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State agencies work to raise awareness

By Karrey Britt kbritt@ljworld.com

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NOAH SCHMEISSNER, A 15-YEAR-OLD JUGGLER, practices his talent with a set of rings on Wednesday as his mother, Baretta Schmeissner, works in the kitchen of their Valley Falls home. Schmeissner, who competes in national juggling competitions yet has only been juggling for two years, says that he practices sometimes up to three hours a day in their kitchen, which has 20-foot ceilings.

Young juggler tries his hand at learning tricks of the trade

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VALLEY FALLS — He was supposed to gather firewood.

But being supposed to and actually doing something can be very different for 12-yearold boys. True to inquisitive boyhood form, Noah Schmeissner went off into the woods near his family’s vacation property and got preoccupied.

hedge apples and started juggling. Clearly, he had a knack for the sideshow skill.

“My mom was kind of entertained,” Noah said. “But she wanted me to load wood.”

After thousands of hours of watching YouTube juggling videos, and many more hours JUGGLING BALLS, CLUBS AND RINGS practicing in his family’s Valare some of the objects that Noah ley Falls kitchen, Noah, now 15 tries to keep up in the air. and about to enter his sophomore year at Valley Falls High “I got pretty bored,” Noah School, has honed his skills said. enough to even consider jugHe grabbed some fallen gling as a career someday. He’s

had several commercial auditions, and invitations to perform at various events in the state are trickling in.

On weekends, his family travels the region to a variety of juggling exhibitions and contests. Next week, they’ll drive to Sioux Falls, S.D., for the World Juggling Federation Convention, and later this month Noah will head to the Kansas City Juggling Festival. Some events include competitions; others

In 70 percent of the cases in which older adults are victims of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation, the perpetrators are family, friends and caregivers.

It’s one of the reasons that cases often go unreported.

Mitzi McFatrich, executive director of Kansas Advocates for Better Care, said it’s difficult for seniors to report a child or caregiver to an agency or police because they don’t want someone they care about to go to jail or face public embarrassment.

“Many people aren’t willing to take that step, so it’s not a surprise that they fall victim,” she said.

Older adults also don’t want to reveal that they’ve been mistreated or “snookered.” Others can’t speak out because it was part of their court settlement.

For 37 years, Lawrencebased Kansas Advocates for Better Care has been a voice for these older adults. It provides resources and referrals

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University Press rolls with the changes in publishing world

By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

As university presses face increasing scrutiny across the country, the University Press of Kansas’ leadership is focusing on creating new ways to stay relevant in a changing publishing world.

The situation in Kansas is different from the one in neighboring Missouri, where the press faced

closure before an uproar from faculty and others kept its doors open.

“We’re solid,” said Fred Woodward, who has served as the University Press director since 1981.

“We’ve got strong support, and the press is in good financial shape.”

The press is housed at KU, but serves each of the state’s universities.

Each of the six state universities contributes

“Almost every university press lives up to its nonprofit status,” he said.

University presses primarily publish books from academics across the country that commercial presses likely would pass up. Faculty members often rally behind university presses because they are often the only outlets for their work in a publish-orperish world.

“If you believe in a re-

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KU’s annual contribution is $130,203; Kansas State contributes $93,479; and Wichita State contributes $60,094. Pittsburg State, Fort Hays State and Emporia State each contribute $16,693.

Those subsidies are important, Woodward said.

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search university, then it’s hard not to believe in the dissemination of that research,” Woodward said.

Woodward reports to the systemwide Council of Chief Academic Officers, whose membership includes provosts and other top academic officers from the state’s universities.

KU Provost Jeff Vitter is on the council, and he praised the press for per-

forming at levels above its peers with lower revenue sources. He also affirmed the press’s important role for the state’s universities.

“We are working with Fred and the press to try and position our university press for long-term success,” Vitter said.

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CYNTHIA A. MURRAY Cynthia A. Murray, 63, died at her home in Lawrence on August 3, 2012. She was born on July 2, 1949 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Hal A. Burnett, M.D. and Elizabeth Klinglesmith Burnett. Her father was a decorated U.S. Army veteran who served in the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded two purple hearts and a Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster.

He practiced medicine in Parsons, Kansas until his death from cancer in 1966.

Her mother, Elizabeth Burnett Whitt, is a resident of Brandon Woods in Lawrence.

Cindy was graduated from Parsons High School in 1967. She was thereafter graduated from the University of Kansas in 1971, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. During her senior year at KU, she studied at the University of Exeter, England, on a Rotary Scholarship. She was thereafter graduated from the University of Kansas School of Nursing in 1975, among the top three students in her class.

She married Thomas V. Murray on June 2, 1971.

He survives of the home.

She is also survived by her children, Anne C. Emert and son-in-law Mark T. Emert, both of Lawrence, and Thomas V. Murray, Jr. and daughterin-law Lisa R. Murray of Santa Monica, California, and her grandchild, Samuel Thomas Emert of Lawrence.

She is also survived by her mother and her two sisters, Barbara Allen Kurzinski and spouse Cass Kurzinski, of Choctaw, Arkansas, and Mallory Burnett of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was predeceased by her youngest sister, Haydn Burnett McCulley Smith.

She served as a Deacon in the First Presbyterian Church of Lawrence. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, the Twentieth Century Club, the Lawrence Country Club, the River Club and multiple book clubs, and served on the Kappa Kappa Gamma House Board and was active the Lawrence chapter of

Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae.

She was a member of the American Nursing Association and the Kansas State Nursing Association. She served on the Lawrence Dental Board, and also served as a member of the Board of Directors of DCCCA, of which she served as President from 2009 until the time of her death.

Cindy was one of the first teachers of Prepared Childbirth in Lawrence.

She served as an obstetrical nurse at Lawrence Memorial Hospital from 1976 until 1986, and served as school nurse at Lawrence High School from 1989 until her retirement in 2009.

She volunteered for many organizations, including Just Food, Health Care Access, and the LINK Kitchen.

She also continued to substitute as a school nurse with the Lawrence School District until the time of her death.

Cindy was known for her sincere willingness to help others, her generosity of spirit, and her loving personality.

Memorial Services will be held on August 9, 2012, at 2 o’clock p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. There will be no visitation.

The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association, the Lawrence Schools Foundation, and the Family Conservancy of Kansas City, Missouri, which may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

Online condolences may be sent to: www. warrenmcelwain.com.

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HELEN LOUISE RAWLINGS Arrangements for Helen Louise Rawlings, 75, Lawrence, are pending at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Mrs. Rawlings died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at LMH.

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Elder and works to improve the quality of long-term care.

“All of us are very much in opposition to abuse, neglect and exploitation, but I’m afraid there’s also a real unspoken acceptance that’s just how it is,” McFatrich said.

The Kansas Department for Children and Families (formerly the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services) launched a public awareness campaign this summer to let residents know what they can do to prevent abuse and to assure residents that it is investigating reports of abuse and neglect.

It operates a 24/7 hotline — 800-922-5330 — and calls are screened by a licensed social worker to see whether they meet the criteria for investigation.

“Certainly, we want to be involved in folks’ life but we don’t want to be over-intrusive, so it has to meet the statutes and definitions of a vulnerable adult, and they have to give us authority to intervene,” said Gina MeierHummel, director of DCF Prevention and Protection Services.

She said DCF investigates cases that occur in the community, but it forwards cases involving facilities to the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services.

Between July 2011 and June 2012, DCF received 15,208 reports. Of those, 10,388 were assigned for investigation by an DCF worker. Of those cases, 41.5 percent involved self-neglect; 20.4 percent, abuse; 16.7 percent, exploitation; 16.4 percent, neglect; and 5 percent, financial abuse.

There were 327 reports investigated in Douglas County, including 35 in June. Meier-Hummel said those reports are not open to the public, unlike a nursing home inspection report.

She said DCF’s goal is to serve vulnerable residents, and they work collaboratively with law enforcement and other agencies. Signs of adult abuse include bruises, other physical marks, saying someone hurt them, drastic loss in weight, increased depression or isolation, and new problems paying bill or for medications.

DCF is not the only agency that can handle reports of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation; others include law enforcement, the Kansas Attorney General’s office, the long-term care ombudsman and the Department of Aging.

In 2011, the Department of Aging received 7,085 complaints, and it made 469 reports to law enforcement.

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BARBARA BRAA, A BOARD MEMBER of Kansas Advocates for Better Care, gives a presentation July 31 about how to prevent elder abuse, neglect and exploitation at Medicalodges in Eudora.

SPEAK OUT To report suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation of an adult, call the Kansas Department for Children and Families’ Protection Report Center at 800-922-5330.

Other resources include:

Kansas Advocates for Better Care — 800-525-1782.

Kansas Long-term Care Ombudsman — 877-662-8362.

Kansas Guardianship Program — 800-672-0086.

Elder Law Hotline — 888353-5337.

If you would like to learn more about elder abuse and how to prevent it, presentations by the Kansas Department for Children and Families can be requested by contacting Leslie Huss, adult protection services program manager, at 785-368-8105. unusual for family members to misuse funds or belongings of their elders.

“It’s usually someone is using power of attorney to take control of the funds and then they use it for their own benefit,” she said. “It’s usually that mindset of, ‘It’s going to be mine anyway so why don’t I take it now?’”

Often, the money that should be spent on someone’s care is spent on new boats, houses and cars, and then the elderly person ends up in the nursing home and unable to pay for care, so the taxpayers pay for it. Braa said the state “is motivated to do a job for the taxpayers to try and keep people who need help in the right path to get help and the people who have been abused to shed some light on it.”

Curtis pointed out that seniors sometimes fall victim to outsiders because they are lonely.

She said she worked with a women in her late 70s who met a man through a senior dating website and, over the course of several years, gave him $400,000.

It wasn’t until her bank account was overdrawn that red flags went up. The case was reported to DCF and the police, but she was unable to recover any of the money.

“It was gone; gone because she wanted to be loved,” Curtis said. “Maybe $400,000 is the exception, but $8,000 here and $10,000 there, that’s happening all over.”

In another case, Curtis said an elderly woman had befriended a hairdresser and decided to give her entire estate to the hairdresser, who helped care for her. Later, the elderly woman changed her mind and decided to put a bank’s name on the estate instead. So the hairdresser brought the woman to the bank, where Curtis worked, and dropped her off in her wheelchair with a half-dozen garbage bags full of her belongings and left.

“People whisper, ‘This can’t be true,’ and it is,” Curtis said.

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McFatrich said one of her biggest concerns is that, in half of the state’s 343 licensed nursing homes, actual harm to at least one resident was found during their latest inspection survey.

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McFatrich said she (USPS 306-520) Periodicals postage paid at Lawrence, Kan. won’t soon forget the call Member of Audit Bureau of she received from a man Circulations who reported an incident Member of The Associated Press in a nursing home where he was visiting his mother.

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When he saw the woman, he went to the nursing station and asked them to help her. They assured him they would, but when he passed her room 30 SATURDAY’S POWERBALL minutes later, she was still 19 30 48 53 55 (18) there and helpless. So he shut the woman’s door FRIDAY’S MEGA MILLIONS 2 10 13 38 46 (2) and insisted that someone help her and they finally SATURDAY’S HOT LOTTO did.

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3 1 2 She warned that anyone can become a victim.

She was surprised to learn that an acquaintance recently fell for a scam and lost $3,000. The person received a phone call in the www.ljworld.com middle of the night from Do you know how to someone who claimed to be her grandson and said juggle? he had been in a car accident.

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Lawrence practice shifting its focus Pilot program emphasizes preventive care, patient access to doctors

By Karrey Britt

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Lawrence’s Internal Medicine Group is one of only eight practices selected for a state pilot project that aims to put the focus back on patients.

That means providing more preventive care, education and referrals on where to get help for things like smoking cessation.

That means having email and weekend hours that make doctors more accessible.

That means following up with patients to see whether they received the recommended treatments, like a mammogram or seeing a specialist.

“The basic model of care had been acute illness care and reacting to acute problems when people get sick with colds and pneumonias and major illnesses,” said Dr. Greg Schnose, co-founder of Internal Medicine Group, 4525 W. Sixth St. “Now, we are building time to do maintenance and chronic disease management.”

For the project, the practice is focusing on three chronic conditions: high blood pressure, smoking and diabetes. For example, Schnose said, the practice is scheduling regular diabetes visits instead of trying to manage a patient’s diabetes when he or she seeks treatment for an acute illness.

Other practices involved in the Kansas Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative are in Winfield, St. Francis, Ellsworth, Pittsburg, Sabetha, Wichita and Plainville. The project is being led by Kan-

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tracking preventive care like flu shots.

When the doctors first started tracking, their records indicated only 30 percent of their patients had received shots. The next flu season, they did a better job of documenting and found the rate was 75 percent, which is better than the national average of 60 percent. But Schnose thinks they can do even better by providing one-one-one education through the new online system.

Internal Medicine Group’s goal is to earn the PatientCentered Medical Home designation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, or NCQA. So far, 17 practices in Kansas have received the designation; none of them are in Lawrence.

Andy Reynolds, NCQA

TOPEKA — A group opposed to the state law that requires Kansans to show a government-issued photo ID to vote will have volunteers at some polls Tuesday to see whether any voters are being deprived of their right to vote.

“This law was pushed forward without thinking things through,” said Louis Goseland, coordinator for the KanVote campaign.

On Tuesday, voters across the state will participate in Republican and Democratic party primaries.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris On Tuesday, Kobach pushed the photo ID voters across r e q u i r e m e n t the state will through the Leg- participate in islature, saying it was needed to Republican and protect against Democratic voter fraud. party primaries.

Critics say that incidents of voter fraud are almost nonexistent in Kansas and that the ID requirement will disenfranchise some elderly and minority voters who don’t have a photo ID. There have been several local elections in Kansas since the photo requirement took effect at the start of the year. But this is the first statewide test.

Registered voters in Kansas who don’t have a photo ID can get a free one from the Division of Motor Vehicles if they have proof of identity and residence.

But a recent report cited problems.

For instance, in downtown Wichita there is only one office to serve 160,700 eligible voters, which is eight times the customer base of the average office statewide.

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SUSAN ANDERSEN, ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE and project coordinator of the Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative at Internal Medicine Group, 4525 W. Sixth St., talks about the pilot project. In front of her is a book she helped to compile with the work the group has done. sas Academy of Family Physicians, which received a $500,000 grant that enabled it to hire Leawood-based TransforMED to provide training and resources.

Through webinars and conference calls, doctors and staff at the practices continue to be educated, and they are learning from each other.

At Internal Medicine Group, Susan Andersen, advanced practice registered nurse, is project coordinator for the Patient-Centered Medical Home. She said the biggest challenge has been getting all 50 staff members on board with the changes.

“The No. 1 issue is the buyin because it’s a huge culture change,” she said. “I think the biggest threat to people in addition to the change is, ‘Is this

going to mean more work for me?’”

Initially, it does require learning new systems of care and documenting that care electronically, but over time, the system should result in less paperwork and more efficiency that will enable staff to spend more time with patients.

One month ago, the practice began offering a free online service to its approximately 10,000 patients so that they can ask questions, send information or get test results by email. So far, about 35 percent of patients have signed up.

“The hope is that it saves time and is more efficient for both sides, so patients don’t have to be waiting by the phone,” Schnose said.

Another big change is

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Lawrence police arrested a 25-year-old Lawrence woman Sunday for domestic-related aggravated battery after she stabbed a 32-year-old Lawrence man in an altercation in the 2500 block of Redbud Lane.

Lawrence Memorial Hospital reported the stabbing at 5:20 p.m.

According to Lawrence Police Sgt. Randy Roberts, the man and woman both battered each other during an altercation, and then the woman stabbed the man in the right shoulder. The man was hospitalized Sunday night with nonlife-threatening injuries and will also be charged with domestic battery.

FIRE CALL A car caught fire about 3:30 p.m. Sunday about a half-mile east of Noria Road on North 1400 Road.

The car was fully engulfed in flames, and according to Douglas County dispatcher some nearby brush was ignited. Firefighters were able to get the flames under control.

No one was seriously injured.

DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Aaron Ali McBurney Sr., 22, Lawrence, and Michelle Nicole Johnson, 26, Lawrence.

Paul Michael Johnson, 25, Lawrence, and Samantha Marie Arnold, 20, Lawrence.

Shawn Mark Rebman, 24, Lawrence, and Raven Gabrielle Johnson, 18, Lawrence.

Soumya Mitra, 35, Liverpool, N.Y., and Rajoshi Chaudhuri, 32, Lawrence.

Richard Michael Housh, 37, Lawrence, and Kimberly Lynn Frye, 37, Evanston, Ill. Jonathan Derek Strong, 26, Overbrook, and Abby Marie Hofmeier, 27, Overbrook.

Michael David Black, 44, Lawrence, and Nicole Ann Daneke, 39, Lawrence.

Jeremy James Maldonado, 31, Bel Aire, and Kristina Jo Brown, 28, Bel Aire.

Benjamin Edward Prewitt, 23, Lawrence, and Megan Kathryn Foster, 24, Kansas City, Kan. Thaddeus Andrew Giddens, 40, Lawrence, and Sarah Lynn Karns, 29, Lawrence.

Joey Gipson, 35, Lawrence, and Dawn Janeen Keyes, 26, Lawrence.

Robert Steven Wallace, 28, Lawrence, and Ann Marie Turner, 29, Lawrence.

Patrick Michael Toal, 33, Lawrence, and Micki Marie Colgan, 33, Lawrence.

Ricky John Robert Lockner, 25, Lawrence, and Anna Mae Oehlert, 26, Lawrence.

Hazem Mohammad Bassam Chahine, 26, Lawrence, and Emily Sue Willis, 25, Lawrence.

Trey Michael Randa, 28, North Liberty, Iowa, and Lacey Shea Luina, 27, Lawrence.

Steven John King, 25, Alexandria, Va., and Ellen Victoria Weaver, 23, Alexandria, Va. Arturo Sanchez Morales, 36, Lawrence, and Veronica Murillo, 39, Lawrence.

Derek Edward Sunderman, 43, Shawnee, and Marcella Jean Kilwein, 46, Lawrence.

Miles Levi Spencer, 24, Olathe, and Kathryn Marie Durrenberger, 25, Olathe.

DIVORCES GRANTED Scott Leon Huddleston, 39, Eudora, and Sandra Caroline Huddleston, 39, Overland Park.

Amanda E. Tilghman, 23, Lawrence, and Kenneth B. Tilghman, 24, Olathe.

Hannah Cromwell, 40, Lawrence, and Aron Cromwell, 40, Lawrence.

Brandon Wade Sanders, 30, Topeka, and Sarah L. Sanders, 34, Lawrence.

Lisa Renee Carter, 43, Lawrence, and Casey Craig Carter, 41, Emporia.

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spokesman, said the designation benefits both patients and health care providers.

For patients, it means better care. For providers, it means higher reimbursements from insurance companies and getting back to oldschool medicine where they develop relation-

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In addition, 7,373 votingage Kansans have no vehicle and live more than 10 miles from offices where they can get state-issued IDs, according to a report by the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law. So far, the state has issued 32 free nondriver IDs, Kobach said. Douglas County has become the first county in the state to issue its own IDs for the purpose of voting.

The county has issued six of these, Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said.

One elderly couple got the IDs, saying it was easier to walk to the Courthouse, 11th and Massachusetts streets, than try to catch a bus to go to the Division of Motor Vehicles, 1035 N. Third St. in North Lawrence, to get the state ID, Shew said.

Shew said he believes most people are aware that a photo ID is required to vote, but some are confused about what forms of ID are acceptable.

The state website gotvoterid.com lists the valid photo IDs:

A driver’s license or nondriver’s identification card issued by Kansas or by another state or district of the United States

A concealed carry of handgun license issued by Kansas or a concealed carry of handgun or weapon license issued by another state or district of the United States.

A United States passport.

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A student identification card issued by an accredited postsecondary institution of education in the state of Kansas.

A public assistance identification card issued by a municipal, county, state or federal government office.

An identification card issued by an Indian tribe.

Shew said some voters also are concerned over whether their current address has to match what is on the ID, or whether their ID will be accepted if they look different now from the photo.

Kobach has said pollworkers have been trained to allow for differences in appearance between the voter and the voter’s photo ID. A person’s current address does not have to match what is on the ID, Shew said.

Kobach said he doubted many voters would not have ID, but he said for those who don’t, they can still cast a provisional ballot and get the ID within the next few days to have their votes count.

But Ernestine Krehbiel of Wichita, president of the League of Women Voters, said some elderly and low-income Kansans would be unable to get the necessary documents together in time to get the state-issued ID. She said she spoke about this at a forum in March with Kobach, and Kobach held up his smartphone and said he could retrieve documents with the device.

Krehbiel said most elderly Kansans don’t have smartphones.

— Statehouse reporter Scott Rothschild can be reached at 785-423-0668.

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Agency: Kids Voting Douglas County Contact: Lori Johns, 785-865-5030 or info@ ment of market signs in rhvc.org the downtown area at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday mornKids Voting Douglas ings. Volunteers who are County is seeking volun- not such early risers can teers to join the planning assist with market breakcommittee and assist with down and picking up signs planning for the Novem- from the downtown area at ber election. The commit- 11 a.m. on Saturday morntee is specifically looking ings. The Lawrence Farmfor one or more people ers’ Market is a great comwho can take charge of munity gathering spot each the volunteer effort. Vol- week, and it takes a lot of unteer jobs include devel- dedication from farmers oping and implementing and vendors, market emideas for recruiting vol- ployees and volunteers to unteers to staff polls on keep it running smoothElection Day (information ly. For more details or to from previous elections start helping out, contact will be provided as a start- Pam Bramlett at 785-331ing point); setting up all of 4445 or lawrencefarmers the volunteer shifts and market@gmail.com.

Family Promise of locations on Volunteer DouglasCounty.org, a Lawrence is in need of user-friendly event man- volunteers to provide supagement tool for which port for its guest families training will be provided; staying overnight at host responding to inquiries congregations each night. from volunteers via a spe- Families are transported cial email address set up at 5 p.m. each evening to for Kids Voting; provid- their host congregations, ing assistance at volun- where they will have dinteer trainings; and other ner, spend the evening, Kids Voting committee sleep and have breakfast support as needed. If you before being transported have a knack for organi- back to the Day Center zation and want to get around 6:30 a.m. the next involved with providing morning. Volunteers are local youths an authentic needed to help at the host voting experience, contact congregations in the eveLori Johns at the United nings by preparing dinner, Way Roger Hill Volunteer helping with after-dinner Center at 785-865-5030 or cleanup, offering conversation and friendship to info@rhvc.org. the families, possible tuImmediate needs toring for the children,

The Lawrence Farm- providing overnight suers’ Market is looking for pervision, and breakfast volunteers to assist with preparation in the morna few tasks each week for ing. All volunteers must the remainder of the mar- attend a one-time trainket season. Volunteers can ing session before volassist with Market Square unteering with guests; setup of tents, tables, signs, sessions are held at least etc., and with the place- once a month. For more

information about becoming an overnight host for Family Promise, contact Becky Peters at becky@ lawrencefamilypromise. org.

Grassland Heritage Foundation is in need of volunteers for its third annual purple loosetrife eradication day and plant tradein event on Aug. 18. The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Pat Dawson-Billings Nature Area, near 27th Street and Crossgate Drive. Volunteers are needed to help tear out invasive purple loosestrife plants growing in the park and also assist as needed with the plant trade-in, where community members can trade in their own purple loosestrife plants and receive a free native prairie plant as a replacement. No training is necessary, but a willingness to get dirty and work hard is. Volunteers should wear sturdy shoes and are asked to bring their own gloves, and any shovels or trowels they have. GHF will have extra tools, water and other refreshments available for volunteers. To find out more about how to get involved and help protect local wetlands and prairies, contact Kim Bellemere at 785-840-8104 or grasslandheritage@gmail. com.

— For more volunteer opportunities, contact Shannon Reid at the United Way’s Roger Hill Volunteer Center, at 785865-5030 or volunteer@rhvc.org, or go to www.volunteerdouglascounty.org.

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A MAN WIPES AWAY TEARS outside the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., where a shooting took place on Sunday. A gunman killed six people before he was killed in a shootout with police.

Gunman kills 6 in Sikh temple

By Dinesh Ramde and Todd Richmond Associated Press

OAK CREEK, WIS. — An unidentified gunman killed six people at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee on Sunday in a rampage that left terrified congregants hiding in closets and others texting friends outside for help.

The suspect was killed outside the temple in a shootout with police officers.

Police called the attack an act of domestic terrorism by a suspect federal authorities described as a white man in his 40s, but neither provided further details or suggested a possible motive, including whether he specifically targeted the Sikh temple.

“We never thought this could happen to our community,” said Devendar Nagra, 48, of Mount Pleasant, whose sister escaped injury by hiding as the gunman fired in the temple’s kitchen. “We never did anything wrong to anyone.”

Late Sunday, the investigation appeared to move beyond the temple as police, federal agents and the county sheriff’s bomb squad swarmed a neighborhood in nearby Cudahy, evacuated several homes and searched a duplex. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms

and Explosives agent Tom Ahern said warrants were being served at the home of the gunman.

“He did not speak, he just began shooting,” said Harpreet Singh, relaying a description of the attack from the wife of his uncle, temple president Satwant Singh Kaleka.

Singh said Satpal Kaleka told him she was in the front room when the shooter walked in. She said the 6-foot-tall bald white man — whom worshippers said they had never before seen at the temple — seemed like he had a purpose and knew where he was going.

Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards said police expected to release more information today. He said the FBI will lead the investigation because the shootings are being treated as domestic terrorism, or an attack that originated inside the U.S. “While the FBI is investigating whether this matter might be an act of domestic terrorism, no motive has been determined at this time,” Teresa Carlson, Special Agent in Charge with the agency’s Milwaukee division, said in a Sunday night statement.

During a chaotic few hours after the first shots were fired around 10:30 a.m., police in tactical gear and carrying assault rifles

surrounded the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin with armored vehicles and ambulances.

Witnesses struggled with unrealized fears that several shooters were holding women and children hostage inside.

One of the first officers to respond to frantic 911 calls seeking help was shot several times as he tended to a wounded victim and was in critical condition along with two other victims Sunday night, authorities said. Police said the officer was expected to survive.

Jatinder Mangat, 38, of Racine, another nephew of the temple’s president, said his uncle was among those shot, but he didn’t know the extent of his injuries. When Mangat later learned people had died, he said “it was like the heart just sat down.”

Edwards said the gunman “ambushed” one of the first officers to arrive at the temple as the officer, a 20-year veteran with tactical experience, tended to a victim outside.

A second officer then exchanged gunfire with the suspect, who was fatally shot. Police had earlier said the officer who was shot killed the suspected shooter.

Tactical units went through the temple and found four people dead inside and two outside, in addition to the shooter.

PASADENA, CALIF. — The most high-tech rover NASA has ever designed was speeding toward Mars on Sunday to attempt an acrobatic landing on the planet’s surface.

The Curiosity rover was poised to hit the top of the Martian atmosphere early this morning at 13,000 mph. If all went according to script, it was to be slowly lowered into a massive crater by cables in the final few seconds.

With Curiosity on autopilot, engineers became spectators, anxiously waiting to see whether Curiosity would execute the routine as planned.

“I’m not the nervous type, but I haven’t been sleeping all that well the last week or so even though I’m still very confident,” said engineer Steven Lee. NASA was ready for the “Super Bowl of planetary exploration,” said Doug McCuistion, head of the Mars exploration program at NASA headquarters.

“We score and win or we don’t score and we don’t win,” said McCuistion.

Like football’s Super Bowl, there were celebrities on hand. More than a dozen were invited to watch the landing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, including will.i.am, Wil Wheaton, Seth Green, Morgan Freeman and Alex Trebek.

If all goes well, mission control at the JPL was to hear a signal at 12:31 a.m.

CDT. The space agency warned that confirmation could take longer if an orbiting spacecraft that’s supposed to listen for Curiosity during the descent was not in the right place.

Curiosity’s trajectory was so accurate that engineers decided to wave off a last chance to tweak its position before atmosphere entry.

“We’re ready to head in,” said mission manager Brian Portock.

Not ones to tempt fate, flight controllers planned to break out the “good luck” peanuts before Curiosity took the plunge as part of a long-running tradition.

“It’s definitely the quiet before the storm,” said NASA sciences chief John Grunsfeld. “There’s tre-

mendous anticipation.”

One scientist who can relate to the building anxiety is Cornell University planetary scientist Steve Squyres, who headed NASA’s last successful rover mission in 2004.

This time around, Squyres has a supporting role.

“Landing on Mars is always a nerve-racking thing. You’re never going to get relaxed about something like landing a spacecraft on Mars,” he said.

