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Project would create up to 150 jobs at VenturePark site John Young/Journal-World Photos

By Nikki Wentling

LAWRENCE FREE METHODIST CHURCH, 3001 Lawrence Ave., hosted its 30th annual MLK Gospel Extravaganza on Sunday. Pictured above, James Lewis, center, and his younger brother Javion, left, dance and sing with the rest of the MLK Youth Community Choir.

Top left: Pastor Leo Barbee points upward as he sings along. Middle left: Jaisha Ware, of Overland Park, sings a solo, Bottom left: Four-year-old Lauren Obie, of Shawnee, lifts her arms as she hits a high note while singing with the Kansas East State Sunshine Band.

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Multicultural Resource Center. Also free.

KU faculty will be featured at several other MLK Day and related events: l KU School of Business Dean Neeli Bendapudi will be the featured speaker at the MLK Day Community Breakfast, set for 7:30 a.m. today at Maceli’s Banquet Hall, 1031 New Hampshire St. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door.

The City Commission will decide Tuesday whether Lawrence’s VenturePark will be the site of a Menard Inc. manufacturing campus, a $25 million project the company says it can’t construct without a requested public incentive package.

Proposed incentives, worth about $2.3 million, will go before commissioners at their weekly meeting Tuesday. The package includes a 10-year, 50 percent property tax CITY abatement; a $549,350 COMMISSION grant from the city to be paid over 10 years; a $200,000 grant from Douglas County to be paid over 10 years; and providing at no cost a bulk warehouse at the site that’s valued at $285,963.

The funding would be used to help build the campus, which will include a distribution building,

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ansas University’s spring semester classes start Tuesday, but there will be activity on campus today — and into the week — for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The main event is a candlelight vigil and walk followed by a reception with live music.

KU’s MLK Day walk will begin at Strong Hall at 4:30 p.m. today. A reception with entertainment by Genuine Imitation will follow at the Kansas Union, from 4:45 to

6:15 p.m. KU’s Black Student Union, National Pan-Hellenic Council and Student Senate representatives will lead the march. The event is free.

King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” will screen at 3 p.m.

Thursday on Level 4 at the Kansas Union, during the weekly Student Union Activities Tea @ 3 event. The event is free.

Throwback Thursday, featuring Freedom Songs, is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

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Drug-testing policy raises questions about teachers

By Conrad Swanson Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

Tests checking for illegal drugs and alcohol soon will be more common at Perry-Lecompton High School, but not for everyone.

As the Journal-World previously reported, the Perry-Lecompton school district earlier this month began a new drug-testing

program checking the hair of students involved in sports and other extracurricular activities for traces of drugs or alcohol.

That Journal-World article sparked a question from some PerryLecompton readers and others: Are teachers and other staff members tested for drug use?

Simply put, no. Teachers and most other staff

members are not screening is much randomly tested more commonfor illicit drugs. In place. addition, potential A quick check teachers and staff of the major public members aren’t reschool districts in quired to take drug SCHOOLS Douglas County — tests when they are Lawrence, Baldwin applying to work within City, Eudora and Perryschool districts. This is Lecompton — found none a stark contrast from the require prospective emhiring process within ployees to take a drug test. the private sector, where “We don’t do it, and pre-employment drug we wouldn’t do it unless

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we did it for everyone,” said Denis Yoder, superintendent of the PerryLecompton district.

Yoder said his district does not conduct preemployment drug screenings in part because of budgetary limitations.

The random testing program for high school students, however, also comes with a cost. PerryLecompton High School

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I think those are the kind of deals we definitely want to be in. If I’m reading the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A commission right, we’re all supportive of public incentives when it comes to creation stone and block produc- of primary jobs.” tion facility, a facility to manufacture roof trusses, a wood recycling building and an industrial spur.

Products from the facility would go to all stores in its home-improvement chain in Kansas and western Missouri.

Tuesday’s vote will come one week after city commissioners discussed possible changes to the city’s economic development incentives policies that could restrain the amount of money and the number of projects the city incentivizes.

Commissioners talked briefly about the Menard Inc. manufacturing facility at that study session Jan. 12, saying it was the type of development the city wants to attract with incentives.

“We’re fortunate to hear an application a week from tonight for VenturePark,” Mayor Mike Amyx said at the session. “I think those are the kind of deals we definitely want to be in. If I’m reading the commission right, we’re all supportive of public incentives when it comes to creation of primary jobs. That’s where we’re at.”

Menard representatives have said the campus would create 100 to 150 jobs, and starting wages would average $14.61 per hour. They will offer employees the option for health and dental insurance.

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said the district does not conduct pre-employment drug screening because “it is not currently board policy,” but could not further elaborate on the matter.

Eudora School District Superintendent Steve Splichal said to his knowledge the district hasn’t ever seen pre-employment drug testing as an imperative.

“I just don’t know that’s a place we’ve ever gone or if we’ve ever identified that it’s a need for our district,” he said. “We’ve been very fortunate to have good-quality candidates here, regardless of which position they’re applying for.”

It’s unclear how many school districts across the state require pre-employment drug screenings for prospective employees, but an attorney for the Kansas Association of School Boards, or KASB, confirmed there aren’t any laws prohibiting the tests.

Random drug tests The issue of testing existing employees randomly for drugs is a bit different.

There aren’t any state laws specifically preventing school districts from conducting random drug tests for faculty and staff either, but the districts are concerned about potential legal challenges if they tried to do so.

Donna Whiteman, assistant executive director of legal counsel for the KASB, said it’s not a practice her organization would legally recommend.

The issue, though, is sometimes raised in communities randomly testing students for drug and alcohol use. PerryLecompton’s new drugtesting policy officially began Jan. 5.

Students who test positive for drugs or alcohol face potential suspension from their respective activities, which include sports, band, debate, cheerleading and dance.

Those who do not consent to the testing will

— Mayor Mike Amyx Amyx and Vice Mayor Leslie Soden were part of the eight-member Public Incentives Review Committee that voted unanimously in December to recommend the incentives be approved.

Commissioner Stuart Boley said Jan. 12 that, during his campaign last spring, “the message was crystal clear” from the community that it wanted incentives used primarily for job creation.

Tenant for VenturePark Commissioner Matthew Herbert, who was most critical of the city’s incentives policies at the Jan. 12 study session, said in an interview Friday that his proposed changes to the policies were aimed more at decreasing what was given to projects such as hotels, not limiting industrial development.

Herbert said there was “vested interest at the city level” to see city-owned VenturePark succeed.

“The location of the Menard site will play a big factor in the use of incentives,” Herbert said.

“If that were anywhere else, I think there would be a lot more hesitancy.”

The manufacturing campus will take up about 90 acres of the 200acre VenturePark, and it not be allowed to participate.

Although the district is willing and able to randomly test certain groups of students, Yoder said, the administration does not randomly test school faculty or staff.

If there is reasonable suspicion a faculty or staff member is intoxicated on school grounds, the district does have the ability to send them home and ask them to consent to a test, Yoder said. But random drug tests are not administered, largely because of potential legal ramifications.

“We can test our safety-sensitive employees, which would be bus drivers. They can undergo testing,” Yoder said.

“But with other employees it’s not done,” he added.

Along with PerryLecompton, the Lawrence, Baldwin City and Eudora districts do not randomly test their faculty or staff, each district confirmed.

Paul Dorathy, superintendent of Baldwin City’s school district, said the board discussed randomly testing some students years ago, but decided against the idea because of financial restrictions and concerns about how impactful the testing would be.

To Dorathy’s knowledge, his district has not considered testing faculty and staff aside from safety-sensitive positions, which are already tested.

would be the site’s first tenant.

Farmland Industries, a now-defunct fertilizer plant, was located at the site before the company went bankrupt in 2004.

The city acquired the area in 2010.

Interim City Manager Diane Stoddard told members of the Public Incentives Review Committee that establishment of the Menard plant would create momentum in getting more businesses to VenturePark.

“It is oftentimes a challenge for communities to get that first anchor tenant in a park,” Stoddard said. “So for us to have a tenant with a great name like Menard ... it provides us great forward momentum. We’re very excited about the opportunity, from a staff standpoint.”

Environmental questions Menard Inc.’s previous environmental violations have been mentioned in the incentives process.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued multiple administrative orders against Menard Inc., according to an EPA database of facilities’ enforcement and compliance history.

In 2006, the agency issued an order against the “Never had that discussion, don’t know that we’re going to have that discussion,” he said. “I think there are concerns about whether you can tie the testing to their specific jobs and, also, how far are you going before you start violating privacy rights?”

Any random testing of faculty and staff likely would face stiff opposition from the Kansas National Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union.

“If they were just to impose random drug testing on our members, we’d probably have to go have a litigation conversation with them,” said David Schauner, general counsel for KNEA. Although all American citizens are granted the same rights and freedoms under the United States Constitution, governmental employers — such as public school districts — are more restricted in what they can do than private employers, Schauner said.

“It’s for the same reason I can’t come into your house and go into your front door without permission and look around and see if there’s anything of interest to me,” he said. “It’s an invasive proceeding conducted by government. In this case it would be conducted by a school district.”

Judgment calls Although none of Douglas County’s major school districts drug test applicants, they do all perform

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company for damaging a stream in Sioux Falls, S.D., that acts as a tributary of the Big Sioux River.

A report of the incident states Menard Inc. filled 1,350 feet of the stream while constructing a stormwater management system on the site of a new retail location. The area was then paved over and made into a parking lot.

According to the EPA, Menard Inc. agreed to pay a civil penalty of $68,125 and restore 4,000 feet of another creek at a cost of more than $1 million.

Another order fined the company $3,250 for illegally dumping pesticides at a store in Marshalltown, Iowa, in 1997.

Distributing unregistered antimicrobial toilet seats cost Menard Inc. nearly $350,000 in 2014, according to the EPA. Britt Crum-Cano, the city’s economic development coordinator, told the Public Incentives Review Committee in December that she knew “environmental questions have come up in the past.”

She listed some of the steps Menard would be taking environmentally, including producing zero wastewater, reintroducing defective concrete blocks back into the production cycle and using Energy Star-certified roofing, doors and lighting fixtures.

Herbert said he plans to ask Tuesday about what authority the city would have to withdraw incentives if there are environmental issues.

“That’s been a tricky area with Menards in the past,” Herbert said.

“There’s concern from the community with the disposal of waste. ... Particularly given that it’s the Farmland site, where the city has devoted resources to cleaning up the area, we don’t want to turn around and flush it right back down the toilet again.”

Herbert was referring to the city’s environmental remediation at the site after a covered landfill was found at the location.

background checks.

“We look for any felony charges, obviously.

I think they’re the typical background checks,” Yoder said. “We look for issues with children, crimes of a sexual nature.”

Felonies, crimes involving children and sexual offenses would all be considered automatic disqualifications for employment, Yoder said.

Yoder said PerryLecompton does not have a substance abuse problem with either their students or their staff, but the district has not been without incident.

Assistant High School Principal Theresa Beatty was arrested in August 2014 for driving under the influence, her second offense, according to a criminal complaint filed in Jefferson County District Court. She pleaded guilty to the charge in March 2015 and was sentenced to serve two days in jail followed by another three days under house arrest.

Beatty was convicted of her first DUI offense in 2003, according to court documents filed in Shawnee County District Court.

When asked whether the district would hire someone with multiple DUI convictions, Yoder said, “I think it would be something we’d take a look at on a case-by-case basis.”

Both Beatty and Yoder agreed they find no contradiction in a teacher with multiple

DUI convictions asking students to steer clear of drugs and alcohol.

Yoder noted that Beatty paid a “pretty severe price” for her convictions and that she “has been a loyal staff member for over 25 years and who is working hard to do her job and be successful.”

When asked about her DUI convictions, Beatty said she has faced significant legal, personal and professional consequences for her actions.

In addition, she would be willing to submit to drug and alcohol tests in the future.

Rather than focusing on the past in a negative light, Beatty said she hopes to move forward and teach the lessons she’s learned to PerryLecompton’s high school students.

“To be honest, I think I’m the perfect poster child for why they should avoid that situation, because it was devastating, it was embarrassing and it almost ruined the career I spent so much money and education on,” she said. “I should be a learning tool for those kids to see. One, so they can see at a personal level that it’s a very serious offense. And two, if it does happen then you can pull your boot straps up, hold your head high and continue to do the best you can in your life.”

What’s next Douglas County officials are also expected to weigh in Tuesday. On Jan. 13, county commissioners acknowledged receiving a letter inviting their comments at the public hearing.

County commissioners already gave preliminary approval for the county’s $200,000 grant that would go to Menard Inc. over 10 years.

Should the City Commission approve the incentive package, Menard Inc., the city and county will complete a threeway agreement nailing down such things as the number of jobs created and their wage rates.

The County Commission must approve that agreement.

Construction on the production plant would start in summer 2016 and would likely be complete in late 2017, said Scott Nuttelman, a real estate representative with Menard, in December.

— City Hall reporter Nikki Wentling can be reached at 832-7144 or nwentling@ljworld.com.

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

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In the 65 years since Lawrence High School was built, time has brought piecemeal additions and rising maintenance costs to the central Lawrence campus. But the coming years may bring something different.

The Lawrence school district has Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo hired archiESSY SONORA, 13, LEFT, AND MERCEDES THOMAS, 14, ride on their skateboards Saturday in East Lawrence. tects to create a facility master plan for the district’s six secondary schools, with special attention paid to Lawrence High. Kyle Hayden, assistant superintendent of

By Conrad Swanson could be done. Since it’s Baldwin City Police People who live close business and operations Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson been out of service, the Chief Greg Neis said his to it can’t see what’s gofor the district, said that car has been frequently department takes reports ing on in there and so Baldwin City’s Midland targeted by vandals and from the association a we have no idea when Railroad Historical Asso- thieves looking for scrap few times a year. Each there’s anybody there,� ciation has a vandalism copper. time, it’s difficult to catch he said. problem. “They’ve broken out any criminals in the act Kinsley said the asFor the past several almost all of the win- because of the layout of sociation plans to add years, the association — dows on the east side and the property. security measures to the which showcases mul- now they’re trying to rip “It’s been an ongoing property, but the nontiple historical pieces out the window frames. deal,� he said. “The prob- profit group does need to of train equipment and They’ve kicked in the lem is they have those overcome some financial A 32-year-old Lawhauls around 25,000 pas- doors of the car, spray cars parked way back limitations before that rence man was in stable sengers between Baldwin painted the interior and in their abandoned rail- can happen. In addition, condition after he was City and Ottawa each seats. They’ve started road.� the group relies entirely shot outside an eastern year — has suffered tens stripping the copper out Because of the loca- on volunteer labor, which Lawrence sports bar of thousands of dollars of the car and cut the fuel tion of the cars, it’s not limits how often they can early Sunday morning, in damages from vandals lines off and everything practical to send officers check on their equippolice said. and other intruders, said else,� he said. “Not only patrolling in that area on ment.

Lawrence Police Sgt. General Manager Allen have they done that to that a regular basis, and it’s “There are only a couTrent McKinley said the Kinsley. one, but they’ve started on difficult for others in the ple of us that live here shooting occurred just Last week, a passen- two other passenger cars area to notice any po- locally, and the rest of before 2 a.m. Sunday ger car built in 1916 was we have up there. tential nefarious activity, the volunteers live outduring an altercation vandalized yet again, “Our insurance had Neis said. side of the community,� outside Playerz Sports Kinsley said. The car a maximum of $30,000, “There’s no access he said.

Bar, 1910 Haskell Ave. was taken out of service and the damage esti- back there, it’s grown up The shooting victim years ago and sidelined mates came in over that,� on both sides of the rightPlease see VANDALS, page 4A until some wheel work he added. of-way, covered by trees.

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attention is due. “The predominant focus will be on Lawrence High School, because that’s where the greatest need is,� Hayden said.

Hayden estimated the updates to the secondary schools could be about $40 million total, with additions and renovations to Lawrence High accounting for at least half of that amount.

After building assessments are complete, more definite figures will be known, he said.

In December, the Lawrence school board hired Gould Evans Architects to do the facility master Please see LHS, page 4A

Man stable after being shot outside eastern Lawrence bar was found near the front door of the bar and was taken to a Kansas City trauma center for treatment, McKinley said in a news release.

No suspect information has been released.

Lawrence Police are asking those with information about the shooting to call 785-832-7509 or CrimeStoppers at 785843-8477.

Baker’s required winter break courses stray from norm

By Elvyn Jones Twitter: @LJWorld

Baker University freshmen Bradley Feagans and Brad Newsom entered the school’s cafeteria last Friday knowing they were two credit hours closer to their eventual graduation.

The two took a oneweek interim genealogy class at the Baldwin City campus, which Erin Morris, associate professor of biology, offered Jan. 4 through Jan. 8. “It was a fun class,�

Newsom said. “We used ancestor.com to trace our ancestry. I found out I’m Irish, Scottish and German. My mom’s family did have one member who came over on the Mayflower.�

Newsom and Feagans, who said his Internet searches revealed he, too, was Irish and Scottish, said the two-credit hour class met for three-and-a-half hours a day for the week.

Although Newsom said he wasn’t upset about not spending added winter break time with his family in his hometown of Kinsley, he didn’t have much choice. All Baker freshmen are required to take interim courses, he said.

That requirement is a longstanding tradition at Baker, Provost Brian Posler said. The tradition extends so far back, he’s not sure when it started. “I know some of our faculty and alumni say it was in place in the 1960s,� he said. “Back in the day, students were required to take

interim classes every year.�

That requirement was trimmed back to three in the 1990s, and reduced to two about five years ago, a change that gave students the opportunity to spend more time at home during the break, Posler said.

Students are not charged extra for interim classes as the costs are included in their yearly tuition, he said. Although most classes are offered on a pass-fail basis, there a some letter-grade courses that allow students to improve their academic standings, he said.

Faculty members do get added compensation for teaching interim classes.

With all Baker freshmen enrolled in interim classes and upperclassmen fulfilling their requirements, there are usually 350 to 400 students taking courses during the winter break, Posler said. But they are not all on the Baldwin City campus. “The travel courses are by far the most popular,� he said. “Students travel with faculty to destinations like Amsterdam, Spain and Mexico. Last year, one of the most interesting ones were internships with the Peach Bowl.�

Although the date of the tradition’s origin may be murky, its motivation is not. Posler said the classes offers instructors a chance to share their passions in areas of interest with students in subjects outside of the normal school catalog. That helps Please see BAKER, page 4A

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build the bonds between students and faculty that is a Baker point of pride, Posler said.

This year, interim classes included one on the strategy of table-top games, a class on cheese

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planning, and Hayden said building assessments at the schools will begin next month.

Rising maintenance costs One of the main reasons for the emphasis on Lawrence High is the cost of maintenance and repairs at the building, which has seen increases in recent years.

School board member Shannon Kimball has been on the board’s Facility Planning Committee since 2013. Kimball said Lawrence High tops the list as far as buildings with the most maintenance requests and funds from the capital outlay budget.

“We’ve really spent a lot of money on that building over the last several years, and it’s money that parents and students don’t necessarily really see,” Kimball said.

Kimball said that money would be better spent on widespread improvements rather than trying to piece together a project here and there, and the master planning will give the building a needed comprehensive evaluation.

“We can free up dollars to spend elsewhere if we can make our buildings in better condition and more efficient,” she said.

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Not only is the ongoing vandalism causing financial strain on the association, Kinsley said, it’s also taking an emotional toll.

“It’s hard on a lot of people in our

organization, because when you’re passionate about what you’re volunteering on and stuff like this happens, it kind of kicks you down a notch,” he said.

Adding a few security measures around the property should help curb any vandalism going on, Neis said. Plus, police would appreciate any help they can

get from the community along the way.

“If citizens see somebody up in there that they don’t think belongs in there, and if they call it in, it gives us an opportunity to get up there and check and see if anything is going on,” he said.

“We’ve done some re“In the long run, it will adequate working spaces modeling in that building, save us money.” for our staff.” but it’s pretty chopped Learning environment Changes up,” he said. “How much Currently, the nearly Hayden said all of the more can you do with that 1,600 students at Lawrence commonly noted issues — and should you use it? I High go to and from classes hallways, classrooms and think that’s a decision that in three buildings: the main common spaces — will will have to be made.” building, the annex and be assessed. The security In addition, Hayden the west gym. In the main concerns raised with hav- said, connecting the three building, common spaces ing students moving from buildings, either entirely are few, hallways narrow multiple buildings with a or partially, will make for and the size of classrooms large number of entryways a more secure environis inconsistent. The annex and exits is also a priority. ment and allow for subonce held the district’s ad“It needs some work stantial changes to the ministrative offices and to get it up to the type of campus layout. has been converted into teaching and learning enclassroom space. vironment that we think Carving out space The property the Jennifer Schmitt, a students and teachers teacher at Lawrence High, need moving forward,” school is located on doesn’t leave much room said though the school he said. has excellent teachers Hayden said updates for expansion.

Hayden said some of the and students are proud would be similar to those of their school, she thinks made at the elementary open spaces — including the physical environment schools in Lawrence, courtyards, green spaces still makes a difference to which modernized lay- and the area between the students’ learning. Schmitt, outs at the older build- main and west gym — who has her classroom in ings. Lawrence High’s could potentially serve as the annex, said a renovated main building has tradi- locations for additions. “double-loaded An area that is sure to and more connected cam- tional, pus would be beneficial for corridors” with lockers see changes lies between security, cohesiveness and and classrooms lining the main gym and the west gym, which is a separate the learning environment. both sides of hallways.

“We’d want to make building that also houses “Environmental input generally contributes a classrooms large enough the pool, Hayden said.

“Lawrence High’s a great deal to how well we to be able to allow for studo in that environment,” dent movement, teacher pretty constricted site, so if she said. “I think that be- movement, flexible furni- you’re talking about trying to connect the buildings, ing said, in a bright, new, ture,” he said.

Some of the existing then you’re going to want shiny building, kids feel great about their school.” classrooms in the main to use the space that’s eiKimball also recognized building will be taken out ther in those courtyards or a link between environ- to create room for more directly around the buildment, teaching and learn- and larger common spac- ing where there is unused ing. She said research has es and learning pockets current space,” he said. demonstrated the quality throughout the building, of a learning environment Hayden said. As far as the Funding Although assessments annex, Hayden said that affects outcomes.

