For obvious reasons, this one’s 18 and up. Doors open at 9 p.m. and the show starts at 10.

General-admission tickets cost $26 in advance and $30 the day of the show.

The Crumpletons 7 to 9:30 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 Massachusetts St. Early to bed, early to rise type? The Crumpletons have got your back.

The Jazzhaus staples are celebrating the New Year at 9 p.m. (“because it will be midnight somewheres,” they say) during their performance of 1960s classics and psychedelic tunes.

Cover is $7.

Slow Ride Roadhouse New Yars (sic?) Eve Party 8 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St. The North Lawrence biker bar is inviting folks to “dance the night away” this New Year’s Eve with Video Jerry/DJ John (Is this

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one person? Two? A man and his alter ego?) spinning your favorite music videos from the 1950s through today.

Other activities include food specials, party favors and more, Slow Ride promises.

Cover is $6.

New Year’s Eve with Split Lip Rayfield, Rolling Foliage and Sugar Britches at The Bottleneck 7 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. Wichita-proud bluegrass trio Split Lip Rayfield returns to The Bottleneck yet again this New Year’s Eve, joined by Lawrence’s Rolling Foliage and Sugar Britches.

Doors open at 8 p.m., and the show starts at 9.

Tickets for this all-ages show are $26 and can be purchased solely through The Bottleneck box office (cash only).

— This is an excerpt from features reporter Joanna Hlavacek’s Out & About blog, which appears regularly on Lawrence.com.

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The price of swans just keeps going up Dear Readers: Merry Christmas. For the past few years, we have printed the annual PNC Christmas Price Index: On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree (cost: $189.99 for the pear tree and $25 for the partridge, an increase of 3.5 percent, mostly for the partridge).

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two turtledoves ($290, an increase of 11.5 percent) and another partridge in a pear tree.

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me, three French hens ($181.50, same as last year), another two turtledoves and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, four calling birds ($599.96, no change), another three French hens, two turtle-

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On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, five gold rings ($750, amazingly, the same price three years in a row), four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, six geese-alaying ($360, no increase), five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves and

Y’all have a merry Christmas!

Having scored with a “Lucy” holiday event, CBS digs into its vaults once again to present “The Andy Griffith Christmas Special” (7 p.m., TV-G).

As with “Lucy,” this hour-long Christmas broadcast consists of two vintage episodes, colorized for modern viewers.

“The Christmas Story,” which originally ran on Dec. 19, 1960, sees Sheriff Andy’s dinner plans upset when he has to take care of Mayberry’s sole prisoner. The notion of a Christmas spent in the jailhouse was novel for a situation comedy, and this beautifully shot episode makes the most of its bittersweet setting.

Bitter and sweet are precisely the ingredients of the second helping, “The Pickle Story,” from Dec. 18, 1961. Nobody has the heart to tell Aunt Bee (Francis Bavier) that her homemade pickles leave something to be desired. When Andy and Barney (Don Knotts) substitute storebrand pickles that draw rave reactions, Bee decides to enter her creations in a county fair, leaving Andy in a bit of a jam. l The “Griffith” special echoes a decidedly country theme to Christmas evening. NBC repeats “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” (8 p.m., TV-G), a tale of a struggling family based on the singer’s own story. Alyvia Alyn Lind, age 8, plays the young Parton, while Jennifer Nettles, Ricky Schroder and Gerald McRaney portray her parents and grandfather. The unabashedly sentimental movie was a hit for the network, attracting more than 15 million viewers when it originally aired on Dec. 10. l Nettles also appears as host of the “CMA Country Christmas” (7 p.m., ABC). She is joined by Kelsea Ballerini, Mickey Guyton, Jewel, Charles Kelley, Martina McBride, David Nail, LeAnn Rimes, Darius Rucker, Brian Setzer and others, who will perform holiday songs and country favorites. Guests attending the live event, taped in November at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, were encouraged to bring an unwrapped Christmas gift for local children in need. l Viewers may want to mix their country with a few Westerns. AMC celebrates “Christmas With the Duke,” a daylong unwrapping of John Wayne movies starting with “Rooster Cogburn” (8 a.m.).

Tonight’s other highlights

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the floats on the 32nd annual “Disney Parks Unforgettable Christmas Celebration” (9 a.m., ABC, TV-G). l What better way to celebrate Christmas, a tale of an unusual birth, than with the “Call the Midwife Holiday Special” (8 p.m., PBS, TV-14, check local listings)? Complications arise as the city prepares for Christmas Day, 1960.

a partridge in a pear tree.

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me, seven swansa-swimming ($13,125, pricey, but the same as last year after the cost was revised to reflect open market pricing), six geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, eight maidsa-milking ($58, still, sigh, at minimum wage), seven swans-a-swimming, (...) and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, nine ladies dancing ($7,552.84, same as last year), eight maidsa-milking, (...) and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the 10th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 10 lords-a-

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Friday, Dec. 25: This year you often vanish to spend time alone. You have entered a period of deep reflection. You’ll learn to accept differences. If you are single, others find you to be unusually attractive. If you are attached, the two of you clearly are very different; delight in the excitement that this quality creates.

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) HHHH Past holidays run through your mind briefly in the morning. Let go of negativity.

Tonight: Finally, time to relax.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Go with the moment, and let go of any negativity. You could become the perfect playmate.

Tonight: Creativity flourishes.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) HHH You might be running out at the last minute for a quick present. You could not be happier with what you discover. Tonight: Call a friend who might be alone.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Someone will say “thank you” in a subtle way, and you’ll respond in kind. You appreciate being in the driver’s seat.

Tonight: Nibbling away.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Make it OK to play a less active role, as others seem to want to step forward. Tonight: Get a nap, if possible.

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leaping ($5,508.70, a 3 percent salary hike), nine ladies dancing, (...) and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 11 pipers piping ($2,635.20, same as before), 10 lords-a-leaping, (...) and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 12 drummers drumming ($2,854.50, no increase), 11 pipers piping, (...) and a partridge in a pear tree.

The cumulative cost of these gifts would be $155,407.18, mostly due to those expensive swans. If you buy online, the cost would be $196,477.70. Have a happy holiday.

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HHHHH Zero in on what you want to do, and do it. Laughter surrounds you. Tonight: Your imagination leads the way.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH A friend demands a certain type of respect. You might not feel that he or she deserves it. Tonight: Nap between holiday events.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Avoid a disagreement, if possible. Accept that everyone has different ideas. Tonight: Put on some music, and visit with others.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You could be in a position where you want to take a chance and deal with the results.

The risk will pay off. Tonight: All smiles.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Don’t fuss and don’t criticize. Curb a low-level depression. Take a brisk walk. Tonight: Go along with existing plans.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Talk yourself into being bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Take the lead, and pitch in with some of the work. Tonight: Make it OK to be tired.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH Your imagination adds to the magic of the moment, not only for you but also for those around you. Tonight: Act as if you don’t have a care in the world.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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Hopeful season Amid so much distress around the world, Christmas gives us an opportunity to focus on the positive aspects of our lives.

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ome people have told us they were having more trouble than usual getting into the Christmas spirit this year.

They didn’t exactly know why. Maybe the weather had been too warm or schedules a little too busy. And there certainly have been a lot of “un-Christmasy” things going on across the state and nation and around the world.

We anticipate the joy of this season, but it’s not always easy to find that joy on either a personal or global level.

There certainly are traditional holiday celebrations going on around the world, but there also is much discord and danger.

Sometimes, the simple holiday pleasures are the best: Christmas carols on the radio, twinkling lights on Massachusetts Street, a few cookies from a friend or an unexpected Christmas card. Doing something nice for someone less fortunate is always a good way to share the warmth of the season.

Christmas is a time when people come together to worship, to sing, to celebrate. It’s a Christian holiday, but it also is an opportunity to consider the common bonds of humanity that cross religious lines: compassion and charity, the desire for peace and safety, for freedom and happiness.

For many in the U.S. and around the world, those dreams are not being realized, but Christmas also is the season of hope — hope that humankind someday will be able to embrace the ideal of “peace on Earth, goodwill to men.”

We hope you will find joy and happiness with family and friends today and enjoy the warmest feelings of the season — and, at least for a day, that we can put the worries of the world aside and celebrate in peace.

Merry Christmas!

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 25, 1915: “If there is any family in Lawrence which today hasn’t a Christmas years dinner or any child which did not ago receive a toy on Christmas mornIN 1915 ing, it is because the most careful investigation of a number of organizations failed to bring the need to light. It is believed there is none, and that some measure of Christmas cheer is to be found today in every home. Yesterday afternoon was devoted to a distribution of Christmas dinners by the Salvation Army and the Social Service League. In the neighborhood of 100 dinners were taken to families over town in need of them.”

“Promptly at 6 o’clock tonight the lights will be turned on on the first municipal Christmas Tree Lawrence has ever had. Mayor W. J. Francisco will press the button which will illuminate the tree and following that a short Christmas program will be given.”

Stories reflect true meaning of holiday

By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service

The Christmas season isn’t just fret and rush with commercialism watching from on high. It may sometimes seem that way, especially in a society ever less religious and ever more materialistic, but then we witness the special bursts of kindness, generosity, hope and love. The underlying message exerts itself, and it often does so through stories.

After all, the power of narration, in current events, history and fiction, is to engage every part of you, to put you there, to give you an experience, to make you feel and wonder, to reach sensibilities enabling an understanding that is emotionally coherent.

Yes, we need discourse, too, the sort of discussion that steps aside and ponders more abstractly. But stories? They are what we live by.

Let’s start with “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, the 1843 yarn about mean, old Ebenezer Scrooge, a bahhumbug kind of guy when it came to Christmas and worse than that when it came to fellow human beings.

You know the tale. On Christmas Eve he goes home and is visited by four ghosts.

The first is a deceased business partner warning that undeterred misdeeds will follow him to the grave. The next takes him to the past where he sees how he abandoned love for money. He then visits the present and sees how his self-centered detachment from others is, among other evils, risking the life of an underpaid employee’s very ill son. Finally, he visits the future and sees the son’s death with tears being shed and his own death with hands being clapped.

Scrooge wakes up from all of this on Christmas Day a different man, happily making up for what he has done and becoming devoted to the boy, Tiny Tim, who gets

well. Because of intervening insights fostering charity and transformation, Scrooge, forevermore, is a good man.

For another story, let’s visit with “It’s A Wonderful Life,” a 1946 movie that starred James Stewart as George Bailey. This character is in some ways the opposite of Scrooge before his change. He has spent his life sacrificing for others, but runs into trouble when an uncle’s loss of $8,000 threatens to land him in prison. It’s Christmas Eve, but Bailey figures his life is ruined and would have killed himself except that, owing to prayers from friends and family, he meets his guardian angel.

The angel shows him that many would have died and his beloved town would have been ruined if it had not been for him. He races happily home but would have been arrested if it were not for alerted townspeople who came up with the money he needed for legal rescue. It was soon time for a merry Christmas, and what we have witnessed is that self-sacrifice can lend meaning to life and evoke loving response.

A third story is O. Henry’s 1905 “Gift of the Magi,” in

which a poor wife cuts off her beautiful hair and sells it to get money enough to give her poor husband a chain for his magnificent watch. He meanwhile sells the watch to give her decorative combs for her hair.

What they share Christmas day is joy in a love that goes beyond mere possessions.

Then there’s “A Christmas Story,” a comedic TV film in which the main character, a 9-year-old boy, wants a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas and all kinds of small things go wrong as one big thing goes right: love, again. Family love.

The best of all the stories, of course, is the one that generated the others: A baby is born in a manger. It’s an incredibly great event, but what we have is a stable, suggesting humility and kinship with the downtrodden, and an innocent sweet baby, suggesting much to come.

What we will get includes an inundation of love.

As Tiny Tim said in the Scrooge story, “God bless us, every one!”

— Jay Ambrose is an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service.

His email address is speaktojay@ aol.com.

Muslims, Christians both need U.S. help

In this Christmas season, Christian Arabs are under threat as never before in the region where Jesus and Christianity were born.

In reality, Christian communities in the Mideast have been endangered for years, but their sufferings only grabbed U.S. attention in the era of ISIS — and in — Compiled by Sarah St. John an election year.

This has sparked a political debate over how to help Read more Old Home Town at LJWorld.com/ them. Sen. Ted Cruz and Jeb news/lawrence/history/old_home_town.

Bush are proposing to admit only Christian refugees from Syria and Iraq — and LAWRENCE exclude Muslims. Conserva® tives claim the administration is actively discriminatEstablished 1891 ing against Syrian Christians, since there are only 53 ChrisWhat the Lawrence Journal-World tians among the 2,184 Syrian stands for refugees admitted since 2011. l Accurate and fair news reporting.

President Obama has l No mixing of editorial opinion with reporting of the called the idea of screennews. ing Syrian refugees based l Safeguarding the rights of all citizens regardless of on religion “shameful,” sayrace, creed or economic stature. ing “we don’t have religious l Sympathy and understanding for all who are disadtests for our compassion.” vantaged or oppressed.

Both sides are missing the l Exposure of any dishonesty in public affairs. point: how best to help the l Support of projects that make our community a endangered Christians of better place to live. the Middle East.

On the conservative side, W.C. Simons (1871-1952) it takes chutzpah to posture Publisher, 1891-1944 about admitting Christians Dolph Simons Sr. (1904-1989) when House Republicans Publisher, 1944-1962; Editor, 1950-1979 want to make it impossible for almost any Syrian refugee to Dolph C. Simons Jr., Editor enter the country. In their fearChad Lawhorn, Managing Editor Ann Gardner, Editorial Page Editor mongering about refugees, Kathleen Johnson, Advertising Ed Ciambrone, Production and GOP candidates have repeatManager Distribution Director edly lied about the numbers of Syrians the administration THE WORLD COMPANY wants to take next year — only 10,000, not 100,000 (Fiorina) Dolph C. Simons Jr., Chairman or 200,000 (Trump) — and Dolph C. Simons III, Dan C. Simons, ignored the rigorous two-year President, President, process of security checks alNewspapers Division Digital Division ready in place.

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Recognizing the special peril in which Iraqi Christians live shouldn’t mean that America rejects Muslims who want to build new lives.”

crimination against admitting Syrian Christians, not so. Christian refugees often didn’t register with the United Nations refugee agency. And many urban Christians waited until recently to apply because they saw Bashar al-Assad as their protector. Or they lingered in neighboring Lebanon, where they received some aid from Christian charities or lived off savings.

Moreover, the bulk of Syrian Christians don’t live in areas taken over by ISIS. As the war drags on, however, more Christians are fleeing, many to Europe.

Which brings us to the other side of the ledger. Just because conservatives are wrong about overt religious discrimination, doesn’t mean Obama is correct.

The ethnic cleansing of Mideast Christians — especially by ISIS in Iraq, but also by other Islamist jihadis elsewhere — is so intense that it

demands special attention.

When it comes to admitting refugees, that level of persecution cannot be ignored.

The situation is most urgent in northern Iraq, where ISIS expelled Christians and other minorities from their historical communities in Mosul and Nineveh province in 2014. Their churches have been bombed, and their priests and bishops murdered (first by al-Qaida in Iraq, then by ISIS). Shiite militias have continued this process in Baghdad.

“Iraqi Christians are a targeted community at risk,” says Daniel Williams, a former senior researcher at Human Rights Watch and author of the forthcoming book, Forsaken: The Persecution of Christians in Today’s Middle East. “They have endured 12 years of persecution because they are Christians.”

Around 120,000 Iraqi Christians have taken refuge in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, along with tens of thousands of other persecuted religious minorities such as Yazidis. As oil prices fall, the Kurdish regional government is overburdened.

Even if ISIS is eventually defeated, most of these Iraqi Christians cannot return home. As I heard when speaking with Christian refugees in Kurdistan, they fear their former Sunni neighbors, many of whom betrayed them to ISIS. While some Iraqi clerics call for a “protected zone” for Christians in northern Iraq, I doubt that this is feasible.

So how should America help?

Williams believes that

offering asylum to certain Christian communities in the most danger — around 30,000 who are now refugees in Kurdistan — makes sense. The same offer could be made, he says, to tens of thousands from the equally threatened Yazidis, now living in camps in Kurdistan, thousands of whose men were killed and women made into sex slaves by ISIS. Rather than argue whether Yazidis or Christians are more deserving of a formal designation as victims of genocide — a debate now going on between the State Department and some Christian advocates — it makes more sense to push for a bipartisan consensus on granting many of them asylum. (For Christians who prefer to remain in Kurdistan, Obama should press Gulf Arabs to provide more financial help.)

Admitting these refugees, however, should not be a substitute for letting in 10,000 or more vetted Syrian Muslim refugees next year, as pledged by Obama. Refusing to do so plays into the ISIS narrative that America hates all Muslims. Moreover, most of those refugees would be women and children who are also victims of ISIS. This country is big enough, and should be generous enough, to welcome many of those that ISIS would destroy — whether Christians, Yazidis, or Muslims. Recognizing the special peril in which Iraqi Christians live shouldn’t mean that America rejects Muslims who want to build new lives.

— Trudy Rubin is a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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neighborhood where we can plug them into productive curriculum focused on food and the environment,” she said.

