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By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Topeka — In about three weeks, six people chosen by the Kansas Republican Party will gather in the Old Supreme Court room of the Statehouse and cast their votes, on behalf of the entire state, for Donald Trump to be the next President of the United States.

Trump won the popular vote in Kansas, 57-36 percent, a margin of nearly a quartermillion votes, and he won majorities in all but two of the state’s 105 counties.

But that wasn’t the case nationwide, where Trump lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton by more than 2.5 million votes, or nearly 2 percent of all votes cast, according to unofficial estimates.

But in the Electoral College, Trump emerged with a nearlandslide victory, 306-232.

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Oread developer has been silent since suit was filed

By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

It has been more than two weeks since the city filed a lawsuit alleging Oread hotel developer Thomas Fritzel committed a fraudulent tax scheme, and Fritzel and his attorneys have yet to publicly Fritzel comment about the high-stakes case.

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The Kansas Department of Transportation is making further changes at the intersection of Kansas Highway 10 and East 1200 Road — also commonly referred to as the Kasold Drive and SLT intersection — to

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22, safety concerns surfaced about the intersection’s new configuration — two triangular islands of plastic delineator poles at East 1200 Road’s north — Keith Browning, Douglas County Public Works director and south junctions with K-10, designed to permit only right clarify that all traffic maneuvers After a three-vehicle accident turns onto and off the highway. involving crossing the high- at the intersection sent five peo> KDOT, 8A way’s center line are prohibited. ple to local hospitals on Nov.

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Although there have been other cases in which the electoral vote winner failed to win the popular vote, most recently in the Bush-vs.-Gore election of 2000, the 2016 race is being called the most lopsided reversal of the popular vote in U.S. history, and it has renewed calls, mainly from Democrats and others on the left, to abolish the system that dates back to the 18th century.

Among those calling for its end are former Vice President Al Gore, who lost that 2000 race despite winning the popular vote, California Sen. Barbara Boxer, a Democrat, and New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio, an independent who supported Clinton in the 2016 race.

“Not going to happen,” said University of Kansas political science professor Burdett Loomis, who has written Loomis extensively about the Electoral College and has been calling for years to abolish it.

Winner-take-all system In a book to be released next year, Loomis contributed a chapter on the Electoral College and argues that one of its basic flaws is the “winnertake-all” system that has been adopted in all but two states, Nebraska and Maine.

When the Constitution was written in the late 1700s, Loomis argues, it was considered impractical for a candidate to campaign nationwide or to get information out to all voters because the modes of transportation and communication were too slow.

“To be sure, some delegates to the Constitutional Convention rejected the idea of direct election because they feared

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When they do, they will have a big allegation to tackle from the city: A city report contends Fritzel essentially admitted to much of the scheme in a conversation with City Manager Tom Markus.

Tucked among the details of a 24-page report released by the city in mid-November is a description of an alleged conversation between Fritzel and Markus.

In the meeting with city leaders in March, Fritzel said he used the hotel’s special taxing district to create a “revenue stream” to recoup the cost of public infrastructure completed during the hotel’s construction, according to a city-commissioned report.

The taxing district was intended to cover only the hotel’s retail sales, but Fritzel maintained his use of it was acceptable, the report states: “Thomas Fritzel stated to Mr. Markus that the Fritzels were running the sales through the district to create a revenue stream to amortize the public improvement costs they had fronted for the Oread Inn project. Thomas Fritzel told Mr. Markus that they had done nothing wrong.”

The city disagrees. On Nov. 16, the city filed a lawsuit citing personal purchases and faked retail sales as grounds to terminate the multimilliondollar incentive agreement with The Oread hotel. The city took the legal action based on findings of the report, which was completed by the accounting firm Al-

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Right now, (the Electoral College) clearly advantages Republicans — two minority popular vote presidents in the last five elections — and the vast sweep of red across the country, state by state, argues against such a change.”

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placing too much power in citizens’ hands,” he wrote. “More of the framers, however, found direct election impractical because of the difficulties of communicating effectively and knowledgeably across the entire nation.”

The idea at the time, he wrote, was that voters would elect the “electors,” presumably educated and respected members of the local communities, who “would exercise judgment in voting for candidates.”

What they failed to anticipate, he argues, was the rise of political parties, which would come to dominate the political process at both the state and national levels.

“By 1836 the role of the Electoral College had become well defined,” he wrote. “Voters selected electors pledged to candidates who ran for president under party labels. In large part because each state adopted a ‘winner-take-all’ rule for presidential (and most other) elections, only two major parties emerged.”

That helps explain what happened in 2016, although Loomis argues that it’s not necessarily the Electoral College system’s biggest problem.

Under “winner-takeall,” no matter how large a candidate’s margin of victory is in a state — whether it’s a single vote or 4 million votes — the winner gets all of that state’s electoral votes.

In the 2016 election, Clinton won a number of states by very wide margins, but lost in similar-

size states by very narrow margins.

In California, for example, Clinton won by nearly a 2-to-1 margin, 62-32 percent, a difference of 4 million votes.

That gave her 55 electoral votes. But the size of that margin added nothing to her electoral count because she would have gotten those 55 electoral votes even if she’d won the state by just a single popular vote.

Another example can be found in the states of New York and Florida, each of which has 29 electoral votes. In New York, Clinton won by a margin of 1.5 million votes. But in Florida, she lost by a mere 113,000 votes.

Combining the results of those two states, Clinton received 54 percent of the total, while Trump received 46 percent, a margin of nearly 1.4 million ballots. But because of the winner-take-all system, their electoral votes were divided evenly.

One person, many votes Another factor in the Electoral College, Loomis wrote, is the way votes are allocated among the states, with each state’s Electoral College the same size as its congressional delegation.

That gives small states like Wyoming, Alaska and even Kansas a “senate bonus” because they get two additional electoral votes, regardless of their population.

That gives Wyoming, with the smallest population of only 586,107 people, three electoral votes, or one for every 195,369 people. By contrast, California, with a

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Thomas Fritzel stated to Mr. Markus that the Fritzels were running the sales through the district to create a revenue stream to amortize the public improvement costs they had fronted for the Oread Inn project.”

— Report released by the city in mid-November

len, Gibbs & Houlik and released by the city along with the lawsuit.

Attorneys representing Fritzel communicated with the Journal-World multiple times since the lawsuit was filed and said that a press release was forthcoming. The distribution of the press release was pushed back several days for additional “review.” Now, more than two weeks since the lawsuit was filed, a press release has yet to be sent out. Fritzel previously had denied the allegations prior to the lawsuit being filed, but he nor his representatives have commented since the filing.

Bradley Russell, the attorney representing the city in the lawsuit, said the city has not heard any response or had additional communication with Fritzel. Russell said that the report tries to summarize the exchange between Markus and Fritzel in March, and that he would not likely have further information until a response is received from Fritzel.

The report states that Markus met with Thomas Fritzel, Thomas’ brother Tim Fritzel and Nancy Longhurst on March 30. According to the account of the meeting in the report, Thomas Fritzel made the statement that he had “done noth-

ing wrong” in response to Markus saying that Fritzel had reported transactions within the taxing district that they “clearly were not expecting.”

The incentive agreement between the city and the developer was intended to at least partially pay the developer back for the infrastructure and parking garage improvements made to the area as part of the hotel’s construction in 2008.

The 20-year agreement could generate up to $11 million in rebates for the development group if left in place.

As the tax district is based at the hotel’s address, only retail sales made within the hotel itself should be attributed to the district. The report claims that documents and invoices provided

by Fritzel entity Oread Wholesale show otherwise.

“All the transactions evidence intent to create sales within the special taxing district for the sole purpose of wrongfully receiving reimbursements of sales tax,” the report states.

Fritzel did not seem to dispute that conclusion. “(Thomas) Fritzel admitted what the documents reflect,” the report states.

The documents include “invoices” between DFC and Oread Wholesale,

population of 39.1 million people, gets 55 electoral votes. That’s one for every 711,725 people.

That means when popular votes are translated into electoral votes, a single voter in Wyoming has more than 3.5 times the impact in the Electoral College as a single voter in California.

Put another way, if California got the same number of electoral votes per-person as Wyoming gets, it would have 200 electoral votes instead of 55.

In Kansas, which has six electoral votes, the ratio is one per 485,274 population. That means each vote in Kansas has about 1.5 times the electoral power as each vote in California, but less than half the power of a vote in Wyoming.

Why it won’t change Loomis and others say the system is unlikely to change because in order to do so, relatively small states like Wyoming and Kansas would have to agree to give up some of the out-sized power they now enjoy.

And many of those smaller states are dominated by the Republican Party, which came out the winner in both 2000 and 2016 when the minority candidate won the majority of electoral votes.

“Right now, it clearly advantages Republicans — two minority popular vote presidents in the last five elections — and the vast sweep of red across the country, state by state, argues against such a change,” Loomis said. “Moreover, politicians in many states think that the Electoral College benefits them and their states.”

But Loomis said the disproportionate power that small states get is only one obstacle. Another is the disproportionate power held by the small handful of competitive “swing states” like Florida, Ohio and North Carolina that can tip the balance in an otherwise evenly divided election.

both Fritzel companies implicated in the city’s lawsuit. Oread Wholesale has its registered address at the hotel, and issued “invoices” to more than 30 customers for hundreds of projects, which allegedly functioned to create the false link between the unrelated purchases and the taxing district.

Only 24 pages of the report were made public — the city declined a request from the Journal-World to release the actual invoices — but the report does include a summarized list of transactions that it says occurred outside of the taxing district but were nonetheless billed through it.

That list summarizing the documented transactions is long and varied.

Purchases for Fritzel, his family members and his business dealings are included. Furniture, countertops, landscaping, car batteries and rental of a party tent make the list.

Equally notable are purchases of construction materials — concrete, plumbing, lighting, flooring and drywall — for Fritzel projects throughout the city, state and region.

Lawrence projects on the list include Rock Chalk Park, Hutton Farms, Varsity House, the Eldridge Hotel and two elementary school renovations. There are also various entries that list names of Fritzel family members or associates, some referencing home projects, furniture or simply “rentals.”

According to the report, those details are a summary of the findings, and the documents in their entirety consist of more than 15,000 pages that Oread Wholesale provided to the accounting firm.

L awrence J ournal -W orld The U.S. Constitution provides two ways of approving amendments, but the only one that has ever been used is for Congress to pass a measure with two-thirds majorities in both chambers, followed by ratification by threefourths of the states, or 38 of the 50.

Short of a constitutional amendment, another option that has been widely discussed is the National Popular Vote interstate compact.

That would replace the winner-take-all system in most states with an agreement among states in the compact to cast all of their electoral votes for the candidate who wins the national popular vote, regardless of who wins in their particular state.

The legislation states that it would not take effect until it has been adopted by states having at least 270 combined electoral votes, the minimum needed to win a presidential election.

So far, it’s been adopted by 10 states and the District of Columbia, which have a combined 165 electoral votes. But it has never been considered in Kansas, and Loomis said he thinks it’s a bad, and possibly unconstitutional, idea.

“I know the NPV supporters have argued that their scheme does pass constitutional muster, but in a close election, in which, say, several Republican states were forced to have their electors cast votes for a narrowly elected Democratic candidate, who ordinarily might not have won the electoral vote contest, the possibility of disruption and many faithless electors is far too dangerous to risk,” he said.

“I’m not crazy about the Electoral College and think that some kind of popular vote election would be preferable, but the NPV is for me a bridge too far,” he said.

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

Despite the city’s claim that Oread Wholesale was created and used to defraud the city, it appears the company is still operating. The company isn’t illegal in and of itself, and the main question is whether it is charging its taxes to the right place.

Russell said that Fritzel has three weeks from the date he was served the lawsuit to file a response. An extension for up to two weeks is allowed, and Russell said those are common. Based on the date Fritzel was served with the lawsuit, a response or extension request would need to be filed by mid-December.

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

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1 person killed in accident along Ninth Street, police say

By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com

One person was killed Friday evening after an accident along Ninth Street, police say.

Around 10 p.m. Lawrence Police officers responded to an accident near the intersection of Ninth and Mississippi

streets, said Lawrence Police Sgt. Mark Unruh.

There, a car hit a male pedestrian, who was killed.

Unruh said identifying information was not immediately available for the person who was killed and he did not know if the driver of the car was injured or not.

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Unruh also said information regarding how the accident happened, or whether additional people were involved, was not available.

Check back for more details on this news story.

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

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NOVEMBER CRIME ANALYSIS

Top 5 calls, ongoing investigations and a few interesting tidbits

By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com

The top five most common calls Lawrence police officers received in November are consistent with the top five calls they received in October.

There were, however, fewer of each.

Each morning the Journal-World receives a list of the Lawrence Police Department’s activities over the previous 24 hours. At the end of the month those logs are compiled and compared.

The logs don’t list every single call to service LPD has received in a given day; however, the information serves as a good starting point. In addition, each incident listed offers only a short description of the call and is subject to change as investigations continue. It is important to note each call to service does not always result in a citation

or arrest.

For the month of November LPD’s officers responded to 6,518 individual calls, an average of 217 per day. This is down from the 7,110 total calls the department received in October, which averaged 229 a day.

The top five calls are as follows: l Traffic stops — 1,257 calls, approximately 19 percent of the total, averaging 41 per day. In October, the department conducted 1,287 traffic stops, averaging 42 per day. l Request to speak with officers — 906 calls, approximately 14 percent of the total, averaging 30 per day. In October, the department received 947 requests, averaging 31 per day. l Animal-related calls — 337 calls, approximately 5 percent of the total, averaging 11 each day.

In October, the department responded to 378

animal-related calls, averaging 12 each day. l Auto accidents — 312 calls, approximately 5 percent of the total, averaging 10 a day. In October, the department responded to 336 auto accidents, averaging 11 each day. l Parking violations — 270 calls, approximately 4 percent of the total, averaging nine a day. In October, the department responded to 325 parking violations and averaged 10 a day.

Monday’s arrest of Anthony Deshaune Edwards, 22, resulted in the highest number of officers responding to a single scene in the month of November.

In all, 25 Lawrence police officers responded near the intersection of 31st Street and Haskell Avenue, where Edwards allegedly led them after a brief

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FROM HER GRANDMOTHER YVONNE CHANNEL’S ARMS, Kaylee Barber, 4, checks the color of her candle Saturday after dipping it in dye at a Waxman Candles holiday candle-dipping event for kids. The two Lawrence residents were among the many who enjoyed the candle-dipping fun at the store, 609 Massachusetts St.

BRIEFLY KCPL CEO: Topeka will have office after Westar merger

Teens’ mountain lion sighting among 3 reported in 15 days

Topeka (ap) — The CEO of the company planning to acquire Topeka-based Westar Energy says the merged entity will have an office in Topeka.

Terry Bassham, CEO of Kansas City Power & Light, said, “Never say never, but I don’t have a reason we wouldn’t always have an office” in Topeka.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Bassham and Westar CEO Mark Ruelle spoke at the Kansas Expocentre’s Maner Conference Center on Friday in the statewide stop aimed at updating leaders on the proposed merger.

Friday’s gathering came ahead of Monday’s planned public hearing by the Kansas Corporation Commission, which has to approve the sale.

Westar, KCPL and its parent company, Great Plains Energy, filed a joint application last July with the KCC seeking approval for GPE to acquire Westar for $12.2 billion.

Wichita (ap) — Two Kansas teens got a big surprise, and video, when the hound they were using to hunt raccoons treed a mountain lion last month in Wabaunsee County.

The Wichita Eagle reports that the Thanksgiving night sighting was one of three documented within 15 days in a 60-mile area.

Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism biologist Matt Peek doesn’t know whether that part of Kansas has multiple animals or one that has been getting around.

A motion-activated trail camera on Fort Riley got a good image of a mountain lion on Nov. 9, though the authenticity of the image has not yet been officially confirmed. A similar camera got a photo in Shawnee County on Nov. 20.

Sometimes a single animal is photographed multiple times in different locations.

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Originally from Hays, Kansas, Dr. Schmidt earned her medical degree from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in 1990 and completed her residency at Smoky Hill Family Medicine in Salina.

With a strong passion for teaching, health promotion and disease prevention – and caring for families and patients both young and old – Dr. Schmidt approaches patient care by listening first. She believes in working closely with her patients to help them reach and maintain their goals for better health.

“Healthy, happy families are very important to me. I have ten brothers and sisters, so I grew up in a large family, and now I have four boys of my own. And I love coming to work every day because I find it so rewarding to help other families stay healthy and well.”

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The front desk volunteers will help guests sign in and get to their appointment or meet with the appropriate staff person. Volunteers answer phones and transfer calls to the correct staff person. There is occasionally down time at the desk so volunteers are welcome to bring homework, projects that can be done at the desk and/or reading materials to enjoy.

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Groups seek donations Looking for a way to contribute to the community during the holidays but don’t have extra time to volunteer? The following agencies are in need of donations of gifts, food and/or money: l Douglas County CASA: 832-5172 l Douglas County Senior Services: 842-0543 l ECKAN: 841-3357 l Family Promise: 764-9506 l Lawrence Community Shelter: treym@lawrenceshelter.org l Lawrence Meals on Wheels: 267-5900 l Penn House: wayne@ ballardcenter.org l TFI Family Services: swilhelm@tfifamily.org l The Salvation Army: 764-0962 l The Willow Domestic Violence Center: 3312034, ext. 105 l The Villages: 2675900, ext. 0 l Toys for Tots: 7663023.

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Details of Kansas judge nominating process may become public Associated Press

Topeka — The Kansas Supreme Court is considering a rule that would require records related to the selection of nominees for the high court and other judgeships to be made public.

The rule change would require those records to be retained for at least three years after nomi-

nating commissions have made their decision. The minutes of the commissions would be retained indefinitely, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

The commissions are made up mostly of attorneys who conduct interviews and nominate three candidates for the governor’s consideration.

Gov. Sam Brownback and conservative law-

makers have tried to replace that process with the federal approach, in which the governor would make his nomination and the state Senate would confirm or reject it.

Nominating commissions are “a handful of lawyers” that “remove the people of Kansas” from important decisions, Brownback said

More cuts to child psychiatric care Associated Press

Topeka — Kansas officials plan to reduce funding to providers of residential psychiatric care for children in a move expected to save about $350,000 from the state general fund.

The cut announced by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services is in addition to a 4 percent reduction in Medicaid reimbursement rates announced by Gov. Sam Brownback in May to help balance the budget, the Topeka CapitalJournal reported.

Residential psychiatric facilities receive payments each day a child is in their care. They’re also paid on days the child is out of the facility and instead in a hospital or at home, but a bed must still

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chase. A number of additional law enforcement officials from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, University of Kansas’ Office of Public Safety and Kansas Highway Patrol also arrived on the scene and helped establish a perimeter while they searched for Edwards.

Edwards reportedly ran from a traffic stop earlier in the day. He had warrants out for his arrest related to suspected probation violations, and officers gave chase after a woman in his car appeared to be yelling for help.

Edwards faces one felony charge of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer and misdemeanor charges of interference with law enforcement and criminal restraint. He is currently being held in the Douglas County Jail in lieu of a $7,000 bond.

A few other interesting figures from November include: l For the entire month of November, Lawrence police officers responded to a total of 22 sex-crime

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Providers and advocates have voiced concern that the reduction could force some providers out of business, resulting in fewer children receiving care.

“The real tragedy in all of this is that it’s putting in financial incentives to keep kids from going home and working on reintegration,” Children’s Alliance of Kansas direc-

tor Christie Appelhanz said.

Florence Crittenton CEO Dana Schoffelman said realistically the cut would not cost the providers less, saying that providers could barely manage the previous 4 percent cut. Schoffelman said combined with the Medicaid rate cut, Florence Crittenton has seen a 10 percent revenue reduction within a year.

The change is scheduled to start in March.

According to KDADS, the state currently has 11 providers.

Lawmakers and Brownback are discussing the possibility of reversing the Medicaid rate cut.

The governor proposed in August a tax increase on hospitals to help out with the provider reimbursement rate.

calls, up from the 14 calls received in October. Both numbers exceed the average number of calls per month for 2015 — Lawrence Police Sgt. Amy Rhoads said a total of 135 sex offenses were reported in 2015, averaging just over 11 each month.

And while the number of sex crimes reported in November far exceeds the monthly average for 2015, Rhoads reiterated that not every report equals a crime.

In mid-November the Journal-World asked Rhoads about 14 of the month’s sex-crime calls.

Of those calls, Rhoads said only seven “are actual reported offenses.”

Investigators found some calls were unfounded while others may have taken place outside of the department’s jurisdiction, Rhoads said.

In one of those seven reported sex-crime offenses the department has submitted an affidavit to the district attorney’s office for consideration of potential criminal charges, Rhoads said.

Information was not immediately available for the remaining eight sex crimes reported in

November. So far, no and a judge will decide if arrests in the Douglas enough evidence exists to County Jail’s booking order him to stand trial. logs have corresponded Pro — Public safety reporter Conrad with the reported crimes.

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Congratulations on 4-star rating Lawrence deserves praise for being nationally recognized for its many sustainability initiatives.

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Journalism’s hard year draws to a close This has probably not, in fact, been the worst year in the history of American journalism.

But you’ll forgive me if it feels that way just the same.

It was, after all, a year in which the country firmly entered the post-factual era, led by an incoming

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he city of Lawrence is to be commended for becoming the first city in Kansas to receive four stars from the nation’s most recognized sustainability rating service.

The STAR Communities rating system evaluates local governments on economic, environmental and social factors to measure sustainability. STAR stands for Sustainability Tools for Assessing and Rating. Communities are rated on a scale of one to five stars with five being the best. Just four cities have received a fivestar rating: Northampton, Mass.; Seattle; Baltimore; and Cambridge, Mass.

The STAR rating system began in 2012 and provides a set of best practices for sustainability. So far, more than 60 communities have been certified, and Lawrence is one of just 25 cities to receive four or more stars.

The four stars put Lawrence on par with Washington, D.C.; Austin, Texas; and Portland, Ore. Lawrence outshone other cities that went through the certification process, including Wichita, St. Louis and Columbia, Mo., which received three stars each.

The rating is no small matter for the city’s residents. Sustainability initiatives create demonstrated savings that benefit taxpayers.

City Manager Tom Markus said the rating was a “significant achievement” for Lawrence. Added Mayor Mike Amyx, “With this four-star rating, we are set apart in a class of cities that take sustainability and the concepts of creating livable cities seriously.”

Lawrence Sustainability Coordinator Eileen Horn said that the STAR rating covers seven areas, including objectives related to the quality of the city’s buildings, energy use and natural systems, as well as ones related to education, equity and the economy.

The certification process included a review of 44 objectives overall and evaluated data from several city and county departments, partner agencies and nonprofit organizations. All objectives represent components important to the quality of life and prosperity of a city.

Lawrence received high scores for its recycling program, historic preservation and outdoor public spaces, as well for education and safety. Objectives where the city received fewer than half the points possible — and thus, the city has room for improvement — include the city’s level of climate adaptation, infill and redevelopment, and quality jobs and living wages.

The four star rating puts Lawrence in a class with some of the nation’s most forward-thinking communities. It’s validation that sustainability efforts are working and a well-earned badge for city officials.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 4, 1916: l “A meeting has been called for December 19 at years ago Lawrence to organize a branch IN 1916 of the Anti-Saloon League of America in Kansas. After years of opportunity to study the prosperity coming from temperance, Kansas is to aid actively in the nation-wide dry fight.”

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

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

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Worldwide, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports that more than 1,200 journalists have been killed since 1992.” president who has no time for intelligence reports, yet is a devotee of a conspiracy website that claims symbols on a pizza menu are used by pedophiles to send messages. This same guy spent much of the year castigating journalists as “dummies,” “slime,” “disgusting,” “lame,” “sad,” and “the lowest form of life,” all of it eaten up by mobs that snarled and snapped at the traveling press corps, who stood penned up at his rallies like that goat lowered into the Tyrannosaur paddock in “Jurassic Park.”

So yes, a grueling year.

And it seems to me, in this season of thanksgiving, that the best way to end that year is to thank my reporter colleagues for all they do to inform a nation that, increasingly, chooses not to be informed.

