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STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Also, 61 contracts for sale Lawrence home sales rose were written in November by 21.4 percent in Novembe 2014, up r. from 59 in Sales totaled 68 compared November 2013. to 56 sales in November The inventory of active 2013, the Lawrence Board of listings in Lawrence remains Realtors reported. tight — just 323 units at the The average sale price of beginning of November. At existing homes was $191,931, the current rate of sales, down 10.1 percent from the this represents 4.8 months’ November 2013 average price supply. of $213,566. The average “Inventor y has consistently sale price of new homes in been lower than last November was $344,563, up year,� said Susan Bonham, sharply from the same period president of the Lawrence last year.

Board of Realtors. “It’s

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during this time of year, but we really do expect that to change after the first of the year.�

months, sales have risen 2.1 percent.

5 percent over the past 12 months to $205,300.

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Journal-World The combination of higher home prices and relatively stagnant incomes has The Lawrence market defied reduced affordability and national trends in Novembe restrained r. buying activity. A The National Association recent decline in mortgage of Realtors said this week rates has yet to lure more that sales of existing homes buyers into the market. nationwide fell 6.1 percent to At the same time, fewer a seasonally adjusted annual distressed propertie s and rate of 4.93 million. That bargains, which tend to was down from a revised attract investors, are coming annual pace of 5.26 million onto the market. in October. Over the past 12 Median home prices rose

The Realtors estimate that

emerge.

2014 sales will end up below 2013 levels.

Mortgage rates have fallen sharply in the past few The Realtors have estimated weeks, which should make that 4.94 million existing homes more affordable. The homes will be sold this year, average rate for a 30-year down 3 percent from 5.09 fixed mortgage dropped last million in 2013. Analysts say week to 3.8 percent, from sales of roughly 5.5 million 3.93 percent the previous existing homes are common week.

That was the lowest in a healthy real estate level since May 2013. market.

The Associated Press There are signs that sales contributed to this report.

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Regional power pool helps keep lights on Organization could be key player when Legislature reconvenes next month

By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

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MARINA PROFEPI, 9, REACTS AS SHE PICKS UP a hot handful of turkey while preparing meals for delivery at the Community Christmas Dinner on Thursday at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. In addition to serving a community a meal at the church, another 760 prepared meals were served and delivered to residents on Christmas. Volunteering with Marina at left is her mother, Sienna Leon, of Lawrence.

On Christmas, a community effort

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of First United Methodist Church on Christmas morning is a lot like walking into a rushing river.

You’re immediately met by dozens of people walking the other way, carrying cartons packed with turkey, ham, stuffing and all the

— Deb Engstrom, longtime Community Christmas Dinner volunteer trimmings of a traditional ChristIn one room off to the side, about a mas dinner, carrying them to await- half dozen volunteers stand around ing cars and vans to be delivered to Please see EFFORT, page 2A homes throughout Lawrence.

Topeka — Whenever people flip a switch on the wall, they expect the lights to come on. And unless there’s something wrong with the wiring or the light bulb, it almost always does.

But what many people don’t realize is that there’s much more involved in getting electricity into that light socket than simply running wires from the local power plant. What makes the light come on even when that power plant is down for maintenance is an organization that most people have never heard of, but one that could play a significant role LEGISLATURE when the Kansas Legislature reconvenes next month and begins debating the state’s energy policy.

The Southwest Power Pool, based in Little Rock, Ark., is an organization made up of dozens of utility companies and transmission companies stretching across nine states. Its job is to ensure the reliability of a vast, interconnected power grid 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Established in 1941, its original mission was part of the nation’s World War II effort.

It connected 11 regional power companies Please see POWER, page 2A

THE SEASON FOR GIVING BACK

DEVON STUART, 10, a fifthgrader at Wendell Phillips Elementary School in Kansas City, Mo., hands a plastic bag filled with food items to volunteer Claudia Lagerstrom in the basement of the Church of the Resurrection in Leawood earlier this week. Students from Phillips receive weekly food packs themselves and participated in packing food to be used on the weekends by other children who qualify for food donations.

Children help pack food bags for others

By Laura Bauer Kansas City Star

Kansas City, Mo. — In the basement of the massive Leawood church, a group of elementary school children walked in and started working an assembly line.

A bag in one hand, each

student grabbed a can of food or a pack of crackers with the other. In went the ravioli, the milk, the juice. By the time they hit the end of the line, they had a bag of food that would feed a child over the weekend.

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LAWRENCE • STATE Cotton harvest up 14 percent over last year Anthony (ap) — Kansas growers have been harvesting bumper crops of cotton this season. That is giving a boost in the state to a crop touted for its good profit margin and low water use.

The Hutchinson News reports that the uptick in

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a prep table, mixing up giant batches of stuffing that go into the cartons and onto the plates for people lining up in the dining hall.

“It’s a good community event, and something fun to do with the family, serving people who otherwise wouldn’t have a good meal today,” said Diane Mielke, who was spending her second Christmas volunteering for the Community Christmas Dinner.

Working next to her was Noel Olson, a Lawrence resident and Kansas University student who was working her sixth community dinner.

“It’s a great place to go and help people who don’t have things like this on Christmas Day,” she said.

“It’s nice to be able to do something for the community and give back.”

This year marked the 21st time that the community dinner was hosted at the church at 10th and Vermont streets. Organizers said they delivered an estimated 760 dinners to people in their homes and expected another 400 or so to come in person and eat in the dining hall.

Deb Engstrom, who has been involved in the project all 21 years, said the tradi-

tion has become meaningful for the whole Lawrence community.

“It’s an opportunity for everybody in all walks of life, from all socioeconomic groups, to get together for a festive day,” Engstrom said. “Because we serve people who are very well off, and we serve people who are homeless, and it’s just a great opportunity for the community to come together.”

Many of the volunteers at the dinner have been doing it for years, making it their own personal Christmas tradition, while others were trying it out for the first time.

In a kitchen area next to the dining hall, Hossein Gerami said he got involved one year after reading a news story about the organization looking for volunteers. Now, he and his family volunteer each year, and he said they find it more enjoyable than eating at home.

“That’s what Christmas is all about, to do something for others,” Gerami said.

Robert Dotson, 86, one of the hundreds of people who came to enjoy the meal, said it has become a big part of his life as well.

“I’ve been doing it for quite a few years,” he said.

“My relatives called and asked me to come (eat with them). They said they’d come get me, but I love this place.”

LOTTERY WEDNESDAY’S POWERBALL 11 12 46 47 50 (22) TUESDAY’S MEGA MILLIONS 4 10 31 56 66 (7) WEDNESDAY’S HOT LOTTO SIZZLER 2 4 26 30 46 (7)

WEDNESDAY’S SUPER KANSAS CASH 17 23 29 31 32 (25) THURSDAY’S KANSAS 2BY2 Red: 4 18; White: 19 24 THURSDAY’S KANSAS PICK 3 7 2 2

yields is a positive sign for a crop that has been struggling to regain acreage since it spiked at more than 115,000 acres in 2006. Kansas has four cotton gins.

The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service estimates cotton production in Kansas at

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52,000 bales, up 27 percent from a year ago.

Cotton acres harvested in 2014 will be up 12 percent, with 29,000 acres cut. The average yield is forecast at a record 861 pounds per acre, or about 104 pounds per acre more than a year ago.

realized that Harvesters alone couldn’t provide kids enough food to tide them over each weekend.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A So the church, known for its mission work get every Friday, The across the metro area, Kansas City Star restarted its own program. ported.

With the help of dona“Sometimes families tions from church memdon’t have enough food bers and others, as well to feed their families,” as the time of hundreds said Brandon Aaron, a of volunteers, Church sixth-grader at Kansas of the Resurrection has City’s Wendell Phillips grown the program from Elementary. serving 320 children each Added Lamon Freeweek to more than 1,700 man, 11: “And sometimes this year. they don’t have enough The church has no money to go to the store.” plans to slow down.

During the past few “Our commitment to years, the Church of the the schools is our comResurrection has had mitment to the schools,” several days like this. said Stewart Curtright, Dozens of students who a staff member in the get the weekly backpacks church’s Mission Ministhe church provides tries. come and fill backpacks Volunteers come as for children at another individuals or in groups school. from Scout troops, youth Church volunteers clubs and business assmile as kids talk about sociations. The assemhelping other kids or bly line moves quickly, point out that they love completing the bags in the juice and milk and no time. especially the cheese and “It only takes an hour,” crackers.

Curtright said. “It’s Not only do the stuamazing how this hapdents see what volunpens.” teers at the church do In the past year, the every week, they also get church reached out to a a chance to give back. nutritionist to make sure And to feel good about the food going home doing something for with the children at six someone else. partnering schools is “I like helping others,” healthy.

Da’ Jonna Beck said after Inside each pack is walking the assembly enough food for roughly line many times. “I just five meals. Church like helping.” volunteers and school ofMore than seven years ficials know that the food ago, the Leawood church often isn’t feeding just

the child.

“So many of these kids are looking out for their whole family,” said Claire Jepson, a retired teacher who now volunteers through the church as a liaison to Wendell Phillips.

Lamon Freeman said sometimes his cousins come over to the house and are hungry.

“I give them the ravioli and macaroni and cheese,” he said. “You can also feed the homeless if you don’t like something.”

Students from Wendell Phillips packed food bags in shifts. One young boy had a little fun in the food line, performing a behind-the-back maneuver with a small container of ravioli.

For sixth-grader De’ Zirea Nicholas, it felt good knowing that another student would eat what she put together.

“You’re putting your effort into helping them,” she said. “And what goes around comes around because they may help you back.”

Jepson works with the kids at their school.

She knows how the food helps them and their families.

Sometimes, she said, she just looks at their faces on Fridays when they pick up their bag.

“It’s not like they expect it to come,” Jepson said. “It’s like there’s a joy when it comes. It’s like ‘Thank you.’”

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western Kansas to urban centers that make up most of the demand.

“They (SPP) are the ones that establish the interconnections between the power companies and transmission companies so you can move power form western Kansas to Chicago,” said Rep. Tom Sloan, R-Lawrence, who has been closely involved in utility and regulatory issues at both the state and federal levels.

A recent analysis by the Polsinelli law firm, which lobbies on behalf of energy industry clients, said the wind energy industry has created, either directly or indirectly, more than 10,000 jobs in Kansas and generates $26 million a year in lease payments to landowners and other economic activity.

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to make sure an Arkansas aluminum factory was powered around the clock. After the war, the group’s leaders decided it should continue to maintain reliability and coordination.

Today, it’s one of 13 regional power pools that make up the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, or NERC. “Essentially, it manages the reliable dispatch of electricity on the electric grid,” said SPP spokesman Tom Kleckner. “It manages the regional grid in our area with an eye on reliability, safety and public policy.”

It’s in that area of public policy where SPP is likely to be a key consideration in the upcoming legislative session.

Renewable energy policy As a general rule, Kleckner said, SPP is not concerned about how electricity is generated.

Its job is to make sure there is a sufficient flow of electricity, from whatever source, across a wide, regional and interconnected power grid.

That region includes all or parts of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

But in the face of global climate change that’s being caused in large part by carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, Kansas and many other states, as well as the federal government, have enacted policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions from power plants.

In 2009, then-Gov. Mark Parkinson, a Democrat, signed a bill establishing a renewable portfolio standard, or RPS, requiring most utility companies to produce at least 20 percent of their energy from renewable resources by 2020.

And at the federal level, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a Clean Power Plan that would establish new limits for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and require states to adopt plans to cut their emissions 30 percent by 2030.

Both of those policies are now coming under heavy political attack, especially in Topeka where Republicans and some industry groups want to roll back, or even repeal, the existing policy.

SPP’s role in Kansas Supporters of wind energy say the RPS bill was important in developing that industry in Kansas, and SPP played a key role in the development of transmission lines that carry electricity from wind farms in central and

Political opposition But RPS laws have come under attack in Kansas and other states from conservative groups including the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, which has written model legislation to be introduced in statehouses to repeal what it calls renewable energy “mandates.”