Timelines for the Sunrise site depend on fundraising, and the project is holding a fundraising dinner Feb. 18. Details about the event are available on the project’s Facebook page.

Once the necessary funding is met, Hampton said, the goal is to begin renovation work in early 2016, finish by late spring, and begin operating programs on the new site by summer.

— K-12 Education Reporter Rochelle Valverde can be reached at rvalverde@ ljworld.com or 832-6314.

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ages but focusing mainly on youth,” Hampton said.

The Sunrise Project is the umbrella organization for several existing programs, and the new site will centralize them.

The existing programs — Healthy Sprouts, Food Rocket, Lawrence Fruit Tree Project and Summer of Service — are open to age groups ranging from preschool to adults.

The approximately 3-acre site is located in the Barker neighborhood and has been vacant since the garden center closed in December 2013.

The Sunrise Project will be renovating the main building, built in 1926, that faces East 15th Street and used to serve as the retail space, Hampton said.

The project is one of several organizations preparing to locate on the former Sunrise property. Plans for the site also include a tofuprocessing facility, seed store and retail space for a company that cooks

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and delivers healthy food. Earlier this month, the City Commission approved the rezoning request that will allow for the facilities to operate at that location.

The Sunrise Project already operates community programs and afterschool clubs at various locations, and LiveWell Lawrence awarded the project a $11,500 grant in November toward its operating expenses.

The Sunrise site is within walking distance to several schools, and Hampton said they plan to run an after-school program for students in elementary and middle school.

“It will serve as a dropin site for youth in the

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A violent storm system blamed for at least 11 deaths in the South from heavy rain, high winds and tornadoes has weakened, but more severe weather Thursday still threatens the Mid-Atlantic to the Southeast and Gulf Coast.

Ten of Wednesday’s fatalities were reported due to tornadoes, making this the year’s deadliest tornado outbreak and nearly doubling the year’s total number of U.S. tornado deaths to 20. Until

this outbreak, 10 people had died in tornadoes across the nation, the fewest number on record.

Heavy rain caused flash floods Thursday in portions of Georgia, including the Atlanta area.

On Wednesday, seven people died in Mississippi, three in Tennessee and one in Arkansas.

The National Weather Service said isolated severe thunderstorms were possible Thursday from parts of the Mid-Atlantic states southwestward to the central Gulf. Thursday night, the danger area will include parts of the lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys to East Texas, ac-

cording to the weather service.

Wednesday’s storm produced at least 15 tornadoes in seven states, according to Greg Forbes of The Weather Channel, most hitting northern Mississippi.

A tornado damaged or destroyed at least 20 homes in Clarksdale, Miss. Planes at a small airport overturned and an unknown number of people were injured. “I’m looking at some horrific damage right now,” Clarksdale Mayor Bill Luckett said.

“Sheet metal is wrapped around trees; there are overturned airplanes; a building is just destroyed.”

Energy sector blamed for quakes in North Texas city Irving has been rattled, many suspect drilling is the cause Rick Jervis USA TODAY

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IRVING , TEXAS Rick and Kim Soldo moved to this Dallas suburb two years ago for its proximity to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, its green spaces and its vibrant arts scene.

They weren’t counting on the earthquakes.

So far this year, the couple — who moved away from Southern California in hopes of distancing themselves from natural disasters — has logged 87 earthquakes, some big enough to shake their two-story home and rattle the couple’s nerves.

“It feels like someone took your house and shook it like a Christmas present to see what was inside,” Kim Soldo said. “It’s scary.”

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A sinkhole appeared in Irving, Texas, after a series of earthquakes that have shaken the city this year.

Residents of Irving this year have experienced what has become a common yet bewildering phenomenon in North Texas: earthquakes. Residents say they never experienced quakes there until energy companies started drilling for gas and oil in the area starting around 2008 and point to similar quakes in Azle and Reno,

50 miles west, as other examples of quakes induced by oil and gas activity. Energy companies deny the links and say the evidence is not conclusive enough.

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Presents have been opened.

Let the shopping begin — again.

Online browsing has become so second nature thanks to smartphones that even Christmas Day is no longer immune from people grabbing a deal, and retailers are taking advantage.

Christmas Day is still typically the slowest day of the holiday season for retail sales and traffic, but its popularity is growing. Last year, mobile accounted for 34.8% of all online sales on Christmas Day, up more than 20% from 2013, according to IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark. This year, Christmas Day is expected to ring in $600 million in online sales, up from $550 million last year, according to Adobe Marketing Cloud. And mobile will account for more online retail traffic, 57% to 60%, on the holiday than it did on Thanksgiving, Adobe says.

“Christmas is a very important mobile shopping day,” says Tyler White, with Adobe Digital Index.

Customers can expect retailers to target them with social media ads, he says.

Mobile shopping has surged this year. Nearly half of online orders placed with Walmart from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday were from mobile devices, nearly double the amount during the same period in 2014.

While retailers are taking note of the trend toward mobile shopping, Black Friday blowout-style sales on Dec. 25 may be a ways off. Instead, some retailers have started releasing Christmas clearance items on Dec. 25 — or even earlier — and taking smaller steps to target mobile shoppers on the holiday. Macy’s plans to have “special offers” available online on Christmas.

Target starts advertising its Christmas clearance items online Dec. 25. Walmart plans to offer free shipping on all items on Christmas Day, says spokesman Bao Nguyen, adding that Christmas “tends to be a big day for us on mobile.”

The rise in traffic and sales on the holiday increases the likelihood that retailers will alter their strategies in years to come, says Benjamin Glaser, features editor for DealNews, a website that tracks online deals.

“It’s the same reason that we’ve seen Black Friday sales creeping earlier and earlier,” he says. “There is a market for it.”

Law student sues to overturn TSA full-body scan policy Court filing calls new requirement ‘odious’ Bart Jansen USA TODAY

A law student in Miami has asked a federal appeals court to overturn a new Transportation Security Administration policy that could require travelers to use full-body scanners at airport checkpoints even if they opt for a pat-down search.

The TSA announced the change Friday, eliminating the option of pat-downs for some

travelers. While the agency expects few travelers to be required to use the scanners, the change was made “for some passengers as warranted by security considerations,” the TSA said.

The scanners, used to detect non-metallic weapons under clothing, have been controversial for years.

Jonathan Corbett, a law student who has sued TSA repeatedly for different reasons since 2010 and who writes a blog at professional-troublemaker.com, asked the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday to overturn the policy change.

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son declined comment, saying the agency doesn’t comment on pending or ongoing litigation.

Corbett said in his court filing that he flew 150,000 miles on more than 100 flights during the

last two years, and regularly opts for a pat-down rather than fullbody scan.

TSA estimates 2% of travelers opt for a pat-down, which Corbett calculated to total 14 million per year. But he argued that travelers might prefer to avoid full-body scans because of their appearance, an inability to walk through the machine or the submissive pose with hands held above the head.

“This requirement is particularly odious because passengers do not retain the right to discontinue screening and leave the checkpoint without flying,” Corbett wrote in his filing, citing the

fine of up to $11,000 for refusing to continue with screening at a checkpoint.

Legal experts and civil libertarians also have complained that the TSA never posted a final rulemaking to adopt full-body scanners, which the agency began using in 2007. TSA collected more than 5,500 comments about using the machines in 2013, but never completed the formal process, and Corbett said 95% of the comments opposed the scanners.

Under a different federal lawsuit led by the Competitive Enterprises Institute, TSA agreed to post a final rule in March 2016.

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Fact check: Donald Trump reigns as ‘King of Whoppers’ for 2015 No politico touches George Washington’s truthful rep.

But Trump takes the cake.

TRUMP SAID IN JUNE “THERE ARE NO JOBS” TO BE HAD, WHEN OFFICIAL STATISTICS WERE SHOWING 5.4 MILLION JOB OPENINGS — THE MOST IN 15 YEARS

Brooks Jackson, Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley and D’Angelo Gore FactCheck.org

It’s been a banner year for political whoppers — and for one teller of tall tales in particular: Donald Trump.

In the 12 years of FactCheck.org’s existence, we’ve never seen his match. He stands out not only for the sheer number of his factually false claims but for his brazen refusals to admit error when proven wrong.

He is by no means the only one telling whoppers, of course. Once again this year, there are plenty of politicians, in both parties, who hope voters will swallow their deceptive claims. Hillary Clinton, for one, said she was “transparent” about her use of a private email server, when in fact she wasn’t. That was one of the bogus claims she made about her unusual email arrangement while secretary of State.

But Trump topped them all when he claimed to have seen non-existent television coverage of “thousands and thousands” of Muslims in New Jersey cheering the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11 — and then topped himself by demanding that fact-checkers apologize for exposing his claim as fantasy. And that’s only one example.

Here we’ve assembled, as we do every year at this time, a generous sampling of the most farfetched, distorted or downright fallacious claims made during 2015.

In past years, we’ve not singled out a single claim or a single person and have left it to readers to judge which whoppers they consider most egregious.

But this year, the evidence is overwhelming and, in our judgment, conclusive. So, for the first time, we confer the title “King of Whoppers.”

Apart from Trump’s controversial policy positions (it’s not a fact-checker’s role to offer opinions on whether the federal government should bar Muslims

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from entering the U.S. or to kill the families of terrorists, for example), we focus here on cases where he’s plain wrong on the facts. Not an exhaustive list: uOn Nov. 21, Trump claimed “thousands and thousands” of Muslims in New Jersey were “cheering” the fall of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001: Multiple news organizations and the New Jersey attorney general’s office searched for evidence of public celebrations at the time of 9/11 and found none.

“Never happened,” former state attorney general John Farmer, a Republican appointee who later served as a senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission, wrote in response to Trump.

In a tweet, Trump demanded an apology, citing as evidence one news story about an alleged incident that was unattributed, unverified and not televised. uTrump boasted that he “predicted Osama bin Laden.” Nope.

The book Trump published in 2000 mentioned bin Laden once and predicted nothing about bin Laden’s future plans. uTrump “heard” that Obama is “thinking about signing an executive order where he wants to take your guns away.” What Obama reportedly considered was re-

quiring largevolume private gun dealers to conduct background checks. uTrump “heard” the Obama administration plans to accept 200,000 Syrian refugees — even upping that wildly inaccurate number to 250,000 in another speech. The number is about 10,000. uTrump said he got to know Putin “very well” while the two were on CBS’ 60 Minutes. The two men were interviewed separately, in different countries, thousands of miles apart. uTrump claimed his campaign is “100%” self-funded. At the time, more than 50% of his campaign’s funds had come from outside contributors. uTrump said his tax plan is revenue-neutral. Nope. The probusiness Tax Foundation estimated the Trump plan would reduce revenues to the Treasury by more than $10 trillion over 10 years, even assuming his plan would create economic growth. uTrump told the story of a 2-year-old who got autism a week after the child got a vaccine. But there’s no evidence of such a link. The study that claimed to have found a link between vaccines and autism has been exposed as an “elaborate fraud.” It was retracted five years ago by the journal that published it, and the author was stripped of his license to practice medicine in Britain. uTrump said Mexico doesn’t have a birthright citizenship policy. In fact, it does.

Donald Trump waves to a crowd Dec. 16 in Mesa, Ariz.

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shifted fireplaces, cracked walls and ceilings, spawned sinkholes and busted waterlines.

Just in the past month, there have been seven recorded earthquakes in Irving, with the biggest measured at magnitude-2.8 on the Richter scale, according to EarthquakeTrack.com.

Senaida Martinez said the quakes generally are small and last only a few seconds. But occasionally a bigger one trembles the walls, sways her home’s chandelier and causes the couch to jump.

“It’s something that’s unimaginable being in Texas and having to go through,” Martinez said.

Earthquakes have been linked to oil and gas activity for more than five decades, but in recent years the rate of tremors has shot up in areas where drilling and waste from the production occur, said Bill Ellsworth, a Stanford University geophysics professor and a former longtime geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey.

Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas and Arkansas all have seen steep upticks in earthquakes suspected to be linked to oil and gas activity, he said. The culprit usually is wastewater wells, where sawater brought up line inproduction is re-injected deep into rock formations, Ellsworth said. That water changes the friction of naturally occurring fault lines, unleashing the quakes.

“Over the past few years, there has been a growing recognition within the industry and within regulators that this is an issue that needs to be considered very carefully,” Ellsworth said.

Seismologists at Southern Methodist University in Dallas studied the quakes that erupted in the Azle-Reno area last year and concluded the brine water and the disposal process “represent the

Irving resident Kim Soldo

most likely cause of recent seismicity.” The seismologists currently are collecting data to try to determine the cause of the Irving quakes, which began late last year.

But unlike the Azle-Reno area, which is dotted with disposal wells, there are no disposal wells near the epicenter of the Irving quakes and only two production wells, both of which are inactive, according to the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates oil and gas activity in the state. The commission hired a seismologist last year to investigate the source of the quakes around Texas, but so far he hasn’t established a clear link to oil and gas activity.

Ryan Sitton, one of three Texas

Railroad commissioners, said it is “virtually impossible” for wastewater wells to be causing earthquakes in Irving and questioned the SMU study on the Azle-Reno tremors, saying it lacked conclusive data. He said the commission takes the quakes seriously but stressed the importance of continued research.

“Our official position is we don’t know,” Sitton said. “There’s insufficient data.”

Cliff Frohlich, associate director of the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Texas-Austin, has studied the North Texas quakes since 2009. He agreed the Irving quakes need more study but finds the commission’s unwill-

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Kim Soldo has collected photos, maps and other documents in an effort to link earthquakes in Irving to oil and gas activity. She says some of the quakes have been strong enough to shake homes and crack driveways.

ingness to link other quakes in the state to oil and gas activity “puzzling.”

“It’s been definitely established that there are significant numbers of earthquakes in Texas related to oil and gas activity,” he said.

A prime example: a rash of earthquakes that hit the area around Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, just northwest of Irving, in the fall of 2008, Frohlich said. He, along with SMU scientists, collected data from those quakes and shared it with officials at Oklahoma-based Chesapeake Energy, which owns two disposal wells on airport property. A few months after that meeting, Chesapeake shut down one of the wells located on the south side of the property, Frohlich said. The earthquakes stopped. A disposal well on the north side remains active.

“It’s hard to avoid the conclusion: Injection wells caused those earthquakes,” he said.

Chesapeake declined to comment for this story.

In Irving, residents are hoping evidence from SMU seismologists will point to whatever is causing their earthquakes. Kim Soldo joined Irving Impact, which has lobbied city and state officials to place a moratorium on disposal wells for a 100-mile radius from the earthquakes’ epicenter until a cause is determined.

“We just think we have a right to live in our homes peacefully without having to be assaulted by these earthquakes,” she said.

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Donors should use heads as well as hearts to give effectively Judith Valente

Special for USA TODAY

Beyond the Christmas decorations, gift-giving and parties, this is the time of year to sift through the mountain of requests for charitable donations, from groups that fight hunger and cancer to our alma mater and places of worship. How can we gauge which groups are most deserving of our money?

Princeton University philosophy professor Peter Singer, an advocate of “effective altruism,” says we need to use our heads as well as our hearts in choosing which charities to support.

“Simply giving to get a warm glow, giving to the person on the street who holds out a cup or giving to a charity that shows you a brochure of a smiling child, that may or may not be doing good,” Singer says.

What’s needed, he says, is a charitable means test. Most shoppers wouldn’t spend a thousand dollars for a dishwasher if they could find one cheaper that is just as effective, he points out. So why don’t they act like smart consumers when choosing a charity?

Years ago, it might have taken a good deal of digging to measure a charity’s effectiveness. Now there are websites to help, including thelifeyoucansave.org, based on Singer’s writings and research into giving. There’s also givewell.org, started by two former hedge fund managers who wanted to donate substantial amounts of their personal fortunes but found there weren’t enough public data to judge many charities.

“The curious thing is that with charity, people don’t ask, ‘Do I get better value for my money by giving to this charity rather than that one?’ ” Singer says.

Charity is big business. The USA has about 1 million charities that raise about $200 billion a year.

Singer began writing about effective giving in 1972. In his latest book, The Most Good You Can Do, he says financial giving should focus on lifesaving charities. One of the charities he takes to task in his book is the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants the

ARE YOU DONATING TO A WORTHY CAUSE?

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Tithing, donating 10% of income to a place of worship, totals about $100 billion a year.

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Ami and Ashbu, both 3, walk arm in arm in the Zafaye refugee camp in Chad on March 11. Both have lived in the camp for more than a year with more than 5,000 other refugees.

wishes of dying children.

“They’re not even saving one child’s life, they’re giving a child one great day,” Singer says. He argues it would be more effective to donate bed nets for African children to prevent the spread of malaria and potentially save the lives of many more children.

That advice doesn't go down well with many. “I’d like to see Professor Singer sit down with a child and tell them their dream, their fantasy is not going to be realized because he doesn’t think Make-A-Wish is a worthy organization,” says Michael Rosen, president of ML Innovations, a Philadelphia-based fundraising firm that represents several major charities. “The reality is we need to support lifesaving charities, but we also need to support quality-of-life charities.”

Singer frowns upon the common practice of tithing — donating 10% of your income to your place of worship. It totals about $100 billion a year.