“It’s an issue for our because of the age of the will need to be completed students,” she said. “It’s building, a substantial up- before knowing for sure, also an issue for our staff date or demolition is pos- Hayden expects costs will call for a bond issue.

— we should be providing sible.

The district’s most recent $92.5 million bond issue, while including updates to all 20 schools, made limited updates to the secondary schools.

About three-quarters of the $92.5 million bond went toward the district’s 14 elementary schools, with most of that focused on six older schools in central and eastern Lawrence. Though they were part of the bond, the secondary schools were not the focus, Hayden said.

“The secondary schools took a back seat to that, and addressed some of the essential components of what we felt like we needed,” he said.

Changes to Lawrence High under the current bond issue include a secure main entrance, expansion of the cafeteria and the addition of a black box theater.

Hayden said those changes were not meant to be the extent of the updates.

“We knowingly went into that with the perspective that it was not going to be enough, but it would at least be a good start on some of the essential components for what we really felt we needed to do first,” Hayden said.

Regarding the possibility of an upcoming bond issue for the secondary schools, Kimball said the current bond issue, which includes refinancing older bonds to save money, has left the district in a good position for the future. Although there are a lot of “ifs” because the

final price is not known, Kimball was optimistic about the effect on taxes.

“I think we are very well positioned to look at doing some of the work that we think we need to do without increasing taxes,” she said.

that visited a processing plant in Alma, a geocaching course requiring students to visit area historical sites and the return of philosophy professor Don Hatcher’s fly-fishing class, Posler said.

It sounds like fun and games, but course curriculum provides academic lessons. Posler said, for example, Morris, a molecular plant geneticist, included

the study of traits passed down through DNA in the genealogy class Feagans and Newsom took.

The two freshmen found the class had another rigorous requirement, which reflected the amount of material covered each day in the weeklong class.

“If you had one unexcused absence, you failed,” Feagans said.

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

Timeline After Gould Evans conducts the assessments in February, it will hold focus groups in March to get feedback, Hayden said. An initial report of findings will likely be delivered at a board meeting in June.

Bob Tryanski, a member of the Centennial Neighborhood Association, was glad to hear the timeline included focus groups. The recent additions of soccer and football stadiums to the southwest of the school caused some contention with the neighborhood, and Tryanski said having focus groups early in the process is important.

“Our neighborhood loves to be involved before plans are finalized, projects are improved and land is broken,” he said. “There is plenty of time to have some good conversation.”

Hayden said the earliest a potential bond issue vote would occur would be spring 2017, and if successful, the earliest construction could begin at Lawrence High would be summer 2018.

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

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City’s sales tax growth among tops in state W

e may argue about whether or where we want new retail development to occur in Lawrence, but it hasn’t done anything to slow shoppers from stuffing their carts in 2015.

New numbers show that Lawrence’s sales tax collections were near the top of the list for fastestgrowing in the state.

The city received its final sales tax check of 2015 from the state recently, and it was a big one. The check covered sales taxes collected basically from late September to late October.

Based on the numbers, I guess my house wasn’t the only one that had to add an extra room to store the Halloween candy. Sales tax collections were up 11 percent compared with the same period a year ago.

For the entire year, Lawrence sales tax collections grew by 4.7 percent. That number is impressive for a couple of reasons. It is better than the 4.1 percent growth rate posted by Lawrence in 2014. Even more noteworthy is that Lawrence’s growth rate was among the tops in the state. Here’s a look at the major retail centers across the state that I normally track:

Shawnee paper, which is owned by the parent company of the JournalWorld, tells me that it probably had to do with some existing shopping centers in Shawnee attracting new tenants, but the jury is still out on why Shawnee’s retail scene exploded in 2015.

In Lawrence, the retail scene was uneven in clawhorn@ljworld.com 2015. Lawrence posted a lot of its growth in sales l Lawrence: up 4.7 tax collections in the first percent half of the year, and then l Kansas City: up 4 sales really leveled off percent until the November and l Sedgwick County: December reports. (Reup 2.9 percent member, though, sales l Johnson County: up tax collections lag, so 2.7 percent reports in November and l Salina: up 2.6 perDecember really were cent measuring sales more in l Manhattan: up 2.3 September and Octopercent ber.) Those two months l Lenexa: down 1.2 picked up steam. percent The next couple of l Topeka: up 1.0 perreports will show how cent much activity retaill Overland Park: ers were seeing during down 0.7 percent the Christmas holiday season.

The only major retail It also is important to community — I define remember that the sales that as more than $10 tax numbers don’t repremillion in local sales tax collections — that posted sent just retail sales from stores and such. Sales tax a stronger growth rate also is charged on utilities, than Lawrence was the city of Shawnee. Its sales construction materials and lots of other products. tax collections grew by a whopping 20.1 percent, The city put together a chart showing what type according to numbers from the Kansas Depart- of sales are producing sales tax revenues. Here’s ment of Revenue. a look: The editor of the

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attributed to the building material category.

The city will need to see some increases in

By Mackenzie Clark that category and others Read more responses and add to make its 2016 budget. your thoughts at LJWorld.com The city has budgeted for about a 5 percent increase in sales tax If you could take a revenues in 2016, which week-long class on is one of the more aganything, what would gressive growth percentyou want to study? ages the city has used for budgeting purposes.

Asked at Dillons The city fell just on Massachusetts Street below that mark in 2015, See story, 3A although some year-end adjustments may get the city to the 5 percent mark. (January 2016’s sales tax report will actually be added to the 2015 totals and January 2015’s report will be dropped from the totals. It is the difference between cash basis accounting and accrual accounting. Wake up! I promise I’m done talking about accounting methods.)

Kidney said he’s still feeling good about the 5 Laura Smith, percent growth projecadministrative tion for this year. assistant at “The square footage of Downtown Lawrence, retail space has increased Lawrence in the last quarter of this “I’d probably take a year, so with that being master chef class.” the case, we think 5 percent is still reasonable,” Kidney said.

— This is an excerpt from Chad Lawhorn’s Town Talk column, which appears at LJWorld.com.

Cold cuts

Kansas ready to measure academic readiness Topeka (ap) — The state’s education department is planning to develop a system to measure the academic readiness of kindergartners, which supporters say will significantly change the state’s approach to education.

The Kansas State Board of Education this week voted to instruct the Kansas State Department of Education to develop a system designed to identify children who need extra support in their early education. The board also approved a new five-point framework to improve school accountability to help individual children, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

Jim McNiece, a Wichita Republican and chairman of the state board said Kansas has recorded educational outcomes but has not paid attention to whether children are ready for school, which he called “a whole new approach to education.”

“Parents who have financial resources, those kids come better prepared for success in school,” McNiece said, adding that educators need to change their approach to children who start school without those advantages.

The new framework adopted by the board would check whether children are ready for kindergarten; continue tracking high school graduation rates; track the rate of students who pursue and complete post-secondary education, including technical training certificates and two- and four-year degrees; require high schools to develop individualized plans of study for students to help them work toward post-graduation goals and require local school boards to develop their own ways to measure the social and emotional progress of children.

Education commissioner Randy Watson said the state would have to change its school accreditation system to fit the new goals.

l Retail stores: 21 percent of the total l Motor vehicle and parts: 14 percent l Food and beverage stores: 13 percent l Food service and drinking places: 12 percent l Other: 12 percent l Utilities: 7 percent l Building materials: 5 percent l Other services: 5 percent I’m looking for a similar type of chart that shows what the breakdown is for the state as whole or perhaps some other large communities. That could provide some interesting information about how Lawrence’s retail scene is similar to or different from other communities.

It will also be interesting to watch the above numbers over the next couple of months, particularly the building material category.

The December sales tax report was the first one that included sales from the new Menards home improvement center.

City officials aren’t allowed to release any information that would identify a particular retailer, but Bryan Kidney, finance director for the city of Lawrence, told me this morning that the city has seen a notable increase in the amount of sales tax collections

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BRAVING FREEZING TEMPERATURES, JOHN GAGE, 64, of Two Harbors, Minn., uses a chainsaw to carve a bear sculpture outside of Menards, 1470 W. 31st St., during the store’s grand opening Sunday.

Bledsoe case spurs measure to allow compensation for wrongful conviction Topeka (ap) — A new measure in the Kansas Legislature that would allow compensation for those wrongfully convicted of crimes was inspired by the case of a man who spent several years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.

Rep. Ramon Gonzalez, R-Perry, presented draft legislation Thursday to the House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. The measure doesn’t have a bill number and hearings on the measure haven’t been scheduled.

Gonzalez, who is a police chief in Perry, also works as a special

Floyd Bledsoe prosecutor for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and spent several months reopening an investigation into the 1999 murder of Camille Arfmann in Oskaloosa.

Floyd Bledsoe spent 16 years in prison for Arfmann’s murder but had his convictions vacated by a Jefferson County judge on Dec. 8, 2015.

Gonzalez testified at the hearing that he had been unable to find any evidence linking Bledsoe to the crime. Bledsoe has said he and his attorneys were weighing options on legal action seeking compensation.

Gonzalez said he wasn’t aware Kansas didn’t have a compensation statute. He said 30 other states and the District of Columbia and federal government provide for compensation.

“The purpose of the draft legislation was to just get the conversation going,” Gonzalez said.

Several details in the Gonzalez legislation still need to be worked out

in committee. For example, Gonzalez said his bill doesn’t define “exoneree” or set limits on the amount of money they may receive.

“We can’t make it a blank dollar amount, we must be specific,” Gonzalez said. “Hopefully we’ll get something going.”

Corrections Committee Chairman Rep. John Rubin, R-Shawnee, plans to hold hearings on the matter if the bill remains in his committee.

Tricia Bushnell, legal director of the Midwest Innocence Project, anticipates her group will have a chance to discuss the Gonzalez bill during committee hearings.

Timothy Joe James, 55, Victorville, Calif., and Sunday Marie James, 49, Lawrence.

Tyler Charles Beckwith, 34, Eudora, and Telena Marie Beckwith, 38, Lawrence.

Fabricio Alejandro Sotelo, 30, and Leah Katarina Sotelo, 32, Lawrence.

Alben R. Stilley, 46, Lawrence, and Sara J. Stilley, 48, Lawrence.

Bradley E. Rettele, 50,

Lawrence, and Renee Rettele, 46, Lawrence.

Angela Livengood, 42, Eudora, and Mark Livengood, 48, Lawrence.

ON THE RECORD Marriages Brian Becker, 58, Willow Springs, and Kurt Schueler, 49, Willow Springs.

Lorraine Ann Seirer, 29, Lawrence, and Matthew Charles Vossler, 32, Lawrence.

Ari Nalendra Susanto Masli, 28, Dallas, and Meti Puspa Indah, 27, Dallas.

Brent Becker, 30, Lawrence, and Neisha Fernandes, 30, Lawrence.

Samatha Kaye Criss, 22, Lawrence, and Jacob Melven W. Mcclanahan, 23, Lawrence.

Jonathan Eric West, 34, Lawrence, and Brittainy Jean Shaw, 30, Lawrence.

Rachelle Moeding, 28, Lawrence, and Nadale Talfireo, 29, Lawrence.

Divorces Daniel Bryan Howard, 30, Lawrence, and Shannon Howard, 33, Derby.

Bankruptcies Michelle Renee Sanders, 3708 Sunnybrook Lane, Lawrence.

Beverly Ann Fox, 1049 East 2300 Road, Eudora.

Roberta Leigh Shepherd, 420 North St., Lot 69, Lawrence.

Cort Perry, computer network administrator, Wichita “Some kind of a music class, I guess.”

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Solution to woman’s dating woes: more choices Dear Annie: I am a 23-year-old female who recently moved to a new town. I have met a few guys, but it never seems to go anywhere. I can’t seem to find someone who wants anything more than sex. I used to sleep around, but I’m more mature now, and I value myself enough not to throw my body at every guy I meet.

I’ve learned from my mistakes.

Not a single man I’ve met in my age range is interested in a real relationship. They expect me to hop into bed with no commitment whatsoever. I value relationships, and commitment, and have no intention of behaving like this.

It irritates me when I put myself out there and meet someone who I think is differ-

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ent, but as soon as they learn that I’m not going to give them sex, they forget all about me.

I know I’m still young and that there are plenty of fish in the sea, but I am ready to settle down. I am far from perfect, but sometimes it seems as though I will never meet anyone worthwhile.

Is something wrong

Tolstoy gets miniseries treatment Costume dramas don’t begin and end with “Downton Abbey.” Fans of that series who can’t wait till next Sunday should pounce on “War & Peace” (8 p.m., A&E, Lifetime, History, TV-14), a six-hour retelling of Tolstoy’s epic airing tonight through the next three Mondays on three networks.

Look for the effervescent Lily James, who played Lady Rose on “Downton,” as the high-spirited Natasha Rostov. Paul Dano (“Little Miss Sunshine”) makes the most of his role as Pierre Bezukhov, a naive young man and illegitimate son who inherits a vast estate from his father and falls prey to the machinations of the very decadent aristocracy he has come to despise. He’s cast as a dweeb amidst eye candy and he makes the most of his performance.

Pretty to look at, this BBC production does a great job of balancing an attractive young cast with esteemed veterans, including Gillian Anderson, Stephen Rea and Jim Broadbent. The St. Petersburg exteriors and the palace interiors are suitably aweinspiring and the battle scenes convincing enough, but sufficiently short so as not to alienate viewers watching “Peace” purely for the costumes and melodrama. If I have a quibble it’s about wardrobe. Every male character seems suitably bundled up for the cold Russian winters, while nearly every female appears in low-cut gowns and dressed for a summer ball. No wonder people died of pneumonia so often back then!

“Peace” has inspired some failed movie adaptations, notably a very long 1956 effort with Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda. A story this vast lends itself to the miniseries approach.

The BBC aired a 20-parter way back in the early 1970s that starred a young Anthony Hopkins. This new “War & Peace” has been adapted by Andrew Davies, best known for the 1995 remake of “Pride and Prejudice.” Get ready to get hooked.

Teens find inventive ways to help those in need on “The HALO Effect” (7 p.m., Nickelodeon). In the first installment, a 16-year-old from Kentucky works with her church and community to found a nonprofit organization that helps families find beds and bedding.

Tonight’s other highlights

Winn needs a super shoul-

der to cry on in tonight’s “Supergirl” (7 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

Jealousy consumes Amy on “Superstore” (7 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

Personalities from the past compete on “MasterChef Celebrity Showdown” (7 p.m., Fox, TV-PG).

Daytime meets prime time as Ellen DeGeneres hosts “Ellen’s Design Challenge” (8 p.m., HGTV, TV-G).

with me? Or am I just attracting the wrong type of guys? — Confused in a Small Town

est friends should be honest enough to tell you if that’s the case and what you might do about it.

But most importantly, be patient. You may be looking to settle down, but your average 23-year-old man is not. You may be coming across as desperate or overly eager.

A little nonchalance might serve you better.

Dear Confused: If you are in a small town, your pool of available candidates is less than it might be elsewhere. This means you need to widen your circle.

Try online dating (be cautious), and ask your friends, family members and coworkers to introduce you to available, decent men.

Join a church social group, choir, theater group or a volunteer organization where you will be doing some good and meeting new people, both male and female.

And yes, it’s pos— Send questions to sible that you are atanniesmailbox@comcast.net, tracting the wrong or Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box type of guy. Your clos-

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Monday, Jan. 18: This year you will accomplish a lot by letting go of a need to be so structured all the time. Be open to new styles and different outlooks. If you are single, this new you attracts many suitors. If you are attached, the two of you will venture into new turf and become more present.

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) Curb a tendency to take a dramatic stance on a money matter. Tonight: Revise your budget.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) You often come off as being much gentler and more flexible than you really are. Tonight: Make it your treat.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) You might be feeling as if something is off or as if someone is heading your way. Tonight: Get some sleep.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) You might feel as if you can achieve whatever you desire most. Use this moment well. Tonight: Catch up on a pal’s news.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) You are on top of your game. Weigh the pros and cons carefully before making decisions.

Tonight: Out till the wee hours.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Be willing to reach out to someone who doesn’t often

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express his or her caring, but is breaking that pattern now. Tonight: Make an important call.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) One-on-one relating takes on a whole new dimension with a new set of possibilities.

Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You might be more fiery and determined than you have been in a while. How you handle a personal matter could be different from how you initially had intended. Tonight: Go with the flow.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You need to pace yourself. A slow but steady pace works well. Tonight: Off to the gym.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You will be very direct, and it will be reflected in your actions. Use your charm well. Tonight: Soften up a little for better results.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You could be much more anchored than you realize.

Don’t make judgments. Tonight: Out late.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Communication takes a weird turn. You could feel as if you have pushed too hard, perhaps without realizing it. Tonight: Catch up on others’ news.

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36 Foyer 38 What all great singers have 41 Like some spiders and snakes 42 Acid for trips 43 Typography measures 44 Hold ’em game 46 Sign of the future 50 Front shoe support

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Solid choice Lawrence’s choice of a new city manager has a positive manner and strong experience that hopefully will serve him well in his new job.

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om Markus seems like a good fit for Lawrence.

Markus, now the city manager in Iowa City, Iowa, was named Thursday as the choice to become Lawrence’s next city manager. The hiring will become final when an employment agreement is approved at Tuesday’s Lawrence City Commission meeting. He is expected to start his new job in midMarch.

City commissioners expressed enthusiasm for the choice, and Markus, who appeared via a video feed to City Hall, said he was proud to have been chosen.

“I look forward to getting started and seeing if we can make an improvement every day we work together.”

That’s a great goal.

Markus was selected over two other finalists: Cheryl Harrison-Lee, the city administrator in Gardner; and Rod Bremby, a former assistant city manager in Lawrence who now serves as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Social Services. Both of those candidates had positives, but the experience Markus brings to the job will be important to a relatively inexperienced Lawrence commission.

He has worked in municipal government since 1973 and served as city manager in various Midwestern cities since 1977, the last five years in another university town, Iowa City. At age 64, Markus probably isn’t coming to Lawrence to build his resume for his next job, which could be a plus, if it frees him up to be creative and give honest advice. On Thursday, he said he wanted to get to know the community and its culture and perhaps initiate a strategic planning process. Markus’ work in another university city may give him a headstart on understanding the local culture, and a planning process may help commissioners establish priorities and set a direction for the city’s future.

His suggestion that the city increase its collaboration with Kansas University and Douglas County also seems like a positive move.

During Thursday’s meeting, Markus seemed friendly and approachable and already comfortable with Lawrence commissioners.

Time will tell, of course, but Lawrence city commissioners apparently followed a good selection process and made a solid hiring choice. We wish them and Markus well as they embark on a new leadership chapter for Lawrence.

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Year starting poorly for China leader Washington — A year ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to be living what he called the “Chinese Dream.”

China’s economy seemed strong, its military power was growing, and Xi was aggressively consolidating domestic political power.

But Xi is off to a bad new year. The Chinese economy is slowing sharply, with actual GDP growth last year now estimated by U.S. analysts at several points below the official rate of 6.5 percent. The Chinese stock market has fallen 15 percent this year, and the value of its currency has slipped. Capital flight continues, probably at the $1 trillion annual rate estimated for the second half of last year.

But China’s economic woes are manageable compared with its domestic political difficulties. Xi’s anti-corruption drive has accelerated into a full-blown purge. The campaign has rocked the Chinese intelligence service, toppled some senior military commanders and frightened Communist Party leaders around the country. Jittery party officials are lying low, avoiding decisions that might get them in trouble; the resulting paralysis makes other problems worse.

“Xi is in an unprecedentedly powerful position. But because he has dismantled the tools of collective leadership that had been built up over decades, he owns this crisis,” says Kurt Campbell, who was the Obama administration’s top Asia expert

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This month’s financial rout showed the dangers for a China caught between a truly free market and continuing government control.” until 2013. He worries that Xi will “double down” on his nationalistic push for greater power in Asia, which is one of the few themes that can unite the country. “To scale back shows weakness, which Xi can ill afford now,” says Campbell.

Chinese sometimes use historical parables to explain current domestic political issues. The talk recently among some members of the Chinese elite has been a comparison between Xi’s tenure and that of Yongzheng, the emperor who ruled China from 1722 to 1735. Yongzheng waged a harsh campaign against bribery, but he came to be seen by many Chinese as a despot who had gained power illegitimately.

“A lot of historical events of that period are repeating in China today, from power conspiracy to corruption,

from a deteriorating economy to an external hostility threat,” comments one Chinese observer in an email.

Xi’s political troubles illustrate the difficulty of trying to reform a one-party system from within. Much as Mikhail Gorbachev hoped in the 1980s that reforms could revitalize a decaying Soviet Communist Party, Xi began his presidency in 2013 by attacking Chinese party barons who had grown rich and comfortable on the spoils of China’s economic boom. Many of Xi’s rivals were proteges of former President Jiang Zemin, which meant that Xi made some powerful enemies.

David Shambaugh, a China scholar at George Washington University, was an outlier when he argued last March that Xi’s reform campaign would backfire. “Despite appearances, China’s political system is badly broken, and nobody knows it better than the Communist Party itself,” he wrote in The Wall Street Journal. “The endgame of Chinese communist rule has now begun.”

This political obituary may prove premature. But there’s growing agreement among China analysts that Xi’s crackdown has fueled dissent within the party and beyond, leading to further repression. Xi is a decisive strongman, so he may fare better than Gorbachev, but the structure underneath him is fragile.

China’s recent economic turmoil may be an inevitable result of the transi-

tion Xi is trying to steer. He wants to move China away from a debt-laden bubble economy, which depended on ever-growing exports, toward a more sustainable, consumer-driven model. His problem is that the Chinese system is bloated by inefficient, state-owned enterprises that survive on debt and subsidies. Xi has found it impossible, so far, to cut them loose.

“It’s no easy thing to reboot a $10 trillion economy,” says a former American official who knows the top Chinese leaders well. “Xi is trying to do it all himself,” at a time when “everything is changing at once.”

This month’s financial rout showed the dangers for a China caught between a truly free market and continuing government control. An ill-conceived “circuit-breaker” that kicked in when the stock market fell 7 percent, and government orders to big investors not to sell, probably accelerated the sell-off and the flight of capital. Conflicting signals on whether the central bank wanted a stronger or weaker currency shook the market’s confidence.

Xi has been pressing the free-market accelerator at the same time he pumps the political brake. For a China halfway pregnant with reform, the past month’s turbulence showed that these fundamental contradictions may not be sustainable.