Lest you think I sprain

my arm to pat my own back, I hasten to say that the above does not refer to me. Though I do occasional reporting, I am not a reporter, but a columnist. A political cartoonist I once met described people like us as “professional reactors.”

That is, a thing happens, real reporters gather the facts of that thing, and then we opine upon those facts.

Everybody opines, of course. But sometimes, we forget that the information upon which we do so does not simply produce itself.

The facts upon which both the barstool philosopher and the columnist rely, the facts Sean Hannity mangles and Donald Trump simply ignores, come to us through the efforts of men and women who dig for them, who work phones, finesse sources, burrow into transcripts, ask powerful people impolite questions.

And sometimes, die.

Worldwide, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports that more than 1,200

journalists have been killed since 1992. According to Reporters without Borders, 81 were killed last year alone.

The United States has been largely spared those outrages. Yet they provide a chilling context for the antimedia frenzy so gleefully generated by the incoming president.

Not that news media were universally beloved before he came to town. In a nation of stark political polarization, claims of bias — a word too often defined as, “that which is mean (though not unfactual) toward my preferred candidate or ideology” — have made mediabashing the fastest growing sport in America.

Some of it is certainly deserved. Sometimes, news media are too timid, too obsessed with ephemera. And, yes, biased.

But then, there is this: On Sept. 11, an army of police and firefighters famously rushed toward the danger.

Less well-remembered is the army of reporters who

did the same. My former colleague, Elinor J. Brecher, was one of them. Ellie might be 5 feet tall if she jumped.

She might weigh 110 pounds if she tied cinder blocks to her feet.

Yet, there she was, this small woman, down there in the wreckage of the World Trade Center with the rescue workers and survivors, gathering the news. From time to time, I re-read the powerful and evocative essay she wrote about it as a reminder of what my colleagues do.

That is, they go where the story is, even if that’s dangerous, even if it defies self-preservation. And they produce the facts that help those of us who still want to, to comprehend our world.

As journalism’s hard year draws to a close, I think that deserves my gratitude.

Frankly, it deserves yours, too.

— Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is a columnist for the Miami Herald.

The sensitivity police strike again Washington — The word “inappropriate” is increasingly used inappropriately.

It is useful to describe departures from good manners or other social norms, such as wearing white after Labor Day or using the salad fork with the entree. But the adjective has become a splatter of verbal fudge, a weasel word falsely suggesting measured seriousness. Its misty imprecision does not disguise, it advertises, the user’s moral obtuseness.

A French court has demonstrated how “inappropriate” can be an all-purpose device of intellectual evasion and moral cowardice.

The court said it is inappropriate to do something that might disturb people who killed their unborn babies for reasons that were, shall we say, inappropriate.

Prenatal genetic testing enables pregnant women to be apprised of a variety of problems with their unborn babies, including Down syndrome. It is a congenital condition resulting from a chromosomal defect that causes varying degrees of mental disability and some physical abnormalities, such as low muscle tone, small stature, flatness of the back of the head and an upward slant to the eyes. Within living memory, Down syndrome people were called Mongoloids.

Now they are included in the category called “special needs” people. What they most need is nothing special. It is for people to understand their aptitudes, and to therefore quit killing them in utero.

Down syndrome, although not common, is among the most common congenital anomalies at 49.7 per 100,000 births. In approximately 90 percent of instances when prena-

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Sensitivity bureaucracies have been enforcing the relatively new entitlement to be shielded from whatever might disturb.” tal genetic testing reveals Down syndrome, the baby is aborted. Cleft lips or palates, which occur in 72.6 per 100,000 births, also can be diagnosed in utero and sometimes are the reason a baby is aborted.

In 2014, in conjunction with World Down Syndrome Day (March 21), the Global Down Syndrome Foundation prepared a twominute video titled “Dear Future Mom” to assuage the anxieties of pregnant women who have learned that they are carrying a Down syndrome baby. More than 7 million people have seen the video online in which one such woman says, “I’m scared: what kind of life will my child have?” Down syndrome children from many nations tell the woman that her child will hug, speak, go to school, tell you he loves you and “can be happy, just like I am — and you’ll be happy, too.”

The French state is not happy about this. The court has ruled that the video is — wait for it — “inappropriate” for French television.

The court upheld a ruling in which the French Broadcasting Council banned the video as a commercial. The court said the video’s depiction of happy Down syndrome children is “likely to disturb the conscience of women who had lawfully made different personal life choices.”

So, what happens on campuses does not stay on campuses. There, in many nations, sensitivity bureaucracies have been enforcing the relatively new entitlement to be shielded from whatever might disturb, even inappropriate jokes.

And now this rapidly metastasizing right has come to this: A video that accurately communicates a truthful proposition — that Down syndrome people can be happy and give happiness — should be suppressed because some people might become ambivalent, or morally queasy, about having chosen to extinguish such lives because ...

This is why the video giving facts about Down syndrome people is so subversive of the flaccid consensus among those who say aborting a baby is of no more moral significance than removing a tumor from a stomach. Pictures persuade.

Today’s improved prenatal sonograms make graphic the fact that the moving fingers and beating heart are not mere “fetal material.” They are a baby. Toymaker Fisher-Price, children’s apparel manufacturer OshKosh, McDonald’s and Target have featured Down syndrome children in ads that the French court would probably ban from television.

The court has said, in effect, that the lives of Down syndrome people — and by inescapable implication, the lives of many other disabled

people — matter less than the serenity of people who have acted on one or more of three vicious principles: That the lives of the disabled are not worth living.

Or that the lives of the disabled are of negligible value next to the desire of parents to have a child who has no special, meaning inconvenient, needs. Or that government should suppress the voices of Down syndrome children in order to guarantee other people’s right not to be disturbed by reminders that they have made lethal choices on the basis of one or both of the first two inappropriate principles.

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

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New leader stresses diversity at University of Missouri

By Margaret Stafford Associated Press

Kansas City, Mo. — The incoming president of the University of Missouri system said Friday he will work to ensure that the system’s four campuses provide safe, diverse and inclusive environments to allow all students and faculty to achieve their full potential.

Mun Choi, a University of Connecticut provost, received a rousing welcome Friday at the University of MissouriKansas City campus, which was the last visit he made this week to the system’s four campuses.

He told the audience, which included state lawmakers and Kansas City area civic leaders, that he will promote the universities’ education and research while also improving their impact on the state and national economy.

Choi will officially become president on March 1, replacing Tim Wolfe, who resigned after protests at the Columbia campus last November by students upset with the administration’s handling of racial and other issues.

He said those issues were not unique to the University of Missouri or the Columbia campus.

“I think it’s really incumbent upon all of us — that’s administrators, students, faculty and staff — to ask within ourselves, ‘What are we contributing toward promoting a more inclusive, respectful and collegial environment?’” Choi said.

Missouri officials are already developing programs to improve diversity efforts, which he hoped would reverse an

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A report from the Kansas Highway Patrol showed that the crash was caused when a Lawrence motorist was struck by oncoming traffic while trying to cross K-10.

KDOT spokeswoman Kimberly Qualls said the additional work, which starts Monday, would involve placement of more signage and traffic control measures near the intersection.

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A university should be places where students feel safe, where they have an opportunity to learn without hindrance. That’s going to be a key goal for us.”

— Mun Choi, incoming University of Missouri system president

enrollment decline that some attribute to last year’s unrest. Another top priority is providing safe campuses, Choi said.

In response to a question about safety and security on college campuses across the country after reports of racial conflicts and sexual assaults, Choi said creating safe environments will be another top priority.

“After touring all the campuses, I get a sense that we have ... created an environment that is safe and nurturing for our students,” Choi said.

“A university should be places where students feel safe, where they have an opportunity to learn without hindrance. That’s going to be a key goal for us.”

Last year’s disruptions did not affect Choi’s decision to accept the job, he said, because he believes the University of Missouri system “is one of the best university systems in the country” that is wellknown for its research, student programs, high graduation rates and providing students and faculty with opportunities to make important contributions. He said sharing that message with residents in Missouri and other states will help enrollment rebound.

The protests also strained relationships with the state Legislature, but two state law-

makers who represent Kansas City-area districts said Friday they were impressed with Choi and believe the relationship will improve.

“This is a new beginning,” said Rep. Jack Bondon, R-Belton, Mo. “We are optimistic that some of the hardships of the past year will be overcome.”

And Rep. Bill Kidd, a Republican from Independence, Mo., said lawmakers want the university system to succeed.

He said last year’s tension might have been an “overreaction” fueled by a small number of legislators and he expects it will be greatly improved during the upcoming session.

Phillip Snowden, of Kansas City, a member of the Missouri Board of Curators, said Choi stood out from several quality candidates because of his education background, experience and proven ability to work with lawmakers, business and civic leaders in Connecticut. Choi, the first system president of Asian-American heritage, was selected after a ninemonth search.

“He seems to have an understanding of all facets of a major university system,” Snowden said, adding curators were “just looking for the best candidate, regardless of background. I think we got him.”

intersection is right-on, right-off only.

KDOT also plans to extend the solid-line pavement markings along the intersection’s acceleration and deceleration lanes by 100 feet and place delineator poles along those lane boundaries to channel motorists onto and off the highway.

The lane markings are expected to be in place before Dec. 16, Qualls said, and the poles will be placed in mid-January once KDOT has more of them in stock.

As a temporary measure, electronic message boards were placed on K-10 and East 1200 Road last week. They will stay up until the rest of the traffic control elements are in place, Qualls said.

At a meeting Thursday,

KDOT officials shared the plans for additional safety enhancements with law enforcement officers and representatives of Douglas County and the city of Lawrence.

Douglas County Public Works Director Keith Browning, who attended that meeting, said the added measures should clear up any confusion about what is allowed at the intersection.

“This should make it abundantly clear there is no left off K-10 or on from East 1200 Road,” he said.

“It makes clear there’s no crossing the highway or U-turns on the highway — obviously, that’s a terrible idea.”

— County reporter Elvyn Jones can be reached at 832-7166. Follow him on Twitter: @ElvynJ

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Veterans, urging peace, converge on camp of oil project opponents Kevin Hardy

The Des Moines Register SAKOWIN CAMP, N. D. Tasheena Cloud said Saturday that she and the hundreds of other veterans who have been filing into this protest camp near the Dakota Access pipeline will remain peaceful when they put themselves between law enforcement officers and passionate demonstrators in coming days.

But she said she has no idea how police and the North Dakota National Guard will respond.

“I don’t know what to expect,” she said. “I just know I’ll put myself in harm’s way.”

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The ashes of longtime Cuban dictator Fidel Castro wrapped of a four-day journey across the island nation Saturday, on a journey back where his leadership began, in Santiago de Cuba.

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At least nine people are dead and as many as two dozen others also might have perished in a massive fire that broke out late Friday in an Oakland warehouse and artists’ collective in what Mayor Libby Schaaf on Saturday called a “terrible tragedy.”

Alameda County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Ray Kelly said it could take at least 48 hours to tally the number of casualties because of the continuing danger posed to firefighters by the unstable and charred remains of the structure in the city’s Fruitvale district. The fire broke out

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Part of the structure had been partitioned into artist’s studios and was packed with furniture, mannequins and other objects. City officials confirmed that an investigation opened last month into complaints about its safety.

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Army vet Zhooniya Ogitchida spray-paints a sign Saturday for the veterans’ headquarters tent at the protest camp.

In the snowy prairies of North Dakota, the Oceti Sakowin Camp has become the longest-running protest in modern history, as thousands of American Indians and environmentalists seek to halt completion of the 1,172-mile pipeline.

In the coming days, the demonstrators will be aided by military veterans who have come to give occupiers a respite and call attention to what they say are human rights violations committed by local law enforcement.

Demonstrators have described being attacked by security dogs, sprayed with tear gas, shot with rubber bullets and blasted by water cannons.

Police officials have defended their tactics but promised to keeping the veterans’ demonstrations peaceful.

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Shun the screens; go out and play! It’s good for your eyes Sunlight might ward off nearsightedness Doyle Rice

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Yet another reason for teens to get off the screen and into the great outdoors: Sunlight can help ward off nearsightedness, according to a study published Thursday.

Although too much sun can lead to skin cancer, exposure to ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation as a teen or young adult may be good

for the eyes, reducing the chance of developing the world’s most common eye disorder.

Researchers found UVB exposure between ages 14 and 29 was associated with a significant decrease in the chance of developing nearsightedness as an adult, according to the study, which appeared in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association-Ophthalmology.

Nearsightedness has increased dramatically in the U.S. and around the world in the past few decades. A 2009 study from the National Institutes of Health found the number of nearsighted Americans ages 12 to 54 grew

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from 25% in the early 1970s to 41.6% in the early 2000s.

Scientists involved with the new study gave medical exams

and gathered medical histories from about 3,000 Europeans ages 65 and older, of whom about 10% were nearsighted.

Those who indicated they had the most exposure to UVB as teenagers and young adults were roughly 30% less likely to develop nearsightedness compared with those with the least exposure.

However, researchers did not uncover a clear explanation for the finding.

“Spending time outdoors is protective, but the mechanism underlying this association is poorly understood,” the study said. While people get a boost of vitamin D after being in the sun, a

link between vitamin D levels and nearsightedness was not found.

The study also found that those who were more educated were more likely to develop nearsightedness. The possible cause of that finding was also not detailed in the report.

Kimberly Yen, a pediatric ophthalmologist at Texas Children’s Hospital, who was not involved in the study, called the report interesting and timely. She cautioned, however, that the study was limited by relying on patients’ memories from decades earlier, not including elementary school-age children and looking only at Europeans.

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“and it’s not going to happen.”

Cloud, 32, of Wisconsin, said she cried watching images of security dogs attacking pipeline opponents. And she was disgusted when police doused protesters with water cannons in subfreezing temperatures.

“I feel humiliated as a veteran,” said Cloud, who was deployed three times in her eight years serving in the Navy. “I went to war. I protected this country. For this to be happening at home, it’s embarrassing.”

Members of the nearby Standing Rock Sioux tribe began the occupation of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land, arguing that the pipeline’s crossing underneath the Missouri River threatens their drinking water, as well as that of millions of Americans downstream.

The corps has told protesters they must leave the camp by Monday as brutally harsh winter conditions set in.

Organizers predict some 3,000 veterans will amass at the camp by the time official demonstrations are expected to begin Monday.

On Saturday, law enforcement officers said they held productive discussions with leaders of the veterans group. Police have agreed to retreat and move their militarized road blockade further away from the camp, so long as demonstrators agreed to keep their distance and stay off of private land in the area.

“We had a good discussion and walked away with a mutual commitment to maintaining peace ... mutual respect for one another and ensuring adequate space between law enforcement and protesters,” said North Dakota National Guard commander Gen. Alan Dohrmann.

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Spider Marks, a member of the propipeline Midwest Alliance for Infrastructure Now, says the veterans at the camp do not represent all military veterans.

Many vets work on the pipeline construction crews, he said, as well as in local law enforcement.

At dawn Saturday, about 150 people huddled near the icy Cannonball River for a daily water ceremony.

The men and women sang, prayed and chanted “water is life.”

One speaker talked about the spotlight the veterans would bring. “The whole world is watching now,” one said.

Contributing: Danielle Ferguson, (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Argus Leader

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For Cubans who live in this eastern city of Cuba, Fidel Castro’s decision to lay his ashes to rest here was an obvious one.

Havana may be the political, economic and tourism capital of this Carribean island, but the mountainous region around Santiago de Cuba was where Castro’s revolution got started.

“This is where he dug the roots of his tree of revolution,” said Magdeline Fernandez Gomez, 72, a life-long Santiago resident whose husband fought with Fidel’s bearded rebels in the Sierra Maestra mountains nearby.

People throughout Santiago spent this week preparing for Castro’s funeral. They swept sidewalks, painted fences, and prepared his gravesite. The country has been honoring the fallen communist dictator all week, with a ceremony in Havana on Monday featuring eulogies from foreign heads of state and a fourday funeral procession east toward Santiago.

When his ashes are interred at a cemetery Sunday morning in a small, family ceremony, it will complete a historic story that started in this remote region.

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Havana is Cuba’s capital, but Santiago de Cuba “is where Fidel’s heart always was.”

Alberto Perez, 45, a refinery worker from Santiago

Armando Labaceno, a history professor who has written extensively about Santiago’s history, said eastern Cuba has always been isolated from the cosmopolitan capital so far west.

The eastern region — known collectively as Oriente — viewed Santiago as more of a capital than Havana ever was.

That’s why Castro’s parents, from the eastern city of Birán, sent a young Fidel to school in Santiago.

Labaceno said the region’s isolation also bred a revolutionary spirit that has endured for centuries. Cuba’s original freedom fighters — from Carlos Manuel de Céspedes to José Martí — had their strongest base of support there.

So when Castro attempted his first uprising in 1953, he attacked the Moncada army barracks in

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Cubans held one final public memorial for fallen dictator Fidel Castro on Saturday in this eastern city that served as the heart and the start of his communist revolution.

Pulled by a green military jeep, his ashes rolled throughout the colonial city, passing by the site of the army barracks Castro attacked to start his guerrilla war and crossing under the balcony in Céspedes Park where he declared victory for his revolution on Jan. 1, 1959.

Cuban President Raúl Castro, who fought alongside Fidel from the start of the revolution and took over the country when his brother fell ill in 2006, delivered a final eulogy Saturday night before thousands in the city's Plaza of the Revolution Antonio Maceo.

Raúl recounted the major obstacles Fidel overcame throughout his 49 years ruling the island nation, from the failed U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion to the “Special Period” of economic ruin that folSANTIAGO DE CUBA

lowed the fall of Cuba's main benefactor, the Soviet Union.

Raúl expressed no personal sense of loss or pain, instead promising to use his brother's lessons to continue fighting Fidel's revolution.

“He demonstrated that yes we could, yes we can and yes we will be able to overcome any obstacle, threat or turbulence in our commitment to build socialism in Cuba and guarantee the independence and sovereignty of the homeland,” Raúl Castro said.

Saturday’s memorial in Santiago was simple, with a halfdozen Cubans delivering speeches praising Castro’s legacies in health care, education, science and women’s rights.

Presidents from Bolivia and Nicaragua were there and former presidents of Brazil, but they did not speak, leaving the spotlight on Raúl Castro.

On Sunday, Fidel Castro’s ashes will be taken to Santa Ifigenia Cemetery where they will be interred next to the grave of Cuba’s original freedom fighter, José Martí, in a ceremony Raúl Castro said would be simple and sincere.

Thousands of Cubans filled the plaza during Saturday’s ceremony.

The ashes of Fidel Castro on Saturday pass through Céspedes Park in Santiago de Cuba, where he declared victory on Jan. 1, 1959.

Santiago. After he was arrested, freed and launched his second attack in 1956, he again landed in southeastern Cuba.

And while many remember him rolling into Havana in 1959 as the culmination of his rise to power, Castro declared victory a week before from a balcony over Céspedes Park in the heart of Santiago.

“Havana has always been the capital of Cuba, and we respect that Fidel had to live and work there,” said Alberto Perez, 45, a refinery worker from Santiago.

“But this is where Fidel’s heart always was.”

Castro’s decision to be buried in Santiago also reflected a wish to be alongside Martí. The Cuban poet, writer, politician and freedom fighter is considered the original Cuban founding father.

His statue dominates the Plaza of the Revolution in Havana, his writings are taught to schoolchildren like gospel and his image is seen on walls and murals as frequently as Castro’s.

“Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life,” he wrote. “Whatever is done without it is imperfect.”

“Everything that’s happened in Cuba, Martí imagined it, wrote about it, proclaimed it,” Labaceno said. “Fidel was the one who best interpreted that.”

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ery effort would be a “complex” undertaking.

Schaaf said she had met earlier Saturday with a roomful of people still searching for loved ones but could not say how many might have perished.

Oakland Fire Chief Teresa Deloach Reed told reporters that most of the dead were found on the second floor. She said it took about five hours to put out the blaze in the building, which did not appear to have sprinklers.

At least part of the structure had been partitioned into several artist’s studios and was packed with furniture, mannequins and other objects. Reed said the building didn’t have a clear exit path. City officials confirmed Saturday that building authorities had opened an investigation just last month into complaints about the safety of the structure. That inquiry was ongoing when the fire struck.

An inspector from Oakland’s Department of Planning had attempted to enter the building Nov. 17 in response to complaints of illegal building and blight in the lot next door, but was unable to get in, city officials confirmed Saturday.

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cause no one was at home wasn’t immediately known.

Fire officials said the search of the building was stymied when the roof collapsed. Because of the precarious state of the structure, officials with the

Most of the people were believed to be on the second floor when the blaze broke out and “one of the issues was that leading up to the second floor there was only one way up and down,” Reed told reporters.

coroner’s office were unable to begin recovering bodies until nearly seven hours after the fire struck. The scent of the smoldering building could be detected from blocks away Saturday afternoon.

“One of the issues was that leading up to the second floor there was only one way up and down,” Reed told reporters. “It was my understanding that the stairwell was kind of makeshift, that they put it together with pallets.”

Around 1:30 p.m., firefighters began unloading lumber to the building to shore up dangerously damaged walls and ceilings so crews could continue the gruesome task of searching for bodies in the charred remains of the two-story stucco structure.

Kelly said investigators had launched drones with thermal imaging capability over the gutted building to help officials find additional victims.

One witness who escaped the blaze, Bob Mule, told the East Bay Times that a friend hurt himself and asked for help getting out. Mule said he tried, but couldn’t do it.

“It was too hot, too much smoke; I had to get out of there,” said Mule, a photographer who lives in the building and suffered minor burns. “I literally felt my skin peeling and my lungs being suffocated by smoke. I couldn’t get the fire extinguisher to work.”

About 50 people, most believed to be in their 20s and 30s, are believed to have been in the building, nicknamed “The Ghost Ship,” at the time of the blaze, fire department officials said.

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The stock market rally following Donald Trump’s White House win has made an already expensive U.S. stock market even more so, raising questions about whether Wall Street is pricing in a too rosy financial scenario.

Wall Street had been warning that stocks were getting rich relative to corporate profits — and that was before the presidential election. Since then, the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index has rallied nearly 3%, stretching valuations even more. Since Election Day, the price-to-earnings (P-E) ratio, a common metric used to measure whether stocks are cheap or overvalued, have swelled further to 17.1 times earnings from 16.2 times, which is well above the long-term average of 15.3 over the past 30 years, according to Thomson Reuters.

To be sure, the market is less expensive than during the peak of the dot-com-stock boom in March 2000 when the S&P 500 P-E reached 22.7 times earnings, and well above the 10.4 multiple following Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy in October 2008 and the 11.7 P-E at the bear market low in March 2009, Thomson Reuters data show.

(Other P-E metrics, which are calculated slightly differently, point to a market that’s even more expensive relative to historical norms.)

So, is all the good news already priced into shares? Or will investors continue to pay up for stocks — causing so-called “P-E expansion” — amid hopes that Trump’s plan to slash taxes, reduce costly regulations and spend big on infrastructure projects will lead to a stronger economy and fatter profits for U.S. companies.

“The market is pricing in great expectations,” says David Kotok, chief investment officer at Cumberland Advisors. “There is little margin for disappointment. From now on more care is needed. The tailwind of a Trump victory has morphed into a light breeze.”

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President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday the 16 business executives who will form his “Strategic and Policy Forum,” a group designed to advise him on job growth.

“The Forum, which is composed of some of America’s most highly respected and successful business LARRY W. SMITH, EPA leaders, will be Mary Barra, called upon to CEO of GM meet with the President frequently to share their specific experience and knowledge as the President implements his plan to bring back jobs and Make America Great Again,” a statement released by his transition team said.

