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Topeka — Despite protests from students and university officials across the state, Gov. Sam Brownback is making no apologies for new gun laws that will soon require campuses to allow concealed weapons on campuses.

Nor is he giving any indication that he’s prepared to back down.

“It’s a Second Amendment right,” Brownback said during a recent interview.

“Some people would look at Brownback some things I suppose under any constitutional right and question it, but it remains a constitutional right.”

In 2013, Kansas lawmakers passed, and Brownback signed, a bill mandating that concealed weapons be allowed in nearly all public buildings unless adequate security is in place to prevent anyone from bringing in a weapon. Public colleges and universities were given until 2017 to come into compliance with that law.

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LAWRENCE RESIDENTS PATTI AND STEVE FISHER are pictured Dec. 2 at their Lawrence home with their two foster children, a 4-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl, who are unidentified to protect the privacy of their biological parents.

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he 4-year-old boy, full of chatter and energy, has a bed here. He just doesn’t particularly want to use it right now.

“Ten minutes before we take a nap,” Steve Fisher says to the child.

Ah, the 10-minute

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warning: a hallmark of every home with a toddler.

This, however, isn’t every home. The 4-year-old boy and his 6-year-old sister — who already is dutifully taking her nap — are child No. 24 and No. 25 for

the Lawrence household of Steve and Patti Fisher.

Perhaps you are thinking that something other than the 10-minute warning ought to be explained here, but, Please see FISHERS, page 2A

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Survey: Shoppers favor mix of Lawrence, other cities

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new JournalWorld poll found that not quite half of those surveyed did the majority of their holiday shopping in Lawrence, yet most respondents believe the city had just the right amount of shopping options.

It also shows Lawrence shoppers spread

their dollars throughout the region. Most made purchases in Lawrence, Topeka, Kansas City and elsewhere.

The survey gathered 1,000 responses from Journal-World readers. The survey counted only responses from readers that said they did some of their shopping in Lawrence. Here’s a look

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Lawrence retail options JUST RIGHT: 57.1%

TOO FEW: 38.3%

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Margin of error: 1.1% to 3%

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at the results: l When asked this time about the amount of retail in Lawrence, 57.1 percent of respondents said there was “just the right amount.” “Not enough” garnered 38.3 percent of votes, and 4.6 percent answered that there was

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Kansas lawmaker seeks end of privatized foster care system

Topeka (ap) — A Republican Kansas lawmaker is calling for an end to the state’s first-in-thenation privatized foster eggy nn berhArt care system, as it nears its 20th anniversary with Peggy, Age 82 of Baldwin, passed away Dec. 24 in increasing scrutiny and Topeka. Graveside services by Lamb-Roberts will be a record number of children in foster homes.

11am Wed. Dec 30 at Stony Point Cemetery, Baldwin.

Rep. Mike Kiegerl, an Olathe Republican, wrote ohn ldon ontgoMEry a report titled “When Children Die We Must Services for John E. Montgomery, 90, Lawrence, Act” in which he conare pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost cluded that the mid-1990s privatization wasn’t sucFuneral Home. He died Saturday. rumsey-yost.com cessful, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

“It grieves the author of this report who as an economist fervently believes in private-sector A Thousand Voices is a feature that surveys readers efficiency to categorically of LJWorld.com about their opinions on a variety of state that this program as issues being debated by the public. The Journal-World currently in place ought will regularly conduct a poll that captures a repreto be eliminated. Perhaps sentative sample of the approximately 35,000 users another method of privaof LJWorld.com. All polling will be conducted by our tizing services could be partner, Google Consumer Surveys. The Google sysstudied,” Kiegerl wrote. tem chooses participants for the poll at random. Users His report was among of LJWorld.com have no ability to choose to take the more than 100 pages of poll. Some people had this survey presented to them documents provided to when they went to our website and some didn’t. Each the Legislature’s Special poll consists of at least 1,000 responses from website Committee on Foster users. The survey software calculates results using Care Adequacy, which margins of error and 95 percent confidence levels common to the polling industry.

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met for one day last month and hopes to get permission to meet again.

The Department for Children and Families, which oversees the state’s foster care contractors, has been facing questions and criticism in recent months over the deaths of multiple children in the foster care system.

The scrutiny intensified after a Topeka city councilman and his wife were charged in November with child abuse. The couple have 17 children, including multiple foster and adoptive children.

Kiegerl prepared his report before the couple, Jonathan and Allison Schumm, were arrested.

The report notes the state spends about $283 million every two years on foster care, not counting payments to foster parents.

The report called caseworker turnover a serious problem that creates extra work for DCF employees, disrupts procedures, and increases expenses.

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recognition.

“You just have to be willing to give of yourself and see where it CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A leads,” Patti says.

Manhattan when it came Sometimes, you also to the number of retail fear not, the Fishers are have to be willing to options adjusted for prodigious foster parsay goodbye. Foster population.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A ents. The 25 children children are meant to One thing to note — have come in a threeleave the home, either even though the census an unhealthy overabunto return back to their data revealed Topeka has and-a-half-year period. dance. The results had a Patti explains how parents, other family more home furnishings margin of error of 1.1 to 3 and furniture, sportit happens: “I get a call members or sometimes percentage points. (from the placement to be adopted. ing goods, clothing and l When respondents firm), and then I call him That means goodaccessories, shoe and were asked to select (Steve) and say, ‘Can we byes. other stores, it was the from a list of all the do this?’”

“But we still wonder least-selected option in places they shopped for Then, the scramble be- about all the kids who our survey. The 1,000 the holidays, 85 percent gins: Changing the kids’ have come through LJWorld.com readers chose all of the options, room from a Winnie the here,” Steve says, breaksurveyed shopped more including Lawrence, Pooh theme to KU basing into a story about in Lawrence and Kansas Topeka, Kansas City and City. ketball; trips to Wal-Mart a pair of sisters with “elsewhere.” The margin at 1 in the morning to get autism who stayed with Retail has been of error ranged from 1.8 needed supplies. Most of the family. “They would an up-front topic in to 3.1 percentage points. the time a foster family stay on that swing in Lawrence recently, l Answers were has no more than a day the backyard all day, if with the proposal of almost evenly divided or two to prepare for the you would let them. You a 250,000-square-foot when we asked responarrival. always wonder what shopping center for the dents whether they did The kids have ranged happened to them.”

South Lawrence Trafficthe majority of their in age from 10 months to Yes, the goodbyes way-Iowa Street intershopping in Lawrence.

15 years old. Their length can be tough. None was section.

Slightly more said “no” of stays have varied, too. tougher than when earThe development, (53.6 percent) than yes Some have been as short lier this year the 4-yearKTen Crossing, has had (46.4 percent). The old and the 6-year-old some critics who’ve said as just a weekend. Some results had a margin of have been quite a bit lon- were returned to a parLawrence doesn’t have error of 3 percentage ger. The 4-year-old boy ent, despite trepidation the market to support points. and 6-year-old girl — we from Steve and Patti. another shopping area But Patti says one of We first asked readers or that the placement don’t use their names for the keys to being a good about the amount of reprivacy reasons — have isn’t right. But others tail options in Lawrence been with the Fishers for foster parent is that you have said the kind of can’t let the pain of a in October. We asked about two years. shopping offered in the goodbye stop you from again to see whether “We’re staying with development would keep taking the chance to care. opinions would change these kids for as long as residents from traveling “Even with your biowhen they were going elsewhere for purchases, they need us,” Patti says. logical kids, you never out to stores and finding keeping sales tax dollars l l l know how much time exactly what they wanted in Lawrence. you are going to have to buy their loved ones A public meeting The 4-year-old boy is with them either,” Patti this time of year. hosted by the developsays. “That is never The results didn’t ers led up to a key City still going strong.

“I gave him the on your terms. It is on change much; only about Commission vote Dec. 8 10-minute warning,” God’s terms. In this 5 percent more people that would have either case, it also is on the said there were not opened or shut the door Steve says. “But I don’t think he understands judge’s terms. But you enough shopping opfor the development. don’t stop loving your tions.

That vote was deferred what 10 minutes is.”

Ah, the I-can’t-tellown kids just because Earlier this week, we because one commisyou don’t know, so why looked at data from the sioner could not attend time loophole. the meeting. It’s not Every parent has would you stop loving U.S. Census Bureau’s yet sure when it will go fallen victim to that these kids?”

Business Census and before the commission one. For Steve, though, You also never know found Lawrence lagged again. it had been a while. when the kids may behind Topeka and He’s in his mid-50s and come back into your works at Home Depot. life. About three weeks He has two grown step- after returning to the children from a previparent, the phone rang.

ROADWORK ous marriage. Patti, a The placement agency telecommunications was asking Patti if the engineer, is in her mid- kids could return.

Northbound Michigan 40s and had no children She called Steve. closed at Sixth Street before she became a “I told her,” Steve foster parent. says, “that she didn’t Lawrence: But the pair has need to ask.” l As part of a waterline replacement project, condone well. The Fishers struction is ongoing on Michigan Street north and l l l recently were honored south of West Sixth Street. The northbound lane of as the DCCCA Featured Michigan Street north of Sixth Street will be closed There are a lot of Foster Family of 2015. for approximately one month from Dec. 21, and at unexpected opportuniPatti says there was times, westbound Sixth Street may be reduced to no “aha moment” when ties with kids. Getting one lane. a chance to experience she decided to become a foster parent. Instead, youth again is one of — Staff Reports it was more of a gradual them.

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must have healthy profit margins in order to pay a CEO of one of the contractors $650,000 a year.

In 1997, Kansas became the first state to privatize its foster care system, partly in response to a 1989 class-action lawsuit that accused DCF — then known as Social and Rehabilitation Services — of failing to adequately care for abused and neglected children.

DCF Secretary Phyllis Gilmore told lawmakers last month there are about 6,600 children in foster care in Kansas — a record high — and 2,826 licensed foster homes.

Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat, said he opposed privatization when the change was made and continues to do so.

“I believe it’s been an abject failure, particularly in taking the best interest of children in mind. I believe too many decisions are made that are based on money,” Hensley said.

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“One of the great (USPS 306-520) Periodicals postthings has been to see age paid at Lawrence, Kan. Member of Alliance kids come here, and you for Audited Media can tell they now know Member of The Associated what a dad is supposed Press to do,” Patti says. “They understand how a dad is supposed to treat them.”

The learning has gone both ways.

“We felt we could SATURDAY’S POWERBALL make a difference with 27 40 44 59 65 (20) kids,” Patti says. “But FRIDAY’S MEGA MILLIONS little did we know how 15 25 29 44 51 (4) much of a difference they SATURDAY’S would make with us.”

HOT LOTTO SIZZLER 14 21 24 32 36 (16) Sometimes, they’ll even surprise you at nap SATURDAY’S SUPER KANSAS CASH time.

5 11 16 26 32 (23) “It is time to take a SATURDAY’S nap,” Steve says while KANSAS 2BY2 watching the boy still Red: 17 22; White: 4 17 stand there. A moment SATURDAY’S longer passes. “Please.”

KANSAS PICK 3 And that did the trick.

5 5 1 Off he goes. Off to his bed. Unlike the very old story that is at the center of this holiday season, BIRTHS there’s always a bed available here. A certain No births were reported attitude ensures there’s Saturday. always room.

“Our definition of family has always been fluid,” Patti says. “If you CORRECTIONS are in need, we have said, ‘Come here.’”

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Patrick Kelly, director of career and technical education for the Lawrence Project-based learn- school district. ing is one of the main This month concluded advantages of courses the first semester for the touted by district offi- 33,000-square-foot cencials at the Lawter, which includes rence College and labs, workshops Career Center. But and open study that model — and spaces for student the freedom that use. The approxicomes with it — mately $7.2 milwas also one of the SCHOOLS lion center, at 2910 center’s main chalHaskell Ave., was lenges in its first semes- completed over the sumter of operation. mer with funds from the “We sort of jumped in $92.5 million bond issue on some of our projects, approved by Lawrence without spending enough voters in 2013. time in the goal-setting Please see CAREER, page 4A and planning time,” said

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IN PAIRS AND ON THEIR OWN, skaters slide around the Library Lawn Skate Rink, next to the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., on Saturday. Hours for the rink, which features a simulated-ice surface and rents skates, are 4 to 7:30 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday; 3 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday; and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Senior meals program Long wait still ahead for former Army site sees healthy growth De Soto (ap) — Five years after federal funding dried for up environmental cleanup at the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in Johnson County, the Army has announced it will resume removing pollutants so the land can be redeveloped.

While that comes as good news for Kansas and Johnson County officials, it’s tempered by a timeline that says it could be 2028 or beyond before

Cleanup for redevelopment might not finish before 2030s the site is ready for the first house, shop or office to be built on the 9,000plus acres near De Soto.

“That’s a long time, based upon everything that has gone on before,” said Ed Eilert, chairman of the Johnson County Board of Commissioners, after hearing about the timeline. “Too long.”

The property, considered to be the largest single tract of potentially

developable land in the Kansas City metropolitan area, is key to growth along the Kansas 10 corridor linking Johnson County with Lawrence, The Kansas City Star reported.

The cleanup was supposed to have been finished three years ago, according to the private developer that in 2005 bought the land where defense workers once

produced gunpowder for artillery shells in World War II and rocket propellants during Vietnam.

The plant shut down in the early 1990s.

The 2028 target might be a conservative one for finishing cleanup because the Army has refused to accept responsibility for removing asbestos in buildings and pesticides

— and began directing seniors toward JAAA’s Choosing Healthy Appetizing Meal Plan Solutions for Seniors, or CHAMPSS, program.

The new program, which is available to everyone 60 and older and their spouses within JAAA’s service area, allows seniors to eat meals at any of the designated program sites in the area using a type of debit card.

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Each participant is given a CHAMPSS card, which works like an ATM card, said JAAA executive director Jocelyn Lyons. They are asked to pay $3 per meal, but are not turned away if they cannot afford the fee.

With the congregate meal program, seniors were limited with their choice of food and could only attend lunch, said DCSS board member Judy Bellome. In contrast, the CHAMPSS program allows seniors to decide when and where they eat and offers a wider variety of healthy meal choices.

“I think it’s going very well,” Bellome said. “Because once people have seen what it offers, they get pretty excited. You can still go through your socialization thing, but it gives them more choices for food and it gives them the choice also of which meal of the day.”

Since October 2014, CHAMPSS operated sites at both of Lawrence’s HyVee locations. But on Oct. 1, 2015, in coordination with closing the congregate meal sites, three of Lawrence’s Dillons stores (3440 W. Sixth St., 1846 Massachusetts St. and 1015 W. 23rd St.) joined in.

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City offices closed in observance of New Year’s Day holiday.

Lawrence Meals on Wheels will not be delivering meals New Year’s Day.

Before the Dillons sites opened their doors to CHAMPSS, 489 seniors were signed up for the program, said JAAA Nutrition Coordinator Beth Kinnan. Now there are 656 participants, and that number is likely to go up with the new year.

On Jan. 4, another CHAMPSS site will open at the Baker University Harter Union cafeteria, allowing even more seniors access to better food options, Lyons said.

While the fall closing of congregate meal sites in Lawrence, Baldwin City and Eudora qualified more seniors for a home delivery meal program through DCSS because they lived more than 6 miles away from a CHAMPSS site, the number of seniors signed up for home delivery hasn’t increased by much, said senior meals manager Jerry Guffy.

Currently, around 149 area seniors are signed up for home-delivered meals through DCSS, Guffy said. Typically that number is around 140.

“And it varies from week to week,” he said.

“We have folks that end up in the hospital or coming home from surgery.”

One reason home deliveries haven’t increased all that much, Bellome said, is that friends or family members are allowed to pick up a meal with a par-

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ticipant’s CHAMPSS card and deliver it to them.

While the Baldwin City site is set to open, Lyons said JAAA is still looking for a business in Eudora willing to serve as a site.

The organization had hoped to find one this fall, but that time has come and gone.

“We have not yet had a business that has expressed interest,” she said.

While there are federal guidelines any business willing to participate would have to follow, Lyons believes it would be worth the trouble. Participating in the program helps support local businesses and keep Douglas County’s senior citizens engaged in the community, she said.

Before seniors may participate in the CHAMPSS program, they first must attend an orientation class, Lyons said. JAAA hosts an orientation session at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., on the first Monday of each month. Two additional sessions will be scheduled in Baldwin City, one in January and another in February.

More information on CHAMPSS can be found online at jhawkaaa.org or by calling 235-1367.

— Public safety reporter Conrad Swanson can be reached at 832-7284 or cswanson@ljworld.com.

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Courses at the LCCC are available tuitionfree to Lawrence high school juniors and seniors. Topics cover seven areas: Health & Emergency Care, Innovation & Engineering, Law & Government, Bio & Forensic Science, Manufacturing & Robotics, Computer & Network Technology, and HVAC & Construction.

Kelly said moving from a system in which students are graded mostly on daily work to one where they are evaluated on long-term projects or portfolios was an adjustment for both students and teachers.

“It’s different than saying, ‘Hey, everybody, you’re going to read chapter four for today, and then we’ll all talk about it,’” he said.

“It’s, ‘OK, you’re working on a project that’s going to take three weeks to complete.

Don’t waste time on day one so that on day 20 you’re not going to meet your goal.”

Last semester, 140 students from Lawrence and Free State high schools and Lawrence Virtual School were enrolled in LCCC courses. Students enrolled at LCCC have double periods, and Kelly explained that gives them more time to work on projects but also requires that they be self-motivated and disciplined. Next semester, the center will be using daily goal-setting worksheets to plan and evaluate progress at the beginning and end of each class, to help students better stay on track, Kelly said.

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It’s different than saying, ‘Hey, everybody, you’re going to read chapter four for today, and then we’ll all talk about it.’”

— Patrick Kelly, director of career and technical education for the Lawrence school district “It seems like a lot of our high school students are used to somebody else setting those goals for them,” he said.

“The fact that they may have to set them for themselves — and hold themselves accountable for that — and that that is part of an action plan toward a larger goal is a tough skill to learn, even as an adult.”

The mission of the LCCC is to develop skills for in-demand and high-paying jobs by offering tuition-free classes worth college credit, with instruction from business and industry professionals. Kelly said partnerships with community colleges for dual or side-by-side credit have been positive for students. Next semester, the center will expand the side-by-side model, in which students alternate day-to-day between a high school and college course.

“We really like that model for students to dip their toe in the water for a college course and still have that high school teacher there to help support their work in it,” he said.

The LCCC is partnered with the adjacent Dwayne Peaslee Technical Training Center, which offers courses from several area colleges. Peaslee Tech also has industrial courses, such as carpentry, welding and manufacturing, and houses the Lawrence Workforce Center.

Kelly said an additional change will ad-

dress another challenge the center has faced: scheduling courses for students from multiple schools, and making sure they end up with the required time in school and credits to graduate. Next semester, the center will move from a four-day schedule to a five-day schedule, he said.

Kelly said about 100 different business and industry professionals visited students at the center last semester, but the most effective ones functioned more like mentors than guest speakers. Going forward, Kelly said, the center would like to establish more mentors to assist students with projects or just answer their questions about the field they are interested in.

Such adjustments are to be expected when opening a new facility, Kelly said. What did surprise him were the projects — from furniture to landscaping, robotics to voter registration campaigns — the students were capable of with the freedom they were given.

“I’m constantly surprised by students’ creativity and students’ ability to do fantastic work,” he said. “It’s great to see the student projects and what they’re working on, to see how excited they get about this type of learning.”

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

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In April this year, Brownback and the Legislature went even further, approving a bill authorizing people to carry concealed weapons without a permit or any mandatory gun safety training, provided they are not otherwise legally prohibited from owning a firearm.

Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and 70 KU distinguished professors have publicly spoken out against the new law, as have faculty at Kansas State University and other institutions.

Meanwhile, the Kansas Board of Regents recently began drafting formal policies for how schools under its purview are to carry out the new law.

Brownback, however, said he does not believe imposing restrictions on gun rights improves public safety, citing the recent mass shooting in San Bernadino, Calif., as an example.

“California had a whole series of them in place,” he said. “I think that’s people’s question. You get a situation like California that does have a series of limitations on gun rights, and you still have difficult situations that happen there.”

Taxes, economy Brownback spoke during a one-on-one interview with the JournalWorld, one in a series of year-end interviews governors traditionally grant to members of the Statehouse press corps.

Heading into his sixth year as governor, Brownback has been plagued by a sluggish state economy, budget shortfalls that many critics say are the result of his controversial tax policies, and low approval ratings.

After barely surviving his re-election bid in 2014 — he won with less than 50 percent of the vote — a recent national poll by the political website Morning Consult rated

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in the soil around their foundations.

The Army insists the current property owner, Sunflower Redevelopment LLC, is responsible for that work, but the developer says that’s unfair and the Army should pay some of those costs, too.

“We’re not looking for a free ride here,” said Sunflower Redevelopment’s attorney, John Petersen at the Polsinelli law firm.

If the Army doesn’t budge on that issue, Petersen said, his cli-

him as the least popular governor in the United States, with only 26 percent of voters polled saying they approve of the job he is doing.

Brownback, however, said he senses things are starting to turn around, pointing to a month of good economic news in November showing unemployment going down and state revenues starting to rebound.

“I feel good. The tax plan is working,” he said.

“Three of our bigs (economic indicators) are down: Oil and gas is down; ag is down; and small jets, small planes are down,” he said. “Normally for us, when three of your bigs are down, your unemployment rate is up. We’re at a 14-year low on our unemployment rate. So that part’s really been good. We’ve got record small business growth, a big migration of money from Missouri into Kansas. We’ve got really nice small business growth and wage growth.”

He conceded, however, that there is one important trend that could spell trouble for the state in the future: a shrinking labor force, due in part to young people leaving Kansas to find opportunities elsewhere.

“That could restrain our growth, if we don’t get (population) growth,” he said. “We did have inmigration in 2014, finally for the first time in five or seven years. We just need more people. We need more in-migration.

My hope is, if you can get wage growth happening, then it’s worth more to move (to Kansas). And that’s what we need to have.”

The one thing he said he does not want to consider is any retreat from his tax policies.

“The tax plan is working,” he said. “I hope we don’t have a tax policy debate during this legislative session.”

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GOV. SAM BROWNBACK answers questions during a year-end, sit-down interview on Dec. 8 in his office at the Statehouse in Topeka.

2016 session Looking ahead to the next legislative session, which begins Jan. 11, Brownback said he hopes

to make progress on several issues, including water policy and reducing the state’s poverty rate, although he offered no specifics about bills he plans to introduce.

But one of the overriding issues, he said, will be the issue that has dominated most legislative sessions for the past 20 years: school finance.

“I think we need to really start looking at the long-term school funding formula and school financing to get more money into the classroom,” he said.

During the 2015 session, at Brownback’s urging, lawmakers repealed the old school finance formula, which sent money to each district on a per-pupil basis, and replaced it with a system of block grants while lawmakers work to devise a new formula.

But a three-judge panel in Shawnee County struck down that move as unconstitutional, and the state is now appealing that decision to the Kansas Supreme Court.

Much of how the 2016 session goes, Brownback said, will depend on how the court responds in that case.

“It shouldn’t be anything like last legislative session,” he said, referring to the recordbreaking 114-day session in 2015. “But, you don’t know what the court may order and what wild cards are still to come in. If that comes in the middle of

ent might have to walk away without finishing the project.

The Pentagon said its environmental and disposal liabilities totaled $58.6 billion at the end of the 2014 fiscal year, but only about $4 billion of that work was funded.

In 1998, Johnson County commissioners approved a conceptual plan for the decommissioned ammunition plant that they saw as a rare chance to plan a model community.

Then-Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius endorsed that vision when she announced the sale to Sunflower Redevelopment seven years later.

Sunflower Redevelopment aimed to finish cleanup within seven years, administering a $109 million federal contract that would pay for the work.

The job wasn’t close to being finished when the federal money ran out in 2010.

By the end of that year, Sunflower Redevelopment had hauled 787,657 tons of contaminated dirt to the Johnson County Landfill — some 34,000 truckloads — and it was not even half done.

The Army and Sunflower had originally estimated 612,621 tons for the total.

the session, you just don’t know what will happen to the session.”

Medicaid expansion Another issue likely to come up in 2016 is whether the state should

expand its Medicaid program, officially known as KanCare, as allowed under the federal Affordable Care Act. A number of Republican lawmakers have said Medicaid expansion could have passed the House in 2015, but GOP leaders in the House would not allow a debate on it, and many believed Brownback would have vetoed any such bill, even if it did pass both chambers.

Brownback, however, denied that he issued any kind of blanket veto threat. But he said he will only consider such a plan under certain strict conditions, starting with eliminating the alreadyexisting waiting list for elderly and disabled Medicaid patients to receive nonmedical homeand community-based services.

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the wait list first, because these are people who have physical or mental disabilities that we’re not providing the full set of services to,” Brownback said. “Before we go to able-bodied (individuals), we should pay for the full set of services for these individuals.”

In addition, Brownback said any plan for expanding Medicaid must be fully funded, and it must include a work requirement for able-bodied adults.

“We’ve got to meet these conditions first,” he said. “But I think most Kansas would say that makes sense. We should do those things first. So if they come up with ways to fund that, good, let’s try it.”

— Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 785-354-4222 or phancock@ljworld.com.

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Advocate for children Agency: Douglas County CASA Contact: Maria Butler at mbutler@douglas-county. org or 832-5172 Douglas County CASA is looking for volunteers to serve as Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) for abused and neglected children who have been removed from their homes and are in the care of the court. CASAs monitor the case, attend hearings and meetings, submit reports to the court, and advocate on behalf of the child. Volunteers must be 21 years old, submit an application, pass a background check, and complete 30 hours of training.

The next training session begins Feb. 18. An informational session will be take place at noon Jan. 27 at the CASA office, 1009 New Hampshire St. For more information, go to dccasa.org and click on “Volunteer,” call 8325172, or email mbutler@ douglas-county.org.

Assist with taxes AARP Tax-Aide provides free income tax assistance for taxpayers with low to moderate incomes, with special attention to those residents age 60 and above. AARP Tax-Aide has offered free tax assistance in the Lawrence area for more than 25 years, serving over 2,000 clients per year. If you enjoy working with people and computers, and embrace challenges and learning new things, AARP has the volunteer opportunity for you. Volunteers are needed to help low- and moderateincome families prepare and file their individual tax returns next season.

Volunteers should have basic computer skills and the personal drive neces-

sary to learn and become proficient with new tax preparation software provided by the IRS. AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are provided access to all computer equipment and training materials required and will receive comprehensive tax training in January. Tax preparation will begin Feb. 1 and run through April 15. For more information, please contact Sarah Merriman at 813-1136 or smerriman@swbell.net.

Help your schools The United Way of Douglas County brings community resources together to support a better life for all residents, focusing efforts on health, self-sufficiency, and education. The United Way is looking for volunteers to assist with its Tools for Schools project Jan. 5 and 6. Four to six volunteers are needed the afternoon of Jan. 5 to prepackage school supplies to be picked up at the United Way building by school representatives on Jan. 6. This is a great volunteer project for small groups looking to volunteer together as well as individuals. For more information, please contact Shelly Hornbaker at volunteer@unitedwaydgco. org or 865-5030, ext. 301.

big difference in the lives of local seniors. Delivery routes take less than one hour. Grab a friend, tag-team the route, and then treat yourselves to lunch. This is a fun and easy way to accrue volunteer hours with your best friend. Lawrence routes run between 11 a.m. and noon Monday through Friday. You can choose a steady one-day-a-week assignment or a more flexible schedule. Volunteers drive their own vehicles. To help defray gas expenses, a reimbursement of 45 cents per mile is offered for miles driven on the meal delivery route in personal vehicles.