A portion of tithes, Singer acknowledges, may go toward helping people in extreme poverty across the world. “But some of it may go to build a grander church, and I certainly don’t think that building a grander church in the United States is anywhere near as good as helping people in extreme poverty,” he says.

For the estimated 2.7 billion people in the world who live in dire poverty, even small donations can accomplish a lot, Singer says. He bases his giving strategy on the New Testament and the fourth-century writings of St. Ambrose. “If you really read the words of Jesus as portrayed in the Gospels, I think it’s pretty clear that he placed enormous weight on helping the poor,” Singer says.

Donations to museums and other arts groups, even one’s beloved alma mater, should be low priorities because those institutions can tap into other sources of income, according to Singer.

That suggestion draws criticism as well. “One of the things I find ironic about Professor Singer’s position regarding educational philanthropy is that he is the beneficiary of such philanthropy,” Rosen says. “He holds a position at Princeton, an endowed professorship, and receives his salary because a donor gave very generously to the university to fund his position.”

Deaths in police chases hit 385 in 2014, highest since ’07 Rise may be partly agencies’ reporting Thomas Frank USA TODAY

The number of people killed in high-speed police chases surged in 2014 to its highest level since 2007 despite efforts by police departments to reduce the risks of people getting killed and injured, a USA TODAY analysis shows.

A total of 385 people died in motor-vehicle crashes in 2014 that occurred while police were chasing a vehicle, up 16% from Corrections & Clarifications USA TODAY is committed to accuracy. To reach us, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones at 800-8727073 or e-mail accuracy@usatoday.com.

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the 333 people killed in 2013, the USA TODAY review of federal records shows.

“A huge percentage of these deaths are unnecessary,” said Jonathan Farris, former head of PursuitSAFETY, which advocates restricting police chases and improving reporting of chase-related deaths and injuries.

Farris’ son Paul, 23, was killed in 2007 near Boston by a motorist being chased for a traffic violation.

About 73 of the people killed in 2014 were bystanders and 77 were passengers in the fleeing vehicles. Twelve of those killed were children age 14 or younger. Five were police officers.

Thousands more people were injured in the chases, which usually begin for minor infractions such as traffic violations. Although the federal government

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Alisha Jackson’s two children, ages 3 and 6, were killed in June because of a high speed chase in Detroit. does not count injuries in police chases, five states that do keep track reported that a combined total of 1,764 people were injured in 2014 in their states.

Those states — California, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — make up nearly 23% of the U.S. population, which suggests that more than

7,700 people may have been injured nationwide in chases in 2014. Records from those states suggest that there were about 52,000 police chases in 2014.

The increase in the number of deaths attributed to police chases could result from improved reporting by police departments, said Maj. Travis Yates of the Tulsa police, who teaches courses on police pursuit driving.

“There’s been much more pressure on agencies to track these things better,” he said.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration tracks chase-related deaths in its fatal motor-vehicle crashes database.

USA TODAY found inaccuracies in the database that resulted in NHTSA understating the number of people killed in police chases in 2013 by as many as 101.

NHTSA reviewed USA TODAY’s findings and added 11 deaths to the 2013 total, which had previously been 322 deaths.

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Record warmth surged up the Eastern Seaboard on Christmas Eve, sending temperatures to summerlike readings from Florida to eastern Canada.

Several record highs were set as of midday Thursday, in cities such as Charlotte, N.C., Indianapolis, Washington, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston and Providence. The air mass is also humid, and comes from the tropics, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

Some crazy highlights of this Christmas Eve weather: uIt’s forecast to be warmer in Albany, N.Y. (70 degrees) than in Phoenix (64 degrees), according to the National Weather Service. uNew York City could see similar warmth on Christmas Eve than it had on July 4 (when it was 75), the weather service said. uA weather station in southern Quebec near Montreal recorded a temperature of 70 degrees, some 40 degrees above average.

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IN LIBYA, IT’S INDEPENDENCE DAY

voter identification and contended the state denying them the ability to do that was discrimination.

— The Tennessean SOMALIA CLAMPS DOWN ON HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS

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Libyans wave national flags during a rally at Martyrs’ Square in the capital Tripoli on Dec. 24. The rally commemorates the 64th anniversary of the country’s independence.

JUDGE DISMISSES TENN. VOTING RIGHTS CASE

A federal judge in Nashville has dismissed a legal challenge to Tennessee’s ban on the use of student ID cards as voter identification, according to court records.

District Judge Aleta Trauger dismissed the case this week after a request from the state.

The case was filed by the Fair Elections Legal Network on behalf of a group of students from Tennessee colleges who wanted to use their school ID cards as

There will be no Christmas or New Year celebrations in Somalia for fear of inspiring Islamist attacks, the government said. Muslims are a majority in Somalia.

Sheikh Mohamed Khayrow, director general of the religious affairs ministry, said on Tuesday that Christmas and New Year celebrations “could damage the faith of the Muslim community,” AFP reports. Security units have been given the order to break up any festivities related to the holidays.

Supreme Religious Council of Somalia’s Sheikh Nur Barud Gurhan said celebrations may provoke al-Shabab militants, the Somalia Islamist extremist group, “to carry out attacks,” AFP reported. In 2014, the militant group carried out an attack on Christmas Day on the African Union’s headquarters in Mogadishu. — Jessica Durando

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MONEYLINE FORD RECALLS 313,000 SEDANS OVER HEADLIGHTS Here’s something you don’t want to have happen to you while you drive on a darkened road: The headlights suddenly go out. But that’s the reason Ford is recalling 313,000 old Crown Victorias and Mercury Grand Marquis, it says in a filing to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as reported by The Associated Press. Solder joints in the lighting control module can crack. If that happens, the headlights are suddenly on the blink.

The defect was blamed for 11 crashes. The recall covers the big sedans from the 2003 to 2005 model years. There are still plenty of them in taxicab, if not police, service.

DURABLE GOODS ORDERS FLAT IN NOVEMBER Factory orders for long-lasting goods such as autos, airplanes and electronics were flat in November, as the impact of a strong dollar and struggling global economy weigh on U.S. manufacturers. Orders for durable goods were nearly unchanged in November after a 2.9% increase in October, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Demand for autos, electronic products and fabricated metals accelerated last month, but their gains were offset by declines in machinery and aircraft. Orders for capital goods not including aircraft — a key proxy for business investment — fell 0.4%. Durable goods orders have tumbled 3.7% yearto-date.

NEWS MONEY SPORTS LIFE AUTOS TRAVEL From virtual reality goggles to special helmets to neck devices, preventing brain trauma is paramount

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At Stanford University, reporter Jon Swartz tries on a set of virtual reality googles that officials hope will help determine whether the subject has brain trauma.

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PALO ALTO, CALIF. Deep inside a gym on the campus of Stanford University, Dr. Jamshid Ghajar tinkers with virtual reality goggles that will determine within a minute if its test subject has head trauma.

Starting this season, the SyncThink eye-tracking system — goggles are attached to a monitor that records and prints the results of an eye following a circular path — has been on the sidelines for Stanford football games.

It’s part of a growing movement within the sports and medical communities. After years of neglect — in some cases, denial — football teams are looking at everything from new-fangled helmets and neck contraptions to injury-risk monitoring systems, shock-absorbing turf and mandated spa days.

Most of the solutions are probably a year or two away, which means concussions will remain a scourge at the pro and college levels. The average career of an NFL player is six years, the league says.

The disease has ravaged the lives of former pro and college players and reinforced the violent image of the NFL, both on and off the field.

(A forthcoming Will Smith movie, Concussion, recounts the sordid history that led to more than 4,500 players suing the league for hiding the dangers of concussions.)

“Tech is taking us in interesting ways to reduce risk on head trauma,” says Jack Swarbrick Jr., vice president and director of athletics at the University of Notre Dame. Swarbrick is leading an effort with the NCAA to catalog the concussion histories of high school athletes.

The link between head trauma in football players and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease, was discovered by Bennet Omalu, the forensic pathologist played by Smith in the movie, in the early 2000s. The NFL, which fought Omalu’s findings initially, has since changed elements of the game and sunk tens of millions of dollars into efforts to cut down on

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VICIS

A new helmet being developed by the University of Washington and start-up Vicis has impact-absorbing material.

brain trauma risk. In April 2015, the NFL settled the players’ lawsuit for $765 million (for comparison, the NFL makes $11.1 billion in annual revenue).

“We’ve taken action to apply medical research and technological advances, as well as rules changes, culture shifts and changes to the training of players” to reduce risk, says Jeff Miller, the NFL’s senior vice president of health and safety policy.

The league’s moves have come too late for generations of former football players hobbled by blows to the head and neck, leading to excruciating pain, depression, dementia and, in several cases, death.

After Hall of Fame linebacker Junior Seau fatally shot himself in 2012, an autopsy showed he had CTE. “I gave my body and, to some extent, my brain to the league,” says Bill Romanowski, 49, a Super Bowl-winning linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos who says he was con-

cussed more than 20 times during a 16-year career. “The game is so hard, so intense, so violent,” says Romanowski, who acknowledges he “saw stars” in the more than 300 games he played.

Hall of Famer Frank Gifford, who died in August, suffered from a concussion-related brain disease, his family disclosed in November.

In pursuit of equipment that would reduce the chances of head injuries, football organizers have spared no expense, although the results have been mixed.

Most efforts have centered on making a “concussion-proof” helmet that absorb blows from every conceivable angle — in particular, the back of the head and neck.

The NFL’s Miller points to 39 rules changes over the last decade to reduce injuries on kickoffs, protect quarterbacks and wide receivers, and punish head-hunting defenders. The changes, he says, reduced concussions 34% in regular season games from 2012 to 2014.

In 2013, the league launched its Head Health Initiative, a fouryear, $65 million collaboration with General Electric and Under Armour to detect and treat traumatic brain injury.

The league also donated $30 million to the National Institutes of Health in what was the single largest donation the NFL had made in its 92-year history, is designed to focus research on brain trauma.

The NFL and NIH disputed a report by ESPN this week that the league had pulled funding from the program.

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Frank Gifford, who died in August, suffered from a concussion-related brain disease.

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Bill Romanowski says he suffered more than 20 concussions during his NFL career.

Disney is down since ‘Star Wars.’ Here’s why Matt Krantz USA TODAY

The Force is certainly with Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

But not so much with Walt Disney (DIS) stock.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been an epic victory in the theater. The firm broke opening weekend records with its $248 million box-office haul on the first weekend and is gunning for Avatar, Titanic and Jurassic World to be the biggest global money-maker in history.

But Disney stock is down 5.5% — to $105.86 — since the release of the well-received film. Disney’s stock is lagging the Standard & Poor’s 500’s 0.9% gain since Star Wars’ release.

Understanding how a company can have a Star Wars-sized hit product yet the stock still skids teaches a number of enormous lessons for investors, including: uStar Wars is a small part

DISNEY REVENUE The biggest share of Disney’s revenue comes from its media networks like ABC and ESPN. Revenue share and amounts over the past 12 months:

Media networks 44% ($23.3B) Parks and resorts 31% ($16.2B) Studio entertainment 14% ($7.4B) Consumer products 9% ($4.5B) Interactive 2% ($1.2B) Source USA TODAY research KARL GELLES, USA TODAY

of the Disney empire. Star Wars is epic, it’s just not as epic as Walt Disney. Disney reported revenue of $48.8 billion over the past 12 months. That means Star Wars’ first weekend of revenue is just 1% of Disney’s total revenue over a year’s time. Even if the film generates $1.95 billion in global revenue in the box office, as ex-

pected by Goldman Sachs, that would be just 4% of Disney’s annual revenue. uThe film business doesn’t Disney’s business. drive There’s no question Disney films generate characters, stories and buzz that filter through the rest of the Walt Disney business. But financially, Disney’s film business

is the third largest at the compa- ness into the single-most ny. The filmed entertainment important part of Disney to inbusiness accounted for 14% of vestors. Trefis estimates that 31% Disney’s revenue over the past 12 of Disney’s stock is attributable to the Parks & Remonths, S&P sorts business, Capital IQ says. more than any The film portion other part of the of Disney’s busibusiness. Ananess ranks belysts are inlow Media creasingly conNetworks at cerned about 44% and Parks the long-term and Resorts at prospects of 31%. The small JOSH EDELSON, AFP/GETTY IMAGES Disney’s ESPN relative size of Disney’s film Investors anticipated success. business, which is now attributbusiness explains why every extra $100 mil- able for 28% of the stock price, lion in Star Wars box office only says Trefis. adds 2 cents a share to Disney’s uDisney stock is already fiscal 2016 earnings per share, up huge. Disney has been a massays Goldman. Disney is expected sive winner — in part — because to post an adjusted profit of $5.66 investors anticipated the compaa share in fiscal 2016. ny’s ability to refresh the Star uParks and Resorts are po- Wars franchise and maximize wering the stock. Rising atten- profits from all its franchises. dance, admission prices and Shares of Disney are up nearly expansion in the Parks and Re- 14% this year — while the Stansorts business is turning the busi- dard & Poor’s 500 has been flat.

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AMERICA’S MARKETS What to watch Matt Krantz USA TODAY

Higher interest rates are about to hit companies — just when many are ill-prepared for them.

The Federal Reserve this month took interest rates up for the first time in nearly a decade — ending the days of free money. It might take a few years for higher rates to hit companies — as they look to refinance debt. But the troubling part is many companies aren’t in great shape to eat the higher costs.

The number of companies with the lowest credit ratings and negative outlooks jumped to 195 in December, the highest level since March 2010, says Standard & Poor’s. The biggest culprit for the jump in these so-called “weakest links” is the oil and gas sector, which accounts for 34 of

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

them. But financial companies are close behind, representing 33 of the weakest links, says S&P. The bond markets are starting to factor in the dangerous combination of rising interest rates as well as profit weakness in several sectors. The U.S. distress ratio — a measure of the amount of risk the market has priced into bonds — hit 20.1% in November, which is the highest level since hitting 23.5% in September 2009, says S&P. That’s an onerous indicator since September 2009 takes investors back to the last recession.

The largest percentage of the distressed debt — 37% — is concentrated in the oil and gas sector. The sector is getting hammered by falling commodity prices. But metals, mining and steel is hurting too, with a 72% distress ratio. Time will tell if the debt market can handle this shock.

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The nation’s biggest and most $100 valuable energy company skidded as worries about the direction of oil prices persists. The price of Brent crude oil has lost more than $60 Nov. 27 a third of its value this year.

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Companies that unfailingly boost dividends rare

Q: What stocks unfailingly pay dividends?

Matt Krantz

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A: Investors are bracing for a rocky market, making the safety and security of dividends attractive.

Companies that unfailingly boost their dividend each year are rare. Only 10% of the stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 have raised their annual dividends each year for the past 25 years.

The good news is it’s easy to find those companies. The Dividend Aristocrat index tracks the 51 companies in the S&P 500 that have consistently boosted dividends for two and a half decades. Investors can also invest in this index with the ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats exchange-traded fund. Currently the index is yielding 2%, which is about the same as the S&P 500.

Investors looking for companies that have routinely boosted dividends — which pay a higher yield — can find them with the S&P High Yield Dividend index.

This index includes stocks in the S&P 1500 index that have boosted dividends each and every of the past 20 years. Investors can invest in this index through the SPDR S&P Dividend ETF, which trades by the symbol SDY. This ETF is currently yielding 2.4%. Be careful, though, these indexes aren’t as diversified as you might think. The S&P High Yield Dividend index is about quarter financials.

KaloBios Pharma faces delisting after Shkreli indictment Kevin McCoy USA TODAY

The drug company that fired controversial CEO Martin Shkreli faces its own ouster — from public trading.

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals (KBIO) said Wednesday that Nasdaq’s staff decided to delist the company’s securities pursuant to the stock exchange’s discretionary authority.

Factors cited in the decision included last week’s federal indictment of Shkreli on criminal securities fraud charges and a

parallel civil action against him filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, KaloBios said.

The company announced Monday that it had “terminated” Shkreli, its CEO, chairman and controlling shareholder, on Dec. 17, the day federal authorities announced the allegations.

KaloBios said Nasdaq cited similar charges against Evan Greebel, Shkreli’s co-defendant and the company’s former outside counsel, as well as the drugmaker’s failure to file a quarterly report for the period that ended Sept. 30.

Shkreli and Greebel pleaded not guilty and have been released on respective bonds of $5 million and $1 million.

KaloBios said it has not decided whether to appeal the Nasdaq staff’s decision. Unless there’s an appeal, KaloBios’ stock will be suspended from trading on Nasdaq at the opening of business Dec. 30, the company said.

Trading in KaloBios shares have remained halted at $23.59 since authorities announced the charges against Shkreli and Greebel.

Shkreli led an investor group that gained control of KaloBios in

November. The company’s stock, which closed at 90 cents per share Nov. 12, rocketed to a closing high of $39.50 on Nov. 23 after the takeover.

Although the corporate leadership change briefly raised KaloBios’ financial fortunes, it also drew the company into the controversy surrounding Shkreli.

He drew widespread criticism this year when Turing Pharmaceuticals, another Shkreli-led drugmaker, hiked the price of a medication called Daraprim by more than 5,000% — from $13.50 per pill to $750.