The full list is below, from the Trump transition team: uStephen Schwarzman (Forum chairman), chairman, CEO and co-founder of Blackstone uPaul Atkins, CEO, Patomak Global Partners; former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission uMary Barra, chairman and

CEO, General Motors uToby Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic uJamie Dimon, chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co. uLarry Fink, chairman and CEO, BlackRock uBob Iger, chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company uRich Lesser, president and CEO, Boston Consulting Group uDoug McMillon, president and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores uJim McNerney, former chairman, president, and CEO, Boeing uAdebayo “Bayo” Ogunlesi, chairman and managing partner, Global Infrastructure Partners uGinni Rometty, chairman, president and CEO, IBM uKevin Warsh, Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics, Hoover Institute; former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System uMark Weinberger, global chairman and CEO, EY uJack Welch, former chairman and CEO, General Electric uDaniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize winner; vice chairman of IHS Markit A council of advisers focused on job growth is normal protocol. President Obama created one in 2011, which included McNerney and was led by Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric.

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Market-wise, it’s thumbs up for President-elect Donald Trump.

Investors are driving stock prices and valuations higher on a bet the nation’s financial picture will improve markedly. enough boost in economic growth and corporate earnings to make any short-term claims of overvaluation irrelevant.

“When there is a quantum shift in growth expectations, the arithmetic of P-E multiples fails to capture the value in stocks,” argues Don Luskin, chief investment officer at TrendMacro. “Why look at this quarter’s earnings, or for that matter why just look one year ahead, to appraise what a company might earn? If America is really going to be great again, stock prices should look to above-trend earnings growth that could last for several years. That will make stocks appear expensive, but they’re really not.”

For now, investors are driving stock prices — and valuations — higher on a bet the nation’s financial picture will improve markedly.

If that bet is correct, P-E ratios will fall as earnings rise, adds Brian Belski, chief investment strategist at BMO Capital Markets.

Jim Paulsen, citing a different

“The market is pricing in great expectations.

There is little margin for disappointment. ...

The tailwind of a Trump victory has morphed into a light breeze.”

David Kotok, chief investment officer at Cumberland Advisors

perspective, says the stock market’s is “not current valuation excessive.”

Historically, he says, in bull markets the market has been able to sustain P-Es at around 20 times earnings minus the annual rate of core consumer price inflation.

“Currently,” he says, “core inflation is 2.1%, but I think it is headed for 3%, which means a P-E of about 17 is probably a sustainable multiple for the overall market.”

The key factor, Paulsen adds, is how corporate earnings actually come in.

A drone under the Christmas tree? How to choose Jefferson Graham @jeffersongraham jgraham@usatoday.com USA TODAY

LOS ANGELES So you want to buy a drone as a holiday gift.

For the past few years, buyers were faced with a dilemma: splash out on a $1,000 drone that came with a video camera, a smart app and plenty of airborne functionality.

Or spend near $100 for what was essentially a toy: learning to fly them was a challenge, and the camera optics, if they had any, were inferior.

This year’s crop of drones are easier to fly, smaller, cuter and can shoot sharp 4K-video footage in the air — at prices near $500.

In that category, we’ve just taken the $400 Yuneec Breeze and $600 Hover Camera Passport “flying cameras” out for flights.

Both are great first copters to get your feet wet in drone photography. (Two other sub-$500 models — the Parrot Bebop 2 and DJI Phantom 1, shoot in lower resolution video and use controllers for flight, which could take more time to master.)

With help from staff photographer Robert Hanashiro, let’s dive in to the pros and cons.

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THE RUNDOWN

The Breeze and Passport are compact, portable and can easily fit into a stuffed backpack — especially the foldable Passport, which is a little bigger than an iPhone 7 Plus (when folded).

These drones are operated via smartphone apps that let you launch, land, fly up and down, left and right, and take photos and videos of your activities.

Both have features in their apps to hone in on you and follow you on bike rides, roller blading, hikes and the like.

And both come with a second battery, which is vital. Both will fly for just around 10 minutes before needing a recharge.

FLY WITH THE BIRDS — NOT AIRPLANES

What they won’t do is go as high into the air as the bigger drones.

Their limits range from about 65 feet to nearly 300 feet.

(The new and more advanced $999 Mavic Pro from DJI can ascend 16,000 feet.)

The Breeze and Passport are positioned to be used for aerial group shots and unique video angles on the world that go higher than any selfie stick.

As I’ve found in playing with drones, you really don’t have to

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The Yuneec Breeze, left, sells for $400 and flies easily while the Hover Camera Passport looks like a flying cage.

go very high to get a great shot.

Nine to 10 feet in the air and you get a killer slightly aerial image that looks nothing like your friends’ videos on Facebook. And they soar, too, in video mode.

DRONE SHOWDOWN: BREEZE VS. CASPER

The Breeze has more versatility.

However, in my tests, this drone can have a mind of its own.

In demos with reps from Yuneec, they showed how to fly the drone inside the house and encouraged me to try.

But when I did, the Breeze ran wild in the kitchen and wouldn’t respond to the app.

I gave it a second try, in the USA TODAY offices, and again, I would direct it in one direction,

and it would go in another.

That said, outside the Breeze was fine and did as told.

The only twist was wind. Get some gusts, and you could see the Breeze swaying when it should have been rather still.

On a clear day, I did a group shot of 24 people on Thanksgiving (again, outside) with the Breeze; it responded accordingly to direction, and the results were great. Plus, my group (and Facebook friends) loved the novelty of the drone group shot.

Unlike more expensive drones, which have image stabilization from 3-axis gimbals, which use motors to steady the shot, the Breeze has a 1-axis gimbal — in other words, less stabilization to steady your image.

But that’s more than you’ll get from the Hover Camera, which has none. This is a problem when you’re flying a device in the air and can be battling wind for your soaring shots.

Still, I loved the Hover Passport. It’s really small, easy to take with you anywhere and looks like a flying cage.

The propellers are covered (which means no sliced fingers or other boo-boos) by the cage, which also protects it when you

crash it into walls and such.

Which you will do.

Unlike the Breeze, the Passport seemed to obey directions better. When told on the app to go somewhere, it did so. Outside, that just won’t be very high.

The downside is that footage could be shaky. Hover says a gimbal will be added next year, so you might want to wait. (Still, I found the footage from the Passport to be crisper and more colorful than the Breeze.) You’ll just need to edit out the shaky parts.

Neither drone lets you shoot to a memory card — instead, the internal storage means you’ll need to move the clips and photos via Wi-Fi to your phone, or connect them to the computer.

If you’re looking for a low-cost way to add a drone this holiday season, both models operate effortlessly, get you up in the air pretty instantly and should provide hours of entertainment.

Now if the Breeze would just mind its manners indoors. Kids, you want to play outside, really.

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The drone to get, if you have the money, is DJI’s Mavic Pro, which has better video quality, longer flight time, is rather small and light, and can fit into a big pocket.

We’ll be back with an in-depth review of the Mavic later this month.

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ways to make the last 10 years before retirement count Arielle O’Shea l NerdWallet

In an ideal world, retirement savings goals are balanced by the 30 years or more savers have to meet them. But in the real world, many people find themselves knocking on retirement’s door with little stashed away: Households with members ages 56 to 61 have a median retirement savings of just $17,000, according to an Economic Policy Institute analysis. If that amount feels familiar, here’s how to turn the next decade into a retirement rally.

1Contributions to a Roth IRA are CONTRIBUTE TO A ROTH IRA

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WHICH INSURANCE MOST CAR RENTERS CAN

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Deciding whether to sign up for insurance at the car rental counter can be confusing. No one wants to be stuck with a big bill after an accident. But spending $20 or more each day for protection can be a waste of money. If you do a little legwork before you leave home, you might just discover that between your current car insurance policy and your credit card company you already have all the coverage you need.

LOSS DAMAGE WAIVER, YES OR NO?

If you damage the vehicle, you have to pay for the repairs. You’ll also be on the hook for the earnings the company misses out on while the car is in the shop.

Rental companies will try to sell you a loss damage waiver for those losses. There’s a good chance you don’t need to buy it.

How to tell: uCheck your current car insurance policy. According to GEICO, “If you’re renting a car of similar value to your personal car, in all likelihood the insurance coverages will be adequate for the rental.” Pay attention to the coverage limits, especially if you are renting a vehicle more expensive than the one you own. uNext, check to see if your credit card offers a rental car benefit. Most cards offer secondary insurance, which means you have to make a claim to your primary insurer first. The card typically picks up where that coverage stops. For example, your card could cover your deductible. Many primary auto policies may not cover loss of use or rental car administrative fees, which can make the credit card policy especially valuable. uConsider your credit card choices. If you rent cars often, you might want a card that offers primary insurance.

You can find a list of such cards at MileCards or ThePointsGuy. With these cards you can avoid the risk of a car insurance premium hike. And it makes the claims process much less painful.

Don’t wait until you get to the rental counter to think about your choices, or you will probably end up paying too much.

uWatch out for exclusions.

Read the fine print of both your insurance and your credit card policies. Many don’t cover business rentals. In addition, overseas travel can be a problem. For example, Ireland, Israel and Jamaica are often excluded. And think twice before getting excited and renting a luxury vehicle.

You will often give up insurance protection if you do. uThe bottom line. If you have a credit card that offers primary auto insurance, you can turn down the loss damage waiver so long as you make the reservation and pay with that card. If your primary auto insurance covers rentals, you should still consider using a credit card that offers secondary insurance for the most protection. Only if you don’t have sufficient primary auto insurance coverage or don’t have a credit card with a car rental benefit would you want to buy the loss damage waiver.

ADDITIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE

Clements is the co-founder of MagnifyMoney, a leading personal finance website.

If you are at fault in a wreck, you could be held responsible for the damages to someone’s property as well as their medical bills.

These liabilities could be significant ... but if you already have car insurance, you’re probably covered. uWhat to watch out for.

Check with your primary insurer and make sure your liability coverage extends to rentals. uThe bottom line. If you don’t have auto insurance, you will want to protect yourself

against third-party liabilities. If you don’t rent cars often, you might want to take the car rental company up on its liability coverage. If you are a frequent renter, consider buying a non-owner car insurance policy.

PERSONAL EFFECTS INSURANCE

Anything you keep in your rental car could be lost, stolen or destroyed. Car rental companies want to sell you insurance to protect your possessions. For most people, this type of insurance just isn’t necessary. If you have a homeowners or renters policy, you’re most likely already covered. uThe bottom line. Usually, the answer to this question is no.

PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE

Car rental companies frequently sell medical insurance as well as life insurance, but it’s generally a bad idea to buy them. Your own health insurance should cover you. If you’re going overseas, call to make sure your policy works there. If it doesn’t, the State Department has a list of travel insurance companies. uThe bottom line. Usually, the answer to this question is no. uThe final word on car rental insurance. Don’t wait until you get to the rental car counter to think about it, or you will probably end up paying too much. For most people, a combination of their primary auto insurance and credit card will be enough to stay protected.

made with after-tax dollars, but distributions in retirement are tax-free. This account often gets pitched to young, lower-income workers. Because taxes are paid on the front end, you lock in your current tax rate. That’s a good thing if you expect that rate to go up in retirement.

At a later age, having a Roth in your retirement arsenal tackles a potential issue: Higher earners may pay more for Medicare parts B and D, and Social Security becomes partially taxable if your income is above a set amount.

If some of your retirement income comes as a qualified distribution from a Roth, you could reduce your taxable income, avoid or minimize Social Security taxes and lower Medicare premiums, says Chris Chen, a certified financial planner in Waltham, Mass.

If downsizing your home is in your retirement plans, do it now instead of later to help whittle down debt.

2 This may be the only account to CONSIDER A HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT

one-up the Roth, tax-wise: Contributions are tax-deductible, and distributions for medical expenses are tax-free.

An HSA must be linked to a high-deductible health insurance policy, which has higher deductibles, but lower premiums. The idea is that plan holders put their premium savings into an HSA, to be used for medical expenses before meeting that higher deductible.

“If you can build it up and have a nice balance to be able to use tax-free to pay health care expenses, deductibles and co-payments in retirement, it’s going to be really helpful,” says financial planner Hans Scheil.

Unused funds roll over from year to year, and beginning at age 65, it essentially becomes a retirement account: You can pull money out for non-medical expenses, although it will be taxed as income.

3Your income will likely go down in retirement, so you’ll need START WIPING OUT DEBT

to whittle expenses down, too.

And while some expenses may naturally fall, others will take a little work. Paying down high-interest debt is one of the best ways to trim your budget. If downsizing your home is in your retirement plans, do it now instead of later.

Then, use the funds to hammer away at debt.

4 It’s true you would be wise to dial DON’T SHY AWAY FROM RISK

down the risk in your investment accounts leading up to retirement. But there’s a difference between trimming and eliminating completely — and being too conservative can quickly shrivel your savings.

One happy medium, Chen says, is to divide your assets. “Have a bucket of assets that are more conservative, to use in the early part of retirement and a bucket that is less conservative to use in the latter part.” That way, money you’ll need in your 80s can continue to grow.

5 Maybe you’ve paid off your home THINK ABOUT STOPGAP MEASURES

and you can tap a reverse mortgage. Maybe you want to explore annuities, which — in their most basic form — turn a lump sum of your savings into a stream of income.

Or maybe you’re up for a side gig (Uber says a quarter of its drivers are over 50).

Whatever you’re thinking, now’s a good time to make a few backup plans.

O’Shea is a staff writer at NerdWallet, a personal finance website. Email: aoshea@nerd wallet.com.

Twitter: @arioshea.

NerdWallet is a USA TODAY content partner providing general news, commentary and coverage from around the web. Its content is produced independently of USA TODAY.

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Spouse sick of same people hosting for holidays Dear Annie: My spouse has a large family, but his mom, aunt and I are the only family members who have hosted holiday meals for the past 30 years.

His sister, brother and cousin used to say their houses were too small.

Well, his brother’s family just did a huge remodel on their home, and his sister moved to a larger house — and they still don’t offer to host. I think it’s because they are cheap.

I once heard them say that the reason they could afford to go on vacation was they had saved money by getting my kids’ hand-medowns.

I now have a job five days a week and am too exhausted to go into full-on hostess mode this year. How do I get the siblings to step up?

— Fed Up in Philly

Dear Annie

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Dear Fed Up: You might start by asking.

Every family is a creature of habit, and I’ll bet these relatives don’t even think twice about your playing host each year. That’s just what they’re used to. In fact, they probably think you enjoy doing it. (Which is almost funny, given how very wrong they are.) The same goes for the comment about the hand-me-down clothes.

Maybe they weren’t bragging about being

“Truth” film misses some U.S. history “Pearl Harbor: The Truth” (9 p.m., History) takes a more tightly focused look at the Dec. 7, 1941 attack and examines the government’s efforts to scapegoat Admiral H.E. Kimmel for being unprepared for the surprise air and naval engagement.

Over the course of an hour, it makes the case, spelled out in the book “A Matter of Honor: Betrayal, Blame and a Family’s Quest for Justice” by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan, that Kimmel was kept in the dark about broken Japanese codes and the fact that some in Washington were much more aware of an imminent attack than they let on.

“Truth” unfolds with an ominous, tabloid tone. Promises of major “revelations” are teased out at each commercial break. It doesn’t help that “Truth” mangles history right off the bat.

It opens by reminding us that there have been two major attacks on U.S. soil —Pearl Harbor and 9/11. This completely omits the British attack on Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812. You’d think the burning of the White House would register with history buffs. But then again, this is the History Channel.

O “The Lost Tapes: Pearl Harbor” (8 p.m., Smithsonian) weaves together compelling history from vintage film footage and historical stills using contemporary radio and newsreel audiotapes. These tapes weren’t so much “lost” as stored away and not heard from in nearly 70 years.

The resulting montage offers a much better perspective on history, showing us how events unfolded, rather than speculating on them from the vantage point of hindsight and conspiracy theory.

Tonight’s other highlights O Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (6 p.m., CBS): An interview with Speaker Paul Ryan; economic development in Mississippi; the Americans with Disabilities Act. O An artifact’s retrieval proves difficult on “The Librarians” (7 p.m., TNT, TV-PG).

O Eric comes clean about an aspect of his past on the season finale of “Secrets and Lies” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

O “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” (8 p.m., CNN) ends its season in Rome.

O Conservationists take on poachers and illegal fishing fleets in the new series “Ocean Warriors” (8 p.m., Animal Planet, TV-PG).

O The Sanctuary gets a second look on “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m., AMC, TV-MA).

O A chart-topping singer opens up her life to the indignity of reality television in the new series “Mariah’s World” (8 p.m., E!, TV-14).

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able to afford those vacations thanks to your charity. Maybe they were just expressing gratitude.

Regardless, I agree that it’s way past time for them to step up.

Now is a natural time to raise the subject, as you can cite all the factors you mentioned. And if they still manage to weasel their way out of the job? Write me again, and we’ll set those freeloaders straight.

Dear Annie: I just read the letter from the woman wanting advice on her smelly husband. I, too, dealt with this for many years.

It didn’t matter how I approached my husband; he simply would not shower but once or twice a week. He would never change his clothes or his underwear and would then get furious with me for

not wanting any kind of intimacy with him. He sat on his own couch.

I changed the bedding almost every day.

And you are right; he dealt with depression and utter laziness.

There were many other factors that ultimately led to our divorce, but this was a very prominent reason. I couldn’t help him, and he wouldn’t get help for himself.

When I left, I let him keep our mattress, all of the bedding and his couch. The point I am making here is that she really needs to try to get him help. There are serious underlying issues to her husband, and I hope he can turn it around. — Hygienic Ex-Wife

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Sunday, Dec. 4: This year you will make a difference and break bad habits and patterns. If you are single, should you decide you want to change your status, it will happen easily. If you are attached, the two of you will have a lot of fun if you are willing to adapt to various situations.

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) ++++ You might want to squeeze in a call to a friend at a distance this morning. Tonight: So what if tomorrow is Monday?

Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++ Where your friends are is where you will want to be.

Let the good times rock and roll.

Tonight: A must appearance.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) +++++ Once an event or activity is over, you will feel more relaxed and much happier.

Tonight: Reach for the stars.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ Someone makes it clear how he or she feels about you. Reach out to a friend for some feedback. Tonight: A close encounter.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ How you communicate your irritation will make or break a moment and your interaction. Tonight: Smile your problems away.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) +++ Use caution if you’re

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using money for bait or to placate someone. Tonight: Put a smile on your face, and lose the criticism.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ++++ Reach out to someone you care about. Don’t be surprised by another person’s attitude. Tonight: Fun and games.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) +++ Pressure builds to make an appearance at a meeting, as others make it known that they would appreciate your presence.

Tonight: At home.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) +++++ You will speak your mind, as you have a tendency to be blunt. Don’t worry so much about this trait. Tonight: Hang out with loved ones.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) +++ Be aware of a recent tendency to be possessive.

Recognize how much you value a specific person. Tonight: Take a risk.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) +++++ Your smile goes a long way in making a distant friend feel more comfortable. You could also be dealing with in-laws who come from a different world.

Tonight: Go for what you want.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ++ Listen to your inner voice when dealing with a personal matter that keeps nagging at you.

Tonight: Not to be found.

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ACROSS 1 Lockable metal fastener 5 Run out, as insurance 10 White-hat wearer 14 Composer Stravinsky 15 Involving the ears 16 Raise one’s voice 17 Pack freight onboard 18 Reek 19 Indonesian tourist locale 20 What a backward model does with a magazine?

23 Brazen bank theft 24 “___ you glad?”

25 Dry-eyes solution 28 Warbled 30 Satanic doings 31 Muralist Rivera 33 Recess, as water 36 What the backward search team did in an English county?

40 Rd. relative 41 Hockey arenas 42 Invisible emanation 43 B.A. word 44 Not working 46 Brother of Harpo

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57 Steam up 58 Pint-sized 59 Second word of a Dickens title 60 Desirable change, sometimes 61 Chelsea currency 62 Horrific 2004 hurricane 63 Bungle (with “up”) 64 Speak with a foul mouth 65 Sit-and-sip place DOWN 1 Cutlass feature 2 Culture gelatin 3 Kind of jerk 4 Prepare a new wine for drinking 5 Famous TV dog 6 Sights along the highway 7 Make a hard copy 8 Balanced mentally 9 Big creatures in the forest 10 Sci-fi film extra, sometimes 11 Cast overhead 12 Barkin of Hollywood

13 Act the coquet 21 A real doll 22 Birchbark vessel 25 Night time, in Italy 26 Tel ___ 27 Vitality 28 Very brief time periods 29 “How gross!”

31 Thunderous noises 32 Squid’s defense 33 Madam’s sewing case 34 Swiss canton 35 Be a blowhard 37 Shortstop’s bobble and drop 38 Droll humor 39 Enjoying the inflicting of pain 43 What a correct password ensures

44 One involved in a prison uprising 45 Hotel kin 46 Circular storage medium 47 German poet Heinrich 48 Man and Skye 49 Make reparations, e.g.

50 About, in dating 52 Thoroughfares to the web 53 “Is it ever hot!”

54 Coffee, in slang 55 Lemony Snicket Count 56 Caesar’s “well”

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KANSAS 89, STANFORD 74

TAKING CHARGE

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KANSAS GUARD FRANK MASON III COMES AROUND FOR A REVERSE LAYUP AFTER A FOUL by Stanford center Josh Sharma (20) during the second half of the Jayhawks’ 89-74 victory Sartuday in Allen Fieldhouse. For more photos, please visit: www.kusports.com/kuvstanford.

Even Mason was impressed

Graham’s burst boosts Jayhawks

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

More content to set up teammates than score so far this season, Kansas junior Devonté Graham could not help himself Saturday afternoon during No. 4 KU’s 89-74 victory over Stanford at Allen Fieldhouse.

In a game his team controlled pretty much from start to finish, Graham staked the Jayhawks (7-1) to an eight-point halftime lead behind 5-of-8 shooting from three-point range while playing all 20 minutes of the first half.

All of Graham’s firsthalf treys were well timed, either giving KU a shot of emotion or valuable separation. And all of them came in rhythm, with Graham drilling three out of transition and two more from outof-bounds plays.

“I think (KU sophomore) Lagerald (Vick)

“

My trainer was giving me a little bit of stuff for not scoring in the second half, but I told ’em I just didn’t need to because everybody else was making shots.”

— KU guard Devonté Graham let me borrow his basket in the first half,” joked Graham, referencing his teammate’s perfect shooting night last Tuesday in a win over Long Beach State.

After the game, KU coach Bill Self said Graham was “the reason we had the lead” at halftime.

But it was his teammates who salted this one away.

After the red-hot first half, Graham did not

KANSAS GUARD DEVONTÉ GRAHAM (4) pulls up for a shot > JAYHAWKS, 4C against Stanford guard Robert Cartwright.

Newsflash: Frank Mason smiled. And it was a big one.

He might have even said, “Wow,” but I’m not sure. I am sure that 16,300 witnesses gasped, then said, “Wow!” and then smiled. But they’re used to that. Devonté Graham’s high-speed pass fake and lob to Josh Jackson brought the wows out in full force a couple of minutes later. What they aren’t used to is seeing Mason smile, especially over a moment he authored.

Turns out he has a very nice smile. It just hides behind the stoic expression befitting a prize fighter in the seconds before the bell rings for a confrontation with a man armed with lethal fists.

Mason brings that sort of gravity to the basketball court. It was nice to see an outward sign of him

Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

enjoying his work for a change.

If it takes another basket as remarkable as the one that made Mason smile in the second half of Saturday’s 89-74 victory over Stanford in Allen Fieldhouse, I fear we might never see him smile at his own work again.

Trying to describe the moment can’t do it justice, but it went something like this: Mason drove hard to the hoop with his left hand, went airborne and Stanford’s 7-foot, 220-pound Josh

> KEEGAN, 4C

Firebirds hold off Barstow in 56-53 opening victory

By Shane Jackson sjackson@ljworld.com

Liberty, Mo. — It wasn’t until Jacob Gilyard’s full-court heave fell short at the final buzzer that Free State’s boys basketball players could let out a collective sigh of relief.

Despite leading by as many as 10 points to start the fourth quarter, Free State was battle-tested throughout in the team’s season opener before coming away with a narrow 56-53 victory over Barstow (Mo.) at Liberty (Mo.) High on Saturday.

“I told the guys that

there were moments that we looked good,” coach Sam Stroh said. “But there were moments we looked sloppy. But that’s expected in Game One. I thought overall we executed and found a way to finish them off.”