For more information, please contact Jerry Guffey at jguffey@dgcoseniorservices.org or 842-0543.

Become a Big Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County provides one-to-one relationships for children facing adversity. Are you looking to make a difference in the life of a young boy in our community? Big Brothers Big Sisters has more than 40 boys waiting for a oneon-one mentor. Big Brothers Big Sisters is looking for a male mentor 18 years or older to spend a few hours a week with a 6-year-old boy on the waiting list. He is energetic, active, and loves being outdoors. He loves playing video games, riding his bike, and going to the park. If you are ready to make a difference in the life of a young person in our community, ask about Embrace seniors volunteering today by callDouglas County Senior ing Big Brothers Big Sisters Services Inc. is commit- at 843-7359. ted to promoting quality — For more volunteer of life for older citizens.

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A.G. candidate wants exemptions for gay marriage Columbia, Mo. (ap) — A Republican running for state attorney general says he wants lawmakers to exempt religious groups and businesses from participating in marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples.

Josh Hawley told the Columbia Daily Tribune that he recently urged legislative leaders to take action on the issue in the 2016 session, which begins Jan. 6. He called for exemptions for ministers, churches and businesses, but said the goal isn’t to create protections for general business owners who don’t want to serve those couples.

“There needs to be a line at participation in a ceremony or a closely related event,” said Hawley, an associate professor at the University of Missouri

School of Law. Hawley’s push is part of a larger response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that legalized gay marriage. Some now want laws touted as protecting the religious rights of those who might oppose such unions. Advocacy groups, and some Missouri Democrats, want more safeguards against discrimination based on sexuality or gender identity.

Steph Perkins, the interim executive director of St. Louis-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group PROMO, said current law already allows businesses to refuse to serve gay or transgender customers.

Missouri Catholic Conference Executive Director Mike Hoey also said min-

isters and religious groups can refuse to participate in something that violates their faith under the First Amendment. Hoey said the Catholic Church doesn’t support allowing businesses to discriminate.

Hawley, who said his proposals would help “avoid a culture war,” was part of a team of more than a dozen lawyers in a U.S. Supreme Court case in which Hobby Lobby and other businesses challenged a federal requirement to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives for employees. The high court ultimately ruled that corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt of the birth control requirement of the Affordable Care Act.

LAWRENCE CITY COMMISSION Agenda highlights • 9 a.m. Tuesday • City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets • WOW! Channel 25 • Meeting documents online at lawrenceks.org

Garbage truck replacement request BOTTOM LINE The commission will consider a request to replace a roll-off garbage truck in the solid waste department.

BACKGROUND One of the department’s 2001 Ford F60 roll-off trucks was determined to be at the end of its usable life. The city received bids from Key Equipment and

Elliot Equipment Co. for a new one. Key Equipment submitted the lowest bid, for slightly more than $93,000.

• Approve all claims.

The list of claims will be posted by the Finance Department on Monday prior to the meeting. If Monday is a holiday, the claims will be posted as soon as possible the next business day.

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

• Approve appointments as recommended by the Mayor.

• Bid and purchase items: Award bid for one

small container truck for the Public Works Department to Key Equipment for the net amount of $93,265.76.

• Approve the 2013 and 2014 Public Transportation, Streets and Infrastructure Sales Tax Annual Reports.

• Authorize the Interim City Manager to enter into a one-year extension of the lease agreement for farm ground at the Kaw River Wastewater Treatment Plant.

OTHER BUSINESS Consent agenda • Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 10/06/15 and 10/13/15.

• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions: Parks & Recreation Advisory Board meeting of 12/08/15; Public Incentives Review Committee meeting of 08/04/15; Sales Tax Audit Committee meetings of 08/26/14 and 10/08/15; Sustainability Advisory Board meeting of 11/11/15

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Classroom costs If they can’t define what is and isn’t “classroom” spending, how do state officials know public schools are getting it wrong?

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he governor and some state legislators are convinced that not enough state school funding is “getting to the classroom,” but they haven’t been able to show how they reach that conclusion.

A recent Associated Press story focused on the fact that an inability to clearly define classroom spending vs. non-classroom spending may be a stumbling block as the Kansas Legislature seeks a new formula for funding K-12 public schools. Gov. Sam Brownback said he and legislators working on the issue would be willing to look at whether the state is spending enough on schools if they were convinced that more money was going directly to instruction.

“But right now, you’ve not this high percentage that’s not getting to the classroom,” Brownback said.

How do they know that, if they haven’t been able to define what elements of school funding affect instruction and which ones don’t? It’s not fair to keep repeating this contention if they have no factual basis to back it up.

Many school officials would maintain that every dollar they spend is a necessary component of the educational experience they provide for their students. Brownback isn’t producing any data to dispute that contention, but he continues to spout his administration’s mantra that, “You have efficiencies that can be gained.”

Specifically, he says, “This is about your back-office operation. This is about how you purchase IT services or insurance or a series of things. No student would see any difference, but you would recognize more money available to put into the classroom to pay teachers more.”

Paying teachers more is a good idea, but insurance, transportation, teacher retirement contributions and other “backoffice” expenses also are a necessary part of school district budgets. When it comes to IT services, it doesn’t seem like the state has much to brag about, considering recent cost overruns and problems with the Legislature’s software and the network that is supposed to allow Kansas residents to apply for Medicaid and other social services.

If the governor and legislators really want to get more money into the classroom, should they be considering something like eliminating school athletic programs? That seems like non-classroom spending, but many people consider it an essential part of the school experience.

State officials probably won’t consider such a politically unpopular idea.

It’s much easier to just keep repeating the vague assertion that school districts need to get more money “into the classroom.” No one really knows what that means, but if they say it often enough, it will make it seem like a problem that justifies a lower overall level of K-12 funding.

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Government not essential to order Washington — Presidential campaigns inflate expectations that power wielded from government’s pinnacle will invigorate the nation. Thus campaigns demonstrate that creationists threaten the creative ferment that produces social improvement. Not religious creationists, who are mistaken but inconsequential. It is secular creationists whose social costs are steep.

“Secular theists” — economist Don Boudreaux’s term — produce governments gripped by the fatal conceit that they are wiser than society’s spontaneous experimental order. Such governments’ imposed order suffocates improvisation and innovation. Like religious creationists gazing upon biological complexity, secular theists assume that social complexity requires an intentional design imposed from on high by wise designers, aka them.

In “The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge,” Matt Ridley refutes the secular creationists’ fallacious idea that because social complexity is the result of human actions, it must, or should, be the result of human design. In fact, Ridley says, “Far more than we like to admit, the world is to a remarkable extent a self-organizing, self-changing place.”

What explains the reluctance to admit this? Perhaps the human mind evolved to seek a Designer behind designs. (“On the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel,” Ridley says, “Adam and God touch fingers. To the uneducated eye

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‘ Secular theists’ — economist Don Boudreaux’s term — produce governments gripped by the fatal conceit that they are wiser than society’s spontaneous experimental order.” it is not clear who is creating whom.”) Or perhaps people feel anxious if no one is in charge. Ridley’s point is that everyone is in charge of social change. It is propelled by what Friedrich Hayek, echoing Darwin, called “selection by imitation of successful institutions and habits.” This is a broad-based, bottom-up process by which society, like Darwinian nature, is constantly experimenting.

Morality evolves: Religious and other moral instructors base their moral codes on the way people who are considered moral behave, people who are deemed moral because they exemplify rules conducive to human flourishing. Legal systems evolve: The common-law basis of the system under which Americans live had no inspired law-

giver; it emerged from centuries of the Anglosphere’s trial and error.

Describing the way living cells respond to local effects, Ridley, an evolutionary biologist, writes: “It is as if an entire city emerged from chaos just because people responded to local incentives in the way they set up their homes and businesses. (Oh, hang on — that is how cities emerged too.)”

Similarly, no committee or other command-and-control system decreed the rules of the world’s languages. Darwin: “The formation of different languages, and of distinct species, and the proofs that both have been developed through a gradual process, are curiously parallel.” Ridley: “It is as if a human language, with all its syntax and grammar, were to emerge spontaneously from the actions of its individual speakers, with nobody laying down the rules. (Oh, hang on ... )” In 1908, a French philosopher applied Darwinian reasoning to the evolution of fishing boats: “It is clear that a very badly made boat will end up at the bottom after one or two voyages and thus never be copied. ... It is the sea herself who fashions the boats, choosing those which function and destroying the others.”

Ridley applies to everything the perspective of Leonard E. Read’s famous 1958 essay “I, Pencil.” In it a pencil explains that “I am a mystery” because not a single person knows how to make me. The seemingly simple pencil is

wood harvested by loggers using saws and ropes made elsewhere, wood transported by trucks and trains made by many thousands of people, to mills where machines — the products of ore mined by thousands and steel mills staffed by thousands more — prepare the wood to receive graphite mined abroad and the eraser from foreign rubber, held in place by aluminum mined somewhere and smelted somewhere else, before lacquer (castor beans and other ingredients) is applied, and ...

Behind a pencil stand millions of cooperating people, but no mastermind. Which is why worshipers in the church of government, the source of top-down authority, disparage a free society’s genius for spontaneous order: It limits the importance of government and other supposed possessors of the expertise that supposedly is essential for imposing order from above.

No one, writes Ridley, anticipated that when Gutenberg made printed books affordable, increased literacy would create a market for spectacles, which would lead to improved lenses and the invention of telescopes, which would produce the discovery that the Earth orbits the sun. No one planned that one particular book’s argument for the fecundity of freedom would bolster the case for limited government the way Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations” did when published in 1776.

— George Will is a columnist for Washington Post Writers Group.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 27, 1915: years “The volume of ago business handled IN 1915 at the Lawrence post office just previous to Christmas recalls the need of additional room there, which may be supplied if Congressman Taggart is successful in getting through Congress a bill for an appropriation for $25,000 for an addition to the Lawrence building.... If the money is secured for the new addition it will be built at the north side of the post office and will be utilized for a work room for the sorting of out-going mail.”

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Candidates say the darnedest things

By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service

Washington — Politicians said the darnedest things this past year. I know Art Linkletter said that about children, but honestly, these days, the pols are goofier than the kids.

“Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-a.

My, oh my, what a wonderful day.”

That’s how Republican John Boehner, exasperated by tea party roadblocks to compromise, announced he quit as House speaker. Freed from party fissures, Boehner finally got a budget deal.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a GOP candidate for president, swore, “When I stand across from King Hussein of Jordan, and I say to him, ‘You have a friend again, sir, who will stand with you to fight this fight,’ he’ll change his mind.” Hussein died Feb. 7, 1999.

Donald Trump deserves an entire book devoted to Trumpisms (weird, nonsensical and totally baffling statements). But we particularly enjoyed his response to a question at the latest GOP debate. Asked for his views on delivering a nuclear attack, by air, sea or land, since the president alone has access to the nuclear code, Trump said, “I think, I think for me, nuclear is just the power, the devastation is very important to me.”

Before we leave the real estate mogul, let’s reflect on his response to the observation that keeping people such as Muslims out of the country, as he advocates, is unconstitutional. The man who wants to take the oath on Jan. 20, 2017, to defend and protect the Constitution said, “I don’t care.” He also said the U.S. gross domestic product had fallen below zero.

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We may mock pols for saying silly things, but sometimes, dear fellow voters, we get what we deserve.”

Really? The nation’s entire economic activity is “below zero”?

Jeb Bush, who’d like to join his brother and father in the ex-presidents fraternity, sent out an email to all his friends asking them to send him a dollar so he would “know that you’re out there cheering me on.” Wallets may have stayed closed, but whose eyes did not well in pity?

Trying to resuscitate his campaign, Bush called for regulating paid fantasy football leagues even though he boasted in October he had a 7-0 record and does not regard it as gambling.

After 11 hours of testifying on Benghazi before the House select committee on, you guessed it, Benghazi, Hillary Clinton explained her fortitude: “Yoga always helps.” She insisted the 17-month investigation into Benghazi is the longest in congressional history.

Not even close. Many ran on for years.

Asked during a debate if she changes her political views based on her audience, Hillary replied, “No. I think like most people that I know, I have a range of views, but they are rooted in my values and my experience.” Opponents gleefully noted her “range of views” seems to mean she changes her opinion regularly on issues she once favored such as the Keystone XL pipeline (now against it) and President Barack Obama’s trade pact (now opposed).

Courting immigrants, she said that all her grandparents “came over here.”

Only one of the four was an immigrant.

Her opponent for the Democratic nomination for president, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, crankily declared he was sick and tired of hearing about Clinton’s “damn” emails. He thus gave up his best ammunition against her.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister running for president, suggested that legal abortions are the equivalent of the Holocaust. If elected, he promised to use the National Guard to prevent women from getting abortions.

Huckabee also suggested the Kentucky clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples showed that the Supreme Court, which declared such a refusal unconstitutional, should be ignored.

Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon, said he firmly believes the pyramids were not built by Egyptians for the burial of pharaohs but were granaries built by the biblical Joseph. The pyramids, though, aren’t hollow, and Carson’s statement therefore showed a mind-blowing disregard for science and history.

We may mock pols for saying silly things, but sometimes, dear fellow voters, we get what we deserve. A midDecember poll by Public Policy Polling out of Raleigh, N.C., asked primary voters if they support bombing Agrabah. Thirty percent said yes. Agrabah is a fictional place in the Disney movie “Aladdin.”

— Ann McFeatters is an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service. Her email address is amcfeatters@nationalpress.com.

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Lawmaker proposes tax holiday for gun sales Springfield, Mo. (ap) — A southwest Missouri lawmaker says more people would be able to buy firearms to protect their families if they didn’t have to pay taxes on them.

Rep. Jered Taylor, a Nixa Republican, has proposed a bill that makes gun purchases tax-free on the Saturday after Fourth of July each year, the Springfield News-Leader reported.

It would apply to only guns and not ammunition.

“We’ve seen some recent mass shootings and there are Missourians who desire to protect their families if the need arises and may not be able to afford it, so I think as a legislature we should try to do everything we can to make sure it more affordable if they are law abiding and choose to do so,” Taylor said.

He also has pre-filed

the companion bill to legislation Sen. Bob Dixon, a Springfield Republican, submitted earlier this month that would allow concealed weapons on college campuses in Missouri. Republican Sen. Brian Munzlinger of Williamston has proposed similar legislation.

Rep. Stacey Newman, a St. Louis Democrat, called the tax holiday bill ill-conceived because guns make people less safe, not more. She also scoffed at the notion that allowing students to carry concealed weapons on campuses would make them safer in the event of a mass shooting.

The eight hours of firearms training required for concealed carry permits is nowhere near enough training to prepare someone to respond to an active shooter situation, she said.

“It’s laughable. It’s completely laughable,” Newman said.

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The tax holiday bill contains a provision that would allow counties and cities to opt out by passing an ordinance.

But even if municipalities opt out, the tax holiday would still apply to the state sales tax, Taylor said.

Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott said he would like to see civilians be allowed to carry concealed weapons on campuses and elsewhere. While he acknowledged that the training required to carry a concealed weapon isn’t enough to allow a person to respond in an active shooter situation, he added that gun owners should seek out continued training.

“The more people that have a weapon, that have taken the time to learn how to use it and learn what their rights are and where their liability lands when they do use, the better off we are as a society,” he said.

Man seeking asylum returns to Wichita Wichita (ap) — A man seeking asylum in the United States has reunited with his family in Wichita after spending more than two years in an Arizona detention facility.

Hector Yaujar arrived in Wichita on Wednesday, the Wichita Eagle reported. His wife, Claudia Amaro, was waiting at the airport with their 15-yearold son, who did not know that his father was returning home.

Yaujar was living in Wichita with Amaro when he was deported in 2005 for allegedly using a fake Social Security number.

Amaro had grown up in the U.S. after being brought into the country legally at the age of 12. She did not have legal status when her husband was deported.

Amaro followed her husband to Mexico

with their son, but she eventually returned to the U.S., where she was briefly detained in Eloy, Ariz., in 2013. Amaro turned herself in, along with eight others, to authorities in protest of U.S. immigration law, dressed in graduation caps and gowns symbolizing immigrants who arrived in the country as children and grew up in the U.S., but without legal status.

They were released after less than three weeks. But when Yaujar tried to re-enter the country two months later, he was detained.

Through fundraisers, Amaro was able to collect the money to have her husband released on $8,000 bond.

The couple requested asylum in the U.S. in 2013, and their case goes to court in 2019.

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Syrians find a home in Clarkston, Ga. For years, the Atlanta suburb has opened its arms Jonathan Krohn

Special for USA TODAY CLARKSTON, GA . Hamid Salami and his family beamed as they took the stage at the Clarkston Community Center.

The seven family members from Dara’a in southern Syria have lived in this Atlanta suburb for three months, and though they speak barely a word of English, their smiles said a lot. After years of waiting, they are among

the first 75 Syrian refugees to come to Georgia.

Gov. Nathan Deal has vowed to block other Syrian refugees from coming to the state. More than two dozen other governors have taken a similar stance, and Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump called for a temporary ban on admitting Muslims to the USA because of concerns that terrorists might slip into the country.

But in Clarkston, refugees from Syria’s brutal civil war —

“We’re here to welcome these refugees and make them feel good, because they lost everything.”

Hala Agha, community event organizer and a second-generation Syrian-American

and refugees fleeing violence anywhere else in the world, for that matter — are embraced like family members.

“Thanks, Clarkston, for welcoming these refugees,” said master of ceremonies Asab AlTabchi, a Syrian engineer who immigrated to Clarkston decades ago. “No thanks to Nathan Deal,” he added as the smell of Syrian food cooked by volunteers wafted up from the back of the room.

“We’re here to welcome these refugees and make them feel good,” said Hala Agha, a secondgeneration Syrian-American

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resident who organized the event, “because they lost everything in Syria.”

Clarkston has a 35-year history of welcoming refugees, Mayor Ted Terry noted. Every year, a new influx of refugees finds its way to the 1.4- square- mile city of about 13,000 residents, 18 miles east of downtown Atlanta.

“Right now, we get an average of about 3,000 a year,” he said.

“And it’s spread out. About every couple of weeks, another 20 families arrive.”

After the U.S. Refugee Act of

Firefighters battling a 1,200acre fire near Ventura, Calif., made significant progress and were able to reopen scenic coastal Highway 101 on Saturday, but it could take three days to extinguish the wind-driven blaze.

Authorities said more than 600 firefighters and four fixed-wing tankers were fighting the fire, which was 60% contained by Saturday evening.

The blaze, which swelled to more than 1,200 acres after erupting late Friday, shut down a portion of Highway 101 and the Pacific Coast Highway.

By Saturday afternoon, Highway 101 was reopened, The Associated Press reported, citing the Ventura County Fire Department. Pacific Coast Highway also reopened later.

Fire department spokesman Tom Kruschke told the AP that a downed power line on private property caused the fire.

The Solimar Beach area, about 10 miles northwest of Ventura, was under mandatory evacuation orders, and residents in nearby beach communities were urged to leave, said Capt.

Mike Lindbery of the Ventura County Fire Department.

However, no homes burned and the evacuations were lifted by nightfall, the AP reported.

Authorities said two firefighters have suffered minor injuries, one to a knee and another to an ankle.

One state park campground also remains closed.

The National Weather Service predicted sustained winds over 60 mph in Ventura County for Saturday evening. The fire is feeding off drought-stricken forest and grasslands.

Ventura is about 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

Pilot Jim Dalton and his crew of the Ventura County Aviation Unit battle a wildfire northwest of Ventura, Calif., where residents in the Solimar Beach area were ordered to evacuate. Fire officials said it could be days before the blaze is controlled.

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Note But only half of Africans support gender equality vs. 91% of Americans.

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Japan says armed Chinese ship infiltrated its waters before leaving what Japan considers to be its territorial waters.

USA TODAY The ship was accompanied by two other Chinese coast guard A Chinese coast guard ship vessels that did not appear to be that appeared to be armed with armed, AP reported. cannons entered disputed waters Chinese authorities said their Saturday off islands claimed by vessel was carrying standard both Japan and China, the Japan coast guard equipment, was in Coast Guard reported.

Chinese waters and was doing It was the first time that an nothing wrong. armed Chinese vessel has entered The ship was spotted by the the disputed territory in the East Japan Coast Guard on Saturday China Sea, although unarmed off the coast of the uninhabited Chinese ships often sail there, the islands, which the Japanese call Associated Press reported.

Senkaku and the Chinese call The ship stayed in the area for Diaoyus. about an hour Saturday morning Japanese officials said it was Erin Kelly

A Chinese coast guard ship sails near disputed islands Tuesday in the East China Sea. On Saturday, Japan says, an armed Chinese ship entered waters it claims as its territory.

armed with four pieces of equipment — two in the front and two in the rear — that looked like cannons. The vessel had been seen operating farther from the islands earlier in the week.

The dispute over the islands has been a major point of contention between the two nations.

Japan strengthened its official control of the small islands in 2012 by nationalizing some of them, angering Chinese leaders who claim the islets for China.

Last month, Japanese officials reported seeing a Chinese naval intelligence ship near the islands for the first time.

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TORNADOES KILL FOUR AS TEXAS BRACES FOR BLIZZARD Homes reported destroyed, damaged; storms close DFW

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Back at work on the day after Christmas? Your Canadian neighbors probably won’t be. That’s because, like many other former and current British colonies — and, of course, in the United Kingdom — Dec. 26 is Boxing Day, an official holiday. Here are three things to know about the day, which has nothing to do with pugilism:

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At least four people were killed in Garland, Texas, after severe storms and tornadoes slammed the area on Saturday, according to police.

Homes were damaged just outside of Dallas as other parts of the state braced for what some forecasters are calling a “historic” blizzard.

Severe storms in the metro area spawned tornadoes that destroyed homes, according to Stephanie Parker, emergency manager for Ellis County, Texas, AP reported.

“We have destroyed and damaged homes,” she tweeted.

“Please do not get out on the roads if you do not have to.”

A family of four were trapped inside a destroyed house and were tweeting messages asking for help, according to another police report.

The storm closed Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport for about an hour.

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth confirmed a tornado touched down south of Dallas and said there were multiple reports of flash flooding.

Thousands in the area were placed under flash flood and tornado warnings, according to the National Weather Service.

Local authorities urged residents to avoid Rowlett, Garland and Sunnyvale, which were heavily affected by the tornado.

A police officer in the field near Rowlett says there are “a lot of leveled houses” and a number of people trapped.

“We’ve got power lines down everywhere and gas leaks,” the officer told a dispatcher.

Authorities said search and rescue efforts are ongoing.

Earlier Saturday, the National Weather Service warned the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles to be ready for a historic blizzard that could dump 6 to 15 inches of snow. Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas, were in the path of storm.

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QUESTIONS ABOUT BOXING DAY, ANSWERED

1the tradition The name comes from of “Christmas boxWHY IS IT CALLED BOXING DAY?

es,” gifts of money or goods given to tradespeople and servants on the day after Christmas. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the custom arose because servants, who would have to wait on their masters on Christmas Day, were allowed to visit their families the next day, and employers would give them boxes to take home containing gifts, bonuses and, sometimes, food.

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Lightning illuminates a house after a tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Ala., and damaged several houses Friday in Birmingham.

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James Simmons is rescued by boat Friday in Moulton, Ala. Flood warnings remained in effect on Saturday.

A blizzard warning went into effect for the region Saturday and lasts until Monday morning.

High winds are forecast to

drop wind chills to as low as 10 degrees below zero. Blizzard warnings were also in effect for parts of northern and central

New Mexico.

Ice could also create travel headaches Sunday into Monday from west-central Texas to central Oklahoma, central Kansas, southeastern Nebraska and southwestern Iowa.

The system comes after days of unseasonably warm weather fueled torrential rain and deadly storms in the southern U.S. Flash floods hit Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi on Christmas Day. Flood warnings remained in effect for parts of Alabama on Saturday.

Snow also will target a vast area from southeast Wyoming to northern Michigan through Sunday, with the heaviest accumulations of 10 to 15 or more inches forecast from southern Minnesota to northern Michigan, the National Weather Service said.

Contributing: Doyle Rice and the Associated Press

2 Much like the Friday after Thanksgiving in the WHAT DO PEOPLE DO ON BOXING DAY?

U.S., Boxing Day has turned into a shopping extravaganza. In England, it attracts record numbers of shoppers, most of them attracted by sales. Until recently, it was the biggest shopping day of the year for Britons but has fallen to Black Friday in November, a practice adopted from America.

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WHEN DID BOXING DAY BECOME AN OFFICIAL DAY OFF? In the United Kingdom and

many of its former colonies, Boxing Day is a government-ordered holiday. But if it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday becomes the statutory holiday. In England and Wales, it has been a national holiday since 1871; however, in Scotland it was not until 1974 that those north of the border also were given the day off. And in Ireland, which was part of the United Kingdom until the early 1920s, Dec. 26 also has been an official holiday since 1871, though it is known as St. Stephen’s Day. In Northern Ireland, however, which remains part of the U.K., the name became Boxing Day upon the creation of the Republic of Ireland.

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1980 established a process for admitting and resettling refugees, Clarkston emerged as a favorite location.

“Over the years, they just had better success in Clarkston, because it was a little more walkable, a little safer,” Terry said. “It just worked out well. Housing was a little cheaper. MARTA (Atlanta’s mass transit system) was close enough. There’s two main bus lines here.”

After a while, a lot of refugees opened their own businesses to accommodate the newly resettled residents, who put down roots here or elsewhere in metropolitan Atlanta. The result is a community of broad ethnic diversity. In one strip mall, there is an Ethiopian restaurant, a Nepalese restaurant and a thrift shop selling clothes from a variety of cultures.

Luay Sami, 33, the community center’s program coordinator, came to Clarkston from Iraq in 2011 after multiple interviews with the U.S. State Department over three years. Sami recalled how on his first trip from the airport, all he saw was a dark highway lined with trees. “And I was like, ‘God, please, I want to see a city. ... How will I survive here?’ ” Soon, he found the area welcoming. He got a car and a job at the center, and Clarkston became his home. Recently, he said, he has realized that the rest of Georgia is not as hospitable.

“The stereotyping is unfortunately still strong here,” he said.

“They think every Arab person is Muslim, should be Muslims, and that all Muslims are terrorists. And they think that all the Muslims practice the same things. And when I tell them, like, Iraqi Muslims or Turkish Muslims are different than Saudi Muslims, they don’t understand it. They just believe what’s in the news.

Mayor Ted Terry, center right, Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson, center left, and community leaders join families at a welcome event. Clarkston has a history of welcoming refugees, Terry says.

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Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has opposed resettling Syrian refugees in the state.

“And they still believe that we use camels,” he said with a grin. “I told them I grew up in Baghdad, and until I moved here, I’d never seen a camel — only in the zoo.”

Across town at Georgia Piedmont Technology College, Shahed Waheeb al-Qasi, 21, another Iraqi refugee, earned her Childhood Development Associate certificate. She recounted her journey to Clarkston.

“We left Iraq in 2006 because of the war, and we moved to Syria,” she said. In 2009, al-Qasi and her family began a four-year process applying for refugee status, only to find themselves

in the midst of yet another war — this time in their adopted country.

Finally, in 2013, al-Qasi and her family made it to America.

“It is as beautiful as we had heard,” she said. “But when you come to the U.S., you have to keep working ... like, hard, because you don’t have any benefits from the government after six months.”