The medication is used to treat

toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disease that afflicts people with weakened immune systems, including AIDS patients and pregnant women.

Shkreli resigned from Turing after the federal allegations were announced.

Brooklyn federal prosecutors and the SEC charged that Shkreli misappropriated funds, lied about investment returns and conspired to defraud Retrophin, yet another drug company he once controlled, by secretly issuing Retrophin stock to settle disputes with burned investors in two Shkreli-founded hedge funds.

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Rating; the good and the bad

The Big Short

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Joy

Rating: R Upside: Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell impress as financial wheel-and-dealers.

Downside: Not even A-listers and celebrity cameos can make banking exciting.

Plot: A mom struggles through various obstacles to make a success out of her Miracle Mop. Director: David O. Russell

2 hours, 12 minutes

The Night Before

Rating: PG-13 Upside: Jordan and Stallone take the franchise to its greatest heights in years.

Downside: It borrows from the ‘Rocky’ template a bit too much.

Plot: Three best friends (Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anthony Mackie) have one last night of Christmas Eve debauchery before they face adult responsibilities.

Director: Jonathan Levine

2 hours, 3 minutes

The Peanuts Movie

Rating: PG-13 Upside: Will Smith is at his transformative best as real-life physician Bennet Omalu.

Downside: At times, it ventures into biopic territory and meanders from the core matter.

Plot: Charlie Brown has to get past his own crippling lack of self-confidence to win the heart of his beloved Little Red-Haired Girl.

Director: Steve Martino

1 hour, 40 minutes

Sisters

Rating: PG Upside: The two main pals are cute and their journey includes amazing visuals.

Downside: Some scenes could be too intense for little moviegoers.

Plot: Two estranged siblings are tasked with cleaning out their childhood home and instead throw a raging house party.

Director: Jason Moore

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2 hours, 16 minutes

Spectre

Plot: Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) leads one last revolt against the oppressive Capitol of Panem.

Director: Francis Lawrence

Rating: PG-13 Upside: The franchise closer offers several excellent action set pieces.

Downside: The climax suffers from a weak script and poor editing.

Plot: Rogue missions and beautiful women are on tap for James Bond (Daniel Craig) while on a collision course with an evil organization and its shadowy leader (Christoph Waltz).

Director: Sam Mendes

2 hours, 2 minutes

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Rating: PG-13 Upside: The whale-attack scenes are violent, immersive and gorgeous.

Downside: Most of the sailors are indistinguishable from one another.

Plot: Youngsters Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Finn (John Boyega) are thrust into a war against the evil First Order and a massive search for the last Jedi.

Director: J.J. Abrams

Plot: A group of money managers and brokers tries to make millions before the inevitable collapse of the housing industry.

Director: Adam McKay

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Plot: The son (Michael B. Jordan) of Apollo Creed asks his late father’s rival Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) to train him as a pro boxer.

Director: Ryan Coogler

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Plot: A Pittsburgh forensic pathologist makes a groundbreaking discovery when researching brain damage in pro football players.

Director: Peter Landesman

Rating: PG-13 Upside: Jennifer Lawrence’s best performance since ‘Silver Linings Playbook.’

Downside: A series of interludes and plot points fails to come together as a cohesive story.

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Plot: To get home to his family, a young Apatosaur (voice of Raymond Ochoa) makes friends with a feral caveboy (Jack Bright).

Director: Peter Sohn

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In the Heart of the Sea Plot: The crew of the whaling ship Essex (Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker) braves treacherous conditions and runs afoul of a gigantic whale.

Director: Ron Howard

Rating: R Upside: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have fantastic chemistry.

Downside: Much of the raunchy humor is hit-or-miss.

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2 hours, 28 minutes Rating: PG-13 Upside: Mendes and Craig continue to make magic as 007’s dynamic duo.

Downside: The story recycles too much past material without adding anything to the decades-old lore.

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2 hours, 16 minutes Rating: PG-13 Upside: A well-balanced mix of great new characters and old favorites.

Downside: The next film is a year and a half away.

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LIFELINE

1 hour, 58 minutes

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LIONSGATE

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1 hour, 33 minutes Rating: G Upside: Lovable beagle Snoopy steals every scene he’s in.

Downside: Story isn’t as clever or nuanced as its characters.

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The Good Dinosaur

1 hour, 41 minutes Rating: R Upside: Some laugh-out-loud gags and amusing guest stars (Michael Shannon, who walks away with the movie as a prophetic pot dealer).

Downside: As saccharinesweet as a sugarplum in its attempts at emotional moments.

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Concussion

2 hours, 4 minutes

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Savage ‘The Revenant’ has a stark, epic beauty

The Revenant is the most intense thing you’ll enjoy over the holidays this side of family dinners.

Brutal and beauMOVIE tiful, director AleREVIEW BRIAN jandro González TRUITT Iñárritu’s wilderness thriller showcases man’s savagery and humanity in simpler times. And Leonardo DiCaprio, his usual movie-star good looks hidden under a wild beard, gives a ferocious effort as a real-life frontiersman seeking to survive and avenge.

The Revenant is based on the harrowing true story of ace tracker Hugh Glass and his wintry journey through Montana in 1823. Glass (DiCaprio), his halfIndian son, Hawk (Forrest Goodluck), and the rest of a group of fur trappers are collecting pelts when they’re attacked by Native Americans, a sequence captured

by Iñárritu with a sensational yet violent tracking shot.

Things get worse from there: Glass is mauled by a mama bear trying to protect her cubs. The men carry Glass, seemingly close to a visit from the Grim Reaper, for a while, but the mercenary John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy) wants to leave him, get home and get paid. When Fitzgerald tries to kill Glass, Hawk intervenes and is murdered as his father looks on in horror.

Fitzgerald tells their crew Glass is dead and they continue on while Glass slowly recovers and tracks down the men to find his son’s killer.

The Revenant, shot entirely in natural light, is as visually stun-

Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) battles man and nature.

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THE REVENANT

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STARS: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson DIRECTOR: Alejandro González Iñárritu RATING: Rated R for strong frontier combat and violence including gory images, a sexual assault, language, brief nudity RUN TIME: 2 hours, 36 minutes Opens Friday in New York and Los Angeles; expands nationwide Jan. 8

ning as Iñárritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki’s Oscar-winning Birdman. Some horizon shots make the natural world around these men seem almost heavenly while they go through hell. The filmmakers also capture the sense of danger that pervaded the lives of men such as Glass, and the results are not for the squeamish. The scene where Glass is ripped apart like a chew toy is lengthy but well done, and DiCaprio sells every bite and clawing completely.

DiCaprio has long fostered an impressive body of work, but this

is on another level: He has very little dialogue, given that Glass spends much of the movie alone and trying not to die. He guts a horse so he can climb in and stay warm through the night and grows more emaciated as the story progresses toward a bloody conclusion, but DiCaprio’s powerful performance keeps you immersed in Glass’ quest and rooting for the man.

Hardy is superbly villainous as Fitzgerald — there’s not much back story with him, which is fine, since it’s better that he doesn’t have any redeeming qualities.

Will Poulter gets a nice supporting turn as Jim Bridger, a man caught between helping Glass and facing Fitzgerald’s mighty wrath, and Domhnall Gleeson contrasts his Star Wars: The Force Awakens bad guy with a role here as goodhearted furtrapper leader Andrew Henry.

The Revenant is a throwback look at a wild time in American history, and the team of Iñárritu and DiCaprio gives this era a deserving epic.

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Seven former Kansas players to make TV appearances today

Scot Pollard

Special to the Journal-World

Let kids play multiple sports

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By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

NICK COLLISON

Note: Former KU/NBA forward Scot Pollard has agreed to offer his opinions to the Journal-World on various subjects from time to time. Here’s Pollard’s take on whether children should specialize in one sport or play many.

Obviously, there have been a lot of people much smarter than me and doctors in various fields of psychology and sports orthopedics who are documented as saying it’s unhealthy for kids to participate in one sport year-round.

The repetitive nature of one sport — say, pitching or volleyball spiking or basketball shooting on a growing body — is well documented that it just shouldn’t happen. No one should play baseball yearround. No child should play basketball year-round.

I think my dad was on to something when he said, “Don’t do that,” and wouldn’t allow us to do that. We (Scot and his brothers) were allowed to play one camp individually in the offseason and one team camp. Other than that, we could play pick-up games if we wanted to, but there was no travel.

Yes it was a different era that wasn’t as popular back then as it is now. Those type of things are simply money-makers in my opinion. The AAU coaches who do that for a living? They don’t really have another job. Not all of ’em but some of ’em. That’s all they do.

They take parents’ money. They give ’em promises of, “This is gonna get your kid to the next level.” Not taking into account the dangers of just the physical side of putting your kid in a travel situation. You are taking 7-, 8-year-olds all the way up to even 13-, 14-year-olds.

Their bodies are growing.

They are changing. Their hormones. They grow at different ages. Some spurt early. Some spurt late. You are pressuring these kids into year-round sports and forcing their bodies to do things they are not supposed to do. The repetitive nature of these training sessions or just even playing the game, whatever sport it is, are damaging children physically.

The psychological side of it on top of the physical side of children playing sports year-round is that you cannot function as a normal kid when you are sitting here going, “Oh I have training before school or after school four or five days a week.”

Then you’ve got homework. Then you’ve got normal kid stuff. All the while you are sitting here thinking in your head, your 7-, 8-, 9-, 10-, 11-, 13-, 14- whateveryear-old head, “I’m an elite athlete. I’m an elite athlete.

Really nothing else matters besides this baseball game I’ve got coming up or baseball trainer I’ve got before Please see POLLARD, page 3C

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HAWKS IN THE NBA

TV guys

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

As the NBA showcases five Christmas Day games, Kansas basketball fans looking to mix in some Jayhawks with their holiday festivities will have a chance to catch a glimpse of as many as seven former KU players.

Here’s a rundown of ’Hawks in the NBA taking the court while most of the country takes the day off.

Chicago at Oklahoma City — featuring Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison If you love veteran role players and stars from Roy Williams’ last years at KU, well, you better send the NBA a thank-you note for this present. Both Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison will get some national air time Christmas afternoon (1:30, ABC) when Hinrich’s Bulls play at Collison’s Thunder (though most promos for the game probably feature Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook).

Now 34 years old, Hinrich plays a backup role for Chicago (15-11) and averages just 16.2 minutes a game. But this is his 11th season playing for the Bulls, the team that drafted him seventh overall in 2003. As pointed out recently

by SI.com, the veteran 6-foot4 guard now leads the franchise in career three-pointers (1,040) and ranks third alltime in games played (730).

The only Bulls who have played more games for Chicago are Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen.

Hinrich also sits third alltime in steals (853) and assists

(3,779) for Chicago — again, behind Jordan and Pippen — and eighth in points (8,486).

“The young guys, they’re joking all the time, ‘Did you play with Bill Cartwright?’”

Hinrich told SI.com.

More of a facilitator and defender these days, Hinrich’s best game of the season so far came in November, when Rose was injured, and he played 34 minutes.

Hinrich scored 17 points and helped limit reigning MVP Steph Curry to 3-for-11 shooting.

“He’s a guy that goes out and does the little things,” first-year Chicago coach Fred Hoiberg said. “He organizes everything on both ends of the floor.”

Hinrich’s old running mate at KU, Collison, also plays a limited role (13.6 minutes) as a 35-year-old substitute big man for one of the NBA’s premier teams. And like Hinrich, the 6-10 forward ranks pretty high on some of Oklahoma City’s all-time lists.

Drafted by Seattle before the franchise relocated to OKC, Collison is third in games played (841), behind Fred Brown and Gary Payton. He ranks third in offensive rebounds (1,709) and total rebounds (4,566), behind Jack Sikma and Shawn Kemp. Collison also is third in field-goal percentage (.534), sixth in blocks (459) and ninth in minutes played (18,042).

As much of a mentor as a statistical contributor, Collison helps the Thunder (20-9) on and off the floor. He leads by example by defending, rebounding and taking charges.

And he has helped 22-year-

old protégé Steven Adams develop the Thunder’s pickand-roll into a legitimate weapon.

“The teams that are really hard to guard in this league are the ones where you have a big threat rolling down the middle and you’re really put in a bind,” Collison told Oklahoma City’s website. “We’re trying to get in those situations on the offensive end as much as possible.”

Cleveland at Golden State — featuring Sasha Kaun and Brandon Rush An NBA Finals rematch?

How about the first professional meeting between Cleveland’s Sasha Kaun and Golden State’s Brandon Rush (4 p.m., ABC) — teammates on KU’s 2008 national championship team.

A member of the nearly unbeatable defending champion Warriors (27-1), Rush has played more this year (14.9 minutes, 5.2 points) than he has since the 2011-12 season. Golden State made the 30-year-old forward a starter when Harrison Barnes injured his ankle and became unavailable.

“I’ve been waiting for this opportunity to show that I can still shoot the ball and can still play at a high level,” Rush the San Francisco Chronicle.

“I feel so much better than I did last year — with my shot and just being able to move around the court.”

Rush’s best game to date came against Sacramento, when he nailed 4 of 5 from three-point range and scored 16 points. In December, he is Please see HAWKS, page 3C

A pair of highly touted quarterbacks are leaving Texas A&M, but it does not look like Kansas University will be the landing spot for either one.

Thursday afternoon, perhaps as an early Christmas present to Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, former five-star Allen (Texas) High quarterback Kyler Murray signed with the Sooners after leaving A&M following one season.

One of the hottest QB prospects in the Lone Star State during his prep career, it was long believed that Murray was a lock to join the Longhorns, but UT now has been shut out both times.

The first time, Murray chose A&M. This time, according to reports that surfaced earlier this week, the Longhorns and second-year coach Charlie Strong chose to stay away from Murray.

“Murray brings a lot of baggage,” wrote BurntOrangeNation.com’s William Curry. “The reports out of College Station during the season show a young player suffering from an overwhelming sense of entitlement and self-worth.

In October, it was reported that Kyler Murray was benched for cursing at his offensive coordinator about playing time. He also has a father who clearly has his helicopter piloting license.

That doesn’t fit the (Charlie) Strong mantra. Nor should it. If Strong has gotten one thing right during his tenure as the Texas head coach, it’s been correcting the entitlement-ridden mentality left behind by the previous regime. The locker room he has created is free of prima donnas. I’m worried Murray would compromise that.”

According to a source close to the KU football program, there was some interest between Kansas and Murray — at least in the days immediately following the announcement that he would transfer — but those talks never got serious, and KU never made a real run at stealing him from the Sooners.

Current KU coach David Beaty became extremely close with Murray and his family during his days as Texas A&M’s wide-receivers coach and recruiting coordinator and was a big part of the reason the QB chose A&M. That’s why some believed that Beaty would have a shot at bringing the 5-foot-11, 170-pound dualthreat QB who ranked fifth nationally in the Class of 2015 and ninth overall in the state of Texas in his class to KU. But things never materialized. and it looks like the Jayhawks, who have not expressed much interest in adding a quarterback in the Class of 2016 — other than juco transfer Deondre Ford, who joined the team last year but counted forward in terms of scholarships — will move forward with returning sophomore Ryan Willis, who started the final eight games of the 2015 season, Ford. and red-shirt freshman Carter Stanley. KU also still will have senior Montell Cozart, the opening day starter Please see FOOTBALL, page 3C

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Murphy, Nats agree to 3 years, $37.5M Second baseman Daniel Murphy and the Washington Nationals have agreed to a three-year, $37.5 million contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday night because the agreement, first reported by ESPN, was subject to a successful physical.

Drafted by the Mets in 2006, the 30-year-old starred in October when he homered in a record six straight postseason games and was voted the MVP in the Mets’ National League Championship Series victory over the Chicago Cubs. But he made key errors in the fourth and fifth games of New York’s five-game World Series loss to the Kansas City Royals.

Murphy hit .281 this year with a career-best 14 homers and 73 RBIs. In seven seasons, all with the Mets, he has a .288 average with 62 homers and 402 RBIs. Murphy became a free agent after the season and rejected the Mets’ $15.8 million qualifying offer.

Washington loses its firstround draft pick, the 16th overall, and the Mets gain a compensation-round pick. The Nationals will have compensation-round picks for Jordan Zimmermann and Ian Desmond.

New York already has replaced Murphy with free-agent second baseman Neil Walker.

NBA

76ers trade Pelicans for PG Ish Smith

ed Thursday. “It won’t happen again. I apologize to Jeff. My teammates told me I hit coach with the towel. In no way was that towel intended for him. I just want to help my team win so much. That’s my focus moving forward.”

He included the hashtag “Foe” — short for “family over everything.” Morris has repeatedly tweeted his desire in the offseason to be traded after the

Rutgers hires Blazek as O-line coach Piscataway, N.J. — AJ Blazek has been hired as Rutgers’ offensive-line coach.

New coach Rich Ash announced the hiring Thursday, saying he has known Blazek for 15 years.

An offensive lineman at Iowa, Blazek spent the last three seasons as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator at Western Illinois. He also has worked at Winona State in Minnesota and Fort Hays State in Kansas.

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Vermont player suspended 8 games Burlington, Vt. — A University of Vermont basketball player has been suspended for eight games for reselling textbooks.