At multiple stages, the Firebirds appeared

poised to cruise to a victory, only to have the Knights (0-1, ranked No. 1 in Class 3) claw right back.

But Saturday’s competitive clash in the 810 Varsity Tipoff Classic may have just been the best possible outcome for a team still developing its

identity. Last year, Free State began its season with an 80-37 rout over AC Prep, before falling in overtime in the sub-state title game to end its campaign.

“Last year, I don’t think that helped us get any better in our first game,” senior Jacob Pavlyak said.

“It was more just a win to get a win out of the way.

But this was good to play a team like Barstow. That way we can have that competition and get used to that. Because that’s what we are going to see the rest of the year.”

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A brief run

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TWO-DAY SPORTS CALENDAR

NBA Roundup The Associated Press

KANSAS WEST

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How former Jayhawks fared

AL EAST

3-Point Goals-Atlanta 7-28 (Hardaway Jr. 3-6, BOSTON RED SOX ORIOLES Sefolosha 2-3,BALTIMORE Humphries 1-2, Muscala 1-3, Schroder 0-1, Prince 0-1, Scott 0-2, Delaney AL CENTRAL 0-2, Korver 0-3, Bazemore 0-5), Toronto 13-24 (Patterson 4-5, Ross 3-4, Lowry 3-5, Carroll 2-6, VanVleet 1-1, DeRozan 0-1, Siakam 0-1, Joseph 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Atlanta 38 (Howard 17), Toronto 48 (Nogueira,CLEVELAND Lowry 8).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX INDIANS Assists-Atlanta 21 (Schroder 6), Toronto 28 WEST (Lowry 8). AL Total Fouls-Atlanta 13, Toronto 17.

A-19,800 (19,800).

TODAY • Women’s basketball at Alabama, 11 a.m.

• Swimming at Minnesota diving invitational

NEW YORK YANKEES

TAMPA BAY RAYS

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

Bucks 112, Nets 103 CHIEFS Milwaukee — Matthew DelTODAY lavedova scored 12 of his 18 Cole Aldrich, • at Atlanta, noon points in the fourth quarter, Minnesota helping Milwaukee hold off Min: 22. Pts: 4. Reb: 8. Ast: 1.

Brooklyn on Saturday.

SPORTS ON TV The Bucks won their fourth Darrell Arthur, Denver Grizzlies 103, Lakers 100 straight game despite letting a TODAY Min: 12. Pts: 3. Reb: 1. Ast: 1.

Memphis, Tenn. — Troy Dan16-point third-quarter lead slip iels scored a career-high 31 Pro Football Time Net Cable away.

Tarik Black, L.A. Lakers points, Memphis on Rams staff; AFC TEAM LOGOS 081312: Helmet and team logos for the and AFC teams; various hung sizes; stand-alone; ETA 5 p.m. at Patriots noon FOX 4, 204 Milwaukee led 62-46 after a Min: 15. Pts: 4. Reb: 6. Ast: 0. for a victory over Los Angelayup by Tony Snell with 8:11 Chiefs at Falcons noon CBS 5, 13, les after Julius Randle missed left in the third, but Brooklyn

205,213 Joel Embiid, Philadelphia three free throws with 5.9 secclosed the quarter on a 26-13 Giants at Steelers 3 p.m. FOX 4, 204 Did not play (rest).

By Doug Ferguson onds left. run to get within 75-72. ConPanthers at Seahawks 7:20 p.m. NBC 14, 214 AP Golf Writer secutive 3-pointers by Joe HarL.A. LAKERS (100) Thomas Robinson, Ingram 2-5 4-4 9, Deng 8-15 0-1 18, Randle ris gave the Nets an 82-81 lead L.A. Lakers Time Net Cable Nassau, Bahamas (Ap) — 3-8 0-3 6, Mozgov 4-6 5-7 13, Calderon 0-2 0-0 0, Pro Basketball with 10:00 to play.

Robinson 0-1 0-0 0, Black 2-5 0-0 4, Huertas 1-3 Min: 12. Pts: 0. Reb: 4. Ast: 0.

Tiger Woods raised his right Pelicans at Thunder 6 p.m. FSN 36,236 0-0 2, L.Williams 11-20 14-14 40, Clarkson 4-16 index finger in the air when he BROOKLYN (103) 0-0 8. Totals 35-81 23-29 100.

Brandon Rush, MEMPHIS (103) Bennett 3-6 1-2 7, Lopez 3-17 4-6 13, holed a long bunker shot, his T.Williams 3-8 0-0 7, Green 7-13 2-2 16, Gasol College Basketball Time Net Cable 3-6 0-0 6, Kilpatrick 3-13 12-13 Minnesota fourth birdie in five holes that Whitehead 9-18 0-0 19, Harrison 2-7 1-2 6, Allen 4-7 0-0 8, Stanford at Kan. replay 12 a.m. TWCSC 36,226 19, Bogdanovic 8-17 6-8 24, Scola 3-4 1-1 7, Did not play (listed as inactive for Martin 1-3 4-4 7, Davis 1-2 0-0 2, Baldwin 2-7 3-4 put him within two shots of the Hamilton 0-6 0-0 0, Harris 7-12 0-0 17, HollisMarquette at Georgia 1 p.m. ESPNU 35,235 7, Daniels 12-23 1-3 31. Totals 41-88 11-15 103.

2-5 0-3 5, Foye 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 34-91 Saturday’s game). lead early in the third round Jefferson L.A. Lakers 25 37 20 18 — 100 24-33 103.

Radford at N. Carolina 1 p.m. FSN 36,236 Saturday of the Hero World MILWAUKEE (112) Memphis 25 29 28 21 — 103 3-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 7-21 (L.Williams Elon at Georgetown Antetokounmpo 5-9 5-8 16, Snell 4-10 0-0 Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota 12:30 p.m. FS1 150,227 Challenge.

4-8, Deng 2-7, Ingram 1-2, Randle 0-1, Calderon 10, Henson 7-11 6-7 20, Parker 6-13 3-7 15, Min: 37. Pts: 29. Reb: 1. Ast: 0.

He couldn’t sustain it, miss- Dellavedova 6-10 6-6 18, Beasley 2-5 1-2 5, 0-1, Clarkson 0-2), Memphis 10-30 (Daniels S.E. Missouri St. at Ind. 3 p.m. ESPN2 34,234 6-12, Martin 1-2, T.Williams 1-3, Gasol 1-3, B. Green at Cincinnati 7 p.m. ESPNU 35,235 ing too many fairways and too Teletovic 2-6 1-2 7, Monroe 5-10 3-3 13, Terry Harrison 1-5, Baldwin 0-1, Allen 0-1, Green 1-3 0-0 3, Brogdon 2-8 1-1 5. Totals 40-85 26-36 Jeff Withey, Utah many putts inside 10 feet. He 112.

0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-L.A. Lakers Min: 4. Pts: 2. Reb: 1. Ast: 0.

44 (Randle, Black 6), Memphis 43 (Green 13). Golf didn’t get to the number under Brooklyn 22 18 32 31 — 103 Time Net Cable Assists-L.A. Lakers 16 (Huertas 7), Memphis 25 25 25 37 — 112 par that he thought would give Milwaukee 32 (Baldwin 9). Total Fouls-L.A. Lakers 18, Alfred Dunhill Champ. 4 a.m. GOLF 156,289 3-Point Goals-Brooklyn 11-41 (Harris 3-7, Memphis 19. A-17,017 (18,119). him a chance to contend in his Lopez 3-9, Bogdanovic 2-4, Hollis-Jefferson 1-3, Hero World Chall.

10 a.m. GOLF 156,289 Foye 1-4, Kilpatrick 1-5, Scola 0-1, Whitehead first tournament in 15 months.

0-2, Bennett 0-3, Hamilton 0-3), Milwaukee Hero World Chall. noon NBC 14, 214 Turns out even a good finish 6-24 (Teletovic 2-6, Snell 2-7, Terry 1-2, with 37 points to lead Boston Mavericks 107, Bulls 82 Antetokounmpo 1-3, Dellavedova 0-2, Parker wouldn’t have mattered — not 0-2, Brogdon 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds- to a 107-106 victory over shortDallas — Wesley Matthews Time Net Cable the way Hideki Matsuyama is Brooklyn 46 (Bennett 14), Milwaukee 46 handed Philadelphia. scored 20 of his 26 points in the Soccer (Antetokounmpo 10).

Assists-Brooklyn 21 Joel Embiid, who leads the second half in Dallas’ victory Curzon Ash. v. Wimbl. 5:50 a.m. FSP 148 playing.

6), Milwaukee 25 (Antetokounmpo, Bournem. v. Liverpool 7:25 a.m. NBCSN 38,238 Matsuyama, coming off (Lopez Dellavedova 6). Total Fouls-Brooklyn 26, 76ers in scoring (18.7 ppg) and over Chicago. seven-shot victories in his last Milwaukee 24. Technicals-Milwaukee defen- rebounding (7.9 rpg), missed Bolton v. Sheffield U. 8 a.m. FSPL 148 three second, Milwaukee team. A-15,565 (82) his seventh game as part of the CHICAGO two tournaments, holed out for sive 150,226 (18,717).

Mirotic 0-4 0-0 0, T.Gibson 5-8 1-2 11, Lopez Darmstadt 98 v. Ham. 8:30 a.m. FS1 team’s rehab plan to not play 7-12 1-2 15, Rondo 1-4 0-0 2, Butler 8-18 10-12 26, Everton v. Man. U. eagle with a wedge and kept 9:55 a.m. NBCSN 38,238 him on consecutive nights after Zipser 0-1 0-0 0, Felicio 1-3 1-2 3, Portis 1-4 1-2 Augsburg v. Eint. Fra. 10:30 a.m. FS1 150,227 his mistakes to a minimum for Timberwolves 125, 4, Canaan 4-6 1-1 10, Grant 3-6 0-0 6, Valentine sitting out the last two seasons 2-5 0-0 5, Hunter 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-71 15-21 82. a 7-under 65 to build a seven- Hornets 120, OT DALLAS (107) Charlotte, N.C. — Andrew with a foot injury. shot lead over British Open Time Net Cable Finney-Smith 3-5 3-4 11, Barnes 9-21 2-2 22, College Wrestling champion Henrik Stenson Wiggins scored 29 points, Bogut 4-4 0-0 8, Williams 3-11 3-3 9, Matthews Lehigh at Penn State 11 a.m. BTN 147, 237 BOSTON (107) 9-17 1-1 26, Brussino 0-0 0-0 0, Powell 7-11 3-4 (66) and U.S. Open champion Karl-Anthony Towns added Crowder 4-8 0-0 10, Johnson 3-4 0-0 6, Horford Hammons 1-2 0-0 2, Mejri 0-2 0-0 0, Harris 27 points and 15 rebounds, and 4-10 2-2 11, Thomas 11-19 13-15 37, Bradley 9-16 17, Dustin Johnson (72).

1-4 0-0 3, J.Gibson 2-7 0-0 4, Anderson 1-3 2-4 5.

20, Green 0-2 1-2 1, Brown 1-2 2-2 4, Jerebko Totals 40-87 14-18 107.

Women’s Basketball Time Net Cable Woods missed three straight Minnesota erased a 10-point, 1-2 2-4 0-0 5, Olynyk 2-2 1-2 6, Zeller 0-0 0-0 0, Smart Chicago 18 27 21 16 — 82 putts inside 10 feet and hit fourth-quarter deficit to beat 2-6 3-4 7, Rozier 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 38-76 23-29 107. Dallas 29 28 25 25 — 107 Kansas at Alabama 11 a.m. SECN 157 PHILADELPHIA (106) into the water on the 18th for Charlotte in overtime.

3-Point Goals-Chicago 3-13 (Canaan 1-2, Baylor at Tenn.

1 p.m. ESPN2 34,234 Ilyasova 6-14 3-3 18, Okafor 6-9 3-4 15, Portis 1-2, Valentine 1-3, Rondo 0-1, Mirotic Zack LaVine added 17 points Rodriguez a double bogey that gave him 5-11 1-1 15, Henderson 4-7 3-4 13, 0-2, Butler 0-3), Dallas 13-31 (Matthews 7-11, Md. (Balt. Co.) at Md. 1 p.m. BTN 147,237 a 70, leaving him 11 shots be- and Ricky Rubio had nine Stauskas 3-11 2-2 10, Thompson 2-5 0-0 5, Finney-Smith 2-4, Barnes 2-5, Anderson 1-1, TCU at LSU 1 p.m. SECN 157 0-2 3-4 3, Saric 7-12 4-4 21, McConnell Harris 1-3, J.Gibson 0-2, Mejri 0-2, Williams hind. Still, the opening hour points and 12 assists for the Holmes 2-5 0-0 4, Luwawu-Cabarrot 0-0 2-4 2. Totals 0-3). Fouled Out-Bogut. Rebounds-Chicago Oral Roberts at Okla. 2 p.m. FCSC 145 was filled with big excitement Timberwolves, who snapped 35-76 21-26 106.

43 (Butler 9), Dallas 43 (Bogut 11). Assists- Arizona at N.M. St. 2 p.m. FCS 146 22 23 29 33 — 107 Chicago 9 (Butler 4), Dallas 31 (Williams and higher expectations when a four-game losing streak and Boston Philadelphia 30 23 21 32 — 106 3 p.m. ESPN 33,233 15). Total Fouls-Chicago 22, Dallas 19. UConn v. Texas he pulled to within two shots avoided being swept by the 3-Point Goals-Boston 8-26 (Thomas 2-3, Technicals-Chicago defensive three sec3 p.m. BTN 146,237 2-4, Olynyk 1-1, Jerebko 1-2, Horford ond, Chicago team, Butler, Dallas defen- Calif. at Nebraska Hornets for the third straight Crowder of the lead.

1-3, Bradley 1-6, Rozier 0-1, Green 0-1, Johnson sive three second, Dallas team. A-19,857 Jordan Spieth was playing season.

0-1, Smart 0-4), Philadelphia 15-33 (Rodriguez (19,200).

Women’s Soccer Time Net Cable 4-7, Saric 3-6, Ilyasova 3-7, Henderson 2-3, in the group behind, heard the Stauskas 2-8, Thompson 1-1, Holmes 0-1).

(125) NCAA Cup 5 p.m. ESPNU 35,235 cheer of the holed bunker shot MINNESOTA Wiggins 11-20 5-5 29, Towns 10-22 7-7 27, Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Boston 37 and saw the board with Woods Dieng 3-11 0-0 7, LaVine 7-19 0-0 17, Rubio 2-7 (Bradley 9), Philadelphia 38 (Saric 12). Jazz 105, Nuggets 98 Salt Lake City — Gordon 4-5 9, Muhammad 5-11 2-3 12, Bjelica 5-7 0-0 12, Assists-Boston 22 (Thomas 7), Philadelphia 4 under through 5.

Women’s Hockey Time Net Cable Aldrich 2-4 0-0 4, Dunn 3-5 1-2 8. Totals 48-106 20 (Rodriguez 8). Total Fouls-Boston 21, Hayward matched his season “It’s hard to say he’s exceed- 19-22 125.

Philadelphia 23. Technicals-Boston defensive high with 32 points and Utah Minn. at Wisconsin 2 p.m. FCSA 144 three second, Boston team. A-17,063 (20,328). ed any expectations because CHARLOTTE (120) beat Denver.

Kidd-Gilchrist 4-7 7-7 15, Kaminsky 8-16 2-4 it’s Tiger,” Jordan Spieth said. 21, Zeller 3-7 0-0 6, Walker 9-22 2-4 22, Batum MONDAY Hawks 128, Raptors 94 “But I think he’s very pleasant- 6-15 0-3 15, Hawes 2-6 0-0 5, Hibbert 2-8 2-2 6, DENVER (98) T oronto — DeMar DeRozan Time Net Cable 2-5 5-6 9, Lamb 2-5 0-0 6, Belinelli 6-10 Barton 8-15 1-2 20, Gallinari 3-11 5-5 12, Pro Football ly surprised. I’m not sure how Sessions 0-0 15. Totals 44-101 18-26 120. had 21 points, and Kyle Lowry Faried 4-8 2-3 10, Nurkic 4-6 0-0 8, Mudiay 5-11 Colts at Jets 7:15 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 he’s feeling. But taking off that Minnesota 19 30 25 32 19 — 125 and Patrick Patterson each 0-0 12, Gee 0-1 0-0 0, Hernangomez 0-1 0-0 0, 29 23 32 22 14 — 120 Chandler 7-14 3-3 20, Arthur 1-4 0-0 3, Nelson amount of time, you can’t ex- Charlotte 3-Point Goals-Minnesota 10-27 (LaVine added 17 in Toronto’s victory 5-8 0-1 13, Murray 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 37-83 11-14 pect to get right into it College Basketball Time Net Cable 3-8, Bjelica 2-3, Wiggins 2-7, Dunn 1-1, Dieng 98.

1-2, Rubio 1-2, Muhammad 0-2, Towns 0-2), over Atlanta.

“I’m pumped to see what he’s Charlotte UTAH (105) Northridge at St. John’s 5:30 p.m. FS1 150, 227 14-36 (Kaminsky 3-7, Belinelli 3-7, Hayward 9-18 11-11 32, Gobert 3-4 1-2 7, doing this week.”

Batum 3-9, Lamb 2-3, Walker 2-6, Hawes 1-2, ATLANTA (84) Diaw 2-5 0-0 4, Exum 3-7 4-4 10, Hood 4-14 6-7 Syracuse v. Connecticut 6 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 Bazemore 3-12 2-4 8, Muscala 3-7 0-0 7, 15, Ingles 3-5 0-0 8, Johnson 3-6 0-0 7, Lyles 4-9 Woods has made 19 birdies in Sessions 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds6 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 51 (Towns 15), Charlotte 50 Howard 4-9 2-4 10, Schroder 7-14 1-1 15, Korver 2-2 12, Withey 1-1 0-0 2, Mack 3-9 2-2 8. Totals Stetson at Iowa three rounds of his first tourna- Minnesota (Kaminsky, Zeller 9). Assists-Minnesota 32 3-7 0-0 6, Bembry 0-2 0-0 0, Prince 1-4 0-0 2, 35-78 26-28 105.

Bakersfield at N. Ariz. 7:30 p.m. FCS 146 ment since August 2015. Asked (Rubio 12), Charlotte 30 (Batum 12). Total Sefolosha 3-7 0-0 8, Kelly 0-0 0-0 0, Scott 0-4 Denver 21 26 16 35 — 98 19, Charlotte 16. Technicals- 0-0 0, Humphries 4-8 1-1 10, Delaney 1-4 1-2 3, Utah 24 25 33 23 — 105 what he would have said at the Fouls-Minnesota Minnesota defensive three second, Minnesota Hardaway Jr. 6-10 0-2 15. Totals 35-88 7-14 84.

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NEW YORK...................... 2 1/2 (211)................Sacramento one-hopped his wedge into the scored off a blocked punt and Clemson 14 7 14 7 — 42 cup for an eagle. Just like that, an interception return before Temple 34, No. 20 Navy 10 Virginia Tech 7 7 7 14 — 35 a-LA CLIPPERS.............OFF (OFF)..........................Indiana a-Indiana Forward P. George is questionable. the lead was up to four. And wearing down No. 15 Florida Annapolis, Md. — Phillip Home Team in CAPS when Johnson kept making in the second half with a domi- Walker threw two touchdown (c) TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC mistake, ending with a double nant running game. The re- passes, Temple stuffed Navy’s Other Big 12 bogey on the 18th, the margin sult was a rout that positioned running game and the Owls only got wider.

Alabama to go for its second claimed their first American Kansas St. 30, TCU 6 TODAY IN SPORTS Fort Worth, Texas — Jesse Brandt Snedeker (69) and Matt straight national title and its Athletic Conference title.

Ertz ran for a career-high 170 Kuchar (71) were at 11-under 205.

1945 — “Mr. Inside” Doc fifth crown in the last nine Blanchard of Army becomes Matsuyama took notice early years under coach Nick Saban. Temple 14 10 0 10 — 34 yards with a touchdown and Navy 0 3 7 0 — 10 threw an 83-yard scoring pass the first junior to win the when he saw Woods made a Heisman Trophy. Blanchard as Kansas State ended its regubrief run up the leaderboard.

Alabama 16 17 7 14 — 54 also becomes the only athlete lar season with a win at TCU. “Only Tiger could take a Florida 9 7 0 0 — 16 No. 8 Penn State 38, to win both the Heisman and No. 6 Wisconsin 31 Coach Bill Snyder got his year-and-a-half off and put up Sullivan Award.

Indianapolis — Trace Mc- 201st victory in 25 seasons with the numbers he’s putting up No. 7 Oklahoma 38, 1951 — Princeton triple-threat tailback Richard Kazmaier wins Sorley threw four touchdown the Wildcats (8-4, 6-3 Big 12), this week,” Matsuyama said. “I No. 11 Oklahoma State 20 the Heisman Trophy. Kazmaier Norman, Okla. — Baker passes and No. 8 Penn State who next will play in their 20th don’t care how many strokes led the nation in total offense I’m leading over him, I still Mayfield passed for 288 yards stunned No. 6 Wisconsin, ral- bowl game — the 19th under and the Tigers to an undefeated and three touchdowns, and lying from a 21-point first-half Snyder. Kansas State appears worry about him, fear him.” season.

That was more respect than Oklahoma beat Oklahoma deficit to claim its first confer- headed to the Houston Bowl to 1956 — Notre Dame quarterback Paul Hornung edges reality. The winners of golf’s State in a matchup that decided ence title in eight years with play an SEC team.

Tennessee’s Johnny Majors to the Big 12 title and likely guar- the greatest comeback in Big win the Heisman Trophy.

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Baldwin City — After trailing 41-24 with 5:35 remaining in Saturday’s NAIA semifinal matchup against Eastern Oregon, the Baker football team’s dream of an undefeated season was in serious doubt.

Junior quarterback Logan Brettell had thrown three second-half interceptions, but a short-term memory proved to be his best friend. Brettell threw three touchdown passes in the final five minutes — including a 77-yard game-winning strike to Clarence Clark with 38 seconds left to clinch a 45-41 win in a barn-burner at Liston Stadium.

“The safety wasn’t really rolled over the top of him, and the corner was pressed up, so I figured I would go ahead and take a shot,” Brettell said. “Clar-

ence is the fastest dude on the field at all times.

That’s a proven fact.”

The Wildcats were out of timeouts when they got the ball on their own 23yard line with 47 seconds left. Baker coach Mike Grossner was just hoping to get into field goal range to give Clark — who doubles as Baker’s kicker — a chance to send it to overtime. The BU coach told Clark after the game that he was much happier that he made a play with both of his legs in crunch time instead of one.

“As a receiver, you never know how close someone is behind you. I kind of peeked,” said Clark, who earned offensive player of the game honors with eight catches for 217 yards and two touchdowns. “Get to the end zone, especially in that situation. We only had 40 seconds left in the game.

I was just trying to make

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BAKER WIDE RECEIVER CLARENCE CLARK yells out “Daytona” following the Wildcats’ 45-41 victory over Eastern Oregon on Saturday in Baldwin City. Baker will play St. Francis on Dec. 17 in Daytona Beach, Fla., for the NAIA title. sure that no one was going to catch me from behind. It’s a very nice feeling when you can run down the field and get to the end zone like that.”

As a former member of the track and field team, Clark admitted that it’s never good to look back when the finish line or end zone is in front of

you, but the only thing he cared about was sending Baker to the NAIA title game for the second time in school history.

“They weren’t too close after I looked back, but you never know.

Sometimes that’s bad to look back because they might be right there, but they weren’t and we’re going to Daytona.”

Clark hauled in two of the six touchdown passes thrown by Brettell, who completed 27-of-46 for 406 yards. Brettell threw three touchdown strikes to Damon Nolan, and the other one went to Baldwin High product Cornell Brown to pull the Wildcats within three with 3:15 to play.

“I throw to the best receivers in the country.

Period,” Brettell said.

“Without them, this team would not be undefeated right now.”

Clark garnered offen-

Piper leads FSHS girls hoops, 54-42

ing we needed to make a great play instead of a smart play.