The Kansas Senate passed such a bill in the 2014 session, but it was defeated in the House.

During the 2014 campaign, Gov. Sam Brownback said he would be willing to consider phasing out or repealing the RPS rule.

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And the current chairman of the House Energy and Environment Committee, Rep. Dennis Hedke, R-Wichita, has been an outspoken critic of the science of climate change and the effects of carbon emissions in the atmosphere.

“Attempting to modify CO2 concentration with the goal of controlling Earth’s temperature is a futile effort that has no basis in good science and virtually zero chance of success,” Hedke wrote in a recent letter to editor of the Wichita Eagle.

SPP spokesman Kleckner said the power pool has no position on whether states should adopt RPS rules. But he said the power pool does have serious concerns about the proposed new EPA rules, which he said could force many older coal-fired plants to shut down before they can be replaced with cleaner-burning plants or renewable energy.

“If they were to take out all this generation we assume they’re taking out, we don’t have enough time to replace that infrastructure,” Kleckner said.

“It takes about eight and a half years, using our process, to build an infrastructure project after it’s been proposed.”

SPP has formally asked EPA to modify or rescind its Clean Power Plan.

The Kansas Corporation Commission has also expressed opposition.

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Father, son healing after gas explosion

Branding KU job of new marketing director

Creative caroler

By Kathy Hanks The Hutchinson News

Hutchinson — Scott and Alex Kreger walked shoulder-to-shoulder down the long hallway of Hodgeman County Health Center heading for the physical therapy department.

“I’m dreading this,” said Alex, 20, as they entered the room. Even the slightest stretching of his skin, which was burned over 60 percent of his body, is excruciating for the one-time physically fit football player, The Hutchinson News reported.

Being fit undoubtedly helped on Oct. 12 when Alex and his dad, Scott, 51, were installing a hot water heater in his farmhouse about 16 miles southwest of Jetmore, and 16 miles from the local hospital and emergency crews.

As Scott, a local rancher, went to light the heater, there was an apparent propane gas explosion. In that second, their world came tumbling down around them.

Fast forward to today and there are many reasons father and son wear bright red T-shirts that proclaim, “Believe in Miracles.”

Back on that fall day, ignited gas rushed through the crawl space where the two were working and critically burned them from the waist to their heads.

Despite the agony, many Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo things seemed to turn in ZOELLA JULIAN, 3, OF LAWRENCE, makes up words and sings along to Christmas tunes being played their favor. on a piano Thursday at the Lawrence Community Christmas Dinner at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St.

By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep

When it comes to selling Kansas University — to potential students, faculty, donors and others — looks do matter.

Making sure KU has the right look is Gerald Holland’s KANSAS UNIVERSITY job.

Holland is KU’s new director of marketing communications. In the position, which he started Dec. 1, he leads the team in charge of enhancing KU’s brand Please see DIRECTOR, page 4A

Baker senior selected to be in all-collegiate band

By Elvyn Jones Twitter: @LJWorld

A visitor to John Robbs’ apartment in the rear of what was once his father’s auto parts store walks a narrow pathway through a maze of rooms filled with piano keyboards, drum sets, guitars and various kinds of sound equipment.

Robbs apologizes for the clutter, saying he’s supposed to be working on that. But the collection of musical instruments and

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sound equipment reveals what truly consumes his time. “I’ve always been into music,� he said. “I played the piano and guitar since I can remember.�

He still plays the guitar at his church and added the French horn later as a school band instrument, Elvyn Jones/Journal-World Photo but drums would become JOHN ROBBS PLAYS on one of the drum sets that with other his go-to instrument. “I like the independent musical instruments and sound equipment fill his apartment aspect,� he said. “I like in downtown Baldwin City. that all your limbs are busy while making mu- Max Combest, used to from March 25 through sic.� record two albums in the 28 to Nashville, Tenn., to You might think that storefront. join students from other the apartment is a drumRobb doesn’t live in American and Canadian mer’s exile from the fam- the apartment because of universities. They will ily home. That’s not the the studio, but because of rehearse and perform case. Robbs said his par- its proximity to the Bak- under the direction of ents, Ken and Jill Robbs, er University campus a Ray Cramer, professor have been block away, emeritus from Indiana fully supI’ve always been where he is University. portive of into music. I played a senior maA press release from his musical joring in art university said the selecpursuits. His the piano and history with tion was based on Robbs’ parents gave guitar since I can dual minors application and Baker him a drum remember.� in music and band director Frank Perez’s evaluation and recset to replace business. a makeBaker has ommendation.

The trip will take him shift one he — John Robbs, also providpieced to- Baker University senior ed addition- back to Nashville, a musigether while al musical cal mecca. “I’ve been there three in junior outlets. He’s high from the gift of a a member of the school’s times, actually,� he said. bass drum, some snares concert orchestra and “It’ll be fun to go back. he bought cheap off the percussion ensemble. It has one of the coolInternet and cymbals They have enhanced his est drum stores I’ve ever converted from a hand- musicianship because been in. We’ll be pretty held marching pair. they require a different busy rehearsing and “My parents never dis- approach than the music playing. I don’t know couraged me,� he said. he plays with his friends. how much time we’ll get “I had a drum set in the “It’s more complicat- on our own. I hope we family room of our house, ed,� he said. “As a per- get a little time to look which was nice.� cussionist, I’ve been able around.�

Set to graduate in May, Ken Robbs, who still to play the marimba and runs an auto repair shop xylophone. They’re more Robbs has no intention of next door, has made avail- melodic than drums, stepping away from muable the closed parts store which I like, but I’m not sic. He plans to further adapt the old storefront as a rehearsal and record- as good at it. ing studio and proudly “Steve Riley, my per- into a studio, although tells visitors of his son cussion instructor, has he concedes it’s not recently finding $1,000 of been very supportive. large enough to be a fullrecording equipment on Last year for the percus- fledged recording studio.

He’s open to giving prithe Internet for $40. sion recital, he let me do a Robbs said much of full-on fusion rock piece.� vate teaching lessons or that purchase duplicated His talent hasn’t gone anything that keeps him equipment he already unappreciated.

Last involved in playing and had and with which his week, Robbs was select- producing music and is alternative rock band Di- ed to play percussion mulling the possibility of rigible Squared, which in the National Small graduate school. “If I do, it would be to includes fellow Baldwin C o l l e g e / C o m m u n i t y High School graduates College Intercollegiate study audio engineering Fred McClenahan and Band. He will travel somewhere,� he said.

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What is the Kansas Department of Transportation going to do about all the washboards on Pleasant Grove Hill between Lawrence and Ottawa?

Washboarding is a condition that occurs on roadways when the pavement buckles, creating an uneven, bumpy surface.

KDOT spokeswoman Kimberly Qualls provided the following explanation regarding the Pleasant Grove Hill area on U.S. Highway 59: “There are waves of sorts that have developed in the new four-lane asphalt portion of the new U.S. 59 through the ‘big cut’ when the new highway alignment was built.

The cause of these undulations or ‘waves’ is caused in part by the underlying shale (rock layer) that is still expanding/rebounding somewhat. KDOT crews tried to mitigate this issue during construction by leaving the cut unsurfaced for a long time to allow it to rebound (mostly)

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before we paved over it (with asphalt). There is still some movement in the underlying shale geology that will continue to occur over time, which is why the roadway was paved with asphalt through that particular section. The waves that have shown up are still pretty mild but at some point in the future KDOT will need to profile mill this segment and overlay it again to smooth out the bumps that have developed.�

HOSPITAL Births There were no births to report Thursday.

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Over time brands evolve, and we have to be part of that evolution. We have to be leaders.�

across everything from student recruitment campaigns to features highlighting faculty research.

Good branding is important to communicate the university’s message, Holland said. And in today’s competitive marketplace, the goal is building a “mutual relationship� between your brand — KU — and consumers. “You want to make sure the relationship you have with people is consistent,� he said.

At the same time, Holland said, KU and its brand have to keep up with the times, though changes require research and thoughtfulness.

For example, remember when KU changed the font on its logo back in 2005? Although Holland wasn’t a part of that effort, it was a huge, and even controversial, undertaking. “Over time brands evolve, and we have to

— Gerald Holland, director of marketing communications for KU be part of that evolution,�

Holland said. “We have to be leaders.�

Holland’s professional background includes visual art, fashion and advertising.

He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from KU and a Master of Fine Arts in studio art from the New York Academy of Art. As a “broke college kid� in New York City he started working as a production assistant on music videos and TV commercials, which led to bigger and better production work on highend fashion photo shoots, including with Vogue, Prada, the Gap and Victoria’s Secret.

Recently he worked for VF Corp. in Merriam, with the Lee Jeans

and Rock and Republic brands. Before that he spent 10 years with Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Mo. “Gerald’s experience building an internal ad agency coupled with his background working with well-known national brands will enhance our public affairs efforts at the University of Kansas as we continue to elevate the national stature of our institution,� Tim Caboni, vice chancellor for public affairs, said in a news release.

Holland said he was excited about directing marketing at KU. “It is a great opportunity to continue the rich story of the KU brand and to create meaningful engagement at every touch point,� he said.

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lance was coming back from delivering a patient in Dodge City and arrived on the scene quickly.

A medical crew, including Snodgrass, six nurses and two nurse practitioners, was waiting and worked with speed. “They were cared for well and rapidly,� said Snodgrass.

Scott’s wife, Sally Kreger, also a nurse practitioner, was a spouse and mother at that moment.

Within 45 minutes, Scott and Alex were stabilized and their wounds were dressed. Two medical aircraft, one from Garden City and the other from Liberal, landed at the local airstrip and flew the men to Via Christi Regional Medical Center’s St. Francis campus in Wichita.

Both were placed on ventilators. Scott was unconscious for 23 days and Alex for 25. “They almost lost me four times,� Alex said.

They almost lost Scott twice.

While Scott was unconscious, skin grafts were done on his left arm from the middle of the bicep to his knuckles and to the fingertips on the right hand. Skin on half his back had to be grafted. Most of Alex’s grafts were on his arms and half

his midsection.

Both their faces have third-degree burns, but a special cream was applied every two hours and saved their faces.

After 30 days, Scott was moved to rehabilitation. The next day, Alex followed. Thus began the grueling process of regaining their strength. “I thought I would never walk again. It was too hard,� said Scott.

But the father and son pushed each other to see who could take the most steps. “It helped a lot,� Scott said.

At first, they were told they might make it home for Valentine’s Day. “I wanted to be home for Christmas,� Scott said.

That became their goal and they pushed so hard they were in Jetmore on Dec. 3. Scott attributes that to the competition, but also because of family and lots of visitors and cards of support.

Through the ordeal, and now healing at home, husband and son have been Sally Kreger’s focus. “There was so much support and prayers from home, that’s where my strength came from,�

Sally said. “ If I had relied on my own strength, I couldn’t have done it.�

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At first, Scott couldn’t open the door to get out of the space. They were trapped. The explosion had caused rubble to build behind it. “I hit the door as hard as I could with my shoulder and it wouldn’t budge,�

Scott said. “I thought, ‘If we don’t get out, we’re going to die.’� Then he tried again and the door opened wide, enabling them to escape. Racing to their pickup, Scott drove to the nearest neighbor about a half-mile away. “I knew we were in bad shape,� Scott said. He noticed the skin on his hand shredded from the explosion. “I looked at my hand and thought if I lived, the hand would be amputated.�

The neighbor took one look at the two men who, thanks to adrenalin, were able to stand and called 911. “They are lucky to be alive,� said Dr. Alan Snodgrass, with the Hodgeman County Health Center.

They could have easily been killed by the explosion or trapped under the rubble. Snodgrass said it was fortunate an ambu-

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Brownback was ranked the No. 1 story after he fended off a challenge from Paul Davis, who attempted to make the race a referendum on the incumbent’s conservative fiscal experiment.