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

Obama speech offers little comfort Here’s the message President Barack Obama was promoting on foreign policy in his last State of the Union speech Tuesday: “Don’t worry, things are better than you think.”

The rhetoric about our enemies getting stronger and America weaker is “political hot air.” The United States “is (still) the most powerful nation on Earth.” His administration is rooting out and destroying the Islamic State.

And, even as we focus on destroying the Islamic State, we should avoid “over-thetop claims that this is World

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 18, 1916: “Plans for buying some form of decorations for Lawrence, to be years sold individually to the different ago merchants of the city, which can IN 1916 be used on any occasion that might arise, were discussed by the members of the Farmers and Merchants association in their regular weekly meeting today at noon. After a conference with decoration experts, the secretary of the association, together with the chair of the entertainment committee, presented to the association a plan for buying pennants, crimson and blue, to measure 18 by 42. These pennants are to contain the letters ‘Welcome to Lawrence.’”

— Compiled by Sarah St. John

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When the president also notes, rightly, that terrorism will haunt the world for decades, he seems to be washing his hands of the whole mess.”

War III,” which will “just play into their hands.”

The president is correct in trying to tamp down the growing public hysteria over the domestic terrorist threat, which is being stoked by certain presidential candidates.

He is correct that the prime aim of terrorists is to, well, terrorize the country, and we shouldn’t let them do so.

But the aims of this feelgood speech were undercut by the glaring gaps between the president’s rhetoric and the realities on the ground in the Mideast.

In fact, the terrorist threat to Americans — for now — is indeed minimal. According to the New America Foundation, 24 Americans have died from jihadi attacks on U.S. soil over the last decade.

Compare that with 301,797 deaths from firearms (a tally compiled by PolitiFact) over

the same period.

A site called Mass Shooting Tracker counts 389 deaths in 2014 and 375 in 2015 just from mass shootings. You get the picture.

Over the last 10 years, in the U.S. of A., you were 12,500 times more likely to die from gun violence than from an Islamist attack.

But those numbers fail to resonate with the public. And even the president’s allies in the congressional audience, on the Democratic side of the aisle, seemed unconvinced when he declared that Islamic State jihadis “do not threaten our national existence.” That statement is certainly true for the foreseeable future, yet the applause for that line was puny.

So what is at the root of Americans’ outsize fears of the terrorist threat?

In part, the fear is obviously sparked by the randomness of lone-wolf attackers. But I’d argue that the fear is mainly fed by uncertainty over the U.S. strategy to combat Islamist jihadis in the short and the long term.

Obama’s speech did little to clear that uncertainty up.

For one thing, many Americans haven’t forgotten how the Bush administration failed to foresee the threat of a major al-Qaida attack on the homeland. Nor

have they forgotten that Obama underestimated the Islamic State early on, when he referred to it as the “JV team” to al-Qaida.

Obama’s constant stress on “a patient and disciplined strategy” seems to understate the future danger. More to the point, that “strategy” keeps shifting as one tactic after another has failed.

In his speech, Obama talked of “partnering with local forces” in Syria and leading international efforts to broker a Syrian peace. But anyone who reads the newspapers knows that those local forces are mostly Kurds, who can’t and won’t retake the Sunni heartland where the Islamic State caliphate is located.

They know that the president’s praise for “nearly 10,000 airstrikes” against the Islamic State ignores the fact that most of the sorties were useless because they lacked accurate targets.

They also know that Syrian peace talks are going nowhere because all the cards are held by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and by Iran.

Yet Obama belittled Putin in his speech — without noting how the Russian leader has outmaneuvered him in both Ukraine and Syria.

His slick speech lines don’t instill confidence that Obama has a strategic direction. When the president also

notes, rightly, that terrorism will haunt the world for decades, he seems to be washing his hands of the whole mess.

Let me be clear here: A glib Trumpian emphasis on “bombing the s--- out of them” offers no path to defeating the Islamic State, either. Nor does the answer lie in sending thousands of ground troops to the Mideast (a specter Obama often raises as a straw man).

But, judging by his speech, Obama has no real game plan to curb the Islamic State before leaving the White House.

He talks tough — “our reach has no limit.” But Americans have seen him waffle: backing off red lines he set in Syria. The public is uncertain of Obama’s intentions, unconvinced of his mettle.

The president argues that “the Middle East is going through a transformation that will play out for a generation, rooted in conflicts that date back millennia.”

Yet that overgeneralization sounds as if he is sloughing off the Islamic State problem to the next occupant of the White House.

No wonder a majority of the public disapproves of Obama’s handling of the threat from the Islamic State. No wonder so many Americans are afraid.

— Trudy Rubin is a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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City offices are closed today in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY EVENTS: Community Breakfast, 7:30 a.m., Maceli’s, 1031 New Hampshire St. Lunch for children and families, noon, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Service Storytime with Rep. Barbara Ballard and Reggie Robinson, 1 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Geared toward children ages 3 and up.

All Together activity to teach teens about discrimination, 3 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Candlelight Walk and Vigil, 4:30 p.m., Strong Hall Rotunda, Jayhawk Blvd., KU Campus.

Theater Group Performance: Educate-Empower-Elevate, 5:15 p.m., Kansas Union Ballroom, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), 5:30 p.m., 2712 Pebble Lane.

842-1516 for info.

Kaw Valley Quilters Guild: Kari Carr, 7 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St.

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U.S. LEVELS NEW IRAN SANCTIONS Action over missiles comes one day after prisoner exchange Gregory Korte USA TODAY

WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department unleashed sanctions against 11 people and companies involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program Sunday, just one day after President Obama lifted sanctions based on Iran’s nuclear program and the U.S. and Iran ex-

changed prisoners.

Obama later gave a statement on the new sanctions — and on Saturday’s exchange of prisoners — from the White House on Sunday morning. “We will continue to enforce these sanctions vigorously,” Obama said.

Among those sanctioned is Mabrooka Trading, based in the United Arab Emirates. The Office of Foreign Assets Control is blocking its assets for its role in procuring components for Iran’s ballistic missiles, two of which Iran tested last year.

Those tests posed a dilemma for the Obama administration as

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it tried to complete an international agreement for Iran to roll back its nuclear program. Republicans have been critical of Obama’s decision to delay pressing Iran on other fronts — including ballistic missile tests, support for terrorism and the brief capture of 10 U.S. sailors who had wandered into Iranian waters last week — while Iran worked to comply with the the nuclear deal.

The new sanctions were announced only after a plane carrying four Americans left Iranian airspace Sunday. The four, plus a fifth U.S. citizen released earlier, were part of a prisoner exchange negotiated in a separate side deal to the nuclear agreement. In return, U.S. officials have said Obama will grant clemency to seven Iranians charged or convicted of attempting to evade the U.S. nuclear sanctions against Iran.

The president said the United States, the region and the world will be more secure because of the nuclear deal with Iran.

“Yesterday marked a milestone

in preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon,” he said. “Most important of all, we achieved this historic progress through diplomacy.”

Treasury officials said the United States “will vigorously press sanctions” against Iran on other fronts because of its support for terrorism, human rights abuses and ballistic missile program.”

“Iran’s ballistic missile program poses a significant threat to regional and global security,” said Adam J. Szubin, acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, in a statement Sunday.

In Flint, water woes mount City’s residents exasperated over issues with lead

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NO MORE SOFT PUNCHES FOR CLINTON AND SANDERS As the rivalry tightens, the battles between Democratic presidential candidates get tougher and more personal.

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A tornado with winds up to 127 mph hit Duette, Fla., on Sunday, killing a husband and wife and injuring five other family members. Dozens of homes were destroyed or damaged as twisters and severe storms swept through central and southwestern parts of the state.

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Ariana Hawk heated a bowl of distilled water in the microwave, dipped a washcloth in it and wiped her 2-year-old son’s itchy, irritated skin.

She said she has been cleaning Sincere Smith’s body this way — or with wet wipes — since last summer, because the boy’s doctor doesn’t want him bathing in the tap water at their Flint home.

“I can’t afford to go buy 20 gallons of water just to bathe him one time,” said Hawk, a 25-yearold single mother of three who attends Mott Community College

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Sincere Smith, 2, suffers from a skin condition.

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Kelly McCormick picks through the rubble of a mobile home leveled by a tornado in Duette, Fla., on Sunday.

and is pregnant.

Sincere has rough patches of skin on his legs, arms and face, she explained, adding that his skin condition started with a rash on his stomach after Flint switched its water-supply source from Lake Huron to the more polluted and corrosive Flint River in April 2014.

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Pope visits synagogue, rebukes religious violence Francis has a history of outreach to Jews Gregg Zoroya USA TODAY

Pope Francis used his first visit as pontiff to a synagogue Sunday to denounce violence and hail the “inseparable bond” between Jews and Christians.

“Violence by man against man is in contradiction with any religion worthy of that name,” Francis said at Rome’s Great Synagogue.

The pontiff has a history of strong relationships with the Jewish community in Argentina prior to becoming pope. He followed his predecessors, Popes Benedict XVI and John Paul II, in visiting this synagogue of Rome as a gesture of interfaith good will.

Francis joined a standing ovation for Holocaust survivors and laid wreaths at sites marking Nazi persecution of Roman Jews and a 1982 Palestinian terror attack against the temple that killed a 2year-old boy, according to the Associated Press.

He met with the family of the 2-year-old victim of the 1982 at-

“Violence by man against man is in contradiction with any religion worthy of that name.”

Pope Francis

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Pope Francis listens to Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni at the Great Synagogue.

tack on the synagogue and other survivors, the AP reported.

“The Holocaust teaches us that

utmost vigilance is always needed to be able to take prompt action in defense of human dignity and peace,” Francis said.

Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, the chief rabbi of Rome, welcomed the pope.

“A meeting of peace between different religious communities, as

the one that is taking place today here in Rome, is a very strong sign against the invasion and abuse of religious violence,” he said.

The visit occurred amid heightened security as hundreds of police fanned out prior to the event, Agence France-Presse reported.

The visit also occurs following a year when the Vatican took steps that have rankled Jewish leaders in Israel.

The Vatican in May formally recognized the state of Palestine in a new treaty, a step that the Israeli foreign ministry described as “disappointing” and unhelpful.

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As vote looms, Dems toughen tone Clinton, Sanders in last debate before caucuses Susan Page USA TODAY

With just two weeks until the voting starts — and contests in Iowa and New Hampshire that are too close to call — the days of we-can-still-be-friends deference are over for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

At the Democrats’ final debate before the Iowa caucuses and the New NEWS ANALYSIS Hampshire primary, Clinton portrayed Sanders as a friend of the NRA and the gun rights lobby, noting their forum in Charleston was taking place just a block from the Emanuel AME Church where a mass shooting last year left nine worshipers dead. Sanders accused her of being “very disingenuous” about his record.

On guns, health care, Wall Street regulation and campaign finance, the tone is tougher and the attacks more personal since their first debate last fall, when Sanders had reassured Clinton that he was “sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails” and the two shook hands.

Now, some Clinton partisans say she only belatedly has begun hammering the Vermont senator for proposing a health care program she argues would undo the Affordable Care Act. For his part, Sanders is attacking the former secretary of State as beholden to Wall Street interests that have contributed millions to her candidacy, part of a

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Democratic presidential candidates, from left, Martin OMalley, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday. “corrupt” campaign finance system that he says has contributed to growing economic inequality in America. He accused of her of spreading “nonsense” about the impact of his proposal for a single-payer health insurance plan that he calls “Medicare for all.”

Two hours before the debate began, Sanders released details Clinton had demanded about how he would finance his health care proposal, including by a new tax on employers and households.

On Saturday, he sought to defuse another line of attack by Clinton, announcing he would support legislation to remove liability

protection for gun makers and dealers. That’s a reversal from his past position.

In some ways, the Democratic campaign is mirroring the Republican one. With a smaller field and two candidates now neckand-neck in the early states, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz at the sixth GOP debate last Thursday dropped their unofficial non-aggression pact and began blasting one another on everything from Trump’s “New York values” to Cruz’s constitutional eligibility for the presidency.

In the Democratic debate, sponsored by NBC and YouTube,

Clinton and Sanders disputed who would fare better in the general election.

“We’re running ahead of Secretary Clinton in terms of taking on my good friend Donald Trump,” Sanders declared. He said he had started his campaign at 3%.

“Guess what? In Iowa, New Hampshire, the race is very, very close.”

Clinton noted she had been the target of a new ad from a super PAC aligned with GOP strategist Karl Rove, presumably a sign that it thinks she will be the nominee.

Also participating in the debate was former Maryland governor

Martin O’Malley, lagging in single digits and often struggling to break into the conversation. He pitched himself as “a new generation of leadership.”

The latest polls in Iowa and New Hampshire show that it’s possible Sanders could beat onetime front-runner Clinton in both states, with repercussions on the rest of the primaries that are impossible to predict.

In a Des Moines Register/ Bloomberg News poll released last week, Clinton led Sanders among Iowa Democrats by 2 percentage points, 42%-40%; O’Malley was at 4%.

In New Hampshire, the RealClearPolitics average of recent statewide polls put Sanders at 48.8% and Clinton at 42.6%; O’Malley trailed at 3%.

Clinton repeatedly sought to tie herself to President Obama, an especially popular figure among the African-American voters who are crucial in Democratic primaries in South Carolina and other Southern states. She said Sanders had criticized Obama for his approach toward regulating Wall Street, and she warned that his health care plan would imperil the legislation known as Obamacare.

“The fact is we have the Affordable Care Act that is one of the greatest achievements of President Obama, of the Democratic Party and of our country,” she declared. “There are things we can do to improve, but to tear it up and start over again, pushing our country back into that kind of contentious debate, I think is the wrong direction.”

Sanders argued that 29 million American remain uninsured and that costs are higher than in nations with a single-payer system.

He called for “a revolution.”

Even pets and plants have been affected tions have turned into water stations, taking donations from people across the country and distributing bottled water.

Carl Hunter, dressed in a winter coat, gloves and hat, trekked through the bitter cold and snow with a case of water on his head after leaving the North End Soup Kitchen, where water was given away, on Wednesday.

“The water crisis is bad,” the 48-year-old Flint man said, walking to his home about a mile away with 28 bottles of water.

“I think everybody in Flint is scared,” said Gloria Waite, a secretary at the soup kitchen who said she is thankful her water comes from a well.

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“We get treated like … we don’t matter,” she said. “That’s how it’s been feeling.”

Flint’s drinking water became contaminated with lead after the city temporarily made the switch as a cost-cutting move while the city was under the control of a state-appointed emergency manager. The state Department of Environmental Quality has acknowledged a mistake in failing to require the addition of needed corrosion-control chemicals to the water. That caused lead, which leads to brain damage and other health problems in children, to leach into the water from pipes and fixtures.

Residents across Flint — some of whom stopped using the water immediately after the cost-saving change because of its smell, color, taste and source and others who continued to drink and cook with it — echo Hawk’s frustration.

People, pets, even plants have been affected by the lead-contaminated water, they said.

Community members feel betrayed, worried, angry, sad and stressed and are bracing for what will happen next in Flint, a city with 99,000 residents, 40% of whom live in poverty.

The city has seen a spike in the levels of lead in children’s blood.

Lead poisoning, experts say, affects IQs and has lifelong impacts, including learning disabilities, speech and language problems and an increased risk for behavioral issues.

“This is a population-wide exposure,” said Hurley Children’s Hospital pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha.

Kids absorb lead more easily and have been exposed to lead if they drank Flint water since April 2014, health officials said.

“I love my kids,” Pamela Battle said. “I want them to grow up like I grew up ... wasn’t no worries about no water.”

Battle, whose seven children range in age from 1 to 16, said she got a water filter last Monday. Before that, she was using water from her faucet to cook, make Kool-Aid and put in bottles for her two youngest children. “We were drinking it regularly,” said Battle, 36. “The whole family.”

The water in her previous home was discolored and tasted terrible, she said, but when she moved to her house on Chambers in December 2014, the water came out of the faucet clear and tasted fine. She said she didn’t realize there was an issue.

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Kerry Wheeler, 45, said she is moving to Taylor with her 11-year-old daughter and their dog Beast to escape the water situation in Flint.

At the urging of her mother, Battle went to Freeman Elementary School on Tuesday with some of her kids to get their blood checked for lead. The school hosted an event where she learned about lead poisoning and its effects on children.

“I’m really concerned now,” she said.

Battle said she has no choice but to stay in Flint with her children and live with the water crisis. Others have had enough and plan to leave.

Kerry Wheeler, 45, said she, her 11-year-old daughter and their dog are moving to Taylor to escape the water situation.

Shortly after she moved into her Flint apartment last fall, her active dog became lethargic, wouldn’t eat and started vomiting. Wheeler took the 10-year-old boxer to the veterinarian and was told to give him bottled water.

“Once I switched him to bottled water, he perked right back up after a couple days,” she said.

HELP IS JUST A BAND-AID

Gov. Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency Jan. 5 and acknowledged that actions taken by the state have not been good enough at a news conference last Monday, saying “more work needs to be done with more urgency.”

State efforts were ramped up last week to get free bottled water, filters, replacement cartridges and water testing kits in the hands of Flint residents.

Members of the Michigan Na-

Carl Hunter, dressed in a winter coat, gloves and hat, walks through snow after getting a case of water from a soup kitchen. tional Guard have been deployed to Flint, and Snyder requested federal help for the water crisis.

“It’s that kind of door-to-door contact that’s important right now, so people know that we’re committed to their health and their safety,” Snyder spokesman Dave Murray said Friday.

On Saturday, President Obama declared a federal emergency in Flint and ordered federal aid to help.

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said Thursday night that the city has made progress but needs more people to help. “We’re starting to get what we need … but these are Band-Aids, and we need the Band-Aids,” Weaver said.

The state helped the city move back to Lake Huron water supplied by Detroit in October, but

concerns about contamination remain because the Flint River water damaged pipes and other infrastructure. Dan Wyant, the former head of the state Department of Environmental Quality resigned last month. The agency failed to require the addition of anti-corrosive chemicals to the water.

Weaver said the ultimate solution is to fix the infrastructure and provide long-term help for all of the people impacted in the city where public trust has been shattered.

“We didn’t deserve to be in this position, in this situation,” she said. “And what happened here in Flint should never happen to any community.”

With so many in need of clean water, churches and organiza-

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recommends that all Flint children younger than 6 get the blood-lead level test, which requires a prick of the finger.

“Blood-lead level testing is an important part of our efforts to identify people who have been harmed by drinking water containing lead,” department spokeswoman Jennifer Eisner said in an e-mail. The department “recognizes that the full community of Flint must be the focus of the public response.”

Hanna-Attisha, whose research showed a dangerous spike in children’s blood-lead levels, cautioned that blood tests for lead can provide false reassurances for families.

That’s because lead stays in the blood a short amount of time — the half-life is about a month — so the tests reflect only recent exposure.

She said there is a lag period between lead exposure and symptoms, which can appear three to five years down the road. People need to go to their regular doctor for a long-term follow-up, she advised.

BOTTLES THE NORM NOW

Paul Lewis, 65, switched his family to bottled water more than a year ago but continued to use tap water for his plants.

The plants went from being green to looking frumpy. Then they turned brown and died. “After the water fiasco, I just realized it was the water that I was putting on them,” he concluded.

The retired truck driver and his family, including a wife, son, daughter and three grandchildren, use bottled water for everything except bathing. The water costs about $40 every two weeks.

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2 die as twisters slam Florida Trail of destruction left in Manatee, Sarasota counties John Bacon and Matthew Diebel USA TODAY

Two people were killed and dozens of homes destroyed or damaged as tornadoes and storms roared through parts of central and southwestern Florida early Sunday.

In Manatee County, a tornado with winds reaching 127 mph swept through Duette, 40 miles southeast of Tampa, killing two people and injuring five, sheriff spokesman Dave Bristow said.

The EF2-rated tornado ripped a 300-foot-wide swath of destruction along a nine-mile stretch of the county, the National Weather Service said.

Bristow identified the victims as Steven Wilson, pronounced dead at the scene, and his wife, who died at a local hospital. One of the injured was his son; four were grandchildren between 6 and 10 years old, Bristow said.

The survivors’ injuries were not life-threatening, he said.

In nearby Sarasota County, another EF2 storm with winds reaching 132 mph blasted a mile stretch. Gov. Rick Scott toured the wreckage in Siesta Key, a barrier island between the Gulf of Mexico and Roberts Bay hammered by the storm.

Sarasota Fire Rescue reported multiple rescues, and the county Emergency Operations Center said preliminary figures indicated 45 properties suffered a total of more than $3 million in damage.

The storm damaged several condos on Siesta Key, according to the National Weather Service.

Weather service meteorologist Richard Rude told USA TODAY that tornadoes aren’t that rare in a region better known for hurricanes.

“Particularly when you are dealing with an El Niño ... it’s conducive to having some wild storms,” Rude said.

One U.S. citizen released apparently chooses to stay Jim Michaels and Oren Dorell USA TODAY

Three Americans freed from Iran, including a Washington Post reporter held for nearly 18 months, arrived Sunday in Germany on their journey back to the United States and awaiting families and friends.

The men were among five Americans released Saturday after a dramatic prisoner swap between the two countries, which came just as international sanctions were lifted on Iran as part of an international nuclear deal.

The three will be examined at the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, before continuing home. It is not clear how long they will remain there.

Three Americans boarded the plane for Germany — Post reporter Jason Rezaian, former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati of Flint, Mich., and pastor Saeed Abedini of Boise — but not Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari.

An administration official said Khosravi-Roodsari made a “free determination” on whether he wanted to stay in Iran or come to

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the United States. “So we don’t the United States. None has been make that judgment for him,” charged or convicted of any tersaid the official, who asked not to rorism-related or violent crimes, be named in order to discuss sen- but they were charged or convicted of crimes related to the evasitive diplomatic issues.

Matthew Trevithick, a fifth sion of Iranian sanctions. Six hold American citizen redual Iranian and leased separately by “This American citizenIran in what U.S. offiship, the seventh is cials called a “good- nightmare is an Iranian. will gesture,” had approaching The deal has already left the come under critian end.” country. cism by some ReIran also agreed to Statement from publicans, who have allow Rezaian’s wife, Jason Rezaian’s family accused the Obama Yeganeh Salehi, an administration of Iranian citizen, to leave the coun- being too quick to cut deals with try with him. She is a correspon- Iran. dent for The National, a “A disturbing pattern is emergnewspaper based in the United ing where the Obama administration is willing to negotiate the Arab Emirates.