“A win on the first game is always amazing.

I think it really showed what we’re good at and what we need to work on.”

In its first game, FSHS showed its shooting ability. The Firebirds shot well from the field (44 percent) and from the

free-throw line (78 percent), but their shooting from beyond the arc was the difference in the game.

Behind five made three-pointers from Piper and four from sophomore Sam Lawrence, who chipped in 16 points, the Firebirds shot 69 percent as a team beyond the arc.

Piper credited the team’s shooting to point guard

Caely Kesten, and said the freshman “played great” in her first varsity game.

“We shot the ball pretty well,” coach Ted Juneau said. “We’ve got some weapons out there as shooters.”

The Firebirds (1-0) held the Tigers to just 27 percent shooting. Both FSHS junior Caroline Patton and senior Jaycie Bishop were unable to play, so with the team facing foul trouble, Juneau was forced to switch from a man-to-man defense to a 2-3 zone.

“That defense looked like it was a well-oiled machine,” Juneau said, “but we haven’t worked on it one second (in practice).”

Over the next eight minutes, the Tigers (0-1) shot just 1-for-13 against the Firebirds’ zone defense. Juneau credited his team’s communication on the defensive end, as well as junior Cameryn Thomas’ rebounding and energy in the zone, which Juneau said was “as important as anything.”

Avant Edwards along with seniors Jay Dineen and Shannon Cordes each got their turn as well.

“The game plan was to make him earn what he got,” Stroh said. “I don’t know if we will see another point guard like him for the rest of the year.”

Free State jumped out to a 16-14 advantage in the opening quarter, but led by as many as five following a fast break dunk by senior Cameron Clark.

Midway through the second quarter the lead increased to seven.

But then Gilyard took over in the closing minutes of the first half. Gilyard went on an 8-0 run by himself over the final three minutes, giving Barstow a 29-28 lead at the intermission. Pavlyak

chalked the first half up to early season jitters, though he was quick to credit the opposition.

“He’s great; that’s one of the best players that I have ever guarded,” Pavlyak said. “I’m mostly impressed with his defense.

He had at least 10 steals.

That’s where he got most of his points. His defense was even better than his offense.”

However, the Firebirds left the early season jitters behind them in the first half and churned out an 18-point third quarter including a 12-1 run to open the half. Of those 12 points, six were recorded

by Pavlyak, who ended up with 13 points, which would tie Cordes for a team high.

On the defensive end, FSHS held Gilyard to just

two total shots from the floor in the third period.

The lead increased to double digits.

“I thought we did a better job in the second half containing Jacob,” Stroh said. “Basically, wherever the ball was, he was around it. He found ways to get in the passing lane.

We have to do a better job seeing him.”

Barstow made one last run in the final period, but this time Free State could stave off the comeback attempt.

The Firebirds benefited by their work on the free throw line. They knocked down 17 of their 22 attempts from the charity stripe, compared to the Knights’ 8-of-11 effort.

“We have been working on free throws in practice,” Pavlyak said.

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After leading by as many as 16 points in the third quarter, the Free State girls basketball team was clinging to a five-point lead over Lincoln (Mo.) Prep with just over three minutes remaining.

At that point, Free State had fewer attempted shots (three) than turnovers committed in the quarter (six), and it was in desperate need of a spark on offense.

Moments later, Free State senior Madison Piper drilled an open three-pointer for three of her game-high 21 points to seal the win for FSHS. The Firebirds hit four free throws in the final minutes on their way to a 54-42 win on Friday night to open their season at FSHS. “I think since we’re a pretty young team, we kind of got carried away in the heat of the moment,” Piper said. “We weren’t up by that much, and we started think-

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This time around, the sixth-ranked Firebirds got their money’s worth in their 2016-17 debut.

Barstow fell just short in the Class 3 Missouri state title game last year.

And even though the Knights lost a pair of Div. I players, they have a chance to make another postseason run on the shoulders of Richmond commit, Gilyard.

Stroh had a few different players attempt to disrupt the 5-foot-8 guard, who tallied 29 points on 25 shots from the floor. Pavlyak got the bulk of the defensive assignment, but junior

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FREE STATE’S JAELYN TWO-HEARTS drives the basketball during the Firebirds’ game against Lincoln (Mo.) Prep on Saturday night at FSHS.

Meanwhile, Free State carried a 44-33 lead into the fourth quarter after Piper drained a threepointer to end the third quarter.

But Lincoln was able to get back in the game with its pressure defense, which forced Free State to commit six turnovers in the fourth quarter before Piper sealed the game.

Ultimately, Juneau said he was pleased with the way his team performed to open the season.

“It will be a good learning tool,” Juneau said, “and I think what we did should give us some confidence” Free State will travel to Mill Valley on Friday.

FREE STATE (54) Madison Piper 7-11 2-2 21, Cameryn Thomas 0-4 2-2 2, Sam Lawrence 4-7 5-6 16, Erin Cushing 0-2 0-0 0, Jaelyn Two-Hearts 0-3 2-2 2, Caely Kesten 5-9 3-6 12 Totals: 16-36, 14-18.

LINCOLN (42) Kiana Smith 2-3 2-4 6, Sydney Sawyer 4-18 0-0 11, Brionna Budgetts 3-14 2-2 9, Ajanee Bradley 1-4 2-2 5, Mya Lister 0-2 5-6 5, Mikayla Deshazar 3-8 0-3 6. Totals: 13-49, 11-17.

Free State 17 14 13 10 — 54 Lincoln 15 10 8 9 — 42 Three-point goals: Lincoln 4-15; Free State 9-13 (Lawrence 4, Piper 5) Turnovers: Lincoln 11, Free State 19.

Fouled out: Bradley.

“We actually haven’t been very good in practice. That’s a surprise to me. The other day we all shot two free throws and I think we shot 50 percent as a team.”

Free State will play host to Blue Valley West at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

FREE STATE (56) Garrett Luinstra 1-4 4-4 7, Sloan Thomsen 2-9 2-2 6, Jacob Pavlyak 5-6 1-2 13, Shannon Cordes 4-9 3-5 13, Cameron Clark 1-4 0-0 2, Simon McCaffrey 0-2 0-0 0, Jay Dineen 2-5 4-6 8, Jalan Robinson 2-4 3-3 7, Avant Edwards 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-44 17-22 56.

BARSTOW (53) Jonah Horne 1-6 0-0 2, Jonathan Felton 0-1 0-2 0, Rigley Nuss 1-7 0-0 3, Spencer Walz 2-6 4-4 8, Jacob Gilyard 11-25 4-5 29, Matthew Bruce 0-1 0-0 0, Louis Christifano 3-4 0-0 9. Totals 18-46 8-11 53.

Free State 16 12 18 10 — 56 Barstow 14 15 7 17 — 53 Three-point goals: Barstow 7-16 (Nuss, Gilyard 3, Christifano 3); Free State 5-16 (Luinstra, Cordes 2, Pavlyak 2). Turnovers: Barstow 13, Free State 17. Fouled out: Walz.

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percent clip against Memphis.

It is worse from long range, where KU is knocking down 30 percent of its attempts.

Shooting woes Head coach Brandon Schneider’s big focus heading into this season was improving the offense, in particular, taking efficient shots. Thus far Kansas has not done well at that, shooting 35 percent on the year. The Jayhawks have actually shot under the 40 percent mark in all but one game this season, which was a 45

Bench buckets The Jayhawks have gotten a bulk of their scoring from their starting guards McKenzie Calvert and Jessica Washington, who are averaging 15.7 and 10.6 points per contest, respectively. However, Kansas is also getting an average of 22.8 points per outing from its bench play. Since senior forward Caelynn Manning-Allen

has gone to the bench, she has been especially productive.

Manning-Allen has scored a combined 23 points and 20 rebounds over the last three games since being demoted from the starting lineup.

Streaking Junior guard Chayla Cheadle led the team in scoring in the loss to Creighton earlier this week. She logged 12 points on 6-of-13 shooting from the floor.

It marked her second doubledigit scoring effort of the young season. In fact, both of her

Probable starters double figure performances have come on the road when the KANSAS (3-3) G — Jessica Washington, offense has been lackluster.

5-8, jr.

Slumping G — McKenzie Calvert, 5-9, After a stellar start to the so. regular season, Calvert has G — Kylee Kopatich, 5-10, so. struggled over the last two G — Chayla Cheadle, 6-0, jr. outings. Calvert has just nine F — Sydney Umeri, 6-0, sr. points over the last two games after starting the season with ALABAMA (6-0) four consecutive performances G — Jordan Lewis, 5-7, jr. with 17-or-more points. Calvert G — Hannah Cook, 6-0, jr. has hit just four shots in her G — Meoshonti Knight, 5-8, jr. last two contests. She hit more F — Ashley Williams, 6-0, jr. than four in each of the first F — Shaquera Wade, 6-0, so. four games.

sive player of the game honors with eight catches for 217 yards and two touchdowns, and Nolan matched him with eight receptions for 109 and three scores.

The No. 2-ranked Wildcats improved to 14-0 going into the NAIA title game against No. 4 St. Francis (Ind.) on Dec. 17 at Daytona Beach. The last time Baker and St. Francis met, the Cougars clipped the Wildcats, 2217, in the first round of the 2012 NAIA playoffs.

“It was a battle that anybody could have won.

I’m sure he’s got a good football team. Kevin Donley is unbelievable,” Grossner said. “I know he’s got a good quarterback. Obviously, today they exploded. I think it’s going to be a great game.”

St. Francis (12-1) reached the championship game with a 42-24 win over Reinhardt (Ga.).

Chiefs, Falcons to test winning formulas Atlanta (ap) — The Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons have found different ways to win despite ranking near the bottom of the league in yards allowed.

Those winning formulas will be tested when the two teams currently on pace for the playoffs meet today.

The Chiefs (8-3) rank 28th in total defense but lead the NFL with 24 takeaways and a plus-14 turnover differential. The Falcons (7-4) rank 27th in total defense but lead the NFL with 32.5 points per game — a franchise-record pace.

“You could argue that they’re the best in the league right now,” said Chiefs coach Andy Reid of the Atlanta offense.

Bolstered by the return of running back Tevin Coleman from a hamstring injury and the continued emergence of speedy receiver Taylor Gabriel, the Falcons’ offense looked deep and explosive in last week’s 38-19 win over Arizona. It was the most points allowed this season by the Cardinals, who entered the game ranked first in fewest yards and passing yards allowed.

Matt Ryan completed passes to eight players and Gabriel scored on screen plays of 25 and 35 yards. Gabriel has scored in four straight games.

“They just go and run their offense with a purpose,” said Kansas City strong safety Eric Berry. “They’re not just out there just running plays. They have a specific plan and they know they’re a good offense. They run their plays like they know they’re a good offense. They’re very confident in what they do. ... We know we have a challenge.”

The Chiefs are 7-0 when winning the turnover battle this season. The 24 takeaways have led to 72 points.

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Sharma crashed hard into him, at which point Mason contorted his 14-inches-shorter body, switched the ball to his right hand, threw it off the glass on the right side of the hoop and crashed to the ground.

The crowd went nuts when the ball fell through the hoop and so did Mason, at least by his standards for visible emotion. And by that, I mean he smiled and might have said, “Wow.” That counts as going nuts for an athlete who by comparison made former stoic teammate Perry Ellis look as if he walked around in a permanent laughing-gas-induced state of euphoria.

“Frank’s good around the basket finishing,” said Graham, the other half of KU’s talented backcourt.

“I think he kind of surprised himself a little bit on that one. It was a real nice play.”

Kansas coach Bill Self knows better than to judge a player’s happiness on whether his smile reaches the outside.

“I think he smiles some,” Self said. “You can probably get about one every two or three games out of him. That was a pretty athletic play.

That was a great play he made.”

Mason has made so many great plays and been such a consistent performer that he leads Kansas in scoring (19.6 points per game), assists (5.4) and three-point shooting percentage (.484). He also ranks second in field-goal percentage (.561).

Comparisons to Sherron Collins started during Mason’s freshman season and have picked up steam of late.

“I don’t know if I want to say Frank’s a better basketball player than Sherron, but I do think Frank’s a better athlete,” Self said. “Frank’s so quick. He’s got a burst that few people have.

He’s under control and he’s playing at a high level. He’s playing at about the level Sherron played at whenever Sherron was playing really well. They’re not comparable players, but they’re certainly comparable talent-wise.”

High and deserving praise considering how much Self thought of Collins.

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KANSAS GUARD DEVONTÉ GRAHAM (45) PULLS UP FOR A THREE OVER STANFORD GUARD Christian Sanders during the first half of the Jayhawks’ 89-74 victory Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.

Ex-KU camper back in fieldhouse

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

Long before he ever put on a Stanford basketball uniform, Christian Sanders was just a kid in Allen Fieldhouse trying to outplay his fellow campers.

Saturday, Sanders returned to the venue where his father, Brad, played for Kansas in the late 1970s. As the Cardinal’s starting point guard, though, this trip to Lawrence had a much different feel. In Stanford’s first true road game of the season, Sanders and his teammates aspired to knock off the No. 4 Jayhawks.

Instead, the program he grew up studying and cheering for prevailed, 89-74.

“It was a learning experience,” Sanders said.

“We’ve now played two back-to-back top-15 teams (losing to St. Mary’s on Wednesday). Both shot the ball really well against us (KU hit 52 percent from the field). And we felt like we could’ve

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. . . We felt like we could’ve done more. We could’ve played better.”

— Stanford guard Christian Sanders, son of former KU player Brad Sanders

done more. We could’ve played better.”

Like his head coach, former Kansas standout Jerod Haase, Sanders’ connections to the program, he said, didn’t distract him too much from the task at hand. The player was more concerned about how emotional a day it would be for Haase, whom he first met at a KU basketball camp as a youngster — not that they immediately had the connection they do now.

“It was a little bit of camp interaction. It was more like he was the coach, I was trying to be the MVP of the camp kind of thing,” Sanders said. “He was always involved. It was fun.”

After Haase moved on to North Carolina with former Kansas coach Roy Williams, Sanders had his

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score a single point in the second half, finishing with 15 points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals in 38 minutes.

“I think that’s just how it flowed,” a completely content Graham said after the game. “My trainer was giving me a little bit of stuff for not scoring in the second half, but I told ’em I just didn’t need to because everybody else was making shots.”

Frank Mason III scored 12 of his team-high 20 after the break, Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk scored all 13 of his points in the final 20 minutes and Kansas, as a team, shot 54.5 percent from three-point range on the day, connecting on 12 of 22 long-range shots.

While others heated up, Graham returned to his early-season form in the second half, looking more often to pass than to score. That worked, too.

Never better than with just under 10 minutes to play when Graham broke down his man at the top of the key, got into the paint and floated a soft and sweet early Christmas present to Josh Jackson, who said thank you in the form of a rim-rattling, onehanded dunk that gave Kansas a 68-54 lead.

KANSAS CENTER UDOKA AZUBUIKE powers in a dunk.

A little later, after grabbing an easy rebound on one end, Graham hit Mykhailiuk with a perfectly placed alley-oop from mid-court that pushed KU’s lead back to a comfortable margin of 15.

Asked which assist would be more likely to wind up on his highlight reel, Graham was honest.

“The floater,” he said of the pass to Jackson, who finished with 13 points, four assists and three steals in 28 minutes.

“Because Josh dunked it.”

In the middle of it all, Graham still found time to teach. There were moments when he helped teammates find their

man, other times when he directed the action on both offense and defense and even one dead ball when he stood nose-tochest with freshman big man Udoka Azubuike and emphatically explained how to execute what the Jayhawks were running.

Younger, less polished players might have been feeling themselves a little too much after finding the hot hand the way Graham did in the first half.

But the junior guard’s performance against the Cardinal on a Saturday afternoon in December demonstrated perfectly where Graham’s mind is at heading into the second month of the season.

future college coach instructing him there, too, when he attended UNC camp.

Said Haase: “So he and I do have a relationship that goes back a ways, and it’s been a neat relationship. And certainly we share the tie of having KU connections.”

Both player and coach said they had limited conversations about their return to Allen Fieldhouse prior to Saturday.

“More with the team,” Sanders said, “just letting them know. Addressing the environment we were about to go into, because we both understood what it was about to be like.

Somewhat of how to deal with that.”

Even though Sanders, a 6-foot-4 guard from Houston, felt like he knew what was coming, he ran into early

foul trouble and Stanford never led by more than six points. After opening the game with a dish to Cardinal big Reid Travis (game-high 29 points) and scoring a bucket of his own, the senior picked up his second whistle 1:36 into his fieldhouse debut.

“I was a bit upset,” Sanders admitted. “But I went over to the bench … and coach said, ‘We’re gonna play you with two fouls, so don’t get down.’

So I was like, ‘All right.

Cool. Next play.’”

Indeed, Sanders subbed back in midway through the first half, and though he drew a third whistle in the final minute before halftime, he finished the game with five points, four rebounds and five assists (which tied a season high) in 21 minutes.

“I thought he did a

“I just enjoy winning,” Graham said. “Whatever it is that I’ve gotta do for us to win, if it’s passing, if it’s scoring, whatever it is, I just try to do it.”

Stanford (6-3) never truly went away in this one, which made plenty of sense given the mentality of their head coach, Jerod Haase, who once made a name for himself scrapping and clawing on the Allen Fieldhouse floor as a Jayhawk.

Although he plays a different position than his head coach once did, Stanford junior Reid Travis carried several Haase traits onto the floor with him on Saturday. Toughness, no frills, lots of hustle and more than a little fight all helped Travis record a career- and game-high 29 points to go along with nine rebounds and an opponent-record 22 trips to the free throw line.

“We didn’t do anything with him,” Self said when asked how his team defended Travis. “That was a total beat-down by him on our big guys.

Whenever one guy can set the all-time record for free throws shot and free throws made against Kansas in the history of the school means that we didn’t guard.”

Travis did exactly that, eclipsing marks previous-

ly held by Rayford Young (18 makes for Texas Tech in 1999) and Craig Brackins (21 attempts for Iowa State in 2009), but Stanford had just one Reid Travis. And even though the Jayhawks only had one Devonté Graham and one Frank Mason and one Josh Jackson, each found his moment to shine and made life miserable for the visitors, an approach that already has become this team’s identity one month into the 2016-17 season.

“They’re a good team for a reason,” Haase said of the Jayhawks. “Because they’re not one-dimensional. They have the ability to get to the paint, they have bigs that can score on dump-downs and post-ups and they have perimeter players who can light it up.”

Presented a little differently, Graham expressed similar thoughts about the Jayhawks’ balanced attack being such an advantage for this year’s team.

“It’s just hard to guard, you know,” he said. “If they pack the lane, we’ve got guys that can make open jumpers. And if they close out, we’ve got guys on the perimeter who can make plays for others. It’s just good for us to have all those threats, and it’s kind of like a nightmare for other teams.”

nice job,” Haase said of the guard he has known since both loved KU more than Stanford. “He has great leadership abilities. I think the guys feed off that. I think we have room to grow in efficiency of our offense and our point guards need to continue to grow there, but I thought he really played a steady game.”

Upon leaving the fieldhouse as a KU foe, Sanders said the memory he’ll take with him is seeing so many family members in the crowd, from the Kansas City area, El Dorado and as far away as Independence, Kan. His brother Bo, a KU grad, even made it up from Houston.

All of the Cardinal (6-3), Sanders added, left feeling good about the way they competed against one of the nation’s best programs.

“Because that team might win the national championship — if we don’t,” Sanders said.

“We’ll take a lot of positives away from that.”

BOX SCORE STANFORD (74)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t M. Humphrey 23 4-8 1-2 3-6 4 9 R. Travis 33 5-14 19-22 3-9 2 29 Christian Sanders 21 1-2 3-4 0-4 3 5 Dorian Pickens 27 3-7 0-0 0-2 1 7 Marcus Allen 23 1-4 3-4 0-3 3 5 Robert Cartwright 20 3-6 0-0 0-0 0 7 Malcolm Allen 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 Marcus Sheffield 20 0-3 2-2 0-3 1 2 Josh Sharma 8 0-1 0-0 0-3 2 0 Cameron Walker 6 1-1 0-1 0-0 1 2 Grant Verhoeven 15 2-3 2-2 0-2 3 6 Trevor Stanback 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 team 2-5 Totals 21-50 30-37 8-37 20 74 Three-point goals: 2-8 (Pickens 1-3, Cartwright 1-4, Verhoeven 0-1). Assists: 7 (Sanders 5, Sheffield 2). Turnovers: 12 (Humphrey 2, Travis 1, Sanders 4, Pickens 3, Cartwright 1, Verhoeven 1).

Blocked shots: 2 (Sharma 2). Steals: 5 (Pickens 2, Allen 1, Sheffield 1, Verhoeven 1).

KANSAS (89)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Udoka Azubuike 11 2-4 0-0 2-4 4 4 Frank Mason III 35 7-10 4-7 0-4 1 20 Lagerald Vick 22 3-6 0-0 1-1 3 8 Devonte’ Graham 38 5-11 0-0 0-2 1 15 Josh Jackson 28 5-12 3-4 0-3 2 13 Svi Mykhailiuk 19 5-8 0-0 0-0 2 13 Tucker Vang 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Carlton Bragg Jr. 16 3-4 1-2 0-6 3 7 Tyler Self 2 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 Clay Young 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Dwight Coleby 7 0-0 1-2 1-1 5 1 Landen Lucas 18 2-5 4-7 2-5 4 8 Mitch Lightfoot 2 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 team 0-2 Totals 32-62 13-22 7-29 25 89 Three-point goals: 12-22 (Mason 2-3, Vick 2-3, Graham 5-9, Jackson 0-1, Mykhailiuk 3-5, Self 0-1). Assists: 20 (Azubuike 1, Mason 5, Vick 2, Graham 4, Jackson 4, Mykhailiuk 1, Bragg 2, Lucas 1). Turnovers: 9 (Mason 1, Vick 1, Graham 1, Jackson 3, Bragg 1, Lucas 2). Blocked shots: 7 (Azubuike 3, Jackson 1, Lucas 3).

Steals: 8 (Azubuike 1, Jackson 3, Bragg 1, Lightfoot 1).

Stanford Kansas

35 39 — 74 43 46 — 89

Technical fouls: None. Officials: Gerry Pollard, Chris Rastatter, Kipp Kissinger.

Attendance: 16,300.

KANSAS 89, STANFORD 74

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Haase: Fieldhouse return emotional

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Stanford coach Jerod Haase knew that Saturday would be an emotional day.

Returning to a city and an arena in which he was beloved as one of the most popular Jayhawks of the 1990s, Haase brought his strong-but-unspectacular Stanford squad to KU’s campus on Saturday afternoon and went home with something he never had experienced before — a loss in Allen Fieldhouse.

“It was certainly an emotional day,” Haase admitted after the 89-74 victory by No. 4 Kansas.

“My emotions right now are more frustrated that we didn’t perform at a higher level, but I am also very proud of the way our guys performed.”

After being introduced by the public address announcer as the head coach of Stanford, Haase received a hero’s welcome from the 16,300 fans in KU’s home gym.

The ovation started much louder than any other visiting coach would get and proceeded to swell from there until Haase acknowledged it with a humble wave and smile.

“I think I will probably remember the first time at shoot-around today when I walked into the arena and saw what it looks like,” Haase recalled. “It looks phenomenal. It has a little bit of a different feel than when I played, to be honest. But they have done a great job keeping it up and making it pristine. And the sound on the scoreboard works pretty well, too. It was loud.”

KU coach Bill Self said he coached his guys up on the career of Haase so they would be prepared to appreciate Saturday’s moment. Haase certainly found some appreciation in it himself, particularly the pregame video that featured a couple of Haase highlights.

“I think Mike Lickert, who’s in charge of the video stuff, is a good friend of mine so he probably felt bad and wanted to put me in there,” Haase joked. “Coach Self said before the game it was a conscious decision for them to put me up there and I certainly appreciate it.”

Asked if he was sur-

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KANSAS HEAD COACH BILL SELF, LEFT, GREETS Stanford head coach Jerod Haase prior to tipoff Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.

KANSAS GUARD JOSH JACKSON attacks the rim against Stanford forward Michael Humphrey.

son total below 60 percent.