Most benefits expire after eight months, and after six months, refugees have to start paying the federal government back for resettlement assistance.

These days, many residents

worry about derogatory portrayals of Muslims during the political campaign cycle. Another complaint is that some here try to convert the new arrivals to Christianity.

Jennifer Green, director of the Mommy and Me literacy program for mothers and children, said she distances herself from such missionary efforts.

She encourages participants in her program to share their cultural and religious ideas with their classmates as befits the melting pot that is Clarkston.

Says Green, “This is a way to do theology in a way that is multifaith and welcoming.”

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Chicago officer kills 2 after responding to call City already faces tensions and an inquiry into highprofile police shooting in 2014

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Protesters gather on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue in a demonstration Thursday over the city’s handling of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald in 2014.

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A Chicago police officer shot and killed two people early Saturday while responding to a domestic-dispute call, authorities said.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office identified the two as Bettie R. Jones, 55, and Quintonio Legrier, 19. Both died at nearby hospitals shortly after the incident, police said. The shooting comes as the troubled city is embroiled in a federal civil rights investigation after a officer-involved shooting in 2014.

Police said an officer was responding to a domestic dispute around 4:30 a.m. Saturday when a person became combative “resulting in the discharging of the officer’s handgun, fatally wounding two individuals.” Both of the deceased were black. Police did not disclose the officer’s name or race.

The shooting is under investigation, police said.

The city has been immersed in

racial tensions since the court-ordered release in November of a police dashboard video showing white police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald — who was black — 16 times in October 2014.

Last week, the Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department in connection with that shooting and how the investigation was handled. Van Dyke has been charged with murder.

Legrier’s mother told WLS-TV that her son was “having a mental situation.” She said he could get loud but was not violent. The Associated Press reported Legrier was studying engineering at Northern Illinois University.

Melvin Jones, brother of Bettie Jones, told the Chicago Tribune she was the mother of four daughters and a son ages 19 to 38, the AP said. Melvin Jones said that a dozen family members celebrated Christmas in his sister’s home Friday and that she was Legrier’s neighbor.

Tokyo Olympics facing big hurdles Kirk Spitzer

Special for USA TODAY TOKYO Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s hopes of using the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to boost the international prestige of his country — and his leadership — are only causing him Olympian-sized headaches.

This week, Abe announced that Japan has selected a traditional and lower-cost design for the Olympics stadium in response to widespread complaints that the previous plan was too futuristic-looking and the astronomical cost — $2.2 billion — was too extravagant.

Abe said a plan submitted by Tokyo architect Kengo Kuma had been chosen for the new National Stadium. The design for the 80,000-seat facility features wood latticework and tree-lined concourses that organizers say reflect traditional Japanese architecture.

It’s estimated cost of $1.2 billion is roughly half that of the scrapped design, and it’s scheduled to be complete in November 2019.

The design replaces a plan by noted Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid that was abandoned in July after the new cost estimate, more than double the original price tag, would have made it the most expensive stadium ever built.

Japanese critics had panned the Hadid design, with some comparing it to a gigantic “bicycle helmet.” A July poll by the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun found that 81% of the public supported reopening the stadium competition for a design that is more compatible for its setting near a major park and shrine in central Tokyo.

On Wednesday, London-based Zaha Hadid Architects charged that Japanese authorities had “colluded” against the company in rejecting the plan. It said company officials were investigating “remarkable similarities” between the Hadid and Kuma de-

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Rejection of new stadium’s staggering cost and futuristic design is just the latest rough patch on the road to the 2020 Games

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A more traditional and lower-cost design, top, for the new National Stadium has replaced the original design, which was criticized as too extravagant.

Japanese critics had panned the original design; some compared it to a gigantic “bicycle helmet.”

signs but did not say whether further action was planned.

The change in designs means the new stadium will not be ready for the 2019 Rugby World Cup as originally planned. A senior government official was forced to resign after the cancellation, and Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has called for the chief of the sports association that manages the stadium project to go, as well.

The change in designs is the

An artist’s image of the interior of the new stadium, an 80,000-seat facility that reflects more traditional Japanese architecture at an estimated cost of $1.2 billion, about half that of the rejected design. It’s expected to be finished in November 2019.

latest bump in the road for the Tokyo Olympics. Earlier this year, Olympics planners were forced to cancel plans for several other new Olympics arenas and venues as part of a cost-cutting effort. Public broadcaster NHK reported last week that estimates for staging the 2020 Games nonetheless have climbed to $15 billion — six times the original estimate.

In another embarrassment, organizers in September were forced to scrap the Tokyo Games’

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new logo after a Belgian designer charged that it was copied from a logo he had produced for a theater in Liege two years earlier.

The committee has reopened the logo competition, and more than 300 designs passed the first round of selection last week. The new design will be chosen in the spring. The winner will get a prize of $8,300 and an invitation to the opening ceremony at the new stadium — assuming it ever gets built.

IN BRIEF EUROPEAN CITIES ON ALERT AMID TERROR THREAT

Vienna police said Saturday they received a warning of a possible terror attack on European cities tied to the holidays, prompting authorities across the continent to increase security.

“In the days before Christmas, a warning was sent out by a friendly (intelligence) service to numerous European capitals, saying that it could come to an attack involving explosives or a shooting between Christmas and the New Year in crowded spaces,” Vienna police said in a statement Saturday, according to Reuters.

The warning included several names of possible attackers.

However, the investigation based on those identities has yielded no results, Vienna police said. The names of the capitals mentioned in the warning were not identified. The intelligence service was also not identified.

“Overall, this is a lead, which stipulates a higher than general abstract state of danger,” Vienna police said, according to CNN. Cities across Europe have been on heightened alert since the

Witnesses said the 41-year-old victim was engulfed in flames when she was chased out of a Pomona home Friday during an argument, according to police. She later died at a hospital. Her name has not yet been released.

Police identified the suspect as Clarence Duwell Dear, 51. Police said the suspect threw gasoline on the woman before setting her on fire, possibly with a lighted cigarette, and fleeing.

Ponoma is about 30 miles west of Los Angeles. — Gregg Zoroya

REMEMBERING THE 2004 TSUNAMI

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Indian women offer prayers during a ceremony Saturday in Chennai for the victims of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 230,000 people. deadly Paris terror attacks six weeks ago left 130 dead.

Vienna authorities said increased security would include thorough identity checks and more alertness for explosives hidden in objects such as bags or bike frames, Reuters reported.

— Katharine Lackey

POLICE SEEK SUSPECT IN FIERY DEATH OF CALIF. WOMAN

Police in Pomona, Calif., were searching for an “extremely dangerous” man suspected of dousing a woman in gasoline before setting her on fire in an argument Christmas Day.

uA United Airlines jet suffered minor damage at Denver International Airport when an engine backfired at a gate, causing a small fire, according to the Associated Press. No injuries were reported. uThe Islamic State group released a message purportedly from its leader, claiming that his “caliphate” is doing well and criticizing the recently announced Saudi-led Islamic military coalition against terrorism, the AP reported. The audio was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s first since May.

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An Islamic State flag outside Kirkuk, Iraq.

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THE WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE

A U.S.-led coalition targeted Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, producing limited results. President Obama said Iraqi forces backed by coalition airstrikes recovered about 40% of the territory that militants seized in Iraq in 2014. In Syria, the administration said it stopped militants from seizing more land, and Kurdish forces rolled back militants in northern parts of the country.

Progress in other areas was frustratingly slow. An offensive to retake Ramadi, a key city in western Iraq, has dragged on for six months.

In Syria, Russian airstrikes have complicated the security picture. Instead of targeting the Islamic State, the attacks are targeting U.S.backed opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to Washington. Russia denies such claims. The U.S. says the airstrikes are accelerating Syria’s 4-year-old civil war, which has left hundreds of thousands dead.

LOOKING AHEAD: Russia and the U.S. are pursuing efforts to resolve the Syrian conflict through a United Nations-approved Security Council resolution that calls for talks between Syria’s government and opposition leaders. But it’s not clear what, if any, role Assad would have, and that may prove to be a key sticking point. In Iraq, U.S.backed forces need to launch an offensive to retake Mosul, the nation’s second-largest city, to finally expel militants from their country.

2015 The year was one of relentless news, much of it horrific, brutal and disheartening.

A year of turmoil and drama that showed the worst of humanity. A year filled with beheadings, plane crashes and natural disasters. But it also was a year of triumph and success and reasons to be optimistic. Here are some highlights of the top world news stories this year, and what to expect in 2016:

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A NUCLEAR MOMENT FOR IRAN

The U.S. and other world powers reached a historic agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear activities in return for lifting crippling economic sanctions, particularly on Iran’s oil reserves. The deal, years in the making, followed diplomacy that began shortly after President Obama took office in 2009. Obama had pledged to use military action against Iran, a terrorism sponsor, to prevent it from becoming a member of the nuclear weapons club.

The sanctions relief is worth billions of dollars and is permanent as long as Iran sticks to the terms, which include extending the time it would need to produce enough nuclear fuel for a weapon, shipping or diluting the vast majority of its nuclear fuel stockpiles and allowing an extensive verification system by the U.N. LOOKING AHEAD: When the first round of sanctions, valued at $150 billion, is lifted after Iran completes its tasks — expected in January — international companies will be free to help Iran develop its economy and add an expected half-million barrels of oil a day to the global market by the middle of 2016.

GEORGI LICOVSKI, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

Migrants pass between police officers as they cross the Greek-Macedonian border.

HUMANITY ON THE MOVE: EUROPE’S MIGRANT CRISIS

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GREECE THE DEBTOR

Athens’ debt crisis began in 2009 and saw several mini-crises before receiving its third international bailout in July. In return for billions in new loans, the country agreed to raise taxes, overhaul its pension system and energy markets, and generally make itself more fit for market purposes. But there was more at stake.

Namely: Would the country get kicked out of the eurozone economic bloc and possibly even the larger European Union political grouping?

In the end, one of the worst crises in the EU history was resolved after marathon talks in Brussels. By September, leftist Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had resigned and held a snap election, the country’s fourth since 2009. However, he easily fended off conservative challengers in the vote.

LOOKING AHEAD: After the debt deal in July and election in September, Greece quickly disappeared from the headlines as it sought to implement changes demanded by the EU. It has received praise for its efforts, not least from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Unemployment remains high, but the country’s banks are open, its tourism market has rebounded, and its economic recovery rate has shown signs of surpassing expectations.

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The United Nations conference on climate change led to a landmark deal.

A CHANGING CLIMATE

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TWO ATTACKS IN PARIS

The year started, and to some extent ended, with the two terrorist assaults that rocked the French capital. In January, gunmen attacked the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo as well as a Jewish supermarket, killing 17 people. In November, 130 people were massacred when extremists with ties to the Islamic State conducted a series of coordinated attacks at cafes, restaurants and at a music hall. At least one of the suspected attackers remains at large.

Amid a security crackdown, French and Belgian police have detained dozens of people with suspected connections to the attackers, but the threat of more attacks in capital cities across Europe continues to cast a shadow over tourism and the region’s sense of openness.

LOOKING AHEAD: The EU has called for more measures to fight extremism, including much tighter border and security checks. A major focus in 2016 will be how the EU institutes these while still maintaining an agreement that guarantees the free movement of people among 26 of the 28 EU member nations.

By land and sea, more than 1 million refugees and migrants poured into Europe from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea and other regions. They were uprooted by war, religious persecution, natural disasters and economic destitution.

For many, wealthy social welfare states such Germany and Sweden offered the best chance for restarting their lives. About 4 million people, mostly Syrians, were marooned in camps in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.

The war in Syria was the main catalyst for undertaking the treacherous journeys that led to nearly 4,000 drownings in the Mediterranean Sea, including Aylan Kurdi, a 3-year-old whose body washed up on Turkish shores and seemed to focus attention on the issue in a way that months of imagery and policy debate had been unable to do.

LOOKING AHEAD: Winter weather has slowed the number of arrivals in Europe, but that may be only a temporary reprieve for authorities. When temperatures start rising in the spring, so too could the influx. The EU and Turkey have struck a deal to try to stem the flow.

EBOLA CONTAINED

While the vast number of the 11,300 victims in the largest outbreak of the virus ever recorded died in 2014, this year has been a period when the three most stricken nations — Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone — finally began to stamp out the disease with international assistance.

The response included the deployment of nearly 3,000 U.S. troops to Liberia to build treatment clinics and train health workers. The last of those troops departed early this year.

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LOOKING AHEAD: One of the most dreaded diseases in the world will be all but gone as the new year begins. By the middle of January, if no new infections occur, the Ebola epidemic that terrorized West Africa and spread near-panic into Western nations, including the United States, will be over.

CUBA DÉTENTE

Nearly 200 countries agreed to reduce carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming in a landmark deal approved in Paris. The agreement seeks to limit rising temperatures to within 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) compared with pre-industrial levels through the year 2100. It came at the end of a series of intense, year-long negotiations.

The Paris deal also came against the backdrop of what will be the warmest year worldwide since records began in 1880, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Driven both by man-made global warming and the natural El Niño climate pattern, 2015 is on track to break the record set just last year.

Late last year, President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro announced the longtime enemies would re-establish diplomatic relations after more than five decades of isolation. That led to staggering changes in 2015. Embassies were reopened in Havana and Washington. Deals were struck to restart direct mail, phone service and flights.

The relationship between the U.S. and Cuba changed so quickly in 2015 that Cuban government officials discovered a new problem: how to accommodate all the visitors. The U.S. Embassy in Havana estimates travel from the U.S. increased 50% during the year, leaving Cuban hotels and government offices struggling to keep up.

LOOKING AHEAD: Countries now must communicate and maintain goals and pursue whatever measures are needed to achieve them. Scientists will study the effect of climate change on rising sea levels, ocean acidification and melting glaciers.

LOOKING AHEAD: While the U.S. embargo remains in place and some GOP presidential candidates have vowed to undo Obama’s opening, the president has a year to solidify the relationship.

That includes more flights and cruise ships headed to Havana, more deals in the construction, telecommunications and pharmaceutical fields. If Obama gets his wish, there might even be a presidential visit.

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An investor monitors market movements at a brokerage house in Shanghai.

CHINA’S CRASH OF THE SUMMER

Volatility shook Chinese stocks as fears of a market bubble grew because of the combination of cheap credit, an inflated housing market, excessive speculation and a lax regulatory environment. The Chinese government devalued its yuan currency in an effort to make its exports cheaper amid slowing economic growth. The move helped send Chinese stocks plummeting in a downturn that saw the Shanghai composite index plummet 30% in one month.

The Chinese government took drastic measures to stop the slide in stock prices by slashing interest rates, prohibiting companies from selling new shares on the market and threatening short sellers — traders who bet a stock will fall — with arrest.

LOOKING AHEAD: Recent economic data indicate China’s economy is stabilizing. In November, retail sales gained traction and spending on fixed-asset investment — capital spending on things such as real estate and other physical infrastructure — also balanced out. The value of Chinese shares has gradually come back.

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TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN As about 10,000 Baby Boomers become eligible for Medicare every day, family caregiving is a common issue in the lives of many Americans. Demographic shifts – such as longer life spans and shrinking family sizes – may shape the scope and quality of caregiving for years to come. A recent Kaiser Health News webinar focused on these trends.

WHO ARE THE CAREGIVERS? About 85% of caregivers provide care for a relative and 49% do so for a parent.

43.5 MILLION

Number of adult caregivers in the U.S.

49

Average age of caregivers

24%

Age 18 to 34

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Age 65 or older

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Have high school education or less

60% of caregivers

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Median household income

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Independent living

Daily activities

Transportation

Caregivers in the U.S. range in age from 18 to 75 or older. Eight in 10 caregivers take care of one person.

59%

99%

Getting in and out of beds and chairs

78%

43%

Grocery or other shopping

Getting dressed

76%

32%

Housework

COST OF CAREGIVERS

Getting to and from the toilet

72%

27%

Preparing meals

Bathing or showering

61% Managing finances

Feeding

Estimated value of unpaid family caregiving in the U.S.:

26% 23%

54%

Giving medications, pills or injections

Dealing with incontinence or diapers

46%

16%

$470 BILLION

$450 BILLION

CAREGIVER CHALLENGES Caregivers say their biggest challenges are: Stress

26%

Arranging outside services

31% Not enough time for self

ADDITIONAL CARE

16%

Many family caregivers say they perform tasks such as injections and tube feedings that nurses typically do.

Percentage of caregivers who perform these duties:

Financial burden

11%

2009

57% Yes

SOURCE: Administration for Community Living, Family Caregiver Support Program

2013

41% No

JOB SACRIFICES

CAREGIVER STRESSES

2% Not sure

Caregivers who say their duties are highly straining or stressful:

GROWING NEEDS

Caregivers who say they’ve experienced these things at work: Go in late, leave early, take time off

Physically

As the last Baby Boomers reach their 80s by 2050, caregivers will be spread more thinly. Ratio of caregivers to people needing support:

49%

19%

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2000

2010

2020

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SOURCE: AARP Public Policy Institute calculations based on REMI (Regional Economic Models, Inc.) 2013 baseline demographic projections.

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ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center archrespite.org/ respitelocator

Note: The caregiver support ratio is the ratio of the population age 45-64 to the population aged 80 plus.

Sources AARP, National Alliance for Caregiving, Administration for Community Living, Family Caregiver Support Program; For more information about the KHN webinar see http://khn.org/caregiving/ JANET LOEHRKE, USA TODAY

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MONEYLINE FEDEX DRAWS IRE FOR LATE CHRISTMAS DELIVERIES Two years ago, UPS drew criticism from consumers for failing to deliver packages in time for Christmas. Now FedEx is being excoriated on social media from customers missing everything from clothes to food, Bloomberg News reported.

FedEx said in a statement that it was running an expanded operation and delivering the “remaining delayed shipments along with our normal Saturday volume.” The company said “heavier than planned lastminute shipment volumes” and severe weather in some places added to the delays.

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FedEx says poor weather is partly to blame for delays.

SOUTHWEST EXECUTIVE TERESA LARABA DIES Teresa Laraba, one of the U.S. airline industry’s highest-ranking female executives as Southwest Airlines’ head of customer services, has died at age 53, according to Bloomberg News. Laraba rose to prominence at the Dallas-based carrier after starting as an entry-level customer service agent in 1984, the company said Saturday. Southwest declined to provide a cause of death. “It’s a deeply sad day at Southwest Airlines as we share the news of Teresa’s death,” Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly said in the statement.

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Southwest Airlines’ Teresa Laraba started at the bottom.

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1For those who follow public policy, Volkswagen’s brazen VOLKSWAGEN SCANDAL

flaunting of emissions laws and the system that discovered the deceit have to be at the top of the list. In a rare admission for a corporation, Volkswagen declared that it had put a “defeat device” on 482,000 diesel cars in the U.S. to allow them to beat emissions tests. The cars emit more pollutants than the rules allow.

That was only the tip of the tailpipe. Eleven million VW cars worldwide have the same software embedded, VW says. And the Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board, which spearheaded the findings, also turned their attention to VW vehicles with the larger 3-liter engine. Those emissions also were found to be too high.

Early next year, look for Volkswagen to announce how it plans to fix the cars. Also expect big fines and payouts in the many lawsuits that have been filed.

TOP 5 CAR INDUSTRY STORIES OF 2015 No matter what car you drive, or whether you drive at all, the top automotive stories of 2015 touched just about every American in one way or another.

Here are our top five:

are trading in their old wheels for new as never before.

With a 12.8% projected sales boost in December compared with last year, the auto industry is on track to sell 17.1 million vehicles, estimates TrueCar, an online auto shopping service. That would be up 6.1% over 2014.

It has been a long climb for the

industry from the depths of the recession. In 2009, the industry bottomed out at 10.4 million new vehicles sold, Autodata says.

ANDREW HARRER BLOOMBERG

Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky displays metal shards at a hearing on airbag safety.

4 In May, the government ordered MORE TAKATA AIR BAG RECALLS

5 This year, just about every major

FEDS CRACK DOWN ON FIAT CHRYSLER

Highway Traffic Safety Administration levied a $70 million fine against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles for underreporting crash, death and injury data. That was only the latest in a year of moves to try to improve safety reporting at the Detroit automaker.

This new fine reflects an amended agreement reached in

due in cash and another $35 million in deferred penalties that will come due if the company fails to meet its obligations under the consent order. All in all, a painful year for the huge automaker.

Japan’s Takata, a major auto industry parts supplier, to replace 33.8 million airbags in vehicles from almost a dozen auto brands.

Takata agreed to the recall, which continues.

2The auto industry is expected to have sold a record number of 3 new vehicles in 2015. Americans Earlier this month, the National A BANNER YEAR

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July. At the time, the company agreed to stricter oversight.

Three civil penalties now total $175 million, with $140 million

automaker indicated it is not going to be left behind by the selfdriving-car revolution. More prototypes were created and alliances are being talked about, such as Google and Ford.

Look for more action next year.

But a true self-driving car available at your local dealership? Still years away.

Five tax scams to watch out for in 2016 Dan Caplinger The Motley Fool

Every filing season, taxpayers have to be on the lookout for con artists looking to run tax scams.

With a variety of tactics at their disposal, these criminals find ways to get your personal information and look to turn it into cash. Let’s take a look at five of the most common tax scams the IRS has highlighted.

1involves The most pernicious tax scam thieves stealing your IDENTITY THEFT

personal information and using it to file false tax returns. Crooks arrange to provide erroneous information on a return that will generate a refund that they can intercept. Often, the scam goes unnoticed until you file your legitimate tax return and the IRS informs you a return has already been filed. The IRS has issued about 1.5 million personal identification numbers aimed at helping victims of identity theft, and

it has started a pilot program in certain states that allows people to get PINs even if they haven’t been victimized. For most taxpayers, though, the best defense is to protect your personal information as well as you can.

2 Criminals work hard to try to trick you into giving them IRS IMPERSONATION

valuable personal information.

Some scams involve threatening emails or phone calls from people purporting to work for the IRS, saying you could be arrested, have your license revoked or even get deported if you don’t agree to comply with their demands. The IRS reminds taxpayers that it will never call to demand immediate payment, ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone or threaten to bring in law enforcement officials.

3 One tool many criminals have in their arsenal is the ability CALLER ID SPOOFING

to have your caller ID system dis-

play what appears to be a legitimate IRS toll-free customer service number. These scams often involve robo-calling systems and can include a combination of tactics, including related emails and calls purporting to be from other organizations such as police or the DMV. The IRS advises that if you’re uncertain, hang up and call the IRS at 800-829-1040.

4 The end of the year brings an BOGUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS

increase in charities asking for donations. This year, four charities claiming to raise money for cancer patients were accused of fraud; the FTC says donors were taken for $187 million over a fiveyear period. Often, such charities have convincing names; an online search tool at irs.gov will let you enter the name of a charity to verify whether it’s legitimate and is eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

5 Not all scammers target indiTAX PREPARER PHISHING

vidual taxpayers. In one scam, criminals send out emails to accountants and other tax preparation professionals, telling them that they need to update their information in order to keep using the IRS e-services portal. In the process, the con artists hope that unsuspecting accounts will provide their user names, passwords and electronic filing identification numbers. That information in turn can help the criminals impersonate tax preparers and seek personal information from clients and other individual taxpayers.

Doing your taxes is hard enough without having to worry about tax scams. With plenty of crooks out there, you can’t afford to let down your guard. Knowing the tactics they use can help you avoid being scammed.

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RETIREMENT Robert Powell

Special for USA TODAY

UNEXPECTED MEDICAL COSTS

Recurring, predictable outof-pocket health care expenses remain somewhat stable over the course of retirement, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), a non-partisan research institute based in Washington, D.C. It’s the non-recurring unpredictable expenses — such as surgery, hospitalizations and nursing home care — that increase with age, tend to be more expensive and, in the absence of a plan to manage them, can wreak havoc on a household’s finances.

Others agree. “The fact that medical care expenses in retirement are enormous and widely discussed somehow still doesn’t prepare one for the shock,” says Dirk Cotton, a financial planner and blogger based in Chapel Hill, N.C.

HOW TO DODGE SCARY SURPRISES

I

t’s not what you know that will crush your lifestyle in retirement. It’s what you don’t know. And that’s especially the case when it comes to expenses in retirement. On average, retirees can expect housing to represent about one-third of expenses in retirement, health care, 10% to 15%; transportation, 15%; food, 12%; and apparel, insurance and discretionary expenses making up the rest. Such costs, in many ways, are somewhat easy to plan for, say financial advisers.

But there are several costs that many retirees fail to consider when calculating their retirement expenses.

Those include:

THE COST OF ADULT CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN

Her advice to handle irregular expenses: Create a “sinking fund” that would earmark money to replace or fix something. So, if you own a home worth $300,000, plan on spending a minimum of 1% of your home’s value, or $3,000, per year, for repairs and maintenance.

“You may not incur this expense every year; in those years you bank the money for the year,” she says. “Then, when your roof needs replacing, or the entire house needs to be carpeted, you’ll be prepared.”

She recommends using the same approach for auto repair and dental work. “Build a monthly amount into your budget and let those funds accumulate in a savings account so you’re not caught off guard when you need to replace your vehicle or — something even more important — your teeth,” Anspach says.

DON’T FORGET UNCLE SAM

Anspach says another major expense that can catch you off guard in retirement is taxes. “Too many people rely on something like the 4% rule, which may lead them to believe they can withdraw $4,000 per year for every $100,000 of savings,” she says. “However, if that savings is in a traditional IRA or 401(k), they’ll have to pay taxes on the withdrawal. So for every $4,000 withdrawn there may be only $3,000 (or even less) to spend.”

Her advice: If you’re not sure how to plan for taxes, ask a CPA or retirement planner to help you figure out how much to set aside.

“Depending on the types of retirement income you have, the amount you need to set aside can vary from 10% of your income up to 40%,” she says.

Retirees with grown children or grandchildren should consider the possibility that they will need help to cover medical expenses, advanced education or even legal expenses, Cotton THE TRUE COST says. “I convinced one OF RETIREMENT couple with a child still in When it comes to excollege to postpone retirpenses in retirement, the ing until she graduated,” good news is that costs he says. “You never know tend to decline throughif a master’s program or Dana out retirement for retirmedical school tuition Anspach ees who spend might loom in your future, or just an unexpectedly long appropriately for their wealth, according to research by David period to establish a career.”

Blanchett, the head of retirement INFREQUENT EXPENSES research at Morningstar InvestWhen planning for how much in- ment Management in Chicago. come they’ll need in retirement “It’s important to consider the people tend to forget about infre- likely trend of spending throughquent expenses, such as major out retirement and not just the home repairs, auto replacement cost of the first few years,” Cotton and out-of-pocket costs for major says. dental work, says Dana Anspach, the founder of Sensible Money in Got questions about money? Email Bob at rpowell@allthingsretirement.com.

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DON’T DROWN IN PAPER. SHRED INSTEAD Many statements are only worth a passing glance. Here’s a guide to get on top of the paperwork tide Jeff Reeves

Special for USA TODAY

The easiest way to stay on top of your finances is simply to stay on task. Pay the bills, file your taxes and save regularly, and you can achieve almost any goal over time.

But even if you’re organized when it comes to sending the checks out each month, you may find yourself overwhelmed by the sheer volume of paperwork you get back in the mail.

When it comes to financial record-keeping, what should you save and what do you shred?

The reality is that you don’t need many of the documents you receive for tax or legal purposes, says Peter Schmidt, a financial adviser for CUNA Brokerage Services, through Wildfire Credit Union in Saginaw, Mich.