Rezaian’s family issued a state- release of spies, terrorists and ment Sunday, saying “this night- now criminals,” Rep. Ed Royce, RCalif., chairman of the House mare is approaching an end.”

As part of the deal to release Foreign Affairs Committee, said the Americans, Obama agreed to Sunday in a statement. “I fail to pardon or commute the sen- see how this trend will improve tences of seven Iranians held by the long-term security of the

MARTIAL TREZZINI, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

A U.S. jet waits Sunday at Geneva airport in Switzerland. Three of the Americans released Saturday by Iran were flown to Switzerland aboard a Swiss plane and then transported to a U.S. military hospital in Germany for medical treatment.

United States and its citizens.”

Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury Department unleashed new sanctions Sunday against 11 people and companies involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program, just one day after President Obama lifted sanctions based on Iran’s nuclear program.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised the new engagement with the United States, saying his country “has opened a new chapter” in its ties with the world, the BBC reported. Speaking before the parliament in comments broadcast on live television, Rouhani said the landmark nuclear deal has satisfied all parties except radical extremists.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a staunch opponent of the nuclear deal, pledged Sunday to remain vigilant to make sure Iran does not violate its commitments.

“Iran will now have more resources to dedicate to their terrorism and aggression in the region and in the world, and Israel is prepared to deal with any threat,” he said, according to the Associated Press.

Iranian oil likely to push prices lower Chris Woodyard

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AMERICANS FREED FROM IRAN ARE ON WAY HOME

When it comes to oil, the question becomes how low can prices go. And with Iran back as a full player in world oil markets, the previously unthinkable — sub$20-a-barrel crude — is looking more possible.

Iran’s oil ministers say they intend to boost oil production and ship 500,000 barrels a day initially now that sanctions have been lifted in light of nuclear inspections deal, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Iran’s goal is 2 million barrels a day.

Those levels alone are big

enough to further depress the price of oil, especially since Saudi Arabia has refused to cut its production levels.

The result could lead to oil prices in the mid-$20s a barrel, and with occasional bouts of panic selling, briefly dip into the teens, said Tom Kloza, chief global analyst for the Oil Price Information Service.

Oil already plunged past one key threshold last week, falling past $30 a barrel.

“The expectation is we’re going to plumb new lows,” Kloza said.

Even though Iran was under sanctions, it was able to sell limited amounts of oil to a few select countries — China, India and a few other Asian nations. Now, it faces no limitations. Plus, Iran is able to produce oil at lower overall “lifting costs” than many other

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Gas dipped Sunday to $1.90 a gallon nationally, according to AAA’s Fuel Gauge Report.

nations, as little as $10 a barrel.

Even when oil prices are absurdly low, it is one of the countries that can still make money.

That puts American producers at a huge disadvantage, pushing many out of the market.

Iran, Saudi Arabia and other big producers within the Organi-

zation of Petroleum Exporting Countries are “playing a longer game than our poor guys can play,” said Ed Hirs, an economist at the University of Houston. “We need to step back and take a long perspective on this.”

The long perspective is that Iran lacks the technology and infrastructure that has led to the resurgence of the industry in the U.S. Some think that after an initial surge, Iran won’t be able to sustain high levels of exports.

Even with a surge of exports, there isn’t much storage capacity or demand left in the world for the excess oil, he said, wrote Julian Jessop of Capital Economics in a note in to clients.

“We do not believe that Iran would want to depress prices much further by rushing to dump its inventories,” Jessop said.

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Several Americans are missing in Iraq, the State Department confirmed Sunday.

“We are working in full cooperation with Iraqi authorities to locate the missing Americans,” U.S. Embassy spokesman Scott Bolz said, according to the Associated Press.

Citing an unnamed official, CNN said the missing Americans were contractors and a company reported them missing recently.

Iraq's U.S.-backed security forces have been battling to drive the Islamic State out of territory it seized west and north of Baghdad.

— Jim Michaels ONE DEAD, ONE WOUNDED IN PHILLY SHELTER SHOOTING

A manhunt was underway in Philadelphia after a man who had been evicted from a halfway house returned with a gun Sunday and shot two workers before fleeing, authorities said.

Marie Nahikian, director of the

PALESTINIAN SUSPECT IN FATAL STABBING

One victim, age 40, was fatally shot in the head, police told 6abc.com.

“He was my close friend, he was a good guy, he helped everybody out. He loved his job,” shelter resident Matthew Formelio told 6abc.

Police did not immediately return a request from USA TODAY for comment.

— John Bacon STILL NO SIGN OF MISSING 2-YEAR-OLD LOST IN WOODS

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An Israeli army helicopter flies over the Otniel Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Sunday as security forces search for a Palestinian who is suspected of stabbing to death Dafna Meir, a 40-year-old Israeli mother, at her home.

Office of Supportive Housing, told philly.com the shooter entered the Station House Transitional Home with workers delivering food.

Police told the Associated

Press the man was evicted Friday night after getting drunk. He returned Sunday morning to get his belongings but apparently began shooting after an argument with one of the employees, the AP said.

Searchers have found no sign of Noah Chamberlin, according to Madison County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Tom Mapes.

Mapes said Sunday there was no update about Noah, age 2.

The operation became one for law enforcement only Sunday morning. A plea was issued to law enforcement from across the state.

Mapes said law enforcement has not expanded the search area and that the Chester County Sheriff’s Department continues to lead the investigation.

— Katherine Burgess The Jackson (Tenn.) Sun

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STATE-BY-STATE News from across the USA ALABAMA Montgomery: The

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency needs a $23.5 million increase from the General Fund to maintain its level of operations next year, plus hire 50 state troopers, Secretary Spencer Collier told lawmakers, according to AL.com.

ALASKA Fairbanks: The Army

no longer accepts driver’s licenses from Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Washington and American Samoa to enter Fort Wainwright because of the 2005 REAL ID Act, which set national standards for identification cards, newsminer.com reported.

ARIZONA Prescott: State troopers say a woman died and another person was critically injured after two cars collided on a highway outside Prescott. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a trooper helping a motorist change a tire witnessed the headon collision Saturday morning.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: For-

mer state Supreme Court chief justice Jim Hannah died at 71, ArkansasOnline reported.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: The

Proud Bird, the aviation-themed restaurant with a view of the LAX runways, is about to transform into the city’s next big food hall.

The restaurant, which has been open since 1967, will start 10 months of renovations Feb. 1, the Los Angeles Times reported.

COLORADO Denver: Gov. Hickenlooper married Robin Pringle on Saturday in a small ceremony at a church in Denver, KUSA-TV reported. Hickenlooper, 63, proposed to Pringle, 37, over the holidays. The bride is vice president of corporate development at Liberty Media.

CONNECTICUT New Canaan: A Connecticut woman was charged with driving under the influence after police say she showed up drunk up at a middle school to pick up her child, the Connecticut Post reported.

DELAWARE Dover: The Delaware House of Representatives last week passed a resolution apologizing for the state’s role in slavery, The News Journal reported. The resolution “apologizes, on behalf of the people of Delaware, for the State’s role in slavery and the wrongs committed against African Americans and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow.”

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Metro

is switching to a new method to measure efficiency, or the lack of it, using data from hundreds of thousands of SmartTrip cards to record how long it takes riders to travel between stations, The Washington Post reported.

FLORIDA Melbourne: Nick

Carson, a 2006 Bayside High School graduate who now leads Pakible, a $10 million custom packaging company he created, has been named to Forbes “30 under 30” list of influential young leaders, Florida Today reported.

GEORGIA Houston County:

Military officials pulled a flier featuring Martin Luther King Jr.’s image atop the announcement of a “fun shoot” on the holiday honoring the civil rights icon at the Robins Air Force Base Trap and Skeet Club, The Atlanta JournalConstitution reported.

HAWAII Hilo: Mauna Ziona

Church was one of about 100 properties sold for back taxes last week. Free Church of Tonga Pastor Fine Teutau outbid two other bidders for the property, which was listed at $46,641 in back taxes and costs, West Hawaii Today reported.

IDAHO Moscow: Police Chief

David Duke, 60, will step down in June, The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported. He was promoted

HIGHLIGHT: FLORIDA

Hunters on the prowl for pythons Chad Gillis

The (Fort Myers) News-Press

Barry Offenberger is on a mission to redeem his team.

In 2013, they caught several Burmese pythons. The problem is they didn’t actually kill them.

“We caught 10 snakes (in) 12 days and were actually disqualified because they had a ‘no live capture’ rule,” Offenberger, of Kendall, said during a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission python hunt kickoff in Miami on Saturday. “(The state) wanted them euthanized, but we have a nokill policy. But this year they’re allowing live snakes, so we’re hoping to do well,” he said.

Offenberger was one of hundreds of python hunters, biologists, volunteers and bystanders who flocked to the Florida International University campus in Miami to celebrate another hunt as well as efforts to exterminate or at least contain animals such as lionfish and tegu lizards — invasive species that are causing increasing ecological harm to the Sunshine State.

His team — Swamp Apes — consists mostly of veterans who want to help save Florida’s fragile ecosystems.

“We remove invasive exotic plants while getting veterans involved,” he said. “It just so happens that pythons are out

SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville:

The Greenville News reported that most of $1 million seized by the County Sheriff’s Office over the last five years has been spent on aircraft and to train and feed police dogs.

CHAD GILLIS, THE (FORT MYERS) NEWS-PRESS

Snake expert Jeff Fobb shows safe techniques for handling Burmese pythons. there, so that’s what we’re working on.”

More than 600 hunters have registered to hunt these massive constrictors.

Hunting pythons in South Florida is just plain odd. Most hunting focuses on taking animals that are native to the landscape. Burmese pythons are found in Asia, where biologists are trying to save the species from extinction in its home range. Here, they compete with and eat native species.

About 1,600 hunters participated in the 2013 hunt, killing the Portland Press Herald reported.

ILLINOIS Kane County: Piotr

historic Wicomico County Courthouse, an 1878 Victorian Gothic that survived a devastating 1886 fire downtown, will get $750,000 in exterior repairs over the next three years, The Daily Times reported.

INDIANA Indianapolis: Denver

Hutt, 28, who for three years ran The Speak Easy, a non-profit “clubhouse” for young entrepreneurs in Broad Ripple, died following a two-year battle with ovarian cancer, The Indianapolis Star reported.

IOWA Le Mars: A woman is

accused of intentionally crashing her car into another vehicle, the Sioux City Journal reported.

Melissa Ebert faces two counts of attempted murder, among other charges.

KANSAS Hutchinson: A local

man pleaded guilty to the shooting death of a Kansas State Fair worker. The Hutchinson News reported that attorneys will recommend Michael Brisco get a cumulative sentence of 15 years in prison.

KENTUCKY Louisville: Under threats of protest, Commonwealth’s Attorney Tom Wine is withdrawing from being a grand marshal at an annual Martin Luther King Jr. motorcade after supporters of embattled Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Olu Stevens demanded he not participate, The Courier-Journal reported.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: H&O Investments, a company hired to help the city take down four Confederate monuments, walked away from the job after its employees received death threats and other businesses threatened to cancel their contracts, attorney Rebecca Dietz said, according to The Times-Picayune.

MAINE Cape Elizabeth: Online registration for the 19th TD Beach to Beacon 10K road race will be held March 10 for Cape Elizabeth residents and March 11 for others who want to participate in this year’s race Aug. 6.

Registration for non-residents has closed in less than five minutes each of the past three years,

PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said that the state’s 12 casinos brought in $3.17 billion in gross revenue in 2015. That’s a 3% increase over 2014.

RHODE ISLAND Bristol: A proposal to shorten the town’s 2.5mile Fourth of July parade route was rejected.

to chief in January 2011 after serving as assistant chief since 2005.

Dutkiewicz, 51, who died in a jail bathroom, used a string from his sweatpants to hang himself, Sheriff Donald Kramer said, according to The Courier-News.

13-acre U.S. post office campus in the Pearl District for $88 million, The Oregonian reported.

MARYLAND Salisbury: The

MASSACHUSETTS Charlton: A

man who initially claimed he set fire to his apartment in a failed suicide attempt because of his first name is headed to prison.

The Telegram & Gazette reported that Jihad Georges, 45, was sentenced to serve two years.

MICHIGAN Grand Rapids: The

Michigan Department of Transportation is seeking “Road Watchers” to report on winter highway conditions in western Michigan. MDOT compiles the survey results to track winter highway conditions with the goal of improving winter maintenance and response time.

MINNESOTA St. Paul: Gov. Day-

ton will hold a water summit on Feb. 27 at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront hotel.

MISSISSIPPI Moss Point: The

city will break ground on a new police station. The Mississippi Press reported that the two-story facility will sit near the main fire station on Bellview Avenue.

MISSOURI Kansas City: Three

apartment buildings built in 1927 appear to be headed for demolition. The Kansas City Star reported that the issue now goes to the City Council but a change seems unlikely because the historic designation would require nine of the 13 votes on the council.

MONTANA Kalispell: A U.S. Army soldier who suffered a traumatic brain injury from a bomb blast in Iraq was the victim of a police shooting here. Police Chief Roger Nassset says Ryan Pengelly, 30, was shot by two officers after pointing a rifle at them. He underwent surgery and was hospitalized in the intensive care unit.

NEBRASKA Gering: Authorities

say two people were charged with child abuse after a 4-year-old girl they were baby-sitting was found wandering around outdoors without shoes or a jacket.

NEVADA Las Vegas: Switch, a local data company, has begun building a $300 million data center in Thailand, Vegas Inc. reported.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Berlin: The

Tri-County Community Action Program will continue to operate four years after almost having to shut down because of debt. The program serves 34,000 people

just 68 snakes.

“If I were hunting, I’d go out today,” said Jeff Fobb, who stars on the TV show Swamp Wars and works for the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s Venom Response Unit. “After the end of that cold weather, any sunny day is a good day. Right now they’re probably at their maximum sunning time.”

Fobb gave several demonstrations regarding how to safely handle and capture pythons.

The hunt lasts for 30 days, and thousands of dollars in prize money is up for grabs. with transportation and a food pantry, among two dozen services, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported.

NEW JERSEY South Amboy: The Raritan River Drawbridge, which carries 10,000 North Jersey Coast Line riders daily, will be replaced, with $446 million of NJ Transit’s Sandy relief package going toward the bridge project.

The 107-year-old bridge was wrecked during superstorm Sandy and often causes delays when the bridge is stuck in the “open” position, the Asbury Park Press reported.

NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: The

state traded the old Dixon Apple Orchard and 8,800 acres of state trust land in northern New Mexico to Conchiti Pueblo in exchange for the site of a downtown hotel.

NEW YORK Ithaca: Ithaca Col-

SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: Conditions are good for mountain lion hunting, but this year’s cougar season in South Dakota is off to a slow start, the Rapid City Journal reported.

TENNESSEE South Pittsburg: Local officials are exploring ways to end flash flooding in the town after a Christmas morning storm damaged property and killed one resident, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.

TEXAS San Antonio: Trinity

University became the 20th private university in the state to opt out of the campus carry law that goes into effect Aug. 1. No private schools have opted in, The Texas Tribune reported.

UTAH Cedar City: A couple was rescued after becoming stranded in the wilderness and spending the night in their car, The Spectrum reported.

VERMONT Burlington: Ver-

mont’s bald eagle population, decimated by concentrations of the pesticide DDT decades ago, is showing strong signs of recovery, the Burlington Free Press reported.

VIRGINIA Richmond: Mayor Dwight Jones defended his administration’s hiring record and told the Richmond Times-Dispatch he has always observed a wall between his church and the business of City Hall. This month, the city auditor issued a report saying the director of public works, a pastor at the First Baptist Church of South Richmond, used city time and his email account for communication related to the construction of the First Baptist campus. The mayor is senior pastor at First Baptist.

lege President Tom Rochon announced he would step down effective July 1, 2017, when the 2016-17 academic year ends, The Ithaca Journal reported. His announcement comes after months of student rallies and calls for him to step down. Students and faculty declared their lack of confidence in him.

WASHINGTON Seattle: A Bellevue man was accused of stealing military-style firearms, body armor, silencers, ammunition and tactical gear from a Seattle storage facility. The Seattle Times reported that the 38-year-old man is being held at the King County Jail in lieu of $400,000 bail.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler’s department said the state needs tougher laws banning registered sex offenders from the State Fair, The News & Observer reported.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Scotch-swilling, cigar-chomping comedian Ron White will perform Thursday at the Clay Center, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.

WISCONSIN Madison: The

Wisconsin Supreme Court said that Waukesha police didn’t violate a man’s constitutional rights when they pursued him into a parking structure on suspicion of drunken driving, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

NORTH DAKOTA Riverdale: Lake Sakakawea has frozen over at one of the latest dates on record, an indication of the mild winter. The Corps of Engineers declared the Missouri River reservoir frozen on Jan. 13. The latest freeze date for the lake occurred Jan. 18, 2012.

OHIO Athens: Ohio University

banned hoverboards in campus buildings, joining the list of schools restricting use of the two-wheeled, self-balancing motorized scooters amid safety concerns, The Athens Messenger reported.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Five high school students were arrested after a video posted on social media shows an assault of another student, The Oklahoman reported.

OREGON Portland: The city

approved a plan to purchase a

WYOMING Moose: Grand Te-

ton National Park tallied 4.6 million visits in 2015, an 8.2 % increase from the previous record of 4.3 million visits set in 2014.

The biggest increases came in September and October, when visitation went up 18% and 12%, respectively, from the previous year.

Compiled by Tim Wendel, Nicole Gill and Jonathan Briggs, with Mike Gottschamer, Ben Sheffler and Nichelle Smith. Design by Karen Taylor. Graphics by Alejandro Gonzalez.

NEWS MONEY SPORTS Wall Street’s dark days may not be over yet LIFE AUTOS TRAVEL

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Investors should brace for more losses, many experts say Adam Shell USA TODAY

There are two questions related to the stock market that only come up when stock prices keep going down. Where’s the bottom?

And, what will stop the pain – and the selling?

Those questions are relevant today as trading is set to reopen Tuesday on Wall Street. Investors are bracing for more pain after last week’s stock market rout extended the Dow’s loss for the year to 8.25%. Market jitters remain high with oil still trading at 12year lows in the high $20s, the global growth outlook highly un-

certain and lingering worries about China’s economy, currency and stock market.

When and at what price level the selling will end is tough to pinpoint, but there’s a sense that the current downdraft is not over quite yet. “Downward moves like this don’t just die in a day,” says JJ Kinahan, chief market strategist at TD Ameritrade. “On Tuesday, even if we have a rally, everything’s not going to be hunky dory.”

Historically, picking a bottom accurately isn’t an easy task. And the confluence of events spooking markets now – plunging oil prices, weakening global growth and rising fears of a U.S. recession – makes it that much tougher now.

“Trying to determine the exact bottom is difficult, if not impossible, as the market is being driven

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the start of the trading day on Friday.

by events that are very difficult to forecast,” says Ernie Cecilia, chief investment officer at Bryn Mawr Trust.

But that doesn’t mean Wall Street pros haven’t been throwing out guesstimates.

Larry Fink, CEO of moneymanagement firm BlackRock,

said Friday that the stock market could fall another 10%.

And he’s not alone in predicting more losses to come.

“This feels as if there is more room to fall,” John Manley, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo’s Funds Management Group, told USA TODAY. Adds John Canally, a market strategist at LPL Financial: “Absent a recession, which we don’t expect in 2016, this is a correction (or a drop greater than 10%) not a bear market (or drop of 20% or more).

Eric Wiegand, senior portfolio manager at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, says the market is “retesting the lows of last August,” when the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index bottomed out at 1867.61 after a 12.35% drop from its May 21 closing high of 2130.82. The large-company

stock index briefly breached its August low Friday, dipping as low as 1857.83 before closing down 2.2% at 1880.33.

Investors should expect the roller coaster ride to continue.

Says Wiegand: “Given the heightened concerns over the trajectory of global growth and fear of potential policy mistakes emanating from policy makers at the Federal Reserve and in China, volatility is likely to remain at elevated levels.”

Normally, stocks don’t stop going down until scared investors throw in the towel and get out, which Wall Street dubs capitulation. “It does feel a bit like capitulation,” says Barry Bannister, chief equity strategist at Stifel.

But it could take another big swoon or two to get frightened investors to flee, setting up a real bottom.

MONEYLINE

LOWER REVENUE Retailers expected to post lower revenue in the fourth quarter: Revenue % change Company (ticker) expected Q4 Murphy USA (MUSA) -16.1% CST Brands (CST) -10.2% Groupon (GRPN) -8.5% Sears Holdings (SHLD) -8.2% Advance Auto Parts -7.6% (AAP) Office Depot (ODP) -6.7% Macy’s (M) -5.6% The Gap (GPS) -5% Staples (SPLS) -4.2% Dillard’s (DDS) -4% Best Buy (BBY) -3.8% Genuine Parts (GPC) -1.5% Target (TGT) -0.8%

GENERAL MOTORS

GM TO IMPORT HYBRID CADILLAC FROM CHINA General Motors will begin importing a second model from China, the plug-in hybrid version of the Cadillac CT6. It will be a follow-up to the gas-powered CT6, made near Detroit, which goes on sale later this year. GM’s Buick division is showing a new crossover SUV, Envision, that will be its first model imported from China.

SPACEX FAILS TO LAND OFF CALIFORNIA COAST An attempt by rocket launcher SpaceX to land a booster on a barge off the California coast failed Sunday when a leg collapsed, causing it to tip over, CEO Elon Musk tweeted. The Falcon 9 rocket had taken off from Vandenberg Air Force Base to put a climate-monitoring satellite into orbit, NASA said. The touchdown speed was good, but the rocket couldn’t remain upright without the locked leg, Musk said. “Well, at least the pieces were bigger this time,” he quipped on Twitter.

SpaceX is trying to create boosters than can land after takeoff as a way of cutting costs.