Brownback argued that personal income tax cuts enacted by legislators at his urging are creating jobs and boosting the economy. Davis said the cuts wrecked the state’s finances and endangered school funding.

Roberts also survived a challenge from independent Greg Orman as fellow Republicans looked to capture a Senate majority.

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Obama’s foreign policy surprises

By Doyle McManus Los Angeles Times

Maybe this year’s results will be better, but the downward trend in the percentage and actual dollars of child support collected in Kansas bears watching.

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system that is more efficient but collects fewer child support dollars for Kansas families doesn’t seem like a step in the right direction.

In September 2013, the state turned child support collection duties over to private vendors in an effort to boost collections. Last month, a Topeka newspaper used an open records request to obtain data showing that the percentage of current child support payments collected by the state during federal fiscal year 2014, was lower than in 2013. In fact, it was the lowest percentage collected by the state since 2000, and a lower actual dollar amount than in 2013. The collection percentage for past-due child support also fell to a 13-year low.

In FFY2014, which runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, the state contractors collected 54.04 percent of current support, the lowest percentage since 2000, when the state had a 48.17 collection rate. And, although the amount of current support due grew in 2014, the actual dollars collected fell to $130.6 million, about $4 million less than was collected in 2013. From 2013 to 2014, the percentage of past-due support collected dropped from 62.62 percent to 60.14 percent.

Asked about the privatized collection system, Gov. Sam Brownback said, “thus far, we’ve had good overall results,” and noted that “collection levels haven’t been that much increased” (actually they have decreased). He proudly pointed to the fact that declining state costs resulted in higher payments to the people who did receive support. During 2014, Kansas collected $5.89 for every $1 it spent, compared to $4.12 for every $1 it spent in 2013.

Officials with the Department for Children and Families argue that the first year of privatization “was all about getting this cost-effectiveness number up” and that collection rates will improve with time.

Better cost-effectiveness may be good for the people who received support, but it’s cold comfort for the people who didn’t.

The move toward privatizing government functions has gained considerable favor among state officials in recent years as a way to cut costs and improve efficiency. Those are both good goals, but they shouldn’t come at the expense of reduced services and benefits for Kansas residents.

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Six months ago, President Obama’s foreign policy looked stymied. Negotiations with Israel and the Palestinians were at a dead end.

Russia was gaining ground in eastern Ukraine. U.S. efforts to end the war in Syria were ineffective. A new extremist army, Islamic State, was marching into Iraq.

As misfortunes gathered, Obama’s response was defensive — and earthy. His first principle, he said, was “Don’t do stupid shit.”

But as strategy, that was so inadequate that it drew a public rebuke from his former secretary of State.

“Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle,” Hillary Clinton told an interviewer.

Today the picture looks different.

Last week, Obama surprised the world by normalizing U.S. relations with Cuba after a half-century freeze. Before that, he struck significant deals with China on climate change and trade.

He launched a new war in Iraq, the country from which he had long promised to extricate the United States.

And in a little-noted but important move, he extended a limited U.S. combat role in Afghanistan for at least another year, stretching his

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Obama’s foreign policy was never quite as passive as its critics made it out to be — and today, it’s not quite as brilliant and visionary as administration officials try to make it sound.”

2014 deadline for a pullout.

Only recently criticized as passive, Obama suddenly looks hyperactive.

And there’s more to come.

Obama still hopes to conclude a nuclear deal with Iran, a diplomatic achievement that will produce major controversy.

He plans to lift as many economic sanctions on Cuba as Congress will allow. And aides say they will consider yet another attempt at Middle East peace talks if Israel’s March election produces a receptive government.

What happened?

“My presidency’s entering its fourth quarter,” Obama said at his news conference on Friday. “Interesting stuff happens in the fourth quarter.”

Has he undergone a conversion from a president bent on minimizing foreign entanglements to one who’s actively seeking opportunities for diplomatic boldness? Is he admitting he was aiming too

low and risking too little?

Not really. Obama’s foreign policy was never quite as passive as its critics made it out to be — and today, it’s not quite as brilliant and visionary as administration officials try to make it sound.

What we’re seeing, instead, is how circumstance, luck, plus a measure of diplomatic skill, can bring about a run of better-than-average results.

Some of it is the slow ripening of efforts launched long ago. The talks with Cuba took 18 months, plus a push from Pope Francis.

The climate deal with China was more than a year in the making. The nuclear talks with Iran have been under way even longer.

U.S. diplomacy has benefited from one huge piece of luck: the increase in North American oil production and the drop in world oil prices.

That has made the U.S. and its allies less vulnerable economically and has reduced the running room of adversaries such as Russia and Iran.

The 2014 congressional election played a part, too.

The fact that Obama has survived his last campaign has freed him to use his foreign policy powers more freely — as he did in normalizing relations with Havana.In the end, the pillars of Obama’s foreign policy haven’t changed. He’s still avoiding most invitations to employ U.S. military power in foreign conflicts; there’s

no appetite for getting more directly involved in Syria or for supplying weapons to Ukraine. He’s still persuaded that diplomatic engagement is most likely to bear fruit with adversaries — hence the talks with Cuba and the widening of discussions with Iran to include the future of Syria and Iraq.

And even though he has revived the Clinton-era slogan of the U.S. as “the indispensable nation,” Obama is still trying to adjust the goals and means of U.S. diplomacy to a world in which the United States has less absolute power, less money and less appetite for military adventures.

And his administration is still capable of diplomatic missteps. David Rothkopf, a former Clinton administration official and author of “National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear,” wrote recently: “It is hard to think of a recent president who has grown so little in office.”

I asked Rothkopf last week whether the administration’s recent successes had caused him to revise his assessment. Not yet, he said.

Obama’s fourth-quarter foreign policy looks better than it did six months ago. But for good and ill, a lot can happen in two years — and it will.

— Doyle McManus is a columnist for The Los Angeles Times. His email address is doyle.mcmanus@ latimes.com.

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Jeb Bush’s exploration spurs reaction It took only hours for Jeb Bush’s announcement he will “actively explore” a presidential bid to show the former Florida governor what running for the White House is like these days.

“Jeb’s Romneyesque private equity issues make him an appetizing potential opponent for Democrats,” said American Bridge 21st Century, a proDemocratic group that monitors Republican candidates.

The conservative Heritage Foundation’s Daily Signal warned Bush’s support for the Common Core education standards, against which the GOP right has campaigned, “threatens to overshadow his likely campaign.”

And Bush hasn’t even decided to run. Still, last week’s announcement and his disclosure that he’ll release thousands of emails from his gubernatorial tenure, make his final decision pretty evident.

While it’s soon to label anyone the Republican front-runner, his prospective candidacy is the most significant move to date in the GOP presidential race.

At the least, Bush is likely to be a major player in that race. If he runs, 2012 nominee Mitt Romney probably won’t.

And more than most likely hopefuls, the latest heir to the Bush political dynasty has the potential to go all the way.

But he faces at least four potential roadblocks: l Would a third President Bush be one too many?

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It’s hard to tell if Bush 41’s woes will prevent the Bushes from becoming the first American family with three presidents.”

His older brother, George W. Bush, benefited from good memories about his father, President George H.W. Bush, and some retroactive regrets he had been denied a second term.

Some of that remains, though brother George’s legacy is decidedly more mixed: He got the United States enmeshed in Iraq and presided over the onset of the Great Recession. But public feeling toward him has improved, helped by his successor’s unpopularity and his own classy post-presidential demeanor.

It’s hard to tell if Bush 41’s woes will prevent the Bushes from becoming the first American family with three presidents. But any potential dynasty problem may be lessened by the prospective can-

didacy of Hillary Clinton. l Can he survive an ever faster and more treacherous nominating process?

Bush last faced voters in 2002, a dozen years ago. The speed of everything political has increased substantially in the age of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and the Internet has enabled anyone to discover and publicize a candidate’s flaws and missteps.

Candidates generally underestimate the big contrast between running statewide, even in a competitive one like Florida, and running nationally. That must be multiplied several times in Bush’s case.

In last year’s book tour, he looked rusty, prone to giving imprecise answers about his own views. He’ll have to do better as a candidate. l How damaging is his support for Common Core, comprehensive immigration reform and possible tax increases to cut the deficit, all three outside the current GOP mainstream?

We’ll learn pretty fast, from how his rivals raise these issues and Republican voters react. He won’t be the favorite candidate of the Tea Party and its conservative GOP allies.

But every Republican race has room for a more moderate candidate, and they often win the nomination — John McCain 2008, Romney 2012.

Though Bush was a solidly conservative governor, he may benefit from the con-

trast between his low-key demeanor and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s bluster or fellow Floridian Marco Rubio’s rabid neo-conservatism.

Past races suggest Bush, like Romney in 2012, could do surprisingly well in the conservative-dominated Iowa caucuses, since the votes of the roughly two-thirds who traditionally back conservatives may split far more ways than those of the one-third who back moderates. l Will his complex financial holdings undercut his candidacy as happened to Romney?

Joshua Green’s account in Bloomberg Businessweek of his financial activities raised that very question, especially his overseas investments.

But he’s running as a Bush, not as a businessman, so it’s possible only improprieties would hurt.

While those factors may hurt, other aspects might help. For example, his more moderate position on immigration and his past appeal to Hispanics may create problems for Democrats.

“I think he would be the toughest guy for us,” former National Chairman Howard Dean told The Washington Post.

That view is widely held.

But first, Bush will have to survive the landmines along the Republican nominating road.

— Carl P. Leubsdorf is the former Washington bureau chief of the Dallas Morning News.

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Vermont St. St. John Catholic 5 to 9 p.m. unless othChurch Rummage Sale, erwise noted 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., www.finalfridayslaw1246 Kentucky St. rence.wordpress.com Eudora’s Market On Main indoor farmers DOWNTOWN and crafts market, 9 Lawrence Arts Center, a.m.-noon, 724 Main St., 940 New Hampshire St.: Eudora.

The Lawrence Arts CenArt Cart: What’s ter will be closed on Final Missing? 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Fridays for the winter Spencer Museum of Art, break, and will reopen on 1301 Mississippi St. Jan. 3. Happy holidays!

Festival of Nativities, Pachamamas, 800 noon-4 p.m., Centenary New Hampshire St.: The United Methodist Church, Artwork of Jay Hines.

245 N. Fourth St., North Jay celebrates his 90th Lawrence. year with an exhibition League of Women of works spanning many Voters voter registration years. and information booth, Ten Thousand Vil1:30-5:30 p.m., Lawrence lages, 835 MassachuPublic Library, 707 Versetts St.: Mixed media mont St. and other works by Liza Saturday Afternoon Mackinnon.

Ragtime, 2-4 p.m., WatThe Bourgeois Pig, 6 kins Community Museum, E. Ninth St.: Paintings by 1047 Massachusetts St. Mary McGivern.

Americana Music Minsky’s Pizza, 934 Academy Saturday Jam, Massachusetts St.: This 3 p.m., Americana Music month we will be featuring Academy, 1419 Massachuour permanent pieces by setts St. Kansas City artists Lisa Headpin Challenge, 6-9 Lala and Irina Stroganova p.m., Royal Crest Lanes, as well as paintings by 933 Iowa St. local artist Colby EarleyAmerican Legion wine.

Bingo, doors open 4:30 Replay Lounge, 945 p.m., first games 6:45 p.m., Massachusetts St.: Matisnack bar 5-8 p.m., Amerinee show 6-9 p.m., night can Legion Post #14, 3408 show 10 p.m.

W. Sixth St. Soul Bones, 10 p.m.-1 WAREHOUSE ARTS a.m., Five Bar and Tables, DISTRICT 947 Massachusetts St. SeedCo Studios, 720 E. Ninth St.: Seedco 28 SUNDAY Studios, in association Festival of Nativities, with the Fresh Produce noon-4 p.m., Centenary Art Collective presents United Methodist Church, SQUARED, an exhibi245 N. Fourth St., North tion of recent works by Lawrence. residents of Seedco and Art Cart: What’s featured guest artists.

