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Christmas: A time for ugly sweaters

By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

ONLINE: Check out a photo gallery of ugly Christmas sweaters at LJWorld.com

For 11 months during the year, they sit neglected and unwanted in closets and on the shelves of secondhand stores.

But come December, those tacky holiday sweaters — featuring garish reindeer, snowmen, Santa and Christmas trees — are all the rage. There are websites, such as uglysweaters.com, and books, such as “Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Book: The Definitive Guide to Getting Your Ugly On,” dedicated to the phenomenon.

“We can’t hardly keep a sweater,” said Dave Blackburn, store manager at the Salvation Army Thrift Shop, 1601 W. 23rd St. Blackburn thumbs through the now sparse men’s sweater section that’s been picked through heavily the last few weeks. He said that on a given weeknight, dozens of college students comb the racks, looking for the perfect sweater for any assortment of holiday sweater parties.

“Parties seem to be really big this year,” he said.

The demand for tacky Christmas sweaters has increased the past six or seven years, said Corey Sievers, store manager at Arizona Trading Co., 736 Mass.

And it’s growing.

“I’ve burned through more this year than I have ever before,” said Sievers, who stocks up on the sweaters year-round. He estimates that about 200 sweaters have come in and out of his store this season.

It’s pretty slim pickings at his store as well. Sievers shows off what’s left: a snowman mock turtle neck and a couple of generic, but nonetheless tacky, sweaters.

But even the bottom of the barrel will get snatched up, Sievers predicted.

“We always sell every last, single one,” he said.

Sievers’ advice for getting that perfectly ugly sweater? Start early.

Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo Illustration “Keep your eyes open all year,” he COME DECEMBER, THOSE TACKY HOLIDAY SWEATERS — featuring garish reindeer, snowmen, Santa and said. “If you see a good one, nab it.”

Christmas trees — are all the rage to wear at Christmas parties. The demand for tacky Christmas sweaters has increased the past six or seven years, said Corey Sievers, store manager at Arizona Trading Co., 736 — Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 832-7173.

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Holidays a good time to check on aging parents “

By Christine Metz

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Each year agencies that reach out to seniors see a bump in phone calls around the holidays as children checking in on mom and dad sense something is amiss.

This time of year provides a great chance to assess how aging parents are fairing, said Judy Bellome, executive director for Douglas County Visiting Nurses, Rehabilitation and Hospice Care.

They receive calls almost daily from concerned adult children.

Douglas County Senior Services also sees an uptick in calls during the holidays. The key is being observant when visiting parents. For some, it’s almost a role reversal and a task that takes some adjusting, said Janet Ikenberry, community services program manager.

“I think the thing to do is talking to them about what is going on with them and what the changes are,” Ikenberry said.

And be prepared to see changes in aging parents.

it might be a sign that they have stopped taking the medications.

And make sure mom and dad aren’t sharing medications, which can be dangerous.

Adult children might also want to have their parents book their annual physical while they are — Kelly Evans, Trinity In-Home Care execu- home. At the very least, Bellome said, make sure the senior has tive director been to the doctor in the past year. If not, help them book an a day and is based on the senior’s appointment. And, if needed, a ability to pay. Bellome said one of ride can be provided by Douglas the main benefits of the program County Senior Services. is having someone checking in on How’s the day-to-day life? the senior daily.

When visiting aging parents, “It cuts down on preparation and cleanup, and you know some- the grown children should look one is going to be there to give it at how their parents are getting around the house, if they are to them,” she said. picking up the mail daily, bathWhat medications are they on? ing, doing the laundry, keeping A visit home is a good chance up with yard work and paying the to review what medications your bills, Norman said. If these tasks parents are using and to make are difficult, the children might sure the drug interactions aren’t want to consider bringing in outproducing any troubling side ef- side help. fects. Also, check to see if the Please see PARENTS, page 2A medications are expired. If so,

It’s important to remember that realizing a need for support in a few areas usu“If it’s been a while since your ally doesn’t mean drastic lifelast visit, the potential for change in your parents is there. Be aware style changes are needed.” of that possibility,” Sarah Norman, Project LIVELY care manager for the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, wrote in an email.

Are they eating?

One of the first places children should look is the refrigerator.

Check to see if the refrigerator is empty or if the food in it is moldy or expired. Also ask what they are eating to get a sense of if they are eating cereal and soup for every meal or if they are making food and saving the leftovers.

If you are concerned about the aging parent’s eating habitat, looking into using Meals on Wheels. The service, which is on a sliding fee scale and operates through the Douglas County Senior Services, provides one meal

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Democrats unveil jobs, gambling proposal

By John Milburn

Associated Press

TOPEKA — Democratic leaders on Tuesday proposed modifying Kansas’ 2007 gambling laws to help expand state programs to train unemployed workers, repair infrastructure and help small business.

Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, of Topeka, and House Minority Leader Paul Davis, of Lawrence, said Davis the state could create new jobs by changing existing gambling laws to encourage development of a southeastern Kansas casino and slot machines at three race tracks.

Called Kansas Jobs First, the 14-bill package looks to retrain workers Hensley who need new skills. It also would share some gambling money with cities and counties for local infrastructure projects. The package would cost the state $11.1 million in fiscal year 2013 beginning July 1, 2012.

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More seasonal travelers hitting the road than in past years

By Christine Metz cmetz@ljworld.com

Lower gas prices and clear skies should make it easier for folks to hit the road this holiday season.

More than 91.9 million Americans plan to travel throughout the 11 days that encompass the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, according to AAA. That’s a 1.4 percent increase from last year.

While more people are traveling by car, which has seen a 2.1 percent increase, those choosing to fly has decreased by 9.7 percent from last year.

The drop is attributed to a jump in the price of airplane tickets, which has increased by about 21 percent from last year.

“There is no question consumers remain challenged,” said Jim Hanni, AAA executive vice president for public and government affairs.

The shift from plane to car is especially true in the Midwest, Hanni said.

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DEATHS James Ray Moore Funeral services for James Ray Moore, 77, Lawrence will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, December 22, 2011 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Lawrence. Burial will be at Maple Grove Cemetery in Dodge City, KS. He died December 16, 2011 at home.

James was born on December 30, 1933 in Dodge City, KS the son of Glenn and Alta Marie (Beals) Moore.

He grew up on the family wheat farm in Gray County, KS. He attended schools in Montezuma, KS, graduating from Montezuma High School in 1951. He then attended Kansas State University and The University of Kansas where he received his B.S. in Business Accounting in 1963 and his M.S. in Accounting in 1964. He went on to receive his J.D. in Law in 1967.

He began his professional career with the international public accounting firm of Arthur Young & Company (predecessor of Ernst & Young) in their offices in

New York, Kansas City and in Honolulu where he held the position of Director of Taxes.

He also served as Director of Taxes for Dillingham Corporation, a multi-national conglomerate at their corporate offices in Honolulu.

He was a CPA and an attorney at the Douglas County appraiser’s office for 17 years before retiring at the end of 2009.

He had certified Public Accountant certificates in Kansas and Hawai’i and was admitted to the Kansas and Federal bars.

He was an active member of the Lawrence Second Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Survivors include two nieces, Carol L. Anderson, Roseville, CA, Susan M. Pueschel, Kamuela Hawai’i,; and two nephews, Steven R. McCullough, Bonner Springs, KS, and Darrel D. McCullough, Littleton, CO. He was preceded in death by one sister, Betty Conard, June 2002.

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

HUFF SERVICES Funeral services for James Z. Huff, 85, Lawrence, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Additional services will be held in Albany, Ky., at a later date with burial at Irwin Cemetery in Clinton County, Ky. He died Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born Dec. 5, 1926, in Clinton County, the son of Robert A. and Oza May Keeton Huff.

Mr. Huff was a printing pressman for 27 years with the Kansas University Printing Service and retired in 1989. He served in the Army during World War II in the Military Police Corps.

For many years, he was a member of the International Organization of Odd Fellows (IOOF) and was a past Grand Master. He also volunteered for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and was an avid fan of KU basketball.

He married Phyllis M. Sna-

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“There’s no more important issue, we believe, for the Legislature to spend its time than the issue of creating jobs for the people of Kansas,” Hensley said. “Families are still struggling to keep a roof over their head, to pay for their child’s doctor bills, to keep their gas tank full. Kansas workers are still hurting.”

The state Department of Labor said Tuesday that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Kansas was 6.5 percent in November, down from 6.7 percent in October. More than 91,000 were residents out of work.

Kansas allows for four state-owned casinos under the 2007 law, which also authorized slot machines at three dog racing tracks. One casino is open in Dodge City and another, the Kansas Star, opens the day after Christ-

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much more by car as opposed to air,” he said.

Gas prices have dropped by about 10 cents since Thanksgiving and by more than 50 cents in the last six months.

In Lawrence, the average price at the start of the week was $3.04 a gallon. In Topeka, it’s $3.00. Current prices are still 20 cents higher than what they were this time a year ago.

In the long term, Hanni said, economic reports show the demand for gasoline is declining while inventories are substantial.

Even with lower gas prices, 4 out of 10 people AAA surveyed said they were cutting back on their holiday travel plans.

Hanni said AAA has noticed a trend of those with the lowest income becoming less likely to travel.

Last year, those with a $50,000 household income

vely on April 10, 1956, in Fayetteville, Ark. She preceded him in death March 18, 2003.

Survivors include his Huff daughter, Jannette Lee (Jan) and husband James H. Soper, Lenexa; a sister, Anna Sue Smith, Albany, Ky.; and many nieces, nephews and extended family.

The family will greet friends from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

The family suggests memorials to Midwest Ear Institute or to LMH Endowment Association for the Kreider Rehabilitation Facility, sent CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A in care of the mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.

Also ask if parents if they Online condolences may are still attending the social be sent at warrenmcelwain. functions that they enjoy, com. such as civic groups, church activities and clubs. If they aren’t, ask why, Ikenberry said.

Also check in with the ATRICK ILLIAM HALEN neighbors to see how they are getting around.

Memorial services for If they aren’t leaving the He was a Patrick William Whalen, house, it can be a sign of member of 63, Lawrence, will be at 11 depression. Seniors can bePlymouth a.m. Friday at Plymouth come depressed after losing a CongreCongregational Church in spouse, best friend or neighgational Lawrence. Private family bor.

Church, the burial will be held before the “Depression in seniors Senior Execumemorial service at Oak Hill is quite common,” Bellome tive Service Cemetery in Lawrence. and Alvamar said.

Whalen Mr. Whalen died Monday, Country Club.

Dec. 19, 2011, at Lawrence He married Glenda Elliott Assess if there is a Memorial Hospital. on Oct. 19, 1973. She survives, problem Don’t be alarmed by one He was born April 14, 1948, of the home. moment of forgetfulness or in Ottumwa, Iowa, the son Other survivors include a by a messy house if a parent of John and Marian O’Meara daughter, Amy Risley, Lawhas always been a less-thanWhalen. rence; a son, Mark Snedker, Mr. Whalen served in the Denver; three grandchildren, stellar housekeeper.

But if there are a series of U.S. Air Force during the Joseph, Mari and Alex Risforgetful moments, grown Vietnam War. He earned a ley; and a sister, Mary Kaye children might be conbachelor’s degree in criminal Whalen, Washington, Ill. justice from LaVerne UniverHe was preceded in death cerned.

“It’s not one single thing, sity in LaVerne, Calif., and by a brother, Michael. it’s a pattern,” Bellome said. a master’s degree in public The family will greet If safety is a concern, Noradministration from Golden friends following the memoman said, then adult chilGate University, San Franrial service. dren might want to consider cisco.

The family suggests meMr. Whalen was a warden morials to LMH Endowment home services or alternative living situations. If the for the U.S. Department of Association or to Kansas Justice at many locations Kids in Crisis, sent in care of aging parent is still able to perform complicated tasks, around the United States.

June DeWeese, P.O. Box 369, such as balancing a checkMore recently, he was Abilene, KS 67410. book or driving, then they co-founder and owner of Online condolences may might just need extra help Resolution Services LLC, a be sent at warrenmcelwain. around the home. consulting firm in Lawrence com.

The fixes don’t have to with his daughter, Amy. be life-altering, Trinity InHome Care executive direc-

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Depending on what electronic device you have, the Kansas Department of Transportation has several avenues for motorists to keep tabs on roadway conditions.

For those with computers, go online to kandrive. org. There drivers can view a map that is connected to live motion camera views along Interstate 70 from Goodland to west of Topeka. Cameras are also set up along other major roads in the state. Just click on the camera icon to view the roadway. made up 40 percent of travelers; this year, it’s 37 percent.

“It’s a sign of the economy,” Hanni said.

Meanwhile, snow could still fall before Christmas, said Matt Anderson, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

A weather system is expected to dive down from the northern plains on Thursday night and into Friday.

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tor Kelly Evans said. Finding regular transportation, meals and companionship may be all that is needed.

“It’s important to remember that realizing a need for support in a few areas usually doesn’t mean drastic lifestyle changes are needed,” Evans said.

Plan what to say Be sure to discuss concerns with your parents and to collaboratively seek out a solution so the decision doesn’t go against the older adult’s wishes, Norman said.

“The dialogue will go better that way,” Norman said.

Bellome recommends holding a meeting or conference call with siblings or other family members to get their perspective before talking to the parents. It’s also a good time to talk about other uncomfortable topics like end-of-life wishes and power of attorney on health care decisions.

If you want to help pay for in-home services, such as someone to cook meals or clean, Bellome advises not to talk about the cost in front of aging parents. And, it also works best to tell them directly that you’ve decided to bring in some help.

“It can be demoralizing. In most cases, they don’t want to be a burden,” Bellome said.

She reminded adult children to try to imagine how they would want to be treated if they were in a similar situation because some day they very well could be.

— Reporter Christine Metz can be reached at 832-6352.

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the coming session to move our great state forward,” Brownback said Tuesday.

“Our focus is on the full agenda already proposed with KPERS reform, pro-growth tax policy, Medicaid reform, school finance and water conservation.”

Republicans have argued that the state should not rely on gambling revenue to pay its bills and have been reluctant to reopen debate on modifying the law to help southeastern Kansas or the race tracks. Davis said the state should have revisited the issue in 2009 and 2010 when it was trying to close budget gaps caused by the Great Recession.

In 2014 the package would generate $5.4 million for the state primarily through new revenue from the racetracks, Democrats said. That amount increases to $15.4 million in 2015 when a new casino would likely open in the southeastern zone, either in Cherokee or Crawford counties.

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mas. A third will open in early 2012 in Wyandotte County.

Democrats want to spur development of the fourth zone in southeastern Kansas by lowering the current $200 million investment threshold to $100 million to encourage investors. In addition, Democrats would modify the percentage of revenues that racetrack owners would collect to encourage them to reopen closed facilities.

Democrats would like to use a portion of the gambling revenue to address a backlog of maintenance projects at Kansas universities. The repairs to buildings and other infrastructure are estimated to be close to $900 million, Hensley said.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback said legislators would be busy enough this session without reopening the often thorny issue of gambling.

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By phone, travelers can access information by calling 511 in Kansas or 1-866-511KDOT from anywhere in the U.S. The hotline provides information on road conditions, work zones and weather. for a brief shot of light snow,” Anderson said.

Anderson doesn’t expect snow accumulation to be more than an inch or two, so it shouldn’t have any major bearing on travel plans. For Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after Christmas, the forecast calls for clear and sunny skies with highs in the upper 30s and low 40s.

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1 | CAIRO

Women protest army in fury over abuse About 10,000 women marched through central Cairo demanding Egypt’s ruling military step down Tuesday in an unprecedented show of outrage over soldiers who dragged women by the hair and stomped on them, and stripped one half-naked in the street during a fierce crackdown on activists the past week.

The dramatic protest, which grew as the women marched from Tahrir Square through downtown, was fueled by the widely circulated images of abuses of women. Many of the marchers touted the photo of the young woman whose clothes were partially pulled off by troops, baring her down to her blue bra, as she struggled on the ground.

Even before the protest was over, the military council issued an unusually strong statement of regret for what it called “violations” against women — a quick turnaround after days of dismissing the significance of the abuse.

2 | WASHINGTON, D.C.

Details of lab-made bird flu kept quiet The U.S. government paid scientists to figure out how the deadly bird flu virus might mutate to become a bigger threat to people — and two labs succeeded in creating new strains that are easier to spread.

On Tuesday, federal officials took the unprecedented step of asking those scientists not to publicize all the details of how they did it.

The worry: That this research with lots of potential to help the public might also be hijacked by would-be bioterrorists. The labs found that it appears easier than scientists had thought for the so-called H5N1 bird flu to evolve in a way that lets it spread easily between at least some mammals.

The scary-sounding viruses are locked in high-security labs as researchers at the Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands and the University of Wisconsin-Madison prepare to publish their findings in leading scientific journals.

But biosecurity advisers to the government recommended that the journals Science and Nature publish only the general discoveries, not the full blueprint for these man-made strains. Tuesday, the government announced that it agreed and made the request.

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5 dead after plane crashes on highway

Westar aims to prevent outages with tree-trimming program ‘More proactive approach’ will hit parts of city every 4 years instead of 8 to 10

By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

Crews of Westar-hired treetrimmers are back in force in Lawrence, and they’re growing in number faster than a wellwatered willow.

Westar Energy officials have more than doubled the number of tree-trimming crews in the city as part of a new fouryear program to trim trees along 870 miles of electrical lines in the city, the company said Tuesday. Property owners who live near power lines should expect a Westar-hired crew to be along every four years, rather than the more standard time interval of every 8 to 10 years.

“This program will take a more proactive approach,” said Jeff Martin, director of reliability for Westar Energy.

“Lawrence does have a lot of tree-related issues.”

Westar will divide the city into four areas, with dividing lines along Iowa Street and 15th Street. Crews currently Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo are in the southeast area of the city, including along 23rd WORKERS WITH WRIGHT TREE SERVICE DEAL WITH RAIN AND Street and soon will be moving TRAFFIC as they trim trees near the intersection of 23rd and into areas along 19th Street.

Massachusetts streets Monday. Westar has contracted with Westar estimates that it Wright to trim back trees near power lines in the city. will take the approximately 10 crews assigned to the proWestar estimates that 16 better visually inspect all powgram a year to go through each percent of all power outages er lines. quadrant. Next in Lawrence “This is really about trying year, Westar are directly re- to stop outages before they This is really about expects crews lated to issues happen,” said Chad Luce, manto be in the trying to stop outages with trees near ager of customer and commusouthwest area before they happen.” power lines. nity relations for Westar. of the city, then After the proBut the tree-trimming in the northwest gram is fully past years has created concern area, and the — Chad Luce, manager of customer implemented, from property owners who diffour-year cycle and community relations for Westar Westar ex- fer with Westar’s assessment will end in the Energy pects the num- of how much a tree needs to be northeast secber of power trimmed or whether it must be tion of Lawrence. outages will taken down entirely. Westar The program then will start all decline by 30 percent, in part Please see TREE, page 4A over again. because crews will be able to

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Some major roadways reopen as storm weakens

By John Hanna Associated Press

TOPEKA — A deadly storm that halted travel throughout the Great Plains weakened Tuesday as it headed east into Missouri and toward the Great Lakes, and officials reopened interstates in areas where motorists had been forced to adjust holiday plans mid-trip.

Authorities still were reporting snow drifts of up to 10 feet high in southeast Colorado, and Texas officials warned drivers to stay off the road in the Panhandle so crews would have a clear path to remove ice and snow. Major highways in the western half of the Oklahoma Panhandle remained closed.

Still, officials reopened Interstate 40 in the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico, and portions of Interstate 70 in western Kansas that had been closed. New Mexico reopened a closed section of Interstate 25, the main highway from Santa Fe to the Colorado line after crews cleared drifts as high as 5 feet.

The storm dumped as much as 15 inches of snow as it hit parts of five states.

A small plane heading for Georgia spiraled out of control and crashed Tuesday morning on a major New York-area highway, hitting a wooded median and scattering wreckage across the road. All five people aboard, including two investment bankers, were killed, but no one on the ground was injured.

The pilot had discussed icy conditions with controllers just before the plane went down, but investigators were unsure what role, if any, icing played in the crash.

The New York investment banking firm Greenhill & Co. said two of its managing directors, Jeffrey Buckalew, 45, and Rakesh Chawla, 36, as well as Buckalew’s wife and two children, were on the plane, which crashed on Interstate 287. Buckalew was the registered owner of the single-engine plane and had a pilot’s license.

Wreckage was scattered over at least a half-mile, with a section found lodged in a tree of a home about a quarter-mile away, near a highway entrance ramp.

Holiday shopping sales up this year, retailers report

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By Christine Metz

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CNN host denies phone hacking claims

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A tense and sometimes hostile Piers Morgan has refused to disclose details about the most damning link between himself and Britain’s phone hacking scandal — his acknowledgment that he once listened to a phone message left by Paul McCartney for his then-wife Heather Mills.

The CNN celebrity interviewer, testifying through a video link from the U.S., clashed repeatedly Tuesday with the U.K. panel investigating media ethics, insisting he never took part in the illegal phone hacking that has led to the closure of a Sunday tabloid he once edited and the arrests of friends and former colleagues.

The stakes were high for Morgan. More than a dozen journalists have been arrested, senior executives with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. media empire have lost their jobs, and top U.K. police officers have resigned over their failure to tackle the phone hacking scandal.

His testimony was given under oath, and Morgan could be subject to criminal proceedings if he is found to have violated any British laws.

“Hallelujah” is Linda Lester’s response to this holiday shopping season.

Sales are up at Lester’s store, The Etc. Shop, 928 Mass. That’s good news for the 31-year-old downtown Lawrence business that has weathered all kinds of economic cycles.

“We are doing well with Christmas,” Lester said. “And we still have a few days.”

The Etc. Shop is one of many stores in Lawrence and across the country that are reporting stronger sales over last holiday season.

The National Retail Federation expects holiday sales to rise 3.8 percent this year, which would bring in a record $469.1 billion. In the trade organization’s forecast,

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NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay noted that retailers are “cautiously optimistic” that this holiday season will turn out better than expected.

The Toy Store, 936 Mass., has been busy since Black Friday, co-manager Jhami Guffey said.

And things have picked up in the past week and a half.

The store’s most popular items have been the Perplexus and Perplexus Epic, which are 3-D puzzle mazes. They’ve sold out of the Perplexus Epic.

“People are trying to shop local, and we’ve been trying to do a good job the entire year by proving we can help them,” Guffey said.

Joe Flannery, president of Weaver’s Department Store, said there was a bit of a lull after Black Friday and Cyber Mon-

day, but since then things have picked back up.

“Last year was good, and this year is on par with that,” Flannery said.

Popular items at Weaver’s are women’s scarves and gloves, sweaters, kitchen items and fragrances.

“Most of them are practical items. We see that people are buying things they know people really need,” Flannery said.

Even though the year has been a good one, shopping trends aren’t pointing to a fully recovered economy.

“We aren’t back by any means,” Flannery said.

As for the national chain stores along South Iowa Street, sales at Target are up compared with last year, said Jennifer Ridenhour, an executive team

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leader for the store. The hot items are MP3 players, e-readers and portable DVD players.

There also has been an upswing in the number of toys purchased compared with last year.

Last weekend, sales were given a boost by a promotion that gave anyone who spent more than $75 a $10 gift card.

“It’s been a really great year for us,” Ridenhour said.

Stores aren’t the only ones seeing a boost in traffic. The downtown Lawrence post office is reporting an increase in packages, a number that has steadily grown in the past few years.

“We are seeing a lot of online purchases,” supervisor Becky Condiff said.

— Reporter Christine Metz can be reached at 832-6352.

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BRIEFLY Woman pleads no contest to stealing A 45-year-old Lawrence woman pleaded no contest Tuesday to stealing money from her former employer, a Lawrence rental company.

Jeannie M. Faulconer entered the pleas to two counts of forgery and two counts of theft, all felonies, and Douglas County prosecutors agreed to dismiss 10 other charges she faced.

Chief assistant district attorney David Melton said prosecutors had evidence Faulconer forged the signature of another employee at Miller & Midyett Rentals twice in January 2009 and made out two $1,000 checks in her husband’s name.

Prosecutors charged Faulconer in July with 14 total counts of forgery and theft, alleging she stole money from January to April 2009.

She was charged after an investigation into a police report from Larry Midyett, an owner of Miller & Midyett, alleging 30 business checks totaling $33,455 were embezzled between December 2008 and April 2009.

Faulconer’s attorney, Andrew Bolton, said his client

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At least 40 people were stranded at the Longhorn Motel on Main Street in Boise City, Okla., where manager Pedro Segovia said blowing snow had created drifts 2- and 3-feet high and closed the main road.

“Some people cannot even get out of their houses. There is too much snow,” Segovia said. “It was blowing. We’ve got big piles. It’s real bad.”

Receptionist MaKenzee Grove sympathized with the 50 or so people stranded at the hotel where she works in Guymon, about 60 miles east of Boise City. She too spent Monday night there.

“I have this rinky-dink car that does not do well in this,” Grove said. “If we wouldn’t have had the wind, it wouldn’t have been as bad.

The winds ... made the drifts really bad.”

In Kansas, schools in Manhattan canceled classes Tuesday, anticipating several inches of snow. The National Weather Service reported later that 3 inches or less fell.

To the east, a cold rain pelted the Topeka area, turned into a mix of light sleet and snow without much accumulation and tapered off. Forecasters said the storm became less potent as it moved northeast toward the Great Lakes.

Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ben Gardner said the patrol dealt with dozens

would pay restitution, but no amount has been determined.

Attorneys expect Faulconer to qualify for probation, based on her criminal history.

Faulconer’s sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 3.

Ex-Kansas SRS chief hired by Florida

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has broad powers to remove trees — even trees in city parks and others owned by the city — if the trees are in a utility easement.

Luce said Westar subscribes to best practices for tree-trimming and has won recognition within the utility industry for its tree management program. Westar officials are hoping that the more frequent pruning will mean less severe trimming in the future.

Westar also plans to notify property owners along power lines at least two weeks in advance of tree-trimming crews entering their neighborhoods. Westar plans to

TOPEKA (AP) — The former Kansas secretary of Social and Rehabilitation Services has a new job in Florida.

Rob Siedlecki was chief of staff for the Florida Department of Health before his appointment last January to the top social services job in Kansas. He announced his resignation last Thursday.

The Florida Department of Children and Family Services said Tuesday that Siedlecki has been hired as assistant secretary for substance abuse and mental health programs.

He begins the new job Jan. 5.

In Kansas, Siedlecki ran an City seeks proposals agency with more than 5,000 on Sixth St. turn lane employees and budget of $1.7 billion. He frequently ran into A $900,000 project to add opposition from legislators a left-turn lane on Sixth Street who questioned his managewhere it intersects with Iowa ment style, motives and knowlStreet is moving forward. edge of SRS. Lawrence city commissioners at their Tuesday evening meeting unanimously agreed to seek proposals from engineers to KANSAS HIGHWAYS design the project, which would add a turn lane for westbound Most of the major highways motorists on Sixth Street. in southwestern Kansas have The city originally had apreopened after a winter storm plied for a state grant to fund closed them temporarily. much of the project, but the The Kansas Department city did not win the grant. City of Transportation says U.S. engineers, though, recomHighways 50, 54 and 83 all mended that the city proceed were open to traffic again by with the project anyway. The Tuesday afternoon. turn lane is expected to reduce But KDOT cautions that the number of accidents at the even as road conditions imintersection and cut down the prove, drivers should continue wait time to make a left turn being careful on bridges and by about a minute. overpasses that could remain Design work on the project slick. will begin in 2012. ConstrucThe agency said only a tion is expected in the summer few miles of U.S. 160 and of 2013.

Kansas 4 in southwestern and west-central Kansas were still closed Tuesday afternoon.

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -W ORLD hang informational packets on the doors of properties that will be affected, and they also will contact neighborhood associations and offer to host informational meetings before cutting begins.

Lawrence is the second city in the state where Westar has implemented the more frequent tree-trimming program. The company started the program in Wichita last year.

The program aims to trim trees along every power line in the city, except for service lines that run directly from a pole to an individual’s home.

Keeping trees clear from those lines continues to be the responsibility of property owners.

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of accidents in which motorists slid off highways Tuesday morning.

“We had ice-covered roads, covered by snow packed on top,” he said.

The late-autumn snowstorm lumbered into the region Monday, turning roads to ice and reducing visibility to zero. Many of the areas hit Monday had enjoyed relatively balmy 60-degree temperatures just 24 hours earlier.

The storm was blamed for at least six deaths Monday, authorities said. Four people were killed when their vehicle collided with a pickup truck in part of eastern New Mexico where blizzard-like conditions are rare, and a prison guard and inmate died when a prison van crashed on an icy road in eastern Colorado.

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Commissioners OK list to send to lawmakers

Commissioners unanimously approved a list of legislative priorities to present to area lawmakers.

The list included support for completing the South Lawrence Trafficway, designating Kansas Highway 10 as a safety corridor and national law that would charge sales taxes on purchases made over the Internet.

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• A 23-year-old Lawrence woman reported her 2000 Jeep Cherokee stolen from the 1900 block of Learnard Avenue on Monday. She valued the car at $7,500.

• A 37-year-old Lawrence man reported $9,700 worth of construction equipment stolen

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• A 53-year-old Prairie Village man reported $1,000 worth of damage to the windows of a house in the 1400 block of Tennessee Street on Monday.

• A 31-year-old Lawrence man reported his 1995 Honda Accord stolen from the 400 block of North Street on Monday. He valued the car at $3,000.

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Basehor residents will vote in February on whether to remove up to half of the city’s elected officials from office.

Leavenworth County will schedule a recall election on Feb. 28 for Basehor Mayor

By Alex Garrison Terry Hill, City Council PresRead more responses and add ident Dennis Mertz and City your thoughts at LJWorld.com Council member Iris Dysart, County Clerk Janet Klasinski What do you think was said Tuesday.

Residents earlier this the biggest news story month handed in petitions of the year? for the recalls of all three ofAsked on Massachusetts Street ficials, Klasinski said, and the county determined that all three had enough valid signatures to prompt an election.

Klasinski said each petition contained more than enough signatures to proceed, but the county had not counted the total number of valid signatures each one had after it had been determined that the number was sufficient.

The petition for Hill’s recall required 190 signatures from registered Basehor voters, while the petition for Mertz required 124 and Dysart’s reLisa Greenwood, quired 193. teacher, The petition packets Lawrence turned in to the county, which “All the natural disasters — were provided to the Basehor from the tornado in Joplin to the earthquake in Japan.”