SWEET ’N LOW TO LEAVE ITS BROOKLYN DIGS Sweet’N Low will no longer be made in Brooklyn. The artificial sweetener that comes in tiny pink packets has been made in the New York borough for almost 60 years, where it was created. Family-owned Cumberland Packing has told employees that manufacturing and shipping of Sweet’N Low will be shifted to plants in other parts of the country over the course of the year.

FRIDAY MARKETS INDEX

Dow Jones industrials Dow for the week Nasdaq composite S&P 500 T-bond, 30-year yield T-note, 10-year yield Gold, oz. Comex Oil, light sweet crude Euro (dollars per euro) Yen per dollar

CLOSE

15,988.08 y y 4488.42 x 1880.29 y 2.82% y 2.04% y $1089.30 x $29.42 y $1.0913 x 117.00 y

CHG

390.97 358.37 126.58 41.55 0.06 0.05 15.70 1.78 0.0051 1.15

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Middle class losing ground

The middle class made up

50%

of the U.S. population in 2015, down from 61% in 1971.

Source Pew Research Center/U.S. Census Bureau JAE YANG AND VERONICA BRAVO, USA TODAY

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Best Buy warned investors last week that it’s grabbing fewer of your dollars. But the retailer is not alone at coaxing less cash from your wallet — if analysts are correct.

There are 13 retailers in the Russell 1000 index in addition to Best Buy, including motorfuel convenience store operator Murphy USA, office supply seller Office Depot and Sears Holdings, that are expected to post revenue declines in the critical fourth calendar quarter, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ. It’s been a brutal season for retailers that are competing head on with either deep discounters, in the case of apparel, or with online competitors, like the department stores and other big box retailers. Already, Macy’s this year has announced painful restructuring to its business which is resulting in scores of store closures. Macy’s revenue is expected to fall 5.6% in the fourth quarter to $8.8 billion. And Best Buy said that sluggish sales of mobile phones contributed to a weak holiday shopping performance. Analysts are calling for revenue to drop 3.8% during the quarter to $13.7 billion.

But those are just the retailers that have already fessed up.

Analysts expect plenty more.

The ongoing challenges at Sears are little surprise. Shares of the company, which operates Kmart stores in addition to its namesake Sears locations have plummeted 49% over the past year. Revenue has been dropping and is expected to fall more. Analysts are calling for revenue to drop 8.2% to $7.4 billion during the fourth quarter.

That’s a pretty staggering feat given that revenue dropped 13.8% already in the fiscal year ended in January 2015.

Falling oil prices are causing a number of ripple effects, including on Murphy USA. The company operates 1,300 retail stations selling motor fuel products and other convenience items. With oil prices dropping to 12-year lows, it’s not surprising to see the company’s reve-

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STORES WHERE YOU’RE SPENDING LESS MONEY Investors being told that these businesses are expected to post revenue declines soon

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Shoppers leave Macy’s in New York’s Midtown Manhattan on Nov. 20. The holiday shopping season was weak for retailers in 2015.

nue weakening. Analysts expect the company to report 16% lower revenue during the fourth quarter.

When’s the last time you actually bought a staple — at least from a store? That’s the problem for operators of physical office supply stores like Office Depot and Staples. Online competition has only gotten more intense and eaten away at the company’s revenue.

Analysts said they think Office Depot and Staples will report 6.7% and 4.2% lower revenue during the fourth quarter, respectively.

Online competition and deep discounters have been vicious for the department stores, too.

Macy’s woes are well known at this point, but analysts are also calling for Dillard’s to report a 4% drop in revenue in the fourth quarter to $2.1 billion.

Elsewhere in the mall, Gap continues to struggle. Analysts are forecasting the company to report a 5% drop in revenue during the fourth quarter to $4.5 billion.

To be clear, these are just estimates. Perhaps analysts are being too negative. But maybe not. The National Retail Federation on Friday said holiday sales failed to meet forecasts for a 3.7% rise. And Best Buy and Macy’s have put investors on alert: It was a rough holiday for many retailers.

Holiday retail sales are disappointing with a 3% rise Hadley Malcolm @hadleypdxdc USA TODAY

Holiday retail sales grew less than expected as retailers battled for shoppers who are opting to spend money on the thrill of lasting experiences rather than a new sweater.

Sales for November and December rose 3% to $626.1 billion, failing to hit NRF’s estimate for an increase of 3.7%.

That’s also below last year’s increase of 4.1% for the holiday season. But online sales exceeded expectations, increasing 9% to hit $105 billion. NRF expected e-commerce sales to increase between 6% and 8%.

Stores had to contend with the continued shift in shoppers who prefer to go online and unseasonably warm winter weather that left many coats and boots on store shelves.

Plus, many people don’t have the affinity for material things they once did, says Noam Paransky, director of the retail practice at AlixPartners, a consulting firm.

“When they do spend they are looking to buy things of more permanence,” he says. “They’re looking to create memories and events.”

That means money is going to restaurants and concert tickets over clothes and shoes, Paransky says.

A final look at how retailers fared will come when fourth-quarter earnings reports start rolling out next month.

But early results show some sailed through the season more easily than others. Best Buy said Thursday that sales at stores open at least a year fell 1.4% during the holidays.

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TOP PICKS FROM OUR TRAVEL PANEL Nancy Trejos USA TODAY

Travelers are increasingly demanding more from their airports. They want short security lines, great restaurants and shops, and enough plugs for their multiple devices.

In recent years, many airports have started to give them what they want, adding higher-end restaurants, charging stations, and even displays of art.

The result? According to a recent J.D. Power 2015 North American Airport Study, overall passenger satisfaction with the airport experience averaged 725 points on a 1,000-point scale, a significant jump from the average of 690 points five years ago when the survey was last taken.

So which U.S. airports are driving the uptick in customer satisfaction? USA TODAY conducted an informal survey to determine the best U.S. airports. A total of 190 members of our Road Warriors panel cast their votes. These frequent travelers voted for dozens of airports throughout the country, from the largest to some of the smallest, But the one that got the most mentions — 23 — was Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport.

The 42-year-old airport has gone through a lot of changes. In 2010, DFW started a seven-year Terminal Renewal and Improvement Program. Even though the work is ongoing, passengers are already noticing the difference.

“The redesigned terminals are geared for a techno age with plenty of power points and comfortable lighting,” says Paul Scott, who divides his time between Draper, Utah, and Miami Beach.

Mellanie Hill, CEO of StopAfib.org, a non-profit that helps those with atrial fibrillation, recently had her flight change terminals five minutes before boarding. At another airport, she might have missed her flight. Not at Dallas/Fort Worth. “I was able to take the Skylink quickly to our new terminal,” Hill says.

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world’s busiest airport by passenger traffic, came in second with 19 votes.

The airport reached a milestone when it served 100 million passengers last calendar year.

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In 2010, Dallas/Fort Worth airport started a seven-year terminal-renewal program.

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One of the nursing rooms at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

ciently, and there has been a steady improvement in amenities over the past three years,” says Tim Quinn, an automotive exec in Atlanta.

Road Warriors said they liked the ease with which they get through security, the layout, dining options, and airline clubs, especially the Delta Skyclub with its outdoor patio or Skydeck.

They also praised the $1.4 billion, 1.2 million-square-foot Maynard H. Jackson International Terminal that opened in 2012.

“It’s spacious. It’s gorgeous. It makes flying a pleasure,” said Bob Schukai, a Marietta, Ga., resident who works for Thomson Reuters.

USA TODAY’s Road Warriors panel praised these airports for their amenities and efficiency: uDallas/Fort Worth International uHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta uDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport uMinneapolis-St. Paul International Airport uTampa International Airport

Fourteen Road Warriors said they enjoy traveling through Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.

Neil Van Walbeck, a business process consultant from Toledo, loves the restaurants. “DTW has totally remade all their restaurants, great choices now, not typical sports fare,” he says. “The shops are unique as well.”

David Bennett, a jail consultant in Park City, Utah, finds it easy to get around. “Detroit’s very clean, modern airport is easy to navigate,” he says.

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was another gem.

“It seems to have the most

completely upgraded restaurants, and huge variety to select from,” says Duran Johnson, president of DragNFly Wireless and a resident of Eden Prairie, Minn. “(It’s a) large airport with lots of comfortable seating with power ports.”

Tampa International earned high marks for its convenience.

“The travel time from plane seat to car seat upon landing is second to none,” says Brad Montgomery, a chief marketing officer living in Janesville, Wis. San Francisco International Airport was popular for amenities such as a yoga room and restaurants from celebrity chefs.

David Mindell, an attorney in Louisville, will actually go to the airport early so he can enjoy the bar at Cat Cora’s Kitchen. “It feels very open and bright with a lot of great dining options,” he says.

For some, bigger isn’t always better. “My favorites tend to be the smallest airports ... because the people are attentive and the service is quick,” says Doug Houseman, a consulting engineer in Plymouth, Mich. Airports like John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif., fit that description, he says. “I can arrive at the airport, turn in a car, get to the baggage counter, turn in a bag, go up the ramp to security and be at the gate in under 10 minutes,” he says.

Q: What efforts are being employed to ensure computer hacking doesn’t negatively influence modern aviation from the ground or while in flight?

— Sergui, Chicago A: Computer security is taken very seriously. Airplane-flight control and flight-management computers are segregated and hardened against outside intrusions. It is possible a hacker might interfere with an in-flight entertainment system, but those and the onboard wireless system have separate pathways from the flight computers.

Q: It has been reported that hackers may be able to “hack” into an automobile’s GPS system. Could they also access an airliner’s GPS system?

— Bob Nash, Louisville A: The security of a plane’s GPS is better than in an automobile.

With the skill of hackers, airlines must be vigilant against all possibilities, but there are other navigation systems that would alert the pilot if a GPS position were suspect. I have not heard of any cases where this has occurred.

Q: With digital cockpits, why can’t passwords be required for each pilot/co-pilot per flight segment so that terrorists can’t take control?

— Cooper Chao, San Francisco A: Having password protection would not add much in additional security. In the rare cases where a terrorist has taken control, they used the pilots to fly the airplane.

Q: Regarding your column about how aircraft are chosen for routes, I can assure you that UA would NEVER consider cargo when routing!

— Brad, Cleveland A: I have seen specific routing for cargo by several airlines. An example would be routing a B767 instead of a B757 to a station where the average cargo demand was very high. The 767 can carry the additional cargo easily, increasing revenue for the airline.

Have a question about flying? Send it to travel@usatoday.com.

The truth behind ‘best rate’ guarantees There are few ways to ensure that you’ve paid the lowest price Christopher Elliott

chris@elliott.org Special for USA TODAY

Like many travelers, Rob Voss didn’t want to overpay when he booked a room in Kansas City recently. But like many travelers, Voss was foiled by the fine print.

Hotels.com displayed a rate at the Fairfield Inn and Suites in Kansas City $8 lower than Marriott.com. But Marriott’s best-rate guarantee was too tempting to pass up. “Look no further,” it urged him. If he found a rate advertised elsewhere for less, they would refund the difference plus 25%.

You probably don’t need me to tell you that the travel industry is always looking for creative ways to persuade you to pay extra for your flights, hotels and rental cars. But you, like Voss, probably thought the “best rate” guarantee was a reliable safeguard. It turns out there are few ways to ensure you’ve paid the lowest price, and the best-rate guarantee isn’t one one of them.

After he submitted a claim, a Marriott representative turned down Voss’ request for a refund.

He’d dotted every “i,” and crossed every “t,” even taking screen shots of the Hotels.com site to prove it was offering a lower rate.

“They said they couldn’t verify the Hotels.com price,” says Voss, ON TRAVEL EVERY MONDAY

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Use technology and shop around to make sure you never have to file a best-rate guarantee claim.

BEST RATE ‘GOTCHAS’ YOU NEED TO KNOW You probably knew that bestfare and best-rate “guarantees” are filled with exceptions. But did you know? … uThe clock’s ticking. Not only do you have 24 hours to file a claim, but the claim must also be made a full day before you travel, in some cases.

So don’t wait.

uIt has to match exactly. If you’re booking a hotel and want to invoke an online travel agency’s best-price guarantee, you have to match

a retired air-traffic controller from Chicago.

A Marriott representative said its rate guarantee is legit, but comes with a few restrictions.

Special rates don’t qualify and it must be able to independently verify the price. In his case, Voss booked a AAA rate on the Marriott site, and the hotel couldn’t confirm the Hotels.com price.

the room type, rate and cancellation policy. For airlines, it must be the same cabin class, booking code and cancellation policy. Good luck.

uDon’t forget taxes and fees. Airfare claims can be tricky because some travel websites display fares that don’t include all taxes and fees. When you think you’ve got a better fare, you might want to check the extras — they need to be included or you can’t file a valid claim.

Best-rate and best-fare guarantees are notoriously hard to invoke, say industry-watchers. “It is definitely frustrating when companies promote a seemingly consumer-friendly policy, because they know that in practice they’ll make it so difficult that nobody will actually be able to take advantage of it,” says Dan Miller, a loyalty program blogger.

Miller knows what he’s talking about: It took him five tries before Best Western finally fulfilled his request to honor a rate through its guarantee.

DealNews’ Jared Blank agrees that best-rate guarantees can be an effective tool — when they work. “If you believe you’ve found a fare or rate that qualifies for a match from a best-rate guarantee, you can save yourself a ton of time and trouble by reading exactly what the provider wants from you to prove you qualify for the price match,” he says.

Besides asking a company to honor a “guarantee” that’s undermined by fine print, there are two proven strategies for dealing with worst-price problems.

One is to throw technology at the problem. Remember, the other side is already using sophisticated computer systems designed to predict how much you’re willing to pay. These yield management systems give travel companies an edge. So why not use similar technology to give you

the edge?

Well, you can. For example, Hopper.com just unveiled an improved “when to fly” calendar that helps you instantly identify the cheapest months and days to travel from your home airport to your destination. Think of it as yield management in reverse. It also has a price predictor that tries to forecast future fares based on historical pricing data.

Hopper claims that in 95% of cases, following the price predictor’s advice will land you a cheaper flight.

Another site that can help is Yapta.com (accessible via Kayak at my.yapta.com/airline-refunds).

The service tracks your flight or hotel rate after you’ve booked, and lets you know if there’s a lower price. For example, Alaska Airlines will offer a refund if any of its prices drop after you’ve booked.

But can you actually automate the search for the lowest prices, in the same way travel companies harness entire server farms to do their bidding? Kind of. InvisibleHand (getinvisiblehand.com) is an app that runs on your desktop and searches for the lowest prices on hotels, flights, rental cars and other products, such as electronics. True to its name, InvisibleHand doesn’t pop up until it finds something, and even then, it displays the results discreetly at the top of your browser.

Use the technology at your disposal to make sure you never have to file a best-rate guarantee claim. Shop hard before you push the “buy” button — and then stop fretting. After all, you got a pretty good deal.

Elliott is a consumer advocate and editor at large for National Geographic Traveler.

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‘Blackstar,’ the David Bowie album released two days before the singer’s death Jan. 10, is No. 1 — his first chart-topping album, according to ‘Billboard.’ Nielsen Music reports that ‘Blackstar’ sold the equivalent of 181,000 albums in the week ending Jan. 14.

HOW WAS YOUR DAY GOOD DAY JAMIE-LYNN SIGLER AND CUTTER DYKSTRA Sigler married the baseball player and son of former Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra on Saturday, reports ‘People.’ The actress, 34, known for roles in ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Entourage,’ and Dykstra, 26, announced their engagement in 2013. Their son, Beau, is 2.

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Prince Charming and Snow White make a connection in the film’s Love’s First Kiss.

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TWEET TALK STARS SOUND OFF ON TWITTER Shonda Rhimes: Excellent surreal birthday adventure. I now return to regularly scheduled life.

Josh Charles: My Lyft driver liked my cologne & asked if he could buy it online. It was flattering, but also awkward because I wasn’t wearing any cologne.

Don Cheadle: @chrisrock Yo, Chris. Come check me out at #TheOscars this year. They got me parking cars on G level.

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now White’s dashing true love was originally a very fresh Prince.

Storyboards unearthed for Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs show a very different introduction to the gallant Prince from the 1937 classic animated film. Early plans had him stealing a kiss from the beautiful Snow White immediately upon meeting her.

The startling kiss never made it to the film.

“He was a bit of what you would call a masher. That was way too forward for the Prince,” says Fox Carney, manager of research at the Walt Disney Animation Research Library. “A viewer would think, ‘If I were Snow White and the Prince came up and kissed me without having met me, I’d slap him.’ That wasn’t the story you’d want to tell.”

That wasn’t the story Walt Disney ultimately did tell with his first full-length animated feature film. But the storyboards, revealed in the digital HD release of Snow White and Seven Dwarfs

The Prince had comic relief and help from his horse in newly revealed storyboards from 1937’s Snow White.

(Tuesday, followed Feb. 2 by a new Blu-ray), do show the intense creative process Disney and his team of filmmakers and story artists went through to introduce the pivotal Prince.

The meeting between the Prince, who hails from another kingdom, and Snow White propels the story. As sequence director Larry Morey said at the time,

according to transcripts from Walt Disney Archives, “We want to see what we can do to put as much interest in it as possible.”

The creative journey to perfect this meeting travels through imperfect concepts, Carney says.

“You have work out a lot of ideas, fail sometimes,” he says.

“You have to allow even the bad ideas to come out so you can

work through those and get to the point where it does it work.”

Other ideas that animators initially incorporated for the first meeting included the Prince taking part in some light comedy — stepping on his horse’s head to look over the wall at Snow White and stumbling so that the horse catches his leg. Another had the Prince giving various exclamations upon seeing Snow White’s beauty, including “Odds bodkins” and “That’s she, by gad.”

Ultimately, those ideas were cut, and in the film, the Prince approaches Snow White as she’s singing I’m Wishing into a well. He finishes the song rather than going for the peck. The first kiss, meanwhile, became the climatic Love’s First Kiss, which breaks Snow White out of an eternal slumber curse placed by the evil Queen.

“It’s a very gentle kiss that brings Snow White back to life,” says 96-year-old Marge Champion, who served as Snow White’s live model for animators.

Naturally, this all leads to happily ever after. Carney believes the end smooch is one for the ages.

“It’s the kiss of true love, one of the key kisses in animation history,” he says. “That kiss became the one to which all others compare.”

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens hit a minor speed bump at the box office.

The sci-fi blockbuster ended its four-week run at No. 1 over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, relinquishing the throne to Ride Along 2, which cruised to $34 million, according to estimates from box office tracking firm Rentrak.

“It’s inevitable — no movie can stay No 1 forever,” Rentrak senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian says. “There are no tears being shed over at Disney. They rewrote the record books with Star Wars.” The movie fell to third place this weekend but still managed $25.1 million.

The Force Awakens has now amassed $851 million in the USA since mid-December and nearly $1.9 billion worldwide, which makes it the third-highest-grossing movie ever behind Avatar ($2.8 billion) and Titanic ($2.2 billion). But could the recordbreaking franchise entry eventu-

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Ice Cube and Kevin Hart rode Ride Along 2 to No. 1 in theaters. ally overtake James Cameron’s juggernauts?

“Avatar is a billion dollars away — that’s a lot of box office,” Dergarabedian says. Star Wars should easily enter the $2 billion club, “but where it ends up in that very rarefied air remains to be seen.

The most impressive thing is the speed at which it’s broken these records.”

Box office champ Ride Along 2 opened below the $41.5 million

its predecessor made the same weekend in January 2014. That movie also starred Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, and it became a sleeper hit with $134.9 million total despite abysmal reviews.

Ride Along 2 was similarly panned by critics, earning just 14% positive reviews on aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes; audiences liked it better, giving the movie a 65% approval rating.

After leading the Oscar

nominations with 12 nods Thursday, The Revenant persisted with an impressive $29.5 million and a No. 2 finish in its second weekend of wide release. The wilderness survival film starring Leonardo DiCaprio earned Golden Globe Awards last weekend for best actor in a drama (DiCaprio), director (Alejandro González Iñárritu) and movie drama and has overperformed with $87.7 million so far.

Boosted by DiCaprio’s star appeal, “there’s no question that it’s going to ride this wave of awards season buzz — the momentum is just building,” Dergarabedian says. “Oscar nominations are never a bad thing.”

Rounding out the top five, Michael Bay’s 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi launched with $16 million in fourth place, well below the national releases of other true-life modern war films American Sniper ($89.3 million) and Lone Survivor ($37.8 million) in previous Januarys.

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg’s Daddy’s Home held strong with $9.3 million ($129.3 million to date) in fifth place.

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Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — The Kansas City Chiefs have experienced myriad playoff heartbreaks over the years, yet their loss to the New England Patriots on Saturday may have left an entirely different kind of sting.

One that hurts no less.

This wasn’t a blown 28-point lead, like what happened two years ago in Indianapolis. Or failure to force a punt, which happened on another occasion against the Colts.

This was a 27-20 defeat that left the Chiefs wondering what might have been.

What if their star players — wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, pass rushers Jus… we tin Houston did have and Tamba Hali, even one goal, r u n n i n g which was back Jamaal to get to Charles — weren’t deal- the Super ing with in- Bowl, and juries? we came What if up a little Knile Davis hadn’t had a short.” costly fumble?

— K.C. receiver What if Albert Wilson the Chiefs didn’t squander precious seconds at the goal line trying to score their final touchdown, ruining their opportunity to get the ball back?

“No doubt it was successful,” wide receiver Albert Wilson said of the season, “but we did have one goal, which was to get to the Super Bowl, and we came up a little short.”

Consider in order the frustrations of the Chiefs’ first defeat in a dozen games.

Maclin hurt his ankle in their playoff win in Houston and did not practice all week. And while he was able to play sparingly Saturday, the speed and quickness that made him such a dangerous target for Alex Smith this season were missing, and he was rendered nearly useless against New England.

The same could be said of Justin Houston and Tamba Hali, both of whom dealt with ailing knees late in the season. Houston came back from a hyperextended knee to play against the Texans, but he was still experiencing pain and a shadow of himself against the Patriots.

Charles has been out most of the season, and the Chiefs got by with Charcandrick West and Spencer Ware.

But both of them were also hobbled in the postseason, hampering Kansas City’s ground game.

“It’s tough,” Smith said of the injuries, which also included several offensive linemen. “But this time of year, every team’s got them.

Every team is dealing with it.”

With the trio of Charles, West and Ware hobbled by injuries, that forced Davis into action at running back.

With a history of fumble troubles, few were surprised when he coughed one up.