Missing? noon-4 p.m., The Lawrence Art Spencer Museum of Art, Party, Lawrence Cre1301 Mississippi St. ates Makerspace, Ninth Lawrence Arts & and New Jersey streets: Crafts group, 1-3 p.m., The Lawrence Creates Makerspace is throwing a Five Bar and Tables, 947 Massachusetts St. Chautauqua on Final FriHome for the Holidays day! In addition to great tour with Spencer Direcart, we’ll have music, tor Saralyn Reece Hardy, poetry, and much more.

1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m., Come on by for a great, Spencer Museum of Art, family-friendly time.

1301 Mississippi St. Art Emergency, 721 League of Women VotE. Ninth St.: Art Gallery ers voter registration and in the heart of the East information booth, 1:30Lawrence Art District.

Fine art, street art, sculp- 5:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. tures from local artists!

Irish Traditional Music See us in the giant green warehouse on the corner Session, 5:30-8 p.m., upstairs Henry’s coffee of Ninth and Delaware, shop, 11 E. Eighth St. next to Star Signs. Live O.U.R.S. (Oldsters music, adult beverages, United for Responsible no dress code!

Service) dance, doors 5 p.m., potluck 7:15-7:45 26 TODAY p.m., dance 6-9 p.m., Mike Shurtz Trio feaColumbus Hall, 2206 E. turing Erin Fox, 10:1523rd St. 11:30 a.m., Signs of Life, Smackdown! trivia, 7 722 Massachusetts St. p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 Bingo night, doors New Hampshire St. 5:30 p.m., refreshments 6 p.m., bingo starts 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St.

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ONGOING

Lawrence Arts Center: Closed until Jan. 3.

Lawrence Percolator: “In the Key of Sunshine,” through Jan. 18; open Saturdays and Sundays, noon-6 p.m. In the alley behind 913 Rhode Island St. (look for the green awnings).

Theatre Lawrence: Paintings by Marty Olson, through Jan. 4; available for viewing during box office hours (11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) and on performance nights; 4660 Bauer Farm Drive.

Douglas County Law Library: Photography by Tony Peterson, through Jan. 30; open Mon. and Wed. noon-3 p.m., Tues. and Thurs. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 111 E. 11th St., #5.

Kansas Museum of History: The Great Soldier State: Kansas in the Civil War, Oct. 2, 2014-May 24, 2015, Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 1-5 p.m., 6425 SW Sixth Ave. Topeka.

Exhibits in the Community: Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum, museum hours Sat. and Sun., 1-5 p.m.; Bloomington Park, Clinton Lake; Freedom’s Frontier exhibit, Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St.; “Timeline of a Century,” Marvin Hall, Jayhawk Blvd., KU Campus; Territorial Capital Museum: Tours Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.4 p.m., Sun. 1-4 p.m., 609 Woodson, Lecompton; Constitution Hall: Tours Wed.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m., 319 Elmore St., Lecompton.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

Area home sales rise in November Also, 61 contracts for sale were written in November Lawrence home sales rose by 21.4 percent in November. 2014, up from 59 in November 2013.

Sales totaled 68 compared STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

to 56 sales in November

The inventory of active 2013, the Lawrence Board of listings in Lawrence remains Realtors reported. tight — just 323 units at the beginning of November. At The average sale price of existing homes was $191,931, the current rate of sales, down 10.1 percent from the this represents 4.8 months’ November 2013 average price supply. of $213,566. The average

“Inventory has consistently sale price of new homes in been lower than last November was $344,563, up year,� said Susan Bonham, sharply from the same period president of the Lawrence Board of Realtors. “It’s last year.

normal to be at lower levels during this time of year, but

months, sales have risen 2.1 percent.

we really do expect that to

The combination of higher change after the first of the home prices and relatively year.� stagnant incomes has The Lawrence market defied reduced affordability and national trends in November. restrained buying activity. A recent decline in mortgage The National Association rates has yet to lure more of Realtors said this week that sales of existing homes buyers into the market. nationwide fell 6.1 percent to At the same time, fewer a seasonally adjusted annual distressed properties and bargains, which tend to rate of 4.93 million. That attract investors, are coming was down from a revised onto the market. annual pace of 5.26 million in October. Over the past 12

Median home prices rose

5 percent over the past 12

may improve in 2015, though

months to $205,300.

consistent gains have yet to

The Realtors estimate that 2014 sales will end up below 2013 levels.

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First State Bank & Trust 3901 W. 6th St. 312-6810 12/23/14

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Now through the end of 2014 we can reimburse you at closing up to $500 for the cost of your home inspection, New, Landmark Lock and Shop, provides a safeguard while you shop for a home. Contact Brian McFall 785-841-7152. First time homebuyers you may be able to receive up to 4% of your loan amount in down payment assistance if you qualify. Landmark has FHA, Conventional and VA and RD loans. Closing costs vary from lender to lender, call Landmark at 841-6677 and compare our costs and rates with any other lender. Rates are based on a loan of $120,000 or higher and a median credit score of 740 or above. Other rate and point options are available.

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Chiefs’ receivers still seek first TD

KANSAS BASKETBALL

Recruiting battles

By Dave Skretta AP Sports Writer

Kansas City, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs seemed so determined to break one of the most bizarre streaks of this NFL season last Sunday that they pulled off an audacious field-goal fake to help them out.

The fake worked to perfection. It still didn’t do any good.

After getting a fresh set of downs and Jamaal Charles was stuffed for a 2-yard gain, Alex Smith threw a pass to Dwayne Bowe in the end zone.

At the last moment, Steelers cornerback Antwon Blake knocked the ball from the wide receiver’s grasp.

Smith wound up getting sacked on third down. The Chiefs had to kick a field goal anyway. And another series ended without a wide receiver catching a touchdown pass.

“It was a bang-bang play that I could have caught,” Bowe said later. “Their guy made a good play on the ball but I could have had it.”

Bowe once caught 15 touchdown passes in a sinJohn Young/Journal-World File Photo gle season. He’d give just KANSAS UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL COACH BILL SELF and his staff are evaluating what is considered to be a strong 2015 recruiting class. about anything for one right now.

That’s because the Chiefs head into Sunday’s regularseason finale against AFC West rival San Diego without a single wide receiver

By Gary Bedore cruiting services experts. having caught a touchdown ... It appears to me there are just more really gbedore@ljworld.com Tyshawn Taylor (No. 77 in pass. really gifted kids out there right now.”

Class of 2008) wasn’t in that That has never happened The high school basketgroup. Elijah Johnson (No. before in a 16-game season. ball recruiting Class of 2015 — Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self 24 Class of 2009) wasn’t in Chiefs coach Andy Reid — which includes blue-chipthat group, neither was Trahas continually discounted pers Ben Simmons, Malik vis Releford (No. 70 Class the dubious streak, pointNewman, Jalen Brown and than 1979. That was Isiah be pros playing high school of 2008). Jeff Withey (No. ing out that Smith still has Stephen Zimmerman — is Thomas, Clark Kellogg and ball every year because there 36 Class of 2008) wasn’t in thrown 18 touchdown passconsidered quite deep in Ralph Sampson and some always will be that potential that group. But they were es. terms of talent. of those guys. You look at with these kids.” all good players and I think Who cares if they have It follows a strong Class of ’81 with (Patrick) Ewing and Self has two scholarships the key with our guys (asmostly gone to tight end 2014, which included Jahlil (Charles) Barkley and (Mi- to give in the Class of 2015, sistants) and they’ve done Travis Kelce or running Okafor, Emmanuel Mudiay, chael) Jordan and (Chris) more if any Jayhawks turn a good job, you not only reback Charles? The whole Cliff Alexander, Kelly Oubre Mullen and those guys. pro or transfer. KU is in on cruit kids but you have to point is to score, regardless Jr. and Karl-Anthony Towns “I think there are more top-10 prospects Brown, evaluate and then be able of how it happens. and a Class of 2013 that had good players today than Newman, Cheick Diallo, to project. Our coaches are The Chiefs, after all, are Andrew Wiggins, Julius Ran- there ever have been be- Ivan Rabb and Zimmerman very good at that.” still in the middle of the dle, Jabari Parker, the Harri- cause more kids are playing and others farther down on Self had additional compack in points this season. son twins, Wayne Selden Jr. and the training is so much the top 50-100 list. Self obvi- ments concerning the rank“We’re all about wins,” Unable to able to talk better for young kids and ously isn’t only about signing ings, which fans tend to treat said wide receiver Jason about specific prospects they are getting so much Top Ten preps. as gospel, so to speak ....

Avant, who joined the team in accordance with NCAA more exposure,” Self added.

“If you say 20 to 50 range, “You can look at guys 1 midway through the season. rules, 12th-year Kansas Uni- “Whether or not we’ll have bring in those guys, those through 5 or 1 through 7 that “Stats really don’t matter in versity coach Bill Self con- top-heavy classes every year, guys are studs,” Self said. are rated that way yearly, this league. We really don’t cedes there’s been no short- I don’t know if that will hap- “Thomas Robinson couldn’t maybe 1 through 10, and you care about that.” age of top preps for schools pen. That’s cyclical, but it crack that (top 10) group (he know they’re going to have Especially this week. to choose from the past appears to me there are just was No. 31 in Class of 2009). a huge impact. You know,” To reach the playoffs for many moons. more really really gifted kids Marcus Morris (29 in Class Self said. “But there’s not that the second straight year, “I think it’s cyclical,” Self out there right now. of 08) and Markieff (49) much difference between the Chiefs need to beat the said. “There may not be a “There will never not be couldn’t crack that group Chargers and hope ClevePlease see HOOPS, page 3C better high school class ever 50 guys that have a chance to in so-called high school reland can beat Baltimore and Jacksonville can upset Houston, a pair of games that will be transpiring at the same time things are unfolding at Arrowhead Stadium.

In other words, the Chiefs need a lot of help. But they

By Benton Smith with the top two targets in insisted that they are only basmith@ljworld.com program history: Dezmon focused on what they can Briscoe (3,240 career yards, control, and that’s beating When new Kansas Uni- 219 receptions) and Kerry the Chargers. versity football coach David Meier (2,309 career yards, “We don’t necessarily conBeaty arrived on campus, 226 receptions). trol our own destiny, and the much of the buzz surroundAll of this must have the whole ‘what-ifs’ and ‘what do ed his successful track re- Jayhawks’ incumbent quarwe need to have happen,’ it’s cord with wide receivers. terback stoked, right? easy to get distracted,” Smith Beaty coached that unit If he is, fifth-year sesaid. “The thing will be to foas an assistant at Texas nior Michael Cummings is cus in on the Chargers, a diA&M. Under his guidance, downplaying it publicly. vision game, them coming in, the Aggies’ Mike Evans — “My expectation ofand we need to take care of who would become the sev- fensively is to win games. our business.” enth overall pick in the NFL That’s the bottom line for That would be easier to Draft — earned consensus me,” Cummings said after do if a wide receiver caught All-American honors in 2013 Beaty was introduced. “I’m a touchdown pass or two.

(1,394 receiving yards, 20.2 not a big stat guy. I just The fewest touchdown yards per catch, 12 touch- want to do my part to put catches by a group of wide downs). my team in the best position receivers in a 16-game season The season before that, to win. If that’s handing the is two, set by the 1981 Saints Evans and Ryan Swope ball off 50 times or throwing and matched by the 2004 Gieach hauled in more than the ball 50 times, either way ants. Neither of those teams 70 passes, with quarterback it doesn’t matter.” went to the playoffs.

Johnny Manziel slinging the At his introductory news In fact, the most recent Nick Krug/Journal-World File Photo ball around. conference earlier this team to go an entire seaEven when Beaty first month, Beaty described the son without a wide receiver KANSAS UNIVERSITY QUARTERBACK MICHAEL CUMMINGS breaks away from TCU coached receivers at KU, in catching a touchdown pass defenders Davion Pierson (57) and Paul Dawson (47) on Nov. 15 at Memorial Stadium.