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Sentinel, contained about 360 signatures on the petition to recall Hill and about 250 signatures on the petitions for Mertz and Dysart.

The petitions to recall Mertz and Dysart are sponsored by the same threeperson committee of Basehor residents, while the effort to recall Hill is led by a different three-person committee.

Petitioners accused Mertz and Dysart of violating state open-meetings laws in deciding to fire former city administrator Mark Loughry in September, a charge both have denied.

The group seeking to recall Hill accused the mayor of misuse of public funds connected to purchases of a scanner and coffee pot with city funds, as well as health benefits and a severance payment given to Loughry. Hill has also denied any wrongdoing, saying that the purchases in question were for his office at Basehor City Hall and that his actions regarding Loughry were authorized by the former administrator’s contract and the City Council.

Basehor is governed by the mayor and a five-person City Council.

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Cathy Knight, vice president at Kindred Healthcare, Lawrence “The end of the war in Iraq.”

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A 38-year-old Overland Park man has pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery in connection with a July domestic incident in Lawrence.

Douglas County prosecutors had accused Justin McDonald Largent with threatening the alleged victim with a handgun during the incident early on July 21 in the 700 block of Connecticut Street. Prosecutors charged him in September with two counts of aggravated battery, one count of making a criminal threat and one count of battery.

Largent had a trial scheduled to begin today, but according to court records, he pleaded guilty last week to the one count as prosecutors agreed to drop the three other charges.

District Judge Peggy Kittel is scheduled to sentence Largent 10:30 a.m. Jan. 27.

Wichita eases limits on concealed firearms WICHITA (AP) — The City Council in Wichita has lifted the ban on concealed firearms in more than 100 public buildings.

KAKE-TV reports the council voted 4-3 on party lines Tuesday for a city ordinance allowing citizens to carry concealed guns in 111 buildings, mostly parks and recreation facilities. The ordinance also applies to 19 fire stations, four public works facilities and six garages.

A Kansas law that legalized concealed carry allows each city to adopt its own ordinance.

According to KAKE, Wichita

originally banned concealed firearms in all 392 city-owned buildings.

Search continues for missing student OVERLAND PARK (AP) — Police in northeastern Kansas are continuing to follow up on tips as they search for a missing 19-year-old student.

Aisha Khan studies at Johnson County Community College. She called her sister Friday from the nearby Kansas University Edwards Campus saying she was running from a drunken stranger who harassed her while she studied outdoors.

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Staying out of the ring: Barely half of adults married

By Leanne Italie Associated Press

NEW YORK — As a 20-something, Erin Turner feels she made all the right moves dating wise. She graduated from college and spent three and a half years with a boyfriend before they moved in together.

Their cohabitation bliss lasted only eight months.

“We broke up because when you live with someone, everything comes to the surface,” said Turner, who remains single in Chicago as her 30th birthday approaches in March.

“You start to see how people handle confrontation, financial realities, challenges, the housework load. If we had been married, we would have been divorced, or fully on our way.”

While Turner hopes to marry one day, she’s not sweating it at the moment.

Her parents divorced when she was young, and she doesn’t want marriage badly enough to settle. She’d be sad if she never married, but she wouldn’t “implode.”

Heading into 2012, trend watchers note that barely half of all adults in the United States are married, and the median age at the time of a first marriage has never been higher: slightly more than 26 years old for women and nearly 29 for men.

In 1960, 72 percent of those 18 or older were married. The percentage fell to 57 percent in 2000, and today it’s just 51 percent, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of census data.

The share of marrieds could dip below half in a few years as single-person households, single parents and couples living together outside the bounds of legal marriage multiply. The number of new marriages in the U.S. fell 5 percent just from 2009 to 2010, a wrinkle that may or may not relate to the bad economy, Pew researcher D’Vera Cohn said.

The decline is spread among age groups but is most dramatic among Turner’s generation. Nearly three out of every five adults ages 18 to 29 were married in 1960, but now only one in five is.

Marriage also is on the decline in other developed countries, especially those in Europe, and the trend is starting to take root elsewhere around the globe.

Mayan region launches apocalypse countdown MEXICO CITY — Seize the day.

Only 52 weeks and a day are left before Dec. 21, 2012, when some believe the Maya predicted the end of the world.

Unlike enthusiasts of other doomsday theories who suggest putting together survival kits, southeastern Mexico, the heart of Maya territory, plans a yearlong celebration.

Mexico’s tourism agency expects to draw 52 million visitors by next year only to the regions of Chiapas, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Campeche. All of Mexico usually lures about 22 million foreigners in a year.

It’s selling the date, the Winter Solstice in the coming year, as a time of renewal. Many archeologists argue that the 2012 reference on a 1,300-year-old stone tablet only marks the end of a cycle in the Mayan calendar.

“The world will not end. It is an era,” said Yeanet Zaldo, a tourism spokeswoman for the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo, home to Cancun.

“For us, it is a message of hope.”

Cities and towns in the Mayan region today will start the yearlong countdown. In Chiapas the town of Tapachula on the Guatemalan border will start a countdown on an 8-foot digital clock in the main park exactly a year before the mysterious date.

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North Korea raises security, has troops on alert PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (AP) — North Korea has tightened internal security and put troops on alert since the announcement of leader Kim Jong Il’s death as it moves to consolidate power behind his young son and heir, South Korean intelligence indicated today.

Concerns over what will happen next in the unpredict-

able communist enclave — which has a 1.2-million troop military, advanced ballistic missiles and a nuclear weapons development program — have sharply raised tensions around northeast Asia.

But South Korean parliament member Kwon Young-se said Seoul’s National Intelligence Service believes the North is

now concentrating on consolidating Kim Jong Un’s power and the country has placed its troops on alert since Kim Jong Il’s death. North Korea on Monday announced Kim, 69, died of a massive heart attack.

Kwon said the NIS has told the parliamentary intelligence committee, which he chairs, that senior military officials

have pledged allegiance to Kim Jong Un, but police security has been tightened in major cities across the country. Officials in Seoul say they have not seen any unusual military troop movements.

Initial indications coming out of North Korea suggest the transition to Kim Jong Un was moving forward.

The young Kim, still in his twenties, led a procession of senior officials Tuesday in a viewing of Kim Jong Il’s body, which is being displayed in a glass coffin near that of Kim Il Sung.

Publicly presiding over the funeral proceedings was important for Kim’s son, strengthening his image as the country’s political face.

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Rise in home building signals turnaround

By Derek Kravitz Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The depressed housing market has held the economy back for four years. No longer.

Home construction has fiSusan Walsh/AP Photo nally begun a gradual comeHOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER OF OHIO, surrounded by his col- back and should add to the nation’s economic growth in 2011, leagues, speaks during a news a turning point in the recovery conference Tuesday on Capitol from the Great Recession.

Hill in Washington. The House The main reason appears Tuesday rejected a plan backed to be a positive consequence

by President Barack Obama to extend a 2 percentage point pay- of the weak economy: Apartments are being built almost roll tax cut for two months to twice as fast as two years ago. buy time for talks on a full-year Renting is the only option for renewal. many people who have lost their jobs, their homes or both.

Builders in November broke ground on homes —

House rejects 2-month payroll tax cut

By David Espo Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Congress lurched toward Grinchlike gridlock on Tuesday as the Republican-controlled House rejected a two-month extension of Social Security tax cuts that President Barack Obama said was “the only viable way” to prevent a drop in take-home pay for 160 million workers on Jan. 1.

“The clock is ticking; time is running out,” Obama said shortly after House voted 229193 to request negotiations with the Senate on renewing the payroll tax cuts for a year.

House Speaker John Boehner, told that Obama had sought his help, replied, “I need the president to help out.” His voice rose as he said it, and his words were cheered by dozens of Republicans lawmakers who have pushed him and the rest of the leadership to pursue a more confrontational strategy with Democrats and the White House in an already contentious year of divided government.

This time, it wasn’t a partial government shutdown or even an unprecedented Treasury default that was at stake, but the prospect that payroll taxes would rise and long-term unemployment benefits end for millions of jobless victims of the worst recession since the 1930s.

Yet another deadline has been entangled in the dispute, this one affecting seniors, but the administration announced it had finessed a way around it. Officials said paperwork for doctors who treat Medicare patients in the early days of the new year will not be processed until Jan. 18, giving lawmakers more time to avert a 27 percent cut in fees threatened for Jan. 1.

Whatever the stakes, there was little indication that Republicans would get their wish for negotiations with the Senate any time soon. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., issued a statement saying he would be happy to resume talks on a yearlong measure — “but not before” the House ratifies the two-month bill and sends it to Obama for his signature.

Given Obama’s remarks and Reid’s refusal to negotiate, it was unclear what leverage Republicans had in the year-end standoff. It appeared likely the partisan disagreement could easily persist past Christmas and into the last week of the year.

The standoff was sowing confusion in business, running out of days to adapt to any new payroll tax regimen. Even the Senate’s proposed two-month extension was creating headaches because it contained a two-tiered system geared to ensuring that higher-income earners paid a higher rate on some of their wages, according to a trade group.

Democrats pounced on Republicans for rejecting the Senate bill, emboldened by polls finding Obama’s approval rising and that of the congressional Republicans fading. They noted that several lawmakers whom Boehner appointed to negotiate a compromise had recently criticized an extension of payroll tax cuts.

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houses and apartments alike — at an annual rate of 685,000, the government said Tuesday.

That was a 9.3 percent jump from October and the fastest pace since April 2010.

The numbers show how far the housing industry has come and still has to go: Builders should start at least 600,000 homes this year. That’s up from 587,000 last year and 554,000 in 2009, the worst year on record. In a healthy market, economists say, about 1.2 million homes are started each year.

The pace of apartment construction has soared. About 175,000 will be started this year, also roughly half the number in a healthy economy. But it’s far more than the 97,000 apart-

ments begun in 2009.

Single-family home construction, which accounts for about 70 percent of the housing industry, has essentially stalled for three years. This year will probably turn out to be the worst in the half-century records have been kept.

Construction of single-family homes could reach 440,000.

That would be below last year’s 471,000. In a good economy, builders would break ground on about 840,000 homes.

New homes are 20 percent of the housing market but have an outsize economic impact.

Each home built creates an average of three jobs for a year and generates about $90,000 in taxes, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

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Loyal Jayhawk Dick Wintermote set the standard for supporting Kansas University and inspiring others to do the same.

K

ansas University lost one of its finest, most effective and most respected spokesmen Monday with the death of Richard Wintermote.

As an undergraduate at KU, after serving in the U.S. Navy, Wintermote was a cheerleader on the KU pep squad and he didn’t stop cheering for the Jayhawks until his death.

The personable and always optimistic Wintermote started his career as an assistant director for the KU Alumni Association immediately following his graduation in 1951. In 1963, he moved into the association’s leadership position, succeeding the legendary Fred Ellsworth.

The Augusta, Kan., native served the association for 32 years, stepping down in 1983.

He then was asked to oversee long-range planning for both the alumni association and the KU Endowment Association, which led to the highly successful Campaign Kansas.

Over the years under Wintermote’s leadership, the alumni association was recognized numerous times for excellence and effective innovations that attracted national attention.

The KU Alumni Association was recognized as one of the nation’s best in generating paid membership and developing alumni interest and support.

Wintermote realized the importance of a stand-alone alumni association building and he urged his board of directors to start a fund drive to build the Adams Alumni Center at 1266 Oread Ave. Few university alumni associations had a facility to match the Adams Center, and university alumni leaders from throughout the country visited Wintermote to learn more about the building and how it served the association and the university.

The Adams Center opened in 1983, and Wintermote retired shortly thereafter.

The KU Alumni Association is a separate organization, independent of the university.

However, its mission is to generate enthusiasm and interest in KU and to encourage alumni and friends to be supportive of the school.

Wintermote did a highly effective job of telling the KU story and he did this in a straightforward manner rather than operating merely as a mouthpiece for the administration. He enjoyed a close and respectful relationship with KU chancellors, starting with Deane W. Malott and ending with Gene Budig, and he was skilled in working with Kansas legislators to urge fiscal support for the school.

KU and all higher education institutions need individuals like Wintermote. He was a tireless worker, honest, genuine and highly respected. There was nothing phony or selfpromoting about the man, and he was a true professional in his work.

KU is a better school today because of the 32 years Dick Wintermote devoted to it.

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Bipartisan effort doomed U.S. in Iraq While Democrats and Republicans squabble in Congress, they deserve bipartisan credit for one stunning achievement: the defeat of the United States in Iraq.

The willful blindness and strategic stupidity of the Bush administration led us into the Iraq War and the postwar disaster.

The 2007 troop surge and Gen. David Petraeus created a slim hope that Iraq might yet become stable. That hope was dashed by the mistakes of the Obama team.

As U.S. troops finish their pullout by year’s end, no fine farewells can disguise the sad realities on the ground. Iraq today is a broken country where sectarian strife is re-emerging

Trudy Rubin

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trubin@phillynews.com

Bush’s aggressiveness broke Iraq. But Obama’s passivity consigned Iraq to Tehran’s orbit.”

and al-Qaida is seeking a comeback. Prime Minister Nouri alMaliki acts like an autocrat and marginalizes Iraqi moderates.

He also depends for his political survival on Tehran’s blessing.

Indeed, the paramount victors to emerge from our Iraq misadventure are the ayatollahs of Iran.

The lion’s share of blame for this debacle rests with the Bush team, which ignored the likely consequences of the war. Wishful thinking became a substitute for strategy; real Mideast expertise was rebuffed. (This tendency is all too alive in the current, careless rhetoric about attacking Iran emanating from several Republican presidential hopefuls.)

Bush officials believed ousting Saddam Hussein would lead to pro-American regimes from Baghdad to Tehran. I will never forget Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz telling me in November 2002 that postwar Iraq would resemble postWorld War II France, where we liberated the country and left.

Instead, White House ignorance about Iraq — and the decision to disband its army — produced a

security collapse in the country, a bloody sectarian war, and the emergence of al-Qaida in Iraq.

When Bush officials finally started acting as occupiers, they set up a governing system that encouraged representation by religious and ethnic parties. This system ensured that Shiite religious groups would dominate Iraq’s political system and played right into the hands of Iran.

Fast-forward to Barack Obama’s election in 2008. Petraeus had defanged Sunni insurgents and new Prime Minister Maliki had cracked down on murderous, pro-Iranian Shiite militias. There was a chance, albeit slim, that a new nationalist Iraqi politics could emerge that would keep Iran at bay. Serious and smart U.S. diplomacy was essential to make that happen.

Instead, the Obama team focused mainly on quitting Iraq by the end of 2011 — a pledge made

by Obama (and also by Bush).

The White House followed a hands-off policy on Iraqi politics, allowing Maliki to slip back into sectarianism and the eager embrace of Iran’s ayatollahs.

When Maliki cracked down on Sunni candidates before the March 2010 elections, a visiting Vice President Biden gave him a pass. When a Sunni coalition called Iraqiya edged out Maliki’s party and he used Iraq’s politicized courts to nullify some Sunni seats, U.S. officials didn’t push back.

When Maliki sent security forces in February to crush Iraq’s Arab Spring demonstrators, who were protesting his regime’s corruption, the administration didn’t protest. The Obama team constantly repeats that Iraq is a “sovereign nation,” but of course sovereignty made little difference when we backed demonstrators in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt.

When Maliki failed to honor a power-sharing deal the United States had brokered between his party and Iraqiya, we failed to press him. That deal would have produced a secular-nationalistoriented government in Baghdad, something Biden should have fought for. Inexplicably, he didn’t.

Maliki opted instead for a sectarian Shiite alliance brokered in Tehran, which is dependent on the radical, Shiite faction of Muqtada al-Sadr. Although Maliki dislikes Iran, as he hinted during his visit to the White House last week, he made himself dependent on the ayatollahs in order to keep his hold on power.

The U.S. failure to back the power-sharing deal it brokered had other negative repercussions. It helped doom U.S.-Iraqi negotiations for a small U.S. military presence after 2011. That presence would have sent a critical message to Iran that Iraq wasn’t a plum for the taking.

Biden, who had the Iraq file, didn’t visit the country in the crucial months of this year when the agreement was being negoti-

ated. “If the administration had worked hard to implement the power-sharing deal they might have gotten an agreement [on the troop presence],” says Ned Parker, an experienced Iraq hand and journalist who is the Edward R. Murrow fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Instead, many secular Iraqis concluded we weren’t willing to stand up to Tehran, so why should they risk death threats from the Sadrists? The result: We’ll soon be gone and Iran will rush to fill the vacuum we’ve left.

Already, the Sadrists are threatening the thousands of U.S. diplomats who will stay on. This serious security risk makes it unlikely that our diplomats will be able to get out of the huge embassy complex and travel the country to implement joint civilian programs.

In U.S. military circles, they are talking about the embassy becoming “a five-star prison.”

Bush’s aggressiveness broke Iraq. But Obama’s passivity consigned Iraq to Tehran’s orbit. Together, Republicans and Democrats have produced an Iraq that has inspired not the Arab Spring but sectarian warfare and anti-American hatred.

And both parties have betrayed Iraqis who believed in democracy and American promises.

This is a bipartisan achievement of which no one should be proud.

— Trudy Rubin is a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

YOUR TURN

PUBLIC FORUM

KPERS commission a failure

FDR defended

By Richard Stumpf

Gov. Brownback appointed me to be a member of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System Study Commission, set up to make recommendations on the financial stability of KPERS. Our meetings are completed.

What did we accomplish? Nothing positive. Raised costs. Increased complexity. Kicked the can farther down the road. In other words, political gamesmanship won, and the taxpayers and state employees in Kansas lost.

KPERS is $9 billion in debt, a debt owed by taxpayers. To put that into perspective, the Kansas budget is $5.5 billion. And what is this debt for? To fund the retirement benefit for government employees.

The law for funding KPERS (HB 2194) obligates the state to pay, on average, over $900 million per year.

This year, taxpayers will contribute $367 million, so taxpayers need to almost triple their contributions to the employees’ retirement plan.

The Kansas Association of School Boards says we are already taking money from the classroom to fund this benefit. But nowhere near as much as we will in the future.

KPERS is in bad shape for two big reasons. First, the Legislature chose to underfund the plan for many years, spending the money on other things.

Second, state employees are allowed to retire with full pensions as early as age 52. Their pensions pay lifetime benefits, potentially 30 years or more. Two different actuaries told us early retirement was the single biggest cost to the pension system. Did we do anything about this? The only proposal addressing it was defeated.

Gov. Brownback’s appointees

probably made 75 percent of the recommendations. Most were either not acted on, or were defeated.

For example, one proposal would have changed the vesting requirement from 5 years back to 10 years, where it was until 2 years ago.

When it changed, KPERS was already significantly in debt. Allowing earlier vesting increased the debt. Who did this change benefit? Legislators who might not serve 10 years.

And employees who work for the state, and then take their career a different direction. Forty-five percent of em- Stumpf ployees leave before the 10-year point.

So that change only benefitted short-term employees, who are now eligible to receive monthly retirement benefits for the rest of their lives. The actuary said this change would save $37 million.

KPERS said this was “not significant.” In my world, $37 million is very significant.

This proposal was defeated.

So I am recommending to Gov. Brownback that he propose an immediate across-the-board 25 percent state income tax increase to pay the shortfall in employees’ retirement plans. The KPERS Study Commission decided against cutting the spending. I refuse to recommend taking more money from our children’s classrooms to pay this bill. The only remaining option is a tax increase.

I’m sure KNEA and KOSE and the other employee unions will aggressively support this proposal, since they have claimed loudly

(wrongly, but loudly!) that the only reason the employees’ pension plan is underfunded is because the Legislature chose not to fully fund it.

And since those same unions also claimed loudly (also wrongly, but just as loudly!) that if we just follow HB 2194, the plan will become fully funded in 22 years. The 25 percent across-the-board tax increase is the amount of money needed to fund the plan per HB2194.

This doesn’t have to be a union vs. taxpayer issue. Between the union and the Kansas Legislature, no one has the guts to do what is needed to fix this. But there is a middle ground. The current plan is unsustainable. The only thing that would save the current plan is if the stock market goes into a ’90stype bull market. Anything short of that, and the plan gets worse.

Through 12-14-2011, the stock market is up 1.3 percent. Since KPERS is based upon an 8 percent assumed rate of return, earning 1.3 percent this year is equivalent to losing 6.7 percent.

If the unions don’t agree to modifying the benefits, eventually the plan will collapse under the funding requirements. $900 million a year? Wow! Taxpayers who have no pensions are objecting to paying higher taxes for someone else to have a pension.

Now that this commitment is over, I need to get back to my real job. As I understand it from the unions, this commission failed because the financial planners on the commission were trying to benefit personally from the outcome. So I need to get my three-planner office geared up to handle 280,000 KPERS members as new clients. I might even have to work some overtime!

— Richard Stumpf is a certified financial planner in Wichita.

To the editor: Regarding the O’Connell letter (Public Forum, Dec. 12), I have to ask if Roosevelt was so incompetent, why was he elected to four terms as president? The decision to move the Pacific fleet to Pearl was to discourage Japanese imperialism whose aggression had already carved up most of the Far East.

The attack on Pearl was meant to slow down our Pacific fleet and buy time and delay our military interference.

Fortunately our carriers were not at base at the time.

If not Pearl, San Diego would have been attacked resulting in more casualties! If anyone was to blame, Admiral Kimmel, head of the Pacific fleet at Pearl, deserves some. Knowing of an imminent Japanese attack he was totally unprepared, leaving fighter planes bunched together, making it easy to attack them and harder for pilots to get airborne!

As for the Lend Lease Program, the Allies would have fallen. France had fallen and Britain was against the wall.

Supplying Russia resulted in a second front against the Nazis, leading to a pincer movement shortening the war. The Lend Lease Act saved thousands of American lives and resulted in victory for the Allies instead of sure defeat. The world would be a much different place had we had not supplied the Allies.

President Roosevelt is regarded by historians as one of the greatest American presidents!

I have talked to many seniors who lived in that time period and most regard him as an American hero!

Craig Tucker, Lawrence

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A chance for a snow shower

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High 44° Low 21° POP: 0%

High 40° Low 18° POP: 15%

High 33° Low 16° POP: 30%

High 42° Low 19° POP: 5%

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Wind SSW 6-12 mph

Wind NNE 10-20 mph

Wind N 4-8 mph

Wind WSW 8-16 mph

Wind WNW 10-20 mph

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Kearney 38/20

McCook 38/20 Oberlin 38/21 Goodland 38/16

Beatrice 38/23

Oakley 38/18

Manhattan Russell Salina 42/21 36/23 Topeka 40/22 44/23 Emporia 44/24

Great Bend 36/24 Dodge City 40/20

Kansas City 45/28 Lawrence Kansas City 44/26 44/21

Chillicothe 44/26 Marshall 44/30 Sedalia 47/30

Nevada 47/30

Chanute 46/25

Hutchinson 42/22 Wichita Pratt 42/25 40/24

Garden City 38/19 Liberal 42/21

Centerville 42/26

St. Joseph 42/22

Sabetha 39/22

Concordia 36/22 Hays 35/22

Clarinda 41/21

Lincoln 38/23

Grand Island 39/22

Coffeyville Joplin 47/30 46/32

Springfield 47/34

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37°/34° 39°/20° 65° in 1893 -12° in 2000

Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 8 p.m. yest.

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0.22 2.98 1.12 29.39 39.41

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Denver 36/14

New York 56/47

Washington 60/49

Kansas City 44/26

Los Angeles 64/45

Atlanta 65/57 El Paso 52/36

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Temperature bands are highs for today.

Houston 60/50

Fronts Cold

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Billings 30/7

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Today Thu. Today Thu. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 58 46 pc 55 39 r Albuquerque 42 27 pc 33 21 sn Memphis 80 70 pc 81 71 s Anchorage 29 17 c 23 7 pc Miami Milwaukee 40 29 c 40 26 sf Atlanta 65 57 t 69 53 r 38 18 c 24 13 pc Austin 57 41 pc 62 36 pc Minneapolis 60 44 c 55 40 r Baltimore 59 46 r 58 42 pc Nashville New Orleans 74 61 pc 77 56 r Birmingham 68 54 pc 67 48 r New York 56 47 r 56 42 pc Boise 38 19 pc 32 22 s 38 23 pc 32 14 sf Boston 53 44 r 52 37 pc Omaha 81 61 s 82 61 pc Buffalo 48 35 r 47 31 pc Orlando 58 48 r 57 44 pc Cheyenne 36 10 sn 20 5 sn Philadelphia Phoenix 60 42 pc 60 38 pc Chicago 45 30 c 40 26 c Pittsburgh 59 41 r 51 36 r Cincinnati 56 41 c 50 34 r Portland, ME 44 35 r 46 29 s Cleveland 56 38 r 47 34 c Dallas 56 41 pc 60 39 pc Portland, OR 44 26 pc 44 32 pc 45 17 pc 37 17 s Denver 36 14 pc 22 4 sn Reno Richmond 66 51 sh 63 50 pc Des Moines 42 25 pc 34 15 sf 59 29 s 56 26 s Detroit 48 33 r 45 30 pc Sacramento 48 37 pc 48 30 c El Paso 52 36 pc 51 28 pc St. Louis Salt Lake City 38 19 sn 28 13 sn Fairbanks 9 -5 sf 4 -17 c San Diego 60 50 s 61 44 s Honolulu 80 70 pc 80 68 s San Francisco 59 39 s 56 37 s Houston 60 50 pc 64 48 r Seattle 44 29 pc 44 37 pc Indianapolis 50 39 c 48 31 c Spokane 29 13 pc 27 17 s Kansas City 44 26 pc 41 18 c 58 38 pc 58 34 s Las Vegas 56 39 s 52 37 pc Tucson Tulsa 49 32 pc 52 30 pc Little Rock 56 42 pc 53 40 c Wash., DC 60 49 r 59 43 pc Los Angeles 64 45 s 66 46 s National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Crystal River, FL 82° Low: Big Piney, WY -6°

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On this date in 1989, a temperature of 4 degrees at Dulles Airport, Va., broke the record low. This was the eighth straight day on which the record low was broken.

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asked Rudolph to guide his sleigh because of what weather?

Q: Santa Fog.

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LAWRENCE ALMANAC Through 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Salvation Army’s toy shortage resolved TOPEKA — The Christmas toy shortage for the Salvation Army in Topeka has been resolved.

The charitable group postponed a distribution scheduled for Tuesday morning to Thursday, saying it just didn’t have enough toys. Salvation Army officials appealed to the public to donate hundreds by toys by tonight.

But WIBW-TV reports that a mix-up in communications was to blame.

The station says the Marine Corps Reserve had collected hundreds of toys for the Salvation Army through its Toys for Tots program — but a misunderstanding left the boxes of toys awaiting pickup at a warehouse at Forbes Field.

The toys were delivered to the Salvation Army on Tuesday afternoon. They’ll be handed out Thursday morning.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, noon, 536 Fireside Court, Suite B. Information meeting for prospective volunteers. For more information, call 8437359.

Douglas County Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Mass.

Chabad Menorah Lighting and Hanukkah celebration, 5:30 p.m., Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Billy Spears and the Beer Bellies, 6 p.m., Johnny’s Tavern, 401 N. Second St. Exhibit opening: Stillness and the Word, 6-9 p.m., Lawrence Percolator, in alley behind Lawrence Arts Center at 10th and New Hampshire streets.

Library Goes Gonzo: Thomas W. Benton, Hunter S. Thompson, and the Artwork of Activism, 7-8:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Poetry Social: “Traditions,” 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. NAMI-Douglas County meeting, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Release party and concert for Ashley Davis’s “Songs of the Celtic Winter,” 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive.

Conroy’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St. Free salsa lessons, 8:309:30 p.m., Taste Lounge, 804 W. 24th St. Pride Night, 9 p.m., Wilde’s Chateau, 2412 Iowa.

Dollar Bowling, 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Royal Crest Lanes, 933 Iowa.

Red Dog’s Dog Days winter workout, 6 a.m., Allen Fieldhouse, Enter through the south doors and meet on the southeast corner of the second floor.

Theology on Tap, discussion of a selected religion topic, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Henry’s, 11 E. Eighth St. Junkyard Jazz Band, 7 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St. Lawrence Arts & Crafts group, 7-9 p.m., Java Break, 17 E. Seventh St. Poker Night, 8 p.m., Applebee’s, 2520 Iowa.

Team trivia, 9 p.m., Johnny’s West, 721 Wakarusa Drive.

23 FRIDAY

No events scheduled.

24 SATURDAY

Red Dog’s Dog Days, 7:30 a.m., parking lot behind Kizer-Cummings Jewelry, Ninth and Vermont streets.

English Country Dance, 1-4 p.m., Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence, 1263 North 1100 Road.

Ragtime Piano Rehearsal/Jam Session, 2-4 p.m., Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass.

Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam, 3 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Mass.

25 SUNDAY

Christmas Day Lawrence Free Community Christmas Day Dinner, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., First United

Legendary costume

Ethan Forbes, 7, was Skull Kid with Majora’s Mask for Halloween from “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask” video game.

He is the son of Ken Forbes and Amanda Sterling, Lawrence.

Amanda submitted the photo.

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Ashley Davis Tonight, celtic songstress Ashley Davis premieres her new album of winterthemed music at the Lied Center’s pavilion performance space, 1600 Stewart Drive. Davis will be performing all 11 tracks from “Songs of the Celtic Winter” as well as a new song commissioned for Lawrence Family Promise. The secular songs of the season begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20. The show is all ages.

Methodist Church, 946 Vt. Volunteers needed 6 a.m.-3 p.m.

26 MONDAY

Dollar Bowling, 9:30 p.m., Royal Crest Lanes, 933 Iowa.

Lawrence Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., school district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive.

Eudora City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Eudora City Hall, 4 E. Seventh St.

27 TUESDAY

Red Dog’s Dog Days winter workout, 6 a.m., Allen Fieldhouse, Enter through the south doors and meet on the southeast corner of the second floor.

Lawrence Masonic Center blood drive, 2:30-5:30 p.m., 1301 E. 25th St. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, 5:15 p.m., 536 Fireside Court, Suite B. Information meeting for prospective volunteers.

For more information, call 843-7359.

Lonnie Ray’s open jam session, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St. Lawrence City Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Free swing dancing lessons and dance, 8-11 p.m., Ecumenical Campus Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Poker Night, 8 p.m., Applebee’s, 2520 Iowa.