Then there was the time management at the end of the game.

Often criticized during his Philadelphia tenure for his time management, Reid was again left to defend his

KANSAS UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN FORWARDS CHEICK DIALLO (13) AND CARLTON BRAGG JR. check into KU’s 70-63 victory over TCU on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Freshmen make case(s) to start It takes more than one encouraging performance to make a college basketball coach trust a freshman as much as he does a veteran in tight spots.

Freshmen Cheick Diallo and Carlton Bragg Jr., in combining for 19 points, 13 rebounds and five blocked shots in 37 minutes, showed enough Saturday during Kansas University’s 70-63 victory vs. TCU for KU coach Bill Self to say he expects their minutes to increase.

Still, he stopped way short of saying they have surpassed the veterans sharing minutes alongside Perry Ellis.

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“I do think we need to get them out there, because from a potential standpoint, looking down the road, they both can do some things better than what our veterans can do,” Self said of Bragg and Diallo. “But our veterans are still better off to help us win close games.”

Self understandably isn’t ready to see what the freshmen can do at the pivotal point of games, but that doesn’t mean he has a closed mind to starting either Bragg or Diallo.

“I thought about starting one of them (vs. TCU),” Self said.

He decided against doing so because he said that, “for the most part,” KU had played well in the previous 10 games.

The time seems right to see whether a start could send one of the freshman’s confidence up another notch. Teams don’t have time to recover from fresh-

men mistakes in the final minutes, but that’s not the case for bad starts.

“There are a lot of things you can talk about as a coach, and we’ve talked about it with our players,” Self said. “You know, who should we start? We want to make sure we get off to good starts. We want to make sure we have Landen (Lucas) available late game, and he fouls a lot. There are a lot of things that go into thinking about it.”

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‘Svi’ relished visit from parents

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Kansas University sophomore guard Svi Mykhailiuk wasn’t able to return to his birthplace of Cherkasy, Ukraine, to see loved ones during the Jayhawks’ short three-day holiday break in late December.

So home came to him recently, in the form of his mom, Inna, and dad, Iurri, who were in town for KU’s victories over UC Irvine, Baylor and Oklahoma.

“They stayed three home games, two weeks. It was pretty cool. I hadn’t seen them in a long time. I was really happy,” Mykhailiuk said after scoring seven points with two assists, two rebounds, two Mykhailiuk turnovers and a steal in Saturday’s 70-63 home victory over TCU in Allen Fieldhouse.

“We had a really good time. They don’t know the language that well. I think they are getting better.

They’ve been here one time (before), so it’s not that hard for them,” Mykhailiuk added.

KU coach Bill Self enjoyed his meetings with the Mykhailiuks — sometimes with, sometimes without interpreters.

“Iurri speaks very broken English, and mom speaks no English, basically. When I saw them one day, they walked up, and it was like, ‘Congratula-

tions,’ or whatever they said.

It was in the middle of the day.

I hadn’t done anything. I was walking down the hallway,” he added laughing.

“We saw them walking downtown twice. They talked about how great the weather was, balmy. It was 28. Iurri said it was minus-20 in Ukraine.

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Melbourne, Australia (ap) — Serena Williams made a bright start to her Australian Open title defense, holding up one finger and twirling in her neon yellow two-piece outfit to mark victory No. 1 after advancing 6-4, 7-5 over Camila Giorgi early today.

Williams withdrew from a warmup tournament because of inflammation in her left knee, so the win over Giorgi was her first completed match since her bid for a calendaryear Grand Slam ended in a semifinal loss at the U.S. Open.

The 21-time major winner was troubled initially by the bright sun while serving from one end of Rod Laver Arena, but didn’t show too many signs otherwise of discomfort as she beat the No. 34-ranked Giorgi in a challenging opener.

She dropped one service game in the match, while Giorgi struggled with 12 double-faults, including one on the decisive breakpoint in the 11th game of the second set.

Williams fired two aces and a service winner to finish it off.

“It wasn’t very easy — she obviously plays really well ... (and) I haven’t played a competitive match in a really long time, but I think it was really good for me to come out here,” Williams said. “I was able to stay in it and stay calm today and I think that’s what matters most.”

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova earned the distinction of winning the first completed match at the tournament when she beat Thai qualifier Luksika Kumkhum earlier on Rod Laver Arena, avenging her upset three-set loss in the first round here in 2014.

Kvitova, who had to withdraw from a warmup tournament in China because of a stomach virus, said her preparation was disrupted and she was nervous ahead of the rematch with Kumkhum.

“Now I can breathe a little bit normally,” she said. “I got really nervous before the match.

I didn’t sleep well actually. The memories from two years ago were a little bit difficult.”

No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro advanced in straight sets, while No. 17 Sara Errani was the first of the seeded women eliminated with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 loss to Margarita Gasparyan. No. 24 Sloane Stephens, who beat Serena Williams in the 2013 Australian Open quarterfinals, went out in a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Chinese qualifier Wang Qiang.

No. 7 Kei Nishikori was the first of the seeded men’s players to advance, beating Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.

No. 15 David Goffin had a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Sergiy Stakhovsky, and No. 22 Ivo Karlovic was the first of the seeded players to exit the tournament when he retired due to a left knee injury in the third set while trailing Federico Delbonis 7-6 (4), 6-4, 2-1.

The hours before the tournament began were overshadowed by reports alleging a number of players were suspected of being involved in match-fixing but had been allowed to continue playing.

The ATP, which runs the men’s tour, and Nigel Willerton, head of the Tennis Integrity Unit, represented the four governing bodies of tennis — the ATP, the WTA, the Grand Slam Board and the International Tennis Federation — in a joint news conference to reject the allegations published by the BBC and BuzzFeed News.

The reports said secret files exposed evidence of widespread suspected match-fixing at the top level of world tennis.

The report said that in the last decade 16 players — all at some stage ranked in the top 50 — have been repeatedly flagged to the integrity unit.

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Argentine Gomez gets second Tour victory Honolulu — Fabian Gomez of Argentina closed with two birdies for an 8-under 62, and then made his 11th birdie of the day on the second playoff hole to beat Brandt Snedeker on Sunday in the Sony Open.

Gomez won for the second time on the PGA Tour, and this one was much tougher.

Starting the final round four shots behind, the 37-year-old Gomez ran off seven straight birdies in the middle of his round, let Snedeker back in the game with a pair of bogeys, and then holed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole and a 20-foot birdie from just off the 18th green to finish at 20-under 260.

Snedeker made a four-foot birdie on the 18th for a 66 to force the playoff.

Zac Blair, who shared the 54-hole lead with Snedeker, had a 10-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole to join them, but it missed on the high side. He had a 67.

Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland shot his worst round of the tournament Sunday, a 69, fell seven spots and finished in a tie for 13th at 12 under.

On the first playoff hole at the par-5 18th, Snedeker’s 12-foot birdie for the win narrowly missed. Returning to the 18th a second time in the playoff — the hardest fairway to hit at Waialae on Sunday — Gomez went with a hybrid off the tee to stay in the short grass. His 3-iron reached the front of the green and set up a long two-putt birdie.

Snedeker hit driver into a bunker, laid up and hit wedge 10 feet behind the hole. His birdie attempt to extend the playoff slid by to the right.

“It’s frustrating because I couldn’t make putts to win the golf tournament,” Snedeker said. He said leaving his 12-foot putt to win on the first playoff hole “is going to sting today and tomorrow.”

Gomez won the St. Jude Classic last year by four shots and already was in the Masters. This victory will move him just outside the top 50 in the world ranking, greatly improving his chances of playing in the Olympics this summer.

His 62 was the lowest closing round by a Sony Open champion.

Blair saved par from 8 feet on the 16th hole to keep alive his chance, and he almost cashed in with what he called the best 3-wood of his life from 280 yards. “Oh my gosh, that’s so good,” Blair said as he watched it bound forward onto the green to 10 feet. He needed the eagle to join the playoff. It stayed just above the hole.

“One of the best putts I’ve probably ever hit right there on 18,” he said. “Unfortunately, it didn’t go in.”

Si Woo Kim, the 20-year-old from South Korea, was part of a five-way tie for the lead

briefly. He closed with one bogey and five parts for a 68 to finish fourth.

Kevin Kisner, playing in the final group for the third time in his last four tournaments, ended his streak of 15 consecutive rounds under par at the worst time. His best putts were to save par until a wild tee shot on the eighth led to double bogey, dropping him five shots behind. Kisner still was in the mix until a bunkerto-bunker double bogey on the 17th ended his day. He closed with a 70 and tied for fifth.

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Noah likely out for year Chicago — Joakim Noah likely has played his last game this season. Now the question is whether the two-time All-Star has played his last game for the Chicago Bulls.

Noah dislocated his left shoulder Friday and will undergo surgery. The team estimates the recovery period at four to six months, which means his season is probably over.

The 30-year-old Noah also is in the final year of a five-year, $60 million contract and will be an unrestricted free agent after the season. Before the injury, there was talk the team would explore dealing the eight-year veteran before the trade deadline.

Noah was moved to a reserve role by new coach Fred Hoiberg this season. He has been bothered by a variety of injuries the past two years and struggled on the court when healthy this season. He never seemed to embrace his new role and is averaging a career-low 4.3 points and 8.8 rebounds in 21.9 minutes.

NFL Kansas City, Mo. — Chiefs coach Andy Reid says his team experienced problems with their headsets during Saturday’s playoff loss in New England, though they worked fine in the crucial final minutes of the game.

Reid said the problem occurred in the first half between the coaching staff and the radio in quarterback Alex Smith’s helmet.

But Reid said they cut out “just a little bit, not much,” and did not think that they were anything out of the ordinary.

It’s not the first time that headsets had trouble at Gillette Stadium.

In the regular-season opener, Pittsburgh complained the coaches’ headsets were filled with the Patriots’ radio broadcast of the game.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin later said his coaches have had problems with headsets every time they play at New England.

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not getting to see your parents much. Of course, with technology now we can talk to ’em every day.

It was good to have them here.

“They love it,” Self added of mom and dad watching Svi play ball.

“That was Svi’s life over there. He trained all the time. They loved ball.”

The 6-foot-8 Mykhailiuk, who averages 6.2 ppg for the Jayhawks (15-2, 4-1), had a highlight-reel play in Saturday’s game.

He raced coast to coast to complete a dazzling layup that gave the Jayhawks a 69-52 lead at 2:24.

“I was driving the ball.

I saw the player turn and reach. I did a spin and laid it in,” Mykhailiuk said. “It was a pretty fun game.

We always have fun when we’re playing. But the last two games (a win over TCU and a loss at West Virginia) have not been real good. We need to regroup, try harder in practice and games.”

TCU dominated the final two minutes, actually slicing that gap from 17 to the final margin of seven.

“We didn’t play very well on defense at all,” Mykhailiuk said of the last two games. “We need to work harder in practice, focus in on our jobs, help our teammates, have great effort and energy and come up to the next game at Oklahoma State (6 p.m. Tuesday in Stillwater) and try to win.

“I think the key is defense every game — defense, rebound and run the floor. If we play defense, we’ll have more breaks, easy possessions, more layups,” he added.

Self has not been pleased with the energy of late.

“We talked a lot about that, not from a punishment standpoint, but what was wrong at West Virginia from an energy level,” Self said. “They could have won the game, and we could have played very well. We didn’t give it a good chance because I thought our energy level was so low.

“I thought today was very similar (vs. TCU).

We didn’t give anything for the crowd to get excited about, for the most part. It hurts when you basically miss six straight free throws — front ends and two-shot fouls. You have a chance to get some separation and have some things going. We kind of keep the other team in

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WISCONSIN’S ETHAN HAPP (22) CELEBRATES WITH BRONSON KOENIG (24) and Jordan Hill (11) and other teammates after defeating Michigan State, 77-76, on Sunday in Madison, Wisconsin.

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY GUARD SVIATOSLAV MYKHAILIUK (10) FLOATS IN for a bucket over TCU forward Karviar Shepherd (32) and guard Michael Williams during the second half of KU’s 70-63 victory on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse. it. TCU didn’t quit. They didn’t go away. We had a chance to crack the game open. We never could get it done.”

He had more to say about lack of energy.

“I don’t think our guys played with a lack of effort. Our guys played with lack of energy,” Self said. “When you play with a lack of energy, sometimes you look slow. Energy is contagious. When you play with energy, you are always half a step quicker.

You are always explosive. You are lighter on your feet. A lot of guys try real hard, but if you don’t have that bounce and that energy, you never look quite as quick as you do if you turn it up from an energy standpoint, and enthusiasm is a big part of that.”

sic in Springfield, Massachusetts, as originally planned.

KU assistant coach Jerrance Howard was in attendance Sunday as Azubuike, the No. 27-ranked player in the Class of 2016 by Rivals. com, scored six points with nine rebounds in a loss to Westtown (Pennsylvania) School.

Mohamed Bamba, a 6-11 junior, had 13 points, 16 rebounds and 10 blocks for the winning team.

He’s ranked No. 5 in the Class of 2017.

“Really not surprised that Udoka Azubuike will pass on announcing today. Behind scenes sounds like there have been many changes of heart,” tweeted Eric Bossi of Rivals.com. l

No decision announced: Udoka Azubuike, a 6-11 senior center from Potter’s House Christian in Jacksonville, Florida, did not announce his choice on Sunday at the Hoop Hall Clas-

Porter excels: Michael Porter, a 6-8 junior from Tolton Catholic in Columbia, Missouri, scored 35 points and grabbed 22 rebounds in Saturday’s 58-53 victory over Blue Valley Northwest at the Best of the Midwest Showcase at Johnson County Community College. Earlier in the day, the No. 3-rated player in the Class of 2017 attended the KU-TCU game.

“Greatest venue in college basketball. I saw that today,” Porter told reporters after the game at JCCC. He plans to attend the KU-Kentucky game on Jan. 30 with Trae Young, a 6-1 junior from Norman (Oklahoma) North who is ranked No. 26 in the Class of 2017.

to coming off the bench.

Hunter Mickelson has made 10 consecutive starts, but based on the senior’s dwindling minutes, Self does not appear enamored with what

he has seen. Mickelson has played five minutes in each of the past three games.

If Self reduces the 11man rotation, Mickelson would seem the most likely candidate for oddman-out status.

That would open a starting assignment for Bragg or Diallo, or both, taking turns based on ei-

ther that game’s matchup or recent practice performances.

The ball moves better when Bragg is in the game than with Diallo, and opposing players have more to think about near the rim when Diallo plays. Watching Self attack the puzzle of the second post position remains intriguing.

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use of the clock during a wrap-up news conference at the practice facility Sunday.

The Chiefs, trailing 2713, declined to use any of their timeouts during a 16-play drive that took more than 5 minutes off the clock. Then, with first-and-goal and 2:33 left, the Chiefs allowed 25 seconds to expire before the two-minute warning, and several more seconds to lapse before scoring.

That left them with 1:13 to go, essentially forcing Kansas City to try an onside kick. New England tight end Rob Gronkowski recovered it, wrapping up the outcome.

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They’re OK: KU senior Jamari Traylor, who took a shot to the head and right eye by teammate Cheick Diallo while playing defense in Saturday’s game, did not have a concussion and did not suffer any bone fractures in his face. Self said Traylor practiced Sunday, as did junior Brannen Greene, whose leg was bothering him in Saturday’s game.

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It’s always bittersweet if you’re not winning the Super Bowl.”

— Chiefs coach Andy Reid “We work those situations all the time, so we wanted to maintain our timeouts the best we could,” Reid said. “It wasn’t a perfect world. It didn’t quite work out how we wanted.”

When asked why the Chiefs huddled in those closing minutes, allowing more time to waste away, Reid replied: “It’s easy to say, ‘Why not have another play called?’ We had another play, absolutely.

But you want to give it your best shot, your best plays in there.”

Ultimately, it wasn’t enough. The injuries and miscues and time management problems proved to be too much to overcome, leaving Kansas City with another bitter ending to a memorable season.

After their sluggish start, the Chiefs set a franchise record for consecutive wins. They ended a 22year streak without a playoff victory. They set all kinds of personal records and gave a fanbase that had grown tired of mediocrity a glimpse of what success might be like.

“It’s always bittersweet if you’re not winning the Super Bowl,” Reid said.

“Every year is different.

I got it. And I’ll be the first to tell you that every team is different. But you build foundations. That’s where you start.”

Badgers stun MSU The Associated Press

Top 25 Men Wisconsin 77, No. 4 Michigan St. 76 Madison, Wis. — Wisconsin interim coach Greg Gard likes to say experience is a great teacher.

Maybe that means the Badgers have learned something after coming up just short in games against the likes of Maryland, Indiana and Marquette.

Whereas Wisconsin fumbled away late opportunities in recent close losses, this time Ethan Happ scored underneath with 10 seconds left as the Badgers beat Michigan State on Sunday.

Coming in, Wisconsin had lost its four Big Ten games by an average of less than four points, including a painful loss to the Terrapins Jan. 9, as Melo Trimble hit a lastsecond three-pointer.

“We were just a little bit better in each possession,” said Gard, who won his first game against a ranked team since taking over last month. “Did we play any differently?

No. We were still trying to do the same things. But we were a little bit better in how we executed at certain times.”

The Badgers (10-9, 2-4 Big Ten) looked on the verge of letting another one slip away after Denzel Valentine hit a runner to put the Spartans (16-3, 3-3) up 76-72. The Badgers may have faltered in the clutch before, this time they delivered.

Bronson Koenig, who scored 27 points, hit a three-pointer with Valentine in his face that pulled Wisconsin within 76-75 with 27 seconds left.

The Badgers then went to a full-court press for the first time in the game, forcing a turnover as Eron Harris stepped out of bounds while doubleteamed.

Koenig then found Happ underneath the basket. The 6-foot-9 forward briefly bobbled the ball in heavy traffic, spun out from underneath the hoop and hit the winning shot.

The Spartans had a final chance to win, but Valentine missed a three-pointer, and Matt Costello’s last-second side jumper bounced off the rim.

Happ said the difference Sunday was the Badgers avoided the last-minute lapses that doomed them in close losses.

“We played together the whole 40 minutes, and it showed,” said Happ, who had 14 points and eight rebounds while Nigel Hayes added 25 points for the Badgers.

Michigan State’s Tom Izzo called it one of the strangest games he’s ever coached. The Spartans shot a higher percentage than Wisconsin from the field (48-45), three-point range (44-43) and outrebounded the Badgers 35-25, but still lost.

Part of that is Wisconsin thrived at the freethrow line in a game where 43 fouls were called, 28 on the Spartans. Wisconsin, which was already in the double bonus with more than seven minutes left in the second half, ended up 29of-36 from the line, while Michigan State was 12-of16.

Valentine led Michigan State with 23 points, while Costello added 18.

MICHIGAN ST. (16-3) Costello 8-13 2-2 18, Harris 5-9 2-2 14, McQuaid 0-3 0-0 0, Davis 3-4 1-1 7, Valentine 8-19 3-5 23, Ahrens 0-0 0-0 0, Bess 0-1 0-0 0, Ellis III 0-0 0-0 0, Forbes 4-9 2-2 12, Clark Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Goins 0-0 0-0 0, Schilling 0-1 2-4 2, Wollenman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-59 12-16 76.

WISCONSIN (10-9) Showalter 1-2 2-2 4, Hayes 7-14 9-10 25, Happ 3-7 8-13 14, Koenig 8-15 7-7 27, Brown 1-4 3-4 5, Moesch 0-0 0-0 0, Hill 0-2 0-0 0, Thomas 1-2 0-0 2, Iverson 0-0 0-0 0, Illikainen 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 29-36 77.

Halftime-Wisconsin 41-36. 3-Point Goals-Michigan St. 8-18 (Valentine 4-8, Harris 2-2, Forbes 2-6, McQuaid 0-2), Wisconsin 6-14 (Koenig 4-8, Hayes 2-3, Showalter 0-1, Hill 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Michigan St. 35 (Costello 13), Wisconsin 25 (Happ 8).

Assists-Michigan St. 11 (Valentine 5), Wisconsin 6 (Koenig 4). Total Fouls-Michigan St. 28, Wisconsin 15.

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No. 10 SMU 60, Tulane 45 New Orleans — Markus Kennedy scored 13 points, and SMU overcame uncharacteristically poor shooting to pull away late to remain the nation’s only unbeaten Div. I team.

Jordan Tolbert and Nic Moore scored 12 points each for the Mustangs (17-0, 6-0 American Athletic Conference), who shot a season-worst 40.4 percent (21 of 52) and did not take the lead for good until Ben Moore’s running floater as he was fouled made it 33-30 with 12:41 to go.

Melvin Frazier scored 11 points and Malik Morgan had 10 for Tulane (811, 1-5), which has lost five of its last six games.

SMU (17-0) B. Moore 3-9 5-5 11, Milton 2-4 1-2 6, Brown 2-7 2-2 6, N. Moore 2-9 8-8 12, Tolbert 6-11 0-3 12, Kennedy 6-9 1-1 13, Foster 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 21-52 17-21 60.

TULANE (8-11) Dabney 2-9 4-6 9, Morgan 4-9 0-0 10, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Osetkowski 3-7 1-2 8, Frazier 3-4 4-6 11, Reynolds 1-3 0-0 2, Julien 0-1 0-0 0, Harris 0-2 0-0 0, Jarreau 1-8 3-4 5, Paul 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 14-48 12-18 45.

Halftime-SMU 23-19. 3-Point GoalsSMU 1-10 (Milton 1-2, Foster 0-2, N. Moore 0-6), Tulane 5-20 (Morgan 2-6, Frazier 1-1, Osetkowski 1-2, Dabney 1-5, Harris 0-1, Julien 0-1, Jarreau 0-2, Reynolds 0-2). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-SMU 37 (Tolbert 9), Tulane 32 (Paul 7). Assists-SMU 8 (N. Moore 3), Tulane 7 (Morgan 3). Total FoulsSMU 14, Tulane 19. Technical-N. Moore. A-NA.

Florida State 69, No. 13 Virginia 62 Tallahassee, Fla. — Dwayne Bacon scored 18 points, and Florida State broke a five-game losing streak against ranked teams.

VIRGINIA (13-4) Gill 5-8 3-4 13, Salt 2-2 0-0 4, Hall 2-3 2-2 6, Brogdon 4-17 1-1 10, Perrantes 4-13 7-8 19, Tobey 2-3 0-0 4, Nolte 0-4 0-0 0, Wilkins 2-5 0-0 4, Thompson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 22-56 13-15 62.