“If you’re talking about bank accounts and bill balances, there really is no real reason to be hanging on to those,” Schmidt says. These mailings update you on balances at a moment in time, he says, but “don’t mean much that far into the future.”

Most documents like these don’t need to be kept for more than a year or two — and often, electronic records suffice if you have that option, Schmidt says.

Decluttering cuts the risk of identity theft, John Piershale says.

For many documents, electronic records suffice, Peter Schmidt says.

Tax-related financial documents, however, are a much different story than your cable bill.

If you get audited, you’ll need all the forms from that tax year to prove your return was accurate.

According to official IRS guidelines, you should keep all your tax documents for at least three years, including W-2s with your income for the tax year and your Form 1098 mortgage interest statement.

In very special cases, such as “a claim for a loss from worthless securities or bad debt deduction,” the IRS recommends you keep tax documents for up to seven years. But after year seven, the only reason not to shred tax documents is if you haven’t filed a return at all, or if you filed a fraudulent return, according to IRS record-keeping guidelines — and those problems obviously are much more serious than a disorganized filing cabinet.

You may be inclined to simply keep things because it’s better to be safe than sorry; however, clutter can sometimes come at a serious cost.

For starters, there’s the risk

“(With) bank accounts and bill balances, there really is no real reason to be hanging on to those (papers).”

Peter Schmidt, financial adviser

of identity theft or fraud if sensitive account info falls into the wrong hands. But an even more troubling scenario is that your important documents never find the right hands when they are needed, said John Piershale, a wealth adviser at Piershale Financial Group in Crystal Lake, Ill. “Some documents and records are too important or not convenient to keep only in a file cabinet or even as an electronic record,” Piershale says. “If they’re lost or destroyed, replacing them could be a nightmare.”

Property deeds, wills, passports and powers of attorney are just a few examples of items better kept in a bank safe deposit box or fire-proof safe, Pier-

shale says. After all, just because you can find these documents doesn’t mean your loved ones will easily be able to do the same in an emergency.

Schmidt agrees that you can never be too careful with these crucial documents. After the son of a client frantically called his office years ago looking for a misplaced medical power of attorney, Schmidt says he now keeps colorcoded copies of important documents like these in his office for some clients.

And it’s not just about paperwork, Schmidt adds. The process of getting these documents in order can open the door for important conversations about family finances, too.

“We have a family wealth meeting, we have a discussion about (the documents), what it’s for and what happens when Mom and Dad pass away,” Schmidt says. “Those tend to be some difficult times when we lose loved ones, and kind of frantic times … and it helps a lot to be prepared and know what the process is at a time like that.”

Jeff Reeves is the editor of Investor Place.com and the author of The Frugal Investor’s Guide to Finding Great Stocks.

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uTax paperwork, generally for up to seven years uEstateplanning documents uPension plan documents

SHRED These are generally available electronically, so feel free to trash: uBank account statements uCredit card bills uQuarterly investment statements uUtility, cable, phone bills

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UC IRVINE’S MAMADOU NDIAYE, REACTS TO A PLAY against Louisville in the NCAA tournament last March. The 7-6 Ndiaye will lead the Anteaters into Allen Fieldhouse Tuesday to face Kansas University.

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By Matt Tait

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When Kansas University defensive coordinator Clint Bowen looked over the roster he would take into the 2015 season, he simply nodded his head and moved on when he came across the name Fish Smithson at safety.

Bowen was neither elated nor deflated about the return of the junior-to-be transfer who played in all 12 games as a sophomore in 2014 but was primarily a role player and finished with 49 tackles.

Bowen had no idea, at the time, that Smithson would wind up leading the Big 12 in tackles (111) and the nation in solo tackles per game (7.9) during his first year as a starter for the Kansas defense.

A bright spot during a rough year, Smithson also finished a largely forgettable 0-12 season ranked 13th in the nation with 10.1 tackles per game and was the first KU defensive back to lead the team in takedowns since Darrell Stuckey did it in 2009.

“Being top in the nation at anything at this level is a great deal and I’m real humbled to be there, especially in tackling,” Smithson said following the season. “That’s one of the key parts of the game.”

Included in Smithson’s memorable season was a stretch of six consecutive games in which he recorded double digits in tackles. He was the only DB in the counRichard Gwin/Journal-World Photo try to put together such a streak and finished with a ca- KANSAS UNIVERSITY SAFETY FISH SMITHSON (9) COMES UP WITH A INTERCEPTION IN FRONT OF TCU’S reer-high 13 tackles at Texas. KAVONTAE TURPIN (25) during the second half of the Jayhawks’ 23-17 loss to TCU on Saturday, Nov. “It came from the experi- 14 in Fort Worth, Texas. ence of the first year,” he said of his breakout season. “I was a role player, I think I finished with 49 or 50 tackles, and this year I had to carry the load Here’s a quick look back at junior safety Fish Smithson’s stats from 2015: more. It was doing my job but also running to the ball n Total tackles - 111, led KU and Big 12 n Pass break-ups - 3, tied for 3rd on team really hard and overlapping.” n Solo tackles - 87, led nation at 7.9 per n Intereceptions - 2, tied for team lead

Kansas University’s basketball players and coaches, who today host their annual holiday hoops clinic in Allen Fieldhouse, will also begin preparations for a (10-4) UC Irvine team that visits for an 8 p.m., battle on Tuesday.

The Anteaters, who were picked to place first in the Big West Conference in a vote of league coaches, scared Louisville before falling, 57-55, in a secondround NCAA Tournament game last March in Seattle.

UC Irvine is led by 7-foot-6, 300-pound junior center Mamadou Ndiaye of Dakar, Senegal.

Ndiaye, who happens to be the tallest player in the country with a wingspan of 8-foot-1, averages a team-leading 12.4 points off 67.7 percent shooting (65 baskets in 96 attempts) and 7.3 rebounds. He has 40 blocked shots.

How’s this for height?

The Anteaters also start Mike Best, a 6-10, 215-pound senior from San Rafael, California, who is third on the team in scoring (8.9 ppg) and third in rebounding (4.2 rpg).

Jonathan Galloway, a 6-10, 235-pound freshman, and Ioannis Dimakopoulos, a 7-2, 262-pound junior, contribute off the bench. game Please see FOOTBALL, page 3C Dimakopoulos averages 5.1 points and 2.9 rebounds and Galloway 2.4 points and 3.4 boards.

UC Irvine has defeated Boston College, Santa Clara, Utah State, Norfolk State, Sam Houston State, Chapman, Pacific, UCF. Loyola Marymount and UCSD and has lost to Boise State, Evansville, Saint Mary’s and Oregon (78-63).

Ndiaye’s presence should cause quite a stir in the fieldhouse on Tuesday.

“I thought he was 8-feet tall,” Louisville coach Rick Pitino told SI.com after last year’s tourney game in which Ndiaye had 12 points.

“On film sometimes he doesn’t look as good. But a coach from their league told me, ‘Pay no attention to what you see on film because he protects the basket as well as anybody. So don’t think you can attack him laterally,’’’ Pitino added.

S.I. reports that after arRon Schwane/AP Photo riving in the U.S. five years BROWNS’ DEFENSIVE END ARMONTY BRYANT was ago, Ndiaye suffered from arrested for drug possession Friday and will not Please see HOOPS, page 3C play in today’s game with the Chiefs.

Strong season

n Tackles for loss - 2, 11th on team

Browns’ Bryant stays home after drug arrest Cleveland (ap) — Armonty Bryant’s breakout season got sidetracked on Christmas morning.

The Browns linebacker, who has had legal problems in the past, was arrested Friday along with practice squad safety De’Ante Saunders after they were stopped on an area highway.

Bryant was arrested for the possession of Adderrall because he couldn’t provide a prescription for the drug, which is on the NFL’s list of banned substances. Prosecutors will decide whether he will be charged.

The 25-year-old Bryant, who has recorded 51⁄2 sacks while making 14 starts in his third season with Cleveland, did not travel with the team

for today’s game in Kansas City.

Browns general manager Ray Farmer issued a statement Saturday critical of the players’ behavior.

“These are charges that we take very seriously,” Farmer said. “The importance of responsible decision-making is something we continually stress to all members of our organization, which makes it extremely disappointing that these two individuals would put themselves in this situation by making such poor decisions.”

Farmer added the incident is subject to the league’s personal conduct policy.

Saunders was cited for driving under the influence

after he was pulled over on Interstate-71 in suburban Brook Park at 2:16 a.m.

Friday, according to a State Highway Patrol citation. He was driving 75 mph in a 60 mph zone.

Saunders, 23, refused a breath test, according to the citation, meaning he automatically loses his license for a year.

In addition, a handgun was confiscated from Saunders’ car, said patrol spokesman Lt. Craig Cvetan. Information about the gun will be forwarded to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office for potential charges, since Saunders does not have a concealed weapons permit, Cvetan said.

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Lexington, Ky. (ap) — Tyler Ulis scored 21 points, and No. 12 Kentucky held off 16thranked Louisville’s rally for a 75-73 win Saturday to give John Calipari his 200th victory as the Wildcats’ coach.

Damion Lee, who led the Cardinals with 27 points, was well off on a potential winning three-point attempt at the buzzer.

Kentucky (10-2) led by 16 points early in the second half

LOUISVILLE (11-2)

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Wizards 111, Nets 96 New York — John Wall had 22 points and 13 assists, Marcin Gortat scored 25 points, and Washington beat Brooklyn on Saturday for its fourth straight victory.

Rookie Jarell Eddie made four three-pointers and scored 12 points in the fourth quarter of his NBA debut, helping the Wizards blow open what was a two-point game after three.

Washington (14-14), despite a number of injuries, is back at .500 for the first time since it was 6-6 a month ago.

WASHINGTON (111) Oubre Jr. 5-7 0-0 12, Dudley 1-4 0-0 3, Gortat 10-15 5-6 25, Wall 9-17 2-3 22, Temple 3-9 2-2 9, Porter 2-7 2-2 7, Sessions 3-5 3-7 9, Humphries 4-9 1-2 10, Blair 1-4 0-0 2, Eddie 4-7 0-0 12. Totals 42-84 15-22 111.

BROOKLYN (96) Johnson 3-10 2-4 9, Young 8-14 0-4 16, Lopez 9-16 1-3 19, Jack 7-15 0-0 15, Bogdanovic 6-12 0-0 14, Sloan 0-0 1-2 1, Ellington 3-8 0-0 6, Reed 3-4 1-3 7, Bargnani 1-5 0-0 2, Larkin 1-3 0-0 2, Karasev 1-1 0-0 2, Brown 1-1 0-0 3, Robinson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-89 5-16 96.

Washington 34 18 27 32 — 111 Brooklyn 26 24 27 19 — 96 Three-Point Goals-Washington 12-27 (Eddie 4-5, Wall 2-3, Oubre Jr. 2-4, Dudley 1-2, Porter 1-3, Humphries 1-4, Temple 1-5, Sessions 0-1), Brooklyn 5-17 (Bogdanovic 2-6, Brown 1-1, Johnson 1-4, Jack 1-4, Ellington 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Washington 49 (Humphries 8), Brooklyn 57 (Young 14).

Assists-Washington 32 (Wall 13), Brooklyn 24 (Jack 11). Total Fouls-Washington 20, Brooklyn 22. Technicals-Jack. A-17,732 (17,732).

Cole Aldrich, L.A. Clippers Min: 13. Pts: 8. Reb: 3. Ast: 2.

Cliff Alexander, Portland Did not play (inactive) Darrell Arthur, Denver Min: 20. Pts: 6. Reb: 1. Ast: 1.

Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Did not play (inactive).

Drew Gooden, Washington Did not play (coach’s decision).

Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Min: 10. Pts: 0. Reb: 1. Ast: 1.

Sasha Kaun, Cleveland Min: 6. Pts: 0. Reb: 2. Ast: 1.

Marcus Morris, Detroit Min: 37. Pts: 16. Reb: 5. Ast: 1.

Celtics 99, Pistons 93 Auburn Hills, Mich. — Avery Bradley scored 18 points, Isaiah Thomas had 17 points and nine assists, and Boston beat Detroit.

Markieff Morris, Phoenix Did not play (suspended) Kelly Oubre Jr., Washington Min: 32. Pts: 12. Reb: 6. Ast: 1.

TORONTO (111) Johnson 3-6 0-0 6, Scola 7-12 0-0 17, Biyombo 5-7 4-7 14, Lowry 6-15 2-2 16, DeRozan 7-14 7-8 22, Joseph 1-3 1-2 4, Patterson 3-7 0-0 7, Ross 7-12 0-0 18, Nogueira 0-0 0-0 0, Carroll 3-5 0-0 7.

Totals 42-81 14-19 111.

MILWAUKEE (90) Antetokounmpo 2-5 0-0 4, Parker 2-12 5-6 9, Monroe 7-10 5-5 19, Carter-Williams 4-13 0-0 8, Middleton 7-16 1-1 20, Mayo 1-7 4-4 6, O’Bryant 2-4 0-0 4, Henson 5-7 1-2 11, Ennis 3-4 0-0 6, Vaughn 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 34-81 16-18 90.

Toronto 22 34 20 35 — 111 Milwaukee 17 35 27 11 — 90 Three-Point Goals-Toronto 13-29 (Ross 4-7, Scola 3-4, Lowry 2-6, Joseph 1-1, Carroll 1-2, Patterson 1-4, DeRozan 1-4, Johnson 0-1), Milwaukee 6-14 (Middleton 5-8, Vaughn 1-2, Antetokounmpo 0-2, Mayo 0-2). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Toronto 50 (Biyombo 12), Milwaukee 43 (Monroe 11). Assists-Toronto 31 (Lowry 9), Milwaukee 25 (Middleton 7). Total Fouls-Toronto 17, Milwaukee 17. TechnicalsToronto defensive three second, Milwaukee defensive three second. A-16,329 (18,717).

Jeff Withey, Utah Min: 19. Pts: 6. Reb: 7. Ast: 0.

HIGH SCHOOLS HUB:

NEW YORK (98) Anthony 7-12 4-7 18, Porzingis 3-10 2-2 9, Lopez 4-5 1-1 9, Calderon 3-5 0-0 8, Afflalo 4-10 1-1 10, Thomas 6-12 0-0 12, Galloway 3-6 3-3 11, O’Quinn 3-7 1-1 7, Grant 1-6 0-0 2, Williams 5-8 1-2 12, Vujacic 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-81 13-17 98.

ATLANTA (117) Bazemore 2-8 0-0 6, Millsap 8-16 5-8 22, Horford 9-15 1-1 19, Teague 6-12 4-4 17, Korver 1-7 0-0 3, Splitter 1-2 0-0 2, Sefolosha 4-5 1-1 9, Schroder 4-9 2-2 10, Scott 7-8 2-2 18, Patterson 3-4 0-0 7, Muscala 1-1 0-0 2, Mack 1-1 0-0 2, Holiday 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 47-88 15-18 117.

New York 32 31 12 23 — 98 Atlanta 22 38 27 30 — 117 Three-Point Goals-New York 7-24 (Calderon 2-3, Galloway 2-4, Porzingis 1-2, Williams 1-2, Afflalo 1-4, Anthony 0-2, Thomas 0-3, Grant 0-4), Atlanta 8-25 (Scott 2-2, Bazemore 2-6, Teague 1-2, Patterson 1-2, Millsap 1-3, Korver 1-6, Sefolosha 0-1, Schroder 0-1, Horford 0-2).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-New York 49 (Anthony 12), Atlanta 41 (Millsap 7). AssistsNew York 25 (Calderon 8), Atlanta 33 (Millsap, Horford 7). Total Fouls-New York 15, Atlanta 17. A-19,015 (18,729).

Mario Chalmers, Memphis Min: 17. Pts: 5. Reb: 1. Ast: 4.

Paul Pierce, L.A. Clippers Min: 27. Pts: 20. Reb: 5. Ast: 2.

MEMPHIS (92) Je.Green 3-5 1-2 8, Barnes 3-9 0-0 7, Gasol 8-18 2-4 18, Conley 7-20 1-2 19, Lee 2-5 0-1 5, Ja.Green 2-5 4-4 8, Allen 2-4 0-0 4, Randolph 8-19 2-6 18, Chalmers 2-3 1-2 5, Carter 0-2 0-0 0.

Totals 37-90 11-21 92.

CHARLOTTE (98) Hairston 5-6 0-0 14, Williams 2-5 4-4 9, Zeller 3-6 2-2 8, Walker 6-12 6-6 22, Batum 7-14 4-4 20, Lin 2-7 7-8 13, Jefferson 1-8 0-2 2, Kaminsky 2-8 5-6 10, Lamb 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 28-69 28-32 98.

Memphis 28 25 21 18 — 92 Charlotte 30 23 21 24 — 98 Three-Point Goals-Memphis 7-19 (Conley 4-9, Je.Green 1-1, Lee 1-3, Barnes 1-4, Randolph 0-1, Chalmers 0-1), Charlotte 14-32 (Hairston 4-5, Walker 4-6, Lin 2-3, Batum 2-7, Williams 1-4, Kaminsky 1-4, Lamb 0-3). Fouled OutJefferson. Rebounds-Memphis 58 (Randolph 12), Charlotte 50 (Batum 11). Assists-Memphis 21 (Conley 7), Charlotte 21 (Batum, Walker 8).

Total Fouls-Memphis 24, Charlotte 24. A-19,091 (19,077).

Hawks 117, Knicks 98 Atlanta — Paul Millsap scored 22 points, Al Horford added 19 points, and Atlanta won its sixth straight game.

Carmelo Anthony, returning after missing one game with a sprained right ankle, finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks. New York has dropped three straight and seven of 11.

How former Jayhawks fared

Raptors 111, Bucks 90 Milwaukee — DeMar DeRozan scored 22 points and Terrence Ross added 21 to lead Toronto past Milwaukee.

DeRozan had a chance to be first player in team history to score 28 points or more in five straight games.

Hornets 98, Grizzlies 92 Charlotte, N.C. — Kemba Walker scored 11 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, and Charlotte held off Memphis.

Nicholas Batum had 20 points and 11 rebounds, P.J. Hairston added 14 points, Jeremy Lin 13 and Frank Kaminsky 10 for the Hornets, who rallied from a five-point deficit in the final period.

Mike Conley scored 19 points, Marc Gasol had 18 and Zach Randolph added a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Grizzlies, who led 83-78 with 7:43 remaining in the fourth quarter.

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TODAY before Louisville came almost Kentucky’s second-leading Spalding 1-4 1-2 3, Onuaku 4-7 1-3 9, Lee 8-20 9-10 27, Snider 0-5 0-0 0, Lewis 6-10 1-1 all the way back. The Cardi- scorer, Isaiah Briscoe, sat out Pro Football Time Net Cable 15, Stockman 1-3 0-0 2, Johnson 3-6 0-2 6, nals (11-2) had a chance to tie hurting his Helmet ankle AFC after TEAM LOGOS 081312: anddurteam logos for the0-0 AFC stand-alone; ETA 5 p.m. noon Mahmoud 1-2teams; 1, Adel various 1-1 0-0 2,sizes; Mitchell 3-7 K.C. v. staff; Cleveland CBS 5, 13, or take the lead with less than a ing pregame warmups. Fresh- 2-2 8. Totals 27-63 15-22 73.

205,213 (10-2) minute left but Trey Lewis was man guard Charles Matthews KENTUCKY Lee 4-5 0-0 8, Poythress 5-7 4-7 14, Ulis 7-12 Green Bay v. Arizona 3 p.m. Fox 4, 204 called for traveling. started in place of Briscoe, who 3-4 21, Matthews 1-3 0-0 2, Murray 3-14 3-6 12, 7:20p.m. NBC 14, 214 The Wildcats then com- averages 11.5 points, but it was Labissiere 0-3 2-2 2, Mulder 0-0 0-0 0, Hawkins N.Y. Giants v. Minn.

3-4 4-6 13, Willis 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 24-52 16-25 75. mitted a shot-clock violation Hawkins who gave the WildHalftime-Kentucky 44-36. 3-Point Goalsto give Louisville one more cats a spark in his absence.

Louisville 4-14 (Lewis 2-3, Lee 2-7, Snider 0-1, College Basketball Time Net Cable 0-3), Kentucky 11-23 (Ulis 4-7, Hawkins Texas Sou. v. Syracuse 1 p.m. chance.

Hawkins hit a clutch three- Mitchell ESPNU 35, 235 3-4, Murray 3-8, Willis 1-3, Poythress 0-1).

Alex Poythress scored 14 pointer and made two free Rebounds-Louisville 39 (Onuaku 10), Kentucky Presbyterian v. Marquette 1 p.m. FS1 150,227 points for Kentucky. Domi- throws in the final three min- 29 (Lee 7). Assists-Louisville 8 (Mitchell 3), Marshall v. Maryland 3 p.m. BTN 147,237 12 (Ulis 8). Total Fouls-Louisville nique Hawkins added 13 and utes to keep the Wildcats in Kentucky 21, Kentucky 19. Technicals-Louisville Bench, Midd. Tenn. v. S. Dak. St. 4:30p.m. FCSC 145 Kentucky Bench. A-24,412.

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BOSTON (99) Crowder 5-11 1-2 11, Sullinger 5-9 0-0 10, A.Johnson 6-7 0-0 12, Thomas 4-14 9-10 17, Bradley 6-14 3-3 18, Olynyk 4-8 0-2 9, Jerebko 1-2 0-0 2, Hunter 0-1 0-0 0, Turner 5-11 3-4 13, Zeller 3-7 1-2 7. Totals 39-84 17-23 99.

DETROIT (93) Morris 7-14 2-4 16, Ilyasova 3-9 2-2 9, Drummond 9-21 4-10 22, Jackson 5-14 5-5 17, Caldwell-Pope 3-13 0-0 6, Blake 1-3 2-2 4, S.Johnson 5-11 0-0 12, Baynes 1-1 0-0 2, Tolliver 1-5 2-2 5, Bullock 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-91 17-25 93.

Boston 25 26 25 23 — 99 Detroit 24 22 15 32 — 93 Three-Point Goals-Boston 4-23 (Bradley 3-10, Olynyk 1-3, Jerebko 0-1, Hunter 0-1, Crowder 0-4, Thomas 0-4), Detroit 6-25 (S.Johnson 2-3, Jackson 2-5, Ilyasova 1-3, Tolliver 1-5, Blake 0-2, Morris 0-2, Caldwell-Pope 0-5). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Boston 53 (Sullinger, A.Johnson 8), Detroit 62 (Drummond 22).

Assists-Boston 20 (Thomas 9), Detroit 16 (Blake 6). Total Fouls-Boston 24, Detroit 24.

A-18,288 (22,076).

Thomas Robinson, Brooklyn Min: 3. Pts: 0. Reb: 0. Ast: 0.

Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota Min: 38. Pts: 19. Reb: 3. Ast: 1.

Pelicans 110, Rockets 108 New Orleans — Anthony Davis had 24 points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots, Tyreke Evans stole Pacers 102, Trevor Ariza’s inbound pass Timberwolves 88 Minneapolis — Monta Ellis in the final seconds, and New Orleans held against Houston. had 22 points and six rebounds to help Indiana overcome a HOUSTON (108) fourth-quarter deficit.

Ariza 6-11 2-3 16, Capela 1-4 0-0 2, Howard 3-4 1-1 7, Beverley 6-10 0-0 16, Harden 8-21 4-4 25, Jones 4-12 4-6 13, Lawson 3-9 2-2 9, Brewer 1-3 2-2 4, Terry 1-2 0-0 3, Motiejunas 2-3 0-0 4, Thornton 3-5 2-2 9. Totals 38-84 17-20 108.

NEW ORLEANS (110) Gee 2-6 0-0 5, Davis 8-16 7-8 24, Asik 2-4 6-6 10, Evans 3-13 4-4 11, Gordon 10-12 0-0 26, Holiday 3-7 2-3 9, Perkins 2-2 0-2 4, Anderson 6-9 2-3 16, Cole 2-6 0-0 5, Cunningham 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 38-75 21-26 110.

Houston 41 21 29 17 — 108 New Orleans 33 30 21 26 — 110 Three-Point Goals-Houston 15-33 (Harden 5-11, Beverley 4-7, Ariza 2-5, Terry 1-1, Jones 1-1, Lawson 1-3, Thornton 1-3, Brewer 0-1, Motiejunas 0-1), New Orleans 13-24 (Gordon 6-8, Anderson 2-4, Cole 1-2, Holiday 1-2, Davis 1-2, Evans 1-3, Gee 1-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Houston 44 (Howard 9), New Orleans 47 (Davis 13). Assists-Houston 21 (Lawson, Harden 5), New Orleans 25 (Evans 13). Total Fouls-Houston 20, New Orleans 17.

Technicals-Houston defensive three second 2.

A-18,248 (16,867).

INDIANA (102) Miles 2-8 1-2 6, George 7-16 0-0 18, Mahinmi 4-4 3-3 11, G.Hill 3-6 0-0 7, Ellis 8-15 5-5 22, Stuckey 3-9 0-0 7, J.Hill 5-10 2-2 12, Allen 4-6 0-0 8, Robinson III 0-1 0-0 0, Budinger 4-5 2-2 11.

Totals 40-80 13-14 102.

MINNESOTA (88) Prince 2-4 0-0 4, Garnett 1-4 0-0 2, Towns 10-16 4-5 24, Rubio 6-10 2-2 15, Wiggins 9-18 1-3 19, Dieng 2-8 3-4 7, LaVine 3-10 2-2 9, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Payne 2-2 0-0 6, Muhammad 0-2 2-2 2.

Totals 35-75 14-18 88.

Indiana 21 22 23 36 — 102 Minnesota 21 23 24 20 — 88 Three-Point Goals-Indiana 9-26 (George 4-8, Budinger 1-1, G.Hill 1-3, Stuckey 1-3, Ellis 1-5, Miles 1-6), Minnesota 4-12 (Payne 2-2, LaVine 1-3, Rubio 1-4, Wiggins 0-1, Towns 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Indiana 49 (Mahinmi, Ellis 6), Minnesota 36 (Towns 8).

Assists-Indiana 25 (Stuckey 8), Minnesota 22 (Rubio 9). Total Fouls-Indiana 13, Minnesota 16. A-15,076 (19,356).

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DENVER (86) Faried 4-7 0-0 8, Papanikolaou 1-5 0-0 2, Lauvergne 4-9 0-0 9, Nelson 2-7 0-0 4, Harris 4-10 2-2 10, Foye 3-9 2-2 9, Jokic 10-19 1-2 22, Arthur 3-6 0-0 6, Barton 7-14 0-0 16, Miller 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-86 5-6 86.

SAN ANTONIO (101) Leonard 7-13 4-4 20, Aldridge 6-14 0-0 12, West 5-8 0-0 10, Parker 6-12 0-0 13, Green 3-6 2-2 8, Mills 3-8 0-0 8, Diaw 6-10 2-3 16, Simmons 0-2 0-0 0, Anderson 2-5 0-0 4, Marjanovic 1-3 8-8 10, McCallum 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-81 16-17 101.

Denver 20 22 23 21 — 86 San Antonio 22 34 20 25 — 101 Three-Point Goals-Denver 5-18 (Barton 2-5, Lauvergne 1-2, Jokic 1-2, Foye 1-3, Papanikolaou 0-1, Harris 0-2, Nelson 0-3), San Antonio 7-10 (Diaw 2-2, Leonard 2-2, Mills 2-4, Parker 1-1, Green 0-1). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Denver 44 (Jokic 7), San Antonio 48 (Aldridge 9). Assists-Denver 25 (Jokic, Foye, Harris 5), San Antonio 21 (West 6). Total FoulsDenver 16, San Antonio 10. A-18,420 (18,797).