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By Barry Massey and Paul Davenport Associated Press

PHOENIX — Mavy Stoddard, who lost her husband in the massacre in Arizona last year that severely wounded then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, plans to be in a federal courtroom this week to see if her prayers will be answered by a guilty plea from the man accused of the crime.

Stoddard, who has recovered from three gunshot wounds in a leg, said Sunday she’s “just thrilled” by news reports of a possible plea agreement that could send Jared Lee Loughner to prison for the rest of his life.

“I don’t really want the death penalty. I would love to see him either put in a mental institution or life in prison with no parole. Either one of them.

If he can get some help, that’s what he needs. And maybe he will find the Lord,” Stoddard said in a telephone interview from her home in Tucson, Ariz.

A hearing in the federal case against Loughner is scheduled for Tuesday in Tucson, and a courtappointed psychiatrist is to testify that Loughner is competent to enter a plea, according to a person familiar with the case who was not authorized to discuss the case publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Loughner is expected to enter a guilty plea if the judge allows that to happen at the hearing, according to the person who spoke Saturday about upcoming court proceedings in the case.

Loughner had pleaded not guilty to 49 federal charges stemming from the Jan. 8, 2011, shooting

outside a Tucson supermarket where Giffords was holding a meet-andgreet with constituents.

Six people died and 13 were wounded in the attack.

Officials with the U.S. attorney’s office and the Pima County attorney’s office, which has said it could pursue state prosecution of Loughner, have declined to comment on the case and the possibility of a guilty plea.

Stoddard’s 75-year-old husband, Dorwan, died from a gunshot in the head. They were heading to breakfast and had stopped to greet Giffords.

When the shootings started, he dove to the ground and covered his wife.

Stoddard said she had “hoped and prayed” that Loughner would plead guilty, sparing victims and their families the potential of a lengthy court pro-

ceedings if he was found competent to stand trial.

“I won’t believe it until I hear it,” said Stoddard, 77.

She’s recovering from an illness but intends to be in court to find out more about the plea agreement.

“I have never missed a hearing except one time that I was out of town.

I feel like I owe that to Dory,” she said.

U.S. District Judge Larry Burns has ruled previously that Loughner isn’t psychologically fit to stand trial, but that he could be made ready for trial after treatment. Experts have concluded that Loughner suffers from schizophrenia. Loughner has been held in Missouri at a federal medical center for prisoners.

“I could have been shot up a whole lot more. This man took my life because Dory was my life,” Stoddard said of Loughner.

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By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

Last month in Indianapolis, representatives of the Episcopal Church’s 109 dioceses in the United States gathered for the church’s General Convention, held every three years. At the convention, church leaders discuss and vote on changes to church policy and direction.

This year, the church passed 460 resolutions, making changes to everything from the church’s stance on same-sex blessings to procedural and structural changes in the church’s hiZimmerman erarchy.

Matthew Zimmerman, a priest at Lawrence’s St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church who attended the convention, sat down with the Journal-World to discuss some of the changes and how they’ll impact local Episcopalians.

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One of the more publicized resolutions passed was allowing dioceses to approve blessings for samesex unions. What’s been the local reaction?

“Many are accepting of it,” said Zimmerman, who said he hasn’t heard any local objection to the resolution. “Some think it’s about time.”

Performing a same-sex union blessing is discretionary, not mandatory, so churches have the autonomy to make that decision.

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blessing if the circumstances were appropriate.

Q: What were some other larger changes passed at the convention?

A: Some of the resolutions were aimed at a “decentralizing” of the Episcopal Church, moving more to a “locally based” leadership. In Lawrence, for instance, that would mean St. Margaret’s, 5700 W. Sixth St., and Trinity, 1011 Vt., Lawrence’s two Episcopal churches, would be more free to allow church practices to reflect the needs of the local community.

Q: You’ve been an ordained Episcopal priest since 1996. What do you see as some of the larger trends and shifts in the Episcopal Church?

A: It’s a focus on “how you live,” and the prioritizing of social justice issues such as fair wages and environmental activism. “Be in tune with creation, and not on top of it,” Zimmerman said.

Q: Some media coverage of the convention focused on tensions within the church, including a Wall Street editorial titled “What ails the Episcopalians?”

Would you say there was a lot of tension and division at the convention?

A: The debates at the convention were a “healthy conflict” and a byproduct of the democratic process. “We’re not seeking uniformity, we just want unity,” he said.

For more about the convention, visit generalconvention.org.

— Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 832-7173. Follow him at Twitter.com/ shaunhittle.

Reid slammed for Romney tax claim WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Republicans on Sunday accused Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of lying by passing along an anonymous claim that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney hasn’t paid taxes for 10 years.

Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus called Reid a “dirty liar.” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said, “I think he’s lying about his statement of knowing something about Romney” and he contended Reid was “making things up to divert the campaign away from the real issues.”

Reid’s spokesman, Adam Jentleson, contended that Republicans were trying to cover up for Romney and the aide repeated the Nevada senator’s claims that the source about

Romney’s taxes is “credible.” Other Democrats said Romney could clear up any confusion about his taxes by disclosing them to the public, and the issue was a main talking point on the Sunday news shows.

Reid said last week he had learned of the claim about Romney’s taxes from an investor in Romney’s former firm, Bain Capital. But the lawmaker hasn’t offered any evidence to back it up and even has said he’s not sure it’s true.

Romney, who has disclosed that he’s worth as much as $250 million, has said Reid’s claim isn’t true and that he’s paid “a lot of taxes.”

Romney’s 2010 federal tax return shows he paid 13.9 percent tax on income of $21.6 million.

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it’s pretty easy to get lost in what sounds more like a mathematical equation than juggling.

It’s a lot more fun to just watch Noah as he flings orange rings in the air, and after about a half-minute, drop each one around his head with successive “clack, clacks,” the pancake stack nicely piled on his shoulders.

It’s taken a lot practice to get where he is, but mom and sister explain that Noah has always been “über-coordinated” and excels at sports requiring hand-eye coordination, such as baseball — he plays for his school team — or table tennis, which he plays in the basement.

Noah said he’s drawn to juggling because there’s always room for improvement, always a new trick to master. Juggling three balls eases into four, then five, then seven, which Noah is currently working on.

“Seven’s hard, but it’s a show-stopper,” he said.

Someday, he’ll tackle the holy grail of juggling: nine balls.

“There’s never-ending progress,” Noah said. “No matter how much you practice, you can always get better.”

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are simply an exhibition forum and chance for young jugglers like Noah to learn new tricks.

“I never knew it was this whole sport thing,” said Noah’s mom, Baretta, who has slowly accepted the nonstop juggling in her kitchen.

“I’m cooking and it smashes me,” joked Baretta, who must keep vigilant of any errant ball or plastic club that slips from Noah’s routine.

“I have a danger zone,” Noah said. “Like 10 feet.”

Thanks to 20-foot ceilings, the kitchen is Noah’s workshop, and for several hours every day the family, which includes his dad, Chris, and twin sister, Andrea, get steady entertainment.

Clubs, neon-colored rings and balls of all colors and sizes litter the family room.

“I used to have such a nice house,” Baretta said.

Noah explains some of his tricks, with names such as a “pancake stack” or “side swap.” He’s learned the numbering system used by jugglers describing each ball, and as he rattles off the desired path of the objects,

— Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 832-7173. Follow him at Twitter.com/shaunhittle.

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Thousands of fish die in Midwest

By Grant Schulte Associated press

LINCOLN, NEB. — Thousands of fish are dying in the Midwest as the hot, dry summer dries up rivers and causes water temperatures to climb in some spots to nearly 100 degrees.

About 40,000 shovelnose sturgeon were killed in Iowa last week as water temperatures reached 97 degrees. Nebraska fishery officials said they’ve seen thousands of dead sturgeon, catfish, carp, and other species in the Lower Platte River, including the endangered pallid sturgeon. And biologists in Illinois said the hot weather has killed tens of thousands of large- and smallmouth bass and channel catfish and is threatening the population of the greater redhorse fish, a state-endangered species.

So many fish died in one Illinois lake that the carcasses clogged an intake screen near a power plant, lowering water levels to the point that the station had to shut down one of its generators.

“It’s something I’ve never seen in my career, and I’ve been here for more than 17 years,” said Mark Flammang, a fisheries biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. “I think what we’re mainly dealing with here are the extremely low flows and this unparalleled heat.”

The fish are victims of one of the driest and warmest summers in history. The federal U.S. Drought Monitor shows nearly two-thirds of the lower 48 states are experiencing some form of drought, and the Department of Agriculture has declared more than half

Obama embraces health care law

By Julie Pace Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, emboldened by the Supreme Court’s affirmation of his health care overhaul, is now embracing the law while campaigning for re-election, just as Republican rival Mitt Romney steps back from it.

Obama sees a second chance to sell voters on the issue despite deep skepticism about it from many people. Romney is avoiding answering hard questions about how he would tackle health care, and thus missing the chance to energize voters who oppose the law.

Democrats say the president always planned to stress health care if the court upheld the law. A month after the ruling, he and his team are focused on promoting individual parts of the law that have proved more popular than the sum.

The campaign is targeting its efforts on important groups of voters, including women and Hispanics, who, Obama aides say, will benefit greatly once the law takes full effect.

Before the decision, Obama did mention the law in campaign events. But the case he made to voters was hardly vigorous, especially considering the amount of time he dedicated to overhaul during his first year in year in office.

The primary focus of his campaign speeches remains the economy, the race’s dominant issue. But the Supreme Court’s favorable ruling appears to have freed Obama to speak about the health law more passionately and emphatically than before the case was decided.

of the nation’s counties — nearly 1,600 in 32 states — as natural disaster areas. More than 3,000 heat records were broken over the last month.

Iowa DNR officials said the sturgeon found dead in the Des Moines River were worth nearly $10 million, a high value based in part on their highly sought eggs, which are used for caviar. The fish are valued at more than $110 a pound.

Gavin Gibbons, a spokesman for the National Fisheries Institute, said the sturgeon kills don’t appear to have reduced the supply enough to hurt regional caviar suppliers.

Flammang said weekend rain improved some of Iowa’s rivers and lakes, but temperatures were rising again and straining a sturgeon population that develops health problems when water temperatures climb into the 80s.

“Those fish have been in these rivers for thousands of thousands of years, and they’re accustomed to all sorts of weather conditions,” he said. “But sometimes, you have conditions occur that are outside their realm of tolerance.”

In Illinois, heat and lack of rain has dried up a large swath of Aux Sable Creek, the state’s largest habitat for the endangered greater redhorse, a large bottomfeeding fish, said Dan Stephenson, a biologist with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

“We’re talking hundreds of thousands (killed), maybe millions by now,” Stephenson said.

“If you’re only talking about game fish, it’s probably in the thousands. But for all fish, it’s probably in the millions if you look statewide.”

Nati Harnik/AP Photo

DEAD FISH FLOAT IN A DRYING POND near Rock Port, Mo., in this July 26 photo. Multitudes of fish are dying in the Midwest as the sizzling summer dries up rivers and raises water temperatures in some spots to nearly 100 degrees.

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Fee factor The state has a perfect opportunity to assess whether it makes sense to waive permanently the payment fees on online vehicle registrations.

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o encourage Kansans to renew their vehicle registrations online and perhaps ease the crunch at county treasurer’s offices across the state, the Kansas Division of Motor Vehicles has decided for the next year to waive the credit card and electronic check fees usually associated with online transactions.

Although DMV officials say the long lines at some treasurer’s offices are only a temporary problem, this seems a perfect opportunity to assess the feasibility of permanently waiving those extra fees.

The division has added a 2.5 percent charge when people pay with credit cards and a flat $3 fee for using an electronic check. There is no extra charge for people who pay by cash or check either in person or by mail.

Online renewal is available for any vehicle that has previously been registered at the same address and is covered by one of the many insurance companies on the state’s registry. Renewing online certainly is convenient for many people.

However, only about 11 percent of the 2.4 million vehicles registered last year were online renewals.

It’s true that credit card companies charge the state for registration transactions, and a 2.5 percent fee probably isn’t a great deterrent for many residents. However, if state officials see a significant increase in the number of people registering vehicles online in the coming year, they would have to wonder if the credit card and check fees are a factor.

If someone is paying $400 to register a vehicle, the credit card fee would add $10 to the total. Multiplied over two or more cars in a family, that amount starts to add up and may provide some small deterrent to online registration.

What the state needs to consider is whether the administrative efficiency of handling registrations online saves it enough money to offset whatever money is lost by waiving the credit card and electronic check fees. Added customer convenience, both for those who use the online system and those who don’t, also should be part of the calculation.

After months of computer problems, shortened hours and long lines, the state’s vehicle registration system could use some good PR. Taking a look at eliminating extra fees for online registration might be a step in that direction.

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WASHINGTON — Are you ready for some football?

First, however, are you ready for some autopsies?

The opening of the NFL training camps coincided with the closing of the investigation into the April suicide by gunshot of Ray Easterling, 62, an eight-season NFL safety in the 1970s. The autopsy found moderately severe chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), progressive damage to the brain associated with repeated blows to the head. CTE was identified as a major cause of Easterling’s depression and dementia.

In February 2011, Dave Duerson, 50, an 11-year NFL safety, committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest to spare his brain tissue for research, which has found evidence of CTE. Brain tissue of 20-season linebacker Junior Seau, who was 43 when he killed himself the same way in May, is being studied.

The NFL launched a mental health hotline developed and operated with the assistance of specialists in suicide prevention.

Football is bigger than ever, in several senses. Bear Bryant’s 1966 undefeated Alabama team had only 19 players who weighed more than 200 pounds. The heaviest weighed 223. The linemen averaged 194. The quarterback weighed 177. Today, many high school teams are much bigger. In 1980, only three NFL players weighed 300 or more pounds. In 2011,

George Will

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Football is entertainment in which the audience is expected to delight in gladiatorial action that a growing portion of the audience knows may cause the players degenerative brain disease.” according to pro-football-reference.com, there were 352, including three 350-pounders. Thirty-one of the NFL’s 32 offensive lines averaged more than 300.

Various unsurprising studies indicate high early mortality rates among linemen resulting from cardiovascular disease. For all players who play five or more years, life expectancy is less than 60; for linemen it is much less.

After 20 years of caring for her husband, Easterling’s widow is one of more than 3,000 plaintiffs — former players, spouses, relatives — in a lawsuit charging that the NFL inadequately acted on

knowledge it had, or should have had, about hazards such as CTE. We are, however, rapidly reaching the point where playing football is like smoking cigarettes: The risks are well-known.

Not that this has prevented smokers from successfully suing tobacco companies. But, then, smoking is an addiction.

Football is just an increasingly guilty pleasure. Might Americans someday feel as queasy enjoying it as sensible people now do watching boxing and wondering how the nation was once enamored of a sport the point of which is brain trauma?

That is unlikely. Degenerate prize fighting, or prize fighting for degenerates — called mixed martial arts or “ultimate fighting” — is booming.

Still, football has bigger long-term problems than lawsuits. Football is entertainment in which the audience is expected to delight in gladiatorial action that a growing portion of the audience knows may cause the players degenerative brain disease. Not even football fans, a tribe not known for savoring nuance, can forever block that fact from their excited brains.

Furthermore, in this age of bubble-wrapped children, when parents put helmets on wee tricycle riders, many children are going to be steered away from youth football, diverting the flow of talent to the benefit of other sports.

In the NFL, especially, football is increasingly a spectacle, a game surrounded by manufactured frenzy, on the grass and in the increasingly unpleasant ambiance of the fans in the stands. Football on the field is a three-hour adrenaline-and-testosterone bath.

For all its occasional elegance and beauty, it is basically violence for, among other purposes, inflicting intimidating pain.

Decades ago, this column lightheartedly called football a mistake because it combines two of the worst features of American life — violence, punctuated by committee meetings, which football calls huddles. Now, however, accumulating evidence about new understandings of the human body — the brain, especially, but not exclusively — compel the conclusion that football is a mistake because the body is not built to absorb, and cannot be adequately modified by training or protected by equipment to absorb, the game’s kinetic energies.

After 18 people died playing football in 1905, even President Theodore Roosevelt, who loved war and gore generally, flinched and forced some rules changes.

Today, however, the problem is not the rules; it is the fiction that football can be fixed and still resemble the game fans relish.

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

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Aug. 6, 1912: “The deal for the purchase of the old Usher homestead by YEARS the local chapter of Beta TheAGO ta Pi has been closed and the IN 1912 deed to the property officially recorded with the Douglas County Register of Deeds yesterday afternoon. The boys have held an option on the property for some time but it is now taken up and they are the owners of the property. The Betas are planning to convert this home into one of the finest frat houses in Lawrence. It will be completely refurnished and repaired before the boys take possession. As yet it is rather uncertain when this will be done. They may move in this fall and they may remain in their old house another year.”

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Afghanistan’s future: War or soccer?

WASHINGTON — Gaze into the murky crystal ball at Afghanistan’s future after the withdrawal of American combat troops: The country is fragmented; intense rivalries pitting regions against each other. Kabul remains the center, prized by all, and rivals come there to battle for national dominance.

This isn’t a military assessment, actually, but a business plan formulated by my favorite Kabul tycoon, Saad Mohseni, the head of a media company called Moby Group. He’s launching a new Afghan Premier League in soccer that will be sponsored

by Roshan Telecom Development Co., a leading Afghan communications company, and whose games will be broadcast by Mohseni’s network of television and radio stations.

This plan for Afghanistan’s first professional soccer league illustrates how the country has changed over the past decade, no matter what judgment you make about the U.S.-led counterinsurgency effort. Afghanistan is now connected by cellphones and television: 60 percent of the population watches TV regularly, and there are 17 million mobile phones, compared to zero in both categories in 2001.

The biggest force for change in today’s Afghanistan may be urbanization, not politics. In the past several decades of war, Kabul has become a city of more than 5 million; Herat, Kan-

David Ignatius

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Afghanistan won’t resemble Switzerland anytime soon, but it’s not the same primitive, rural battleground as when the Taliban ruled.

dahar, and Jalalabad have all tripled in size.

Afghanistan won’t resemble Switzerland anytime soon, but it’s not the same primitive, rural battleground as when the Taliban ruled.

According to U.S. polling, the No. 1 issue today is the high cost of weddings.

The soccer league is an attempt to “(cut) across all ages, socio-economic groups, regions and tribes,” a pitch letter says. The league will have eight teams, representing the regions that have often been at war. Some teams are named after local birds of prey — the “Eagles of the Hindu Kush” will represent central Afghanistan, the “Ghoshawks,” the rugged southeast, the “Falcons,” the Kabul area.

Player selection began last month — and is being broadcast in a reality-TV competition called “Green Field.” Next comes a round-robin tourna-

ment in Kabul in September and October. And then, if it works, they’ll do it again in 2013 (when U.S. troops will be handing over the lead combat role); and again in 2014 (when most U.S. troops are supposed to depart). At least that’s the media plan.

How realistic is the idea of a post-American Afghanistan that is ragged at the edges, but where Kabul remains a hub for communications and commerce, not to mention soccer tournaments? Nobody knows, but I heard descriptions of a similar “Afghan good enough” outcome from Obama administration officials in recent conversations.

Administration officials hope the Afghan National Army will be strong enough by 2014 to hold Kabul and the ring road that connects the country’s major cities. Local power brokers (aka warlords) may hold sway in some regions, but administration officials doubt the Taliban will be able to control major urban centers. Afghanistan won’t be peaceful or secure like a developed country but it won’t fall apart, either, in this guardedly hopeful view.

A bleaker prognosis was offered by Dexter Filkins in a widely discussed New Yorker article last month titled “After America: Will civil war hit Afghanistan when the U.S. leaves?” While respectful of what the U.S. military has accomplished, Filkins was skeptical that it can endure. He quoted Afghans and Americans warning that, in

Filkins’ words, “under the stress of battle — and without a substantial presence of American combat troops after 2014 — the Afghan army could once again fracture along ethnic lines.”

So which will it be — televised soccer rivalry or armed civil war? Obviously there’s no way to predict, but two factors would reduce the likelihood of civil war. One is a commitment for a staybehind force of, say, 15,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops to prevent a return by al-Qaida and continue training the Afghan army and police. Second is a political strategy that moves toward national reconciliation and supports elections in 2014 for a new political leadership to replace the corrupt President Hamid Karzai.

Unfortunately, this needed political transition is getting much less attention from Washington than the military pullout.

Afghanistan is viewed as a lost cause by most Americans, I suspect. The country may indeed be heading toward the worst-case scenario described by Filkins’ excellent reporting. But there are some relatively low-cost ways the U.S. can reduce the risk of an Afghan explosion — and keep the country stable enough that media entrepreneurs can make a buck from the nation’s favorite sport — which isn’t war, as the headlines might make us think, but soccer.

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

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Nice with plenty of sunshine

Mostly sunny

Partly sunny, a t-storm possible

Intervals of clouds and sunshine

Mostly sunny and nice

High 90° Low 63° POP: 5%

High 99° Low 65° POP: 10%

High 93° Low 66° POP: 30%

High 90° Low 62° POP: 5%

High 85° Low 60° POP: 10%

Wind SE 4-8 mph

Wind SSE 4-8 mph

Wind SSE 3-6 mph

Wind NNW 6-12 mph

Wind E 4-8 mph

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McCook 98/68

Kearney 91/65

Oberlin 99/68

Clarinda 90/62

Lincoln 92/67

Grand Island 92/68

Beatrice 92/67

St. Joseph 88/63 Chillicothe 86/60

Sabetha 87/66

Concordia 91/67

Centerville 84/61

Kansas City Marshall Manhattan 89/69 88/65 Goodland Salina 94/66 Oakley Kansas City Topeka 98/66 96/70 98/68 91/66 Lawrence 90/67 Sedalia 90/63 Emporia Great Bend 88/67 93/65 100/69 Nevada Dodge City Chanute 91/64 101/70 Hutchinson 92/64 Garden City 95/67 102/68 Springfield Wichita Pratt Liberal Joplin 89/67 Coffeyville 96/69 100/68 101/70 92/67 95/67 Hays Russell 97/69 95/70

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

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Temperature High/low 93°/58° Normal high/low today 89°/68° Record high today 110° in 1934 Record low today 55° in 1948

Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 8 p.m. yest. 0.00 Month to date 0.17 Normal month to date 0.64 Year to date 14.29 Normal year to date 25.18

REGIONAL CITIES

Today Tue. Today Tue. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Independence 93 66 s 101 70 s Atchison 90 63 s 95 65 s Fort Riley 93 67 s 99 70 s Belton 88 66 s 97 68 s Olathe 88 66 s 97 68 s Burlington 91 66 s 99 68 s Osage Beach 88 62 s 95 63 s Coffeyville 95 67 s 102 70 s Osage City 91 64 s 98 67 s Concordia 91 67 s 97 67 s Ottawa 90 63 s 98 67 s Dodge City 101 70 s 100 68 s Wichita 96 69 s 102 72 s Holton 91 66 s 97 69 s Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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INTERNATIONAL CITIES

Today Cities Hi Lo W Acapulco 91 79 t Amsterdam 68 58 sh Athens 100 82 s Baghdad 111 84 s Bangkok 92 79 t Beijing 91 76 c Berlin 76 58 sh Brussels 67 52 sh Buenos Aires 63 50 pc Cairo 98 78 s Calgary 87 59 pc Dublin 63 48 pc Geneva 69 50 t Hong Kong 91 81 pc Jerusalem 85 70 s Kabul 92 64 s London 72 54 sh Madrid 88 61 s Mexico City 72 53 t Montreal 79 59 s Moscow 80 62 pc New Delhi 94 81 t Oslo 68 55 r Paris 74 54 sh Rio de Janeiro 71 62 sh Rome 91 70 s Seoul 95 75 s Singapore 88 79 t Stockholm 73 61 sh Sydney 63 39 pc Tokyo 84 76 t Toronto 78 59 s Vancouver 78 60 pc Vienna 93 65 t Warsaw 91 66 t Winnipeg 78 53 pc

Hi 92 67 101 112 86 91 75 67 59 99 81 64 76 93 89 95 68 95 71 81 86 94 63 74 73 91 93 89 70 66 87 81 76 81 77 78

Tue. Lo W 81 t 57 pc 83 s 86 s 79 t 77 s 55 pc 51 pc 50 r 79 s 55 pc 52 sh 49 s 84 t 70 s 67 s 57 r 63 s 54 t 63 pc 68 s 80 t 54 r 55 c 64 s 70 s 73 s 79 pc 54 pc 38 s 75 pc 62 pc 59 pc 62 sh 57 sh 57 pc

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-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: Thunderstorms will rumble across the Southeast today while less humid air invades western New England and the mid-Atlantic. The West will remain hot and dry with just a few storms over the Rockies.

Today Tue. Today Tue. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 92 71 t 95 70 pc Albuquerque 91 70 pc 95 70 pc Memphis 87 79 t 88 79 pc Anchorage 65 55 pc 67 53 sh Miami Milwaukee 80 65 s 86 68 pc Atlanta 86 74 t 86 72 t Minneapolis 84 69 pc 86 65 pc Austin 99 73 pc 102 74 s 88 70 t 94 70 pc Baltimore 88 66 t 89 68 pc Nashville New Orleans 92 79 t 93 78 t Birmingham 90 72 t 91 73 t New York 86 68 t 86 70 s Boise 98 68 s 101 71 s Omaha 91 68 s 95 70 pc Boston 86 66 t 81 66 s 90 75 t 91 75 pc Buffalo 78 59 s 83 63 pc Orlando 88 69 t 88 70 s Cheyenne 89 59 pc 89 56 pc Philadelphia 110 89 s 110 90 s Chicago 84 64 s 91 70 pc Phoenix Pittsburgh 79 55 s 85 58 s Cincinnati 84 62 s 90 60 s Portland, ME 84 61 t 79 60 s Cleveland 77 56 s 83 61 s Portland, OR 87 62 t 89 56 pc Dallas 103 78 pc 103 80 s 95 62 s 96 65 s Denver 96 65 s 94 64 pc Reno 85 71 t 87 73 pc Des Moines 85 65 s 92 69 pc Richmond 92 57 s 96 59 s Detroit 82 59 s 86 66 pc Sacramento 88 66 s 97 67 s El Paso 94 73 s 97 77 pc St. Louis Fairbanks 71 46 s 70 49 sh Salt Lake City 92 67 s 96 70 pc 80 68 pc 78 68 pc Honolulu 87 73 pc 87 73 pc San Diego San Francisco 69 53 pc 70 54 pc Houston 95 77 t 97 77 s Seattle 81 59 pc 83 57 pc Indianapolis 85 62 s 92 58 s Spokane 92 64 s 93 67 s Kansas City 90 67 s 97 69 s Tucson 99 79 pc 102 80 pc Las Vegas 105 88 s 107 91 s Tulsa 100 67 pc 101 72 s Little Rock 95 70 t 96 67 s Wash., DC 86 70 t 86 72 pc Los Angeles 87 67 pc 89 66 s National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Death Valley, CA 120° Low: Pahaska, WY 27°

WEATHER HISTORY A barrage of hail on Aug. 6, 1979, shelled the Crane Ammunition Depot, 20 miles southwest of Bloomington, Ind.

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Jayhawks’ trip to Zurich, Paris delayed by weather

By Gary Bedore

By Matt Tait

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Kansas University’s European adventure will begin a bit later than originally planned.

The Jayhawk basketball players, coaches and support staff members, who had expected to touch down in Zurich at 8 a.m. today (1 a.m.

Central time), in advance of Tuesday’s exhibition game against the Swiss National Team, instead were in Washington, D.C., this morning.

The Jayhawks spent the night at the Dulles Airport Marriott Hotel.

The culprit? Bad weather on Sunday in D.C. that forced KU’s early-afternoon commercial flight from Kansas City International to D.C. to be diverted to Pittsburgh.

By the time the Jayhawk flight made it from Pittsburgh to D.C., the connecting flight had departed.

“Everybody is in good spirits. Everybody is taking it in stride. These things happen,” KU associate athletic director Jim Marchiony said.

“There was bad weather in D.C. They weren’t letting anybody land or take off, so we were diverted to Pittsburgh,” he explained. “When we landed in Pittsburgh, it was raining. They discovered a leak in the flight deck, and they had to fix that. We were in the Pittsburgh airport an hour and a half. We finally took off for D.C. at 8:15 (p.m.) and missed our connection at Dulles, so here we are.”

The Jayhawks were working on flight plans for today.

They will miss their first day of sightseeing in Zurich, since it is seven-hour time difference.

When Kansas University wide receiver Daymond Patterson first realized that the groin injury he suffered early in the 2011 season opener would keep him out for an extended period of time, his thoughts quickly shifted to 2012.