Please see FOOTBALL, page 3C 2008 and 2009, he worked was the 1964 Giants.

Class of 2015 considered another strong one

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Colonials shoot down Shockers The Associated Press

George Washington 60, No. 11 Wichita State 54.

Honolulu — Kethan Savage sparked a late rally and scored 12 points to lead George Washington to a 60-54 upset over Wichita State in the final of the Diamond Head Classic.

The Colonials (9-3) won their first in-season tournament since they knocked off Michigan State and Maryland in the 2004 BB&T Classic.

They trailed 50-43 with just under 7 minutes remaining when Savage twice swatted away a pass and recovered the ball for a layup.

Yuta Watanabe put the Colonials ahead for good with a 3-pointer with 3:32 remaining.

Wichita State (10-2), which had to rally in the final minute of overtime to beat Hawaii in the semifinal, was too cold outside and couldn’t crack the Eugene Tanner/AP Photo Colonials’ zone. The Shockers WICHITA STATE GUARD TEKELE COTTON (32) SHOOTS A LAYUP over shot 34 percent from the field.

George Washington guard Kethan Savage during the Shockers’ game at Fred VanVleet led the the Diamond Head Classic on Thursday in Honolulu. GW won, 60-54.

NBA roundup The Associated Press

Wizards 102, Knicks 91 New York — John Wall had 24 points and 11 assists, eluding the Knicks all day until getting knocked to the floor by a flagrant foul that sparked an altercation, and Washington beat New York.

Wall toyed with the Knicks for 31⁄2 quarters, highlighted by a spinning, 360-degree layup, before Quincy Acy knocked him down with a forearm shove with 5:31 to play. Wall got up and pushed Acy, who responded with a punch that appeared to hit Wall behind the neck. Acy was ejected in the Christmas Day dust-up, and Wall received a technical foul.

Carmelo Anthony scored 34 points for the Knicks, who fell to 5-26 and have the most losses in the NBA. They have dropped six straight and 16 of 17.

WASHINGTON (102) Pierce 1-5 0-0 3, Nene 6-8 0-1 12, Gortat 4-10 2-2 10, Wall 10-17 3-4 24, Beal 7-16 1-1 17, Humphries 7-9 0-0 14, Butler 4-7 0-0 11, Porter 1-5 0-0 2, Seraphin 4-8 0-0 8, Miller 0-0 1-2 1, Gooden 0-0 0-0 0, Temple 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 44-86 7-10 102.

NEW YORK (91) Anthony 13-28 8-10 34, Stoudemire 2-6 2-4 6, Dalembert 1-3 0-0 2, Calderon 5-14 4-4 16, Hardaway Jr. 3-10 1-1 8, Prigioni 1-3 0-0 2, Ja.Smith 2-5 0-0 4, Aldrich 5-6 0-0 10, Larkin 2-2 0-0 5, Acy 2-3 0-0 4, Wear 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-80 15-19 91.

Washington 34 26 24 18 — 102 New York 23 21 26 21 — 91 3-Point Goals-Washington 7-16 (Butler 3-6, Beal 2-5, Wall 1-2, Pierce 1-3), New York 4-22 (Calderon 2-7, Larkin 1-1, Hardaway Jr. 1-6, Prigioni 0-2, Anthony 0-6). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Washington 49 (Gortat 9), New York 44 (Stoudemire 7). Assists-Washington 25 (Wall 11), New York 17 (Calderon 4).

Total Fouls-Washington 20, New York 15.

Technicals-Wall, New York defensive three second. Flagrant Fouls-Acy. Ejected— Acy. A-19,812 (19,763).

How former Jayhawks fared Cole Aldrich, New York Min: 22. Pts: 10. Reb: 4. Ast: 2.

Mario Chalmers, Miami Min: 31. Pts: 5. Reb: 1. Ast: 6.

Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Did not play (coach’s decision) Drew Gooden, Washington Min: 1. Pts: 0. Reb: 0. Ast: 0.

Xavier Henry, LA Lakers Did not play (inactive) Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Did not play (hamstring) Paul Pierce, Washington Min: 23. Pts: 3. Reb: 4. Ast: 2.

Brandon Rush, Golden State Late game

The Thunder were without reigning MVP Kevin Durant, and the Spurs were missing Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard..

OKLAHOMA CITY (114) Jones 5-7 2-5 14, Ibaka 8-15 2-3 21, Adams 5-8 6-12 16, Westbrook 14-28 6-8 34, Roberson 2-3 2-6 7, Jackson 3-9 0-0 6, Perkins 0-1 1-2 1, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Morrow 5-9 2-2 15. Totals 42-81 21-38 114.

SAN ANTONIO (106) Belinelli 3-5 0-0 7, Duncan 6-13 3-5 15, Splitter 7-10 0-0 14, Parker 5-10 0-0 10, Green 4-13 2-5 12, Ginobili 3-5 4-4 11, Bonner 6-12 2-3 17, Joseph 5-7 4-4 14, Baynes 3-5 0-0 6, Anderson 0-1 0-0 0, Daye 0-0 0-0 0, Ayres 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-81 15-21 106.

Oklahoma City 29 21 26 38 — 114 San Antonio 27 20 30 29 — 106 3-Point Goals-Oklahoma City 9-15 (Ibaka 3-4, Morrow 3-5, Jones 2-2, Roberson 1-1, Westbrook 0-1, Jackson 0-2), San Antonio 7-23 (Bonner 3-8, Green 2-8, Belinelli 1-2, Ginobili 1-3, Parker 0-1, Anderson 0-1). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Oklahoma City 59 (Adams 15), San Antonio 42 (Ginobili, Splitter 7).

Assists-Oklahoma City 25 (Westbrook 11), San Antonio 33 (Ginobili 13). Total Fouls-Oklahoma City 20, San Antonio 26. Technicals-Westbrook, Joseph. A-18,581 (18,797).

Thunder 114, Spurs 106 San Antonio — Russell Westbrook scored 34 points, and Oklahoma City beat San Antonio Spurs in a fiery re- Heat 101, Cavaliers 91 Miami — Dwyane Wade match of last season’s Western scored 24 of his 31 points in the Conference Finals.

Shockers with 11 points, six of them in the first 4 minutes. He was 4 of 15 from the field. Ron Baker, their leading scorer, was held to nine points on 4-of-12 shooting.

This had all the trappings of an easy time for the Shockers when they raced out to a 16-9 lead behind a pair of 3s from VanVleet and careless play from the Colonials, who had seven turnovers just 9 minutes into the game.

GEORGE WASHINGTON (9-3) Savage 5-11 2-4 12, Garino 1-5 0-0 3, Larsen 4-5 1-2 10, McDonald 4-10 0-0 9, Kopriva 3-4 0-0 7, Jorgensen 1-2 0-0 3, Griffin 2-3 0-0 6, Watanabe 4-7 0-0 10, Bryant 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-47 3-6 60.

WICHITA ST. (10-2) Kelly 0-3 0-0 0, Carter 3-10 0-0 7, VanVleet 4-15 0-0 11, Baker 4-12 0-0 9, Cotton 3-8 0-0 6, Brown 2-2 1-2 7, Henderson Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Holland 3-5 0-0 9, Nurger 2-4 0-0 5, Wamukota 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-61 1-2 54.

Halftime-Tied 28-28. 3-Point Goals-George Washington 9-15 (Griffin 2-2, Watanabe 2-4, Kopriva 1-1, Larsen 1-1, Garino 1-1, Jorgensen 1-1, McDonald 1-4, Savage 0-1), Wichita St. 11-27 (Holland 3-5, VanVleet 3-7, Brown 2-2, Carter 1-1, Nurger 1-3, Baker 1-6, Cotton 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-George Washington 31 (Larsen 5), Wichita St. 31 (Carter 9). Assists-George Washington 12 (McDonald 5), Wichita St. 14 (Cotton, VanVleet 5). Total Fouls-George Washington 8, Wichita St. 11. A-5,125.

NBA STANDINGS first half, Luol Deng finished with 25 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and Miami beat Cleveland in LeBron James’ first game back at his former home.

James scored 30 points for the Cavaliers, hugging his former teammates before the game and after the final buzzer.

It was James’ first time as an opponent in Miami since helping the Heat reach each of the last four NBA Finals.

Kyrie Irving added 25 points, and Kevin Love scored 14 for Cleveland.

CLEVELAND (91) Marion 1-5 0-0 2, James 9-16 10-18 30, Love 5-13 4-4 14, Irving 10-19 4-5 25, Miller 2-4 0-0 6, Waiters 3-8 1-2 8, Thompson 2-5 2-4 6, Dellavedova 0-2 0-0 0, Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-72 21-33 91.

MIAMI (101) Deng 11-16 2-2 25, Williams 2-6 0-0 5, Andersen 4-5 4-6 12, Chalmers 2-12 0-0 5, Wade 12-28 5-5 31, Cole 2-7 3-4 8, Haslem 3-4 0-0 6, Whiteside 0-1 0-0 0, Granger 4-5 0-0 9. Totals 40-84 14-17 101.

Cleveland 27 22 25 17 — 91 Miami 30 32 15 24 — 101 3-Point Goals-Cleveland 6-26 (Miller 2-4, James 2-8, Irving 1-3, Waiters 1-4, Dellavedova 0-1, Marion 0-2, Love 0-4), Miami 7-21 (Wade 2-5, Granger 1-2, Cole 1-2, Deng 1-3, Chalmers 1-4, Williams 1-5). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsCleveland 45 (Thompson 9), Miami 54 (Deng, Andersen 8). Assists-Cleveland 16 (James 8), Miami 27 (Deng 8). Total Fouls-Cleveland 15, Miami 26. Technicals-James. A-19,817 (19,600).

Bulls 113, Lakers 93 Chicago — Pau Gasol had 23 points and 13 rebounds against his former team and Chicago beat Los Angeles with Kobe Bryant resting his sore body.

Jimmy Butler added 21 points, and Derrick Rose had 20 points and six assists to help the Bulls win their season-high fifth straight.

The Bulls hung on after a 16-point second-quarter lead dwindled to two in the third.

The Lakers suffered their fourth loss in five games.

L.A. LAKERS (93) Johnson 6-18 5-6 19, Davis 5-10 3-6 13, Hill 6-16 4-4 16, Price 3-7 0-0 7, Ellington 5-12 1-1 12, Young 1-6 0-0 3, Boozer 7-11 0-0 14, Lin 2-8 2-2 6, Sacre 1-2 0-0 2, Clarkson 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 36-92 16-21 93.

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L.A. Lakers 24 23 30 16 — 93 Chicago 27 31 25 30 — 113 3-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 5-16 (Johnson 2-6, Young 1-3, Ellington 1-3, Price 1-3, Lin 0-1), Chicago 10-24 (Mirotic 3-7, Dunleavy 2-4, Rose 2-6, Gasol 1-1, Brooks 1-2, Butler 1-3, Snell 0-1).

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THE 2014 JOURNAL-WORLD ALL-AREA GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM IS, FROM LEFT: MEREDITH WOLFE, DE SOTO; Addie Dick, Baldwin; Emma Campbell, Tonganoxie; Kiran Cordes, Free State; Amber Akin, Mill Valley; Coach of the Year John Tollefson, Tonganoxie; Runner of the Year Emily Venters, Free State; Hannah Honeyman, Santa Fe Trail; Gabby Collins, De Soto; Claire Sanner, Free State; Mackenzie Russell, Baldwin.

Runner of the Year Emily Venters, Free State Venters improved from an impressive freshman campaign by winning every race she entered this year and claiming her second individual Class 6A state championship. The Firebirds’ sophomore led her team to their first Sunflower League title since 2008.

the top runner for Tonganoxie.