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Mavericks 118, Bulls 111 Dallas — J.J. Barea made a career-high seven three-pointers and finished with 26 points coming off his first 30-point game.

CHICAGO (111) Gibson 6-8 0-2 12, Mirotic 6-10 7-11 23, Gasol 7-10 4-4 18, Rose 12-20 1-1 25, Butler 4-11 7-8 17, Hinrich 0-3 0-0 0, Portis 1-3 0-0 2, McDermott 3-4 0-0 7, Bairstow 0-0 0-0 0, Brooks 3-9 0-0 7.

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DALLAS (118) Matthews 4-11 0-0 10, Nowitzki 5-11 3-4 16, Pachulia 6-13 5-5 17, Felton 2-5 8-8 13, Barea 9-14 1-2 26, Parsons 8-15 2-3 20, Powell 4-6 1-3 9, Harris 2-8 2-3 7, McGee 0-2 0-0 0, Villanueva 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 40-87 22-28 118.

Chicago 26 34 29 22 — 111 Dallas 33 26 31 28 — 118 Three-Point Goals-Chicago 8-21 (Mirotic 4-7, Butler 2-5, McDermott 1-2, Brooks 1-3, Rose 0-1, Hinrich 0-3), Dallas 16-33 (Barea 7-8, Nowitzki 3-7, Parsons 2-5, Matthews 2-8, Harris 1-2, Felton 1-2, Villanueva 0-1). Fouled OutPowell. Rebounds-Chicago 48 (Gasol 9), Dallas 48 (Pachulia 12). Assists-Chicago 20 (Butler 8), Dallas 24 (Felton, Parsons, Barea 5). Total Fouls-Chicago 23, Dallas 25. Technicals-Dallas defensive three second. A-20,392 (19,200).

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Tottenham 8:55a.m. NBCSP 38, 238 scored 22 points, reserve Nik Stauskas had 17, and Philadel- Man. United v. Chelsea 11:30a.m. NBCSP 38, 238 phia beat Phoenix.

PHILADELPHIA (111) Covington 0-7 0-0 0, Grant 0-2 4-4 4, Noel 6-7 2-3 14, Smith 6-15 1-1 14, Canaan 6-12 6-6 22, Landry 7-10 2-2 16, Thompson 3-6 0-1 9, Marshall 1-7 2-2 5, Sampson 0-0 6-8 6, Holmes 2-3 0-0 4, Stauskas 7-10 0-0 17, McConnell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-79 23-27 111.

PHOENIX (104) Tucker 3-8 3-3 10, Leuer 6-9 0-0 14, Len 2-5 2-2 6, Bledsoe 2-4 0-0 4, Knight 7-23 6-7 21, Price 1-7 2-2 5, Teletovic 2-8 5-8 9, Chandler 3-4 4-5 10, Warren 1-5 0-0 3, Weems 1-4 0-0 3, Booker 6-11 4-7 19. Totals 34-88 26-34 104.

Philadelphia 29 22 34 26 — 111 Phoenix 15 30 30 29 — 104 Three-Point Goals-Philadelphia 12-27 (Canaan 4-8, Stauskas 3-4, Thompson 3-6, Smith 1-1, Marshall 1-4, Grant 0-1, Covington 0-3), Phoenix 10-27 (Booker 3-4, Leuer 2-3, Tucker 1-1, Weems 1-1, Warren 1-3, Price 1-4, Knight 1-7, Bledsoe 0-1, Teletovic 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Philadelphia 56 (Noel 11), Phoenix 51 (Chandler 10). Assists-Philadelphia 20 (Smith 5), Phoenix 17 (Knight 7). Total Fouls-Philadelphia 26, Phoenix 26. TechnicalsPhoenix Coach Hornacek, Phoenix defensive three second. A-17,548 (18,055).

Clippers 109, Jazz 104 Salt Lake City — Playing without an injured Blake Griffin, J.J. Redick scored 25 points and Paul Pierce had 20 to lead Los Angeles.

L.A. CLIPPERS (109) Mbah a Moute 2-5 2-2 7, Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Jordan 6-9 2-3 14, Paul 7-14 4-4 19, Redick 8-11 4-4 25, Pierce 6-11 3-4 20, W.Johnson 4-8 0-0 9, Crawford 1-10 5-5 7, Aldrich 4-6 0-2 8, Prigioni 0-1 0-0 0, Stephenson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 38-79 20-24 109.

UTAH (104) Hayward 7-13 13-15 28, Lyles 1-3 3-4 6, Withey 2-5 2-2 6, Neto 4-9 0-0 9, Hood 6-13 2-2 15, Booker 3-5 0-0 6, Burks 5-5 0-2 11, Burke 2-8 0-0 5, Ingles 5-10 0-0 14, Millsap 1-2 0-0 2, C.Johnson 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 36-74 22-27 104.

L.A. Clippers 18 30 31 30 — 109 Utah 26 27 24 27 — 104 Three-Point Goals-L.A. Clippers 13-26 (Pierce 5-7, Redick 5-7, Paul 1-1, Mbah a Moute 1-2, W.Johnson 1-4, Prigioni 0-1, Stephenson 0-1, Crawford 0-3), Utah 10-27 (Ingles 4-8, Burks 1-1, Hayward 1-2, Lyles 1-2, Neto 1-3, Hood 1-4, Burke 1-6, C.Johnson 0-1). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-L.A. Clippers 44 (Jordan 13), Utah 44 (Withey 7). Assists-L.A. Clippers 24 (Paul 11), Utah 18 (Hayward 5). Total Fouls-L.A. Clippers 23, Utah 22. Technicals-Jordan, L.A. Clippers defensive three second. A-19,911 (19,911).

Trail Blazers 105, Cavaliers 76 Portland, Ore. — Allen Crabbe scored a career-high 26 Spurs 101, Nuggets 86 Heat 108, Magic 101 points, and Portland held LeSan Antonio — Kawhi Leon- Bron James to just 12 points.

Orlando, Fla. — Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh each ard had 20 points, and San Anscored 24 points, and Miami tonio rebounded from a rare CLEVELAND (76) James 4-13 4-5 12, Love 4-9 1-3 13, Mozgov loss and beat Denver to remain beat Orlando.

1-4 0-0 2, Dellavedova 4-8 0-0 10, Smith 1-6 unbeaten at home.

0-0 3, Thompson 2-3 0-0 4, Williams 0-6 0-0 0,

MIAMI (108) Deng 3-10 0-0 7, Bosh 10-16 2-2 24, Whiteside 2-5 3-3 7, Dragic 9-16 1-2 22, Wade 7-12 10-10 24, Stoudemire 1-3 0-0 2, Winslow 0-2 4-4 4, Green 5-10 2-2 15, Udrih 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 38-77 22-23 108.

ORLANDO (101) Harris 4-7 3-6 13, Frye 3-5 0-0 8, Vucevic 11-22 0-1 22, Payton 9-13 0-2 18, Fournier 4-11 2-2 12, Oladipo 3-8 1-2 8, Nicholson 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 5-6 0-0 10, Hezonja 3-5 0-0 8, Gordon 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals 43-79 6-13 101.

Miami 20 24 25 39 — 108 Orlando 24 32 20 25 — 101 Three-Point Goals-Miami 10-20 (Green 3-5, Dragic 3-6, Bosh 2-3, Udrih 1-1, Deng 1-4, Winslow 0-1), Orlando 9-19 (Frye 2-3, Harris 2-3, Hezonja 2-3, Fournier 2-6, Oladipo 1-3, Vucevic 0-1). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsMiami 42 (Bosh 10), Orlando 41 (Vucevic 10). Assists-Miami 22 (Wade 6), Orlando 31 (Fournier, Payton 7). Total Fouls-Miami 10, Orlando 18. Technicals-Miami defensive three second. A-18,846 (18,500).

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Jefferson 3-6 2-2 10, Varejao 2-2 0-0 4, Shumpert 2-8 0-0 5, Jones 3-8 0-1 7, Cunningham 2-4 2-4 6, Kaun 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-77 9-15 76.

PORTLAND (105) Aminu 5-9 0-0 12, Vonleh 1-3 0-0 2, Plumlee 4-6 3-4 11, McCollum 7-18 1-3 16, Crabbe 8-15 6-6 26, Leonard 5-9 1-2 13, Davis 4-4 0-0 8, Henderson 1-7 3-4 5, Harkless 2-5 0-0 4, Frazier 1-4 0-0 2, Connaughton 0-2 0-0 0, Kaman 2-4 0-0 4, Montero 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 41-89 14-19 105.

Cleveland 12 22 25 17 — 76 Portland 34 29 27 15 — 105 Three-Point Goals-Cleveland 11-31 (Love 4-7, Jefferson 2-4, Dellavedova 2-4, Jones 1-4, Shumpert 1-4, Smith 1-5, James 0-3), Portland 9-22 (Crabbe 4-6, Leonard 2-4, Aminu 2-5, McCollum 1-5, Henderson 0-1, Frazier 0-1).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Cleveland 49 (Thompson 11), Portland 59 (Plumlee 14).

Assists-Cleveland 21 (Dellavedova 6), Portland 28 (McCollum 6). Total Fouls-Cleveland 20, Portland 12. Technicals-Jones, Shumpert, Leonard, Portland defensive three second.

A-19,393 (19,980).

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Kansas City, Mo. — Eudora High’s boys basketball players are confident they will be a tough team by the end of the season.

With 11 seniors and three juniors on the roster, the Cardinals have the potential for a special year. It’s just learning to play more consistently, especially when playing without junior standout Mitchell Ballock, who had surgery in September to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.

The Cardinals (3-3) have picked up wins against Kansas City (Kan.) Harmon, Olathe Northwest and Louisburg, with losses against Spring Hill,

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His statistical success was just one of the things Smithson always will remember about the 2015 season. It also marked his first at the Div. I level in which he served as a team captain and the Baltimore native said that was as big of an honor as any he has ever had in the game of football.

“It was really big,” he said. “I think I’ve played on seven teams (in my

Bonner Springs and Barstow (Mo.).

“I don’t even really look at the record,” Eudora coach Kyle Deterding said. “I just look at how we play. A lot of it depends on who you play and when you play them.

It is what it is. We’re fine with it. We just want to work on how we play and concentrate on ourselves.”

Without Ballock and his ability to carry the offense, the Cardinals have split their scoring through the first six games. Senior 6-foot guard Brian Tolefree is averaging 14.5 points over the last four games. Seniors Grant Elston, Austin Downing, Mason Fawcett, Jomain Rouser and Avery Rouser have all had games with double digit scoring.

But they’ve had some problems playing without a primary scorer.

“I think sometimes we get caught standing and watching a lot,” Downing said. “I know me, if I’m working hard on defense, I get tired a little bit and I won’t set a screen. I’ll run over there and interchange. I think that hurts us because it allows the defender to run with them instead of having to work through a screen.”

Ballock, a 6-foot-4 combo guard, averaged 20 points per game last year, earning first-team all-state honors. It was initially expected he would miss his entire junior season, but he now hopes to return at the end of February, depending on how his rehab progresses.

“I’m not going to rush anything,” Ballock said.

“I don’t want there to be a setback right after I get back, then I have to go through it all over the summer and lose my last (AAU) period. But hopefully I can get back by the end of the year, maybe two games or three games before sub-state, then go into that and try to make a run at a state championship.”

Ballock, ranked No. 37 nationally in the Class of 2017 by Rivals.com, has scholarship offers from Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Creighton, Indiana, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, among others. With some extra time off of the court this winter, he’s made an unofficial visit to Oklahoma and saw KU play Mon-

football career) and I’ve been a captain on every one of them. But this, by far, was the biggest.

“I remember a couple nights, after the team voted me captain, I just sat in my room, looking up to the ceiling just soaking it all in like, ‘Wow. I’m really a captain.’ When I drive around and I see the buildings and the stadium, I just keep thinking, ‘I’m the captain of this.’

And that’s something I really pride myself on, trying to be a good leader and helping guys out, on and off the field. Personally, it was a real big deal

for me and I think I did a good job.”

With the offseason now in full swing, Smithson has turned his attention toward mentoring his teammates so the Jayhawks can enjoy more team success in 2016.

“I’m really still just trying to become a complete, all-around safety,” he said. “Even though I had stats that looked great, I really do feel like there’s more I can work on in my game. I still feel like I can make more tackles and work on my coverage more and my leadership.”

Hoops

Chiefs face Browns, Manziel Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — He was supposed to be the savior of a downtrodden franchise, a mobile quarterback with plenty of arm strength to keep defenses honest, and enough moxie to lead his team to respectability.

Perfect description for Alex Smith. Pretty good for Johnny Manziel, too.

When Smith leads the Kansas City Chiefs into today’s game against the Browns, he may as well be showing his Cleveland counterpart what’s still possible. The start to Manziel’s career has been every bit as turbulent as Smith’s beginning in San Francisco, yet the former No. 1 overall pick has matured to the point he’s a Pro Bowl alternate for a team barreling toward the playoffs.

“I obviously had a lot of expectations and a lot of hype coming in,” Manziel said. “He obviously did being a first-round pick, too, but he did get some patience with the organization that he was with, and I think it’s panned out for him because I think he’s a good quarterback.”

Those first few years were quite the struggle, though. Smith had difficulty living up to expectations, and it took a new 49ers regime before Smith finally started to flourish.

Even then, he was jettisoned in favor of Colin Kaepernick. Smith never lost faith in himself. And now in his third season in Kansas City, he is putting together arguably the finest season of his 10-year career, one that has the Chiefs (9-5) riding an eight-game winning streak.

Smith went more than 300 passes without a pick earlier this season, setting a Chiefs record. He is on pace to shatter his career high for yards passing, and his 16 touchdown passes and four interceptions represent the best touchdown-to-interception ratio of his career.

In short, he’s come a long way from completing 50 percent of his passes as a rookie.

“He knows he’s in

tana last weekend. However, he’d rather be helping his teammates on the court.

“It’s been tough all year,” Ballock said of sitting out. “In the beginning, it was kind of hard because you’re not able to play at all. Now I’m starting to shoot a little bit, dribble and everything, so it’s getting a little easier.”

In a 61-40 loss to Barstow in the Hy-Vee Shootout on Dec. 19, the Cardinals went scoreless for nearly seven minutes in the first quarter. They shot 29 percent from the field (13-of-45) and had 18 turnovers against the defending Missouri Class 3 state champions.

“Turnovers is what’s killing us,” Tolefree said. “(Barstow) was just a

good learning opportunity like each game we’ve lost and won. The games we’ve won weren’t pretty but the games we lost, we’re learning and we’re getting a lot better. I think when we come back in January, we’ll be good and solid.”

With the athletic 6-4 Rouser brothers in the low post, and the 6-3 Fawcett, the Cardinals have a strong mix of forwards and guards. It’s just a matter of executing on a consistent basis.

“It comes down to the fundamentals,” Tolefree said. “If we get the fundamentals down, we’ll be a really good team.”

In their first game following winter break, the Cardinals will travel to Baldwin at 7 p.m. on Jan. 5.

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severe headaches and rapidly declining vision.

“Eventually he was diagnosed with a benign pituitary tumor, which had caused his excessive growth in addition to the medical problems and it took two surgeries to correct the problem,” S.I. reported. “When he said after practice on Thursday that he was ‘happy to be here,’ it wasn’t entirely clear at first whether he was referring to being in the NCAA tournament, in the U.S., at Irvine, or among the living. ‘All of those things,’’’ Ndiaye added to SI.com. l

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CLEVELAND’S JOHNNY MANZIEL prepares to throw during a Nov. 15 game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh. charge out there,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said.

“He’s got a little flexibility to get you in and out of plays, good or bad situations, and put you in good situations.”

That may be the mark of an established quarterback — the point Manziel is trying to reach.

The first-round pick of the Browns (3-11) last year, Manziel went 0-2 as a starter as a rookie.

Things have been just as topsy-turvy in Year 2, which has included offfield issues, a benching after the bye, and a couple of decent performances.

“I’ll tell you the same thing I told you when he was in college: He’s an explosive player,” Reid said.

“From a defensive standpoint, you’ve got to make sure you play the whole play and then a little.”

The finish to the season could be crucial for Manziel, because the Browns will have another high draft pick. That means they must decide soon whether to continue to build around him.

“They see him ultraprepared. They see him seamlessly calling plays in the huddle and getting guys lined up, and knowing where to go with the ball and doing his job.

There is no substitute for hard work to get to that point,” Browns coach Mike Pettine said. “He has put it in and has done it.”

CAPSULE CLEVELAND (3-11) at KANSAS CITY (9-5) Noon today, CBS (WOW! channels 5, 13, 205, 213) OPENING LINE — Chiefs by 11 1/2 RECORD VS. SPREAD — Browns 5-9, Chiefs 8-6 SERIES RECORD — Tied 11-11-2 LAST MEETING — Chiefs beat Browns 23-17, Oct. 27, 2013 LAST WEEK — Browns lost to Seahawks 30-13; Chiefs beat Ravens 34-14 AP PRO32 RANKING — Browns No. 30, Chiefs No. 7 BROWNS OFFENSE — OVERALL (25), RUSH (29T), PASS (14) BROWNS DEFENSE — OVERALL (26), RUSH (31), PASS (22) CHIEFS OFFENSE — OVERALL (24), RUSH (8), PASS (28) CHIEFS DEFENSE — OVERALL (8), RUSH (7), PASS (17) STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Cleveland has lost eight of nine. ... Browns are playing final road game this season. ... Cleveland needs 220 yards passing for 4,000 for season. QBs are completing 63.1 percent of passes, second best in franchise history. ... Johnny Manziel expected to start at QB for Browns for third straight game. ...

Cleveland ran for season-best 230 yards two weeks ago vs.

San Francisco. ... Browns LB Karlos Dansby has returned two interceptions for TDs this season. ... Browns P Andy Lee needs two punts inside 20 to tie Bryan Barker (326) for most in NFL history. ... WR Dwayne Bowe spent eight seasons with Chiefs before signing with Cleveland this season.

Bow has only five receptions and no TDs in 2015. ... Gary Barnidge is tied with Ozzie Newsome for most TD receptions among Browns tight ends with nine.

Jackson recruitment: Detroit radio talk show host Rico Beard caused shockwaves in the recruiting world on Dec. 22 when he reported that the country’s No. 1 prospect, Josh Jackson, said he was “down to two schools,” those schools being Michigan State and Arizona.

The 6-foot-7 shooting guard from Prolific Prep in Napa, California (originally from Detroit) who was in the stands for the Spartans’ overtime win over Oakland on Tuesday in Auburn Hills, Michigan, has also had KU, Maryland, UCLA and UNLV on his list and in fact has a visit scheduled to KU for the Texas game on Jan. 23.

Jackson’s AAU team, 1 Nation Elite Sports, followed Beard’s report with a Tweet indicating, “the recruitment of Josh Jackson has not been finalized.”

A followup 1 Nation Tweet read: “The news reported (in Detroit papers as well) is all a hoax!

1Nation is the official place for info regarding Josh Jackson’s recruitment!”

Michigan media figure to provide updates on Jackson’s recruitment Monday and Tuesday when Prolific Prep competes in the Throwdown in Motown in Dearborn Heights, Michigan.

According to btpowerhouse.com “Jackson is friends with two current members of Michigan State’s 2016 recruiting

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Saunders is scheduled for a hearing Monday morning in Berea Municipal Court.

Bryant’s legal issues date back to his college days. He was drafted in the seventh round in 2013 from East Central Oklahoma, where he was twice arrested for selling marijuana to an undercover

Gregory Payan/AP Photo

JOSH JACKSON COMPETES IN THE DUNK CONTEST IN THE UNDER ARMOUR ELITE 24 SKILLS COMPETITION on Friday, Aug. 21 in Brooklyn, New York. Jackson has scheduled a campus visit to Kansas on Jan. 23.

Canadian sensation: Canada, the home of former KU guard Andrew Wiggins, is continuing to churn out top basketball players.

Toronto native R.J. Barrett a 6-6 freshman guard from Montverde Academy in Florida, made the all-tournament team at last week’s City of Palms Classic in Fort Myers, Florida. He averaged 19.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists in four games. He had 31

points in his squad’s only loss at the tourney.

Barrett’s dad, Rowan, is a former player on Canada’s National Team out of St. John’s. R.J.’s godfather is former NBA great Steve Nash. Rowan told USA Today that he sent to his son to the U.S., because of the fact “other Canadians such as Andrew Wiggins have thrived with elite U.S. high school programs.”

“When he left, I felt like I lost both my arms and my legs,” Rowan told USA Today. “It was a challenge. At the same time, I have to understand this is a normal thing at the higher levels of basketball. … At his age, he has to continue to work on everything.

In my house, you haven’t done anything when you’re 15. I really like what I see in him at Montverde. They’re not giving him too much too soon because that can crush an athlete.”

“The kid is a special talent and will be offered by everyone,” one Division 1 assistant told Zagsblog.com.

officer on campus. Bryant pleaded no contest to a felony charge of marijuana distribution in a school zone, received a deferred sentence and was suspended for three games.

The Browns were aware of his past when they drafted him and then just days after selecting him, Bryant was arrested for driving under the influence in Ada, Oklahoma.

He played in 12 games as a rookie but was limited to just five last season, when he tore knee liga-

ments and had surgery.

The Browns have been pleased with his development this season and were encouraged that he had seemingly turned his life around. Bryant has been one of the few bright spots for Cleveland’s struggling defense.

Saunders has been on Cleveland’s practice squad.

The Browns (3-11) play the Chiefs today before ending the regular season at home against Pittsburgh on Jan. 3.

class, Miles Bridges and Cassius Winston. Bridges is a rated as a 5-star combo forward and Winston is a 4-star point guard. Also heading to East Lansing next season are 4-star center Nick Ward and 5-star shooting guard Josh Langford. If Jackson decides to stay in his home state and pick the Spartans, Michigan State’s recruiting class would rise to the quantity and quality of talent typically only achieved

by Kentucky and Duke.”

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Wind NNE 12-25 mph

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McCook 26/12

Kearney 23/10

Oberlin 25/14

Clarinda 30/22

Lincoln 26/17

Grand Island 21/10

Beatrice 24/16

St. Joseph 34/28 Chillicothe 37/32

Sabetha 30/23

Concordia 26/16

Centerville 34/27

Kansas City Marshall Manhattan 36/32 39/34 Hays Russell Goodland Salina 31/24 Oakley 29/17 Kansas City 30/19 Topeka 25/12 32/22 26/17 35/28 Lawrence 35/29 Sedalia 35/30 Emporia Great Bend 39/35 32/27 27/21 Nevada Dodge City Chanute 37/35 25/18 Hutchinson 37/32 Garden City 28/21 25/18 Springfield Wichita Pratt Liberal Coffeyville Joplin 42/36 32/26 24/16 24/18 40/33 40/34 Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

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50°/37° 38°/19° 72° in 1946 -6° in 2000

Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 7 p.m. yest. 0.68 Month to date 2.75 Normal month to date 1.41 Year to date 42.51 Normal year to date 39.70

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-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: A major winter storm will slam the south-central states today with a blizzard, ice and severe thunderstorms. Record warmth will dominate most of the East as the Northwest turns unsettled.

Today Mon. Today Mon. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Memphis 76 64 t 64 39 sh Albuquerque 34 17 sn 35 20 s 82 75 sh 83 75 pc Anchorage 29 28 sf 36 33 sn Miami Milwaukee 38 28 c 35 33 i Atlanta 75 64 c 71 58 t Minneapolis 19 11 pc 25 22 sn Austin 69 32 t 52 31 s Nashville 75 63 c 72 46 t Baltimore 73 45 c 48 40 c New Orleans 80 61 c 64 49 t Birmingham 76 68 c 72 48 t New York 68 40 c 45 37 pc Boise 26 19 pc 26 13 sf 25 18 pc 29 22 sn Boston 56 33 r 34 26 pc Omaha 84 67 pc 85 67 pc Buffalo 49 26 r 31 27 pc Orlando 70 46 c 47 42 c Cheyenne 23 10 s 31 6 pc Philadelphia Phoenix 57 36 s 59 39 s Chicago 39 30 c 37 34 i Pittsburgh 64 33 r 42 38 r Cincinnati 65 39 r 53 47 r Portland, ME 43 23 i 30 14 pc Cleveland 54 32 r 41 38 r Portland, OR 41 35 r 42 34 sh Dallas 58 35 r 43 31 c 39 25 c 38 18 sn Denver 25 13 c 29 15 pc Reno 73 50 c 52 46 r Des Moines 30 23 pc 34 26 sn Richmond Sacramento 48 35 pc 50 30 pc Detroit 42 29 r 37 35 i St. Louis 44 39 r 52 36 r El Paso 37 20 sn 39 22 c Salt Lake City 26 12 s 29 16 pc Fairbanks 4 0 s 29 13 c 62 46 s 60 46 pc Honolulu 82 72 pc 83 70 pc San Diego Houston 76 42 t 53 35 pc San Francisco 50 40 pc 51 40 pc Seattle 43 35 r 41 32 c Indianapolis 55 35 r 50 41 r 29 23 sn 27 19 sn Kansas City 35 29 c 36 23 sn Spokane 54 33 pc 60 35 s Las Vegas 46 29 s 46 31 pc Tucson Tulsa 41 36 r 40 22 sn Little Rock 72 53 t 54 34 c Wash., DC 73 47 c 48 42 r Los Angeles 61 41 s 59 39 c National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Zapata, TX 91° Low: West Yellowstone, MT -25°

WEATHER HISTORY New York City was hit by its biggest 24-hour snowstorm on Dec. 26 and 27, 1947; 26 inches accumulated in Central Park.

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SCOREBOARD NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 12 2 0 .857 435 269 N.Y. Jets 9 5 0 .643 344 272 Buffalo 6 8 0 .429 341 336 Miami 5 9 0 .357 278 361 South

W L T Pct PF PA Houston 7 7 0 .500 275 301 Indianapolis 6 8 0 .429 285 372 Jacksonville 5 9 0 .357 343 380 Tennessee 3 11 0 .214 269 359 North

W L T Pct PF PA x-Cincinnati 11 3 0 .786 378 243 Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 378 287 Baltimore 4 10 0 .286 292 360 Cleveland 3 11 0 .214 253 387 West

W L T Pct PF PA Denver 10 4 0 .714 308 259 Kansas City 9 5 0 .643 365 257 Oakland 7 8 0 .467 342 376 San Diego 4 11 0 .267 300 371 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA y-Washington 8 7 0 .533 354 356 N.Y. Giants 6 8 0 .429 373 358 Philadelphia 6 9 0 .400 342 400 Dallas 4 10 0 .286 246 324 South

W L T Pct PF PA y-Carolina 14 0 0 1.000 449 278 Atlanta 7 7 0 .500 302 312 Tampa Bay 6 8 0 .429 311 353 New Orleans 5 9 0 .357 350 432 North

W L T Pct PF PA x-Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 347 265 Minnesota 9 5 0 .643 296 272 Detroit 5 9 0 .357 302 363 Chicago 5 9 0 .357 289 352

The Associated Press

Sun Washington St. 20, Miami 14 El Paso, Texas — Luke Falk threw two touchdown passes to lead Washington State on Saturday in the snowy Sun Bowl. Erik Powell added field goals of 30 and 25 yards to help the Cougar (9-4) win a bowl games for the first time since the 2003 Holiday Bowl.

Miami 7 0 0 7 — 14 Washington St. 7 13 0 0 — 20 First Quarter WSU-Morrow 31 pass from Falk (E.Powell kick), 12:41.