Kansas now has made 104 of 174 free throw attempts this season (.598), which, Self admitted, was a concern but not one he would focus on too much.

“We haven’t shot free throws very well as a group, obviously,” Self said. “We didn’t get some of our better free throw shooters a lot of free throws today. But free throws, to me, is something you work on but it’s also something (that) the more you talk about it the more it becomes a mental thing, so that doesn’t register with me on how well we played or how well we didn’t play.”

iuk (3), Frank Mason III (2) and Lagerald Vick (2) also each made multiple three-pointers.

The Jayhawks are 39of-69 from three-point range in their last three games and above 40 percent (69-of-169) as a team for the season.

“Everyone can shoot,” Mykhailiuk said after the win. “Some days it is one guy, other days it can be Hot hand another guy. We’re not KU’s 12-of-22 per- worried about our shootformance from three- ing, we’re just worried point range on Saturday about defense.” marked the third consecutive game that the Free-throw woes Jayhawks had topped 50 continue The Jayhawks shot just percent from behind the 13-of-22 from the freearc.

Devonté Graham led throw line on Saturday, the way with five triples, good for 59.1 percent, while Sviatoslav Mykhail- which brought their sea-

This and that Kansas now leads the all-time series with Stanford, 9-3, but Saturday’s KU victory snapped a two-game losing streak to the Cardinal ... The Jayhawks are now 7-1 to start a season for the 10th time under Bill Self ...

KU’s nation’s-best homecourt winning streak now sits at 46 games ... KU’s 29 bench points marked the highest total of the season, while the Jayhawks’ nine turnovers marked a season low ...

Frank Mason’s 20-point outing moved him into 30th place on KU’s alltime scoring list, moving him past Eric Chenowith (1,281) and Jo Jo White (1,286) with 1,289 career KANSAS FORWARD LANDEN LUCAS (33) puts up a shot over Stanford guard Robert Cartwright. points to date.

prised by the welcome his head coach received, Stanford junior Reid Travis laughed it off.

“No, not at all,” he said.

“Right when we got off the plane, people were running to shake his hand. Like someone was telling me on the plane ride over here, he’s a legend. You definitely saw it with the ovation.”

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

No. 11 UCLA upsets top-ranked Kentucky The Associated Press

Top 25 Lexington, Ky. — Isaac Hamilton scored 19 points, T.J. Leaf had 17 with 13 rebounds and No. 11 UCLA shot 53 percent to beat No. 1 Kentucky on Saturday, its second upset of the top-ranked Wildcats in as many years.

UCLA (9-0) Leaf 7-12 2-2 17, Welsh 5-7 4-4 14, Ball 5-12 2-2 14, Alford 4-10 4-6 14, Hamilton 7-13 2-3 19, Goloman 0-1 0-0 0, Anigbogu 3-4 0-0 6, Holiday 4-7 3-4 13. Totals 35-66 17-21 97.

KENTUCKY (7-1) Gabriel 1-2 0-0 2, Adebayo 4-12 10-13 18, Fox 8-20 3-5 20, Monk 10-19 0-0 24, Briscoe 4-14 4-7 12, Willis 4-7 1-2 11, Humphries 0-2 0-0 0, Hawkins 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 33-80 18-27 92.

Halftime-UCLA 49-45. 3-Point GoalsUCLA 10-23 (Hamilton 3-5, Holiday 2-3, Alford 2-5, Ball 2-8, Leaf 1-2), Kentucky 8-24 (Monk 4-8, Willis 2-4, Hawkins 1-2, Fox 1-4, Gabriel 0-1, Briscoe 0-5). Fouled Out-Anigbogu, Welsh. Rebounds-UCLA 40 (Leaf 13), Kentucky 37 (Adebayo 13). AssistsUCLA 18 (Ball 7), Kentucky 16 (Fox 9). Total Fouls-UCLA 24, Kentucky 22.

A-23,976 (23,500).

No. 2 Villanova 88, Saint Joseph’s 57 Villanova, Pa. — Josh Hart had 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his first career triple-double to lead Villanova.

SAINT JOSEPH’S (3-4) Lodge 3-6 0-0 6, Brown 2-6 3-4 8, Robinson 3-8 0-0 7, Newkirk 3-15 3-4 11, Kimble 6-14 2-2 15, Baumann 0-0 1-2 1, Williams 1-1 0-0 2, Casper 1-4 0-0 2, Blount 0-1 0-0 0, Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Clover 2-4 1-1 5, Vega 0-1 0-0 0, M.Booth 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-62 10-13 57.

VILLANOVA (8-0) Reynolds 5-6 3-4 13, Jenkins 7-14 2-2 20, Brunson 3-10 2-2 11, Hart 6-10 1-2 16, Bridges 3-5 0-0 8, Paschall 4-7 0-2 10, Delaney 0-0 0-0 0, Painter 0-1 0-0 0, Leibig 0-0 0-0 0, Kennedy 0-0 0-0 0, Grace 0-0 0-0 0, DiVincenzo 4-9 0-0 10.

Totals 32-62 8-12 88.

Halftime-Villanova 44-31. 3-Point Goals-Saint Joseph’s 5-15 (Newkirk 2-4, Kimble 1-2, Robinson 1-3, Brown 1-3, Clover 0-1, Vega 0-1, Casper 0-1), Villanova 16-34 (Jenkins 4-9, Brunson 3-6, Hart 3-6, Bridges 2-3, Paschall 2-4, DiVincenzo 2-5, Painter 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Saint Joseph’s 28 (Lodge 10), Villanova 41 (Hart 11).

Assists-Saint Joseph’s 10 (Newkirk, Kimble 4), Villanova 23 (Hart 10). Total Fouls-Saint Joseph’s 12, Villanova 14.

A-6,500 (6,500).

No. 25 West Virginia 66, No. 6 Virginia 57 Charlottesville, Va.— Esa Ahmad hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:28 remaining and No. 25 West Virginia closed the game on an 11-2 run to end Virginia’s 24-game home winning streak.

WEST VIRGINIA (6-1) Ahmad 2-7 4-4 9, Macon 1-2 0-0 2, Adrian 3-7 4-4 10, Miles 3-3 0-0 7, Carter 3-9 5-5 11, Watkins 3-4 0-0 6, Konate 0-0 0-0 0, West 3-4 0-0 8, Phillip 3-7 1-4 7, Myers 2-8 2-2 6. Totals 23-51 16-19 66.

VIRGINIA (7-1) Wilkins 3-5 0-2 7, Salt 2-2 2-3 6, Perrantes 2-10 1-1 6, Thompson 5-10 1-2 14, Hall 2-3 0-0 4, Reuter 0-1 0-0 0, Diakite 1-2 0-1 2, Guy 3-4 0-0 7, Shayok 3-8 3-4 9, Jerome 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 22-48 7-13 57.

Halftime-Virginia 25-24. 3-Point Goals-West Virginia 4-15 (West 2-3, Miles 1-1, Ahmad 1-2, Phillip 0-1, Adrian 0-4, Carter 0-4), Virginia 6-19 (Thompson 3-6, Wilkins 1-1, Guy 1-2, Perrantes 1-7, Shayok 0-1, Jerome 0-2). Fouled Out-Hall. Rebounds-West Virginia 24 (Ahmad 7), Virginia 26 (Wilkins 8). Assists-West Virginia 13 (Carter 5), Virginia 13 (Perrantes 7).

Total Fouls-West Virginia 16, Virginia 17. A-14,623 (14,593).

No. 15 Purdue 90, Morehead St. 56 West Lafayette, Ind. — Freshman guard Carsen Edwards scored 16 points, and Purdue made 11 3-pointers in the first half.

MOREHEAD ST. (2-5) Marrero 5-12 0-0 10, Williams 1-2 0-0 2, Maitland 1-7 0-0 3, Moon 2-9 0-0 5, Dicent 5-12 0-0 11, Harris 4-6 0-0 9, Diakite 3-4 0-0 8, Beamon 1-2 0-0 2, Alexander 0-1 0-0 0, Bitting 0-1 0-0 0, Henson 1-4 0-0 3, Walker 1-5 0-0 3.

Totals 24-65 0-0 56.

PURDUE (6-2) Swanigan 6-10 1-2 13, Haas 3-4 5-8 11, Mathias 4-7 0-0 12, Thompson 5-8 0-0 13, C.Edwards 6-12 0-2 16, Eifert 0-0 0-0 0, V.Edwards 3-7 1-2 7, Smotherman 4-8 0-0 9, McKeeman 0-0 0-0 0, Cline 3-5 0-0 9, Luce 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 34-61 7-14 90.

Halftime-Purdue 47-25. 3-Point Goals-Morehead St. 8-20 (Diakite 2-2, Harris 1-1, Maitland 1-2, Henson 1-3, Dicent 1-3, Moon 1-4, Walker 1-4, Beamon 0-1), Purdue 15-29 (Mathias 4-6, C.Edwards 4-7, Thompson 3-5, Cline 3-5, Smotherman 1-3, V.Edwards 0-3). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsMorehead St. 31 (Harris 9), Purdue 32 (Swanigan 9). Assists-Morehead St. 14 (Dicent 5), Purdue 27 (V.Edwards 8).

Total Fouls-Morehead St. 13, Purdue 8.

A-13,611 (14,846).

No. 17 Wisconsin 90, Oklahoma 70 Madison, Wis.— Nigel Hayes scored 28 points for Wisconsin.

OKLAHOMA (5-2) Freeman 0-4 0-0 0, Lattin 2-5 5-5 9, Odomes 7-10 3-5 17, James 5-8 0-1 11, Woodard 3-9 0-0 9, Cole 0-0 0-0 0, Doolittle 1-2 2-2 4, Buford 0-2 2-2 2, McNeace 0-1 0-0 0, McGusty 4-4 2-2 11, Shepherd 0-1 0-0 0, Strong 3-5 0-0 7.

Totals 25-51 14-17 70.

WISCONSIN (7-2) Happ 7-9 2-4 16, Brown 2-6 0-0 5, Hayes 8-13 10-13 28, Koenig 6-15 0-0 16, Showalter 2-6 0-0 5, Van Vliet 0-0 0-0 0, Illikainen 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, Moesch 0-0 0-0 0, Schlundt 0-0 0-0 0, Hill 0-1 0-0 0, Trice 6-8 0-0 16, Ferris 0-0 0-0 0, Iverson 2-4 0-3 4. Totals 33-63 12-20 90.

Halftime-Oklahoma 40-37. 3-Point Goals-Oklahoma 6-14 (Woodard 3-4, McGusty 1-1, James 1-1, Strong 1-3, Buford 0-1, Freeman 0-4), Wisconsin 12-27 (Trice 4-4, Koenig 4-10, Hayes 2-2, Showalter 1-5, Brown 1-5, Hill 0-1). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsOklahoma 26 (Lattin 7), Wisconsin 28 (Happ 9). Assists-Oklahoma 4 (Odomes, James, Woodard, Strong 1), Wisconsin 15 (Hayes 6). Total FoulsOklahoma 20, Wisconsin 14. A-17,278 (17,230).

No. 9 Baylor 76, No. 7 Xavier 61 Waco, Texas — Manu Lecomte scored 24 points and No. 9 Baylor took over in the second half in a victory over No. 7 Xavier.

XAVIER (7-1) O’Mara 1-2 0-2 2, Bernard 0-4 0-0 0, Bluiett 6-10 5-5 23, Sumner 5-11 8-10 19, Macura 2-16 2-4 7, Gaston 1-4 1-4 3, Gates 2-7 0-1 5, Jones 1-4 0-2 2, Bergen 0-0 0-0 0, Goodin 0-0 0-0 0, Peterson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-58 16-28 61.

BAYLOR (8-0) Motley 7-14 2-4 17, Lual-Acuil 6-10 0-2 12, Lecomte 8-14 2-2 24, Freeman 3-5 4-5 10, Wainright 0-2 0-0 0, Maston 3-6 0-1 6, Mitchell 1-2 0-0 2, Lindsey 1-3 3-4 5, McClure 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 29-61 11-18 76.

Halftime-Xavier 34-31. 3-Point GoalsXavier 9-28 (Bluiett 6-10, Sumner 1-3, Macura 1-6, Gates 1-6, Bernard 0-3), Baylor 7-19 (Lecomte 6-9, Motley 1-1, Wainright 0-1, Mitchell 0-1, Lindsey 0-1, Freeman 0-2, McClure 0-4).

Fouled Out-Bluiett. Rebounds-Xavier 40 (Gaston 8), Baylor 30 (Motley 8).

Assists-Xavier 8 (Macura 3), Baylor 17 (Lecomte, Wainright 5). Total FoulsXavier 19, Baylor 20. A-9,684 (10,284).

No. 22 Syracuse 77, North Florida 71 Syracuse, N.Y. — Andrew White scored a season-high 26 points and Frank Howard had 10 points, a career-high 13 assists and just two turnovers to lead No. 22 Syracuse to a victory over pesky North Florida.

NORTH FLORIDA (3-7) Aminu 5-10 0-4 10, Banks 2-4 3-4 7, Sams 1-4 0-0 2, Bodager 3-14 0-0 8, Moore 10-19 4-5 30, Odum 1-2 0-0 2, Malonga 3-5 3-3 12, Blount 0-0 0-0 0, Haid 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 25-63 10-16 71.

SYRACUSE (5-2) Lydon 2-9 1-2 6, Coleman 6-10 3-5 15, Battle 6-7 3-4 19, Howard 2-3 5-9 10, White 9-15 1-2 26, Thompson 0-2 0-0 0, Roberson 0-6 1-2 1, Gillon 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 25-52 14-24 77.

Halftime-Syracuse 34-23. 3-Point Goals-North Florida 11-39 (Moore 6-13, Malonga 3-5, Bodager 2-13, Sams 0-3, Haid 0-5), Syracuse 13-24 (White 7-13, Battle 4-5, Howard 1-1, Lydon 1-4, Thompson 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-North Florida 35 (Banks, Aminu 10), Syracuse 31 (Lydon 9). Assists-North Florida 12 (Moore 5), Syracuse 20 (Howard 13).

Total Fouls-North Florida 18, Syracuse 13. Technicals-Thompson. A-22,372 (35,446).

No. 18 Butler 82, Central Arkansas 58 Indianapolis — Kelan Martin finished with 30 points and six rebounds, and Tyler Wideman added 10 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 18 Butler beat Central Arkansas.

CENT. ARKANSAS (1-7) Schmit 2-5 0-0 4, Brooks 6-13 1-2 15, Unruh 1-3 0-1 2, Kamba 3-6 1-2 7, Howard 6-12 3-4 20, Lee 0-0 0-0 0, Wiedenaar 0-2 0-0 0, Iyekekpolor 0-0 0-0 0, Christensson 0-0 0-0 0, Grant 0-0 0-0 0, Parnell 1-3 1-1 3, Lowery 2-5 3-4 7. Totals 21-49 9-14 58.

BUTLER (8-0) Martin 11-22 3-4 30, Wideman 4-5 2-4 10, Chrabascz 2-3 2-2 6, Lewis 3-6 0-0 7, Woodson 3-9 0-0 9, Brunk 0-0 0-0 0, Fowler 2-2 0-0 4, Pettus 1-1 0-0 2, Baldwin 2-6 0-0 5, Bennett 0-1 0-0 0, Savage 1-3 2-2 4, McDermott 2-4 0-0 5, Baddley 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 31-63 9-14 82.

Halftime-Butler 40-28. 3-Point Goals-Cent. Arkansas 7-22 (Howard 5-9, Brooks 2-7, Parnell 0-1, Schmit 0-1, Wiedenaar 0-2, Unruh 0-2), Butler 11-35 (Martin 5-11, Woodson 3-9, McDermott 1-3, Lewis 1-3, Baldwin 1-4, Bennett 0-1, Chrabascz 0-1, Baddley 0-1, Savage 0-2). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Cent. Arkansas 24 (Brooks, Howard 6), Butler 34 (Wideman 10).

Assists-Cent. Arkansas 12 (Brooks 4), Butler 22 (Savage 6). Total Fouls-Cent.

Arkansas 16, Butler 12.

No. 8 Gonzaga 69, No. 16 Arizona 62 Los Angeles — Przemek Karnowski scored 18 points and No. 8 Gonzaga defeated 16th-ranked Arizona in the inaugural Hoophall LA doubleheader at Staples Center.

GONZAGA (8-0) Williams 2-3 0-2 4, Karnowski 9-13 0-0 18, Perkins 4-10 5-6 16, Mathews 3-9 2-2 10, Williams-Goss 3-8 3-4 10, Tillie 0-1 0-0 0, Collins 3-5 1-4 8, Melson 0-5 3-4 3. Totals 24-54 14-22 69.

ARIZONA (6-2) Markkanen 4-14 6-7 14, Ristic 4-8 4-7 12, Alkins 7-15 1-2 16, Simmons 1-9 0-0 2, Allen 4-7 2-4 10, Pinder 1-2 4-6 6, Comanche 1-2 0-0 2, Cruz 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 22-57 17-26 62.

Halftime-Gonzaga 38-26. 3-Point Goals-Gonzaga 7-21 (Perkins 3-7, Mathews 2-7, Collins 1-2, WilliamsGoss 1-3, Melson 0-2), Arizona 1-8 (Alkins 1-3, Simmons 0-2, Markkanen 0-3). Fouled Out-Allen. ReboundsGonzaga 28 (Collins 8), Arizona 35 (Markkanen 8). Assists-Gonzaga 9 (Williams-Goss 3), Arizona 7 (Allen 3).

Total Fouls-Gonzaga 23, Arizona 22.

No. 5 Duke 94, Maine 55 Durham, N.C.— Luke

Kennard scored a careerbest 35 points and freshman Jayson Tatum finished with 10 points in his long-awaited debut for Duke.

MAINE (2-6) Fleming 2-12 0-0 4, Stojiljkovic 1-3 0-0 3, Bernstein 0-3 0-0 0, Myers 5-11 2-2 15, Er 8-13 0-0 20, Pirovic 0-2 0-0 0, Eze 2-6 1-2 5, McKennon 1-4 1-2 3, Melmed 1-1 0-0 3, Ashley 1-9 0-0 2, Howard 0-3 0-0 0, Ward 0-2 0-0 0, Evans 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 21-69 4-6 55.

DUKE (8-1) Jefferson 8-11 4-4 20, Tatum 2-8 5-6 10, Jeter 2-3 0-1 4, Kennard 11-16 9-9 35, Jones 1-4 0-0 3, White 1-2 2-2 4, DeLaurier 1-1 1-2 3, Bolden 3-5 1-2 7, Vrankovic 4-5 0-0 8, Pagliuca 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 33-55 22-26 94.

Halftime-Duke 46-32. 3-Point GoalsMaine 9-30 (Er 4-7, Myers 3-5, Melmed 1-1, Stojiljkovic 1-2, Ward 0-1, Howard 0-2, Pirovic 0-2, Bernstein 0-3, Ashley 0-7), Duke 6-14 (Kennard 4-9, Tatum 1-2, Jones 1-2, White 0-1). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Maine 19 (Fleming 6), Duke 46 (Jefferson 9). Assists-Maine 12 (Bernstein 5), Duke 14 (Jefferson, Jones 4). Total Fouls-Maine 21, Duke 9.

Technicals-Jefferson. A-9,314 (9,314).

No. 10 Creighton 82, Akron 70 Omaha, Neb.— Marcus Foster scored 17 of his season-high 27 points in the opening half, including 13 of Creighton’s first 16.

AKRON (6-2) Cheatham 6-11 0-1 17, Johnson 5-7 3-5 13, An.Jackson 5-16 0-0 12, Ivey 3-4 0-0 7, Williams 2-7 0-0 6, Olojakpoke 2-3 0-0 4, Hughes 0-0 0-0 0, Aa.Jackson 1-2 1-2 4, Dunn-Martin 3-7 0-0 7. Totals 27-57 4-8 70.

CREIGHTON (8-0) Huff 6-11 0-0 16, Patton 5-7 0-1 11, Foster 11-19 3-5 27, Thomas 4-8 1-1 9, Watson 5-7 3-5 14, Hegner 0-2 0-0 0, Krampelj 0-1 1-2 1, Zierden 1-2 2-2 4, Harrell 0-0 0-0 0, Clement 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 32-58 10-16 82.

Halftime-Creighton 37-30. 3-Point Goals-Akron 12-31 (Cheatham 5-9, Williams 2-6, An.Jackson 2-7, Ivey 1-2, Aa.Jackson 1-2, Dunn-Martin 1-5), Creighton 8-24 (Huff 4-8, Foster 2-8, Watson 1-1, Patton 1-1, Zierden 0-1, Clement 0-1, Hegner 0-2, Thomas 0-2).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Akron 29 (Cheatham 7), Creighton 31 (Patton 7).

Assists-Akron 15 (Ivey 4), Creighton 23 (Watson 13). Total Fouls-Akron 18, Creighton 11. A-16,852 (18,320).

Providence 63, No. 21 Rhode Island 60 Providence, R.I. — Jalen Lindsey scored nine of his 13 points in the second half and Providence handed Rhode Island its third loss in four games.

RHODE ISLAND (5-3) Iverson 1-5 0-0 3, Martin 5-10 4-5 14, Matthews 3-13 2-2 9, Garrett 4-9 0-0 8, Terrell 5-12 3-4 14, Langevine 0-2 0-0 0, Akele 2-4 0-0 5, Thompson 1-1 2-4 5, Dowtin 0-0 0-0 0, Robinson 1-3 0-0 2.

Totals 22-59 11-15 60.

PROVIDENCE (6-2) Holt 3-7 0-0 6, Bullock 5-11 6-10 17, Jackson 1-4 0-0 2, Cartwright 6-12 3-4 19, Lindsey 4-7 3-4 13, Young 0-1 0-0 0, Fazekas 2-2 1-2 6, Edwards 0-2 0-2 0, White 0-0 0-0 0, Diallo 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-46 13-22 63.

Halftime-Rhode Island 35-29. 3-Point Goals-Rhode Island 5-18 (Thompson 1-1, Akele 1-1, Iverson 1-2, Terrell 1-4, Matthews 1-8, Garrett 0-1, Robinson 0-1), Providence 8-18 (Cartwright 4-6, Lindsey 2-5, Fazekas 1-1, Bullock 1-5, Holt 0-1). Fouled Out-Lindsey.

Rebounds-Rhode Island 37 (Martin 17), Providence 27 (Holt, Bullock, Jackson 5). Assists-Rhode Island 6 (Garrett 3), Providence 11 (Cartwright 8). Total Fouls-Rhode Island 20, Providence 16. A-12,488 (12,400).

No. 23 Oregon 128, Savannah State 59 Eugene, Ore. — Tyler Dorsey scored a careerhigh 29 points, Dillon Brooks had 22 and Oregon set a school scoring record.

SAVANNAH ST. (2-8) Glenn 0-3 0-1 0, Floyd 2-7 0-0 5, Manassa 4-8 1-1 10, Wells 3-12 0-0 9, Cabeza 1-9 0-0 2, Gaines 1-6 1-2 3, Felder 3-5 0-0 8, Sellers 0-5 0-1 0, Daniel 0-3 1-3 1, McClanahan 3-10 5-6 13, Williams 2-8 2-2 8. Totals 19-76 10-16 59.

OREGON (7-2) Bell 1-2 0-0 2, Boucher 6-7 0-0 12, Pritchard 1-8 2-2 5, Ennis 4-7 0-0 11, Dorsey 12-16 0-1 29, Brooks 8-12 5-5 22, Sorkin 6-9 0-0 12, Bigby-Williams 5-6 1-2 11, Smith 7-12 0-0 15, Benson 4-9 0-1 9, Noebel 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 54-90 8-11 128.

Halftime-Oregon 58-35. 3-Point Goals-Savannah St. 11-50 (Wells 3-12, Felder 2-4, Williams 2-7, McClanahan 2-9, Manassa 1-2, Floyd 1-3, Gaines 0-2, Daniel 0-2, Sellers 0-3, Cabeza 0-6), Oregon 12-35 (Dorsey 5-8, Ennis 3-6, Brooks 1-3, Benson 1-3, Smith 1-4, Pritchard 1-6, Boucher 0-1, Sorkin 0-2, Noebel 0-2). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Savannah St. 25 (Gaines 6), Oregon 65 (Bigby-Williams 11).