“I rehabbed as fast as I could,” Patterson said. “But it wasn’t fast enough to get back.”

So instead of playing out his senior season, which he hoped would propel him into an opportunity to play professional football, Patterson sat out and watched his teammates limp to a 2-10 season.

When the Jayhawks were drubbed at Georgia Tech, Patterson was forced to watch on television, marking the first time in his KU career that he did not travel with the team.

At other games — home games, even — Patterson sat in the stands and watched “just like any other person.”

It killed him.

But it also drove him, and, instead of pouting, the man known as “DP” hit the weight room, studied extra film and tried to take his skills to a higher level.

As the veteran receiver works his way through his first week of Charlie Weis’ preseason camp — Patterson’s third head coach at Kansas — the long road appears to be paying off.

“I’ve fine-tuned my game, and I feel like I’m an overall better receiver,” Patterson said. “Routes … size … I just knew it would all work out in the end. We got Coach Weis now.

Dayne (Crist) came in at quarterback. I’m really close to both of those guys, and I just feel like everything’s in a good position for me to be successful this year.”

That feeling, good as it may be, has not tricked Patterson into pulling back. Up 12 pounds from his previous heaviest playing weight, the 5-foot-8, 180-pound playmaker believes that even though the improvements have set him up for a monster season, he wants more.

He’s particularly pleased with the status of his route-running, which took a hit after he switched from receiver to defensive back early in his KU career.

“I felt like that was the best part of my game when I got here,” Patterson said.

“And I still ran good routes when I came back, but I didn’t feel like it was where I was when I first got here.”

KU coach Bill Self grinned sheepishly recently when asked if he knew how to speak French.

“Oui, oui,” Self, Kansas University’s 10th-year basketball coach, said, answering in the affirmative.

“No, I don’t know any French,” he quickly added.

“I do have a little translation book I received. It’s got important questions if you get in trouble like: ‘What is your name? What direction is this?’ Maybe I can get smart enough to be able to carry

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The crisp routes are there again — sharper even. And that, he says, only makes him a more dangerous weapon.

As for the added weight, it’s good weight, he insists, and it has not taken away any of his electricity.

“It hasn’t,” he said, grinning. “It took me a little while to get used to (the) conditioning, just putting on the extra weight.

But as far as speed and quickness, it hasn’t hampered me at all.”

While Patterson is by far KU’s most

experienced wideout, his veteran status has done nothing to change his attacking mentality, much to the delight of receivers coach Rob Ianello.

“Daymond certainly has been here quite some time and has some experience to him,” Ianello said. “But everybody here is in their first training camp in our system, and we’re just continuing to grow and work, and Daymond’s no different than any of the other receivers in that regard.”

Crowded position A quick look at the 2012 Kansas University football roster reveals that the team has a ton of receivers.

Ianello, who spoke with the media prior to Sunday’s practice, explained how the coaching staff will decide which play and which don’t.

“If you’ve got a guy who’s got size and speed and quick feet and good hands and all that, then that’s the guy you want,” said Ianello with the kind of smile that showed he knew he was stating the obvious. “But we’re just trying to, within the framework of our offense, develop the players we have, and then coach (Weis) will find ways to use the guys we have and showcase their DAYMOND abilities.”

PATTERSON In addition to seSETS OFF niors Patterson, D.J. ON A 51-YARD Beshears and Kale GAIN against North Pick, Ianello Dakota State in this rattled off file photo from Sept. seven other 4, 2010, at Memorial names who Stadium. were in the mix.

Kevin Anderson/Journal-World Photo “ W e have a lot of other emerging guys, like Chris Omigie and Drew Turzilli, JaCorey Shepherd, and then we have a couple of new guys — Tre Parmalee and Josh Ford,” said Ianello, who later praised sophomore Ricki Herod’s maturity. “Christian Matthews … he’s battling. We’ve got great competition, great spirit, and it’s a fun group to work with.”

Go-to guy?

If Ianello’s time in Weis’ offense has taught him anything, it’s that the ball can be spread easily.

“We’ve had tight ends catch a lot of passes, we’ve had receivers catch a lot of passes. I would think the backs certainly will be a factor here,” Ianello said.

Having a go-to wide receiver is not a necessary staple of the offense.

“It’s a personnel-driven system,” Ianello said. “And as we get through training camp and we see where our personnel sits, coach will design a system that will take advantage of the playmakers, whatever position they are.”

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It’s Bolt, then everyone else in 100 meters

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JAMAICA’S USAIN BOLT, FOREGROUND LEFT, GOES TO CROSS the finish line ahead of Jamaica’s Yohan Blake, third from right, United States’ Tyson Gay, second from right, and Trinidad’s Richard Thompson in the men’s 100-meters final on Sunday in London.

LONDON (AP) — Usain Bolt crossed the finish line and kept running. The world’s fastest man was ready to celebrate, and the guest list for the party included a delirious crowd at Olympic Stadium.

Bolt pulled away from a group of the world’s best sprinters and won the 100-meter dash in 9.63 seconds on Sunday night, joining Carl Lewis as the only men with consecutive gold medals in the marquee track and field event at the Summer Games.

World champion Yohan Blake, Bolt’s training partner and Jamaican countryman, won the silver in 9.75 seconds, and 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin of the U.S. earned the bronze in 9.79 seconds. Everyone in the final broke 10 seconds

except Asafa Powell of Jamaica, who pulled up with a groin injury.

“I executed, and that’s the key,” Bolt said. “I stopped worrying about the start.

The end is what’s important.”

Bolt celebrated his Olympic-record time with a few high-fives for some frontrow fans, a kiss for the track and even a somersault. Thousands in the crowd chanted “Usain! Usain! Usain!”

Also Sunday night, Oscar Pistorius was last in his 400-meter semifinal a day after the double-amputee made his Olympic debut.

The South African finished in 46.54 seconds, way slower than his career best of 45.07 and nearly 2 seconds slower than the winner of his heat, world champion Kirani James of Grenada.

James immediately walked over to Pistorius after the race and asked to trade name bibs, to keep as a souvenir.

The pair shook hands and hugged.

“He’s an inspiration for all of us. What he does ... takes a lot of courage, just a lot of confidence,” James said.

“He’s very special to our sport.”

The champions included American Sanya RichardsRoss (women’s 400 meters), Ethiopia’s Tiki Gelana (women’s marathon), Kazakhstan’s Olga Rypakova (women’s triple jump), Hungary’s Krisztian Pars (men’s hammer throw) and Kenya’s Ezekiel Kemboi (men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase).

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Brees smoothly led a touchdown drive on his only series Sunday night, and the Saints beat the Arizona Cardinals 17-10 in the Hall of Fame game, officiated by a crew with college experience.

The game was canceled last year for the first time in 45 years, a casualty of the NFL’s lockout of players. Labor issues also came into play in Sunday night’s game — the seven officials were replacements.

The referee announced the result of the coin flip incorrectly — Craig Ochoa said the Saints won the toss and deferred, then caught his mistake and said the Cardinals had won the toss.

There were some other communication problems as well on the first-time crew.

The win completed a good visit for the Saints (No. 9 in the AP Pro32), who needed a few smiles after their rough offseason.

Suspended coach Sean Payton got the league’s permission to attend a dinner for former Saints tackle Willie Roaf and

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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS QUARTERBACK DREW BREES (9) LOOKS TO PASS THE BALL under pressure from the Arizona Cardinals during the first quarter of the Hall of Fame exhibition game, Sunday in Canton, Ohio.

the other five Hall of Fame inductees on Friday night. Payton isn’t allowed to have any contact with the team this season as punishment for the team’s bounty program.

Players got to tour the hall and sat in the back three rows of the stadium for Roaf’s induc-

TCU: QB suspension for pot use unlikely FORT WORTH, TEXAS (AP) — TCU coach Gary Patterson says starting quarterback Casey Pachall will not face team discipline after the junior admitted to police in February that he used marijuana and failed a drug test.

Patterson said Pachall has completed drug and alcohol counseling mandated by the university and no suspension will be handed down. “One thing I’ve liked is that he’s been honest,� Patterson said. “His dad is a retired highway patrolman. One thing he’s always been told to do is to be honest.�

As football players were reporting Sunday for the start of fall practice, Pachall gave a statement at the start of a news conference and apologized for his actions. “With the expectations I have when I step on the field, I need to have those same expectations off the field as well,� said Pachall, who threw for a school record 2,921 passing yards last season as a sophomore.

Pachall was interviewed by Fort Worth police after his former roommate, linebacker Tanner Brock, and three other TCU football players were among the students arrested Feb. 15 after a six-month drug sting.

All four arrested players were kicked off the team, and have received probation after pleading guilty to marijuana delivery charges.

In a police report released last week, Pachall said in February he smoked marijuana just prior to failing a drug test.

Pachall also told police he used cocaine and ecstasy in the previous year, but said “Both were just a one-time thing and (he) hasn’t done either since.�

Police released Pachall while Brock was taken away from the residence in a police car.

On Sunday, Pachall gave about a 1-minute statement to reporters before Patterson took the podium. “I know I’m not perfect,�

Pachall said. “But I’ve learned from those mistakes and I’m still learning. It’s a day-to-day process for me of trying to be a better person.�

Pachall and the Horned Frogs are preparing for their first season in the Big 12 Conference after seven years in the Mountain West. TCU won its last 24 conference games.

The school is also completing a renovation of Amon Carter Stadium for its debut campaign in the Big 12.

tion on Saturday, wearing black t-shirts with his No. 77. It was a proud moment for a franchise that’s been overshadowed by the bounty scandal all offseason.

Brees was sharp on the opening 10-play drive, completing four of five passes for 41 yards with one off-target throw. Brees skipped offseason workouts and minicamp because he was unhappy getting the team’s franchise tag. He later agreed to a five-year, $100 million deal.

The Cardinals (No. 23) are using the preseason to pick a quarterback, with Kevin Kolb and John Skelton competing for the starting job. Kolb got to start the game but had a tough time, throwing an interception on his first pass and leaving after bruising his ribs on the third series. “You never want to have an injury in the preseason, especially an early game like this, having to play that fifth preseason game,� said Skelton, who was 4-of-6 passing for 32 yards. “But he will be OK.�

The Cardinals finished 8-8 last season, Kolb’s first in Arizona. He started nine games and threw for nine touchdowns with eight interceptions while

learning a new offense on the fly because of the lockout. Skelton filled in when Kolb was hurt and went 5-2 as a starter.

After the opening series for each team, the backups got into the game and things got ragged.

The fill-in officials had a few rough moments, too.

Ochoa, who has eight years of experience with BCS leagues and 16 years at Division III, flipped the ceremonial coin and announced that New Orleans had won and deferred. As he started walking away, he caught his mistake. “Correction,� he said. “Arizona won the coin toss.�

After New Orleans scored on its first possession, several Saints came in to block for the extra point and gestured to the officials to point out that they had reported for the play. Coming out of the 2-minute warning in the first half, Ochoa announced that the previous play was under review, then corrected himself and said it was not.

The officials had trouble spotting the ball after a punt that involved a penalty, repeatedly moving the ball after consultations.

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Gordon wins as pouring rain cuts short Pocono LONG POND, PA. — Jeff Gordon took advantage of an accident sparked by teammate Jimmie Johnson and a touch of timely rain at Pocono Raceway to win his first race of the season.

Gordon earned his 86th career victory Sunday, winning for the first time since September 2011 at Atlanta Motor Speedway to thrust himself into wildcard contention in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

Johnson inadvertently gave his Hendrick Motorsports teammate the help he needed. John- Gordon son got loose off a restart and knocked Matt Kenseth into the wall. Kenseth slid down the track and took out Denny Hamlin.

With an unexpected opening, Gordon zoomed to the lead in the No. 24 Chevrolet.

It couldn’t have come at a better time. The skies opened and cars were ordered off the track. The race was called moments later with 98 of the 160 scheduled laps completed.

Kasey Kahne was second, followed by Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski and Tony Stewart.

With the storms coming — spotters told their drivers the heavy rain was coming — Johnson was in prime position to follow last week’s win in Indy with another trip to Victory Lane.

Something, though, went wrong with Johnson’s car and he made contact with Kenseth. Johnson dropped back but suffered no real damage.

Kenseth touched the wall and slid down the track. Hamlin had nowhere to go except right into the side of the No. 17.

Hamlin was taken to the infield care center and complained of discomfort around his abdomen but was released.

Gordon, who was sixth in the restart necessitated by Kurt Busch’s wreck, took off and took the lead.

Then the downpour came. The scheduled 400-mile race had already been postponed about two hours because of rain. “I’ve never seen the seas part like that before,�

Gordon said.

Police said the death was not suspicious, and the cause was under investigation. The coach’s oldest son had a long history of drug problems, once admitting “I liked being a drug dealer,� and went to prison for a heroin-fueled car crash.

Owner Jeffery Lurie met with the team Sunday and told reporters afterward he expected Reid back this week. The Eagles host Pittsburgh in their preseason opener on Thursday night.

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Crew midfielder Urso dies at 22 COLUMBUS, OHIO — Columbus Crew midfielder Kirk Urso died Sunday morning at a central Ohio hospital, and no cause of death has been determined, a county coroner said.

Urso, 22, was pronounced dead at 1:50 a.m. at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Franklin County Coroner Dr. Jan Gorniak said. An autopsy is scheduled for today.

Police were called to a bar in the city at about 12:50 a.m., and Urso was taken from there to the hospital.

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Bradley tops Furyk at Firestone AKRON, OHIO — Right when it looked as if Keegan Bradley would need birdie to force a playoff, he won the Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday with a par.

Bradley closed with a 6-under 64 and the final stroke was the most important — a 15-foot putt to save par from a plugged lie in the bunker.

Jim Furyk, who led for 71 holes, chopped up the 18th hole and made a double bogey to throw away a chance at his first win since the 2010 Tour Championship. Furyk missed the green from the fairway, barely got over a bunker into thick grass, chipped weakly to 5 feet and the bogey putt to force a playoff never had a chance.

Along with winning, Bradley all but wrapped up a spot on the Ryder Cup team.

Henry wins Reno-Tahoe Open

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RENO, NEV. — J.J. Henry won the RenoTahoe Open for his second PGA Tour title, beatSon of Eagles coach Reid dies ing Brazil’s Alexandre Rocha by a point in the BETHLEHEM, PA. — Garrett Reid, the troubled modified Stableford event.

29-year-old son of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Henry finished with 43 points. Players received Reid, was found dead Sunday in a dorm room at eight points for double eagle, five for eagle, two the club’s Lehigh University training camp, where for birdie and zero for par. They were docked a he spends most summers with his father. point for bogey and three points for worse.

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PHOEBE GRABILL COMPETES IN THE 1,500 FREESTYLE at the Senior Central Zone Championships on Sunday at the Indoor Aquatic Center. Grabill placed second in the event in a personal-best time of 17:52.07.

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Aquahawk second in 1,500 free

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It doesn’t matter how long the race is. When the Lawrence Aquahawks’ Phoebe Grabill can sniff the finish line through the chlorine-saturated air, something changes inside her.

“I’m kind of a weird swimmer,” Grabill said.

“For some reason, I can always pull out a last 50.”

She proved that Sunday on the third and final day of the USA Swimming Senior Central Zone Championships in the 1,500 freestyle. Though Grabill had no chance of tracking down Lincoln Select’s Blake Balogh, who set a meet record (17:31.9), she and Taylor Maurer of the CSP Tideriders swam a nearly identical race for the first 1,450. Neither led by more than a couple of meters until the final trip down the pool at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center. Then Grabill found the energy in the final 50 to take second place by 1.57 seconds.

Grabill (17:52.07) had kept a watchful eye on Maurer through the side of her goggles before setting a personal record.

“I was just trying to race her and stick with it. When she’d get a little bit ahead, I’d just try to catch up to her again,” Grabill said.

“We gave each other a race.

I knew that she was gonna go pretty fast because she had a faster (qualifying) time than I did.”

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that around and ask a question or two.”

Self actually won’t need his French vocabulary cheat-sheet until Thursday, when the Jayhawks hop on a high-speed train and head from Zurich — first stop on a nine-day European tour — to Paris, the final stop.

German is the official language in Zurich and Fribourg, site of Tuesday’s noon (U.S. Central time) exhibition game against the Swiss National Team. It will not be televised or broadcast on radio, though updates via a live blog will be available at kusports.com.

KU will also play the Swiss National Team at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Fribourg.

The Jayhawks will play AMW Team France, a squad made up of French A and B League professionals, at 1 p.m. (Central time) both Saturday and Sunday. Again, updates from those games via blog will be available at kusports.com, with no TV or radio on tap.

Self says the games are secondary to the 10 practices the team held in July and early August in accordance with NCAA foreign-tour rules.

“What we’ve gotten out of it is what we’ve already gotten out of it, and that’s practice,” Self said, while also acknowledging there could be some benefit to playing the games.

SUNDAY’S RESULTS Women 200 back — 1. Sarah Finlay, CSP Tideriders, 2:24.18; 2. Brooke Balogh, Lincoln Select, 2:25.18; 3. Rachel Kokenyesi, CSP Tideriders, 2:26.48.

200 IM — 1. Alexandra Robertson, Extreme Aquatic, 2:25.09; 2. Balogh, Lincoln Select, 2:25.1; 3. Mekenna Scheitlin, Barrington Swim, 2:26.7.

50 free — 1. Scheitlin, Barrington Swim, 26.97; 2.

Alexis Dobrzynski, Black Dog, 27.54; 3. Emily Gallagher, Lincoln Way, 28.23.

1500 free — 1. Blake Balogh, Lincoln Select, 17:31.9; 2.

Phoebe Grabill 17:52.07; 3. Taylor Maurer, CSP Tideriders, 17:53.64.

Men’s 200 back — 1. Brennan Balogh, Lincoln Select, 2:08.55; 2. Brandon Shinsato, Wichita Swim, 2:10.8; 3. Samuel Hansen, Minnesota Swim, 2:11.42.

200 IM — 1. Jacob Miller, Redbird Swim, 2:09.53; 2.

Kyle Robrock, Black Dog, 2:11.75; 3. Brennan Balogh, Lincoln Select, 2:12.08.

50 free — 1. Miller, Redbird Swim, 24.36; 2. Sean Tate, Swim Omaha, 24.71; tie-3.

Ryan Tate, Swim Omaha, 24.91; tie-3. Ronald Hehn, Northern Lights, 24.91.

1500 free — 1. Christopher Angerhofer, Sioux Falls, 16:44.39; 2. Tanner Alms, Red Wing, 16:54.07; 3.

Bradley Jacobs, Fishers Area, 17:05.36.

Aquahawks coach Justin Clossen wasn’t surprised to see Grabill turn it on for the final stretch of the marathon race. After giving her a hard time and letting her know she could’ve gone faster if she had that much energy at the end, the coach said he has seen those kind of performances out of Grabill since she was 9 years old.

“Just let it go and see what happens,” Clossen has tried to convince Grabill, now 16 and a junior at Bishop Seabury Academy.

“She’s still a little hesitant to do that at times. We’ll adjust her training so she can do that a little bit more.”

The coach had to search for things to critique Gra-

bill on considering she has dropped close to 30 seconds off her 1,500 time at the past few meets.

“It’s just amazing,” Clossen said.

Her previous best was 18:00, so she was motivated for the final meet of the Aquahawks’ summer schedule. Had she not set a personal-best time, Grabil said she would have felt like she swam for no reason.

“It’s kind of a satisfying way to go out,” she said.

Eliza Anderson also swam for the Aquahawks on Sunday and took seventh place in the 50 free Bfinal, with a time of 29.16.

Ad Astra Area Aquatics’ Eric Sparks took seventh in the 50 free men’s final, finishing in 23.35.

“Just getting guys acclimated. Not counting Evan (Manning) and Tyler (Self, walk-ons), you’ve got eight freshmen out there on scholarship.

That’s a lot. It’d be good for Ben (McLemore) and Jamari (Traylor) to make some baskets in gametype situations. The biggest thing is to get them some game-readiness,” Self said. “Last year, (Jeff) Withey hadn’t played a lick, and we sent him overseas with a (Athletes in Action) touring team.

It’s amazing how much his confidence shot up just seeing the ball go in the hole. Hopefully it’ll be the same with these guys.”

Self is not stressed about keeping alive KU’s 39-game winning streak in exhibition contests. The Jayhawks last loss an exhibition game — actually three in a row — during the last trip to Paris. Roy Williams’ Jayhawks went 0-3 in Dec. of 1995 with a team that won the Big Eight title and reached the Elite Eight.

“I don’t know exactly how we’re going to do it,” Self said of approaching the games, which will be played in four 10-minute quarters with European rules such as the 24-second clock. “I’ve talked to my staff about a strategy, what we are going to do from a coaching standpoint. The way I visualize it is, everybody will play about 18 to 20 minutes. If it gets down to the last five minutes and we’ve got to win the game, we’ll try to do that.

“This (Swiss National) team we play the first two games ... they beat Texas A&M twice last year and Villanova twice last year. The year Butler went to the finals against Duke, they beat ’em twice. I don’t know if it’s the same cast of guys.

The Sefoloshas (Oklahoma City Thunder’s Thabo and brother Kgomotso) and those guys were playing.”

The Jayhawks are ready to play some international basketball.

“We want to bond with the new guys and figure out how they can come in and help us. It’ll be a fun trip,” senior Travis Releford said.

“It will be an allaround fun trip for everybody,” noted sophomore guard Naadir Tharpe, saying the highlight for him will be, “the shopping stores.

That’s probably where you’ll catch me. It’s what I look forward to.”

Senior Elijah Johnson’s goal is to keep everybody on the same path. This team leader wants to make sure nobody gets lost on any tours in Switzerland and Paris.

“I feel like a big brother.

I feel like I’ve got to take care of everybody, make sure everybody is all right, make sure everybody understands what is going on, make sure everyone is on the same page, make sure everyone is not frustrated on or off the court,” Johnson said. “Make sure everybody’s mind is right so they can give everything they’ve got in the gym.”

KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) — Given where the Kansas City Royals are, manager Ned Yost will savor any victory.

Errors by Alberto Gonzalez and Mike Olt in a three-pitch span allowed the tiebreaking run to score in the 10th inning Sunday, giving the Royals a 7-6 victory over the Texas Rangers.

“Ugly, come on. How can you call that game ugly?” Yost said. “It’s a beautiful win. Against a team of that caliber and as hard fought as this series was and for us to come up with nothing going into today, it’s a beautiful win.”

With the score 6-6, Michael Kirkman (0-2) walked Billy Butler leading off the 10th. Gonzalez, who entered in the ninth when Elvis Andrus left because of a sore shoulder, booted a routine grounder by Salvador Perez as pinch-runner Eric Hosmer advanced, “The first pitch, he hits a double-play ball, but it was such a rocket the shortstop booted it,” Yost said. “We’re due one of these wins every once in a while.”

Jeff Francoeur took a ball and then grounded to third. Olt, who made his major league debut Thursday, threw the ball into right field as Hosmer came home.

“There’s no ugly win,” Francoeur said. “They’re all beautiful.”

Kansas City, with the poorest record in the AL, improved to 45-62.

Texas dropped to 13-15 since the start of July as its four-game winning streak ended.

Greg Holland (4-3) threw 46 pitches in two innings, working around three hits and two walks.

“Holland had a gutsy effort,” Yost said.

Texas had threatened in the 10th, loading the bases with one out. But shortstop Alcides Escobar

Orlin Wagner/AP Photo

KANSAS CITY’S JARROD DYSON (1) JUMPS to celebrate the winning run scored by Eric Hosmer (35) during the 10th inning of a 7-6 victory over the Rangers on Sunday in Kansas City, Mo. Tim Collins (55) and Mike Moustakas (8) join in the celebration.

BOX SCORE Texas

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E-Alb.Gonzalez (2), Olt (2), Butler (1), A.Escobar (13), S.Perez (2). LOB-Texas 9, Kansas City 8. 2B-Mi. Young (17), Hamilton (19), Beltre (22), S.Perez (6), Getz (9). 3B-Andrus (6). HR-Francoeur (10), B.Pena (2). SB-Olt (1), J.Dyson (22), L.Cain (4). CS-Olt (1). S-J. Dyson, A.Escobar. SF-Olt. IP H R ER BB SO Texas D.Holland 6 8 6 6 2 7 Oswalt 2 0 0 0 0 4 R.Ross 1 0 0 0 2 1 Kirkman L,0-2 0 0 1 0 1 0 Kansas City Hochevar 6 4 5 1 1 4 1⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 Crow BS,5-7 0 0 1 1 Collins 12⁄3 0 G.Holland W,5-3 2 3 0 0 2 2 HBP-by Hochevar (N.Cruz). WP-Hochevar.

T-3:26. A-22,007 (37,903).

out, and Holland struck out Olt on a 3-2 pitch.

Olt walked leading off the ninth, stole second and took third on a throwing error by Perez, the Royals catcher. But Andrus failed to get a bunt down and Olt was out at home on the failed squeeze attempt.

Betancut Slumping infielder Yuniesky Betancourt has been cut by the Kansas City Royals after beginning the season as the team’s starting second baseman.

Betancourt was designated for assignment Sunday following Kansas City’s 7-6 victory over the Texas Rangers in 10 innings. To replace him, the Royals selected the made a diving catch to his contract of infielder Tony right of Mitch Moreland’s Abreu from Triple-A line drive for the second Omaha.

LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD

BASEBALL

4B

LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W 63 57 56 54 53

New York Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston Toronto

L 44 51 52 55 55

Pct .589 .528 .519 .495 .491

GB — 61⁄2 71⁄2 10 101⁄2

WCGB L10 — 5-5 1 6-4 2 5-5 41⁄2 5-5 5 4-6

Str W-1 W-2 L-2 W-1 W-2

Home 34-22 25-26 29-27 28-32 28-23

Away 29-22 32-25 27-25 26-23 25-32

W 59 58 50 47 45

L 48 50 58 61 62

Pct .551 .537 .463 .435 .421

GB — 11⁄2 91⁄2 121⁄2 14

WCGB L10 — 7-3 — 5-5 8 1-9 11 7-3 121⁄2 4-6

Str W-1 W-4 L-9 L-1 W-1

Home 29-23 31-21 27-25 23-32 21-32

Away 30-25 27-29 23-33 24-29 24-30

W 63 58 58 51

L 44 50 51 59

Pct .589 .537 .532 .464

GB — 51⁄2 6 131⁄2

WCGB L10 — 5-5 — 5-5 1⁄2 4-6 8 8-2

Str L-1 L-2 L-1 L-1

Home 34-21 32-25 30-22 25-29

Away 29-23 26-25 28-29 26-30

L 43 46 56 59 60

Pct .602 .574 .486 .454 .450

GB — 3 121⁄2 16 161⁄2

WCGB L10 — 6-4 — 8-2 9 5-5 121⁄2 5-5 13 4-6

Str W-2 W-1 L-1 W-2 L-2

Home 32-22 32-26 26-26 23-30 27-27

Away 33-21 30-20 27-30 26-29 22-33

L 42 46 49 59 63 73

Pct .611 .570 .546 .449 .406 .330

GB WCGB L10 — — 8-2 41⁄2 — 6-4 7 21⁄2 7-3 171⁄2 13 4-6 22 171⁄2 3-7 301⁄2 26 2-8

Str L-1 W-1 W-3 L-3 L-5 L-1

Home 36-20 33-16 32-21 30-26 27-24 25-27

Away 30-22 28-30 27-28 18-33 16-39 11-46

Central Division Chicago Detroit Cleveland Minnesota Kansas City

West Division Texas Oakland Los Angeles Seattle

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W 65 62 53 49 49

Washington Atlanta New York Philadelphia Miami

Central Division W 66 61 59 48 43 36

Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Chicago Houston

West Division San Francisco Los Angeles Arizona San Diego Colorado

AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP

Cabrera caps Tigers rally ————

Detroit stuns Cleveland with five-run 10th The Associated Press

Tigers 10, Indians 8, 10 innings DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer to cap a stunning five-run rally by Detroit with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Tigers a victory over the Indians on Sunday.

Cleveland has lost nine Cabrera straight, and this one slipped away in unthinkable fashion.

With two outs and nobody on — and the Indians up 8-5 — Chris Perez (0-3) walked Alex Avila and pinch-hitter Andy Dirks.

Austin Jackson doubled home a run, and Omar Infante’s two-run single tied it.

Cabrera followed with a towering drive that eventually cleared the fence in left-center. Detroit never had the lead before then.