Gabby Collins, De Soto — Collins had a strong freshman season, finishFirst Team ing second in the Frontier Amber Akin, Mill League, third at regionals Valley — For the second and eighth at the Class 4A straight year, Akin won a state meet. She led the Kaw Valley League title, Wildcats to sixth place at this year in 16:12. The Jagstate, running her 4K in uars’ junior also took 11th at regionals and 16th at the 15:54.

Kiran Cordes, Free Class 5A state meet. She’s medaled at state, finishing State — Cordes continued in the top 20, in each of her to improve throughout the Coach of the Year season, and finished sixth at three seasons.

John Tollefson, Emma Campbell, Ton- the Class 6A state meet in Tonganoxie The Chieftains won their ganoxie — The Chieftains’ 15:28. The Firebirds’ sophofirst regional championship freshman had four top-five more also took third place in the Sunflower League and since 1990, and took fourth placings throughout the place at the Class 4A state season, including one win. third at regionals.

Addie Dick, Baldwin Campbell finished second meet, which matched — The Bulldogs’ junior led in the Kaw Valley League, the program’s best-ever her team to third place at sixth at regionals and was finish. At state they didn’t the Class 4A state meet 28th at state in 16:22 as have any top-20 runners

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11 and 50, maybe what days they played well and who was watching and stuff like that. I think those recruiting services, although I appreciate them and I know they work hard, I think they’re so overrated in a lot of ways because it’s up to a school to determine who can play and how they fit to make you better, and there’s a lot of guys out there that could pick a school that are so, so talented on paper but they can’t play the way that that system is designed to play with, or play for, and it just never works out.

“Our guys have done a good job of plugging them into who we are.”

As far as where recruits come from ... KU will travel anywhere in pursuit of contributing players. The Jayhawks have had players from Canada (Wiggins), Russia and Ukraine (Sasha Kaun, Svi Mykhailiuk) and all over the USA.

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offensive style he plans to implement: “Fast‑paced, up‑tempo offense that places high pressure on defenses, things that don’t allow them to communicate with their coaches at the sideline,” the KU coach said. “It’s going to attract top recruits, and it’s going to be an exciting brand of football that’s going to make people want to come to Memorial Stadium.”

KU’s 202.9 passing yards a game this past season ranked 85th nationally. Cummings isn’t making any bold proclamations about how those numbers should skyrock-

but their top five runners finished within 46 seconds of one another.

“Recruiting is not easy,” Self said. “We have a national brand.

We have to go into somebody else’s turf to seal the deal. There are not a lot of players in our locale, not a highly populated area.

Of course we love to recruit from our own area. We’ve had some great guys that came from the state of Kansas, whether it be Perry (Ellis) or Travis (Releford) or Tyrel (Reed) or Brady (Morningstar), that the ball moved a little better when they were in there, or they were able to make sure that they piggy-backed screens or went ball side of every curl, that maybe don’t translate to be big things, but those are plays that win basketball games.

“I’ve been real pleased with who we’ve been able to recruit. I hope there are good players in our state every year. I wish we could get a kid out of here every year because I do think it adds something to your program to have some local flavor.”

et in 2015, now that Beaty is in charge.

“We’ll see over time, right? I mean, he’s a great football mind and a great coach,” said Cummings, a red-shirt freshman during Beaty’s last stint at KU, in 2011. “So I think he’ll do the best job that he can to develop young players and bring them along.”

That part of the equation figures to be a prominent storyline throughout the offseason, with Nigel King (30 receptions, 537 yards) the only pass-catching threat from KU’s top four (Jimmay Mundine, Nick Harwell, King and Tony Pierson) returning next fall.

“The spring will be time to get acclimated

Self said he has a lot of ammunition in recruiting, including tradition, facilities and great interest.

“This is a cool place. Fans love their players,” Self said. “I don’t think there’s a place in America you can say fans truly enjoy players growing into being young men more than Lawrence.”

Prospects who are considering KU in the Class of 2015: No. 2-ranked (by Rivals.com) Jaylen Brown, 6-7, Wheeler High, Marietta, Georgia; No. 3 Malik Newman, 6-3, Callaway High, Jackson, Mississippi; No. 6 Cheick Diallo, 6-7, Our Savior New American, Centereach, New York; No. 7 Ivan Rabb, 6-9, Bishop O’Dowd, Oakland, California; No. 10 Stephen Zimmerman, 7-foot, Bishop Gorman High, Las Vegas; No. 14 Carlton Bragg, 6-9, Villa Angela St. Joseph High, Cleveland; No. 18 Brandon Ingram, 6-8, Kinston (North Carolina) High; No. 19 Tyler Dorsey, 6-4, Maranatha High, Pasadena, California and No. 90 Marcus LoVett, 5-11, Chicago Morgan Park High.

to the new staff and learn their ins and outs and how they work,” Cummings said. “I’m excited to get to spring ball, so we can actually be around the coaches more.”

The quarterback from Killeen, Texas, who admitted the Jayhawks felt skeptical about how the coaching search would turn out before Beaty was hired, at least knows what he and his teammates are getting in Beaty, whom Cummings described as an honest guy.

“He’s gonna tell you like it is,” Cummings added. “And he’s sort of like Clint Bowen in his fire and his passion for the university and the game.

And that’s always great to have, as a leader.”

and 16th at the Class 4A state meet.

Claire Sanner, Free State — The Firebirds’ junior placed in the top-five of every regular season meet before she was hampered by an injury at the end of the year. Sanner took seventh in the Sunflower League, fifth at regionals and 29th at state.

Emily Venters, Free State — Venters was dominant all season, winning her second straight Sunflower League, regional and state titles. She also won the Rim Rock Classic’s girls 5K, finishing in 18:44.

After the season, she took 11th at a Nike Cross National Heartland Regional.

Meredith Wolfe, De Soto — In her final prep

and runner-up finishes in the Frontier League and at regionals. Dick took third at league, seventh at regionals and 12th at state this season.

Hannah Honeyman, Santa Fe Trail — Only a freshman, Honeyman ran a school record 4K in just the third week of the season and later lowered it to 15:26. She never finished lower than second in the regular season, won a Pioneer League title, and took sixth at state.

Mackenzie Russell, Baldwin — Russell followed up a strong sophomore season by running even stronger during her junior year. She took sixth place in the Frontier League, ninth at regionals

season, Wolfe led the Wildcats to a Frontier League team championship and runner-up at regionals. The senior took third place at league, fourth at regionals and was 22nd at the Class 4A state meet in 16:11.

Honorable Mention Daelynn Anderson, Baldwin; Isabella Behm, Tonganoxie; Emily Chambers, Tonganoxie; Sydney Coleman, Eudora; Ceara Funk, McLouth; Emma Grossner, Baldwin; Lexia Jamison, Perry-Lecompton; Bri Jenson, De Soto; Liv Lyche, Free State; Margo Wieschhaus, Mill Valley; Marlee Yost-Wolff, Free State.

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Wichita — Fred VanVleet walks into the training room deep within Koch Arena. He gently pulls off his shirt to reveal a cut-up elbow, a bruised shoulder, a nasty gash on the palm of his hand.

He has just led No. 11 Wichita State to a victory over previously unbeaten Seton Hall, and he’s certainly worse for the wear.

The blood keeps oozing, even as one of the trainers slaps a fresh piece of gauze on the point guard every couple of minutes.

“It could be worse,” VanVleet says with a shrug.

VanVleet is one of the rare success stories to come out of Rockford, Illinois, an old rust-belt city west of Chicago. His father was shot and killed in a botched drug deal when he was 5 years old.

Yet guided by a headstrong mother and police officer stepfather, VanVleet blossomed into one of college basketball’s best players.

He helped the Shockers on a magical run to the Final Four as a freshman. He led them to a perfect regular season as a sophomore. Now a junior, he’s a first-team preseason All-American.

“I’ve always been a guy that doesn’t like to mess up a whole lot,” VanVleet told the Associated Press.

“I like to watch other people mess up, so I can learn. I watch how bad they look and I’m like, ‘I never want to do that.’”

Those lessons lurked around every corner growing up.

Rockford was once a bustling city known for its manufacturing. But just as in other cities

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WICHITA STATE GUARD FRED VANVLEET (23) shoots as Utah forward Jakob Poeltl (42) defends during a Dec. 3 game in Salt Lake City. stretching from Ohio to Illinois, the factories began to shut down in the 1970s and ’80s, and every day more people were put out of work. Desperation all too often leads to drugs and violence.

There were days when VanVleet would walk home from school and see the Latin Kings on one corner, the Vice Lords on another. He would see kids he went to school with suddenly hanging out with the gangs, wearing their colors.

“It’s very easy, because especially here on the west side of town, that’s all around you,” said Bry-

an Orr, the varsity basketball coach at Rockford’s Auburn High School.

“It’s easy to follow that if that’s what you want to do,” he explained. “It’s very possible to choose an unfortunate path. The illegal economy is certainly there for anybody interested.”

Even now, VanVleet can recall childhood friends who are in prison or worse.

“Those are obviously people I still love and always have loved,” he said, “but you get to choose who you associated yourself with. And a lot of those things they

were doing weren’t good for me to be around. My closest friends weren’t into those things, but people I went to school with since the sixth grade are in the drug game, in prison, even dead.

“People in my class should have graduated with me and they didn’t make it that far.”

VanVleet never showed much interest in the unsavory life, though.

And while it would be easy for him to take the credit for it, he passes it all off on his family.

Susan VanVleet worked tireless hours to keep her kids safe. When

she met Joe Danforth, a Rockford police officer, she suddenly had an ally in her cause. Together, they made sure VanVleet and brothers Darnell, J.D. and Tre and sisters Alexis and Aaliyah would have a future.

Not that it was an easy upbringing.

“We weren’t rich,” Fred VanVleet said, “but comparatively speaking to my friends, we were probably looked up to.

We were in debt but they were filing for bankruptcy.”

Danforth, who also coaches the Auburn junior varsity, brought a

military approach to the family. He would rouse his boys from bed long before the sun came up, putting them through drills that would help three of them go on to play some form of college hoops.

“You had a totally different guy, a policeman, very regimented, very structured and very tough, and Fred will tell you, he didn’t like it,” Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall said, “but he dealt with it. He persevered through it.”

VanVleet wasn’t highly recruited. Scouts said he was too small, or too slow.

So he settled on Wichita State, a program that was already on the upswing but had not come close to reaching its current level.

That took VanVleet running the point.

Showcasing maturity beyond his years, he quickly became a reliable backup, and then moved into the starting lineup. With flawless decision-making, a reliable jump shot and gritty defense honed on the playgrounds and gyms of Rockford, he became the glue holding Wichita State together.

The Shockers advanced to the Final Four his first year and had eventual champion Louisville on the ropes before falling 72-68. Then last year, after a 35-0 regular season, the No. 1-seeded Shockers gave eventual national runner-up Kentucky all it could handle in a 78-76 loss.

“He makes everything look easy,” teammate Ron Baker marveled one day. “You aren’t paying any attention and then you look up and he has 18 points and eight assists.”