Assists-Savannah St. 10 (Cabeza 4), Oregon 36 (Pritchard 13). Total FoulsSavannah St. 16, Oregon 15. A-6,447 (12,364).

No. 14 Louisville 79, Grand Canyon 70 Phoenix — Deng Adel scored 15 points, V.J. King and Ray Spalding added 14 each, and Louisville labored most of the night before pulling out a win over Grand Canyon.

LOUISVILLE (7-1) Adel 7-16 0-0 15, Johnson 2-5 1-2 5, Mathiang 1-4 1-2 3, Mitchell 4-9 0-0 9, Snider 3-9 2-2 9, Spalding 5-7 4-4 14, King 4-6 4-4 14, Stockman 3-3 4-5 10, Levitch 0-1 0-0 0, McMahon 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 29-61 16-19 79.

GRAND CANYON (3-4) Frayer 1-5 1-2 4, Vernon 3-8 2-2 8, Clark 3-6 2-2 8, Martin 1-1 0-0 3, Russell 14-27 11-17 42, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Aidoo 1-1 2-2 5, Carr 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-49 18-25 70.

Halftime-Grand Canyon 37-36.

3-Point Goals-Louisville 5-15 (King 2-2, Mitchell 1-3, Snider 1-3, Adel 1-5, Levitch 0-1, McMahon 0-1), Grand Canyon 6-12 (Russell 3-6, Aidoo 1-1, Martin 1-1, Frayer 1-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Louisville 33 (Mathiang 8), Grand Canyon 21 (Clark 7). Assists-Louisville 15 (Snider 4), Grand Canyon 7 (Carr 3). Total FoulsLouisville 19, Grand Canyon 20.

Other Big 12 Texas Tech 85, Rice 84 Lubbock, Texas — Anthony Livingston made three free throws with 2.4 seconds left to give Texas Tech a win over Rice.

RICE (6-2) Douglas 1-1 0-0 2, M.Evans 7-16 7-8 27, Cashaw 3-7 0-2 7, Jackson 2-9 0-0 6, Koulechov 8-14 4-5 25, Meyer 0-1 0-0 0, Letcher-Eillis 4-5 2-2 11, Lott 2-3 2-2 6, Adams 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 27-58 15-19 84.

TEXAS TECH (7-1) Gray 3-7 0-0 6, Livingston 10-17 10-11 33, Smith 1-1 6-6 8, K.Evans 6-14 1-2 14, Thomas 1-2 0-0 2, Temple 1-1 0-0 2, Brandsma 2-2 0-1 5, Stevenson 2-5 0-0 6, McLean 0-0 0-0 0, Millinghaus 3-4 3-3 9. Totals 29-53 20-23 85.

Halftime-Texas Tech 34-31. 3-Point Goals-Rice 15-31 (M.Evans 6-11, Koulechov 5-7, Jackson 2-6, LetcherEillis 1-1, Cashaw 1-5, Adams 0-1), Texas Tech 7-16 (Livingston 3-7, Stevenson 2-2, Brandsma 1-1, K.Evans 1-4, Gray 0-1, Millinghaus 0-1).

Fouled Out-Letcher-Eillis. ReboundsRice 29 (Koulechov 6), Texas Tech 22 (Livingston 7). Assists-Rice 14 (Lott, M.Evans 4), Texas Tech 15 (Millinghaus 4). Total Fouls-Rice 18, Texas Tech 17. A-10,048 (15,098).

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EIGHTH GRADE GIRLS Saturday at Eudora LOUISBURG 38, BALDWIN 25 Baldwin highlights: Tavia Crowe 11 points; Cambria Crowe 4 points; Ruby Dempsey 4 points.

EUDORA 26, BALDWIN 25 (OT) Baldwin highlights: Tavia Crowe 9 points; Myah Ziembicki 8 points; Lauren Russell 5 points.

Baldwin record: 9-5. Next for Baldwin: Tuesday vs. Trailridge.

BALDWIN B 22, LOUISBURG B 9 Baldwin highlights: Ambrynn Stewart 10 points; Olivia Miller 6 points.

BALDWIN B 20, EUDORA B 18 Baldwin highlights: Ambrynn Stewart 6 points; Katie Hamlin 4 points; Riley Coates 4 points.

Baldwin B record: 6-8. Next for Baldwin: Tuesday vs. Trailridge.

SEVENTH GRADE GIRLS Saturday at Louisburg BALDWIN B 22, EUDORA B 20 BALDWIN B 21, LOUISBURG B 13

Big 12 Men

League Overall Baylor 0-0 8-0 TCU 0-0 8-0 Kansas 0-0 7-1 Kansas State 0-0 7-1 Texas Tech 0-0 7-1 West Virginia 0-0 6-1 Oklahoma State 0-0 6-2 Iowa State 0-0 5-2 Oklahoma 0-0 5-2 Texas 0-0 4-3 Saturday’s Games Kansas 89, Stanford 74 Wisconsin 90, Oklahoma 70 Texas Tech 85, Rice 84 West Virginia 66, Virginia 57 Baylor 76, Xavier 61 Kansas State 84, Saint Louis 53 TCU 77, Arkansas State 54 Maryland 71, Oklahoma State 70 Monday’s Game Omaha at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games UMKC at Kansas, 7 p.m.

Prairie View at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Texas at Michigan, 8 p.m.

TCU 77, Arkansas St. 54 Fort Worth, Texas — Vlad Brodziansky scored the top 25 fared 18 points, including sev- How Saturday en straight for TCU in a 1. Kentucky (7-1) lost to No. 11 97-92. Next: vs. Valparaiso, key second-half stretch, UCLA Wednesday. and the Horned Frogs re2. Villanova (8-0) beat Saint Joseph’s mained undefeated under 88-57. Next: vs. La Salle, Tuesday.

3. North Carolina (7-1) did not play.

Jamie Dixon with a vic- Next: vs. Radford, today.

4. Kansas (7-1) beat Stanford 89-74. tory over Arkansas State.

ARKANSAS ST. (7-2) Nweke 0-1 0-0 0, Foster 4-7 2-6 13, Carter 7-15 3-5 22, Thomas 1-5 0-2 2, Lindsey 1-7 0-0 2, Bruce 2-5 0-0 4, Boudie 1-1 0-2 2, Simms 3-13 3-5 9, Kern 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-55 8-20 54.

TCU (8-0) Shepherd 1-2 0-0 2, Miller 3-10 2-2 8, Bane 1-5 2-4 4, Fisher 4-7 3-4 13, K.Williams 5-9 3-4 15, Washburn 0-2 3-4 3, Brodziansky 7-7 4-5 18, Trent 0-2 0-0 0, Robinson 1-5 1-2 3, B.Parrish 1-2 0-0 3, M.Williams 2-2 2-2 8. Totals 25-53 20-27 77.

Halftime_TCU 30-29. 3-Point Goals_ Arkansas St. 8-22 (Carter 5-11, Foster 3-5, Kern 0-1, Simms 0-2, Lindsey 0-3), TCU 7-19 (M.Williams 2-2, Fisher 2-3, K.Williams 2-4, B.Parrish 1-2, Trent 0-1, Robinson 0-1, Bane 0-3, Miller 0-3). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_ Arkansas St. 27 (Nweke 6), TCU 38 (K.Williams 13). Assists_Arkansas St. 15 (Foster, Simms, Thomas 3), TCU 17 (Robinson 5). Total Fouls_Arkansas St. 21, TCU 17. A_6,022 (7,201).

Kansas St 84, Saint Louis 53 St. Louis — D.J. Johnson scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Xavier Sneed added 15 points to lead Kansas State to a win over Saint Louis.

KANSAS ST. (7-1) Wade 4-7 5-5 13, Iwundu 3-9 2-2 8, D.Johnson 10-11 1-1 21, Brown 1-8 1-2 3, Stokes 2-6 1-2 7, Budke 0-0 0-0 0, Maurice 0-1 0-2 0, McAtee 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 2-3 1-1 5, Sneed 5-9 1-1 15, Schoen 1-1 0-0 3, Patrick 2-3 0-1 4, Winter 1-1 0-0 3, Ervin 1-2 0-0 2, Kinnamon 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-61 12-17 84.

SAINT LOUIS (2-5) Agbeko 1-4 2-2 4, Welmer 2-4 0-0 5, Bishop 3-12 4-4 11, Roby 4-11 0-0 10, Crawford 3-6 4-6 10, J.Johnson 1-5 1-3 4, Gillmann 0-0 0-0 0, Neufeld 0-0 1-2 1, Hines 0-0 0-0 0, Moore 3-8 0-0 8. Totals 17-50 12-17 53.

Halftime-Kansas St. 41-22. 3-Point Goals-Kansas St. 8-21 (Sneed 4-6, Stokes 2-5, Schoen 1-1, Winter 1-1, Brown 0-2, Wade 0-2, Iwundu 0-4), Saint Louis 7-24 (Moore 2-4, Roby 2-6, J.Johnson 1-2, Welmer 1-3, Bishop 1-6, Crawford 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Kansas St. 35 (D.Johnson 10), Saint Louis 30 (Agbeko, Welmer 7). Assists-Kansas St. 23 (Stokes 7), Saint Louis 10 (Bishop 5). Total FoulsKansas St. 15, Saint Louis 17.

Maryland 71, Oklahoma State 70 College Park, Md. — Melo Trimble made two free throws with 9.4 seconds remaining to lift Maryland to a victory over Oklahoma State.

Trimble scored 13 points, and Jaylen Brantley and Damonte Dodd both added 12 points as the Terrapins (8-1) rallied from a 12-point deficit to defeat the Cowboys.

OKLAHOMA ST. (6-2) Hammonds 3-7 0-0 8, Evans 7-17 2-3 16, Waters 1-3 0-0 2, Forte 3-16 6-6 14, N’Guessan 3-6 0-2 6, McGriff 0-1 0-0 0, Solomon 2-3 0-0 4, Averette 2-2 0-0 5, Dziagwa 0-0 0-0 0, Carroll 6-11 0-0 15.

Totals 27-66 8-11 70.

MARYLAND (8-1) Jackson 2-5 4-6 8, Dodd 5-9 2-2 12, Trimble 4-12 5-6 13, Huerter 1-6 3-4 5, Cowan 4-6 2-8 11, Gill 3-5 0-0 7, Cekovsky 0-1 0-0 0, Brantley 4-11 3-3 12, Wiley 1-3 0-0 3, Nickens 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 24-59 19-29 71.

Halftime-Oklahoma St. 43-35.

3-Point Goals-Oklahoma St. 8-24 (Carroll 3-6, Hammonds 2-4, Forte 2-10, Averette 1-1, Evans 0-1, Solomon 0-1, Waters 0-1), Maryland 4-22 (Gill 1-2, Cowan 1-2, Wiley 1-3, Brantley 1-4, Jackson 0-2, Huerter 0-4, Trimble 0-5). Fouled Out-Solomon, N’Guessan.

Rebounds-Oklahoma St. 41 (Carroll 12), Maryland 38 (Dodd 8). AssistsOklahoma St. 13 (Evans 5), Maryland 11 (Trimble 6). Total Fouls-Oklahoma St. 25, Maryland 18. A-17,391 (17,950).

Next: vs. UMKC, Tuesday.

5. Duke (8-1) beat Maine 94-55. Next: vs. No. 24 Florida, Tuesday.

6. Virginia (7-1) lost to No. 25 West Virginia 66-57. Next: vs. East Carolina, Tuesday.

7. Xavier (7-1) lost to No. 9 Baylor 76-61. Next: at Colorado, Wednesday.

8. Gonzaga (8-0) beat No. 16 Arizona 69-62. Next: vs. Washington, Wednesday.

9. Baylor (8-0) beat No. 7 Xavier 76-61. Next: vs. Southern U., Wednesday, Dec. 14.

10. Creighton (8-0) beat Akron 82-70.

Next: at Nebraska, Wednesday.

11. UCLA (9-0) beat No. 1 Kentucky 97-92. Next: vs. Michigan, Saturday.

12. Saint Mary’s (Cal) (6-0) did not play. Next: vs. UT Arlington, Thursday.

13. Indiana (6-1) did not play. Next: vs. Southeast Missouri State, Sunday.

14. Louisville (7-1) beat Grand Canyon 79-70. Next: vs. Southern Illinois, Wednesday.

15. Purdue (6-2) beat Morehead State 90-56. Next: vs. Arizona State, Tuesday.

16. Arizona (6-2) lost to No. 8 Gonzaga 69-62. Next: vs. UC Irvine, Tuesday.

17. Wisconsin (7-2) beat Oklahoma 90-70. Next: vs. Idaho State, Wednesday.

18. Butler (8-0) beat Central Arkansas 82-58. Next: at Indiana State, Wednesday.

19. Iowa State (5-2) did not play.

Next: vs. Omaha, Monday.

20. South Carolina (7-0) did not play.

Next: vs. FIU, today.

21. Rhode Island (5-3) lost to Providence 63-60. Next: vs. Old Dominion, Tuesday.

22. Syracuse (5-2) beat North Florida 77-71. Next: vs. UConn, Monday.

23. Oregon (7-2) beat Savannah State 128-59. Next: vs. Alabama, Sunday, Dec. 11.

24. Florida (7-1) did not play. Next: at No. 5 Duke, Tuesday.

25. West Virginia (6-1) beat No. 6 Virginia 66-57. Next: vs. Western Carolina, Wednesday.

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

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two oldest major championships this year don’t sound like they have much of a chance from seven back.

“Anything’s possible, but I’m going to have to shoot a really special round,” Johnson said.

Matsuyama won his first World Golf Championships title last month in Shanghai at the HSBC Champions, winning by seven shot over Stenson and Daniel Berger. He won the Taiheiyo Masters in Japan two weeks later, again by seven shots. He has won three times in his last four events. The only player to beat him in the last two months was Justin Thomas in Malaysia.

Thomas was in the Bahamas, but only for a birthday party.

“That’s exactly what he did at HSBC Champions, and it was not much to do at that time,” Stenson said. “And possibly, that could be the same tomorrow. I’ll just try to focus

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Charlotte 11 9 .550 — Atlanta 10 11 .476 1½ Orlando 8 12 .400 3 Miami 7 13 .350 4 Washington 6 12 .333 4 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 13 5 .722 — Chicago 11 8 .579 2½ Milwaukee 10 8 .556 3 Detroit 11 10 .524 3½ Indiana 9 10 .474 4½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 16 4 .800 — Houston 13 7 .650 3 Memphis 13 8 .619 3½ New Orleans 7 13 .350 9 Dallas 4 15 .211 11½ Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 12 8 .600 — Utah 12 9 .571 ½ Portland 11 10 .524 1½ Denver 7 13 .350 5 Minnesota 6 14 .300 6 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 16 3 .842 — L.A. Clippers 16 5 .762 1 L.A. Lakers 10 12 .455 7½ Sacramento 7 12 .368 9 Phoenix 6 13 .316 10 Friday’s Games Orlando 105, Philadelphia 88 Boston 97, Sacramento 92 New York 118, Minnesota 114 Toronto 113, L.A. Lakers 80 Chicago 111, Cleveland 105 Detroit 121, Atlanta 85 L.A. Clippers 114, New Orleans 96 San Antonio 107, Washington 105 Houston 128, Denver 110 Saturday’s Games Milwaukee 112, Brooklyn 103 Minnesota 125, Charlotte 120, OT Boston 107, Philadelphia 106 Toronto 128, Atlanta 84 Memphis 103, L.A. Lakers 100 Dallas 107, Chicago 82 Utah 105, Denver 98 Portland 99, Miami 92 Phoenix at Golden State (n) Today’s Games Orlando at Detroit, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

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

Indiana at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Denver at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Washington at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Houston, 7 p.m.

Memphis at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Portland at Chicago, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Tuesday’s Games Orlando at Washington, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

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

Philadelphia at Memphis, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Utah, 8 p.m.

Big 12

League Overall Oklahoma 9-0 10-2 West Virginia 7-2 10-2 Oklahoma State 7-2 9-3 Kansas State 6-3 8-4 TCU 4-5 6-6 Baylor 3-6 6-6 Texas 3-6 5-7 Texas Tech 3-6 5-7 Iowa State 2-7 3-9 Kansas 1-8 2-10 Saturday’s Games Kansas State 30, TCU 6 Oklahoma 38, Oklahoma State 20 West Virginia 24, Baylor 21

Hero Challenge Scores Saturday At Albany Golf Club Nassau, Bahamas Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,267; Par: 72 Third Round Hideki Matsuyama Henrik Stenson Dustin Johnson Brandt Snedeker Matt Kuchar Rickie Fowler Jordan Spieth J.B. Holmes Louis Oosthuizen Tiger Woods Jimmy Walker Bubba Watson Zach Johnson Russell Knox Patrick Reed Brooks Koepka Emiliano Grillo

65-67-65—197 67-71-66—204 66-66-72—204 72-64-69—205 67-67-71—205 68-70-68—206 68-69-70—207 64-73-70—207 67-67-73—207 73-65-70—208 70-74-66—210 72-63-75—210 72-69-70—211 69-72-71—212 72-69-71—212 72-68-72—212 70-72-75—217

on my game and we’ll see where it takes us.”

Woods still captivated the small island crowd, at least with his start. He three-putted for bogey to slow his momentum, and he missed a pair of 6-footers for par early on the back nine. Still, most players said his score was above their expectations given the injuries he had and the rust he accumulated.

Woods said he had no expectations at all, though he was surprised about his start. Typically after a long layoff, Woods said he struggles to get going. Now it’s about finishing a round.

“That’s the most concerning part of the game, is getting off to I guess halfway decent starts,” Woods said. “But I’ve been into the round early, and I’ve been able to build a significant amount of positive shots and go under par early. And unfortunately, I haven’t been able to keep it going, except for yesterday.

I didn’t hit the ball that poorly today, but hit bad putts in the middle part of the round.”

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n 90 seconds, most Moments later, Woopeople could probton is already starting ably fry an egg on a into her finale as she preheated pan, fill up makes a broad, multicolan empty tank of gas ored swipe of her fingers on a compact car or peel over the lower half of the and cut up an apple with painting before spinning fingers fully intact. Most it on the easel. In a twirlpeople, howing, clothingever, could transfornot produce I grew up in the mation a large-scale maneuver, theater so I’d sung she spins painting of anything for my talent for a herself away remotely the while and I kind of from recognizable painting before an auand out of thought if I could dience while her white do a painting for wearing high dress to a concert without reveal a blue, heels.

Since any practice, then Dorothyhigh school, gingwhy can’t I do one style University ham dress in 90 seconds with underneath. of Kansas senior Anstage right a ton of practice?” At nika Wooton is Wooton’s has been painting, a — Annika Wooton, perfecting “Wizard of her speedspeed-painter and Miss Oz” landpainting scape of Kansas contestant performance yellow brick for the Miss road and red Kansas pagflowers leadeant, in which she has ing toward the Emerald placed within the top 10 City with a rainbow for 3 out of 5 years. She overhead. Loud cheers currently holds the title are heard and the lights of Miss Kingman County go off.

2017. l l l “The first time I did Although the actual speed-painting was performance is finished my senior year in high in 90 seconds as per the school,” said Wooton, official pageant rules, who did a live painting Wooton explained that performance during a the preparation for school theater concert.

“That was 2012. I grew the live painting during competition begins up in the theater so I’d months before and in sung for my talent for front of a much smaller a while and I kind of audience of friends and thought if I could do a family. Wooton, who painting for a concert comes from a family of without any practice, artists in Richmond, Va., then why can’t I do one said that she relies on in 90 seconds with a ton them — especially her of practice?” brother — for meaningful At the beginning of critiques, encouragement a video from the talent and videotaping duties. segment of the June 2016 “My brother is reMiss Kansas competially helpful in all of this. tion, Wooton is seen We’re very close. He working feverishly to knows how I think and prepare portions of a how to push me further.

5-by-5-foot canvas with He is that outside set of bright yellow and red all the while wearing a white eyes for me,” she said.

“The first time I dress. The ever-changing use paint is thrilling,” orchestral music builds said Wooton, who suspense. In a moment often practices with dry of feigned hesitation, Wooton turns to the audi- brushes until closer to competition. “I always ence and pauses before have him videotape reaching into a pocket that because as much and slinging a handful of as I practice without glitter at a meandering swath of yellow at the top paint and I think I have it timed to the music, of the painting.

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FOR FIVE YEARS, SPEED-PAINTER AND UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SENIOR Annika Wooton has been competing in the Miss Kansas pageant. She is pictured on Thursday with one of her recent speed paintings of a DJ. brushes and herself, Wooton regained her composure and pulled it together for the big show.

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WOOTON STANDS NEXT TO HER SPEED PAINTING of the Emerald City from “The Wizard of Oz” during the 2016 Miss Kansas competition. adding in the physical is going to add seconds here and there and that’s so important in a 90-second piece.”

“Risky” is the word she uses to describe speed-painting before a live audience, and when

doing so she referenced an onstage practice run just hours before the 2016 Miss Kansas performance when the painting was spun and it all came crashing down.

“I don’t know if I spun it too hard. Yellow paint

went everywhere. It was a brand new Marley floor (for dancing) and I felt terrible,” she said.

“I’m thankful that the producers even let me do that on stage (during competition).”

After cleaning up her

Although the talent portion can take a considerable amount of preparation, Wooton pointed out that there is plenty more to the competition than lipstick and sequined dresses. Her personal platform for this year’s Miss Kansas pageant is raising awareness of the increased need for art in schools.

“I’m planning on going to a school tour where I can do speed paintings to have that visual engagement but also to talk about how to use creativity, not just in arts fields but to progress innovation in our country overall,” she said. “It’s my mission to change the way that people think about art and help them realize the value in our communities and in our schools and to kind of initiate the change to hopefully have our politicians also value that and then come back and fund it.”

— Staff photojournalist Nick Krug can be reached at 832-6353. Follow him on Twitter: @nickkrug

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By Matt Ginsberg Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz ACROSS 1 They often have small tables 6 Base men?

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43 Delay + dodos = some compromises 46 Adorn brilliantly 51 Birthday girl’s wear 52 Pandora release 53 Del ____ (fast-food chain) 55 Poetic Muse 56 Spa, e.g.

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UNITED FEATURE SUNDAY CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Miss Piggy’s aunts 5 Leafy vegetable 10 Springlike 16 Busch Gardens city 21 Swabber’s need 22 Comic -- Mandel 23 A Mandrell sister 24 Jugs 25 Long-active volcano 26 Hem and haw 27 Just say no 28 Low voices 29 Anytime 31 “-- -- Mouse” 33 Wasps’ homes 35 Festive night 36 Medieval alliance 37 Wings, in botany 40 Not sm. or med.

41 Ballad writer 42 Leb. neighbor 45 Guitarist -- Paul 46 Hearing aid?

48 Touch of frost 50 Sturdy shoes 52 Wielded a hoe 54 Baseball VIPs 55 Minn. neighbor 57 Way of Lao-Tzu 58 “-- the Dragon” 59 Tide causer 60 Lab compound 62 Cast a shadow 66 Etc.’s kin (2 wds.)

67 Environment 69 Reviewer 71 Urban woe 72 Budgies 74 Famous Chairman 76 Late- -78 Wheel buy (2 wds.)

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whale 85 Gem surface 88 Jacques, in song 89 Hollows 90 Highway menace 93 Cavorts 95 Wolf’s expression 97 Planet, in verse 98 Hostel visitor 100 You don’t say!

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61 Branch 63 Menotti hero 64 Gift recipient 65 Zounds!

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inter is horrible for my reading. I’ve been treating Seasonal Affective Disorder (also known as “SAD,” the most ridiculous acronym available) for a decade now, and winter hits me hardest when it comes to books. I find that I just … can’t read.

I don’t want to read.

I want to want to, but I can’t muster up the energy.