Cleveland

W 59 59 55 46 38

L 49 50 53 64 68

Pct .546 .541 .509 .418 .358

GB — 1⁄2 4 14 20

WCGB L10 — 4-6 3 6-4 61⁄2 6-4 161⁄2 4-6 221⁄2 2-8

Str W-3 W-3 L-2 W-1 L-3

Home 32-23 32-23 30-24 24-30 21-37

Away 27-26 27-27 25-29 22-34 17-31

SCOREBOARD AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 10, Cleveland 8, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 6, Seattle 2 Boston 6, Minnesota 4 Baltimore 1, Tampa Bay 0, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 4, L.A. Angels 2 Kansas City 7, Texas 6, 10 innings Toronto 6, Oakland 5

NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 5, Arizona 4 Atlanta 6, Houston 1 Washington 4, Miami 1 San Francisco 8, Colorado 3 San Diego 7, N.Y. Mets 3 L.A. Dodgers 7, Chicago Cubs 6 St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 0

American League

TODAY’S GAMES Minnesota (Diamond 9-5) at Cleveland (McAllister 4-3), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nova 10-5) at Detroit (Verlander 11-7), 6:05 p.m.

Seattle (Vargas 12-7) at Baltimore (Tillman 4-1), 6:05 p.m.

Texas (Darvish 11-7) at Boston (A.Cook 2-5), 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Mendoza 5-7) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 12-3), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 14-1) at Oakland (J.Parker 7-5), 9:05 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES Minnesota at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.

Seattle at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Texas at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

National League

TODAY’S GAMES Arizona (Miley 12-6) at Pittsburgh (Bedard 5-12), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Sheets 3-1) at Philadelphia (Worley 6-6), 6:05 p.m.

Washington (E.Jackson 6-7) at Houston (Keuchel 1-4), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Arroyo 7-6) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 9-8), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 10-4) at St. Louis (Westbrook 10-8), 7:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 4-7) at San Diego (Stults 1-2), 9:05 p.m.

Colorado (D.Pomeranz 1-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 10-7), 9:10 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES Arizona at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Washington at Houston, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

LEAGUE LEADERS AMERICAN LEAGUE G AB R H Pct. Trout LAA 86 350 86 121 .346 MiCabrera Det 108 428 71 139 .325 AJackson Det 86 338 68 109 .322 Konerko CWS 99 369 48 118 .320 Mauer Min 99 366 61 116 .317 Rios CWS 105 405 67 128 .316 Ortiz Bos 89 320 65 101 .316 Cano NYY 107 420 68 132 .314 Jeter NYY 105 446 61 140 .314 Beltre Tex 103 402 60 125 .311 RUNS-Trout, Los Angeles, 86; Kinsler, Texas, 78; Granderson, New York, 75.

RBI-MiCabrera, Detroit, 91; Hamilton, Texas, 90; Willingham, Minnesota, 81.

DOUBLES-AGordon, Kansas City, 37; Choo, Cleveland, 33.

TRIPLES-AJackson, Detroit, 7; JWeeks, Oakland, 7.

HOME RUNS-ADunn, Chicago, 31; Encarnacion, Toronto, 29; Granderson, New York, 29; Hamilton, Texas, 29.

STOLEN BASES-Trout, Los Angeles, 33; RDavis, Toronto, 30; Revere, Minnesota, 27; JDyson, Kansas City, 22.

PITCHING-Weaver, Los Angeles, 14-1; Price, Tampa Bay, 14-4.

STRIKEOUTS-Scherzer, Detroit, 160; FHernandez, Seattle, 159.

SAVES-Rodney, Tampa Bay, 32; JiJohnson, Baltimore, 32.

Detroit ab r h bi Kipnis 2b 6 0 0 0 AJcksn cf AsCarr ss 6 2 2 0 Infante 3b Choo rf 5 1 1 1 MiCarr dh JoLopz rf 0 0 0 0 Fielder 1b Duncan lf 0 0 0 0 DYong lf CSantn 1b 4 2 2 1 Berry lf Ktchm 1b 0 0 0 0 JhPerlt ss Brantly cf 4 0 3 1 Boesch rf Hafner dh 5 1 3 3 Laird c Carrer lf-rf 5 1 3 1 Avila c Lillirdg 3b 3 0 0 0 Worth 2b Hannhn 3b 2 1 1 0 Dirks ph Marson c 50 2 1 Totals 45 817 8 Totals Cleveland 201 010 100 Detroit 101 110 100 Two outs when winning run scored.

ab 6 6 4 3 4 1 4 4 1 3 3 0

r 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1

h bi 41 43 23 12 00 00 10 00 00 11 00 00

39 10 1310 3— 8 5—10

NATIONAL LEAGUE

G AB R H Pct. McCutchen Pit 103 386 73 142 .368 MeCabrera SF 104 423 77 149 .352 Votto Cin 86 298 52 102 .342 Ruiz Phi 95 313 47 105 .335 CGonzalez Col 98 394 73 129 .327 Posey SF 97 352 45 115 .327 DWright NYM 105 388 67 126 .325 Holliday StL 105 401 71 130 .324 YMolina StL 94 354 44 112 .316 Freese StL 98 360 51 112 .311 RUNS-MeCabrera, San Francisco, 77; CGonzalez, Colorado, 73; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 73.

RBI-Beltran, St. Louis, 77; Holliday, St. Louis, 76; Braun, Milwaukee, 74.

DOUBLES-ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 36; Votto, Cincinnati, 36; DanMurphy, New York, 33.

TRIPLES-Fowler, Colorado, 11.

HOME RUNS-Braun, Milwaukee, 29; Beltran, St. Louis, 25.

STOLEN BASES-Bonifacio, Miami, 30; DGordon, Los Angeles, 30.

PITCHING-Dickey, New York, 14-3; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 14-3; Cueto, Cincinnati, 14-5.

STRIKEOUTS-Strasburg, Washington, 160; Dickey, New York, 156.

SAVES-Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 32; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 31.

E-As.Cabrera (14). DP-Cleveland 2, Detroit 1. LOBCleveland 9, Detroit 9. 2B-As.Cabrera (24), Brantley 2 (32), Marson (7), A.Jackson (19), Infante (1), Jh.Peralta (23). 3B-A.Jackson 2 (7). HR-Choo (13), Hafner (11), Carrera (1), Infante (1), Mi.Cabrera (27).

SB-As.Cabrera 2 (4), Carrera (1). CS-Carrera (1), Boesch (3). SF-Fielder.

IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland 4 4 3 2 Seddon 41⁄3 7 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 C.Allen 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Sipp 1⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 J.Smith Pestano BS,2-2 2 0 0 0 0 3 Tomlin 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 5 5 2 0 C.Perez L,0-3 BS,3-32 2⁄3 Detroit Scherzer 5 10 4 4 1 9 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 Villarreal 1 1 1 1 Coke 11⁄3 2 Dotel 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 Benoit 11⁄3 2 2⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 D.Downs W,1-0 HBP-by Sipp (Boesch).

T-4:10. A-38,007 (41,255).

Yankees 6, Mariners 2 NEW YORK — Raul Ibanez homered and drove in three runs for New York.

Seattle

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Kelley pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

HBP-by Iwakuma (I.Suzuki). WP-F.Garcia. PB-J. Montero.

T-3:12. A-45,878 (50,291).

Ackley 1b MSndrs cf JMontr c Jaso dh Seager 2b Thams rf TRonsn lf Kawsk ss Figgins 3b

ab r 41 31 40 20 30 40 40 30 30

h bi 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

New York

Red Sox 6, Twins 4 BOSTON — Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer as Boston averted a fourgame sweep.

Minnesota

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IP H R ER BB SO Minnesota Blackburn L,4-7 5 9 4 4 0 4 Manship 2 4 1 1 1 0 Perdomo 1 1 1 1 1 1 Boston F.Morales W,3-2 6 3 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 2 Melancon H,2 12⁄3 1 1⁄3 Breslow 0 0 0 0 0 Padilla 0 2 3 3 1 0 Aceves S,23-29 1 0 0 0 0 1 Padilla pitched to 3 batters in the 9th.

T-3:14. A-37,019 (37,067).

White Sox 4, Angels 2 CHICAGO — Chicago’s A.J. Pierzynski blasted a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning.

Los Angeles

ab r 30 40 40 20 30 30 41 21 10 10 10

h bi 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chicago

ab r h bi De Aza cf 4 0 00 Youkils 3b 2 1 11 A.Dunn 1b 3 0 00 Konerk dh 4 0 30 Olmedo pr-dh 0 1 0 0 Rios rf 4 0 10 AlRmrz ss 4 0 11 Viciedo lf 3 0 10 JrDnks pr-lf 1 1 00 Flowrs c 2 0 00 Przyns ph-c 2 1 12 Bckhm 2b 3 0 10 Totals 28 2 8 2 Totals 32 4 9 4 Los Angeles 000 010 100—2 Chicago 000 001 21x—4 DP-Chicago 2. LOB-Los Angeles 7, Chicago 7.

2B-Pujols (31). 3B-Al.Ramirez (4). HR-Youkilis (13), Pierzynski (21). CS-Beckham (3). S-H.Kendrick, Bo.Wilson 2. SF-Trout.

IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Haren 6 4 1 1 2 4 Isringhausen L,3-2 BS,4-4 0 3 2 2 0 0 Williams 11⁄3 2 1 1 1 1 2⁄3 Takahashi 0 0 0 0 2 Chicago Liriano 5 4 1 1 1 4 N.Jones W,5-0 2 4 1 1 1 1 Myers H,3 1 0 0 0 0 1 A.Reed S,19-22 1 0 0 0 1 2 T-2:58. A-30,202 (40,615).

Trout lf TrHntr rf Pujols 1b Trumo dh HKndrc 2b Callasp 3b MIzturs ss Bourjos cf Iannett ph BoWlsn c KMorls ph

Orioles 1, Rays 0, 10 innings ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Taylor Teagarden broke out of a long slide with an RBI double in the 10th Blue Jays 6, Athletics 5 inning that led Baltimore OAKLAND, CALIF. — Edover Tampa Bay. win Encarnacion and Yunel Escobar each drove in Baltimore Tampa Bay ab r h bi ab r h bi two runs for Toronto.

Markks rf 5 0 0 0 DJnngs lf 5 0 00 Andino 3b Hardy ss AdJons cf Wieters dh Ford lf McLoth ph-lf MrRynl 1b Quntnll 2b Tegrdn c

20 20 40 40 30 10 21 40 40

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

BUpton cf 4 0 10 Joyce rf 3 0 10 Zobrist 2b 1 0 00 Rhyms 2b 2 0 00 SRdrgz ph-2b 0 0 0 0 Kppngr dh 4 0 00 C.Pena 1b 2 0 10 RRorts 3b 3 0 00 Loaton c 3 0 00 Fuld ph 1 0 00 EJhnsn ss 3 0 00 Totals 31 1 3 1 Totals 31 0 3 0 Baltimore 000 000 000 1—1 Tampa Bay 000 000 000 0—0 DP-Tampa Bay 1. LOB-Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay 7. 2B-Ford (2), Teagarden (1), B.Upton (16). SB-R. Roberts (2). CS-Andino (4), C.Pena (2). S-Hardy, S.Rodriguez.

IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore Mig.Gonzalez 7 2 0 0 4 4 O’Day 1 0 0 0 0 1 Patton 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ayala W,3-3 1 0 0 0 1 1 Ji.Johnson S,32-35 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay Price 8 2 0 0 3 5 Rodney 1 0 0 0 1 0 Jo.Peralta L,1-4 1 1 1 1 1 1 Patton pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

T-3:10. A-29,530 (34,078).

Toronto

Oakland ab r h bi ab r h bi RDavis lf 5 2 2 0 Crisp cf 4 0 11 Gose cf 4 2 2 1 JGoms lf 4 1 20 Encrnc dh 4 2 2 2 Reddck rf 4 1 13 YEscor ss 5 0 1 2 Cespds dh 4 0 00 KJhnsn 2b 3 0 2 1 Carter 1b 3 0 00 Mathis c 4 0 0 0 Inge 3b 4 1 20 YGoms 1b-3b 4 0 0 0 DNorrs c 4 0 11 Sierra rf 4 0 2 0 Rosales ss 3 1 10 Hchvrr 3b 3 0 0 0 Moss ph 0 0 00 Cooper ph-1b 1 0 1 0 JWeeks 2b 3 1 00 Totals 37 612 6 Totals 33 5 8 5 Toronto 100 230 000—6 Oakland 013 000 100—5 DP-Toronto 2. LOB-Toronto 7, Oakland 4. 2B-R. Davis (14), Gose (3), Encarnacion (21), Crisp (9), J.Gomes (7), D.Norris (3), Rosales (1). HR-Encarnacion (29), Reddick (24). CS-K.Johnson (2). S-Gose.

IP H R ER BB SO Toronto Laffey W,3-2 6 6 4 4 1 4 Lyon H,2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 Loup H,2 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Delabar H,4 Janssen S,14-15 1 0 0 0 1 1 Oakland Milone L,9-9 6 9 6 6 1 4 Scribner 2 3 0 0 0 1 Figueroa 1 0 0 0 0 1 T-2:57. A-18,308 (35,067).

NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP

Padres pummel Mets rookie The Associated Press

UPCOMING

Monday, August 6, 2012

Padres 7, Mets 3 SAN DIEGO — Chase Headley and Yonder Alonso each hit two-run homers, and San Diego hammered rookie Matt Harvey in a win over the Mets on Sunday.

New York

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2B-Tejada (16), I.Davis (18), Ev.Cabrera (14), Quentin (12), Alonso (31), Maybin (12), Kotsay (6). 3B-Venable (6). HR-R.Cedeno (3), Headley (15), Quentin (11), Alonso (6). CS-Tejada (2). SF-Bay. IP H R ER BB SO New York Harvey L,1-2 5 8 5 5 1 5 Acosta 1 0 0 0 1 0 R.Ramirez 12⁄3 3 2 2 1 0 1 El.Ramirez ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 San Diego Marquis W,5-6 61⁄3 4 3 3 1 5 2⁄3 Thayer H,6 0 0 0 0 1 Gregerson H,15 1 1 0 0 0 0 Street 1 0 0 0 0 2 PB-Ro.Johnson.

T-2:27. A-24,635 (42,691).

Phillies 5, D’Backs 4 PHILADELPHIA — Slumping slugger Ryan Howard singled home the winning run in the ninth to give Philadelphia a comeback victory.

Braves 6, Astros 1 ATLANTA — Chipper Jones had two hits and scored the go-ahead run on a sixth-inning wild pitch in his final game against Houston.

Arizona

Houston

Philadelphia ab r h bi ab r h bi CYoung cf 4 0 1 0 Schrhlt rf 4 0 00 A.Hill 2b 4 0 1 0 Frndsn 3b 4 0 10 Kubel lf 4 0 1 0 L.Nix ph 1 0 10 Gldsch 1b 4 1 1 1 Utley 2b 4 1 21 J.Upton rf 4 1 3 0 Howard 1b 5 0 11 CJhnsn 3b 4 1 1 2 Mayrry cf 3 2 10 Drew ss 3 1 1 1 DBrwn lf 4 1 20 HBlanc c 3 0 0 0 Kratz c 3 0 21 MMntr c 1 0 0 0 Mrtnz ss 3 0 00 Cahill p 3 0 0 0 Rollins ph-ss 1 0 0 0 DHrndz p 0 0 0 0 Cl.Lee p 3 0 10 Saito p 0 0 0 0 Papeln p 0 0 00 GParra ph 1 0 0 0 Pierre ph 1 1 10 Cllmntr p 00 0 0 Totals 35 4 9 4 Totals 36 5 12 3 Arizona 030 001 000—4 Philadelphia 020 010 011—5 One out when winning run scored.

E-D.Hernandez (1), Howard (3). DP-Philadelphia 2.

LOB-Arizona 5, Philadelphia 10. 2B-D.Brown (1), Kratz (4). HR-Goldschmidt (16), C.Johnson (11), Drew (1), Utley (7). S-Schierholtz.

IP H R ER BB SO Arizona Cahill 7 6 3 3 2 6 3 1 1 0 1 D.Hernandez BS,5-7 2⁄3 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Saito 1⁄3 3 1 1 1 0 Collmenter L,3-3 Philadelphia Cl.Lee 8 8 4 4 0 5 Papelbon W,3-4 1 1 0 0 1 0 WP-Cahill, D.Hernandez 2.

T-3:00. A-43,741 (43,651).

ab r 50 31 40 40 20 20 20 10 20 40 20 10 00 00 10

h bi 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Atlanta

ab r h bi Bourn cf 5 0 11 Prado lf 3 0 10 Heywrd rf 3 1 00 C.Jones 3b 4 1 21 FFrmn 1b 4 1 20 Uggla 2b 4 0 00 D.Ross c 3 3 21 Janish ss 4 0 12 Medlen p 1 0 00 Gearrin p 0 0 00 Venters p 0 0 00 Hinske ph 1 0 00 Durbin p 0 0 00 Avilan p 0 0 00 JFrncs ph 0 0 00 CMrtnz p 0 0 00 Totals 33 1 8 1 Totals 32 6 9 5 Houston 000 001 000—1 Atlanta 010 003 11x—6 DP-Houston 1, Atlanta 2. LOB-Houston 9, Atlanta 8. 2B-Maxwell (9), C.Jones (18). HR-D.Ross (6).

SB-Altuve (20), Prado (14). CS-Pearce (1), Prado (2).

IP H R ER BB SO Houston B.Norris L,5-9 6 7 4 4 3 7 X.Cedeno 1 1 1 1 1 1 R.Cruz 1 1 1 1 2 0 Atlanta 1 1 2 6 Medlen 51⁄3 5 Gearrin BS,1-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Venters W,4-3 2⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Durbin H,11 0 0 0 1 Avilan H,1 11⁄3 1 C.Martinez 1 0 0 0 0 2 WP-B.Norris, Medlen.

T-3:01. A-23,474 (49,586).

Altuve 2b MGnzlz ss Wallac 1b Maxwll cf SMoore 3b MDwns ph-3b Pearce lf-rf Bogsvc rf JDMrtn ph-lf Corprn c BNorrs p Schafer ph XCeden p R.Cruz p BFrncs ph

Nationals 4, Marlins 1 WASHINGTON — Stephen Strasburg pitched threehit ball over six shutout innings and drove in two runs, rebounding from his poorest outing this season to lead Washington Nationals over Miami.

Miami

ab r 40 40 40 41 40 40 20 30 20 00 10 00

h bi 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Washington

ab r h bi Lmrdzz 2b 2 1 10 Harper cf 4 0 20 Zmrmn 3b 5 0 10 LaRoch 1b 3 0 22 Morse lf 4 0 10 Werth rf 4 1 10 Espinos ss 2 1 00 Flores c 4 0 10 Strasrg p 2 1 12 Berndn ph 1 0 00 Stmmn p 0 0 00 SBurntt p 0 0 00 Tracy ph 1 0 00 Storen p 0 0 00 Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals 32 4 10 4 Miami 000 000 100—1 Washington 040 000 00x—4 DP-Miami 1, Washington 1. LOB-Miami 5, Washington 11. 2B-Cousins (4), Ca.Lee (19), Dobbs (5). CS-Lombardozzi (2).

IP H R ER BB SO Miami Nolasco L,8-11 6 8 4 4 4 4 Gaudin 1 1 0 0 0 1 Cishek 1 1 0 0 1 1 Washington Strasburg W,12-5 6 3 0 0 1 6 Stammen 1 2 1 1 0 1 S.Burnett H,25 1 0 0 0 0 1 Storen S,1-1 1 1 0 0 0 1 HBP-by Nolasco (Espinosa), by Cishek (Lombardozzi).

T-2:48. A-30,453 (41,487).

Petersn lf Cousins rf Reyes ss Ca.Lee 1b Dobbs 3b Ruggin cf DSolan 2b J.Buck c Nolasco p Gaudin p NGreen ph Cishek p

Dodgers 7, Cubs 6 LOS ANGELES — Hanley Ramirez lined an RBI Giants 8, Rockies 3 DENVER — Tim Lincesingle over a drawn-in inCardinals 3, field in the ninth inning of cum won consecutive Pirates 6, Reds 2 Brewers 0 starts for the first time a seesaw victory.

CINCINNATI — Starling ST. LOUIS — Kyle Lohse since April.

Marte hit a tiebreaking Chicago pitched six spotless inLos Angeles ab r h bi ab r h bi two-run triple to help DeJess rf nings to earn his 12th win, San Francisco Colorado 3 2 1 0 Victorn lf 5 0 00 ab r h bi ab r h bi 4 1 2 0 M.Ellis 2b 3 2 00 Pittsburgh salvage the fina- BJcksn cf and St. Louis beat MilPagan cf 4 1 0 0 Fowler cf 4 1 00 1b 4 1 2 3 Kemp cf 3 3 10 Theriot 2b 5 1 1 0 Rutledg ss 4 0 00 le of its three-game series Rizzo waukee for a three-game ASorin lf 5 0 1 2 Ethier rf 5 0 22 MeCarr lf 5 3 2 0 Helton 1b 4 1 10 SCastro ss 4 0 0 0 HRmrz ss 3 1 11 sweep. with a win.

Posey 1b 4 1 2 1 CGnzlz lf 4 1 2 1 WCastll c 5 1 2 1 Loney 1b 2 1 10 Pittsburgh

ab r 40 50 41 51 00 52 51 40 51 40 00

h bi 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Cincinnati

ab r h bi SMarte lf Cozart ss 4 0 00 JHrrsn 3b Stubbs cf 3 2 11 AMcCt cf Bruce rf 3 0 11 GJones rf Ludwck lf 3 0 10 Snider rf Frazier 3b 4 0 00 Walker 2b Cairo 1b 3 0 00 GSnchz 1b Valdez 2b 3 0 00 Barajs c Hanign c 3 0 00 Barmes ss HBaily p 1 0 00 AJBrnt p Arrdnd p 0 0 00 Hanrhn p Heisey ph 1 0 00 Simon p 0 0 00 Paul ph 1 0 00 Ondrsk p 0 0 00 Totals 41 615 5 Totals 29 2 3 2 Pittsburgh 020 200 002—6 Cincinnati 101 000 000—2 E-Simon (1), Frazier (5). LOB-Pittsburgh 12, Cincinnati 3. 2B-Bruce (27). 3B-S.Marte (1). HR-A. McCutchen (23), Walker (12), Stubbs (14). SB-Stubbs (24). CS-Ludwick (1). S-A.J.Burnett.

IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh 2 2 3 7 A.J.Burnett W,14-3 82⁄3 3 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Hanrahan S,32-35 Cincinnati 4 4 1 3 H.Bailey L,9-7 42⁄3 9 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Arredondo Simon 3 3 0 0 0 5 Ondrusek 1 3 2 1 0 2 HBP-by Simon (S.Marte), by H.Bailey (Barajas).

T-3:06. A-38,624 (42,319).

Valuen 3b Barney 2b Germn p AlCarr p Maine p Vitters ph Corpas p Russell p LaHair ph Camp p

20 41 20 00 00 10 00 00 10 00

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

JRiver ph-1b 1 0 01 L.Cruz 3b 4 0 22 A.Ellis c 4 0 21 Blanton p 1 0 00 League p 0 0 00 Choate p 0 0 00 Guerra p 0 0 00 GwynJ ph 1 0 00 Belisari p 0 0 00 HrstnJr ph 1 0 00 Jansen p 0 0 00 Totals 35 6 9 6 Totals 33 7 9 7 Chicago 100 001 301—6 Los Angeles 000 013 201—7 One out when winning run scored.

DP-Los Angeles 1. LOB-Chicago 9, Los Angeles 9.

2B-A.Soriano (24), Ethier (29), A.Ellis (11). HR-Rizzo (9), W.Castillo (3). SB-L.Cruz (2). S-Blanton. SF-Rizzo.

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago 2 2 0 3 Germano 51⁄3 3 1⁄3 Al.Cabrera H,1 0 2 2 2 1 1⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 Maine BS,1-1 2⁄3 1 2 2 1 1 Corpas H,4 1⁄3 Russell BS,1-3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Camp L,2-5 1 ⁄3 3 Los Angeles Blanton 6 5 2 2 3 5 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 0 League H,1 1⁄3 1 2 2 1 0 Choate H,17 1⁄3 Guerra BS,5-13 1 0 0 1 1 Belisario H,17 1 0 0 0 1 2 Jansen W,5-3 BS,6-27 1 1 1 1 0 1 HBP-by Germano (M.Ellis).

T-3:29. A-42,495 (56,000).

Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 Pachec 3b 3 0 21 Loux p 0 0 0 0 Colvin rf 2 0 00 Pence rf 5 1 2 3 McBrid ph-rf 2 0 1 1 Scutaro 3b 3 1 1 2 WRosr c 3 0 00 JaLopz p 0 0 0 0 JHerrr 2b 4 0 20 Romo p 0 0 0 0 Chatwd p 0 0 00 Belt ph-1b 1 0 0 0 CTorrs p 0 0 00 HSnchz c 4 0 2 0 EYong ph 1 0 00 BCrwfr ss 4 0 1 0 Belisle p 0 0 00 Linccm p 3 0 0 1 MtRynl p 0 0 00 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 LeMahi ph 1 0 00 Arias 3b 1 0 1 0 EEscln p 0 0 00 Totals 39 812 7 Totals 32 3 8 3 San Francisco 200 110 301—8 Colorado 100 000 101—3 E-Pacheco (8). LOB-San Francisco 8, Colorado 13.

2B-Pence 2 (18), Scutaro (19), Helton (16), Pacheco (19). 3B-Me.Cabrera (10). SB-Pagan (19), Me.Cabrera (12). CS-Arias (1). S-Chatwood, C.Torres.

IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Lincecum W,6-11 6 5 1 1 5 3 Kontos 0 0 1 1 2 0 1⁄3 Ja.Lopez 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Romo H,17 12⁄3 0 2⁄3 Affeldt 2 1 1 1 0 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Loux Colorado Chatwood L,1-2 31⁄3 2 3 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 C.Torres 22⁄3 3 Belisle 1 4 3 3 0 1 Mat.Reynolds 1 1 0 0 0 0 E.Escalona 1 2 1 1 0 1 WP-Lincecum, Chatwood, C.Torres. PB-W.Rosario.

T-3:30. A-28,804 (50,398).

Milwaukee

St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h bi Aoki rf 4 0 1 0 Schmkr 2b 4 0 10 CGomz cf 3 0 1 0 Boggs p 0 0 00 Braun lf 4 0 0 0 Motte p 0 0 00 ArRmr 3b 4 0 1 0 Craig 1b 4 0 11 Hart 1b 4 0 1 0 Hollidy lf 4 0 20 RWeks 2b 2 0 1 0 Beltran rf 4 1 10 Lucroy c 4 0 0 0 Freese 3b 4 0 21 Ransm ss 3 0 1 0 YMolin c 4 0 20 Estrad p 2 0 0 0 Jay cf 3 1 00 Morgan ph 1 0 0 0 Descals ss-2b 4 1 3 1 Hndrsn p 0 0 0 0 Lohse p 1 0 00 Loe p 0 0 0 0 Mujica p 0 0 00 Ishikaw ph 1 0 0 0 Furcal ph-ss 1 0 00 Totals 32 0 6 0 Totals 33 3 12 3 Milwaukee 000 000 000—0 St. Louis 010 000 11x—3 E-Hart (4), Freese (9). DP-Milwaukee 2, St. Louis 2. LOB-Milwaukee 9, St. Louis 8. 2B-Aoki (19), C.Gomez (14), Craig (20), Holliday (27), Beltran (18), Y.Molina (20). 3B-Descalso (5). CS-Y.Molina (2). S-Lohse.

IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee Estrada L,0-5 6 7 1 1 1 2 Henderson 1 2 1 1 0 2 Loe 1 3 1 1 0 0 St. Louis Lohse W,12-2 6 4 0 0 3 6 Mujica H,15 1 1 0 0 0 0 Boggs H,18 1 1 0 0 0 0 Motte S,24-28 1 0 0 0 1 2 T-2:53. A-40,274 (43,975).

SPORTS

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -W ORLD

LONDON (AP) — Mike Krzyzewski said this was the plan all along: Get to the final week of the Olympic tournament healthy and playing well.

It’s the moment the U.S. men’s basketball team has been waiting for since taking the floor for that first Olympic practice exactly a month ago in Las Vegas.

“We’re ready for the final week and our guys are anxious,” the U.S. coach said Sunday. “I think they’ll play their best basketball this week.”

It starts today against Argentina, a largely meaningless final game of group play for the Americans.

They technically haven’t clinched the top seed in their pool yet, but would have to lose by the kind of monstrous margin they usually beat teams by to fall out of first place.

The U.S., unless it loses by at least 17 points, will open the quarterfinals Wednesday against Australia, the fourth-place team from Group B. Still, LeBron James said the U.S. is locked in.

“We don’t come here to lose,” James said. “We

come here to play at a high level and continue to get better. We don’t have time to waste and say, ‘OK, well, since we have the tiebreaker and all that, we can just go out and just lollygag.’ We have the opportunity to get better tomorrow and we’re going to do that.”