FLORIDA ST. (12-5) Bojanovsky 0-2 2-2 2, Bacon 6-11 5-7 18, Beasley 5-10 4-4 17, Rathan-Mayes 2-6 7-8 11, Brandon 1-2 0-0 2, Bookert 3-4 1-3 9, Bell 0-1 0-0 0, Mann 1-3 0-0 2, Smith 3-4 2-2 8. Totals 21-43 21-26 69.

Halftime-Virginia 28-25. 3-Point Goals-Virginia 5-12 (Perrantes 4-7, Brogdon 1-4, Nolte 0-1), Florida St. 6-13 (Beasley 3-3, Bookert 2-3, Bacon 1-2, Brandon 0-1, Bell 0-1, Rathan-Mayes 0-3). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsVirginia 25 (Brogdon 5), Florida St. 31 (Bacon 9). Assists-Virginia 14 (Brogdon 5), Florida St. 8 (Bookert 3).

Total Fouls-Virginia 21, Florida St. 17.

A-9,158.

No. 16 Iowa 82, Michigan 71 Iowa City, Iowa — Jarrod Uthoff scored 23 points, and Iowa is off to its first 5-0 start in the Big Ten in 19 years.

Peter Jok had 14 of his 16 points in the second half for the surging Hawkeyes (14-3, 5-0), who have won seven straight games.

Iowa broke open a tight game with a 16-3 run midway through the second half, and Jok buried a three-pointer that made it 76-68 with 2:34 left.

Derrick Walton Jr. had 16 points for Michigan (13-5, 3-2). The Wolverines played their fourth straight game without star Caris LeVert, who was out because of a left leg injury.

Iowa was coming off a 76-59 win at No. 4 Michigan State on Tuesday.

MICHIGAN (13-5) Walton Jr. 5-14 3-4 16, AbdurRahkman 3-5 0-0 7, Irvin 3-8 4-5 11, Robinson 3-9 3-3 11, Donnal 4-7 0-0 8, Wilson 1-3 0-0 2, Dakich 0-0 0-0 0, Wagner 2-2 0-0 4, Dawkins 4-6 1-2 12, Doyle 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-54 11-14 71.

IOWA (14-3) Clemmons 2-6 0-0 5, Gesell 1-4 2-2 4, Jok 6-11 0-0 16, Uthoff 9-20 3-3 23, Woodbury 5-7 2-2 12, Wagner 2-2 1-2 5, Ellingson 0-0 0-0 0, Uhl 4-6 0-0 10, Baer 2-5 2-2 7. Totals 31-61 10-11 82.

Halftime-Iowa 38-33. 3-Point GoalsMichigan 10-28 (Dawkins 3-5, Walton Jr. 3-11, Robinson 2-8, Abdur-Rahkman 1-1, Irvin 1-2, Wilson 0-1), Iowa 10-22 (Jok 4-6, Uhl 2-2, Uthoff 2-4, Clemmons 1-4, Baer 1-4, Gesell 0-2). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Michigan 33 (Irvin 8), Iowa 27 (Woodbury 6). AssistsMichigan 18 (Walton Jr. 6), Iowa 19 (Gesell 7). Total Fouls-Michigan 14, Iowa 13. A-15,400.

Big 12 Women No. 6 Baylor 80, No. 4 Texas 67 Austin, Texas — Alexis Jones scored 29 points, and Baylor beat Texas, sending the Longhorns to their first loss of the season and earning the Lady Bears their 12th straight win in the Big 12 rivalry.

Nina Davis added 24 points for the Lady Bears (18-1, 5-1), who scored 24 points off 21 Texas turnovers.

Texas (16-1, 5-1), which had trailed for only 16 seconds in its previous five Big 12 games, was down by 12 at halftime after a rash of turnovers and foul trouble and never recovered.

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DENVER GUARD EMMANUEL MUDIAY, LEFT, DRIVES past Indiana guard Joe Young during the first half of the Nuggets’ 129-126 victory on Sunday in Denver.

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Nuggets 129, Pacers 126 Denver — Randy Foye hit a go-ahead threepointer with 21 seconds left for Denver in its comeback victory over Indiana on Sunday.

The Nuggets came back in the second half to get their seventh straight win at home over the Pacers. Danilo Gallinari had 23 points, and Will Barton had 21, including two free throws with six seconds left.

Myles Turner scored a career-high 25 points for Indiana, and Monta Ellis added 24.

INDIANA (126) George 6-12 4-4 19, Allen 2-3 0-0 4, J.Hill 4-5 1-2 9, Ellis 10-17 2-5 24, Robinson III 2-8 3-4 8, Turner 11-13 3-6 25, Miles 2-5 7-8 12, Young 7-11 1-1 15, S.Hill 2-5 0-0 6, Budinger 2-3 0-0 4.

Totals 48-82 21-30 126.

DENVER (129) Gallinari 6-11 10-10 23, Faried 5-7 3-5 13, Jokic 6-11 5-6 18, Mudiay 4-10 2-8 10, Harris 8-12 3-3 20, Arthur 3-8 0-0 7, Foye 4-8 2-4 12, Lauvergne 2-5 0-0 5, Barton 8-17 2-2 21, Kilpatrick 0-2 0-0 0.

Totals 46-91 27-38 129.

Indiana 30 36 25 35—126 Denver 30 24 30 45—129 3-Point Goals-Indiana 9-19 (George 3-7, S.Hill 2-2, Ellis 2-3, Robinson III 1-3, Miles 1-4), Denver 10-26 (Barton 3-6, Foye 2-4, Arthur 1-1, Lauvergne 1-2, Harris 1-3, Jokic 1-3, Gallinari 1-4, Mudiay 0-1, Kilpatrick 0-2). Fouled OutGallinari. Rebounds-Indiana 42 (Turner 7), Denver 57 (Faried 9). AssistsIndiana 27 (Young 7), Denver 25 (Foye, Mudiay 6). Total Fouls-Indiana 29, Denver 26. A-11,104 (19,155).

Thunder 99, Heat 74 Oklahoma City — Russell Westbrook had his second consecutive triple-double to help Oklahoma City beat Miami.

Westbrook finished with 13 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds. It was his fifth triple-double of the season and the 24th of his career.

Kevin Durant had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Serge Ibaka scored 19 points, and Dion Waiters added 18 for the Thunder.

They are the third team to reach 30 wins this season.

Dwyane Wade, who sat out Friday against Denver with shoulder soreness, led the Heat with 22 points on his 34th birthday. Hassan Whiteside added 14 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks for the Heat.

MIAMI (74) Deng 0-5 2-2 2, Bosh 5-16 2-3 12, Whiteside 7-9 0-0 14, Johnson 7-12 0-0 16, Wade 9-15 4-4 22, Richardson 1-4 0-0 3, Green 1-7 0-0 3, Winslow 0-4 0-0 0, Stoudemire 0-0 2-2 2, Haslem 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-72 10-11 74.

OKLAHOMA CITY (99) Durant 8-20 5-5 24, Ibaka 9-15 0-0 19, Adams 3-5 0-0 6, Westbrook 5-16 2-2 13, Roberson 3-6 0-0 6, Singler 1-1 0-0 3, Waiters 6-11 5-5 18, Payne 0-3 0-0 0, Kanter 4-9 0-0 8, McGary 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals 40-88 12-12 99.

Miami 18 24 16 16—74 Oklahoma City 24 20 31 24—99 3-Point Goals-Miami 4-14 (Johnson 2-3, Richardson 1-1, Green 1-3, Winslow 0-1, Wade 0-1, Bosh 0-2, Deng 0-3), Oklahoma City 7-22 (Durant 3-8, Singler 1-1, Waiters 1-2, Ibaka 1-3, Westbrook 1-4, McGary 0-1, Payne 0-1, Roberson 0-2). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Miami 41 (Whiteside 11), Oklahoma City 50 (Westbrook, Durant 10). Assists-Miami 12 (Johnson 4), Oklahoma City 24 (Westbrook 15).

Total Fouls-Miami 12, Oklahoma City 13. Technicals-Johnson. A-18,203 (18,203).

Spurs 112, Mavericks 83 San Antonio — LaMarcus Aldridge scored 23 points, and San Antonio beat Dallas to remain undefeated at home.

The Spurs are a franchise-best 24-0 at home and have won 33 straight at the AT&T Center dating to March 2015. At 366, San Antonio matched its best start after 42 games, tying the mark set in 2010-11.

How former Jayhawks fared Darrell Arthur, Denver Min: 23. Pts: 7.

Reb: 5. Ast: 2.

Tarik Black, L.A. Lakers Min: 5. Pts: 1.

Reb: 4. Ast: 0.

Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Did not play (coach’s decision) Markieff Morris, Phoenix Min: 34. Pts: 17.

Reb: 5. Ast: 3.

Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota Min: 28. Pts: 18.

Reb: 4. Ast: 4.

DALLAS (83) Parsons 2-7 0-0 5, Nowitzki 2-10 0-0 4, Pachulia 1-7 3-4 5, Williams 2-6 4-4 8, Matthews 5-9 1-2 12, Powell 4-8 5-5 15, Felton 4-9 1-1 9, Harris 2-4 0-0 6, McGee 2-4 1-1 5, Barea 2-7 1-2 5, Villanueva 1-5 2-3 4, Evans 2-3 1-2 5, Jenkins 0-2 0-1 0.

Totals 29-81 19-25 83.

SAN ANTONIO (112) Leonard 5-11 4-6 15, Aldridge 9-15 5-5 23, Duncan 0-4 2-2 2, Parker 0-4 2-2 2, Green 2-8 0-1 4, Ginobili 3-8 1-2 7, Diaw 6-11 2-2 16, Mills 2-4 2-2 6, West 4-8 0-1 8, Simmons 5-7 2-2 14, K.Anderson 3-3 2-2 8, Butler 0-1 0-0 0, Marjanovic 3-6 1-1 7. Totals 42-90 23-28 112.

Dallas 16 20 20 27— 83 San Antonio 14 32 32 34—112 3-Point Goals-Dallas 6-23 (Powell 2-3, Harris 2-3, Parsons 1-1, Matthews 1-4, Williams 0-1, Felton 0-1, Evans 0-1, Nowitzki 0-3, Barea 0-3, Villanueva 0-3), San Antonio 5-20 (Simmons 2-2, Diaw 2-5, Leonard 1-3, Butler 0-1, Mills 0-2, Ginobili 0-3, Green 0-4). ReboundsDallas 52 (McGee 10), San Antonio 59 (Aldridge, Green 7). Assists-Dallas 20 (Barea 4), San Antonio 22 (Parker 7). Total Fouls-Dallas 23, San Antonio 21. Technicals-Barea, Dallas Coach Carlisle 2, Dallas defensive three second 2, Marjanovic, San Antonio defensive three second 2. Flagrant Fouls-Pachulia. Ejected-Dallas Coach Carlisle. A-18,418 (18,797).

T’wolves 117, Suns 87 Minneapolis — Ricky Rubio and Andrew Wiggins scored 18 points each, and Minnesota beat Phoenix to snap a ninegame losing streak.

Brandon Knight scored 20 points, and Markieff Morris had 17 points and five rebounds for Phoenix.

PHOENIX (87) Tucker 1-7 2-4 4, Morris 7-12 3-5 17, Chandler 3-4 2-4 8, Knight 9-20 0-0 20, Booker 4-8 3-4 11, Warren 3-6 1-2 7, Weems 1-2 0-0 2, Leuer 3-7 2-4 8, Teletovic 1-7 0-0 2, Brown 2-5 0-0 4, Goodwin 1-3 1-2 4. Totals 35-81 14-25 87.

MINNESOTA (117) Prince 3-3 0-0 6, Garnett 0-2 0-0 0, Towns 5-8 3-3 14, Rubio 6-11 4-4 18, Wiggins 8-13 2-2 18, Bjelica 1-1 3-4 6, Muhammad 4-10 3-6 11, LaVine 3-6 3-4 11, Dieng 4-6 7-7 15, Pekovic 1-2 2-4 4, Martin 3-6 4-4 11, Miller 0-0 1-2 1, Payne 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 39-69 32-40 117.

Phoenix 23 25 21 18— 87 Minnesota 24 34 25 34—117 3-Point Goals-Phoenix 3-15 (Knight 2-5, Goodwin 1-1, Warren 0-1, Tucker 0-1, Leuer 0-2, Morris 0-2, Teletovic 0-3), Minnesota 7-18 (LaVine 2-4, Rubio 2-5, Bjelica 1-1, Towns 1-1, Martin 1-3, Wiggins 0-1, Muhammad 0-3). ReboundsPhoenix 43 (Chandler 8), Minnesota 52 (Muhammad, Towns 8). Assists-Phoenix 16 (Tucker 5), Minnesota 23 (Wiggins 4).

Total Fouls-Phoenix 29, Minnesota 25.

A-14,330 (19,356).

Rockets 112, Lakers 95 Los Angeles — James Harden scored 31 points, and Houston pulled away from the Lakers with a pivotal run in the third.

HOUSTON (112) Ariza 5-8 2-2 13, Capela 6-8 2-2 14, Howard 6-11 2-3 14, Terry 1-4 0-0 2, Harden 10-17 7-10 31, Jones 1-7 0-0 2, Lawson 4-7 3-3 12, Brewer 2-8 0-0 4, Thornton 4-11 2-2 10, Harrell 5-7 0-2 10, McDaniels 0-3 0-0 0.

Totals 44-91 18-24 112.

L.A. LAKERS (95) Bryant 2-5 0-0 5, Randle 5-10 2-3 12, Hibbert 3-6 2-2 8, Clarkson 8-17 0-0 16, Williams 7-12 5-6 20, Russell 5-10 0-0 12, Bass 2-4 4-4 8, Kelly 1-8 1-2 3, Brown 4-8 0-0 10, Huertas 0-2 0-0 0, Black 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 37-82 15-19 95.

Houston 32 28 34 18—112 L.A. Lakers 36 21 18 20— 95 3-Point Goals-Houston 6-21 (Harden 4-7, Ariza 1-3, Lawson 1-3, Jones 0-1, Terry 0-2, Brewer 0-2, Thornton 0-3), L.A. Lakers 6-16 (Russell 2-4, Brown 2-5, Bryant 1-1, Williams 1-2, Clarkson 0-1, Huertas 0-1, Kelly 0-2). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Houston 58 (Howard 15), L.A. Lakers 44 (Randle 11). AssistsHouston 21 (Lawson, Harden 5), L.A. Lakers 25 (Bryant 9). Total FoulsHouston 19, L.A. Lakers 16. A-18,997 (18,997).

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Manning sparks Broncos Denver (ap) — Peyton Manning gets to face his biggest nemesis for one more shot at glory.

Get ready for BradyManning XVII. The NFL’s only fivetime MVP earned one more and possibly final game against his rival by leading the Denver Broncos to a come-frombehind 23-16 victory over Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers on a blustery Sunday.

That set up an AFC championship game next weekend in Denver against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

What a fitting feature to an 18th season for Manning that’s been equal parts trying and triumphant, filled with injuries and insults, rehab and redemption.

And yet another rescue.

Manning and Brady have squared off 16 times before, a full season’s worth of matchups between the two quarterbacks whose careers are so intertwined that a conversation about one almost has to include the other — like Bird vs.

Magic or Ali vs. Frazier.

“It’ll be the Broncos vs. the Patriots,” Manning said of the AFC’s top two seeds, both 13-4.

“We’ll enjoy this one tonight. I think you knew that answer was coming. To kind of quote Bill Belichick, we’ll be on to New England. But I’ll be talking about them on Wednesday.”

Football fans certainly won’t wait that long.

Brady has won 11 of the 16 meetings against Manning, but they’re 2-2 in the playoffs, including Denver’s 26-16 win in the

Jack Dempsey/AP Photo

PITTSBURGH RUNNING BACK FITZGERALD TOUSSAINT, LEFT, PUSHES OFF Denver inside linebacker Danny Trevathan during the second half of the Broncos’ 23-16 victory on Sunday in Denver. conference championship game two years ago.

The 17th chapter was slated for November before Manning went out with a foot injury that pushed longtime backup Brock Osweiler into the starting — and starring — role.

Osweiler led the Broncos back from a twotouchdown, fourth-quarter deficit against New England on Nov. 29 in a game Denver won 30-24 in overtime. Manning had just gotten out of his cast and watched that game from the locker room after shaking Brady’s hand in pregame warmups.

He returned to action in the season finale, his cameo propelling the Broncos past San Diego and into the AFC’s No. 1 seed that ensures Brady & Co. will have to play at altitude in their fifth consecutive trip to the conference championship game.

Just before kickoff Sunday, a strong wind blew over the Rocky Mountains, wreaking havoc on

passes and kicks alike, although Brandon McManus tied an NFL playoff record by converting all five of his field-goal attempts and Chris Boswell made all three of his.

Manning’s teammates dropped seven passes but also came through in crunch time. Denver is 10-3 in games decided by seven points or fewer, and Manning said being battle-tested helped them on this blustery night With Denver down 13-12 with less than 10 minutes left, cornerback Bradley Roby, burned time and again, punched the ball from Fitzgerald Toussaint’s arms and teammate DeMarcus Ware recovered at the Denver 35-yard line.

“Perfect timing,” Roby said.

Toussaint, who scored his first career TD in the first half, took it hard and blamed himself.

“This is not all on him by any means,” Roethlisberger said. “It’s on all of us.”

SUMMARY Pittsburgh 7 3 3 3—16 Denver 6 3 3 11—23 First Quarter Den-FG McManus 28, 11:21.

Den-FG McManus 41, 3:40.

Pit-Toussaint 1 run (Boswell kick), 1:22.

Second Quarter Pit-FG Boswell 43, 10:19.

Den-FG McManus 51, :00.

Third Quarter Pit-FG Boswell 28, 9:32.

Den-FG McManus 41, 2:45.

Fourth Quarter Den-Anderson 1 run (Thomas pass from Manning), 3:00.

Den-FG McManus 45, :53.

Pit-FG Boswell 47, :19.

A-76,956.

Pit Den First downs 16 19 Total Net Yards 396 324 Rushes-yards 19-85 33-109 Passing 311 215 Punt Returns 4-20 1-42 Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 24-37-0 21-37-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-28 1-7 Punts 6-39.7 6-47.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-38 4-49 Time of Possession 28:27 31:33 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Pittsburgh, Bryant 2-40, Toussaint 12-39, Todman 5-6. Denver, Anderson 15-72, Hillman 16-38, Manning 2-(minus 1).

PASSING-Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 24-37-0-339. Denver, Manning 21-370-222.

RECEIVING-Pittsburgh, Bryant 9-154, Wheaton 5-30, Toussaint 3-2, Heyward-Bey 2-64, Coates 2-61, James 1-22, Miller 1-5, Spaeth 1-1.

Denver, Sanders 5-85, Thomas 4-40, Fowler 2-35, Latimer 2-18, Green 2-14, Anderson 2-11, Daniels 2-10, Norwood 1-10, Caldwell 1-(minus 1).

Panthers hold off Seattle Charlotte, N.C. (ap) — Four games into his playoff career, Cam Newton recognizes the key element to success. He calls it “Big Mo,” and there couldn’t have been a better example than Carolina’s 31-24 victory over Seattle on Sunday.

Emphatically backing up their superb regular season with one of the most dominating halves in football history, the Panthers then hung on in the face of a furious Seahawks rally before surviving.

“The playoffs bring out more than any other time the impact of ‘Big Mo,’” Newton said after Carolina (16-1) moved into NFC title game, which they will host Sunday against Arizona (13-3). “Momentum.

“We can’t wait for no one to make plays for us.”

The Panthers, winners of 12 straight at home, made all the right plays in building a 31-0 lead, then were dominated by the two-time defending NFC champs in the second half. So if Carolina wins its first NFL championship, it can credit the lesson learned from the Seahawks (11-7).

“We have to find a way to complete a full game of football,” the All-Pro quarterback added. “We have been known to take our foot off the throttle and we have to find that killer instinct.”

Newton noted how players, coaches and even the fans were feeling the pressure in the final 30 minutes as Seattle staged a relentless comeback.

“It was a tale of execution. We needed a little more of that in the second half. You just have to find ways to get your groove back on.”

Definitely.

“That’s what this game is going to teach us,” said

SUMMARY

Chuck Burton/AP Photo

CAROLINA QUARTERBACK CAM NEWTON (1) LEAPS INTO THE ARMS of Panthers tight end Greg Olsen (88) after a touchdown in a 31-24 victory over Seattle on Sunday in Charlotte, North Carolina.

All-Pro linebacker Luke Kuechly, who returned a first-quarter interception for a touchdown.

“No matter how good you play in the first half, the second half is just as important. It’s crazy - you go into these games and you expect it to be like this, so it wasn’t a surprise for us. But you’ve got to be locked in the whole game. “ Jonathan Stewart, returning from a foot injury, scored two touchdowns after jumpstarting the Panthers with a 59yard sprint on their first play. Newton threw for a touchdown.

Then, Seattle showed its pedigree and climbed back within seven points.

“We made a mess of it in the first half,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. “We look at this game as a microcosm of the season. We struggled so much early in the season to get going, and it took us a long time.

When we finally did, we caught fire, and got rolling. Everyone in here just

feels like we ran out of time.”

Not before they got two touchdowns in the first 7:20 of the third quarter. Finally with time to throw, Russell Wilson hit Jermaine Kearse for a 13-yard score and rookie Tyler Lockett for 33 yards, making it 3114 — and making the full house at Bank of America Stadium unnerved.

When the Seahawks succeeded on a fake punt from their 23, an epic comeback seemed possible. That drive stalled, but with Carolina’s offense sputtering, Seattle later got closer on Kearse’s three-yard catch of a jump ball against AllPro cornerback Josh Norman.

With Newton waving the crowd into frenzied cheers on the sideline, the Panthers’ defense couldn’t stop a 60-yard drive capped by Steven Hauschka’s 36-yard field goal with 1:12 remaining.

At 31-24, All-Pro linebacker Thomas Davis hauled in Hauschka’s on-

Seattle 0 0 14 10—24 Carolina 14 17 0 0—31 First Quarter Car-Stewart 4 run (Gano kick), 12:30.