It’s typically the first sign for me that — to steal a phrase from Game of Thrones — Winter is Coming. It’s confusing and frustrating, and for a long time I didn’t even have words for explaining myself to myself, much less to others. Ironically, it was something I read during a non-depressed time that helped.

In the book “Hyperbole

and a Half,” Allie Brosh talks about her own struggles with depression. The book — like her beloved blog of the same title — combines Brosh’s hilarious and often self-deprecating wit with MS-Paint-inspired drawings, making even her serious and vulnerable essays somewhat amusing.

In one of her essays on depression, Brosh offers an extremely useful metaphor; she talks about her favorite childhood toys and the daring feats and perilous journeys they would embark upon during her playtimes.

As years passed, however, things changed: “[As] I grew older, it became harder and harder to access that expansive imaginary space that made my toys fun. I remember

looking at them and feeling sort of frustrated and confused that things weren’t the same.

“I played out all the same story lines that had been fun before, but the meaning had disappeared. Horse’s Big Space Adventure transformed into holding a plastic horse in the air, hoping it would somehow be enjoyable for me. Prehistoric Crazy-Bus Death Ride was just smashing a toy bus full of dinosaurs into the wall while feeling sort of bored and unfulfilled. I could no longer connect to my toys in a way that allowed me to participate in the experience.

“Depression feels almost exactly like that, except about everything.”

I remember reading this

passage on her blog a few years ago and feeling like Brosh completely nailed it. This! This is how I feel about reading when winter hits — like I suddenly can’t connect anymore, and feel foolish for even trying to enjoy it. The rest of Brosh’s essay on depression is an incredibly worthwhile read for anyone who has similar seasonal struggles or knows/loves someone else who does.

The reminder that other people have these feelings (or lack-thereof) is one of the reasons LPL has decided to launch a Winter Reading program this year.

The goal of Winter Reading for adults is to read three books in two months (Dec. 1 through Jan. 31) as well as to potentially connect with

one another and our community. We want to give ourselves something to strive for and look forward to during what is often a difficult time of year.

Another program we’re offering features “SAD lamps” available for use in the library. You’ll be able to come into the auditorium and read or relax while soaking up some helpful light therapy. Information will be provided on other ways of combatting seasonal depression, thanks to our Info Services department and folks from Bert Nash.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please feel free to contact me.

I’m eager for this Winter Reading program, and I hope people will utilize resources that can help

— whether that’s doctor appointments or medications SOWMID or SAD lamps or book clubs or just repeatedly reading “Hyperbole and a Half.”

CHITTS Yes, Winter is Coming, Now arrang but maybe we can still play to form the Horse’s Big Space Adven- suggested b PRINT ANSWER ture and get YOUR our read on. IN THE CIRC ’ — Kate Gramlich is a reader’s services assistant at the Lawrence Public Library.

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KU is an EO/AAE, full policy http://policy.ku.edu/IOA/nondiscrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, genetic information or protected Veteran status.

LOOKING FOR A REWARDING OPPORTUNITY? Cottonwood, Inc. provides services to individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities. Please visit our website at cwood.org or visit us at 2801 W. 31st to apply for the following position.

Director of Community Relations/Development Cottonwood, Inc. is accepting applications from high performing candidates who can play a vital role in communicating the mission, needs, and activities of our organization. The candidate must demonstrate: a knowledge and history of successful fund raising efforts, a passion and desire to promote our mission to the broader community and an ability to interact with the media and supporters to best tell our story. The Director of Community Relations/Development is a member of the Management Team and facilitates the activities of the Cottonwood Foundation. The candidate must have a knowledge of and commitment to the Lawrence community and must possess an excellent written and oral presentation style with an engaging approach. Bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing, communications, public relations, or related field and three years’ experience in a similar or related position is a requirement.

Must have a valid driver’s license, and driving record acceptable to our insurance carrier, drug test and background check are required. Benefits provided to include health insurance, 403(b), KPERS, vacation/sick leave and paid holidays. EOE to include veterans and persons with disabilities.

Getting Good People, Goods Jobs

GAS PLANT MANAGER WANTED Are you looking for variety in your work? Are you looking for a place where you can put multiple skill sets to use? We are looking for a reliable, experienced, self-motivated person who is skilled at troubleshooting and also capable of managing others. Come to work with a small team. High BTU plant experience required. Must be able to diagnose and repair AC (120/240/480 3ph volt), DC (12/24 volts ) circuits. Should be able to diagnose and repair issues related to gas compression equipment- blowers, pumps, motors etc. Proficient in computer navigation and Microsoft Office.

Must be available 24/7/365 for plant emergencies. Competitive pay and benefits commensurate with experience.

BRIEF PROJECT SUMMARY: Renewable Power Producers, LLC (“RPP”) is a landfill gas to energy project that converts landfill gas to pipeline quality renewable natural gas to be used as vehicle fuel. RPP is located at the Hamm Sanitary Landfill in Lawrence, KS. The purpose of RPP is to control the emission of methane at the landfill which simultaneously upgrading the landfill gas to meet natural gas pipeline specification.

The project is expected to have a life of at least 25 years based on its contracted right to the gas at the landfill.

OUR CORE VALUES: Family, Trust, Stewardship, Responsibility, Respect, & a Commitment to Excellence OUR VISION: To be a Company surrounded by people who embody our values and achieve our goals; is equitable; promotes purpose; and encourages our employees to create a meaningful quality of life.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT: We Utilize Landfill Gas to Benefit the Communities where we Live, Work, and Play.

Please submit your resume to hr-rpp@landfillgroup.net, ATTN: RPP Plant Manager Position.

New Warehouse/Distribution Centers Now Hiring: Full & Part-Time in Gardner, KS

ALL SHIFTS AVAILABLE

$11.00-$15.00/Hour

Get in on the ground floor and grow with the company!

Warehouse Associates, Forklift Operators, Clerks, Package Handlers, Janitorial South Johnson County, KS

$11.00-$15.00/Hour

Apply: Mon. - Fri. 9:00 am - 3:00 pm • 10651 Lackman Rd., Lenexa, KS

APPLY ONLINE: prologistix.com • CALL 913.599.2626 GET A JOB! Do you have customer service skills?

Drive the Lawrence T, KU on Wheels, & Saferide/ Safebus.

• NO experience necessary!

• Day & Night shifts.

• Age 21+ • $11.50/hr after paid training.

Information Technology Manager Watkins Health Services at the University of Kansas seeks a full time IT Manager.

This unclassified professional position is responsible for managing all aspects of the IT department for an ambulatory health center setting which includes a complex electronic health information infrastructure. Requires a minimum of a higher education degree, three years of system administration experience, and two years of supervisory experience. Prefer degree in a technology related field.

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

Apply at http://employment.ku.edu/staff/7568BR Application review date is 12/11/16.

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

Apply online: lawrencetransit.org/employment Or come to: MV Transportation, Inc. 1260 Timberedge Road, Lawrence, KS We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Neosho County Community College Ottawa Campus Welcomes applicants for the following position :

Simulation Clinician 9-month position Salary Range ($33,000-$55,152)

Minimum Job Requirements • Master’s Degree in Nursing • Participate in continuing education to further implementation of simulation lab.

• Meet the minimum requirements for continuing education as required by the Kansas State Board of Nursing for renewing a license.

Benefits Include • Paid Employee Medical and Dental.

For a detailed description of the position and instructions for submitting your application, visit our website at www.neosho.edu/Careers. You may also contact Karin Jacobson 620-432-0333 or email hr@neosho.edu NCCC is an EOE/AA employer

Alternate School Crossing Guard

KANSAS JUDICIAL BRANCH

(PT-Temp Position)

KU is an EO/AAE. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, genetic information or protected Veteran status.

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Part-time, On-Call Position. Responsible work policing school crossings at elementary schools in the Lawrence, KS School District. Requires goodphysical condition & ability to work in all weather conditions. When scheduled, hrs are apx 7:30-8:50 am and 2:55 - 4:15 pm each school day. $8/hr w/$100 annual bonus for returning the following yr. Apply Online ASAP. To Apply Go To www.LawrenceKS.org/jobs EOE M/F/D

POSITION AVAILABLE:

Librarian I $17,859 starting hourly salary $37,147 starting annual salary For details on these positions, please see our website at: http://www.kscourts.org/Court-Administration/Job-Opp ortunities/job-opportunities.asp

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AdministrativeProfessional

Warehouse Clerks, Material Handlers, Forklift Operators, & Janitorial !

New Warehouse/ Distribution Center In Gardner & South Johnson County

All Shifts Available!

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• High School Diploma/GED • 1+ Year Warehousing/ Forklift Experience • PC-Computer Experience • Ability to lift up to 50lbs throughout a shift • Ability to work Flexible Schedule when needed Apply Mon-Fri. 9:00 am - 3:00 pm 10651 Lackman Rd. Lenexa, KS 66219 Apply online at: prologistix.com Call 913-599-2626

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR Transportation Planning Internship

Receptionist Summers Spencer & Company has a career opportunity in our Lawrence office.

Visit www.ssccpas.net/ careers.html for complete details.

Send resume to greg.summers@ssccpas.com

Will aid the Metropolitan Planning Organization with updating the transportation plan, Transportation 2040.

Apprx 20-30 hrs wkly.

Current student; graduate level prefr’d.

Must have strong communication skills and MS Office proficiency. $12.00 hr Submit application, cvr ltr & resume online by 12/29/16 to: www.LawrenceKS.org/jobs EOE M/F/D

Healthcare

Entry level administrative position at growing construction firm. Will be responsible for receivables, payables and compliance for construction contracts.

No experience req’d.

Proficient in all Microsoft applications a plus. Company paid health care, vacation/ holiday pay, 401k with match! Send resume Attn: HR, to PO Box 17 Perry, KS 66073 Or apply at Hamm Companies 609 Perry Place Equal Opportunity Employer

TO PLACE AN AD: Antique/Estate Liquidation

Downsizing - Moving?

We’ve got a Custom Solution for You! Estate Tag Sales and Cleanup Services Armstrong Family Estate Services, LLC 785-383-0820 www.kansasestatesales.com

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Craig Construction Co

GUTTER CLEANING & REPAIR Seamless Gutters, Gutter Cleaning and Minor Repairs, Gutter Screens and Covers, Aluminum Soffits and Fascia, Carpentry, Wood Rot Repairs and much more...

(913)333-2570

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

Hours: 8:15 am to 3:45 pm M-F. Previous work with children with High Functioning Autism a plus.

History of working with children and college degree preferred.

Progressive ideas about autism, patience, kindness and caring demeanor required. Must be reliable.

Position available immediately. $15 to $20 per hour depending on experience.

Please send resume and references to astucky@jeffnet.org

Stamped & Reg. Concrete, Patios, Walks, Driveways, Acid Staining & Overlays, Tear-Out & Replacement Jayhawk Concrete Inc. 785-979-5261

Stacked Deck

The Wood Doctor - Wood rot repair, fences, decks, doors & windows - built, repaired, or replaced & more! Bath/kitchen remodeled. Basement finished.

Decisions Determine Destiny

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Cleaning

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Foundation Repair

Beth - 785-766-6762

Foundation Repair Limestone wall bracing, floor straitening, sinking or bulging issues foundation water-proofing, repair and replacement Call 843-2700 or text 393-9924

AUCTIONS

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Auctions

Arts-Crafts

GUN AUCTION

Twenty-Four like new issues of “Quiltmaker” magazines. Every issue is full of great patterns with complete easy to follw illustrated instructions, $50, (785) 749-0291.

Due to the death of my husband, following sells at the Perry American Legion Hall, Perry KS (from stop light on Hwy 24, 1/2 blk. S. & 1/2 blk. E.)

Saturday, Dec 10 10 AM

2 Ruger Mark II 22 Pistols, 2 Remington 870 12 ga. Exp.-mags, 2 Remington 24-22L/22S, Remington 700 22-250 Syn Calb. AK. Prem. w/scope, Remington 1100 Prem. 410, Remington 870 W.M. 410, Browning 10 ga Auto, 14 various Winchester models, G.P. BIK Puld.

54c, Henry us Survival 4002B, Savage 242 C 410 O/U, Colt 20 ga. Auto NIB, Salaverria Spanish PinFire Revolver, Browning Agher spec 12 ga, Winchester Spotting Scope NIB, Selection of Ammo - Knives - Cleaning Items - Sporting & Gun Books - Clips - Calls - MUCH MORE, Meat Grinter - Meat Tenderizer, 85 +/- Guns - This is only partial listing.

PREVIEW: Friday, Dec 9 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM and Auction Day beginning at 9 AM - Most in good to excellent condition.

- NOTE: Gun Sales Kansas Residents Only

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Mrs. Dale “Judy” Fowler, Seller For Pics & Info: www.wischroppauctions.com WISCHROPP AUCTIONS 785-828-4212 BIG AUCTION MONDAY DEC. 5, 6 PM 790 NORTH CENTER GARDNER, KANSAS SEVERAL ESTATES PLUS CONSIGNORS LARGE ASSORTMENT MODERN AND ANTIQUE FURNITURE refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, mattress sets, quilts, dishes and collectibles, like new Snapper riding mower. Honda billy goat, push mower, tools, 8 chain saws, snow blowers, acetylene & oxygen bottles, assortment 2 inch lumber, 75 pc. 4 x 8, 9,and 10 osb siding, note lumber will at 7 pm.

For more info and pictures see web ronstrickersauction.com Ron stricker auctioneer 913 963 3800

Four Centuries of Fine and Decorative Arts More than 100 Oil Paintings, Three Norma Bassett Hall American Prints, Color Woodblocks, French and Continental Furniture and Decorative Arts 17th 20th Centuries.

Christmas Trees ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE! 56 inches tall, pre-lit, nice & full. Like new. Only $15! Call 865-6766 Nine Ft Christmass Tree Nine ft Xmas tree ~ 1000 white lites ( separate, not built-in, but easy to install ), tree stand, Angel topper, storage box ~ perfect like new condition ~ $80 785-550-4142

Firewood-Stoves Firewood: Mixed woods, mostly Stacked/delivered.

James 785-241-9828

Food &

At-A-Glance Calendar for years 2017 and 2018 in a refillable binder No. 70-236, new, approx 9x12 inches, $20. 785-830-8304

PETS Pets

Complete Santa Clause Suit $25.00 785-969-1555

Music-Stereo 6 String Acoustic guitar with cloth case, Microphone stand, Microphone and Amp. All for $75.00 785-969-1555

PIANOS • H.L. Phillips upright $650 • Cable Nelson Spinet $500 • Gulbranson Spinet - $450 • Sturn Spinet - $400 Prices include delivery & tuning

785-832-9906

PURE VANILLA, Extract.

From Mexico, 1 liter btl.

Dark color. $7.00 (785) 842-6557

Furniture BASSETT BABY BED Comes with crib sheets. Adjustable mattress. $50.00 785-727-0593

Interior/exterior painting, roofing, roof repairs, fence work, deck work, lawn care, siding, windows & doors. For 11+ years serving Douglas County & surrounding areas. Insured.

785-312-1917

Retired Carpenter, Deck Repairs, Home Repairs, Interior Wall Repair & House Painting, Doors, Wood Rot, Power wash and Tree Services.

785-766-5285

F1B GOLDENDOODLE PUPPIES Goldendoodles just in time for Christmas!

Brown and black.

3 males, 1 female left from litter of 7. Available 12/19. call or text: 913-620-3199

Motor 3/4 HP 110v. 1750 RPM, foward & reversible switch, $40, 785-856-1028.

Mudjacking, Waterproofing.

We specialize in Basement Repair & Pressure Grouting.

Level & Straighten Walls & Bracing on wall. BBB. Free Estimates Since 1962 Wagner’s 785-749-1696 www.foundationrepairks.com

Call Lyndsey 913-422-7002

Plumbing RETIRED MASTER PLUMBER & Handyman needs small work.

Bill Morgan 816-523-5703

Professional Organizing

Attic, Basement, Garage, Any Space ORGANIZED! Items sorted, boxed, donated/recycled + Downsizing help.

Call TILLAR 913-375-9115

Roofing BHI Roofing Company Up to $1500.00 off full roofs UP to 40% off roof repairs 15 Yr labor warranty Licensed & Insured.

Free Est. 913-548-7585

Tree/Stump Removal Fredy’s Tree Service cutdown • trimmed • topped • stump removal Licensed & Insured.

20 yrs experience.

913-441-8641 913-244-7718

KansasTreeCare.com

Providing top quality service and solutions for all your insurance needs.

Medicare Home Auto Business

Call Today 785-841-9538

Trimming, removal, & stump grinding by Lawrence locals Certified by Kansas Arborists Assoc. since 1997 “We specialize in preservation & restoration” Ins. & Lic. visit online 785-843-TREE (8733)

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Roommates SEEKING RENTAL

Sports-Fitness Equipment

Real Estate Auctions

Acreage-Lots ACREAGE FOR SALE APPROX 76.9 ACRES between Lawrence & Ottawa.

GARAGE SALES

 REAL ESTATE  AUCTION Dec 7, 2016 | 6:30 pm

1406 Clare Ct Lawrence

Lawrence Holiday Barn Sale 1008 N. 1700 Rd Lawrence December 3 – December 4 Dec 3 at 9 AM to Dec 4 at 4 PM

Nursery

Machinery-Tools

Insurance

FOUNDATION REPAIR

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Queen Size Wrought Iron Canopy Bed Queen Size Wrought Iron Canopy Bed So quaint,, girls would love this ~ mattress & box Browse the barns for vinspring are old, but the bed tage signs, creative salis beautiful ( downsizing ) vage, mid-century modern, antiques, industrial $ 95 785-550-4142 decor, collectibles, and F1B Goldendoodles more. PLUS door prizes Litter of 5, black and throughout the day and a brown. Available after Holiday Decor chance to win some cool December 13th. Raised vintage stuff!

Vendors in our home with their HALLMARK SANTA Christ- include:The Rust Junkies, parents and our chilmas ornaments: 2003, Bionic Dodster, Jayhawk dren.

913-620-3199 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010. Only Area Pickers, Ferris Wheel steve_kagin@yahoo.com $3 each. Call 785-842-8776 Antiques, Blue Light - Vin$1000 tage, Salvage, and Thrift, NORTH POLE FIGURINE Rocket Interiors, David from Disney World. 7+ Byrne’s Vintage and InLost-Found inches high. Only $10. dustrial Stuff and the Lost Call 785-842-8776 and Found Art Box! POLAR EXPRESS FOUND: Small brown & CANDY DISH. 9” high. white male dog, North of Only $7. Call 785-842-8776 Lawrence on 1900 Rd. Has black collar.

Call 785-841-1265 Lawn, Garden & to identify.

BOSTON FERNS! 2 for $5 each. 6 inch pots, great shape!

Also, 1 variegated Boston Fern, 10 inch pot, unusual, beautiful plant! $10.

Call 865-6766

Concrete Concrete Driveways, Parking lots, Pavement repair, Sidewalks, Garage Floors Foundation walls, Remove & Replacement Specialists Call 843-2700 or Text 393-9924

hardsplit. $85. Treadmill Pro-Form 600i, used maybe ten times, one year old, great condition, paid $900, asking Produce $250, 913-617-3544

Friday December 9th DirkSoulisAuctions.com Dirk Soulis 816.697.3830

Miscellaneous

Interior/Exterior Painting Quality Work Over 30 yrs. exp.

913-488-7320

Quality Office Cleaning We are here to serve you, No job too big or small.

Major CC excepted Info. & Appointments M-F, 9-5 Call 785-330-3869

Family Tradition Interior & Exterior Painting Carpentry/Wood Rot Senior Citizen Discount Ask for Ray 785-330-3459

Fully Insured 22 yrs. experience

Higgins Handyman Rich Black Top Soil No Chemicals Machine Pulverized Pickup or Delivery 913-962-0798 Fast Service

MERCHANDISE PETS

Deck Drywall Siding Replacement Gutters Privacy Fencing Doors & Trim Commercial Build-out Build-to-suit services

Dirt-Manure-Mulch

Serving KC over 40 years

New York Housekeeping Accepting clients for weekly, bi-weekly, seasonal or special occasion cleaning.

Excellent References.

AAA Home Improvements Int/Ext Repairs, Painting, Tree work & more- we do it all! 20 Yrs. Exp., Ins. & local Ref. Will beat all estimates!

Call 785-917-9168 Full Remodels & Odd Jobs, Interior/Exterior Painting, Installation & Repair of:

Carpentry

hurt employers. To get hired/promoted, get along well with all customers & co-workers.

785-842-0094

Home Improvements

785.260.5458

Painting

Seamless aluminum guttering.

Pro Deck & Design

Estate Sale Services In home & Off site options to suit your tag sale needs.

Golden Rule Lawncare Mowing & lawn cleanup Snow Removal Family owned & operated Call for Free Est. Insured.

Eugene Yoder 785-224-9436

Many colors to choose from. Install, repair, screen, clean-out. Locally owned. Insured. Free estimates.

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THE RESALE LADY

Lawn, Garden & Nursery

JAYHAWK GUTTERING

Decks & Fences

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JOB SEEKER TIP #12

Racism & Anger

Mike - 785-766-6760 mdcraig@sbcglobal.net

Specializing in the complete and expert installation of decks and porches. Over 30 yrs exp, licensed & insured.

913-209-4055

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Driveways - stamped • Patios • Sidewalks • Parking Lots • Building Footings & Floors • All Concrete Repairs Free Estimates

LPNs Join our 5 star team!

Full & Part-time.

Rewarding team environment within long term care. Shift and weekend differentials and up to $1,000 sign-on bonus.

Apply online or in-person at: www.lawrence presbyterianmanor.org 1429 Kasold Dr. Lawrence, KS 66049

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FloryAndAssociates.com Jason Flory- 785-979-2183

Pasture, building site, crop ground.

RWD available.

E 450 Road, Overbrook, KS Access Realty Frances I. Kinzle, Broker, 110 N. Kentucky, Iola, KS 620-365-SALE (7253) ext 21 or 620.365.9410

Open House Special!

2BR, 2 bath, fireplace, CA, W/D hookups, 2 car with opener. Easy access to I-70. Includes paid cable. Pet under 20 lbs. allowed Call 785-842-2575 www.princeton-place.com

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Houses Beautiful 4+ BR, 2.5 BA on acreage, flexible lease, 2500+ sq. ft. Spectacular view of Lake Perry.

10 mins from lake. Half hour from Lawrence and Topeka. $1600/month.

785-865-7531.

3 BR w/2 or 2.5 BA W/D hookups, Fireplace, Major Appliances. Lawn Care & Dbl Car Garage!

Equal Housing Opportunity

• 1 Day - $50 • 2 Days - $75 • 28 Days - $280

Walkout basement room or similar setup. Seeking long-term arrangement.

Mature quiet male.

Established job.

785-865-2505 grandmanagement.net FIRST MONTH FREE! 2 Bedroom Units Available Now! Cooperative townhomes start at $446-$490/month.

Water, trash, sewer paid.

Back patio, CA, hardwood floors, full basmnt., stove, refrigeratpr, w/d hookup, garbage disposal, reserved parking. On-site management & maintenance. 24 hr emergency maintenance.

Membership & Equity fee Required. 785-842-2545 (Equal Housing Opportunity) pinetreetownhouses.com

Rooms Furnished BR With shared Kitchen, Living space , Laundry & Bathroom.

Quiet, near KU, on bus route. $375/mo. Utils paid.

785-979-4317

Office Space DOWNTOWN OFFICE 1,695 Flexible Sq Ft Conference Room Access Customer Parking 2 Reserved Parking Spots $1,400 Monthly Rent 211 E 8th Charlton - Manley Bldg 785- 865-8311 Downtown Office Space Single offices, elevator & conference room, $725.

Call Donna or Lisa

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All Electric

AGRICULTURE

2 BR & 3 BR/2BA Units

Available Now! Water & Trash Paid Small Dog

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Upcoming Auctions & Estate Sales are listed in our AUCTION CALENDAR for 2 Weeks leading up to the sale date? Find your favorite Antiques, Vintage, & Collectibles HERE FIRST!

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Farm Equipment

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Duplexes 1st MONTH FREE!!

2BR in a 4-plex New carpet, vinyl, cabinets, countertop.

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