The university’s athletic department said Thursday that junior Dre Wills violated its student-athlete code and NCAA rules regarding his athletic scholarship by selling the books.

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Suns dealt twin brother Marcus to the Detroit Pistons.

Morris had six points on 2-of8 shooting and one rebound in 12 minutes against Denver.

The Suns were outscored by 13 points when he was on the floor.

“He’s mad about not playing,” Hornacek said after the game. “I look at the stat sheet, he’s a minus-13 in 12 minutes.

So there I took him out. He

thinks he is better than that.

Well, show me.”

The suspension will cost Morris $145,455. He will miss home games Saturday night against Philadelphia and Monday night against Cleveland.

Morris is averaging 10.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 23.5 minutes in 22 games this season, his fifth with the Suns after being selected 13th overall in the 2011 draft after three years at Kansas.

AP’s top story: Pharoah New York (ap) — American Pharoah’s sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for horse racing’s first Triple Crown since 1978 was selected the sports story of the year Thursday in an annual vote conducted by the Associated Press.

Eighty-two ballots were submitted from U.S. editors and news directors. Voters were asked to rank the top five sports stories of the year, with the first-place story receiving five points, the second-place story four points and so on.

American Pharoah’s Triple Crown win received 317 points and 43 first-place votes.

The No. 2 sports story, the “Deflategate” scandal that ensnared Super Bowl-winning Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, had 191 points and 13 first-place votes.

Here are 2015’s top 10 stories: 1. Triple Crown: In the 37 years since Affirmed became the 11th Triple Crown winner — the longest drought in the sport’s history — an unlucky 13 horses had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness only to fail to complete the sweep at the Belmont Stakes.

But American Pharoah took the lead from the start of the grueling 11⁄2-mile race and kept extending it. The bay colt with the unusually short tail went on to win by 51⁄2 lengths for jockey Victor Espinoza, trainer Bob Baffert and owner Ahmed Zayat.

2. Deflategate: The New England Patriots routed the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in the AFC championship game Jan. 18 to return to the Super Bowl, but the on-field action was soon overshadowed by the scandal dubbed “Deflategate.”

The NFL would go on to spend more than $3 million for the investigation by Ted Wells, whose 243-page report found it was “more probable than not” that two Patriots employees deliberately released air from Patriots game balls to below the league-mandated minimum at the game and Brady “was at least generally aware.”

Philadelphia — The NBAworst Philadelphia 76ers have acquired point guard Ish Smith from the New Orleans Pelicans for two second-round draft picks.

Smith averaged 8.9 points and 5.7 assists in 27 games. He is the only player this season who has averaged at least 150 assists while committing at 45 or fewer turnovers.

He’ll return to Philadelphia, where he played 25 games last season and averaged 12 points, six assists and three rebounds.

The Sixers also waived guard Tony Wroten. Wroten has been bothered by injuries all season and averaged 8.4 points in just eight games. He averaged 16.9 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES Favorite.............. Points (O/U)...........Underdog points in 30 games last season.

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St. Petersburg Bowl Tropicana Field-St. Petersburg, FL. Marshall.........................41⁄2 (44.5).............. Connecticut Sun Bowl Sun Bowl Stadium-El Paso, TX. Washington St...............21⁄2 (62)............. Miami-Florida Heart of Dallas Bowl Cotton Bowl-Dallas, TX. Washington.................... 81⁄2 (55)............Southern Miss Pinstripe Bowl Yankee Stadium-Bronx, NY. Indiana..............................21⁄2 (71)................................Duke Independence Bowl Independence Stadium-Shreveport, LA. Virginia Tech.................131⁄2 (62)..............................Tulsa Foster Farms Bowl Levi’s Stadium-Santa Clara, CA. Ucla....................................61⁄2 (61).......................Nebraska Monday, Dec 28th.

Military Bowl Navy-Marine Corps Stadium-Annapolis,MD Navy....................................3 (53).......................Pittsburgh Quick Lane Bowl Ford Field-Detroit, MI. Minnesota....................... 51⁄2 (49)..................C. Michigan Tuesday, Dec 29th.

Armed Forces Bowl Amon G. Carter Stadium-Fort Worth, TX. California...........................7 (67)......................... Air Force Russell Athletic Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl-Orlando, FL. North Carolina......... 3 (69).....................Baylor Arizona Bowl Arizona Stadium-Tucson, AZ. Colorado St.......................3 (56).............................Nevada Texas Bowl NRG Stadium-Houston, TX. Lsu..........................7 (73.5)........... Texas Tech Wednesday, Dec 30th.

Birmingham Bowl Legion Field-Birmingham, AL. Auburn..............................21⁄2 (63).......................Memphis

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Markieff Morris suspended after tossing towel at coach Phoenix (ap) — The Phoenix Suns suspended forward Markieff Morris two games without pay Thursday for what was termed “conduct detrimental to the team.”

The suspension came a day after Morris threw a towel at coach Jeff Hornacek in the fourth quarter of a 104-96 home loss to the Denver Nuggets.

“My frustration got the best of me last night,” Morris tweet-

TWO-DAY SPORTS ON TV TODAY College Basketball

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Heart of Dallas Bowl: Wash. v. S. Miss.

2:20p.m. ESPN Pinstripe Bowl: Duke v. Indiana 2:30p.m. ABC Independence Bowl: Va. Tech v. Tulsa 4:45p.m. ESPN Foster Farms Bowl: Nebraska v. UCLA 8:15p.m. ESPN

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JOCKEY VICTOR ESPINOZA CELEBRATES ABOARD AMERICAN PHAROAH 33, 233 after winning the Kentucky Derby in this photo from May 2 in Louisville, Kentucky. American Pharoah went on to become the first Triple Crown High School Basketball Time Net Cable winner since 1978.

Barstow v. Eudora rep. 2:30a.m. TWCSC 37, 226 3. FIFA corruption: In an early-morning raid of a Zurich luxury hotel May 27, the U.S. government started a chain reaction that would take down soccer leaders around the world.

4. Warriors win: Too small, not athletic enough. That was the knock both on the Golden State Warriors as a whole and on their star, Stephen Curry.

Instead, the sweet-shooting Warriors won their first NBA title in four decades behind the league’s MVP, beating LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers in six games.

5. Spieth chases Grand Slam: No one had gone wire to wire at the Masters in nearly four decades, but that victory was just the start of the year for 21-year-old Jordan Spieth.

He won the first two legs of a Grand Slam, halfway to becoming the first modern player to complete the feat.

6. Serena chases grand slam, too: In tennis, a player was even closer to completing a Grand Slam. Serena Williams was two victories from becoming the first since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open in the same year. But in one of the sport’s biggest upsets, unseeded Roberta Vinci stunned the 21-time major champion in the semifinals in New York.

7. Women’s World Cup: Four years after a heartbreaking loss to Japan in the Women’s World Cup final, Carli Lloyd and her U.S. teammates made absolutely sure there would be no repeat in the rematch. Lloyd scored a hat trick in the first 16 minutes as the Americans won 5-2 in Canada for their first title since 1999.

8. Royals Crowned: Kansas City was one win from a world championship in 2014, yet the small-ball Royals weren’t considered favorites in 2015. The players in the clubhouse knew better, and they came from behind yet again in Game 5 of the World Series to beat the New York Mets in 12 innings for their first title since 1985.

9. Missouri football: Just two days after Missouri’s football players threatened to boycott a game, the president of the university system stepped down.

10. Ohio state takes first CFP title: The first College Football Playoff did exactly what it was supposed to, awarding a championship chance to a squad that seemed eliminated from title contention after an early-season loss and whose presence in the new four-team bracket was widely debated. Behind thirdstring quarterback Cardale Jones, Ohio State upset No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Oregon to kick off a new era in the sport.

LATEST LINE Belk Bowl Bank of America Stadium-Charlotte, NC. Mississippi St..................5 (61.5)........................ NC State Music City Bowl LP Field-Nashville, TN. Louisville.........................41⁄2 (47)...................Texas A&M Holiday Bowl Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego, CA. Southern Cal................31⁄2 (50.5)...................Wisconsin Thursday, Dec 31st.

Peach Bowl Georgia Dome-Atlanta, GA. Florida St.........................7 (55.5).........................Houston College Football Playoffs Cotton Bowl AT&T Stadium-Arlington, TX. Alabama.........................91⁄2 (46.5)............... Michigan St Orange Bowl Sun Life Stadium-Miami Gardens, FL. Oklahoma............... 31⁄2 (64)................Clemson Friday, Jan 1st.

Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium-Tampa, FL. Tennessee.....................81⁄2 (47.5)............Northwestern Citrus Bowl Citrus Bowl Stadium-Orlando, FL. Michigan........................41⁄2 (39.5)..........................Florida Fiesta Bowl University of Phoenix Stadium-Glendale, AZ. Ohio St............................. 61⁄2 (56).................Notre Dame Rose Bowl Rose Bowl-Pasadena, CA. Stanford...........................61⁄2 (53)............................... Iowa Sugar Bowl Mercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans, LA. Mississippi............... 7 (68)........... Oklahoma St Saturday, Jan 2nd.

Taxslayer Bowl -Jacksonville, FL. Georgia...........................61⁄2 (42.5)........................ Penn St Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl-Memphis, TN. Arkansas................121⁄2 (56)............ Kansas St Alamo Bowl Alamodome-San Antonio, TX. Tcu............................1 (78)....................Oregon

Cactus Bowl Chase Field-Phoenix, AZ. West Virginia............1 (64)...............Arizona St NFL Favorite.............. Points (O/U)...........Underdog Saturday, Dec 26th.

Week 16 PHILADELPHIA..................3 (48)...................Washington Sunday, Dec 27th.

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DENVER............................... 3 (41)........................Cincinnati a-New Orleans QB D. Brees is questionable. b-Tennessee QB M. Mariota is questionable.

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IN THIS OCT. 31 PHOTO, TEXAS A&M QUARTERBACK KYLER MURRAY THROWS against South Carolina in College Station, Texas. Following the season, Murray left the team. He signed with Oklahoma on Thursday.

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in 2014 and 2015, on the roster, but it’s not yet known whether Cozart will remain at quarterback or switch to another position for his final season at KU. It’s not that KU is in desperate need of a quarterback anyway. Willis is coming off of a year in which he set a couple of freshman passing records, and the coaching staff, including Beaty and offensive coordinator Rob Likens, liked what they saw from the young QB in terms of poise, competitiveness, arm strength and toughness.

So with Willis returning and red-shirt freshman Carter Stanley still being a player many coaches believe in, the Jayhawks are not exactly hurting at the position.

As for the other A&M quarterback who is leaving College Station, Texas, former five-star standout Kyle Allen, re-

Pollard

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Murray brings a lot of baggage. The reports out of College Station during the season show a young player suffering from an overwhelming sense of entitlement and self-worth. That doesn’t fit the (Charlie) Strong mantra.

Nor should it.”

— William Curry of BurntOrangeNation.com on former Texas A&M quarterback Kyler Murray cently told 247sports that Houston, Colorado State, Oklahoma and Nebraska were the four schools he had talked to the most since announcing he would transfer, and it has been reported that at least half a dozen other programs have contacted the Scottsdale, Arizona, native about joining the program.

KU was not one of them and does not appear to have interest in Allen.

something the other kids don’t have.

That just means she’s running faster.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C It’s soccer. It’s 8-yearold soccer. She’s faster and after school.” These probably and she may thoughts distract you be special someday. But from being a normal kid right now isn’t the time full of successes and to tell an 8-year-old they failures. should be playing a sport Playing playground year-round and ignoring games or interacting school, ignoring other with other kids and even kids, ignoring the pitfalls if it’s video games. I’m of getting hurt on the not a video game guy. playground at school or Even if it’s video games, not being able to get your the psychological damhomework done because age that is being done to you are busy training children in the efforts of at 8-years-old to go on their parents to prove to some trip to Canada themselves — not the even, or to even an out children but the parof state, to travel out of ents proving to themstate just to play a game selves that their child is at 7-, 8-, 9-years-old. something special. That The psychological they’ve created someeffect of this is a false body that is going to be sense of security for chilthe next LeBron James, dren because they think, Tiger Woods, etc. etc.

“Oh my parents must be The fact of the matter right because I believe in is kids are just special or my parents. I’m on this they are not special. The travel team because I’m parents get caught up in special.” And more often this whether it’s because than not their parents of some AAU coach or have held them back and trainer or somebody they have just matured a that’s talking them into little bit faster. the travel schedule.

Everybody knows at More often than not that age you just mature it’s the parents who are a little bit faster than othsitting there going, “Well, er kids. Or you are held my kid is special.” back and all of a sudden I just ran into a parent months mean the differthe other day. He was ence between somebody talking about his 8-yearthat’s a great player at old daughter. They were that age in third, 4th, saying she needed to go 5th grade and somebody on a trip to Spain to play that’s not that good. in the World whateverWell, I was a late it’s-called soccer game bloomer. I know a lot of in Spain as an 8-year-old. guys that were late bloomHe was like, “I told ’em ers that were in the NBA no because I’m not for that weren’t very good. it.” Meanwhile, he did The oldest story of admit she does play soc- that, the most famous cer year-round because one, is Michael Jordan she’s special. She’s got getting cut from his

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TEXAS A&M QUARTERBACK KYLE ALLEN SCRAMBLES AGAINST VANDERBILT IN A&M’S 25-0 WIN on Nov. 21 in Nashville, Tennessee. Like Murray, Allen is leaving A&M and is looking at Houston, Colorado State, Oklahoma and Nebraska.

when they get to be a junior (in high school) or something like that, maybe they should specialize, but I don’t see any reasons kids shouldn’t play multiple sports.

“Scot has probably done all the research on all the injuries of all the guys that have been hurt during his studies,” Self added with a laugh, “but I do agree with him. I think it’s more healthy to be part of different teams and play different sports.

I guarantee you basketball definitely helps football players.

“There are people that say, ‘We love recruiting basketball guys that play football for toughness.’

Baseball or running track I think would be an unbelievable sport ... or playing soccer for any athlete to do to help them. I think there are positives with all of them. Sherron (Collins, basketball, football, baseball) turned out OK. He was pretty good l at all of ’em.

As an addendum to “I think there’s presthis, Pollard wrote a few sure on kids to specialweeks after penning this ize,” Self added. “Parents piece: “Pro players nowa- may put it on some of days are breaking down them — the traveling earlier than they used teams or programs in to. Are we going to see a different sports. If you trend of shorter careers are paying a lot of money because of these players for kids to play soccer training year round as and train them and do kids? Derrick Rose for all that stuff ... I don’t example. Body is breakknow if you want to do ing down as a result that if they are spending of overtraining during half their time playing growth spurts?” baseball at the same time l soccer season is going Here’s KU basketball on. I think it’s a good coach Bill Self’s take on question but certainly the subject as told to the one that shouldn’t be adJournal-World: dressed until they get in “I think kids should high school. I think kids play all sports. I think should play everything.” sophomore high school basketball team. Different people mature at different ages. And the psychological impact of a kid being told from age 7- or 8-years-old, “Oh you’re special. You’re on a travel team because you are so good.” Well, your parents held you back and your parents did other things to make you feel like you are an elite athlete at that age. It’s a psychological problem that will come back later as an adult and these kids will be damaged as adults because they are being told they are special from a young age, a tender age, where they should learn not everybody is good and maybe they are not that good. Instead they are being told they are great and they are set up for failure as adults because they turn out to be normal which is just fine. It’s OK for everybody and anybody to be normal because we are all normal.

averaging 6.8 points and hitting 50 percent of his three-pointers (14 of 28).

A major knee injury in 2012 derailed Rush’s career a bit, but now he finally appears to be back on track.

“It’s been up and down, especially these past two or three years,” Rush told the San Francisco Chronicle. “But now, everything is looking up. Things can’t get any better. I’m shooting the ball well, we’re the best team in the league, and we’re on the verge of trying to get another championship. I’m definitely in a great place right now.”

Kaun landed in a pretty good situation to start his NBA career. Cleveland, home of superstar LeBron James, is 19-7 and the prohibitive favorite in the Eastern Conference to return to the NBA Finals.

The Cavs don’t exactly need Kaun, a 30-year-old, 6-11 center that much, though. After spending most of his professional career overseas, Kaun has played in just seven games in his rookie season, with eight total points in those cameos (4.4 minutes).

“But, you know, his game is very simplistic,” Cavs coach David Blatt told Northeast Ohio Media Group before the season began, “so it’s not like he has to do a lot of things that would require him to adjust. He just has to get used to the size and the length of the guys and the speed of the game.”

L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers — featuring Paul Pierce, Cole Aldrich and Tarik Black This NBA nightcap in Los Angeles (9:30 p.m., ESPN) seems like it would provide the most bang for a KU fan’s buck, with three Jayhawks in the mix.

But even longtime NBA star Paul Pierce isn’t expected to participate all that much. The 38-yearold forward sat out the Clippers’ previous game to rest his sore back, and coach Doc Rivers said his

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veteran forward will be limited in the battle of Los Angeles.

Pierce has played less for his new team of late, averaging only 10.8 minutes and 3.0 points in December (16.3 minutes, 4.1 points on the season).

On the other hand, another Jayhawk this week suddenly found himself in a more active role.