Not to mention the Americans have too much history with Argentina, too much respect for Manu Ginobili and Luis Scola, and too much to clean up after a close call against Lithuania, to think they wouldn’t be focused in the final game before quarterfinal play begins.

“What we wanted to do is to get to a point, the last week of the Olympics where we were healthy, together and we knew who we were, and we’re there,” Krzyzewski said.

“We could have played much better in the game (Saturday), also we couldn’t have played any better than the game before.

“So where we’re at today is where we had hoped we would be.”

The last step before the

knockout stage, however, promises to be a rugged one.

The Argentines will push and pull, foul or flop, whatever it takes to slow the Americans down to their preferred pace.

“They just try to get under our skins, they try to beat us up and it is what it is at this point,” U.S. forward Carmelo Anthony said. “If you want to consider them a rival of the U.S., then so be it, but we’ll be ready for them tomorrow.”

The Americans returned to the practice court Sunday after beating Lithuania 99-94 on Saturday. Though mindful of Lithuania’s talent, the U.S. was surprised by their offensive execution, and needed to rely on some big plays from James and Chris Paul to avoid its first Olympic loss since 2004.

“Lithuania, they came out, played extremely well. They almost played perfect yesterday and they kind of caught us off-guard a little bit, you know, had us on our heels for a moment,” Anthony said.

Olympics

Medals Table

At London Sunday, Aug. 5 23 of 23 medal events 161 of 302 total medal events Nation G S China 30 17 United States 28 14 Britain 16 11 Russia 4 16 Japan 2 12 France 8 8 Germany 5 10 South Korea 10 4 Australia 1 12 Italy 6 5 Canada 1 3 Hungary 4 1 Netherlands 3 1 Denmark 2 4 Romania 2 4 New Zealand 3 0 Belarus 2 2 Ukraine 2 0 Brazil 1 1 Kazakhstan 6 0 North Korea 4 0 Cuba 2 2 Czech Republic 1 3 Kenya 1 2 Mexico 0 3 South Africa 3 1 Jamaica 2 1 Poland 2 1 Sweden 1 3 Slovenia 1 1 Colombia 0 3 Slovakia 0 1 Ethiopia 2 0 Spain 0 2 Azerbaijan 0 1 India 0 1 Croatia 1 1 Switzerland 1 1 Iran 1 0 Lithuania 1 0 Armenia 0 1 Belgium 0 1 Indonesia 0 1 Mongolia 0 1 Norway 0 1 Serbia 0 1 Greece 0 0 Moldova 0 0 Georgia 1 0 Venezuela 1 0 Egypt 0 1 Guatemala 0 1 Malaysia 0 1 Taiwan 0 1 Thailand 0 1 Argentina 0 0 Hong Kong 0 0 Qatar 0 0 Singapore 0 0 Tunisia 0 0 Uzbekistan 0 0

B Tot 14 61 18 60 10 37 15 35 13 27 9 25 7 22 6 20 7 20 3 14 6 10 3 8 4 8 2 8 2 8 4 7 3 7 5 7 5 7 0 6 1 5 1 5 1 5 2 5 2 5 0 4 1 4 1 4 0 4 2 4 1 4 3 4 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Sunday’s Results

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Richard-Ross, who cried after a disappointing third-place finish in Beijing. “I’ve dreamt about this moment for 20 years.”

Britain picked up two more gold medals after winning six events during a banner Saturday.

Andy Murray cruised past Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the men’s singles final at Wimbledon, then added a silver medal in mixed doubles. Ben Ainslie earned another gold in the Finn class to become the most successful sailor in Olympic history.

Murray avenged a loss to Federer in last month’s Wimbledon final while becoming the first British man to win the gold in singles since Josiah Ritchie in 1908.

“I’ve had a lot of tough losses in my career,” he said. “This is the best way to come back from the Wimbledon final. I’ll never forget it.”

After trailing the entire regatta, Ainslie was spot-on with his tactics in the medals race and got a little help from the front of the fleet. He won his fourth straight gold and fifth straight games medal overall, eclipsing Denmark’s Paul Elvstrom, who won four straight gold medals from 1948-60.

“That race was certainly one of the most nervewracking experiences of my life, but thankfully I came through,” he said.

The Olympics’ year of the woman hit another milestone when women’s boxing made its debut in the games Sunday. The tournament began with 12 entertaining bouts featuring uppercuts, haymakers and footwork that all measure up nicely to the men’s amateur sport.

Russia’s Elena Savelyeva won the first fight with a busy jab and strong combinations. U.S. lightweight Queen Underwood lost a close bout with Britain’s Natasha Jonas.

The crowd roared for every fighter, clearly enjoying the tight competition and disciplined styles of the world’s top female boxers.

McKayla Maroney was all set to add the vault title to her team gymnastics gold with the U.S. when she made a costly mistake.

She appeared to land her second vault on the backs of her heels. Her feet slid out from under her, and she plopped on the mat, a look of shock crossing her face.

“I really didn’t deserve to win a gold medal if I fall

Lee Jin-man/AP Photo

SOUTH AFRICA’S OSCAR PISTORIUS RUNS in one of the men’s 400-meter semifinal races during the athletics competition on Sunday in the Olympic Stadium. on my butt,” Maroney said.

“I was still happy with a silver, but it’s still just sad.”

Sandra Izbasa of Romania won the gold, and Russia’s Maria Paseka took the bronze.

Britain’s Louis Smith and Hungary’s Krisztian Berki finished with identical 16.066 scores on the pommel horse, but Berki got the gold because his execution score of 9.166 was .10 points better. A tiebreaker also cost Smith in Beijing, when he dropped from second to bronze on the same event.

Also, Zou Kai won his fifth career gold medal, defending his title on floor exercise. He already had one gold from China’s victory in the men’s team competition last week, and has three more from the Beijing Games.

The rest of the Olympic action Sunday:

Tennis Serena Williams added another Olympic title when she teamed with sister Venus to beat Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-4 in the women’s doubles final.

Serena also won the women’s singles tournament and is tennis’ first double gold medalist at an Olympics since Venus won singles and doubles at the 2000 Sydney Games.

The sisters also won the doubles gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Third-seeded Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova of Russia took the bronze by beating the topseeded U.S. pair of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Basketball Diana Taurasi had 22 points and the U.S. women matched their Olympic scoring record in a 114-66 rout of China.

The Americans’ 38th consecutive victory in Olympic play gave them the top seed in the group for the quarterfinals. The U.S. will meet Canada on Tuesday.

Angel McCoughtry scored 16 as the women equaled the 114 points they scored against Spain in 1992, but fell well short of the women’s Olympic mark of 128 points set by Brazil in 2004.

France finished undefeated in pool play, beating Russia 65-54, and will play the Czech Republic in the quarters. Turkey meets Russia and Australia faces China in the other matchups in the next round.

Beach volleyball Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor beat Italy in straight sets in the quarterfinals to remain on track for a third consecutive Olympic gold medal.

The Americans earned a berth in the semifinals against Beijing bronze medalists Xue Chen and Zhang Xi. The Chinese team has beaten the twotime defending Olympic champions the last three times they’ve met.

The No. 2 U.S. women’s team of Jennifer Kessy and April Ross also advanced, beating the Czech Republic 25-23, 21-18. The Americans next play reigning world champions Juliana and Larissa of Brazil.

Volleyball The undefeated U.S. women’s team lost captain and three-time Olympian Lindsey Berg to a left ankle injury during a straight-set victory over Turkey.

Berg said she didn’t think the injury was serious and she should be ready to play in Tuesday’s quarterfinal.

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SCOREBOARD

U.S. MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tough week awaits

Monday, August 6, 2012

Athletics Men 100 Final 1. Usain Bolt, Jamaica, 9.63.

2. Yohan Blake, Jamaica, 9.75.

3. Justin Gatlin, Pensacola, Fla., 9.79.

3000 Steeplechase Final 1. Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya, 8:18.56.

2. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, France, 8:19.08.

3. Abel Kiprop Mutai, Kenya, 8:19.73.

Hammer Final 1. Krisztian Pars, Hungary, (80.59), 264-5.

2. Primoz Kozmus, Slovenia, (79.36), 260-4.

3. Koji Murofushi, Japan, (78.71), 2583.

Women 400 Final 1. Sanya Richards-Ross, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 49.55.

2. Christine Ohuruogu, Britain, 49.70.

3. DeeDee Trotter, Decatur, Ga., 49.72.

Triple Jump Final 1. Olga Rypakova, Kazakhstan, (14.98), 49-1 3-4.

2. Caterine Ibarguen, Colombia, (14.80), 48-6 3-4.

3. Olha Saladuha, Ukraine, (14.79), 48-6 1-4.

Marathon Final 1. Tiki Gelana, Ethiopia, 2:23:07.

2. Priscah Jeptoo, Kenya, 2:23:12.

3. Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova, Russia, 2:23:29.

U.S. Finishers 10. Shalane Flanagan, Marblehead, Mass., 2:25:51.

11. Kara Goucher, Duluth, Minn., 2:26:07.

NR. Desiree Davila, Chula Vista, Calif., DNF. Badminton Men Singles Bronze Medal Chen Long, China, def. Lee Hyun Il, South Korea, 21-12, 15-21, 21-15.

Gold Medal Lin Dan, China, def. Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia, 15-21, 21-10, 21-19.

Doubles Bronze Medal Chung Jae Sung and Lee Yong Dae, South Korea, def. Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong, Malaysia, 23-21, 21-10.

Gold Medal Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, China, def.

Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen, Denmark, 21-16, 21-15.

Cycling Men Omnium After Time Trial Final Ranking 1. Lasse Norman Hansen, Denmark, (4; 2; 12; 1; 6; 2) 27.

2. Bryan Coquard, France, (5; 4; 1; 12; 3; 4) 29.

3. Edward Clancy, Britain, (1; 11; 5; 2; 10; 1) 30.

Diving Women’s 3m Springboard Final 1. Wu Minxia, China, 414.00.

2. He Zi, China, 379.20.

3. Laura Sanchez Soto, Mexico, 362.40.

Fencing Men’s Team Foil Seventh Place China (Ma Jianfei 3-0; Lei Sheng 3-0; Zhang Liangliang 2-1), def. France (Erwan Le Pechoux 0-3; Marcel Marcilloux 1-2; Enzo Lefort 0-3), 45-33, 63:08.

Fifth Place Russia (Alexey Khovanskiy 1-2; Alexey Cheremisinov 2-1; Artur Akhmatkhuzin 3-0), def. Britain (Richard Kruse 1-2; Laurence Halsted 1-2; James-Andrew Davis 1-2), 45-35, 53:55.

Bronze Medal Germany (Peter Joppich 2-1; Sebastian Bachmann 2-0; Benjamin Kleibrink 2-1; Andre Wessels 1-0), def.

United States (Race Imboden, Brooklyn, N.Y. 0-3; Alexander Massialas, San Francisco 1-2; Gerek Meinhardt, San Francisco 1-2), 45-27, 62:12.

Gold Medal Italy (Andrea Baldini 2-1; Giorgio Avola 1-0; Andrea Cassara 2-1), def.

Japan (Ryo Miyake 1-0; Yuki Ota 1-1; Kenta Chida 0-3; Suguru Awaji 0-1), 45-39, 81:52.

Gymnastics Men Floor Exercise Final 1. Zou Kai, China, 15.933.

2. Kohei Uchimura, Japan, 15.800.

3. Denis Ablyazin, Russia, 15.800.

Pommel Horse Final 1. Krisztian Berki, Hungary, 16.066.

2. Louis Smith, Britain, 16.066.

3. Max Whitlock, Britain, 15.600.

Women Vault Final 1. Sandra Raluca Izbasa, Romania (15.383, 15.000), 15.191.

2. Mc Kayla Maroney, Long Beach, Calif. (15.866, 14.300), 15.083.

3. Maria Paseka, Russia (15.400, 14.700), 15.050.

Sailing Men’s Finn Final Ranking 1. Ben Ainslie, Britain (2, 2, 6, 12, 4, 3, 1, 3, 6, 1, 18), 46.

2. Jonas Hogh-Christensen, Denmark (1, 1, 2, 7, 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 3, 20), 46.

3. Jonathan Lobert, France (9, 4, 4, 2, 6, 7, 5, 10, 3, 7, 2), 49.

Men’s Star Final Ranking 1. Sweden (Max Salminen; Fredrik Loof) (10, 4, 4, 1, 5, 3, 4, 1, 2, 6, 2), 32.

2. Britain (Iain Percy; Andrew Simpson) (11, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 1, 16), 34.

3. Brazil (Bruno Prada; Robert Scheidt) (4, 1, 9, 6, 2, 1, 3, 5, 1, 3, 14), 40.

Shooting Men’s 50m Pistol Final Ranking 1. Jin Jongoh, South Korea (562, 100.0), 662.0.

2. Choi Young Rae, South Korea (569, 92.5), 661.5.

3. Wang Zhiwei, China (566, 92.6), 658.6.

Tennis Men Singles Bronze Medal Juan Martin del Potro (8), Argentina, def. Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, 7-5, 6-4.

Gold Medal Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.

Women Doubles Bronze Medal Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova (3), Russia, def. Liezel Huber, Houston and Lisa Raymond (1), Wayne, Pa., 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Gold Medal Serena Williams, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. and Venus Williams, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., def. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (4), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4.

Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Lisa Raymond, Wayne, Pa. and Mike Bryan (3), Camarillo, Calif., def. Sabine Lisicki and Christopher Kas, Germany, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (4).

Gold Medal Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi (1), Belarus, def. Laura Robson and Andy Murray, Britain, 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8).

Weightlifting Women +75Kg 1. Zhou Lulu, China, (2, 146-322; 1, 187-412), 333 kg.-734 pounds.

2. Tatiana Kashirina, Russia, (1, 151333; 2, 181-399), 332-732.

3. Hripsime Khurshudyan, Armenia, (4, 128-282; 3, 166-366), 294-648.

Wrestling Men’s Greco-Roman 55Kg Peter Modos, Hungary, def. Haakan Erik Nyblom, Denmark, 3-0, 0-3, 2-0, Points.

Mingiyan Semenov, Russia, def. Choi Gyujin, South Korea, 3-1, 1-0, Points.

Gold Medal Hamid Mohammad Soryan Reihanpour, Iran, def. Rovshan Bayramov, Azerbaijan, 2-0, 1-0, Points.

74Kg Bronze Medals Aleksandr Kazakevic, Lithuania, def.

Mark Overgaard Madsen, Denmark, 2-0, 2-0, Points.

Emin Ahmadov, Azerbaijan, def.

Aliaksandr Kikiniou, Belarus, 0-2, 2-0, 2-0, Points.

Gold Medal Roman Vlasov, Russia, def. Arsen Julfalakyan, Armenia, 1-0, 1-0, Points.

Bridgestone Invitational

Sunday At Firestone Country Club (South Course) Purse: $8.5 million Yardage: 7,400; Par: 70 Final K. Bradley, $1,400,000 67-69-67-64—267 Jim Furyk, $665,000 63-66-70-69—268 S. Stricker, $665,000 68-68-68-64—268 L.Oosthuizen, $365,000 67-65-68-69—269 Rory McIlroy, $276,500 70-67-67-68—272 Justin Rose, $276,500 70-69-66-67—272 J. Dufner, $210,000 67-66-73-68—274 A. Baddeley, $128,750 73-66-71-66—276 K.J. Choi, $128,750 71-72-67-66—276 L. Donald, $128,750 66-69-71-70—276 Matt Kuchar, $128,75070-70-70-66—276 Lee Slattery, $128,750 65-71-72-68—276 David Toms, $128,750 68-67-73-68—276 Bo Van Pelt, $128,750 70-69-66-71—276 Tiger Woods, $128,75070-72-68-66—276 Simon Dyson, $90,000 66-71-70-70—277 John Senden, $90,000 66-70-69-72—277 Kyle Stanley, $90,000 69-73-68-67—277 Bill Haas, $82,000 67-71-70-70—278 D. Johnson, $82,000 69-68-73-68—278 Scott Piercy, $82,000 69-70-70-69—278 Nick Watney, $82,000 69-70-72-67—278 B. Watson, $82,000 66-73-72-67—278 K.T. Kim, $74,500 67-67-74-71—279 G. McDowell, $74,500 70-67-70-72—279 Geoff Ogilvy, $74,500 67-70-72-70—279 C.Schwartzel, $74,500 69-75-72-63—279 C.Pettersson, $72,000 67-70-71-72—280 R. Bello, $68,000 66-65-77-73—281 Jason Day, $68,000 75-70-70-66—281 Sergio Garcia, $68,00067-72-71-71—281 R. Goosen, $68,000 67-72-73-69—281 M/ Kaymer, $68,000 68-72-72-69—281 Martin Laird, $68,000 68-72-68-73—281 Ian Poulter, $68,000 74-69-69-69—281 J. Donaldson, $62,500 68-73-75-66—282 B. Grace, $62,500 72-70-66-74—282 J. Wagner, $62,500 71-74-68-69—282 Y.E. Yang, $62,500 69-71-74-68—282 Thomas Bjorn, $59,00071-70-74-68—283 Zach Johnson, $59,00068-73-68-74—283 F. Molinari, $59,000 74-70-69-70—283 P. Mickelson, $56,500 71-69-73-71—284 A. Quiros, $56,500 70-71-72-71—284 N. Colsaerts, $53,000 73-68-74-70—285 Ernie Els, $53,000 73-73-68-71—285 M. Leishman, $53,000 70-72-70-73—285 Adam Scott, $53,000 71-70-71-73—285 Mark Wilson, $53,000 72-71-73-69—285

Reno-Tahoe Open

Sunday At Montreux Golf & Country Club Reno, Nev. Purse: $3 million Yardage: 7,472; Par 72 Final Note: Scoring is the modified stableford scoring system. Players receive eight points for double eagle, five for eagle, two for birdie, zero for par, minus-one for bogey and minus-three for double bogey or worse.

J.J. Henry, $540,000 43 Alexandre Rocha, $324,000 42 Andres Romero, $204,000 37 John Mallinger, $144,000 34 John Daly, $114,000 33 Justin Leonard, $114,000 33 Josh Teater, $100,500 31 Todd Hamilton, $87,000 30 Brendan Steele, $87,000 30 Tom Pernice Jr., $87,000 30 Kevin Stadler, $75,000 29 Richard H. Lee, $66,000 28 J.B. Holmes, $66,000 28 Kevin Chappell, $55,500 27 John Merrick, $55,500 27 Stuart Appleby, $49,500 26 Joe Durant, $49,500 26 Bill Lunde, $45,000 25 Jason Bohn, $40,500 24 Padraig Harrington, $40,500 24

3M Championship

Sunday At TPC Twin Cities Blaine, Minn.

Purse: $1.75 million Yardage: 7,114; Par: 72 Final B. Langer, $262,500 67-69-62—198 David Peoples, $154,000 68-62-70—200 Olin Browne, $115,063 68-67-66—201 Kenny Perry, $115,063 69-68-64—201 Joel Edwards, $83,125 66-69-67—202 Jeff Sluman, $70,000 69-69-65—203 Tom Kite, $56,000 69-67-68—204 Peter Senior, $56,000 65-71-68—204 Craig Stadler, $56,000 69-69-66—204 M. Calcavecchia, $37,625 71-68-66—205 Gil Morgan, $37,625 65-73-67—205 Mark O’Meara, $37,625 68-71-66—205 Steve Pate, $37,625 65-71-69—205 E. Romero, $37,625 68-65-72—205 Joey Sindelar, $37,625 68-71-66—205 Fred Funk, $28,000 69-71-66—206 L. Ten Broeck, $28,000 71-65-70—206 D.A. Weibring, $28,000 67-72-67—206 David Frost, $23,713 67-70-70—207 Gary Hallberg, $23,713 70-68-69—207

BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Traded OF Jeremias Pineda to Minnesota for 3B Danny Valencia and optioned him to Pawtucket (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Designated RHP Jeremy Accardo for assignment.

Selected the contract of LHP Chris Seddon from Columbus (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS — Placed OF Ryan Raburn on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 1. Recalled INF Danny Worth from Toledo (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Designated INF Yuniesky Betancourt for assignment. Selected the contract of INF Tony Abreu from Omaha (PCL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed RHP A.J. Griffin on the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Michael Taylor to Sacramento (PCL). Recalled RHP Evan Scribner and LHP Pedro Figueroa from Sacramento.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP Jesse Chavez to Las Vegas (PCL).

Recalled RHP Chad Jenkins from New Hampshire (EL). Agreed to terms with OF Jack Cust on a minor league contract.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Traded INF/OF Jeff Baker to Detroit for two players to be named. Selected the contract of OF Brett Jackson from Iowa (PCL).

Recalled INF Josh Vitters from Iowa.

Optioned OF Tony Campana to Iowa.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed LHP Jonathan Sanchez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 4. Recalled RHP Tyler Chatwood from Tulsa (TL).

Agreed to terms with RHP Eric Junge on a minor league contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Assigned RHP Chris Devenski to Lexington (SAL).

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with 3B Jake Fox on a minor league contract. Released 2B Mike Fontenot.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled RHP Miles Mikolas from Tucson (PCL).

Optioned RHP Cory Burns to Tucson.

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived RB Robbie Frey. Signed DT Conrad Obi. CHICAGO BEARS — WR Devin Thomas announced his retirement.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed CB T.J. Heath. Waived DE Derrick Harvey.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed DE Cliff Avril to a one-year contract and LB Korey Bosworth.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed LB A.J. Edds and G Ben Ijalana on injured reserve.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Waived FB Kareem Huggins.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed DE Xavier Brown. Placed WR Ron Johnson on injured reserve.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS-Waived WR Antonio Bryant. Signed K Carson Wiggs.

COLLEGE PENN STATE — Announced WR Justin Brown has left the football team.

Pennsylvania 400

Sunday At Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (27) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 98 laps, 110.8 rating, 47 points, $233,011.

2. (4) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 98, 122.7, 43, $162,810.

3. (15) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 98, 101, 41, $165,474.

4. (31) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 98, 98.3, 41, $148,205.

5. (28) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 98, 88.6, 39, $155,185.

6. (9) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 98, 102.7, 38, $136,418.

7. (17) Carl Edwards, Ford, 98, 101.9, 37, $132,226.

8. (19) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 98, 88.2, 36, $112,849.

9. (11) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 98, 82.1, 35, $110,043.

10. (5) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 98, 85.8, 34, $111,718.

11. (3) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 98, 85.3, 33, $94,760.

12. (18) Mark Martin, Toyota, 98, 88.8, 32, $79,385.

13. (14) Joey Logano, Toyota, 98, 72.9, 31, $86,135.

14. (10) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 98, 122.5, 32, $125,246.

15. (12) Greg Biffle, Ford, 98, 104.5, 29, $85,435.

16. (21) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 98, 72.9, 28, $120,796.

17. (16) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 98, 76.2, 28, $106,043.

18. (13) Aric Almirola, Ford, 98, 66, 26, $111,646.

19. (25) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 98, 67.9, 0, $115,785.

20. (1) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 98, 77, 25, $118,926.

21. (26) David Gilliland, Ford, 98, 60.5, 23, $89,668.

22. (23) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 98, 63.7, 22, $112,210.

23. (7) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 98, 110.4, 22, $118,421.

24. (24) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, 97, 56.7, 20, $72,785.

25. (37) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 97, 52.1, 19, $95,418.

26. (22) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 97, 53, 18, $98,830.

27. (39) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 96, 50, 17, $91,868.

28. (32) David Ragan, Ford, 96, 52.9, 16, $81,332.

29. (2) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, accident, 90, 82.4, 16, $113,901.

30. (6) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, accident, 84, 74.8, 15, $80,760.

31. (41) Jason White, Ford, transmission, 81, 36.8, 0, $76,610.

32. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 80, 103, 13, $76,435.

33. (20) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 74, 55.9, 11, $115,443.

34. (36) David Stremme, Toyota, transmission, 43, 37, 10, $67,760.

35. (29) Casey Mears, Ford, brakes, 40, 40.4, 9, $67,610.

36. (38) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, brakes, 37, 34.7, 0, $67,385.

37. (34) Josh Wise, Ford, brakes, 34, 39.8, 7, $68,705.

38. (42) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, fuel pump, 31, 29.4, 6, $67,053.

39. (30) Mike Bliss, Toyota, overheating, 29, 29.5, 0, $64,225.

40. (35) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, brakes, 27, 32.1, 4, $64,075.

41. (43) Mike Skinner, Ford, rear gear, 26, 34.2, 3, $63,925.

42. (40) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, brakes, 10, 28.3, 0, $63,765.

43. (33) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, brakes, 9, 28.4, 1, $64,148.

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No pets. Call 785-841-5797 www.rentinlawrence.com

RENT SPECIAL!

2BR starting at $580 W/D included. Pool

The Woods of Old West Lawrence 785-841-4935

Country Club Apts.

Great Central Location

Luxury 2 BR 2 baths Fully Equipped with W/D

(785) 841-4935

2BR in 4-plex, excellent Location at 1104 Tennessee.

Near downtown & KU. CA, no pets, $490. 785-842-4242

Kizer Cummings Jewelers seeking FT and PT sales people committed to excellent customer service.

Must have verbal and written communication skills, navigate numerous computer programs, multi-task in a fast paced setting, and work evenings and weekends during Dec. Bring resume to 833 Mass, downtown Lawrence.

PUT YOUR EMPLOYMENT AD IN TODAY!!

Go to ljworld.com or call 785-832-1000.

UP TO FOUR PACKAGES TO CHOOSE FROM! All packages include AT LEAST 7 days online, 2 photos online, 4000 chracters online, and one week in top ads.

Days in print vary with package chosen.

MULTI-MEDIA SALES REPS Are you looking for a career opportunity in media sales and can you answer YES to the following questions?

• Do you enjoy meeting new people and coming up with creative ideas?

• Are you famous for getting results from your customers?

• Are you a great listener and problem solver?

• Do you use unique and innovative ways to achieve budget?

• Do you love to turn a “no” into a “yes”?

Seeking 2 candidates w/good computer skills & an eye for products.

Populate database and assign product attributes.

Seasonal, 24-hrs week Mon-Thurs 9-4 pm $8.25 to start. 3rd candidate with SEO, research and phone skills. $10 to start. 1617 St. Andrews Dr. Resume to tony@giftprofessor.com

Immediate Full Time Openings! 40 Hours a Week Guaranteed!

Weekly Pay! 785-841-0755

Trade Skills

• Do you believe digital advertising needs to be a part of every campaign?

• Do you use social marketing as part of your everyday life?

• Do you love staying on top of the current internet trends and finding digital solutions for your clients’ needs?

• Are you looking at being part of the fastest-growing area in media sales with the best growth potential?

CLASSIFIED SALES REP The World Company is seeking a high energy, self-motivated, and professional sales representative.

Classified Sales Rep will handle inbound and make outbound sales calls to sell commercial and private party advertisements and public notices in our Sunflower Classifieds print and online products which cover northeast Kansas. This position will also sell, format, proof and obtain approvals on classified ads or public notices for advertisement in any of the World Company publications. This is an inside sales position based in Lawrence working with employment, rental, real estate, automotive and other retail businesses in Lawrence, Kansas City, Topeka and surrounding communities, as well as, handling private party advertisements.

The ideal candidate must be goal-oriented and comfortable making outbound calls; will have experience in selling print and online sales products, marketing and/or advertising; excellent verbal, written communication skills and interpersonal skills; strong organizational skills with ability to follow through; minimum one year of customer service experience preferred; will represent the World Company in a professional and positive manner; be proficient in MS Office (Word and Excel); ability to work independently with minimal supervision; and able to multi-task on numerous projects and work in a fast paced team environment.

If you have a proven track record of sales success and enjoy a fast-paced environment, then we would like to hear from you! We offer a competitive salary and commissions with an excellent benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401k, tuition reimbursement, paid time off and more! Background check, pre-employment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com.

EOE

If you have been answering YES to these questions and have experience in sales, marketing and/or advertising; experience in print and online media sales; demonstrated success with prospecting and cold calling then we want to hear from you! Sales opportunities include Lawrence and surrounding communities.

The World Company has an extraordinary opportunity for talented media sales professionals. As a sales rep some of what you would be doing includes: • Selling creative solutions to your clients to capitalize on our one million unique visitors per month on a trio of nationally recognized websites such as kusports.com, ljworld.com and Lawrence.com.

• Sell clients a platform of products including online advertising, web banners, social marketing, sports marketing, search engine optimization, our Deals websites (including Lawrence Deals and johnsoncountydeals.com), and event marketing sponsorships.

• Prospect new regional clients and make initial contact by cold-calling either in person or by phone.