Mia-Coley 4 pass from Kaaya (Badgley kick), 5:45.

Second Quarter WSU-FG E.Powell 30, 6:33.

WSU-Marks 25 pass from Falk (E.Powell kick), 1:10.

WSU-FG E.Powell 25, :00.

Fourth Quarter Mia-Walton 5 run (Badgley kick), 13:10.

A-41,180.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Miami, Berrios 3-72, Yearby 14-63, Walton 9-23, Kaaya 4-(minus 33). Washington St., Morrow 10-71, Harrington 3-12, Wicks 5-11, Priester 1-5, Falk 4-(minus 1), Team 2-(minus 11).

PASSING-Miami, Kaaya 17-31-1-219, Yearby 0-1-1-0. Washington St., Falk 29-53-0-295.

RECEIVING-Miami, Scott 5-75, Walton 3-57, Coley 3-44, Waters 3-17, Herndon IV 1-18, Berrios 1-7, Njoku 1-1.

Washington St., Marks 5-67, R.Cracraft 5-63, Morrow 5-50, J.Thompson 3-41, D.Williams 2-43, Priester 2-12, Lewis 2-9, Wicks 2-0, Baker 1-6, Sweet 1-4, Martin Jr. 1-0.

West

W L T Pct PF PA y-Arizona 12 2 0 .857 445 269 x-Seattle 9 5 0 .643 370 248 St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 241 294 San Francisco 4 10 0 .286 202 339 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday’s Game Oakland 23, San Diego 20, OT Saturday’s Game Washington 38, Philadelphia 24 Today’s Games Houston at Tennessee, noon Cleveland at Kansas City, noon New England at N.Y. Jets, noon Indianapolis at Miami, noon San Francisco at Detroit, noon Dallas at Buffalo, noon Chicago at Tampa Bay, noon Carolina at Atlanta, noon Pittsburgh at Baltimore, noon Jacksonville at New Orleans, 3:05 p.m.

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

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

N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

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

NBA

Atlantic Division

W Toronto 19 Boston 17 New York 14 Brooklyn 8 Philadelphia 2 Southeast Division

W Atlanta 20 Miami 18 Orlando 17 Charlotte 16 Washington 14

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WASHINGTON STATE RECEIVER GABE MARKS, right, celebrates with teammate River Cracraft after scoring a touchdown.

Washington State defeated Miami, 20-14, in the Sun Bowl on Saturday in El Paso, Texas.

St. Petersburg Marshall 16, UConn 10 St. Petersburg, Fla. — Chase Litton went 23 for 34 for 218 yards.

UConn 7 0 3 0 — 10 Marshall 7 6 0 3 — 16 First Quarter Mar-Yurachek 16 pass from Litton (N.Smith kick), 8:10.

Conn-Johnson 8 run (Puyol kick), 1:51.

Second Quarter Mar-FG N.Smith 21, 8:04.

Mar-FG N.Smith 29, :00.

Third Quarter Conn-FG Puyol 52, :02.

Fourth Quarter Mar-FG N.Smith 32, 1:44.

A-14,652.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-UConn, Shirreffs 19-75, Newsome 9-32, Marriner 4-12, Johnson 1-8. Marshall, Davis 10-73, Foster 14-44, D.Johnson 10-38, Birdsong 4-12, Litton 2-5, Team 1-(minus 1).

PASSING-UConn, Shirreffs 10-171-86. Marshall, Litton 23-34-1-218, Birdsong 0-2-0-0.

RECEIVING-UConn, Newsome 5-33, Bloom 2-24, Mayala 1-15, Hashemi 1-10, Beals 1-4. Marshall, Reaves 9-88, Yurachek 5-56, McManus 3-18, Byrd 2-23, D.Allen 2-19, Foster 1-7, Knight 1-7.

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Wash-Gaskin 2 run (Van Winkle kick), 5:16.

USM-Thomas 56 pass from Mullens (Brauchle kick), 3:33.

Wash-Gaskin 1 run (Van Winkle kick), :56.

Second Quarter USM-FG Brauchle 22, 10:56.

Wash-Mickens 29 run (Van Winkle kick), 9:02.

USM-I.Smith 1 run (Brauchle kick), 1:15.

Third Quarter Wash-FG Van Winkle 24, 8:23.

USM-I.Smith 2 run (Brauchle kick), 2:47.

Wash-Gaskin 86 run (Van Winkle kick), 2:26.

Fourth Quarter Wash-FG Van Winkle 21, 14:15.

Wash-Gaskin 13 run (Van Winkle kick), 7:53.

USM-Thomas 27 pass from Mullens (Brauchle kick), 5:22.

Wash-FG Van Winkle 23, :13.

A-20,229.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Washington, Gaskin 26-181, Coleman 6-39, Mickens 1-29, Browning 5-28, McClatcher 4-26, Cooper 1-2. Southern Miss., I.Smith 16-40, Hayes 7-9.

PASSING-Washington, Browning 23-34-0-284. Southern Miss., Mullens 25-38-0-331, Sarrazin 1-1-0-22.

RECEIVING-Washington, Mickens 8-95, Hall 4-44, Perkins 3-69, Pettis 2-30, Dotson 2-19, Daniels 1-9, Griffin 1-9, McClatcher 1-6, Gaskin 1-3.

Southern Miss., Thomas 9-190, Martin 6-70, I.Smith 5-22, Thompson 3-36, Mikell 1-22, R.Parks 1-7, D.Davis 1-6.

Indiana 0 17 14 10 0 — 41 Duke 10 7 10 14 3 — 44 First Quarter Duke-FG Martin 52, 9:48.

Duke-Wilson 85 run (Martin kick), 1:16.

Second Quarter Ind-Timian 27 pass from Sudfeld (Oakes kick), 6:56.

Ind-Redding 17 run (Oakes kick), 1:25.

Duke-Sirk 73 run (Martin kick), 1:00.

Ind-FG Oakes 45, :03.

Third Quarter Duke-FG Martin 34, 11:00.

Ind-Westbrook 3 pass from Sudfeld (Oakes kick), 7:11.

Duke-Deaver 10 pass from Sirk (Martin kick), 5:25.

Ind-Rodriguez 10 run (Oakes kick), 1:20.

Fourth Quarter Ind-FG Oakes 27, 11:12.

Duke-Wilson 98 kickoff return (Martin kick), 10:55.

Ind-Paige 25 pass from Sudfeld (Oakes kick), 4:03.

Duke-Sirk 5 run (Martin kick), :41.

Overtime Duke-FG Martin 36.

A-37,218.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Indiana, Redding 35-227, Sudfeld 3-20, Rodriguez 4-16, Brookins 3-8, A.Wilson 1-5, Paige 1-2. Duke, Sirk 20-155, Duncan 13-109, Wilson 9-103, Powell 3-8, Team 1-(minus 2).

PASSING-Indiana, Sudfeld 28-51-2389, Paige 0-1-0-0. Duke, Sirk 17-37-2163, Boehme 0-1-0-0, Monday 0-1-0-0, Wilson 0-1-1-0.

RECEIVING-Indiana, Paige 11-95, Cobbs 6-121, Ri.Jones 4-89, Westbrook 2-26, Timian 1-27, Corsaro 1-12, Booker 1-9, Redding 1-7, Cooper 1-3.

Duke, McCaffrey 4-42, Rahming 3-49, Powell 3-17, Deaver 2-15, Wilson 2-15, Schneider 1-17, Duncan 1-4, Nash 1-4.

Independence Virginia Tech 55, Tulsa 52 Shreveport, La. — Michael Brewer threw for 344 yards, Isaiah Ford had 227 yards receiving and coach Frank Beamer won his final game at Virginia Tech.

Tulsa 21 10 6 15 — 52 Virginia Tech 24 21 7 3 — 55 First Quarter Tlsa-Brewer 48 run (Jones kick), 14:14.

VT-McMillian 51 run (Slye kick), 12:53.

Tlsa-Langer 2 run (Jones kick), 11:54.

VT-I.Ford 75 pass from Brewer (Slye kick), 11:42.

VT-FG Slye 27, 9:53.

VT-Rogers 14 run (Slye kick), 5:28.

Tlsa-Louie 9 pass from Evans (Jones kick), 2:19.

Second Quarter VT-Hodges 16 run (Slye kick), 13:09.

VT-McMillian 1 run (Slye kick), 9:09.

VT-Stroman 67 punt return (Slye kick), 7:11.

Tlsa-FG Jones 29, 2:26.

Tlsa-Brewer 10 run (Jones kick), :20.

Third Quarter VT-T.Edmunds 1 run (Slye kick), 7:38.

Tlsa-Evans 9 run (kick failed), 4:11.

Fourth Quarter VT-FG Slye 41, 11:09.

Tlsa-Atkinson 21 pass from Evans (Garrett pass from Evans), 7:35.

Tlsa-Garrett 36 pass from Evans (Jones kick), 3:47.

A-31,289.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Tulsa, Brewer 14-105, Langer 8-63, Evans 12-18, Warren 4-8, Floyd 1-(minus 5). Virginia Tech, McMillian 16-82, Coleman 8-78, Rogers 6-33, Hodges 5-27, I.Ford 3-23, T.Edmunds 2-11, Team 3-0.

PASSING-Tulsa, Evans 27-44-0-374.

Virginia Tech, Brewer 23-37-1-344, Rogers 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING-Tulsa, Atkinson 11-139, Garrett 8-137, Hobbs 3-35, Carter 1-25, Floyd 1-20, Louie 1-9, Dixon 1-5, Brewer 1-4. Virginia Tech, I.Ford 12-227, Hodges 4-38, Phillips 3-33, Rogers 2-23, Malleck 1-12, Coleman 1-11.

Foster Farms Nebraska 37, UCLA 29 Santa Clara, Calif.

— Tommy Armstrong Jr. threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score to help Nebraska cap a losing season by beating UCLA. The Cornhuskers (6-7) scored 30 straight points after falling behind 21-7 early to overpower the Bruins (8-5).

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INTERNATIONAL CITIES

Cougars win in Sun

Washington 41, Southern Miss 31 Dallas — Myles GasPinstripe kin broke a third-quarter tie with an 86-yard run Duke 44, Indiana 41, OT New York — Ross Marand finished with a season-high 181 yards and tin kicked a 36-yard field goal in overtime, and four touchdown.

Duke won a bowl game Washington 14 7 10 13 — 44 for the first time in 54 Southern Miss. 7 10 7 7 — 31 years.

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W L Pct GB Cleveland 19 9 .679 — Indiana 17 12 .586 2½ Chicago 16 12 .571 3 Detroit 17 14 .548 3½ Milwaukee 12 19 .387 8½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 26 6 .813 — Dallas 17 13 .567 8 Memphis 16 16 .500 10 Houston 16 16 .500 10 New Orleans 10 20 .333 15 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 20 10 .667 — Utah 12 16 .429 7 Denver 12 18 .400 8 Portland 12 20 .375 9 Minnesota 11 19 .367 9 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 28 1 .966 — L.A. Clippers 18 13 .581 11 Sacramento 12 17 .414 16 Phoenix 12 20 .375 17½ L.A. Lakers 5 25 .167 23½ Saturday’s Games Washington 111, Brooklyn 96 Toronto 111, Milwaukee 90 New Orleans 110, Houston 108 Miami 108, Orlando 101 Charlotte 98, Memphis 92 Boston 99, Detroit 93 Atlanta 117, New York 98 Indiana 102, Minnesota 88 San Antonio 101, Denver 86 Dallas 118, Chicago 111 L.A. Clippers 109, Utah 104 Philadelphia 111, Phoenix 104 Portland 105, Cleveland 76 Today’s Games L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Denver at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

New York at Boston, 6 p.m.

Portland at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

NFL

Giants clinch NFC East Philadelphia (ap) — Worst to first in a mediocre division counts the same.

Kirk Cousins threw four touchdown passes and had a season-high 365 yards, and the Washington Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 38-24, Saturday night to clinch the NFC East title.

Only 4-12 last season, the Redskins (8-7) began their turnaround when Cousins rallied them from a 24-0 first-half deficit to a 31-30 win over Tampa Bay on Oct. 25. They’ve won three straight for the first time since a sevengame winning streak helped them secure the division in 2012 in Robert Griffin III’s rookie year.

DeAngelo Hall returned DeMarco Murray’s fumble 17 yards for a momentum-changing TD in the third quarter.

Cousins threw TD passes to Chris Thompson and Pierre Garcon and a pair to Jordan Reed.

The Eagles (6-9) entered the game in control of their playoff hopes.

They needed to beat the Redskins and Giants next

week to win the East. Redskins 38, Eagles 24 13 3 14 8 — 38 Washington’s win also Washington Philadelphia 7 3 7 7 — 24 eliminated New York (6- First Quarter Phi-Mathews 1 run (Sturgis kick), 8).

12:08.

Two teams have Was-Reed 22 pass from Cousins failed), 5:50. clinched division crowns (kick Was-Reed 12 pass from Cousins in Philadelphia in six (Hopkins kick), 1:00. days. Arizona won the Second Quarter Phi-FG Sturgis 34, 5:56.

NFC West with a 40-17 Was-FG Hopkins 28, 1:43. win over the Eagles last Third Quarter Was-Thompson 12 pass from Sunday night.

Cousins (Hopkins kick), 6:58.

While the Redskins and Phi-Murray 4 run (Sturgis kick), 4:47.

Was-Hall 17 fumble return (Hopkins coach Jay Gruden head to kick), 3:15. the playoffs, the Eagles Fourth Quarter Was-Garcon 13 pass from Cousins and coach Chip Kelly face (Crowder pass from Cousins), 8:55. a challenging offseason.

Phi-Matthews 8 pass from Bradford (Sturgis kick), 4:34.

Kelly took control of personnel decisions last year A-69,596.

Phi Was 25 23 and overhauled a team First downs Total Net Yards 418 398 that went 10-6 in each of Rushes-yards 26-67 16-45 his first two seasons.

Passing 351 353 Returns 2-10 3-(-3) It clearly didn’t work Punt Kickoff Returns 1-19 2-65 out.

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 31-46-0 37-56-0 Meanwhile, Gruden Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost 2-14 5-27 made a gutsy call in Au- Punts 7-49.6 7-43.6 1-0 7-2 gust to bench Griffin and Fumbles-Lost 8-70 8-45 give the starting job to Penalties-Yards Time of Possession 34:04 25:56 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Cousins.

RUSHING-Washington, Morris 17-49, It paid off.

Thomas 4-22, Cousins 5-(minus 4).

Cousins was outstand- Philadelphia, Murray 5-27, Sproles 5-9, 4-5, Bradford 2-4. ing down the stretch Mathews PASSING-Washington, Cousins with 16 TD passes and 31-46-0-365. Philadelphia, Bradford only two interceptions in 37-56-0-380.

RECEIVING-Washington, Reed 9-129, the last seven games. He Garcon 7-80, Thomas 7-67, Jackson showed resolve after a 4-40, Crowder 2-13, Grant 1-24, 1-12. Philadelphia, Ertz mental blunder at the end Thompson 13-122, Sproles 7-56, Matthews 6-104, of the first half cost the Murray 3-24, Agholor 2-35, Mathews Celek 1-18, Huff 1-8, Krause 1-7, Redskins at least three 2-13, Barner 1-(minus 7). points.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-None.

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Fall All-Area Teams Lawrence Journal-World l LJWorld.com/sports l Sunday, December 27, 2015

The best of the best It all started back on Aug. 17.

Hundreds of area high school fall-sports athletes hit the fields, pitches, trails and courts in pursuit of the ultimate high school athletic achievement — a state championship.

By the time Nov. 28 rolled around — the date of the last of the fall sports title games — most of those hundreds had fallen short of the pinnacle, but not for lack of trying. Or wanting.

In the intervening 103 days, they put in the miles, passed the passes, bumped, set, spiked, blocked, tackled, kicked … sweat, and sweat some more.

Inside you’ll find some of the best high school football, volleyball and soccer players and crosscountry runners the Lawrence area has to offer.

Headlined by athletes of the year — pictured above, from left, Lawrence High football lineman Amani Bledsoe; cross country runners Emily Venters and Ethan Donley, Free State; soccer’s Will Laufer, Free State; and Wellsville volleyball standout Karly Patton — these teams honor 50 of the top preps (not counting honorable mentions or coaches of the year) to have laced ’em up over the past three-plus months.

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THE 2015 JOURNAL-WORLD ALL-AREA VOLLEYBALL TEAM, FROM LEFT: MAKAILA GARCIA, EUDORA; TAYLOR HODGE, BISHOP SEABURY; SUZIE FORBES, SANTA FE TRAIL; Caroline Dykes, Lawrence; Player of the Year Karly Patton, Wellsville; Coach of the Year Tiffany Parker, Tonganoxie; Naomi Hickman, Free State; Kylie Corneliusen, De Soto; Lauren Jackson, Tonganoxie; Aubri Hinkle, De Soto; Sara Boyden, Perry-Lecompton.

Player of the Year: Karly Patton, Wellsville Patton led the Eagles to a 31-11 record and their second straight trip to the Class 3A state tournament. The 6-foot junior outside hitter led her team with 412 kills and 384 digs, earning first-team all-state and Pioneer League honors. Patton added 37 blocks and 44 aces.

Coach of the Year: Tiffany Parker, Tonganoxie The Chieftains earned a spot in the Class 4A-I state tournament for the first time since 2007, finishing in fourth place with wins over Andale and Wellington. Tonganoxie ended the season with a 29-14 record, led by All-Kaw Valley League selections Emily Hummelgaard, Lauren Jackson and Lauren Willson.

First team Sara Boyden, PerryLecompton — A first-team All-Big 7 selection, Boyden was among the state leaders with 585 digs this season. The senior libero owns the school record with 837 digs in her career, and she helped the Kaws to a 21-19 record and a spot in the substate title game.

Kylie Corneliusen, De Soto — An athletic defensive specialist, Corneliusen led the Wildcats with 485 digs, an average of 5.1 digs per set. The Neosho County Community College commit had 37 aces and was a first-team AllFrontier League selection.

Caroline Dykes, Lawrence — Dykes led the Lions with 196 kills, 28 aces and 27 blocks this season, adding 105 digs. A first-team All-Sunflower League

pick for the second straight year, Dykes has signed to play at Missouri Science and Technology.

Suzie Forbes, Santa Fe Trail — Forbes received an all-state honorable mention after leading the Chargers to fourth place at the 4A-II state tournament. The 5-foot-5 senior led her team with 231 kills and 35 aces, picking up first-team All-Frontier League honors.

team All-Sunflower League honors. The 6-foot-4 junior middle blocker, a Creighton commit, led the Firebirds to a 23-17 record with 232 kills, a .343 hitting efficiency and 70 blocks.

Aubri Hinkle, De Soto — Hinkle sparked the Wildcats to a 25-13 record this season, dominating at the net with 326 kills, 36 blocks and a .267 hitting efficiency. The 5-foot-10 senior outside hitter was an all-state Makaila Garcia, Eudora — honorable mention and was secGarcia led the Cardinals in several ond on the team with 276 digs. offensive categories with 323 kills and a .494 hitting efficiency, Taylor Hodge, Bishop helping her team to a 25-13 Seabury — Hodge helped the record. The senior racked up 109 Seahawks to a 24-15 record blocks this season (15 solo), the this season and was a part of third-most in school history. the winningest class in school history. A 5-foot-6 middle hitter, Naomi Hickman, Free she compiled 252 kills, 327 digs State — For the second straight and 116 aces this year and owns season, Hickman picked up first- six single-season school records.

Lauren Jackson, Tonganoxie — A second-team all-state pick, Jackson was a dominant setter for the Chieftains, recording 1,026 assists, 178 kills and 110 digs. The senior created a balanced offensive attack with six teammates recording more than 100 kills.

Honorable mention Ellen Almanza, Bishop Seabury; Emma Burnett, Baldwin; Kristi Daigh, Eudora; Payton Gannaway, Free State; Grace Graniewski, Wellsville; Rachel Hickman, Free State; Emily Hummelgaard, Tonganoxie; Lindsey Hornberger, Bishop Seabury; Catie Kaifes, Mill Valley; Kelsey Kehl, Baldwin; Sam Mallonee, PerryLecompton; Kelsey Simmons, Santa Fe Trail; Allie Swisher, Veritas Christian; Lauren Willson, Tonganoxie.

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THE 2015 JOURNAL-WORLD ALL-AREA FOOTBALL TEAM, FROM LEFT: LOGAN KOCH, MILL VALLEY; BRYCE TORNEDEN, FREE STATE; JD Woods, Lawrence; Zach Strawn, Wellsville; Coach of the Year Joel Applebee, Mill Valley; Price Morgan, Lawrence; Grant Elston, Eudora; Anthony Brown, Mill Valley; Sam Skwarlo, Free State; Seth Burnett, Mill Valley. Not pictured: Player of the Year Amani Bledsoe, Lawrence.

Player of the Year: Amani Bledsoe, Lawrence The Sunflower League’s Andre Maloney Most Valuable Player, Bledsoe dominated on both sides of the ball. A 6-foot-5, 270-pound defensive end, Bledsoe had 89 tackles and 11 sacks.

He earned the Buck Buchanan Award, selected as the most outstanding lineman/linebacker in the Kansas City metro area. He added 48 pancake blocks on the offensive line and blocked three punts.

First team Anthony Brown, Mill Valley — Brown solidified the defensive line for the Jaguars, recording 61 tackles, including 18 for loss. The 6-foot-3, 260-pound senior was a first-team All-Kaw Valley League selection, adding 21 quarterback hurries, three sacks, two interceptions and one defensive TD. Seth Burnett, Mill Valley — The leading tackler for one of the top defenses in the state, Burnett finished with 120 tackles, including 71 solo tackles. Burnett added 11 tackles for loss and two interceptions, earning first-team Coach of the Year: Joel All-Kaw Valley League honors.

Applebee, Mill Valley Grant Elston, Eudora — The Jaguars won their first Elston led the Cardinals to the state championship in school state semifinals for the first time history with a 35-14 victory over since 2012. The 5-foot-8 senior Wichita Bishop Carroll in the Class quarterback ran for 2,184 yards 5A title game. With an explosive and 30 touchdowns, adding 296 offense that averaged 43 points passing yards and four touchper game and a stout defense, Mill downs. A first-team All-Frontier Valley outscored its opponents League pick on both sides of the 551-177 and finished the season ball, Elston made 101 tackles and with 12 wins and one loss. grabbed seven interceptions.

Logan Koch, Mill Valley — A dual-threat quarterback, Koch helped the Jaguars to their first state title, throwing for 2,483 yards and 32 touchdowns to only eight interceptions. An Eastern Illinois basketball signee, Koch added 781 rushing yards for 13 touchdowns.

Price Morgan, Lawrence — A hard-hitting linebacker, Morgan led the Lions to a 10-1 record and their first Sunflower League title since 1993. Picked for the All-Simone team, Morgan recorded 123 tackles. The firstteam all-league selection on both sides of the ball made 14 catches for 265 yards and three touchdowns as a tight end.

Sam Skwarlo, Free State — After missing nearly all of last season because of a foot injury, Skwarlo earned first-team All-Sunflower League honors on both sides of the ball and was picked for the All-Simone team.

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all but one game. At linebacker, Skwarlo had more than 100 tackles, including more than 60 solo.

Zach Strawn, Wellsville — A running back with elite speed, Strawn rushed for 1,192 yards and 18 touchdowns, leading the Eagles to a 10-3 record and a spot in the 3A state semifinals.

He had 32 receptions for 401 yards and three touchdowns, earning first-team All-Pioneer League honors. At defensive back, Strawn made 61 tackles and grabbed two interceptions.

Bryce Torneden, Free State — One of the most dynamic dual-threat quarterbacks in the state, Torneden ran for 1,129 yards and 11 touchdowns and threw for 1,323 yards and 12 touchdowns. The North Dakota State commit had 84 tackles and four interceptions at free safety, earning a spot on the All-Simone team and first-team All-Sunflower League honors.

JD Woods, Lawrence — The most accomplished running back

in LHS history, Woods ran for 1,933 yards and 34 touchdowns, earning a spot on the All-Simone team. The 5-foot-7 senior broke the school’s career rushing record during the season, finishing his three-year varsity career with 3,909 yards and 58 touchdowns. For the second straight year, he was a first-team All-Sunflower League pick.

Honorable mention Tanner Beebe, Eudora; TJ Boatwright, De Soto; Mitchell Bond, Perry-Lecompton; Drew Bones, Ottawa; Trevor Boudeman, Santa Fe Trail; Daniel Courtwright, Santa Fe Trail; Jay Dineen, Free State; Austin Downing, Eudora; Trey Georgie, Lawrence; Jake Hastings, Santa Fe Trail; Ben Hecht, Mill Valley; Ivan Hollins, Lawrence; Kyle Hopkins, Oskaloosa; Christian Jegen, Mill Valley; Jake Katzer, Baldwin; Joel Katzer, Baldwin; Lucas Krull, Mill Valley; Cole Morris, Mill Valley; Zack Sanders, Free State; Bryce Smith, Wellsville.

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THE 2015 JOURNAL-WORLD ALL-AREA GIRLS CROSS COUNTY TEAM, FROM LEFT: PAIGE MCDANIEL, WELLSVILLE; ADDIE DICK, BALDWIN; ELLIE WILSON, MILL VALLEY; Natalie Beiter, Baldwin; Coach of the Year Steve Heffernan, Free State; Runner of the Year Emily Venters, Free State; Kiran Cordes, Free State; Hannah Honeyman, Santa Fe Trail; Gabby Collins, De Soto; Julia Larkin, Free State; Mackenzie Russell, Baldwin.

Runner of the Year: Emily Venters, Free State Venters won four races this season, including her third straight regional championship.

The Firebirds’ junior was runnerup at the Sunflower League meet and was third at state. At the first meet of the season, Venters won the 4K in 14:04, breaking the school record.

First team Natalie Beiter, Baldwin — Only a freshman, Beiter shined at the end of the season. She took 15th place at the 4A state meet, ninth at regionals and third in the Frontier League, helping the Bulldogs win team titles at each meet in the postseason.

Coach of the Year: Steve Heffernan, Free State With only two varsity returners from the previous year, the Firebirds tied for first place at the Class 6A state meet before losing by a tiebreaker. It’s the third straight season they have finished in the top two at state.

Free State was runner-up in the

Gabby Collins, De Soto — The Wildcats’ sophomore had another strong season, finishing runner-up at the Frontier League meet, fourth at regionals and 17th Hannah Honeyman, Santa at the 4A state meet. Earlier in Fe Trail — The Chargers’ sophothe season, Collins won the Cat more followed up a strong freshClassic in a season-best 19:54. man season by winning three meets and setting a meet record Kiran Cordes, Free State during each victory. Honeyman — Cordes continued to drop owns the school’s 5K record

Sunflower League and at regionals.

time throughout the end of the season, medaling at state for the second straight year in seventh place. The junior was 10th in the Sunflower League and sixth at regionals.

Addie Dick, Baldwin — Dick was dominant in her senior campaign, winning five meets, including Frontier League and regional championships. She won the league title by more than a minute, finishing the 5K in 18:58 and was fifth at the state meet.

(18:57) and took fourth at the 4A state meet.

Julia Larkin, Free State — The Firebirds’ freshman improved throughout the season, earning a medal in 13th place at the state meet in a season-best time of 19:44. Larkin was 12th at regionals and 20th in the Sunflower League.