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W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 12 3 0 .800 459 296 Miami 8 7 0 .533 364 336 Buffalo 8 7 0 .533 326 280 N.Y. Jets 3 12 0 .200 246 377 South

W L T Pct PF PA y-Indianapolis 10 5 0 .667 431 359 Houston 8 7 0 .533 349 290 Jacksonville 3 12 0 .200 232 389 Tennessee 2 13 0 .133 244 411 North

W L T Pct PF PA x-Cincinnati 10 4 1 .700 348 317 x-Pittsburgh 10 5 0 .667 409 351 Baltimore 9 6 0 .600 389 292 Cleveland 7 8 0 .467 289 317 West

W L T Pct PF PA y-Denver 11 4 0 .733 435 340 San Diego 9 6 0 .600 341 329 Kansas City 8 7 0 .533 334 274 Oakland 3 12 0 .200 239 405 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA y-Dallas 11 4 0 .733 423 335 Philadelphia 9 6 0 .600 440 374 N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 .400 354 366 Washington 4 11 0 .267 284 394 South

W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 6 8 1 .433 305 371 Atlanta 6 9 0 .400 378 383 New Orleans 6 9 0 .400 378 404 Tampa Bay 2 13 0 .133 257 387 North

W L T Pct PF PA x-Detroit 11 4 0 .733 301 252 x-Green Bay 11 4 0 .733 456 328 Minnesota 6 9 0 .400 312 334 Chicago 5 10 0 .333 310 429 West

W L T Pct PF PA x-Seattle 11 4 0 .733 374 248 x-Arizona 11 4 0 .733 293 279 San Francisco 7 8 0 .467 286 323 St. Louis 6 9 0 .400 318 334 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Sunday, Dec. 28 Indianapolis at Tennessee, noon Jacksonville at Houston, noon San Diego at Kansas City, noon Chicago at Minnesota, noon Cleveland at Baltimore, noon Dallas at Washington, noon N.Y. Jets at Miami, noon Buffalo at New England, noon Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, noon New Orleans at Tampa Bay, noon Arizona at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.

Oakland at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

Detroit at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m.

Carolina at Atlanta, 3:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

College Football Bowls

All Times EST Saturday, Dec. 20 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 16, Nevada 3 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Utah State 21, UTEP 6 Las Vegas Bowl Utah 45, Colorado State 10 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise Air Force 38, Western Michigan 24 Camelia Bowl At Montgomery, Ala. Bowling Green 33, South Alabama 28 Monday, Dec. 22

Sugar Bowl winner vs. Rose Bowl winner, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 17 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Carson, Calif.

National vs. American, 3 p.m.

(ESPN2) Saturday, Jan. 24 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 3 p.m. (NFLN)

Big 12 Men

Conf.

Overall

W L W L TCU 0 0 12 0 West Virginia 0 0 11 1 Baylor 0 0 10 1 Iowa State 0 0 9 1 Texas 0 0 10 2 Oklahoma State 0 0 9 2 Kansas 0 0 9 2 Texas Tech 0 0 9 3 Oklahoma 0 0 8 3 Kansas State 0 0 7 4 Sunday, Dec. 28 Texas Southern at Kansas St., 2 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 29 Rice at Texas, Noon Tennessee State at TCU, 7 p.m.

North Texas at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

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CLEVELAND FORWARD LEBRON JAMES, RIGHT, HUGS MIAMI GUARD DWYANE WADE before the Cavaliers faced the Heat Thursday in Miami.

Miami Beach Bowl Memphis 55, BYU 48, 2OT Tuesday, Dec. 23 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Marshall 52, Northern Illinois 23 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego Navy 17, San Diego State 16 Wednesday, Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl At Nassau Western Kentucky 49, Central Michigan 48 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Rice 30, Fresno State 6 Today Heart of Dallas Bowl Illinois (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-4), noon (ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl At Detroit Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl UCF (9-3) vs. N.C. State (7-5), 7 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl At Annapolis, Md. Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), noon (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Duke (9-3) vs. Arizona State (9-3), 1

p.m. (CBS) Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Miami (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6), 3 p.m. (ESPN2) Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Boston College (7-5) vs. Penn State (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Nebraska (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 29 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

West Virginia (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Texas Bowl At Houston Texas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 30 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Notre Dame (7-5) vs. LSU (8-4), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Louisville (9-3) vs. Georgia (9-3), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Fosters Farm Bowl At Santa Clara, Calif.

Stanford (7-5) vs. Maryland (7-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl At Atlanta Mississippi (9-3) vs. TCU (11-1), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Boise State (11-2) vs. Arizona (10-3), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl At Miami Gardens, Fla. Mississippi State (10-2) vs. Georgia Tech (10-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Wisconsin (10-3) vs. Auburn (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Cotton Bowl Classic At Arlington, Texas Michigan State (10-2) vs. Baylor (111), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) Citrus Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (10-3), noon (ABC) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Playoff semifinal: Oregon (12-1) vs.

Florida State (13-0), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl

At New Orleans Playoff semifinal: Alabama (12-1) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 2 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Houston (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) TaxSlayer Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6), 3:20 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio UCLA (9-3) vs. Kansas State (9-3), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) Cactus Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Oklahoma State (6-6) vs.

Washington (8-5), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 3 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Florida (6-5) vs. East Carolina (8-4), noon (ESPN2) GoDaddy Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas State (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 10 Medal of Honor Bowl At Charleston, S.C. American vs. National, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 12 College Football Championship At Arlington, Texas

Conf.

Overall

W L W L Texas 0 0 10 0 Baylor 0 0 10 1 Kansas State 0 0 9 1 Oklahoma State 0 0 9 1 Texas Tech 0 0 9 2 West Virginia 0 0 9 2 Iowa State 0 0 7 2 TCU 0 0 7 3 Kansas 0 0 8 4 Oklahoma 0 0 5 5 Monday, Dec. 29 St. Francis (Pa.) at W. Virginia, 6 p.m.

Northwestern St. at Okla. St., 7 p.m.

Samford at Kansas, 7 p.m.

Prairie View A&M at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Howard at Iowa State, 7:30 p.m.

College Men

Diamond Head Classic Honolulu, Hawaii Seventh Place Loyola Marymount 72, DePaul 69 Fifth Place Nebraska 71, Ohio 58 Third Place Hawaii 69, Colorado 66 Championship George Washington 60, Wichita State 54

NHL

Today’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games Boston at Columbus, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Dallas at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m.

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PUBLIC NOTICES TO PLACE AN AD: (First published in the the Last Will and TestaLawrence Daily Journal- ment of Jack Crow Roney, World, December 12, 2014) Deceased, dated November 12, 2012, praying that IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF the Will filed with the petiDOUGLAS COUNTY, tion be admitted to proKANSAS bate and record; that Jack Michael Roney be apIn the Matter of the Estate pointed as Executor withof out bond; and that he be JACK CROW RONEY, granted Letters TestamenDeceased. tary under the Kansas Simplified Estates Act. Case No. 2014-PR-209 You are further advised Division 1 that under the provisions Pursuant to K.S.A. of the Kansas Simplified Chapter 59 Estates Act, the court need not supervise administraNOTICE OF HEARING AND tion of the estate, and no NOTICE TO CREDITORS notice of any action of the Executor or other proceedTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ings in the administration ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: will be given, except for notice of final settlement You are hereby notified of decedent’s estate. that on December 4, 2014, a petition was filed in this You are further advised court by Jack Michael that if written objections Roney, Executor named in to simplified administra-

785.832.2222 tion are filed with the barred.

Court, the Court may order that supervised adminis- Jack Michael Roney, tration ensue.

Petitioner

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You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 8th day of January, 2015, at 10:15 o’clock A.M. of said day, in said court, in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever

RILING, BURKHEAD & NITCHER, Chartered 808 Massachusetts Street P. O. Box B Lawrence, Kansas 66044 (785) 841-4700, (785) 843-0161 - fax By: Lori L. Heasty Attorney for Petitioner ________

Ezequiel Olivas, et al.

Defendants Case No. 14CV308 Court No. 1 Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60

NOTICE OF SALE (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, World December 19, 2014) that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF me by the Clerk of the DisDOUGLAS COUNTY, trict Court of Douglas KANSAS County, Kansas, the underCIVIL DEPARTMENT signed Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer The Bank of New York Mel- for sale at public auction lon FKA The Bank of New and sell to the highest bidYork, As Trustee For the der for cash in hand at the Certificateholders of the Jury Assembly Room lo-

cated in the lower level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center Building, Kansas, on January 15, 2015 at the time of 10:00 AM, the following real estate: BEGINNING AT A POINT 1043.07 FEET WEST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 14 SOUTH, RANGE 21 EAST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ON AN ASSUMED BEARING OF NORTH 89° 47’ 25” WEST; THENCE CONTINUING ON A BEARING OF NORTH 89° 47’ 25” WEST, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 8,396.79 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID SOUTH LINE, NORTH 00° 00’ 00” EAST, 852.98 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°

36’ 00” EAST, 396.80 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00° 00’ 00” WEST, 857.21 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, LESS THAT PORTION CONVEYED BY DEED RECORDED NOVEMBER 20,1996, IN BOOK 567, PAGE 1082, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 1185.00 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 8, ON AN ASSUMED BEARING OF SOUTH 89° 47’ 25” EAST; THENCE CONTINUING ON A BEARING OF SOUTH 89° 47’ 25” EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER, 70.00 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID SOUTH LINE NORTH 00° 00’ 00” EAST, 100 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89° 47’ 25”

WEST, 70.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00° 00’ 00” WEST, 100.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. Tax ID No. 200495J, Commonly known as 2174 N. 700th Rd., Eudora, KS 66025 (“the Property”) MS159695 to satisfy the judgment in the above entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court.

Douglas County Sheriff MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By: Chad R. Doornink, #23536

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Computerized Assessments & Learning (CA&L) is currently seeking a Junior Quality Assurance Specialist to join our team in Lawrence, KS. Successful candidates would have: • Experience being a self-starter and using their superior analytical and problem solving sills.

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Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information mgmt. or a related field with at least four years related experience or an equivalent combo of education and experience. Further details are available on the City’s website.

at the Lawrence Workforce Center, 2540 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66046 We seek candidates who possess the following: • A high school diploma or GED (or above) • Ability to speak and read English proficiently • Ability to type a minimum of 20 WPM • Computer Literacy • Six months customer service experience • Previous call center experience preferred • Spanish Bilinguals • Ability to successfully pass a background check • Drug Free PRIOR TO ATTENDING THE EVENT:

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The City of Topeka is an Equal Opportunity Employer General Dynamics Information Technology is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, supporting employment of qualified minorities, females, disabled individuals, and protected veterans.

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PUBLIC NOTICES TO PLACE AN AD: PUBLIC NOTICE CONTINUED FROM 8C cdoornink@msfirm.com Jason A. Orr, #22222 jorr@msfirm.com 11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 300 Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS ATTORNEYS FOR THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-21 IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 26, 2014) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of JEFFREY L. LUCAS, Deceased Case No. 2014 PR 221 (Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59) NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that a Petition has been filed in this

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Court by Crystol Lorraine (First published in the Lucas, mother of Jeffrey L. Lawrence Daily JournalLucas, deceased, request- World December 12, 2014) ing descent be determined of the following described IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF real estate situated in DOUGLAS COUNTY, Douglas County, Kansas: KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Deerfield Woods Subdivison No. 1, Lot 18, in the Bank of America, N.A. City of Lawrence, Douglas Plaintiff, County, Kansas, subject to easements and restricvs. tions of record, Damon Miner, Deanna and all personal property Miner, Jane Doe, and John and other Kansas real esDoe, et al., tate owned by decedent at Defendants the time of death.

And that such property and all Case No. 14CV469 personal property and Court No. other Kansas real estate Title to Real Estate owned by the decedent at Involved the time of death be asPursuant to K.S.A. §60 signed pursuant to the NOTICE OF SUIT terms of the “Valid Settlement Agreement” dated STATE OF KANSAS to the October 14, 2014. above named Defendants You are required to file and The Unknown Heirs, your written defenses to executors, devisees, trusthe Petition on or before tees, creditors, and asJanuary 22, 2015 at 10:15 signs of any deceased dethe unknown a.m. in the city of Law- fendants; rence in Douglas County, spouses of any defendKansas, at which time and ants; the unknown officplace the cause will be ers, successors, trustees, heard. Should you fail to creditors and assigns of file your written defenses, any defendants that are judgment and decree will existing, dissolved or dorbe entered in due course mant corporations; the unknown executors, adminisupon the Petition. trators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and Crystol Lorraine Lucas, assigns of any defendants Petitioner that are or were partners or in partnership; and the Richard W. Hird, KS Bar unknown guardians, con#11219 servators and trustees of Petefish, Immel, Heeb & any defendants that are Hird, LLP minors or are under any le842 Louisiana gal disability and all other Lawrence, KS 66044 person who are or may be 785-843-0450 Office concerned: 785-842-0407 Fax Attorneys for Petitioner YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED ________

that a Petition for Mortgage Foreclosure has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas by Bank of America, N.A., praying for foreclosure of certain real property legally described as follows: THE NORTH 40 FEET OF LOT TWELVE [12], AND THE SOUTH 35 FEET OF LOT THIRTEEN [13], IN BLOCK ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX [146], IN THE CITY OF EUDORA, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS.[THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN BRACKETS HAS BEEN ADDED TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.] Tax ID No. E02313A for a judgment against defendants and any other interested parties and, unless otherwise served by personal or mail service of summons, the time in which you have to plead to the Petition for Foreclosure in the District Court of Douglas County Kansas will expire on January 22, 2015. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the request of plaintiff.

MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By: Chad R. Doornink, #23536 cdoornink@msfirm.com 11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Ste. 300 Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) By: Tiffany T. Johnson, #26544 tjohnson@msfirm.com Anthony L. Smith II, #26593 asmith@msfirm.com

classifieds@ljworld.com Garrett M. Gasper, #25628 ggasper@msfirm.com 612 Spirit Dr. St. Louis, MO 63005 (636) 537-0110 (636) 537-0067 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ________

any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability and all other person who are or may be concerned:

(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal- YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition for MortWorld December 12, 2014) gage Foreclosure has been IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas by DOUGLAS COUNTY, Federal National Mortgage KANSAS Association, praying for CIVIL DEPARTMENT foreclosure of certain real Federal National Mortgage property legally described as follows: Association Plaintiff, LOTS 13, 14, 15 AND 16, BLOCK 76, IN THE CITY OF vs.

EUDORA, DOUGLAS LOTS Russell L. Hopping, Vivian COUNTY, KANSAS. EIGHT (8), NINE (9), AND C. Hopping a/k/a Vivian TEN (10), BLOCK Carol Sabatos, Jane Doe, SEVENTY-SIX (76), IN THE and John Doe, et al., CITY OF EUDORA, DOUGLAS Defendants COUNTY, KANSAS. TAX ID NO. E01233 (Lots 8,9,10) Case No. 14CV468 TAX ID NO. E01238A (Lots Court No. 13,14) TAX ID NO. E01240A Title to Real Estate (Lots 15, 16) Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 for a judgment against defendants and any other inNOTICE OF SUIT terested parties and, unSTATE OF KANSAS to the less otherwise served by above named Defendants personal or mail service of and The Unknown Heirs, summons, the time in executors, devisees, trus- which you have to plead to tees, creditors, and as- the Petition for Foreclosigns of any deceased de- sure in the District Court of fendants; the unknown Douglas County Kansas spouses of any defend- will expire on January 22, ants; the unknown offic- 2015. If you fail to plead, ers, successors, trustees, judgment and decree will creditors and assigns of be entered in due course

upon the request of plaintiff.

MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By: Chad R. Doornink, #23536 cdoornink@msfirm.com 11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Ste. 300 Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) By: Tiffany T. Johnson, #26544 tjohnson@msfirm.com Anthony L. Smith II, #26593 asmith@msfirm.com Garrett M. Gasper, #25628 ggasper@msfirm.com 612 Spirit Dr. St. Louis, MO 63005 (636) 537-0110 (636) 537-0067 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, on January 22, 2015, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

Lot 19, in Maple Lawn, an addition to the City of Lawrence, in Douglas County, Kansas, comMILLSAP & SINGER, LLC IS monly known as 331 JohnATTEMPTING TO COLLECT son Avenue, Lawrence, KS A DEBT AND ANY INFOR- 66044 (the “Property”) MATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR- to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

POSE. The sale is to be made ________ without appraisement and (First Published in the subject to the redemption Lawrence Daily Journal- period as provided by law, and further subject to the World, December 26, 2014) approval of the Court. For information, visit IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF more www.Southlaw.com DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Kenneth M. McGovern, CIVIL DEPARTMENT Sheriff U.S. Bank National Associ- Douglas County, Kansas ation successor by merger Prepared By: to Mercantile Bank South & Associates, P.C. Plaintiff, Megan Cello (KS # 24167) 6363 College Blvd., vs.

Suite 100 Patricia Ellen Sinclair, et al. Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 Defendants.

(913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff Case No. 13CV305 (155837) Court Number: 5 ________ Pursuant to K.S.A.

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Sister’s angry outbursts concern family Dear Annie: My sister, “Denise,” has turned into a hostile, critical person.

My other siblings have become very proficient at pacifying Denise by always agreeing with her.

Denise is not a bad person, so it is shocking to see her act this way.

Most of the time, her anger is directed at sales people or drivers on the road. But I also seem to have become the target of her wrath. When I ask her what I said to upset her, she cannot tell me.

What’s worse is that Denise has managed to sour my relationship with my other siblings. They blame me for upsetting her.

Recently, Denise told me our other siblings do not like me because I upset her. My husband has caught her making fun of me or criticizing me.

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Without these outbursts, Denise and I have a great time together.

But it rarely lasts. I do not know what to do.

I try to limit my contact with her and word our conversations very carefully. I would like to maintain a relationship with my other siblings, but she is making it impossible. Any advice? — No Name, Please.

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On Set With TV’s Hottest Comedies” (7 p.m., CBS) offers an insider’s look at the making of television comedies, including interviews with stars and creative teams.

This differs from “normal” network programming in that it celebrates series not on CBS and not even on network television.

Except for award shows, a network’s discussion of television tends toward the self-promotional. Networks might air syndicated entertainment news “magazines,” but they never devote much time to promoting their competition. That’s one reason why TV has long aired shows that criticize (and publicize) movies, but have never embraced a show featuring TV critics or criticism. Why air a show on ABC extolling HBO, NBC or Netflix?

But hey, if you change your mind(s), you know where to find me.

“Funny!” takes viewers behind the scenes on the sets of “Modern Family” (ABC); “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “New Girl” (Fox) and “Parks and Recreation” (NBC). It also acknowledges “Episodes” (Showtime) and “Key and Peele” (Comedy Central).

O A repeat “American Masters” (7 p.m., PBS, check local listings) tries to rescue the artist from his Christmas sweater.

“Bing Crosby Rediscovered” recalls young Bing’s extraordinary sex appeal and his emergence as a nonchalant male role model who towered over entertainment from the 1920s through the 1950s. Artie Shaw once dubbed him “The first hip white person born in the United States.”

Tonight’s other highlights O The voice of Ray Romano animates the 2011 cartoon “Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas” (7 p.m., Fox).

O The gang creates a living nativity scene on a Christmasthemed episode of “Glee” (8 p.m., Fox).

O Contestants pitch ideas for boxes, balloons, cookware and more, on “Shark Tank” (8 p.m., ABC).

BIRTHDAYS Actor Donald Moffat is 84.

Humorist David Sedaris is 58.

Rock musician Lars Ulrich (Metallica) is 51. Rock singer James Mercer (The Shins) is 44. Actor-singer Jared Leto is 43. Rock singer Chris Daughtry is 35. Actor Kit Harington (TV: “Game of Thrones”) is 28.

cently? She may have a hormonal imbalance or other condition that is causing these outbursts.

Tell her you are concerned about her and suggest she speak to her doctor. She must be unhappy to have so little control over herself.

Dear Annie: I lost both of my parents a couple of years ago, and I would like to impart a very important message to your readers: Please express your last wishes to your family and loved ones. My family was reluctant to have these discussions, so we were left guessing.

As the executrix of my parents’ estate, I didn’t know what their final wishes were. My brothers and I inherited their estate, but I would have gladly given that back tenfold had my parents been able to enjoy one more year of their hard-

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Friday, Dec. 26: This year you’ll put your best foot forward in nearly any situation, yet it is likely to result in some unusual outcomes. You often come up with unique ideas, some of which are workable. If you are single, you might meet someone who sweeps you off your feet. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy your time together.

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) +++ Your intuition will point you to the right path. You could be dealing with a headstrong friend.

Tonight: Till the wee hours.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++++ Make and return calls. You could be surprised by some information. Tonight: Take an overview.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ++++ You have a way of handling a personal matter differently. You’ll feel inspired to follow a role model you respect. Tonight: Take off for the weekend.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ You might be more flexible than you have been in a while. You will identify with someone else. Tonight: Let others do the entertaining.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ Remain sure of yourself, and know where you are heading. Be direct with others. Tonight:

earned retirement. Yet, two years later, I am still left forever hoping that I honored what I thought they wanted.

If you feel that this is a subject you cannot broach, just leave a letter or legal document with instructions, and make sure it can be easily found. — C.B. in New Hampshire Dear C.B.: Thank you for the sage advice. It is often easier to speak to an attorney about one’s final wishes, but instructions for a funeral are likely not disclosed until after the fact. Write down what you want, make a couple of copies and leave them where they are most likely to be discovered by those who are looking.

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

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Say “yes” to a loved one.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ++++ Others make it clear that they want to be dominant.

Your ability to work through a problem will emerge. Tonight: Go along with plans.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ++++ You might want a change in your life. You could toss some ideas around. Tonight: Get some much needed sleep.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ Focus on the quality of your communication. Your vision of possibilities finally will be heard. Tonight: Don’t shy away from others.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ++++ You could be unusually intense when dealing with a family member. You might gain a different perspective. Tonight: Stay close to home.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) +++++ You’ll ask questions and have a lot to deal with.

Your sense of humor will emerge.

Tonight: Make it easy.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ++++ You might want to revamp your finances. You know what you need to do. Tonight: Catch up on a friend’s news.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) +++++ You intuitively zero in on what you want. You might want to check out a situation. Tonight: Just be yourself.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker December 26, 2014

ACROSS 1 Accomplish, biblically 6 Mentally healthy 10 Anagram of “laws” 14 Wiser companion 15 Intensely interested 16 One of the strings 17 Emergency light 18 Announced ones’ presence at the door 19 Boldly provocative 20 Coat of arms 23 Lubricant 24 Dog biter 25 Canal large enough for seagoing vessels 27 Baby newt 30 “Meet Me ___ Louis” 32 HHH, to Homer 33 Takes as spoils 35 Register part 37 Let fly, as lava 40 Certain undergrad, briefly 41 What some popular videos go 42 Blacken on a grill 43 German river 44 Italian desserts 45 Sing “nyahnyah” to

46 One spelling for an Eastern potentate 48 Store on board 50 Male doll 51 Alcove for eating 54 Snooker cushion 56 Gene material, in brief 57 Some occurred in Geneva 62 “Green Gables” girl 64 Newspaper notice, briefly 65 Brook catch 66 Bartlett, for one 67 Decidedly not marshy 68 Avoid doing 69 Emerald Isle language 70 Rocks to refine 71 Increased excessively, as a score DOWN 1 Remove one’s hat 2 Bulging earthenware vessel 3 Dutch cheese 4 Finishing stroke, to a calligrapher 5 Latticework for vines 6 Full of barbs 7 Petri dish stuff 8 Roman day

9 Pale yellowish-white 10 “___ Maria” 11 Eddie Munster’s hairline feature 12 Maxims 13 Craftily 21 Desire 22 “___-Willow” (“The Mikado” song) 26 Out of fashion 27 “So what ___ is new?”

28 April 1 honoree 29 Vaudeville headliners 31 Coupe quartet 34 Musical motif 36 Catholic sacrament 38 Ill at ___ (uncomfortable) 39 Brown songbird

41 Flawless musician 45 Tweet source 47 “For what ___ worth …”

49 Horse morsel 51 Window decor 52 Away from the outer edge 53 Fireplace remnant 55 Insect stage 58 Thick mud 59 Homebuyer’s need, usually 60 Twistyhorned antelope 61 Kind of child 63 “ ... __ he drove out of sight ...”

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Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

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Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

Answer here: Yesterday’s

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: WAFER ADAPT HOURLY ZODIAC Answer: He put up so many Christmas lights, the neighbors were in a — “HOLI-DAZE”

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