Trivia Night at the Jayhawker, 8-10 p.m., Eldridge Hotel, 701 Mass.

Teller’s Family Night, 746 Mass., 9 p.m.-midnight Tuesday Night Karaoke, 9 p.m., Wayne & Larry’s Sports Bar & Grill, 933 Iowa.

Live jazz at The Casbah, 9 p.m., 803 Mass.

ONGOING

Van Go Adornment Sale, 715 N.J., 1 p.m.-5 p.m. through Dec. 23.

The Territorial Capital Museum Christmas display, with three floors of

vintage Christmas decorations including 21 trees with various period decorations; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 1, 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton.

Watkins Community Museum of History exhibit: “It Happened on Mass Street: 150 Years in Lawrence,” featuring historic photographs and objects illustrating the growth of downtown Lawrence, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday, 1047 Mass.

Freedom’s Frontier exhibit, Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, 1-4 p.m., Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St. Lawrence Arts Center exhibits: Yesnomaybe Exhibition, collaborative works by Kristi Arnold, Eric Conrad and Yoonmi Nam, through Jan. 14; Lived : Living, works by Isadora Stowe and Jordan Schranz, through Jan. 14; Learning is Remembering, works

by Amber Hansen, through Jan. 14; Constellation, an aerial installation by Juniper Tangpuz; 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, 940 N.H. Christmas Village Display at the Lumberyard Arts Center, 1-4 p.m.

Tuesdays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, through Dec. 30, 718 High St., Baldwin City.

Lawrence Public Library storytimes for December: German storytime, 4 p.m.

Tuesdays; Toddler storytime, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Fridays; Library storytime, 10:30 a.m.

Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Fridays; Storytime in Spanish and English, 10:30 a.m. Saturdays; Family storytime, 3:30 p.m. Sundays; Books & Babies, 10:30 a.m. Mondays and 9:30 a.m., 10:10 a.m. and 10:40 a.m.

Wednesdays, 707 Vt. Lawrence Public Library teen programs for December: Monday Movies for Teens, 4 p.m. Mondays; Wii Olympics for Teens, 7 p.m.

Tuesdays; Gaming with the Pro, 3 p.m. Wednesdays; Teen Zone Cafe, 4 p.m.

Fridays; Teen tutoring, 3 p.m.

Sundays, 707 Vt. Lawrence Public Library bookmobile schedule (open to the public): 9-10 a.m. Monday, Prairie Commons, 5121 Congressional Circle; 10:30-11:30 a.m. Monday, Babcock Place, 1700 Mass.; 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, Brandon Woods, 1501 Inverness Drive; 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Presbyterian Manor, 1429 Kasold Drive; 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, Drury Place, 1510 Andrews Drive; 11:15-noon Friday, Vermont Towers, 1101 Vt.; 1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday, Peterson Acres, 2930 Peterson Road.

Spencer Museum of Art exhibits: Passages: Persistent Visions of a Native Place, Sept. 10 through Jan 15. Museum open until 4 p.m. daily, 8 p.m. Thursdays, 1301 Miss.

The Impact of the King James Bible, Quayle Bible Collection exhibit, 518 Eighth St., Baldwin City, 1-4 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays, through July 2012.

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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Free State girls win, 65-32. 4B BOTHERING BUCKNELL Fab Melo and No. 1 Syracuse took care of overmatched Bucknell, 80-61, on Tuesday.

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KANSAS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Blue chip recruit Greene picks KU

‘Jayhawk love’

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

Kansas University landed an oral commitment Tuesday from one of the prize basketball prospects in the Class of 2013 — Brannen Greene, a 6-foot-8, 200-pound junior small forward from Mary Persons High in Forsyth, Ga. Greene, who is ranked No. 35 nationally by Rivals. com, chose Bill Self’s Jayhawks over UConn, Louisville and Harvard.

Mem- Greene phis, Ohio State, Florida State and many others were in the mix.

“I just feel Kansas is a place I could excel not only athletically, but academically, socially. It’s a perfect environment,” Greene said in a phone interview. “I am excited and relieved to consider myself a Jayhawk. I take a sense of pride in that. I will represent the university well. I look forward to it,” Greene added.

He chose KU a day before his 17th birthday and five days prior to Christmas, which begged the question: Was this an early Christmas gift for KU, Brannen or Brannen’s parents?

“I would say (a gift) to all,” Brannen’s dad, Jeffrey, said with a laugh. “We really respected the time and the energy that the KU staff put into the Greene family and the time and energy and work Brannen put in toward skill work and conditioning work the past many years.

He’s been recruited since eighth grade. At some point, as a family we said, ‘We need to decide because we have tremendous programs here that have offered scholarships. We need to be respectful of their time.’ It humbled us,” Jeffrey added of recruiting. “We saw no need to drag it out. It behooved us to come to a decision at this time.”

Greene and his parents — dad played college ball at Pittsburg State and mom, Lori, at Missouri Southern — attended the 2011 Late Night in the Phog.

Dad by the way is 6-foot-5 1/2; mom 6-2 1/2.

“We felt like Kansas offered the perfect environment for Brannen. He is a young, energetic, very talented, very smart kid with a 4.0 GPA, a very disciplined kid. We felt that environment fosters integrity and family and all the things we pride ourselves on,” Jeffrey Greene said. “Coach (Bill) Self and his spirit and enthusiasm and excitement for my son was unquestioned. He believes in Brannen and is going to continue to enhance Brannen’s life toward success. I believe it to my core.”

Brannen, who is considered an outstanding outside shooter with the ability to slash, is averaging 24.5 points and 14.0 rebounds a game this season for 6-4 Mary Persons High. As a soph, he averaged 17.1 ppg.

Brannen describes himself as “a long, versatile wing who can score the ball and handle the ball, who can handle the 1 through 3,” he said of point guard, shooting guard and small forward.

Dad notes: “He is a very heady, high-IQ wing guard that is able to score when called on in any given time, but also a playmaker who involves his teammates well. He’s an exceptional shooter. He was born with natural ability to stroke the ball. We’ve enhanced it (shot) since he was 2, 3 years old. His range is easily 24, 26 feet.”

A proud future Jayhawk, Brannen said he plans on trying to attract some of his peers to his college.

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH BONNIE HENRICKSON, CECE HARPER AND CHELSEA GARDNER WATCH as Carolyn Davis holds newborn Colleen Kay Steadham during a visit with her parents, Shanna and Chris Steadham of Lawrence, on Tuesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

The team and coaches made their annual visit to the hospital to pass out gifts and entertain patients and their families.

Team spreads holiday joy, gifts at Lawrence Memorial

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

This time of year, there is no shortage of holiday traditions among friends and family.

The same is true for Kansas University’s women’s basketball team.

Jayhawks players and coaches continued a long-standing late-December custom Tuesday morning with a visit to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where they met various patients and passed out KU garb.

The holiday visits to LMH began, Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson said, back when Marian Washington (KU coach from 1973-2004) led the program. The Jayhawks have maintained the annual trip for 19 years.

“It’s obviously one of the best things and most enjoyable things for the players and the staff to be able to participate in,” Henrickson said.

The Jayhawks’ tour of the hospital began with a stop by the nursery, to visit with the mothers of newborn babies and their families, which, according to senior Aishah Sutherland and ju-

nior Carolyn Davis, is always a highlight.

Never missing an opportunity to coach, Henrickson even gave Davis some tips on how to hold a newborn.

From there, the team split into groups, each bringing with them a cart of KU gear to hand out to patients and their family members.

“Matching sweatshirt for the grandma,” Sutherland said, after presenting some Jayhawks threads for an infant and mother.

Davis said the holiday hospital visit is usually a fun time for the team.

“A lot of the patients, as soon as you walk in, are really happy,” Davis said. “They don’t get a lot of visitors sometimes. Just to have us there and giving them presents and stuff, it makes them really happy.”

The Jayhawks’ visits, Henrickson said, are a way for the team to do “what little we can” to pass out holiday cheer and some “Jayhawk love.”

“All of us understand it’s an opportunity for us to give back,” the coach said. “This is a really joyful

... before tonight’s game against Oral Roberts

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

Named one of three captains for Kansas University’s women’s basketball team before the season began, junior Monica Engelman wasn’t a likely candidate to go through a slump in the nonconference part of the schedule.

The 5-foot-11 shooting guard averaged 12.1 points and shot 44 percent from the floor as a sophomore.

She even opened her junior campaign for the Jayhawks (9-1) with two solid outings, Engelman averaging 14.5 points on 50-percent shooting.

‘TWAS THE NON-CON BEFORE CHRISTMAS What: Kansas (9-1) vs. Oral Roberts (7-4) When: 7 p.m. today Where: Allen Fieldhouse TV: Knology Cable channel 6 What followed was a sevengame stretch in which Engelman never hit double-digit scoring, made 13 of her 36 field-goal attempts (36 percent) and lost her spot in the starting lineup.

In other words: a slump.

As KU plays a 7 p.m. home game tonight against Oral Roberts (7-4), it appears Engelman might be back on the right track. The San Antonio native returned to the starting lineup Saturday and scored 16 points Please see KU WOMEN, page 4B

Please see LMH, page 4B

KANSAS FOOTBALL

Ex-Notre Dame QB Crist still weighing options

“

I have one By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com year. I can’t afford to be It’s been 11 days since Dayne wrong with Crist sat with members of the the decision.” Kansas University football team

in Allen Fieldhouse and watched the Jayhawks’ basketball team — Former Notre upend No. 2 Ohio State.

Dame quarterback During that time, Crist probDayne Crist, who is ably has picked up a couple considering finish- thousand KU fans as Twitter ing his career at KU followers. That’s because the enthusiasm and interest of an entire fan base has transitioned from closely following a super secret coaching search to watching every move that Crist has made.

For those who don’t know, Crist is KU’s latest quarterback target and a recent graduate of Notre Dame who played three seasons and made 10 starts for Crist

the Fighting Irish from 200811. Because he graduated from Notre Dame this month, and because he has one year of eligibility remaining, he’s free to transfer to another school and play immediately.

New KU coach Charlie Weis was the man who recruited Crist to Notre Dame, and, with fans at Kansas and Wisconsin watching his every move, Crist Watch has become every bit as important as Christmas, as the 6-foot-4, 235-pound pro-style quarterback continues to keep football fans at KU and Wisconsin on pins and needles.

Monday, WNDU TV in South Bend, Ind., caught up with Crist and asked him about his decision.

“I honestly do not know at this point,” Crist told WNDU’s

Angelo Di Carlo. “I visited Wisconsin this weekend. It was a really good visit, but at this point, I have to weigh the pros and cons and go from there.”

Many reports during the past week have indicated that Crist’s decision could come any day.

But, as he explained to Di Carlo, choosing a place to play the final season of your career is very different than picking a school as a senior in high school.

“I have to look at it very different,” he said. “I have one year.

I can’t afford to be wrong with the decision. There are some things that are less important in a one-year decision versus fouryear decision.”

As a high school senior in Canoga Park, Calif., Crist earned a five-star rating from Rivals.com and was ranked as the No. 2

quarterback prospect in the nation. His career at Notre Dame did not bring similar success.

Two knee injuries cost him the better part of two seasons, and, after being named the starter for 2011, he was benched during the opening game of the season and appeared in just three games the rest of the way. Now, Crist, who has the look and feel of an NFL quarterback, is determined to prove he still can play. Whichever school he feels gives him the best shot of realizing his pro football dream may have an advantage. Of course, other factors also are in play.

The incredible success of Wisconsin QB Russell Wilson (who made a similar move after playing four seasons at North Please see CRIST, page 3B

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Philly columnist accused of abuse PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A veteran sports writer and columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News was accused in a newspaper report Tuesday of molesting three girls and a boy in the 1970s, including his niece, who is now a prosecutor.

Authorities said no criminal charges would be pursued against Bill Conlin because the allegations

of abuse happened too long ago.

Conlin, a Hall of Fame baseball writer and author, retired just ahead of the story’s publication online by The Philadelphia Inquirer, his former editor said.

Conlin’s lawyer said his client would not comment about the story but would fight the claims. “Mr. Conlin is obviously floored by these allegations which

supposedly happened 40 years ago.

He’s engaged me to do everything possible to bring the facts forward to vindicate his name,� said attorney George Bochetto. The newspaper reported that the four accusers claim Conlin groped and fondled them in the 1970s, when they were ages 7 to 12.

Kelley Blanchet, a niece of Conlin’s who is now a prosecutor

in Atlantic City, N.J., and others told the newspaper they were speaking out in part because of the child sex abuse allegations being faced by Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State University assistant football coach. Like in the Sandusky case, people aware of the allegations involving Conlin years ago did not go to police, the newspaper said.

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LSU COACH LES MILES TAKES THE FIELD with his team prior to the SEC title game Dec. 3 in Atlanta. On Tuesday, Miles was named AP’s college football coach of the year.

LSU’s Miles named college coach of year

Iowa suspended RB Coker IOWA CITY, IOWA — For the second year in a row, Iowa has suspended its top running back for the Insight Bowl. Hawkeyes sophomore standout Marcus Coker has been suspended from the Dec. 30 Insight Bowl against Oklahoma after violating the university’s student-athlete code of conduct. The university announced the suspension Tuesday without providing further details.

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Wambach takes AP honor Abby Wambach, whose thunderous header in the final seconds of the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals led the U.S. to an improbable victory and sparked a nationwide frenzy

rarely seen for women’s sports, has been voted the 2011 Female Athlete of the Year.

The 31-year-old forward won the award handily, receiving 65 of the 214 votes cast by members of The Associated Press. Teammate Hope Solo (38 votes) was a distant second, and UConn basketball player Maya Moore (35) was third.

NFL

McCluster’s home burglarized KANSAS CITY, MO. — A man on parole for burglary has been charged with burglarizing the Kansas City apartment of Chiefs running back Dexter McCluster, making off with thousands of dollars’ worth of electronics, watches and other property. The Jackson County prosecutor’s office charged 31-yearold Daniel LaBlance on Tuesday with one count of second-degree burglary.

BASEBALL KANSAS CITY, MO. — Yuniesky Betancourt is back with the Kansas City Royals after agreeing to a one-year contract. The deal was announced Tuesday. Betancourt, who played for the Royals from 2009-10, started at shortstop for the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers last season.

Thursday, Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl Citrus Bowl Stadium-Orlando, Fla. Florida St .......................... 3 (47) ............. Notre Dame Alamo Bowl Alamodome-San Antonio Baylor .................. 9 1/2 (78)..... Washington Friday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl Gerald Ford Stadium-Dallas Byu ...................................2 1/2 (55)........................ Tulsa Pinstripe Bowl Yankee Stadium-Bronx, N.Y. Rutgers ................... 2 (45)............... Iowa St Music City Bowl LP Field-Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi St ...............6 1/2 (48).......... Wake Forest Insight Bowl Sun Devil Stadium-Tempe, Ariz.

Oklahoma ................14 (58) .................. Iowa Saturday, Dec. 31 Meineke Car Care Texas Bowl Reliant Stadium-Houston Texas A&M ..............10 (66) .... Northwestern Sun Bowl Sun Bowl Stadium-El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech ...................3 (50) ............................ Utah Fight Hunger Bowl AT&T Park-San Francisco Illinois ................................ 2 (47) ............................. Ucla Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium-Memphis, Tenn.

Vanderbilt .....................2 1/2 (48).............. Cincinnati Chick Fil-A Bowl Georgia Dome-Atlanta Auburn ........................... 1 1/2 (49) ................... Virginia Monday, Jan. 2 Ticket City Bowl Cotton Bowl-Dallas Houston ............................ 5 (57) ...................... Penn St Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium-Tampa, Fla. Georgia ...........................3 1/2 (50)........... Michigan St Capital One Bowl Citrus Bowl Stadium-Orlando, Fla. South Carolina ............... 2 (47) .................. Nebraska Gator Bowl Everbank Field-Jacksonville, Fla. Florida ...............................2 (44) ....................... Ohio St Rose Bowl Rose Bowl-Pasadena, Calif.

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Oklahoma St ........ 3 1/2 (74).......... Stanford Tuesday, Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl Mercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans Michigan ............................2 (51)............ Virginia Tech Wednesday, Jan. 4 Orange Bowl Sun Life Stadium-Miami Clemson .........................3 1/2 (60)........ West Virginia Friday, Jan. 6 Cotton Bowl Cowboys Stadium-Arlington, Texas Arkansas ................. 8 (63)........... Kansas St Compass Bowl Legion Field-Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh .....................3 1/2 (47).......................... Smu Sunday, Jan. 8 Go Daddy.com Bowl Ladd Peebles Stadium-Mobile, Ala. Arkansas St .................. 1 1/2 (63) ................ N. Illinois Monday, Jan. 9 BCS Championship Game Mercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans Lsu ............................... Pick’em (40) ............. Alabama COLLEGE BASKETBALL Favorite .................. Points .......... Underdog GEORGE MASON ...................5...................... Duquesne DAYTON ..................................4...................... Seton Hall NORTH CAROLINA .......12 .................... Texas WAKE FOREST .......................6............. NC Wilmington INDIANA ST ........................18 1/2................ UL-Monroe PENN ST ............................. 8 1/2 ........................ Cornell Central Florida ....................2............. UL-LAFAYETTE DEPAUL ...................................2................. Cal Poly SLO x-ALABAMA ................ 8........... Oklahoma St y-MISSISSIPPI .......................3............. Middle Tenn St ARIZONA ST ..........................6....................... Fresno St Iona .....................................18 1/2..... WILLIAM & MARY MURRAY ST ..........................23...... Tennessee Martin x-at Birmingham, Ala. y-at Southhaven, Miss.

NHL Favorite ................... Goals ........... Underdog Phoenix ...........................Even-1/2............... CAROLINA DALLAS ............................Even-1/2........... Philadelphia CHICAGO ..............................1/2-1..................... Montreal St. Louis ..........................Even-1/2.............. COLORADO VANCOUVER ...................Even-1/2..................... Detroit SAN JOSE ............................1/2-1................. Tampa Bay Home Team in CAPS (c) 2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

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ONLINE ONLY Check out ljworld.com and KUSports.com for online-only content from the Journal-World staff.

There you’ll find:

‘Hawks in the NBA

www2.kusports.com/weblogs/hawks_nba/ A staff blog about former Jayhawks at the next level

The Keegan Ratings

www2.kusports.com/weblogs/keegan_ratings/ Tom Keegan’s postgame rankings for KU football and basketball

Rolling Along

www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/rolling_along/ Andrew Hartsock’s blog about commuting by bike

The Sideline Report

www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/sideline_report/ Jesse Newell’s one-on-one interviews with KU athletes

Royals sign Betancourt

LATEST LINE NFL Favorite ............. Points (O/U)...... Underdog Thursday Week 16 Houston .........................5 1/2 (40)....... INDIANAPOLIS Saturday KANSAS CITY ...........1 (42) .............. Oakland Denver ............................... 3 (42) ................... BUFFALO TENNESSEE ...................7 1/2 (40)......... Jacksonville CINCINNATI ....................4 1/2 (40)................... Arizona NEW ENGLAND .............9 1/2 (49)....................... Miami BALTIMORE .......................13 (39) ................. Cleveland NY JETS .............................3 (46) ..................NY Giants WASHINGTON ................6 1/2 (44).............. Minnesota CAROLINA ......................7 1/2 (48)............ Tampa Bay PITTSBURGH ....................16 (39) ................... St. Louis DETROIT ..........................2 1/2 (52).............. San Diego San Francisco ..............2 1/2 (38)................. SEATTLE DALLAS ...............................2 (51).............. Philadelphia Sunday GREEN BAY ...................13 1/2 (45) ................. Chicago Monday NEW ORLEANS ..............6 1/2 (53).................... Atlanta COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES Favorite ............. Points (O/U)...... Underdog Poinsettia Bowl Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego Tcu ...................................9 1/2 (55).... Louisiana Tech Thursday, Dec. 22 Maaco Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd Stadium-Las Vegas Boise St ............................ 14 (66) ................ Arizona St Saturday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl Aloha Stadium-Honolulu Southern Miss .............6 1/2 (62)................... Nevada Monday, Dec. 26 Independence Bowl Independence Stadium-Shreveport, La. Missouri ...................5 (53)... North Carolina Tuesday, Dec. 27 Little Caesars Bowl Ford Field-Detroit Purdue ............................2 1/2 (60)........... W. Michigan Belk Bowl Bank of America Stadium-Charlotte, NC. N.C. State .......................2 1/2 (45)............... Louisville Wednesday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl RFK Stadium-Washington D.C. Toledo ................................ 3 (70) ................... Air Force Holiday Bowl Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego Texas .......................3 (47)........... California

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BATON ROUGE, LA. — LSU’s Les Miles is The Associated Press college football coach of the year after guiding the top-ranked Tigers to a spot in the BCS championship game.

Miles received 30 votes from AP poll voters to beat out Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, who had 16 votes.

Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy was third with six votes, Michigan’s Brady Hoke received three votes and Southern California’s Lane Kiffin had one.

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By Sam Farmer

’Tis not the season.

Not even close.

With two weeks remaining on the NFL schedule, the playoff picture is still ridiculously murky, especially in the AFC West, where each of the four teams — the Broncos, Raiders, Chargers and Chiefs — are all still eligible to win the division. There are also plenty of undetermined wild card possibilities.

In San Diego, coach Norv Turner and his players are keeping their calculators holstered, though, knowing that their best chance to sneak into the mix is by winning their final two games, at Detroit and Oakland. “I’d love to talk to you all day about it but we’re going to get back up and look at tape of Detroit,� Turner told reporters Monday. “I know that the only thing that matters to us is we’ve got to find a way to win this week. We’ll see what happens on the weekend, and then we’ve got to find a way to win when we go to Oakland.�

That the Chargers still have a postseason heartbeat is remarkable considering they lost six in a row from mid-October to November. But they kept their hopes flickering the last three weeks with victories over Jacksonville, Buffalo and Baltimore, all blowouts. They are tied in the division with the Raiders at 7-7. Denver leads at 8-6.

Key to San Diego’s revival is the play of quarterback Philip Rivers, who hasn’t had an interception in four games after being picked off 17 times in the first 10. “The ball’s coming out extremely quick,� Turner said. “He’s not taking chances. If it’s not pretty clean, he’s getting the ball checked down.�

The addition of left tackle Jared Gaither has been a huge help for the Chargers.

They signed him after he was cut by Kansas City at the end of November, and he has done an outstanding job filling in for injured Pro Bowl tackle Marcus McNeill.

Despite losing to New England on Sunday, Denver still has a one-game lead in the division and control of its own postseason destiny. The Broncos play at Buffalo on Saturday — 13 of this week’s games are on Christmas Eve — before finishing at home against Kansas City. “We’re excited about where we’re at,�

Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow said. “And we’re going to continue to be positive and stay motivated and just try to improve, like we’ve done every single day in practice.�

In Oakland, the Raiders are looking to bounce back from a 28-27 loss to Detroit — an especially painful defeat because they had a chance to pull even with Denver in the division. “Three weeks ago we were 7-4 and feeling pretty good about ourselves,� Raiders coach Hue Jackson said Monday, according to the Oakland Tribune, “and now all of a sudden we’ve gotten to .500, so that’s not where we want to be. But I think we understand the predicament that we have put ourselves in. So what we need to do is get the ship riding and go to Kansas City and play well.�

The Raiders play at Kansas City before returning home to play host to the Chargers in a finale. “We’re not out of this thing yet,� Jackson said. “I still feel that way. This team’s going to fight.�

It’s clear that Kansas City has some fight left and can play with anyone. The Chiefs proved that Sunday with the biggest stunner of the week, knocking off undefeated Green Bay. In last place at 6-8, the Chiefs are the longest shot to win the division. Then again, not many people picked them to beat the Packers.

Of course, interim Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel isn’t interested in looking back. “You beat the Green Bay Packers and that was great, but now if you don’t prepare, if you don’t get ready to go, then we’ll lose to the Raiders,� he said. “Then everything we gained yesterday will go down the drain.�

TODAY • Women’s basketball vs. Oral Roberts, 7 p.m.

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NCAA hits Ohio State with one-year bowl ban COLUMBUS, OHIO (AP) — Ohio State players broke the rules and got to play in the Sugar Bowl anyway. Jim Tressel knew about infractions and let it all happen.

Now the Buckeyes and new coach Urban Meyer will pay for it next season.

The NCAA hit Ohio State with a one-year bowl ban and additional penalties Tuesday for violations that started with eight players taking a total of $14,000 in cash and tattoos in exchange for jerseys, rings and other Buckeyes memorabilia.

Tressel was tipped to the violations in April 2010 but didn’t tell anyone — even after the athletes got caught last December but were allowed to play in the Sugar Bowl against Arkansas if they served suspensions to start the 2011 season. Among those in the group: starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor and leading rusher Daniel “Boom” Herron.

Tressel’s silence damaged Ohio State in the eyes of the NCAA and the result is that the Buckeyes, with a plum 2012 schedule and perhaps college football’s best coach in Meyer, will watch next year’s bowl games on TV. “Had we known what (Tressel) knew, we would not have played those young men in that bowl game,” said an emotional Gene Smith, Ohio State’s athletic director.

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The university had previously offered to vacate the 2010 season, return bowl money, go on two years of NCAA probation and use five fewer football scholarships over the next three years.

But the NCAA countered with the postseason ban, more limitations on scholarships and tacked on a year of probation.

Ohio State might still have escaped more severe penalties had its problems stopped with the original scandal, which grew out of players’

relationship with a Columbus tattoo parlor owner named Eddie Rife who was under federal investigation in a drug-trafficking case.

But the school and the NCAA discovered two additional problems — after Ohio State went before the committee on infractions in August.

Three players were suspended just before the start of the season for accepting $200 from booster Bobby DiGeronimo. Then midway through the Buckeyes’ 6-6 season it was revealed that several players had been paid too much for too little work on summer jobs — supplied by the same booster. He has been disassociated from the program.

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Marshall takes down FIU, 20-10, in Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. (AP) — Rakeem Cato threw for 224 yards and two touchdowns to help Marshall beat Florida International, 20-10, in the Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl on Tuesday night.

Tyler Warner kicked a pair of field goals and Cato threw

TD passes of 31 and 35 yards to Aaron Dobson, the latter putting the game away in the closing seconds. Warner’s 39-yard field goal set up by a blocked punt snapped a 10-10 tie with 5:16 remaining.

Marshall (7-6) overcame a slow start to win five of its last

seven games and avoid a losing record in its second season under coach Doc Holliday.

FIU (8-5) was denied a school-record ninth victory amid speculation that coach Mario Cristobal may be a leading candidate to fill a job opening at Pittsburgh.

Crist

very well. It would be a pretty good advantage walking in the door.”

Crist told Di Carlo that he could make a decision this week and that he likely would not push it past the first week of January.

Signing day for the Class of 2012 is set for Feb. 1. Junior college transfers, of which KU figures to have a few, are eligible to sign any time between today and Jan. 15.

KU athletic director Sheahon Zenger, who filled in for men’s basketball coach Bill Self on “Hawk Talk” on Tuesday night, said Weis came out of the surgery ready to work.

“He’s been on the phone with coaches; he’s directing traffic, and that’s one of the reasons I hired him,” Zenger said.

“I don’t know many people who would go get a hip replaced and be going at it today. That reinforces the kind of person that I thought I knew him to be.”

Weis, who already has been up and walking, plans to return to Lawrence next week.

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Carolina State) has some thinking Crist will head to Madison, Wis. The quarterback’s relationship with Weis has others thinking KU will be his pick.

“He’s been supportive of me the last four years, whether he was here or not,” said Crist of Weis. “Always staying involved in my life.

Always helped me along and gave me advice, even before he was at Kansas. I have a high comfort level with the offense he runs — know it

Weis’ road to recovery KU officials confirmed that Weis had successful left hip replacement surgery on Monday morning in Florida and was recovering nicely.

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Self: After Davidson, KU is all-business on road

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

The day after a men’s basketball defeat tends to be a bit somber at Kansas University — a school that has suffered just nine losses over the last three seasons.

And so Tuesday’s charter flight to Los Angeles for Thursday’s 10 p.m. game against USC at Galen Center was not exactly all fun and games. The memory of Monday’s 80-74 loss to Davidson remained fresh on the Jayhawks’ minds as they headed west.

“I think this has been a very peaceful first two hours of the flight,” KU coach Bill Self said on his Tuesday night Hawk Talk radio show.

He spoke during a refueling stop in Arizona.

“There’s not a lot of communicating going on, besides everybody trying to get caught up (on rest). We’ll have a nice dinner tonight, somewhere on the marina.

Tomorrow we’ll get busy.

“

I’d like to see a lot of things ... to see us actually attempt to guard ... to have enough discipline to guard the entire clock and not break down.”

— Kansas coach Bill Self on the improvements he wants his team to make before its next game, on Thursday at USC We’ve got to get better starting tomorrow.”

Self said the Jayhawks, who traveled to L.A. a day early with the players out of class on semester break, will not have much free time on this pre-Christmas trip.

“I don’t think so. I was more in a festive mood prior to last night,” Self said on a Tuesday teleconference.

“We might spend more time in film sessions or whatever while we are out there. I don’t think we’ll have much time for anything else.”

His Jayhawks take a 7-3 re-

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KANSAS’ TRAVIS RELEFORD SCRAMBLES FOR A LOOSE BALL against a Davidson player in first-half action on Monday at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. KU coach Bill Self said on Tuesday that his team needs to improve on defense and 50/50 plays. cord into the USC game. The “I’d like to see a lot of Trojans enter 5-7, but filled things,” Self said of improvewith momentum after blast- ment for Thursday. “To see ing TCU, 83-59, on Monday. us actually attempt to guard,

to get in (defensive) stance, to win 70 percent of the 50/50 balls, to not give up layups, to have enough discipline to

guard the entire clock and not break down. For us to not play tired, to have more energy and passion, to run our stuff and try to execute what we do instead of being out there on our own.”

He didn’t enjoy watching film of the Davidson game.

“I think we played a lot worse than what I initially thought,” he said. “That was meant to be somewhat of a joke. Our attention to detail is horrific. To think we could not do anything defensively to create anything and let them totally control tempo the second half ...”

He said he would not consider KU favorites to win the Big 12. “Not at all. I watched a team play last night that anybody in the league could have us. I do think we’ll have a good team, and I think we’ll have a good conference run.

To think we’d be a favorite now ... we have a long ways to go to consider ourselves one of the best teams. I do think we have potential to get there.”