Paige McDaniel, Wellsville — In her first varsity season, McDaniel had six top-10 finishes, including a regional championship. The Eagles’ freshman was third in the Pioneer League in a season-best time of 20:44 and was 12th at the 3A state meet.

ship since 2011 and ninth title in school history. Russell was fourth in the Frontier League and sixth at regionals.

Ellie Wilson, Mill Valley — Wilson helped the Jaguars to a Kaw Valley League title, finishing in third place in 20:15. The senior took 12th place at regionals and 18th at the 5A state meet, medaling at state for the second time in her prep career.

Honorable mention Amber Akin, Mill Valley; Daelynn Anderson, Baldwin; Mia Bond, Tonganoxie; Emma Campbell, Tonganoxie; Taylor Cawley, Baldwin; Lexia Jamison, PerryMackenzie Russell, Baldwin Lecompton; Delaney Kemp, Mill — Russell took seventh at the 4A Valley; Morgan Jones, Lawrence; state meet, helping the Bulldogs Lauren McDaniel, Wellsville; Fayth Peterson, Baldwin. to their first state champion-

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THE 2015 JOURNAL-WORLD ALL-AREA BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM, FROM LEFT: DAKOTA HELM, BALDWIN; LUIS MURILLO, DE SOTO; DEREK MEEKS, MILL VALLEY; Tanner Hockenbury, Free State; Brandon Yates, Ottawa; Coach of the Year Mike Spielman, Baldwin; Runner of the Year Ethan Donley, Free State; George Letner, Baldwin; Brandyn Brewster, Wellsville; Garret Fields, Mill Valley; Travis Hodge, De Soto.

Runner of the Year: Ethan Donley, Free State After winning a state title in the 800 meters during the track season, Donley carried the momentum over to cross country. The Kansas University signee was runner-up at regionals, breaking a school record in 15:49. Donley added a runner-up finish in the Sunflower League meet and was third at state.

Coach of the Year: Mike Spielman, Baldwin The Bulldogs swept postseason meets, winning Frontier League, regional and 4A state championships. They won their third straight state title, led by Jacob Bailey, Jackson Barth, Phillip Carroll, Nevin Dunn, Dakota Helm, George Letner and Parker Wilson.

First team Brandyn Brewster, Wellsville — Brewster shined in his final prep season, winning two meets, including a Pioneer League championship in a season-best 17:28. He took eighth at regionals and was 20th at the 3A state meet.

at regionals, helping the Bulldogs win their third straight league title.

Tanner Hockenbury, Free State — The Firebirds’ senior improved throughout the year and took fifth at the Sunflower League meet in a personal-record 16:16. Hockenbury was 16th at the 6A state meet, helping his team to a sixth-place finish.

Garret Fields, Mill Valley — The Jaguars’ senior was consistent throughout the year, finishing runner-up in the Kaw Valley League to one of his teammates. Fields was 20th at the 5A state meet, helping the Jaguars to fourth place in the team standings.

Travis Hodge, De Soto — Hodge won a state title in the 800 meters during track, and he followed it up with a strong cross country season. The Wildcats senior was ninth at the 4A state meet and seventh at regionals and the Frontier League meet.

Dakota Helm, Baldwin — Helm continued to drop time late in the season, running to 13th place at the 4A state meet in 16:58. The senior was eighth in the Frontier League and eighth

George Letner, Baldwin — Letner won two meets, including the Frontier League champion-

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ship, and was runner-up at three more meets. The Kansas University signee took sixth at state, and he ran a season-best 5K in 15:51 earlier in the season.

Derek Meeks, Mill Valley — For the third straight season, Meeks won a Kaw Valley League championship, leading the Jaguars to a team title. Meeks took fifth place at regionals in 16:27 and was 18th at the 5A state meet.

Luis Murillo, De Soto — The Wildcats were runners-up at every postseason meet, their best season in program history.

Murillo was one of the team’s most consistent runners, taking third place in the Frontier League and 11th at state.

Brandon Yates, Ottawa — A four-time state qualifier, Yates

earned a medal in his senior season by finishing in 20th place at the 4A state meet. He took fifth place at regionals in a seasonbest time of 16:39 and was fourth in the Frontier League.

Honorable mention Jacob Bailey, Baldwin; Jack Edmonds, Bishop Seabury; Avant Edwards, Free State; Jack Gerstmann, Eudora; Ke’mana Ka’anapu, De Soto; Ethan Phillips, Tonganoxie; Parker Wilson, Baldwin.

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THE 2015 JOURNAL-WORLD ALL-AREA BOYS SOCCER TEAM, FROM LEFT: AUSTIN CULVER, DE SOTO; EBRAHIM DIAGNE, LAWRENCE; DALTON SIEPERDA, MILL VALLEY; Tyler Novotney, Tonganoxie; Luke Zoller, De Soto; Piper Hubbell, Lawrence; Christian Howe, Mill Valley; Brendan Owings, Baldwin. Not pictured: Ernesto Hodison, Free State; Player of the Year Will Laufer, Free State; Coach of the Year Jesse Smith, De Soto.

Player of the Year: Will Laufer, Free State One of the most technically skilled midfielders in the state, Laufer scored six goals and was a first-team all-state selection. The Central Arkansas commit led the Firebirds to 11 wins this season, their most since 2009, with his ability to set up his teammates and score from anywhere on the field.

Coach of the Year: Jesse Smith, De Soto The Wildcats were runners-up in Class 4-1A, finishing the year with an 18-3 record, the best season in program history. In the state playoffs, DHS beat Kansas City (Kansas) Bishop Ward, Kansas City Piper, KC Christian and Wichita Trinity before losing, 2-1, in the state title game against unbeaten Rose Hill.

First team Austin Culver, De Soto — A first-team All-Frontier League selection, Culver was a strong center midfielder for the Wildcats. Culver controlled the tempo and possession and finished the season with a teamhigh 17 assists to go along with 10 goals.

Ebrahim Diagne, Lawrence — When the Lions looked for offense, they turned to their junior attacker. With strong technical skills and plenty of athleticism, Diagne finished second in the Sunflower League with 10 goals.

He was a first-team all-league pick.

Ernesto Hodison, Free State — With a young back line, the Firebirds relied on Hodison for his strong defense. The senior was a big reason his team recorded

six shutouts and allowed only 20 goals throughout the year with his crafty footwork, leading the team to an 11-6-1 record.

Christian Howe, Mill Valley — Howe frustrated opposing defenses with his speed and strength. The senior midfielder scored four goals and had seven assists. His ability to make runs from anywhere on the field and strong defense earned him second-team all-state honors.

Piper Hubbell, Lawrence — Despite battling injuries throughout the season, Hubbell was a first-team All-Sunflower League selection with his ability to shut down opposing forwards.

The senior second-team all-state pick recorded two goals and two assists.

Tyler Novotney, Tonganoxie — The Chieftains’ top playmaker,

Novotney scored 23 goals and had 18 assists to lead his team to a 12-5 record. A first-team allstate and All-Kaw Valley League honoree, the senior forward dribbled past defenses with his quickness and strong touch.

Brendan Owings, Baldwin — A Simpson College commit, Owings moved positions throughout the season to help the Bulldogs to a 7-9-1 record.

The senior midfielder had eight goals and five assists, earning first-team All-Frontier League honors.

Dalton Sieperda, Mill Valley — Sieperda led the Jaguars with 20 goals and six assists, helping his team to a 12-6 record. The senior forward ran around defenders and was a first-team All-Kaw Valley League selection for the second straight season.

Luke Zoller, De Soto — With strong vision and excellent foot skills, Zoller scored four goals and had four assists. A second-team all-state honoree, Zoller was strong on offense and defense, and he helped the Wildcats to a Frontier League title.

Honorable mention Jacob Bailey, Baldwin; Chris Cho, Bishop Seabury; Patrick Conroy, Ottawa; Brennan Davies, Lawrence; Andrew Dowdy, De Soto; Keegan Finch, Ottawa; Stefan Foulke, Ottawa; Alex Kroll, Tonganoxie; Noah Lamar, De Soto; Kyle Moose, De Soto; Branden Patterson, Free State; Logan Phillips, Baldwin; Justin Toumberlin, Eudora; Hayden Vomhof, Mill Valley; Logan Williams, Tonganoxie.

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Tarantino’s great ‘Eight’; ‘Joy’ annoys A s if the Christmas movie marketplace wasn’t already crowded enough, more awardsseason contenders came out last week than ever before.

The one real contender is probably the film no one would ever have predicted: the formally challenging financialcollapse comedy/drama “The Big Short” from “Anchorman” director Adam McKay. That must-see movie came in at No. 3 on my Top 10 Movies of 2015 list.

Also new to theaters, 2015 Best Actor winner Eddie Redmayne stars as “The Danish Girl,” showing at Liberty Hall.

‘The Hateful Eight’ In the 21 years since “Pulp Fiction,” Quentin Tarantino has crossed over from dangerous outsider to beloved provocateur; anything he releases is a Hollywood event. H is new film “The Hateful Eight” doubles down on his unique position in the film world, as he aims to replicate the big-theater “roadshow” movie-going experience of yesteryear.

Todd-AO, Ultra Panavision and Cinerama are 70mm systems used in the late 1950s and ‘60s that were photographed and displayed in a super-wide 70mm aspect ratio.

A night out at the theater for an epic movie like “Lawrence of Arabia” consisted of a musical overture, an intermission, and a 70mm print that has four times the pixels of Blu-rays and your average theater’s current projected digital resolution. “The Hateful Eight” itself was shot using the same lenses that were used to film “Ben-Hur.” “The Hateful Eight” will be released nationwide in a shorter digital version on Jan. 8, but on Christmas Day the film was released in a limited number of theaters in its full runningtime Ultra Panavision 70 roadshow format. (AMC Town Center in Leawood is the only theater in the Kansas City area that is projecting this version.)

I saw the full cut of “The Hateful Eight,” but it was a digital projection, so I have yet to have the full 70mm experience.

In addition to its picture format, Tarantino’s latest is also old-school from a story standpoint. Set in post-Civil War Wyoming, the film brings together eight colorful characters, waiting out a snowstorm in a cabin.

From bounty hunters The Hangman (Kurt Russell) and Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson) to fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and Sheriff Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), all the characters have their own backstory and intentions and their own

very good reason to lie about them.

The ironic thing about “The Hateful Eight” being in the grand 70mm format is that the movie itself is not a traditional largescale spectacle of cinematic achievement. It’s a chamber drama. Tarantino puts his own spin on the classic Agatha Christiestyle parlor mystery setup. Rather than a whodunit, “The Hateful Eight” is a who’s-gonna-do-it.

Even as Tarantino has gravitated toward revenge thrillers in his last five films, he’s still the master of suspenseful one-on-one showdowns, and this film is full of them.

Many of the director’s fetishes (cartoonish, ultragory violence; extreme low-angle shots; wildly racist characters; flashbacks that revive dead characters; Mexican standoffs; torture; QT universe product placement) are still on display, but limiting his chicanery in such a tight setting shows off an attribute some might not think of when considering Tarantino — he’s got considerable classical filmmaking chops.

At three hours, “The Hateful Eight” is still a taut piece of work, even if it doesn’t provide anything beyond surface-value kicks.

“The Hateful Eight” 70mm roadshow is 187 minutes. The digitally projected 167-minute version is out Jan. 8. Both are rated R for strong bloody violence, a scene of violent sexual content, language and some graphic nudity.

‘Joy’ Ever since his comeback in 2010 with the work-forhire picture “The Fighter” (which was way better than it had any right to be), writer/director David O. Russell has developed a repertory company of sorts: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro have all played damaged characters with a lighthearted touch and more than their fair share of quirky behavior in “Silver Linings Playbook” and “American Hustle.”

The trio is back in “Joy,” but the magic is decidedly not. The story of a struggling single mother who achieves success with the invention of the Miracle Mop is mishandled in so many ways, it’s no wonder the film went through four editors.

Russell piles the misery upon Joy (Lawrence) with a huge family that is truly suffocating. Her father (De Niro), mother, ex-husband, and step-sister all take advantage of Joy in scene after monotonous scene, draining her energy and spirit.

It’s draining on the audience as well. Russell tries to resurrect the same serio-comic quirkiness he used to great effect on his last two outings, but he’s trying too hard and the script can’t support it.

For the first time in one of his films, everyone comes across as a caricature. As Joy starts realizing her dream of the self-cleaning mop, she must rely on her family for support.

Tragically, it isn’t there, and “Joy” continues a choppy downward spiral of tribulations that becomes increasingly impossible to pull out of.

By the time Joy decides to take matters into her own hands, her turn-

around feels forced and is supported in the most hackneyed way: strutting down the street to a song, wearing black clothing and sunglasses.

In an attempt to bring some positive energy, Cooper overacts in a way that’s distracting and introduces yet another tone to the movie that its patchwork editing can’t fix.

“Joy” has its heart in the right place, as it tries to pay tribute to the tenacity and

unheralded ingenuity of working mothers everywhere. Unfortunately, it’s the first true misfire in Russell’s filmography.

“Joy” is rated PG-13 for brief strong language and overworked family drama.

— Eric Melin is the editor-inchief of Scene-Stealers. He’s a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and president of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.

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1. ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ An action-movie triumph that honors a long-dormant franchise’s history while zooming head-on into the future, “Mad Max: Fury Road” is pure cinema. Leave the CGI car crashes to the young generation: George Miller used old-school technique to update his thrilling

post-apocalyptic desert nightmare, infusing it with a diesel dose of female power and underlying themes worth serious discussion.

“Mad Max: Fury Road” is the complete package. Let’s it hope paves the way for future blockbusters to actually be about something!

2. ‘Love & Mercy’ Finally, a music biopic where the creation of the music is actually baked right into the themes of the story! “Love & Mercy” is an impressionistic look inside the mind of The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson (played by Paul Dano and John Cusack) at two key moments in his life. It may be the first biopic to convincingly portray musical genius, in a film that gets richer with every viewing.

3. ‘The Big Short’ More anger. Co-writer/director Adam McKay’s “The Big Short,” set during the lead-up to the 2008 financial collapse, is the perfect companion piece to “99 Homes.”

Ryan Gosling narrates the film, freeze-frames it to offer commentary, and introduces tongue-

in-cheek celebrity educational films to tell the story of the Wall Street outsiders who predicted the bottom falling out. Steve Carell and Christian Bale are standouts in a film that breaks every narrative rule in the book to tell its true story.

4. ‘99 Homes’ Michael Shannon is mesmerizing as a Florida real-estate broker who profits from massive foreclosures in this thriller from co-writer/director Ramin Bahrani. “99 Homes” is a brutal morality tale that turns father Andrew Garfield — a construction

worker — into a destroyer of homes.

Extreme close-ups and handheld camerawork make the tension all too real, giving it a “what would you do?” quality, while the story revolves around a crisis so sickening, it will make you angry.

5. ‘Ex Machina’ Artificial intelligence used to be the stuff of speculative sciencefiction, but guess what? It’s already here. Thankfully, it isn’t yet as advanced as the super-sexy cyborg Ava (Alicia Vikander), created by creepy genius Oscar Isaac to toy with the emotions of his employee Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson). Why does Ava seem to be modeled after the modern ideal to turn that question right back at of the perfect female form? Writer/ us in the mirror — for some difficult director Alex Garland’s answer is self-examination.

Runners-up: “Diary of a Teenage Girl,” “Tangerine,” “Chi-Raq,” “The Hateful Eight,” “Cobain: Montage of Heck,” “Beasts of No Nation,” “Steve Jobs,” “Sleeping With Other People,” “Son of Saul,” “What We Do in the Shadows.”

Lawrence is a solid music town with a knack for parties. Even with all the diverse musical tastes that decorate this town, New Year’s Eve is shaping up to be an impressive night of live music.

From the funky to the folky, and everything in between, here’s a rundown of live music kicking off in the downtown area to help revelers ring in the new year.

Split Lip Rayfield/ Rolling Foliage/Sugar Britches, 7 p.m., The Bottleneck The Bottleneck is one of those venues that have consistently delivered delightful New Year’s Eve celebrations recently thanks to Split Lip Rayfield. This powerhouse lineup features the wild and unruly bluegrass of local favorites Split Lip Rayfield, along with Rolling Foliage and the ever-crass Sugar Britches. All three bands recently hit up The Cotillion in Wichita earlier this month.

With 20 years of musical history under their belts, Split Lip tends to draw overflowing crowds to their shows. So if you don’t have a ticket early, you may be out of luck. But if you do, you’ll be wowed by the speed and strain this long-standing favorite has delivered year after year.

Rolling Foliage, another bluegrass party band, has been hitting up festival stages and sepal events all year long. The Britches turned out to be one of the more popular bands of 2015, even though they just fired up their act in late spring. Come for the harmonies, stay for the sexual innuendos.

Gnarly Davidson/ Approach/Arc Flash/ The Fog, 10 p.m., The Replay Lounge The Replay is set to host one of the rowdiest shows on New Year’s Eve. While the always impeccable DJ G Train spins outside on the patio, a four-band lineup promises a night of noise on the inside stage.

The night mostly features hard rock or punk bands, but it also promises one of the most delightful hip-hop acts in town.

Kansas City’s The Fog, a band with furiously fast strumming, kicks off the night, followed closely by the ever-outlandish space punks Arc Flash. This is a band that plays at the Replay just about every week, and they still draw a crowd every time. The garage rock duo can’t play enough in this town, and the town can’t get enough of them.

Having the powerhouse known as Approach follow is a foolproof idea on the Replay’s part. The venue is almost the rapper’s second home, and we’ve yet to see a show where he doesn’t get everybody worked up, dancing, and throwing their hands in the air. The night finishes out with Gnarly Davidson, a local favorite that will most likely thrash, spit and sweat all over you.

They’ll be joined by Kansas City’s Hearts of Darkness, an afrobeat act sporting more than a dozen members and endless good vibes. It’s hard not to dance at a Hearts of Darkness show. Under the vocal leadership of Les Izmore, the band conjures up the soul and funk in everyone. Half the fun of a Hearts of Darkness show is watching the fans, who’ve been known to show up in colorful, sequined attire.

Pink Royal has won the scene over as an adorable pop band with sunny tunes, and they’ll bring light to the dark winter with huggable high notes from their enthusiastic frontman. They’re a barrel of sunshine and are a perfect starter to what will be a nonstop night of hoopla and merriment.

The Band That Saved the World/ The Crumpletons, 7 p.m., The Jazzhaus The Jazzhaus comes to us with a double-header on New Year’s Eve. Starting at 7 p.m., The Crumpletons rock the early show with their classic rock set. Later on, those feeling the need to get down and boogie can indulge in The Band That Saved The World.

Funk’s the name of the game with this one. The Mouth/Hearts of band that promises “a Darkness/Pink Royal, good time, every time” 7 p.m., The Granada is proficient in slow jams The Granada’s New (songs you can slowly snap Year’s Eve show will be a your fingers to) as well as bittersweet one. Mouth is high-energy funk numbers. using this event as a fareThe band tends to be a well of sorts. The deparregular act at the Jazzhaus, ture of one of the members with a horn section that means an indefinite hiatus blasts the night away and for the jazz-infused funk a suited-up frontman that band, who has shared stag- scoots across the stage. es with STS9, Bassnectar — Fally Afani is a freelance and more. So they’ll be gowriter and editor of ing out with what is sure to iheartlocalmusic.com. be a bang at the Granada.

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Hip-hop, history and ‘Hamilton’

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efore this fall, my main source of knowledge of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr came from the 1993 Got Milk? commercial. Sure, we studied the “$10 founding father without a father” in history as the author of the Federalist Papers, but beyond that, he wasn’t on my radar...

Until the original Broadway cast recording of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash hit musical “Hamilton” was released this fall. I haven’t been able to listen to anything else since. Really. Just ask my husband, who has been subjected to my off-key singing and to me answering questions like, “Do you want some ice cream?” with lines like “Tell me how to say no to this.”

By now, you’ve probably heard of it, whether you caught Miranda with Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” (the freestyle rap battle!) or have read about it in The New Yorker or The Economist, or caught one of the million tweets about it (that’s where I first heard about it, then immediately went to Spotify to listen to it).

But if you haven’t yet fallen into a “Hamilton” obsession, here are eight reasons to check it out (don’t worry, if you’re already #hamiltrash, I’ve got 10 things to keep you occupied until you can see the show — I’m counting down to Oct. 17, 2016, myself).

and Alexander Hamilton that placed the nation’s capital near Virginia and allowed the federal government to assume the state’s debts. Bonus: there are recipes, so you could re-create the dinner itself (and make macaroni and cheese, too, if you’d like).

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LESLIE ODOM JR., FROM LEFT, PHILLIPA SOO, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA and Christopher Jackson appear at the curtain call following the opening night performance of “Hamilton” on Aug. 6 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York. include actual historical quotes from Washington alongside references to Biggie. And it works.

The diversity Miranda’s take on the American Revolution celebrates immigrants, emphasizes the anti-slavery work of the Hamiltons, and includes a diverse cast, and is all the better for it.

some basis in history), if there’s one character my heart really bleeds for, it’s Angelica. All the lady wants is a man she can match wits with, but she’s stuck with a boring English guy. Of course, Eliza is great, and what really gets me about the Schuyler Sisters is their first love is each other, rather than a man.

I am disappointed that as rocking as the Schuyler Sisters are, the show still doesn’t pass the Bechdel test, but at least we have a strong female relationship not destroyed by competition over men, and a look at their interior lives.

laughter to not leave me emotionally devastated. Of course when you’re listening to the soundtrack you don’t get to see Jonathan Groff’s walk as King George (which Beyonce plans to steal), but you do get to hear his breakup song to the colonies, which is hilarious.

BOOK REVIEW

‘Bread, Wine, Chocolate’ makes environmental issues tasty Associated Press

The lands, waters and atmosphere of our planet are under tremendous stress from the appetites and endeavors of more than 7 billion people, and such issues often make for grim reading.

But environmentalist and forSethi mer Kansas University journalism professor Simran Sethi has an appealing new argument in “Bread, Wine, Chocolate.” She explains how the pleasures of tasty food and drink are also

threatened, and suggests that protecting biodiversity can help us reclaim a diversity of flavors, too.

From pistachios to wine and chocolate to coffee, Sethi shows that the foods we love have been biologically dumbed-down to feed the masses. Bananas? One species dominates worldwide production, even though hundreds more — with more flavors — exist.

The U.S. pistachio industry? Descended from one species. Wine? A half-

dozen French and European varieties dominate vineyards and restaurant lists, but more than 1,000 wine grapes exist.

Sethi, a former NBC News correspondent, notes that 75 percent of the world’s food comes from just 12 plant and five animal species, often treated with the same fertilizers and pesticides. In practical terms that sameness raises the risk of global disease outbreaks, just as hospital bacteria have developed resistance to antibiotics. It

also means that uniquely tasty regional crops are at risk of dying out, leaving farmers from Australia to Europe and the Americas fighting for a sliver of the same global market.

“While we debate GMOs and the merits of Paleo (diets) ... we’re losing the foundation of food,” Sethi writes, since diversity is the foundation for tastes and smells, and for resistance to pests, drought and disease.

“Bread, Wine, Chocolate” is full of wonderfully geeky bits of science, including an excellent section on how memory and culture influences our perception of taste.

But Sethi’s friendly, welcoming tone makes serious topics digestible and

They Built A Fence They built a fence across my yard, a long, meandering fence of wooden slats that numb the traffic rumble, block the stares of curious passers-by, and discourage strangers from entering my quiet street.

They built a fence across my yard, reducing ‘Lafayette in the Somemy view of passing vewhat United States’ by hicles to truck tops and Sarah Vowell miniscule flashes of light Let’s hear it for everybetween the slats, reflectone’s favorite fighting ing Frenchman! Vowell’s new from car windows, and nonfiction looks at the leaving swashbuckling, teenaged the rest to my imaginaFrench aristocrat who tion. came back with more guns and ships to save the They built a fence across American Revolution. my yard, but they left an opening through ‘Drunk History,’ which visitors may drive, seasons 1 and 2 dogs may run, The YouTube to and friends may pass, Comedy Central series knowing they will be presents historical reenwelcome. actments with a “twist” — and of course the first — Betty Laird, of Lawrence bit of history they tackled was the HamiltonBurr duel.

Fan fiction Still can’t get enough?

There’s always fan fiction. Some of it will be totally NSFW, but if Hamilton’s lines to Mulligan “I really liked those pants” and to 8 Things to The history “I really like you Check Out While Laurens Of course a lot” seemed to have “Hamilton You Wait to See some subtext to you, the Musical” you’re not alone — some ‘Hamilton’ on isn’t entirely historians argue that historically Hamilton was bisexual Broadway accurate. and had a relationship So, now you’re adThe timeline with Laurens. Many of dicted, and want more is abbrevithe 528 stories currently “Hamilton” to explore? ated, and listed on Archive of Our Check out these eight events are Own explore that idea, titles and more from the shifted but there are certainly library and beyond. around for other characters and 8 Reasons to dramatic themes represented. ReObsess About effect. But ‘Alexander Hamilton’ ally, “Hamilton” has an

by Ron Chernow Miranda amazing fandom, and if ‘Hamilton’ The scandal Heading somewhere sneaks in little tidbits reading fan fiction isn’t I was a kid during the The music tropical? Make like Linyou never would have your thing, there’s plenty Seriously, it’s the best. learned in history class, Clinton years, much to Manuel Miranda and take of fan art to enjoy.

Miranda pays homage my parents’ chagrin, who this along as your beach such as how Martha The Federalist Papers to the founding fathers had to answer a lot of read. This biography Washington named her See if you can find of hip-hop while also inspired the musical. feral tomcat after Hamil- questions about Monica the quotes that Miranda showing how hip-hop the ton. Check out all the tid- Lewinsky, which re‘In the Heights’ original references by diving into bits of history references quired explaining things actual Founding Fathers Broadway cast record- the best known works of in the musical, decoded. were. Drawing inspirathat might have waited Even more important- until I was older. I didn’t ing Hamilton’s writing. tion from rap, soul and Can’t get enough of ly, “Hamilton” recogniz- know, however, that traditional Broadway ‘Duel!: Burr and “Hamilton?” Check out es its own metatextuality sex scandals had been show tunes, Miranda Hamilton’s Deadly — “Who lives, who dies, around since the birth of the original Broadway has created two and a recording of Lin-Manuel War of Words’ by who tells your story?” is half hours of music that our nation.

Dennis B. Fradin Miranda’s other Tony not only the theme of the you won’t be able to get Are the kids singing award winning musical, show, but of the work of The irony out of your head; it’s so Aaron Burr is the “In the Heights.” along to the soundtrack all historians. catchy and covers a full star of the show. Leslie now, too? This nonficemotional range.

The lay-deez ‘Dinner at Mr. JefferOdom takes the villain tion book for the younger “Hamilton” puts wom- and makes the audience son’s: Three Men, Five The rhymes set is perfect for explorBut it isn’t just the en in the narrative. The relate to and understand Great Wines, and the ing more of the history Evening that Changed music you’ll listen for show-stopping song “The him. Some of the most behind the musical.

— Miranda is a wordSchuyler Sisters” is phestand-out lines in the en- America’ by Charles A. Cerami — Molly Wetta is a collecsmith to rival Hamilton nomenal, as are “Helptire show belong to him. tion development librarian at Want to be in “the himself, constructing less,” “Satisfied” and Lawrence Public Library where The laughs room where it happens?” amazing internal and ex- “Burn.” While the love she ensures Lawrence has a There are several mo- This is the detailed acternal rhymes that are so triangle between Eliza, great selection of DVDs, CDs, ments where the music count of the infamous unexpected you’ll be like, Angelica and Alexander graphic novels and young-adult brings me near tears, but dinner between Thomas “Did they really just say may be a bit of a stretch literature. it’s balanced with enough Jefferson, James Madison that?” Miranda manages (although it does have

By Kevin Begos

POET’S SHOWCASE

pleasurable. “Eat and drink with reverence and gusto, whether it’s a Big Mac or a mountain of kale,” she writes, with an admirable lack of foodie pretension.