• Develop and build relationships with potential clients to build a large advertising client list.

Ideal candidates will also have remarkable verbal and written communication skills; enjoy networking; effective time management and interpersonal skills; regularly achieve monthly sales goals; self-motivated; proficient in Microsoft Office applications; and a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation with proof of auto insurance, and a clean driving record.

We offer a competitive salary and commissions with an excellent benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off and more! Background check, pre-employment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com.

EOE

Apartments Unfurnished

Townhomes

2BR, in 4-plex, 858 Highland. $485/mo. Has DW. Quiet & clean. No pets. 1 block east of 9th & Iowa. 785-813-1344 2BR - 741 Michigan, for fall, 1.5 bath, 2 story, CA, DW, W/D hookup, full unfin. bsmt. 1 pet ok. $730/mo.

Call 785-841-5797 2 or 3BR, 1400 Ohio. ALL UTILITIES PAID. $800 & $1,260/mo. ½ blk to KU. 785-842-7644 2-4BR, 1310 Kentucky. Near KU. $595 - $1,200/mo. $200 $400 Deposit. 785-842-7644 www.gagemgmt.com

Executive homes on W. 22nd Ct., Lawrence

NEWER - LUXURIOUS

VILLAS & TOWNHOMES * 1 BR, 870 sq. ft.

Covered Parking * 2 BR, 1,300 sq. ft. * 3 BR, 1,700 sq. ft.

2-Car Garage * Small Pets Accepted Showings By Appointment

www.mallardproperties lawrence.com

Call 785-842-1524

PARKWAY 4000

Four Wheel Drive Townhomes

4BR, 1137 Indiana. Wood floors.

Great location. $1200/mo. 785-842-7644

Amazing 2BR, tranquil intimate setting, free standing townhome w/ courtyard, cathedral ceilings, skylights, & W/D. Most residents professionals.

Pets ok. Water & trash pd. $685/mo.

785-842-5227 www.villa26lawrence.com

5-6 BR, 1109 Tennessee.

Wood & tile floors. Great location. $1,950/mo.

785-842-7644

2859 Four Wheel Drive

MOVE-IN SPECIALS

Four Wheel Drive Townhomes

and Lease Special First Month Free

2859 Four Wheel Drive Amazing 2BR, tranquil intimate setting, free standing townhome w/ courtyard, cathedral ceilings, skylights, & W/D. Most residents professionals.

Pets ok. Water & trash pd. $685/mo.

785-842-5227 www.villa26lawrence.com

2BRs - 27th & Ridge Court, all elect., 2 story, 1 bath, CA, W/D hookup, DW. $595/ mo. No pets. 785-841-5797

• 2 & 3 BR, 2 baths • some w/walkout bsmt.

• 2 car garage w/opener • W/D hookups • Maintenance free 785-832-0555, 785-766-2722

Village Square

Stonecrest • Hanover 1, 2 and 3 Bedrooms Near KU, Pool, Pet Friendly

Reserve YOUR Apt. Now Call 785-842-3040 or email village@sunflower.com

2BRs - for fall, tri-level, 1 bath, CA, all elect., W/D hookup, DW, study. $650/ mo. No pets. 785-841-5797

PARKWAY 6000

LUXURY LIVING AT AFFORDABLE PRICES

LAUREL GLEN APTS

RANCH WAY TOWNHOMES

2 & 3BR All Electric units.

Water/Trash PAID. Small Dog and Students WELCOME! Income restrictions apply

3BR, 2 bath, $850/mo.

2BR, 1 bath, $780/mo.

Half Off Deposit $300 FREE Rent

Now Accepting

Applications for August Call NOW for Specials!

785-838-9559 EOH

3-5BR homes, 2 car garages, some with finished bsmt. Pool & playground in the Development.

785-841-4785

Near Stadium/Downtown Premium Rental

Table, 3’x5” with tile on top, trimmed with wood. $30.00. 785-838-0056

For more info please call www.garberprop.com

Updated 3BR, 2 bath with eat-in kitchen, stainless appls., W/D, deck, & lawn care. Immediate possession, 816-686-8868

Roommates

on Clinton Pkwy.

Gage Management 785-842-7644 www.gagemgmt.com

Eudora

Apartments & Townhomes

3BR/2Bath, Ranch House $900/mo.

182St Tonganoxie fenced acreage, 2 garage, and barn.

913-461-6558

Office Space EXECUTIVE OFFICE

AVAILABLE at WEST LAWRENCE LOCATION $525/mo., Utilities included Conference Room, Fax Machine, Copier Available Call Donna at (or e-mail) 785-841-6565 Advanco@sunflower.com

Office Space Available

at 5040 Bob Billings Pkwy.

785-841-4785

Office space available in Free State Business Center - Bldg. E. Starting at $350/ mo. Call 785-841-8744

1st Month’s Rent FREE

On KU Bus Route

2 Bedrooms at 837 MICHIGAN Near KU. Pool, microwave, DW, and laundry facilities 3 & 4 Bedrooms at 660 GATEWAY COURT FREE wireless internet, DW, W/D, pool, tennis courts. 3BRs with garages.

Call 785-841-8400 www.sunriseapartments.com 3BR — 2323 Yale, 2 story, 2 bath, CA, DW, FP, 2 car garage, no pets. $750/mo. Call 785-841-5797

CAMPUS LOCATIONS!

Arkansas Villas 3BR & 3Bath- Special Rollins PL, Briarstone- 2BR

HAWTHORN TOWNHOMES 3 Bedroom Townhomes

1/2 OFF AUGUST RENT

Fall KU Bus Route Avail.!

Pet under 60lbs OK! pwc@sunflower.com 785-842-3280 3-4BR newer Crestline duplexes. 3 bath, all kitchen appls. W/D, lawn care, 2 car. No pets. 785-979-2923 4BR, 2 bath, 4033-35 Overland Dr., W/D hook-up. No pets. $825/mo. + $400 deposit.

Call 785-749-6084 www.eresrental.com Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com

1008 Emery *785-749-7744 3BR, 1.5 bath, 1131-35 Ohio, W/D, no pets. $925/mo. & $199/deposit. Close to KU campus. Call 785-749-6084 www.eresrental.com Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com

Aspen West

2BRs Near KU, $530. On bus route, laundry on-site, water/trash paid. No pets.

AC Management 785-842-4461

Canyon Court Apts Sizzling Specials

1, 2, 3BR - W/D, Pool, Gym 700 Comet Ln., Lawrence Call Today! 785-832-8805 firstmanagementinc.com

GPM

Now Leasing Adam Ave. Townhomes 3BR, 2 bath, 2 car garage, 1,700 sq. ft., some with fenced in back yards. $995/mo.

Brighton Circle 3BR, 2.5 bath, 1 car garage, 1,650 sq. ft., $850/mo.

Bainbridge Circle 3BR, 1.5 - 2.5 bath, 1 car garage, 1,200 - 1,540 sq. ft. $750 - $800/mo.

Saddlebrook & Overland Pointe Call for Details

Houses

www.meadowbrookapartments.net

785-842-4200

For sale by owner at $575,000; Buyer’s agents welcome at 3% commission. Schedule a showing, contact Albert: 785.393.5995 or a.romkes@yahoo.com

Mobile Homes

2BR, cozy, near KU & park.

Fenced yard with nice deck.

2528 Moundview, $730/mo. Avail. Aug 1.

913-579-8122 2BR, 1 bath, country home, 2 porches, 1 deck. SE of Lawrence. Quiet. 1 Small pet ok. Call 785-838-9009

Studios — 2400 Alabama, all 2BR, 1 bath ranch, 1+ car, elect., plenty of parking, AC, CA, W/D hookup, No smoklaundry. $390, water/cable ing. No dogs. For Sept. 1. $725/mo. Call 785-393-4946 paid. No pets. 785-841-5797

Architectural Salvage, Oak floor grate (egg crate) ca.

1900, 20-3/4” square. $40.

785-843-1378 after 7PM. Camper Shell - small, fits F10 and Ford Ranger. Fiber glass. $60 obo.

785-856-0304.

Coat Hooks, (20) 1960’s modern, cast, bronze color, West Germany Germany. $50. 785-843-1378 after 7PM. Lamp, Vintage Dazor model 1000. Double gooseneck fluorescent. $25.

785-843-1378 after 7PM.

Music-Stereo

LARGE 4BR DUPLEX

913 Christie Ct., Lawrence - New exterior. 3 full bath, 2 kitchens, 2LRs, walk-out basement, 2 car. $1,200/ mo.

Rent-to-own option available. 913-687-2582 Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com

Townhomes 1 & 2 BEDROOM UNITS AVAILABLE NOW!

Cooperative townhomes start at $412 - $485/mo.

Water, trash, sewer paid.

FIRST MONTH FREE! Back patio, CA, hard wood floors, full bsmt., stove, refrig., W/D hookup, garbage disposal, Reserved parking. On site management & maintenance. 24 hr. emergency maintenance.

Membership & Equity Fee Required. 785-842-2545 (Equal Housing Opportunity) www.pinetreetownhouses.com

3+BR, 3 bath, 2610 Skyview Court, 1,800+ sq. ft., 2 car. No pets! $1,200/mo.+dep.

816-255-9398

3BR, 1 1/2 Bath W/D garage, Lg deck. Newly remodeled. 1618 W 22nd Terr. $1050/ mo. No Pets Call 785-423-1565 3BR, 2 bath, 2 car, close to campus, fenced yard, CA, DW, pets ok, $1000/mo.

Avail. now. 785-766-7589 3BR house close to KU, 1325 Naismith, $1125/mo.

1720 W 20th Ter.$925/mo.

785-766-9032/785-841-5454

Buick 2011 Lucerne CXL 4to choose from, starting at $25,481.00 GM certified and includes two years of maintenance, leather heated seats, alloy wheels, and one fantastic ride with surprising gas mileage!

Stk#16660.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Back to School Piano Sale!

Over 120 acoustic & digital pianos starting at $688!

Mid-America Piano 785-537-3774 piano4u.com

Buick 2011 Regal CXL FWD, V6, GM Certified, leather heated seats, alloy wheels, On Star, save thousands over new!

Stk#18522 only $22,415 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Pianos, (4) beautiful Mason & Hamlin console $725, Baldwin Acrosonic Spinet, $475.

Howard $525, Gulbranson Spinet $425.

Price includes tuning & delivery. 785-832-9906

SAVE BIG

Chevrolet 2009 Aveo LT, sunroof, power equipment, On Star, GM certified with 2 yrs of scheduled maintenance, stk#19353 only $12,744.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

during Mid-America Piano’s 26th Annual Back to School Sale!

Stop in today!

Preview our sale online at piano4u.com 800-950-3774

Trunk mount bicycle rack, carries 3 bikes. Asking $20.00 Call 785-749-5644 anytime

Chest of drawers, (1) - Sports-Fitness light wood. Has 5 drawers.

Size: 32” wide, 18” deep Equipment and 47” tall.

In great Softball Bats, wood (3) shape. $30. 785-842-6456 1940’s $20. 785-843-1378 afKenmore 30” Free standing ter 7PM. electric range, model #92209, check online TV-Video www.sears.com, 7mos. old, moving need to sale. Triple Combo: Sylvania ReLawrence area. $300. mote Control, TV-VCD-DVD Please call 913-268-6747, 20”. $35. 785-832-0969.

913-832-7483 VIDEO, 1 White Microwave, 1 White G.E. TV Microwave - medium size. Magnavox 14” TV - works Works fine. $35. fine. $25. 1 Grey Magnavox 14” TV. - works fine. $25.

785-842-6456 785-842-6456 Microwave: GE 1.4 cu ft model JE1460WF micro- TV: 36” Mitsubishi TV wave; 1150 watts; Great picture, $75 OBO. turn-table;white; Call 785-843-8407.

Instant-on plus timed and sensor controls w/child lockout; includes manual; $40 cash only. 842-7419.

RV MOTORHOME FOR SALE

BY OWNER

Antique Vanity with mirror in good condition.

Original finish with no alterations. Has some minor surface stains. $100.

Please call between the hours of 3:00pm-8:00pm.

Crossbow complete home gym by Joe Weider, in excellent shape $500 new must sell $100. moving - it won’t fit in new place.

4BR, 2.5 bath available Au785-691-5214 - leave msg. gust at 1423 Monterey Hill Dr. (Quail Run School area) Desk, Two piece modern $1,500/mo. 785-218-7264 solid oak office/computer desk, L-shape (or separate).

4BR, 3 story, 2 full bath, 52”Wx26”Dx29& 1/2”H & W/D, CA, 3 blks from KU, 63”W x 33”D x 29”H with $1600/mo. 785-550-3911 multiple features.

See photos on-line. Leather Apartments, Houses & chair could be included.

Duplexes. 785-842-7644 $450 or best offer. Call www.GageMgmt.com 785-842-9853.

2008 class B Pleasure-Way Excel TS2 model.

Completely self-contained.

One owner purchased new in 2008 for $80,048. Fiber glass wide body on Ford E350 super duty van chasis. Fully loaded and beautifully appointed.

Must see to appreciate.

Length 20 ft. Less than 14,000 miles on the odometer.

Averages 13MPG. Current NADA retail value is $52,980. Asking $48,000 but willing to negotiate. This RV is like new and perfect for two people. Lein free title furnished at the completion of sale. I will be happy to share the original window sticker with you that shows all of the features. If you are interested call 785-865-9005.

Honda 2008 Accord EXL, leather heated seats, sunroof, alloy wheels, navigation, XM radio, one owner, stk#365121 only $18,733.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Honda 2006 Element Ex-P. Local Trade, Nighthawk Black, appearance package and all wheel Drive!

One owner since 10k miles.

Dealer serviced.

See website for photos.

Chevrolet 2006 Impala SS, local trade, low miles, leather heated seats, Bose sound, alloy wheels, power equipment. You won’t find a nicer car than this one!

Stk#308471 only $18,444.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Chevrolet 2009 Malibu LT2, one owner, 4cyl, leather heated seats, remote start, alloy wheels, stk#474161 only $13,845 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

The Selection

Premium selected automobiles Specializing in Imports www.theselectionautos.com 785-856-0280 “We can locate any vehicle you are looking for.”

Toyota 2005 Avalon XLS, one owner, leather heated seats, sunroof, alloy wheels, power equipment, stk#529423 only $11,888.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Hyundai 2011 Elantra GLS save thousands over new! Great rates and payments are available!

Stk#11530 only $17,450 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Toyota 2006 Camry LE. Beautiful ONE OWNER car, leather, super clean and a great neutral color. Low miles. Take a look, Toyotas never last long.

See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

Hyundai 2011 Sante Fe GLS AWD, V6, power equipment, alloy wheels, steering wheel controls, stk#10119 only $19,450.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Lincoln 2008 MKX AWD, leather heated & cooled seats, ultra sunroof, premium wheels, fantastic luxury! Stk#682081 only $26,444.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Pontiac 2003 Bonneville, one owner, bought new here, you won’t find a nice car. 3800 V6, leather heated seats, power equipment, spoiler, alloy wheels, sunroof and more! Stk#661721 only $9875.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2004 Pontiac Grand Prix 122K, AT, Cruise, Moon, CD Changer, Lots of Records, 1-owner, Nice $8,500.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Chevrolet 2007 Impala LT, alloy wheels, power equipment, cruise control, remote start, alloy wheels, steering wheels controls.

Stk#139161 only $8,888.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

Infiniti 2000 I30.

Local trade, well cared for by Toyota 2008 Camry LE, senior citizen. Similar to a leather heated seats, Maxima, 4 door sedan with sunroof, alloy wheels, leather and moonroof! power equipment, great Beautiful light bronze reliability, stk#18815 color. Great price and low only $14,815. miles! See website for Dale Willey 785-843-5200 photos. www.dalewilleyauto.com Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com Toyota 2005 Camry LE. Two 2441 W. 6th St. owner, NO accident car.

785-856-6100 24/7 7 Silver, Clean, 4 cyl automatic. See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

2000 Infiniti I30t-124K, AT, Heated Leather, Moonroof, Bose, CD Changer, Every Record, 2-owner, Save $7,900 View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Chevrolet 2008 Cobalt LT sedan, 4cyl, great gas mileage, spoiler, power equipment, GM certified, stk#337913 only $11,222.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Anderson Double hung window 75x54, double window pane. Its Free, come and get it.

Call: 785-843-6853

Furniture

Don’t see what you want? Give us a call and we can help you find it!

Dale Willey Automotive, just ask for Doug at 785-843-5200 2840 Iowa St. Lawrence.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Pontiac 2008 Grand Prix GXP, remote start, heads up display, On Star, sunroof, leather heated seats, V8, traction control, stk#349631 only $14,815 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Sports Fan Gear Appliances

Dodge 2010 Challenger SE V6, alloy wheels, ABS, power equipment, very nice!

Stk#18493 only $22,815.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Nissan 2009 Quest S, power lift gate, cruise control, power windows, DVD for the family and more!

Stk#14495 only $17,748.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Ford 2000 Mustang. ONE Saab 2003 9-3 convertible. owner. NO accident beau- Nice clean car, clean histiful Mustang. Bright white tory, FUN to drive, top with clean tan interior! down or top up! Only 78K Great condition, looks and miles. Silver with gray runs super. See website leather, automatic. Seats for photos. four! “Sale $7995” See Rueschhoff Automobiles website for photos rueschhoffautos.com Rueschhoff Automobiles 2441 W. 6th St. rueschhoffautos.com 785-856-6100 24/ /7 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

Ford 2008 Mustang, alloy wheels, spoiler, power equip, V6, stk#142722 only $15,316.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

New, rebuilt, “like new,” acoustic, digital, grands, ...starting at only $688 800-950-3774 piano4u.com

Studios - 1708 W. 5th, all 3BR, 2 story, 2 baths, 2 car elect., laundry, AC, off-St. garage, 3624 W. 7th, has parking. $410. water/cable study, FP, unfinished bsmt, Range, Kenmore electric paid. No pets. 785-841-5797 C/A, dw, W/D hooks, 1 pet smooth top range for $100. ok, $1250, 785-841-5797 This is a self-cleaning slide in oven in very good condiDuplexes 3BR - 1028 Lake Crest tion. Come by to take a Pets Newer. 2½ bath, 2 car, DR, look. Can also sell match2BR, in a 4-plex. New carFP. $1,050 /mo.

Call ing above range microBengal Kitten, (1) male, pet, vinyl, cabinets, counwave. $100. 785-766-3735 785-550-3427 7 wks. old, tertop. W/D is included.

Side by side white refrigerall shots & wormed, $100. $575/mo.

785-865-2505 3BR, SW dist., , gas FP, 2 car ator, GE Profile Perfor785-242-1776 garage, 1-3/4 bath. Near mance, Ice maker and 2BR, 1 bath. Great for KC schools, fitness trail, K-10. water filtering system. 33 Miniature Pinscher puppies commuters.

Nice, Open $1,000/mo. 785-841-4201 inches wide, Call AKC, house raised, chocofloor plan, private patio, 785-749-5644 anytime late & red, $250 males, W/D hookup. Inside cat ok.

Building Materials $300 females. 785-690-7770 $595/mo. Call 785-841-4201 2BR, CA, WD hookups, Cul-de-sac, Patio, Lg yard, $625. 1300 Michigan Way. 785-691-7400

Buick 2008 Lacrosse CXL, one owner, remote start, alloy wheels, steering wheel controls, On Star, CD changer, sunroof, leather heated seats, remote start, stk#319701 only $15,514 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Miscellaneous

Commercial Real Estate Large Bank Owned Bldg.-16,000 ft.-convenience store -contractor’s bldg. & Mass St. storefront. Theno R.E. 785-843-1811

Chevrolet 2012 Traverse LT, AWD, room for 8, remote start, heated seat, power equipment, stk#10560A only $28,515.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Medical

OWNER WILL FINANCE 2BR, 2 bath, large deck, CH/CA. Move in ready!

Lawrence - 816-830-2152

785-841-4785

Move In Specials

Close to KU, 3 Bus Stops

1625 Louisiana St. Early 1900’s craftsmanship meets modern eye, steps from KU’s campus.

4BD/2.5Bath, +\-2,500 SF plus +\- 975 SF basement on 0.41 acres.

MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012 7B Cars-Imports

2003 BMW 325i & 2004 BMW 325xi-Well Maintained, Below Average Miles, AT, Leather, Moon, Starting at $9,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Dale Willey Automotive 2840 Iowa Street (785) 843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Lawn Tractor -John Deere 400, good engine. $95 or best offer. 785-843-6576 or 785-865-6122

Historical Home...Steps from Campus -

www.garberprop.com

LUXURY TOWNHOMES

Cars-Domestic

Lawn, Garden & Nursery

3BR, 2 bath, 2416 Arkanas St. $117,000, 1400 sq. ft. Alto Saxophone, Yamaha, Newly renovated, CA. all new pads, newly refurcase included.

Seller pays closing costs. bished, $750. 785-842-6059 785-856-6455/785-223-2885

Pets okay with paid pet deposit

625 Folks Rd • 785-832-8200

Bob Billings & Crestline Call or see website for current availability. $200 per person deposit No App Fee!

Lawrence

Cars-Imports

Chevrolet 2004 Monte Carlo SS, one owner, local car, sunroof, leather heated seats, alloy wheels, power equipment, very sharp!

Stk#12722 only $12,977 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

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120 PIANOS ON SALE!

AUSUST 1ST RENTAL

3BR, 1.5 bath, FP, 2 car, and major appls. 785-865-2505

Complete Bedding, for single bed: comforter, sheets, blanket and mattress pad.

Great for a dorm room.

Color: pink. $25.

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2BR 2bath, Nice mobile Equipment home, W/D hookup, CH/CA, w/new carpet, $555/mo., Electric Motorized medical refs. +dep. 913-845-3273 bed, like new, great cond. asking $300 or best offer.

Tonganoxie will deliver. 785-841-9492 3BR, 2 bath house, 210 N. Pride Seat Lift chair, 3 poVillage St, Terrace. With CA, attached garage, cov- sition, brown color, excelcondition. $300. ered patio, shed. $900/mo. lent 785-843-0892 Avail 9/1. 785- 865-6316.

3BR, 2 bath, all amenities, garage. 2809 Four Wheel Drive. $795/mo. Available Now. Call 785-766-8888

Sunrise Place Sunrise Village

Table, round, 3’x3” circle, white legs, wood grain top, $13.00. 785-838-0056

Household Misc.

Roommate to share condo. Fenced backyard and pool. No pets. $300.

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HUMMER Trucks

Table, 4 legs, 3’8” long & 2 ft. wide, $20.00.

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Table, square, 2’2” high with shelves, black, $7.00.

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Room available at Kansas Zen Center.

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Cars-Domestic

Rocking Chair, Fabric.

Good condition, very comfortable. You haul. $100 Call 843-0333.

Solid Oak File Cabinet, 54” tall, 29 1/2” deep, 19” wide adjustable file cabinet.

Has locking mechanism but lost key. Medium Oak. 785-760-4501

• 2BR, 2 bath avail. Aug. • W/D hookups • 2 Car garage w/opener • New appls. & carpets • Maintenance free 785-749-2555/785-766-2722

3BR, 1101 Pennsylvania.

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4BR, 934 Indiana. Wood floors, decks, CA, DW, basement. $1,600/mo.

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Furniture

GPM

2BR — 1315 E. 25th Terrace, for fall, 1 story, 1 bath, CA, DW, W/D hookup. No pets. $480/mo. 785-841-5797 2BR - 17th & Ohio, CA, wood floors, laundry, off street parking. No pets. $550/mo.

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Houses

Volkswagen 2010 Jetta Limited FWD, V6, automatic, leather sunroof, ABS, alloy wheels, power equipment, stk#18500 only $18,715 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Kia 2011 Forte EX FWD, 4cyl, automatic, great commuter car! Power equipment, cruise control, XM radio, steering wheel controls, stk#10246, only $15,315 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2004 Mazda 6 Sport Wagon V6-94K, AT, Cruise, CD, Bose, 3-owner, Rare! $9,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Cars-Imports 2006 Mercedes Benz C280-78K, AT, Leather, Moonroof, CD Changer, Local Trade, Nice $13,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Acura 2004 MDX AWD, heated leather seats, Bose sound, navigation, alloy wheels, sunroof, all the luxury without the price, only $12,845. stk#153911 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Crossovers

Chevrolet 2009 Cobalt LT, automatic, FWD, alloy wheels, power equipment, GM certified with 2 years of maintenance included! Stk#171411 only $11,815.00 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Pontiac 2003 Sunfire coupe, sporty, 4cyl, great gas mileage, spoiler, dual airbags, stk#14298 only $6,844.

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WE BUY CARS Top dollar for top late model vehicles.

Drive in, see Danny or Jeff and get your big bucks today!

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Toyota 2008 4Runner Limited 4WD, running boards, alloy wheels, navigation, sunroof, leather heated memory seats, very nice!!

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Nissan 2003 Maxima SE. Super condition, last year of great body style.

Moonroof, platinum color, leather, and CLEAN. 6 speed. Higher miles, runs super. See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

GMC 2010 Terrain AWD SLE, local trade, bought here, serviced here. You won’t find a nicer one!

GM certified, alloy wheels, remote, On Star, stk#596551 only $21,715.

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Hyundai 2011 Santa Fe GLS FWD, V6, power equipment, alloy wheels, steering wheel controls, keyless remote, stk#19890 only $19,415 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

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Carpets & Rugs

CONCRETE INC. Your local concrete Repair Specialists Sidewalks, Patios, Driveways, Waterproofing, Basement, Crack repair 888-326-2799 Toll Free

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Automotive Services Bryant Collision Repair Mon-Fri. 8AM-6PM We specialize in Auto Body Repair, Paintless Dent Repair, Glass Repair, & Auto Accessories.

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Buying Junk & Repairable Vehicles.

Cash Paid. Free Tow. U-Call, We-Haul!

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Driveways, Parking Lots, Paving Repair, Sidewalks, Garage Floors, Foundation Repair 785-843-2700 Owen 24/7

Decks & Fences Looking for Something Creative?

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Stacked Deck

• Decks • Gazebos • Framing • Siding • Fences • Additions • Remodel • Weatherproofing & Staining Insured, 20 yrs. experience.

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For All Your Battery Needs

Domestics and Imports Brake repair Engine repair AC repair / service Custom exhaust systems Shock & Struts Transmissions Tire sales / repairs

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Full Service Gas Station 100% Ethanol-Free Gasoline Auto Repair Shop - Automatic Car Washes Starting At Just $3 2815 W 6th St | 785-843-1878 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/westside66

Heating & Cooling

Full service preschool & licensed childcare center for children ages 1-12. Open year-round, Monday- Friday, from 7 am to 6 pm

Air Conditioning/ & Heating/Sales & Srvs.

All Your Banking Needs Your Local Lawrence Bank

Free Estimates on replacement equipment! Ask us about Energy Star equipment & how to save on your utility bills.

Licensed In-home daycare Now enrolling Children of all ages in Tonganoxie Call Kristal 913-593-8651

Bird Janitorial & Hawk Wash Window Cleaning.

• House Cleaning • Chandeliers • Post Construction • Gutters • Power Washing • Prof Window Cleaning • Sustainable Options Find Coupons & more info: lawrencemarketplace.com/ birdjanitorial Free Est. 785-749-0244

For Everything Electrical Committed to Excellence Since 1972 Full Service Electrical Contractor www.quality-electric.net

Carpet Cleaning

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12 years experience.

Reasonable rates.

References available Call 785-393-1647

Housecleaner

Honest & Dependable Free estimate, References Call Linda 785-691-7999

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JASON TANKING CONSTRUCTION New Construction Framing, Remodels, Additions, Decks Fully Ins. & Lic. 785.760.4066 lawrencemarketplace.com/ jtconstruction

Mudjacking, Waterproofing. We specialize in Basement Repair & Pressure Grouting.

Level & Straighten Walls & Bracing on wall. BBB .

Free Estimates Since 1962

No Job Too Big or Small

Int. & Ext. Remodeling All Home Repairs Mark Koontz

Garage Doors

via 9 community newspaper sites.

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Mowing...like Clockwork!

Honest & Dependable Mow~Trim~Sweep~Hedges Steve 785-393-9152 Lawrence Only ROCK-SOD-SOIL-MULCH

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Renovations Kitchen/Bath Remodels House Additions & Decks Quality Work Affordable Prices

Haul Free: Salvageable items. Minimum charge: other moving/hauling jobs.

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Insurance

STARVING ARTISTS MOVING

15yr. locally owned and operated company.

Professionally trained staff. We move everything from fossils to office and household goods.

Call for a free estimate.

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Serving individuals, farmers & business owners 785-331-3607

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Landscaping Low Maintenance Landscape, Inc.