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FSHS girls win, 65-32, Tonganoxie boys stifle K.C. Metro Christian, 51-33 improve to 5-0 Boys Baldwin — Chad Berg 9, Alex Twombly 7, Cornell Brown 26, Clayton Duncan 4, Caleb Gaylord 8, Dayton Valentine 1.

Eudora — David Pierce 2, Derek Webb 4, Andrew Ballock 17, Ryan Leary 3, Jordan Ballock 10, Nick Becker 9.

Louisburg 4 18 11 16 — 49 Ottawa 20 19 18 16 — 73 Louisburg — Storey 13, Wertz 8, Stambaugh 4, Griffen 18, Harris 6.

Ottawa — Kaden Shaffer 2, Alex Hasty 10, Connor Goedert 6, Dallas Natt 16, Wyatte Peters 1, James Peoples 2, Semi Ojeleye 36.

Royal Valley 38, Perry-Lecompton 32 PERRY — Madison Hess scored nine points for the 0-6 Kaws.

Johanning 8, Derrick Eddy 12, Zach Linquist Baldwin 55, Eudora 45 2, Zach Turpin 2, Jon Denton 7.

BALDWIN CITY— Cornell Brown scored 26 points for Ottawa 73, Louisburg 49 unbeaten Baldwin (6-0).

OTTAWA — Semi Ojeleye scored 36 points, and Ottawa Baldwin 18 10 11 16 — 55 Eudora 11 9 7 18 — 45 improved to 7-0.

Kansas City Metro 13 4 14 14 — 45 Tonganoxie 16 9 18 14 — 57 Kansas City Metro — Elizabeth Palmer 16, Sajel Spani 9, Anna Bucher 8, Gabby Janssen 6, Gracie Davis 6, Janell Mosher 0.

Tonganoxie — Jenny Whitledge 17, Tavia Brown 15, Emma Stilgenbauer 14, Haley Smith 11, Hannah Kemp 0, Madee Walker 0, Emily Soetaert 0, Amanda Holroyd 0.

Eudora 11 13 8 8 — 40 Baldwin 8 9 6 5 — 28 Eudora — McKenzie Oller 2, Danelle Topil 10, Emma Beck 5, Valerie Pringle 1, Allie Webb 12, Madison Maring 4, Victoria Lehmann 6.

Baldwin — Kaitlyn Barnes 4, Kelsey Dighans 7, Kailyn Smith 8, Callie Enick 4, Jessie Katzer 3, Hailey Cope 2.

LMH time of the year for a lot of people, but it’s a very difficult time of the year (for some).”

While patients often share stories of their time at KU or games they have been to or remember, some simply appreciate the interaction.

Said Sutherland: “They

might be sad or sick or something, and to brighten their day and see them smile, it’s rewarding.”

The players always feel good about passing out gifts, Davis said, and a friendly conversation with a patient can have an impact, too. Davis said a visit she had last year still resonates with her now.

“One patient said this was like the best gift they could have all year,” Davis recalled.

“That’s just awesome to hear someone say that and genuinely mean it. And to know that all you did was come in and say hi, and maybe give them a shirt, but that wasn’t even the best part.”

Every year, Henrickson said, the players leave LMH with a feeling of fulfillment.

“They feel privileged to have an opportunity to put a smile on someone’s face,” she said.

The gifts passed out on the visit came from KU’s Trademark Licensing Office, which collects the items from officially licensed vendors. Products are donated by the vendors for the hospital visit each year. This year, according to Paul Vander Tuig, KU trademark licensing director, the licensees donated over 1,800 items with a retail value of approximately $21,000.

up to Engelman, who showed greater confidence in her last game, to keep getting extra reps if she wants to see the slump’s complete demise.

“She shot herself into a funk; she needs to shoot herself out of a funk,” Henrickson said. “And we’re going to have to let her play through it.”

The eighth-year KU coach said it seemed odd talking about confidence with Engelman, because Henrickson considers the junior one of the best shooters she has re-

cruited to Kansas. Henrickson said Engelman’s rhythm improved Saturday, and that was a welcome sign.

“We’re going to need the kid to score,” Henrickson said. “There’s not a person in that locker room that doesn’t believe that.”

The only complaint Henrickson had with Engelman’s most recent stat line was her six turnovers in 31 minutes — “She’s got to clean that up,” the coach said.

The good news for the Jay-

hawks is that Engelman has noticed a change in her game.

“I’m not sure exactly when I started feeling better, but I’m able to shoot more confidently without thinking about everything else,” she said. “I can play with my teammates outside or inside the paint easier, and I’m getting more open looks.”

Kansas has never lost to Oral Roberts in the teams’ 10 previous meetings. They haven’t played since Nov. 15, 2009, when KU lit up the

Golden Eagles for a 106-80 victory. Three of the last four times KU has faced ORU, it has reached 100 points.

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(5-0), which built a 35-10 halftime lead PLATTE CITY, MO. — KenThe Firebirds are off until nedy Kirkpatrick scored 26 Jan. 6, when they will play points and pulled down 10 re- host to Olathe East. bounds, and Free State rolled State 19 16 12 18 — 65 past Platte County, 65-32, on Free Platte County 6 4 17 5 — 32 Tuesday night in high school Free State — Kennedy Kirkpatrick 26, Lynn Robinson 12, Abbey Casady 4, Aliyah girls basketball.

Rogers 4, Baha White 2, Scout Wiebe 7, Lynn Robinson added Millie Shade 5, Chelsea Casady 6.

Platte County — Trimble 5, Robinson 3, 12 points and Scout Wiebe scored seven for Free State Clemens 11, Smith 2, Lloyd 2, Watts 9.

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“I will go to recruit starting now. I might even be like coach Self,” Greene said with a laugh. “Just kidding.”

He certainly respects Self, as well as his parents.

“My dad and I have been talking it out. He has pads and pads of information on schools. We’ve been weighing the options,” Brannen said. “The feeling came to us and we made the decision. In talking to coach Self in the recruiting process, I feel KU is the right place for me. This is a very big day for me. To

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on 6-for-10 shooting in a 7752 Kansas home win over UMKC. The slump must be over, right?

“I’m not all the way out of it,” Engelman said, “but I’m starting to feel more comfortable when I’m out there (on the court).”

Evidence that she hasn’t

all the Kansas fans, I just look forward to all the time I’m in the gym playing and Rock Chalk.”

KU has landed two early commitments in the Class of 2013. No. 65-rated Conner Frankamp, 6-1, 180 from Wichita North, committed on July 16, his 16th birthday. Players in the Class of 2012 who have signed with KU: Perry Ellis (6-8, Wichita Heights), Zach Peters (6-9, Plano, Texas), Landen Lucas (6-8, Portland).

KU has received commitments from Andrew White, 6-6, Chester, Va.; and Anrio Adams, 6-3, Seattle. Also, Ben McLemore, 6-5, St. Louis, and Jamari Traylor, 6-8, Chicago, will be eligible next season. quite been her old self can be seen in her three-point numbers. Last season, Engelman made 47 shots from downtown. This season, through 10 games, she has just two three-pointers on seven tries.

Her coach, Bonnie Henrickson, said it was good to see Engelman get a little bounce back in her step against UMKC, as Jayhawks Angel Goodrich, Carolyn Davis and Aishah Sutherland continued to carry the team.

Henrickson said it will be

Tonganoxie 51, Kansas City Metro 33 Royal Valley 63, TONGANOXIE — Dane ErRoyal Valley 7 5 14 12 — 38 Perry-Lecompton 43 Perry-Lecompton 10 5 10 7 — 32 ickson scored 15 points and Royal Valley — Winter 7, Wahquahboshkuk PERRY — Ten Perry- Girls John Lean added 12 points for 6, Kelly 2, Arnold 8, Hodison 11, Fernandez 4.

Lecompton players scored, Perry-Lecompton — Halsten Coyle Tonganoxie 57, Tonganoxie.

8, Natasha Carver 6, Annie Mehl 2, Dani but the Kaws (0-6) fell.

K.C. Metro 45 Bowser 2, Taylor Fuller 1, Madison Hess 9, Kansas City Metro 4 5 8 16 — 33 TONGANOXIE — Jenny Whit- Caitlyn Robb 4.

Royal Valley 12 10 16 25 — 63 Tonganoxie 13 14 10 14 — 51 5 7 17 14 — 43 ledge scored 17 points for Kansas City Metro — Goertz 4, Lewis 12, Perry-Lecompton Eudora 40, Baldwin 28 Royal Valley — Worrell 22, N. Tuck 13, Gerringer 1, Palmer 16.

Tonganoxie (3-1).

Tonganoxie — John Lean 12, Dane Bausch 2, Rottinghaus 4, Link 4, B. Tuck 2, BALDWIN CITY — Eudora’s The Chieftains have won Erickson 15, Ben Williams 2, Dylan Jacobs 9, Barger 16.

Allie Webb scored 12 points Perry-Lecompton — Jeremy Immenschuh Josh Ghale 8, Colby Yates 5.

4, Addison Jones 2, Trevor Hastert 1, Daniel three straight. for Eudora.

Munoz-Crow 3, Chris Robinson 2, Austin

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Probable starters

KANSAS (9-1) G — Angel Goodrich, 5-4, jr.

G — Natalie Knight, 5-7, fr.

G — Monica Engelman, 5-11, jr.

F — Aishah Sutherland, 6-2, sr.

F — Carolyn Davis, 6-3, jr.

ORAL ROBERTS (7-4) G — Georgia Jones, 5-8, sr.

G — Kevi Luper, 5-10, jr.

G — Jaci Bigham, 5-6, jr.

F — Bernadett Balla, 6-2, fr.

F — Savanna Buck, 5-10, jr.

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No. 1 ‘Cuse rolls vs. Bucknell No. 4 Louisville 69, College Of Charleston 62 LOUISVILLE, KY. — Kyle Kuric had 17 points and eight rebounds and Louisville escaped an upset on its home court to remain unbeaten.

The Cardinals (11-0) trailed 57-55 with 5:06 to play but went on a 9-2 run over the next 3 minutes, capped by a 3-pointer by Chris Smith that put them ahead 66-59 with 2:06 left.

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No. 1 Syracuse 80, Bucknell 61 SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Kris Joseph had 17 points, Scoop Jardine added 14 and Syracuse cruised past Bucknell on Tuesday night.

The Orange (12-0) won their 30th straight nonconference home game.

It was only the second time Bucknell (7-5) has played the No. 1 team in the nation. The Bison lost to Duke, 84-50, on Jan. 2, 2006.

Bucknell entered the game 1-8 against Syracuse, but that lone win, a 74-69 triumph over the 17th-ranked Orange, came in the Bison’s last visit to the Carrier Dome in November 2005.

Syracuse shot 50 percent in the opening half and held the Bison to 8-of-28 shooting (29 percent) to take a 39-22 halftime lead.

Mike Muscala finished with 14 points and seven rebounds for the Bison.

Bucknell entered the game shooting nearly 40 percent from long range and went 2 of 10 in the first half, finishing 7 of 22 for the game.

BUCKNELL (7-5) Willman 5-11 0-0 10, Muscala 3-8 8-8 14, Ayers 4-7 0-0 9, Kaspar 1-5 0-0 2, Cohen 0-3 0-0 0, Leo 0-0 0-0 0, Klebon 0-0 0-0 0, Fitzpatrick 1-5 0-0 2, Johnson 3-9 0-0 9, Andoh 0-0 0-0 0, Starkey 1-1 0-0 2, Hill 0-1 2-4 2, Brackney 4-9 0-0 11. Totals 22-59 10-12 61.

SYRACUSE (12-0) Christmas 4-5 2-4 10, Joseph 5-10 5-5 17, Melo 3-5 2-2 8, Jardine 6-11 0-0 14, Triche 2-6 0-0 6, Carter-Williams 1-2 4-6 6, Resavy 0-0 0-0 0, Waiters 2-3 0-0 4, Fair 3-5 2-2 8, Keita 0-1 0-0 0, Hoffmann 0-1 0-0 0, Lyde-Cajuste 0-0 0-0 0, Reese 0-0 0-0 0, Tomaszewski 1-1 0-0 3, Southerland 1-3 1-2 4. Totals 28-53 16-21 80.

Halftime-Syracuse 39-22. 3-Point GoalsBucknell 7-22 (Brackney 3-5, Johnson 3-9, Ayers 1-3, Cohen 0-2, Kaspar 0-3), Syracuse 8-17 (Joseph 2-3, Jardine 2-4, Triche 2-4, Tomaszewski 1-1, Southerland 1-3, CarterWilliams 0-1, Hoffmann 0-1). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Bucknell 30 (Muscala 7), Syracuse 36 (Melo 9). Assists-Bucknell 19 (Willman 5), Syracuse 19 (Carter-Williams, Jardine 4). Total Fouls-Bucknell 16, Syracuse 10. A-17,302.

No. 2 Ohio St. 70, Lamar 50 COLUMBUS, OHIO — Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger bounced back from his latest injury to score 18 points and grab 11 rebounds.

Deshaun Thomas added 16 points for the Buckeyes (111).

Devon Lamb and Stan Brown each had 10 points for Lamar (8-4), which had a four-game winning streak come to an end. The Cardinals’ record against Big Ten teams dropped to 1-5.

COLL. OF CHARLESTON (9-2) Wiggins 8-16 3-4 23, Wiedeman 2-7 0-0 4, Baru 1-5 6-6 8, Lawrence 2-7 0-0 6, Scott 1-4 1-2 4, Sundberg 3-4 0-1 9, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Stitt 3-9 0-0 8, Carlton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-52 10-13 62.

LOUISVILLE (11-0) Kuric 7-13 1-2 17, Behanan 5-11 1-5 12, Dieng 5-10 4-4 14, Siva 0-5 1-2 1, C. Smith 4-9 0-2 11, R. Smith 5-10 0-1 12, Buckles 1-4 0-0 2, Swopshire 0-0 0-0 0, Justice 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-62 7-16 69.

Halftime-Coll. of Charleston 37-33. 3-Point Goals-Coll. of Charleston 12-23 (Wiggins 4-8, Sundberg 3-3, Stitt 2-3, Lawrence 2-5, Scott 1-4), Louisville 8-22 (C. Smith 3-5, R. Smith 2-5, Kuric 2-7, Behanan 1-1, Buckles 0-1, Siva 0-3). Fouled Out-Lawrence. Rebounds-Coll. of Charleston 34 (Sundberg 9), Louisville 41 (Dieng 12). Assists-Coll. of Charleston 11 (Lawrence 7), Louisville 12 (Siva 6). Total Fouls-Coll. of Charleston 14, Louisville 15.

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No. 15 Pittsburgh 71, St. Francis (Pa.) 47 PITTSBURGH — Pitt’s J.J. Moore scored 15 points and Dante Taylor added 14 points.

The Panthers (11-1) won Kevin Rivoli/AP Photo their ninth straight by holdSYRACUSE’S MICHAEL CARTER-WILLIAMS DUNKS against ing the Red Flash (3-8) to 35 Bucknell during the second half on Tuesday in Syracuse, percent shooting and conN.Y. Syracuse won, 80-61. tinuing their dominance on the glass. Pitt added to its The Buckeyes had played No. 3 Kentucky 82, nation-leading reboundthree of their last four games Samford 50 ing margin (plus 12) by outLEXINGTON, KY. — Doron rebounding St. Francis 42-21. without Sullinger healthy.

The All-America missed two Lamb scored 26 points and FRANCIS (PA.) (3-8) games with back spasms — Darius Miller added 17 as ST.Brown 2-5 1-1 5, Ritter 1-4 0-0 2, Eatherton including Ohio State’s only Kentucky extended its home 4-12 0-0 9, Whyatt 4-11 0-0 10, Ervin 5-12 0-0 13, Lindsey 0-0 0-0 0, Jackson 0-3 0-0 0, loss, a 78-67 setback at No. 13 winning streak to 41 games.

Mazzara 0-0 0-0 0, Peters 0-0 0-0 0, Stanley The Wildcats (10-1) played 1-2 2-2 4, Isaac 1-1 0-0 2, Taylor 1-4 0-0 2.

Kansas on Dec. 10 — and all 19-54 3-3 47. but 6 minutes of Saturday’s without Terrence Jones, who Totals PITTSBURGH (11-1) 74-66 win at South Carolina missed the first game in his Patterson 4-7 3-3 11, Robinson 2-4 2-4 6, collegiate career after dislo- Taylor 7-10 0-0 14, Wright 2-4 4-4 8, Gibbs with an ankle injury.

3-9 2-2 9, Epps 0-1 0-0 0, J. Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, But he warmed up with- cating the pinky on his left, Rivers 0-0 0-0 0, Nwankwo 0-1 0-0 0, Gilbert 1-1 0-0 2, Zanna 3-5 0-0 6, Moore 6-11 2-3 15. out any obvious discomfort, shooting hand on Saturday.

28-56 13-16 71.

The Wildcats scored the Totals was in the starting lineup and Halftime-Pittsburgh 39-21. 3-Point Goalspicked up his sixth double- first 11 points of the game and St. Francis (Pa.) 6-14 (Ervin 3-5, Whyatt 2-4, Eatherton 1-2, Ritter 0-1, Jackson 0-2), led by as many as 34 points. double of the season.

Pittsburgh 2-11 (Gibbs 1-3, Moore 1-4, LAMAR (8-4) Harper 1-4 0-0 2, Brown 4-7 2-4 10, Miles 1-3 2-2 4, Lamb 5-11 0-0 10, James 3-13 3-4 9, Acosta 1-1 0-0 2, Lynch 0-2 0-0 0, Davis 3-7 0-0 6, Minor 1-4 2-2 4, Nelson 1-4 1-2 3, Ebomwonyi 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-57 10-14 50.

OHIO ST. (11-1) Sullinger 8-11 2-5 18, Thomas 6-12 1-2 16, Craft 2-4 0-0 4, Smith Jr. 2-5 0-3 5, Buford 3-11 0-0 7, Sibert 1-5 1-2 4, Scott 1-3 0-0 2, Thompson 0-3 2-4 2, Weatherspoon 1-2 0-0 2, Williams 2-2 1-1 5, Ravenel 2-4 1-2 5.

Totals 28-62 8-19 70.

Halftime-Ohio St. 34-21. 3-Point GoalsLamar 0-12 (Miles 0-1, Harper 0-1, Minor 0-1, Nelson 0-1, Lynch 0-1, James 0-2, Lamb 0-2, Davis 0-3), Ohio St. 6-17 (Thomas 3-4, Smith Jr. 1-2, Sibert 1-3, Buford 1-6, Scott 0-1, Sullinger 0-1). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsLamar 38 (Brown 10), Ohio St. 40 (Sullinger 11). Assists-Lamar 6 (Miles 3), Ohio St. 19 (Craft 6). Total Fouls-Lamar 17, Ohio St. 14.

A-14,169.

SAMFORD (3-7) Hood 3-8 4-6 11, Windler 5-9 0-0 11, Merritt 3-9 0-0 6, Cook 0-4 0-0 0, McNeil 0-0 0-0 0, Hayman 1-1 0-0 2, Miller 1-1 0-0 2, Kelly 1-6 1-2 3, Johnson 2-3 2-2 7, Bailey 0-0 0-0 0, Friday 4-5 0-0 8, Barnes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-46 7-10 50.

KENTUCKY (10-1) Kidd-Gilchrist 5-11 0-0 10, Davis 3-7 2-2 8, Miller 6-10 2-2 17, Lamb 8-12 6-7 26, Teague 6-11 1-3 14, Polson 0-0 0-0 0, Beckham 0-0 0-0 0, Vargas 1-4 0-0 2, Long 0-0 0-0 0, Wiltjer 2-7 0-0 5. Totals 31-62 11-14 82.

Halftime-Kentucky 45-22. 3-Point GoalsSamford 3-16 (Johnson 1-1, Windler 1-3, Hood 1-3, Friday 0-1, Kelly 0-2, Cook 0-3, Merritt 0-3), Kentucky 9-21 (Lamb 4-6, Miller 3-6, Teague 1-2, Wiltjer 1-4, Davis 0-1, KiddGilchrist 0-2). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsSamford 22 (Merritt 5), Kentucky 38 (Davis 9). Assists-Samford 12 (Friday 4), Kentucky 13 (Miller, Teague 5). Total Fouls-Samford 14, Kentucky 12. A-21,984.

BIG 12 WOMEN

No. 22 UT routs Grambling, 91-38 AUSTIN, TEXAS (AP) — Chassidy Fussell scored 19 points and No. 22 Texas opened the game with 19 unanswered points Tuesday night en route to a 91-38 victory over Grambling State.

The Longhorns (9-2) held the Tigers without a field goal until the 14:24 mark of the first half and finished with their largest margin of victory this season.

Fussell converted 3 of 7 3-pointers and the team made a season-high nine from behind the arc. Ashleigh Fontenette added 14 points and 10 assists for Texas. Ashley Gayle and Chelsea Bass each had 11 points, and Cokie Reed scored 10.

Savannah Carter scored 12 points and Markisha Patterson added seven for Grambling State (4-5).

The Longhorns caused 15 turnovers.

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NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-New England 11 3 0 .786 437 N.Y. Jets 8 6 0 .571 346 Miami 5 9 0 .357 286 Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 311 South W L T Pct PF y-Houston 10 4 0 .714 343 Tennessee 7 7 0 .500 279 Jacksonville 4 10 0 .286 207 Indianapolis 1 13 0 .071 211 North W L T Pct PF x-Baltimore 10 4 0 .714 334 x-Pittsburgh 10 4 0 .714 285 Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 305 Cleveland 4 10 0 .286 195 West W L T Pct PF Denver 8 6 0 .571 292 Oakland 7 7 0 .500 317 San Diego 7 7 0 .500 358 Kansas City 6 8 0 .429 192 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 8 6 0 .571 348 N.Y. Giants 7 7 0 .500 334 Philadelphia 6 8 0 .429 342 Washington 5 9 0 .357 252 South W L T Pct PF x-New Orleans 11 3 0 .786 457 Atlanta 9 5 0 .643 341 Carolina 5 9 0 .357 341 Tampa Bay 4 10 0 .286 247 North W L T Pct PF y-Green Bay 13 1 0 .929 480 Detroit 9 5 0 .643 395 Chicago 7 7 0 .500 315 Minnesota 2 12 0 .143 294 West W L T Pct PF y-San Francisco 11 3 0 .786 327 Seattle 7 7 0 .500 284 Arizona 7 7 0 .500 273 St. Louis 2 12 0 .143 166 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday, Dec. 22 Houston at Indianapolis, 8:20 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 24 Oakland at Kansas City, noon Jacksonville at Tennessee, noon St. Louis at Pittsburgh, noon Denver at Buffalo, noon Tampa Bay at Carolina, noon Minnesota at Washington, noon Cleveland at Baltimore, noon Miami at New England, noon N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, noon Arizona at Cincinnati, noon San Diego at Detroit, 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 3:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 3:15 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 25 Chicago at Green Bay, 7:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 26 Atlanta at New Orleans, 7:30 p.m.

PA 297 315 269 371 PA 236 278 293 395 PA 236 218 283 274 PA 343 382 313 319 PA 296 372 311 300 PA 306 281 368 401 PA 297 332 293 406 PA 185 273 305 346

NFL Playoff Scenarios

Week 16 AFC CLINCHED: Houston-AFC South, New England-AFC East, Baltimore-playoff spot, Pittsburgh-playoff spot NEW ENGLAND — Clinches a first-round bye with: Win AND Houston loss or tie OR Win AND Pittsburgh loss or tie AND Baltimore loss or tie OR Tie AND Houston loss OR Tie AND Pittsburgh loss AND Baltimore loss — Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: Win AND Houston loss or tie AND Pittsburgh loss or tie AND Baltimore loss or tie BALTIMORE — Clinches AFC North division with: Win AND Pittsburgh loss — Clinches a first-round bye with: Win AND Pittsburgh loss AND Houston loss DENVER — Clinches AFC West division with: Win AND Oakland loss or tie OR Tie AND Oakland loss AND San Diego loss or tie — Clinches a playoff spot with: Win AND N.Y. Jets loss AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie NFC CLINCHED: Green Bay-NFC North and first-round bye, San Francisco-NFC West, New Orleans-playoff spot GREEN BAY — Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: Win or tie OR San Francisco loss or tie SAN FRANCISCO — Clinches a first-round bye with: Win AND New Orleans loss NEW ORLEANS — Clinches NFC South division with: Win or tie DALLAS — Clinches NFC East division with: Win AND N.Y. Giants loss or tie OR Tie AND N.Y. Giants loss ATLANTA — Clinches a playoff spot with: Win or tie OR Dallas loss or tie AND Chicago loss or tie AND Arizona loss or tie OR N.Y. Giants loss or tie AND Chicago loss or tie AND Arizona loss or tie DETROIT — Clinches a playoff spot with: Win or tie OR Chicago loss or tie AND Arizona loss or tie AND Seattle loss or tie AND Dallas loss or tie OR 1.

Chicago loss or tie AND Arizona loss or tie AND Seattle loss or tie AND N.Y. Giants loss or tie OR Chicago loss or tie AND Arizona loss or tie AND Seattle loss or tie AND Atlanta win or tie

Chiefs

Buffalo, L 7-41 (0-1) at Detroit, L 3-48 (0-2) at San Diego, L 17-20 (0-3) Minnesota, W 22-17 (1-3) at Indianapolis, W 28-24 (2-3) BYE at Oakland, W 28-0 (3-3) San Diego, W 23-20 (OT) (4-3) Miami, L 3-31 (4-4) Denver, L 10-17 (4-5) at New England, L 3-34 (4-6) Pittsburgh, L 9-13 (4-7) at Chicago, W 10-3 (5-7) at N.Y. Jets, L 10-37 (5-8) Green Bay, W 19-14 (6-8) Dec. 24 — Oakland, noon Jan. 1 — at Denver, 3:15 p.m.

College Bowls

Saturday’s Games New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Temple 37, Wyoming 15 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Ohio 24, Utah State 23 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 32, San Diego State 30 Tuesday’s Game Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Marshall 20, FIU 10 Today’s Game Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego TCU (10-2) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday’s Game MAACO Bowl At Las Vegas Boise State (11-1) vs. Arizona State (6-6), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Nevada (7-5) vs. Southern Mississippi (112), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 26 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. North Carolina (7-5) vs. Missouri (7-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN2)

Tuesday, Dec. 27 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina State (7-5) vs. Louisville (7-5), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl At Washington Air Force (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 7 p.m.

(ESPN)Thursday, Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Baylor (9-3) vs. Washington (7-5), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Friday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Dallas Tulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 5:40 p.m. (ESPN) Insight Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 9 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 31 Meineke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5), 1 p.m.

(CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 2:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 6:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Monday, Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl At Dallas Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), 11 a.m. (ESPNU) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), noon (ESPN) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (10-3), noon (ABC) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6), noon (ESPN2) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 4 p.m.

(ESPN) Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State (11-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 4 Orange Bowl At Miami West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 6 Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 7 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), 11 a.m.

(ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 8 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 9 BCS National Championship At New Orleans LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 21 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, TBA, (NFLN) Saturday, Jan. 28 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 3 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Feb. 5 Texas vs. Nation At San Antonio Texas vs. Nation, 1 p.m. (CBSSN)

Big 12 Men W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conf.

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Overall W L 11 0 10 0 8 1 7 1 9 2 8 2 8 3 7 3 6 4 5 4

Missouri Baylor Oklahoma Kansas State Texas Texas A&M Iowa State Kansas Oklahoma State Texas Tech Monday’s Games Baylor 95, Paul Quinn 54 Davidson 80, Kansas 74 Today’s Games Texas at North Carolina, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Lipscomb at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

South Carolina State at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma State at Alabama, 8 p.m.

(ESPN2) Thursday’s Games St. Mary’s at Baylor, 9:30 p.m.

Illinois at Missouri, 8 p.m. (ESPN2) Kansas at USC, 10 p.m. (FSN) Kansas State vs. Southern Illinois (Honolulu), 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Rice at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

Texas Tech at Oral Roberts, 7 p.m.

Friday’s Game West Virginia at Baylor, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Kansas State vs. TBA Sunday’s Game Kansas State vs. TBA

Big 12 Women W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conf.

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Overall W L 11 0 9 0 6 0 9 1 8 1 9 2 8 2 7 2 7 3 7 4

Baylor Texas Tech Oklahoma State Kansas Missouri Texas Texas A&M Iowa State Oklahoma Kansas State Tuesday’s Games Oklahoma 73, Xavier 51 Texas 91, Grambling State 38 Iowa State 84, Northern Iowa 57 UNLV 44, Kansas State 38 Today’s Games Oral Roberts at Kansas, 7 p.m.

Western Kentucky at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

McNeese State at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Memphis at Missouri, 5:30 p.m.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

SANDWICHED

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -W ORLD Jan. 17 — Central Christian, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 20 — at College of the Ozarks (Mo.) Jan. 21 — at Central Baptist (Ark.) Jan. 27 — at York (Neb.) Jan. 28 — at College of St. Mary (Neb.) Feb. 3 — York, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 4 — College of St. Mary, 3 p.m.

Feb. 7 — at Central Christian Feb. 10 — College of the Ozarks, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 11 — Central Baptist, 3 p.m.

Feb. 17 — at Southwestern Christian (Okla.)

Feb. 18 — at Oklahoma Wesleyan

Baker Men

at Kansas Wesleyan, W 102-60 (1-0) at Haskell, W 80-62 (2-0) Friends, W 75-65 (3-0) St. Mary’s, L 76-79 (3-1) Ottawa, W 70-42 (4-1) at Harris-Stowe, W 66-52 (5-1) at McPherson, L 63-77 (5-2) Bethany (at McPherson), W 63-62 (6-2) at Ottawa, W 79-77 (7-2) at Fort Hays State, L 72-90 (7-3) Avila, W 76-70 (8-3) at Missouri Valley, W 64-47 (9-3) Evangel, L 53-69 (9-4) Dec. 29 — Point Loma (at San Diego Classic) Dec. 30 — San Diego Christian (at San Diego Classic) Jan. 5 — at Peru State (Neb.) Jan. 7 — Culver-Stockton Jan. 12 — at MidAmerica Nazarene Jan. 14 — at Graceland (Iowa) Jan. 19 — Benedictine Jan. 21 — at Central Methodist (Mo.) Jan. 26 — at Avila Jan. 28 — Missouri Valley Feb. 4 — at Evangel (Mo.) Feb. 9 — Peru State Feb. 11 — at Culver-Stockton (Mo.) Feb. 16 — MidAmerica Nazarene Feb. 18 — Graceland Feb. 23 — at Benedictine Feb. 25 — Central Methodist

Baker Women

Mark Duncan/AP Photo

DETROIT’S JONAS JEREBKO (33) shoots between Cleveland’s Antawn Jamison (4) and Anderson Varejao. The Pistons won the NBA preseason game, 90-89, on Tuesday night in Cleveland.