Car-Kuechly 14 interception return (Gano kick), 11:38.

Second Quarter Car-Stewart 1 run (Gano kick), 14:18.

Car-FG Gano 48, 12:37.

Car-Olsen 19 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 6:26.

Third Quarter Sea-Kearse 13 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 13:27.

Sea-Lockett 33 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 7:40.

Fourth Quarter Sea-Kearse 3 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 6:04.

Sea-FG Hauschka 36, 1:12.

A-74,287.

Sea Car First downs 23 19 Total Net Yards 403 295 Rushes-yards 12-78 41-144 Passing 325 151 Punt Returns 1-8 1-0 Kickoff Returns 3-92 4-59 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-14 Comp-Att-Int 31-48-2 16-22-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-41 1-10 Punts 3-36.3 5-37.6 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 Penalties-Yards 3-20 3-25 Time of Possession 24:22 35:38 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Seattle, Wilson 3-32, Lynch 6-20, Shead 1-17, F.Jackson 2-9.

Carolina, Stewart 19-106, Tolbert 7-17, Ginn Jr. 1-11, Artis-Payne 3-7, Newton 11-3.

PASSING-Seattle, Wilson 31-48-2366. Carolina, Newton 16-22-0-161.

RECEIVING-Seattle, Kearse 11-110, Baldwin 8-82, Willson 4-54, Lockett 3-75, F.Jackson 2-23, Lynch 2-15, K.Smith 1-7. Carolina, Olsen 6-77, Cotchery 3-22, Brown 2-22, Dickson 2-22, Funchess 1-12, Stewart 1-5, ArtisPayne 1-1.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Seattle, Hauschka 55 (SH).

side kick — and Charlotte could breathe again.

“In the second half, we had to go for it,” Wilson said. “We had to come out swinging. That was our mentality, and we did a great job of that. “ This will be the Panthers’ fourth trip to the NFC championship game, and their first time as host.

Carolina, which scored an NFL-best 500 points this season, stormed into the lead thanks to Stewart. He burst through the middle on the first snap and nearly outran everyone, getting tackled at the Seattle 16 by Richard Sherman. Three plays later, Stewart surged into the end zone.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS BizFuel Partner and Lead (RFP) Contact for RFP: The The Chamber of Lawrence Chamber of Lawrence Kansas, Attn: Brady Pollington, Kansas on behalf of Development BizFuel partners are seek- Economic ing to hire an advertising/ Project Manager, 646 Vermont St #200, Lawrence, marketing 66044, agency or individual team KS to provide strategic imple- bpollington@lawrencecham 785.865.4425. mentation of messaging, ber.com, advertising and marketing Proposals will only be acstrategies as needed for cepted from January 7thpromoting the BizFuel 29th, received by 4:30p.m.

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF SUIT (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal The State of Kansas to all World January 11, 2016) persons who are or may be concerned: Kevin W. Babbit #16717 You are hereby FAGAN EMERT & DAVIS, L.L.C. notified 730 New Hampshire, that a Petition has been Suite 210 filed in the District Court of Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Douglas County, Kansas, Phone: (785) 331-0300

by Didra Emille Baez Ortiz Fax: (785) 331-0303 praying for a dissolution of Attorney for the Petitioner marriage.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF You are hereby required to DOUGLAS COUNTY, file a response including KANSAS any defenses you wish to assert on or before FebruIn the Matter of the ary 2nd, 2016 in the District Marriage of: DIDRA EMILLE BAEZ ORTIZ Court of Douglas County.

If you fail to plead, judgPetitioner, ment and decree will be and entered in due course SEBASTIAN ANDRES upon the Petition.

LANGE VATER Respondent.

Respectfully Submitted, FAGAN EMERT & DAVIS, Case No. 2015-DM-1075 L.L.C., Division 4 /S/ Kevin W. Babbit Kevin W. Babbit #16717 Pursuant to K.S.A. 730 New Hampshire, Chapters 60 & 23

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FHLBank Topeka’s products and services help our member banks provide affordable credit and support housing and community development efforts. We are accepting resumes for an:

Community Living Opportunities

AUDITOR This position may be filled as a level I, II or III depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

This position performs individual internal audit projects and SOx testing, as part of the total internal audit plan. This responsibility includes developing internal audit scope, developing and performing internal audit procedures, and preparing internal audit reports reflecting the results of the work performed. Work performed includes coverage of functional and operating units, focusing on compliance, financial and operational processes. This position performs follow up with the auditees on the status of outstanding internal audit issues, provides assistance to the external auditors, and works on special projects as assigned by internal audit management. Audit procedures assigned are of moderate complexity and require the exercise of judgment. Depending on the level, this position may often direct and review the work performed by other internal audit personnel.

QUALIFICATIONS Level I One to three years of similar or related experience.

Undergraduate degree in accounting or finance (or equivalent work experience) is required.

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GROWING HOME HEALTH AGENCY is looking for full-time RN or PT for Team Manager position.

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is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping adults and children with severe developmental disabilities achieve personally satisfying and fulfilling lifestyles.

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You’ll teach and support up to four people with developmental disabilities who live in separate, but attached duplexes, managing the home operations and budget. Want a good life for yourself and your family? This could be a terrific career and CLO is hiring couples with or without children. Lawrence & Kansas City Metro locations.

Learn more by visiting our website www.clokan.org, or call 785-865-5520 EOE

LAWRENCE Deliver Newspapers!

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

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Plumbing RETIRED MASTER PLUMBER & Handyman needs small work.

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Snow Removal D&R Painting interior/exterior • 30+ years • power washing • repairs (inside & out) • stain decks • wallpaper stripping • free estimates 913-401-9304

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HOUSE CLEANER ADDING NEW CUSTOMERS Years of experience, references available, Insured.

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Guttering Services Stacked Deck

Pet Services

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Residential Lawrence Free Estimates 785-766-5285

Tree/Stump Removal Fredy’s Tree Service

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cutdown • trimmed • topped • stump removal Licensed & Insured.

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016 • 11:30 AM - 3 PM • Peaslee Tech, 29TH & Haskell Ave. Meet, mingle & connect with great local employers with many job openings. Includes a special presentation, “What Employers Want” by Peter Steimle.

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69-67-70-70—276 J.J. Henry (1), $11,484

69-68-69-70—276 Hideto Tanihara (0), $11,252

66-70-69-72—277 Nick Taylor (1), $11,136

69-68-67-75—279 Made cut did not finish Davis Love III 66-70-71—207 Colt Knost 65-71-71—207 David Hearn 65-71-71—207 Bronson Burgoon 67-70-70—207 Derek Fathauer 69-67-72—208 Peter Malnati 69-67-72—208 Satoshi Kodaira 68-67-74—209 Cameron Smith 69-67-73—209 Pat Perez 71-66-72—209 Whee Kim 68-69-73—210 Ryo Ishikawa 67-70-73—210 Jim Herman 68-69-73—210 Steven Bowditch 66-70-77—213

NFL Playoffs

Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9 Kansas City 30, Houston 0 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 Sunday, Jan. 10 Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 New England 27, Kansas City 20 Arizona 26, Green Bay 20, OT Sunday, Jan. 17 Carolina 31, Seattle 24 Denver 23, Pittsburgh 16 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC New England at Denver, 2:05 p.m.

(CBS) NFC Arizona at Carolina, 5:40 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 6 p.m.

(ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Santa Clara, Calif.

TBD, 5:30 p.m. (CBS)

BASEBALL American League TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Named Mike Murov director of baseball operations.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Memphis F Matt Barnes $35,000 for inappropriate public comments that are detrimental to the best interests of the league.

FOOTBALL Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Named Mike Gibson offensive line coach and run game coordinator.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Reassigned F Bryan Bickell to Rockford (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled G Tom McCollum from Toledo (ECHL) to Grand Rapids (AHL).

EDMONTON OILERS — Signed G Cam Talbot to a three-year contract extension.

COLLEGE IONA — Suspended men’s basketball F Jordan Washington two games for slapping an opponent.

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 25 15 .625 — Boston 22 19 .537 3½ New York 20 22 .476 6 Brooklyn 11 30 .268 14½ Philadelphia 5 37 .119 21 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta 24 17 .585 — Miami 23 18 .561 1 Orlando 20 19 .513 3 Washington 19 20 .487 4 Charlotte 18 22 .450 5½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 28 10 .737 — Chicago 23 16 .590 5½ Detroit 22 18 .550 7 Indiana 22 19 .537 7½ Milwaukee 18 25 .419 12½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 36 6 .857 — Memphis 23 19 .548 13 Dallas 23 19 .548 13 Houston 22 20 .524 14 New Orleans 13 26 .333 21½ Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 30 12 .714 — Utah 18 22 .450 11 Portland 18 25 .419 12½ Denver 16 25 .390 13½ Minnesota 13 29 .310 17 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 37 4 .902 — L.A. Clippers 26 14 .650 10½ Sacramento 17 23 .425 19½ Phoenix 13 29 .310 24½ L.A. Lakers 9 34 .209 29 Sunday’s Games Minnesota 117, Phoenix 87 San Antonio 112, Dallas 83 Oklahoma City 99, Miami 74 Denver 129, Indiana 126 Houston 112, L.A. Lakers 95 Today’s Games Philadelphia at New York, noon Portland at Washington, 1 p.m.

Utah at Charlotte, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Memphis, 1:30 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 2:30 p.m.

Orlando at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Brooklyn at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Golden State at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Boston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

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

Tuesday’s Games Milwaukee at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Denver, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

NBA Leaders

THROUGH JAN. 16 Scoring

G FG FT PTS AVG Curry, GOL 39 387 205 1165 29.9 Harden, HOU 41 332 358 1130 27.6 Durant, OKC 34 310 204 902 26.5 Cousins, SAC 32 277 233 828 25.9 James, CLE 37 356 188 945 25.5 Lillard, POR 36 300 176 888 24.7 Westbrook, OKC 41 348 255 1002 24.4 George, IND 40 304 234 959 24.0 Griffin, LAC 30 281 129 697 23.2 Davis, NOR 34 294 172 776 22.8 DeRozan, TOR 40 303 279 905 22.6 Butler, CHI 39 287 261 880 22.6 Thomas, BOS 41 285 239 894 21.8 Anthony, NYK 38 292 182 820 21.6 Wiggins, MIN 40 295 221 836 20.9 Lowry, TOR 40 264 199 831 20.8 K. Thompson, GOL 39 293 99 810 20.8 McCollum, POR 41 324 89 836 20.4 Bledsoe, PHX 31 223 138 632 20.4 Wall, WAS 39 296 140 790 20.3 FG Percentage

Jordan, LAC Howard, HOU Whiteside, MIA Kanter, OKC Parker, SAN Faried, DEN Gortat, WAS Favors, UTA Towns, MIN Drummond, DET

FG 163 180 195 184 206 173 189 179 266 304

Rebounds

Drummond, DET Jordan, LAC Howard, HOU Whiteside, MIA Cousins, SAC Pachulia, DAL Love, CLE Gasol, CHI Davis, NOR Gortat, WAS

G OFF DEF TOT AVG 40 215 404 619 15.5 38 142 369 511 13.4 34 120 284 404 11.9 38 118 310 428 11.3 32 76 279 355 11.1 39 147 276 423 10.8 38 95 316 411 10.8 37 88 312 400 10.8 34 70 291 361 10.6 33 93 229 322 9.8

FGA 228 294 325 327 386 326 361 342 510 583

PCT .715 .612 .600 .563 .534 .531 .524 .523 .522 .521

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Big 12 Overall

W L W L Oklahoma 4 1 15 1 Kansas 4 1 15 2 West Virginia 4 1 15 2 Baylor 4 1 14 3 Texas 3 2 11 6 Iowa State 2 3 13 4 Texas Tech 1 4 11 5 Kansas State 1 4 11 6 Oklahoma State 1 4 9 8 TCU 1 4 9 8 Today’s Games Texas Tech at TCU, 6 p.m. (ESPNU) Oklahoma at Iowa State, 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Tuesday’s Game Kansas at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m.

(ESPN2) Wednesday’s Games Texas at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

(ESPNU) Kansas State at Baylor, 7:15 p.m.

(ESPNews) Saturday’s Games Oklahoma at Baylor, 11 a.m. (ESPN2) West Virginia at Texas Tech, noon (ESPNews) Texas at Kansas, 1 p.m. (ESPN) Iowa State at TCU, 3 p.m. (ESPNU) Oklahoma State at Kansas State, 5 p.m. (ESPNU) Monday, Jan. 25 Kansas at Iowa State, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

College Men

EAST Army 65, American U. 45 Brooklyn 75, Keystone 67 Canisius 63, Quinnipiac 53 Manhattan 69, Niagara 64 Rider 79, Iona 75 St. Peter’s 76, Marist 67 SOUTH Florida St. 69, Virginia 62 SMU 60, Tulane 45 UNC Greensboro 85, VMI 68 Virginia Union 70, Virginia St. 68 MIDWEST Creighton 91, DePaul 80 George Mason 92, Saint Louis 79 Iowa 82, Michigan 71 S. Illinois 81, Drake 76 Wichita St. 82, Indiana St. 62 Wisconsin 77, Michigan St. 76 SOUTHWEST UConn 69, Houston 57 FAR WEST Colorado 91, Oregon 87 Utah 59, Oregon St. 53

Kansas Men

Nov. 4 — Pittsburg State (exhibition), W 89-66 Nov. 10 — Fort Hays State (exhibition), W 95-59 Nov. 13 — Northern Colorado, W 109-72 (1-0) Nov. 17 — Michigan State at Chicago United Center, L 73-79 (1-1) Nov. 23 — Chaminade at Maui Invitational, W 123-72 (2-1) Nov. 24 — UCLA at Maui Invitational, W 92-73 (3-1) Nov. 25 — Vanderbilt at Maui Invitational, W 70-63 (4-1) Dec. 1 — Loyola (Md.), W 94-61 (5-1) Dec. 5 — Harvard, W 75-69 (6-1) Dec. 9 — Holy Cross, W 92-59 (7-1) Dec. 12 — Oregon State at Kansas City Shootout, Sprint Center, W 82-67 (8-1) Dec. 19 — Montana, W 88-46 (9-1) Dec. 22 — at San Diego State, W 70-57 (10-1) Dec. 29 — UC Irvine, W 78-53 (11-1) Jan. 2 — Baylor, W 102-74 (12-1, 1-0) Jan. 4 — Oklahoma, W 109-106, 3 OT (13-1, 2-0) Jan. 9 — at Texas Tech, W 69-59 (14-1, 3-0) Jan. 12 — at West Virginia, L 63-74 (14-2, 3-1) Jan. 16 — TCU, W 70-63 (15-2, 4-1) Jan. 19 — at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m.

Jan. 23 — Texas, 1 p.m.

Jan. 25 —at Iowa State, 8 p.m.

Jan. 30 — Kentucky in Big 12/SEC Challenge, Allen Fieldhouse, 6 p.m.

Feb. 3 — Kansas State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 6 — at TCU, 11 a.m.

Feb. 9 — West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Feb. 13 — at Oklahoma, 1 p.m.

Feb. 15 — Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 20 — at Kansas State, 5 p.m.

Feb. 23 —at Baylor, 7 p.m.

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

Feb. 29 — at Texas, 8 p.m.

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

Big 12 Women

Big 12 Overall

W L W L Baylor 5 1 18 1 Texas 5 1 16 1 West Virginia 4 2 15 4 Oklahoma 3 2 12 4 Iowa State 3 2 11 5 Oklahoma State 3 3 13 4 TCU 3 3 11 6 Kansas State 2 4 12 5 Texas Tech 1 5 10 7 Kansas 0 6 5 12 Sunday’s Games Baylor 80, Texas 67 Texas Tech 69, Iowa State 66, OT Wednesday’s Games Texas Tech at Oklahoma, 10:30 a.m.

(SSTV) Texas at TCU, 7 p.m. (FCS) Iowa State at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. (FCS) Kansas State at Kansas, 7 p.m. (FSN)

College Women

EAST Delaware 69, Towson 64, OT Drexel 74, Elon 31 Florida St. 66, Pittsburgh 55 Fordham 47, Saint Joseph’s 40 Hofstra 75, William & Mary 45 Lehigh 61, Holy Cross 58 Marist 78, Monmouth (NJ) 55 Michigan 91, Penn St. 87 Niagara 51, St. Peter’s 46 Quinnipiac 80, Canisius 68 Rider 70, Siena 58 Seton Hall 83, Georgetown 75 Villanova 58, St. John’s 54 SOUTH Alabama 64, Georgia 50 Coll. of Charleston 64, UNC Wilmington 53 Davidson 56, VCU 50 Duke 71, Boston College 51 Florida 53, LSU 45 High Point 69, Campbell 55 James Madison 85, Northeastern 62 Kentucky 54, Auburn 47 Louisville 92, NC State 90 Maryland 80, Northwestern 62 Miami 76, North Carolina 61 South Carolina 59, Texas A&M 58 South Florida 75, East Carolina 54 Syracuse 91, Wake Forest 65 Virginia 78, Georgia Tech 67 MIDWEST Bradley 50, Wichita St. 44 Creighton 72, Providence 48 DePaul 70, Xavier 53 Drake 76, Illinois St. 41 Illinois 71, Wisconsin 65 Marquette 80, Butler 64 Minnesota 78, Indiana 76 Missouri St. 73, Loyola of Chicago 62 N. Iowa 53, Indiana St. 42 Nebraska-Omaha 67, Denver 55 Ohio St. 90, Purdue 70 South Dakota 63, S. Dakota St. 58 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 64, Missouri 52 Baylor 80, Texas 67 Texas Tech 69, Iowa St. 66, OT UTEP 62, UTSA 55 FAR WEST Arizona 63, Colorado 52 Arizona St. 80, Utah 60 Oregon 69, California 59 Oregon St. 58, Stanford 50 UCLA 75, Washington St. 73 Washington 69, Southern Cal 60

Kansas Women

Nov. 1 — Pittsburg State (exhibition), W 80-54 Nov. 8 — Emporia State (exhibition), W 68-57 Nov. 15 — Texas Southern, W 72-65 (1-0) Nov. 19 — Memphis, W 72-63 (2-0) Nov. 23 — at Arizona, L 52-67 (2-1) Nov. 27 — Northern Illinois at SMU Thanksgiving Classic, Dallas, W 66-58 (3-1) Nov. 28 — SMU at SMU Thanksgiving Classic, Dallas, L 64-73 (3-2) Dec. 2 — Creighton, W 67-54 (4-2) Dec. 6 — St. John’s, L 71-86 (4-3) Dec. 10 — UMKC, L 44-47 (4-4) Dec. 13 — Navy, W 61-54 OT (5-4) Dec. 20 — Washington State, L 53-66 (5-5) Dec. 22 — Oral Roberts, L 63-70 (5-6) Dec. 30 — at Oklahoma, L 44-67 (5-7, 0-1) Jan. 3 — West Virginia, L 45-65 (5-8, 0-2) Jan. 6 — Baylor, L 40-58 (5-9, 0-3) Jan. 9 — at Iowa State, L 49-65 (5-10, 0-4) Jan. 13 — Texas, L 38-75 (5-11, 0-5) Jan. 16 — at West Virginia, L 35-27 (5-12, 0-6) Jan. 20 — Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 24 — Oklahoma State, 2 p.m.

Jan. 27 — at Texas, 7 p.m.

Jan. 30 — at Texas Tech, 5 p.m.

Feb. 2 — Iowa State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 6 — at Baylor, 2 p.m.

Feb. 13 — at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 17 — TCU, 7 p.m.

Feb. 20 — Oklahoma, 2 p.m.

Feb. 24 — at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 27 — Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

Feb. 29 — at TCU, 6 p.m.

March 4-7 — Big 12 tournament at Oklahoma City

Australian Open

Monday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $30.18 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Men First Round Austin Krajicek, United States, def.

Wu Di, China, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3.

Federico Delbonis, Argentina, def.

Ivo Karlovic (22), Croatia, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 2-1, retired.

Kei Nishikori (7), Japan, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.

Mirza Basic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4.

Daniel Brands, Germany, def. Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, 6-4, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-1.

David Goffin (15), Belgium, def.

Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Women First Round Petra Kvitova (6), Czech Republic, def. Luksika Kumkhum, Thailand, 6-3, 6-1.

Nicole Gibbs, United States, def.

Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1.

Daria Gavrilova, Australia, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Carla Suarez Navarro (10), Spain, def. Viktorija Golubic, Switzerland, 7-5, 6-4.

Margarita Gasparyan, Russia, def.

Sara Errani (17), Italy, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, def.

Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-1.

Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Maria Sakkari, Greece, def. Wang Yafan, China, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 6-4, 7-5.

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 45 26 14 5 57 119 101 Detroit 45 23 14 8 54 111 116 Tampa Bay 45 24 17 4 52 119 107 Boston 44 23 16 5 51 133 116 Montreal 46 23 19 4 50 128 118 Ottawa 45 21 18 6 48 125 138 Buffalo 45 18 23 4 40 105 122 Toronto 43 16 20 7 39 108 122 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 45 34 8 3 71 149 97 N.Y. Islanders 45 24 15 6 54 123 112 N.Y. Rangers 45 24 16 5 53 129 120 Pittsburgh 44 21 16 7 49 108 108 New Jersey 46 22 19 5 49 101 110 Philadelphia 43 20 15 8 48 98 114 Carolina 47 20 19 8 48 111 129 Columbus 46 17 25 4 38 116 146 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 48 31 13 4 66 140 110 Dallas 46 29 12 5 63 154 124 St. Louis 48 26 15 7 59 121 121 Minnesota 45 22 15 8 52 113 106 Nashville 45 20 17 8 48 116 123 Colorado 46 22 21 3 47 129 129 Winnipeg 45 21 21 3 45 118 129 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 44 28 13 3 59 118 99 Arizona 44 22 17 5 49 122 133 San Jose 43 23 18 2 48 124 117 Vancouver 46 19 17 10 48 111 127 Anaheim 44 19 18 7 45 88 105 Calgary 43 20 20 3 43 116 131 Edmonton 46 18 23 5 41 111 134 Sunday’s Games Vancouver 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, SO Philadelphia 2, Detroit 1, SO Pittsburgh 5, Carolina 0 Tampa Bay 3, Florida 1 Washington 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Chicago 5, Montreal 2 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2 Today’s Games Edmonton at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

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