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Guttering Services

Eagles Lodge

Banquet Room Available for Corporate Parties, Wedding Receptions, Fundraisers Bingo Every Friday Night 1803 W 6th St. (785) 843-9690 http://lawrencemarketpla ce.com/Eagles_Lodge

STARTING or BUILDING a Business?

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We’re There for You!

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A. B. Painting & Repair

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Al 785-331-6994

A. F. Hill Contracting Call a Specialist!

Seamless aluminum guttering. Many colors to choose from. Install, repair, screen, clean-out. Locally owned.

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Plan Now For Next Year • Custom Pools, Spas & Water Features • Design & Installation • Pool Maintenance (785) 843-9119

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Inside - Out Painting Service Complete interior & exterior painting Siding replacement

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We’re cheaper Free estimates Mowing, trimming Bushes & trees 785-505-8697 “Your Comfort Is Our Business.”

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Precision Plumbing

New Construction Service & Repair Commercial & Residential FREE ESTIMATES Licensed & Insured

Free Estimates

Insurance Work Welcome

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Travel Services Lawrence First Class Transportation

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Limos Corporate Cars Drivers available 24/7

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Tree/Stump Removal

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Mold/Mildew on your house?

Is winter salt intrusion causing your concrete to flake?

Mobile Enviro-Wash 785-842-3030

We are the area exclusive exterior only painters.

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JAYHAWK GUTTERING

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Lawn and Landscape For unique Landscapes and impeccable Lawn Maintenance.

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House Cleaner

Specializing in Carpet, Tile & Upholstery cleaning. Carpet repairs & stretching, Odor Decontamination, Spot Dying & 24 hr Water extraction. www.doctor-clean.com 785-840-4266

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Electrical

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Dear Annie: My mother-in-law was desperate to have grandchildren, but when our daughter was born, Mom turned out to be a horrible grandmother.

During visits to Grandma’s house, our daughter had to entertain herself in a spare bedroom because Grandma’s dogs didn’t like kids, and Grandma wouldn’t lock up her “babies” for the sake of ours.

We planned family trips, but Grandma would always cancel at the last minute. We invited her to school plays and recitals, but Grandma said they were boring and told our daughter that she had no talent.

My daughter is a young adult now. She is polite to her grandmother when she sees her and sends holiday cards with short notes, but otherwise avoids her. She considers Grandma to be a wellintentioned lunatic. The problem is, Grandma has

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decided that my daughter “owes” her attention since she was such a “loving, wonderful grandmother,” and she is upset about the very sensible boundaries our daughter is drawing for involving Grandma in her personal life.

I am being blamed for the distance between them and am expected to fix it. Grandma is hypersensitive.

Suggesting that she might need to do things differently makes her furious. Any ideas? — In the Middle Dear Middle: You

Satisfy curiosity on Mars mission By the time you read this column, we’ll all know whether the NASA rover, Curiosity, has landed safely on Mars. A recap of that mission and the goals for Curiosity are explained on “Mars Landing 2012: The New Search for Life” (9 p.m., Science). If all goes well, Curiosity will be scrambling all over the Martian landscape for two years.

Curiosity is by far the largest vehicle to land and operate in extraterrestrial conditions. It has been described in several published and online reports as “Mini Cooper-size.” That’s a good plug for the subcompact. And pretty darned brand-specific. This is a good indication of how product placement — a fixture of movies and television — can work itself into conversational language.

Moving forward, you have to wonder what other large — but not too large — objects will be described as Mini Cooper-size.

And whether other marketing wizards will rise up to challenge them. Will there be a day when movie theaters sell soft drinks “as large as the new Fiat 500”? Will our military start firing “Dodge Dart-size” shells at some future adversary? We can only dream.

After all, a nation that can send a Mini Cooper-size rover to Mars can do just about anything.

Folks in search of more programming about the Mars mission can tune into “Martian Mega Rover” (9 p.m. Thursday, National Geographic.)

A season of lessons learned and wisdom dispensed ends on “Miss Advised” (9 p.m., Bravo).

Tonight’s other highlights

Scheduled events at the XXX Summer Olympics (7 p.m., NBC) include gymnastics, track and field, beach volleyball, diving and cycling.

Can the people stuck in “The Bachelor Pad” (7 p.m., ABC) and “The Glass House” (9 p.m., ABC) watch the Olympics like everybody else?

A blogging gossip interviews an extroverted pop star on “Perez Hilton: All Access Katy Perry” (7 p.m., CW).

A&E invites viewers to catch up with the modern Western drama “Longmire” (7 p.m. to 3 a.m.) with an eight-episode recap of the first season, so far.

A small town faces extinction on “Warehouse 13” (8 p.m., Syfy).

An old friend visits Fanny on “Bunheads” (8 p.m., ABC Family).

The mystery of the office leak is solved on the second-tolast episode of “The Closer” (8 p.m., TNT).

BIRTHDAYS

Actor-director Peter Bonerz is 74. Rhythm-and-blues singer Randy DeBarge is 54. Patsy and Peggy Lynn are 48. Basketball Hall of Famer David Robinson is 47. Movie writer-director M. Night Shyamalan is 42. Singer Geri Halliwell is 40. Actress Vera Farmiga is 39. Actress Soleil Moon Frye is 36.

need to stay out of this as much as possible.

Your daughter should continue to send cards and thank her grandmother for any gifts, and you can encourage her to periodically phone Grandma or email her with whatever updates she is willing to share.

Beyond that, express sympathy when Mom wants more, and ignore as much as you can. This isn’t your responsibility.

Dear Annie: An acquaintance sits beside me at the counter in a local diner several times a week. We both go there because neither of us likes to eat alone.

Here’s the problem: When “Bill” comes in, he sits beside me, but won’t speak unless I speak to him first. I actually have waited for more than an hour, and he wouldn’t talk. Once I do get him to speak, he can’t hold up his end of the conversation. He’ll mumble a

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Monday, Aug. 6: This year you express unusual sensitivity and wisdom when dealing with different people and situations in your life. An element of surprise brings new insights. If you are single, you could meet someone significant through your friends. If you are attached, the two of you seem to be able to agree on goals.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) You arrive on the scene energized and ready to take on a difficult situation. An impulsive action on your part throws others into chaos. Tonight: Enjoy the moment.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) You might want to withdraw yourself in order to appreciate and evaluate your feelings before you launch into any action. Right now, time is your ally, especially as there might be a bump on your path in the form of an unexpected insight. Tonight: Kick back.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) Take charge, and understand what needs to happen between you and others. One person appears to be quite difficult.

Tonight: To the wee hours.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Your mind drifts so much that you could lose track of a conversation. An associate or friend could become very frustrated when dealing with you. Tonight: Let your imagination lead the way.

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few words, and then he’s done. During a two-hour dinner, Bill said fewer than 14 words. I counted. Yet he always makes a beeline for the open stool beside me.

By the way, Bill does this with everyone, not just me. I don’t want to hurt his feelings, but this is so exasperating, it’s affecting my health. — Frustrated in Texas Dear Texas: Bill sounds socially awkward. Having a conversation is difficult and stressful for him. He sits near you because, for whatever reason, you make him feel comfortable. He doesn’t expect you to converse with him, although he probably appreciates the brief attempts. If you can understand that Bill considers you good company as you are, you might not feel so pressured to get him to talk, which ought to alleviate some of your frustration.

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23 Church Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) chorus 24 “Fargo” You need to defer to word that others right now, as you are dealing rhymes with with extremely willful people. Trying 25-Across to manipulate them might not be 25 “Well, ___di- dah!” worth it. Tonight: Out and about.

27 What a nod Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) may mean You have the ability to 28 Side in see past the obvious and undercheckers 31 Help settle stand much more of what is going disputes on. Deal with a project, yet be conor siderate of a key associate or friend 34 Yard garage who also is involved. Tonight: Run events an errand on your way home.

36 End-of-thebook secSagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) tion, often Others find you inspirPipe dream ing. You could be your normal, cre- 37 40 In no time ative self, but people suddenly are ___ (instantly) aware of your unique ingenuity and 42 Nomadic dwellings ability to solve problems. Tonight: 43 In a hazardTap into your imagination. ous or Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) speculative You could be overwhelmed manner by a situation and the way it is go- 46 Nineteenth Greek letter ing. Don’t fall into your usually con-

trolling ways. Examine your limits with care. Tonight: Happy at home.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Return calls and schedule meetings; do not put off a certain meeting any longer. You cannot afford to lose any more time by being in limbo. Tonight: Visit with a loved one.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Be aware of your limitations.

Know your limits and which way to go with a personal matter. Tonight: Your treat.

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47 Constellation next to Scorpius 50 Ambulance letters 51 Tour de France thirst quencher 53 Played on TV again 55 Profitable again 60 Shady area 61 Stabilizing structure 62 Victim in Genesis 63 New ___, India 64 Pitchers’ stats 65 Item in a car trunk 66 Vegetable spreads 67 Name on Irish stamps 68 Compass point DOWN 1 Loss of heart 2 “Ain’t That ___” 3 Trombone parts 4 Hairychested ones 5 Stitched together 6 Landed 7 Oscar winner Bates 8 Pants length measurement 9 100,000 in India 10 Iris locale 11 Mrs.

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Hudson, to Sherlock Holmes Marked with stripes Clever like a fox Hailing from Haifa, perhaps “Thar ___ blows!”

Witch’s whammy Yale student Cub scout unit Bother or agitate Tattoo artist’s selections Epitome of smoothness Home for a hog Just adequate Jungle bungalow The Roaring Twenties, e.g.

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41 Hand drum 44 Hawaiian necklace 45 Doodle in music?

47 Middle East peninsula 48 Indy 500 entrants 49 Knee-high’s shorter cousin 52 Where embryos develop 54 Cheer up 56 Great Lakes salmon 57 “Me and Bobby McGee” songwriter Kristofferson 58 Catch wind of 59 Otherwise 60 Trivial bother

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IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT EMPRISE BANK, a banking corporation, Plaintiff, v.

SOLDIER, L.L.C.; LANNY RIEDEL a/k/a LANNY C. RIEDEL; JUDITH RIEDEL; LEON F. DREILING; ANNE L. DREILING; MARK SCHIMPF a/k/a MARK W. SCHIMPF, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Acting By and Through the Small Business Administration; WAKARUSA VALLEY DEVELOPMENT, INC.; and BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, Defendants. __________________ SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, Cross-Claimant, v.

EMPRISE BANK, a banking corporation, SOLDIER, L.L.C.; LANNY RIEDEL a/k/a LANNY C. RIEDEL; JUDITH RIEDEL; LEON F. DRILING; ANNE L. DREILING; MARK SCHIMPF; BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,DOUGLAS

and in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center of the Cross-Claim, Counterclaim, Courthouse at Lawrence, and Third-Party Douglas County, Kansas, on DefendAugust 30, 2012, at 10:00 ants.

AM, the following real estate: Case No. 11 CV 419 A parcel of land located in TITLE TO REAL ESTATE the State of KS, County of INVOLVED Douglas, with a situs address of 325 Maiden Ln, Pursuant to Chapter 60 Larence KS 66044-1460 C012 of K.S.A. Currently owned by King Julie A. & having a Tax AsNOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE sessor Number of 023-079-30-0-10-03-008.00-0 THE STATE OF KANSAS TO and being the same propALL PERSONS CONCERNED: erty more fully described as Frazier’s Sub LT 7 50 X By virtue of an Order of 103 and described in docuSale issued out of the Dis- ment number 1009-5286 trict Court of Douglas dated 6/21/2006 and reCounty, Kansas, in the corded 7/18/2006. above entitled action, I will, on the 23rd day of August, ALSO MORE CORRECTLY DE2012 at 10:00 A.M., at the Ju- SCRIBED AS: dicial and Law Enforcement Center, Basement Jury As- Lot 7, in FRAZIER’S SUBDIVIsembly Room, 111 E. 11th SION of a part of Addition Street, in the City of Law- Number 4, in that part of rence, Douglas County, the City of Lawrence, Kansas, offer for sale at known as North Lawrence, public auction and sell to in Douglas County, Kansas, the highest bidder for cash commonly known as 325 in hand all of the right, title Maiden Lane, Lawrence, KS and interest of the Defend- 66044 (the “Property”) ants above named in and to the following described to satisfy the judgment in real property located in the above-entitled case.

Douglas County, Kansas: The sale is to be made Lot 2, without appraisement and Oread West No. 4, an subject to the redemption Addition to the City of Law- period as provided by law, rence, Douglas County, and further subject to the Kansas, commonly known approval of the Court. For as 4811 Quail Crest Place, more information, visit Lawrence, Kansas 66049 www.Southlaw.com.

Said real property is levied on as the property of the Defendants above named and will be sold without appraisement to satisfy said Order of Sale.

Defendant-owner has no redemption period; however, the United States of America, Small Business Administration, has a one (1) year period of redemption from the date of sale.

Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Megan Cello (KS # 24167) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (129952) ________

KEN McGOVERN, Sheriff (Published in the Lawrence Douglas County, Kansas Daily Journal-World August 6, 2012) Karl R. Swartz, #12532 NOTICE OF ABANDONED Julia Gilmore Gaughan, PERSONAL PROPERTY #23919 MORRIS. LAING, EVANS, Federal Home Loan MortBROCK & KENNEDY, gage Corporation (“Freddie Chartered Mac”) owns property lo300 North Mead, Suite 200 cated at 711 LINCOLN ST, Wichita, KS 67202 BALDWIN CITY, KS 66006 (316) 262-2671 and believes Randal L. Attorneys for Emprise Bank Smith left behind and ________ abandoned personal prop(First published in the Law- erty after vacating the The personal rence Daily Journal-World premises. property will be disposed August 6, 2012) after 08/21/2012. To claim IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF or redeem the items, please DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS contact SHARON JONES at CIVIL DEPARTMENT (785) 242-0021 Ext. 104, the local agent for Freddie Mac. Bank of America, N.A., Suc- The remaining items are cessor by Merger to BAC briefly described as folHome Loans Servicing, LP lows: Big screen TV, cabiFKA Countrywide Home net, Bed frame, Baby Toys, Loans Servicing LP Computer Screen, 2 MicroPlaintiff, waves, Little TV, Radio and vs.

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Case No. 12CV145 Court Number: 5 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash

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farm woman to the core, my brother-in-law’s mother Isabelle ritually handed my sister a Ball canning jar of water before they left from a visit.

My sister always refused; Isabelle always insisted. The car might overheat.

They might become stranded somewhere and need a drink.

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CANNING JARS HAVE A NUMBER OF USES other than holding jam: they can store dry goods, leftovers or odds and ends, and they make convenient drinking glasses.

KELLY BARTH I can’t decide; Isabelle was either behind or ahead of her time. She knew the value not only of water, but also of the humble canning jar, which, after years, seems again to be coming into its own.

Despite the drought, area farmers and gardeners are finding ways to grow a bounty of fruits and vegetables. Canning and freezing food in jars is a great way to preserve summer’s seasonal bounty, but, once you’ve emptied the jar, don’t recycle it.

An essential use I’ve made of canning jars is to cut down on packaging by purchasing bulk food — pasta, dried beans, oats, flour, nuts, etc. — at places like the Merc.

Plastic bags cost both the store to purchase and the environment, since much of the world’s unwanted plastic bags wind up in what has been named the Great Pacific Garbage patch, which leaches toxic chemicals into the ocean and, ultimately, the aquatic life that consumes it.

Though it does take a little more planning, all you really need to buy in bulk with canning jars are a pen or pencil and masking tape. You just put a piece of tape

One of the best things about canning jars is that they’re plentiful and inexpensive. You can often pick them up at yard and estate sales. There’s no worry about buying even the grungiest-looking ones secondhand because they’re easily cleaned and sterilized. on the lid and write down the weight of the jar and the code of the product you’re purchasing. A bonus is that once you’ve carried the food home, you can leave it the jar you purchased in where it is safe from humidity, insects and the chemicals that plastic storage containers can leach into food.

Canning jars are also a great way to store food you’ve prepared. Since they come in various sizes, you can jar a variety of quickly identifiable leftovers.

You can also make your own salad dressings right in the jars and seal them up with washable, BPA-free plastic lids that allow you to forego the mess and expense of canning lids and rings.

Jars offer storage for any number of odds and ends, such as buttons, rubber bands, cotton balls — really anything you

want to keep visible, clean and dry. They even make pretty good piggy banks or mad money jars.

One of the best things about canning jars is that they’re plentiful and inexpensive. You can often pick them up at yard and estate sales. There’s no worry about buying even the grungiest-looking ones second-hand because they’re easily cleaned and sterilized. Handy, too, are the cup and ounce measures marked on the sides of the jars, so they double as measuring cups.

Finally, one of the hippest things to do with canning jars now is to use them as on-the-go drinking glasses for coffee, juice, and, yes — just as Isabelle always contested — water.

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BY CHANSI LONG

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n March 18, when Kansas University men’s basketball defeated Purdue 63-60 in the NCAA tournament, Jon Georgeson, owner of 24/7 Locksmith, spent the wee hours of his morning walking through “the war zone.” “(I saw) kids walking around carrying each other,” he said. “It reminded me of a ‘Saving Private Ryan’ war zone; kids (were) helping each other get places and whatnot. …

I was in the middle of the war zone, opening up cars and houses for drunk person after drunk person.

“I walked right up in the middle of some parties and everyone was like, ‘It’s the locksmith dude,’ kind of like the pizza dude.”

Georgeson, 22, has been locksmithing since he was 15.

His stepfather owns Ace Locksmith in Topeka, and after school, Georgeson would head to his shop to start picking and rekeying — locksmith Jon locks.

“I sat in that shop Georgeson literally every day after school and during the summer, working on locks and taking them apart and then putting them together,” he said.

With access to the shop, Georgeson was able to learn to pick antique and rare locks from a collection his stepfather had accumulated.

“There really are just so many different varieties of locks,” he said. “There are locks on the KU doors that are 50, 60 years old that are still working and operating, and you have to know how to do those.”

It’s repetition that teaches you how to pick a lock, said Georgeson, who can now unlock most within a minute or two. Exposure is also key, as there are nuances to every lock. And some get complicated.

“For BMWs, it’s like (a) Boy Scout password,” said Georgeson. “You have to tap a button on the center console where the clock is, then pop the handle out twice; then you’re able to use the power locks to open the doors.”

Before people call Georgeson, they often try their own hand at getting inside.

“I’ve seen people tearing up their car with no regards to it,” he said. “By the time I show up, I won’t

“If people are partying, most likely I’m going to be getting locksmith calls. Yeah, they had their good times, but they’re all locking themselves out.

It’s a direct relation almost.”

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JON GEORGESON, OWNER OF 24/7 LOCKSMITH, says most of his work involves picking home or auto locks. Georgeson, 22, has been locksmithing for seven years.

even work on that door.”

As a locksmith who offers 24-hour service, Georgeson has to keep his weekends open in case he gets a call.

“I’m pretty much locked to the town,” he said. “Every locksmith knows, as soon as you try to do something, even if you haven’t gotten any (work) all day … it’s going to happen, so you might as well not do it. I try to sneak out on the boat a couple times (and when) I get on the water, I sit there for 5 minutes, just put the pole in and a call comes in.”

Many of the callers are drunk. Not all of them, of course. There are lots of people who simply erred, rushed out of the house, leaving the keys behind. But plenty of others are intoxicated.

“On the weekends, it completely goes wild,” said Georgeson. “If people are partying, most likely I’m going

to be getting locksmith calls. Yeah, they had their good times, but they’re all locking themselves out. It’s a direct relation almost.”

Georgeson recognizes that the fee for locking your keys inside is steep, and to someone who has never had to call a locksmith before, it can be an unexpected blow on an already bad day. With that in mind, Georgeson offers inexpensive rates, agreeing to open some locks for as low as $30, and he is always willing to match competitors’ prices.

Once Georgeson had to unlock a 2006 Civic with automatic locks five times in one month.

“It went from a $50 call to a $40 call to a $30 call,” said Georgeson. “(The owner) looked like he was doing fine in life … it was just one of those strings of bad luck, (and) I try to keep it at a fair, reasonable price.”

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Next stop: Hollywood Lawrence writer auditions for ‘Jayhawkers’ film

BY PHIL WILKE

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t started with a Facebook post: “Open casting call for a movie being filmed in Lawrence. Need men 30-50 to play roles for a film set in the mid-1950s.”

I’ve been a movie fan since junior high when I first saw “The Philadelphia Story.” Since then, my life has been a quest to be as witty and sophisticated as Cary Grant (still trying) and to fall in love with Katharine Hepburn (which I do every time I watch one of her movies). I’m profoundly disappointed when my real-life dialogue doesn’t crackle with the wit, insight and humor of Billy Wilder, Moss Hart, Groucho Marx and John Huston.

Those who know me — and still put up with me — may find this hard to believe, but, despite the outgoing bluster they know now, I was a painfully shy kid. Exceedingly shy. Please don’t call on me in class even if I know the answer shy. So the thought of performing in public IN FRONT OF LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW ME was terrifying.

Oh, how I wish I could go back and talk to that kid.

Needless to say, I’m over that. The thought of speaking in public, performing in public or failing in public doesn’t hold nearly the paralyzing fear it used to. There are still situations I’m healthily uncomfortable with, but now those situations are a challenge and an adventure, not 10 times worse than death.

A challenge and adventure like auditioning for a small role in a movie.

The movie is “Jayhawkers,” a dramatization of basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain’s time at KU and the social changes it caused. A member of the current KU basketball team is cast in the lead role.

The director is Kevin Willmott, who was a screenwriter in Hollywood before coming to teach at KU. Since then, he’s made several wonderful films, including “CSA: The Confederate States of America,” “Bunker Hill” and “The Only Good Indian.” (Note to everyone reading: you MUST watch “CSA: The Confederate States of America,” “Bunker Hill” and “The Only Good Indian.” They are fantastic films.)

One of the “Jayhawkers” producers is a longtime friend, Scott Richardson. His

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL COACH PHOG ALLEN, RIGHT, holds the ball over new recruit Wilt Chamberlain’s head in an early practice after Chamberlain arrived at KU in 1955 as a freshman. KU faculty member Kevin Willmott is making a movie about Allen and Chamberlain called “Jayhawkers.”

Wilke daughter and my daughter were bestest friends growing up.

When I saw Scott’s Facebook note about the casting call, I had only one thought: time to cross “auditioning for a small part in a movie” off my Bucket List.

One problem: I have no acting experience and they want a résumé along with the audition. I decided to treat this as an opportunity, not a problem, like when a casting director for a Western asks, “You can ride a horse, right?” and you say “Of course I can ride a horse,” whether or not you’ve even SEEN a horse.

I created a résumé that was truthful, yet treated my lack of experience as an asset and let my enthusiasm for the project shine.

ACTING RESUME It’s been quite some time since I’ve had a starring role, fifth grade to be exact.

I starred as Prince Charming in Mrs. Bornstein’s class production of “Sleeping Beauty.”

My reviews were quite impressive: “A+” — raved Mrs. Bornstein “He’s a good kisser.” — gushed Martha Caruso “Can I wear the cape tomorrow?” — pleaded Scott Mueller “Technically proficient, but Wilke’s performance was forced, derivative and petulant.” — Phil’s mom Since then I’ve acted like a fool, a ham and a reprobate. I’ve acted like I know what I’m doing, like I deserved the world served up to me on a platter and like a spoiled rotten brat (adult division). I’ve acted bad, good, rotten, redemptive, interested and disinterested. I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king. I’ve acted like I’m entitled to more than I am, but lately I’ve been acting like a responsible adult. I consider that my best work to date.

I’m very adaptable, method even. To get the part, I’d be willing to shave my beard.

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Hell, to get the part I’d shave my legs. Depending what you need, I’ll start smoking, lose 70 pounds, quit smoking, gain weight, learn to play basketball or sit quietly in the corner until you need me.

If that doesn’t get their attention, I don’t know what will. A friend with a good camera took some headshots of me, also a necessity for the audition, and with my new résumé and those prints I was ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.

I thought I’d aid my chances by auditioning in costume. I put together my best middle-aged man in the mid-1950s costume: short-sleeved white shirt, black slacks, black dress shoes and an “I tied it myself” bow tie. I would put a part in my hair and slick it down.

When I was growing up, my dad caught the morning train to New York City every day. He used Vitalis to style his hair, though I’m sure he’d vigorously deny ever “styling” his hair. I’m sure the cast of “Mad Men” goes through gallons of the stuff to keep all that well-coifed hair in place.

I thought I’d pick up some Vitalis when I did my grocery shopping. I couldn’t find any in the tsunami of hair care products, so I asked a clerk stocking items in the next aisle: “Do you have any Vitalis or Bryl Creem?” The woman, in her late 20s or early 30s, said: “I’d say no because I’ve never heard of either of those products.”

Kids today don’t know a damn thing.

Jeez I’m old. I found some later at a drug store.

When I dressed in my audition cos-

tume, I had to look at YouTube videos to relearn how to tie a bow tie. I looked like milkman or service station attendant in 1954. For good luck, I put on my Marilyn Monroe socks. (Had I been auditioning for a comedy, I would have put on my Wile E. Coyote socks.)

When I got to the audition July 8, I was the only one in costume. It felt like one of those dreams where you’re in school and are the only person in class who’s naked.

Soldier on, I says to myself. It will give you an edge, I says to myself. The director and crew won’t have to imagine you in costume, they’ll SEE you in costume.

There were about a dozen people ahead of me to audition for roles in the 30 to 50 age range. Some wore suits, others were in “I just finished walking here in 90 degree heat after working in the garden” clothes. Some were ruggedly handsome, some looked like accountants, some looked homeless.

Ninety minutes later, my name was called. Now IT’S SHOWTIME. I was only slightly terrified. No, wait, that’s a lie. I was only slightly confident; I was fully terrified.

When I walked in, the director recognized me and said “Hey, Phil, how ya doin? I love the outfit.”

Here is the entirety of my audition: DIRECTOR: OK, stand here (in front of camera) and give us your name and phone number.

PW: Phil Wilke, 785 blah blah blah.

DIR: I’m not going to have you read for me today but I do want to use you. Would you be able to have a flexible schedule in the coming weeks?

PW: Yes. DIR: Great, we’ll be in touch.

And I left.

It’s among the best 27 seconds of my life. But I think I’m in. Whether it’s a face in a crowd shot or a small speaking part, I don’t care. I think I’m in.

Regardless of what happens, I can cross that off my Bucket List. Next up: learning to tap dance and driving a race car.

— Phil Wilke is a writer and public radio fundraiser who lives in Lawrence.

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Health department offers yoga session for moms, babies Breast is Best Social, a support and teaching group for breastfeeding mothers, will mark its first anniversary this week with a yoga session for moms and babies.

The free event will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, 200 Maine. It coincides with World Breastfeeding Week.

Yoga instructor Tina Haladay will lead the session.

Comfortable

clothes and a yoga mat are recommended. Refreshments and door prizes will be provided.

BIBS meets at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the health department and is facilitated by certified breast-feeding counselors.

For more information, visit the Health Department’s website at ldchealth.org, look for the Douglas County Breastfeeding Connection on Facebook or call 843-3060.

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Middle school a transition for students, parents alike Miranda: In late August, I’ll pack up my room and leave for college. I’ll watch as my parents drive off leaving me to get accustomed to my new life, to take new classes and to make new friends.

I certainly won’t be the only kid transitioning to a new school this year, and never is that more challenging than when preteens leave their elementary schools and head off to the storied land of middle school.

All big transitions in life are scary. We leave the familiar and comfortable and step into a new challenge, full of things we’ve never experienced.

This can be especially terrifying for an 11-yearold.

To all of the new middle-schoolers that may be scared, I offer the same advice I’ll be giving myself in a matter of weeks: Embrace the fear.

Yes, it will be a new environment, but the best thing to do is jump right in. Get involved, try new things and take classes you haven’t considered before.

By building off of these experiences, you can figure out what you like and what path to take to get the most out of your middle school and high school experiences.

Middle school is also a big step up in what is expected of students. For parents, the best way to get though this experience is to do regular checkups on what your kids are doing in school and make sure they do their homework. This helps lay the foundation for a strong work ethic throughout the rest of your child’s education.

Give your kids encouragement, but let them try to figure out who they want to be. By encouraging your son or daughter to get involved, you’re helping make school more than just a building with teachers and books. It becomes a place to make connections, to meet all different types of people and foster relationships.

As I look back on my junior high and high school experiences, the best advice I can give any kid staring down the next seven years is this: Work hard, but always enjoy the journey.

Dr. Wes: Parents often feel the transition to

Double TAKE DR. WES CRENSHAW AND MIRANDA DAVIS middle school even more acutely than their preteens. No matter who you are, middle school brings back a lot of memories for adults. Some of those are good. A lot of them, not so much.