College Men

EAST DeSales 61, Kean 45 E. Mennonite 88, Shenandoah 87, OT Frostburg St. 99, Penn St.-Altoona 79 LIU 100, Texas St. 84 Manhattan 81, Towson 62 Montclair St. 104, Immaculata 64 NC State 67, St. Bonaventure 65 Pittsburgh 71, St. Francis (Pa.) 47 Providence 67, New Hampshire 52 Robert Morris 64, Hampton 54 Salisbury 68, Washington (Md.) 57 Syracuse 80, Bucknell 61 SOUTH Alcorn St. 84, Rust 53 E. Michigan 52, Radford 48 Georgia 72, Mercer 58 Kentucky 82, Samford 50 Liberty 91, Montreat 73 Louisiana Tech 56, Northeastern 53 Louisville 69, Coll. of Charleston 62 Presbyterian 75, Furman 71 Richmond 90, Old Dominion 82, OT Tennessee 72, UNC Asheville 68 Troy 80, S. Utah 72 VCU 68, UAB 49 MIDWEST Evansville 77, Miami (Ohio) 75 Illinois St. 72, UALR 65 Kent St. 67, St. Peter’s 58 Nebraska 72, Cent. Michigan 69 Norfolk St. 72, Toledo 70 Ohio 76, N. Iowa 59 Ohio St. 70, Lamar 50 Purdue 81, IPFW 56 Valparaiso 59, N. Illinois 48 W. Carolina 68, Bradley 67 W. Michigan 60, Winthrop 55 Walsh 107, Algoma 54 Wis.-Oshkosh 84, Benedictine (Ill.) 70 Wright St. 80, Idaho 78, OT SOUTHWEST Arkansas 71, E. Kentucky 57 Houston 77, UTSA 75 North Texas 82, Grambling St. 40 Prairie View 53, Stephen F. Austin 50 Sam Houston St. 73, N. Arizona 49 FAR WEST Arizona 85, Oakland 73 BYU 93, Buffalo 78 Gonzaga 71, Butler 55 New Mexico 91, Montana St. 46 Oregon 58, NC Central 45 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 77, E. Washington 61 San Jose St. 79, UC Davis 59 Utah St. 73, Texas-Arlington 69

College Women

EAST DeSales 68, Albright 55 Manhattan 73, Cornell 49 Quinnipiac 68, Yale 63 Temple 59, UCLA 53 UMBC 54, Navy 46 West Virginia 94, Mount St. Mary’s 32 SOUTH Cent. Arkansas 69, High Point 56 Cleveland St. 68, Murray St. 61, OT Duke 107, UNC Wilmington 45 E. Kentucky 80, Jacksonville St. 76, OT ETSU 68, Morehead St. 57 FAU 71, Bethune-Cookman 70, 3OT Florida A&M 86, Austin Peay 77 Franklin & Marshall 61, Randolph-Macon 55 Howard 81, Buffalo 57 Kenyon 49, Transylvania 45 Nicholls St. 67, North Texas 64, OT North Carolina 65, East Carolina 61 Oklahoma Christian 75, St. Thomas (Fla.) 71 Richmond 66, Liberty 54 SE Missouri 56, Longwood 52 SIU-Edwardsville 63, Georgia St. 49 Stetson 70, Campbell 55 Virginia 59, James Madison 53 MIDWEST Cent. Michigan 65, Wright St. 60 Dayton 80, Illinois 66 Detroit 70, E. Michigan 69, OT Indiana St. 67, Chicago St. 59 Iowa 71, Drake 46 Iowa St. 84, N. Iowa 57 Nebraska-Omaha 65, W. Illinois 58 Notre Dame 90, UCF 38 Ohio St. 88, S. Utah 50 Olivet 66, Rochester (Mich.) 54 Purdue 66, Oakland 47 Trine 69, Wooster 56 UMKC 70, Saint Louis 67 Valparaiso 53, E. Illinois 50 Wis.-Oshkosh 65, St. Norbert 63 SOUTHWEST Creighton 54, UTSA 53 Lamar 73, Houston Baptist 40 Michigan St. 72, Colorado St. 45 Missouri St. 77, Arkansas St. 68 Oklahoma 73, Xavier 51 Oklahoma City 86, Xavier (NO) 48 Pittsburgh 77, Indiana 72, OT Sam Houston St. 53, South Alabama 50 Stephen F. Austin 68, Rice 64, OT TCU 60, Tulsa 43 Texas 91, Grambling St. 38 FAR WEST Arizona St. 83, Army 46 Cal St.-Fullerton 55, San Francisco 50 California 80, Dartmouth 39 Colorado 67, Texas-Pan American 49 Georgia 63, Montana St. 49 Northwestern 68, N. Dakota St. 55 Portland St. 70, Denver 66 Sacramento St. 87, CS Bakersfield 84 Stanford 97, Tennessee 80 Syracuse 81, Ohio 70

Kansas Men

Exhibition Pittsburg State, W 84-55 Fort Hays State (exhibition), W 101-52 Regular season Towson (first-round Maui Invitational), W 100-54 (1-0) Kentucky in New York (Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden), L 65-75 (1-1).

Georgetown (Maui Invitational), W 67-63 (2-1) UCLA (Maui Invitational), W 72-56 (3-1)

Duke (Maui Invitational), L 61-68 (3-2) Florida Atlantic, W 77-54 (4-2) South Florida, W 70-42 (5-2) Long Beach State, W 88-80 (6-2) Ohio State, W 78-67 (7-2) Davidson, (M&I Bank Kansas City Shootout), L 74-80 (7-3) Dec. 22 — at USC, 10 p.m., Fox Sports Net. Dec. 29 — Howard, 7 p.m., JTV. Dec. 31 — North Dakota, 3 p.m., ESPNU. Jan. 4 — Kansas State, 7 p.m., Big 12 network.

Jan. 7 — at Oklahoma, 1 p.m., ESPNU. Jan. 11 — at Texas Tech, 8 p.m., ESPNU. Jan. 14 — Iowa State, 3 p.m., Big 12.

Jan. 16 — Baylor, 8:30 p.m., ESPN. Jan. 21 — at Texas, 3 p.m., CBS. Jan. 23 — Texas A&M, 8 p.m., ESPN. Jan. 28 — at Iowa State, 1 p.m., ESPN/ ESPN2.

Feb. 1 — Oklahoma, 8 p.m., ESPNU. Feb. 4 — at Missouri, 8 p.m., ESPN. Feb. 8 — at Baylor, 6 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2.

Feb. 11 — Oklahoma State, 3 p.m., Big 12.

Feb. 13 — at Kansas State, 8 p.m., ESPN. Feb. 18 — Texas Tech, 7 p.m., Big 12.

Feb. 22 — at Texas A&M, 8 p.m., ESPN2.

Feb. 25 — Missouri, 3 p.m., CBS. Feb. 27 — at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m., ESPN. March 3 — Texas, 8 p.m., ESPN. March 7-10 — Big 12 championship, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas Women

Exhibition Emporia State W, 83-61 Pittsburg State W, 68-43 Regular season Western Michigan W, 76-64 (1-0) Creighton W, 73-59 (2-0) at Wake Forest, W 74-73 (3-0) Lamar in Basketball Traveler’s, Inc. Tipoff Classic, W 90-40 (4-0) IUPUI in Basketball Traveler’s, Inc. Tipoff Classic, W 71-50 (5-0) FAU in Basketball Travelers, Inc. Tipoff Classic, W 82-63 (6-0) SMU, W 75-52 (7-0) at Alabama, L 76-80 (7-1) Wisconsin, W 73-44 (8-1) UMKC, W 77-52 (9-1) Today — Oral Roberts, 7 p.m. (Knology) Dec. 28 — Sam Houston State, 7 p.m.

(Knology) Jan. 4 — at Texas, 8 p.m. (Longhorn) Jan. 7 — Kansas State, 7 p.m. (Metro) Jan. 11 — Iowa State, 7 p.m. (Knology) Jan. 15 — at Missouri, 11:30 a.m. (FSN) Jan. 18 — at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 21 — Texas A&M, 7 p.m. (Knology) Jan. 25 — Texas Tech, 7 p.m. (Knology) Jan. 28 — at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Jan. 31 — Oklahoma, 7 p.m. (Metro) Feb. 4 — at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

Feb. 8 — Texas, 7 p.m. (Metro) Feb. 12 — at Kansas State, noon (FSN) Feb. 15 — at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 18 — Missouri, 1 p.m. (Metro) Feb. 21 — at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

Feb. 24 — Baylor, 6:30 p.m. (FSN) Feb. 29 — Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. (Metro) March 4 — at Oklakhoma, TBA March 7-10 — Big 12 championship at Kansas City, Mo.

Haskell Men

at Bethany, L 67-75 (0-1) McPherson, L 72-79 (0-2) Baker, L 62-80 (0-3) at Southwestern, W 66-59 (1-3) St. Mary, W 79-70 (2-3) at Tabor, W 66-57 (3-3) at Ottawa, W 90-76 (4-3) Bethany (McPherson Classic), W 72-65 (5-3) at McPherson, L 73-78 (5-4) Tabor, W 70-68 (6-4) Ottawa, L 77-87 (6-5) at Utah Valley State, L 49-84 (6-6) at South Dakota School of Mines, L 68-80 (6-7) at Oglala Lakota, W 114-64 (7-7) Dec. 31 — Avila, 3 p.m.

Jan. 2 — at St. Mary Jan. 6 — at Warner Southern (Fla.) Jan. 7 — at Northwood (Fla.) Jan. 13 — Southwestern Christian, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 14 — Oklahoma Wesleyan, 5 p.m.

Jan. 17 — Central Christian, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 20 — at College of the Ozarks (Mo.) Jan. 21 — at Central Baptist (Ark.) Jan. 27 — at York (Neb.) Jan. 28 — at Bellevue (Neb.) Feb. 3 — York, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 4 — Bellevue, 5 p.m.

Feb. 7 — at Central Christian Feb. 10 — College of the Ozarks, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 11 — Central Baptist, 5 p.m.

Feb. 17 — at Southwestern Christian (Okla.)

Feb. 18 — at Oklahoma Wesleyan (Okla.)

Haskell Women

College of the Southwest (at Espanola, N.M.), L 81-86 (0-1) at Northern New Mexico, L 74-79 (0-2) McPherson, W 72-66 (1-2) at Our Lady of the Lake (Bacone Classic), L 71-97 (1-3) at Bacone (Okla.), L 81-88 (1-4) St. Mary, W 80-77 (2-4) at Ottawa, L 53-68 (2-5) Northern New Mexico, W 84-62 (3-5) Bethel (at McPherson), L 59-73 (3-6) at McPherson, L 61-74 (3-7) at Tabor, L 59-64 (3-8) Ottawa, W 60-47 (4-8) Hannibal-LaGrange (at College of the Ozarks Classic), L 47-60 (4-9) Missouri Baptist (at College of the Ozarks), L 58-94 (4-10) at South Dakota School of Mines (S.D.), L 51-61 (4-11) at Oglala Lakota (S.D.), W 96-33 (5-11) Jan. 2 — at St. Mary Jan. 13 — Southwestern Christian, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 14 — Oklahoma Wesleyan, 3 p.m.

at Kansas Wesleyan, L 51-74 (0-1) Northwest Oklahoma (Baker Classic), L 65-80 (0-2) Rogers State, L 66-81 (0-3) Friends, W 56-55 (1-3) Ottawa (Ottawa Classic), L 61-65 (1-4) Park (Mo.) (Ottawa Classic), L 59-62 (1-5) at Rogers State (Okla.), L 63-85 (1-6) at William Woods (Mo.), L 50-67 (1-7) at Columbia College (Mo.), L 66-87 (1-8) Avila, L 55-65 (1-9) at Missouri Valley, L 71-72 (1-10) Evangel, L 69-72 (1-11) Dec. 30 — Sterling (Tabor Classic in Hillsboro) Dec. 31 — Tabor (Tabor Classic) Jan. 5 — at Peru State (Neb.) Jan. 7 — Culver-Stockton Jan. 12 — at MidAmerica Nazarene Jan. 14 — at Graceland (Iowa) Jan. 19 — Benedictine Jan. 21 — at Central Methodist (Mo.) Jan. 26 — at Avila Jan. 28 — Missouri Valley Jan. 31 — College of the Ozarks Feb. 4 — at Evangel (Mo.) Feb. 9 — Peru State Feb. 11 — at Culver-Stockton (Mo.) Feb. 16 — MidAmerica Nazarene Feb. 18 — Graceland Feb. 23 — at Benedictine Feb. 25 — Central Methodist

Lawrence High Boys

Junction City, W 59-42 (1-0) KC Sumner at Blue Valley Shootout, W 59-47 (2-0) Blue Valley at Blue Valley Shootout, W 51-34 (3-0) Olathe Northwest at Blue Valley Shootout, L 41-57 (3-1) at Free State, W 75-68, OT (4-1) Jan. 6 — Olathe Northwest, 7 p.m.

Jan. 7 — Rockhurst, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 10 — SM Northwest, 7 p.m.

Jan. 13 — at Olathe South, 7 p.m.

Jan. 19 — at Topeka Invitational, TBA Jan. 20 — at Topeka Invitational, TBA Jan. 21 — at Topeka Invitational, TBA Jan. 31 — at Leavenworth, 7 p.m.

Feb. 3 — at SM East, 7 p.m.

Feb. 7 — SM West, 7 p.m.

Feb. 10 — Olathe North, 7 p.m.

Feb. 14 — at SM South, 7 p.m.

Feb. 17 — at Olathe East, 7 p.m.

Feb. 21 — at SM North, 7 p.m.

Feb. 24 — Free State, 7 p.m.

Free State Boys

Topeka Seaman, W 67-57 (1-0) at Shawnee Heights, W 56-47 (2-0) Lansing, L 44-46 (2-1) Blue Valley North, L 49-75 (2-2) Lawrence High, L 68-75, OT (2-3) Jan. 3 — Blue Valley West, 7 p.m.

Jan. 6 — Olathe East, 7 p.m.

Jan. 10 — SM South, 7 p.m.

Jan. 13 — at Olathe Northwest, 7 p.m.

Jan. 19 — at McPherson Invitational, TBA Jan. 20 — at McPherson Invitational, TBA Jan. 21 — at McPherson Invitational, TBA Jan. 31 — at SM West, 7 p.m.

Feb. 3 — SM North, 7 p.m.

Feb. 7 — at Leavenworth, 7 p.m.

Feb. 10 — at Olathe South, 7 p.m.

Feb. 14 — SM Northwest, 7 p.m.

Feb. 17 — Olathe North, 7 p.m.

Feb. 21 — at SM East, 7 p.m.

Feb. 24 — at Lawrence High, 7 p.m.

Lawrence High Girls

at KC Wyandotte, W 68-22 (1-0) Junction City, W 35-30 (2-0) St. Teresa’s Academy, L 34-35 (2-1) at Free State, L 47-64 (2-2) Jan. 6 — Olathe Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 10 — SM Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 12 — Olathe South, 7 p.m.

Jan. 17 — KC Schlagle, 7 p.m.

Jan. 20 — at Emporia, 7 p.m.

Jan. 26 — at Free State Firebird Tournament, TBA Jan. 27 — at Free State Firebird Tournament, TBA Jan. 28 — at Free State Firebird Tournament, TBA Jan. 31 — at Leavenworth, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 3 — at SM East, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 6 — SM West, 7 p.m.

Feb. 10 — Olathe North, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 13 — at SM South, 7 p.m.

Feb. 17 — at Olathe East, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 21 — at SM North, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 24 — Free State, 5:30 p.m.

Free State Girls

Topeka Seaman, W 39-30 (1-0) at Shawnee Heights, W 75-38 (2-0) Lansing, W 72-26 (3-0) Lawrence High, W 64-47 (4-0) at Platte County (Mo.), W 65-32 (5-0) Jan. 6 — Olathe East, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 10 — SM South, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 13 — at Olathe Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 17 — Emporia, 7 p.m.

Jan. 26 — Firebird Winter Classic at home, TBA Jan. 27 — Firebird Winter Classic at home, TBA Jan. 28 — Firebird Winter Classic at home, TBA Jan. 31 — at SM West, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 3 — SM North, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 7 — at Leavenworth, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 10 — at Olathe South, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 14 — SM Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 17 — Olathe North, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 21 — at SM East, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 24 — at Lawrence High, 5:30 p.m.

High School Boys

Council Grove 63, Chase County 54 Flinthills 46, Southern Coffey 29 Highland Park 68, Coffeyville 53 Hillsboro 67, Marion 54 Jefferson North 77, Wellsville 42 Jefferson West 62, Santa Fe Trail 52 Nemaha Valley 71, Holton 56 Norton 60, Cambridge, Neb. 45 Ottawa 73, Louisburg 49 Pittsburg 47, Arkansas City 44 Pratt 50, Nickerson 28 Royal Valley 63, Perry-Lecompton 43 Sabetha 43, Hiawatha 38 SM West 56, SM East 50 Tonganoxie 51, Metro Academy 33

High School Girls

Burrton 42, Pretty Prairie 21 Eudora 40, Baldwin 28 Highland Park 55, Coffeyville 43 Holton 62, Nemaha Valley 33 Jefferson North 71, Wellsville 26

Norton 39, Cambridge, Neb. 29 Norwich 44, Caldwell 26 Ottawa 47, Louisburg 45 Pittsburg 45, Arkansas City 43 Pratt 50, Nickerson 28 Royal Valley 38, Perry-Lecompton 32 Sabetha 49, Hiawatha 23 Santa Fe Trail 54, Jefferson West 27 SM East 48, SM West 38 Southern Coffey 56, Flinthills 19 Tonganoxie 57, Metro Academy 45 Valley Heights 31, Linn 11

High School

Junior Varsity Girls Tuesday at Platte City, Mo. Free State 38, Platte City 17 FSHS highlight: Summer Frantz 14 points.

FSHS record: 6-0. Next for FSHS: Jan. 6 vs.

Olathe East.

Freshman Boys Saturday at Free State High Lawrence 56, Free State 49 FSHS scoring: Keegan McKinney 16, Kalim Dowdell 8, Justin Narcomey 7, Joel Spain 6, Scott Frantz 4, Cole Stallard 4, Daniel Clarke 2, Andrew Keating 2.

FSHS record: 3-1. Next for FSHS: Jan. 5 vs.

Olathe East.

NBA Preseason

Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 101, Washington 94 Detroit 90, Cleveland 89 Chicago 93, Indiana 85 Oklahoma City 87, Dallas 83 Denver 127, Phoenix 110 Sacramento 95, Golden State 91 Today’s Games Miami at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

New Jersey at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Memphis at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Houston at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 32 20 8 4 44 112 94 N.Y. Rangers 31 19 8 4 42 91 68 Pittsburgh 34 19 11 4 42 110 90 New Jersey 33 18 14 1 37 91 96 N.Y. Islanders 31 11 14 6 28 72 99 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 32 22 9 1 45 111 63 Toronto 33 16 13 4 36 102 108 Ottawa 34 16 14 4 36 106 117 Buffalo 33 16 14 3 35 90 98 Montreal 34 13 14 7 33 87 92 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 34 18 10 6 42 91 86 Washington 32 17 14 1 35 95 97 Winnipeg 33 15 13 5 35 91 100 Tampa Bay 32 14 16 2 30 87 107 Carolina 34 10 18 6 26 86 116 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 34 21 9 4 46 113 101 Detroit 32 21 10 1 43 107 71 St. Louis 32 19 9 4 42 82 69 Nashville 33 17 12 4 38 86 88 Columbus 33 9 20 4 22 80 111 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 35 20 10 5 45 85 78 Vancouver 33 20 11 2 42 110 80 Calgary 34 15 15 4 34 84 95 Colorado 34 16 17 1 33 91 102 Edmonton 33 14 16 3 31 89 90 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 32 19 12 1 39 85 89 San Jose 30 17 10 3 37 86 74 Phoenix 33 17 13 3 37 86 86 Los Angeles 33 15 14 4 34 72 81 Anaheim 33 9 19 5 23 78 110 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 3, Winnipeg 2, SO N.Y. Rangers 4, New Jersey 1 Washington 4, Nashville 1 Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 2 Ottawa 4, Buffalo 1 Phoenix 2, Florida 1 Calgary 2, Minnesota 1 Today’s Games Phoenix at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 8:30 p.m.

Detroit at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Tampa Bay at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Agreed to terms with OF Endy Chavez on a one-year contract.

DETROIT TIGERS-Named Al Nipper minor league pitching coordinator. Extended its working agreement with Connecticut (NYP) through the 2014 season.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Agreed to terms with INF Yuniesky Betancourt on a one-year contract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS-Agreed to terms with RHP Joel Peralta on a one-year contract.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES-Agreed to terms with OF Michael Cuddyer on a three-year contract and INF Casey Blake on a one-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Named Ed Wade special consultant to the baseball operations department.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Agreed to terms with RHP Ryota Igarashi and 1B Jeff Clement on minor league contracts.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Agreed to terms with RHP Jeff Fulchino, RHP Waldis Joaquin, C Carlos Maldonado, INF Andres Blanco, INF Jarrett Hoffpauir, INF Chad Tracy, OF Brett Carroll, OF Jason Michaels and OF Xavier Paul on minor league contracts.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS-Signed G Jannero Pargo.

NEW JERSEY NETS-Waived G Jerry Smith and G JamesOn Curry.

FOOTBALL USA FOOTBALL-Added Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany to its board of directors.

National Football League BUFFALO BILLS-Placed TE Lee Smith on injured reserve. Signed TE Kevin Brock from the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS-Signed WR Jonathan Haggerty to the practice squad.

CLEVELAND BROWNS-Placed TE Alex Smith and LB Titus Brown on injured reserve. Signed TE Dan Gronkowski. Signed LB Brian Smith from the practice squad.

Signed WR Torrey Grissett and LB Craig Robertson to the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS-Placed OT Derek Sherrod on injured reserve. Signed OT Herb Taylor.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-Placed LB Koa Misi on injured reserve. Signed QB Pat Devlin from the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS-Signed TE Dedrick Epps to the practice squad.

ST. LOUIS RAMS-Placed LB Josh Hull on injured reserve. Signed TE Mike McNeill off Indianapolis’ practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS-Placed WR Mike Williams on injured reserve. Signed CB Phillip Adams.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS-Signed TE Rob Myers and DE Doug Worthington. Signed TE Schuylar Oordt and S Michael Hamlin to the practice squad. Waived TE Dominique Byrd.

COLLEGE NCAA-Banned Ohio State’s football program from a bowl game next season, along with other penalties, for a scandal that involved players taking cash and tattoos in exchange for jerseys, rings and other memorabilia.

ILLINOIS-Named Mike Ward and Alex Golesh assistant football coaches.

IOWA-Suspended RB Marcus Coker from the Insight Bowl after violating the university’s student-athlete code of conduct.

Announced the resignation of defensive line coach Rick Kaczenski.

NBA

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Injury sidelines Arthur Putting fresh for entire season names on community health.

MEMPHIS, TENN. (AP) — Memphis forward Darrell Arthur will miss the season after an MRI exam confirmed a torn right Achilles tendon.

The Grizzlies announced the injury Tuesday. The 6-foot-9, 235-pound Arthur was hurt in practice Sunday and had the exam Monday.

The team says he is scheduled for surgery within the next week but is expected to be ready for the start of the 2012-13 season.

Arthur, 23, averaged career highs with 9.1 points, 49.7 field goal percentage, 0.79 blocks and 20.1 minutes over 80 games last season.

He averaged 7.1 points and 15.5 minutes during the Grizzlies’ 13 playoff games last spring.

Arthur, a fourth-year pro out of Kansas University, was the 27th pick overall in 2008 by New Orleans. He has played in 188 career games in three seasons, all spent with Memphis.

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MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES FORWARD DARRELL ARTHUR, RIGHT, SHOOTS in front of Oklahoma City Thunder center Nick Collison in this file photo from May 15, in Oklahoma City.

Arthur tore his right Achilles tendon and will be forced to miss the 2011-12 NBA season.

Shortened NBA free agent period leads to whirlwind of movement

By Ben Bolch Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — David West traveled north by northeast, signing with Indiana after eight seasons in New Orleans.

Lamar Odom was a Laker, then a Hornet, then a Laker, then a Maverick, all in the span of 48 hours.

Andrew Bynum remained a Laker, although he could be under Orlando’s tree if the Magic finds itself in the mood for some last-minute Christmas shopping.

And you thought keeping up with the Kardashians was tough.

The lockout-shortened NBA free-agency/trading period has been a whirlwind of biblical proportions, answering the Clippers’ prayers while depositing Tyson Chandler and Baron Davis at the feet of Amare Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks.

The pro basketball monopoly isn’t over in Los Angeles, although the Lakers may feel as if Commissioner David Stern sent them to trade jail while allowing the Clippers to pass “go” and collect Chris Paul on the way to the playoffs.

The Clippers also landed savvy point guard Chauncey Billups via the amnesty clause and signed veteran free-agent small forward Caron Butler via the promise of no longer being the old Clippers.

“Wow, the Clippers are relevant,” Lakers legend Magic Johnson said Tuesday during a conference call with reporters. “For the first time, I’m going to be watching Clippers games too.”

Johnson said the Clippers and Knicks were the biggest winners in the free-agency scrum, describing the Clippers as “1A” and the Knicks as “1B.” What does that make the Lakers, who traded Odom to the team that knocked them out of the playoffs and lost free agent Shannon Brown to Phoenix, another Western Conference rival? Are they 30Z? “They did pull off a trade, it just didn’t happen,” Johnson said of the Lakers’ plan to land Paul before Stern blocked the deal. “It’s not like they didn’t go to work. You still have to give them a B for effort.”

Lakers fans clung to hopes of getting Orlando’s Dwight Howard as the ultimate stocking stuffer, a scenario that would entail plucking the All-Star center away from other suitors while offering Bynum and/or Pau Gasol.

The Lakers signed free agents Josh McRoberts and Troy Murphy to try and fill the gap in the frontcourt left by Odom’s departure.

Not that those were the “big deals” General Manager Mitch Kupchak was most hotly pursuing.

The Mavericks were full of good cheer after the acqui-

sitions of Odom and Vince Carter, the aging superstar who hopes to take flight once more.

Yet, it remained unclear if those moves would constitute a net gain considering that the defending NBA champions also lost defensive stalwart Chandler to New York and Lakers nemesis Jose Barea to Minnesota.

Chandler certainly downgraded in ownership, going from the dynamic Mark Cuban to the notorious James Dolan.

Chicago was wielding more firepower after signing free-agent shooting guard Richard Hamilton, who could compound the Lakers’ holiday headache when he shows up at Staples Center for their Christmas opener alongside most valuable player Derrick Rose.

Shane Battier doesn’t exactly give Miami a Big Four, although when the rugged free-agent forward signed with the Heat it removed some defensive pressure from LeBron James.

There are more moves to come. If your team’s Christmas wishes don’t come true, blame it on Stern or the nearest Kardashian.

“I am curious as to how I am the cause for any trade?

LOL,” Khloe Kardashian tweeted after her hubby Lamar was sent to Dallas.

“Some people just say anything behind their computer screens.”

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Holiday beverages pack a caloric wallop.

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AGING WELL Aerobics may cut risk of dementia

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Holiday dinner staples can be prepared ahead of meal time Q: A:

Can mashed potatoes be frozen?

After researching several methods of freezing mashed potatoes, Alice Henneman, MS, RD, Extension Educator for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, created these directions. She found this procedure is the easiest and most flexible and can be used with any amount of mashed potatoes.

Directions for freezing Recommended freezer storage time: 1 month 1. Prepare mashed potatoes using your favorite recipe.

(One easy method is listed at the end of these directions.)

TIP: Mash the potatoes so they’re not chunky, as chunks can become mealy when frozen and then thawed.

2. Refrigerate mashed potatoes in a shallow pan in the refrigerator until cool.

3. To make individual servings: Use one of these methods and freeze portions until firm enough to retain their shape, about 1 to 2 hours. Then transfer to a resealable freezer bag and press out the air.

Use an ice cream scoop to scoop serving-sized portions on a baking sheet.

Freeze in a muffin tin. You may find it easiest to “pop” the frozen potato mounds from a silicone muffin tin.

Freeze in stand-alone silicone cupcake baking cups.

Place on a baking sheet until frozen. For larger single portions, try freezing in silicone egg poachers.

4. To freeze a larger batch of potatoes: Freeze in a freezer bag in the amount you wish to serve. Flatten the freezer bag and press out the air. Spread out in your freezer in single layers on a flat surface until frozen. Then, stack together.

If you’re freezing only a few portions, consider using a small baking sheet that is sized for use in a toaster oven.

Label the freezer bag with the name, date prepared and amount of the item. It may be easiest to write this on the bag before you add the potatoes.

Directions for reheating 1. Thaw freezer bags for about 24 hours in the refrigerator. Thaw individual servings in some type of covered container in refrigerator or defrost mashed potatoes in your microwave, following manufacturer’s directions. If the freezer bag manufacturer doesn’t provide specific instructions for microwave defrosting, transfer the food to a microwave-safe container to defrost. Cook foods defrosted in the microwave immediately after defrosting.

2. Depending on the amount of potatoes, microwave them in about 30-second to 1 1/2-minute increments, in a covered container, stirring at the end of each time segment.

For example, microwave an individual serving for about 30 seconds at a time and a familysized portion for a longer time.

Be careful when removing a lid or plastic wrap from a hot microwaved item. Hot steam escaping from the container as the covering is lifted could cause a burn. If covering the microwave container with plastic wrap, vent the wrap at a corner or side of the dish; leave at least an inch of air space between the food and the wrap covering the dish.

Foods high in fat or sugar should not come into contact with plastic wrap as they may cause the wrap to melt.

The potatoes may look runny at first, but their texture and consistency comes back after you heat and stir them.

Use an instant-read thermometer as an easy way to determine when your potatoes have heated sufficiently.

They should be reheated to at least 165 degrees.

Here’s directions for making quick, creamy mashed potatoes using a potato ricer: 1. Wash outside skins of potatoes under clean, running water. Rub briskly — scrubbing with a clean brush or hands — to remove dirt and surface microorganisms.

Don’t use soap or detergent.