Reserve center Cole Aldrich, after not registering a minute in 11 straight games, has played in each of the Clippers’ last two games and even played in the fourth quarter of a one-point loss to Oklahoma City earlier this week.

Aldrich finished with five points, four rebounds and two blocks in 14 minutes.

“I think that was a prime example of being a star in your role and not trying to reach outside of that,” Blake Griffin told the Los Angeles Times. “(Aldrich) just did what we need him to do and that’s huge.”

Rivers told the L.A. Times he turned to Aldrich to give the Clippers (16-13) an energetic boost.

That’s what the 27-yearold did, playing in just his seventh game of the season (1.7 points, 2.1 rebounds in 5.3 minutes).

“If we play this way the rest of the year, we’re going to win a lot of games,” Aldrich told the L.A. Times. “We played with a lot of heart and a lot of enthusiasm and it was fun out there.”

Meanwhile, the struggling Lakers (5-24) could use a similar spark from second-year big man Tarik Black. The 6-9 center hasn’t played for the purple and gold since Nov. 24, but just got called back up from the team’s D-League affiliate on Wednesday.

Black put up 25 points and 14 rebounds in his final appearance with the D-Fenders. The 24-yearold big averaged 18.5 points and 11.8 rebounds in a four-game D-League stint, coming off an ankle injury.

Lakers coach Bryron Scott didn’t play Black Wednesday, while utilizing three other big men off the bench in a 35-point loss to the Thunder. So there is no guarantee Black will see the floor versus the Clippers.

Chiefs’ Hali has surgery for broken thumb Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — Chiefs linebacker Tamba Hali broke his right thumb last Sunday in Baltimore and had surgery this week, though the Pro Bowl selection has not been ruled out for their game against Cleveland.

Trainer Rick Burkholder said Wednesday that Hali had swelling when he came to the practice

facility on Monday. An examination revealed a displaced fracture, and Hali had three small screws inserted.

Hali is wearing a splint but could be available for Sunday’s game against the Browns. The Chiefs are already without AllPro pass rusher Justin Houston, who has been sidelined because of a hyperextended knee.

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Raiders win in OT Oakland, Calif. (ap) — Philip Rivers’ last pass fell incomplete near Charles Woodson’s feet, and the celebration began. Woodson got a Gatorade shower and then led the fans in a chant of “Rai-ders! Rai-ders!”

What was Woodson’s final game in Oakland and might have been the last for the Raiders as well was far from pretty but it ended in a victory.

Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 31-yard field goal in overtime and the Raiders got a defensive stop to seal a 23-20 victory over the San Diego Chargers on Thursday night.

Derek Carr threw a touchdown pass and led the winning overtime drive for the Raiders (78), who could be moving to the Los Angeles area after the season. It also made Woodson a winner in his final home game with the Raiders before retiring after his 18th NFL season.

“This is my last game in the Coliseum but just know I’ll never leave you,” Woodson told the crowd. “Go Raiders!”

The Raiders won despite 15 penalties, including five on their overtime drive, and despite getting their only first down of the second half on a

SUMMARY San Diego 7 10 0 3 0 —20 Oakland 7 3 2 8 3 —23 First Quarter SD—D.Brown 1 run (Lambo kick), 9:09.

Oak—Murray 22 run (Janikowski kick), 3:27.

Second Quarter SD—Inman 7 pass from Rivers (Lambo kick), 11:05.

Oak—FG Janikowski 50, 6:03.

SD—FG Lambo 47, :31.

Third Quarter Oak—Autry safety, 2:10.

Fourth Quarter Oak—Crabtree 3 pass from Carr (Roberts pass from Carr), 4:42.

SD—FG Lambo 45, :55.

Overtime Oak—FG Janikowski 31, 8:05.

A—54,400.

SD Oak First downs 19 14 Total Net Yards 343 281 Rushes-yards 25-72 24-106 Passing 271 175 Punt Returns 1-2 2-9 Kickoff Returns 3-57 6-157 Interceptions Ret. 1-1 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 31-49-0 23-38-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 3-29 Punts 5-42.8 8-50.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 9-75 16-121 Time of Possession 35:04 33:21 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—San Diego, Woodhead 11-55, D.Brown 14-17. Oakland, Murray 19-79, Carr 4-30, Woodson 1-(minus 3).

PASSING—San Diego, Rivers 31-49-0277. Oakland, Carr 23-38-1-204.

RECEIVING—San Diego, Inman 8-82, Woodhead 8-53, Floyd 3-42, D.Brown 3-33, Herndon 3-16, Green 2-27, Gates 2-11, J.Phillips 1-9, D.Johnson 1-4.

Oakland, Crabtree 6-39, Murray 5-38, A.Holmes 3-33, Roberts 2-37, Cooper 2-10, Reece 2-3, Walford 1-22, L.Smith 1-17, Jones 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—San Diego, Lambo 48 (WL).

three-yard touchdown drive.

But Oakland did move the ball in overtime after winning the toss. Three straight penalties left the

Raiders with a secondand-29 but San Diego’s Denzel Perryman bailed them out when he was called for a personal foul for hitting a defenseless Michael Crabtree in the head.

Seth Roberts then made a juggling 33-yard catch and run to put the Raiders on the 10. After Woodson lost 3 yards on a reverse and Oakland committed a delay of game, Janikowski hit the go-ahead field goal.

The Chargers (4-11) were unable to muster a first down and lost their straight division game.

Rivers threw for 277 yards and a TD for San Diego, also possibly on the move to the Los Angeles area.

The Raiders had done nothing offensively for most of the night when the defense gave them a needed spark. Malcolm Smith forced a fumble on a catch by David Johnson, and Benson Mayowa returned it 41 yards to the 3.

Carr hit Crabtree on the next play for the goahead touchdown with 4:42 to go. Carr added a two-point conversion to Roberts to make it 20-17.

The Chargers tied it on Josh Lambo’s 47-yard field goal with 55 seconds to play.

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BASEBALL American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Assigned RHP A.J. Achter outright to Salt Lake (PCL). Released C Rafael Lopez.

Claimed LHP Bobby LaFromboise off waivers from Pittsburgh and 2B Rey Navarro from Baltimore.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Assigned RHP Brandon Cunniff outright to Gwinnett (IL).

MIAMI MARLINS — Claimed LHP Tim Berry off waivers from Baltimore.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Claimed C Josmil Pinto off waivers from San Diego.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Assigned RHP Jorge Rondon outright to Indianapolis (IL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Recalled Fs James Ennis and Jarell Martin and G Russ Smith from Iowa (NBADL).

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Traded G Ish Smith to Philadelphia for two second-round draft picks.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Waived G Tony Wroten.

PHOENIX SUNS — Suspended F Markieff Morris two games for conduct detrimental to the team.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released RB Abou Toure from the practice squad. Re-signed RB Marion Grice to the practice squad.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Waived TE Richard Gordon.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Waived CB Troy Hill. Signed CB Chris LewisHarris.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed RB Alonzo Harris to the practice squad.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed CB D’Joun Smith on injured reserve.

Signed QB Stephen Morris off Philadelphia’s practice squad.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released CB Rashaad Reynolds from the practice squad.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Waived WR T.J. Graham.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed WR Ben Edwards from the practice squad and WR Julian Talley to the practice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed S Jermaine Whitehead from the practice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed WR Deon Long to the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned G Magnus Hellberg and D Chris Summers to Hartford (AHL).

COLLEGE OKLAHOMA — Announced QB Kyler Murray is transferring from Texas A&M. RUTGERS — Named AJ Blazek offensive line coach.

VERMONT — Suspended men’s basketball G Dre Wills eight games.

WASHINGTON STATE — Named Dave Nichol outside receivers coach.

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.

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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 Sunday, Dec. 27 Savannah State at Oklahoma State, 2 p.m.

Sam Houston State Texas, 2 p.m.

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Nov. 1 — Pittsburg State (exhibition), W 80-54 Nov. 8 — Emporia State (exhibition), W 68-57 Nov. 15 — Texas Southern, W 72-65 (1-0) Nov. 19 — Memphis, W 72-63 (2-0) Nov. 23 — at Arizona, L 52-67 (2-1) Nov. 27 — Northern Illinois at SMU Thanksgiving Classic, Dallas, W 66-58 (3-1) Nov. 28 — SMU at SMU Thanksgiving Classic, Dallas, L 64-73 (3-2) Dec. 2 — Creighton, W 67-54 (4-2) Dec. 6 — St. John’s, L 71-86 (4-3) Dec. 10 — UMKC, L 44-47 (4-4) Dec. 13 — Navy, 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, TBA Jan. 3 — West Virginia, TBA Jan. 6 — Baylor, TBA Jan. 9 — at Iowa State, TBA Jan. 13 — Texas, TBA Jan. 16 — at West Virginia, TBA Jan. 20 — Kansas State, TBA Jan. 24 — Oklahoma State, TBA Jan. 27 — at Texas, TBA Jan. 30 — at Texas Tech, TBA Feb. 2 — Iowa State, TBA Feb. 6 — at Baylor, TBA Feb. 13 — at Kansas State, TBA Feb. 17 — TCU, TBA Feb. 20 — Oklahoma, TBA Feb. 24 — at Oklahoma State, TBA Feb. 27 — Texas Tech, TBA Feb. 29 — at TCU, TBA March 4-7 — Big 12 tournament at Oklahoma City

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SAN DIEGO STATE DEFENSIVE BACK DWAYNE PARCHMENT (16) AND TEAMMATES SING THEIR SCHOOL SONG after their 42-7 victory over Cincinnati in the Hawaii Bowl on Thursday in Honolulu.

COLLEGE BOWL ROUNDUP

SDSU clobbers Cincy; WMU gets first bowl win The Associated Press

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San Diego State 42, Cincinnati 7 Honolulu — Rashaad Penny returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, and San Diego State routed Cincinnati.

The Aztecs (11-3) won their final 10 games to match the longest winning streak in school history.

Penny had his third kickoff return for a score this season — and second 100-yarder — and broke the Hawaii bowl record for the longest return before a sparse crowd of 14,537 at Aloha Stadium.

San Diego State rushed for 207 yards, topping the 200-yard mark for the 10th consecutive game, and finished with 336 yards of total offense.

Donnell Pumphrey, the Mountain West offensive player of the year, had 99 yards on 25 carries. He threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Dakota Gordon and had a oneyard scoring run early in the fourth quarter. Gordon also had a 1-yard run and finished with four catches for 58 yards.

Cincinnati finished 7-5.

Redshirt freshman Christian Chapman made his second straight start with starter Maxwell Smith out because of a

knee injury. Chapman threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Mikah Holder to cap an 85-yard, nine-play drive on San Diego State’s first offensive possession.

The touchdown came a play after Cincinnati defensive Alex Pace left with an undisclosed injury. He appeared to be favoring his left arm and did not return.

Chapman was 8-of-11 for 113 yards and did not have an interception.

The Aztecs led 14-0 after the first quarter, the ninth time this season they held an opponent scoreless in the opening quarter.

Cornerback Damontae Kazee had his eighth interception of the season to set up Pumphrey’s 33-yard halfback-option pass to Gordon, with the fullback bouncing off a defender before crossing the plane of the end zone.

That made it 21-0 late in the first half.

Cincinnati turned it over on downs midway through the third quarter when it attempted and failed a fake field goal, which gave the Aztecs possession at their 33.

Eight plays later, Gordon found the end zone on his 1-yard plunge.

Pumphrey capped an 11-play, 85-yard drive that took nearly seven minutes off the clock early

in the fourth quarter to make it 35-0.

Cincinnati entered the game ranked first nationally in passing yards per game (373.1) and total offense (559.4). It was held to 279 yards in the loss.

Bahamas

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 18 12 .600 — Boston 16 13 .552 1½ New York 14 16 .467 4 Brooklyn 8 21 .276 9½ Philadelphia 1 30 .032 17½ Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta 19 12 .613 — Miami 16 11 .593 1 Orlando 17 12 .586 1 Charlotte 15 13 .536 2½ Washington 13 14 .481 4 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 19 7 .731 — Chicago 15 11 .577 4 Indiana 16 12 .571 4 Detroit 17 13 .567 4 Milwaukee 12 18 .400 9 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 25 5 .833 — Dallas 16 13 .552 8½ Memphis 16 15 .516 9½ Houston 15 15 .500 10 New Orleans 9 19 .321 15 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 20 9 .690 — Utah 12 15 .444 7 Denver 12 17 .414 8 Minnesota 11 18 .379 9 Portland 11 20 .355 10 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 27 1 .964 — L.A. Clippers 16 13 .552 11½ Sacramento 12 17 .414 15½ Phoenix 12 19 .387 16½ L.A. Lakers 5 24 .172 22½ Today’s Games New Orleans at Miami, 11 a.m.

Chicago at Oklahoma City, 1:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Golden State, 4 p.m.

San Antonio at Houston, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Washington at Brooklyn, 3 p.m.

Toronto at Milwaukee, 4 p.m.

Houston at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Miami at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

New York at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Denver at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Utah, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Portland, 9 p.m.

Western Michigan 45, Middle Tennessee 31 Nassau, Bahamas — Jamauri Bogan ran for 215 yards and four touchdowns, and Western Michigan beat Middle 12 Men Tennessee for its first Big

Big 12 Overall bowl victory.

W L W L Oklahoma 0 0 10 0 Western Michigan (8- Kansas 0 0 10 1 5) had lost its previous six Iowa State 0 0 10 1 West Virginia 0 0 10 1 bowl games.

Texas Tech 0 0 9 1 Bogan broke a tie with Baylor 0 0 9 2 0 0 9 2 a one-yard touchdown Kansas State 0 0 8 3 with 6:12 left, setting up Texas Oklahoma State 0 0 7 4 the score with a 61-yard TCU 0 0 7 4 Today’s Game burst. He had another Oklahoma vs. Harvard at Honolulu, one-yard score with five 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game minutes remaining after Delaware State at TCU, 7 p.m.

Rontavious Atkins’ 29yard interception return Kansas Men Nov. 4 — Pittsburg State (exhibito the four. Bogan also W 89-66 had 62- and 46-yard scor- tion), Nov. 10 — Fort Hays State (exhibiing runs. He averaged 11.3 tion), W 95-59 Nov. 13 — Northern Colorado, W yards per carry.

109-72 (1-0) Zach Terrell was 18-ofNov. 17 — Michigan State at Chicago Center, L 73-79 (1-1) 26 for 297 yards and two United Nov. 23 — Chaminade at Maui touchdowns. Corey Davis Invitational, W 123-72 (2-1) Nov. 24 — UCLA at Maui Invitational, had eight catches for 183 W 92-73 (3-1) yards and a touchdown, Nov. 25 — Vanderbilt at Maui and Daniel Braverman Invitational, W 70-63 (4-1) Dec. 1 — Loyola (Md.), W 94-61 (5-1) added five receptions for Dec. 5 — Harvard, W 75-69 (6-1) Dec. 9 — Holy Cross, W 92-59 (7-1) 101 yards and a score.

Dec. 12 — Oregon State at Kansas Richie James had two City Shootout, Sprint Center, W 82-67 touchdown catches and (8-1) Dec. 19 — Montana, W 88-46 (9-1) a scoring run for Middle Dec. 22 — at San Diego State, W Tennessee (7-6).

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Bowl Glance

Thursday, Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl Nassau Western Michigan 45, Middle Tennessee 31 Hawaii Bowl Honolulu San Diego State 42, Cincinnati 7 Saturday, Dec. 26 St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Marshall (9-3) vs. UConn (6-6), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Miami (8-4) vs. Washington State (8-4), 1 p.m. (CBS) Heart of Dallas Bowl Washington (6-6) vs. Southern Mississippi (9-4), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, N.Y. Duke (7-5) vs. Indiana (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ABC) Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Tulsa (6-6), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN) Foster Farms Bowl Santa Clara, Calif.

Nebraska (5-7) vs. UCLA (8-4), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. Navy (10-2) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Central Michigan (7-5) vs. Minnesota (5-7), 4 p.m. (ESPN2) Tuesday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Air Force (8-5) vs. California (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, Fla. North Carolina (11-2) vs. Baylor (9-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona Bowl Tucson Nevada (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-5), 6:30 p.m. (ASN) Texas Bowl Houston Texas Tech (7-5) vs. LSU (8-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 30 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Auburn (6-6) vs. Memphis (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. NC State (7-5) vs. Mississippi St. (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn.

Louisville (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl San Diego Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl Atlanta Houston (12-1) vs. Florida State (102), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl (Playoff Semifinal) Miami Gardens, Fla. Clemson (13-0) vs. Oklahoma (11-1), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl Classic (Playoff Semifinal) Arlington, Texas Alabama (12-1) vs. Michigan State (12-1), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Northwestern (10-2) vs. Tennessee (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. Michigan (9-3) vs. Florida (10-3), noon (ABC) Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz.

Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Ohio State (11-1), noon (ESPN) Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.

Iowa (12-1) vs. Stanford (11-2), 4 p.m. (ESPN)

Sugar Bowl New Orleans Oklahoma State (10-2) vs.

Mississippi (9-3), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 2 TaxSlayer Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Penn St. (7-5) vs. Georgia (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn.