Here’s my best advice for helping your child adjust:

Provide a safe and loving home environment. This is made a little more difficult by how often middle-schoolers eschew such sentiment.

Just put your ego in check and ignore that. They still need you. Which brings us to …

The peer group is NOT the most influential factor in a teen’s transition to adulthood — parental influence is. They’ll follow you for good or ill.

Create an atmosphere of honesty, mutual trust and respect. None of this comes by demanding it. It comes through leadership and example. Be trustworthy, respectable and honest, and you’ll get that back. Not at first, but over the long haul.

Allow age-appropriate independence and assertiveness. The point of adolescence is to differentiate from parents. The point of parenting is to retain parental values through the teen years and into adulthood. These do not go together without conflict.

TALK TO US Want to talk more about transitioning preteens to middle school? Tune in to Up to Date with Steve Kraske on KCUR 89.3 FM at 11 a.m. Tuesday, and join Dr. Wes and new Double Take co-author Katie Guyot at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, 4801 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Develop a relationship that encourages parentchild communication. This will often be one-way.

Just assume you’re always communicating, so always be on message. And try to be interesting.

Ethical misconduct (stealing, lying, cheating, mean kid behavior) is a big problem in teen culture nowadays. Think ethics in every discussion from age 5 up.

Teach the importance of accepting limits.

This will not come through discussion. It will come through force of will and careful administration of natural and logical consequences.

Teach kids to think before acting. Nothing is more important than this. You’ll find this easier to do with the anxious kids and harder for the ones who lean toward ADHD. That thing Miranda said about enjoying the journey … that’s some really good advice, for kids and for parents. You only get to do this once per child. Get the most joy you can out of the experience.

— Wes Crenshaw, Ph.D., ABPP, is author of “Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Teens” and “Real Life Advice for Parents of Teens.” Learn about his new practice Family Psychological Services at dr-wes.com. Miranda Davis is a recent Free State High School graduate. Send your confidential 200-word question on adolescence and parenting to ask@dr-wes.com. Double Take opinions and advice are not a substitute for psychological services.

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Old cookbook serves up new take on pound cake

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BY ELIZABETH KARMEL, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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y sisters and I kicked off the summer this year by heading home for a long weekend in North Carolina.

Of course we each had an itinerary of must-eat hometown foods, including plenty of barbecue and country ham and biscuits. And while those foods were wonderful, nothing compared to the simple pound cake and strawberry dessert our mother whipped up.

The recipe my mother used is from a cookbook my grandmother used to use — “Recipes from Old Virginia Cookbook” published in 1958 by The Virginia Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs.

The authors called this recipe an “economy” pound cake because it’s a riff on classic versions of this dessert, using less butter, sugar and eggs.

While many pound cakes are greasy, the crumb of the economy pound cake is light and moist, yet dry to the touch. And the best part is the slight spiciness and flavor it gets from the addition of mace and nutmeg.

We’ve tinkered with the recipe, adding vanilla extract and doubling the spices.

It astounded me how much those little changes upped the flavor of the cake, turning a good cake into a great cake. These small tweaks made the economy pound cake into the best pound cake that my sisters and I have ever eaten and one that we will make for years to come.

We ate slices of the pound cake with the vibrant red strawberries that oozed tart, sweet summer flavors. Once the berries were washed and sliced, I macerated them in a little bit of sugar, a pinch of salt, lemon zest and a splash of Grand Marnier, just enough to bring out the best in the fruit, but not enough to mask it.

ECONOMY POUND CAKE 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 2 cups superfine sugar 4 eggs, separated 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground mace 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 cups cake flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup whole milk Powdered sugar, to dust Fresh berries, to serve

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AN ECONOMY POUND CAKE is served with blueberries, cherries and strawberries.

Heat the oven to 350º F. Coat a Bundt pan with baking spray (a blend of oil and flour).

In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks and beat until fully incorporated. Set aside.

In a second bowl, sift together the salt, mace, nutmeg, baking powder and flour.

In a 2-cup measuring cup, combine the vanilla and milk.

With the mixer on medium, add a bit of the flour mixture to the butter mixture, mixing well. Add a bit of the milk, mixing again.

Alternate adding the flour and milk until all ingredients are well mixed. As needed, use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl to ensure all ingredients are mixed.

The batter should be smooth and silky.

Using a clean bowl and clean beaters, whip the egg whites until they hold firm peaks. Using the rubber spatula, gently fold the egg whites into the batter. Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted at the center comes out clean.

Let cool for 10 minutes. Overturn the cake onto a serving plate, then dust with powdered sugar just before serving. If desired, top and surround the cake with fresh berries. Serves 12.

Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 380 calories; 160 calories from fat (42 percent of total calories); 18 g fat (11 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 105 mg cholesterol; 53 g carbohydrate; 6 g protein; 1 g fiber; 210 mg sodium.

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SENIORS IN MOTION These Lawrence residents don’t let age slow them down

LEARN MORE The goal of Douglas County Senior Services Inc. is “Helping the older residents of Douglas County get connected and stay connected.” For more information about the senior center, located at 745 Vt., and its programs, visit dgcoseniorservices. org or call 842-0543.

BY SARA SHEPHERD

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ithin minutes of receiving the reporter’s email message on his cell phone, Graham Kreicker is calling back to set up an interview.

He’s booked most of the next morning — workout at 7:30, teleconference at 10:30 — but, the 75-year-old Lawrence resident suggests, how about talking in person over lunch?

Kreicker makes it a point to stay active, not just physically but also socially and even technologically. He’s one of 16 seniors featured in “Seniors — The Good Life,” a recent photo exhibit by Lawrence resident Constance Whiston.

Whiston, 63, said she hoped her photos, on display last month at Natural Grocers, 1301 W 23rd St., would break some stereotypes about senior citizens.

“Seniors can look like the people I took pictures of,” Whiston said. “We can be active mentally and physically, have fun, be involved in social issues, go to the gym … they’re not necessarily sitting in a chair knitting.”

People’s social networks often shrink once they leave the workforce, but there are many ways for seniors to stay active and connected, said Janet Ikenberry, community services manager for Douglas County Senior Services Inc., 745 Vt. “I think that the whole use-it-or-lose it philosophy is really true,” Ikenberry said.

To see more of Constance Whiston’s photography, visit constancelw.zenfolio.com.

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CLAUDINE “SCOTTIE” LINGELBACH, 90, LAWRENCE, works out several times a week at BodyBoutique.

“The more active you are, the more active you’re going to stay.”

Here are a few of the Lawrence seniors featured in Whiston’s photo exhibit who are doing just that.

ates customized outfits as a hobby. She said she’s up by 6 every morning but always makes it a point to get enough rest.

Qandil said her best advice for other seniors is, “Find something you’re interested in and just go for it.”

JOANN QANDIL SCOTTIE LINGELBACH For JoAnn Qandil, 74, variety is key.

“I do anything I can get my hands on,” Qandil said. “I try it once, at least.”

In addition to keeping busy with her business — she owns and leases rental properties — Qandil bicycles regularly and currently takes Zumba classes at Lawrence Athletic Club, 3201 Mesa Way. “That keeps you hopping,” she said.

On a recent trip to visit family in North Carolina, Qandil spent time at the beach, went hiking and even tried kayaking.

At home, she does alterations and cre-

At 90, Scottie Lingelbach works out at Body Boutique, 2330 Yale Road, three times a week, and drives herself there and wherever else she wants to go.

“I realize perfectly well I’m very lucky,” she said, noting that many of her contemporaries, unfortunately, don’t enjoy the same good health.

She said her doctor says a lifestyle of exercise and eating right has paid off, too.

Lingelbach said she walked outside every day for years, but that, two titanium knees

later, she lifts weights and uses elliptical machines instead.

“It does take discipline,” she said.

“There are many days when I say, ‘Oh, I’d just as soon skip it.’”

Lingelbach also continues to focus on serving others, from higher-profile appearances — she’s been requested for numerous speaking engagements since being featured in Tom Brokaw’s book, “The Greatest Generation” — to everyday activities, such as baking bread for a friend’s birthday or brownies for charity dinners put on by her church.

GRAHAM KREICKER Kreicker’s activity takes him all over town, and even all over the world.

Among other social and political endeavors, he’s on the Unitarian Universalist Association’s national board of trustees. He is a past member of the Kaw Valley Living Wage Alliance board, which prompted Lawrence to adopt the first living wage ordinance in Kansas, and the Grassroots Action board, which advocates

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on the street How do you stay active?

“I do water aerobics, garden and walk.”

Gretel Hentschel, retired, Lawrence

JOANN QANDIL, 74, LAWRENCE, continues to work as a landlord, exercises regularly and is wearing an outfit she altered and adorned herself, one of her hobbies.

CONSTANCE WHISTON, 63, LAWRENCE, is a photographer and former fly-fishing guide.

transparency in local government. He teaches English to immigrants through his church, and, in 2010, traveled to Paraguay to teach English conversation with a group called Kansas Paraguay Partners.

Staying busy comes naturally, Kreicker said.

“I tend not to delay doing anything,” he said. “When you have all these unfinished things hanging over your head, I think it really bogs you down.”

Each weekday morning at 7:30 a.m., you’ll find him exercising at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine, through the hospital’s Fit for Life program.

“I’m in what I call pre-hab,” he said.

In Texas, her former home, she worked as a fly-fishing guide. In Lawrence — in addition to taking photos and maintaining her business website — she bicycles, spends time with her grandchildren, exercises daily at Body Boutique and participates in Red Dog’s Dog Days workouts, where she eschews running for walking and modifies other exercises as needed.

Whiston said that she likes exercise classes better than exercising alone — “there’s so much laughter and so much fun,” she said — and that instead of limiting social meetings to going out for meals, she’ll often suggest taking a walk instead. Whiston said especially for seniors, it’s important to take the first step when it comes to social activity.

“They wait for people to call them,” she said. “I’m constantly asking people out for coffee.”

CONSTANCE WHISTON Whiston herself, toned and lithe now, said she was obese as a child, but worked to lose weight in her preteen years and has led an active life since.

“I walk daily, play golf and take care of two garden spots.”

Otto Busch, retired, Eudora

“I go to the gym three times a week. I don’t like the treadmill much, but I lift weights.”

Roy Gridley, retired, Lawrence

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RED, BLUE PAIR UP TO TRAVEL THE COUNTRY

BY ROBIN ABCARIAN, LOS ANGELES TIMES

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he 2008 presidential campaign had many unexpected consequences: It spawned the tea party movement, the Palin family reality show dynasty and the career of Meghan McCain, daughter of the Republican nominee.

During Arizona Sen. John McCain’s ill-fated White House run, Meghan spent a lot of time on the road on his famous “Straight Talk Express.” A newly minted Columbia University graduate, she was among the first political offspring to exploit the possibilities of a campaign blog.

Pictures of her jumping on hotel beds and her habit of choosing a hip song of the day breathed youthful vitality into the creaky McCain operation, until then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin vaulted out of the tundra and made diversions like “McCain Blogette” irrelevant.

Afterward, having seen a presidential campaign from the inside, McCain thought she had something to say about politics. Since then, she has been saying it — in a memoir, a regular column in the Daily Beast and now on MSNBC, where she is a regular contributor. Reflexively conservative on most issues, she departs from Republican orthodoxy in one major way: She is an outspoken supporter of gay marriage. (“My God is not Rick Santorum’s God,” she writes.)

Her latest book is a strangely conceived project that finds her, once again, traveling the country in an oversize vehicle with an older man. This time, however, the man is not her father and not nearly as old. He is snarky liberal comedian and actor Michael Ian Black, a married father of two who got stoned on Ambien one night and tweeted a message to McCain: “We should write a book together!”

The result is the uneven political travelogue “America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom.”

Black has a long and varied comedy resume. He was part of the cast of the NBC show “Ed,” the sketch comedy show “The State,” has written a children’s book and is an occasional contributor to McSweeney’s online.

The cross-country journey of this unlikely pair was accomplished mostly in a stuffy RV with haphazard climate control. Driving was provided by “Cousin John,” a distant relative of McCain’s, and chaperoning by Black’s road manager, Stephie. They stopped in 15 cities, seeking common political ground in contrived setups.

They drank a lot, sweated a lot and argued politics a lot.

They slammed shots in Prescott, Ariz., and gawked at strippers in Las Vegas, which allowed McCain to ruminate like an undergrad in a women’s study class about whether stripping empowers or exploits. (Ambivalent. Naturally.)

They visited the Mormon temple in Salt Lake City, the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, a cheesy Yakov Smirnoff show in Branson, Mo. (where both had unrelated epiphanies), as well as Memphis, Nashville, an Army base at Fort Campbell, Ky., the Arab American enclave of Dearborn, Mich., and Meghan’s father’s office in Washington, D.C. Taking turns in the text, each relates a version of the “adventures.” McCain spends a good portion of her time wondering whether the trip was a mistake.

PRIMARY VOTING IS TUESDAY Don’t forget to bring a photo ID to your polling place if you vote in Tuesday’s primary election.

Voters are now required to present IDs because of a law passed by the Kansas Legislature in 2011. Voters 65 or older may use expired photo ID documents.

For more information about the voter ID requirements, visit gotvoterid.com, or call 1-800262-VOTE. Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew recently mailed updated registration cards to all registered voters. The cards show a voter’s election districts, precinct number and voting site.

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MEGHAN MCCAIN, daughter of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, joins comedian Michael Ian Black in a travelogue “America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom,” Da Capo Press (309 pages, $26).

Black worries about seeming like a liberal, gun-hating wimp alongside his pistol-loving, hard-drinking companion. He is by far the more acute observer and better writer.

And he should be. He’s 13 years older than McCain, an adult on the cusp of midlife, more sure of his place in the world and far less moody than his then 26-year-old com-

Registered voters can also access their complete election information through the Douglas County website, bit.ly/MS7ktZ. It is also important to check your polling location because some locations and voting precincts have changed under the redistricting plan issued in June by a panel of federal judges.

Voters still can vote if they show up at the wrong place, but they will be given a provisional ballot.

Maps for Douglas County voting districts can be found at bit.ly/NvkQk5, through the county clerk’s website.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. panion. (But, hey, he’s an actor, so his self-absorption is right up there with hers.)

Their “relationship” starts out awkward, their first fight occasioned by Black’s snorting response to McCain’s sincere claim that “freedom isn’t free” — an unsurprising cliche from a woman whose family has a proud military history and whose Navy pilot father spent more than five years in Hanoi as a prisoner of war.

Yet it’s Black’s observation, after meeting McCain’s younger brother, Jimmy, that breathes some meaning into the stale slogan.

Jimmy is a former Marine who was in Iraq in 2007.

Black reports that Jimmy’s back, stomach and feet are messed up, though he uses far stronger language, and that in Iraq, Jimmy “fell into an open latrine pit and didn’t shower for four months. His feet and legs got infected and are beyond grim. ... Cindy (McCain, Jimmy’s mother) tells me he will probably always be in some pain.”

Because of McCain’s family’s prominence, some of her confessions are inherently entertaining.

She roots for President Obama to succeed. She reveals that in 2011 she moved to Los Angeles to launch a talk show, but the project failed. She can’t imagine having sex with just one person for the rest of her life. Las Vegas is one of the only places in the country where she feels unjudged.

She’s unstinting in her hatred of Karl Rove, whom she blames for rumors in the 2000 presidential primary that her dad fathered an illegitimate black child. (Her younger sister, Bridget, was adopted from Bangladesh.)

“Karl Rove is a pathetic excuse for a human being and has never publicly apologized for his cowardice,” she writes. Other words she uses to describe the George W. Bush operative are unprintable. Delicious stuff.

To no one’s surprise, McCain and Black discover that people of different political stripes can get along if they spend time together and drink enough alcohol.

The book has a few sweet moments and minor revelations, but mostly it is what you’d expect of a project that started with a sleeping pill and a tweet.

As Black so aptly puts it early on: “This whole idea is a hot mess.”

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To change energy patterns, become conscious of them “Blame is just a lazy person’s way of making sense of chaos.” — Doug Couplan

L

anguage is a useful tool. It is intended to help us ease communication.

However, language can distort and mislead us.

Language is interpretive, created out of mind and therefore capable of great storytelling. And as we know, stories can be based in fiction or nonfiction.

Stories may oversimplify, use unnecessary complexity, misdirect, lack specificity, distort information and be overly dramatic. In spite of our mind’s ineffective or inaccurate interpretations, these stories are all we have to describe our mental state.

And it is from these stories that mental health professionals create diagnoses and treatment plans. It is also from these stories that the story teller develops and reinforces attitudes and belief systems about him or her and the world.

When someone sees a mental health professional, he or she describes an experience they are having. The descriptive words are considered “symptoms.” These symptoms are then used as evidence of a disorder, such as depression, anxiety, etc.

What are we really describing when we relate our symptoms? What is driving the story we are telling? Is our interpretation accurate? First, let’s consider what symptoms really are.

Symptoms are the result of the accumulation of an individual’s unconscious internal experiences engaging with external forces. In other words, symptoms are caused by waves of internal energy.

These waves of energy come from genetic forces, experiences in the womb and at birth, childhood experiences, and more recent experiences of adolescence and adulthood.

Our experiences are absorbed by the brain and all the cells in our body. These experiences are stored as brainwave and cellular energies. They are then triggered or stimulated by something within our environment creating a feeling (a wave of energy) and the resulting symptom (emotion).

Sometimes when emotional symptoms become so uncomfortable that our own healthy and not-so-healthy efforts to soothe them fail, we find ourselves in the office of a mental health professional telling our story. But again, when our story is a description of so many unconscious experiences, how do we know the story is accurate? Unfortunately, more often than not, the desire for relief from discomfort overrides the need for accuracy.

Regardless of the accuracy of the story,

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In other words, symptoms are caused by waves of internal energy. These waves of energy come from genetic forces, experiences in the womb and at birth, childhood experiences, and more recent experiences of adolescence and adulthood. some interventions may offer some relief.

Counseling can help soothe by altering the story, giving the story a new twist, resulting in an altered belief and a different current experience. (We do know that our beliefs can affect our cells and therefore the energy produced. For more, read “The Biology of Belief” by Bruce Lipton).

Medications may help change the experience of the energy waves previously described and provide some relief (along with some potential side effects).

Exercise, a change in nutrition, improved sleep and other lifestyle changes can alter the effects of the energy waves.

Meditation can have short-term and, with a dedicated practice, long-term impact on how energy manifests within and can therefore reduce symptoms.

There are a variety of alternative and traditional modalities that can alter the effect of old energy patterns. There are even processes (“The Presence Process” by Michael Brown and Brainwave Optimization by Brain State Technologies are examples we have discussed in previous columns) that are viewed to alter energy at the causal point.

Why have this discussion? If we are to most effectively change our experience, we need to be conscious of the unconscious patterns that exist within and work with those energies rather than the triggers to their activation.

Our tendency is to blame the current circumstances for our discomfort. A coworker, a spouse, a friend may be blamed as the cause of our discomfort when in fact they are mere triggers to old energy patterns. Aside from trying to get back at the perceived offender, we may even consider dramatic reactions like changing our workplace, getting a divorce or getting rid of the friend. These reactions are akin to trying to fix clogged pipes by cleaning out the sink.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are being abused by a co-worker, spouse, or friend there is no discussion. Get away from the abuse.

Since unconscious patterns are driving our symptoms, the first step is to make them conscious. This will place the blame firmly where it belongs, on old energy patterns.

Getting conscious requires slowing down reaction time. Practice will tell you what will work to create greater consciousness and

change the intensity of your reaction.

Here are some tips to getting conscious and becoming less reactive:

Don’t blame the other person or situation for your discomfort. “This is my reaction and I will manage it.”

When you are experiencing discomfort, ask yourself, “Does the current situation match the intensity of my reaction?”

It is often helpful to remove yourself from a situation for a brief time to get conscious. A brief restroom break with an adult conversation in the mirror may do the trick.

Have you experienced this emotional state before? Is it similar to a childhood experience?

What are the words you are using to describe your experience? Are they accurate to the current situation? If not accurate, offer yourself a more accurate description.

Stay with the facts. Ask yourself to look at the interaction that triggered your discomfort and remove the drama. What are the facts without your emotional interpretation?

— Jena and Ed Bloch can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

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Style FOR THE AGES

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Remember, FIT IS EVERYTHING — don’t let the shoulders hang like football pads, the sleeves hit your fingertips, or the slacks bunch at your ankles.

VAUGHN SCRIBNER

WHERE TO SHOP Here are a few places in town to find wedding essentials:

T.J. Maxx, 3106 Iowa

Brown’s Shoe Fit, 829 Mass.

Foxtrot, 823 Mass.

Gap, 643 Mass.

Weaver’s, 901 Mass.

Kohl’s, 3240 Iowa

J.C. Penney, 3311 Iowa

JoS. A. Bank, 646 Vt.

FIT IS KEY FOR SUMMER WEDDING WEAR

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ummer wedding season is upon us — the time for reconnecting with long-lost family and friends, nibbling halfheartedly on cake, and mustering up the courage to — perhaps, just this time — step onto the dance floor.

While you can’t control the length of the service or how many times the DJ plays Justin Bieber, you are always in charge of your wardrobe. No matter whether you’re going to a summer wedding stag or with a date, dressing sharply and confidently is always a winning strategy.

A key component of a great summer wedding wardrobe is your suit. I’m going to keep this advice very simple, and for a formal summer wedding, there is not a more classic suit choice than a (threebutton) charcoal or khaki suit.

While a charcoal suit is the most versatile option because it can be worn year round, if you can afford a second suit, I would recommend khaki color in a lighter-weight (linen or cotton) blend.

Remember, FIT IS EVERYTHING — don’t let the shoulders hang like football pads, the sleeves hit your fingertips, or the slacks bunch at your ankles. Stick to flatfront slacks (one pleat at most if you insist

TRY A KHAKI SUIT for a summer wedding in a lightweight linen or cotton blend.

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on this option), as their sleek lines, along with a well-fitted jacket, will give you a streamlined silhouette that will help you stand out from the droopy crowd.

Also, budget about $100 for tailoring.

A tailor’s touch on your jacket and slacks can make a $300 suit look like $1,000.

Next comes your shirt. While the options here are endless, you should start with a simple, slim-fit, straight point collar shirt in solid white, light blue or pink.

(Yes, pink. Trust me, you’ll get compli-

ments. Lots of them.)

Key yet again is fit. You should be able to put one finger between the collar and your neck (if two fingers fit, the collar’s too big), and the cuff of the sleeve should hit at your wrist without bunching.

The body of your shirt needs to fit you as well as your suit because, let’s face it, your jacket is probably coming off at some point, especially in this heat wave.

With a well-fitted shirt, don’t be afraid to nix the suit jacket for a more casual

look. Your shirt doesn’t need to fit like a wetsuit, but it should be streamlined and slimming. Look for a “tailored fit” or “slim fit” label on the tag and pick up a threepack of V-neck undershirts if you’re prone to sweating.

Rounding out your wedding wardrobe, stick to simple, round-toed, brown or black oxford shoes; keep your tie dark; and match your belt with your shoes.

The general rule of thumb with socks is to match them with your slacks, but you can also get a little crazier here with colorful stripes or a print. Don’t forget to buy long socks. Your skin should never show beneath your pant legs, standing or sitting.

Finally, put a white cotton or linen pocket square in the left-front chest pocket of your jacket to finish off your classic, summer-wedding-ready outfit.

To summarize: Keep your summer wedding wardrobe classic, well-fitting and streamlined, and even if you do stumble on the dance floor or snooze through the vows, at least you’ll always look sharp doing it.

— Vaughn Scribner can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

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Vacation goes old-school

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n 1986, my parents took the four of us kids on a cross-country adventure.

For three magical weeks, we traveled to and from California in our brand-new GMC Safari minivan, taking in the Rockies, the Grand Canyon, the Pacific Ocean and Disneyland.

At almost 15 years old, though, it wasn’t the inevitable sharing of a backseat with my siblings for three weeks that concerned me. It was being cut off from my girlfriends for three phoneless, sleepover-less, mall-less weeks that led me to question my internal strength as the trip neared.

It wasn’t easy, but I persevered.

And to show for it, my brothers and sister and I have three solid weeks of memories (including those of our family’s only international vacation, an afternoon in Tijuana) that no amount of giggling on the phone with my BFF could have replaced.

It is in this spirit of family memorymaking that I decided we would institute a no-phone rule for our summer vacation.

My daughters treat their phones like appendages. Not a single text or any Facebook notification is ever sent in vain, as these girls are on it like a spray tan on Snooki. They may not respond to verbal questions, like “Could you please empty the dishwasher?”, but they reply immediately to text messages, like “S’up?”

They have listened in horror as I have relayed stories from my youth of summer camps without cellphones, road trips without email access and a high school without Twitter. They cannot understand how people communicated when the only tool for doing so involved rotary dialing and a cord long enough to reach a closet.

How my husband ever married me without first “friending” me is beyond their comprehension.

Knowing the resistance — strong yet fu-

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tile — I meet when I collect the phones before family outings or weekends at the grandparents’, I dreaded dropping this decision on them and decided to wait until the whole family was together in public at a restaurant where I knew they would not make a scene.

“Kids,” I started, “we are going to kick it 1986-style for our trip to the beach.”

“WHAT?!” our youngest daughter cried out, “We’re going to DRIVE?!”

“We had planes in 1986,” my husband assured the 9-year-old. Planes, yes; patdowns, no.

“No, we’re not driving,” I continued, “but we are going to do this trip without cellphones. You can play with them on the plane, but once we land, you’re handing them over.”

“That’s fine,” someone at our table stated. “I’d rather look at the beach.”

I did a double-take, shocked to find those words came out of our oldest daughter’s face. Ellie, whose right thumb can type faster than most college graduates can on a keyboard, was in agreement.

Maybe she is plotting a high-tech game of “Chicken,” or maybe she wants to experience the good-old-days before Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg controlled us. Either way, we are going off the grid.

— Julie Dunlap can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

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Typically the problem can be solved by simply tightening the small handle screw located near the base of the knob. If the screw is lost or too worn to function properly, replacing it will usually solve the problem.

Unfortunately, the thread size on original handle screws is now obsolete. With a little luck, a No. 8 or a No. 10 oval head machine screw or a similar-sized set screw can be made to work.

Step 1: If the handle screw is still in place on the problematic knob, loosen the screw until the knob turns freely on the spindle.

Step 2: Hold the opposing doorknob on the other side of the door with one hand and turn the problematic knob counter clockwise to unscrew it from the spindle.

Step 3: Once the knob has been removed, pull the remaining knob and spindle out from the door.

Step 4: Take the knobs and spindle to your local hardware store to find the best replacement screw option. If an exact match cannot be located, choose a screw

that fits into the knob hole but does not quite thread into the spindle. An 8-32 or 10-24 oval head screw will usually do the trick.

Step 5: Once a screw has been chosen, use a thread tap and handle or a threadcutting screw to retap the spindle threads to match the new screw thread size. Insert the cutting end of the tap into the spindle hole and turn the tap slowly, clockwise, down into the hole. It is best to tap the hole all the way through the spindle, and then carefully back the tap back out of the hole, leaving the new threads intact.

A less expensive option for cutting new threads into the spindle is to use a thread cutting screw and turn it down and through the spindle instead.

Step 6: Once the threads have been cut, insert the opposing knob, with the spindle attached, into the door and thread the problematic knob back onto the open spindle end. Align the handle hole with the newly tapped spindle hole, insert the new screw and hand tighten it until the knob is secure and the door handle set is functional once again. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Linda Cottin can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

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Living comfortably when you’re on the road FAMILY FEATURES

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aking life comfortable while on the road starts with finding ways to keep your real-life routines rolling. Use the following tips for making life on the road feel more like home: DO LIKE THE LOCALS DO Find a local farmers market and buy some snacks. Even just having a freshly-baked baguette or some fresh yogurt to snack on in your room can make you feel more cozy and at home.

GET EXERCISE Ironically, travel can be sedentary, so look for hotels with 24-hour gyms or spacious suites, which provide the perfect setup to work out with your favorite DVD. Keeping your workout consistent will help keep you energized throughout the day.

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SIP AND ENJOY Find a hotel with an in-room coffee/tea maker so you can enjoy your favorite tea bags or coffee grounds while getting ready for your day.

SAVE MORE, PLAY MORE Staying at an upscale extendedstay hotel allows you to enjoy the amenities and services you need, all

under one roof. Consider cooking dinner in your suite’s fully-equipped kitchen, or use the in-room coffee maker for your morning cup o’ joe.

And take advantage of the complimentary hot breakfast, free Wi-Fi and the 24-hour fitness center. Saving in these areas allows you to watch your wallet or splurge on something special during your trip, like a concert or a museum visit.

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