2. Before baking, pierce washed potatoes with a fork to allow steam to escape as they are heated. Bake potatoes in your microwave according to the directions that come with your microwave.

For best results, choose uni-

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form-size potatoes so they bake at the same rate.

3. Cut baked potatoes horizontally into 2 to 3 sections, depending on the length of the potato. Lift and move potatoes with tongs to prevent burning your fingers.

4. Place sections with the cut end down, one at a time, in the ricer.

5. Press down on ricer to push the potato through the holes, leaving the skin behind.

6. Remove the skin and repeat for each section.

7. Mix in butter or margarine. Add milk until mashed potatoes reach the desired consistency. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

8. If mashed potatoes have cooled more than you like, reheat them briefly in the microwave.

Q: Can I cook a turkey the day before serving it?

A: Yes, you can. Follow these directions if you plan to roast your turkey a day before your meal:

Follow safe procedures for thawing and roasting your turkey.

When the turkey is fully cooked, wait about 20 minutes after removing it from the oven to allow the juices to distribute.

Slice breast meat. Legs and wings may be left whole.

Shingle (slightly overlap) a single layer of the carved turkey and place turkey in metal containers. Limit depth to less than 2 inches. Metal containers cool faster than glasstype pans.

Pour a little broth over the turkey to prevent drying. Then refrigerate, loosely covered.

You can place loosely covered foods in the refrigerator while still warm; cover tightly when food is completely cooled.

Gretta Irwin from the

Iowa Turkey Federation suggests on the day of your meal, combine approximately 1 1/2 cups of pan drippings (that have been refrigerated) or reduced-sodium chicken broth with 1/4 cup warm water, white wine or apple juice. Pour over turkey to prevent drying.

Cover the pan with an ovenproof lid or aluminum foil and reheat thoroughly in a 350-degree oven until hot and steaming throughout (165 degrees).

Either freeze leftover turkey or plan to eat cooked turkey within 3 to 4 days of the day it was originally prepared. Once removed from the oven, turkey should not set at room temperature longer than 2 hours total. For best safety and quality, avoid reheating and cooling turkey multiple times.

If you make your gravy the day before, refrigerate it in a shallow container. Bring gravy to a rolling boil when reheating it. Eat the gravy within 1 to 2 days of original preparation date.

If you’re planning to travel and bring the turkey, it’s safest and easiest to travel with it pre-cooked and cold.

Carry it in an insulated cooler with lots of ice or frozen gel-packs to keep the cooler temperature below 40 degrees. Then reheat the turkey at your final destination.

— Susan Krumm is an extension agent in family and consumer sciences with K-State Research and Extension-Douglas County, 2110 Harper St. She can be reached at 843-7058.

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To that end, I offer you these two simple treats that are perfect for New Year’s Eve, or any festive occasion, really. I love both of these because they’re relatively inexpensive to do, and can be put together in short order, but they look appealing — even a little fancy.

Also, they transport well, so you can schlep them to your cocktail party without any fuss.

On New Year’s Eve (or at any good cocktail party, really) it is important that people have some “real” sustenance.

If the champagne is flowing, you need to offer people some items that will fill their bellies with solid food. This little morsel, then, is ideal.

Roasted Red Potato Bites 1 bag red potatoes (about 20 to 25 small potatoes) 1 cup sour cream cooking spray kosher salt 5 strips bacon 1 tablespoon dill Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Begin by cutting your potatoes in half. A few of mine were extra big so I quartered them. You are going for “bitesized” here — something people can just pop into their mouths, no forks required.

I sprayed a cookie sheet thoroughly with butter-flavored cooking spray, and arranged my potatoes cut-side down on it. Then I covered

them again, thoroughly, with cooking spray.

Next, I sprinkled them liberally with kosher salt, and popped them in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.

Meanwhile, I put a cup of sour cream into a Ziploc baggie and cut the corner off, a la pastry bag for piping. (Very fancy.)

I also started the bacon cooking. I just used kitchen shears to cut it into small pieces and then popped in the pan to fry. Cook it thoroughly, just shy of burning.

You want it super-crispy.

Once your bacon is cooked to a crisp, put it in a baggie and give it a few good whacks with the back of a wooden spoon so it will bust into small sprinkle-sized pieces.

Remove the potatoes from the oven, let them cool for just a minute, and then you’re ready for toppings. I just piped a small dollop of sour cream on each one, sprinkled a few bacon bits, and then dusted everything with the dill. But you could top with whatever you have around. A little smoked salmon would be pinky-up fancy, or a bit of shredded cheese, or maybe some green onion or chives.

I promise, there won’t be any of these left at the end of the party and people will be grateful for the stick-to-yourribs aspect of the potatoes.

My other new favorite party treat is a little “caprese on a stick.” This also could not be simpler to make and can be assembled in advance of the party.

Caprese on a Stick 1 container of grape or cherry tomatoes (usually

comes in pint container) 8 ounces fresh mozzarella 10 large basil leaves 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoon sugar 2 cloves garlic, minced toothpicks Cut the tomatoes in half and put them in a bowl. Cut the basil leaves into strips, about an inch wide. Chop the mozzarella into bite-size pieces.

You’re ready to assemble.

First, put a piece of mozzarella on the toothpick, then fold a strip of basil in half and stab it on. Then place a tomato flat-side down on your work surface and stab the toothpick into it. You want to put it on this way rather than threading it on by hand because you want to be sure it will stand up straight and not be on the toothpick crooked.

Repeat until all the tomatoes and/or cheese are gone.

Then make your dressing. Just combine all the ingredients and shake well. I spooned it over my little capreses so that the cheese could absorb some liquid, rather than just letting the tomatoes get it all from the bottom.

They’re very festive looking, and it only took me about 15 minutes to put them together. Makes a nice tray to pass around, and let’s face it, people love any food on a stick.

Here’s to a festive holiday season and a great new year. Let’s all try hard to keep our heads and not sweat the small stuff. Save your energy for the important things, like ripping open presents and making snow angels.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Meatless Monday: Carrot soup is warm and hearty

By Sarah Henning sarah@lawrence.com

Editor’s note: Each week Sarah Henning selects a meatless recipe for the Meatless Monday blog on Lawrence.com. But going meatless doesn’t have to be limited to Monday. These recipes offer great vegetarian or vegan alternatives any day of the week.

You probably have a lot to do this week ... and a bunch of rich food on the menu. Why not start your week with a simple, healthy soup?

Enjoy!

Carrot-Ginger Soup 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth, divided 1 yellow onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger 1 pound carrots, coarsely chopped 1 medium Yukon gold potato, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10B

— Bonnie Cherry, Lawrence

Caramel Oat Bars Base 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup rolled oats 2/3 cup flour Caramel 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Icing 1/4 cup unsalted butter 2 tablespoons water 2 tablespoons cocoa, sifted 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted Heat oven to 350 degrees.

For base, beat butter and sugar in small bowl with an electric mixer on mediumhigh speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add oats and flour. Beat until smooth. Press into a greased 8-inch-square or 9-inchsquare baking pan. Bake until

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Mademoiselle Cherry’s Incredibly Good Looking and Incendiary GingerDoodles, recipe from Bonnie Cherry, Lawrence set, about 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare caramel mixture. Heat condensed milk, butter and brown sugar to a boil in heavy saucepan over medium heat. Boil, stirring constantly for 5 minutes.

Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Pour caramel mixture over cooked base. Allow to cool completely.

To prepare icing, melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Stir in cocoa and water until smooth. Add confectioners’ sugar. Stir until mixed well. Spread over cooled caramel layer. Allow to set before cutting. Store in the refrigerator.

Spread over cooled brownies. Refrigerate until set.

For topping, melt chocolate chips and butter. Cool for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Spread over filling.

Chill in the freezer. Cut into bars. Store in the refrigerator.

— Nicole Green, Lawrence (adapted from “Taste of Home”)

Vegan Molasses Cookies 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup packed brown sugar 3/4 cup canola oil — Sue Reeder, Lawrence (adapt1/4 cup molasses ed from www.hungrymonster.com) 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 cup unsweetened apChocolate Mint Brownies plesauce Brownies Preheat oven to 350 de1/2 cup butter, softened grees.

1 cup sugar In a mixing bowl, stir to4 eggs gether flour, baking soda, cin1 can (16 ounces) chocolate namon, ginger, cloves and salt. syrup In a second bowl, mix brown 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar, vegetable oil, molasses, 1 cup all-purpose flour vanilla and applesauce.

1/2 teaspoon salt Add dry mixture to wet Filling mixture and stir until just 1/2 cup butter, softened mixed. Scoop into balls and 2 cups confectioner’s sugar roll each ball in sugar before 1 tablespoon water placing on baking sheet.

1/2 teaspoon mint extract Bake for 8 minutes, rotate, 3 drops green food coloring then bake about 8 minutes Topping more.

— Luke Johnson, St. Louis (for1 package (10 ounces) semimer Lawrence resident) sweet chocolate chips Dash mint extract 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon Trim the Tree Butter Cookies butter (9 tablespoons) Cookies For brownies, cream to2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour gether butter and sugar un1 1/4 cups powdered sugar til light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 cup butter, softened one at a time, beating well 1 egg after each addition. Beat in 1 teaspoon baking soda syrup and vanilla. Add flour 1 teaspoon cream of tartar and salt; mix well. Pour into 1 teaspoon almond extract a greased 13-inch-by-9-inch Frosting baking pan. Bake at 350 de4 cups powdered sugar grees for 30 minutes. Top 1/2 cup butter of brownies will still appear 3 to 4 tablespoons milk wet. Cool on a wire rack.

2 teaspoons vanilla For filling, cream butFood coloring ter and confectioner’s sugIn large mixer bowl, comar. Add water, extract and food coloring until blended. bine all cookie ingredients.

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CARROT-GINGER SOUP is a hearty meal without meat.

until tender, about 6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in ginger, carrots, potato and remaining broth and heat to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover and cook 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

In batches, carefully puree in a blender. Add water or broth if needed to thin to desired consistency. Reheat soup if necessary. Stir in lemon juice Heat 1/2 cup broth to a sim- and garnish with chives. mer in a medium saucepan — Recipe from wholefoodsmarket over medium-high heat. Add .com. onion and garlic and cook

Cookies Mademoiselle Cherry’s Incredibly Good Looking and Incendiary GingerDoodles 3/4 cup butter 2 cups sugar 2 large eggs, beaten 1/2 cup molasses 1/4 cup crystallized ginger, finely chopped 2 teaspoons vinegar 3 3/4 cups unbleached flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons powdered ginger 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon cloves 3/4 tablespoon fine ground black pepper 1 package almond bark Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Cream butter and sugar together. Slowly add eggs, molasses, crystallized ginger and vinegar.

Sift dry ingredients together well. Yes, that means the black pepper, too. Trust me.

Add dry ingredients to butter/egg mixture. Mix well.

Drop by heaping spoonful onto cookie sheet covered in parchment. I like big chewy cookies, and use a big melon baller as a scoop.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

Tops should be attractively crinkly. Remove from oven and cool to room temperature.

Meanwhile, melt almond bark in Dutch oven. Dip your perfectly baked and subsequently cooled gingersnap halfway into the melted almond bark. Scrape excess almond bark on side of pan and place that gorgeous cookie to cool and harden on wax paper. Repeat until all cookies are this incredibly good looking.

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Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often until well mixed (3 minutes to 4 minutes). If necessary, chill dough until firm enough to be rolled (about 2 hours).

Heat oven to 375 degrees.

Roll out dough half at a time on well-floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out with cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheets.

Bake for 6 minutes to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.

While still warm, use a wooden pick to make a hole for string to hang ornament.

Cool completely. In small mixing bowl, combine all frosting ingredients. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often until fluffy. If desired, color frosting with food coloring. Decorate cookies with frosting. Serve cookies or use them as tree ornaments.

— Nicole Green, Lawrence

Polish Xmas Bows (Chrusciki) 5 egg yolks 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon butter (melted, then cooled) 1 tablespoon vinegar (white) 1 tablespoon dark rum 2 tablespoons heavy cream 1 1/2 cups flour Crisco oil for frying Mix eggs yolks and sugar.

Add melted butter and mix well. Add vinegar, rum and heavy cream and mix well.

Add flour in small amounts and knead well.

Divide the dough into two parts, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 10 minutes.

Roll dough out to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into strips of 2 inches by 6 inches. Slit each strip in the middle and pull one end through the slit. Pull until there is an equal amount of dough on each side of the slit. Drop the dough into hot oil and lightly brown, turning once to brown both sides.

Remove with slotted spoon

MORE RECIPES ONLINE Check out Lawrence. com/meatlessmondays for more vegetarian or vegan menu options, brought to you by food writer Sarah Henning.

3/4 cup brown sugar or tongs and drain on paper 1/4 cup white sugar towels. After completely 2 1/4 cups flour cooled, sprinkle with a snow1 teaspoon baking soda storm of powdered sugar.

1/2 teaspoon vanilla Smacznego! (Bon appetit!)

6 ounces chocolate chips *Chrusciki (pronounced 1 small package instant vakhrush-cheeky) are a tradinilla pudding tional Polish treat.

— Krystyna Hilding, Lawrence, 1/2 cup nuts, if desired and Teresa Jurkowski, Venice, Fla. Cream margarine, brown and white sugars, vanilla and Mother’s Fruit Cake Cookies instant pudding. Add eggs 1 pound candied mixed and beat until light. Add flour and baking soda. Stir in chocfruit diced (or scant 2 cups) olate chips and nuts. Drop on 2 cups chopped pecans 2 cups all-purpose flour, cookie sheet and bake 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees. Note: divided 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) marga- I often add more chocolate chips. rine or butter, softened — Krystal Burenheide, Lawrence 1 cup light brown sugar 2 eggs Caramel Cashew Chewies 1/4 cup milk 3/4 cup butter, softened 1 tablespoon baking powder 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (op1 1/2 cups all purpose flour tional) 1 cup old-fashioned oats Preheat oven to 325 de1 package (14 ounces) caragrees. Coat cookie sheet with mels nonstick spray.

1/3 cup half-and-half cream In a large bowl combine 1 cup semisweet chocolate candied fruit, pecans and 1/2 cup of flour; toss until evenly chunks 1 cup salted cashew halves, coated and set aside.

In another large bowl, chopped In a large bowl, cream butcream margarine and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in the ter and brown sugar. Beat eggs and milk. Add the re- in egg. Stir in flour and oats. maining 1 1/2 cups flour, bak- Press into a 13-inch-by-9-inch ing powder, cinnamon and baking pan coated with cooknutmeg (if desired). Beat un- ing spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes or until til well blended.

Stir in fruit mixture. Drop golden brown.

Meanwhile, in a small by teaspoonfuls 1 inch apart onto cookie sheet. Bake 15 to saucepan, combine caramels 18 min or until golden. Re- and cream. Cook over low heat for 4-5 minutes or until move to wire rack to cool.

— Mary Pitts, Lawrence caramels are melted, stirring occasionally. Pour over Sunny Oat ’n’ Raisin Cookies crust. Sprinkle with choco1 cup (2 sticks) butter, soft- late chunks and cashews. ened Bake for 8 to 10 minutes 1 cup packed brown sugar of until chocolate is melted.

1/2 cup granulated sugar Cool on a wire rack before 2 eggs cutting. Yield about 3 dozen.

— Nicole Green, Lawrence 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups flour Peanut Blossoms 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 3/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional) 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 cups oats (quick or old1/2 cup butter (or margafashioned) rine) 1/4 cup sunflower seeds 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/2 cup raisins 1/2 cup sugar Heat oven to 350 degrees.

1/2 cup firmly packed Beat together butter and sugars until creamy. Add eggs brown sugar 1 egg and vanilla; mix well.

1 teaspoon vanilla In a separate bowl combine 3 dozen candy kisses (unflour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well, then add to wrapped) Set oven to 375 degrees. “wet” mixture.

Stir in oats, sunflower Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. In another seeds and raisins.

Drop by rounded (ce- bowl, cream together butter real) spoon size blobs onto and peanut butter. Gradually add sugar and brown sugar, ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes — creaming well. Add egg and the cookies will look slightly vanilla. Beat well. Blend in golden on the edges and too dry ingredients until thorgooey in the middle, but take oughly mixed. Shape dough them out, allow to set on the in balls, then roll in sugar and cookie sheet for about 2 min- place on ungreased cookie utes then move to a cooling sheet. Bake 8-9 minutes. Rerack. Makes about 4 dozen move from oven and place candy kiss in center of each cookies.

— Lindsay Frentrop, Lawrence cookie pressing down until cookie cracks around edge.

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies Return to oven for an addi1 cup soft margarine tional minute.

— Mary Pitts, Lawrence 2 eggs

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Lawrence.com

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Christmas cookie jar

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COOKIES FROM SOME OF THE SUBMITTED RECIPES, clockwise from top: Mademoiselle Cherry’s Incredibly Good Looking and Incendiary GingerDoodles, mini cheesecake tarts, chocolate mint brownies, vegan molasses cookies, caramel cashew chewies and 7-layer cookies.

Residents share favorite holiday recipes

By Sarah Henning sarah@lawrence.com

Every baker has her (or his) secret weapon.

The recipe that is a signature, staple or begged for by all previous tasters.

And, because it’s the season of sharing, we asked area bakers to be generous with their signatures, staples and favorites of the holiday season.

What we received are beloved recipes that are all across the (smorgas)board — cookies, bars, family heirloom recipes, ones fresh and new, simple and delightful treats, and ones more difficult but worth the effort.

Try one or all of these to make your holiday season a little bit sweeter.

Mini Cheesecake Tarts Pastry 1 cup all purpose flour 1/3 cup sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 cup margarine or butter 2 to 3 tablespoons water Filling 2 3-ounce packages cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg Jelly, jam or preserves (or can of cherry pie filling) For pastry: In small bowl stir together flour, 1/3 cup sugar and cocoa. Cut in margarine until pieces are size of small peas.

Sprinkle with water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing until all is moistened. Form dough into a ball. Divide into 24 balls. Place each in an ungreased 1 3/4-inch muffin cup (small mini size). Press evenly against bottom and sides of cup.

For filling: In small mixer bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar until fluffy. Beat in milk and vanilla. Add egg, beat until just

combined. Fill each muffin cup with 1 tablespoon filling.

Bake at 325 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes or till set. Cool 30 minutes in pans. Remove from pans, cool completely. When ready to serve, top with jelly, jam or drop a cherry from a can of pie filling.

— Mary Pitts, Lawrence

7-Layer Cookies 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) 1 cup graham crumbs 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 package butterscotch chips 1 cup chopped nuts 1 cup coconut 1 can Eagle Brand milk Melt butter in bottom of 13-inchby-9-inch pan. Spread all other ingredients in layers in order, starting with the graham crumbs and ending with the milk. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.

— Nicole Green, Lawrence

Please see COOKIES, page 9B Mini Cheesecake Tarts, recipe from Mary Pitts, Lawrence

New Year’s appetizers provide substantial sustenance THE FLYING FORK

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is the season, right? The season, that is, for running around like a crazy person, for feeling inadequate in every way, for getting sick and never getting well because you’re too busy pretending you’re not sick so you can keep running around like a crazy person.

Oh wait, maybe that’s just me.

The slew of holiday parties is upon us, and I love each one more than the

last, and I want to go to everything, and I always want to have the perfect dish to take with me. It’s bordering on compulsive. My husband keeps asking me why I don’t just buy a shrimp ring and be done with it, and I do think he might be onto something. Because a person can drive herself crazy (and into the poor house) trying to come up with cute, inventive, delicious dishes to take to every party.

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Computer-IT ELECTRIC LINEMAN The City of Baldwin City is currently seeking an Electric Lineman.

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Candidates must be available to work between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily.

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Background check, pre-employment drug screen, and physical lift assessment required. EOE

SOCIAL S OCIAL M MEDIA EDIA SPECIALIST S PECIALIST The World Company is hiring for a Social Media Specialist to be responsible for designing and implementing social media strategies, products and tools to be used by the sales team to be sold to our advertisers.

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Background check, pre-employment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. EOE

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Looking for Residential Direct Service Professionals to assist adults with developmental disabilities in activities of daily living and quality of life activities.

FT, PT-Day/evening, overnight positions in Burlington, Osage City, Ottawa.

HS diploma/GED and good driving record required. $9/hr + 50 cent raise after completing training, health/dental, life insurance, KPERS, PTO, OJT. Apply and interview at: Waverly Community Bldg, 408 Pearson St., Waverly, KS or call 620-364-2151; 785-242-5035

plus a free photo.

3BR 3BR — 1131 Tennessee, 1st floor, 1 bath. Avail. now. No 2 & 3 Bedrooms pets. $650/mo. 785-841-5797 Clubhouse lounge, gym, www.rentinlawrence.com garages avail., W/D, walk 3BR 3BR -- 2121 Inverness, 2 in closets, and 1 pet okay. story, 2.5 bath, CA, DW, 3601 Clinton Pkwy., Lawrence W/D hookup, 2 car, 1 pet 785-842-3280 ok. $850/mo. 785-841-5797

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Lead teacher for after school program. Approx.

Crossgate Crossgate Casita’s Casita’s 20 hours per week New 1BR - $540/mo. Open Mon-Fri. afternoons. Mon.-Sat. Noon-4pm, 2451 Starts early January. Re- Crossgate Dr. 785-760-7899 quires experience teaching and supervising ele- 1BR 1BR — 740 Massachusetts, mentary age children, above Wa Restaurant, big good group manage- windows, 1 bath, CA. $750/ ment and curriculum mo. No pets. 785-841-5797 planning skills.

Contact Hilltop Child Ad Ad Astra Astra Apartments Apartments Development Center, 1 & 2 BRs from $390/mo.

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The City of Eudora, Kansas (population 6,200) seeks responsible applicants with knowledge of the operation and maintenance of city an owned water treatment plant.

Certification preferred but not required. Interested applicants should submit an application: the City of Eudora PO Box 650 Eudora, KS 66025. Attention: Pam Schmeck or pamcaa@sunflower.com

by Tuesday, January 10, 2012.

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Apartments Furnished

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Starting at $560/month

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1BRs 1BRs — 622 Schwarz. CA, laundry, off-street parking, gas & water paid. $435/ mo. No pets. 785-841-5797

Lead Lead Teacher Teacher

offer good for limited time

1BR - $450, 2BR- $510/mo.

Water & trash pd. Deposit - $300. On the Bus Route.

Rooms Rooms (newly remodeled) Rent by week or by month.

With cable & internet. Call Virginia Inn 785-856-7536

Alvamar Alvamar Country Country Club Club seeking experienced Bartender for Members’ Lounge. Apply at 1809 Crossgate Drive, Lawrence, KS.

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Special 6-8 Week Project At HALLMARK 1st & 2nd Shift Starts Early January!

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Health Care

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Carpets & Rugs

Concrete

BILL FAIR AND COMPANY AT YOUR SERVICE SINCE 1970 800-887-6929

Decorative & Regular concrete drives, walks, & patios. 42 yrs. exp.

Jayhawk Concrete 785-979-5261

Automotive Services

Driveways, Parking Lots, Paving Repair, Sidewalks, Garage Floors, Foundation Repair 785-843-2700 Owen 24/7

Auto Maintenance and Repair

CARPET TILE BUY-OUT!

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Special Buy. Assorted.

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Bryant Collision Repair Mon-Fri. 8AM-6PM We specialize in Auto Body Repair, Paintless Dent Repair, Glass Repair, & Auto Accessories.

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Dale and Ron’s Auto Service

Family Owned & Operated for 37 Years Domestic & Foreign Expert Service 630 Connecticut St

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FINAL DAYS!

FREE CARPET INSTALLATION BEFORE CHRISTMAS

One room or a whole house*,

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Decks & Fences Looking for Something Creative?

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Stacked Deck

Catering Oakley Creek Catering - Full Service Caterer Specializing in smoked meats & barbeque

- Corporate Events, Private Parties, Weddings-

• Decks • Gazebos • Framing • Siding • Fences • Additions • Remodel • Weatherproofing & Staining Insured, 20 yrs. experience.

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Electrical

Harris Auto Repair

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“If you want it done right, take it to Hite.”

Auto Body Repair Windshield & Auto Glass Repair 3401 W 6th St (785) 843-8991 http://lawrencemarket place.com/hite

K’s Tire

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Hilltop Child Development Center, 1605 Irving Hill Road Lawrence, Kansas 785-864-4940 hilltop@ku.edu twitter.com/HilltopCDC Serving Lawrence since 1972.

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Motors - Pumps Complete Water Systems

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Your locally owned and operated carpet and upholstery cleaning company since 1993!

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Family owned and operated since 1992 For Your Holiday Cleaning Needs

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Auto-Home- BusinessLife- Health Dennis J. Donnelly Insurance Inc. 913-268-5000 11211 Johnson Dr. insuranceinckc.com

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Salon & Spa

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Eagles Lodge

Banquet Room Available for Corporate Parties, Wedding Receptions, Fundraisers Bingo Every Friday Night 1803 W 6th St. (785) 843-9690 http://lawrencemarket place.com/Eagles_Lodge

Accessible and General Public Transportation We provide door-to-door transportation as well as many additional services to residents of Douglas County living with disabilities.

Call to schedule a ride: 843-5576 or 888-824-7277 Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 3:30 pm We ask for $2.00 each way.

Even if you don’t have a disability and you live outside the Lawrence City limits, we can help.

Funded in part by KDOT Public Transit Program

CONCRETE INC. Your local concrete repair specialists Sidewalks, Patios, Driveways

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Dependable Service

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Riffel Painting Co. 913-585-1846

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Marty Goodwin 785-979-1379

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Serving Lawrence and surrounding areas for over 25 years.

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Arborscapes Tree Service Tree trimming & removal Ks Arborists Assoc. Certified Licensed & Insured.

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Recycling Services 12th & Haskell Recycle Center, Inc. No Monthly Fee - Always been FREE! Cash for all Metals We take glass!

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BUDGET TREE SERVICE, LLC. 913-593-7386

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No Job Too Small Free Est. Lic. & Ins. 913-268-3120

Chris Tree Service 20yrs. exp. Trees trimmed, cut down, hauled off.

Lonnie’s Recycling Inc. Free Est. Ins. & Lic. Buyers of aluminum cans, 913-631-7722, 913-301-3659 all type metals & junk vehicles. Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-4, Fredy’s Tree Service 501 Maple, Lawrence. cutdown• trimmed• topped 785-841-4855 Licensed & Insured. lawrencemarketplace.com/ 14 yrs experience. lonnies 913-441-8641 913-244-7718

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RETIRED MASTER PLUMBER & Handyman needs small work.

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Full Service Grooming All Breeds & Sizes Including Cats!

Flea & Tick Solutions

Year round storage

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MAGILL PLUMBING • Water Line Services • Septic Tanks / Laterals 913-721-3917 Free Estimates Licensed Insured.

Green Grass Lawn Care

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Travel Services

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Haul Free: Salvageable items. Minimum charge: other moving/hauling jobs.

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CONCRETE INC Your local foundation repair specialist!

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Sue Bee’s Cleaning 785-841-2268

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Westside 66 & Car Wash

Your Local Lawrence Bank

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Case No. 10 CV 875 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 Title to Real Estate Involved

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Lawrence (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World December 7, 2011) Millsap & Singer, LLC 11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 300 Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT CitiMortgage, Inc. Plaintiff, vs.

Alberto Correa, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 10CV544 Court No. 5 Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at The Jury Assembly Room located in the lower level of the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center on January 5, 2012 at the time of 10:00 AM, the following real estate: THE NORTH HALF (N1/2) OF THE SOUTH HALF (S1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW1/4) OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX (36), TOWNSHIP THIRTEEN SOUTH (T13S), RANGE TWENTY EAST (R20E) OF THE 6TH P.M., DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, SUBJECT TO PUBLIC ROAD RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD. MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THE NORTH HALF (N1/2) OF THE SOUTH HALF (S1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW1/4) OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX (36), TOWNSHIP THIRTEEN SOUTH (T13S), RANGE TWENTY EAST (R20E) OF THE 6TH P.M., DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC ROAD RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD BEING PARCEL 3A ON THE CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY RECORDED MAY 21, 2002 IN BOOK 817, AT PAGE 0424. Tax ID No. 200157, Commonly known as 958 E 1900 Rd, Eudora, KS 66025 (“the Property”) MS#116671 to satisfy the judgment in the above entitled case.

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

Douglas County Sheriff MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By: Jeremy M. Hart, #20886 jhart@msfirm.com Lindsey L. Craft, #23315 lcraft@msfirm.com Chad R. Doornink, #23536 cdoornink@msfirm.com Jennifer L. Michaels, #24256 jmichaels@msfirm.com 11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 300 Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS ATTORNEYS FOR CITIMORTGAGE, INC. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World December 14, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS DIVISION 5 CAPITOL FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK Plaintiff, vs.

LISA J. McCUNE a/k/a LISA J. PULLIAM; KRIS M. KRAMER; RODGER W. McCUNE; STATE OF KANSAS, EX REL., SECRETARY, SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES; STATE OF KANSAS, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, DIRECTOR OF TAXATION; SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE, LP; CAPITAL ONE BANK, A BANKING ASSOCIATION; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF LISA J. McCUNE, a/k/a LISA J. PULLIAM; THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF KRIS M. KRAMER; THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF RODGER W. McCUNE; and The unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, on the 2nd day of November, 2011, in the case above numbered, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the Judicial & Law Enforcement Center in the City of Lawrence, in said County and State, on the 5th day of January, 2012, at ten o’clock (First published in the Lawa.m. on said day, the fol- rence Daily Journal-World lowing described interest December 14, 2011) in real estate situated in Douglas County, Kansas, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, to-wit: KANSAS DIVISION 5 Lot 155, in Country Club North, an Addition to the CAPITOL FEDERAL SAVINGS City of Lawrence, Douglas BANK County, Kansas (commonly Plaintiff, known as 215 Yorkshire vs.

Drive, Lawrence, Douglas GLORIA S. LANDMAN, County, Kansas 66049).

THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF GLORIA S. together with all fixtures, LANDMAN; and The appurtenances, etc., thereunto pertaining; said inter- unknown heirs, executors, est in real property is lev- administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and ied upon as the property of assigns of any deceased Defendants Lisa J. McCune defendants; the unknown a/k/a Lisa J. Pulliam and Rodger W. McCune, and all spouses of any defendants; other alleged owners, and the unknown officers, sucwill be sold without ap- cessors, trustees, creditors praisal to satisfy said Order andassigns of any defendants that are existing, of Sale. dissolved or dormant corDated this 14th day of De- porations; the unknown executors, administrators, cember, 2011 devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and asSHERIFF OF DOUGLAS signs of any defendants COUNTY, KANSAS that are or were partners James B. Biggs, #14079 or in partnership; the unCAVANAUGH & LEMON, P.A. known guardians, conser2942A SW Wanamaker vators and trustees of any Drive, Suite 100 defenants that are minors Topeka, KS 66614 or areunder any legal disa(785) 440-4000 bility; and the unknown Attorneys for Plaintiff heirs,executors, adminis________ trators, devisees, trustees, (First published in the Law- creditorsand assigns of any person alleged to be rence Daily Journal-World deceased.

December 14, 2011) Defendants.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Case No. 11 CV 325 DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Plaintiff, vs.

Donald Agustus Emanuel Spencer and Nualsri Noelle Spencer aka Noelle Spencer, et al., Defendants.

Case No. 10CV774 Division 5 K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Douglas, State of Kansas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 10CV774, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at 10:00 AM, on 01/05/2012, the Jury Assembly Room of the District Court located in the lower level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center building, 111 E. 11th St., Lawrence, Kansas, the following described real estate located in the County of Douglas, State of Kansas, to wit: THE WEST 40 FEET OF LOT 123 AND THE EAST 40 FEET OF LOT 125, ALL ON INDIANA STREET IN THE CITY OF BALDWIN CITY, IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS.

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 Title to Real Estate Involved NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, on the 14th day of November, 2011, in the case above numbered, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the Judicial & Law Enforcement Center in the City of Lawrence, in said County and State, on the 5th day of January, 2012, at ten o’clock a.m. on said day, the followingdescribed interest in real estate situated in Douglas County, Kansas, to-wit: Lot 18, in Meadows Place, an Addition to the City of Lawrence, in Douglas County, Kansas (commonly known as 2736 Meadow Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047).

Dated this 14th day of December, 2011

Notice is hereby given that Douglas County is accepting sealed bids for Various (First published in the Law- Aggregates, for use at varirence Daily Journal-World ous locations throughout December 14, 2011) Douglas County by the Department of Public Works.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Bids will be received in the DOUGLAS COUNTY, Office of the Douglas KANSAS County Clerk until 3:00 P.M., DIVISION 1 Wednesday, January 4, 2012 and then publicly opened in CAPITOL FEDERAL SAVINGS the Office of the Douglas BANK County Clerk.

Plaintiff, vs.

Bids must be submitted on DENNIS GROVER, MARY J. forms obtainable at either GROVER, and PEOPLES the Office of the Director of BANK, ; and The unknown Public Works/County Engiheirs, executors, adminis- neer, 1242 Massachusetts trators, devisees, trustees, Street, Lawrence, Kansas, creditors and assigns of or on the Internet at any deceased defendants; www.demandstar.com. the unknown spouses of The bids shall be submitted any defendants; the unin sealed envelopes, adknown officers, successors, dressed to the Office of the trustees, creditors and County Clerk, Courthouse, assigns of any defendants 1100 Massachusetts Street, that are existing, dissolved Lawrence, Kansas 66044, or dormant corporations; upon which is clearly writthe unknown executors, ten or printed “Various Agadministrators, devisees, gregates”, along with the trustees, creditors, succes- name and address of the sors and assigns of any de- bidder. Any bid received by fendants that are or were the Office of the County partners or in partnership; Clerk after the closing date the unknown guardians, and time will be returned conservators and trustees unopened. Faxed bids will of any defendants that are not be accepted. Douglas minors or are under any le- County is not responsible gal disability; and the un- for lost or misdirected bids, known heirs, executors, ad- whether lost or misdirected ministrators, devisees, by the postal or courier trustees, creditors and as- service of the bidder or the signs of any person alleged Douglas County mail room. to be deceased.

Defendants.

The awarded bidder shall agree to offer the prices Case No. 11 CV 193 and the terms and conditions herein to other govPursuant to K.S.A. ernment agencies who Chapter 60 wish to participate in a coTitle to Real Estate Involved operative purchase program with Douglas County.

N NOTICE OTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Other agencies will be responsible for entering into NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN separate agreements with that under and by virtue of the awarded bidder and for an Order of Sale issued by all payments thereunder. the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, The Douglas County Board Kansas, on the 7th day of of Commissioners reserves November, 2011, in the case the right to reject any or all above numbered, I will of- bids, waive technicalities, fer for sale at public auc- and to purchase the prodtion and sell to the highest uct, which in the opinion of bidder for cash in hand at the Board, is best suited to the Judicial & Law Enforce- the work for which it is inment Center in the City of tended.

Lawrence, in said County and State, on the 5th day of DATED: 12/14/11 January, 2012, at ten o’clock a.m. on said day, the fol- DOUGLAS COUNTY lowing described interest PUBLIC WORKS in real estate situated in Keith A. Browning, P.E. Douglas County, Kansas, Director of Public Works to-wit: ________ Attorney for Plaintiff ________

The Board of County Commissioners

Tonganoxie Becca Ayne Burgess and Tatjon A. Burgess, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 11CV474 Court Number: 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 Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: LOT 14, BLOCK 3, STONECREEK ADDITION NO. 1, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS, commonly known as 2141 Rock Creek Drive, Tonganoxie, KS 66086 (the “Property”)

to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made Jackie Waggoner without appraisement and Purchasing Director subject to the redemption ________ period as provided by law, (First published in the Law- and further subject to the rence Daily Journal-World approval of the Court. For December 21, 2011) more information, visit www.Southlaw.com.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS David Zoellner, Sheriff Leavenworth County, The Bank of New York MelKansas lon f/k/a The Bank of New York as successor to Prepared By: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., South & Associates, P.C. as trustee for the benefit of Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) the Certificateholders of 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Popular ABS, Inc. Mortgage Overland Park, KS 66211 Pass-Through Certificates (913)663-7600 Series 2005-5 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Plaintiff, Attorneys For Plaintiff vs.

(134581) John H Knowles AKA John ________ Mills AKA John Hawley Knowles, et al., (First published in The MirDefendants. ror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) Case No. 10CV564 Division 5 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF K.S.A. 60 LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Mortgage Foreclosure KANSAS (Title to Real Estate CIVIL DEPARTMENT Involved) BY:

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Douglas, State of Kansas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 10CV564, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at 10:00 AM, on 01/12/2012, the Jury Assembly Room of the District Court located in the lower level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center building, 111 E. 11th St., Lawrence, Kansas, the following described real estate located in the County of Douglas, State of Kansas, to wit: LOT FOUR (4), BLOCK ONE (1), IN SCHWARZ ACRES, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Respectfully Submitted, By: Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 St. Louis, MO 63141 Phone: (314) 991-0255 Fax: (314) 567-8006 Email:

together with all fixtures, appurtenances, etc., thereunto pertaining; said interest in real property is levied upon as the property of Defendant, Gloria S. Land- sscharenborg@km-law.com man, and all other alleged Attorney for Plaintiff ________ owners and will be sold without appraisal to satisfy said Order of Sale.

SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS James B. Biggs, #14079 CAVANAUGH & LEMON, P.A. SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS 2942A SW Wanamaker COUNTY, KANSAS Drive, Suite 100 Topeka, KS 66614 (785) 440-4000 Respectfully Submitted, Attorneys for Plaintiff By: ________ Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 (First published in the LawSara Knittel, KS # 23624 rence Daily Journal-World Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 December 17, 2011) Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) DOUGLAS COUNTY 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 DEPARTMENT OF St. Louis, MO 63141 PUBLIC WORKS Phone: (314) 991-0255 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Fax: (314) 567-8006 Bid # 11-F-0019 Email: sscharenborg@km-law.com

Lawrence

Lot 4, Oakwood Estates, a (First published in the LawSubdivision of Douglas rence Daily Journal-World County, Kansas (commonly December 21, 2011) known as 1104 East 1284 Douglas County, Kansas Road, Lawrence, Kansas Request for Proposals 66047).

No. 11-F-0020 together with all fixtures, appurtenances, etc., there- Douglas County, Kansas, is unto pertaining; said inter- soliciting proposals from est in real property is lev- interested and qualified ied upon as the property of contractors to plan, design, Defendants Dennis Grover implement and evaluate a and Mary J. Grover, and all regional hazardous materiother alleged owners, and als full-scale exercise. will be sold without appraisal to satisfy said Order Sealed proposals must be of Sale. received in the Office of the Douglas County Clerk’s OfDated this 14th day of De- fice, Douglas County Courtcember, 2011 house, 1100 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS 66044 before 3:00 p.m. CST, Monday, SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS 2012 January 9, 2 012.

COUNTY, KANSAS James B. Biggs, #14079 CAVANAUGH & LEMON, P.A. The Board of County Com2942A SW Wanamaker missioners reserve the Drive, Suite 100 right to accept or reject any Topeka, KS 66614 proposal, all or part of any (785) 440-4000 proposal, and to waive miAttorneys for Plaintiff nor technicalities in pro________ posals received.

Baldwin (Published in the Baldwin City Signal, Thursday, December 22, 2011) ORDINANCE NO. 1274 AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING LAND TO THE CITY OF BALDWIN CITY, KANSAS WHEREAS, the City has received a written request for annexation from the owner of record of a parcel of land that adjoins the corporate limits of the City of Baldwin City, Kansas, and is being served by city water and electric utilities; and WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Baldwin City, Kansas, finds it advisable to annex this property.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Baldwin City, Kansas, that: Section 1. The following parcel of land, as referenced and described, is hereby annexed and made a part of the City of Baldwin City, Kansas at the request of the owner of record: Beginning at the SW corner NE ¼ SD Section TH N01DEG35’ 59” W 664.27 feet, SD PT Being on W line of S ½ NE 14; TH S89DEG31’45” E 2657.33 feet SD PT being on E line of S ½ NE ¼; TH along SD E line 01DEG33’.

Said property contains 29.155497 acres of land in Douglas County, Kansas.

Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official City newspaper, and after satisfaction of all applicable state laws.

PASSED AND APPROVED by the Governing Body of the City of Baldwin City, Kansas, this 19th day of December, 2011.

APPROVED: /s/ Ken Wagner Ken Wagner, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Darcy Higgins Darcy Higgins, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ Matthew H. Hoy Matthew H. Hoy, City Attorney _______

Tonganoxie (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1 Plaintiff, vs.

The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-14 Plaintiff, vs.

Kimberly M. McCarbrey and Robert A. Reed, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 11CV483 Court Number: 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 Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

Tonganoxie

Tonganoxie

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visit qualified and acting Executor of the Estate of Charles William Rinehart, David Zoellner, Sheriff deceased, requesting that Leavenworth County, Petitioner’s acts be apKansas proved; account be settled and allowed; the heirs be Prepared By: determined; the “Valid South & Associates, P.C. Settlement Agreement” be Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) construed and the Estate 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 be assigned to the persons Overland Park, KS 66211 entitled thereto; the Court (913)663-7600 find the allowances re(913)663-7899 (Fax) quested for attorneys’ and Attorneys For Plaintiff guardian ad litem fees and (133948) expenses are reasonable _______ and should be allowed; the costs be determined and ordered paid; the adminis(First published in The Mir- tration of the Estate be ror, Wednesday, December closed; upon the filing of receipts the Petitioner be 14, 2011) finally discharged as the IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Executor of the Estate of Charles William Rinehart, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, deceased, and the PetiKANSAS tioner be released from further liability.

PHH MORTGAGE You are required to file CORPORATION your written defenses to Plaintiff, the petition on or before vs.

December 29, 2011, at 11:30 WHITNEY E. FOLEY, a.m., in the District Court, Defendants. in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, at Case No. 11CV644 which time and place the Court Number: cause will be heard.

Should you fail to file your K.S.A. 60 written defenses, judgMortgage Foreclosure ment and decree will be entered in due course NOTICE OF SUIT upon the petition.

The State of Kansas to: WILLIAM R. RINEHART, WHITNEY E. FOLEY, A/K/A Executor WHITNEY ERIN FOLEY, A/K/A WHITNEY FOLEY; SUBMITTED BY: JOHN DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); MARY DOE (REAL Law Office of NAME UNKNOWN); ST. Cathleen A. Gulledge LUKE’S SOUTH HOSPITAL, 310 West Center, Suite 108 INC.; WHITE STAR CON- Wichita, Kansas 67202-1003 Attorney for Petitioner STRUCTION, INC. _______ and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, (First published in The Mirdevisees, trustees, credi- ror, Wednesday, December tors, and assigns of such of the defendants as may be 21, 2011) deceased; the unknown spouses of the defendants; IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, the unknown officers, sucKANSAS cessors, trustees, creditors and assigns of such deWells Fargo Bank, National fendants as are existing, Association dissolved or dormant corPlaintiff, porations; the unknown vs. guardians and trustees of Dean A. Davis , et al., such of the defendants as Defendants. are minors or are in anywise under legal disability; Case No. 09CV676 and all other persons who Court Number: 4 are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, by Phh Mortgage Corporation for judgment in the sum of $159,551.93, plus interest, costs and other relief; judgment that plaintiff’s lien is a first lien on the said real property and sale of said property to satisfy the indebtedness, said property described as follows, to wit: LOT 5, BLOCK 1, PEAK SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF LINWOOD, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS. Commonly known as 208 East 5th Ct, Linwood, Kansas 66052 and you are hereby required to plead to said petition in said Court at Leavenworth, Kansas on or before the 30th day of January, 2012.

K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Leavenworth, State of Kansas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 09CV676, 09CV676 wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at 10:00 AM, on 01/12/2012, THE JUSTICE CENTER ON THE 2nd FLOOR LOBBY 01 S. 3rd (street level), 60 601 Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048, the following described real estate located in the County of Leavenworth, State of Kansas, to wit:

Should you fail therein judgment and decree will be entered in due course LOT 2, CEDAR LAKE ESALL OF LOTS 35, 36, 37 AND upon said petition.

TATES PHASE I, A SUBDIVIA PART OF LOT 38, BLOCK LEAVENWORTH IN THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO SION 16, CENTRAL SUBDIVISION, COUNTY, KANSAS, ACCOLLECT A DEBT AND ANY CITY OF LEAVENWORTH, TO THE REINFORMATION OBTAINED CORDING LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, CORDED PLAT THEREOF. THEREOF WILL BE USED FOR TH THAT HAT KANSAS, MORE FULLY DEPURPOS PURPOSE SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BESHERIFF OF LEAVENWORTH GINNING AT THE NORTHCOUNTY, KANSAS SHAPIRO & MOCK, WEST CORNER OF SAID LOT LLC?Attorneys for Plain35, SAID POINT ALSO BEING Respectfully Submitted, tiff?6310 Lamar - Suite THE SOUTHEAST CORNER By: _________________ 235?Overland Park, KS OF THE INTERSECTION OF Shawn Scharenborg, 66202?(913)831-3000?Fax 1OTH AND CHEROKEE KS # 24542 No. (913)831-3320 STREETS; THENCE SOUTH Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 Our File No. 11-003111/dkb 89° 47’ 20” EAST FOR A DISKelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 _______ TANCE OF 125.00 FEET Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF (St. Louis Office) SAID LOT 35; THENCE (First published in The Mir12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 SOUTH 00° 00’ 00” EAST FOR ror, Wednesday, December St. Louis, MO 63141 A DISTANCE OF 94.00 FEET 14, 2011) Phone: (314) 991-0255 ALONG THE EAST LINE OF Fax: (314) 567-8006 SAID LOTS; THENCE NORTH IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Email: 89° 47’ 20” WEST FORA DISLEAVENWORTH COUNTY, sscharenborg@km-law.com TANCE OF 125.00 FEET TO KANSAS Attorney for Plaintiff THE WEST LINE OF LOT 38; CIVIL DEPARTMENT THENCE NORTH 00° 00” 00” _______ EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF Bank of America, N.A., suc94.00 FEET ALONG THE cessor by merger to BAC WEST LINE OF SAID LOTS TO Home Loans Servicing, LP (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December THE POINT OF BEGINNING, fka Countrywide Home 21, 2011) commonly known as Loans Servicing, LP 303-305 South 10th Street, Plaintiff, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the vs.

LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, “Property”) Yvette S. Mullies, et al.

KANSAS Defendants. to satisfy the judgment in US Bank National Associathe above-entitled case.

Case No. 11CV478 tion as successor Trustee The sale is to be made Court Number: to Wachovia Bank, National without appraisement and Association as Trustee for subject to the redemption Pursuant to K.S.A. the holders of MASTR Alterperiod as provided by law, Chapter 60 native Loan Trust 2004-6 and further subject to the Plaintiff, approval of the Court. For NOTICE OF SALE vs. more information, visit Beth Lynne Tilton AKA Beth www.Southlaw.com.

Under and by virtue of an L Rampton, et al., Order of Sale issued to me Defendants.

David Zoellner, Sheriff by the Clerk of the District Leavenworth County, Court of Leavenworth Case No. 09CV753 Kansas County, Kansas, the underDivision 4 signed Sheriff of LeavenK.S.A. 60 Prepared By: worth County, Kansas, will Mortgage Foreclosure South & Associates, P.C. offer for sale at public auc(Title to Real Estate Megan Cello (KS # 24167) tion and sell to the highest Involved) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 bidder for cash in hand, at Overland Park, KS 66211 the Justice Center, 2nd NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE (913)663-7600 Floor Lobby, Leavenworth (913)663-7899 (Fax) County, Kansas, on January Under and by virtue of an Attorneys For Plaintiff 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the fol- Order of Sale issued by the (134754) lowing real estate: Clerk of the District Court _______ in and for the said County (First published in The Mir- LOT 5, HUNTERS RIDGE SUB- of Leavenworth, State of ror, Wednesday, December DIVISION PHASE NO. 2, CITY Kansas, in a certain cause OF LEAVENWORTH, LEAV- in said Court Numbered 14, 2011) ENWORTH COUNTY, KAN- 09CV753, wherein the parIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SAS, commonly known as ties above named were re3600 Winchester Drive, spectively plaintiff and deLEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the fendant, and to me, the unKANSAS “Property”) dersigned Sheriff of said CIVIL DEPARTMENT County, directed, I will offer Bank of America, N.A., suc- to satisfy the judgment in for sale at public auction above-entitled case. and sell to the highest bidcessor by merger to BAC the Home Loans Servicing, LP The sale is to be made der for cash in hand at fka Countrywide Home without appraisement and 10:00 AM, on 01/12/2012, subject to the redemption THE JUSTICE CENTER ON Loans Servicing, LP period as provided by law, THE 2nd FLOOR LOBBY Plaintiff, and further subject to the (street level), 601 S. 3rd vs. approval of the Court. For Street, Leavenworth, KS Errol P. Clark, et al. more information, visit 66048, Leavenworth County Defendants. www.Southlaw.com.

Courthouse, the following described real estate loCase No. 11CV459 David Zoellner, Sheriff cated in the County of Court Number: Leavenworth County, Leavenworth, State of KanKansas sas, to wit: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 Prepared By: LOT F, WALLACE LAMBIE South & Associates, P.C. REPLAT OF A PART OF LOT 8 NOTICE OF SALE Megan Cello (KS # 24167) AND ALL OF LOTS 9, 10, 11, Under and by virtue of an 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 12, 13 AND 14, OF HENRY`S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF Order of Sale issued to me Overland Park, KS 66211 LEAVENWORTH, ACCORDby the Clerk of the District (913)663-7600 ING TO THE RECORDED Court of Leavenworth (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff PLAT THEREOF. County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leaven- (133527) _______ SHERIFF OF LEAVENWORTH worth County, Kansas, will COUNTY, KANSAS offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest (First Published in the Tonganoxie Mirror on the 7th Respectfully Submitted, bidder for cash in hand, at By: the Justice Center, 2nd day of December, 2011.)

Shawn Scharenborg, Floor Lobby, Leavenworth IN THE FIRST KS # 24542 County, Kansas, on January JUDICIAL DISTRICT Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the folDISTRICT COURT, Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 lowing real estate: LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. KANSAS (St. Louis Office) LOTS TWENTY-NINE (29) PROBATE DEPARTMENT 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 AND THIRTY (30), IN BLOCK St. Louis, MO 63141 NUMBERED FIVE (5) IN EWIN THE MATTER Phone: (314) 991-0255 ING, ROELOFSON OF THE ESTATE OF Fax: (314) 567-8006 AND COMPANY’S SUBDIVICHARLES WILLIAM Email: SION OF THE CITY OF LEAVRINEHART, Deceased sscharenborg@km-law.com ENWORTH, LEAVENWORTH Attorney for Plaintiff COUNTY, KANSAS, comCase No. 2008 PR 146 ________ monly known as 1022 OtPURSUANT TO tawa St, Leavenworth, KS (First published in The MirCHAPTER 59 OF K.S.A. 66048 (the “Property”) ror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) NOTICE OF HEARING to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made THE STATE OF KANSAS TO IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, without appraisement and ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: KANSAS subject to the redemption You are notified that a petiCIVIL DEPARTMENT tion has been filed in this period as provided by law, by William R. and further subject to the Court Bank of America, N.A. approval of the Court. For Rinehart, duly appointed,

Tonganoxie

Tonganoxie

Plaintiff, vs.

The Unknown Heirs of Frances L. King Carl aka Frances Carl, deceased and The Unknown Heirs of Robert A. Carl, deceased, et al.

Defendants.

Beginning 412.50 feet North of the Southwest Corner of said Southwest 1/4 and running thence east 415.30 feet; thence North 37 degrees 06’ East 711.2 feet; thence West 844.50 feet; thence South 567.50 feet to the place of Beginning, less any part thereof taken or used for road purposes.

And also less the following tract: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of said Section 11, thence North on the West line of said Section 11, a distance of 412.50 feet to a point of beginning; thence East a distance of 415.30 feet thence North 37 degrees 06; 00” East a distance of 64.76 feet; thence West a distance of 454.36 feet to the West line of said Section 11; thence South on the West Line of said Section 11 a distance of 51.65 feet to the point of beginning , commonly known as 25323 Chieftan Road, Lawrence, KS 66044 (the “Property”)

Case No. 10CV126 Court Number: 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 Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lots Thirteen (13), Fourteen (14) and Fifteen (15), Block Twenty-Seven (27), Leavenworth City proper, Leavenworth County, Kansas, commonly known as 224 Osage, Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the “Property”)

to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For information, visit to satisfy the judgment in more the above-entitled case. www.Southlaw.com.

The sale is to be made David Zoellner, Sheriff without appraisement and Leavenworth County, subject to the redemption Kansas period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For Prepared By: more information, visit South & Associates, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) www.Southlaw.com.

6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 David Zoellner, Sheriff Overland Park, KS 66211 Leavenworth County, (913)663-7600 Kansas (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (132233) Prepared By: ________ South & Associates, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 (First published in The MirOverland Park, KS 66211 ror, Wednesday, December (913)663-7600 14, 2011) (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (110801) _______

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

(First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December Bank of America, N.A., suc14, 2011) cessor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF fka Countrywide Home LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Loans Servicing, LP KANSAS Plaintiff, CIVIL DEPARTMENT vs.

Mary Arizmendi, et al.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, Defendants.

National Association s/b/m to Bank One, N.A. Case No. 11CV455 Plaintiff, Court Number: vs.

Melinda R. Felix and Pursuant to K.S.A. John M. Felix, Jr., et al.

Chapter 60 Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE Case No. 11CV299 Court Number: Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me Pursuant to K.S.A. by the Clerk of the District Chapter 60 Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the underNOTICE OF SALE signed Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will Under and by virtue of an offer for sale at public aucOrder of Sale issued to me tion and sell to the highest by the Clerk of the District bidder for cash in hand, at Court of Leavenworth the Justice Center, 2nd County, Kansas, the under- Floor Lobby, Leavenworth signed Sheriff of Leaven- County, Kansas, on January worth County, Kansas, will 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the foloffer for sale at public auc- lowing real estate: tion and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at Lot 25, SHENANDOAH the Justice Center, 2nd HEIGHTS THIRD PLAT, a Floor Lobby, Leavenworth subdivision in the City of County, Kansas, on January Leavenworth, Leavenworth 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the fol- County, Kansas, commonly lowing real estate: known as 3810 Richmond Drive, Leavenworth, KS Lot Two (2), Block One (1), 66048 (the “Property”) JAHN’S REPLAT of a part of Lots or Blocks 5, 6, 7 and 8, to satisfy the judgment in TANNER’S ADDITION to the the above-entitled case.

City of Leavenworth, Leav- The sale is to be made enworth County, Kansas, without appraisement and commonly known as 2840 subject to the redemption Broadway Terrace, Leaven- period as provided by law, worth, KS 66048 (the and further subject to the “Property”) approval of the Court. For more information, visit to satisfy the judgment in www.Southlaw.com. the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made David Zoellner, Sheriff without appraisement and Leavenworth County, subject to the redemption period as provided by law, Kansas and further subject to the approval of the Court. For Prepared By: more information, visit South & Associates, P.C. www.Southlaw.com.

Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS # 10551) David Zoellner, Sheriff 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Leavenworth County, Overland Park, KS 66211 Kansas (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Prepared By: Attorneys For Plaintiff South & Associates, P.C. (134008) Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) _______ 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 (First published in The MirOverland Park, KS 66211 ror, Wednesday, December (913)663-7600 14, 2011) (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF (125096) LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, ________ KANSAS (First published in The MirCIVIL DEPARTMENT ror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Home Loans Servicing, LP LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, fka Countrywide Home KANSAS Loans Servicing, LP CIVIL DEPARTMENT Plaintiff, vs.

Bank of America, N.A. Donnell D. Martin and Plaintiff, Christine M. Martin, et al. vs.

Defendants.

Robert J. Welsh and Alice B. Welsh, et al.

Case No. 11CV456 Defendants.

Court Number: Case No. 11CV447 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE

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 Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the fol- Lot Two (2), VICTORY AClowing real estate: RES, a subdivision in Leavenworth County, Kansas, A tract of land in the South- commonly known as 20511 west 1/4 of Section 11, Golden Road, Linwood, KS Township 12 South, Range 66052 (the “Property”) 20 East of the 6th P.A.L., described as follows: Beginn- to satisfy the judgment in ing 412.50 feet North of the the above-entitled case.

Southwest Corner of said The sale is to be made Southwest 1/4 and running without appraisement and thence east 415.30 feet; subject to the redemption thence North 37 degrees 06’ period as provided by law, East 711.2 feet; thence West and further subject to the 844.50 feet; thence South approval of the Court. For 567.50 feet to the place of more information, visit Beginning, less any part www.Southlaw.com. thereof taken or used for road purposes.

And also David Zoellner, Sheriff less the following tract: Leavenworth County, Commencing at the SouthKansas west Corner of said Section #1, thence North on the Prepared By: West line of said Section 11, South & Associates, P.C. a distance of 412.50 feet fro Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) a point of beginning; 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 thence East a distance of Overland Park, KS 66211 415.30 feet thence North 37 (913)663-7600 degrees 06; 00” East a dis- (913)663-7899 (Fax) tance of 64.76 feet; thence Attorneys For Plaintiff West a distance of 454.36 (114080) feet to the West line of said _______ Section 11; thence South on the West Line of said Sec- (First published in The Mirtion 11 a distance of 51.65 ror, Wednesday, December feet to the point of beginn- 21, 2011) ing THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, MORE CORRECTLY DEKANSAS SCRIBED AS: CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT A tract of land the Southwest 1/4 of Section 11, RES-KS JUNCTION CITY, LLC, Plaintiff, Township 12 South, Range v.

20 East of the 6th P.M., in CORVAN CONSTRUCTION Leavenworth County, KanINCORPORATED, et al., sas, described as follows:

42 Black Beauty”

Teach cooking husband rules of kitchen Annie’s Mailbox

reason. We try to take care of her, but she still gets angry.

We can’t talk to her about it, because we worry she will get sicker.

My grandmother often says she doesn’t like living in our house. How can I get everything back to being a family again? — Need of Peace in California Dear Need Peace: Talk to your mother about this and ask for her suggestions. We anniesmailbox@comcast.net think your grandmother’s anger has nothing to do with aren’t angry. He doesn’t know any of you. She is lashing out any better because no one at her family because she has taken the time to teach doesn’t like feeling too sick him properly. Try cooking together, showing him by example how to create a dish in the kitchen without ruining everything. Treat his gaffes with affection, and make sure to appreciate his handiwork when he’s finished. If this doesn’t help, keep in mind that it is much easier to replace pots and pans than a loving husband who cooks for you.

Dear Annie: I’m a teenager. My brother and I live with my mother, one uncle and my grandparents. I love them all dearly.

My mother works, but on the weekends she does all the cleaning. The thing is, my grandmother is sick and sometimes cannot do what she used to do. Then she gets mad at us for no apparent

Marcy Sugar and Kathy Mitchell

‘Horror’ ends first season tonight The most audacious series launched this autumn, “American Horror Story” (9 p.m., FX), ends its first season tonight.

It has consistently topped the cable ratings on Wednesday nights. It was nominated for a Golden Globe for best drama, and FX quickly picked it up for a second season. ‘‘Horror” has not only been a success for the network, but marks a move from an FX dominated by brooding male-oriented series (”The Shield,” ‘‘Rescue Me”) to a cable destination for both genders.

It’s a simplification to call “Horror” a woman’s show, but that doesn’t make it untrue. It just doesn’t condescend to its audience like so many over-the-top soaps on ABC (”Desperate Housewives”), shows that seem designed to drive thinking people of both genders from the room. ‘‘Horror” does a great job of combining the shocks of a gothic ghost story with the intensity of a scorching domestic drama.

As I said in my initial review for this series, “Horror” seems to have been written specifically to create morning-after buzz.

And thus far, it has succeeded.

O I’m not entirely certain that the same could be said for “The X Factor” (7 p.m., Fox), wrapping up its first season tonight and tomorrow. While it has certainly attracted a large audience, “Factor” has never become a ratings magnet like “American Idol.” When “Factor” launched, Simon Cowell predicted it would be watched by 20 million people.

Last week it had an audience of fewer than 11 million and one slightly smaller than that for the next-to-last installment of “Survivor,” a show in what seems like its 93rd season.

Part of the resistance to “Factor” has to do with the arrogance of its promotion, the assumption, by Cowell and others, that it would dominate American pop culture in the same way that “Factor” does in the U.K. There is also the matter of music competition overload. “Factor” launched only a summer after “Idol,” and scant days after the wrap-up of “America’s Got Talent.” And let’s not forget “The Voice.”

Or perhaps we already have. There’s only so much of this razzle-dazzle America can swallow.