“Bread, Wine, Chocolate” is passionate without being dogmatic: Sethi understands that global change takes time, and that poor farmers in India can’t just flip a switch and turn to small-scale, heirloom crops. Sethi acknowledges extinctions, climate change and heartbreak, but leaves readers with the hope that individual choices will make a difference over time, and that the love of food can be joyous and part of a meaningful commitment to the environment.

BEST-SELLERS Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Dec. 20, compiled from nationwide data.

Hardcover fiction 1. Rogue Lawyer. John Grisham. Doubleday ($28.95) 2. Cross Justice. James Patterson. Little, Brown ($29) 3. See Me. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central ($27) 4. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. Stephen King.

Scribner ($30) 5. The Girl on the Train.

Paula Hawkins. Riverhead ($26.95) 6. The Guilty. David Baldacci. Grand Central ($28) 7. Tom Clancy: Commander in Chief. Mark Greaney. Putnam ($29.95) 8. The Magic Strings of Frankie Pesto. Mitch Albom. Harper ($25.99) 9. Go Set a Watchman. Harper Lee. Harper ($27.99) 10. Tricky Twenty-Two. Janet Evanovich. Bantam ($28) Hardcover nonfiction 1. Killing Reagan.

O’Reilly/Dugard. Holt ($30) 2. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime. Ree Drummond. Morrow ($29.99) 3. Guinness World Records 2016. Guinness World Records ($28.95) 4. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.

Kilmeade/Yaeger. Penguin/ Sentinel ($27.95) 5. Humans of New York: Stories. Brandon Stanton.

St. Martin’s ($29.99) 6. Thing Explainer. Randall Munroe. HMH ($24.95) 7. Between the World and Me. Ta-Nehisi Coates. Random/Spiegel & Grau ($24) 8. Destiny and Power. Jon Meacham. Random ($35) 9. Eye-Popping Oddities.

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Ripley ($28.95) 10. Crippled America.

Donald J. Trump. S&S/ Threshold ($25)

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By Peter Wentz Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz ACROSS 1 Chipped beef go-with 6 Plugged in 11 Subjects of frequent updates 15 Tennis’s Wawrinka, winner of the 2015 French Open 19 Wet spot 20 Sophomore’s choice 21 “Language of the unheard,” per Martin Luther King Jr. 22 “Duh, I get it” 23 “Corrected” slogan for a tech company?

26 Matriarch of six of the 12 Tribes of Israel 27 Bounce 28 Regarding 29 Keeper of the flame?

30 Majority of Saudi Arabians 31 Kind of tone 33 “Corrected” slogan for an officesupply chain?

37 Anna Karenina’s lover 39 Deer hunter’s prize 40 Skaters’ leaps 41 Who might say, “I’m I. M.” 42 Rating for many HBO shows 44 Early co-host of “The View” 49 “Corrected” slogan for a fast-food franchise?

52 Feudal superiors 53 “The Boy Next Door”

star, to fans 56 Elbow 57 Sources of some rattling 58 Milkmaid’s handful 59 Earnings, so to speak 62 Tubs 64 Fall back on, as in desperation 66 “Corrected” slogan for a dessert brand?

71 Gambit 72 Gambit 73 Molly who wrote “Bill of Wrongs” 74 Hogwarts delivery system 75 Dweeb 77 Confine 81 Measure of inflation, for short 82 Calligraphers 83 “Corrected” slogan for a hairstyling product?

87 Shows promise 89 Thom ____ shoes 90 Short note?

91 “When in ____, tell the truth”: Mark Twain 93 Second 95 Took, as a test 97 “Corrected” slogan for a frozen breakfast food?

102 Aunt in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” 103 Reflective writing 104 Certification for eco-friendly buildings, for short 105 “Funny bumping into you here” 107 “Unfortunately … ” 110 Seaside scavenger 111 “Corrected” slogan for a dairy product?

115 Hot rod’s rod 116 Took a card 117 President-____ 118 “Duck Dynasty” network 119 Action-oriented sorts, supposedly 120 Surfaces, in a way 121 Targets of cons 122 Work with the hands DOWN 1 “Africa” band, 1982 2 First Ironman locale 3 “From my perspective … ” 4 Possible black market cause 5 “Naughty!”

6 Buggy people?

7 Drift 8 Driver who won the Indy 500, Daytona 500 and Le Mans 9 European deer 10 Get things wrong 11 “The Terminator” star, to fans 12 Bit of marketing 13 Oktoberfest dance 14 It’s a mess 15 Signs of respect 16 Hurricanes’ grp.

17 Yoga poses 18 Like three Cy Young games 24 Indirect objects, grammatically speaking 25 “Oh, gross!”

30 What and indicate 32 “Acoustic guitar” or “terrestrial radio” 34 “Hey, relax!”

35 ____ Pepper 36 Hudgens of “High School Musical”

37 Big lug 38 Shepherd’s workplace 39 Pioneering stand-up comedian 43 El Paso setting: Abbr.

45 Admission of 1959 46 Josh 47 Gibes 48 Figures in bedtime stories 50 Nordic wonders 51 Charge 53 “Romeo Must Die” star, 2000 54 Approach evening 55 Missouri River natives 57 It makes a turn at the entrance 58 Globetrot 59 Some jazz 60 Promises 61 Ma uses them 63 Like ibexes 65 Cover’s opposite 67 Greeted with respect 68 Like shepherds’ charges 69 Holds to be 70 Scrutinized 76 Mint 78 Subject for one studying onomastics 79 Ottawa-based media inits.

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UNITED FEATURE SUNDAY CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Cheddar type 6 Bass or alto 11 Pulls over 16 Desperado’s fear 21 Excessive speed 22 — salts 23 Woo 24 Levels out 25 Stage platform 26 Sourpuss 27 Fire of the mind 28 Jeweler’s unit 29 Bastille Day season 30 Move in the breeze 32 It may be upright 34 Blackberry stem 36 Compete for 37 Furry friends 39 Bikini sporters 40 Singer — — King 41 Underwater shockers 42 — Dawn Chong 43 Heaps 44 Guess the outcome 46 Popular ski resort 49 — in the woods 50 Recited 51 Flirted with 55 Edit out 56 More cagey 57 One kind of rake 58 Garage or tent 59 MPG monitor 60 Eavesdropped 61 Fossilized plants 62 Mild expletives 63 Suffix for forfeit 64 Wreath adornment (2 wds.)

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116 Archaeology find 118 Treaty 119 Poker pair 120 Silent

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By Lucas Wetzel

The quintessential KC to-do list

start my new career in hedge fund management.

Go record shopping at Mill’s Record Co., Vinyl Renaissance, Records With Merritt, Josey Records, Revolution Records and Brothers Music KC. Smoke shisha at one of the numerous hookah lounges on Broadway or Main.

Check out Charlotte Street Foundation: This local arts organization regularly hosts gallery shows, performances and open studio events featuring some of the city’s most talented artists.

Visit the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts: The home stage of the KC Symphony, the Lyric Opera, the KC Ballet, and many other performances as well. View a schedule at VisitKC/Contributed Photos Kauffmancenter.org.

FOR HIS LAST KANSAS CITY CONNECTION COLUMN, Lucas Wetzel has compiled a list of activities that should keep you busy Visit Science City: for about 36 months or so.

Features lots of hands-on educational activities for kids. Union Station and The Westside Local and Crown Center are great Füd are all fresh, funky spots for a family outing spots to dine and drink.

Go to Moon Marble: An any time of year.

Ride the streetcar: eclectic, affordable toy Coming in 2016. Check store in Bonner Springs with marble-making dem- out the newly branded RideKC.com for informaonstrations on site.

See world-class works tion about the streetcar, buses and the city’s bike of art: The Kemper, share program.

Nelson-Atkins and NerGet thrifty at Metro man Museums all feature fantastic permanent col- Thriftway: The “dollections, exhibitions and lar zone” aisle at this THAT SCRAM

by David grocery store in Kansas events.

Unscramble these six Jumbles, City’s East Side is the Visit KC’s lesserone letter to each square, place to stock up known museums, includ- best to form six ordinary words. ing: The Kansas City Mu- on generic potato chips, GONALO coloring books, and seum at Corinthian Hall, kids’ The Negro Leagues Mu- mini strawberry moon ©2015 Tribune Content Agency, LLC pies. seum and the American All Rights Reserved.

Talk to people: Not as Jazz Museum at 18th and LUNANA easy or comfortable as Vine, The National Toy consulting your phone, and Miniature Museum, Nikita the polar bear at the Kansas City Zoo but potentially much and the National Airline YEMDLE more rewarding.

History Museum. corn Theatre, Metropoli- affiliate), KKFI 90.1 Before I sign off for the pioneer days.

Take a tour of the tan Theatre Company, (community-supported good, I’d like to extend Hit up a farmers Belger Art Center: GalKC Rep, Barn Players, radio) and parisofta special thanks to my market in the City Marlery assistant Mo DickTOATER Just Off Broadway, and heplainspodcast.com editor, Jon Ralston, and ket, Brookside, Waldo, ens provides excellent The Coterie are some of provide a great fix of KC Organics (in Minor color commentary on the to everyone who reguthe city’s premier stages local news, events and larly read this column, Park), Merriam and Old rotating exhibits from REVGNO and theater companies. personality. especially John NaraOverland Park. this astounding private Go to the library: The Buy the Country Club collection of 20th-centu- more, Eileen Larson, and Check out VisitKC. KC Library (kclibrary.

Plaza: The city’s “crown ry art.

David and Karen Phelps com: The best calendar CIDWEK arrange org), the Johnson County jewel” is currently on of Lawrence. Happy NewNow and all-around resource Try a burger at the to form the s Library (jocolibrary.org) the market, and expected Flea Market, Howard’s, Year, and Godspeed. for KC culture and suggested by to fetch as much as $1 events, and a good friend and the Mid-Continent Pigwich, Town Topic, PRINT YOUR ANSWER IN THE CIRCL Winstead’s or The Green — Lucas Wetzel is a writer Public Library (mymcpl. billion. Send inquiries of this column over the and editor in Kansas City, Mo. Room. org) systems all put on to Information@highyears.

You can read more of his Grill a steak using excellent public programs. woods.com.

Try the “dirty rice” writing at kawsmouth.com. fresh meat from McGoListen to train whisVisit Berkley Riverlunch plate at YJ’s: tles: You can hear them front Park: A landscaped nigle’s, Bichelmeyer’s, Served for lunch on Tuesdays. Great with hot pretty much anywhere in park just east of the City Broadway Butcher Co., Anton’s or Fritz’s.

Market, with jogging sauce. Good pies and cof- town.

Eat vegetarian at Shop for booze: trails and a great view of fee here, too.

Eden Alley Cafe, in the downtown.

Keep an eye on Boule- Gomer’s (5 locations), lower level of Unity Skateboard through Answer : vard Brewing Company: Cellar Rat (Crossroads), Tipsy’s (Mission) and Midtown: An inexpensive Temple on the Plaza.

The new and seasonal LAGOON MEDLEY GOVERN ROTATE WICKED ANNUAL releases continue to Dine out in style: The Lukas Liquors (South way to scope out this Even before the colonel got his impress. Don’t snooze on KC) are all great spots to historic, bohemian neigh- American, The Rieger, promotion, it was — this year’s Bourbon BarBluestem, Rye, Story and stock up on New Year’s borhood. rel Quad, which clocks in brews and spirits.

Le Fou Frog are just a Dine out in the WestGENERAL at a stately 11.8% ABV. Listen to the radio: side: Chez Elle, The Blue- few of the upscale joints DECEM KNOWLEDGE See a play: The UniKCUR 89.3 (local NPR bird, Little Freshie, Novel, I’ll be dining in once I Check out the new, free JUST JUMBLE app

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n 2010, a friend of mine wrote a “36 Hours in Kansas City” piece for The New York Times. I was impressed, but as a naturally competitive Kansas Citian, I decided to write my own guide as well. Mine was a budgetconscious endurance test titled “Kansas City on $17 a day,” and in order to do everything on the list, you had to go the entire 36 hours without sleep.

Sadly, none of the national media outlets I contacted were interested in running the piece. But fortunately, the Lawrence Journal-World has given me the opportunity to write about Kansas City events and culture for the past 153 weeks, a run that ends with this article.

For my final column, I’d like to present this updated, family-friendly guide to all things KC. Readers are encouraged to pick and choose as they see fit, on whatever schedule they like.

Go to a park: Roanoke Park, Loose Park, Shawnee Mission Park and Cliff Drive are all great places to walk through trails and trees in the middle of the city.

Drink coffee: Broadway Cafe in Westport, Parisi Cafe in Union Station, and Pirate’s Bone in Brookside are all favorites, but there are many others to choose from as well.

Eat doughnuts at Hana’s (KCK), John’s Space Age (old Overland Park), Fluffy Fresh (Mission), Donut King (Independence), or the new Doughnut Lounge in Westport.

Go to the Zoo: Penguins. Polar bears.

Gorillas. A tree-topping gondola ride. A swinging bridge. Reasonably decent margaritas along the boat docks of “Africa.” What more could you ask for?

Visit the West Bottoms: It’s antique store paradise down in these parts. On the south side of the Bottoms, there are a number of great eateries, bars and galleries.

Lease a luxury apartment: For the first time in decades, new apartments are being built downtown. If you have a decent income and enjoy the vibe of the Power & Light District, the One Light (open now) and Two Light (not yet under construction) towers could be right for you.

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

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

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The University of Kansas is committed to providing our employees with an enriching and dynamic work environment that encourages innovation, research, creativity and equal opportunity for learning, development and professional growth. KU strives to recruit, develop, retain and reward a dynamic workforce that shares our mission and core strategic values in research, teaching and service. Learn more at http:// provost.ku.edu/strategic-plan.

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(First published in the Jameson D. Shew, Lawrence Daily Journal- County Clerk World December 27, 2015) Jim Flory, Chair HOME RULE RESOLUTION NO. HR-15-12-4

Mike Gaughan, Member

Nancy Thellman, Member A HOME RULE RESOLUTION ________ OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF (First published in the DOUGLAS COUNTY, KAN- Lawrence Daily JournalSAS EXTENDING A TEMPO- World December 27, 2015) RARY MORATORIUM ON LARGE WIND ENERGY CON- IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, VERSION SYSTEMS KANSAS DIVISION SIX WHEREAS, on December 11, 2013, the Board of IN THE INTEREST OF: County Commissioners of Douglas County, Kansas A. N. (“Board”) adopted Home DOB: 05/25/2015, a male Rule Resolution No. Case No. 2015-JC-000066 13-12-5, placing a temporary moratorium on Large TO: Unknown Father and Wind Energy Conversion any relatives Systems, and WHEREAS, on April 23, 2014, the Board adopted Home Rule Resolution No. 14-13, extending the temporary moratorium through September 30, 2014, and

NOTICE OF HEARING (K.S.A. Chapter 38)

COMES NOW the State of Kansas, by and through counsel, Emily C. Haack, Assistant District Attorney, and provides notice of a WHEREAS, on September hearing as follows: 17, 2014, the Board pertaining to adopted Home Rule Reso- A petition lution No. 14-9-2, extending the parental rights to the the temporary moratorium child whose name appears through March 31, 2015, above has been filed in this Court requesting the and Court to find the child is a WHEREAS, on March 4, child in need of care as de2015, the Board adopted fined in the Kansas Code Home Rule Resolution No. for the Care of Children. If 15-3-2, extending the tem- a child is adjudged to be a porary moratorium child in need of care and through December 31, the Court finds a parent to be unfit, the Court may 2015, and permanently terminate parent’s parental WHEREAS, the Board and that applicable Douglas County rights. The Court may also officials, agencies, depart- make other orders includments, boards, and com- ing, but not limited to, remissions require addi- quiring a parent to pay tional time to review the child support.

Zoning Regulations, receive public input, hold public hearings, and make recommendations for amendments to the Zoning Regulations to address adverse effects that wind farms may create.

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NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, SITTING IN REGULAR SESSION, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: The temporary moratorium adopted in Home Rule Resolution No. 13-12-5 and extended by Home Rule Resolutions 14-13, 14-9-2 and 15-3-2 is hereby extended through and including July 31, 2016. This Resolution is effective from and after its adoption and publication one time in the official County newspaper.

ADOPTED the 2nd day of December, 2015.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS ATTEST:

On the 24th day of February, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. each parent and any other person claiming legal custody of the minor child is required to appear for an Adjudication and Disposition hearing in Division 6 at the Douglas County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center, 111 E 11th Street., Lawrence, Kansas. Each grandparent is permitted but not required to appear with or without counsel as an interested party in the proceeding.

Prior to the proceeding, a parent, grandparent or any other party to the proceeding may file a written response to the pleading with the clerk of court.

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE CONTINUED FROM 3F made without delay to: Clerk of the District Court; ATTN: Division 6; 111 East 11th Street; Lawrence Kansas 66044-9202.

Craig Stancliffe an attorney in Lawrence, Kansas, has been appointed as guardian ad litem for the child.

All parties are hereby notified that, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-255, a default judgment will be taken

against any parent who (First published in the fails to appear in person Lawrence Daily Journalor by counsel at the hear- World December 27, 2015) ing.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF /s/Emily C Haack DOUGLAS COUNTY, EMILY C HAACK, 23697 KANSAS Assistant District Attorney DIVISION SIX Office of the District Attorney IN THE INTEREST OF: Douglas County Judicial L. B. Center 111 East 11th Street DOB: 02/03/2010, a female Lawrence, KS 66044-2909 Case No. 2014-JC-000133 (785) 841-0211 TO: Michael Bullen FAX (785) 330-2850 ehaack@douglas-county.com _______ NOTICE OF HEARING (K.S.A. Chapter 38)

COMES NOW the State of Kansas, by and through counsel, Emily C. Haack, Assistant District Attorney, and provides notice of a hearing as follows:

be unfit, the Court may permanently terminate that parentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parental rights. The Court may also make other orders including, but not limited to, requiring a parent to pay A petition pertaining to the child support. parental rights to the child whose name appears On the 20th day of Januabove has been filed in ary, 2016, at 4:15 p.m. this Court requesting the each parent and any other Court to find the child is a person claiming legal cuschild in need of care as de- tody of the minor child is fined in the Kansas Code required to appear for an for the Care of Children. If Adjudication and Disposia child is adjudged to be a tion Hearing in Division 6 child in need of care and at the Douglas County Law the Court finds a parent to Enforcement and Judicial

Center, 111 E 11th Street., Lawrence, Kansas.

Each grandparent is permitted but not required to appear with or without counsel as an interested party in the proceeding. Prior to the proceeding, a parent, grandparent or any other party to the proceeding may file a written response to the pleading with the clerk of court.

Each parent has the right to be represented by an attorney. A parent that is not financially able to hire an attorney may apply to the

court for a court appointed attorney. A request for a court appointed attorney should be made without delay to: Clerk of the District Court; ATTN: Division 6; 111 East 11th Street; Lawrence Kansas 66044-9202. Kerrie Lonard of Kansas Legal Services, an attorney in Topeka, Kansas, has been appointed as guardian ad litem for the child.

against any parent who fails to appear in person or by counsel at the hearing.

/s/Emily C. Haack Emily C. Haack, #23697 Assistant District Attorney Office of the District Attorney Douglas County Judicial Center 111 East 11th Street Lawrence, KS 66044-2909 (785) 841-0211 All parties are hereby no- FAX (785) 330-2850 tified that, pursuant to ehaack@douglas-county.com _______ K.S.A. 60-255, a default judgment will be taken

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Make other plans for holidays, if necessary Dear Annie: I have not had a Thanksgiving or Mother’s Day with my husband in more than 20 years. The reason? Deer hunting season is during Thanksgiving, and his annual weeklong fishing trip starts on Mother’s Day. I told my husband today that we need a better compromise, because I no longer want to spend both of these holidays alone. He replied that it would be like asking him to give up Halloween. How can he consider Halloween to be on the same level as Mother’s Day? He refuses to miss a single day of hunting or fishing.

When our children were in high school, it was necessary to arrange important holidays at off-times to accommodate their schedules. When they

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married, I also compromised on holidays because I wanted my kids to be able to enjoy their in-laws’ company without conflict. My kids try to include me in their in-laws’ celebrations, which I appreciate, but it’s not the same attending without my husband.

Our family Christmas is celebrated in late January to fit everyone’s schedule, but now I regret being so accommodating.

Perry’s live musical set for March Viewers have more than 10 hours to enter “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (12:22 p.m., BET). Fox recently announced that the prolific Perry will be hosting a live musical version of “The Passion” for the network in March. This retelling of Jesus’ final hours will be set in the present time, broadcast from Perry’s hometown of New Orleans. l PBS anticipates the return of its really big show with a repeat of the behindthe-scenes special “The Manners of Downton Abbey” (7 p.m., TV-PG, check local listings), examining the rituals of the aristocratic set depicted on this elaborate soap opera.

“Downton Abbey” enters its sixth and final season next Sunday. l Two television trends, exploited well beyond exhaustion, combine in “Cupcake Wars Kids” (8 p.m., Food, TV-G).

The burgeoning field of shows about juvenile chefs leaves me with a sour feeling. Precocity is an entertainment ingredient best kept to a minimum. This is at least the third series to trot out the junior set. And I thought the cupcake craze fizzled years ago.

“Wars” features talents ages 9 to 14. Their first challenge is to bake for a party celebrating “Scooby-Doo.” Look for Kate Micucci, the voice of Velma in “Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!” as a judge, as well as Grey Griffin, the voice of Daphne. l As noted yesterday, news takes a back seat on CNN, which unspools seven servings of “The Seventies” (6 p.m.).

Tonight’s other highlights l Now that Santa’s returned to the North Pole, we can unwind watching 20 hours of “Finding Bigfoot” (8 a.m., Animal Planet, TV-PG). l Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (6 p.m., CBS): profiles of mobsters, including James “Whitey” Bulger, John Gotti and Jack Garcia, an FBI agent who infiltrated the Gambino crime family. l The Minnesota Vikings host the New York Giants in “Sunday Night Football” (7:20 p.m., NBC). l “Undercover Boss” (7 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) lets the chocolate chips fall. l Some have described the 2014 thriller “Gone Girl” (8 p.m., HBO Signature) as “the most expensive Lifetime Movie ever made.” I quite agree.

Cult choice The sentimental 1957 favorite “An Affair to Remember” (7 p.m., TCM), starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, was inspired by the 1939 romance “Love Affair,” starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. It went on to inspire the 1993 romantic comedy “Sleepless in Seattle,” starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

Everyone feels that holidays are celebrated at their convenience. I no longer decorate my home for Christmas, since it doesn’t feel like a holiday to me.

I love my family, but I am so disappointed. I try to keep busy, but I am resentful and do not like feeling this way.

Have I been too nice?

— Left Out in the Cold Dear Left Out: Some people don’t mind rearranging holidays to suit the schedules of children and spouses.

They consider family togetherness to be the celebration, not the actual date. But yes, if you are now resentful and unhappy, you have been nicer than you intended. You expected some appreciation for being so selfsacrificing, only to find that your family

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Sunday, Dec. 27: This year you will be more in touch with your nurturing qualities. Others often come to you for solutions and feedback, and they might be surprised to see this caring stance. If you are single, you easily could stumble into an intense relationship. If you are attached, you enjoy being a duo.

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) HHHH You seem somewhat reticent to give in to your own desires. Tonight: Out and about, wherever you want to be!

Taurus (April 20-May 20) HHHH You could be more than willing to handle a problem, but others will demand to manage the matter in question. Meanwhile, steer clear of any uproar. Tonight: Home is where the heart is.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) HHHH Say what you want. You will receive powerful feedback that you might prefer not to hear.

Tonight: At a favorite spot.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) HHH Sometimes you react immediately and don’t consider your best interests. Detach. Tonight: Indulge a loved one.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH You’ll feel as if you finally can come up for air. Remind yourself that you still have to christen 2016. To-

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now assumes it of you.

Your husband is not likely to alter his annual hunting and fishing trips to be accommodating. You can continue to be upset, or you can decide to make the best of it.

Take a short vacation when he’s hunting. Visit your children over Mother’s Day. Start new traditions on Christmas, perhaps with friends or extended family, so the holiday becomes meaningful to you again. Please do something that makes you happy, instead of focusing on what you’re missing. It’s OK to put yourself first now and then.

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

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night: Stop holding back.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You might have enjoyed the past few weeks, but you need a break. Don’t answer your phone.

Tonight: Be a couch potato.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You seem to get a second hit of the holiday spirit.

Embrace it, and look toward New Year’s Eve. Tonight: Find your friends.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Apparently, a loved one really enjoys having you around.

Your phone could ring and ring. Be flattered. Tonight: Use extra care with your funds.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH A friend finally will get you on the phone. You might not be able to visit as long as you would like. Tonight: Curl up with a book.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You might be holding back some information. Choose your response carefully. Tonight: Quality time with a partner.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Get back to normal by handling some usual errands. You might become more relaxed just by taking care of these. Tonight: Make time for a dear friend.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Pace yourself, and allow more flexibility between you and a friend whom you might

ACROSS 1 ___ & Gabbana 6 Molar maladies 11 Support provider?

14 Deflect 15 Say suddenly (with “out”) 16 Communal pronoun 17 Need an eraser 19 ___ out (withdraw) 20 Walks laboriously 21 John Hancock, notably 23 German river 26 Hard to comprehend 28 Programming pro 29 Brazilian port, for short 30 Start of a giggle 32 More than just interested 33 Prefix for “natal” or “classical” 34 Riveting 38 Story within a story 40 Senilities 43 From 1/1 to 12/31 45 Computer site, sometimes 46 They run slowly from trees 48 ___ guitar (imaginary instrument)

49 Victorian, for one 50 It could be clerical 52 Ottoman bigwig (Var.) 55 Dangerous slitherers 56 Comes up in conversation 58 Needed a doctor 60 “The ___” (Diana Ross film) 61 It grows in tropical Southeast Asia 66 Address abbr.

67 Cobweb site in the home 68 Exhausted 69 Answer to a popped question 70 Aquatic worm 71 Take a sleep breath?

DOWN 1 Beaver’s production 2 Egg cells 3 Albanian monetary unit 4 Lightweight silk fabric 5 List-ending abbr.

6 Place to call home 7 Near 8 Central airport 9 Winged god of love 10 Unemotional to a fault 11 Useless endeavors

12 Indian bills 13 Major blood carrier 18 Hunk’s physique 22 “___ Fly Now” (“Rocky” theme) 23 White-tailed coastal birds (Var.) 24 In ___ of (rather than) 25 Last place “awards” 27 Remaining out of sight 31 The Bard’s black 34 Chicken ___ king 35 When repeated, a Society Island 36 Thin, narrow groove 37 “___ be an honor” 39 Chihuahua’s coins

41 OK Corral gunfighter 42 Health retreats 44 Like health-food store produce 46 Maritime route 47 Succeed big-time 51 Meant for monarchs 53 Unforeseen obstacle 54 Vestment for a priest 55 Receptionist, briefly 57 Webmaster’s creation 59 Has a bite 62 Had a bite 63 Sib of sis 64 “___ the ramparts ...”

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