Kansas St. (6-6) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl San Antonio Oregon (9-3) vs. TCU (10-2), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) Cactus Bowl Phoenix West Virginia (7-5) vs. Arizona State (6-6), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 11 College Football Championship Game Glendale, Ariz.

Orange Bowl winner vs. Cotton Bowl winner, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 23 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN)

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 7 8 0 .467 342 376 San Diego 4 11 0 .267 300 371 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’s Game Oakland 23, San Diego 20, OT Saturday’s Game Washington at Philadelphia, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday’s Games 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’s Game Cincinnati at Denver, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 3 Jacksonville at Houston, noon Oakland at Kansas City, noon Washington at Dallas, noon Detroit at Chicago, noon Minnesota at Green Bay, noon N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, noon New England at Miami, noon Tampa Bay at Carolina, noon New Orleans at Atlanta, noon Baltimore at Cincinnati, noon Pittsburgh at Cleveland, noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, noon Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, noon St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

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

Seattle at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.

NFL Playoff Scenarios

Week 16 AFC CLINCHED: New England: AFC East and first-round bye; Cincinnati: playoff berth.

NEW ENGLAND (at N.Y. Jets, Sunday) Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: — Win or — Tie and Cincinnati loss or tie CINCINNATI (at Denver, Monday) Clinches AFC North with: — Win or tie, or — Pittsburgh loss or tie Clinches first-round bye with: — Win or tie DENVER (vs. Cincinnati, Monday) Clinches AFC West with: — Win and Kansas City loss or tie, or — Tie and Kansas City loss Clinches playoff spot with: — Win and N.Y. Jets or Pittsburgh loss or tie, or — Tie and N.Y. Jets or Pittsburgh loss HOUSTON (at Tennessee, Sunday) Clinches AFC South with: — Win and clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over Indianapolis, or — Win and Indianapolis loss or tie, or — Tie and Indianapolis loss KANSAS CITY (vs. Cleveland, Sunday) Clinches playoff spot with: — Win and N.Y. Jets or Pittsburgh loss PITTSBURGH (at Baltimore, Sunday) Clinches playoff spot with: — Win and N.Y. Jets loss NFC CLINCHED: Carolina: NFC South and first-round bye; Arizona: NFC West; Green Bay: playoff berth; Seattle: playoff berth.

CAROLINA (at Atlanta, Sunday) Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: — Win or tie, or — Arizona loss or tie ARIZONA (vs. Green Bay, Sunday) Clinches first-round bye with: — Win or tie GREEN BAY (at Arizona, Sunday) Clinches NFC North with: — Win and Minnesota loss or tie, or — Tie and Minnesota loss MINNESOTA (vs. N.Y. Giants, Sunday) Clinches playoff spot with: — Win or tie, or — Atlanta loss or tie, or — Seattle win or tie WASHINGTON (at Philadelphia, Saturday) Clinches NFC East with: — Win, or — Tie and N.Y. Giants loss

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

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

Please call 856-7878 ext 5037

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

Conv.

Jumbo

4.000% + 0 (4.099%) Call for Rates

3.375% + 0 (3.548%) Call for Rates

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

3.625% + 0 (3.761%) 3.625% + 0 (4.905%) 3.625% + 0 (3.815%) 3.625% + 0 (4.517%) Call for Rate

Conv.

Jumbo

3.875% + 0 (4.087%)

3.125 + 0 (3.265%)

FHA/VA/USDA

3.500% + 0

Conv.

Jumbo

4.000% + 0 (4.047%) Please Call for Quote

Conv.

Jumbo

3.902% + 0 (3.949%) Call for Rates

3.625% + 0 (3.695%)

THE DATA DISPLAYED BELOW IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR CREDIT AS DEFINED BY PARAGRAPH 226.24 OF REGULATION Z. CALL LENDER FOR APR. ARM-ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE; CAPS MAXIMUM PER ADJUSTMENTS & LIFETIME RATE ADJUSTMENT LTV-LOAN TO VALUE; JUMBO - ANY LOAN AMOUNT OVER $417,000.

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RATES ARE AMAZING! We offer a FREE,No Obligation Pre-Approval Letter. We are first time homebuyer specialists. Consider A USDA loan with NO down payment required! Great options on rental properties too. Call to have us analyze your refinance options. Free borrower education session ** Rates for refinance may vary. APR based on $125,000 purchase loan, 80% LTV and 760 credit score. MEMBER FDIC EQUAL HOUSING LENDER. NMLS#619730 ****

20 YR 30 YR

CALL TODAY or apply online for a no-obligation rate quote and fee estimate, to be pre(4.568/3.915/4.332% APR) approved, or to talk with a Mortgage Advisor about preparing for a future purchase. Pulaski 3.625% + 0 (3.945% APR) Bank provides loans for purchase, refinance, investment property, second homes, second mortgages/HELOCS and Bridge Loans! We provide options with little or no down payment, and 4.375% + 0 (4.532% APR) offer Financed Mortgage Insurance to keep your payment as low as possible. Rates shown are for a purchase transaction with a >740 credit score - refinance rates may vary.

3.250% + 0 (3.333%) Please Call

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

3.750% + 0 (3.815%) 4.250% + 0 (4.704%) 4.375% + 0 (4.417%) (as low as) 3.750% APR)

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614 AREA JOB OPENINGS! BERRY PLASTICS ............................... 45

KU: FACULTY/ACADEMIC/LECTURERS .. 106

MISCELLANEOUS ............................... 39

CITY OF LAWRENCE ............................ 37

KU: STAFF OPENINGS ......................... 73

MV TRANSPORTATION ......................... 25

COTTONWOOD................................... 11

KU: STUDENT OPENINGS .................. 136

USA 800 ........................................ 100

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ..................5

LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL .......... 12

WESTAFF .......................................... 25

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Behavioral Health Care

Director of VRC

Valeo Behavioral Health Care is hiring a Full Time Director of our Valeo Recovery Center. The Director is responsible for managing Valeo’s substance abuse programs and services to adults who are requiring evaluation and/or treatment. These programs include twenty-four hour residential services, outpatient, evening treatment and life integration services. This position, in partnership with the CEO, participates in the coordination and procurement of funding, and interaction with community and state agencies.

This position requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Addiction or a Mental Health related field. Qualified candidates must also be a licensed substance abuse counselor, with experience in substance abuse, minimum of five years experience in program management and other administrative experience in substance abuse services. The candidate must also have an understanding of the current State funded system including managed care experience. Must have reliable personal transportation, a valid Kansas Driver’s license and proof of auto liability insurance. For a complete listing of our open positions, please visit our website: valeotopeka.org

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.

Valeo gives an incentive for Spanish speaking applicants. Valeo is an EOE.

For a complete listing of these positions, please visit our website: valeotopeka.org.

Property Manager Will manage public housing units and provide administrative support to the Housing Management department. Excellent oral and written communication skills preferred. Knowledge of HUD regulations, rent calculations and thorough documentation skills needed.

High school graduate or equivalent with 1-3 years experience managing properties.

Don’t stand in line for a job…

Get on-line at: www.BerryPlastics.com

What are you waiting for???

Your career is waiting for you!

Operators

• Maintain operations of machinery • Package finished product • Ability to lift up to 35 lbs.

• Starting pay is $11.50/hour with wage progression • 2nd and 3rd shift (plus paid shift differential)

In Mold Labeling Technicians • Maintain work cell label requirements

• Start, stop and reset IML equipment • Good troubleshooting machine skills • Able to push, pull, and/or lift up to 35 lbs. repetitively • Starting pay is $13.50/hour • 2nd and 3rd shift (plus paid shift differential)

Process Technicians • Perform minor repairs • Troubleshoot equipment • Must have mechanical aptitude • Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.

• Starting pay is $16.00/hour

Automation Technicians • 3 – 5 years of industrial experience • Experienced PLC/automation technician • Linear motion experience • Servo/Servo drive experience • Electrical troubleshooting experience • Ladder Logic understanding/troubleshooting • Mechanical experience (Gearbox/Conveyors/Valves) • Pay range is $22.50 - $30.00/hour

Maintenance Technicians

• 5 – 7 years of industrial experience • Mechanical troubleshooting • Metal fabrication experience • Welding experience • Experience with electrical (motors/wiring diagrams/troubleshooting) • Hydraulics/Pneumatics experience • Pay range is $22.50-$30.00/hour

Material Handlers

• Pull material from inventory for work orders • Return material to inventory from work orders • Issue materials per departmental request • Load, unload and relocate material as needed • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

• Starting pay is $13.50/hour with wage progression • Positions available on all shifts

Quality Assurance Technician • Weigh parts and document findings

• Perform a squeeze test, lid fit test and leak test if applicable • Previous quality assurance experience preferred • Self-motivated with ability to complete multiple tasks simultaneously • Computer skills (Excel, Word and Lotus Notes) • Must have 20/20 vision with correction and must be able to differentiate color • 3rd shift position available (plus paid shift differential)

Help Desk Technician

• Covers help desk phones • Trouble shoot/resolve user problems • 1-3 years’ experience help desk • CompTIA A+ certification a must • Ability to install and configure • Understanding of all PC hardware, Microsoft OS, and OS drivers • Some travel

We offer excellent benefits after 60 days of employment (medical, dental, vision, life insurance), 401K retirement program with a company matching contribution and a profit sharing bonus paid twice a year. To apply, go to our website at www.berryplastics.com and click on Careers to view all of our current job openings in Lawrence.

We require successful completion of a pre-employment background check and drug test. EOE

jobs.lawrence.com

Full-time position.

Salary range $17.95 hrly—$27.28 hrly.

Office Manager Will provide administrative support to the Property Manager. Flexible 19-hour weekly schedule. Assist with recertification process, provide information to residents, manage in the absence of supervisor.

High school graduate or equivalent with up to one year’s experience working with the public.

Part-time position.

Salary range $13.02 hrly—$19.79 hrly.

To review the entire job description and complete the employment application, visit www.kckha.org/jobs.htm.

Submit employment application to: KCKHA, Attn: Jackie Randle, 1124 N. 9th Street, Kansas City, KS 66101.

E-mail jrandle@kckha.org.

Must pass background check and drug test. Wyandotte County residency required within one year of employment. Posting expires January 7, 2016. EOE M/F/H

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University of Kansas Administrative Assistant Watkins Health Services at the KU Lawrence campus has an immediate opening for an Administrative Assistant to work full time in the Business Office on filing insurance claims, with a high level of detail work on a computer.

For more information, a complete position description with required qualifications, and to apply, please visit: http://employment.ku.edu/ staff/5012BR. Application deadline is 1/6/16.

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The University of Kansas is committed to providing our employees with an enriching and dynamic work environment that encourages innovation, research, creativity and equal opportunity for learning, development and professional growth.

KU strives to recruit, develop, retain and reward a dynamic workforce that shares our mission and core strategic values in research, teaching and service. Learn more at http://provost.ku.edu/strategic-plan

KU is an EO/AAE, full policy at http://policy.ku.edu/IOA/nondiscrimination.

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.

CAREER S E I T I N U T R OPPO l Technologists a ic d e s M e rs u N A Registered Associates, CN l a ic n li C g in p Housekee

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HIRING IMMEDIATELY! Drive for KU on Wheels or Lawrence Transit System We offer flexible part-time schedules, 80% company paid employee health insurance for full time, career opportunities- MV promotes from within!

Starting rate is $11.50/hr after paid training, must be 21+ with a good driving record.

APPLY ONLINE

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EOE

FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES • BENEFITS • PAID TIME-OFF

Brandon Woods at Alvamar offers part and full-time positions in an environment focused on resident directed care. We are looking to add a few caring, qualified associates. Come see us if you are interested in any of these key positions:

• LPN Charge Nurse • CMA, CNA • Admissions/Move-In Coordinator (part-time) • Cook, Dietary Aide, Server • Housekeeper and Laundry Aide We offer competitive wages. Benefits such as direct deposit, an excellent orientation program, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program and a discounted meal program are special services our Team Members can enjoy.

Why Work Anyplace Else?

We are an upscale retirement community offering opportunities for new experiences and advancement. Why work anyplace else? Come see us at Brandon Woods!

APPLY IN PERSON

Human Resources | 1501 Inverness Drive | Lawrence, KS 66047 TProchaska@5ssl.com Equal Opportunity Employer

Drug Free Workplace

Truity Credit Union is known for our strong long-term local presence in the Lawrence, KS community with three walk-in branches, and maintains a world-wide impact reaching 70,000 members via offices across a four state area and through our strong technology impact. We are proud to be part of America’s credit union movement where people really are worth more than money.

F U L L T I M E A N D PA R T T I M E T E L L E R Building relationships with our members in order to provide stellar service through products and services which will truly benefit the members’ lives, is of utmost importance in this position. Therefore, excellent communication and interpersonal skills are desired qualities.

ARE YOU: 19 years or older? A high school graduate or GED? Qualified to drive a motor vehicle? Looking for a great, meaningful job? Help individuals with developmental disabilities, learn various life skills, lead a self directed life and participate in the community.

Join the CLO family today:

SUPPORT! TEACH! INSPIRE! ADVOCATE!

Community Living Opportunities, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping adults and children with developmental disabilities is currently hiring Direct Support Professionals (DSP’s).

Benefits include: Annual bonus program; an excellent insurance program to include health, dental, vision, life, long term disability; incredible 401k matching plan; wellness incentive; vacation and holiday pay; educational assistance; and extensive training opportunities. *Note benefits vary for part-time positions.

WORK THREE DAYS A WEEK, TAKE FOUR DAYS OFF! $10/HOUR

APPLY TODAY!

If you are interested in learning more about becoming a direct care professional at CLO and to fill out an application, please visit our website:

785-865-5520 www.clokan.org

www.Careers.TruityCU.org Truity Credit Union is an equal opportunity employer.

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Bank Teller “More than 4,000 job seekers per week visit Jobs.

Lawrence.com! Add to that the newspapers in Lawrence, Baldwin, Tonganoxie, Shawnee, Bonner Springs and Basehor, and we reach more local job seekers than anyone else! With years of recruiting experience, a KU MBA and an extensive network, I can help you attract the qualified employees your organization needs today.”

Peter Steimle Classified Advertising Executive

EMPLOYMENT The Lawrence Journal-World reaches 100,000 print and digital readers every single day. Contact Peter today to make our audience your audience.

785-832-7119 psteimle@ljworld.com

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.

If interested, apply with resume to The Shelter Inc., P.O. Box 647 Lawrence, KS 66044 inquiries to 785-843-2085

Full time teller/ Customer Service Rep. Apply in person or email dawn@baldwinstate bank.com

Interview TIP #2 Arrive 5 min early.

Not 25 - Just 5.

Decisions Determine Destiny

CNA + CMA Classes Day or Eves Enroll Now! Lawrence & Ottawa For information about Allied Health Courses call or email Tracy at:

620-432-0386

trhine@neosho.edu

CLASS A CDL TANKER DRIVERS Due to GROWTH CHS Transportation is looking to hire multiple Class A CDL drivers in the Kansas City area.

Haul full hazmat loads regionally.

You will be home most nights and rewarded for your hard work with profit sharing, pension plans, 3 weeks PTO and full benefits. $19.00 per hour and $.38 per mile.

For more information call Carrie at 651.355.8148 Or view our website and apply at CHSINC.com/Careers Need an apartment?

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Environmental Specialist Supervisor The KS Dept of Health and Environment is seeking an individual to direct development and implementation of the PWS Capacity Development Strategy using knowledge of water supply and treatment principles and knowledge of water utility operations and management for public water supply systems as required by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Bachelor’s Degree in environmental, agricultural, or natural sciences/ resources and one year of experience or Bachelor’s Degree in public administration and three years of experience is required.

Go online for details about this position (Req#182531) and how to apply at:

Admissions Coordinator

DeSoto Drivers, cooks, day-time servers, and management opportunities.

Please apply in person.

Immediate interviews.

Must be 16, except drivers must be 18 and have no more than 3 moving violations. Call

913-585-1265

HIRING IMMEDIATELY! Drive for KU on Wheels or Lawrence Transit System.

Flexible part-time schedules, 80% company paid employee health insurance for full time.

Career opportunities. $11.50/hr after paid training. Must be 21+ w. good driving record.

Apply online: lawrencetransit.org/ employment Or come to: MV Transportation, Inc. 1260 Timberedge Road Lawrence, KS. EOE

Part time, excellent benefits. Positive attitude & great personality a must!

Apply in person.

Human Resources 1501 Inverness Drive Lawrence, KS 66047 TProchaska@5ssl.com EOE Drug Free Workplace Need an apartment?

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Suffering will make you

- Peter Steimle Decisions Determine Destiny

Asst Custodial Supervisor KU Facilities Services, overnight shift http://employment.ku.edu Click “Staff” Auto req ID 5015BR Apply by 01/03/16.

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.

Healthcare

Family Medicine and Urgent Care of Basehor LPN or MA FT with benefits, PTO, sick leave, competitive pay. Must be CPR certified.

Excellent opportunity.

Apply in person or Fax resume to: 913-774-3366 or email: hr@jcmhospital.org www.fwhuston.com 408 Delaware Winchester, KS 66097

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.

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.

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Office Space OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE Call Garber Property Management at 785-842-2475 for more information.

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3 and 4 Bedroom Townhouses and Single Family Homes Available Now $950-$1800 a month.