O The 13th Annual “A Home for the Holidays” special (7 p.m., CBS) combines musical performances with tales of families that adopted children from foster care. Martina McBride hosts and musical guests include Justin Bieber and Mary J. Blige.

Tonight’s other highlights O Teen taunting results in a suicide on “Harry’s Law” (8 p.m.).

O A big announcement on “Modern Family” (8 p.m., ABC).

O A singer and designer collaborate on “Gaga by Gaultier” (8 p.m., CW).

O Sophie’s boyfriend seems almost human on “I Hate My Teenage Daughter” (8:30 p.m., Fox).

O Two victims, presumed to be dead, emerge zombie-like on “CSI” (9 p.m., CBS).

O Allegations of abuse in the locker room on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., NBC).

O Victoria on edge on “Revenge” (9 p.m., ABC).

12/19

GOING A TON OF PLACES By Jill Pepper

— Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

Follow through on what is needed, opening up some free time. Tonight: Happy at home.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) +++++ You might want to see a situation differently or work with it.

Your ability to move a project forward allows flexibility, not only for you, but also for others. Tonight: Let your imagination flow into plans.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ Listen to feedback. Nothing replaces the opinions and thoughts of others. Tonight: At your place ... wrapping or unwrapping.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) +++++ Your unusual drive marks this holiday season. A child or loved one wants to participate and help organize. Tonight: Smile away.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ++++ You could be taken aback by your own unanticipated actions and/ or feelings. Tonight: Treat time.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) +++++ Continue as planned, but allow for spontaneity. Your choices will naturally be the correct ones, if you don’t lose

Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker December 21, 2011

ACROSS 1 Attack, as with snowballs 5 Gather 10 Load a hold 14 It smells 15 “Abracadabra” stuff 16 Last word in church 17 Wrinkly Jamaican fruit 18 Covered by waves 19 Tenderhearted 20 Bring in the crop 21 Toddler’s third set of wheels?

23 Actor Pesci jacquelinebigar.com 25 “The Secret of ___” (1982 sight of your long-term Don Bluth cartoon) goals. Tonight: Catch up 26 Drop the ball, on a friend’s news. literally or Sagittarius (Nov. 22figuratively Dec. 21) 27 Well-armed +++ Listen to the animal?

31 DEA guy drumbeats, making sure 33 Subatomic everything is going fine. particle Don’t push too hard to 35 Boundary achieve certain goals. between Tonight: Try for an early Europe and Asia bedtime.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 39 Flair 40 Condemns 19) verbally +++++ Zero in on 43 Satanic what you want, when 44 Luke’s father’s title you want. A meeting — 46 CBS hit even a business meeting drama (with — could turn into a fun get-together. Tonight: The 48 “The”) Pudding more people around you, starch

the better.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) +++++ Visualize, and you are likely to create just that. Others tap into your imagination for suggestions. Tonight: Know when to call it a night.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) +++++ Some of you might be traveling; others have loved ones from a distance coming in. You are on a hectic pace, one that you cannot stop — or so you think. Tonight: Isn’t that better?

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

BIRTHDAYS Country singer Freddie Hart is 85. Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is 85. Actor Ed Nelson is 83. Talk show host Phil Donahue is 76. Movie director John Avildsen is 76. Actress Jane Fonda is 74. Actor

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

(or too old) to do the things she used to do. She wants to be valued and appreciated.

Ask Grandma to help you cook one of her special dishes. Or talk to her about her favorite book or a city where she traveled. Ask her to tell you about her parents. Find out what interests her, and do your best to show her that she still matters.

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS For Wednesday, Dec. 21: This year you will respond to many different and possibly conflicting drives within you. You will want to be wise with money, yet carefree and a risk-taker. If you are single, a love relationship evolves through a friendship, if you are open. If you are attached, the two of you braid together the many dimensions of your bond.

Scorpio can be loyal but secretive.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) ++++ Your sense of direction and high energy encourage completion, though you might be tempted by an offer or a new project. Tonight: Others bend to your ideas.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++++ Defer to others, and you’ll find that you have less to do and will foster good will. Ask yourself why you need to be so in control, and try giving up that role. Tonight: Your imagination takes the lead.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) +++ Make an effort to clear out key projects.

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Larry Bryggman is 73.

Singer Carla Thomas is 69. Musician Albert Lee is 68. Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas is 67.

Actor Josh Mostel is 65.

Actor Samuel L. Jackson is 63. Movie producer Jeffrey Katzenberg is

9 Conceptual framework 10 Mascara target 11 “That’s ___” (Dean Martin hit) 12 Put off till later 13 Pencil maze word 22 Drive-___ window 24 Choose 27 Newspaper commentary page 28 Pepsi, for one 29 Russian ruler of old 30 Costa del ___ 32 Captain at the helm?

34 Persistently annoy 36 Raring to go 37 Kind of jacket or

51 Gave the goadahead?

52 One doing checks and balances?

55 Arctic Circle inhabitant 57 Bard’s “always” 58 Dominatrix?

61 The golden calf, for one 65 Highlight of an opera 66 Strong point 67 “___ Las Vegas” (Presley flick) 68 Distort 69 Massachusetts quartet?

70 Tied, as a score 71 Burglar’s booty 72 “What ___ to be the problem?”

73 “The Fountainhead” novelist Ayn DOWN 1 Dispense, as milk 2 Border 3 Kinks title woman 4 Travel agencies?

5 They don’t play for pay 6 Pennsylvania’s Bryn ___ College 7 “Encore!”

8 Bird related to the goldfinch

insurance 38 Conveyance on a snowy slope 41 It goes through the wringer 42 Cause for a massage 45 Angel topper 47 John who shall remain nameless?

49 Bloopers 50 Fight against 52 Don’t belong together 53 Heavy coat 54 Bye-bye, in Bordeaux 56 Analyze grammatically 59 Small boat 60 Agenda entry 62 “Brava!” recipient 63 Kiln 64 Touch down

PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

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Recently, I came home from work, and he was beaming from having made a big dinner.

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He got upset because he was expecting praise for making dinner.

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8C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2011 Tonganoxie Tonganoxie Defendants.

Case No. 2010-CV-776 Division 2 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to an Order of Sale issued to the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the above action, wherein the parties above-named were, respectively, RES-KS Junction City, LLC, as Plaintiff, and Corvan Properties, LLC, as Defendant, to me the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby (Street Level), 601 S. 3rd Street, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048, on the 12th day of January, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following described real estate situated in the County of Leavenworth, State of Kansas, to wit: Tract 1: Tract A, Pinehurst South, a Subdivision in the City of Basehor, Leavenworth County, Kansas.

Tract 2: Lots 2, 3, 5, 11, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40 and 42, Pines of Pinehurst First Plat, a Subdivision in the City of Basehor, Leavenworth County, Kansas.

The sale is to be made without appraisement. The sale is subject to the approval of the Court.

David A. Zoellner, Sheriff Leavenworth County, Kansas Submitted by: LEWIS, RICE & FINGERSH, L.C. By: Kyle M. Binns KS #23616 1010 Walnut, Suite 500 Kansas City, Missouri 64106 Telephone: (816) 421-2500 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF LEWIS, RICE & FINGERSH, L.C. AS ATTORNEYS FOR RES-KS JUNCTION CITY, LLC IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. _______ (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT BOKF, NA dba Bank of Oklahoma, NA Plaintiff, vs.

Chase A. Smock, et al.

Defendants.

Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County, Kansas, described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 7, thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 43 seconds East (meas & plat) along the North line of said Lot 7, 38.97 feet; thence South 0 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds West, 120.49 feet to the South line of said Lot 7; thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes 23 seconds West (meas) North 89 degrees 48 minutes 43 seconds West (plat) along the South line of said Lot 1,38.82 feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot 7, thence North 0 degrees 07 minutes 42 seconds West (meas) North 0 degrees 04 minutes 27 seconds West (plat) along the West line of said Lot 7, 120.51 feet (meas) 120.50 feet (plat) to the point of beginning

Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Megan Cello (KS # 24167) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Pursuant to K.S.A. Overland Park, KS 66211 Chapter 60 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) NOTICE OF SALE Attorneys For Plaintiff Under and by virtue of an (137628) _______ Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District (First published in The MirCourt of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the under- ror, Wednesday, December signed Sheriff of Leaven- 14, 2011) worth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auc- IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, tion and sell to the highest KANSAS bidder for cash in hand, at CIVIL DEPARTMENT the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth HSBC Bank USA, N.A. as County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the fol- Trustee for the registered holders of the Renaissance lowing real estate: Home Equity Loan The West 75 feet of Lot 9, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Block 3, PROGRESS, a SubPlaintiff, division in the City of Lansvs. ing, Leavenworth County, Justin E. Oshel, et al.

Kansas, commonly known Defendants. as 305 East Kay Street, Lansing, KS 66043 (the Case No: 2011CV378 “Property”) Division: to satisfy the judgment in Pursuant to K.S.A. the above-entitled case.

Chapter 60 The sale is to be made without appraisement and (Title to Real Estate subject to the redemption Involved) period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE more information, visit Under and by virtue of an www.Southlaw.com.

Order of Sale issued by the David Zoellner, Sheriff District Court of LeavenLeavenworth County, worth County, Kansas, to Kansas me, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, I will, pursuant to Prepared By: K.S.A. 60-2410, offer for sale South & Associates, P.C. at public auction and sell to Megan Cello (KS # 24167) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 the highest bidder for cash in hand, at 10:00 a.m. on Overland Park, KS 66211 January 5, 2012, in the 2nd (913)663-7600 Floor Lobby of the Justice (913)663-7899 (Fax) Center, 601 S. 3rd Street, in Attorneys For Plaintiff the City of Leavenworth, (134365) State of Kansas, the fol________ lowing described real lo(First published in The Mir- cated in Leavenworth ror, Wednesday, December County, Kansas, to wit: 7, 2011) LOTS ONE (1) AND TWO IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF (2), BLOCK EIGHTEEN (18), LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, TOWN OF EASTON, LEAVKANSAS ENWORTH COUNTY, KANCIVIL DEPARTMENT SAS.

Case No. 11CV619 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SUIT THE STATE OF KANSAS, to the above-named defendants and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, and all other persons who are or may be concerned.

Tonganoxie

Tonganoxie

Shawnee

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Shawnee

MICHELLE GILMORE; BILLY M. BRANSON, A/K/A BILLY MARTIN BRANSON, II; JOHN DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); MARY DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); GARY D. ROBINSON, A/K/A GARY DEAN ROBINSON; DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.

gal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, and all other persons who are or may be concerned.

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

ECT), IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $16,500,000, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE ACQUISITION, PURCHASE AND IMPROVEMENT OF A WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUER TO ENTER INTO A TRUST INDENTURE WITH BOKF, NA DBA BANK OF KANSAS CITY, AS TRUSTEE; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUER TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT AND PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAX AGREEMENT WITH MCLANE FOODSERVICE, INC.; AND AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF CERTAIN OTHER DOCUMENTS AND THE TAKING OF OTHER ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF SAID BONDS.

Issuer hereby approves the form of the Guaranty Agreement dated as of December 1, 2011, from the Lessee to the Trustee, pursuant to which the Lessee unconditionally guarantees to the Trustee, for the benefit of the owners of the Bonds, the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds.

on behalf of and as the act and deed of the Issuer. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest to and affix the seal of the Issuer to the Bonds, the Issuer Documents and such other documents, certificates and instruments as may be necessary or desirable to carry out and comply with the intent of this Ordinance.

and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of such of the defendants as may be deceased; the unknown spouses of the defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of such defendants as are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown guardians and trustees of such of the defendants as are minors or are in anyALSO MORE CORRECTLY DE- wise under legal disability; SCRIBED AS: and all other persons who are or may be concerned: Part of Lot 7, Block 3, SOUTH PARK TOWNHOME You are hereby notified SUBDIVISION, in the City of that a petition has been Tonganoxie, Leavenworth filed in the District Court of County, Kansas, described Leavenworth County, Kanas follows: Beginning at the sas, by Deutsche Bank NaNorthwest corner of said tional Trust Company, As Lot 7, thence South 90 de- Trustee For First Franklin grees 48 minutes 43 sec- Mortgage Loan Trust onds East (meas & plat) 2006-FF11, Mortgage along the North line of said Pass-Through Certificates, Lot 7, 38.97 feet; thence Series 2006-FF11 for judgSouth 0 degrees 03 minutes ment in the sum of 27 seconds West, 120.49 $119,732.92, plus interest, feet to the South line of costs and other relief; judgsaid Lot 7; thence North 89 ment that plaintiff’s lien is degrees 50 minutes 23 sec- a first lien on the said real onds West (meas) North 89 property and sale of said degrees 48 minutes 43 sec- property to satisfy the inonds West (plat) along the debtedness, said property South line of said Lot described as follows, to 7,38.82 feet to the South- wit: west corner of said Lot 7, thence North 0 degrees 07 LOTS 22 AND 23, LESS THAT minutes 42 seconds West PART TAKEN FOR STREET, (meas) North 0 degrees 04 BLOCK 1, COUNTRY CLUB minutes 27 seconds West ADDITION UNIT NO. 2, CITY (plat) along the West line of OF LANSING, LEAVENsaid Lot 7, 120.51 feet WORTH COUNTY, KANSAS. (meas) 120.50 feet (plat) to Commonly known as 220 the point of beginning, Highland Rd., Lansing, Kancommonly known as 2010 sas 66043 Jackson Dr, Tonganoxie, KS 66086 (the “Property”) and you are hereby required to plead to said petiand all those defendants tion in said Court at Leavwho have not otherwise enworth, Kansas on or bebeen served are required to fore the 23rd day of Januplead to the Petition on or ary, 2012. before the 17th day of January, 2012, in the District Should you fail therein Court of Leavenworth judgment and decree will County,Kansas. If you fail be entered in due course to plead, judgment and de- upon said petition. cree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY NOTICE INFORMATION OBTAINED Pursuant to the Fair Debt WILL BE USED FOR THAT Collection Practices Act, 15 PURPOSE. U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the col- SHAPIRO & MOCK, LLC lection of this debt may be Attorneys for Plaintiff given without the prior con- 6310 Lamar - Suite 235 sent of the consumer given Overland Park, KS 66202 directly to the debt collec- (913)831-3000 tor or the express permis- Fax No. (913)831-3320 sion of a court of compe- Our File No. 11-002775/kv tent jurisdiction. The debt ________ collector is attempting to collect a debt and any in- (First published in The Mirformation obtained will be ror, Wednesday, December used for that purpose.

7, 2011)

Case No. 11CV467 Court Number:

Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP Plaintiff, vs.

Rita Colleen Price; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/ Occupant); Unknown spouse, if any, of Rita Colleen Price, Defendants.

Tonganoxie

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

JAMES A. MANGRAM A/K/A JAMES ALLAN MANGRAM; ROSA MANGRAM A/K/A ROSA P. MANGRAM and JOHN DOE/JANE DOE, Defendants.

Case No. 11 CV 559 Court No. Title to Real Estate Involved NOTICE OF SUIT STATE OF KANSAS to the above named Defendants and all other persons who are or may be concerned: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition for Mortgage Foreclosure has been filed in the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas by Green Tree Servicing LLC, praying for foreclosure of certain real property legally described as follows: LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK 1, REASER`S SUBDIVISION OF LOT NUMBER TWELVE CLARK`S ADDITION OF OUT LOTS, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF LEAVENWORTH, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS, (“PROPERTY”) and for a judgment against Defendant James A. Mangram and any other interested parties and you are hereby required to plead to the Petition for Foreclosure on or before January 18, 2012 at Leavenworth County, Kansas.

If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the request of plaintiff.

Respectfully submitted,

MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS & FRITZLEN, P.C. Beverly M. Weber KS #20570 Sara N. Faubion KS More commonly known as: #24865 201 Kickapoo St, Easton, ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF Kansas 66020; MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS & to satisfy the judgment, FRITZLEN, P.C. IS ATTEMPTfully or partially, in the ING TO COLLECT A DEBT above-entitled case.

The AND ANY INFORMATION OBsale is made without ap- TAINED WILL BE USED FOR praisement and is subject THAT PURPOSE. to the redemption period as provided by law and is (Mangram, 5613.132) further subject to approval 12/7, 12/14, 12/21 by the Court. ________ FROM: THE SHERIFF OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS BY: THE BOYD LAW GROUP, L.C. Michael E. Boyd, #21325 Keli N. Robertson, #23399 300 St. Peters Centre Blvd., Ste. 230 Saint Peters, MO 63376 Telephone: (636) 447-8500 Fax: (636) 447-8505 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 12/14, 12/21, 12/28 ________

(First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 7, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-FF11, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FF11 PLAINTIFF KRISTAN M. BRANSON DEFENDANTS Case No. 11CV545 Div. No. K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure

You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, NOTICE OF SUIT praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the fol- The State of Kansas to: lowing described real es- KRISTAN M. BRANSON, tate: A/K/A KRISTAN MICHELLE BRANSON, F/K/A KRISTAN Part of Lot 7, Block 3, M. GILMORE, F/K/A SOUTH PARK TOWNHOME KRISTAN MICHELLE SUBDIVISION, in the City of DIERSEN, F/K/A KRISTAN

You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following described real estate: Lot 26, ROLLING MEADOWS SUBDIVISION NO. 2, City of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, commonly known as 1901 Evergreen Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the “Property”)

You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following described real es- WHEREAS, the City of and all those defendants tate: Shawnee, Kansas (the who have not otherwise “Issuer”), is authorized and been served are required to Lot 9, Cedar Crest Estates empowered pursuant to the plead to the Petition on or Subdivision, a subdivision provisions of K.S.A. 12 1740 before the 24th day of Janu- in Leavenworth County, to 12 1749d, inclusive, as ary, 2012, in the District Kansas, according to the amended (the “Act”), to acCourt of Leavenworth recorded plat thereof, com- quire, construct and equip County,Kansas. If you fail monly known as 18675 certain facilities (as deto plead, judgment and de- 206th Street, Tonganoxie, fined in the Act) for the cree will be entered in due KS 66086 (the “Property”) stated statutory purposes, course upon the Petition. to enter into lease and and all those defendants lease purchase agreements NOTICE who have not otherwise with any person, firm or Pursuant to the Fair Debt been served are required to corporation for said faciliCollection Practices Act, 15 plead to the Petition on or ties, and to issue revenue U.S.C. §1692c(b), no infor- before the 31st day of Janu- bonds for the purpose of mation concerning the col- ary, 2012, in the District paying the cost of such falection of this debt may be Court of Leavenworth cilities; and given without the prior con- County,Kansas. If you fail sent of the consumer given to plead, judgment and de- WHEREAS, the Issuer has directly to the debt collec- cree will be entered in due heretofore found and does tor or the express permis- course upon the Petition. now find and determine sion of a court of compethat it is desirable in order tent jurisdiction. The debt NOTICE to promote, stimulate and collector is attempting to Pursuant to the Fair Debt develop the general ecocollect a debt and any in- Collection Practices Act, 15 nomic welfare and prosformation obtained will be U.S.C. §1692c(b), no infor- perity of the Issuer and the used for that purpose. mation concerning the col- State of Kansas that the Islection of this debt may be suer issue its Federally Prepared By: given without the prior con- Taxable Private Activity South & Associates, P.C. sent of the consumer given Revenue Bonds, Series 2011 Megan Cello (KS # 24167) directly to the debt collec- (McLane Foodservice, Inc. 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 tor or the express permis- Project) (the “Bonds”), in Overland Park, KS 66211 sion of a court of compe- the aggregate principal (913)663-7600 tent jurisdiction. The debt amount not to exceed (913)663-7899 (Fax) collector is attempting to $16,500,000, to be issued for Attorneys For Plaintiff collect a debt and any in- the purpose of financing (62674) formation obtained will be the acquisition, purchase used for that purpose. and improvement of a _______ warehouse distribution Prepared By: center located at 8200 MonSouth & Associates, P.C. ticello Road within the City (First published in The Mirof Shawnee, Kansas, conror, Wednesday, December Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 sisting of real estate, build14, 2011) Overland Park, KS 66211 ings and improvements (collectively, the “Project”), IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) to be leased to McLane LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Attorneys For Plaintiff Foodservice, Inc., a Texas KANSAS (99920) corporation (the “Lessee”); CIVIL DEPARTMENT _______ and Bank of America, N.A., SucWHEREAS, the Issuer furcessor by Merger to BAC ther finds and determines Home Loans Servicing, LP Shawnee that it is necessary and deFKA Countrywide Home sirable in connection with Loans Servicing LP (Published in the Shawnee the issuance of the Bonds Plaintiff, Dispatch, Wednesday, De- that the Issuer enter into vs. cember 21, 2011) certain documents, and Kit Coggburn; John Doe that the Issuer take certain (Tenant/Occupant); Mary THE FOLLOWING vehicle other actions and approve Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Unknown spouse, if any, of will be sold at Public Auc- the execution of certain tion for cash, (unless other documents as herein Kit Coggburn; Bank of picked up and paid in full provided; America Home Loans, by the owner).

Bids should Defendants. be sent to ASAP Mobile Me- NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORchanics of Kansas, P.O. Box DAINED BY THE CITY OF Case No. 11CV631 3201, Shawnee, KS 66203. SHAWNEE, KANSAS, AS FOLCourt Number: Vehicle being sold Decem- LOWS: ber 21, 2011, as is: 2002 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chevrolet blazer vin 1GNDT Section 1. Authorization for Chapter 60 13W82K184388. the Issuance of Bonds. The ________ Issuer is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance NOTICE OF SUIT (Published in the Shawnee of the Bonds for the purDispatch, Wednesday, De- pose of financing the acquiTHE STATE OF KANSAS, to cember 21, 2011) sition, purchase and imthe above-named defendprovement of the Project ants and the unknown SHAWNEE BOARD OF and paying of the costs of heirs, executors, adminisZONING APPEALS issuance of the Bonds, all in trators, devisees, trustees, NOTICE OF the manner and as more creditors and assigns of PUBLIC HEARING any deceased defendants; THURS., JANUARY 19, 2012 particularly described in the herein defined Indenthe unknown spouses of 7:30 P.M. ture and Lease. any defendants; the unSHAWNEE E CITY HALL known officers, successors, 11110 JOHNSON DRIVE Section 2. Authorization of trustees, creditors and asFILE: BZA-01-12-01 and Security for the Bonds. signs of any defendants that are existing, dissolved NOTICE is hereby given that The Issuer is hereby auor dormant corporations; the Shawnee Board of Zon- thorized to issue and sell the unknown executors, ad- ing Appeals will hold a pub- the Bonds for the purpose ministrators, devisees, lic hearing at the place and of providing funds to pay trustees, creditors, succes- time stated above to con- the cost of acquiring, pursors and assigns of any de- sider a request for a vari- chasing and improving the fendants that are or were ance from Shawnee Munici- Project and paying the costs of issuance of the partners or in partnership; pal Code, Section the unknown guardians, 17.70.020(C1), to reduce the Bonds. The Bonds shall be conservators and trustees thirty-foot parking setback, issued and secured pursuof any defendants that are in the PO (Professional Of- ant to the herein authorized minors or are under any le- fice) zoning district, to con- Indenture and shall bear such dates, shall mature at gal disability; and the un- struct five (5) parking known heirs, executors, ad- stalls, for the following de- such times, shall be in such ministrators, devisees, scribed tract of property, denominations, shall bear trustees, creditors and as- to-wit: Lot 2 and Lot 3, Kan- interest at such rates, shall signs of any person alleged sas City Analytical Ser- be in such forms, shall be to be deceased, and all vices, a subdivision in the subject to redemption, purother persons who are or City of Shawnee, Johnson chase and other terms and conditions, and shall be ismay be concerned.

County, Kansas. Said prop- sued in such manner, suberty is generally located at ject to such provisions, You are notified that a Peti- 12802 Johnson Drive. Retion has been filed in the quest submitted by PGAV covenants and agreements, District Court of Leaven- Architects for Sweet Life at as are set forth in the Indenture.

The Bonds shall worth County, Kansas, Rosehill, owner. be payable solely out of the praying to foreclose a real rents, revenues and reestate mortgage on the folBOB PROSSER, ceipts derived by the Issuer lowing described real esCHAIRPERSON from the Project, and the tate: SHAWNEE BOARD OF Project and the net earnZONING APPEALS ings derived by the Issuer Lot 9, Walnut Grove, City ________ from the Project shall be of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, (Published in the Shawnee pledged and assigned to commonly known as 1717 Dispatch, Wednesday, De- the herein defined Trustee as security for payment of Michael Street, Leaven- cember 21, 2011) the Bonds as provided in worth, KS 66048 (the the Indenture.

“Property”) CITY OF SHAWNEE and all those defendants who have not otherwise been served are required to plead to the Petition on or before the 24th day of January, 2012, in the District Court of Leavenworth County,Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be (First published in The Mir- used for that purpose. ror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, # 10551) KANSAS 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 CIVIL DEPARTMENT Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 The Bank of New York Mel(913)663-7899 (Fax) lon fka The Bank of New Attorneys For Plaintiff York, as Trustee for the (131197) Certificateholders CWABS, _______ Inc., Asset-Backed Certifi(First published in The Mircates, Series 2004-6 ror, Wednesday, December Plaintiff, 21, 2011) vs.

Sheila K. Kelly a/k/a Sheila IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF J. Kelly; Ronald K. Kelly, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Defendants.

KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Case No. 11CV605 Court Number: BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. fka Countrywide Home Pursuant to K.S.A. Loans Servicing, L.P. Chapter 60 Plaintiff, vs.

NOTICE OF SUIT Kevin Kurre a/k/a W. Kurre; Kimberly Kurre, THE STATE OF KANSAS, to Defendants. the above-named defendants and the unknown Case No. 11CV635 heirs, executors, adminisCourt Number: trators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of Pursuant to K.S.A. any deceased defendants; Chapter 60 the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unNOTICE OF SUIT known officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants THE STATE OF KANSAS, to that are existing, dissolved the above-named defendor dormant corporations; ants and the unknown the unknown executors, ad- heirs, executors, adminisministrators, devisees, trators, devisees, trustees, trustees, creditors, succes- creditors and assigns of sors and assigns of any de- any deceased defendants; fendants that are or were the unknown spouses of partners or in partnership; any defendants; the unthe unknown guardians, known officers, successors, conservators and trustees trustees, creditors and asof any defendants that are signs of any defendants minors or are under any le- that are existing, dissolved

Ordinance No. 3012 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CHANGING AND REZONING OF CERTAIN TRACTS OF LAND IN THE CITY OF SHAWNEE, KANSAS, FROM PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT) ZONING DISTRICT TO TSQ (TOWNSQUARE) ZONING DISTRICT, AS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH AND AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE SHAWNEE MUNICIPAL CODE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SHAWNEE, KANSAS: PARAGRAPH 1. The following described tract of land situated in the City of Shawnee, Kansas, to-wit: The North one-half (N1/2) of Lots Nineteen (19) to Twenty-four (24) Inclusive, Block Twenty-five (25), City of Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas.

Said property is generally located at 5832 Flint Street. be and the same is hereby changed and rezoned from that of PD (Planned Development) zoning district to TSQ (TownSquare) zoning district.

PARAGRAPH 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.

PASSED by the Governing Body this 12th day of December 2011.

APPROVED AND SIGNED by the Mayor this 12th day of December 2011. /s/ Jeff Meyers Jeff Meyers, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Keith D. Campbell Keith D. Campbell, City Clerk _______ (Published in the Shawnee Dispatch, Wednesday, December 21, 2011) ORDINANCE NO. 3011

Section 3. Authorization of Documents. The Issuer is hereby authorized to enter into or approve the following documents (collectively, the “Issuer Documents”), in substantially the forms presented to and reviewed by the governing body of the Issuer, at this meeting (copies of which documents shall be filed in the records of the Issuer) with such changes therein as shall be approved by the officials of the Issuer executing such documents, such officials’ signatures thereon being conclusive evidence of their approval thereof: (a)Trust Indenture dated as of December 1, 2011 (the “Indenture”), by and between the Issuer and BOKF NA dba Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Bonds shall be issued and the Issuer shall pledge the Project and assign the rents, revenues and receipts received pursuant to the Lease to the Trustee for the benefit of and security of the holders of the Bonds upon the terms and conditions as set forth in said form of Indenture; (b) Lease Agreement dated as of December 1, 2011 (the “Lease”), by and between the Issuer and the Lessee under which the Issuer will agree to use the proceeds derived from the sale of the Bonds for the purpose of financing the costs of acquiring, purchasing and improving the Project and to lease the Project back to the Lessee, and the Lessee will agree to make payments in amounts sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds as the same become due; (c) Payment in Lieu of Tax Agreement dated as of December 1, 2011 (the “Payment in Lieu of Tax Agreement”), by and between the Lessee and the Issuer; and (d) Bond Purchase Agreement dated as of December 1, 2011 (the “Bond Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Issuer, the Lessee and McLane Foodservice, Inc., the purchaser of the Bonds.

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SHAWNEE, KANSAS, TO ISSUE FEDERALLY TAXABLE PRIVATE ACTIVITY REVENUE BONDS, Approval of SERIES 2011 (MCLANE Section 4.

FOODSERVICE, INC. PROJ- Guaranty Agreement. The

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This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the governing body of the Issuer and its publication in an official newspaper of the Issuer.

Section 5. Execution of the Bonds and Documents. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute the Bonds by manual or facsimile signature and to deliver the Bonds to the Trustee for authentication for and on behalf of and as the act and deed of the Issuer in the manner provided in the Indenture.

The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Issuer Documents and such other documents, certificates and instruments as may be necessary or desirable to carry out and comply with the intent of this Ordinance, for and

THIS ORDINANCE passed by the governing body of the City of Shawnee, Kansas, Section 6. Further Author- this 12th day of December, ity. The Issuer shall, and 2011. the officials, employees and agents of the Issuer CITY OF SHAWNEE, KANSAS and Kutak Rock LLP, the By: /s/Jeff Meyers Issuer’s Bond Counsel, are Jeff Meyers hereby authorized and diMayor rected to, take such action, expend such funds and ex- (SEAL) ecute such other documents, certificates and in- ATTEST: struments as may be nec- By: /s/Keith D. Campbell essary or desirable to carry Keith D. Campbell out and comply with the in- City Clerk tent of this Ordinance and to carry out, comply with APPROVED AS TO FORM and perform the duties of By: /s/Marvin E. Rainey the Issuer with respect to Marvin E. Rainey the Bonds and the Issuer City Attorney Documents. _______

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