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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:

University of Kansas Facilities Services seeks a Plumber Sr. Applications accepted through 12/27/15.

2411 Cedarwood Ave. Beautiful & Spacious 1 & 2 Bedrooms Start at $450/mo.

Bill Fair & Company www.billfair.com

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Plumber Sr.

Cedarwood Apts

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

Minimum Bid: $30,000

Temporary Administrative Assistant

https://employment.ku. edu/staff/4970BR

You choose...and don’t blame me for hiring positive people—I’d rather work with a happy person any day.

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Pet under 20 lbs. allowed Call 785-842-2575 www.princeton-place.com

Country Home: 4 BD, 3 BA. 7 mi. South of Lawrence. Nestled between beautiful hills, farms, & beside working ranch.

Lg. Great room. $1300/ mo. No indoor pets.

Outdoor animals (horses/ cows) for add’l rent. Contact Zac, farm mngr: 785-893-3708

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West Lawrence area ideal.

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(First published in the filed in this Court by Karel Lawrence Daily Journal- Rezek Brown, an heir and World December 11, 2015) Executor named in the “Last Will and Testament IN THE DISTRICT COURT of Eunice C. DeCourcy,” OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, deceased.

KANSAS All creditors of the DeceIn t he Matter of the dent are notified to exhibit Est ate of : their demands against the Estate within the latter of EUNICE C. DeCOURCY, four months from the date Deceased of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 Case No. 2015 PR 167 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the Division 1 creditor is known or reaPursuant to K.S.A. sonably ascertainable, 30 Chapter 59 days after actual notice was given as provided by NOTICE OF HEARING AND law, and if their demands NOTICE TO CREDITORS are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever THE STATE OF KANSAS TO barred.

ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: Karel Rezek Brown, You are hereby notified Petitioner that on December 2, 2015, a Petition for Probate of Prepared by: Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary was THE LAW OFFICE OF

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785-842-4545 785-691-5509 By:/s/ David J. Brown S. Signature: Ct . #14409 Edward C. Carter Person, Firm, or 1040 New Hampshire, Corporation: Suite 14 Lawrence, Kansas HERE Kansas, LLC 66044 908 N. Halsted 785-842-0777 Chicago, IL 60642 djbrown@davidbrownlaw .com 312-642-0170 Attorneys for Petitioner 262-496-4938 ________ Contractor Information: Stevens Construction (First published in the 2 Buttonwood Ct. Lawrence Daily Journal- Madison, WI 53718 608-220-7428 World December 25, 2015) 608-220-7428 jharmon@stevensconstructi DEMOLITION PERMIT on.com APPLICATION Brief Description of Structure: Date: December 21, 2015 Modified three story single Site Address: family home for 1137 Indiana Street multi-tenant occupancy Legal Description: OREAD Signature: ADD BLK 9 LT 5 (U04609 & James W. Heffernan 4610 Combined 1987) HERE Kansas, LLC James Property Owner W. Heffernan Manager Information: ________ Carter Management, LC 4100 Wimbledon Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047

Pets

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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

Auction Calendar 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

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:

PETS

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Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

*** 0% Interest for 6 months.

Many other products on sale

Minimum monthly payments required.

Complete payments within terms. too!

See below for details.

After Christmas SALE Shop 9am to 5:30pm Weekdays and Saturday. Closing for New Year 5pm Thursday. Reopen Saturday. Closed Sunday.

Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ultra Compact Mirrorless System Outfit includes standard and telephoto zoom lenses!!!

DJI DRONES

Olympus E-M10 with two zoom lenses...

Flying Photo & Video Fun!

DJI Drones on sale from $ 569!

â&#x20AC;˘ 14-42mm Zuiko â&#x20AC;˘ 40-150mm Telephoto Zuiko

499

$

99

Customer test drive units at an amazing low price!

WiFiÂŽ connectivity built into camera!

The E-M10 boasts a powerful TruePicâ&#x201E;˘ VII image processor, a large, interactive electronic

and up to 8fps!

150 Hardshell Drone Backpack FREE with every Phantom 3 Drone! $

All Phantom 3 models include camera and gimbal mount.

SAVE 150 Standard... $69999 FREE CASE Advanced... $99999 This Week Only Professional... $125999 $

Tele zoom lens is less than ½ the size and weight of most lenses yet, it magnifies the subject like a 300mm zoom on a full frame format camera.

Big selection of compact and lightweight Olympus system lenses.

For instance, 75-300mm Nature lens offers the magnification of a 600mm zoom in a palm size lens. F2.8 Sports telephoto lens is $700 less than comparable models from other brands!

Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is an authorized supplier of DJI drones.

Need education and support? Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has certified drone

Seven piece accessory set for Olympus includes: Compact system bag, 32 GB memory card, two Digital HD protective filters, Crystal screen protector, soft system cleaning cloth and Digital lens cleaning pen. Only $119.99 with camera purchase. Individual price $191!

safety instruction available for individual lessons in drone flight.

Nikon D7100

999

$

$700 99 after instant savings

Fuji X-T10

Includes

with 16-50mm Zoom

Value 25 FREE

$

799

$

PRINTS**

Set includes: Camera, 18-55mm VR zoom, 55-300mm VR zoom, Nikon case, 32 gb SD memory card and Nikon wireless module.

â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘

New Dials for enhanced operability Voted #1 choice in mirrorless 920K-dot tilting LCD system cameras by the Verge!

Compact and lightweight body New AF Zone and Wide/Tracking modes X-Transâ&#x201E;˘* CMOS II sensor & EXR Processor II Film Simulation â&#x20AC;&#x153;CLASSIC CHROMEâ&#x20AC;?

Choose the two zoom set! Add a 50-230mm Choice of black or silver Fuji X lens $999.99. Save $300 instantly!

Nikon D7100 body only $69999 after $500 instant savings

FUJI CAMERAS Your Choice $14999

Nikon D7100 with 18-140mm zoom $

$100 99 after instant savings

99999

after instant savings

after $700 instant savings

S8600

Two-zoom set

with 36x Zoom Lens

Rebel T5

Featuring a powerful 36x FUJINON zoom lens, a high-quality 16 megapixel 1/2.3-inch CCD sensor, and a host of creative features, all wrapped up in a pocket-friendly body; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the all-rounder you can take anywhere.

449

$

instant 99 after savings

XP80

18-55mm lens and Canon 75-300mm tele zoom

Waterproof, dust proof, drop proof

â&#x20AC;˘ ISO 100-6400 for shooting from bright to dim light â&#x20AC;˘ EOS Full HD Movie mode = brilliant results Includes $ Value â&#x20AC;˘ Scene Intelligent Auto 25 FREE PRINTS** mode helps deliver expertly optimized photos

â&#x20AC;˘ 4 Way Proof - Waterproof 50 ft / 15m, Freeze proof 14 Degree F / -10 Degree C, Shockproof 5.8 ft / 1.75m and Dustproof. â&#x20AC;˘ 16.2 megapixel backlit CMOS sensor delivers high-quality images in low light. â&#x20AC;˘ Continuous shooting mode is capable of capturing up to 10.0fps (maximum recording of 10 images at full resolution). â&#x20AC;˘ Full HD Movies with one-touch movie button. â&#x20AC;˘ Connect to your smartphone or tablet for extra enjoyment for Remote Shooting and Wireless Image Transfer.

TAMRON LENS SALE!

SONY CAMCORDER WITH BUILT-IN PROJECTOR

16-300mm All-in-one Zoom for Canon, Nikon 150-600mm Telephoto Zoom

Sony PJ670

599

$

$100 99 after instant savings

Built-in 25-lumen projector â&#x20AC;˘ 50Mbps XAVC S(TM) 1080/60p & 9.2MP stills w/ Exmor RÂŽ CMOS â&#x20AC;˘ 32GB Internal Memory â&#x20AC;˘ 3.0â&#x20AC;? Flip-Out LCD Viewscreen â&#x20AC;˘ Built-In Wi-Fi w/NFC

Assorted Colors

$

25 GIFT CARD

Tamron Rebates end December 31

+ Tamron rebates for the lowest price ever!

Our lowest price EVER!

Trade in your old lens for one of these Tamron lenses.

See Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for details.

*FREE â&#x20AC;&#x153;WolfePackâ&#x20AC;? Up to $180 Value with camera purchase

**FREE Prints & FREE Classes with Nikon or Canon camera purchase

*Get a Gift Card for Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Photo Expressions Print Services plus 2 FREE admissions to two Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $40 photo classes! $15 Gift Card with camera purchase $89â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$148; $25 Gift Card with any camera purchase over $149

**Make $15 or $25 worth of 5â&#x20AC;?x7â&#x20AC;? and larger photos, photo books, photo posters or canvas enlargement plus 2 FREE admissions to two Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photo classes!

***Offer applies only to single-receipt qualifying purchases. No interest will be assessed on the promo purchase if you pay the promo purchase amount in full within 6 Months. If you do not, interest will be assessed on the promo purchase from the purchase date. However, if account becomes 60 days past due, promo may be terminated early, accrued interest will be billed, and regular account terms will apply. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases and, after promotion ends, to promotional balance. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%; Minimum Interest Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. Subject to credit approval.

For your protection, your new camera, camcorder and/or television from Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comes with the manufacturerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s USA limited warranty.

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Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

*** 0% Interest for 6 months.

Many other products on sale

Minimum monthly payments required.

Complete payments within terms. too!

See below for details.

After Christmas SALE Shop 9am to 5:30pm Weekdays and Saturday. Closing for New Year 5pm Thursday. Reopen Saturday. Closed Sunday.

Get the camera you want. Get the accessories that protect your new camera and enhance performance. Sign up for Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2016 photo classes. Group and personal one to one classes available. See class schedule on line or pick up a copy in the store.

Buy one Get one FREE! SD Memory Card SALE! Choose any ProMaster binocular sale priced $169 or higher.

Get a pair of compact 16x32 or 8x21 power binoculars FREE! $

8gb SDHC Fuji card...

Pixma Wireless Multifunction Printer

Extension

4.99!

$

25% OFF

Entire stock of ProMaster Filters

that shed dust, moisture and protect your camera lens with ultra hardened glass.

Get 64 GB of ProMaster performance grade memory for $30!

OFFER EXPIRES JANUARY 9, 2016 SALE WITH COUPON

95

Sturdy metal arm and head keep camera in position and safe.

Hold your cell phone, action camcorder or other camera over a

89.99

$

original retail $199

Remote Control

having to touch the phone... $19.99 Stick only $35!

Color or black and white documents. Six individual ink tanks. Scan photos & documents.

In-home copy machine. Photos in albums from this printer will last 300 years!

Knog Action Video Light

Tripod SALE! 14.99 -$49.99

$

CAMERA BAGS

Any in stock lithium camera or camcorder battery.

20% OFF every in-stock bag

Have fresh battery power when the photo opportunity arises!

SAVE UP TO 80% OFF CLEARANCE BAGS!

OFFER EXPIRES JANUARY 9, 2016

OFFER EXPIRES JANUARY 9, 2016

ON SALE

Save up to $150! Sale prices start at $99.

99

$

card case with any tripod selling for $99 or higher. Save $20!

10 OFF

Select GoPro Models

Use Knog light for action video shots in low light. Get better video detail. Rugged light is weatherproof and waterproof.

SAVE $10-$20 Terra Firma, ProMaster & Vectra ON SALE! Free camera remote or memory

SALE WITH COUPON

$

19

$

PIXMA MG7520

Protective Filters for Digital Cameras

while supply lasts

Two-pack 32gb SDHC cards...$29.99!

39.99!

SAVE

SALE WITH COUPON

Big selection of genuine GoPro and other action camera mounts and accessories in stock!

99 Save $20!

Point and Shoot Cameras on Sale

SLR Cameras on Sale

LOWEST PRICES IN EFFECT NOW! INCREASES COMING IN 2016.

LOWEST PRICES TODAY! Prices on Canon, Sony, Olympus and other

S9800

50x Zoom

22999

$

Originaly $1299!

Larger sensor size, ability to take sequence action photos and the low light lens allow professional looking pictures to be made with snapshot ease.

Nikon P530 42x Zoom camera

â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘

Olympus TG-4

Waterproof, crush proof drop proof

29999

Save $80 (in-store price)

â&#x20AC;˘ 4x wide-angle optical zoom Red or black â&#x20AC;˘ Waterproof to depths of 50 feet, Freeze proof to 14 degrees F, Shock proof to 7 feet, Crushproof to 220 lb. â&#x20AC;˘ Wi-Fi/GPS/e.Compass

Factory display and demo lenses FULL WARRANTY!

75-300mm Canon tele zoom

99

$

99

69999

51999

Stylus 1s

Save $80 (in-store price)

Optical 10.7X zoom lens RAW capture Built in Wi-Fi, 3.0â&#x20AC;? Touch-Tilt LCD

29999

with 18-55mm IS Zoom

49999

$

THIS WEEK

75-300mm Canon Zoom... only

with camera purchase

$

50

FREE PRINTS**

55-250mm Canon IS STM Zoom... $150 with camera purchase

Electronic Flash for Better Color Portraits Units on Sale for Digital SLR Cameras $49.99 AND UP

Other models on sale to $299.99.

Three light set (400-watt power) includes stands, softboxes and case our lowest price EVER!

9999

a Choose to o Teleph ens Zoom L $ 150 SAVE

after $250 instant savings

As the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smallest and lightest digital SLR camera*, the new EOS Rebel SL1 is small in size but enormous in performance.

With a newly-designed Canon 18.0 Megapixel CMOS (APS-C) Includes sensor and speedy Canon DIGIC 5 Image Processor. $ 25 Value

74999

$

Nikon D5300

with 18-140mm Nikon Zoom

899

$

$400 99 after instant savings

Includes Built-in Wi-Fi connectivity and GPS $ Value 25 â&#x20AC;˘ 24.2-megapixel DX-format CMOS image sensor FREE PRINTS** â&#x20AC;˘ 3.2-inch swiveling vari-angle LCD â&#x20AC;˘ 39-point high-density autofocus system â&#x20AC;˘ Expeed 4 processor Nikon D5300 with 18-55mm $699.99, D5300 body $599.99. Add a Nikon 5-200mm telezoom to any D5300 for just $99.99 after $250 instant savings.

30-Power Zoom Binoculars

usually $199!

$

A6000 Two-zoom set includes: 16-50mm & 55-210mm telephoto zoom

Rebel SL1

Our smallest 30x Zoom Camera!

$

After $400 Instant Savings Ultra compact, high performance interchangeable lens camera. Includes eye level and LCD viewing.

Ideal for still & video pictures.

A6000 with 16-50mm... $549.99.

Choice of black, silver or white.

Sony WX500

50mm f1.8 Canon Lens

SONY A6000 $

â&#x20AC;˘ 30x Optical/60x Clear Image Zoom â&#x20AC;˘ 18.2MP Exmor R CMOS Sensor â&#x20AC;˘ 5-axis image stabilization â&#x20AC;˘ WiFi connectivity

LENSES ON SALE For Canon Rebel and EOS Models

cameras increase on January 3. Now is the time to buy SLR camera and lens combinations. 2016 combination prices will be $100 to $200 higher!

Two-Zoom Set

$

Save $170!

â&#x20AC;˘ Zoom up to 42x with optical zoom and 84x with Dynamic Includes Fine Zoom $ Value 25 â&#x20AC;˘ Full manual FREE PRINTS** exposure control â&#x20AC;˘ Full HD 1080p

$

SAVE $ 160!

Sony Stereo Microphone or Sony leather camera case FREE with RX10

89999

Powered by AA batteries.

27999

with f2.8 telephoto zoom

$

Save $70!

Camera features both eye level viewing and 3â&#x20AC;? LCD screen. Frame and shoot bright light photos easier than other cameras.

$

Sony RX10

3999

$ LIMITED SUPPLY!

Compare at $100!

Organize Your Closet!

504 Pocket Photo Album $ 99 Save 8!

11

Celestron UpClose binocular zooms from 10 to 30x. Bright 50mm objective lens.

Includes case.

$

3-ring binder displays 504 4â&#x20AC;?x6â&#x20AC;? photos!

Floral or travel design

*FREE â&#x20AC;&#x153;WolfePackâ&#x20AC;? Up to $180 Value with camera purchase

**FREE Prints & FREE Classes with Nikon or Canon camera purchase

*Get a Gift Card for Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Photo Expressions Print Services plus 2 FREE admissions to two Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $40 photo classes! $15 Gift Card with camera purchase $89â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$148; $25 Gift Card with any camera purchase over $149

**Make $15 or $25 worth of 5â&#x20AC;?x7â&#x20AC;? and larger photos, photo books, photo posters or canvas enlargement plus 2 FREE admissions to two Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photo classes!

***Offer applies only to single-receipt qualifying purchases. No interest will be assessed on the promo purchase if you pay the promo purchase amount in full within 6 Months. If you do not, interest will be assessed on the promo purchase from the purchase date. However, if account becomes 60 days past due, promo may be terminated early, accrued interest will be billed, and regular account terms will apply. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases and, after promotion ends, to promotional balance. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%; Minimum Interest Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. Subject to credit approval.

For your protection, your new camera, camcorder and/or television from Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comes with the manufacturerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s USA limited warranty.

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